Georgetown College Commencement
The Baptist Argus, 1907

      There were 31 graduates at the recent Georgetown College commencement, 9 young ladies and 22 young men. We give the list:

Anderson, Grace -- Georgetown

Averitt, Luther -- Georgetown

Beckett, Roy -- Brooksville

Blakemore, Marcus Woolfolk -- Versailles

Bolick, Frances Lorena -- Helena, Ark.

Bradley, Anderville Suggett -- Georgetown

Browning, Emma Louise -- Georgetown

Coakley, Susan Emma -- Coakley

Conrad, Corinne Breckenridge -- Dry Ridge

Crawley, Alfred Breckinridge -- Greensburg

Creal, Robert Lee -- Hodgenville

Dies, William Porter -- Bowling Green

Dudley, Rose -- Georgetown

Hamilton, Helen Mullins -- Cynthiana

Herring, Harry -- Georgetown

Hopkins, Porter Hop -- Albany

Johnson, John Ford -- Shelbyville

Jones, Frances Wheat -- Columbia

Patton, Ella Alice -- Greensburg

Payne, Lewella -- Georgetown

Penn, Louriotious Tandy -- Georgetown

Ramey, Carey Floyd -- Georgetown

Richeson, Hugh Harding – Campbellsville

Turk, Robbye La Vanche – Bardwell

Waldrop, Pike Powers -- Owenton

Waller, Jesse Crawford -- Tangipahoa, La.

White, Reuben Pollard -- Cadiz

White, Stephen Pettus -- Cadiz

Williams, Claude Lionel -- Albany

      We were interested in the five subjects discussed, and finely discussed: "Ideals of Greatness", "Optimism of Robert Browning", “Sidney Lanier, Poet and Musician", "The Empire of Silence", "Womanhood in Greece and in Rome, and Womanhood Today." Georgetown's graduates always speak well. Somebody there knows how to train men for the platform. And if the other young ladies of the class can appear and read as the one, Miss Lewella Payne, who represented them on the program, they, too, have learned well the art of address. What a storm center of influence and power is Georgetown College.

      If there was any criticism it was that the class was too large in proportion to the number of students. We are glad to know, however, that the curriculum has been steadily strengthened.

      The literary address by Prof. John Calvin Metcalf we heard in part, and it was an excellent address. The subject, "The Aristocracy of Service". In a most scholarly way this cultured and able son of Kentucky discussed the newest problems and movements which today are engaging the thought of the world. This address and the commencement occasion were the only exercises the writer had the pleasure of attending.

      It was good to know that Prof. A. L. Rhoton, an alumnus, now of Southwestern Baptist University, has been chosen associate professor of Mathematics with the venerable Dr. Rucker.

      Prof. Arthur Yager, Ph.D., was chosen chair of the faculty.

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[From The Baptist Argus, June 12, 1907, p. 2; via Baylor U. digital documents. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]

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