Year/Speaker(s) |
|
Info |
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| 1910 |
H.
W. Collingwood |
|
Collingwood, managing editor of The Rural
New Yorker, discussed "The
Value of a Man" for his second appearance at commencement. |
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| 1911 |
No
commencement held |
|
With a change in the curriculum that added an
additional year to the degree program, no one was eligible to
graduate. |
|
| 1912 |
Dr.
George M. Twitchell |
|
Twitchell's address was titled "Our Country:
Its Strength, Its Weakness". |
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| 1913 |
Rev.
Harris E. Starr |
|
Starr was a former paster (1901-1906) of the
Storrs Congregational Church. His address was
called "Orientation". |
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| 1914 |
No
commencement held |
|
More changes in the curriculum led to the cancellation
of graduation. It was also in 1914 that the college adopted the
requirement of a high school diploma for admission. |
|
| 1915 |
Prof.
Thomas Nixon Carver |
|
Carver (1865-1961)
was an economist and social scientist. In 1915,
Harvard University Press published his book "Essays in Social
Justice." His address was on "The Produce of Life." This
was the first commencement held in Hawley Armory,
and this year also saw publication of the first
volume of the Nutmeg Yearbook. It was dedicated
to Henry R. Monteith, professor of history and
English. |
|
| 1916 |
Liberty
Hyde Bailey |
|
Bailey, dean emeritus
of Cornell College of Agriculture, spoke on "Universal Service" as
America prepared for entry into World War I. |
|
| 1917 |
Richard.
E. Dodge |
|
Dodge's address was on "Looking Ahead in
Agriculture: A Vision of Our Opportunities and
Responsibilities as Farmers." Dodge
was a professor of geography and the first member
of the teaching faculty to give a commencement
address. |
|
| 1918 |
Warren
H. Wilson |
|
Wilson was on the faculty of Columbia University. |
|
| 1919 |
George
B. Chandler |
|
With the end of World War I just 8 months earlier,
military service and other obligations
limited attendence by graduates to six
out of approximately 20 students in the class
of 1919. |
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