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...John, who will go to Amherst in the Fall, graduated from Mercersburg Academy. She attended the unveiling of a portrait of Lieut. Commander Joel T. Boone, a White House physician, as well as a graduate.of Mercersburg. She also laid the cornerstone of a new chapel; heard the class ode, the music of which was written by John; heard him receive the fourth prize in English theme writing; heard him give one of eight honorary orations on Perseverance; heard a concert by the Academy Mandolin and Glee Clubs, in the latter of which John sang first bass; heard him given honorable...
...Sanders Theatre exercises: prayer by Dean Willard L. Sperry; oration by Charlton MacVeagh '24, of Washington, D. C.; poem by Oliver LaFarge '24, of New York City; ode by Richard D. Gerould '24, of Cambridge; Chorister, R. P. Bullard '25, of Melrose Highlands...
Elgar was born in 1857, knighted in 1904, received the Order of Merit in 1911 and the degree of Doctor of Music from Yale in 1905. He wrote a fine "Coronation Ode" on the occasion of the accession of Edward VII, and two huge oratorios, The Dream of Gerontius, after a poem by Cardinal Newman, and The Apostles. His symphonies and concertos are very popular with both English and U. S. conductors...
...thirteenth ode of the second book of Horace will be the subject for translation for the Sargent Prize for 1924, it has just been announced. This prize of $100 is offered annually, in memory of John Osborne Sargent '30, for a metrical translation of one of Horace's lyrics...
...addressing you [Scotti] in dry, measured terms, the right way to handle this ceremony would be a pantomime with music, somewhat on the lines of Coq dOr. I ought to stand here going through the motions of making a speech, while lovely voices with lovely music sing an ode to Scotti and lovely women place a laurel wreath upon your 'brow. I throw this out as a suggestion for my successor at your 50-year jubilee...