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In the family we're all terribly impressed that Aunt Alma got a PhD in 1908. And it is indeed impressive.
But her bachelor's degree was also impressive. Whereas Alma arrived at the University of Chicago in 1905 with recommendations from respected professors at Oberlin College, when she went to Oberlin in 1899 as a twenty-two-year-old freshman, she was nobody, scrounging for money, taking a year off after her freshman year to save enough money for her sophomore year, worried that she'd have to take another year off after sophomore year to save enough money for her junior year. At the beginning it was by no means a sure thing that she would ever make it through to her degree.
That's what I think of when I see that Alma saved this program. The Oberlin degree meant a lot to her.
But her bachelor's degree was also impressive. Whereas Alma arrived at the University of Chicago in 1905 with recommendations from respected professors at Oberlin College, when she went to Oberlin in 1899 as a twenty-two-year-old freshman, she was nobody, scrounging for money, taking a year off after her freshman year to save enough money for her sophomore year, worried that she'd have to take another year off after sophomore year to save enough money for her junior year. At the beginning it was by no means a sure thing that she would ever make it through to her degree.
That's what I think of when I see that Alma saved this program. The Oberlin degree meant a lot to her.
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THE INVITATION
The Senior Class of
Oberlin College
Requests the honor of your presence at the
Exercises of Commencement Week
June the nineteenth to the twenty-second
Nineteen hundred and four
Oberlin, Ohio
THE PROGRAM
COMMENCEMENT WEEK PROGRAM
JUNE 19 2.30 P.M. BACCALAURATE SERMON, “THE ULTIMATE PROBLEM,” BY
PRESIDENT HENRY CHURCHILL KING FIRST CHURCH
JUNE 20 6.00 P.M. FAREWELL SONGS SPEAR LIBRARY STEPS
7.00 P.M. COMMENCEMENT, CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC WARNER HALL
8.00 P.M. RECEPTION BY PRESIDENT AND MRS, KING TALCOTT LAWN
JUNE 21 2.30 P.M. SENIOR CLASS DAY EXERCISES FIRST CHURCH
IVY ODE WARNER GYMNASIUM
SPEAR ORATION SPEAR LIBRARY
JUNE 22 9.00 A.M. PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT TO THE COLLEGE SPEAR LIBRARY
10.00 A.M. COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS, “TRADITION AND PRACTICE,” BY
PROFESSOR GEORGE SANTAYANA, Ph.D., OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
FIRST CHURCH
CONFERRING OF DEGREES BY THE PRESIDENT FIRST CHURCH
1.00 P.M. ALUMNI DINNER WARNER GYMNASIUM
7.30 P.M. CONCERT - “THE BEATITUDES,” CESAR FRANCK, BY THE OBERLIN
MUSICAL UNION FIRST CHURCH
The Senior Class of
Oberlin College
Requests the honor of your presence at the
Exercises of Commencement Week
June the nineteenth to the twenty-second
Nineteen hundred and four
Oberlin, Ohio
THE PROGRAM
COMMENCEMENT WEEK PROGRAM
JUNE 19 2.30 P.M. BACCALAURATE SERMON, “THE ULTIMATE PROBLEM,” BY
PRESIDENT HENRY CHURCHILL KING FIRST CHURCH
JUNE 20 6.00 P.M. FAREWELL SONGS SPEAR LIBRARY STEPS
7.00 P.M. COMMENCEMENT, CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC WARNER HALL
8.00 P.M. RECEPTION BY PRESIDENT AND MRS, KING TALCOTT LAWN
JUNE 21 2.30 P.M. SENIOR CLASS DAY EXERCISES FIRST CHURCH
IVY ODE WARNER GYMNASIUM
SPEAR ORATION SPEAR LIBRARY
JUNE 22 9.00 A.M. PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT TO THE COLLEGE SPEAR LIBRARY
10.00 A.M. COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS, “TRADITION AND PRACTICE,” BY
PROFESSOR GEORGE SANTAYANA, Ph.D., OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
FIRST CHURCH
CONFERRING OF DEGREES BY THE PRESIDENT FIRST CHURCH
1.00 P.M. ALUMNI DINNER WARNER GYMNASIUM
7.30 P.M. CONCERT - “THE BEATITUDES,” CESAR FRANCK, BY THE OBERLIN
MUSICAL UNION FIRST CHURCH
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Alma always was pleased when she used stationery with letterheads for her letters. I'll bet she loved that nice "Miss Alma Gracey Stokey" card.
I'm adding this to Clara's related documents because she too was in the Class of 1904.
I'm adding this to Clara's related documents because she too was in the Class of 1904.
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LINKS TO OTHER RELEVANT PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE
DOCUMENT LISTS FOR PEOPLE:
- ALMA: DOCUMENTS ----- Related
- NON-FAMILY: CLARA JONES ----- Related
RELATED DOCUMENTS/PAGES:
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WHERE AM I?
- THIS PAGE IS: 1904-06-19 ALMA'S GRADUATION WEEK PROGRAM
- THE PREVIOUS PAGE IS: 1904-06-15 LETTER FROM EVA TO MAMA MARGARET
- THE NEXT PAGE IS: 1904-08-22 LETTER FROM ALMA TO WILL
- DOCUMENTS FOR THIS YEAR: 1904
- DOCUMENTS FOR THIS DECADE: 1900-1909
- COMPLETE DOCUMENT LIST BY DATE
- THIS CHAPTER IS: CHAPTER 23: DOCUMENTS LIBRARY
- THIS MODULE IS: MODULE IV: DOCUMENTS
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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WHERE CAN I FIND THIS DOCUMENT IN OTHER LISTS?
- DOCUMENTS BY WHERE THEY WERE WRITTEN ----- Ohio
- DOCUMENTS BY SOURCE ----- Barbara