The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-09-08
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Tuesday, September 8, 1878.

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| correspondent has very obligingly fayoured
US with the following account Of the
Commemorate at Bowdoin College.
On The day preceding the anniversary Of
this institution, an Grafton was pronounced
before the Peucinian Society, by Mr. JOHN
EyELETH, and Poem by Mr. ROBERT D.
DUNLAP. In the evening, after an appropri-
ate prayer by the Rev. Mr.. jerks, CHARLrs
Is. Dawes, Esq. delivered an Address to the
Benevolent Society Of Bowdoin College, Of
which twas a leading object to commemorate
The ardent piety and diffusiye benevolence Of
its late lamented President, Mr. EDWARD H.
Co.'s. The performance was replete with
elevated moral sentiment, and was adorned
throughout by the rich coouring Of splendid
and classical imagination.
The annual exercises of the day were at
tended by an unusually numerous, and, it is
presumed, gratifed audience on Wednes-
day the Sd inst. The procession formed at
the Chapel, which has lately been beauti6ed
by the addition at steeple, at half past 10
o'clock. The exercises Of the young gentle
men, who were admitted to the degree Of
Bachelor of Arts, were in the following order,
viz.
!. saluta,ory Grafton, in Latin. BENJA-
9. English Treatise, Oh Perseverance,. DA-
vID STAKREr.
g. English Conference, on The comparative
Influence Of .Agricpltnre and Commerce on ma
tloaai Prosperity. FREDERIcK-BENJAMrn
PAGE. GEORGE -DUMsER PERLEY.
4. SoIiloquy, on The FOgiiss eftte Times
JOSEPH WALKER
5. Greek Oraticn, on G~sciaa Monuments
GEORGE -BARRELL SEwALL.
g. English Dissertation, on Splendid Rep
RESERVATIONS of Diei0as Characters. ISRAEL
WuDEs BouRNE.
T. English Dissertation, on The Character
Of JANUS. EDMuSD-T HRoDoRE BRIDGE.
8. English Poem, on The Triun.phs Of Mar
tyrdom WILLnM-BicKER WALTER.
8. Intermediate Latin Grafton, on The In
fuence oftritmPk0l Shoes on the military Char
acser Of the Romans. GlDEoH- LANE SovIE.
10. English Grafton, on The Dangers of
yamerican Liberty. JosErH-PALnER FEssEr-
DEN.
IL. English Dissertation, on The Romdn
gladistorlai Shoes. JAaEs-PAR VANCE.
IL. English Grafton, on The probable In
proOenant eftts World. RUFUS ANDERSON.
10. English Disposition, on The sntauencs
Of intellectual Improvement on Private Happi-
ness. GEORGE STARRET.
Ia. English Disposition, on The Influence
Of Morals on the FhysiciatlStrengts gf NGtlon.
CxRLETor Dole.
I5. English Grafton, on The Influence Of
imagination on himan Character and Hnpps@
ness. JOSIAH PIERCE.
is, Philosophical Disquisiton, on Polar Ice.
MosEs EVERY.
~. Valedictory Grafton, on The EQuafitu.
r0ith zUhich Nature has distributed the means Of
Happiness. SEBA SMITH.
One of the class, ISAAC PARSONS ANDERSON,
whose case was alluded to in feeling man
ner by the Rev'd. President, was unhappily
detained by sickness.
The exercises for the degree of Master of
Arts, were.a Poem on Retrospection by George
Evans, a. B. and valediStory Grafton IN
Latin, by Levi StousH, A. B. An English
Grafton on .Amertcan Literature was to have
been delivered by Solomon IhGyer, A. B. but
failed by bis absence.
The honorary degree Of Doctor in Medicine
was conferred on Professor Silliman, Of Yale
College Moses F. Randall, Nj. D. and
Master Of Arts of Brown University, was adj
mitted to the latter degree in this College.
LEM Whitmon, q. NJ. and Joseph Huntington
] ones, A. B. both Of Harvard University, I'D
eunders and Nathaniel Groton, A. B. 1914.
Robert Pinkney Dunlap, George .EvGas, .Alphs-
US Packard and Lssi StoueA, proceeded Mas.
ter of Arts.
After the degrees were conferred, the Rev.
President, addressed the class about to leave
the College with that paternal solicitude and
impressive solemnity, which have uniformly
characterized bis addresses on similar occa-
sions. The subject of this was, " the inhu-
ence exercised on the community by persons
literally educated" Never do we recollect
a more forcible display OF the advantages that
may accrue to country, and which have
been realized in our own from persons 50 dis
tinguished, nor OF the high responsibility to
the Author OF all our endowments, under
sense OF which they should habitualy act.
The performances of the young gentlemen
were distinguished by that sound and manly
sense and general accuracy and purity of
style, Which al former anniversaries we have
had the pleasure to notice and the class,