The Portland daily press., 1862-08-14
[From our Regular Correspondent
Letter from Wateryille.

LetteF IIOm WdteIS1lles
WATERvILLE, Aug. Is, 1862.
To the Editors Of the Portland Press:
The exercises of the Prize Defamation of
the Junior Glass, on Monday evening, was
very fine affair. The articles were excellently
written and perfectly committed, and the ex-
ereises taken as a whole, were in excellent
taste. The following is the order of exercises:
PRAYER.
MUsIc.-l-The Sword is mightier than the Pen.
Charles Melvin Emery, Wateryille.
2-Incentives to Effort.
George Clark Getchell, waterville.
3-The Dignity of Little Things.
Henry Joseph Gushing, Skowhegan.
MusIc.--self Made Men;
5-Man and his Fortune.
George Steven Scammon, waterville.
sActivy the Key o to PsE ysG w.s,ve
MUsIc.--7-The New out of the Old.
William Kicker Thompson, S. Parsonsield.
s-NatiOnai Boosting; -,u., pn.r We. u,no.
Musrc.-9-war and Civilization.
~ Nathaniel Meader, Manchester N. II.
Horatio Nelson Nutting. S. Parkman
1.-THE Spirit of Conflict.
The committee appointed to award the pri-
yes, make their report to-day, but We venture
to express the opinion that c. NJ. Emery or
Nathaniel Meader will have the first prize, and
the other the second.
The exercises of Glass Day were deferred
from Monday until Tuesday. This is a new
act in the drama of our Commencement, and
was most pleasantly performed; and though
literally patronized this year, will be more so
hereafter. The following are the exercises in
order, at the Church: @ @
PRAYER-Alonzo Bunker Music.
ORATIoN-George A. Clifford. Music.
PoEM-George l.. Hunt. MUSIC.
The audience were invited to repair to the
"Class Tree" on the College grounds, where
the remaining exercises were conducted.
Music. ODE
History Of the class-E. W. Hall. Music.
Prophecy-A. G. Barker. Music.
Address to the CASA. L. Lane. Music.
smoking the Pipe of Peace.
Parting Ode.
z The Grafton was an excellent production,
well spiced. with wit and humor, and at the
same time disclosed weight and dignity of char
acter.
The poem was review in rhyme of the four
years of college life, of its stormy days and
days of sunshine, and introduced many laugh
able "reminiscences of didos cut and prayers
forgot, closing with pretty and touching
farewell to the class.
These exercises were at the church, and the
rest at the class tree on the college grounds,
which was unable to witness.
Tuesday Erening.-More and still more lit
erary is the air we breathe. Crowded and still
more crowded are our shady streets, until they
seem sea of cdputs. The trains have come,
and the half fare brings hundreds more. The
Governor has just arrived, the Vice President
and Senator Morrill,.
Now l have got away from those men of
large caliber just coming into town, so viii
follow the Germania Band to the Church
crowded full and half an acre outside,-never
so many here before,-everybody, great souls
in little bodies and rice rersd. After squeez-
ing and being squeezed, we got into the house
and left the moon shining on the multitude
outside. Rev. l. S. Kallock, of New York was
offering prayer-solemn, earnest, fervent prayer
The Grafton before the Literary Societies
was by James b. Angel, Esq, editor of the
Providence Journal. He chose for his theme
"the scientific study of literature" and treated
it in deep and philosophical manner, showing
the Importance Of the students examining not
only the source but every spring which con-
tributes to the stream they navigate. 1t was
well received and listened TO attentively by the
large audience. The speaker had his notes in
his pocket but made no use of them, for his
Grafton was faultlessly committed.
The Poem was by Park Benjamin, Esq, of
New York; and, for the information of others
as ignorant as myself, / will say, he is a man of
about so years of age, and is cripple, having
no use whatever Of one leg, and but limited
one of the other. He sung of war, and often
carried the audience by storm, by his sallies of
wit and humor.
The mail which is to take this is about to
close. will give you further tomorrow of
the Poem and Grafton. The regular exercises
of Commencement occur to-day.
H, FULLER.