The Portland daily press., 1865-08-11

Ludlow, contributors to the Atiantic MontbIn
are ell children of Congregational clergymen,
COMMENCEMENT AT wATERvIIIE
VAUDEVILLE, Me-, Aug. 10. 1861.
The promise of fair weather yesterday morn
ing was not bloken. Clear cool skies, with an
awning of clouds after noon, and showers
drifting away to the northward, but not fall
ing in Watervile, combined to make up the
perfection of New England summer weather
The college grounds never looked more beauti-
full. A fresh brightness shone in the newly
washed grass, and the trees, striving upward
year after year, have at length reached an am
plitude of shade which lends an air of almost
sylvan quiet to the place.
The grounds were early thronged by visitors.
and as the hour for the procession TO move
approached the confusion of tongues was loud
in all the walks and around and within The
buildings. The whole number of freshmen
admitted at the close of the examination was
IA.
The trustees were in session at an early
hour, and voted to establish a new professor
ship-of modern languages. 1t was not DEEM
ed best to act. precipitatey on the appoint-
ment OF professor and a committee was ap-
pointed to- recommend some one for the post.
consisting of Rev. DR.. Smaller, OF Portland,
Chairman; Hon. Josiah III. Drummond, of
Portland; Rev. DR.. Sheldon, of Waterville;
Samuel Garnsey, Esq, Of Bangor, and Rev. DR..
Wilson, of Watervile.
At length the business of The morning ses-
sion was completed, and the procession got it.
self formed, and moved after its shufiing,
civic fashion toward the church. Gov. Oony
was present, with Lieut.. Col. T. f. Gansey of
his staff Maj Gen. Howard represented Bow
doin and West Point. Ex-Gov. Coburn: Rev.
4 J. d. Fulton, the popular Preacher of the
hour at the fremont Temple, Boston: Pro-
fessors Alvah Hovey, and o. S. Stealns. of
Newton Theological Seminary; Professor VIII
liam Mathews, of Chicago University, better
known as the "quondom" editor of the cyan
kee Blake;;" Maj. Gen. c. 81. Smith, who left
the State captain in the LIST Maine cavalry !:
Brig. Gen. FL. M. Plaisted.-I give you an i'm
perfect catalogue of the men of mark in the
procession. l ought not to forget the Rev. J.
W. Parker, who lately acquired considerable
notoriety by calling in friendly way on Gen.
Lee, in Richmond DIR. Parker is Secretary
Of the American Baptist Home Missionary
Society, and has especial supervision of that
department of the work which looks to the in
terest of the freedmen. DR.. Eddy, the orator,
and DIR. Phelps, the poet of Tuesday evening,
were Of course among the guests of the college
yesterday. rqT
The church was packed as usual, and there
was the usual terrific rush at the door after
= the procession had passed in and occupied the
: very last of the reserved seats. The exercises
4 of the graduating class consisted of ~ A
Latin Grafton by Howard HI. Grover of New
Gloucester; IT, an Grafton on the Theme,
"God is Love-" by George W. Glove, South
Boston, Mass; (S.) an Grafton on .''the Pro-
gress Of Freedom" by William 7. Chase, North
Berwick; az an Grafton on "the Beauty OF
Desolation," by Charles V. Hanson, Portland
= ~ an Grafton on the Character of Great
ness" by Augustus d. Small, Waterville; (6.)
, an Grafton on "New England and her InAu-
, ence," by G. NJ. Donham, Turner; a. an
William FL. Lambert, Auburn. Lambert's
Grafton was characterized by great excellence
Growers delivery was seriously marred by re-
peated evidence of the fact that he had been
unable to thoroughly commit his Grafton to
memory. 1t is only fair to state that, through
the negligence of the Professor, whose duty ii
was to revise the Grafton, Grover was unable
to get possession of his manuscript until with
in forty Weight hours of his appearance on the
stage One member of the graduating class
Henry M. Bearce, Hebron, was excused from
speaking, as was Mr.. George A. Clifford, Of
the candidates for the masters degree. The
last Grafton was by Mr.. Frederic Hale, class Of
1862, on errors in Character Valuation"
The degree of bachelor of arts was duly con
ferred upon the members of the graduating
class,-eight in number. Of the thirty-nine
r who have belonged to the class, seven have
] died and sixteen have been in the army. The
degree of master of arts was conferred, in
course, upon Messrs A. G. Barker. Elias
> Bookings, William e. Brooks, Augustus
Champlin, W. S. Clark, William d. Ever
George A. Clifford Frederick Hale, Edward
W. Hall, George L. Hunt, John F. Liscomb
Moses G. Mitchell, Justin P. Moore, Ozias
) Whitman and George A. Wilson,-15. Out Of
/ course, upon Messrs. Constantine B. Marston
$ of 1887, George r. Starkey of 1S46, George NJ
!, P. King, Jonathan Soule and Francis l.
. Morse of 1857, Judson w. Shaw of 1858
9 Stephen @. Fletcher, Alex. Fuller and Foster
Goodrich of 1859, Stillman H. Record of 1860
| ID
/, r. The honorary degree of doctor of laws
: was conferred upon Judge j. G. Dickerson, Of
State Supreme Court and though unan-
nounced on this occasion, the same honor was
, subsequently conferred by vote of the trustees
D upon Maj. Gen. o. o. Howard
4 Dinner was in order after little more pro.
cessioning. The tables were spread in the
. Town Hall. The dinner was not sumptuous
. it was not parsimonious. There was abund-
ance of good cheer for all who came.-apd
they were many. | told you yesterday that
Hall of 1927 was probably the oldest Alumnus
in town. was wrong. Henry Paine, Esq. Of
Winslow, was graduated in 1923, at the second
annual commencement, and was present at
the exercises of this, the forty-fourth. After
an invocation Of the Divine blessing by Rev.
j. W. Parker, whose allusion to the 'impres-
sive lesson of this hour" had gastronomic
seeming, the cheerful clatter of knives and
forks prevailed, interpenetrated by the MUIR
muir of many voices, subsidized, ceased; and the
speech-making began. Gov. Cony, who was
called out first, in response to sentiment en-
bodying an allusion to the State motto, diyioo.
took his stand upon the State constitution.
and, amidst an uproar of applause, claimed for
every citizen of the United States equal rights
before the laws, and in making the laws The