The Portland daily press., 1866-08-11
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b. eriefes WATERviLLE, Aug. 0, 1856. 81
1t is the day after the fair, and already the
streets look deserted and the mufied roar of
the Ticonic falls, lost to hearing yesterday
among the CHATTER, the provisioning and the
music, comes up audibly from the river. The
eject of the prevailing quiet is intensified by
sharp contrast. Yesterday seems already "a
dream. Which is, unreal, the hustle of yester-
day or the silence OF to-day or are both alike
mere transito,y shows2bosn saios dlfw ss
an Let the neutrality-suspicious. settle that. Yes
teriay's events were at any ratedas real in
their small way as the shock ofcharging hosts
not long ago at Sadowa. The sun rose clear
and high, seeming further off than is usual in
August. The procession marched and coun-
termarched ON its way from the college to the
church. The mershal appeared Respondent in
the regalia Of 0 Son of Temperance, which
speaks well for the morality ofthe college and
would surely have furnished to Tom Jones's
prudent preceptor fine occasion for discourse
upon @the fitness of things, The blue RIB
boncd batons had more familiar look. The
PLATFORM was decorated with governors in ev-
cry stage Of political existence. There were
Ex-Governors Coburn and Hamlin and Nor
rill: there was actual Governor Cony there
was the coming man, our next Governor
Chamberlain, who was welcomed with hearty
cheering; and there was the Rev. Mr.. Dilling-
ham, who declined to be candidate for gov
ernor. a.4....-, III.
After prayer by President Champlin, the
exercises proceeded in the following order,
FOR THE DECREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS.
.1-oration-Een;amia FTaaz7a-George Waller
Observation-Disclosures -Frank Warren Tel
S-oraton- szepticisn,--IIa Pingrce Kusick.
Denmark.
4-oraiion - Asthetic Culture Austin Thomas,
5@Engiish oration-pyogress :arough Suffering
Frank Wales liatcman Portland. .7liri E1oaf
CREATIONS FOE THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS.
e-Prac:cal Scholarship William Penn White
1.-The 1-4flnity ar Languages = William Kicker
Thompson. Newton Center, Mass.
The merits and dement's ofthe performances
need not be specified. There was evidence of
sound intellectual training; it is well known
that the seyerer muses. bear sway at Water
vile. The President made some suggestion
to the trustees, in the Latin tongue, which
seemed to be favorably received, and conferr-
ed the degree of A. B. in course with good ad-
vice in the same language, upon The members
of the graduating class The degree of A. NJ. 4
was conferred in course upon Percival Bonney,
Simeon L. B. Chase, Charles NJ. Emery, Geo.
b. Hsley, William r. Thompson and William
P. Whitehouse, and out of course upon Jacob
B. Shaw of 1860, and Asa L. Lane and Rich
ard G. Shannon of1s62. The honorary de-
grees of A. B. and A. M. were granted to Lieut..
Col Frank s. Hasseltine of Savannah, Ca,
and the degree of A. M. to Edmund F. Webb,
Esq, of Waterville and the Rev. william d.
Ever Of San Francisco, CAL, all formerly mem
bers of the college. The Rev. Hosea Qdimby,
of Lake Village, N. H., class of1sS2, was made
a doctor of divinity. s-elsq 9al saR aA45 %
3g The college dinner came next, after due
provisioning, and after dinner the speeches.
The President announced as the sum total
of available funds cid and new now repre-
sented upon the treasurers books, s12O,00O-
He also announced that the trustees had vot
ed to call the new building Memorial Hall,
had appropriated $4,000 for thct purpose, as
mentioned yesterday, ard hoped to receive
one half of the estimated $20O90 needed to
complete the structure from the alumni, and
the rest from other sources A committee
had been chosen to locate the building, and it
was hoped that the corner stone might be laid
at the next Commencement and the super
structure completed in two years. A charm
ing speech from Governor Cony followed, clos i
ing with a very handsome compliment to
General Chamberlain, who unfortunately was
not present to respond, having been prevent
ed by Illness and fatigue from joining us at
the dinner. The late Vice President OF the
United States, who ought now to be Presi-
dent instead of Collector of the port of Bos-
ton, warmly recommended the proposition for
a Memorial Hall and declared that s6o0Oo
must be raised. Senator Morrill, touched
lightly upon various subjects, not emitting to
say that "what takes place in Washington is
of very little consequence in comparison with
what is taking place among the plain people
at home" and ventured the prediction that
the Memorial Hall would be built W -'' '''-
AT this juncture Gen. Plaisted, President
of the Associated Alumni, seeing that this
one theme absorbed all the interest Of the oc-
casion, proposed that the President of the
college act as president Of the meeting, that
the alumni proceed to consider the PROPOSE
ton Of the trustees, and that the trustees and
other visitors present be invited to remain
eo.. a nornnariann nf VIEWS the aluInni with