The Portland daily press., 1866-08-10
COtMmenccment Week at WaterviIle.
[CoRREspoNDENCE OF THE PREss.l

| WATERvILLE, August, 8, 1866.
| Yesterday was Glass Day. The exercises
Of that Festival, peculiar to American colleges,
have been many times described but are al
ways new-and almost always unduly prolong-
| ed as in the present case. The exercises at
the church were conducted with the usual de-
corum. 1t was noticed with regret that the
officers Of the college, with single exception,
| were absent. This believe is unusual, and
was doubtless occasioned by the stress Of 9TH
er engagements. The Grafton by E. w. Bake
man of Portland, had for its theme, 'sAgita-
i ton as a means of reform" Ofcourse the
Gracchi, and great many other historical
characters, were produced, for whom Garrison
and his Liberator might well have stood alone
instead of last. There was an allusion to an
| apology for man, whose mother would have
conferred a favor upon the xorld if she had
vetoed his birth" which the audience annaar-
| ed to understand aud eheered to the echo
rne poem was delivered by Ell. P. McKusick,
and entitled Change"
A passing shower drove the throng collected
on the green to witness the remaining cere
monies, into the chapel. The class history.
by F.W. Tolman, was perhaps little too
sharp in its sarcasm, at several points, but was
certainly witty and amusing. L subiciu a por
ton of the a.3 .ss9s III 40
eos.r STATISTICS. sa .suf
Numher rnIled awav nv , G.,ii 'n' '.''
Number who have left from insane motives.
NamIor who graduate
s iC5at ssng1i a0 o. le class T. ~
longest man; ................. e"sa
fighting WEIGHT Of the class lbs
lame men s 10 c:rr;s
Would be. and could f they only dared to........
Heasa~ whW he tileIHsccusc She lad boen m; Iod
=, before. -. r,.,,,.-... 81.
Number who did belong ..s
be Who o oe 70 caSe s H. sae
Number who smoke villainous pipes ;............1
miserable thing wi work. ..i. '. p.n ~.
I. The nronbecv nv Austn Thomas IF yy.ter.-
vile. distributed the four ouarters of the earth /
to tho dominion If the fas,r noen,hors of t,,o
class besides the nronbet in a noonner t,,,lv
liberal and eouable. The address to Tho class
was de,verad NV eeo w HINT of1,or.o,,, .,,or
which Tho sk;as l,.,,no clo.rod A.. 49, r,;ro
of Peace handed dow, from, Gloss j., o,.rs.
was lifted and raiser, from lin Il lin il Tho ~,
en- air. under the class tlee. The Senior ca.e
was nowhere visible. but win probably he ont
to-day.
The board of trustees assembled at two
O'Clock. The professorsbip of modern Ian
guaees was filled, to the general satisfaction of
the friends of the college. h. tbe election ~
Mr.. Edward W. Hall ~ Portland M, mn
graduated at Waterv;lle ~ 1910 ..,,;n. 80.
b;ob r,nL n h;s o,oss .,,o,,e,, $50 '.,s
tar mart his course his nrorross ne ..a:s
erahlv ;oneded bv n.haoith CO. ~.
time he has resided a mart IF tho tim. - NJ
s.cbusatts wbaro be ,v,s ror,, s,,,.o.e.,
teacher. and more recont,v II waoh;,,a..,
where he bas been ob,o - 80 &c, ~.
bent toward the studv offbo ,onnn.aaa a.'a
literature of modern Eu,one. and has nrot.od
NV the opportunities which wash;.aso p s..
80 of,ar,ls for ;ntoroo,,,so ,,,;.,, .. ,'
-. Tho ,,,oa.;o. ee.,,. ~ o'.."'eu ,or-
49, hsonoo 80 go, =: IS ~. :. az
80 -, ss.sfsI :, was
-. :. .,,o;. s..s.o,, .,.:sr . ~ ue nopeu
- i'-S - 1ns' ''ie leave
r, -
.hosoa.p;., o..a,.;a. 60 A. pm upon
o.t;af.o.o..- oe a.. sr-oo 900 ""s very
ssnooo hsro hoo, a.;, =, sao,ol'oeu'
wear Manu as's"a.: 20 - u'us ,ne past
BILE in five vsars -'l.,, 'n1 w. 'naue paya,