The Portland daily press., 1867-08-08

delivered his part with much energy, entering
into the spirit of his piece with earnestness.
Mcdonald delivered his part with much
spirit.
The exercises passed off to the satisfaction of
air. The graduates are to be congratulated
upon their appearance to-day. They give prom
Use of a brilliant future.
Among the distinguished persons present
upon the stage, we noticed His Excellency'
Gov. Chamberlain, Gen. Caldwell, Hon. w h
P Fessenden, Amasa Walker, Hon. Peleg w.
Chandler and others.
At the close of these exercises the folio"lhg
degrees were conferred:
L. L. D.-Peleg w. Chandler OF boston;
VIM Willis and Thomas A. Depiois OF fort-
land. WI nj
Charles Curtis, James McKeen, Charles A.
Rnhbins Webster Woodbury., John G. Wight,
JoI,n C. Harkress, Nathaniel Melcher John
Il, Dow, Jr, William FL. Pierson, Henry N. W.
Hovt. ii. r. f Merrill Thos H. White, Sam
Grover, Franklin Littlefeld, NJ. NJ Hovey,
Charles Il. Libby, John Fl. Woods.
A. NJ. OUT OF CoURsE.-Class of 1S61-Ed-
ward Z. Loring and VIM. w. Eaton.
vile A. Cochrane.
Glass OF 1863-James L. Fogg.
Glass of 1864-Augustus r. Libby.
/ a. Ii. IN ~CoURsE.-Melvin Franklin Arey,
Hampden; lothian Franklin Clark, Wells;
| Oren Cobb, Winthrop; Rollo Marble Cole,
Ward Cults, Great Falls, N. H.; George p.
Davenport, Bath; James Payson Dixon, West
Lebanon; Benjamin Brialy Eaton, Wells; Ma
poleon Gray Harrison; William Stickney
| Hutchinson, Paris Hill; James Wallace Nc
Donald, Bangor; Richard Greenleaf Merri-
man, Brunswick; William Pitt Mudgett, New
burgh; Slept en- Morrell Newman, West Fall
| mouth; Stanley Adelbert Plummer, Dexter;
| George Tingey Sewall, Oldtown; Frederick
| King Smyth, Brunswick; Joseph Colburn
| Wilson, Orono. q. gsM &M -
81 A. b. OUT OF CouRsE.-Melville A. Coch-
rane, class of 1862; Augustus r. Libby, class OF
1864; Ezekiel I'll. Cook and Hiram X. Colby
class of 1866.
| M. D.-Brainard Dearborn, Northampton, N
H.; George Manlius Pease, A. B., Bridgton,
| John Greeley Pierce, North Yarmouth; ThOs
Delap Smith, Boston, Mass: Albert Hamilton
Taft, Nelson, n: H; Charles Fred Thayer
| Waterville: Benjamin Bartlett Whitney
Thorndike; John Winslow Chase, Epping, N
H.; Walter Benajah Chase, Pleasant Mount
! Pa; William Swan. Goldman, Camden; Chas
Elmer eDrummond, North Sidney; Frank
Stevens Hall, Casco; Orran Rensselaer,, Naples
| Frank Asbuery Kimball, Phillips; Alber
4 Quincy Marshall, Oxford; Charles Emerson
Phioon, Livermore; Albert Plummer, Au
burn, N H.; John Paris Sheahan, Dennys
vile; Davis Nevens Skinner, Lewiston; Jas
1 Alfred Walton, Oldtown; Daniel Websle
Wight, Casco; Richard Jefferson Wilcox
BranchloD. C. W.; Robert Fulton Winchester
East Corinth; Albion Gustavus Young, Lin
neuS. sS---~ANf ~ ~ bhse aN- MY =
The procession then reformed and movet
with eager footsteps towards the hall. which
contained the Commencement Dinner, bu
from the numerous expressions of dissatisfac
ton, we suspect that hunger, in all cases, wa
not appeased. Your correspondent, however
| did not. suffer, Eloquent and humorou
speeches were made by President Harris, Gov
Chamberlain, Gen. Caldwell, VIM, H. Allen
Ex-President of Girard College, Rev Dr.
Stockbridge, Rev. DR. Smith Of New York. e.
All seemed satisfied with the new President
and confident that under him the College ha
commenced a new, career of usefulness. d.
Harris most certainly ought to feel fiattered a
the numerous compliments which have bee
heaped upon him during the week.
At the general meetings of the two colleg
: societies, the following officers were chosen:
PRUcnIAN SoCIETY.-President, A. G. Ten
ny; Vice President, r. P. Weston; Cores
ponding Secretary, j. b. Sewall; Executiv
COMMITTEE, Y. w. Iackarl, Jonn u LlncoE
and J. H. Fellows. III :.I g1gM sSaN ada
D. tATHENEAN SOCIETY.-PreSident, ID. J. Lin
I. scott; secretary, Alfred MITCHELL Executiv
Committee, VIM. G. Barrows, I. A. D. Fessen
2 ldea and Charles Chapman. sfp.s 10 4
f. AT a meeting of the Trustees of the Colleg
appropriate notice was taken of the death G
Hon. George Evans, a member of the Board
This vacancy was filed by the election of Gov
Chamberlain. Rev. David Shepley was elect
! ed in place of Hon. Ether Shepley resigned
Il john Rodgers was elected Treasurer in plac
of Joseph MKeen, deceased. ssssa,r.o