The Portland daily press., 1867-08-09
C0mmetcemenf At Rowdoin.

BRUNSWICK, Aug. 8, 1867.
To the Editor Of The Press
The reception last evening by President
Harris was brilliant affair, in which the
beauty and fashion, which always assemble
here during Commencement week, were dis
played with unusual profusion.
Last evening the various secret societies
heid their Reunions, when another set of col
iese "reminiscences were brought up, and
another kind of joys recalled
The class of '61 were to have had a class sup
per at the Tontine yesterday, but we under
stand the larder of the hotel gave out, and so
they were disappointed. r-FR OK
AT the meeting of the Alumni this morning,
the neurology of the class was read by Prof.
Packard. During the year, it appears that
sixteen graduates Of the college have died.
1908 John Patten, Bowdoinham.
ISll. John Barton Derby, Boston, born
1898.
1915. George Evans, Portland.
1917. Rev. Ebens Cheeyer. Micbioan horn
1871. NJ ~ EG-7''~'- = = %
1921 William Cutter. Brooklvn NJ " horn
1901 FfIG = : : Yf'''' - 7 -
1872. Rev B. G. Wiley, Sumner, born 1896
!S23. John Mcdonald, Bangor, born 1900.
,od de25. Hezekiah Packard, Portland, born
1926. s. s. Boyd, Natehez, Miss, born 1907.
1882. e. Moore. WASHINGTON d. q horn
180S -glgI1s's '.--'s, ~ -
1885. Rev. G. w. Cressey,. Buxton, born
1870 i -.
1874. Rev. Il. E. Peck, Hayti, born 1921. .ai 9
1S49. Oryille Jennings, Little Rock, Ark,
born 1926
1856. George Robinson, Monroe. La.
1858. A. f. Badger, Bost N, born 1888 ssal
1860. w. L. Crowell, San Francisco, born
After this meeting, an address before the
Alumni was delivered by VIM. H. Allen, a
former President of Girard College, He feel
ingly alluded to the condition of the Institu-
ton when he was student, paying high COM
pliments to Prof cleveland and other mem
bers of the faculty of instruction, now resting
from their labors. His general subject was
Liberty, and in scholarly language did he por-
tray the dangers which beset it, and the pros
poets of its final, glorious development. It
was splendid effort, declared by all to be the
finest of the week. -'an i''a '4"2
The exercises of class-day, which in all our
colleges are now absorbing nearly all the inter-
est, called out full house, at 2 o'clock. The
exercises took place at church and tree ac-
cording to the following programme: -,
AT THE oHURcH-7AT O'CLOCK P.M
Prayer. -. Stephen Calvin Horr, North waterford
OratOn... George Tingey Sewall, Oldtown
Poem. Stephen Morrell Newman, West Falmouth
s3T .s AT THE TREE sf II 80 ~
Chronicles Winfield Scott Hutchinson, Paris Hill
Prophecy: Stanley Adelbert Plummer, Dexter.
~ ,,a !, US Usher Ward Cults, Great FAIL n. H.
M Smoking the Pipe Of Peace.
5H The Farewell. -'
The orators subject was '.Legacics, in which
the speaker displayed that excellent command
Of language and that philosophical criticism
which SO distinguished his effort of yesterday.
{ Newman's poem was delivered with the
) same graceful manner as was his salutatory,
and wasyery fine. His subject was ssNobility
of life, attainable by the study of the beauti-
full"
"And no beauty 88
Ever lieth, when it once doth iye
Tho the frailty of the form may perish, Y rr -
Yet lovely grace wiITstiIl survive, ~ q q eA4
Like lingering living glory shining, 81
ID the heart OF some one lodged forever, sa tGps
Thro the seasons of some quiet 1fetime AvAt sl'A
Yielding fruit in truth and high endeayor.''
; A noble hfe.was illustrated by the character
of President Lincoln, "who led us on
socalmly, mid the awful strife.
#fra=a
The tender stars shine o'er his Western grave
And nightly weep their tears of fragrant dew ~
But though the manly heart that beat is STILL H
No earthly clod his noble soul can chill" oit.ii
The structure, we raise, is a glorious one
If we place, with due care, each foundation stone,
And then let the towers i sympathy riser ~ - ss
TIL the talering spires are lost amid the skies.
Some struggles will find us, some doubling and fear
We count not the sorrow inherited here: -
We live that in mercy the capstone above a
May be set with the signet of infinite love-"
The chronicles, prophecy and parting ad-
dress werevery fine, provokings peals Of laugh
ter as well as feelings of sadness.
iil We make the following extracts from Hutch
inson's chronicles for the benefit of future gen
erations: 3 iAA--tA lt f5E3li0el u IaiT9sl
Whole number who have belonged to the
class, 80; number who graduate, "a; oldest
man, 81; youngest man, 81; average age, "a
tallest man, tt. in; shortest man. it. z in !;
ll heaviest man, 225 lbs; hghtest man, l13o ibs.;
average weight, 154 lbs; democrats, 10; repub-
leans, IA; proaibitionist, I; number who wear
whlskers, 8; number who wear moustaches, 12;
number who wear their eyebrows under their
nose, 1; congregationallsts, 9; heather, 1 NOR
mon, I; free -sbtuKcrs, g; law, 10; medicine, 8;
engineering, 1; business, Ii; undecided, s.;
number who take cold sitting on door steps, 1 !;
gentlemen at large, 1 ; number who never comb
their hair, |; number who acknowledge that
they are engaged, z; number who are engaged
to Brunswick ladies, 8; number suspected of
being engaged but won't own it, L: number
who want to be, L: number who have ALWAYS
been engaged, l number who have been con-
nected with the class and are now married Q.
At meeting oil the Phi Beta Kappa Socie-
ty, this morning, the following members of the
graduating class were elected to that society:-
NJ. F. Arey, o. w. Cults, j.. P. Dixon, w. S.
Hutchinson, g. T. Sewall, S. NJ. Newman, F.
X. Smyth, H. S. Webster.
The Trustees changed the time of Com
mencement from the first Wednesday of Au-
gust to the first Wednesday of July, which ne
cessitates re-arrangement of the terms. i
70 l 3 B.