The Portland daily press., 1868-08-13
Commencement at Colby Universiiy.
VAUDEVILLE. August II, 1868.

w AfEhNILLE. "A SuSt IL, loOo.' II
To the Editor of the Press:
The class day services occurred yesterday
and they seem, in all our American colleges.
to attract more attention and interest than
anv of the other exercises of the week. ,sTa
Julian d. Taylor OF Vassalboro, was class Or
ator, and took for his theme ''Ultlaism in Cul
ture." IT was finely written effort, and dis
played such critical knowledge, and anal tical
ability, as is rarely met with, in college effu-
sions soTf 4H9Hfl ir.s-.F -4uH rr4t4-s-e-
The Poet, Mr.. Charles L. Clay, framed his
numbers to Thoughts of War;" The poetic
spirit seemed to be with him. -
Mr.. Henry c. Hallowell of Bangor was His
torian of the class, and the great deeds of the
last four years, were recorded with minute ac-
curacy. 1t was witty, and well delivered, the
only fault if fault it be, was its personality
but the boys understand the jokes, and no Of
fence is taken. We give few statistics of the
class: Number who graduate, Is; average age
"a years, 9 mos: Oldest %; youngest 20; long
gest feet, 2 inches; short. st feet, 5 inches;
united weight, 2O5S; heaviest, 1870: lightest, up
on occasions, weighs ton; average weight is
1876. 'aN
The prophecy of Mr.. Edwin S. Small of Wa
terville, and the parting address at the tree
by Mr.. John B. Cough were not
unworthy of the occasion. This class
after smoking the pipe ofpeace and singing an
ode gave the parting hand shake, in token OF
final separation. .,,- ~ ....
AT meeting of the alumni in the afternoon
the following officers were chosen President
Gen. b. M. Plaisted; Secretary, Prot G. E.
Hamlin; Counsellors, Reuben Foster, Nathan
e Meader, A. r. Crane. -1oa 5log5..5se
Professor Hamlen then read the neurology
ofthe alumni during the past year, of which
we give the following abstract:
/ But two deaths of alumni are known to have
| occurred during the last academic year. In
formation of third, which took place in the
previous year, has reached the necrologist
| since the last anniversary.
Of the class of 1886, Moses Burbank died in
Ludlow, Vermont, March II, 1867, aged 81
| years and 5 months. In December 1862 in
connection with partner he commenced the
publication of the BLACK River Gazette" OF
| which he was editor, during the few months
OF life, that remained to him. He died of sof-
tening of the brain. rrl-l .rt y ...
OF the class of 1858, Sabine Emery died in
Baltimore, Maryland, March oath, 1868, aged
81 years. He was born in EastpOrt, February
8, 1884. On the 4th of September, 1861, he
entered the army and was commissioned sue
cessiyely Captain, Major, Lieutenant-Colon
which corps he he'd connection till his dis
charge from service, May %, 1864. 5l
His regiment was with the fleet at the CAP
ture of Hilton Head, at Fort Wagner and also
| at Fort Fisher. During the attack upon Fort
| Wagner, on July 18, 1868, he was seriously
wounded by MIME ball in the leg, and receiv-
| ed a confused wound of the left breast, from
| the fragment of a shell. Copious hemorrhage
of the lungs followed, from which never fully
recovering, he at length fell into a lingering
consumption, of which he died. As soldier
Colonel Emery displayed personal fearless
ness for which he had been from his earliest
| years remarkable. He seemed absolutely des-
| titute Of the sense of danger, and while this
quality made him most daring and brilliant
leader, it sometimes brought upon him censure
for rashness.
OF the class of 1862, Frederick Hale died
| at w oodstOck. VT, May 6, 1868, aged %. On
| graduation be began Immediately the study OF
| law at Ellsworth in the Office of his brother
Eugene Hale, Egg. He was admitted to prac-
| tice in Oct. 1858, and entered at once upon the
business of his profession, as a partner with
WAS hgafdeu IL dtiSn tfaEu the ed bseapfiSf e.
| ance and made a marked impression upon his
| aud ence. He was studous and successful as
a lawyer, and is thought to have shortened
his days by undue application. -.3aer
Rev. Wayland Hoyt, young Baptist cler.
gyman of Brooklyn, N. Y, last evening deliv.
cred the Grafton before the literary societies
His subject was 'Iconoclasm," and the images
of falsehood, bigotry and caste were shvered
by his blows. General G. G. Van Zandt of r
I,delivered the poem, entitled "Memories an6
Traditions" 1t fully sustained the reputation
of the poet. l
The various secret societies held their re-
| unions last week..-i5.- -.-..,ts-
Governor Chamberlain arrived last evening
and will iemain during the exercises of to-day