New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-15
coLtEGE COMMANDMENTS.
ROwDOIN COLLEGE.


rrs vApTY IIIsTORY-CoNTEsT OVER ITS NAME
HANCOCK OR BOwDOIN - DISTINGUISHED
GRADUATES - COMMENCEMENT - HONORARY
DEGREES.
BRUNSWICK, Me-, July 1A-BOwdOin College
Is pieuresquely situated in the quiet inland town OF
Brunswick. on the AndrOscOggh River about % miles
nom Portland The town OF Brunswick containing about
5000 nha bitants laid ont side of vast sandy
pain The southerly side of the town s washed by tho
waters OF the CascO Bay, which was known to
the carly naylgatCrs as "The Bay of Many Islands"
The College edifces in the midst Of an Immense
campus OF tnau so acres, atractiyely laid ont
seventyseven years ago the Commonwealth OF
Massachusetts founded the College IN what was
was chartered by Massachusetts,. a political
Of John Hancock and those OF Gov, James BowdCn both
wealthy In the summer OF 1924 the party es DC
tween the Federasts and Republicans were beginning
he tightly drawn. The name OF the new ceege Wa5
piateriaiIy Influenced the legislature The fight was
commenced during the administration OF John hnCoCA
as Governor and was finally settled under that OF Gov
historic name. The Fcderasts OF the guy t B,i
advocated the claims Of Coy BowdO VIM, ,t .o
hraus insisted those OF Hancock Tue Massaen"sts
Legislature was divided the senate @a1S[lnk ~ Row.
cock, aud the House OF kepIes99u'Sutne named h
don. The Senate by formal vote, i,gHlI the
;rsuit was final victory for BOwdOn. Soon ateT the IN
rorpOratou q liberal endowment was made 10y MS EA
tuited states Minister TO the Of spain IN the "A
mnisraou OF President Jefferson IN tniS SnuV nt
W. m coa,prehe1sve inIneTalogical collection 1000
,ngc a. indp and In 800 i'm money Mr. BOwdon also
9,dc fntther liberal requests sufficient in amount 10
place the College on firm foundation, soi, &, the
William PITT Fesscuden graduated az BoW1oh Gas a Of
Glass of 1873 Franklin Pierce graduated IN tne UasS Of
1874 The Rev Dr. George b. Gheeyer was so1 Of
the Glass Of 1875. Nathaniel haWtnoFne Soar wrote
Bowdoin known fine classical seIE i ciitv
elegantly IN Latin as well as ID Engu S"' by his
IN The use OF language was frequently ,I,p' COW
prccepors boy, he showed all that Pecuiu Itr
ness OF manner which is so well relnenDeieu ~ HS
YEAR Henry W L0ngfeow, the poet IS sun relseu-
bered here foremost among the pest scOatS d
HAe y eI -" w 1850, Titergrg gazette The editor
~ nt II brunswick What young in his
college sent him such hue poetry Johh farhe t
nlUci Of student, but TOcking humorst' ana
ready in extempOre wit His translation OF Horace's
0 Balisn f,s : Cyl .q rs,t 1 ls5s,jr
Is among the college traditions. The eloquent Sergeant
smith PreutiSs presented himself lame boy for junior
standing. One Of the examiners feeling kindly toward
No laJ Thought he would handle him gently But ms
sefposscsson, ms promptness and precision soon com
late Governor of Massachusetts,. graduated here in the
class Of 1881 He was close student and genial friend
Chamberlain are afsO children Of BOwdCln.
Tie seveuty.sixth annual C9nmenGement exercises
we're held I'm the Congregational Church to-day tWednes
day, before large audience the degree OF BacheoF 81
viii be noticed that Bowdoin has not abandoned its
classical habits: FTedercus HenrcuS BOardnaD, Norman
Cal, CaTolus Abrahamus COLE JohannesCoby Coom9s'
Jon8nnes Colby Cotton, Porter Cunningham, ia
cubus Dixie Thomas Henrcus Eaton, Fredercus August
GcorgIus.Wocks Hale, Jacobus Hunter Kennedy David
KuOwtOn IPaVlit LOthrOp, GulenlUs-filJ Nor
GIN. Gcur-us- Francois MOsher Edyardus-Pays0n Pay
sou WiilardHumphrey Perley, Cassias-Clay Powers
Henricus- Brewer QuHby Francus Whitman Ring, Caro-
lus ROwe CarolusA sbury Stevens, Hiram Iue, Marsh
man. Eddy WadsWOrth, HarrisOu-SpOhOrd Whitman, Os
ear-ScOtt Williams Fltz-Alan Woodbury., Albertus Wood
side, Guillelmus Haskell MCDOWELL.
The honorary degrees conferred were as follows LII.
d.. upon John G. Kuol OF Bremen, the Hon. Nehemiah
Cleveland Of Topfed, Mass, aud George j. /. Chamber
lain of Maine. d. D., upon HOratio Sebbins Of San
Francisco Frederick Gardiner George W. Field OF Ban
gor and stephen Allen of the Methodist Conference Of
Maine. A. NJ upon A. 7. Stone, Principal Of the Port
land High SCHOOL, George T. Fletcher Principal OF the
Blodgett esq, the Hon. Eugene Hale, Member OF Con-
Crcss from Maine. George J.. GOOdall of BOwdOu Col
iege, and Prof Charles G. lockwood also OF BowdOin
College.
The annual reunion OF the Alpha Delta Phi Society
took place Tuesday evening IN the Society Hall Con
services come off tomorrow, after the Commencement
exercises Among them Is address before the Maine
Alpha OF the Phi Beta Kappa, by the Hon. James W.
Patterson United States senator from NewHampshIre.
The graduating class then celebrates its " Class Day"
The will take place at the old Oak Tree the
be read These Chronicles NJ Yale, review
of the personnel OF the class, rife with sharp
are followed ~ the Prophecy" az at
Amherst This is au imaginative fancy sketch
of the tn TUO OF the departing class The parting
address will then be spoken 10y Mr. T. PaysOn of Port.
land and the ode by o. F. A. Greene. will be sung
by the entire class The smoking Of the pipe OF peace
will terminate the commencement season OF BOwdoin.
IL j. stated here that Mr. II. II. Body Of New York.
has made aft OF 100000 TO the College, also that
new scholarships have just been endowed and that they
will be perfected Yithip the present week.
.ryaV IL