Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-29

committee on nominations for membership
consisted of Professor j. L. Lincoln, Alexander
Farnum, Esq.,, Prof. I. W. Bancroft, Rev. Dr.
Caldwell, Henry c. Whitaker, Esq, Arnold
Greene Esq, and nominated a number of gen.
tlemen, who were elected. John c. Pegram,
graduate of the naval academy, was nomi-
mated, but not being graduate of Brown, his
nomination will not be acted upon for one year.
After the business meeting the society held the
annual exercises at the First Baptist meeting
house, when the address was delivered
by President White, of Cornell uni
versity. His subject was "The War
fare of Science" His thesis, which by
historical study of this warfare he proceeded to
develop, was: In all modern history interference
with science in the supposed interest of religion,
no matter how conscientious such interference
may have been, has resulted in the drest evils
both to religion and to science, and invariably.
And on the other hand all untramelled scientific
investigation, no matter how dangerous to re-
lgion some of its Stages may have seemed tenn
porarily to be, has invariably resulted in the
highest good of religion and of science.
A meeting of the alumni was held in Manning
hail. Tuesday afternoon. The meeting was call
ed to order by Professor Lincoln, aud Hon
Henry Chaplin of Worcester, was elected
chairman, and Alexander Farnum, Esq, was
elected secretary. Judge Chaplin on taking the
chair addressed the alumni. He said, in effect:
My engagements have prevented me from at
tending the annual meetings of the alumni here
tofore, but believe in gatherings of this kind.
The question is not whether man educates his
children at Brown university, not whether he
considers that he had the best education that he
might have had, if he went to another college,
but this is our college, this is where we were
educated, this is our academic mother around
whom our affections cling, and should just as
soon think of speaking dsrespectfully of the
mother that bore me, as Of my alma mater,
where received the rudiments of my education.
| love to come to this college and to this city.
I love to hear the bells of the city ring as when
l was boy, because they bring back forms and
features familiar in other days
Among the principal speakers in the dis.
cuSsion that followed Judge Chapin's address
was Hon. F. w. Bird, of Walpole, who argued
in favor OF taking such action as shall bring
the alumni into closer relations with the gov
eminent of the university A resolution, offered
by Mr.. Bird, was adopted, to the effect that a
committee of five be appointed to confer with
the corporation, or with any committee thereof,
upon the relations of the alumni to the govern.
ment of the university, with instructions to re-
port to the alumni at the next annual meeting.
The chair appointed the following as the COM
mittee called for by the resolution of Mr.. Bird
Abraham Payne, Esq, Providence; Hon. B. F.
Thomas, Boston; H. B. Staples, Worces-
ter; A. 0. Peck, Providence; Hon. Nathan
F. Dixon, Westerly. No other action of i'm
portance was taken.
The graduating exercises of the class of 1871
were held in the First Baptist church this morn
ing. Thirteen orations were given, the vale
dictory being by Alfred E. johnson, of Provi-
dence. The sixth grafton, on intellectual Cour-
age" was delivered by Henry Fl. Wyman, Gard
ner, Mass. The music of the old American
brass band, without which commencement
would hardly seem complete, added to the inter-
est of the occasion. The graduating class num-
bered about forty. But few honorary degrees
were conferred. After the diplomas were con-
ferred, the alumni, faculty and guests marched
up 10 the college campus, where, under mon
ster pavilion, the annual dinner was eaten. This
feature of commencement is, of course, not the
least attractive of the days proceedings. When
| the rattle OF knives and forks ceased, the sides
| of the pavilion were raised, the crowd outside
thronged in, ard the speeches of the occasion
were listened to.
The following is the list of recipients of hon
orary degrees: Doctor of Divinity, Rev. John
Wenger, Calcutta; Rev. Alfred P Putnam,
Brooklyn, N. Y. The degree of Master of Arts
was conferred upon the following gentlemen:
Iran N. Smith, F. W. Douglass, j. H. Smart, X.
P. Winsor r. S. Rowland, w. Z. Lincoln, W.
c. Poland, G. G. Wiggin, G. W. Edwards, G. K,
Chase, G. W. Stoddard.
Twenty-four of the alumni of Brown have
died during the past year. Among them was
| William A. Croker, class of 1922, who died at
New York last May. Mr.. Crocker was married
at Worcester, Nov. 10, 1924, to Frances c.,
| daughter of Isaiah and Mary Weld Thomas,
and granddaughter of Hon. Isaiah Thomas, the
father of American printing; she died April 90,
1868. Charles A. Remington, class of 1867, died
in Fitchburg, December q, 1870, aged twenty
nine. Henry A. VIM, class of 1867, died in
Berlin, Prussia, April II, 1871, aged twenty
seven years. He was born in Woburn, Mass.
he died after brief illness; in June, 1870, he
married Anne Florence Woodbury., of Winches-
ter, Mass. Sylvanus Morse, class of 1927, died
in Middleboro', Mass, March 81, 1871, aged
seventy-three years; he was born in West
BoylstOn; in 1888 he married Harriet n. jerks,
of West BoylstOn.