The Portland daily press., 1872-07-11

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. r.. OTHER BUSINESS
Leave of absence was granted to Professor
Goodale, who has been elected lecturer at Har-
ward, from October list to May LIST. -sa 81,
The Board accepted bequest of $4,000 from
late Miss Mary Cleaves of Hallowell. The
widow of the late Chief Justice Tenney pre-
sented portrait of her husband. A gift of
$1,000 was received from John c. Dodge and
$1,000 from Marshall Cram, for scholarship in
memory of Nelson P. Cram, of the class of 1861.
The Blake herbarium was presented by Rev.
Joseph Blake and Hon. Samuel H. Blake The
Rev. VIM. j. Savage, ID. D., of Franklin, N.
H., gives $1,000 to found the Mary L. Savage
scholarship, in memory of his wife, and for the
maintenance Of needy students preparing for
the ministry. Miss Maria M. Sewall of Ken
nebunk, gives $1,000 to establish the Sewall
scholarship, in memory of the late William B.
Sewall. '''-'--" ann
The department. of military tactics was plac-
ed upon the same footing with other depart
ments as regards authority land discipline and
all the students who are able, will be forced to
drill. 1t was decided to fit up recitation rooms
in the Memorial Hail. A-....Aa'
OhohiOo IL OWah, i1SH', WdS CtcCt-
ed member of the Board of Trustees and Hon.
John C. Dodge of Boston, Jairus w. Perry,
ESQ.,, of Salem, Hon. VIM. c. Marshall of Bel
fast, Geo. (. B. jackson of Portland, and Hon.
VIM. P. Frye of Lewiston, members of the
Board of Overseas. ri s. ,7a'4.
The following committees were elected:
EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Webb and Shepley of the Trustees,
and Messrs. Blake, MunsOn and Brown of the
Overseers.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Bradbury and Brown of the Trustees
and Messrs. Cram and Lincoln of the Over
SeerS. @..-
VISITING COMMITTEE. a4l
Messrs. Appleton and Bourne of the Trus-
tees and Messrs. Putnam, Blake and Perry of
the Overseers
DIR. Swan from the Trustee and Drs. McKeen
and Lincoln from the Overseers, We're added to
the fraternity of medicine. Do H-
arg @VaE 6 DEGREES CONFERRED.
The following degrees were conferred:
Bachelors of Arts in course-The members
of the graduating class. Gtup EIg5
Bachelors of Arts out of course-Charles L.
Shepard, class of III. t.,H Tasa"
Masters of Arts in eourse-Charles A. Cole,
Clarence Clarence, Hale George ". Hale, John A.
Quimby, Frank w. Ring, H. S. Whitman, c.
o. Whitman, 0. s. Williams, Albert Wood
side i=l...a .f "' ,ilI .-'1F
Masters of Arts out of eourse-Francis S.
Thccher
% The following honorary degrees were voted:
Masters of Arts-Joseph P. Sawyer, James
s. Darrell, Artemas Libby, D. D.. Stewart,
Joshua w. Hathaway, Alden j. Blethen.
Doctors of Divinity-Sam'l +. Dixie, IF. Al
len, Joseph Blake rrI-.. ~ sIia
Doctors of Laws-James w. Bradbury, E. E.
Bourne. -sas8Ese
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
The exercises of the graduating class took
place in in the church, commencing at ten
o'clock. The church was well filled and the
exercises were of an unusually high order
EXERCISES FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Salutatory Grafton in Latin, II
Philosophical Disquistion- Educational Progress
!. of Woman. Walter o. Hooker, Gardiner
Literary Disquisition,m-The Common school Sys-
tenn of Maine. Warren F. Bickford, Newburgh.
:. -. o. =, q John 5. Frost, springvale.
Dissertation independence in Politics, 20 +
---,- John Getchell Abbott, Augusta.
Orati0n-The Problem of Life,
8FF{1'4 II 1 Herbert Milton Heath, Gardiner
Literary Disquisition- to make a small State
GREAT ONE F,ssa 5, b Atwood St. Albans
a George NJ. seiders, Union.
Diseussion-New Departures,
George H. Cummings, Portland
- Ambrose v. Ackley, Buxton.
Oration-C Cardinal Wolsey,
Simeon p Meads, S. Limington
Literary Disquisition Influence,
George W. Stone Livermore Falls
isquisition-Herosm, 4 Tep.rsrr gg-rz
E-kH Az Frank w Spaulding, Bingham.
Discussion Napoleon ILL.,. Weston Lewis, Pittston
Observation-Disclosures and the Alchemists,
William c. Shannon, Cape Elizabeth.
Philosophical Disquisition-The Scholar, the Phil
Literary Disqusition-Light, ~
Harold Wilder, Brooklyn, N. Y.
sertatfon-Our Father,
-, -. Osgood W. Rogers, Brunswick.
Observation-Disclosures Ideas, p
Dissertation Mission Of America
nib. Marcellus Coggan, Bristol
Oration-Musical Instruction in College, - -
Herbert Harris, E. Machias
EXERCISES FOR DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS.
Grafton ..........O %. F. A. Greene, Manitowoc Wis
Valedictory Grafton in Latin,
.l1&8 - se8 j: c. Coombs, Boston,
a Ea.f COMMENCEMENT DINNER. ~ sff
The dinner was had in the new Memorial
Hall. After the substantial duties of the din
ner were over, President Chamberlain read the
annual psalm, being the 18th of Watts, which
was sung. President Chamberlain then made
one of his happy and appropriate speeches, at
the close of which, he referred to the death of
Prof. Upham, and called upon Rev. Egbert c.
Smyth of Andover Seminary.
! Prof Smyth spoke at length and in very
feeling manner of the late Prof Upham He
Professors. He said it was necessary for men
to live righteous, but that would be impossible
unless men were enabled by their salaries to
liUe.
President Chamberlain called upon Hon. J.
w. Perry, the author of work on Trusts, and
asked him, who had told mankind how to take
care of trusts, to tell us how to get them.
Mr. Perry replied, speaking of the rapid
growth of the College He said that President
Woods might say 81 found the College of wood
and left it of granite" He spoke of the rapid
progress and the good repute of the College in
eloquent terms. ia 4iE e'7AAssA
Rev. President Allen, d. D., was called on
and spoke of the necessity of classical course
to all the people, and of the respect with which
the Agricultural College, over which he pre-
sides, looks back to Bowdoin, He spoke with
feeling of Prof. Upham and of his last words,
My soul is with Cod
President Chamberlain next called on Gov
ernor Washburn, and said he Gov Washburn)
allured him into the war and so was the cause
of his now being in this chair, and he wanted
Governor Washburn to get up and apologize.
The Governor made stirring and eloquent
speech, congratulating himself upon helping
Bowdoin when he made Joshua L. Chamber
lain a Lieutenant Colonel. He said the
source of power in a country was in its educa-
tors. This generation knows that d. v. Ar
mold of Rugby, did more for England than
Peel, Russell or Palmerston.
Governor Chamberlain referred to the gift of
Hon. John c. Dodge of Boston, of $1,000 to
the College and called upon that gentleman.
Mr.. Dodge replied, referring to abe new mill
tary display that Bowdoin is making Ho
wished to know if it would be safe to refuse to
make speech, WREN the President has got so
many cannon at his command on the College
grounds. He paid handsome compliment to
the graduating class, spoke of the relative adj
vantages of the study of physics and of meta
physics, and said the latter led nowhere
President Chamberlain referred to the recent
handsome present of Hon. Peleg W. Chandler