The Portland daily press., 1872-07-12
Commencement at BOwdOin.
reported for the Press.l

ETY., Thursday, the following officers were elect
ed:
President, Joshua L. Chamberlain.
Vice President, Joseph Baker.
Secretary and Treasurer Henry L. Chapman.
Literary Committee, w. G. Barrows, Joseph
Baker, Daniel G. Linscott, George l.. Goodale,
Benjamin Snow.
Six members of the graduating class were
elected to membership in the Society, as
follows:
Herbert Harris, Herbert Heath, Samuel L.
Gross, Simeon p. Meads, Jehiel Richards, w.
O. Hooker, Jr.
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The annual meeting of the Maine Historical
Society was held at its new and commodious
rooms in Brunswick, Thursday July 18th.
After the several reports in the regular order
of business, the following gentlemen were
elected to Office for the ensuing year: Hon.
Edward S. Brown, LII d., Prest; Hon. James
w. Bradbury, LII, D., Vice Prcst.; Rev. Sam
uel +. Dixie, ID. d., Cor. Sec.; A. S. Packard,
Rec. Sec and Librarian; Standing Committee,
Leonard Woods, D. D., LII. D., A. ID. Wheel
er, ID. D., Hon. VIM. o. Barnes, Hon. c. j.
Gilmore, Pres j. L. Chamberlain Publishing
Committee, Leonard Woods, d. D., LII D.,
A. D. Wheeler, d. D., A. S. Packard, Prof.
lothian B. Sewall and Gen. John NJ. Brown, M.
A. :; Treasurer, Hon. Marshall Cram; Auditors,
Hon. W. G. Barrows B. G. Bailey, Esq Sew
eral elections were made of resident and cor
responding members.
1t was proposed that the next field-day be
held on the coast, to include Monhegan island
Exercises were then held in one of the lecture
rooms, Adams Hall, in commemoration of the
semi-centennial of the Society After the Di-
vine blessing was invoked by Prof John S.
Sewal, the President made remarks on the i'm
portance of the work of the Society in rescuing
from oblivion ancient records and papers, illus
trating his positions by facts falling under his
own observation in those of York county.
A paper was read by the Recording Secretary
on the history and work of the Society, with a
particular and extended notice of the life,
character and writings of the late Hon. Will
liam Willis, IL d.
r. K. Sewall. Esq, offered resolution COM
mending to the people of the State the Pema-
quid Monument Association, the design of it
being to perpetuate the remembrance of the
site of the beginning of New England, and
sustained the resolution by statement of his
torical, well established facts, touching the
question involved. Dr. Woods followed with
remarks on evidence of very early settlement
at Pemaquid.
r Gen. John NJ. Brown offered remarks on the
future work of the Society, particularly is res
cning and preserving the facts of local history,
and of correcting in this way erroneous impress
sions made by the earlier histories of New Eng
land. Maine has history which has been
overlooked or not duly regarded. He was fol-
lowed by Hon. j. w. Bradbury ON the some
general subject.
After vote of thanks to Mr.. Sewall for his
able paper of the morning the Society ad-
journed.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
The meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Society
took up the greater portion of the forenoon. In
the afternoon the Glass Day exercises took
place. This afternoon is usually the cream of
Commencement, but from some reason or other
the crowd was smaller than usual this year.
Many of the visitors were tired out with the
Jubilee and the reveres of last night at the
Presidents reception, and the various class sup
pers had tired them out SO effectually that they
took early trains for home this morning, but
the Glass Day exercises were good and did not
bore anybody. The day was favorable for the
exercises at the Tree, and the smoke of their
peaceful sacrifice assembled serenely to the
heavens. The following is the
PROGRAMME.
Music.
Prayer. ............ Simeon p. Meads. Liming tOn
Music.
Grafton. ............ .Marcellus Coggan, Bristol.
Poem. .Osgood W. Rogers, Brunswick.
The class and the congregation then moved to
the College campus and took position under the
College Oak, and from stand under this Oak
the rest of the parts were performed:
Music.
Chronicles Frederic G. Dew, Portland.
Parting Address. Harold Wilder, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Music.
The followed the Traditional Smoking of the
Pipe of Peace and singing of the class song
The parts were short and very creditabe to
the class. Some of the closing passages of the
parting address were fervent and eloquent.
The chronicles by Mr.. Dow of Portland, dis
closed the following statistics:
Whole number ever connected with the class
40; greatest number at any one time, 80; whole
number at graduation, "a; number who served
IL.
Political preference for Grant, 20, Greeley g.
Hendricks l.
Religious connections saints 9; sinners 10;
Wesleyan, Bickford; Spiritually minded, Alb
bOtt
Protessions:-Law, Z; medicine, 3; mercantile
life, z; chemistry, L..
Mr.. Dow's chronicles abounded in witty and
pointed illusions, which were appreciated and
loudly applauded by the class.
nd J,;,
the world to put into practice the lessons they
have SO well learned.
Tomorrow is the first examination for the
Freshmen Glass.
The eXami alton comes so early that il is
probable that the second examination, the last
of August, will be the larger of the two
The Bowdoin boat crew are hard at their
work and do not mean to make us ashamed of
them at Springfield.
CURIOUS GOSSIP ABOUT LIvNGTToNE, THE
AFRICAN ExPLoRER.-A London correspond
ent of the New York World supplies some curl
GUS gossip relating to Livingstone the African
traveller, and the reason why Stanley could not
persuade him to return to civilization This is
the gist of it:
sit is conjectured that Stanley did not tell all
he knows, or else that Livingstone did not per-
init him to discover all there was to be found
out. A story is revived that was current some
years since, but which, when it came to light
in a Cleveland paper on your side the Atlantic,
was so vigorously pooh-poohed that men fan
cied there was no foundation for it, This story
was to the effect that the reason why Living
stone did not come home was that he was hap
PLY married in Central Africa and could nei-
ther bring his dear princess with him nor tear
himself away from her fascinating embraces
This story, it will be remembered, was said to
have been brought down to Zanzibar by Arabs
trading with Uzzi. 1t will be remembered.
moreover, that long before Kirk or anyone
claimed to have tidings of Livingstone either
direct or indirect, the late Sir Roderick Muir
Gibson was in the habit of expressing himself
as being assured of the travellers visibility, and
hooting at the notion that there was any truth
in the report of his having been murdered.
Gossip points to the well-known impatiepce
of civilization manifested by Livingstone ON
his former vist-hs disgust with book craft
and quotes his declaration that it was easier to
explore Africa than to tell about it, There is
talk of his naturally nomadic disposition, and
the well-ascertaned fact that habits of life
such as he has followed for SO many wears.
Joined to rowing spirit, become inveterate and
uncomfortable. The quid nuncs shake their
heads and tell of Rajah Brooke, Hester Stanhope,
Lady Peterborough, and many another En-
glish women and men who, crazed with form
sickness, have broken bounds and fled to saw
agery for life. Livingstone. they say, expects
to come back some of these DAYS. when the
Ulysses spirit is quite worn out of him. but he
has no definite intentions to return at any par
ticular time, and his fixing two years as the