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BRUNSWICK.
The Commencement at BOWdOin
College.
The Second days. Exercises.

Brunswick, July S. At meeting Of the Col
lege board this morning, the following honorary
degrees were conferred l.. L. D., Prof George
w. Greene, of Cornell University; John c. Dodge
of Cambridge, Mass; Jarius w. Perry, Salem
Mass. d. D., Rev. Javan X. Mason, Thomaston
Rev. j. S. c. Abbott. A. NJ. Rev. Parker Jacques
At a meeting Of the boards, Levi l.. Paine, D.
d., of Bangor, was elected professor in Latin
President Chamberlain was chosen professor OF
mental and moral philosophy
The triennial catalogue is on tilted and an Eng
liah catalogue is to be substituted
Hon. w. w. Thomas Of Portland, fouLds a
scholarship of $1,000. One-half the estate of Mr.
Emerson of Boston, amounting to one or two
thousand dollars, POUNDS scholarship for indi.
gent students, with certain conditions.
Two vacancies in the Board of Overseers were
filled by the election of Melville W. Fuller OF
Chicago and Prof. j. 5. Sewall. Both Boards
adjourned till the third Tuesday in October.
The exercises of the graduating class passed of
well. The church was densely crowded. The
class numbered ~, Of whom % had parts assigned
them, according to the following
PROGRAMME
Salutary Grafton, in Latin,
"Edwin Herbert Hall, Windham
Observation-Disclosures Journalism
Frederick Grin Baston. Hiram
Disqualification origin of English Liberty
Horace Reed Patten Bath
Observation-Disclosures,
Woodbury. Pulsifer, Auburn
Literary INSTRUMENTATION Unity,
tGeorge Newell Dorr, Sandwich
OratioI-Romanism in our Republic,
Seth May Carter, Auburn
Philosophical Disquisition-The rise of Personal
Liberty, Charles Alvah Black, Paris Hill
Dissertation-The study of the Classics,
tErnest Henry Noyes, Newbulyport
Discussion-Responsibilit of the Ballot,
Reuben Richard Bas.on, Hiram
Di:quisition-The unity of Human Interests,
*Dudley Allen Sargent, Belfast
Literary Disquisitlon-The dangers of Cenraliz
alton, Melville Augustus Floyd, Portland
Oration-Theory and Practice,
Charles Lorenzo Clarke, Portland
Philosophical Observation-Disclosures Loyoa,
George Robinson Swasey, Standish
Dissertation Forces,
Horace Roger True. Augusta
ID lscusslon-Republlcanlsm in France
Wilson Nevis, New Gloucester
Disquisition-The Cultivation of the Enslst
Language, Robert Stsnwood, Brunswick
Literary Dsquisiton-The Old Philosophy ant
the New, David Merhersom, Gorham, n. II
Oration-Cardinal Richalieu.
George Croswell Cressey, Bath
OIation-Tne war against Alcohol
Walter Hamlin Holmes, Calais
Dissertaton-The Battle of Conscience in Mac
beth, stephen Chalmers Whitmore, Gardiner
Discussion-Dante Algherl,
Christopher Henry Wells, Great Falls
Disquisition-A plea for a shorter Yardstick,
Francis Robbins Upton, Peabody, Mass
Decentralization Law,
Seth Leonard Larrabee, Scarboro
Grafton, Herbert Harris, East Machias
Naledictory Grafton, in Latin,
Herbert Milton Heath, Gardiner
absent
Excused.
At the commencement dinner, General Cham
berlain presided Rev. ]. 5. c. Abbott read
sketch of deceased members of the elias;
Speeches were made by Hon. j. W. Bradbur,
and Hon. S. P. Benson, Of the class of 1926, an,
by Governor Dingley and Hon. J. g. Blaine
Porf. Packard read an original poem, by mem
Der of the class of 1926. Prof. Dunn, of thu
class Of 1925, read an original Poem, appropriate
to the occasion.
The announcement that Hon. j. G. Blaire hat
subscribed $500 to the college endowment fund
was received with great applause.