The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.
NAME.
B0wd0in Commencement.
Especial to the Press.l
Class Day Exercises,

Class Day Exercises.
BRUNSWICK, July l0.-Class day dawned beau.
tifully, gladdening the hearts of the graduating
class and their especial friends, of whom quite
large number are in attendance. This year
class day exercises were divided, the Grafton
and poem being assigned to the forenoon, and
the parting exercises of the class to the af-
ternoon.
At ten o'clock the class formed at the chan.
81, with Chambers full band, and marched ia
the church under the direction 81. d. Wippin.
marshal.
Tho oratou Oh The Duties and Obligations
Of the American Scholar" showed careful pre-
paration, supplemented by fine style of de-
livery.
The poem, Memory and Reflection" was
much above the average of college poetry. The
following was the programme:
Music.
layer layer c. Green
oralon' w. Morrill,
Music.
foem. Observation-Disclosures, C, A. Perry
Music.
The exercises under the old oak probably in.
terest moro people than the literary entertain.
ment OF commencement day. The recital of
college pranks is always Entertaining, and
prophesles as usually written are at least anus.
ing. The class of II is to be conc ratulated nm
so fine an afternoon and in possessing the ma.
terial from which to write so good a history.
everything passed off finely. The following
was the programmed:
Music.
History. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. T. Cobb
PROPHECIES ........................FA A, Mitchell
Music.
Parting Address. ..........,.....,E. M. cous;n.
Smoking the Pipe of Peace. '''''
The parting address was an earnest ANIMAL
for true use of the resources acquired during
the years of hard study to which the class had
devoted itself. The exercises closed with the
following ode by R. E. Peary:
Listen, old Oak,
Aid invoke,
AID from thy sylvan heart.
Hush thy soft signs,
Bend from the skies
reach me one song ere we part.
reach me those mystical, murmurous strains,
Born ofthe sunshine, the wind, and the rains;
Give me thy restless, wild essence of life;
Let my verse thrill like an army's wild strife.
Softly, friend,
This is the end,
End Of our College days.
Fleeting so fast,
Here is the last,
Gded by sunset rays.
Down on the meadows at evening tide
Noiseess and spectral the rver-mists glide
Up from the Campus and halls as we gaze
Float the white wraiths of Collegiate days
Now with sigh,
Whisper good bye
Bowdoin, fair Eastern queen,
Treasure her gems,
Opaline gems,
Lucent with astral sheen.
Let their keen gleamings our young brows enshrine,
They shall the stars Of the morning outshine
Led by their clear light again and again,
We will be rulers and kings among men.
From the history we gather the following
facts:
Largest number catalogued. ........... %
In chapel. ............... 60
Number graduating. Observation-Disclosures. 20
OF these &c are in the Classical course, in tbe Set
entifc course and engineers. "''0
Average age. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. % vears
Age of Oldest member ................,,29y yrs mo
Age OF youngest member ......... ....19 yr Ii mo.
IotaA nelgnt. .........,..........,...21lf #.
Average height ....................... Sin.
feet. s"'n
Shortest man-Lynde, s feet
Total weight, 5749 lbs
Heaviest man-Cousins, 1876 lbs
Mghtest man-C. A. Perry, 1875 lbs,
Average weight, lat lbs.
Intended Occupations-Law 10, Medicine + Min
istry 3 Civil Engineers s. Belle Lettre /, Teaching 4
Religious Preferences Congregational q, Episcopal
T. Methodist g. Baptist l. Uniyersalist 2, Old church
/, no decided preference IA,
Political Preferences-Republican 81, Independent
2, Undecided 2, Democratic 3, jackson Democrat i.
Number engaged 6.
The dance this evening is one of the pleas
ATTEST occasions of the week. A nice floor has
been laid beneath the old oak. The decora.
tions are very fne-banners and Chinese Ian.
ternst, transparencies, &c. The ladies cos
tunes are more elegant than usual. Alto.
gether the scene as they whirl in the "nazv
waltz approaches that of fairvlopd