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DAILY Asnasbte 5ouraal.
COLBY UNIVERSITY.

Commencement Exercises at the Baptist
Church and Dinner at the Hall.
REMARKS OF GOV. sTEARNS OF FLORI-
DA, AND OTHERS.
WATERvILLE, July rs. The Commencement
exercises occurred at the Baptist church to-day,
as follows
order Of Exercises.
Music.
Prayer.
Music.
|. Grafton. Michael Faraday.
Charles Francis Meservc, Waterville
2 English Grafton. God in Nature.
*W lillian Henry Brownson, Alma
3. English Grafton. Our Indebtedness to the
sFlorentius Merrill Hallowel, Windsor
I. English Grafton. The Standing Army in the
United States.
Josiah Hayden Drummond Jr., Portland
.. English Grafton. The Historic Art.
Joseph Howard Files, Gorham
Music.
g. Dissertation. Political Economy and Ethics
Andrew Judson Sturtevant. North Fayette.
I. English Grafton. Our Nationality.
John Marshall Foster, Waterville.
s. English Grafton. Scholarship and Country.
Edward Oliver Lord, Great Falls, \. Ii.
9. English Grafton. The Natural Basis of Re-
Hgion.
Louise Helen Coburn, Skowhegan.
10. Grafton. The Bane of American Politics.
William Henry l.oeney, Portland
Music.
II. Grafton. Edmund Spencer.
Josiah Robert Henderson, Wateryille
II. Dissertation. Are we Autometaf
NCharles Dennison Smith, Portland.
H. Grafton. The Restriction OF the Ballot.
s(,eorua Westnp
IA. Dissertation. Progress.
William Harris Gibbs, Waterville.
ID. English Grafton. Great Men and Great
Harry Neil Haynes, Greeley, Col.
It, English Grafton. Evolution.
Edwin Francis Lytord, Waterville.
Music.
Comforting of Degrees
Benediction.
Music.
A selection of speakers has been made from this
class, not on the ground of melt but that the ex-
ercises might not be too far prolonged.
Music by Mendelssohn Quntette Club.
The following degrees were conferred; A. b.
in course-M. L. Stearns, Jacksonville, Fla, G.
A. Smith, Boston; ID. P. Bailey, Everett, Mass
A. NJ. in course-N. w. Blanchard, class of IS
E. n. Merriam, '68; G. NJ. Smith, '73; A. B.
Gates, "A; c. f. Williams, "A; A. NJ. Hemmin-
way. Rev. j. D. Tilton, Rev. C. c. IIarwood,
Passport; C.. G, Rounds, Pennington; D. D.
Hemenway, and Rev H. NJ. King, Boston High
lands.
At the close of the exercises at the church, the
procession formed and marched to Memorial Hall,
where the annual Commencement dinner was
served, at the close of which speeches were made
by President Robinson, Gov. Conner, President
Allen of Orono, DR.. Smaller. DR.. Moss, of Indiana,
Dr. Smith author of the national hymn "Ameri-
ca" DR.. Pepper, DR.. King, and Gov. stearns OF
Florida.
Gov. Stearns said the hope of the country is in
institutions of learning: that common schools
are slowly and surely modifying the character OF
of the South, and fitting the people there to re-
spond worthily to the magnanim ity of our honest
and patriotic President. The allusion to the
President was rece ived with applause.
Gov. Conner spoke Of the alarming condition Of
the aboring classes, and the necessity of fostering
such institutions as Colby, as check on this state
Of affairs.
Among the distinguished guests were Senator
Hamlin, ex-Gov. Cobuin, Gardiner Colby Of Bos.
ton, Hon. Josiah III. Drummond, and several 9TH
ers.
At the meeting of the Trustees in the afternoon
7. b. Robinson gave one thousand dollars to the
Academy endowment fund.- and fifteen hundred
dollars were raised to supply deficiency of TWEEN
ty-three hundred dollars in the estimates for the
ensuing year.
Junior prizes were awarded as follows: SAILS
man, lst; Dewburst ID.
The exercises close tonight by concert of the
Mendelssohn Quintette Club and Stockbridge
Quartette, Portland, at which good house is ex-
pected.
concert, at the Presidents house.