The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-12
COMMANDMENTS

Bowdoin College-Class Day Exercises.
BRUNSWICK, July 1.-THE third day of
commencement week opened auspiciously
this forenoon. At an early hour friends of the
graduatingtclasses began toipour into the church
on the hill to listen to the opening exercises of
class day. Promptly at the hour of ten the
class of '83 in full dress led by their marshall
W. c. Merryman marched down. the broad aisle
of the church and took their places on the plat
form. The order Of morning exercises was as
follows:
Music.
Music.
The subject OF the oration was Colonial
Men and Letters 1t was fine effort and de-
livered in an effective and pleasing manner.
The subject of the poem was "Friendship.''
The poet treated the subject in an interesting
manner, describing the happiness of those
who find the fair land of friendship where all
are blest. The laft eight stanzas were ad-
dressed tosthe class, and alluded to the true
friendship and enjoyment of college days.
AT three O'Clock large audience gathered
under the Thorndike Oak to listen to the rest
of the class day exercises. The order of parts
was as follows:
Opening Address. ss....................E. .E. r. Jewett
Music.
History C. H. Gilman
Music.
Prophecy ............ ............. II. Carpenter
Music.
Parting Address. ...................A. M. Goddard.
Smoking the pipe Of peace.
Music
Cheering the halls.
Farewell.
The audience testified their appreciation of
the various hits by frequent laughs and ap-
plause. The statistics of the class as given by
the historian are as follows:
Number entered 35 number graduating %;
average age % years, IL months days; Oldest
man % years, 2 months, II days. youngest
man 20 years, l month, Ii days. Average
height feet, 8 inches Tallest man feet,
inch; shortest feet, inches. Average
weight 147 pounds; lightest man 112 pounds.
Intended occupations-law II; medicine 4
teaching 8; ministers, journalists, farming,
business, each; undecided 5. Religious pre-
ference-Congregationsl 8; Unitarian Z; Uni
lie, Methodist each. Political preferences
Republican IA; Democrat 7; Independent 6;
Stalwart Republican 1. Engaged 3.
At the conclusion of the literary parts all
members of the class SO inclined joined in
smoking the pipe of peace. After which the
members of the class marched around the cam
pus cheering the various halls till they were
hoarse.
Following were the officers of the day:
President-W. G. Reed.
Marshal-W. G. Merryman.
Committee-I. Stearns, G. Ell. Pierce, W. A.
Moody.
A large number OF the class of '82 and
friends took part in the dance on the green this
evening. Grimmer's orchestra furnished ex
cellent music.
Yesterday morning Boston decorator with
a crew of assistants began to decorate the
grounds, and the great extent of grounds sur
rounding Thorndike Oak appeared a blaze
of colored lights, while the dancers fitting to
and fro on the raised platform added to the
attractiveness of the occasion. A large num-
ber of spectators enjoyed the spectacle and
music from the reserved seats, while the less
fortunate wandered along the walks on the
campus outside the lighted quadrangle. at
irtermission the dancers left the illuminated
platform and visited the spreads prepared by
the various societies. Dancing was then re-
sumed and kept up till the "Wee sma' hours
of morning when class day of was ended.