The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-07-01
COLBY UNIVERSITY.
Exercises of Commencement Weekly
Day-JuniOr Prize DecIa nations.
Special Dispatch to the pRRss.)


Special Dispatch to the PREss.)
VAUDEVILLE, June 3d. Commencement is now
fairly inaugurated, and the fine weather of Sunday
continues, though it is rather warm both for those
who participate in the exercises and who compose
the audience Every train brings in a large nun
Der of Alumni friends of the graduates and of the
college and the Elmwood is filed with guests.
Among the familiar faces noticed were Judge
Bonney, Rev. A. R. Cram, Rev. a. K. P. Small and
the trustees of the institution. Elk Congressman
Powers of Houltbn arrived Saturday and will prob
ably remain through the week. Hon. James G.
Blaine and Gov ROBBIE and his staff will arrive We'd
nesday and be present at the commencement din
ner.
This afternoon the Ivy Day exercises of the jun
or class took place the college campus with the
following programme
Music.
Prayer.
Glass Ode.
Air:-"Bohnie Dundee"
Grafton Charles Carroll
MUSIC. -
Poem..' ........., ..........,.....E EDWARD Fuller
Music.
Planting the Ivy.
Ivy Ode.
Air:-"Some day Pi wander back again. ill.,.
History #. ID. Edmunds
Award of Prizes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. H. Snyder
Promenade Concert.
The parts were exceedingly well taken and the
class Of 55 has reason TO feel proud of the able
manner in which it this afternoon represented.
The Grafton was well written and well delivered,
and the may be said of the class history. Mr..
Fuller's poem was excellent, and was delivered in
natural and graceful style.
The award of prizes by Mr.. Snyder was full If
hits upon the class and the pecuiarities of differ
emit members, and served to bring to notice promi-
nent characteristics of various members of ttie
class much to the amusements of others. The OBJ
ject for which the prize was given as well as the
prize itself was to the point.
The first prize was cradle. to be stored away
and presented eventually to the first papa of the
class.
The second prize was an Interlinear Translation
of Harkne First Latin BOOK, and was presented
to B. F. Fish, the Jockey" of the class.
Ihird-A prize OF Veil YVES given to the Light
Fourth-fo the "Musical Man." Fuller, was
given banjo.
Fifth TO the Sporting Man. was given v1-
ume of "Hoyle," George r. Berry.
Sixth To Snow. the absent Minded Man."
was given "Gourd Stick
Seventh-The "Dude,' Mr.. Foss, was presented
.Eighth-;To the would be Washer, Mr.. Annis, was
given a volume of ''The Secret Art of Philosophy
of Wooing, Winning and Wedding"
Ninth-To tie Freshman was given tin horn.
Tenth-To the ladies OF the class was given
fine volume of the "Fireside Encyclopedia of the
Poets.''
In the evening the Junior Prize Defamation oc-
Cured at the Baptist church. 1t was defamation
of original articles, and the programme given be-
low was interesting through.
Music
Prayer.
Music.
Tendencies of Modern Civilization. ..........
..........'..t...,. .....-...... Geo. II. Berry
George Eliot. Charles Carroll
Music.
0enluS and Work. ......... w. ID. Snyder
Athens: Her Place in History. A. Snow
Prohibition. ........ I.,.......W. W. Cochrane
Music.
10y ''''''''r. Il. EQnunds
Inc Genlus OF scott. .........,........b. 4. FISH
Music.