The Portland daily press., 1888-06-29

Essay-Cons. s..........................Je Jennie Snow
Oration-L Lafayette. .......... Harry H. Hammond
Essay-Muddy Crossing gs.... Annie L. Niekerson
Solo. .........-.............. :Christne Putnam
Oration-The State of Maine. -. .Chas. p. Barnes
Essay-Natures Adornments. Valedictory.
Mary ID. Chadwick.
''S Conierring Diplomas. "''' S""' '''''
commencement at Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK, June 2S.-Commencement
day at Brunswick opened clear and cool, but
grew cloudy as the day advanced.
kprayer meeting Of the alumni was held
at $50 this morning in the Young Mems
Christian Association rooms.
A meeting Of the alumni was held at Q
o'clock in Adams Hail. The following off,
GERS were elected:
President--Frederick II. Gerrish, '66.
Vice President-Charles +. Libby, "a.
Secretary Secretary and TreasurerIGeorge 4: Little, ~,
William III. Moulton, IA.
John l.. Crosby, '53. of Bangor; Charles
U. Bell, '6s, Lawrence, Mass; were nom
mated for vacancies in the board OF over
seers, such nomination being equivalent to
an election.
A committee was appointed to arrange
new method of electing candidates for vacan-
cies on the board of overseers. This COM
mittee consists of F. H. Gerrish, &C., T. l.
Emery, '6s, and James McKeen, "a.
AT meeting Of the boards OF trustees and
oyerseers the degree of LID. was conferred
upon Melville Weston Fuller of Chicago,
and General Oliver Otis Howard. The de :
gree of ID. ID. was conferred upon Rev. Ev-
erett 5. Stackpole, Rev. j. L. Adams and
Tho Of A
NJ. was conferred upon Franklin Simmons.
AT IL O'Clock this forenoon, the procession
Of the alumni formed at King Chapel, and
headed by the Salem Cadet Band, marched
TO- Church Hill. The longlprocession con-
tanned men known widely and well, and in
cluded graduates as far back as the class Of
1875, which was represented by Hon. James
W. Bradbury. Among the other prominent
alumni were Hon. Melville w. fuller, Judge
Appleton, Rev. Egbert G. Smyth, Judge
Goodenow and many others.
AT 11.30 the graduating exercises occurred
at the Congregational church. The follow
ing was the programme:
EXERCISES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS.
the Spirit of English Literature, with Latin
salntatory.. Albert Walter Tolman, Portland
.......... Frank Knox Linscott, Boston, Mass
.4'.s....... Richard William Cooling, Alfred
Inspiration. George Foster Cary, East Machias
Ouss
ALVIN Cram Dresser standlsh
The Rights of Labor. .............. ............
........:.......Albert Currier shorey, Bridgton
Mohammedism.. Henry Clinton Hill, knightyille
The Dividing Line in Iadustry .................
....... William T0Othaker Hall, Jr., Richmond
Prejudice and Reason in Intellectual Progress
....... Willard Woodbury. Woodman Auburn
Some National Perils. ...........................
................E Ernest Seymour Bartlett, Paris
EXERCISES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
ARTS.
Men and Methods in Education :. .........-
-.......... Mr.. Boyd Bartlett, Cincinnati, Ohio.
.............sMr. Webb Dcnneii, sheepscot
Excused.
The following are the honorary appoint
ments in the graduating class:
salutatory-Albert Walter Tolman, Portland.
English Oratious-Ernest Seymour Bartlett
Paris George Foster Cary, East Machias; Alvin
Belfast.
Card, Gorham; Richard William Cooling, Alfred ;
William Toothaker Hall, Jr., Richmond; George
Howard Larrabee, Bridgton; Frank Knox Lins-
cot, Boston, Mass; William Woodbury. Wood
Literary Dispositions ns-Thomas Herbert Aver,
Litchfeld Corner; William Lincoln Black, Ham
monton. n. j.; Henry Clinton Hill, Knightville; /;
Marsena Parker Smthwick, Newcastle.
Disqusitions- William Herpert Bradford, Lew
st0n George Patten Brown, Denver, Col. Charles
Thomas Carruthers Freeport; John Herbert Max.
well, Wales Albert Wesley Meserye, Naples !;
Howard Lester Shaw, West Cumberland; Albert
Currer Shorey, Bridgton; Frank Louis Smith
Discussions~Llncoln Hall Chapman. Damaris-
Gotta; James Lee Doolittle, New York; George
Ansel ingalls,, So. BridgtoD.
At meeting of the boards, the degree Of
A. B., out OF course, was. conferred on
Wilson r. Butler, 'S5; L. b. Folsom, 'S5, and
Charles A. Byram, 'S6. The degree of A. M.
was conferred on John Fuller Libby, Eben
Winthrop Freeman; LII. b. on Eugene
Thomas and N. Butler; NJ. d. on James SAT-
ford Morton, l.. Bion Folsom, Oliver Rich
mond Cook. Harmon Nelson Dunham, Frank
Nathaniel Whittier, Frank Irving Brown,
Alfred Wilson Rogers, Frank William Alex
drews Peters. .Jr. The Goodwin prize,
awarded for the best written and spoken
commencement part was awarded to Albert
W. Tolman, salutatorian. After the exer-
cises in the church were concluded, the pro-
cession reformed and marched to lower
Memorial hall, where the annual dinner was
served. The after dinner speeches were
eloquent and of a high order. The speakers
referred proudly to the growth and con-
tinued improvement of the methods employ
ed in the institution, and the great success
that has distinguished President Hyde's ad-
ministration. The following were the speak
ers: Melville w. Fuller, 80; John Marshall
Brown, Rev: s. II. Hayes, '43; Egbert c.
A. +; Moulton, '73, and George G. Puring-
ton, '78.
This evening at the Tontine Hotel there
were reunions of the classes of rs, 'S5 and
'SS. Yesterday noon there was meeting Of
the class 63 in the modern language room
The class of '53 held the regular quintenniai
reunion last evening There were present
Hon. j.. l.. Crosley, Rev. j. Z. Adams, Hon.
M. w. Fuller, Judge II. G. Goodenow, Hon.
Thaddeus Simonton, Mr. VIM. p. Drew and
Raw " q Cum-,,innc nuripo he ipO
they were visited by the class of '4s. which
had been holding reunion at the same time.
The Programme at Bates.
LEWISTON, June 2S.-Commencement ex-
ercises at Bates College, Lewiston, occurred
at 10 o'clock this morning Following was
the programme:
Salutatory. -. William Frank Tibbetts, Lewiston
............... William Shepherd Dunn, Poland
(Ancient Languages-Second Honor)
Leave us Leisure to be Good" "............ -.
General Scholarship
| Moral Influence Of Mathematics. ..............
....................In Ina Francilla Cobb, Poland
Modern Languages-Second Honor)
Our Greatest PERIL. .........................
49,. Hamilton Halter, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
Saxon Character as Exhibited in Iyanhoe
| ..::::.W William Lincoln Powers, Brownyille
Natural Scences-Second Honor)
The Vitality OF the Dead Languages. ...........
| .............. Florence May Novel;. Lewiston
(Ancient Languages-First Honor)
| Alliance of Poetry and Religion. ..............
............ George Whitmore Snow, Medford
(MathematicS-Second Honor)
The Christian Conception in Education =.
| .................Ne Nellie Belle Jordan, Lewiston
| (Modern Languages-First Honor)
| The Educated Man Thinker. ..................
| Frank Stanley Hamlet, Brownyille
(Psychol0gy-First Hon0r)
| Absence OF Romance from Modern Life.
.................... Lucy Ames Frost, Lewiston
Natural Sciences First Honor.)
Relation OF the Beautiful and the Good. .......
| ............. Clarence Townshend, Mars Hill
(Mathematics-First Honor.)
Limits of Government Interference. ..........-
| ........ Clarence Cheney Smith, Ashland, N. III
(Rhetorical English Llterature-First Honor)
A Plea for the Ideal.
-. Samuel Hetherngton Woodrow, Auburn
| (Rhetoric and English Literature Honor
| Valedictory-Truth, the Standard Of Excel
lence. Matte Grace Pinkham, Lewiston
The graduating class numbers 28.
The board of overseers Of Bates College
has elected the following officers
President-L, M. Webb.
| Secretary-Rev. G. E. Cate
Reconsideration Small.
! l.. NJ. Webb of Portland, Rev. c. A. Bick.
ford of Boston, Rev. Thomas Spooner of
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