Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-27
Bowdoan College Alumai Bar quet.

BRuszwIcK, June rs --Betveen i've and
six hundred Alumni we're present a; the
Alumni dinner this afternoon PresiIsnt
Hyde presided. He spoke Of the colieye.
its gfosih and increasing prosperity during
the last few years. and the changes And
Improvements in the different departments.
He spoke of the great loss to the college in
the departure Of Prof. Smith, who will
take the chair of history al Yale. He then
called n2on the Alumai.
The first psaksr was Hon. William W.
Virgin, ~. Ex-senator James Ware
Brhiburywas. '25. received with hearty
applause He held the interest of all AZ
he spoke fesilngiy and eloqusntly of his
love for old Boxdoin which is As warm nov
a. it vAs when he graduated sixty five
years ago. He told interesting reminis
fences of Longfeilo~. hawthorne, Ciliey.
Cheeve and others of Bowdoins mos. IL
lastrious class.
Rev. +. G. Parsons, 80, spoke on the
business affairs Of the college. A tremen-
dous burst of applause ssluted Rev Elijah
Kellogg. 40, that popular and beloved
writer Of boys books. He spoke OF his
college days and the fifty years that have
tsAf5td siHSt iAE Abs tfth
much thrown among the Bowdoin students
during this time and there ls probably no,
one other alumnus who Is regarded with so
much love by the later graduates and stu
dents.
The President read telegram from
President Small of Colby, sending greeting
to Bowdoin. He then called upon the
younger Alumni and the following spoke
Rev. Mr.. Folsom of Bath Dartmouth
Alumnus; Mr.. J. +. Moore. '65; Mr.. j.
A. Locke, 65; Mr.. J. b, Cotton. '65; DR..
ID. X. Robinson, '13; Mr.. h. G. Spring.
80.
This evening the President held recep-
tion 10 Memorial Hall. Tomorrow and
saturday occur examinations for admission
to college. There are prospects of q large
class.
The trustees today conferred the degree
of Master of Arts on the following men,
bers of 81:
Carroll NJ. Austin, Clarence r. Bur
leigh. John V. Lane, Arthur W. Perkins,
Merton l.. Kimball, Edward 7. Little. 0li-
vcr ID. Sewall, Charles j. Goodwin, Fran
els l.. Talbot, Freeman d. Dear,h, Ivory
II. Robinson, Arthur W. Merrill Firmsr
Pushor, Henry NJ. G. Moulton. William L..
Gshan, Charles +. Moulton. Edgar L..
Means. Geo. W Parsons.
Other degrees conferred were: Master
Of Arts out Of course. Frank O. Purington,
30; Arthur C. Gibson and William T..
Pearson, 's3; John C. Hall and William C..
Kendall, 'S5 Wallace W. Kilgore. Chsries
W. Tuttle and Irving W. Horne, SO.
The honorary degree of Doctor of Divin-
So IIappv I al pH
Chapman.
The honorary degree of Ii. ID. was
conferred upon Hon Thomas b. Reed of
Portland.
The degree of LII. ID. was conferred up
on Hon. Nathan Webb of Portland.
The degree of ID. ID. was conferred upon
Rev. Elias Bond and Rev. Joshua Young.
The honorary degree of A. NJ. was con-
ferred upon Rev. Frederick s. Root and
John Lambert M. ID.
The degree of b. A. was conferred upon
William 2. Martin of the class of 1880.
Votes of thanks were extended to the
heirs of the late DR. r. j. W. Pray, DR.
Frederick Henry Gerrish. Rev. Elias Bond
and Mrs. Charlotte A. L. Sibley for gifts
to the college.
General John Marshal Brown of Port
land was re elected President of the Boari
Of Overseers for two years, and George T..
B. Jackson, Esq, of Portland, Vice Presi
dent.
The Rev. Edgar NJ. Cousins of Cumber-
land Mills was made member of the
Board of Overseers.
President Hyde was reelected.
The Goodwin Commencement prize was
awarded to w. u. Mitchell, 30, of Free
port, Me.