The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-24
PORTLAND MEN AT HARVARD.
An Interesting Sketch From a Cam
bridge correspondent.

To the Editor of the Press:
In accordance with our custom we give at
the end of the academical year at Harvard
University the names and standing of Port
land young men at that great institution Of
learning This year there are five in the
senior class who will graduate, viz: Messrs
Leigh Wentworth Chamberlain, Nathan Cliff
ford, William Morse Cole, Howard Corning
and Henry Francis Strout, and they are all
very clever In their attainments in the Eng
lish sense of the word. The final examin-
ations are all passed but the results of the
markings are not announced, nor will they
be officially until commencement day. AS
an indication of the growth of the University
under President EliOt's administration we
may mention that the commencement pro-
gramme giving the names of all the graduates
of the classes Of 80 in the several depart
ments of the University will reach twelve
pages.
Mr. Chamberlain entered from Portland.
He is a good scholar and has pursued
historical and other studies tending to aid
him in his legal course which he intends to
adopt next term. He has been something
of an athlete having been member Of the
class boating crew. He is member Of the
prominent Hasty Pudding Club and quite
popular.
Mr.. Clifford, while pursuing general
studies, has paid particular attention to
history especially American and that Of the
Colonial period. In this branch he will
receive honorable mention, principally on
account Of lengthy thesis upon the com
mittees Of correspondence of the pre-
revolutionary times. He has been parti-
cularly interested in natural history and has
written considerable upon that theme. He
Will enter his fathers office in Portland dur
ing the autumn and read law. He is proud
to emulate the examples of his two dis
tinguished grandfathers.
Mr.. Cole came to Harvard from two
years residence at Colby, and he Is very
industrious student. His studies have been
mostly upon constitutional history and law
and English composition. He will receive
magnoum cum laude and very likely summa
instead of magma for his papers. He will
go into the law as profession.
Mr.. Corning, nephew of Hon. Charles F.
Libby. is good scholar of course. Pursuing
general course, he has taken history as a
leading study, more especially media 7al
history. He is member of St. Paul Society,
La Conference Francais and the Institute of
ITO. he will go abroad with his mother, and
after his return will embark in woolen manu-
factures in Maine.
Mr.. Strout, son of Mr.. A A. Strout, Is al
so a promising scholar. He has taken the
general university course, without many
elective specialties. He is member Of the
Pi-Eta Society, the Hasty Pudding Club.
president of the La Conference Francais,
and has been connected with several minor
clubs lie was an editor Of the Harvard
Crimson, daily college paper. last year, and
has made specially of modern languages.
He will return to the Law School next year.
Mr.. William Colby Eaton entered the class
of '90 but as he desired to anticipate years
study in the Law School, in connection with
his usual college course, he will not graduate
until next year. He is fine scholar. espe-
cially in the Spanish French, and other
modern languages. Mr.. Eaton wrote a very
valuable essay this year. on hypnotism. He
has an excellent philosophical mind.
Mr.. Hight is now in his second year at the
next year, unless he chooses to remain year
longer He will make good lawyer.
Mr.. Charles De Verde Musaus Is progress
ing in his second year at the Law School
very well.
Rev. James L. and Mrs. Eleanor (Jewett)
Hewes, entered from Portland, but is now a
resident of Cambridge. He has taken the
general college course, and is good scholar.
Mr.. Frederick Larrabee Jerris and Mr..
f. lNf LIANT
are in the junior class. progressing satisfac-
torily, and next year they will be heard from
favorably.
Mr.. Harrington Whipple has just finished
his second year In the medical school with
the highest honors, leading his class. He is
undecided whether he will remain one or
two years longer.
Mr. Henry E. Oxnard, Harvard law school
1889, has opened law office in Court street,
Boston, and is already getting into fair
business.
One word might be said relative to the
Cambridge high school. The graduating ex-
ercises were held at Sander theatre, Memo
rial hall, ii. u, on Tuesday evening, and
were very interesting, as usual. Town and
gown" unite very pleasantly in Cambridge,
the beautiful theatre being kindly granted
to the use of the school by the president and
fellows Of the university. Science is made
prominent as we'll as literature in the exer
clses. This year it was astronomy, and a
young man took the planet Saturn for his
subject, having made his observations during
the year with the school telescope. He
showed the result of his work in several
beautiful pictures of the most wonderful
and beautiful star with its singular ring and
and its satellites.
Then another interesting exercise was Civ
en- by five pupils-four girls and one boy
on bread making, 1st, Ideally; End, botani-
cally; Sd, chemically; 4th, esthetically, and
9Th summary of all A class exercise in
civil government, followed, in which the
whole class are supposed to be citizens of Can
| tabrigia assembled in town meeting. A clerk
presided at first then a moderator was
chosen, the warrant read and action taken
on an article "to see If the town will petition
| the general court to make law requiring
towns and cities to provide flags for public
school houses" Arguments were made
| originally both pro and con. amendmen is
made and all the usual orderly proceedings
took place. 1t seemed, too, vision OF the
future in one respect, for the young ladies'
| were recognized as citizens and they aided
very clearly in calculating .the subject and
bringing about just and happy result at last.
| The object was to acquaint pupils with the
| methods and spirit of a primary town meet
| ing, to stimulate their thought upon a theme
| of the day, to give them little practice in
| writing and speaking, and to accustom them
| to the simpler forms lof parliamentary law
| in brief to teach them some things in civil
| all should assume a part. Mr.. Frank a,
| Hill (Bowdoin Coll. 1862 is the able teacher
| Of the English high school, and 1t Is to his
| credit that such agreeable and progressive
| studies are pursued and illustrated.