The Portland daily press., 1891-07-02
ND. MAINE, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1891.

| reference to that article. He said he felt
like Enea,s, as. w9e3 9 tas latter visited the
| tapestries the pictures Of scenes In the siege
| of Troy, and could say with the old Trojan
"Alas, what corner Of the whole earth is moi
| filled with the story Of our deeds and
| disasters" Laughter Col. Merriam said
that as. he. could not conscientlously read
that article to them he would tell them abont
| 1t. The article related to deeds done nv
| Colby men on fields very different from this
campus. How those deeds were done he
| could tell; but the preparation for them
came in the discipline of the college. In the
| old days of the sixties the discipline Of col.
| lege life had not begun to soften. The col
| lege bell rang for prayers at 6 o'clock eyerv
morning. winter and summer, and that hour
was very early and dark in winter he
roomed on the fourth floor OF North College.
and used to stay In bed to the last moment.
Then he would 60 down the stairs at
breakneck pace. Three jumps to each stair
way was too much, so they used to take a
stairway in two jumps, or six to get down
from the fourth story, and six more to get into
the chapel. lLaughterl. This training they
afterwards found very useful In the war.
More laughter. and the remark, "your jumps
were always in the right direction, Colonel.'l
riam. "the college spent more time in strictly
military discipline. 1t supported military
professor. You have all read In the histO-
ries Of the middle ages Of the famous French
soldier, Charles Martel Now when / came
to the college that man was professor here.
Loud laughter at this reference to the Old
French janitOr, General Martel, famous
with all old Colby men.l He was professor
here as long as he lived. He was always
about the campus insunif0rm, and he prompt
Y took all freshmen in charge and taught
them to march, He never allowed any such
marching as we saw in the procession today,
either. Now this Is the substance of the
paper which | was TO tell you about"
Laughter and applause.
DIR. Butler of Newton Theological Semin-
ary, responded for that institution. In the
course OF his remarks he deplored the fact
that so few young men in New England are
10 training for the Baptist ministry. There
Is one New England state, Vermont, which
man in Baptist Theological school. Massa
chuSetts has had only about five men on an
average at one time in Newton.
Hon. Moses Giddings OF Bangor, was the
last speaker OF the day, and he closed the ex-
ercises with some very complimentary re-
marks for President Small.
Notes.
Both Governor Burleigh and Congressma n
Mllllken were present at the dinner, and as
DoIn are candidates for the third district
seat In Congress some Of the Waterville pol
itlcians attended, expecting to be able to
near both men speak; but they were disap-
pointed, as Mr.. Milliken was not on Presi-
uCut Ouldu llot OI speakers.
Among the most interesting announce
ments OF the day was the rasigna tion of
Professor S. X. Smith, of the department of
rhetoric: the resignation to take effect next
year. For forty years he has filled the pro-
iessorship, and during that time has en-
9eaIed himself to many generations of stu |
DENTS, Professor Smith was graduated from
the college in 1S45, and was retained as a tu-
Tor 10 '46 and AZ. In '48 he graduated from |
Newton Theological Seminary, and in 1850 |
editor Of
he has been professor of rhetoric. Long the |
senior member of the faculty, he has been a |
venerable and striking figure in the college; |
ana 1t Is no disparagement to any other |
member OF the faculty to say that no other |
professor will be so much missed by alumni |
who scan the roll of professors as Professor |
Smith. He has devoted long and pre-emi- |
nently useful life tU the service OF the col |
lege and the Baptist denomination in this |
state.
The board of trustees have reelected for
three years Hon. Percival Bonney as |
treasurer, and have chosen Leslie Cornish, |
Esq, of Augusta, clerk.
The trustees have voted that If any of the |
1raternttles of Colby will raise $4,000 for /
chapter houses, the college will give land |
valued at So 600 for the building, the prop
erty TO De held by the college for the use of |
tne Iraternltles. One at least of the frater-
nlties Is raising the needed money. This
step Is considered wise by the trustees in
view OF the crowded condition of the dormi-
tories. There are but four rooms vacant for
the incoming class of boys this fall. For |
the accommodation of members of the |
women's college. mora room has also been |
neeq,9 nee =, ana the trustees have voted to lease
the Wing mansion on College avenue.
IL was voted to have this year another in
graduating class.
This evening at o'clock, on the campus |
occurred the promenade concert. The |
campus was lighted with elestric lights and |
presented gay scene.
: The last event of the commencement was
the Presidents reception in Memorial Hall 1
from to 10, and 1t was a very ENJOYABLE |
affair.