The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-26
SERMONS TO GRADUATES.
The Seniors Who Heard President Cheney
at Bates.


sermon by President Cheney formed the
opening exercises of the thirteenth ami
versary of Bates College. The afternoon
was showery, but large audience was
than usual of the alumni in consequence
of the anticipated resignation of Presi-
dent Cheney and the choice of his sue
cessor. This evening the sermon before
the graduating theological class was
preached by Rev. G. S. Perkins of Dover,
N. Fl. This years graduates of the col
lege are:
Howard B. Adams, Danville Junction.
Alma G. Bailey, Lewiston.
Annie L. Bean, Gray.
Kilburn G Brown. East Wilton.
Nathaniel G. Bruce, Danyile, Va.
Clara G. Callahan, Lewiston.
George NJ Chase, Lewiston.
Harriet d. Church, South Stanford, VT.
Grace P. Conant, Littleton, Mass.
Jed F. Tanning, Lubec.
Georgina E. Gould, Lisbon.
Edwin L. Haynes, Biddef0rd.
Mary j. Aodgdon, Nashua N. H.
Frederick L. Hoffman, Melrose, Mass.
Arthur P. Irbing, lewiston
Mortimer E. Joiner, Pike, N. Y.
Ara B. Libby, Litchfeld Corner.
Charlotte B. Little, Lewiston.
Dorance B. Lothrop, Pittsfield.
Wilson G. Marden, Swanville.
James B. McFadden, Lewiston.
George L. Mildram, Wells.
Lorenzo E. Moulron, North New Portland.
Edgar 1; Pennell, Auburn ~
Everett G. Perkins, Wells Branch.
Leland A. Ross, Charleston.
William f. SIMS Rippon. w. Va.
Ernest W. Small, Biddeford.
Chesman Chadwick Spratt, East Palermo.
Myron w. Stickney, Brownville.
Ralph A. SturgeS, Lewiston.
John Sturgis, Auburn
Charles Fl. Swan, Jr., Roxbury District, Bos-
Evelyn J. Winslow, Barton Landing, vt.
Arthur G. Yeaton Rochester, N. Ell.
President Dwight to Yale Seniors.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 25.-The
193d commencement exercises of Yale
opened this morning with the annual bac-,
calaureate sermon BY President Dwight.
His text was John lis: "Look to your
selves, that ye lose not the things which
we have wrought"
AT the State College.
ORoNo, June 25.--tsev. j. S. William-
son of Augusta delivered the baccalau-
reate before the State College seniors at
the town hall this evening. Howe's or
chestra of Boston assisted a selected
choir in furnishing music. Rev. W. T.
Holmes participated in the exercises.
President Whitman on Christian Motive.
WATERvILL, June 25.-The baccalau-
reate sermon before the graduating class
of Colby University was delivered this
forenoon by President Whitman on the
general topic of the Christian moral mo-
tive. His text was; ''Do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus" Col, 8, II.
In the evening the annual sermon be-
fore the Boardman Missionary Society
was delivered by Rev. J. III. Parshley of
Rockland, a graduate in the class of 'S1.
Prize Speaking at Orono.
ORoNo, June 25.-The sophomore prize
declamations at the Maine State College
were spoken Saturday evening according
to the following order of exercises:
Honor to the Dead. Everett
Clifford J. Pattee, Belfast.
The Defense OF Lucknow ...,; .Tennyson
Charles A. Frost, Monmouth.
The American Flag. .Beecher
Merton E. Ellis, Guilford:
The Hostage Observation-Disclosures Helen Booth
Albion Moulton, Hiram.
The Victor OF MarengO. Clark
Wendell w. Chase, Auburn.
Alfred r. Buck, Foxcroft, -
virginia .Macauley
walter M. Murphy, Norridgewock.
God Bless Our Stars Forever. Taylor
Earl G. Merrill, Eddington.
James W. Martin, waltham, Mass
The Death of th Ovid Squire. ............ Anon
Isaac G. Calderwood. Vinalhaven.
At ElberOn. victor
Oscar L. Grover. Redlands. Cal