The Portland daily press., 1893-06-22
College Business.

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The trustees and board of overseers OF
the college have had several meetings,
but routine business has occupied their
attention principally. The college has
one alumnus whose record in attendance
at commandments it would be difficult
to duplicate. 1t is the hard working
secretary of. the board of trustees, Col
$onel F. M. Drew, So. He has attended
every commencement since his election
as secretary in '65, a period of % years.
The business OF the boards which has
thus far been transacted is as follows:
1t was voted that the finance commit
tee be Hon. ]. w. Bradbury, Hon. W. L.
Putnam, Gaien G. Moses and John l..
Crosby.
1t was voted that the tuition of six
instead of four as heretofore, be remit
ted for services in the college library.
The degree of A. B. out of course was
conferred upon Joel Bean, Jr., '92,
Frank Durgen. '92, Charles Henry Ward
well. '85, Franklin Eugene Perham, 'S3.
Thornton Academy, Saco, was consti-
tuted a fitting school for the college
upon the usual conditions.
The treasurer was authorized in con-
cert with the professors of mathematics,
ancient and modern languages and liter
azure, to obtain plans and estimates for
fitting up recitation rooms in Massachu-
sets and Adams Hall, and to prepare
for the needed changes as soon as the
Walker lot building and Searles scientific
building are completed.
Prof. William Mcdonald of Worcester.
Polytechnic Institute was elected pro-
lessor Of history and political economy,
and Albert w. Tolman, formerly OF
Portland, now instructor in rhetoric and
elocution was elected assistant professor
in those branches.
The treasurer was authorized to re-
ceive, invest and hold contributions to
the Henry Leland Chapman professor
ship of English literature.
Chief Justice J. A. Peters, Rev. J. S.
Sewall, Q. G. Stevens; Edward Stan
wood and James McKeen were elected as
the visiting committee.
The secretary was authorized and re-
auested to prepare for the anniversary
year 1894, a general catalogue and a
concise history of the college to be
bound in one volume.
There is every prospect next year of
the largest entering class in the history
of the college. Already fifty-one have
been admitted, and there are a number
of others to hear from in addition to
those who take the regular entrance ex-
aminations next Friday and Saturday.
Phi Beta Kappa.
The annual meeting of Phi Beta Kap-
pa was held in the medicalIlecture room,
Adams Hall at IL o'clock. These ofic-
ers were elected:
President Henry ingalls,.
Vice President-Prof. H. L. Chapman.
Secretary and Treasurer-Prof F. c. Robin
son.
Literary Committee-Prof G. F. Little, Galen
@. Moses. Rev. E. q. Cummings, Henry s. Web
ster, Hon. d. M. Heath.
The following members of the class of
'93 were admitted to membership: Frank
Arnold. Braintree, Mass; George |.
Chaplin, Auburndale, Mass; G. HI. How
ard, South Paris. A. S., Haggett, New
castle; J. S. May, Augusta; G. H. Saw
age, Auburn; W. P. Chamberlain, Bris-
toll; A. S. Hutchinson, Auburn; j. H.
Pierce, Portland; G.S. Machan, Argenta,
ILL.,; M. S. Stafford, Bangor.
The commencement concert given in
the town hall this evening, by the Lotus
Glee Club, Miss Gertrude Edmands and
the Salem Cadet orchestra, was much
enjoyed.
After the concert, the various frater-
mites held reunions. The classes of '53
and '63 held reunions.
School Days Over