The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-29

President Gilman of John Hopkins Uni
versity, was greeted with tumultious cheer
ing. He should not dare to come to the
front, he said, were he not the first to
speak, who was not son of Bowdoin,
either by adoption or Inheritance. He
wished to represent those from outside in
expressing his gratitude for what Bowdoin
had done for the country. He dwelt at
length upon the fact that the acme of
present achievement in education is con-
tained, in the statement, ga few things and
those learned thoroughly The universe
ties are dependent upon the colleges. With
out perfection in the latter there would be
none in the former. What does our college
training mean but that we are to maintain
historic continuity-the enforcement of
law. The assassin of Carnot was not his
victims enemy. He struck down a princi-
pie that of historic continuity These
great institutions must establish in the
people, respect for the developments of
the past. He closed by saying that having
the day before come from just such an
assemblage at Cambridge, and before that
from other great universities, he brought
most hearty salutation to the historic
college of Bowdoin.
Ii.
ceived with cheers. 1t was eleven years
since he had trod the campus. He had
never before, so much as this year, realized
the tremendous power of our colleges. He
had just come from Yale's commencement
and drew a fattering companion between
that great Institution and Bowdoin He
spoke at length of the necessity.of religious
influence in all our institutions. ave dor It
want sectarianism in our schools, but we
do want morality founded upon religion. ;"
POSTMASTER McKeen thanked God that
as yet no chariot of fire had come for Bow
doin's Elijah
Rev. Elijah Kellogg of Harpswell. was
then introduced as the precocious perso-
nator of Pericles. He said that he loved
Bowdoln by. inheritance: His father had
been prominent in it's interests at the be-
ginning. The enerable author INDUCED
in "reminiscences that delighted his hear
ers as only his genius at verbal, as well as
written written storg-telling can Do His hearers
have listened to him all night long and the
next day. would he have continued so long,
as there isn't the slightest doubt he could
have done. His speech was one of THE
very brightest, best, most eloquent, humo-
rous, serious and wise of all that brilliant
product Of brilliant minds, and.its delivery
author of Spartacus.
Other speakers were Gen. Joshua l..
chamberlain, ex-president of the college.
whose theme was ''Bowdoin in the War; %
President whitman Of Colby University,
sympathies and rivalry. and made splen-
did speech; Prof. G. ii. Smith Of Yale.
who brought the greetings of that great in.
stitution; President Barbour of the Con
gregatlonal college of Montreal, who re-
sponded to the sentiment of the clergy; and
DR.. Sargent of Harvard, who responded TO
the toast of Bowdoin in Athletics''
No attempt at description of this indis
cribable concentration of brilliant men and
speeches would fail to make special men
ton of the unusual ability of POSTMASTER
McKeen. 1t required wit and wisdom and
eloouenee on his part that there should
be no false note in the splendid harmony
OF intellectual music. And.there was no
Some idea of the mangitude of this great
banquet may be obtained by the following
facts. Caterer Robinson was aided BY his
son, r D. Robinson, chief waiter, Charles
Dyer, fifteen negroes, three or four women
and numberless boys. At the tables 1853
people We're seated. There was prov ided
for them So gallons of coffee, rs gallons of
milk, l00 pounds of salmon, 70 pounds of
lobster salad, SO pounds of chicken salad.
sbarrels of aspring chickens, / barrel of
plover. 125 pounds tenderloin beef, IL