The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28

The class ode by Harriet NJ. Davis.
was sung and the commencement of '95
was over.
Following are the graduates:
Glass Motto-Esse Guam Videre
Degree of Laureate of Arts-Harriet
Maria Davis, Isabel Damon Hoyt, Julia
Eta Merrill.
Degree of Laureate of Science-Abbie
Lucia Cooper Florence Gertrude Farrar,
Lenona Evangeline Libbey, Grace Elva
Alberta Porter.
College Preparatory Course-Ralph
Caleb Estes, Rachel Jones Foster, Annie
Hanscom Hull, Edna Russell Merrill,
Jessie Carver Nickerson, Abbie Eileen
Wood
Scientific Course-Carl Gordon Bright
man, Herbert Winfield Edison.
English Course-Edith Florence Blan-
chard, Jennie Elizabeth Boucher, William
True Cousens, Reginald Percy Dakin,
Gertrude Whittier Goodridge, Grace May
Greenwood, Arthur George Lord, Alice
Corbett, Sherman, Adelma Joy Smallidge,
Frederick Munson Thompson, Charles
Spencer Weaver.
THE ALUMNI DINNER.
Immediately after the graduation near
ly one hundred of the alumni and their
friends sat down to the tables in the old
dining hall between the two dormitories
After the excellent dinner, President
Whitman, who presided, made brief re-
marks as follows: In spite of the hard
times of the past three years there has
been an average attendance of 40 per cent
above that of the fifteen years before.
There has been one addition to the
faculty, an instructor in elocrSion and
physical culture During the past::yearithey
had received a legacy of $4,000; another of
$4,000 is possible.
The old seminary building, now
known as Alumni hall has been partially
repaired during the past year, and there
is now $500 in hand towards the compile
tion of the work that is to be done the
coming vacation.
We need $50, ,0O0 This coming year we
have special work before us, something
we have resolved upon. At the least, the
next year we must have 10000 I ask
of all friends, hearty sympathy and sup
port to secure this sum.
Rev. Dr. Blanchard was introduced as
the first speaker. He referred to the fact
that despite the gloomy weather it had
been one of the most successful of COM
mencements, and it had certainly been
the best dinner that he had ever attended
there He paid an especial compliment to
the Latin salutatory, which he said he
did not understand because of the modern
pronunciation Of Latin. He compli-
mented especially the essays entitled the
Realm of the Unseen and "The Three
Fates. ;" AS for the young lady who dis
approved of woman's suffrage, he was
sure she would be reformed in time. He
spoke at some length upon the value of
the institution in the past and present,
and of the great future that is possible
for it.
Augustus F. Moulton, Esq, was intro
duced as secretary of the board of trus-
tees. In reference to the commencement
exercises, Mr.. Moulton said that they
were particularly good and he was
espec tally struck with the valedictory by
Miss Foster of Woodfords. He referred
to the past at the seminary as he had
known it, and spoke with much earnest
1iCoS cud illuClCSu VI utlO ClldASCS LII 5QCl
institutions, as the times change, and the
necessity and the value of such progress
in Westbrook Seminary and similar in
stitutions.
Rev. Mr. Waite Of Brunswick, was in
troduced. He thought Westbrook Semi
nary and. similar institutions were put up
on too low platfrom if referred to as
taking the place of High schools in towns
not large enough fc~ High schools. He
thought seminaries and academies had
one He spoke at some length upon this
feature of educational work. He con-
trasted the dormitory life of colleges and
seminaries much to the disparagement of
the former and declared that the evil
effect upon the character, because of the
unrestrained dormitory life of college
students was very serious matter and
initiated strongly against the college in
comparison with the seminary.
Rev. DR.. Kimmell of the Church of the
Messiah, said that he agreed with Mr..
Waite, that the Westbrook Seminary and
such institutions ought not to be spoken
of as coming into competition with the
High schools. The seminary draws large
ly from those communities that have no
High school. The time may never come
when there will be no such communities,
but even if it should, there is still field
Of usefulness for the seminary The in
crease of High schools simply imposes
the necessity of a nearer approach to iper-
fection in the seminary. Mr.. Kimmell
urged earnestly the need of increased
funds for Westbrook Seminary
At this point MIR. Cyrus B. Varney, one
of the trustees and formerly a teacher at
the seminary for many years, read poem
written by Mr.. W. B. Dillingham; of
Quebec, who was student at the semi
nary over fifty years ago.
1t was dedicated to the following fellow
students of that early time, all of whom
were Morrill's Corner girls and the first
three of whom were present at the dinner
Mrs Emma B. Dunham, Mrs Cordelia
Pierce, Mrs. Irene Record and Mrs. Sarah
Ballard