The Portland daily press., 1895-07-04
THE Sons OF COLBY.


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advantages of building where the mem
bers OF the women's college could be
quartered much more satisfactorily than
in several dwelling houses. 1t was
thought three years ago that $50, 900
should be raised, $50 600 for the building
and Slo, 600 for an endowment fund for
the buldllng we want will be an ex-
penslVe one to care for. Since then the
estimate has been cut down, but it has
not been because it was too high, but be-
cause the committee despaired of getting
the KIND OF building wanted.
President Whitman said, during my
three years OF connection with this lnst1-
tuition there seems to me growing 1ncl1-
nation to take the things of life seriously
and DO not mean that this means that
there should be no amusement in life.
Where young man is a pessimlst, real
or pretended, there is something out of
joint with him.
President Whitman said that it some
times seemed to him that we were going
too Tar IN our demand for an all round
man. Perhaps we need a one sided man
nowadays, that he may devote himself to
some one worthy purpose And when we
have got our task, this thought may be
well for us to remember, that we are to
move on to conquer the world not for
ourselves, not for any man, but for God.
President Whitman then spoke OF the
growth in earnestness of purpose in a dis
position to take the thinks of life serious
y and to regard life work as something
more than labor for self which he had
noticed in the college students of today.
He was loudly applauded when he closed
his remarks.
President Whitman than introduced
GOV CLEAVES,
speaking as he did so of the loyalty of
Colby University and the service rendered
by her sons in the war. It was fitting
then that the first address of the after
noon should relate to the state. Gov.
Cleaves was loudly applauded as he arose
He said: II am glad I came. l accepted
an invitation from the President and
Doctor Bonney, Qaughter) a year ago and
! am glad to be here. I should like to be
here next year. I can't come the year
after. (Laughter.) But there are plenty
of fellows who would like to come.
daughter. / am gratifed to be present
with you today / have listened with a
great deal of pleasure to the exercises and
need not stand here today to bestow
words of eulogy, OF encomium or COM
1t is part of the history of Maine, al
ways loyal and worthy. No braver men
ever faced the cannon's mouth than the
sons Of this university. (Applause.) }
Standing here in this beautiful and pro-
gressive city today 1 bear to this institu-
tion the congratulation and we'll wishes
of the Commonwealth and in no per-
functory sense. 1t is a greeting from the
heart.
The time has come and I say it while
holding no man responsible for my utter
ance, that the coming to our shores of the
illiterate and vicious of other lands is a
menace to our free institutions.
| believe in our colleges and all our in
stitutions of learning. Let us be true to
children on Maine soil and the young
men and women of Maine, graduates Of
Maine colleges, can hold their own with
the graduates of any other institutions.
HON. JOSIAH H. DRUMMMOND,
of the class of '46, was the next speaker
He referred to the resignation of President
Whitman which had changed his ideas of
the speech he intended to make. He
could take comfort in one thing, how
ever. That was that the trustees were be-
coming experts in the selection of college
presidents. No sooner had they found one
than it seemed as if every college in the
country was making his daily life
burden in it's efforts to secure him. 1t
would be useless to deny that the resigna-
tion of President Whitman came to the
trustees as blow and a grief. But he
could say that the trustees, the faculty,
the students, in fact everybody with
whom he had spoken about it, wished
President Whitman God speed in his new
field of usefulness. There was one thing
these changes were spoken of, they were
alluded to as opening wider fields for the
departing Colby presidents. This the
trustees denied. They would not admit
that there was a wider field for usefulness
for any man than the presidency of Colby
University. However, the trustees were
not cast down and, relying on their ex-
going ahead to find a new president.
Mr.. Drummond spoke of the end of
college education as means of giving
mental discipline rather than storing uB
great array of facts. He wanted this
borne in mind in these days of discussion
of the wisdom Of teaching Greek. In
making a change, care should be taken
not to go too far in the other direction
Rev. DR.. Bullen of the class of 49, re-
sponded for the ministry. Dr. Bullen
spoke of the devotion of leading ministers
of the denomination shown to the college
by their service for it in the past. In re-
turn the institution had shown it's graft
tude by giving to the ministry many able
men.
Then Judge Whitehouse of the class of
'63, responded for
THE LEGAL PROFESSION.
He said that he had prom ulgated several
impromptu witticisms, but he had been
so oyerpowered by this new honor which
had been given him, that he was not able
to use them. He had noticed that these
honors had seemed to SO impress His Ex-
cellency, that, perhaps, if Gov. Cleaves
came back here the year after next. after
being unanimously renominated he and
Doctor Bonney would stand good
chance for reappointment.
Judge Whitehouse said that Colby had
worked miracle for the legal profession
because it had made two hundred honest
lawyers, (laughter) and no dishonest
ones. OF these lawyers, eight had served
in the Federal Congress, four became
Governors of states, four attorney
generals and four judges of the higher
courts. By name Judge Whitehouse
mentioned four eminent members of the