The Portland daily press., 1896-06-30
PRESENTATION DAY.
Juniors Of Colby Held Forth Yester.
day.
COPY OF DONATELLO'S STATUE OF
ST. GEORGE GIVEN COLLEGE.

The Exercises on the Campus-ElOquent
Grafton on the Ideal American Citizen
BY MIR. Cross-Junior Prize Declama-
nation in the Evening.
Waterville, June 24.-The presentation
day exercises OF the junior class at
Colby were held on the campus this af-
ternoon.
The exercises opened at 8 O'Clock with
selection by the Second Regiment band
of Lewiston.
The chaplain, Charles l.. Snow. offered
prayer.
Following the invocation the campus
resounded with the joyous class ode to
the air "Newsboy's Chorus "a
The oration by Harmon Stephen Gross
was mastery one, he taking for his
subject, "The Ideal American Citizen -
saying in part:
The mission of the college student in
the affairs of this country is today very
we should today consider matter of
Importance to every American citizen
and hence doubly so to us. Our coun-
try has many needs but the advent of
the ideal American citizen is the great
est of those and in the end will directly
be remedy for many evils. Let US con-
slider the necessity for ideal citizenship.
With the advance of civilization and as
luxury becomes possible class arises
which withdraws itself from the people.
That this is most dangerous to national
welfare is proved by the fall of those
national of antiquity whose citizens had
become weakened by luxury and indo-
lence.
Our own civilization is but proof of
the historical fact that after period of
national distress a nation often reaches
a high degree of prosperity; for 1t prac-
| tically dates from the time when Nor
man oppression produced that middle
Glass; which is England's strength. We
| can trace it back to that time since our
ancestor, the Puritan, came from that
! people, and what we now enjoy is but
handed down through hundreds of years
| from our remotest ancestors.
| We must heed the lesson from the past
and remember that devotion to self, for
getfulness to country. and indi ifferenoe
are menaces to our country. AS educat-
ed men, il beho1ves US, above all, to use
our influence with all to break down
| the barriers to our national prosperity
and stability. Nineteen hundred years
ago q prisoner, uncondemned, stood be-
| fore legal tribunal. An angry, malic-
| iaus mob demanded hisHpunishment The
scourge was about TO be applied when
the prisoner cried, 81 am a Roman oiti-
zen.n The Roman official no longer
hesitated, but set the Apostle Paul free.
American citizenship should mean this
and more. The ideal citizen Is an edu-
Gated man. The ideal American Citizen
should be intensely patriotic regarding
his country's honor as more to him
than life; holding his native land up
as an example of what ne tries to make
1.-THE grandest, freest nation of history.
Following the oration came the poem
by Mercy Agnes Brann, '97.
Next came the Junior history of the
gentleman by William Hathorne.
The history of the young women of '97,
was given by Miss Alice Louise Nye In
verse.
After the mirth that was awakened by
the humorous depletion of the history
had sub sided, Mr.. H. S. Philbrook made
the
ANNUAL AWARDING OF PRIZES.
The prese ntaticn address was as usual
q very lengthy affair abounding in wit
and humor. Mr.. Philbrook awarded the
following prizes.
To Mr.. Chapman, '97's con tirmed inva-
lid, was given a copy of the "Family
Physician.
To Mr.. Watson, the two-faoed man, was
given a double mask.
Miss Nye and Miss Night dwellers in
saints rest, were presented with ceme-
terry sign, Kept in Order"
Mr.. Holmes, Colby's champion chinner,
was given crownless hat to talk
through.
Miss Hanscom, the lightning linguist
of the class, was awarded current num-
ber of the "Chatter Box
Mr.. Putnam,s 8 modern Rip Van Wrinkle,
WAS provided with an alarm clock.
Mr.. Titcomb, the cribber, ana Mr.. Wal
dron, the cutter, the heavenly twins of
the class were presented with crib
and knife respectively.
The tin horn and water pail, the old
heirloom of the odd year Glasses, were
presented to Mr.. G. r. G. Shannon on
behalf of the class OF $50.
After the presentations of the prizes
duu WuIc you p1io AaABo pOuy VI SbuU6uUS
and alumni were laughing over the
good hits, the procession was formed
and all proceeded to Memorial hall, where
Watson, '97, bestowed upon Colby
Donatello's beautiful statue of "St.
George with appropriate remarks, the
same being accepted by Prof. Matthews,
"a, of the alumni.
After this all joined in singing the
presentation ode to the air of "Materna."
The programme for the junior prize
defamation in the evening was as fol-
lows:
Music.
Prayer. BY Rev. W. Fl. Spencer, d D.
Music.
Mind and Matter,
William A. Harthorne
A Daughter of Florence,
Edith b. Hanson
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Herbet Shaw Philbrick
A Plea for Good Citizenship.
Harry B. Watson.
Music.
Pathos III the Humorists,
Mercy A. Brann.
The Puritan Theooracy,
~ Vynz roAA