Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-06-26
RECEIVE DEGREES.
Annual Commencement Day
at: Bowdoin, Thursday.
Large Class Graduates Which Has
Been.P Prominent in College Affairs.
Governor Cleaves Speaks at Banquet--Names
=, Of Those Receiving Degrees.

BRUNSWICK. Cune 25.-ComNerce-
ment exercises at Bowdoin ;tollege
were held. today. =
The literary programme was as fol-
lows: :
The Passing War" John Clair Minot
''The Atom and its Weight
Richard Mills Andrews
Ideals and Conscentiousness."
Effect of the Doctrine of Evolution
upon Religious Thoughts
Corruption in Politics.
Frank Emerson Bradbury
oliver Cromwell and the English
Puritans,' Henry Hill Pierce
The degree of b. A. was conferred
upon A graduates.
These members of '96 were awarded
the degree of 3. A: Richard NJ. An
drews, Gray; Tabor ID. Bailey, Ban
Sor; Clarence F. Baker, Alma; Willard
S. Bass, Wilton: John II. Bates. West
Sumner; Homer r.. Blodgett. North
Rrooksville; Frank h. Bradbury
North Freeman; John B. Burbank
West Freeman; Herbert c. Clotch
Kennebunkport: Henry w. Coburn
Weld; Ralph p. Crossman, Medway
Mass: Philip Dana. Westbrook; Fran
els s. Dana. kennebunk: Chase East
man, Portland; Sterling Fessenden
Fort Fairfield; Charles o. Fpgg, Tur-
ner; Walter w. Fogg. Bridgton; John
W. Foster, Concord, n. H.: John f.
Frost. Eliot: Howard Gilpatric. Bid
deford: Ingus G.. Babb Gilead; Charles
A. Knight, Brunswick; Preston Kyes.
North jay; Ralph w. Leighton Au
gusta; Jerre II. Libby. Fort Fairfield:
Earle H. Lyford, Pennington; Charles
N. Marston, Hallowell; John c. Minot
Belgrade: Wallace S. Mitchell. Free
port; Robert Newbegin. Defiance. o.;
Harry Oakes, Foxcroft; George T.
Ordway, Boston, Mass; Francis C.
Peaks, Dover: Henry II. Pierce. Port
land; Richard r. Flumstead Wiscas-
set; Wallace w. Robinson. East Deer
ing; Robert O. Smell, Berlin Mills. n.
H.; Fred b. Smith. Brunswick: Robert
F. Soule, Freeport; Charles T. Stone.
Bridgton: John b. Thompson. Tops
ham; Alfred p. Ward, Freeport; Morti-
mer Warren, Cumberland Mills; Bar
| telle w. Willard, Newcastle
Governor CleaveS attended the Com
mencement exercises and at the ban
quet, this afternoon, responded to
| The State" The Governor expressed
! his great satisfaction at being present
and said that he brought from every
| section of the State to Bowdoin col
| lege, an institution that was honored
| throughout the Union, the warm
| greetings of the people of the State
| who are loyal to our institutions and
devoted to the great cause of educa-
| ton. The Governor said that Bowdoin
| college was a part of the grand his
| tory of our Commonwealth and that
| the great progress it had made dur
| ing the first century of it's life was but
the beginning of the great future that
| awaited her in the educational pro-
gress of the country: that she had al
ready given to the Union many of its
distinguished statesmen and to the
army many of it's most fearless sol
diers. The Governor spoke of me 10y
atty that we owed to our Maine insti-
| tutions; that while We have a national
pride in the advancement of the col
leges and educational institutions OF
other states, let us be loyal to our
own; for no better opportunities can
be offered for acquiring an advanced
education than here in our State; that
our motto should be Educate the
young men at home in our own col
leges," and the Governor asserted that
If the young men of Maine, desiring to
pursue a collegiate course, would i'm
prove the opportunities and advan-
tages offered by our own institutions.
the Maine boy who graduates from a
Maine college may successfully chal-
lenge in the race of life, the graduates
of any other institution in the coun-
try. The Governor said that this was
not an eXtravagant assertion and that
the past history of Bowdoin college
and other institutions of the State
demonstrated it's truth.
The Governor was given a most en-
thusiastic greeting.
AT the annual meeting of the Cen
eral Alumni Association of Bowdoin,
held, this morning. the following COM
mittees We're appointed to award the
Pray English literature prize in 1897:
Rev. e. c. Cummings, Hon. c. F.
Libby and Rev. ]. A. Bellows, all of
Portland; advisory committee on ath-
letics, Hon. E. A. Curtis of Boston,
and Berrett Potter of Brunswick;
committee on overseers' nominations,
DR.. George II. Cummings of Portland,
and Edward p. Payson of Boston.
A committee was appointed to eX-
tend an invita- tion to Hon. Thomas b. |
Reed, go, to address the association at
its next meeting.
After the Commencement exercises, |
President Hyde announced the award |
of the following prizes:
Smyth mathematical prize, $500, !
Wendall Phillips McKown. Boothbay; |
Sewall Greek prize, $25 Clarence Glory |
Eaton. JAY: Sewall Latin prize, $25, |
William Witherlee Lawrence, Port
land; Pray English literature prize,
$50 Henry Hill Pierce. Portland:
Goodwin Commencement prize, $50, ].
Clair Minot, Belgrade: English COM
position prizes. $40, Howard Gilpatric,
and j. Clair Minot, Bel
grade; second. $40, Willard Street
Bass, Wilton. and Henry Hill Pierce,
Portland; Brown prizes for extempo- !
raneous English composition, first
prize, J. Clair Minot. Belgrade; second
prize. $40. Henry Hill Pierce. Portland:
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