The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-13
BoWDoIN IVY DAY.
Exercises on the Brunswick Campus
Yesterday Aft ernoon.

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at Bowdoin.
This afternoon at O'Clock the literary
exercises of the day were held in upper
Memorial hall, bordered with its bronze
tablets in memory OF the three hundred
sons of the college who fought for the
Union, was crowded with representa-
tives of every section of the state. The
we'll known Columb bian orchestra of
Hnverhill furnished music for the exer-
discs. The following programme was
carried out:
Music.
Prayer, Fred K. Ellsworth, Brockton
Music.
Grafton, A. s. Hartman, Brunswick
Music.
Poem, H. NJ. varrell, Wells
Address by President,
George S. Bean, Biddeford
PRESENTATIONS.
Statesman (gavel(g y u,..
Glass Tough (demijohn),
Pious Man (class Bible),
S. o. Andros Rockland.
Songster, Cunning fork),
b. J. Fitz, North Bridgton
Prophet (dream book,,
j. E. Rhodes, Cd, Rookland
Carpet Knight (fan), s,
Jooky (whip),
Popular Man (wooden spoon),
d. ii. Horne, Berlin, N. 81.
Planting Ivy.
Singing Glass Ode
The programme occupied an hour and
a half, and the highest interest was
maintained through it all. The oration
by MIR. Hartman was very ablo and
scholarly effort. His subject was
"Noblesse Oblige," and he dwelt upon
the obligations brought by higher
stations in life. Mr.. Hartman and Mr..
Varrell, who followed with the poem, are
the two leading scholars of the class. Mr..
Varrell opened his poem with an intro
duction sparkling with wit, and closed
it with a beautiful lyric tribute to the
ivy. After the poem and more music by
the orchestra the president of the class,
Mr.. Bean, made short address, weloom-
ing the friends of the class to the happy
occasion and reviewing briefly the record
OF the three years '97 has passed in Bow
doin. Then he made the presentations as
indicated in the above programme
After the responses to the presentations
the class marched outside the hall where
the Ivy was planted near the east wall OF
Memorial hall. S. L. Merriman acting as
curator. Here the class cheer was given
from sixty lusty uhroats. and the ivy ode,
written by j. W. Hewitt, was sung with
a will.
Immediately following these exercises
by the Juniors the crowd proceeded to
the chapel where the pretty ceremony of
the Seniors last chapel was performed.
The beautiful Kings chapel was crowded
with visitors to it's utmost limit, the
seniors occupying seats at the head of
the long aisle. Kotzschmar, the Portland
organist, played the organ voluntary.
The services were simple, scripture read
ing and prayer by President Hyde, and
singing by select choir; when the
seniors stepped from the banks of seats
into the broad aisle, and formed there
four abreast, each man with arms looked
through the arms Of the man beside and
passed around the body of the man
ahead. Then slowly. swaying, solid
mass, they marched the length of the
long aisle, singing Auld Lang Syne G.
s. Stone aote1 as marshal, and B. 6.
Willard led the singing. Once outside
the doors they marched in the same man
ner, still singing, through the ranks of
the juniors, sophomores and freshman
drawn up on either side Of the, path.
Then they cheered the college. the GLASS,
and the lower GLASSES in turn, and the
lower GLASSES united in cheers for '96
This evening the Ivy hop was held in
Town hall, and was very largely attended
and successful affair. D. W. Elliott was
floor manager and his aids were Messrs.
Andros, Holmes, Hager and Stetson.