Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-12


Close twined about the memory,
Fair Bowdoin, of thy name
Introductory to the presentation 81
gifts the class president, Alfred Benson
White of Lewiston, delivered briel
address Mr.. White is clear ana
forcible speaker Of easy stage presence
and of marked oratorical ability. he
dwelt upon the brilliant record OF the
class of '9S during the past three years
and explained the custom of presenting
en- Ivy day appropriate gifts to certain
members of the junior class. Away
back in the dim ages of the past, said
Mr. White, 1.-The class of '66, in its senior
year, held the first Ivy exercises at
Bowdoin in order that the vine, green
and sturdy, might remind undergradu-
ates in after years of the glorious class
Of &C. 1t is pleasant for us all to know
that our own Prof. Chapman wrote the
Ivy ode on that occasion"
The presentation of gifts followed
TO the class athlete, Wendell Philips
McKown of Boothbay Harbor, the
president gave a dumb bell. Mr.. Nc
kown's reply was apt and amusing
The class dig, Guy Hayden Sturgis II
New Gloucester, was presented with a
spade. and the class sport, Cassius
Claudius Williamson of Gorham, N. H.,
received a, diamond. Both responses
were bright and witty. The back
slider, Francis Allan Hamlin of Bruins
wick. made a humorous reply on re-
oeiving pair of spurs. Percival Proc
ter Baxter of Portland, the class Grim
inal, was presented with a pair Of
handouts. Mr.. Bakers response was
bright and full of humor.
After MIR. Bakers reply, the presi-
dent said: Whatever pleasantly and
Joking has been employed in the pre-
vious presentations is now laid aside,
and we come to the most serious part
of the exercises. To choose man.
lass popular man, is the greatest
honor a class can bestow upon any "f
It's members. Our popular man is dear
10 every one of us. On the tennis
court and the football field the Bow
doin Panther has upheld the name of
Bowdoin till everybody who is inter-
osted in the college knows Bill Spear
either personally or by reputation.
In behalf of the class. Mr.. White
then presented William Winthrop
Spear of Rockland with the wooden
apoon Mr. Spear accepted the gift in
the following words:
Mr.. President and classmates:
TT is always great pleasure for one
to know that he has many friends; and
in accepting this token which is one OF
the greatest honors that a class has
in it's power to bestow, / realize more
than ever how strong are the bonds of
friendship. d & Classmates, / thank
you, not only for this spoon but also
for that which it signifies; I shall al
ways look upon it as the most cher
ished memento of my college days"
The literary exercises of the day
closed with the response of the popular
man, and the class then marched from
the hall out of doors, where the ivy
was planted and the class ode sung.
Thomas Lewis Pierce of Portland was
the author of the ode which follows:
IVY ODE-AIR. GERMAN"
While the skies smile on Youth and
Beauty bright.
We give this day to pleasure uneoniined'
We chase duh sorrow far beyond our
sight.
And JOY doth reign WITHIN eacn happy
mind.
We ne'er again shall know such days as
these.
These college days, when cares do not
Cypress,
When we may live and dream beneath
the frees.
And every wind that blows. blows to
y carCss.
Then. on this festal day we celebrate,
Wen plant this Ivy as n symbol true
OF that deep love which time cannot
abate.
The love, from us to dear old Bowdoin
due.
And if in future years this vine recall,
To younger sons, the class that set 1t
This be the lesson it will speak to all
Love and strive upward, hope. and never
fear.
Immediately after the planting of the
ivy came the seniors last chapel"
This a solemn and impressive cere-
mony and is especially interesting -
those who are unacquainted with col
lage life and customs. The exercises
Of last chapel were most successfully
observed by the class of 81, this after
noon The seniors marched slowly from
the chapel in locked step singing Aud
Lang Sync,' and when out of doors
they cheered their Alma Mater and
each of the under classes.
The Ivy hop at Town hall, this even
ing. was grand success. The old hall
never appeared decked in brighter
colors; lighter hearted youths never
waltzed to the strains of more enchant-
ing music: and more radiant debu-
tantes and society bellies were never
seen in the gay old town of Brunswick.
The music for both the exercises and
the hop was furnished by the Germa
MIA orchestra of Boston. Much credit
for the exceptional success of Ivy day
is due to the committee of arrange
ments composed of Edwin e. Spear OF
Washington, d. c.; Dwight Il. Randall
of Lewiston, and George r. Stetson of
Bangor.
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