The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-25
Bowdoin may reverberte among the
everlasting stars. -
LIEUTENANT PEARY

Bowdoin may reverberte among the
everlasting stars
LIEUTENANT PEARY
was introduced by President Hyde as one
who had added to the fame of the col
lege AS Mr.. Peary rose he was again
loudly applauded. He said in substance:
| Mr.. President and boys-I thank you
very much for the kindly attention you
have shown me. I was told today that
J. had been selected to speak for the class
of ~, yet I hardly know why. There
were orators in the class of ~. And
more than that, do not know why the
temperature should have been turned
on as it has today. am not accustomed
to it. Uaughter.) I came back to visit
Bowdoin today for the first time since
my graduation. I have passed through
Brunswick number of times and never,
whether by day or night, without look
ing towards the campus and the church
spire on the hill. I doubt if those of
you who have been here often can appre-
ciate the wave of love and homesickness
which swept over me today when again
set foot on the campus. I find that the
men of ~ are good men still. am glad
to see our old president on the platform,
teacher, warrior and statesman. Your
face, Mr.. President, is4new to me, but
your ability and level Medicines and
the work you are doing for Bowdoin are
widely known.
Last year attended dinner in New
York at which the Amherst idea was
described. / do not remember Just what
1 said on that occasion, but I thought the
Bowdoin idea was one of sturdiness and
tenacity. See what you want and stick
to it until you get it.
Gentlemen, have dreamed Of Bowdoin
when there was nothing in the world
around me but the infinite expanse of ice,
the infinite expanse of the blue sky and
the white sun. / have given the name
of Bowdoin to wonder of the far north
There is a bay there at one end of which
is a mass of ice two miles in height. 1t
is glacier two or three times the size Of
the Union glacier, and have named it
the Bowdoin glacier (Applause.)
. Gentlemen, the solitude of my life has
not been conducive to speechmaking. I
have said just what came into my heart
since I sat down here and thank you
for your attention. cloud applause.)
REV. EDWIN A. RAND
spoke for 81, eleven members of which
class were present, and at the reunion
last night there were 49, but one, a mill
| ta1 maj off ,i1,r,
look suspicious, but we did not do any
thing more convivial than to sing Aud
Lang Syne. Mr.. Rand spoke humorous
ly of the different gentlemen of the class
present. He spoke of the kindly wishes
and the prayers Of Bowdoin men which
will accompany Lieutenant Peary, add
ing: IT believe he will get there and sit
on the end Of the North Pole if he wants
to-"
MR.. CHARLES T. HAYES
was called upon and made an interesting
announcement, after referring to Bow
doins progress in athletics to the new
| athletic field and to the successful labors
of DIR. Frank N. Whittier, as athletic in
structor A debt of 5000 on the athletic
field has been worry to DR.. Whittier.
Mr.. Halves announced that the members
of the class of '76 present had assumed
| this debt.
REV. S. N. NEWMAN
| Of Washington, Of the class of 1867 Mr.
Newman also had an announcement to
make. He spoke of the labors of Prof
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| library. The 81 men had Clipped in and
contributed $57 to help Prof. Little's
work along. Prof Little has plan to Sc
cure bookcase used by Longfellow when
a professor here and fill it with books
relating to Bowdoin's poet The class of
67 hope to be able to make this possible.
HON. GEORGE M. SEIDERS
of the class of ~ spoke briefly for that
class which held its 25th anniversary last
evening. Mr.. Soldiers spoke of the success
which had crowned the efforts of the
members in their chosen calling, success
due he thought to the fact that they
came to Bowdoin from the farm and the
workshop, having nothing but their hands
and their brains on which to rely. They
had gained self reliance and stea5fast-
ness which helped make possible their lat
| er success.
Prof. J. G. Pickard and Rev. Charles
L. Merriam of Lowell who represented
Yale, were the concluding speakers.
The venerable James W. Bradbury of
Augusta has been in attendance on the
commencement exercises.
| Congressman Alexander of the Buffalo,
N. Y district, was another distinguished
guest.
The Maine Supreme Court was repre-
sented by Chief Justice Peters and JUS
tices Emery, Haskell and Foster.
The members of the class of ~ were
entertained at dinner by Mr.. Philip G..
Brown at his home in Portland this eve
ming,
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