The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-30
CLASS DAY AT COLBY.

Time of Gladness and Sadness at the
Old University
Continuing the Exercises of Commence
| ment week-The Alumni Reunion and
| the Glass Day Hop.
! Waterville, June 29.-Colby's class day
exercises were held today, the programme
| including the exercises at the church in
| the forenoon, the annual meeting of
the alumni association in the afternoon
and the Phi Beta Kappa oration by Rev.
George c. Lorimer, D. D., of Boston, in
the evening.
| The exercises at the church were opened
with music at 1890 O'Clock. After prayer.
| the class histories were presented by
Charles Huntington Whitman of Bangor,
who spoke of the gentlemen, and Helen
McGregor Hanscom of Machias, concern
ing the experiences of the women. The
class poems was by Hattie Florence
Holmes of Eastport and the address of the
undergraduates by Hattie Beatty Vigne
of Waterville. Gen. Kimball Bassett of
Winslow delivered the class oration.
| The campus exercises were held follow
! ing those at the church. They comprised
the class prophesies, the singing of the
besides the usual addresses. Charles
| Tucker Clemen Of Waterville, gave the
forecast for the gentlemen of the class and
Alice Nye of Auburn, that for the ladies.
| The address to undergraduates by Ern-
est Eugene Noble of Blaine, was followed
by the parting ode and the parting ad
dress by William Henry Holmes, Jr.,
of Sanford
| The class officers were as follows: Gen
tlemen-Fred Albert Roberts, South Wat
erboro, president; Henry Harrison Put
nam, Jr. ,Danforth, vice president; Walter
Francis Titcomb Houlton, secretary
Herbert Shaw Philbrick, Waterville, treas
ur er.
| Ladies-Nina Gertrude Vose, Water
| vile, president; Edith Maude Larrabee,
| Gardiner,3s vice president; Annie Lee
! knight, PORTLAND, secretary; Edith
/ Iszag sllssn, s.s5whegan, treasurer.
Ceraotittea- Ger +lsss.s.l,
kStevens Gross, Waterville; Percy Fuller
| Williams, Fairfield. Ladies, Edith Bragg
| Hanson, Skowhegan; Team Patterson
McCallum, Warren; Elmira Starr Mel
son, Deering.
| Ode Committee-Albert Russell Keith,
Waterville; Roy Morrill, Parker, Presaue
| Isle; Hannibal Hamlin Chapman, West
Bethel. Ladies, Harriet Florence Holmes,
Eastport; Mercy Agnes Brann, Dover;
Octovia Whiting Mathews, Waterville.
| The resignation of Rev. A. Z. P. Small
and Of ex-President Albion W. Small,
| from the board of trustees, was announced
| this afternoon.
| The board of trustees this afternoon
chose J. T. Hull instructor in physics to
succeed Prof W. A. Rogers, resigned.
| He is a graduate Of Toronto university
and for the last three years has been tax
ing post graduate course at the uniyer-
| sity of Chicago.
Prof. E: F. Hitchings of waterville
was selected to deliver the course of lect-
ures on biology the coming year.
| The Colby University alumni associa-
! ion met this afternoon in Alumni hall
| for it's annual meeting. A committee
was chosen to confer with the trustees on
the question of permitting the alumni
| to nominate every third member of the
six deaths during the year. The officers
chosen were as follows: President, Les
| lie G. Cornish, Augusta vice president,
r. W. Dunn, Waterville; secretary, Prof.
E. W. Hall, Waterville; necrologist. Rev.
G. V. Hanson, d. D., Skowhegan;
Eaton and w. G. Philbrook of Water
vile.
Tonight an eloquent address was given
in the Baptist church before the Phi
Beta Kappa by Rev. George c. Lorimer.
D. D. of Boston.
Gov. Powers, class of 10, arrived this
afternoon to attend the exercises.
Glass Day at Bates.
Lewiston, June 29-Tuesday was class
day at Bates college commencement t.
There. were exercises in the afternoon, the
order being as follows:
| Grafton, J. A. Mari
| History. K. b. Stanley
Glass Propecies, Miss y. M. Twort
| Address to Undergraduates,
j. S. Durkee
Address to Halls and Campus,
W. L. P. Vining
Poem, Miss s. Merrill
Parting Address, Miss Houghton
Singing Glass Ode
| Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth.
| Hanover, N. H, June 29.-The ex-
ercises at Dartmouth today began with
the annual meeting of the Phi Beta
Kappa society at Reed hall. The follow
| ing officers were elected: President, f.
II. Dana, Chicago; vice-president, Prof.
secretary. L. W. d. Worthy, Hanover
treasurer, Prof Fred P. Emery, Emery
Chaplain, Rev. Joshua Wellman.
The '97 delegation was initiated includ
ing Harold S. Shattuck, Nashua, N. Fl.
John M. Poor, West Newbury, Mass.
Fred Fl. Noyes, West Canaan, N. H.
Charles W. Morse, Norwood, Mass; John
S. Merserve, Dover, N. H.; Benjamin L.
Marshall, Boston; Henry M. Lull, Wind
sor, VT. Frank c. johnson, Perry Me.
Henry W. Hardy, Salem, Mass. Frank
E. Drew, Canterbury, N. H.. Burt W
Carr, Pittsleld. N. HI. Morris T. Brown,
Somersville Mass; John M. Boyd
Calais, Me-; VIM. H. Hatch, Nashua, n.
Fl.
Carroll d. Wright Speaks on Labor Ques
| tfOn.
Hanover, N H., June as.-Hon. Car
roll D. Wright of Washington, gave an
address to the Dartmouth Literary soci-
eties, including the former fraternity OF
social friends and the United Fraternity