The Portland daily press., 1898-06-24

Il ~, 1898
PRESIDENT Hyde made his customary
Latin speech followed by short address
In English and presented the coveted
sheepsklns which entitled the members
OF 1898, Bowdoin college, to attach to
pnelr names the first two letters of the
alphabet. Prayer was then offered.
lnose who received honorary appoint
ments and We're thus entitled to write
parts for the commencement parts, from
winch six were chosen. are: William
mltherle Lawrence. Percival Proctor
Baxter, Robert Robertson Morson, John
fessenden Dana, Joseph Ernest Odiorne.
clarence Elery Eaton, Dwight Richard
Pennell, Francis Allan Hamlin, Frank
Herbert Swan, Arthur Leroy Hunt, AL
1red Benson White, Thomas Littlefleld
Marble, Stephen Emerson Young, Eugene
Thomas Minot, Robert Willis Alexander,
Harry Clifford Knight, Harlan Melville
Blsbee. Wendell Phillips McKown, John
Wilbur Condor, Charles Sumner Petten-
e5A%it 1AO1 OSIU ANClcoA NdINAOI,
Emerson Preble, Guy Charles Howard,
Clarence William Proctor, Edward
Hutchins, Charles Cogswell Smith, How
ard Rollin Ives, Edwin Ellis Spear,
Clarence Fairbanks Kendall Edwin
Kimball WEIGH.
The list of the graduates has already
been printed in the PRESS.
The following prizes were announced:
Goodwin Commencement Prize-Rob-
ert Robertson Morson.
Pray Prize in English Composition
William Witherle Lawrence.
Brown Prizes in Extemp. Composition
William Witherle Lawrence, Frank
Herbert Swan.
College Prizes in English Composition
First, William Witherle Lawrence and
Frank Herbert Swan second, Oliver Dow
Smith and Herbert Nelson Gardner,
Noyes Prize in Political Economy
Thomas Littlefield Marble
Smyth Mathematical Scholarship
Samuel Pope Harris.
Sewall Latin :lPrize-Joseph Walker
Whitney.
sewail Greek Prize-Philip Mason
Palmer.
Brown Memorial Scholarship-William
Witherle Lawrence, 90; Harold Fessenden
Dana, 80; Joseph Walker Whitney, 100;
Kenneth Charles Merton Stills, '0l.
THE DINNER.
Bowdoin's commencement dinners are
noted for the college spirit manifested by
the alumni, AND the feast of wit and rea-
son which follows the consideration of the
good things with which the tables are
laden. This years dinner was no 'excep-
5ion to the rule. The gymnasium was
filled with the diners; there were the
usual class yells and thu. customary
vociferous applause OF the good things
said by the speakers. &sz
| Among the alumni at the tables were
the following who graduated over fifty
years ago: George A. Thomas, Port
land, al; Charles R. P. Dunlap, St.
Paul. Josiah Crosby, Dexter. 's5; W. G.
Marshall Belfast, ~, A. c. Adams,
Wetherstield, CT, 'S6.
This was the semi centennial of the
| class of '4S, and among it's members pres
emit were: G. I. Newcomb Westbrook;
John Dinsmore, Auburn, VIM. G. Pond,
San Francisco; S. f. Humphrey, Ban
gor; Charles A. Packard. Bath.
Among the representatives of other
| classes were: sl
'49-Joseph Williamson, Belfast. Il
SD. A. Linscott, Boston.
OBJ. Ross, Newcastle.
'56-E. b. Palmer, Winchester, Mass.
! 80. W. Packard. Portland; S.
Clifford Belcher, Pennington.
'os-Cyrus Jordan, Boston; j. Wymnn
PhilliOs S0nth Rra War. R,1IiS SDaar
Washington; Il. B. Neatly. Bangor; J.
P. Smita, Salem Depot N. H. f. M.
Drew, Lewiston.
'6O-H. Il. Burbank, Saco.
'6l-Edward Stanwood, Brookline,
Mass. A. S. Packard, Providence.
'6s-E. N. Packard. Syracuse, N. Y.
'63-Cyrus B. Varney. Deering; George
renee; T. M. Green, Topsham; A. B.
Dearborn, Somerville.
'64-John McKeen, Charles f. Libby.
'65-H. W. Swasey, Portland; Charles
Fish, Brunswick; Jospeh E. Moore,
Thomaston. gggsr
'e6-Frederiok h. Gerrish., Portland.
CIV. S. Hutchinson, Boston; I. s.
Dexeter; George p. Davenport, Bath.
'6s-John A. Hinkley, Gorham; Charles
6. Holyoke, Edgcopab; W. 3. Shepard,
Bangor; Thomas j. Emery, Boston,
Charles A. Ring, Portland. ~
Tie. ST. Stackpole. Augusta j. f..
CLANCY. M
'72-Herbert Harris, East Machias;
George M. Seiders, Portland
'7S-W. g. Reed, Southbridge; A. +.
Moulton, Portland; F. A.. Wilson,
Andover; A. E. Herrick, Bethel; George
s; Mower, Newbury, Ct; John F.
Elliot, Hyde Park. Mass; ]. E. Badger.
augusta; D: A. Robinson, Bangor; A.
p. Wiswell, Ellsworth.
TAI. johnson.
'75-S. G. Whitmore.
'76-A. T. Parker, Bath; George B.
Merrill, Yarmouth; E. q. Kimball,
Bath; Charles q. Wheeler, Topsham; Z.
L. Hawkes., Bangor.
TIE. M. Cousins, Gray; 81. V. Stack
pole, Brunswick.
7S-George Q. Purinton, Pennington; :.
g. A. Baker, Portland; Isaac W. Dyer,
Portland; Barrett Potter, Brunswick;
Daniel 81. Felch, Cheney, Washington.
'sO-A. 81. Holmes, Brunswick; Walter
P. Perkins, Cornish.
'Sl-W. M. Brown, Bangor: DR.. Will
liam King. Brunswick; Frederick A.
Fisher. Lowell, Mass Edgar G. Achorn,
Boston. Harold w Gho ~, horlain RrunS.