The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-30

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'96; j. B. Alexander, '94 Clarence W.
Pierce, '94; Hon. S. W. Matthews, Hon.
Leslie Q. Cornish, Rev. DR.. H. II. Bur
rage, DIR. Alfred King, Wilfred G. Chap
man, Hon. Percival Bonney and many
others.
At an adjourned meeting of the board
OF trustees of Colby university, Dr.. Alfred
King of P ortland was elected to member
ship to fill the vacancy made by the death
OF Joseph Kicker. D. D.. of Augusta.
Dr. Anton Marquardt and Prof. E. Il.
dltohings were reelected.
N. L. Dunton of Portland was again
elected financial secretary. A new and
definite set of rules were adopted, govern
Ing the granting the degree of A. NJ. A
new set of administrative rules were sub
mitted by the president and approved.
Hon. Josiah ii. Drummond, president of
the board OF trustees was empowered to
petition the legis allure to change tie
name Of the institution from Colby
university to Colby college, 1t was voted
to lengthen the winter term one week and
shorten the spring term like period.
| AT the meeting of tho Alumni associa-
ton, John N. Foster of the class of rs,
gave 5000 towards the raising of $1,000 to
establish Greek prize in memory of the
late Prof. John Barton Foster, LII. d. :,
to be given to the scholar who shall take
the highest rank in Greek through the
college course Of four years. The follow.
ing officers were elected: President,
Dudley P. Bailey, '67 of Boston, Mass. !;
vice president, Hon. Warren G. Phil
brook. 'S2 of Waterville; secretary and
treasurer, Prof. E. W. Hall, 'e2 of Water
vile; necrologist, Prof. Arthur J. Roberts
of WaterVille oounsellors, E. W. john
son, '9l; Fl. D. Eaton, 'S7, and A. E.
Drummond, 49, The necrologist reported
the following deaths for the past year:
Rev. Joseph Rioker, d. D., '39; John
Barton Foster, Ill. D., '43; Rev. Henry
Ripley, A. NJ, Al; Hon. Harris Merrill
Plaisted, So: Augustus Champlin, A.
NJ, '6s; Edgar Herbert Crosby, 80; John
Thew Colman, '94; Alice Mabel (Bray)
Hedman, '95.
THE d INNER.
| The commencement dinner was served
in Memorial hall immediately after the
exercises at the church, and there were
SO many diners that the hall had to be
stretched to let them all in, but the hall
was able to accommodate them all.
President Butler in opening the after
dinner speaking referred to the presence
OF Gov. Powers among the guests. After
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have chief executive who finds himself
confronted with a call to arms. President
Butler said that he did not believe that
the righteous purpose of this war had
been lostlsight of through any contin-
gency which had arisen during it's
progress. Referring to the American and
British flags which hung side by side on
the wall at the end of the hall, President
Butler said that on recent visit to Nova
Scotia the sight of those two flags side by
side had SO touched him that he had sent
for British flag to be used on this coca
sion. President Butler then presented
Gov. Powers, referring to him as one
who had done much at personal cost to
aid Maine in performing her part in the
GOV. POWERs'S REMARKS.
| Gov. Powers was loudly applauded when
he arose to speak. He told his hearers
that he had recently been to several COM
mencements, including that at the
took the legislature just two hours to
make. and that at Bowdoin. The
Governor added that it was his deliberate
Judgment that of these, the exercises he
had listened to this morning were the
| best. He especially commended the
brevity of the parts, saying he thought it
we'll to have each part short and give
more fellows a chance.
Gov. Powers said that at the request of
the President he should say something on
the subject Of student enlistment. In the
days OF the Rebellion when the perpetuity
OF the nations institutions was at stake,
1t was the duty of every student as well
as every other man to go to the front if be
could. The two atrocities of this century
have been the Armenian massacre and
the method of prosecuting the war waged
by Spain against the Cubans. America
has begun this war to put stop to the
! Cuban outrage and Maine has done her
part we'll. To Chickamauga one of the
best regiments III the service has been
sent and the other organizations called for
have been formed. In making up the
forces, SO far as possible, mon who have
noWledge of military matters and train
ing have been selected, in accordance
with the Presidents request. Among
the troops are forty or fifty from the
University of Maine. Now the state can
furnish no more troops until the govern.
ment wants them. On the Governors
table in the State House are applications
for permission to form military organiza-
lions in such numbers that If they We're
needed Maine could send lO,000 troops to
the front and good troops, too. In view
of these things, Governor Powers said
that he did not regard it the duty of
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