Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-27
COLBY CLASS DAY.
Monday Has a Grand Series
of Pleasant Events.
Juniors Take Full Charge and Their
Exercises Are Much Enjoyed.
The Presidents Reception Seniors Hop
AIumnae and Trustees Meetings.

Waterville, Me, June 26.-(SpeciaD.
The perfect weather again allowed
tho presentation exercises of the Junior
class at Colby to be held out of doors.
AS the result the seats arranged on the
slope leading to the river bank, were
filed rot only with graduates and
daintily goWned young ladies who live
! in the city but also with sisters of the
college men and someone else's sisters
| who had been invited to be present at
| the exercises.
50 many We're present that even af
! ter the seats were full there was long
| line Of young ladies standing back OF
| the seats. eagerly listening to hear
| every words that was said by the
! speakers on the platform below Back
| of the seats lines Of smart rigs con-
taininE people who We're being shown
the beauties Of the city took UP every
| inch Of space.
| To those Who arrived first the sun
| was uncomfor tably warm but when
the son had descended. later in the day,
| JEiC blNl tlll4S WHICH llttN waved ON tI so
many similar exercises. gave a CRATE
full shade and with the breeze from the
river bank. IN ideal place was formed
! free from the heat with which other
| people were suffering.
| The exercises did not commence until
| late, but by the time they lid com
mcnce thcre was such comfort that
every one felt well repaid for the de-
| lay. Shortly after $50. the process
sion headed by Halls Band and with
James Hudson as marshal of the sea
son, formed II the library ana marched
| to the stand
Following the music by the band was
| the prayer offered by a. Il. Doughty.
! the class chaplain. the class being
/ given the signal to rise by the class
marshal &. +. Towne.
Then the class ode was sung, as fol
lows:
Air: Just One Girl
! For our college We raise our glad voices,
In colby each true heart rejoices,
Shes the best meath The sun.
| In praise Of our Gyar Alma Mater
| Sound aloft the refrain,
| Sing out till The hills Of all nature
Ke-ccho the joyous strain.
CHORUS.
Sing. sing. sing. let The arches ring,
| Colby. unto thy name well be ever true;
| Dear old home. WherCSlevcr We roam,
| We will honor forever the gray ana blue.
And now to the best Of au classes,
1860 our pride.
| we gladly will fill TIP our glasses,
| Spread her name far and wide;
| In bonds Of her love Close united
| W. Will sing in her praise.
! Man ever our pathway be lighted
! ~ memories Of college days.
CHORUS.
Nineteen hundred. to thee we sing,
Far ana wide in thy praise let the arches
| ring,
| To each heart may Thy name be near,
! Glasses Of classes. forever in memory
Written by +. F. Lawrence.
Mn Edward !. Jenkins in the
beginning Of his Grafton The
| American Citizen" referred to the
condition Of tn Western continent
ana the inhabitants in the be-
ginning Of his address ana said that
the Indians We're the first American
i citizens. He then passed on TO the feel
/ ing of unrest in their native country Of
those who afterwards became The Puri-
tars and cavaliers.
He traced the history of the struggles
Of these people that they might have
more freedom in this country even
though there was Il marked contrast
in the manner of living. With the de-
veIopment of the land and tbs Indians
being pushed West came the 70 colonies.
Then came the first real American
citizen through the war brought on by
1 t,.-, t-an
on to way that even though America
Was free, yet there was a marked con-
trast in the freedom, for while some
were free there We're part who We're
in bondage Then came the civil War.
/ Passing from this he took Up the
Icauses Of the Spanish war Will other
wars had been brought on to free either
| themselves Or some of their own coun-
! try men. Yet the new war came TO
bring freedom to those III Cuba, who
| were under the Spanish oppression. Al
ter dwelling on that point he referred
10 the war in the Philippines. These is
lIanders. he said had been denied what
had been given other islands, the prl-
yilege Of accepting new faith ana IN
the work Of Dewey he could see the
hand Of God. working that Christian
ity might be brought TO "a. lnhapl-
tants.
On account Of this struggle, he said,
there was never time when there was
srcb a demand for the American citl-
zens AZ AT the present time. Although
H. ala not make the direct statement
1t was easy to draw the inference that
he thoroughly believed in the carrying
on of the war among the Filipinos that
they might lie Christiantzcd ana thus
discharge the duties incident to carry
inc the white Mans Burden.
Miss Gertrude Nj. Pike had woven
into the class poem legend II the
,fessaIonskee. Of which stream all
f,a1h,, students ana alumni have pleas
ant recoIIections. It follows:
legend OF THE MESSALONSKEE
THE WOOD STREAM
.,+ in nv harque in the twilight dim,
j. 81 100 ana dreaming The hours away.