The Portland daily press., 1899-06-29
COLBY COMMENCEMENT.
A Year of Prosperity Is
Closed.
Gifts Of Money and Buildings
Announced.
Home and Foreign
Topics at Dinner.
Governor OF the State One Of the
Speakers.
tsszcrAL 20 THE raxss.I

| ESPECIAL 20 THE rREssj
Waterville. June 2s.-The seventy
eighth annual commencsment Of Colby
college came to q close today with the
alumni dinner in Memorial HAIL. A
large body OF graduates we're present, and
the event was one OF the happiest and
most auspicious that the college has ever
had. The after-dinner speeches were very
bright and able, and almost constant
applause and cheers rolled mp to the
osken ceiling of the big hall.
The friends Of the college had been put
In good humor by two interesting an
nouncements made by President Butler
at the close of the exercises at the church.
One Of the most urgent needs Of the in
stitution for long time has been DOR
mitory for the woman's coordinate coll
lege. President Butler was able to an
nounce today that q wealthy friend OF the
college had just written into his or her
will q bequest amply sufficient for the
erection Of a woman's dormitory, of prop
er' size and architectural design. There
were only two conditions to this bequsst.
The first was that all the present efforts
to raise money for the building should
cease; and the ssoo nd was that no effort
| should be made to discover the individu-
| ality of the donor.
DIR. Butlsr was able also to announce
that the American Baptist Educational
society have pledged to the college fifteen
thousand dollars on condition that this
friends of the college will raise sixty
thousand dollars more. This will make
seventy.fve thousand dollars In all. The
first thousand dollars came In during tho
speaking Of the afternoon.
At Ithe dinner lgracs was said by Rev.
DR.. II. s. Burrage of Portland
DIR. Butler in beginning the post
prandial exercises. spoke of the affection
of the graduates for the college, and the
pleasure arising thsrsfrom at the annual
mestings of this kind. He spoke In terms
Of commendation of the graduating class,
and then spoke of 1.-The college, of Its
nesds and. .the bright prospects bsfors.it.
The college needed TO ladyanoe along
the lines Of Its courses, OF its equipment,
and OF its development in attention to
physical. as well as mental culture. "A
small gift was needed to bring the gym.
nasium and athletic field up to the re-
quired standard. Some alumnus might
Iimmortalissi d himself In the q COLI.
lege by a donation for this pur-
lpose. Before calling for the speakers,
President Butler read letters OF regret
from Senator Hale Mark II. Dunnell
and others.
GOV. LLEwELLYN POWERS
was then introduced as the first speaker
of the occasion. He expressed his pleas
ure at being present and said that he had
been much gratified In listening to the
addresses OF the day. They disclosed
thought and literary labor, and he had
no doubt that the graduating class would
make an honorable record. They under
stood that the work done In college was
simply preparatory. Their way was yet
to be made.
Governor Powers next spoke of his
remarks year ago abouB student enlist
menus. He then said that as there were
men enough he did not think 1t the duty
of students to give up their college
courses. At that time also he said that 1t
was the duty of every American to up-
hold the cause of the governments. until
the Spanish flag should be hauled down
In every portion of her misgoverned coll
onies. That result had been accom-
plished. and the treaty of Paris had
brought those colonies under our protec-
tiou. Na 81
No matter what might have been said
about the annexation of Cuba or Porto
Rico at the outbreak of the war there was
nevertheless no doubt that our dominion
would be continued over those islands In
some form or other. Our every interest
demanded 1t. .(Applause.)
As legacy of the war with Spain had
come the trouble in the Philippines.
That trouble had .called for thirty thous-
and citizens of this country to act as SOL
diers and would probably call for many
more. Governor Powers said that he was
one of those who could say that he could
wish that after admiral Dswsy had
smashed the fleet ofthe Spanish at Ma
Mia, he had sailed away. (Applause. J
But that was not done, and 1t Is now nec.
essary to put down the rebellion. In that
work the government must be sustained.
After the insurgents have laid down
their arms then we can give them 80
much liberty as wesoursslves possess.
And any man or party who would favor
doing less than that, who would favor
leaving this islands to chaos and anarchy,
would reosiss the exseration Of the better