The Portland daily press., 1900-06-28

Mollie hiewall small, Westbrook.
Matte Wilma Stubs, Brewer.
Carrie May Tozier, Somerville. Mass
The degree of Bachelor of Philosophy
was conferred on;
Ethelyn Marguerite Bracket, Newport.
Grace Belle Holden, Norway.
The following honorary degrees were
conferred; A. NJ, upon w. w. Stetson
of Auburn, state superintendent Of
schools; Mr.. Joseph Arthur Greene Of
New York city; ID. D., Rev. II. q. His
cock, Maiden, Mass. Rev. John l.. Deer
ing, president OF the Baptist Theological
Seminary, Yokohama, Japan; LII. D.,
Prof Julian ID. Taylor, Waterville; Prof.
Albion W. Small, University of Chicag o.
At the meeting Of the board of trustees
today. Rev. q. Il. Owen Of Houlton and
Hon. Dudley p. Bailey of Boston, We're
elected to the board. The board elected
Mr. Chamberlain of the university Of
Chicago to be instructor in physics. A
committee was raised to consider the
matter of separate board of trustees for
Coburn Classical Institute.
At TIE annual meeting of the Phi Beta
Kappa society, these were elected as
officers: Hon. Edwin +. Iiyford, presi-
dent; DIR. J. W. Blake, waterville, secre-
tary and treasurer; DIR. W. $. Bailey,
Prof. +. W. johnson and Prof. j. Il.
Nelson, all of Waterville, executive com
mittee.
THE ZETA PSI REUNION.
The Zeta Psi reunion was the leading
event of the commencement, and the
banquet was prolonged until near 4
O'Clock this morning. At this dinner
about $1,000 was raised for chapter
house. The exercises last evening were
especially interesting.
At 7.30 o'clock n procession was formed
on the college campus and mar ched TO the
Baptist church, where the literary exer-
cises occurred.
Hon. Hanni bal Emery Hamlin of Ban
gor, Zete of 1878, presided, and intro
duced first Rev. VIM. h. Brooks, ID. d.,
of South Paris, q Iete Of the class of 1852,
who made the invocation.
MIR. Hamlin then spoke Of the history
Of the oil Chi Chapter, and the pree nj
hence of the Zsta Psi among the college
fratsrnities OF the land. He spoke of the
sons of Zsta Psi, who were found high
in every profession, and in business life,
making records of which the Fraternity
was proud. But besides character and
ability, good fellowship had been the
characteristic of the brotherhood. 1t
seemed TO him but yesterday since he had
been an undergraduate member of the
Chapter. He remembered with pleasure
and gratitude the many kindnesses that
had come to him as a result of those asso-
Citations. He was glad to see that the
old principles and the old brotherhood
still remained.
MIR. Hamlin then introduced Hon, For
rest Goodwin, of Skowhegan, "a Icte Of
the class of 80, as one who needed no In
PRODUCTION in any hamlet of Maine. Mr..
Goodwin was most cexlially received, as
he arose to give the history of the Chap
ter. He spoke first OF the founding of
the Zeta Psi fraternity in the University
Of New York in 1877. There are now
over four thousand living Zetes. The
Chi Chapter was established in Colby in
1850, largely through the efforts of
Thomas IL. Garnsey, of Bangor, some of
whose letters ON tbs subject were read by
the historian, TO the great amusement OF
the audience. November 10, 1850, two
Zetes from the Williams college came to
WatervilIe and initiated fourteen young
men. Among the early initiates was the
late Nelson Dingley. In the Civil war
the part borne by the Zetes was most
honorable or the 1872 members on the
roll ut tn , end OF the war, fifty had been
q a t.nlla nf tho ITniOn Inf the
twenty names ON the tablet Of Collins
Memorial hall eight were the names OF
Zetes who had given their lives for their
country. AT the end of the war the mem
bership was reduced to two; but the num-
bers were soon recruited, and the later
history has been most promising.
The Chi has been the parent chapter of
the chapters at Dartmouth, Union, Uni
versity OF Michigan and Bowdoin.
With one-sixth Of the men in College
the Chi has taken one-thlrd of the college
first prizes and one-tifth OF the second
prizes. The men of the fraternity have
been equally prominent In the literary
and athletic interests of the college.
A Zeta Psi march, especially prepared
for the occasion by Bandmaster X. b.
Hall was next given, to the great delight
of the audience.
The orator of the evening was Hon.
Harry Neil Haynes, Zete OF the class of
400 INV ~ CAhAH0h Va wi
orado.
Mr. Haynes, who received an enthu
siastic welcome, spoke briefly of his great
pleasure at again visiting the scenes OF
his youth after an absence of mora than
twenty years. lie deplored the death of
the leader OF the National House-Mr.
Dingley, WHO was to have been the ora
tor of the evening, and spoke of his diff
denee at attempting 10 I'LL the place
which had originally been assigned to SO
eminent q statesman.
Mr.. Haynes spoke of the great national
growth, and national prosperity that had
attended the passage OF the last fifty years
over this democratic republic In this
progress the sons of Zeta Psi had borne
an honorable and influential part.
The American race was not decadent,
but progressive. Aggressions from foreign
foes were not to be feared. The war with
Spain had demonstrated the national
strength against foreign force.
The great danger to be feared now was
not from without; yet many of the evils
pictured now by the pessimist were given
AN undue prominence IN the social and
political landscape. Corruption in the
cities, great aggregations of wealth, the
labor tron HAS race antinathiQ lheSa