Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-19
MAINE COLLEGE GRADUATES.
Eighteenth Annual Dinner and Meet
ing of RONdOin Alumni.

From the revered chief justice of the
United States Supreme Court and the Pres
ident of the Senate to the youngest grad
yates of the class Of 90 it was a genial
party of Bowdoin men who gathered in the
banquet hall of the Wellington Hotel Sat
urday evening last at their eighteenth an
nual meeting and dinner.
Il is the proud boast of the small but
widely known Maine college that it has in
the national capital alumni association
of which any of the larger and more re-
noWned institutions of learning might well
be proud Last year it had the unique dis
tinction of counting among its members
the heads of two of the co-ord nate branches
of the national government and in the
other the pro tempore head Speaker Reed
of the House, Chief Justice Fuller of the
Supreme Court and Senator Frye, President
of the Senate pro tempore. Speaker Reed
IS no longer here, but the other two re-
main.
Despite the severe storm of Saturday over
thirty alumni gathered at the board, to-
gether with several guests. There was
present a deputation of young men from
Baltimore and students in the medical de-
partment of the johns Hopkins University
Representative Charles E. Littlefield of
the second district of Maine was guest
of the association. Maine is always de-
lighted to honor her sons and while Mr..
Littlefield is not graduate of the college
he has its interests at heart, and he re-
ShOllUeu IN a most pleasing manner to the
call OF the toastnlaster. Mr.. Frank w.
Hackett- graduate of Harvard and a we'll
known attorney of this city was another
guest and the association listened with
pleasure to him as he recounted some of
his early impressions of Bowdoin and the
relations of his alma mater to that coll
lege. Brigadier General II. C. Merriam was
another guest. General Merriam is
Maine man, and his reception was most
cordial. He INDUCED in references to the
| services of Bowdoin men in the army of the
| United States. both during the civil war
| and in the war just Closed.
| DIR. Woodbury. Puisfer officiated as toast
| master most acceptably. He possesses the
: happy faculty of being able to bring out
| the point he wishes to make clear by apt
| illustration.
The chief justice, Mr.. John B. Cotton.
| Mr.. James Donavon of Montana Mr. Ellis
| Spear, Mr.. Rhodes, Rev. Frank SewelI
| Representative Fred c. Stevens. Mr.. Kyes
| and Mr.. Thompson of Baltimore and Mr..
William Frye White We're called upon and
| responded by interesting speeches.
| Senator Frye, who has attended every
| banquet which the association has held
| was present, and was called upon to make
| some remarks. The senator first stated
| that he wanted to shake hands with Mr.
| Donavon of Montana in his sentiments in
| regard to expansion. This easily led the
| senator into some words of advice to the
| younger alumni, in which he referred to
| the absurdity of the anti-expansion views
| OF certain men and of the needs of encour-
| agement of the industrial and commercial
| interests of the country. The senator was
1 fast becoming eloquent as he warmed to
| his subject, when he suddenly stopped
1 begged the pardon of the association and
| explained that 1t was difficult for him to
| refrain at a time like the present from
/ speaking his mind inasmuch as at the nres
ent he was "muzzled'' in the Senate and
could say nothing
| The exercises were interspersed with
| songs. some of which have been sung at
| Eowdoin for many years All things con-
i I'D Tb. afa l.
| BOwdoin Alumni Association was voted a
| most decided success.