Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-28


church the procession passed between
the open ranks of the gradu-
ates to seats inside. During
the cool shade of the trees
outside more pleasant than the crowd
ed church. The following program was
carried out:
Music
Prayer.
Music.
The Shortcomings of Stoicism.
Kenneth Charles Morton Sills
Lavoisier, Murray Smell Danforth
The Essentials of citissn,ship . nn
Music.
Industrial Education for the Negro.
George Currier Wheeler
The Mission of the Small College
George Lothrop Lewis
The Dangers of Concentrated Wealth:
Stanley Chandler Wiley
Music.
Comforting of degrees.
Prayer
Benediction.
The speaking was exceptionally good
The opening prayer was by Dean Sills
of Portland, and the benediction by
Rev. George NJ. Adams. "A. The de-
Sree of A. B. was conferred upon the
Following 81 young men of the class of
1901: David Frank AthertOn, Augusta:
Harold Lee Berry. Portland; Royal
Henry Bodwell, Brunswick: Thomas
William Bowler, HopkintOn, Mass;
Roland Everett Bragg. Bangor; Ro-
land Eugene Clark, Houlton: Harry
Howard Cloudman. S. Windham; Har-
nv Stevens Coombs, Lewiston: John Ar
thur Corliss, Rridgton: Arthur Fenno
Cowan. Biddeford; Fred Herbert Cow
an. Pennington; Ripley Lyman Dana.
Portland: Murray Smell Danforth. Ban
xor: Ohio Lee Dascombe. Wilton:
Frank Alexander Dillaway. Bath;
Henry Darenydd Evans. Camden:
Edward Trowbridge Fenley, Port
land. Clarence Blake Flint. w. Somer
Vile. Mass; Robert Chapman Foster,
Portland: Edwin Motley Fuller, Jr.,
Bath; AlonZo Herrick Garcelon. Lew
iston: George Redman Gardner
Brewer: Norman John Gehring. Cleve-
land. O.; John Gregson. Jr., Wlscasset'
Paul Stanley Hill, Saco: William Alden
Johnston, VanceborO: Alfred Louis
I.aferriere, Norway; Austin Park Lar
rahee Gardiner: Edward kavanagh
Leighton. Thomaston: George Lothrop
Lewis, s. Berwick: Henry Augustus
MarteIle, Richmond: Harris James
Milliken. Bangor: Article Elisha Palm
or. S. Brewer; Gardner Merrill Parker
Jr Gorham; John Alexander Pierce
Portland: George Loring Pratt. Strong
Hugh Francis Quinn. Bangor: Thomas
Cummings Randall. Freeport: Clarence
Byron Rumery. Biddeford: Walter
LYMAN Sanborn. Norway; Kenneth
Charles Morton Stills, Portland: Arthur
Lawrence Small. Yarmouthville: fr'
nest Thomas Smith. Lancaster. Mass
Donald Francis Snow, Bangor Her
bert Duncan Stewart, Richmond: Ru
fus York StOrer. Brunswick Herpef
Lindsey SWEET. Bangor; Lester Deai
TYLER. Hollis: Harold Penniman Nose
Nachias: Harry Eaton Walker. Els
worth: William Moncena Warren
Bangor: George Currier Wheeler
Pennington; John Humphrey Whte
Lewiston: Roscoe Everett Whiting
Brunswick: Stanley Chandler Wiley
Cherryfield; John Howard Wyman
Skowhegan; Clemens Andrew 1os'
Portsmouth, o.
In addition, several honorary ue
grecs were granted. The degree OF LII
ID. was given to Hon. w. ID. Washpurn
"a. of Minnesota; Hon. Paris Gibson
81. of Montana; and Prof. a. >. rack
ard, 81, of Brown University. IN
degree of Lift. d. was conferred upo
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett. rms Is In
first degree ever given woman "
Bowdoin Miss Jewetts father was
Bowdoin graduate. The degree OF a. NJ
pro merito was given F. X. Arnold Y
A feature of the exercises IN IN
church was the presence on the pia'
form of large and beautiful bouque
of roses sent by Mrs. Short OF fortiah'
in memory of her son, the late Free
man Milliken Short member OF III
class.
After the granting of the degrees TN
following prizes We're announced:
Goodwin commencement prize, Ken
meth C. NJ Stills of Portland.
Pray English Literature prize, Ken
meth c. NJ Stills of Portland.
Brown prizes for extemporaneou
writing. Kenneth c. NJ. Sills OF for'
land, first; Donald F. Snow of Bangor
second
Brown prizes for English compos
ton. Harry d. Evans of Camden an
Harry F. Walker of Ellsworth. hrs'
Kenneth c. NJ. Stills of Portland an
George l.. Lewis of South Berwici
second.
Sewall Greek prize, Leon '. Wake
'O3 of Oxford. and S. c. w. simpson
'03, of Portland.
Sewall Latin prize. S. c. W. SIM
son, 'O3, Of Portland.
Goodwin French prize, Marshall
Cram. 'O4 of Brunswick.
Smythe Mathematical prize, Farh'
worth G. Marshall, '03, of Portland.
Mr.. Stills not only won the lion $ sha'
of the senior prizes. but he also I'D
the honor of leading the class
scholarship during the whole cours
In addition to the prizes mentiohe
above he also won both the Sewa
Greek and Latin prizes in his soph'
more year, has held the competitl'
Brown memorial scholarship for 1o'
years, and last fall won the '6S orator
cal contest open to seniors. All TINS
a remarkable record and stamps M
Stills as one of the brightest young me
graduated by Bowdoin in many year
His plan for the immediate future
post graduate work at Harvard
Columbia and his work in htera'u