Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-26
REEDS GRAFTON
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several brilliant plays, recalling the
days of '92 and '93, when he was cap
tain of the championship Bowdoi
nine. OF the college nine only Munro
and White were absent, and the team
was made up as follows: Cakes, p:
Blanchard. c.; Havey, h.; Bly,, 2b.;
Lewis, S.: Greene, 3D.; Kelley, IT,;
Stanwood. CT; and Coffin, IF. The game
was not really for blood, but everybody
had good time. However, there was
more good playing and less fun than
usual in these alumni games. The UNI
piring was by Downes, 80, former
Bowdoin first baSeman, now a Calais
lawyer. Only five innings were played
and the undergraduates won by a score
of to 4. The score by innings was as
follows:
Alumni l. U ii
Perhaps never before in Bowdoin's
history, or in the history of Maine, for
that matter, have more distinguished
men been gathered on a single platform
than there were during the exercises in
the afternoon which celebrated the
close of a century of work by the col
lege The exercises were at 3 o'clock
in the large and handsome old Congre-
gational church at the corner of the
campus, the place where in 1894 was
celebrated the centennial of the grant
ing of the charter, where LongfelloW
read his "Morituri Salutamus" to his
surviving classmates in 1875, SO years
after graduation, and when generations
after generations of Bowdoin men have
received their degrees. The alumni
and all participating marched to the
church from the campus, the procession
forming on the central path leading
dOavh from the chapel. EX-Mayor T..
NJ. Curtis. 80, of Boston, was marshal
and the Salem Cadet Band led the way.
The line was formed by classes in order
of graduation with Dr. Garcelon, "a.
of Lewiston, and Hon. Josiah Crosby,
49, of Dexter, in the van. From their
time down, almost every class was rep
resented, most of the classes which
hold reunions, this year, and nearly all
for the past quarter century having
from a dozen to 20 men in line. The
seniors in cap and gown, So in number,
followed by the undergraduates, were
in the rear The line reached from the
chapel the full length of the path and
well down Maine street to the church,
over 1000 alumni being in line.
The great church was packed to its
utmost capacity, the alumni filling the
body and the ladies and guests occupy
ing the galleries and transcripts. The
aisles were Tiled and all the room in
the rear on the front of the platform,
on either side of President Hyde. We're
the orator and poet of the afternoon.
Along the sides were the trustees, over
seers and faculty and such distin-
guished alumni as Chief Justice Fuller,
General Joshua l.. Chamberlain Cen
pral Oliver o. Howard, General Hub
bard, Judge SymOnds, Judge Putnam
Judge Hale, EX-Chief Justice John a.
Peters, Chief Justice WisWell and jus
tees Emery, Savage and Powers, eX-
Governor Robbie, Hon. c. +. Libby, Hon.
James McKeen, and many others. Be
side Mr.. Reed sat Governor John F.
Hill, and the marshal of the day Mr..
Curtis. Not the least prominent of
those on the platform was Miss Sarah
Orne Jewett in her cap and gown, to
whom Bowdoin gave the honorary de-
gree of Lift. d. year ago. She is the
first ana only woman to whom Bowdoin
has given a degree. President Hyde's
allusion to her in his Introductory re-
marks WAS particularly graceful and
happy and was the occasion of one OF
the greatest demonstrations of the
afternoon, the applause and cheers
NJ.
few minutes later.
The exercises were opened by prayer
by Rev. Egbert G. Smith of Andovcl
Theological Seminary. and then. after
a selection by the band, Mr.. Reed was
introduced by President Hyde. The
great gathering went wild with enthus-
asm as the familiar towering figure OF
the eX-Spea,er arose. It was several
minutes before he was able to proceed
with his address. He spoke for about
an hour and was listened to with the
closest attention. He confined himself
quite closely to his manuscript and
spoke in an ordinary tone which, how
ever, was plainly audible in all parts
of the church. Mr.. Reed, beyond an
occasional Iauda tory allusiOn. did not
dwell upon BoWdoins history or work
His theme was the influence of ignO-
renee in the world. The tone was opti-
nistic throughout. and in almost every
parag raph was some quaint observa-
ton, cpigram or philosophical remark,
such as made him famous. 1t was
noticeable that politics was the theme
that afforded him most of his oppor-
tunities in this line and he raised many
laughs by his hits at the ways OF
Congress. 1t was a most scholarly
effort and not a listener but felt amply
rewarded.
Mr.. Reed said in part:
THE Middle Ages were called the
! Dark Ages until more reasonable criti-
cism discovered them to be the brood
ing ages, out of which were born all
! modern civilization and all modern liter
ature. 1t is measurably true that dur
ing these ages all the great intellects
and all the learned men were endeavor-
| ing to solve the mystery of God, His
attributes and designs, and His rela-
lions to us and our relations to Him
! Today, all intellects, great and small
are striving over the solution of the
| greater mystery of man, mystery more
| hopeless of solution, though seemingly
| the easier.