Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-25

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor
of Arts:
/ len. Watcrville:, Fred Milton Allen, Vas
salboro; Harold Carlton Arey Camden;
Charles Wilson Atchley So birmingham
Mass; John Wilson Bartlett. Lewiston
pard Emery Butler, Chicago, M; Arthur
I Davenport Cox, Hyde Park. Mass: Cecil
Muriee Daggett. Waterville: Lionel Ell
wood Dudley, .Mapleton; Walter Lewis
tHolbrook Hawes Showhegan: I,eian Poi-
ter Knapp Wilton; Caleb Albert Lewis,
N'aterville; Lewis Garfield Lord, Oakland:
Leon Carver staples, No Haven; Louis
White Steward. 'Skowhegan; George
Thomas Sweet go. Atkinson; William
Marston lInsc league, Warren; George
lei Tompkins. Bridgewater; Wendell eros
by Washburn. China; Allison Mason
Watts, East Boston, Mass
RioKnell, Rockla9d Bertha Mabel bel
kins Portland; Mildred jerks, Houlton
Eva May Johnson. Westboro, Mass
Clara Louise Martin, Portland: Gertrude
Iclle Moody, Canaan; Betsey Adams
Nickels, Cherryfield; Marion Eliza Slower,
Amesbury. Mass =, Ella May Tolman,
W .i,,s Aice E Elm Towne Water
Nellie May Worth, g. Corinth.
There were about 200 present at the
dinner and it made Il delightful close
to Il successful commencement. The
speeches were all good, some of them
being especially good. A great grist Of
stories and "reminiscences that make
these dinners SO enjoyable to the re-
: turning graduates was turned out to
the great delight of those present.
| There was one sad note, however, as
Professor l.. e. Warren made his fare
tWell speech after a long and eminently
| successful service q s head of the mathe-
NAUTICAL department. When he rose to
| speak he was received by all the others
standing. He spoke of his pleasant re-
| lations through all the years with the
! trustees, faculty and students and eN-
| pressed his appreciation of this in fit
ting terms. He hoped that Colby would
remain a small college for the sake of
the splendid work that can be done as
such and said that she would ever have
his best wishes. In closing he bid an
affectionate farewell.
Among the others speakers were AL
fred Owen, ''53, Col. Francis Hesel-
tine, '63, w. II. Snyder, 49, Judge Per-
cival Bonney, 'G3, w. G. Chapman, 'S3,
w. C. Crawford, 'S2. ~ ..., ~.
President White presided at the din
ner ina very happy manner. This was
certainly one of the most pleasing Of
the many that have been held in the
jold Memorial hall.
The prizes for excellence in English
composition We're awarded to Miss Eva
May Johnson and to Cecil Maurice
Daggett
The following degrees were conferred
| by the trustees: -'-'
doctor of laws upon Rev. Nathaniel
Butler of the class of 1873; the degree
# doctor of divinity was given to the
,, Rev. Edwin Carey >fWhittemore OF the
| class of 1879, the Rev. John Marshall
Foster of the class of 1877 and the Rev.
William H. Eaton. Ralph H. Bearce
of the class of 1895 was given him A M.
| in course.
At the meeting of the trustees in the
| forenoon the three vacancies on the
board were filled. Those elected are:
George Otis Smith, '92, Skowhegan;
Wilfrcd c. Chapman, 'S3, Portland, and
William H. Snyder, 'SS, Worcester,
Mass. Resolutions highly commencing
the long service of Professor Warren
were passed.
The following officers were elected at
the adjourned meeting of the Alumni
Association, Wednesday afternoon:
President Richard c. Shannon, go;
vice president, Asher G. Kinds, 'SS;
secretary, Edwin c. Whittemore, 70;
necrologst, Edward w. Hall, go;
| treasurer, Hascan S. Hall, 90; execu-
tive committee. Allen P. Soule, 70;
! w. 2. Whitehouse, '63. Reuben w.
Dunn, IS, Wilbur c. Wheelden, 80,
Clarence f. Meleney, 70; cPnmittee
to nominate alumni trustees: Stanley
H. Holmes. ST, MILFORD G. Chapman,
SO, Forrest Goodwin, 81, Fred M.
| Preble, 81, Dennis F. Bowman, '93;
| Ithletic committee: Elwood T. Wy
nan, 80, John e. Nelson, '9S, Albert
| T. Drummond, 'SS.
| President White announced the fol-
| lowing gifts: From the estate of S. F.
| Smith, d. D., the author of America"
| IN honorcd trustee and professor of
| ehe college, $1,000; from the State of
Maine for rebuilding North college,
$4,000; from the estate of the late Hon.
/ +. f. Holden, Cleveland, $500; from
tho estate of Hon. Robert o. Fuller,
$1,000 from Rev. ]. Chester Hyde, New
| port, TX. l., Ill lnelIlOiy Oh MS ldIHet, ii
Colby alumni, $780, from n trustee
whose name cannot be mentioned,
$1,000 from Hon. r. G. Shannon, l.. l..
H., New York. $780, citizens of Wa
tcrville and alumni, te be distributed
among the students suffering loss in
North college fire, $150& from the class
Of 1855, $1,000; making total of $f6, 900.
| President White also announced that
the trustees had voted to devise means
by which the endowment fund should
be increased to $1.000,000 The alumni
were also told that North college would
be ready for the new students by Sept.
I5 that the trustees had voted to in
stall n central heating plant during
this summer, and $4,000 worth of extra
improvements will be made upon the
college buildings ana grounds. He
spoke appreciatively OF the generous
igifts made by the University of Maine
and the Bowdoin students at the time
of the loss by fire. Words of high
praise were also spoken concerning
Rev. c. Il. Ovens work as financial
lsecrctary and words Of gratitude We're
uttered for the noble service to the col
Iege renderd by the Hon. Geo. G. Wing
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