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honorary degree of d. d. was conferred
upon Rev. Daniel F. Smith, 81, of
Evanston. III. and upon Rev. ]. c. Per-
kins of Portland; the degree OF Lit
d. upon Kate Douglass Wiggin, Bliss
Perry, Geo. w. Cable and James P.
Baxter and the degree of A. w. upon
Wallace II. White. Esq. of Lewiston.
Before Kate Douglass Wiggin only one
woman, Sarah Orne Jewett. has ever
received a degree from Bowdon.
President Hyde announced the fol-
lowing prizes:
Goodwin commencement priZe-Ar-
thur Carlton Shorey, Bath.
Pray English prize-Myrton Eng
|lish prize-Myrton Andrew Bryant,
Cumberland Mills.
Class Of '6S prize-Myrton Andrew
Bryant, Cumberland Mills.
Fxtemporaneous English compost
ton prize-George William Burpee.
Houlton, first; William Edward Lune,
Lisbon. second.
SewalI Latin prize-Edward Car
penter Pope, Manchester.
Sewall Greek priZe-Edward Car
penter Pope. Manchester.
Smyth mathematical prize-Cyrus
clyde Shaw, North Gorham.
Class Of "a prize in American his
tory--John Edward Newton, West
Woolwich.
Special prize in English history
Divided between James Wingate
s'cWaN, Old Town and William Haines
stone. Biddeford.
Noyes Political Economy prize
Samuel TraSk Danna, Portland.
Hawthorne prize-Charles Poole
Clcaves Brunswick.
Charles Carroll Everett scholarship
William NJ. Iiaughton, Brunswick.
| Hrown Memorial scholarships
Samued Trash Dana, 'O4. Stanley
Perkins Chase. 'O5; Philip Henry Chap
man, '06; Edward Augustine Dudley
I'07.
After the exercises in the church, the
long procession reformed and marched
| back through the stately 1875 gates and
| across the beautiful campus to Memo
| rial hall where the alumni dinner had
been prepared. Cheers, yells and songs
| drowned out the muisc of the band,
| both on the march and after the hall
wIs reached. The hall was filed to its
| utmost capacity by the alumni and
they We're 4 most enthusiastic gather
| ing, giving President Hyde and the
| leading after-dinner speakers most tu-
| multuOuS welcomes as they arose. Af
! ter the dinner and the singing of the old
| college hymn, President Hyde briefly
! reviewed the past year with its changes
| and progress and then called upon the
! following Speakers: Judge VIM. l..
! Putnam Of the board of trustees; Rev.
| s. V. cole, "a. who paid tribute to the
late Prof. Egbcrt G. Smith, for many
years a trustee and for 40 years a pro-
fessor at Andover: Rev. Jotham r..
ScWall As, of Boston; Geo. w. Gable.
the famous Southern author, who
served in the Confederate army; and
Prof A. +. Burton. rs, of Boston, who
spoke for the Hawthorne Statue fund to
which about $1,000 has now been sub
| Scribed Then representatives of some,
Of the classes which held stated ami
versary reunions at this Commence
ment, were called upon First came
Hon. w. ID. Washburn of Minneapolis.
eX-United States senator, who spoke
ltbf ~, winch lltl Dul Il III II NV lliS
members. Then came Rev. Henry NJ.
| King SO, Providence: Edward +. Pay
SON. So Boston; Edward n. Merrill "A,
+, Skowhegan: Horace Il. Henderson, Cor
dcn city, y. Y; Prof. Chas. +. Turrey.
| 81. New Haven: Prof. G. T. Files, 80.
| brunswick: Fred n. Pickard. "a, Gin
cinnati and Frank l.. Dutton, 30, of
Augusta. The class of 1874 announced
that it had established Il scholarship
ANA the class Of 1894 announced that 1T
had provided for the annual gift to the
college of the income of $l0,000.
1t is worthy Of note that every mem
her of the board of trustees was pres
cnt at the meetings, this year. The
| board is comprised of the following dis
tinguishcd alumni of the college: Rev.
John s. Sewall Bangor; Hon. Joshua
l.. Chamberlain, Brunswick: Hon. Will
liam l.. Frye, Washington; Hon. Will
liam L. Putnam Portland; Gen. Thorn
as II. Hubbard, New York: Gen. o. ..
Howard. burlington. VT: Chief Justice
NJ. w. Fuller, Washington; Gen. John
NJ. Brown. Portland; Rev. Samuel V.
cole, Norton, Mass; Andrew L. Wis
WE'LL Ellsworth: and Edward stan
wood. Rrookline. Mass. The last two
mentioned are the newly elected mem-
brrs. who fill the vacancy caused by
the death of chief Justice Peters and
Rev. Egbert Collin Smyth.