Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-29

| We bow our heads to muse and think
| we ne'er shall see him more;
| Wen hear the queries of 19-3 on Colby's
| distant lawn.
/ and whittier has he gone"
| One famous English cock with strutting
gait now passes by,
And e'er he's past invokeS the passing
tribute of a sigh.
| When some kind friend in death has
We seek alone his merits to disclose;
| His faults. atoned by separation end.
We let them die and mourn our perfect
The ignorant man, when friends has turn
ed to foe,
| Seeks not his merits but his faults to
Each loss befalls the lot of human kind.
| But Heaven protect US from the narrow
mind.
| Our thoughts today are thoughts OF
| gratitude.
We bear away the asssimilated food
| And, bearing still, we pause upon the
strand.
Dear Colby, what for us hast thou not
| done?
What conquests won by man have we
not won?
On high Parnarsus' top we've roved afield
To many locked up treasure broke the
With Sciences fruit fresh pucked by
! NeWtonS hands
! We've strolled in Greece the mild Ionian
And what the ancient sages fondly hoped
We've roved the distant fields by tele-
We've, climbed the rugged mountains of
Measured their heights. anon returning
To sail the broad canals of distant Mars.
| In scales of Earth have weighed the
neighboring stars;
And in the solemn quiet of the night
Have brought them down in binding
hues of light.
Our loved professor. with aspect meek
Showed in his works the God he loved to
| seek.
Dear, Colby, now we leave each sacred
We fondly think of thee and with thee all
Whose souls are linked with thine in fair
embrace,
Whose memories fair light up thy happy
We think of one who now with tottering
Tolls up LIES final stairway, dark and
Who. wistful, views the paths he ne'er
has trod,
Who ,gropes his way through darkness up
We think of our beloved president
| Whom God to us and thee so kindly sent.
| We think of thee with reverence last OF
For thou alone for us ddst clearly solve
The long unanswered question whittier,
where,
We go to meet the boundless sea, for
| there
When all the streams of life have run
'Tis Natures law. They'll rise to join
| their source.
After an interval during which the
orchestra discoursed various selections.
followed the class Grafton by Carroll N.
Perkins of Waterville, Mr.. Perkins
said in part: leading periodical pub
lished last September contained Il
sketch entitled "A Composite Photo
graph of Last Years College Grad
uates."' 1t represented a young man
in the livery of an Office boy, strug-
Cling with a very large waste basket,
an expression of meek helplessness upon
his face. This is a quip of American
humor ut which the college man will be
ready to smile; but it is quite as near
the truth as the sentiment with which
the sweet June air is vibrating all over
the country, in these present COM
mencement days when the graduates of
1904 are voicing their deep convictions
that GREATNESS world is waiting with
respectful and eager attention to see
what we are going to do next.
The world is waiting to see how we
use the privilege which has been ours
for four years: but it is a busy world
and has neither the time nor the in
clination to play the part of a perma-
nent spectator, and give to us the en-
tire stage as field for our achiev-
ments. 1t is a selfish world and will
not hesitate to push us aside should we
prove incompetent, but it is a tolerant
world and ready to give an off hand
friendIiness to one who shows himself
friendly and to award fitting prizes to
those who earn them by honest thor
ough work.
The college mans first duty there. is
to find the place where he can do most
for himself and his fellOwmen.
Having found his right position the
college man has certain obvious duties
which he cannot other than willfuIly
avoid. He must not shirk his duty to
his college, his community or himself.
He must enter into all that is best in
tho life of the world.
This closed the class day exercises at
, the church.
The continuation of senior class eX-
ercises took place on the campus, Tues
day afternoon. The class parts were
well carried out and We're models of in
terest and excellence to all. A large
crowd was present. All of the ground
in front of the speakers stand was
covered with people. The class as
sembled in the college chapel and