The Republican journal., 1906-06-21

Cornerstone of the $50, 900 Carnegie Libra
ry Laid. Hcnors to Waldo County Stu
dents.
The commencement exercises at the | nj
yersity of Maine were of special interest
this year, owing to the fact that on lnesday,
June 18th, the cornerstone OF the 9oo,U10
Carnegie Library was laid with very m
pressiye exercises, in which President
Fellows, Hon Henry Lord, President OF
the board of trustees, and State SuperIn-
tenQeut of Schools W, w. Stetsou partle-
pated.
The annual meeting of the University Of
Maine Alumni Association was also held
Tuesday and the following officers elected;
President. John NJ. cakes, Bangor; record
ing secretary, Professor +. l.. Russell
Orono: corresponding secretary, Ralph h.
Jones, Orono; treasurer, A. Ii. Brown, OId
Town; necroIogist, Professor j. \. Hart.
Orono.
Most of the fraternities held their annual
reunions in the evening.
Wednesday, June 18th, was commence
ment dav. and degrees were conferred on
1O2. There were five in the college OF agr'-
culture, Is in the college of art and science,
two in the college of pharmacy, 81 IN the
college of Technology and Is III the college
of law. Three masters degrees were
granted in arts, two in science, three III
law, and the professional degree OF eIectri-
cal engineer was conferred upon Two cahuI-
dates Certificates were awarded To three
students who completed the work OF the
school courses in agriculture. Five OF the
graduates in the college of arts ana sciences
were women, all others in the colleges were
men, except that one of the master ; de-
grees was conferred upon a woman.
The commencement exercises began with
PRAYER by Henry L. Griffin, d. D.. Of Ban
cor. The commencement Grafton was by
John II. Huddilston, Phi. d., professor OF
Greek in the University of Maine on II he
Mission Of the Scholar" a statement OF
the condition of the University was made
by President George F. Fellows, followed
bv the comforting of degrees.
Those from this vicinity to receive de-
grees are as follows: From the College Of
Arts and Sciences-J Joanna Carver Colcord,
b. :. (Chenlistry,) searsport; E>telie Perry,
Il. A., Ulistory), penobscot; Frederick
johnson simmons, i. A., ttIvlcs,) MoFrIH'
College OF Technology Herbert Lester
Abbott, B. 5, im Civil Engineering, Bucks
port; John Percy simmons, 3. $, III civil
Engineering, Belfast College OF Law
Fben Frank Littletield, Ii. g., Brooks;
William Richard RoiX, l.. L. b., Bucksport.
Mr.. Abbott and Miss Coicord received:gen-
eral honors, and Miss Cocord also received
special ilUnorS in Chem stry.
The commencement exercises were fol-
lowed by the commencement dinner i'll The
gymnasium. (which about 300 were pres
ent. The POSTMASTER was Prof. II. NJ.
Estabrooke, '76. Speeches were made by
representatives Of the trustees, faculty,
alumni, and the State. President Fellows
gave a fOrceful statement Of his conception
of the duty of the University to the State,
that it might be most useful to every class
of the people it is maintained to serve. In
the evening the commencement concert, IN
which Mr. and Mrs. j. Parker Coombs were
the soloists, and the commencement ball
were the usual successes. The board OF
trustees held their annual meeting dur
ing the week, and announced the fol-
lowing appointments: Head of the De-
partment of Education, Charles David
son, Phi. D., now professor of education at
Pomona College, Pomona, Calf, and Tor
merly of Indiana and for eight years in
spector of secondary schools OF the L nj
versity of the State of New \ ork !; professor
/ of Germanic languages, Joseph W. Carr,
81 Inn al
the University of Arkansas instructor in
horticulture, Maxwell J. Dorsey, B. ), re-
Gently assistant in horticulture at the Ohio
experiment station instructor in civil en-
cheering, Charles Is. Brown, {. f., New
Haven, Conn; vegetable pathologist in
experiment station, Warner j. Morse, NJ. s.,
associate professor of botany, University OF
Vermont; Acting Prof. Jewett as the head
of the department of mechanical engineer
ing; Acting Prof. Ganong as head OF the
department of electrical engineering. W.
A. Gilbert, instructor in agriculture, as as
sistant professor in charge of the CORE
spondence and reading courses; Miss
Florence Balentine, assistant tutor in BIZ
ology; D. S. Edwards, Maine '06, as assist
ant tutor in biology; Miss j. E. Dunmore,
Simmons College, was appointed cataloguer
for the University; Miss Colvin, assistant
professor in history; W. P. Daggett, Brown,
instructor in English and public speaking;
H. A. Emery, Maine, '06, instructor in civil
engineering R. S. Seabury, Maine, '05, in
structor in agricultural and biological
chemistry; p A. Campbell, New Hamp-
shire College, and NJ. S. A. from Iowa
State College was made instructor in agri-
culture, Miss j. c. Colcord '06, and A. c.
Whittier, '05, were appointed chemists at
the Experiment Station of which Prof. {.