Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-24


finished when the banqueters noted
the rugged frame and curling mus
tache of the commander and pande-
monium broke loose. Whitehaired
men of the class Of ,61 stood on their
chairs to butcher sturdy young mem
bers of the class of '09. All the classes
were united to do honor to he who had
done honor to II. General Chamber
lain pleaded for silence and when
the uproar had quieted introduced
the comman der as he who has justi-
fed his right to the title of commander
as no man on earth has" Pandemo-
MUM broke loose again and soon
everybody was singing song to the
tune of the well-known Has Anybody
Seen Kelley" which ran:
Has anybody here seen Peary?
PE-ArRY.
Has anybody here seen Peary?
Seen him passing by?
Sure his hair is black and his eye is blue,
And he's for Bowdoin all way through.
Has ANYBODY here seen Peary?
Peary with the Arctic Pole?
When things had uuieted down a lit
tie. President Hyde introduced the
next speaker. Hon. Frederick Dodge.
judge of the United States district
court. after announcing that the class
of 1885 was first for the d. w Snow
reunion trophy, having CO.'S per cent,
while the class of 1860 wars second with
so per cent
Judge Dodge said that he was very
glad to be present as a member of
such a distinguished society of schol-
ars and that as a lawyer this par
~,
Bowdoin's alumni. he could reckon
Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller and
two Of his superiOrs in the district
courts. He said Bowdoin's number
of students today compares with the
number in Harvard in his day and
congratulated the college on it's retain
ing the precious class feeling in the
various classes. He said that he real
lied the advantages of the univer-
stiles but deplOred the necessary loss
of common relations and intimate
knowledge of members of ones own
class. He said that he had common
pride and fellow interest in what Bow
doin had done, is doing and will do.
President Hyde next called on Hon.
William Widgery Thomas of Portland
of the Class of 1860, formerly United
States minister to Sweden. Ex-Min-
lister Thomas made one of the most
brilliant speeches of the banquet. He
said that the younger men probably
regarded members of the Class of 1860
as SO many mummies properly labeled
and set up for exhibition. He disput-
ed, however this charge of old age
and said that the members of his class
had friendships just as warm and eyes
as bright as when they were under
graduates. He said that he would like
to eXtol every member of his class but
must be content to simply refer to
them the name of Thomas B. Reed.
He pledged his class to Alma Mater,
saying God Bless Her and God Bless
You All" Mr.. Thomas was warmly
cheered.
In introducing the next speaker,
President Hyde said that he started to
call in all candidates for senator from
Maine since they were all Bowdsin
men, but had finally decided to com
bine them in the person of the Hon.
Frederick W. Powers as representa-
tive, being a member of the Glass of
rs. Judge Powers said that he was
an illustrious member of that class.
He said that he hoped that the class
would prove worthy of all honor that
might be paid it; that of the faculty
as it stood at his graduation only one
member now remains; that he wished
to pay all honor to the men who as
members of the faculty have done so
much for the college: that he wished
also to join in some slight appreciation
of the work done by the president dur
ing the past 90 years. He said that
much of the unity of trustees and
overseers. faculty and undergraduates
was due to the Bowdoin spirit, a spirit
of loyalty, the spirit which placed the
flag on the extremity of'the earth.
The next speaker was Doctor Frank
N. Whittier of the Glass of 1885. DR..
Whittier said that his class marked
the change from the Old Bowdoin Of
Cleveland and Chamberlain with the
New Bowdoin of Hyde and Hubbard.
The remainder of his speech was an
exhortation on the alumni to do their
very best for the support of the col
lege.
The last speaker was Governor
Quinby of New Hampshire. He said
that the one spot above all others that
he loved was Bowdoin. He said that
the great change in the college build
ings reminded him that the time had
been fleeing. He said that the college
should but do it's part in uniting with
the world in doing honor to Peary;
that it was the duty of the alumni to
join hands in aiding the mission of
enlightenment.
The Peary Exercises.