were spoken by members of the Class, and congratulations for the past and encouragement for the future, were returned by the several officers. In the afternoon, the Class formed in procession and marched to the church, under the direction of its Marshal, W. W. Thomas, Jr. Prayer was offered by the Class Chaplain, J. L. Phillips, of Iowa City. The Oration was delivered by J. M. Brown, of Portland: Subject, "The Scholar and the World; what we are, and what we have to do." A poem was then read by Wm. L. Crowell, of Portland, on " Muscle, Pocket and Brains." The Class and audience then repaired to the "Old Oak Tree," where the remainder of the exercises took place. The "The Chronicles of the Class" were read by J. H. Thompson, of Portsmouth; the "Prophecy," by L. G. Downes, of Calais; the "Parting Address," by C. F. Penney, of New Gloucester. Then followed the "Singing of the Ode" written by A. N. Rowe, "Smoking of the Pipe of Peace," and the "Farewell." The day could not have been finer. The exercises were in a high degree interesting.

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The Songs of Bowdoin were published under the auspices of the Class of '61. F. M. Rhea, Editor.

In the evening were the Prize Declamations of the Junior Class. Equal prizes were awarded to S. H. Manning, of Lewiston, and W. W. Morrell, of East Livermore.

July 31st, Tuesday.-At the annual meeting of the Pencinian General Society, Hon. Philip Eastman, of Saco, was elected President. A. G. Tenney, Esq., of Brunswick, Vice President; Warren Johnson, of Topsham, Corresponding Secretary. The exercises before the United Literary Societies consisted of an Oration on “The Tragic Element of History and Life," by Rev. C. C. Everett of Bangor, and a Poem on "Progress," by Rev. A. D. Wheeler, of Topsham. The Portland Band, assisted by the Portland Orchestral Union, gave a concert, under the auspices of the Senior Class.

August 1st,-Wednesday.-Commencement Day. Thirty members of the Senior Class took part in the exercises. The Master's English Oration, assigned to R. M. Spearing, of New Orleans, La., was not performed. The Valedictory Oration was delivered by S. C. Belcher, of Farmington. Degrees were then conferred, as follows: A. B. in course, Class of '60, 43; A. B. out of course, Class of '55, 3; Class of '57, 1; Class of '58, 1; Class of '59, 2. A. M. in course, Class of '57, 26; A. M. out of course, Class of '51, 1; Class of '55, 1; Class of '56, 1.

The honorary degree of D. D. was then conferred on Prof. J. J. Butler, of New Hampton, Rev. A. D. Wheeler, of Topsham, and Prof.

A. S. Packard; of LL. D., on Hon. Nathan Clifford, of Portland, Hon. Daniel Goodenow, of Alfred, and Hon. John Appleton, of Bangor. Commencement Dinner passed off very happily. Speeches were made by the President, Gov. Morrill, Prof. Hitchcock, Hon. S. P. Benson, and others. In the evening, the President gave a Levee to the Graduating Class and their friends.

August 2nd.-Thursday.-Messrs. A. L. Allen, of Waterborough, N. E. Boyd, S. S. Boyd, of Portland, H. H. Burbank. of Limerick, G. B. Emery, of Gorham, E. R. Mayo, of Hampden, C. S. Perkins, of Lewiston, J.L. Phillips, of Iowa City, Ia., T. B. Reed, of Portland, A. N. Rowe, of N. Yarmouth, E. B. Scherzer, of St. Paul, Min., P. H. Stubbs, of Strong, J. W. Symonds, and W. W. Thomas, Jr., of Portland, and J. H. Thompson, of Portsmouth, N. H., were initiated into the . B. K.... Society. President Lord delivered an oration before this Society: Subject, "The Responsibility which Christianity imposes on Educated men."

In the afternoon, Prof. Hitchcock, of Union Theological Seminary,. delivered an Address before the Maine Historical Society, on "Civilization and its Laws."

August 3rd, Friday.-Examination for admittance to College.. Thirty-five persons applied; all were admitted.

August 22nd,-Wednesday.-Fall term commenced.

August 23rd, Thursday.-Second examination for admittance to. College. The Freshman Class numbers fifty-three.

August 29th,-Wednesday.-The Sixty-One Base Ball Club organized by the Senior Class.

August 31st,-Friday.-Douglas Campaign Club formed.

September 4th,-Tuesday.-A Base Ball Club formed by members. of the Junior Class.

September 11th,-Tuesday.-Return of the Greenland Expedition.. The Cabinet of the Cleveland Natural History Society received from its delegate, W. S. Poore, many interesting and valuable specimens of minerals, plants, shells, and other invertebrates.

September 13th,-Thursday.-Breckinridge Campaign Club formed. September 14th,-Friday.-Pencinian Initiation. Sixteen persons. were admitted.

September 20th,-Thursday.-Champion Base Ball Club organized by the Sophomore Class.

September 22nd,-Saturday.-Gymnasium opened.

September 24th,-Monday.-At a meeting of the Senior Class, the following officers were elected for Class day: G. M. Thurlow, Mar

shal; C. B. Rounds, President; Samuel Fessenden, Orator; F. M. Rhea, Poet; F. L. Dingley, Chronicler; E. P. Loring, Prophet; W. R. Cross, Odist; C. O. Hunt, Parting Address.

A large and enthusiastic meeting was held this evening to take initiatory steps for the formation of a Temperance Organization. A Committee was raised to prepare a plan for the Society, and draft a Constitution and By-Laws.

September 26th,-Wednesday.-The Society was fully organized, under the name of Bowdoin Temperance Association. C. B. Rounds was chosen President; Samuel Jordan, Corresponding Secretary. September 28th.-Friday.-Athenean Initiation. Ten members were admitted.

Proceedings of the Boards at their Annual Meeting.

The Trustees and Overseers of the College met in Brunswick, Tuesday, July 31st, and Wednesday, August 1st. We copy the following extracts from the report of their proceedings from the Brunswick Telegraph.

Hon. Wm. Pitt Fessenden was elected Trustee, in place of Hon. Reuel Williams, resigned; Hon. J. W. Bradbury, in place of Hon. R. H. Gardiner, resigned; Marshall Cram was elected Overseer, in place R. P. Dunlap; Oren B. Cheney, in place of R. McIntire; R. D. Price, in place of A. H. Weld; Stephen Allen, in place of Wm. T. Dwight, D, D.; Wm. J. Maltby, of Bangor, was elected Professor of Modern Languages. Wm. P. Tucker was elected Instructor of Mathematics and Latin; Cyrus Stone was elected Tutor for the ensuing year; James McKeen was reëlected Treasurer for three years; Israel T. Dana, of Portland, was elected Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics; Timothy Childs, of New York, was elected Professor of Surgery, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Prof. Peaslee.

The salaries of Professors Upham, Packard, Wm. Smyth, Egbert C. Smyth, and Chamberlain, were raised to $1100 per annum. An appropriation of $1000 was made to print the Catalogue of the College Library. An appropriation of $2000 was voted for the purchase of the minerals of the late Professor Cleveland.

Voted, To change Commons Hall into a Gymnasium. A suitable appropriation was made to repair the building, and otherwise fit it for the purpose.

Hon. S. P. Benson, of Winthrop, was chosen President of the Overseers.

OBITUARY.

May 5th,-Sunday.-Died, at Greencastle, Ind., Rev. Wm. C. Larrabee, Bowd., 1828, aged 57. Mr. Larrabee had, for some years, held the Professorship of Mathematics at Ashbury University, Ind. In 1845, he was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in the State.

May - Died, at his residence in Portland, Leonard Wyman, Esq., Bowd., 1825, aged 53.

July 18th-Wednesday.-Died, at Bath, Me., Charles R. Porter, Esq., Bowd., 1816.

September 22nd,-Sunday.-Died, at Bear Lake, Min., Richard E. Orne, Esq., Bowd., 1816.

V.-BROWN UNIVERSITY.

THE excitement attendant upon Commencement having subsided, Brown is again moving on in her accustomed manner. The Commencement of this year was accompanied with more than its usual interest. This was partly owing to Dr. Wayland's announcement, that he would be glad to receive at his house, his former pupils and all friends of the University.

Such an announcement from their former Instructor, brought together a larger number of the Alumni than usual, and contributed greatly to the pleasure which they must always experience at their annual re-union.

Indeed it is to the Alumni that Commencement is of chief importance. Doubtless to many of them, it is a green spot amidst the barren realities of life. They then have an opportunity to visit together the scenes of boyhood, and to go over with each other the events of their College career. Many a friendly chat, and many a social hour, owe their origin to the interest felt in the annual Commencement. The Literary exercises, both of the Societies and of the graduating Class, were of a high order of excellence. The first exercises of the week took place on Tuesday, the 4th of September. In the morning, an Oration was delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and in

the afternoon, an Oration and Poem before the Literary Societies. On Wednesday, the exercises of the graduating Class occurred.

The list of speakers is as follows:

1. The Salutatory Oration in Latin-Horace Standish, Bradford, Providence.

2. "The Eloquence of Political Revolutions." An Oration of the First Class-Granville Sharp Abbott, North Reading, Mass.

3. "The Author's Dependence on the Public." An Oration of the First Class-Benjamin Francis Pabodie, Providence.

4. "The Youth of Milton." An Oration of the First Class-William Grosvenor, Jr., North Providence.

5. "New England Character developed by Local Causes." An Oration of the First Class-Robert Gray Johnson, Lynn, Mass.

6. "Arabian Fiction." An Oration of the First Class-George Watson Hall, New York, N. Y.

7. "Monumental Testimony to the Historic truth of the Scriptures." An Oration of the First Class-Wayland Hoyt, Cleveland, Ohio.

8. "The Battle fields of the Po." An Oration of the Second Class -Henry Joshua Spooner, Providence.

9. " The Creative Power of Writers of Fiction." An Oration of the First Class-Francis Metcalf Pond, West Medway, Mass.

10. "The Law of Intellectual Sacrifice." An Oration of the First Class-Henry Kirke Porter, Pittsburgh, Pa.

11. "The Organizing power of Principle." An Oration of the First Class-Adoniram Judson Gordon, New Hampton, N. H.

12. "The Social Discipline of College Life." An Oration of the First Class-Howard Malcolm Rice, Millbury, Mass.

13. "The Classical Oration in Greek"-James DeWolf Perry, Jr., Bristol.

14. "Healthy Scepticism." The Philosophical Oration-Samuel White Duncan, Haverhill, Mass.

15. "The Philosophic Method of Study." An Oration with the Valedictory Addresses-Franklin Bert Gamwell, Providence.

Seven parts were also assigned to speakers who were excused. The time honored custom of smoking out, has this year failed to manifest itself. Owing to the persistent efforts of the Smoking out. Faculty, it has at length been abolished, let us hope, forever, certainly until some valorous Class shall rise in its majesty, and with Sophomoric spunk, assert its ancient rights. That this barbarous practice has been driven out, is much to be applauded, and whatever rebellious Sophomores may say, its expulsion cannot but