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...reading of the letter of presentation by George H. Howard, president of the common council; acceptance by Hon. James A. Fox, mayor; address by Col. T. W. Higginson; remarks by President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard College; benediction by Rev. Edward H. Hall of the First Baptist Church. Seats will be provided for a few persons about the statue, and should the weather be inclement, the exercises will take place at Shepard Memorial Church...
...senior exhibition of Colby University took place at the Baptist Church in Waterville last evening. Eight members of the class gave original pieces, in which much study and research were displayed. The junior parts assigned for scholarship were rendered with credit as follows : Latin oration, Henry Kingman, Boston, Mass.; French, Schailer Mathews, Portland; English, Willard C. Clement, Brandon, Vt.; Greek, Edwin P. Burt, Chelmsford, Mass...
Students who have not complied with the regulations governing attendance at church on Sundays are hereby informed that, if they do not comply within three days from date, notice will be sent to their parents or guardians...
...well as of electing their successors in office. The former board of overseers was retained, embracing the governor, the deputy governor, and the leading clergymen and magistrates of the adjoining towns. This double organization was designed to perpetuate in the government of the college the close relation of church and State to all educational institutions. The overseers had been the sole governing board, but, as constituted, it was not found equal to the functions which devolved upon it. Many of the members resided at a distance, and few could have an immediate knowledge of the needs of the college...
Twenty-two young colored converts were required by Rev. Mr. Cottrell of the Union Baptist Church, Cottrellville, Va., to pledge themselves "in the presence of God not to play base-ball or marbles...