Identifier: memoriesofbrownt00brow (find matches)
Title: Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Brown, Robert Perkins, ed Palmer, Henry Robinson, b. 1867, joint ed Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937, joint ed Brigham, Clarence S. (Clarence Saunders), 1877-1963, joint ed
Subjects: Brown University
Publisher: Providence, R.I., Brown Alumni Magazine Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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neath their dark funereal pall. Gone is Dick Whately, Thrice has he died ;Down below, in realms of woe, His soul is quantified. In the next year (1856) Daniel B. Pond was chiefmarshal. The oration on Campbell was given by W. W.Corbett, the one on Whately by Alexander T. Britton,the one on Spaulding by John Hay,* and the poem byCharles H. Forsyth. The Latin burial service was pro-nounced by John B. Brackett. The ode was written byGeorge W. Carr to the tune of Benny Havens, Oh ! andbegan as follows :— From classic halls Brunonian,Lugubrious juniors pourTo dump Dick Whately and his friendsUpon the Stygian shore ; * Note. Hay was a graduate of 1858, but entering in advance was reckonedwith the juniors of that year in rhetoric, and hence appears in this programme.It is to be hoped that the distinguished secretary of state will contribute acopy of his oration on Spaulding to the archives of the university.— S. W. A.(Unfortunately Mr. Hays oration must now remain unrecorded.— Editors.)
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Memories of Brown 13 To pay the debt of gratitude Which we so long have owedFor equivocal assistance, In the ajialytic code. Chorus :—Then mourn for Richard Whately,For Richard Whately, oh !May the Narragansett gently rollOer Richard Whately, oh ! In this year and the following the exercises were variedby the addition of an address to the sophomores whichwas given in 1856 by Samuel C. Eastman. I have already quoted a newspaper item describing theburial of 1857. In 1858 Charles M. Smith acted as chiefmarshal. The orations were pronounced by David H.Montgomery, Elnathan Judson and J.T. Plumer, the poemby Richard Waterman, the Latin burial service by T. W.Bancroft, and the address to the sophomores by DavidWeston. William D. King wrote the funeral ode, whichbegan as follows : Tune, Auld Lang Syne. Come mournful class of 59,Come gather round this bier,While for the cause we put the sigji,And drop the bitter tear. Chorus :—And drop the bitter tear, my boys, etc. In 1859 G. W. Hall acte

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