Show precocious infants professor henry L chapmans Chap mans speech at the Bowdoi ri commencement dinner was a model for after dinner orators in telling of the deeds of the class of ga he spoke of the remarkable precocity of one member george william belley of portland of whom the following is recorded in cleveland and packards history of bowdoin college george william kelley was born in portland november 1844 he at once entered on a theological course of study in bangor seminary etc the only case of precocity approaching this ha said was in the class of 53 one member of which was ephraim of whom the same history records ephraim chamberlain chammings Cam was horn in albany 1825 his first year was spent in teaching in the academy at buckar port etc of the two cases professor chapman held that the class of 66 led as it was evidently a more precocious thing to study theology in bangor than to deaca in bucksport Buck sport lewiston journal |