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Excerpt from Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Society of Alumni of Georgetown College, District of Columbia: Held at the College on Thursday, the 23d Day of June, 1881, in Accordance With Article XXIV of the Constitution and the Call of the Executive Committee The Annual Commencement exercises having concluded, and the hall being vacated by the audience, the Society of Alumni was called to order at one o'clock and fifteen minutes P. M. by the President, Mr. W. W. Corcoran. The President, addressing the Society, said: "In consequence of my deafness and bad vision, I beg to call the Second Vice President, Mr. R. T. Merrick, to preside today. I hope he will take the chair, as it is not possible for me to do so." Mr. Merrick on taking the chair was warmly greeted with applause, and said: "Of course I am compelled to accept as a command the request of the venerable and distinguished President of this Society, and relieve him from the fatiguing duties incident to the occupation of the chair. He is the oldest living student of the College, and one of the most honored. His name will live as long as these walls shall stand, and longer, and go down to future generations illustrating the noblest virtues of humanity and making even yet sweeter than it now is the blessed name of Charity. "Fellow students, we have gathered here to-day, upon this sacred spot, in obedience to the requirements of the constitution of the Society of Alumni, of which we are members. "The fifth provision of this constitution is as follows: "'A regular meeting of the Society shall be held each year at the College, upon such day and such hour, near the close of the session, as may be fixed upon by the Secretary, upon consultation with the Dean of the Faculty; but a special meeting may be held at any time upon the call of the acting President of the Society.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.