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THE 


BOWDOIN  ORIENT. 


Published   Fortnightly  by  the  Students  of 


BOWDOIN   COLLEGE. 


EDITORIAL    BOARD. 

C.  W.  PEABODY,  '93, Managing  Editor. 

H.  C.  FABYAN,  '93, Assistant  Managing  Editor. 

B.  L.  BRYANT    '95,  Business  Manager. 

»t    o    ™  TWr-r.r.T-.   .oq   \  Peixioptimist,  F.  W.  PICKARD,  '94,  \  roneaU  Tabula 

M.  S.  CLIFFORD,  '93,  J  Colleg%  World.  F.  J.  LIBBY,  '94,  \^ouegu  laouia. 

H.  E.  ANDREWS,  '94,  Rhyme  and  Reason.  W.  P.  CHAMBERLAIN,  '93,  Athletics. 

R.  R.  GOODELL,  '93,  Personals.  F.  M.  SHAW,  '93,  Miscellany. 

B.  L.  BRYANT,  '95,  Book  Revieios. 


BOWDOIN   COLLEGE. 

BRUNSWICK,    MAINE. 

1892-93.- 


Index  to  Volume  XXII. 


EDITORIAL    DEPARTMENTS. 

Editorial  Notes C.  W.  Peabody,  Editor. 

1,  17,  3:3,  47,  67,  105,  119,  133,  147,  161,  177,  193,  209,  223,  239,  255,  269. 

H.  C.  Fabyan,  Assistant  Editor. 

Pessioptimist M.  S.  Clifford,  Editor. 

152,  168,  184,  199,  214,  230,  249,  262,  276. 

Collegii  Tabula F.  W.  Pickard,  F.  J.  Libby,  Editors. 

9,  26,  40,  60,  99,  111,  126,  140,  154,  170,  186,  201,  216,  232,  250,  264,  278. 

Athletics W.  P.  Chamberlain,  Editor. 

11,27,42,62,99,  113. 

Assisted  by  J.  T.  Shaw,  128,  141,  172,  188. 

Assisted  by  J.  C.  Minot,  156. 

Y.  M.  C.  A C.  H.  Howard,  President  T.  M.  C.  A. 

13,  29,  43,  115,  129,  144,  157,  173,  203,  218,  234,  252,  265. 

F.  J.  Libby,  188. 

Personal B.  L.  Bryant,  Editor. 

13,  30,  43,  64,  101,  116. 

R.  R.  Goodell,  Editor,  130,  144,  158,  173,  189,  204,  218,  235,  252,  266,  280. 

Assisted  by  J.  B.  F.  Hodgdon  and  Editors. 

College  World M.  S.  Clifford,  Editor. 

15,  32,  46,  66,  117,  131,  145,  159,  174,  190,  206,  221,  236,  253,  267,  282. 

Book  Reviews B.  L.  Bryant,  Editor. 

205,  220,  236,  253,  267,  282. 

Assisted  by  Professor  Farnswortb,  236. 

Assisted  by  J.  S.  French,  282. 

MIS  CELLANE  O  US. 

PROSE. 

Addition  to  the  Art  Building H.  C.  Fabyan 165 

Address  of  the  President  (Ivy  Day) C.  C.  Bucknam 54 

Allegory,  An W.  E.  Currier 166 

Alumni  Dinner 90 

Alumni  Meeting —  88 

Athletic  Exhibition,  The H.  C.  Fabyan 274 

Baccalaureate  Sermon Rev.  William  DeWitt  Hyde,  D.D 69 

Best  Yet,  The A  Granddaughter  of  Bowdoin 274 

Bowdoin  Alumni  Association  of  New  York ]99 

Bowdoin  Alumni  of  Oxford  County,  The 190 

Class  Day  Exercises ?3 

Class  Day  Oration J.  C.  Hull 73 

Class  Prophecy T.  H.  Gately -  -  -80 

Closing  Address H.  F.  Linscott 83 

Commencement  Exercises Compiled  by  C.  W.  Peabody 69 

Commencement  Exercises 89 

Communication  to  the  Freshman  Team A.  Quimby I50 

Dance  on  the  Green 85 

Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Convention R.  R.  Goodell 182 

Delta  Upsilou H.  L.  McCaun 138 

Distiller's  Daughter,  The A.  G.  Wiley 258 

Extract  from  a  Paper By  Llewellyn  Deane 244 

Freshman  Banquet,  The G.  H.  D.  Foster 68 

Fugitive,  The A.  G.  Wiley 226 

Glimpses  of  Bowdoin's  Past E.  M.  Simpson 151 

Grandson  of  Bowdoin,  A 260 


INDEX .— (  Continued.) 

Half  Way  There An  Alumnus 261 

History  of  the  Class  of  '92 B.  F.  Nichols 78 

Hobbyism H.  C.  Fabyan 125 

How  Far  Does  Rank  in  College  Indicate  Ability  ?..  .E.  M.  Simpson 246 

InMemoriam J.  M.  W.  Moody 103 

In  Memoriam C.  E.  Riley -65 

In  Memoriam J-  A.  Waterman 281 

InMemoriam -C  0.  Wells 266 

It  Meets  our  Approval ~7o 

Iuterfraternity  Whist  Tournament,  An F.  H.  Swan 214 

Ivy  Day ^0 

Ivy-Day  Oration—  Dangers  of  Immigration G.  W.  Shay 5U 

Jack... A.G.Wiley 211 

Junior  Prize  Declamation -To 

Landing  of  the  "Pilgrim,"  The. J.  E.  Dunning 271 

Like  the  Street  Car An  Alumnus 213 

Maine  Historical  Society 88 

Medical  School  Graduation 85 

Medical  School  Oration E.  J.  McDonough 85 

Meetings  of  the  Boards 88 

Meeting  of  the  N.  E.  I.  P.  A C.  W.  Peabody 49 

Minstrel  Show,  The F.  W.  Pickard 48 

My  Castle  in  Spain T.  C.  Chapman 123 

Old  Harvard  Rules James  McKeen 179 

Only  a  Slight  Break 180 

Opening  Address. C.  S.  Rich 77 

Our  Public  Schools B.  L.  Bryant 34 

Peary  Expedition,  The P.  F.  Stevens 122 

Phi  Beta  Kappa -88 

Portland  Alumni  Meeting 257 

Psi  Upsilon  Convention ' R.  W.  Mann 5 

Psi  Upsilon  Reception,  The H.  E.  Andrews 225 

Psychological  Qualities  of  a  Good  Speech,  The ..  Williams  Lit 168 

Race  for  Life,  A R-  R-  Goodell 23 

Response  of  Class  Giant F.  M.  Shaw 58 

Response  of  Gymnast W.  P.  Chamberlain 55 

Response  of  Obstinate  Man B.  F.  Barker 59 

Response  of  Phunny  Man J.  W.  Lambert 56 

Response  of  Popular  Man E.  H.  Carleton 59 

Saved  by  Old  Boreas J-  T.  Shaw 3 

Searles  Scientific  Building C.  W.  Peabody 150 

'Sixty-eight  Prize  Oration H.  F.  Linscott 6 

Sketch,  A J-  E.  Dunning 247 

Snow-Shoe  Club,  A G.  T.  Ordway 197 

Some  Reminiscences  of  Bowdoin  College  Life  ..  .Isaac  McLellan,  '26 20 

Straits  of  Magellan  (Professor  Lee's-  Lecture) Washington  Star 4 

Strange  Sorrow,  A A.  G.  Wiley 243 

Suggestion  for  Bowdoin  Yell C.  S.  F.  Lincoln,  '91 257 

Surprise,  A G.  S.  Machan 36 

That  Better  Bugle E.  M.  Simpson 257 

Theta  Delta  Chi  Annual  Convention F.  W.  Pickard 183 

Told  in  the  Starboard  Watch J.  E.  Dunning 135 

Tom's  Story , J-  E.  Dunning 227 

To  the  Yell  Correspondent 245 

Traitor  to  Peacock,  A C.  W.  Peabody 163 

Twenty-Fifth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Boston  Alumni,  Boston  Herald 212 

"Up". H.  W.  Kimball,  '92 183 

Visitor  "from  Century  Hence,  A T.  C.  Chapman 108 

Walker  Art  Building— Laying  the  Corner-Stoue 98 

Wanderer  at  Christmas,  The J-  E.  Dunning 195 

Washington  Alumni's  Annual  Dinner L.  Deane,.  '49 241 

What  We  Saw  in  the  Mountains A.  G.  Wiley 27~ 

Word  About  the  Advertising,  A C.  H.  Howard 198 

Yell  Still  in  the  Air,  The An  Alumnus 241 

Yell  Question,  The An  Alumnus 230 

Yell  Question,  The N.  G.  Jackson 258 

ZetaPsi  Convention W.  P.  Chamberlain 197 


INDEX .— (  Continued.') 

POETRY. 

Afterwards C.  W.  Peabody , 154 

Ambiguous F.  M.  Shaw 60 

Andrew  Preston  Peabody H.  H.  Pierce 263 

Beside  the  Summer  Sea J.  C.  Minot 126 

Beyond — H.  W.  Thayer 250 

Bowdoin  Men H.  B.  Russ 170 

Chapel  Bell,  The H.  B.  Russ 186 

Chapel  Doves.  The J.  C.  Minot 153 

Class-Day  Poem W.  B.  Kenniston 75 

Class  Ode W.  0.  Hersey 84 

Common  Query,  A A.  L.  Churchill 215 

Could  I  Not  Find  Thee  There? H.  W.  Thayer 263 

Daphue  Changed  into  a  Laurel R.  R.  Goodell 9 

Dead  Leader,  The H.  W.  Thayer 170 

Death  Watch,  The J.  C.  Minot 139 

Desolation J.  C.  Minot *. 154 

Different H.  E.  Andrews 277 

Disappointment A.  L.  Churchill 216 

Do  Nothing  Rashly M.  S.  Clifford 250 

Finite  Versus  Infinite H.  H.  Pierce 250 

From  Our  Point  of  View H.  E.  Andrews 139 

Historical  Perspective H.  E.  Andrews 277 

In  Chicago H.  E.  Andrews 186 

In  the  Spring  Time H.  E.  Andrews 125 

Ivy-Day  Poem — Columbus  at  Palos C.  W.  Peabody 52 

Ivy  Ode .M.  S.  Clifford 60 

John  G.  Whittier J.  C.  Minot Ill 

Junior  Reviews H.  E.  Andrews 186 

Legend,  A H.  E.  Andrews 8 

Lines  for  the  25th  Anniversary  of  the  Class  of  '67.  .H.  S.  Webster, '67 97 

Memories  of  Summer H.  B.  Russ ' 263 

Meteoric M.S.  Clifford 154 

Mistaken  Identity M.  S.  Clifford 186 

My  Banjo H.  B.  Russ 263 

My  Guest H.  W.  Thayer 232 

Nervous  Man's  Complaint,  The H.  E.  Andrews 126 

Nightfall H.  H.  Pierce 216 

No  Test  for  Bravery H.  E.  Andrews 249 

November  Woe,  A H.  E.  Andrews 169 

Ode  XX.,  Book  I.,  Horace H.  H.  Pierce 277 

Ode  XXXVIII.,  Book  I.,  Horace H.  H.  Pierce 277 

Old  House,  The H.  H.  Pierce 200 

Pace,  The H.  H.  Pierce 250 

Perhaps H.  E.  Andrews 186 

Reason,  The H.  E.  Andrews 139 

Regrets H.  E.  Andrews 110 

Resignation H.  E.  Andrews 110 

Reverie  at  Night  Fall,  A H.  E.  Andrews 25 

River,  The H.  B.  Russ 231 

Sea  Shells J.  C.  Minot 185 

Song  of  the  Sailors,  The J.  C.  Minot 170 

Summer  Shower,  A H.  B.  Russ 39 

Tennyson H.  E.  Andrews 139 

To  an  Air  Castle H.  E.  Andrews 8 

To  a  Real  Disturber  of  the  Public  Peace H.  E.  Andrews 25 

To  Her H.  W.  Kimball,  '92 9 

To-morrow H.  W.  Thayer 277 

Too  Cold  a  Day - H.  E.  Andrews 200 

Usual  Way,  The J.  T.  Shaw 26 

Verses  on  the  Opening  of  a  New  Term H.  B.  Russ 125 

Vision  of  Life,  A A.  G.  Wiley 200 

We  All  Know  Her A.  L.  Churchill 215 

What  Puzzled  Her A.  L.  Churchill 216 

When  Thou  Art  Near H.  W.  Thayer 232 

Whispering  Pines,  The H.  B.  Russ 39 

Witnesses J.  C.  Minot 185 

Woodland  Echo,  A H.  W.  Thayer 215 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


Vol.  XXII. 


BRUNSWICK,  MAINE,  APRIL  27,  1892. 


No.  1. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 

PUBLISHED    EVERY   ALTERNATE  WEDNESDAY   DURING 
THE   COLLEQIATE    YEAR   BY    THE    STUDENTS   OF 

BOWDOIN     COLLEGE. 


EDITORIAL    BOARD. 

C.  W.  Peabody,  '93,  Managing  Editor. 

H.  C.  Pabyan,  '93,  Assistant  Managing  Editor. 

R.  R.  Goodell,  '93,  Business  Manager. 

W.  P.  Chamberlain,  '93.  H.  E.  Andrews,  '94. 

M.  S.  Clifford,  '93.  F.  J.  Libby,  '94. 

F.  M.  Shaw,  '93.  F.  W.  Pickard,  '94. 

B.  L.  Bryant,  '95. 


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CONTENTS. 

Vol.  XXII.,  No.  1.— April  27,  1892. 

Editorial  Notes 1 

Saved  by  Old  Boreas 3 

The  Straits  of  Magellan, 4 

Psi  Upsilon  Convention 5 

The  Common  School  System  the  Hope  of  the 

Republic,       6 

Rhyme  and  Reason  : 

A  Legend, 8 

To  an  Air  Castle, 8 

To  Her, '. 9 

Daphne  Changed  into  a  Laurel,       9 

Collegii  Tabula, 9 

Athletics, 11 

Y.  M.  C  A 13 

Personal 13 

College  World, 15 


The  Orient  has  attained  its  majority. 
With  the  issue  of  this  number  it  enters  upon 
its  twenty-second  year.  Hence  there  devolves 
upon  us  who  have  assumed  its  management 
increased  responsibility.  Not  only  should  it 
continue  to  voice  the  sentiments  of  the  stu- 
dents of  Bowdoin  College,  but  it  should  feel 
that  its  age  entitles  it  to  authority;  and  as 
year  by  year  it  becomes  more  firmly  estab- 
lished as  an  element  of  college  life,  it  is  more 
and  more  bound  to  weigh  and  deliberate  its 
opinions. 

Aside  from  its  editorial  columns  the  scope 
of  the  Orient's  work  is  threefold.  It  is  the 
organ  of  the  alumni  and  of  the  students. 
It  should  contain  everything  of  interest  to 
Bowdoin  men,  whether  of  the  Corporation, 
the  Faculty,  the  graduates,  or  the  under- 
graduates. Accordingly,  as  in  the  past,  the 
two  news  departments,  "Personal,"  de- 
voted to  alumni  items,  and  "  Collegii  Tab- 
ula" for  the  Faculty  and  students,  will 
be  continued,  and  the  columns  will  be  thrown 
open  freely  to  all  communications  of  college 
interest.  By  diligence  and  care  in  issuing 
the  paper  promptly  it  cannot  fail  to  be  of 
value  to  all  who  care  for  Bowdoin  and  Bow- 
doin men. 

The  third  role  which  the  Orient  has  to 
play  is  that  of  a  literary  periodical.  If  it  had 
at  its  command  the  literary  ability  of   the 


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students  of  this  college  it  need  not  in  any 
respect  partake  of  the  nature  of  an  amateur 
paper.  Since  it  cannot  command,  it  must 
appeal.  If  it  receives  the  support  due  it  for 
the  sake  of  the  college  which  it  represents,  if 
a  rivalry  in  good  work  can  be  aroused  among 
the  students,  if  every  man  will  do  what  he 
can,  we  are  confident  that  a  surprise  will 
await  our  readers,  and  that  they  will  say,  not 
"this  is  good  for  a  college  paper,"  but  "this 
is  excellent  in  itself,"  and  watch  with  interest 
for  the  succeeding  numbers. 

Our  intentions  are  good,  as  have  been 
those  of  every  preceding  editorial  board.  If 
you  will  help  us  we  believe  we  can  make  this 
Oriental  year  a  success. 


TN  ORDER  to  stimulate  an  interest  in  writ- 
*■  ing,  the  Orient  offers  the  following  prizes : 

For  the  best  story  published  in  this  volume 
of  the  Orient,  Five  Dollars. 

For  the  second  best  story,  Three  Dollars. 

For  the  greatest  number  of  poems  pub- 
lished, Five  Dollars. 

For  the  best  short  poem  published,  Two 
Dollars. 

These  prizes  are  open  to  all  students  of 
Bowdoin  College  except  the  present  Orient 
editors. 

The  judges  will  be  Rev.  Dr.  Mason,  Pro- 
fessor Lawton,  and  Barrett  Potter,  Esq. 

The  editors  reserve  the  right  to  decline 
any  article  which  they  deem  unsuitable  for 
publication.  They  cannot  insure  the  publica- 
tion of  any  story  more  than  1,500  words  long 
nor  of  any  poem  of  more  than  50  lines. 

Manuscripts  are  subject  to  revision  by 
the  editors  before  publication,  and  the  judges 
will  see  the  articles  only  as  they  appear  in 
print,  therefore  misunderstanding  will  be 
avoided  by  careful  preparation. 

Every  article  must  be  accompanied  by 
the  name  of  the  author,  which,  however,  will 
not  be  published. 


Do  not  put  off  writing  till  next  winter 
term,  or  some  of  the  articles  will  be  crowded 
out. 


T)Y  AN  error  in  the  last  number,  Mr.  Bry- 
-*-'  ant's  name  was  written  H.  E.  Bryant. 
It  is  B.  L.  Bryant,  '95,  who  has  charge  of  the 
Orient's  Personal  column.  If  the  alumni 
and  students  will  supply  him  with  any  facts 
which  they  may  know  of  in  regard  to  Bow- 
doin graduates,  they  will  oblige  not  only  the 
editors  but  the  readers  of  the  paper. 


TT7HE  Y.  M.  C.  A.  column  will  be  conducted 
-1  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Howard,  President  of  the 
Association,  who  may  thus  be  considered  an 
editor  ex  officio. 


WE  PUBLISH  in  this  issue  the  complete 
text  of  the  winning  part  in  the  '68 
Prize  Speaking  contest.  Mr.  Linscott  seems 
to  have  said  the  right  thing  in  the  right  way. 
He  strikes  a  chord  which  interests  us  all. 

In  this  connection,  is  not  the  '68  speaking 
encroaching  a  little  upon  Commencement? 
We  must  not  be  understood  as  adversely 
criticising  any  of  the  disquisitions  which 
were  recently  delivered  in  Memorial  Hall 
when  we  say  that  they  were  too  long.  A  cer- 
tain limit  of  time  is  set,  and  yet  nearly  every 
man  seems  to  feel  that  if  he  keeps  within 
that  limit  his  chances  are  lost.  He  is  too 
ambitious.  He  starts  out  on  too  grand  a 
scale.  The  result  is  that  the  strain  of  build- 
ing up  and  then  committing  so  long  an  ora- 
tion in  the  latter  part  of  the  hard  winter 
term  is  too  severe,  and  one  or  two  of  the 
contestants  'are  sure  to  give  it  up.  Why 
cannot  the  speaking  be  limited  strictly  to  a 
short  period  similar  to  that  usually  occupied 
by  a  declamation  ?  Then  the  tax  would  be  laid 
on  the  man's  ingenuity  and  ability  instead  of 
his  physical  strength.  It  takes  just  as  good 
a  man  to  write  a  short  speech  as  to  write  a 


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long  one, — perhaps  a  little  better.  Certainly 
Lincoln's  Gettysburg  address  was  as  good  as 
a  ream  of  Congressional  Globes  on  the  silver 
question. 

ONDER  the  supervision  of  the  architect, 
Mr.  McKim,  the  site  for  the  new  Art 
Building  has  been  staked  out  to  the  south  of 
the  central  path,  near  Main  Street,  and  facing 
Appleton  Hall. 

The  building  will  be  the  largest  on  the 
campus,  with  the  exception  of  the  chapel, 
the  dimensions  being  87x100  feet.  We  shall 
give  a  more  detailed  description  in  a  later 
issue,  but  the  following  is  in  brief  the  plan 
of  the  building:  It  is  to  be  of  the  Italian 
Renaissance  style,  brick  with  trimmings 
of  Indiana  limestone.  The  height  of  the 
building  will  be  35  feet,  and  it  will  be 
surmounted  by  a  low  dome  similar  to 
that  of  the  Parthenon  at  Rome.  This  will 
light  the  central  apartment,  which  is  to  be 
devoted  to  sculpture.  The  two  wings  will  each 
contain  a  room  for  paintings.  In  the  bay  at 
the  rear,  towards  the  street,  is  to  be  another 
room,  known  as  the  Sophia  Walker  room.  In 
front  there  will  be  a  portico  fronting  a 
broad  platform,  six  feet  high,  to  which 
will  be  an  ascent  by  steps.  This  will  be 
a  noticeable  feature  of  the  building.  It  is 
designed  after  the  Villa  Medici  at  Rome. 


WE  WERE  sorry  to  learn  that  the  news- 
paper version  of  Judge  Symonds's 
speech,  which  the  Oeient  published  in  the 
last  number,  contained  some  inaccuracies. 
The  speech  as  printed  was  excellent,  but  it 
would  surety  have  been  much  better  if  it  had 
been  exactly  as  Judge  Symonds  delivered  it. 


DEWARE  of  the  small  boy.  Not  but  what 
-*-'  a  good  many  of  the  small  boys  who 
haunt  the  ends  are  perfectly  honest,  but  the 
unclassified   specimen   with   observing  eyes 


and  large  pockets  is  likely  to  prove  a  delu- 
sion and  a  snare.  Every  generation  of  stu- 
dents has  to  learn  this  from  experience. 
There  is  no  need  of  giving  the  kids  a  free 
pass  to  all  the  rooms  in  college.  Let  them 
keep  their  distance  till  they  are  wanted. 


Saved  by  Old  Boreas. 

TITHE  evening  was  fast  turning  to  night,  as 
-*-     the  train,  on  which  I  was  a   passenger, 

pulled  into   the   little  station  of  C ,  and 

came  to  a  stop.  Awaking  from  a  revery  and 
realizing  that  I  had  reached  my  journey's 
end,  I  stepped  out  upon  the  platform  of  the 
station,  and  giving  my  baggage  checks  to  an 
eager  hackman,  sauntered  toward  the  one 
hotel  in  the  little  town. 

C is  a  pleasant  little  place   on   the 

west  coast  of  Florida.  I  had  come  hither  to 
spend  the  earl}'  fall  before  returning  to  my 
college.  As  I  walked  along  the  shore  of  the 
harbor  I  saw  lights  beginning  to  appear  in 
the  farm-houses  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
bay,  and  looking  out  on  the  water  I  dis- 
cerned, out  about  a  mile  and  a  half,  a 
long  sand-bar,  dimly  seen  in  the  moonlight. 
Noticing  that  the  tide  was  out,  I  thought 
what  a  pleasant  place  it  would  be  to  row  out 
to,  and  decided  to  hire  a  boat  for  that  pur- 
pose in  the  morning. 

Arriving  at  the  hotel,  I  ate  a  hearty  sup- 
per, retiring  soon  after.  When  I  awoke  the 
next  morning  I  found  the  day  was  cloudless 
and  quite  warm.  Looking  out  of  my  window 
I  perceived  the  little  sand-island  lying  tempt- 
ingly near  the  shore.  After  eating  my  break- 
fast I  hastened  to  the  beach,  and  hiring  a  dory 
rowed  quickly  toward  the  island.  In  a  few 
minutes  I  came  abreast  of  it.  It  was  about 
two  hundred  feet  long,  and  extended  exactly 
north  and  south.  It  was  also  higher  at  each 
end  than  at  the  center,  and  there  were  a  few 
rocks  at  the  southern  extremity. 

Drawing  my  boat  upon  the  northern  end, 


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which  was  nearest,  I  walked  toward  the 
rocks,  and  obtaining  as  comfortable  a  seat 
as  possible,  I  was  soon  watching  the  light 
clouds  fleeting  past.  Soothed  by  the  soft 
wind  I  soon  fell  asleep. 

I  was  awakened  by  a  dash  of  water  in  my 
face.  Thinking  it  must  be  beginning  to  rain 
I  lazily  opened  my  eyes.  But  I  saw  no 
clouds,  only  blue  sky.  Again  the  water 
splashed  in  my  face.  This  time  I  leaped  to 
my  feet  and  looked  around  me.  I  was  stand- 
ing on  a  rock  barely  ten  feet  across,  and  not 
three  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea !  In 
my  surprise  I  stood  spell-bound  for  a  moment, 
not  realizing  my  danger.  Another  wave 
rolling  up  dashed  the  spray  at  my  feet. 

Glancing  about  I  saw  in  what  a  desperate 
situation  I  was  placed.  Oh  how  deeply  I 
regretted  my  inability  to  swim,  as  I  saw 
my  boat  safely  resting  where  I  had  drawn 
it  up,  and  that  the  water  had  now  com- 
pletely covered  the  stretch  of  sand  between 
me  and  it.  A  strong  wind  was  blowing 
from  the  north.  Might  it  not  blow  the 
boat  within  my  reach  when  the  fast-rising 
tide  had  set  it  afloat?  Turning  towards  the 
shore  I  waved  my  hat  and  shouted,  trying 
in  futile  attempt  to  send  my  voice  a  mile 
and  a  half.  Another  wave  rolls  on,  covering 
the  rock  completely.  I  almost  sink  in  de- 
spair. With  the  water  up  to  my  knees,  and 
retaining  my  hold  with  difficulty,  I  see  my 
boat  afloat  and  drifting  toward  me.  But 
would  it  come  in  time?  It  is  within  twenty 
five  yards !  That  last  wave  reached  to  my 
waist  almost  sweeping  me  from  the  rock. 
And  now  the  dory  is  within  fifteen  yards, 
twenty  feet,  ten  feet.  I  see  a  monstrous 
wave  approaching.  Which  will  reach  me 
first? 

When  the  boat  is  within  six  feet  I  give  a 
desperate  leap  and  catch  the  gunwale  firmly 
with  both  hands  just  as  the  billow  sweeps 
over  me.  I  hold  on  with  the  strength'  of 
despair,  and  after  the  wave  has  passed  man- 


age to  draw  rSyself  over  the  side,  falling 
exhausted  in  the  bottom  of  the  boat.  After 
lying  a  few  minutes,  I  recovered  my  strength 
and,  seizing  the  oars  which  had  luckily  re- 
mained in  the  boat,  rowed  rapidly  toward 
the  shore. 

I  remained  in  the  hotel  the  rest  of  that  day, 
and  afterward,  whenever  I  wanted  to  row,  I 
always  ascertained  the  condition  of  the  tide. 


The  Straits  of   Magellan. 

Professor  Lee's  Lecture. 
TITHE  Washington  Star  of  April  2d  contains 
*■     an  interesting  account  of  Professor  Lee's 
lecture  at  the  National  Museum.     The  fol- 
lowing is  an  extract : 

Several  hundred  people  gathered  in  the  lecture 
hall  of  the  National  Museum  last  night  to  take  a 
trip  to  Terra  del  Fuego  and  the  Straits  of  Magellan. 
It  was  a  personally  conducted  tour  by  Professor 
Leslie  Lee,  who,  with  the  aid  of  a  stereopticou, 
some  photographic  views,  and  a  ready  flow  of 
descriptive  language,  transported  the  audience  to 
the  Antipodes.  It  was  a  delightful  trip.  There 
was  no  seasickness,  no  chill  pamperos  encountered 
off  the  coast  of  Patagonia,  and  the  unpleasant  odor 
of  seal  oil  and  red  clay  which  Professor  Lee  said 
attends  the  person  of  the  Terra  del  Fuegan  was  not 
perceptible  to  any  annoying  degree. 

Professor  Lee  was  eminently  qualified  to  con- 
duct the  tour,  as  he  made  it  in  the  Albatross,  the 
fish  commission's  steamer,  some  time  ago.  All  the 
explanations  which  he  made  to  an  interested  and 
appreciative  audience  last  night,  therefore,  were  the 
results  of  actual  experiences. 

Then  follows  a  brief  abstract  of  the  lect- 
ure, at  the  end  of  which  is  an  interesting 
paragraph  which  shows  the  Professor's  labors 
for  the  advancement  of  civilization  : 

Prof.  Lee  presented  several  views  of  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Terra  del  Fuego,  charming  creatures,  with 
their  thin,  attenuated  limbs  and  portly  stomachs. 
These  beauties  allow  their  hair  to  grow  long  and 
hang  down  straight.  Then  they  plaster  it  with 
seal  oil  and  red  clay,  which  hardens  and  makes  a 
complete  waterproof  covering  for  their  heads.  The 
natives  possess  the  faculty  of  imitatiDg  a  sound,  and 
Professor  Lee  undertook  to  teach  them  a  song.    He 


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succeeded  so  well  that  when  he  departed  from  their 
midst  a  group  stood  upon  the  shore  and  serenaded 
him  with  "  Father,  Dear  Father,  Come  Home  With 
Me  Now." 

Psi  Upsilon  Convention. 
TITHE  fifty-ninth  annual  convention  of  the 
-*■  Psi  Upsilon  Fraternity  was  held  in  New 
York  City,  April  6th,  7th,  and  8th,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Lambda  Chapter  of  Columbia 
College,  and  was  largely  attended  by  repre- 
sentatives from  the  leading  universities  and 
colleges  of  the  country.  The  Kappa  sent 
R.  W.  Mann,  L.  M.  Fobes,  and  H.  C.  Fabyan. 
On  the  evening  of  April  6th  a  reception  was 
tendered  the  visiting  delegates  by  the  Psi 
Upsilon  Club  of  New  York,  at  its  Club 
House  where  about  three  hundred  Psi  U 
men  were  welcomed  by  the  members  of 
the  club  and  of  the  Lambda  Chapter. 

Thursdaj'  morning  at  10  o'clock  the 
business  meetings  of  the  Fraternity  occurred, 
continuing  through  that  day  and  the  day  fol- 
lowing, at  which  petitions  for  chapters  from 
Johns  Hopkins  University,  the  Boston  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  Dickinson  College,  and 
the  new  University  of  Chicago  were  consid- 
ered and  refused. 

In  addition  to  this  and  other  important 
business  matters  it  was  decided  by  the  con- 
vention to  issue  a  Fraternity  annual  and  to 
erect  in  the  city  of  New  York  a  new  Club 
House  for  the  use  of  all  resident  and  visiting 
Psi  U  men. 

The  public  literary  exercises  of  the  Fra- 
ternity were  held  Thursday  evening,  April 
7th,  at  the  new  Carnegie  Music  Hall,  before 
a  large  and  brilliant  audience  well  worthy  of 
the  efforts  put  forth  by  the  speakers  of  the 
evening. 

Shortly  before  eight  o'clock  the  delegates 
formed  in  line  in  order  of  the  foundation  of 
their  respective  chapters,  and  to  the  inspiring 
strains  of  "Tannhauser,"  from  the  orches- 
tra, stationed  behinds  the  palms  and 
greenery  with  which  the  stage  was  banked, 


proceeded  down  the  aisles  to  the  seats  re- 
served for  them,  headed  by  the  grand  mar- 
shal, Mr.  Waldron  Williams,  A,  '85. 

Soon  after  eight  o'clock  the  exercises 
commenced,  of  which  the  following  is  the 
order: 

Overture — Tannhauser. — Wagner. 

Grand  March — A'ida. — Verdi. 

Prayer.  Rev.  Morgan  Dix,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L. 

Address.  Robert  Lenox  Belknap,  A.M. 

Fraternity  Song.  Glee  Club. 

Waltz—"  Pazman." — Strauss. 

Poem.  '     John  Kendrick  Bangs,  Ph.B. 

Intermezzo. 

"  Cavaleria  Rusticana." — Mascagni. 

Oration.  Rev.  Martin  R.  Vincent,  S.T.D. 

Fraternity  Song.  Glee  Club. 

March— "La  Reine  de  Saba."— Gounod. 

The  most  brilliant  affair  of  the  whole 
convention  was  the  banquet,  held  in  the  con- 
cert Hall  of  the  Madison  Square  Garden,  on 
the  evening  of  April  8th,  at  which  the  praises 
of  old  Psi  U  were  rehearsed  in  song  and 
story. 

At  the  head  of  the  hall  and  banked  by 
mosses  of  ferns  and  lilies,  behind  which  the 
orchestra  was  concealed,  sat  the  speakers  of 
the  evening :  Dr.  William  H.  Draper,  Chan- 
cey  M.  Depew,  F.  W.  Hinricks,  Rev.  Charles 
H.  Parkhurst,  William  A.  Kingsley,  and  Dr. 
Williard  Parker. 

The  speeches  of  the  evening  were  hailed 
with  great  enthusiasm  and  were  interspersed 
with  the  various  chapter  yells  and  Fraternity 
songs,  all  of  which  added  greatly  to  the 
interest  of  the  scene  on  the  part  of  the  fair 
occupants  of  the  boxes  above.  After  every 
chapter  had  pledged  every  other  chapter  with 
the  "garnet  and  gold"  until  long  into  the 
night,  the  banquet  hall  gradually  became 
deserted,  and  the  festivities  of  the  fifty-ninth 
convention  of  old  Psi  Li  had  come  to  an  end. 


In  a  German  University  a  student's  matricula- 
tion card  shields  him  from  arrest,  admits  him  at 
half  price  to  the  theatres  and  takes  him  free  to  art 
galleries. 


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The  Common  School  System  the 
Hope  of  the  Republic. 

'SIXTY-EIGHT  PRIZE  ORATION. 
By  Harry  F.  Linscott. 
JTj[HE  fourth  of  March,  1797,  was  a  memorable 
A  day  to  our  nation,  marking,  as  it  did,  the  close 
of  the  public  life  and  services  of  the  first  great 
character  in  American  history.  For,  on  that  day, 
George  Washington,  after  commanding  for  more 
than  twenty  years  the  respect  and  confidence  of 
his  fellow-citizens,  the  admiration  of  the  whole 
civilized  world,  yielded  to  other  hands  the  care  of 
the  nation  which  had  been  the  foremost  object  of 
his  thought  and  solicitude,  the  object  to  which  he 
had  devoted  his  noblest  efforts,  the  consummate 
genius  and  indomitable  energy  of  his  magnificent 
personality. 

But  before  he  laid  aside  the  robe  of  state  and 
sought  rest  and  relaxation  he  gave  to  his  people 
a  last  political  will  and  testament,  the  priceless 
legacy  of  wise  counsel  and  advice — his  Farewell 
Address.  That  loving  outburst  of  a  noble  heart; 
that  affectionate  exhortation  to  national  unity  and 
fraternal  good-will  has  ever  been  considered  as  one 
of  the  grandest  achievements  of  a  surpassing 
genius.  Within  its  pages  are  found  declarations  of 
policy  that  are  as  true  to-day  as  they  were  a 
ceutury  ago.  In  one  statement  in  particular, 
however,  there  is  embodied  a  principle  which  is 
especially  applicable  to  our  political  and  social 
status  at  the  present  day.  The  words  of  Washing- 
ton are  as  follows:  "Promote,  then,  as  an  object 
of  primary  importance,  institutions  for  the  diffusion 
of  knowledge.  When  the  structure  of  a  government 
gives  greater  force  to  public  opinion  it  is  imperative 
that  public  opinion  be  enlightened." 

Nearly  one  hundred  years  have  passed  since  the 
tears  of  the  American  people  fell  upon  the  grave 
of  the  "Father  of  his  Country"  as  his  body  was 
lowered  into  the  narrow  precincts  of  its  last  long 
home  beneath  the  willows  of  Mt.  Vernon.  Within 
those  hundred  years  his  people  have  been  guided 
by  those  words  and  have  not  failed  to  recognize  the 
supreme  importance  of  education  and  its  intimate 
relation,  to  their  welfare.  Public  opinion  has, 
indeed,  been  enlightened  in  this  land,  and  to  that 
fact  we  may  ascribe,  in  large  measure,  the  perpe- 
tuity of  our  free  institutions.  As  long  as  the 
sanctity  of  American  citizenship  was  kept  inviolable; 
as  long  as  the  homogeneous  nature  of  our  people 
was  preserved,  so  long  did  succeeding  generations 


come  into  the  full  inheritance  of  their  fathers  with 
minds  properly  trained  and  filled  with  an  adequate 
conception  of  their  duties  and  privileges. 

Now,  however,  a  tremendous  burden  has  been  cast 
upon  our  common  school  system.  From  two  distinct 
sources  there  has  been  thrown  upon  the  body-politic 
a  mass  of  adventitious  material  which  must  be 
entirely  remodeled  to  fit  new  conditions  and  greater 
responsibilities.  On  the  one  hand,  for  more  than 
fifty  years  the  nations  of  the  world  have  been 
allowed,  yea,  invited,  to  spew  out  upon  this  fair 
land  their  refuse  population,  and  to  taint  our  society 
with  the  foul  products  of  centuries  of  oppression 
and  misrule.  A  ceaseless  tide  of  immigration  has 
been  setting  toward  our  shores,  and  a  loose  system 
of  naturalization  has  supplemented  this  evil  by 
admitting  multitudes  of  aliens  to  full  participation 
in  public  affairs. 

Thirty  years  ago  the  men  of  the  North  and  the 
South  left  their  occupations  in  civil  life  and  donned, 
the  one  the  blue,  the  other  the  gray,  for  a  death 
struggle  such  as  has  seldom  been  known  in  history. 
Under  the  oaks  of  the  North  and  the  cypress  of  the 
South  they  bade  adieu  to  home  and  friends  and 
marched  away  to  the  conflict  that  sowed  the  South- 
land with  graves,  and  brought  sorrow  to  many  a 
home  from  the  St.  Lawrence  to  the  Gulf.  When, 
at  last,  the  men  of  the  Northwest  had  hewed  their 
way  along  the  Mississippi  by  the  sword;  when 
Sherman  had  swept,  with  irresistible  might,  through 
the  bowels  of  the  Confederacy,  and,  with  Grant, 
had  rounded  up  the  hunt  in  the  trenches  about 
Petersburg,  more  than  four  million  human  beiugs 
had  been  admitted  to  the  brotherhood  of  American 
citizenship. 

By  thus  investing  with  the  full  rights  of  citizens 
so  many  aliens  and  emancipated  slaves  we  are 
throwiug  a  fearful  weight  into  the  scale  which 
before  seemed  as  heavily  loaded  as  our  institutions 
could  bear.  As  a  result,  in  ten  thousand  homes, 
the  children  are  trained  in  the  language  and  spirit 
of  a  European  monarchy  and  then,  at  a  tender  age, 
are  turned  out  into  the  world  with  no  equipment 
for  life  save  a  scanty  knowledge  of  the  vernacular 
of  the  streets,  ignorant  of  the  history  and  institutions 
of  the  laud  in  which  they  dwell,  and  absolutely 
devoid  of  any  conception  of  the  meaning  and 
responsibilities  of  American  citizenship. 

There  is,  moreover,  nothing  in  the  history  of 
universal  suffrage,  as  vitiated  by  popular  ignorance, 
that  can  give  us  confidence  in  the  future  of  our 
republic.  Turn  to  the  vivid  delineations  upon  the 
pages  of  history  and  behold  the  sovereign  city  of 


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antiquity  struggling  from  one  tyranny  to  another, 
through  proscriptions,  confiscations,  and  the  blood 
of  citizens.  Mighty  Rome  never  had  an  intel- 
ligent, much  less  an  educated,  populace.  The 
magnificent  fabric  of  that  empire  trembled  and  fell 
in  ruins,  overwhelmed  by  the  organized  depravity 
and  legalized  corruption  of  its  institutions,  the 
inevitable  consequences  of  a  debased  citizenship. 

Universal  suffrage,  in  this  country,  exists  inevit- 
ably and  immovably.  Every  man  of  twenty-one 
years  has,  and  will  have,  a  vote,  and,  while — to 
their  shame — many  men  of  culture  remain  away 
from  the  polls,  there  is  not  one  of  the  ignorant, 
irresponsible  citizens  who  is  not  lured,  bribed,  or 
threatened  into  casting  his  vote  once  or  oftener. 
As  long  as  we  have  a  great  majority  of  voters  who 
are  utterly  incapable  of  exercising  the  right  of 
suffrage,  but  are  mere  multipliers  of  the  votes  of 
political  intriguers  and  demagogues,  a  body  that 
can  be  wielded  by  a  single,  central,  yet  ubiquitous 
will,  and  can  incline  the  balance  of  power  as  that 
will  may  dictate,  our  republic  is  in  danger,  a  cloud 
hangs  over  us,  and  our  only  hope  is  that  it  may  be 
dissipated  before  it  bursts  upon  the  land. 

It  is  hardly  reasonable  to  expect  that  all  ex- 
traneous affiliations  will  be  banished  from  aliens  of 
the  first  generation,  or  that  the  negroes  will  lose,  at 
once,  their  igu  irant,  superstitious  character.  Adult 
Germans,  who  settle  among  us,  will,  in  all  proba- 
bility, never  be  anything  but  German  Americans. 
We  must,  -however,  tender  to  their  children  no 
facilities  for  perpetuating  the  hybridism.  We  want 
no  mongrels  in  the  second  generation. 

Our  safety,  then,  should  be  sought  in  the  educa- 
tion of  the  children,  and  that  education  must  be  in 
the  public  schools  and  through  the  agency  of  the 
English  language.  No  other  system  can  provide 
for  the  training  of  the  entire  body  of  the  fast  rising 
generation.  No  other  method  can  so  fuse  hetero- 
geneous elements  of  coudition,  sect,  nationality,  and 
color,  that  they  shall  become  one  people  with  a 
common  interest  in  the  country  as  their  own,  and 
in  its  institutions  as  their  joint  trust.  There  is,  in 
a  word,  but  a  single  instrumentality  adequate  to 
combine  all  the  good  forces  of  the  state  into  one 
cosmic  unit,  to  compress  and  crush  all  chaotic  forces, 
and  that  active  principle  is  embodied  in  the  public 
schools. 

Educational  institutions  maintained  by  charity, 
sectarian  schools,  and  the  Parochial  system  of  the 
Catholics  suffice,  in  an  eminent  degree,  to  diffuse 
knowledge.  Their  efficiency,  however,  is  seriously 
impaired  by  the  fact  that  the  scope  of  their  work 


is  confined  to  such  narrow  limits.  On  the  other 
hand,  the  common  school  system  is  not  ordained  to 
prepare  the  individual,  primarily,  to  buy  and  sell  and 
get  gain,  to  appear  properly  in  reputable  society, 
to  be  free  from  ignorance.  The  reason  for  its  being 
lies  deeper.  It  is  to  perpetuate  and  purify  citizen- 
ship. 

Schools  sustained  by  charity  would  be  spurned 
by  those,  who  most  need  them,  and  would  deepen 
and  indurate  caste  spirit,  create  a  distinct  aris- 
tocracy and  makeplebeianism  and  pauperism  hered- 
itary. Sectarian  schools  leave  out  of  their  charge 
the  unfortunately  growing  multitude  owned  by  no 
sect  and  intensify  both  religious  and  political  par- 
tisanship by  the  fuel,  with  each  feeds  the  other's 
fires. 

Educational  institutions  maintained  at  the  public 
expense  tend  to  soften  social  contrasts,  to  modify 
sectarian  prejudices,  and  to  tone  down  the  bitter- 
ness fostered  between  those  of  different  nationalities. 
Moreover,  this  common  school  education  will  im- 
plant, in  the  heterogeneous  elements  of  the  rising 
generation  a  vivid  conception  of  the  fact,  that  they 
are  bound  together  by  the  tie  of  brotherhood  com- 
mon to  all  the  human  family,  that  they  are  amenable 
to  the  laws  of  society,  and  above  all,  that  they  are 
Americans. 

It  is,  therefore,  imperative  that  the  public  char- 
acter, the  true  Americanizing  function  of  the  school 
system  be  zealously  guarded.  Let  us  first  elimi- 
nate from  the  nursery  of  the  nation  all  distinctions 
and  schisms,  remove  every  opportunity  for  widen- 
ing the  divergences  now  existing,  which  tend  to 
destroy  the  oneness  of  the  civil  life  and  the 
national  consciousness,  and  finally,  bring  all 
elements  of  the  rising  generation,  black  and 
white,  Protestant  and  Catholic,  native  born  and 
alien,  in  touch  with  one  another,  on  an  equal  foot- 
ing, in  a  school,  the  whole  genius  of  whose  disci- 
pline shall  be  devoted  to  strengthening  civil  alle- 
giance and  to  giving  a  mighty  impulse  to  the  warm 
flow  of  American  patriotism. 

Within  the  next  twelve  months  the  people  of 
the  United  States  will  fittingly  commemorate  a 
most  important  event  in  their  history,  and  will  honor 
the  memory  of  that  intrepid  sailor,  the  discoverer  of 
American.  Then  this  country  will  welcome  to  its 
shores  the  representatives  of  every  member  of  the 
brotherhood  of  nations,  and  will  receive  from  them 
sincere  congratulations  for  the  material  prosperity 
of  the  land.  To  the  thoughtful  mind  of  the  patri- 
otic citizen,  however,  this  festal  year  must  appeal 
with  a  deep  meaning  and  cannot  fail  to  awaken  in 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


his  inmost  thoughts  a  grave  apprehension.  What 
shall  our  next  centennial  be  ?  Shall  our  posterity 
have  one  in  any  sense  worthy  of  jubilant  celebra- 
tion ?  This  anniversary  of  the  new  birth  of  America 
into  the  domain  of  civilization  presents  no  more 
momentous  theme. 

The  only  authoritative  exposition  of  the  duty 
of  the  American  people  in  this  exigency  is  em- 
bodied in  those  wise  words  uttered  by  Washing- 
ton a  century  ago.  Education  is  the  chief  defense 
of  nations.  The  common  schools  are  the  fathers 
and  mothers  of  the  republic  that  shall  be.  A 
corps  of  teachers  in  every  township,  a  school- 
house  at  every  cross-road  are  better  agents  for 
maintaining  national  honor  and  security  at  home 
and  abroad,  than  the  fierce  hand  of  war  or  the 
peaceful  ordinances  of  legislative  assemblies.  If 
public  opinion  is  not  enlightened  in  this  land,  the 
inevitable  consequences  will  be  a  vitiated,  debased 
suffrage,  religions  and  sectional  enmities,  and 
finally  revolution,  anarchy,  ruin. 

On  the  other  hand  a  common  school  system  free 
from  distinctions  of  color,  nationality,  and  sect  will 
ensure  to  the  nation  a  contented  people,  devoted  to 
the  interests  of  their  country  and  indissolubly 
united  in  shielding  the  fair  name  of  American  citi- 
zenship from  reproach  and  dishonor. 

Heaven  grant  that  those,  who  shall,  a  century 
hence,  stand  where  we  do  now,  may  cherish  for  us, 
as  restorers  and  preservers  of  this  state,  such 
honor  and  gratitude  as  is  now  rendered  to  those 
who  laid  its  foundations  a  century  ago.  May  com- 
ing generations  behold  a  united,  a  homogeneous 
nation,  forever  dedicated  to  the  principle  that 
legitimate  freedom  is  the  portion  of  the  scholar  and 
the  mature  citizen,  the  love  of  liberty  and  love  of 
letters  being  joint  expressions  of  the  results  of  our 
educational  processes,  affections  joined  together^ 
because  it  is  for  the  good  of  the  individual  and  of 
that  greater,  grander  personality,  the  nation. 


DREADFUL. 
"  Oh,  Jack  !  "  the  maiden  eager  cried, 

"  I'm  learning  billiard-law, 
For  pa  has  just  been  teaching  me 

The  '  follow,'  '  English,'  '  draw.' " 
"  Dost  know  what '  kissing '  is '?  "  I  asked, 

In  accents  calm  and  slow, 
And  heard  the  blushing  maid  reply, 
"  Well — not  in  billiards,  no  !  " 

Of  the  332  members  of  the  present  United  States 
House  of  Representatives,  106  are  college  graduates. 


I^byme  ar?d  I^eef§>oi?, 


A  Legend. 

Bowdoin  Man- 
Invitation — 
"  Charmed  I'm  sure — " 

"  In  vacation." 
He  arrives — 

"How  appalling! 
Left  behind 

Cards  for  calling — " 
Only  four 

Now  remaining. 
Stoic  he— 

Not  complaining. 
Sallies  forth — 

Four  calls  made,  he 
Still  must  call 

On  many  a  lady. 
Level  head — 

Deep  reflection — 
Calls  again — 

Makes  collection — 
Same  four  cards 

Ke-obtaineth — 
So  on  till 

No  call  reruaiueth. 


To  an  Air  Castle. 

Thou  child  of  my  own  fancy, 
Thou  dream  of  coming  days, 
Thou  hope-illumined  vision, 
That  boldest  my  fond  gaze, — 

Why  art  thou  a  creation 
Created  but  to  die,— 
A  thing  to  be  left  lifeless 
By  grim  Reality? 

Anticipation's  kinsman, 
Yet  far  more  frail,  and  fraught 
With  far  more  desolation 
When  thou  art  come  to  naught, 

Since  I  do  know  thy  nature 
Why  should  I  worship  thee  ? 
Why  should  I  let  thee  linger 
In  willing  fantasy  ? 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Because  of  thy  rare  beauty 
From  thy  soft,  sweet  sway  ; 
Because  I  love  thy  presence 
As  flowers  love  the  day ; 

Because  thou  art  so  lofty, 
So  pure,  and  so  ideal ! 
Alas  !  Thou  art  too  lovely  ! 
Not  so  appears  the  real. 

But  I  cannot  dismiss  thee 
So  joyous  dost  thou  seem, 
Though  thou  art  so  deceitful, 
Thou  bright  and  winning  dream  ! 

Aye  !  Constantly  returning 
Art  thou  and  thine  to  Youth  ! 
Thou  com'st,  and  Reason  uever 
Stands  face  to  face  with  Truth. 

To  Her. 

Some  memories  linger  with  a  perfume  sweet 

Within  my  soul,  and  shed  a  softened  light 

O'er  rugged  ways,  and  doubtings  put  to  flight. 

My  love,  my  deepest  memory,  thee  I  greet 

For  in  thee  purely  earth  and  heaven  meet 

Linked  by  thy   own  heart's  love ;   and   sparkling 

bright 
Thy  sunny  nature  turns  earth's  darkest  night 
To  pulsing  life  and  joy.     And  so  complete 
My  pleasure  is,  when  thy  blessed  memory  rests 
In  me.     Peace  to  my  troubled  soul  thou  art, 
And  faith  for  all  that's  best  in  human  life. 
High  and  full  aims  thou  plautest  in  my  breast 
Courage  and  truth  thou  settest  in  my  heart, 
Thou  bidst   me   firm-souled  face  life's  murmuring 

strife. 


Daphne    Changed    into  a    Laurel 

Daphne,  so  the  poets  say, 
On  a  lovely  summer's  day, 
With  great  Apollo  flirted. 
But  he  like  many  another  swain, 
Thought  that  flirting  was  in  vain, 
And  his  true  love  asserted. 

He  hoped  she'd  be  his  lawful  wife, 
And  hand  in  hand  with  him  through  life, 
Would  wander  through  Elysium  ; 
But  this  for  Daphne  has  no  charm, 
She,  fearing  he  may  do  her  harm, 
Flies,  laughing  in  derision  ! 
But  he  with  wonder  in  his  face, 
Quickly  starting  on  the  race, 
Vowed  he  would  overtake  her  ; 


And  if  she  said  she  would  not  spouse, 
The  god  whose  love  she  had  aroused 
He  certainly  would  make  her  ?' 
Now  Daphne  hurries  o'er  the  stones, 
(The  wonder  is  she  breaks  no  bones) 
Apollo  close  beside  her ; 
Telling  his  love  with  panting  breath, 
And  saying  he  should  grieve  to  death, 
If  she  did  not  look  kinder ! 

But  Daphne  quickly  onward  flies, 
The  god  in  vain  to  catch  her  tries, 
Until  they  both  grow  weary  ; 
When  just  as  they  have  reached  a  brook, 
And  in  her  face  he  tries  to  look 
Calling  her  his  "deary  !  " 

She  cries  aloud,  unto  the  wave, 
"  Oh  !  Father  dear!  in  pity  save,  " 
Have  mercy  I  implore  thee  ; 
For  in  thee  I  put  my  trust, 
For  you  to  save  me  is  but  just ! 
Oh  !  Save  me  !  Father,  save  me  !  " 

Then  the  spirit  of  the  wave, 
One  look  unto  the  goddess  gave, 
And  then  her  wish  was  granted  ; 
Now  leaves  and  bark  her  form  adorn, 
And  by  the  river  side  that  morn, 
A  laurel  tree  was  planted. 


The  sale  of  the  Reading- 
Room  papers  occurred  last 
Wednesday  afternoon   and   furnished 
more  amusement  than  cash.    The  Bos- 
ton Journal,  as  usual,  was  the  most 
fortunate  of  the  dailies.     The  Bangor 
papers,  from  some  unaccountable  reason,  were  not 
in  it.     Judge  was  the  leader  among  the  weeklies. 
Baker,  '93,  has  left  college. 
The  college  quartet  will  give  a  concert  in  Norway 
shortly. 

Flood,  '94,  who   was  teaching    last   term,  has 
returned  to  college. 

Barton,   '84,   principal  of   Bridgton  Academy, 
spent  several  days  in  town  last  week. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Hersey,  '92,  will  remain  at  home  a  portion  of 
the  term  owing  to  the  serious  illness  of  his  father. 

Nichols,  '94,  who  has  been  teaching  during  the 
winter  at  Pembroke,  will  remain  out  most  of  the 
spring  term. 

The  tennis  courts  have  once  more  resumed  their 
alluring  power,  and  loafing  about  them  is  again  the 
order  of  the  day. 

The  Junior  German  division  is  reading  Goethe's 
"Hermann  and  Dorothea":  the  Sophomores, 
"  Hoher  als  die  Kirche." 

Haskell,  '94,  who  left  college  early  in  the  winter 
term  on  account  of  sickness,  expects  to  return  next 
fall  and  go  on  with  his  class. 

Lynam,  '89,  who  rowed  last  year  on  the  Harvard 
'Varsity  crew,  visited  the  campus  recently.  Pen- 
dleton, '90,  was  also  in  town  last  week. 

The  wayward  mortals  who  conscientiously  cut 
gym.  work  during  the  winter  term  received  their 
due  reward  in  the  form  of  conditions  in  "hygiene.'; 

Stacy,  '93,  has  successfully  passed  his  entrance 
examinations  to  West  Point  and  enters  next  June. 
Of  seven  who  took  the  examinations  only  two  were 
admitted. 

The  Freshmen  have  decided  to  put  a  crew  on 
the  river  and  have  elected  B.  L.  Bryaut  manager. 
A  committee  has  also  been  appointed  to  negotiate 
for  a  shell. 

The  early  spring  allowed  the  delta  to  be  put  in 
condition  for  practice  several  days  earlier  than 
usual.  It  has  been  well  rolled  and  is  already  in 
first-class  playing  condition. 

Having  chapel  a  half  hour  earlier  than  last  term 
is  slowly  realized  by  some.  One  of  the  professors 
appeared  on  the  campus  with  a  notice  to  be  posted 
just  as  the  students  were  issuing  from  chapel. 

The  provisional  list  of  Commencement  parts  was 
announced  as  usual  at  the  close  of  the  winter  terra. 
Emery,  Fobes,  Hull,  Linscott,  R.  Bartlett,  P.  Bart- 
lett,  Nichols,  Kimball,  Pennell,  and  Wood  are  the 
fortunate  men. 

How  about  that  Junior  who  in  an  account  of  a 
railroad  accident  written  for  the  Rhetoric  class  told 
about  a  conductor's  being  taken  from  the  river 
three  days  after  the  catastrophe  with  a  red-hot  stove 
clasped  in  his  arms  ? 

One  of  the  Freshmen  was  desirous  of  learning 
how  long  a  vacation  we  should  have  Fast-Day. 
He  evidently  was  looking  back  to  the  not  far  distant 


day  when  his  teacher  in   Bath   used  to   give  the 
scholars  Friday  after  a  holiday  Thursday. 

The  board  of  editors  for  '94's  Bugle  is  made  up 
as  follows:  Andrews,  *T;  Stevens,  e  A  X;  Dana, 
A  K  E;  Libby,  A  A  4> ;  Simpson,  z  *;  Bryant,  non- 
society.  At  their  first  meeting  Andrews  was  elected 
managing  editor,  aud  Libby,  business  manager. 

An  invitation  to  the  College  Athletic  Association 
to  send  representatives  to  the  open  field-day  of  the 
Athletic  Club  of  the  Schuylkill  Navy  was  received 
last  week.  Representatives  of  nearly  all  the  prom- 
inent eastern  colleges  will  participate  in  the  con- 
tests. 

It  has  been  officially  announced  that  hencefor- 
ward more  attention  is  to  be  devoted  to  the  appear- 
ance of  the  campus.  The  annual  spring  cleaning  is 
well  under  way,  and  several  minor  improvements 
have  been  •  made  in  the  dormitories  in  the  way  of 
new  doors,  etc. 

Professor  Lee's  elective  course  in  Botany  seems 
to  be  very  popular.  Over  half  of  the  Sophomore 
class  are  searching  the  campus  for  stray  blossoms. 
It  is  rumored,  however,  that  one  of  '94's  bright  and 
shining  lights  was  unable  when  asked  to  name  any 
plant  which  bore  flowers. 

It  is  currently  reported  that  a  '92  man,  a  mem- 
ber of  last  year's  'Varsity  crew,  discovered  lately 
that  rowing  a  single  shell  is  not  his  forte.  His 
involuntary  bath,  however,  resulted  in  nothing 
worse  than  a  loss  of  temper.  Fortunately  for  Senior 
pride  there  were  few  witnesses  to  the  accident. 

The  first  Sophomore  themes  of  the  term  are 
due  April  27th.  The  subjects  are  :  1,  "Bowdoin's 
Past";  2,  "What  Kind  of  Support  Does  the  Col- 
lege Owe  its  Athletic  Teams?";  3,  "Aytoun's 
'  Lays  of  the  Scottish  Cavaliers.'  "  The  required 
work  in  Practical  Rhetoric  takes  the  place  of  Junior 
themes  this  term. 

The  Intercollegiate  Tennis  Tournament  will  be 
held  in  Portland,  June  7th  and  following  days. 
Each  college  will  be  represented  by  two  men  in 
singles  and  two  teams  in  doubles.  The  college 
tournament  will  be  held  about  two  weeks  previous 
and  will  determine  what  men  will  represent  Bowdoin 
in  the  Intercollegiate.  Nearly  all  the  courts  have 
been  put  in  condition  and  the  players  are  fast 
getting  into  form. 

The  '68  Prize  Speaking  came  off  March  31st  of 
last  term.  The  attendance  was  large  and  was  fully 
justified  by  the  orations  that  were  presented.  H.  F. 
Linscott  won  the  prize  with   the  subject,   "The 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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Common  School  System  the  Hope  of  the  Republic." 
The  programme  was  as  follows  :  "Russia's  Advance 
into  Central  Asia,"  C.  S.  Rich  ;  "  Essential  Elements 
of  Christianity,"  E.  B.  Wood;  "Some  Aspects  of 
American  Journalism,"  P.  Bartlett ;  "  The  Common 
School  System  the  Hope  of  the  Republic,"  H.  P. 
Linscott;  "Should  Young  Men  Go  Into  Politics?'' 
H.  C.  Emery;  "The  Pension  Question,"  E.  A. 
Pugsley.     Bartlett  and  Pngsley  were  excused. 


BASE-BALL. 

Bowdoin,  4;  Freeport,  0. 

On  Saturday,  April  16th,  our  team  opened  the 
base-ball  season  at  Brunswick  by  winning  a  victory 
from  the  Freeports  in  a  well-played  and  interesting 
game.  Two  runs  by  Burns  and  one  each  by  Fair- 
banks and  French  raised  the  score  to  four,  while 
the  Freeports  were  unable  to  score  at  all,  owing  to 
the  sharp  and  almost  errorless  game  of  their 
opponents. 

On  the  Freeport  team  L.  Patterson  pitched, 
doing  excellent  work,  and  A.  Lezotte  ably  sup- 
ported him  behind  the  bat.  Lezotte  also  lead  the 
batting  list  of  his  side,  getting  the  only  three-base 
hit  made  on  either  side. 

French  pitched  for  the  Bowdoins  during  the  first 
four  innings,  striking  out  seven  men,  and  then  was 
succeeded  in  the  bos  by  Downes.  Burns,  the  trainer 
of  the  Bowdoin  team,  caught  throughout  the  game. 
Allen,  Farrington,  and  Savage,  three  of  the  strongest 
men  on  the  regular  team,  did  not  play  in  this  game. 

In  the  outfield  and  infield  Bowdoin  played  a 
strong  game  but  showed  weakness  at  the  bat. 
The  team  contains  fewer  sure  and  heavy  hitters 
than  last  year,  but  by  careful  and  steady  training 
much  improvement  can  be  made  in  this  direction 
before  the  opening  of  the  league  season.  The  al- 
most total  absence  of  errors  in  our  play  in  this 
game  is  a  very  favorable  sign.  The  score  is  as 
follows : 

BOWDOINS. 

A.B.   R.  B.H.  T.B.  S.H.  P.O.    A.     E. 

Burns,  c 3      2      2      2      0    11      2      1 

Downes,  lb.,  p.,      ....40110350 

Fairbanks,  3b 41001100 

Hinkley,  l.f 30000010 

Sykes.  s.s., 3      0      0      0      0      0      1      0 

Hutchinson,  2d 30110300 

Chapman,  c.f., 30000100 

Anderson,  r.f., 30110000 

French,  p.,  lb.,       ....31110280 

Total, 29      4      6      b'      1    21    17      1 


FREEPORTS. 

A.B.  R.  B.H.  T.B.S.H.  P.O.  A.     E. 

L.  Patterson,  p.,     ....  3      0      1      1      0      1    10      0 

W.  Fogg,  lb. 3      0000802 

Lezotte,  c, 3      0      2      4      0      4      2      0 

E.  Fogg,  2b., 3      0110220 

Rogers,  r.f. 00000000 

E.  Soule,  3b., 30110011 

Dennison.c.f 30000101 

Todd,  r.f.,  2b., 30120211 

W.  Patterson,  l.f 20000200 

B.  Soule,  s.s 20000101 

Total 25      0      6      9      0    21     16      6 

SCORE  BY  INNINGS. 

12        3        4        5        6        7 
Bowdoins 1        0        0        0        3        0        0—4 

Earned  runs — Bowdoins,  1.  Two-base  hit  — Todd. 
Three-base  hit — Lezotte.  Stolen  bases— Burns,  2;  Hink- 
ley. First  base  on  balls— Burns.  Struck  out— Downes 
2;  Fairbanks;  Hutchinson;  L.  Patterson,  2;  W.  Fogg,  2; 
Lezotte;  E.  Fogg,  2;  Dennison;  Todd;  W.  Patterson,  2; 
B.  Soule.    Time— lh.  15m.     Umpires— Dana  and  Coffin. 


Bowdoins,  29  ;    Presumpscots,  13. 

On  Fast-Day,  April  21st,  the  second  game  of 
the  season  was  played  on  the  delta  against  the 
Presumpscots,  and  resulted  in  an  easy  victory  for 
the  Bowdoins.  The  game  was  rather  a  loose  one 
and  was  characterized  by  heavy  batting  on  both 
sides. 

Bowdoin  came  first  to  the  bat,  and  Allen  led  off 
with  a  three-base  hit.  Other  heavy  hitting  followed, 
and  before  three  men  were  out  seven  runs  had  been 
scored.  In  the  last  half  of  the  inning  the  Presump- 
scots, by  poor  playing  on  the  part  of  their  opponents, 
got  three  men  across  the  plate.  Score  :  Bowdoins, 
7 ;  Presumpscots,  3. 

In  the  second  inning  Hiukley  made  one  run, 
while  the  Presumpscots  made  four,  thus  tying  the 
score. 

In  the  third  Bowdoin  scored  two,  and  in  the 
second  half  prevented  the  visiting  team  from  mak- 
ing a  run.  Burns,  the  coacher,  took  the  place  of 
French  in  the  box.  Score:  Bowdoin,  9;  Presump- 
scots, 7. 

Bodge  succeeded  Webb  as  pitcher  in  the  fourth 
inning,  and  neither  side  scored. 

On  coming  to  the  bat  again  the  Bowdoin  men 
did  some  good  batting  and,  aided  by  the  loose  play- 
ing of  the  opposing  team,  made  eight  runs.  The 
Presumpscots  failed  to  get  a  man  to  first  base. 
Score:  Bowdoins,  17;  Presumpscots,  7. 

Bowdoin  did  not  score  in  the  sixth,  and  the 
Presumpscots  sent  in  three  men.  In  the  seventh 
the  home  team  made  one  run  while  the  visitors 


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were  unable  to  find  the  ball  and  retired  without  a 
score.     Score:  Bowdoins,  18;  Presumpscots,  10. 

In  the  eighth  inuing,  with  two  men  on  bases, 
Fairbanks  knocked  the  ball  far  out  into  the  pines 
and  made  a  home  run,  thus  bringing  in  three  men. 
These,  with  a  run  by  Anderson,  raised  the  score  of 
the  Bowdoins  to  22.  On  the  Presumpscots,  Morton 
made  a  three-bagger  and  came  in  on  a  base  hit  by 
Clark,  making  their  score  11. 

The  Presumpscots  were  evidently  tired  and  in 
the  last  inning  the  Bowdoins  easily  made  seven 
runs.  Iu  the  second  half  Bowdoin  played  a  listless 
game  and  allowed  the  Presumpscots  to  get  in  two 
runs.  Bowdoins,  29 ;  Presumpscots,  13.  The  score 
follows : 

BOWDOIN. 

A.B.    R.    B.H.  T.E.  P.O.    A.       E. 

Allen,  c. 8      4      4      8      8      2      1 

Savage,  lb., 34139      10 

Fairbanks,  3b., 8547124 

Hinkley,  1.1 8      2      4      6      0      0      0 

Hutchinson,  2b 7222220 

Sykes,  s.s  , 7      2      0      0      3      1      3 

Chapman,  c.f., 7322310 

Anderson,  r.f 7      4      3      4      1      0      0 

French,  p. 1      1      1      2      0      3      0 

Burns,  p., 6      2      2      3      0      9      0 

Totals, 62    29    23    37     27    21      8 

PRESUMPSCOTS. 

A.B.    R.   B.H.  T.B.  P.O.    A.       E. 

Webb, 6  3  2  2  1  4  1 

Burnell 6  4  3  4  2  0  1 

Morton, 4  4  4  7  9  0  2 

Clark 6  1  2  2  3  0  2 

West, 4  0  0  0  1  0  1 

Elkins 4  0  1  1  7  0  2 

Swan 5  0  1  1  0  2  1 

Gilnian 5  0  1  1  2  5  3 

Bodge, 4  1  0  0  2  4  4 

Totals, 44    13    14    18    27    15    17 

Time — 2  hours  45  minutes. 
Umpires — Downes  and  Hanscomb. 


INTERCOLLEGIATE  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIA- 
TION. 
Wilson  of  Bates,  Smith  of  Colby,  and  Machan  of 
Bowdoin,  representatives  of  the  Athletic  Associa- 
tions of  their  respective  colleges,  held  a  meeting  Sat- 
urday, April  16th,  to  make  arrangements  for  an  In- 
tercollegiate Field-Day.  Choice  was  made  for  loca- 
tion and  the  first  came  to  Bates,  the  second  to 
Bowdoin,  and  the  third  to  Colby,  so  the  meet  this 
year  will  be  at  Lewiston.  The  date  decided  on 
was  June  10th.  To  gain  first  place  in  any  event 
will  count  five,  second  place  two,  and  third   place 


one.  It  was  decided  that  in  any  event  there  must 
be  at  least  five  to  enter  and  three  to  start.  Each 
team  is  to  pay  its  own  traveling  expenses,  and  the 
net  proceeds  or  losses  are  to  be  borne  by  the  three 
colleges  equally.  The  prize  will  be  a  cup,  to  cost 
$50,  and  which  shall  be  competed  for  each  year. 

The  list  of  contests  includes  100  yards  dash, 
220  yards  dash,  440  yards  dash,  two  miles  run,  one 
mile  run,  one  mile  walk,  ruuning  broad  jump, 
standing  broad  jump,  running  high  jump,  stand- 
ing high  jump,  pole  vault,  putting  shot,  fifteen 
pounds,  throwing  hammer  16  pounds,  120  yards 
hurdle  race,  10  hurdles  three  feet  six  inches  high, 
220  yards  hurdle  race,  10  hurdles  two  feet  six 
inches.    Thus  will  be  a  possible  120  points  to  win. 

The  idea  of  an  Intercollegiate  Field-Day  is  one 
which  cannot  fail  to  recommend  itself  to  every  one 
who  is  at  all  interested. in  athletics  and  the  reputa- 
tion of  his  college.  For  the  past  few  years  all  in- 
terest in  field  sports  at  Bowdoin  seems  to  have 
been  dormant  if  not  dead,  and  our  "Annual  Field- 
Day"  was  a  mere  mockery.  No  training  of  any 
value  was  doue  and,  therefore,  our  records  are  far 
below  those  of  other  colleges.  Now  we  have  got 
something  to  stimulate  the  athletic  spirit.  There- 
fore let  every  man  who  is  able  enter  some  of  the 
events  aud  do  systematic  training  for  the  con- 
test. If  we  go  into  an  Intercollegiate  Athletic 
Association  we  do  not  wish  to  be  left  behind.  The 
captains  for  the  various  events  are  as  follows : 

Dashes, Roy  Bartlett. 

Runs, Lazell. 

High  and  Broad  Jumps, Cothren. 

Pole-Vault, Bucknam. 

Putting  Shot,     . P.  T.  Haskell. 

Throwing  Hammer,       P.  T.  Haskell. 

Mile  Walk, Linscott. 

Hurdle  Races Machan. 

Every  man  who  enters  is  expected  to  train  regu- 
larly every  day.  All  who  wish  to  enter  any  event 
should  apply  to  the  captain  of  that  event  at  once 
and  go  into  training. 

BOATING. 
On  account  of  the  lack  of  material  and  expense 
the  college  voted  at  a  meeting  last  term  not  to  sup- 
port an  eight-oared  crew  this  year  but  to  cast  its 
influence  in  favor  of  class  crews.  The  Sophomores 
and  Freshmen  each  have  crews  on  the  river  which 
are  rowing  daily,  and  give  promise  of  an  exciting 
race  in  June.  The  crews  are  made  up  as  follows : 
SOPHOMORES. 

Stroke, Stevens. 

No.  3,  .     • T.  C.  Chapman. 

No.  2, .     .     .     E.  Thomas. 

Bow Buck. 


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FRESHMEN. 

Stroke Dewey. 

No.  3 G.  L.  Kimball. 

No.  2, Dermison. 

Bow Bryant. 


We  have  now  entered  upon  the  pleasantest  term 
of  the  year,  and  the  beautiful  days  tempt  us  to 
spend  the  most  of  our  time  in  the  open  air.  By  so 
doing  we  are  liable  to  neglect  our  work  and  leave 
undone  many  things  that  should  be  attended  to. 
Perhaps  the  T.  M.  C.  A.  suffers  fully  as  much  as 
any  branch  of  college  work  during  the  spring  term. 
We  have  come  to  look  upon  the  winter  months  as 
the  ones  in  which  we  can  accomplish  the  most  in 
our  Christian  work,  and  are  inclined  to  let  the  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  take  care  of  itself  during  the  spring. 

We  could  learn  a  good  lesson  on  this  point  from 
our  athletic  teams.  When  the  playing  season  is 
over  they  do  not  lay  aside  all  thoughts  of  the  work 
until  another  season  opens.  On  the  contrary,  they 
immediately  begin  to  plan  for  the  future  and,  dur- 
ing the  winter  months  put  themselves  through  a 
systematic  course  of  training  so  as  to  be  fitted  to 
go  on  to  the  field  and  do  good  work  as  soon  as  the 
playing  season  opens.  Undoubtedly  it  is  many 
times  a  grind  to  go  through  the  required  training  in 
the  "  Gym,"  yet  they  do  it  for  the  good  of  the 
team  and  the  college,  knowing  that  success  will  not 
come  to  the  team  by  the  regular  and  faithful  work 
of  two  or  three  men  while  the  others  are  laying 
idle.  So  in  our  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work  we  may  not  see 
much  fruit  brought  forth  during  the  present  term; 
yet  it  is  only  by  keeping  steadily  at  work  that  we 
can  hope  to  keep  up  an  interest  in  our  meetings, 
and  be  prepared  to  receive  the  blessing  when  God 
sees  fit  to  bestow  it  upon  us. 

In  the  winter  the  average  attendance  in  com- 
parison with  the  number  of  our  active  members 
was  not  so  large  as  it  should  have  been.  Now, 
during  the  present  terra,  let  us,  at  least,  keep  the 
attendance  as  high  as  it  was  in  the  winter,  and,  if 
possible,  increase  it.  Let  each  active  member  con- 
sider it  his  duty  to  be  present  at  every  meeting  of 
the  Association,  and  to  bring  with  him  as  many 
others  as  he  can  induce  to  come.  If  every  one  will 
do  this  the  interest  can  be  maintained  and  the  As- 
sociation will  become  a  greater  power  for  good  in 
the  college  than  it  is  at  the  present  time. 


The  following  are  the  chairmen  of  committees 
for  the  coming  year:  Membership  Committee, 
Machan;  Religious  Meetings,  Flood;  Finance, 
Woodbury;  Intercollegiate  Relations,  Lord;  Mis- 
sionary, Libby;  Bible  Study,  Merrill;  Neighbor- 
hood Work,  Bliss;    Handbook,  Machan. 


'35. — The  Lewiston  Jour- 
nal of  April  14,  contained 
cut  of  Hon.  Josiah  Crosby,  and  an 
extended  account  of  his  public  career, 
of  which  the  following  is  an  extract : 

Hou.  Josiah  Crosby,  of  Dexter,  the  famous  East- 
ern Maiue  lawyer,  has  one  eccentricity  to  which 
much  of  his  surprising  physical  vigor  is  undoubt- 
edly due.  Every  morning  in  summer  and  fall  he 
arises  at  daybreak  and  dashes  a  pailful  or  so  of  cold 
water  upon  his  body,  going  into  the  outer  air  for  the 
bath.  In  the  winter  when  the  snow  is  deep  he  dis- 
penses with  water  and  leaps  into  a  snow-drift. 
This  shivery  custom  has  been  practiced  by  him  all 
through  his  life. 

In  the  court  room  he  is  a  power.  He  has  the  rep- 
utation of  being  able  to  drag  testimony  out  of  wit- 
nesses in  an  astonishing  manner,  leaving  the  most 
stubborn  subject  in  a  state  of  complete  emptiness, 
puzzled,  mortified,  enraged  but  helpless.  In  the 
warmth  of  cross-examination  or  iu  the  climax  of  de- 
bate, his  voice,  high-pitched  and  shrill,  pierces  the 
perception  of  the  witnesses  and  jurymen  as  effect- 
ually as  do  his  incisive  arguments. 

In  politics  Mr.  Crosby  has  been  prominent.  He 
was  a  Whig  until  the  Republican  party  came  into 
existeuce,  and  remained  an  earnest  adherent  to  that 
party  until  1881  when  he  joined  the  Democratic 
ranks. 

In  1857,  1863,  and  1865  he  was  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  of  Maine.  In  1867-68  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Senate  from  Penobscot  County, 
and  was  President  of  the  Senate  in  1868.  During 
his  legislative  career  he  made  many  telling  speeches. 

He  has  traveled  much,  having  visited  Great 
Britain  and  France  in  1887,  with  much  delight. 
He  has  long  been  council  for  the  Dexter  &  Newport 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Railroad  Company  and  a  director  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank.  Although  he  has  always  been  indus- 
trious he  naively  says  that  ho  has  not  been  so  in- 
dustrious as  to  endanger  his  life,  as  so  many  men, 
especially  Yankees,  have. 

'44. — George  Simeon  Woodward  died  in  Leaven- 
worth, Kansas,  April  1st.  He  was  born  in  Gardi- 
ner, October,  1819.  On  leaving  school  he  taught  in 
West  Chester,  Pa.,  four  years,  meanwhile  pursuing 
theological  study  under  the  direction  of  Rev.  Dr. 
John  Crurell  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He 
received  license  to  preach  in  1847,  from  the  presby- 
tery of  Philadelphia,  and  in  1849  ordination  from 
the  presbytery  of  Missouri,  and  was  settled  in  the 
ministry  in  Parkville,  Mo.,  where  he  remained 
fourteen  years.  From  1863  to  1868  he  was  pastor 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Leavenworth, 
Kan.  An  affection  of  the  throat  compelled  him  to 
suspend  pulpit  labor  and  to  engage  in  the  insur- 
ance business,  which  he  has  pursued,  preaching 
occasionally  as  his  infirmity  permitted,  to  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  has  published  a  number  of 
sermons  and  addresses.  He  was  married  twice  and 
two  children  survive  him. 

'50. — An  exchange  says:  "Gen.  0.  0.  Howard  is 
not  the  bird  to  be  caught  with  chaff.  He  says  a 
decided  'No'  to  the  third  party's  invitation  to  be 
its  presidential  candidate." 

'55.  —The  United  States  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals 
came  in  in  Boston,  April  13th,  with  Justices  Putnam, 
Colt,  and  Nelson  on  the  bench.  This  was  Judge 
Putnam's  first  appearance  on  the  bench.  The  case 
was  that  of  A.  P.  Potter  vs.  Receiver  Beal,  of  the 
Maverick  Bank. 

'60.— We  have  had  histories  of  Sweden,  aud  we 
are  all  familiar  with  the  poet  Longfellow's  descrip- 
tion, published  half  a  century  ago,  of  the  manners 
and  customs  of  the  Swedish  peasants  in  a  single 
province.  What  we  have  lacked  was  a  minute  and 
comprehensive  account  of  the  country  and  its  people 
as  they  are  now.  This  want  is  now  made  good  in 
a  quarto  volume  of  more  than  seven  hundred  pages, 
entitled  "Sweden  and  the  Swedes,"  by  William 
Widgery  Thomas,  Jr.  What  one  wishes,  of  course, 
to  learn  about  a  book  of  this  kind  is  whether  the 
author  has  had  adequate  opportunities  of  observa- 
tion, and  whether  he  was  qualified  to  avail  himself 
of  them  by  education,  a  sound  judgment,  and 
unremitting  industry.  It  is  satisfactory  to  find 
these  conditions  answered  in  the  case  of  Mr. 
Thomas.  It  is  uo  w  thirty  years  since  he  first  set  foot 
in  Sweden,  having  been  sent  as  Consul  to  Gothen- 
burg, by  President  Lincoln.     Subsequently  he  con- 


ducted a  colony  of  Swedes  over  the  ocean  and 
founded  a  settlement,  known  as  New  Sweden,  in 
the  forests  of  Northern  Maine.  His  relations  to 
this  colony  led  him  to  make  frequent  visits  to  the 
Scandinavian  peninsula,  and  to  employ  his  leisure 
in  the  study  of  the  Swedish  language  and  literature. 
He  was  made  Minister  to  Sweden  and  Norway  by 
President  Arthur,  and  is  now  holding  the  same 
office,  by  the  appointment  of  President  Harrison. 
He  tells  us— and  this  volume  is  full  of  proofs  of  the 
assertion— that  during  his  many  and  long  sojourns 
in  Sweden  he  always  carried  a  note-book  in  his 
pocket  and  jotted  down  on  the  spot  whatever  struck 
him  as  novel  and  characteristic.  In  the  revision 
and  correction  of  his  manuscript  he  has  been 
assisted  by  his  father-in-law,  a  member  of  the 
upper  house  of  the  Swedish  Riksdag,  and  by  a 
number  of  Swedish  scholars  and  statisticians.  We 
may  add  that  of  the  innumerable  illustrations  which 
enrich  the  work,  many  are  reproductions  of  Scandi- 
navian landscapes,  buildings,  and  conspicuous  per- 
sons. Taken  together,  the  book  should  be  wel- 
comed as  supplying  much  needed  information  con- 
cerning a  country  from  which  we  are  annually 
drawing  a  large  and  important  element  of  our 
population. — New  York  Sun. 

'60.— Hon.  Thomas  B.  Reed  has  been  making 
campaign  speeches  in  Vermont  and  Massachusetts. 
Previous  to  that  he  spoke  in  Rhode  Island,  and 
undoubtedly  contributed  to  the  Republican  success 
in  that  State. 

'61.— Gen.  T.  W.  Hyde  has  begun  the  publi- 
cation of  a  story,  entitled  "  A  Maine  Regiment," 
in  the  Bath  Independent.  This  story  begins  with 
the  days  that  preceded  Sumter,  traces  the  whole 
conflict,  and  the  part  that  Maine  soldiers  took  in  it 
until  peace  found  the  nation  reunited.  It  is  a  vivid 
narrative,  graphic  with  personal  experiences  as 
entertaining  as  valuable. 

'64. — Hon.  Charles  F.  Libby  will  undoubtedly 
represent  this  district  at  the  Republican  National 
Convention  at  Minneapolis.  The  other  candidate, 
Ex-Governor  Robie,  '41,  has  withdrawn. 

'69. — Clarence  Hale  was  admitted  to  practice  at 
the  bar  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  of 
Appeals  in  Boston,  April  13th. 

74. — Thomas  C.  Simpson  recently  resigned  the 
Collectorship  of  the  Port  of  Newburyport. 

'79. — Heber  D.  Bowker,  of  Milford,  Mass.,  was 
married  April  5th  to  Miss  Mary  Grow,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  Grow  of  that  town.  The  service 
was  performed  by  Rev.  E.  W.  Whitney.     They  are 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


15 


at  home  cm  Tuesdays  and  Fridays,  at  No.  20  South 
Main  Street,  Milford. 

'89.— George  Thwinghas  opend  a  law  office  SOS- 
SOB  Sykes  Block,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

'90. — Fred  J.  Allen  will  be  head  clerk  of  the 
Wentworth,  of  Newcastle,  N.  H.,  this  summer. 

'90. — G.  B.  Littlefleld  has  been  appointed  prin- 
cipal of  the  Old  Orchard  High  School. 

'91.— Cilley  and  Goding,  of  the  Harvard  Law 
School  contemplate  a  European  bicycle  tour  this 
summer. 

'83. — John  Edward  Dinsmore  expects  to  spend 
the  nest  year  in  the  American  School  at  Athens. 
Mrs.  Dinsmore  will  accompany  him.  They  sail 
July  14th,  in  the  State  Line  steamer,  State  of  Ne- 
braska for  Glasgow,  stopping  a  month  at  London, 
and  six  weeks  in  Berlin.  Mr.  Dinsmore  is  now 
principal  of  Fryeburg  Academy. 

'83. — Dr.  Edward  W.  Chase  made  a  flying  visit 
to  Brunswick  at  the  first  of  the  term.  He  has 
started  on  a  trip  to  Europe. 


REVISED    VERSION. 

Beneath  the  tum-tum  tree  they  sat. 

He  squeezed  her  hand,  she  smashed  his  hat, — 

They  scrapped — 

I  saw  them  do  it. 

(One  stanza  more  completes  the  rhyme.) 
I  snapped  the  Kodak  just  in  time. 
I  clapped — 
They  heard  me  do  it. 

—  Williams  Weekly. 
"  I  don't  mind  doing  away  with  the  editorial 
'we,'''  said  Editor  Cutting,  "but  when  a  fellow 
comes  into  the  office  with  a  club  and  tries  to  abolish 
the  editorial  eye,  it  is  a  very  different  matter."— Ex. 
The  largest  salary  paid  to  any  college  Presi- 
dent is  that  received  by  President  Jordan  of  Leland 
Stanford.     The  amount  paid  is  $15,000. 

The  cost  of  the  Brown  gymnasium,  which  was 
recently  opened,  was  $67,500. 


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munications in  regard  to  all  other  matters  should  be  directed  to 
the  Managing  Editor. 

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literary  articles,  personals,  and  items.  Contributions  must  be 
accompanied  by  writer's  name,  as  well  as  the  signature  which 
he  wishes  to  have  appended. 

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CONTENTS. 

Vol.  XXII.,  No.  2.— May  11,  1892. 

Editorial  Notes 17 

Some  Reminiscences  of   Bowdoin  College   Life  More 

than  Sixty  Years  Ago, 20 

A  Race  for  Life 23 

Rhyme  and  Reason  : 

To  a  Real  Disturber  of  Public  Peace 25 

A  Reverie  at  Night-Fall, 25 

The  Usual  Way, 26 

Collegii  Tabula, 26 

Athletics .27 

Y.  M.  C.  A 29 

Personal 30 

College  World, qo 


The  formation  of  leagues  is  one  of 
the  modern  phases  of  our  social  system. 
Whether  they  are  for  the  advancement  of 
some  reform  or  for  the  mutual  assistance 
rendered  to  individual  members,  they  have 
never  failed  to  be  a  power.  The  colleges  of 
America,  from  the  energy  of  their  members 
and  the  similarity  of  their  tastes  and  pur- 
poses, offer  one  of  the  most  fruitful  grounds 
for  the  planting  of  these  leagues  and  associa- 
tions; and  it  is  needless  to  speak  of  the 
influence  which  the  united  energies  of  college 
students  have  had  upon  the  outside  world, 
whether  in  athletics,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work,  or 
journalism.  The  latest  project  is  the  pro- 
posed formation  of  a  league  of  College 
Republican  Clubs.  This  movement  of  organ- 
ized Republicanism  in  the  colleges  is  not  to 
be  slighted.  It  is  in  fact  hailed  with  joy  by 
the  Republican  newspapers.  The  organs  of 
the  opposite  party,  however,  are  at  first 
inclined  to  scoff  at  it,  insinuating  that  it  is  a 
scheme  started  by  the  Republican  bosses  for 
their  own  aggrandizement,  and  moreover, 
that  it  is  out  of  place  as  a  college  institution. 
These  assertions  are  unfounded.  The  organ- 
ization is  the  offspring  of  college  enterprise 
and  the  legitimate  result  of  college  spirit, 
with  possibly  a  slight  protest  against  the 
Democratic  instruction  which  the  faculties 
of  the  American  colleges  are  giving. 


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The  Republican  Club  of  the  University 
of  Michigan  was  the  originator  of  the  idea, 
and  the  other  colleges  of  the  country  have 
responded  with  the  greatest  enthusiasm  to 
the  invitation  sent  out  by  this  club.  Bow- 
doin  fell  into  line  with  the  others,  and  the 
Bowdoin  Republican  Club  already  embraces 
a  majority  of  the  students  of  the  college,  i 
Nowhere  is  there  a  more  fitting  place  for 
political  instruction  and  political  enthusiasm 
than  in  the  colleges  of  this  country.  It  is 
the  college  man  who  is  to  be  the  future 
leader  in  directing  the  course  of  govern- 
ment, and  he  cannot  begin  too  early  to  study 
the  principles  of  the  great  parties  between 
which  he  must  make  his  choice.  Although 
the  Republicans  have  taken  the  initiative  in 
this  college  movement,  having  the  advantage 
of  greater  numbers  on  their  side,  it  is  very 
probable  that  the  Democratic  party  Mali 
marshal  its  forces  in  opposition,  and  form 
clubs  in  those  colleges  at  least  where  its 
numbers  will  permit.  We  hope  that  a  Dem- 
ocratic Club  may  be  formed  at  Bowdoin. 
The  two  clubs  could  then  hold  joint  discus- 
sions, and  all  the  advantages  of  the  old 
Bowdoin  Debating  Club,  with  the  necessary 
addition  of  some  vitality,  would  be  renewed. 


TITHE  latest  returns  indicate  that  the  Inter- 
-*■  collegiate  Field-Day  is  not  to  be.  Last 
year  the  Bowdoin  management  attempted  to 
institute  such  a  meeting  between  the  colleges 
of  the  State,  but  without  success,  as  neither 
Colby  nor  Bates  felt  strong  enough  to  enter 
at  that  time.  During  the  present  season 
Colby,  Bates,  and  Bowdoin  formed  an  asso- 
ciation for  the  purpose  of  holding  an  Inter- 
collegiate Field-Day.  Since  then  both  Colby 
and  Bates  have  reconsidered  and  withdrawn, 
unless  Bowdoin  will  consent  to  enter  her 
academical  department  alone,  barring  out  the 
Medical  School.  As  Bowdoin  has  emphati- 
cally decided  not  to  do  this,  the  prospects 


of  a  State  Intercollegiate  Field-Day,  for  this 
season  at  least,  are  few. 

We  find  nothing  unnatural  or  unexpected 
in  the  course  which  Bates  and  Colby  have 
pursued,  for,  probably,  looking  at  the  matter 
from  their  point  of  view,  Bowdoin  seems 
ungenerous  in  being  unwilling  to  make  this 
concession,  and  by  so  doing  put  herself  on  a 
nearer  level  numerically  with  the  smaller 
colleges,  as  she  has  done  from  custom  in  the 
base-ball  league.  Considered  from  the  stand- 
point of  the  students  of  Bowdoin  College, 
there  are  two  reasons  why  we  should  not 
accede  to  the  demand  for  limiting  our  num- 
bers. In  the  first  place  the  records  made  on 
such  a  Field-Day  would  stand  as  the  work  of 
the  college,  and  it  does  not  pay  to  make  any 
concession  by  which  the  work  will  be  made 
less  effective.  The  second  reason  is  that  the 
feeling  now  prevalent  in  college  demands 
closer  relations  between  the  collegiate  depart- 
ments than  have  heretofore  existed.  The 
Medical  School  has  worked  with  the  academ- 
ical department  in  boating,  in  foot-ball,  and 
in  several  other  enterprises  during  the  last 
few  years,  and  it  will  pay  to  keep  up  the 
friendly  relations  which  this  union  of  pur- 
pose has  produced.  To  do  this  it  is  especially 
advisable  not  to  establish  in  any  new  associ- 
ation the  precedent  of  barring  out  the  Med- 
ical School,  which,  by  intercollegiate  custom, 
is  entitled  to  representation  as  a  department 
of  the  college. 


TT7HE  collapse  of  the  Intercollegiate  Associ- 
■1  ation  is  likely  to  dampen  the  enthusiasm 
of  men  who  were  preparing  to  enter  the 
Field-Day  events.  It  should  not  be  allowed 
to  do  so.  It  makes  but  little  difference,  after 
all,  whether  the  sports  are  held  together  or 
at  the  several  colleges.  The  records  are 
absolute,  so  that,  in  most  of  the  events  at 
any  rate,  a  ready  comparison  may  be  made 
of  the  work  of  the  three  colleges.  Bowdoin 
should   not    be    content  with    leading    the 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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athletic  records  of  the  Maine  colleges,  but 
should  prepare  to  take  her  position  among 
the  other  colleges  of  the  country.  Field 
sports  have  been  sadly  neglected  here,  and 
the  records  which  have  borne  away  prizes  at 
some  of  our  local  Field-Days  have  been 
simply  ridiculous.  This  has  been  due  not  to 
lack  of  good  men,  but  to  want  of  interest 
and  to  unwarrantable  neglect  of  training. 
We  hope  that  an  effort  will  be  made  this 
season  to  make  Bowdoin's  records  what  they 
should  be.  If  greater  interest  is  taken  and 
more  conscientious  work  done  in  practice, 
Bowdoin  may  be  able  to  enter  the  New 
England  Intercollegiate  Association  in  a  few 
years.  Our  records  must  be  lowered  first, 
and  we  have  got  some  men  who  can  do  it  if 
they  will  try. 


WE  HAVE  often  thought  that  one  or  two 
turf  courts  somewhere  on  the  campus 
would  be  a  valuable  addition  to  our  tennis 
real  estate.  Where,  as  in  this  vicinity,  clay- 
rolled  courts  are  so  universally  used,  players 
are  likely  to  forget  the  advantages  of  the 
lawn  or  grass  court  which  is  so  common  in 
Massachusetts  and  other  states.  Undoubt. 
edly  when  one  has  become  accustomed  to 
the  hard  court  he  is  disinclined  to  make  the 
change  to  one  of  a  softer  and  more  uneven 
surface.  Yet  it  seems  as  though  a  majority 
of  tennis  players  would  be  willing  to  over- 
look a  few  inconveniences,  rather  than  to  be 
denied  absolutely  the  privileges  of  the  game 
for  a  month  or  two  every  year.  Until  the 
frost  is  out  of  the  ground  in  the  spring,  and 
as  soon  as  it  appears  in  the  fall,  the  clay 
courts  are  useless  and  tennis  is  practically 
given  up  on  the  campus.  For  at  least  two 
months  of  good  tennis  weather  last  fall  and 
winter  the  courts  on  the  campus  took  on  the 
consistency  of  putty,  and  defied  every  kind 
of  foot  gear  except  a  spiked  shoe.  In  De- 
cember and  January  the  students'  racquets 
hung  idle  on  the  walls,  while   their  owners 


disconsolately  watched  the  Faculty  playing 
tennis  on  President  Hyde's  lawn  court. 
There  is  not  a  rain  during  the  tennis  season 
but  leaves  a  puddle  on  half  of  the  clay  courts, 
making  them  unfit  for  use  until  long  after 
the  rest  of  the  campus  is  dry.  The  soil,  it  is 
true,  is  not  the  best  for  the  making  of  grass 
courts,  but,  if  this  difficulty  can  be  overcome, 
we  suggest  that  the  Tennis  Association  lay 
out  a  few  courts  of  this  sort,  and  take  care 
of  them  for  a  rainy  day. 


THE  incident  of  April  30th,  or  rather  of 
May  1st,  though  unfortunate  in  itself, 
has  been  productive  of  good  results.  The 
Faculty  and  the  selectmen  of  the  town  have 
come  to  an  understanding,  and  hereafter  the 
same  rights  will  be  accorded  to  the  students 
in  celebrating  their  victories  as  are  granted 
to  political  organizations,  the  firemen,  or 
anybody  else.  It  would  seem  as  though 
these  rights  might  have  gone  unquestioned, 
and  this  would  probably  have  been  the  case 
had  not  the  officers  of  the  town  been  seek- 
ing an  opportunity  to  exhibit  their  authority. 
The  position  of  a  police  officer  in  a  college 
town  is  undoubtedly  a  trying  one.  The 
officer  must  possess  tact,  patience,  and  self- 
control.  When  he  is  entirely  lacking  in 
these  qualities,  and  morever,  places  personal 
prejudices  before  the  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity, it  is  unfortunate  for  the  town  whose 
laws  he  is  expected  to  enforce.  The  officers 
in  the  present  case  made  a  serious  mistake 
in  singling  out  for  vengeance  the  most  peace- 
able and  law-abiding  students  in  the  college. 
The  sympathy  of  the  reputable  citizens  of 
the  town,  which  is  with  the  students  in  any 
event,  was  made  still  more  strongly  so  by 
this  evidence  of  injustice.  Now  that  the 
students  are  sure  that  the  sentiment  of  the 
towns-people  is  with  them,  we  hope  that  they 
will  return  the  obligation  by  respecting  the 
peace  and  order  of  the  town.  If  they  are 
considerate  in  this  particular  the  officers  will 


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undoubtedly  be  instructed  to  keep  within 
bounds,  and  there  will  be  little  danger  of 
their  again  "  stretching  india-rubber  law  " 
beyond  the  limits  of  public  opinion. 


WE  WISH  to  congratulate  Colby  Univer- 
sity upon  the  selection  of  Rev.  Beniah 
L.  Whitman  as  its  President.  A  personal 
acquaintance  with  Rev.  Mr.  Whitman,  as  a 
member  of  his  congregation  during  the  two 
years  of  his  pastorate  life,  enables  us  to  testify 
to  his  character  as  a  man  and  his  ability  as  a 
scholar.  Few  preachers  possess  so  great 
personal  magnetism  and  carry  such  conviction 
with  their  words.  All  this  power  Mr.  Whit- 
man has,  and  will  throw  heart  and  soul  into 
his  new  work,  for  a  young  man  himself  he  has 
always  shown  greatest  interest  in  colleges 
and  the  work  of  young  men.  In  him  the 
pulpit  has  lost  one  of  the  ablest  preachers  in 
the  country,  and  we  are  sure  the  cause  of 
education  has  gained  a  leader  who  from  the 
first  will  stand  in  the  front  rank. 


Some  Reminiscences  of   Bowdoin 

College  Life  More  than  Sixty 

Years  Ago. 

Editor  Alumni  Department — Bowdoin  Orient  : 

TTS  YOU  wish  to  receive  from  the  alumni 
/•*■  some  "items  of  interest"  concerning 
past  college  days,  it  gives  me  pleasure  to 
send  you  a  brief  sketch  of  our  personal  ex- 
periences, in  those  long-past  years  of  dear 
Alma  Mater;  and  I  love  at  this  remote 
period  to  read  the  names  and  friendships  of 
teachers  and  college-mates,  so  dear  to  us 
then,  so  proudly  cherished  by  us  now. 

During  the  lapse  of  so  many  years  since 
1826,  my  bodily  health,  thanks  to  a  kind 
Providence  and  a  sound  constitution,  has 
been  ever  good,  and  I  am  not  a  little  sur- 
prised that  of  the  robust  31  members  of  my 
class  of  '26,  that  I  am  the  sole  survivor;  and 


that  of  the  class  of  '25  but  three  only  remain 
alive,  as  I  am  so  informed  by  my  friend, 
Horace  Bridge,  of  that  distinguished  class. 
Mr.  Bridge  is  now  living  at  Athens,  Penn., 
in  the  enjoyment  of  fairly  good  health. 

I  sincerely  liked  and  respected  the  Pro- 
fessors of  those  days,  more  especially  Pro- 
fessors Packard  and  Newman.  With  the 
former  I  kept  up  a  constant  correspondence, 
ending  only  with  the  time  of  his  lamented 
death.  In  my  Freshman  year  I  boarded 
with  Prof.  Newman,  together  with  my  chums, 
Wm.  Appleton,  J.  T.  Gilman,  Alfred  Mason, 
Fred  Mellen,  and  Mark  Newman.  I  re- 
member that  in  those  days  our  little  party 
was  wont  to  amuse  itself  by  chopping  down 
the  tall  pine  trees,  in  rear  of  the  house, 
for  the  sake  of  seeing  them  fall  with  a  crash 
to  earth ;  but  we  hastily  dropped  the  axe 
when  told  that  the  owner  of  the  woods  was 
highly  indignant,  and  threatened  us  with 
prosecution,  though  he  forgivingly  failed  to 
prosecute. 

I  always  had  a  liking  for  President  Allen, 
yet  he  was  not  popular  with  the  classes,  but 
for  no  sufficient  reason,  so  far  as  I  could  see. 
It  was  usual  for  the  President  to  invite  the 
graduating  class  to  participate  in  an  evening 
levee  at  his  house ;  but  in  our  case  not  more 
than  half  of  the  class  accepted  his  invita- 
tion. It  was  my  custom  on  each  Saturday 
noon  to  call  at  his  study  and  ask  permission 
to  visit  Bath  on  that  day,  promising  to  re- 
turn on  Monday  morning.  He  always,  for 
four  years,  asked  me  the  same  question,  viz. : 
"  Have  you  any  friends  there  ?  "  My  reply 
was  ever  the  same:  "Yes,  sir,  I  have  an 
uncle  there,  Gen.  James  McLellan,  and  I  go 
at  his  request."  The  President's  consent  was 
ever  the  same :    "  Yes,  you  may  go." 

Professors  Cleaveland,  Upham,  and 
Smyth  also  were  well  liked  by  the  classes, 
and  deservedly  so.  We  were  all  greatly  in- 
terested in  Mr.  Cleaveland's  lectures  and  ex- 
periments.    At  one  time  he    treated   us   to- 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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some  galvanic  and  electricity  experiments, 
but  with  no  successful  results.  He  desired 
the  whole  class  to  join  hands,  so  that  the 
current  should  pass  through  the  whole  num- 
ber, but  some  of  our  class  rather  disliked 
the  probable  sensation,  so  they  would  ever 
withdraw  their  hand,  and  the  circuit  was  not 
complete,  and  the  good  professor  failed  to 
shock  us  all. 

For  some  years  a  chosen  club  among  us 
boarded  together  at  good  old  Ma'am  Grouses, 
where  we  were  well  entertained.  The 
members  consisted  of  Appleton,  Apthorp,  H. 
W.  Longfellow,  S.  S.  Prentiss,  Williard,  my- 
self, and  others.  At  the  next  house  (Mr. 
Browning's)  another  coterie  boarded,  con- 
sisting of  Frank  Pierce,  J.  P.  Hale,  Cilley, 
Hawthorne,  Bridge,  Sawyer,  and  others.  They 
were  all  political  and  social  friends,  and 
belonged  chiefly  to  the  Athenaean  Society; 
our  own  clique  being  Peucinians.  We  all, 
however,  tramped  together  in  friendly  con- 
verse to  our  respective  hotels,  well  satisfied 
with  the  rather  plain  fare.  Hawthorne  (old 
Hath)  ever  moved  with  a  reserved,  down- 
cast look,  saying  but  little. 

In  those  days  the  Caluvian  Society  held 
monthly  meetings,  but  the  members  were 
but  few  and  but  small  interest  taken  in  the 
subject  of  Natural  History.  The  meetings 
were  held  during  my  Junior  and  Senior 
years,  in  my  own  room  (an  upper  corner 
room  occupied  solely  by  myself).  I  was  its 
custodian,  having  charge  of  the  one  cabinet 
and  a  few  other  curiosities.  After  several 
years,  when  I  re-visited  Brunswick  to  deliver 
a  poem  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society, 
I  was  surprised  and  pleased,  on  entering  the 
two  rooms  of  that  Society,  to  behold  such  a 
fine  museum  collected,  the  growth  of  such 
meagre  beginnings. 

In  our  Freshman  year  several  of  our 
class  formed  a  small  secret  social  club,  named 
the  "  Spontcroi."  It  met  together,  without 
fail,  on  every  Saturday  night  for  four  years, 


and  usually  at  my  own  room.  It  consisted 
of  eight  members,  viz. :  Apthorp,  Prentiss, 
Lord,  Abbot,  Paine,  Hilliard,  and  myself. 
We  were  very  quiet  in  our  meetings,  never 
raising  tutor  or  proctor.  Each  one  in  turn 
acted  as  President,  and  it  was  his  duty  to 
propose  some  subject  for  extemporaneous  dis- 
cussion, in  which  all  members  participated. 
After  its  decision  one  member  was  required 
to  read  an  essay,  written  for  the  occasion. 
And  then  the  members  collected  around  the 
wood-fire  hearth,  after  enjoying  the  modest 
little  banquet  prepared  by  the  President. 
Then  pipes  and  cigars  were  smoked  and  con- 
verse and  song  engaged  in.  The  singing 
consisted  of  college  melodies,  such  as  "  Auld 
Lang  Syne,"  "  Away  With  Melancholy," 
"Three  Blind  Mice,"  "  O,  Landlady,  have 
you  good  wine  to-night?"  etc.  Our  min- 
strelsy, if  not  very  good,  was  sung  in  our 
very  best  manner,  and  in  a  low  key,  so  as 
not  to  disturb  neighbors  or  summon  the 
tutor  police.  I  do  not  think  that  the  exist- 
ence of  our  club  was  at  all  known  through- 
out college.  At  the  close  of  our  college 
life  it  was  voted  to  have  a  public  performance 
at  Commencement  time,  with  oration  and 
poem.  Apthorp  was  selected  for  the  speech 
and  myself  for  the  ode,  but  the  exhibition 
failed  to  take  place.  I  have  since  been  sur- 
prised that  Sergeant  Prentiss  did  not  then 
distinguish  himself  as  a  debater,  as  he  did  in 
later  life. 

After  graduating,  I  corresponded  with 
several  members  of  that  club,  but  chiefly 
with  Prentiss,  Appleton,  and  Apthorp.  The 
two  latter  died  early  in  life,  within  three 
3'ears  after  leaving  college.  Prentiss  died  in 
1850.  He  wrote  me  often  from  Cincinnati, 
Vicksburg,  and  New  Orleans,  at  which  latter 
place  he  died.  He  gave  me  pressing  invita- 
tions to  visit  him  at  that  city,  where  he  so 
distinguished  himself  as  a  leading  lawyer 
and  orator.  My  classmate,  B.  B.  Thacher, 
distinguished  himself  as  editor  of  the  Boston 


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Daily  Journal;  but  his  health  failed  him  and 
he  died  in  1840.  After  finishing  his  law 
studies  in  Maine  he  came  to  Boston  in  search 
of  some  employment.  I  then  gave  him  my 
position  as  editor  of  the  Evening  Gazette,  as 
I  was  at  that  time  also  sub-editor  of  the 
Boston  Daily  Patriot.  Russwurm,  of  my  class 
(a  mulatto),  was  a  native  of  Hayti,  and  was 
ever  kindly  treated  by  the  class,  with  no 
prejudice  of  color.  He  edited  a  paper  in 
this  country,  and  then  emigrated  to  Liberia, 
of  which  he  became  the  governor,  and  died 
there  in  the  year  1861.  Two  of  my  class 
(Boyd  and  Sawyer)  in  later  life  were 
appointed  Chief  Justices  of  the  Supreme 
Courts  of  Mississippi  and  New  Hampshire. 

I  think  that  the  college  faculty  were  very 
mild  in  their  punishments  for  misdemeanors, 
by  suspension  or  rustication.  Two  such 
instances  occur  to  me,  viz.,  the  explosion  of 
a  bomb  in  one  of  the  college  entries,  which 
caused  great  panic  with  but  little  damage ; 
and  the  smashing  of  a  tutor's  windows  during 
his  absence  from  his  room.  It  was  a  hungry 
custom  in  those  days  to  have  "  roast-chicken 
feasts  "  in  the  rooms,  and  so  hen-roosts  and 
sweet-corn  patches  suffered  much  from  such 
raids.  These  secret  banquets  were  for- 
bidden by  the  faculty,  but  I  do  not  think 
that  the  fancy  cooks  ever  were  known  or 
punished. 

In  those  days  we  took  but  little  interest 
in  athletic  exercises,  so  we  had  no  boat, 
cricket,  or  base-ball  clubs,  though  we  were 
active  in  foot-ball  struggles.  At  one  time  a 
military  company  was  organized,  with  Frank 
Pierce  as  captain,  but  the  soldiers  were 
armed  only  with  pine  wood  staffs  instead  of 
muskets.  A  rival  burlesque  company  was 
also  formed,  whose  harmless  weapons  were 
sticks  from  the  wood  pile.  But  very  little 
martial  spirit  prevailed,  and  the  troops  were 
soon  disbanded. 

In  those  days  I  had  much  experience  with 
fish-rod  and  gun,  my  associates  in  sport  being 


usually  S.  S.  Prentiss  and  Stephen  Long- 
fellow. His  brother,  H.  W.  Longfellow,  was 
devoted  to  his  studies  and  the  Muses,  and 
cared  nothing  for  field  sports.  The  game 
consisted  of  wild  pigeons,  which  swarmed  in 
the  pine  woods,  and  bay-snipe  that  we  found 
at  Maquoit  and  Middle  Bay.  Prentiss,  though 
quite  lame,  would  ever  walk  with  me  to 
those  resorts,  where  in  a  small  skiff  we  rowed 
for  hours  in  pursuit  of  wild  fowl. 

With  H.  W.  Longfellow  I  was  quite 
intimate  in  college,  as  well  as  in  later  years 
at  Cambridge.  At  that  place  (in  the  old 
Craigie  house)  I  used  often  to  visit  him,  and 
in  the  platform  of  a  tree  by  the  door  we 
passed  many  hours  in  recalling  college  scenes 
and  friends.  While  he  was  still  a  Bowdoin 
professor  he  passed  a  portion  of  his  winter 
vacation  with  me  at  my  father's  house  in 
Boston.  At  that  time  he  read  to  me  at  night 
the  manuscripts  of  his  "  Outre-Mer,"  his  first 
book.  I  was  greatly  pleased  with  it,  and 
sought  to  find  a  purchaser  for  it  among  the 
city  publishers,  but  without  success.  He 
subsequently  disposed  of  it  to  the  Harpers 
in  New  York,  naming  to  me  the  sum  he 
received  for  it.  I  so  greatly  admired  his 
earlier  pieces,  written  during  college  life, 
that  I  was  prompted  to  follow  his  lead  and 
try  my  own  hand  at  verse ;  so  I  published 
several  pieces  in  that  leading  journal,  the 
U.  S.  Literary  Gazette,  then  edited  by  Mr. 
Carter  in  Boston,  and  later  by  William  C. 
Bryant,  who  transferred  it  to  New  York, 
wliere  it  finally  was  discontinued. 

I  do  not  think  that  Longfellow  enjoyed 
good  health  during  the  latter  years  of  his 
life.  From  one  of  his  letters  to  me  I  make 
this  brief  extract : 

"  Cambridge,  February  4.  I  am  now  attacked 
by  influenza  and  neuralgia,  which  make  me  look 
and  feel  like  Laocoon  witb  bis  serpents.  Tour  out- 
door lite  preserves  you  from  such  uncomfortable 
visitors,  at  least  I  hope  so;  I  could  wish  a  better 
wish.  Neuralgia  derauges  my  correspondence  and 
throws  everything  into  confusion.     So  while  I  am 


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here  busy  with  the  making  and  reading  of  books, 
you  are  enjoying  the  sports  of  the  field." 

I  met  Hawthorne  in  Boston,  when  we  were 
both  contributing  to  the  late  S.  G.  Goodrich's 
numerous  publications,  such  as  the  "Legend- 
ary," "Token,"  "Historical  Encyclopedia," 
etc.     Mr.  Goodrich  was  his  first  publisher. 

The  last  note  I  received  from  Longfellow, 
only  two  or  three  weeks  before  his  death, 
was  dictated  by  him  to  his  elder  daughter ; 
and  during  the  last  da}r  and  evening  I  passed 
with  him,  we  received  a  visit  from  his  friend 
Ralph  Emerson,  and  our  conversation  was 
greatly  enlivened  by  the  remarks  of  the 
poet's  lovely  and  intelligent  wife.  I  then 
hoped  that  his  friend  and  neighbor,  James 
R.  Lowell,  would  drop  in,  but  he  did  not 
make  his  appearance. 

I  published  with  Allen  &  Ticknor,  of 
Boston,  three  volumes  of  verse,  viz.:  "Fall 
of  the  Indian,"  "The  Year,"  and  "Mount 
Auburn."  In  writing  the  latter  volume  I 
received  some  valuable  help  from  Long- 
fellow, who  suggested  many  topics  for  the 
book.  That  great  cemetery  was  not  far  dis- 
tant from  bis  home,  and  he  seemed  to  be 
familiar  with  the  place  ;  and  now  his  precious 
remains  are  laid  there  in  rest. 

While  living  near  New  York  I  published 
still  another  volume  of  verse  in  1889,  styled 
"Rod  and  Gun,"  consisting  chiefly  of  poems 
published  in  sportsmen's  journals.  I  sent  a 
cop}'  of  it  to  the  Orient  and  hope  it  was 
duly  received. 

I  still  continue  to  contribute  occasional 
pieces  to  the  sportsman's  journals,  but  I  sup- 
pose I  must  before  long  be  compelled,  b}7 
want  of  breath,  to  drop  the  pen.  I  still  feel 
very  great  interest  in  Bowdoin  College,  my 
dear  Alma  Mater,  and  love  to  read  of  its 
prosperity,  as  semi-monthly  set  forth  in  the 
pages  of  the  Orient.  I  think  that  all  of  the 
alumni  are  in  duty  bound  to  contribute  to 
its  columns  and  patronize  its  issues. 

Springs,  L.  L  IsAAC  McLellan. 


A  Race  for  Life. 
TN  18 — ,  after  leaving  college,  I  went  West 

-*■  to  the  little  town   of  B to    work    as 

assistant  assayer  in  the  office  of  my  uncle, 
who  was  at  that  time  the  principal  owner  in 
the  Little  Giant  Silver  mine,  which,  although 
recently  opened,  was  one  of  the  most  valu- 
able in  the  State  and  panned  out  enormous 
quantities  of  silver. 

Fresh  as  I  was  from  college  the  place  had 
all  the  charms  of  novelty.  The  village  itself 
was  a  straggling  community  of  perhaps 
twenty  houses,  a  bank,  store,  and  post-office, 
together  with  a  number  of  streets  rudely 
marked  out  and  designated  by  shingle  signs 
nailed  on  the  trees,  giving  it  its  claim  to  the 
title  of  city,  for  such  was  the  common  way 
of  speaking  of  the  place.  Situated  as  it  was 
on  the  side  of  the  mountain,  there  was  a  fine 
view  over  the  surrounding  country,  while  in 
the  valley  hundreds  of  feet  below,  the  river 
running  through  the  landscape  like  a  silver 
ribbon,  increased  the  beauty  of  the  scene,  all 
unhampered  as  it  was  by  man's  handiwork. 

The  Little  Giant  mine  was  located  on 
the  other  side  of  the  mountain  about  fifteen 
miles  distant,  and  was  reached  by  a  road 
which  wound  over  the  crest  and  down  across 
the  other  side  ;  there  was  also  a  bridle-path 
which  lead  directly  to  the  mine  through  a 
deep  ravine, — a  path  that,  although  wide  and 
smooth,  in  many  places  was  too  narrow  for  a 
team  of  any  description,  though  passable  as 
I  soon  learned  for  a  bicycle. 

The  place  had  been  settled  about  a  year, 
and,  although  there  was  a  semblance  of  justice, 
the  laws  were  not  strictly  enforced  either  in 
the  town  or  at  the  mine,  and  I  was  speedily 
made  acqtiainted  with  the  facts,  both  from 
report  and  observation,  that  the  people  as  a 
class  were  hard  characters,  and  that  deeds 
of  violence  were  of  common  occurrence. 

One  morning  in  the  early  autumn  my 
uncle  came  into  the  office  and  calling  me 
aside  asked  me  if  I  was  willing  to  carry  the 


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money  for  paying  the  men  over  to  the  mine, 
Wilkins,  the  paymaster,  being  laid  up  with 
rheumatism.  I  was  of  course  agreeable  to 
the  proposition,  although  as  I  started  for  the 
house  to  change  my  clothes  and  get  my 
bicycle  I  felt  a  little  nervous  at  the  idea  of 
carrying  ten  thousand  dollars  for  fifteen 
miles  through  such  a  region.  However  I 
did  not  say  anything  of  my  fears  to  my  uncle 
as  he  helped  strap  the  knapsack  full  of  money 
on  my  shoulders  and  handed  me  a  revolver 
and  belt  of  cartridges. 

It  was  a  perfect  morning  in  September. 
Not  a  cloud  was  visible  and  the  air  was  cool 
and  refreshing  as  I  started  down  the  ravine. 
The  trees  which  grew  thickly  on  either  side 
were  beginning  to  change  and  were  gorgeous 
with  their  autumnal  colors,  while  the  golden- 
rod  and  frost  flower,  scattered  here  and 
there,  made  up  an  idyllic  scene  to  me,  so 
lately  come  from  pavements  and  city  blocks. 
Now  and  then  the  sun  would  break  through 
the  overspreading  branches,  tinting  the  path 
and  rising  walls  of  the  pass  so  as  to  give 
them  a  peculiar  sleepy  appearance.  A 
drowsy  silence  seemed  to  be  over  everything. 
No  sound  broke  the  stillness,  and  a  strange 
feeling  of  depression  stole  gradually  over 
me  though  I  tried  vainly  to  shake  it  off. 

I  had  gone  about  five  miles  when,  in 
crossing  a  particularly  rough  place  I  heard  a 
crack,  and  on  dismounting  found  that  one  of 
the  springs  in  the  saddle  of  my  bicycle  had 
broken,  and  a  good  hour  was  lost  in  splicing 
it  up  with  a  piece  of  wood,  aided  by  my 
handkerchief  and  the  straps  from  the  pocket 
on  the  wheel.  After  finishing  it  I  went 
down  a  little  path  to  a  spring,  leaving  the 
bicycle  by  the  road;  while  drinking  I  heard 
a  horse  gallop  by  and  rushed  out  with  the 
vain  hope  of  seeing  who  it  was,  for  none  of 
the  men  from  the  mine  had,  to  my  knowl- 
edge, been  in  town,  and  it  could  not  be  any 
one  from  the  office,  for  had  it  been  possible 
for  one  of  them   to  go    I  should   not   have 


been  sent  with  the  money.  Musing  a  little 
and  somewhat  nervous,  I  started  on  and 
soon  had  covered  half  the  distance  to  the 
mine  and  was  on  the  top  of  the  mountain 
with  the  roughest  part  of  the  road  before  me, 
although  it  was  a  gradual  descent  to  the 
mine. 

Here  I  dismounted  again  for  a  few 
minutes  to  enjoy  the  view  and  fix  the  spring 
of  the  saddle  which  had  become  loosened 
in  the  ride  up.  As  I  was  getting  ready  to 
mount  I  felt  for  my  revolver,  it  was  gone  ! 
probably  having  fallen  from  my  pocket  when 
I  stooped  to  drink  at  the  spring.  I  am  not  a 
coward  or  even  of  a  nervous  temperament, 
but  a  sort  of  dullness  crept  over  me  as  I 
realized  what  my  position  was  in  a  region 
that  had  for  its  inhabitants  cut-throats  and 
escaped  convicts!  The  galloping  horse  came 
again  to  my  mind  and  it  was  with  dread  that 
I  mounted  and  started  slowly  down  the 
mountain  side.  The  road  here  was  quite 
narrow  and  very  rough,  made  so  by  the 
fallen  branches  and  pieces  of  rock,  and  some 
care  was  necessary  to  find  room  for  the 
wheel. 

I  had  just  reached  the  worst  place  in 
the  road  and  was  approaching  a  curve  when 
directly  in  front  of  me  by  the  side  of  the 
path  I  saw  a  horse,  saddled  and  panting  as 
if  just  left.  Instinctively  letting  go  of  the 
brake  and  putting  all  my  strength  into  the 
pedals  I  rounded  the  curve  and  saw  in  the 
middle  of  the  way  a  big,  burly  fellow  whom 
I  instantly  knew,  in  spite  of  the  black  mask, 
as  "Big  Pete,"  one  of  the  most  lawless  men 
employed  at  the  mine;  a  revolver  gleamed 
in  his  hand  and  a  bullet  whizzed  past  my 
head  as  I  shot  by  hiin,  for  so  silently  and 
swiftly  had  I  come  up  that  he  seemed  un- 
aware of  my  presence  till  I  passed  him  in  a 
place  where  he  could  have  easily  stopped  the 
bicycle  by  a  log  or  his  own  huge  frame  had 
he  been  ready  for  me.  With  an  oath  he 
sprang  to  his  horse  and  then  began  literally 


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a  race  for  life,  for  "  Pete  "  was  not  a  man 
to  shrink  from    an    undertaking    as    I    well 
knew  from  report. 

On,  on,  down  the  mountain  we  went,  I 
with  a  slight  advantage  in  the  curved  road, 
which  prevented  the  bullets  from  reaching 
me,  and  from  the  very  roughness  of  the  way, 
over  which  a  horse  could  not  go  at  full  speed. 
Down,  down.      Would   I    win    or    "Pete?" 
Four  miles  were  gone  and  soon  we  would 
come  to  a  long,  open  stretch  of  rather  sandy 
road.     To  my  horror  I  felt  the  saddle  spring 
begin  to  loosen   again   from  the   rapid   jolt- 

Rouses no  such  keen  displeasure 
As  that  echo  of  parade. 

Freshman's  play. 

Weeks,  mere  weeks,  of  whistling,  humming, 

Make  us  weary  of  the  first ; 
Tears  ago  that  nervous  drumming 

Made  our  souls  for  vengeance  thirst. 
Rub-a-dub. 

Is  the  Freshman  quite,  quite  senseless? 

Can  he  never  cease  that  thrum  ? 
Will  he  torture  us,  defenseless? 

Has  he  brains  where  sense  may  come  ? 
There's  the  rub. 

ing.     My  breath  came  in  quick  gasps ;  my 
legs  seemed  powerless.     The  open  path  was 
reached  and  I  was  nearly  half  way  over  it 
when  a  savage    oath   and  a  bullet   singing 
through  the  air  made  me  look  ahead  along 
the  road,  and  there  riding  rapidly  toward  me 
were  the  overseer  of  the  mine  and  another 
man,  both  well  armed,  and  attracted  out,  as 
I   afterward   learned,   by   the    shots    which 
"Pete"   had   fired    during    our    mad   ride. 
Crying  "  Look  out  for  the  money,"  I  fell  in 
a  faint  for  the  first  time  in  my  life. 

The  story  is  soon  finished.     "  Pete  "  was 
not  taken,  though  a  strong  party  started  at 
once  in    pursuit,  and   after  a  week   at   the 
mine,   where   I   found    many    honest    hearts 

despite  the  rough  exterior,  I  returned  to  B 

but  little  the  worse  for  my  "  race  for  life." 

A   Reverie  at  Night-Fall. 

Dreaming  of  what  might  have  beeD, 

I  sit  silently,  but  in 

My  soul  a  dull  voice  of  regret 

Doth  mumble  still.     Oh  !  To  forget 

The  day  that's  done  and  its  dismay 

That  bears  my  happiness  away  ! 

Yet  why  should  I  regret?    Indeed, 

Mine  is  the  common  lot.     No  need 

To  moan  and  sorrow  o'er  disgrace 

That  some  time  saddeDS  every  face. 

My  turn  in  time  was  sure  to  come. 

But  oh  !     'Twas  so  hard  to  be  dumb ; 

To  stand  with  power  of  thought  all  gone ; 

To  have  no  gleam,  of  knowledge  born, 

Illuminate  my  intellect 

And  this  th'  inevitable  effect 

Of  momentary  negligence. 

'Twas  just,  perhaps,  and  yet  a  sense 

Of  some  injustice  lingers  still 

My  cup  of  misery  to  fill. 

'Twas  just,  perhaps,  that  I  should  pay 

To  a  Real  Disturber  of  Public 
Peace. 

Bygone  weeks  of  wayward  wailing 
Show  to  us  this  curious  thing  :  — 

Nature's  laws  are  not  unfailing ; 
Chestnuts  flourish  in  the  spring. 
Boomdere ! 

Yet  this  strain  of  marching  measure, 
Ripened  once,  but  now  decayed, 

The  penalty  of  letting  stray 
My  mind  from  that  one  point  obscure 
In  laziness  and  weak  detour. 
But  more  unjust,  than  just,  methinks, 
To  be  pulled  up  on  missing  links ! 
Especially  when  all  except 
That  single  point  I  well  had  kept 
In  memory,  and  could  have  slain 
My  questioner  in  terms  so  plain  ! 
Unjust  indeed  !    No  one  knows  all 
Or  has  all  facts  at  beck  and  call. 
Responses  may  be  slow  or  brisk ; 
And  we  must  ever  run  the  risk. 
The  ten-strike  still  by  luck  is  led ; 
'Tis  Fate  ordains  the  ghastly  dead. 

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The  Usual  Way. 

A  man  once  came  to  college 

Filled  with  sense  (?)  profound. 

When  Freshman  year  he  entered 
His  ten-strikes  knew  no  bound. 

He  fell  in  love  the  next  year; 

I'm  sure  it  was  misfit, 
For  cruelly  was  he  jilted, 

Jilted  by  Anna  Lyt. 

He  suffered  worse  as  Junior, 
For  hard  as  he  might  strive, 

His  once  abundant  ten-strikes 
Soon  sank  to  average  five. 

But  as  a  careful  Senior 

He  struggled  hard  and  won. 

His  work  was  now  rewarded, 
He  captured  Polly  Con. 


Following  the  example 
of  most  of  the  leading 
colleges  of  the  country  the  Republi- 
cans of  the  college  held  a  meeting 
April  26th  and  unanimously  voted  to 
form  a  college  Republican  club,  and 
appointed  Pugsley,  '92,  Emery,  '92,  and  Rich,  '92,  as 
a  committee  to  draw  up  a  constitution.  At  a  later 
meeting  this  constitution  was  adopted.  About  a 
hundred  students  have  been  enrolled  as  members. 

Michaels,  '94,  is  out  teaching. 

Hersey,  '92,  has  returned  to  college. 

F.  J.  Allen,  '90,  visited  the  campus  recently. 

E.  D.  Freeman,  '88,  paid  the  college  a  brief  visit 
last  week. 

Thompson  and  Leigh  ton,  '94,  are  at  home  on 
account  of  sickness. 

Newbert,  one  of  last  year's  specials,  spent  a  day 
on  the  campus  recently. 

Professor  Rogers  of  Maine  State  College,  Bow- 
doin,  77,  visited  town  last  week. 


Dewey,  '95,  has  gone  out  teaching,  and  will  be 
greatly  missed  by  the  Freshman  Crew. 

The  A  A  4>  and  8  A  X  tennis  tournaments  were 
started  last  week  and  are  now  well  under  way. 

Professor  Lee  has  been  confined  to  the  house 
nearly  two  weeks  by  a  severe  attack  of  rheumatism. 

The  Bowdoin  Minstrels  will  appear  in  Portland 
the  18th  of  the  present  month  at  the  Elks's  benefit. 

The  Junior  Mineralogy  division  have  been  en- 
joying several  adjourns  lately  given  as  an  oppor- 
tunity to  hunt  for  specimens. 

The  Alpha  Delta  Phi  boarding  club  has  followed 
Mrs.  Kaler  from  Page  Street  to  a  larger  and  more 
commodious  house  on  Pleasant  Street. 

Fishing  trips  seem  to  be  quite  propular  this 
spring,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  anglers 
usually  arrive  home  with  empty  baskets. 

Plaisted,  '94,  will  return  to  college  in  a  few 
weeks.  It  is  hoped  that  he  will  be  able  to  take 
part  in  the  last  ball  games  of  the  season. 

Mitchell,  '90,  principal  of  the  Freeport  High 
School,  was  in  town  lately  with  a  number  of  his 
graduating  class,  including  several  prospective  '96 
men. 

Chandler,  '90,  ex-editor  of  the  Okient,  was  seen 
about  the  college  recently,  and  his  new  Mackintosh 
has  been  seen  still  more  recently  adorning  the 
manly  form  of  one  of  '92's  athletes. 

The  subjects  for  the  second  Sophomore  themes 
of  the  term  are:  (1)  Bowdoin's  Present,  (2)  Is  the 
Chinese  Exclusion  Bill  Justifiable  ?  (3)  What  Gives 
Hawthorne's  Stories  Their  Peculiar  Charm  ? 

Work  on  the  new  Art  Building  will  begin  at 
once  and  be  vigorously  pushed.  The  site  chosen  is 
near  the  main  path  of  the  campus  nearly  opposite 
Appleton  Hall,  and  the  plans  show  that  the  building 
will  be  a  great  addition  to  the  campus. 

The  Living  Whist  at  Bath,  in  which  Lazell,  '92, 
P.  Shaw,  '93,  Dana,  '94,  Roberts  and  Knowlton,  '95, 
participated,  proved  a  great  success.  Quite  a  large 
number  of  the  boys  attended  and  all  pronounced 
the  evening  well  spent.  Why  not  try  it  in  Bruns- 
wick? 

The  Sophomore  crew  is  now  rowing  as  follows  : 
Buck  (captain),  bow;  Thomas,  2;  T.  C.  Chapman, 
3;  Stevens,  stroke.  They  are  fast  improving  their 
stroke.  The  Freshmen  have  lost  Dewey  and 
Mitchell  from  their  crew,  which  will  probably  pull 
as  follows:  Bryant,  bow;  Kimball, 2;  Dennison,  3  ; 
Mead,  stroke. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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Bowdoin  will  have  another  minstrel  show. 
Nearly  all  of  last  year's  favorites  will  take  part, 
and  the  rehearsals  already  held  promise  a  first- 
class  entertainment. 

Unfortunately  for  the  best  interests  of  field 
athletics  in  the  State,  Bates  and  Colby  have  seen 
fit  to  object  to  Bowdoin's  reasonable  demand  that 
the  Bowdoin  Medical  School  men  be  admitted  to 
the  contests  among  the  other  Bowdoin  representa- 
tives. Consequently  1892,  at  least,  will  see  no 
intercollegiate  field-day,  as  Bowdoin  can  certainly 
not  be  expected  to  waive  a  right  which  is  almost 
universally  recognized. 

Owing  to  the  unwarranted  interference  of  the 
night  watchmen  the  reception  given  the  victorious 
ball  team  on  their  return  from  Waterville  was  not 
as  extensive  and  satisfactory  as  mauy  wished.  The 
town  authorities,  however,  were  clearly  shown  that 
the  arrests  made  by  the  officers  were  uncalled  for, 
and,  thanks  to  the  prompt  action  of  President  Hyde, 
an  arrangement  has  been  made  by  which  the  col- 
lege can  celebrate  its  athletic  victories  in  a  suitable 
manner  aud  a  due  amount  of  noise  without  danger 
of  interference. 

The  College  Tennis  Tournament  will  begin  Mon- 
day, May  16th,  and  will  be  open  to  all  members  of 
the  college.  The  committee  desire  a  large  number 
of  entries  in  both  singles  and  doubles,  and  specially 
request  that  those  desiring  to  enter  will  hand  in 
their  names  at  once  to  R.  C.  Payson,  '93.  Prizes 
will  be  awarded  to  the  winners  of  the  first  and 
second  place  in  singles,  and  first  place  in  doubles. 
It  is  proposed  to  play  off  the  finals  for  the  college 
championship  on  Memorial  Day,  May  30th.  Nearly 
all  the  college  courts  are  in  constant  use,  and  judg- 
ing from  the  increased  interest  in  the  game  the 
tournament  should  be  very  successful.  It  should 
be  remembered  that  the  winners  in  this  tourney 
will  represent  the  college  at  the  intercollegiate 
tourney  to  be  held  at  Portland,  June  7th. 


The  greatest  universities  of  the  world  rank,  in 
numbers,  as  follows :  Paris  with  9,215  students, 
Vienna  with  6,220,  Berlin  with  5,527,  Calcutta  with 
5,257,  London  with  5,013,  Naples  with  4,328,  Edin- 
burgh with  3,623,  Munich  with  3,541,  Buda-Pesth 
with  3,533,  Athens  with  3,500,  Moscow  with  2,473, 
Leipsic  with  3.457,  and  Madrid  with  3,182. 


At  the  death  of  Senator  Stanford,  Stanford  Uni- 
versity will  receive  $20,000,000. 


/fftletiss.. 


BASE-BALL. 

Portland,  9;   Bowdoin,  8. 

On  Wednesday,  April  27th,  Bowdoin  met  the 
Portlands  for  the  first  time  this  season,  and  was 
defeated  after  playing  a  plucky,  up-hill  game. 

In  the  first  inning  the  Portlands  piled  up  six 
runs  to  their  credit,  while  our  team  was  unable  to 
score.  At  their  second  chance  at  the  bat  the  Port- 
land players  made  only  one  run,  while  Bowdoin,  as 
in  the  first,  retired  without  a  score. 

Reversing  the  tables  in  the  third,  the  home  team 
prevented  the  Portlands  from  scoring,  and  at  their 
turn  sent  five  men  across  the  home  plate.  The 
remainder  of  the  game  was  much  more  closely  played, 
our  team  winning  three  scores,  and  the  Portlands 
two,  which  left  the  visiting  team  one  run  ahead. 

After  the  first  inning  Bowdoin  played  a  much 
stronger  game  than  the  opposing  team.  The  best 
batting  for  our  team  was  done  by  Sykes  and  Pair- 
banks  and  in  the  eighth,  Fairbanks  made  a  pretty 
double  play.  French  pitched  a  very  good  game, 
although  wild  at  times.     The  score  is  as  follows : 

PORTLANDS. 

A.E.   K.  B.H.  T.E.  S.H.  P.O.    A.    E. 

Webster 3      0      1      1      0    13      0      1 

O.  Burns,        52120400 

Flavin,            51240310 

C.  Burns,        32000002 

Heber,             32000131 

Andrews,        3      1240110 

Dunn,         4      0      0      0      0      0      0      0 

May,       4      1       0      0      0      4      0      0 

Kelley,        2011009      0 

Totals 33      9      7     12      0    26     14      4 

BOWDOINS. 

A.B.  R.  B.H.  T.E.  S.H.  P.O.  A.     E. 

Savage 31110701 

Fairbanks 41230331 

Hinkley 51110113 

Hutchinson,        52220    10      10 

Sykes,        5      1      1      3      0      2      0      1 

Anderson 50123000 

Chapman 51220002 

Jones 3      1      2      2      0      0      0      0 

French, 4      0      0      0      0      111      0 

Totals,  40    8      12    16      3    24    16      8 

Innings,   ....123456789 
Portlands,     ....61011000    x— 9 
Bowdoins,     ....00500002     1—8 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Bowdoin,  20;    Colby,  16. 

On  Saturday,  April  30th,  Bowdoiu  played  herfirst 
game  in  the  league  series  at  Waterville  and  came 
off  victorious  in  a  closely  contested  struggle. 
The  feature  of  the  game  was  the  heavy  batting,  the 
number  of  long  hits  being  due  partly  to  the  heavy 
northern  wind  which  blew  down  the  diamond. 
The  interest  in  the  game  never  flagged,  since  first 
one  side  would  have  the  lead  and  then  by  a  long 
hit  or  a  costly  error  the  tables  would  be  unexpectedly 
turned. 

On  the  batting  of  Hutchinson,  Downes,  and 
Jones  was  particularly  strong.  Allen  pitched  a 
good  game  throughout.  On  the  Colbys,  Bonney 
and  Latlip  showed  up  best  on  batting.     The  score  : 

COLBY. 

A.B.  R.  B.H.  T.B.  S.H.  P.O.  A.   E. 

Hall,  l.f 63230201 

Kallock,  r.f 642      3      0000 

Bonney,  lb 73340      801 

Latlip,  3b 63360412 

Hoxie,  2b 42120511 

Reynolds,  c 62110810 

Jackson,  s.  s 6      0      0      0      115      0 

Nash,  c.f., 61231002 

Purinton,  p., 61230140 

Totals 53    19    16    25    2    *29    12      7 

*  Winning  run  made  with  two  out. 

BOWDOINS. 

A.B.  R.  B.H.  T.B.  S.H.  P.O.  A.   E. 

Allen,  p., 73461120 

Savage,  lb., 622219      02 

Fairbanks,  3b 62241333 

Hinkley,  2b., 62120121 

Hutchinson,  c 6      4      4      8      0      9      3      1 

Downes,  r.f., 43330000 

Sykes,  s.s., 7      0      1      1      23      4      4 

Jones,  l.f., 53130210 

Chapman,  c.f.,      ....  71240200 

Totals,       ...    54    20    20    35      5    30    15    11 

SCORE  BY  INNINGS. 

123456789  10 
Colbys,  ..10002  6  015  4—19 
Bowdoins,  .0401412  12  5—20 
Earned  runs — Bowdoins,  3;  Colbys,  3.  Two-base  hits — 
Hinkley,  Hutchinson  (2),  Chapman  (2),  Hall,  Kallock, 
Bonney,  Latlip,  Hoxie,  Nash,  Purinton.  Three-base 
hits — Allen,  Fairbanks,  Hutchinson,  Jones,  Latlip.  Stolen 
bases — Allen  (3),  Fairbanks,  Hinkley  (3),  Hutchinson, 
Downes  (2),  Jones  (2),  Hall  (2),  Kallock  (2),  Hoxie  (2), 
Reynolds  (3).  Base  on  balls — Savage,  Fairbanks,  Hinkley, 
Hutchinson,  Downes  (3),  Jones  (2),  Latlip,  Hoxie,  Jack- 
son, Nash.  Hit  by  pitched  ball — Hall,  Kallock,  Hoxie, 
Reynolds.  Struck  out— Savage,  Hinkley  (2),  Jones  (3), 
Chapman,  Hall,  Kallock,  Bonney,  Reynolds,  Jackson, 
Nash,  Purinton.  Passed  balls — Hutchinson  (5),  Reynolds 
(3).  Wild  pitches— Purinton  (3),  Allen  (1).  Time— 3  hours 
20  minutes.     Umpire — Pushor. 


Bates,  15;  Bowdoin,  10. 

The  first  game  of  the  season  between  Bates  and 
Bowdoin  was  played  here,  Wednesday,  May  4th,  and 
resulted  in  an  easy  victory  for  Bates. 

The  Bates  men  made  five  runs  in  the  first 
inning,  and  five  more  in  the  third,  due  to  the  poor 
pitching  of  French  who  forced  in  several  runs  by 
bases  on  balls.  After  the  third,  Jones  took  the 
place  of  French  in  the  box  and  our  team  played  a 
good  up-hill  game,  but  was  unable  to  make  up  for 
the  heavy  gain  of  Bates  in  the  first  and  third.  On 
the  Bates  team  Mildram  pitched  till  the  eighth 
inning  when  Pennell  took  bis  place.  The  score  : 
BATES. 


Hoffman,  2b., 
Wilson,  c.f.,  p., 
Putnam,  l.f.,  . 
Pennell,  lb.,  . 
Wakefield,  3b., 
Pulsifer,  s.s.,  . 
Campbell,  r.f., 
Emery,  c,  .  . 
Mildram,  p.,     . 


A.B.      R.      B.H.   T.B.   S.H.    P.O. 

3        110        3 


0 


6 


Totals,    ...  35      15      12      16        2    *26      18 
*  Chapman  hit  by  batted  ball. 

BOWDOINS. 


Allen,  c, 
Savage,  lb., 
Fairbanks,  3b 
Hinkley,  l.f., 
Hutchinson,  2b., 
Downes,  r.f., 
Sykes,  s.s., 
Chapman,  c.f 
Jones,  p., 
French,  p., 

Totals, 


0        0        0        0 


0 

2 

2 

2 

0 

1 

2 

0 

1 

2 

6 

3 

0 

1 

0 

0 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

3 

0 

.  40      10      14       18        6      24      17 

SCORE  BY  INNINGS. 

123456789 


Bates,     .     . 
Bowdoins, 


0      5      4 
0      0      1 


10      0      0 


-15 


0 


0      2—10 


Earned  runs — Bates,  2;  Bowdoins,  2.  Two-base  hits — 
Campbell,  Hutchinson,  Chapman.  Three-base  hit— Hutch- 
inson. Home  run— Putnam.  Stolen  bases — Hoffman  (2), 
Pennell,  Campbell  (2),  Emery  (3),  Mildram,  Allen,  Savage, 
Fairbanks,  Hinkley,  Downes  (2),  Sykes.  Base  on  balls- 
Hoffman  (3),  Wakefield  (2),  Campbell  (2),  Emery  (3), 
Savage  (2),  Fairbanks,  Hinkley,  Sykes.  Struck  out — 
Putnam,  Hinkley  (2),  Hutchinson.  Passed  balls — Emery 
(2),  Allen.  Wild  pitches— Jones  (2).  Time— 2h.  15m. 
Umpire— Scannell  of  Lewiston. 

Bates,  25;  Bowdoin,  10. 
On  Saturday,  May  7th,  Bates  defeated  our  team 
at  Lewiston  even  more  severely  than  on  Wednesday. 
Jones  was  weak  in    the    box    and   in    the    eighth 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


29 


was  succeeded  by  Allen,  while  Hutchinson  took 
Allen's  place  behind  the  bat.  Downes  or  "Balboa" 
made  a  phenomenal  catch  in  right  field,  and  good 
catches  were  also  made  by  Sykes  and  Chapman. 
On  the  Bates  team  the  batting  of  Pulsifer  was  re- 
markable and  their  general  play  excellent. 

A  large  number  of  the  boys  went  up  to  Lewis- 
ton  to  see  the  game.  Most  of  them  returned  before 
the  end  of  the  game,  bearing  news  by  no  means 
pleasant  to  those  who  remained  at  home.  The 
score  is  as  follows  : 

BATES. 


A.E.  K.  B.H.  T.E.  P.O.  A.  E. 

Hoffman,  2b 2  4  1  1  5  0  0 

Wilson,  c.f.,     .     .     .     .     ■    4  2  1  1  1  0  0 

Putnam,  l.f. 6  2  2  2  1  0  1 

Pennell,  lb 5  4  1  1  6  1  1 

Wakefield,  3b 4  4  1  2  3  2  1 

Pulsifer,  s.s 6  4  5  13  1  1  1 

Campbell,  r.f 6  2  2  2  0  0  0 

Emery,  c, 4  1  1  1  9  6  0 

Mildram,  p. 5  2  1  1  1  1  1 

Totals 42  25  14  23  27  11  5 

BOWDOINS. 

A.E.  R.  B.H.    T.B.    P.O.  A.  E. 

Allen,  c 6  2  0  0  0  4  1 

Savage,  lb. 2  2  0  0  8  2  2 

Fairbanks,  3b 4  1  1  1  4  1  1 

Downes,  r.f 4  0  3  5  1  0  1 

Hutchinson,  2b.,  c.,      .     .    5  0  1        1  1  2  1 

Hinkley,  l.f.,  2b 4  1  1  1  2  1  0 

Chapman,  c.f.,     ....    5  1  0  0  1  0  0 

Jones,  p.,  l.f.,      ....    4  0  0  0  1  5  3 

Sykes,  s.s., 3  2  2  2  2  0  6 


Totals 33      10 


SCORE  BY  INNINGS. 


9      24      15      15 


Bowdoins, 


0 


0 


0 


6      x— 25 
1       0—10 


Earned  runs — Bates,  6;  Bowdoins,  1.  Two-base  hits — 
Wakefield,  Pulsifer  (2).  'Three-base  hit— Downes.  Home 
runs — Pulsifer  (2).  Sacrifice  hits— Emery,  Mildram,  Savage 
(2).  Stolen  bases — Hoffman  (4),  Wilson,  Pennell  (2), 
Campbell  (3),  Allen,  Hinkley.  First  base  on  balls— by 
Mildram,  9;  by  Jones,  9;  by  Allen,  2.  Left  on  bases- 
Bates,  3;  Bowdoins,  7.  First  base  on  errors — Bates,  8; 
Bowdoins,  2;  Struck  out — Putnam,  Wakefield  (2),  Pulsifer, 
Campbell  (2),  Fairbanks,  Downes,  Hutchinson  (4),  Jones 
(2).  Double  plays — Wakefield  and  Pennell;  Allen,  Hink- 
ley, and  Fairbanks.  Passed  balls — Emery,  6;  Allen,  2; 
Hutchinson,  1.  Wild  pitches— Jones,  4.  Hit  by  pitched 
ball — Mildram,  Hinkley,  Savage.  Time— 2h.  40m.  Um- 
pire— J.  M.  Scannell 


The  New  England  tennis  championship  tourna- 
ment will  be  held  at  the  grounds  of  the  New  Haven 
Lawn  Club,  June  13th. 


Libby  attended  the  Eastern  Deputation  Confer- 
ence, held  at  Dartmouth  College,  April  14-17,  as 
one  of  the  delegates  from  Maine.  He  returned  with 
a  lot  of  good  ideas  on  association  work,  and  at  the 
meeting  on  Thursday,  April  21st,  gave  an  interest- 
ing account  of  the  principal  subjects  that  were 
discussed  at  the  conference. 

One  of  the  points  on  which  considerable  stress 
was  laid,  and  which  has  been  spoken  of  in  our 
meetings,  seems  to  be  of  sufficient  importance  to  be 
mentioned  again.  It  was  in  regard  to  the  impor- 
tance of  systematic  Bible  study  as  an  aid  to  asso- 
ciation work.  It  is  one  of  the  principal  sources,  if 
not  the  principal  one,  from  which  we  derive  the 
spiritual  power,  which  is  so  indispensable  to  the 
successful  accomplishment  of  Christian  work.  While 
we  have  no  Bible  classes  this  term  it  is  possible 
for  each  one  to  devote  at  least  fifteen  or  twenty 
minutes  each  day  to  the  study  of  God's  word. 
Although  it  might  seem  as  if  very  little  could  be 
accomplished  in  so  short  a  time,  we  think  that 
whoever  will  devote  even  so  little  time  as  fifteen 
minutes  a  day  to  the  faithful  study  of  the  Bible, 
will  find,  at  the  end  of  the  term,  that  he  has  derived 
much  personal  benefit  from  it;  and  we  feel  sure 
that  our  meetings  will  also  show  the  effects  of  it, 
and  we  shall  be  better  prepared  to  carry  on  a 
vigorous  and  aggressive  "campaign"  next  fall. 

The  first  of  a  series  of  deputation  meetings  was 
held  with  the  Bates  College  Association,  Saturday 
and  Sunday,  April  23d  and  24th.  Colby  was  repre- 
sented by  W.  B.  Tuthill,  and  Bowdoin  by  P.  J. 
Libby.  State  Secretary  Shelton  was  also  present. 
This  meeting  is  to  be  followed  by  similar  meetings 
at  Colby  and  Bowdoin,  and  the  several  fitting 
schools  of  the  State.  The  College  Associations  will 
doubtless  be  strengthened  by  these  meetings ;  and 
it  is  the  aim  of  the  deputations  visiting  the  fitting 
schools  to  increase  the  interest  in  Christian  work 
there,  and  to  prepare  the  Christian  men  coming 
from  these  schools  to  the  colleges  to  at  once  take 
hold  of  Christian  work. 


COMMUNICATION  PROM  INTERNATIONAL 
COMMITTEE  OP  T.  M.  C.  A. 
The  remarkable  success  of  the  Northfield  Sum- 
mer School  for  the  past  six  years  has  led  to  the 
establishment  of  a  similar  gathering  which  has  been 
held  for  two  years  at  Lake  Geneva,  Wisconsin,  and 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


to  the  inauguration  the  present  year  of  a  similar 
school,  to  be  held  at  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

At  Northfleld,  which  is  especially  accessible  to 
students  of  the  eastern  colleges,  we  are  assured  of 
such  speakers  as  Rev.  Dr.  Bristol,  of  Chicago ; 
Rev.  Wilton  Merle  Smith,  Rev.  A.  F.  Schauffler,  and 
Anthony  Comstock,  of  New  York ;  Rev.  H.  Clay 
Trumbull,  of  Philadelphia;  Rev.  A.  J.  Gordon,  of 
Boston  ;  President  Gates,  of  Amherst ;  Major  Whit- 
tle, and  others.  Mr.  McConaughy  and  Mr.  R.  E. 
Speer,  as  instructors  in  Bible-classes,  will  need  no 
introduction  to  college  students.  Those  who  recall 
the  rise  of  the  Student  Volunteer  Movement  will 
recognize  the  name  of  Mr.  John  Foreman  as  one  of 
the  foremost  of  its  early  promoters.  His  presence 
in  this  country  makes  it  possible  to  secure  him  for 
this  gathering. 

A  name  still  more  familiar  is  that  of  L.  D. 
Wishard,  the  first  college  secretary,  who  has  lately 
returned  from  a  four-years'  tour  abroad,  and  who 
will  be  at  each  of  the  three  gatherings  to  relate 
much  that  will  be  of  interest  concerning  student 
movements  in  other  countries. 

It  is  doubtful  if  a  stronger  programme  was  ever 
presented  at  such  a  conference,  and  it  should 
attract  an  unusually  large  number,  not  only  of  those 
who  have  attended  in  the  past,  but  of  many  to 
whom  it  may  be  a  most  interesting  and  profitable 
experience.  It  should  be  seriously  considered  by 
many  a  student  in  the  forming  of  plans  for  the  first 
weeks  of  the  vacation. 


'26. — There  is  elsewhere 
in  this  issue  an  interesting 
article  by  Isaac  McLellan,  the  only 
survivor  of  the  class  of  '26.  This 
gentleman  has  kept  up  an  unflagging 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  college,  and 
has  always  been  among  the  first  to  heed  her  calls 
for  aid.  Notwithstanding  his  eighty-six  years  of 
faithful  service  he  is  one  of  the  most  active  among 
the  alumni,  and  what  is  more,  one  who  can  always 
be  depended  upon  to  do  his  part. 

'27. — The  statue  of  John  P.  Hale,  which  Senator 
Chandler  is  to  present  to  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 


shire, is  being  executed  by  Muller,  of  Munich,  and  is 
expected  to  arrive  in  Concord  in  May.  It  will  be 
located  in  the  State  House  Park,  and  it  is  probable 
that  the  unveiling  ceremonies  will  occur  in  June. 
It  is  a  fitting  tribute  that  a  truly  great  man  should 
have  erected  to  his  memory  some  material  sign  of 
the  love  and  esteem  of  his  countrymen.  Although 
this  statesman  is  still  a  living  power  in  the  hearts 
of  those  who  for  so  many  years  have  associated 
with  him  in  the  highest  places  of  his  country's  trust, 
and  saw  the  firmness  with  which  he  withstood  oppo- 
sition, standing  at  times  almost  alone  for  the  right ; 
yet  it  is  a  beautiful  thiug  that  those  who  come  after 
should  see  some  outward  token  of  gratitude  from 
those  whom  he  has  served  so  well. 

'37,  '50,  '61. — Bowdoin  was  well  represented  at 
the  Republican  Convention  at  Bangor.  The  meet- 
ing was  opened  with  prayer  by  Rev.  John  S.  Sewell 
of  the  Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  '50.  Gen. 
Thomas  W.  Hyde  of  Bath,  '61,  was  chosen  presi- 
dential elector,  and  John  L.  Cutter,  '37,  delegate  at 


'44,  M.  S.  of  M. — Ivory  Brooks,  M.D.,  was  born 
June  13,  1816,  at  Waterborough.  He  received  his 
education  at  the  common  schools,  and  attended  for 
a  short  time  the  academies  at  Alfred  and  Strafford, 
N.  H.,  began  his  medical  studies  with  Dr.  C.  F. 
Elliot  of  Somersworth.  N.  H.,  and  attended  four 
courses  of  lectures  at  the  Medical  School  of  Maine, 
where  he  received  his  degree.  He  immediately 
settled  in  Springvale,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death,  April  24th,  of  Bright's  disease. 
For  nearly  half  a  century  he  was  an  active  physi- 
cian and  highly  respected  citizen  of  his  adopted 
town,  for  over  half  a  century  of  the  time  holding 
the  commission  of  trial'justice.  He  was  married  in 
1861,  but  his  wife  died  before  him.  They  leave  one 
daughter. 

'48,  M.  S.  of  M.— Jabez  Woodman  Murray,  M.D., 
was  born  at  Lewiston,  December  22,  1823.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  Lewiston  Falls 
Academy,  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Alonzo  Gar- 
celon  (Bowdoin,  '36),  attended  three  courses  of 
lectures  at  the  Maine  Medical  School,  from  which 
he  received  his  degree.  He  settled  at  Madrid, 
where  he  continued  iu  successful  practice  for  twenty- 
five  years,  after  spending  several  months  in  the 
hospitals  of  London,  Paris,  and  other  foreign  cities. 
He  resided  for  three  years  in  his  native  city.  In 
U374  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Minneapolis, 
where  he  continued  in  active  practice  until  his 
death,  April  19th.  Dr.  Murray  was  a  prominent 
Mason  and  Knight  Templar,  a  member  of  the  Maine 


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and  Miunesota  Medical  Association,  and  president 
of  the  Hennepin  County  Medical  Society.  Of  his 
standing  in  his  profession  a  fellow  practitioner 
writes  as  follows  :  "  Dr.  Murray  was  looked  upon  as 
the  ablest  man  in  all  departments  of  medicine  we 
ever  had  in  Minneapolis.  His  judgment  was  far 
superior  to  that  of  any  other  man  in  the  profession 
in  this  city.  He  was  a  student,  always  reading  and 
always  experimenting.  He  kept  well  up  to  the 
great  progress  which  the  profession  has  made  in  the 
last  fifteen  or  twenty  years.  No  man  could  have 
been  more  faithful  than  he  to  his  patients,  to  his 
family,  and  to  his  friends.  At  the  same  time  he 
was  a  man  of  kindly  and  charitable  impulses,  who 
was  always  ready  to  say  a  kind  and  encouraging 
word  or  do  a  charitable  act."  His  wife  and  two 
children  survive  him. 

'49. _The  Orient  extends  its  sympathy  to  Mr. 
Llewellyn  Deane,  who  it  seems  is  suffering  under 
more  than  his  share  of  misfortunes.  His  wife  died 
in  the  latter  part  of  March.  On  April  21st  the  res- 
idence at  Kensington,  near  Washington,  to  which 
Mr.  Deane  had  moved  not  more  than  a  year  ago, 
was  destroyed  by  fire,  the  family  narrowly  escaping. 
Mr.  Deane,  who  was  just  convalescing  from  a 
severe  illness,  was  badly  burned  on  the  arms  and 
had  to  be  carried  to  the  Providence  Hospital. 

'54,  and  others. — Among  the  officers  of  the  Frye- 
burg  Academy  Alumni  Association  of  Residents  in 
Boston  and  Vicinity,  recently  elected,  are  :  Henry 
Hyde  Smith,  '54,  one  of  the  vice-presidents,  and 
Rev.  F.  A.  Wilson,  73,  C.  A.  Page,  70,  and  W.  W. 
Towle,  '81,  of  the  executive  committee. 

'54,  M.  S.  of  M. — George  Montgomery,  a  well- 
known  New  England  physician,  died  in  New  York, 
March  17th.  He  was  born  in  Strafford,  N.  H.,  in  1834, 
graduated  from  the  Medical  School  of  Maiue  in  his 
20th  year,  studied  medicine  and  began  practice  in 
his  native  State.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served 
as  surgeon  with  a  company  of  New  Hampshire 
volunteers.  In  1873  he  removed  to  Newburyport, 
Mass.,  where  he  continued  in  practice  until  eight 
weeks  ago  when  enfeebled  by  over-work  he  came  to 
visit  his  daughter  in  New  York. 

'61. — Prof.  A.  S.  Packard  has  an  interesting  and 
instructive  article  in  the  Popular  Science  Monthly 
for  May,  on  "  Why  We  Should  Teach  Geology." 

'6fi. — George  F.  Holmes,  Esq.,  for  many  years 
one  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  Cumberland 
Bar,  died  Sunday  evening,  March  6th.  He  was 
born  at  Oxford,  Me.,  November  5,  1844,  and  was 
therefore  in  his  forty-eighth  year.  His  early  life 
was  passed  at   the  family   homestead  at   Oxford. 


Soon  after  graduation  he  went  to  Portland  and 
entered  the  law  office  of  Shepley  &  Strout  as  a  stu- 
dent. He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1869,  and 
entered  at  once  into  practice.  He  was  for  many 
years  in  partnership  with  A.  A.  Strout,  Esq.,  71,  and 
later  with  F.  C.  Paysou,  76.  He  was  married  in 
1875,  and  his  widow  and  one  child,  a  daughter, 
survive  him.  Because  of  lack  of  information  we 
have  to  apologize  for  the  tardy  appearance  of  the 
above. 

'68.— Dr.  Charles  O.  Whitman,  Professor  in  the 
department  of  Biology  at  Clark  University,  has  re- 
signed to  accept  a  position  in  the  new  university  of 
Chicago. 

'68.— Rev.  George  M.  Bodge  has  resigned  the 
pastorate  of  the  Unitarian  church  at  East  Boston 
to  accept  a  call  to  Leominster,  Mass. 

71.— From  an  interesting  letter  received  from 
Prof.  E.  F.  Davis  we  take  the  liberty  to  publish  the 
following.  And  right  here  perhaps  it  would  be  well 
to  say  that  it  is  desired  to  make  this  department  a 
personal  one,  as  its  name  signifies,  and  we  should 
be  glad  to  receive  more  personal  letters.  Professor 
Davis  thus  speaks  of  his  work  :  "  I  am  doing  noth- 
ing extraordinary,  but  endeavoring  to  do  ordinary 
things  in  the  best  way  I  can.  Our  institution 
(Penn.  State  College)  is  young  and  prosperous. 
The  legislature  of  the  State  has  within  the  last 
decade  made  large  appropriations,  thus  enabling 
the  college  to  erect  needed  buildings,  furnish  appli- 
ances, and  otherwise  enlarge  its  work.  We  received 
$150,000  about  a  year  ago  and  shall  probably  get 
as  much  more  next  winter.  The  number  of  stu- 
dents increases  yearly.  Our  last  Freshman  class 
numbered  about  sixty  at  entering.  The  teaching 
force  is  necessarily  increased  each  year.  I  have 
charge  of  the  work  of  the  English  Department, 
teaching  Rhetoric,  Oratory,  Old  English,  and  En- 
glish Literature.  English  Philology  forms  a  very 
important  feature.  In  addition  to  regular  daily 
duties,  I  take  my  turn  with  the  local  preachers  in 
supplying  the  college  pulpit  on  Sundays." 

72.— Ex-Mayor  Marcellus  Coggan,  of  Maiden, 
was  one  of  the  counsel  for  defense  in  the  famous 
trial  at  East  Cambridge,  Mass.,  of  Trefethen  and 
Smith,  charged  with  murdering  Tena  Davis, 
formerly  of  Bethel,  Me. 

'89. — John  R.  Clark  is  connected  with  a  big 
publishing  house  in  Minneapolis. 


The  first  college  paper  was  published  at  Dart- 
mouth in  1800,  and  is  said  to  have  been  edited  by 
Daniel  Webster. — Bema. 


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A    PROBLEM. 
They  met  at  a  party  ; 

'  Twas  love  at  first  sight. 
The  two  were  made  one 

In  just  a  fortnight. 

Repenting  at  leisure 

As  wiser  it  grew, 
In  just  half  a  year 

The  one  was  made  two. 

That  two  are  made  one 

By  division,  '  tis  true. 
But  how  by  division 

Can  one  be  made  two  ? 

—  Williams  Weekly. 

Congregationalism  bas  Yale,  Unitarianism  has 
Harvard,  Presbyterianism  bas  Princeton,  Colum- 
bia is  Episcopalian,  and  the  Chicago  University  is 
Baptist. 

W.  D.  Rockefeller  has  given  another  $1,000,000 
for  the  endowment  fund  of  Chicago  University. 
This  increases  his  gifts  to  the  university  to  $2,600,- 
000,  the  largest  amount  of  money  ever  given  by 
one  person  to  an  American  educational  movement. 
President  Andrews,  of  Brown,  has  been  called  to  a 
professorship,  but  will  probably  decline.  The  uni- 
versity will  open  with  no  less  than  half  a  million 
volumes  in  its  library. 

A   MIS-ANTHROPE. 
Of  al!  the  wonders  of  my  life 

The  greatest  wonder  this  is, 
How  Cupid  a  good  shot  can  be, 
Yet  make  so  many  Mrs. 

— Ex. 

The  Phi  Beta  Kappa  key  may  not  wind  any 
watch  but  there  is  a  certain  charm  about  it  after 
all.  — Brunonian. 

MODERN   AGNOSTICISM. 
"  The  professors  are  wrong,"  said  the  student  at  college, 

"  In  giving  me  marks  that  are  low. 
For,  with  Huxley,  I  think  that  the  height  of  all  knowledge 
Is  in  the  three  words  '  I  don't  know  !  '  " 

— Trinity  Tablet. 


Harvard's  shell  for  the  June  race  will  be  twenty 
pounds  lighter  than  any  previous  boat  built  for  the 
crew. 

Harvard,  Yale,  Princeton,  and  Columbia  will 
hold  a  chess  tournament  during  Christmas  week  of 
1892,  for  a  $400  cap,  contributed  by  the  alumni  of 
the  colleges. 

SPECULATION  VS.   EMPERICISM. 

Said  he,  "  your  lips  look  just  delicious,"  . 

And  she,  in  sweet,  blushing  confusion, 
Made  answer  both  wise  and  capricious, 

"  Pray  draw  no  such  hasty  conclusion." 

—  Williams  Weekly. 

The  daily  practice  of  the  base-ball  and  athletic 
teams,  the  rehearsals  of  the  glee,  banjo,  mandolin, 
and  operatic  clubs,  the  appearance  of  the  college 
publications,  and,  incidentally,  the  holding  of  a  few 
recitations,  remind  us  that  school  is  keeping  again. 

There  was  a  young  man  from  Lenore, 
Who  wished  his  sad  life  were  o'er  ; 
So  he  joined  an  eleven 
And  went  straight  to  heaven  ; 
And  bucked  through  St.  P.  at  the  door. 

Statistics  show  that,  in  1850,  75  per  cent,  of  the 
students  in  the  colleges  and  universities  of  this 
country  were  farmer's  sons,  while  in  1890  there 
were  only  3  per  cent. 

A  base-ball  cage  is  to  be  erected  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania.  The  alumni  have  pledged 
two-thirds  of  the  funds  and  the  college  one-third. 

The  gymnasium  at  Brown  is  open  every  evening 
to  enable  men  to  train  for  the  coming  exhibition. 


OUR    / 0f  Your  Society  Bac|ge  wi"  be 

I  Mailed    to   You    through    your 

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Wright,  Kay  &  Co. 


Manufacturers  of  Finest  Plain  and  Jeweled  Society  Badges. 
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Optician, 

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Vol.  XXII. 


BRUNSWICK,  MAINE,  MAY  25,  1892. 


No.  3. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 

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THE  COLLEGIATE   YEAR  BY   THE   STUDENTS  OF 

BOWDOIN     COLLEGE. 


EDITORIAL    BOARD. 

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H.  C.  Fabyan,  '93,  Assistant  Managing  Editor. 

R.  E.  Goodell,  '93,  Business  Manager. 

W.  P.  Chamberlain,  '93.  H.  E.  Andrews,  '91. 

M.  S.  Clifford,  '93.  F.  J.  Libby,  '94. 

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the  Managing  Editor. 

Students,  Professors,  and  Alumni  are  invited  to  contribute 
literary  articles,  personals,  and  items.  Contributions  must  be 
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Vol.  XXII.,  No.  3.— May  25,  1892. 

Editorial  Notes, 33 

Our  Public  Schools, 34 

A  Surprise, 36 

Rhyme  and  Reason  : 

The  Whispering  Pines, 39 

A  Summer  Shower, 39 

Collegii  Tabula, 40 

Athletics, 42 

Y.  M.  C.  A., 43 

Personal 43 

College  World, 46 


It  is  possible  even  in  three  years'  time 
to  note  the  progress  of  class  and  college  sen- 
timent toward  civilization.  The  spirit  of 
lawlessness  seems  to  have  been  one  of  the 
traditions  of  university  life,  originating  in 
times  when  society  acquiesced  in  it,  and 
retaining  its  hold  among  the  students  long 
after  it  was  eradicated  from  societ}7.  Bow- 
doin  was  not  one  of  the  first  colleges  to 
modernize  its  social  sj'stem,  but  the  silent 
and  steady  change  which  has  been  taking 
place  within  the  last  few  years  has  certainly 
placed  it  well  toward  the  front  in  the  race. 
The  means  by  which  this  improvement  has 
been  brought  about  were  gradual.  The 
President  has  realized  that  it  takes  a  gener- 
ation to  establish  any  reform  ;  but  as  a  col- 
lege generation  is  only  four  years  in  length, 
the  task  was  not  so  hopeless  as  might  be 
thought.  In  the  matter  of  hazing,  perhaps 
the  greatest  results  have  been  brought  about. 
There  is  now  at  least  one  class  in  college 
which  has  absolutely  no  practical  knowledge 
of  hazing.  It  remains  to  be  seen  whether 
that  class  will  attempt  to  revive  any  of  the 
old  conditions  which  it  knows  from  report 
to  have  existed.  This  is  unlikely,  as  any 
movement  in  that  direction  is  even  now 
considered  childish.  The  destruction  of 
property  is  another  evil  which  is  fast  disap- 
pearing.    A  few  years  ago  the  demolition  of 


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recitation  rooms  was  not  an  uncommon 
occurrence.  We  do  not  wish  to  predict  that 
such  an  event  will  never  occur  again,  but  it 
certainly  could  not  now  happen  with  the 
consent  of  a  whole  class.  There  are  still 
individuals  who  have  not  outgrown  their 
childishness  and  who  love  to  smash  things 
and  to  set  fires,  but  nothing  of  any  conse- 
quence can  be  done  against  the  sentiment 
of  the  students,  and  that  sentiment  is  for 
assisting  in  the  improvement  of  the  college, 
both  in  its  social  and  in  its  material  interests. 


TITHE  tennis  plaj^ers  and  other  thirsty 
-*■  mortals  are  missing  the  Paradise  Spring 
water  which  they  had  last  fall.  Are  we  not 
going  to  indulge  in  this  luxury  again? 
Though,  as  a  sanitary  precaution,  it  may  not 
be  so  urgently  demanded  as  it  was  in  the 
fall,  yet  it  is  certainly  better  than  the 
hydrant  water,  and  it  would  be  appreciated 
by  the  students.  While  money  is  being 
appropriated  for  improving  the  buildings, 
would  it  not  be  worth  while  to  make  some 
arrangement  for  a  permanent  supply  of 
spring  water  on  the  campus?  Although  the 
Water  Company  may  furnish  good  water 
most  of  the  time,  we  know  that  it  cannot  be 
depended  on  in  a  dry  season,  and  it  is  then 
that  there  is  the  greatest  necessity  for  pure 
water.  If  the  college  had  a  supply  of  its 
own,  a  great  deal  of  sickness  in  the  fall  and 
winter  could  be  prevented. 


TPHE  whisperer  is  causing  a  good  deal  of 
•^  unnecessary  annoyance  in  the  library. 
While  there  is  no  prominent  notice,  "  Con- 
versation Prohibited, "posted  on  the  walls,  any 
more  than  there  are,  "  Keep  Off  the  Grass," 
signs  about  the  campus,  it  is  expected  that 
every  man  will  show  some  regard  for  the 
general  welfare.  We  hope,  however,  that  it 
is  only  ignorance  of  the  common  etiquette 
of  public  reading-rooms  that  leads  some  of 


the  students  to  persist  in  carrying  on  ex- 
tended conversations  in  the  library  when 
others  are  trying  to  read. 


Our   Public  Schools. 

TITHE  man  who  takes  upon  himself  to  bring 
-1  to  light  a  public  defect  undertakes  a 
task  as  thankless  as  it  is  penniless.  But  as 
long  as  we  shirk  the  duty,  so  long  will  the 
defect  remain  concealed  and  unremedied.  If 
you  tell  the  intellectual  citizen  of  this  State 
that  our  public  schools  are  standing  to-day 
where  those  of  Massachusetts  stood  twenty 
years  ago,  you  reveal  to  him  an  unpleasant 
fact,  but  a  fact  nevertheless. 

That,  in  this  age  of  steam,  electricity,  and 
modern  improvement,  when  we  are  eager  to 
seize  upon  every  invention  to  aid  physical 
labor  and  bring  about  external  improvement, 
the  children  of  the  public  schools,  wherein 
the  great  majority  of  pupils  receive  their 
only  mental  training,  which  is  to  fit  them  to 
become  intelligent  voters  and  citizens  of  the 
State,  that  these  children  should  be  per- 
mitted to  plod  along  under  the  same  clumsy 
methods  of  instruction  as  their  fathers  before 
them,  when  other  methods  much  better  have 
been  in  successful  use  in  other  states,  shows 
that  the  farmer  or  business  man  directs  his 
thoughts  more  to  the  soil  mellowed  by  the 
new  harrow,  or  the  fabric  made  more  beau- 
tiful by  the  improved  loom,  than  to  the  edu- 
cation of  his  children.  In  most  of  the  smaller 
towns  of  the  State  the  child  learns  his  A, 
B,  C's  in  precisely  the  same  manner  as  his 
grandfather  did  before  him,  perhaps  under 
the  instruction  of  the  elderly  sister,  cousin, 
or  aunt  of  the  school  agent,  as  the  old  dis- 
trict system  is  still  in  vogue  in  one-third  of 
the  towns.  Here  also  he  may  be  able  to 
work  out  the  catch  problems,  and  sums  that 
never  would  come  up  in  practical  life,  yet  if 
you  give  him  a  sheet  of  paper  and  tell  him 
to  make  out  a  bill  of  merchandise,  or  write 


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a  Holmes'  note,  he  would  be  entirely  at  loss 
how  to  proceed.  Such  a  man  goes  into  busi- 
ness. A  problem  comes  up  in  his  transactions; 
if  he  can  remember  what  rule  it  comes  under, 
all  good  and  well,  if  not  he  turns  back  to 
the  doggerel  volume  of  his  youth  and  seeks 
to  place  it  somewhere  among  those  principles, 
which,  parrot-like,  he  learned  and  succeeded 
in  remembering  long  enough  to  do  the  few 
examples  which  came  under  it,  with  no 
thought  of  its  having  any  connection  with 
practical  life.  In  the  same  manner  a  scholar 
is  able  to  parse  correctly  every  word  in  a 
sentence,  but  make  half  a  dozen  grammatical 
errors  in  his  own  speech  in  so  doing. 

In  the  larger  towns  and  cities  of  the 
State  the  word  method  of  reading  is  coming 
into  use  and  is  having  great  success,  as  it  is 
only  natural  for  the  child  to  read  in  the  same 
way  he  is  taught  to  speak,  by  the  use  of 
words  instead  of  letters.  But  Massachu- 
setts is  now  ready  to  take  a  step  higher,  and 
in  some  of  her  schools  the  pupil  is  now 
taught  by  sentences  instead  of  words.  In 
one  of  the  schools  of  Boston  I  had  the  good 
fortune  to  listen  Uj  a  class  in  mental  arith- 
metic, composed  of  boys  and  girls  from  ten 
to  thirteen  years  of  age,  and  what  was  my 
surprise  when  Prof.  Clapp  gave  out  to  them 
examples,  not  only  in  interest  involving 
months  and  days,  but  in  square  and  cube 
root  of  two  places  of  figures,  and  almost  in- 
stantaneously up  would  go  the  hands  and  the 
answer  be  given,  almost  invariably  correct, 
before  I  could  write  down  the  figures  on 
paper.  Such  a  feat  is  truly  wonderful  to 
one  who  has  set  his  standard  by  the  town 
schools  in  this  State,  and  shows  only  the  more 
clearly  what  we  have  yet  to  accomplish  to 
give  the  children  of  Maine  an  equal  footing 
with  those  of  our  sister  State. 

But  some  one  says  that  our  systems  are 
improving;  to  be  sure,  but  with  fatal  slowness. 
That  the  towns  are  not  yet  ready  to  adopt 
new  methods  has  been    well  illustrated   by 


what  happened  in  a  town  of  some  two  thou- 
sand inhabitants  a  short  time  ago.  A  gen- 
tleman was  elected  to  the  board  of  super- 
visors who  had  always  lived  in  a  city,  where 
the  instruction  and  modes  of  teaching  were 
on  a  more  elevated  scale.  He  gave  his  time 
to  remodeling  the  schools,  introducing  a  new 
system  of  text-books,  and  was  preparing,  to 
a  certain  extent,  to  grade  the  schools  as  far 
as  possible,  and  thus  give  each  scholar  an 
equal  opportunity,  and.the  teacher  more  time 
to  devote  to  the  different  subjects.  As  it 
now  is  every  scholar  wishes  to  begin  just 
where  he  left  off  the  term  before,  no  matter 
whether  he  knows  anything  or  not  about 
what  he  has  been  over;  thus  the  teacher  is 
confronted  in  a  school  of  twenty  pupils,  with 
as  many  classes,  and  but  little  progress  can 
be  made.  But,  notwithstanding  the  efforts 
of  this  gentleman,  he  was  almost  entirely 
without  the  support  of  the  citizens.  At  the 
next  annual  meeting,  at  the  instigation  of  a 
man  well  known  and  holding  a  high  position 
in  the  State,  he  was  put  out  of  office  and  his 
methods  overthrown.  This  prominent  man 
prefaced  his  remarks  by,  "  What  is  good 
enough  for  me  is  good  enough  for  my  chil- 
dren." But  every  day  he  shows  that  what 
was  good  enough  for  his  ancestors  he  himself 
could  not  be  content  with.  He  would  make 
a  very  wry  face  if  he  was  forced  to  fare  as 
the  hardy  woodsman  less  than  a  century  ago. 
His  grace  would  find  the  saddle  and  coach  a 
sorry  contrast  to  the  easy  carriage  and  soft 
cushions  of  the  palace  car  which  he  enjoys 
to-day.  Preaching  is  one  thing,  practice 
quite  another.  Never  in  the  great  advance 
of  civilization  was  the  truth  more  clearly 
demonstrated,  that  what  the  fathers  and 
mothers  of  twenty  or  thirty  years  ago  found 
adequate  for  all  their  needs  will  not  do  for 
their  child  to-day.  A  state  of  progress  like 
the  State  of  Maine  should  nourish  well  the 
main  root  of  all  intellectual  advancement, 
instead  of  letting  it  struggle  along  by  itself 


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choked  by  the  last  year's  neglected  weeds,  if 
it  wishes  to  enjoy  the  results  of  a  fruitful 
harvest. 

Another  great  drawback  to  the  advance- 
ment of  the  schools  is  the  lack  of  sufficient 
funds  to  pay  experienced  teachers.  Most  of 
the  towns  raise  just  money  enough  to  barely 
cover  the  law,  and  consider  it  money  wasted, 
and  cry  the  great  burden  of  taxation  if  a  few 
hundred  dollars  is  asked  for  to  defray  the 
expenses  of  a  free  high  school.  A  certain 
town  in  the  State,  which  is  but  a  fair  sample 
of  many  others,  cheerfully  voted  to  tax  them- 
selves, without  a  murmur,  for  eight  thou- 
sand dollars  at  one  time  and  three  thousand 
at  another  towards  building  factories  to  start 
in  a  new  business  men  with  plenty  of  money 
of  their  own,  but  when  eight  hundred  dol- 
lars were  asked  for  the  support  of  a  free  high 
school  to  educate  their  own  children,  imme- 
diately the  cry  of  taxes  was  raised,  which 
mounted  up  so  rapidly  that  it  was  creditably 
reported,  and  believed  by  some  in  the  oppo- 
sition, that  a  man's  poll  tax  would  be  raised 
from  two  to  four  dollars.  Before  any  im- 
portant changes  can  be  made  in  the  school 
system  the  people  must  be  aroused  to  the 
fact  that  there  is  need  of  change.  No  one 
can  realize  this  more  fully  than  the  student 
who  enters  college  from  one  of  these  small 
towns  and  tries  to  compete  writh  fellow- 
students  who  have  had  the  advantage  of  the 
best  city  schools.  Thus  no  one  can  be  better 
fitted  to  undertake  the  task  of  waking  up 
the  citizens  to  the  fact  that,  if  they  wish  their 
children  to  hold  equal  positions  of  honor  and 
intellectual  ability  with  those  of  sister  states, 
they  must  at  least  grant  to  them  equal  op- 
portunities. 


A   Surprise. 

TTTVERY  morning  as  I  went  to  school  in  a 
*-*■  small  but  thriving  city  in  Illinois,  my 
eyes  were  sure  to  fall  upon  a  large,  gilt- 
lettered  sign,  "Bennett  &  Potter,  Bankers," 


which,  as  it  glittered  in  the  morning  sunlight, 
suggested  something  of  the  wealth  of  gold 
and  silver  deposited  within. 

"Bennett  &  Potter"  had  quite  a  different 
meaning  to  me  as  I  became  acquainted  with 
the  firm.  The  Bennett  and  Potter  families 
were  always  on  the  most  intimate  terms. 
The  partnership  seemed  to  include  the  house- 
holds as  well  as  the  genial  gentlemen  at  their 
heads.  Bennett  and  Potter  had  been  in 
business  together  for  twenty  years,  and  the 
bond  of  friendship  between  the  families  had 
grown  stronger  with  each  succeeding  year. 

Mr.  Bennett,  the  senior  member  of  the 
firm,  was  the  father  of  two  children.  The 
son,  Harry,  was  about  two  years  older  than 
his  sister  May.  Mr.  Potter  had  but  one 
child,  Frank,  who  was  nearly  the  same  age 
as  his  friend,  Harry  Bennett.  These  three 
were  together  almost  constantly  from  child- 
hood. They  went  to  the  same  school  and 
were  always  in  the  same  classes,  and  a  more 
congenial  company  would  have  been  hard 
to  find. 

At  about  the  age  of  nineteen,  the  two 
sons,  having  graduated  at  the  high  school, 
decided,  with  the  consent  of  their  parents,  to 
try  their  fortunes  in  the  far  West.  They 
were  both  houest  and  industrious,  and  en- 
joyed the  full  confidence  of  their  relatives 
and  friends. 

After  much  consultation  and  planning, 
the  fathers  considered  it  the  best  thing  the 
boys  could  do.  They  had  themselves  started 
in  business  on  their  own  account  when  quite 
young,  and  knew  from  experience  that  the 
best  possible  training  for  a  young  man  was 
to  let  him  shift  for  himself. 

They  were  to  go  to  Colorado  and  start  a 
cattle  ranch  on  their  own  account.  The 
mothers  reluctantly  gave  their  consent;  so 
with  two  thousand  dollars  each,  and  the  good 
advice  of  their  fathers  and  the  tears  and 
blessings  of  their  mothers,  they  left  their 
comfortable  and  almost  luxurious  homes  to 


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brave  the  dangers  and  endure  the  hardships 
of  frontier  life. 

The  new  firm  of  Bennett  &  Potter  were 
soon  located  in  one  of  the  best  counties  in 
the  new  State  of  Colorado,  many  hundred 
miles  from  their  old  home.  The  minds  of 
the  two  young  men  were  so  thoroughly  taken 
up  with  the  new  situation,  however,  that 
they  did  not  think  of  being  homesick.  Both 
inherited  many  of  the  excellent  business 
qualities  of  the  elder  firm,  among  which  were 
grit,  energy,  good  judgment,  and  determina- 
tion to  succeed. 

They  selected  a  large  tract  of  beautiful 
rolling  prairie  land,  which  they  bought  of 
the  government  at  a  dollar  and  a  quarter  an 
acre,  and  proceeded  to  stock  it  at  once  with 
yearling  steers,  and  to  build  a  sod-house  for 
themselves  and  a  stable  for  their  ponies. 

After  the  novelt}'  of  the  situation  wore 
off,  the  parents  received  many  homesick  let- 
ters from  the  young  cowboys,  as  Harry's 
sister  called  them.  She,  too,  received  her 
share  of  the  correspondence  from  her  "broth- 
ers," for  Frank  was  almost  as -much  of  a 
brother  to  her  as  Harry,  though  some  of 
Frank's  letters  could  hardly  be  construed 
as  letters  to  a  sister. 

Three,  years  passed  before  either  of  the 
boys  thought  seriously  of  returning  to  their 
old  home  for  a  visit.  It  was  impossible  for 
both  to  leave  at  the  same  time,  for  their  herd 
had  now  increased  so  greatly  as  to  require 
the  entire  attention  of  at  least  one  of  the 
owners  and  the  two  cowboys  whom  they  had 
hired.  Times  were  good  and  the  boys  were 
on  the  sure  road  to  wealth. 

At  last  Harry  said  he  could  stand  it  no 
longer;  he  must  see  his  mother  and  sister. 
So  it  was  arranged  that  he  should  take  five 
carloads  of  cattle  to  the  Chicago  market, 
and  return  by  way  of  his  old  home  for  a 
visit  of  one  week. 

Arrived  in  Chicago,  Harry,  remembering 
the  taunt  of  his  sister  about  being  a  cowboy, 


and  remembering,  also,  that  he  held  a  very 
respectable  place  in  society  at  home,  dis- 
carded his  high  boots  and  broad-brimmed 
hat  for  a  more  genteel-looking  costume. 
His  "roughing  it"  had  not  had  any  serious 
effects  upon  his  formerly  polished  manners, 
and  he  would  have  been  taken  for  anything 
but  a  cowboy  in  his  new  outfit. 

Harry's  visit,  home  was  a  great  surprise, 
as  no  one  knew  of  his  coming.  Like  most 
young  men  at  his  age  he  had  changed  much 
in  appearance;  so  much,  indeed,  that  few  of 
his  old  frieuds  knew  him  at  first.  His  visit 
home  seemed  very  short,  as  it  was  necessary 
for  him  to  return  to  the  ranch  in  a  few  days. 
His  stories  of  frontier  life  were  very  inter- 
esting and  many  of  his  adventures  truly 
exciting.  It  would  probably  be  four  or  five 
years,  he  said,  before  he  could  come  home 
again,  as  it  would  be  Frank's  turn  next. 

Two  years  passed  after  Harry's  first  visit 
home,  and  Frank's  parents  began  to  look 
for  a  visit  from  their  son.  The  letters  from 
the  boys  were  more  than  satisfactory  to  the 
elder  Bennett  and  Potter,  who  were  highly 
pleased  with  the  remarkable  success  of  their 
two  sons.  The  two  old  gentlemen  looked 
forward  to  the  time  when  the  sons  would 
come  home  to  stay  and  take  charge  of  the 
bank.  Mr.  Potter  felt  sure  that  Frank 
meant  to  come  home  unannounced  in  order 
to  surprise  them,  and  often  talked  about  it. 

About  sunset  one  evening,  as  Mr.  Bennett 
was  sitting  on  the  broad  piazza  in  front  of 
his  house,  quietly  smoking  a  cigar  and 
thinking  over  the  transactions  of  the  day,  a 
young  man,  neatly  dressed  and  with  a  rather 
handsome  face,  stepped  up  the  street  briskly, 
opened  the  gate,  and  advanced  to  m^et  Mr. 
Bennett.  He  was  tall,  dark,  and  well  formed, 
wore  a  black  moustache,  and  carried  himself 
with  much  ease. 

"Good  evening,  Mr.  Bennett,"_  said  he 
as  he  drew  near,  while  a  suppressed  smile 
played  about  the  corners  of  his  mouth. 


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Mr.  Bennett  arose  slowly,  fixing  his  keen 
eyes  upon  the  young  man  inquiringly. 

"  I  thought  I  should  surprise  you,"  said 
the  young  man,  laughing.  Is  it  possible 
that  you  have  forgotten  Frank  Potter?" 

"Well,  well!"  exclaimed  Mr.  Bennett. 
"You  did  surprise  me  indeed,  Frank.  How 
glad  I  am  to  see  jrou !  I  didn't  expect  to 
find  you  quite  so  tall,  nor,  if  you  will  allow 
me  to  say  it,  quite  so  good  looking;  but  I 
think  I  can  recognize  your  features  now 
very  well.  That  moustache  has  changed 
your  looks  wonderfully." 

They  sat  down  after  the  greetings  usual 
on  such  occasions  and  Frank  explained  that 
he  had  come  home  the  night  before  by  way 
of  Chicago;  that  he  had  spent  the  day  at 
home;  that  he  had  cautioned  his  father  not 
to  tell  Mr.  Bennett  about  his  return,  so  that 
he  might  surprise  him ;  and  that  he  had 
brought  a  friend  with  him  from  the  West, 
whose  home  was  in  New  Hampshire,  and 
who  was  in  the  cattle  business  on  a  neigh- 
boring ranch. 

While  they  were  talking,  Miss  May 
Bennett  came  out  of  the  house.  Frank 
immediately  sprang  to  his  feet  to  greet  her. 
She  was  surprised,  of  course,  at  his  unex- 
pected greeting,  but  thought  at  once  of  her 
old  friend. 

"Well,  Frank!"  she  exclaimed,  "Why 
didn't  you  let  us  know  you  were  coming 
home  ?  We  feared  you  would  not  come  this 
summer.  How  you  have  changed !  I  can 
scarcely  realize  that  this  is  Frank  Potter." 

She  was  proud  of  her  "brother,"  as  she 
called  him,  as  he  stood  by  her  side.  He 
seemed  to  be  equally  proud  of  her,  but 
wincecj  a  little  when  she  called  him  brother. 

The  trio  then  passed  into  the  house,  the 
lamps  were  lighted,  and  they  began  to  talk 
over  Frank's  long  experience  in  the  West, 
and  about  what  had  happened  at  home  since 
he  had  gone.  Then  the  conversation  turned 
upon  their  old  school-days,     Frank  said  that 


since  he  had  gone  away  from  the  old  scenes, 
he  had  recalled  each  event  of  his  school-days 
a  thousand  times,  and  one  would  have  thought 
as  much  from  the  vividness  with  which  he 
related  them  and  recalled  the  names  of  his 
old  schoolmates. 

They  talked  until  quite  late ;  so  late,  in 
fact,  that  Mr.  Bennett  persuaded  Frank  to 
stay  all  night,  promising  to  take  him  home 
in  the  carriage  in  the  morning.  Before  retir- 
ing, Frank  made  arrangements  with  Miss 
Bennett  to  go  on  a  drive  into  the  country 
with  him  and  his  mother  the  next  day. 

The  next  morning,  as  Mr.  Bennett  and 
Frank  were  driving  toward  Mr.  Potter's 
residence,  they  met  Mrs.  Potter  driving  in  a 
phaeton  in  the  opposite  direction.  Frank 
tipped  his  hat  politely  as  he  bade  his  mother 
good  morning.  She  bowed  and  smiled 
pleasantly  as  she  drove  by.  Frank  said  his 
mother  was  on  her  way  to  get  May  for  their 
drive  into  the  country. 

On  reaching  the  street  upon  which  the 
bank  was  situated,  Frank  said  he  must  see 
his  friend  for  a  few  moments  on  important 
business,  as  his  friend  was  intending  to  leave 
on  the  next  train  for  his  Eastern  home,  and 
asked  Mr.  Bennett  to  wait  for  him.  He 
stepped  into  an  office  near  by  where  his 
friend  met  him.  They  talked  together  for 
several  minutes;  then  Frank  came  out  and, 
excusing  himself  for  having  delayed  him 
so  long,  told  Mr.  Bennett  that  his  friend 
insisted  on  the  immediate  settlement  of  an 
account  which  he  had  with  him  for  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars  on  a  cattle  deal,  and 
that  he,  not  expecting  to  be  called  upon  to 
pay  it  at  once,  had  ordered  the  draft,  in 
payment  for  the  cattle  sold  a  few  days 
before,  to  be  sent  to  Harry ;  thereupon  Mr. 
Bennett  at  once  volunteered  a  loan  of  the 
amount  until  Frank  could  hear  from  his 
partner. 

They  then  drove  to  the  bank,  where  Mr. 
Bennett  gave  Frank  the  money,  taking  his 


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39 


note  for  the  amount.  Frank  thanked  him 
heartily  and  asked  him  to  wait  at  the  bank 
until  he  should  deliver  the  money  to  the 
man,  when  he  would  return  and  they  would 
proceed  to  Mr.  Potter's,  where  his  mother 
and  May  were  probably  waiting  for  him. 

Mr.  Potter  had  not  j'et  come  down  to 
the  bank  that  morning,  so  Mr.  Bennett  had 
plenty  to  do  while  waiting  for  Frank.  He 
waited  an  hour,  but  Frank  did  not  appear. 
Two  hours  passed  and  still  he  did  not  come. 
Mr.  Bennett  thought  it  very  strange,  but 
supposed  that  Frank  had  met  some  of  his 
old  friends  and  could  not  get  away.  At  last 
Mr.  Potter  came  in,  from  whom  Mr.  Bennett 
learned,  to  his  great  surprise  and  bewilder- 
ment, that  Frank  had  not  been  at  home  at 
all.  Mr.  Bennett  telegraphed  to  Harry 
immediately,  asking  where  Frank  was,  and 
soon  received  the  reply  that  Frank  was  on 
the  ranch  with  him.  Then  Mr.  Bennett 
realized  fully  that  he  was  the  victim  of  one 
of  the  boldest  confidence  games  ever  at- 
tempted. 

Detectives  were  at  once  put  on  the  track 
of  the  3'oung  man  who  played  the  part  of 
the  banker's  son  so  well,  but  no  trace  of  him 
was  ever  discovered.  It  is  still  a  great 
mystery  how  the  sharper  obtained  such 
minute  details  of  the  life  and  history  of 
Frank  Potter,  as  to  play  the  part  without 
awakening  the  least  suspicion  in  the  minds 
of  the  rich  banker  and  his  daughter. 


Oberlin  College  has  received  a  sum  of  over 
$90,000,  which  it  attributes  to  its  steadfastness 
in  adhering  to  an  unpopular  cause  in  the  ante- 
bellum days.  The  gift  comes  from  the  estate  of 
Mr.  Spooner,  of  Boston,  now  deceased,  a  strong 
abolitionist,  who  once  wrote  a  vigorous  anti-slavery 
article,  which  was  quoted  and  made  much  of  at 
Oberlin  and  the  college  was  made  his  residuary 
legatee. 

Tufts  is  to  admit  women  hereafter  according  to 
the  vote  of  the  trustees  recently. 


The  Whispering  Pines. 

Manifold  the  charms  of  Bowdoin:  — 

Still  old  students  love  to  tell 

Of  the  green  and  shady  campus 

That  they  used  to  know  so  well ; 

Of  their  room  ;  their  dearest  comrade, 

Round  whose  heart  theirs  still  entwines  ; 

And  the  joyful,  fragrant  blessings 

Of  the  dear,  old,  whispering  Pines. 

When  the  breeze  sweeps  thro'  their  branches 

When  the  heat  is  far  and  wide ; 

When  the  suu  shines  in  his  glory, 

And  the  world  is  scorched  outside ; 

Then  to  students,  toiling,  puzzling 

Over  Greek  in  hard-wrought  lines, 

Like  some  sweet  and  soothing  music, 

Comes  the  whispering  of  the  Pines. 

May  their  music  ne'er  be  silenced — 
Still  the  breezes  with  them  play, 
Still  be  wafting  drowsy  murmurs 
Thro'  the  long,  sunshiny  day. 
Let  the  pomp  of  innovation 
Open  unto  us  new  shrines; 
May  we  never  cease  to  worship 
Bowdoin's  dear,  old,  whispering  Pines. 


A  Summer  Shower. 

A  window  open  up  on  high ; 

A  blue  and  cloudless  summer  sky; 

A  Freshman  slowly  strolling  by  ; 

That's  all. 

A  dark  cloud, high  above  him  lowers  ; 
Then,  one  of  those  most  sudden  showers, 
Not  wholly  caused  by  natural  powers, 
Begins  to  fall. 

The  air  around,  a  little  blue ; 

A  Freshraau  nettled,  ''just  a  few  "; 

But  nothing  that  at  all  is  new, 

"  Quick  curtain  call. 


Harvard  has  a  larger  Republican  club  than  any 
other  college  in  the  country.  The  University  of 
Michigan  is  second. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


At  last  work  on  the  new 
Art  Building  has  begun  in 
earnest.  The  work  of  excavating  is 
going  on  rapidly  and  gives  one  a  good 
idea  of  the  real  size  of  the  building, 
which  will  cover  more  ground  than 
almost  any  building  on  the  campus. 

Card,  '38,  was  in  town  last  week. 

Jackson,  '91,  was  in  chapel  recently. 

Professor  Lee's  illness  still  continues. 

Emerson  Hilton,  '91,  was  in  Brunswick  last 
Saturday. 

The  barges  are  in  great  demand  these  warm 
spring  days. 

Colby  and  Stone  have  left  college  for  the  remain- 
der of  the  year. 

"Bill"  Goding,  '88,  spent  last  Sunday  and  Mon- 
day in  Brunswick. 

Thompson,  '94,  who  has  been  quite  seriously  ill, 
has  returned  to  college. 

The  first  hand-organ  of  the  season  ventured  on 
the  campus  the  other  day. 

W.  0.  Hersey,  '92,  has  again  beeu  called  home 
by  the  illness  of  his  father. 

Kimball,  '92,  who  has  been  at  home  nursing  a 
sprained  ankle  for  a  week,  has  returned. 

Leighton,  '94,  who  has  been  at  home  for  a  month 
on  account  of  sickness,  has  returned  to  college. 

Pendleton  and  Spillane,  '90,  have  both  paid 
brief    visits  to  the    campus   within    the   last   two 


Owing  to  the  trouble  with  his  eyes  Professor 
Wells  was  compelled  to  discontinue  his  recitations 
for  several  days. 

Owen,  Moore  &  Co.,  of  Portland,  have  offered 
one  of  their  best  Bowdoin  Racquets  as  one  of  the 
prizes  for  the  college  tournament. 

Lombard,  '94,  has  been  out  teaching  the  past 
month,  and  has  been  supplying  the  pulpit  of  the 
West  Harpswell  church  for  several  Sundays. 


Rideout  and  Staples,  '89,  were  in  town  and  took 
in  the  ball  game,  May  14th.  Mitchell,  '90,  also  came 
from  home  to  see  the  contest. 

A  good-sized  blaze  in  the  college  woods,  back 
of  the  President's  bouse,  caused  quite  an  excite- 
ment recently.     But  little  damage  was  done. 

The  question  "Who  Stole  the  Rooster"  will  be 
argued  in  the  Town  Hall,  May  24th,  and  a  lively 
time  is  anticipated.    Several  of  the  boys  take  part. 

The  Freshman  crew  is  taking  daily  practice  on 
the  river  and  making  considerable  improvement  in 
their  stroke.     The  absence  of  Dewey,  however,  is 

still  felt. 

The  work  of  improving  the  campus  still  goes 
on.  The  trees  are  being  trimmed  and  several 
unsightly  clumps  of  shrubs  and  bushes  have  been 
cut  down. 

A  game  was  announced  between  the  Pioneers,  of 
Lewiston,  and  the  college  team  for  May  J  lth,  but 
owing  to  the  unfavorable  weather  the  game  could 
not  be  played. 

Stevens,  '94,  who  has  been  stroking  the  Soph- 
omore crew,  has  been  quite  ill  for  nearly  two  weeks. 
If  he  finds  himself  unable  to  row  it  will  seriously 
cripple  the  crew. 

Mr.  J.  A.  Barclay,  of  Bridgeport,  Ct.,  made  a 
brief  address  in  the  chapel,  Sunday  afternoon,  May 
15th.  Senator  Poor,  of  Sebago,  and  Jackson,  '91, 
were  also  present. 

The  College  Quartet  went  to  Farmington,  May 
20th,  and  took  part  in  the  high  school  entertain- 
ment at  that  place.  They  report  a  successful  enter- 
tainment and  a  pleasant  time. 

Owing  to  lack  of  support  the  proposed  May 
German  was  given  up,  and  an  assembly  substituted 
last  Thursday  evening,  which  was  greatly  enjoyed 
by  the  few  couples  in  attendance. 

The  subjects  for  the  Sophomore  themes,  due 
May  25th,  are:  (1)  Bowdoin's  Future,  (2)  Do  We 
Need  New  Athletic  Grounds  for  Our  Field-Day 
Sports?    (3)    Summer  Reading. 

It  is  reported  that  the  Freshmen  recently  thought 
it  their  duty  to  block  up  one  of  the  recitation  rooms. 
As  usual,  however,  Mr.  Booker  came  out  ahead  in 
the  race  with  over  an  hour  to  spare. 

Brunswick  rarely  has  such  a  musical  treat  as 
that  afforded  by  Gilmore  on  last  Thursday.  The 
soloists  were  all  of  exceptional  merit,  and  the  band 
itself  fully  sustained  its  high  reputation. 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


41 


The  second  game  with  Bates,  played  at  Lewiston, 
May  7th,  was  witnessed  by  a  large  delegation  from 
the  college.  Several  men  also  went  to  Lewiston  to 
attend  the  Bates-Colby  game,  May  18th. 

Professor  Little  and  Miss  Lane  have  gone  to 
Washington  on  a  two-weeks  visit.  During  their 
absence  the  library  will  be  closed  between  twelve 
and  one,  and  between  five  and  seven.  They  are 
attending  the  meetings  of  the  American  Library 
Association. 

Almost  a  dozen  Colby  men  accompanied  their 
team  to  the  game  here,  May  14th,  but  their  enthu- 
siasm had  little  chance  to  vent  itself.  Manager 
Little,  of  Bates,  brought  down  his  whole  team  to 
see  the  game,  the  result  of  which  did  not  seem  to 
be  especially  pleasing  to  them. 

The  Bowdoin  Minstrels,  under  Mr.  Mitchell's 
able  training,  are  doing  even  better  work  than  last 
year.  Last  Wednesday  evening  they  took  part  with 
other  talent  in  the  '-'Elks'  Benefit"  in  Portland,  and 
scored  a  complete  success.  Young  and  (lately,  '92, 
and  Clifford,  '93,  were  the  soloists.  The  jokes  were 
clever  and  well  received  by  the  large  audience. 

The  committee  in  charge  of  the  arrangements 
for  the  annual  Field-Day  have  made  a  canvass  of 
the  college,  and  find  so  little  enthusiasm  manifested 
that  they  have  decided  it  impracticable  to  hold  con- 
tests which  would  be  any  credit  to  the  college. 
Consequently  the  chances  are  that  this  year  at  least 
a  ball  game  with  some  crack  team  will  take  the 
place  of  the  customary  field  sports. 

The  college  tennis  tournament  opeued  Monday, 
May  16th,  with  forty  entries  in  the  doubles,  and 
sixteen  in  the  singles,  and  is  rapidly  drawing  to  a 
close.  Dana,  '94,  is  looked  upon  as  the  probable 
winner  in  the  singles,  and  Payson  and  Dana  in  the 
doubles.  Bates,  Colby,  and  Maine  State  College 
are  all  holding  tournaments  to  decide  what  men 
shall  represent  them  at  the  intercollegiate  meet  in 
Portland,  June  7th. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  College  Republi- 
can Club,  May  12th,  the  following  officers  were 
elected:  President,  R.  C.  Payson,  '93;  first  Vice- 
President,  F.  S.  Wight,  M.  S. ;  second  Vice-Presi- 
dent, S.  0.  Baldwin,  '93;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
H.  C.  Fabyan,  '93;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  C.  W. 
Peabody,  '93.  It  was  voted  to  send  E.  A.  Pugsley, 
'92,  as  delegate  to  the  National  Convention  of  col- 
lege Republican  clubs,  held  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich., 
May  17th.  The  club  now  numbers  considerably 
over  one  hundred  members,  and  the  list  is  still 
increasing. 


A  Portland  architect  was  here  last  week  exam- 
ining Maine  Hall  with  a  view  to  making  estimates  of 
the  cost  of  renovating  it.  Should  the  expense  not 
be  too  great,  this  dormitory  will  be  thoroughly 
modernized  during  the  summer  vacation.  New 
wood-work,  steam-heat,  and  water  will  be  among  the 
improvements  introduced,  and  only  the  walls  will  be 
left  as  they  are  at  present.  Should  the  cost  be  too 
much  to  do  all  this  during  the  present  year,  it  will 
at  any  rate  be  done  as  soon  as  possible;  and  the 
same  work  will  be  undertaken  in  the  other  dormi- 
tories indue  time. 

President  Hyde's  work  on  ethics  is  completed 
and  is  now  in  press.  It  is  entitled  "Practical 
Ethics."  Henry  Holt  is  the  publisher,  from  whose 
recent  catalogue  the  following  is  quoted: 

"  This  book  defines  ethics  as  the  science  of  conduct  and 
the  art.  of  life.  Life  consists  of  relations  between  an  active 
organized  being  and  the  world  outside,  including  other 
organized  beings.  Conduct  deals  with  outside  objects— 
in  wresting  subsistence  from  the  furrow;  weaviDg  clothing 
in  the  loom;  fighting  for  institutions  on  the  field  of  battle; 
defending  them  in  the  forum,  and  vindicating  them  in  the 
courts.  Each  chapter  takes  up  one  of  these  objects — 
material  or  immaterial,  which  are  fundamental  to  life  and 
conduct — such  as  food,  dress,  work,  property,  time,  space, 
nature,  art,  animals,  fellow-men,  family,  society,  self,  and 
God.  The  duty  corresponding  to  each  object  is  shown  to 
be  that  relation  between  self  and  the  object  which  realizes 
the  fullest  development  of  the  self,  and  regards  the  proper 
use  and  worth  of  the  object. 

"  Virtue  is  the  habit  or  quality  of  mind  and  heart,  re- 
sulting from  doing  duty.  The  reward  of  virtue  is  that 
complete  and  harmonious  self-development  to  which  duty 
points  and  which  virtue  maintains.  The  reward  of  each 
virtue  is  paid  primarily  in  terms  of  the  particular  object 
toward  which  that  particular  virtue  is  exercised. 
The  rewards  of  virtues  which  deal  with  things  are  health, 
wealth,  and  outward  prosperity.  Virtues  which  deal  with 
ideal  objects  have  their  reward  in  increased  capacities, 
elevated  tastes,  and  intensified  sensibilities.  Virtues 
toward  our  fellow-men  are  rewarded  in  enlargement  of 
social  sympathy  and  deepened  tenderness  of  feeling.  The 
virtues  of  family,  society,  and  the  state  have  their  reward 
in  the  sense  of  participation  in  great  and  glorious  aims. 

"  Then  returning  in  each  case  to  the  object  from  which 
the  chapter  starts,  the  downward  course  is  traced  through 
temptation  to  its  corresponding  vice,  and  from  vice  to  its 
specific  and  inevitable  penalty. 

"  The  theory  which  underlies  the  book  is  nowhere  ab- 
stractly stated,  but  is  imbedded  in  its  structure.  The 
proof  offered  is  not  metaphysical  deduction  from  first  prin- 
ples,  but  simply  the  presentation  in  a  rational  and  intelli- 
gible order  of  the  concrete  facts  and  consequences  of  con- 
duct. The  aim  is  practical  throughout.  Duties  and 
virtues  are  commended,  not  by  exhortation ,  but  by  showing 
the  place  they  occupy  and  the  part  they  play  in  a  coherent 
system  of  truth  and  a  symmetrical  development  of  char- 
acter. Religion  is  presented  as  the  consummation,  rather 
than  the  foundation,  of  ethics;  and  the  brief  sketch  in  the 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


concluding  chapter  is  confined  to  those  hroad  outlines 
which,  with  more  or  less  explicitness,  are  common  to  Jew 
and  Christian,  Catholic  and  Protestant,  Orthodox  and 
Liberal." 


Iu  the  game  Saturday,  May  14th,  with  the 
Colbys,  Bowdoin  showed  herself  to  be  still  in  the 
race.  From  the  start  sbe  took  the  lead  and  easily 
held  it  throughout  the  game.  Farrington's  pitching 
was  very  effective.  The  features  of  the  game  were 
Hinkley's  and  Hutchinson's  batting,  the  double 
play  by  Fairbanks,  Hutchinson,  Syk.es,  and  Savage, 
and  the  work  of  the  battery. 

The  score  is  as  follows : 

Bowdoin,  20;   Colby,  S. 
BOWDOIN. 


B.H.    T.B.    P.O.     A. 


Allen,  c, 4 

Savage,  lb 2 

Fairbanks,  3b.,    ....  6 

Downes,  r.f 6 

Hutchinson,  s.s.,     ...  5 

Hinkley,  1.1, 5 

Jones,  l.f., 0 

Chapman,  c.f.,     ....  5 

Sykes,  2b.,       5 

Farrington,  p.,    ....  5 


Totals 


43      20      11      14      27 


COLBY. 

A.B.    R.       B.H.   T.B.    P.O.     A. 

Hall,  3b., 4        1        1        1        1        1 

Kalloch,  r.f 3        0        0        0        2        1 

Bonney,  lb., 4        1        0        0      13        0 

Latlip,  l.f., 5 

Hoxie,  2b., 4 

Reynolds,  c, 5 

Lombard,  c.f 4 

Jackson,  s.s.,       ....  4 

Purington,  p.,      ....  2 


1 

0 

2 

1 

2 

2 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

1 

0 


Totals, 38 


10      24      15       15 


SCORE  BY   INNINGS. 

12      3      4      5      6' 

Bowdoin 3      3      16      2      3: 

Colby 020002: 

Earned  runs — Bowdoin,  4.    Two-base  hits- 


1        —20 

1      0—8 

■Farrington, 


Hoxie,  Reynolds.  Three-base  hit— Hutchinson..  Sacrifice 
hits — Savage,  Fairbanks  (2),  Downes,  Hutchinson,  Hink- 
ley, Sykes  (2),  Bonney,  Reynolds.  Stolen  bases — Allen 
(2),  SaVage  (3),  Downes,  Hutchinson  (2),  Hinkley,  Chap- 
man, Farrington,  Kalloch  (2),  Bonney,  Latlip,  Hoxie  (2). 
First  base  on  balls — Allen  (2),  Savage  (4),  Hall,  Kalloch 
(2),  Lombard,  Jackson.  Umpire — Stephen  Kelley,  of  Lew- 
iston.     Time— 2  hours. 


TENNIS. 
Under  its  efficient  management  the  tennis  tour- 
nament is  progressing  rapidly  and  successfully, 
although  interrupted  by  several  rainy  days.  Con- 
siderable enthusiasm  is  manifested  by  the  students 
and  some  of  the  sets  have  been  very  interesting. 
It  is  expected  that  the  finals  will  be  very  close  and 
there  is  much  speculation  as  to  the  probable  winners. 
The  scores  up  to  date  are  as  follows: 


Winners. 

Score. 

Fabyan. 

Lee. 

6-0 

6-4 

W.  P.  A.  Kimball. 

W.  W.  Thomas.       6-3 

6-1 

J.  S.  Shaw. 

Wilder. 

6-1 

6-3 

Dana. 

Doherty. 

6-0 

6-0 

Jones. 

Moore. 

6-1 

6-2 

Downes. 

Durgin. 

6-4 

3-6 

7-5 

Mann. 

P.  Shaw. 

6-3 

6-3 

A.  J.  Lord. 

W.  F.  Haskell.         6-1 

6-0 

Pierce. 

G.  Wood. 

6-3 

6-2 

Fobes. 

Russ. 

6-2 

6-1 

R.  Bartlett. 

Whiteomb. 

6-3 

2-6 

6-3 

W.  E.  Leighton. 

Chamberlain. 

For't'd  to  Leig 

liton . 

Stetson. 

Baxter. 

Forfeited  to  Stetson. 

Haggett. 

F.  Shaw. 

Forfeited  to  Haggett. 

Bucknam. 

Hussey. 

6-3 

6-1 

Hinkley. 

Field. 

6-3 

6-3 

P.  Bartlett. 

T.  Nichols. 

5-6 

6-3 

6-1 

H.  C.  Emery. 

E.  Wood. 

Forfeited  to  Emery. 

Littlefield. 

Pickard. 

6-4 

6-1 

Payson. 

Libby. 

6-2 

6-5 

Dana. 

W.  S.  A.  Kimball.  6-2 

6-0 

W.  E.  Leighton. 

A.  J.  Lord. 

For't'd  to  Leig 

liton. 

Downes. 

Jones. 

6-0 

6-5 

Stetson. 

J.  Shaw. 

6-4 

3-6 

6-2 

Fabyan. 

H.  C.  Emery. 

6-0 

4-6 

6-4 

Dana. 

Stetson. 

DOUBLES. 

6-0 

6-0 

Winners. 

Score. 

Dana.      1 

E.  Wood,  j 

6-0 

6-0 

Payson.  ( 

G.  Wood,  j 

Mann.                j 
H.  C.  Emery,  j 

Lee.              ) 
T.  Nichols,  j 

6-5 

6-4 

Yale's  new  gymnasium  will  be  finished  about 
June.  Much  of  the  iuterior  is  wainscotted  with 
Italian  marble.  There  are  two  rowing  tanks  50 
by  27  feet  and  7  feet  deep,  with  a  swimming  tank 
of  the  same  dimensions,  three  bath-rooms,  massage 
rooms,  coolingrooms,  lounging  rooms,  and  about  1000 
lockers. 


Colby,  through  the  gifts  of  the  young  people  in 
the  churches  of  her  denomination,  expects  soon  the 
establishment  of  a  chair  for  the  special  study  of  the 
Bible. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


43 


Among  the  different  sources  of  spiritual  power 
mentioned  by  the  leader  of  the  meeting  on  Thurs- 
day evening,  May  12th,  was  that  of  consecration. 
Consecration  is  one  of  the  things  that  we  must  have 
if  we  are  to  carry  on  effective  Christian  work.  We 
are  sometimes  inclined  to  ask  why  it  is  necessary 
to  reconsecrate  ourselves  so  many  times  to  the  serv- 
ice of  Him  whom  we  have  already  pledged  ourselves 
to  love  and  obey  ?  One  of  the  reasons  why  it  is  nec- 
essary for  every  Christian  to  daily  renew  his  alle- 
giance to  Christ,  is  that  we  walk  by  faith  and  not 
by  sight.  The  things  of  this  world  have  a  tendency 
to  make  us  forget  and  neglect  eternal  things. 
Especially  is  this  true  in  college  life.  So  it  is  very 
important  that  we  should  take  our  bearings  occa- 
sionally, and  see  where  we  are  and  what  progress 
we  are  making  in  the  Christian  life.  If  we  do  not 
do  this  we  are  liable  to  become  lost  and  bewildered 
in  the  mists  and  storms  of  worldliness,  and  very 
likely  stranded  on  the  rocks  of  destruction.  The 
vessel  at  sea  may  be  driven  out  of  her  course  during 
a  storm.  After  the  storm  the  first  duty  of  the 
captain  is  to  find  out  where  he  is  and  head  his  ves- 
sel in  the  right  direction.  As  Christians  we  shall 
doubtless  encounter  severe  storms  while  here  in 
college.  There  will  be  times  when  all  our  energies 
will  be  called  in  question  for  the  exigences  of  the 
occasion.  We  may  or  may  not  hold  on  our  way  in 
those  extremities,  but  whether  we  do  or  not,  we 
certainly  w^int  to  know  it. 

If  we  have  remained  firm,  and  have  not  been 
driven  out  of  the  proper  course,  let  us  thank  God 
and. press  forward;  but  if  we  have  in  any  way  de- 
viated from  the  right  course,  we  ought  to  find  out 
where  we  are  aud  get  headed  in  the  right  direction 
again. 

By  daily  reconsecrating  ourselves  to  Christ  we 
shall  each  day  know  just  where  we  are  and  shall  be 
in  the  place  where  we  can  do  the  most  to  promote 
the  Christian  work  that  we  are  trying  to  do  here. 

Libby  represented  Bowdoin  at  the  deputation 
meeting  held  at  Colby,  May  14th  and  15th.  He  re- 
ports interesting  meetings.  No  more  deputation 
meetings  will  be  held  this  term,  but  the  work  will 
be  taken  up  again  at  the  beginning  of  the  fall  term. 
The  first  meeting  will  probably  be  held  at  Bowdoin. 


An  exchange  says  that  a  woman  has  entered 
the  Freshman  class  at  the  University  of  Michigan, 
whose  two  sons  are  members  of  the  same  class. 


'27.— Hon.  Alpheus  Pelch, 
Ex-Governor  of  Michigan, 
was  recently  "  written  up "  in  the 
Chicago  Herald,  and  gives  the  re- 
porter some  interesting  reminiscences  of 
days  in  Washington  when  he  was  United 
States  Senator.  He  is  now  88  years  of  age,  a  good 
Democrat,  and  a  warm  Cleveland  man.  "  As  for 
Mr.  Blaine,"  he  says,  "he  was  killed  in  the  late 
Chilian  war." 

'40.— L.  F.  E.  Jarvis,  Esq.,  is  now  residing  at 
Newark,  Alameda  County,  California. 

'43. — Hon.  William  Dummer  Northend  received 
a  complimentary  notice  in  the  Boston  Globe  of  the 
15th,  which  concludes:  "Mr.  Northend  is  now  one  of 
the  oldest  members  of  the  Essex  bar,  and  is  revered 
and  honored  as  president  of  the  Bar  Association  of 
that  county.  He  is  still  in  active  practice,  but 
finds  time  to  devote  to  literary  labors,  and  is  at 
present  engaged  upon  a  work,  which,  when  com- 
pleted, will  be  a  valuable  and  interesting  contribu- 
tion to  the  early  colonial  history  of  Massachusetts. 
Besides  presenting  much  new  material  never  before 
published,  Mr.  Northend  treats  many  matters  con- 
cerning the  early  settlers  from  a  legal  standpoint, 
which  throws  an  entirely  new  light  upon  their 
doings  and  motives." 

'49. — At  the  opening  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Cumberland  County,  Hon.  Josiah  H.  Drummond 
presented  the  following  resolution  :  Resolved,  That 
by  the  death  of  George  E.  B.  Jackson  the  bar  has 
lost  an  able,  learned,  and  conscientious  member; 
the  church  of  which  he  was  a  member,  a  strong 
pillar  of  support ;  the  many  public  institutions 
with  which  he  was  connected,  a  sagacious,  ener- 
getic, and  self-sacrificing  friend,  and  the  State  one 
of  its  best  citizens.  Mr.  Drummond  then  pre- 
sented an  extended  biographical  sketch  of  Mr. 
Jackson,  tracing  his  life  from  his  entrance  into  col- 
lege when  but  16  years  of  age  to  the  day  of  his 
death,  October  19,  1891.  Regarding  Mr.  Jackson's 
character,  Mr.  Drummond  said :  Bro.  Jackson 
was  a  public  spirited  man  in  the  highest  sense  of 
the  term.  Much  of  his  time  during  his  whole  life 
was  given  for  the  public  good.  He  early  became  a 
member  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  always  took 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


a  deep  interest  in  its  affairs.  As  a  warden  of  the 
local  church,  and  as  a  member  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  the  Diocese  of  Maine  for  nearly  40  years,  his 
business  methods  were  of  essential  service  ;  and  as 
his  daily  life  accorded  with  his  professions,  no  lay- 
man in  the  State  possessed  the  confidence  of  the 
denomination  to  a  greater  degree  or  was  more  in- 
fluential in  the  councils  of  the  church.  Mr.  Drurn- 
rnond  reviewed  with  a  good  deal  of  minuteness  the 
work  of  Mr.  Jackson  as  President  of  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad,  where  his  own  personal  experience 
gave  him  the  right  to  speak,  dwelling  upon  his 
achievement  in  securing  the  passage  of  a  law  which 
should  be  a  just  solution  of  the  question  of  railroad 
taxation.  Passing  to  the  general  habits  and  char- 
acter of  the  man,  he  noted  his  indefatigable,  con- 
tinuous, and  even  industry.  He  worked  diligently 
during  the  hours  allotted  to  work  and  then  stopped. 
He  did  not  crowd  the  work  of  the  two  days  into 
one,  nor  spread  the  work  of  one  over  two.  He  was 
not  a  rapid  and  fitful  worker,  but  his  steady  and 
continuous  application  often  produced  greater  re- 
sults than  were  achieved  by  those  of  quicker  mental 
and  physical  action.  His  standard  of  the  character 
and  conduct  of  the  true  lawyer  was  a  very  high 
one.  There  were  no  bounds  to  his  contempt  for 
trickery  and  quackery  of  whatever  kind.  He  was 
guided  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  by  the  same 
rules  which  governed  him  in  his  personal  relations. 
It  has  been  well  said  of  him  that  "he  lived  as  he 
preached";  that  he  had  the  courage  of  his  convic- 
tions and  never  hesitated,  when  duty  called,  to  ex- 
press them  fully  and  forcibly,  but  at  the  same  time, 
quietly  and  unobtrusively  ;  and  that  "  his  life  was 
an  ornament  to  his  profession,  and  a  credit  to  man- 
hood." 

'54. — The  death  in  London  of  James  Ripley  Os- 
good, the  eminent  publisher,  was  announced  May 
19th.  "  Mr.  Osgood  was  born  in  Pryeburg,  Febru- 
ary 22,  1836,  and  was  graduated  from  Bowdoin 
College  in  1854.  Afterward  he  began  the  study  of 
law  with  Shepley  &  Dana  of  Portland,  but  relin- 
quished that  profession  and  removed  to  Boston, 
there  associating  with  Tickuor  &  Co.,  publishers, 
and  with  their  successors  for  some  years.  In  1871 
he  established  the  firm  of  James  R.  Osgood  &  Co., 
his  partners  being  two  sons  of  Wm.  D.  Tickuor. 
Mr.  Osgood  also  became  largely  interested  in  the 
Heliotype  Printing  Company.  On  one  occasion  he 
was  asked  by  the  college  historian  to  answer  the 
query  upon  a  circular  '  If  you  have  published,  and 
what?'  He  promptly  replied,  '  Nothing  but  other 
people's  books,  and  a  great  many  of  them.'    In 


1885  Mr.  Osgood  retired  from  the  book  trade,  the 
sons  of  Wm.  D.  Ticknor  continuing  the  business. 
He  went  to  England  in  the  following  year  to  repre- 
sent Harper  &  Brothers,  and  this  move  led  to  the 
establishment  of  the  firm  of  Osgood,  Mcllvaine  & 
Co.,  which  did  a  thriving  business  from  the  start. 
Mr.  Osgood  was  of  fine  appearance,  and  his  abilities 
were  of  a  high  order.  Charles  Dickens  said  he  was 
the  '  most  lovable  American  he  had  ever  met.'  In 
its  obituary  notice  of  him  the  Boston  Journal  truth- 
fully said:  'Mr.  Osgood's  identification  with  Ameri- 
can literature  is  so  conspicuous  and  so  honorable 
that  his  name  is  literally  a  household  word  in  all 
portions  of  the  world  where  the  English  language 
is  read  or  spoken.'  " 

'60.— The  Leiviston  Journal  published  the  fol- 
lowing with  a  cut  of  Mr.  Baker :  "  Forty-four 
years  of  age,  Hon.  Orville  D.  Baker,  of  Augusta,  still 
clings  to  the  old  homestead  on  Wiuthrop  Street, 
where  he  was  born  and  which  has  always  been  his 
home.  Few  professional  men  in  the  State  are  as 
liberally  educated  as  Mr.  Baker.  His  earlier  edu- 
cation was  acquired  in  the  Augusta  public  schools, 
preparing  for  college  at  the  high  school  which  was 
then  under  the  tuition  of  Frank  A.  Watuerhouse, 
now  principal  of  the  English  High  School  in  Bos- 
ton. Mr.  Baker  graduated  at  'Old  Bowdoin'  in 
the  class  of  1860,  immediately  reading  a  course  of 
international  and  constitutional  law,  occupying  six 
months  in  the  office  of  his  father,  Hon.  Joseph 
Baker.  A  trip  of  a  year  and  a  half  to  Europe  for 
both  work  and  recreation  followed,  during  which 
the  young  man  visited  England  and  all  the  princi- 
pal places  on  the  continent,  acquiring  a  vast  amount 
of  information,  which  only  a  tour  abroad  could  give, 
besides  applying  himself  to  the  study  of  govern- 
ment and  the  languages,  for  which  he  had  an  ex- 
cellent opportunity.  Returning  home  he  spent  a 
year  with  his  law  studies  in  his  father's  office,  com- 
pleting his  legal  educatiou  at  Harvard  Law  School, 
mastering  the  two  years'  course  in  the  space  of  one 
year.  While  at  the  school  he  was  offered  the  posi- 
tion of  instructor  in  the  French  and  German  lan- 
guages by  President  Eliot,  but  declined  it,  as  he 
also  did  the  tender  of  a  professorship  in  a  Southern 
university,  his  love  for  the  noble  profession  of  the 
law  not  permitting  an  acceptance.  His  next  step 
was  to  enter  into  practice  in  his  father's  office  as  a 
member  of  the  firm,  and  although  the  senior  mem- 
ber died  several  years  ago,  Mr.  Baker  is  still  found 
at  his  desk  in  the  old  rooms,  his  partner  being- 
Leslie  C.  Cornish,  Esq.  Mr.  Baker's  success  as  an 
attorney  is  not  questioned  and  to-day  he  is  the  peer 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


45 


of  any  lawyer  at  the  bar  of  this  State.  Unlike 
many  yonng  men  wbo  receive  the  most  liberal  edu- 
cation that  money  can  give,  he  improved  his  oppor- 
tunities, toiled  and  dug,  until  he  has  won  the  prizes 
of  the  profession." 

'65. — W.  H.  H.  Andrews,  although  not  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  college,  deserves  mention  in  this  depart- 
ment. He  was  born  at  Pleasant  Ridge,  May  10, 
1839.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Lewiston,  and  en- 
tered Bowdoin  in  1861,  where  he  remained  one  year. 
He  then  enlisted  in  the  Army  of  the  Rebellion  and 
remained  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Charles  Levi  Woodbury, 
of  Boston,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  Bar,  1868. 
Entering  immediately  upon  the  practice  of  bis  pro- 
fession in  that  city,  where  he  remained  until  his 
death,  April  19th.  In  addition  to  his  law  practice, 
he  was,  at  one  time,  treasurer  and  business  manager 
of  the  Boston  Post. 

'66.— Hou.  A.  A.  Strout  presented  the  following- 
resolution  to  the  Cumberland  Bar:  "That,  by  the 
death  of  our  brother,  George  Freeland  Holmes,  this 
bar  has  lost  a  learned,  able,  industrious,  and  ac- 
complished lawyer  who  during  many  years  of  prac- 
tice at  this  bar  commanded  the  respect  and  regard 
of  his  brethren  and  who  did  faithful,  honorable,  and 
memorable  service  for  the  profession  of  the  law. 
That  the  members  of  this  bar  remember  with  affec- 
tion and  pride  the  earnestness  of  his  purpose,  the 
devotion  of  his  life  to  his  profession,  his  fidelity  to 
every  interest  entrusted  to  him,  his  unfailing  in- 
dustry, sound  learning,  and  close,  accurate,  and 
thorough  mental  training."  Hon.  Clarence  Hale 
spoke  chiefly  of  Mr.  Holmes  as  he  knew  him  at 
college.  Mr.  Holmes  was  a  senior  when  Mr.  Hale 
entered  college.  He  was  a  member  of  the  famous 
class  of  1866,  and  the  fact  that  Mr.  Holmes  was 
not  disparaged  by  comparison  with  the  best  men  of 
that  class  is,  of  itself,  a  ground  of  eulogy.  Mr. 
Hale  said  :  "  When  I  think  of  him  my  memory 
always  dwells  on  those  early  years  of  his  professional 
life,  before  the  long  struggle  began  against  the  un- 
relenting progress  of  a  fatal  malady.  They  were 
the  distinctive  years  of  his  life,  years  of  close  ap- 
plication, exacting  labor,  high  attainment,  and  of 
full  promise.  It  was  during  those  years  that  he  won 
his  way  to  the  respect  and  admiration  of  the  bar  and 
of  the  bench.  Those  who  knew  him  best,  saw  in  him 
many  of  the  highest  traits  of  the  lawyer.  He  had 
none  of  the  vanity  that  is  easily  content  with  a 
slight  proficiency  in  law.  He  aimed  at  the  highest 
excellence ;  in  the  earnestness  of  his  purpose,  and 
with  his  efficient  industry,  he  did  not  hesitate  to 


give  all  the  labor  of  the  day  and  the  vigils  of  the 
night  to  his  work.  He  bad  the  highest  apprecia- 
tion of  the  standard  which  a  lawyer  should  place 
before  himself.  No  man  had  a  closer  conception  of 
what  the  ideal  lawyer  is  and  what  he  is  for.  Not 
only  in  his  distinctive  law  work,  but  in  his  reading 
and  study  in  those  years  to  which  I  refer,  be  showed 
the  thoughtful  and  philosophic  mind,  struggling  to 
grasp  and  realize  the  ideals  of  his  life.  It  is  with 
the  deepest  sadness  that  we  think  of  his  long  com- 
bat with  that  insidious  and  mortal  disease  which 
prostrated  his  body  and  dimmed  his  mental  vision. 
As  we  pay  our  tribute  of  respect  and  affection  to 
his  memory,  let  us  hope  that  this  long  ordeal  had 
its  uses  in  some  way  which  we  shall  known  in  the 
great  hereafter." 

'69. — At  a  meeting  of  the  trustees  of  Westbrook 
Seminary,  Thursday,  Rev.  Harrison  S.  Whitman  of 
Bowdoinham  was  unanimously  elected  president  of 
the  seminary,  to  enter  upon  his  duties  at  the  next 
commencement.  Mr.  Whitman  is  a  graduate  of 
Bowdoin  College,  class  of  1869,  and  graduated  from 
Tufts  Divinity  School  in  1877.  He  was  settled  over 
the  parish  at  Dexter,  and  afterward  at  Augusta, 
and  is,  at  present,  the  secretary  of  the  Universalist 
Convention. 

'74. — Hon.  Herbert  M.  Heath,  of  Augusta,  will 
deliver  the  oration  before  the  Zeta  Psi  Fraternity 
the  coming  commencement. 

'75. — Col.  George  F.  McQuillan,  class  of  '75,  was 
admitted  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  April  25th  ult.,  on  motion  of 
Senator  Hoar,  of  Massachusetts. 

'89.^Born  April  17th,  to  the  wife  of  Lory 
Prentiss,  a  daughter. 

'89. — Born  April  21st,  to  the  wife  of  Fred  Free- 
man, a  daughter  (eight  pounds). 

'89.— James  L.  Doherty  has  been  elected  Presi- 
dent of  the  Toung  Men's  Democratic  Club,  recently 
organized  in  Old  Town. 

'89. — M.  A.  Rice  is  traveling  in  Europe.  He 
will  return  in  June. 

'89. — Secretary  Emery  is  making  arrangements 
for  '89's  reunion  in  June.  It  will  be  a  glorious  oc- 
casion, such  as  '89  is  famous  for. 

'89. — Crocker  is  visiting  Florida. 

'91. — E.  G.  Irving  has  finished  his  school  at 
Mattanawcook  Academy  in  Lincoln,  and  is  now 
teaching  at  Harpswell. 


By  order  of  the  Italian  government,  English  is 
to  be  added  to  the  curriculum  of  the  colleges  in  that 
country. 


46 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


HER  ONLY  FAULT. 
(From  the  German.) 
I  know  of  a  maiden, 

A  lovable  child. 
So  joyous,  so  cheerful, 
No  wind  is  more  mild. 

Her  eyes  are  so  light  blue, 

Her  cheeks  are  so  round, 
Her  brow  is  snow-white  and 

With  blonde  hair  is  crowned. 

And  she,  such  a  noble 

Young  spirit  assumes, 
In  her  there's  a  flower 
Of  virtue  that  blooms. 

And  yet  this  fair  maiden, 

This  angel  divine, 
A  terrible  fault  has, — 

She  will  not  be  mine. 

— Brunonian. 

Mr.  Timothy  Hopkins  has  made  provision  for 
the  endowment  and  maintenance  of  the  seaside 
laboratory  at  Pacific  Grove,  recently  established 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Leland  Stanford  Junior 
University.  It  is  intended  to  make  this  a  place  for 
original  investigation  of  the  habits,  life  history, 
structure,  and  development  of  marine  animals  and 
plants,  and  to  carry  on  work  here  similar  to  that 
which  has  made  the  aquarium  at  Naples  known  all 
over  the  world. 

THEORY  AND   PRACTICE. 

"  Now  do  your  best,"  they  told  him, 

"To  the  voice  of  duty,  hark, 
If  you  but  work  you  cannot  help 
But  succeed,  and  make  your  mark." 

But  when  he  went  to  college, 
About  in  life  to  embark, 
Although  'twas  he  did  the  labor, 
'Twas  the  Prof,  who  made  his  mark! 

— Williams  Weekly. 

The  publication  of  the  College  Man,  a  college 
paper  published  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  has  been 


suspended  because  of  inadequate  financial  support. 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania  has  just  re- 
ceived a  donation  of  $100,000  from  General  I.  J. 
Wistar  for  the  erection  of  a  new  biological  and 
anatomical  museum,  also  a  yearly  endowment  of 
$:i0,000  for  its  maintenance,  the  institute  to  be 
known  as  the  Wistar  Institute  of  Anatomy,  to  be 
built  in  perpetuatiou  of  the  name  of  Dr.  Caspar 
Wistar,  the  founder  of  the  present  biological  col- 
lection. The  new  Hygiene  building  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania  was  dedicated  on  Washington's 

Birthday. 

PERFORCE. 

Bold  Jack  regaining  a  lost  treasure, 

And  seeing  no  alternative, 
From  pressing  need,  and  not  for  pleasure, 

Did  in  the  icy  waters  dive. 

And  when  we  begged  that  he  confide 

To  us  the  cause  of  this  bold  entrance, 
And  what  he  lost;  he  then  replied, 

That  he  had  merely  lost, — his  balance. 

— Brunonian. 
The  ability  to  maintain  a  creditable  standing  in 
scholarship,  and  at  the  same  time  to  manage  col- 
lege base-ball  interests,  or  carry  an  entertainment 
involving  hundreds  of  dollars  through  to  a  success- 
ful issue,  is  one  result  of  a  modern  college  course. 

—  Ex. 
A  year  ago  Columbia  College  abolished  compul- 
sory attendance  at  the  morning  religious  services. 
A  recent  number  of  the  Columbia  Spectator  says 
that  although  the  attendance  is  considerably  less, 
those  who  do  attend  manifest  more  interest  in  the 
services. 


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CONTENTS. 

Vol.  XXII.,  No.  4.— June  8,  1892. 

Editorial  Notes 47 

The  Minstrel  Show 48 

Meeting  of  the  N.  E.  I.  P.  A., 49 

Ivy  Day, 50 

Oration, 50 

Poem 52 

Presentations  and  Responses , 54 

Ivy  Ode 60 

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College  World, 60 


The  computation  for  determining 
the  salntatorian  this  year  has  revealed  a 
condition  of  things  which  is,  perhaps,  without 
a  parallel  in  college  history.  The  honor  of 
leading  the  class  in  scholarship  is  divided 
between  four  men,  the  averages  of  whose 
marks  for  the  four  years  are  found  to  be 
exactly  the  same  to  the  hundredth  place 
in  decimal  fractions.  As  it  has  never  been 
the  custom  to  carry  the  figuring  further  than 
tenths,  it  was  thought  to  be  unreasonable  to 
carry  it  further  than  hundredths  in  the 
present  case,  since,  in  all  probability,  the 
figures  beyond  that  limit  would  have  no 
significance.  Accordinglj'  all  four  will  go 
into  the  catalogue  as  salutatorians,  and  one 
of  their  number  has  been  chosen  by  lot  to 
deliver  the  part. 

The  coincidence  is  the  more  interesting 
because  the  tastes  and  inclinations  of  the  four 
men  have  led  them  to  pursue,  as  far  as  pos- 
sible, different  courses  of  study.  Mr.  Emery, 
whose  tastes  are  predominantly  literary,  has 
found  his  greatest  pleasure  in  the  English 
course.  Mr.  Fobes  has  been  a  disciple  of 
science.  Mr.  Linscott  has  devoted  himself, 
first  and  last,  to  the  languages,  and  Mr. 
Wood's  inclinations  have  led  him  into  phi- 
losophy, so  that  each  of   the   four  salutato- 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


rians,  aside  from  participating  in  the  leader- 
ship of  the  class,  has  the  honor  of  being 
first  in  that  branch  of  study  which  is  most 
congenial  to  him. 


TTS  THIS  number  of  Orient  appears,  the 
/-*-  Intercollegiate  Tennis  Tournament  will 
be  in  progress  in  Portland.  A  great  deal  of 
interest  has  been  taken  in  this  at  Bowdoin, 
and  some  strong  players  have  been  sent  into 
the  contest.  The  struggle  is  probably  be- 
tween Bates  and  Bowdoin  in  this  as  well  as 
in  base-ball.  Colby,  being  used  to  grass 
courts,  will  probably  not  be  in  condition  to 
make  a  very  hard  fight  this  year.  We  are 
not  good  at  guessing,  but  we  rather  expect 
one,  at  least,  of  the  first  prizes. 


TirHERE  remains  only  one  more  game  to  be 
*■  played  in  the  Base-Ball  League,  unless 
the  protest  of  last  Saturday  is  decided  in 
our  favor.  As  the  record  now  stands,  Bates 
has  won  seven  games,  Bowdoin  won  four  and 
lost  three,  Colby  lost  eight,  with  one  to  be 
played  between  Bates  and  Bowdoin.  This 
gives  Bates  the  championship,  with  a  chance 
of  winning  every  game  played.  Bates  has 
always  been  strong  in  base-ball,  and  her 
team  this  year  is  certainly  a  model  one. 
Bates  has  been  fortunate,  moreover,  in  sus- 
taining during  the  season  no  injury  which 
disabled  her  team.  Bowdoin  and  Colby 
have  both  been  unfortunate  in  this  respect. 
Had  our  team  been,  at  the  first  of  the 
season,  in  as  good  condition  as  at  present, 
Bates  would  have  had  a  hard  struggle  for 
first  place.  At  present  the  two  nines  are 
very  evenly  matched.  We  have  no  criticism 
to  make  against  our  nine.  The  nine  is  all 
right.  It  is  when  we  look  for  the  tenth  man 
that  the  trouble  comes.  President  Hyde 
very  truly  says  we  cannot  win  at  base-ball 
until  we  become  a  ball  playing  college.  We 
have  got  to  have  class  nines,  trained  system- 


atically through  the  winter,  and,  instead  of 
the  unscientific  class  games  now  played, 
there  should  be  interest  enough  aroused  to 
have  contests  in  good  earnest  that  will  show 
the  ability  of  the  men,  and  keep  them  in 
proper  condition  to  fill  the  place  of  any  man 
on  the  Varsity  nine  who  becomes  disabled. 
If  this  could  be  done  there  would  be  no 
such  state  of  affairs  as  there  was  at  the  first 
of  this  season,  when  our  pitcher  was  disabled 
and  no  one  was  in  training  to  fill  his  place. 


TTT HE  next  number  of  the  Orient  will  be 
*-  dated  the  Wednesday  after  Commence- 
ment, and  will  contain  a  report  of  the 
exercises  of  Commencement  week.  As  this 
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four  times  its  usual  size,  the  other  depart- 
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The   Minstrel   Show. 

THE  Bowdoin  Minstrels  made  their  second 
appearance,  at  the  Town  Hall,  on  the 
evening  of  Field-Day,  June  2d,  and  scored 
another  success.  Clifford,  Young,  and  Craw- 
ford manipulated  the  bones,  while  Gately, 
Bean,  and  Fobes  took  charge  of  the  tambos. 
Pierce  again  served  as  interlocutor.  The 
first  part  passed  off  finely,  the  solo  parts 
were  well  taken,  the  chorus  work  was  good, 
and  the  jokes,  if  not  all  new,  were  well 
received  by  the  large  audience.  Gately 's 
yodeling,  as  usual,  brought  down  the  house. 
Dyer,  who  was  to  have  been  one  of  the 
tambos,  was  obliged  to  be  absent,  but  Fobes 
filled  his  position  very  acceptably. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


49 


In  the  second  part  the  Lime  Kiln  Band 
was  a  novelty,  and  made  a  decided  hit. 
Clifford  was  the  star  of  the  evening,  and 
his  clever  acting  and,  above  all,  his  topical 
song, "  We  do  not  know  just  why,"  completely 
captivated  the  audience.  The  entertainment 
closed  with  a  short  farce,  introducing  several 
songs  and  choruses.     The  programme  was  as 

follows: 

Part  I. 
Overture.  Orchestra. 

Introduction.  The  Company. 

Opening  Chorus— We  come!  We  come! 

The  Company. 
Put  on  Yer  Rohes.  Mr.  Clifford. 

Gay  Huzzar.  Mr.  Lazell. 

Bonn'  ter  Shine.  Mr.  Youug. 

Creole  Love  Song.  Mr.  Thompson. 

Put  on  de  Golden  Crown.  Mr.  Gately. 

Annie  Laurie.  Bowdoiu  Quartette. 

Part  II. 
Clog.  Messrs.  Bean  and  Fobes. 

Selection.  Banjo  Club. 

Lime  Kiln  Band.  The  Company. 

Selection.  Orchestra. 

Five  Minutes  with  Mr.  Clifford. 

Part  III. 

An  Evening  with  the  Chicken  Stealers,  introducing 
Sing  Glory  to  My  Soul  and  Auld  Lang  Syne. 


Meeting  of  the  N.  E.  I.  P.  A. 

TTS  OFFICIAL  organ  of  the  Association, 
/•*■  the  Orient  publishes  the  secretary's 
report  of  the  annual  meeting  : 

The  N.  E.  I.  P.  A.  held  its  regular  annual  meet- 
ing at  the  .Hotel  Glendower,  Springfield,  Mass., 
May  25,  1892.  Delegates  were  present  from  the 
following  papers :  Wellesley  Prelude  (2),  Trinity- 
Tablet  (3),  Brunouian  (1),  Brown  Magazine  (1), 
Wesleyan  Argus  (1),  University  Cynic,  Vermont 
(2),  Bowdoin  Orient  (1),  Dartmouth  Lit.  (2), 
Williams  Lit.  (I),  Amherst  Student  (6),  Mt.  Hol- 
yoke  (3),  Amherst  Lit.  (I). 

Officers  elected  for  the  coming  year  were :  Pres- 
ident, Brunonian;  First  Vice-President,  Dartmouth 
Lit.;  Second  Vice-President,  Amherst  Student; 
Third  Vice-President,  Trinity  Tablet;  Recording 
Secretary,  Mt.  Holyoke;    Corresponding  Secretary 


and  Treasurer,  W.  P.  I. ;  Executive  Committee, 
Amherst  Lit.  (chairman),  Wesleyan  Argus,  Dart- 
mouth, Wellesley  Prelude,  Brown  Daily. 

The  Association  passed  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the 
Amherst  Student  for  its  hospitality.  The  report  of 
the  treasurer  was  read  and  accepted.  A  committee 
of  three  was  appointed  to  consider  the  advisability  of 
sending  specimens  of  New  England  college  journal- 
ism to  the  Chicago  Fair,  and  to  report  to  the 
executive  committee  who  should  act  on  their 
suggestions.  The  committee  was:  Brown  Maga- 
zine, Trinity  Tablet,  and  Wellesley  Prelude. 
A  committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  consider 
the  advisability  of  an  intercollegiate  oratorical 
contest  and  to  report  to  the  executive  committee, 
who  should  act  on  their  suggestions.  The  com- 
mittee was:  Trinity  Tablet,  University  Cynic,  and 
Mt.  Holyoke. 

It  was  voted  that  the  president  make  out  a 
list  of  the  toasts  and  send  them  to  the  papers 
selected,  as  soon  after  the  meeting  as  convenient. 

The  Association  suggested  that  the  correspond- 
ing secretary  inform  the  various  papers  of  the 
meeting  a  good  while  in  advance,  and  request  that 
an  answer  be  sent  at  least  a  week  before  the 
meeting.  The  Bowdoin  Orient  was  selected  as 
the  official  organ  of  the  Association. 

The  Mount  Holyoke, 

Recording  Secretary. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  delegates 
present  from  the  different  papers.  The  list 
was  made  partly  from  memory  and  may 
contain  some  inaccuracies  and  omissions. 

From  Dartmouth  Lit.,  W.  C.  Belknap,  C. 
W.  McKay;  from  Trinity  Tablet,  C.  A. 
Home,  C.  Johnson,  W.  F.  Collins;  from 
University  Cynic,  R.  A.  Stewart,  Lyman 
Allen ;  Wellesley  Prelude,  Misses  Holbrook 
and  Davidson;  Brunonian,  A.  E.  Thomas; 
Brown  Magazine,  H.  A.  Richards,  Jr. ;  Wil- 
liams Lit.,  A.  Oliver;  Amherst  Lit.,  F.  D. 
Blodgett;  Amherst  Student,  M.  Hiscox, 
A.  J.  Goddard,  G.  H.  Backus,  L.  E.  Smith, 
J.  H.  Ranson,  E.  A.  Crockett;  Bowdoin 
Orient,  C.  W.  Peabody ;  The  Mt.  Holyoke, 
Misses  Mott,  McNulty,  and  Snell;  Wesleyan 
Argus,  A.  H.  Thornclike. 

When  the  business  meeting  had  adjourned 
seats  were  taken  in  the  banquet  hall  and  a 


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sumptuous  repast  of  seven  courses  was 
served.  Then  Mr.  Hiscox,  of  the  Amherst 
Student,  called  on  Miss  Davidson,  of  the 
Wellesley  Prelude,  W.  F.  Collins,  of  the 
Trinity  Tablet,  Miss  A.  L.  Snell,  of  the 
Mount  Holyoke,  W.  C.  Belknap,  of  the  Dart- 
mouth Lit.,  Arthur  Oliver,  of  Williams  Lit., 
and  A.  E.  Thomas,  of  the  Brunonian,  to 
respond  to  toasts. 

As  is  the  custom,  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Association  will  be  held  at 
Springfield,  next  spring,  on  the  day  of 
the  Intercollegiate  Athletic  Meet. 


Ivy  ©ay. 

TITHE  Ivy-Day  exercises  of  the  Junior  class 
-*-  occurred  Friday  afternoon,  in  Memorial 
Hall,  with  the  following  programme: 

MUSIC. 

Prayer.  C.  H.  Howard. 


Oration. 

MUSIC. 

G.  W.  Shay 

Poem. 

MUSIC. 

C.  W.  Peabody 

PRESENTATIONS. 
By  President  C.  C.  Bucknam. 
Gymnast— Mattress.  W.  P.  Chamberlain. 

Phunnymau— Book  of  Jokes.  J.  W.  Lambert. 

Plugger— Lamp.  ? 

Class  Giant— Cane.  P.  M.  Shaw. 

Obstinate  Man— Likeness.  B.  F.  Barker. 

Popular  Man— Wooden  Spoon.  E.  H.  Carleton. 

We   print   the    oration,    poem,    and    the 
presentation  speeches  in  full. 


IVY-DAY  OEATION. 

DANGERS  OF  IMMIGRATION. 
By  George  W.  Shay. 
Nineteen  hundred  years  ago,  when  Rome's  star 
was  rising  in  all  its  glory,  the  barbarians  from  the 
East  began  to  find  homes  within  her  borders.  The 
Emperor  Augustus  welcomed  them ;  for  in  their 
approach  he  saw  no  danger.     But  when  they  had 


surpassed  the  Romans  in  number  and  had  usurped 
the  high  positions  in  the  land,  the  vigorous  char- 
acter of  that  majestic  nation  weakened ;  and  its 
decline,  division,  and  ruin  followed  in  succession. 

To-day,  in  America,  we  have  a  parallel  case. 
Our  country,  whose  marvelous  progress  is  exciting 
the  wonder  of  the  world,  is  iuvaded  by  hosts  of 
Eastern  paupers  and  criminals  that  flock  to  its 
shores  to  parasite  upon  its  wealth.  This  foreign 
element  is  a  hydra-headed  monster  of  vice  and 
crime,  preying  upon  the  vitals  of  the  nation. 

It  is  estimated  that  the  foreign-born  residents  of 
the  United  States  number  more  than  ten  million,  or 
about  one-sixth  of  the  whole  population.  Statistics 
show  that  the  total  number  of  immigrants  from 
1881  to  1890,  inclusive,  was  very  nearly  five  and 
one-fourth  millions,  which  was  over  fifty  per  cent, 
of  the  entire  immigration  from  the  close  of  the  Rev- 
olutionary War  to  1881.  Is  not  this  an  alarming- 
influx  of  people,  who,  for  the  most  part,  have  no 
love  for  our  country  and  uo  knowledge  of  its  laws? 
At  this  rate,  will  not  the  pure  current  of  our  own 
people  soon  be  swallowed  up  in  the  turbid  flood  of 
alien  races? 

From  a  report  recently  issued  by  the  State 
Department,  we  learn  that  the  immigration  of  the 
races  who  have  built  up  the  republic  is  declining, 
while  that  of  races  who  differ  from  them  widely  in 
language  and  blood  is  rapidly  increasing.  The 
number  of  arrivals  from  Great  Britain  and  Ireland, 
Germany,  Sweden,  France,  and  Holland  is  annually 
receding.  On  the  other  hand,  the  tide  of  immigra- 
tion from  Bohemia,  Hungary,  Russia,  aud  Italy  is 
continually  growing  stronger ;  aud  still  more  deplor- 
able is  the  movement  of  low  classes  from  the  far 
East — Syria  and  Armenia.  French  Canadians  are 
pouring  into  New  England  at  a  rate  that  bids  fair 
to  depopulate  the  Province  of  Quebec  iu  a  very  few 
years. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  Chinese  have 
been  theoretically  barred  out,  for  the  last  ten  years, 
by  an  act  of  Congress,  sixty  thousand  of  them 
during  that  time  have  entered  the  Golden  Gate  at 
San  Francisco  alone.  A  majority  of  these,  doubtless, 
have  taken  a  fraudulent  advantage  of  the  generous 
terms  of  the  law,  which,  it  will  be  remembered,  admits 
travelers  and  persons  who  have  business  interests 
already  establishedin  this  country.  But  these  sixty 
thousand  are  not  all.  The  hordes  thatthrongto  Cana- 
dian ports  and  theuce  stealthily  make  their  way 
across  our  boundary  it  is  impossible  to  enumerate. 

It  has  been  said  of  this  exclusion  bill  that  it  will 
sever  our  friendly  relations  with  China,  and  prevent 


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American  missionaries  from  proclaiming  the  Gospel 
of  Christ  to  that  benighted  empire.  But  there  are 
two  views  of  the  subject.  Is  not  the  darkness 
which  these  half-civilized  people  are  bringing  into 
our  land,  far  in  excess  of  all  the  light  that  we  can 
cause  to  shine  upon  theirs?  Let  those  who  have 
read  of  the  horrors  of  their  opium  dens  answer. 
The  commerce  between  the  United  States  and 
China  is  so  inconsiderable  that  even  if  it  should 
cease  the  loss  would  not  be  serious  to  the  former. 
The  Chiuaman  not  only  belongs  to  an  inferior  race, 
but,  in  consequence  of  his  wretched  manner  of 
living,  he  is  able  to  work  for  so  small  a  recompense 
as  to  render  it  impossible  for  Americans  to  compete 
with  him.  Nor  is  this  all.  By  the  immoral  influ- 
ence of  habits  peculiar  to  his  people,  he  is  daily 
plunging  the  worst  grade  of  our  society  lower  in 
the  depths  of  degradation.  Then,  let  the  Mongo- 
lian remain  at  his  Oriental  home,  even  if  foreign 
missionaries  are  thereby  compelled  to  devote  their 
energies  to  the  welfare  of  other  countries. 

According  to  the  eleventh  census  nearly  three- 
fifths  of  the  paupers  supported  in  almshouses  and 
more  than  one-third  of  the  inmates  of  the  state- 
prisons  and  penitentiaries  in  the  United  States  are 
of  foreign  birth.  This  is  indisputable  evidence  as 
to  the  general  character  of  our  foreign  immigrants. 
It  is  reported  that  many  ex-convicts  and  paupers 
are  assisted  to  leave  England  and  Germany  for  the 
United  States  by  benevolent  societies.  This,  it  may 
be  presumed,  is  done  for  the  joint  benefit  of  the 
person  receiving  aid  and  his  country.  It  is  true 
that  the  law  provides  that  convicts  and  persons  in- 
capable of  self-support  shall  be  sent  back ;  but 
when  the  convict  crosses  the  ocean  he  leaves  bis 
prison  garb  behind,  and  his  indigent  brother  usually 
manages  to  conceal  his  poverty  until  he  has  safely 
landed.   Thus  it  is  difficult  to  enforce  this  regulation. 

The  whole  world  is  familiar  with  the  tragedy  at 
New  Orleans,  at  which  place  a  mob  composed  of 
leading  citizens  broke  open  the  jail  and  deliberately 
killed  eleven  Italians  who  were  confined  there.  The 
chief  of  police  had  been  foully  murdered,  and  the 
prisoners  were  charged  with  the  crime,  but  two  of 
them  were  never  brought  to  trial,  and  the  jury 
failed  to  convict  the  others.  The  people  of  New 
Orleans  thought  that  the  accused  men  belonged  to 
the  Mafia,  a  murderous  secret  society,  which  they 
believed  had  either  bribed  or  frightened  the  jury 
into  rendering  a  verdict  contrary  to  the  evidence. 
It  was  also  the  prevailing  belief  that  this  lawless 
society  was  about  to  inaugurate  a  reign  of  terror 
and  attempt  to  obtain  control  of  the  city  govern- 


ment. These  conditions  instigated  an  act  of  vindi- 
cative lawlessness  which  must  ever  be  a  blot  on  our 
civilization.  The  atrocities  of  the  Molly  Maguires 
in  Pennsylvania  and  the  fiendish  work  of  the 
Anarchists  at  Chicago  are  a  part  of  history.  Yet 
the  spirit  which  has  raised  up  these  seditious  organ- 
izations did  not  originate  in  this  enlightened  re- 
public, but  it  has  been  fostered  for  centuries  by  the 
repressive  governments  of  European  monarchies. 

Frequent  additions  of  illiterate  immigrants  from 
various  countries,  to  our  population,  must  have  a 
depressing  effect  upon  public  sentiment,  as  well  as 
greatly  increase  the  cost  of  maintaining  the  public 
schools.  Prison  records  show  that  a  very  large 
proportion  of  criminals  are  uneducated.  All  will 
agree  that  the  safety  of  a  nation  depends  upon  the 
intelligence  and  culture  of  its  people.  Walt  Whit- 
man says  that  what  the  States  need  most  as  roots 
for  a  distinctly  American  literature  are  patriotism, 
nationality,  and  harmony.  Now,  it  is  impossible 
for  them  to  possess  any  of  these  three  qualities,  in 
a  perfect  degree,  while  they  are  trying  to  assimilate 
a  promiscuous  mulitude  of  foreign  rabble.  Ger- 
many will  continue  to  outrank  America  in  education 
just  so  long  as  she  is  allowed  to  unload  her  ignorant 
masses  upon  our  soil. 

Foreign  accessions  to  the  laboring  classes  have 
caused  a  marked  decliue  in  wages.  Why  do  our 
large  cities  contain  so  many  young  men  who  handle 
a  yard  stick  at  four  dollars  a  week,  and  so  many 
young  lady  clerks  who  receive  a  salary  that  is  barely 
sufficieut  to  provide  the  necessaries  of  life?  Why 
do  they  not  obtain  more  lucrative  employment  in 
the  mills  and  factories  which  abound  throughout 
this  land  of  industry?  It  is  partly  because  a  con- 
siderable number  of  the  youth  of  this  generation 
are  ambitious  to  fit  themselves  for  useful  business 
lives,  and  in  order  to  do  this  they  must  make  a 
humble  begiuniug;  but  it  is  chiefly  because  the  out- 
casts of  other  nations  have  flooded  the  country  and 
taken  the  places  of  its  citizens  in  the  field  of  re- 
munerative labor.  A  glance  at  the  past  will  prove 
the  latter  statement.  Twenty  years  ago  the  cotton 
factories  of  this  country  were  operated  almost  en- 
tirely by  our  own  people;  to-day  but  few  native 
Americans  are  to  be  found  within  their  walls.  A 
low  class  of  foreigners  have  rendered  these  estab- 
lishments iucongenial  to  most  self-respecting  people. 
Both  mills  and  stores  have  become  overcrowded 
and  the  price  paid  for  help  has  in  consequence  been 
reduced. 

Nearly  all  of  these  aliens  do  not  hesitate  to  be- 
come naturalized   as  soon  as  possible   after  their 


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arrival,  and  are  ill  content  to  wait  the  required  five 
years  for  the  rights  of  citizenship.  They  eagerly 
accept  the  privilege  of  voting,  which  the  incon- 
sistent laws  of  many  states  extend  to  them  as  soon 
as  they  become  residents.  This  would  truly  be  a 
commendable  spirit,  if  it  were  actuated  by  the  right 
principles.  But  the  average  foreigner  does  not  seek 
the  franchise  in  order  that  he  may  be  enabled  to 
cast  his  ballot  for  the  promotion  of  good  govern- 
ment; he  seeks  this  privilege  as  a  means  of  obtain- 
ing office  in  the  community,  or  money  for  his 
purchasable  vote.  The  corrupt  condition  of  politics 
in  our  large  cities  proves  this  assertion. 

Unrestricted  immigration  does  not  threaten  with 
personal  hardship  educated  Americans,  who  earn  a 
livelihood  by  intellectual  labor;  for  the  more  numer- 
ous are  the  ignorant,  the  more  clergymen  and 
teachers  will  be  needed  to  instruct  them,  and  the 
more  turbulent  they  are  the  more  physicians  will 
be  required  to  mend  their  broken  heads  and  the 
more  lawyers  to  keep  them  out  of  jail.  But  unre- 
stricted immigration  does  threaten  the  future  of 
those  institutions  of  society  which  have  been  estab- 
lished and  fostered  by  America's  most  cultured 
citizens.  It  has  a  tendency  to  Europeanize  the 
country.  Only  a  few  years  have  elapsed  since  the 
Germans  demanded  to  have  their  children  taught 
in  their  own  language  in  the  public  schools  of 
Chicago ;  and  they  have  at  other  times  shown  a  dis- 
position to  preserve  a  distinct  nationality. 

The  assertion  might  he  truthfully  made  that, 
if  the  Aborigines  had  kept  our  forefathers  from 
their  territory,  we  should  not  now  be  enjoying  the 
advantages  of  this  fair  land.  In  that  case,  however, 
the  Indian  race  would  not  have  been  driven  to  the 
verge  of  annihilation.  The  coming  of  our  ances- 
tors, though  beneficial  to  themselves,  was  fatal  to 
the  red  men.  Some  philanthropists  urge  that  our 
country  should  be  a  home  for  the  poor  and  an 
asylum  for  the  oppressed  of  all  nations.  But  the 
degradation  of  one  nation  for  the  advancement  of 
others  is  not  philanthropy.  History  teaches  that 
the  indiscriminate  mingling  of  races,  different  in 
temperament  never  makes  a  great  nation. 

There  is  evidently  a  strong  popular  feeling  that 
the  present  immigration  laws  are  insufficient. 
There  is,  however,  such  a  wide  difference  of  opinion 
that  no  changes  have  as  yet  been  proposed  which 
are  universally  satisfactory.  Many  reformers  agree 
that  there  should  be  an  educational  test  which 
would  require  of  all  immigrants  over  fifteen  years  of 
age  the  ability  to  write  their  own  language.  This 
would  certainly  restrict  the  most  objectional  ele- 
ment though  not  entirely  exclude  it.     Another  rea- 


sonable proposition  is  to  refuse  the  right  of  suffrage 
to  persons  who  are  unable  to  read  English.  Other 
nations  cannot  take  offense  if  they  are  forbiddeu  to 
dump  their  rubbish  in  this  country;  for  we  should 
be  establishing  no  precedent.  The  Russian  Jew  is 
met  at  the  boundary  of  Austria  and  not  permitted 
to  cross  unless  he  is  en  route  to  the  United  States  ; 
and  Germany  is  preparing  to  guard  against  his 
advance  in  a  similar  manner. 

It  might  be  inferred  that,  if  immigration  men- 
aced the  prosperity  of  the  republic,  shrewd  states- 
men would  certainly  be  more  active  in  checking  it. 
But  this  conclusion  does  not  necessarily  follow. 
The  statesman  of  to-day  seems  to  have  adopted 
the  principal,  that  no  law  shall  be  placed  upon  the 
statute  book  until  public  sentiment  demands  it. 
Congressmen  may  know  that  legislation  is  needed, 
but  they  will  hesitate  to  enact  it  until  the  popular 
mind  is  ready  to  receive  it.  This  matter  has  not 
yet  been  agitated  enough.  When  the  people  der 
mand  that  the  dregs  of  humanity  from  all  quarters 
of  the  globe  shall  no  longer  be  admitted  at  our 
ports,  then  their  representatives  will,  doubtless, 
comply  with  their  wishes. 

The  benefit  which  the  country  has  received 
from  the  more  industrious  of  its  foreign-horn  citi- 
zens is  well  deserving  of  our  recognition.  Many  of 
them  have  rendered  thousands  of  barren  acres  pro- 
ductive and  dotted  the  broad  prairies  of  the  West 
with  their  happy  homes.  Let  us  not  forget  that 
Alexander  Hamilton,  who  stood  at  Washington's 
right  hand  when  he  founded  the  republic,  Louis 
Agassiz,  whose  name  is  one  of  the  most  brilliant 
in  science,  and  Franz  Sigel,  who  fought  for  his 
adopted  country  with  distinguished  bravery  and 
skill,  all  were  foreign-born.  But  these  men  came 
to  this  country  during  its  more  primitive  days ;  it 
has  developed  since  their  times  and  can  now  pro- 
duce its  own  statesmen,  scholars,  and  soldiers. 
Our  nation  may  be  regarded  as  a  great  social  body 
of  which  the  morality  of  its  people  is  the  heart, 
public  sentiment  the  mind,  capital  the  pulse,  and 
labor  the  life  blood.  Now,  if  it  continues  to  receive 
into  its  system  the  degraded  masses  of  other  lands, 
the  heart  will  be  hardened,  the  mind  weakened, 
the  pulse  stagnated  and  the  vital  current  rendered 

impure. 

IVY-DAY  POEM. 

COLUMBUS   AT   PALOS. 
By  Clarence  W.  Peabody. 
An  age  of  centenaries  this  of  ours. 

Each  year  the  plodding  world  turns  back  again 
A  hundred  or  four  hundred  years,  to  pride 
Itself  on  some  event  that  happened  then. 


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Not  many  years  ago  our  nation  donned 

Its  festal  dress,  and  joyfully  and  gay, 
Just  as  a  child  to  whom  the  sense  is  new, 

Prepared  to  celebrate  its  natal  day. 
But  two  years  hence  our  college  will  rejoice, 

And  bless  that  hour  way  back  in  '94, 
When  old  Sam  Adams,  patriot  and  sage, 

By  one  bold  stroke  of  pen,  accomplished  more 
For  peaceful  arts  than  e'er  he  did  for  war; 

For  then  by  him  was  Bowdoiu's  charter  signed, 
Which  raised  a  mighty  beacon  that  should  lead 

To  fame  and  glory  many  a  master  mind. 
This  year  of  eighteen  hundred  ninety-two 

We  of  the  western  world  will  consecrate 
To  one  who  lived  four  hundred  years  ago, 

And  by  his  deed  stands  high  among  the  great. 
That  Genoan  seaman  who,  with  purpose  fixed, 

Stood  staunch  against  the  age's  bate  and  prido, 
And  daring  what  no  man  had  dared  to  think, 

At  last  was  victor,  though  the  fates  defied. 

The  world  in  which  we  dwell  but  that  side  sees 

Which  shines  the  brightest ;  and  'tis  better  so. 
From  history's  variegated  page  it  gleans 

But  those  events  which  blessed  fruits  can  show. 
Yet,  wbeu  some  mighty  undertaking  fails, 

One  man  may  suffer  and  the  pain  is  o'er ; 
The  world,  which  loses  most,  may  drop  one  tear, 

But  then  forgets,  and  thiuks  of  it  no  more. 
And  if  success  is  won,  it  praises  not 

Him  who  succeeds,— it  praises  the  success; 
The  hour  of  victory,  not  the  mouths  and  years 

Of  sleepless  toil,  the  pain,  the  bitterness 
From  hope  deferred  and  purpose  trodden  down. 

"These  may  have  been,"  we  say,  "but  let  them 
go. 
They  call  to  mind  the  tears  and  heart-blood  shed. 

The  time  is  for  rejoicing,  not  for  woe." 
But  though  that  bright  October  day  when  first 

The  Genoan's  anchor  grasped  this  western 
shore, 
Though  that  day  crowned  with  palms  the  victor's 
brow, 

The  strife  was  ended,  victory  won  before. 
There  is,  somewhere  encircled  by  the  year, 

An  uuknown  anniversary,  we  know. 
When  was  that  hour  of  supreme  success  ? 

Perhaps  to-day,  four  hundred  years  ago. 


It  is  at  Palos  by  the  sea,  and  through 

The  Andalusian  sky  so  soft  and  blue, 

The  sun  that  shines  on  Spain's  most  glorious  year 

Spreads  generous  benedictions  far  and  near. 


With  blessed  warmth  and  nourishment  it  fills 

Luxuriant  vineyards  on  the  neighboring  hills; 

But  nearer,  on  the  gables  of  the  town, 

With  fierce  and  unrelenting  heat  pours  down. 

Along  the  sea-front  is  a  cooler  air; 

In  from  the  west  it  rolls,  and  everywhere 

The  ships  that  ride  within  the  little  bay 

Rise  on  each  coming  swell,  and  fall,  and  sway 

Forward  and  back,  and  every  wave  breaks  here 

Upon  the  old  foundations  of  the  pier. 

Many  upon  the  ships  and  on  the  shore 

Are  toiling  hard  with  rope  and  sail  and  oar; 

And  some  prepare  for  voyages ;  only  one 

Is  stauding  idle,  by  whom  must  be  done 

The  greatest  task  of  all,  and  who  must  dare 

The  longest  voyage,  yet  knows  not  how  or  where. 

He  stands  alone,  in  thought,  an  old  man — nay, 

Start  not  surprised,  for  old  he  is  and  gray. 

Not  years  have  bent  his  frame,  but  toil  and  care; 

And  fierce  relentless  scorn  has  bleached  his  hair : 

All  seem  to  shun  him, — see,  when  he  essays 

To  speak  among  the  people,  every  phrase 

In  hoarse  and  angry  murmuring  is  drowned. 

Some  jeer,  some  threaten,  not  a  one  is  found 

To  listen,  or  to  further  his  commands. 

And  so,  without  a  follower  he  stands, 

The  admiral  of  a  visionary  fleet, 

The  viceroy  of  an  unknown  land;— his  feet 

Wearied  with  fruitless  wandering,  his  hair 

Whitened  by  what  is  very  near  despair.— 

Weary  of  vainly  urging  his  behest, 

Aside  upon  the  shore  be  walks  for  rest. 

Beyond  the  long  low  point  the  ocean  lies. 

He  knows  it,  yet  'tis  hidden  from  his  eyes. 

Such  is  his  future,  unrevealed  though  near. 

Behind  him  in  the  city  he  can  hear 

Hoarse,  distant,  murmuring, — thus  does  his  past 

Still  echo  in  his  ear, — reproaches  cast 

Upon  him,  laughs  of  scorn,  and  finally, 

More  feared  because  of  his  authority, 

Reproach  is  changed  to  threat,  and  laugh  to 

frown. 
All  this  he  hears  behind  him  in  the  town. 
He  lives  again  his  life.    From  court  to  court 
He  wanders,  wheresoe'er  there  is  report 
Of  enterprises  great  on  land  or  sea. 
Still  rankles  in  his  heart  the  treachery 
Of  Portugal ;  and  then  the  learned  fools 
Of  Salamanca,— learned  in  convent  schools, 
Who  searched  the  Holy  Fathers,  and  there  fouud 
His  doctrine  of  the  Universe  unsound. — 
These  he  remembers,  and  that  weary  train 
Which,  years  and  years,  followed  the  court  of  Spain 


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Among  Granada's  mountains.     He  was  there. 
A  suitor,  penniless  and  worn  with  care. 
And  then  Granada  fell, — from  western  shore 
To  eastern,  the  proud  Moslem  ruled  no  more. 
Columbus  saw  Boabdil,  conquered,  kneel 
Before  the  Christian  sovereigns  of  Castile 
And  Aragon.     This  was  the  suitor's  chance. 
Again  he  met  the  sovereign's  gracious  glance, 
Again  besought,  and  was  successful,  for 
The  Queen  rejoiced  to  end  the  tedious  war ; 
And,  high  exalted  with  religious  zeal, 
The  holy  spirit  of  crusade  could  feel. 
At  last  was  his  commission  sealed  and  signed. 
With  joyful  step  he  left  the  court  behind, 
And  came  to  Palos,  where  by  the  command 
Of  Isabella,  Queen,  and  Ferdinand, 
A  proclamation  in  the  square  was  read, 
Which  to  the  magistrates  of  Palos  said: 
'For  Christopher  Columbus,  Admiral, 
Viceroy  of  lands  and  waters  which  he  shall 
Discover,  furnish  forth  and  man  with  crews 
In  ten  days'  time  two  caravels,  to  use 
As  he  may  wish,"— and  so  on  to  the  end. 
Such  was  the  royal  word,  but  who  would  send 
His  ship  to  sure  destruction,  who  set  sail 
Upon  a  voyage  so  mad,  so  sure  to  fail  ? 
And  failure,  that  meant   death.      Not  one  was 

found 
Among  the  murmuring  people  gathered  round. 
The  ten  long  days  have  quickly  sped  away. 
Ah  yes,  indeed,  the  tenth  was  yesterday, 
June  2d,  and  to-day  he'd  hoped  to  sail. 
The  greatest  disappointment  is  to  fail 
When  hope,  long  striving,  seems  at  length  to  rise 
And  lay  a  finger  on  the  fleeting  prize. 
And  when  relaxed  is  all  the  energy 
Which  bears  a  man  through  his  adversity, 
And  toil  seems  at  an  end — and  then  to  know 
That  all  is  lost,  —this  is  the  hardest  blow. 
So,  on  that  day  in  June,  Columbus  felt. 
He  saw  his  hopes,  his  fondest  wishes  melt, 
Vanish  away,  untangible  as  air. 
Then  came  upon  the  old  man  standing  there 
The  fell  temptation  of  oblivion  ; 
That  fierce  desire— it  comes  to  every  one 
On  whom  an  unrelenting  fate  has  closed 
The  portal  of  success,  to  staud  opposed 
No  longer  to  the  world,  to  move  aside, 
And  never  more  to  struggle  with  the  tide. 
The  Admiral  held  within  his  trembling  hand 
The  Queen's  commission.     What  availed  its  grand 
And  empty  titles  ?     They  were  dreams,  no  more. 
He  stood  upon  the  solitary  shore. 


A  moment,  he  could  dash  it  in  the  sea, 

Renounce  his  vain  delusion,  and  be  free  ; 

Or,  stay !     Should  he  resist  and  strive  again 

Alone,  unaided,  with  the  hate  of  men, 

To  what  result — despair  and  death,  or — yes, 

One  lingering  gleam  of  hope,  perhaps  success. 

Fate  spoke.     He  did  resist.     He  did  succeed, 

And  from  the  realm  of  fable  freed 

A  world;  and  one  poor  Genoan  seaman's  name 

You  read  emblazoned  on  the  page  of  fame. 

There  is  one  motto  in  the  world,  "  Succeed." 

One  only.     All  the  others  do  but  lead 

To  this.     This  watchward  follow.     When  despair 

Is  conquering,  high  aloft  this  ensign  bear, 

As  great  Columbus  did  some  time,  we  know, 

Perhaps  to-day,  four  hundred  years  ago. 

ADDRESS   OF   THE   PRESIDENT,  MR. 
CHARLES   C.  BUCKNAM. 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen : 

Every  college  has  certain  established  customs, 
some  special  events,  which  are  dear  to  the  hearts  of 
its  students  and  friends.  Our  own  college  has  such 
customs,  and  we  meet  here  this  afternoon  to  cele- 
brate  the  happiest,  best  one  of  all — our  Ivy  Day. 

It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  we  see  so  many  of 
our  friends  gathered  here,  and  we  receive  your 
presence  as  a  testimony  of  your  friendship  and  good- 
will toward  Old  Bowcloin.  We  extend  to  you  all 
a  hearty  welcome  and  hope  that  you  will  so  enter 
into  the  spirit  of  our  exercises  that  you  may  take 
away  with  you  very  pleasant  recollections  of  our 
college,  and  of  the  class  of  '93. 

When  we  entered  Bowdoiu,  in  the  fall  of  '89,  we 
uumberedabout  forty-five.  Since  then  variouscauses 
have  rendered  necessary  the  departure  of  so  many  of 
our  classmates  that  we  now  have  the  honor  of  being 
the  smallest  class  in  college.  Size,  however,  is  no 
standard  by  which  to  judge  us,  for  what  we  lack  in 
quantity  we  fully  make  up  in  quality.  The  cus- 
tomary standard  by  which  the  classes  in  a  college 
are  rated,  is  their  ability  in  athletics.  One  would 
hardly  expect  our  small  band  to  accomplish  very 
much  in  this  line,  yet  '93  stands  among  the  fore- 
most in  the  different  college  sports.  We  have 
entered  all,  and  in  all  we  have  achieved  success.  On 
the  diamond  we  have  been  beaten  but  once  in  the 
past  three  years;  we  have  furnished  our  share  of 
men  for  all  the  Varsity  teams;  and  upon  the 
river  our  crew  has  gained  for  us  an  honor  never 
held  by  any  other  class  of  Bowdoin  College, — the 
honor  of  winning  both  the  Freshman  and  Sopho- 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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more  boat  races.  '91  boasted  of  the  number  of  men 
they  placed  on  the  Varsity  crew,  yet  the  most  impor- 
tant position  on  that  crew  was  filled  by  a  '93  man. 
Of  what  avail  would  have  been  their  mighty  mus- 
cles had  it  not  been  for  the  coolness  and  skill  of 
our  worthy  coxswain?  There  is  also  in  the  college 
library  a  silver  cup  which  has  borne,  for  the  past 
year,  the  "Orange  aud  Black,"  indicative  of  our 
victory  at  the  last  Field-Day. 

The  secret  of  our  successes  is  unity.  Firm  and 
strong  are  the  ties  of  friendship  which  have  bound 
us  together.  Our  class  has  been  second  only  to  our 
college,  and  ever  has  our  watchword  been  "for 
Bowdoin  and  '93." 

As  we  pause  here  at  the  end  of  our  Junior  year, 
aud  let  our  minds  wander  back  over  our  college  life, 
the  memories  of  the  days  which  are  past  crowd 
upon  us  with  startling  clearness.  What  a  season  of 
new  and  strange  experiences  was  that  part  of  our 
course,  which  may  truly  be  called  the  childhood  of 
a  college  life, — the  Freshman  year !  Many  and 
varied  were  the  lessons  learned  in  those  days  of  our 
innocence  and  inexperience,  and,  although  our  vig- 
orous teachers  occasionally  dampened  our  ardor 
and  enthusiasm,  their  ever  watchful  care  and  disci- 
pline brought  us  safely  through  those  childhood  clays, 
and  we  passed  into  our  youth  able  and  willing  to 
aid  in  the  management  and  instruction  of  a  new 
class  of  infants.  Our  youth  was  uneventful.  The 
time  was  partly  spent  in  the  performance  of  our  duty 
to  our  younger  brother,  gently  restraining  his 
impetuosity,  and  mildly  chastising  his  childish 
follies;  and  partly  in  the  continuance  of  our  work 
which  prepared  us  for  the  dignity  and  seriousness 
of  the  manhood  of  our  course — the  Junior  year. 
This  year  is  rapidly  nearing  its  end.  The  prime 
of  our  college  life  is  over.  In  a  few  short  months 
another  class  will  take  our  place  and  we  will  pass 
into  the  old  age  of  our  college  course. 

A  feeling  of  sadness  steals  over  us  as  we  realize 
that  soon  this  happy  life  will  end,  that  the  ties 
which  have  bound  us  so  firmly  together  for  the  past 
three  years  will  be  sundered,  and  we  be  separated 
aud  scattered,  perhaps  never  to  met  together 
again.  Yet  whatever  may  be  our  positions  in  life, 
wherever  our  duties  may  call  us,  always  will  there 
remain  in  our  hearts  the  love  for  the  dear  old  col- 
lege aud  the  friendship  for  our  classmates  of  '93. 

We  close  our  exercises  to-day  with  the  customary 
planting  of  the  Ivy.  Before  doing  so  it  is  my  duty 
to  distribute  a  few  appropriate  gifts  among  my 
classmates,  rewarding  those  who,  as  specialists, 
have  brought  renown  upon  themselves  and  the  class. 


The  President: 

Bowdoin  being  such  an  athletic  college  and  '93 
such  a  class  of  athletes,  I  have  naturally  deemed  it 
my  duty  to  recognize  here  to-day  the  ability  of  one 
of  our  most  brilliant  stars.  True,  he  is  but  one  of  a 
constellation,  yet  he  is  a  star  of  the  first  magnitude. 
I  have  called  him  a  gymnast,  but  that  represents 
only  one  of  the  "many  branches  of  athletics  in  which 
he  shines.  If  you  had  seen  him  during  the  winter 
term,  as  he  whiled  away  in  the  gymnasium  those 
pleasant  hours  which  we  all  so  much  enjoyed,  grace- 
fully performing  his  difficult  feats  upon  the  bar  and 
on  the  mats;  if  you  had  seen  him  exerting  his 
herculean  strength  in  his  wrestling  bouts  with  our 
gymnasium  instructor,  aud  handling  the  "mits" 
with  ease  and  grace  to  the  discomfiture  of  his 
fellow-classmates,  you  would  surely  join  us  in  echo- 
ing his  praises  here  to-day.  Mr.  Chamberlain,  I 
feel  a  pleasure  in  presenting  to  you  this  small  token 
of  our  appreciation  of  your  merit  aud  ability. 

RESPONSE    OF   GYMNAST.    . 
Mr.  Chamberlain  said: 

Mr.  President  and  Members  of  '93,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen : 
As  I  look  upon  this  mattress,  so  emblematic  of 
the  gymnast  and  athlete,  many  thoughts,  connected 
with  our  three  years  in  college,  crowd  through  my 
mind.  I  remember  especially  when,  after  our 
Freshman  dinner  in  Portland,  a  similar  mattress 
was  presented  to  our  classmate,  "Gerry,"  who  was 
honored  with  the  title  "Class  Tumbler."  How 
little  did  I  expect  at  that  time  to  bear  to-day  the 
still  more  exalted  appellation  of  "Class  Gymnast." 
But  the  fact  that  I  have  been  able  to  attain  to 
this  high  position  is  a  proof  of  the  advantage  to  be 
derived  from  steady  and  systematic  training.  In 
every  department  of  life,  physical,  mental,  and 
moral,  training  and  discipline  are  the  two  factors 
necessary  to  assure  success,  and  knowing  this 
principle  I  have  applied  myself  diligently  to 
becoming  perfect  in  body.  To  all  who  frequent  the 
gymnasium  the  spectacle  of  me  is  familiar  as  I  dis- 
port myself  on  the  mats,  Whirl  on  the  bar,  or 
swing  high  in  air  on  the  trapeze;  and  even  when  not 
in  sight  the  splashing  in  the  direction  of  the  bath-tubs 
will  always  betray  my  whereabouts.  My  attendance 
in  the  gymnasium  has  ever  been  such  as  often  to  call 
forth  comment  from  the  Faculty,  and  even  Pro- 
fessor Whittier  himself  has  frequently  mentioned 
to  me  my  regularity— in  "cutting." 

Unfortunately  for  this  audience  the  gown  of  the 
Junior  hides  my  rounded  and  swelling  muscles,  else 
you  might  see  before  you  a  form  like  to  that  of  the 


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Grecian  Hercules.  Constant  training  has  made  me 
thus  and  reduced  me  to  my  present  size  and  weight, 
which,  by  the  way,  all  my  wonderful  gastronomical 
feats  are  unable  to  change.  But,  sad  to  relate,  the 
band  of  athletes  at  Bowdoin  is  small  and  constantly 
decreasing.  We  have  lost  many  during  my  connec- 
tion with  the  college,  and  when  last  year  Jackson,  the 
perfect  man  of  '91,  left  us  I  involuntarily  exclaimed' 
"  Another  of  us  is  gone !" 

And  now  I  hope  that  the  listeners  will  pardon  a 
slight  digression  which  will  illustrate  the  strength 
of  my  athletic  craze. 

Last  summer  I  made  a  visit  on  an  uncle  of 
mine,  who  lived  in  a  small  rural  village,  not 
far  from  my  own  municipality.  One  day, 
as  usual,  I  was  boasting  before  the  family  of 
my  gymnastic  feats,  how  much  I  had  lifted,  how 
high  I  had  jumped,  and  how  swiftly  I  had  run. 
Suddenly  my  uncle  looked  up  and  said  that  ashisback 
was  lame  with  the  rheumatism  it  would  be  a  great 
favor  to  him  and  good  training  for  me  if,  during  my 
visit,  I  would  saw  and  split  the  winter's  supply  of  wood. 
I  waited  to  hear  no  more.  Hastening  to  my  room 
I  packed  up  my  belongings,  left  the  society  of 
my  uncle's  family,  and,  like  the  Arab,  silently  stole 
away. 

But  to  return  to  more  sober  narrative.  Pew 
among  you  will  appreciate  the  honor  of  being  chosen 
"Gymnast"  from  such  a  distinguished  class  as 
'Ninety-three.  'Ninety-three  entered  Bowdoin  as  a 
small  band,  and  after  losing  many  men  has  become 
the  smallest  class  in  college.  Yet  few  classes  can 
boast  of  having  achieved  greater  or  more  lasting 
athletic  renown!  No  class  is  better  represented  in 
the  Annual  Athletic  Exhibition.  Once  have  we 
gained  the  best  record  at  Field-Day.  Both  of  our 
ball  games  have  been  won  by  us,  and  better  than 
that  cannot  be  done.  And  finally  we  have  held 
for  two  years  the  Championship  of  the  Andros- 
coggin, an  honor  of  which  no  other  class  in  the 
history  of  the  college  can  boast. 

Yes,  'Ninety-three  has  run  a  good  race  and 
deserves  well  the  credit  given  her.  In  the  great  rec- 
ord of  the  classes  read  at  the  last  Day,  we  shall  hear 
rolled  forth  four  familiar  names,  'Ninety-five  famed 
for  its  brashness,  'Ninety-four  for  its  horn  concert, 
'Ninety-two  for  its  reforms,  and,  greatest  of  all, 
'Ninety-three,  renowned  for  its  athletic  victories. 

The  President: 

Our  Phunuy  Man  !  Dear  friends,  you  cauuot 
imagine  what  painful  recollections  this  epithet 
brings  to  us;  recollections  of  the  mauy,  many  times 


we  have  had  to  suffer  in  silence  the  jokes  and  puns 
of  our  would-be  humorist.  His  jokes  are  wonderful. 
Hours  have  been  spent  in  the  vain  attempt  to  dis- 
cover in  them  some  hidden  point.  His  puns  are  the 
most  marvelous  distortions  of  the  English  language 
ever  invented  by  human  brain.  His  ready  tongue 
is  no  respecter  of  persons  or  circumstances.  He 
has  been  known  to  make  the  remark,  while  sitting 
in  a  barber's  chair,  that  he  thought  he  could  razor 
beard.  I  am  happy  to  say  he  escaped  without 
serious  injury.  Perhaps  he  will  favor  us  this  after- 
noon with  a  few  of  his  intellectual  gems. 

Mr.  Lambert,  please  accept  from  your  class  this 
book.  May  it  replenish  your  stock  of  jokes  and 
furnish  you  with  an  outfit  sufficient  to  carry  you 
through  the  remainder  of  your  course. 

RESPONSE   OF   PHUNNY  MAN. 
Mr.  Lambert  said : 

Mr.  President,  Fellow-classmates  : 

It  is  with  the  most  profound  and  sincere  thanks 
that  I  receive  this  gift,  realizing  that  it  is  a  token  of 
your  appreciation  of  my  natural  as  well  as  of  my 
acquired  ability,  and,  as  I  receive  this  little  souvenir, 
my  mind  goes  back  to  the  time  when  first  I  set  foot 
upon  the  campus,  which,  like  myself,  possessed  a 
great  amount  of  verdency.  How  little  did  I  then 
think,  that  beneath  my  coat  of  greenness  there 
lay  such  mighty  powers  ready  to  spring  into  life  and 
activity  !  How  little  1  thought  that  in  less  than 
three  years  I  should  reach  this  point,  the  very 
pinnacle  of  my  ambition  !  But  so  it  is.  And  now, 
ladies  and  gentlemen,  allow  me  to  give  to  you  a 
brief  account  of  my  mode  of  procedure  in  the  at- 
tainment of  this  glorious  preminence.  When  I  en- 
tered upon  my  duties  here  in  '89  I  did  so  with  a 
determination  to  ascertain  what  were  my  natural 
talents;  and,  after  learning  this,  I  resolved  not  to 
bury  the  one  I  possessed  but  to  improve  upon  it 
as  best  I  could.  This  I  did,  aud,  as  a  result  of  my 
first  exercise,  there  was  not  a  member  of  '92  that 
dared  moisten  my  golden  locks  more  than  once ; 
for,  no  sooner  had  the  contents  of  a  water-pail 
been  allowed  to  pursue  its  solitary  way  toward  me, 
than  I  concentrated  my  powers  upon  the  principal 
actor  and  made  him  feel  my  superiority  to  such  an 
extent  that  instead  of  yelling  out  "  water  freshie," 
in  au  exultant  tone  he  would  ejaculate  the  very 
same  words  (as  it  seemed  from  the  sound)  iu  a  tone 
of  deepest  surprise  and  admiration. 

The  frosts  of  winter  soon  put  a  stop  to  the  duck- 
ing business,  however,  and  even  the  smallest  of  us 
could  roam  over  the  campus  at  will,  but  after  the 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


warm  days  of  spring  came,  and  hill  and  dale  had 
put  on  its  summer  garb  of  green,  representatives 
from  the  upper  classes,  lead  by  a  small  botanical 
specimen  of  '92,  resolved  to  quell  my  ardent  spirit 
by  leaving  me  behind  in  a  sprinting  contest;  con- 
sequently, they  prevailed  upon  me  to  enter  the  race 
with  them.  I  entered,  and  at  the  end  of  the  first 
heat  we  were  one  abreast,  your  humble  servant 
taking  the  lead ;  again  we  tried  it,  the  same  result, 
yet  once  again  we  sped  over  the  course,  "freshie" 
was  ahead;  thereupon  the  aforesaid  botanical  spec- 
imen of  '92,  thinking  it  to  be  in  keeping  with  the 
time  for  him  to  leave,  plead  with  me  earnestly  to 
race  once  more  with  one  of  his  superiors ;  and,  at 
last,  being  much  besought,  I  accepted.  We  took 
our  places;  and,  at  the  word  "  go,"  we  went;  with 
streaming  faces  we  went;  with  bulging  eyes  we 
went;  and  with  determination  we  went ;  but  I  went 
faster  than  he  did,  and  the  race  was  mine.  But 
this  was  not  all,  for  '92  (and  I  say  this  with  the 
utmost  respect  for  that  class  of  honored  men),  I 
repeat,  '92,  thinking  this  athletic  demonstration  too 
good  to  be  hidden  from  the  public  eye,  gave  a  hint 
of  it  in  their  little  diary  that  came  out  soon  after, 
and  through  some  misjudgment  the  point  of  the 
joke  therein  contained  was  directed  toward  me.  '92 
can  see  a  joke,  but  she  can't  see  which  end  the 
point  is  on. 

Well,  time  wore  on  and  almost  before  I  was 
aware  of  it  my  first  year  was  gone  and  I  had  en- 
tered upon  the  wild,  reckless  life  of  a  Soph.,  which 
(as  you  well  know)  is  equaled  only  by  that  of  a 
western  cow-boy  ;  but  I  did  not  celebrate  my  own 
good  fortune  by  exercising  my  power  over  those 
whose  experience  in  college  life  had  just  began  to 
germinate,  until  the  class  games  came  off;  and 
then  I  felt  it  my  duty  to  do  all  I  could  for  '93,  but, 
in  the  wild  confusion  of  the  foot-ball  game,  my  work 
was  not  very  effective;  in  fact,  ladies  and  gentle- 
men, I  never  was  very  much  of  a  "kicker."  At  the 
base-ball  game,  however,  I  was  a  "rattler,"  and, 
though  I  can  hardly  believe  it  myself,  it  was  reported 
that  the  victory  of  '93  was  due,  in  a  great  measure,  if 
not  wholly,  to  my  brilliant  coaching  and  my  power 
of  rattling  the  Freshman  at  the  bat  so  that  he 
could  not  tell  a  base  hit  from  a  foul ;  and  still  I  did 
not  even  attempt  to  make  him  believe  them  to  be 
synonymous  terms. 

Soon  the  Sophomore  year  was  a  memory  of  the 
misty  past,  and  I  entered  my  Junior  year  with  the 
determination  to  show  my  classmates  here,  at  least, 
how  completely  I  had  mastered  the  science  of 
punnology ;  so  I  began  with  the  greatest  and  in  a 


short  time  I  had  entered  upon  the  task  of  convincing 
the  least;  but  he  soon  had  his  Phil,  and  I  left 
the  two  brothers  together  to  gather  what  they  could 
from  my  reasoning.  Since  that  time  I  have  been  the 
acknowledged  punster  of  the  college  and  have  been 
offered  a  "  belt  "  several  times,  but  I  declined  with 
thanks,  simply  because  I  did  not  have  the  face  to 
accept  it,  although  I  was  very  much  impressed  with 
the  striking  attitude  the  would-be  rewarder  assumed 
when  he  informed  me  of  bis  intentions.  But  time  will 
not  allow  me  to  dwell  longer  upon  my  "punnological" 
acquirements ;  yet  allow  me  in  closing  to  say,  fellow- 
classmates,  that,  although  I  have,  with  apparent 
ease,  gained  this  sublime  height,  in  reality,  it  has 
not  been  without  work,  wakefulness,  and  worry- 
ment,  but  still  I  feel  amply  rewarded  for  it  all,  inas- 
much as  I  have  reached  the  top  of  the  ladder.  T 
assure  you,  moreover,  that  the  success  with  which 
I  am  now  crowned  has  not  been  due  entirely  to  anat- 
ural  talent,  but  to  diligeut  cultivation,  and  develop- 
ment of  that  which  we  all  possess.  You  can  climb  this 
ladder  of  fame  as  successfully  as  I  have  done ;  but 
you  cannot  gain  the  top  by  a  sudden  leap;  you 
must  toil  upward  step  by  step;  and  the  secret  of 
the  final  victory  lies  in  not  failing  to  get  a  round 
every  day. 

The  heights  by  great  men  reached  and  kept 

Were  not  attained  by  sudden  flight, 
But  they,  while  their  companions  slept, 

Were  toiling  upward  in  the  night. 

The  President : 

Owing  to  the  nearness  of  the  final  examinations 
our  class  plugger  was  unable  to  appear  before  you 
this  afternoon,  so  we  shall  have  to  excuse  him. 

It  would  have  been  exceedingly  difficult  to 
choose  any  one  intellectual  giant  to  represent  us 
here  to-day.  We  are  all  giants  mentally.  For 
proof  of  this  fact  we  refer  you  to  Professors 
Hutchins  and  Moody,  who  have  been  astonished 
so  often  at  our  remarkable  achievements  in  the 
class-room.  We  have,  however,  a  man  eminently 
fitted,  physically,  to  bear  the  honor  of  class 
giant.  His  gigantic  form,  the  pride  and  admiration 
of  his  friends,  is  a  well  known  feature  of  our  campus. 
His  immense  size,  however,  is  often  an  inconven- 
ience to  him.  It  is,  indeed,  embarrassing  to  have 
the  shoe  dealer  say  that  the  only  thing  he  has  that 
will  fit  is  a  shoe  box. 

While  traveling,  our  friend  is  often  taken  for  a 
circus  giant,  and  it  is  not  an  uncommon  sight  to  see 
him  followed  by  a  crowd  of  youngsters,  staring  at 
him  with  all  their  might. 


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Knowing  that,  in  his  old  age,  he  will  find  diffi- 
culty in  moviug  such  a  huge  structure,  I  have  pro- 
cured for  him  this  cane  which,  with  careful  use, 
will  serve  him  long  and  faithfully. 

Mr.  Shaw,  I  present  this  to  you,  hoping  that  it 
will  prove  a  strong  support  in  your  days  of  feebleness. 

RESPONSE   OP   CLASS   GIANT. 

Mr.  Shaw  said : 

0  my  long-sought-after  ally !  0  my  rescuer,  my 
fort,  my  invaluable  need  !  Had  I  but  found  thee  in 
my  earlier  afflictions  I  would  have  long  since  been 
traversing  the  broad  avenues  to  prosperity,  and 
never  would  pride  have  been  changed  to  humilia- 
tion and  humiliation  to  painful  submission  !  Yet,  I 
say,  these  and  a  thousand  other  grievances  would  I 
have  gladly  endured,  could  I  have  only  known 
that  in  the  end  my  labors  would  have  been  thus 
rewarded. 

In  order  that  you  may  all  understand,  and  par- 
ticipate in  my  exuberant  emotions,  I  will  make 
known  to  you  the  relations  which  exist  between 
myself  and  this  massive  cane. 

When  quite  young,  and  then  of  rather  diminu- 
tive stature,  I  foolishly  sought  the  realms  of  an  old 
prophetess,  where  were  expounded  to  me  the  impor- 
tant events  of  my  future.  Among  other  thiugs  I 
was  told  that  I  should  be  of  most  uncommon  size. 
I  assure  you  that  I  was  very  highly  elated  at  this 
good  news.  It  needed  only  my  boyhood  fancies  to 
supply  the  rest.  I  was,  at  once,  the  giant,  the 
warrior,  and  the  statesman.  As  I  gradually  began 
to  assume  the  form  and  proportions  of  my  ideal,  I 
strove  that  my  actions  also  might  conform  with  his. 
Yet,  however  stately  I  carried  myself,  however  like 
Hercules  did  I  strive  to  appear,  no  one  seemed  to 
appreciate  me.  No  one  admired  my  size ;  no  one 
reverenced  me.  For  a  while  I  sought  in  vain  the 
reasons  for  this  neglect.  But  'tis  rare  that  a  dili- 
gent seeker  never  finds,  and  I  was  no  exception  to 
the  rule ;  for  one  day,  while  intently  studying  an 
old  portrait  of  a  giant,  and  wondering  what  it  was 
that  made  him  so  imposing,  my  eyes  for  an  instant 
rested  upon  his  massive  club,  and  behold !  I  had 
won.  'Twas  the  club  which  he  had  and  the  cane 
which  I  lacked. 

The  next  thing  was  for  me  to  find  the  cane. 
But  hunt  as  I  might,  nothing  would  suit  me;  noth- 
ing was  large  enough ;  nothing  was  of  fine  enough 
quality;  and  I  must  confess  that  I  was  too  modest 
to  order  one  made.  Therefore  I  was  compelled  to 
do  the    next  best    thing;    I  procured    an    enor- 


mous umbrella,  with  which  I  paraded  the  streets 
for  over  two  years;  in  fact,  until  the  second 
week  of  my  life  in  Brunswick,  when,  alas-!  a  rainy 
day  and  "per  order  of  janitor"  robbed  me  of  my 
treasure.  Strange  as  it  may  seem,  my  whole  Soph- 
omore year  passed  by,  and  still  no  cane. 

During  this  present  year  my  heart  gave  one  great 
bound,  for  I  thought  I  saw  my  chance,  but  again  I 
was  fooled,  and,  as  well  as  the  Freshmen,  was  forced 
for  a  while  to  mourn  my  loss,  which  loss,  I  fear, 
would  have  continued  indefinitely  had  not  my 
class,  through  their  worthy  president,  kindly  pre- 
sented me  with  this  beautiful  cane. 

Thus  they  have  not  only  brought  to  a  close  all 
the  doubts  and  confusions,  which  existed  in  regard 
to  my  lawful  and  dignified  position  above  mankind, 
but  they  have  also  added  another  to  their  untar- 
nished list  of  famous  deeds.  For  what  other  class 
has  even  had  the  honorable  duty  of  paying  homage 
to  such  a  giant?  Indeed,  at  the  Ivy  exercises  of  a 
year  ago,  the  class  which  has  always  boasted  of  its 
superiority  in  stature,  could  find  within  its  numbers 
no  person  worthy  to  receive  such  an  honor  as  you 
have  conferred  upon  me.  And  they  were  com- 
pelled to  bestow  the  distinction  for  eminence  of 
physical  proportion,  with  the  appropriate  insignia, 
upon  one  so  slighted  by  nature  as  to  merit  the 
appellation— class  runt.  But  you  all  will  acknowl- 
edge that  he  and  I  are  hardly  comparable.  Indeed, 
as  this  cane  is  pre-eminently  above  all  others,  thus 
am  I  to  the  squalid  pigmies  of  former  classes. 

But  do  not  think,  0  classmates,  that,  in  my 
happiness,  I  feel  no  deep  gratitude  towards  you, 
who  have,  this  afternoon,  thus  honored  me.  Nay, 
rather  believe  me  when  I  say  that  my  joy  is  only 
an  ever-flowing  spring  of  thankfulness  which  will 
continue  to  gush  forth  until  the  last  remembrances 
of  you  all  are  lost  in  oblivion. 

The  President: 

It  is  strange  what  curious  freaks  of  nature  we 
sometimes  meet.  We  have  such  an  anomaly  in  our 
class.  I  have  called  it  an  obstinate  man.  The 
more  common  term  would  be  a  "  chronic  kicker." 
You  naturally  ask  what  kind  of  a  thing  that  is. 
Did  you  ever  know  a  person  who  would  refuse  to 
eat  his  dinner  if  he  thought  you  wished  him  to  ? 
That  is  the  kind  of  "kicker"  we  possess.  His 
greatest  delight  is  in  being  obstinate,  in  opposing 
the  wishes  of  others.  I  truly  believo  that  he  would 
become  frantic  with  disappointment  should  he  think 
he  was  pleasing  somebody. 

Mr.  Barker,  there  are  other  kickers  in  the  world 


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besides  yourself.  I  have  been  able  to  find  one  here 
in  Brunswick  and  to-day  I  present  to  you  his  like- 
ness. May  it  be  a  constant  reminder  that  if  you 
persist  in  your  obstinacy  you  will  meet  in  life  many 
kindred  spirits  as  able  and  willing  to  kick  as  your- 
self. 

RESPONSE   OF   OBSTINATE  MAN. 
Mr.  Barker  replied : 

Mr.  President : 

Words  cannot  and  will  not  express  the  great 
pleasure  that  I  feel  in  receiving  from  your  hands 
this  beautiful  work  of  art.  I  do  not  know  why  you 
wish  to  bestow  upon  me  this  relic  of  the  old  masters, 
but  I  suppose  you  wish  in  return  for  it  a  flowery 
speech,  replete  with  simile,  metaphor,  and  allegory, 
one  that  will  hold  the  undivided  attention  of  the 
audience,  and  one  that  will  reflect  back  upon  you  a 
bit  of  its  glory,  for  having  had  the  wisdom  and 
foresight  to  bring  such  an  illustrious  classmate  of 
yours  before  these  people  assembled. 

But,  Mr.  President,  you  forget.  I  am  obstinate. 
I  shall  do  nothing  of  the  kind.  You  give  me  this 
with  the  evident  expectation  that  I  shall  put  on  it 
a  little  tag  with  these  words:  "Presented  by  the 
President  of  the  Class  of  '93,"  and  donate  it  to  the 
new  art  building  as  a  memorial  to  you.  But  no, — 
I  shall  neither  do  this  nor,  as  I  said  before,  shall  I 
give  you  a  discourse  on  obstinacy,  either  in  its 
collective  or  distributive,  relative  or  absolute,  ab- 
stract or  concrete  sense.  You  should  expect  nothing 
of  the  sort  if  you  are  to  hold  me  up  before  this 
audience  as  an  obstinate  man.  Mr.  President,  we 
must  live  up  to  the  standard  that  other  people  set 
for  us. 

I  am  very  glad  not  to  please  you  with  a  speech. 
It  is  against  my  nature  to  assist  in  any  way 
the  plans  of  others,  so  I  shall  simply  withdraw, 
sincerely  hoping  that,  in  doing  so,  I  am  acting  just 
contrary  to  your  wishes. 

The  President : 

The  last  presentation  I  make  in  all  sincerity. 
The  recipient  has  well  deserved  the  popularity  he 
has  won.  He  has  worked  faithfully  and  unselfishly 
for  his  college  and  his  class,  and  his  devotion, 
combined  with  his  always  jolly  disposition  and  his 
many  other  personal  qualities,  have  made  him  a 
favorite  with  all  who  know  him. 

Many  times  has  he  sacrificed  his  own  interests 
for  the  interest  of  Bowdoin  ;  always  has  he  been  a 
true  friend  of  his  classmates  and  fellow-students. 
I  need  not  praise  him  more.    You  all  know  whom 


I  mean, — the  scholar,  the  gentleman,  the  athlete  of 
Bowdoin,  the  popular  man  of  '93. 

Mr.  Carleton,  I  present  this  spoon  to  you  with 
the  heartiest  wishes  of  your  class.  Please  accept 
it  as  a  token  of  their  esteem. 

POPULAR  MAN'S  RESPONSE. 
Mr.  Carleton  said: 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen : 

The  statement  is  frequently  made  that  a  man 
without  friends  has  little  to  live  for.  From  the 
conception  of  what  we  term  the  enjoyments  that 
make  up  this  life,  such  a  statement  is  undoubtedly 
true.  For  what  pleasure  in  life  can  there  be  for 
a  man  who  cannot  count  among  his  acquaintances 
one  friend. 

Classmates,  I  thank  you  for  this  mark  of  affec- 
tion that  you  have  bestowed  upon  me.  Would  that 
it  were  in  my  power  to  express  in  words  the  appre- 
ciation I  have  of  your  kindness  in  thus  conferring 
upon  me  this  honor,  which,  if  not  the  greatest,  is 
at  least  the  most  agreeable  and  pleasing  that 
you  have  in  your  power  to  grant.  For  cer- 
tainly the  knowledge  that  one  is  popular  among  his 
fellows  is  pleasing,  not  only  in  college  life,  but  in 
life  anywhere. 

Evidently  to  consider  one's  self  the  most  popular 
man  in  his  class,  as  the  presentation  of  this  spoon 
signifies,  one  must  hold  a  most  exalted  opinion  of 
himself.  I,  at  any  rate,  consider  it  as  showing  that 
I  hold  a  place  in  the  good- will  and  affection  of  the 
members  of  '93,  and  I  am  .content  with  this,  since, 
in  itself,  it  is  no  small  honor.  In  the  past  there  has 
always  been  more  or  less  rivalry  between  members 
of  classes,  but  we  can  truthfully  say  of  '93  that 
from  its  first  organization  it  has  been  entirely  free 
from  this  evil.  Because  the  class  is  distinguished 
by  its  unanimity  of  opinion,  by  the  smoothness  of  its 
elections,  and  by  the  general  good  feeling  that  has 
prevailed  so  far  throughout  the  course,  it  brings 
out  all  the  more  clearly  that  there  must  be  more 
than  one  popular  man  in  the  class.  It  shows  plainly 
that  each  one  has  the  good-will   of   his  fellows. 

In  the  face  of  such  facts  as  these,  to  take  for 
granted  that  there  is  only  one  popular  man  in  the 
class,  would  be  presumptuous.  Therefore,  in 
accordance  with  custom,  my  classmates  have 
appointed  me  to  act  as  their  representative,  and  to 
receive  this  gift  as  a  token  of  the  good-fellowship 
that  exists  between  us. 

Again,  classmates,  let  me  express  my  gratitude 
for  this  spoon,  the  bestowal  of  which  was  due  to 


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do  effort  of  mine,  but  -wholly  to  your  kindness. 
This  event  I  will  ever  remember  as  the  pleasantest 
of  my  college  course,  and  your  gift,  which  I  have 
been  deemed  worthy  to  keep  in  trust  for  all  the 
others,  I  will  ever  guard  and  cherish. 

After  the  presentations,  the  class  marched 
out  and  planted  the  ivy  by  the  western  wall 
of  Memorial,  singing  the  following  ode,  the 
words  of  which  are  by  Mr.  Clifford : 

IVY  ODE. 

Air:   "  Old  Friends  and  Old  Times." 
By  these  gray  walls,  reared  in  memory, 
We  plant  the  Ivy.  of  'Ninety-three. 
Thoughts  hover  o'er  of  days  that  are  gone, 
Days  bright  with  mem'ries  of  friendships  won. 
Ever  in  concord  our  path  has  lain, 
Ne'er  darkened  o'er  with  sadness  or  pain. 

In  harmony,  ever  to  be, 

We  worship  thee,  dear  'Ninety-three. 

These  days  of  gladness  soon  ebb  away ; 
But,  back  in  fancy,  thoughts  oft  will  stray. 
Ties  that  have  bound  us  e'er  will  be  strong, 
Linked  by  the  joys  which  to  college  belong. 
Firm  as  the  ivy  clingeth  on  high, 
Fondly  our  friendships  will  cling,  ne'er  to  die. 

In  harmony,  ever  to  be, 

We  worship  thee,  dear  'Ninety-three. 

With  this,  the  exercises  closed.  They 
were  followed  by  the  Seniors'  Last  Chapel, 
which  was  witnessed'  by  as  many  people  as 
could  find  room  in  the  chapel. 

In  the  evening  the  Ivy  Hop  occurred  in 
Town  Hall  and,  as  usual,  was  a  brilliant 
affair. 


I^hyme  ar?d  I^eai,©^, 


Ambiguous. 

I  wrote  a  song  once  in  my  prime 
To  make  folks  laugh,  I  wrote  it. 

I  wasted  all  my  leisure  time 

Trying  to  find  words  that  would  rhyme. 
I  was  bound  I  wouldn't  quote  it. 

I  boomed  along  on  bird  and  gird 
On  lay  and  play  and  way,  sir, 
But  I  stuck  on  one  great  lovely  word, 


The  grandest  I  had  ever  heard, 
I  couldn't  make  that  fay  sir. 

I  searched  the  realms  of  poetry, 

No  poet  e'er  had  used  it. 
I  called  on  Teunysou,  and  he, 
Great  Scott !    if  you  could  only  see 

How  that  good  man  abused  it. 

I  was  mad  :    I  hunted  one  whole  night 

Until  I  struck  on  Unctious. 
'Twas  just  the  thing,  ft  fitted  right. 
I  laughed  to  think  I'd  been  so  bright. 

The  word  was  "  Superflumbunctious! ' 

Literary  friends  were  summoned 

When  the  song  was  quite  completed. 
They  came  in  crowds  with  merry  din, 
Each  face  wore  an  expectant  grin, 
They  came  to  hear  it  repeated. 

The  whole  thing  melted  them  to  tears, 

('Twas  queer  as  I  could  make  it) 
And  so  to  me  it  still  appears, 
Seen  through  the  mists  of  many  years, 
And  yet  they  didn't  take  it. 


As  usual  Memorial  Day 
was  rainy  and  disagreea- 
ble. There  were  no  special  services 
held  at  the  college,  though  in  the  town 
the  day  was  observed  in  the  usual 
way. 

Turner,  '90,  paid  us  a  visit  recently. 
Prof.  Little  has  returned  from  Washington. 
Hanscomb,  the  special,  has  left  us  for  the  year. 
The  masons  have  begun  their  work  at  the  Art 
Building. 

This  warm  weather  brings  out  the  spring  suits 
in  great  profusion. 

Dr.  Mason  preached  the  sermon  to  the  G.  A.  E., 
a  week  ago  Sunday. 

The  Pray  English  Prize  of  fifty  dollars  has  been 
awarded  to  H.  C.  Emery. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


61 


Both  Colby  and  Bates  expect  to  put  foot-ball 
teams  in  the  field  this  fall. 

Prof.  Lee  has  recovered  from  his  rheumatism 
sufficiently  to  hear  recitations. 

Prof.  Moody  for  the  second  time  in  two  years 
gave  the  Sophomores  au  adjourn  the  other  day. 

It  seemed  odd  for  the  annual  boat  race  to  pass 
off  without  the  usual  Pield-Day  following  it. 

First  place  in  the  0.  A.  X.  Tennis  Tournament 
was  won  by  Pickard,  '94,  who  defeated  Bucknam  in 
the  finals. 

Pendleton,  '90,  Minot,  Packard,  Hastings,  and 
P.  C.  Newbegin,  '91 ,  passed  a  part  of  last  week  at 
the  college. 

The  Young  Meu's  Christian  Association  is  getting 
up  a  band-book  which  will  be  of  great  service  to 
the  next  year's  Freshmen. 

Sheriff  Despeaux,  says  Dame  Rumor,  paid  a  visit 
to  one  of  the  dormitories  lately.  As  yet,  however, 
no  Sophomores  are  missing. 

May  25th  the  Brunswick  High  School  nine  de- 
feated the  college  second  nine,  22  to  12,  in  a  fairly 
well  played  game  on  the  delta. 

Among  those  present  at  the  Ivy-Day  exercises 
were  Carroll, '88,  Royal, '90,  P.  C.  Newbegin,  Simon- 
ton,  Chas.  Hastings,  and  Packard,  '91. 

Considerable  interest  has  been  taken  in  the  col- 
lege tennis  tournament;  at  some  of  the  sets  there 
were  fifty  or  more  of  the  students  present. 

The  Senior  Chemistry  Division  took  tea  with 
Prof.  Robinson,  and  the  Sophomore  Greek  Division 
passed  an  enjoyable  evening  at  Prof.  Woodruffs 
recently. 

The  usual  number  of  Sub-Freshman  were  in 
town  Field  and  Ivy  days.  '96  will  be  a  large  class 
if  the  number  of  applicants  for  the  June  examina- 
tions is  a  criterion. 

Before  the  next  number  of  the  Orient  appears 
'93's  Bugle  will  probably  have  made  its  debut.  Mean- 
while the  editors  are  packing  up  their  belongings 
preparatory  to  flight. 

The  Senior  Class  Supper,  June  1st,  was  a  most 
enjoyable  occasion.  Supper,  speeches,  stories,  and 
jokes  all  were  good,  and  the  whole  affair  was  most 
successful.  Andrews  was  caterer  and  served  a  fine 
repast.  Lazell,  Wood,  and  R.  Bartlett  were  the 
committee. 

During  the  past  week  a  phrenologist  has  been 
interpreting  the  boys'  bumps  for  them,  and  it  has 
been  a  very  amusing  and  favorite  pastime  to  get  a 


crowd  of  students  together  and  let  one  of  the 
number  "have  his  head  examined"  for  the  benefit 
of  the  rest. 

The  Senior  ball  game  showed  that  '92  has  about 
the  usual  amount  of  base-ball  talent  among  those  of 
members  who  do  not  make  a  practice  of  playing  its 
national  game.  The  game  should  be  considered 
a  decided  success,  as  no  one  was  seriously  injured 
and  the  game  was  called  after  less  than  three  hours' 
play. 

The  mock  trial  to  decide  "Who  Stole  the 
Rooster?"  was  held  in  the  Town  Hall,  May  24th. 
Lord,  '94,  posed  as  the  culprit,  and  Jones  and  P. 
Shaw,  '93,  were  on  the  jury,  as  were  also  Professor 
Hutchins  and  Mr.  Wheeler.  The  whole  trial  proved 
amusing,  and  many  good  hits  were  made  by  the 
counsel. 

Dana,  '94,  and  Payson,  '93,  represent  Bowdoins 
in  singles  in  the  Intercollegiate  Tennis  at  Port- 
land this  week,  Dana  and  Payson,  and  Pierce  and 
Pickard  are  the  teams  in  doubles.  Howard  and 
Sturgis  will  be  among  Bates'  representatives.  Play 
in  the  tournament  begins  Tuesday  afternoon,  and 
the  finals  will  probably  be  played  on  Friday. 

The  prizes  for  excellence  in  English  Composi- 
tion, open  to  all  members  of  the  Senior  class,  have 
been  awarded  as  follows :  Firsts,  Leon  M.  Fobes, 
Henry  C.  Emery ;  seconds,  Earl  B.  Wood,  Harry 
F.  Linscott.  Emery  also  secured  first  place  in  the 
contest  for  the  Brown  Composition  Prizes  for 
Extemporaneous  Composition.  E.  B.  Wood  was 
awarded  the  second  prize. 

The  large  number  of  men  who  have  accompanied 
the  ball  team  on  its  two  Lewiston  trips  was  a  grat 
ifying  sign  of  the  interest  the  college  takes  in  its 
team.  The  nine  have  played  good  ball  and  have 
nothing  iu  their  record  thus  far  to  be  ashamed  of. 
The  college  owes  them  their  support,  and  it  is  only 
right  that  as  many  men  as  possible  should  go  with 
them  to  their  games  away  from  home. 

Commencemeut  Appointments  of  1892  are: 
Orations — P.  Bartlett,  Fobes,  Emery,  Hull,  Kimball, 
Linscott,  Wood;  Philosophical  Disquisitions— R.  F. 
Bartlett,  Field,  G-urney,  Nichols,  Pennell,  Rich, 
Wathen  ;  Literary  Disquisitions— Abbott,  Gummer, 
Kenniston,  Lazell,  A.  M.  Merriman,  J.  D.  Merri- 
man,  Poore,  Young;  Disquisitions — Bean,  Downes, 
Durgin,  Mann,  Smith,  Stacy,  Parcher,  Swett,  Wil- 
son ;  Discussions — Cothren,  Hodgdon  ;  Commence- 
ment Speakers— Percy  Bartlett,  Fobes,  Emery,  Hull, 
Kimball,  Linscott,  Wood,  and  one  of  the  following 
three  to  be  determined  by  lot — R.  F.  Bartlett,  Nichols, 


62 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Pennell;  also  on  merit  of  written  part  presented, 
Gummer  and  Rich  ;  Salutatorian — oDe  of  the  fol- 
lowing four  to  be  determined  by  lot — Emery,  Fobes, 
Linscott,  Wood.  The  speaker,  selected  by  lot,  is 
Nichols.    The  salutatorian,  selected  by  lot,  is  Wood. 


/?t¥eti®s- 


Bowdoin,  IS;   Colby,  17. 

A  league  game  was  played  at  Waterville  with 
Colby,  May  25th. 

Farrington  pitched  an  excellent  game  except  in 
the  fifth  inning,  when  it  looked  for  a  few  minutes  as 
though  Colby  would  have  everything  her  own  way. 
The  Bowdoins  recovered,  however,  in  time  to  save 
the  game. 

The  score : 

BOWDOIN. 

A.E.     R.       E.H.    T.B.    P.O.     A.       E. 

Allen,  c, 6  1  0  0  4  2  0 

Savage,  lb 5  3  1  3  12  0  0 

Fairbanks,  3b.,    ....  6  1  2  4  0  2  2 

Downes,  r.f., 6  1  2  4  1  1  1 

Hutchinson,  s.s.,      ...  3  3  2  2  2  3  2 

Hinkley,  Li., 4  3  1  1  2  1  0 

Chapman,  c.f 4  2  1  1  1  0  0 

Sykes,2b 1  3  0  0  3  3  0 

Farrington,  p 5  1  2  2  1  2  2 

Totals, 40      18      11      17      26*    14        7 

COLBY. 

A.B.    R.       B.H.  T.B.    P.O.     A.        E. 

Hall,  c.f., 6  2  2  2  1  1  0 

Kalloch,  r.f., 4  3  0  0  3  3  1 

Bonney,  lb., G  0  0  0  10  0  1 

Latlip,  l.f 3  3  1  1  0  0  1 

Hoxie,  2b., 3  3  1  1  2  0  2 

Reynolds,  c, 3  2  1  1  6  i  3 

Lombard,  3b 1  0  0  0  1  1  1 

Barnes,  p 1  1  1  1  0  1  1 

Whitman,  p 1  0  0  0  0  0  0 

Jackson,  s.s.,       ....  3  2  1  1  1  2  2 

Purinton,  3b.,  p.,     ...  5  1  2  2  1  0  0 

Totals 36       17        9        9t    25        9       12 

SCORE   BY  INNINGS. 

123456789 
Bowdoin,   ....07213201      2—18 
Colby 4      0      0      111      0      0      1      0—17 

*Reynolds  out,  running  out  of  line. 

twinning  run  made  with  two  out. 

Bowdoin,  5;  M.  C.  I.,  4. 
The   game  with   the   Maine  Central   Institute  at 
Pittsfleld,  Thursday,  May  26th,  resulted  in  a  victory 
for  Bowdoin.    Ten  innings,  however,  were  necessary 


to  decide  the  game,  which  was  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting and  pleasing  exhibitions  of  ball  playing  that 
we  have  witnessed  this  season.  The  following  is  the 
score  by  innings : 

123456789     10 
M.  C.  I.,    .     .     .     0      2      0      0      0      1      0       1      0       0—4 
Bowdoin,   ...200100100      1—5 

Bowdoins,  31 ;  Pine  Trees,  13. 
In  a  rather  loosely  played  game  Bowdoin  defeated 
the  Pine  Trees  (Kent's  Hill)  at  Augusta,  on  Satur- 
day, May  28th.      Only  eight  innings  were  played. 
Score : 

Innings 123456789 

Pine  Trees, 32110411    x— 13 

Bowdoins 28631443    x— 31 

Bowdoin,  9  ;  Pioneers,  S. 

On  Monday,  May  30th,  the  Pioneers  of  Lewiston 
were  defeated  on  the  Delta.  The  game  was  a  hard 
fought  one,  and  characterized  by  the  general  excel- 
lence of  the  playing  of  both  teams.  Score  by  in- 
nings : 

Innings, 123456789 

Pioneers, 11220020    0—8 

Bowdoin, 02100402   x— 9 

Boiodoin,  14  ;  Colby,  9. 
Wednesday,  June  1st,  Bowdoin  played  her  last 
league  game  of  the  season  with  Colby.  Bowdoin 
led  up  to  the  eighth  inning,  when  Colby  brought 
in  seven  runs,  but  at  their  turn  at  the  bat  the  home 
team,  too,  sent  seven  men  across  the  plate,  thus  again 
o-aining  the  lead.  Downs  kept  up  the  record  he  has 
won  this  year  for  heavy  batting,  and,  together  with 
Hutchinson,  did  some  excellent  work  with  the 
"stick."  Farrington  pitched  au  excellent  game. 
The  following  is  the  score  in  detail : 
BOWDOIN. 

A.B.   R.   IB.  T.B.  S.H.  P.O.   A.  E. 

Allen,  c 5       1      0      0      0    10      0      0 

Savage,  lb. 2      4      1      1      0    10      0      0 

Fairbanks,  3b 42112021 

Downes,  r.  f 3      2      2      3      0      0      0      0 

Hutchinson,  s.s.,     ....5023135      3 

Hinkley,  1.  f 5       1       1       1      0      2      0      0 

Chapman,  c.  f.,        ....     5      2      1       1       0      0      0      0 

Sykes,  2b., 51000221 

Farrington,  p.,        ....41110000 

Totals 38    14      9    11      3    27      9      5 

COLBY. 

A.B.    R.  lB.T.B.  S.H.  P.O.    A.    E. 

Hall,  c 51251211 

Reynolds,  3b., 30000302 

Bonney,  lb., 5      1       1       1       110      1      0 

Latlip,  l.f., 51000300 

Hoxie,  2b 41110222 

Purington,  s.  s.,  p 4       1       0      0      0      2      5      0 

Totman,  c.  f., 5      2      110      2      11 

Barnes,  r.  f 4      1      0      0      0      0      1      1 

Nichols,  p.,  s.  s 4      1      2      3      1      0      1      0 

Totals, 39      9      7      11    3    24    12      7 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


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SCORE    BY   INNINGS. 

Innings 123456789 

Bowdoin, 20200217    x— 14 

Colby, 002000070—9 

Umpire,  Kelley. 

Bowdoin,  14 ;  Boston  University,  2. 
Bowdoin's  seventh  consecutive  victory  was  won 
on  the  Delta,  last  Thursday,  over  the  Boston  Uni- 
versity team.  This  exhibition  game  took  the  place 
of  the  regular  annual  Field-Day  meet,  at  Topsham, 
but  was  nearly  as  listless  and  uninteresting  as  some 
of  the  recent  Field-Day  exhibitions  have  been.  The 
home  team  was  more  than  a  match  for  the  visitors, 
who  were  outplayed  from  the  start.  Downes  pitched 
a  very  effective  game,  and  seems  to  be  getting  back 
his  old-time  speed.  A  brilliant  double  play  was 
made  by  Hutchinson,  Sykes,  and  Savage.  Only  seven 
innings  were  played.     The  score  : 

Innings 12    8    4    5    6    7 

Boston  University, 2000000—2 

Bowdoin 24122    3    x— 14 

Umpire,  Dana. 

Bates,  S ;  Bowdoin,  4. — Game  Protested. 

On  Saturday,  June  4th,  Bowdoin  played  at  Lewis- 
ton  its  third  game  with  Bates,  and  was  defeated  by 
one  score.  The  last  inning  was  played  under  pro- 
test, because  of  a  decision  of  Umpire  Kelley.  The 
game  was  the  most  exciting  of  the  league  series  this 
season,  and  was  witnessed  by  about  one  hundred 
Bowdoin  boys  who  encouraged  the  team  by  their 
college  yells,  and  tried  with  horns  and  shouts  to 
drown  out  the  no  less  uproarous  Bates  students. 

In  the  first  inning  Bowdoin  was  unable  to  score, 
while  for  the  Bates  Putnam  hit  a  ball  which  went 
over  the  canvas  and  brought  him  home.  In  the 
second  Bowdoin  got  three  runs,  and  in  the  third 
Bates  made  four.     Score  :   Bowdoin,  8  ;  Bates,  5. 

After  the  third  the  game  was  played  very  closely, 
neither  team  making  a  score  till  the  ninth,  when 
Fairbanks  got  a  hit  and  scored  on  a  single  by 
Downes.  Then,  with  Hutchinson's  liner  near  second 
base,  came  the  decision  of  the  umpire  which  caused 
the  protest.  The  features  of  the  game  were  the 
catches  of  Chapman  and  Hinkley,  and  the  excellent 
pitching  of  Farrington.  This  game  will  give  the 
championship  for  this  year  to  Bates,  if  the  protest  is 
decided  against  us.  The  score  : 
BATES. 

A.B.      R.      B.H.    T.B.    P.O.      A.       E. 

Hoffman,  2b 3  1  0  0  2  2  0 

Wilson,  3b 4  1  2  2  1  3  3 

Putnam,  1. 1,       ....  3  1  1  4  5  0  0 

Pennell,  lb 4  1  1  1  9  0  1 

Pulsifer,  s.  s.,      .     .     .     .  4  0  0  0  2  3  1 

Wakefield,  e.  f.,       ...  4  0  1  1  1  0  0 

Brackett,  r.  f 4  0  0  0  0  0  0 

Emery,  c.,        3  0  0  0  7  0  1 

Mildram,  p 3  1  1  1  0  0  0 

Totals 32        5        6        9      27        8        6 


BOWDOINS. 

A.B.      R.      B.H.    T.B.    P.O.      A.       E. 

Allen,  c 3  0  0  0  2  2  1 

Savage,  lb., 4  0  0  0  14  0  0 

Fairbanks,  3b.,     ....  4  1  1  1  0  4  1 

Downes,  r.  f 3  0  1  1  1  0  1 

Hutchinson,  s.  s 4  1  0  0  0  3  0 

Hinkley,  1.  f.,       ....  4  1  0  0  2  0  0 

Sykes,  2b. 3  0  0  0  0  3  2 

Chapman,  c.  f.,    .     .     .     .  3  1  1  1  4  0  0 

Farrington,  p.,     ....  3  0  0  0  1  0  0 

Totals,        ....    31        4        3        3      24      12        5 
Innings,   ....123456789 

Bates,       10400000     x— 5 

Bowdoins,  ...,03000000  1—4 
Earned  runs— Bates,  1;  Bowdoin,  1.  Home  run — Put- 
nam. Sacrifice  hits — Brackett,  Savage,  Farrington,  Sykes. 
Stolen  bases — Wilson,  Pennell,  Wakefield,  Fairbanks  (2), 
Hutchinson.  First  base  on  errors — Bates,  3;  Bowdoin,  3; 
Left  on  bases — Bates,  5;  Bowdoin,  2;  First  base  on  balls- 
Hoffman,  Putnam,  Allen,  Downes.  Struck  out — Wilson, 
Mildram  (2),  Hinkley,  Sykes.  Double  play  —  Hoffman 
and  Pennell.  Passed  balls — Emery,  2.  Wild  pitch — 
Farrington.  Time  of  game — 1  hour  35  minutes.  Um- 
pire—S.  J.  Kelly.   

SOPHOMORE-FRESHMAN  BOAT  RACE. 
The  class  race  on  the  river  came  off  last  Thurs- 
day forenoon,  after  the  usual  delay  in  starting.  The 
Sophomores  had  the  advantage  of  a  well  trained  and 
somewhat  experienced  crew,  which,  combined  with 
the  Freshmen's  poor  steering,  easily  won  the  race 
for  them.  At  the  finish  there  was  six  lengths  of 
clear  water  between  the  crews.  'Ninety-five  kept 
out  in  the  middle  of  the  river  during  most  of  the 
course,  while  'Ninety-four,  by  hugging  the  shore, 
had  far  less  current  to  row  against.  Mr.  R.  H. 
Hunt  was  the  starter. 

TENNIS. 
The  tennis  tournament  has  been  finished,  although 
somewhat  delayed  by  stormy  weather.  The  winners 
are  Dana,  in  singles,  and  Dana  and  Payson  in 
doubles,  who  will  represent  Bowdoin  in  the  Inter- 
collegiate Tennis  Tournament,  in  Portland,  June 
7th,  8th,  and  9th.     The  scores  are  as  follows : 

SINGLES. 

Winners.  Score. 

Downes.  Leighton.  6-1  5-6        6-3 

Littlefield.  Haggett.  6-0  6-1 

Buoknam.  Hinkley.  0-6  6-5        7-5 

Pierce.  P.  Bartlett.  6-1  6-5 

Mann.  B.  Bartlett.  6-1  1-6        6-4 

Payson.  Fobes.  Forfeited  to  Payson. 

THIRD   ROUND. 

Payson.  Fabyan.  6-5  6-2 

Pierce.  Mann.  6-0  6-1 

Littlefield.  Bucknam.  6-3  6-1 

Dana.  Downes.  6-2  6-0 


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Pay  son. 
Dana. 


Winners. 
R.  Bartlett. 
P.  Bartlett. 
Hussey.  | 
Fabyan. J 
Bryant.       ] 
Littlefield.  J 
Pierce.     ) 
Pickard. J 
Fairbanks.  ] 
Hinkley.      J 


Downes.  i 
Gurney. 
Dana.  ) 
Paysou.  J 
Mann.  I 
Emery.  ) 
Pierce. 
Pickard. 


Pierce. 
Pickard. 
Dana.     ) 
Pay  son.  j 


Dana. 
Payson. 


SEMI-FINALS. 

Pierce. 
Littlefield. 

FINALS. 

Payson . 


6-4 
6-1 


7-5      10-8        0-6 


Fobes.  I 
Jenks.  j 

Clifford.  I  w, 

Thomas,  j  * ' 

Young.   ) 
Durgin.  J 
Jones.         ) 
Bucknam. j 
Baxter.  J       ^ 

SECOND   ROUND. 

R.  Bartlett.  ) 
P.  Bartlett.  } 
Hussey.  j 
Fabyan.  j 
Bryant.        (       „ 
Littlefield.  j       * 
Hinkley. 
Fairbanks. 


Score. 
6-2 


(  Fabyan 


4-6 


'  Fairbanks. 
Hinkley. 


Forfeited  to  K- 
Forfeited  to   [««£*,_ 


THIRD    ROUND. 


Mann.  ) 
Emery.  ] 
Downes. 
Gurney. 


Pierce. 
Pickard. 


Pierce. 
Pickard. 


40.— Isaiah  Dole,  of 
Keene,  N.  EL,  who  died 
recently,  was  a  native  of  Bloomfield, 
Me.  In  1840  he  graduated  from  Bow- 
doin  College  and  entered  upon  the  profes- 
sion of  a  teacher.  Mr.  Dole  was  principal  of 
Bluehill  and  St.  Stephen's  (N.  B.)  Academies,  and 
was  an  instructor  at  the  Female  Seminary  at  Gor- 
ham.  In  1879  he  became  counected  with  the  Lasell 
Seminary  at  Auburndale,  Mass.,  his  special  depart- 
ment being  Latin  and  Greek. 

'42. — "Editor  Alumni  Department — My  Dear 
Sir:  Your  circular  of  April  gave  me  pleasure.  In 
1838-9  I  had  the  honor  to  be  junior  editor  of  the 


Bowdoin  Portfolio,  with  B.  A.  G.  Fuller  as  senior, 
in  which  I  reviewed  Irving's  "Astoria  and  the 
Great  Northwest."  to  which  Rev.  E.  and  Mary 
(Richardson)  Walker,  kinsfolk  of  my  family,  had 
gone  "over  the  plains"  from  Maine,  as  missiona- 
ries, that  year.  In  my  Junior  year  "  The  Hispano- 
American  Republics"  was  the  theme  I  chose  for  an 
essay.  My  uncle,  Capt.  Seth  Rogers,  of  Boston,  in 
the  good  ship  Andes,  had  made  three  successive 
and  successful  voyages  "around  the  Horn"  to  trade 
with  California,  from  1820  to  1830,  and  had  brought 
home  hides  and  tallow,  and  valuable  peltries  of  the 
seal,  otter,  etc.,  and  endless  curios  for  my  delecta- 
tion, and  had  told  me  sitting  in  his  lap  no  end  of 
stories  of  the  vaqueros  and  people  of  this  coast. 
And  in  President  Washington's  days,  Major  Tim- 
othy Blake,  paymaster  in  the  Army  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, had  been  sent  to  Canton  as  United  States 
Consul-General,  and  had  filled  our  heads  with  the 
marvels  of  Marco  Polo  and  Cathay.  I  mention 
these  things  to  show  my  co-alumni  how  it  is  that  I 
am  here  to-day  and  why  I  have  since  1849  taken  so 
deep  and  personal  an  interest  in  all  matters  on  the 
Pacific  coast,  on  which,  for  most  of  forty-three 
years,  I  have  resided.  My  children  and  grandchil- 
dren are  now  living  here,  and  the  graves  of  my 
dear  wife  and  babes  are  on  these  beautiful  slopes, 
kissed  by  the  sunshine  and  breezes  of  heaven.  In 
my  retirement  from  active  service  as  chaplain  U.  S. 
Army,  I  give  much  of  my  time  to  medical  work 
among  the  poor.  Nest  year  it  is  my  hope  to  visit 
the  East.  How  I  wish  that  I  could  go  this  year  to 
meet  the  survivors  of  my  class  of  '42  at  the  com- 
mencement on  this  our  fiftieth  anniversary !  We 
have  an  Association  of  Bowdoin  Alumni  here,  num- 
bering some  twenty-five  or  more,  over  which  my 
honored  kinsman,  the  Hon.  W.  L.  Blake,  presides. 
The  Merritt  estate  in  Oakland,  across  the  bay, 
awaits  distribution,  when  our  Alma  Mater  is,  I 
believe,  to  receive  a  generous  share.  But  I  must 
close.  With  best  wishes  and  cordial  salutations  to 
all  of  Bowdoin's  sons,  I  shall  remain  ever, 
Sincerely  yours, 

Chaeles  Moeeis  Blake. 

'55. — Hon.  Wm.  L.  Putnam  delivered  an  address 
in  Portland,  Memorial  Day. 

'63,  M.  S.  of  M.— Dr.  Edward  Paul  Roche,  of 
Bath,  died  Wednesday  evening,  aged  55  years.  He 
was  a  graduate  of  the  Maine  Medical  School.  He 
was  born  in  Boston  and  was  assistant-surgeou  in 
the  35th  Massachusetts  regiment.  He  has  practiced 
in  Bath  thirty  years,  and  was  inventor  of  the  Roche 
chafing  iron  for  carriages.     He  leaves  a  widow. 


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65 


'86.— Levi  Turner,  Jr.,  Esq.,  of  this  city,  lias 
accepted  an  invitation  to  deliver  the  alumni  oration 
at  the  Maine  Central  Institute,  Pittsfleld,  where  he 
was  prepared  for  college.  He  will  also  deliver  an 
address  before  the  Theta  Delta  Chi  Fraternity  of 
Bowdoin  College  some  time  during  Commencement 
week. — Portland  Press. 

"67.— Mr.  E.  C.  Plummer,  editor  of  the  Bath 
Independent,  will  sail  from  New  York  for  Antwerp, 
Wednesday,  June  1st,  for  a  trip  through  France, 
Prussia,  and  the  British  kingdom.  He  will  he 
accompanied  to  Paris  by  Mrs.  Plummer,  where  she 
will  remain  to  continue  her  work  in  painting. 

'90.— Cards  have  been  received  announcing  the 
marriage  of  Fred  John  Allen  to  Miss  Ida  Lavitt. 
The  ceremony  is  to  take  place  in  the  Congregational 
church,  Alfred,  Me.,  Wednesday,  June  8th.  At 
home  Friday  evening,  June  17th.  The  Orient 
sends  congratulations  to  its  former  Business 
Manager. 

'90. — The  Orient  is  pained  to  announce  the 
death  of  John  M.  W.  Moody,  a  former  member  of 
its  editorial  staff.  He  died  of  consumption,  June  2d. 
The  funeral  was  at  Auburn,  Saturday. 

'91. — In  our  last  issue  the  name  E.  G.  Irving- 
should  read  E.  G.  Loring. 

'91. — It  is  our  sad  duty  to  announce  the  sudden 
death  of  Prof.  Charles  E.  Riley,  who  went  out  from 
us  but  one  short  year  ago,  a  man  full  of  the  health, 
strength,  and  ambitions  of  early  manhood.  A  per- 
sonal friend  to  the  greater  part  of  the  students  now 
in  college,  beloved  and  respected  by  all,  his  death 
has  cast  a  deep  shade  of  sadness  over  the  place  he 
loved  so  well.  Charles  Edward  Riley  was  born  at 
North  Conway,  N.  H.,  September,  1867.  He  grad- 
uated from  this  college  with  distinction,  and  last 
September  was  called  to  the  chair  of  Mathematics 
and  Physics  in  Drury  College,  Missouri.  Of  the 
short  year's  work  he  has  been  permitted  to  perform 
since  he  left  us,  no  one  is  better  able  to  tell  us  than 
a  fellow  professor  with  whom  ho  labored.  "He 
came  fresh  from  his  studies,  ardent,  joyous,  enter- 
ing into  the  life  of  our  students  as  no  professor  ever 
had  done  before.  In  the  class-room  he  was  faithful 
and  efficient ;  modest  in  his  views  of  his  own  attain- 
ments, ambitious  for  the  advance  of  his  department. 
He  will  long  be  remembered  here  for  his  untiring 
efforts  in  putting  athletic  interests  onto  a  good  foun- 
dation ;  he  had  worked  unsparingly  for  the  boys, 
perhaps  beyond  even  his  abundant  strength.  His 
disease  was  insidious  and  misleading ;  the  best 
medical  authority  in  the  city  pronounced  him  as 
entirely  convalescing  on  Friday  p.m.,  on  Friday  night 


he  quickly  sank  into  weakness  and  unconsciousness, 
and  probably  without  a  moment's  expectation  he 
found  himself  on  Saturday  morning  in  the  presence 
of  the  Saviour  whom  he  had  loyally  and  manfully 
served.  He  loved  home,  and  he  loved  Bowdoin; 
only  a  few  days  ago  I  smiled  to  myself  at  his  un- 
conscious expression,  'Our  College,'  referring  not 
to  our  Drury  but  his  Alma  Mater.  In  closing  let 
me  testify  again  to  Prof.  Riley's  manly,  Christian 
life;  he  was  such  a  man  as  we  could  all  love,  and 
his  memory  will  help  us  all."  A  memorial  window 
will  be  placed  in  the  new  stone  chapel  by  the  stu- 
dents and  faculty  of  Drury. 

'91. — Henry  C.  Jackson,  Physical  Instructor  at 
Exeter,  will  give  a  summer  course  at  the  Exeter 
Gymnasium. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 
Hall  of  Eta,  Theta  Delta  Chi. 
Whereas,  It  hath  pleased   God,  in  His  infinite 
goodness  and  love,  to  call  home  our  beloved  brother 
Charles  Edward  Riley,  class  of '91,  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, and, 

Whereas,  By  his  death  our  fraternity  has  lost  a 
most  zealous  brother,  and  Bowdoin  College  a  most 
promising  son,  and  the  church  a  most  devoted 
servant,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  while  submitting  to  the  decree 
of  the  Almighty  Father,  we  as  a  brotherhood  mourn 
his  loss,  and  extend  our  heartfelt  sympathy  to  those 
who  have  lost  in  him  a  true  son  and  brother; 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be 
sent  to  the  family  of  the  deceased,  to  the  Bowdoin 
Orient,  the  Shield,  and  to  the  several  charges  of 
Theta  Delta  Chi  Fraternity. 

Howard  W.  Poor,  '92, 
C.  C.  Bucknam,  '93, 
Pliny  F.  Stevens,  '94, 

For  the  Charge. 


American  colleges  have  been  represented  in  the 
office  of  President  of  the  United  States  as  follows : 
William  and  Mary,  three;  Harvard,  two;  Prince- 
ton, Bowdoin,  Williams,  Union,  Dixon,  Hampden, 
Sydney,  Kenyon,  Uuiversity  of  North  Carolina, 
West  Point,  and  Miami,  one  each. 


Ground  has  been  broken  at  Audoverfor  a  $1,500 
athletic  building. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


The  old-fashioned  form  of  Commencement  is 
gradually  growing  in  disfavor.  Johns  Hopkins, 
Columbia,  and  the  University  of  Michigan  have 
done  away  with  Commencement;  and  Harvard 
finds  it  harder  every  year  to  obtain  speakers  from 
the  students,  in  so  little  esteem  is  the  custom  held. 
On  the  other  hand  the  old  custom  of  wearing  cap 
and  gown  is  becoming  more  popular.  The  Senior 
class  of  Harvard,  Yale,  Princeton,  Amherst,  Will- 
iams, and  Dartmouth  have  adopted  the  mortar- 
board and  gown,  and  several  other  universities  are 
agitating  the  same.  The  Unit  s&ys:  "The  three 
greatest  things  in  college  at  present  are  cap  and 
gown,  uuiversity  extension,  and  foot-ball." 

TOO   PREVIOUS. 
To-day  I  donned  my  Oxford  cap  and  gown 
But  fearful  lest  I've  put  them  on  too  soon, 
My  classic  phiz  is  clouded  with  a  frown: 
Good  heavens  !   what  if  I  should  flunk  in  June. 

—  Williams  Weekly. 

THEY   BOTH   DIG. 

"We  know  that  when  the  college  man 

Is  plugging  for  exams., 

He's  working  "like  a  beaver" 

By  the  number  of  his  "  damns  !  "        — Cynic. 
Twenty-four   Commencement   appointments  in 
Harvard's  Senior  class  were  made  to  college  athletes 
The  class  orator  is  a  Japanese. 

The  faculty  of  Leland  Stanford  has  demanded 
the  -resignation  of  the  editors  of  the  college  monthly 
magazine,  the  Palo  Alto,  owing  to  certain  articles 
published  in  it. 

Gin  a  body  meet  a  body — 

Each  one's  throat  is  dry. 
Gin  one  body  mix  some  toddy, 

T'other  bring  some  rye. 

Soon  each  fellow  feels  quite  mellow, 

Spirits  running  high  ; 
Morning  comes — those  jolly  bums 

Hold  their  heads  and  sigh. 

— University  Cynic. 


The  authorities  at  the  new  Chicago  University 
have  adopted  four  quarters,  each  consisting  of  two 
six-weeks  terms,  as  their  college  year.  A  student 
may  choose  any  two  terms  of  the  college  year  for 
his  vacation. 

STRICTLY   PROPER. 

"  What  were  you  doing  last  night  ?  "  I  said. 

"  'Twas  naughty  to  do  thus. 
A  black  coat  sleeve  on  a  white  background 

Is  quite  conspicuous." 

He  stammered  and  blushed,  but  finally  said 

In  a  half  defiant  tone, 
"  What  matters  it  all  to  you,  anyway  ? 

I  was  only  holding  my  own." 

— Brunonian. 

Lord  Salisbury,  Chancellor  of  the  University  of 
Oxford,  has  appointed  the  Historian  Froude  to  the 
chair  made  vacant  by  the  death  af  the  late  Prof. 
Freeman. 

THE   DIFFERENCE. 
"  Man  wants  but  little  here  below  ;  " 

That  cannot  be  denied, 
But  woman  wants  the  earth,  you  know, 
Then  isn't  satisfied. 

— Cynic. 

Princeton  is  to  have  a  new  dormitory.  It  is  to 
cost  $80,000  and  will  contain  77  rooms.  The  site  is 
that  of  the  present  gymnasium. 

Admission  examinations  for  Harvard  will  be 
held  in  25  places  this  year,  Milwaukee  and  Loudon 
being  assigned  for  the  first  time. 

The  new  dormitory  at  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, to  cost  $125,000,  will  be  the  largest  col- 
lege dormitory  in  the  United  States. 


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Vol.  XXII. 


BRUNSWICK,  MAINE,  JUNE   29,  1892. 


No.  5. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 

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THE  COLLEGIATE   YEAR  BY   THE    STUDENTS  OF 

BOWDOIN     COLLEGE. 

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CONTENTS. 
Vol.  XXII.,  No.  5.— June  29,  1892. 

Editorial  Notes 

The  Freshman  Banquet 

Commencement  Exercises  : 

Baccalaureate  Sermon 

Junior  Prize  Declamation 

Class-Day  Exercises 

Oration 

Poem 

Exercises  Under  the  Old  Oak 

Opening  Address 

Class  History 

Class  Prophecy 

Closing  Address 

Smoking  the  Pipe  of  Peace 

Class  Ode 

Cheering  the  Halls 

Dance  on  the  Green 

Medical  School  Graduation 

Oration 

Phi  Beta  Kappa 

Maine  Historical  Society 

Alumni  Oration 

Commencement  Concert 

Fraternity  Reunions 

Alumni  Meeting 

Meetings  of  the  Boards  of  Trustees  and  Overseers 

Commencement  Exercises 

Alumni  Dinner 

Dines  for  the  Twenty-lifth  Anniversary  of  the  Class  of  '67 

The  Walker  Art  Collection.— Laving  of  the  Corner-Stone.. 

Collegii  Tabula 

Athletics 

Intercollegiate  Tournament 

Personal 

In  Memoriam 


The  results  of  the  Intercollegiate 
Tennis  Tournament  in  Portland  should  cer- 
tainly be  satisfactory  to  Bowdoin  men. 
In  a  contest  of  four  colleges  Bowdoin 
secured  the  first  prize  in  doubles  and  the 
second  prize  in  singles.  Two  handsome  cups 
were  brought  to  Brunswick  as  trophies  of 
the  victory.  The  cups  were  won  by  different 
men,  thus  proving  our  strength  in  numbers. 
As  a  matter  of  fact  we  had  five  or  six  players 
who  would  have  made  a  creditable  showing 
in  the  tournament.  There  is  no  reason  why 
next  year  we  may  not  be  just  as  strong. 
The  prize  winners  will  still  be  in  college, 
and  the  impulse  which  the  Tennis  League  has 
given  to  the  game,  will,  undoubtedly,  bear 
fruit  in  the  production  of  rivals,  who,  instead 
of  playing  tennis  for  amusement,  as  hereto- 
fore, will  begin  to  play  it  for  a  purpose. 
We  believe  the  Tennis  League  has  come  to 
stay.  The  great  success  which  it  met  with 
this  year  has  gone  far  towards  making  it  one 
of  the  most  popular  of  the  Intercollegiate 
Associations.  We  wish  it  long  life.  Bow- 
doin, at  least,  will  exert  all  its  influence  in 
making  the  tournament  a  permanent  event. 


TITHE  '98  Bugle  has  appeared,  and  is  the 
*■  usual  combination  of  seriousness  and 
fun.     Among  the  pictures  which  it  contains 


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may  be  mentioned  that  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
men  of  last  year,  which  makes  an  especially 
fine  group.  There  is  a  good  picture  of  the 
Labrador  explorers  at  the  head  of  the  article 
on  the  expedition.  The  humorous  portions 
of  the  volume  consist  chiefly  of  "grinds" 
on  various  harmless  individuals,  which  must 
be  read  to  be  appreciated.  The  press-work 
is  especially  neat.  The  book  was  published 
by  the  Lakeside  Press  and  Photograph  En- 
graving Company  of  Portland. 


T9  7HEN,  a  little  more  than  a  year  ago,  the 
**  experiment  of  omitting  the  music  at  a 
prize  declamation  was  tried  there  were  some 
misgivings  as  to  the  reception  which  such  an 
innovation  would  have.  It  was  claimed  by 
some  that  the  music  was  all  that  attracted 
the  greater  part  of  the  audience,  and  that 
without  it  no  one  could  be  induced  to  attend 
the  speaking.  The  experiment,  however,  has 
been  tried  and  proved  a  success.  There 
seems  to  be  no  difficulty  in  filling  the  hall,  in 
spite  of  Jitoriny  weather  and  a  rival  circus. 
A  more  appreciative  audience  than  formerly 
attends  the  exercises,  and  these  are  shortened 
to  a  more  reasonable  length  than  in  previous 
years,  when  the  students  insisted  upon 
encoring  the  orchestra  several  times  to  get 
their  money's  worth. 


Y17HIS  number  of  the  Orient  will  find  its 
■*•  readers  among  the  mountains  or  on  the 
sea-shore,  and  will  remind  them  of  college 
life,  which  they  have  forgotten  for  a  time,  in 
the  first  deep  plunge  into  vacation.  To 
some  this  college  life  is  already  a  dream  of 
the  past.  These  we  hope  to  welcome  back 
when  the  time  comes  round  again  to  renew 
old  associations  and  friendships.  Some  go 
but  for  a  brief  respite  from  their  studies.  To 
these  we  wish  a  pleasant  vacation  and  good 
luck  till  we  meet  again. 


TTTHE  price  of  the  Commencement  num- 
*-  ber  of  the  Orient  is  twenty-five  cents. 
This  number  will  be  sent  post-paid  to  any 
address  on  receipt  of  the  price.  Order  of 
Byron  Stevens,  Brunswick,  during  the  sum- 
mer. 


The  Freshman  Banquet. 

0N  Wednesday,  the  fifteenth  day  of  June, 
that  much-talked-of  and  long-anticipated 
day,  took  place  the  banquet  which  marked 
the  end  of  '95's  first  year  in  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege. After  the  customary  amount  of  "yagg- 
ing"  and  "guying"  and  one  or  two  little 
squabbles  between  the  new  Sophomores  and 
those  Upperclassmen  who  were  assembled  at 
the  station  to  see  them  off,  the  train  started 
and  the  pleasurable  trip  commenced. 

At  the  Union  Station  in  Portland,  after 
giving  the  college  and  class  yells,  the  party 
formed  and  marched  up  Congress  Street  to 
the  air  of  Phi  Chi,  sung  with  a  force  and 
fluency  which  indicated  considerable  prac- 
tice during  the  past  year.  As  theyproceeded 
the  silver  tips  of  the  new  and  handsome 
class  canes  flashed  in  the  sunlight.  At  the 
Longfellow  monument  a  halt  was  made,  and 
the  Bowdoin  and  '95  yells  given  in  honor  of 
that  illustrious  graduate  of  the  college  who 
is  there  commemorated.  Again  the  line  of 
march  was  taken  up  to  the  accompaniment 
of  Phi  Chi,  and,  when  the  yells  had  once 
more  been  given  upon  the  arrival  at  the 
Falmouth,  the  throats  of  all  were  grateful 
for  the  chance  to  rest. 

At  about  9  o'clock  the  banquet  was 
served.  The  fare  was  plentiful  and  of 
excellent  quality;  but  those  only  who  had 
saved  themselves  from  the  start,  or  whose 
staying  powers  had  been  developed  by  long 
training,  were  able  to  do  perfect  justice  to 
the  spread  and  come  in  strong  at  the  finish. 

Next  in  order  after  the  cigars,  which 
were  handled  by  some  as  if  they  were  rattle- 
snakes, and  to  others  seemed  about  as  deadly, 


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69 


came  the  literary  exercises,  the  most  enjoya- 
ble part  of  the  evening's  programme.  Mr. 
Fairbanks  filled  the  difficult  post  of  toast- 
master  in  an  easy  manner.  The  first  toast, 
Bowdoin,  was  responded  to  by  Mr.  Hatch. 
His  effort  was  very  brilliant  and  witty,  and 
was  highly  appreciated  by  all.  The  toast 
on  athletics,  by  Mr.  Mitchell,  showed  his 
great  interest  in,  and  thorough  acquaintance 
with  out-of-door  sports.  Mr.  Stubbs  held 
the  interest  of  all  in  his  reply  to  "  Our  Class." 
The  reply  to  "Our  Girls,"  by  Mr.  Stetson, 
gave  evidence  of  his  great  knowledge  and 
appreciation  of  the  subject.  Mr.  Lord  showed 
that  originality  was  possible  in  a  toast  on 
"The  Faculty."  "Our  Future,"  a  question 
most  full  of  interest,  was  ably  discussed  by 
Mr.  Holmes.  The  extemporaneous  toasts 
were  very  witty  and  well  received,  and  their 
good  points  were  all  the  more  appreciated  in 
view  of  the  fact  that  they  were  given  on  the 
spur  of  the  moment,  and  not  laboriously 
wrought  out  for  the  occasion. 

Mr.  Doherty's  opening  address  was  a 
forcible,  well  written,  and  well  delivered 
speech.  After  this  address  all  joined  in 
singing  an  ode  written  by  Mr.  Thayer.  The 
"History,"  by  Mr.  French,  although  the 
story  of  but  a  single  year,  was  still  a  very 
interesting  chronicle  of  that  year.  Then  the 
ringing  class  yell  was  given  with  emphasis, 
then  as  always  when  given  by  '95,  drowning 
all  other  sounds.  Mr.  George  L.  Kimball, 
the  orator,  pleased  his  hearers  by  the  elo- 
quence of  his  earnest  and  ornate  words. 
After  an  ode,  followed  by  the  class  yell,  Mr. 
Churchill  rendered  in  a  graceful  manner  his 
pleasing  poem.  Owing  to  an  unforeseen 
absence  of  the  prophet,  it  became  necessary 
to  call  on  Mr.  Webber,  for  an  extempora- 
neous prophecy.  Happily  he  was-  equal  to 
the  occasion,  and  added  very  much  to  the 
general  enjoyment  by  his  words,  full  of  wit 
and  abounding  in  good  hits.  The  evening's 
exercises  closed  with  Phi  Chi. 

2 


On  the  whole  the  time  was  passed  in  a 
very  delightful  manner,  and  with  a  keenness 
of  enjoyment  which  is  felt  only  on  like  occa- 
sions. One  innovation  of  the  class  especially 
worthy  of  mention  was  the  carrying  of  the 
class  canes ;  another,  the  Bowdoin  yell  before 
Longfellow's  monument. 


^©rarr-jeraeenrper-jt  ^xep©i|,e§. 


Baccalaureate  Sermon 

By  Rev.  William  DeWitt  Hyde,  D.D.,  President  of 

Bowdoin  College, 

Delivered  before  the   Class  of  '92,  at  the    Congrer/at tonal 

Church,  Brunswick,  Me. 


And  as  he  was  walking  in  the  temple,  there  come  to  him  the 
chief  priests,  anil  the  scribes,  and  the  elders;  and  they  said  unto 
him,  By  what  authority  doest  thou  these  things?  Or  who  gave 
thee  this  authority  to  do  these  things?  And  Jesus  said  unto 
them,  I  will  ask  of  you  one  question,  and  answer  me  and  I  will 
tell  you  by  what  authority  I  do  these  things.— Mark  1],  27-29. 

It  is  a  maxim  of  the  military  art,  that  the 
army  which  remains  within  its  intrenchmeuts  is 
beaten.  The  Christian  church  has  been  remaining 
too  much  within  the  intrenchmeuts  of  a  feeble,  and 
often  a  false  Apologetics.  Against  those  defenses 
the  world  has  been  hurling  volley  after  volley 
of  the  most  puzzling  and  perplexing  questions. 
Physical  science  and  historical  criticism  in  particu- 
lar have  dropped  some  very  destructive  bombs  into 
the  camp :  and  made  some  fatal  breaches  in  the 
ancient  ramparts.  The  attempt  to  answer  these 
questions  by  the  kind  of  special  pleading  that  was 
current  in  the  evidences  of  Christianity  fifty  years 
ago,  is  as  futile  as  the  attempt  to  protect  one's  self 
against  modern  artillery  by  Roman  shields  or  Med- 
iaeval armor.  The  time  for  hiding  behind  such 
phrases  as  the  infallibility  of  Scripture  and  the 
inscrutability  of  the  supernatural  has  gone.  Unless 
Christianity  is  prepared  to  draw  up  her  forces  on 
the  open  field  of  free  inquiry  and  candid  investiga- 
tion, the  day  of  her  destruction  is  at  hand.  Unless 
she  can  prove  herself  as  capable  of  askiug  bold  and 
searching  questions  as  she  has  been  of  giving  timid 
and  evasive  answers,  she  can  not  expect  to  get  a 
hearing  from  the  modern  mind. 

The  scribes  of  to-day  are  putting  with  great 
earnestness  to  the  church  the  same  old  question 
which  the  scribes  of  ancient  Israel  put  to  its  Founder. 


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"  By  what  authority  doest  thou  these  thing?  or  who 
gave  thee  this  authority  to  do  these  things?  "  It  is 
vain  to  repeat  the  old  story  of  an  infallible  pope, 
or  an  infallible  Bible,  or  an  infallible  church,  or. an 
infallible  creed,  or  an  infallible  tradition,  or  an 
infallible  Christian  consciousness.  The  hiding  of 
one's  head  in  the  dust  of  tradition,  or  the  clouds  of 
mysticism,  or  the  sands  of  ecclesiasticism  is  only  a 
timid  and  temporary  postponement  of  the  fatal 
hour.  It  is  high  time  for  the  church  to  take  the 
aggressive  and  courageous  attitude  of  its  Pounder, 
and  like  him  ask  a  few  questions  of  its  own.  "And 
Jesus  said  unto  them, '  I  will  ask  of  you  one  question, 
and  answer  me.'"  1  am  well  aware  that  there  are 
many  unsolved  questions  lying  in  your  minds. 
Some  of  them  I  have  tried  to  answer  before  now. 
Some  of  them  I  frankly  admit  are  fatal  to  tradi- 
tional ways  of  looking  at  religious  things.  As  you 
know  I  fully  believe  that  there  is  a  way  of  stating 
religious  truth,  which  either  answers  them,  or  lifts 
one  to  a  plane  on  which  it  matters  little  whether 
they  are  answered  in  one  way  or  the  other.  If  I 
have  not  convinced  you  of  this  before  now,  it 
would  be  useless  to  attempt  it  here  to-day.  So  I 
shall  follow  the  example  of  our  Lord,  and  put  to 
you  this  single  question,  "What  ideal  do  you  pro- 
pose to  take  with  you  as  the  guide  of  life?"  If  you 
think  this  question  out  thoughtfully,  and  answer  it 
squarely,  it  may  throw  some  light  on  the  very 
questions  you  are  wont  to  ask  about  the  authority 
of  Christianity. 

Some  ideal  you  must  have.  It  is  impossible  for 
a  rational  person  to  be  without  some  standard  of 
attainment;  some  measure  of  well-being;  some 
criterion  by  reference  to  which  you  know  when  you 
are  well  off.  This  standard,  this  measure,  this 
criterion  is  your  ideal. 

The  ideal  must  be  a  social  one.  It  must  have 
reference  to  the  things,  persons,  interests,  and  insti- 
tions  which  constitute  society.  The  idea  of  a  great- 
ness or  a  goodness  apart  from  the  concrete  life  of 
the  world  is  as  unsubstantial  an  air-castle  as  ever 
was  reared  by  boyish  imagination  or  maiden  fancy. 
The  member  of  the  United  States  Senate  who  told 
us  a  while  ago  that  morality  in  public  life  is  au 
iridescent  dream,  and  that  the  decalogue  has  no 
place  in  politics,  thereby  demonstrated  his  unfitness 
for  public  station,  and  as  Mr.  Roosevelt  happily 
remarked,  he  has  been  "relegated  to  the  obscurity 
he  is  so  fitted  to  adorn."  If  anything,  however,' 
his  conception  of  morality  was  wider  of  the  mark 
than  his  conception  of  public  life.  If  he  had  said: 
That  morality  which  is  not  wrought  out   in   the 


concrete  relations  of  social  and  public  life  is  an 
iridescent  dream,  and  the  decalogue  has  no  appli- 
cation apart  from  the  real  world  of  men  aud  things, 
he  would  have  stated  an  important  truth.  As 
Goethe  and  Carlyle  tell  us,  Here  or  nowhere  is  our 
America.  Our  ideal  has  to  do  with  facts  and  forces, 
with  men  and  women,  with  interests  and  institu- 
tions, or  else  it  is  not  an  ideal  but  a  dream. 

If,  then,  we  must  have  au  ideal,  and  that  ideal 
must  be  determined  with  reference  to  our  social 
environment,  what  shall  it  be?  In  the  last  analysis, 
it  must  be  oue  of  two  opposites.  Your  ideal  may 
be  active  devotion  to  objective  ends ;  or  it  may  be 
passive  appropriation  of  subjective  satisfactions. 
Between  these  two  lies  your  only  choice.  Lot 
us  draw  in  outline  the  features  of  these  opposite 
ideals. 

The  one  ideal  presents  the  world  as  full  of 
beauty,  truth,  and  worth.  It  adores  that  beauty ; 
obeys  that  truth  ;  worships  that  worth.  The  per- 
son who  holds  such  an  ideal,  being  himself  a  person, 
aud  yet  recognizing  a  worth  outside  him  greater 
than  his  own,  tacitly  assumes  an  infinite  personality 
as  the  Author  and  Sustainer  of  the  world.  For  in 
the  very  attitude  of  adoration,  reverence,  and 
worship,  ho  implies  that  he  is  in  the  presence  of  a 
Being  greater  aud  higher  than  himself.  Aud  noth- 
ing less  than  a  person  can  be  greater  than  our  own 
personality.  Such  objective  idealism  has  no  mean- 
ing if  there  be  no  God.  The  moment  you  recog- 
nize an  eud  as  higher  and  worthier  than  yourself, 
your  feet  stand  on  holy  ground.  And  when  you 
recognize  an  end  worthy  of  the  devotion  of  all 
men,  an  ideal  for  humanity  itself,  then  you  aro 
admitted  to  the  very  presence  of  God  himself. 

On  the  other  hand  the  man  who  owns  no  ideal 
save  the  satisfaction  of  his  private  appetites  and 
ambitions,  by  this  attitude  practically  says,  There 
is  in  this  worid  nothing  higher  and  better  than  my 
individual  self.  The  interests  and  institutions  of 
society  to  such  an  one  present  themselves,  not  as 
ends  to  be  served,  but  as  means  to  be  used.  Things 
and  self,  these  constitute  his  world.  By  his  prac- 
tical attitude  he  denies  the  existence  of  anything 
spiritual  outside  himself,  and  what  wonder  that  he 
succeeds  in  bringing  forward  arguments  to  justify 
the  faith  he  has  practically  adopted  in  advance. 
What  wonder,  too,  that  with  nothing  spiritual 
outside  him  and  above  him  to  feed  upon,  to  adore 
and  to  revere,  his  own  spiritual  nature  dies  out 
within.  The  soul  that  treats  the  world  as  so  much 
dead  matter  to  serve  his  selfish  ends,  soou  finds 
itself  dragged  down  to  the  low  dead  level  of  the 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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things  with  which  it  is  employed.  Treat  the  world 
as  merely  material,  and  it  materializes  you.  Try  to 
make  it  serve  you  and  it  makes  you  its  slave.  Ee- 
gard  it  as  a  thing  to  be  looked  down  on  and 
despised,  and  before  you  know  it  you  have  yourself 
become  degraded  and  despicable. 

Perhaps  all  this  seems  vague  and  abstract. 
Let  me  then  translate  these  ideals  into  more  definite 
and  concrete  terms,  and  arrange  them  in  parallel 
columns.  Name  any  sphere  you  please  of  this 
actual  life  of  ours: — all  the  difference  between  truth 
and  falsehood ;  blessedness  and  wretchedness ; 
glory  and  shame  ;  heaven  and  hell  with  reference 
to  it  depends  on  whether  you  approach  it  with  the 
one  or  the  other  of  these  opposite  ideals. 

One  studies  in  order  to  know  and  declare  the 
truth  ;  the  other  to  get  rank  while  in  college,  and 
reputation  afterwards.  One  enters  political  life  to 
serve  his  country;  the  other  to  get  himself  elected 
to  some  big  office  or  other.  One  marries  to  have  a 
wife;  the  other  because  he  loves  a  woman.  One 
goes  into  business  to  support  himself  and  his  family, 
and  earn  an  honest  living;  the  other  because  he 
wants  to  get  rich.  All  this,  however,  is  to  you 
familiar  ground.  Having  stated  the  case  I  am  now 
ready  to  take  your  suffrage. 

If  I  were  now  to  ask  all  who  prefer  the  ideal  of 
devotion  to  objective  ends  to  hold  up  your  hands,  I 
suppose  every  hand  would  be  raised.  I  do  not 
think,  even  for  the  sake  of  showing  your  independ- 
ence, a  single  advocate  of  the  lower  ideal  could  be 
found. 

Is  our  discussion  then  ended  1  and  is  there  noth- 
ing left  for  me  to  do  but  to  congratulate  you  upon 
the  wisdom  of  your  preference?  alas!  the  problem 
is  not  solved  so  easily.  Heaven  is  not  entered  by  a 
preference.  Our  balloting  has  only  just  begun. 
On  the  next  vote  there  will  be  a  real  division.  As 
a  matter  of  sentimental  preference  y"ou  all  hold  up 
your  hands  for  the  nobler  ideal.  This  time  we 
must  vote  by  the  Australian  system,  or  some  other 
which  will  show,  not  what  we  would  like  to  have 
other  people  think  of  us;  not  what  we  would  like 
to  think  of  ourselves,  but  what  we  really  are.  I 
ask  this  time,  not  how  many  prefer  the  higher  ideal, 
but  how  many  choose  it.  How  many  have  set  your 
heart  upon  it?  How  many  are  ready  to  put  that 
first  every  time,  and  wealth,  reputation,  position, 
friends,  and  every  other  thing  that  by  any  possi- 
bility could  conflict  with  it  second  ?  I  never  yet 
saw  a  company  of  forty  men  which  the  putting  of 
that  question  would  not  divide  into  two  parts.  It 
is  not  for  me  to  say  into  which  of  these  two  parts 


any  individual  falls.  Let  our  voting  be  as  secret 
as  you  please.  I  will  ask  of  you  this  one  question. 
Answer  it  each  one  unto  himself,  and  unto  God. 

To  those  who  have  voted  in  the  negative  on  this 
last  question  I  have  nothing  more  to  say,  except  to 
urge  upon  you  a  reconsideration.  If  you  persist 
in  that  attitude,  I  cannot  say  that  I  wish  you  well, 
for  that  would  be  useless.  I  can  only  hope  that  the 
inevitable  penalties  which  such  a  state  involves 
may  fall  as  lightly  as  a  kind  Providence  will  permit. 

To  those  who  have  voted  in  the  affirmative, 
that  is  as  I  trust  to  the  great  majority,  I  must  put 
my  question  once  again,  before  I  can  feel  sure  that 
the  cause  of  the  nobler  ideal  may  be  henceforth 
safely  intrusted  to  your  hands.  Heaven,  as  I  said, 
is  not  entered  by  a  preference.  Neither  is  it  entered 
by  a  single  choice.  It  is  a  long  journey,  long  as  life, 
and  much  of  the  way  lies  through  sloughs  of 
despond,  and  over  hills  of  difficulty.  Not  only 
must  you  choose  the  ideal :  you  must  choose  the 
means  to  its  maintenance.  Listen  to  a  word  of 
warning,  not  from  priest  or  poet,  but  from  the  clear 
eool  pages  of  Mill's  familiar  Utilitarianism  :  "  Many 
who  begin  with  a  youthful  enthusiasm  for  every- 
thing noble,  as  they  advauce  in  years  sink  into 
indolence  and  selfishness.  Capacity  for  the  nobler 
feelings  is  in  most  natures  a  very  tender  plant, 
easily  killed,  not  only  by  hostile  influences,  but  by 
mere  want  of  sustenance;  and  in  the  majority  of 
young  persons  it  speedily  dies  away  if  the  occupa- 
tions to  which  their  position  in  life  has  devoted 
them,  and  the  society  into  which  it  has  thrown  them, 
are  not  favorable  to  keeping  that  higher  capacity 
in  exercise.  Men  lose  their  high  aspirations  as 
they  lose  their  intellectual  tastes,  because  they 
have  not  time  or  opportunity  for  indulging  them  ; 
and  they  adict  themselves  to  inferior  pleasures,  not 
because  they  deliberately  prefer  them,  but  because 
they  are  either  the  only  ones  to  which  they  have 
access,  or  the  only  ones  they  are  any  longer  capable 
of  enjoying." 

If  you  will  remain  to  the  end  faithful  to  this 
high  ideal,  three  conditions  are  essential.  First : 
You  must  not  leave  this  ideal  vaguely  floating  before 
your  mind  in  the  dim  haze  of  abstraction.  You 
must  make  it  definite,  clear-cut,  positive,  personal. 

Second :  You  must  not  leave  its  influence  over 
you  to  depend  on  chance  or  environment.  You  must 
have  systematic  times,  places,  aud  methods  for  its 
cultivation. 

Third:  You  must  not  try  to  develop  this  ideal 
all  by  yourself,  in  the  snug  little  corner  of  your 
private  heart.     You  must  share  your  enthusiasm 


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for  it  with,  others,  and  draw  from  their  fellowship 
the  inspiration  and  support  you  need.  Only  on 
these  three  conditions  can  you  escape  that  fate  of 
which  Mill  so  clearly  warns  you. 

Where  will  you  find  this  concrete,  personal  ideal  ? 
Scattered  fragments  of  it  are  found  to  be  sure  in 
every  noble  life.  Partial  reflections  of  it  may  be 
detected  in  all  pure  hearts.  Where  will  you  find 
the  ideal  in  its  completeness  and  totality,  in  its 
perfect  purity  and  highest  power?  The  world  has 
agreed  to  find  that  ideal  in  its  concrete,  historical, 
and  personal  manifestation  in  Jesus  the  Christ. 
Can  you  do  better?  Can  you  find  a  record  of  life 
more  completely  responsive  to  the  loftiest  motives  ? 
History  contains  nothing  more  simple,  more  serene, 
more  sublime,  more  godlike.  Can  you  imagine  a 
higher  character  ?  Can  you  conceive  of  possible 
improvements  upon  the  character  of  Jesus,  by  the 
addition  of  which  his  spirit  would  be  perfected  and 
enriched?  Speculation  has  failed  to  construct  an  ideal 
which  transcends  that  which  was  realized  in  him. 

And  on  the  second  point,  can  you  find  exercises 
more  suited  to  keep  this  ideal  alive  within  you  than 
those  which  he  recommended,  the  meditation  upon 
the  Word  of  God,  and  communion  with  his  spirit 
in  thoughtful  self-surrender,  day  by  day?  Are  not 
the  Bible  and  prayer  the  very  best  devices  you 
could  hit  upon  if  you  were  to  set  out  simply  to  dis- 
cover means  by  which  to  keep  this  ideal  constantly 
and  vividly  before  your  minds? 

And  for  fellowship,  where  will  you  go  for  that 
organized,  world-wide  fellowship  in  the  devotion  to 
this  highest  spiritual  ideal,  if  uot  to  that  Institution 
which  he  founded,  and  which  embraces  the  vast 
multitude  of  those  who  have  strenuously  resolved 
that  this  ideal  shall  not  fado  away  from  before 
their  e3'es,  nor  vanish  from  the  world?  Is  not  the 
Christian  church  the  very  institution  which  every 
man  must  claim  as  his  spiritual  home,  who  is  in 
earnest  about  the  divine  ideal,  and  seeks  for  fellow- 
ship in  its  service? 

Tou  perceive  my  question  is  coming  around  to  a 
point  which  makes  it  in  some  sense  an  answer  to 
yours.  Tou  ask  me  what  is  the  authority  of  Chris- 
tianity? and  instead  of  citing  the  testimony  of  the 
fathers,  and  giving  you  the  arguments  of  the  doc- 
tors, I  have  tried  to  show  you  that  its  authority  lies 
in  the  fact  that  it  is  the  answer  to  the  deepest  ques- 
tion of  your  own  hearts  and  lives. 

In  conclusion  then  let  me  put  my  question  in  its 
final  form.  Are  you  willing  to  take  now  and  hence- 
forth as  your  ideal  unselfish,  fearless  service  of 
whatever  there  is  in  this  world  of  truth  and  right- 


eousness and  love  ?  And  in  order  that  that  service 
may  be  real  and  effective,  will  you  take  as  your  Lord 
and  Master  him  in  whom  alone  that  ideal  is  per- 
fectly revealed;  habitually  receive  his  words  into 
your  minds,  and  systematically  give  back  to  him  the 
devotion  of  your  hearts ;  and  unite  openly  and 
publicly  with  the  great  body  of  those  who  are 
striving  to  realize  this  ideal  in  their  own  lives,  and 
in  the  life  of  humanity? 

This  is  the  parting  question  the  college  has  to 
ask  of  you.  In  proportion  to  the  thoroughness  and 
fullness  of  your  answer  will  be  the  usefulness  and 
blessedness  of  your  future  lives. 

Members  of  the  graduating  class : — For  four 
years  the  college  has  held  before  you  the  ideal  of 
disinterested  devotion  to  the  truth.  By  conscious 
acceptance,  and  perhaps  still  more  by  unconscious 
absorbtion,  you  have  in  greater  or  less  measure 
made  that  ideal  your  own.  That,  however,  is  but 
one-half  of  the  scholarly  ideal.  As  Phillips  Brooks 
said  of  the  minister,  we  may  say  of  the  scholar, 
"It  is  his  mission  to  stand  between  the  truth  and 
men,  and  by  his  speech  and  life  bring  truth  and  men 
together."  This  human  social  side  of  the  ideal  it  is 
impossible  for  the  college  to  impress  upon  you. 
She  can  commend  it  to  you  :  but  its  actual  adoption 
rests  with  you  alone.  Unless  you  do  thus  add  to 
your  love  of  truth  an  equal  love  for  men,  your 
learning  will  after  all  remain  a  barren  and  unfruitful 
thing.  Cardinal  Manning  once  remarked  to  Henry 
George,  "  My  love  of  Christ  makes  me  love  men,'' 
to  which  Mr.  George  replied,  "And  my  love  of  men 
makes  me  love  Christ."  We  all  understand  that 
there  is  no  true  love  of  God,  that  is  not  also  love  of 
man.  The  world  is  beginning  to  discover  that  deep 
love  of  man  leads  inevitably  to  love  of  God.  So  is 
it  with  knowledge.  Setout  to  help  men  in  any  way 
you  please,  and  you  are  compelled  to  study  the 
laws  and  conditions  of  human  well-being.  Much  of 
the  best  scholarship  the  world  has  seen  has  sprung 
from  this  eager  desire  to  find  out  the  truths  that 
men  have  needed  to  make  their  lives  complete.  On 
the  other  hand,  if  you  really  love  the  truth,  if  you 
see  its  beauty  and  feel  its  joy,  you  cannot  help 
desiring  that  others  shall  see  and  feel  it  too.  To 
serve  the  truth  by  bringing  men  to  its  appreciation  : 
and  to  serve  men  by  the  application  of  truth  to 
human  life  :  these  are  the  two  aspects  of  the  schol- 
arly ideal.  And  the  perfect  and  harmonious  union 
of  these  two  elements  is  to  be  found  only  in  earnest 
devotion  to  him  who  is  at  once  the  source  of  all 
truth  and  beauty,  and  the  Father  of  every  human 
soul. 


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As  you  now  pass  out  from  the  immediate  influ- 
ence of  the  ideal  which  the  college  represents,  may 
you  all  come  under  the  closer  and  more  conscious 
influence  of  the  Christ,  who  is  at  once  the  reflec- 
tion of  God's  glory,  and  the  perfection  of  human- 
ity's ideal.  Whether  you  recognize  it  or  not,  this 
college  is  through  and  through  in  the  deepest 
.  sense  of  the  words  a  Christian  college.  Whatever 
has  heen  host  and  noblest  in  its  influence  over  you 
during  these  past  years,  came  ultimately  from 
Christ.  Henceforth  you  shall  drink  no  more  at  this 
particular  stream.  Ton  are  commended  to  the 
fountain  whence  this  institution  draws  its  spiritual 
life;  to  the  common  source  whence  all  noble  insti- 
tutions and  all  earnest  men  find  inexhaustible  sup- 
plies of  inspiration  in  their  endeavors  after  the 
ideal  life. 


Junior   Prize   Declamation. 

1T7HE  Prize  Declamation  of  the  Junior  class 
■^  was  held  in  Memorial  Hall,  Monday 
evening,  June  20th,  and  was  very  successful ; 
the  equal  excellence  of  the  parts  making 
it  difficult  for  the  judges  to  render  their 
decision. 

The  following  is  the  programme : 

The  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill Cozzens. 

Milton  Sherburne  Clifford. 

Irish  Aliens Shiel. 

Harry  Clifton  Fabyan. 

Carton's  Self-Sacriflce Dickens. 

Weston  Percival  Chamberlain. 

Character  of  Napoleon  Bonaparte.     .     .      Phillips. 

Sanford  Oscar  Baldwin. 

Death  of  Charles  IX Moore. 

Alley  Rea  Jenks. 

The  Pall  of  Jericho Osborne. 

Clarence  Webster  Peabody. 

Character  of  Abraham  Lincoln.    .     .     .      Holland. 

Augustus  Alphonso  Hussey. 

Death-bed  of  Arnold Leppard. 

Charles  Henry  Howard. 

The  judges  were  Hon.  John  B.  Redman, 
John  A.  Waterman,  Jr.,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Henry 
C.  Hill.  The  first  prize  was  awarded  to 
Clarence  W.  Peabody;  the  second,  to  San- 
ford O.  Baldwin. 


Class-Day   Exercises. 

OFFICERS. 

President, H.  R.  Gurney. 

Marshal, R.  W.  Mann. 

Committee :  T.  S.  Lazell,  R.  F.  Bartlett,  E.  B. 
Wood. 

The  forenoon  exercises  were  held  in  Me- 
morial Hall  at  10  o'clock.  The  class  marched 
in  to  the  music  of  the  Salem  Cadet  Band  and 
took  seats  on  the  platform.  After  prayer 
had  been  offered  by  W.  S.  Randall,  the  Pres- 
ident introduced  the  Orator,  J.  C.  Hull.  The 
following  is  Mr.  Hull's  oration,  an  address 
full  of  earnest  purpose  : 

Oration. 

the  teacher— his  responsibilities  and 
his  rewards. 

By  John  C.  Hull. 
Every  man  owes  a  debt  to  society.  The  wealthier 
he  is,  the  higher  the  position  he  occupies,  the  greater 
his  iufluence,  or  the  more  liberal  his  education,  the 
more  he  owes  to  the  world  about  him.  How  shall 
this  debt  be  paid  ?  The  answer  to  this  question 
depends  entirely  upon  the  nature  of  the  obligation 
incurred.  If,  through  the  aid  of  society,  you  have 
amassed  wealth  beyond  your  need,  see  that  your 
fortune  is  put  to  such  a  use  that  humanity  may  be 
the  better  off  for  your  having  possessed  it.  If,  on 
the  other  hand,  you  have  been  elevated  to  a  position 
of  power  and  influence,  whether  in  the  affairs  of 
public  or  private  life,  you  are  under  stringent  obli- 
gations to  see  that  your  power  tends  to  promote  the 
best  interests  of  those  about  you.  As  it  is  with 
wealth  and  power  and  influence,  so  is  it  with  educa- 
tion. Society  would  never  have  given  us  the  oppor- 
tunity of  acquiring  au  education  unless  she  had 
expected  to  reap  the  fruit  thereof.  She  demands 
from  each  according  to  his  ability.  The  college 
graduate  of  the  present  day  may,  or  may  not,  have 
wealth  and  power ;  but  he  is  indebted  to  the  world 
for  an  education  vastly  superior  to  that  received  by 
the  majority  of  people.  Why  has  he  been  given 
this  advantage,  if  it  is  not  that  he  may  be  of  some 
assistance  in  raising  the  educational  standard  of 
our  nation.  Freely  he  has  received;  freely  let  him 
give. 

To  the  young  man  who  desires  that  his  work  in 
life  shall  be  of  service  to  his  fellow-creatures  and  to 


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humanity  in  general,  no  profession  cau  present  such 
varied  inducements  as  to  pedagogy.  No  man  in  this 
country  to-day  occupies  a  position,  so  responsible, 
so  replete  with  opportunities  for  doing  good  as  the 
American  teacher.  Upon  him,  as  upon  no  one  else, 
rests  the  future  welfare  of  our  nation.  He  it  is  to 
whom  you  entrust  your  boys  and  girls  at  a  time 
when  the  development  of  their  character  is  just 
beginning ;  and  to  him  belongs  the  question  whether 
they  shall  grow  up  imbued  with  a  desire  for  truth 
and  knowledge,  or  sball  pass  through  life  with  that 
superficial  embellishment  of  learning  to  which  an 
ignorant  world  too  often  attributes  the  name 
education. 

Whatever  may  be  the  native  tendencies  of  the 
iniud,  they  will  never  be  developed  without  the 
influences  of  education.  The  acorn  remains  an 
acorn  still,  until  the  rain  and  the  warmth  and  light 
of  the  sun  quicken  it  into  life.  What  the  sun  and 
rain  are  to  the  acorn,  education  is  to  the  human 
soul.  It  does  not  create,  but  it  unfolds,  expands, 
and  beautifies. 

To  be  a  teacher  in  the  highest  sense  of  the  word 
is  to  stand  in  the  highest  and  best  place  that  God 
has  created  for  man.  To  form  a  human  soul  to 
virtue  and  to  enrich  it  with  knowledge  is  an  office 
inferior  only  to  the  creating  power.  To  befriend 
the  friendless,  to  soothe  the  sorrows  of  the  neglected 
and  erring,  to  instill  instruction  into  the  minds  of 
the  ignorant— this  is  the  teacher's  duty  ;  and  in  so 
doing  he  is  imitating  the  example  of  him  who  was 
the  friend  of  "  publicans  and  sinners." 

In  most  operations  the  eye  of  the  world  is  placed 
upon  results.  Go  to  a  manufacturing  town  and  you 
see  wealth  in  its  great  factories;  you  hear  the 
sound  of  dollars  in  its  noisy  water-wheels;  and  as 
the  bales  of  rich  goods  pass  by,  you  are  astonished 
at  the  contrivances  of  human  ingenuity  and  in- 
dustry. Pass  into  these  same  factories  and  you 
will  find  men  engaged  in  apparently  dull  and  tedious 
processes,  processes  which  to  your  eye  bear  no  rela- 
tion whatsoever  to  the  results  you  have  just  seen 
with  so  much  astonishment.  So  in  education.  The 
results  and  effects  of  the  teacher's  labors  are  never 
or  rarely  seen  in  connection  with  himself.  By  the 
time  the  mind  he  has  helped  to  form  has  got  into 
busy  life  and  is  taking  an  active  part  in  the  opera- 
tions of  the  world,  his  share  of  the  credit  is  quite 
forgotten  ;  or  the  voice  that  would  speak  it  is  quite 
unheeded  amid  the  "brazen  throated  trumpets" 
and  the  noise  of  indiscriminate  praise. 

Tet  notwithstanding  the  way  the  world  regards 
him,  the  teacher  is  not  unsupported  by  a  sense  of 


the  importance  of  his  vocation.  The  neat,  small 
school-house  cannot  compare  with  the  large,  noisy 
factory  in  size  and  bustle;  the  tender,  delicate 
mechanism  of  the  human  soul  cannot  be  seen  so 
obviously  as  the  ponderous  wheels  and  hammers  of 
the  mill ;  but  while  the  latter  turns  out  goods  and 
products,  which  at  best  answer  but  a  temporary 
use,  and  finally  perish  and  are  forgotten,  the  little 
modest  school-house  turns  out  minds  which  move 
the  great  machinery  of  society,  produce  or  quell 
revolutions,  free  or  enslave  a  country,  commit  great 
crimes  or  deeds  of  heroic  virtue.  Here  are  formed 
the  poets,  the  sage,  the  orator;  one  to  charm  the 
world  with  his  verses,  another  to  enlighten  it  with 
his  wisdom,  and  the  last  to  move  multitudes  as  the 
winds  bend  with  resistless  force  the  stately  trees  of 
the  forest. 

Call  not,  then,  the  occupation  of  the  teacher 
dull  and  uninteresting  while  he  may  look  at  such 
results.  Pity  him  not  because  he  is  not  amassing 
wealth  or  gaining  the  newspaper  notoriety  of  the 
politician  ;  because  his  name  is  not  associated  with 
the  construction  of  railroads  and  canals,  or  the 
negotiation  of  public  loans.  He  is  in  truth  asso- 
ciated with  all  these ;  and  may  claim  at  least  a 
New  England  cousinship  with  those  who  received 
from  him,  though  years  ago,  the  impulse  and  disci- 
pline by  which  they  have  become  so  conspicuous  in 
the  service  of  their  country. 

One  of  the  heaviest  burdens  which  the  cause  of 
American  education  is  to-day  laboring  under  is  to 
be  found  in  the  fact  that  so  many  of  our  teachers 
are  engaged  in  their  occupation  merely  temporarily. 
Under  such  conditions  is  it  a  thing  to  be  wondered 
at  that  they  are  not  very  enthusiastic  in  their  work, 
have  no  lasting  interest,  and  do  not,  or,  as  is  more 
often  the  case,  care  not,  to  recognize  the  extent  of 
their  influence1? 

But  to  the  teacher  who  looks  at  his  work  with 
the  eye  of  a  philosopher,  who  observes  its  moral 
aspects,  who  sees  how  intimately  connected  is  edu- 
cation with  the  happiness  of  the  individual  and  the 
welfare  of  society,  what  an  unbounded  field  for  the 
exercise  of  his  highest  intellectual  and  moral 
powers  !  If  he  hesitates  to  euter  the  field,  it  should 
not  be  because  he  fears  that  his  transcendent 
powers  will  be  enfeebled  by  the  employment.  His 
fear  ought  to  arise  from  a  view  of  the  greatness  of 
the  work  and  a  sense  of  his  own  inability.  He 
hesitates  to  incur  so  great  responsibilities.  He  per- 
ceives that,  if  any  occupation  in  life  has  dignity 
and  importance  attached  to  it,  it  is  this  one.  If 
his  profession  is  an  important  one,  who  heals  the 


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diseases  which  flesh  is  heir  to,  much  more  is  his 
who  can  prevent  them.  If  his  profession  is  im- 
portant who  redresses  the  injuries  of  the  injured 
and  pleads  the  cause  of  the  oppressed,  much  more 
is  his  who  shall  aid  in  forming  the  character  of  the 
community,  so  that  injury  and  oppression  shall  not 
exist.  If  his  is  a  station  of  responsibility,  who  is 
placed  upon  the  "  watch  towers  of  Zion  "  to  preach 
repentance  to  the  people  and  to  call  back  the  sinful 
and  the  erring  to  the  path  of  rectitude,  is  his  less 
whose  duty  it  is  to  guard  the  child  from  the  stains 
of  earth  and  to  prevent  his  feet  from  ever  going 
astray  ? 

The  sculptor,  after  long  years  of  patient  devo- 
tion to  his  art,  commences  a  work  which  he  hopes 
will  crown  his  brow  with  unfading  laurel.  In  the 
chambers  of  his  imagination  he  forms  an  ideal 
which  he  undertakes  to  present  to  the  world.  He 
takes  the  marble  from  the  quarry.  Day  by  day  he 
plies  the  instruments  of  his  art.  Gradually  the  mass 
assumes  form  and  beauty,  until  after  many  years  of 
toil  the  ideals  which  existed  in  his  mind  becomes 
real,  the  statue  stands  forth  for  the  admiration. of 
the  world,  and  the  name  of  the  sculptor  is  engraved 
forever  on  the  rolls  of  fame.  Is  his  a  work  of  less 
dignity,  who  fashions  and  forms  the  mind,  than  his 
who  chisels  out  the  marble  representative  ?  The 
marble  will  crumble  to  dust,  but  the  teacher's  work 
will  remain  eternal.  The  impressions  which  he 
leaves  upon  the  mind  time  can  never  efface. 

If  he  be  true  to  himself,  to  the  world,  and  to 
his  occupation,  the  teacher  will  receive  as  his  re- 
ward that  which  is  of  more  value  than  silver  or 
gold— the  satisfaction  of  having  spent  his  life  iu 
the  noblest  work  of  God:  and  when  at  last  his 
earthly  task  is  o'er  and  he  appears  before  the  throne 
of  Him  who  rules  the  world,  let  him  be  content,  if 
he  hears  the  words  :  "  Well  done,  good  and  faithful 
servant." 

After  another  selection  from  the  band 
Mr.  Kenniston  delivered  the  following  beau- 
tiful and  imaginative  poem : 

Class-Day  Poem. 

By  William  B.  Kenniston. 
1  stept  upon  the  campus, 
The  night  was  dark  and  still, 
Save  the  river's  distant  rumble, 
The  cricket's  siDging  shrill. 

I  paced  each  well-known  pathway 
Beside  the  quiet  halls, 


And  thought  of  many  pleasant  hours 
We've  spent  within  their  walls. 

Each  spot,  each  nook  and  corner, 
That  we  four  years  have  known, 
I  visited  that  quiet  night 
And  said  good-bye  alone. 

The  tennis  courts  beyond  the  path, 
Where  many  games  were  played, 
And  where,  when  through  with  playing 
We've  rested  'neath  the  shade ; 

The  diamond  across  the  way, 
The  grand  stand,  bare  and  still, 
The  graceful  elms  beside  the  road, 
The  church  upon  the  hill, 

The  Thorndike  Oak's  huge  branches, 
The  sun  dials,  gray  and  old, 
I  left  each  one  reluctantly, 
Each  one  some  story  told. 

Faint  drawn  against  the  darkness 
I  saw  the  dim  outlines, 
Fantastic  in  the  distance, 
Of  the  ancient  whispering  pines. 

I  walked  beneath  their  branches 
And  breathed  the  fragrance  rare 
Which  from  their  trembling  needles 
Filled  all  the  midnight  air. 

A  gentle  wind  had  risen 

From  off  the  restless  sea, 

And  the  swaying  branches  seemed 

To  chant  in  melody. 

We,  standing  here, 

Year  after  year, 
Upon  the  campus  green, 

Sing  soft  and  low, 

When  breezes  blow, 
Of  many  a  changing  scene. 

In  winter's  gales 

We  tell  wierd  tales 
Of  Boreas's  deeds  of  might. 

How  from  the  North 

He  hurries  forth 
And  crashes  through  the  night. 

In  early  spring 
Quaint  songs  we  sing, 
In  sweet,  low  monotone, 


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While  through  the  trees 
A  balmy  breeze 
From  Southern  isles  is  blown. 

In  summer  time, 

With  mellow  chime, 
Beneath  the  pale,  pale  moon, 

We  sing  sad  lays 

Of  college  days 
That  end,  alas,  too  soon. 

I  listened  quite  enchanted 
To  hear  the  old  pine  trees 
Singing  in  the  summer  night 
So  softly  in  the  breeze. 

But  soon  the  light  breeze  lessened, 
And  then,  in  tones  still  lower, 
Each  pine  in  whispers  said  good-night, 
And  all  was  still  once  more. 

I  rested  'neath  an  ancient  pine, 
'Twas  graceful,  straight,  and  tall, 
The  mightiest  of  all  the  pines, 
The  oldest  of  them  all. 

Long  time  had  this  pine  stood  there, 
Had  seen  our  college  here 
When  cradled  in  the  wilderness, 
Had  watched  it  grow  each  year. 

It  stood  there  straight  and  silent, 
Like  some  good  sentinel, 
Who  watches  while  his  comrades  sleep 
And  does  his  duty  well. 

And  soon  another  zephyr, 
More  lightly  than  before, 
Sprang  up  with  fairy  footsteps 
From  off  some  southern  shore. 

The  pines  did  not  awaken, 

So  lightly  it  went  by, 

Save  to  shake  their  needles  noiselessly, 

Or  murmur  a  low  sigh. 

But  the  tree  'neath  which  I  rested 
Alone  began  to  tell 
A  mystic  tale  of  other  days 
Which  it  remembered  well : — 

Long  ere  the  woodman's  ringing  stroke 
The  silence  of  the  forest  broke, 
We  pine  trees  stood  here,  murmuring  low 
On  summer  eves,  while  to  and  fro 


Our  slender  branches  gently  swung, 
In  rhythm  to  the  songs  we  sung. 

We  are  but  few  and  yet  we  stand, 

The  relics  of  a  mighty  band 

Of  noble  trees  that  long  ago 

Have  bowed  them  to  the  woodman's  blow. 

Where  once  they  stood  the  white  man's  care 

Has  builded  towns  and  cities  fair. 

Beneath  our  shade  the  graceful  deer 
Once  hid  themselves,  alert  with  fear 
Of  Indian  hunter's  fatal  bow, 
That  sought  to  slay  some  timid  doe, 
Or  cropped  the  grass  and  flowers  sweet 
That  grew  so  thickly  at  our  feet. 

At  night  the  wolf  among  us  strayed, 
While  in  our  branches  squirrels  played 
Throughout  the  day,  and  singing  birds     ■ 
Built  nests  and  told  with  Nature's  words 
The  grandeur  of  that  forest  vast 
That  long  since  vanished  in  the  past. 

Where  sunbeams  fell  the  trees  between, 
There  forest  flowers  could  be  seen, 
The  mayfiower  and  the  violet  blue. 
Rare  ferns  and  mosses  thickly  grew-' 
Within  the  shade  and  with  their  green 
Made  carpet  fitting  for  a  queen. 

Upon  the  river's  bank  there  stood, 
Half-hidden  in  the  shadowy  wood, 
An  Indian  village.     Camp-fires  bright 
Filled  all  the  place  with  mellow  light, 
When  evening  drew  her  curtains  down 
And  sought  to  hide  the  little  town. 

Ere  darkness  filled  the  forest  vast, 
The  Indian  warriors,  hurrying  fast, 
Through  many  a  silent  glade  and  dell, 
Returned  to  camp  and  there  would  tell 
Around  the  embers'  ruddy  glow. 
Quaint  stories  of  the  long  ago. 

Ah !  brave  those  warriors,  famed  afar 
For  deeds  of  strength  in  cruel  war. 
They  were  the  best  of  all  their  race, 
But  now  there  scarcely  is  a  trace 
That  such  a  people  lived  and  died 
Upon  the  Androscoggin's  side. 

The  white  man  came  and  far  and  near 
Was  sounded  through  the  forest  here 
The  cries  of  war ;  and  many  a  fight 


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Was  fought  beneath  the  shadowy  light 
Of  swinging  pines  whose  mournful  strain 
Was  oft  the  death  dirge  of  the,  slain. 

Long  raged  the  strife  and  when  'twas  done 
The  Indian  toward  the  setting  sun, 
A  wanderer,  sadly  turned  his  face. 
In  his  old  haunts  another  race, 
Stronger  than  he,  now  made  their  home, 
While  he  forever  more  must  roam. 

Then  scattered  through  the  forest  wide, 

On  sunny  slope  and  riverside, 

The  settler's  quaint  log-house  was  seen, 

Low,  crude,  and  rough,  of  humble  mein, 

But  cheery  with  the  ruddy  light 

Of  crackling  logs  on  winter's  night. 

From  dawn  till  dark  the  settler's  stroke 
Throughout  the  wood  the  echoes  woke, 
And  one  by  one  the  tall  pine  trees 
Were  felled  and  then  the  summer  breeze 
That  rose  each  evening  from  the  sea, 
Across  the  plains  swept  mournfully. 

A  hundred  summers  came  and  went, 
Where  once  there  stood  the  Indian's  tent. 
Within  the  forest's  glimmering  sheen, 
A  quaint  New  England  town  was  seen, 
Old  Brunswick,  whose  historic  name 
Is  loved  by  all  who  know  her  fame. 

Her  quiet  streets  and  stately  air 
Marked  her  a  spot  beyond  compare, 
In  which  a  college  should  be  placed, 
And  so  old  Bowdoin  now  has  graced 
The  hill  for  many  and  many  a  year, 
And  prospered  and  grown  famous  here. 

And  while  we  pines  stand  here  to  guard 
Misfortune  from  the  college  yard, 
Still  will  she  prosper  and  her  name 
Still  grow  with  years,  while  to  her  fame 
Her  sons  each  year  will  add  their  part 
Of  deeds  renowned  in  every  art. 

The  old  pine  tree  stopped  singing. 
I  turned  and  saw  the  sun 
Had  tinted  all  the  east  with  red. 
The  June  day  had  begun. 

Exercises  Under  the  Old  Oak. 

A  bright  sky  favored  the  afternoon's  ex- 
ercises which  were  held  according  to  custom 
under  the  old  Thorndike  Oak.  The  audience 


seated  on  the  platform,  which  had  been 
erected  before  the  tree,  had  no  difficulty  in 
hearing  all  the  parts,  for  they  were  all  well 
delivered.  The  exercises  commenced  with 
the  Opening  Address  by  Charles  S.  Rich. 

Opening  Address. 

By  Charles  S.  Rich. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

We  pause  beneath  this  oak  to-day,  at  the  end  of 
our  college  course,  to  muse  on  the  dear  past  and 
forecast  the  unknown  future,  reluctant  to  leave  be- 
hind these  quiet  scenes  and  pleasant  associations, 
yet  eager  to  know  the  world  without,  whose  busy 
hum  has  but  faintly  echoed  in  our  retreat  like  the 
sound  of  the  sea  in  a  shell. 

Would  that  our  esteemed  seer  might  discern  on 
the  scroll  unrolled  before  his  prophetic  vision  some- 
thing worthy  of  the  exertion,  watchfulness,  and 
patient  devotion  of  frieuds,  relatives,  and  instruc- 
tors, who  have  always  had  our  best  interests  at 
heart.  It  may  not  be  the  good  fortune  of  the  class 
of  '92  to  contribute  to  the  honor  roll  of  Bowdoin 
one  siugle  name  that  will  stand  out  conspicuously 
among  our  numerous  contemporaries.  Yet  our 
college  life  will  not  have  been  in  vain.  The  genius 
is  the  exception.  Rare  indeed  have  been  the  Long- 
fellows  and  Hawthornes  and  Cheevers  in  any  college. 
But  the  brilliant  lights  that  line  the  dim  past  are  but 
the  index  of  a  mighty  force  that  is  ever  flowing  from 
educational  centers  into  the  world — a  force  none 
the  less  active  and  effective  though  silent  and  un- 
seen. It  is  not  by  the  amount  of  knowledge  we 
may  have  at  command  to-day  that  the  value  of  our 
college  course  is  to  be  judged,  but  rather  by  those 
ideals  and  impulses  we  have  absorbed  and  carry 
away  all  unaware.  The  most  we  can  hope  for  is 
that  the  resistance  we  must  from  time  to  time  en- 
counter in  future  life  will  cause  this  silent  force 
flowing  in  the  undercurrents  of  our  consciousness 
to  flash  into  light  for  a  guide  to  ourselves  and  our 
fellow-men. 

It  would  be  interesting  and  instructive  on  this 
public  day  to  recall  the  brilliant  history  of  our  col- 
lege and  view  iu  that  pictured  retrospect  those 
noble  sons  of  Bowdoin  whose  great  personality  still 
lives  in  the  soul  of  our  nation  ;  poets,  scholars,  states- 
men, soldiers,  we  have  them  all.  But  time  prevents. 
Enough  for  me  to  bid  you  share  with  us  the  pride 
we  feel  in  the  honorable  record  of  our  college  and 
our  joy  in  its  increased  prosperity.  The  first 
century  of  its  existence  is  drawing  to  a  close.    The 


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glass  must  soon  be  inverted  and  the  crystal  grains 
with  all  their  treasured  reflections  of  the  past 
poured  out  again  to  inspire  generations  yet  un- 
born. 

It  is  gratifying,  indeed,  to  feel  that  the  humble, 
patient  work  of  a  hundred  years  has  been  approved. 
How  else  can  we  interpret  the  munificent  gifts  that 
have  blessed  our  Alma  Mater  and  crowned  her  in 
her  age  as  with  a  garland  of  youth  ?  With  doubled 
resources  and  renewed  vigor  she  faces  the  future  to 
do  better  what  she  has  done  so  well  before.  For 
her  obligations  to  humanity  are  increased  and 
society  has  a  right  to  demand  that  they  be  fulfilled. 
More  and  more  it  is  coming  to  be  realized  that  the 
college  is  not  merely  the  passive  recipient  of  the 
privileged  few,  but  an  aggressive  missionary  in 
society,  a  guide  and  servant  to  the  community 
around  it.  This  is  the  principle  at  the  base  of  the 
University  Extension  Movement,  which  promises 
so  much  for  the  advancement  of  popular  education 
and  the  elevation  of  our  national  life.  In  this  time 
of  such  abundant  material  prosperity  the  great  service 
of  our  colleges  and  universities  is  too  often  obscured 
in  the  popular  mind  by  an  erroneous  conception  of 
scholarly  life  remote  from  practical  things.  But,  in 
fact,  it  would  be  difficult  to  name  in  our  history  as 
a  nation  an  important  move  of  thought  or  life  in 
which  the  college  aud  university  were  not  important 
factors.  Their  influence  is  at  work  in  business,  in 
politics,  in  family,  church,  and  state.  On  this  four 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  America 
we  are  worthy  of  cougratulation  as  a  nation  on 
nothing  more  than  the  ever  increasing  attention 
paid  to  the  development  of  our  spiritual  energies. 
Our  institutions  of  the  higher  education  may  be  in- 
ferior to  those  in  some  foreign  countries,  they  may 
lack  in  system,  there  may  be  weakness  in  their 
multiplicity  aud  sectarian  zeal,  but  they  have  been 
the  main  stay  of  our  Republic  and  the  crowning 
glory  of  our  land.  While  we  have  been  prone  to 
lose  ourselves  in  the  wantonness  of  prosperity  the 
college  and  university  have  been  foremost  to  guard 
us  against  those  insiduous  evils,  so  often  bringing 
on  states  and  individuals  a  curse  which  no  sacrifice 
of  precious  jewels  to  envious  gods  can  ever  avert. 

The  past  few  years  have  been  remarkable  for 
the  large  bequests  made  to  educational  and  kindred 
institutions.  Surely  this  ought  to  brighten  the 
darkest  aspect  of  eur  national  life  to  the  minds  of 
those  who  apprehend  nothing  but  evil  from  the 
amassing  of  such  enormous  fortunes.  For  it  is,  on 
the  part  of  those  who  give,  a  just  recognition  of 
their  debt  to  society  for  all  the  goods  they  enjoy, 


and  of  the  source  whence  is  drawn  the  spiritual 
energy  of  our  nation,  without  which  all  material 
worth  is  vain. 

So  to-day  we  bid  you  share  with  us  our  joy  in 
the  increased  prosperity  of  Bowdoin,  recognizing 
it  not  only  as  the  reward  of  a  noble  work  and  life, 
but  also  as  the  substantial  expression  of  a  wise 
beneficence  among  our  people,  which  augurs  well 
for  the  future  of  our  nation. 

After  an  interlude  by  the  Salem  Cadet 
Band  Mr.  Nichols  read  the  History. 
A.D.  2000. 

A  History  of  the  College   Course  op 
Bowdoin's  Class  of  '92. 

By  B.  F  Nichols. 

The  year  2000  A.D.  is  remarkable  for  the  large 
number  of  productions  bearing  upon  life  in  the 
nineteenth  century ;  I  propose  to  add  to  that  num- 
ber a  history  of  the  class  of  '92  of  Bowdoin  College 
during  the  year  spent  in  the  college.  In  writing 
this  history  so  long  a  time  after  the  class  lived,  I 
have  a  certain  advantage  over  historians  of  the 
same  period.  Just  as  a  fine  picture  must  be  viewed 
from  a  distance  in  order  to  give  the  best  effect, 
in  like  manner  the  beauty  and  grandeur  -of  the 
class  of  '92  was  not  so  apparent  to  the  contempora- 
ries of  the  class  as  to  us  of  this  remote  period. 

In  the  ninety-fifth  year  from  the  founding  of  the 
college,  in  the  fourth  year  of  the  reign  of  Guilielmus 
DeWitt  Hyde,  in  the  ninth  month,  and  on  the 
eighteenth  day  of  the  month,  Behold !  there 
appeared  at  Bowdoin  a  wonder.  Forty-five  youths, 
brave  and  gentle,  came  and  here  made  their  abode. 
They  came  for  wisdom,  and,  swearing  their  fealty 
to  the  college,  they  became  the  class  of  '92. 

Now  it  chanced,  as  those  youths  were  gathered 
in  a  shady  nook,  that  the  trees  looked  upon  them 
aud  saw  that  they  were  exceeding  fresh  and 
rosy,  and  they  saw  also  that  their  own  verdure  was 
far  surpassed  by  the  freshness  of  these  strange  lads. 
So,  adorning  themselves  in  most  beautiful  hues, 
they  tried,  if  by  any  means  they  might  surpass  in 
brilliancy;  but  in  this,  as  in  verdancy,  they  were 
surpassed  by  the  class  of  '92.  When  this,  after 
many  days  became  apparent  to  the  monarchs  of 
the  forest,  lifting  up  their  wailing  voices  they 
lamented  long  and  loud  ;  then  throwing  aside  their 
regal  robes  they  bowed  their  heads  in  proud  sub- 
mission. 

The  learning  of  these  youths  was  very  great, 
and  there  was  among  them  a  mighty  Prophet,  and 


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he  was  also  Young.  One  day  upon  the  rostrum  the 
Prophet  lifted  up  his  voice  and  spake  to  the  youths 
about  him  :  Behold,  we  shall  learn,  we  shall  learn  at 
last  that  great  mystery,  the  effect  of  percolatiug 
water  on  protoplasm.  And  they  learned  it.  Now 
it  chanced,  as  they  were  increasing  their  knowledge 
in  this  direction,  that  the  report  suddenly  spread 
abroad  o'er  the  land  that  Wood  had  become  water- 
logged. When  the  maidens  heard  this,  with  looks 
of  consternation,  they  arose  in  haste,  hied  them  to 
the  nearest  Jewshop,  and  with  their  shining  sheckels 
got  unto   themselves  waterproof  waist-protectors. 

In  those  days  there  were  mighty  giants  in  the 
laud,  called  Sophomores.  These  men  spake  and 
said  unto  the  class  of  '92,  "  Hearken  unto  us  O 
Freshie.  Thou  shalt  neither  feast  nor  swallow 
savory  morsel,  but  on  hash  shalt  thou  live  and  from 
the  Profs,  shalt  thou  take  thy  deads  for  making 
hash  of  horse."  Thus  they  spake.  But  these  brave 
lads  said,  one  to  another,  "  Not  so."  And  one 
night  they  feasted  long  and  sang  aloud  in  the  room 
that  was  called  after  the  Faculty. 

Now  the  second  year  that  this  class  was  at  Bow- 
doiu,  these  youths  grew  and  waxed  strong  and 
became  giants  like  unto  those  that  were  before 
them  and  they  also  were  called  Sophomores.  Yet 
they  did  not  abuse  the  young  and  ignorant  boys 
that  came  to  walk,  this  year  for  the  first  time,  in  the 
paths  of  learning.  Bat  whatever  of  violence  the 
young  ones  suffered  could,  with  justice,  be  charged 
to  former  Sophomores.  Now  this  year  there  was 
one  in  the  college  who  did  not  appreciate  the 
attempt  of  these  giants  to  teach  him  wisdom's  ways. 
His  name  was  Matzke,  and  he  slew  those  most 
active  in  his  improvement,  and  many  others  he 
maimed  and  crippled  with  ruthless  hand. 

For  four  years  this  band  of  youths  dwelt  in  the 
college,  and  for  those  four  years  the  history  of  the 
college  is  the  history  of  the  class  of  '92.  Any  loss 
that  one  sustained  was  the  equal  sorrow  of  the 
other,  and  any  success  of  either  was  a  cause  for 
common  rejoicing. 

There  are  many  legends  of  this  class,  and  it  is 
still  told  in  the  land  how  great  was  their  learning 
and  how  wise  their  answers  to  the  many  hard 
questions  asked  of  them.  One  wise  man  wished  to 
know  what  made  the  ice  of  glaciers  blue  ?  He 
asked  and  Charles  Rich  told  him.  "  It's  cause  they 
are  so  cold."  Again,  the  wisest  man  in  the  college 
one  day  became  lost  in  an  intellectual  fog  and 
called  out  as  he  sat  behind  his  desk  of  ash,  "  What 
is  it  that  gives  reality  to  this  table  here  before 
me  ?  "    The  answer  most  remarkable,  was,    "  the 


something  that  is  back  of  it."  Many  other  tales 
there  are  of  these  men,  how,  when  a  certain  Swett 
wished  to  escape  the  fumes  of  sulphur  in  the 
Lab.,  the  wiseman  in  Chemistry  said  to  him, 
"  You  might  just  as  well  get  used  to  it  now."  And 
then  I  might  tell  of  the  mighty  man,  Poor,  how  he 
endeavored  to  instruct  fourscore  maidens  in  the  art 
of  Chemistry.  Or  I  might  tell  again  of  Swett,  how, 
his  reputation  for  noise  gained  him  much  rank. 
For  Freshman  year,  when  vociferous  trousers  raised 
tremendous  din  the  Prof,  who  never  looked  up, 
thought  "  It  must  be  Swett  reciting,  and  scored 
other  fellows  ten  strikes  to  Freddy."  It  is  said  that 
the  hardest  question  asked  of  the  class  was  this, 
"Your  class  didn't  bury  athletics  did  it?  "  Answered 
in  the  negative." 

Some  of  you  will  not  believe  these  stories  and 
would  question  their  authenticity,  yet  there  has 
been  discovered  one  original  document  which  can- 
not be  doubted.     This  I  will  read : 

During  the  first  year  there  left  the  class  for 
various  causes  the  following  men  :  Cole,  Hodgkins, 
Perkins,  Palmer.  At  the  end  of  the  first  year  two 
more  men  left  the  class,  Thompson,  who  went  to 
Amherst,  and  Shay,  who  came  back  the  next  year 
in  the  class  of  '93.  When  the  class  became  Sopho- 
more, Abbot  joined  them,  and  at  the  beginning  of 
their  third  year  Wathen  and  Mace  joined  them. 
Mace  came  from  Bates  College,  and  only  lived  two 
short  months  after  going  to  Bowdoin.  Wathen  was 
a  graduate  of  Bangor  Theological  Seminary.  At 
the  close  of  their  third  year  Mclntire  left  to  go  to 
Andover,  and  at  the  beginning  of  their  last  year 
H.  T.  Field,  one  who  was  a  Sophomore,  when  the 
class  of  '92  first  came,  joined  them,  thus  passing  one 
year  in  good  company. 

The  average  age  when  they  left  college  was  23 
years  6  months,  just  the  age  of  G.  Downes.  Oldest 
man,  Pugsley,  age  34  years  5  months ;  youngest, 
Emery,  age  19  years  6  months.  Average  height, 
5  feet  9.8  inches  ;  nearest  average  height,  a  large 
number  5  feet  10  inches.  Tallest  man,  Linscott, 
whose  height  is  6  feet  3  inches.  Shortest,  Parcher, 
height,  5  feet  4^4  inches.  Average  weight,  148.4 
pounds  ;  nearest  average  weight,  C.  Stacy,  weigh- 
ing 148  pounds.  Heaviest  man,  Downes,  weighing 
180  pounds,  and  lightest,  Gately,  weighing  126 
pounds. 

There  were  in  the  class  twenty-five  Republi- 
cans, seven  Independents,  four  Democrats,  one  un- 
decided, and  one  non-citizen. 

I  will  close  with  the  closing  remarks  of  Pugsley. 
He  was  speaking  of  the  class  of  '92,  and  he  closed 


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bis  remarks  with  the  following  burst  of  eloquence: 
"Ladies  and  gentlemen,  this  is  the  class  of  '92  and 
you  can  just  bet  your  boots  we  are  a  cultured 
crowd." 

The  next  part  was  the  Prophecy  of  Mr. 
T.  H.  Gately  which  was  received  with  great 
applause  by  those  whose  acquaintance  with 
the  class  made  them  appreciate  the  hits. 

Class  Prophecy. 

By  T.  H.  Gately. 

It  is  needless  for  me  to  state  that,  in  being- 
elected  to  fill  any  position  of  trust  or  honor,  a  man 
must  bring  forward  conclusive  evidence  that  he  is 
eminently  qualified  to  fulfill  its  duties,  or  else  there 
must  be  other  reasons  which  have  a  determining 
influence  on  tne-minds  of  those  selecting  him.  Now 
in  being  chosen  to  act  in  the  capacity  of  prophet 
for  the  class  of  '92,  1  am  quite  positive  that  it  was 
due  to  no  marked  ability  on  my  part,  but  the  class 
probably  realized  that  I  always  took  a  lively  interest 
in  its  welfare;  and  so  great  was  their  faith  in  my 
endeavors  that  they  used  to  allow  me  to  determine 
their  rank  after  they  had  made  certain  kinds  of 
recitations.  Although,  as  the  Commencement  parts 
will  show,  the  Faculty  failed  to  sanction  the  figures 
aud  estimates  that  I  had  drawn  up,  yet  the  class 
deemed  it  advisable  to  permit  me  to  turn  the  wheel 
of  their  fortunes.  As  a  basis  for  my  work,  I  have 
been  aided  only  by  a  four  years'  acquaintance 
with  my  classmates,  and  at  the  outset  I  had  a 
keen  sensibility  of  the  difficulties  of  the  task  set 
before  me. 

So,  with  your  kind  indulgence,  I  will  endeavor 
to  relate  to  you  a  few  facts  and  anecdotes  concern- 
ing our  renowned  class,  which  I  gleaned  from  the 
alumni  record  in  the  year  1902. 

Charles  S.  Rich  took  up  the  legal  profession  and 
located  in  the  city  of  his  nativity.  But  failing  to 
achieve  any  remarkable  success  in  this  line,  and 
taking  as  a  partner  his  old  room-mate  and  boon 
companion,  Leon  M.  Pobes,  he  settled  down  in  the 
business  of  his  father,  which  was  that  of  an  under- 
taker. I  say  an  undertaker,  not  entirely  in  the 
economic  sense  of  the  term,  but  also  in  the  seuse 
of  one  who  pays  everybody's  debts,  and  gives  them 
a  tombstone  as  a  receipt  in  full  of  all  demands. 
They  are  doing  a  nice  "  quiet"  business,  and  when 
not  otherwise  engaged,  they  have  been  seen  trying 
to  bury  the  "  dead  of  the  night." 

Samuel  B.  Abbott  is  an  instructor  in  elocution 
at  Fryeburg    Academy.     If  you   are  desirous  of 


learning  what  proficiency  Sam  has  acquired  in  this 
department,  I  advise  you  to  make  a  visit  to  his 
school  aud  hear  how  he  would  render  the  selection 
beginning  with  the  words:  "Around  the  rugged 
rock  the  ragged  rascal  ran."  Sam,  for  some  reason 
or  other,  has  grown  wonderfully  corpulent,  and  is 
the  father  of  a  promising  progeny. 

Percy  Bartlett,  otherwise  called  P.  Whisker  from 
the  silky  beard  he  sported  Freshman  year  in  defiance 
of  the  Sophomores,  took  a  post-graduate  course  in 
Latin  at  Harvard,  and  now  fills  the  Wiukley  chair 
in  his  Alma  Mater. 

Eoy  Bartlett  is  a  successful  lawyer  in  Brunswick. 
He  takes  an  active  interest  iu  college  athletics,  and 
at  every  horn  coucert  he  joins  the  baud  of  "yag- 
gers "  and  takes  the  same  delight  in  clubbing  the 
Sophomores  as  he  did  while  in  college. 

Downes  may  be  fouud  at  his  paternal  abode  in 
Calais,  Maine.  His  iconoclastic  voice  can  be  heard 
at  frequent  intervals  singing  that  famous  ballad, 
"  There  is  No  Place  Like  Home."  "  Crippy,"  as  he 
was  familiarly  called,  says  that  he  will  try  to  keep 
on  good  terms  with  his  father  at  least. 

Joel  Bean,  known  as  Booth,  Barrett,  the  great 
"bluffer,"  trickster,  and  dissembler,  is  a  well-to-do 
lawyer  in  Augusta,  Me.  Besides  this  he  is  the 
instructor  in  plain  and  ornamental  penmanship  in 
the  Cony  High  School.  That  he  is  supereminently 
fitted  for  the  latter  position  I  need  only  refer  you  to 
the  Bowdoiu  Faculty  or  any  of  the  long  list  of 
female  correspendents  that  he  has,  or,  at  least,  says 
he  has.  He  is  a  consummate  crank  on  the  mar- 
riage question,  and  were  we  to  acquiesce  in  his 
views  on  the  subject,  1  think  we  would  all  be  verit- 
able Mormons. 

He  hasn't  given  up  his  admiration  for  theatrical 
life,  and  still  wears  his  hair  in  that  peculiar  style 
which  you  may  behold  on  him  to-day. 

Harry  Emery  pursued  the  even  tenor  of  his  way 
and  ascended  the  ladder  of  fame  step  by  step,  until 
he  bids  fair  to  reach  the  pinnacle  of  his  ambition  in 
the  office  of  Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States.  In 
fact,  his  whole  career  has  been  connected  with 
"  bars,"  aud  he  has  been  both  before  aud  behind 
them. 

Bert  Field  is  said  to  be  in  Washington,  busily 
engaged  with  Sam  Parcher  in  working  up  a  rapid 
transit  system.  I  know  that  you  are  all  glad  to 
hear  that  Parcher  has  found  something  that  he  can 
and  is  willing  to  do. 

Fred  Gummer  bought  a  larger-sized  hat  when 
President  Hyde  told  the  Philosophy  class  that  he 
would  prefer  a  farmer  to  a  city  student,  and  conse- 


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quently  Fred  has  stuck  to  his  farm  in  Brunswick. 
Take  a  ride  down  about  three  miles  toward  the 
coast,  and  there  you  will  find  him  strenuously  at 
work  sawing  wood  or  performing  some  other  of  the 
various  duties  that  a  farm  life  calls  forth.  He  has 
put  a  great  many  inventions  on  the  market,  and  he 
told  me  recently  that  he  was  considering  the  advis- 
ability of  shoeing  geese  in  cold  weather.  Guminer 
is  my  authority  for  the  statement  that  Harry  Kim- 
ball was  the  pastor  of  a  large  congregation  in 
Albany,  N.  Y. 

I  feel  as  if  I  owe  the  class  an  apology  in  speaking 
of  the  next  gentleman,  but  nevertheless  he  would 
feel  slighted  if  I  did  not  bring  to  your  notice  an 
account  of  his  marvelous  career.  I  need  hardly 
mention  him,  for  he  is  none  other  than  Howard 
Wellington  Poore,  better  known  as  the  Major,  Sen- 
ator, the  mighty  Poore,  the  stalwart  Poore,  and  the 
illustrious  son  of  the  senator  from  Sebago.  Major  is 
a  generous  fellow,  but  nevertheless  he  is  the  biggest 
bump  of  conceit  that  ever  struck  Bowdoin  College. 
While  in  college  he  used  to  strut  around  with  that 
commanding  air,  and  he  never  once  thought  that 
he  was  creating  the  impression  in  the  minds  of 
others  that  he  bore  a  striking  resemblance  to  the 
little  boy  who  didu't  know  enough  to  ache  when  be 
was  in  pain.  He  said  that  he  would  have  delivered 
a  Commencement  part,  only  ho  didn't  wish  to  have 
the  Faculty  to  appear  at  a  disadvantage.  He  gave 
a  public  instruction  to  some  young  ladies  in  the 
gymnasium  one  day,  and  immediately  after  leaving 
college  he  applied  for  that  position  in  Vassar,  but 
his  shape  was  against  him.  In  1898  he  ran  for  the 
legislature  in  his  father's  district,  but  his  name  was 
against  bim.  At  present  he  is  a  Commissioner  of 
Tides  for  Sebago  Lake,  and  devotes  his  leisure  hours 
on  the  invention  of  a  machine  for  bleaching  ice. 

"Honest"  John  Hull  and  W.  0.  Horsey,  who 
was  seriously  handicapped  in  his  college  course  by 
the  illness  of  his  father,  are  both  successful  teachers, 
the  one  in  the  high  school  of  the  newly-chartered 
city  of  Deering  and  the  other  in  a  similar  school  at 
Springfield,  Mass. 

Herbert  Guruey  took  a  course  in  Johns  Hopkins 
after  graduating,  and  is  now  the  Professor  in  the 
English  Literature  and  Language  at  the  University 
of  Chicago.  He  is  the  same  genial  fellow  that  he 
was  in  college,  and  he  is  eagerly  looking  forward  to 
the  day  when  he  will  send  a  fair-haired  boy  to 
Bowdoin.  Aside  from  his  regular  department  in  the 
university,  he  is  actively  interested  in  political 
science,  and  has  delivered  a  number  of  lectures  on 
the  "sweating"  system. 


A.  M.  Merriman,  or  B.  F.  Merriman,  if  you 
please,  entered  the  Maine  Medical  School  and  is 
now  practicing  in  his  native  town,  with  his  resi- 
dence, by  way  of  convenience,  in  close  proximity  to 
a  grave-yard.  He  has  become  perfectly  bald  and 
nothing  remains  to  identify  the  Merriman  of  old, 
save  his  peculiar  gait. 

J.  D.  Merrymau,  notwithstanding  the  roasts  he 
used  to  receive  at  the  hands  of  Prof.  Wells,  com- 
pleted his  course  at  the  Andover  Seminary,  and 
after  much  deliberation,  accepted  a  call  to  a 
Methodist  church  in  Dayton,  Ohio.  Jim  went  to 
California,  one  summer,  and  while  on  the  train  he 
said  that  he  married  fifteen  couples  at  the  rate  of 
eight  "knots"  an  hour.  This  was  all  well  enough, 
but  afterwards  I  heard  that  he  went  to  Washington 
and  bad  the  consummate  "crust" — please  pardon 
the  expression  —  to  demand  a  patent  on  a  car- 
coupler. 

Jim  said  that  Lee  originally  intended  to  go  into 
the  "stove"  business  in  Brunswick,  but  obstacles 
appearing  in  his  way  he,  too,  entered  the  ministry, 
and  "  Pinky "  may  now  be  found  in  the  Baptist 
church  in  Rockland. 

Charles  M.  Pennell  says  that  he  kuows  a  good 
thing  when  he  sees  it,  and  consequently  he  married 
the  position  he  secured  in  the  Topsham  High 
School.  He  is  the  same  old  Penn.  and  bandies  his 
"  cribs"  and  manipulates  the  scroll  to  as  good  ad- 
vantage as  he  did  while  in  college.  He  has  had  serious 
trouble  with  rheumatism  since  he  graduated  and  so 
much  so  that  his  physical  appearance  strikingly 
resembles  a  bow  knot. 

Roland  Mann,  better  known  as  "  Roly,"  and 
"  The  Count,"  alias  "The  Fashion  Plate,"  entered 
Bowdoin  young,  graduated  young,  and  married 
Young.  He  studied  medicine,  and  in  the  meantime 
wrote  a  work  on  "The  Rules  of  Social  Etiquette." 
I  came  across  a  copy  of  the  book,  and  from  its  many 
pages  I  clipped  the  following  remark  :  "  A  young 
man  in  visiting  his  affianced  should  take  with  him 
affection  in  his  heart,  perfection  in  his  manners, 
and  confectionery  in  his  pockets."  No  doubt,  the 
Count  never  deviated  from  this  path,  as  his  social 
career  and  success  will  prove,  but  being  of  a  mag- 
nanimous nature  he  tried  to  inculcate  these  princi- 
ples into  the  minds  of  Frankie  Cothren,  T.  S. 
Lazell,  Billy  Kenniston,  and  Frank  Durgin. 

In  Cothren's  case  Roly  was  quite  successful,  and 
notwithstanding  the  fact  that  Frankie  made  but 
two  visits  into  society,  on  the  whole  he  created  a 
favorable  impression,  and  now  Cothren  may  be 
found  in  the   "upper  ten"  society  of  Brooklyn, 


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where  he  is  assisting  his  father  in  the  legal  pro- 
fession. 

As  for  Lazell,  he  was  wanting  in  affection  and 
failing  thereby,  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
Rockland.  When  not  visiting  his  patients  Theo 
may  be  found  in  his  study,  vainly  endeavoring  to 
make  a  device  for  rounding  out  flat  notes. 

In  the  case  of  Billy  Kennistou,  "  the  boy  poet," 
he  failed  as  regards  the  Count's  second  injunction, 
namely,  that  of  perfection  in  his  manners,  and  ho  is 
still  unable  to  see  the  point  of  the  joke  that  caused 
his  doom  in  society.  Nevertheless  Hilly  still  strives 
to  be  a  lady-killer,  and  at  present  is  on  the  local 
staff  of  the  Squirrel  Island  Squid. 

The  last  of  Mann's  pupils  is  Frank  Durgin, 
otherwise  called  "Tim."  The  fashion  plate  did  all 
it  could  for  Durg,  but  whether  he  possessed  petri- 
faction of  the  heart,  or  putrifaction  of  his  confec- 
tionery, I  am  unable  to  state,  but  suffice  it  to  say, 
his  social  reputation  sank  into  the  illimitable  depths 
of  oblivion.  After  graduating,  Durg  was  tendered 
the  position  as  instructor  in  Mathematics  in  the 
Portland  School  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  on  the 
recommendation  of  Professor  Moody,  but  he  de- 
clined with  thanks  and  now  is  a  criminal  lawyer  in 
Topsham. 

Clinton  Stacy  holds  forth  as  a  teacher  in  Lira- 
ington  Academy.  Clin  still  has  that  easily  aroused 
temper,  but  he  has  never  been  known  to  harm  any- 
body on  account  of  it. 

The  countless  friends  of  E.  A.  Pugsley  will,  no 
doubt,  be  pleased  to  hear  that  he  had  an  eventful 
career  after  leaving  Brunswick.  He  became 
Professor  of  Mathematics  in  Dartmouth  College, 
and  also  was  actively  engaged  in  political  affairs. 
Pug  always  had  the  happy  faculty  of  being  able  to 
speak  on  any  topic,  and  this,  together  with  his  fine 
command  of  language,  made  him  a  model  man  on 
the  stump.  He  was  nominated  by  the  Republicans 
to  represent  his  district  in  the  National  House  of 
Representatives,  but  he  was  overwhelmingly  de- 
feated. When  asked  what  he  was  going  to  do 
about  it,  he  replied,  "  Can't  do  a  thing,  gentlemen." 

Harry  Linscott,  alias  "  Scot,"  has  charge  of  the 
Greek  department  in  the  university  of  his  native 
home.  He  grew  tired  of  his  surroundings  in 
Thomastou  and  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  took 
great  interest  in  the  World's  Fair.  He  married 
one  of  the  fair  ones  of  his  own  city,  and  although 
much  shorter,  she  can  proudly  boast  of  being  able 
to  fill  as  much  shoe  leather  as  can  her  husband. 

Wood  and  Wathen  both  became  ministers  and 
their  views  on  religion  are  about  the  same.    They 


are  strongly  set  against  the  doctrine  of  a  future 
punishment,  and  their  peculiar  opinions  on  this 
subject  are  interesting  only  as  an  exhibition  of  their 
mental  vagaries  on  the  thought  that  is  in  them. 
Two  more  liberal  divines  can  nowhere  be  found,  aud 
it  is  the  prophet's  sincere  wish  that  they  will  re- 
ceive sufficient  torment  here  on  earth  to  insure  an 
unconditional  suspension  of  their  case  hereafter, 
]  should  there  be  a  future  punishment.  They  are 
both  located  in  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Osborne  taught  for  a  while  after  leaving  college, 
and  then  went  into  business  in  New  York,  where, 
after  developing  a  suitable  front,  he  was  elected  to 
the  board  of  aldermen.  This  sufficiently  explains 
the  rest  of  his  career. 

Harold  Robinson  Smith  is  one  of  the  leading 
members  of  the  Kennebec  Bar.  He  has  given  up 
swearing  himself,  but  business  principles  seem  to 
dictate  that  he  should  encourage  it  in  others.  He 
defended  a  murderer  once,  and  after  talking  to  the 
jury  for  six  hours,  Hal,  as  cool  and  undaunted  as 
ever,  remarked,  "  Gentlemen,  I  have  done."  The 
jury  was  out  fifteen  minutes  and  brought  in  a 
verdict  to  hang  the  lawyer  and  discharge  the  pris- 
oner, aud  it  was  only  Smith's  diminutive  stature 
that  saved  his  neck.  Along  with  Ned  Wilson,  he 
has  developed  into  a  staunch  temperance  reformer. 
So  strong  are  they  in  their  convictions  on  this 
subject  that  they  have  been  known  to  flatly  refuse 
the  offer  of  an  umbrella  on  a  stormy  day  because 
there  was  a  "stick  "  in  it. 

Randall  teaches  Physics  in  Hebron  Academy, 
and  also  preaches  occasionally. 

Fred  Swett  would  have  become  a  great  man  if 
talk  could  do  it,  but,  unfortunately  for  him,  it 
availed  him  little,  so  he  hied  himself  to  his  uncle 
in  the  West,  where  he  hopes  to  become  the  pos- 
sessor of  a  great  fortune  at  his  uncle's  death.  He 
says  that  the  land  out  there  is  so  poor  that  it  is 
impossible  to  i-aise  a  disturbance  on  it. 

Ernest  Young,  with  all  the  great  resources  he 
had,  became  a  renowned  physician  and  his  home 
was  in  Washington,  D.  C. ;  but  one  day  he  awoke 
and  forgot  that  he  was  in  existence  aud  at  last 
accounts  he  hadn't  come  out  of  it.  Before  he  went 
into  this  stupor  he  wrote  to  a  friend  that  Tom 
Nichols  was  employed  in  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment Survey. 

The  two  remaining  members  of  the  class, 
namely,  Jack  Hodgdou  and  Jack  Hersey,  have  the 
honor,  like  Shakespeare,  of  being  inscrutable 
forces  which  no  philosophy  can  explain.  Hodgdon, 
after  seeing  the  whole  of  the  world,  settled  down 


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as  the  editor  of  the  Biddeford  Journal.  But  Her- 
sey's  whereabouts  are  unknown.  He  was  traced 
once  to  Boothbay  Harbor,  where  he  tried  to  play 
his  favorite  game  of  Copenhagen.  Then  he  was 
seen  again,  trying  to  catch  up  with  his  shadow, 
which  by  the  way  had  grown  considerably  larger, 
owing  to  the  persistent  use  of  Murdock's  Liquid 
Food.  In  closing,  all  I  can  say  of  the  gentleman  is 
to  repeat  the  proverb  which  has  it  that  in  the 
presence  of  human  stupidity  even  the  gods  stand 
helpless. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  :  I  fear  that  I  have  made 
an  imposition  on  your  time  and  patience,  but  if  I 
have  brought  before  you  some  of  the  peculiarities 
of  our  celebrated  class,  I  have  accomplished  my 
purpose. 

Then  followed  the  eloquent  Parting 
Address  of  Mr.  Linscott. 

Closing  Address. 

By  Haert  F.  Linscott. 
Another  year  in  the  marvolously  rapid  flight  of 
time  has  rolled  over  old  Bowdoin  and  once  more  a 
class  has  assembled  on  this  spot  so  replete  with 
precious  memories,  so  rich  in  the  full  import  of  its 
history  and  associations,  to  bid  farewell  to  these 
familiar  scenes  aud  to  render  the  last  sad  tribute  of 
affection  to  Alma  Mater  and  to  those  indissoluble 
bonds  which  have  been  created  and  ever  strength- 
ened by  four  years  of  intimate  association.  Many 
times  in  the  past  classes  have  stood  within  the 
shadow  of  these  walls  for  this  purpose,  aud  now  we, 
too,  are  grouped  together  here  for  the  last  time,  it 
may  be,  to  give  concrete  association  to  our  devotion 
to  college  and  class,  our  zealous  attachment  to 
these  well-remembered  scenes.  The  past  comes 
before  us  to-day  full  of  pleasant  recollections  and 
suggestions  of  the  many  happy  hours  which  we 
have  spent  together.  Every  reverse  and  disap- 
pointment, all  the  toil,  all  bitterness  which  for  the 
moment  has  cast  a  shadow  over  our  lives,  all  are 
forgotten  in  the  tender  thoughts  of  this  day.  For 
four  years  this  class  has  maintained  the  most 
exemplary  standards,  the  loftiest  ideals  of  unity 
and  fraternal  good-will,  until  in  the  fullness  of  time 
it  has  assembled  on  this  its  natal  clay  to  round  out 
to  full  measure  the  period  of  its  college  life,  and  to 
complete,  in  the  view  of  all  men,  the  duties  devolv- 
ing upon  us  as  an  organized  and  constituent  mem- 
ber of  the  institution.  This  culminating  point  in 
our  active  progress  as  a  class  is  a  time  fit  for  con- 
gratulation, for  mature  deliberation,  and  for  sincere 


and  heartfelt  regrets.  This  day,  to  which  we  have 
looked  forward  with  such  fond  anticipation,  may 
well  bring  to  us  a  profound  satisfaction,  together 
with  a  conception  of  that  important  fact  that  a 
portion  of  our  life's  work  has  been  completed  and 
that  we  have  passed  with  credit  to  ourselves  through 
the  period  of  preparation  for  the  duties  and  respon- 
sibilities with  which  we  must  contend  in  the  future. 
We  are  profoundly  grateful  for  these  instrumentali- 
ties, these  slow  accumulations  of  centuries  by  which 
our  scholarly  character  has  been  perfected.  As 
students  we  cannot  trace  the  influences  which  have 
been  drawing  out  our  powers  and  touching  them 
to  finest  issues.  Men  of  genius  of  other  days  have 
left  their  impress ;  great  teachers  of  the  past  have 
instructed  us ;  we  have  been  growing  in  the  shadow 
of  illustrious  names.  For  these  contributions  of 
great  scholars  to  the  present  generation,  for  these 
secret  though  potent  factors,  which  have  refined 
aud  ripened  our  powers,  we  are  sincerely  thankful, 
and  in  that  we  have  lived  and  worked  in  such  a 
source  of  influences,  we  congratulate  ourselves. 

On  the  other  hand,  this  festal  day  must  appeal 
to  the  members  of  the  class  with  a  deep  meaning, 
and  cannot  fail  to  awaken  in  their  inmost  thoughts 
grave  and  serious  reflections.  For  four  years  we 
have  been  together  here  in  the  full  vigor  of  early  man- 
hood, with  complete  capacity  for  the  enjoyment  of 
all  the  blessings  of  life  while  free  from  the  cares  and 
annoyances  of  active  life.  The  future  now  looms 
before  us  a  boundless  void.  To-day  we  stand  upon 
the  threshold ;  to-morrow  we  step  out  upon  the 
broad  platform  of  scholarly  influence.  On  the  one 
hand  this  class  lays  aside  the  pleasant  duties  toward 
the  college.  On  the  other  hand  we  assume  the 
obligations,  the  responsibilities  which  devolve  upon 
us  in  our  relations  to  the  nation  and  to  our  fellow- 
men.  We  have  made  our  election  between  the 
sphere  of  scholarly  activity  and  the  life  of  laymen. 
By  so  doing,  however,  a  lasting  obligation  has  been 
imposed  upon  us  to  exercise  our  mature  powers  to 
the  improvement  of  political  and  social  conditions 
here  and  now,  and  to  give-an  account  of  our  gift  of 
reason  to  the  unifying  of  the  civil  life  and  the 
national  consciousness  of  the  land  in  which  we 
dwell.  May  every  member  of  the  class  of  '92  rise 
above  a  merely  selfish  view  of  life  and  devote  him- 
self unreservedly  to  the  task  of  cherishing  and 
implanting  in  a  great  people  the  seeds  of  virtue  and 
public  civility. 

In  the  midst  of  these  thoughts,  standing  here 
between  the  past,  sunlit  aud  illumined  by  a  thou- 
sand precious  memories,   aud   the  future,   which 


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stretches  away  before  us,  a  vast,  illimitable  void,  we 
are  recalled  to  the  full  significance  of  this  moment. 
We  must  now  cease  our  associations  as  a  class. 
Our  intimate  personal  relations  must  soon  be  sun- 
dered, but  their  impress  on  our  characters  can 
never  be  destroyed.  It  is  a  well  established  fact 
that  persons  of  different  creeds,  conditions,  and 
nationalities  in  the  same  school  or  college  form 
memories  of  good  will  and  good  fellowship,  which 
time  can  never  efface.  We  have  all  seen,  we  have 
many  of  us  felt  this  influence.  The  relationship  of 
classmate  is  indeed  not  one  of  the  nearest,  but 
many  closer  bonds  are  more  easily  broken.  In  the 
great  future,  in  the  midst  of  the  turmoil  and  strife 
of  active  life,  this  fellowship  and  fraternal  good- 
will of  the  class  of  '92  shall  be  a  guiding,  a  restrain- 
ing influence  on  our  lives. 

Old  Bowdoin,  today  we  bid  farewell  to  thee. 
We  owe  thee  a  debt  of  gratitude  which  can  never  be 
repaid.  For  thy  fostering  care,  thy  tender  memo- 
ries, we  have  in  our  hearts  a  regard  most  tender 
and  affectionate.  As  our  life  here  has  been  pleas- 
ant, our  regret  at  parting  is  most  sincere,  most 
heartfelt.  But,  classmates,  in  a  higher  and  yet  a 
nobler  sense  we  cannot  express  by  words  alone  our 
regard  for  the  college  or  the  sadness  which  comes 
irresistibly  at  thoughts  of  severing  associations  so 
dear  to  us.  Throughout  the  years  to  come,  the  sole 
criterion  of  our  love  for  Alma  Mater  shall  be  the 
firm  and  resolute  spirit  in  which  we  devote  our- 
selves to  the  establishment  and  perpetuation  of  the 
principles  which  have  been  inculcated  within  us 
here;  the  energy  and  consistency  which  shall 
characterize  us  in  our  relations  to  the  nation  and  to 
our  fellow-men.  Our  regard  for  one  another  can 
only  be  measured  by  the  manner  in  which  the 
smouldering  fires  of  love  and  esteem  are  kept  alive 
in  the  midst  of  the  conflicting  interests  of  the 
world.  And  now  in  parting  let  us  go  forth  with  a 
vivid  conception  of  the  fact  that  we  have  a  duty  to 
the  college,  the  nation,  and  to  our  fellow-men  ;  with 
a  determination  to  so  live  and  act  in  our  capacity  as 
citizens  that  we  shall  have  and  display  a  common 
interest  in  the  country  as  our  own,  and  in  its  insti- 
tutions as  our  joint  trust;  with  a  resolute  purpose 
to  consecrate  our  superior  accomplishments  in  the 
spirit  of  generous  devotion  to  the  welfare  of  society 
and  to  the  perpetration  of  its  essential  principles  of 
truth,  freedom,  and  progress,  and  above  all  with  a 
firm  conviction  that  by  so  doing  and  living  our 
regard  for  Alma  Mater  and  our  esteem  for  one 
another  shall  ever  grow  stronger  and  more  cordial, 


until  in  the  fullness  of  time  our  life's  work  shall  be 
completed. 

Smoking  the  Pipe  op  Peach. 

The  class  then  seated  themselves  in  a 
circle  on  the  grass  and  Mr.  Lazell  lighted 
the  class  pipe,  nursing  it  fondly  until  the 
fragrant  fumes  of  his  favorite  tobacco 
wreathed  themselves  about  his  head.  The 
pipe  of  peace  was  then  passed  around  the 
circle  and  each  member  of  the  class  took  a 
whiff.  Some  took  more,  and  a  few  inexperi- 
enced ones  were  half  strangled  after  a  brave 
endeavor  to  appear  proficient  in  the  art. 

When  this  ceremony  was  ended  the  class 
stood  in  a  compact  group  and  with  voices 
cleared  by  the  recent  inhalation,  sang  the 
beautiful  ode  which  was  written  by  Mr. 
Hersey.     The  following  are  the  words : 

Class   Ode. 

By  W.  O.  Hersey. 
Air—"  Swinging  'neath  the  Old  Apple  Tree." 
Now  the  shades  descending,  with  the  twilight  blend- 
ing. 
Call  us  here  together,  classmates  so  long; 
Time  is  swiftly  passing,  thoughts  within  are  massing, 

As  we  join  our  sad  parting  song. 
Farewell !  classmates,  oft  we've  wandered, 

Sporting   'neath   the   pines   by   the   thick-shaded 
halls ; 
Farewell !  classmates,  let  our  voices 
Echo  round  the  old  college  walls. 

College  days  are  fleeting,  saddened  hearts  are  beat- 
ing, 
Soon  we  must  be  parted,  elsewhere  to  roam  ; 
Friendship's  ties  may  perish,  yet  we'll  always  cherish, 

Mem'ries  of  our  dear  college  home. 
Farewell !  Bowdoin,  may  we  ever 

Honor  bring  to  thee  as  thy  sons  brave  and  true  ; 
Farewell !  Bowdoin,  thou  hast  given 

Blessings  to  our  dear  Ninety-Two. 

Cheering  the  Halls. 

Forming  in  line  again  and   led    by    the 

band,  the  class  marched  around  the  campus 

cheering  the  Halls,  and  finally    pausing  in 

front  of  Memorial,  the  class  and  college  yells 


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were  heartily  given,  and  with  a  hand  shake 
all  around  the  class  dispersed. 

The  Dance  on  the  Green 
For  the  last  few  years  the  weather  or  a 
faint  heart  has  driven  this  dance  to  the 
shelter  of  Memorial  or  the  Town  Hall,  and 
we  have  not  had  the  privilege  of  seeing  the 
campus  decorated  with  lanterns  for  an  out 
of  door  dance.  There  could  not  have  been 
a  more  perfect  day,  for  such  a  celebration, 
than  last  Tuesday.  It  was  warm  and  calm 
in  the  evening.  Five  hundred  Japanese 
lanterns  were  hung  in  festoons  about  the 
dance  floor  and  across  the  paths  leading  to 
it,  lighting  up  the  floor,  and  the  decorations 
which  had  been  put  up  for  the  afternoon. 
The  campus  presented  a  truly  holiday  ap- 
pearance. The  band  concert  began  at  8  p.m. 
and  the  dancing  at  9.  A  large  crowd  wit- 
nessed the  dance.  Twice  the  number  of 
seats  would  hardly  have  been  too  many  for 
the  spectators.  The  floor,  too,  was  some- 
what small  for  the  large  number  that  partic- 
ipated in  the  dance,  for  the  beautiful  weather 
had  brought  out  many  more  than  the  com- 
mittee had  expected. 

An  enjoyable  order  of  dances  was  in- 
dulged in,  and,  at  the  intermission,  supper 
was  served  by  Robinson,  in  Lower  Memorial 
Hall.  The  dancers  then  adjourned  to 
Memorial  Hall  and  the  remainder  of  the 
programme  was  carried  out  there,  everybody 
voting  that  the  Dance  on  the  Green  had 
been  a  great  success. 

Medical  School  Graduation. 

The  graduation  of  the  class  of  '92,  Med- 
ical School  of  Maine,  occurred  Wednesday, 
at  9  a.m.       The   following   is  the    order  of 

exercises : 

Music. 


Prayer. 
Address. 


Rev.  Charles  F.  Allen,  D.D. 
Hon.  Orville  D.  Baker. 
Music. 


Oration — Parting  Address. 

Edward  Joseph  McDonough,  A.B. 
Music. 
Presentation  of  Diplomas.  President  Hyde. 

Music. 

Mr.  Baker's  eloquent  address  was  a  treat 
to  the  audience,  as  all  who  heard  his  oration 
of  four  years  ago  expected. 

Mr.  McDonough,  the  orator  of  the  class, 
then  spoke  earnestly  and  eloquently  of  the 
best  way  to  attain  success  in  his  profession. 

Oration. 

By  Edward  J.  McDonough. 

During  the  past  few  months,  as  day  by  day  we 
drew  nearer  to  our  graduation,  the  more  our  thoughts 
have  turned  towards  the  future  which  lies  awaiting 
us,  and  the  more  seriously  have  we  pondered  on  the 
object  which  must  bear  us  on  in  life,  and  how  suc- 
cess may  be  best  attained.  We  are  to  pass  from  the 
lecture  room  of  the  student  into  the  ranks  of  our 
profession,  ready  to  undergo  the  trials,  ready  to 
sustain  the  burdens  which  we  shall  meet.  Thus  far 
the  foundation  has  been  laid  by  other  hands  and  it 
remains  for  us  to  raise  the  superstructure.  Build  it 
as  grandly  as  we  may,  but  let  each  column  stand  as 
firm  as  the  base  from  which  it  springs.  Better  our 
handiwork  heaps  up  some  pile,  rough  and  rugged 
though  it  be,  whose  walls  can  bear  the  winter's 
storm,  than  that  it  rears  a  glittering  2^alace  whose 
shining  spires  and  minarets  topple  in  the  summer's 
breeze.  To  fashion  aright,  to  lift  each  stone  in  place 
can  only  be  done  by  following  out  the  plans  drawn 
by  our  master  builders  here. 

Though  the  routine  work  of  student  days  is  over, 
though  note-books  for  the  time  are  cast  aside,  the 
real  life  study  but  begins.  True,  in  a  measure,  we 
are  no  longer  students ;  no  longer  will  we  grasp 
ideas  with  a  student's  understanding,  but  with  a 
mind  broadened  by  experience  and  researches  of  our 
own.  But  in  every  other  respect  we  must  still  re- 
main the  same,  still  plodding  on,  still  following  out 
the  pursuit  of  science  here  begun.  In  early  practice, 
before  patients  have  begun  to  jostle  each  other,  in 
their  frantic  efforts  to  reach  our  office,  no  day  should 
go  by  without  seeing  some  little  added  to  our  stock 
of  knowledge.  Then  is  the  time  to  cultivate  a  habit; 
then  is  the  time  to  lay  away,  in  well  arranged  order, 
facts,  from  which  in  future  we  may  draw ;  hoarding 
up  a  store  of  information  which  will  stand  us  in  the 
moment  of  emergency,   when  our  every  resource  is 


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strained  to  the  test.  The  best  medical  literature 
should  be  sought  and  carefully  treasured.  He  who  is 
satisfied  to  rest  content  with  what  he  has  gleaned  in  his 
three  years1  course,  will  some  day  awaken  from  hisRip 
Van  Winkle  reverie  to  find  new  forms  standing 
where  he  thought  the  old  should  be.  In  this  pro- 
gressive age,  as  the  book  of  yesterday  is  old  to-day, 
so  the  work  of  to-day  must  make  place  for  that  of 
the  morrow.  No  matter  where  chance  may  place 
a  man,  he  should  have  within  his  reach  the  journals 
of  his  profession,  with  which  he  may  keep  apace 
with  the  theories  and  practices  of  its  leaders,  that 
he  may  utilize  every  fresh  idea ;  not  radically  grasp- 
ing it  by  way  of  experiment  but  following,  proof  by 
proof,  how  it  displaces  what  at  one  time  seemed  in- 
fallible, taking  as  his  word  the  advice  so  well  ex- 
pressed by  Pope : 

"  Be  not  the  first  by  whom  the  new  are  tried 
Nor  yet  the  last  to  lay  the  old  aside." 

Another  opportunity,  which,  when  presented,  no 
one  should  miss,  is  that  of  gaining  admission  to 
active  societies.  I  mean,  not  as  presiding  officer  of 
some  grange  or  charter  member  of  a  village  de- 
baling  club.  These  are  all  good  in  their  way  and 
afford  amusement;  but  let  them  be  subservient 
to  those  which  have  for  their  aim  medical  lore.  Not 
only  is  the  chance  presented  of  interchanging  views 
with  men  who  know  as  much,  or  rather  more  than 
he,  but  the  double  advantage  is  gained  of  forming  a 
closer  acquaintance  with  his  brother  practitioners.  A 
companionship  most  fitting  is  here  established  and 
in  the  future  must  lead  to  good  results.  We  hear  of 
the  ethics  of  the  profession,  and  how  a  man  must  act 
towards  and  in  the  interests  of  bis  patients;  but 
how  often  is  the  point  of  conduct  towards  each 
other  missed!  That  men  are  doctors,  and  live  within 
ten  miles  of  each  other,  should  be  no  reason  for 
the  existence  of  a  state  of  continual  warfare.  That 
by  his  hard  work  a  man  is  overstepping  us,  should 
not  arouse  the  desire  to  drag  him  down  ;  rat  her  it  should 
be  a  stimulus  to  urge  us  on  in  our  endeavors  to  over- 
take and  pass  him  on  the  way.  Let  the  rivalry  be 
an  open  one,  having  at  heart  the  advancement  of  the 
profession.  The  existence  of  such  a  state  of  things 
is  not  an  Utopian  idea,  calling  for  a  return  of  the 
Golden  Age,  but  one  that  can  be  carried  out,  even  in 
this  our  own  bustling  time.  As  we  find  in  nearly 
every  rank  of  life,  men  like  conditioned,  banded  to- 
gether for  the  sake  of  establishing  and  cherishing  a 
fraternal  spirit,  so  surely  in  the  medical  world  a  like 
union  should  exist  between  each  man  and  his 
brethren. 

After  the  consideration  of  what  a  man  owes  him- 
self and  his  colleagues,  he  must  carefully  view  those 


duties  which  he  owes  his  patients.  He  must  recog- 
nize the  relations  existing  and  endeavor  to  fully 
sustain  them.  He  is  entrusted  with  their  inmost 
thoughts  and  secrets.  Morally  he  is  bound  to  guard 
them  as  he  would  his  own  life.  How  often  would  a 
remark  dropped  unwittingly,  add  not  only  to  the 
discomfit,  but  unhappiness  of  him,  whose  confidence 
has  been  won  and  thus  abused.  The  office  should 
be  a  sanctum,  about  which  a  veil  is  drawn  to  shield 
the  sacred  treasures  placed  within.  When  once  the 
curtain  has  been  rent  and  the  interior  thrown  open  to 
the  vulgar  gaze,  then  the  guardian  has  failed  in  his 
trust.  The  intercourse  with  the  patient  should  be 
frank  and  true.  'Tis  only  the  charlatan  who  resorts 
to  subterfuges  to  cover  his  ignorance  and  crime. 
The  physician  arrogates  to  himself  none  of  the 
attributes  of  the  Divinity.  To  create,  to  restore  life 
to  the  dead  are  beyond  his  power.  He  applies  his 
skill  in  helping  nature.  In  watching  the  life  as  it  trem- 
bles in  its  struggle  to  shake  off  some  cruel  foe, 
cheering  it  on  and  sustaining  it  in  its  encounter, 
and  if  in  the  strife  he  keeps  the  savage  jaws  from 
closing  on  some  vital  spot,  therein  he  does  his  part 
and  is  able  to  bear  his  champion,  drooping  though 
it  be,  a  victor  from  the  conflict.  The  closer  a  physi- 
cian puts  himself  in  touch  with  his  patients  the 
sooner  he  disabuses  their  minds  of  the  idea  that  he 
is  shrouded  in  some  occult  science  whose  rights  out- 
rival the  mysteries  of  the  ancient  Druids,  the  sooner 
will  he  establish  himself  in  that  position  where  his 
efforts  will  receive  the  intelligent  co-operation  so 
necessary  in  the  sick  room. 

Besides  this  he  should  carry  with  him  to  the  bed- 
side a  feeling  of  sympathy  and  encouragement, 
not  looking  upon  the  application  of  his  skill  as  a 
machinist  would  upon  the  repairing  of  a  shattered 
engine.  His  coming  should  be  viewed  as  the  ray 
of  sunshine  which  peeps  in  at  some  prison  window, 
calling  the  criminal  from  his  broodings  to  the  con- 
templation of  pleasanter  memories.  The  man  who 
will  not  seek  to  do  this,  and  still  has  a  desire  to  dip 
into  medicine  would  do  well  to  confine  his  efforts  to 
weighing  drugs,  and  measuring  nostrums,  where 
his  work  may  happily  be  crowned  with  success. 
Where  the  one  will  unnerve  the  patient,  stir  up  un- 
rest in  the  heart  of  the  anxious  mother  or  wife,  the 
other  will  soothe  the  sick  man  and  fill  the  troubled 
minds  with  gratitude  and  consolation.  And  where 
cold,  calculating  skill  alone  may  fail,  skill  tempered 
with  moderation  may  bring  about  an  almost  unhoped- 
for result. 

And  now  with  our  duties  lying  before  us,  gather- 
ing about  for  the  last  time  before  we  start  in  their 
fulfillment,  I  am   reminded  of  the  story  one  of  our 


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poets  sings  in  his  Idyls  of  the  king.  He  tells  how  in 
the  ancient  times  King  Arthur  founded  his  Round 
Table.  How  about  him  he  gathered  his  wisest  men 
and  counseled  for  the  good  of  his  nation.  He  sought 
to  raise  his  people  from  their  fallen  state,  and  place 
them  high  among  the  kingdoms  of  the  world.  From 
all  the  land  he  summoned  to  his  court  the  youth 
both  high  and  low.  He  would  stimulate  them  to 
deeds  of  chivalry  and  honor,  and  by  their  example 
teach  the  rest.  To  each  was  assigned  some  task,  to 
show  his  skill,  to  prove  his  worth.  No  glittering 
array,  no  idle  boast  sufficed.  It  was  necessary  to 
assert  by  deed  not  word  his  claim  to  stand  as  cham- 
pion of  the  Round  Table. 

Having  passed  the  ordeal,  having  gained  the 
coveted  spurs  and  belt,  he  was  sent  in  quest  of  the 
Golden  Grail,  that  having  seen  he  might  return  and 
claim  a  seat  beside  his  august  king.  To-day  we  see 
the  legend  taking  form.  King  Arthur  and  his  table 
gird  us  round,  and  we  are  standing,  waiting  to  don 
our  armor  and  start  upon  the  quest.  Three  years 
ago  we  came,  entering  the  lists,  willing  to  undergo 
the  trials,  with  the  hope  of  some  day  being  enrolled 
as  humble  followers  of  a  mighty  band.  Three  years 
have  you  toiled  with  us,  leading  where  no  paths 
seemed  to  lie,  lighting  us  when  all  seemed  dark, 
sustaining  us  when  lagging  on  the  way.  Yours  was 
the  task  to  train  our  every  action  for  the  destined 
end,  to  tit  us  for  our  future  mission  in  the  world. 
This  you  have  done  and  now  you  send  us  forth  upon 
our  conquest,  armed  and  instructed  by  your  untiring 
zeal.  Comrades,  let  us  go  forth  as  Arthur's  knights 
rode  on  to  seek  the  one  great  object  of  their  lives. 
Scattered  as  their  various  courses  lay,  so  may  our 
different  paths  diverge,  but  as  one  common  cause 
was  theirs,  so  let  ours  be.  From  the  very  onset 
difficulties  arose  to  stay  their  strange  pursuit.  Foe- 
men  beset  them,  unknown  lands  threatened  destruc- 
tion. One  by  one  they  fell  from  their  purpose, 
weary  in  body,  doubting  in  mind,  till  of  all  that 
dazzling  cavalcade  one  alone  remained,  remember- 
ing his  pledge  to  see  the  Grail  or  never  more 
return.  So  shall  enemies  beset  us  in  our  march. 
Disease  and  plague  shall  thwart  our  different  plans. 
Though  our  encounters  seem  in  vain,  let  us  hope  on, 
never  hesitating,  never  swerving  from  our  duty, 
always  keeping  in  sight  the  motto  of  our  grand 
calling,  "  Do  good."  Suffering  will  meet  us  on 
every  hand,  and  be  it  in  the  palace  or  the  hut,  there 
should  we  go.  The  same  care,  the  same  watchful- 
ness we  give  the  one  we  must  not  grudge  the  other. 
When  motives  other  than  the  love  of  our  profession 
actuate,  then,  like  the  laggard  knights,  we  will  fail, 
one  by  one,  in  gaining  the  cherished  end.      Setting 


aside  the  temptations  which  may  lure  us  from  it,  let 
us  keep  onward,  helping  each  other  in  his  struggle 
for  success.  Not  the  success  ringing  with  empty 
honors,  but  that  which  awaits  the  man  who  by  his 
faithful  work  sees  others1  griefs  dispelled,  sees 
others'  lives  grow  bright.  When  we  behold  the 
kindly  smile  which  lights  the  face  of  misery  at  our 
every  turn,  then  may  we  think  that  we  have  seen 
the  Golden  Grail.  Then,  and  then  only  may  we 
come  to  claim  the  prize  from  Arthur's  hand.  And 
instead  of  one  Sir  Galahad  appearing,  weary  with 
toil,  may  we  all,  all  return  to  seek  the  place  in 
Arthur's  council. 

Before  presenting  the  diplomas,  Presi- 
dent Hyde  spoke  of  recent  endowments 
which  the  Medical  School  was  to  share 
jointly  with  the  Academic  Department.  He 
said  that  the  new  Scientific  building,  which 
had  just  been  given  to  Bowdoin,  would  fur- 
nish a  chemical  laboratory  for  the  Medical 
students  as  well  as  those  of  the  Academic 
Department. 

The  President  announced  that  the  four 
highest  ranks  were  attained  by  Edward 
Joseph  McDonough,  A.B.,  James  Otis  Lin- 
coln, Frederick  Henry  Eames,  A.B.,  and 
Charles  Francis  Nutter. 

The  following  are  the  members  of  the 
class,  which  is  one  of  the  largest  which  the 
Medical  School  has  ever  graduated : 

Justin  Darius  Ames,  Brunswick,  Me. ;  Charles 
Howard  Bangs,  Limerick,  Me. ;  James  Prentiss 
Blake,  Harrison,  Me. ;  Luther  Grow  Bunker,  Tren- 
ton, Me. ;  John  William  Connellan,  Portland,  Me. ; 
David  Benjamin  Crediford,  Shapleigh,  Me. ;  Russell 
Herbert  Croxford,  A.B.,  East  Dixmont,  Me. ;  Fred- 
erick Henry  Eames,  A.B.,  Manchester,  N.  H. ; 
Salustiano  Fanduiz,  A.B.,  San  Domingo,  W.  I.; 
Roland  Sumner  Gove,  Limington,  Me. ;  Charles 
Franklin  Hamlin,  Otisfield,  Me. ;  Fremont  Lincpln 
Hogan,  Bath,  Me. ;  Samuel  Edmund  Knight,  Stock- 
ton, Cal.;  James  Otis  Lincoln,  Bath,  Me.;  Edward 
Joseph  McDonough,  A.B.,  Portland,  Me.;  Charles 
Francis  Nutter,  Rochester,  N.  H. ;  Charles  Ara 
Palmer,  Bath,  Me. ;  Isaac  Park  Park,  Stockton 
Springs,  Me. ;  Sylvanus  Cobb  Pierpont,  Waldoboro, 
Me. ;  Daniel  Arthur  Plett,  A.B.,  D.V.S.,  Coaticook, 
Quebec,  Can.;  Herbert  Winslow  Robinson,  South 
Windham,  Me. ;  Owen  Percy  Smith,  Cornish,  Me. ; 
Clarence     Augustus     Stetson,     Groveland,     Mass.; 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Eugene  Leslie  Stevens,  A.B.,  North  Troy,  Me.; 
James  Stephen  Sullivan,  Portland,  Me. ;  Albie 
Warren  Sylvester,  Etna,  Me. 

The  class  officers  are  : 

President,  Herbert  Winslovv  Robinson ;  Vice- 
President,  James  Prentiss  Blake ;  Secretary,  David 
Benjamin  Crediford ;  Treasurer,  Roland  Sumner 
Gove;  Orator,  Edward  Joseph  McDonough,  A.B. ; 
Marshal,  Albie  Warren  Sylvester ;  Executive  Com- 
mittee, John  William  Connellan,  Salustiano  Fan- 
duiz,  A.B.,  Charles  Francis  Nutter,  Sylvanus  Cobb 
Pierpont,  Clarence  Augustus  Stetson. 

The  Salem  Cadet  Band  furnished  the 
music  and  again  gave  their  well-known 
repertoire. 

Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  was  held  in  Adams  Hall,  Wednesday, 
at  11  A.M.  The  following  officers  for  the 
coming  year  were  elected : 

President,  Hon.  Henry  Ingalls,  '41;  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Prof.  Henry  L.  Chapman,  '66  ;  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  Prof.  Franklin  C.  Robinson,  73;  Literary 
Committee,  Prof.  G.  T.  Little,  77,  Mr.  Galen  C. 
Moses,  '56,  Rev.  E.  C.  Cummings,  '53,  Mr.  Henry  S. 
Webster,  '67,  Hon.  Herbert  M.  Heath,  72. 

Members  from  '92 : 

H.  C.  Emery,  L.  M.  Fobes,  H.  F.  Linscott,  E.  B. 
Wood,  H.  W.  Kimball,  J.  C.  Hull,  P.  Bartlelt,  R.  F. 
Bartlett,  T.  F.  Nichols,  C.  M.  Pennell,  H.  R.  Gurney, 
J.  M.  Wathen,  C.  S.  Rich,  H.  T.  Field. 

Maine  Historical  Society. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Maine  His- 
torical Society  was  held  Wednesday  fore- 
noon, in  Massachusetts  Hall.  The  chief 
business  transacted  was  a  vote  to  move  the 
collections  of  the  society  from  their  present 
room  in  the  Baxter  Building,  Portland,  to 
Baxter  Hall. 

Alumni   Oration. 

The  oration  before  the  alumni,  Wednes- 
day afternoon,  was  by  Rev.  Henry  T. 
Cheever,  and  was  on  the  "Life,  Cha^cter,  and 


Work  of  George  B.  Cheever."  A  large  and 
appreciative  audience  listened  to  the  elo- 
quent oration  on  one  of  Bowdoin's  greatest 
alumni. 

Commencement  Concert. 

In  the  evening  a  large  crowd  attended 
the  concert  in  Town  Hall.  Myron  Whitney 
and  his  quartette  were  the  chief  attractions. 
The  concert  was  one  of  the  best  ever  given 
here. 

Fraternity   Reunions. 

After  the  Commencement  Concert  the 
various  society  halls  opened  their  doors  to 
the  alumni.  An  enjoyable  evening  was 
passed  in  each  of  the  halls  which  brought  to 
the  memory  of  the  graduates  many  an  inci- 
dent of  their  college  course  in  connection 
with  their  Fraternities. 

The  Alpha  Delta  Phi  celebrated  its 
fiftieth  anniversary.  Frank  L.  Staples,  '89, 
delivered  an  oration.  Hon.  Levi  Turner, 
Jr.,  was  the  orator  for  Theta  Delta  Xi. 

Alumni  Meeting. 

The  Alumni  Association  held  its  annual 
meeting  in  Adams  Hall,  Thursday  morning. 
The  following  committee  on  the  nomination 
of  overseers  was  elected :  Llewellyn  Deane, 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  Arthur  P.  Parker,  Bos- 
ton ;  Dr.  George  H.  Cummings,  Portland. 
The  following  were  elected  a  committee  to 
award  the  Pray  English  prize:  Prof.  C.  C. 
Everett,  Frank  A.  Hill,  Isaac  B.  Choate  of 
Cambridge.  It  was  voted  to  hold  the  next 
meeting  of  the  association  in  Memorial  Hall. 

Meetings  oe  the  Boards  of   Trustees 
and  Overseers. 

Tuesday  afternoon  a  letter  from  Gen. 
Hubbard  was  read  to  the  Boards,  announc- 
ing the  gift  of  a  scientific  building  to  the 
college  by   Mr.    Edward    F.    Searles.      The 


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building  is  to  cost  approximately  160,000. 
At  the  meeting  of  the  Boards,  Wednesday 
forenoon,  the  following  resolution  was  passed 
in  regard  to  the  donation : 

Resolved,  That  the  profound  gratitude  of  Bow- 
doin  College  and  its  alumni  is  due  to  Edward  S. 
Searles  for  his  most  generous  donation  of  a  building 
for  the  scientific  departments  of  the  college,  offered 
in  the  letter  of  General  Thomas  H.  Hubbard  and 
accepted  by  the  concurrent  vote  of  the  Boards.  The 
building  shall  be  designated  and  perpetually  known 
as  the  Mary  F.  S.  Searles  Scientific  Laboratory  of 
Bowdoin  College. 

Hon.  John  L.  Crosby,  Oliver  C.  Stevens, 
and  John  H.  Goodenow,  are  on  the  commit- 
tee to  co-operate  with  Mr.  Searles  in  the 
erection  of  the  building. 

Ten  thousand  dollars  was  voted  for  the 
improvement  of  the  dormitories.  Two  dwell- 
ing houses  were  authorized  to  be  erected  for 
professors.  Prof.  Henry  Johnson  was  elected 
curator  of  the  art  collection.  Gen.  Cham- 
berlain and  Judge  Putnam  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  make  arrangements  for  the 
centenary  celebration.  It  was  voted  to 
admit  candidates  to  college  on  certificates 
from  approved  schools. 

Prof.  Lawton's  resignation  from  the  Latin 
chair  was  accepted.  John  F.  Thompson, 
M.D.,  was  elected  Lecturer  on  Diseases  of 
Women.  Willis  B.  Moulton,  M.D.,  was 
elected  Clinical  Instructor  for  one  year  of 
Diseases  of  the  Eye  and  Ear.  Arthur  R. 
Moulton,  M.D.,  was  elected  instructor  in 
Mental  Diseases. 

Thursday,  Hon.  Charles  F.  Libby  was 
elected  President  of  the  Overseers.  Hon. 
Henry  Ingalls  was  elected  an  overseer,  to  fill 
the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  George 
E.  B.  Jackson.  It  was  voted  to  employ  a 
competent  sanitary  engineer  to  lay  out  a 
proper  system  of  sewerage  for  the  college 
buildings.  The  finance  committee  was 
requested  to  take  into  consideration  the 
expediency  of  erecting  a  central  heating 
station. 


Commencement  Exercises. 
At  10.30  Thursday  forenoon  the  proces- 
sion formed  in  front  of  the  chapel  and, 
headed  by  the  band,  proceeded  by  the  central 
path  and  down  the  street  to  the  church. 
Here  the  Commencementexercises  were  held. 
The  following  is  the  programme: 

MUSIC. — PRAYER. — MUSIC. 

V*  Four  members  of  the  class,  Messrs.  Emery,  Fobes,  Linscott, 
and  Wood,  were  by  rank,  equally  entitled  to  the  Salutatory; 
among  these  it  fell  to  Mr.  Wood  by  lot. 

The  Revelation  of  God ;  with  Latin  Salutatory. 

Earl  Boynton  Wood,  Bangor. 
Restriction  of  Immigration. 

*Roy  Fairfield  Bartlett,  Caribou. 
Loyalty  to  Principle,  the  True  Element  of  Reform. 

John  Carpenter  Hull,  Woodfords. 
Russian  Advance  into  Central  Asia. 

Charles  Selwyn  Rich,  Portland. 

MUSIC. 

Should  Young  Men  go  into  Politics  ? 

Henry  Crosby  Emery,  Ellsworth. 
The  Christ  in  Histoiw. 

Harry  Woods  Kimball,  Woodfords. 
The  Electric  Railway. 

Leon  Melcher  Fobes,  Portland. 
Some  Aspects  of  American  Journalism. 

Percy  Bartlett,  Ellsworth. 

MUSIC 

Preservation  of  the  New  England  Town. 

Fred  Vincent  Gummer,  Brunswick. 
Qualifications  Essential  to  Success. 

*Charles  Melvin  Pennell,  North  Harpswell. 
Conservative  and  Radical. 

Thomas  Flint  Nichols,  Brunswick. 
The  Spirit  of  American  Scholarship. 

Harry  Farrar  Linscott,  Chicago,  111. 

MUSIC. 

CONFERRING    OF   DEGREES. 

PRAYER. 

BENEDICTION. 

*  Excused. 

Below  are  the  honorary  appointments  for 
the  Class  of '92: 


SALUTATORY   ORATIONS. 


Henry  Crosby  Emery, 
Leon  Melcher  Fobes, 
Harry  Farrar  Linscott, 
Earl  Boynton  Wood, 


Ellsworth. 

Portland. 

Chicago,  111. 

Bangor. 


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KNOUSII    ORATIONS. 


Percy  Bartlett, 
John  Carpenter  Hull, 
Harry  Woods  Kimball, 


Ellsworth. 
Woodfords. 
Woodibrds. 


PHILOSOPHICAL    DISQUISITIONS. 


Roy  Fairfield  Bartlett, 
Herbert  Toby  Field, 
Herbert  Reed  Gurney, 
Thomas  Flint  Nichols, 
Charles  Melvin  Pennell, 
Charles  Sehvyn  Rich, 
John  Moss  Wathen, 


Caribou. 

Belfast. 

Whitman,  Mass. 

Brunswick. 

North  Harps  well. 

Portland. 

Fredericton,  N.  B. 


LITERARY   DISQUISITIONS. 


Samuel  Belcher  Abbott, 
Thomas  Henry  Gately,  Jr., 
Fred  Vincent  Gummer, 
Will  Osmar  Hersey, 
William  Beaman  Kenniston, 
Theodore  Studley  Lazell, 
Alfred  Mitchell  Merriman, 
James  David  Merriman, 
Howard  Wellington  Poore, 
Everett  Alberton  Pugsley, 
Winfield  Scott  Randall, 
Ernest  Boyen  young, 

DISQUISITIONS. 

Joel  Bean,  Jr., 
George  Downes, 
Frank  Durgin, 
Lyman  Kingman  Lee, 
Roland  William  Mann, 
Ervine  Dewey  Osborne, 
Samuel  Leon  Parcher, 
Harold  Robinson  Smith, 
Clinton  Stacy, 
Frederick  George  Sweet, 
Edward  Haven  Wilson, 

DISCUSSIONS. 
Frank  Howard  Cothren, 
John  Fernald  Hodgdon, 

Honors  in  French — Leon  Melcher  Fobes. 

Honors  in  Latin — Percy  Bartlett,  Fred  Vincent 
Gummer,  Earl  Boynton  Wood. 

Honors  in  English  Literature — Harry  Woods  Kim- 
ball. 

The  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  was  con- 
ferred on  the  following : 

Stephen  Melville  Eaton,  '55  ;  Emerson  L.  Adams  ; 
Lincoln  J.  Bodge,  John  R.  Clark,  Wallace  S.  Elden, 


Farmington. 

Portland. 

Brunswick. 

Pembroke. 

Boothbay  Harbor. 

Rockland. 

North  Harps  well. 

Litchfield. 

South  Bridgton. 

Rochester,  N.  H. 

West  Harpswell. 

Brunswick. 


Presque  Isle. 

Calais. 

Cornish. 

Foxcroft. 

Bangor. 

Gorham. 

Biddeford. 

North  Whitefield. 

Kezar  Falls. 

Bangor. 

Denmark. 


Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
South  Berwick. 


William  M.  Emery,  George  T.  Files,  Sanford  L. 
Fogg,  Frederick  W.  Freeman,  Wilbur  D.  Gilpatrick, 
George  W.  Hayes,  Charles  F.  Hersey,  Fremont  J. 
C.  Little,  Ferdinand  J.  Libby,  Frank  Lynatn,  Earle 
A.  Merrill,  Albert  E.  Neal,  Daniel  E.  Owen,  John 
M.  Phelan,  Mervyn  A.  Rice,  Oscar  L.  Rideout,  George 
L.  Rogers,  Fred  C.  Russell,  Orrin  R.  Smith,  Frank 
L.  Staples,  George  Thwing,  Oliver  P.  Watts,  Verdeil 
O.  White,  '89;  James  W.  McDonald, '67 ;  Phillip  G. 
Brown,  Albert  Somes,  77;  Warren  F.  Bickford,  '72; 
Herbert  E.  Cole,  '83;  Frank  K.  Linscotl,  Howard  L. 
Shaw,  Joseph  Williamson,  Jr.,  '88.  Albion  Dwight 
Gray,  and  Henry  Eastman  Cutts,  '92,  were  given  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  pro  merito. 

The  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  was  con- 
ferred on  John  Franklin  Hall,  '78,  and  Wal- 
ton  Willis  Poor,  '91. 

The  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divin- 
ity was  conferred  on  Rev.  Henry  T.  Cheever, 
of  Worcester,  Mass. 

The  Goodwin  Commencement  prize  for 
the  best  written  part  was  awarded  to  Charles 
S.  Rich,  of  Portland. 

Alumni  Dinner. 

After  the  Commencement  exercises  the 
procession  was  formed  in  front  of  the  church, 
and  lead  by  President  McKeen  of  the  alumni 
it  marched  to  the  Gymnasium,  where  the 
dinner  was  served  by  Robinson  the  caterer. 
Blessing  was  asked  by  Rev.  Egbert  C. 
Smythe.  After  the  dinner  President  Hyde 
called  upon  Mr.  Thomas,  of  the  class  of  '41, 
to  line  off  the  old  college  hymn.  When 
this  had  been  sung,  President  Hyde  spoke 
as    follows  : 

Gentlemen  of  the  Alumni, — It  is  a  pleasure  to 
welcome  you  back  to  the  old  college  at  all  times, 
but  never  were  we  more  glad  to  welcome  you,  and, 
I  am  sure  never  were  you  more  glad  to  come,  than 
to  this  Commencement.  There  are  represented  here 
to-day  sixty-seven  years.  The  gentleman  who  was 
sitting  at  my  left,  and  who  has  but  just  left  us  (Ex- 
Senator  Bradbury),  only  a  few  moments  ago  told  me 
that  his  first  acquaintance  with  Bowdoin  College  was 
seventy  years  ago  this  very  Commencement  season, 
when  he  came  up  the  street — there  was  no  station  to 
come  to  then — and  entered  the  church  and  heard  Judge 
Appleton  delivering  his  Commencement  oration.    We 


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have  here  also,  I  am  happy  to  say,  a  large  number 
of  the  younger  alumni,  and  we  shall  hear  from  their 
representatives. 

When  the  college  was  selecting  the  site  of  the 
new  observatory  we  found  a  row  of  neat  and 
comely  grave-stones.  We  did  not  know  what  it 
might  mean.  We  hesitated  to  disturb  the  bones 
that  might  lie  under  them.  Each  of  these  grave- 
stones bore  the  inscription  :  "Anna."  It  was  diffi- 
cult for  us  to  comprehend  who  this  person  might  be. 
We  thought,  enshrined  as  she  was  in  the  affections  of 
so  many  successive  classes,  that  she  must  have  been 
some  college  widow  of  days  gone  by  [Laughter], 
but  when  a  knowing  alumnus  suggested  that  "Anna" 
was  a  pet  name  for  analytical  geometry,  we  went  on 
without  scruple  and  disturbed  her  tomb,  and  now 
you  see  the  observatory  upon  the  site.  As  you  come 
back  to  the  old  college,  many  memories  that  are 
enshrined  in  your  affections  will  find  no  counterpart 
upon  the  campus,  and  yet  I  believe  that  for  every  old 
custom  and  old  institution  that  you  miss  you  will  find 
a  new,  if  not  a  better,  custom  and  institution  has 
taken  its  place.  We  have  the  old,  rounded,  symmet- 
rical classical  education,  and  at  the  same  time  we 
try  to  impart  it  by  modern  methods.  We  have  the 
same  loyalty,  and  religion,  and  Christianity  which 
characterized  the  early  days  of  the  college,  and  yet 
we  endeavor  to  teach  these  things  with  due  regard, 
and  in  fair  adjustment  to  the  conclusions  of  modern 
scientific  and  critical  inquiry.  We  have  the  old 
academic  freedom  that  you  all  enjoyed,  and  yet  we 
strive  to  restrain  the  overflowing  animal  spirits  that 
crop  out  in  Sophomore  year,  within  the  limits  of 
gentlemanly  behavior. 

We  have  many  things  to  be  thankful  for.  This, 
indeed,  has  in  that  respect  been  a  leap  year  in  the 
history  of  the  college.  Each  term  has  been  marked 
with  a  new  benefaction.  As  we.  came  back  in 
the  fall  term  to  begin  our  work,  we  were  greeted 
by  the  announcement  of  the  Walker  Art  Build- 
ing. [Applause.]  That  building,  whose  founda- 
tion you  see  already  in  process  of  erection,  is  a 
building  which  bids  fair  to  be  the  finest  in  the  State, 
and  will  have  no  superior  for  its  purposes  any- 
where. That  building  was  a  prime  object  of  Mr. 
Walker,  and  has  been  a  cherished  purpose  in  the 
plans  of  his  nieces.  They  have  traveled  in  foreign 
countries,  have  studied  the  architecture  of  such 
buildings  there,  and  have  selected  the  best  architects 
they  could  secure  in  this  country.  Together  they 
have  planned  a  building  which,  as  your  committee 
were  agreed,  when  they  saw  the  finished  plans  and 
sketch,  will  be  itself  a  work  of  art,  and  will  be 
worthy  to  receive  the  gifts  of  portraits  and  statuary 


which  may  come  to  it  for  generations  to  come.  It  is 
a  noble  monument  by  devoted  nieces  to  a  noble  man. 
When  we  came  back  to  the  winter  term,  the  first  of 
January,  our  hearts  were  encouraged  by  news  from 
California  of  the  Garcelon  bequest.  The  treasurer  at 
once,  after  consulting  with  the  legal  members  of  the 
Boards  here,  went  to  California  and  informed  him- 
self accurately  and  minutely  concerning  all  the  legal 
questions,  and  the  status  of  all  the  investments, 
securities,  and  real  estate  held  there,  and  selected 
lawyers  who  carefully  looked  after  our  interests  in 
every  way.  The  Boards  met  at  once  and  ratified 
the  plans  which  were  proposed  there,  and  to-day  we 
are  able  to  say  that  the  case  is  in  just  that  condition 
in  which  every  friend  of  the  college  wishes  it  to  be. 
[Applause.] 

Coming  to  the  spring  term,  we  felt  that  these 
large  additions  in  the  way  of  beautifying  the 
campus  and  of  making  possible  improvements  in 
the  course  of  instruction,  at  length  warranted  us  in 
presenting  to  the  public  and  to  our  friends  a  claim 
which  we  had  long  felt,  but  had  not  thought  it  wise 
to  press  until  perhaps  more  urgent  matters  were 
attended  to.  We  felt  that  the  maintenance  of  the 
teaching  force  and  the  increase  of  the  teaching  fund 
was  necessary.  But  as  these  things  seemed  to  be 
not  far  distant,  we  consulted  together,  the  heads 
of  the  scientific  departments  made  reports,  and 
on  the  tenth  day  of  June  we  presented  to  the 
visiting  committee  of  the  college  our  feeling  of  the 
urgent  need  of  a  scientific  building.  That  was  on 
the  tenth  of  this  month.  On  the  seventeenth  it  was 
given  to  the  public,  and  some  good  friends  of  the 
college  have  called  me  to  account  for  stating  too 
publicly  the  urgent  needs  of  the  institution,  feeling 
that  students  might  be  deterred  from  coming  to  an 
institution  that  was  in  such  sad  lack  of  the  necessities 
for  scientific  training.  However,  that  was  given  to 
the  public  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  June,  and  on 
the  twenty-first,  the  chairman  of  the  visiting  commit- 
tee, to  whom  the  statement  was  first  made,  came  to 
us  and  announced  that  he  was  authorized  to  offer  to 
the  college  from  Mr.  Edward  F.  Searles  $60,000,  more 
or  less,  for  the  purpose  in  question.  Of  the  way  in 
which  this  building  fits  into  our  work  and  meets  our 
needs,  a  member  of  the  Faculty  will  speak  later.  I 
wish  only  to  say  that  this  gift  is  especially  gratifying 
because  of  its  evidence  that  the  gifts  we  have  received 
are  not  discouraging  others.  Some  one  has  said  that 
the  needs  of  an  institution  of  learning  increase  as 
the  square  of  its  resources.  Certainly  its  capacity 
for  usefulness  increases  with  the  square  of  its 
resources.  Every  new  gift  is  multiplied  by  all  the 
gifts  that  have  gone  before.     It  is  a  noble  thing  to 


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give  money  to  an  institution  to  save  it  from  bank- 
ruptcy when  it  is  just  struggling  along  for  mere 
existence.  Bowdoin  College  has  been  grateful  for 
many  such  gifts.  But  men  who  are  looking  for 
places  to  invest  their  money  in  educational  work,  if 
they  are  wise,  as  such  men  are  apt  to  be,  will  see 
that  the  more  an  institution  has,  the  more  it  can  do 
with  what  is  given  to  it.  Bowdoin  College  no  longer 
appeals  for  the  necessities  of  giving  some  kind  of  an 
education  to  men.  That  is  insured  already.  This 
college  will  never  be  closed  for  lack  of  funds.  We 
trust  that  our  friends  will  see  to  it  that  now  that  it  is 
insured  that  we  shall  be  a  college,  it  shall  be  as 
good  a  college  of  its  kind  as  can  be  found  anywhere 
in  the  world. 

The  only  change  in  the  permanent  corps  of 
instruction  this  year  is  occasioned  by  the  resigna- 
tion of  the  Professor  in  Latin.  That  was  com- 
municated in  private  to  us  something  like  a 
month  ago.  From  that  time  to  this  we  have  been 
busy  investigating  and  inquiring  at  every  centre 
where  promising  teachers  of  that  language  could  be 
found.  Many  candidates  have  been  considered,  and 
for  one  reason  or  another  rejected.  One  man  among 
the  number  developed  greater  strength  the  more  his 
history  and  record  were  investigated.  This  gentle- 
man has  so  conducted  himself  in  the  past  that  from 
all  our  numerous  sources  of  inquiry  not  one  unfavor- 
able word  has  come.  Professor  W.  A.  Houghton 
was  graduated  from  Phillips  Andover  Academy  in 
1869,  and  from  Yale  in  1873.  For  two  years  after 
graduation  he  was  principal  of  the  preparatory 
department  of  Olivet  College  and  instructor  in  Latin 
in  the  college.  He  was  tutor  in  Latin  at  Yale  for  a 
year.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  went  to  teach  the 
English  language  and  literature  in  the  Imperial 
University  at  Tokio,  Japan.  This  position,  which  he 
was  called  to  for  three  years  he  occupied  for  five 
years,  and  then,  returning  home,  spent  a  year  in 
Germany  in  the  study  of  Latin,  at  the  University  of 
Berlin.  He  was  then  called  to  the  chair  of  Latin  in 
the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York,  but  for 
family  reasons  found  it  impracticable  to  accept  that 
position.  He  accepted  a  position  as  Professor  of  the 
English  language  and  literature.  After  the  Profes- 
sor of  Latin  became  infirm,  the  instruction  in  Latin 
was  practically  handed  over  to  him,  and  for  the  last 
three  years  he  has  taught  all  the  undergraduate  and 
graduate  work  in  that  institution.  There  are,  as  I 
have  said,  personal  family  reasons,  which  in  no  way 
reflect  upon  him,  which  render  it  unpleasant  for  him 
to  remain  in  that  institution.  He  had  already 
resigned,  and  we  consider  ourselves  extremely  fort- 
unate in  securing  to  our  Latin  chair  a  man  who  has 


had  fifteen  or  more  years  of  successful  experience  in 
teaching — in  Latin  more  especially  who  has  had  the 
advantage  of  studying  in  one  of  the  best  universities 
in  Germany,  and  has  also  taken  his  degree  in  Yale 
University  in  this  subject.  We  feel  that  he  will 
bring  to  us  a  successful  experience,  and  a  gentle- 
manly and  courteous  temperament  and  manner, 
which  will  make  him  beloved  by  Faculty  and  stu- 
dents here. 

We  feel  that  there  is  no  reason  now  why  the 
progress  of  this  college  should  not  be  sure  and 
steady.  We  draw  our  students  from  the  farms  and 
villages — from  the  towns  and  cities  of  the  good  old 
State  of  Maine,  and  no  stronger,  sturdier,  more 
upright  young  men  can  be  found  than  those  who 
come  to  us  from  year  to  year.  We  have  a  Faculty, 
young,  enthusiastic,  devoted,  earnestly  identi- 
fied with  the  interests  of  the  college  and  with  the 
interests  of  the  young  men  who  come  here  to  study. 
The  lack  of  buildings  has  been  our  great  defect,  but 
these  munificent  gilts  which  have  come  to  us  within 
the  year,  place  us  on  an  equal  footing  in  that  respect, 
with  any  institution  of  our  size.  One  department 
remains  to  be  strengthened  and  developed.  Our 
library  has  a  magnificent  equipment  of  valuable 
books,  handed  down  from  the  past.  It  is  ably 
administered  to-day.  The  maximum  of  usefulness 
and  efficiency  is  secured  there  now  at  a  minimum  of 
cost,  and  it  only  remains  for  that  library  to  be 
endowed  with  $50,000  or  $100,000,  to  make  it  one 
of  the  most  useful  and  efficient  members  of  the 
college.  And  we  believe  that  this  stream  of  bene- 
faction which  has  been  turned  toward  us,  will  very 
soon  divert  itself  in  that  direction  and  make  good 
that  last  of  our  urgent  and  pressing  needs  at  the 
present  time.  [Applause.]  We  hope,  of  course, 
before  long,  to  increase  our  teaching  force.  There 
are  departments  which  need  to  be  specialized  and 
developed.  The  scientific  professors  have  more 
ground  to  cover  than  is  wise  to  require  of  them.  The 
branch  of  Sociology  should  be  separated  from  that 
of  History.  Elocution  and  Rhetoric  should  receive 
more  recognition,  and  I  am  hajspy  to  say  that  there 
is  some  provision  in  sight  for  the  accomplishment  of 
that  end.  But  these  things  will  come  in  the  natural 
growth  of  the  college.  The  Garcelon  bequest,  and 
the  express  wishes  of  the  donors,  will  make  it  pos- 
sible for  us  to  enable  worthy  students  of  slender 
means  to  complete  their  course  without  being  obliged 
to  go  out  to  teach  during  the  winter.  But  you  do 
not  wish  to  hear  from  me.  You  wish  to  hear  from 
each  other,  and  from  those  who  represent  the 
governing  boards  of  the  college. 

The    President   then    called   upon    Gen. 


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Thomas  H.  Hubbard  of  '57,  chairman  of  the 
Trustees,  who  was  given  a  most  enthusiastic 
reception,  as  he  arose  to  speak. 

General  Hubbard : 

Mr.  President,  and  Brother  Graduates, — The  ap- 
plause is  quite  disproportionate  to  the  merits  of  the 
recipient.  I  take  it,  it  is  elicited  not  by  the  recipient, 
but  by  the  pleasant  and  cordial  remarks  of  our  Presi- 
dent. I  am  asked  to  speak  for  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
When  one  speaks  of  a  trustee,  the  mind  immediately 
reverts  to  the  trust  behind  it,  as  every  trustee  implies 
a  trust.  It  is  a  hazardous,  and  somewhat  odious 
thing  for  any  man  now  to  speak  in  favor  of  trusts 
[Laughter.]  We  have  recently  announced  the  new 
doctrine,  or  the  old  revived  doctrine,  that  public 
office  is  a  public  trust.  I  observe  also  that  each  of 
the  leading  political  parties  has  incorporated  in  its 
platform  a  denunciation  of  trusts,  and  in  addressing 
you  I  am  not  quite  sure  that  the  strictures  applied  in 
those  platforms  do  not  reach  the  board  which  I  now 
am  asked  to  represent.  The  Board  of  Trustees  has 
not,  however,  been  terrified  by  these  denunciations, 
nor  has  it  been  terrified  by  the  surveillance  and 
supervision  of  that  other  Board  of  forty-five  young 
gentlemen  whose  duty  it  is  to  watch  the  Trustees 
and  see  that  they  perform  their  duty  in  the  proper  way. 
In  fact,  it  is  by  the  cordial  co-operation  of  those 
Boar  ds  and  the  cordial  co-operation  of  the  Faculty 
of  instruction  with  both  Boards,  that  the  three  to- 
gether are  able  to  carry  out  the  purpose  prescribed 
in  the  charter  of  the  college,  which  says  that  (nam- 
ing the  parties)  are  made  a  corporation  for  the  pur- 
pose of  instructing  youth.  In  the  few  words  that  1 
have  to  say,  I  wish  to  emphasize  the  importance  of 
that  prerogative,    and  of  that  duty. 

I  know  it  is  thought  that  college  education  is  not 
always  a  practical  education.  But  what  can  be  more 
practical  than  the  question  of  education  when  viewed 
in  the  light  in  which  we  view  it,  and  when  given  in  the 
way  that  this  college  Faculty  gives  it?  I  think  it 
should  be  iterated  and  reiterated  that  the  important 
thing  is  education.  That  is  a  trite  saying.  I  mean 
in  this  sense  :  the  important  thing  is  education,  be- 
cause nearly  all  the  ills  of  human  life  would  be 
ameliorated,  if  the  whole  race  were  a  race  of  edu- 
cated men.  I  am  sure  the  addresses  we  have  heard 
to-day  from  the  graduating  class,  the  subjects  chosen, 
the  method  of  treatment,  the  scope  of  thought  which 
is  indicated  by  the  addresses,  show  that  the  men 
educated  here  are  practical  men,  who  are  going  out 
in  life  to  do  the  work  which  others,  perhaps,  have 
failed  to  do.  It  is  difficult,  in  fact  impossible,  to  correct 
abuses  and  to  remove  vices  by  attacking  the  matured 


vice  or  matured  abuse.  Each  man  is  interested 
according  to  his  own  hobby  in  enlisting  all  the  young 
men  in  some  special  reform,  but  if  the  attention  of 
all  the  young  men  could  be  turned  to  the  subject  of 
education,  that  would  be  the  most  efficient  method  of 
administering  charities,  and  the  best  way  to  correct 
abuses.  Attacking  matured  vice  is  very  much  like 
cutting  off  the  top  of  witcli  grass;  cut  oft'  the  top, 
and  it  only  seems  to  encourage  the  root.  There  is 
no  way  in  which  to  get  rid  of  it  except  by  rooting 
it  out.  So  with  matured  vice  and  evil.  Unless  you 
begin  at  the  bottom  and  send  out  men  who  are  free 
from  thoughts  of  vice — with  high  purpose,  with 
good  intelligence,  with  correct  ideas, — there  is  no 
such  thing  as  eradicating  vice.  The  supply  must 
always  come  from  the  bottom,  and  the  way  to  cut  oft* 
the  supply  is  to  give  proper  education  to  the  young 
men,  as  this  college,  I  am  sure,  is  doing. 

We  often  speak,  and  hear  others  speak,  of  the 
great  prospects  of  this  country.  It  is  a  favorite 
subject  of  American  oratory.  Speakers  say:  "  Con- 
sider the  great  advances  of  the  country  in  the  last 
twenty,  thirty,  or  fifty  years.  Consider  what  we  shall 
be  fifty  years  hence."  That  is  a  subject  for  thought, 
but  it  always  suggests  this  thought:  that  a  country 
amounts  to  just  as  much  as  the  men  in  it  amount  to. 
I  do  not  care  for  the  progress  in  wealth,  I  do  not 
care  for  the  progress  in  scientific  developments, 
provided  the  country  that  has  them,  is  to  be  occupied 
by  a  set  of  wicked  or  vicious  men.  No  matter  what 
the  advances  of  the  country  in  wealth,  no  matter 
what  its  growth,  it  is  just  what  the  men  in  it  make  it, 
and  the  only  way  to  fill  it  up  with  good  men  is  to 
have  men  properly  educated,  and  by  that  I  mean 
educated  all  around,  as  I  think  the  boys  here  are 
being  educated.  Gentlemen,  I  thank  you.  [Ap- 
plause.] 

President  Hyde : 

There  is  one  gentleman  present  who  has  ad- 
ministered public  office  as  a  public  trust  with  such  em- 
inentsuccess  that  he  has  been  promoted  from  the  office 
of  President  of  the  State  Senate  to  the  Presidency 
of  that  Board  which  superintends  and  overlooks  the 
Board  of  Trustees  —  Hon.  Charles  F.  Libby,  the 
newly  elected  President  of  the  Board  of  Overseers. 

Mr.  Libby : 

Mr.  President,  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Alumni, — 
I  regret  to  say  that  I  have  returned  from  a  recent 
trip  to  Minneapolis  in  such  a  disabled  condition  that 
I  am  not  able  adequately  to  voice  the  sentiments  of 
joy  and  gladness  with  which  every  loyal  son  of 
Bowdoin  must  contemplate  the  present  condition  and 
future  prospects   of  our  Alma  Mater.     We   receive 


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these  benefactions  which  have  poured  in  upon  us, 
during  the  past  year,  with  grateful  hearts  as  a  not 
undeserved  tribute  to  the  spirit  and  teaching  of  this 
college,  whose  history  is  written  in  the  lives  of  its 
graduates.  The  usefulness  of  a  college  is  not 
measured  by  the  number  of  its  graduates,  but  by 
the  ability  of  its  sons,  and,  measured  by  that  standard, 
Bowdoin  College  has  never  stood,  and,  I  believe 
never  will,  in  the  second  ranks.  Times  have 
changed,  however,  since  nearly  a  century  ago  this 
institution  of  learning  was  planted  in  the  sparsely 
settled  district  of  Maine.  Education  does  not  mean 
now  what  it  meant  then.  The  practical  equipment 
for  a  busy  life  now  takes  in  much  that  was  substan- 
tially unknown  twenty-five  years  ago.  The  horizon 
has  been  extended,  and  institutions  must  respond  to 
the  wants  of  each  generation,  or  lose  their  hold  and 
influence.  I  am  happy  to  state  that  Bowdoin  never 
was  so  well  equipped  for  the  work  as  to-day.  Never, 
I  believe,  has  the  enthusiasm,  earnestness,  and  sin- 
cei'ity  of  those  whe  have  her  interests  in  charge, 
whether  as  Faculty  or  governing  Boards,  been  so 
directed  to  one  end,  and  that  is  to  give  to  the  young 
men,  who  come  within  her  walls,  the  best  training 
and  the  best  education,  that  we  know  how  to  give, 
to  fit  them  well  and  nobly  to  fulfill  their  part  in  life. 
What  every  college  needs  is  the  loyal  support  of  her 
alumni,  and  that,  I  feel  sure,  Bowdoin  College  will 
have.     [Applause.] 

The  President  then  read  a  letter  of  re- 
gret from  Governor  Burleigh. 

The  next  speaker  was  James  McKeen, 
Esq.,  of  New  York,  President  of  the  Alumni 
Association.     He  said : 

Mr.  President, — I  observe  here  so  many  of  our 
alumni  who  are  better  able  to  speak  for  themselves 
than  I  am  to  speak  for  them,  that  I  am  admonished 
to  be  brief.  I  have  little  more  to  say,  sir,  officially, 
than  to  tender  you,  upon  behalf  of  the  alumni,  our 
gratitude  and  congratulations  upon  your  successful 
administration  of  the  college  during  the  years  of 
your  presidency.  [Great  applause.]  At  that  famous 
anniversary  of  the  college  which  commemorated  the 
fiftieth  graduation  of  the  class  of  '25,  one  somewhat 
cynical  son  of  Bowdoin,  tired  of  the  entirety  of 
praises,  suggested  that  it  was  time  to  endow  a 
professorship  here  of  diffidence.  In  fact,  he  went 
so  far  as  to  express  the  opinion  that  if  possible  it 
would  be  a  happy  thing  to  have  all  the  members  of 
that  class  speedily  promoted  to  the  starry  regions  of 
the  asterisks  in  the  triennial.  I  can  by  no  means 
subscribe  to  that  sentiment.     It  gives  me  the  greatest 


joy  that  we  can  still  salute  living  some  members  of 
that  famous  class.  [The  speaker  then  alluded  to 
Senator  Bradbury  and  Horatio  Bridge,  members  of 
the  class  of  '25,  adding  that  he  did  not  think  we 
needed  to  endow  a  professorship  of  diffidence.]  We 
came  here  to  shout  for  Bowdoin  College.  I  believe 
in  it.  [Applause.]  Mr.  President,  you  possibly 
remember  the  boy  who  on  his  entrance  examination 
here  was  asked  to  render  the  Latin  proverb:  "  De 
mortuis  nil  nisi  bonum."  He  presently  stammered 
out  this  translation:  "There  is  nothing  left  of  dead 
men  but  bones."  [Laughter.]  I  never  entirely  sub- 
scribed to  that  Latin  motto,  much  less  to  the  trans- 
lation, but  I  do  thoroughly  believe  in  praise  on  the 
part  of  the  alumni  on  these  occasions,  not  only  of 
the  illustrious  dead,  but  of  the  active  men  who  are 
working  for  the  college.  I  had  the  pleasure  a  year 
ago  of  standing  on  the  dock  at  Brooklyn  when  that 
little  whaling  propeller  carried  away  an  Arctic 
explorer,  accompanied  by  his  heroic  wife,  [great 
applause]  and  I  am  happy  to  testify  that  the  last 
words  on  the  lips  of  Lieutenant  Peary  were  his  Alma 
Mater's  name.  [Applause.]  I  have  great  faith 
that  just  as  last  year  the  banner  of  Bowdoin  College 
was  carried  to  the  almost  forgotten  recesses  of  Lab- 
rador, [applause]  so  in  this  coming  fall  will  it  float 
on  the  loftiest  and  most  northern  of  "Greeland's  icy 
mountains."  [The  speaker  added  that  while  it  was 
well  to  boast  of  our  achievements,  we  must  bear  in 
mind  that  those  achievements  were  not  always  in 
times  of  prosperity  and  fair  weather,  and  that  quiet 
work  was  a  most  important  factor  in  our  success. 
In  closing,  he  indorsed  this  sentiment  of  the  lordly 
laureate  :  "  To  him  that  works,  and  knows  he  works, 
the  golden  year  is  always  at  the  door."] 

Rev.  William  L.  Hyde,  of  the  class  of 
'42,  was  next  called  upon,  and  spoke  as 
follows : 

Mr.  President,  and  Brethren  of  the  Alumni, — It  is 
a  matter  of  extreme  gratification  that  I  am  permitted 
to  come  here,  as  I  suppose,  to  celebrate  the  silver 
wedding  of  the  class  of  '42  ;  but  I  am  here,  and  find 
myself,  in  the  language  of  the  old  song,  "Like  one 
who  treads  alone  "  not  "  some  banquet  hall  deserted,'" 
for  this  is  too  lively  a  scene  altogether,  but  treads 
alone  where  '42  ought  to  be,  and  instead  of  a  silver 
wedding,  I  am  like  an  old  bachelor  wandering  about 
here,  knowing  hardly  any  one.  But  I  have  never 
accosted  one  of  these  bright  young  men  on  the 
campus  but  to  be  met  with  a  smile  and  a  cheerful 
word  and  full  information  of  whatever  1  desired  to 
ask,  and  to  be  surrounded  with  so  much  young  life 
quickens  the  feelings  of  an  old  man  like  myself  and 


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makes  me  rejoice  that  while  we  are  passing  off,  the 
college  is  still  giving  forth  to  the  country  and  to  the 
world  so  much  of  fresh  knowledge  and  power  every 
year. 

The  class  of  '42  was  a  small  class,  the  last  which 
entered  under  the  administration  of  President  Allen. 
My  class  graduated  29,  all  of  whom  but  10  have 
passed  away,  and  of  some  of  those  10  nothing  is 
known.  The  college  is  in  a  prosperous  condition. 
I  was  delighted  with  the  appearance  of  the  young 
men  on  the  stage  this  morning,  both  in  the  themes 
treated  and  the  manner  of  their  treatment,  and  the 
manly  declamation  of  the  class.  In  regard  to  the 
prosperity  of  the  college,  I  must  attribute  it  very 
largely  to  the  marked  precocity  of  your  President,  if 
I  have  been  rightly  informed.  I  read  in  the  June 
Forum,  with  great  interest,  the  presentation  the 
President  has  made  there  of  the  religions  condition 
of  the  country  towns  in  Maine  as  affected  by  our 
extremely  sectarian  Christianity.  I  was  delighted 
with  the  article,  and  turned  over  to  the  back  part 
where  a  little  account  is  given  of  the  various  writers. 
There  I  found  his  name  and  place  of  birth,  and  it 
said,  "  Born  1858 ;  graduated  at  Harvard  1859 
[great  laughter]  ;  at  Andover  1861."  [Laughter.] 
1  do  not  wonder  that  the  college  is  prosperous.  I 
only  wonder  that  it  has  not  sprung  up  a  university 
at  once.  It  reminds  me  of  a  story  that  they  tell 
about  Chautauqua,  near  which  I  live.  A  friend  asked 
a  gentleman  what  he  thought  of  Chautauqua.  =•"  Oh, 
it  is  a  great  institution — big  university,  I  tell  you. 
My  son  Sam  is  ten  years  old,  and  he  has  been  there 
four  weeks,  and  has  got  an  M.D.  already.  And 
here  is  little  Tommy  only  six  years  old,  and  he  has 
come  out  in  four  weeks  with  an  LL.D."  [Laughter.] 
Now,  that,  as  you  will  see,  is  a  result  of  that  pre- 
cocious university,  as  they  call  it  there.  As  I  said 
before,  I  only  wonder  that  a  university  has  not 
sprung  up  at  once  from  such  great  precocity  as  is 
recorded  of  our  President,  and  you  know  figures 
won't  lie.     [Applause.] 

Lincoln  J.  Bodge,  of  the  class  of  '89,  was 
called  upon  and  said: 

Mr.  President,  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Alumni,— It 
is  with  peculiar  pleasure  that  I  am  permitted  to 
represent  one  of  the  younger  classes  of  good  old 
Bowdoin.  I  think  I  can  give  you  assurance  that  the 
later  classes  of  Bowdoin  College  have  fully  sustained 
the  standards  that  have  been  set  by  former  classes. 
Only  two  or  three  weeks  ago,  in  that  great  con- 
vention hall  in  Minneapolis,  a  name  was  heralded 
in  that  vast  concourse,  the  name  of  a  son  of  Bow- 
doin.   It  was  the  name  of  Thomas  B.  Reed.     [Ap- 


plause.] He  was  so  popular  with  the  delegates 
there  that  his  name  was  mentioned  in  connection 
with  the  Vice-Presidency  of  the  United  States. 
We  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  financial  con- 
dition of  the  college.  [Mr.  Bodge  spoke  highly  of 
President  Hyde's  administration  and  thought  that  the 
puplication  of  various  articles  from  his  able  pen  in 
the  leading  magazines,  was  a  good  thing  for  the 
college.  It  gives  the  name  of  Bowdoin  to  the  world. 
He  spoke  in  praise  of  the  graduating  class,  with 
whose  members  he  has  some  acquaintance.] 

Professor  Franklin  C.  Robinson  was  the 
next  speaker  who,  as  President  Hyde  said 
in  his  introductory  remarks,  "has  served  the 
college  for  twenty  years."  Professor  Robin- 
son was  obliged  to  wait  •  several  moments 
before  the  spontaneous  and  hearty  burst  of 
applause  subsided.  And  then  Mr.  Cobb  of 
'77  was  heard  to  cry:  "He's  a  good  man, 
boys.  Give  him  another ! "  and  a  further 
storm  of  applause  followed.  Professor  Rob- 
inson said : 

Gentlemen,— I  wish  you  had  kept  on  a  little 
longer,  for  I  was  only  intending  to  occupy  a  very 
few  minutes,  and  you  would  have  helped  me  out  by 
using  up  some  of  the  time.  I  know  very  well  what 
you  are  pleased  at,  and  you  certainly  are  no  more 
pleased  than  I  am  that  the  outlook  for  the  scientific 
department  is  as  good  as  it  is.  This  is  an  easy  topic 
to  speak  upon,  a  topic  that  I  have  been  wanting  to 
speak  upon  for  a  good  many  years.  [Applause.] 
The  experience  that  I  have  been  through  during 
these  last  days  has  been  one  so  unique  in  my  history 
that  it  has  almost  deprived  me  of  what  little  intel- 
lect that  I  ever  had.  I  can  hardly  realize  it  now,  this 
bequest.  It  seemed  as  though  it  were  a  huge  joke, 
and  the  reality  of  it  did  not  impress  itself  upon  my 
miud  at  the  time,  but  I  am  gradually  coming  into  it 
now.  I  think  I  must  have  presented  a  curious 
spectacle  as  I  piloted  Mr.  Searles  around  the  grounds 
and  showed  him  what  we  had,  and,  gently  as  I  could, 
told  him  what  we  wanted.  I  did  not  know  then  that 
he  was  really  committed  to  help  us,  but  I  was  simply 
told  to  show  him  round  and  see  that  he  was  well 
attended  to  [laughter]  and  I  tried  to  do  it.  I  think 
I  must  have  presented  quite  a  spectacle  as  I  followed 
him  around,  a  little  in  the  rear,  because  it  seemed  to 
me  as  though  I  must  keep  my  eye  on  him,  for  fear 
he  would  get  away.  [Laughter.]  Friends  thought 
that  it  must  be  some  classmate  or  intimate  friend 
whom   I  was   showing   round   so   carefully   to    the 


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neglect  of  everything  else,  but  I  assured  them  that 
it  was  really  a  man  whom  I  never  had  seen  before. 
I  could  not  tell  them  then  who  he  was.  I  felt,  I  have 
no  doubt,  a  good  deal  as  a  colored  man  felt  who  was 
seen  to  rush  violently  into  the  water  to  rescue  a 
drowning  boy.  After  he  had  recovered  him,  a 
stranger  upon  the  bank  said,  "  A  son  of  yours,  I 
suppose?"  "Oh,  no."  "  A  son  of  some  relative?" 
"No;  no  relation  of  mine."  "  What  on  earth  were 
you  so  excited  about?"  "Why,  we  were  going 
fishing,  and  he  has  got  all  the  bait  in  his  breeches 
pocket."  [Laughter.]  But  of  course,  gentlemen, 
apart  from  the  feeling  of  pleasure  and  buoyancy 
which  we  all  have,  there  is  associated  with  this  gift 
the  feeling  of  great  responsibility  as  to  how  we  shall 
deal  with  it,  how  make  it  minister  to  the  growth  of 
this  college  which  we  all  are  so  interested  in. 

T  know  something  more  about  the  hard  times  that 
this  college  has  seen,  and  which  have  been  referred 
to  to-day,  than  simply  having  heard  of  them  here  at 
Commencement  dinner.  I  have  been  "  in  it,"  so  to 
speak.  I  have  seen  the  difficulty  of  getting  things 
that  were  absolutely  needed,  and  I  have  rejoiced 
more  than  I  can  tell  you  at  our  growing  prosperity 
and  increased  resources.  This  scientific  work,  that 
is  and  ever  has  been  associated  with  the  college,  we 
wish  to  see  progress.  Perhaps  some  of  the  older 
graduates  wonder  why  it  is  that  more  facilities  are 
needed  in  scientific  instruction  than  used  to  be 
needed.  The  courses  could  be  given  years  ago  with 
very  different  facilities  from  what  we  seem  to  need 
now.  But  there  is  a  great  difference  between  the 
demand  for  scientific  instruction  now  from  what  there 
used  to  be.  Science  used  to  be  a  sort  of  plaything 
as  connected  with  an  educational  course.  It  was 
not  so  vitally  connected  with  the  course  of  instruc- 
tion as  it  is  now.  Those  things  have  changed  not 
only  in  college,  but  in  the  world.  There  is  no 
department  of  learning  which  an  alumnus  of  the  col- 
lege enters  but  what  is  closely  connected  not  simply 
with  a  theoretical  science,  but  an  actual  science,  and 
science  must  be  handled  ;  it  must  be  worked  out  in 
the  laboratorj7 ;  and  we  have  been  wanting  the  oppor- 
tunity to  give  just  that  kind  of  instruction.  As  to 
what  will  be  done  with  the  building,  and  the  courses, 
I  shall  not  speak  hear.  I  should  rather  wait  and 
see  what  we  can  do.  By  the  fruits  we  shall  be 
judged.  I  recognize  clearly  that  mere  facilities 
and  laboratories  will  not  do  the  business.  We  must 
teach  men  not  simply  to  handle  things,  but  to  think 
in  relation  to  them.     [Applause.] 

Rev.  Edward  A.  Rand  of  the  class  of 
'57: 

Mr.  President,  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Alumni, — I 


have  the  pleasure  and  the  honor  of  representing  the 
class  of  '57,  the  then  largest  class  that  had  graduated, 
numbering  50.  Coming  back  to-day  it  is  very  grat- 
ifying indeed  to  find  that  we  are  much  younger  men 
than  we  are  taken  to  be  when  off  the  college  grounds. 
At  home,  perhaps  some  of  us  may  hear,  "  There  goes 
an  old  man."  But  here  we  are  only  thirty-five  years 
old.  When  I  came  to  college,  a  Senior  seemed  to  be 
a  wonderful  being.  It  was  a  case  of  the  prairies 
looking  up  to  the  mountains.  But  when  we  came  to 
be  Seniors,  the  mountains  came  down  to  the  prairies. 
Since  our  graduation,  however,  we  feel  that  the 
prairies  have  been  going  up  to  the  mountain  tops. 
[The  speaker  referred  in  stirring  language  to  some  of 
Bowdoin's  illustrious  graduates:  General  Chamber- 
lain, identified  with  the  victory  at  Appomattox; 
General  Hubbard  ;  Rev.  Egbert  C.  Smythe,  identified 
with  that  brave  and  successful  struggle  for  a  larger 
outlook  for  New  England  theology.]  I  congratu- 
late you  on  the  success  of  the  exercises  of  this  day, 
for  you,  I  know,  have  pushed  forward  the  boys  and 
helped  them  to  make  the  good  record  that  they  have 
this  day.  The  exercises  were  marked  by  natural- 
ness of  manner,  ease  of  composition,  and  force  of 
thought.  Reference  has  been  made  to  the  young 
man  going  into  politics.  Let  him  go,  even  if  it 
upsets  the  old  town  government.  There  is  enthusi- 
asm in  the  young  blood.  I  need  not  say,  turn  it  in 
the  right  channels.  It  is  to  betaken  for  granted  it  is 
there — only  keep  it  there.  A  drummer  boy  was 
brought  to  Napoleon,  and  the  great  general  told  him 
to  drum  this  and  that  signal  and  finally  ordered  him 
to  beat  the  signal  for  retreat.  Not  a  drumstick  was 
lifted.  He  did  not  know  how  to  beat  the  signal  for 
retreat.  When  you  have  once  taken  a  good  position 
never  turn  from  it,  never  retreat.     [Applause.] 

M.  S.  Holway,  Esq.,  responded  for  the 
class  of  '82,  referring  to  the  cordial  interest 
and  sympathy  of  his  class  in  the  welfare  of 
Bowdoin,  and  dwelling  somewhat  upon  the 
relations  of  the  younger  to  the  older  alumni. 

Rev.  John  T.  McGrath  was  called  upon 
to  respond  for  '62.  He  indulged  in 
reminiscences  of  members  of  the  Facultj'  in 
the  past,  and  said  that  he  rejoiced  in  the 
bequests  of  the  last  year.  He  added  this 
word  of  admonition,  however  : 

Some  institutions  cannot  stand  prosperity.  Bow- 
doin may  do  as  well  in  her  days  of  prosperity  as 
she  has  done  in  her  days  of  adversity,  and  I  believe 
it  will  be  so.  Bowdoin  College  has  always  been 
characterized  by  a  certain  modesty,  indicative,  not  of 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


97 


weakness,  but  of  strength  and  power.  I  see  and 
feel  it  to-day.  God  will  be  with  us,  and  we  may  well 
believe  that  Bowdoin  College  will  do  her  best  work 
in  the  years  that  are  to  come. 

Hon.  Stanley  Plummer,  postmaster  of  the 
United  States  Senate,  responded  for  '67. 
His  days  of  college  life  were  spent  during 
the  stirring  times  of  the  Civil  War.  In 
reference  to  his  class  he  said  : 

We  present  no  exceptionally  brilliant  and  dis- 
tinguished career  to  shed  lustre  upon  the  college. 
But  without  exception  their  lives  have  been  honorable 
and  useful :  useful  in  the  affairs  of  municipalities 
and  states ;  useful  in  the  administration  of  the  law 
against  crimes,  and  the  distribution  of  estates;  use- 
ful in  the  wise  control  and  management  of  the  trust 
funds  of  savings  banks,  and  the  capital  and  deposits 
of  banks  of  discount ;  useful  in  civil  engineering,  in 
building  railroads,  in  enlightened  farming,  and 
especially  useful  in  that  noble  profession  to  which 
more  of  the  class  have  devoted  themselves  than  to 
any  other,  the  profession  of  teaching.  No  life  has 
been  a  failure. 

In  closing,  Mr.  Plummer  said: 
That  Bowdoin  may  go  on  in  the  future,  as  in  the 
past,  improving,  progressing,  broadening,  and  fully 
meeting  the  reasonable  wants  and  requirements  of  the 
young  men  of  Maine  who  are  seeking  a  higher  edu- 
cation, so  that  not  one  of  them  can  have  a  decent 
excuse  to  go  beyond  the  confines  of  the  State  for  the 
purpose,  is  the  earnest  hope  of  the  class  of  'G7. 
[  Applause.] 

The  President  introduced  Hon.  Herbert 
M.  Heath,  of  '72,  as  one  who  for  twenty  years 
has  been  identified  with  the  practical  politi- 
cal life  of  his  State.  Mr.  Heath  made  a 
graceful  speech,  sajdng  among  other  things  : 
We  believe  in  the  brilliant  President  of  this  col- 
lege. [Applause.]  We  believe,  too,  in  his  new 
methods,  and  his  new  ideas,  only  asking  him  not  to 
take  away  too  many  of  the  old  landmarks  and  old 
customs,  because  reform  is  not  necessarily  destruc- 
tion. 

Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins,  of  '77,  was  the  last 
speaker.  In  the  course  of  his  remarks  he 
said : 

As  we  have  watched  the  course  of  our  Presi- 
dent, one  thought  has  suggested  itself  to  me,  and 
that  is,  our  President  has  a  happy   faculty  of  asking 


for  things,  and  getting  them.  First  was  the  need  of 
a  gymnasium.  We  see  the  results  to-day.  Next 
was  the  need  of  a  larger  endowment,  and  somehow 
that  immense  endowment  has  come  to  us  from  the 
Pacific  coast.  Then  it  was  an  art  building  where 
our  collections  might  be  suitably  displayed,  and  it  is 
now  in  process  of  erection.  The  next  thought,  put 
before  us  only  last  week  in  the  President's  report, 
was  for  a  scientific  building,  and  almost  while  he 
was  speaking  the  answer  came,  and  we  rejoice  in  the 
funds  for  it  to-day. 

The  speaker  then  adverted  to  the  needs 
of  our  preparatory  schools,  and  of  the  college 
library,  paying  a  well-deserved  tribute  to  the 
work  of  Prof.  Little  in  the  latter  department, 
the  allusion  calling  forth  a  hearty  round  of 
applause. 

I  would  give  a  word  of  advice  in  closing,  and  that 
is,  that  our  President  is  to  keep  on  asking,  and  ask 
for  large  things  still  for  our  beloved  Alma  Mater. 

Late  in  the  afternoon  the  alumni  left  the 
Gymnasium,  to  meet  again  in  Memorial 
Hall,  that  evening,  at  President  Hyde's 
reception.  This  reception  was  an  enjoyable 
affair,  at  least  as  much  so  as  was  possible  in 
this  time  of  leave  takings. 


Lines   for   the  Twenty-fifth  Anniver- 
sary  OF  THE  CLASS   OF   SiXTY-SEVEN. 
By  Henry  Sewall  AYebster. 
If  I  could  read  my  title  clear 

To  poet's  name  and  fame  and  art, 
Could  captivate  the  critic's  ear, 
Or,  better,  win  a  people's  heart, 

What  glad  melodic  strains  Pd  raise 
To  speed  the  happy  hours  along, 

And  give  to  each  his  meed  of  praise, 
And  unto  all  a  feast  of  song. 

But  o'er  my  cradle  bent  no  Muse 

My  plastic  spirit  to  inspire, 
Or  in  my  nascent  powers  infuse 

A  spark  of  her  celestial  fire. 

So  though  my  oyster-fancy  ope, 

I  find  therein  no  rhythmic  pearl ; 

I  can  not  vie  with  placid  Pope, 

Or  Swinburne's  swift  and  sweepy  swirl, 


98 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


And  Byron's  rage  and  Bryant's  calm, 
And  Arnold's  fair  and  flawless  gem, 

And  Herbert's  music  sweet  as  balm — 
I  rise  not  to  the  heights  of  them, 

Or  him  who  soars  above  the  reach 

Of  common  mortals,  vague  and  dim, 

The  mystagogue  of  shadowy  speech, 
Prince-Regent  of  the  Nephelim. 

A  humble  constant  toiler  I 

Amid  the  marts  of  busy  men, 
Content  if  through  my  care-wrapped  sky 

Some  sunlight  filter  now  and  then. 

But  who  so  poor  he  not  enjoys 

Some  boons  from  Fortune's  lavish  store, 
Who  to  maintain  an  equipoise 

Oft  gives  where  she  withheld  before. 

For  she  not  all  her  gifts  imparts 

To  titled  heads  and  jeweled  hands ; 

Some  blessings  fell  to  lowly  hearts, 
And  desert  soil  has  golden  sands. 

'Tis  thus,  denied  the  poet's  thought, 

Some  prosy  truths  I  chance  to  know, — 

That  wealth  and  fame  and  power  are  nought 
Beside  the  warmth  of  friendship's  glow  ; 

That  prouder  far  than  those  who  wear 

The  conqueror's  crown,  the  poet's  bays, 

Are  they  who  with  old  comrades  share 
The  memories  of  departed  days  ; 

That  more  in  worth  than  coin  untold, 

Sweeter  than  draughts  of  costliest  wine, 

Is  the  true  chink  of  friendship's  gold, 
The  fruitage  of  love's  nectar-vine. 

From  type  to  type  the  figure  runs, 

Yet  leaves  how  much  still  unexpressed  ; 

As  candle's  light  portrays  the  sun's, 

So  words,  the  thoughts  that  thrill  the  breast. 

Yet,  brothers,  for  my  offering  take 
This  shadow  of  affection's  worth, 

And  from  your  heart's  glad  fullness  make 
A  fitting  affluence  of  its  dearth. 

And  this,  our  mother,  whom  this  day 
We  hallow  with  these  memories  dear, 

Shall  we  depart  before  we  say 
How  much  we  honor  and  revere  ? 


Of  all  the  varied  scenes  which  yet 
Our  travel  or  our  toil  confines, 

What  brightness  like  her  coronet. 

What  music  like  her  murmuring  pines 

Her  signet  may  we  ever  wear 

And  ever  bow  before  her  throne, 
While  our  true  hearts  allegiance  bear 
To  learning's  sovereign  and  our  own. 
Portland,  June  22,  1892. 


The  Walker  Art  Collection. — Laying- 
of  the  corner-stone. 

The  corner-stone  of  the  Walker  Art 
Building  was  laid  Monday,  June  27th.  The 
ceremony  took  place  on  the  college  campus 
at  4  o'clock.  Prayer  was  offered  by  Pro- 
fessor Chapman,  the  corner-stone  was  put 
in  place  by  Miss  Walker,  and  President 
Hyde  and  Professor  Lawton  made  brief 
remarks. 

In  the  box  placed  in  the  corner-stone 
the  Misses  Walker  enclosed  copies  of  letters 
with  reference  to  the  Sophia  Walker  Gallery 
and  the  Walker  Art  Building,  a  photograph 
of  Peabody  Square,  Salem,  Mass.,  in  1828, 
and  a  silver  plate,  bearing  the  appropriate 
inscription:  "The  Walker  Art  Building, 
designed  by  Messrs.  McKim,  Meade,  and 
White,  the  corner-stone  of  which  was  laid 
June  27,  1892,  was  erected  and  presented 
to  Bowdoin  College  by  Mary  Sophia  and 
Harriet  Sarah  Walker  in  memory  of  their 
uncle,  Theophilus  Wheeler  Walker,  of 
Waltham,  Mass."  Along  with  these  the 
college  placed  a  copy  of  the  Boston  Adver- 
tiser of  June  27, 1892,  a  copy  of  the  Leiviston 
Journal  of  June  23,  1892,  the  college  cata- 
logue, the  '93  Bugle,  the  president's  report, 
the  Commencement  programme,  addresses  at 
the  inauguration  of  President  Hyde,  the 
Bowdoin  Orient,  "The  Bowdoin  Collec- 
tion of  Paintings  and  Drawings,"  a  catalogue 
of  the  drawings,  and  a  catalogue  of  the 
paintings. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


99 


Carleton  L.  Brownson, 
Yale,  '87,  pleasantly  re- 
membered at  Bowdoin  as  tutor  in 
Greek  during  the  winter  term,  1889, 
has  just  been  chosen  a  tutor  in  Greek 
and  Latin  at  Yale. 

The  classes  of  '62,  '63,  '67,  and  '82  had  reunions 
last  week. 

Perkins,  '80,  has  not  missed  a  Commencement 
since  his  graduation. 

The  class  of  '89  had  a  reunion  banquet  in  Sar- 
gent Gymnasium,  Wednesday  evening. 

The  alumni  receptions  at  the  various  fraternity 
halls  Wednesday  evening  were  well  attended  and 
greatly  enjoyed. 

Numerous  expressions  of  regret  that  the  "eight" 
had  been  given  up  were  heard  from  the  alumni  Com- 
mencement w-eek. 

Baxter,  '94,  will  spend  the  summer  in  the  Indian 
Territory,  where  he  has  accepted  a  position  on  the 
Ethnological  staff  of  the  World's  Fair. 

Prof.  Wells  missed  the  stories  of  Commencement, 
but  on  his  return  from  Rangeley  will  probably  have 
some  even  larger  ones  to  inflict  on  his  friends. 

The  failure  of  the  Tontine  Hotel  proprietor  made 
it  very  difficult  and  troublesome  to  find  board  last 
week.  It  proved  a  bonanza  for  the  restaurants,  how- 
ever. 

The  Smyth  Mathematical  Prize  was  awarded  to 
Simpson,  '94,  Libby  receiving  honorable  mention. 
The  Latin  Prize  was  also  awarded  to  Simpson  and 
the  Greek  to  Farrington,  '94. 

The  electives  for  next  year  have  been  changed  in 
one  respect,  Junior  Rhetoric  for  spring  term  having 
been  made  an  elective,  and  American  History  sub- 
stituted for  it  among  required  studies. 

About  fifty  men  have  passed  the  entrance  exami- 
nations this  spring  and  '96  bids  fair  to  enter  about 
the  same  number  of  men  as  '95.  An  unusually  large 
proportion  of  tlie  applicants  passed  without  condi- 
tions. 

There  was  the  usual  rush  for  seats  at  the  Com- 
mencement dinner  among  undergraduates  this  year, 
and  many  an  ingenious  plea  for  admission  was  in- 
vented for  the  occasion.  Only  a  few  of  the  patient 
waiters  were  rewarded. 


'92  were  fortunate  in  having  pleasant  weather  for 
their  class-day  exercises.  Three  evenings  out  of 
the  four  there  was  rain,  but  '92's  lucky  star  did  not 
desert  them,  and  the  one  pleasant  evening  was  that 
of  the  "Dance  on  the  Green." 

The  resignation  of  Prof.  Lawton  from  the  Latin 
chair  was  officially  announced  last  week.  During 
his  short  stay  with  us  he  showed  that  he  was  an 
earnest  worker  and  able  scholar.  He  will  be  missed 
in  many  ways.  His  successor  comes  highly  recom- 
mended and  will  be  heartily  welcomed  next  fall. 

An  account  of  the  Intercollegiate  Tennis  Tourna- 
ment at  Portland  is  given  in  another  column.  The 
championship  cup  in  doubles,  won  by  Pierce  and 
Pickard,  and  the  second  prize  cup  in  singles,  won  by 
Dana,  are  in  the  engraver's  hands  and  will  be  placed 
in  the  library  before  college  opens  in  the  fall. 

The  timely  announcement  that  Mr.  Searles,  of 
New  York  had  made  the  college  an  offer  of  a  $60,000 
scientific  building  gave  an  added  enthusiasm  to  the 
exercises  of  Commencement  week  and  made  a  fitting 
close  to  a  year  memorable  in  the  history  of  the 
college  for  its  munificent  benefactions. 

The  occupants  of  Maine  Hall  are  hunting  for  stor- 
age room  for  their  goods,  since  they  have  to  remove 
everything  from  their  rooms  on  account  of  the  com- 
ing renovation  of  that  Hall.  They  will  probably 
room  outside  during  the  first  three  weeks  of  next 
term,  as  the  summer  vacation  is  rather  short  for  the 
extensive  repairs  and  improvements  which  will  be 
made. 

The  base-ball  season  of  1892  showed  more  con- 
clusively than  ever  how  much  the  college  needs  a 
good  "yell."  With  two  months  of  leisure  before  us 
there  is  no  reason  why  a  dozen  different  yells 
should  not  be  ready  to  select  from  when  college 
opens  in  the  fall.  Next  fall  we  are  going  to  have 
the  best  fool-ball  team  that  ever  represented  old 
Bowdoin,  and  those  of  us  who  cannot  play  want  to 
be  able  to  cheer  on  the  boys  in  good  shape,  at  least. 
Think  of  it,  every  one! 


pieties. 


Bowdoin,  13;  Bates,  8. 
At  Brunswick,  on  Saturday,  June  11th,  Bowdoin 
met  Bates  for  the  fourth  time  and  was  victorious. 
The  game  was  the  most  spirited  one  of  the  season 
and  exhibited  good  playing  by  both  teams.  The 
features  of  the  game  were  the  batting  by  Downes, 
Allen's  throws  to  bases,  and  Fairbanks'  unassisted 
double  play. 


100 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


If  the  protest  for  the  game  of  June  4th  is  decided 
against  Bowdoin,  Bates  will  get  the  pennant.  Yet, 
whatever  the  decision,  Bowdoin  can  have  the  satis- 
faction of  knowing  that  she  has  had  a  good  team  in 
the  field  this  year,  that  it  has  been  well  managed, 
and  that,  but  for  the  accidents  attending  the  players 
at  the  beginning  of  the  season,  she  would  certainly 
have  come  out  at  the  head  of  the  League.     The  score  : 

BOWDOINS. 

A.E.  K.     E.    T.B.  P.O.    A.    E. 

Allen,  c. 6  1      1  1  2  3  2 

Savage,  lb 4  3      1  1  8  0  1 

Fairbanks,  3b. 4433542 

Downes,  r.f., 4  2      3  4  1  0  0 

Hutchinson,  s.s., 5  22  2  5  2  1 

Hinkley,  l.f., 5  0       1  2  2  0  0 

Sykes,  2b 5  0      2  2  3  3  1 

Chapman,  o.f., 3  1      0  0  1  0  0 

Farrington,  p., 5  0      0  0  0  2  0 


.     .    41    13 

13    15    27     14 

7 

BATES. 

Totals, 


Hoffman,  2b.,       3  10036  1 

Wilson,  3b.,  p., 5  1      1      1      0      4  1 

Putnam,  l.f.,  lb., 5125511 

Pennell,  lb., 4  2      3      6      7      0  0 

Pulsifer,  s.s., 4  1      3      5      5      3  3 

Wakefield,  c.f.,  2b.,      ....  4  0      0      0      2      0  0 

Bracket!,  r.f.,        5  0      1      1      0      1  2 

Emery,  c 4  1      2      2      2      2  1 

Mildram,  p.,  c.f 4  1      0      0.0      0  1 

Little,  c.f., 1  0      0      0      0      0  0 


Totals, 


39      8     12    20    24     17     10 


Innings, 12    3    456789 

Bowdoius, 34030030    0—13 

Bates, 000132110—8 

Earned  runs— Bowdoins,  4.  Two-base  hits — Downes, 
Hinkley,  Pennell  (3).  Three-base  bit— Pulsifer.  Home 
run — Putnam.  Sacrifice  hits — Farrington,  Hoffman,  Put- 
nam. Stolen  bases — Savage,  Fairbanks  (3),  Hutchinson, 
Hinkley,  Chapman,  Pennell,  Pulsifer,  Emery  (3).  First 
base  on  balls — Savage  (2),  Fairbanks  (2),  Chapman,  Hoff- 
man (2),  Pulsifer,  Wakefield,  Emery.  First  base  on 
errors — Bowdoins,  5;  Bates,  2.  Left  on  bases — Bowdoins, 
10;  Bates,  7.  Struck  out— Hinkley,  Downes,  Pennell, 
Wakefield.  Double  play— Fairbanks.  Wild  pitches— 
Mildram,  1;  Farrington,  1;  Hit  by  pitched  ball— Downes, 
Chapman.  Time — 2  hours  15  minutes.  Umpire— Kelly 
of  Lewiston. 

THE  INTERCOLLEGIATE  TOURNAMENT. 

The  first  tournament  of  the  Intercollegiate  Tennis 
Association,  formed  last  winter,  was  held  in  Portland, 
on  the  grounds  of  the  Portland  Tennis  Club,  June 
7th,  8th,  9th,  and  10th.  The  colleges  were  repre- 
sented as  follows:  Bates — Singles,  Howard,  '92, 
Sturges,  '93.      Doubles,  Howard  and  Sturges,  Petti- 


grew,  '95,  and  Pulsifer,  '95.  Bowdoin — Singles, 
Dana,  '94,  Payson,  '93.  Doubles,  Dana  and  Payson, 
Pierce,  '93,  and  Pickard,  94.  Colby — Singles,  Per- 
kins, '93,  Connors,  '93.  Doubles,  Perkins  and  Fall, 
'92,  Connors  and  Andrews,  '92.  Maine  State  Col- 
lege—Singles, Randlette,  '92,  Clark,  '92.  Doubles, 
Randlette  and  Gibbs,  '92,  Fernald,  '92,  and  Holden, 
'92.  The  drawings  in  singles  were  :  Dana  vs.  Clark, 
Randlette  vs.  Connors,  Payson  vs.  Howard,  Sturges 
vs.  Perkins.  Dana  defeated  Clark  easily  and  Con- 
nors was  outclassed  by  his  opponent.  Sturges  and 
Perkins  were  more  evenly  matched,  but  the  Colby 
man  won.  The  only  good  tennis  of  the  round 
was  seen  in  the  match  between  Payson  and 
Howard.  Howard  took  the  first  set  6-1,  but  in  the 
second  set  Payson  played  in  much  better  form  and 
won  the  set,  the  only  one  which  Howard  lost  in  sin- 
gles during  the  tournament.  The  third  set  went  to 
Howard. 

The  semi-final  matches  were  played  Wednesday 
morning,  between  Dana  and  Perkins,  and  Howard 
and  Randlette.  Dana  again  proved  too  fast  for  his 
opponent  and  won,  although  his  play  was  not  as 
steady  as  usual.  Randlette  made  a  plucky  fight 
against  his  man,  but  could  not  take  a  set.  The  finals 
between  Dana  and  Howard  showed  by  far  the  best 
tennis  of  the  week's  play.  Both  men  were  in  good 
form,  but  there  was  a  noticeable  difference  in  their 
styles  of  play.  Howard  employed  a  peculiar  body- 
stroke  which  he  used  with  great  accuracy  and  effect. 
Dana  did  not  use  as  much  pace  in  his  game,  but 
depended  more  on  placing  from  the  net.  Howard 
won  the  match  and  championship  in  three  straight 
sets,  but  throughout  the  match  the  play  was  much 
evener  than  the  result  would  indicate.  Howard's 
placing  on  the  side  lines  was  remarkably  fine,  but  at 
the  net  Dana  outplayed  him.  As  a  whole  the  match 
was  one  of  the  best  ever  played  in  the  State.  Score, 
C-4,  6-4,  6-3. 

The  doubles  opened  Thursday  morning,  as  fol- 
lows:  Dana  and  Payson  vs.  Perkins  and  Fall ;  How- 
ard and  Sturges  vs.  Fernald  and  Holden;  Pierce  and 
Pickard  vs.  Pettigrew  and  Pulsifer;  Andrews  and 
Connors  vs.  Randlette  and  Gibbs. 

The  matches  in  doubles  were  as  a  whole  marked 
by  more  even  playing  than  the  singles.  Perkins  and 
Fall  made  a  good  fight  against  Payson  and  Dana, 
but  were  finally  beaten.  Howard  and  Sturges  de- 
feated their  Maine  State  College  opponents  rather 
easily,  and  Pierce  and  Pickard  had  but  little  difficulty 
in  winning  from  Pettigrew  and  Pulsifer.  The  match 
between  Andrews  and  Connors,  and  Randlette  and 
Gibbs,  was  the  most  interesting  of  the  series,  and 
three  sets  were  required  to  decide  it.     The  M.  S.  C. 


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101 


men  finally  pulled  out  winners.  The  semi-final 
matches  proved  close  and  exciting. 

The  first  was  the  match  between  Randlette  and 
Gibbs,  and  Pierce  and  Pickard,  which  as  far  as  score 
was  concerned  was  the  closest  of  the  tournament. 
The  Bowdoin  team  took  the  first  set  easily,  but  lost 
the  second.  The  decisive  set  was  long  and  close 
and  every  point  was  closely  contested.  Pierce  and 
Pickard  at  last  succeeded  in  capturing  the  deci- 
sive game  and  the  set,  9-7.  The  other  semi-final 
match,  that  between  Dana  and  Payson,  and  Howard 
and  Sturges,  furnished  the  great  surprise  of  the  tour- 
nament as  the  Bowdoin  team  were  looked  upon  as 
almost  sure  winners.  Howard  and  Sturges  started 
in  with  a  rush  and  by  hard  driving  and  sharp  work 
at  the  net  won  the  first  set.  Dana  and  Payson  showed 
much  better  form  in  the  second  set  and  won  handily. 
In  the  third  set  the  Bates  men  secured  a  lead  of 
three  games,  but  Dana  and  Payson  by  a  fine  rally 
tied  the  score  only  to  lose  the  two  succeeding  games 
and  match.  Throughout  the  match  Howard  and  his 
partner  played  a  strong  steady  game,  while  their 
opponents  did  not  play  up  to  their  usual  form.  Brill- 
iant plays  abounded,  but  the  Bowdoin  boys  could 
not  put  speed  enough  in  their  strokes  to  win. 

The  finals  between  Pierce  and  Pickard,  and  How- 
ard and  Sturges,  were  played  Friday  afternoon.  The 
Bowdoin  men  started  in  by  playing  a  careful,  steady 
game,  and  by  good  headwork  took  the  first  set,  6-4, 
without  much  difficulty.  The  second  set,  although 
won  by  Bowdoin  by  a  larger  score,  was  harder  fought 
and  in  every  way  an  improvement  over  the  first  set. 
In  the  third  set  the  Bates  pair  were  apparently  dis- 
couraged and  lost,  6-3. 

Throughout  the  tournament  there  was  a  good 
attendance,  and  every  good  stroke  was  greeted  with 
liberal  applause.  The  Portland  Club  generously 
placed  their  grounds  at  the  disposal  of  the  associa- 
tion, free  from  all  expense.  The  tournament  was 
under  the  management  of  Payson,  '93,  President  of 
the  association,  to  whom  much  of  the  credit  of  its 
success  is  due. 

Taken  as  a  whole  the  tournament  was  a  great 
success,  not  merely  from  the  fact  that  Bowdoin  won 
one  championship,  and  took  second  place  in  the 
other,  but  chiefly  from  the  smoothness  with  which  it 
passed  off,  the  good  feeling  displayed  by  the  contest- 
ants, and  the  amount  of  interest  and  enthusiasm 
awakened  in  those  colleges  which  hitherto  have  paid 
comparatively  little  attention  to  the  game. 

As  has  been  already  noted  in  these  columns,  the 
association  purchased  two  cups  to  be  competed  for 
annually  until  won  by  the  same  college  three  years. 
A  generous  Boston  graduate  of  Maine  State  College 


presented  another  cup  fur  the  second  prize  in  singles, 
to  be  awarded  on  the  same  terms  as  the  others.  It 
is  hoped  that  his  example  will  be  followed  by  others. 


'44. — The  Bowdoin  class  of 
1844  had  their  annual  din- 
ner, Friday,  at  the  Falmouth  Hotel. 
There  were  present:  General  S.  J. 
Anderson,  Portland ;  Winthrop  Tappan, 
Washington,  D.  C, ;  H.  G.  Herrick,  Law- 
rence; Dr.  George  M.Adams,  Boston;  Dr.  Joseph 
Garland,  Gloucester.  The  class  originally  numbered 
forty-nine.  There  are  sixteen  now  living,  three 
having  died  the  past  year. 

'56. — At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Maine  Medical 
Association  in  Portland,  Dr.  Alfred  Mitchell,  of 
Brunswick,  was  unanimously  elected  President  for 
the  ensuing  year. 

'58.— Brig.-Gen.  J.  P.  Cilley,  of  Rockland,  Me., 
keeps  alive  the  interest  of  the  veterans  of  the  famous 
1st  Maine  Cavalry  by  the  quarterly  issue  of  the 
Bugle,  containing  matters  of  historic  value  to  the 
regiment  and  items  of  personal  interest  to  all  of  its 
members. 

'62. — The  30th  anniversary  of  this  class  was  cel- 
ebrated at  the  Falmouth,  in  Portland,  Wednesday 
evening,  June  22d.  Of  the  forty  who  graduated 
thirty-four  survive.  Those  present  Wednesday,  were  : 
William  E.  Donnell,  New  York  ;  Frank  A.  Hill,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. ;  Rev.  Henry  O.Thayer,  Limington ; 
General  Isaac  W.  Starbird,  M.D.,  Boston;  Henry  H. 
Hunt,  M.D.,  Portland;  Rev.  John  E.  Pierce,  Mon- 
mouth ;  Manasseh  Smith,  Deering;  Rev.  Charles  H. 
Pope,  Kennebunkport ;  Marcus  Wight,  Lowell; 
Gen.  Charles  P.  Mattocks,  Portland. 

'67. — This  class  held  a  reunion  at  the  Falmouth 
Hotel,  Portland,  Wednesday  evening,  thus  cele- 
brating its  25th  anniversary.  There  were  seven 
members  of  the  class  present,  as  follows  :  I.  S. 
Curtis,  Brunswick ;  George  P.  Davenport,  Bath ; 
Winfield  S.  Hutchinson,  Boston ;  J.  W.  Macdonald, 
Stoneham,  Mass. ;  Stanley  Plummer,  Washington, 
D.  C. ;  George  T.  Sewall,  Oldtown;  Henry  S.  Web- 
ster, Gardiner.  The  class  graduated  twenty-four,  of 
whom  seventeen  survive.     Hon.  Henry  S.  Webster 


102 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


read  a  poeru  before  the  class.     This  will  be  found  in 
another  column. 

'72. — Fourteen  members  of  this  class  met  at  the 
Falmouth  Hotel,  Portland,  Wednesday  evening,  to 
celebrate  its  20th  anniversary.  Hon.  George  M. 
Seiders  was  elected  president,  Dr.  Cummings, 
re-elected  secretary,  and  Dr.  Mitchell  was  elected 
toast-master.  The  following  were  present :  A.  V. 
Ackley,  Peaks  Island;  Rev.  W.  F.  Bickford,  Isling- 
ton, Mass. ;  Hon.  Marcellus  Coggan,  Maiden,  Mass. ; 
G.  H.  Cummings,  M.D.,  Portland;  S.  L.  Gross, 
Esq.,  New  York  City;  H.  Harris,  Machias  ;  Hon.  H. 
M.  Heath,  Augusta;  Weston  Lewis,  Esq.,  Gardiner; 
F.  A.  Mitchell,  M.D.,  Bridgton  ;  Rev.  I.  Richards, 
Deer  Isle;  Hon.  George  M.  Seiders,  Portland;  F. 
W.  Spaulding,  M.D.,  Epping,  N.  H. ;  Rev.  C.  C. 
Sampson,  Tilton,  N.  H. ;  George  M.  Whitaker, 
Boston. 

'87. — Mr.  Francis  Loring  Talbot  was  married  to 
Miss  Mary  Edna  Pettegrew  at  East  Machias  on  June 
15th. 

'87. — Oliver  D.  Sewall  graduated  from  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  June  16th,  and  was  one  of  the 
speakers,  his  subject  being  "The  Ethical  in  Re- 
ligion." He  will  engage  in  missionary  work  in 
Maine. 

'88. — Harry  C.  Hill  has  accepted  a  very  fine 
position  in  the  publishing  house  of  Ginn  &  Company, 
ISJew  York. 

'88. — Dennis  M.  Cole  has  resigned  his  position 
as  instructor  at  Farmington  Normal  School,  to  accept 
the  professorship  in  the  Scientific  Department  at  the 
Westfield  (Mass.)  High  School. 

'89. — The  class  of  '89  held  their  triennial  reunion 
in  the  Sargent  Gymnasium,  Wednesday  evening. 
Of  the  original  class  of  forty,  twenty-two  members 
were  present,  thus  making  a  very  creditable  show- 
ing. The  following  were  present:  E.  L.  Adams, 
Lewiston  ;  L.J.  Bodge,  Minneapolis;  B.  C.  Carroll, 
Lewiston  ;  J.  R.  Clark,  New  Portland;  \V.  S.  Elden, 
Waterville;  W.  M.  Emery,  New  Bedford,  Mass. ;  C. 
H.  Fogg,  Houlton;  S.  L.  Fogg,  South  Paris;  F.  J. 
Libby,  Boston  ;  F.  J.  C.  Little,  Augusta;  A.  E.  Neal, 
Portland;  D.  E.  Owen,  Saco ;  J.  N.  Phelan,  New 
York  City;  L.  Prentiss,  Newark,  N.  J. ;  O.  L.  Ride- 
out,  Portland ;  W.  P.  F.  Robie,  Gorham ;  G.  L. 
Rogers,  Farmington;  F.  C.  Russell,  Rockland;  O. 
R.  Smith,  Middleboro,  Mass. ;  F.  L.  Staples,  Bath  ; 
E.  R.  Stearns,  New  Vineyard  ;  O.  P.  Watts,  Thomas- 
ton.  Mr.  G.  L.  Rogers,  the  president,  acted  as  toast- 
master,  and  the  programme  of  the  evening  was  very 
pleasing  to  all  present.  Letters  of  regret  were  read 
from  absent  members.  The  class  cup  was  awarded 
to  Ralph  Jordan  Hill,   infant  son  of  F.  H.  Hill,  of 


Cape  Elizabeth.  Committees  were  appointed  to 
send  resolutions  of  condolence  to  Prof.  Chapman 
with  regard  to  his  recent  bereavement,  and  congrat- 
ulations to  H.  C.  Jackson,  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  on  his 
marriage,  which  occurred  Thursday.  The  class 
voted  to  meet  again  in  1891,  at  its  fifth  anniversary. 

Class  of  '89. 
Triennial  address  report  of  class  secretary: 

E.  L.  Adams,  agent  Provident  Life  and  Trust  Co., 
Lewiston. 

L.  J.  Bodge,  lawyer,  Minneapolis. 

B.  C.  Carroll,  studying  law,  Lewiston. 

J.  R.  Clark,  in  business.  Home  address,  New 
Portland. 

T.  S.  Crocker,  lawyer.  Home  address,  Paris, 
Me.     Is  married. 

J.  L.  Doherty,  lawyer,  Oldtown. 

W.  S.  Elden,  student  Johns  Hopkins  University, 
Baltimore. 

W.  M.  Emery,  city  editor  Evening  Journal,  New 
Bedford,  Mass. 

G.  T.  Files,  tutor  Bowdoin  College.  Studying  at 
Leipzig,  Germany. 

C.  H.  Fogg,  in  hardware  business,  Houlton. 
S.  L.  Fogg,  studying  law,  South  Paris. 

F.  VV.  Freeman,  principal  high  school,  Alfred. 
Is  married. 

W.  D.  Gilpatric,  teacher,  Kennebunkport. 
C.  H.  Harriman,  teacher.     Home    address,  Frye- 
burg. 

G.  W.  Hayes,  deputy  county  clerk,  probate  de- 
partment, San  Jose,  Cal. 

C.  F.  Hersey,  graduated  from  Andover  Theologi- 
cal Seminary,  June  16th,  and  will  preach  at  Burling- 
ton, Mass.,  at  present. 

F.  H.  Hill,  studying  law,  Cape  Elizabeth.  Is 
married  and  father  of  class  baby. 

F.  J.  Libby,  teacher.     Present  residence,  Boston. 

F.  J.  C.  Little,  lawyer,  Augusta. 

F.  Lynam,  medical  student,  Harvard  University, 
member  of  'Varsity  crew. 

E.  A.  Merrill,  electrician  with  Edison  Co.,  head- 
quarters at  Chicago.  Has  been  studying  at  Cornell 
the  past  winter. 

C.  L.  Mitchell,  teacher.  Home  address,  Free- 
port. 

A.  E.  Neal,  lawyer,  Portland. 

D.  E.  Owen,  sub-master,  Thornton  Academy, 
Saco. 

J.  M.  Phelan,  actuarial  department,  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Co.,  New  York  City. 

L.  Prentiss,  physical  director,  Newark  Academy, 
Newark,  N.  J.     Is  married, 


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103 


M.  A.  Rice,  lawyer,  Rockland.  Traveling  in 
Europe. 

O.  L.  Rideout,  member  of  firm  of  Chase  &  Co., 
mechanical  and  hydraulical  engineers,  Portland. 

W.  P.  F.  Robie,  farmer,  Gorham.     Is  married. 

G.  L.  Rogers,  lawyer,  Farmington,  Maine. 

F.  C.  Russell,  superintendent  of  schools,  Rock- 
land.    Is  married. 

F.  M.  Russell,  bank  teller,  Boston. 

E.  B.  Smith,  Deputy  U.  S.  Marshal,  Portland. 

O.  R.  Smith,  genls1  furnishing  business,  Middle- 
boro,  Mass.     Is  married. 

S.  G.  Stacy,  student  Johns  Hopkins  University, 
Baltimore. 

F.  L.  Staples,  lawyer,  Bath. 

E.  R.  Stearns,  graduated  from  Andover  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  June  16th,  and  will  engage  in  mis- 
sionary work  at  New  Vineyard,  Maine. 

G.  Thwing,  lawyer,  Minneapolis. 

O.  P.  Watts,  teacher,  Thomaston,  Me. 
V.  O.  White,    medical   student,  Harvard  Univer- 
sity.    Graduated  the  past  week. 

Ex-Members  of  '89. 

F.  W.  Adams,  banker,  Bangor.     Is  married. 

H.  C.  Jackson,  graduated  at  Bowdoin,  '91, 
instructor  in  physiology  and  gymnastics,  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy.  Will  conduct  a  summer  school 
there.  Was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  Mower  Bates,  of 
Oakland,  June  23d. 

E.  V.  Manson,  agent,  Somerset  Railway,  Madi- 
son, Me. 

A.  W.  Preston,  graduated  at  Amherst,  '89.  Has 
been  teaching  at  Sharon,  Conn.,  but  will  teach  next 
year  at  the  Polytechnic  Institute,  Brooklyn. 

E.  N.  Shirley,  graduated  at  Dartmouth,  '90. 

F.  A.  Wilson,  graduated  at  Williams,  '89. 

'92  Special. — The  engagement  of  Mr.  Paul  I. 
Andrews  to  Miss  Susie  Thompson,  of  Kennebunk,  is 
announced. 


IN   MEMORIAM. 
Alpha  Delta  Phi  Hall,  Brunswick,  June  3d. 

Whereas,  God  in  His  infinite  wisdom  has  seen  fit 
to  take  from  us  our  beloved  brother,  John  M.  W. 
Moody,  class  of  1890,  be  it  hereby 

Besolvecl,  That  we,  the  Bowdoin  Chapter  of  Alpha 
Delta  Phi,  express  our  deep  sympathy  to  his  bereaved 
family  in  their  great  affliction,  and  be  it  further 

Besolvecl,  That  we,  in  appreciation  of  his  noble 


character  and  loyal  devotion  to  the  Fraternity,  send 
copies   of   these   resolutions   to  the  chapters  of  the 
Fraternity  and  that  they  be  inserted  in  the  Orient. 
J.  D.  Merriman, 

For  the  Bowdoin  Chapter. 


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Vol.  XXII. 


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BOWDOIN"    ORIENT. 

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■f    7  &^* 

The  opening  of  the  fall  term  finds 
Bowdoin  suddenly  launched  into  a  new  era 
of  prosperity.  During  the  summer  the 
work  has  been  pushed  on  the  two  new 
buildings.  The  massive  beauty  of  the 
Walker  Art  Building  is  already  apparent 
under  the  hands  of  the  skillful  builders,  and 
the  thoroughness  of  the  work  from  founda- 
tion to  dome  is  the  admiration  of  every  one. 
It  is  without  doubt  the  finest  building  in 
the  State.  The  renovation  of  Maine  Hall  is 
making  it  to  all  purposes  a  new  building. 
Nothing  but  the  outside  walls  remain  to 
indicate  that  it  existed  previous  to  the  year 
1892.  The  recitation  rooms,  reading-room, 
and  the  Orient  office  have  been  removed, 
thus  making  seven  additional  rooms  for  stu- 
dents. The  hall  has  been  piped  for  steam  in 
all  the  rooms,  water  has  been  brought  into  the 
building,  and  sinks  and  closets  placed  on  every 
floor,  and  a  perfect  system  of  sewage  insti- 
tuted. The  hall  is  wired  throughout  for  elec- 
tricity. Add  hard  wood  finish,  large,  square 
windows,  and  spacious  bed-rooms,  and  nothing 
is  wanting  to  make  Maine  Hall  equal  to  the 
best  college  dormitory  in  the  country.  The 
other  dormitories  will  be  renovated  in  the  same 
manner,  one  each  summer.  During  the 
summer  vacation  the  science  Professors  have 
visited  all  of  the  eastern  colleges  and  made 
careful  examinations  of  the  various  scientific 


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buildings  preparatory  to  "beating  them,"  as 
Mr.  Searles  has  ordered.     The  plans  for  the 
new    Searles    Scientific  Building    are    now 
being  drawn  by  Henry  Vaughan,  of  Boston, 
in  accordance  with  the  suggestions  of  these 
Professors.     The  intention  is,  if  possible,  to 
beo-in  this  fall  on  the  foundations  and  go  to 
work    "  for  business      next  spring,  in  order 
that  the  building  may  be  ready  for  '94  some 
time  during  their  Senior  year.     The  build- 
ing will  be  situated  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  center  path  from  the  Walker   Building. 
It   will   be  three  stories  in  height,  and  will 
probably  consist  of  a  main  building  and  two 
wings.      One-half    of    the    first    and    second 
floors  will  be  occupied  by  the  department  of 
Chemistry  and  the  other  half  by  the  depart- 
ment of  Physics,  while    Professor  Lee    will 
preside  over  the  entire  third  floor.     These 
spacious  quarters  will  afford  ample  room  for 
laboratories,  lecture  rooms,  museums,  store- 
houses, a  greenhouse,  and  in  fact  everything 
which  could  be  needed  in  the  most  thorough 
courses  in  Chemistry,  Physics,  and  Biology. 
The  building  will  be  of  brick,  fire-proof,  and 
expense  will  not  be  spared  to  make  it  the 
best  building  of  its  kind  in  the  country. 


UTHE  new  impulse  of  the  college  has  been 
A  followed  even  thus  early  by  increased 
classes.  The  Freshmen  enter  with  one  of  the 
largest  classes  in  the  history  of  the  college  and 
each  of  the  other  classes  have  received  addi- 
tions this  term.  In  the  Junior  class  especially 
there  is  a  large  addition.  Five  or  six  gradu- 
ates of  the  Bangor  Theological  Seminary 
enter  this  class  as  regular  students.  The 
Orient  voices  the  sentiment  of  the  college 
in  extending  a  hearty  welcome  to  these  new 
comers,  of  whatever  class,  joined  with  the 
hope  that  they  will  immediately  identify 
themselves  with  all  the  interests  of  the  col- 
lege and  let  our  people  be  their  people,  and 
our  college  their  college. 


FOR  the  benefit  of  those  who  were  not 
here  last  spring  we  re-print  the  offer 
which  appeared  in  the  first  number  of  the 
present  volume: 

In  order  to  stimulate  an  interest  in  writ- 
ing, the  Orient  offers  the  following  prizes: 
For    the     best    story    published    in    this 
volume  of  the  Orient,  Five  Dollars. 

For  the  second  best  story,  Three  Dollars. 
For  the  greatest  number  of  poems  pub- 
lished, Five  Dollars. 

For  the  best  short  poem  published,  Two 
Dollars. 

These  prizes  are  open  to  all  students  of 
Bowdoin  College  except  the  present  Orient 
editors. 

The  editors  reserve  the  right  to  decline 
any  contribution  which  they  deem  unsuitable 
for  publication.  They  cannot  insure  the 
publication  of  any  story  more  than  1,500 
words  long  nor  of  any  poem  of  more  than 
50  lines. 

The  name  of  the  author  of  every  contri- 
bution must  be  known  by  the  editor,  but 
will  not  be  printed  with  the  article. 

The  judges  will  see  the  competitive 
articles  only  in  print  and  will  not  know  their 
authorship. 


ACCORDING  to  custom,  this  number  of 
/A  the  Orient  will  be  sent  to  every  man 
who  enters  Bowdoin  this  fall.  The  paper 
will  continue  to  be  sent  unless  otherwise 
ordered.  We  hope  that  this  arrangement 
will  be  satisfactory.  It  is  taken  for  granted 
that  every  man  will  do  his  share  toward  sup- 
porting the  college  institutions.  Foot-ball 
and  base-ball,  and  the  other  enterprises  which 
the  students  of  the  college  from  time  to  time 
undertake,  each  come  in  for  their  part  of  the 
general  support,  without  which  they  cannot 
exist.  Of  all  these  none  is  more  worthy  of 
your  aid  than  the  college  paper ;  none  gives 
greater  returns  for  the  money  invested  in 
it;    none  is  of  so  universal  interest  both  to 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


107 


student  and  to  alumnus.  We  ask  not  only 
that  the  Orient  be  supported  financially  by 
every  man  in  college,  but  that  every  man  do 
what  he  can  toward  making  it  the  mirror  of 
the  sentiments  of  the  student-body,  and  the 
true  representative  of  the  literary  ability  of 
the  college.  Just  as  the  foot-ball  team  can 
attain  to  its  highest  perfection  only  when 
every  man  who  can  play  foot-ball  is  willing 
to  do  what  he  can,  so  the  Orient  is  depend- 
ent on  the  united  energies  of  all  those  whose 
tastes  and  ability  lie  in  the  direction  of  liter- 
ary work.  Let  every  man  who  can  write, 
of  whatever  class  he  may  be,  take  hold  and 
help  to  make  the  Orient  readable  and  inter- 
esting. If  any  one  has  an  opinion  to  ex- 
press in  regard  to  college  matters,  any  criti- 
cism of  methods,  or  suggestion  of  improve- 
ment, the  Orient  is  the  best  medium 
through  which  to  make  it  known.  We  hope 
that  many  will  avail  themselves  of  this  op- 
portunity and  give  the  students  the  benefit 
of  their  ideas. 


TJ  LITTLE  book  known  as  the  "Students' 
I *■  Hand-Book"  has  been  published  by  the 
Bowdoin  Y.  M.  C.  A.  It  contains,  in  addi- 
tion to  some  good  advice  to  the  Freshmen, 
a  general  directory,  encyclopedia,  and  history 
of  the  college.  It  will  be  found  a  very  val- 
uable book  of  reference,  especially  to  those 
entering  Bowdoin  this  fall.     It  is  free  to  all. 


T1FHE  business  manager  of  the  '93  Bugle 
-*•  claims  to  have  a  few  copies  of  that 
masterpiece  of  bookmaking  still  in  his  pos- 
session. It  is  true  that  a  copy  of  this  work 
will  be  found  under  the  corner-stone  of  the 
Art  Building,  but  we  strongly  advise  all 
lovers  of  wisdom,  especial^  the  members  of 
the  Freshman  class  not  to  wait  until  that 
copy  is  made  accessible  to  the  public,  but  to 
secure  one  for  themselves  at  the  earliest 
opportunity,  and  drink  deep  from  the  fount- 


ain of  knowledge.      Machan   &  Bagley  sell 
them  at  $1.00  a  copy. 


DLTRING  the  summer  two  changes  have 
occurred  on  the  Faculty.  Prof.  W.  A. 
Houghton  has  accepted  the  Winkley  Profes- 
sorship of  Latin  to  fill  the  vacancy  left  by 
the  resignation  of  Prof.  Lawton.  Prof. 
Houghton  is  a  graduate  of  Yale  in  '73.  He 
has  been  a  tutor  of  Latin  at  Olivet  College 
and  at  Yale.  He  has  occupied  the  chair  of 
the  English  language  and  literature  at  the 
Imperial  University  of  Tokio,  Japan,  and 
later  the  same  chair  at  the  University  of 
New  York.  He  has  also  conducted  the  Latin 
instruction  of  the  latter  university  for 
several  years  during  the  disability  of  the 
Latin  Professor.  He  received  his  Latin 
preparation  at  Berlin,  Germany. 

The  other  change  in  the  Faculty  is  the 
temporary  filling  of  the  German  chair  by 
Prof.  Farnsworth,  in  place  of  Mr.  Wheeler, 
who  was  here  last  year.  Prof.  Farnsworth, 
it  is  presumed,  will  remain  until  Mr.  Files 
returns  from  Europe  to  fill  the  German  chair 
permanently.  We  are  glad  to  observe  that 
both  Prof.  Houghton  and  Prof.  Farnsworth 
enjoy  the  full  confidence  of  their  classes, 
and  have  made  themselves  popular  with  the 
students  by  their  straightforward  and  hon- 
orable dealings  with  them.  We  wish  them 
the  best  of  success. 


TITHE  Arctic  explorer,Lieut.  Robert  E.Peary, 
A  U.  S.  N.,  has  returned  safely  from  his 
long  sojourn  in  northern  Greenland.  Lieut. 
Peary  was  a  graduate  of  this  college  in  the 
class  of  1877.  In  our  next  issue  we  shall 
give  to  our  readers  an  account  of  the  work 
which  this  son  of  Bowdoin  accomplished  in 
the  region  of  eternal  snow. 


Charles  E.  Courtney  has  been  engaged  to  coach 
the  Cornell  crew  from  September,  1892,  to  July,  1893. 


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A  Visitor  from  Century  Hence. 

TTFHE  evening  was  fast  slipping  away. 
A  Weary  with  hard  study,  I  had  pushed 
my  books  back  on  the  desk  and  had  begun 
in  a  dreamy,  listless  fashion,  to  look  over  the 
news  in  the  Daily  Fabricator,  which  my 
room-mate  had  placed  near  me  when  he  had 
left  the  room  an  hour  before.  All  was  quiet 
throughout  the  building.  I  was  seated  com- 
fortably in  an  easy  chair  drawn  up  before 
the  open  fire,  when  I  heard  a  light  knock  at 
the  door. 

"  Come  in ! "  I  called  out.  Then,  seeming 
to  forget  that  a  visitor  had  come,  I  remained 
sitting  without  even  turning  around,  and 
allowed  my  thoughts  to  run  on  as  before  the 
interruption.  In  a  moment,  however,  I 
became  aware  that  some  one  was  looking 
over  my  shoulder  at  the  paper  in  my  hands. 
Then  a  low  chuckle  aroused  me,  and  I 
glanced  up  to  see  a  hand  pointing  past  me 
to  the  columns  of  the  Fabricator.  I  turned 
quickly  to  see  who  the  possessor  of  the  hand 
might  be.  What  met  my  eyes  was  a  droll 
combination  of  youth  and  age,  done  up  in  a 
well-shaped  bundle  to  be  sure,  but  with  each 
element  showing  its  outlines  through  the 
wrappings. 

Yet,  though  the  age  and  intellectual  ca- 
pacity of  the  person  near  me  were  doubtful, 
his  physical  being  was  most  admirable. 
Every  limb  and  muscle  seemed  of  perfect 
proportion  and  development.  One  swift 
glance  was  enough  to  see  that  Nature  had 
bestowed  upon  at  least  one  individual  a  per- 
fect figure,  unless,  indeed,  a  cynical  tendency 
in  the  observer  led  him  to  attribute  the  per- 
fection to  the  tailor's  art  instead.  The  face, 
however,  with  which  the  tailor  certainly  had 
nothing  to  do,  was  far  less  tolerant  of  a  hasty 
judgment. 

Starting  up,  I  greeted  my  visitor  as  well 
as  I  could  in  my  surprise.  Though  my 
tongue  could  frame  no  question,   my  eyes 


must  have  been  full  of  inquhy,  for  his  first 
words  were : 

"No,  we  have  never  met  before.  In 
fact,  very  few  of  my  countrymen  ever 
visit  your  people." 

"You  are  from  abroad,  then?"  I  managed 
to  say. 

"Oh,  I  am  not  exactly  a  foreigner,"  he 
answered,  "only  I  do  not  belong  to  your 
time.  I  am  from  Century  Hence,  and  when 
away  from  my  own  time,  I  am  called  by  that 
name." 

Then  he  picked  up  the  newspaper  which 
had  fallen  to  the  floor  and  looked  at  it 
attentively. 

"I  knew  what  that  was,  the  moment  I 
saw  it,"  he  remarked  gravely. 

"  Do  you  not  have  newspapers  when  at 
home?"  I  asked. 

"O,  yes,  but  not  of  this  kind.  I  have 
never  seen  but  one  like  this  and  I  keep  that 
in  my  office  as  a  relic  of  past  ages." 

"  Perhaps  you  are  an  editor  yourself,"  I 
suggested. 

He  began  to  laugh  much  like  a  boy 
caught  in  some  roguish  act,  then  thrust  his 
hands  into  his  pockets,  and,  whistling  softly, 
walked  away  across  the  room.  When  he 
returned,  he  wore  the  sedate,  dignified  air  of 
a  man  of  great  responsibilities. 

"Yes,  I  am  what  you  would  call  an  edi- 
tor," he  said.  "  My  paper,  however,  is  not  at 
all  like  the  one  you  have  here.  Let  us  see : 
this  sheet  has  eight  pages  or  fifty-six  col- 
ums.  Over  half  of  this  space  is  filled  with 
advertisements;  next,  in  the  space  they  fill, 
are  the  paragraphs  of  political  advice  or 
criticism,  of  scandal  and  crime,  and  of  sport, 
all  placed  under  prominent  head-lines.  The 
remaining  columns  are  taken  up  by  encyclo- 
pedia and  other  scissored  knowledge,  stray 
items  and  puffs  for  people  around  town, 
accidents,  and  brief  notes  of  biography,  his- 
tory, or  science.  Well,  that  is  not  bad  after 
all.     Those  editors  must  have  shown  won- 


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derful  enterprise  in  getting  together  so  much 
and  putting  it  into  form  for  printing,  with 
the  slow  methods  they  had  to  follow.  But 
as  for  advertisements,  my  regular  editions 
never  contain  any.     Just  notice  this  paper." 

Here  he  drew  from  his  pocket  a  large 
sheet,  everywhere  punctured  with  characters 
that  might  be  Hebrew,  Chinese,  or  plain 
English,  according  to  where  one  began  to 
read  and  the  direction  he  took  in  reading. 
Then  he  went  on  to  say  with  true  editorial 
pride : 

"This  paper  has  an  enormous  circulation 
in  every  country.  You  never  imagined  any- 
thing like  it,  I  am  sure.  Still  I  employ  no 
compositors,  for  every  piece  of  type  is  set 
by  telephone.  We  always  represent  a  sound 
by  the  same  character,  so  that  when  a  sylla- 
ble is  spoken  into  the  telephone  it  comes  out 
at  the  other  end  all  set  up.  You  see  our 
letters  differ  from  yours  very  much,  or  this 
would  not  be  possible.  Then  the  electric 
current  is  so  gauged  that  head-lines  and 
important  items  are  given  in  their  proper 
type,  and  when  a  column  is  set  up,  it  is 
ready  for  the  press  without  the  delay  of 
proof-reading,  since  the  telephone  machine 
never  makes  a  mistake. 

"Our  manner  of  printing  is  also  different 
from  yours.  Our  paper  is  punctured  instead 
of  just  receiving- the  impression  of  the  type. 
By  this  means  we  are  able  to  bring  out  fif- 
teen to  twenty  copies  at  one  time.  We  issue 
an  entirely  new  edition  of  one  million  copies 
three  times  each  day,  and  get  them  around 
to  our  subscribers  in  a  few  minutes  after 
leaving  the  press.  Our  telephone  advan- 
tages make  it  possible  to  have  the  same  edi- 
tion in  all  the  great  commercial  centers  from 
which  it  can  be  distributed  to  all  points,  by 
the  fast-air  lines,  and  by  pneumatic-tube  ex- 
presses. To  read  our  sheet  easily  one  has 
only  to  place  it  over  any  dark  substance  to 
make  the  characters  show  up  clearly.  With 
our  immense  facilities  for  getting  and  send- 


ing out  news,  and  the  use  of  a  universally 
understood  alphabet,  we  have  about  reached 
perfection  in   newspaper  work. 

"Yet  there  is  still  another  advantage  in 
the  type  which  we  use,  and  that  is  its  re- 
versible meaning.  For  example,  if  you  are  a 
Democrat  read  one  side  of  the  paper.  If  you 
wish  to  get  the  Republican  view  turn  the  sheet 
over  and  read  the  other  side.  Or,  if  you  read 
that  you  are  accused  of  falsehood,  or  of  po- 
litical ambition,  be  under  no  apprehensions, 
for  on  the  other  side  you  will  surely  find  a 
complete  and  specific  denial  of  all  charges. 
In  this  way  both  sides  of  every  question  are 
presented,  a  high  average  of  truth  is  attained, 
and  no  one  is  hurt.  In  fact,  the  habit  of 
finding  fault  with  editors  is  entirely  out  of 
date." 

"But  how  have  you  managed  to  reach 
such  perfection  ?  "  I  asked. 

"  Oh,  there  is  a  great  discovery  connected 
with  that,"  he  answered. 

"In  your  time  every  one  was  obliged 
either  to  collect  his  knowledge  from  original 
sources,  or  to  absorb  and  have  drilled  into 
his  head  what  others  had  brought  together 
and  classified.  So  far  as  the  individual  was 
concerned  you  had  no  ready-made  learning. 

"On  the  other  hand,  my  father  who  was 
an  editor  and  a  learned  man,  bequeathed  to 
me  his  knowledge  when  he  died,  in  common 
with  his  other  possessions.  By  the  new  dis- 
covery, all  the  skill  and  wisdom  that  had 
been  collected  in  the  nervous  cells  of  his 
system  was  transferred  to  my  brain.  Hav- 
ing, then,  all  my  ancestor's  wisdom  beside 
what  I  had  developed,  I  was  able  at  the  age 
of  fourteen  to  take  charge  of  a  newspaper 
sending  out  three  million  copies  daily. 

"This  system  of  knowledge  transfer  was 
first  sought  out  by  one  of  your  contempo- 
raries, I  understand,  while  he  was  a  Senior 
at  college.  He  had  studied  carefully  the 
science  of  the  human  mind,  and  being  one 
day  thrown  in  contact  with  a  certain  Fresh- 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


man  who  possessed  all  the  knowledge  the 
world  holds  (except  on  one  important  point), 
he  resolved  to  make  an  original  experiment. 
He  conceived  the  idea  of  robbing  his  ac- 
quaintance of  his  learning  to  such  an  extent 
that  the  fellow  might,  under  favorable  cir- 
cumstances, find  it  possible  to  receive  some 
slight  addition  to  his  store.  With  this 
laudable  purpose  in  mind,  he  proceeded." 

At  just  this  moment  I  became  conscious 
that  my  room-mate  had  returned  and  was 
laughing  at  me  from  his  chair  on  the  other 
side  of  the  fire.  I  also  caught  a  glimpse  of 
something  very  like  a  tennis  ball  rolling 
away  across  the  floor,  while  a  slight  pain  in 
the  forehead  showed  where  some  missile  had 
struck  me. 

"  Are  you  really  awake  ?  "  were  the  first 
words  that  greeted  me.  "  I  am  glad  you 
are,  for  I  was  afraid,  from  the  expression  of 
your  face,  that  something  terrible  was  the 
matter,"  and  there  came  another  burst  of 
laughter.  I  rose,  rubbed  my  eyes  and  looked 
around  for  my  visitor  from  Century  Hence. 
But  he  had  fled. 


Regrets. 

Old  Bowdoin  once  more  greets  her  sons, 

From  holiday  returning, 
To  take  again  a  winding  course 

Along  the  paths  of  learning. 

Her  sons  in  turn  their  Mater  greet 

With  reverence  and  duty, 
But  with  surprise  and  wond'ring  awe, 

So  changed  her  quiet  beauty, 

Her  look  serene,  that  tranquil  air 
Which  age  gives  to  a  Mater, — 

The  dear,  old  soul  in  her  old  age 
To  modern  things  doth  cater ! 

All  gone  her  calm  indifference 
To  luxury  and  fashion, 


And  that  she  may  he  a  la  mode 
Is  now  her  ruling  passion. 

■  Old  Bowdoin  !"    Ah,  no  longer  so  ! 

The  epithet 's  used  wrongly, 
And  Modern  Bowdoiu  takes  the  place 

Of  what  we  loved  so  strongly. 

Her  Sons  of  Now,  we  mark  the  change, 
And  give  it  joyful  greeting, 

For  Youth  is  not  conservative, 

And  Youth's  regrets  are  fleeting. 

But  days  will  come  when  deep  regrets 
Will  fill  our  hearts  with  sadness, — 

Regrets  for  things  which  formed  a  part 
Of  life,  when  life  was  gladness ; 

As  even  now  the  Sons  of  Then 
Are  sad  to  see  this  changing 

Which  takes  away  their  landmarks  and 
Brings  sorrowful  estranging. 

The  easy,  careless,  pleasant  life 

In  batter'd  dormitories 
Is  going  surely, — there  remain 

But  memories  and  stories 

Of  days  that  were,  of  customs  old, 
Of  Bowdoin's  Middle  Ages  ; 

In  Bowdoiu's  history  they  are 
The  early-finished  pages. 

Ah,  well !     Such  things  must  always  be  ! 

The  times  are  still  progressing  ! 
Let's  sigh  that  it  is  so,  and  then 

Esteem  it  all  a  blessing. 


Resignation. 

Few  students  know 

This  tale  of  woe, 
And  all  must  be  informed 

Of  what  befell 

Our  sign  so  swell 
When  Maine  Hall  first  was  stormed. 

The  Orient  Room 

Met  fearful  doom 
At  the  Besiegers'  hands, — 

Before  those  swine 

That  pearl,  our  sign, 
Was  powerless ;  those  bands 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Ill 


Of  cruel  men 

Took  that  sign  then, 
And  in  wild  sport  and  jest 

They  nailed  it  in 

The  mortar-bin 
Away  from  careful  quest. 

0  !  every  trace 
Of  its  fair  grace 

Is  gone  ;  'tis  thrust  aside  ; 
And  we  must  be 
Resigned,  we  see, 

Tho'  we  are  mortified. 


John  G.  Whittier. 

O  hush  in  thy  toil,  my  nation ; 

A  leader  is  taken  from  thee  ; 

Now  sink  upon  bended  knee, 
And  silently  pour  lamentation, 
As  fitting  the  grand  one,  whose  station 

Henceforth  ever  empty  must  be. 

Thank  God  for  the  life  that  is  ended; 

No  grander  New  England  has  known  ; 

He  stood  far  above  us,  alone; 
'Twas  the  spirit  of  Christ  that  descended, 
And  all  virtues  of  Heaven  that  blended, 

In  giving  that  character  tone. 

How  tenderly  each  word  was  spoken, 

That  the  great  bard  of  Freedom  has  said ; 
How  modestly  bowed  he  his  head, 

When  he  saw  the  rent  shackles,  that  token 

Of  slavery,  sundered  and  broken. 

And  now  the  sweet  warrior  is  dead. 

How  he  sang  of  New  England  ever; 

No  bard  has  e'er  loved  it  so  well ; 

None  like  him  its  story  could  tell. 
Like  the  course  of  his  own  pretty  river, 
His  memory  sweeps  on  forever, 

In  the  land  where  he  labored  and  fell. 

In  the  harvest  month  of  September 

The  reaper  has  garnered  the  grain, 

Long  ripened  and  bent  on  the  plain. 

But  how  sweet  it  is  to  remember 

That  the  glow  of  an  extinguished  ember 

Will  brighten  and  shine  forth  again. 

O  mourn  for  him,  mourn  for  a  brother, 
Ye  millions  loved  by  him  for  years; 
And,  0  Freedom,  from  whom  he  drove 
fears, 


Shower  honors,  New  England,  his  mother, 
For  never  shall  ye  have  another 

More  worthy  thy  love  and  thy  tears. 


Henry  Newbegin,  '57,  of 
Defiance,  Ohio,  one  of  the 
board  of  overseers,  passed  several  days 
in  Brunswick  recently. 

A.  M.  Merriman,  '92,  has  been  ap- 
pointed assistant  in  Chemistry. 
Wood,  '92,  visited  Brunswick  on  his  way  to  Har- 
vard. 

■    Kelly,  '91,  spent  several  days  at  the  college  re- 
cently. 

Flagg,  '94,  has  been  employed  in  the  library  all 
summer. 

Nichols,  '92,  has  been  practicing  with  the  foot- 
ball candidates. 

Kimball,  '87,  and  Coding,  '91,  were  among  our 
recent  visitors. 

Professor  Smith  has  been  passing  his  vacation 
in  Brunswick. 

Frost,  formerly  of  '93,  has  returned  to  college 
as  a  member  of  '94. 

The  Freshmen  improvised  a  very  good  yell  for 
the  foot-ball  game. 

Badger,  '95,  is  to  take  charge  of  the  Physical 
Laboratory  this  year. 

The  working  force  iu  the  library  remains  nearly 
the  same  as  last  year. 

Quimby,  an  Andover  man,  and  Mayo,  a  '95  man 
at  Hobart,  have  entered  '95. 

Axtell,  formerly  of  '94,  who  has  been  out  teach- 
ing for  a  year,  has  joined  '95. 

Many  of   our    minstrels    attended  Cleveland's 
show  the  other  night  to  get  some  "  points." 

Mitchell,  '90,  F.  Drew,  '91,  Bean,  Young,  and 
Mann,  '92,  have  visited  the  college  this  term. 

Professor  Smith,  of  Yale,  has  been  in  at  some  of 
his  old  recitations  duriug  the  past  two  weeks. 


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MeCann,  of  Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  and 
formerly  of  Colby,  has  joined  the  Seniors.- 

Hubbard,  '90,  Emery,  '92,  and  Wathen,  '92, 
stopped  at  Brunswick,  Monday  afternoon  on  their 
way  to  Harvard. 

Dennett,  '90,  Home,  Coding,  Tukey,  and  A.  M. 
McDonald,  '91,  have  been  seen  on  the  campus  at 
various  times. 

The  dates  for  the  Topsham  Fair  are  October 
12-14.  It  is  reported  that  Triangle  will  attempt  to 
lower  his  record. 

Norman  Call,  '69,  visited  the  campus  recently. 
Minot  and  Home,  '91,  also  paid  the  college  brief 
visits  last  week. 

The  foot-ball  management  has  already  arranged 
dates  with  Exeter,  Andover,  and  Colby.  Bates 
has  decided  not  to  put  a  team  into  the  field  this 
fall. 

The  river  water  has,  as  is  usual  at  this  season 
of  the  year,  become  intolerable,  and  water  from 
Paradise  Spring  has  been  put  on  the  campus  for 
drinking  purposes. 

The  vacancies  occurring  in  the  Faculty  this  year 
have  been  filled,  the  Latin  chair  being  now  occupied 
by  Professor  Houghton  and  the  German  by  Pro- 
fessor Farnsworth. 

The  Freshmen  have  appointed  a  captain  to  select 
a  foot-ball  eleven  from  their  class,  and  will  doubt- 
less soon  have  a  team  on  the  field.  They  are  setting 
the  other  classes  a  good  example. 

Two  of  our  fitting  schools,  Washington  Academy 
and  Fryeburg  Academy,  celebrated  their  centen- 
nial this  summer.  President  Hyde  attended  the 
exercises  and  delivered  orations. 

In  the  State  Championship  Tennis  Tournament 
in  Portland,  a  few  weeks  ago,  Hinkley,  '94,  and 
partner  won  the  championship  in  doubles.  Pickard, 
'94 ,  captured  second  place  in  singles. 

A  new  reading-room  has  been  fitted  up  in  South 
Winthrop,  much  after  the  style  of  the  old  one; 
while  two  rooms  in  North  Winthrop  have  been 
transformed  into  a  recitation  room  for  Modern  Lan- 
guages. 

Professor  Houghton,  who  was  elected  to  the 
Winkley  Professorship  of  Latin  to  succeed  Professor 
Lawton,  has  already  won  the  good-will  of  his  class 
and  has  matters  running  smoothly  in  his  depart- 
ment.   Prof.  Houghton  was  a  Psi  U.  at  Yale. 

Mr.  Wheeler  who  had  charge  of  the  German 
department  last  year  has  been   replaced  by  Mr. 


Farnsworth,  who  is  fast  proving  himself  a  popular 
instructor.  The  Junior  division  is  reading  Minna 
von  Bamhelm  with  Nathan  der  Weise  for  private 
reading. 

The  firm  of  Baldwin  &  Machan  has  dissolved, 
the  senior  partner  having  retired  with  a  fortune. 
Machan  &  Bagley  now  accept  checks  for  books, 
sporting  goods,  etc.,  at  number  19  Winthrop  Hall, 
sign  of  the  golden  "boss."  Call  round  and  inspect 
their  goods. 

Hon.Hosea  M.  Knowlton  of  New  Bedford,  Mass., 
the  district  attorney,  who  is  prosecuting  the  Borden 
murder  case  at  Fall  River,  is  a  brother-in-law  of 
Professor  Lee's  wife  and  is  well  known  in  Bruns- 
wick. His  son  graduated  from  the  Brunswick  High 
School  last  June. 

4\  x.  is  dead.  For  several  years  successive 
Sophomore  classes  have  vainly  endeavored  to  re- 
vive the  old  $.  X.  spirit,  but  each  year  the  revival 
has  grown  fainter  until  now  a  few  spasmodic  strug- 
gles are  the  only  indications  of  life.  The  "  Grand 
Old  Hymn,"  however,  still  survives. 

'94  has  been  increased  by  six  men  from  Bangor 
Theological  Seminary, — McKinnon,  Smiley,  Ogilvie, 
DeMott,  Moore,  and  Sheaff ;  also  by  Merritt,  from 
Colby,  '94,  and  Frost  of  Bowdoin,  '93.  Boardman 
and  Ingraham  will  take  special  courses,  most  of 
their  studies,  however,  being  with  the  Juniors. 

It  is  unfortunate  for  the  athletic  interests  of  the 
college  that  so  few  ball  games  are  played  in  the 
fall.  There  is  no  reason  why  "  scrub  "  teams  should 
not  be  organized  either  by  each  "end"  or  each 
fraternity.  Even  if  the  playing  were  not  all  first- 
class,  new  men  would  be  sure  to  be  brought  out, 
and  all  would  be  sure  of  a  good  time  as  well  as 
good  practice. 

The  class  foot-ball  games  last  fall  created  an 
immense  amount  of  interest  in  all  the  classes,  and 
had  they  occurred  earlier  in  the  season  would  have 
furnished  valuable  teams  to  oppose  the  'Varsity. 
Foot-ball  is  more  popular  and  is  played  by  more 
men  than  ever  before.  Why  not  organize  class 
teams  and  play  a  series  for  the  championship  of  the 
college  ? 

Although  the  class  of  '95  in  attempting  their 
Horn  Concert  had  less  to  contend  against  than  did 
'94,  they  were  compelled  to  break  up  as  were  their 
predecessors  after  completing  one  round  of  the 
buildings.  A  moister,  more  bedraggled  and  dis- 
consolate crowd  than  were  the  Sophomores  after 
the  upperclassmen  had  finished  the  entertainment 
provided  by  them  would  be  hard  to  find. 


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The  subjects  for  the  second  themes  of  the  term 
are  as  follows:  Juniors:  1— Partisanship  in  Pol- 
itics :  Its  Good  and  Its  Bad  Features.  2— What 
Things  Tend  to  Increase  College  Spirit?  3— The 
Influence  of  a  Good  Newspaper.  Sophomores:  1 — 
The  Cholera  Epidemic.  2— Do  We  Need  Another 
Dormitory?  3— De  Quincey's  "Confessions  of  an  I 
English  Opium-Eater."  Themes  are  due  on  or  ! 
before  Wednesday,  October  J 2th. 

The  carpenters  at  work  on  Maine  Hall  are,  as  is 
their  custom,  making  haste  very  slowly,  and  the 
building  will  not  be  ready  for  occupancy  until  the 
middle  of  October.  The  reading-room  and  all  the 
recitation  rooms  have  been  removed,  and  the  whole 
hall  is  now  devoted  to  rooms  for  the  students.  The 
improvements  expected  have  all  been  made,  and 
things  will  be  remarkably  convenient  and  the  gen- 
eral appearance  of  the  hall  much  improved. 

The  first  themes  of  the  year  are  due  September 
28th.  Subjects  as  follows  :  Juniors:  .1— Results  of 
the  Peary  Expedition  to  Greenland.  2— Who  were 
to  Blame  at  Homestead ;  The  Company  or  the 
Strikers?  3— The  Literary  Career  of  George  William 
Curtis.  Sophomores:  1— The  New  Art  Building. 
2— The  State  Election.  3— John  G-  Whittier  as  a 
Poet.  The  Freshmen  will  also  have  several  themes 
to  write  this  year,  the  subjects  being  selected  from 
the  works  read  by  them  in  the  Latin,  Greek,  and 
French  classes. 

Following  is  a  list  of  the  members  of  '96,  with 
their  residences.  Several  other  men  are  entitled  to 
enter,  but  so  far  have  not  put  in  an  appearance. 

Samuel  Ackley,  Washington  Academy. 

T.  D.  Bailey,  Bangor. 

C.  E.  Baker,  Sheepscot  Bridge. 

W.  S.  Bass, 

J.  H.  Bates, 

H.  K.  Blodgett,  Boston  University. 

F.  E.  Bradbury, 


•    Wilton. 
West  Sumner. 


C.  M.  Brown, 
C.  A.  Brown,  Jr., 
J.  E.  Burbank, 
J.  L.  Burnham. 
H.  O.  Clough, 
H.  W.  Coburn, 
C.  Ij.  Curtis, 
Philip  Dana, 
F.  S.  Dane, 

E.  M.  Davis, 

F.  H.  Dole, 
Chase  Eastman, 
Stirling  Fessenden, 
W.  W.  Fogg, 

J.  W.  Foster, 
A.  A.  French, 


North  Freeman. 

Freeport. 

Portland. 

West  Freeman. 

Kennebunkport. 

Weld. 

Freeport. 

Westbrook. 

Kennebvmk. 

Freeport. 

Gorham. 

Portland. 

Fort  Fairfield. 

Bridgton. 

Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Norway. 


B.  F.  Frisbie, 
J.  E.  Frost, 
J.  Gilpatrick, 
J.  N.  Haskell, 

A.  G.  Hebb, 

C.  A.  Knight, 
Preston  Keyes, 
J.  O.  Ledyard, 
R.  W.  Leighton, 
J.  H.  Libby, 
Earl  Lyford, 

C.  W.  Marston, 
C.  P.  Merrill, 
J.  C.  Minot, 
W.  S.  Mitchell, 
Robert  Newbegin, 
Henry  Oakes, 
G.  T.  Ordway, 
H.  W.  Owen, 
F.  C.  Peaks, 
J.  E.  Pearson, 
H.  H.  Pierce, 
R.  T.  Plumstead, 
Wallace  Robinson, 
H.  L.  Rowe, 
R.  O.  Small, 
F.  B.  Smith, 
M.  P.  Smith, 
R.  E.  Soule, 
C.  T.  Stone, 
F.  H.  Swan, 
J.  B.  Thompson, 

B.  G.  Willard, 
W.  Williams, 
A.  P.  Ward, 


North  Bridgton. 

Eliot. 

Saco. 

Newcastle. 

Gilead. 

Brunswick. 

Wilton. 

Bath. 

Augusta, 

Fort  Fairfield. 

Farmington. 

North  Harpswell. 

Farmington. 

Belgrade. 

Freeport. 

Defiance,  Ohio. 

Foxcroft. 

Boston,  Mass. 

Bath. 

Dover. 

Brunswick. 

Portland. 

Wise  asset. 

'  Portland. 

South  Waterlord. 

Berlin  Mills,  N.  H. 

Brunswick. 

Norway. 

Freeport. 

Bridgton. 

Westbrook. 

Topsham. 

Newcastle. 

Topsham. 

Freeport. 


SOPHOMORE   FOOT-BALL  RUSH. 

On  Friday  morning,  at  the  close  of  chapel  exer- 
cises, the  familiar  old  cry  of  "  Foot-Ball-11-11 "  is  raised 
for  the  third  and  last  time  this  year,  and  as  it  dies 
away  the  two  upper  classes,  for  a  few  seconds,  hold 
in  the  mass  of  Sophomores  and  Freshmen  struggling 
to  find  an  exit  through  the  chapel  door.  Then  out 
they  come  with  a  mad  rush,  and  the  first  thing  the 
spectators  see  is  a  form  dashing  toward  Maine  Hall. 
This  proves  to  be  Simpson,  who  has  the  ball  con- 
cealed under  his  coat,  and  almost  succeeds  in 
reaching  his  end,  North  Maine,  and  winning  the 
prize,  when  he  is  stopped  by  some  stragglers  who 
are  walking  toward  the  chapel. 

With  a  rush  the  rest  of  the  Sophomores  are 
upon  him,  pushing  and  crowding  around  the  ball, 
which  somebody  holds  in  the  centre.  This  struggle 
goes  on  for  several  minutes  in  front  of  Maine  Hall, 


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the  position  of  the  crowd  changing  only  a  few  feet, 
till  suddenly  Knowlton  makes  a  brilliant  dash,  bears 
the  ball  triumphantly  to  his  room,  in  South  Win- 
throp,  and  Ninety- five's  foot-ball  rush  is  at  an  end. 
The  rush  lasted  only  ten  minutes,  and,  although 
arousing  much  interest,  was  lacking  in  exciting 
dashes,  and  was  much  shorter  than  the  rushes  of 
previous  years. 

SOPHOMORE-FRESHMAN  FOOT-BALL. 
By  three  o'clock,  Friday  afternoon,  the  crowd 
of  alumni,  upperclassmen,  "yaggers,"  and  small 
boys,  which  dotted  the  campus  near  the  new  Art 
Building,  seemed  to  make  clear  by  their  expectant 
looks  and  excited  talk  that  some  event  of  great 
interest  to  the  community  was  about  to  take  place. 
And  verily  such  was  the  case;  for  it  was  the  day  of 
the  great  annual  foot-ball  contest  between  the 
Sophomores  and  Freshmen  of  Bowdoin. 

Gradually  the  Freshmen  appeared,  clothed  in 
various  costumes,  which  raoged  from  the  athletic 
suit  to  the  iess  pretentious  dress  of  a  farmer.  They 
grouped  themselves  picturesquely  on  the  mother 
earth  around  the  sun  dial  and  waited. 

At  3.25  the  sounds  of  Phi  Chi  were  heard  in  the 
distance,  and  soon  the  Sophomores  appeared,  bear- 
ing a  banner,  beating  a  tin  pan,  and  showing  the 
customary  variety  of  dress  and  a  warning  dis- 
play of  "blud."  After  the  usual  struggle  the 
Freshmen  were  forced  to  rise  and  the  two  teams 
lined  up. 

The  Sophomores  opened  the  game  in  a  lively 
manner,  and  in  the  first  rush  carried  the  ball  well 
down  toward  the  Freshmen's  goal,  where  it  was 
fouled.  Then  the  game-continued  with  like  fortune 
for  each  side  for  several  minutes,  while  the  alumni 
and  upperclassmen  mingled  in  the  mele,  hoping 
once  more  to  "get  a  kick  at  the  ball."  Soon,  how- 
ever, the  luck  changed  and  the  Freshmen  kicked 
the  ball  over  to  South  Appleton,  and,  with  another 
rush,  gained  a  little  beyond  the  starting  place.  In 
spite  of  this  advantage  the  Freshmen  played  with 
less  confidence  than  their  opponents,  and  soon  lost 
their  gain  and  were  slowly  driven  back  toward 
their  goal,  till  at  last  Fairbanks  succeeded  in  forcing 
the  ball  across  the  path  and  winning  the  victory 
for  '95. 

The  game  was  interesting  throughout  and 
showed  that  '96  has  some  heavy  men  who  ought  to 
make  good  material  for  the  'Varsity  eleven.  The 
time  was  forty  minutes,  much  shorter  than  usual. 
The  referee  was  McArthur,  '93,  and  the  judges, 
Plaisted,  '94,  for  the  Sophomores,  and  Bagley,  '94, 
for  the  Freshmen. 


SOPHOMORE-FRESHMAN   ROPE   PULL. 

Saturday  morning,  after  the  usual  delay  in 
getting  a  rope,  the  two  lower  classes  prepared  for  the 
annual  rope  pull.  There  were  the  usual  number  of 
false  starts,  in  which  desperate  attempts  were  made 
to  pull  over  the  hydrant  and  uproot  the  campus 
trees.  Finally  a  fair  pull  was  started  and  the 
Freshmen  easily  won,  after  which  they  ran  trium- 
phantly over  the  campus  and  cut  the  rope  in  two, 
thinking  the  victory  won.  But  they  were  brought 
back  with  the  fragments  of  the  rope,  and  a  second 
pull  was  made,  in  which  the  Freshmen  showed 
excellent  form,  pulling  easily  the  Sophomores  and 
many  of  the  upperclassmen,  who  assisted  them,  and 
winning  the  required  two  pulls  out  of  three. 
McArthur  acted  as  judge. 

SOPHOMORE-FRESHMAN   BASE-BALL. 
'Ninety- Six,  '11;    'Ninety-Five,  9. 

Saturday  afternoon  wituessed  the  annual  Sopho- 
more-Freshman ball  game,  which  concludes  the 
week  of  fall  sports.  The  day  was  a  perfect  one 
for  base-ball,  and  the  two  teams  showed  up  in  good 
season,  so  that  the  game  was  actually  called  on 
time,  an  unusual  occurrence  in  these  inter-class 
contests.  The  game  lacked  the  usual  feature  of 
fantastically  dressed  Sophs,  and  was  attended  with 
less  "  chinning"  than  ordinarily.  Indeed,  Captain 
Fairbanks,  by  a  vigorous  and  forcible  harangue  suc- 
ceeded in  bringing  a  part  of  his  comrades  to  the 
rescue,  but  the  greater  number  preferred  to  "  sit  in 
shade."  The  game  was  closely  contested,  and  of  con- 
siderable interest  throughout,  but  does  not  seem  to 
show  that  '96  has  any  great  abundance  of  base-ball 
talent,  when  one  considers  the  weakness  of  the  team 
against  which  they  were  matched.  French  pitched 
for  the  Sophomores,  for  two  innings,  when  he  re- 
tired to  second,  and  Fairbanks,  pitched  the  remain- 
der of  the  game,  with  Wiley  behind  the  bat.  Only 
seven  innings  were  played.  Plaisted  acted  as  um- 
pire.   Tho  score  is  as  follows : 

•NINETY-SIX. 

A.E.     K.       E.H.     S.H.    P.O.     A.     E. 

Coburn,  lb.,       5  1  3  0  7  0  3 

Williams,  p 5  1  1  0  0  11  0 

Willard,  1.1, 4  0  0  0  1  1  0 

Smith,  2b., 4  2  1  0  2  1  4 

Soule,  o 3  2  0  0  7  3  0 

Merrill,  r.f., 2  1  1  0  0  1  0 

Libby,  c.f 4  1  1  0  0  0  1 

Ledyard,  3b., 3  1  1  0  4  1  0 

Eyes,  s.s., 2  2  1  1  0  1  j> 

32     11       9       1      21      19       8 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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'NINETY-FIVE. 

A.E.      K.       B.H.     S.H.   P.O.      A.      E. 

Fairbanks,  c,  p.,    ....  4  1  0       0  1       8  0 

Leighton,  s.s., 3  2  1       0  2       2  2 

Quimby,  3b 3  0  0       0  3       1  0 

Kimball,  G.,  lb,      ....  1  2  0        0  7        0  0 

Wiley,  2b.,  c 4  0  2       0  5       1  0 

Mayo,  r.f.,  c.f., 4  0  0       0  1       0  1 

Kimball,  W.  S.,  l.f 4  2  10  10  0 

Doherty,  c.f.,  r.f 4  0  0       0  0       0  1 

French,  p.,  2b.,       ....2210120 

29        9        5        0     21      14       4 

By  innings, 1234567 

'Ninety-Six,        0      1      2      0      2      3      3—11 

'Ninety-Five 2      3      0      1      1      0      2—9 


FOOT-BALL. 

Over  twenty-five  men  are  training  for  the  foot- 
ball team  on  the  delta  every  afternoon,  and  much 
interest  is  shown  in  the  sport  this  fall.  The  men 
are  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  Whittier,  who  has 
been  playing  at  Harvard  this  summer,  and  Capt. 
Carleton,  and  although  the  players  average  lighter 
than  in  former  seasons  still  they  give  promise  of 
doing  skillful  and  efficient  work.  The  make-up  of 
the  first  eleven  has  not  yet  been  definitely  decided 
on,  but  probably  will  be  in  a  few  days.  Most  of 
the  old  players  are  seen  on  the  field  and  in  addi- 
tion there  are  quite  a  number  of  new  men  at 
practice,  some  of  whom  have  had  considerable 
experience  in  the  game.  Captain  Carleton  expects 
soon  to  secure  the  services  of  a  coach  for  the  team. 

The  proposed  league,  composed  of  Brown, 
Tufts,  and  Bowdoin,  which  was  looked  forward 
to  last  spring  with  so  much  interest  here,  did 
not  materialize,  and  the  foundation  of  a  Maine 
College  Foot-Ball  League  was  equally  unsuccessful. 
Still  we  shall  have  an  interesting  series  of  games 
this  fall,  and  it  is  hoped  that  several  of  them  may 
be  played  at  Brunswick.  Thus  far  Manager  Bald- 
win has  arranged  for  the  following  games: 


October  1st, 
October  loth, 
October  22d, 


Exeter, 

Colby, 

Audover, 


at  Exeter. 

at  Brunswick. 

at  Andover. 


TENNIS. 
Bowdoin's  numerous  tennis  courts  are  in  un- 
usually fine  condition  this  fall  and  are  enlivened 
with  players  at  nearly  all  hours  of  the  day.  We 
have  lost  none  of  our  crack  players,  so  that  our 
prospects  in  the  Maine  Intercollegiate  Tennis  As- 
sociation next  spring  seem  particularly  bright.  The 
Freshman  class  has  brought  in  the  usual  number 
of  players  and  would-be  players,  but  whether  it 
contains  any  men  of  marked  tennis  ability,  remains 
yet  to  be  seen. 


The  outlook  for  our  Association  this  year  is  fully 
as  bright  and,  indeed,  a  little  brighter  thau  in  pre- 
vious years.  Although  no  one  went  from  here  to 
Northfield  this  summer,  yet  the  interest  in  association 
work  appears  quite  as  strong  as  it  was  last  fall,  and 
the  members  seem  willing  to  work  for  the  good  of 
the  cause.  Then,  too,  our  hand-book  places  us  in  a 
better  light  before  the  college  and  especially  the 
Freshman  class.  It  shows  that  we  are  interested  in 
them  and  will  try  our  best  to  help  them,  a  fact 
which  is  borne  out  by  the  reception  which  is  tend- 
ered them  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  room  on  the  first 
Thursday  of  the  college  year.  This  reception  met 
with  its  usual  success  this  year.  Fully  half  the 
incoming  class  was  present,  as  well  as  a  good 
number  of  the  other  classes  and  some  of  the  Faculty. 
A  very  pleasant  social  time  was  enjoyed.  Appro- 
priate remarks  were  made  by  President  Hyde,  Pro- 
fessors Woodruff  and  Wells,  and  fruit  was  served. 
Thus  we  are  on  a  good  footing  and  should  do  good 
work  the  coming  year. 

But  although  our  interest  may  be  strong  and  our 
desires  good,  our  knowledge  of  the  best  association 
methods  is  comparatively  limited.  We  need  to 
come  in  touch  with  other  associations  and  with  suc- 
cessful Christian  workers,  and  to  get  ideas  from 
them.  This  fortunately  is  made  possible  for  us  in 
the  convention  which  is  to  be  held  this  fall  at 
Augusta,  October  6-9.  We  should  have  present 
there  every  man  who  can  by  any  sacrifice  possibly 
go.  Nothing  should  take  precedence  of  this  duty 
which  we  owe  to  our  association  and  ourselves. 
Especially  should  a  goodly  number  of  the  Freshmen 
attend.  It  will  give  them  an  insight  into  the  broad- 
ness of  the  association  movement  and  into  the 
methods  by  which  the  work  is  done,  and  introduce 
to  them  some  of  the  most  prominent  leaders  in  New 
England.  R.  M.  Armstrong,  State  Secretary  of 
Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island;  J.  L.  Gordon, 
General  Secretary  at  Boston  ;  S.  A.  Taggart  of  New 
York,  Secretary  of  the  International  Committee, 
and  many  other  interesting  speakers  will  be  present. 
In  fact  we  all  need  to  go,  that  we  may  work 
during  the  coming  year  intelligently  and  to  the  best 
advantage  in  our  Master's  service. 


Ex-President  Andrew  D.  White,  of  Cornell,  a 
Yale  graduate  of  '53,  has  been  appointed  Minister 
Plenipotentiary  to  Russia. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


'27. — In  August  there  was 

dedicated  at  Concord,  N.H.,  a  statue 

of  John  P.    Hale,   the  anti-slavery 

statesman.    The  statue  was  a  present  to 

the  State  by  Senator  Chandler. 

'57. — Dr.  Thomas  F.  Moses  was  chosen  vice- 
president  of  the  American  Medical  Association  at 
its  recent  meeting  at  Detroit,  where  he  delivered 
an  address. 

'58.— Portland,  Me.,  September  5th.  Judge 
Nathan  B.  Cleaves  died  at  1 1.30  a.m.,  Monday,  at  the 
Falmouth  Hotel,  of  acute  Bright's  disease,  after  two 
weeks  of  sickness,  at  the  age  of  57  years  9  months. 
Nathan  Cleaves  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Sophia 
Cleaves  of  Bridgton,  and  was  bor-n  January  3,  1835. 
He  prepared  for  college  at  Portland  Academy,  and 
graduated  at  Bowdoin  College.  He  read  law  with 
the  well-known  firm  of  Howard  &  Strout  of  Port- 
land, and  was  admitted  to  the  Cumberland  bar  in 
April,  1861.  He  commenced  practice  in  Bowdoin- 
ham,  but  removed  to  Portland  in  1862  and  formed 
a  law  partnership  with  Hon.  L.  D.  Sweat,  then 
member  of  Congress.  This  relation  continued  until 
July,  1864,  when  he  entered  into  partnership  with 
the  late  Judge  Howard,  which  firm  was  terminated 
by  Howard's  death  in  1877.  He  married,  May  10, 
1865,  Caroline,  the  accomplished  daughter  of  Judge 
Howard,  who  died  in  Augusta  in  1875.  He  was 
elected  city  solicitor  of  Portland  in  1869.  Was  a 
member  of  the  State  legislature  from  Portland  in 
1871  and  1875,  and  Judge  of  Probate  for  Cumber- 
land County  from  1876-80.  He  was  candidate  for 
Congress  against  Keed  in  1884,  and  was  surveyor 
of  the  port  in  1885. 

'60. — Hon.  Thomas  B.  Reed  was  re-elected  to 
Congress  from  the  first  district  of  Maine. 

'61.— George  B.  Kenniston  was  elected  Judge  of 
Probate  in  Lincoln  County. 

'62. — Isaac  B.  Choate  has  a  poem  entitled  "  The 
Merchant  of  Newburyport,"  in  a  recent  number  of 
the  Boston  Commonwealth. 

'74. — Henry  K.  White,  late  principal  of  Lincoln 
Academy,  Newcastle,  is  now  principal  of  Bangor 
High  School. 


'75.— George  F.  McQuillan  was  Democratic  can- 
didate for  Judge  of  Probate  in  this  county. 

76. — Arlo  Bates  delivered  a  poem  at  the  Wash- 
ington Academy  centennial  this  summer. 

'77. — Lieut.  Peary,  the  Arctic  explorer,  arrived 
safely  home  in  Philadelphia  last  week. 

'79. — Charles  F.  Johnson,  Democratic  candidate 
for  Governor,  was  defeated  in  the  State  election. 
He  succeeded  in  reducing  the  Republican  plurality 
by  several  thousand  votes. 

'80.— William  T.  Call  was  married  to  Miss  Eleauor 
Margaret  McCartie,  June  29th,  in  New  York  City. 

'80. — Henry  A.  Wing  is  president  of  the  Young 
Men's  Democratic  Club  of  Bangor. 

'81.— Died  in  San  Francisco,  Mrs.  Margaret,  wife 
of  Mr.  Albert  L.  Joyce.  To  Mr.  Joyce  the  Orient 
gives  its  sincerest  sympathy. 

'83. — Edward  W.  Chase  holds  the  position  of 
Assistant  Professor  of  Obstetrics  in  the  Medical 
College  at  Omaha. 

'85. — Married,  August  17th,  Howard  L.  Lunt  to 
Miss  Ella  Gardiner,  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

'86.  — George  S.  Berry  is  principal  of  Limerick* 
Academy. 

'89.— Clarence  L.  Mitchell  has  become  principal 
of  the  high  school  at  Wareham,  Mass. 

'89. — William  M.  Emery,  city  editor  of  the  New 
Bedford,  Mass.,  Evening  Journal,  represented  his 
paper  as  special  correspondent  at  the  recent  famous 
Borden  murder  hearing  at  Fall  River,  and  wrote 
for  his  paper  daily  for  seven  days  between  three 
and  four  columns  of  testimony,  etc. 

'90. — Victor  V.  Thompson  is  principal  of  Rock- 
land High  School. 

'90. — Thomas  S.  Spillane  was  elected  state  rep- 
resentative from  Lewiston. 

'91.— Samuel  H.  Erskine  has  been  teaching  Lim- 
erick Academy,  and  from  a  hundred  applicants  has 
been  chosen  principal  of  Lincoln  Academy.  He 
married  Amy  E.  Albee  in  July. 

'91. — Mahoney  is  principal  of  Bridge  Academy, 
Dresden. 

'91.— Burr  remains  at  Patten,  principal  of  the 
High  School. 

'91. — A.  T.  Brown  will  resume  his  studies  at  the 
Yale  Law  School. 

'92.— W.  O.  Hersey  has  charge  of  the  High  School 
at  Bridgton. 

'92.— Poore  has  a  position  in  Worcester  Acad- 
emy, Worcester,  Mass. 

'92. — Durgin  is  going  to  take  a  law  course  at 
Boston  University. 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


117 


'92.— Wood  enters  the  Harvard  Divinity  School 
this  fall. 

'92.— R.  F.  Bartlett  is  studying  law  with  Judge 
L.  C.  Stearns  of  Caribou. 

'92.— Percy  Bartlett  is  teaching  school  in  the 
northern  part  of  Vermont. 

'92. — G-nmruer  is  teaching  at  Livermore  Falls. 

'92. — Emery  is  taking  a  course  in  Political  Sci- 
ence and  Philosophy  at  Harvard. 

'92.— Young  will  enter  Harvard  Medical  School 
this  fall. 

'92. — Mann  is  to  go  into  a  banking  house  in  New 
York  City. 

'92.— Kimball  has  been  lecturing  on  the  drama 
this  summer  before  the  Chautauquans.  He  enters 
Andover  Theological  Seminary  this  fall. 

'92.— Hull  is  principal  of  Fryeburg  Academy. 

'92.— J.  D.  Merrimau  is  principal  of  Gould 
Academy,  Bethel. 

'92. — Smith  is  studying  law  in  Augusta. 

'92. — Lee  is  principal  of  Corinna  Institute. 

'92.— Rich  has  entered  the  Andover  Theological 
Seminary. 

'92.  — Gurney  has  accepted  a  fine  position  as 
teacher  of  English  Literature  at  Riverside,  New 
York. 

'92. — Bean  enters  Boston  University  Law  School 
this  fall. 

'92.— Linscott  is  taking  a  post-graduate  course 
at  Chicago  University. 

'92. — Watheu  is  studying  Philosophy  at  Harvard. 

'92. — Cothren  is  studying  law  with  his  father  in 
Brooklyn. 

'92. — Kenniston  is  principal  of  Cornish  High 
School. 

'92. — A.  M.  Merriman  takes  Cutts's  place  as 
Assistant  in  Chemistry  at  Bowdoin. 

'92. — Lazell  has  gone  into  business  with  his 
brother  in  Roanoke,  Virginia. 

'92.— Downes  is  studying  law  with  his  father  in 
Calais. 

'92. — Nichols  has  gone  to  Clark  University  to 
study  mathematics. 

'92. — Pennell  is  in  business  with  his  brother  in 
Brunswick. 


Harry  A.  Garfield,  oldest  son  of  the  late  Presi- 
dent Garfield,  and  a  recent  graduate  of  Williams, 
has  an  appointment  to  a  professorship  in  the  new 
law  school  of  Western  Reserve  University  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio.  He  is  regarded  as  a  lawyer  and  tacher 
of  great  promise. 


Says  the  Brown  Daily  Herald:  "President 
Andrews'  announcement  in  chapel  yesterday  morn- 
ing that  regular  seats  would  not  be  assigned  Seniors 
and  Juniors  practically  means  that  attendance  for 
these  students  hereafter  will  be  entirely  optional. 
The  size  of  the  incoming  class  and  the  limited  room 
in  the  chapel  render  this  step  necessary."  Like 
words  would  have  a  very  sweet  sound  to  the  ears 
of  some  of  the  Seniors  and  Juniors  at  Bowdoin. 

College  publications  are  beginning  to  gather 
very  slowly  on  the  exchange  table.  It  is  a  great 
pleasure  to  once  more  look  over  the  reflections  from 
the  minds  of  other  colleges.  The  exchange  column 
of  a  college  periodical  can  be  made  one  of  the  most 
profitable  departments  of  the  paper.  There  can 
be  gathered  in  tangible  form  the  wit  and  the  wisdom 
of  the  college  world.  There  might  be  found  dis- 
cussions of  college  questions  by  some  of  the  brightest 
and  most  thoughtful  minds  of  the  youth  of  the 
country.  A  careful  selection  of  the  most  interest- 
ing matters  in  college  circles  goes  far  more  to  make 
an  exchange  column  interesting  than  mere  com- 
ments on  the  qualities,  good  or  bad,  of  the  papers 
which  reach  the  exchange  editor. 

Getting  on :  He — "  Well,  how  are  you  progress- 
ing in  your  French?"  "She — "All  right  till  I 
attempt  to  think  in  French ;  then  I  have  to  ask 
some  one  else  what  I  mean." — Boston  Beacon. 

At  the  University  of  California  the  Faculty  evi- 
dently have  many  duties  to  perform  which  would 
seem  strangely  out  of  place  at  Bowdoin.  For 
instance,  one  of  the  Sophomores,  during  a  lull  in  a 
scrimmage  with  the  Freshman,  was  seized  by  the 
collar  and  ordered  off  the  grounds  by  a  Professor. 
The  student  refused  rather  rudely,  and  suspension 
is  the  result. 

Harvard  offers  295  elective  courses  this  year. 

Yale  is  to  have  a  new  telescope.  It  is  now 
being  built  by  Clark  at  Cambridge,  and  will  cost 
$50,000.  The  glass  is  to  be  twenty-eight  inches 
and  will  be  one  of  the  best  ever  constructed. 


118 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Dickinson  has  a  twenty-eight-year-old  professor 
who  is  one  of  the  fifteen  or  twenty  scholars  in  the 
world  who  are  able  to  decipher  Assyrian  inscrip- 
tions.    His  name  is  Kobert  W.  Rogers,  Ph.D. 

Rev.  William  H.  Whittington,  who  died  at  Jack- 
son, Mich.,  August  31st,  was  at  the  time  of  his 
death  the  oldest  living  Harvard  graduate.  He  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  '21,  being  a  classmate  of 
Emerson. 

Brown  University  has  opened  its  doors  to  the  fair 
sex  and  with  pleasing  results,  if  the  following  from 
the  Broivn  Herald  voices  the  sentiments  of  the 
student  body.  That  paper  says:  "The  present 
attitude  of  Brown  University  toward  young  ladies 
finds  favor  with  all,  including  young  ladies.  It  is 
time  for  all  leading  colleges  to  take  down  the 
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Vol.  XXII.,  No.  7.— October  12,  1892. 

Editorial  Notes, 119 

The  Peary  Expedition, 122 

My  "  Castle  in  Spain," 123 

Hobbyisin, 125 

Rhyme  and  Reason: 

Verses  on  the  Opening  of  a  New  Term,     ....  125 

In  the  Spring-time, 125 

The  Nervous  Man's  Complaint, 126 

Beside  the  Summer  Sea, 126 

Collegii  Tabula, 126 

Athletics 128 

'  Y.  M.  C.  A., 129 

Personal, 130 

College  World, 131 


The  recent  initiations  of  the  Greek 
letter  fraternities  naturally  turn  our  thoughts 
toward  the  social  relations  which  these 
societies  hold  in  college  and  the  conditions 
of  which  they  are  a  part.  The  Orient  is 
not  at  present  inclined  to  acquiesce  in  the 
sentiments  expressed  a  few  years  ago  in  these 
columns  that  the  Greek  letter  fraternity  is 
a  failure.  On  the  contrary,  we  have  the 
greatest  confidence  in  the  use  of  such  an 
institution,  and  believe  that,  so  far  as  we 
can  judge  of  its  workings  at  Bowdoin,  it  is 
of  immense  value  to  the  students  individu- 
ally and  collectively.  While  from  a  merely 
literary  point  of  view,  no  doubt  the  larger 
and  more  public  societies  which  existed  in 
the  earlier  history  of  the  college  were  often 
more  useful,  by  bringing  their  work  before 
a  larger  and  less  partial  audience,  yet,  in  a 
social  aspect,  there  has  been  no  organization 
which  could  compare  with  the  secret  society ; 
and  it  is  in  their  social  aspect  that  these  fra- 
ternities attain  their  greatest  usefulness  and 
exert  their  widest  influence.  It  is  probably, 
all  things  considered,  the  most  necessary 
part  of  their  work  in  college. 

While  we  wish  to  be  understood  as  a  firm 
believer  in  the  Greek  letter  fraternities,  we 
must  grant  that  there  are  faults  in  the  system 
as  it  exists  here  at  the  present  time.     These 


120 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


faults  are  some  of  them  more  apparent  to 
the  outsider  than  to  those  who  are  more  in- 
timately acquainted  with  the  conditions  in 
college.  For  instance  it  is  a  surprise  to 
many  people,  including  some  of  our  older 
alumni,  that  the  Freshmen  are  so  quickly 
divided  up  among  the  five  fraternities.  They 
see  as  all  careful  observers  must  see  that 
there  is  a  falseness  and  unreality  in  the  ap- 
parently firm  friendships  that  spring  up  like 
mushrooms  in  the  first  day  or  two  of  the 
fall  term.  Not  only  this,  but  as  every 
society  confidently  asserts  that  it  is  seeking 
for  the  best  men  and  most  congenial  com- 
panions from  the  incoming  class,  they  realize 
that  it  is  impossible  to  find  these  until  many 
months  of  college  life  have  put  to  the  test 
the  characters  of  the  new  collegians,  and 
brought  out  their  latent  qualities.  It  is 
apparent  that  in  the  first  few  weeks  before 
initiation  it  is  impossible  to  give  of  any 
Freshman  a  definition  that  will  hold  good 
four  years  from  now.  If  such  is  the  case, 
how  is  it  possible  for  any  societ}',  under  the 
present  regime,  to  hold  true  to  the  especial 
character  which  it  arrogates  to  itself.  It 
cannot  be  done. 

With  small  classes  and  large  societies  the 
present  condition  must  be  recognized  as  a 
fact  necessary  for  self-preservation.  There 
seem  to  be  only  two  possible  remedies. 
The  first  would  be  a  mutual  agreement  be- 
tween the  several  chapters  to  postpone  the 
"  fishing  season "  till  later  in  the  college 
year.  This  could  only  be  accomplished 
when  all  the  societies  had  come  to  recognize 
the  disadvantages  of  the  present  system,  and 
even  then  its  success  would  depend  upon 
circumstances,  the  nature  of  which  could  be 
determined  only  by  putting  them  to  the 
actual  test.  The  other  possible  remedy  is 
one  which  may  come  in  the  natural  course 
of  events.  If  the  classes  continue  to  in- 
crease in  numbers,  and  the  societies  continue 
to  take  in  the  same  average  number  as  here- 


tofore, both  of  which  facts  will  probably  be 
the  case,  the  necessity  of  hasty  choice  of 
men  will  be  diminished  in  proportion  to  the 
increase  of  the  reservoir  from  which  the 
supply  is  drawn. 

We  believe  that  the  present  fraternities 
are  sufficient  in  number  to  take  care  of  all 
the  desirable  men  in  college,  even  should  the 
classes  permanently  average  sixty  or  sixty- 
five  men.  That  the  fraternities  do  not  do  so, 
even  at  the  present  time,  is  undeniable.  This 
is  largely  due,  as  we  have  tried  to  show,  to 
the  unstable  and  hasty  method  of  fishing.  If, 
therefore,  a  new  fraternity  should  get  a  foot- 
hold in  Bowdoin,  thus  complicating  the  situ- 
ation, and  weakening  the  other  societies,  the 
old  societies  would  partly  have  themselves 
to  blame  for  the  condition  which  made  pos- 
sible such  a  result. 


R.  GOODELL  having  resigned  the  Busi- 
ness Management  of  the  Orient,  Mr. 
B.  L.  Bryant  has  been  elected  to  fill  that 
position,  and  all  business  correspondence 
should  be  directed  to  him.  Mr.  Goodell  will 
have  charge  of  the  Personal  Department. 


TT7HE  foot-ball  season  has  opened  auspi- 
•^  ciously,  and  everything  points  to  an 
interesting  series  of  games.  Bowdoin  is  in 
no  league  this  fall  and  therefore  foot-ball  ex- 
citement will  probably  not  run  high  enough 
to  hurt  anybody,  and  yet  the  interest  taken 
in  the  game  is  shown  by  the  large  subscrip- 
tion already  obtained,  privately  and  without 
resort  to  the  usual  camp-meeting  methods. 
While  of  course  there  was  some  disappoint- 
ment in  the  college  because  the  foot-ball 
management  was  unable  to  arrange  a  league 
either  with  the  State  colleges  or  with  some 
of  the  smaller  New  England  colleges,  yet 
there  is,  or  at  any  rate  was  before  the  Exeter 
game,  a  suspicion  that  the  team  was  not  so 
strong  as  that  of  last  year,  and  this  effected 
somewhat   to    reconcile    everyone   with   the 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


121 


situation.  The  team  is,  however,  doing 
much  better  than  was  expected.  The  ulti- 
mate hope,  of  course,  is  to  some  time  be  estab- 
lished firmly  in  a  permanent  league.  This 
may  not  come  for  several  years,  but  probably 
will  eventually.  The  college  is  every  year 
growing  better  able  financially  to  support  a 
league  team,  and  a  better  understanding  of 
the  game  throughout  the  State,  and  espe- 
cially among  those  schools  from  which  we 
draw  our  men,  is  bound  to  be  of  advantage 
to  us  in  furnishing  a  greater  number  of  ex- 
perienced players  from  which  to  choose  a 
team.  A  small  college,  however,  will  always 
be  dependent  to  a  large  degree .upon  the 
fluctuation  of  foot-ball  material  incident  to 
a  limited  number  of  players,  and  Bowcloin 
should  do  everything  possible  to  overcome 
this  difficulty.  We  might  profitably  take 
advantage  of  the  example  set  by'  Andover 
and  Exeter,  who  always  have  teams  that 
rank  among  those  of  the  small  colleges.  It 
is  because,  as  some  one  has  said,  they  not 
only  talk  foot-ball,  but  they  eat,  drink,  and 
breathe  foot-ball.  Not  only  does  the  regular 
team  keep  to  work  but  the  class  teams  are 
just  as  wide  awake  and  enthusiastic  as  if  the 
honor  of  the  school  depended  on  each  of 
them.  If  we  want  to  play  foot-ball,  whether 
as  members  of  a  league  or  as  a  free  lance  in 
the  field,  we  must  do  likewise.  A  heavy 
team  like  the  one  we  had  in  the  fall  of  1890 
may  be  due  to  luck,  but  a  skillful  team  de- 
pends on  the  enthusiastic  and  hearty  en- 
deavor of  the  whole  college. 


ORE  we  going  to  have  any  class  foot-ball 
I*-  games  this  fall?  The  Freshmen  are 
showing  the  proper  spirit  and  have  got  their 
team  in  training.  The  other  classes  should 
not  let  the  Freshmen  get  ahead  of  them  in 
this  matter.  If  '96  happens  to  challenge 
any  of  the  other  classes,  what  will  be  the 
result.      Training   counts  a  good  deal,  and 


they  are  gettinginto  shape.  The  Sophomores 
are  evidently  preparing  to  enter  the  arena, 
but  the  trouble  with  them  and  the  other 
classes,  too,  seems  to  be  the  lack  of  foot-ball 
suits.  Everybody  remembers  the  interest 
taken  in  the  class  games  last  fall.  There 
was  not  much  training  for  them  to  be  sure, 
but  there  would  have  been  if  it  had  been 
thought  of  earlier  in  the  season.  Here  is 
ample  time  for  training  and  men  enough, 
unprofessional  men  enough  to  furnish  a  team 
for  every  class.  Now  let  every  class  provide 
their  men  with  suits,  and  not  wait  till 
the  Association  is  through  with  theirs. 
Let  us  have  class  games  and  find  out  who 
can  play  foot-ball.  Who  knows  but  what 
there  are  some  phenomenal  players  who  have 
not  made  their  appearance  on  the  delta  yet  ? 
Bring  out  these  "village  Hampdens"  just 
as  the  Orient  is  trying  to  draw  out  the 
"  mute  inglorious  Miltons."  Nobody  can 
say  what  a  college  is  good  for  till  it  is  shown 
what  every  man  is  worth. 


WE  ARE  glad  to  see  a  vigorous  Demo- 
cratic Club  in  the  field.  It  takes  two 
to  make  a  quarrel,  and  the  Republican  Club 
has  been  getting  lazy  for  want  of  some  one 
to  quarrel  with.  The  campaign  will  now 
probably  be  pushed  with  vigor,  and  if  the 
two  beasts  do  not  succeed  in  goring  each 
other  to  death,  they  will  undoubtedly  tear 
down  a  few  fences  at  any  rate,  which  is  the 
main  thing  after  all.  We  hope  that  a  joint 
debate  may  be  arranged  between  the  clubs, 
thus  reviving  in  a  practical  way  the  old 
Bowdoin  Debating  Club.  No  doubt  each 
club  will  hold  a  mass  meeting  of  its  own, 
and  endeavor  in  every  way  to  make  things 
lively  before  election.  Meanwhile,  that  the 
new  club  may  become  firmly  established,  let  all 
good  Democrats  show  their  colors,  and  rally 
to  the  support  of  Mrs.  Cleveland  and  Baby 
Ruth. 


122 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


PROF.  HOUGHTON  has  accepted  Prof. 
•^  Lawton's  place  as  one  of  the  judges  for 
awarding  the  Orient  prizes. 


TTT HE  Orient  is  at  present  without  a  fixed 
*■  habitation  but  is  "boarding  round."  This 
necessitates  a  considerable  inconvenience  to 
the  editors,  but,  as  it  seems  unavoidable 
under  the  present  circumstances,  they  are 
trying  to  take  the  matter  stoically,  hoping, 
however,  that  in  the  bright  da3rs  to  come  the 
college  will  provide  some  dwelling  place  for 
the  college  paper.  For  the  present  sub- 
scribers must  excuse  our  inability  to  furnish 
any  back  numbers,  as  all  our  files  are  stored 
awav  under  the  care  of  Mr.  Booker. 


J1[HE  Editorial  Board  for  Volume  XXI. 
•*■  desires  to  square  itself  with  its  publish- 
ers, to  whom  there  is  still  a  balance  due. 
Several  of  the  graduate,  and  a  few  of  the 
undergraduate  subscribers  have  not  yet 
paid  their  subscriptions.  The  Commence- 
ment issue  was  a  costly  number,  but  when 
all  remaining  subscriptions  are  paid  the 
entire  cost  of  publication  can  be  canceled. 
A  prompt  settlement  by  those  who  have  not 
paid  for  the  last  volume  will  confer  a  favor 
upon  its  Editorial  Board.  Address  P.  O. 
Box  951. 


The   Peary   Expedition. 

IT  WAS  with  much  rejoicing  that  Lieut. 
Robert  E.  Peary  and  his  little  band  of 
explorers  were  welcomed  back  to  Phila- 
delphia. Since  the  party  left  New  York, 
June  7,  1891,  in  the  small  whaling  steamer 
Kite,  the  interest  of  the  people  in  the  suc- 
cess of  their  undertaking  has  never  waned 
or  swerved  from  its  original  intensity.  The 
magnitude  of  his  venture  and  the  originality 
of  his  methods  of  procedure  excited  in  scien- 
tific circles  the  profoundest  interest.  Now, 
his  safe  return,  the  complete  accomplishment 


of  all  his  plans,  the  remarkable  success  of 
the  expedition,  place  him  among  the  foremost 
of  Arctic  explorers. 

The  expedition  was  begun  under  unfavor- 
able circumstances,  as  the  voyage  northward 
was  very  stormy,  and  while  passing  through 
Baffin  Bay  many  icebergs  were  encountered, 
and  it  was  with  the  greatest  difficulty  that 
the  Kite  was  able  to  proceed.  Nor  was  this 
all.  While  the  steamer  was  working  its  way 
through  the  ice,  by  a  sudden  turning  of  the 
tiller,  Lieut.  Peary  was  so  unfortunate  as  to 
have  his  leg  broken.  But  this  did  not  dis- 
courage him.  He  showed  his  admirable  sand 
in  not  faltering  in  his  purpose. 

They  landed  at  a  point  north  of  Whale 
Sound.  Here  they  erected  a  small  house 
which  they  had  brought  with  them.  This 
was  a  building  twelve  by  twenty  feet,  having 
double  walls,  with  an  air  space  between  sur- 
rounded by  an  outer  wall  composed  of  turf, 
stone,  and  snow.  Within  this  Lieut.  Peary 
was  confined  until  he  regained  the  use  of  his 
fractured  limb.  It  was  his  intention  to  obtain 
a  sufficient  supply  of  game  to  last  during  the 
winter,  and  also  to  make  a  thorough  exami- 
nation of  the  surrounding  country,  especially 
the  inland  ice  over  which  the  expedition  was 
to  traverse.  Then  in  the  spring  a  party  of 
four  or  five  were  to  start  out,  leaving  the 
remainder  at  the  camp  and  establish  depots 
along  the  line.  Finally  the  two  strongest 
were  to  leave  the  last  supply  station  and 
push  on  and  endeavor  to  determine  the 
northern  coast  of  Greenland. 

The  nature  of  this  journey  was  well  un- 
derstood by  Peary,  as  he  had  in  1886  made 
a  tour  of  exploration  on  the  inland  ice. 
Since  the  unbroken  surface  of  the  inland  ice 
is  well  adapted  to  the  use  of  sledges,  profit- 
ing by  his  experience  in  1886,  he  had  sledges 
built  on  a  very  much  improved  plan.  The 
tendency  of  the  times  in  everything  is  towards 
lightness,  compactness,  and  effectiveness, 
and  the  conquest  of  the  inland  ice  calls  for 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


123 


all  of  the  requisites  in  their  highest  perfec- 
tion. Franklin's  retreating  men  dragged 
a  boat  on  a  sledge  weighing  as  much  as  the 
boat.  The  sledges  used  by  Peary  were  very 
lightly  and  skillfully  constructed  out  of 
wood,  thongs,  and  ivory.  Attached  to  the 
rear  was  a  wheel  consisting  of  six  sections, 
one  revolution  covering  six  feet.  As  each 
section  touched  the  ground  the  boat  was 
automatically  recorded  on  a  reel  of  paper. 
By  this  means  the  distance  traveled  was  ac- 
curately determined.  The  real  start  may 
properly  be  said  to  have  commenced  May 
15th  over  the  ice  cap  at  an  elevation  of  4,000 
feet.  He  progressed  so  rapidly  that  in  nine 
days  he  was  at  the  edge  of  the  great  Hum- 
boldt Glacier,  and  on  the  last  day  of  the 
month  he  arrived  at  Betermann  fjord,  on  the 
northern  coast,  near  by  which  lies  the  soli- 
tary grave  of  Captain  Hall.  After  reach- 
ing the  82d  parallel,  his  course  was  de- 
flected in  an  easterly  and  southerly  direc- 
tion by  the  lay  of  the  land,  until  on 
July  4th  he  reached  Independence  Bay, 
so  named  in  honor  of  the  clay.  On  July  9th 
they  commenced  their  return,  both  men  and 
dogs  being  thoroughly  exhausted.  For 
twenty-eight  days  they  struggled  through 
the  soft  snow,  being  wrapped  in  the  snow- 
clouds  of  the  interim-  plateau,  at  an  altitude 
of  8,000  feet.  Then  descending  from  the 
Humboldt  Glacier,  they  finally,  August  6th, 
reached  McCormick  Bay.  Imagine  the  feel- 
ings of  that  exhausted  band  of  explorers 
when  they  came  in  contact  with  the  rescuers. 
How  hearty  their  hand  shaking  must  have 
been.  It  is  no  wonder  that  a  cheer  burst 
unconsciously  from  the  rescuers  when  they 
found  the  rescued  safe.  It  is  highly  grati- 
fying to  find  that  an  expedition  of  this  kind 
can  be  carried  through  as  it  was  planned. 
With  very  moderate  financial  support,  the 
exploring  part}'  has  seemingly  accomplished 
practically  all  that  was  laid  out,  with  no  loss 
of  life  except  through  accident  to  which  all 


Alpine  climbers  are  exposed.  Heretofore 
expeditions  have  narrowly  escaped  ship- 
wreck, or  have  been  on  the  verge  of  starva- 
tion. Our  hero,  Lieut.  Peary,  besides  prac- 
tically proving  Greenland  to  be  an  island, 
has  shown  us  that  Arctic  explorations  can  be 
made  with  comparative  safety  and  comfort. 
He  has,  in  fact,  demonstrated  the  way  which 
all  future  explorations  must  follow,  if  they 
would  obtain  success.  As  some  one  has  well 
said,  "  A  new  era  of  Arctic  explorations  has 
been  ushered  in."  This  has  been  accomplished 
by  the  untiring  energy  and  indomitable  will 
of  a  Bowdoin  graduate. 


My   "Castle  in  Spain." 

T  HAVE  never  yet  visited  my  castle  in 
*■  Spain.  Its  lofty  turrets  and  massive  walls 
never  greeted  my  sight.  And  yet  my  face 
often  turns  from  the  sunset  to  where,  far 
over  the  sea,  lie  my  fair  dominions.  I  do 
not  know  now  what  skies  are  arched  above 
them  nor  what  valleys  lie  beneath.  Who 
my  vassals  are  or  what  they  are  doing,  no 
one  has  ever  told  me;  still,  at  evening  a 
whisper  sometimes  comes  from  that  strange 
distant  land,  or,  as  I  stand  in  the  deepen- 
ing twilight,  I  hear  a  distant  chime  which  I 
like  to  think  comes  from  my  castle  bells, 
ringing  their  farewell  to  the  day.  Then 
voices  come  floating  on  the  air  as  if  borne 
to  me  on  the  sunbeams  which  not  long  before 
bade  my  Eastern  possessions  a  tender  good- 
night. From  them  I  learn  of  a  lovely  village 
within  sound  of  my  chapel  bells.  On  its 
pleasant  streets  glad  voices  blend  as  the 
people  meet  at  evening  to  talk  of  their  pres- 
ent joys  or  future  hopes.  Now  and  then  I 
catch  a  hint  of  broad  piazzas  and  lighted 
rooms,  where  the  gaily  dressed  youth  of  that 
Southern  clime  assemble,  and  where  man's 
imagination  is  stimulated  to  music  and  poetry 
by  beauty  as  fresh  and  fair  as  a  ray  of  morn- 
ing sunlight.     The  swarthy  cheek  and  manly 


124 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


frame,  the  radiance  of  gentle  girlish  faces, 
whose  dark  eyes  glow  warm  and  tender  like 
the  sunny  slopes  of  the  South,  these  some- 
how have  part  in  my  castle  in  Spain. 

And  I  know  that  if  I  were  in  that  village 
street  at  mid-day,  I  could  look  above  it  on 
the  heights  my  chateau  itself.  If  I  were 
there  I  would  look  long  at  each  spire  or 
tower  that  rises  over  battlement  and  bastion, 
and  perhaps  find  everything  more  splendid 
than  I  have  ever  imagined.  Then,  when  I 
had  drunk  in  all  its  beauty  and  grandeur,  I 
would  go  up  through  the  great  arch  of  the 
gateway.  There  some  vassal  or  retainer 
would  meet  me  bringing  the  keys  of  the 
castle.  He  would,  doubtless,  be  surprised 
that  I  had  not  come  before.  I  could  not 
have  known,  he  would  say,  how  clear  was 
the  air  around  those  heights,  nor  how  fair 
was  the  country  they  looked  down  upon. 

Then  he  would  lead  me  through  walks 
where  Art  and  Nature  vie  in  their  endeavor 
to  produce  only  what  is  pure  and  beautiful. 
From  smoothly  paved  courts,  bordered  with 
stately  columns  and  musical  with  fountains, 
we  would  pass  under  graceful  arches  to  the 
gardens  which  burden  the  breezes  with  the 
perfume  of  their  flowers.  And,  just  before 
the  palace,  we  would  come  to  the  most 
splendid  fountain  of  all.  For  in  that  place, 
half-veiled  in  a  cloud  of  rainbow-haunted 
spray,  rises  a  marble  group  of  most  exquisite 
sculpture,  standing  in  the  midst  of  a  wide 
grassy  lawn  like  a  priceless  pearl  set  in 
emerald. 

Then  from  the  palace  windows  we  would 
look  out  over  the  castle  walls  to  the  distant 
snow-capped  mountains  which  would  every- 
where bound  our  view.  In  the  east,  rising 
above  the  hills  and  valleys  that  lie  between, 
are  the  lofty  peaks  which  the  sun  first  kisses 
with  his  morning  beams,  ere  he  awakes  the 
happy  towns  and  hamlets  of  the  plain. 
Around  them  is  stretched  a  soft  veil  of  mist, 
above  which  their  glistening  tops  tower  to 
the  light  again, 


As  our  gaze  would  wander  from  peak  to 
peak  of  the  horizon,  everywhere  the  soft 
deep  tones  of  the  sky  would  meet  and  blend 
with  the  white  and  gray  of  the  summits, 
those  in  turn  giving  way  to  the  darker  shades 
of  the  slopes,  till  the  smiling  green  of  the 
plain  looked  up  from  below. 

Far  away  gleams  a  broad  river,  on  whose 
shimmering  current  the  wealth  of  the  world  is 
brought  to  the  cities  along  the  banks.  Nearer 
fountains  flash  in  the  sunlight ;  merry  brooks 
laugh  with  the  trees  that  overshadow  them, 
or,  grown  more  quiet,  mirror  the  sky  and 
give  back  to  the  foliage  above  its  own 
reflection  made  more  beautiful  as  in  a 
dream. 

And  in  a  dream  the  glories  above,  below, 
and  within  my  castle  would  seem  most  real. 
No  magician's  wand  could  add  to  my  en- 
chantment as  I  looked  upon  them.  Even 
were  eyes  closed  to  the  distant  landscape 
and  to  the  beauties  within  my  walls,  still  the 
odor  of  flowers  borne  up  by  gentle  breezes, 
and  the  soft  music  of  fountains  have  a  gift 
of  sorcery  all  their  own. 

So,  looking  and  listening,  and  idly  dream- 
ing, I  would  wait  until  the  sun  began  to  sink 
below  the  mountains  in  the  west.  I  would 
watch  the  deep  blue  of  the  sky  fading  slowly 
away,  and  everywhere  giving  place  to  a 
soft  red  that  makes  the  heavens  burn  with 
its  glow.  Then  that,  too,  would  leave  the 
eastern  sky  only  to  deepen  and  strengthen 
the  colors  in  the  west  where  the  sun  is  sink- 
ing in  a  flood  of  molten  gold  beneath  the 
crimson  canopy  of  the  upper  air.  A  few 
moments  more  and  the  purple  and  gold,  and 
red  around  and  above  the  snow-capped  peaks 
would  all  vanish,  and  I  would  see  the  cold 
gray  of  the  after-twilight  coming  on. 

A  little  later  when  Night  has  cast  her 
star-gemmed  mantle  over  all  that  land,  I 
am  looking  at  the  same  sun  setting  on 
the  western  world,  where  I  am  but  the 
humblest  of  retainers  and  not  lord  of  a 
"  Castle  in  Spain." 


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Hobbyism. 

TCVERY  man  has  his  hobby.  Whether  he 
*-*  be  a  lawyer  busied  with  a  large  practice, 
a  physician  at  the  head  of  his  profession,  a 
minister  in  a  varied  and  exacting  parish,  or 
a  mechanic  working  from  early  morning 
until  late  at  night,  yet  each  one  has  some- 
thing aside  from  what  is  strictly  necessary 
to  his  business,  to  which  he  willingly  devotes 
his  spare  time  and  energy. 

To  one  man  the  broad  and  fertile  fields 
of  electricity  offer  abundant  resources  of 
interest  and  pleasure  ;  another  finds  the  pro- 
gressive science  of  amateur  photography  a 
most  fascinating  study;  still  another  delights 
in  the  collection  of  mineralogical  or  botani- 
cal specimens :  and  so  all  men  are  drawn, 
either  by  nature  or  the  desire  of  profit,  to 
some  hobby,  so-called. 

My  hobby  is  the  collection  of  books. 
This  desire  to  accumulate  books,  had  before 
I  entered  college  scarcely  made  itself  known 
to  me.  But  however  little  I  may  have  de- 
veloped otherwise,  either  mentally  or  physi- 
cally, I  have,  in  this  respect,  developed  won- 
derfully. Still  my  collection  is  barely  a 
beginning  as  yet.  I  have  scarcely  the  foun- 
dations of  a  model  library.  But  it  is  exactly 
this  which  is  the  secret  of  a  hobby's  fascina- 
tion— the  difficulties  attendant  on  its  attain- 
ment or  completion.  If  any  science  or  art 
could  be  wholly  and  quickly  mastered,  or 
any  collection  easil}'  and  completely  made, 
all  its  attractiveness  would  disappear.  It  is 
the  innate  feeling  of  satisfaction  which  every 
man  feels  at  surpassing  all  others  in  some 
branch,  which  has  fostered  hobbyism  from 
remotest  times. 


Twenty-five  thousand  dollars  have  been  collected 
toward  building  the  "  Harvard  House"  in  New  York 
City.  "  Harvard  House"  will  be  a  general  club  for 
Harvard  men,  and  the  entire  expenditure  on  ground 
and  building  will  be  over  $70,000. 


Verses  on  the  Opening  of  a  New 
Term. 

O'er  all  the  old  familiar  paths 

Again  we  walk  together, 
Again  commence  the  busy  year 

Tn  hazy  autumn  weather. 

We  meet  our  last  year's  friends  again, 
And  talk  o'er  all  our  pleasures, 

Tor  doings  of  the  summer-time 
Are  closely  hoarded  treasures. 

We  visit  each  familiar  place, 

Renew  our  old  relations, 
Pick  up  again  the  broken  thread 

Of  former  occupations. 

And  so  begins  our  college  year. 

Bright  days  of  summer  ranging, 
Vacation's  changeful,  resting  days, — 

For  hours  of  work  exchanging. 

And  as  we  close  another  year 
Of  mingled  toil  and  pleasure, 

0  may  we  reckon  up  our  gains 
In  a  still  larger  measure. 


In  the  Spring-time. 

My  Muse  is  a  Muse  of  the  spring-time, 
And  these  are  the  days  of  the  fall, 

So  sad,  so  dark,  and  so  gloomy 
They  do  not  inspire  her  at  all. 

Oh  !  then  let  her  be  gay  and  joyous, 
And  though  out  of  season  she  sing, 

Let  her  utter  the  praises  of  spring-time 
And  the  pleasures  that  come  in  the  spring. 

'Tis  the  time  of  zephyrs  and  violets, 
Whose  odors  are  borne  on  the  breeze  ; 

'Tis  the  time  of  arbutus  and  verdure 
On  trees,  and  smooth  sunny  leas ; 

'Tis  the  time  when  the  birds  sweetly  warble, 
And  their  music  floats  forth  on  the  air. 

'Tis  the  time  when  man's  heart  is  gladest, 
When  his  mind  is  freest  from  care. 


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'Tis  the  time  of  all  Nature's  rejoicing 
'Neath  the  jovial  rays  of  the  sun, 

'Tis  the  time  that  is  eagerly  longed  for,— 
The  time  when  Maine  Hall  shall  be  done. 


The   Nervous   Man's  Complaint. 

In  the  stillness  of  the  night, 
Trembling  on  the  sleepy  sight, 
Dance  the  full  moon's  glorious  beams, 
As  I  lie  so  near  to  dreams. 

Suddenly  I'm  wide  awake, — 
All  the  walls  about  me  quake  ! 
Can  it  be  the  storm's  wild  roar? 
'Tis  the  sonorous  Soph  next  door. 

Silence  soon  resumes  her  reign  ; 
Soon  I'm  near  to  dreams  again  ; 
Soon  I  start  up  from  my  bed 
To  curse  that  banjo  overhead. 

Finally  the  Fiend  subsides. 

I  will  sleep,  whate'er  betides. 

Vain  resolve  !     There's  worse  in  store,— 

My  room-mate's  regular,  rasping  snore. 

"  Nature's  sweet  refresher,"  you 
So-called  "balmy  sleep,"  go  to! 
Every  hour  some  wild  alarm  ; 
Sleep  at  college  has  no  balm, 

Or  calm, — 

Or  charm. 


Beside  the  Summer   Sea. 

Beside  the  summer  sea 

The  skies  are  always  fair; 
Life  moves  without  a  care  ; 
And  love  is  everywhere, 

Beside  the  summer  sea. 

Beside  the  summer  sea 

The  bay  wears  Heaven's  blue ; 

The  friends  we  meet  are  true ; 

Old  pleasures  all  seem  new, 
Beside  the  summer  sea. 

Beside  the  summer  sea 

Old  hearts  are  young  again  ; 
No  chance  is  there  for  pain  ; 
Love  only  thinks  of  gain, 

Beside  the  summer  sea. 


Beside  the  summer  sea 

The  moon  is  wondrous  bright; 
While  all  the  stars  of  night 
Shed  sweeter,  tenderer  light, 
Beside  the  summer  sea. 

Beside  the  summer  sea 
Time  hurries  on  too  fast, 
And  buries  in  the  past 
The  sweets  we  would  have  last, 

Beside  the  summer  sea. 


Tukey,   '91,  stopped   in 
Brunswick  recently  on  his 
way  to  Boston. 

Dudley  and  Mead,  '94,  are  teaching 
at  Pembroke. 

Stone,  special,  who  played  guard  on 
last  year's  foot-ball  team  has  returned  to  college 
and  will  undoubtedly  fill  his  old  position  on  the 
team. 

Haskell,  formerly  of  '94,  will  enter  '95. 
Webber,  '95,  arrived  on  the  campus  last  week. 
Dana,  '94,  has  returned  from  his  vacation  trip. 
Charles  Hastings,  '91,  was  seen  in  town  recently. 

Lovejoy,  '95,  and  Dewey,  '95,  have  returned  to 
college. 

Thomas  H.  Eaton,  '69,  was  in  chapel  last 
Sunday. 

Mr.  Files  is  in  London  writing  his  thesis  for  the 
degree  of  Ph.D. 

Keller,  of  Yale,  '92,  addressed  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
a  week  ago  Sunday. 

Colby,  who  was  here  last  year  as  a  special,  has 
come  back  for  another  year. 

The  college  catalogue  for  1892-3  will  probably 
appear  about  November  first. 

Fabyan,  '93,  has  returned  from  the  White  Moun- 
tains, where  he  has  been  spending  the  summer. 

The  concrete  dome  on  the  Art  Building  is  nearly 
finished.     The  rest  of  the  walls  are  pretty  well  up. 


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127 


R.  W.  Mann,  '92,  was  seen  in  Brunswick,  Sunday. 

Judge  John  B.  Redman  was  in  chapel,  Sunday. 
He  was  the  guest  of  Professor  Johnson. 

Hunt,  '91,  will  serve  as  Assistant  in  Biology 
another  year  and  continue  his  course  in  the  Medical 
School. 

Nichols,  '94,  has  returned  after  an  absence  of 
nearly  a  year.  He  will  probably  finish  his  course 
with  '95. 

Hutchinson  '93,  who  has  been  spending  the 
summer  at  Poland  Springs,  rejoined  bis  class  last 
week. 

The  Faculty  gave  adjourns  last  Saturday,  and 
a  good  many  of  the  boys  went  home  to  make  up 
their  sleep. 

The  cups  won  by  the  Bowdoin  men  in  the  inter- 
collegiate tournament  last  spring  have  been  placed 
in  the  library. 

Brown,  '96,  who  was  unfortunate  enough  to  injure 
his  shoulder  at  foot-ball  practice,  will  return  to 
college  shortly. 

Professor  Little  had  a  squad  of  Freshmen  in  the 
library  recently,  instructing  them  in  the  mystic  lore 
of  how  to  find  a  book. 

The  foot-ball  team  is  receiving  blackboard 
demonstrations  of  the  game.  Capt.  Carletou 
manipulates  the  chalk. 

Baldwin,  '93,  W.  W.  Thomas,  Ross,  '94,  Board- 
man,  and  Stone  accompanied  the  team  to  Exeter. 
Ross  officiated  as  referee. 

President  Hyde  preached  the  sermon  at  the 
ordination  of  five  graduates  of  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  at  Farmington  recently. 

The  Faculty  has  sent  a  letter  of  congratulation  to 
Lieutenant  Peary,  77,  on  the  successful  accom- 
plishment of  his  exploring  expedition. 

The  foot-ball  subscription  list  is  remarkably  full 
this  year.  It  is  a  good  sign  as  showing  the  increas- 
ing interest  in  this  sport  in  the  college. 

Prof,  in  German  :  "  If  Hans  means  John,  what 
does  Hanschen  mean?"  A  bright  Soul(e)  among 
the  Sophomores,  suddenly  inspired:  "Johnson." 

The  Sophomore  French  division  is  reading  "  Le 
Cid."  The  men  are  rejoicing  over  two  unexpected 
adjourns,  caused  by  the  faulty  draught  of  the 
omnipotent  stove. 

Professor  Robinson  is  the  Junior  class  officer 
this  year.  Several  signs  have  already  been  removed 
and  pictures  "  turned  toward  the  wall  "  in  anticipa- 
tion of  an  early  visit. 


Brown,  '96,  on  account  of  his  recent  injury, 
tendered  his  resignation  to  the  class  as  captain  of 
the  '96  foot-ball  eleven.  Smith  was  elected  captain 
in  his  stead. 

At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Fraternity  Club  of 
Portland,  held  at  the  residence  of  Judge  Putnam, 
'55,  President  Hyde  read  a  paper  on  "The  Church 
of  the  Future." 

The  workmen  still  linger  fondly  round  old 
Maine  Hall.  The  wood-work  has  been  oiled,  and 
they  have  begun  to  oil  the  bricks,  thus  making  the 
outside  more  presentable. 

Goodell,  the  Business  Manager  of  the  Orient, 
has  resigned  his  position,  and  B.  L.  Bryant,  '95, 
has  been  elected  to  take  his  place,  Goodell  taking 
the  Personal  Editorship. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Foot-Ball  Association  in 
Lower  Memorial  last  Thursday,  Bagiey,  '94,  was 
elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  Dana's  resig- 
nation as  second  director. 

Says  a  recent  alumnus :  "  I  think  the  tribute  to 
the  beloved  Whittier,  published  in  a  recent  issue  of 
the  Orient,  a  credit  to  the  Orient  and  its  college. 
It  speaks  from  the  heart  and  is  true." 

On  account  of  the  large  size  of  the  division 
taking  Junior  Biology,  it  has  been  divided  for  labo- 
ratory work  into  two  parts,  which  take  turns  in 
remaining  for  the  two  hours'  manipulation  of  the 
microscope. 

C.  S.  F.  Lincoln,  '91,  returned  to  Brunswick, 
Sunday.  He  and  Cilley,  '91,  have  just  returned 
from  Germany.  Charles  says  he  hasn't  had  the 
cholera  yet,  but  was  run  in  as  a  cholera  suspect  on 
the  Austrian  frontier. 

The  foot-ball  team,  on  their  return  from  Exeter, 
found  a  large  crowd  awaiting  them.  The  surplus 
enthusiasm  was  expended  in  various  yells  and  a 
huge  bonfire  in  front  of  the  chapel.  Despeaux 
was  not  beard  from. 

Linscott,  '92,  visited  the  campus  recently.  Hast- 
ings, '91,  has  also  been  spending  a  few  days  in 
Brunswick  on  his  way  to  Johns  Hopkins  University, 
where  he  is  taking  a  post-graduate  course  in  History 
and  Political  Science. 

Howard  of  '93,  Bliss,  Briggs,  Flood,  DeMott, 
Smiley,  Lord,  Libby,  and  Merritt  of  '94,  Badger, 
Boyd,  Churchill,  Bryant,  and  Woodbury  of  '95,  and 
Bates,  Clough,  and  Gilpatick  of  '96,  attended  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Convention  at  Augusta. 

The  Jury  met  a  couple  of  weeks  ago  and  or- 
ganized with  Machan  as  foreman,  and  Chapin,  A  K  E, 


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Secretary  ;  the  other  members  are  Leigh  ton,  eax, 
Allen,  Z  *,  Ingraham,  *  T,  Wilbur,  '94,  Buck,  uudev, 
Hicks, '95,  Small,  AA$,aud  Bates, '96.  They  decided 
to  suspend  any  man  who  shall  hereafter  interfere 
with  the  Freshmen. 

Constant  additions  are  being  made  to  the  library 
both  through  gifts  and  by  purchase.  Among  the 
larger  gifts  recently  received,  two  are  worthy  of 
especial  mention.  The  family  of  Rev.  Calvin  Chap- 
man, of  Keunebunkport,  have  presented  fifty  valu- 
able volumes  on  Theology  to  the  college,  and  Rev. 
E.  H.  Downing,  D.D.,  of  Davenport,  Iowa,  is  the 
donor  of  a  choice  selection  of  works  relating  to  the 
Episcopal  church  and  its  doctrines. 

The  following  alumni  and  visitors  were  present 
at  the  various  fraternity  initiations  last  Friday 
evening:  A  A  <i>,  Prof.  Robinson,  Prof.  Moody; 
Thomas,  '85;  Spinney,  '89;  Packard,  '91.  4KB, 
Burleigh, '87;  Lane, '87;  Cummings, '90;  Smith, '91; 
Hanson,  Colby,  '95;  Bearce,  Colby,  '95;  Lamprey, 
Colby,  '94.  Z  %  Plummer,  '87;  Staples,  '89;  Thomp- 
son, Tolraan,  Dunn,  Spillane,  '90;  Erskiue,  '91.  9A 
X,  Ridlon,  '91 ;  Hodgdou,  '92;  Steinis,  Brown,  '90; 
Pattison,  Tufts,  '92.  *  T,  Prof.  Houghton,  Giveen, 
'63;  Dr.  Ford, '85;  Tolman,  '88;  Dr.  Parker, '88; 
Allen,  '90;    Hunt,  '91. 

All  students  who  believed  in  the  principles  of 
the  Democratic  party  were  requested  to  meet  last 
Thursday  in  Lower  Memorial  Hall  to  organize  a 
Democratic  Club.  Between  thirty  and  forty  an- 
swered this  call,  and  enthusiastically  agreed  to  form 
such  an  organization.  Mr.  Bagley  called  the 
meeting  to  order,  and  a  temporary  organization  was 
effected,  composed  of  Bagley,  Chairman,  and  In- 
graham, Secretary.  A  committee  consisting  of 
Plaisted,  Clifford,  and  Stevens,  was  appointed  to 
draw  up  a  constitution  and-  call  a  future  meeting 
for  permanent  organization.  After  listening  to 
ringing  speeches  by  Iugraham,  Simpson,  and 
Plaisted,  the  meeting  adjourned  with  hearty  cheers 
for  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cleveland,  and  Miss  Ruth. 

The  foot-ball  management  reports  that  the 
annual  subscription  amounts  to  fully  as  much  as 
was  expected,  and  that  they  hope  to  collect  the 
greater  part  of  it  at  once.  The  expected  trainer 
has  not  yet  arrived,  and  there  seems  to  be  some 
doubt  as  to  whether  one  will  be  obtained.  Professor 
Whittier's  untiring  efforts  in  behalf  of  the  team  are 
having  a  marked  effect,  and  Carleton's  ability  both 
as  a  player  and  captain  are  of  course  beyond  dis- 
pute ;  still,  if  the  Association  is  financially  able  to 
get  a  coach,  even  for  only  a  week  or  two,  the  team 


could  not  fail  to  be  benefited  thereby.  The  team 
will  be  composed  of  good  material,  and  it  seems 
only  right  that  everything  should  be  done  to  give 
them  the  best  possible  training. 

The  subjects  for  the  third  themes  of  the  terra 
are  as  follows:  Juniors:  1.  Bribery  in  Elections. 
2.  What  Advantage  Do  Open-Air  Sports  Have  Over 
Gymnasium  Work  ?  3.  The  Death  of  Lord  Tenny- 
son. Sophomores  :  J.  The  Significance  of  Colum- 
bus Day.  2.  The  Delta  on  a  Fall  Afternoon.  3.  In 
What  Ways  Does  a  Good  College  Paper  Benefit  its 
College?  Themes  are  due  on  or  before  Wednes- 
day, October  20th. 

Following  is  a  list  of  the  men  initiated  by  the 
different  fraternities  last  Friday:  A  A  #,  George  C. 
DeMott,  '94;  J.  S.  Buniham,  H.  W.  Coburn,  R.  W. 
Leighton,  Earl  H.  Lyford,  G.  T.  Ordway,  J.  E. 
Pearson,  '90.  A  K  E.  A.  Quiinby,  '95;  W.  S.  Ba  ss 
T.  D.  Bailey,  J.  H.  Bates,  Chase  Eastman,  Preston 
Keyes,  C.  W.  Marston,  C.  P.  Merrill,  J.  C.  Minot, 

E.  R.  Warren,  e  A  x,  Philip  Dana,  W.  W.  Fogg, 
A.  A.  French,  C.  M.  Brown,  A.  G.  Hebb,  Robert 
Newbegin,  R.  E.  Soule,  C.  T.  Stone,  z  *,  W.  W. 
Robinson,  Bert  S.  Willard,  J.  N.  Haskell,  F.  C. 
Peaks,  Henry  Oakes.     T  -i,  Charles  A.  Brown,  Jr., 

F.  C.  Dane,  Stirling  Fessenden,  J.  H.  Libby,  H.  W. 
Owen,  Jr.,  H.  H.  Pierce,  Fred  B.  Smith,  J.  B. 
Thompson,  Walter  M.  Williams. 


jftf?let.i®s. 


FOOT-BALL. 

FOOT-BALL   CALENDAR. 

Oct.    12— Boston  English  High  School,       at  Brunswick. 

"      15— Colby, Brunswick. 

"      21 — West  Roxbury  Athletic,       .     .    .  Brunswick. 

"      22 — Andover Andover. 

"      26' — Boston  Athletic, Boston. 

"      29— Tufts Brunswick. 

Nov.    5 — Colby, Waterville, 

or  some  other  team,     ....  Brunswick. 

"      9— Tufts Boston. 

"     10— Boston  University, Boston. 

"     11  or  12  Brown  University Providence. 

Bowdoin,  26;   Phillips  Exeter,  4. 

On  Saturday,  October  1st,  Bowdoin's  foot-ball 
team  played  at  Exeter  its  first  game  for  the  season 
and  won  a  substantial  victory,  easily  beating  Exeter 
by  a  score  of  26  to  4,  and  avenging  its  defeat  of 
last  fall. 


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129 


In  the  first  half  the  Bowdoins  scored  14  points 
on  touchdowns  by  Stevens,  Sykes,  and  Carleton, 
Carleton  also  kicking  one  goal.  In  the  second  half 
the  Exeter  men  played  a  better  game  and,  by  hard 
rushes,  Thomas,  Exeter's  captain,  scored  a  single 
touchdown.  Then  came  Bowdoin's  turn  again,  and 
touchdowns  were  scored  by  Payson  and  Carleton, 
the  latter  kicking  two  goals.  Then  Thomas,  by  a 
long  rush,  carried  the  ball  to  within  10  yards 
of  Bowdoin's  goal,  but  was  unable  to  make  a 
touchdown.     The  score: 

BOWDOIN. 

Right  End. 

Right  Tackle. 

Right  Guard. 

Centre. 

Left  Guard. 

Left  Taelde. 

Left  End. 
Quarter  Back 


Ridley, 
Kimball,  G.  L 
Thomas,  E. 
Shay. 
Bates. 
Stevens. 
Quimby. 
Fairbanks. 

Payson. 
Sykes. 


I 


Half  Hacks. 


EXETEK. 

Barton. 
Baumer. 
Van  Lengen. 
Twombly. 
Smith,  H.  A. 
Holmes. 
Hollister. 
Pillsbury. 
(  Kent. 

<  Thomas. 

(  Gage. 

1  Connor. 

Touchdowns — Stev- 


Cavleton.  Full  Back. 

Score— Bowdoin,  26  ;  Exeter,  i 
ens,  Carleton  (2),  Thomas,  Sykes,  Payson.  Goals  from 
Touchdowns — Carleton  (3).  Umpire— Ross,  '94,  Bowdoin 
College.    Referee — Dr.  Dixi  Crosby. 

The  playing  of  our  team  was  excellent  through- 
out, and  showed  that  the  eleven  was  made  up  of 
good  material.  From  the  results  of  this  first  game 
it  is  safe  to  predict  that  our  record  in  foot-ball  this 
year  will  be  one  to  bring  credit  to  the  college. 
The  work  of  the  team  seems  to  be  appreciated  by 
the  college  in  general,  as  the  Foot-Ball  Association 
is  receiving  much  better  financial  support  than  in 
years  past. 

A  careful  estimate  has  been  made  of  the  expense 
necessary  for  playing  the  rest  of  the  games  which 
have  been  arranged,  and  it  is  believed  that  we  shall 
come  out  square  if  every  man  pays  his  subscription. 
This  should  be  attended  to  as  soon  as  possible. 

'Ninety-five,  36;    Brunswick  High  School,  10. 

This  game  was  played  on  the  delta,  October  8th. 
After  a  good  deal  of  unnecessary  delay,  owing  to 
the  inability  to  find  men,  a  picked  eleven  from  '95 
lined  up  against  the  Brunswick  High  School. 

'95  had  the  ball  and  formed  a  V.  The  ball  was 
passed  to  Fairbanks,  who,  at  the  first  rush  scored 
a  touchdown,  from  which  a  goal  was  kicked.  The 
first  half  was  twenty  minutes,  in  which  '95  scored 
twenty,  while  the  Brunswicks  were  only  able  to 
get  four.  The  next  half  added  sixteen  more  to 
95's  score  and  six  to  Brunswicks.  For  '95  the 
backs  did  good  work,  and  Furbish  and  Dunning 


did   excellent  work    for    the    Brunswicks. 
36-10.     The  teams  lined  up  as  follows: 

'Ninety-five. 
Simpson. 
Hicks. 


Score 


Brunswick  High  School. 


Dennison. 

Jackson. 

Soule. 

Stetson. 

Shaw. 

Knowlton 

Stubbs. 

Fairbanks 


Left  End. 
Left  Tackle. 
Left  Guard. 

Center. 
Right  Guard. 
Right  Tackle. 

Right  End. 
Quarter  Back. 

Half  Backs. 


Thompson. 

Toothaker. 

"Worthley. 

Allsopp. 

Gould. 

Perkins. 

Hubbard. 

J  Dunning. 

/    Furbish. 

Edwards. 


Full  Back. 
Ross,  '94,   was  referee,   and   Plaisted,  '9<f,   was 


umpire. 


Mr.  F.  A.  Keller,  Yale,  '92,  Traveling  Secretary 
of  the  Students'  Volunteer  Movement  for  the  pres- 
ent college  year,  spent  Saturday  and  Sunday,  Octo- 
ber 1st  and  2d,  with  our  Association.  This  was 
Mr.  Keller's  first  visit  of  the  season.  From  Bowdoin 
he  went  to  New  Brunswick,  then  he  visits  the  col- 
leges of  Canada,  and  on  his  return  through  Maine 
visits  the  other  colleges  of  our  State.  He  will  spend 
the  remainder  of  the  college  year  in  work  amoug 
the  colleges  of  the  eastern  part  of  the  United  States. 
His  purpose  in  these  visitations  is  to  strengthen  the 
volunteer  bands  already  existing  and  to  form  new 
bands  where  none  now  exist.  Two  meetings  were 
held  while  Mr.  Keller  was  with  us,— one  Saturday 
evening  and  one  immediately  after  chapel,  Sunday 
afternoon.  Mr.  Keller  is  an  earnest  Christian,  and 
being  himself  a  volunteer  for  the  foreign  field,  he 
feels  the  needs  of  the  cause  and  presents  these 
needs  in  a  forcible  and  impressive  manner.  Al- 
though we  have  no  volunteers  here,  and  none  were 
led,  through  Mr.  Keller's  influence,  to  pledge  them- 
selves to  go  as  missionaries  to  foreign  lands,  yet  we 
feel  that  his  visit  has  helped  the  Association  by 
increasing  our  interest  in  missionary  work  as  well 
as  in  leading  us  to  do  better  work  in  our  own  Asso- 
ciation. 

Before  this  number  of  the  Orient  reaches  its 
readers  the  State  Convention  will  be  a  thing  of  the 
past.  We  are  planning  to  send  seventeen  or 
eighteen  men  to  Augusta  to  attend  its  meetings, 
and  hope  to  greatly  increase  our  knowledge  of  the 
best  methods  of  Association  work  and  to  receive 
much  spiritual  good  from  the  coming  in-  contact 
with  earnest  Christian  men. 


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'34.— Dr.  Henry  Grafton 
Clark,  one  of  Boston's  oldest  and 
mostesteemed  physicians,  died  Friday 
at  Hyde  Park.  He  was  born  in  Arundel, 
now  known  as  Kennebunkport,  Me.,  May 
14,  18l4,  and  graduated  at  the  Medical  School  of 
Maine  in  1834.  The  same  year  he  began  practice 
in  Boston,  and  continued  until  about  two  years 
ago.  He  was  a  very  successful  physician,  and  his 
ability  was  recognized  by  the  city,  which  he 
served  for  twenty  years  as  city  physician.  He 
also  served  in  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital 
for  twenty-five  years,  being  contemporaneous  with 
Drs.  Warren,  Bigelow,  Cabot,  and Bowditch.  During 
the  cholera  epidemics  of  1848-49  he  had  charge 
of  the  hospital  where  they  were  treated.  He  pub- 
lished a  book  on  cholera  and  on  yellow  fever,  and 
in  the  Boston  Journal  recently  an  interesting  inter- 
view with  him,  describing  the  cholera  past  and 
present,  was  published.  He  was  the  first  physician 
to  define  the  difference  between  ship  fever  and 
yellow  fever. 

'38. — Rev.  Samuel  Longfellow,  the  brother  of 
the  poet,  died  at  the  Maine  General  Hospital, 
October  3d.  He  was  for  some  time  a  member  of 
this  college,  but  a  non-graduate,  going  from  here 
to  Harvard. 

'68. — The  marriage  is  announced  of  John  A. 
Hinkley  to  Miss  Minnie  Tolford,  a  graduate  of 
Wellesley.  The  marriage  takes  place  Tuesday, 
October  11th.  The  bride  and  groom  are  both 
residents  of  Gorham,  Me. 

70. — Alonzo  G.  Whitman  has  been  appointed 
Professor  of  Biology  in  Chicago  University. 

75. — Dr.  Myles  Standish  has  been  appointed  In- 
structor in  Ophthalmology  in  the  Harvard  Medical 
School. 

77.— On  September  26, 1892,  Frank  Hobert  Har- 
graves  married  Miss  Nellie  Maria  Lord,  of  West 
Buxton,  Maine.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hargraves  will  live 
in  West  Buxton,  where  Mr.  Hargraves  has  for  sev- 
eral years  been  connected  with  the  Saco  River 
Woolen  Company. 

'80. — The  following  is  taken  from  a  notice  of 
A.  M.  Edwards  in  a  Pittsfield  paper :     "  In  consid- 


ering the  record  of  this  latest  year  added  to  the 
history  of  our  public  schools,  we  desire  to  congrat- 
ulate the  pupils,  the  teachers,  and  all  citizens  on 
having  at  the  head  of  the  school  a  real  superin- 
tendent. Ayres  M.  Edwards  has  had  one  year  in 
which  to  show  his  capabilities,  and  has  acquitted 
himself  most  satisfactorily.  He  found  the  public 
schools  running  in  an  unsystematic  and  shiftless 
sort  of  a  way,  and  quietly  set  to  work  to  bring 
about  the  reform  which  he  saw  was  so  greatly 
needed.  He  has  established  a  system  and  a  stand- 
ard in  the  training  school,  under  which  none  but 
thoroughly  competent  teachers  can  be  graduated. 
Superintendent  Edwards  has  raised  the  standard  of 
scholarship  as  well  as  that  of  teaching,  and  the 
influence  of  his  good  work  will  long  be  felt.  He  has 
proven  himself  just  the  man  for  the  place,  and 
Pittsfield  is  to  be  congratulated  that  he  is  to  con- 
tinue the  position  he  fills  so  well." 

'85.— The  ordination  of  Mr.  F.  W.  Davis  to  the 
ministry,  took  place  at  Cumberland  Centre  last 
Friday  afternoon.  The  sermon  was  by  Professor 
Chapman  of  Bowdoin  College.  The  installation 
services  were  in  the  evening  with  a  sermon  by  Pro- 
fessor Sewall  of  Bangor  Theological  Seminary. 

'85. — Dr.  Ford  is  assistant  demonstrator  of 
Histology  in  Boston  University. 

'88. — A.  C.  Dresser  has  resigned  his  position  as 
superintendent  of  schools  in  Rockland  to  accept 
the  principalship  of  Bridgton  Academy. 

'89.— M.  L.  Kimball  has  returned  to  his  old  home 
at  Norway,  Maine. 

'90. — Thomas  S.  Spillane  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  the  Androscoggin  S.  J.  Court,  Saturday.  He 
will  occupy  the  former  Savage  &  Oakes  office  in 
Savings  Bank  Block,  Lewiston. 

'90. — George  B.  Chandler  has  resigned  his  posi- 
tion of  head  master  of  the  Milford  (Mass.)  High 
School,  to  accept  a  position  with  the  publishing 
house  of  Ginn  &  Co.  He  will  have  charge  of  a 
part  of  the  high  school  work  of  New  York  State. 
His  city  address  is  70  Fifth  Avenue. 

'90.— Gilbert  B.  Littlefleld  is  editor  of  the  Bid- 
deford  Standard. 

'90. — W.  E.  Cummings  is  practicing  medicine  in 
Dexter. 

'90.— O.  W.  Turner  is  at  the  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

'92. — Parcher  is  teaching  school  at  Biddeford 
Pool. 

'92.—  C.  L.  Stacey  is  principal  of  the  Princeton 
(Me.)  High  School. 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


131 


'91.— Lincoln  and  Cilley  have  just  arrived  home 
from  Europe.  They  have  heen  hicycling  on  the 
continent  all  summer,  and  report  a  fine  vacation. 
From  a  recent  letter  of  Fes  Lincoln's  to  one  of  the 
students,  after  brushing  off  the  cholera  bacilla  (the 
letter  is  dated  Dresden,  September  9th),  we  make 
the  following  extract :  "  From  Flushing,  Holland, 
we  went  to  Bruges,  Belgium,  a  quaint,  interesting 
old  city.  It  was  the  first  really  old-time  looking 
city  we  were  in,  although  all  the  Dutch  towns  are 
old  enough,  and  quaint  in  their  way;  and  we 
enjoyed  prowling  round  the  little  narrow  streets. 
We  have  since  seen  a  much  fiuer  specimen  of  a 
mediaeval  town  in  Neuremberg.  From  Bruges  we 
rode  to  Antwerp,  where  we  were  delayed  for  four 
days,  as  Jno.  was  laid  up  with  a  lame  ankle.  The 
gallery  in  Antwerp  is  fine,  but  as  a  city  there  is 
not  much  to  see  there.  From  Antwerp,  as  the  Bel- 
gian roads  were  very  bad,  in  the  western  part  at 
least,  we  took  the  train  to  Landau  in  the  province 
Liege,  and  from  there  had  good  roads.  We  rode  to 
Achen,  and  from  there  to  Coin,  and  the'n  right  up 
the  Rhine  to  Coblenz,  where  we  made  a  side  trip 
up  the  "blue  Mosel"  to  Trier,  where  are  very  inter- 
esting Roman  ruins.  From  Coblenz  we  rode  up 
the  Rhine  to  Bingen,  crossed  the  river  to  see  the 
magnificent  German  National  Monument  which 
stands  on  a  hill  high  above  the  river,  and  rode  to 
Wiesbaden,  and  then  back  to  Mainz.  Carr  and 
Arnold  met  us  at  Coblenz  and  staid  with  us  some 
time,  but  they  both  had  hired  French  wheels,  and 
they  did  not  work  well  at  all,  so  they  finally  had  to 
leave  us.  From  Mainz  we  rode  to  Frankfort-on- 
the-Main,  and  from  there  over  a  fine  old  Roman 
road  to  Damstadt,  and  from  there  to  Worms, 
thence  to  Heidelberg,  then  through  Carlsruhe  to 
Freiberg  and  up  through  the  Schwarzwald  to  Titi 
See  and  St.  Blasieu,  and  down  the  Alpthal  to  the 
Rhein,  and  along  that  to  Basel,  where  we  entered 
Switzerland.  We  made  a  tour  of  three  weeks  and 
covered  a  pile  of  territory.  From  Basel  we  rode 
to  Bern,  from  Bern  to  Morat,  and  took  boat  for 
Neufchatel;  rode  to  Lausanne  and  took  boat  to 
Geneva.  We  sent  our  wheels  to  Marhgrey  and 
went  up  to  Chamounix  by  train  and  stage,  walked 
over  two  glaciers,  Bossou  and  Mere  de  Glace; 
climbed  two  small  mountains  for  the  fine  views, 
and  then  walked  over  the  Col  de  Balin  to  Martigny 
in  the  Rhone  valley.  Went  up  the  St.  Bernard 
Pass  and  spent  the  night  at  the  Hospice,  and  came 
back  next  day.  Rode  up  the  Rhone  valley  to  Visp, 
left  the  wheels  and  tramped  up  to  Zermatt.  Spent 
the  night  on  the  Riffelberg,  and  climbed  up  the 


Gomergrat  at  three  in  the  morning,  and  saw  the 
sun  rise  from  that  point,  the  grandest  sight  I 
ever  saw  or  ever  expect  to,  in  this  world  at  least. 
You  will  get  all  this  with  affecting  details  when  I 
get  home.  From  Visp  we  had  an  almost  continued 
coast  of  twenty-two  miles,  a  pleasant  part  of  the 
trip,  and  brought  up  at  Altdorf,  the  town  of  William 
Tell,  Esq.,  near  the  beautiful  Lake  Uri,  a  part  of 
the  Vierwaldstatte  See.  We  rode  the  length  of 
Lake  Uri,  nine  miles,  over  the  Axenstrasse,  cele- 
brated for  its  beautiful  views.  From  Brunnen  took 
boat  to  Lucerne.  Made  a  side  trip  to  Interlaken 
and  surrounding  territory,  and  then  rode  through 
to  Zurich  and  Constance,  and  came  back  into  the 
good  old  Deuchland.  Rode  to  Munich,  via  Ulm 
and  Augsberg,  thence  to  Neuremberg,  and  then 
here  (Dresden). 

'92. — E. D.  Osborne isprincipal of  Conway(Mass.) 
High  School. 


Knox  College  now  has  the  youngest  college  pres- 
ident in  the  United  States. 

RENVOI. 
Hark!  Hark!   They're  on  a  lark. 
Collegians  have  come  to  town, 
Some  with  bags,  and  some  with  "  jags," 
But  none  in  cap  and  gown. 

— Brunonian. 

Amherst  is  to  have  new  laboratories  to  cost 
$100,000.  The  building  is  to  be  delivered  by  the 
contractors  on  or  before  August  1,  1893. 

The  course  in  the  Harvard  Medical  School  has 
been  extended  from  three  to  four  years,  the  change 
to  go  into  effect  this  fall. 

After  June,  1893,  no  one  will  be  admitted  to 
Harvard  Law  School  without  examinations. 

Yale  has  received  over  $2,000,000  in  gifts  and 
bequests  during  the  past  year. 

President  John,  of  DePauw  University,  has  the 
following  to  say  to  those  entering  college:     "You 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


must  breathe  tbe  vivifying  atmosphere  of  college 
if  you  would  expaud  in  intellectual  life.  After  all, 
the  case  rests  with  you.  The  professor  is  nothing 
to  you  unless  you  are  something  to  him.  Books 
will  do  nothing  for  you  if  you  do  not  give  to  them 
in  turn.  Laboratories  will  be  no  better  than  your 
father's  barns,  if  you  are  imprisoned  within  thera 
as  the  horse  is  tied  to  his  stall." 

What  a  "razzle-dazzle"  send-off  some  of  the 
college  papers  give  the  opening  of  the  college  year. 
For  instance,  the  local  editor  of  the  Delphic  rids 
himself  of  his  exuberance  thusly  : 

1892. 

Rip!  zah!  rah!  zoo! 

I'm  an  old  one,  who  are  you? 

New  faces,  perturbed,  bashful. 

Old  one  anxious,  eager,  !  !  !  's. 

"  Have  you  seen  the  new  profs?  " 

"Such  beautiful  mustaches  they  have!  " 

The  Harvard  Crimson  urges  the  members  of 
the  two  lower  classes  to  start  a  reform  at  that 
university  by  ignoring  the  annual  rush.  It  truth- 
fully says:  "  A  rush  consists  of  a  childish  hand-to- 
hand  conflict  between  two  sets  of  men,  raising 
uproar  and  confusion  for  above  an  hour,  disturbing 
the  peace  and  attracting  to  the  yard  a  crowd  of 
muckers  and  loafers. "  This  same  agitation  is 
going  on  in  many  colleges  as  reformatory  ideas 
are  springing  up.  At  Bowdoin  the  only  "  free 
fight,"  for  that  is  what  these  cane  rushes  really 
are,  is  her  horn  concert,  and  the  enthusiasm  which 
was  displayed  this  year  in  that  discordant  celebra- 
tion, goes  to  show  that  such  things  are  on  the 
wane  at  Bowdoin. 

THE   COLLEGE   LIE. 

Ere  the  merry  foot-ball  season, 

We  are  told  of  half-backs  tall, 
And  of  mighty  guards  and  tackles, 

Who  will  enter  in  the  fall. 
And  when  spring-time  with  its  verdure 

Gladdens  all  the  landscape  rouud, 
We  are  told  that  wondrous  pitchers 

On  our  diamond  will  be  found. 

Oh,  it  meets  us  on  the  campus, 

It  is  with  us  in  the  field, 
Unto  it  when  in  the  class-room 

Recitations  oft  must  yield. 
From  it  there  is  no  escaping, 

To  no  refuge  can  we  fly, 
For  it  is  always  with  us, 

Is  the  omnipresent  college  lie. 

— Lehigh  Burr. 


Ground  has  been  broken  at  Hanover  on  the  new 
athletic  field  presented  to  Dartmouth  College  by 
the  alumni. 

By  mutual  agreement  between  all  the  faculty 
and  officers  of  the  University  of  Chicago  now  on 
hand,  the  uniform  appellation  of  "  Mr."  has  been 
adopted  in  mutual  intercourse,  thus  doing  away 
with  all  doubts  and  mistakes  as  to  the  proper  title 
of  any  man  connected  with  the  institution.  This  is 
rather  a  socialistic  idea  for  the  new  university  to 
start  in  with. 


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Editorial  Notes, 133 

Told  in  the  Starboard  Watch .135 

Delta  Upsilon 138 

Rhyme  and  Reason: 

The  Reason, 139 

From  Our  Point  of  View, 139 

Tennyson 139 

The  Death-Watch, 139 

Collegii  Tabula, 140 

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On  October  21st  the  whole  country 
kept  holiday  to  celebrate  the  four  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  coming  of  Columbus. 
Orators  and  poets  glorified  his  name  and 
apostrophized  the  magnitude  of  his  work. 
The  Church  claims  him  as  a  religious  en- 
thusiast, eager  to  bear  the  cross  into  new 
regions  of  the  world  and  to  spread  the  gospel 
among  peoples  unknown.  The  patriotism  of 
the  countries  of  his  birth  and  his  adoption, 
as  well  as  of  those  which  occupy  the  lands 
of  his  discovery  hail  him  as  a  great  inter- 
national hero,  the  forerunner  of  empire,  the 
progenitor,  though  unawares,  of  liberty. 

Stronger  than  the  claims  of  Religion 
and  of  Patriotism  upon  the  memorj'  of  the 
great  navigator  is  the  claim  of  Education. 
Columbus  was  one  of  the  leaders  of  that 
sublime  awakening  of  thought  in  Europe 
known  as  the  Renaissance.  From  the  thrall- 
dom  of  impotent  speculation  and  of  super- 
stition, which  bound  -the  scholars  of  the 
Middle  Ages  he  was  one  of  the  first  to  break 
away.  He  set  the  example  of  doing  and 
daring  which  thenceforth  were  to  be  the 
ruling  principles  of  scientific  investigation 
that  should  revolutionize  the  learning  and, 
through  the  learning,  the  civilization  of  the 
world. 

It  was    therefore    eminently   fitting  that 


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the  schools  of  the  country  should  lead  in  the 
celebration  of  this  anniversary.  Let  religion 
be  promoted  by  remembrance  of  the  faith 
which  led  the  daring  sailor  through  untold 
hardships  to  the  accomplishment  of  his  pur- 
pose. Let  patriotism  be  awakened  by 
thoughts  of  the  glorious  country  that  he  has 
given  to  us.  But  above  all  let  his  life-work 
be  remembered  as  the  spirit  and  the  sym- 
bolism of  modern  learning  which  has  to  do 
not  so  much  with  the  search  among  the 
crumbling  ruins  of  antiquity  as  with  the 
crossing  of  unknown  seas  and  the  discovery 
of  new  worlds. 


TTBOUT  two  weeks  ago  Mr.  Crocker,  a 
J  *■  former  Amherst  captain,  came  to  coach 
our  eleven.  A  marked  improvement  was 
almost  immediately  noticed.  The  greatest 
gain  probably  has  been  made  in  blocking, 
something  in  which  we  have  always  been 
weak.  The  improvement  was  first  observed 
in  the  Colby  game,  when  not  much  strength 
was  wasted  in  going  through  the  line  because 
such  enormous  gains  could  be  made  round 
the  ends,  the  runner  being  guarded  in  the 
most  artistic  manner. 

However  much  we  may  deplore  the  neces- 
sity for  salaried  trainers  in  college  athletics, 
it  is  nevertheless  certain  that  no  college 
which  pretends  to  put  a  team  of  any  kind 
in  the  field  can  do  without  a  coacher;  and, 
since  the  best  coachers  command  high  pay,  it 
is  usually  necessary  to  pay  for  the  training 
of  the  team,  or  put  up  with  inferior  and 
desultory  coaching,  which  no  college  that 
expects  to  make  a  show  in  athletics  can  afford 
to  do. 

A  writer  in  the  Harvard  Graduates'  Mag- 
azine, commenting  upon  the  loss  of  athletic 
prestige  at  Harvard,  clearly  shows  that  what 
the  university  has  lacked  for  its  teams  is 
coachers  who  would  devote  their  entire  time 
to  the  service  ;  in  other  words  the  right  men 
under  sufficient  salaries  to  provide  for  a  more 


thorough  and  systematic  instruction.  What 
Mr.  Camp  has  done  for  Yale  perhaps  Mr. 
Cumnock  could  accomplish  for  Harvard,  but 
it  can  be  expected  only  when  he  makes  a 
like  specialty  of  the  work, — when  he  be- 
comes practically  professor  of  foot-ball  at 
Harvard. 

If  Bowdoin  is  to  take  a  permanent  stand 
in  foot-ball  among  the  colleges  of  her  rank, 
it  seems  almost  imperative  that  some  stable 
arrangement  should  be  made  by  which  a 
coacher  of  known  ability  can  commence  work 
with  the  team  in  the  beginning  of  the  fall 
term.  If  the  trainer  could  be  engaged  the 
season  before,  or  better  still,  if  a  more  per- 
manent contract  could  be  made  by  which  he 
could  be  depended  upon  from  year  to  year, 
much  delay  and  uncertainty  would  be  pre- 
vented, and  the  results  would  be  worth  the 
trouble. 

TT  IS  said  that  there  is  some  hope  of  a 
*■  Senior  Vacation  this  year  in  case  the 
Junior  class  consents  to  change  the  date  of 
Ivy  Day  to  make  the  time  of  the  two  "vaca- 
tions identical.  This  it  would  seem  is  the 
only  solution  of  the  difficulty,  since  the  Fac- 
ulty evidently  intend  to  crowd  the  maximum 
of  work  into  every  term.  It  is  in  effect  a 
shortening  of  the  vacation  \>y  about  a  week. 
The  Juniors  will  probablysee  it  for  their  inter- 
est  to  make  this  change,  and  by  modifying  the 
existing  order  of  things  preserve  for  them- 
selves and  other  classes  the  time-honored 
Senior  Vacation. 


TIJHE  recent  establishment  at  Bowdoin  of 
•^  a  chapter  of  the  semi-secret  fraternity 
Delta  Upsilon  makes  our  list  of  Greek-letter 
societies  six.  An  attempt  was  made  in  1857 
to  found  a  chapter  of  D.  U.  here,  but  with 
poor  success.  The  chapter  never  took  in 
but  twenty-four  men.  These  were  from  four 
classes.  It  expired  in  1862,  either  on  account 
of  the  war,  as  our  contributor  suggests,  or, 


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as  is  more  probable  since  it  seems  to  have 
ceased  increasing  before  the  war  commenced, 
it  never  gained  a  sufficient  foothold  in  the 
college  to  stand  up  against  the  other  societies. 
Even  in  its  short  existence,  however,  there 
were  names  on  its  roll  that  any  society  might 
have  been  proud  of.  The  outlook  for  the 
new  chapter  is  certainly  more  encouraging 
than  that  of  its  progenitor,  as  judged  by  its 
early  fate.  Although  we  do  not  believe  in 
the  wisdom  of  starting  a  new  chapter  here, 
yet,  with  men  of  energy  and  ability,  it  will 
probably  be  able  to  continue  its  organization 
if  the  college  increases  every  year  and  no  new 
factor  enters  into  the  problem.  As  a  large 
proportion  of  the  chapter  consists  of  men 
who  have  just  entered  college  it  is  impossi- 
ble as  yet  to  predict  much  concerning  its 
strength.  There  is  some  doubt,,  moreover, 
whether  it  has  the  field  to  itself.  If  another 
baby  makes  its  appearance  this  year  we 
rather  expect  to  see  a  struggle  for  existence, 
as  there  is  hardly  enough  milk  in  the  bottle 
for  two. 

We  hope  the  older  fraternities  will  give 
the  new  comer  a  fair  show.  The  D.  U.'s 
intend  to  meet  others  on  the  footing  of 
gentlemen  and  should  receive  a  like  gentle- 
manly consideration.  The  Freshmen  have 
already  done  the  right  thing  in  giving  the 
new  chapter  the  compliment  of  Class  Presi- 
dent. The  other  classes  should  see  that  it 
is  given  a  just  share  of  the  honors.  If  it  is 
really  going  to  exist  here  among  us  let  it  be 
one  of  us. 


TN  LOOKING  over  the  foot-ball  news  of 
-■■  the  country  we  keep  running  across  fa- 
miliar names.  The  name  of  Hastings  ap- 
pears as  left  guard  on  Brown.  As  we 
understand  that  Bob  is  taking  a  post-grad- 
uate course  at  Brown,  we  take  it  for  granted 
that  his  researches  are  of  an  athletic  nature. 
Our  friends  will  find  him  the  same  invincible 


in  the  line  as  he  was  on  Bowdoin's  firstfoot- 
ball  team. 

Harvard  always  had  a  fancy  for  Tukey, 
'91,  so  upon  seeing  his  name  on  the  list  of 
Harvard's  first  eleven,  as  left  tackle,  we 
cannot  suppose  otherwise  than  that  "Tuke," 
notwithstanding  his  hesitation,  has  consented 
to  run  over  from  the  Medical  School  occa- 
sionally to  help  the  boys  out. 

That  is  not  all.  Noticing  that  West 
Point  had  a  team  in  the  field,  we  looked 
to  see  if  our  old  classmate  Stacy  was  true 
to  his  calling,  for,  though  he  has  been  a 
military  man  only  a  few  months,  he  was  a 
foot-ball  player  always.  We  were  not  sur- 
prised to  see  his  name.  He  is  playing 
Right  End  for  Uncle  Sam.  We  can  imagine 
him  in  the  thickest  of  the  fray,  always  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  ball,  and  can  almost  hear 
again  the  familiar  "daown,"  which,  about  here, 
used  to  be  synonymous  with  "first  down  for 
Bowdoin."  Truly  our  strong  men  are  in 
demand. 


Told   in  the  Starboard   Watch. 

1T7HE  sun  has  dropped  hazily  beneath  the 
-*•  horizon,  leaving  behind  him  a  glow  of 
rich,  red  and  gold  that  betokens  a  pleasant 
day  to-morrow;  over  there  in  the  east  a 
timid  flush  of  light  shows  where  the  lovely 
Night  Queen  is  delaying,  ere  she  comes  forth  to 
hold  court  over  this  little  sphere ;  the  stars 
come  into  sight,  one  by  one,  as  if  responding 
to  some  celestial  roll-call ;  and  over  the  sea 
has  fallen  that  gentle,  and  almost  awful, 
serenity  of  grandeur  which  follows  a  fair 
sunset.  As  we,  my  friend  and  myself,  stand 
on  the  quarter-deck  of  the  big  ice-laden 
schooner,  watching,  with  thoughtful  eyes, 
the  sublime  picture,  and  noting  the  regular 
rise  and  fall  of  our  jib-boom,  as  we  glide  over 
the  swelling  bosom  of  the  Atlantic,  no  sound, 
save  the  harsh  creaking  of  blocks  and  the 
moan  of  the  wind  through  the  taut  cordage, 


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breaks  upon  the  silence  of  Nature.  For  a 
few  moments  even  the  strident  voice  of  the 
first  officer,  who  is  getting  the  vessel  into 
shape  for  the  night,  is  strangely  softened, 
and  the  'fore-the-mast  hands  do  their  duties 
with  but  little  of  their  ringing  sea-song  and 
wonted  joviality. 

Suddenly,  however,  a  commotion  arises 
forward,  and,  in  a  moment,  a  stalwart  son  of 
Norway  comes  swinging  aft  to  take  his  "  trick  " 
at  the  wheel.  He  takes  his  place  and  repeats 
the  series  of  growls  uttered  by  his  prede- 
cessors, which  proves  to  be  our  course  on 
this  tack  (south-east  by  east,  one-half  east), 
and,  in  another  second,  "eight  bells"  is 
ringing  out  from  the  big  bell  at  the  main- 
mast foot.  We  landsmen  consult  our  time- 
pieces as  the  starboard  watch  comes  noisily 
on  deck,  and  find  that,  as  they  would  say  in 
Boston,  it  is  8  o'clock  p.m. 

With  a  cordial  "Good-night,  gentlemen," 
the  captain  goes  below  to  his  cabin  to  seek 
his  well-earned  repose.  The  first  officer 
comes  aft,  takes  a  look  aloft,  cast  another 
astern,  glances  sharply  at  the  compass  in  the 
glowing  binnacle,  mutters  something  about 
the  wind,  and  greeting  us  nervously  as  we 
sit  on  the  house,  smoking,  goes  hurriedly 
forward  to  have  "that  blankety,  blank, 
blank,  spanker  tops'l  set  straight." 

With  his  departure  my  friend  and  I  fall 
to  dreaming,  and  our  thoughts  stray  back- 
ward to  our  old  school  and  college  friends. 
And  we  wonder  where  they  all  are,  and 
what  they  are  doing;  if  Jack  X.  is  married 
yet;  whether  or  not  Tom  J.  still  teaches  a 
country  school  and  wears  his  hose  the  year 
round  like  a  through  train,  "  without  change"; 
or  if  "the  Count"  is  rolling  in  wealth  and 
children ;  and  if  Fred  is  yet  mayor  of  the 
Windy  City. 

Thus  we  muse  till  my  companion  says 
abruptly:  "You  remember  Billy  Moody. 
Did  I  ever  tell  you  of  his  life  at  the  M- 


University  ?    No  ?     Well,  get  a  fresh  Garcia 
and  I'll  tell  vou  about  him  now." 


With  a  fragrant  weed  we  curl  down  in 
the  lea  of  the  after  house,  and  my  friend 
proceeds  with  his  narrative. 

"  Although  Billy  Moody  was  not  in  your 
class,  Tom,  you,  of  course  remember  him. 
You  recall  how  magnificently  he  took  many 
a 'dead'  in  the  class-room,  and  how  splen- 
didly his  athletic  form  showed  up  in  the 
'  gym.'  Billy  was  not  a  smart  scholar,  but 
his  brain  was  one  of  the  brightest,  and  his 
heart  the  truest  of  the  many  good  men  sent 
forth  from  our  Alma  Mater. 

"When  Billy  was  in  his  Senior  year,  and 
was  gayly  toying  with  the  mysteries  of 
Psychology  and  '  Poly  Con,'  he  was  in  the 
very  prime  of  his  muscular  development. 
He  looked  an  Apollo  Belvedere  in  the  flesh; 
and  he  was  as  good  and  true  and  as  gentle 
and  brave  as  he  was  strong  and  agile.  Billy 
did  not  neglect  his  studies,  but  his  brain  was 
intensely  active,  and,  like  all  men  of  a  highly 
nervous  temperament,  he  hated  to  be  bound 
by  the  narrow  limits  of  a  book  cover.  So 
he  did  considerable  '  sliding '  in  his  class 
work,  while  his  general  knowledge  on  many 
subjects  was  broad  and  valuable. 

"Billy  was  not  a  'ladies'  man,'  and  he 
did  not  seek  the  company  of  femininity  in 
general,  but  in  his  Junior  year  he  became 
fatally,  yes,  fatally,  in  love  with  Miss  Isabel 
Whittredge,  whom  you  well  remember  as 
the  belle  of  our  little  college  town. 

"  But,  although  Billy  was  handsome,  and 
could  be  a  brilliant  conversationalist  when 
he  chose,  Miss  Whittredge  did  not  fancy  him, 
and,  in  fact,  on  several  occasions  openly 
snubbed  him.  This  was  torture  to  a  man  of 
his  disposition,  but,  notwithstanding  a  galling 
sense  of  defeat  and  humiliation,  he  struggled 
blindly  on. 

"Thus  things  went  on  for  a  year,  Billy 
doing  his  best  to  win  his  lady's  regard,  and 
getting  horribly  snubbed  therefor.  At  last 
a  climax  was  reached.  He  and  I  were  one 
day  strolling  through  a  sylvan  'lovers'  lane,' 
a  place  much   frequented   by    towns-people 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


137 


and  students,  when,  as  we  were  seated  on  a 
log  by  the  roadside,  breathing  great  draughts 
of  the  spicy  aroma  of  the  pines,  we  heard 
voices  near  at  hand.  We  were  seated  a  few 
feet  from  the  pathway,  where  we  could 
plainly  see  the  passers-by  but  could  not,  in 
turn,  be  readily  noted  by  them. 

"We  sat  still,  therefore,  and,  in  a  mo- 
ment, Miss  Whittredge  and  a  lady  friend 
came  sauntering  slowly  by,  engaged  in  earn- 
est conversation. 

"Billy's  big  hand  gripped  my  arm  hard, 
and  we  sat  silently  aud  listened  till  they  had 
passed  out  of  hearing.  Miss  Whittredge 
was  talking  in  unguarded  tones  in  evident 
reply  to  some  remark  made  by  her  friend. 

'"Well,  I  don't  care,'  she  was  saying, 
'some  men  make  me  tired.  There's  that  Mr. 
Moody,  for  instance.  He  is  absplutely  good 
for  nothing  but  feats  of  strength.  A  mere 
magnificent  brute.  All  muscle  and  no  brain. 
I  declare,  I  fairly  despise  such  creatures.' 

"I  was  completely  paralyzed,  and  dared 
not  look  at  Billy.  Finally  I  felt  his  grasp 
loosen,  and,  turning,  I  looked  into  a  face 
that  I  shall  never  forget,  so  full  was  it  of 
agony  and  reproach  and  utter  hopelessness. 

"'Let's  go,  Tom,'  he  said  in  a  moment, 
and,  as  we  walked  slowly  homeward,  he 
spoke  not  a  word.  When  we  had  reached 
the  seclusion  of  our  room  at  the  college 
'end'  I  would  have  burst  forth  with  a 
tempest  of  invective  against  the  thoughtless 
woman,  but  Billy  stopped  me. 

'"Not  a  word,  my  boy,'  said  he,  very 
gently  but  very  firmly.  '  It's  hard,  but  I  mean 
to  show  her  that  my  strength  is  good  for 
something,  and  give  the  lie  to  her  words. 
Oh,  my  God,  Tom  !  'a  magnificent  brute';'" 
and  then  he  bowed  his  handsome  head  on 
the  table  top  and  there  I  left  him. 

"It  was  Wednesday  of  the  week  preced- 
ing Commencement,  just  a  month  from  the 
time  of  our  unhappy  eavesdropping  episode 


in  the  woods.  On  this  Wednesday  after- 
noon, just  as  Miss  Isabel  Whittredge  stepped 
into  her  brougham  at  her  house  on  Gay 
Street,  on  her  way  up  town,  Billy  Moody 
left  No.  10  South  Smith  Hall  on  his  way 
down  town. 

"  The  brougham,  with  its  fair  occupant, 
drew  slowly  along  till  it  reached  the  point 
where  the  tracks  of  the  M.  N.  &  O.  R.  R. 
cross  the  street.  You  remember  the  place ; 
the  short  deep  cut,  and  the  sharp  curve  at 
the  end  of  it.  Well  the  brougham  had  just 
gotten  fairly  on  to  the  tracks  when  down  went 
the  road  gate  with  a  bang,  preventing  the 
forward  passage  of  the  vehicle,  while  at  the 
same  instant  the  6.15  express  whistled  in, 
just  east  of  the  curve. 

"  The  gate  you  remember  is  controlled 
from  the  signal  tower  one  hundred  yards 
away  down  the  track,  and  the  signal  man 
with  his  other  duties  did  not  notice  the  en- 
trapped carriage.  But  Billy,  just  coming 
over  the  hill,  had  seen  it  and  dashed  to  the 
rescue. 

"The  coachman  turned  his  horses  half 
round  and  lashed  them  furiously,  thinking 
to  thus  return  the  way  he  came,  when  crash  ! 
The  rear  wheels  of  the  brougham  had  stuck 
fast  in  the  track  grooves,  and  the  sudden 
furious  spring  of  the  horses  had  broken  the 
forward  axle  in  two,  thus  clearing  the  front 
wheels  and  seat  from  the  track,  but  leaving 
the  body  of  the  affair  stuck  fast  in  the  path 
of  the  on-coming  train. 

"  The  coachman  was  dragged  down  the 
road  by  the  infuriated  animals.  Few  people 
were  on  the  quiet  old  street  and  only  Billy 
dashing  madly  on  saw  the  danger. 

"  Miss  Whittredge  struggled  wildly  to 
get  a  door  open,  but  in  vain.  In  tipping, 
the  whole  carriage  had  been  so  strained  and 
wrenched  that  both  doors  and  windows  held 
fast. 

"  The  express  rolled  on.  The  engineer 
whistled  and  made  every  endeavor  to  stop 


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the  heavy  coaches;  but  the  distance  was  too 
short  and  the  train  slid  swiftly  and  merci- 
lessly over  the  slippery  rails. 

"And  now  where  was  Billy?  Ah,  never 
fear  for  him.  With  tremendous  leapshe  gained 
the  track,  took  in  the  situation  instantly,  and 
stopping  for  naught  stepped  directlj'  in  front 
of  the  approaching  express  and  bent  low  by 
the  brougham.  One  mighty  effort,  such  as 
only  he  out  of  all  his  fellows  could  have 
called  forth,  and  with  one  heave  of  those 
sinewy  arms  the  brougham  was  sent  rolling 
from  the  track  bearing  within  Miss  Whitt- 
redge,  fainting  and  bruised,  but  saved  from 
a  fearful  death. 

"  But  alas  for  that  brave  heart  that  so 
nobly  rescued  her.  In  that  tremendous 
throw  he  lost  his  balance  and  fell  on  his 
knees.  When  half  turning  to  rise,  and  dazed 
by  the  uproar  of  it  all,  the  pilot  of  the  loco- 
motive struck  out  the  life  from  that  manly 
body,  and  laid  him  lifeless  on  the  bank  full 
ten  rods  away. 

"  There  we  found  him  a  few  seconds  later. 
Not  a  cut  or  scratch  on  him.  Only  an  ugly 
black  mark  on  the  right  temple  to  show  how 
he  met  his  death. 

"  Ahem  !  how  the  fog  fills  one's  eyes  and 
throat,  Tom.  Well,  we  took  him  up  tenderly 
and  only  I  knew  that  in  his  death  he  was 
happiest,  and  only  I  could  account  for  the 
emtroubled  look  which  the  dear  dead  face 
bore. 

"  I  never  saw  Miss  Whittredge  again. 
Two  years  ago  she  was  still  single  and  " — 
"Eight  bells,  sir,"  repeats  the  man  at  the 
wheel,  and  again,  ding-ding,  ding-ding,  ding- 
ding,  ding-ding,  peals  out  the  big  voice  at 
the  main-mast. 

My  friend  ceases  speaking.  After  a  pause 
of  some  minutes  he  says,  "Come,  let's  turn 
in,  it's  twelve  o'clock,"  and  therewith  de- 
scends to  his  state-room.  I  look  above.  The 
glow  in  the  west  has  gone ;  the  silver  moon 
now  hangs    high    overhead ;    the    breeze    is 


freshening,  and  out  astern  rolls  a  wake  of 
phosphorescent  flame  marking  our  passage 
over  the  crystal  wave-world.  And  as  I  look 
musingly  at  these  gifts  of  the  Creator  to 
man,  my  heart  dwells  on  those  sweet  lines 
of  the  poet, 

"  The  bravest  are  the  tenderest, 
The  loving  are  the  daring." 

A  slight  bustle  forward ;  the  starboard 
watch  is  going  below.  The  second  officer 
gives  me  a  cheery  "  Good-morning,  Sir,"  as 
he  steps  to  the  quarter-deck,  and  taking  the 
hint,  I,  too,  go  down  for  my  "  watch  below." 


Delta  Upsilon. 

TTFHE  fifty-eighth  annual  convention  of  the 
■^  Delta  Upsilon  Fraternity,  held  with  the 
Colby  Chapter,  at  Waterville,  Me.,  October 
12th,  13th,  and  14th,  afforded  a  grand  oppor- 
tunity to  secure  a  charter  for  a  Bowdoin 
chapter.  A  splendid  programme  was  carried 
out  in  Waterville,  participated  in  by  distin- 
guished D.  U.  men,  among  whom  were  Pres- 
idents E.  Benjamin  Andrews,  of  Brown, 
and  Beniah  L.  Whitman,  of  Colby. 

The  Convention  rejected  Swathmore, 
advised  Chicago  University  to  wait  a  year, 
and  received  Bowdoin  into  fellowship.  The 
Bowdoin  Chapter  died  grandly  in  1861, 
when  she  gave  her  gallant  sons  to  the  war 
of  1861-5. 

Among  the  alumni  of  the  old  chapter 
we  have  the  Hon.  E.  P.  Loring,  president  of 
the  Boston  Bowdoin  Alumni  Association, 
who  strongly  recommended  the  Convention 
to  restore  the  Bowdoin  charter. 

The  Convention  adjourned  from  Water- 
ville via  Lewiston  and  Poland  Springs  to  the 
Falmouth  House,  Portland,  on  Friday  even- 
ing, October  14th,  where  125  Delta  Upsilon 
men  came  together  for  an  excellent  time. 

The  Bowdoin  men  were  initiated  early 
in  the  evening,  and  later  the  Falmouth  served 
one  of  her  best  banquets. 


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Delegates  and  graduates  from  the  fol- 
lowing colleges  and  universities  participated: 
Williams,  Union,  Hamilton,  Amherst,  Adel- 
bert,  Colby,  Bowdoin,  Rochester,  Middle- 
bury,  Rutgers,  Brown,  Colgate,  New  York, 
Cornell,  Marietta,  Syracuse,  Northwestern, 
Michigan,  Harvard,  Wisconsin,  Lafayette, 
Columbia,  Lehigh,  Tufts,  De  Pauw,  Minne- 
sota, Technology. 

Maine's  greeting  to  the  Fraternity  was 
given  in  a  choice  speech  by  the  Hon.  E.  F. 
Webb,  Colby,  '60.  Other  entertaining 
speakers  responded  to  toasts,  and  all 
regretted  the  absence  of  U.  S.  Attorney- 
General  W.  H.  H.  Miller,  Harvard,  '61,  in 
response  to  "The  Statesman  of  To-morrow." 

The  Bowdoin  initiates  were :  H.  E. 
Bryant,  Charlie  E.  Merritt,  James  E.  Lom- 
bard, A.  U.  Ogilvie,  George  C.  Littlefield, 
'94;  A.  G.  Axtell,  II.  B.  Russ,"95;  H.  R. 
Blodgett,  Robert  O.  Small,  J.  Edwin  Frost, 
Howard  Gilpatric,  O.  Perley  Ward,  Her- 
bert O.  Clough,  Ernest  M.  Davis,  Samuel 
Ackley,  '96.  H.  L.  McCann,  '93, is  a  member 
of  the  Colby  Chapter. 

Delta  Upsilon  is  founded  upon  Dikia 
Upotheka;  strives  for  mutual  benefit  for 
her  members,  fraternal  and  harmonious  good- 
fellowship  for  all. 


The   Reason. 

Heavy  eyelids, 

Looks  disgusted, 
Lots  of  students 

Broke  and  busted; 
"  Deads  "  abounding, 

Prof.'s  astonished, 
"  Tbink  some  men  must 

Be  admonished ;" 
Nightly  crowds  in 

Shipping  city, 
"  Kirmess," — that  tells 

Why  this  ditty. 


From   Our   Point  of  View. 

If,  when  Columbus  sailed  the  seas, 

He'd  moved  a  trifle  faster, 
More  grateful,  on  our  bended  knees, 

We'd  reverenced  the  great  master. 

As  'twas  his  slowness  made  the  fete 

In  honor  of  him  tardy; 
On  Friday  we  did  celebrate, 

While  Thursday  was  our  hard  day. 

Tennyson. 

Beyond  the  bare,  brown,  distant  fields 
The  autumn  sun  sinks  to  his  rest; 
His  brilliant  glories  stain  the  west, 

Then  fade,  and  day  to  darkness  yields. 

On  withered  life  and  withered  leaf 

The  gaze  has  rested  through  the  day; 
Now  idle  tears  are  wiped  away, 

At  sunset  comes  a  deeper  grief. 

So  slowly  sank  the  mighty  light 

That  on  men's  hearts  its  radiance  shed; 

The  light  that  quickened  life  is  dead, 
And  on  men's  hearts  there  steals  a  night. 


The  Death-Watch. 

In  an  old  and  stately  mansion 

There's  a  chamber  large  and  low, 
Where  I  slept,  and  played  and  studied, 

Many,  many  years  ago. 
And  as  children  often  wonder 

When  something  is  not  understood, 
Much  I  marveled  at  a  sound, 

Never  ceasing,  in  the  wood, 
Where  ticking,  ticking,  through  it  all, 
I  heard  the  death-watch  in  the  wall. 

Children  born  within  that  room. 

As  the  hurrying  years  have  fled, 
Have  ever  heard  the  mystic  sound. 

In  each  low  wall  and  overhead. 
And  when  the  still  and  sheeted  form 

Lay  on  the  curtain'd  white  bed  there, 
And  all  else  was  hushed  and  silent, 

Save  a  mourner's  sob  or  prayer, 
Still  ticking,  ticking,  through  it  all, 
Was  heard  the  death-watch  in  the  wall. 

In  each  house  there  is  a  chamber, 
Be  that  mansion  mean  or  fair, 


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Where  that  ceaseless  sound  is  heard. 

By  each  one  who  enters  there 
In  the  day  or  in  the  night-time. 

Be  earth's  changes  what  they  will, 
While  on  earth  still  human  life  is, 

Mortal  ear  must  hear  alway, 
Sounding  its  warning  tick  through  all, 
The  solemn  death-watch  in  the  wall. 


On     the     morning     of 
Columbus   Day,  Professor 
Wells  delivered  an  interesting  address 
on   Columbus  in  the  chapel.      There 
was  no  general  observance  of  the  day 
in  the  college,  but  all  the  classes  were 
given   adjourns  and  many  took  advantage  of  this 
opportunity  to  visit  out  of  town. 
Stacy,  '92,  was  in  town  last  week. 
Jenks,  '93,  has  returned  to  college. 
Colby,  special,  has  returned  to  college. 
Brown,  '96,  returned  to  college  last  Wednesday. 
Croswell,  '91,  made  the  college  a  short  visit  last 
week. 

Mahoney,  '9J ,  was  among  those  present  at  the 
Bowdoin-West  Roxbury  game. 

The  Orient  extends  its  sympathy  to  McCaun, 
'93,  whose  father  died  October  19th. 

A  verdant  Freshman  was  recently  heard  to  in- 
quire if  the  "Congo"  was  the  African  church. 

The  Sophomore  French  division  have  finished 
"Le  Cid,"  and  are  now  reading  Corneille's  "Le 
Menteur." 

President  Hyde  has  a  paper  in  the  Educational 
Review  for  October,  outlining  a  logical  organization 
of  American  education. 

Flagg,  '94,  has  been  elected  Bugle  editor  by  the 
non-society  men,  to  take  the  place  of  Bryant,  who 
has  joined  the  A  T  Fraternity. 

So  many  of  the  students  went  home,  Friday,  to 
stay  over  Sunday,  that  nearly  all  the  classes  re- 
ceived adjourns  Saturday  forenoon. 


Brown,  '96,  who  was  obliged  to  be  absent  from 
the  regular  initiation,  was  initiated  into  the  Psi 
Opsilon  Fraternity,  last  Friday  night. 

Professor  Hutchins  recently  gave  the  Juniors  an 
opportunity  to  study  the  sun  through  the  large  tel- 
escope, in  place  of  the  regular  recitation. 

The  John  Thomas  Opera  Company  gave  the 
"Village  Doctor  "  in  the  Town  Hall  last  week.  A 
large  delegation  from  the  college  attended. 

Hastings,  '90,  is  playing  guard  on  the  Brown 
University  foot-ball  team,  and  Tukey,  '91,  is  one  of 
the  promising  candidates  for  the  Harvard  eleven. 

Flagg,  '94,  has  left  college  temporarily  to  take 
charge  of  a  school  in  Princeton.  He  will  return 
during  the  winter  term.  Thayer,  '95,  fills  his  place 
in  the  library. 

Professor  Chapman  delivered  an  address,  Colum- 
bus Day,  before  the  Maine  Historical  Society  in 
Portland.  President  Whitman,  of  Colby,  was  also 
among  the  speakers. 

The  foot-ball  game,  scheduled  between  the 
Boston  English  High  School  team  and  the  Bowdoin 
eleven,  was  declared  off  owing  to  the  failure  of  the 
Boston  team  to  appear. 

Not  content  with  soaking  unwary  Freshmen,  one 
of  ninety-five's  leaders  recently  succeeded  in  duck- 
ing a  couple  of  upperclassmen.  The  experiment 
did  not  prove  a  success. 

The  foot-ball  management  were  fortunate  enough 
to  secure  the  services  of  Mr.  Crocker,  an  old  Amherst 
player,  as  coach,  and  under  his  training  a  decided 
improvement  in  the  work  of  the  team  is  already 
noticeable. 

Work  on  the  exterior  of  the  Art  building  is 
progressing  rapidly,  and  before  the  snow  flies  the 
out-of-door  work  will  doubtless  be  completed.  The 
improvements  in  Maine  Hall  are  also  nearing  com- 
pletion. 

The  Colby  team  was  accompanied  by  quite  a 
number  of  Colby  undergraduates,  many  of  them 
A  T  men,  who  were  returning  from  the  initiation 
of  the  new  Bowdoin  Chapter,  held  in  Portland,  the 
evening  before. 

One  of  the  Orient  editors  was  recently  detected 
wearing  a  hat  belonging  to  a  member  of  the  Faculty. 
It  seems  the  fit  was  so  good  that  the  Professor  had 
to  make  out  a  strong  argument  before  the  journalist 
could  be  convinced  of  his  mistake. 

Nearly  all  the  foot-ball  games  of  the  season  are 
to  be  played  at  home  and   no  better  chance  of 


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trying  all  new  yells  which  may  be  proposed  could  be 
had.  If  you  can  think  of  any  don't  be  backward 
about  proposing  them  and  having  them  tried. 

The  Freshman  foot-ball  team  is  practicing  regu- 
larly and  is  showing  considerable  improvement. 
The  date  for  the  Sophomore-Freshman  game  should 
be  fixed  upon  at  once.  It  should  also  be  decided 
without  delay  whether  or  not  'Varsity  men  shall 
play  on  class  teams. 

The  Faculty,  at  a  recent  meeting,  reconsidered 
their  decision  to  do  away  with  the  accustomed 
Senior  Vacation,  and  finally  decided  to  allow  the 
Seniors  the  usual  two  weeks,  provided  the  Junior 
class  agrees  to  have  its  Ivy  and  Field-Day  exercises 
during  that  time. 

The  Stockbridge  course  of  entertainments  in 
Portland  opens  this  week.  The  list  of  attractions 
is  unusually  attractive  and  include  such  talent  as 
Paderewski,  New  York  Symphony,  and  several 
operas.  The  Maine  Central  Railroad  offers  half 
fare  to  all  holding  tickets. 

The  foot-ball  season  is  here,  but  a  good  college 
yell  has  not  yet  put  in  its  appearance.  This  sub- 
ject has  been  mentioned  so  often  by  the  Orient 
that  we  hesitate  to  speak  of  it  again.  It  seems 
strange  that  out  of  two  hundred  men  not  one  has 
the  ability  or  interest  to  propose  a  new  yell. 

The  architect  of  the  new  Scientific  building  was 
in  town  last  week  and  looked  over  the  proposed 
site  of  the  building.  A  preliminary  draft  of  the  plans 
has  been  received.  It  provides  for  a  structure 
of  brick  and  stone,  three  stories  in  height,  and  cov- 
ering more  ground  than  any  building  on  the  campus 
with  the  exception  of  the  library. 

The  usual  number  of  Freshmen  called  at  the 
library  week  before  last  for  grand  stand  tickets  for 
Topsham  Fair.  Much  to  their  disappointment  Tri- 
angle did  not  trot  owing,  doubtless,  to  the  absence 
of  Professor  Moody  from  town.  The  Freshmen 
did  not  even  have  the  consolation  of  adjourns,  but 
in  place  of  mathematics  were  obliged  to  substitute 
additional  work  in  French. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  College  Democratic  Club, 
held  last  Wednesday  evening,  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  Constitution  and  By-Laws  was 
accepted.  The  following  officers  were  elected : 
President,  W.  H.  Ingraham ;  Vice-President,  Bag- 
ley  and  Plaisted,  '94 ;  Secretary,  Clifford,  '93 ; 
Treasurer,  Doherty,  '95.  Executive  Committee 
Officers,  Stevens,  Simpson,  and  Libby,  '94.  Speeches 
were  made  by  Ingraham  and  Haskell,  '95. 


Considering  the  lateness  of  the  season  the  ten- 
nis courts  the  past  two  weeks  have  been  well  filled. 
While  the  Freshmen  apparently  have  no  crack 
players  there  are  several  men  in  the  class,  who, 
with  proper  training,  ought  to  make  valuable  men. 
Colby  already  has  men  in  active  training  for  next 
season's  tournament  and  expects  to  make  a  better 
showing  than  she  did  this.  Pettigrew,  '95,  won  the 
championship  at  Bates  this  fall,  but,  unless  he 
improves  greatly,  will  not  be  dangerous  to  our  men 
next  spring. 

If  a  foot-ball  game  could  be  arranged  with  Dart- 
mouth, Amherst,  or  Williams,  it  would  awaken  more 
interest  in  the  students  than"  any  number  of  games 
against  second-rate  teams  can  possibly  do.  We 
have  this  year  as  strong  an  eleven  as  any  of  these 
colleges  with  the  exception  of  Amherst,  and  would 
stand  a  good  chance  of  wiping  out  some  old  scores. 
As  far  as  the  financial  aspect  is  concerned,  the 
undergraduates  would  willingly  raise  a  good-sized 
sum  if  the  game  could  be  played  in  Brunswick. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  the  Maine  Interschol- 
astic  Athletic  Association  held  its  first  field-day 
here  last  spring,  and  that  the  contest  for  first  place 
lay  between  the  Brunswick  High  School  and  Bridg- 
ton  Academy.  In  the  Interscholastic  games  between 
Norway,  Bridgton,  Hebron,  and  Gould  Academies, 
held  week  before  last,  Bridgton  had  to  be  content 
with  fourth  place,  Hebron  taking  the  lead  easily. 
Professor  Whittier  was  referee,  Bucknara,  '9-"5, 
French,  '95,  and  Wiley,  '95,  served  as  judges. 
French  and  Smith,  '96,  were  also  in  attendance. 


FOOT-BALL. 

Bowdoin,  56;    Westbrook  Seminary  and  2d  Eleven,  0. 

Wednesday  afternoon,  October  12th,  a  game  was 
advertised  between  Bowdoin  and  the  English  High 
School  of  Boston,  on  the  home  grounds,  but  for 
some  reason  the  Boston  men  were  not  able  to  come 
and  so  the  eleven  from  Westbrook  Seminary  was 
sent  for. 

At  three  o'clock  the  respective  elevens  lined  up, 
Bowdoin  having  the  lower  goal  and  ball.  They 
started  with  the  customary  V.  Payson  took  the 
ball  twenty  yards.  Then  Carleton  made  a  good  gain, 
and  Payson  again  having  the  ball  took  it  over  for  a 
touchdown.  Time  one  and  one-half  minutes. 
Carleton  kicked  a  goal.    6-0.     W.  S.  after  gaining 


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at  first  lost  the  ball  and  Fairbanks  got  a  touchdown 
from  beyond  the  center  of  the  field.  No  goal. 
Time  five  minntes.  10-0.  When  Bowdoin  next 
obtained  the  ball,  Kimball  was  given  the  ball  and 
after  advancing  ten  or  fifteen  yards,  he  passed  it  to 
Carleton  who  got  a  touchdown  and  goal.  16-0.  At 
this  point  Bryant  and  Hebb,  both  of  Bowdoin,  were 
substituted  on  the  W.  S.  as  right  tackle  and  left 
guard. 

W.  S.  started  with  a  V,  and  by  good  rushes 
brought  the  ball  to  Bowdoiu's  twenty  yard  line,  the 
farthest  they  got  in  the  game.  Here  Bowdoin  held 
tbem,  and  Fairbanks  taking  the  ball  made  the  best 
run  of  the  game  and  scored  a  touchdown.  Goal. 
22-0. 

Soon  Fairbanks  got  another  touchdown  from 
which  a  goal  was  kicked.     Score,   28-0. 

W.  S.  was  forced  to  punt,  and  Carleton,  catching 
the  ball,  made  a  touchdown  and  goal.     34-0. 

After  W.  S.  lost  the  ball  it  was  passed  to  Sykes 
who  made  a  fine  rush  of  forty  yards. 

Carleton  followed  it  up  with  another  of  twenty 
yards,  and  Payson  got  a  touchdown.      Goal.     40-0. 

Time  was  called  with  the  ball  on  Bowdoius' 
twenty-five-yard  line. 

In  the  next  half,  Crocker,  the  Bowdoin's  coach, 
and  Stuhbs,  of  Bowdoin,  were  substituted  as  half- 
backs on  the  W.  S.,  and  May  on  Bowdoin,  as  left 
end. 

Buck  took  Payson's  place. 

W.  S.  gained  fifteen  yards  by  the  V,  but  after- 
ward fumbled  the  ball  and  Ridley  getting  it  ran 
fifteen  yards.  Tben  after  rushes  in  turn  by  Fair- 
banks, Stevens,  Carleton,  Buck,  and  Stevens,  Carle- 
ton got  a  touchdown.     Five  minutes.     Goal.    46-0. 

Here  was  the  work  of  the  coach  and  the  men 
substituted  noticeable,  but  the  first  eleven  was  too 
much  for  them. 

After  Bowdoin  obtained  the  ball  Carleton  took 
it  thirty  yards,  and  Buck  fifteen,  and  then  the  ball 
was  lost  on  downs,  but  it  was  regained  before  W.  S. 
got  far  and  Carleton  got  a  touchdown  and  goal. 
52-0. 

W.  S.  gained  fifteen  yards  by  the  V  but  lost  the 
ball  on  the  downs.  And  Carleton  took  it  for  rushes 
of  forty  and  twenty  yards,  and  Buck  got  a  touch- 
down.   No  goal.     56-0. 

Time  was  called  after  W.  S.  had  advanced  the 
ball  a  little  by  the  V. 
The  teams  lined  up  as  follows: 

Bowdoin.  Westbrook  Seminary  and  2d  Eleven. 

Qnimby,  Left  End.             Stanchfield,  May. 

Stevens,  Lett  Tackle.                               Hallet. 

Bates,  Left  Guard.                 Huston,  Hebb. 


Dennison,  Center.  Coombs. 

Stone,  Right  Guard.  Lord. 

Kimball,  Right  Tackle.  Morgan,  Bryant. 

Ridley,  Right  End.  Willard. 

Fairbanks,  Quarter  Back.  Ricker. 

Sykes,  j  r.  H  ..  B     k  J  Robinson,  Emery. 

Payson,  Buck,  }  1.  ±la11  BacKS-        j    Merrill,  Crocker. 

Carleton,  Full  Back.  Emery,  Stubbs. 

Referees — Crocker,  Payson.  Umpire — Ross.  Touch- 
downs—Payson  (2),  Fairbanks  (3),  Carleton  (4),  Buck  (1). 

Bowdoin,  56;   Colby,  O. 

At  2.40  p.m.,  Saturday,  October  15th,  Bowdoin 
lined  up  against  Colby.  Bowdoin  had  the  ball  and 
the  upper  goal.  The  customary  V  was  formed  and 
Carleton  rushed  forty  yards.  Carleton  again  made 
a  gain  and  Buck  scored  a  touchdown.  Time,  1 
minute.  Carleton  kicked  the  goal.  Score,  6  to  0. 
Colby  then  bad  the  ball  and  made  five  yards  by  the 
V  and  then  lost  the  ball  on  downs.  Carleton  took 
the  ball  for  fifteen  yards  and  Buck  got  another 
touchdown.     Time,  5  minutes.     Goal.    12-0. 

Colby  started  again  with  the  ball  but  was  forced 
to  punt.  The  ball  was  caught  by  Sykes  and  carried 
over  the  line.     Goal.    18-0. 

Colby  lost  the  ball  on  downs,  and  when  Bowdoin 
had  it  there  was  a  bad  fumble  made  somewhere. 
But  Carleton  soon  got  a  tonchdowD  from  the  center 
of  the  field.  No  goal.  Score,  22-0.  Colby  was 
held  well,  and  was  forced  to  punt.  Quimby  caught 
the  ball  and  made  a  fine  rush,  and  Carleton  scored 
a  touchdown  and  goal.     28-0. 

Colby  again  started  with  the  V  and  gained  five 
yards.  Robinson  added  five  yards  more,  but  Bow- 
doin held  them  and  they  were  forced  to  punt. 
Carleton  caught  the  ball  but  was  able  to  gain  only 
five  yards.  Then  Stevens  took  the  ball  15  yards. 
Stubbs,  20  yards,  then  "a  rush  by  Kimball,  and  a 
criss-cross  by  which  Sykes  gained  15  yards,  and 
Carleton  got  a  touchdown.     Goal.     34-0. 

Robinson  gained  25  yards  with  the  V,  but  Bow- 
doin held  them  for  four  downs,  and  then  by  rushes, 
by  Buck  and  Kimball,  carried  the  ball  into  Colby's 
ground.  Time  was  called  with  the  ball  on  Colby's 
30  yard  line  in  Colby's  possession. 

Moore,  Colby's  coach,  was  disabled  in  the  first 
half,  and  Bearce  was  substituted.  When  Colby 
lined  up  in  the  second  half  they  got  10  yards 
by  the  V,  but  were  held  and  forced  to  punt. 
Buck  caught  the  ball  and  rushed  15  yards.  In 
tackling  Buck,  Colby  got  the  ball. 

At  this  point  Purrington  was  disabled  and 
Lynch  substituted.  Colby  was  held,  and  Robinson 
punted.  Carleton  caught  the  ball  and  by  good 
dodging,  and  blocking  off   by  the  backs,  ran  35 


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yards.  Then  Carleton  gained  10  yards  more  and 
Buck  got  a  touchdown.     40-0 

Colby  gained  5  yards  with  the  V  but  was  again 
forced  to  punt.  Buck  caught  the  ball,  but  was 
unable  to  gain.  Then  after  rushes,  by  Carleton  and 
Buck,  Stubbs  scored  a  touchdown  from  below  the 
center  of  the  field.     Goal.    46-0. 

By  good  tackling  by  Sykes,  Colby  lost  4  yards, 
when  she  again  started  with  the  V,  and  punted. 
Carleton  catching  the  ball  ran  15  yards,  and  Stubbs 
followed  with  a  touchdown.  Carleton  kicked  the 
goal.     52-0. 

This  time  Colby  gained  3  yards  by  the  V,  but 
was  held  and  punted.  Carleton  caught  the  ball 
and  ran  10  yards.  Then  Bowdoin  made  a  bad  fum- 
ble and  Colby  got  the  ball.  In  tackling,  Buck  was 
injured  and  Mitchell  was  substituted.  Colby 
couldn't  gain  and  again  resorted  to  punting. 
Carleton  captured  the  ball  but  made  no  gain. 
Mitchell  then  ran  round  the  left  end  for  30  yards, 
but  Jordan,  by  a  brilliant  tackle,  brought  bim  to 
the  ground.  Carleton  then  scored  a  touchdown. 
Score,  56-0. 

Colby  made  gain  of  23  yards  by  the  V,  but  was 
held,  and  when  time  was  called  the  ball  was  on 
Bowdoin's  25  yard  line.  Time,  15  minutes.  The 
teams  lined  up  as  follows  : 

Quimby, 

Stevens, 

Thomas, 

Dennison, 

Stone, 

Kimball, 

Ridley, 

Sykes,  Quarter  Back.      Purrington,  Lynch. 

Buck  Mitchell,  }  r.      H  lf  B     k  p.  f  Hopkins. 

Stubbs,  SI-  1.  (    Hanson. 

Carleton,  Full  Back.  Robinson,  Captain. 

Score,  56-0.  Touchdowns,  Buck  (3),  Sykes  (1),  Carle- 
ton (4),  Stubbs  (2).     Umpire,  Ross,  '94.    Referee,  Crocker. 

Bowdoin,  38;    West  Roxbury,  O. 

The  Bowdoin  eleven  defeated  the  West  Roxburys 
here  Friday  afternoon,  38  to  0,  in  a  very  interesting 
game.  The  Bowdoin  men  showed  great  strength  in 
their  plays,  and  the  Roxburys  were  unable  to  do 
much  against  them. 

Bowdoin's  regular  first  -eleven  played  the  first 
half,  but  in  the  second  a  number  of  second  eleven 
men  were  put  in  and  showed  up  finely.  The  West 
Roxburys  got  the  ball  uncomfortably  near  Bow- 
doin's goal  toward  the  last  part  of  the  game,  but  as 
soon  as  they  lost  tho  ball  were  hurried  out  of  that 
quarter. 


Left  End. 

McLellen. 

Left  Tackle. 

Riggs. 

Left  Guard. 

Morse,  Bearce. 

Centre. 

Gray. 

Right  Guard. 

Saulsbury. 

Right  Tackle. 

Heit. 

Right  End. 

Jordan. 

Woodworth. 
Dodge. 


Both  teams  tackled  well,  but  Bowdoin  was  supe- 
rior in  blocking  off. 

Dewey  made  a  very  pretty  play  in  the  first  half, 
jumping  over  the  heads  of  the  leaders  of  the  Rox- 
bury V  and  tackling  the  man  with  the  ball.  Carle- 
ton, Chapman,  Fairbanks,  Stevens,  Quimby,  and 
Stubbs  played  the  best  game  for  Bowdoin,  and 
Spauldiug,  Nichols,  and  Codmeu  for  the  Roxburys. 
The  teams  lined  up  as  follows  : 

Bowdoin,  Positions.  West  Roxbury, 

Chapman,  J  Right  End  Robinson. 

Kimball,  Right  Tackle.  j  ^f^od. 

Stone,  Right  Guard.  Sheppard. 

SelnTson.  j  Center-                                 Ma^- 

Bates,  Left  Guard.                              Seaver. 

Stevens,  Left  Tackle.                           j  wood*' 

grTantl'}  Left  End. 

Fairbanks,/  Quarter  Backs. 

Payson,     / 

Ridley,      J  Half  Barks  f  Spaulding. 

Stul.bs,     |  uaiiBacJts.  ]  Nichols. 

Mitchell,  j 

Fa^Ck'sJ  Full  Backs.  Codmen. 

Score — Bowdoin,  38.  Touchdowns — Payson, Fairbanks, 
Stevens  (3),  Ridley,  Stubbs.  Goals — Carleton,  5.  Um- 
pire—Waters.   Referee — Crocker. 

Bowdoin,  36;  Andover,  O. 

On  Saturday,  October  22d,  Bowdoin  added 
another  game  to  her  list  of  victories  by  beating 
Andover  by  a  score  of  36  to  0.  Bowdoin  played  a 
strong  game  throughout,  showing  good  team  work 
at  every  point.  The  rushes  of  Carleton  and  Fair- 
banks, and  the  tackling  of  Quimby,  were  particu- 
larly noticeable. 

In  the  first  half  Bowdoin  had  the  ball  and  heavy 
gains  were  made  around  Andover's  ends,  a  touch- 
down being  scored  in  three  minutes.  After  this  the 
Bowdoin  team  continued  to  make  frequent  touch- 
downs, until  at  the  end  of  the  first  half  it  had  run 
its  score  up  to  26,  while  Andover  had  been  unable 
to  score  at  all. 

In  the  last  half  Andover  put  much  more  spirit 
into  its  play,  but  could  not  prevent  Bowdoin  from 
adding  ten  to  the  score.   The  summary  is  as  follows  : 


Bowdoin. 

Position. 

Andover. 

Quimby, 

Left  End. 

Chad  well. 

Stevens, 

Left  Tackle. 

Gould. 

Bates  (Thomas), 

Left  Guard. 

Murray. 

Dewey  (Dennison), 

Centre. 

Holt. 

Stone, 

Right  Guard. 

Uffenheimer. 

Kimble, 

Right  Tackle. 

Rogers. 

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Chapman, 
Fairbanks, 
Ridley,   j 
Pay son, j 
Carleton, 


Right  End. 
Quarter  Back. 

Half  Backs. 

Full  Back. 


Hinkey. 

A.  Bliss. 
1  Jones. 
I  J.  Bliss. 
Manning. 


Score — Bowdoin,36;  Andover.O.  Touchdowns — Carle- 
ton  (3),  Fairbanks  (2),  Sikes,  Stevens.  Goals  from  touch- 
downs— CarletoD  (4).  Umpire — W.  L.  Thompson.  Ref- 
eree— A.  C.  Crocker.    Time — 1  hour. 


The  twenty-sixth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  of  Maine,  held  at  Augusta,  October  6-9, 
was  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  and  profitable  ses- 
sions ever  held.  Besides  the  Curistiau  workers  of 
our  own  State,  there  were  also  present  Mr.  S.  A. 
Taggart,  of  New  York,  of  the  International  Com- 
mittee; Mr.  J.  L.  Gordon,  General  Secretary  of  the 
Boston  Association,  and  Mr.  H.  L.  Gale,  of  Worces- 
ter, Mass. 

The  reports  gave  the  present  number  of  associa- 
tions in  the  State  as  twenty-one,  of  which  fifteen  are 
in  towns  or  cities,  and  six  in  colleges  and  seminaries. 
The  college  associations  were  represented  by  the 
following  number  of  delegates:  Bowdoin,  16; 
Colby,  9;  Bates,  8;  Maine  State  College,  2. 

The  reports  of  the  work  for  the  past  year  in  the 
various  colleges  were  read  at  the  college  session  on 
Saturday  afternoon.  From  these  reports  it  was 
seen  that  Bowdoin  had  a  larger  number  of  men  in 
college,  raised  more  money  for  carrying  on  the 
work,  had  more  committees,  and  seemed  to  have  a 
better  organization  generally  than  the  other  college 
associations,  yet  we  do  not  seem  to  be  accomplish- 
ing any  more  than  the  others.  Should  we  not  ask 
ourselves  why  this  is?  Is  each  man  doing  all  that 
he  can  in  the  line  of  work  which  the  Association 
has  marked  out  for  him  ?  If  we  hold  an  office,  or 
are  a  member  of  any  committee,  is  it  not  possible 
for  us  to  make  that  office  or  that  committee  more 
effective  ?  If  every  man  would  do  that  which  he  has 
an  opportunity  of  doing  we  should  see  our  organiza- 
tion accomplishing  results  far  exceeding  what  it  is 
now.  There  is  work  enough  for  all  to  do,  and  each 
one  has  a  work  that  no  one  else  can  do  for  him;  so 
if  only  a  few  take  hold  of  the  work  much  must 
necessarily  remain  undone. 

Prof.  A.  W.  Anthony,  of  Bates  College,  will  de- 
liver the  annual  sermon  before  the  Association, 
Sunday,  October  30th,  at  the  hour  of  the  regular 


morning  service.  Seats  will  be  reserved  in  the 
body  of  the  church,  and  it  is  hoped  that  they  will 
be  well  filled  with  students.  All  are  cordially  in- 
vited to  meet  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  room,  and  pro- 
ceed to  the  church  in  a  body. 

NOTES. 

Some  idea  of  the  great  field  there  is  in  India  for 
association  work  may  be  obtained  from  the  fact 
that  in  the  college  department  alone  there  are 
490,000  students  to  be  reached,  and  the  need  of  the 
work  is  evident  when  it  is  stated  that  the  number 
of  Christian  students  is  only  one  in  twenty. 

The  work  in  India  is  growing  rapidly.  During 
the  past  year  two  associations  ceased  to  exist,  and 
twelve  new  organizations  were  added  to  the  list, 
a  net  gain  of  ten.  There  are  now  forty-five  associa- 
tions in  India. 


'40.— Elijah  Kellogg  has  so  far  re- 
covered from  his  recent  accident  as  to 
walk  out. 

'60.— In  speaking  of  Hon.  T.  B.  Read's  speech 
on  "The  Progress  of  Hamanity,"  in  Tremont  Tem- 
ple, the  Boston  Herald  says:  "His  lecture  turned 
out  to  be  very  powerful,  and,  in  passages,  a  very 
eloquent  appeal  from  the  'great  man'  theory  of 
history  to  the  view  of  human  progress  as  having 
been  determined  by  the  collective  power  and  intel- 
ligence of  the  people  as  a  whole.  It  was  an  un- 
equivocal apothesis  of  democracy  in  human  insti- 
tutions, and  Mr.  Read  so  well  satisfied  the  curiosity 
of  his  audience  on  this  subject  that  he  held  their 
closest  attention  for  nearly  two  hours." 

'62. — Isaac  B.  Choate  has  an  article  entitled 
"Columbus  and  His  Friends,"  in  a  recent  number 
of  the  Neiv  England  Magazine. 

'66.-F.  H.  Gerrish,  A.M.,  M.D.,  will  address 
the  M.  C.  M.  Association  at  their  Triennial  Festival. 

'68. — Charles  O.  Whitman  has  been  appointed 
Professor  of  Biology  in  Chicago  University,  instead 
of  A.  G.  Whitman,  of  70,  as  was  lately  stated. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


145 


'68.— Wednesday,  October  12th,  Mr.  John  A. 
Hinckley  married  Mary  E.  Tolford.  The  ceremony 
was  performed  at  the  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Gorham,  by  Rev.  L.  W.  Reynolds.  The  ushers 
were  Dr.  C.  H.  Ridlon,  Bowdoin,  '86,  of  Gorham; 
Mr.  W.  M.  Muller,  of  Arlington,  Mass. ;  Mr.  F.  W. 
Davis,  Bowdoin,  '85;  and  Mr.  Henry  Hinkley, 
Bowdoin,  '94. 

72. — Dr.  William  Rice  Smart,  of  Camden,  who 
died  suddenly  on  Wednesday  last,  was  a  graduate 
of  Bowdoin  in  the  class  of  1872,  and  the  only  son 
of  the  late  Hon.  Ephraim  K.  Smart  of  that  town, 
long  a  distinguished  member  of  the  Democratic 
party  and  who  was  a  Representative  in  Congress 
two  terms  from  the  Waldo  district. 

'75.— William  A.  Deering,  A.M.,  is  principal  of 
the  seminary,  Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y. 

'75. — Wilson  Nevens  is  instructor  in  sciences  at 
the  seminary,  Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y. 

'78. — Alfred  E.  Burton  is  Professor  of  Topo- 
graphical Engineering  in  the  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology.  , 

'83. — J.  E.  Dinsmore,  A.M.,  has  resigned  his 
position  as  principal  of  Fryeburg  Academy. 

'85. — F.  W.  Alexander  is  principal  of  the  East 
Providence  (R.  I.)  High  School. 

'85.— Levi  Turner,  Jr.,  Esq.,  of  Portland,  has 
been  invited  by  the  National  Republican  Committee 
to  speak  in  the  states  of  New  York,  New  Jersey, 
and  Connecticut. 

Medical  School,  '85.— C.  E.  Wilson,  M.D.,  who 
has  been  seriously  ill,  is  considered  out  of  danger. 

'89. — At  the  Somerset  County  Conference  of  Con- 
gregational churches,  held  at  Norridgewock,  October 
18th,  the  sermon  was  preached  by  E.  R.  Stearns. 

'89. — F.  W.  Freeman  is  principal  of  the  high 
school  at  Brewer,  Me. 

'89.— Married,  Wednesday,  October  12,  1892, 
Charles  Francis  Hersey  and  Sarah  Dow. 

'90. — Greeley  has  a  position  with  Ginn  &  Co., 
Boston. 

'90. — H.  H.  Hastings  is  teaching  in  Pawtucket 
and  taking  a  post-graduate  course  at  Brown  Uni- 
versity. 

'91. — F.  W.  Dudley  is  in  the  drug  business  at 
Harrison,  Me. 

Medical  School,  '91.—  Dr.  Fred  Stiles,  of  Wal- 
tham,  Mass.,  married  October  12th,  Miss  Helen 
Clay  of  Wesbrook,  Me. 

'92. — Mr.  Clinton  Stacy  has  resigned  his  school 
in  Princeton,  Me.,  to  accept  a  position  as  principal 
of  the  Smithport  (Penn.)  High  School. 


'92.— Theodore  S.  Lazelle  has  accepted  a  position 
as  Treasurer  of  the  Academy  of  Music,rin"Roauoke, 
Va.  It  is  his  first  venture  in  the  theatrical  business, 
but  those  who  know  his  ability  have  no  fear  but 
that  he  will  take  a  front  rank  as  a  ticket  seller. 

'92.— Randall  has  entered  the  Andover  Theologi- 
cal Seminary. 


Spain  has  ten  universities;  Italy  has  seventeen; 
Germany  has  twenty-one;  Great  Britain  has  eleven ; 
Russia  has  eight;  the'United  States  of  America  has 
three  hundred  and  sixty.  What  is  the  matter  with 
the  United  States?— Ex. 

Cornell  is  the  Mecca  of  college  fraternities;  thir- 
ty-three Greek-letter  societies  have  chapters  there. 

The  average  expenses  of  the  students  at  Yale 
last  year  were:  Freshmen,  $786.96;  Sophomores, 
§831.34;  Juniors,  $883.11;  Seniors,  $919.70.  The 
largest  expensejeported  was  $2,908.—  Ex. 

The  University  of  Berlin  offers  the  students 
their  choice  of  716  lectures. 

At  Harvard,  arrangements  have  been  made  to 
allow  students  to  complete  the  course  necessary  for 
the  degree  of  A.B.  in  three  years,  and  in  the  fourth 
year  to  accomplish  the  work  necessary  to  secure 
the  degree  of  A.M. 

Foot-ball  in  every  form  has  .been  prohibited  by 
the  University  of  Heidelberg,  Germany.  They 
draw  the  line  at  dueling,  and  will  permit  nothing- 
more  dangerous. — Ex. 

The  annual  foot- ball  game  between  Andover  and 
Exeter  will  be  played  this  year  on  November  12th, 
at  Andover. 

Prof,  in  Psychology— " What  is  love?"  Chem. 
Student—"  Love  is  a  volatile  precipitate,  and  mar- 
riage a  solvent  in  which  it  quickly  dissolves."— Ex. 

A  Japanese  student  describes  Harvard  in  a  let- 
ter home  thus:  "A  very  large  building  where  the 
boys  play  foot-ball,  and  on  wet  days  read  books." 

— Ex. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


WHICH? 

Faustina  hath  the  fairest  face, 
Faustina  hath  a  winsome  grace; 

How  can  I  help  but  love  her  ? 
Philistia  hath  a  bank  account 
In  her  own  name;  the  figures  mount 

So  high,  I  ought  to  love  her. 

Faustina  hath  the  deepest  eyes, 
Her  soul  insphered  in  them  lies; 

How  can  Ihelp  but  love  her. 
Philistia  owns  New  Haven  stock, 
I've  heard  it  called  a  "  handsome  block," 

I  think  I  ought  to  love  her. 

Faustina  hath  the  brightest  mind, 
She  never  said  a  word  unkind; 

How  can  I  help  but  love  her  ? 
Philistia  owns  a  mortgage  bond, — 
Security  I'm  told  is  "  sound." 

I'll  make  believe  to  love  her. 

—  Trinity  Tablet. 

The  University  of  Pennsylvania  now  rauks  fourth 
in  point  of  numbers,  having  1,750  students.  Har- 
vard, Michigan,  and  Tale  outnumber  it. 

The  following  is  clipped  from  the  catalogue  of 
the  University  of  Missouri  in  regard  to  the  dress  of 
the  young  women  in  that  institution:  "A  walking 
suit  of  black  cloth  with  black  trimmings.  During 
the  first  mouth  of  the  first  semester  and  the  last 
month  of  the  second  semester,  a  white  basque  or 
waist  may  be  worn  instead  of  a  black  one.  The 
hat  must  be  black,  but  its  shape  and  material 
are  left  at  discretion,  except  that  ornamental  trim- 
mings, such  as  flowers  and  feathers,  are  forbidden. 


The  rule  of  the  faculty,  authorized  by  the  board  of 
curators,  prescribing  this  uniform,  is  enforced  by  a 
penalty  of  ten  demerits  for  each  day's  violation 
of  it." 

John  H.  Findley,  a  graduate  of  Knox  College  in 
'87,  has  recently  been  honored  by  being  elected 
president  of  that  institution.  He  is  the  youngest 
college  president  in  the  United  States. 

THE   PLEASING  FIGURE. 
Oh,  Jack,  I've  met  the  loveliest  girl, 

I'm  smitten  for  good,  I  fear, 
She's  the  face  of  an  angel  and — Figure, 
you  ask  ? 
Well  Jack,  that's  $10,000  a  year. 

—Cynic. 

According  to  D.  C.  Oilman,  of  Hopkins  Univer- 
sity, a  liberal  education  is  summed  up  in  the  fol- 
lowing: 

1.  Concentration  or  ability  to  hold  the  mind 
exclusively  and  persistently  to  one  subject. 

2.  Distribution  or  power  to  arrange  and  classify 
the  known  facts. 

3.  Retention  or  power  to  hold  facts. 

4.  Expression  or  power  to  tell  what  we  know. 

5.  Power  of  judgment  or  making  sharp  discrim- 
inations between  that  which  is  true  and  that  which 
is  false,  that  which  is  good  and  that  which  is  bad, 
that  which  is  temporary,  that  which  is  accidental, 
and  that  which  is  essential. 

The  students  of  Leland  Stanford  Junior  Uni- 
versity have  begun  the  publication  of  a  college 
paper,  the  Daily  Palo  Alio. 


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BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


BRUNSWICK,  MAINE,  NOVEMBER  9,  1892. 


Vol.  XXII. 


No.  9. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 

PUBLISHED   EVERT  ALTERNATE  WEDNESDAY  DURING 
THE  COLLEGIATE  TEAR  BY  THE  STUDENTS  OF 

BOWDOIN     COLLEGE. 

EDITORIAL    BOARD. 

C.  W.  Peabodt,  '93,  Managing  Editor. 

H.  C.  Fabtan,  '93,  Assistant  Managing  Editor. 

B.  L.  Bryant,  '95,  Business  Manager. 

W.  P.  Chamberlain,  '93.  F.  M.  Shaw,  '93. 

M.  S.  Clifford,  '93.  H.  E.  Andrews,  '94. 

R.  R.  Goodell,  '93.  F.  J.  Libbt,  '94. 

F.  W.  Pickard,  '94. 


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Students,  Professors,  and  Alumni  are  invited  to  contribute 
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CONTENTS. 

Vol.  XXII. ,  No.  9.— November  9,  1892. 

Editorial  Notes, 147 

Communication  to  the  Freshman  Team, 150 

Searles  Scientific  Building 150 

Glimpses  of  Bowdoin's  Past 151 

The  Pessioptimist 152 

Rhyme  and  Reason: 

The  Chapel  Doves, 153 

Desolation 154 

Afterwards, 154 

Meteoric, 154 

Collegii  Tabula, 154 

Athletics 156 

Y.  M.  C.  A 157 

Personal 158 

College  World, 159 


number  of  the  Orient 
we  present  a  new  department  to  our  read- 
ers. "  The  Pessioptimist  "  explains  himself, 
and  will  continue  to  explain  himself  and 
those  of  his  fellow-beings  with  whom  he 
comes  in  contact,  their  faults  and  their 
virtues.  He  may  come  as  a  lean,  complain- 
ing, fault  finding  cynic,  or  he  may  come  as 
a  jovial  and  fun-loving  boon  companion  ;  but 
in  whatever  character  he  comes  he  is  wholly 
irresponsible  and  must  be  treated  with  the 
utmost  consideration.  We  expect  that  his 
sayings  will  be  a  treat  to  all  our  readers,  and 
venture  to  say  that  the  pages  of  the  Orient 
will  learn  to  open  of  their  own  accord  to 
"  The  Pessioptimist." 


TTTHE  purpose  of  a  college  library  building 
-^  is  admitted  to  be  at  the  present  time  not 
only  to  house  books  belonging  to  the  college, 
but  to  offer  facilities  to  students  for  the  use 
of  these  books.  The  Bowdoin  library  build- 
ing is  lacking  in  both  of  these  requirements. 
The  capacity  of  the  present  building  with 
its  present  arrangement  is  not  equal  to  the 
books  now  owned  by  the  college.  The  num- 
ber of  volumes  is  50,000.  Those  which  are 
more  closely  related  to  the  Medical  depart- 
ment are  kept  in  Adams  Hall,  and  the  astro- 
nomical and  mathematical  books  are  in  the 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Observatory.  In  all  about  4,000  volumes 
are  kept  outside  of  the  library  building. 
With  an  annual  growth  of  2,000  volumes, 
which  is  the  present  rate  of  increase,  the 
proportion  of  the  collection  that  must  be 
stored  at  a  considerable  distance  from  the 
library  proper  will  within  five  years  become 
so  great  as  to  seriously  affect  the  usefulness 
of  both. 

It  is  possible,  of  course,  by  laying  out  a 
sufficient  sum  of  money  to  increase  the 
storing  capacity  of  the  library  to  a  consider- 
able extent.  By  an  expenditure  of  $12,000, 
the  present  building  may  be  so  changed  as 
to  afford  accommodation  for  a  library  twice 
the  size  of  the  present.  This  might  be  done 
iu  the  following  manner:  An  iron  floor 
could  be  laid  in  each  wing,  as  of  course  no 
improvement  would  be  contemplated  which 
did  not  at  the  same  time  furnish  some  pro- 
tection against  fire.  Iron  stacks  could  be 
placed  on  this  floor,  and  would  admit  of 
being  very  close  together.  At  Harvard  only 
thirty  inches  is  left  between  them.  Above 
the  first  series  of  stacks,  a  glass  floor  could 
be  built  and  upon  this  more  iron  stacks 
erected.  Thus  50,000  might  be  stored  in 
each  wing.  But  these  changes  would  merely 
convert  it  into  a  store-house.  The  aisles 
between  the  book  stacks  would  be  so  nar- 
row that  it  would  be  impossible  to  continue 
the  library  on  the  present  plan  of  allowing 
the  students  free  access  to  all  the  books. 
The  requirements  of  the  case  would  necessi- 
tate the  employment  of  boys  to  deliver  the 
books  to  students  in  the  large  hall,  and  thus 
would  be  taken  away  the  crowning  feature 
of  our  library  system,  the  freedom  which 
enables  each  student  to  become  acquainted 
personally  with  literature  of  the  various 
branches  of  learning  as  it  is  ranged  on  the 
shelves  of  the  library.  Bowdoin  men  would 
be  sorry  to  give  up  this  privilege  which 
makes  their  library  more  useful  to  them  than 
many  larger  libraries  would  be  if  stored 
away  out  of  reach. 


No  change  which  could  be  made  in  the 
present  building  would  provide  those  con- 
veniences for  use  and  administration  which 
in  these  days  may  even  be  called  necessities 
in  a  true  college  library  building.  These 
necessities  are : 

1st. — A  suitable  room  or  rooms  for  study. 
Nowadays  students  in  certain  branches  must 
do  their  work  in  close  connection  with  books 
of  reference.  There  is  at  present  no  such 
accommodation  in  the  Bowdoin  library. 
Banister  Hall,  it  is  true,  is  used  as  a  reading- 
room,  but  it  has  not  that  freedom  from  inter- 
ruption and  noise  which  is  essential  for  ap- 
plication to  study. 

2d. — A  suitable  room  for  periodicals  and 
newspapers  to  be  open  a  larger  number  of 
hours  than  the  library  proper,  but  to  be 
under  the  supervision  of  the  college  authori- 
ties rather  than  the  student  bocty.  Every 
one  will  admit  that  the  newspaper  reading- 
room  ought  to  be  run  in  connection  with  the 
library.  It  can  never  reach  its  greatest  use- 
fulness until  such  an  arrangement  is  possible. 

3d. — Suitable  rooms  for  cataloguing,  for 
unpacking  books,  including  a  suitable  office 
for  the  librarian.  The  present  quarters  are 
entirely  inadequate  for  the  work  incident 
upon  a  large  and  increasing  collection  of 
books. 

4th. — Rooms  for  Seminary  or  advanced 
classes.  As  the  college  grows  larger,  the 
opportunity  for  special  work  becomes  greater, 
and  as  the  laboratory  work  in  science  is 
about  to  be  provided  for  so  munificently,  the 
lack  of  facilities  for  analogous  work  in  the 
literary,  historical,  and  philosophical  de- 
partments will  be  more  and  more  appreciated. 

In  summary,  the  present  building  is  ut- 
terly inadequate  as  a  safe  and  convenient 
store-house  for  the  large  and  increasing 
library.  No  outlay  of  money  upon  it  could 
make  it  adequate  for  the  work  demanded  of 
a  college  library  of  the  present  day. 

The  new  Scientific  Building  will  place 
Bowdoin  in  the  foremost  rank  of  colleges  as 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


149 


regards  facilities  for  scientific  instruction. 
It  remains  for  some  unknown  benefactor,  by 
the  presentation  of  a  modern  library  build- 
ing and  the  endowment  of  the  library,  that 
true  university,  to  reinstate  Bowdoin  in  that 
proud  position  in  letters  which  she  once  held, 
and  from  which  she  has  been  deposed  by  the 
greater  wealth  of  other  institutions. 


TV7ITH  the  failure  of  the  Tufts  foot-ball 
**  team  to  keep  its  agreement  with  Bow- 
doin for  a  game  here,  the  foot-ball  season  has 
hardly  been  a  success  so  far  as  Brunswick  is 
concerned.  Nothing  but  practice  games 
have  been  played  at  home,  and  the  few  games 
left  on  our  calendar,  like  all  the  others  of 
importance,  call  for  a  journey  to  the  center 
of  population.  Besides  the  disappointment 
at  missing  a  game  which  promised  to  be  close 
and  exciting,  it  is  natural  that  Bowdoin  men 
should  feel  a  little  indignant  at  their  treat- 
ment by  Tufts,  who  canceled  the  Bowdoin 
game  at  the  last  minute  for  an  opportunity 
to  play  the  Yale  second  eleven.  The  stand- 
ard of  honor  which  will  permit  a  college  for 
such  a  reason  to  go  back  on  its  word  when 
another  college  has  been  to  the  labor  and 
expense  of  advertising  and  arranging  for  a 
foot-ball  game, — such  a  standard  of  honor 
we  are  glad  to  say  is  not  that  b}'  which  Bow- 
doin men  are  accustomed  to  regulate  their 
conduct.  We  trust  that  the  foot-ball  man- 
agement will  profit  by  this  occurrence,  and 
be  careful  in  the  future  to  have  dealings  only 
with  those  colleges  whose  promises  can  be  de- 
pended on.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the 
home  game  could  not  have  been  arranged 
with  Brown  instead  of  Tufts. 


TTTHE  recent  action  of  the  Amherst  Faculty 
■*■  in  issuing  a  partisan  manifesto  with  the 
avowed  intention  of  influencing  the  votes  of 
the    students    has    not    only   received    the 


severest  censure  by  the  press  of  the  country, 
but  seems  also  to  have  stirred  up  the  spirit 
of  opposition  among  the  students  of  that 
college  to  such  a  degree  that  it  may  be  safely 
predicted  that  its  effect  upon  Amherst  men 
at  any  rate  will  be  far  different  from  what 
was  expected.  We  are  fortunate  at  Bowdoin 
in  having  a  Faculty  which  does  not  attempt 
to  take  advantage  of  the  position  in  which 
it  is  to  exert  unfair  influence  in  any  matter 
over  the  minds  of  the  students.  As  indi- 
viduals, the  political  views  of  many  of  them 
are  well  lyiown,  but  any  concerted  action 
like  that  of  the  Amherst  professors,  whether 
really  or  apparently  in  the  name  of  the  col- 
lege, would  be  considered  a  serious  breach 
of  their  authority.  Even  as  individuals  they 
are  careful  to  use  their  influence  rather  as 
citizens  than  as  professors.  This  is  shown 
by  the  refusal  of  several  of  them  to  act  as 
chairmen  of  the  political  meetings  recently 
held  under  the  auspices  of  the  student  clubs. 


TITHE  Faculty  has  promised  to  furnish  the 
-*-  reading-room  in  a  more  generous  manner. 
When  the  room  takes  on  a  palatial  appear- 
ance and  the  stove  ceases  to  yawn  lazily,  and 
gets  down  to  work  for  the  winter,  it  is  hoped 
that  a  like  reformation  may  be  seen  in  a  few 
contingent  matters.  After  what  President 
Hyde  has  said  it  is  probable  that  the  room 
and  its  furniture  will  receive  considerate 
treatment;  but,  as  the  papers  are  the  most 
necessary  part  of  the  reading-room,  an  im- 
provement in  the  treatment  of  these  would 
result  in  advantage  to  all  concerned.  All 
the  students  in  college  find  when  their  term 
bills  are  received  that  they  have  to  pay  a 
certain  amount  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
reading-room,  yet  a  very  small  minority  of 
the  students  monopolize  the  papers.  When 
a  man  looks  into  the  room  and  finds  the 
papers  he  wished  to  read  gone,  he  does  not 
usually  investigate  further  but  lets  the  matter 
drop.      It  does  not  follow  because  no  loud 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


complaint  is  made  that  the  removal  of  them 
is  not  considered  an  offense  against  the  stu- 
dents. The  cold  weather  is  a  very  shallow 
excuse  for  anybody  to  take  the  papers  to 
their  own  rooms.  The  intention  of  the  bor- 
rowers may  be  good,  but  a  daily  paper,  which 
is  useful  to  its  readers  for  only  one  day,  is 
very  likely  to  be  a  back  number  before  it 
sees  the  reading-room  again.  We  hope  that 
the  management  will  look  a  little  sharper 
after  the  papers,  and,  since  it  is  impossible 
for  one  man  to  keep  a  constant  care  over 
them,  we  must  urge  the  lovers  of  knowledge 
to  be  more  considerate  of  the  rights  of  all. 


IN  THESE  days  of  trusts  and  combines 
why  could  not  Bowdoin  men  make  some 
co-operative  arrangement  for  attending  the 
World's  Fair  at  Chicago,  providing,  of 
course,  that  there  is  a  sufficient  number 
going  to  make  it  an  object?  Au  excursion 
directly  after  Commencement  to  the  exposi- 
tion would  be  enjoyed  by  all  who  could 
afford  to  go,  and  ought  to  draw  a  crowd. 
If  the  scheme  seems  practicable,  the  Ouiunt 
would  like  to  hear,  or  rather  see,  some  sug- 
gestions on  the  subject. 


1TTO  THOSE  who,  like  the  poet,  are  seeking 
-*■  "for  some  retreat  deep  in  yonder  shining 
Orient,"  we  would  suggest  that  the  best 
policy  for  them  to  pursue  is  to  get  into  the 
good  graces  of  the  editors,  both  by  contrib- 
uting articles  for  publication,  and  by  assist- 
ing in  the  labors  of  the  various  departments- 
Any  such  work  is  extremely  likely  to  have 
influence  with  the  editors,  as  human  nature 
is  much  the  same  in  journalism  as  it  is  in 
politics. 

A  triple  foot-ball  league  will  be  formed  next  year 
by  Boston  University,  Amherst  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, and  the  Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute. 


Communication  to  the  Freshman 
Team. 

IS  '96  going  to  disband  her  foot-ball  team, 
when  her  prospects  were  so  good  ?  Last 
week  she  had  a  game  arranged  with  Cony 
High  School,  but  owing  to  the  lack  of  in- 
terest taken  in  the  game  of  late  and  because 
her  men  have  not  come  out  to  practice  much, 
she  canceled  the  game.  It  is  getting  late  in 
the  season  now,  and  the  'Varsity  will  prob- 
ably not  play  much  after  the  close  of  this 
week.  After  her  work  is  accomplished,  the 
class-games  should  be  played  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible. Perhaps  '95  is  a  little  stronger  than 
'96,  and  some  of  her  men  will  have  the  ben- 
efit of  the  training  received  on  the  'Varsity, 
but  this  fact  should  not  in  the  least  discour- 
age '96.  The  Freshmen  have  several  very 
good  players,  and  all  they  lack  is  practice  ; 
there  is  no  reason  why  they  should  not  give 
the  Sophomores  a  good  rub,  if  they  would 
only  brace  up  and  take  some  interest  in  the 
game.  The  Freshmen  won  a  praiseworthy 
victory  in  base-ball,  why  should  they  not  do 
the  same  thing  in  foot-ball?  Therefore  let 
'96  take  courage,  and  work  hard  that  she 
may  have  a  team  in  trim  for  the  class-games. 


Searles    Scientific    Building. 

TJENRY  V  AUG  HAN,  the  architect,  has 
J  *■  presented  for  consideration  plans  for  the 
Searles  Scientific  Building.  While  these 
have  not  yet  been  finally  decided  upon,  there 
is  little  doubt  but  what,  if  they  are  sanc- 
tioned by  the  donor,  they  will  be  adopted, 
as  they  fill  the  widest  requirements. 

The  plans,  as  presented,  provide  for  a 
brick  building  of  three  stories,  English  Uni- 
versity style,  front  170  feet,  greatest  depth 
104  feet,  height  65  feet,  with  a  spire  20  feet 
higher;  a  court  in  rear  between  the  wings 
55  feet  square  ;  a  boiler  room  in  the  rear  with 
a  drive  way  around  it, 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


151 


The  building  will  face  toward  the  east 
with  rear  toward  Main  Street.  It  will  have 
three  entrances  in  front.  That  to-  the  north 
of  the  center  will  lead  to  the  department  of 
chemistry  occupying  the  first  two  floors  of 
that  half  of  the  buildiirg.  That  to  the  south 
of  the  middle  entrance  will  lead  to  the  de- 
partment of  physics.  The  main  entrance 
will  lead  to  the  biology  department  which  is 
to  occupy  the  whole  of  the  third  floor.  The 
three  departments  will  be  practically  sepa- 
rated from  each  other. 

On  the  first  floor  there  will  be  two  labo- 
ratories for  chemistry  and  two  for  physics. 
There  will  also  be  private  rooms  for  the  pro- 
fessors. 

On  the  second  floor  will  be  lecture  halls, 
chemical  and  physical,  for  one  hundred  stu- 
dents each,  private  research  rooms,  small 
lecture  rooms  for  about  forty  students,  a 
chemical  cabinet  and  biological  museum, 
water  and  organic  analysis  rooms,  and  an 
optical  room. 

On  the  third  floor  will  be  a  general  labora- 
tory for  biology  and  a  general  laboratory  for 
physiology,  a  library  and  chart  room,  private 
research  rooms,  a  conservatory,  and  a  lecture 
room.  The  north  wing  will  not  go  above 
this  floor.  All  the  departments  will  have 
dark  rooms  for  photographic  work.  In  the 
basement,  there  is  to  be  a  constant-tempera- 
ture room  built  with  a  double  wall. 

The  windows,  which  are  quite  numerous, 
will  be  four  by  nine  feet,  and  will  give  ample 
light  for  the  most  careful  work.  The  plans 
are  drawn  in  accordance  with  the  suggestions 
of  Professors  Robinson,  Lee,  and  Hutchins, 
who,  during  the  past  summer  have  been 
making  a  careful,  study  of  the  scientific 
buildings  in  the  country,  and  by  profiting  by 
the  merits  and  demerits  of  all,  it  is  believed 
that  Mr.  Searles's  gift  will  have  the  distinc- 
tion of  being  the  best  practical  scientific 
building  in  the  country. 


Glimpses   of   Bowdoin's   Past. 

yinil.S  little  college  in  the  town  of  Bruns- 
-^  wick,  "  way  down  east,"  as  the  saying 
goes,  has  had  upon  the  whole  a  quiet  and 
unassuming  past.  It  is  a  typical  New  Eng- 
land institution.  Beginning  its  existence  in 
the  early  part  of  the  century,  it  at  first  occu- 
pied no  more  space  than  that  afforded  under 
the  roof  of  the  small  brick  building  now 
used  as  the  treasurer's  office  and  known  as 
Massachusetts  Hall.  There  the  few  students, 
scarcely  a  score  in  number,  lodged  and 
had  their  recitations.  As  the  years  passed 
on,  however,  the  college  grew  slowly  but 
steadily  ;  and  soon  the  annual  Commence- 
ment exercises  became  a  source  of  consider- 
able attraction  to  the  people  of  the  neighbor- 
ing townships.  Thus  the  graduation  of  one 
class  after  another  added  successive  mile- 
stones to  the  onward  course.  Bowdoin  grad- 
uates began  to  command  respect  among  their 
fellow-men.  Here,  a  governor,  or  a  congress- 
man, there  a  writer  of  repute,  was  checked 
off  upon  the  college  lists. 

Meantime,  life  in  the  dormitories  and 
recitation  rooms  passed  smoothly  and  pleas- 
antly enough.  To  be  sure,  if  tradition  can 
be  credited,  the  tranquility  of  events  was 
more  than  once  broken  in  upon  by  "yagger 
wars,"  a  species  of  strife  waged  against  the 
rising  generation  of  the  near  vicinity.  Then, 
for  a  few  weeks,  there  would  be  countless 
unsavory  missiles  hurled  back  and  forth,  and 
no  little  excitement  aroused  on  either  side. 
Woe  to  the  unlucky  student  caught  after 
dark,  meanwhile,  within  the  sacred  precincts 
of  "  down-town  "  ;  and  equally  liable  to  mis- 
haps, the  stray  town's  fellows  rash  enough 
to  venture  inside  the  limits  of  the  college 
yard. 

But  such  a  condition  of  affairs  was  usu- 
ally of  short  duration,  and  was  considered 
in  itself  more  as  a  diversion  from  the  regular 
routine  of  happenings  than  otherwise.     Va- 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


rious  other  means  were  also  devised  to  secure 
the  same  end. 

Many,  indeed,  were  the  depredations  com- 
mitted under  cover  of  darkness  upon  the 
property  of  the  shopkeepers  of  the  place ; 
and  if  a  sign  was  missing  in  the  early  morn- 
ing from  its  accustomed  position,  the  owner 
could  generally  make  a  shrewd  guess  as  to 
the  direction  of  its  disappearance.  At  any 
rate,  the  faculty  of  the  college  rarely  dis- 
puted a  claim  of  the  sort  for  payment;  and 
the  items  were  duly  divided  among  the  stu- 
dent-body, and  paid  under  the  head  of  gen- 
eral expenses.  It  is  related,  too,  that,  upon 
one  occasion  along  in  the  forties,  the  whole 
stock  of  firewood  intended  to  feed  the  flames 
of  the  old-fashioned  fire-places  which  were 
then  in  use  throughout  the  college  halls  was 
suddenly  discovered  ablaze,  and  was  largely 
consumed  on  the  spot.  This  last,  however, 
was  too  much  for  the  officials  in  charge,  and 
the  perpetrator  was  hunted  out  and  punished. 
Fuel  was  too  valuable  an  article  in  the  college 
economy  to  be  lost. 

But  such  pranks  of  an  evening,  carried 
out  in  a  spirit  of  fun,  did  not  seriously  inter- 
fere with  the  more  sober  employments  of  the 
study  hours  which  they  served  to  enliven. 
In  hundreds  of  prosperous  homes  throughout 
New  England,  the  doings  of  the  old,  fun- 
loving  days  at  Brunswick  are  fondly  recalled 
and  listened  to  with  eager  interest.  Many 
a  successful  business  or  professional  man  of 
to-day  looks  back  with  a  smile  of  humor 
upon  the  midnight  plans  laid  and  carried  out 
in  conjunction  with  his  classmates  at  Bow- 
doin.  Even  learned  and  dignified  judges  on 
the  bench  unbend  to  tell  the  story  of  some 
mischievous  exploit  or  college  joke. 

Many  of  these  tales  are  only  traditional 
at  best.  Besides,  they  are  ever  prone  to 
lodge  themselves  in  the  dim  and  dusty  cor- 
ners of  college  dormitories;  and,  doubtless, 
would  hardly  bear  the  full  light  of  day. 
Certain  it  is,  that  the  college  has  grown 


and  prospered  all  these  years.  It  has  seemed 
to  draw  in,  as  it  were,  from  the  very  air  that 
sweeps  down  over  the  stern  New  England 
hills,  a  rugged  straightforwardness  of  pur- 
pose that  has  often  stood  it  in  good  stead. 
With  no  pretence  at  outward  display,  it  has 
sent  forth  from  its  foot-worn  threshold  men 
expecting  to  meet,  and  ready  to  meet,  the 
hardships  of  an  actual  struggle  with  the 
world.  Its  graduates,  as  I  have  said  before, 
occupy  positions  of  responsibility  and  trust, 
the  highest  in  the  power  of  their  fellow- 
citizens  to  grant.  Its  record  during  the 
century  so  soon  to  close  has  been  one  of 
entire  honor  and  credit  to  itself.  Surely, 
looking  backward  over  the  past  and  then 
forward  to  the  new  era  of  prosperity  already 
begun,  Bowdoin  may  fairly  claim  to  have 
won,  and,  better  still,  to  have  deserved,  no 
small  measure  of  success. 


cUf^e  ^e§§ioptimi§t. 

^JTHE  Pessioptimist  greets  the  readers  of 
*■  the  Orient  this  week  for  the  first  time. 
He  has  coined  a  name  which  is  thought 
will  explain  the  objects  of  the  column  which 
it  is  his  fortune  to  have  in  charge.  As  a 
pessimist  he  will  attack  anybody  and  every- 
body about  college,  whom  he  deems  worthy 
of  having  his  eyes  blacked  with  editorial 
ink.  As  an  optimist  he  will  give  due  praise 
and  encouragement  to  all  reforms  and  good 
deeds.  He  will  endeavor  to  invade  neither 
the  province  of  the  editorial  or  local  column, 
but  will  attempt  to  fill  the  gap  left  between 
the  two.    It  is  with  this  idea  in  view  that  he 

undertakes  the  work. 

***** 

The  chapel  bell  had  rather  an  unpoetical 
metallic  sound  during  several  days  of  the 
past  week,  and  the  sagacious  Sophomore 
chuckled  to  himself  whenever  he  heard  the 


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cow-bell-like  sound  eminating  from  the  heights 
of  the  tower.  Other  places  about  the  campus 
also  showed  evidence  of  vandalism.  But 
what  was  the  good  of  it  all?  Were  the  par- 
ticipants repaid  for  their  toil?  Not  by  any 
means.  Every  bit  of  fun  must  be  paid  for. 
There  is  nothing  accomplished,  no  joke 
played.  There  is  simply  a  destruction  or 
mutilation  of  college  property,  and  why? 
Just  because  the  class  before  you  did  the 
same  thing.  The  era  of  prosperity  and 
progress  at  Bowdoin  must  also  be  one  of 
reform,  and  the  Pessioptimist  hopes  there 
will  be  one  in  the  treatment  of  college  prop- 
erty . 

*     *     *     *     * 

I  don't  suppose  it  was  ever  thought  by 
the  architect  of  the  chapel  that  the  steam 
pipes,  running  under  the  seats  would  ever 
be  utilized  for  any  purpose  other  than  'the 
heating  of  the  building.  And  such  would 
be  the  natural  supposition;  but  some  of 
the  restless  and  irreligious  attendants  at 
divine  worship  treat  them  as  if  their  only 
use  was  to  regulate  the  length  of  the  prayer. 
But  such  a  use  lowers  the  dignity  both  of 
the  pipes  and  their  users,  and  is  not  the 
least  in  keeping  with  the  sanctity  of  the 
place.  At  the  utmost,  morning  chapel  ex- 
ercises are  not  over  ten  or  fifteen  minutes 
in  length,  and  this  short  space  of  time  can 
afford  the  impatient  ample  opportunities  for 
lessons  in  patience. 

tK-  %         %         %         J£ 

Speaking  about  chapel  exercises  reminds 
the  Pessioptimist  of  a  time-honored  custom 
which  some  of  the  Freshmen  are  ruthlessly 
breaking.  In  times  past  it  has  been  custom- 
ary for  those  honored  by  positions  in  the 
college  choir  to  remain  in  the  vestibule 
until  their  respective  classes  came  along, 
but  this  year  has  seen  some  exceptions  to 
the  rule,  and  it  is  not  an  uncommon  sight  to 
see  the  Seniors  marching  through  the  chapel 
doorway,  led  by  some  member  of  the  Fresh- 


man class.  The  upperclassmen  don't  ask 
much  of  the  Freshmen,  but  they  would  like 
to  be  shown  a  spark  of  respect  at  times.  A 
word  to  the  wise  is  sufficient. 

*  *     *     *     * 

The  Pessioptimist  rejoices  in  one  thing, 
and  that  is  the  spirit  of  healthy  political 
rivalry  at  Bowdoin.  While  other  colleges 
have  been  undergoing  serious  warfare,  the 
utmost  good  feeling  has  prevailed  here 
between  all  parties.  Bowdoin  turns  out 
strong  political  leaders,  however,  and  the 
non-partisan  attitude  in  the  college  does  not 
seem  to  follow  her  graduates  in  after  life. 

*  *     *     *     * 

Have  you  walked  over  the  college  paths 
about  noontime  some  of  these  November 
days?  The  Pessioptimist  has  to  his  sorrow. 
He  was  obliged,  in  addition  to  the  weight 
of  his  own  pedal  extremities,  to  labor  along 
with  a  small-sized  farm  clinging,  with  the 
tenacity  of  an  irate  bull-dog,  to  his  number 
elevens.  This  is  the  time  of  year  that  de- 
monstrates the  utter  uselessness  of  ashes  for 
paths.  The  ground  is  frozen  solid  on  these 
frosty  nights,  to  bo  converted  into  a  mass  of 
paste  by  the  noonda}r  sun.  Gravel  is  no  un- 
known material  in  this  region,  and  a  slight 
use  of  it  by  the  path  builders  of  the  college 
would  add  greatly  to  the  comfort  and  con- 
venience of  the  traveling  public. 


I^hyme  ^  r^ea§or?, 


The  Chapel  Doves. 

Up  in  the  sky-tipped  tower, 
Close  by  the  chapel  bell, 

Is  found  the  airy  bower 

Where  we  in  safety  dwell. 

A  part  of  Bowdoin,  we; 

We  love  our  College  here  ; 
And  few  those  students  be 

Whom  we  have  cause  to  fear. 


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Above  the  campus  trees, 

And  far  up  id  the  blue, 
We  flit  upon  the  breeze, 

And  all  beneath  us  view. 

Vast  volumes  could  we  tell 

Of  things  we  hear  and  see, 
While  perched  beside  the  bell, 

Or  flying  light  and  free. 

What  sights  we  just  have  seen 

Within  our  lofty  tower, 
On  mystic  Halloween, 

At  midnight's  solemn  hour  ! 

But  close  within  our  breast 

We  keep  all  secrets  well; 
And  students  ne'er  lose  rest 

Lest  we  their  tales  should  tell. 

When  angels  from  above, 

A  message  downward  bring, 

Or  blessing,  through  the  love 
Of  Him,  creatiou's  king, 

They  take  a  dove's  fair  form ; 

And  thus,  by  instinct,  man 
Is  slow  to  offer  harm 

To  us,  though  oft  he  can. 

And  so,  at  chapel  hour, 

How  know  ye  but  the  prayer 

Is  answered  from  the  tower, 
Where  we  flit  in  the  air? 

And  e'er  in  shine  or  storm, 

And  e'er  by  night  or  day, 
With  nothing  to  alarm, 

Around  our  home  we  stay. 

And  through  all  time  to  come, 
While  Bowdoin  still  shall  be, 

May  doves  still  in  our  home 
As  happy  dwell  as  we. 

Desolation. 

More  dreary  scene  may  I  ne'er  know  : 
The  sea  of  gray;  of  gray  the  sky; 
No  sign  of  life  to  meet  the  eye, 
Save  far  in  air  a  single  crow, 
That  flaps  along  and  looks  below 
To  where  the  barren  Cockles  lie — 
Those  lonely  reefs — and  hurries  by. 
No  sound  is  there  for  ear  to  know, 
Save  when  each  wave  with  sluggish  swell 


Makes  float  out  on  the  gloomy  air, 
The  fog-bell's  mournful,  solemn  knell. 

And  wreck-wood  from  a  ship  once  fair 
That  failed  to  hear  or  heed  that  bell, 

Lies  rotting  on  the  lone  reef  there. 


Afterwards. 

'Tis  ended !  the  flare  of  the  torches 
Gives  way  to  the  light  of  the  moon, 

And  the  gay  political  button 

Is  sewed  on  the  gray  pantaloon. 


Meteoric. 

When  in  the  class-room 

'Twas  his  woe 

To  study  of  the  liter, 

To  learn  how  all  the  tables  go, 

The  length  of  the  Freuch  meter. 

But  when  he  makes  a  call,  though  brief, 
Love's  thoughts  are  so  much  sweeter, 
He  often  finds  a  greater  grief 
In  "pa"  and  the  gas  meter. 


The   Thanksgiving  re- 
cess will  begin  Wednesday 
noon,  November  23d,  and  continuo  the 
remainder  of  the  week. 

Levensaler,  '94,  who  has  been  de- 
tained by  a  serious  illness,  has  returned 
to  college. 

Stone,  '96,  is  at  home  with  typhoid  fever. 
Minot,  '91,  spent  several  days  in  town  recently. 
Mead,  '95,  who  has  been  teaching  at  Pembroke, 
has  rejoined  his  class. 

The   Bowdoin    College   Catalogue  will  be  out 
about  the  21st  of  November. 

Professor  Lee  delivered  a  lecture  on  Labrador, 
at  West  Dresden,  November  1st. 

A  good  performance  of  "  Hands  Across  the  Sea" 
was  given  at  the  Town  Hall,  October  27th. 


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November  2d  brought  the  first  snow-storm  of 
the  season  and  a  generous  amount  at  that. 

The  Junior  History  Division  are  preparing 
papers  on  assigned  subjects  for  Professor  Wells. 

Various  newspapers  have  announced  that  our 
Faculty  contains  eight  Republicans  and  five  Dem- 
ocrats. 

President  Hyde  gave  a  talk  in  chapel  a  week 
ago  Sunday  on  the  general  topic  of  "  Independence 
in  Politics." 

South  Maine  Hall  was  opened  for  occupancy, 
October  25th;  North  Maine  will  probably  be  ready 
this  week  or  next. 

The  Class  of  '94  has  voted  to  postpone  Ivy  Day 
one  week,  thus  bringing  it  in  the  first  week  of 
Senior  vacation. 

Machan,  who  represented  '93  on  tbe  College 
Jury,  has  resigned,  and  Arnold  has  been  elected  to 
fill  the  position. 

Owing  to  the  absence  of  Professor  Robinson, 
both  Seniors  and  Juniors  received  a  couple  of 
adjourns  last  week. 

Rev.  Mr.  Penn,  D.D.,  of  High  Street  Church, 
Portland,  occupied  the  pulpit  of  the  Congregational 
church  last  Sunday,  in  exchange  with  Dr.  Mason. 

W.  W.  Thomas  and  Plaisted,  '94,  accompanied 
the  foot-ball  team  on  their  last  Massachusetts  trip, 
and,  with  the  team,  witnessed  the  Harvard-Chicago 
game. 

President  Hyde  will  have  another  Bible  class 
this  winter  in  lower  Memorial.  Those  who  remem- 
ber how  interesting  these  talks  were  last  year  will 
doubtless  attend  again. 

One  of  the  Juniors  in  Biology  the  other  day  de- 
clared that  certain  plants  grew  on  flower  pots  and 
in  observatories.  This  sounds  like  one  of  the  bright 
sayings  in  the  children's  columns. 

The  Freshmen's  chairman  of  committee  on  a  yell 
requests  the  Orient  to  use  its  columns  in  his  behalf. 
So  will  some  one  please  send  a  cheer,  appropriate 
to  '96,  to  box  1053  as  soon  as  convenient. 

The  first  of  the  Shakespeare  readings,  by  Miss 
McCobb,  of  Portland,  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  those 
in  attendance  last  Thursday  evening.  Two  other 
readings  will  follow,  November  J Oth  and  17th. 

A  bust  of  the  late  Dr.  Isaac  Lincoln,  who  was 
for  over  sixty  years  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Over- 
seers of  Bowdoin  College,  has  recently  been  pre- 
sented to  the  library  by  his  grandson,  C.  S.  F. 
Lincoln,  '91. 


The  tickets  for  the  Ragan  course  of  lectures, 
given  under  the  auspices  of  the  College  Foot-Ball 
Association,  have  had  a  good  sale.  The  first 
lecture,  October  31st,  was  enjoyed  by  a  large 
audience. 

The  Freshman  foot-ball  team  has  been  practic- 
ing quite  steadily  the  last  two  weeks  and  is  fast 
learning  the  game.  If  it  is  decided  that  'Varsity 
men  are  not  eligible  to  class  teams,  '96  should  make 
a  good  showing. 

We  are  glad  to  announce  that  at  last  Bowdoin 
has  a  college  pin.  Hitherto,  when  we  have  met 
students  of  other  colleges  during  vacations,  and 
have  seen  their  elegant  pins,  we  have  vainly  wished 
that  we  had  one. 

The  Sophomores  have  elected  the  men  for  the 
prize  speaking  at  tbe  close  of  the  term.  Bryant, 
Churchill,  Doherty,  French,  Holmes,  Jackson,  G. 
S.  Kimball,  Moore,  Parker,  Stetson,  Webber,  and 
Wood  are  the  fortunate"  ones. 

The  prices  of  rooms  in  Maine  Hall  will  be  as 
follows:  those  that  were  $30,  will  now  be  $66;  those 
that  were  $40,  will  now  be  $84;  those  that  were 
$50,  will  now  be  $102  ;  those  that  were  $60,  will 
now  be  $1 14.  These  prices,  of  course,  include  the 
cost  of  heating. 

Caspar  W.  Whitney,  in  Harper's  Weekly  of 
October  29th,  speaks  in  high  terms  of  Stacy's  (ex- 
'93)  foot-ball  playing.  He  is  now  playing  end  on 
the  West  Point  team,  and  making  an  enviable 
reputation  as  one  of  the  finest  tacklcrs  West  Point 
has  ever  had. 

Tbe  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  College 
Jury  was  held  November  1st.  The  resignation  of 
Machan,  '93,  as  foreman  was  accepted,  and  Leigh- 
ton,  '94,  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy.  Other 
details  of  the  meeting  will  doubtless  appear  upon 
tbe  Sophomore's  term  bills. 

In  the  Psychology  class,  Wednesday  morning, 
President  Hyde  spoke  in  the  highest  terms  of  Mr. 
Baker's  speech.  He  considers  it,  from  a  psycho- 
logical standpoint,  the  best  speech  which  he  knows 
of,  made  in  this  campaign  anywhere  in  the  country, 
and  ventures  the  assertion  that  no  better  one  will 
be  made  before  election. 

A  man  with  a  two-headed  calf  was  around  one 
day  last  week  exhibiting  it.  Some  one  stole  the  box 
containing  it,  while  he  was  gone  for  a  moment  from 
his  charge,  and  the  poor  fellow  waudered  around  for 
some  time  disconsolate.    But  at  last  it  was  returned 


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to  him,  and,  as  a  reward,  he  showed  the  monstrosity 
to  those  around  free. 

Professor  Hutehins,  assisted  by  Professor  Lee, 
last  Thursday  evening  gave  the  Juniors  an  interest- 
ing lecture  on  ancient  and  modern  astronomy,  illus- 
trated by  numerous  views  of  instruments,  old  and 
new,  telescopic  objects,  famous  observatories,  etc. 
After  the  lecture  several  beautiful  views  of  the 
scenery  about  Raugeley  were  exhibited. 

Janitor  Booker  has  had  considerable  experience 
in  getting  into  the  chapel,  and  the  elaborate  prep- 
arations to  keep  him  out,  made  by  '95,  Halloween, 
were  utterly  futile.  The  bell,  to  be  sure,  did  not 
ring  very  loud,  but  the  chapel  was  nevertheless 
open  at  the  customary  time.  Although  considerable 
good  paiut  was  wasted,  but  little  real  damage  was 
done,  and  that,  says  the  Jury,  '95  will  pay  for. 

The  Kirmess,  in  aid  of  the  Public  Library, 
proved  a  great  success  and  drew  large  crowds  to 
Bath  every  evening.  Bowdoin  was  well  represented 
in  the  audience,  high  water  mark  being  reached  on 
Saturday  night,  when  over  sixty  students  were 
present.  Bucknam,  Hussey,  Chamberlain,  '93, 
Thompson,  '94,  Owen,  Willard,  '96,  took  part  in  the 
dancing.  The  entertainment  was  novel,  the  cos- 
tumes unusually  good,  and  the  dancing  excellent. 

The  subjects  for  the  last  themes  of  the  term  are 
as  follows  :  Juniors:  1 — The  Theatre  of  To-Day: 
Has  it  Any  Value  as  an  Educator?  2 — Opportunities 
of  Character  Study  Afforded  by  College  Life.  3 — 
The  Sonnets  of  Shakespeare.  Sophomore:  1  — 
A  Walk  in  the  Pines.  2 — What  Parts  of  a  News- 
paper Does  it  Pay  to  Read  ?  3 — Our  Present  Rank- 
ing System.  No  themes  will  be  required  of  the 
Juniors  during  the  spring  term. 

The  Bowdoiu  College  Democratic  Club  held  its 
rally  last  Wednesday  evening  in  the  .Town  Hall. 
About  forty  of  the  members,  accompanied  by  the 
band,  marched  to  the  Brunswick  Democratic  club- 
rooms,  where  they  were  joined  by  that  club  in  full 
force,  and  together  they  proceeded  to  the  hall. 
Although  the  night  was  stormy,  a  large  audience 
was  present.  The  speakers  were  introduced  by 
Iugraham,  the  president  of  the  club.  They  were 
Mr.  Johnson  of  Waterville,  Mr.  M.  P.  Prank  of 
Portland,  and  Mr.  A.  P.  Moulton,  also  of  Portland. 
One  of  the  pleasant  features  was  the  enthusiastic 
cheering,  which  was  led  by  Bagley,  '94. 

The  first  political  mass  meeting  ever  held  in 
Maine  by  a  college  club  occurred  November  1st,  in 
the  Town  Hall,  under  the  auspices  of  the  College 
Republican  Club.     After  a  brief  band  concert  in 


front  of  Memorial,  about  125  students  marched  to 
the  hall,  where  seats  were  reserved  for  them.  The 
speaker  of  the  evening,  Hon.  Orville  D.  Baker,  of 
Augusta,  a  Bowdoin  graduate,  was  introduced  by 
President  Paysou,  and  held  the  close  attention  of 
the  large  audience  for  full  two  hours.  His  able  and 
eloquent  speech  was  often  interrupted  by  applause. 
Several  new  "yells"  were  "sprung"  by  the  stu- 
dents, and  afforded  a  pleasing  variation  from  the 
usual  clapping  and  stamping. 


/f^leties. 


FOOT-BALL. 

Bowdoin,  10;    B.  A.  A.,  10. 

The  only  game  this  season  in  which  the  Bowdoin 
team  has  met  an  eleven  which  seemed  in  any  way 
its  equrtl  was  played  Tuesday,  October  25,  at  the 
South  End  Grounds  in  Boston.  The  teams  were 
very  evenly  matched  both  in  weight  and  skill,  and 
the  play  on  both  sides  was  characterized  by  sharp 
and  brilliant  work. 

During  the  first  fifteen  minutes  of  the  game,  the 
ball  see-sawed  up  and  down  the  field  till  Captain 
Carleton  made  a  dash  through  the  line  and  scored 
a  touchdown,  but  failed  to  kick  a  goal.  For  the 
remainder  of  the  half  the  ball  was  kept  near  the 
center  of  the  field. 

In  the  second  half  Ridley  replaced  Sykes  at 
right  half  back.  After  six  minutes  of  hard  work 
the  B.  A.  A.  team  made  a  touchdown,  but  were  un- 
able to  kick  a  goal.  Then  Bowdoin  once  more  had 
the  advantage  and  after  ten  minutes  Payson  carried 
the  ball  over  the  line  and  Carleton  kicked  a  goal. 
Score,  10-4,  in  favor  of  Bowdoin. 

Soon  Bachelder  scored  another  touchdown  for 
B.  A.  A.  and  kicked  an  easy  goal,  thus  tying  the 
score.  During  the  remaining  ten  minutes  neither 
side  were  able  to  score  ;  but,  when  time  was  called 
Bowdoin  had  forced  their  opponents  to  their  fifteen 
yard  line  and  had  a  good  chance  of  scoring. 

The  teams  lined  up  as  follows  : 

Bowdoin.  B.  A.  A. 

(  Thayer, 

(    Noyes. 

Manahan. 

Erickson. 

"Whitman. 

Harvey. 

Waters. 

"Wood. 


Quimby, 

Left  End. 

Stevens, 

Left  Tackle. 

Thomas, 

Left  Guard. 

Dennison, 

Center. 

Stone, 

Eight  Guard. 

Kimball, 

Right  Tackle 

Chapman, 

Eight  End. 

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Quarter-back. 


Half-backs. 


Pinkham. 


Pinkham, 
Peters. 


Fairbanks, 
Payson,  1 
Sykes,  > 
Ridley,    ) 

Carleton,  Full-back.  Batcbelder. 

Score— Bowdoin,  10;  B.  A.  A.,  10.  Touchdowns- 
Peters,  Batcbelder,  Carleton,  and  Payson.  Goals  from 
touchdowns — Batcbelder  and  Carleton.  Referee — Mr.  H. 
S.  Cornish.    Umpire— Mr.  H.  C.  Crocker. 

'Ninety-five,  66;    Cony  High  School,  6. 

On  account  of  the  injuries  and  illness  of  quite  a 
number  of  its  members  the  Freshman  eleven  was 
unable  to  play  the  game  it  had  arranged  for  Novem- 
ber 5th  with  the  Cony  High  School  team  of  Augusta, 
and  in  their  place  the  '95  class  team  went  to  play 
the  Augusta  boys  last  Friday. 

Against  the  experienced  Bowdoin  men  the  light 
Cony  players,  although  plucky  and  well  versed  in 
the  game,  had  no  chance  of  victory.  '95  had  the 
ball  at  the  start;  the  V  was  formed,  and  in  less 
than  ten  seconds  Fairbanks  bad  a  touchdown. 

The  game  was  a  series  of  long  rushes  and  runs 
by  the  '95  backs.  When  the  Cony  team  had  the 
ball  it  was  too  light  to  use  the  V  with  effect,  and 
depended  on  its  quickness,  generally  gaining  but 
little  and  losing  the  ball  on  downs.  At  the  begin- 
ning of  the  second  half  W.  Chase,  by  brilliant  dodg- 
ing and  a  long  dash,  secured  a  touchdown  for  Cony, 
from  which  Capt.  Whitten  kicked  a  goal.  It  was 
the  prettiest  individual  play  of  the  game. 

The  first1  half  was  of  25  minutes.  Score  :  '95, 
40;  Cony,  0.  The  last  half  was  20  minutes,  the 
final  score  being  66-6. 

Stetson,  '95,  was  umpire,  and  Miuot,  '96,  referee. 
Following  is  the  make-up  of  the  two  teams : 
Bowdoin,  '95.  Position.  Cony  High  School. 

Quimby,  Left  End.  F.  Chase. 

Hicks,  Left  Tackle.  Hamblen. 

Dewey,  Left  Guard.  Pettingill. 

Dennison,  Center.  Woodbridge. 

Jackson,  Right  Guard.  Hanson. 

Kimball,  Right  Tackle.  Webber. 

Bryant,  Right  End.  Valentine. 

Fairbanks,  Quarter-back.  Bascomb. 

Mitchell,     1  jt alf  h„pk„  I  W.  Chase, 

Knowlton,  J  Halt-backs.  j  Holmes. 

Stubbs,  Full-back.  Whitten. 

Bowdoin,  22;  Colby,  4. 

Saturday,  Bowdoin  lined  up  against  Colby  for 
the  second  time  this  season  at  Waterville. 

The  game  was  called  at  3  o'clock.  Bowdoin 
made  her  first  touchdown  in  five  minutes  by  work 
through  the  center.  Then  Colby  scored  by  center 
work  and  a  long  run  by  Perkins.  During  the 
remainder  of  the  half  Bowdoin  added  three  more 
touchdowns  to  the  score. 


In  the  beginning  of  the  second  half  Bowdoin 
scored  a  touchdown.  When  the  ball  was  brought 
to  the  center,  Colby  forced  it  to  Bowdoin's  15-yard 
line  and  considerably  to  one  side  of  the  goal  posts. 
From  here  Robinson  tried  for  a  goal.  The  referee 
decided  it  was  a  punt  and  refused  to  allow  it. 
Colby,  thinking  they  were  used  unfairly,  left  the 
field.     Time,  10  minutes. 

The  teams  lined  up  as  follows  : 
Bowdoin.  Position.  Colby. 

Chapman,  Right  End.  Jordan. 

Kimball,  Right  Tackle.  McLellan. 

Stone,  Right  Guard.  Waters. 

Dewey,  Center.  Gray. 

Thomas,  Left  Guard.  Riggs. 

Ridley,  Left  Tackle.  Stimpson. 

Quimby,  Left  End.  Hopkins. 

Sykes,  Quarter-back.  Purington. 

Stubbs,      |  i=r„if  v..!.  ( Watson, 

Mitchell,!  Half-backs.  J  Perkins. 

Fairbanks,  Full-back.  Robinson. 

Score— Bowdoin,  22;  Colby,  4.  Touchdowns — Fair- 
banks (4),  Mitchell,  Robinson.  Goal  from  touchdowns — 
Fairbanks.  Umpire — Salisbury,  Colby.  Referee — Ross, 
'94,  Bowdoin.    Time— 30  minutes. 


Some  inquiries  have  been  made  concerning  a 
class  in  Bible  Study,  and  we  take  this  opportunity 
of  stating  that  there  will  be  such  a  class,  conducted 
by  President  Hyde,  similar  to  those  of  the  past  few 
years.  Much  interest  has  been  manifested  in  pre- 
vious years,  and  we  think  that  all  who  attend  will 
feel  doubly  repaid  for  the  time  expended  in  so 
doing.  The  class  will  be  held  on  Tuesday  evening 
of  each  week.  It  is  expected  that  the  first  meeting 
will  be  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  November.  The 
class  is  open  to  all  members  of  the  college.  If  you 
come  to  the  first  meeting  we  feel  sure  you  will 
continue  your  attendance  throughout  the  course. 

The  average  attendance  at  our  meetings  this 
term  has  been  larger  than  it  was  last  year.  The 
last  few  meetings,  however,  were  rather  below  the 
average  in  size.  It  is  true,  there  were  outside  at- 
tractions which  tended  to  call  us  away.  Are  these 
outside  attractions  of  sufficient  importance  to  justify 
us  in  leaving  our  meetings  ?  This  is  a  question  we 
all  ought  to  consider  seriously.  Our  attendance 
should  surely  be  equal  to  our  number  of  active 
members.  In  fact,  however,  it  is  not  as  large.  Of 
course  there  are  times  when  it  is  impossible  for  us 
to  be  present,  but  they  are  not  many.     We  often 


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say  that  there  is  nothing  we  can  do  that  will 
advance  the  Christian  work  in  the  college.  There 
is  probably  no  one  who  has  not  some  talent  which 
he  could  improve.  But,  granting  that  we  have  no 
talent  for  active  work,  there  is  one  thing  we  can  do, 
and  that  is  to  attend  the  meetings.  It  will  require 
the  expenditure  of  less  than  one  hour  a  week,  and 
there  are  hardly  any  of  us  who  do  not  waste  more 
than  that  amount  of  time  each  day.  If  we  are 
active  members  of  the  association  and  not  regular 
attendants  at  its  meetings,  let  us  consider  it  our 
duty  to  be  there;— a  duty  we  owe  to  the  associa- 
tion, to  ourselves  as  Christians,  and  above  all  to 
our  God. 

The  Neighborhood  Work  Committee,  as  has 
been  the  custom  in  the  past,  will  assist  the  people 
of  Hillside  in  their  meetings  during  the  present 
year.  Several  of  our  men  made  the  first  visit  of 
the  term,  Sunday,  October  23d.  They  have  no 
preaching  there,  but  maintain  a  Sunday-School  and 
a  meeting  Sunday  afternoon.  The  Hillside  people 
seem  to  be  very  glad  of  our  assistance ;  and  the 
work  is  not  only  a  help  to  them  but  also  to  those 
who  go. 

The  annual  sermon  before  the  Y.  M.  C\  A.  was 
delivered  by  Prof.  A.  W.  Anthony,  of  Bates  Col- 
lege, at  the  Congregational  Church,  Sunday,  Octo- 
ber 30th.  His  masterly  treatment  of  the  text 
found  in  Matt,  v.,  17,  "  Think  not  that  I  am  come 
to  destroy  the  law,  or  the  prophets :  I  am  not 
come  to  destroy,  but  to  fulfill,"  was  listened  to  with 
closest  attention.  We  trust  that  the  members  of 
the  Association  will  act  in  accordance  with  the 
manv  valuable  suggestions  which  were  expressed. 


'37. -Hon.    George  F. 

Talbot   read   a   paper  on 

'The   Character    of   Columbus"  in 
Portland,  October  21,  1892. 

'41.— Hon.    Frederick    Robie    gave  au 
address  in  Augusta  on  Columbus  Day. 

'48. — Mr.  G.  S.  Newcomb  recently  spent  an 
afternoon  in  examining  the  library  and  college 
buildings. 


'49.— Judge  Joseph  Williamson,  of  Belfast,  has 
nearly  completed  and  ready  for  press  the  bibliog- 
raphy of  Maine,  a  work  on  which  he  has  been 
engaged  for  a  long  time,  and  on  which  he  has 
bestowed  a  great  amount  of  labor. 

'57.— Rev.  D.  S.  Hibbard,  of  East  Sumner,  was 
one  of  the  speakers  at  the  Oxford  Congregational 
Conference,  held  at  Andover,  October  18th  and  19th. 
Among  the  other  speakers  were  F.  V.  Norcross,  '55, 
and  Henry  Farrar,  '56. 

'60. — Ex-Speaker  Reed  spoke  at  Freeport,  111., 
October  29th,  and  his  visit  was  the  occasion  for  a 
big  demonstration  by  the  Republicans  of  that  county. 

'60.— Col.  A.  W.  Bradbury  is  spoken  of  as  a 
candidate  for  City  Solicitor,  Portland,  Maine. 

'61.— The  following  is  taken  from  the  Lewiston 
Journal  concerning  Gen.  Hyde,  one  of  the  Presiden- 
tial Electors  of  Maine:  "Thomas  W.  Hyde  was  born 
at  Florence,  Italy,  in  1841,  his  parents  both  being 
natives  of  Bath,  where  he  has  lived  since  his  infancy. 
He  got  his  early  training  and  education  there  and 
then  went  to  Bowdoin  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1861,  and  later  from  the 
Chicago  University.  At  the  time  of  his  graduation 
from  college  the  great  civil  war  was  raging,  and  in 
August  of  1861  be  went  to  the  front  as  Ma.ior  of  the 
Seventh  Maine  Volunteers,  at  the  age  of  twenty 
years.  He  served  with  his  regiment  through  the 
war,  having  some  very  thrilling  experiences.  Less 
than  ten  years  ago  Gen.  Hyde  was  awarded  an  ele- 
gant medal  by  Congress  for  his  acts  of  exceptional 
bravery  during  the  war.  Gen.  Hyde  is  a  very  inter- 
esting speaker  and  has  delivered  a  number  of  ad- 
dresses on  his  war  experiences.  When  the  army 
was  mustered  out  he  came  back  to  Bath  with  the 
rank  of  brigadier-general  of  volunteers.  Gen. 
Hyde  is  a  Republican  in  political  principle  and  a 
strong  one,  too.  He  was  president  of  the  Maine 
Senate  in  1876-77,  and  mayor  of  Bath  in  1878-79, 
serving  in  both  positions  in  an  acceptable  manner. 
He  has  also  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  to 
West  Point,  aud  one  of  the  managers  of  the  Soldiers' 
Home  aud  of  the  Naval  and  Military  Orphans'  Asy- 
lum in  Bath.  In  his  business  career  Gen.  Hyde  has 
been  unusually  successful,  due  to  his  superb  pluck, 
tact,  enterprise  and  perseverance,  to  which  one 
obstacle  after  another  has  succumbed.  At  the  close 
of  the  war,  after  he  returned  to  Bath,  he  leased  the 
Bath  Iron  Foundry,  now  known  as  the  northern 
division  of  the  Bath  Iron  Works,  it  then  being  in 
its  infancy  and  employing  but  seven  men.  He  now 
employs  upward  of  700  men." 


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'62. — One  of  Maine's  best  soldiers  and  highly 
honored  sons  has  lately  been  nominated  as  candi- 
date for  Adjutant-General  of  Maine.  Gen.  Charles 
P.  Mattocks,  Executive  Commissioner  of  the  Maine 
Board  of  World's  Fair  Managers,  was  born  in 
Danville,  Vt.,  October  11,  1840,  and  removed  to 
Maine  at  the  age  of  10  years.  Gen.  Mattocks  fitted 
for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass., 
graduated  at  Bowdoin  College  in  1862,  and  at  the 
Harvard  Law  School  in  1867.  Immediately  after 
graduating  at  Bowdoin  he  was  appointed  First 
Lieutenant  in  the  Seventh  Maine  Infantry  Volun- 
teers, and  served  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  until 
Lee's  surrender,  having  been  engaged  in  every 
battle  of  that  army  occurring  after  his  entry  into 
service,  except  during  nine  months  while  he  was  a 
prisoner.  Gen.  Mattocks  began  the  practice  of  law 
in  1867,  and  has  practiced  in  this  State  and  United 
States  Courts,  including  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States.  He  has  served  as  County  Attorney, 
and  as  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature.  As  a 
business  organizer  Gen.  Mattocks  has  few  superiors, 
having  a  ready  grasp  of  large  affairs,  and  prompt 
decided  methods  of  administration. 

'66. — Professor  Chapman  delivered  an  address 
on  "The  Columbiad,"  in  Portland,  October  21, 
1892. 

'68. — Hon.  Orville  D.  Baker,  of  Augusta,  ad- 
dressed the  Republicans  of  Brunswick  in  an  admir- 
able speech  November  1st.  Mr.  Baker  is  now 
speaking  in  New  York  on  the  political  questious  of 
the  day. 

'69. — Rev.  Horatio  Stebbens,  of  San  Francisco, 
delivered  the  opening  sermon  before  the  Ministers' 
Institute  in  Newton,  Mass.,  a  short  time  ago. 

'70. — D.  S  Alexander,  United  States  Attorney 
for  Northern  New  York,  is  making  an  active  canvass 
of  Western  New  York  for  President  Harrison. 

'73. — Hon.  A.  F.  Moulton  spoke  in  Town  Hall, 
November  2,  1892. 

'74.  —Charles  F.  Kimball  has  been  elected  Presi- 
dent of  the  National  Carriage  Makers'  Association. 

'77.— Professor  G.  T.  Little  has  forwarded  the 
Auburn  Public  Library  a  set  of  Cornhill  Magazines. 
The  gift  is  much  appreciated  by  the  trustees  of  the 
library. 

'79. — C.  F.  Johnson  spoke  in  Town  Hall,  Novem- 
ber 2d. 

Medical  School,  '83.-Dr.  H.  F.  Twitchell  has 
given  up  his  practice  in  Freeport  and  will  settle  in 
Portland. 

'87. — Charles  J.  Goodwin,  Ph.D.,  has  recovered 


from  his  illness  and  has  resigned  his  professorship 
of  Greek  at  Cornell  College,  Mt.  Vernon,  Iowa,  to 
accept  a  position  at  Wesleyan  University,  Middle- 
town,  Conn. 

'88.— D.  M.  Cole  is  principal  of  Westfield  (Mass.) 
High  School. 

'88.— E.  S.  Bartlett  has  a  position  in  the  Pension 
Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 

'89. — C.  L.  Mitchell  is  principal  of  the  High 
School,  Wareham,  Mass. 

Medical  School,  '89. — Dr.  Charles  P.  Small  has 
disposed  of  his  practice  in  Waterville  and  gone  to 
Chicago. 

'89. — G.  L.  Rogers  has  been  elected  County 
Attorney. 

'91. — W.  G.  Mallett  has  accepted  a  position  in 
Farmington  Normal  School  in  place  of  D.  M.  Cole, 
'88,  resigned. 

'91. — B.  D.  Ridlon  is  sick  with  slow  fever. 


Here's  some  advice  that  the  editor  of  the  Trinity 
Tablet  offers  to  its  Sophomores:  "Discipline  the 
Freshmen  thoroughly,  with  never  a  thought  that 
you  were  'fresh'  last  year.  Fight  on  in  supreme 
contempt  of  the  regulations,  take  your  punishment 
like  little  men,  and  by  and  by  you,  too,  can  sit  in  the 
'  seat  of  the  scornful,'  and  cast  satirical  reflections 
upon  under-class  rivalry." 

A   COMPLAINT. 
No  cruelty  to  animals 

Is  of  such  atrocious  sort 
As  teasing  that  poor  quadruped 
Known  as  the  Piano-Forte. 

— Brunonian. 

The  New  York  Tribune,  Sun,  and  Times  have 
111  college  men  on  their  staffs. 

The  University  of  Pennsylvania  has  decided  to 
found  a  "  traveling  scholarship  in  architecture," 
yielding  an   annual  income  of  $1,000,  which  will 


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enable  the  holder  to  travel   through   Europe  and 
study  the  best  methods  of  architecture. 

QUATRAIN. 
My  trembling  knees  did  much  belie 
The  artful  firmness  in  my  face, 
As  I,  all  trembling,  rang  the  bell, 
To  ask  her  stern  papa  for  Grace! 

— Williams  Weekly. 

First  Senior  (after  a  long  session  of  tennis  with 
one  of  the  co-eds.) — "There,  we've  finished  our 
tournament."  Second  Senior — "How  did  it  come 
out?"  First  Senior — " 0,  it  ended  in  a  tie."  Sec- 
ond Senior  (with  emotion)— " The  deuce  it  did! 
Old  man,  you're  in  luck.  Accept  my  congratu- 
lations."— Bates  Student. 

SELF-SATISFIED. 

"  The  world  knows  nothing  of  its  greatest  men." 
I  say  this  to  myself,  and  am  consoled 

To  think  that's  why  I'm  far  from  mortal  ken, 
On  the  list  of  hidden  geniuses  enrolled." 

— Columbia  Spectator. 

Paris  University,  the  largest  in  the  world,  has 
9,215  students;  Vienna  is  second,  having  6,220  stu- 
dents, and  Berlin  third. 

Harvard  has  made  application  for  7,000  square 
feet  for  its  intended  exhibit  at  the  World's  Fair. 

Old  gold  has  been  adopted  as  the  college  color 
at  the  University  of  Chicago. 

President  Seth  Low,  of  Columbia  College,  used 
city  police  to  prevent  Sophomores  interfering  with 


Freshmen  when  assembled  for  entrance  examina- 
tion. His  purpose  is  to  break  up  the  rushing  and 
less  manly  forms  of  hazing. 

QUITE  FEMININE  YOU  KNOW. 
First  came  the  spotless  full  dress  shirt, 

Then  four-in-hand,  by  chance, 
Soon  "  gallusses  "  were  quite  the  rage, 

And  it  will  next  be — ?  ?  !  !  — Cynic. 

The  total  membership  of  Greek-letter  societies 
in  the  American  colleges  is  estimated  at  77,000. 

One-half  of  the  West  Point  Cadets  are  obliged 
to  wear  glasses,  it  is  said.  This  state  of  affairs  is 
largely  due  to  the  fact  that  the  barracks  are  lighted 
by  electricity  instead  of  gas.  The  Board  of  Visitors 
has  asked  Congress  to  appropriate  $25,000  to 
remedy  this. 

Both  President  Harrison  and  Mr.  Whitelaw 
Reid  hold  the  diplomas  of  Miami  University,  one  of 
the  "small  colleges."  It  is  situated  at  Oxford, 
Ohio.  Secretary  Noble  is  another  of  its  alumni. 
Mr.  Cleveland  never  attended  college.  Mr.  Steven- 
son graduated  from  Center  College,  Ky. 

The  Leland  Stanford  University,  at  Palo  Alto, 
has  a  campus  containing  about  70,000  acres,  with  a 
drive  wTay  17  miles  long. 

The  number  of  actively  Christian  men  at  Bow 
doin  is  37,  at  Bates  39,  at  Colby  56. 

It  is  a  noticeable  fact  that  the  94  Universities  of 
Europe  have  1723  more  professors,  and  41,814  more 
students  than  the  360  Universities  of  the  United 
States. 


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BRUNSWICK,  MAINE,  NOVEMBER  23,  1892. 


No.  10. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 

PUBLISHED    EVERY   ALTERNATE  WEDNESDAY   DURING 
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EDITORIAL    BOARD. 

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H.  C.  Fabyan,  '93,  Assistant  Managing  Editor. 

B.  L.  Bryant,  '95,  Business  Manager. 

W.  P.  Chamberlain,  '93.  F.  M.  Shaw,  '93. 

M.  S.  Clifford,  '93.  H.  E.  Andrews,  '94. 

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literary  articles,  personals,  and  items.  Contributions  must  be 
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CONTENTS. 

Vol.  XXII.,  No.  10.— November  23,  1892. 

Editorial  Notes, 161 

A  Traitor  to  Peacock 163 

Addition  to  the  Art  Building, 165 

An  Allegory 166 

The  Psychological  Qualities  of  a  Good  Speech,      .     .  168 

The  Pessioptimist 168 

Rhyme  and  Reason: 

A  November  Woe, 169 

The  Dead  Leader 170 

Bowdoin  Men 170 

The  Song  of  the  Sailors, 170 

Collegii  Tabula, 170 

Athletics,       172 

Y.  M.  C.  A., 173 

Personal 173 

College  World, 174 


The  old  New  England  festival  of 
Thanksgiving  bids  us  home  again  to  share 
the  turkey  and  the  pumpkin  pie.  Thanks- 
giving Day,  from  its  origin  in  the  wilderness 
of  Plymouth  has  spread  through  the  whole 
country,  following  the  Yankee  everywhere. 
It  has  become  a  national  festival;  but  though 
the  soil  of  other  regions  may  yield  richer 
fruits,  it  is  the  hard-earned  harvest  of  New 
England  still,  and  the  wild  game  of  the  New 
England  woods  that  seem  to  furnish  forth 
the  board  with  the  most  plentiful  abundance, 
and  to  evoke  the  truest  and  most  heartfelt 
thanks. 

The  real  Thanksgiving  Da}' is  the  offspring 
of  Puritan  New  England.  The  Pilgrims  had 
been  at  Plymouth  only  ten  months  when 
their  governor  appointed  the  first  Thanks- 
giving feast.  Ten  months  of  hardship  and 
poverty  they  had  been,  but  the  harvest  of 
Indian  corn  was  gathered  and  the  forests 
were  full  of  game.  The  colonists  joined  with 
the  Indians  in  a  week  of  festivity,  rejoicing 
in  the  abundance  which  had  followed  want. 

Thanksgiving  days  among  the  colonists 
were  at  first  of  no  regular  occurrence  and 
were  not  held  at  any  constant  season  of  the 
year,  but  toward  the  latter  part  of  the  seven- 
teenth century  they  gradually  grew  into  an 
annual  festival,  following  the  harvest. 

In  the  Thanksgiving  of  to-day  our  festival 


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is  symbolic  of  wider  blessings  than  of  the 
harvest  alone.  The  prosperity  of  our  country 
is  a  reason  for  the  thankfulness  of  all  its 
citizens.  We  of  Bowdoin  have  cause  to 
rejoice  in  the  prosperity  of  the  college. 
Every  man  has  some  blessing  of  his  own  to 
be  thankful  for.  Certainly  we  have  greater 
cause  for  rejoicing  than  the  Pilgrim  Fathers 
when  they  thanked  God  for  their  meager 
harvest  of  Indian  corn. 


TITHE  national  election  is  past  and  gone, 
A  and  the  result  is  satisfactory  to  the 
majority  of  people  in  the  country.  At  Bow- 
doin the  campaign  was  brief  and  not  very 
noisy.  For  a  few  days  politics  were  allowed 
to  take  precedence,  and  then  everybody 
settled  down  again  to  the  quiet  pursuit  of 
learning,  with  the  calm  assurance  that  "the 
tariff  is  a  tax." 


THE  new  catalogue  will  be  published 
before  this  number  of  the  Orient  is 
issued.  It  indicates  a  total  membership  of 
297,  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  col- 
lege. Of  these,  197  are  in  the  academic 
department,  divided  as  follows  :  Seniors,  32  ; 
Juniors,  47;  Sophomores,  53  ;  Freshmen,  58; 
Special  Students,  7. 

The  course  of  study  remains  nearly  the 
same,  but  with  this  change  :  In  Junior  year, 
third  term,  American  History  is  required, 
and  practical  Rhetoric  becomes  an  elective. 

For  the  purpose  of  promoting  advanced 
work  in  Biology  the  college  has  secured  the 
privileges  of  a  table  in  the  Marine  Biological 
Laboratory  at  Wood's  Holl,  Mass.,  of  which 
Dr.  C.  O.  Whitman,  of  the  class  of  1869,  is 
director.  Each  student  or  graduate  who  has 
shown  marked  proficiency  in  biological  work 
will  be  given  this  opportunity  for  study 
during  the  summer  months. 

The  catalogue  shows  an  increase  of  three 


in  the  Medical  Facultjr.  Albert  Roscoe 
Moulton,  M.D.,  who  comes  from  the  Medical 
School  in  Philadelphia,  will  be  Lecturer  on 
Mental  Diseases.  John  Franklin  Thompson, 
A.M.,  M.D.,  Lecturer  on  Diseases  of  Women, 
and  Willis  Bryant  Moulton,  M.D.,  Clinical 
Instructor  in  Diseases  of  Eye  and  Ear.  The 
three  new  men  on  the  Academic  Faculty  are 
Prof.  W.  A.  Houghton  in  the  Latin  chair, 
Mr.  F.  T.  Farnsworth,  Instructor  in  German, 
and  Mr.  A.  M.  Merriman,  Assistant  in  Chem- 
istry.   

BOWDOIN  has  a  well-deserved  reputation 
of  granting  to  her  students  more  freedom 
and  more  privileges  than  any  other  college 
of  her  class  in  the  country.  In  late  years,  as 
a  rule,  this  liberty  has  not  been  misused,  but, 
on  the  contrary,  has  gained  for  the  college 
authorities  the  increased  respect  of  the  stu- 
dent body. 

It  is  very  seldom  that  we  would  complain 
of  having  too  many  privileges,  but  such  at 
present  seems  to  be  the  case.  The  liberty  of 
carrying  on  animated  discussions  in  Banister 
Hall,  of  reading  aloud,  while  others  are 
trying,  during  the  lulls  in  the  conversation, 
to  grasp  the  ideas  set  forth  in  the  current 
numbers  of  the  magazines, — this  liberty,  we 
feel  sure,  the  students  as  a  body  wish  with- 
drawn. It  is  not  an  easy  or  a  pleasant  task 
to  fathom  the  intricacies  of  the  constitution 
while  persons  at  the  further  end  of  the  room 
keep  up  a  running  conversation  ;  and  when 
one's  attention  is  frequently  interrupted  by 
the  loudly  uttered  ejaculations  of  some  one 
near  him. 

Perhaps  those  who  make  use  of  this  priv- 
ilege might  reply  that  if  one  desires  quiet, 
he  should  take  the  books  to  his  room ;  but 
this  is  neither  possible  with  the  reserved 
books  nor  practicable  with  the  magazines. 
Limited  conversation  in  the  wings  is  not  so 
objectionable,  but  in  Banister  Hall  it  would 
obviously  be  better  for  the  majority  of  stu- 


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dents  if  conversation  in  all  its  forms  were 
prohibited. 


0UR  foot-ball  season  ends  this  year  rather 
earlier  than  usual.  Considerable  satis- 
faction is  to  be  taken  in  the  record  of  our 
eleven  this  fall.  It  has  not  lost  a  game.  It  is 
a  matter  of  regret  that  a  team  so  strong  as 
ours  undoubtedly  is  should  not  have  had  the 
opportunity  of  meeting  Dartmouth,  Amherst, 
or  Williams.  Then,  with  a  game  or  two  lost, 
we  should  probably  still  have  had  a  record  to 
be  proud  of.  The  team  has  not  had  a  fair 
chance  to  show  what  it  was  good  for.  One 
consolation  remains.  We  can  assert  with 
some  plausibility  and  with  no  danger  of  being 
confronted  with  proofs  to  the  contrary,  that 
we  have  this  fall  one  of  the  strongest  foot- 
ball teams  in  New  England. 


IVJE  GO  to  press  this  week  a  day  early 
**  on  account  of  the  Thanksgiving  recess. 
It  is  therefore  impossible  to  give  in  this 
number  an  account  of  any  event  which  hap- 
pened after  Friday,  November  18th. 


TT7HE  Thanksgiving  recess  occupies  the 
-*■  best  part  of  a  week.  Accordingly  it  is 
customary  to  leave  three  weeks  between  the 
numbers  of  the  Ojjibnt  at  this  time.  Num- 
ber 11  will  be  dated  December  14. 


PRESIDENT  HYDE'S  statement  in  chapel 
•"■  last  Friday,  that  there  were  more  appli- 
cations for  scholarships  this  year  than  there 
were  students  in  college  six  years  ago,  was 
surprising  and  at  the  same  time  encouraging. 
It  is  an  evidence  of  the  prosperity  of  the 
college  in  the  number  of  its  students.  His 
further  remarks,  however,  that  the  increase 
in  scholarships  had  by  no  means  kept  pace 
with  this  prosperity  shows  another  phase  of 
the  question.  He  intimated  that  with  the 
present  high  rate  of  increase  in  numbers  as 


compared  with  the  increase  in  scholarships, 
if  these  conditions  continue,  a  new  basis  of 
granting  scholarships  will  probably  have  to 
be  adopted.  The  new  method  suggested, 
was  that  of  competitive  scholarships.  This 
seems  to  be  the  only  solution  of  the  question, 
and  yet  it  is  to  be  much  regretted.  How 
often  it  is  the  case  that  those,  most  worthy 
of  scholarships,  do  not  lead  the  class  and 
that  on  the  contrary,  those  who  stand  high 
in  the  class  have  ample  means  and  would 
seek  only  the  honor  of  securing  the  prize. 


A   Traitor  to   Peacock. 

JIM  VINING  sataloneinhisroom.  Before 
him,  outspread  on  the  carpet,  his  news- 
paper had  fallen  carelessly,  with  the  quaint 
proclamation  of  the  New  England  governor 
uppermost.  "  Whereas  it  hath  been  custom- 
ary since  our  fathers'  time  to  set  apart  each 
year  a  day  on  which  to  render  thanks  to  the 
beneficent  Giver  of  all  things  for  the  multi- 
tude of  his  blessings, — "  and  so  on,  counseling 
every  one  to  gather  with  his  family  on  the 
last  Thursday  of  the  month,  to  unite  with 
them  in  thanksgiving  and  prayer. 

Jim  had  just  this  moment  made  up  his 
mind  not  to  go  home.  A  letter  from  Eva 
Wellington  was  the  cause.  He  had  looked 
forward  to  this  brief  recess  with  his  imagi- 
nation full  of  her,  of  the  pleasure  of  her 
companj'-,  the  walks,  the  rides,  perhaps  skat- 
ing at  Smith's  pond  if  the  cold  weather 
lasted.  And  now  she  said  she  was  going  away 
for  a  Thanksgiving  visit.  Pinevale  was  too 
quiet  and  sleepy  a  place  to  spend  a  vacation 
in.  Yet  she  knew  he  was  coming  home,  and 
she  had  not  seen  him  for  three  months. 

Jim  thought  it  over  in  gloomy  silence. 
He  tried  to  imagine  some  cause  for  the  cool- 
ness which  he  realized  had  been  growing  up 
between  them. 

Had  he  ever,  by  word  or  syllable,  an- 
swered her    roughly  when    she    laughed   at 


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Walden, — at  Walden,  his  college  that  he  took 
so  much  pride  in?  The  fault,  if  anywhere, 
seemed  all  on  her  part.  Nothing  could  have 
been  more  trying  to  his  patience  than  the 
way  in  which  she  continually  held  up  before 
him  the  merits  of  Peacock  University, 
Warden's  bitter  rival.  How  she  doted  on 
peacock  blue,  and  as  for  terra-cotta,  Walden's 
color,  Jim  knew  she  despised  it.  The  most 
tantalizing  of  all  was  when  she  called  atten- 
tion to  Walden's  foot-ball  record.  For  three 
years  had  Peacock  University  waved  the 
blue  triumphantly  at  the  great  champion- 
ship game  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  and  Jim 
bit  his  lip  when  he  thought  of  the  pater- 
nal mandate  which  prevented  him  from 
doing  what  he  might  do  for  the  honor  of  old 
Walden. 

Jim  Vining  was  in  a  gloomy  mood.  He 
wrote  a  hasty  letter  home,  stating  that  his 
studies  demanded  so  much  time  that  he 
thought  it  advisable  to  remain  at  the  college 
during  the  Thanksgiving  vacation.  It  was 
in  good  faith,  too,  for  he  had  determined  not 
to  follow  the  eleven  to  Yorkfield,  anticipat- 
ing that  the  result  of  the  game  would  not 
be  a  pleasant  one  to  Walden  men. 

Some  one  knocked  at  Jim's  door.  It  was 
the  foot-ball  captain. 

"Billings  has  gone  home,  Jim,  his  father 
is  sick,"  he  said. 

"  That  settles  it,"  replied  Jim,  "  not  a 
man  to  take  his  place,  is  there  ?  " 

"  Jim  you  must  play  half-back  Thursday, 
there  is  nobody  else,"  said  the  captain. 

"  But  you  know — " 

"  Yes,  I  know  your  father  objects,  but  it 
is  an  emergency.  It  is  you  or  no  game. 
Waklen  depends  on  it.  If  the  game  goes 
by  default,  it  is  the  end  of  our  foot-ball. 
Weston  is  ready  to  fill  our  place  if  we  drop 
out  of  the  league.  You  know  that  as  well 
as  I  do." 

"  One  more  point  for  Eva,"  thought  Jim 
Vining,  and  he   determined  that    whatever 


were  the  consequences,  Walden  should  play 
the  game. 

The  grand-stand  at  Yorkfield  presented  a 
gay  and  beautiful  picture  on  Thanksgiving 
Day.  At  one  end,  the  fair  admirers  of 
Walden  College  sat  displaying  the  terra-cotta 
of  their  favorite.  At  the  other  end  the  patron 
goddesses  of  Peacock  University  waved  the 
rich  blue  in  anticipation  of  victory. 

"Peacock  is  certain  to  win,  is  it  not?" 
asked  a  fair  young  girl  who  carried  on  her 
parasol  a  long  streamer  of  blue  ribbon. 

"  Pretty  sure  of  it,"  replied  her  escort. 
"  Walden  never  could  play  foot-ball.  She 
will  probably  drop  out  of  the  league  next 
year.  Besides,  her  team  is  disabled,  I  under- 
stand. The  best  half-back  could  not  come, 
and  a  new  player,  Williams,  is  going  to  be 
put  on.  I  am  glad  to  see  you  are  so  thoroughly 
with  us,  Miss  Wellington." 

The  game  had  begun  and  the  excitement 
with  it.  Nothing  could  restrain  the  enthu- 
siasm of  the  wearers  of  the  blue  when  Pea- 
cock carried  the  ball  across  the  line  for  the 
first  touchdown. 

One  only  among  the  crowd  of  ladies 
upon  the  Peacock  stand  seemed  to  waver  in 
her  enthusiasm.  Eva  Wellington  had  waved 
her  handkerchief  and  parasol  as  the  Univer- 
sity team  marched  proudly  upon  the  field. 
She  had  joined  in  the  general  demonstration 
when  Peacock  had  gained  ten  yards  with  the 
V,  but  after  that  she  had  grown  pale  and  sat 
leaning  forward  with  eyes  fixed  upon  one 
man  behind  the  Walden  line,  who  seemed 
to  be  omnipresent. 

"  Who  is  this  Williams,"  began  to  be 
whispered  about,  as  the  crowd  watched  him, 
now  with  the  ball,  now  the  first  to  tackle, 
through  the  line,  around  the  end,  everywhere 
until  the  Walden  men  seemed  to  take  courage, 
and  imbibe  the  spirit  and  strength  of  their 
leader. 

Eva,  with  a  pale  face,  leaned  forward 
grasping  the  railing  in  front  of  her. 


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165 


The  game  was  closer  than  'peacock  men 
had  anticipated,  but  the}7  drew  ia  long  breath 
of  relief  when  word  was  passed  along  that  the 
referee's  watch  indicated  but  three  minutes 
more,  and  Peacock  was  winning  10  to  6. 

Walden  had  the  ball,  but  seemed  to  dash 
itself  in  vain  against  the  solid  wall  of  its 
opponent,  near  the  middle  of  the  field. 

The  Peacock  stand  was  growing  more 
and  more  excited.  Victory  was  certain. 
The  blue  ribbons  fluttered  in  the  air  like 
poplar  leaves  in  September. 

Suddenly  out  of  the  struggling  crowd  in 
the  field  rushed  a  man  wearing  the  terra- 
cotta uniform  of  Walden.  His  head  was 
bent  forward,  his  muscles  set  for  the  dash. 
He  carried  the  ball  under  his  arm. 

A  Peacock  man  tackled,  but  Walden's 
captain  sacrificed  himself  and  rolled  with  the 
tackier  on  the  ground. 

Onward  rushed  the  runner  with  two 
Peacock  men  close  at  his  heels. 

"It  is  that  Williams,"  whispered  the 
crowd  on  the  stand. 

"  It's  Jim  Vining,"  said  the  Walden  men 
along  the  ropes. 

Onward  dashed  the  runner,  forced  to  a 
diagonal  course,  directly  toward  the  stand. 

The  Peacock  allies  had  suddenly  grown 
quiet.  The  blue  ribbons  ceased  to  flutter. 
The  fair  patronesses  kept  silence. 

All  but  one.  One  little  lady  on  the  front 
seat  stood  up,  and,  waving  her  handkerchief 
over  the  railing,  forgot  the  blue  ribbon  she 
wore  and  shouted  in  her  excitement,  "  Run 
Jim  !  run  !     Turn  to  the  right ! " 

Jim  ran.  He  seemed  to  gain  new  strength. 
He  turned  sharply  and  curving  to  the  right 
kept  within  bounds. 

A  Peacock  tackier  had  his  hand  upon  his 
shoulder.  He  was  shaken  off.  Again  he 
seized  him  and  leaped  upon  his  back.  Jim 
staggered  under  the  load.  A  few  more  steps 
forward,  and  he  fell  across  the  line  and  rolled 
toward  the  goal  posts. 


A  mighty  shout  went  up  from  the  Walden 
men.  The  score  was  tied,  and  Jack  Wells 
could  never  miss  so  easy  a  goal. 

"  A  sprained  ankle,"  said  the  doctor,  as 
the  crowd  gathered  round  the  prostrate 
victor.  "  He  ought  to  have  care  immediately; 
must  not  go  on  the  train  to-night." 

"A  lady  says  take  Mr.  Vining,  I  mean 
Mr.  Williams,  to  Mrs.  Wellington's  on  Bridge 
Street,"  announced  a  bystander. 

So  Grandmother  Wellington  had  another 
Thanksgiving  visitor.  She  had  learned  to 
like  the  manly  fellow  in  her  summer  visits  to 
Pinevale,  and  her  warm  heart  received  him 
with  tender  sympathy. 

The  next  day  as  Jim  lajr  stretched  out  on 
the  lounge  in  the  sunny  front  room,  Eva 
entered  bringing  the  morning's  paper. 

"  You  wicked  boy,"  she  said,  "  to  disobey 
jour  parents.  You  see  what  came  of  it.  If 
you  did  it  for  fame,  that's  all  the  fame  you 
got  with  your  makebelieve  name,"  and  she 
tossed  him  the  paper. 

Jim  read  of  the  phenomenal  playing  of 
the  unknown  Williams,  who  won  the  cham- 
pionship for  Walden. 

"  That's  all  the  fame  you  got  by  it,"  re- 
peated Eva. 

But  Jim  did  not  do  it  for  fame.  He 
looked  up  at  the  smiling  girl.  She  wore  a 
bit  of  terra-cotta  ribbon  in   her  button-hole. 


Addition   to    the  Art   Building. 
TTRCHITECTURAL  improvemei,t8  on  the 

/  *■  campus  are  still  increasing.  The  latest 
is  the  proposed  addition  to  the  Walker  Art 
Building,  although  the  building  itself  is  not 
completed  yet.  In  order  that  the  structure 
may  have  a  more  finished  and  elegant  exterior 
the  donors  have  decided  to  place  a  stone  and 
brick  terrace  around  the  two  sides  and  front. 
This  terrace  will  extend  from  the  base  of 
the  building  proper  for  a  width  of  over  fifteen 
feet,  and  will  terminate  in  a  parapet  wall  two 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


feet  high.  The  surrounding  campus  will  rise 
slightly  toward  the  wall,  but  when  it  reaches 
the  wall,  will  be  about  five  feet  lower  than 
its  top. 

The  foundations  of  this  wall  will  extend 
eight  feet  below  the  ground  level.  The  wall 
itself  will  be  over  300  feet  long  and  built  of 
cut  stone.  Only  one  flight  of  steps  will  lead 
up  to  the  terrace  from  the  campus,  and  these, 
directly  in  front  of  the  main  entrance,  will 
be  nearly  forty  feet  in  width  and  about  six 
feet  in  height.  The  upper  flight  of  steps, 
leading  from  the  terrace  to  the  portico,  will 
be  laid  this  fall,  and  work  on  this  addition 
will  be  pushed  as  far  as  possible  before  winter. 
The  exact  figures  on  the  addition  are  not 
known  yet,  but  the  estimated  cost  will  be 
about  $10,000. 


An   Allegory. 

'^1  IF  WAS  long  past  the  hour  of  midnight, 
-*■  according  to  the  reckoning  by  the  moon, 
which,  from  its  lofty  height  in  the  sky,  shed 
a  mellow  light  over  all  terrestrial  objects, 
when  I  found  myself  walking  abroad  along 
a  well-trodden  path,  which  I  recognized  as 
unmistakably  leading  to  the  Walker  Art 
Building  on  Bowdoiu's  fair  campus.  Ad- 
vancing a  little  farther  in  my  wanderings,  I 
felt  that  I  was  being  irresistibly  led  on  by 
some  other  influence  than  my  own  will, 
toward  the  entrance  of  the  new  structure. 
On  either  side  of  me  I  noticed  huge  blocks 
of  stone,  cut  and  chiseled,  ready  to  be  used 
as  constructing  material  on  the  morrow  and 
following  days. 

Directly  past  these  objects,  which  threw 
clear-cut  shadows  across  my  path,  I  pursued 
my  course  straight  on  toward  the  plank  walk, 
which  gave  entrance  to  the  edifice.  High 
above  my  head  I  could  perceive  a  long  arm 
stretching  out  from  the  summit  of  the  un- 
completed building,  which  I  readily  called 
to   mind  as  the   ponderous  steam-crane,  so 


clearly  visible  by  daylight,  as  it  towered  far 
above  everything  else  in  its  immediate  neigh- 
borhood. Passiug  on  through  the  door-way, 
guarded  by  enormous  pillars,  I  considered 
not  which  way  to  turn,  but  still  guided  by 
that  unknown  force,  which  I  felt,  but  had 
not  strength  enough  to  resist,  I  walked  di- 
rectly on  over  the  same  loosely-laid  boards  that 
I  had  once  before  traversed  during  the  day- 
time. I  could  not  look  down,  neither  to  the 
right  nor  left,  for  my  eyes  were  riveted  on 
an  object  drawing  speedily  nigh  unto  me. 

Suddenly  I  halted  and  waited  for  a  nearer 
approach  of  the  figure,  for  now  I  could  per- 
ceive that  it  had  an  upright  appearance  as  of 
a  person  walking,  and  was  clothed  in  a  white 
raiment.  Had  I  cherished  a  belief  in  ghosts, 
I  might  well  have  shuddered  and  then  pre- 
cipitously fled,  but  having  no  faith  in  ap- 
paritions or  anything  of  the  sort,  I  remained 
rigidly  silent  and  expectant.  Aroused  from 
this  apathy,  into  which  I  had  fallen,  by  the 
creaking  boards  on  which  I  stood,  I  opened 
my  mouth  and  boldly  addressed  the  white- 
robed  figure,  saying,  "  May  I  ask  who  you 
are,  and  wiry  you  are  here  ?  "  Then  the  vis- 
itor answered  encouragingly:  "Certainly, 
why  not?  I  am  called  Idle  Curiosity,  some- 
times Laziness,  and  I  always  like  to  assist 
people  to  a  further  acquaintance,  whenever 
they  cherish  any  sentiments  regarding  me, 
and  I  try  to  meet  them  half-way.  When 
you  crossed  the  threshold  yonder,  you  en- 
tered upon  what  is  commonly  known  as 
Life's  Career.  Already  I  perceive  you  are 
here  with  no  idle  purpose  in  view,  therefore 
I  will  leave  you." 

Meditating  on  what  these  words  implied, 
I  started  forward  in  the  darkness  toward  the 
adjoining  room,  but  had  not  proceeded  far 
before  I  became  conscious  of  an  apparition 
still  in  my  pathway.  Supposing  it  to  be  my 
recent  acquaintance  I  was  seized  with  a 
desire  to  escape  all  further  communication, 
and  passed  speedily  by.      I  had  even  com- 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


167 


menced  to  ascend  the  ladder,  which  led  to 
the  loftier  apartments  of  the  building,  when 
I  imagined  I  felt  a  light  touch  on  my  shoulder, 
and  a  voice  saying :  "  My  name  is  Persever- 
ance, and  I  always  take  notice  of  those  who 
attempt  to  mount  higher,  for  that  clearly 
proves  that  such  persons  are  numbered  among 
my  followers.  Always  persevere  and  you 
will  surely  succeed."  With  this  parting  ad- 
monition the  object  disappeared  from  view 
and  I  continued  my  way  upward,  while  I 
thought  within  myself,  this  is  truly  a  co- 
incidence, for  all  who  persevere  are  sure  to 
mount  upward  in  their  career. 

■  When  I  had  attained  the  summit  of  the 
ladder  I  had  no  sooner  looked  around  me 
than  I  became  conscious  of  a  white-robed 
stranger  sitting  serenely  on  the  very  edge  of 
the  unfinished  wall.  Presuming  such  quietude 
was  only  the  result  of  sleep,  I  gradually  ap- 
proached nearer  for  a  closer  inspection.  Dis- 
turbed by  my  approach,  the  figure  raised  its 
bowed  head  and  stared  at  me. 

"I  know  you,"  I  said,  "j'ou  are  Advent- 
uresomeness.  I  have  often  heard  of  you  but 
was  never  allured  by  your  charms."  "You 
are  that  one,"  I  continued,  "who  tempts 
people  in  their  upward  progress  to  such  risks 
for  the  attainment  of  material  things,  as, 
when  deliberating,  they  know  full  well  they 
ought  not  to  incur."  "I  will  have  nothing 
to  do  with  you,"  I  muttered.  Greatly  vexed 
at  this  apparently  uncalled-for  vehemence  on 
my  part,  the  figure  remained  silent  and 
unmoved. 

Moving  on  I  was  obliged  to  climb  another 
ladder  in  order  to  reach  the  highest  part  of 
the  structure  ;  still  I  was  directed  by  some 
unseen  power  to  reach  that  certain  inde- 
finable something  that  I  was  after.  Having 
ascended  to  the  top  of  the  building  I  rested 
a  moment  and  then,  with  that  true  instinct 
which  enables  a  somnambulist  to  walk  un- 
harmed in  the  midst  of  threatening  dangers, 
I  seemed  to  myself  to  still  continue  walking 


slowly  along  the  narrow  and  insecure  planks, 
which  I  inferred  were  the  embodiments  of 
Jealousy,  which  a  man  often  evokes  from  his 
personal  enemies,  and  the  others,  Adverse 
Circumstances  and  Scorn,  which  forever 
attend  a  person  striving  to  "press  onward 
and  upward." 

Another  figure  now  presented  itself  before 
me  and,  upon  questioning,  I  discovered  it  to 
be  Fame,  otherwise  known  as  Notoriety. 
Applying  this  personification  to  a  person's 
progressive  state  in  life,  I  saw  that  a  rising 
man,  after  safely  surviving  the  attacks  of 
opponents  and  living  down,  as  it  were,  petty 
jealousies  and  enmities,  is  always  sure  to 
attain  either  fame  or  notoriety,  by  the  man- 
ner in  which  he  succeeds  in  passing  through 
perilous  stages  in  his  career.  The  next 
stranger  I  encountered  was  a  bright  and 
shining  figure  standing  erect  on  the  very 
tip-top  of  the  dome.  Still  musing,  I  asked 
myself,  is  not  this  true  to  life  ?  After  acquir- 
ing fame  or  notoriety,  do  not  we  prosper 
according  to  whether  we  attain  fame  in  its 
purest  sense,  or  notoriety  in  its  truest  sense? 

Now  as  I  gazed  intently  on  the  glowing 
object  before  me,  I  perceived  a'  shadowy 
figure  retreating  from  my  vicinity.  Draw- 
ing nigh  unto  the  shining  one,  I  asked  her 
who  she  was.  Quickly  the  answer  came,  "  I 
am  Success  and  the  evil  one  departing  is 
Failure."  "  You  are  the  lovely  one  I  seek," 
I  cried  out,  and  with  that  I  attempted  to 
embrace  her,  but  suddenly  the  figure  disap- 
peared and  I  saw  in  my  dream  only  the  black 
opening  in  the  dome  into  which  I  was  about 
to  plunge  head-foremost.  With  a  jump  I 
endeavored  to  recover  myself,  and  at  the 
same  moment  I  heard  a  voice  saying,  "not 
yet."  "  Not  yet,  what,"  I  asked  myself,  now 
thoroughly  awake.  As  I  lay  quietly  think- 
ing a  moment  of  my  dream,  for  dream  it  had 
surely  been,  and  interpreting  the  last  re- 
sponse "not  yet"  still  ringing  in  my  ears,  I 
said  to   myself,  applying  the    words  as   an 


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utterance  of  the  personifications  met  with  in 
my  dream,  "  that  not  yet  means  that  I  have 
not  yet  attained  the  purpose  of  my  life. 
Success  has  come  not  yet." 


The  Psychological   Qualities  of  a 
Good  Speech. 

IN  THE  "  Chat "  column  of  the  Williams 
Literary  Monthly  for  October  appears  the 
following  narrative  in  regard  to  one  of  our 
alumni,  who  is  just  as  dear  to  two  generations 
of  Bowdoin  men  as  he  is  to  his  fishermen 
parishioners : 

The  faculty  of  adapting  one's  self  to  the  thoughts 
and  conditions  of  others  is  a  precious  possession, 
whether  born  of  nature  or  art.  Not  long  ago  Chat 
attended  service  at  a  little  church  on  a  sequestered 
island.  The  audience  consisted  of  half  a  dozen 
summer  cottagers  and  about  fifty  fisher-people  as 
densely  ignorant  as  any  human  beings  within  the 
pale  of  civilization.  "  Big  attendance  to-day,"  Chat 
observed  to  a  grizzled  fisherman.  "  Yaas,"  drawled 
the  salt;  "ye  see,  lie  alius  gives  us  suthin'  stirrin'," 
pointing  to  a  little  old  man  in  black  just  entering 
the  door.  He  it  was  who  had  been  secured  to  fill 
the  pulpit  that  day,  in  the  absence  of  the  regular 
pastor.  "  Two  to  one  that  chap  can't  preach,"  said 
a  summer  youth  on  the  rear  seat;  "  and  what  if  he 
could?  These  old  salts  wouldn't  kuow  a  good 
preacher  if  they  heard  one.  Oh,  hum!"  and  he 
settled  back  for  a  snooze.  As  the  preacher  entered, 
he  took  off  a  large,  old-fashioned  derby,  thrust  well 
down  over  his  ears.  His  clothes  were  wrinkled  and 
of  an  antique  cut,  his  face  was  brown  and  furrowed 
and  his  form  bent,  as  if  with  much  pulling  of  sheets 
and  oars.  From  the  opening  word  of  his  discourse 
he  addressed  himself  directly  and  solely  to  the 
fisher-people,  using  no  illustration  that  was  not 
drawn  from  things  more  or  less  familiar  to  them, 
though  his  sermon  abounded  in  allusions.  Now  it 
was  the  wreck  of  a  brig  on  the  rocks  of  Maine,  aud 
now  a  rescue  off  the  coast  of  England,  from  a  burn- 
ing ship  with  shotted  guns.  His  eyes  sparkled  as 
he  saw  the  rude  fisher-folk  upturning  their  faces 
eagerly  to  him,  clenching  their  hard  fists  and  moving 
uneasily  in  their  seats  in  the  effort  to  control  their 
pent-up  feelings,  as  he  unrolled  to  them  the  pano- 
rama of  scenes  and  events  of  the  sea.  Indescribable 
was  the  effect  when  he  concluded  thus,  while  his 


eye  seemed  to  catch  the  fire  of  his  spirit  and  his 
voice  grew  marvelously  strong  and  clear:  "I  see 
the  ship  of  Zion.  There  she  rides!  A  hurricane 
howls  through  her  rigging  and  rattles  the  ice  of  the 
spray  upon  her  shrouds.  She  leaps,  reels,  and 
plunges;  her  masts  quiver;  her  ratlines  creak  ;  her 
timbers  groan.  I  see  her  colors  stream,  untattered, 
in  the  gale ;  I  hear  the  song  of  the  crew  upon  her 
deck — yea,  above  the  thunder  of  waters,  the  name 
of  Him  who  walked  the  billow  and  stilled  the  storm  ! 
She  breasts  the  billow,  she  rides  the  gale;  and  not 
a  blast  from  the  rolling  cloud,  not  a  wave  from  the 
rushing  sea  can  snap  those  stays  or  timbers  or  drag 
those  cables  home  ! " 

When  church  was  over  the  summer  youth  before 
mentioned  turned  to  Chat  and  asked,  "  Who  was 
that  old  chap?"  "  That  old  chap?"  echoed  a 
bystander  in  reply,  "  why,  that  old  chap  is  Elijah 
Kellogg.  He  wrote  '  Spartacus  to  the  G-ladiators' 
and  '  Regulus  to  the  Carthaginians' !  " 


TITHE  Pessioptimist  often  wonders  why  so 
-*-  few  of  his  fellow-students  inflict  their 
presence  on  the  various  church  sociables 
and  informal  affairs  given  in  town.  Don't 
we  have  time,  or  are  we  a  set  of  unsociable, 
bear-like  beings,  hived  up  within  the  college 
walls  to  suck  our  own  paws  during  the  long 
winter  evenings?  Does  college  life  make  a 
man  an  unrelenting  recluse,  abhorrent  of  the 
society  of  the  outside  world? 

If  yon  feel  that  it  does,  gird  on  your 
armor  of  unabashed  self-possession  and  put 
on  your  Sunday  clothes,  and  embrace  some 
of  the  opportunities  offered  for  enjoying  an 
evening  in  some  other  than  that  narrowing 
intellectual  atmosphere  which  some  of  us 
are  breathing  altogether  too  much. 

Don't  think  you  are  growing  broad  by 
sunning  yourself  in  the  light  of  your  own 
intellect.  It's  very  apt  not  to  be  over 
brilliant.  Go  out  into  the  world  and  let 
some  one  else  cast  a  few  luminous  rays  into 


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the  dark  recesses  of  your  brain,  that  you 
yourself  are  unable  to  illumine. 

*  *     *     *     * 

"Is  'wooding'  a  peculiarity  of  Bowdoin?" 
the  Pessioptimist  sometimes  asks  himself. 
Whether  it  is  or  not  we  are  surely  very 
proficient  in  the  art,  and  there  are  very  few 
who  will  not  graduate  with  a  summa  cum  laude 
in  this  branch  of  the  college  curriculum. 
But  did  you  ever  notice  that  perhaps  the 
greatest  adepts  in  this  line  are  the  Freshmen  ? 
There  seems  to  be  nothing  more  to  their 
gratification  than  to  get  rid  of  their  exuber- 
ance of  spirits  thus.  Perhaps  it  is  because 
it  is  so  new  and  strange  a  privilege,  coming 
as  they  do  from  the  restrictions  of  a  fitting 
school.  It  takes  considerable  provocation 
to  incite  a  Senior  class  to  such  activity. 

*  *     *     *     * 

Some  of  our  professors  are  very  tender 
hearted,  and  dislike  exceedingly  to  hurt  the 
feelings  of  anyone.  The  Pessioptimist  heard 
a  pretty  good  verification  of  this  fact  the 
other  day.  A  very  popular  member  of  the 
Faculty  met  a  certain  Junior,  who  the  night 
before  had  called  at  the  professor's  house, 
and,  forgetful  boy  that  he  was,  had  left  his 
umbrella,  which  he  described  as  being  brass- 
headed  and  having  his  name  scratched  on  it 
with  a  pin.  Imagine  his  surprise  when,  on 
meeting  the  man  of  letters  next  day,  he  was 
told  that  a  gold-headed  umbrella,-  engraved 
with  his  initials,  "B.  — .  — .,"  had  been  left 
the  night  before.  The  young  man  firmly 
believes  that  professors  have  very  vivid  imag- 
inations or  are  all  alchemists. 
***** 

Does  college  life  make  a  man  lazy?  The 
Pessioptimist  gives  it  up,  but  he  does  know 
of  some  examples  in  college  of  the  most 
unmitigated  laziness,  if  rumor  speaks  aright. 
Why,  it  is  said  that  one  of  our  "grave  and 
reverend"  Seniors  is  so  utterly  worn  out 
with  the  trials  and  tribulations  of  a  day's 
existence  on  this  mundane  sphere  that  he  is 


totally  unable  to  remove  his  hat  before  going 
to  bed.  And  it  is  moreover  related  of  this 
individual  that  sleep  so  far  overcomes  him 
oftentimes  that  he  is  absolutely  without 
strength  to  take  off  his  clothes,  but  seeks  his 
night's  repose  on  the  sofa  in  full  dress.  Let 
this   man   bear  the   palm  until  we  hear  of  a 

lazier. 

***** 

There  is  mighty  little  satisfaction  nowa- 
days in  celebrating  a  peanut  drunk  or  a 
turkey  supper.  No  one  seems  to  know  or 
care  when  they  come  off.  Somebody  obtains 
a  good  sized  "gobbler,"  has  him  cooked,  and 
brings  along  a  lot  of  "  fixings,"  cranberry 
sauce,  etc.  That  part  of  it  is  all  very 
pleasant  and  the  feast  is  doubtless  a  rare 
treat  to  some  of  the  Sophomoric  appetites; 
but  when  they  leave  the  remains  of  the 
festivities  in  chapel  for  the  Juniors  to  play 
patty-cake  with  it's  not  so  agreeable,  espe- 
cially if  some  of  those  patty-cakes  happen 
to  find  lodgment  on  the  back  of  your  unsus- 
pecting neck.  This  is  a  new  phase  in  the 
history  of  turkey  suppers,  and  these  post- 
prandial exercises  could  be  done  away  with 
with  very  little  reluctance  on  the  part  of 
the  sufferers. 


I^byme  ^d  I^eagorp. 


A  November  Woe. 

Long  is  summer  fled, 
Autumn,  too,  is  sped, 
And  I  meditate 
On  man's  chaugeful  fate. 

Life  is  full  of  change; 
Ah !  ;Tis  passing  strange ; 
Reasons  who  can  give 
For  this  life  we  live? 

Some  philosopher 
Reasons  may  aver, 
But  they  won't  suit  me, — 
We  shall  not  agree. 


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Mild  vicissitude 
I  will  grant  is  good, 
But  I  muse  with  grief 
On  the  fallen  leaf, 

On  the  dismal  fall ; 
And  the  change  I  call 
Far  too  great  to  bear 
With  a  meek  despair. 

But  the  bitterness 
Which  I  would  express 
Has  sufficient  cause, 
One  that  pleasure  gnaws, 

Eats  my  little  joys, 
And  my  soul  annoys ; 
Bitter  though  I  be 
Who  is  not  like  me? 

Who's  content  and  kind, 
Who  has  peace  of  miud, 
Doth  not  inly  swear, 
In  thick  underwear? 

The  Dead  Leader. 

As  oft  at  break  of  day  the  gladsome  lark, 
Awakes  with  melody  the  slumbering  earth, 
Nor  dreams  of  care  or  grief,  but  high  in  air 
Rejoices  in  the  power  of  his  wings, 

So  youth's  glad  days  passed  by. 

As  from  its  source  mid  mountain  glens  and  peaks, 
The  mighty  river,  broadening  as  it  flows, 
Sweeps  onward,  silent,  irresistible, 
And  in  due  time  gains  its  appointed  goal, 
So  manhood  honor  brought. 

As  gently,  softly  on  a  winter's  night, 
The  pure  snow  crystals  of  the  upper  air 
Leave  their  accustomed  haunts  and  gladly  go 
To  finish  their  existence  in  another  world, 
So  passed  his  soul  from  earth. 


Bowdoin   Men. 

I  have  seen  a  line  extending 
From  the  East  unto  the  West. 

I  have  noticed  the  close  blending 
Of  the  poorest,  and  the  best 

From  the  same  small  point,  expanding 
To  the  North,  and  South,  as  well. 

Laurels  from  the  high,  demanding. 
All  a  tale  of  power  tell. 


I  have  watched  the  baud  increasing. 

Seen  them  onward,  upward  rise. 
Their  march  forward  never  ceasing, 

Ever,  reaching  toward  the  skies. 

And,  you  ask,  who  are  these,  working, 

Falling,  but  to  rise  again  ; 
Never  failing,  never  shirking  ? 

And  I  answer,  Bowdoin  men. 

The  Song  of  the  Sailors. 

[From  the  French  of  Souvestre.] 

0  sing  and  drink  with  foaming  glass; 

Oue  day  is  left  for  pleasure  yet; 
But  change  the  wind— then,  land,  farewell; 

To-morrow  morn  our  sails  are  set. 
The  sky  is  clear;  the  breeze  blows  o'er; 

It  is  for  us  that  shines  the  sun; 
Our  song  rings  out  along  the  shore, 

Fear  not !    Fear  not !     God  guides  us  on. 

And  when  the  waves  from  every  shock, 

Are  shattered  at  the  vessel's  side, 
Then  far  aloft  the  cabin  boy 

Still  sends  his  song  across  the  tide. 
Despite  the  waves  or  tempests  then, 

Despite  the  winds  or  gloom  of  night, 
Fear  not!    Fear  not !    Brave  sailor  men, 

'Tis  ever  God  who  guides  us  right. 


Tutor  Hunt,  who  was  taken 
sick  last  week,  has  gone 
to  his  home  in  Bangor. 

The  recital  of   "Julius  Caesar"  by 
Hannibal   A.    Williams  in    the   court- 
room last  week  drew  a  large  and  select 
audience.     We  seem  to  be  having  a  rare  treat  in 
Shakespeare  recitals  this  term. 
Boardmau  is  at  home  sick. 
Dudley,  '95,  has  returned  to  college. 
Meade,  '95,  has  returned  to  college. 
North  Maine  Hall  was  opened  November  12th. 
The  Unitarians  held  their  annual  fair  Tuesday 
afternoon  and  evening  of  last  week. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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Gummer,  '92,  was  seen  on  the  campus  the  other 
day. 

Stevens,  '94,  who  has  been  home  ill,  has  re- 
turned, v 

Sousa's  Marine  Band  is  advertised  in  town  for 
the  22d. 

Leighton,  '94,  spent  Sunday  recently  with  his 
parents.  " 

The  new  college-pins  are  very  pretty  and 
popular. 

President  Hyde  preached  one  Sunday  recently 
in  Wellesley. 

We  are  glad  to  learn  that  we  are  to  have  a  Glee 
and  Banjo  Club. 

The  recent  snow-storms  put  an  end  to  tennis 
playing  for  this  year. 

Pierce,  '96,  was  on  the  sick  list  last  week,  but 
has  returned  to  college. 

The  voters  among  the  students  got  their  attend- 
ance rank  on  election  day. 

Badger,  '95,  has  taken  the  High  School  at 
Anson  for  a  four  months'  term. 

A  few  of  the  students  attended  the  "  Living 
Whist "  in  Lewiston  the  other  night. 

Machan  and  Bagley  have  removed  their  store 
from  North  Winthrop  to  19  North  Maine. 

Owing  to  the  poor  patronage  of  the  students, 
the  Ragan  course  of  lectures  netted  only  $30.00. 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  observed  last  week  as  the  Week 
of  Prayer  by  special  meetings  held  every  afternoon. 

McArthur,  '93,  and  Hinkley  and  Pickard,  '94, 
witnessed  the  Harvard-Tale  foot-ball  game,  Sat- 
urday. 

The  A  Y  fraternity  will  be  represented  on  the 
'94  Bugle,  but  has  not  yet  selected  a  man  for  the 
place. 

The  recent  Shakespeare  recitals  have  been  well 
attended  by  the  students,  and  have  been  most  en- 
joyable occasions. 

Rev.  Wm.  P.  Fisher,  the  former  pastor  of  the 
Brunswick  Congregational  church,  spoke  in  chapel  a 
week  ago  Sunday. 

There  will  be  a  class  in  the  Gym.  this  winter 
that  will  take  a  foot-ball  drill,  if  there  is  to  be  no 
boating  next  spring. 

The  circulation  of  the  Library  books  for  October, 
was  432;  average  per  day,  17  ;  greatest  daily  cir- 
culation, 32. 


One  of  the  Juniors  had  rather  an  embarrassing 
moment  when  he  mistook  a  Professor  back-to  for  a 
student  of  the  same  name. 

The  Freshmen  received  their  charts,  Thursday, 
from  Professor  Whittier,  and  are  now  eating,  sleep- 
ing, and  working  strictly  by  rule. 

Payson,  '93,  and  W.  W.  Thomas,  '94,  attended 
the  A  K  E  convention,  which  was  held  in  Chat- 
tanooga, Tenn.,  two  days  of  last  week. 

The  Gym.  is  becoming  a  popular  resort  once 
more.  The  compulsory  work  will  begin,  as  usual, 
immediately  after  the  Thanksgiving  recess. 

Among  those  present  at  the  teachers'  convention 
held  in  town  recently,  were  Prof.  Purington,  '78, 
Kimball,  '87,  Mitchell,  '90,  and  Merriman,  '92. 

Though  the  "Kirmess"  is  a  thing  of  the  past, 
its  effects  are  to  be  seen  in  the  frequent  visits  that 
certain  students  still  pay  to  the  "Shipping  City." 

TheSophomores  had  their  long-delayed  "  Turkey 
supper"  a  week  ago  Friday  night,  and,  as  usual, 
adorued  the  seats  in  chapel  with  the  frag- 
ments. 

President  Hyde,  in  his  Bible  class  Tuesday 
evenings,  is  taking  up  Theological  doctrines  and 
problems  in  a  very  interesting  way.  The  attend- 
ance is  quite  large. 

There  is  some  talk  among  the  college  authori- 
ties of  having  a  collection  of  portraits,  autographs, 
and  other  like  memorials,  of  distinguished  alumni 
of  the  college  at  the  World's  Fair. 

Professor  Robinson  took  the  Senior  mineralogy 
class  to  Portland  last  Friday  to  study  the  various 
processes  of  iron  manufacture  in  the  rolling  mills 
and  the  Portland  Company's  works. 

The  0  A  X  convention  met  in  Boston  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  and  Friday  of  last  week.  The  Eta 
Chapter  was  represented  by  Howard,  Bucknam, 
Barker,  '93,  Pickard,  '94,  and  Stetson,  Bryant,  and 
Leighton,  '95. 

After  the  Bowdoin-Brown  foot-ball  game,  a 
large  part  of  the  team  stopped  over  on  their  way 
home  to  see  the  Exeter-Andover  game  at  Andover ; 
Carleton,  Payson,  and  Baldwin,  '93,  and  E.  Thomas, 
'94,  went  on  to  New  York  to  witness  the  game  be- 
tween Yale  and  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 

Professor  Hutchins  had  the  Juniors  over  at  the 
Observatory  Thursday  evening,  and  showed  them 
the  comet  which  has  lately  made  its  appearance. 
He  also  pointed  out  the  various  constellations  and 
principal  stars,  and  then  exhibited  some  fine  draw- 
ings of  celestial  phenomena. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


The  Brunswick  and  Topsham  Democratic  clubs 
advertised  a  torch-light  procession  for  last  Saturday 
evening-.  Illuminations,  fire-works,  cannon,  bon- 
fires, transparencies,  and  all  other  tokens  of  victory 
were  among  the  "  features,"  and,  after  the  march,  a 
grand  spread.  The  College  club  was  invited  to  act 
as  escort. 

It  really  looks  as  if  one  at  least  of  the  class  foot- 
ball games  would  come  off  this  year,  that  between 
the  Sophomores  and  Freshmen.  There  has  been 
some  discussion  as  to  whether  'Varsity  men  should 
be  allowed  to  play,  since  '95's  team  would  be  largely 
made  up  of  such  players.  Finally  the  Freshmen  in 
a  class-meeting  voted  to  play  any  way,  and  accord- 
ingly have  begun  work.  It  has  not  yet  been  decided 
when  the  game  will  take  place. 

The  celebrated  Fayerweather  will  is  being  again 
contested,  this  time  by  the  heirs  of  Mrs.  Fayer- 
weather. This  will  in  all  probability  not  affect  the 
special  bequests  to  the  colleges,  even  though  it  be 
successful,  but  only  the  gifts  that  have  since  been 
bestowed  by  the  executors  from  their  own  share. 
Bowdoin  has  already  received  $80,000  of  her 
part,  and,  while  the  remaining  $20,000  may  be 
delayed  for  some  time,  still  it  will  doubtless  ulti- 
mately come. 


/fftleties. 


FOOT-BALL. 

Bowdoin,  8;    Brown,  0. 

Friday,  November  11th,  Bowdoin  lined  up 
against  Browu,  on  Lincoln  Field,  Providence,  and 
succeeded  in  adding  another  game  to  her  unbroken 
series  of  successes  this  season.  The  teams  were  well 
matched  in  size  and  weight,  but  Brown  proved 
unable  to  keep  up  with  the  pace  set  by  her  oppo- 
nent. 

In  the  first  half  Bowdoin  played  with  much 
snap,  Carleton  and  Fairbanks  each  scoring  a  touch- 
down, but  Carleton  failing  to  kick  the  desired  goals. 
In  the  second  half  neither  side  was  able  to  score. 
Brown  played  a  sharper  game  than  in  the  first  and 
nearly  succeeded  in  making  a  touchdown,  when 
Bowdoin  got  the  ball  and  soon  carried  it  back  to 
the  center  of  the  field.  The  playing  of  Capt.  Carle- 
ton, Fairbanks,  and  Sykes,  was  particularly  good, 


while  Robinson  showed  up  best  on  the  opposing 
team.     The  men  lined  up  as  follows : 

Bowdoin,  Position.  Brown, 

Quimby.  Eight  End.  j  g™ge. 

Ridley.  Right  Tackle.  Nott. 

Shay.  Right  Guard.  Call. 

Dewey.  Centre.  Smith. 

Stone.  Left  Guard.  Hastings. 

Kimball.  Lett  Tackle.  J  A'j ^.•i^Sey' 

Chapman.  Left  End.  E.N.Casey. 

Fairbanks.  Quarter-back.  Matteson. 

I  Straight, 
Half-backs.  <  Green, 

( Weeks. 
Carleton.  Full-back.  Robinson. 

Score— Bowdoin,  8;  Brown,  0.  Touchdowns— Carle- 
ton, Fairbanks.  Umpire— Mr.  Howland  of  Yale.  Ref- 
eree—Mr. Ross  of  Bowdoin. 


Payson , 

Sykes. 


REVIEW  OF  THE  SEASON. 

The  record  which  Bowdoin  has  made  this  year 
on  the  foot-ball  field  is  one  which  cannot  fail  to 
excite  enthusiasm  among  the  undergraduates  and 
alumni,  and  inspire  respect  among  the  other  New 
England  colleges.  We  started  out  with  gloomy 
prospects,  the  team  being  light  and  to  a  great  ex- 
tent inexperienced,  but  through  the  patient  and 
persistent  work  of  Capt.  Carleton,  the  team  has 
been  put  through  a  thorough  system  of  training, 
which  has  shown  its  results  very  clearly.  This 
demonstrates  the  good  result  of  practice.  It  is 
coming  to  be  seen  more  and  more  at  Bowdoin,  as  it 
should  be,  that  no  man  is  so  essential  to  athletics 
that  his  playing  is  a  matter  of  course,  whether  he 
trains  conscientiously  or  not.  We  hope  this  will  be 
borne  in  mind  by  future  captains  in  all  the  branches 
of  athletics. 

One  thing  which  will  help  Bowdoiu's  foot-ball 
prospects  in  the  future  is  the  interest  which  is 
taken  in  the  game  throughout  the  schools  of  the 
State.  This  is  the  secret  of  the  success  of  the 
Massachusetts  colleges  and  cannot  fail  to  be  a  ben- 
efit here.  Another  great  help,  and  one  which  has 
often  before  been  suggested  by  the  Orient,  would 
be  the  playing  of  class  games  after  the  'Varsity 
season.  This  will  bring  out  new  and  perhaps  un- 
suspected material.  We  sincerely  hope  that  this 
successful  season  of  foot-ball  at  Bowdoin  may  be 
culminated  by  an  interesting,  and  at  the  same  time 
useful,  series  of  class  games. 

The  summary  of  the  games  played  by  Bowdoin 
this  season  is  as  follows : 

October    1,        Bowdoin,  26.    Philips  Exeter,  i. 

October  12,        Bowdoin,  56.   Westbrook  Seminary,  0. 


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October  15,  Bowdoin,  56.  Colby,  0. 

October  21,  Bowdoin,  38.  West  Roxbury,   0. 

October  22,  Bowdoin,  36.  Philips  Andover,  0. 

October  25,  Bowdoin,  10.  Boston  A.  A.,  10. 

November  5,  Bowdoin,  22.  Colby,  4. 

November  11,  Bowdoin,  8.  Brown,  0. 


In  a  recent  paper  we  noticed  the  following  letter 
from  the  corresponding  secretary  of  a  college  asso- 
ciation :  "We  find  our-  college  field  somewhat 
limited  this  year.  All  the  young  men  boarding  at 
the  dormitory  and  those  living  near  the  college  are 
Christians.  We  are  glad  to  be  able  to  report  a  col- 
lege so  thoroughly  Christian.  Of  course  there  are 
quite  a  number  of  young  men  who  live  '  down 
town'  attending  the  college  whom  the  college  asso- 
ciation cannot  reach."  This  unexampled  case  is  so 
rare  as  to  emphasize  the  uniformity  of  the  opposite 
state  of  affairs.  That  all  the  students  should  be  so 
thoroughly  Christian  as  to  limit  the  field  of  the 
college  association  is  a  state  not  found  outside  the 
limits  of  a  very  few  places.  As  we  consider  this 
report  and  compare  the  condition  of  that  associa- 
tion with  our  own,  we  are  inclined  to  be  discouraged 
and  feel  that  we  are  doing  comparatively  nothing. 
Instead  of  being  discouraged,  however,  we  should 
be  stimulated  to  more  earnest  work,  and  strive  to 
bring  our  association  nearer  to  that  ideal  state. 
Although  we  have  not  seen  the  results  we  should 
like  to  have  seen  during  the  past  year,  yet  we  can- 
not think  that  our  labor  has  been  in  vain.  We  are 
told  that  "  one  soweth  and  another  reapeth,"  and 
though  we  may  not  reap  the  fruits  of  our  sowiug, 
we  may  be  preparing  the  way  for  others  to  reap  a 
glorious  harvest. 

The  week  .of  prayer  was  observed  by  the  asso- 
ciations of  the  country  during  the  week  beginning 
November  13th.  The  Bowdoin  association,  as  has 
been  the  custom  for  the  past  few  years,  held  meet- 
ings on  each  day  of  the  week.  The  attendance  was 
rather  small,  yet  a  spirit  of  earnestness  has  pre- 
vailed and  we  cannot  help  feeling  that  the  members 
who  have  attended  have  become  reconsecrated  to 
Christ  and  prepared  to  do  better  work  in  His  vine- 
yard. 

NOTES. 

During  the  past  year  the  college  associations 
have  been  increased  by  the  establishment  of  fifty- 
five  new  associations. 


The  sum  of  $375  has  been  raised  for  religious 
work  at  Amherst  this  term. 

At  Central  "University,  Iowa,  seventy-five  per 
cent,  of  the  young  men  are  Christians.  Of  these, 
ninety  per  cent,  are  in  the  association. 

At  Brown  University  three  quartets  of  students 
have  been  organized  to  carry  on  a  work  similar  to 
that  done  at  Bowdoin  under  the  direction  of  our 
Neighborhood  Work  Committee. 

The  first  college  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion was  organized  in  1858,  at  Ann  Arbor,  with  a 
membership  of  niue,  five  of  whom  are  still  living. 


'37. — The  well-knowu 
Maine  historian,  Hon.  R.  K. 
Sewall,  of  Wiscasset,  author  of  the 
Ancient  Dominions  of  Maine,"  thinks 
that  it  has  been  demonstrated  beyond  a 
doubt  that  the  foundation  of  the  famous 
Damariscotta  shell  heaps  was  made  by  the  North- 
men, as  similar  deposits  are  found  by  recent  inves- 
tigations to  exist  in  the  "  Kjokken  middens" 
of  Norway.  Mr.  Sewall  has  prepared  a  paper  on 
this  subject  which  he  will  read  during  the  coming 
winter  before  the  Maine  Historical  Society. 

73. — A.  F.  Richardson,  of  the  Castine  Normal 
School,  was  among  the  speakers  at  the  West 
Oxford  Teachers'  Convention,  Lowell,  October  28th 
and  29th. 

'73.— Among  the  speakers  at  the  meeting  of  the 
Maine  Schoolmasters'  Club,  held  at  the  Tontine  Ho- 
tel, Brunswick,  Me.,  November  12th,  were:  Prof. 
F.  C.  Robinson,  '73,  in  response  to  the  Toast,  "The 
Freshman  and  his  Fit,"  and  H.  K.  White, '74,  of 
the  Bangor  High  School.  Other  Bowdoin  men 
present  were:  A.  F.  Richardson,  73;  B.  P.  Snow, 
'55;  D.  H.  Dale,  M.  S.,'71;  C.  Fish, '65;  A.  W. 
Tolman,  '88  ;  Prof.  H.  L.  Chapman,  '66 ;  G.  C.  Pur- 
ington,  78 ;  W.  B.  Mitchell,  '90  ;  W.  I.  Weeks,  '90 ; 
Prof.  A.  W.  Moody,  '82;    Prof.  Henry  Johnson,  74. 

74.  —Dr.  F.  A.  Bickford,  a  graduate  of  the  New 
York  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  who  has 
been  a  surgeon  in  the  United  States  army  during 
the  past  ten  years,  has  located  in  Old  Town  to  prac- 
tice his  profession. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


'76. — Tbis  ship  is  in  command  of  J.  E.  Sewall, 
ex-'76.  The  big  Yankee  sailing  ship  Susquehanna, 
arrived  in  New  York,  November  J5th,  after  com- 
pleting her  maiden  Atlantic  and  Pacific  passage. 
She  made  the  triangular  passage  from  New  York  to 
San  Francisco,  San  Francisco  to  Liverpool,  Liver- 
pool to  Sandy  Hook,  a  total  of  39,000  miles,  in  270 
running  days,  an  average  of  1444  miles  per  day. 

77. — Rev.  E.  M.  Cousins,  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  at  Westbrook,  Me.,  has  been  deliv- 
ering a  course  of  lectures  on  "Home  Influences." 
The  course  has  been  very  popular  and  well  attended. 

'78. — G.  C.  Purington  was  elected  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  Schoolmasters'  Club, 
which  met  in  Brunswick,  November  12th. 

Medical  School,  '79.— Dr.  C.  D.  Smith  and  a 
party  of  friends  are  at  Old  Stream,  near  Machias, 
this  week,  deer  hunting. 

'83. — William  A.  Perkins  is  in  the  graduate 
school  of  Harvard  University  studying  Mathematics 
and  Physics. 

'84. — W.  H.  Cothren,  formerly  manager  of  the 
Edison  Company,  in  Chicago,  111.,  has  a  position 
under  the  consolidated  company  in  New  York. 

'85.— The  following  card  has  been  received: 
Mr.  Eben  Winthrop  Freeman,  Miss  Nellie  Grant 
Elliot,  married  Wednesday,  November  16,  1892, 
Brunswick,  Me.  At  homo  Thursdays,  after  January 
1st,  2  Fessenden  Street,  Oakdale,  Portland. 

'86. — I.  W.  Home  is  superintendent  of  schools  in 
Braintree,  Mass.  Mr.  Home  has  resigned  his  school 
at  Quincy. 

'87. — Cards  have  been  received  announcing  the 
marriage  of  William  Lewis  Gahan  and  Miss  Louisa 
Merrill  of  Brunswick,  Me. 

'87.— Merton  Kimball  and  Miss  Eva  Cook  were 
married  November  15,  1892.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kimball 
will  reside  in  Norway,  Me. 

'88.— H.  C.  Hill  is  with  Ginn  &  Co.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

'89.— F.  Russell  is  with  R.  D.  Green  &  Co.,  42 
Lincoln  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

'89. — Earl  Merrill  is  putting  in  an  electric  rail- 
road at  Binghamptou,  N.  Y. 

'90. — George  F.  Freeman  has  resigned  his  school 
at  Hyde  Park  and  has  entered  the  Harvard  Medical 
School. 

'91. — Gould  Porter  spent  November  14th  in 
Brunswick. 

'92. — E.  H.  Wilson  is  in  the  law  ofHce  of  Symonds, 
Snow  &  Cook,  of  Portland. 

'92. — L.  K.  Lee  will  teach  this  winter  at  White 
Rock,  Me. 


'92. — F.  V.  Gammer  has  finished  his  school  at 
Livermore  Falls.  Mr.  Gummer's  present  address  is 
Brunswick,  Me. 

'92. — H.  R.  Gurney  is  recovering  from  typhoid 
fever,  and  will  soon  be  able  to  take  his  position  as 
instructor  in  English,  at  Poughkeepsie. 


w? 


COLLEGE   VERSE. 
"  I  used  to  cwease  ray  trousers, 
And  I  got  quite  used  to  that; 
But  now,  baw  Jove,"  said  Cholly, 
"I  have  to  cwease  my  hat." — Yale  Record. 

William  Astor  has  promised  $1,000,000  to  found 
a  negro  university  in  Oklahoma. 

University  of  Pennsylvania  is  to  have  a  new 
dormitory,  costing  $125,000.  It  will  be  the  largest 
in  the  United  States. 

Harvard  was  the  first  of  the  American  colleges 
to  open  a  graduate  school.  The  first  degree  of 
Doctor  was  given  in  1873. 

The  University  of  Minnesota  has  adopted  a  plan 
of  electing  speakers  for  Commencement.  There 
will  be  a  series  of  oratorical  contests  during  the 
Senior  year,  and  the  ten  having  the  highest  stand- 
ings in  these  represent  the  class  on  Commencement 
day. 

■woman's  view. 

It  takes  a  maid  to  help  a  man 
To  execute  his  glorious  plan; 
Columbus's  dream  had  been  in  vain 
But  for  one  woman's  aid  from  Spain. 

— Mount  Holyoke. 

Cornell  is  mentioned  as  a  possible  successor  to 
Wesleyan  in  the  Intercollegiate  Foot-Ball  League. 
The  latter  team  is  altogether  too  weak  for  the  other 
elevens. 

Says  the  Brunonian:  "  Foot-ball  at  Brown  is 
now  at  an  important  crisis.  This  season's  work  will 
either  arouse  lasting  enthusiasm  of  such  a  nature  as 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


175 


to  advance  the  sport  here  greatly,  or  it  will  give  the 
game  a  serious  set-back  of  long  duration.  Now  is 
the  time  to  realize  this  fact  and  to  accomplish  the 
former  of  these  two  possibilities." 

Ann  Arbor  and  Williams  keep  their  libraries 
open  on  Sundays. 

Stagg  has  organized  all  the  male  members  of  the 
undergraduate  department  of  the  University  of 
Chicago  into  foot-ball  teams. 

Of  the  sixty-five  thousand  students  in  American 
universities  and  colleges  four  thousand  are  prepar- 
ing for  the  ministry. 

Tale  has  students  from  fifteen  foreign  countries. 

THE   COLLEGE   GIRLS. 

Would  I  call  them  sweet?    Ah,  no, 

They  would  laugh  at  me  for  my  pains, 
Call  them  winning,  witty,  and  wise, 

Or  whatever  else  takes  brains. 
Yet  thou  knowest  they're  sweet  ?    Ah,  yes, 

But  you're  only  a  Freshie,  my  boy; 
In  a  few  more  years  you'll  confess 

Their  sweetness  is  mostly  alloy. 

— Unit. 

The  Brunonian  has  the  following  to  say  with 
regard  to  college  professors  and  politics:  "The 
narrowness  which  condemns  a  college  faculty  to 
silence  on  political  issues  is  utterly  incongruous  in 
our  present  age.     Devotion  to  party  need  not  imply 


contempt  of  your  opponents.  Nor  should  the  mature 
conclusions  of  cultured  men  meet  with  aught  but 
respectful  treatment.  The  sneers  of  the  press  at 
professorial  theories  are  childish  and  unjustifiable." 

In  the  University  of  Chicago  one  floor  of  the 
graduate  dormitory  contains  representatives  of 
Clark,  Cornell,  Bowdoin,  Wesleyan,  Rochester,  and 
Colgate  universities. 

It  is  reported  that  Cambridge  Uuiversity,  Eng- 
land, is  crowded  for  want  of  funds.  It  practically 
has  no  endowment.  It  could  not  make  a  necessary 
addition  to  the  library  building  of  $1,500.  The 
English  papers  are  putting  out  strong  appeals  for 
its  support. 

TO   A    RURAL   BELLE. 

My  dear,  thy  music-breathing  lips 

Two  red  assassins  are, 
For  when  King's  English  'tween  them  slips 

'Tis  murdered  then  and  there. 

What  though  they  tortured  every  word! 

I'd  love  thee  none  the  less, 
If  from  them  one  sweet  sound  I  heard, — 

Just  one,  a  whispered  "  Yes." 

— Brunonian. 

Prof.  A.  A.  Stagg,  physical  director  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  is  lecturing  throughout  the  West 
on  "The  Modern  Athlete." 


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No.  11. 


BOWDOIlsr    ORIENT. 

PUBLISHED   EVEKT  ALTERNATE  WEDNESDAY  DURING 
THE  COLLEGIATE   YEAR  BY  THE  STUDENTS  OF 

BOWDOIN     COLLEGE. 

EDITORIAL    BOARD. 

C.  W.  Peabody,  '93,  Managing  Editor. 

H.  C.  Fabyan,  '93,  Assistant  Managing  Editor. 

B.  L.  Bryant,  '95,  Business  Manager. 

W.  P.  Chamberlain,  '93.  F.  M.  Shaw,  '93. 

M.  S.  Clifford,  '93.  H.  E.  Andrews,  '94. 

R.  B.  Goodell,  '93.  F.  J.  Libby,  '94. 

F.  W.  Pickard,  '94. 


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Vol.  XXII.,  No.  11.— December  14,  1892. 


Editorial  Notes, .-    . 

Old  Harvard  Rules, 

Only  a  Slight  Break, 

Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Convention 

Theta  Delta  Chi  Annual  Convention 

"Up," 

The  Pessioptimist 

Rhyme  and  Reason: 

Sea-Shells 

Witnesses, 

Junior  Reviews 

The  Chapel  Bell 

Perhaps 

In  Chicago, 

Mistaken  Identity, 

Collegii  Tabula, 

Athletics,       

Y.  M.  C.  A., 

Personal, 189 

College  World,     .     .' 190 


There  is  sometimes  seen  in  col- 
lege a  tendency,  apparently  handed  down 
from  fitting-school  ideals,  which  glories  in 
getting  the  best  of  the  Professor.  "Sticking 
it  into  the  Professor,"  is  the  technical  name 
which  it  goes  b}r.  It  consists  principally  in 
neglecting  to  master  some  branch  of  study 
supposed  to  be  for  the  advantage  of  the 
student  to  know,  and  then,  by  concealing 
the  true  state  of  the  case  from  the  real 
or  apparent  knowledge  of  the  Professor,  ex- 
periencing the  satisfaction  of  knowing  the 
consequent  detriment  to  the  Professor  and 
gain  to  the  student.  This  tendency  is  more 
marked  at  some  times  than  at  others.  Re- 
view and  examination  weeks  are  the  periods 
most  opportune  for  its  widest  spread.  Some 
classes  are  more  prone  to  it  than  others.  In 
some  an  earnest  spirit  gets  the  better  of  this 
shirking  habit.  The  conquest  of  one  or  the 
other  of  these  tendencies  marks  the  success 
or  failure  of  the  class.  Whichever  is  upper- 
most in  the  institution  determines  whether 
it  shall  be  a  college  or  a  play-house.  It  is 
possible  for  the  Professor  to  exert  a  great 
influence  for  good  or  bad,  but  it  depends  on 
the  united  intelligence  of  the  students  to 
determine  which  spirit  is  to  prevail,  and  the 
result  is  of  greater  importance  than  the  cur- 
riculum to  the  standing  of  the  college. 


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TT7HERE  has  necessarily  been  some  grum- 
-*■  bling  at  the  high  rents  of  rooms  in 
Maine  Hall.  It  certainly  seems  to  an  out- 
sider, on  comparing  these  rents  with  rents 
of  city  offices,  or  even  whole  houses,  that 
the  price  could  be  lowered  considerably  if 
the  college  funds  are  to  be  used  solely  for 
the  advancement  of  education.  If  a  reduc- 
tion is  not  possible  without  loss,  it  will 
hardly  pay  the  college  to  make  such  expen- 
sive improvements  on  the  other  dormitories, 
unless  a  wealthier  class  of  students  is  ex- 
pected in  the  future. 


COMPULSORY  chapel,  when  considered 
with  too  much  stress  upon  the  "  com- 
pulsory," has  sometimes  met  with  strong 
opposition  from  the  students.  The  large 
attendance  at  chapel  this  term,  larger  than 
at  any  time  for  at  least  three  years,  and  the 
general  contentment  seems  to  indicate  that 
the  oppressive  tyranny  of  the  system  is 
mainly  imaginary. 


TITHE  small  audience  at  the  lecture  given 
-*-  recently  under  the  auspices  of  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  suggests  an  inquiry  as  to  what  are  the 
proper  methods  of  advertising  an  event  of 
that  kind  in  college.  It  would  probably  be 
surprising,  to  anybody  who  has  not  consid- 
ered the  question,  how  difficult  it  is  to  bring 
such  an  event  to  the  attention  of  even  so 
small  and  compact  a  body  as  the  students. 
We  venture  to  say,  however,  that  not  one- 
half  of  the  students  knew  that  there  was  to 
be  an  illustrated  popular  lecture  on  Africa, 
by  an  officer  of  Stanley's  on  the  Congo,  and 
that  it  was  to  be  delivered  in  Memorial  Hall, 
December  1st,  at  eight  o'clock,  admission  25 
cents.  Fewer  still  of  the  town  people  knew 
anything  about  it. 

Press  notices  are  of  no  value,  as  nobody 
reads  them.  Flaming  placards  are  better,  but 
personal   solicitation   of   subscriptions,   and 


that  in  the  most  thorough  manner  is,  in  the 
absence  of  a  daily  paper,  the  only  reliable 
method  of  advertising  a  lecture.  If  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  is  to  give  a  series  of  lectures 
this  winter,  it  must  make  up  its  mind  to 
advertise  thoroughly,  and  not  repeat  the 
mistake  of  the  Foot-Ball  Association  by  rely- 
ing upon  spontaneous  generation  for  the 
production  of  audiences. 


WE  publish  in  this  number  an  interesting 
contribution  from  President  McKeen, 
of  the  Bowdoin  Alumni  Association.  It 
would  be  very  pleasing  if  more  of  our  alumni 
should  favor  us  with"  contributions. 


WE  WISH  all  our  subscribers  a  Merry 
Christmas  and  a  Happy  New  Year.  We 
wish  it  thus  early  in  order-  that  our  greeting 
may  include  the  joy  which  comes  from  the 
anticipation  of  pleasant  times. 


O^EVERAL  of  the  colleges  seem  to  be  hav- 
fJ  ing  trouble  with  their  reading-rooms  in 
one  way  or  another.  Brown,  Williams,  and 
Colby  in  particular  have  lately  been  com- 
plaining, through  their  publications,  of  sev- 
eral evils  attendant  upon  the  reading-room 
management.  The  universal  trouble  seems 
to  be  the  "swiping"  and  mutilating  of  the 
papers  by  the  students,  and  the  neglect  of 
the  management.  In  the  Williams  Weekly, 
attention  is  called  to  the  "  extensive  clipping 
of  the  papers,  some  of  them  being  reduced 
to  a  mere  collection  of  margins,  as  if  they 
had  served  the  purpose  of  exchanges  for  the 
Weekly  board."  The  Brown  Herald  com- 
plains of  the  management  and  suggests 
"  that  notices  be  sent  to  the  officers  of  their 
election,  as  some  of  them  seem  not  to  be 
informed  of  their  honors."  At  Colby  there 
is  trouble  all  round.  The  practice  of  steal- 
ing the  papers  has  become  so  common  that 
the  illustrated  weeklies  are  never  seen  in  the 
room,  and  the  manager   has   given    up    the 


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attempt  to  put  these  papers  on  file  and  keeps 
them  himself.  This  gives  the  Echo  a  good 
opportunity  to  give  both  students  and  man- 
ager a  thorough  dressing  down,  and  it  even 
ventures  to  deny  the  divine  right  of  the  stu- 
dents to  use  the  reading-room  for  a  foot-ball 
field. 

The  moral  seems  to  be  that  college  read- 
ing-rooms should  be  put  more  closely  under 
the  management  of  the  college.  One  phase 
of  the  question  which  is  troubling  the  read- 
ing-room management  in  some  of  the  colleges 
is  not  experienced  at  Bowdoin.  That  is 
the  matter  of  finance.  At  Bowdoin  the 
reading-room  subscription  goes  on  the  term 
bills  and  is  paid  as  a  matter  of  course  by 
every  student  in  college.  At  least  in  this 
matter,  in  which  the  college  takes  the  respon- 
sibility, our  reading-room  is  secure  from 
trouble. 


IN  THE  Psychology  class  this  term,  Pres- 
ident Hyde  has  introduced  the  topical 
method  of  instruction.  This  consists  of 
placing  on  the  blackboard  the  several  topics 
or  divisions  of  the  lesson  next  following ; 
and  then  giving  an  oral  explanation  or 
synopsis  of  the  lesson,  taking  up  the  topics 
one  by  one.  This  gives  a  framework  for  the 
student  and  is  of  great  value  in  facilitating 
the  mastery  of  the  lesson.  The  system 
seems  to  have  worked  to  the  satisfaction  of 
all,  at  least  in  so  intricate  a  study  as  Psy- 
chology. Whether  it  would  not  in  some 
studies  be  demoralizing  to  the  attention  of 
the  student  is  a  question  which  cannot  be 
answered  until  further  experiments  are  made. 
President  Hyde  is  an  earnest  supporter  of  the 
method,  and  intends  to  deliver  several  ad- 
dresses upon  it  before  teachers'  associations 
in  the  State. 


TTS  SOON  as  the  Christmas  vacation  is 
/  •*■  over  the  captains  of  the  base-ball  and 
foot-ball  teams  should  be  elected  in  order 
that  there  may  be  no  delay  in  getting  the 


men  to  work  in  the  Gymnasium.  The  same 
may  be  said  of  the  Sophomore  and  Fresh- 
man crews,  and  if  there  is  any  of  a  college 
crew,  the  question  should  be  settled  imme- 
diately at  the  beginning  of  the  winter  term. 


Old   Harvard   Rules. 

To  the  Editors  of  the  Orient  : 

O'OME  recent  observations  of  one  of  your 
pJ  contributors  on  the  subject  of  college 
customs  and  class  etiquette  suggest  that  the 
readers  of  the  Orient  may  be  interested  in 
some  of  the  provisions  found  in  the  old  laws 
of  Harvard  College.  As  a  member  of  the 
committee  to  revise  the  laws  of  Bowdoin,  I 
have  had  occasion  to  look  at  some  of  the 
early  statutes  of  other  colleges  as  well  as 
our  own. 

By  a  rule  enforced  in  Harvard  College  in 
1650,  it  was  provided :  "  No  scholar  shall  take 
tobacco,  unless  permitted  by  the  President 
with  the  consent  of  their  parents  or  guard- 
ians, and  on  good  reason  first  given  by  a 
physician,  and  then  in  a  sober  and  private 
manner."  So  late  as  1722,  the  extravagance 
of  Commencements  was  checked  by  an  ordi- 
nance prohibiting  students  "from  preparing 
or  providing  either  plum  cake,  or  roasted, 
boiled  or  baked  meats  or  pies  of  any  kind." 
And  some  years  later  action  was  taken  by 
the  overseers  to  prevent  "going  about  to 
evade  this  law  by  plain  cake."  It  is  worth 
noting  that  Harvard  College  sought  to  pre- 
serve the  English  language  undefiled  by 
enacting  a  law,  early  in  the  seventeenth 
century,  as  follows:  "The  scholars  shall 
never  use  their  mother-tongue,  except  that 
in  public  exercises  of  oratory,  or  such  like, 
they  be  called  to  make  them  in  English." 
In  1674  it  was  enacted  that  those  guilty  of 
"  blasphemous  language  be  publicly  whipped 
before  all  the  scholars,  and  then  expelled," 
the  whipping  to  be  preceded  by  a  prayer  by 
the  President.     Among  the  rules  of  etiquette 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


was  one  not  repealed  until  as  late  as  1797,  as 
follows :  "  No  freshman  shall  wear  his  hat  in 
the  college  yard,  unless  it  rains,  hails  or 
snows,  provided  he  be  on  foot  and  have  not 
both  hands  full;  and  no  under-graduate 
shall  wear  his  hat  in  the  College  yard  when 
any  of  the  Governors  of  the  College  are 
there ;  and  no  bachelor  shall  wear  his  hat 
when  the  President  is  there.  No  freshman 
shall  speak  to  a  senior  with  his  (that  is,  the 
freshman's)  hat  on,  or  have  it  on  in  the 
senior's  chamber  or  in  his  own  if  a  senior  be 
there."  This  will  probably  explain  why  it 
was  made  so  uncomfortable  for  Quakers  in 
Massachusetts.  It  may  be  mentioned  that 
throughoutthe  Colonial  period  the  "  fagging" 
system  prevailed  in  full  force.  Minute  reg- 
ulations and  college  laws  prescribe  the  duties 
in  this  matter  of  the  college  freshman.  For 
example,  "  No  freshman  when  sent  on  an 
errand  shall  tell  who  he  is  going  for,  unless 
he  be  asked;  nor  shall  he  be  obliged  to  tell 
what  he  is  going  for  unless  he  be  asked  by  a 
Governor  of  the  College."  Some  of  those 
customs  which  it  was  thought  necessary  to 
restrict  may  be  conjectured  from  the  list  of 
fines  inflicted  for  their  indulgence.  One 
might  be  absent  from  prayers  for  two  pence, 
or  tardy  for  one  penny  ;  whereas  the  offense 
of  going  to  meeting  before  the  bell  rang  was 
sixpence.  (This  is  commended  to  the  too- 
previous  people  of  our  own  time).  To  play 
cards  cost  two  and  sixpence  ;  to  swear  pro- 
fanely cost  two  and  sixpence :  whereas  a 
scholar  could  be  drunk  for  one  and  sixpence; 
the  same  price  it  cost  him  to  gratify  his 
heavenly  aspirations  by  "going  upon  the  top 
of    the    College,"    or    "keeping     prohibited 

li(luors-"  James  McKeen. 


Only  a  Slight  Break. 
TTFHAT  Jack  Turner  was  a  "star,"  no  one 
*■    had  ever  denied.     From  his  early  days 
of    knickerbockers   and   roundabouts    when 
he  had  been  the  despair  and  delight  of  his 


handsome  mamma,  till  when,  while  pursuing 

a  course  of  study  at  C College  he  was 

the  plague  and  pride  of  his  father's  heart, 
his  career  had  been  one  of  unmitigated 
deviltry,  so  far  as  that  could  exist  in  connec- 
tion with  unflinching  honesty  and  sterling 
integrity.  From  the  disgusted  "  policeman  " 
of  the  little  college  town,  to  the  host  of  love- 
lorn maidens  who  looked  romantic  and  sighed 
plaintively  when  Jack  went  by,  all  gazed  on 
him  with  a  sort  of  vexatious  admiration 
which  was  none  the  less  strong  than  it  was 
surreptitious. 

Jack  was  a  great  heart-winner,  and  had 
flirted  desperately  with  every  girl  in  town 
ere  he  had  been  in  college  two  years. 

But  this  toying  with  the  fates  seemed  to 
produce  no  harmful  effects  on  him  mentally 
or  physically,  and  when  he  returned  in  the 
fall  of  1890  from  an  amorously  spent  season 
at  Bar  Harbor,  he  was  fresh  and  ready  to 
meet  the  champions  of  feminine  charms  in 
the  tender  tourney  of  what  this  handsome 
young  scapegrace  was  pleased  to  call  "  love." 

As  before  they  tried  all  their  arts  to  .capt- 
ure the  gay  Senior,  but  as  he  himself  said, 
"  he  weighed  them  every  one,  and  every  one 
he  found  wanting"  so  he  cast  about  him  for 
a  new  fishing  ground. 

Now,  instead  of  boarding  with  his  club, 
Jack  took  his  daily  bread  at  the  house  of  a 
pretty,  young  widow,  who,  being  left  alone 
in  the  world  by  the  death  of  her  husband 
(a  noble  fellow  who  had  willingly  given  his 
life  for  a  fellow-man),  had  taken  a  few  stu- 
dent boarders  to  help  to  "  make  both  ends 
meet,"  and  to  keep  from  falling  into  a  habit 
of  mournful  depression  over  the  memory  of 
the  departed. 

Mrs.  Palmerston  (the  aforementioned 
widow)  employed  as  her  assistant  a  certain 
country  lass,  trim  figured  and  rosy  cheeked, 
bearing  the  euphonious  name  of  Millicent 
Smith,  and  with  eyes  of  blue,  and  hair  of 
gold,  such  as  would  have  captured  many  a 


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181 


masculine  heart  less  susceptible  than  that  of 
Mr.  John  Harvey  Turner. 

When  Jack  became  a  member  of  Mrs. 
Pahnerston's  family,  just  as  he  was  begin- 
ning his  Senior  year  in  college,  and  had  the 
dainty  maid  pass  him  his  daily  ration  of 
corned  beef  and  cabbage,  his  somewhat 
leathery  heart  gave  an  ominous  jump  that 
boded  no  future  peace  of  mind  until  another 
conquest  had  been  made. 

As  the  days  went  by  Jack  grew  more  and 
more  enamored  of  the  rural  maid,  and,  after 
the  manner  of  young  men,  firmly  believed 
that  unless  his  graduation  should  see  his 
18  k.  love  token  on  her  finger,  life  would 
ever  thereafter  be  for  him  but  a  horrible, 
torturous  void,  etc.,  etc.,  ad  libitum  et  ad 
nauseam.  Accordingly  he  used  all  his  wiles 
to  win  to  him  the  object  of  his  affection,  but 
limited  opportunity,  and  an  unwonted  and 
unaccountable  diffidence  when  in  her  pres- 
ence sadly  hindered  his  progress,  and  four 
dreary  months  of  Maine  winter,  saw  little 
more  than  a  formal  but  pleasant  acquaintance 
between  the  two. 

Meanwhile  Jack  was  growing  desperate. 
In  order  to  get  a  chance  to  meet  his  inamo- 
rata he  had  to  get  into  the  house  long  before 
meal  time,  and  this  he  did  so  diligently  that 
his  landlady,  who  had  had  experience  with 
students  before,  wondered  what  made  this 
easy-going  young  gentleman  the  very  soul  of 
promptness. 

At  last  affairs  reached  a  climax.  It  was 
on  a  stormy  March  afternoon,  and  Jack  had 
managed  to  arrive  at  the  house  a  full  hour 
before  tea  time. 

After  some  cautious  reconnoitering  he 
discovered  "  Millie  "  perched  cozily  on  the 
sitting-room  sofa  reading  the  current  number 
of  Puck,  her  pretty  lips  parted  in  smiles  at 
Mr.  Oppar's  best  effusions,  and  a  bewilder- 
ing display  of  dainty  foot  and  thoroughly 
patrician  ankle  peeping  out  from  beneath 
her  tasty  gown  ;    for  you  must   understand 


that  this  same  young  lady,  though  country 
bred,  had  grace  of  form,  and  elegance  of 
manner  that  would  have  fitted  a  Newport 
soiree  or  Fifth  Avenue  ball,  which  very  idea 
was  at  that  moment  in  Jack's  somewhat 
muddled  brain. 

They  chatted  lightly  for  some  time  and 
Jack  tried  to  gently  approach  the  tender 
subject,  but  Millie  deftly  parried  each  at- 
tempt to  get  on  to  this  line  of  conversation, 
and  for  once  he  found  himself  baffled. 

At  last  just  as  the  town  bells  rang  five- 
thirty,  he  "made  a  break,"  as  he  afterwards 
told  us,  and  made  a  fair  confession  of  his 
state  of  mind,  and  would  have  followed  it 
up  in  the  manner  usual  to  this  kind  of  young 
people,  when  Millie,  with  a  merry  laugh,  but 
with  a  look  that  set  the  young  man's  heart 
aflame,  jumped  lightly  up,  and  ran  into 
the  dark  parlor  beyond  to  light  the  gas  pre- 
paratory to  the  return  of  Mrs.  Palmerston, 
who  had  spent  the  afternoon  with  a  neighbor. 

Jack  in  his  excitement  had  not  heard  the 
front  door  open  and  shut,  and  seeing  Millie 
go  into  the  dark  room,  and  believing  himself 
to  be  alone  with  her  in  the  house,  he  made  a 
dash  for  the  dark  door-way,  bent  on  forcing 
the  campaign  to  an  issue  on  the  spot. 

Just  as  he  reached  the  door  and  stepped 
within,  in  the  other  end  of  the  room  he  heard 
the  long-drawn-out  scratch  of  an  "  Orono 
Standard,"  and  iu  the  dim  light  which  it 
shed  around  a  dark  figure  with  arms  upraised 
was  endeavoring  to  turn  on  and  light  the 
gas. 

"Now  is  my  time,"  thought  Jack,  and 
bounding  forward  he  clasped  close  the  dark- 
robed  figure  and  leaning  affectionately  over 
its  shoulder  was  on  the  point  of  imprinting 
a  very  tender  osculatory  caress  on  its  up- 
turned lips  when,  whiz-z-z  !  went  the  gas, 
and  in  the  flood  of  light  Jack  Turner  looked 
down  into  the  scared  but  pretty  face  of  the 
plump  widow. 

What  his  feelings  were  it  is  not  my  prov- 


182 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


ince  to  state.  But  certain  it  is  that  when 
he  suddenly  released  the  troubled  lady  from 
his  embrace,  and,  turning,  saw  his  sweet- 
heart struggling  in  vain  to  keep  down  a 
laugh,  words  came  to  his  lips,  and  feelings 
swept  over  his  heart  that  cannot  consistently 
be  described  in  these  pages. 

"Well,  Mr.  Turner,"  said  Mrs.  Palmer- 
ston,  with  a  tragedy-queen  air  of  injured 
virtue,  "  what  have  you  to  say  for  yourself?  " 
Poor  Jack  started  sheepishly  on  an 
apology,  broke  down,  made  a  fresh  start, 
once  more  lost  his  head,  and  finally  blurted 
out  the  whole  story  of  his  love  for  the  pretty 
handmaiden  ;  how  he  had  followed  her  into 
the  parlor  on  the  strength  of  that  killing 
glance,  and  in  short,  the  scamp  argued  so 
well,  and  so  dexterously  turned  the  blame 
upon  Millie  that  Mrs.  Palmerston  could  but 
forgive,  while  the  girl  who  had  in  this  neg- 
ative fashion  been  obliged  to  listen  to  his 
suit,  told  him  blushingly  and  with  a  manner 
that  tried  to  be  haughty,  that  he  was  "  very 
rude  and  ungentlemanly  in  his  conduct,  and 
that  she  should  deem  it  a  favor  should  he 
consent  never  to  speak  to  her  again." 

When,  a  moment  later,  the  appeased  widow 
left  the  room  to  doff  her  street  garments, 
Jack  did  not  find  speech  at  all  necessary, 
although  the  house-cat,  who  had  taken  refuge 
beneath  the  piano,  told  me  confidentially 
that  his,  i.  e.  Jack's,  lips  were  in  active 
service  for  some  minutes,  and  that  he  was 
aided  and  abetted  by  Miss  Millie  in  a  most 
shocking  and  unmaidenly  manner. 

Well,  they  were  married,  of  course,  a  year 
after  Jack's  graduation,  and  I  lost  sight  of 
them  for  some  time. 

The  world  is  small,  however,  and  just  a 
week  ago,  as  I  was  standing  in  the  great 
Union  Station  at  Sherreyville,  on  my  way 
"  down  East,"  gazing  absent-mindedly  on  the 
lively  panorama  of  bustling  humanity  pass- 
ing before  me,  a  hand  was  laid  not  too  lightly 
on  my  arm,  and  turning,  I  stood  face  to  face 


with  Jack  Turner  himself.  He  was  the  same 
dear  old  fellow,  a  trifle  older,  perhaps,  and  if 
possible  a  trifle  handsomer,  as  with  beaming 
face  and  happy  shining  eyes  he  introduced 
me  to  his  pretty  wife,  the  one  time  table- 
girl,  in  whom  I  soon  discovered  such  a  pure 
heart,  and  gentle  life,  and  withal  thoroughly 
womanly  character  as  the  world  could  wish 
to  see. 


Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Convention. 

TTTHE  forty-sixth  annual  convention  of  the 
-*■  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Fraternity  met  in 
Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  Tuesday,  Wednesday, 
and  Thursday,  November  15th,  16th,  and 
17th.  The  convention  was  important,  as  it 
was  the  first  one  ever  held  south  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  and  the  southern  chapters 
were  more  fully  represented  than  ever 
before. 

On  Tuesday  eve  the  delegates  from  the 
different  chapters  were  tendered  a  reception 
by  the  Pan-Hellenic  Association  of  Chatta- 
nooga at  the  house  of  the  Mountain  City 
Club,  of  which  most  of  the  Pan-Hellenic 
men  are  members.  Wednesday  forenoon 
was  devoted  to  official  business,  and  in  the 
afternoon  the  entire  convention  went  to  the 
summit  of  Lookout  Mountain,  so  well  known 
to  all  from  the  famous  battle  fought  there 
during  the  civil  war.  Six  states  are  visible 
from  the  top,  and  the  course  of  the  Tennes- 
see river  can  be  followed  by  the  eye  for 
many  miles;  the  battle  fields  of  Chicka- 
mauga  and  Missionary  Ridge  are  also  in 
sight.  A  photograph  of  the  delegates  and 
visitors  was  taken  here  on  the  steps  of 
the  inn. 

Wednesday  night  the  public  exercises 
were  held.  Among  the  speakers  were  Hon. 
A.  H.  Pettibone  of  0,  '56,  who  delivered 
the  annual  oration  ;  the  Rev.  Dr.  Price,  of 
Nashville,  and  the  mayor  of  the  city. 

Thursday  afternoon  was  devoted  to  a 
fraternity  session,  and  in  the  evening  a  ban- 


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quet  was  served  at  the  Read  House.  Here 
the  delegates  were  entertained  with  genuine 
negro  songs  and  plantation  melodies  by 
some  of  the  old  Fisk  Jubilee  Singers,  who 
had  been   engaged  for  the  occasion. 

The  convention  was  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful held  in  the  South  since  the  war,  and 
was  a  very  enjoyable  one. 

The  delegates  from  8,  of  Bowdoin,  were 
R.  C.  Payson,  '93,  and  W.  W.  Thomas,  2d, 
'94. 


Theta  Delta  Chi  Annual 
Convention. 
yPHE  forty-sixth  annual  convention  of  6  J  A 
A  was  called  to  order  in  the  -parlors  of 
Young's  Hotel,  Boston,  on  the  morning  of 
November  16th,  by  President  Holmes  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  About  sixty  men  were  pres- 
ent at  the  opening  meeting,  which  was 
devoted  largely  to  routine  work.  In  the 
evening  the  /  Charge,  of  Harvard  University, 
entertained  the  delegates  at  their  new  club- 
house. 

The  meetings  were  continued  during 
Wednesday  and  Thursday  with  an  average 
attendance  of  almost  one  hundred,  about 
half  of  them  delegates.  Petitions  for 
charters  were  read  from  Leland  Stanford  Jr., 
University,  Chicago  University,  Union  Col- 
lege, Colby,  and  several  smaller  institutions, 
but  were  rejected.  It  was  decided  to  hold 
the  next  convention  in  New  York  City.  The 
following  officers  were  elected  for  1892-3 : 
President,  A.  G.  Benedict,  Clinton,  N.  Y. ; 
Secretary,  E.  M.  Wilson,  Cornell,  '94  ;  Treas- 
urer, Mr.  Van  Zandt,  New  York. 

The  annual  banquet,  Thursday,  was  the 
crowning  event  of  the  convention.  Nearly 
a  hundred  and  fifty  Theta  Deltas  sat  down  to 
the  bountiful  repast,  representing  every 
chapter  from  Minnesota,  in  the  West,  to 
Bowdoin,  in  the  East.  The  speaking  was  of 
unusual  excellence.  Hon.  Seth  P.  Smith, 
of    Boston,    acted     as     toastmaster ;      Rev. 


Thomas  M.  Hodgdon,  of  Hartford,  Conn., 
delivered  the  poem,  and  Rev.  Henry  C. 
McCook,  D.D.,  of  Philadelphia,  the  oration. 
The  responses  to  the  dozen  toasts  were 
hearty  and  witty  and  enthusiastically  received, 
President  Capen,  of  Tufts,  making  the  speech 
of  the  evening. 

The  Bowdoin  Charge  was  represented  by 
Webster,  '81;  Alexander,  '85;  Linscott,  '88; 
Newbegin,  Wright,  Porter,  '91  ;  Barker, 
Bucknam,  Haward,  '93  ;  Pickard,  '94;  Bry- 
ant, '95. 

"Up." 
TTN  EDITOR'S  life  is  a  dreary  desert,  but 
/  A  there  is  an  occasional  oasis,  like  the  fol- 
lowing, from  an  ex-scissors  editor: 

Andover,  November  30,  1892. 

To  the  Editors  of  the  Orient : 

As  a  companion  of  yours  in  the  afflictions 
of  an  editor's  life,  I  wish  to  give  you  a  word 
of  good  cheer.  Of  course  the  Orient  has 
a  peculiar  interest  to  me  and  I  follow  its  ups 
and  downs  with  interest.  Let  me  congratu- 
late you  that  this  year  it  has  been  "  up,"  and 
is  still  traveling  in  the  same  direction.  The 
last  number  was  one  of  the  best  Orients  I 
have  ever  seen  edited.  That  story,  "A 
Traitor  to  Peacock,"  was  the  bon  mot  of  the 
whole.  The  writer  ought  to  be  proud.  I 
did  not  see  a  better  written  story  in  any 
college  paper  last  year.  I  feel  that  I  do  but 
express  the  feelings  of  all  the  Bowdoin  boys 
here. 

A  cheering  word  helps.  Let  me  give  you 
my  heartiest  wishes  for  continued  success 
this  year.  You  have  commenced  right  nobly. 
Let  me  add  an  appreciative  word  for  your 
new  department  also. 

Yours  for  old  Bowdoin, 

Harry   W.  Kimball,  '92. 


The  University  of  Michigan  has  a  Japanese  Stu- 
dent Association  with  a  membership  of  thirteen. 


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T  V  7ITH  the  closing  days  of  the  term  comes 
**  the  usual  stress  of  hard  work,  and  the 
college  dormitories  for  the  past  week  have 
been  veritable  hives  of  busy  students,  per- 
forming the  last  sad  rites  of  a  collegiate  term. 
Most  of  us  are  obliged  to  do  considerable 
extra  work  at  this  time,  the  result  of  that 
procrastinating  tendency  so  common  to  stu- 
dent life. 

Back  work  that  should  have  long  ago 
been  made  up  is  left  until  the  "eleventh 
hour  "  and  then  requires  all  the  energy  and 
reserve  force  that  the  human  brain  is  capable 
of  in  order  to  have  our  accounts  balance  on 
the  professors'  books.  But  it  is  all  the  con- 
sequence of  that  fatal  habit  of  putting  off, 
and  putting  off,  until  we  come  to  the  end  of 
our  listless  existence  and  wake  up  to  the 
realization  that  something  must  be  done.  A 
moderate  amount  of  extra  time  devoted  to 
wiping  out  old  scores  now  and  then  through 
the  term  would  transform  the  usual  last  days 
of  mental  suffering  of  many  of  us  into  a 
reasonably  peaceful  and  unsolicitous  time  of 

review. 

*     *     *     *     * 

Speaking  of  habit  reminds  the  Pessiopti- 
mist  of  a  peculiar  characteristic  of  a  certain 
Senior's  recitations,  that  is  so  marked  as  to 
be  plainly  noticeable  to  every  one.  The 
person  in  question  has  a  great  abhorrence  of 
making  any  statement  on  his  own  authority 
and  whenever  called  upon  to  recite  the  inev- 
itable beginning  of  his  remarks  is,  "  I  think." 
It  makes  no  difference  whether  these  two 
little  words  are  necessary  or  not,  they  are  the 
never  failing  starting  point  of  all  the  en- 
lightenment he  gives  the  professor. 

The  recitation  room  contains  a  perfect 
fund  of  examples  of  the  power  of  habit,  but 
of  all  sad  states  spare,  O,  spare  us  from  the 
habitual  "  dead." 


Psychology  teaches  us  to  knit  "  the  new 
onto  the  old,"  and  the  Pessioptimist  heard  a 
most  practical  illustration  of  this  funda- 
mental principle  from  the  lips  of  one  of  the 
professors  the  other  day.  The  Geology  class 
was  discussing  the  different  kinds  of  veins, 
and  more  particularly  those  formed  by  seg- 
regation, which  the  professor  illustrated  by 
likening  their  appearance  in  rock  to  "  a  faint 
blush  on  a  maiden's  cheek."  Although  few 
members  of  the  division  have  seen  such 
veins,  what  individual  has  existed  so  long  in 
this  age  of  leap  years  and  maidenly  bashful- 
ness  that  he  has  not  beheld  some  charming 
example  of  the  professor's  illustration,  and 
immediately  the  gloomy  and  lifeless  rock 
took  on  a  hue  of  beauty  never  conceived 
before  being  animated  by  this  fitting  simile? 
***** 

Are  we  going  to  have  any  dances  this 
winter?  The  Pessioptimist  cannot  say.  He 
can  only  indulge  in  the  illusion  of  hope,  and 
that  hope  is  that  a  sufficient  number  of  de- 
votees to  Terpsichorean  lore  may  be  aroused 
to  a  degree  of  enthusiasm  that  will  assure 
some  social  gatherings  during  the  long 
months  to  come. 

A  high  social  standing  for  a  college  is  an 
object  as  much  to  be  striven  for  as  supremacy 
in  athletics,  or  any  other  department.  Ivy 
week  and  Commencement  week  are  given 
over  to  just  this  thing.  The  college  is  visited 
by  more  strangers  at  these  times  than  at  any 
other,  and  the  impression  of  the  institution 
which  they  carry  away  with  them  is  almost 
wholly  of  its  social  status.  An  athlete  must 
train  for  his  field-day  events,  for  his  base-ball 
and  foot-ball  games.  Can  we  not  say  with 
equal  truth  that  the  society  man  must  pre- 
pare himself  for  the  occasions  upon  which  he 
is  to  display  those  qualities  of  politeness, 
which,  though  inherent  in  some,  are  only 
attained  after  a  long  contact  with  the  social 
world,  by  others  ? 

In  other  words,  if  we  are  to  have  Strang- 


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185 


ers  carry  away  favorable  opinions  of  Bow- 
doin  etiquette  at  Commencement  and  Ivy, 
we  must  give  our  dormant  manners  a  little 
airing  before  those  events  take  place.  We 
must  have  dances  during  the  winter. 

For  the  past  few  years  the  annual  Junior 
assemblies  have  been  little  more  than  fail- 
ures, owing  principally  to  lack  of  patronage. 
They  have  been  in  charge  of  a  self-appointed 
committee,  and  the  college  at  large  has  felt 
that  it  had  no  part  in  the  management,  con- 
sequently have  taken  little  interest. 

The  Pessioptimist  sees  no  reason  why  it 
is  not  possible  for  a  college  organization  to 
take  the  matter  in  hand,  and  arrange  a  course 
of  assemblies  which  would  do  credit  to  the 
college.  Every  man  who  has  the  slightest 
interest  in  dancing  and  the  social  welfare  of 
the  college,  ought  to  give  the  subject  serious 
thought,  for  surely  the  prospects  for  dances 
this  winter  are  meagre  indeed  unless  some 
concerted  movement  is  made  toward  reform 
in  the  methods  of  conducting  them. 

*  *     %     *     * 

With  the  advent  of  cold  weather  comes 
the  inevitable  cold  recitation-room,  and  not- 
withstanding that  there  is  considerable  im- 
provement over  last  year,  there  is  still  plenty 
of  chance  for  better  service.  Even  the  tem- 
perature of  the  chapel  a  few  sabbaths  ago 
was  so  near  the  freezing  point  that  one 
would  have  thought  he  had  wandered  into 
an  extensive  refrigerator,  rather  than  an  edi- 
fice for  divine  worship.  There  is  not  the 
slightest  excuse  for  such  a  condition  of 
affairs,  and  the  college  authorities  will  doubt- 
less take  the  proper  measures  to  have  no 
repetition. 

*  *  *  *  * 

When  this  number  of  the  Orient  reaches 
its  college  readers  they  will  be  in  the  midst 
of  a  furious  struggle  with  valises,  trunks, 
etc.,  in  the  vain  attempt  to  take  home  with 
them  about  twice  as  much  as  can  comfortably 
be  stored  in  the  ordinary  traveling  receptacle. 


But  a  limited  time  will  elapse  before  we  will 
find  the  college  buildings  assuming  the  qui- 
etude of  a  tropical  desert,  and  its  life  will  be 
scattered  to  every  part  of  the  State. 
***** 
Do  you  ever  stop  at  the  end  of  a  term's 
work  and  ask  of  yourself,  "  How  many  new 
ideas  have  I  acquired  this  term  ?  "  Very 
few  of  us  do.  We  drink  in  our  knowledge 
day  after  day  in  such  imperceptible  doses 
that  we  seldom  realize  what  we  are  intellect- 
ually gaining  or  how  much  we  are  mentally 
growing.  It  is  all  vague  and  uncertain. 
Why  not  make  it  more  definite  by  giving 
ourselves  a  little  catechising,  and  determine 
in  some  small  measure  how  this  mental 
structure  of  ours  is  progressing?  We  may 
discover  some  of  our  failings  as  have  arch- 
itects, and  put  ourselves  on  the  right  road 
for  improvement. 


I^byme  ar?d  I^eagoi?. 


Sea-Shells. 

Upon  the  shore  I  found  a  shell, 

A  little  shell,  washed  by  the  sea; 

I  stooped  aud  took  it  tenderly, 
And  lo  !  it  seemed  to  speak,  and  tell 
In  low,  sweet  tones,  like  silver  bell, 

A  thousand  mystic  tales  to  me, 

Of  things  which  in  the  ocean  be, 
Par  down  below  the  billow's  swell. 
And  then  it  ceased  ;  and  as  before, 

Was  but  a  shell  within  my  hand; 
And  of  its  tales  I  knew  no  more 

Than  this:     The  shells  upon  the  sand 
Contain  a  mighty  mine  of  lore 

We  do  not,  cannot,  understand. 


Witnesses. 

From  the  French  of  Victor  Hugo. 

I  was  alone  beside  the  waves,  there  in  the  star-lit 

night ; 
No  cloud  was  there  in  all  the  sky,  no  sail  within  my 

sight ; 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Yet  more  than  things  material  did  seem  to  meet 
my  eye. 
And  then  the  woods  and  mountains,  and  all  the 

world  around, 
Did  seem  to  speak,  and  question,  with  whispering, 
murmuring  sound, 
The  waves  that  rock  upon  the  deep,  and  stars 
that  burn  on  high. 

And  then  the  mighty  countless  host  of  all  those 
stars  of  gold, 

With  voices  high  and  voices  low  in  harmonies  un- 
told, 
Spoke  out,  and  lowered  in  reverence  their  gleam- 
ing crowns  of  fire ; 

And  all  the  dashing  waves  of  blue,  which  never 
pause  or  rest, 

Spoke  out,  and  shook  the  shining  foam  from  off 
their  star-lit  crest: 
"There  is  a  God!     Our  maker,  God,  who  doth 
all  things  inspire  !" 


Junior  Reviews. 

After  Wordsworth. 
Hard  work  is  too  much  with  us:  late  and  soon, 

Plugging  and  waiting  we  lay  waste  our  powers ; 

Little  there  is  of  leisure  that  is  ours,— 
We're  given  synopsis  days  !     Oh,  grudged  boon  ! 
The  parallax  and  orbit  of  the  moon, 

That  make  us  feel  like  howling  at  all  hours, 

Are  not  ingathered  mentally.  He  sours 
Who  has  such  Junior  ease;  it's  out  of  tune. 
I  like  it  not.    Great  Scott !    I'd  rather  be 

A  Freshman  poring  over  tongues  outworn. 
So  might  I,  shunning  this  delusive  lea, 

Have  lessons  that  would  make  me  less  forlorn  ; 
Have  sight  of  first-class  standing; — ah  !  the  sea 

Will  drown  old  Triton,  with  his  wreathed  horn. 


The  Chapel  Bell. 

Long  years  have  passed  since  I  was  hung 
In  this  dark  nook,  'twixt  earth  and  sky  ; 
Where  white- winged  doves  at  evening  fly, 

And  build  their  nests  and  rear  their  young. 

Alone  I've  swung  from  beam  to  beam  ; 

There,  hung  in  silence  in  my  place; 

Alone,  but  for  the  dove's  fair  race, 
And  winds  that  round  me  whirl,  and  scream. 

For  years  to  come,  here  will  I  ring 
For  joy  at  midnight's  witching  hour. 


Or  mayhap  to  my  granite  tower 
The  morning's  congregation  bring. 

Strange  things  I've  heard  in  times  gone  by. 

More  have  I  heard,  than  I  have  seen. 

For,  hid  behind  my  close- shut  screen 
I  look  nowhere,  but  up  on  high. 

So  when  you  hear  the  chapel  bell, 
And  listen  as  I  loudly  ring, 
Think,  how  in  solitude  I  swing, 

How  changeless  here,  alone  I  dwell. 


Perhaps. 

Why  should  Christmas  be  called  Xmas? 

That,  indeed,  my  mind  perplexes, 
Though  perhaps  this  is  the  reason, — 

Then  one  needs  a  mass  of  X's. 


In  Chicago. 

When  we  met  it  was  love's  May  time ; 

When  we  married  'twas  love's  June  ; 
But  our  love  year  had  no  Summer, 

Frosts  and  cold-snaps  came  so  soon. 


Mistaken  Identity. 

She  looked  so  young,  so  pretty,  so  coy, 
Sweet  lips,  just  the  place  to  steal  kisses. 

Vain  delusion,  false  hope,  transient  joy, 
Her  traveling  bag  bore  the  word  "  Mrs." 


Flagg,  '94,  who  has  been 
teaching  in  Princeton,  re- 
turned to  college  before  Thanksgiving. 
Owing  to  the  illness  of  Professor 
Robinson  the  two   upper  classes  had 
no  recitations  in  Chemistry  during  the 
three  days  preceding  Thanksgiving. 

Cilley,  '91,  paid  the  college  a  visit  recently. 
W.  B.  Kenniston,  '92,  visited  college  lately. 
Merritt,  '94,  has  been  elected  Bugle  editor  for 
the  A  x  fraternity. 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


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Mallett,  '91,  visited  us  last  week. 

Sewall,  '87,  was  in  town  not  long  ago. 

Prof.  Lee  lectured  in  Castine,  December  7th. 

Ackley,  '96,  will  teach  this  winter  in  Easton,  Me. 

A.L.  Hersey,  '92,  was  in  Brunswick  December  3d. 

F.  H.  Haskell,  '95,  has  taken  a  school  at  Fal- 
mouth. 

C.  M.  Brown  has  taken  a  school  in  Freeport  this 
winter. 

Croswell,  '91,  spent  a  few  hours  on  the  campus 
recently. 

Hull,  '92,  spent  several  days  in  Brunswick 
recently. 

F.  0.  Small,  '95,  will  wield  the  birch  in  Lubec 
this  winter. 

Tutor  Hunt,  who  has  been  home  ill  with  a  fever, 
has  returned. 

J.  B.  Pendleton,  '90,  spent  December  3d  and  4th 
in  Brunswick. 

L.  K.  Lee,  '92,  spent  a  few  days  on  the  campus 
a  short  time  ago. 

E.  B.  Young,  '92,  spent  Thanksgiving  with  his 
parents  in  Brunswick. 

Horseman,  '94,  will  be  in  charge  of  the  Princeton 
High  School  this  winter. 

The  Cecilian  Quartette  gave  a  very  good  con- 
cert in  the  Pythian  Hall  last  Friday  evening. 

T.  C.  Chapman,  '94,  has  taken  a  mission  school 
on  Long  Island,  Me.,  for  a  twelve  weeks'  term. 

Stone,  '96,  who  is  at  his  home  in  Bridgton  seri- 
ously ill  of  typhoid  fever,  is  not  yet  out  of  danger. 

The  Freshmen  had  their  examination  in  Algebra 
December  5th,  with  the  usual  number  of  "  execu- 
tions." 

Stone,  special,  was  unfortunate  enough  to  dislo- 
cate his  shoulder  while  wrestling  in  the  Gym.  last 
Tuesday. 

Dudley,  '95,  and  Meade,  '95,  have  taken  the 
high  and  grammar  schools  in  Pembroke  for  au  eight 
weeks'  term. 

Prof.  Lee  gave  an  exhibition  of  about  one  hun- 
dred new  stereopticon  views  in  the  Universalist 
Church,  November  29th. 

The  English  History  division  has  been  listening 
to  essays  by  its  members  upon  various  subjects  con- 
nected with  the  term's  work. 


One  of  the  Juniors  brightly  declared  recently 
that  the  "  Light-year"  was  the  time  it  took  light  to 
go  a  year. 

Hutchinson,  '93,  has  a  pet  pigeon  which  he  keeps 
in  his  room.  He  is  at  present  instructing  it  to  fly, 
as  it  will  have  to  shift  for  itself  soon. 

Among  the  amusing  election  bets  was  the  wheel- 
barrow ride  that  Knowltou,  '95,  gave  Dennison,  '95, 
just  before  the  Thanksgiving  recess. 

A  gradual  evolution  has  been  taking  place  in 
the  audience  at  President  Hyde's  Bible  classes. 
Time  will  show  whether  it  is  an  example  of  "sur- 
vival of  the  fittest." 

Owing  to  the  serious  indisposition  (delirium 
tremens)  of  the  fireman,  the  inhabitants  of  Maine 
Hall  were  obliged  to  take  turns  in  the  basement  for 
several  days  last  week. 

The  Junior  German  Division  will  read  Prof. 
Johnson's  edition  of  Schiller's  Ballads  next  term. 
Weekly  lectures  on  German  Literature  will  also  be 
one  of  the  features  of  the  course. 

Gymnasium  work  for  the  winter  began  Monday, 
December  5th.  The  hours  of  the  various  classes 
for  last  week  were  arranged  in  rather  a  complicated 
manner,  but  next  term  will  be  made  more  regular. 

December  7th  the  Universalist  church  of  Free- 
port  gave  an  entertainment,  followed  by  a  dance, 
which  was  largely  attended.  About  a  dozen  from 
the  college  were  present  and  report  a  pleasant  time. 

Regular  class  work  in  the  Gymnasium  was  begun 
December  5tb.  As  usual,  the  Seniors  use  the 
foils,  the  Juniors  the  single  sticks,  the  Sopho- 
mores take  the  dumb-bell  drill,  and  the  Freshmen, 
club-swinging. 

Rev.  Mr.-  Seward,  of  Waterville,  addressed  the 
students  in  chapel  a  week  ago  Sunday.  The 
address,  which  was  very  fine,  was  interrupted  by  a 
disgraceful  pounding  of  the  steam  pipes  on  the  part 
of  one  or  two  men.     Where  is  the  jury? 

The  outside  of  the  Art  Building  wants  only  the 
finishing  touches  of  the  stone  cutter.  The  roof  and 
dome  have  been  plated  with  copper  and  the  great 
derrick  has  been  sawed  down  On  the  inside  the 
work  has  been  carried  on  at  a  corresponding  pace, 
but  a  good  winter's  job  and  more  still  remains  to  be 
done  yet. 

E.  J.  Glave,  a  companion  of  Stanley,  gave  a  lect- 
ure upon  "Africa"  in  Memorial  Hall,  Thursday 
evening,  Dec.  1st,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  After  speaking  for  about  an  hour  in  a  most 
interesting  way  upon  the  various  striking  features 


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of  the  "  Dark  Continent,"  he  exhibited  some  stere- 
opticon  views  illustrating  other  points  not  brought 
out  before.  There  was  but  a  small  house  and  the 
receipts  scarcely  paid  expenses. 

The  Bowdoin  College  Glee  and  Banjo  Club  will 
be  made  up  as  follows:  Clifford,  '93,  and  Clough, 
'96,  first  tenors;  Lord,  '94,  and  Peaks,  '9G,  second 
tenors;  May,  '93,  and  Daua,  '94,  first  bassos; 
Thompson,  '94,  and  Willard,  '96,  second  bassos ; 
P.  M.  Shaw,  '93,  Baxter  and  Bryant,  '94,  Coburn, 
'96,  and  Dyer,  of  the  Medical  School,  banjos;  Bliss, 
'94,  and  J.  T.  Shaw,  '95,  guitars.  George  Duncan, 
of  Portland,  is  instructing  the  singers. 

Prof.  Wells  has  been  trying  a  new  method  of 
conducting  the  reviews  in  his  studies,  which  has 
not  proved  very  popular.  He  has  required  each 
day  a  synopsis,  written  connectedly,  covering  all 
the  principal  points  in  the  lesson.  The  Juniors, 
most  of  whom  were  spending  from  four  to  six  hours 
on  each  exercise,  handed  iu  a  petition  that  the 
synopsis  be  omitted.  The  Professor  explained  that 
he  did  not  wish  more  than  two  hours  to  be  spent  on 
the  work  of  each  day,  and  the  Juniors  were  thus 
appeased. 

The  time  is  approaching  when  it  will  be  neces- 
sary for  the  Boating  Association  to  decide  whether 
Bowdoin  shall  be  represented  by  an  eight-oared 
crew  next  spring.  The  understanding  last  year  was 
that  boating  should  not  be  given  up  entirely,  but 
postponed  until  the  college  should  contain  sufficient 
material  for  a  first-class  eight.  Many  believe  that 
there  is  no  reason  why  a  crew  should  not  be  put  on 
the  river  next  spring,  which  would  worthily  repre- 
sent the  college,  and  claim  that  if  it  is  not  done 
boating  will  be  permanently  withdrawn  from  the 
list  of  our  athletic  sports.  With  Carleton,  Haskell, 
Dyer,  Shay,  Ridley,  May,  Stevens,  Kimball,  Dewey, 
Bates,  and  half  a  dozen  others  to  choose  from,  it 
certainly  seems  that  a  good,  fast  crew  could  be 
chosen  which,  with  proper  training,  would  add  to 
the  already  long  list  of  Bowdoin's  boating  honors. 


pieties. 


FOOT-BALL. 

'Ninety-Five,  74 ;    'Ninety-Six,  0. 
November  19th,  '95  beat  '96  in  a  very  uninterest- 
ing game  of  foot-ball,  74-0.     The  halves  were  25 
and  20  minutes.     '95   played  very  strongly.     The 
best  individual  work  was  done  by  Fairbanks,  Hicks, 


and  Quimby.      For  '96,  Libby,  French,  and  Davis, 
did  excellent  work.      French  was  injured  in    the 
last  half,  and  Baker  was  substituted.    Carleton  was 
referee  and  Baldwin  was  umpire. 
The  teams  lined  up  as  follows : 


'Ninety-Five. 

Position. 

'Ninety-Six. 

Wiley. 

Right  End. 

Baker. 

Kimball. 

Right  Tackle. 

Plums  tead. 

Jackson. 

Right  Guard. 

Newbegin. 

Dennison. 

Center. 

Minot. 

Dewey. 

Left  Guard. 

f  French, 
1  Curtis. 

Hicks. 

Left  Tackle. 

Soule. 

Quimby. 

Left  End. 

Libby. 

Fairbanks. 

Quarter-back. 

Ordway. 

Mitchell,  1 
Stubbs.     j 

Half-backs. 

(  Merrill, 
j  Pearson. 

Knowlton. 

Full-back. 

Davis. 

At  this  season  of  the  year  reviews  are  in  order. 
Doctors,  lawyers,  and  business  men  draw  up  their 
accounts;  clergymen  consider  and  summarize  the 
work  of  their  church,  and  college  men  rejoice  over 
the  season's  foot-ball  record  or  estimate  their  prob- 
able chances  in  the  exams.  Let  us  follow  the 
universal  example  and  impartially  review  the  work 
we  have  done  during  this,  the  first  term  in  the  col- 
lege year. 

In  some  ways  the  association  has  progressed 
materially.  A  hand-book  has  been  gotten  out  for 
the  first  time.  Committee  meetings  have  been  held 
quite  generally,  which  certainly  is  a  step  forward. 
The  Bible  class  has  been  better  attended  than  ever 
before.  Missionary  books  have  been  added  to  the 
library  for  the  use  of  the  missionary  committee  and 
others  interested  in  foreign  missions.  The  attend- 
ance during  the  week  of  prayer  averaged  higher 
than  in  previous  years,  and  our  representation  at 
the  convention  was  excellent.  These  are  marks  of 
progress. 

But  in  some  ways  we  are  at  a  standstill,  or  even 
worse.  In  the  first  place,  the  average  attendance 
at  the  meetings  has  not  surpassed  that  of  last  year; 
for  while  the  attendance  Thursday  evenings  has 
increased,  the  Sunday  afternoon  addresses  are  not 
heard  by  so  many  as  formerly.  So  here  is  a 
chance  for  improvement.  Then,  too,  the  interest 
iu  the  meetings  has  remained  about  at  par,  having 
fluctuated  slightly  only  in  convention  time  and  then 
fallen  back  to  its  normal  condition.     The  neighbor- 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


189 


hood  work  has  been  done  about  as  usual.  There 
has  been  but  one  missionary  meeting  during  the 
term.  The  work  for  new  students  has  lagged,  and 
consequently  our  membership  has  decreased.  And, 
finally,  our  finances  are  low. 

This,  in  brief,  is  our  condition.  It  is  on  the 
whole  better  than  it  was  last  year  at  this  time. 
Therefore,  we  have  improved.  But  the  improve- 
ment has  not  been  so  marked  as  it  should  have 
been,  nor  have  we  the  standing  in  college  nor  the 
hold  upon  our  fellow-students  that  we  should  have. 
With  the  committees  lies  the  responsibility.  Let  us 
see  if  we  cannot  get  a  little  more  enthusiasm— we 
all  know  where  it  can  be  obtained — and  the  result 
will  be  what  we  desire. 


'36. — Ex-Governor  Alonzo 
Garcelon  may  be  seen  any  day  driving 
on  Lewistou  streets  a  spirited  young 
horse.  The  ex-governor  is  now  85  years 
old,  but  he  handles  the  ribbons  as  skillfully 
as  is  possible  for  a  much  younger  man.  He  has 
twenty-three  young  horses  in  his  stable,  and  has 
not  yet  reached  the  age  when  the  steady-going  old 
Dobbin  is  necessary  to  his  safety,  and  he  knows  a 
good  horse  when  he  sees  one. 

'60. — The  following  is  clipped  from  the  Bart- 
mouth:  "The  lecture  on  'The  Progress  of  Human- 
ity,' which  was  given  by  Ex-Speaker  Reed,  in 
Bissell  Hall,  on  the  evening  of  the  14th,  was 
listened  to  by  a  large  and  interested  audience. 
The  Maine  congressman  has  a  national  reputation 
as  a  bright  speaker,  and  in  his  consideration  of  this 
great  subject  he  displayed  his  powers  in  a  master- 
ful mauner.  He  discoursed  mainly  upon  the  steady 
movement  of  the  people  from  the  ignorance  and 
weakness  of  the  first  ages  to  the  extent  and  power  of 
our  present  civilization,  maintaining  that  the  intrin- 
sic force  of  the  people,  and  not  the  genius  of  lead- 
ers, has  caused  the  advance.  His  idea  was  illus- 
trated by  many  historical  references  aptly  made, 
and  the  period  of  many  centuries  was  covered  in  a 
thoughtful  and  enjoyable  manner." 


'62.— At  the  meeting  of  the  Maine  Historical 
Society  held  in  Portland,  Rev.  Henry  0.  Thayer  had 
a  very  interesting  paper  on  "The  Ancient  Set- 
tlement of  Cork  on  the  Kennebec."  Among  the 
speakers  were  Rev.  E.  C.  Cummings,  '53 ;  Gen.  John 
M.  Brown,  '60 ;  Dr.  Geo.  A.  Wheeler.  '56,  and  Dr. 
A.  K.  P.  Meserve,  Medical  School,  '59. 

'77.— Lieut.  R.  E.  Peary  is  contemplating  another 
trip  to  the  interior  of  Greenland. 

'80.— Henry  A.  Wing  is  the  editor  of  a  new 
Democratic  newspaper  soon  to  be  published  in  Lew- 
iston,  Me. 

'81.— Edgar  O.  Achorn,  Esq.,  was  born  in  New- 
castle, Lincoln  County,  Me.,  August  20,  1859.  He 
was  educated  at  Lincoln  Academy  and  Bowdoin 
College.  After  two  years  of  teaching  Mr.  Achorn 
took  up  the  study  of  law  at  Boston  University  Law 
School,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1884.  In 
1891  he  became  a  member  of  the  widely  known 
firm  of  Child  &  Powers,  of  Boston,  where  his  skill 
as  an  advocate  has  been  very  marked.  In  1887, 
and  again  in  1889  and  1891,  Mr.  Achorn  visited 
Europe,  where  he  met  and  married  the  dis- 
tinguished singer,  Sophie  Zela.  Mr.  Achorn  is 
prominently  associated  with  many  social  organiza- 
tions. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  has  ap- 
peared on  the  stump  in  a  number  of  campaigns, 
both  in  Maine  and  Massachusetts.  He  is  secretary 
of  the  Scandinavian  Republican  League  of  Massa- 
chusetts, a  body  that  bore  a  commendable  part  in 
the  late  campaign.     His  residence  is  in  Brookline. 

'81. — W.  W.  Towle  was  elected  Representative 
to  the  Legislature  in  the  last  election  in  Massachu- 
setts. 

'81. — Daniel  J.  McGillicuddy  spoke  during  the 
Presidential  campaign  just  ended  in  Music  Hall, 
Boston.  Many  Bowdoin  men  were  among  the  large 
number  of  friends  who  surrounded  him  at  the  close 
of  the  meeting. 

'82. — Edwin  Upton  Curtis  has  been  mentioned 
as  a  promising  candidate  for  Mayor  of  Boston  on 
the  Republican  ticket. 

'85.— J.  P.  Libby  is  practicing  law  in  Boston. 

'87. — Married,  November  23d,  at  First  Congre- 
gational Church,  Brunswick,  Me.,  W.  L.  Gahan  and 
Miss  Louise  Merrill. 

'87. — O.  D.  Sewall,  who  recently  stopped  in 
Brunswick,  is  one  of  those  young  men  who  are 
trying  to  raise  to  a  higher  standard  the  religious 
and  educational  motives  of  northern  Maine. 

'88. — George  A.  Ingalls  is  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  in  Boston. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


'88. — R.  W.  Goding  has  been  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  is  practicing  law  in  Boston. 

'88. — M.  P.  Smithwick  is  studying  medicine  at 
the  Harvard  Medical  School. 

'88. — Frank  K.  Linscott  passed  a  successful  law 
examination,  last  June,  and  is  now  admitted  to  full 
practice  in  Massachusetts.  He  has  settled  in  Bos- 
ton, and  entered  the  law  office  of  his  father,  D.  C. 
Linscott,  '54. 

'89. — A.  E.  Neal  has  opened  a  law  office  in  Bos- 
ton where  he  intends  to  practice  hereafter. 

'89.— Charles  H.  Fogg,  of  Houlton,  and  Miss 
Rosina  H.  Kidder  were  married  December  7th. 

'89. — F.  C.  Russell  has  been  elected  as  superin- 
tendent of  schools  in  Rockland,  Me. 

'90  and  '91.— The  Rockland  High  School  Echo 
says :  "  Mr.  Thompson,  our  handsome  principal,  is 
a  red-hot  Democrat ;  while  Mr.  Smith,  our  society 
sub-master,  is  a  true  "blue"  Republican. 

'91. — Gould  Porter  is  assistant  cashier  of  First 
National  Bank  in  Farmington,  Maine. 


and  J.  A.  Roberts,  70,  Norway.  It  was  voted  to 
hold  the  next  meeting  and  banquet  at  the  Alpine 
House,  Gorham,  N.  H. 


The  Bowdoin  Alumni  of  Oxford  County. 

A  year  ago  the  Bowdoin  College  Alumni  of 
Oxford  County  and  vicinity,  met  at  Beal's  Hotel, 
Norway,  and  formed  an  association.  Thursday 
evening,  December  8th,  the  Association  held  its 
second  annual  reunion  and  banquet  at  the  Bethel 
House,  Bethel,  twenty  of  the  alumni  being  present, 
and  a  most  enjoyable  and  fraternal  evening  it  was. 
At  nine  o'clock  the  company  was  ushered  into  the 
dining  hall  and  sat  down  to  tastefully  arranged 
tables,  where  an  excellent  menu  was  served  in  a 
manner  to  do  credit  to  Landlord  Lovejoy. 

After  the  cigars  were  lighted,  the  meeting  was 
called  to  order  and  in  the  absence  of  the  president, 
Hon.  Seward  S.  Stearns,  79,  Hon.  A  E.  Herrick, 
73,  was  chosen  chairman  of  the  evening.  Judge 
Enoch  Foster,  '64,  was  toastmaster,  and  in  a  happy 
vein  called  upon  gentlemen  present  to  respond  to 
various  sentiments.  The  subject  of  the  endowment 
of  fitting  schools  by  the  college  was  discussed  by 
Professor  Sargent,  of  Hebron  Academy,  J.  F.  Libby, 
Esq.,  '82,  Hon.  A.  E.  Herrick,  and  others.  The 
following  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were  chosen : 
President,  Hon.  Enoch  Foster,  '64 ;  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  Dr.  F.  A.  Packard;  Executive  Commit- 
tee, J.  F.  Libby,  '82;  Dr.  F.  I.  Brown,  '85;  J.  A. 
Roberts,  70.  Among  others  present  were  Dr.  C. 
A.  Stephens,  '69,  of  Norway  Lake,  the  popular 
writer;  Dr.  C.  D.  Hill,  Medical  School,  '80,  Bethel; 
Dr.  Rounds,  South  Paris;  Dr.  French,  '82,  Norway; 


HANDS. 

We  played  at  cards  one  summer  night 
My  hands  were  good — hers  very  light 
"  Let's  trade,"  she  said — said  I  "  all  right," 
She  held  my  hands. 

"We  played  at  love  another  day 
And  this  time  luck  was  all  my  way 
I  won  because — Oh,  must  I  say 

I  held  her  hands.  — Inlander. 

Michigan  University  has  2,962  students,  34  more 
than  Harvard. 

Vassar  has  Republican  and  Democratic  clubs, 
but  no  report  has  come  out  of  a  woman  suffrage 
organization. —  Unit. 

For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  college, 
Amherst  has  won  the  championship  of  the  triangular 
foot-ball  league.     Last  year  it  went  to  Williams. 

Billiards  is  a  dangerous  pastime  at  DePauw  Uni- 
versity. Twenty-three  students  who  "  clicked  the 
ivories  "  were  recently  expelled. 

MY   WISH. 
Many  men  have  wished  for  riches, 

While  for  power  some  hearts  yearn  ; 
Beauty  many  a  mind  bewitches, 
With  wisdom  numbers  turn. 
But  I  do  not  ask  for  great  things, 

A  little  boon  my  soul  would  please. 
It  is  only  that  my  trousers, 
May  not  bag  so  at  the  knees. 

—  Lehigh  Burr. 
Tale  University  opens  its  doors  to  women  only 
upon  the  condition  that  they  are  graduates  of  some 
reliable  institution  and  can  present  documentary 
evidence  of  the  same.  This  rule  holds  good  also 
for  men  ;  no  man  can  take  a  strictly  post-graduate 
course  on  any  other  condition. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


191 


The  chapter  house  just  completed  for  Psi 
Upsilon  at  Wesleyan  is  said  to  be  equal  in  point  of 
architectural  design  and  finish  to  any  similar  build- 
ing in  the  country.  The  total  cost  of  house  and 
grounds  will  be  about  $40,000.  It  will  be  formally 
dedicated  next  June. 

The  World's  Fair  will  need  from  1,200  to  1,500 
guides,  who  are  to  be  chosen  from  college  students. 

MUTABILE    FEMINA. 
A  lass,  alas,  is  often  false  ! 

Of  faults  the  maid  is  made  ; 
So  waste  no  time  about  her  waist — 
Though  stayed,  she  is  not  staid. 

— Cynic. 
The  oldest  fraternity  in  the  Uuited  States  is  the 
Kappa  Alpha  (Northern),  which  was  founded  at 
Union  in  1825.  The  oldest  ladies'  society  was 
founded  in  1867,  at  Monmouth,  111.  The  oldest 
local  fraternity  is  the  Iota  Kappa  Alpha,  which  was 
founded  at  Trinity  in  1829.  The  fraternity  system 
has  grown  and  extended  all  over  the  country  and 
become  a  part  of  the  American  colleges  until  we 
now  have  over  fifty  different  fraternities. 

During  the  Christmas  vacation  a  chess  tourna- 
ment will  be  held  in  New  York  between  representa- 
tives of  Yale,  Harvard,  Columbia,  and  Priuceton. 
A  handsome  trophy  cup,  provided  mainly  through 
the  efforts  of  a  Yale  graduate,  will  be  given  to  the 
winner. 


A    CHANGE. 
In  cap  and  bells  the  jester  once, 

Amused  the  laughing  town, 

But  now  we  see  this  pastime  fall 

To  those  in  cap  and  gown  ! 

—  Williams  Weekly. 

There  is  a  deficit  of  $36,000  in  the  finances  of 
Cornell  University. 

The  University  of  Nebraska  has  abolished  the 
names  of  Freshman,  Sophomore,  etc.,  and  the  only 
distinction  will  be  in  the  case  of  the  Freshman  who 
will  be  known  as  in  the  first  year  of  residence. 
All  others  will  be  accredited  by  the  number  of  hours 
a  week  taken. 

COMPARISON  ODIOUS. 

Praises  to  sir  Walter's  weed 

Is  the  college  poet's  creed. 
Rings  that  upward  roll  and  break  in  air, 
Pipes  of  polished  wood  and  amber  rare, 

Runs  the  college  rhymer's  rede. 

What  do  college  maidens  tell  ? 

Where  their  happiest  fancies  dwell  ? 
Paper  parcels  tied  with  silver  string, 
Maker's  name  and  seal.     'Tis  this  they  sing 

Nothing  but  a  caramel. 

—  Trinity  Tablet. 

New  York  State  has  brought  suit  against  the 
Fayerweather  will  for  taxes  on  colleges  outside  of 
the  State,  which  include  Yale  and  Princeton. 


H.    E.    MURDOCK, 

Optician, 

565  Congress  St.,  -    PORTLAND,    ME. 


Y\pop[iNQ 
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Vol.  XXII.,  No.  12.— January  18,  1893. 

Editorial  Notes, 193 

The  Wanderer  at  Christinas, 195 

A  Snow-Shoe  Club 197 

Zeta  Psi  Convention, 197 

A  Word  About  the  Advertising 198 

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A  Vision  of  Life, 200 

The  Old  House, 200 

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Book  Reviews, 205 

College  World, 206 


in  another  column 
by  a  member  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  indicates  that 
the  efforts  exerted  by  the  association  in  ad- 
vertising the  Glave  lecture  were  such  as 
deserved  a  bigger  audience.  The  fact,  how- 
ever, is  not  disputed  that  a  large  number  of 
the  students  were  ignorant  of  the  character 
of  the  lecture.  This  state  of  things  indicates, 
as  we  said  before,  the  great  difficulty  of  im- 
pressing even  a  few  simple  facts  on  the  public 
mind.  While  it  is  certainly  unjust  to  accuse 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  neglecting  to  advertise 
the  lecture,  and  we  have  not  intended  to 
imply  such  an  accusation,  we  wish  to  em- 
phasize our  opinion  that  personal  solicitation 
and  the  sale  of  tickets  in  advance  is  the  only 
efficient  method  for  drawing  out  a  large  au- 
dience here  at  college,  and  we  are  quite  sure 
a  better  result  would  have  followed  a  more 
extended  canvass  of  the  students. 

We  trust  that  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  will  not  be 
deterred  from  giving  its  annual  course  of 
lectures  this  winter.  In  former  years  these 
have  been  of  great  interest  and  profit  to  the 
students.  If  such  a  course  of  lectures  is 
contemplated,  the  Orient  will  be  glad  to  do 
what  it  can  to  assist  in  advertising  them. 


TT7HE  musical  phase  of  college  life  has  been 
■*■  sadly  undeveloped  at  Bowdoin  during 
the  last  few  years.     Singing  of  college  songs 


194 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


practically  ceased  with  the  departure  of  '91. 
Instrumental  music  died  eveu  earlier.  The 
excellence  which  some  colleges  attain  in  both 
vocal  and  instrumental  music  does  not,  we 
are  inclined  to  think,  so  much  depend  on  the 
advent  of  distinguished  musical  geniuses  as 
in  the  steady  persistence  of  the  glee  clubs, 
banjo  and  guitar  clubs,  and  other  musical 
organizations,  which  act  as  an  impetus  to 
those  interested  in  music,  and  not  only  dis- 
cover but  produce  talent.  A  musical  organ- 
ization, if  it  has  no  faith  in  its  own  powers 
and  no  ambition  to  improve,  will  drag  along 
a  miserable  existence  and  bring  no  credit  to 
the  college,  but  under  enterprising  manage- 
ment, and  with  a  willingness  for  hard  work 
its  possibilities  are  unlimited. 

Both  the  Glee  Club  and  the  Banjo  and 
Guitar  Club  have  started  out  this  year  to 
raise  the  standard  of  musical  skill.  The 
great  improvement  of  the  singing  in  chapel 
this  year  indicates  that  there  is  excellent 
material  in  college  for  a  glee  club  this  season, 
and  a  year  or  two  of  concerted  effort  should 
produce  excellent  results.  The  Banjo  and 
Guitar  Club  has  not  many  players  of  expe- 
rience, to  be  sure,  but  it  is  organization  and 
practice  which  is  to  make  the  experience. 
Each  player  has  devoted  himself  to  his  play- 
ing regardless  of  the  execrations  of  his  neigh- 
bors, and  in  a  few  weeks  the  club  will  be  in 
form  for  a  tour  of  the  State. 

We  hope  that  all  this  sweetness  will  not 
be  wasted  in  distant  lands,  but  think  that  it 
is  the  desire  of  the  students  that  they  may 
have  the  opportunity  of  attending  a  concert 
by  the  Glee  and  Banjo  and  Guitar  Clubs  in 
Memorial  Hall. 


H7HE  report  of  the  finances  of  the  Athletic 
*-  Association,  which  was  given  at  the 
annual  meeting,  indicates  a  most  successful 
management  of  the  athletic  exhibitions  last 


winter.  The  proceeds  were  considerably 
larger  than  have  ever  before  been  realized 
by  the  association. 

No  other  treasurer's  report  was  presented 
at  the  recent  series  of  annual  meetings  of 
the  several  athletic  associations,  and  we  un- 
derstand that  no  other  report  has  been  sub- 
mitted to  the  auditor,  although  the  constitu- 
tion provides  that  the  finances  of  the  several 
associations  shall  be  audited  at  frequent 
stated  intervals. 

The  neglect  to  present  reports  of  the 
financial  standing  of  college  associations  is 
nothing  new  and  we  are  sorry  to  say  is  noth- 
ing uncommon.  Either  from  the  fact  that 
everybody's  business  is  nobody's  business,  or 
from  a  totally  unbusiness-like  notion  of  mod- 
esty which  prevents  inquiry  into  the  financial 
management  of  the  associations,  there  is 
usually  not  much  attention  paid  to  these 
things  by  the  students.  This  has  been  known 
to  produce  an  easy  going  and  neglectful  con- 
dition of  the  financial  accounts.  The  un- 
fortunate result  of  the  foot-ball  management 
of  the  season  of  1890  is  an  emphatic  re- 
minder of  this  truth.  As  a  further  example, 
it  may  be  remembered  that  when  the  manage- 
ment of  the  following  year  had  retrieved 
the  misfortune  to  some  extent,  the  financial 
report  of  this  management  was  delayed  till 
the  end  of  the  winter  term,  and  then  it  was 
voted  by  the  association  to  accept  the  report 
through  the  columns  of  the  Orient  when 
the  accounts  should  have  been  completed. 
The  report  has  never  been  given  to  the  stu- 
dents either  through  the  Orient  or  in  any 
other  manner. 

The  new  rigime  of  the  General  Athletic 
Committee  has  provided  the  several  associa- 
tions with  officers  who  enjoy  the  confidence 
of  the  college.  We  believe  that  they  will 
not  misunderstand  this  allusion  to  financial 
matters,  and  that  they  are  preparing  to  finish 
their  business  in  a  business  way. 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


195 


The  Wanderer   at  Christmas. 
TT7HE    Wanderer   slowly    opened   his  eyes, 
■^    shivering  with  cold  as  he  did  so.     To  be 

suddenly  transported  from  balmy  Italian 
retreats  to  the  more  commonplace  shores  of 
the  Great  American  Republic  would  be  a 
change  even  for  a  well-clad  mortal,  but  to 
The  Wanderer,  flimsy  spirit  that  he  was,  it  was 
well-nigh  unbearable.  He  had  spent  the 
months  of  October,  November,  and  early 
December  at  Najalos,  the  famous  Mediter- 
ranean resort,  and  had  rested  in  the  fond 
hope  that  he  was  to  spend  at  least  one  winter 
in  peace  and  quietness.  But  alas  for  his 
hopes  !  Just  as  he  had  gotten  snugly  settled 
down  he  had  felt  the  spell  coming  on  him 
again,  and  when  he  regained  his  senses,  found 
himself  perched  on  a  step-stone  in  a  great 
city,  the  cold  December  winds  blowing 
through  and  through  him,  as  the  hurly- 
burly  crowd  of  mortals  poured  heedlessly 
by  on  business  or  pleasure  bent. 

Of  course  they  poured  by  heedlessly  so 
far  as  The  Wanderer  was  concerned,  for  he 
was  only  the  spirit  of  a  departed  mortal  (a 
story-writer  'tis  said),  doomed,  for  sundry 
and  divers  sins  against  a  long-suffering 
public,  to  roam  the  world  for  ten  ages,  watch- 
ing the  movements  of  the  men  about  him 
and  making  yearly  reports  of  what  he  saw 
to  the  First  Devil  of  the  Chancery.  He  was 
given  his  board,  which,  of  course,  was  noth- 
ing, and  his  "  milage,"  being  transported 
instantaneously  from  place  to  place  while  in 
a  state  of  insensibility. 

Well,  as  I  started  to  say,  The  Wanderer 
slowly  opened  his  eyes  and  gazed  about  him. 
The  great  streets  seemed  fairly  alive  with  a 
mass  of  humanity.  Men,  women,  children, 
even  the  dogs  and  poor  over-laden  car-horses, 
every  living  thingseemed  on  an  excited  move. 
The  millionaire  stood  side-by-side  with  the 
beggar,  the  "  I  am  blind  "  man  peeped  cau- 
tiously over  the  rims  of  his  blue  glasses  and 
gave  the  Wall  Street  magnate  a  hearty  dig  in 


the  ribs,  in  the  vain  hope  of  turning  the  flow 
of  filthy  lucre  his  way;  dainty  tailor-made 
gowns  rubbed  good-naturedly  against  the 
dingy  silks  from  Bunganuck  Corners;  while 
the  newsboy  and  the  bootblack,  excitedly 
calling  their  trade,  sang  shrill,  ringing  duets 
to  the  rumbling  bass  of  the  L-road  train  and 
passing  street-car. 

At  the  crowded  crossings  stalwart  police- 
men were  piloting  over  timid  pedestrians, 
while  here  and  there  along  the  curb-stone 
seedy  individuals  with  cold-blue  noses  bore 
proudly  aloft  the  advertising  banners  of 
enterprising  merchants.  From  the  shop 
windows  streamed  out  a  blaze  of  vari-colored 
light,  and  the  first  glance  within  made  The 
Wanderer  sigh  as  he  thought  of  the  forbidden 
heaven  which  they  seemed  to  imitate.  In- 
side the  shops  the  jam  and  crowd  seemed  to 
be  even  worse  than  on  the  street.  All  were 
fired  with  a  mad  endeavor  to  get  at  the  broad 
counters,  on  which  was  displayed  a  dazzling 
array  of  dainty  articles  of  seemingly  intri- 
cate workmanship  and  priceless  value. 

The  Wanderer  gazed  on  all  this,  but  not 
with  surprise.  Many  and  many  a  winter's 
day  had  he  been  in  just  the  same  situation  ; 
often  had  he  formed  one  of  that  swaying 
crowd,  joyously  jostling  each  other  in  the 
pleasure  which  humans  get  from  touching 
elbows  with  fellow-beings,  and  experiencing 
the  delightful  electrical  shock  of  contact 
with  the  world's  people  which  one  gets  in 
the  street  alone,  and  in  the  American  street 
above  all  others. 

The  Wanderer  looked,  and  said  to  him- 
self only  one  word,  "  Christmas-tide."  Then 
he  closed  his  eyes  wearily,  wishing  that  he 
might  fly  back  to  "sunny  Italy"  and  once 
more  rest  in  peace.  A  passing  swell  swung 
his  cane  right  through  the  spirit's  airy  head, 
but  he  was  too  preoccupied  with  his  thoughts 
to  notice  such  a  common  occurrence  as  that, 
and  never  even  winked.  He  was  tired  of 
the  gay  scene.     He  knew  it   all   by    heart. 


196 


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He — but  now  the  spell  comes  on  again  ;  once 
more  he  is  carried  and  set  down  by  invisible 
power. 

When  this  time  The  Wanderer  opens  his 
eyes  he  at  first  thinks  himself  back  in  his 
gentle  Italian  climate,  but  no,  he  is  wrong. 
Ah  !  now  he  sees.  It  is  all  so  natural.  He 
is  in  a  large,  high  room  ;  on  the  hearth  burns 
a  cheery  open  fire,  lighting  up  with  dancing 
beams  the  rich  furnishings  on  floor  and  wall. 
A  little  group  is  gathered  in  the  farther 
corner  about  a  tall  white-robed  object,  which, 
presently  unveiled,  shows  forth  a  glory  of 
dazzling  torch  and  virgin  green  and  glitter- 
ing tinsel,  the  family  Christmas  tree. 

The  gifts  thereon  being  quickly  dis- 
tributed, the  family  gathers  about  the  open 
fire  to  listen  to  Grandpa's  story.  What  a 
lovely  picture  they  make!  The  aged  sire, 
his  white  hair  glowing  in  the  flickering  fire- 
light like  a  lambent  halo  about  his  head,  sits 
thoughtfully  in  his  eas}r  chair,  while  all  over 
and  about  him  cling  the  youngsters  of  the 
family,  impatiently  awaiting  the  beginning. 
A  little  at  one  side  stand  the  pretty  mother 
and  her  manly  husband,  holding  fast  between 
them  a  fair  youth  and  maiden,  the  pride  of 
their  lives,  and  looking  with  tears  of  joy  on 
the  happy  home  about  them ;  and  The  Wan- 
derer notes  that  both  are  silently  praying  to 
God  in  earnest  thankfulness  and  supplication. 

Now  the  grandsire  begins  his  tale.  His 
voice  is  low  and  gentle,  and  his  eyes  look 
far  away  beyond  his  glowing  hearth  as  he 
tells  sweetly  and  simply  the  wonderful  story 
of  the  Christ  child.  "  The  Wanderer  listens 
now.  Ah  !  he  has  heard  it  so  often  before 
in  the  by-gone  days.  If  he  had  but  listened 
then  what  might  not  have  been.  But  it  is 
too  late.  And  now  again  he  feels  the  mystic 
spell  coming  over  him.  His  chief  realizes 
the  importance  of  the  season  and  is  keeping 
him  busy. 


Once  again  The  Wanderer  opens  his  eyes. 
How  cold  it  is.  Before  everything  was  light 
and  gayety ;  here  all  is  damp  and  dark  and 
unclean.  This  scene  is  new  to  The  Wan- 
derer. Never  before  has  he  seen  such 
squalor  and  utter  wretchedness. 

"  This  is  another  country,"  he  says,  but 
not  so.  As  that  blue  painted  wagon  filled 
with  blue  coated  men  clangs  noisily  down 
the  narrow  street  he  reads  on  the  side  of  it, 
"City  of  New  York,  No.  78,"  and  knows 
that  he  has  not  gone  far.  What  a  change  is 
this  from  the  first  scene !  Instead  of  gay 
shop  windows  and  sparkling  lights  there  is 
seen  only  dirty  bar-rooms  and  filthy  tene- 
ments, from  whose  steamy  windows  glimmer 
forth  only  the  faintest  bit  of  oil-blaze,  and 
from  whose  doors  comes  the  rough  racket 
of  vulgar  carousing,  and  drunken  by -play. 
Instead  of  gay  gown  and  happy  face  the 
passers-by  show  shuffling  step,  and  ragged 
garb,  and  smirchy,  crime-lined  feature. 

The  Wanderer  looks  up  to  seek  some- 
thing pure  in  the  stars  of  Heaven  ;  but  only 
the  narrowest  strip  of  God's  blue  can  he 
see  between  the  high  and  closely  packed 
tenements.  A  child  cries  in  a  room  over  his 
head,  but  instead  of  gentle  words  and  kind 
caress,  knocks  and  curses  greet  the  infant 
sorrows. 

With  a  light  bound  The  Wanderer  gains 
the  window  ledge,  and  passes  into  the  room, 
finding  a  little  difficulty  in  getting  through 
the  dirt-encrusted  glass.  As  he  looks  about 
he  becomes  almost  satisfied  with  his  hateful 
Purgatory,  so  horrid  is  the  scene  before  him. 
At  the  back  of  the  room  lies  what  must  be 
called  a  man,  breathing  heavily  in  a  drunken 
stupor,  and  occasionally  muttering  an  oath 
in  unwitting  reply  to  the  screaming  execra- 
tions of  the  woman  who  is  cooking  some 
ill-smelling  mess  at  the  rickety  stove.  She 
is  a  loathsome  object.  Short  and  stooping, 
her  bloated  red  face,  seamed  with  debauchery 
and  dissipation,  framed  in  a  dirty  neckerchief 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


197 


that,  like  her  soul,  was  once  white ;  and  an 
old  and  ragged  dress  hanging  loosely  about 
her,  displaying  a  pair  of  unsteady  feet  encased 
in  shoes  without  soles, — bah !  The  Wanderer, 
emotionless  spirit  that  he  is,  can  bear  to  look 
no  longer  at  her.  But  the  child.  The  child 
crouches  fearfully  in  a  corner,  weaping  softly. 
She  is  clad  as  badly  as  the  rest,  and  makes  a 
fitting  accompaniment  to  the  air  of  general 
moral  degradation  which  pervades  the  place. 
And  must  she  grow  to  womanhood  in  such 
a  home  as  this ;  a  place  where  the  word 
"home  "  is  a  cruel  mockery?  At  the  risk  of 
punishment  for  inattention  The  Wanderer 
gazes  at  her  no  more.  No  Christmas  here. 
No  happy  hearts  or  warm  fireside,  or  pretty 
love  tokens,  or  gaily  decked  tree.  Only 
utter  misery,  with  no  hope  of  salvation,  no 
joy  in  life. 

As  he  turns  to  go  the  man  rises  unsteadily 
to  his  feet,  and  catching  up  a  heavy  shawl, 
which  hangs  on  a  nail  in  the.  wall,  would 
leave  the  room  with  it;  but  the  woman  flies 
at  him  and  they  struggle  for  the  possession 
of  the  article.  The  Wanderer  understands 
it  all  now.  The  man  has  no  money.  He 
must  have  drink.  So  he  is  about  to  place  in 
pawn  his  wife's  only  warm  garment,  and  thus 
get  the  paltry  price  of  a  few  drinks.  The 
Wanderer  is  almost  excited  and  leaves  the 
room,  but  ere  he  gains  the  street,  with  a 
rattling  stagger  the  man  fumbles  down  the 
narrow  stairs,  and  followed  by  the  curses  of 
the  creature  he  once  called  wife,  hurries 
gleefully  off  with  his  prize. 

The  Wanderer  knows  that  his  yearly 
work  is  done.  He  has  seen  the  Alpha  and 
Omega  of  life  in  the  Great  City.  Oh,  the 
touching  contrast  of  the  two  homes  he  has 
just  visited  !  Thinking  sadly  of  the  earth, 
which  men  call  beautiful,  and  of  that  coveted 
Heaven,  which  for  many  a  long  decade  he 
must  not  see,  he  starts  drearily  back  to  the 
realms  of  the  condemned  and  passes  again 


through  those  gates  whose  guard  is  Remorse, 
and  whose  chains  were  forged  in  Eden 
by  Neglected  Opportunity  and  Unresisted 
Temptation. 


A  Snow-Shoe  Club. 

WHAT  is  the  matter  with  having  a  snow- 
shoe  club  in  college  ?  There  are  plenty 
of  fellows  who  would  immediately  join  such 
a  club  were  the  opportunity  presented  to 
them.  Are  there  not  some  energetic  upper- 
classmen  who  will  organize  such  a  club  and 
give  the  many  fellows  who  wish  to  do  so  a 
chance  to  join  ? 

To  the  initiated  there  is  no  end  of  pleasure 
in  being  an  active  member  of  an  active  club. 
Other  colleges  far  less  fortunate  than  we 
have  their  snow-shoe  clubs.  Why  cannot 
old  Bowdoin  have  one  ? 


Zeta   Psi   Convention. 

TITHE  forty-seventh  annual  convention  of 
-^  the  Zeta  Psi  Fraternity  met  on  Decem- 
ber 28th  and  29th  in  Boston,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  New  England  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation of  Zeta  Psi.  The  headquarters  were 
at  Parker's,  where  the  delegates  began  to 
gather  on  Wednesday  and  were  decorated 
with  neat  silver  badges  marked  with  the 
Greek  initials  of  the  fraternity  and  given  by 
the  New  England  Association  as  souvenirs  of 
the  occasion. 

At  10.30  the  convention  was  called  to 
order  by  the  Phi  Alpha,  William  Piatt 
Pepper,  President  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. After  a  short  prayer  the  business 
of  the  convention  began  and  was  continued 
during  the  afternoon  session.  Among  other 
matters  attended  to  was  the  re-establishment 
of  the  old  Beta  Chapter  at  the  University 
of  Virginia.  Delegates  were  present  from 
seventeen  of  the  twenty-two  chapters. 

Wednesday  evening  the  Zetes  went  in  a 
body  to  the  Globe  Theatre  to  see  the  inimit- 


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able  Hopper  in  "Wang."  The  delegates 
were  seated  together  and  made  the  theatre 
ring  with  applause  and  Zeta  Psi  yells.  After 
the  theatre  party  an  excellent  collation  was 
served  at  Parker's  and  the  rest  of  the  even- 
ing was  spent  with  conversation  and  frater- 
nity songs. 

The  Thursdaj'  session  was  spent  in  fra- 
ternity business  and  ended  with  the  election 
of  officers  for  the  Grand  Chapter,  as  follows  : 
Phi  Alpha  —  Col.  Henry  Walker,  Boston; 
Alpha  Phi  Alpha— Judge  R.  T.  Duke,  Char- 
lottsville,  Va. ;  Sigma  Alpha — W.A.Hoe,  Jr., 
New  York ;  Alpha  Sigma  Alpha — John  Eyer- 
man,  Easton,  Pa.;  Gamma  Alpha — Albert 
Buckman,  New  York  ;  Sigma  Rho  Alpha — 
Jules  Notable,  New  York ;  Delta  Alpha — 
Edgar  O.  Achorn,  Boston. 

At  7  p.m.  120  loyal  Zetes  assembled  at 
Young's  and  sat  down  to  the  annual  banquet. 
After  the  viands  had  disappeared  Mr.  Edgar 
O.  Achorn  arose  and  introduced  the  speakers 
of  the  evening,  who  spoke  in  witty  and 
brilliant  words  of  the  glories  of  the  old  Zeta 
Psi  in  the  past  and  prophesied  even  greater 
prosperity  in  the  future. 

The  toasts  were  as  follows : 


Grand  Chapter. 

Oration. 

The  Bench. 

Tau  Kappa  Phi. 

Poem. 

Zetes  at  the  South. 

Zetes  at  the  North. 

Vive  le  Roi. 


Wm.  Piatt  Pepper. 

Hon.  Charles  J.  Noyes. 

Hon.  H.  W.  Bookstaver. 

Hon.  John  A.  Miller. 

Prof.  D.  L.  Maulsby. 

Hon.  E.  T.  W.  Duke. 

Seth  L.  Larrabee. 

Col.  Henrv  Walker. 


Owing  to  absence  the  places  of  Prof. 
Maulsby  and  Mr.  Larrabee  were  filled  by 
others.  At  a  late  hour  the  brothers  adjourned 
in  "  most  ancient  order,"  with  hearty  con- 
gratulations to  the  New  England  Associ- 
ation. 

Bowdoin  was  represented  by  the  follow- 
ing :  Geo.  L.  Chandler,  '68 ;  Dr.  A.  S.  Whit- 
more,  '75 ;  Dr.  F.  P.  Virgin,  '75 ;  Prof.  Horace 
E.  Henderson,  '79 ;  Dr.  John  W.  Achorn, 
'79  ;  Edgar  O.  Achorn,  '81 ;  Dr.  F.  C.  Moul- 


ton,  '87  ;  Burton  Smith,  '89 ;  F.  M.  Tukey, 
'91;  W.  P.  Chamberlain,  '93;  J.  W.  Ander- 
son, '94;  H.  L.  Bagley,  '94. 


A  Word  About  the  Advertising. 

TITHE  editorial  in  the  last  Orient  in  regard 
■*■  to  the  lecture  of  Mr.  Glave  might  lead 
the  readers  of  the  paper  to  think  that  the 
advertising  of  the  lecture  was  left  to  take 
care  of  itself.  We  do  not  think  any  misrep- 
resentation was  intended  by  the  writer. 
While  we  agree  with  him  in  thinking  that 
the  lecture  was  not  sufficiently  advertised 
(mainly  owing  to  lack  of  time),  yet  we  feel 
that  a  statement  of  a  few  facts  will  place  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  in  a  better  light  before  the 
Orient  readers. 

Arrangements  for  the  lecture  were  not 
made  until  Monday  of  the  week  in  which  it 
occurred.  Bills  were  immediately  printed 
and  circulated  in  the  town.  Thirty  12x16 
pictures  of  Mr.  Glave,  on  the  margin  of 
which  were  printed,  in  quite  large  letters, 
the  place  and  date  of  the  lecture,  the  price 
of  admission,  and  the  fact  that  Mr.  Glave 
was  an  officer  of  Stanley,  were  placed  in  the 
windows  of  the  stores.  One  of  these  pictures 
was  on  the  chapel  bulletin-board  from  Mon- 
day night  till  Friday  morning.  At  the  chapel 
exercises  on  Tuesday  morning  President 
Hyde  announced  the  lecture,  mentioning 
that  Mr.  Glave  came  to  us  highly  recom- 
mended and  prophesying  that  it  would  be 
one  of  the  very  best  lectures  of  the  season. 
Three  of  the  "ends,"  and  perhaps  more,  were 
canvassed.  Members  of  the  association  also 
made  a  personal  canvass  of  the  town.  In 
view  of  these  facts  it  hardly  seems  possible 
that  students,  who  could  see  or  hear,  could 
fail  to  know  that  the  lecture  was  to  be  given. 
While  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  was  disappointed  in 
the  financial  result  of  the  lecture,  we  are 
glad  that  the  lecture  was  worthy  of  better 


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support,  being  pronounced  by  several  resi- 
dents of  Brunswick  one  of  the  best  lectures 
ever  given  in  town. 


Bowdoin  Alumni  Association  of 

New  York. 

TITHE  Bowdoin  Alumni  Association  of  New 

^-    York  gave  its  twenty-third  annual  dinner 

at  the  Hoffman  House,  January  11,  1893. 

About  twenty -five  graduates  were  present. 
Previous  to  the  dinner  the  annual  election 
was  held.  The  following  officers  were  chosen : 
President,  Wm.  A.  Abbott ;  Vice-Presidents, 
Gen.  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  John  Good- 
snow,  W.  J.  Curtis,  Dr.  F.  W.  Ring,  and 
F.  R.  Upton ;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Lincoln  A.  Rogers ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
Dr.  F.  H.  Dillingham;  Executive  Committee, 
A.  F.  Libby,  Chas.  L.  Clarke,  Dr.  W.  0. 
Plimpton,  Geo.  E.  Moulton,  P.  P.  Simmons, 
E.  H.  Cook,  and  D.  A.  Easton. 

At  the  dinner  Wm.  A.  Abbott  presided. 
There  were  no  set  toasts,  but  informal 
speeches  were  made  by  nearly  all  who  were 
present.  A  poem,  written  for  the  occasion 
by  Isaac  McLellan,  the  sole  survivor  of  the 
class  of  '26,  was  read  by  the  secretary,  Dr. 
Dillingham. 


©i?e  f§>e§§iop{imi§t. 

TPHIS  is  the  time  of  year  when  flourishes 
-*■  the  Shakespeare  clubs,  the  psychical 
society,  and  this,  that,  or  the  other  organi- 
zation devoted  to  delving  into  the  dark 
and  hidden  recesses  of  the  unknown.  Ex- 
cept for  a  conscientious  band  of  literary 
lights,  ardent  in  their  efforts  to  fathom  the 
depths  of  Shakespearean  mysteries,  the  Pes- 
sioptimist  knows  of  no  self-conducted  body 
of  searchers  after  knowledge  in  college. 
Why  are  there  not  more? 

The  end  and  aim  of  a  college  existence  is 


not  merely  to  recite  perfectly  the  lessons 
assigned  from  day  to  day.  There  must  be 
some  original  research  and  thought  for  a 
man  to  broaden  his  views  of  perplexing  ques- 
tions. To  be  sure  we  can  read  and  can 
think,  but  it  is  also  necessary  for  us  to  take 
some  particular  line  for  our  thinking.  Noth- 
ing can  make  us  surer  of  our  position  regard- 
ing debatable  subjects  than  to  present  our 
conclusions  before  a  body  of  men  who  have 
given  time  and  attention  to  the  same  subjects. 
*  *  *  *  * 
Rejoice  and  be  exceeding  glad,  ye  occu- 
pant of  Maine  Hall,  for  verily  I  say  unto  you, 
ye  are  in  luck.  No  dashing  out  doors  in  the 
crisp,  frigid  air  of  a  January  morning  for  a 
pail  of  water,  only  to  find  the  hydrant  frozen 
so  solidly  that  it  would  take  a  Hercules  and 
all  the  king's  oxen  and  all  the  king's  men  to 
start  it  running  again.  No  coming  back 
after  Christmas  vacation  into  a  room  whose 
temperature  is  so  deplorably  low  that  it  takes 
nearly  the  whole  winter  term  to  coax  it  back 
to  the  condition  in  which  it  was  left.  But 
another  year,  and  we  shall  all  be  enjoying  the 
benefits  of  modern  civilization.  May  heaven 
speed  the  time ! 

"  It  is  as  necessary  to  forget  as  to  remem- 
ber," says  some  great  man,  whose  name  I 
have  forgotten.  That  may  all  be  very  true, 
but  some  people  in  this  world  are  rather  apt 
to  apply  the  rule  in  rather  too  many  cases. 
It  is  all  very  pleasant  to  lend  a  man  something 
which  he  deems  very  necessary  to  his  present 
needs,  receiving  in  return  a  faithful  promise 
to  return  it  with  the  utmost  promptitude;  but 
when  the  days  and  weeks  slip  by  and  nothing 
of  the  missing  article  is  heard  of  the  pleasure 
becomes  almost  painful. 

A  number  of  tools  have  been  lent  by  the 
men  engaged  in  constructing  the  art  building, 
the  prompt  returning  of  which  would  have 
saved  any  amount  of  annoyance  to  those  to 
whom  they  belong.     This  is  only  one  exam- 


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pie   of   a    negligence    which   is  particularly 
prevalent  about  college. 

***** 
Some  astounding  facts  are  often  brought 
to  light  in  the  recitation-room,  and  the  most 
recent  -example  of  the  statement  rather 
discounts  anything  the  Pessioptimist  has 
heard  for  some  time.  It  was  in  logic,  and 
the  student  had  an  idea  that  the  following 
syllogism  was  false: 

All  planets  revolve  in  elliptical  orbits. 
The  earth  is  a  planet. 
.-.The  earth  revolves  in  an  elliptical  orbit. 

The  professor  questioned  the  unscientific 
Junior,  who,  by  the  way,  had  just  finished 
a  course  in  astronomy,  and  elicited  the  fol- 
lowing information:  The  earth  isn't  a  planet, 
does  not  revolve  in  an  elliptical  orbit,  nor  do 
any  planets.  The  unhappy  youth  took  his 
seat  amid  loud  applause,  secretly  muttering 
curses  upon  Copernicus  and  the  whole  line 
of  astronomical  geniuses. 

"There  are  none  so  blind  as  those  who 
will  not  see."  Some  people  have  an  idea 
that  because  they  do  not  believe  or  under- 
stand a  thing  it  must  necessarily  be  wrong. 
The  Pessioptimist  heard  of  an  accusation  of 
bigotry  of  a  certain  man  who  lives  not  so 
very  many  miles  from  Bowdoin  College 
simply  because  his  ideas  were  broad  and 
because  he  would  not  stick  to  the  old 
ruts  of  belief,  the  relics  of  by-gone  days. 
A  person  making  such  a  charge  as  this 
should  look  well  to  his  own  little  self  before 
circulating  his  opinions  too  freely  upon  the 
public.  Let  him  ask  himself  a  few  questions 
and,  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten,  the  candid 
accuser  will  find  that  the  bigotry  lies  far 
more  with  himself  than  the  accused. 


There  are  seven  college  dailies  in  the  United 
States,  1  tri-weekly,  2  semi-weekly,  55  bi-weekly, 
44  weekly,  288  monthly,  with  over  100  bi-monthly, 
quarterly,  etc. 


f^hyme  ar?d  feasor?. 


Too  Cold  a  Day. 

I  can  stand  some  coldish  weather, 
But  I'm  no  Antarctic  hero. 

And  can't  staud  the  combination 
Of  a  Prof.'s  and  mercury's  zero. 


A  Vision  of   Life. 

Life  's  that  sweet  beauty  in  the  way, 
I  found  at  morn  one  merry  May. 
With  happiness  I  walked  the  road, 
The  whole  wide  world  my  heart's  abode. 
The  busy  birds  were  chanting  clear, 
In  mossy  lanes  and  orchards  near ; 
The  mountains  stood  in  grand  repose ; 
When  lo  !  there  dawned  this  blushing  rose. 

Life's  that  pure  spirit  that  I  met, 
When  cold  December's  days  were  set ; 
I  struggled  in  the  evening  shade 
'Gainst  blasts  of  wickedness,  afraid. 
I  saw  no  track  amid  the  snow, 
And  where  my  path  I  did  not  know  ; 

When  like  grand  music  came  a  voice 
Which  made  my  fearful  heart  rejoice ; 
It  led  me  to  a  beauteous  plain 
Where  I  was  full  of  joy  again. 
It  seemed  another  morn  in  May 
Had  found  me  in  the  darkest  way. 
And  this  is  Life,  whose  vision  fair 
Knows  God  and  Heaven  are  everywhere. 


The  Old   House. 

Back  from  the  busy  street  it  stands, 

Under  the  dear  old  elms, 
And  the  city's  bustle  is  on  both  hands, 
The  noise  and  the  jostle  of  toiling  bauds, 

And  the  rattle  that  never  ends. 
But  the  old  house  stands  with  its  red  brick  walls 
And  a  quiet  peace  is  in  all  its  halls, 

As  it  seems  to  echo  still 
The  memory  of  the  old,  old  days, 
Visions  of  stately  old-fashioned  ways, 

And  the  things  of  long  ago. 

The  knocker  of  bronze  on  the  old  oak  door 
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Of  fair  women  and  gallant  men  of  yore, 
Of  children's  voices  now  no  more, 

As  it  bows  a  grave  salute 
To  the  great  rusted  key  in  the  ponderous  lock, 
While  the  iron  latch  replies  to  the  knock, 

Seemingly  pondering  yet 
Memories  of  the  old,  old  days, 
Visions  of  prim,  old-fashioned  ways, 

And  the  things  of  long  ago. 

The  flower-pots  on  the  window  sill, 

So  old  and  quaint  and  red, 
Hold  quiet,  old-fashioned  flowers  still, 
Fern  and  primrose  the  windows  fill, 

And  dainty  mignonette, 
And  a  strange,  sweet  odor  fills  the  room — 
Forgotten  flowers,  all  in  bloom, 

That  whisper  and  murmur  still 
The  memories  of  the  clear  old  days 
Till  you  seem  encircled  in  a  maze 

Of  happenings  long  ago. 

In  the  broad  and  long  oak-panelled  hall, 

Toward  the  garden  door  at  the  end, 
Prim  portraits  look  down  from  either  wall, 
Breathing  men  and  women  all 

In  the  days  of  long  ago. 
And  the  creaking  stair  beneath  your  tread, 
Still  gracefully  winding  overhead, 

Repeats  and  echoes  again 
Dainty  steps  of  fair  maidens  of  other  days, 
And  you  feel  yourself  amid  a  haze 

Of  faces  of  long  ago. 

Old  house  with  thy  nameless,  fathomless  charm, 

Under  the  dear  old  elms 
So  peaceful,  so  serenely  calm, 
Oh,  may  the  future  stretch  its  arm 

Protectful  o'er  thy  head, 
And  still  a  restful  haven  seem 
Where  one  might  ever  sleep  and  dream 

Of  days  of  long  ago, 
Of  women  grand  and  maidens  fair, 
Of  dimpled  cheeks  and  golden  hair, 

And  days  of  long  ago. 


President  Adams  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin 
recently  called  a  meeting,  of  the  faculty  and  the 
students  to  form  a  boating  association.  A  corpora- 
tion with  a  capital  of  $4,500  was  formed  and 
instructed  to  build  a  boat-house  and  to  make 
arrangements  to  put  a  crew  on  the  water. 


f%® 


Portland  has  just  insti- 
tuted a  system  of  free 
evening  schools.  The  three  male 
teachers  are  all  Bowdoin  graduates — 
Barton,  '84,  Turner,  '86,  and  Gately, 
'92. 

F.  A.  Swan  has  joined  '96. 

Spillane,  '90,  was  in  town  last  week. 

Jackson,  '91,  visited  the  college  recently. 

Horsman,  '94,  is  teaching  in  Princeton. 

Ledyard  and  Curtis,  '96,  have  left  college. 

The  class  in  Bible  study  has  begun  again. 

Davis,  '96,  will  not  return  to  college  this  term. 

Swett,  '92,  spent  several  days  in  town  last  week. 

(luuimer,  '92,  is  a  frequent  visitor  to  the  campus. 

A  new  assistant  has  been  added  to  the  library 
force. 

Some  of  the  students  tried  canvassing  during 
the  vacation. 

Stone,  '96,  who  has  been  at  home  with  typhoid 
fever,  has  returned  to  college. 

The  picture  of  the  foot-ball  team,  which  was 
taken  by  Reed,  is  very  good. 

Smith,  '96,  has  left  college  and  is  attending  one 
of  the  Portland  business  colleges. 

The  number  of  Juniors  who  have  assumed  glasses 
is  alarming.     "  History  did  it !  " 

The  plans  for  the  new  scientific  building  have 
been  submitted  to  the  contractors. 

Elias  Thomas,  '94,  has  been  spending  the  last 
fortnight  with  friends  in  Washington. 

Pierce,  '96,  has  an  interesting  article  on  Bowdoin 
in  the  last  number  of  P.  R.  S.  Racquet. 

Badger,  '95,  who  has  been  teaching  at  Anson,  is 
spending  a  two  weeks'  vacation  in  college. 

Professor  Robinson  spent  a  few  days  recently  in 
examining  the  scientific  departments  in  Yale. 

Minot,  '96,  has  accepted  a  position  in  Connecti- 
cut and  will  not  return  to  college  until  next  term. 

There  was  an  auction  down  town  last  week,  in 
which  some  of  the  students  got  very  badly  cheated. 


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The  A  T  Society  have  a  club  at  Mrs.  Stetson's 
this  term,  and  have  fitted  up  a  society  hall  in  the 
Rines  Block. 

Prof.  Wells  gave  a  lecture  in  Alfred  last  Tuesday 
evening.  In  consequence  he  gave  adjourns  Tues- 
day and  Wednesday. 

Owing  to  the  absence  of  Professor  Lee,  Assist- 
ant Hunt  has  had  charge  of  the  Biological  Depart- 
ment fur  the  last  two  weeks. 

The  library  was  one  of  eighteen  similar  institu- 
tions which  received  an  official  copy  of  the  octavo 
edition  of  the  1892  standard  prayer-book  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

The  directors  of  the  Base-Ball  Association  have 
re-elected  Hutchinson,  '93,  as  captain  of  the  team 
for  the  coming  year.  Practice  has  begun,  the  squad 
having  a  dumb-bell  drill  at  four  o'clock. 

During  the  vacation  Professor  Houghton  deliv- 
ered au  interesting  lecture  at  Bath  on  Japan,  and 
Professor  Wells  read  a  paper  before  the  Fraternity 
Club,  of  Portland,  on  "  Man  as  a  Social  Product." 

The  Gym.  hours  for  this  term  are  nearly  the 
same  as  last  winter.  The  Sophomores  are  at  11.30, 
the  Freshmen  at  3,  the  Juniors  at  4,  and  the  Seniors 
at  5.  Machan,  '93,  assists  in  the  instruction  of  the 
Freshmen. 

The  unusual  good  skating  on  the  river  has 
been  a  source  of  much  enjoyment.  Several  have 
made  quite  long  trips  on  the  ice,  the  most  popular 
being  that  to  Bath  and  return,  a  distance  of  nearly 
twenty  miles. 

At  the  Meeting  of  the  Maine  Pedagogical 
Society,  held  in  Lewiston  two  weeks  ago,  President 
Hyde  read  a  paper  on  "  The  Topical  Method  in 
Teaching,"  and  Professor  Whittier  gave  an  instruct- 
ive address  on  "  Physical  Training."  President 
Whitman,  of  Colby,  was  also  among  the  speakers. 
Orlando  M.  Lord  was  elected  President  of  the 
Society  for  the  coming  year. 

It  is  reported  that  one  of  the  Juniors  will 
shortly  publish  a  pamphlet  on  several  new  discov- 
eries in  astronomy.  Just  what  they  are  has  been 
kept  a  secret,  but  it  leaked  out  in  the  Logic  recita- 
tion, last  week,  that  he  is  prepared  to  prove  that 
the  earth  is  not  a  planet,  that  planets  do  not 
revolve  in  elliptical  orbits,  and  that,  therefore,  the 
earth  revolves  in  an  ellipse. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Waite,  of  Brunswick,  has  presented  the 
library  with  a  two  years'  subscription  to  "The  New- 
World,"  one  of  the  ablest  and  most  progressive  of 
the  quarterlies  started  during  the  last   few  years. 


The  current  number  contains  an  able  article  by 
Professor  Egbert  C.  Smyth,  on  "Progressive  Ortho- 
doxy." Professor  Smyth,  who  graduated  from 
Bowdoin  in  1848,  is  now  a  professor  in  Andover 
Theological  Seminary. 

During  the  winter  term  not  an  evening  passes 
without  its  game  of  whist.  Probably  50  per  cent, 
of  the  men  in  college  have  some  knowledge  of  the 
game,  and  the  number  of  good  players  must  be 
fairly  large.  Why  not  arrange  a  whist  tournament 
for  the  latter  part  of  the  term,  either  between  the 
fraternities  or  by  entries  as  in  tennis?  It  would 
certainly  be  interesting  to  those  playing,  would 
increase  their  knowledge  of  the  game,  and  cost 
nothing. 

Entertainments  are  coming  this  winter  thick 
and  fast.  Last  Thursday  "  Our  Boys  "  was  played 
by  a  Portland  company  with  a  most  distinguished 
cast  of  characters ;  Friday,  Johnson's  Quintette 
Club,  with  Isabel  Pengra  as  reader,  gave  a  delightful 
entertainment  in  the  Town  Hall;  and  Saturday, 
Louis  Cyr,  the  strong  man,  exhibited  his  muscular 
prowess.  January  23d  Paderewski  will  again  be  in 
Portland  and  doubtless  will  draw  his  usual  crowd  of 
the  students.  And  still  other  companies  are  billed 
for  the  immediate  future. 

The  subjects  for  the  first  themes  of  the  term, 
due  January  18th,  are  as  follows:  Juniors:  1  — 
France  and  the  Panama  Canal.  2 — Shall  the 
College  Have  an  Eight  Next  Spring?  3 — A  Rail- 
road Journey.  Sophomores:  1 — Do  We  Need 
Better  Roads?  2 — A  Vacation  Episode.  3-  Long- 
fellow's Evangeline.  In  the  future  all  theses  written 
for  other  departments,  and  afterwards  handed  in 
as  themes,  must  be  cut  down  to  suitable  length. 
The  Juniors  will  have  the  privilege  this  term  of 
substituting  a  story  of  not  less  than  sixteen 
hundred  words  for  the  customary  four  themes. 

Ata  meeting  of  the  Athletic  Association,  held  Sat- 
urday, January  9th,  the  officers  of  the  Base-Ball  and 
Foot-Ball  Associations  for  1893  were  held  as  follows: 
Base-ball — Clifford,  '93,  1st  Director  and  Manager; 
Andrews,  '94,  2d  Director  and  Scorer;  Farrington, 
'94,  Roberts,  '95,  and  Dane,  '96,  Directors ;  Jenks, 
'93,  President ;  Simpson,  '94,  Vice-President ;  Do- 
herty,  '95,  Secretary  aud  Treasurer.  Foot-ball — 
Sykes,  '94,  President;  Stubbs,  '95,  Vice-President; 
G.  Simpson,  '95,  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  Bagley, 
'94,  Manager;  Stetson,  '95,  Knowlton,  '95,  French, 
'95,  Brown,  '96,  Directors. 

The  Sophomore  Prize  Declamation  came  off 
December  15th  and  was  a  very  successful   affair. 


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The  programme  was  as  follows  :  "  The  Skele- 
ton's Story,"  by  Wood;  "Toussaint  L'Ouverture," 
by  Webber ;  "  The  Honored  Dead,"  by  Jackson  ; 
"  Bunker  Hill  Oration,"  by  French  ;  "  Oration  Over 
the  Body  of  Senator  Broderick,"  by  Moore;  "The 
Loss  of  the  Arctic,"  by  Stetson;  "Speech  at  a 
Dinner  to  Mr.  Pinlay,"  by  Parker;  "The  Vision  of 
War,"  by  Doherty;  "War,"  by  Kimball;  "The 
Black  Horse  and  His  Rider,"  by  Bryant;  "Extract 
from  Speech,"  by  Holmes ;  "  Edinburgh  After  Flod- 
den,"  by  Churchill.  Bryant  won  the  first  prize  and 
Webber  the  second. 

A  second  meeting  of  the  athletic  associations 
was  called  January  nth,  and  officers  of  the  Boat- 
ing and  General  Athletic  Associations  were  elected 
for  1893  as  follows:  Boating  Association — Commo- 
dore, Shay,  '93;  President,  Stevens,  '94:  Vice- 
President,  E.  Thomas,  '94;  Directors,  Mitchell, 
'95,  Dane,  '96;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Professor 
Moody.  General  Athletic  Association— Manager, 
Ross,  '94;  President,  Lord,  '94;  Vice-Presidents, 
Lord,  '95,  Churchill,  '95;  Directors,  A.  Chapman, 
'94,  Foster,  '95;  W.  Haskell,  '95,  Smith, '96;  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer,  Doherty,  '95. 


In  the  last  issue  of  the  Orient  was  given  a 
review  of  the  term's  work  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
Though  as  a  whole  it  compared  very  favorably  with 
that  of  previous  terms,  yet  there  is  still  a  chance 
for  improvement.  The  question  before  us  at  the 
begiuning  of  this,  the  last  term  of  the  association 
year,  is,  Shall  we  do  work  enough  to  make  this  year 
the  most  prosperous  and  successful  of  any  in  the 
history  of  the  association?  It  is  the  term  which 
has  always  been  regarded  as  the  best  of  the  year 
for  our  work.  It  is  useless,  however,  to  expect  large 
results  unless  each  one  takes  hold  of  the  work  in 
earnest  and  resolves  to  accomplish  something  him- 
self. Though  the  officers  and  chairmen  of  com- 
mittees are  expected  to  exercise  more  care  and 
thought  than  the  other  members,  and  attention  to 
their  duties  is  of  the  utmost  importance,  yet  they 
cannot  do  the  work  alone.  The  few  may  be  able  to 
keep  the  association  from  taking  backward  steps, 
but  if  any  real  progress  is  to  be  made  each  one 
must  feel  a  personal  responsibility  aud  do  his  share 
of  the  work. 

We  all  know  that  our  opportunities  for  Christian 


work  are  sufficient  to  give  each  member  of  the 
T.  M.  C.  A.  all  he  can  do.  Experience  has  shown 
that  personal  work  is  the  most  important  factor  in 
bringing  men  to  Christ,  and  we  cannot  have  too 
much  of  it  among  us.  It  is  a  branch  of  the  work 
that  cannot  be  carried  on  by  committees,  but  must 
be  accomplished  by  the  members  of  the  association 
doing  hand  to  hand  work  among  their  fellow- 
students  who  are  unsaved.  During  the  present 
term  let  each  one  of  us  resolve,  with  God's  help,  to 
lead  at  least  one  soul  to  Christ. 

In  the  annual  report  of  the  intercollegiate  move- 
ment of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  for  the  college  year  of 
1891-92  some  encouraging  facts  are  presented. 
During  the  year  new  associations  have  been  formed 
in  sixty-nine  institutions.  This  constitutes  the 
largest  number  ever  organized  in  one  year.  The 
Holy  Spirit  has,  through  the  college  associations, 
led  over  2,400  students  to  become  followers  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

At  the  close  of  the  report  are  presented  problems 
of  the  work  for  the  present  year.  Among  them  the 
following  can  profitably  be  considered  by  us  here  at 
Bowdoin  : 

"Shall  the  work  of  the  association  continue  to 
be  done  by  less  than  one-third  of  the  members?  " 

"  What  is  the  explanation  of  the  statement  made 
by  the  representative  workers  from  the  colleges  of 
one  of  the  foremost  association  States  that  there  are 
less  than  four  habitual  personal  workers  in  each 
college  association  of  that  State  ? " 

"  Shall  but  one  in  four  hundred  of  the  Christian 
students  enter  the  general  secretaryship  which  is 
to-day  calling  so  loudly  for  men  of  education  and 
ability  ?  " 

"  Shall  only  one-thirtieth  of  the  Christian  stu- 
dents devote  their  lives  to  work  among  twenty- 
seven-thirtieths  of  the  population  of  the  world?" 

And  finally : 

"  Have  we  sought  first  the  kingdom  of  God  ?  " 

"  Have  we  been  workmen  that  need  not  to  be 
ashamed  ?  " 

"  Do  we  know  the  power  of  prayer  ?  " 

"  Have  we  received  the  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  for  service?  " 


In  the  intercollegiate  chess  tournament  Columbia 
won  first  place.  Wilson  of  Harvard  defeated  Bum- 
stead  of  Yale  in  a  short  and  decisive  game,  thus 
giving  Harvard  the  second  place.  Yale  came  next 
and  Princeton  last.  The  best  individual  play  was 
that  of  Hymes  of  Columbia  and  Ballou  of  Harvard. 


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'31.  — Mr.  Edward  H.  Thomas, 
Bowdoin,  1831,  celebrated  his  eighti- 
eth birthday,  January  1st,  in  the  old  hos- 
pitable mansion,  corner  of  Danforth  and 
State  Streets,  Portland.  A  good  many  friends  were 
present,  and,  as  may  have  been  anticipated,  music 
under  various  forms  entered  largely  into  the  observ- 
ance of  the  day. 

'43. — Eev.  Henry  S.  Loring,  for  more  than  forty- 
five  years  a  Congregational  minister,  died  at  Sid- 
ney, December  17,  aged  73  years.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Bowdoin  College  in  1843,  and  from  the 
Bangor  Theological  Seminary  iu  1846.  He  was 
ordained  in  1850  and  continued  in  the  work  of  the 
ministry  until  forced  to  retire  by  failing  health. 
During  the  period  of  his  active  ministry  he  was 
settled  over  several  pastorates  in  various  parts  of 
the  State,  always  sustaining  himself  as  a  preacher 
with  credit  to  himself  and  the  church  to  which  he 
belonged.  Wherever  he  was  located  Mr.  Loring 
took  a  deep  interest  in  all  matters  pertaining  to 
education,  often  serving  as  a  member  of  school 
committees,  or  as  supervisor.  His  will  provides  for 
a  bequest  of  $200  to  Bowdoin  College. 

'44. — Judge  William  Wirt  Virgin  is  critically  ill 
at  his  home  in  Portland. 

'44. — Horatio  Gates  Herrick,  for  twenty-seven 
years  sheriff  of  Essex  County,  Massachusetts,  has 
been  tendered  a  complimentary  dinner  in  recog- 
nition of  his  long  and  honorable  service,  by  ex- 
Chief  Justice  Lincoln  F.  Brigham,  and  other  mem- 
bers of  the  Essex  bar. 

'55. — Hon.  William  L.  Putnam,  Judge  of  the 
U.  S.  Circuit  Court,  is  mentioned  for  minister  to 
the  Court  of  St.  James. 

'56. — Galen  C.  Moses,  of  Bath,  has  been  elected 
one  of  the  directors  of  the  Maine  Mile  Track  Asso- 
ciation. 

'58.— Judge  Richard  S.  Tuthill,  in  a  letter  to  the 
Chicago  Tribune,  speaks  of  the  connection  of  a 
Bowdoin  man,  Alexander  S.  Bradley,  with  the 
famous  Lake- Front  litigation  which  has  recently 
come  to  an  end  by  the  decision  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of   the  United    States.      The   case  was  a 


very  important  one,  as  involving  the  question  of 
state  control  over  public  lands  beneath  harbors. 
The  opinion  of  the  court,  which  was  in  favor  of 
the  city  of  Chicago  and  against  the  claims  of 
the  Illinois  Central  R.  R.,  was  given  by  Mr.  Jus- 
tice Field.  Chief  Justice  Fuller,  '53,  took  no  part 
in  the  hearing,  having  previously  represented  the 
city  of  Chicago  in  the  same  suit  before  a  lower 
court.  Judge  Tuthill  says  of  Mr.  Bradley:  "The 
public  press  has  been  liberal  in  the  bestowal 
of  credit  to  several  of  the  lawyers  concerned  in  be- 
half of  the  city  and  the  public  in  the  Lake-Front 
litigation  now  at  an  end.  Without  derogation  to 
any  of  the  eminent  gentlemen  whose  names  have 
been  mentioned  there  is  certainly  one  other  whose 
services  were,  as  it  seems  to  me  from  a  reading  of 
the  opinion  of  the  court,  beyond  question  preemi- 
nent ;  in  fact,  invaluable.  I  allude  to  Alexander  S. 
Bradley,  Esq.,  of  the  Chicago  bar.  I  had  occasion 
while  United  States  District  Attorney,  by  direction 
of  the  Attorney-General,  to  examine  into  this 
whole  Lake-Front  question  and  made  a  full  report 
(printed),  and  advised  that  the  United  States  be- 
come a  party  to  the  suit  just  decided,  and  thus  I 
became  professionally  interested  in  the  case  and 
have  since  kept  track  of  it  and  followed  the  various 
steps  taken  and  have  become  familiar  with  the  dif- 
ferent arguments  filed  in  the  case.  The  decision  is 
based  upon  the  position  first  taken  and  elaborately 
and  ably  presented  by  Mr.  Bradley  in  thirty-six  (36) 
pages  of  his  printed  argument  which  was  submitted 
in  1887;  that  the  State's  title  to  the  soil  under  the 
navigable  waters  of  Chicago  Harbor  was  as  a  sov- 
ereign in  trust  for  the  public  for  the  purposes  of  a 
public  harbor,  and  that  this  title  so  held  in  trust 
could  not  be  transferred  by  the  Legislature  to  a 
private  corporation,  as  was  attempted  by  the  act  of 
1869.  This  was  a,  if  not  the,  vital  point,  and  is 
that  upon  which  the  Supreme  Court  decided  against 
the  railroad.  The  doctrine  respecting  it  has  been 
heretofore  in  an  undeveloped  state.  Mr.  Bradley 
from  the  first  devoted  his  principal  work  and  most 
of  his  argument  to  that  point,  having  first  procured 
an  amendment  of  the  pleadings  averring  the  special 
nature  of  the  State's  title  to  the  submerged  soil  of 
the  harbor.  The  opinion  of  the  court  singularly 
coincides  with  Mr.  Bradley's  argument,  as  a  com- 
parison of  cited  authorities,  the  arrangement  and 
the  language  of  the  opinion  clearly  show.  Further- 
more, the  briefs  of  the  counsel,  which  have  been 
on  the  shelves  of  the  Law  institute  for  five  years, 
appear  to  warrant  the  statement  that  Mr.  Bradley 
alone  cited  the  authorities  and  made  the  argument 


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205 


on  that  point.  It  has  been  my  understanding  that 
when  the  distinguished  counsel  (now  chief  Justice) 
who  represented  the  city  before  Judges  Harlan  and 
Blodgett  was  retained,  he  was  well  satisfied  to  leave 
the  formal  presentation  of  the  doctrine  to  Mr.  Brad- 
ley, his  long-time  friend  and  fellow  State  and  col- 
lege man,  merely  affirming  it,  as  stated  by  Mr. 
Bradley  to  him,  in  his  own  arguments. 

'60.— Col.  A.  W.  Bradbury  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  in  Boston, 
January  10th. 

'60. — Hon.  Lemuel  G-.  Downs  was  re-elected 
member  of  the  Governor's  Council. 

72. — Geo.  M.  Sieders,  Esq.,  has  been  appointed 
a  member  of  the  Judiciary  Committee  of  the  Maine 
Senate. 

'66.— Dr.  Charles  E.  Webster  died  in  December, 
after  a  brief  illness.  Dr.  Webster  was  born  Febru- 
ary 9,  1841,  and  was  therefore  nearly  fifty-two  years 
of  age.  He  was  a  native  of  Portland,  and  got  his 
early  education  in  the  schools  of  that  city.  He 
graduated  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1866.  Three 
years  later,  in  1869,  he  graduated  from  the  Medical 
School  of  Maine.  He  began  practice  in  Portland, 
and  has  been  located  there  ever  since.  He  was  a 
quiet,  unassuming  man,  eminently  successful  in  his 
profession  and  having  a  very  large  practice.  He 
belonged  to  Beacon  Lodge  and  Machigonne  En- 
campment of  Odd  Fellows,  and  both  the  relief 
organizations.  His  wife,  who  survives  him,  is  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Hanson  M.  Hart,  Esq.  He 
also  leaves  one  son. 

76. — In  the  recent  Boston  city  election  Alpheus 
Sanford  was  elected  alderman  in  the  eighth  district 
by  a  plurality  of  500  votes  over  his  Democratic 
opponent.  Mr.  Sanford  is  a  Republican,  and  has  been 
a  prominent  worker  in  the  party  in  Boston-.  He  is  a 
native  of  North  Attleboro',  and  was  born  July  5, 
1856.  He  received  bis  education  in  the  Boston  Latin 
School  and  Bowdoin  College,  graduating  from  the 
latter  institution  in  the  class  of  1876.  He  has  beeu 
a  member  of  the  Common  Council,  serving  in  that 
body  in  1886.  He  served  in  the  lower  branch  of 
the  Legislature  in  1888  and  1890,  where  he  made 
an  excellent  record.  He  has  been  Secretary  of  the 
Republican  City  Committee  for  the  last  several 
years,  and  has  done  excellent  work  in  that  position. 

77.— Carroll  W.Morrill,  Esq.,  has  been  appointed 
a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Legal  Affairs  in  the 
State  House  of  Representatives. 

'81. — Mr.  Llewellyn  Barton  will  be  a  candidate 
for  the  position  of  State  Assessor,  made  vacant  by 


the  resignation  of  Hon.  B.  F.  Chadbourne.  He  has 
been  prominent  in  the  educational  field,  having 
been  principal  of  Bridgton  Academy  for  five  years. 

'84. —Franklin  P.  Knight,  Carrie  S.  Johnson, 
married,  Saturday,  December  31st,  Woodfords,  Me. 
At  home,  Mechanic  Falls,  Me. 

'89. — A  very  pleasant  wedding  took  place  at 
Rockland  recently,  when  Mr.  Mervyn  A.  Rice  and 
Miss  Ella  Frances  Dow  were  married  at  the  Thorn- 
dike  Hotel.  Rev.  W.  M.  Kimmell,  pastor  of  the 
Universalist  church,  performed  the  ceremony  in  the 
presence  of  a  few  friends  and  relatives.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Rice  left  for  a  two  weeks'  wedding  trip. 
After  their  wedding  trip  they  will  return  to  Rock- 
land and  will  make  their  residence  at  the  Thorn- 
dike.  Mr.  Rice  has  just  beeu  admitted  to  the  Knox 
County  Bar. 

'91. — J.  P.  C'illey,  Jr.,  has  lately  made  his  debut 
as  a  lecturer.  He  spoke  on  Labrador,  before  the 
Piue  Tree  State  Club  of  Cambridgeport. 


Book  r^eviewg. 


(The  Song  of  the  Ancient  People,  by  Edna  Dean 
Proctor,  with  preface  and  notes  by  John  Fiske,  and 
commentary  by  F.  H.  Cushing.  Illustrated  with 
eleven  aqua  tints  by  Julian  Scott.  Houghton, 
Mifflin  &  Co.)  It  is  interesting  to  us  as  a  people  to 
know  that  America,  though  called  the  New  World, 
yet  has  within  its  borders  not  only  well-defined 
proofs  of  the  fact  that  a  prehistoric  race  has  existed, 
but  also  that  there  are  now  living  among  us  in  the 
great  Southwest  direct  descendants  of  this  people. 
The  civilization  of  this  race  corresponds  to  that  of 
the  earlier  Greek  and  other  early  European  civiliza- 
tion, and  in  the  same  manner  their  religion  is 
founded  upon  many  beautiful  myths  aud  supersti- 
tions jealously  guarded  and  handed  down  by  word 
of  mouth.  Miss  Proctor  in  her  poem  clearly  shows 
an  ancient  spirit  and  feeling  fitting  for  the  subject, 
and  has  brought  herself  into  sympathy  with  the 
thought  and  lore  of  the  primitive  people.  She 
touches  lightly  but  pleasantly  upon  their  simple 
myths  and  legends,  making  them  the  principal 
subject  matter  of  the  work.  When  Miss  Proctor 
first  wrote  this  poem  it  was  entitled  the  "Ancient 
People."  But  the  late  poet  Whittier,  upon  hearing 
it  read,  was  so  pleased  that  be  insisted  upon  its 
being  called  the  "Song  of  the  Ancient  People," 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


"  as  we  hear  their  voice  and  feel  their  heart-beat  in 
every  line."  The  preface  by  John  Fiske  is  a  fitting 
introduction  to  the  work,  giving  what  is  known  con- 
cerning the  history  of  the  Pueblo  Indians  and  the 
more  probable  theories  concerning  their  origin.  His 
notes  explain  fully  the  allusions  made  in  the  text 
and  also  the  aqua-tint  illustrations.  The  commen- 
taries by  P.  H.  Cushing  show  a  perfect  knowledge 
of  the  subject  and  set  out  more  at  length  the  tradi- 
tions of  the  people.  The  work  throughout  shows 
the  touch  of  the  master  workman.  Even  the  binding 
is  characteristic,  being  in  old-style  rough  leather 
with  unfinished  edge. 

(Prose  Idyls.  By  John  Albee.  Boston  and  New 
York.  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.)  There  has  been 
and  is  now  such  a  demand  for  short  stories,  sketches, 
and  essays  by  the  press  that  the  reading  public 
have  had  a  chance  to  become  experienced  critics  in 
that  style  of  literature.  So  in  order  for  any  work 
of  that  kind  to  be  a  success  it  must  be  of  the  best, 
both  in  style  and  thought.  Mr.  Albee  in  writing 
his  "  Prose  Idyls"  seems  to  have  undertaken  a  work 
not  well  suited  to  his  style.  His  subjects  and 
thoughts  many  of  them  are  of  the  best,  but  they  too 
often  lose  their  force  and  beauty  by  the  manner  in 
which  they  are  expressed.  The  outward  appear- 
ance of  the  book  is  very  attractive  in  its  modest 
white  and  green  binding,  and  it  is  evidently  intended 
for  a  gift  book. 

(La  Chute.  Victor  Hugo.  Edited  by  H.  C.  0. 
Huss,  Ph.D.  Boston:  D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.  Price, 
30  cents.)  This  interesting  selection  is  taken  from 
Hugo's  "  Les  Miserables,"  furnished  with  introduc- 
tion and  notes.     Bound  in  paper. 


At  the  Ball— On  the  Ball. 

The  rusher  was  strong  in  his  foot-hall  strength 
But  in  dancing  was  not  at  all  clever, 

He'd  no  cleats  on  his  shoes  to  keep  his  feet  firm 
But  wax  on  the  most  slipp'ry  leather. 


In  the  German  he  fell  in  an  awkward  way 
And  ahout  him  his  arms  flew  in  vain. 

His  partner  quite  calmly,  remarked  with  a  smile; 
"  First  down  for  the  'Varsity,  two  feet  to  (re)gain." 
—  Williams  Weekly. 

The  sum  of  all  the  salaries  of  college  professors 
in  annually  $80,000,000. 

President  Harper  declares  that  the  University 
of  Chicago  will  not  have  made  its  first  step  in  his- 
tory until  it  has  secured  $10,000,000. 

There  are  549  students  at  Brown  University. 

The  latest  high  school  publication  in  Maine  is 
the  Oracle,  published  by  the  Bangor  High  School. 
It  contains  a  number  of  interesting  articles,  and 
the  Orient  wishes  it  success. 

University  of  Pennsylvania  has  hired  a  profes- 
sional manager  to  look  after  its  athletic  teams. 

A  $2,500  endowment  to  hire  coachers  for  teams 
has  been  raised  by  the  alumni  of  Northwestern. 

Dismayed. 

He  took  her  out  for  an  ice-cream  treat, 

His  pretty,  blue-eyed  Sal, 
But  fainted  when  he  read  the  sign, 

"  Cream,  ninety  cents  a  gal."  — Ex. 

Prank  A.  Hinkey,  left  end,  will  captain  Yale 
next  year. 

There  are  at  present  600  students  and  119  pro- 
fessors and  tutors  at  the  University  of  Chicago. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  $1,600  was  raised  on 
the  spot  for  a  religious  building.  Since  then  about 
$5,000  has  been  raised. 

Taylor,  first  baseman  on  the  Louisville  league 
nine  last  year,  has  entered  the  Cornell  law  school. 

Prof.  Albert  Harkness,  of  Brown  University,  has 
resigned  the  professorship  of  Greek  at  that  institu- 
tion. He  has  held  the  position  for  thirty-seven 
years. 

The  Wellesley  Shakespeare  Society  intends  to 
build  a  club-house  on  the  model  of  Shakespeare's 
house  at  Stratford-on-Avon. 

Wintry  Joy. 

Now,  the  junior  and  the  co-ed. 

O'er  the  snow  they  fly  in  haste. 
Close  they  press  their  curly  heads 

While  his  arms  entwine  her  waist. 

— Nebraskan. 

The  question  of  putting  a  crew  on  the  water 
this  year  is  being  discussed  at  Brown. 

The  tickets  for  the  joint  debate  between  Harvard 
and  Yale,  to  be  held  in  Saunders  Theatre,  Wednes- 
day evening,  January  18th,  will  be  complimentary. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


207 


Twenty-seven  married  men  attend  the  Univer- 
sity of  Wisconsin. 

The  Princeton-Yale  debate  takes  place  on  March 
15th.  There  will  be  three  speakers  from  each  col- 
lege, each  one  of  these  to  speak  twice,  the  speeches' 
to  be  ten  and  six  minutes  in  length. 

Jno.  D.  Rockefeller  made  the  Chicago  University 
a  Christmas  present  of  one  million  dollars.  This 
makes  three  million  six  hundred  thousand  dollars 
he  has  given  and  the  total  endowment  of  the  Uni- 
versity, $6,500,000,  including  land  and  buildings. 

Connor,  who  played  right  tackle  on  the  Exeter 
team,  has  been  elected  captain  for  next  year. 

Dartmouth  has  received  by  the  will  of  Dr.  Butter- 
worth,  '39,  property  worth  $180,000  for  the  purpose 
of  "  founding  and  forever  maintaining  a  professor- 
ship forgeneral  instruction  in  archaeology,  ethnology, 
and  other  kindred  subjects,  and  for  the  erection  of 
a  building,  to  cost  not  less  than  $30,000,  for  a 
museum  for  these  branches." 

Claude  F.  Wright  of  Loudon,  England,  who  was 
for  three  years  a  pupil  of  the  late  lime.  Blavatsky, 
is  trying  to  form  a  theosophy  club  at  Yale.  He  has 
instituted  one  at  Harvard. 

One  of  the  most  princely  gifts  to  the  cause  of 
education  was  that  made  by  Philip  D.  Armour,  of 
Chicago,  who  recently  gave  that  city  no  less  than 
three  millions  of  dollars,  including  an  elegant  five- 


story  building  for  a  manual  training  school.  It  is 
expected  that  the  school  will  open  September  1, 
1893.  Meanwhile  everything  possible  will  be  done 
towards  making  it  the  greatest  institute  for  manual 
training,  science,  and  art  in  this  country. 

One-third  of  the  university  students  of  Europe 
die  prematurely  from  the  effects  of  bad  habits 
acquired  in  college ;  one-third  die  prematurely  from 
the  effects  of  close  confinement  at  their  studies,  and 
the  other  third  govern  Europe.— Ex. 

The  Russian  imperial  government  has  granted 
$200,000  for  a  medical  school  for  women,  to  be 
established  in  St.  Petersburg. 

Two  Chinese  women  have  entered  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Michigan. 

The  total  membership  of  Greek  letter  societies 
in  the  American  colleges  is  estimated  at  77,000. 

Recitations  at  Oberlin  are  prefaced  by  prayer  or 
singing. 

Among  the  new  courses  introduced  at  Harvard 
this  year  is  one  on  physical  culture,  of  four  years' 
duration.  Its  object  is  to  give  instruction  to  those 
students  wishing  to  teach  that  subject,  and  partic- 
ularly as  an  introduction  to  the  study  of  medicine. 

Alumnus — "Miss  W.,  what  is  Psychology?" 
Miss  W. — "Psychology  is  the  scientific  explanation 
of  what  every  fool  knows." — Ex. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 

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CONTENTS. 
Vol.  XXII.,  No.  13.— February  1,  1893. 

Editorial  Notes, 209 

Jack, 211 

The  Twenty-Fifth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Boston 

Alumni 212 

Like  the  Street  Car, 213 

An  Inter-Fraternity  "Whist  Tournament,       ....  214 

The  Pessioptimist, 214 

Bhyme  and  Reason: 

A  Common  Query 215 

We  All  Know  Her, 215 

A  "Woodland  Echo, 215 

Disappointment,       216 

"What  Puzzled  Her,       • 216 

Nightfall, 216 

Collegii  Tabula 216 

Y.  M.  C.  A., 218 

Personal, 218 

Book  Reviews, 220 

College  World, 221 


Asso- 


ciation informs  us  that  he  is  prepared  to  pre- 
sent his  report,  but  is  delaying  because  some 
of  the  students  have  failed  to  pay  their  sub- 
scriptions yet.  It  is  very  unfortunate  that 
every  year  there  remains  upon  the  books  of 
the  athletic  associations  a  more  or  less  for- 
midable list  of  delinquents  who,  in  a  careless 
manner,  have  pledged  certain  amounts  to  the 
association  and  have  not  fulfilled  their 
promises.  The  treasurers  know  that  it  is 
folly  to  count  these  pledges  as  assets  until 
the  money  has  been  collected,  and  if  they 
drag  over  into  the  next  season  they  are  good 
for  nothing.  It  has  sometimes  been  sug- 
gested that  a  published  list  of  those  who 
refuse  to  pay  their  promised  subscriptions 
would  facilitate  matters.  We  do  not  know 
what  may  be  the  intentions  of  the  several 
managements  this  year,  but  we  would  urge 
those  students  who  have  neglected  to  pay 
their  subscriptions  to  either  of  the  associa- 
tions to  do  so  at  once.  They  should  be 
considered  debts  as  binding  in  their  nature 
as  those  contracted  in  any  other  way. 


TT  IS  not  too  early  for  every  man  who  is 
■^  going  to  appear  in  the  Athletic  Exhibition 
to  fall  to  work  in  earnest.  Do  not  wait  for 
the  manager  to  urge  and  beg  you  to  join  in 
this  work,  but  if  you  can  do  anything  for  the 


210 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


good  of  the  cause  consider  it  your  duty  to 
do  it,  and  do  not  act  as  if  you  were  conferring 
a  favor  upon  the  manager.  The  class  drills 
should  be  attended  to  earlier  than  has  been 
the  custom  in  previous  years.  Every  class 
should  begin  now  to  work  for  the  cup,  and 
by  entering  cheerfully  into  the  contest  make 
sure  that  this  important  feature  of  the  exhi- 
bition will  be  a  success. 


THE  question  of  field  athletics  must  soon 
come  up.  The  attitude  of  the  other  col- 
leges in  the  State  regarding  an  intercollegiate 
field  day  will  probably  be  the  same  this  year 
as  last,  namely,  they  will  probably  decline 
to  join  issue  with  us  in  general  athletics 
unless  we  consent  to  abridge  our  numbers 
by  barring  out  the  Medical  School.  As  for 
holding  a  field  clay  by  ourself,  with  nothing 
further  in  view,  experience  has  proved  that 
not  enough  interest  can  be  aroused  to  make 
even  a  creditable  show  of  records.  Where 
Bowdoin  belongs  is  in  the  New  England 
Association.  We  have  been  told  by  persons 
who  are  familiar  with  the  question  that  if 
Bowdoin  could  enter  this  association  she 
would  immediately  take  a  comparatively 
high  position  among  the  colleges  represented. 
It  is  true  that  the  experiment  was  tried  a  few 
years  ago  without  much  success.  We  should, 
however,  like  to  see  it  tried  again,  and  believe 
that  with  a  few  years  of  hard  work  Bowdoin 
would  be  among  the  leaders.  It  is  true  we 
are  wanting  in  some  of  the  facilities  for  out- 
of-door  athletics,  such  as  a  running  track  for 
instance,  but  these  things  are  more  likely  to 
come  when  it  is  seen  that  they  are  absolutely 
needed.  The  matter  of  the  expense  of  be- 
longing to  the  New  England  Intercollegiate 
Athletic  Association  cannot  be  a  very  im- 
portant consideration.  We  can  see  but  one 
serious  objection  to  joining  this  association. 
That  is  the  difference  in  climate  which  per- 
mits the  more  southern  members  of  the  asso- 
ciation   to    begin    their  out-of-door  training 


several  weeks  ahead  of  us.  But  the  more 
northern  colleges  cannot  be  much  better  off 
than  we  in  this  particular.  We  suppose 
other  arguments  might  be  brought  for  and 
against  the  proposition.  At  any  rate  it  will 
pay  to  consider  if  it  would  not  be  better  for 
Bowdoin  to  seek  admission  into  the  New 
England  Intercollegiate  Athletic  Association 
rather  than  to  fool  with  the  small  local  col- 
leges another  year. 


/10NTRIBUTORS  should  bear  in  mind 
^  that  the  election  of  a  new  Orient  board 
takes  place  in  a  few  weeks,  and  in  electing 
new  members  the  quality  and  quantity  of 
the  work  done  by  contributors  will  be  con- 
sidered. 

Competitors  for  the  prizes  are  requested 
to  have  their  work  in  before  the  first  of 
March. 


TTTHE  Day  of  Prayer  for  Colleges  has  been 
-*■  regarded  by  too  large  a  proportion  of  the 
students  as  merely  a  precious  opportunity 
for  enjoying  a  holiday,  with  even  less  thought 
upon  its  significance  than  it  is  customary  to 
bestow  upon  some  of  our  more  venerable 
but  degenerating  days  of  recreation.  As 
Fast  Day  opens  the  base-ball  season  and 
Thanksgiving  Day  winds  up  the  foot-ball 
season,  it  is  fair  to  suppose  that  as  a  conse- 
quence of  this  indifference  the  college  world 
of  sport  will  eventually  associate  with  this 
sacred  day  some  all-important  event  of  mind 
and  muscle. 

Those,  however,  who  give  thought  to  the 
subject  recognize  the  true  meaning  of  the 
day.  After  such  an  object  lesson  as  that  of 
the  services  of  last  Thursday  it  becomes 
more  apparent  to  them  why  the  churches  of 
the  country  should  take  so  much  interest  in 
colleges.  The  influence  which  a  college-bred 
man  can  exert  in  whatever  community  he  is 
situated  is  being  more  and  more  clearly 
understood.     As  one  of  the  speakers  of  last 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


211 


Thursday  aptly  illustrated,  education  is  now 
not  interpreted  as  a  means  of  raising  one 
above  and  aloof  from  his  fellows,  but  of 
giving  him  a  foothold  from  which  he  can 
exert  an  uplifting  power  upon  the  race. 
This  will  be  better  understood,  both  in  col- 
lege and  out  of  college,  by  studying  such 
examples  as  that  presented  by  the  five  young 
men  who  spoke  to  us  of  the  work  they  have 
undertaken  together  and  are  so  successfully 
accomplishing  in  the  secluded  towns  of  this 
state.  The  Day  of  Prayer  for  Colleges,  if 
it  is  to  engage  the  interest  and  sympathy  of 
college  students,  is  best  observed  in  just  the 
way  it  was  observed  here  last  Thursday. 


Jack. 

IT  WAS  a  beautiful  da}'  in  the  summer  of 
'69  that  I  embarked  in  the  bark  Annie, 
bound  for  China.  The  captain  of  this  trim- 
looking  craft  was  a  very  pleasant  old  man, 
and  he  possessed  one  of  those  even-tempered, 
sunny  dispositions,  which  never  fail  to  win 
the  confidence  as  well  as  the  hearty  good-will 
and  respect  of  a  crew.  After  getting  every- 
thing ready  preparatory  to  the  long  voyage 
before  us,  we  set  sail,  and  soon  I  began  to 
get  acquainted  with  the  rest  of  the  crew,  who 
were  to  be  my  companions  and  messmates. 

It  did  not  require  a  great  while  for  me  to 
find  out  who  would  be  likely  to  become  my 
friends.  There  was  Sandy  McGrath,  who 
was  a  Scotchman  as  his  name  implies,  and 
Bill  Glines,  with  whom  I  became  fast  friends. 
They  were  both  rough  men,  Sandy  being  a 
big,  good-natured  man  who  had  lived  on  the 
sea  for  sixteen  years,  and  Bill  being  a  tough 
and  burly  fellow,  who  was  at  times  somewhat 
addicted  to  drink. 

We  had  considerable  leisure  time  in  which 
to  get  acquainted  during  the  first  week,  the 
weather  being  fine  and  the  winds  favorable. 
On  the  third  day  out,  however,  our  troubles 
commenced.     The  previous  day  in  the  fore- 


noon, one  of  the  men  found  a  stowaway  and 
brought  him  before  the  captain,  who  was  as 
kind  to  the  boy  as  he  could  be  under  the 
circumstances.  The  life  of  a  stowaway  on 
board  ship  is  not  a  very  pleasant  one  gener- 
ally, and  that  of  Jack,  as  he  was  called  by 
all,  was  no  exception  to  the  rule.  He  was  a 
slight,  well-formed  boy,  who  could  go  up  the 
ratlines  like  a  cat,  and  in  a  few  days  proved 
himself  to  be  quicker  than  any  man  on  the 
ship.  He  took  a  fancy  to  me  from  the  very 
first  and  I  soon  learned  all  about  him  from 
his  own  lips.  He  had  left  home  because  he 
was  abused  by  a  drunken  father.  His  own 
mother,  he  told  me,  was  dead,  and  his  step- 
mother did  not  seem  to  care  for  him. 
He  had  a  photo  of  his  own  mother  inside  his 
Bible,  neatly  done  up  in  his  pack,  and  a 
handsome  woman  she  must  have  been,  judg- 
ing from  her  picture.  Jack  was  a  handsome 
young  fellow  himself,  with  dreamy  blue  eyes 
and  light  hair.  He  was  very  quiet  and  spoke 
to  no  one  except  me,  unless  he  was  first 
spoken  to.  I  found  him  now  and  then  read- 
ing the  Bible,  and  once  I  caught  him  looking 
at  his  mother's  picture  and  crying, — he  was 
only  a  boy  fourteen  years  old,  but  I  tell  you 
when  I  saw  that  boy  looking  at  the  picture 
and  crying,  it  set  me  to  thinking,  and  some- 
how a  big  lump  rose  in  my  throat  as  I 
thought  of  her  who  cared  for  me  and  brought 
me  up  in  that  distant  New  England  town 
where  I  was  born.  After  that  I  became  the 
boy's  fast  friend. 

On  the  third  day  out  the  captain  was 
taken  sick  with  a  sudden  attack  of  fever,  and 
notwithstanding  the  constant  care  and  careful 
nursing  of  the  ship's  surgeon,  he  died.  It 
was  a  sudden  blow  to  all ;  the  ship  was  silent 
and  the  whole  crew  looked  at  each  other  in 
sadness.  We  buried  the  captain  in  the  sea 
and  then  our  troubles  began  in  good  earnest. 
The  first  mate,  who  had  always  seemed  rather 
a  surly,  gruff  man,  soon  showed  us  that  we 
were  going  to  have  far  from  a  pleasant  voyage 


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under  his  r.ule.  He  was  domineering  and 
ugly,  and  seemed  to  vent  the  most  of  his  bad 
temper  on  the  boy  Jack.  I  stood  up  for  him 
as  much  as  I  dared,  but  it  did  not  do  any 
good.  He  was  kicked  and  cuffed  from  morn- 
ing till  night,  and  yet  no  one  heard  a  word 
of  complaint  from  his  lips. 

One  day,  when  the  wind  was  coming  up 
strong  and  there  was  every  indication  of  a 
storm,  the  mate  was  feeling  especially  ugly, 
being  somewhat  under  the  influence  of  drink. 
The  foretop-gallant  sail  had  to  be  furled,  and 
he  sent  the  bojr,  with  a  kick,  to  do  it.  He 
ran  up  the  lines  faster  than  any  of  us  could 
have  done,  but  still  the  mate  swore  at  him 
for  being  so  slow.  In  trying  to  hurry  he 
missed  his  footing  and  fell ;  then  we  saw  a 
slight  form  fly  through  the  air, — a  splash, 
and  our  stowaway  was  no  more.  We  were 
flying  along  in  front  of  the  wind,  and  it 
would  have  been  useless  to  have  tried  to  get 
back,  with  a  boat,  where  the  lad  struck  the 
waves.  We  all  felt  badly  except  the  mate, 
who  did  not  seem  to  care.  After  he  had 
stormed  around  a  while  he  went  below. 

Things  went  on  quite  smoothly  during 
the  remainder  of  the  voyage  until  our  return 
trip.  We  had  nearly  reached  the  place 
where  the  boy  Jack  went  overboard,  when 
another  gale  struck  us,  and  we  were  ordered 
to  get  everything  into  shape.  All  the  sails 
having  been  furled  except  the  flying  jib,  the 
mate  ordered  one  of  the  sailors  aloft.  He 
ran  up  a  little  way,  but  came  down  again 
quicker  than  he  went  up.  The  mate  cursed 
him,  but  he  refused  to  go  up  again.  As 
he  was  a  quick-motioned  fellow  and  a  good 
sailor  the  others  were  reluctant  to  try  it, 
when  they  saw  him  fail.  The  mate  then 
called  for  volunteers,  and  after  a  few  moments 
Sandy  McGrath  stepped  forward.'  He  was 
an  old  sailor,  but  the  wind  was  blowing  at  a 
high  rate,  making  the  ascent  rather  risky  for 
an  old  man.  He  did  not  get  as  far  as  the 
first  man  did,  however,  and  came  back  with 


a  white  face,  and  I  noticed  that  he  was 
breathing  hard.  Then  I  stepped  forward, 
resolved  to  go  up  any  how,  not  understand- 
ing the  reason  why  the  others  did  not  do  it. 
I  got  about  half  way,  when,  upon  looking 
up,  I  saw  the  boy  Jack  sitting  on  the  yard 
and  motioning  for  me  to  go  back.  He  kept 
saying,  "  Don't  come  up — Don't  come  up," 
and  when  I  saw  the  look  in  those  eyes,  I 
went  down  again  in  a  hurry.  When  I  came 
back,  as  the  others  had  done,  the  mate  cursed 
us  all  for  a  set  of  landlubbers.  No  one 
stirred  or  offered  to  furl  that  sail,  however, 
and  the  mate  swore  he  would  do  it  himself. 
When  he  was  half  way  up  we  saw  him  pause, 
and  then  we  could  all  distinctly  see  the 
figure  sitting  on  the  yard,  beckoning  to  the 
mate,  and  heard  it  saying,  "  Come  up — Come 
up."  The  mate  kept  on,  and  when  he 
reached  the  yard  we  saw  him  totter ;  the 
next  instant  there  was  a  splash,  and  the  mate 
was  gone.  We  were  a  silent  and  awe-struck 
crew,  as  we  gazed  upon  the  waves  that  closed 
over  him.  Whenever  any  of  us  spoke  of 
that  voyage  in  '69  afterward,  he  thought 
always  of  the  boy  Jack  and  the  mysterious 
sight  he  saw  during  that  memorable  gale. 


The  Twenty-Fifth  Annual  Meet- 
ing of  the  Boston  Alumni. 
TITHE  Boston  Alumni  Association  held  its 
A  .  twenty-fifth  annual  meeting  and  banquet 
at  the  Parker  House,  Wednesday,  January 
25th.  At  the  business  meeting,  held  shortly 
after  five  o'clock,  these  officers  were  elected  : 
President,  E.  P.  Loring,  '61 ;  Vice-President, 
D.  C.  Linscott,  '54 ;  Secretary,  A.  T.  Parker, 
'76;  Assistant  Secretary,  E.  U.  Curtis,  '82; 
Executive  Committee,  Henry  Stone, '52,  F.A. 
Hill,  '62,  G.  L.  Chandler,  '68,  D.  O.  S.  Lowell, 
'74,  W.  E.  Hatch,  '75,  F.  V.  Wright,  '76, 
W.  W.  Towle,  '82. 

Immediately  after  adjournment  seats  were 
taken    around   the   banquet  board.      There 


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were  present  as  guests  Professors  H.  L.  Chap- 
man and  F.  C.  Robinson  of  the  Bowdoin 
faculty. 

It  was  the  largest  meeting  of  the  alumni 
since  the  organization  of  the  association,  and 
among  those  present  were  a  number  whose 
locks  were  of  snowy  whiteness  and  whose 
forms  were  bent  beneath  the  weight  of  many 
years.  Among  these  were  G.  S.  Newcomb, 
'48;  George  O.  Robinson,  '49;  Henry  Hyde 
Smith, '54;  Henry  Stone, '52;  H.  E.  East- 
man, '48 ;  D.  C.  Linscott,  '54 ;  W,  W.  Rice, 
'46;    and  Egbert  C.  Smith, '48. 

The  after-dinner  exercises  were  begun  by 
the  singing  of  "  St.  Martin's,"  after  which 
the  president  addressed  the  alumni.  He  gave 
an  historical  sketch  of  Bowdoin. 

He  was  glad  to  announce  that  the  college 
was  never  in  a  more  prosperous  condition. 
One  of  the  best  tests,  he  said,  of  the  standing 
of  a  college  is  the  number  of  men  it  sends 
out  noted  for  their  capacity  and  ability.  In 
this  regard  Bowdoin  stands  almost  without 
a  competitor. 

Prof.  Robinson,  class  of  '73,  of  the  scien- 
tific department,  in  responding  to  "The  Col- 
lege," spoke  of  the  new  scientific  building 
that  the  college  has  in  prospect,  which  would 
be  second  to  no  similar  structure  in  the 
country.  Work  will  begin  as  soon  as  the 
plans  are  ready.  This  structure  will  be  com- 
plete in  all  its  details,  and  far  superior  to  the 
scientific  building  at  Yale  and  many  of  the 
larger  colleges  and  universities. 

The  art  building  is  now  finished,  so  far  as 
the  exterior  is  concerned,  but  no  provision 
has  been  made  for  the  furnishings  and  fittings, 
and  the  speaker  threw  out  a  stray  hint  that  the 
alumni  could  keep  this  fact  before  their  minds. 

While  Prof.  Robinson  was  speaking,  Judge 
Putnam,  '55,  of  the  United  States  Circuit 
Court  of  Appeals,  entered  the  room  and  was 
received  with  hearty  and  long-continued 
applause.  He  was  escorted  to  the  head  of 
the  table  by  Mr.  W.  W.  Rice. 


Mr.  Edward  Stanwood,  class  of  '61,  well 
known  to  the  literary  world  as  one  of  the 
editors  of  the  Youth? s  Companion,  was  enthu- 
siastically received  as  he  arose.  He  said:  "If 
one  wishes  to  see  good  all-round  men,  then 
look  at  Bowdoin  graduates.  Our  college 
makes  it  a  point  to  give  her  students  such 
a  training  that  when  he  goes  out  into  the 
world  as  a  man  of  letters,  a  lawyer,  a  doctor 
or  the  follower  of  any  other  profession,  he 
is  enabled  to  make  his  mark  in  the  world." 

A  letter  was  then  read  by  the  president 
from  the  oldest  living  alumuus,  Thomas  T. 
Stone,  who  was  born  in  1801  and  graduated 
in  the  class  of  '20.  He  was  at  one  time  a 
well-known  minister  and  had  lectured  in  the 
Howell  Institute.  Other  letters  of  regret 
were  read  from  Cyrus  A.  Bartol  and  C.  C. 
Everett. 

The  speaking  was  continued  by  Mr.  W. 
W.  Rice,  George  R.  Swasey,  Esq.,  Prof. 
Chapman  and  others,  and  the  exercises  closed 
with  the  singing  of  college  songs. 


Like  the  Street  Car. 
"TTELLO,  Prime!"  said  a  young  Har- 
J  *■  vard  graduate  to  a  former  classmate, 
who  had  entered  a  Brookline  electric  car 
just  before  him.  "  Haven't  seen  you  for  six 
months.  How  are  you  Jack?  What  are 
you  doing?  " 

"  Nothing,"  replied  Jack,  sadly.  "I  can't 
find  anybody  who  needs  my  talented  help." 

"Well,  now,  I  say  that's  odd.  You,  the 
first  scholar  in  the  class,  can't  find  anything 
to  do  !  Why,  I  should  have  expected  that 
you  would  have  been  bored  to  death  refus- 
ing applications  for  your  services." 

"  No,  Jim.  I  have  come  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  a  college  class  is  a  good  deal  like 
this  street  car  when  it  starts  up  at  the  Tre- 
mont  House.  There  are  a  good  many  more 
get  honors  than  get  offers." 


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An  Inter-Fraternity  Whist  Tourn- 
ament. 
TT7HE  dreary  winter  term,  with  its  short  days 
■*•  and  long  evenings,  is  now  well  begun. 
The  ever  active  brain  of  the  student  is  taxed 
to  its  utmost  to  devise  means  by  which  to 
relieve  the  monotony  of  the  hours  from  eight 
to  eleven  in  the  evening.  Rare  are  the  first- 
class  entertainments  which  he  finds  it  con- 
venient to  attend.  Skating,  practically,  is 
over.  Society  night  is  but  one  in  seven. 
The  inevitable  for  many  seems  to  be  several 
evenings  of  each  week  spent  in  the  "  end  " 
with  promise  of  a  dull  time.  But  not  so. 
Up  the  stairs  goes  a  stentorian  voice,  "  Freshie, 
come  down  for  a  game  of  whist."  And  why 
not  ?  This  is  decidedly  one  of  the  best  and 
most  attractive  of  our  few  popular  games. 
Of  endless  variety,  ever  new  and  ever  inter- 
esting, affording  ample  opportunity  for  deep 
study  and  thought,  it  well  merits  the  great 
popularity  in  which  it  is  manifestly  held 
throughout  the  rooms  and  at  the  clubs.  It 
has  been  estimated  that  about  one-half  of  the 
students  understand  the  game  to  a  greater 
or  less  extent,  and  among  these  are  many 
fine  players. 

What  is  needed  is  a  well-arranged  tourn- 
ament. As  a  means  of  promoting  fellowship 
among  the  fraternities,  this  would  be  of  no 
inconsiderable  value.  To  increase  still  more 
the  interest  in  the  game  itself,  nothing  could 
be  better.  Friendly  competition  always  en- 
livens and  augments  the  interest  of  an  oc- 
casion. Other  benefits  to  be  derived  from 
such  an  arrangement  are  apparent  to  all,  and 
need  not  be  reviewed  here.  Various  plans 
for  the  tournament  might,  of  course,  be  sug- 
gested, but  the  one  which  would  seem  to 
offer  the  most  advantages,  and  which  would, 
I  believe,  prove  by  far  the  most  interesting 
is  that  of  an  inter-fraternity  organization. 
From  each  society  there  should  be  chosen, 
either  by  vote  or  by  competitive  playing,  two 
persons  to  represent  its  members;  also  the 


non-society  men  should  choose  two  students 
to  represent  them  in  the  tournament.  A 
schedule  should  then  be  arranged,  and  each 
pair  of  players  compete  in  turn,  with  all 
the  others,  the  two  being  declared  winners 
who  have  scored  the  highest  per  cent. 

All  that  is  needed  to  make  this  tourna- 
ment an  assured  thing  and  a  great  success, 
is  that  a  few  Seniors  or  Juniors,  who  feel  an 
interest  in  the  game,  should  select  a  commit- 
tee to  interview  the  various  fraternities,  and 
make  the  few  necessary  .arrangements.  That 
much  interest  will  be  manifested  among  those 
who  play  the  game,  when  the  subject  is  once 
properly  introduced  by  this  committee,  may 
be  safely  assumed.  The  affair  should  not 
be  looked  upon  as  an  experiment  from  which 
disastrous  results  are  to  be  exrjected,  if 
everything  does  not  work  exactly  as  antici- 
pated. It  is  merely  a  question  of  whether  or 
not  it  is  desirable  to  create  a  greater  interest 
in  the  game  by  immediately  taking  the  in- 
itiatory step  towards  a  tournament  which 
will  not  only  prove  interesting  to  its  partici- 
pants, but  lead  to  a  better  game  of  whist  for 
the  future. 


PAVE  you  ever  been  obliged  to  do  any- 
thing you  didn't  want  to,  when  you 
were  feeling  rather  less  than  half  alive,  and 
wished  that  the  task  which  loomed  up  before 
you  was  miles  and  miles  from  your  reach? 
Of  course  you  have.  Everybody  has.  That 
is  the  predicament  of  the  Pessioptimist  just 
at  present,  but  he  realizes  how  imposingly 
and  unsympathetically  his  Nemesis,  the  Man- 
aging Editor,  will  frown  upon  him  should  he 
fail  to  grind  out  the  usual  amount  of  literary 
gems,  grits  his  teeth,  knits  his  brow,  and  with 
an  unrelentless  stab  at  the  inkstand,  sets 
about  his  task. 


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The  Pessioptimist  had  a  chat  with  one  of 
the  members  of  the  Senior  class  the  other 
day.  You  know  it  is  always  pleasant  to  tell 
what  you  would  do  were  you  to  do  a  thing 
over  again. 

"  I  don't  believe  in  specializing  in  col- 
lege," said  the  aforesaid  Senior,  who  by  the 
way  has  made  a  specialty  of  one  study 
throughout  his  course.  "I  believe  I  could 
have  gotten  far  more  out  of  my  course  if  I 
had  made  a  different  selection  and  taken 
studies  of  a  more  general  nature." 

The  Pessioptimist  agrees  with  him  per- 
fectly. To  my  mind  college  is  the  place  to 
broaden  the  mind.  The  man  when  first  he 
enters  is  not  liable  to  be  overburdened  with 
ideas.  The  object  of  his  course  is  to  add 
new  ones  to  those  which  he  already  pos- 
sesses, not  to  select  one  from  his  old  stock 
and  say :  "  I  will  go  to  work  on  this  line. 
I  know  something  about  this  and  I  don't 
about  the  other."  And  he  never  will  if  this 
is  the  way  he  reasons.  The  Pessioptimist's 
rule  is:  Broaden  yourself  while  in  college; 
specialize  afterward. 

***** 

A  chemically-inclined  Senior  undertook 
more  of  a  job  in  the  laboratory  recently  than 
he  could  carry  out.  He  was  attempting  to 
obtain  a  solution  of  tin,  and  had  worked  long 
and  faithfully  without  the  faintest  results. 
After  he  had  labored  for  a  sufficient  length 
of  time  explanations  were  in  order,  and  it 
was  discovered  that  his  mischievously-inclined 
neighbor  had  put  a  goodly  dose  of  Brunswick 
sand  into  the  test-tube  upon  which  the  victim 
of  the  joke  had  so  assiduously  been  heating. 
*     *     *     *     * 

Bowdoin  songs  are  conspicuous  only  by 
their  absence.  The  only  characteristic  song 
that  Bowdoin  can  lay  claim  to  is  "  Phi  Chi," 
and  that  has  a  place  in  other  colleges.  More- 
over, it  is  a  "back  number."  "  Phi  Chi"  is 
dead,  or  if  not  already  dead  is  so  near  it  that 


we  only  hear  now  and  then  of  a  spasmodic 
heart-beat.  The  yell  question  has  been 
agitated  to  no  purpose.  The  song  question 
has  not  received  so  much  attention,  although 
no  less  deserving.  Can't  some  brilliant  genius 
find  a  way  to  solve  both  and  make  of  Bow- 
doin's  rejuvenation  one  in  outward  appear- 
ances as  well  as  inward  fact. 


A  Common  Query. 

There  is  a  simple  question 
That  fills  me  with  chagrin, 

'Tis  this  interrogation : 

"When  does  your  school  begin?" 


We  All  Know  Her. 

I  know  a  maid  as  fair  and  sweet 

As  any  half-blown  rose  ; 
Her  cheek  would  put  a  peach  to  shame, 

(Or  any  fruit  that  grows). 

Her  teeth  are  pearls,  her  eyes  are  stars, 
Her  chin  divinely  wrought. 

Her  name?  Ah  no,  you  don't,  my  boy, 
I'm  not  so  easy  caught. 

You  kuow  as  well  as  I  this  maid 
Whom  I  have  painted  here, 

Or  else  you've  never  felt  the  pang 
Of  Baby  Cupid's  spear. 


A  Woodland  Echo. 

Within  the  forest's  arms,  asleep, 
I  lay  wbere  shadow'd  waters  ran, 

And  lost  in  mystic  dreaming  deep, 
I  heard  the  woodland  pipes  of  Pan. 

Then  one  by  one,  the  nympbs,  fair-haired, 
And  twin'd  with  sunny  garlands  gay, 

Troop'd  forth  from  unseen  caves  and  shared 
Tbe  burden  of  the  Satyr's  lay. 

And  glist'ning  bands  of  those  who  dwell 
Beneath  tbe  bosom  of  the  stream, 

Stole  out,  o'ercome  'neatli  music's  spell, 
To  add  their  voices  to  my  dream. 


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The  rustling  leaves,  the  waving  fern, 
Half  hid  a  Dryad  or  a  Faun; 

While  high  in  heaven  the  dim  stars  burn 
'Mid  flush  of  rosy-fingered  Dawn. 

The  wandering  huntress'  mellow  call 
Awoke  the  slumbering  hills  from  rest, 

And  foot-prints  were,  'mid  grasses  tall, 
Where  Venus'  snow-white  feet  had 
pressed. 

The  roaming  Zephyr's,  whispering  low 
Of  loving  gods  whose  tender  care 

Still  shielded  earth  from  pain  and  woe, 
With  gentle  murm'rings  stirred  the  air. 

Thus  Fancy's  sparkling  robe  was  flung 
O'er  me  in  sylvan  dreaming  wild; 

The  tuneful  stars  of  morn  were  young, 
And  mother  earth  was  yet  a  child. 


Disappointment. 

Maiden  modest,  mild  and  gentle, 
Teeth  of  pearl,  and  lips  of  rose-bud; 
Form  divine,  and  face  bewitching; 
What's  the  song  that  you  are  singing, 
Wafted  to  me  through  the  zephyrs? 
Surely  'tis  the  song  of  sirens, 
That  of  old  wrought  wreck  and  ruin. 
Sure,  my  heart  will  be  a  ruin 
If  I  listen  to  it  longer. 

Ah  !     I  catch  the  mellow  chorus, 
Dying  softly  as  it  echoes. 
Gods  !  can  't  be  my  ears  hear  rightly? 
These  the  words  her  sweet  lips  utter  ? 
These  that  drive  me  to  distraction  ? 
'I'm  the  man  that  wrote  Ta-ra-ra- Boom -de-ay. 


What  Puzzled  Her. 

To  pass  away  a  pleasant  hour, 

Inclined  to  reminisce, 
I  tried,  with  tales  of  college  life, 

To  please  a  winsome  Miss. 
I  told  of  many  a  frolic  wild, 

Mad  escapades  galore; 
Of  "grinds"  put  up  on  fellow-men, 

Of  thirst  for  Freshman  gore. 

To  all  my  wild,  soul-stirring  tale 
She  lent  a  charming  ear, 

And  as  I  finished,  thus  she  spoke : 
"I  wish  you'd  tell  me,  dear, 


Where  are  the  teachers  of  your  school, 
That  you  should  laugh  and  play, 

And  never  of  your  lessons  think, 
Through  all  the  live-long  day?" 

Nightfall. 

I  floated  on  the  tide  at  close  of  day — 

The  ripples  softly  lapped  the  sandy  shore, 
The  quiet  water  held  the  listless  oar, 
.  The  sunset  crimson  faded  slow  away. 
Now  drowsy  quiet  falls  upon  the  bay, 

And  evening,  thrusting  twilight  on  before  : 
A  chill  steals  silently  the  pavement  o'er 
Of  darkling  waters  and  of  sea-sand  gray, 
And,  one  by  one,  faint  glimm'ring  lamp- 
lights reach 
Their  thin  rays  forth  from  huts  upon  the 
beach. 
Warned  by  the  lights  I  lift  the  lazy  oar 
And  pull,  o'er  waters  black  and  ebbing 
tide, 
In  thoughtful  silence  to  the  further  shore, 
To  cheerful  home  and  glowing  fireside. 


Jones,   P.    Shaw,   and 

F.  M.  Shaw,  '93,  and  J.  T. 

Shaw,  '95,  all  went  home  ill  last  week. 

Dana,  '94,  had  an  acute  attack  of 

tonsilitis  last  week. 

Profs.  Robinson,  Chapman,  Hough- 
ton, Farnsworth,  Hutchins,  and  Lee,  all   gave  one 
or  more  adjourns  during  the  past  fortnight. 
The  Medical  term  begins  to-morrow. 
Professor    Chapman    lectured    at    Farmington 
January  20th. 

Fairbanks,  '95,  has  been  elected  captain  of  the 
foot-hall  team  for  1 893. 

President  Hyde  and  Mrs.  Hyde   spent  several 
days  in  Boston  recently. 

Swan,  '96,  was  taken  into  e  A  x  at  a  special 
initiative  two  weeks  ago. 

Professor  Farnsworth's  illness  recently    ave  the 
Junior  German  division  an  "adjourn." 


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Bliss,  '94,  went  home,  last  Thursday,  ill  with 
the  mumps. 

A  A  *  has  refitted  its  hall  and  duly  celebrated 
that  event  on  the  third  Friday  of  the  term. 

The  Junior  German  division  has  finished  Schill- 
er's Ballads  and  is  now  reading  William  Tell. 

Burnham,  '96,  has  taken  a  school  in  Biddeford, 
and  began  his  pedagogical  career  last  Monday. 

The  A  A  $  Club  has  changed  its  boarding  place 
from  Mrs.  Kaler's  to  Mrs.  Eaton's  on  Noble  Street. 

Professor  and  Mrs.  Little  gave  an  enjoyable 
party  at  their  home  January  20th.  About  a  dozen 
students  were  present.  , 

The  Boston  Alumni  Association  held  a  very 
pleasant  reunion  last  week.  Professors  Chapman 
and  Robinson  were  among  the  speakers. 

The  Ammen  Harbor  Defense  Ram  will  be 
launched  at  Bath,  soon.  Extra  trains  will  be  run 
and  an  immense  crowd  is  expected. 

Professor  Robinson  has  been  at  Chicago,  the 
past  few  days,  getting  ideas  for  the  scientific  build- 
ing from  that  at  the  University  of  Chicago. 

Professors  Wells  and  Houghton  delivered  lect- 
ures recently  in  the  Phi  Rho  Course  at  Bath.  Pro- 
fessor Houghton's  lecture  was  illustrated  by  Pro- 
fessor Lee  with  his  stereopticon. 

Paderewski's  piano  recitals  drew  very  large 
houses  during  his  Portland  engagement.  Nearly  a 
hundred  were  present  from  Brunswick,  a  large  pro- 
portion of  them  from  the  college. 

The  College  Quartette,  consisting  of  Lord, 
Peaks,  Dana,  and  Willard,  has  arranged  for  three 
concerts.  January  31st  they  sing  at  Strong ;  Feb- 
ruary J  st,  at  Temple;  February  2d,  at  New  Vineyard. 

Owing  to  the  absence  of  President  Hyde  Pro- 
fessor Chapman  had  charge  of  the  chapel  exercises 
Sunday,  January  22d.  He  spoke  on  the  topic,  "Is 
Education  a  Failure?"  and  gave  one  of  the  most 
interesting  and  valuable  talks  of  the  year. 

The  latest  addition  to  the  college  associations 
and  clubs  comes  in  the  shape  of  a  German  Club, 
meeting  weekly.  Only  German  is  spoken,  and  the 
few  meetings  which  have  been  held  have  been  full 
of  interest.  Mr.  Farnsworth  is  among  the  dozen 
members. 

Mr.  Tolman,  whose  illness  proves  to  be  due 
largely  to  overwork,  has  decided  to  take  a  rest, 
as  advised  by  his  physician.  He  will  spend  the 
remainder  of  the  term  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 


State,  and  hopes  to  be  able  to  return  to  his  college 
work  during  the  spring  term. 

The  third  themes  of  the  term  are  due  February  1st. 
Subjects  are  as  follows:  Juniors:  1— Ought  Foreign 
Immigration  to  be  Restricted  for  One  Tear?  2 — 
Shall  Bowdoin  Enter  the  New  England  Intercolle- 
giate Athletic  Association?  3— Benefits  to  be  De- 
rived from  the  Study  of  Logic.  Sophomore:  1— The 
Sunday  Opening  of  the  World's  Fair.  2— A 
View  of  the  Gymnasium  During  a  Class  Drill. 
3 — Bryant's  Thanatopsis. 

The  matter  of  joining  the  New  England  Inter- 
collegiate Athletic  Association  has  begun  to  be 
talked  of.  Track  athletics  are  not  nearly  so  expen- 
sive as  some  other  branches,  yet  are  productive  of 
fully  as  much  glory  to  the  successful  college. 
Doubtless  a  meeting  will  soon  be  called  to  take 
action  concerning  this  matter,  since  the  represen- 
tatives of  the  college  belonging  to  the  association 
meet  some  time  this  month. 

The  Banjo,  Guitar,  and  Glee  Club,  assisted  by 
T.  H.  Gately,  Jr.,  '92,  yodler,  of  Portland,  will  give 
a  concert  at  Freeport,  Wednesday  evening,  Febru- 
ary 8th.  Tickets  35  cents.  This  will  afford  an 
excellent  opportunity  for  any  of  the  students  who 
desire  to  hear  them.  Reduced  rates  have  been  ob- 
tained on  Maine  Central  between  Brunswick  and 
Freeport,  for  those  holding  concert  tickets.  Tickets 
can  be  obtained  of  A.  P.  Ward,  '96. 

The  Glee  and  Banjo  Club  is  organized  as  follows  : 
Lord  and  Peaks,  first  tenor;  Clifford  and  Clough, 
second  tenor;  Dana  and  May,  first  bass;  Thomp- 
son and  Willard,  second  bass  ;  P.  M.  Shaw,  Baxter, 
Bryant,  Coburn,  M.  S.  Dyer,  banjos;  Bliss  and 
J.  T.  Shaw,  guitars.  Lord  is  leader  and  Clifford 
business  manager.  The  club  will  appear  at  Free- 
port,  February  8th,  and  at  Saco,  February  15th. 
It  will  also  probably  give  an  entertainment  in  Bath 
in  the  near  future. 

The  work  for  the  Athletic  Exhibition  has  begun 
in  earnest.  In  some  departments  matters  do  not 
look  quite  so  hopeful  as  they  might.  We  shall 
miss  some  of  the  men  we  had  last  year,  but  there 
is  material  enough  in  college  to  fill  their  places  if 
there  were  sufficient  enthusiasm  to  develop  it. 
The  leaders  of  the  various  squads  are  as  follows : 
horizontal  bar  work,  Foster;  parallel  bar  work, 
Machan;  tumbling,  Bucknam;  Pyramids,  Machan ; 
and  boxing  and  wrestling,  A.  Chapman. 

Last  Thursday,  being  the  Day  of  Prayer  for 
Colleges,  was  observed  as  a  holiday.  In  the  morn- 
ing the  celebrated  "  Andover  Baud"  spoke  in  Lower 


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Memorial  concerning  their  work  in  Franklin  County. 
The  band  consists  of  two  Bowdoin  men,  0.  D. 
Sewall,  '87,  and  E.  R.  Stearns,  '89,  and  three  Will- 
iams men,  J.  C.  Gregory,  E.  R.  Smith,  and  W.  W. 
Rainey.  In  au  interesting  way  they  described  the 
different  phases  of  the  problem  that  they  are  trying 
to  solve  and  the  ways  in  which  they  are  working. 
The  college  choir  furnished  music. 


Thursday,  January  26th,  being  the  day  set  apart 
for  prayer  for  colleges,  recitations  were  suspended 
and  the  day  observed  with  appropriate  exercises. 
It  is  a  good  time  for  us  to  consider  the  significance 
of  the  day  and  what  it  means  to  us  as  college  stu- 
dents. We  can  profitably  examine  ourselves  and 
ask  if  we  are  each  doing  our  part  towards  extend- 
ing or  even  sustaining  the  Christian  influence  here 
at  Bowdoin. 

In  the  morning  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  held  a  short 
prayer  and  consecration  meeting,  at  which  an 
earnest,  prayerful  spirit  prevailed. 

The  forenoon  exercises  were  a  departure  from 
the  usual  custom  of  having  a  single  address.  Instead 
we  had  the  pleasure  of  listening  to  au  account  of 
the  work  that  is  being  done  in  the  towns  of  Franklin 
County  by  the  Andover  Band.  The  several  addresses 
gave  us  a  clearer  view  of  the  excellent  opportunities 
for  work  all  around  us,  and  of  the  advantages  and 
power  of  genuine  and  personal  Christian  fellowship. 


'44.— Judge  William  Wirt  Virgin 
1  died  at  his  residence  in  Portland, 
Monday  morning,  January  23d,  at  five 
minutes  past  twelve.  His  funeral  took 
place  at  Congress  Square  Church,  Wednesday  after- 
noon at  two  o'clock.  The  services  were  conducted 
by  Rev.  Dr.  Blanchard.  All  the  remaining  judges 
of  the  Maine  Supreme  Court  acted  as  pall  bearers. 
The  funeral  was  attended  by  the  Loyal  Legion,  the 
Grand    Army,  the   Cumberland    Bar   Association, 


and  representatives  from  the  other  bars  of  the 
State,  from  the  Masonic  bodies  of  the  city, 
the  Governor  and  Council,  and  a  committee  rep- 
resenting the  Maine  Senate  and  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives. 

William  Wirt  Virgin  was  born  at  Rumford, 
September  18,  1823.  He  fitted  for  college  at 
Bridgton  and  Bethel  Academies,  and  graduated 
from  Bowdoin  College  in  1844.  Judge  Virgin 
studied  law  with  his  father  at  Rumford,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1847.  He  began  prac- 
tice in  Norway,  where  he  had  his  office  until  1871. 
During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  took  an  active 
interest  in  the  Union  cause,  and  in  1862  he  raised 
the  23d  Maine  Regiment,  five  companies  from 
Oxford  and  five  from  Androscoggin  County.  This 
regiment  he  commanded  through  the  nine  mouths 
of  its  service,  which  was  spent  in  the  defense  of 
Washington.  He  gained  a  high  reputation  for  the 
discipline  and  efficiency  of  his  command,  although 
no  very  trying  service  fell  to  its  lot.  While  practic- 
ing in  Norway,  Judge  Virgin  was  three  times  elected 
county  attorney  of  Oxford  County,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  State  Senate  in  1865-66,  the  latter 
year  as  its  President.  The  same  year  he  was  ap- 
pointed reporter  of  decisions,  a  position  which  he 
held  until  1872,  when  he  was  appointed  one  of  the 
judges  of  the  State  Supreme  Court.  He  has  been 
upon  the  bench  almost  constantly  since  that  time, 
his  last  appointment  having  been  made  March,  30, 
1887,  for  the  term  of  seven  years.  As  a  judge  he 
has  always  been  distinguished  for  a  dignified  and 
courteous  deportment,  and  independence  and  im- 
partiality in  his  decisions. 

The  Eastern  Argus  says  of  him  :  "Of  William 
Wirt  Virgin  it  can  with  truth  be  said  that  he  was 
an  upright  judge.  During  the  21  years  in  which  he 
sat  upon  the  Supreme  Bench  of  Maine  he  was 
continally  giving  proofs  of  his  ripe  legal  knowledge, 
calm  judgment,  and  unswerving  love  of  justice. 
Outside  of  the  court  room  he  was  one  of  the  most 
affable  of  men,  easy  to  approach,  and  always 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  others.  In  the  fullness 
of  years  and  well-merited  honors  he  has  heard  and 
answered  the  inevitable  call,  and  passed  to  the 
higher  life.  The  memory  of  him  will  be  foudly 
cherished  by  the  multitude  of  friends  he  loaves  on 
earth." 

'44.— The  complimentary  dinner  to  Hon.  Horatio 
Gates  Herrick,  for  twenty-seven  consecutive  years 
sheriff  of  Essex  County,  Mass.,  came  off  at  Young's 
Hotel,  Boston,  Saturday  night,  January  21st.     The 


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dinner  was  tendered  Mr.  Herrick  by  the  Essex  Bar, 
and  one  hundred  gentlemen,  including  many  judges 
and  ex-judges  of  the  Massachusetts  courts,  were 
present.  During  the  evening,  the  ex-sheriff  was 
presented  with  a  magnificent  silver  service. 

'64.— The  Biddeford  Standard  says:  "Judge 
Enoch  Foster,  who  is  presiding  at  the  present  term  of 
Court,  is  said  by  his  admirers  to  be  one  of  the  best 
presiding  justices  of  the  Supreme  Court.  He  is 
quick  in  catching  a  point,  well  read  aud  energetic, 
and  his  intimate  friends  declare  that  a  man  with  a 
kinder  heart  never  lived.  He  comes  into  court  with 
a  smile  and  a  'Good  morning'  for  the  lawyers  and 
court  officials,  and  stops  to  chat  a  few  minutes  with 
these  gentlemen.  His  black  hair  waves  artistically 
over  a  broad  forehead,  and  he  does  not  look  to  be 
over  forty  years  of  age.  He  is  a  reserved  and  dig- 
nified judge  and  his  opinions  are  not  only  sound  in 
law  but  forcible  in  expression.  His  Honor  is  a 
terror  to  rum-sellers,  and  woe  to  the  dealer  who 
gets  in  his  clutches,  for  he  will  be  punished  to  the 
full  extent  of  the  law." 

'74.— Albion  G.  Bradstreet  died  in  Phoenix,  Ari- 
zona, on  Tuesday,  January  17th.  Mr.  Bradstreet 
was  born  in  North  Bridgton,  January  30,  1852. 
After  graduation  in  the  class  of  1874,  from  Bowdoin 
College,  where  he  took  high  honors,  especially  in 
mathematics,  he  was  for  several  years  engaged  in 
civil  engineering  in  connection  with  the  Maine  Cen- 
tral and  the  Eastern  Railroads.  Leaving  the  em- 
ployment of  these  roads  he  became  principal  of  the 
High  School  at  Gardiner,  remaining  there  a  little 
over  a  year.  He  then  began  the  study  of  law  in 
Portland,  in  the  office  of  Hon.  J.  H.  Drummond, 
and  subsequently  took  a  two  years'  course  at  the 
Harvard  Law  School.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
Cumberland  Bar,  and  opened  a  law  office  in  Portland, 
with  a  branch  office  at  Bridgton.  In  1879  he  was 
elected  a  Representative  to  the  legislature  from 
Bridgton,  and  was  re-elected  in  1880.  In  1881  he 
was  appointed  acting  general  manager  aud  chief 
engineer  of  the  Tehauntepec  Inter-Ocean  Railroad 
Company,  a  large  and  important  organization  that 
was  engaged  in  building  a  railroad  in  Mexico 
across  the  Isthmus  of  Tehauntepec.  Mr.  Bradstreet 
remained  in  Mexico  about  five  years  and  during 
that  time  accumulated  a  handsome  property  chiefly 
by  fortunate  investments.  Returning  to  this 
country  he  went  into  the  banking  business  in  New 
York  City,  also  acting  as  agent  for  the  sale  in  the 
United  States  of  the  famous  Mexican  beverage 
known  as  pulque.  But  failing  health  caused  hkn 
to  sell  his  interest  in  the  bank  and  seek  a  change 


of  climate.  He  had  been  living  in  Arizona  over  a 
year  prior  to  his  death.  He  leaves  a  widow,  the 
daughter  of  Hon.  D.  C.  Palmer,  formerly  post- 
master of  Gardiner,  and  one  child,  Alice,  about 
five  years  old. 

'77. — Lieutenant  Peary,  the  Arctic  explorer, 
saw  bumble-bees  as  far  north  as  latitude  81°  37'  in 
Greenland,  and  stated  that  bluebottle  flies  were  as 
common  that  far  north  as  they  are  in  Philadelphia 
around  a  butcher  shop.  The  latitude  mentioned  is 
within  about  580  miles  of  the  North  Pole.  Lieuten- 
ant Peary  has  been  giving  a  very  successful  series 
of  lectures  on  his  Greenland  expedition. 

'85.— Rev.  Frank  W.  Davis  aud  Miss  Helen 
Webster  were  married  Wednesday  morning,  Jan- 
uary 25th,  at  the  home  of  the  bride  in  Castine. 
They  left  at  once  for  Cumberland,  where  Mr.  Davis 
is  settled  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church. 
Mr.  Davis  is  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin  College  and  of 
Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  and  has  been  princi- 
pal of  the  high  school  at  Gorbam,  and  later  of  that 
at  Woodford's. 

'88.— Professor  D.  M.  Cole  has  been  giving  illus- 
trated lectures  on  the  Labrador  expedition. 

'89.— Emerson  L.  Adams  and  Miss  Effie  C.  Das- 
combe  were  married  at  Wilton,  on  the  30th  of  No- 
vember, 1892. 

'91.—  The  following  appears  in  the  Bangor  Com- 
mercial of  last  Friday  :  "  The  marriage  of  Mr. 
Thomas  S.  Burr,  of  this  city,  and  Miss  Kate  Patter- 
son Smith,  of  Patten,  at  the  bride's  home  yester- 
day, is  announced.  Mr.  Burr,  who  is  a  graduate  of 
Bowdoin  College,  has  been  located  in  Patten  some 
time  as  the  principal  of  Patten  Academy  and  has 
met  with  unusual  success  there,  while  the  bride  is 
a  very  bright  and  talented  young  lady,  the  daughter 
of  Mrs.  B.  L.  Smith,  formerly  of  this  city.  No  par- 
ticulars of  the  happy  event  have  been  received,  but 
Mr.  and  Mrs  Burr  will  receive  any  number  of  con- 
gratulations and  best  wishes  from  Bangor  friends." 
The  Orient  extends  congratulations  to  its  former 
editor. 

BOWDOIN   IN   THE  1893   LEGISLATURE. 

The  following  is  a  brief  sketch  of  the  Bowdoin 
graduates  who  are  members  of  the  present  Maine 
Legislature  : 

Senate. 

'72.-^George  M.  Seiders,  senator  from  Cumber- 
land County,  resides  in  Portland ;  a  Republican  ; 
lawyer;  age,  48;  born  in  Union;  educated  at  Lincoln 
Academy ;  graduated  from  Bowdoin  in  1872.  He  was 
principal  of  Greeley  Institute,  Cumberland,  and  of 


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Waltham  High  School,  Waltbam,  Mass.,  and  pro- 
fessor in  Episcopal  Academy  of  Connecticut,  Ches- 
bre,  Conn.  He  read  lawwith  Hon.  Thomas  B.  Reed, 
'60.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  Legislature  in 
1878,  and  on  judiciary  committee.  He  was  after- 
wards United  States  assistant  counsel  in  Alabama 
court  of  claims.  He  was  County  Attorney  for 
Cumberland  two  terms,  1885-7. 

'73. — Addison  E.  Herrick,  senator  from  Oxford 
County,  resides  in  Bethel;  a  Republican;  lawyer; 
born  in  Greenwood;  age,  45.  He  was  educated  at 
Gould  Academy,  Hebron  Academy,  and  at  Bowdoin, 
where  he  graduated  in  1873.  He  studied  law  with 
Hon.  Enoch  Poster,  of  Bethel,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Oxford  Bar  in  1877.  He  practiced  with  Mr- 
Poster  until  the  latter  was  appointed  a  judge  of  the 
Supreme  Judicial  Court.  He  is  treasurer  of  the 
Betbel  Savings  Bank,  and  one  of  the  trustees  of 
Gould  Academy.  He  is  much  interested  in  educa- 
tional matters.  He  represented  bis  district  in  the 
last  Legislature. 

House. 
'77.— Carroll  W.  Morrill,  representative  from 
Portland,  is  a  Republican;  a  lawyer;  age,  39; 
born  in  Falmouth;  fitted  for  college  at  Westbrook 
Seminary,  and  graduated  from  Bowdoin  in  the  class 
of  '77.  He  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  M.  P. 
Frank,  in  Portland;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1882,  and  has  practiced  in  Portland.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Lincoln  Club,  one  of  the  largest  and 
most  influential  political  organizations  in  the  State. 
'77.— John  A.  Roberts,  representative  from 
Norway,  is  a  Republican ;  a  farmer  and  book-keeper; 
age,  40;  born  in  Gardiner;  educated  at  Oxford 
Normal  Institute,  and  Bowdoiu,  where  he  graduated 
in  1877.  He  has  been  supervisor  of  schools  and 
selectman.  He  read  law  with  Hon.  M.  T.  Ludden, 
of  Lewiston.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Oxford 
County  and  practiced  a  year  and  a  half.  He  gave 
up  the  law  and  went  into  farming  on  account  of  his 
health.  For  the  last  two  years  he  has  been  book- 
keeper for  C.  B.  Cummings  &  Sons,  Norway. 

'80.— John  Scott,  representative  from  Patten,  is 
a  Democrat;  a  lawyer;  age,  41 ;  born  in  Clifton; 
educated  at  Maine  Central  Institute  and  at  Bow- 
doin, in  the  class  of  '80.  He  has  held  various  town 
offices,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  in 
1887-8. 

'82.— George  C.  Weeks,  representative  from 
Fairfield,  is  a  Republican;  a  lawyer;  age,  31; 
born  in  Fairfield,  and  educated  at  the  High  School, 
and  Bowdoin  College,  class  of  '82. 


'90. — Thomas  C.  Spillane,  representative  from 
Lewiston,  is  a  Democrat;  a  Catholic;  lawyer;  age, 
24 ;  born  in  Lewiston ;  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  city,  and  graduated  from  Bowdoin 
in  1890.  He  studied  law  with  Savage  &  Oakes,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  Androscoggin  County  Bar  in 
September,  1892.  He  is  at  present  a  member  of 
the  Common  Council  of  Lewiston.  He  is  one  of  the 
two  youngest  members  of  the  Legislature. 


Book  I^eview§. 


(Historic  and  Political  Essays.  By  Henry  Cabot 
Lodge.  Boston  and  New  York.  Houghton,  Mifflin 
&  Co.)  Mr.  Lodge,  more  widely  known  as  the  author 
of  the  "Force  Bill,"  has  been  for  some  time  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  politics.  His  abilities  as  a  statesman 
have  been  recently  recognized  by  his  native  State 
in  making  him  one  of  her  two  representatives  in 
the  United  States  Senate.  In  his  essays  upon  Wm. 
H.  Seward,  James  Madison,  and  Gouverneur  Mor- 
ris, he  has  made  a  faithful  portrayal  of  their  char- 
acter and  public  career.  Upon  "  Patronage  in 
Office"  he  traces  the  rise  and  development  of  the 
"Spoils  System,"  and  its  attendant  evils,  and  shows 
himself  an  ardent  supporter  of  Civil  Service  Re- 
form. "The  Distribution  of  Ability  in  the  United 
States"  has  excited  much  comment,  and  has  even 
been  translated  into  the  Japanese  language.  It 
contains  tables  classifying  the  prominent  citizens  of 
the  United  States  according  to  occupation,  birth- 
place, and  race  extradition. 

What  he  has  to  say  upon  "Parliamentary  Ob- 
struction and  Minorities,"  leave  no  chance  for  doubt 
as  to  what  his  opinion  is  upon  those  subjects,  of 
which  he  is  clearly  the  master.  The  last  essay, 
"Party  Allegiance,"  is  of  special  interest  to  college 
men,  as  it  was  written  especially  for  students.  He 
states  emphatically  that  every  man  should  take  an 
interest  in  politics  and  be  an  active  member  of  that 
party,  the  principals  of  which  correspond  nearest 
with  his  own. 

(Promethius  Unbound.  By  Shelley.  Edited  by 
Vida  D.  Scudder,  M.A.  Boston.  Heath  &  Co.  65c.) 
This  drama  is  but  little  read,  even  by  lovers  of 
Shelley,  because  of  its  difficulty.  The  introduction 
of  this  edition  discusses  the  work  at  length,  and 
the  notes  are  made  up  for  the  most  part  of  extracts 
from  the  best  critics.    Bound  in  cloth,  for  class  use. 


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(1!  Arrabbiatia.  Von  Paul  Heyse.  Edited  by 
Dr.  Wilhelm  Bernhardt.  Boston.  D.  C.  Heath  & 
Co.  25c.)  A  neat  paper  edition  for  school  use, 
with  notes  and  German-English  vocabulary. 

(Le  Due  cle  Beaufort.  Par  Dumas.  Edited  by 
D.  B.  Kitchen,  M.A.  Boston.  D.  C.  Heath  &  Co. 
30c.)     School  edition  in  paper,  with  notes. 

(La  Mare  au  Biable.  By  Geo.  Sand.  Edited  by 
P.  C.  de  Sumichrast.  Boston.  D.  C.  Heath"&  Co. 
30c.)  One  of  the  most  successful  works  of  this 
author.     Paper  bound  for  school  use. 


In  Base-Ball. 

"  Will  you  drop  Into  my  mitten  ?  " 

Said  the  fielder  to  the  fly. 
"No  I  thank  you,"  said  the  spheriod 

As  he  passed  the  fielder  by. 

"  My  skin  is  very  tender 

And  your  mitten's  hard  and  tough, 

And  though  I  fear  you  may  object 

I  think  I'll  use  a  muff."—  Williams  Weekly. 

The  Vassar  Miscellany  says  that  forty  per  cent, 
of  the  alumnse  manage  to  find  husbands. 

The  Brown  Glee  Club  expects  to  go  as  far  South 
as  Florida  on  its  Easter  trip. 

The  American  school  at  Athens  will  soon  resume 
excavations  at  the  Herseum  of  Argos  and  Sparta. 

Last  year  the  entire  Junior  class  in  the  engi- 
neering department  of  the  University  of  Virginia 
failed  to  pass  their  examinations. 

Clark,  '95,  has  been  elected  captain  of  the  Tufts 
College  foot-ball  team  for  the  season  of  1893. 

A  $200,000  building  will  be  erected  for  the  use 
of  the  department  of  electrical  engineering  at 
Lehigh. 

Five  hundred  and  twelve  men  receive  free  tui- 
tion every  year  at  Cornell. 

The  University  of  Chicago  will  publish  from  its 
own  press  three  periodicals,  on  University  Exten- 
sion, Economics,  and  Geology. 


Different  Causes— Same  Result. 

"  '  Tis  love  that  makes  the  world  go  'round," 

These  words  we  often  hear ; 
But  the  same  phenomenon  is  found 

In  drinking  wine  with  beer.  — Tale  Lit. 

John  C.  Clarkson,  the  well-known  pitcher,  will 
coach  the  Yale  nine  this  year. 

Twelve  men  have  been  suspended  from  Brown 
for  not  being  measured  by  the  gymnasium  author- 
ities. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  trustees  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege it  was  unanimously  voted  to  unite  the  Chand- 
ler School  as  a  department  with  the  academic. 

The  Sigma  Phi  Chapter  house  at  Williams  Col- 
lege was  recently  destroyed  by  fire.  It  was  valued 
at  $35,000. 

The  University  of  Oxford  has  appliances  for 
printing  one  hundred  and  fifty  languages. 

The  presidents  of  the  following  colleges  are 
graduates  of  Yale:  Yale  University,  Johns  Hop- 
kins University,  Rutgers  College,  University  of 
Minnesota,  Pennsylvania  State  College,  Beloit  Col- 
lege, Atlanta  University,  Tulane  University,  South- 
ern University,  and  Doane  College. 

The  oldest  college  graduate  in  America  is  James 
Kitchens,  of  Philadelphia,  who  was  in  the  class  of 
1819  at  University  of  Pennsylvania. 

Dartmouth  has  obtained  the  use  of  the  New 
Hampshire  building  at  the  World's  Fair  for  a  spec- 
ified day,  when  a  college  reunion  will  be  held. 

The  College  of  the  City  of  New  York  will  soon 
move  to  another  building  which  is  to  cost  $750,000. 

In  Vacation. 
He  went  to— well — a  score-of  balls, 

And  multitudes  of  dances, 
At  least  full  fifty  lunches; 

And  he  fell  in  love  (he  fancies) 
With  full  five  "  buds  "  !  To  this  excess 

His  weary  frame  attested; 
"  Ah  well,"  he  sighed,  "  I  now  will  have 
A  whole  term  to  get  rested!  " 

—  Williams  Weekly. 
Bethany  College,  West  Virginia,  has  the  peculiar 
custom  of  observing  April  1st,  All  Fools'  Day,  as  a 
holiday. 

The  faculty  at  Princeton  have  decided  to  put 
men  on  their  honor  during  examinations.  There 
will  be  no  supervision,  each  student  simply,  at  the 
end  of  his  paper,  subscribing  the  following  declara- 
tion: "I  pledge  my  honor  as  a  gentleman  that, 
during  this  examination,  I  have  neither  given  nor 
received  assistance." 

Harvard  won  in  the  joint  debate  with  Yale  at 
Cambridge,  January  18th. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Wait  for  the  Lost. 

"Umbrellas  re-covered  while  you  wait." 

In  the  window  read  the  sign  ; 
From  all  my  friends  who  have  borrowed  them, 

O,  pray,  recover  mine.  — Brunonian. 

The  college  endowments  of  Massachusetts  are 
said  to  amount  to  $10,650,000,  and  the  value  of 
college  buildings  and  grounds  is  $5,013,000. 

The  new  Northwestern  Methodist  College  at 
Albany,  Mo.,  was  burned  Saturday.  The  loss  is 
estimated  at  $45,000.  It  is  thought  to  be  the  work 
of  an  incendiary. 

An  electric  clock  has  been  put  in  the  registrar's 
office  at  the  University  of  Chicago  which  will  auto- 
matically ring  the  bells  throughout  the  building  at 
the  beginning  and  close  of  recitations. 

DEVOTIONAL. 
It  is  not  at  the  close  of  their  daily  devotions, 
But  at  close  of  the  "  season's  "  gay  follies  and  notions, 
That  society  maidens  of  thirty  and  ten, 
Look  up  sadly,  and  sighing,  then  whisper,  "ah!  men!  " 
— Brunonian. 

The  catalogue  of  Williams  College  has  just 
appeared.  It  shows  a  total  registration  of  338  stu- 
dents at  that  institution. 

At  its  annual  Commencement  next  June  the 
Johns  Hopkins  University  will  bestow  the  first 
degree  ever  given  to  a  woman  by  that  institution. 


We  have  just  marked  do/\vu  a  very  choice  lot  of  Neckwear 
that  jve  have  been  selling  for  50  Cents  to 

29c.  = 

This  is  a  special  lot  and  it  cannot  be  duplicated  for  the  money  in 
Portland.    The  patterns  are  particularly  pretty. 

The  Atkinson  49c.  Shirt.  The  Farrington  47c.  Shirt. 

Outing  Shirts,  25  Cents. 

Men's  Underwear,  25c.  Summer  Shirts  in  Colors. 

Great  Variety  in 

Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing  and  Furnishings 

At  the  Very  Lowest  Prices. 

The  Atkinson  Company 

Middle,  Pearl,  and  Vine  Streets, 

PORTLAND,    ME. 

Isaac  C.  Atkinson,  General  Manager. 


J.    E.    ALEXANDER, 

DEALER  in  

CHOICE    MEATS. 

Basement  Snow's  Block,  Main  Street. 


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H.    E.    MURDOCK, 

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Vol.  XXII. 


BRUNSWICK,  MAINE,  FEBRUARY  15,  1893. 


No.  14. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 

PUBLISHED   EVERT  ALTERNATE  WEDNESDAY  DURING 
THE  COLLEGIATE  YEAR  BY  THE  STUDENTS  OF 

BOWDOIN     COLLEGE. 


EDITORIAL    BOARD. 

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W.  P.  Chamberlain,  '93.  F.  M.  Shaw,  '93. 

M.  S.  Clifford,  '93.  H.  E.  Andrews,  '94. 

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CONTENTS. 

Vol.  XXII.,  No.  14.— February  15,1893. 

Editorial  Notes, 223 

The  Psi  Upsilon  Reception, 225 

The  Fugitive, 226 

Tom's  Story, 227 

The  Yell  Question,        230 

The  Pessioptimist, 230 

Rhyme  and  Reason: 

The  River, 231 

When  Thou  Art  Near 232 

My  Guest 232 

Collegii  Tabula, 232 

Y.  M.  C.  A 234 

Personal, 235 

Book  Reviews, 236 

College  World, 236 


In  another  column  one  of  our  alumni 
takes  from  the  table  the  venerable  question 
of  a  college  yell.  The  one  of  which  he  speaks 
was  suggested  last  year  and  certainly  has  the 
merit  of  being  original.  A  serious  drawback 
to  it  is  the  difficulty  of  enunciation.  A  large 
proportion  of  the  sounds  being  labial  it  is  a 
question  whether  the  carrying  power  of  the 
yell  would  be  at  all  commensurate  with  the 
strength  put  into  it.  The  subject  of  a  yell, 
however,  ought  to  be  agitated  again.  It  has 
been  very  skillfully  argued  in  j'ears  past  that 
we  need  a  new  one  ;  so  instead  of  going  over 
the  argument  again  it  would  perhaps  be 
better  to  proceed  to  business  at  once.  If  a 
number  of  yells  are  presented  through  the 
Orient  the  Athletic  Association  will  doubt- 
less be  willing  to  take  some  action  on  the 
matter  later  on.     Who  has  another  one? 


TTfHE  question  of  the  admission  of  Maine 
A  State  into  the  base-ball  league  comes  up 
again,  of  course.  The  sentiment  at  Bow- 
doin  is  decidedly  against  it.  We  should  be 
sorry  to  see  any  change  in  the  satisfactory 
arrangement  of  last  season.  Colby,  Bates, 
and  Bowdoin,  within  easy  distance  of  each 
other,  can  play  with  comparatively  small 
expense  and  little  trouble.  With  the  addi- 
tion of  Maine  State  College  there  becomes 
necessary,  for  Bowdoin  at  least,  an  increase 


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of  expenditure  and  inconvenience  totally  out 
of  proportion  to  the  benefit  derived.  This 
matter  of  expense  is  a  very  important  con- 
sideration, especially  now  that  we  have  joined 
the  Athletic  Association.  Our  neighbors 
who  have  recently  gone  into  the  foot-ball 
business  will  soon  appreciate,  if  they  do  not 
already,  that  when  a  college  is  supporting 
several  athletic  enterprises  it  is  not  wise  to 
drain  the  pocket-book  for  any  one  of  them. 


T  a  meeting  of  the  committee  on  the 
Scientific  Building,  held  in  Boston  last 
week,  the  plans  were  submitted  to  Mr. 
Searles's  attorney,  General  Hubbard,  and 
approved  by  him  to  the  fullest  extent.  That 
nothing  will  be  spared  for  the  sake  of 
economy  is  indicated  by  the  offer  of  tile 
floors  for  the  chemical  laboratories  in  place  of 
the  asphalt  or  hard  wood  floors  which  the 
committee  had  been  considering.  The  great 
advantage  of  tiles  in  a  chemical  laboratory 
can  be  easily  appreciated.  No  other  scientific 
building  in  the  country,  however,  has  this 
kind  of  floor.  Not  only  in  details  like  this 
but  in  general  it  is  confidently  asserted  that 
the  Searles  Building  carries  out  the  original 
intention  of  beating  everything  of  the  kind 
in  the  country.  Now  that  the  necessary 
arrangements  are  completed  the  plans  will 
be  immediately  submitted  to  contractors  for 
bids. 

PRESIDENT  HYDE  is  investigating  the 
subject  of  a  common  dining-hall  for  the 
college.  It  is  believed  that  the  cost  of  board 
could  be  materially  lessened  by  such  an  insti- 
tution under  judicious  management,  and 
probably  a  large  proportion  of  the  students 
would  prefer  it  to  the  present  system  of 
eating  clubs  and  private  boarding  houses. 
A  perfect  club  is  the  ideal  way  of  boarding, 
but  if  the  frequent  changes  of  some  of  those 
in  Brunswick  signify  anything  it  is  evident 
that  only  one  or  two  have  come  very  near  to 


this  condition.  Most  of  them  would  prob- 
ably succumb  upon  the  establishment  of  a 
general  college  dining-hall.  We  do  not  think, 
however,  that  all  of  them  would. 


TT7HESE  alternate  sloppy  and  slippery  days 
-*-  are  "  the  times  that  try  men's  soles." 
In  the  process  of  a  week  or  two  some  of  the 
principal  thoroughfares  have  been  sparingly 
sprinkled  with  sand  and  ashes,  but  at  the 
time  of  this  writing  several,  including  the 
via  sacra,  have  not  gone  into  mourning,  but 
reflect  the  noon-day  sun  with  a  smile  that  is 
child-like  and  bland  and  at  the  same  time 
exceedingly  deceitful.  Since  the  final  desti- 
nation of  the  ashes  seems  to  be  on  the  college 
paths  it  might  be  well  to  make  a  more  gen- 
erous use  of  it  during  the  present  month. 
It  is  much  pleasanter  to  have  it  under  foot 
in  the  winter  than  in  the  spring  when  the 
frost  is  coming  out  of  the  ground. 


IN  THE  account  in  the  last  number  of  the 
banquet  of  the  Boston  Alumni  Association 
Professor  Robinson  is  erroneously  credited 
with  speaking  of  the  furnishings  aud  fittings 
of  the  Art  Building.  The  error  first  occurred 
in  the  Boston  Herald,  from  which  we  took  in 
substance  the  account  of  the  meeting.  It 
was  impossible  to  verify  it  at  the  time,  as 
Professor  Robinson  was  in  Chicago. 


TPHE  Okient  is  very  sorry  to  learn  of  Mr. 
-^  Tol man's  forced  absence  from  his  col- 
lege duties.  It  is  the  earnest  wish  of  all 
that  he  may  return  next  term  with  renewed 
health. 

TTT  THE  annual  meeting  in  Boston,  last 
/*■  Saturday,  Bowdoin  was  admitted  to  the 
New  England  Intercollegiate  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation. Now  we  are  in  it,  let  us  show  them 
what  Down  East  is  good  for.     A  large  num- 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


225 


ber  has  already  signified  an  intention  to 
train.  That  is  "  the  stuff."  If  they  cannot 
all  take  prizes  some  of  them  can  at  least 
serve  as  running  mates  for  the  record  break- 
ers. Two  or  three  men  are  already  spoken 
of  as  likely  to  hold  up  the  honor  of  the  col- 
lege. Everybody  who  is  going  into  this 
must  get  about  training  at  once,  for  Bowdoin 
has  several  years  of  back  work  to  make  up. 


TTFHERE  seems  to  be  a  "tempest  in  a  tea- 
*■  pot "  in  Freshman  politics  this  year. 
Prior  to  the  class  election  two  factions  were 
formed,  one  of  which,  under  the  experienced 
leadership  of  a  couple  of  Augusta  politicians, 
succeeded  in  grabbing  all  the  literary  parts.- 
This  was  just  a  little  hoggish.  Now  the 
other  faction  says  it  "  doesn't  care,  so  now ! 
but  it  won't  go  to  the  old  banquet,"  etc. 
It  is  strange,  but  Freshman  honors  seem  now 
to  be  considered  more  important  than  those 
of  any  other  year.  It  used  to  be  the  desire 
of  everybody  to  let  some  one  else  officiate  at 
the  Freshman  banquet  and  wait  yourself  for 
Ivy  Day  or  Class  Day ;  but  times  have 
changed.  What  a  blessing  it  is,  however,  to 
belong  to  a  class  where  the  societies  are  all 
friends,  a  class  whose  only  disadvantage  lies 
in  its  being  so  small  that  the  offices  go 
around  twice. 


The  Psi  Upsilon  Reception. 

TlfHE  Kappa  Chapter  of  Psi  Upsilon  gave 
*■  its  fourth  annual  reception  on  Friday, 
February  10th,  at  Memorial  Hall.  The 
guests  began  to  arrive  about  half-past  eight 
o'clock,  and  shortly  after  nine  were  received 
in  the  upper  hall  by  the  patronnesses,  Mrs. 
William  DeWitt  Hyde,  Mrs.  Franklin  C. 
Robinson,  Mrs.  Alfred  Mitchell,  Mrs.  Stephen 
I.  Young,  Mrs.  Henry  Johnson,  and  Mrs. 
William  A.  Houghton.  As  is  customary  at 
i  the  Psi  Upsilon  parties  the  rooms  on  either 


side  of  the  stage  were  filled  with  comforta- 
ble seats  for  those  who  wished  to  "sit  out" 
or  rest,  and  a  post  of  observation  was  estab- 
lished on  the  left  of  the  stage.  The  orches- 
tra occupied  the  corresponding  elevation  on 
the  right,  as  the  stage  itself  was  given  up 
to  tables  for  the  orders,  and  during  the 
reception  rendered  a  selection  or  two  by 
way  of  concert.  Dancing  began  about  9.30, 
and  the  following  was  the  order: 

1.  Waltz, Danube  Waves. 

2.  Sohottische,      .     .     .  Push  dem  Clouds  Away. 

3.  Lauciers, Minstrel  Dreams. 

4.  Waltz, Songs. 

5.  Polka, Assembly. 

6.  Schottiscbe,      .     .     .       Dear  Ones  Far  Away. 

7.  Waltz, Toreador. 

INTEKMISSION. 

8.  Waltz, Wang. 

9.  Schottiscbe,      ......      Break  of  Day. 

10.  Polka, Pr-Ca-Pia. 

11.  Waltz, Psi  U.  Girls! 

12.  Portland  Fancy, Operatic  Airs. 

13.  Schottiscbe, Selected. 

14.  Waltz, Auf  Wiedersehn. 

At  intermission  all  descended  to  the 
lower  hall,  where  refreshments  were  served 
by  Murray,  of  Water ville.  After  intermission 
dancing  was  resumed  and  kept  up  until  nearly 
two  o'clock,  when  the  strains  of  "Auf  Wied- 
ersehn "  warned  the  company  that  the  time  for 
parting  was  at  hand.  Among  those  present 
from  out  of  town  were :  Mrs.  Thompson, 
Mrs.  Patten,  Miss  Hyde,  Miss  Sewall,  Miss 
Fletcher,  Miss  Worth,  Mrs.  John  Patten, 
and  Miss  Higgins,  of  Bath  ;  Miss  Long,  Miss 
Johnson,  and  Miss  Spear,  of  Portland ;  Miss 
Locke,  of  Bradford ;  Hon.  J.  B.  Redman, 
of  Ellsworth ;  Messrs.  Brooks,  Mann,  and 
Young,  of  Boston;  Messrs.  Warren  and 
Pratt,  of  Fryeburg;  Mr.  Hutchinson,  of 
Portland;  Mr.  Hill,  of  Bath;  Mr.  Drake, 
Eben  W.  Freeman,  Esq.,  and  wife,  Mr. 
Downes,  Mr.  Simonton. 


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The  committee  of  arrangements  was :  A. 
A.  Hussey,  '93  ;  H.  E.  Andrews,  '94 ;  F.  W. 
Blair,  '95,  and  F.  B.  Smith,  '96. 


The    Fugitive. 

TTWAY  Up  am011g  the  wilds  of  Maine,  near 
/  ■*■  the  New  Hampshire  line,  lies  a  remote 
clearing  surrounded  by  forests,  hills,  and 
streams  on  every  side.  To  the  tourist's  eye 
it  is  a  wild  and  savage  spot,  and  one  is  struck 
more  by  the  grandeur  than  by  the  beauties 
of  Nature  in  this  secluded  and  lonely  open- 
ing in  the  woods.  It  is  situated  on  the  south 
slope  of  one  of  Maine's  rugged  hills,  and  is 
carefully  concealed,  so  carefully  in  fact  that 
one  is  surprised  when  he  comes  out  into  this 
cleared  place  in  the  woods,  and  his  first 
impression  is  that  whoever  settled  here  in 
the  wilderness  intentionally  concealed  his 
log  cabin  and  clearing.  Nor  is  he  much  mis- 
taken in  his  first  conjecture,  for  it  has  turned 
out  that  this  small  hut  and  opening  in  the 
woods  belonged  to  a  fugitive  negro  slave 
who  escaped  from  his  master  just  before  the 
beginning  of  the  Great  Civil  War, — that  war 
in  which  all  slaves  were  freed  and  the  Union 
was  preserved.  With  this  negro  fugitive  my 
story  has  to  deal,  and  is  simply  a  narrative  of 
his  adventures, — adventures  in  which  was 
exhibited  all  the  courage,  and,  moreover,  all 
that  indomitable  will  and  energy  which  this 
black,  curly-headed  man  seemed  to  possess. 
The  sun  was  slowly  setting  over  the 
mountainous,  uncultivated  regions,  which  are 
situated  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Roanoke,  the 
James,  and  their  tributaries  in  the  state  of 
Virginia.  The  sun  going  down  behind  these 
hills  caused  the  shadows,  lengthening  along 
the  fertile  valleys,  to  chase  each  other  over 
large  plantations  covered  with  immense  fields 
of  tobacco  and  cereals.  This  region,  or  rather 
the  valleys  between  the  parallel  ridges,  being 
well  watered  and  yielding  plentiful  crops 
when  properly  tilled,  is  justly  called  the 
granary  of  the  state.     The  shadows  fell  on 


the  form  of  a  tall,  well-proportioned  negro; 
a  figure,  in  fact,  that  would  have  made  a  fit 
model  for  a  sculptor,  one  in  which  that  rare 
beauty  of  form,  born  of  brute  strength,  was 
combined  with  a  certain  manliness  and  de- 
termination of  expression  seldom  met  with 
in  the  face  of  a  negro.  He  was  returning 
from  his  hard  day's  labor,  and  bore  on  his 
face  a  look  of  sorrow,  showing  that  some- 
thing had  gone  wrong  during  the  day.  He 
went  to  his  lonely  cabin  in  the  negro  quarters 
and,  lighting  a  half-burned  candle,  proceeded 
to  read  a  few  verses  from  a  well-worn  Bible, 
for  this  negro  had  early  learned  to  read,  hav- 
ing been  brought  up  under  a  kind  master. 
Massa  Richard,  had  from  the  first  conceived 
a  liking  for  the  intelligent  black  face  of 
Charles,  as  he  was  familiarly  called,  and  had 
been  perhaps  a  trifle  more  kind  to  him  than 
to  his  other  slaves. 

The  negro  blew  out  his  candle  and  threw 
himself  at  full  length  on  the  straw  bed  in 
the  corner.  "  So  Massa  Richard  is  going  to 
sell  me,"  said  he  to  himself,  "  I'd  like  to 
know  what  he's  going  to  do  it  for,"  then  he 
fell  asleep  and  dreamed  of  better  days  when 
he  was  younger  and  had  romped  and  played 
in  the  fields. 

Mr.  Richards,  the  owner  of  the  plantation, 
had  become  embarrassed  in  business  and 
found  himself  obliged  to  part  with  some  of 
his  best  slaves.  That  day  a  wealthy  slave- 
trader  had  looked  them  over,  and  had 
picked  out  two  or  three,  among  whom  was 
Charles,  and  this  was  the  reason  for  the  sor- 
rowful expression  which  had  possessed  his 
face  the  night  before  as  he  had  gone  home- 
ward in  the  glorious  sunset. 

Charles  arose  and  went  to  his  work  as 
usual,  early,  but  was  very  silent  and  scarcely 
'spoke  to  those  around  him.  He  was  deeply 
grieved  to  be  compelled  to  leave  the  planta- 
tion where  he  was  born,  and  which  he  had 
learned  to  love  as  his  home.  Soon  after  din- 
ner the  trader  came  and  took  away  Charles 


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and  the  other  negroes  which  he  had 
bought.  Mr.  Richards  was  not  anywhere  in 
sight  when  Charles  was  led  off,  because  it 
grieved  him  very  much  to  part  with  his  most 
intelligent  slave,  and  he  realized  that,  if  he 
was  present  when  the  poor  negro  was  taken 
away,  he  would  exhibit  his  feelings  too 
plainly. 

The  slaves  followed  the  trader,  who  rode 
toward  his  own  small  farm.  Charles  was 
put  in  a  hut,  with  his  companions,  for  the 
night.  He  tossed  until  midnight,  unable 
to  get  a  moment's  sleep.  Arising,  without 
awakening  the  others,  he  glided  out  into  the 
night.  The  stars  were  shining  brightly, 
but  there  was  no  moon.  The  negro  paced 
back  and  forth  in  front  of  the  hut,  his  head 
bowed  and  his  honest  black  face  wrajjped  in 
thought.  Suddenly  he  raised  his  head,  and, 
with  a  determined  look,  started  at  a  rapid 
walk  straight  away  from  the  place.  He  had 
determined  to  escape  from  this  slave-trader, 
who  would  sell  him  in  a  few  days,  and  he 
would  probably  be  taken  to  a  distant  planta- 
tion and  perhaps  cruelly  treated.  The  black 
man  increased  his  pace,  fully  realizing  the 
fact  that  he  would  be  pursued  in  the  morning, 
a  pursuit,  the  end  of  which  might  mean 
terrible  suffering  for  himself,  if  those  trained 
hounds  once  caught  him.  About  five  o'clock 
in  the  morning  he  came  to  the  James  River. 
Instead  of  crossing,  the  negro  started  down 
stream,  wading  where  the  stream  was  shallow 
and  swimming  where  it  was  deeper.  His 
object  in  this  was  twofold :  first,  he  wished 
to  throw  the  hounds  off  the  scent ;  and, 
second,  to  reach  a  secluded  spot  in  the  woods 
where  he  might  pass  the  day  until  the  welcome 
darkness  of  the  long  night  should  enfold  the 
whole  land  in  shadow,  when  he  could  again 
pass  on,  he  knew  not  where,  only  somewhere 
out  of  the  reach  of  the  man  who  had  recently 
become  his  master.  The  slave-trader  discov- 
ered his  loss  early  on  the  following  morning 
and  immediately  started  his  dogs  on  the  trail. 


They  followed  the  scent  quite  rapidly  as  far 
as  the  river,  but  there  it  ended.  They  went 
up  and  down  the  river,  following  the  men,  but 
could  not  find  the  trail.  Then  the  trader,  cross- 
ing with  his  clogs,  went  up  and  down  the  banks 
on  that  side.  Meanwhile  poor  Charles  was 
crouched  in  some  bushes  underneath  a  shelv- 
ing bank  far  down  the  river.  At  last  the 
trader  concluded  that  the  negro  had  drowned 
himself  and  went  back  to  his  place. 

It  would  be  a  long  story  to  relate  all  the 
adventures  that  befell  the  poor  negro  in  his 
journey  toward  the  North;  suffice  it  to  say 
that  he  reached  Trenton,  N.  J.,  having  begged 
all  the  food  he  ate  at  farm-houses  on  the  way. 
He  found  employment  there,  his  honest, 
manly  face  being  a  great  help  to  him  in  secur- 
ing work.  He  soon  got  frightened,  however, 
at  some  reports  he  heard  about  the  return  of 
negro  fugitives  to  their  masters,  and,  buying 
a  ticket,  set  out  immediately  for  the  wilds  of 
Maine.  On  arriving  at  a  small  village  near  the 
New  Hampshire  line  he  bought  fire-arms  and 
an  axe  and  started  for  the  woods.  He  cleared 
the  little  spot  spoken  of  in  the  first  of  the 
story  and  lived  a  hermit's  life,  making  occa- 
sional trips  to  the  village  to  sell  the  products 
of  the  forest  and  his  little  clearing,  and  buy- 
ing the  necessaries  for  his  lonely  life  in  the 
woods.  He  lived  until  long  after  the  close 
of  the  war,  and  was  found  one  day  by  some 
hunters,  dead  on  the  floor  of  his  log  cabin. 


Tom's    Story. 

PIGGINS,"  calls  out  Mr.  John  Harvey 
Turner  from  the  awning -covered 
quarter-deck  of  the  yacht  Augusta,  of  which 
he  is  sole  owner  and  commander. 

No  answer. 

"Higgins,"  he  calls  again,  this  time  with 
just  the  least  touch  of  asperity  in  his  tone ;  and 
this  time  he  is  successful,  for  somewhere  up 
forward  he  hears  an  impatient  exclamation, 
a  rattling  scramble  of  a  body  to  its  feet,  and 


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then  at  the  door  of  the  pilot-house  stands  a 
duck-clad  figure  with  hand  to  cap,  from 
whose  tarry  throat  comes  rolling  out  the 
conventional  reply,  "On  duty,  sir!"  with 
unmistakable  Hibernian  accent  and  in  a 
voice  in  which  one  hears  mingled  echoes  of 
boatswain's  pipe  and  roaring  gale  and  ringing 
sea-song.  For  this  same  Higgins  is  a  man- 
o'-war's  man  of  the  old  school,  a  graduate 
of  Uncle  Sam's  navy,  who  now  holds  the 
more  lucrative  and  important  position  as 
sailing  master  of  the  steam  yacht  Augusta, 
of  New  York  City.  Higgins  looks  sleepy 
after  his  stolen  nap,  and  his  eyes  blink 
curiously  in  the  blazing  sunlight  of  the  July 
afternoon ;  but,  asleep  or  awake,  he  is  still 
the  "  old  salt,"  and  now  he  pours  forth  the 
orders  to  his  subordinates  with  such  good 
judgment  and  so  discreet  a  use  of  his  exten- 
sive vocabulary  of  sailor  profanity  that,  at 
eight  bells  in  the  afternoon  watch,  he  presents 
himself  at  the  door  of  the  after-cabin,  with 
"Yacht  under  weigh,  sir,"  and  awaits  his 
orders  for  sailing. 

Mr.  John  Harvey  Turner,  of  Turner, 
Nash  &  Turner,  the  New  York  brokers,  is 
the  same  dear  old  fellow  whom  we  knew  at 
Colburn  College  as  "Jack"  when  he  was 
making  ardent  love  to  a  certain  lass  who* 
we  believe,  is  now  Mrs.  Turner.  He  and  a 
party  of  four  bachelor  friends  are  making  a 
flying  trip  to  Bar  Harbor  and  back,  and  now, 
just  as  they  are  leaving  that  gay  resort  on 
their  return  to  the  great  metropolis,  the 
entire  party  is  gathered  on  the  quarter-deck, 
prepared  for  a  fine  afternoon  at  sea. 

For  a  time  the  steamer  plows  along, 
without  a  word  from  one  of  the  part}7. 
Even  Jack,  usually  so  bright  and  talkative, 
is  strangely  quiet,  and  the  others  seem  to 
have  caught  his  mood.  Jack's  thoughts  are 
beginning  to  turn  tenderly  toward  a  certain 
little  golden-haired  woman  in  a  big  house  in 
Fifth  Avenue,  when  Tom  Van  Comte,  who 
is  the  quiet  man  of   the  party,  breaks  the 


silence  by  suddenly  knocking  the  ashes 
from  his  pipe  and  clearing  his  throat  in  a 
most  suggestive  manner. 

The  hint  is  sufficient.  The  "boys" 
settle  down  lazily  into  their  deck  chairs,  and, 
taking  the  cue  from  Jack's  murmured  "Well, 
Tom,"  the  latter  begins  his  yarn. 

"I  don't  know  just  why  I  tell  you  this. 
It  is  my  life  story.  Some  of  you  know  it.  I 
would  tell  it  nowhere  else.  But  to-day 
something  happened  that  brought  it  all 
before  my  would-be-forgetful  mind,  and  if 
you'll  bear  with  me  I'll  tell  it. 

"You,  Judge,  will  remember  that  when 
in  college  I  was  engaged  to  be  married  to — 
a  certain  young  lady  of  our  college  town. 
I  was  then  preparing  for  work  in  my  chosen 
profession,  and  had  before  me  what  seemed 
like  a  bright  future.  Our  engagement  was 
announced  just  before  n^  graduation,  and 
then  came  a  week  of  happiness,  Commence- 
ment, and — separation,  for  I  had  secured  a 
good  position  in  the  city,  and  left  in  early 
July  to  take  it.  I  thought  I  was  deeply  in 
love,  and  hated  to  tear  myself  away  from 
what  had  been  so  sweet  a  four  years' 
companionship  with  Jennie. 

"Ah,  but  she  was  lovely  then!  Tall, 
slim,  a  face  of  purest  cast  and  transparent 
skin,  crowned  with  a  mass  of  dark,  shining 
hair;  and,  as  I  told  her  once  as  she  stood 
before  me  in  a  plain  red  gown,  looking  like 
nothing  but  a  tender,  dainty  rosebud  in  her 
simple,  yet  regal,  beauty. 

"She  was  tender,  faithful,  and  constant; 
I  was  ardent,  impulsive,  and  indiscreet. 
When  I  left  finally  for  New  York  I  thought 
that  I  loved  her;    I  know  that  she  loved  me. 

"  Well,  it  was  the  same  old  story.  I  got 
down  to  my  work,  and,  in  the  exciting, 
restless  life  of  a  New  York  newspaper  man, 
found  myself  slowly  drawing  away  from  my 
old  friends  aud  associations,  'way  down  east. 

"At  length  another  stage  came.  I  met 
in    mjr    wanderings    about    town    a    pretty 


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shop-girl,  whose  seeming  child-like  innocence 
and  charming  artlessness  won  from  me  my 
truant  heart,  and,  to  my  shame  be  it  said, 
Jennie  was  well-nigh  forgotten. 

"For  weeks  I  spent  much  of  my  spare 
time  'in  the  company  of  my  new  friend,  and 
found  that  for  one  who  had  lived  so  long  in 
the  city,  she  was  surprisingly  ignorant  of  the 
ways  of  the  world  and  the  people  therein. 
Did  I  love  her?  I  don't  know.  I  don't 
believe  that  I  did.  At  least,  I  never  dare  to 
compare  what  was  a  passing  passion  with 
the  trusting  affection  of  Jennie  Norton. 

"And  thus  I  lived  on.  By  heartless  and 
self-deluding  conceit  in  writing  my  letters 
I  succeded  in  satisfying  Jennie,  and  she 
knew  naught  of  my  sin.  Time  went  on,  and 
I  drew  slowly  deeper  and  deeper  into  the 
toils  of  the  siren  whom  I  thought  I  loved. 

"One  day  the  crash  came.  An  incident, 
or  rather  an  accident,  in  the  police  depart- 
ment of  my  paper  showed  to  me  in  her  true 
light  the  woman  whom  I  had  supposed  a 
simple  shop-girl  and  for  whom  I  had  broken 
my  plighted  troth.  I  was  horrified,  and 
swore  never  to  see  her  again,  but  one  day, 
the  day  before  Christmas,  I  met  her  face  to 
face  in  Madison  Square,  and  could  not 
escape.  To  make  matters  short  let  me  say 
that  she  swore  I  should  marry  her,  steeped 
in  infamy  as  she  was,  and  threatened  suit  for 
breach  of  promise  if  I  refused  to  comply. 

"I  knew  not  what  to  do.  I  would  have 
died  rather  than  have  had  my  name  coupled 
with  that  of  such  a  creature  either  at  altar 
or  bar.  Finally,  to  gain  time,  I  asked  her  to 
step  into  a  little  Twenty-third  Street  restau- 
rant, and  with  a  hard  laugh  and  some  coarse 
remark  that  cut  me  like  a  knife,  she  acqui- 
esced. She  had  thrown  aside  all  her  former 
pretence  of  being  an  artless  girl,  and  stood 
forth  shamelessly  in  her  true  colors ;  and 
when  I  entered  the  restaurant  door  I  looked 
about  us  anxiously,  fearing  to  discover 
friends.     Knowing  the  place  well,  and  desir- 


ing to  be  hid  from  the  public  gaze,  I  led  the 
way  to  a  secluded  alcove,  well  known  to 
us  both  as  the  scene  of  many  a  pleasant 
tite-d-tete,  where  we  could  talk  undisturbed. 
"  I  was  going  on  confidently  enough,  believ- 
ing the  coast  clear,  when  as  I  turned  the 
corner,  there,  the  traces  of  long  travel  not 
yet  removed,  but  chatting  happily  with  her 
mother,  sat  Jennie,  my  betrothed. 

"  For  a  minute  I  was  completely  stunned. 
I  thought  that  I  should  faint,  and  felt  dizzy 
and  sick.  They  did  not  see  me,  and  I  might 
have  escaped  had  not  my  companion  become 
impatient  and  with  a  rough  exclamation 
pushed  me  on,  half  dazed  as  I  was,  till  I  was 
close  upon  them. 

"Attracted  by  the  stir  Jennie  turned,  and 
with  all  her  love  shining  up  in  her  dear  blue 
eyes,  would  have  welcomed  me  as  of  old, 
when  at  the  sight  of  my  companion  her  cheek 
paled,  and  as  she  leaned  heavily  on  the  table 
for  support,  her  voice  trembled  pitifully  when 
she  spoke  to  me  in  her  gentle,  timid,  well- 
remembered  tones.  I  was  terribly  embar- 
rassed and  was  stammering  out  some  stilted 
phrases,  when  the  woman  at  my  elbow,  leer- 
ing horribly  at  the  two,  cried  out:  "Hello, 
Tommy  !  What 's  this, some  country  pick-up 
of  yours?  " 

"I  tried  to  shut  her  up,  but  she  would  not 
be  stopped  and  rattled  on  till,  with  a  look  of 
awful  reproach  and  sobbing  lips,  Jennie 
hurriedly  left  the  alcove,  followed  by  her 
mother. 

"At  first  I  was  dazed  with  a  flood  of 
remorse,  guilt,  and  shame.  Then  the  taunts 
of  the  fiend  before  me  turned  my  shame  to 
furious  rage.  I  forced  her  into  a  corner,  and 
heaped  fiery  maledictions  on  her  head.  At 
this  she  only  smiled.  But  when,  foaming 
with  anger,  I  pulled  from  my  coat  pocket  a 
glittering  six-shooter  and  threatened  to  kill 
her  then  and  there,  she  crouched  before  me 
for  the  moment  subdued,  cowed  like  all  her 
class  at  sight  of  a  deadly  weapon. 


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"  Now  my  anger  commenced  to  subside, 
but  realizing  that  I  had  her  in  my  power  I 
tore  on,  and  with  cocked  weapon  made  as  if 
to  kill  her  on  the  spot.  Then  with  an  awful 
threat,  I  suddenly  turned  and  left  the  place. 
I  knew  that  for  a  time,  at  least,  I  was  safe 
from  her  clutches,  and  blessed  the  night 
editor,  by  whose  orders  the  revolver  had 
been  placed  in  my  pocket. 

"  What  directly  followed  I  do  not  know. 
An  hour  later  I  found  myself  in  my  rooms 
at  The  Hilsey ;  I  only  knew  that  I  had 
ruined  Jennie's  life  and  mine;  that  t  had 
forfeited  and  lost  the  purest  love  that  woman 
ever  gave  to  man. 

"But  no  need  to  talk  of  this;  you  must 
understand  it  all.  Why  I  did  not  kill  the 
creature  who  led  me  astray  I  do  not  know  ; 
neither  can  I  tell  why  I  did  not  take  my 
own  life  in  that  awful  spasm  of  horror  and 
self-hate.  But  something  kept  me  up.  I  sup- 
pose I  had  enough  self-respect  remaining  to 
prevent  further  crime  on  my  part.  And 
then,  as  you  know,  I  left  New  York  and  my 
work. 

"That  was  four  years  ago.  I  have  not 
tried  to  forget, — in  fact,  I  have  loved  to  keep 
in  mind  those  happy,  trustful  days,  when  all 
the  world  was  Jennie  and  me,  and  nothing 
came  between. 

"But,  boys,  that's  not  quite  all.  Have  I 
seen  her  since  ?  Yes,  she  was  at  Kodick's 
yesterday.  And  I  touched  her  hand  and  I 
looked  into  her  eyes,  and  I  think,  yes,  boys, 
I  know,  that  she's  never  forgotten  me.  You 
think  it  is  impossible.  You  say  that  my  sin 
was  too  deep.  But,  ah,  you  don't  know  a 
woman's  love  in  all  its  immeasurable  power ! 

"And  why  do  I  leave?  Why  am  I  so 
ready  to  go  out  from  the  presence  of  my 
heart's  desire  ?  Ah,  boys,"  said  Toiu,  his 
strong  face  all  aglow  with  his  emotion,  "  as 
Jack  knows,  I  am  going  back  to  my  desk  in 
the  city;  and  when  the  first  ray  of  spring 
sunlight  woos  from  winter's  icy  clutch  the 


tender  buds,  at  the  holy  Easter-time,  I  'm 
going  back  to  the  old  Pine  Vree  State,  and 
to — her." 


The  Yell  Question. 

NEVER,  as  long  as  the  undergraduates  of 
Bowdoin  College  have  a  reluctance  to 
use  the  idiomatic  words  inseparably  con- 
nected with  her  history,  will  they  have  a 
college  yell  worthy  of  the  college. 

The  Orient  has  been  trying  for  over 
four  years  to  induce  some  appropriate  yell 
to  appear  above  the  horizon. 

The  only  yell  thus  appearing,  rested  its 
sonorous  qualities  and  its  appropriateness  on 
words  germane  to  college  life  and  college 
atmosphere.  Yet  the  half-formed  Bowdoin 
boys  objected  to  that  yell  because  the  word 
"  Bugle  "  implied  in  some  instances  aii  assess- 
ment and  the  fear  of  jags,  and  the  word 
"Orient"  a  small  body  of  editors.  Such 
objections  might  well  be  regarded  as  dish- 
water, and  about  as  acceptable  to  a  healthy 
appetite. 

This  fact  should  be  recognized  as  stand- 
ing clear  and  distinct  above  the  horizon :  that 
Orient,  Bugle,  Brunswick,  Bowdoin,  are 
parts  of  a  glorious  whole,  and  as  full  of  meat 
as  a  roast  ox. 


IN  ALMOST  every  issue  of  the  Orient 
some  enterprising  individual  has  a  plea  of 
greater  or  less  dimensions  for  some  kind  of  a 
new  organization.  At  one  time  it  is  a  Press 
Club ;  at  another,  a  Snow-shoe  Club,  and  so 
on,  as  various  and  numerous  as  the  changes 
in  the  temperature  of  a  Maine  winter  season. 
This  is  all  very  good  and  the  writer  no  doubt 
is  doing  his  fellow-students  a  service  of  no 
mean  value.  But  the  enthusiasm  of  these 
beneficent  personages  never  seems  to  carry 
them  beyond  scribbling  down  their  ideas  and 


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kindly  passing  the  manuscript  into  the  hands 
of  the  benign  r  residing  genius  of  the  college 
paper.  As  a  general  thing  the  movement 
ends  after  it  has  found  its  way  into  print, 
and  the  college  is  no  better  off  than  before, 
although  the  writer  may  feel  rather  more  at 
ease  from  having  freed  his  burdened  mind  of 
those  troublesome  ideas,  the  propagation  of 
which  seem  to  promise  such  advantage  to 
mankind. 

But  in  reality  this  philanthropic  indi- 
vidual has  done  only  half  his  duty.  If  he  is 
the  chosen  disciple  for  the  expounding  of  the 
glad  tidings  of  a  newly-discovered  thought, 
he  ought  to  create  himself  the  useful  agent 
for  the  carrying  out  of  what  seems  such  a 
beneficial  course. 

*  *     *     *     * 

No  matter  how  necessary  it  is  for  a  Bow- 
doin  man  to  cut  his  recitation,  a  great  fat 
and  irrevocable  zero  goes  down  against  his 
name.  To  be  sure  he  has  the  privilege  of 
making  up  the  lesson,  but  the  attendance 
rank  is  gone  forever,  unless  perchance  he 
remains  away  a  week  or  is  off  on  college 
business.  In  general  Bowdoin  students  have 
little  complaint  to  make  of  their  treatment 
at  the  hands  of  the  professors,  but  a  little 
lee-way  in  the  direction  of  attendance  upon 
recitations  would  surely  be  received  with 
good  grace. 

The  number  of  "cuts"  allowed  in  some 
of  the  leading  colleges  is  as  follows :  Yale, 
24  per  year  to  Juniors  and  Seniors,  to  Sopho- 
mores and  Freshmen,  18;  Williams,  30; 
Dartmouth,  21.  At  Amherst  and  Wesleyan 
a  student  must  be  present  at  nine-tenths  of 
the  recitations.  At  Harvard,  Ann  Arbor, 
Cornell,  and  Johns  Hopkins,  the  attendance 
is  said  to  be  optional. 

*  *     *     *     * 

The  long  winter  term  is  a  good  time  to 
get  acquainted  with  your  fellow-students. 
As  a  general  rule  there  are  very  few  purely 


social  calls  made  by  the  students  upon  each 
other,  except  in  the  end  where  they  room. 
To  be  sure  there  are  times  when  we  are  hot 
at  all  anxious  to  receive,  and  don't  feel  the 
least  bit  social,  especially  after  the  caller 
has  prolonged  his  stay  into  an  afternoon  or 
evening  visit.  Yet  this  happens  only  once 
in  a  while,  and,  in  general,  nothing  is  more 
pleasurable  to  the  college  man  than  a  call 
from  some  of  his  friends. 

***** 
The  Pessioptimist  understands  that  the 
coming  week  will  see  the  '94  Bugle  placed 
in  the  printer's  hands,  and  that  ere  many 
weeks  shall  have  passed  the  college  will  be 
devouring  its  contents  with  those  voracious 
appetites  such  as  only  a  Bugle  can  awaken. 
The  only  wish  the  Pessioptimist  has  is  that 
too  many  of  those  appetites  will  not  be 
satisfied  with  looking  over  one  book.  It 
isn't  exactly  fair  on  the  man  who  has  to  pay 
for  it.  Moreover,  the  Bugle  is  a  college 
publication,  and  the  very  least  that  can  be 
done  toward  its  support  is  for  every  member 
of  the  institution  to  buy  one. 


l^hgme  <**?£  ^eagorp. 


The   River. 

Flowing  swiftly  from  the  mountains, 
Rushing  down  its  rocky  way, 

Springing  out  of  hill-side  fountains, 
Rolls  the  river,  night  and  day. 

Now  its  currents,  boisterous,  whirling, 
Now  in  peace,  'mid  murmuring  pines, 

Then  through  some  dark  passage  swirling, 
Overhung  by  clinging  vines. 

Always  forward,  hastening,  rushing, 

Onward,  onward  to  the  sea, 
Over  falls  and  rapids  gushing, 

Ever  mighty,  ever  free. 

Now  the  wheels  of  labor  turning, 
Now  the  barques  of  trade  it  floats, 


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And  its  woodland  channel  spurning, 
It  is  cleft  by  pleasure-boats. 

Mystic  river,  mighty  river, 

What  a  tale  your  waves  could  tell, 
If  the  good  and  gracious  Giver 

Should  endow  you  with  some  spell ; 

Tales  of  bright  and  sunny  dashes 
And  of  weird  and  gloomy  shores, 

And  the  ghostly  moonlight  flashes 
O'er  the  barren,  lonely  moors. 

Would  that  you  could  tell  such  stories 
Of  the  sights  upon  your  way, 

All  the  evils,  all  the  glories, 
Ever  changing,  day  by  day. 

But  your  voice  is  not  for  speaking, 
Only  murmurs,  vague  and  low, 

And  you  do  not,  to  our  seeking, 
Tell  us  aught  we  wish  to  know. 


When  Thou  Art   Near. 

When  thou  art  near  to  me,  day  lingers  long, 
And  still  gray  twilight  brings  no  shadow  here, 
For  fairy  hours  are  crowned  with  joyous  song 
When  thou  art  near. 

O'er  hills  of  toil  the  sun  gleams  bright  and  clear, 
The  skies  are  fair,  and  all  the  gusty  throng 
Of  piercing  winds,  with  voices  lone  and  drear, 

Are  hushed  and  still  beneath  thy  scepter  strong. 
So  life  grows  sweet,  and  unawares,  a  dear 
And  blessed  peace  steals  o'er  my  heart  erelong, 
When  thou  art  near. 


My  Guest. 

'A  sorrow's  crown  of  sorrow  is  remembering  happier  things." 

So  sorrowful  and  wan,  the  face  appears 

A  deep,  reflecting  only  sunless  skies; 

And  strands  of  midnight  hair  hang  low  o'er  eyes 

Whose  dusky  depth  seems  wells  of  endless  fears, 

The  resting-place  of  care  and  haunting  fears. 

Upon  the  pallid  lips  a  trace  there  lies 

Of  smiles  long  dead,  that  grief  has  turned  to  sighs, 

The  hopeless  longings  for  the  vanished  years. 

Out  of  the  shadowy  caverns  of  the  past 
She  glides,  and  seeks  an  entrance  to  my  heart, 
Her  presence  dark'ning  paths  where  sometimes 
stray 


Forgetfulness  and  peace,  and  gloom  is  cast 
O'er  me,  as  sad  I  greet,  while  tear-drops  start, 
The  memory  of  a  joy  long  fled  away. 


Sanford  B.  Dole,  now 
President  of  the  Hawiian 
Islands  under  the  new  regime,  is  the 
son  of  a  Bowdoin  graduate,  Daniel 
Dole,  who  entered  Bowdoin  in  1832 
and  graduated  in  1836,  subsequently 
graduating  from  Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  and 
going  as  a  missionary  to  the  Sandwich  Islands. 

Dana,  '94,  is  again  at  home  on  account  of  illness. 

Davis,  '96,  will  not  return  to  college  until  next 
fall. 

Professor  Lee  delivered  a  lecture  at  Kennebunk, 
February  6th. 

Mitchell,  '96,  will  be  taken  into  A  r  at  a  special 
initiation,  within  a  few  weeks. 

The  Junior  A  K  E  delegation  had  a  group  picture 
taken  in  Portland  a  few  days  ago. 

Pierce,  '93,  recently  had  his  thumb  put  out  of 
joint  while  sparring  in  the  Gym. 

Kussell,  '89,  and  Parcher,  '92,  are  attending  the 
Medical  School. 

There  is  a  rumor  that  the  Bugle  will  appear  this 
year  before  the  end  of  the  winter  term. 

Perkins,  '80,  now  County  Attorney  for  York 
County,  was  in  town  last  week. 

French  and  Haskell,  '95,  who  have  been  out  on 
account  of  sickness,  have  returned. 

Wiley,  '95,  is  at  home  seriously  ill,  and  Wood, 
'95,  is  also  away  ou  account  of  sickness. 

Dennison,  '95,  is  teaching  at  Naples  and  will  not 
return  to  college  until  near  the  close  of  the  term. 

A  squad  of  foot-ball  men,  under  the  charge  of 
Capt.  Fairbanks,  is  taking  daily  practicein  the  Gym. 

Seventy-three  have  been  admitted  to  the  Medi- 
cal School  up  to  this  time,  and  others  are  coming 
daily. 


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Hereafter  the  captain  of  the  ball  team  will  be 
elected  by  the  players  immediately  after  the  close 
of  the  season. 

Owing  to  the  absence  of  Bliss,  '94,  Professor 
Woodruff  officiated  at  the  organ  in  church  and 
chapel  week  before  last. 

During  the  absence  of  Mr.  Tolmau,  President 
Hyde  will  take  charge  of  the  Sophomore  and  Pro- 
fessor Little  of  the  Junior  themes. 

Gibbs,  '96,  who  will  probably  be  one  of  Maine 
State  College's  representatives  in  this  year's  Tennis 
Tournament,  visited  the  college  last  week. 

The  Juniors  had  a  photograph  of  the  class  taken 
last  Thursday  in  front  of  the  chapel.  The  picture 
will  appear  as  frontispiece  in  the  '94  Bugle. 

According  to  all  accounts  the  Glee,  Banjo,  and 
Guitar  Clubs,  and  their  admirers  that  accompanied 
them,  took  the  town  of  Preeport  by  storm  last 
Wednesday. 

Notwithstanding  the  cold  weather  the  launching 
of  the  Ammen  Ram,  Katahdin,  at  Bath,  February 
4th,  attracted  an  immense  crowd  from  all  parts  of 
the  State.  About  a  hundred  were  present  from  the 
college. 

According  to  copy  recently  received  by  the 
Orient,  Dana,  '94,  sings  "  first  base"  and  Willard, 
'96,  "second  base"  in  the  college  quartette.  The 
Orient  would  suggest  that  a  capable  short-stop 
be  engaged  immediately. 

The  Junior  Squad  will  drill  in  the  Athletic  Ex- 
hibition this  year  with  broadswords  instead  of  the 
customary  single  sticks.  The  other  class  drills  will 
be  as  usual.  Work  on  the  pyramids,  tumbling,  etc., 
is  steadily  going  on  under  the  supervision  of  the 
directors. 

'Ninety-four's  base-ball  team  had  their  pictures 
taken  recently  for  the  Bugle. 

North  Appleton  boasts  of  quite  an  orchestra. 
A  violin,  several  guitars  and  banjos,  and  a  'cello 
are  included,  and  "Phi  Chi"  has  been  quite  thor- 
oughly mastered. 

One  of  the  professors  in  the  midst  of  an  earnest 
talk  last  week  pushed  his  desk,  heavily  laden  with 
books,  off  the  platform.  The  expression  of  the 
learned  man's  face  changed  so  suddenly  from  the 
sublime  to  the  ridiculous  that  the  class  nearly  went 
into  fits  with  laughter. 

A  Bowdoin  College  Orchestra  has  recently  been 
organized  by  Ingraham.  It  is  made  up  as  follows  : 
Ingraham  and  Crawford,  first  violins;    Barker  and 


Knowlton,  second  violins;  Clifford,  first  cornet; 
Morelen,  second  cornet;  Pierce,  '93,  flute;  French, 
'95,  bass  viol;  Andrews,  '94,  pianist. 

A  prominent  member  of  the  Glee  Club,  in  a  fit 
of  absent-mindedness,  shined  his  boots  with  stove 
polish  preparatory  to  going  to  Freeport,  last  week. 
A  flue  leaden  lustre  resulted.  Upon  discovering 
his  mistake  his  howls  of  rage  echoed  through  the 
end  and  broke  the  stillness  of  the  Orient  sanctum. 

The  Junior  election  was  held  February  8th,  and 
resulted  as  follows  :  President,  Dana;  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Flagg ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Baxter. 
Ivy-Day  Officers— Chaplain,  Ogilvie;  Poet,  An- 
drews; Orator,  Moore;  Curator,  Sheaff;  Odist, 
Simpson;  Marshal,  Stevens;  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments, Thompson,  W.  Thomas,  Sykes. 

Last  Sunday,  in  Chapel,  President  Hyde  spoke 
at  some  length  on  the  present  moral  tone  of  the 
college.  On  the  whole  he  thinks  a  decided  improve- 
ment has  been  made  during  the  last  few  years. 
Mention  was  also  made  of  a  change  in  the  plans  of 
the  new  Scientific  Building,  making  it  even  larger 
and  more  convenient  than  before. 

Last  Friday,  Lieutenant  Peary,  of  Arctic  fame, 
Bowdoin,  '77,  delivered  two  lectures  in  Portland 
before  immense  audiences.  Many  of  the  professors 
and  students  improved  the  opportunity  to  hear  the 
man  who  has  done  Bowdoin's  name  such  honor, 
both  as  a  government  officer  and  as  an  explorer. 
It  is  understood  that  an  attempt  is  being  made  to 
secure  Lieutenant  Peary  for  a  lecture  in  Brunswick. 

The  Freshman  Class  election  was  held  Saturday 
and  resulted  as  follows:  President,  Gilpatrick; 
Vice-President,  Foster;  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
Clough;  Toast-master,  Fessenden ;  Opening  Ad- 
dress, Newbegin;  Poet,  Owen;  History,  Dana; 
Oration,  Willard ;  Prophecy,  Haskell ;  Committee 
of  Arrangements,  Swan,  Libby,  Robinson;  Com- 
mittee on  Odes,  French,  Baker,  Plumstead. 

The  subjects  for  the  third  themes  of  the  term 
are  as  follows:  Juniors:  1 — Should  the  United 
States  Annex  the  Sandwich  Islands?  2 — What 
Improvements  Can  be  Made  in  the  Bugle  f  3 — 
The  Influence  of  Phillips  Brooks.  Sophomores : 
1— The  Political  Career  of  James  G.  Blaine.  2 — 
The  Advantages  of  Secret  Societies.  3 — Tennyson's 
"Locksley  Hall." 

The  concerts  recently  given  by  the  College  Quar- 
tette, assisted  by  a  reader,  in  Strong,  Temple,  and 
New  Vineyard,  proved  that  the  quartette  is  capable 
of  good  work.     Large  audiences  were  present,  and 


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all  the  numbers  were  very  favorably  received. 
Last  Wednesday  evening  the  Glee  Club,  assisted 
by  the  Banjo  and  Guitar  Club,  gave  a  concert  at 
Freeport  which  attracted  a  good  audience.  Several 
from  the  college  were  present.  February  15th  the 
clubs  will  play  at  Saco. 

Dr.  I.  T.  Dana,  of  Portland,  delivered  the 
lecture  at  the  opening  of  the  Medical  School,  Feb- 
ruary 2d.  The  large  audience  completely  filled 
Lower  Memorial,  and  was  rewarded  by  a  scholarly 
and  interesting  paper  on  the  essential  characteristics 
of  a  good  physician.  Dr.  Mitchell  introduced  the 
speaker,  who  had  the  closest  attention  of  the 
audience  throughout  his  address.  Nearly  all 
the  Faculty  of  the  college  and  Medical  School  were 
present. 

The  Senior  class  election  was  held  February 
1st,  and  resulted  as  follows  :  President,  C.  H.  Sav- 
age ;  Vice-President,  H.  A.  Owen  ;  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  F.  R.  Arnold ;  Orator,  H.  C.  Fabyan  ; 
Poet,  C.  W.  Peabody;  Historian,  B.  D.  Barker; 
Prophet,  M.  S.  Clifford ;  Toast-master,  S.  0.  Bald- 
win ;  Opening  Address,  F.  M.  Shaw ;  Closing  Ad- 
dress, A.  S.  Haggett;  Chaplain,  C.  H.  Howard; 
Marshal,  E.  H.  Carleton ;  Odist,  G.  S.  Chapin; 
Statistician,  A.  M.  Jones  ;  Committee,  J.  S.  May, 
A.  K.  Jenks,  J.  W.  Lambert. 

It  seems  to  be  tacitly  agreed  that  nothing  shall 
be  done,  as  a  college,  in  boating  this  year,  owing 
largely  to  the  great  expense  and  the  difficulty  in 
making  satisfactory  arrangements  for  races.  There 
will,  doubtless,  be  class  races  as  usual,  however, 
and  these  may  suffice  to  keep  up  the  boating  spirit 
sufficiently  to  secure  a  crew  for  1894.  But  if,  as 
now  seems  likely,  boating  is  to  be  permanently 
dropped  from  our  list  of  sports,  it  would  seem  to  be 
a  wise  plan  to  dispose  of  the  shells  as  soon  as 
possible. 

Greatly  to  the  satisfaction  of  a  large  majority 
of  the  college  it  has  been  decided  to  apply  for  ad- 
mission to  the  New  England  Intercollegiate  Athletic 
Association,  where  annual  Field-Day  contests  are 
held  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  during  the  spring  term. 
Our  own  Field  Day  has  been  steadily  degenerating 
until  year  before  last,  when  the  climax  was  reached, 
some  of  the  records  being  simply  ridiculous.  With 
proper  training  it  seems  probable  that  a  good  team 
can  be  picked  to  represent  the  college.  A  careful 
canvass  shows  that  at  least  thirty  men  are  ready  to 
go  into  active  training  at  once,  and  this  number 
includes  nearly  all  the  promising  men  in  college. 


Just  as  we  go  to  press  the  news  reaches  us  that 
Bowdoin  has  been  admitted  to  the  New  England 
Intercollegiate  Athletic  Association,  by  a  unanimous 
vote  of  the  delegates  present  at  the  meeting.  The 
following  are  the  officers  for  1893:  President,  F.  W. 
Beekman,  of  Amherst ;  Vice-Presidents,  L.  B. 
Bacon,  of  Williams,  and  H.  A.  Boss,  of  Bowdoin; 
Secretary,  Harvard  Grenlie,  of  Trinity;  Treasurer, 
W.  T.  Dorrance,  of  Brown.  Also  an  Executive 
Committee  of  nine  members,  one  from  each  of  the 
nine  colleges:  Amherst,  Dartmouth,  Williams. 
Brown,  Worcester  Polytechnic,  University  of  Ver- 
mont, Trinity,  and  Wesleyan.  The  running  broad 
and  standing  broad  jumps  and  the  tug-of-war  were 
stricken  from  the  list  of  competitions.  The  matter 
of  selecting  a  place  for  this  year's  games  was  left 
to  a  committee.  The  championship  is  awarded  to 
the  college  which  scores  the  greatest  number  of 
points,  first  place  counting  five,  second  counting 
three,  and  third  one  point.  As  most  of  our  men 
are  unused  to  such  competitions,  the  management 
expects  to  enter  several  of  the  most  promising  ones 
in  the  Harvard  handicap  contests  iu  May.  Prior 
to  this  it  is  hoped  that  an  indoor  meet  can  be 
arranged  to  come  off  in  the  gymnasium  some  Satur- 
day or  Wednesday  afternoon,  during  the  last  of  the 
term.  These  meets  are  common  in  nearly  every 
college,  and  naturally  are  productive  of  great 
benefit. 


Doubtless  all  of  us  began  the  year  by  making 
good  resolutions.  As  the  first  half  of  the  college 
term  is  now  a  thing  of  the  past,  and  we  are 
just  entering  upon  the  last  half  of  the  term,  it  is 
a  good  time  to  examine  ourselves  and  see  if 
these  resolutions  have  been  kept,  and  if  we  are 
really  better  off  and  have  done  more  good  on 
account  of  making  them. 

The  making  of  good  resolutions  has  advantages, 
but  it  also  has  its  dangerous  phase.  To  make  a 
resolve  is  one  thing,  to  keep  it  is  quite  another. 
They  are  usually  made  amid  pleasant  surroundings 
and  under  the  most  favorable  influences.  With  no 
danger  iu  sight  and  no  temptation  near  it  is  easy 
to  resolve,  but  the  test  comes  later  on.  To  make 
them  is  a  sort  of  wholesale  process,  but  the  keeping 
of  them  must  be  in  a  retail  way.  If  we  keep  them 
we  shall  be  stronger  at  the  close  of  '93;  if  we  do 
not,  we  shall  be  weaker.     Nor  can  we  hope  to  win 


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in  the  struggle  before  us  if  we  rely  upon  our  own 
strength.  If  that  had  been  found  sufficient  there 
would  be  no  need  for  resolutions.  If  we  find  we 
have  failed  in  many  things,  as  all  of  us  doubtless 
have,  let  us  read  the  sixth  chapter  of  Ephesians, 
and  let  there  be  a  true  consecration  of  the  whole 
man,  all  our  powers,  our  possessions— our  all,  and 
then  we  shall  have  the  right  spirit  and  the  power 
to  keep  our  resolutions. 


How  to  Enjoy  the  Prayer-Meeting. 

Attend  regularly  and  punctually. 

Study  the  subject  in  advance. 

Come  expecting  a  blessing. 

Bring  a  friend  with  you. 

Be  one  of  the  first  to  take  part. 

Join  heartily  in  the  singing. 

Don't  think  about  that  engagement  to-morrow. 

Listen  always  like  hearing  a  will — to  see  how 
much  there  is  for  you. 

Finally,  if  you  did  enjoy  the  meeting,  say  so ; 
see  its  good  points  and  speak  of  them,  so  will  you  see 
more  and  more  to  approve  add  enjoy  increasingly. 

— Ex. 


'20. — The  followiug  note,  in  clear, 
legible  hand,  from  Bowdoin's  oldest 
living  graduate,  was  read  at  the  Boston 
alumni  dinner,  last  month  : 

Bolton,  January  17,  1893. 
Dear  Sir:— It  would  give  me  great  pleasure  to  meet 
once  more  my  younger  brothers— sons  of  Bowdoin.  But  I 
am  sorry  to  feel  obliged  to  decline  the  invitation.  It  may 
be  that  at  some  future  time  I  can  be  with  them,  although 
I  can  hardly  hope  lor  the  privilege.  So  again  I  hail  them, 
and  bid  them  my  farewell. 

Respectfully  yours,      Thomas  T.  Stone. 

'25. — Last  week,  at  Augusta,  Hon.  James  W. 
Bradbury  spoke  on  the  death  of  Blaine.  Speeches 
were  also  made  by  Hon.  Orville  D.  Baker,  '68 ;  Hon. 
Herbert  M.  Heath,  72;  Carrol  W.  Morrill,  Esq.,  77; 
Thomas  C.  Spillane,  Esq.,  '90.  The  difference  of 
sixty-six  years,  between  the  ages  of  the  first  and 


last  speakers,  Hon.  J.  W.  Bradbury  and  T.  C.  Spil- 
lane, Esq.,  is  not  unworthy  of  notice. 

'55. — The  Boston  Home  Journal  pays  its  respects 
to  Judge  William  L.  Putnam  in  the  following  appreci- 
ative manner:  "Last  week  saw  the  beginning  and 
the  end  in  the  Potter  cause  celebre,  and  the  public 
have  taken  great  satisfaction  in  watching  the  course 
of  Judge  Putnam  during  the  trial.  His  native 
strength  and  dignity  of  character  shine,  by  con- 
trast, with  some  of  the  proceedings  we  have  recently 
seen  in  the  United  States  courts  in  Boston.  With 
one  hand  he  checked  the  improper  and  unprofes- 
sional questions  of  the  district  attorney,  and  with 
the  other  he  restrains  the  defence  from  causing 
vexatious  delays  by  the  use  of  transparent  subter- 
fuges. The  appointment  of  Judge  Putnam  by 
President  Harrison  was  acknowledged  to  be  one  of 
the  best  of  even  President  Harrison's  judicial  ap- 
pointments, and  the  record  made  by  the  judge  in 
his  present  position  has  only  strengthened  this 
opinion. 

'61.— Judge  L.  A.  Emery,  Professor  of  Medical 
Jurisprudence  in  the  Medical  School  of  Maine,  has 
been  elected  the  legal  member  of  the  Permanent 
Commission  of  the  American  Medico-Legal  Society. 
The  commission  has  only  two  members,  one  legal 
and  one  medical,  the  latter  being  Professor  Victor 
C.  Vaughan  of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  Judge  Emery 
has  also  been  invited  to  read  a  paper  at  the  Inter- 
national Medico-Legal  Congress  in  Chicago  next 
August. 

70.— William  E.  Spear,  the  Boston  lawyer,  who 
was  appointed  United  States  Commissioner  to  fill 
the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  H.  L.  Hallett, 
was  recently  qualified  for  his  new  office  before 
Justice  Putnam,  of  the  class  of '55,  in  the  Circuit 
Court. 

71.— On  February  10th,  Augustine  Simmons,  of 
North  Anson,  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
United  States  courts. 

76.— Franklin  C.  Payson,  Esq.,  of  Portland,  has 
recently  formed  a  law  partnership  with  H.  R.  Vir- 
gin, Esq.,  and  H.  M.  Davis,  Esq.  Mr.  Payson  is 
President  of  the  Portland  Athletic  Club,  which, 
though  but  recently  organized,  has  a  membership 
of  nearly  five  hundred  of  Portland's  most  influen- 
tial men.  Among  its  members  are  several  Bowdoin 
men. 

77. — Lieut.  Robert  E.  Peary  is  meeting  with 
great  success  in  his  lecturing  tour.  His  lectures  in 
Portland  last  week,  as  well  as  his  famous  team  of 
Esquimaux  dogs,   with   their  driver  from  the  far 


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north,  proved  interesting  and  attractive  to  his 
large  audiences.  The  college  faculty  has  invited 
him  to  lecture  in  Brunswick,  hut  it  is  doubtful 
whether  he  can  arrange  to  do  so. 

The  proceeds  from  his  lectures  are  for  another 
Arctic  expedition,  which  he  is  planning  to  undertake. 

'87. — Mr.  E.  C.  Plummer,  of  Bath,  has  great  suc- 
cess in  securing  models  of  all  kinds  of  vessels  for 
the  World's  Fair,  and  is  to  superintend  the  collection 
in  the  Portland  district.  This  is  one  of  the  most 
important  districts  in  the  State,  containing  the 
yards  at  Kennebunkport,  where  many  of  the  famous 
old-timers  were  put  up.  Mr.  Plummer  expects  to 
make  this  exhibit  one  of  the  most  interesting  of 
any  Maine  product,  as  it  is  one  of  the  most  impor- 
tant. It  has  been  a  very  difficult  thing  to  unearth 
many  of  these  old,  musty,  worm-eaten  articles 
stowed  away  in  lumber  sheds,  with  the  present  own- 
ers ignorant  of  their  value. 

'89. — Mervyn  Ap  Rice,  who  was  recently  ad- 
mitted to  the  Knox  County  Bar,  was  last  week  nomi- 
nated for  mayor  of  Rockland  by  the  Democrats  of 
that  city. 

'89.— Albert  E.  Neal  has  formed  a  law  partner- 
ship with  L.  H.  Dyer,  Esq.,  of  Portland. 

'92.— L.  K.  Lee  has  just  closed  a  very  successful 
term  at  White  Rock,  Maine,  where  he  has  been 
teaching  this  winter.  An  exhibition  by  the  school 
was  given  Thursday  evening,  consisting  of  a  varied 
programme  of  dialogue,  farce,  and  music,  which  was 
highly  complimented  by  the  local  press.  Mr.  Lee 
will  return  in  the  spring  to  his  position  of  principal 
of  Corinna  Union  Academy. 


Book  I^eview§. 

(Eichendorf's  Aus  dem  Leben  eines  Taugenichts 
has  recently  been  added  to  D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.'s 
excellent  Modern  Language  series,  edited,  with 
introduction  and  notes,  by  Professor  Carl  Osthaus, 
of  Indiana  University.) 

This  little  book  of  130  pp.  seems  well  adapted 
to  the  purpose  which  led  to  its  appearance  in  the 
series— to  afford  easy,  light,  and  interesting  narra- 
tive for  use  in  college  or  high  school,  after  the 
leading  principles  of  the  grammar  shall  have  been 
mastered. 

Eichendorf's  best  and  most  widely-known  pro- 
ductions are  lyrical ;  in  fact,  nearly  all  of  his  prose 
writings,  novels,  dramas,  and  works  on  literature 
suffer  from  certain  defects  resulting  from  his  poetic 


turn  of  mind.  From  these  defects,  however,  his 
Taugenichts  is  free,  and  presents  to  the  reader  in 
graceful  and  well-written  prose  the  experiences  of 
a  young  German  who,  having  been  driven  from 
home  by  his  father  for  laziness,  manages  to  make 
his  way  to  and  from  Italy,  meeting  with  a  variety 
of  adventures  en  route,  and,  good  for  nothing  though 
he  really  is,  appears  to  come  out  all  right  at  the  end 
of  the  story.  Successful,  from  one  point  of  view,  as 
the  "  dolce  far  mente"  mode  of  life  seems  to  be  in 
his  case,  still  young  readers  will  hardly  be  tempted 
by  reading  this  book  to  emulate  his  example. 

(Webster's  Select  Speeches.  Edited  by  A.  J. 
George.  Boston:  D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.  Price  $1.50.) 
The  author  has  brought  together  in  this  volume  a 
few  of  Webster's  best  speeches.  It  is  his  object  to 
put  these  in  a  convenient  form  for  school  use.  He 
has  varied  his  selections  by  taking  each  one  from  a 
different  field  of  the  orator's  genius.  The  edition 
includes  the  well-known  "Reply  to  Hayne,"  "The 
Murder  of  Captain  White,"  "  The  Bunker  Hill  Mon- 
ument," and  others.  The  notes  explain  the  purpose 
and  attendant  circumstances  of  each.  Neatly  bound 
in  cloth. 

Andersen's  Mdrchen.  Selected  and  edited,  with 
notes  and  vocabulary,  by  Professor  0.  B.  Super. 
D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.  Price  90  cents.)  This  book  is 
adapted  for  first  reading,  or  for  sight  reading  by 
those  more  advanced.  The  selections  deal  with 
matters  of  every-day  life  and  are  well  suited  in 
interest  and  vocabulary  to  conversation  in  class. 

(Loti's  Peclieur  d'Islande.  Edited  by  Morich. 
D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.    Price  30  cents.    Paper  bound. 


The  receipts  of  the  Athletic  Association,  at  Har- 
vard, last  year,  were  $12,115.16;  the  expenses, 
$10,991.10. 

Connecticut  has  more  college  students  in  pro- 
portion to  her  population,  than  any  other  State  in 
the  Union. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


237 


Ninety-five  universities  and  colleges  are  repre- 
sented by  their  respective  graduates  in  Yale. 

Lafayette,  Steveus,  Rutgers,  and  Lehigh,  are  to 
form  a  foot-ball  league. 

EPITAPH   FOR  A  POET. 

The  critics  scorned  to  criticise, 
The  editors  to  analyze, 
The  poems  I  was  wont  to  write  ; 

And  friends  themselves  showed  no  surprise 
That  men  could  be  so  impolite. 

One  man  there  was,  however,  who 
Possessed  a  most  exalted  view 

Of  all  I  ever  wrote  or  said, 
Of  all  the  men  I  ever  knew, 
He,  only,  had  a  level  head. 

He  was  a  man  intelligent, 

Who  from  a  better  land  was  sent, 

A  poet  of  a  high  degree 
Of  fancy  and  of  sentiment, 
A  perfect  genius,  namely,  Me. 

— Harvard  Lampoon. 

That  pipes  have  become  very  popular  at  Amherst 

is  evinced  by  the  fact  that  but  sixteen  out  of  one 

hundred  and  thirty-four  men  in  the  Freshman  class 

are  addicted  to  the  cigarette  habit. 

At  Princeton  no  student  will  be  allowed  to  bring 
a  watch  into  the  rooms  at  the  coming  examinations. 
Princeton  College  authorities  have  caused  the 
arrest  of  two  Freshmen  on  the  charge  of  larceny — 
stealing  sign-boards.  The  action  of  the  grand  jury 
is  beiug  awaited. 

Cornell  University  celebrates  its  twenty-fifth  an- 
niversary next  October. 

TONE  COLOR. 
Each  tone  has  a  different  color,  'tis  said; 
A  horn's  tone,  for  instance,  is  "  blew;  " 
And  all  tones,  when  played  by  musicians,  are 
"read," 
But  Yell-oh !  's  the  Glee  Club  tone's  hue. 

—Cynic. 

Forty-five  men  are  training  for  the  Dartmouth 
athletic  team. 

There  are  forty-three  candidates  for  the  Cornell 
nine. 

The  University  of  Pennsylvania  crew  will  use  a 
tank  this  year. 

The  fund  started  about  six  weeks  ago  for  a 
quarter  of  a  million  dollars,  in  the  hope  of  incorpo- 
rating the  "  Annex  "  as  a  department  of  Harvard 
University,  has  reached  nearly  $63,000. 

The  late  Judge  L.  Q.  C.  Lamar  received  the  de- 
gree of  L.L.D.  at  Harvard,  on  the  celebration  of 
the  two-hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary. 

President  Harper,  of  Chicago   University,  pro- 


poses to  locate  the  great  Terkes  telescope  at  Lake 
Forest,  a  suburb  of  Chicago,  provided  the  trustees 
of  Lake  Forest  University  will  make  that  institu- 
tion a  department  of  Chicago  University. 

More  than  one- third  of  the  students  at  Williams 
College  are  from  New  York. 

President  Patton  of  Princeton,  who  has  been 
absent  about  a  year,  will  resume  his  regular  duties 
soon. 

SYNONYMOUS. 

"  The  professor's  just  steeped  in  learning," 

'Twas  the  Boston  maid  thus  spoke. 
"Yes,"  answered  the  bright  Junior,  smiling, 
"He's  a  regular  old  soak."  — Brunonian. 

It  is  said  that  women  comprise  55  per  cent,  of 
the  undergraduates  of  the  country. 

Of  the  three  hundred  and  twenty-two  members 
of  the  House  of  Representatives,  one  hundred  and 
six  are  college  graduates. 

Instead  of  writing  a  short  essay  each  week,  the 
Sophomore  class  in  English  at  Wesleyan  will  here- 
after be  required  to  write  a  short  novel,  to  be 
handed  in  at  the  mid-year  examination. 

Professor  A.  S.  Hardy,  of  Dartmouth,  the  dis- 
tinguished novelist  and  mathematician,  has  obtained 
leave  of  absence  and  will  succeed  Howells  as  editor 
of  the  Cosmopolitan. 

Thirteen  universities  have  been  suppressed  by 
the  Italian  government.  There  still  remain,  how- 
ever, the  old  foundations  of  Padua,  Bologna,  Pavia, 
Pisa,  and  Rome;  Naples,  Genoa,  and  Palermo  are 
spared. 

AN  EXPERIMENT. 

No  rose,  I  swear, 

E'er  bloomed  so  fair 
As  this  one  in  the  north  wind  bleak. 

Your  open  eyes 

Denote  surprise, — 
The  rose  is  on  my  lady's  cheek. 

When  snowflakes  press 

Their  chill  caress, 
Its  petals  daintier  shades  will  take; 

Perhaps  if  I 

The  same  should  try 
I  could  yet  fairer  colors  make.  — Unit. 

A  Southern  Athletic  Association  has  been  formed 
by  most  of  the  leading  colleges  of  the  South. 

The  managers  of  the  "Yale  Commons"  eating 
club,  founded  last  year,  make  a  report  showing 
that  about  five  hundred  students  were  provided  for 
at  the  average  cost  of  $3.96  per  week. 

Vice-President-elect  Stevenson  is  a  graduate  of 
Centre   College  of    Kentucky.      This   college  has 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


graduated  two  vice-presidents,  fourteen  U.  S.  rep- 
resentatives, six  U.  S.  senators,  six  governors  of 
States,  and  one  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  the 
past  fifty  years. 

Some  professors  at  Evanston  recently  attended 
a  dancing  party.  A  committee  from  a  mass  meet- 
ing of  the  students  will  demand  an  explanation. 

Although  Chicago  University  has  had  millions 
donated  for  specific  purposes,  she  is  at  present  in 
need  of  money  to  pay  running  expenses. 

Professor  Tucker,  of  Andover,  has  finally  ac- 
cepted the  presidency  of  Dartmouth. 

Harvard  alumni  intend  to  raise  the  sum  of 
$300,000  for  the  erection  and  endowment  of  a 
building  to  be  called  the  Phillips  Brooks  Home,  and 
also  to  establish  a  fund  for  the  voluntary  services 
in  Appleton  Chapel.  Professors  Peabody,  Paine, 
and  Palmer  will  act  as  trustees  of  the  fund. 

The  number  of  students  at  the  University  of 
Michigan  has  doubled  since  1884. 

Princeton  Glee,  Banjo,  and  Guitar  Club  made 
over  $1,200  on  their  recent  trip. 

Casper  Whitney  says,  in  Harper's  Weekly,  that 
Cornell  is  the  leading  college  in  aquatics  in  the 
country. 

The  Law  Department  of  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan supports  over  twenty  mock  courts,  besides  a 
Supreme  Court  and  a  United  States  Senate. 


We  have  just  marked  down  a  very  choice  lot  of  Neckwear 
that  we  have  been  selling  for  50  Cents  to 

29c. 

This  is  a  special  lot  and  it  cannot  be  duplicated  for  the  money  in 
Portland.    The  patterns  are  particularly  pretty. 

The  Atkinson  49c.  Shirt.  The  Farrington  47c.  Shirt. 

Outing  Shirts,   25  Cents. 

Men's  Underwear,  25c.  Summer  Shirts  in  Colors. 

Great  Variety  in 

Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing  and  Furnishings 

At  the  Very  Lowest  Prices. 

The  Atkinson  Company 

Middle,  Pearl,  and  Vine  Streets, 

PORTLAND,    ME. 

Isaac  C.  Atkinson,  General  Manager. 


J.    E.   ALEXANDER, 

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No.  15. 


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B.  L.  Bryant,  '95,  Business  Manager. 

W.  P.  Chamberlain,  '93.  F.  M.  Shaw,  '93. 

M.  S.  Clifford,  '93.  H.  E.  Andrews,  '94. 

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Vol.  XXII.,  No.  15.— March  1,  1893. 

Editorial  Notes, 239 

The  Yell  Still  in  the  Air,        241 

The  "Washington  Alumni  Annual  Dinner,     .     .     .  241 

A  Strange  Sorrow, 243 

Extract  from  a  Paper  by  Llewellyn  Deane,  Esq.,  244 

To  the  "  Tell  "  Correspondent 245 

How  Far  Does  Rank  at  College  Indicate  Ability  ?  246 

A  Sketch 247 

The  Pessioptimist, 249 

Rhyme  and  Reason: 

No  Test  for  Bravery, 249 

Do  Nothing  Rashly, 250 

The  Pace, 250 

Finite  Versus  Infinite, 250 

Beyond, 250 

Collegii  Tabula, 250 

Y.  M.  C.  A ^    ...  252 

Personal, 252 

Book  Reviews, 253 

College  World, 253 


Our  whilom  yell  correspondent  favors 
us  with  another  communication  in  regard 
to  the  "  Orient-Bugle-Brunswick-Bowdoin" 
yell.  This  time  he  indulges  in  a  complete 
expose  of  editorial  ignorance  and  pretension, 
not  without  some  hope,  evidently,  of  stirring 
up  our  wrath.  But  be  calm,  O  editorial  ink- 
pot, be  calm  !  Notwithstanding  the  weighty 
objections  urged  against  our  criticism,  we . 
must  confess  that  we  still  experience  the 
same  difficulty  with  the  above  yell  that  we 
remember  of  when  we  once  tried  to  tell  the 
school  committee  man  that  "  the  bold,  bad 
boys  broke  bolts  and  bars."  Though  it  may  be 
mere  prejudice,  we  still  have  a  preference  for 
yells  that  can  be  yelled  with  the  mouth  open. 


TF  PROPHECIES  were  in  order  we  might 
*■  predict  that  one  of  the  next  forward  steps 
made  by  the  students  of  Bowdoin  would  be 
the  establishment  of  a  literary  monthly  mag- 
azine. Nearly  all  of  the  leading  colleges, 
especially  in  New  England,  now  publish  suc- 
cessful "  Lits."  Where  these  have  been 
developed  from  the  old  bi-weeklies  the  result 
has  been  a  division  of  the  two  departments, 
to  the  great  improvement  of  each ;  making 
a  monthly  magazine  devoted  chiefly  to  lit- 
erary work,  but  usually  with  an  alumni 
department  and  a  weekly  paper  devoted  to 
local  news  and  college  items  in  general. 


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Of  course  two  queries  occur  to  the  reader 
immediately;  first,  whether  it  is  possible  to 
find  financial  support  for  a  literary  mag- 
azine ;  second,  whether  literary  work  of 
sufficient  merit  can  be  obtained.  In  regard 
to  the  first  query  we  will  say  that  though  it 
may  not  be  the  general  rule,  we  know  of 
cases  where  the  literary  monthly  pays  better 
than  the  weekly.  It  seems  as  if  with  an 
enterprising  management  and  a  first-class 
alumni  department  to  assist  in  increasing 
the  subscription  list,  a  literary  magazine 
could  easily  be  made  to  pay  expenses.  As 
regards  literary  work  we  think  that  the 
Orient  has  succeeded  in  bringing  out  a  few 
very  creditable  articles  this  year,  and  by  no 
means  have  all  of  the  good  writers  in  college 
been  heard  from.  Given  men  as  good  as 
there  are  at  Bowdoin  to-day  and  the  experi- 
ence which  a  few  years  of  literary  work 
would  afford,  there  is  no  doubt  but  we  could 
issue  a  literary  magazine  that  would  rank 
among  those  published  by  the  other  colleges 
of  our  class. 


WE  ARE  indebted  to   Llewellyn   Ueane, 
Esq.,  for  the   report  of  the  Washing- 
ton alumni  meeting  and  other  favors. 


IT  IS  understood  that  arrangements  are 
being  made  for  a  thorough  advertising  of 
the  Athletic  Exhibition  in  Portland.  We 
cannot  repeat  too  often  that  a  free  use  of 
money  for  this  purpose  will  be  amply  re- 
warded. Special  attention  should  be  paid 
to  the  newspapers.  It  is  not  wise  to  slight  any 
of  them  as  was  done  last  year.  Do  not  forget 
the  Sunday  papers.  Many  details  are  thought 
of  when  it  is  too  late.  One  item  which  we 
do  not  think  was  sufficiently  emphasized  in 
the  Portland  advertising  last  year  was  the 
number  of  performers.  The  large  num- 
ber actually  appearing  was  commented  on 
with  some  surprise  at  the  time. 


BOWDOIN  has  always  had  among  her 
sons  in  Washington,  men  who  have 
stood  with  the  nation's  leaders.  With  the 
Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States,  the  most 
prominent  man  in  the  Senate,  the  most 
prominent  man  in  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, and  many  other  honorable  names,  she 
lacks  to-day  not  a  whit  of  her  former  glory.  Is 
there  a  small  college  in  the  country  which 
can  boast  of  a  Washington  alumni  associa- 
tion more  creditable  to  her  fame,  or  one  that 
takes  a  more  active  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
its  Alma  Mater? 


TITHE  management  of  the  Athletic  Associa- 
*■  tion  complains  of  a  lack  of  faithfulness 
in  training  on  the  part  of  many  who  are  to 
take  part  in  the  exhibition  this  month.  Its 
desire  to  excite  more  interest  in  the  event 
among  the  students,  and  hence  to  insure  a 
more  successful  exhibition,  is  most  reason- 
able and  should  be  seconded  by  all  who  have 
at  heart  the  interest  of  the  college  and  her 
reputation  in  the  line  of  athletic  exhibitions. 
When  the  exhibit  is  repeated  in  Portland 
and  Bath,  as  it  will  be  this  year,  every  Bow- 
doin man  will  be  interested  to  have  it  a 
success,  sustaining  if  not  increasing  the  repu- 
tation of  the  college.  Now  the  only  sure 
way  of  doing  this  is  for  every  man  who 
desires  to  take  part  to  train  honestly  and  reg- 
ularly during  the  short  time  which  remains 
before  the  exhibition ;  and  for  all  those  who 
are  not  to  participate  to  encourage  and  not 
discourage  those  who  are.  We  have  excel- 
lent material  in  college  this  year,  and  there 
is  no  reason  why  this  winter's  exhibition 
should  not  be  first-class  in  every  respect. 


WE  PUBLISH  in  another  column  a  some- 
what pithy  reply  from  an  anonymous 
correspondent  to  the  article  on  the  yell  ques- 
tion which  appeared  in  our  last  number. 
He  suggests  a  yell  which,  if   not  the   best 


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possible,  seems  to  fit  the  situation  fairly  well 
and  is  certainly  worthy  of  consideration.  At 
present  the  yell  question  is  par  excellence  the 
question  of  the  day. 


TT  HAS  been  the  custom  for  the  Athletic 
*■  Association  to  give  a  hop  each  year  at  the 
close  of  the  exhibition  here  in  the  town  hall. 
Of  course  its  object  has  been  to  increase  the 
proceeds  of  the  exhibition  and  at  the  same 
time  to  furnish  entertainment  for  those  vis- 
itors who  are  compelled  to  wait  for  the  mid- 
night train.  For  the  past  two  or  three  years, 
however,  the  students  have  been  gradually 
"  throwing  cold  water  "  upon  this  agreeable 
custom  by  rushing  on  to  the  floor  without 
purchasing  dance  tickets.  Last  year  this 
was  carried  to  such  an  extent  that  a  sufficient 
amount  of  money  was  not  realized  from  the 
hop  to  pay  for  the  extra  music  necessary. 
It  is  obvious  that  unless  a  change  is  made 
the  regular  hop  will  soon  have  to  be  discon- 
tinued altogether.  If  this  pleasing  feature 
is  to  be  continued,  let  the  students  assist  the 
management  by  making  the  small  additional 
payment  required  of  those  who  participate. 
A  word  to  the  wise  should  be  sufficient. 


The  Yell  Still  in  the  Air. 

TITHE  editorial  criticisms,  in  the  last  Oei- 
■»■  ent,  of  the  only  yell  that  has  cracked  its 
shell  after  four  j'ears  of  incubation,  are  an 
advance  over  the  previous  objections,  which 
were  never  urged  in  print  and  would  have 
defeated  themselves  had  they  appeared  in 
tangible  form. 

These  criticisms  are  in  a  certain  sense 
very  delicious.  There  is  an  air  of  scientific 
profundity  worthy  of  the  embriotic  building 
soon  to  appear  on  the  campus,  and  only 
equaled  by  the  literary  skill  of  tetering  up 
on  "  the  carrying  power  of  the  yell "  and 
down  on  "the  strength  put  into  it." 

Do  the  editors  propose  to  put  themselves 


on  record  as  implying  that  lingual  or  guttural 
letters  are  preferable  to  labials  in  calls  de- 
signed to  be  heard  afar  or  effectually?  Do 
they  ignore  the  fact  that  B  is  one  of  the 
most  robust  consonants  in  the  alphabet? 
And  when  it  comes  to  labial  vowel  sounds, 
do  they  claim  that  "  Baa "  will  be  heard 
further  than  "Bo"?  The  universal  reach- 
ing hail  is,  Ho ! 


The  Washington   Alumni   Annual 
Dinner. 

Washington,  February  15. 
TV7AY  down  in  Maine,  in  the  town  of 
■"  Brunswick,  there  is  a  famous  old  col- 
lege by  the  name  of  Bowdoin  that  has  turned 
out  some  of  the  brightest  and  ablest  public 
men  from  that  part  of  the  world.  The  col- 
lege has  never  been  a  large  one,  and  the 
graduating  classes  do  not  average  much 
above  half  a  hundred,  but  the  men  when 
they  leave  show  the  results  of  close  personal 
contact  with  their  instructors  in  a  polish  and 
thoroughness  as  well  as  in  an  intense  love 
and  loyalty  to  their  Alma  Mater.  When  they 
get  together  to  sing  of  the  days  gone  by  they 
do  it  with  a  vim  and  enthusiasm  that  makes 
them  all  boys  again  for  the  night. 

The  Bowdoin  Alumni  Association  of 
Washington  is  one  of  the  most  active  and 
successful  of  all  the  graduate  societies  here, 
and  numbers  among  its  members  many  men 
who  are  well  known  in  official,  scientific,  and 
business  circles.  Last  night  was  Bowdoin 
night  and  was  marked  with  a  handsome 
banquet  at  the  Cochran.  Notwithstanding 
the  fact  that  it  came  late  in  the  season  of 
alumni  dinners  it  was  one  of  the  pleasantest 
of  all  this  winter,  and  even  the  fact  that  it 
was  run  on  good  Maine  prohibition  principles 
could  not  dampen  the  ardor  of  the  sons  of 
Bowdoin  or  chill  their  enthusiasm.  From 
the  oldest  member  of  the  association  down 
to  the  most  recent  graduate  from  the  college, 


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all  were  boys  together  last  night,  and  it  was 
not  until  a  late  hour  that  they  thought  of 
getting  tired  of  singing  college  songs  and 
talking  over  together  the  pleasures,  the  hopes 
and  fears  of  the  good  old  days  spent  at  col- 
lege at  Brunswick. 

Prior  to  the  more  important  event  of  the 
evening  a  business  meeting  of  the  association 
was  held  in  one  of  the  large  parlors-.  Officers 
for  the  ensuing  year  were  elected  as  follows : 
President,  Mr.  Chief  Justice  Melville  W. 
Fuller,  '53 ;  Vice-Presidents,  Senator  William 
P.  Frye,  '50,  and  Llewellyn  Deane,  '49 ; 
Treasurer,  Stephen  D.  Fessenden,  '79 ;  Corre- 
sponding Secretary,  Prof.  J.  W.  Chickering, 
'52 ;  Recording  Secretary,  James  C.  Strout, 
'57  ;  Executive  Committee,  Gen.  Ellis  Spear, 
'58;  J.  W.  Whitney,  '64;  W.  H.  Owen,  '51; 
H.  L.  Prince,  '62 ;  F.  E.  Dennett,  '90,  with 
the  secretary  and  treasurer  ex  officio. 

Dinner  was  served  in  the  big  banquet 
room  of  the  Cochran,  and  covers  were  spread 
for  upward  of  forty  guests.  The  evening 
was  begun  with  a  benediction  pronounced 
by  Rev.  Dr.  E.  Whittlesey,  formerly  a  pro- 
fessor at  Bowdoin.  Chief  Justice  Fuller, 
the  president  of  the  association,  presided,  and 
when  the  time  for  cigars  and  oratoiy  had 
arrived  he  introduced  Mr.  Llewellyn  Deane 
as  the  toast-master  of  the  evening.  Letters 
were  read  from  President  Gallaudett  of  the 
National  Deaf  Mute  College,  President  Well- 
ing of  the  Columbian  University,  President 
Rankin  of  Howard  University,  President 
Hyde  and  Professor  Little  of  Bowdoin.  It 
was  announced  that  the  preliminary  decision 
in  the  Merritt  will  matter  in  the  San  Fran- 
cisco court  was  decidedly  in  favor  of  the 
college. 

Happy  and  appropriate  speeches  were 
made  by  Senator  Frye,  Governor  Dingley, 
Dr.  Whittlesey,  William  P.  Drew  of  Phila- 
delphia, Hon.  I.  N.  Evans  (Medical,  1851), 
formerly  a  representative  in  Congress,  Wood- 
bury Pulsifer,  James  McKeen  of  New  York, 


President  of  the  Alumni  Association,  S.  I. 
Kimball,  H.  L.  Piper,  E.  F.  Conant,  F.  D. 
Sewall,  J.  B.  Cotton,  and  others. 

Those  present  were  Chief  Justice  Fuller, 
Rev.  E.  Whittlesey,  D.D.,  Governor  Dingley, 
Winthrop  Tappan,  Col.  W.  H.  Owen,  William 
P.  Drew  of  Philadelphia,  Dr.  D.  L.  Wolhaup- 
ter,  Assistant  Attorney-General  John  B.  Cot- 
ton, Woodbury  Pulsifer,  Charles  H.  Verrill, 
Edgar  F.  Conant,  Frank  E.  Dennett,  Freder- 
ick D.  Sewall,  George  A.  Fairfield,  Llewellyn 
Deane,  Senator  William  P.  Frye,  John  W. 
Butterfield,  Rev.  Frank  Sewall,  Charles  Ches- 
ley,  Prof.  John  W.  Chickering,  Sumner  I. 
Kimball,  Samuel  S.  Gardener,  James  C. 
Strout,  Ellis  Spear,  Horace  L.  Piper,  Joseph 
N.  Whitney,  Stanley  Plummer,  Stephen  D. 
Fessenden,  Dr.  I.  N.  Evans  of  Hatboro,  Pa., 
and  James  McKeen  of  New  York  City. 

One  of  the  letters  read  at  the  Washing- 
ton dinner  was  the  following  from  President 
Rankin  : 

^  Howard  University, 
\  Washington,  D.  C,  February  14,  1893. 
L.  Deane,  Esq. 

My  Very  Bear  Friend:— 1  did  purpose  to  accept 
your  kind  invitation  to  be  at  the  dinner  of  the  Sons 
of  Bowdoin  to-night.  There  is  none  of  our  New- 
England  colleges  that  I  honor  more  than  your 
Alma  Mater.  There  have  been  among  her  gradu- 
ates an  unusual  number  of  men  of  the  truest  genius — 
notably  in  that  class  of  1825,  in  which  were  the 
household  poet  Longfellow,  the  magician  Haw- 
thorne, and  the  Elijah  of  the  anti-slavery  reform, 
Rev.  Dr.  George  B.  Cheever, — a  cluster  sufficient  in 
itself  to  kindle  any  college  firmament  to  glory! 
I  know,  too,  what  Bowdoin  has  done  in  the  public 
halls  of  the  nation  and  in  the  very  highest  place  of 
the  nation;  for,  strangely  enough,  this  same  class 
of  1825  had  also  three  men  who  became  members 
of  Congress  and  another  who  was  in  the  United 
States  Senate ;  not  to  speak  of  Franklin  Pierce  of 
1824,  who  once  sat  where  Benjamin  Harrison  now 
sits,  and  in  the  chair  on  which  already  falls  the 
shadow  of  that  coming  event— Grover  Cleveland, 
the  man  of  destiny  ! 

"I  say,  I  purposed  to  come,  to  show  my  love  for 
New  England  and  New  England  men,  and  my 
appreciation  of  your  courtesy.     But  my  pressing 


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duties  prevent  me  at  the  last  moment,  and  I 
send  this  instead  of  occupying  the  chair  kindly 
allotted  me.  Very  truly, 

J.  E.  Rankin. 


A  Strange  Sorrow. 

T  ONG  years  ago,  there  dwelt  in  one  of 
*-*  New  England's  most  thriving  villages  a 
family  whose  ancestors  were  of  the  stern 
Puritan  stock,  who  came  to  this  country  in 
order  that  they  might  worship  God  as  they 
chose.  This  family  lived  in  one  of  those  old- 
fashioned  houses  that  form  so  interesting  a 
feature  of  America's  older  towns,  houses 
which  were  probably  built  after  the  plan  of 
those  in  the  Mother  Country  from  which  the 
Pilgrims  came. 

The  sun,  which  was  slowly  sinking  be- 
hind the  hills  in  the  west,  east  its  last  rays 
through  a  latticed  window,  full  upon  the 
beautiful  face  of  a  young  girl;  a  face  in 
which  that  purity,  innocence  and  intelligence 
were  blended,  which  tells  one  so  plainly  of 
the  grand  character  and  noble  thoughts 
within.  She  lay  on  a  bed  of  snowy  white- 
ness and  her  pallid  cheeks  were  nearly  of  the 
same  color  as  the  soft  pillow  under  her  head. 
Her  pulse  and  breathing,  which  were  scared}' 
perceptible,  told  her  father  all  too  plainly 
that  his  daughter  was  dying.  His  face  and 
head  resembled  very  much  the  one  on  the 
pillow,  except  those  gray  hairs  and  deep  fur- 
rowed lines,  which  told  that  the  physician 
had  grown  old  in  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion, while  the  head  on  the  pillow  showed 
the  loveliness  and  freshness  of  youth,  for  the 
young  girl  had  been  sick  only  a  short  time, 
and  the  ravages  of  disease  had  failed  to  leave 
that  terrible  deathly  look  which  follows  a 
long  illness.  The  aged  doctor  bent  nearer 
the  white  face  on  the  pillow.  The  girl 
gasped  once,  and  all  was  over.  Her  white  and 
spotless  soul  had  gone  up  with  the  waiting 
angel  to  the  arms  of  her  Master,  just  as  the 
sun  sank  behind  the  hill    in  the  west.     Her 


life  had  been  one  full  of  innocence  and 
purity.  Providence  seems  to  take  such  souls 
from  among  us  first.  Should  we  ask  why  is 
it  so?  It  would  be  of  no  avail  if  we  did;  no 
one  could  answer  us.  If  God  in  his  infinite 
wisdom  sees  fit  to  take  such  from  our  midst, 
we  must  be  reconciled,  for  He  knows  best 
what  is  for  our  own  good. 

The  father  knelt  beside  the  bed  and  wept 
like  a  child.  He  remained  thus  for  a  long 
time,  his  face  covered  with  his  hands.  Near 
the  bed  on  the  opposite  side  stood  a  young 
man,  who  had  just  entered  into  the  flush  and 
strength  of  manhood.  He  held  the  hand  of 
the  young  girl,  as  she  was  dying,  and  at  that 
last  gasp,  he  turned  away  his  white  and  set 
face  with  a  great  sob  of  grief,  which  shook 
his  whole  frame.  He  walked  from  the  room 
as  if  dazed,  and  left  the  aged  father  alone  in 
his  grief.  Gerald  Fielden  was  gifted  with 
those  finer  feelings  and  tastes  rarely  seen  in 
a  man  of  his  age.  He  and  the  young  girl 
who  had  just  died,  were  lovers  and  were  to 
have  been  married  in  a  month.  The  girl  was 
an  only  child  and  had  only  her  father  left  in 
the  world,  her  mother  having  died  when  she 
was  but  five  years  old.  Gerald  went  from 
the  house  to  his  own  home,  an  elegant  man- 
sion, a  short  distance  from  the  one  he  had 
just  left,  proceeded  to  his  own  room,  locked 
himself  in  and  then  threw  himself  on  his  bed, 
sobbing  with  those  hard,  dry  sobs  character- 
istic of  a  strong  man  in  grief. 

Gerald  was  rich,  talented,  pleasant,  and 
withal  a  fine  young  fellow,  and  had  planned 
with  his  betrothed  a  life  full  of  happiness 
and  one  which  should  do  great  good  in  the 
world,  and  it  had  been  cut  short  by  the  death 
of  her  he  loved  with  his  whole  heart.  It 
was  too  hard;  it  seemed  almost  too  hard  to 
bear.  He  lived  with  his  parents  for  two  years 
after  the  death  of  his  loved  one,  a  sorrowful, 
morose  man,  never  going  into  society  and 
living  in  a  world  of  books,  brooding  over  his 
sorrow.     At  the  end  of  that  time  he  caught 


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the  gold  fever  and  decided  to  go  West  and 
rough  it,  in  order  that  he  might  forget  his 
sorrow.  He  went  to  San  Francisco  and  noth- 
ingjwas  heard  from  him  for  years.  He  was 
living  during  this  time  the  rough  and  dan- 
gerous life  of  a  gold-digger,  and  seemed  to  be 
a  reserved,  melancholy  man,  never  talking 
unless  ashed  some  question.  His  com- 
panions would  sometimes  get  him  to  talk  by 
asking  him  some  question  on  an  important 
subject,  which,  as  he  was  well  educated,  he 
could  generally  answer.  He  was  fairly  suc- 
cessful in  his  search  for  gold  and  soon  be- 
came as  hardened  and  wicked  as  some  of  the 
others,  but  still  he  could  not  forget  that  first 
great  grief  that  had  come  into  his  life  so 
many  years  before.  He  brooded  over  it  so 
much  that  at  last  it  began  to  prey  on  his 
health  and  he  was  obliged  to  leave  his  life 
here  among  the  lawless  gold-hunters.  He 
traveled  through  the  United  States,  think- 
ing that  perhaps  change  of  scene  might  do 
him  good  and  cause  him  to  forget  his  trouble. 
While  in  New  York  he  was  seized  one  morn- 
ing with  a  desire  to  go  back  to  his  New  Eng- 
land home  and  see  his  native  village.  He 
started  and  soon  arrived  at  the  little  depot, 
which  had  grown  so  familiar  in  his  younger 
days.  A  strange  feeling  of  satisfied  longing 
came  over  him  as  he  walked  up  the  street  on 
which  he  formerly  lived.  He  went  by  the 
house  where  his  father  had  lived.  It  was 
changed  and  occupied  by  strangers,  and  his 
heart  was  full  as  he  journeyed  on  past  the  other 
house,  where  he  had  received  that  terrible 
blow  which  had  marred  his  whole  life.  He 
turned  his  steps  with  a  look  of  determination 
on  his  face — a  face  worn  with  sorrow  and 
hardship,  and  walking  toward  the  grave-yard, 
sought  out  a  humble  grave  in  a  remote  cor- 
ner, and  throwing  himself  upon  it,  wept  for 
a  long  time  quietly.  When  he  rose,  there 
was  a  look  of  contentment  on  his  manly  face 
which  it  had  not  worn  for  many  bitter  years. 
People,  especially  the  younger  ones,  wondered 


who  this  strange  and  sorrowful  man  was, 
who  had  come  from  no  one  knew  where,  to 
live  in  the  village.  A  few  of  the  older 
inhabitants  knew  him,  after  he  had  told 
them  who  he  was,  and  by  these  he  was 
warmly  welcomed  back  again.  He  soon 
bought  the  house  where  his  father  had  dwelt 
and  lived  there  among  his  books  to  a  good 
old  age,  becoming  the  delight  of  all  the 
children,  to  whom  he  told  wonderful  stories 
of  his  adventures.  He  did  a  great  deal  of 
good  with  his  money,  building  several 
schools  and  helping  many  a  poor  boy  to  rise 
in  the  world.  He  went  quite  often  to  visit 
the  little  mound  in  the  grave-yard  and  would 
stay  hours  at  a  time.  His  life  was  a  changed 
one  after  he  settled  in  his  old  home  and  he 
became  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him,  as  a 
man  of  fine  education  and  also  of  great  and 
noble  heart.  No  one  could  explain  his  stay- 
ing away  so  many  years,  although .  many 
claimed  that  the  terrible  blow  he  received  in 
his  early  manhood  had  weighed  so  heavily 
upon  him  that  it  had  unsettled  his  mind  for  a 
time.  It  was  truly  a  strange  sorrow.  At  his 
death  the  whole  town  mourned  and  he 
received  the  highest  honors  at  his  funeral. 
By  his  request,  he  was  buried  beside  her 
whom  he  had  loved,  in  the  little  cemetery 
under  the  whispering  pines. 


Extract   from   a   Paper    by    Llew- 
ellyn Deane,  Esq. 

WE  TAKE  the  following  statistics  from 
a  paper  read  by  Llewellyn  Deane, 
Esq.,  '49,  at  the  Washington  alumni  dinner 
of  last  year,  and  which  appears  in  a  pamphlet 
report  presented  at  the  meeting,  February 
17th : 

Bovvdoin  has  furnished  no  less  than  eighteen 
college  presidents: 

Dartmouth— Lord,  '09. 

Trinity  and  University  of  Pennsylvania— Good- 
win, '32. 

Hobart— Hale,  '18. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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Pennsylvania  Agricultural  College  and  Girard — 
Allen,- '33. 

Middlebury— Hamlin,  '34. 

Iowa  State  University — Pickard,  '44. 

Griunell  College — Magouu,  '41. 

Hillsdale  College— Mosher,  '69. 

Maine  State  College — Allen, '39,  and  Fernald,  '61. 

Urbana  University— Sewall,  '58,  and  Moses,  '57. 

Western  University — Wood,  '37. 

Robert  College— Hamlin,  '34. 

Oahu  College — Dole,  '36,  and  Jones,  '49. 

Armenia  College — Wbeeler,  '47. 

Aintab  College— Fuller,  '59. 

Bowdoin  bas  furnisbed,  from  ber  graduates,  at 
least  one  bundred  professors  to  otber  bona  fide  col- 
leges.    Among  tbese  may  be  mentioned : 

Harvard — Storer,  Longfellow,  Abbot,  *  Everett, 
*  Hall,  *  Sargent,  *  Torrey. 
Yale— *  Harris,  *Brastow. 
Brown—*  Packard. 
Tufts— Drew. 

Boston  University — Swasey. 
Wesleyan — Jobnston. 
Amberst — Abbot,  H.  B.  Smith. 
Colby  — Barnes,  Wadswortb. 
Maine  State— *  Fernald,  *  Rogers. 
Middlebury— Hamlin. 
Uuiversity  of  Vermont— Smyth,  Lincoln. 
Bates— Butler,  *Howe,  *Rich,  *Hayes,  *Stanton. 
Clarke  University — *  Whitman. 
Princeton — *  Brackett,  ^Packard. 
Colgate — *  Buruham. 
University  of  Michigan — Felch. 
University  of  Minnesota — *  Pattee. 
Uuiversity  of  Wisconsin— *Knowlton. 
University  of  Iowa — Pickard. 
Griunell  College—*  Magoun,  Lane,  Torrey. 
Perdu  University — *  Huston. 
Oberliu— Peck,  *  Currier. 
National  Deaf  Mute  College— Chickering. 

*Now  on  the  Faculty. 

The  following  have  beeo  "  attracted  "  from  the 
Bowdoin  Faculty  to  other  colleges  : 
Harvard— Longfellow,  Goodale. 
Tale — Harris,  *Ladd,  *  Smith. 
Brown— Packard. 
Princeton — Brackett,  Rock  wood. 
Dartmouth — Packard,  *  Campbell. 
University  of  Virginia — *  Wbeeler. 
Uuiversity  of  Indiana — *Matzke. 
University  of  Ohio — *Bowen. 
Uuiversity  of  Wisconsin— Chadbourne. 


Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  University — *  Pease. 

Andover  Theological  Seminary — Smyth,  Stowe. 

Bangor  Theological  Seminary — Sewall. 

Union  Theological  Seminary — Hitchcock. 

I  call  your  attention  in  the  above  list  to  the  * ; 
this  indicates  the  men  who  in  the  past  ten  years 
have  been  "attracted"  from  the  Faculty  of  our 
college  to  other  spheres  of  usefulness. 


To  the  "Yell"  Correspondent. 

WHETHER  the  writer  of  the  article  on 
the  "Yell  Question,"  which  appeared 
in  the  last  number  of  the  Orient,  desired,  b)- 
defending  his  yell,  to  excite  an  interest  in 
the  question  among  the  students,  or  whether 
he  conscientious^  wished  to  see  that  yell 
adopted,  the  article  did  not  clearly  indicate. 
If  he  had  the  former  object  in  view,  the  gen- 
eral tone  of  his  communication  addressed  to 
readers,  whom  he  calls  "half-formed  Bow- 
doin boys  "  seems  to  have  accomplished  his 
desire  to  a  certain  extent.  On  the  other 
hand,  if  he,  who,  we  are  to  suppose,  is  a 
graduate  of  long  standing — -wholly  "  formed," 
in  fact, — if  he  really  argued  for  the  adoption 
of  this  yell,  his  argument  was  not  wholly 
conclusive. 

It  is  doubtful  if  the  yell,  "Orient,  Bugle, 
Brunswick,  Bowdoin,"  does  possess  the  sono- 
rous qualities  and  the  easily  pronounced  com- 
bination necessary  to  a  first-class  yell.  But 
granting,  for  the  sake  of  his  argument  that 
it  does  come  up  to  the  standard  in  this  respect, 
let  us  look  at  the  rest  of  his  argument.  He  says 
that  the  students  are  reluctant  to  use  "idio- 
matic words  inseparably  connected  with  her 
(Bowdoin's)  history."  What  could  be  more 
idiomatic  than  the  word  "  Bowdoin  "  itself,  and 
does  he  think  that  a  yell  without  it  would  be 
adopted?  But  he  argues  that  inasmuch  as 
this  yell  is  "  full  of  meat,"  by  which  he  prob- 
ably means  historical  suggestion,  it  there- 
fore is  suitable.  Now  it  is  obvious  that,  if  his 
whole  argument  rests  upon  this  point,  the 
more  "meat,"  the  more  historically  suggestive 
words  a  yell  contains,  the   better  the  yell. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Why  does  he  not,  then,  as  must  logically  be 
done,  make  the  yell  as  meaty  as  possible? 
Massachusetts  Hall  is  certainly  more  impor- 
tant, historically,  than  the  Orient,  and  King's 
Chapel  than  the  Bugle.  Why  not  make 
these  substitutions  in  his  yell?  Even  then 
the  yell  might  be  improved  from  his  point 
of  view  by  adding  Memorial  Hall,  the  dor- 
mitories, Parker  Cleaveland's  name,  and  we, 
perhaps,  should  not  omit  the  only  Adam 
Booker  and  the  neighboring  town  of  Bath. 

The  absurdity  of  following  out  his  line  of 
argument  and  maintaining  that  a  yell  is  good 
or  bad  according  as  it  contains  more  or  less 
"  meat "  (the  sound  of  course  being  unim- 
paired) is  clearly  evident.  Now  if  his  last 
argument  does  not  hold,  and  his  first  is 
doubtful,  there  does  not  seem  to  be  much 
reason  why  the  students  should  adopt  his 
yell. 

Returning  to  the  question  of  selecting  a 
yell  different  from  the  present  college  yell,  it 
may  be  profitable  to  notice  how  other  colleges 
in  the  country  have  settled  the  question. 
The  general  course  seems  to  have  been  from 
complex  to  simple.  Colleges  which  a  few 
years  ago  had  yells  of  various  lengths,  made 
up  partly  of  words  sometimes  suggestive, 
but  more  frequently  meaningless,  are  be- 
coming gradually  settled  down  to  what  will 
probably  be  the  universal  college  yell,  viz., 
the  "Rah "yell.  It  may  be  objected  that  it 
lacks  originality,  but  what  of  that  ?  If  a  yell 
is  good  enough  to  gradually  acquire  a  place 
among  the  leading  colleges  in  the  country 
it  is  good  enough  for  Bowdoin. 

Therefore  the  following  yell  is  offered  as 
a  solution  of  the  problem. 

Rah-Rah-Rah, 

Rah-Rah-Rah, 

Rah-Rah-Rah, 
Bowdoin. 


Dartmouth  has  a  larger  per  cent,  of  alumni  iu  the 
Western  States  than  any  other  Eastern  university. 


How  Far    Does    Rank  at  College 
Indicate  Ability? 

IT  IS  the  prevailing  opinion  among  the 
students  here  at  Bowdoin  that  a  man's 
standing  in  his  classes  is  in  no  way  indica- 
tive of  his  ability ;  and  almost  invariably  a 
negative  answer  is  returned  to  a  question  of 
the  value  of  rank.  Yet,  upon  looking  the 
ground  over  with  more  care,  a  simple  "  no  " 
will,  I  think,  be  found  too  hasty  and  far 
from  being  true.  Moreover,  it  does  seem 
that  to  make  such  a  sweeping  assertion  is  to 
do  an  injustice  to  those  who  have  done  their 
work  well  in  the  past — who  are  doing  their 
work  well  now. 

To  begin  with,  every  graduate  of  Bow- 
doin on  our  present  Faculty  is  a  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  man ;  and,  although  use  is  made  of 
the  roll  of  this  society  only  because  it  hap- 
pens to  offer  a  convenient  list  of  class  leaders, 
yet  even  here  at  the  extreme  limit  of  the 
system,  rank  more  than  holds  its  own. 

Among  those,  for  example,  who  received 
Commencement  parts  and  who  were  chosen 
to  membership  on  the  day  of  their  gradua- 
tion are  men  like  these  :  Longfellow,  Pierce, 
Cheever,  and  Ezra  Abbott;  Melville  W. 
Fuller,  W.  L.  Putnam,  Thomas  B.  Reed ; 
and  still  more  recently,  Orville  D.  Baker, 
Herbert  M.  Heath,  and  Arlo  Bates.  But  to 
enumerate  them  all  would  be  tedious.  It  is 
enough  that  one  has  only  to  search  the  col- 
lege records  to  be  convinced  that  nearly  all 
our  famous  alumni  graduated  well  up  in  the 
forefront  of  their  respective  classes. 

In  the  face  of  this  fact,  the  assertion  that 
Commencement  appointments  go  to  "digs" 
and  bookworms  becomes  weak  and  tame. 
There  are,  indeed,  many  exceptions  that  can 
be.  taken  on  either  hand.  There  is  often  a 
tendency  among  scholars  to  cling  too  closely 
to  their  books  and  to  fail  in  that  practical 
application  of  their  knowledge  which  alone 
assures  success ;  and  again,  so  long  as  ath- 
letics justly  claim  so  much  attention,  there 


B0WD01N    ORIENT. 


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will  be  a  reason  for  bright,  active  fellows 
neglecting  their  studies  to  a  greater  or  less 
degree.  Moreover,  there  are  always  some 
people  who  get  credited  with  too  much, 
others  who  receive  less  than  they  deserve. 
Still,  with  all  these  various  exceptions,  rank 
tells.  It  tells,  that  is  to  say,  in  the  long  run 
and  in  its  general  bearings.  Real  ability 
must,  in  the  course  of  four  years'  study,  force 
some  recognition  of  its  due.  Aud,  although 
there  will  now  and  then  arise  in  after  years 
a  brilliant  man  who,  contrary  to  the  preceding 
statement,  did  not  make  much  showing  in 
his  college  life,  yet  surely  the  burden  of 
proving  the  possession  of  talent  rests  with 
him  who  makes  the  claim. 

And  finally,  as  regards  those  who  are  too 
indolent  to  keep  the  pace  that  is  set  for 
them,  there  seems  to  be  no  possible  excuse. 
Ability,  to  the  most  of  men  at  least,  means 
work.  And  for  just  this  reason  a  man's 
class  standing,  secured  by  his  own  efforts, 
is  presumptive  evidence  of  his  ability,  an 
evidence  not  infallible  indeed,  but  never- 
theless an  evidence  that  forms  a  basis  for 
judgment  as  accurate  as  any  fixed  standard 
of  mental,  moral,  or  physical  excellence  ever 
can  be  expected  to  be. 


If1 


A  Sketch. 

HE  Wanderer  was  engaged  in  performing 
a  peculiar  duty.  Yes,  it  was  a  peculiar 
duty,  for  him,  who  had  such  utterly  unreason- 
able and  unheard  of  tasks  to  perform.  For 
some  reason,  known  only  to  himself,  the  Head 
Devil  had  wished  to  keep  watch  over  a  certain 
young  man  named  John,  and  had  assigned 
the  work  to  the  Wanderer.  The  latter  knew 
nothing  of  the  details  of  the  job,  and  so, 
after  having  been  transported  in  the  usual 
instantaneous  manner,  from  the  Infernal 
^  Regions  to  Earth  he  was  prepared  for  almost 
anything  in  his  particular  line  of  work. 

When  he  opened  his  eyes,  as  the  spell 


left  him,  he  found  himself  in  a  broad  and 
busy  street,  up  and  down  which  was  rushing 
such  a  crowd  of  drays  and  stages  and  pedes- 
trians, and  what  uot,  as  could  be  possible  in 
but  one  place  in  the  world,  and  that  place 
the  Wanderer  knew  was  New  York. 

"Fifth  Avenue,"  he  said  to  himself,  for 
he  knew  this  locality  well,  and  its  aristo- 
cratic atmosphere,  and  its  exclusive,  beware- 
the-dog  air  of  gilded  retirement  and  seclu- 
sion, were  as  familiar  to  him  as  were  the 
sulphurous  fumes  that  emanated  from  his 
spiritual  home  in  Hades. 

It  was  evening. 

He  stood  just  before  a  big  brown  house, 
which,  with  the  softened  beams  that  glim- 
mered forth  from  its  warmly  curtained  win- 
dows and  its  air  of  cold  and  pompous  dignity, 
seemed  eminently  fitted  for  a  place  on  this 
swellest  of  the  swell  of  earth's  thoroughfares. 

But  he  had  scarce  time  to  look  about  him, 
for  the  sudden  opening  and  slamming  of  the 
heavy  door  of  the  big  house  drew  his  atten- 
tion to  the  young  man  who  had  just  come 
out  so  hastily,  whom  he  at  once  knew  to  be 
his  "  subject. " 

Yes  it  was  John.  He  stood  on  the  lower 
step  for  a  minute  or  so,  pulling  on  his  gloves 
with  hands  that  trembled  as  if  with  great 
nervous  excitement.  An  ominous  black  line 
between  his  eyes  showed  that  his  brows  were 
frowning  hard,  and  the  corners  of  his  usually 
firm  mouth  twitched  suspiciously. 

He  was  more  than  ordinarily  good  look- 
ing, this  young  metropolite,  tall,  slim,  and 
fair-haired;  and  his  whole  presence  betok- 
ened much  meutal  force  and  moral  nobility. 
As  he  started  away  from  the  house  he  had 
just  left,  he  raised  his  head  as  if  to  look 
back,  but  suddenly  recovering  himself,  with 
a  half  angry  exclamation,  he  paced  off  down 
the  avenue  with  an  air  of  determination 
mingled  with  excitement,  that  caused  the 
Wanderer  to  watch  him  with  more  than  his 
usual  amount  of  interest  in  humans  and  their 
affairs. 


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BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


Only  at  first  John's  pace  was  quick; 
before  he  had  gone  a  bare  three  hundred 
yards  he  had  come  down  to  a  dejected  and 
listless  saunter,  hands  deep  in  pockets,  and 
head  bent,  utterly  oblivious  to  the  throng 
that  surged  by  him,  up  and  down  the  crowded 
walk. 

The  Wanderer  looked  at  John  with  some- 
thing like  pity.  He  understood  it  all,  and  in 
this  very  city  had  seen  just  such  cases 
before. 

"  Poor  boy,"  said  he  to  himself,  "  he  has 
quarreled  with  her.  He  thought  he  was  in 
the  right  at  first,  but  now  he  begins  to  doubt, 
and  repents  his  hasty  words.  But  'tis  too 
late.  His  pride  will  kill  him.  Ah,  yes ! 
The  very  same  old  story,  I  know  it  by  heart." 
And  from  that  moment  the  Wanderer  was 
with  John  wherever  he  went. 

He  saw  him  when  for  many  a  long  mid- 
night hour  he  sat  staring  raptly  at  her 
picture — the  only  one  he  had  not  returned. 
The  Wanderer  knew  John's  feelings  as  he 
sat  looking  at  the  face,  but  did  not  attempt 
to  analyze  them.  Once  he  peeped  over  the 
young  man's  shoulder  and  saw  a  face  that 
made  even  him  start  with  something  which 
a  soulless  spirit  ought  not  to  possess.  A  face 
of  purely  patrician  type  ;  clearly  defined  and 
delicate  features ;  eyes  of  deep,  gentle  blue  ; 
a  firm  mouth  with  lines  and  curves  to  tempt 
St.  Anthony  himself;  and  all  surmounted  by 
a  crown  of  lovely  sun-gold  hair  which  one 
longed  to  stroke  with  one's  fingers — this  was 
the  face  the  Wanderer  saw. 

And  he  was  with  John,  too,  when  he 
would  pace  up  and  down  his  narrow  rooms, 
his  fists  tightly  clenched,  and  his  face  pale 
and  set,  and  in  his  eyes  an  awful  look  of 
sorrow  and  self-reproach.  And  he  heard  the 
broken  sentences  that  escaped  the  trembling 
lips,  the  sad  overflow  of  a  heart  over-filled 
with  grief. 

And  the  Wanderer  was  with  John  when 
in  a  distant  city  he  met  her  face  to  face,  and 
he  saw  how  pride  kept  them  from  recognizing 


each  other;  and  he  heard  the  gasp  that  John 
could  not  withhold ;  and  he  saw  her  cheek, 
when  it  paled  like  the  setting  moon  at  sun- 
rise. And  he  would  have  then  and  there 
reunited  them  in  an  unconscious  bond,  had 
not  his  mortal  enemy,  Pride,  stepped  quickly 
in  between  and  broken  the  subtle  thread  of 
heart-connection. 

And  the  Wanderer  was  with  John  again 
when  a  long-eared  acquaintance  spoke  of  her 
to  him  at  the  Van  White  dinner  ;  and  he  saw 
how  the  poor  boy's  face  hardened,  and  how 
manfully  he  fought  his  feelings  down  and 
contrived  to  make  some  politely  conventional 
reply. 

And  he  was  very  near  to  John  in  some  of 
those  sacredly  terrible  moments,  when  he 
feared  that  the  young  man  would  be  so 
foolish  and  unmanly  as  to  take  his  own  life, 
and  thus  a  coward  fail  his  duty — his  duty  to 
his  Maker  and  to  himself. 

And  when,  after  the  sun  had  twice  run 
his  yeaiTy  course,  and  John  had,  by  steady 
work  in  his  profession,  partly  erased  the 
sorrow  from  his  heart,  then  the  Wanderer 
was  with  him  once  again,  but  ah,  how  differ- 
ent were  things  now !  This  last  time  that 
the  Wanderer  saw  John  was  when,  just  as 
the  New  Year  came  springing  into  life  and 
all  was  quiet  and  peaceful,  she  came  once 
more  into  his  waiting  arms,  sorrowful,  repent- 
ant, and  loving. 

He  saw  the  mutually  chastened  mood  of 
the  two  young  people  as  they  poured  out  to 
each  other  the  sorry  tale  of  their  sad  quarrel ; 
he  saw  the  humble  and  reverent  spirit  in 
which  they  renewed  their  well-nigh  shattered 
vows,  and  he  returned  to  his  dismal  abode 
strangely  stirred  by  what  he  had  seen. 

He  had  beheld  chapter,  by  chapter  and 
line  by  line  the  old,  old  tale  of  human  affec- 
tion, that  sweetest  of  earth  stories;  sweetest 
because  it  gives  man  a  glimpse,  though  fleet- 
ing, of  that  Heaven  of  bliss  and  perfect  joy 
in  the  dim  Hereafter. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


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»f?e  ^e§§ioptimi§{. 

DISSERTATION  on  social  etiquette 
is  entirely  beyond  the  prosaic  grasp 
of  the  Pessioptimist,  yet  he  feels  called 
upon  to  expatiate  somewhat  upon  an  evil  in 
the  conduct  of  a  few — let  us  hope  a  very 
few — of  Bowdoin's  hopefuls.  The  treatment 
accorded  oftentimes  to  feminine  visitors  to 
our  campus  is  not  entirely  in  harmony  with 
the  spirit  of  an  enlightened  and  educated  com- 
munity, but  rather  savors  of  an  ill-mannered 
and  lawless  set  of  beings,  utterly  devoid  of 
any  sense  of  the  propriety  of  their  acts. 

Was  it  so  long  ago  that  those  charming 
mediasval  days  of  chivalry  existed  that  not 
one  spark  of  their  spirit  remains  to  incite 
the  youth  of  to-day  to  deeds  of  gallantry, 
or  at  least  to  pay  proper  respect  to  members 
of  the  fairer  sex?  Far  from  it.  The  cause 
of  this  disrespectful  and  indecorous  treat- 
ment lies  in  simple  thoughtlessness.  In  an 
unguarded  moment  we  say  and  do  many 
things  which,  had  we  but  have  allowed  our- 
selves to  think,  would  have  been  as  disgusting 
and  revolting  to  us  as  to  those  who  hear  or 
see  them. 

Above  all  things  let  your  conduct  be 
civil  and  respectful  toward  the  ladies  who 
favor  the  college  with  their  presence,  and  let 
it  not  be  said  that  the  students  of  Bowdoin 
College  are  a  set  of  impolite  and  impudent 
slaves  to  thoughtlessness. 

5)5  *  *  *  * 

Acquisitiveness  is  a  characteristic  of  the 
human  race,  and,  properly  exercised,  is  a 
most  beneficial  endowment;  yet  possessed 
to  an  abnormal  degree  it  oftentimes  carries 
with  it  very  disagreeable  results.  For  in- 
stance the  tendency  of  many  individuals  of 
the  present  age  is  to  take  unto  themselves 
everything  in  the  shape  of  a  spoon,  knife,  or 
fork  that  is  procurable  without  dangerous 
consequences. 


The  Pessioptimist  has  heard  of  cases 
even  in  Brunswick  where  this  unusual  custom 
has  been  a  serious  inconvenience  to  those 
bereft  of  a  certain  portion  of  their  silver 
ware.'  Is  it  possible  that  in  the  near  future 
after  every  party  or  social  gathering  the 
participants  will  be  obliged  to  undergo  a 
thorough  search  before  being  allowed  to 
depart?  This  seems  to  be  the  only  sure 
method  of  protection  against  the  custom. 

*  *     *     *     * 

It  has  been  a  good  many  years  since 
George  Washington  first  saw  the  light  of 
day.  If  in  order  to  duly  celebrate  the 
event  it  is  necessary  for  the  elements  to  give 
us  such  a  taste  of  polar  weather  as  was  their 
donation  on  February  22,  1893,  it  would  be 
far  preferable  for  the  country  to  have  been 

fatherless. 

*  *     *     *     # 

This  surely  doesn't  seem  to  be  Bowdoin's 
"winter  of  her  discontent."  In  fact  the  old 
college  seems  to  be  perfectly  satisfied  in 
keeping  "the  even  tenor  of  her  ways,"  and 
letting  the  outside  world  drift  on  as  best  it 
can.  Not  a  college  dance,  not  an  entertain- 
ment, not  a  single  diversion  of  any  kind,  as 
yet,  to  abstract  the  diligent  searcher  after 
knowledge  from  the  serenity  of  the  quiet 
atmosphere  of  his  room.  0  tempora ;  0 
mores!  Ye  shades  of  Epicurus  and  '91! 
Has  the  millennium  of  Bowdoin's  existence 
at  last  arrived? 


I^hyme  arpd  I^eagoi?. 


No  Test  for   Bravery. 

What  if  our  country  should  call  us 

To  a  bloody  and  death-bringing  strife  1 

Would  we  cheerfully  heed  her  summons, 
And  willingly  lay  down  our  life  ¥ 

We  say  so, — I  think  we  would  do  it; 

And  yet  courage  fails  us  all, 
When  we  see  many  hostile  "Yaggers" 

With  many  a  hostile  snow-ball, 


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Do  Nothing  Rashly. 

With  the  proper  obscuration 
'Tis  a  pleasant  occupation, 
If  distressed  by  oscitation, 
To  indulge  in  osculation. 
But  to  make  the  preparation 
For  this  charming  delectation 
There  must  be  deliberation, 
To  prevent  annihilation. 


The  Pace. 

In  many  ways  and  manners, 

In  almost  every  place, 
There  is  nothing  that  can  really  touch 

Training  for  a  race; 
But  for  real  demoralization 

And  whirling  of  the  brain, 
It  can  no  wise  hold  a  caudle 

To  racing  for  a  train. 
So,  when  one  sees  the  hindmost  car 

Go  off  upon  a  tear, 
For  all  his  wit,  you  must  admit, 

He  cannot  choose  but  swear. 


Finite  Versus    Infinite. 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight 

Where  saints  immortal  reign, 
They  have  no  use  for  plugging  there, 

Or  wearing  out  one's  brain. 
Oh  !    Never,  within  gates  of  pearl, 

You  chin  the  Profs,  in  vain. 
But  here,  within  our  college  town, 

In  this  little  sphere  mundane, 
The  matters  of  this  life  are  run 

On  quite  another  plane, 
Aud  the  happiest  people  keep  small  shops 

And  of  the  students  gain 
A  very  pleasant  little  livelihood. 


Beyond. 

Thro'  the  long  years,  as  countless  ages  roll, 
The  heart  of  man  has  ever  blindly  sought 
To  fathom  the  beyond,  and,  dreaming,  thought 
Of  sunny  lands,  where  speeds  the  fettered  soul, 
When  eyelids  close,  when  breaks  the  golden  bowl 
And  life's  fair  blood  is  spilt.    Time's  unseeu  hand 
Has  dimmed  the  faith  of  old,  and  from  the  sand 
Has  swept  the  footprints  leading  to  that  goal. 


But  even  yet,  we  know,  when  darkness  yields 
To  light,  somewhere,  there  are  Elysiau  fields, 
And  by  their  streams  beneath  their  cloudless  sky 
Our  feet  shall  roam,  'mid  voices  of  that  sea 
Where  storms  come  nevermore,  and,  sorrow-free, 
The  far-off  Islands  of  the  Blessed  lie. 


$§& 


The  snow-shoeing  after 
the  storm  of  Wednesday 
was  a  little  worse  than  the  walking,  as 
some    of    the    inexperienced   in   such 
found  to  their  disgust. 
W.  W.  Thomas,  '94,  is  still  at  home  ill. 
Dana,  '94,  has  been  in  Boston  recently. 
Prof.  Chapman  preached  in  Gardiner  recently. 
T.  C.  Chapman,  '94,  has  returned  from  teaching. 
Instructor  Tolmau  was  in  town  February   15th. 

Prof.  Woodruff  delivered  a  lecture  at  Bath  on 
the  15th. 

French,  '96,  has  been  detained  at  home  several 
days  by  illness. 

President  Hyde's  Bible  class  has  been  omitted 
the  last  two  weeks. 

Baxter,  '94,  has  been  out  of  town  a  week  on 
account  of  sickness. 

Farrington,  '94,  spent  a  few  days  at  his  (?)  home 
in  Augusta  last  week. 

Prof.  Robinson  lectured  in  Bangor  during  the 
first  week  of  February. 

The  Junior  German  Division  is  now  reading 
Schiller's  "  Maria  Stuart." 

The  '94  delegation  of  *  r  have  had  a  fine  group 
picture  taken  at  Webber's. 

Dennison,  '95,  has  returned  from  teaching  after 
a  successful  term  at  Naples. 

Prof.  Chapman  lectured  at  Bridgetou,  February 
21st,  on  Tennyson's  ''Princess." 

Dr.  Mason  delivered  the  address  before  the  Col- 
lege Y.  M.  C.  A.  last  Sunday. 

The  Freshmen  have  elected  Pearson  as  their 
class  leader  in  the  approaching  exhibition. 


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Instructor  Tolmau  is  spending  his  time  at 
Randall  Camp  near  Katahdiu  Iron  Works. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Intercollegiate  Tennis 
Association  will  be  held  at  Waterville  next  Saturday. 

Dudley  and  Mead,  '95,  who  have  been  teaching 
at  Pembroke  since  Thanksgiving,  have  returned  to 
college. 

Ledyard,  ex-'96,  is  now  attending  Maine  State 
College  and  expects  to  secure  a  position  on  the  ball 
team. 

■s-  Professor  Chapman  gave  an  interesting  talk  in 
chapel,  Sunday  afternoon,  on  "Morality  and  Re- 
ligion." 

The  Subscription  Ball  in  Bath,  last  Thursday 
evening,  attracted  a  considerable  number  of  the 
students. 

The  Athletic  Exhibition  will  occur  in  Brunswick, 
March  17th;  in  Portland,  March  21st,  and  probably 
in  Bath  soon  afterward. 

Professor  Houghton  spoke  on  "Japan"  in  the 
Congregational  church  a  week  ago  Sunday.  His 
address  was  very  much  enjoyed. 

Clinics  are  being  held  at  the  Medical  School  on 
Thursdays  and  Saturdays.  The  Saturday  clinics 
are  devoted  to  cases  requiring  surgical  aid. 

The  Glee,  Banjo  and  Guitar  Clubs  gave  a  very 
successful  entertainment  in  Saco,  February  15th. 
They  wero  highly  praised  by  the  local  papers. 

Andrews  and  Thompson,  '94,  took  part  in  the 
farce,  "Popping  the  Question,"  given  in  the  court 
room  last  Saturday  evening  by  the  Unitarian 
church. 

Many  of  the  medical  students  are  availing  them- 
selves of  the  opportunity  offered  by  Professor 
Whittier,  and  are  undergoing  a  thorough  physical 
examination. 

The  members  of  the  Junior  History  division  are 
listening  to  ten-minute  speeches  by  different  mem- 
bers of  the  class,  on  the  men  and  events  of  the 
period  they  are  studying. 

The  concert  by  the  Kneisel  Quartette  in  Port- 
land, February  21st,  attracted  a  good-sized  au- 
dience. Professor  Hutchins  and  wife  and  quite  a 
number  from  the  college  were  present. 

Klobedanze,  pitcher  on  last  year's  Portland 
team,  has  been  engaged  to  train  the  candidates 
for  the  nine.  The  men  are  taking  daily  practice  in 
the  Gym.  under  the  direction  of  Capt.  Hutchinson. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Athletic  Association  last 
Saturday,  Carleton,  '93,  was  elected  captain  of  the 


athletic  team  which  will  represent  Bowdoin  at 
Springfield  next  June.  Between  twenty  and  thirty 
men  will  go  into  training  at  once. 

Among  the  books  recently  added  to  the  library, 
is  "Bells'  Handbook  of  Athletic  Sports,"  in  three 
volumes.  Judging  by  the  number  of  calls  for  it 
the  study  of  Athletics  is  popular  enough  to  add  to 
the  list  of  elective  studies. 

The  Inter-scholastic  Athletic  Association,  whose 
meet  was  held  in  Brunswick  last  year,  holds  its 
annual  business  meeting  here  next  Saturday.  Au- 
gusta, Brunswick,  and  Bangor  are  among  the  places 
proposed  for  this  year's  contests. 

Mr.  George  0.  Hubbard,  who  will  be  remembered 
as  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  athletic  exhibitions  of 
the  last  four  years,  is  now  instructor  of  Physical 
Culture  in  the  Northwestern  Military  Academy  at 
Highland  Park,  about  forty  miles  from  Chicago. 

The  celebration  of  Washington's  birthday  was 
but  little  observed,  owing  to  the  heavy  storm. 
Many  took  the  opportunity  to  leave  town,  and 
those  who  remained  were  inclined  to  envy  them. 
Several  succumbed  to  the  storm  and  did  not  suc- 
ceed in  reaching  Brunswick  for  several  days. 

The  Portland  papers  state  that  either  Carleton 
or  Machan,  '93,  or  Dyer,  M.  S.,  will  probably  be 
elected  director  of  athletics  by  the  new  Portland 
Athletic  Club  at  a  salary  of  about  $1,000.  Payson 
and  Peabody,  '93,  Pickard,  '94,  Foster,  '95,  Ingra- 
ham,  special,  and  Dyer,  M.  S.,  are  members  of  the 
club. 

The  last  themes  of  the  term  are  due  March  1st. 
Subjects  are  as  follows:  Juniors:  1— Do  We  Need 
a  College  Dining  Hall?  2— The  Country  Church. 
3 — Gladstone's  Literary  Career.  Sophomores:  I  — 
The  District  School.  2— Emerson's  "Spiritual 
Laws."  3— What  Should  Determine  the  Choice  of 
Elective  Studies  ? 

The  Portland  Republicans  have  nominated  for 
mayor,  Mr.  J.  P.  Baxter,  and  the  Democrats,  the 
present  incumbent,  Mr.  Ingraham.  As  both  these 
gentlemen  have  sons  in  the  college  the  Orient  would 
suggest  that  a  joint  debate  be  arranged  between 
them  for  the  edification  of  the  student  body. 
Refreshments  in  Memorial. 

The  usual  number  of  circulars  from  Western 
firms,  offering  to  supply  anything  in  the  shape  of 
themes,  orations,  and  commencement  parts  at  prices 
varying  from  three  to  fifteen  dollars,  secrecy  guar- 
anteed, are  being  received.  Xnere  are  members  of 
last  year's  Sophomore  Latin  class   who  can   offer 


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theses  of  twenty-five  hundred  words  and  over  at 
much  lower  figures. 

Work  for  the  approaching  Athletic  Exhibition 
is  going  on  steadily,  but  the  absence  of  several 
of  last  year's  "stars"  is  severely  felt.  Only  two 
weeks  remain  for  practice,  and  great  improvement 
must  be  made  if  the  exhibition  is  to  be  the  success 
it  has  been  in  former  years.  If  every  man  who  can 
do  so  'will  take  hold  and  work  with  a  will,  we  shall 
score  another  success.  It  is  especially  important 
that  the  exhibition  be  attractive  and  draw  good 
houses,  both  here  and  in  Portland,  since  the  receipts 
from  it  are  depended  upon  to  give  the  men  training 
for  the  intercollegiate  contests  all  necessary  facilities. 


\<f@M.fi. 


Throughout  the  year  the  financial  affairs  of  the 
association  have  been  in  a  bad  condition.  Thanks 
to  the  kind  assistance  of  Faculty  and  students,  we  are 
able  to  report  that  asufficieut  sum  has  been  pledged 
to  put  the  association  in  a  sound  financial  condition. 
Quite  a  portion  of  the  amount  pledged  has  been 
paid,  and  if  the  remainder  is  collected,  as  no  doubt 
it  will  be,  we  shall  be  enabled  to  close  the  year  with 
no  bills  or  pledges  outstanding  and  with  a  small 
amount  in  the  treasury.  We  got  into  the  present 
difficulty  by  pledging  certain  amounts  to  State  and 
International  work  before  we  knew  where  the 
money  was  to  come  from  with  which  to  pay  the 
pledges.  For  the  past  two  or  three  years  we  have 
received  practically  no  returns  for  considerable 
amounts  thus  expended.  Accordingly,  at  the  last 
State  Convention,  we  reduced  our  pledge  for  State 
work  over  one-half,  and  made  the  pledge  that  we 
did,  with  the  understanding  that  it  should  be  ex- 
pended in  college  work.  Thus  far,  however,  we 
have  received  no  visit  from  the  State  Secretary  or 
been  otherwise  aided  as  we  expected  to  be.  Unless 
something  is  expended  in  our  behalf  before  the  end 
of  the  year,  will  it  be  advisable  to  expend  more 
money  without  receiving  any  benefit  therefrom? 
Whatever  we  do  in  regard  to  this  matter,  one 
thing  is  certain,  that  we  ought  not  to  pledge  any 
amount,  or  contract  any  debts,  without  first  being 
absolutely  certain  as  to  where  the  money  is  to  be 
obtained  with  which  to  pay  them.  At  all  events, 
let  us  see  to  it  that  our  financial  condition  remains 
unimpaired. 

Until  very  recently  the  attendance  at  our  Thurs- 


day evening  meetings  this  year  has  been  larger 
than  for  two  or  three  years  past.  The  attendance 
has  begun  to  fall  off,  however.  It  is  doubtless  due 
to  the  increased  amount  of  work  which  always 
devolvesupon  usat  the  middle  and  latter  part  of  the 
winter  term.  Many  of  us  feel  that  we  cannot  afford 
tlie  time  required  to  attend  the  meetings.  Before 
we  settle  down  to  this  conclusion,  let  us  give  the 
matter  serious  thought,  and  ask  ourselves  if  we 
cannot  economize  three-quarters  of  an  hour  in 
some  way  and  so  be  able  to  be  at  the  Thursday 
evening  meeting.  Every  one  should  bear  in  mind 
the  fact  that  in  staying  away  from  the  meeting,  he 
is  not  the  only  one  affected,  but  that  all  the  others 
are  in  a  measure  affected,  as  there  is  much  less 
interest  and  enthusiasm  manifested  when  only  a 
few  are  present. 


'25.  —  Hon.  James  W. 
Bradbury,  of  Augusta,  the 
venerable  ex-senator,  is  seriously  ill 
at  his  home. 
'53.- — Thaddeus  R.  Simouton  has  resigned 
his  editorship  of  the  Camden  Herald  to 
accept  a  government  position.  Mr.  Simonton  has 
been  a  member  of  both  Senate  and  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, and  has  also  been  deputy  collector  of 
customs  at  Rockland. 

'50. — Senator  Frye  is  alert  and  tireless  in  his 
championship  of  American  shipping.  His  bill,  which 
has  just  passed  the  Senate,  checks  foreign  forays 
into  our  immense  coastwise  commerce  and  balks  one 
of  the  schemes  of  that  unscrupulous  concern,  the 
Panama  Railroad. — Ex. 

'52. —General  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain  is  spoken 
of  for  president  of  the  Maine  State  College  at  Orono. 
General  Chamberlain  is  now  in  New  York. 

'59. — Rev.  Americus  Fuller,  D.D.,  president  of 
the  college  in  Aintab,  Turkey,  occupied  the  pulpit 
of  the  Second  Parish  Church,  Portland,  Me., 
February  20th. 

'66.— The  Bath  Times  gives  a  very  pleasiug 
account  of  Professor  Chapman's  lecture  before  the 
Fortnightly  Club  of  Bath.  Professor  Chapman  took 
for  his  subject  "Emerson  and  his  Essay  on  Friend- 


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ship."  Tuesday  evening,  February  21st,  Professor 
Chapman  lectured  at  Bridgeton  Academy.  Subject, 
Tennyson's  "Princess." 

'71. — The  Leioiston  Saturday  Journal  has  a  most 
interesting  letter  from  Rev.  Everett  S.  Stackpole,  of 
Lisbon,  Me.,  who  writes  from  Berlin  University, 
Germany.  In  this  letter  Mr.  Stackpole  writes  at 
some  length  on  the  customs  and  peculiar  features  of 
the  University. 

'80. — The  first  number  of  the  Lewiston  Sun,  edited 
by  Henry  A.  Wing,  formerly  of  the  Bangor  Commer- 
cial, made  its  appearance  February  20th. 

'91.— G.  C.  Mahoney,  R.  H.  Hunt,  and  B.  D. 
Ricllon  have  returned  to  the  Medical  School. 

'92.— S.  L.  Parcher  has  entered  the  Bowdoin 
Medical  School. 

'92.— Mr.  C.  L.  Stacy,  who  is  principal  of  the 
Smithport  (Pa.)  High  School,  had  the  misfortune  to 
lose  his  school  building  by  fire,  January  :51st.  Mr. 
Stacy  is  now  "  boarding  around  "  with  his  school  in 
various  unoccupied  halls  and  vestries.  The  Orient, 
which  is  also  "  boarding  around "  while  awaiting 
new  permanent  quarters,  extends  sympathy. 


Sook  I^eview§. 


(The  Diamond  Neckldace,  by  Thomas  Carlyle. 
Edited  by  W.  F.  Mozier.  Boston  and  New  York: 
Leach,  Shewell  &  Sanborn.)  Almost  every  pub- 
lishing house  now  has  its  series  of  small  classics. 
These  handy  little  editions  have  sprung  into  exist- 
ence to  fill  the  increasing  demand  for  better  litera- 
ture in  the  schools.  They  also  serve,  as  pleasant 
pocket  companions  to  the  student  in  leisure  hours. 
The  above  publishers  have  added  to  their  list  this 
work  of  Carlyle.  While  "  The  Diamond  Necklace  " 
is  not  the  best  production  of  its  author,  it  is  an 
excellent  one  in  which  to  study  his  different  styles 
and  peculiarities.  The  biographical  sketch  is  com- 
pact, but  sufficient  to  give  a  good  idea  of  the 
author's  life.  The  methods  of  study  advised  by  the 
editor  are  suggestions  found  useful  by  the  best  of 
scholars.  The  notes  are  sufficiently  copious  to  give 
a  clear  understanding  of  the  text.  Neatly  bound  in 
cloth. 

(Rousseau's  Emile,  abridged,  translated,  and 
annotated  by  William  H.  Payne,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.  New 
York:  D.  Appletou  &  Co.)  Rousseau  is  of  more 
interest  to  us  as  a  historic  character  than  as  a  dis- 
tinguished author.    As  a  reformer  he  was  adverse 


to  all  institutions  of  civilization  and  advocated  a 
return  to  a  state  of  nature.  His  "Emile"  is  edu- 
cational in  its  character.  As  he  himself  says  in  his 
introduction:  "A  collection  of  reflections  without 
order  and  almost  without  connection.  The  first 
two  lines  are  the  keynote  of  his  whole  theory  of 
education."  "Tout  est  Men,  sortant  des  mains  de 
Vauteur  des  clwses;  tout  degeuere  entre  les  mains  de 
I'homme."  He  would  do  away  with  artificial  and 
mechanical  aids  and  make  learning  as  far  as  pos- 
sible a  process  of  personal  investigation  and  pro- 
gressive with  the  age  of  the  child.  The  translation 
is  excellent.  The  introduction  by  the  translator  is 
of  some  length.  It  shows  some  of  the  peculiarities 
of  Rousseau  and  gives  a  general  outline  of  the 
work. 

(La  Cigale  cltez  les  Foumies,  by  Legoure  and 
Labiche.  Edited  by  W.  H.  Witherby,  M.A.,  Bos- 
ton :  D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.)  The  title  of  this  play  is 
plainly  taken  from  the  fable  of  La  Fontaine.  It  is 
a  pleasing  little  comedy  of  Paris  life. 

(Extracts  from  Eutropius.  Edited  by  J.  B. 
Greenough,  Boston  :  Ginn  &  Co.)  This  is  one  of 
a  series  of  pamphlets  for  sight-reading  in  Latin. 
These  are  adapted  for  all  grades  of  advancement  in 
preparatory  school  and  college. 


GREATNESS  MADE  EAST. 
Heads  of  great  men  all  remind  us, 

If  we  choose  the  proper  way, 
"We  can  get  up  iu  the  morning 
With  a  head  as  hig  as  they. 

— Spectator. 

An  oratorial  contest  is  to  be  held  in  Chicago  on 
June  30th,  at  which  75  colleges  will  be  represented. 

Duffy,  of  the  Boston  Base-Ball  Club,  is  training 
the  candidates  for  the  Brown  'varsity  nine. 

The  total  amount  of  gifts  received  at  Cornell 
last  year  was  $2,000,048. 

About  300  students  are  taking  the  course  in 
journalism  offered  at  the  University  of  Chicago. 


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Columbia  College  has  600  graduate  students  — 
the  largest  number  of  any  one  college  in  the  United 
States. 

The  Freshman  class  at  Amherst  has  been  sent  a 
bill  of  $100  for  damages  done  in  Greenfield  on  the 
night  of  their  class  supper. 

At  the  University  of  Wisconsin  the  outline  of  the 
State  has  been  adopted  as  the  official  design  for  a 
university  pin. 

There  are  in  the  United  States  0,500  women  in 
colleges,  and  graduates  of  colleges,  who  are  mem- 
bers of  Greek  letter  fraternities 

CIRCUMSTANCES  ALTER  CASES. 
One  chair  will  do,  on  a  pinch,  for  two, 

For  love  will  find  a  way; 
But  one  kiss  won't  do,  nor  will  a  few, 
For  love  don't  work  that  way. 

— Polytechnic. 

A  proposition  has  been  made  to  build  a  Blaine 
Memorial  Library  for  Bates  College.  Mr.  Blaine 
assisted  in  framing  the  charter  of  that  institution 
and  was  one  of  its  appreciative  supporters. 

The  growth  of  the  University  of  Michigan  has 
been  so  great  that  the  needs  of  the  university  have 
outgrown  all  means  of  meeting  them  so  that  the 
Regents  of  the  State  have  asked  the  legislature  to 
increase  the  special  tax  for  university  purposes  from 
one-twentieth  to  one-tenth  of  a  mill. 

The  youngest  graduates  from  Harvard  were 
Cotton  Mather,  who  graduated  at  the  age  of  16, 
Paul  Dudley,  at  the  age  of  14,  and  Rev.  A.  P.  Pea- 
body,  at  15. 


The  Dartmouth  Glee  Club  will  accompany  the 
base-ball  nine  on  its  spring  trip  and  give  concerts 
wherever  the  nine  plays. 

During  the  present  school  year,  Dartmouth  has 
received  gifts  in  property,  bonds,  and  money 
amounting  to  $700,000. 

Captain  Ives  has  ordered  two  paper  shells  for 
the  Yale  crew  from  Waters,  of  Troy,  N.  T.  They 
are  of  the  same  pattern  as  the  shell  used  last  year. 
This  action  of  Captain  Ives  was  contrary  to  general 
expectation  as  it  was  thought  that  another  cedar 
boat  or  an  aluminum  shell  would  be  ordered. 

The  ladies  are  requested  not  to  read  this  clip- 
ping from  the  Grove  City  Collegian,  but  we  wager 
ten  to  one  that  they  all  will : 

•praq  igq  no  pireis  oj  pisq  aqs  jj 
A\ouamos  }i  jb  %aS  p.eus  A\9U3f  9A\ 
•p«9i  A'p'eg.ire  s,ans  mgod  siqx 
SaiqiJBj  v  o%  SJU30  n9j  jglfeiv  8m  pny 
•Aioqs  v  jo  pujj[  }suo[  airr  s:)a2  oqs  ji 
Avm.  svaos  %i  %v  %aS  n,8qs  joq  hoa1  jng 
I  A\ou5i  0}  joa  jqSno  9qs  Simrjatnos  s<u 

TTBTHOJA  B  S9LU0A1  SaurjA'nB  S,9I9ql  ji 

After  so  long  a  time  Chicago  University  is  to 
have  fraternities.  But  they  must  submit  all  rules 
to  the  faculty.  They  must  have  a  representative 
with  whom  the  faculty  can  confer  and  the  university 
reserves  the  right  to  abolish  any  chapter. 

Of  the  one  hundred  instructors  in  Chicago  Uni- 
versity seven  are  ex-college  presidents. 

Of  the  colleges  represented  amoug  the  Andover 
students,  Bowdoiu  leads  with  twelve  men.  Iowa 
College  has  six,  Oberlin  and  Yale  four  each. 


H.    E.    MURDOCK, 

<Dpfictan, 

565  Congress  St.,  -    PORTLAND,    ME. 


y\pop]iNC 


/^ANEHT 

POR    THE    PIPE. 

Made  by  MARBURG    BROS. 


BOWDOIN   ORIENT. 


Vol.  XXII. 


BRUNSWICK,  MAINE,  MARCH  15,  1893. 


No.  16. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 

PUBLISHED   EVERT   ALTERNATE  WEDNESDAY   DURING 
THE  COLLEGIATE   YEAR  BY   THE  STUDENTS  OF 

BOWDOIN     COLLEGE. 

EDITORIAL    BOARD. 

C.  W.  Peabody,  '93,  Managing  Editor. 

H.  €.  Faeyan,  '93,  Assistant  Managing  Editor. 

B.  L.  Bryant,  '95,  Business  Manager. 

W.  P.  Chamberlain,  '93.  F.  M.  Shaw,  '93. 

M.  S.  Clifford,  '93.  H.  E.  Andrews,  '94. 

R.  R.  Goodell,  '93.  F.  J.  Libby,  '94. 

F.  W.  Pickard,  '94. 


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the  Managing  Editor. 

Students,  Professors,  and  Alumni  are  invited  to  contribute 
literary  articles,  personals,  and  items.  Contributions  must  be 
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CONTENTS. 
Vol.  XXII.,  No.  16.— March  15,  1893. 

Editorial  Notes 255 

Suggestion  for  Bowdoin  Yell, 257 

Portland  Alumni  Meeting, 257 

That  "  Better  Bugle," 257 

The  Yell  Question 258 

The  Distiller's  Daughter, 258 

A  Grandson  of  Bowdoin, 260 

Half  Way  There, 261 

The  Pessioptimist 262 

Rhyme  and  Reason: 

Could  I  Not  Find  Thee  There? 263 

Memories  of  Summer, 263 

Andrew  Peterson  Peabody, 263 

My  Banjo 263 

Collegii  Tabula, 264 

Y.  M.  C  A., 265 

Personal, 266 

In  Memoriam, 266 

Book  Reviews 267 

College  World, 267 


The  Orient  was  grieved  to  learn  of 
the  death  of  Hon.  Henry  Carvill  which  oc- 
curred Friday,  March  3d.  Mr.  Carvill  was 
Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  college  from  1881 
to  1890,  holding  the  position  until  his  failing 
health  forced  him  to  retire.  He  was  always 
held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  the  students 
with  whom  his  duties  in  the  treasurer's  office 
brought  him  in  contact.  A  kind-hearted 
gentleman  like  Mr.  Carvill  is  not  soon  for- 
gotten. 

T1FHE  action  of  the  Freshmen  in  refusing  to 
•^  put  a  crew  on  the  river  is  likely  to  give  a 
death  blow  to  boating  at  Bowdoin.  While 
it  is  commendable  in  them  to  sacrifice  their 
crew  in  order,  as  they  say,  that  all  their 
strong  men  may  go  into  track  athletics  for 
the  good  of  the  college,  yet  there  is  a  general 
feeling  of  disappointment  among  the  students 
that  one  of  the  most  interesting  events  of 
the  spring  term  is  to  be  omitted.  It  is 
whispered  that  the  Juniors  take  it  most  to 
heart,  as  they  have  on  their  hands  an  excel- 
lent shell  which  they  were  hoping  to  part 
with  for  a  few  hundred  dollars.  If  cruel  fate 
steps  in  their  way,  the  best 'solution  of  the 
difficulty  may  be  for  the  Juniors  to  put  a 
crew  on  the  river  and  race  with  the  Sopho- 
mores. It  is  understood,  however,  that  only 
a  very  small  part  of  the  Freshman  class  was 


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present  at  the  meeting  which  came  to  the 
remarkable  decision  above  mentioned.  It 
may  be  that  a  thorough  canvass  of  the  class 
would  reveal  a  more  conservative  sentiment, 
and  that  a  reconsideration  of  the  matter 
would  result  in  a  decision  to  retain  the  time- 
honored  Sophomore-Freshman  boat-race,  for 
which  there  is  such  excellent  material  in 
both  classes. 


TT7HE  outbreaks  of  hazing  in  some  of  our 
-*■  sister  colleges  during  the  present  winter 
tend  to  emphasize  more  and  more  the  fact 
of  its  disappearance  from  Bowdoin.  It  was 
not  many  years  ago  that  this  infamous  relic 
of  barbarism  was  closely  associated  with  the 
name  of  Bowdoin  College ;  and  no  honor 
came  of  the  union.  We  are  glad  that  the 
mantle  of  dishonor  has  fallen  from  our  own 
shoulders,  but  pit}'  those  of  our  neighbors 
who  wear  it  to-day.  It  means  less  students, 
less  benefactors,  less  influence  in  the  world, 
and  an  unenviable  reputation  which  will  not 
hide  itself  under  a  bushel. 


TTTHE  money  to  be  taken  at  the  Athletic 
■*■  Exhibitions  this  year  is  for  a  purpose. 
It  is  not  to  be  foolishly  spent  for  the  benefit 
of  a  few  nor  to  be  hoarded  up  for  the  benefit  of 
future  years.  If  a  financial  success  is  made 
of  these  exhibitions,  the  proceeds  will  mate- 
rially lessen  the  expenses  of  the  whole  body 
of  students  this  year,  and  may  be  sufficient 
to  cover  the  whole  cost  of  our  team  at 
the  intercollegiate  meet.  This  should  be  an 
incentive  to  all  Bowdoin  men  and  all  friends 
of  Bowdoin  to  give  their  heartiest  support 
to  the  athletic  management,  b}'  doing  what 
is  in  their  power  to  bring  out  large  audiences 
in  Brunswick,  in  Portland,  and  in  Bath. 
Every  reader  of  the  Orient  who  can  do  so 
should  be  present  on  one  or  more  of  these 
nights,  and  look  out  that  his  friends  who  are 
interested  in  the  cause  of  athletics  do  not 
miss  this  opportunity  of  seeing  a  magnificent 


exhibition  and  at  the  same  time  helping  the 
Bowdoin  College  Athletic  Association. 


TJEFORE  the  appearance  of  the  next  num- 
*-*  ber  of  the  Orient,  which  closes  the 
present  volume,  six  new  editors  will  be 
elected  to  take  the  place  of  the  six  Senior 
members  of  the  board,  who  retire.  In  choos- 
ing the  new  editors  the  present  board  will  be 
influenced  chiefly  by  the  quality  of  the  work 
offered  by  the  candidates  during  the  past 
year.  There  has  been  probably  a  larger  list 
of  contributors  than  ever  before  in  the 
history  of  the  Orient.  This  large  number 
will  make  the  selection  more  than  usually 
difficult,  but  on  the  other  hand  makes  it 
certain  that  six  good  men  can  be  found  who 
are  capable  and  willing  to  devote  themselves 
to  the  cause  of  college  journalism. 

Any  contribution  which  is  designed  for 
the  last  number  should  be  forwarded  to  us 
as  soon  as  possible,  in  order  that  it  may  be 
taken  into  consideration  at  the  election. 


TIF  WO  new  yells  make  their  appearance  in 
*-  this  number.  Both  are  inclined  to  be 
historical.  One  falls  into  reminiscence  of 
the  past ;  the  other  insists  upon  modern  im- 
provement. The  counsel  for  the  geographico- 
journalistic  yell  also  closes  the  argument  for 
the  defendant.  This  is  a  good  beginning. 
Send  in  some  more  and  do  not  be  afraid  to 
say  what  you  think  of  those  already  offered. 
Please  be  brief  in  your  discussions. 


TT7HE  admission  of  new  schools  into  the  In- 
*•  terscholastic  Athletic  Association  shows 
an  increasing  interest  in  track  athletics  in 
the  State.  Bowdoin  men  should  give  all 
possible  encouragement  to  this  association, 
since  it  is  from  it  that  we  must  in  the  future 
draw  our  athletes.  Bowdoin's  admission  to 
the  New  England  Association  will  also  tend 
to  awaken  interest  among  our  fitting  schools, 


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giving  the  athletes  something  to  look  forward 
to  besides  mere  school  honors. 


MR.  DEANE  wishes  to  acknowledge  his 
indebtedness  to  Professor  Little  for  the 
statistics  in  his  paper  from  which  we  quoted 
in  the  last  number  of  the  Orient. 


Suggestion  for    Bowdoin  Yell. 

Rah!    Rah!    Rah!    Rah! 
Whoop  her  up  to  date, 
Whoop  her  up  for  Bowdoin 
In  the  Pine  Tree  State. 


Portland   Alumni  Meeting. 

TTFHE  Portland  alumni  held  their  annual 
-■■  meeting  and  banquet  at  the  Falmouth 
Hotel,  Saturday  evening,  March  4th.  Pres- 
ident Hyde,  and  Professors  Houghton,  Wood- 
ruff, Lee,  and  Robinson  were  present  from 
the  college.  The  occasion  was  one  of  much 
enjoyment.  At  the  business  meeting  held 
before  the  banquet  the  following  officers  were 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President, 
Francis  Fessenden ;  Vice-Presidents,  John 
A.  Waterman,  Joseph  W.  Symonds,  Charles 
F.  Libby,  Augustus  F.  Moulton  ;  Secretary, 
Franklin  C.  Payson  ;  Treasurer,  Frank  S. 
Waterhouse;  Executive  Committee,  Prentiss 
Loriug,  William  H.  Moulton,  Joseph  B.  Reed ; 
Dinner  Committee,  Eben  W.  Freeman,  Chas. 
L.  Hutchinson,  Clarence  A.  Baker  ;  Orator, 
Levi  Turner,  Jr. ;  Poet,  Albert  W.  Bradbury  ; 
Toast-master,  Charles  J.  Chapman. 

After  an  excellent  supper,  the  toast- 
master,  David  W.  Snow,  Esq.,  rapped  the 
company  to  order,  and  these  toasts  were  re- 
sponded to  :  "Our  Alma  Mater,"  President 
Hyde;  "The  State,"  Hon.  C.  F.  Libby; 
"The  Clergy,"  Hon.  Clarence  Hale;  "The 
Medical  Profession,"  Colonel  A.  W.  Brad- 
bury ;  "  The  Legal  Profession,"  Levi  Turner, 
Jr.,  Esq. 


That  "Better  Bugle." 
TT7HERE  are  two  things  which  go  to  make 
■*■  a  college  annual  a  success:  first,  the  ex- 
penditure of  brains ;  second,  the  expenditure  of 
money.  Of  late  years  the  growth  of  the  Bugle 
has  been  marked  more  especially  by  an  in- 
crease in  the  direction  of  the  latter.  Its  dress, 
in  other  words,  has  become  more  elaborate, 
without  clothing  any  such  correspondingly 
enriched  literary  qualities.  Not  stopping  to 
draw  too  closely  the  analogy  of  the  situation 
to  that  of  certain  prosperous  people  with 
whom  all  of  us  are  acquainted,  the  fact  of 
the  case  is  a  natural  one  enough.  A  better 
binding  and  finer  illustrations  could  be  made 
to  order;  keener  wits  and  higher  talents 
for  literary  work  could  not.  Accordingly, 
some  five  or  six  years  ago,  paper  covers 
made  way  for  cloth  ones,  and  more  attention 
began  to  be  given  to  the  mechanical  exe- 
cution of  the  book. 

All  this  is  as  it  should  be,  so  far  as  it  goes. 
A  glance  at  the  condition  of  the  old  paper- 
covered  Bugles  in  the  library  shows  plainly 
that  a  more  substantial  binding  was  needed. 
As  for  the  increased  number  and  improved 
quality  of  the  cuts,  the  extra  expense  in- 
curred has  been  fully  compensated  by  the 
added  neatness  of  appearance.  I  am  not 
one  of  those  who  think  that  the  purse-strings 
ought  to  be  drawn  more  tightly  in  connection 
with  the  outlay  on  the  Bugle.  Bowdoin  may 
as  well  try  to  keep  up  with  other  colleges  in 
the  matter  of  getting  out  a  good  annual  as 
in  that  of  joining  a  new  athletic  association. 
Besides  the  amount  of  money  obtained  from 
the  advertisements  is  considerably  more  than 
it  was  a  few  years  ago,  something  like  four 
hundred  and  forty  dollars  being  received 
from  that  source  this  year,  so  that  the  cost 
to  the  Junior  class,  other  things  being  equal, 
is  being  lessened. 

But,  returning  to  the  expenditure  of 
brains,  for  the  several  years  just  past,  at  least, 
the  literary  work  of  the  Bugle  has  devolved 


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mostly  upon  a  few  members  of  the  editorial 
board.  Now,  if,  as  the  old  saying  has  it, 
"  Two  heads  are  better  than  one,"  it  follows 
that  a  book  produced  by  all  the  editors 
would  be  better  than  that  produced  by 
half  of  them.  To  secure  this  end  each 
society  delegation  should  aim  at  putting  on 
the  best  possible  man  for  the  position,  and 
one  who  will  assume  his  share  of  the  work. 
This  may  be  an  ideal  suggestion,  but  so  long 
as  the  Bugle  remains  a  class  publication  I 
see  no  other  way  of  improving  it.  Contri- 
butions from  members  of  the  Junior  class 
might  aid,  but  are  hardly  to  be  depended 
upon.  Throwing  the  publication  of  the 
Bugle  open  to  the  college  would  be  an  inno- 
vation of  doubtful  value. 

On  the  whole,  then,  the  conclusion  seems 
to  be  that  the  Bugle  is  well  enough  as  it  is. 
There  is  certainly  no  necessity  for  taking 
any  backward  steps  on  the  ground  of  econ- 
omy. On  the  other  hand  an  advance  in  the 
direction  of  improved  literary  merit  is  desir- 
able, provided  it  can  be  made.  If,  in  the 
future  we  can  get  smarter  editors,  very  good; 
the  better  Bugle  will  appear.  If  not,  we 
may  still  be  satisfied  that  the  Bugle  is  up  to 
the  average  of  college  publications  of  its 
kind  throughout  the  country. 


The  Yell   Question. 

TJ7HERE  has  been  quite  a  good  deal  said  of 
■"■  late,  through  the  columns  of  the  Orient, 
about  a  college  yell,  and  in  one  number  it 
was  urged  that  each  student  interested 
should  suggest  some  yell,  that,  from  the 
many,  one  suitable  one  might  be  chosen. 
There  have  been  but  two  responses  to  that 
request,  I  think,  and  as  a  third  I  submit  the 
one  printed  below. 

Although  my  suggestion  may  be  consid- 
ered worthless,  my  feeble  effort  may,  per- 
haps, quicken  the  ambition  of  some  of  the 
more  brilliant  in  this  direction,  and  thus  aid 


in  obtaining   more   ideas,  from   which,  per- 
haps, a  good  yell  may  be  made. 

Seventeen-Ninety-four, 

Cis-Boom-Ba, 
Bowdoin-Bowdoin, 

Rah-Rah-Rah. 


The  Distiller's  Daughter. 

"TPELL  me  a  story,  grandpa,"  said  little 
*■  Amy,  as  she  climbed  into  my  lap,  took 
the  Evening  Record  from  my  fingers  and  laid 
it  on  the  table.  This  was  very  easy  for  her 
to  do,  as  my  attention  for  the  past  few  min- 
utes had  been  fixed  on  the  face  of  my  dear 
wife,  who  sat  opposite  me,  nearer  the  fire. 

It  was  twilight,  and  the  setting  sun  lighted 
up  our  cozy  little  sitting-room  with  his 
golden  light,  which  fell  upon  the  flaxen 
hair  of  the  little  child,  and,  flitting  across  the 
table,  illuminated  that  face  which  had  grown 
dearer  than  all  else  to  me  through  the  many 
years  of  joy  and  sorrow,  which  were  the 
cause  of  the  numerous  wrinkles  and  also  of 
the  gray  locks  that  adorned  her  head.  She 
had  been  playing  on  the  violin  and  had  laid 
her  instrument  down  just  as  the  soft  strains 
of  "  Home,  Sweet  Home,"  were  dying  away 
in  the  corners  of  the  room.  The  wrinkles 
seemed  to  soften  and  the  expression  of  the 
face,  which  was  beautiful  even  now,  although 
the  lines  of  care  were  marked  so  plainly 
upon  it,  told  me  that  under  the  influence  of 
the  sweet  music  from  the  old  violin,  her 
memory  had  carried  her  back  to  younger 
days. 

I  was  always  ready  to  comply  with  the 
request  of  my  "little  pet,"  as  I  called  her, 
for  a  story,  and  so  I  began : 

A  long  time  ago,  as  you  have  probahly 
heard  your  grandmother  say,  we  lived  in 
Kentucky.  My  father  was  a  well-to-do  gen- 
tleman, as  the  saying  goes,  and  owned  a 
large  piece  of  land,  from  which  he  always 
raised   good  crops.     I  worked  at  home  and 


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259 


went  to  school,  as  most  boys  did  in  those 
times,  and  grew  up  to  be  quite  a  large  boy 
before  I  had  anything  of  importance  happen 
to  me.  Of  course  my  school-days  were  filled 
with  fun  and  good  times,  but  no  more  so 
than  those  of  other  boys  who  lived  near  us 
and  went  to  school.  When  I  became  sixteen 
I  was  taken  out  of  school  and  set  at  work  by 
my  father. 

The  only  pleasures  with  which  I  could 
enjoy  myself  in  spare  hours  were  hunting 
and  fishing.  I  was  very  fond  of  hunting, 
and,  as  wild  game  abounded  in  those  parts, 
I  had  plenty  of  sport  whenever  I  found  time 
for  it.  Nothing  of  any  note  happened  to 
me  until  I  was  nineteen  years  of  age,  and 
then  I  made  a  discoveiy  which  changed  my 
whole  life. 

One  day  late  in  the  fall,  which  had  been 
a  veiy  mild  and  pleasant  one,  my  father's 
hired  man  and  myself  went  hunting,  and 
having  gone  further  than  we  intended,  did 
not  start  for  home  until  after  dark.  We 
were  on  the  side  of  a  mountain,  and  the 
nearest  way  for  us  to  strike  the  main  road, 
which  led  to  the  house,  was  by  going  through 
a  glen,  in  which  it  was  rumored  that  a  baud 
of  lawless  distillers  carried  on  their  business. 
Now  there  had  been  several  attempts  made 
by  the  officers  of  the  law  to  capture  these 
men,  but  up  to  this  time  no  one-  had  suc- 
ceeded in  finding  out  where  the  distillery 
was,  although  almost  everybody  knew  there 
was  one  in  the  neighborhood  somewhere. 
An  officer,  who  was  watching  near  the  place 
where  he  suspected  that  they  entered  the 
glen  from  the  main  road,  had  chased  a  man 
up  this  road,  a  short  time  before ;  but  the 
fellow  disappeared  suddenly  in  the  woods 
and  the  officer  was  obliged  to  return  without 
finding  out  anything. 

Well,  as  I  was  saying,  the  hired  man  and 
I  started  across  the  glen  and  came  out  on 
the  road,  without  having  seen  or  heard  any- 
thing of  the  distillers.    We  started  for  home ; 


both  of  us  were  silent  and  probably  both 
thinking  about  the  glen  and  its  mystery. 
There  was  a  sudden  turn  in  the  road,  and 
just  as  we  came  round  this  bend  I  saw  a  team 
start  down  the  road  at  full  speed,  and  the 
figure  of  a  man,  with  what  seemed  like  a 
large  bag  slung  over  his  shoulder,  disappeared 
in  the  woods.  The  officers,  as  well  as  the 
rest  of  us,  had  often  wondered  how  these 
rascals  could  come  and  go  and  yet  leave  no 
path,  but  now  it  was  plain  enough  to  me; 
the  point  of  a  ledge  ran  down  to  the  road 
and  the  solid  rock  stretched  away  into  the 
woods.  I  wondered  why  some  one  had  not 
thought  of  it  before.  My  companion  and  I 
remained  silent  until  we  had  got  nearly 
home,  then  I  said  :  "  Well,  John,  we  have 
made  a  discovery."  "  Yes,"  he  replied.  "But 
we  had  better  keep  still  for  a  while,  for  they 
will  be  on  their  guard."  I  thought  this  a 
very  wise  idea  and  so  did  not  mention  the 
matter  for  about  two  weeks;  then  I  told  my 
discovery  to  several  of  the  officers,  who 
resolved  to  try  the  following  night  to  dis- 
cover the  distillery  and  unravel  this  mystery, 
if  possible. 

Accordingly  on  the  next  night  we  all 
assembled  and  started  for  that  ledge.  I  led 
the  way,  as  I  was  supposed  to  know  more 
about  it  than  the  others.  We  all  started  up 
the  ledge,  but  before  we  came  to  the  woods 
I  suggested  that  three  of  us  go  on  ahead, 
while  the  rest  stood  ready  to  follow,  at  a 
given  signal.  It  was  about  half-past  eleven, 
but  as  the  moon  shone  brightly,  we  could 
see  quite  well.  We  had  gone  but  a  short 
distance  when  my  quick  ear  caught  the  sub- 
dued tones  of  a  violin  coming,  as  it  seemed, 
from  under  the  rocks.  We  pressed  on  and 
soon  came  to  the  mouth  of  a  cave,  which  was 
quite  small  and  well  concealed  among  the 
boulders.  I  signaled  to  the  others  and  we 
held  a  hurried  consultation  at  a  short  dis- 
tance away.  It  was  decided  that  we  should 
conceal  ourselves  and  watch,  hoping  that  the 


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distiller  would  come  out  some  time  before 
morning.  We  did  not  have  long  to  wait, 
for  he  soon  appeared  and  started  down  the 
rocks  towards  the  road. 

Then  we  understood  all.  This  man  ran 
the  distillery  and  his  pals  bought  up  corn  in 
the  neighboring  regions  or  perhaps  raised 
some  of  it  themselves  and  then  brought  it  to 
the  cave.  The  operations  were  of  course 
carried  on  in  the  night,  and  the  whole  thing 
was  so  well  arranged  that  the  distillers  had 
succeeded  in  evading  the  law  for  a  long 
time. 

We  seized  the  man,  and  when  he  found 
that  he  was  discovered,  he  owned  up  and 
told  us  the  whole  story. 

I  then  asked  him  where  the  music  of  the 
violin  came  from.  He  said  that  his  daughter 
kept  house  for  him  and  that  they  lived  in 
this  cave  summers,  going  to  a  distant  village 
to  live  in  the  winter.  He  led  us  down  into 
the  cave;  about  half  way  down  we  saw 
a  spring  and  a  brook  running  from  this 
into  the  cave  and  finally  through  the  rocks 
out  into  the,  sunlight.  A  little  further  on 
we  came  to  the  distiller's  home.  A  young 
girl,  about  eighteen  years  of  age,  came  to 
meet  us.  She  was  beautiful  in  every  way 
and  I  was  fascinated  by  her  from  the  first. 
The  distiller  showed  us  all  and  then  led  us 
back  into  the  moonlight  again.  His  daughter 
followed,  taking  only  the  violin  and  a  bundle 
of  clothing.  He  was  taken  to  jail  and  died 
there  before  he  had  served  half  his  sentence. 
The  officers  tried  to  capture  some  of  his 
associates,  but  never  succeeded. 

"  But,  grandpa,"  said  the  child,  "  what 
was  the  young  girl's  name  and  what  became 
of  her?"  "Her  name  was  Alice,  and  you  may 
ask  your  grandmother  what  became  of  her," 
said  I,  as  I  put  her  down  from  my  knee  and 
went  out  into  the  wood  shed  after  some  wood 
to  fix  the  fire. 


The  University  of  Michigan  has  fifty  of  its  own 
graduates  on  the  faculty. 


A  Grandson  of  Bowdoin. 
TT7HE  newspapers  of  the  North  have  fre- 
*  quently  asked,  "Who  is  Hoke  Smith?" 
If  we  turn  to  the  History  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege we  find  that,  as  is  the  case  with  Presi- 
dent Dole  of  the  Sandwich  Islands,  we  can 
claim  the  new  Secretary  of  the  Interior  as  a 
grandson  of  the  college.  The  following  is 
found  concerning  H.  H.  Smith,  LL.D.,  of 
the  class  of  '42 : 

"  Hosea  Hildreth  Smith  was  born  in  Deer- 
field,  N.  H.,  February,  1820.  After  gradu- 
ating he  taught  school  in  Bucksport  and 
elsewhere  for  some  years  until  1851,  when  he 
became  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the 
German  Reformed  Collegiate  Institute  in 
Newton,  N.  C,  of  which,  having  been  char- 
tered as  a  college,  he  became  president,  and 
held  that  position  three  years.  In  1857  he 
was  appointed  Professor  of  Modern  Lan- 
guages in  the  University  of  North  Carolina, 
and  during  the  civil  war  he  added  to  his 
regular  department  charge  of  Greek  and 
mathematics.  That  institution  having  been 
abandoned  in  1869,  he  has  since  been  con- 
nected with  the  public  schools  in  Atlanta, 
Ga.,  Shelbyville,  Tenn.,  and  Houston,  Texas. 
At  this  time  (1880)  he  is  at  the  head  of  the 
Sam  Houston  Normal  Institute,  Huntsville, 
Texas,  having  been  invited  to  that  position  . 
by  Dr.  Sears,  agent  of  the  Peabody  fund — a 
compliment  to  his  known  ability  and  expe- 
rience. 

"In  1853  he  married  Mary  Brent  Hoke, 
of  Lincolnton,  N.  C,  daughter  of  Michael 
Hoke,  Esq.,  a  distinguished  lawyer.  They 
have  four  children,  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, the  oldest  son  being  a  promising  lawyer 
in  Atlanta,  Ga.  He  was  made  LL.D.  by  the 
Baylor  University,  Texas,  in  1880." 

In  a  letter  to  the  late  Professor  Packard, 
written  in  1880  and  preserved  in  the  college 
library,  Professor  Smith  says  :  "  My  oldest 
son  Hoke  is  said  to  be  the  most  promising 
young  lawyer  in  Atlanta,  Ga.     Would  that 


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I  could  do  as  much  honor  to  my  dear  Alma 
Mater  as  he  does  to  his  parents." 


Half  Way  There. 

TTFHE  comments  on  the  "College  Yell" 
*■  have  doubled  in  number  and  grown  from 
one-fourth  of  a  page  to  a  page  and  one-eighth. 
Both  are  interesting.  Number  one  is  short 
and  honest.  In  fairness  it  may  be  urged  that 
the  editor  overloaded  his  gun  with  too  many 
"  B.  B.  shot,"  which  scattered  beautifully, 
but  when  the  target  is  inspected  it  is  found 
intact;  also  that  B  is  the  best  consonant  to 
open  the  mouth,  but  of  the  mouth — later. 

Number  two  is  laborious  and  vicious. 
His  efforts  are  to  place  the  person  argued 
against,  on  ground  he  never  occupied.  This 
attacking  writer,  to  weather  his  "  probably  " 
point,  is  so  close  hauled  that  his  sails  flop. 
Vide  his  question,  "  What  can  be  more  idio- 
matic than  the  word  'Bowdoin'"?  In  the 
yell  he  opposes,  the  word  Bowdoin  appears 
three  times.  Again,  it  was  never  urged  that 
the  yell  was  full  of  meat,  but  that  certain 
words  were  "  full  of  meat  as  a  roast  ox."  Let 
him  take  issue  on  that  point,  if  he  dare.  It 
is  very  gladly  conceded,  if  he  still  so  desire, 
that "  Massachusetts  Hall,"  "  Kings  Chapel," 
"  Memorial  Hall,"  "  Parker  Cleaveland," 
"  Adam  Booker,"  and  "  the  neighboring  town 
of  Bath  "  are  fuller  of  meat  than  any  roast 
ox,  but  the  college  wag  can  be  heard  inquir- 
ing, "What  kind  of  meat?"  A  careful 
perusal  of  the  windward  tacking  of  number 
two  leaves  the  impression  that  the  writer  has 
forgotten  the  words  of  the  yell  he  labors  to 
get  the  weather  gauge  on.  A  like  suspicion 
attaches  to  number  one,  viz.:  that  a  kind  of 
sleepiness  "  used  with  the  mouth  open,"  has 
caused  him  to  neglect  the  files  of  the  Bow- 
doin  Orient,  supposed  to  be  at  his  fingers' 
ends,  or  within  reach  of  his  editorial  arms. 
Both  one  and  two  should  have  reread  page  6, 
Vol.  XXI.  of  the  Orient.  In  other  words, 
it  was  their  plain  duty  to  have  enlightened 


themselves  before  attacking  so  "  pithily  "  and 
recklessly  with  their  individual  rears  un- 
covered. 

Let  us  turn  from  the  spectacle  and  re- 
fresh our  eyes  with  the  fair  and  lusty  propor- 
tions of  the  "College  Cheer": 

Rah-rah-rah  !  Rah-rah-rah  !  Bowdoin  !  Bow- 
doin ! 
Orient !  Bugle  !  Brunswick  !  Bowdoin  ! 
If  the  college  athletes  or  the  college  non- 
athletes  get  tired  after  the  first  Bowdoin,  let 
them  rest  right  there,  penultimating  three 
more  rahs  and  settle  down  into  a  seven  by 
nine  hole. 

Yale  occupies,  one  side,  a  short  Rah ! 
Harvard,  the  other  side,  with  a  long  Rah ! 
While  Bowdoin  can  content  herself  with  a 
medium-sized  Rah  !  and  hug  herself  with  the 
idea  that  she  is  in  good  company,  that  Colby 
will  soon  join  her,  and  all  the  colleges  finally 
rest  in  the  same  box.  But  alas,  this  "good- 
enough-for-Bowdoin  "  unction  is  in  error. 
His  proposition  "  that  the  general  course  of 
college  yells  seems  to  have  been  from  com- 
plex to  simple,"  is  as  faulty  as  his  memory 
of  the  cheer  he  criticises,  is  treacherous.  The 
trend  has  been  just  the  reverse.  The  yells 
of  the  two  oldest  colleges  and  those  adopted 
near  that  time  are  simple.  The  recent  cheers 
are  what  he  characterizes  as  complex  or 
suggestive.  The  same  has  been  true  of  the 
class  yells  at  Bowdoin  College  and  which 
are  a  fair  index  of  the  general  evolution. 
This  point  is  worthy  of  careful  consideration, 
and  a  study  of  these  class  yells  reveals  the 
truth  that  the  most  suggestive  have  been  the 
most  effective  and  satisfactory. 

This  trend  is  natural  and  will  continue. 
The  idea  of  dead  monotony  is  abhorrent  to 
college  atmosphere.  Each  college  should 
have  its  own  colors  and  its  own  characteris- 
tic cheer. 

Now,  finally  and  honestly,  for  the  writer 
never  intended  to  be  drawn  into  a  discus- 
sion, he  will  say  that  he  has  heard  and  known 


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the  yell  of  execution.  It  is  alwaj's  given  with 
the  mouth  open  and  held  open.  A  college 
yell  should  be  different.  It  is  not  given  by 
men  working  at  the  oar,  or  bat.  It  should 
contain  elements  of  exultation  and  defiance. 
This  was  his  dream.  The  words  not  to  be 
rattled  like  the  Yale  Rah,  but  triumphant 
like  the  waters  of  Pejepscot  Falls. 

All  this  discussion  is  useless  except  as  an 
incentive  to  effort  and  the  sifting  out  of 
false  notions.  The  proof  of  the  pudding  is 
the  eating  of  it.  These  yells  must  be  fairly 
digested  by  actual  practice  of  the  same  by  a 
hundred  or  so  of  the  students.  Give  each 
cheer  different  renderings  till  its  best  render- 
ing can  be  obtained.  Give  each  a  fair,  honest 
trial  and  then  see  which  is  effective  and  sat- 
isfactory. Do  not  summon  in  the  school 
committee  man  or  the  ghost  of  Parker 
Cleaveland  unless  their  presence  is  actually 
needed  to  inform  the  Bowdoin  boys  what 
their  voices  can  compass  or  how  their  mouths 
shall  be  opened.  It  may  be  well,  after  ascer- 
taining the  best  method  of  rendering  a  yell, 
to  try  it  under  the  inspiration  of  an  audi- 
ence at  the  close  of  the  Athletic  Exhibition 
in  Brunswick  or  at  Portland  or  Bath,  if 
enough  students  are  present. 


Ui?e  ^e^iopjimi^. 

TTFHIS  is  the  time  of  year  when  the  newly 
■*■  fledged  voter  feels  his  importance.  The 
ranks  of  Bowdoin's  upper  classes  are  quite 
materially  thinned  on  election  days,  when 
those  who  have  gained  man's  estate  are  called 
upon  to  seek  their  homes  and  cast  their  votes 
for  the  future  rulers  of  their  municipalities. 
But  there  was  one  fair-haired  individual,  a 
Senior  by  the  way,  whose  going  home  was 
for  naught.  For  several  days  he  hesitated 
between  remaining  faithful  to  his  college 
duties   or    his    party's    needs.     The    latter 


finally  triumphed,  and  he  hied  himself  forth 
to  his  paternal  mansion  with  all  the  ardor  of 
an  old-time  politician.  But  alas,  his  hesi- 
tancy had  cost  him  his  suffrage,  for  he 
arrived  shortly  after  the  eleventh  hour,  and 
the  board  of  registration  had  closed  its  books 
for  the  season.  It  is  a  good  motto  for  young 
voters  not  only  to  vote  "early  and  often," 
but  to  be  sure  and  get  the  opportunity. 
***** 

A  course  of  lectures  by  different  profes- 
sors would  not  be  very  far  amiss  during 
the  winter  months.  To  be  sure  we  see  quite 
a  good  deal  of  the  professors  in  the  class- 
room, but  there  are  plenty  of  topics  besides 
those  taken  up  there,  that  would  not  only  be 
extremely  interesting  but  profitable.  More- 
over everybody  in  college  has  not  the  chance 
to  take  certain  studies  of  which  he  may 
know  very  little.  A  comprehensive  lecture, 
dealing  broadly  with  the  subject,  would  be 
very  welcome  and  greatly  appreciated. 
***** 

There  is  nothing  that  a  college  man  will 
not  do  to  pass  away  the  few  leisure  hours 
which  fall  to  his  lot.  Of  all  the  pastimes 
the  Pessioptimist  has  heard  of  since  being  in 
college,  that  of  bringing  up  a  puppy  bears 
the  palm  for  uniqueness.  Yet  a  certain  Jun- 
ior has  undertaken  the  task,  and  set  about 
it  with  an  avidity  that  promises  great  things 
for  his  youthful  protege-. 

The  animal  has  already  passed  the  first 
of  Shakespeare's  seven  ages,  and  is  entering 
with  all  his  canine  instincts  upon  the  second. 
May  he  grow  up  an  honor  to  the  institution 
that  gave  him  shelter  and  a  safeguard  to 
his  indulgent  master. 

*     *     *     *     * 

The  atmosphere  of  Bowdoin,  and  partic- 
ularly that  which  pervades  the  Okient  sanc- 
tum, has  been  overladen  for  the  past  two 
weeks  with  the  yell  question.  It  seems  to 
the  Pessioptimist  that  all  this  mere  talk  and 


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quibbling  will  amount  to  nothing  unless  the 
college  itself  takes  some  action  on  the  mat- 
ter. Let  the  yell  enthusiasts  call  a  meeting, 
have  a  committee  appointed;  then  let  this 
body  give  their  ideas  and  present  the  most 
feasible  yells.  Perhaps  in  this  way  we  can 
decide  whether  we  have  outgrown  the  old 
one,  and  what  is  most  suitable  and  accept- 
able for  the  new.  Action  speaks  louder  than 
a  multitude  of  words. 


I^hyme  arpd  I^eagorp. 


Could  I  Not  Find  Thee  There? 

Could  I  not  find  thee  there,  in  realms  divine, 

If  unknown  worlds  should  hide  tby  face  from  mine, 

The  Eden  gardens  of  that  golden  isle, 

Far  from  thy  silvery  voice,  far  from  thy  smile, 

Without  the  sunshine  of  thy  loving  eyes, 

Would  not  be  Paradise. 

Could  I  not  find  thee  there,  on  would  I  speed, 
Unwearied  where  the  swift  cloud-horses  lead, 
By  gleaming  paths,  that  trace  a  wandering  star, 
With  distant  suns  for  torches,  and  afar 
'Mid  fountains  play  and  flowers,  deathless  blown, 
My  heart  would  find  its  own. 


Memories  of  Summer. 

The  days  of  summer,  long  since  past, 
Were  days  of  pleasure  and  of  ease, 
When  softly  blew  the  balmy  breeze 

And  long  did  lingering  daylight  last. 

What  happiness  their  memories  bring 
Of  days  from  care  and  sorrow  free, 
What  outings  by  the  land  or  sea, 

In  joyful  measures  do  they  sing. 

And  now,  when  winter  closes  round, 
And  all  without  is  cold  and  drear, 
Like  some  fair  picture,  bright  and  clear, 

Our  summer  memories  are  found. 

They  cheer  us  through  the  dreary  parts 
Of  all  the  dismal  winter  days, 
And  brighter,  softer  grow  their  rays, 

With  greater  joy  they  fill  our  hearts. 


And  when  the  spring-time  comes  once  more, 
They  softly,  gently  fade  away; 
Their  time  is  over,  past  their  day, 

The  coming  pleasures  are  before. 

But  they  are  never  wholly  past. 

They  still  remain  aud  have  their  place. 

In  that  dim  halo,  full  of  grace, 
That  glows  behind  us,  they  still  last. 


Andrew  Preston  Peabody. 

There  is  a  greatness  that  is  far  above 

The  knowledge  of  the  vulgar  throng  of  men, 
Above  the  soldier's  sword  or  poet's  pen, 

The  greatness  of  a  broad,  all-conquering  love. 

It  was  not  found  by  Horace,  who  could  move 
Strong  men  to  mirth  or  tears,  nor  later  when 
Great  Cromwell,  conquering,  stood  on  Marston 
Fen, 

Or  captive  led  a  king,  to  better  prove 

His  own  might,  stronger  than  a  right  sublime. 
It  was  reserved  until  this  later  day 

To  find  a  man  of  men,  humble  yet  high, 

Whose  heart  might  hold  a  love  greater  than  time, 
Broader  than  space.     Dear,  venerable,  gray, 
Kindly  old  man,  must  you  then  also  die? 


My  Banjo. 

When  with  study  I  am  sated, 

Comes  the  hour  for  which  I've  waited, 

And  my  evening's  work  is  o'er, 

Then  I  take  my  banjo  merry, 

And  all  cares  of  study  bury, 

As  I  play  the  old  familiar  melodies  once  more. 

And  a  sense  of  quiet  coming 

As  I  keep  my  idle  thrumming, 

I  am  filled  with  joy  and  rest; 

And  I  call  my  banjo  charming, 

With  its  mystic  power  embalming 

Its  happy  master,  who  is  surely  doubly  blest. 

No  companion  half  so  trusty 

As  this  friend  with  voice  so  lusty, 

None  so  fits  to  every  freak, 

But  in  joy  this  rings  with  gladness, 

And  in  gloom  is  low  with  sadness, 

Filled  with  sympathy  as  strong  as  one  could  seek. 


Yale  College  has  had  but  twelve  presidents  dur- 
ing its  nearly  two  hundred  years  of  existence. 


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Athletic   Exhibition :     Brunswick,    March    17; 
Portland,  March  21 ;  Bath,  March  24. 


The  leaders  of  the  class 
squads  in   the  Exhibition 
will  be  Carletou,  '93,  Libby,  '94,  Lord, 
'95,  Bates,  '96. 

The  report  that  Gen.  Joshua  L. 
Chamberlain  had  been  offered  the  pres- 
idency of  the  Maine  State  College  has  been  denied 
by  the  trustees,  who  say  that  the  man  has  not 
yet  been  decided  upon. 

Haskell,  '95,  has  returned  to  college. 
Currier,  '94,  was  ill  a  few  days  last  week. 
Lyford,  '96,  is  at  home  on  account  of  illness. 
Bean,  '92,  was  seen  on  the  campus  March  3d. 
Anderson,  '94,  is  spending  a  few  weeks  in  Wash- 
ington. 

Stone,  '96,  has  been  suffering  from  an  attack  of 
tonsilitis. 

The  e  A  X  boarding  club  has  moved  to  Andrews's 
Restaurant. 

Whitcomb,  '94,  who  has  been  ill  for  some  time, 
has  returned. 

Jeuks,  '93,  has  returned  to  college  after  a  business 
visit  to  Boston. 

President  Hyde  preached  in  the  Colby  chapel, 
February  26th. 

The  Sophomore  French  division  is  reading 
"  La  Fontaine." 

The  Sophomores  have  re-elected  Bryant  man- 
ager of  their  crew. 

Ridley,  '93,  will  not  return  this  year,  but  will 
euter  '94  next  fall. 

Lord,  '94,  has  been  home  ill,  but  returned  to 
college  last  Tuesday. 

Pearson,  '96,  has  been  confined  to  his  room 
several  days  by  a  severe  strain. 

Several  sub- Freshmen  have  been  on  the  campus 
during  the  past  three  weeks. 

Bucknam,  '95,  was  called  home  week  before  last 
by  the  death  of  a  near  relative. 


Holmes,  '95,  has  been  employed  the  past  month 
in  the  city  clerk's  office,  Lewiston. 

The  College  Y.  M.  C.  A.  held  their  annual  busi- 
ness meeting  March  2d,  and  elected  officers. 

The  town  elections  Monday  decreased  the  attend- 
ance at  recitations  materially  in  the  two  upper 
classes. 

Professor  Chapman  preached  in  Bangor  two 
weeks  ago,  and  delivered  a  lecture  in  the  same 
place  March  6th. 

Portland  has  been  thoroughly  billed  for  the 
Exhibition  there  March  21st.  and  cards  have  been 
placed  in  all  the  street-cars. 

W.  W.  Thomas,  '94,  who  has  been  so  long  ill 
with  pleurisy,  will  probably  not  return  to  college 
until  the  last  of  the  month. 

"Joshua  Simpkins"  attracted  a  large  audience 
to  the  Town  Hall.  The  piece  was  well  given,  and 
several  of  the  roles  were  unusually  well  taken. 

Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop  recently  presented  the 
library  with  several  valuable  autograph  letters  and 
documents  of  the  Bowdoin  family,  relating  to  the 
foundation  and  early  history  of  the  college. 
.  The  Augusta  papers  report  that  the  Capital 
City  seems  to  be  a  favorite  place  for  Bowdoin  stu- 
dents to  spend  their  spare  hours,  judging  from  the 
number  seen  there  lately,  but  admits  that  it  is  more 
the  fault  of  the  Augusta  young  ladies  than  of  the 
boys. 

A  Freshman  Debating  Club  has  been  organized 
under  the  following  officers :  President,  Bates ; 
Vice-President,  French  ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
Blodgett;  Historian,  Pierce  ;  Executive  Committee, 
Hebb,  Coburn,  Clough,  Newbegin,  and  Marston. 
The  first  regular  meeting  was  held  March  7th. 

A  series  of  three  lectures,  given  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Brunswick  Public  Library,  is  well  under 
way.  March  7th  Professor  Woodruff  lectured  on 
"Athens,"  March  14th  Professor  Wells  spoke  on  the 
"Scramble  for  Africa,"  and  March  21st  Professor 
Houghton  will  treat  of  "Japan."  It  is  a  very 
interesting  course. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Tennis  Asso- 
ciation, held  March  1st,  officers  were  elected  as 
follows:  President,  Pickard,  '94;  Vice-President, 
French, '95;  Secretary,  W.  S.  Kimball, '95;  Exec- 
utive Committee,  Pickard,  '94,  French,  '95,  Little- 
field,  '94.  The  treasurer  reported  a  small  balance 
remaining  from  last  year. 

Dyer,  M.  S.,  has  been  elected  byjhe  Portland 
Athletic  Club  as  gymnasium  instructor,  and  will 


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enter  upon  his  duties  iu  a  few  weeks.  Besides  his 
natural  suitability  for  such  a  position  he  has  had 
cousiderable  experience  in  that  line  of  work,  having 
been  instructor  in  the  Portland  Turnverein  and  in 
charge  of  the  Phillips  Exeter  Gym. 

The  Sophomore  class  have  decided  to  have 
a  supper  at  the  close  of  the  spring  term  and 
have  elected  banquet  officers  as  follows :  Toast- 
master,  Stetson ;  Opening  Address,  Wood;  Presen- 
tations, Roberts;  Poet,  Thayer;  Historian,  Jack- 
son; Prophet,  Pope;  Committee  on  Arrangements, 
Mitchell,  Haskell,  Webber;  Committee  on  Pro- 
grammes, Fairbanks,  W.  S.  Kimball,  Hatch. 

The  business  meeting  of  the  Intercollegiate 
Tennis  Association  was  held  at  Waterville,  March 
4th.  The  following  officers  were  elected  :  President, 
H.  M.  Conners,  Colby;  Vice-President,  R.  A. 
Sturges,  Bates;  Secretary,  F.  W.  Pickard,  Bow- 
doin;  Treasurer,  EL  Murray,  Maine  State  College. 
It  was  decided  to  hold  the  anuual  tournament  in 
Portland,  on  May  30th  and  June  1st,  2d,  and  3d. 

The  '94  Bugle  will  probably  be  out  before  the 
next  issue  of  the  Orient,  as  it  is  expected  about 
the28tb.  The  editors  say  that  it  will  be  "larger, 
brighter,  and  better"  than  ever  before  ;  that  all  the 
athletic  interests  will  be  represented  by  photo- 
graphs of  the  teams ;  that  the  picture  of  the  class 
of  '94,  which  is  to  be  the  frontispiece,  is  alone 
sufficient  to  make  the  book  immortal ;  and  that 
altogether  they  recommend  the  book  as  worth 
buying.  We  suppose,  therefore,  that  everybody 
will  invest  in  several,  as  the  supply  is  limited  and 
the  demand  likely  to  be  great. 

The  second  anuual  meeting  of  the  Maine  Inter- 
scholastic  Athletic  Association  was  held  in  Bruns- 
wick, March  4th.  Representatives  from  eight 
schools  were  present  and  elected  officers  as  follows: 
President,  C  F.  Valentine,  Augusta;  Vice-Presi- 
dent, John  Stevens,  Jr.,  Bangor;  Secretary,  F.  W, 
Woodbridge,  Augusta;  Treasurer,  S.  B.  Furbish, 
Brunswick;  Executive  Committee,  F.  R.  Dyer, 
Hebron,  J.  W.  Emery,  Westbrook,  R.  H.  Palmer, 
Bangor.  Bangor  and  Gardiner  have  lately  been 
admitted  to  membership,  making  the  total  number 
of  schools  fifteen.  The  next  field-day  will  be  held 
June  1 3th,  at  either  Augusta,  Brunswick,  or 
Lewiston. 


There  will  be  no  base-ball  games  between  Prince- 
ton and  Harvard  this  year.  Princeton  refused  to 
play  unless  Harvard  would  play  only  undergraduates 
on  her  team. 


The  following  officers  have  been  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year:  President,  G.  C.  DeMott, '94;  Vice- 
President,  B.  L.  Bryant,  '95 ;  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary, A.  L.  Churchill,  '95;  Recording  Secretary, 
C.  W.  Marston,  '96;  Treasurer,  H.  0.  Clough,  '96. 
The  men  who  have  achieved  the  greatest  results 
in  this  world  have  been  those  who  were  actuated 
by  some  master  passion.  Their  souls  were  occupied 
by  some  one  thing  which  subordinated  everything 
else  to  itself.  They  were,  in  a  certain  sense,  men 
of  one  idea.  For  though  their  minds  may  have 
contained  many  ideas,  yet  a  single  purpose  directed 
and  animated  them  all.  With  Sir  Isaac  Newton 
the  master-passion  was  science ;  with  Jay  Gould  to 
make  money ;  with  Lloyd  Garrisou  to  secure  free- 
dom for  the  slaves ;  with  Paul  the  service  of  Jesus 
Christ  was  the  sovereign  purpose  of  his  soul. 

There  is  a  prodigious  power  in  this  single- 
ness' of  heart,  this  enthroning  of  one  ruling 
affection  in  the  soul.  Even  a  man  of  ordinary 
talents  and  endowments  becomes  a  leading  charac- 
ter when  Jesus  Christ  owns  and  controls  him.  The 
man  who  follows  Christ  so  thoroughly  that  he 
carries  other  people  with  him  by  the  sheer  mo- 
mentum of  his  Godliness  is  the  one  who  attains  to 
a  commanding  influeuce  in  religious  work. 

What  was  the  "one  thing"  which  Paul  set  before 
himself?  He  tells  us  that  "forgetting  those  things 
which  are  behind,  and  reaching  forth  unto  those 
things  which  are  before,  I  press  toward  the  mark 
for  the  prize  of  the  high  calling  of  God  in  Christ 
Jesus."  He  was  not  willing  to  sit  down,  satisfied 
with  his  present  attainments.  Upward  and  onward 
was  his  motto.  Every  achievement  was  only  a 
stimulus  to  further  progress.  He  had  a  holy  ambi- 
tion to  reach  the  very  highest  mark  possible  this 
side  of  heaven.  Just  what  the  great  apostle  aimed 
at  ought  to  be  the  aim  of  every  one  of  us. 

Are  we  fighting  resolutely  with  the  sins  that  so 
easily  beset  us?  Do  we  grow  more  self-denying, 
more  humble,  more  fearless  for  the  truth,  more 
patient  under  crosses,  more  thoughtful  of  others 
and  less  of  our  own  comfort,  and  more  ready  to  put 
self  under  our  feet  that  we  may  exalt  Jesus  ? 

Is  our  faith  getting  stronger,  our  hope  becoming 
brighter,  and  our  love  becoming  more  pure,  more 
ardent,  and  more  ready  to  "  bear  the  burdens  of 
others  and  so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ"?  Such 
questions  as  these  may  be  well  applied  to  ourselves, 


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in  order  that  we  may  know  whether  we  are  really 
advancing  toward  the  goat  set  before  us.  We 
should  remember  that  oo  our  own  responsibility 
must  we  push  forward,  but  not  in  our  own  strength. 
"  They  that  wait  on  the  Lord  shall  mount  up  with 
wings  as  eagles;  they  shall  run  and  not  be  weary  ; 
they  shall  walk  and  not  faint." 


46.  —John  Anderson 
Waterman  died  at  his  home 
in  Gorham,  Me.,  Monday,  March  6th. 
Judge  Waterman  was  born  in  Wind- 
June,  1827.  He  fitted  for  college 
at  the  Gorham  Academy,  under  Rev.  Amos 
Brown,  and  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College  in 
the  class  of  1846.  His  scholarship  in  college  was  of  a 
high  order,  and  he  graduated  with  the  highest 
honors  of  his  class.  After  graduation  he  studied 
law  with  Hon.  Nathan  Appleton,  of  Alfred,  and 
Hon.  Josiah  Pierce,  of  Gorham.  After  admittance 
to  the  Bar  he  settled  in  Gorham,  in  the  practice  of 
bis  profession,  and  has  always  made  his  residence 
there.  He  was  treasurer  of  Cumberland  County  in 
1857-58,  and  later  filled  with  distinction  the  office 
of  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  county.  He  has 
been  on  the  Board  of  Overseers  of  Bowdoin  College 
for  several  years.  He  leaves  a  wife,  three  daughters, 
and  a  son,  John  A.  Waterman,  Jr.,  now  practiciug 
law  in  Brunswick.  Judge  Waterman  has  been 
closely  identified  with  the  religious,  educational, 
and  social  history  of  his  town,  and  has  been  honored 
repeatedly  with  positions  in  its  governmental  affairs, 
and  has  won  the  respect,  confidence,  and  love,  not 
only  of  his  townspeople,  but  of  all  who  have  known 
him. 

'73. — Hon.  A.  F.  Moulton,  of  Portland,  gave  a 
lecture  on  "Trial  by  Ordeal,"  before  the  students 
of  Westbrook  Seminary,  Thursday,  March  2d. 

77._The  Lewiston  Journal  says: 

When  Lieut.  Peary,  the  Maine  explorer,  was  in  Buffalo, 
a  few  days  ago,  his  hotel  was  besieged  by  boys  and  young 
men  who  wanted  to  go  with  him  to  the  North  Pole  next 
summer.    To  one  of  them  he  said  in  effect : 

"  Have  you  ever  been  to  the  Arctic  regions  ?  "     "  No." 

"  Have  you  been  a  sailor ?  "    "No." 


"  A  mechanic  ?  "    "  No." 

"  Are  you  grounded  in  any  branch  of  scientific  knowl- 
edge? "     "  No." 

"You  have  no  special  qualifications  ?  "  "  No,  but  I  can 
work." 

"You  are  the  man  for  me,"  said  the  Lieutenant,  and 
the  applicant  flushed  with  hope.  "But,  by  the  way,"  he 
continued,  "  there  is  a  slight  preliminary  before  we  sign 
papers.  You  will  pay  $5,000  towards  the  expense  of  the 
expedition." 

"  Five  thousand  dollars  !  " 

"Certainly."  You  may  remember  that  Mr.  Ver- 
reshof  paid  $3,000  for  the  privilege  of  accompanying  me 
on  my  last  expedition,  and  he,  you  know,  was  a  man  of 
scientific  attainments,  and  he  lost  his  life  in  the  expedi- 
tion." 

The  applicant  waited  to  hear  no  more. 

'78.— Professor  George  C.  Purington,  who  has 
been  principal  of  the  Parmington  State  Normal 
School  for  nearly  ten  years,  has  been  offered  the 
management  of  a  school  in  the  West  with  a  salary 
of  $4,000  a  year.  His  salary  at  Parmington  being 
about  $1,800,  it  is  probable  that  he  will  accept  the 
offer. 

'82. — Arthur  F.  Belcher  has  resigned  his  position 
as  cashier  of  the  National  Bank  at  Farmiugton. 

'89.  —  George  L.  Rogers  has  resigned  his  position 
as  treasurer  of  the  Farmington  Loan  and  Building- 
Association. 

'89. — D.  E.  Owen  was  elected  common  council- 
man in  Saco  at  the  recent  municipal  election. 

'89. — Mervyn  A.  Rice,  the  Democratic  candidate 
for  mayor  of  Rockland,  succeeded  at  the  recent 
municipal  election  in  reducing  the  majority  of  his 
opponent  to  less  than  a  hundred  in  that  strongly 
Republican  city. 

'91.— Harry  DeF.  Smith,  of  Gardiner,  for  the 
past  two  years  sub-master  of  the  Rockland  High 
School,  has  been  elected  principal  of  the  Lincoln 
Street  Grammar  School,  Rockland. 

'91. — Married,  Tuesday,  March  7th,  Fred  Wash- 
burn Dudley  and  Miss  Lillian  Holmes. 

Medical,  '91.— On  March  8th,  Dr.  H.  C.  Hanson, 
of  Yarmouth,  and  Miss  Mony  L.  Jones  were  married. 
The  ushers  were  Dr.  Nickerson,  '89,  and  B.  D. 
Ridlon,  '91. 


IN   MEMORIAM. 

N.  E.  I.  A.  A.  Convention. 

Whereas  God,  in  his  infinite  wisdom,  during  the 

past  year  has  deemed  it  best  to  remove  from  earth 

our  true  and   well-beloved    ex-president,    Charles 

Otis  Wells,  and  whereas  we  feel  that  the  Associa- 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


267 


tion  has  lost  by  his  death  a  tried  and  loyal  friend, 
and  one  ever  interested  in  her  welfare  and  progress, 
he  it 

Besolved,  That  we  extend  our  sincere  sympathy 
to  his  relatives  and  to  all  who  are  bereaved  by  his 
death ; 

Resolved,  that  these  resolutions  be  placed  on  the 
records  of  the  Association,  and  that  a  copy  of  the 
same  be  printed  in  the  various  papers  of  the 
associate  colleges. 

HENRY  T.  NOYES,  JR., 
CLARENCE  W.  McKAY, 
LEON  B.  BACON, 

Committee  for  the  Convention. 
Boston,  February  11th. 


Book  I^eviewg. 

(Greek-English,  Word  List,  by  Robert  Baird. 
Boston:  Ginn  &  Co.)  This  list  contains  that 
portion  of  the  Greek  vocabulary  which  every  stu- 
dent ought  to  have  under  control;  the  ordinary 
prose  words  and  their  compounds.  These  are 
arranged  in  groups  of  such  form  as  the  mind  more 
easily  retains.  Those  of  common  origin  and  asso- 
ciated in  meaning  are  brought  together. 

D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.,  Boston,  have  just  issued 
Schiller 's  Der  Neffe  als  Onkel,  edited  with  arguments, 
notes,  and  vocabulary,  by  H.  S.  Beresford-Webb, 
Wellington  College,  England. 

This  bright  three-act  comedy  furnishes  very  en- 
joyable and  easy  reading  of  an  entirely  unobjectiona- 
ble character,  and  will  always  be  a  favorite  text 
with  teachers. 

(V Expedition  de  le  Jeune  Hardie.  By  Jules 
Verne.  Edited,  with  notes  vocabulary  and  a  list  of 
irregular  verbs,  by  W.  S.  Dyon,  M.A.  Boston:  D.  C. 
Heath.)  A  thrilling  little  story  of  arctic  adventure. 
A  young  captain  is  rescued  by  a  relief  party,  of 
which  his  betrothed  is  one  of  the  leading  spirits. 
Notwithstanding  the  intense  cold  and  hardships  she 
goes  forward  with  the  others.  The  little  band  is 
finally  found  in  the  far  North,  and  brought  back 
safely. 

D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.,  Boston,  will  issue  about 
March  15th  Beaumarchais'  Le  Barbier  de  Seville, 
edited  with  introduction  and  notes  by  I.  H.  B. 
Spiers,  of  William  Penn  Charter  School,  Philadel- 
phia. 


This  four-act  comedy  is  one  of  the  masterpieces 
in  French  literature,  because  of  its  intrinsic  inter- 
est—its delightful  humor— and  its  felicitous  form 
and  style.  Throughout  the  play  the  dialogue  is 
brilliant  and  incisive,  full  of  wit  and  vivacity. 


HEREDITY. 
Her  father  had  been  a  highwayman 

And  this  perhaps  may  explain 
To  me,  poor  uninformed  layman, 
Why  she  always  holds  up  a  train. 

— Brunonian. 

Grinnell  College,  Iowa,  requires  a  standing  of  80 
per  cent,  of  all  students  taking  part  in  athletic 
contests. 

At  a  mass  meeting  at  Dartmouth  $800  was 
pledged  for  the  support  of  the  base-ball  team. 

A  $75  trophy  will  be  awarded  to  the  winner  of 
either  base-ball  or  foot-ball  in  the  Southern  Inter- 
collegiate Athletic  Association. 

The  West  Point  Cadets  will  encamp  two  or 
three  weeks  on  the  Exposition  grounds  at  Chicago 
next  summer. 

President  Harrison  has  been  offered  and  accepted 
the  chair  of  Constitutional  Law  in  the  Leland  Stan- 
ford, Jr.,  University.  The  plan  is  to  have  him  go 
to  California  and  remain  there  three  months  every 
year,  delivering  the  lectures  within  that  time.  It  is 
understood  that  his  annual  salary  will  be  $15,000. 

'TWAS   EVEN  THUS. 
Said  Adam  to  Eve,  "  My  dear,  will  you  view 
"With  me  the  strange  animals  kept  in  our  Zoo  ?  " 
Eve  sohhingly  answered  while  combing  her  hair, 
"Alas,  my  dear  Adam,  I've  nothing  to  wear." 

— Blue  and  White. 

Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  University  will  this  year 
follow  the  lead  of  eastern  universities  in  opening  a 
summer  school — the  first  of  its  kind  on  the  Pacific 
coast. 


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About  one-third  of  the  Senior  class  at  Williams 
College  will  have  Commencement  appointments  this 
year. 

At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Intercollegiate 
Athletic  Association  Brown  and  Wesleyan  were 
admitted  to  membership. 

Out  of  195,000  recruits  for  the  Russian  army, 
141,000  were  absolutely  illiterate. 

Yale  holds  four  intercollegiate  records,  Princeton 
four,  Harvard  three,  Amherst  two,  and  Columbia 
one. 

Princeton's  faculty  has  decided  that  no  student 
can  represent  the  college  and  any  outside  organiza- 
tion in  athletics  during  the  same  year. 

Seven  members  of  Mr.  Cleveland's  cabinet  are 
college  bred  men. 

Miss  Garrett  has  given  Johns  Hopkins  $400,000 
during  the  past  year. 

Columbia  now  gives  the  degree  of  A.B.  for  a 
three  years' course,  providing  the  student  afterwards 
takes  a  professional  course. 

At  Swathmore  the  subject  of  student  self-gov- 
ernment is  being  agitated.  The  faculty  are  in 
sympathy  with  the  movement. 

PADEREWSKI. 
If  Paderewski  draws  a  crowd 

Who  partly  go  to  see  his  hair, 
Pray  tell  me,  can  it  be  allowed, 

There's  capillary  attraction  there  ? 

— Brunonian. 

Preliminary  steps  have  been  taken  to  establish 
in  Chicago  a  great  medical  school  which  shall  rival 


the  best  European  institutions.  It  is  proposed  to 
combine  several  of  the  best  schools  already  exist- 
ing in  the  city  and  make  them  a  department  of  the 
University  of  Chicago. 

The  following  is  the  yell  of  the  theologues  at 
DePauw  University:  "Hurrah,  hurrah,  hurrah, 
the  Gospel  does  away  with  the  law;  we're  Theologs 
of  old  DePauw;  a  greater  school  nouo  ever  saw. 
Amen !" 

A  young  colored  woman  passed  the  best  entrance 
examination  at  the  University  of  Chicago  for  the 
year  beginning  this  term. 

John  S.  Johnson,  the  bicyclist,  lowered  the  skat- 
ing records  for  100  and  120  yards  at  Minneapolis, 
Wednesday,  covering  100  yards  in  9  4-5  seconds. 

It  was  discovered  that  there  was  some  skidding 
done  during  the  last  examination  in  the  Freshman 
and  Junior  classes  at  Wesleyan,  and  a  committee 
of  students  has  been  appointed  to  look  into  the 
matter,  in  view  of  the  fact  the  conduct  of  the  exam- 
ination had  been  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  stu- 
dents. 

The  recent  hazing  troubles  at  Wesleyan  has 
brought  about  resolutions  from  the  different  classes, 
agreeing  to  refrain  from  and  to  discountenance 
hazing  during  the  rest  of  their  course. 

One  thousand  dollars  has  been  contributed  by 
the  class  of  '88  at  Brown  for  the  college  library. 

The  Senior  class  of  Cornell  have  voted  not  to 
wear  cap  and  gown  on  the  Commencement  stage. 

The  libraries  at  Ann  Arbor  and  Williams  are 
open  on  Sunday. 


H.    E.    MURDOCK, 

Optician, 

565  Congress  St.,  -    PORTLAND,    ME. 


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BRUNSWICK,  MAINE,  MARCH  29,  1893. 


No.  17. 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 

PUBLISHED   EVERY   ALTERNATE  WEDNESDAY  DURING 
THE  COLLEGIATE  YEAR  BY   THE  STUDENTS  OF 

BOWDOIN     COLLEGE. 

EDITORIAL    BOARD. 

C.  W.  Peabody,  '93,  Managing  Editor. 

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CONTENTS. 
Vol.  XXII.,  No.  17.— March  29,  1893. 

Editorial  Notes, 269 

The  Landing  of  the  "Pilgrim," '271 

What  We  Saw  in  the  Mountains, 272 

The  Best  Yet, 274 

The  Athletic  Exhibition 274 

It  Meets  Our  Approval, 276 

The  Pessioptimist, 276 

Rhtmi  and  Reason: 

Historical  Perpective,       277 

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To-morrow 277 

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"  Chapel  Towers,"  the  "  Bowdoin  Pines," 
etc.  These  subjects  have  all  been  ably  treated 
heretofore.  For  new  subjects  we  would  sug- 
gest the  copper  dome  of  the  Art  Building, 
and  to  poets  especially  endowed  with  imagi- 
nation, the  Brunswick  sewers.  Finally,  if  it 
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cerning the  glowing  leaves  of  October,  and 
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eight  poems.  Mr.  Andrews  has  written 
more,  but  is  ineligible,  being  on  the  Board 
of  Editors.  Messrs.  Thayer  and  Pierce 
come  close  behind  with  seven  apiece,  and 
are  therefore  entitled  to  "  honorable  mention." 
The  other  prizes  will  be  announced  as  soon 
as  the  judges  make  their  decision. 


MR.  A.  S.  DYER,  '91,  who  is  to  take  Mr. 
Tolman's  place  in  the  spring  term,  was 
one  of  the  leading  scholars  and  literary  men 
in  his  class  and  will  undoubtedly  fill  the 
position  ably.  Mr.  Tolmau  will  return  in 
September  if  his  health  permits. 


TTN  ENERGETIC  attempt  is  being  made 
/  -*■  to  better  the  sanitary  condition  of  the 
town  by  constructing  a  system  of  sewage. 
As  all  previous  movements  in  this  direction 
have  been  defeated  by  the  suburban  vote, 
this  difficulty  has  been  overcome  by  the 
organization  of  the  Brunswick  Village  Cor 
poration,  which  includes  that  part  of  the 
town  situate  within  the  radius  of  a  mile  from 
the  Town  Hall.  A  charter  was  obtained 
from  the  legislature  a  few  weeks  ago,  and 
was  accepted  by  the  voters  of  the  village  last 
week.  The  citizens  of  Brunswick  can  well 
afford  to  pay  a  little  higher  rate  of  taxes  to 
improve  the  present  outrageous  state  of 
affairs. 


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during  the  past  year,  which  has  reduced  the 
editorial  work  to  a  minimum. 


The  Oxford-Cambridge  boat  race,  March  22d, 
was  won  by  Oxford.  Both  crews  struggled  desper- 
ately, but  the  Oxford  crew  pulled  a  more  powerful 
and  telling  stroke  and  passed  the  finishing  line  two 
and  a  half  lengths  ahead  of  Cambridge.  The 
official  time  was  18  minutes  and  47  seconds,  the 
best  time  ever  made  over  the  course.  The  best 
previous  time  made  by  Oxford  last  year  was  19 
minutes  and  21  seconds. 


The   Landing  of  the  "  Pilgrim." 

TITHE  "  Pilgrim  "  is  steaming  slowly  in  to  her 
-*-  dock  at  the  gay  summer  resort  of  wealth 
and  fashion.  The  day  is  one  of  July's  best; 
all  the  land  and  sea  are  animate  with  sum- 
mer's sweet  presence  ;  and  every  living  thing 
cries  out  for  very  joy  in  the  mere  delight  of 
existence. 

He  stands  on  the  main  deck  of  the  big 
white  monster,  far  out  toward  the  bow.  He 
is  scanning  with  eager  eyes  the  throng  of 
humanity  that  clings  to  the  dock  like  swarm- 
ing bees  to  the  willow  branch.  At  first  he 
does  not  notice  that  he  is  watching  so 
steadily,  but  when  the  thought  comes  to  him 
a  minute  later  he  becomes  suddenly  angry 
with  himself,  and  mutters  an  impatient  ex- 
clamation under  his  breath.  Why  should  he 
of  all  the  world  look  so  earnestly  for  the 
familiar  face  and  form  which  his  memory 
knows  so  well,  but  which  should  long  ago 
have  been  forgotten  ?  It  is  weak;  unmanly; 
sentimental.  But  he  keeps  on  looking!  And 
all  the  while  the  steamer  is  paddling  slowly 
ahead. 

It  was  only  a  year  ago,  he  thinks, — half 
ashamed  of  himself  for  bringing  up  this 
sweet,  if  sad,  recollection, — only  a  year  ago 
that  he  had  stood  on  that  self-same  deck,  and 
had  glanced  furtively  at  the  fair  face  and 
figure ;  but  then  the  steamer  was  outward 
bound,  and  he  was  parting  from  her  in 
anger, — an  anger,  however,  which  was  so 
very  suggestive  of  fault  on  his  part  that  it 
galled  him  yet  to  think  about  it. 

Yet  think  of  it  he  did,  every  day  of  that 
short  year,  and  it  is  on  account  of  the  un- 
controllable longing  that  has  arisen  from  this 
most  pernicious  habit,  that  he  had  come 
down  again  to  view  in  remorseful  loneliness 
the  scene  of  his  first  and  only  love  affair. 
For  he  was  very  young,  only  twenty-three, 
you  know,  and  he  was  foolish  enough  to  let 
the  loss  of  the  best  little  girl  in  the  world 
take  all  the  sentiment  out  of  his  life,  and  he 


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was  fast  becoming  one  of  those  most  horrid 
mental  deformities,  a  youthful  cynic. 

"  One  bell,  quartermaster." 

The  big  boat  is  slowing  down.  Now  he 
sees  the  very  spot  where  she  had  stood  that 
last  moonlight  night,  when  they  strolled  down 
the  deserted  dock  to  love,  and  quarrel,  and 
part — is  it  to  be  forever  ? 

He  thinks  he  is  looking  at  the  spot,  but 
in  a  moment  he  knows  that  all  his  eyes  and 
all  his  heart  are  fastened  on  that  slim  blue- 
clad  figure,  which  he  knows,  oh,  so  well. 
She  is  not  looking  his  way,  and  he  may  gaze 
with  all  his  might.  "  A  cat  may  look  at  a 
king,"  he  grimly  tells  himself. 

"  One  bell,  quartermaster." 

The  powerful  engines  cease  their  tireless 
throbbings,  and  the  boat  drifts  on  in  silence. 
His  heart  is  beating  painfully.  He  trembles 
with  excitement.  He  longs  for  the  engines 
to  start  once  more.  His  pulses  seem  to  fill 
the  air.  Nearer  draws  the  big  boat.  Swish, 
flap !  go  the  forward  spring-lines,  followed 
close  by  the  snaky  hawsers.  He  can  see  her 
face  now.  Oh,  how  sweet,  how  fair  she  is 
standing  there  in  radiant  and  unconscious 
beauty  !  Fool,  fool  that  he  had  been  to  cast 
away  this  dainty  rose-bud.  Ah !  She  has 
caught  his  eyes.  See  how  she  starts  and 
pales.  He  is  as  pale  as  she,  but  his  eyes 
never  leave  her  face.  What  means  that 
covet  glance  from  out  those  timid  drooping 
lids? 

"  Two  bells,  quartermaster.  Stern  lines 
there."  Ay,  reverse  your  engines  if  you  will, 
Sir  Captain,  in  all  your  glory  of  gold  lace 
and  buttons.  With  all  your  triple  expansion 
might  you  cannot  tear  asunder  the  slowly 
reuniting  bonds  of  these  two  hearts. 

He  stands  like  a  statue  by  the  starboard 
rail;  a  good  jump  would  land  him  at  her 
side  on  the  dock.  But  he  is  looking  for  one 
more  glance  from  the  blue  eyes,  now  a  bare 
twenty  feet  away.  But  she  hesitates.  Will 
she  not  do  it?     He  is  glad  that  the  slowly 


reversing  engines  make  the  hull  beneath  him 
tremble  as  if  in  accord  with  his  own  mood. 
Ah,  will  she  not  look  ? 

"  One  bell,  quartermaster." 

A  weakened  shake  or  two,  and  all  is 
quiet.  Even  the  rabble  on  shore  hush  their 
frivolous  tongues  as  the  steamer  comes  glid- 
ing slowly  in.  It  is  now  or  never.  The 
after  hawser  is  being  pulled  ashore,  and  he 
knows  that  once  the  magnetic  spell  is  broken 
she  is  lost  to  him  forever. 

To  him  the  silence  seems  awful.  But  now 
she  moves  uneasily  under  his  glance.  And,  oh, 
it  is  all  so  unmaidenly  and  indiscreet,  but  as 
she  turns  to  make  some  smiling  reply  to  the 
love-lorn  dudekin  at  her  elbow,  with  blushing 
cheeks  she  bravely  turns  those  lovely  brim- 
ming eyes  to  the  man  on  the  deck,  a  sweet 
summons  in  every  line  of  her  dear  face. 

It  is  enough.  With  a  quick  bound  he 
gains  the  rail.  On  drifts  the  "  Pilgrim,"  but 
he  cannot  wait.  Another  athletic  leap,  and 
he  is  on  the  dock  and  at  her  side,  and  while 
in  a  lover's  defiance  of  propriety,  and  con- 
ventionality, and  the  etiquette  of  the  150,  he 
is  whispering  in  her  dainty  ear  things  that 
cause  her  face  to  flame  and  her  eyes  to  shine, 
over  the  tumultuous  greetings,  and  cabmen's 
calls,  and  all  the  noisy  bustle  of  landing 
comes  the  loud  call  of  a  salt-sea  voice,"  "  All 
fast  here,  sir,"  and  the  "  Pilgrim  "  is  in. 


What  We  Saw  in  the  Mountains- 

"  Far  in  a  wild,  unknown  to  public  view, 
From  youth  to  age  a  reverend  hermit  grew; 
The  moss  his  bed,  the  cave  his  humble  cell, 
His  food  the  fruits,  his  drinks  the  crystal  well; 
Kemote  from  man,  with  God  he  passed  his  days, 
Prayer  all  his  business — all  his  pleasure  praise." 
— Parnell. 

MANY  years  ago,  before  the  Adirondack 
region,  in  the  State  of  New  York,  be- 
came so  well  known  to  hunters  and  sports- 
men, wild  game  of  all  kinds  was  in  abundance 
there,  and  it  did  not  require  a  fisherman, 
even  if  he  did  not  chance  to  be  a  disciple  of 


BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


273 


Izaak  Walton,  a  whole  day's  time  to  catch 
three  dozen  speckled  beauties.  These  regions 
were  more  beautiful  then  than  they  can  pos- 
sibly be  at  the  present  time,  for  the  grandeur 
and  ruggedness  of  Nature  stood  forth  in 
silent  strength,  and  many  of  those  beautiful 
swirling  pools  at  the  foot  of  noisy  cascades, 
where  the  larger  trout  make  their  homes,  had 
never  seen  the  wary  angler's  hook  and  line. 

A  party  of  us,  consisting  of  young  fellows, 
working  at  different  trades  in  the  thriving, 
little  town  of  M — ,  resolved,  during  the 
spring  months,  to  spend  two  weeks,  camping 
out,  that  summer  in  the  Adirondacks.  Ac- 
cordingly we  laid  our  plans  and  got  every- 
thing ready  for  our  outing.  We  had  decided 
that  the  last  week  in  August  and  the  first 
week  in  September  would  be  the  only  time, 
when  we  could  all  take  this  short  vacation, 
so  the  twenty-seventh  of  August  found  us 
at  the  foot  of  one  of  the  mountains,  in  a 
pleasant  spot  on  the  south  side,  near  a  rush- 
ing stream,  which,  to  all  appearances,  was 
well  stocked  with  trout.  We  had  a  fine  time 
and  everything  was  pleasant.  The  weather 
was  even  better  than  we  had  dared  to  hope. 
The  hunting  and  fishing  was  good,  and 
we  had  great  luck.  Near  the  end  of  our 
stay  in  the  mountains  and  woods  of  this  wild 
and  then  comparatively  unknown  region,  my 
chum,  whom  I  shall  call  Tom,  and  myself 
made  a  discovery,  which  served  as  a  good 
story  to  tell  when  we  got  back  into  civiliza- 
tion, and  which  I  will  try  to  tell  now,  striving 
to  be  as  brief  as  possible,  if  the  reader  will 
excuse  the  many  mistakes,  as  I  am  a  regular 
blockhead  at  writing  anything. 

We  two  were  hunting  in  the  afternoon, 
when  we  made  our  discovery,  and  having 
strayed  quite  a  distance  from  our  camp,  did 
not  know  in  which  direction  to  start  in  order 
to  get  back. 

"  Well,  this  is  a  pretty  fix,"  said  Tom, 
looking  at  me  and  laughing  in  his  merry 
way. 


"  It  is  likely  to  be  prettier,  if  we  do  not 
find  our  way  pretty  soon,"  said  I,  as  I  glanced 
'at  the  sun  through  the  trees.  It  was  rapidly 
going  down  in  the  west  and  I  knew  if  we 
did  not  get  back  before  dark  that  we  should 
have  to  stay  out  all  night  in  the  woods. 
Tom  laughed  and  said  that  we  should  soon 
strike  the  brook  and  then  it  would  be  easy 
enough  to  follow  that  to  the  camp.  He 
always  saw  the  bright  side  of  things  and  con- 
sequently was  rather  a  happy-go-lucky  sort 
of  a  fellow.  We  floundered  around  among 
the  trees  and  undergrowth  for  a  while  and 
finally  came  upon  a  small  brook.  We  were 
glad  to  find  it,  because  we  well  knew  that,  if 
we  followed  this  brook  down,  we  should  soon 
come  to  the  main  stream  on  which  our  camp 
was  pitched. 

"  My,  but  aint  this  water  cold  ! "  said  Tom, 
as  he  rose  from  the  spot  where  he  had  laid 
down  to  drink.  The  water  was  very  cold, 
and  evidently  came  from  a  spring  quite  near. 

Starting  down  stream  we  soon  came  to  a 
well-worn  path,  which  surprised  us  very 
much  as  we  were  in  an  out  of  the  way  place 
and  had  supposed  that  we  were  the  only 
human  beings  within  twenty  miles  of  the 
spot. 

"  Let's  follow  this  path,"  said  Tom,  and 
up  he  started  with  me  following  behind. 
We  went  a  short  distance  and  suddenly  came 
out  into  an  opening. 

"  Stop,"  said  a  gruff  voice,  close  behind 
us,  and  turning  we  saw  a  rifle  pointed  at  our 
heads.  "  What  do  you  want  here,"  spoke 
the  same  gruff  voice.  We  proceeded  to  ex- 
plain as  quickly  as  we  could,  for  it  was  sort 
of  unpleasant  to  see  a  loaded  rifle  staring  us 
in  the  face.  After  we  had  told  our  story  the 
man  invited  us  to  come  in  and  see  his  home. 
We  followed  into  his  hut  and  saw  a  strange 
sight.  On  the  inside  was  everything  that 
one  needed  to  live  upon.  At  the  farther  end 
was  a  large  hollow  or  cave  in  the  rocks,  which 
was  filled  with  supplies  of  all  kinds,  the  flesh 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


of  animals  he  had  killed  and  various  fruits 
and  vegetables  that  he  raised  in  his  garden, 
which  he  showed  us  the  next  day.  He  told 
us  that  we  could  stay  there  that  night,  and 
the  following  day  he  would  take  us  back  to 
our  camp.  In  the  evening,  after  we  had 
eaten  of  the  substantial  supper,  which  the 
hermit  placed  before  us,  we  sat  around  the 
fire  in  the  open  fire-place,  built  of  stone,  and 
he  told  us  his  story.  It  was  a  sad  tale.  He 
was  once,  he  said,  a  young  man,  rich  and 
talented,  living  in  New  York  City.  He  had 
a  good  situation  and  many  friends,  but  fall- 
ing in  with  evil  companions  he  had  become 
dissipated  and  went  down  quickly.  He  had 
a  perfect  craze  for  drink  and  soon  lost  his 
position.  The  young  lady  to  whom  he  was 
engaged  told  him  that  he  would  have  to 
leave  off  drinking  and  entirely  reform  before 
she  could  marry  him.  On  trying  to  leave 
off  he  found,  as  many  others  have  done,  that 
he  could  not  do  it.  He  went  from  bad  to 
worse.  One  evening  he  chanced  to  hear  a 
noted  preacher  speak.  The  sermon  touched 
his  heart,  and  filled  with  remorse  he  resolved 
to  go  anywhere  to  get  away  from  the  city  and 
free  from  its  temptation.  Wandering  to  one 
of  the  small  towns  near  these  mountains,  he 
resolved  to  live  a  hermit's  life  among  the 
hills  and  had  come  to  this  beautiful  spot  in 
the  woods. 

Five  years  after  he  had  settled  here,  he 
resolved  to  return  to  the  city  and  marry  the 
young  woman  who  had  loved  him,  believing 
that  he  had  conquered  his  terrible  appetite. 
On  arriving  in  the  city  he  was  informed,  by 
one  of  his  former  friends,  that  she  was  mar- 
ried and  had  gone  to  one  of  the  Western 
states  to  live.  Heartbroken,  he  turned  away 
and  resolved  to  go  back  to  his  hut  in  the 
woods.  He  had  lived  there  since,  he  told  us, 
making  one  or  two  trips  a  year  to  a  little 
settlement  north  of  the  mountain  to  get 
powder  and  shot  and  other  necessaries  for 
his  simple  life.     He  had  a  small  library  of 


the  best  books  and  had  evidently  studied 
deep  into  religious  subjects. 

The  next  day  we  returned  to  camp,  and 
our  friends  were  glad  enough  to  see  us,  as 
they  had  worried  about  us  all  night. 

A  few  days  later  we  went  back  home, 
resolving  to  come  again  the  next  year.  We 
were  all  agreed  that  it  was  the  best  time  we 
had  ever  seen,  and  carried  home  enough 
game  and  fish  to  prove  it.  Our  acquaintance 
with  the  hermit  had  been  a  very  pleasant 
one,  and  Tom  and  I  resolved  to  go  and  see 
him  when  we  went  camping  out  the  following 
summer. 

The  Best  Yet. 

Wellesley  College,  Mass. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Orient: 

T\EAR  SIR :  Having  read  with  much  iu- 
■*-'  terest  the  many  yells  which  have  been 
offered  for  Bowdoin's  acceptance,  one  oc- 
curred to  me.  I  submit  the  same  for  your 
rejection.  This  yell  has  at  least  two  points 
in  its  favor.  In  the  first  place  it  is  jolly.  It 
also  has  the  carrying  power  of  Harvard's 
Rah!  since  it  resembles  it  so  closely.  The 
first  two  words  have  a  rising,  and  the  third 
a  falling  inflection.  The  last  is  left  to  the 
discretion  of  those  using  it.     It  is : 

Ha!    Ha!!    Ha!!!    Bowdoin ! 
A  Granddaughter  of  Bowdoin. 
March  twenty-second. 


The    Athletic    Exhibition. 

TITHE  seventh  annual  exhibition  was  given 
-*■  by  the  Athletic  Association,  in  Town 
Hall,  March  17th.  In  point  of  excellence 
the  exhibition  this  year  was  about  on  par 
with  that  of  last  year,  which  was  probably 
the  best  ever  given  by  the  Association.  As 
is  usually  the  case  each  succeeding  season,  a 
few  of  the  tricks  were  inferior  to  those  of 
the  preceding  year,  but  this  was  fully  com- 


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pensatecl  for  by  the  superior  quality  of  many 
of  the  others. 

A  new  feature  in  the  Senior  fencing 
drill  was  the  wearing  of  the  regulation  caps 
and  gowns.  This  new  departure  may  have 
attracted  the  gaze  of  the  audience  from 
the  quality  of  the  drill  to  that  of  their 
costumes,  but  the  judges  decided  that  their 
"  sins  of  omission  and  sins  of  commission  " 
had  placed  the  prize  beyond  their  reach. 

A  pleasing  change  was  made  in  the  sub- 
stitution of  broadswords  for  single  sticks  in 
the  Junior  drill. 

Aside  from  a  few  mistakes  in  the  Senior 
drill,  which  was  especially  long  and  difficult, 
the  class  drills  were  rather  better  than  last 
year.  The  prize  cup  was  awarded  to  the 
Freshman  class. 

The  diving,  particularly  that  of  Bucknam, 
Bates,  and  Coburn,  was  extremely  good. 
The  work  on  the  "parallels,"  by  Foster,  was 
equal  to  any  that  has  been  seen  here  for 
several  years.  Machan,  Foster,  and  Smith, 
on  the  horizontal  bar,  gave  several  new  and 
difficult  tricks.  Foster  performed  the  "giant 
swing  "  to  the  delight  of  the  audience. 

The  most  taking  thing,  though,  was  the 
boxing  of  Lord  and  Knowlton.  It  went  off 
with  a  snap  and  vim  which  was  highly 
pleasing  to  the  spectators.  Knowlton,  how- 
ever, was  a  trifle  too  heavy  for  his  opponent. 

Foster's  work  on  the  flying  rings  and  the 
special  tumbling  of  Bucknam  and  Carleton 
deserves  special  mention. 

The  pole  vaulting  was  excellent,  consid- 
ering the  limited  advantages  which  the  stage 
offered  for  such  work. 

The  "human  pyramids"  were  better  and 
more  gracefully  built  than  in  any  previous 
exhibition  ever  given. 

Gilbert's  Orchestra  furnished  the  music 
during  the  exhibition  and  for  the  dance 
which  took  place  at  its  close.  H.  A.  Ross 
ably  managed  the  affair.  The  judges  for 
the  class  drills  were  Dr.  C.  E.  Adams,  Fred 


E.   Parker,   George  J.  D.  Currie.       Baxter, 
'94,  was  master  of  ceremonies. 

Last  year  the  experiment  was  tried  of 
repeating  the  exhibition  in  Portland.  The 
result  was  fairly  successful.  This  year  the 
plan  was  extended  and  Bath  also  was 
included.  Financially,  this  year,  the  exhi- 
bition at  Portland  was  a  failure,  owing  most 
probably  to  a  combination  of  circumstances 
which  could  not  be  altered.  The  exhibit  at 
Bath  was  financially  a  success.  Both  at 
Portland  and  Bath  the  exhibition  itself  was 
superior  to  that  given  in  Brunswick.  This 
was  due,  in  part,  to  the  appearance  of  Gahan, 
'87,  who  was  unable  to  participate  in  Bruns- 
wick.    The  following  is  the  programme: 

MUSIC. 

Fencing  Drill. —  Class  of '93,  E.  H.  Carleton, 
leader.  Messrs.  Machan,  Bucknam,  Chapin, 
May,  Haggett,  Hussey,  Jenks,  Jones,  P.  M.  Shaw. 

Diving  and  Tumbling. — Messrs.  Bucknam,  Pos- 
ter, Gahan,  Carleton,  Jenks,  Machan,  Stubbs, 
C.  E.  Lord,  A.  J.  Lord,  W.  Kimball,- W.  E. 
Leighton,  Kyes,  Dane,  Bates,  Coburn. 

Parallel  Bars. — Messrs.  Machan,  Foster,  Gahan, 
A.  J.  Lord,  W.  E.  Leighton,  F.  Smith,  Bates. 

Broadsword  Drill.— Class  of  '94,  F.  J.  Libby, 
leader.  Messrs.  Briggs,  H.  E.  Bryant,  C.  M. 
Leighton,  Knight,  E.  Simpson,  Flood,  Littlefield, 
A.  Chapman,  Wilbur,  Stevens,  E.  Thomas. 

MUSIC. 

Horizontal  Bar.— Messrs.  Foster,  Machan,  Ga- 
han, F.  Smith,  Bucknam. 

Boxing. — Messrs.  C.  E.  D.  Lord  aud  J.  G.  W. 
Knowlton. 

Special  Tumbling. — Messrs.  Bucknam  and  Carle- 
ton, A.  J.  Lord  and  Gahau,  Machan  and  W.  E. 
Leighton. 

Dumb-Bell  Drill. — Class  of  '95,  C.  E.  D.  Lord, 
leader.  Messrs.  W.  E.  Leighton,  Blair,  W.  S.  A. 
Kimball,  Axtel],  Christie,  Stetson,  Stubbs,  Craw- 
ford, Hicks,  Wood,  G.  Simpson,  Small. 

MUSIC. 

Special.—  Fencing,  Messrs.   Carleton   and  J.   H. 

Pierce.     Single  Sticks,  Messrs.  Wilbur  and  A. 

Chapman.    Broadsivords,  Messrs.  H.  E.  Bryant 

and  Littlefield. 
Flying  Rings. — Messrs.  Foster,  Gahan,  Machan, 

Stetson,  W.  E.  Leighton. 


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Indian  Club  Drill. — Class  of  '96,  J.  H.  Bates, 
leader.  Messrs.  Marston,  Dane,  H.  W.  Owen, 
Jr.,  Robinson,  Brown,  J.  Frost,  A.  P.  Ward, 
Bass,  W.  S.  Mitchell,  P.  Dana,  Oakes. 

Pole  Vaulting.  —  Messrs.  Bucknam,  Bates,  J. 
Haskell,  F.  Smith. 

MUSIC. 

Wrestling.— Messrs.  Carleton  and  Shay,  A.  Mitch- 
ell and  Stubbs,  French  and  G.  L.  Kimball. 

Pyramids.  —  Messrs.  Machan,  Carleton,  Shay, 
Stone,  Gahau,  Bucknam,  May,  P.  Shaw,  E. 
Thomas,  A.  Chapman,  A.  J.  Lord,  A.  Mitchell, 
Stubbs,  Foster,  G.  Kimball,  W.  S.  Kimball,  W. 
E.  Leighton,  Hicks,  Coburn,  Bates,  French, 
Smith,  Kyes,  Haskell,  Dane,  Robinson. 


It  Meets  Our  Approval. 

Department  of  the  Interior, 
Bureau  op  Education. 

"Washington,  D.  C,  March  24, 1893. 
C.  W.  Peabody,  Editor,  Brunswick,  Me. : 

MY  DEAR  SIR:  It  will  give  rae  pleas- 
ure to  add  a  copy  of  the  Bowdoin 
Orient  to  the  list  of  educational  periodicals 
to  be  exhibited  at  the  World's  Columbian 
Exposition  in  Chicago,  under  the  care  of  the 
special  agent  of  this  Bureau. 

In  the  hope  that  the  suggestion  may 
meet  your  approval,  I  enclose  postal  slips 
for  transmitting  the  numbers  of  the  volume 
for  the  current  college  year. 

Very  truly  yours, 

J.    W.    HOLCOMBE, 

Acting  Commissioner. 


0LD  Father  Time  has  been  turning  his  hour- 
glass pretty  rapidly  of  late.  Here  is  the 
winter  term  at  an  end,  and  only  a  few  short 
months  to  the  liberty  of  a  long  summer  vaca- 
tion. But  what  a  momentous  series  of  events 
are  to  take  place  before  we  reach  that  happy 
goal.      Here  is  a  base-ball  pennant  to  win. 


Do  you  suppose  we  can  do  it?  The  only 
answer  the  Pessioptimist  can  make  is,  We  can 
try.  And  it  must  not  be  any  half-hearted, 
disinterested  trying,  but  every  man  in  college 
must  put  forth  his  best  efforts.  If  he  can't 
play  ball  he  can  fish  deep  down  into  his 
pocket  and  draw  forth  the  wherewithal  to 
keep  a  ball  nine  in  existence.  There  must 
be  conscientious,  hard  work  on  the  part  of 
the  men  on  the  team,  and  this,  together  with 
the  hearty  support  of  the  college,  will  do 
wonders  toward  Bowdoin's  holding  the  posi- 
tion of  honor  among  the  Maine  colleges. 


*     *     * 


Examinations  are  by  this  time  either  over 
or  very,  very  nearly  so.  While  the  Pessi- 
optimist does  not  believe  that  Bowdoin  men 
are  not  generally  strictly  honest  in  the  ex- 
amination room,  yet  there  is  the  temptation 
to  yield  to  temptation  once  in  a  while  and 
look  on  "  the  other  fellow's  paper."  Now 
this  is  a  college  that  has  become  rather  noted 
for  its  self-government,  and  here  is  an  oppor- 
tunity to  increase  its  efficacy.  Why  not 
have  our  examinations  conducted  on  the  plan 
that  some  of  our  sister  institutions  are  adopt- 
ing, that  is,  put  the  class  on  their  honor.  At 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  at  Wes- 
leyan  there  is  no  professor  in  the  room  and 
excellent  results  are  said  to  come  from  the 
method.  Let's  try  it  at  Bowdoin. 
***** 

Generally  speaking  college  men  respect 
each  other's  rights  with  as  much  justice  as 
the  outside  world,  but  there  is  often  a  tend- 
ency not  to  strictly  adhere  to  the  golden  rule. 
Now,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  one  man  in  college 
has  just  as  much  right  to  a  peaceful  existence 
as  anywhere. 

The  Pessioptimist's  work  is  done.  At 
least  the  Pessioptimist  of  the  Bowdoin 
Orient,  Vol.  XXII.  The  only  hope  he  has 
in  his  closing'  moments  of  existence  is  that 


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277 


he  will  not  be  entirely  forgotten.  He  may 
have  been  a  little  severe  at  times  and 
wounded  the  feelings  of  those  who  took  to 
heart  what  he  said.  The  only  apology  he 
has  to  make  is  that  what  he  did  was  for  their 
good.  He  gives  way  now  to  his  successor, 
and,  with  an  unbroken  heart,  without  the 
faintest  sign  of  a  tear  glistening  in  his  eye 
and  with  no  tremor  in  his  voice,  he  says 
farewell. 


I^hyme  ai?d  ^eagorp. 


Historical   Perspective. 

Deep  mystery  at  first ;  no  when,  no  where  ; 
Those  countless  aaons  that  no  annals  bear, 
Unfathoraed,  unconceived,  we  pass  in  awe. 
Then  misty  view  of  tribes  whose  only  law 
Was  fierce,  wild  struggle  'gainst  invading  might ; 
They  fought,  were  swept  away  ;    the  far-off  sight 
Of  modern  eye  perceives  an  age's  fact, 
But  nothing  more, — no  man,  no  name,  no  act. 
Then  beings  dimly  seen  across  the  lapse 
Of  centuries,— vague,  mythical,  perhaps  ; 
Then  ancient  heroes  bold,  a  clearer  band, 
Immortal  in  their  fame  they  still  shall  stand 
On  the  horizon  of  the  past.    Now  men 
And  names  and  acts  appear  and  times  wherein 
Beliefs,  opinions,  motives,  faiths,  and  creeds 
Accompany, explain,  yet  complicate  men's  deeds; 
And  strife  of  kings  and  factions, — parliaments, 
And  problems;  social,  economic,  rents, 
And  riots,  measures,  threats  to  kill, 
The  first  and  second  reading  of  a  bill. 


Different. 

I  said,  "  Miss  Mary,  will  you  go 
With  me  unto  the  costly  show, 
And  after  have  a  costly  lunch 
And  bon-bons  and  a  claret  punch  ? 

0  don't  refuse  and  cause  distress." 
She  gave  a  sweet,  a  candied  "yes." 

1  said,  "Miss  Mary,  will  you  be 
A  sweetheart,  nay,  a  wife  to  me  ? 
0  don't  refuse  and  cause  me  woe." 
She  answered  with  a  candid  "  no." 


To-morrow. 

"  In  to-day  already  walks  to-morrow." 

Her  face  is  fair 

As  summer  skies  when  loved  ones  press 

Our  hands,  the  whole  world's  loveliness 

Is  gathered  there. 

Her  voice  is  low 
And  sweet— the  echo  far  away 
Of  song-birds'  strain  at  break  of  day 

And  brooklet's  flow. 

Tho'  oft  we  hear 
The  rustling  of  her  robes,  and  seem 
To  feel,  beneath  the  dawn-star's  gleam 
Her  presence  near, 

Tho'  with  us  long 
And  leading  on  with  hope's  swift  pace, 
No  man  has  ever  seen  her  face 

Or  heard  her  song. 


Ode  XX.,  Book  I.,  Horace. 

You'll  drink  but  humble  Sabine  wine 

From  modest  cups  of  earthen  delf, 
Stored  up  in  Grecian  cask  divine, 

Dear  knight  Maecenas,  by  myself; 
While  rang  the  city  with  your  praise, 

As  if  your  native  river  bright 
Were  answering  in  those  happy  days, 

Or  Vatic  echoes  light. 
Drink,  if  you  like,  rich  Crecuban 

Or  juices  tamed  in  Cales's  press: 
Falernian  vines  or  Formian 

Temper  my  wine-cups  less. 


Ode  XXXVIII.,  Book  I.,  Horace. 

Boy,  I  dislike  the  Persian  pomp, 

Coronals  wreathed  with  linden-rind ; 

Cease  seeking  where  the  autumn  rose 
Still  blooming  you  may  find. 

Truly  I  bid  you  nothing  add, 
Nor  any  other  garland  twine  ; 

Myrtle  the  servant  well  becomes, 
And  me  beneath  the  vine. 


There  are  3129  Harvard  and  1289  Yale  graduates 
in  the  New  England  States. 


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BOWDOIN    ORIENT. 


Allen  Quimby,  '95,  who 
entered  Bowdoin  last  fall, 
is  engaged  in  scientific  work  in  behalf 
of  the  Columbian  Exposition.  We  re- 
gret to  learn  that  he  does  not  expect  to 
return,  but  will  probably  resume  his 
studies  at  Amherst  next  fall. 

Mitchell,  '96,  has  joined  A  T. 

Gately,  '92,  was  in  town  last  week. 

Hersey,  '92,  was  in  town  last  week. 

Arthur  Chapman,  '94,  is    ill   at    his    home    in 
Deering. 

Hersey,  '92,  was  on  the  campus  last  Thursday. 

Pendleton,  '90,  was  seen  in  Brunswick  last  week. 

Harry    DeF.    Smith,    '91,    has    been    in    town 
recently. 

Gummer,   '92,    is    seen    on    the    campus  occa- 
sionally. 

Professor  Matthews,  of  Colby,  visited  the  college 
recently. 

Leighton,  '95,  sprained  his  ankle  slightly  at  the 
Bath  Exhibition. 

George  B.  Sears,  '90,  has  been  spending  a  few 
days  in  Brunswick. 

Andrews  and  Pearson,  '96,  are  dangerously  ill 
with  typhoid  fever. 

Young,  '92,  has  been  at  his  home  in  Brunswick 
during  the  past  week. 

Dewey,  '95,  has  returned  to  college  after  a  suc- 
cessful term's  teaching. 

W.  W.  Thomas,  '94,  paid  us  a  visit  at  the  time 
of  the  Athletic  Exhibition. 

The  Junior  German  division  is  reading  Goethe's 
"  Herman  and  Dorothea." 

The  Easter  vacation  begins  the  last  of  this  week 
and  lasts  until  April  1 1  th. 

"1492"  attracted  a  number  of  the  students  to 
Lewiston  last  Thursday  evening. 

The  Glee,  Banjo,  and  Guitar  Clubs  will  not  make 
a  tour  this  vacation  as  they  intended. 


The  click  of  the  tennis  ball  on  the  adjoining 
partition  is  beginning  to  be  heard. 

Most  of  the  classes  had  adjourns  the  morning 
after  the  Exhibition  in  Brunswick. 

The  Seidl  concert,  March  18th,  in  Portland,  was 
enjoyed  by  a  few  from  the  college. 

Simpson,  '94,  will  teach  a  twelve  weeks'  term  in 
Boothbay  Harbor,  beginning  April  3d. 

Chamberlain,  '93,  who  has  been  taking  the  cus- 
tomary sick  vacation,  has  returned. 

A  new  latest  pattern  Daylight  Kodak  Camera  is 
offered  for  sale  at  22  Winthrop  Hall. 

Parker,  '91,  was  in  town  recently,  and  acted  as 
one  of  the  judges  at  the  Athletic  Exhibition. 

It  is  expected  that  Gilmore's  Baud  will  give  a 
concert  here  some  evening  next  month. 

Mr.  Willard,  the  artist,  is  painting  a  portrait  of 
Hon.  James  W.  Bradbury  to  be  placed  in  Memorial 
Hall. 

A  good  sized  delegation  from  the  college 
attended  the  recent  performance  of  "1492"  at 
Lewiston. 

Minot,  '96,  who  has  been  engaged  in  newspaper 
work  the  past  three  months,  will  return  to  college 
next  term. 

Professor  Houghton  delivered  an  interesting 
illustrated  lecture  on  Japan  in  Brunswick  last 
Tuesday. 

Boardman,  special,  who  has  been  out  for  a 
couple  of  weeks  on  account  of  sickness,  has  returned 
to  college. 

Dr.  Whittier  and  Capt.  Carleton  are  going  to 
visit  some  of  the  leading  colleges  in  the  interest  of 
track  athletics. 

Two  minstrel  shows,  one  of  them  consisting  of 
Brunswick  talent,  have  occupied  the  Town  Hall 
during  the  past  week. 

Professor  Houghton  read  a  paper  at  Gardiner, 
March  16th,  on  the  "Roman  and  English  Methods 
of  Pronouncing  Latin." 

There  was  a  well-attended  minstrel  show  in  the 
Town  Hall,  March  28th,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Brunswick  Cadet  Band. 

Mr.  Tolman  will  not  return  to  his  position  as 
instructor  in  Rhetoric  and  Elocution  until  next  fall. 
Dyer,  '91,  will  take  his  place. 

The  members  of  Professor  Lee's  Senior  division 
are  contemplating  substituting  Bible  Study  for 
Histology  next  term. 


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The  Bugle  is  out  and  is  on  sale  at  Bagley  & 
Machan's  and  at  Byron  Stevens's;  also  at  Loring, 
Short  &  Harmon's  in  Portland. 

A.  0.  Reed  has  taken  the  contract  for  the  photo- 
graphs of  the  members  of  the  graduating  classes  of 
both  the  college  and  high  school. 

President  Hyde  spoke  before  the  Portland  Con- 
gregational Club,  March  16th.  The  College  Quartet 
furnished  music  on  the  same  occasion. 

The  small  attendance  at  the  Portland  Exhibition 
was  a  disappointment.  Those  who  were  present, 
however,  were  loud  in  their  praises  of  the  enter- 
tainment. 

The  Freshmen  have  reconsidered  their  hasty 
decision  and  decided  to  row  the  Sophomores  if  they 
can  make  satisfactory  negotiations  for  a  shell. 

Owing  to  delay  in  getting  the  material  for  the 
floor  of  the  Art  Building,  it  will  be  impossible  to 
finish  the  building  in  July.  It  is  hoped  that  it  will 
be  ready  to  be  dedicated  in  September. 

Bids  for  the  building  of  the  Searles  Building  were 
to  be  closed  Monday  last,  too  late  for  us  to  announce 
the  result.  Among  the  firms  bidding  is  that  of 
Norcross  Bros,  who  are  erecting  the  Walker  Art 
Building. 

The  series  of  lectures  on  the  "  Spiritual  Writings 
of  Thomas  C.  Upham,"  given  by  Rev.  E.  C.  Guild, 
were  greatly  enjoyed  by  those  whose  privilege  it 
was  to  hear  them.  The  last  of  the  series  was  given 
last  Sunday  evening. 

The  Portland  Telegram  gives  two  columns  of 
reasons  for  living  in  Portland.  Among  them  is  an 
item  that  "  The  Maine  Medical  School  and  two 
commercial  colleges  are  located  here."  If  all  the 
other  reasons  are  as  sound  as  the  first  part  of  this 
one,  no  wonder  that  Portland  was  disgusted  with 
the  result  of  the  last  census. 

The  Senior  Prize  Speaking  takes  place  Thursday 
evening  in  Memorial  Hall.  The  following  will  be 
the  programme  : 

The  Evolution  of  the  Newspaper,  M.  S.  Clifford. 

Mirabeau  and  the  Revolution,  A.  A.  Hussey- 

Labor  Organizations,  H.  C.  Fabyan. 

A  Problem  of  Four  Centuries,  C.  W.  Peabody, 

Parochial  Schools,  C.  H.  Howard. 

G.  S.  Chapin  was  to  have  taken  part,  but  has  been 
excused  on  account  of  sickness. 

Owing  to  the  numerous  cases  of  serious  illness 
in  the  town  this  winter,  quite  an  agitation  for  a 
first-class  sewerage  system  has  arisen.  Last  week, 
Monday,  Mr.  E.  C.  Jordan,  of  Portland,  President  of 


the  State  Board  of  Health,  delivered  a  lecture  on 
"  Sewerage,"  in  the  Town  Hall,  before  a  large 
audience.  March  23d  a  meeting  was  held  and  a 
village  corporation  was  accepted.  This  includes  all 
the  town  within  the  radius  of  one  mile  from  Town 
Hall.  It  is  expected  that  measures  will  be  adopted 
at  once  to  improve  the  sanitary  condition  of  the 
village. 

The  great  expeuse  incident  to  transporting  so 
mauy  men  as  are  in  the  Athletic  Exhibition,  com- 
bined with  the  costliness  of  orchestras,  has  made 
the  attempt  to  raise  money  by  appearing  with  it  in 
Portland  and  Bath  a  failure.  In  Brunswick  the 
profits  were  approximately  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
five  dollars.  In  Portlaud  the  loss  was  in  excess  of 
one  hundred  dollars.  In  Bath  about  forty  dollars 
were  cleared.  On  the  whole,  therefore,  it  will  be 
more  profitable  for  us  next  year  to  confine  our 
efforts  to  Brunswick  alone,  with  a  trip  possibly  to 
Bath. 

At  the  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  class  of 
'93,  Medical  School  of  Maine,  the  following  officers 
were  elected:  President,  Ambrose  H.  Weeks,  East 
Jefferson;  Vice-President,  George  A.  Tolman, 
Portland;  Secretary,  Daniel  S.  Latham,  Falmouth; 
Class  Orator,  Edgar  C.  Newcomb,  Newburg; 
Treasurer,  Eben  J.  Marston,  Bath ;  Marshal,  Pearl 
F.  Haskell,  West  Falmouth  ;  Executive  Committee, 
Thomas  H.  Ayer,  Litchfield  Corner;  Louis  A. 
Merritt,  Houlton;  Seth  D.  Chellis,  East  Parsonsfield; 
Charles  L.  Sweetsir,  Saco;  William  C.  Farley, 
Haverhill,  Mass. 

The  Portland  Press  says:  "In  about  a  week 
there  will  open  an  art  exhibition  of  unusual  interest 
in  the  shape  of  a  collection  of  original  drawings  by 
old  masters.  This  collection  was  recently  purchased 
and  imported  by  Professor  Henry  Johnson,  of  Bow- 
doin,  and  contains  authentic  drawings  by  Titian, 
Rubens,  Tintoretto,  Domenichino,  and  others.  These 
drawings  number  one  hundred  and  seven,  and  bear 
the  private  marks  of  several  collectors,  among 
which  are  the  marks  of  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds  and  of 
the  collection  of  the  famous  Strawberry  Hill  of 
Horace  Walpole.  This  exhibition  will  be  opened 
free  to  the  public  at  the  former  studio  of  Harry 
Brown. 

The  managers  of  the  base-ball  teams  of  the 
Maine  colleges  met  at  Lewiston,  Saturday,  Bowdoin 
being  represented  by  M.  S.  Clifford,  Bates  by  W.  C. 
Marden,  and  Colby  by  Harry  Jordan.  A.  D.  Hayes, 
of  Maine  State,  was  also  present  and  urged  the 
admission   of   that    nine.      Bowdoin    opposed  the 


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admission  on  the  ground  of  expense.  Maine  State 
offered  to  play  at  Bangor,  the  third  game  to  be 
played  at  Waterville.  Before  this  Bates  has  played 
the  third  game  with  them  at  Waterville,  Bowdoin 
at  Lewiston,  and  Colby  at  Brunswick.  This  was 
agreed  to.  Consequently  the  league  will  consist  of 
four  clubs  for  the  first  time  for  several  years.  Pol- 
lowing  is  the  schedule  of  league  games  : 

April  29 — Bates  vs.  Bowdoin,  at  Lewiston. 
April  29— Colby  vs.  M.  S.  C,  at  Waterville. 
May  3 — Bowdoin  vs.  Colby,  at  Brunswick. 
May  3 — Bates  vs.  M.  S.  C,  at  Lewiston. 
May  6— Bowdoin  vs.  M.  S.  C,  at  Brunswick. 
May  6 — Bowdoin  vs.  Bates,  at  Waterville. 
May  10—  Bowdoin  vs.  Bates,  at  Brunswick. 
May  10— M.  S.  C.  vs.  Colby,  at  Bangor. 
May  13 — Bates  vs.  Colby,  at  Lewiston. 
May  17 — Colby  vs.  Bowdoin,  at  Waterville. 
May  18 — M.  S.  C.  vs.  Bowdoin,  at  Bangor. 
May  24 — Bates  vs.  Bowdoin,  at  Waterville. 
May  25 — M.  S.  C.  vs.  Bates,  at  Bangor. 
May  27 — Bowdoin  vs.  Colby,  at  Lewiston. 
May  31— Colby  vs.  M.  S.  C,  at  Waterville. 
June  3 — Bowdoin  vs.  M.  S.  C,  at  Waterville. 
June  7 — Bates  vs.  Colby,  at  Brunswick. 
June  10— Bates  vs.  M.  S.  C,  at  Waterville. 

Manager  Clifford  has  already  arranged  for  a  game 
with  Exeter  to  be  played  at  Exeter,  Memorial  Day. 
The  season  will  probably  be  opened  April  19th. 


'20. — Among  the  few  sons 
of  Revolutionary  soldiers 
now  living  is  the  Rev.  Thomas  Tread- 
well  Stone,  D.D.,  who  now  resides  at 
Bolton,  Mass.,  at  the  age  of  92  years.  His 
father,  12  years  old  when  the  war  began, 
enlisted  in  1781,  and  was  at  West  Point  when 
Cornwallis  surrendered.  His  paternal  grandfather 
was  in  the  army  at  Saratoga  when  Burgoyne 
surrendered,  and  his  maternal  grandfather  fought 
till  the  end  at  Bunker  Hill — part  of  the  time 
with  a  clubbed  musket,  the  ammunition  being 
exhausted.  Mr.  Stone  is  a  native  of  Waterford, 
in  this  State,  and  is  the  oldest  graduate  of  Bowdoin 
College,  having  been  a  member  of  the  class  of  1820. 
'25. — Commodore  Horatio  Bridge,  United  States 
Navy  (retired),  died  at  his  home  at  Athens,  Pa.,  on 


Saturday, March  18th.  Commodore  Bridge  was  born 
in  Augusta,  Me.,  April  8,  1806,  and  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1 825,  Bowdoin  College,  two  members  of 
which  still  survive,  Hon.  James  W.  Bradbury,  of 
Augusta,  and  William  Hale,  of  Dover,  N.H.  He  then 
entered  tbe  Northampton  Law  School,  and  upon 
being  admitted  to  the  bar  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Augusta,  but  after  a  few  years  entered 
the  navy  as  a  purser,  on  February  19,  1 838.  On  May 
3d  of  the  same  year  he  was  ordered  to  the  sloop-of- 
war  Cyane,  and  made  a  cruise  of  three  years  in  the 
Mediterranean.  After  an  interval  of  shore  duty  he 
was  ordered  to  the  sloop-of-vvar  Saratoga  for  a 
cruise  of  two  years  on  the  African  coast.  He  wrote 
an  account  of  this  cruise,  which  was  published  in 
1845  under  the  title,  "Journal  of  an  African 
Cruiser."  The  authorship  of  this  book  has  been 
attributed  to  Nathaniel  Hawthorne, who  was  a  class- 
mate of  Bridge  at  Bowdoin.  Hawthorne,  it  is  said, 
edited  the  book  from  Bridge's  notes.  Prom  April  1, 
1845,  to  April  9,  1846,  Bridge  was  on  duty  at  Kit- 
tery  Navy  Yard,  then  he  went  to  sea  again  with  the 
United  States,  the  flagship  of  Commodore  Read, 
and  made  a  three  years'  cruise  on  the  European  and 
African  stations.  After  another  interval  of  duty  at 
the  Kittery  Navy  Yard  he  was  ordered  to  the  sloop- 
of-war  Portsmouth,  of  the  Pacific  Squardron,  from 
which  vessel  he  was  detached  on  December  3, 
1853,  and  ordered  home,  soon  afterward  being  made 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Provisions  and  Clothing. 
This  office  he  held  for  fifteen  years,  including  the 
period  of  the  Civil  War,  when  the  transactions  of 
the  bureau  amounted  to  many  millions  of  dollars. 
On  April  8,  1868,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two  he  was 
transferred  to  the  retired  list  with  the  title  of  pay- 
master-general, and  the  relative  rank  of  commo- 
dore ;  but  he  continued  at  the  head  of  the  Bureau  of 
Provisions  and  Clothing,  until  April  8,  1869.  His 
resignation  was  followed  on  July  6th  of  the  same  year 
by  his  appointment  as  chief  inspector  of  clothing. 
He  was  detached  from  duty  on  February  8,  1873, 
having  been  in  the  service  afloat  and  ashore  for 
thirty-five  years.  He  retired  to  his  couutry  home, 
The  Moorings,  at  Athens,  Bradford  County,  Penn., 
where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  life.  A  short  time 
ago  Commodore  Bridge  published  in  Harper's 
Neiv  Monthly  Magazine  an  interesting  series  of 
reminiscences  of  Hawthorne. 

Medical,  '42. — Dr.  Asa  Millet,  a  prominent  phy- 
sician of  East  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  died  Tuesday, 
March  21st.  He  was  born  in  Leeds,  Me.,  June  22, 
1813.  He  wasagrandson  of  Thomas  Millet,  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier,  and  also  a  mariner  on  board  the  ship 


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Hancock,  the  first  Continental  war  ship.  Dr.  Millet 
studied  at  Monmouth  and  Waterville  Academies, 
and  entered  Waterville  College  in  1832.  In  1842  he 
received  his  degree  of  M.D.  at  Bowdoin  College. 
During  the  war  he  was  made  a  contract  surgeon 
under  Gen.  McClellan,  until  sickness  obliged  him  to 
'return  home.  As  a  member  of  the  Surgical  Aid 
Corps,  however,  he  went  several  times  to  the  army. 
He  was  a  member  Gov.  Andrew's  council.  Dr.  Mil- 
let was  formerly  Vice-President  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Medical  Society,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  and  of  the 
New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society.  His 
widow  is  a  direct  descendant  of  John  Alden  and 
Priscilla  Mullins,  and  many  other  of  the  Mayflower 
Pilgrims.  Her  father  was  Capt.  Branch  Byram,  and 
her  grandfather,  Josiah  Byram,  one  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary train  band.     Five  children  survive  him. 

Medical,  '45. — Dr.  E.  G.  Edgecomb,  of  Turner, 
died  suddenly  at  his  residence,  March  18th.  He 
had  been  in  practice  in  Turner  for  thirty-two  years. 

'40. — The  late  Judge  Waterman  a  day  or  two 
before  he  died  sent  the  following  toast  to  be  offered 
at  the  diuner  of  the  Bowdoin  Alumni,  recently  held 
in  Portland: 

'•A  sigh  for  the  departed 

Whose  sun  of  life  is  set; 
A  health  to  the  true-hearted 
Who  linger  with  us  yet." 

72.— J.  F.  Libby,  Esq.,  of  Gorham,  N.  H.,  was 
elected  county  attorney  at  the  last  election.  Mr. 
Libby  is  spoken  of  as  one  of  the  most  promising 
and  rising  young  men  of  the  Granite  State. 

73. — At  a  dinner  given  by  the  University  Asso- 
ciation of  Florida,  in  Jacksonville,  last  month, 
Bowdoin  was  ably  represented  in  the  list  of  speakers 
by  Mr.  A.  J.  Boardman,  President  of  the  Park 
Board  of  Commissioners  in  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

75. — The  opponents  of  the  medical  registration 
bill  have  found  out  that  it  is  expensive  work  to  go 
before  the  legislature.  Hon.  0.  D.  Baker  received 
$1,000  for  arguing  their  case  before  the  committee. 

'00. — Hon.  T.  B.  Reed  lectured  on  "Progress 
and  Leadership,"  Saturday  evening  in  Chicago,  and 
made  a  marked  success  in  his  effort. 

77. — The  Geographical  Club  of  Philadelphia 
has  decided  to  associate  itself  with  Lieut.  Peary 
in  his  proposed  Arctic  expedition.  The  Philadelphia 
Ledger  says  :  "In  thus  connecting  itself  with  this 
Greenland  expedition  the  Geographical  Club  is  not 
burdened  with  the  grave  responsibility  which  many 
organizations,  embarking  in  such  enterprises,  so 
often  are.  Mr.  Peary's  letter  relieves  them  of  that, 
he  controlling  it   absolutely   as  to  its    personnel, 


material  plans,  methods  of  work,  and  everything 
pertaining  thereto.  In  these  particulars  Mr.  Peary 
may  safely  be  trusted  to  do  his  part  properly,  and 
there  is  no  doubt  that  the  Geographical  Club  will 
diligently  perform  that  which  it  has  engaged  itself 
to  do.  The  $8,000  or  $10,000  required  as  the 
club's  share  towards  the  expedition  will  not  be 
difficult  to  raise." 

Medical,  '86.— The  Bath  Times  records  the  death 
of  Dr.  W.  R.  Ballou :  "  Dr.  Ballou  was  a  young  man 
of  brilliant  intellect  and  prospects,  and  bis  death  at 
the  beginning  of  such  a  promising  career  will  be 
deeply  mourned." 

'91.— It  is  rumored  that  E.  N.  Goding  will  open 
an  office  in  Boston,  immediately  after  his  graduation 
from  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  June. 

'91.— W.  W.  Poore  is  principal  of  Hampden 
Academy. 


IN   MEMORIAM. 
Alpha  Delta  Phi  Hall,  March  15,  1893. 

Whereas,  It  has  seemed  best  to  our  Divine 
Father  to  remove  from  our  midst  our  beloved  and 
esteemed  brother,  Johu  A.  Waterman,  of  the  class 
of  '46,  be  it 

Resolved,  That,  while  humbly  bowing  to  the  will 
of  Almighty  God,  the  fraternity  recognize  in  his 
death  the  loss  of  a  brother  of  superior  intellect  and 
high  moral  character; 

Resolved,  That  the  heartfelt  sympathy  of  the 
society  be  extended  to  his  bereaved  family  and 
friends ; 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be 
sent  to  the  family  of  the  deceased  and  to  the 
Orient  for  publication. 

Sanford  O.  Baldwin, 
George  C.  DeMott, 
Joseph  H.  Roberts, 
Committee  for  the  Fraternity. 


Junius  Brutus  Booth,  a  son  of  actress  Agnes 
Booth,  and  nephew  of  the  great  tragedian  Edwin 
Booth,  has  entered  the  University  of  Vermont  Med- 
ical College.  Mr.  Booth  was  for  some  time  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Manola-Mason  Company. 


Twenty-five  graduates  and  former  students  of 
Johns  Hopkins  have  accepted  positions  on  the  fac- 
ulty of  the  University  of  Chicago. 


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Book  I^eviewg. 


(The  First  Millennial  Faith.  By  the  author  of 
"Not  on  Calvary."  Bound  in  blue  and  white  cloth 
with  gold  stamping :  Saalfleld  &  Fitch,  New  York.) 
"Not  on  Calvary"  was  written  for  the  purpose  of 
fighting  against  the"  Satisfaction  theory"  that  God's 
justice  would  be  satisfied  only  with  the  sacrifice  of 
his  Son.  This  little  volume  is  intended  to  strengthen 
the  former  work.  It  seems  that  this  theory  orig- 
inated with  the  monk  Anslem  at  the  close  of  the 
first  one  thousand  years  of  the  Christian  church. 
In  proof  of  this  the  author  quotes  from  the  words  of 
the  saints  and  martyrs  of  the  early  church,  who  up- 
held that  Christ  was  sent  to  man  as  a  means  for  re- 
demption. The  book  deals  with  some  of  the  deepest 
problems  concerning  our  relationship  to  God,  and 
will  be  read  with  the  greatest  interest  by  all. 

We  have  received  from  Ginn  &  Co.,  Boston, 
copies  of  their  modern  language  series,  including 
Bacine's  Andromaque,  Molicres  Le  Misantrope,  and 
Montaigne's  Be  L'Instituion  des  Enfans,  all  edited 
by  Ferdinand  Bocher,  Professor  of  Modern  Lan- 
guages at  Harvard  University.  This  edition  gives 
in  a  cheap  form  the  best  works  in  French  literature. 

D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.,  Boston,  have  just  issued  in 
their  series  of  little  texts  of  modern  French,  edited 
with  notes,  vocabulary,  list  of  irregular  verbs,  and 
a  grammatical  appendix,  seven  new  ones :  Un  Cas 
de  Conscience— Le  Petit  Tailleur  Bouton. —  Vn  Aven- 
ture  du  Celebre  Pierrot—  Les  Grandes  Decouvertes 
Modernes—Becits  de  Guerre  et  de  Be  volution— Les 
Fnfants  Patriotes—L'Histoire  de  la  Mere  Michel  et 
de  son  Chat. 

These  are  all  of  uniform  difficulty,  about  ninety 
pages  long,  and  edited  on  the  same  plan  and  for 
very  early  reading  in  school  or  college. 

(Mensuration,  by  Wra.  S.  Hall,  Lafayette,  Col. 
Ginn.  &  Co.)  This  work  is  designed  for  the  course 
in  lower  Mathematics  of  schools  and  colleges,  includ- 
ing as  it  does  work  from  simple  measurements  in 
Arithmetic,  to  the  more  complicated  in  solid  Geom- 
etry. Also  work  in  Trigonometry  and  the  Calcu- 
lus is  brought  in,  applied  in  measurements  not 
easily  obtained  otherwise.  It  is  in  very  compact 
form,  and  contains  everything  necessary  for  work 
taught  in  colleges. 

D.  C.  Heath  &  Co.,  Boston,  will  issue  about 
March  25th,  Balzac's  Le  Cure  de  Tours  with  notes  by 
Professor  C.  R.  Carter  of  Wellington  College,  Eng- 


land. This  will  prove  a  desirable  addition  to  the 
French  texts  for  advanced  reading,  as  it  is  repre- 
sentative of  the  character  of  this  great  writer,  and 
is  interesting  in  itself. 


HER   SUGGESTION. 
Said  I, "  Suppose  one  loved  a  maid — 

(No  matter  whom) — perhaps  a  year; 
And  yet  that  still  the  balance  swayed 

'Twixt  hope  and  fear — 

"  Suppose  one  longed— yet  feared  the  test, 
To  know  the  way  her  heart's  inclined — 

Tell  me,  what  subtle  means  were  best, 
The  truth  to  find  ? 

"  How  shall  I  read  her  voice,  her  touch — 

An  omen  from  a  blush  beguile  ? 
A  smile  may  count  for  naught — for  much" — 
I  saw  her  smile. 

"  Or,  should  I  send  a  valentine, 

Love's  mystery,  in  a  measure  sweet; 

Perhaps  her  eyes  would  answer  mine, 
When  next  we  meet  ?  " 

"Why,  if  you  wish  " — her  voice  so  low 

I  bent  to  hear — "  It  seems  to  me, 
That  if  I  really  cared  to  know, 

I'd  ask,"  said  she  !  —University  Courier. 

The  University  nine  at  Chicago  has  received 
one  hundred  and  fifty  applications  for  games  next 
summer. 

Hereafter  tuition  for  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania Law  School  will  be  $150.00  instead  of  $100.00. 

The  New  England  Intercollegiate  Association  at 
its  last  meeting  voted  to  strike  from  the  list  of 
events  the  tug  of  war  and  the  running  and  standing 
broad  jump. 

Leland  Stauford  is  at  present  controlled  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Stauford,  but  on  their  death  it  will  be 
managed  by  twenty-four  trustees. 

The  faculty  of  Amherst  has  granted  the  petition 
presented  by  the  Seniors  asking  that  the  required 


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number  of  studies  for  the  spring  term  be  reduced 
from  four  to  three. 

Two  thousand  photos  were  taken  at  the  Har- 
vard Observatory  at  Peru  last  year. 

Two  of  the  students  at  M.  I.  T.  are  building  an 
engine  to  be  exhibited  at  the  World's  Fair  as  a 
specimen  of  students'  work  done  at  that  institution. 

There  has  been  in  the  past  year  an  increase  of 
500,000  volumes  in  the  college  libraries  of  the 
United  States. 

There  are  said  to  be  only  four  teachers  in  the 
United  States  who  receive  $10,000  salary;  three 
college  presidents  and  the  principal  of  the  Law- 
renceville  Preparatory  School,  Lawrenceville,  N.  J. 

TRUE   SINCERITY. 
In  modern  days  a  maiden  sweet, 

In  manner  sinful,  clearly, 
Will  write  a  note  with  fibs  replete 
And  sign  it  "Yours  sincerely." 

— Columbia  Spectator. 

Harvard's  crew  began  last  week  to  row  on  the 
river. 

The  scheme  to  erect  a  Y.  M.  C.  A.  building  at  a 
cost  of  $150,000  is  meeting  with  general  approval 
among  the  law  students  at  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Dr.  Hans  Virchow,  of  the  University  of  Berlin, 
will  have  charge  of  the  anatomical  exhibits  which 
the  German  department  of  education  will  send  to 
the  World's  Pair. 

The  Senior  class  at  Cornell  is  to  give  a  rowing 
tank  to  cost  $1,500  as  a  class  memorial. 


For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  Rochester 
University  a  reception  and  ball  were  recently  given 
by  the  undergraduates. 

The  revenues  of  several  of  the  dormitories  at 
Brown  have  been  given  to  the  Athletic  Association. 

The  new  Cabinet  Officers  graduated  from  the 
following  colleges:  Gresham,  Bloomington  Univer- 
sity; Lamont  and  Morton,  Union  College,  Schenec- 
tady, N.  Y.;  Smith,  Union,  of  Georgia;  Olney, 
Brown,  '56;  Herbert,  University  of  Virginia;  Bis- 
sell,  Yale;  Carlisle  never  received  more  than  a 
common  school  education. 

NOT   BEHIND   TIME. 

A  little  old  man  from  the  West 

Wore  his  watch  in  the  back  of  his  vest, 

"  For,"  said  he,  "  'tis  sublime 

Ne'er  to  be  behind  time, 
Though  the  method  is  awkward,  at  best." 
—  Cynic. 

The  annual  Exeter- Andover  Base-Ball  game  will 
be  played  at  Exeter  on  June  11th. 

There  are  seven  Wellesley  graduates  pursuing 
advanced  courses  at  the  University  of  Chicago, 
three  at  U.  of  P.,  and  two  at  Yale. 

The  oldest  university  in  the  world  is  said  to  be 
the  University  of  Fez,  the  chief  seat  of  Moham- 
medan theology  in  the  Western  world. 

On  Yale's  athletic  team,  twelve  men  are  training 
for  the  sprints,  forty  for  the  middle  distances,  seven 
for  the  mile  walk,  six  for  the  hammer  and  shot,  ten 
for  the  hurdles  and  jumps,  and  four  each  for  the 
pole  vault  and  bicycle  race. 


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