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BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, APRIL 8, 1913
NO. 1
SOPHOMORES WIN MEET
The 27th annual Exhibition and 18th annual
Indoor Meet was held Tuesday evening, March
25, in the Gen. Thomas Worcester Hyde Athletic
Building. This, the first inter-class meet to be
held in the new gym, seems to Bowdoin men to
mark the beginning of a new epoch in Bowdoin
track athletics, a new epoch in which the in-
crease in enthusiasm and endeavor shall be in a
greater degree proportional to the increase in fa-
cilities which the new gym offers.
The Sophomores won the meet with 39 points,
the Seniors being second with 2°lA points, the
Juniors third with 27% points, and the Freshmen
fourth with 20 y2 points. Haskell '13, captain of
the Varsity, was the individual star of the meet,
as he took first place in the 880 and 440 yard runs
and second in the broad jump.
The Bates Freshmen again defeated the Bow-
doin Freshmen, though by a very small margin
in a hard-fought race.
Brunswick High was to run Lewiston High
for the High School championship of the State,
but Lewiston was unable to appear. A Bowdoin
1915 four-man team raced Brunswick High and
was defeated by the schoolboys.
The long-suffering Senior drill squad "came
back" and took first place in the exhibition drills.
The Sophomores, owing to their nonchalant man-
ner of marching and their original execution of
the dumb-bell drill, easily took fourth place,
while the Freshmen were second and the Juniors
third.
Perhaps the most interesting of the events
were the relay races. The races between 1915
and 1916 were especially exciting. The first race
resulted in a tie and when they ran again the
Sophomores won by only a few yards. The sum-
mary of the meet is as follows: —
POINT SUMMARY.
Event. 1913 1914 1915 1916
Class Drills 10 2 — 6
Running Broad Jump 3 — 6 —
Class Relay Races — I 5 3
Putting 16-lb. Shot .1 — 5 3
40- Yard Dash — 3 6 —
880-Yard Run 5 3 1 —
45- Yard High Hurdles 1 — 8 —
45-Yard Low Hurdles 5 4 — —
Running High Jump >4 S>4 — iVz
Pole Vault — 1 8 —
440-Yard Run 5 3 — 1
One-Mile Run — 5 — 4
Totals 3°% 27% 39 20>4
SUMMARY OF EVENTS.
Broad Jump — Won by Floyd '15. Distance 20
ft., 5 in. ; second, Haskell '13, distance 20 ft., 3
in.; third, Smith '15, distance 20 ft., 2J4 in.
Putting 16-tb. Shot — Won by Faulkner '15, dis-
tance 38 ft., 3 in.; second, Leadbetter '16, dis-
tance 35 ft., G,y2 in.; third, Parkhurst '13, distance
33 ft., 9 in.
Running High Jump — Won by Lew Brown '14,
height 5 ft., 6 in.; second, Boardman '16, height
5 ft., 4 in. ; tied for third place, Greene '13, Gar-
land '14, Nickerson '16, Wood '16, height 5 ft.,
3 in.
Pole Vault — Tied for first place, Smith '15 and
McKenney '15, height 10 ft.; third, Merrill '14,
height 9 ft., 9 in.
TRACK EVENTS.
40-Yard Dash — First Trial Heat: Won by
Skolfield '13, Prescott '15, second. Time 44-5.
Second Trial Heat — Won by Smith '15, Pratt
'14, second. Time 4 4-5.
Third Trial Heat — Won by Faulkner '15,
Weatherill '14, second. Time 5 flat.
Fourth Trial Heat — Won by Wyman '16, Rob-
erts '13, second. Time 44-5.
Semi-final Heats — First heat won by Smith
'15; Prescott '15, second. Second heat won by
Weatherill '15; Faulkner '15, second. Time 44-5.
Final Heat — Won by Prescott '15; Weatherill
'14, second; Smith '15, third. Time 44-5.
880-Yard Run— Won by Haskell '13; Russell
'14, second; McWilliams '15, third. Time 2 min.,
163-5 sec.
45-YARD HIGH HURDLES.
Trial Heats — First heat won by Smith '15;
Jones '13, second. Time 6 3-5 sec. Second heat
won by Floyd '15; A. Pratt '14, second. Time 7
sec. flat. Third heat won by Fox '14; Roberts
'15, second. Time 6 4-5.
Semi-final Heat for Second Men — Won by
Jones '13; Roberts '15, second. Time 64-5 sec.
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Final Heat — Won by Floyd '15; Smith '15,
second; Jones '13, third. Time 64-5 sec.
45-YARD LOW HURDLES.
Trial Heats — First heat won by Pratt '14;
Floyd '15, second. Time 54-5 sec. Second heat,
won by Fox '14; Roberts '15, second. Time 6
sec. (Owing to disagreement of judges, Jones
was declared qualified for final heat.)
Final Heat — Won by Jones '13; Fox '14, sec-
ond; Pratt '14, third. Time 6 sec.
440-Yard Run — Won by Haskell '13; Russell
'14, second; Ireland '16, third. Time 574-5 sec.
Mile Run — Won by Tarbox '14; Marshall '16,
second; Irving '16, third.
RELAY RACES.
1913 vs. 1915 — Won by 1915. Time I min.,
441-5 sec.
1914 vs. 1916 — Won by 1916. Time I min.,
44 4-5 sec.
Final Heats :
1915 vs. 1916 — First race, dead heat; second
race won by 1915 ; 1 min., 44 1-5 sec.
1913 vs. 1914— Won by 1914. Time 1 min., 44
(According to this, 1915 wins first place; 1916,
second; and 1914, third.)
Bowdoin '16 vs. Bates '16 — Won by Bates.
Time 1 min., 49 2-5 sec.
Bowdoin '15 vs. Brunswick High — Won by
Brunswick. Time 1 min., 51 2-5 sec.
CLASS DRILLS
First place, 1913; second place, 1916; third,
1914.
MEMBERS OF SQUADS AND RELAY TEAMS.
Class of 1913; (Fencing Drill) — John A. Slo-
cum, leader; Charles A. Hatch, pianist; P. C.
Buck, E. C. Burleigh, M. H. Busfield, J. C. Carr,
W. F. Eberhardt, H. M. Howes, W. C. Lippin-
cott, V. R. Leavitt, B. W. McNealley, J. E. Phi-
loon, F. D. Wish, Jr.
Class of 1914; (Broad Sword Drill) — Percy
D. Mitchell, leader; Herbert M. Shea, pianist;
H. M. Adams, H. A. Barton, S. W. Chase, H. C.
Dixon, F. T. Garland, M. W. Hamblen, F. R.
Loeffler, E. A. Nason, J. Schwey, E. S. Thomp-
son, W. H. Cunliffe.
Class of 1915; (Dumb-bell Drill)— Harold E.
Verrill, leader; Francis P. McKenney, pianist;
R. P. Coffin, L. F. Dow, G. P. Floyd, M. A. Hast-
ings, G. A. Hall, Jr., A. W. Hyler, E. R. Elwell,
A. H. MacCormick, S. A. Melcher, C. T. Perkins,
C. B. Robinson.
Class of 1916; (Indian Club Drill) — Herbert
H. Foster, leader; Ora L. Evans, pianist; E. S.
Boardman, F. E. Cruff, R. R. Drummond, C. A.
Hall, G. W. Leadbetter, E. P. Lull, G. B. Moul-
ton, N. H. Nickerson, P. K. Hiven, E. R. Strat-
ton, T. H. Taber.
CLASS RELAY TEAMS.
1913— C B. Haskell, Jr., T. W. Daniels, R. K.
Hagar, L. E. Jones, William J. Nixon, C. O.
Page, G. L. Skolfield, Jr., H. B. Walker.
1914 — P. R. Fox, F. E. Loeffler, E. O. Lacasce,
A. L. Pratt, R. T. Weatherill, N. Tuttle, H. S.
Hall, A. S. Merrill.
1915— F. S. Roberts, G. P. Floyd, A. H. Mac-
Cormick, G. A. McWilliams, D. M. Mannix, P. S.
Smith, H. M. Prescott, E. A. Stone.
1916— R. S Fuller, W. D. Ireland, E. P. Mar-
shall, F. W. Powers, R. B. Soule, L. Webber, C.
E. Wyman, Jr., G. W. Leadbetter.
BOWDOIN 'l6 VS. BATES 'l6.
Bowdoin '16— C. A. Hall, E. P. Garland, D. H.
Sayward, R. B. Soule.
Bates '16 — Boothby, Syrene, Boyd, Snow.
BRUNSWICK HIGH VS. BOWDOIN '15.
Brunswick High — Donnell, Nevens, Pierce,
McPherson.
Bowdoin '15 — Richardson, Mannix, Roberts,
Coxe.
THE INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATES
Next Thursday evening, April 10, Bowdoin,
Hamilton and Wesleyan will compete in the Tri-
angular Debating League on the question : "Re-
solved, That a Tariff for Revenue Only Would
Materially Reduce the High Cost of Living."
Hamilton takes the place of New York Univer-
sity in the league. In Memorial Hall Bowdoin
will support the affirmative side of the question
against Hamilton, while at Middletown, Conn.,
the other Bowdoin team has the negative side
against Wesleyan. At the same time at Clinton,
N. Y., Hamilton and Wesleyan will debate, Ham-
ilton having the affirmative. In the debate at
Brunswick, the Bowdoin speakers will be Lau-
rence A. Crosby '13, Alfred H. Sweet '13, and
Paul H. Douglas '13. The Hamilton speakers
will be Roy A. Porter '13, Hamilton C. Gris-
wold ' 13, and Donald E. Stone ' 13, with William
H. S. Cole '14 as alternate. Two of the judges
at this debate will be Hon. Frederick W. Plaisted
of Augusta and Hon. Nathan Clifford of Port-
land.
In the debate against Wesleyan the Bowdoin
speakers will be Fred D. Wish, Jr., '13, James
A. Norton '13, and Elwyn C. Gage '14, with
George H. Talbot '15 as alternate. This team
will leave Brunswick Wednesday morning for
Middletown.
The Bowdoin teams have been holding a series
of trial debates against each other during vaca-
tion and their supporters feel confident that they
will make a good showing in the debates. Three
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of the speakers, Douglas, Wish and Gage, have
had previous experience in the Intercollegiate
debates.
McCANN TO COACH FOOTBALL
Announcement was made during vacation of
the choice for next year's football coach, Thomas
A. McCann of Bangor.
McCann was a star member of the Bangor
High School team sixteen years ago and was
known as one of the best high school players of
the State. Instead of continuing his scholastic
education he began professional coaching and
since 1901 has been the well-known and formid-
able coach of Bangor High School. His teams
have been known for their fast, aggressive play-
ing and excellent team work. As a coach Mr.
McCann has demonstrated his ability to make as
well as develop players and can be counted on to
produce a fast team at Bowdoin.
The Athletic Council and football committee
made their choice after two months' investiga-
tion and consideration of the available coaching
material in the country, and after personal inter-
views with many of the most likely aspirants for
the position. It was their opinion that in consid-
eration of the conditions necessary for a coach
here, the material, etc., McCann is the best man
to have charge of the squad. He has made foot-
ball a profession ever since he commenced coach-
ing and ntjt only is familiar with the various for-
mations and styles of play in use by the most
prominent colleges, but has an inventive genius
for meeting old situations by new methods. Al-
though a backfield man himself, he has been not-
able for his proficiency in coaching line men.
He has an attractive personality and is bound to
be popular with the student body. For years he
has followed the fortunes of the Maine State
teams and is an enthusiastic Bowdoin man al-
ready by adoption if not by graduation.
With prospects very bright for one of the best
squads in years, excellent facilities and a coach
who has proved his ability to develop winning
teams, the outlook for the football season of 1913
is very good.
WE'LL SEE YOU THERE!
Friday evening, April 11, Old Winter makes
his last bow and dainty Mile. Spring (equipped
with snowshoes) receives the official "glad
hand." For that is the night of the Big Spring
Rally, when Bowdoin men meet to shake off that
coma which comes from vacation with the Musi-
cal Clubs on The Great White Way or down on
the farm with the spring crop of cord-wood. It
will probably rain, but everybody will be there
just the same to get his share of the "pep" which,
instilled into track men, baseball men, tennis men,
and Bowdoin men in general, is going to make a
championship team of some sort for Bowdoin
this spring. Memorial Hall will be filled with
noise, smoke, enthusiasm, and — apple-cores. With
regard to the souvenirs, the committee in charge
refuses to describe them further than "the best
ever," but this is the only way in which they re-
semble those of previous years. There will be
speeches by President Hyde, Col. E. C. Plummer
'81, Emery O. Beane '04, Donald F. Snow '03,
Coach Tom McCann of the football team, Coach
Coogan of the baseball team, Capt. Link Skol-
field of the baseball team and Capt. Charlie Has-
kell of the track team. Besides these speakers,
there will be other entertainment, the nature of
which has not yet been announced. Whether we
are to be regaled with Pratt's Stock Food or Ced
Crowell's celebrated collection of cerious and
cilly colloquies, or whether the musical clubs will
give us the Cabaret Scene with New York varia-
tions is not known, but something will happen.
Refreshments will appear and disappear. There
will be cheers, organized and otherwise. In fact,
if you want to get going with a rush that will
carry you through the spring, be at Memorial
Hall at 7.30 Friday evening.
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APRIL 8, 1913 No. 1
The New Orient
With a publication so firmly established as the
Orient the change from the old Board to the
new passes almost unnoticed among its readers.
It is, however, with a sense of increased respon-
sibility that the editors of the new volume begin
their task. It is not that we believe we perceive
grievous wrongs existing in our midst and must
take up the cudgels against them with all the en-
thusiasm of militant journalism. The college
community is alive to its problems and in facing
them with a fairness and earnestness that has
never before been equalled. Tasks there are,
left for us to finish, but we look forward to them
with the confidence which understanding and
comradeship can give.
The single policy of the editorial department,
then, will not be to preach at or to criticise but
to serve the college community. We will always
welcome advice, suggestions and communica-
tions and regard them as evidences of healthy
cooperation in advancing the common purposes
of Bowdoin life.
The Bowdoin Publishing Co. completes its first
year in a very prosperous condition and with a
bright financial outlook. The retiring manager
deserves great credit for organizing the company
on a sound and permanent basis. This is the
first bouquet of the season.
What Postponement Means
The matter of deferring the initiation of Fresh-
men until the end of the first semester, proposed
to the fraternities by the Student Council, has re-
ceived much favorable comment and seems very
likely to be adopted. Just what this change
means should be understood by the student body
before making the move. If postponement of
initiations means prolonging the period of pre-
initiation "stunts," there is a logical objection
to it. If it means the extension of the rushing
period over a whole semester, there is further
cause for objection. If it means the abolition of
the general initiation night, it will do away with
one of Bowdoin' s best customs.
But as planned by the Council, no such radical
changes will be brought about. Pledging, as
now, by the force of competition will be concen-
trated within the first weeks of college. The
pledged Freshmen will live in the fraternity
nouses and enjoy the benefits of advice and com-
radeship so valuable during their first year. The
general initiation night will be continued on a
date suitable to all concerned. The postpone-
ment will merely result in keeping from fraternity
membership those few men whose short college
career does not qualify them for such member-
ship and will place the Freshmen on trial for a
semester. The move, it would seem, is not rad-
ical. It will not disturb our present satisfactory
fraternity system. If it does not prove a suc-
cess, the old date can be resumed with little in-
convenience. Let us give it a trial.
Spring Is Here
As we return from our vacation to enter on the
last term of the college year we emerge, as it
were, from our period of hibernation. Smiling
skies, cheery winds and brightening foliage call
us from the desk of study to long afternoons of
healthy recreation. Ours is not to call to mind
at this time neglected theses and unprepared rec-
itations, but to urge each and every man to make
the most of this fresh air period. Let everyone
get out of doors into some activity — baseball,
track or tennis — it will be worth while. Let the
spirit of the season bring not the winter laziness
in the aggravated form of spring fever, but rather
a new zeal to do the thing we have before us a
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little better than seems necessary. Let the polar
bear be led forth from winter quarters in all his
glory bound to conquer all before him, whether
it be the intercollegiate debates on Thursday, the
Spring Rally on Friday, or a baseball champion-
ship in June.
BASEBALL MEN OUTDOORS
With the first game of the season only two
weeks away, a squad of 18 men reported to Coach
Coogan for the first outdoor baseball work last
Thursday. Owing to bad weather, the practise
since then has been held in the Athletic Building,
but it has been none the less thorough. Most of
the men show the effect of their winter practise
in the absence of early-season lameness, and un-
der the new coach the squad is showing very en-
couraging form. Coach Coogan has already con-
vinced the men of his intimate knowledge of the
game and his quick understanding of the material
with which he is working. Although Bowdoin
lost a veteran battery last June, yet with seven
veterans and a number of promising recruits, we
may well trust to the coach for the solving of the
battery problem. The men who reported for
early practise are: Catchers, E. Tuttle '13, Wig-
gin '13, Stuart '16, Lacasce '14, Badger '14;
pitchers, Stetson '15, Dodge '13, Rawson '16,
Knight '16, Fraser '16; infielders, Eaton '15,
Weatherill '14, Daniels '13, Min'ott '15, Tilton
'13; outfielders, Coombs '14, N. Tuttle '14, and
Capt. Skolfield '13. McElwee '16, an infielder,
Russell '14, a veteran outfielder, and others are
expected to report when College opens. The
competition for infield positions bids fair to be
unusually exciting this year.
The schedule for the season is as follows :
April 17. — Rhode Island State at Kingston.
April 18. — Wesleyan at Middletown.
April 19. — Trinity at Hartford.
April 22. — Harvard at Cambridge.
April 26. — Maine Centrals at Portland.
April 29. — Tufts at Medford.
April 30. — Andover at Andover.
May 3. — Colby at Waterville.
May 7. — Maine at Brunswick.
May 10. — Maine at Orono.
May 14. — Colby at Brunswick.
May 24. — Tufts at Portland.
May 30. — Bates at Lewiston.
June 6. — -Bates at Brunswick.
PSI UPSILON DANCE
Psi Upsilon entertained at an informal dance
in the Chapter House on Maine Street Wednes-
day night, March 26. The music was by
Strange's orchestra of Portland. The patron-
ess of the evening was Mrs. S. H. Boardman of
Guilford.
Among the guests were the Misses Gladys
Umberhine and Helen Mitchell of Brunswick,
Priscilla Kimball, Corinne Jackson and Ethel
Cochran of Bath, Janet Peters, Grata Payson,
Cornelia Danforth, and Sylvia Freeman of Port-
land, Margaret Seavey and Lucy Jacobs of
Thomaston, Florence Norris of Auburn, Eliza-
beth Scouler of Quincy, Margaret Howard of
Whitman, Mass., Reeta Plant of Gardiner, Mir-
iam Metzger of Johnson City, Tenn., and Eleanor
Boardman of Guilford.
The committee in charge was: Pratt '13, Wil-
son '14, Eaton '15, Head '16.
DELTA UPSILON DANCE
The Bowdoin Chapter of Delta Upsilon enter-
tained Thursday evening, March 27, with a dance
at the fraternity house. Stetson's Orchestra of
Brunswick furnished music for an order of eigh-
teen dances.
Mrs. Roscoe J. Ham of Brunswick, Mrs. B. R.
Knowlton of Farmington, and Mrs. H. W. Allen
of Brunswick were the patronesses. The com-
mittee of arrangements consisted of Walker '13,.
Trottier '14 and Knowlton '15.
The following young ladies were present :
Misses Helen Smith and Melba Ramsdell of
Portland, Misses Clare Ridley, Gertrude Sadler,.
Mary Elliott, Ida Smith, Lorette Lapointe, Alex-
ina Lapointe, Helen Mitchell, Helen Fisk and
Helene Blackwell of Brunswick, Misses Louise
Haggett, Eleanor Bradlee of Bath, Miss Miriam
Brackett of Phillips, Miss Marion Kendall of
Biddeford and Miss Mildred Johnson of Ever-
ett, Mass.
MUSICAL CLUBS TRAVEL
The Bowdoin Musical Clubs completed their
season by the annual Massachusetts trip, adding
this year a trip to New York City, where there
was a performance at Delmonico's. The clubs,
33 men strong, left Brunswick Thursday, March
27, and the same night gave a concert, at Ports-
mouth, N. H. The following night there was a
concert at Reading, Mass., and Saturday night
at Boston. Sunday was a day of rest and Mon-
day night's concert in New York completed the
schedule. The New York Bowdoin Alumni As-
sociation and the State of Maine Society of New
York combined to make the affair a success.
The men who made the trip are: Glee Club,
first tenor, Page '13, Twombly '13, Shea '14, Wil-
son '14, Trottier '15, Card '15; first bass, Crowell
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'13, Greene '13, Smith '13, Ramsay '15; second
tenor, McKenney '15, West '15, Woodman '16;
second bass, Eaton '14, Leavitt '13, Monroe '14,
Merrill '16; accompanist, Hatch '14; Mando-
lin Club, first mandolin, Savage '13, Holt '14,
Thompson '14, Barton '14, Demmons '15, Hall
'15; second mandolin, Nason '14, Gilbert '13,
Dunphy '13, Farrar '14, Little '16; mandola, Co-
nant '13, McCargo '14; mandocello, Saunders
'14; guitar, Crosby '13.
CIuo anO Council Meetings
The Student Council held a meeting at the
Delta Kappa Epsilon House, March 26. Plans
for the Spring Rally, April 11, were discussed
and a souvenir was selected. A committee ap-
pointed for the purpose reported a revised state-
ment of fraternities in the Y. M. C. A. Handbook
which was adopted by the Council.
"It was moved and voted unanimously that the
Council accept the statement of the U. Q. Club
that it is merely a social club for Freshmen but
that it deprecates any recognition of it as a col-
lege honorary society." Other minor matters
were discussed but no action was taken.
The Government Club will reorganize this
week at a meeting to be announced on the bul-
letin board. All men in college interested in such
an organization are invited to attend this first
meeting.
Dn t&e Campus
President Hyde is to take charge of the Eng-
lish X class in the next division of their course.
The Essay will be studied.
There has been but one candidate reported for
manager of the Bowdoin Publishing Co. as yet.
This is a good opportunity for some Freshman
to get into a profitable activity.
The Freshman caps are to appear again on the
■campus.
Bacon '15 is sick with appendicitis and will be
unable to take part in the intercollegiate debates.
Dresser '09 and Harris '09 were on the campus
last week.
Ed Fuller '13 has been taking the brown-tail
moths off the campus during the holidays.
All those desiring copies from the last volume
of the Orient may obtain them free of charge
from Walker '13.
Space forbids the printing of the roster of the
Hang-over Club, which has been larger and more
flourishing than ever this vacation.
Merrill '14 and Leigh '14 left Friday for Bos-
ton to attend the Eastern Presidents' Conference
of Student Y. M. C. A.'s, which was held at Har-
vard this year.
All candidates for assistant manager of base-
ball should hand their names to Callahan at the
Beta House. The following Freshmen are al-
ready out, having reported for early work during
vacation: Fuller, Dunn, Hawes, Haggett and
Fortin.
About 30 members of the Bowdoin Chapter of
Zeta Psi attended the convention held last week
in Boston with the New England Association.
Saturday evening a banquet was held at the Cop-
ley-Plaza. The delegates to the convention were
Crowell '13, Kennedy '13 and Stone '15.
The famous tonsorial artist, "Jud," has offered
three of the most beautiful shaving mugs ever
seen in Brunswick to be competed for by the
baseball men this spring. One will be given to
the man who makes the highest batting aver-
age; one will be given to the man who reaches
first the greatest number of times ; and one will
be given to the man making the most home runs.
These mugs will be exhibited soon by the side of
the Peary sledge in the library.
The Y. M. C. A. is planning to give another
Bowdoin Night in the near future. It is hoped
that Donald B. McMillan '98 can be secured as
the principal speaker.
Under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., the
Brunswick Boys' Association will probably give
a public exhibition later in the spring.
The Dean's office is always glad to cooperate
in sending out material regarding Bowdoin Col-
lege— such as the Catalogue, descriptive pam-
phlet, or the new Self-Help Bulletin — to any
men who may be interested in the College. The
Acting Dean will also be glad to send a personal
letter to any man whose name is left at the office,
in case such a personal letter is desired.
€&e flOtfjer Colleges
The Faculty of Hamilton College has under
consideration an exemption system. It is pro-
posed to exempt from the final examinations
those students who maintain a grade of eighty in
all their studies.
The Good Government Club of Williams Col-
lege took charge of collecting the relief fund for
the flood sufferers and raised over $100.
The non-fraternity students at the University
of Washington have recently organized a club
for social purposes.
The University of New York is going to be the
first college in the country to attempt to have a
football team without a captain. The new plan
will go into effect next year and the coach will
have full control.
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Resolutions
PROFESSOR HENRY LELAND CHAPMAN
Died Feb. 24, 1913.
For forty-four years Professor Chapman
served the college that he loved. The graduates
of almost half a century had personal knowledge
of his devotion to his Alma Mater, of his power
as a teacher of young men, of his brilliancy in
his chosen line, and his loyalty to his friends.
To most of us of the New York Alumni Asso-
ciation the news of his death came with the
shock of deep personal loss, for long ago we
learned first to admire, then to love him.
His name will be placed in our memories high
•even among the world names that have made
Howdoin famous, and deeply graven in our
"hearts among the names of those we love.
HORACE E. HENDERSON,
President.
JOSIAH B. ROBERTS,
Secretary.
New York City, March 20, 1913.
Hall of the Kappa of Psi Upsilon,
19 March 1913.
It is with the most profound regret that the
Kappa Chapter of Psi Upsilon is called upon to
record the untimely death on the eleventh of
March of a devoted alumnus, Charles Selwyn
Rich, of the Class of 1892.
Although he resided in California he was most
loyal to his native city and State ; the college and
the fraternity.
Because of poor health he had been compelled
to relinquish his chosen work in the ministry. But
despite the realization that he was fast failing,
liis constant cheerfulness was an example of the
liighest courage and is an inspiring heritage.
Realizing our loss, we have therefore,
Resolved, That we express our deep sorrow at
"his death, and extend our sincere sympathy to
his wife and children and those bound closer to
him by ties of family and friendship.
LORING PRATT,
E. R. PAYSON, JR.,
A. KEITH EATON,
For the Chapter.
HALL OF THETA CHAPTER OF DELTA KAPPA EPSILON.
March 22. 1913.
The Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon
liears with regret of the death of one of its alum-
ni, Edgar Foster Davis, of the Class of 1871, who
-died very suddenly on February 23 at his home in
East Machias. Formerly a Congregational and
Episcopal minister, Brother Davis had devoted
Ins time for several years to writing. He was
for several years a professor in Pennsylvania
State College. The Chapter extends its sincere
sympathy to his wife and children and to his
many friends.
William Fletcher Twombly,
Alfred Everett Gray,
Joseph Cony MacDonald,
For the Chapter.
alumni Department
'60.— The oldest in point of class of the several
Bowdoin alumni who have died in the last few
days, is Philip Henry Stubbs, a man prominent in
Maine legal and legislative affairs.
Philip Henry Stubbs was born in 1838, in
Strong, the town which was always his home.
He received his degree of A.B. in i860 and A.M.
in 1863. On graduation from here, he went to
Harvard Law School from which he graduated
in 1863 with the degree of LL.B. In that year he
returned to Strong where he practiced law for
over half a century. He was county attorney for
Franklin County 1870-76 and a member of the
Maine Senate 1883-86. He was also the treas-
urer of Franklin & Megantic.
Mr. Stubbs was one of the leading citizens of
his town and was always interested in any move-
ment which would lead to the advance of Maine
industries and the improvement of the State.
'62. — One of the most interesting books which
has come to the notice of the Alumni Department
for a long time is the class history issued by this
class as an aftermath of their fiftieth anniversary
last June. The work was done by Rev. Edward
N. Packard and has many marks of hard work
and great care. It is a unique book in the history
of class publications, and in preparing it, it is be-
lieved that Mr. Packard has established a valu-
able precedent which may be followed by later
classes.
The first part of the book deals with the events
which took place on Wednesday and Thursday of
last Commencement when fifteen of the eighteen
members of this loyal class came back. It will be
remembered that this class went in a body to visit
Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain at his Brunswick
residence. He is the last of the instructors in the
college at the time when this class was an under-
graduate body.
Later in the afternoon this class went to New
Meadows Inn where a reunion was held. Per-
haps the most interesting thing to the outside
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world was the reading of a poem by Isaac Bas-
sett Choate, whose fine lines have so often
pleased the literary public. This poem was writ-
ten especially for the occasion. One verse of this
poem is so typical of Mr. Choate's loyalty to
Bowdoin and is also such a possible source of in-
spiration to us who are to follow in the footsteps
of these loyal sons that we take the liberty of
copying it :
"Thine is the pride of a mother in all
Her sons' achievements
Whether on field of battle they fall
Fighting for Freedom
Or they give heed to Devotion's call
To lowliest service."
The second part of the book deals with the his-
tory of the various members of the class since
their graduation. As Mr. Packard said in his re-
sponse for '62 last Commencement, this class was
a war class and sent twenty-six of its forty-two
members to the war immediately after gradua-
tion. Thus, as is appropriate, more space is
given to those who fought and gave their lives
for their country than to those who followed
civil pursuits. These biographies are very care-
fully prepared, and become, not only fond re-
minders for the living classmates, but a memo-
rial of the class profitable to those who follow.
How delighted the class was with this memo-
rial history, was well and appropriately shown
when they presented Mr. Packard with a silver
loving cup inscribed:
"Rev. Edward N. Packard, D.D.
From the Class of '62 Bowdoin College
In recognition of his excellent work
in the preparation of the Class History
in connection with its 50th anniversary
June 1912."
'64.— On March 31st, Mrs. Katherine McLellan
Lewis, the widow of Rev. George Lewis, D.D.,
died at her home in Gorham, Me. Mrs. Lewis
was also the mother of Hugh M. Lewis, the as-
sistant in the college Library.
'75- — Parker Prince Simmons, one of the most
prominent members of this class, passed away on
March 24th. Mr. Simmons was born in Kings-
ton, Mass., Oct. 13, 1852 and prepared for col-
lege at the High School of that town.
He entered Bowdoin in 1871. While in college
he won the Sophomore Declamation Prize, was
a member of the Peucinian Literary Society, and
was senior editor of The Bugle. He was also
secretary and phophet of his class. Three years
after his graduation he received the degree of
A.M. from the college.
After leaving college, Mr. Simmons was prin-
cipal of the High School at Menden, Mass., for
two years and then was sub-master of the High
School at Lawrence, Mass., for an equal period.
Leaving the educational world temporarily, Mr.
Simmons then entered the employ of a large com-
mission flour house, with whom he remained un-
til 1891. In the meantime he was admitted to
membership in the New York Produce Exchange.
In 1886 he was appointed a member of the
Board of Education in Brooklyn, and was twice
reappointed. He resigned this position in 1891
to become the Superintendent of the Book De-
partment of the Bureau of Education. He was
then appointed Superintendent of School Sup-
plies for Greater New York, his training in the
business world and educational world fitting him
admirably for that position. He remained in this
position until 1904, when he purchased a publish-
ing house of which he was proprietor until his
death.
It is rare that a man is a success in both the
business world and the educational world at the
same time, and that he can combine the two for
even greater success, but this was the case with
Mr. Simmons. Noted for his alertness to take up
new ideas, and for his unerring judgment in see-
ing the value of new reforms, he supported many
new ideas which are now becoming cardinal prin-
ciples in teaching.
'11. — The second annual report of this class-
has been issued by the Class Secretary, Ernest
G. Fifield. Since the last report was issued the
class has become the proud possessor of a class
baby. "Ollie" Sanborn, who was married in the
spring of his senior year, is the father, and the
baby was born June 23, 1912.
The summary of the class as it stands at pres-
ent shows the following numbers to be in the
various lines of business: — Business, 33; teach-
ing, 8 ; ministry, 3 ; Y. M. C. A., 1 ; charities, 1 ;
advanced study, 26; total, 72. Of those in ad-
vanced study, 11 are in medicine, 10 in law and 5
in the arts and sciences.
The 15th annual banquet of the Kennebec
County Alumni Association was held at the Au-
gusta House recently. Henry S. Webster of
Gardiner, the president and the oldest member
of the association, presided and acted as toast-
master. President Hyde represented the col-
lege.
The following officers were elected for the en-
suing year : President, Weston Lewis '72 of Gar-
diner; vice-presidents, Anson M. Goddard '82
and Henry E. Dunnack '97 of Augusta; secre-
tary-treasurer, George E. Macomber '11 of Au-
gusta ; executive committee, Fremont C. Little
'89 of Augusta, John R. Gould '85 of Hallowell,.
and Royal H. Bodwell '01 of Augusta.
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VOL. XLI1I
BRUNSWICK. MAINE. APRIL 15. 1913
NO. 2
INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE RESULTS
All three teams in the Triangular Debating
League defending the affirmative won their de-
bates, Hamilton winning at Clinton, Wesleyan at
Middletown, and Bowdoin at Brunswick.
BOWDOIN WINS FROM HAMILTON
Last Thursday evening in Memorial Hall Bow-
doin won its debate in the Triangular Debating
League, of which it is a member with Hamilton
College and Wesleyan University, against Ham-
ilton. The question was : — Resolved, That the
present high cost of living would be materially
reduced by a tariff for revenue only. The mem-
bers of the Bowdoin team, taking the affirmative
side, were Laurence A. Crosby '13, Alfred H.
Sweet '13 and Paul H. Douglas '13. President
Hyde presided. The judges were Hon. Nathan
Clifford of Portland, Hon. Frederick W. Plaisted
of Augusta and Professor James A. Tufts of
Exeter. The debate was fought out on specific
schedules instead of general principles.
Mr. Crosby opened the discussion for the af-
firmative by saying that the problem of the high
cost of living was never before the people more
violently than it is today. The difference be-
tween prices and wages has become smaller. The
high cost must come down, and the remedy must
be a substantial one. As regards prices, there
are two classes of commodities, — those of which
we have insufficient to meet home needs and
those produced under a monopoly. If a tariff
for revenue only is adopted, the buyer will be en-
abled to obtain his commodities at lower prices.
The five most important commodities are meat,
sugar, wool, cotton and steel. First, as to the af-
fect of a revenue tariff upon meat. Today the
United States is not producing enough beef to
satisfy its own market. We will admit beef on
revenue tariff and lower the price materially.
Give the American consumer a wide market and
competition.
Mr. Porter made the opening speech for the
negative. He stated that the tariff is not a cause
of the high cost of living, as it is not a factor in
making prices. The reasons for the high cost of
living are the increase in the gold supply, the
flux from the country to the city, the middleman's
profits, the trusts and the waste in natural re-
sources. The high cost depends primarily upon
retail prices, and even if the tariff did affect
wholesale prices, it would not affect retail prices.
Mr. Sweet was the second speaker for the af-
firmative. He said that his side was arguing on
the reduction, not on the causes, of the high cost
of living. The high cost of meat was shown, and
the facts were* not contradicted by the negative.
The removal of duty on sugar would cut its price
in half, according to Professor Henry C. Emery.
The woolen industry is an unnatural one with us.
The tariff on raw wool is 50 per cent. ; on woolen
goods, 92 per cent. Steel enters into the expenses
of the average family. It is much less expensive
abroad than it is here.
The second speaker for the negative, Mr. Gris-
wold, said that the tariff is only an immaterial
cause. There is international monopoly as re-
gards steel, wool is produced here at a greater
cost than it is abroad, and our cotton mills are
running at almost a loss. Therefore, if the tariff
were reduced, laborers would be thrown out of
employment.
Mr. Douglas was the third speaker for the af-
firmative. He stated that by the tariff of 1909,
the duty on steel was reduced three dollars a ton.
Its cost was then reduced three dollars. There
could not be a permanent international monopoly,
because it would be broken. Articles must be
produced in abundance. If the cost of raw ma-
terial is high, the production cannot be so abun-
dant. In the manufacture of cotton the wages
would not be correspondingly reduced with the
tariff, as the trusts would lose their monopoly.
As for wool, we could get cheaper raw material
by taking off the tariff, and that would make us
able to meet competition, because manufacturing
here is lower.
Mr. Stone was the third speaker for the nega-
tive. He went into details on the cost of food,
shelter and clothing. He said that dairy products
are higher in Canada than fhey are here, that the
beef market is controlled by trusts and by Eng-
land, and that the sugar lands are owned by
trusts.
In rebuttal the negative attempted to strengthen
what it had already stated. Mr. Crosby said
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that the cost of living is lower in England than
it is in America, and that England is a free trade
country. Mr. Griswold said that the cost of pro-
duction in this country is higher than abroad and
the only way to reduce it is to reduce wages. In
England steel is sold at the same price as in
America now. Mr. Sweet made an analysis of
the cost of living in England since the adoption
of a tariff for revenue only, and a comparison
with the United States. Mr. Stone said that we
would not get cheaper foreign competition, be-
cause prices abroad are higher — that products in
England are higher than they are in America.
The Bowdoin team delivered their speeches
much more' calmly and deliberately than did their
opponents. Their arguments were brought forth
in a clear and convincing manner,- and they well
deserved the decision of the judges, which was
unanimous in their favor.
BOWDOIN-WESLEYAN DEBATE
The Bowdoin team debating on the negative
side of the question against VVesleyan at Middle-
town was defeated, as were all the negative teams
in the league. The Bowdoin team was com-
posed of Fred D. Wish, Jr., '13, James A. Nor-
ton ' 13, and Elwyn C. Gage '14, with George
H. Talbot '15 as alternate. The Wesleyan team
consisted of Ralph O. Dulany '14, Arthur S.
Hancock '13, and Allen S. Raymond '14, with
Francis A. Sturgis '14, as alternate.
The judges of the Bowdoin-Wesleyan debate
were Professor James A. Winans of Cornell Uni-
versity; ex- Lieutenant Governor Everett J. Lake
of Hartford, Conn. ; and Ernest W. Telton of
New Britain, Conn.
The Wesleyan team took up a large number of
commodities, and argued from the rate of tariff
upon each, and the prices of the commodities in
their home market, the reduction in price that
might be expected from a reduction in the tariff.
They then calculated, from the average family ex-
penditure for each of these commodities, the re-
duction in the annual expenditure of each family
that might be expected from a reduction in the
tariff.
The negative took up the most important arti-
cles which are factors in the cost of living, and
showed that these articles would not enter the
American market, if the tariff were reduced, in
competition with the American product, or in
quantities sufficient to affect the American mar-
ket. They also argued that in so far as prices
might be reduced by the reduction of the tariff
alone, the wages of the laboring man would be
correspondingly reduced.
TRINITY MEET COMING
Four weeks from last Saturday — May 10 —
Bowdoin will meet Trinity in a dual track meet
on Whittier Field. That means that in a month's
time Bowdoin must have its team in the pink of
training. To accomplish this every man in col-
lege who has any track ability must turn out. Ac-
cording to all reports, Trinity has a fast, well bal-
anced team, and to beat it Bowdoin needs every
man's support.
Hudson, the Trinity football star, is entered
and is expected — by Trinity supporters— to take
points in eight events : the sprints, the weights,
the broad jump, and the hurdles. Those who saw
him buck the line last fall have a very healthy re-
spect for his athletic abilities, but it is 'going to
take more than one man to trim Bowdoin's 1913
track team !
Twenty-four men have already reported for
practice and are working out every afternoon on
the field. Training table started Monday and
beginning then all track men settled down to a
month of hard steady work. Captain Haskell
expresses himself as perfectly confident that
Bowdoin will have a track team this spring to be
proud of. Coach Finneran is more than pleased
with the way the men are taking hold. With this
judgment of two good men before us can we and
will we fail?
The men who reported at the training table at
Mrs. Mosher's on 10 Cleaveland St. were: L.
Brown '14, P. Smith '15, Prescott '15, Jones '13,
Tarbox '14, Leadbetter '16, Parkhurst '13,
Greene '13, Peters '13, Merrill '14, Fox '14, Pratt
'14, Marshall '16, Irving '16, Emery '13, Walker
'13, McWilliams '15, L. Donahue '14, C. Brown
'14, Gardner '13, Haskell '13, and Coach Finne-
ran.
A series of handicap meets has been arranged
to take place one on each Saturday from the com-
ing Saturday up to the Trinity meet.
NOTICE TO FOOTBALL MEN
Coach McCann wishes to announce to all men
who intend to try for the football team next fall
that there will be no regular spring football prac-
tise, but he wishes to have every candidate join
either the track or the baseball squads at once in
order to keep in good shape.
Coach McCann spent the week-end in Bruns-
wick meeting a large number of the football men
and talking over the situation with the captain,
manager and Dr. Whittier. He is very optimis-
tic about the outlook and material for next fall's
team. He will be glad at any time to receive any
suggestions or to confer with any alumni of the
college on methods and fine points of the game.
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Botofcoin 2Defcating Ceamg
Paul Howard Douglas
Laurence Alden Crosby
Alfred Henry Sweet
James Augustus Norton
Fred Dixon Wish, Jr.
Elwyn Collins Gage
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APRIL 15, 1913
No.
The Result of Postponement
In the last issue of the Orient an attempt
was made to explain what the postponement of
Freshman initiations would mean. At the Spring
Rally this matter received further attention.
The question raised at that time was whether the
postponement of initiation to the fraternities
would not, to some degree, cut the Freshman off
from the helpful influence of the older brother:
As we see the question this will not occur. As
stated before, the change is really a minor one.
Our system will remain as it is at present. The
Freshmen will still become affiliated with the fra-
ternities during the first few weeks. The differ-
ence will be that it is a trial membership in which
the fraternity reserves the right to retain real
membership until the Freshman has shown his
ability to remain in college. It is true that only
four or five men would be affected by this change,
but why should it not be made for only four or
five if it entails no objections of another kind?
We would be glad to publish any communication
from any of our readers in regard to the matter.
What the Rally Meant
If there was one thought which gave unity to
the speeches of the recent Spring Rally it was
the significance of the New Gymnasium. There
has been a rather unconscious acceptance on the
part of the new athletic plant by the student body
which is entirely natural. But it was left to the
annual Rally, which marked the beginning of the
campaign for the building two years ago and re-
corded the realization of it last year, to bring
home to the students the significance of it, the
fact that it means a new era in Bowdoin athletics.
Its influence is already felt in the size of the track
and baseball squads and the movement for an
experienced scientific trainer.
THE BIG SPRING RALLY
All of the prophecies made in last week's
Orient, even the one about the rain, came true
Friday night, when the official Spring Opening
was held in Memorial Hall. It is called the Big
Spring Rally because it was big in every way.
All Bowdoin was there, every man coming with
that "pep" which the Rally was supposed to rouse.
Not for an instant, from "Glasses Clinking High"
to "Bowdoin Beata," did enthusiasm lag, and
each one of the long list of speakers received the
same attention and interest. There was plenty
of noise, ranging from the cheers which greeted
the speakers to the steady crunching of the ice-
cream cones. The souvenirs, automatic cigar
lighters of aluminum with a black inscription,
were original and distinctive.
But it was not the band, the cheers, the re-
freshments, or the souvenirs, much as these
helped, which will make this rally remembered
as probably the best Spring Rally Bowdoin ever
had. It was more than that, it was that intangi-
ble thing known as "Bowdoin Spirit," which rah
so high that old grads and young undergraduates
were united once more in the realization of what
"Old Bowdoin" means to them. There was spirit
of optimism shown by the captains and coaches
of the teams which argues well for Bowdoin's
chances for a championship this spring.
President Hyde, the first speaker, made an an-
nouncement which means a great deal to follow-
ers of Bowdoin athletics. Although he made no
promises, yet he said that in all probability the
College will soon engage a competent athletic
trainer for all the year. He also spoke briefly
on the question of fraternity initiation postpone-
ment, urging careful consideration, and reminded
the fellows of the necessity of getting two more
large classes in order to have the new dormitory
built within five years.
Capt. Haskell gave a fine talk on track pros-
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pects and was followed by Ellis Spear '98, who
gave a very interesting talk on archery, a sport
which was practically founded in this country by
two Bowdoin men. Mr. Spear urged the starting
of an archery team at Bowdoin to compete in the
National Tournament next August.
The other speakers were Don Snow '01, foot-
ball Coach McCann, Stan Dole '13 for the track
management and Douglas '13 on the subject of
admission to the Trinity Meet, Col. Plummer '81,
Emery Beane '04, and Capt. Skolfield and Coach
Coogan of the baseball team. Coach McCann,
in his first appearance before a Bowdoin aud-
ience, won his way to our hearts immediately by
a quiet, straight-from-the-shoulder speech which
gave us some hint as to how much he is a Bow-
doin man at heart.
By way of lighter diversion, Stewart Morrill
'16 showed undreamed-of talent in impersona-
tions of members of the faculty, chiefly those not
present.
And there you have the prophecy fulfilled, the
speeches, band, songs, cheers, refreshments,
souvenirs, entertainment, and — PEP.
THIRD COLLEGE TEA
The third and last College Tea of the year was
held Friday afternoon in Hubbard Hall. In the
receiving line were: Mrs. Hormell, Mrs. John-
son, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Moody. Mrs. Whit-
tier served tea, assisted by Misses Dorethea Don-
nell and Mable Davis. Coffee was poured by
Mrs. Woodruff, who was assisted by Misses
Marion Drew, Rose Chandler, Marguerite Hut-
chins and Olive Nutter. At the punch tables
were Mrs. Wilder and Mrs. Wass; the young
ladies serving were Misses Ruth Little, Elizabeth
Purington, Ruth Andrews and Isabelle Pollard.
The ushers were: Whittier '13, Standish '14,
Stone '15, Elwell '15, Foster '16, Woodman '16,
Robie '16, Noble '16 and Walker '13.
IBIS OPEN MEETING
Edward P. Mitchell '71 will speak at the open
meeting of the Ibis next Monday evening in
Memorial Hall on "The Man of Nippur." Mr.
Mitchell has been connected with The New York
Sun since 1875 and is now the editor. Though
he has not spoken before at College, he is very
popular as a writer- and speaker.
MUSICAL NOTES
Last Wednesday evening the Brunswick Club
held a ladies' night and nearly a hundred mem-
bers and guests enjoyed an entertainment given
by the College Mandolin Quintette, Savage '13,
Holt '13, Conant '13, Crosby '13, and Gilbert '13,
and a double quartette, Card '15, Twombly '13,
Wilson '14, West '15, Woodman '16, L. Smith
'13, Ramsey '15, Eaton '14, Munroe '14. Loring
Pratt '13 also gave several readings.
The third annual joint concert will be held by
the Musical Clubs of Bowdoin and Bates in the
City Hall at Lewiston, April 30. The joint con-
certs have always been very successful before
and the management will try to make this the
best of all. A special program has been ar-
ranged and now is the time for everyone to show
that Bowdoin supports her other activities as well
as athletics.
The Bowdoin Orchestra practiced Thursday-
afternoon this last week. The attendance was-,
not as large as is desired, but the prospects are
hopeful. Trombones, other bass instruments, and
traps are needed at once. Men playing these in-
struments should make a special effort to attend
the next rehearsal this afternoon at 4.30.
ART BUILDING NOTES
Several important additions have been made
recently to the collection in the Walker Art
Building. Dr. Edward Warren of Lewishouse,
Sussex, England has presented the College with
a large and valuable collection of classical relics,
consisting of a handsome set of Greek vases in
an excellent state of preservation, a few small
bronzes, and several pieces of terra cotta work,
all of which have been installed in the Boyd Gal-
lery. He has also donated three marble busts,
one of Roman sculpture of the first century A. D.
and two of Greek artisanship of the fourth cen-
tury, B. C.j and in addition to these a marble
torso of Praxitiles "Faun," a replica of the type
best known by the Capitoline example which was
Hawthorne's "Marble Faun." These pieces of
statuary have been set up in the Sculpture Hall.
Besides these gifts Professor and Mrs. C. C.
Hutchins have contributed an early nineteenth-
century miniature from the Richard Call collec-
tion of St. Louis, and Mr. Burton C. Morrill of
Augusta has loaned the Museum a miniature of
Miss Becky Towle, the daughter of Mr. Warren
Towle '81.
BASEBALL NEWS
Baseball stock took a decided rise Tuesday
when the last call for candidates brought out 41
men in suits. Practice was held in the Athletic
Building and will continue to be held there until
the weather settles down a little more.
Besides the veterans LaCasce, Russell, Dodge,
Tilton, Daniels, Skolfield, Weatherill and Wood-
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cock, there are several new men who are show-
ing up very promisingly. McElwee is already
•showing professional form at third. Knight and
Rawson look good as Freshmen pitchers. Eaton
plays a good practice game at first ; he has a good
reach and a strong whip.
The first cut in the squad came Wednesday and
■was explained for the following reason : "In
"view of the fact that the first baseball game is
only a week away, and that Coach Coogan has
not sufficient time to look over the squad proper-
ly before that, he has deemed it advisable to cut
down the squad. This does not mean the selec-
tion of the Varsity team as the coach will look
all men over thoroughly after the first trip. The
following men will report for practice : Catch-
ers, LaCasce, Wiggin, Tuttle, Stuart, infield-
ers, Eaton, Keegan, McElwee, Tilton, Daniels, N.
Tuttle, Minott; outfielders, Skolfield, Weatherill,
Russell, L. Brown ; pitchers, L. Dodge, Knight,
Stetson, Rawson, Woodcock, H. L. Hall.
Earl Gardner '13 has been appointed by Capt.
Skolfield to captain the second team. This ag-
gregation defeated Brunswick High on the Delta
last Thursday by a score of 5-0. Coxe '15 and
Wood '16 allowed only two hits. The second
team is to hold a series of games with the Varsity
until they leave Wednesday for Rhode Island.
In the game Saturday afternoon the Varsity won
7-1. Next Saturday the second team plays
Kents Hill at Readfield.
Cluo ano Council Meetings
At a meeting of the Good Government Club
Wednesday evening, plans for the remainder of
the year were discussed and the following officers
were elected : President, Jones '13 ; vice-presi-
dent, Eberhardt '13; secretary, Leigh '14; treas-
urer, P. Emery '13. There will be weekly meet-
ings and all who are interested in the govern-
ment courses are eligible for membership in the
■club. The meetings will be held at the different
fraternity houses and the discussions will be on
general topics. There will be a meeting of the
■club tomorrow evening at 8.30 in the History
room in Hubbard Hall. All those wishing to
join are invited to this meeting.
At a meeting of the golf club Friday night, the
following committee of three was elected to plan
for tournaments during the spring: Heywood
'14, P. Donahue '14 and Porritt '15. The present
plans are for a number of handicap tournaments
in the near future, and later in the season,
matches with Portland and Augusta. Lord '16,
-was elected secretary. The other officers of the
club are: President, L. Donahue '14, and vice-
president, Mitchell '14. The players will work
out on the links of the Brunswick Golf Club.
On Tuesday, April 29, the Dramatic Club will
give its production of "Old Heidelberg" at the
Casco Theatre in Portland, under the auspices of
the Portland Bowdoin Alumni Association. For
this performance rehearsals are being held regu-
larly.
The Commencement Play will be decided upon
in the near future and the call for candidates will
be issued the latter part of this month.
There was a rehearsal of the Masque and
Gown at the Town Hall Friday afternoon.
All students who are interested in forming a
Biology Club will meet in the Biology lecture
room of the Science Building, Thursday, April
17, at 4.30 p. m.
fl)n tfte Campus
The fifth college preacher of the year, Rev.
Willis H. Butler of Boston, will preach at the
Church on the Hill and in the College Chapel
Sunday. Mr. Butler is a graduate of Princeton
University and Union Theological Seminary. He
has held pastorates in Williamstown and North-
ampton, Mass. Since 1912 he has been associate
pastor with Dr. George A. Gordon, of the Old
South Church in Boston.
Ted Emery '13 and "Duff" Wood '13 have re-
turned from Texas where they have been looking
into a business proposition.
The Bowdoin Gun Club held its weekly shoot
Thursday afternoon over the traps of the Bruns-
wick Gun Club.
An informal reception to baseball Coach Coo-
gan was held at the D.K.E. House Thursday
night.
Miss Helen Keller and her teacher, Mrs.
Macey (Miss Anne Sullivan), will appear in
Bath Thursday evening, April 17, at the Winter
Street Church. Miss Keller will talk on "The
Heart and the Hand, or the Right Use of the
Senses."
There will be an orchestra rehearsal this after-
noon at 4.30 o'clock.
There is an opportunity for a brief time for
making up gym cuts every afternoon at 4.30.
All students who desire examination for the
removal of incompletes are requested to leave
their names at the Dean's office before April 20.
The University of Maine Dramatic Club will
present "A Night Off" at the Town Hall tonight.
The title does not compel your attendance if you
have a hard day tomorrow.
Beginning yesterday, Mr. Holmes started a
voluntary class in heavy gymnastics. This class
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*5
will, meet on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday from 5.15 to 545 p. m.
Under the supervision of Ellis Spear '98, a
number of fellows tried their hands at drawing
the long bow Saturday afternoon, and although
no record scores were made, several men have
become sufficiently interested in the sport to
work for the formation of an archery club here.
Head '16 is understudy for Bacon '15 in the
Dramatic Club play "Alt Heidleberg" because of
Bacon's sickness.
Dana Merrill ex-'i4 and Wilson '12 were on
the campus last week.
Heard at the Rally: "Gimme a light." "Wait
a week till I crank up this souvenir."
Brunswick High has "Pop" Williams for a
baseball coach this year and under him daily
practise is being held on the Delta.
The Madisses Club will present the five-act
tragedy "Irgomar" April 25 in Town Hall.
Harry Faulkner '15 is to play the title role, and
Weatherill '14 and Hall '15 are also to take part.
May 1 fares on the Maine Central will rise.
The fare from Bath to Brunswick will be 25
cents.
Parkhurst '13, who completed his course in
February, has returned to college to take extra
courses.
After the debate Thursday evening an infor-
mal reception in honor of the debaters was held
at the Delta Upsilon House.
The Freshmen had their class sing Friday af-
ternoon.
"Doc" Merrill '16 is again at College after his
operation for appendicitis.
The printers have already begun work upon
the 1914 Bugle.
Purington '11 and Makepeace '12 were on the
■campus recently.
Among those back for the rally were Ashey '12
and Wing ex-' 14.
Frank Cowan '13, having completed his course,
"has left college and is principal of the High
School at Ashfield, Mass.
ffliitb t&e Jfacultp
Prof. James L. McConaughy addressed the
■students of Andover Academy at Andover and
the students of Rpxbury Latin School of Rox-
bury, on last Sunday, the thirteenth.
Dr. Loomis attended the convention of the
American Chemical Association at Milwaukee,
Wis., during the early part of the spring' vaca-
tion.
Dr. Brauner visited in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Washington and Newport during
the vacation.
Prof. McConaughy and Dr. Cram journeyed
through the Middle-Atlantic States during the
vacation. They visited in New York, Baltimore
and Washington.
Prof. Wilmot B. Mitchell spent a few days of
the vacation with relatives in Littleton, Mass.
Prof. Hormell and Prof. Catlin spent their
holidays in Cambridge, Mass., and Taunton,
Mass.
Prof. Woodruff visited in Barre, Vt., during
the Easter vacation.
Prof. Johnson went to Industry, Maine, to
visit his summer residence before his trip to
Europe.
CALENDAR
April
15-
16.-
19,
25-"
29.-
30--
May
-Orchestral Class, 4.30.
-Good Gov't Club Meeting.
"Old Heidleberg" Chorus, 1.00.
Junior Class Sing, 5.00.
-Bowdoin vs. R. I. State.
Senior Class Sing, 4.00.
-Bowdoin vs. Wesleyan.
"Old Heidleberg" Chorus, 1.00.
Freshman Class Sing, 5.00.
Sophomore Class Sing, 7. 00.
-Bowdoin vs. Trinity.
Chapel Choir Rehearsal, 4.30.
Bowdoin 2nd vs. Kents Hill.
Maine and Bowdoin Kappa Sigma Joint
Banquet.
-Rev. Willis H. Butler, College Preacher.
-Ibis Open Meeting.
-Bowdoin vs. Harvard.
-Theta Delta Chi House Party.
-Masque and Gown Performance in Port-
land.
-Bowdoin-Bates Joint Concert in Lewiston
City Hall.
-N. E. Oratorical League Contest.
-Kappa Sigma House Party.
Beta Theta Pi House Party.
iaesolutions
Hall of Theta Chapter of
Delta Kappa Epsilon.
April 10, 1913.
The Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon
hears with sorrow of the death of Brother George
Bacon Towle, of the Class of 1858, who died sud-
denly on January 6 last at Upper Montclair, New
Jersey. As Brother Towle was the last of a dele-
i6
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gation of twelve men, his death is most regret-
table.
Brother Towle was best known as a teacher,
and it was as headmaster of the Trinity School
of New York City that he gained for himself an
enviable reputation in the field of education.
The Chapter which mourns his death joins with
his surviving classmates and many other friends
in extending to his wife its most heartfelt sym-
pathy.
William Fletcher Twombly,
Alfred Everett Gray,
Joseph Cony MacDonald,
For the Chapter.
Bowdoin Chapter of Delta Upsilon.
April 6, 1913.
It is with deepest sorrow that the Bowdoin
Chapter of Delta Upsilon records the death of
Edward James Barnes Palmer, a former mem-
ber of the Class of 191 1, and a graduate of Har-
vard, Class of 1912. During the past year he had
been connected with the faculty of Allegheny
College, and was engaged in the performance of
his duties there when death removed him April
3, I9I3-
Therefore be it
Resolved, That we express our sorrow at his
death and extend our sincere sympathy to those
bound closer to him by ties of fellowship and
family.
Clifton Orville Page,
Percy Downing Mitchell,
Harold Milton Prescott.
alumni Department
The incoming editor of the Alumni Depart-
ment sincerely desires that its columns shall, more
than ever before, serve the interests of Bow-
doin's alumni. Although it will continue to give
full justice to the departed, yet it wishes to pub-
lish more information about the living. Every
alumnus should have a means — and we believe
that the columns of the Orient will be the best
means — of finding out constantly just what every
other alumnus is doing. In order to accomplish
this object, therefore, the Department sends out
to every class secretary and to every officer of a
Bowdoin alumni association, as well as to any
other alumnus who is in a position to procure in-
formation, the earnest plea that he will from time
to time contribute to the Orient any items con-
cerning the interests, activities, and achieve-
ments of the living alumni of the College. This
much we ask of the alumni for their columns.
'02. — A fund in memory of George B. Kennis-
ton, Jr., who lost his life when the steamer Port-
land was lost, has been established at Boothbay
Harbor High School by his father, Judge George
B. Kenniston '61. The interest from the fund of
$250 will be offered as prizes in speaking con-
tests in the school, the contests to be held an-
nually.
'03. — Donald E. MacCormick was recently
elected to the School Board of South Framing-
ham, Mass. He is at the head of theMathematics
Department in the Volkmann School, Boston.
'05. — James G. Finn, formerly with the Title
Guarantee and Trust Company of New York,
has joined the staff of the Corporation Counsel
of New York City.
'06. — Classmates and friends of Ralph G. Web-
ber will regret to learn that he has been obliged
to give up his position with the United States
Trust Co. of Washington, D. C, on account of ill
health. Mr. Webber was for several years after
his graduation with the International Banking
Co. He is now the Maine representative of the
Alexander Hamilton Institute of the City of
New York.
'07. — Mr. Lorenzo W. Baldwin has opened a
law office at Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Baldwin is a
graduate of Columbia Law School in 1910, and
he has the best wishes of many friends in his new
field of work.
'09. — Max Pearson Cushing has been elected
Instructor of History at Reed College. Mr.
Cushing is well known to the present college gen-
eration. He was the leader of the college Glee
Club while in college, and was one of the most
popular members of his class. While in college,
Mr. Cushing was an assistant in English. Since
graduation, he has received an A.M. from Co-
lumbia. The first two years after graduation he
spent in Roberts College, Constantinople, and for
some time he studied at the University of Lau-
sanne, Switzerland.
'13. — George Frank Wilson, who finished his
course at the college last February, was married
recently to Miss Edith Lounsbury Klein of Mount
Vernon. Mr. Wilson, or "Squanto," as he was.
known here, was one of the best baseball players
in the college, and one of the most popular men,
not only in his class, but in the whole Maine col-
legiate world.
MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE
Bowdoin College
ADDISON S. THAYER, Dean
10 Deering Street Portland, Maine-
BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL XL11I
BRUNSWICK. MAINE. APRIL 22, 1913
NO. 3
THE BASEBALL SEASON OPENS
The baseball squad of 13 men left Brunswick
Wednesday afternoon for their trip into south-
ern New England and returned Sunday with the
scores of two out of three games in their favor.
The men who made the trip were : Catchers, Wig-
gin and Lacasce; pitchers, Dodge, Rawson,
Knight and Stetson; infielders, Eaton, Daniels,
McElwee and Tilton ; outfielders, N. Tuttle, Capt.
Skolfield and Weatherill. Although the number
of errors in all of the games was large, this was
largely due to cold weather and nervousness,
things which the team will not have to contend
with later in the season. Practically all the men
did excellent work with the stick, far better than
Coach Coogan had expected of them.
Of the individual players, Lacasce was un-
doubtedly the star. He caught all three games
and contributed a lion's share of the hits. Raw-
son and Stetson showed up best of the pitchers,
Knight and Dodge being wild at times. McEl-
wee and Daniels did well at the bat but the work
of the infield as a whole was rather ragged. The
outfield was reliable in all three games. While
Bob Weatherill was making his spectacular catch
in the Wesleyan game, he pulled a tendon, and
Stetson took his place in the Trinity game.
The team meets Harvard this afternoon at
Cambridge. They have received a thorough go-
ing-over from. Coach Coogan and will enter the
game in much better shape than they were on the
first trip.
BOWDOIN VS. R. I. STATE
In a loosely-played game Bowdoin won the
first game on the schedule from Rhode Island
State College last Thursday by the score of 13
to 4. Rawson, the Freshman pitcher, allowed,
only three hits. Although the number of errors
was large, Rawson received excellent support
from the rest of the team. Bowdoin hit well,
Weatherill, McElwee, Lacasce and N. Tuttle fur-
nishing the majority of the hits. McElwee, play-
ing his first game for Bowdoin, showed up well
at third.
The box score is as follows :
BOWDOIN ab r h po a e
Weatherill, rf 5 0 2 I 0 I
Tilton, ss
3
1
0
3
2
3
Skolfield, cf
3
1
1
4
1
0
McElwee, 3b
3
2
3
1
1
2
Lacasce, c
5
3
3
2
1
0
N. Tuttle, If
4
2
2
3
0
1
Eaton, ib
2
2
0
10
1
1
Daniels, 2b
2
1
1
3
0
0
Rawson, p
3
1
1
0
4
0
30
13
13
27
10
8
R. I. STATE
ab
r
h
po
a
e
Sullivan, If
3
0
1
4
0
1
Hudson, cf
4
0
0
2
0
0
Tully, 2b
4
1
0
2
2
0
Newton, 3b
4
0
0
2
3
0
Seifert, ib
4
0
0
8
0
1
Briden, c
4
1
1
5
1
3
Redding, rf
4
1
0
0
0
0
Lenox, ss
4
1
1
2
2
0
Myers, p
3
0
0
1
2
2
34
4
3
27
10
7
BOWDOIN VS. WESLEYAN
Bowdoin's rally in the game with Wesleyan
Friday afternoon came too late and Wesleyan
won with a 9 to 8 score. Wesleyan secured a
commanding lead in the first two innings, which,
with the fourth, were the only innings in which
the Connecticut team scored. Bowdoin came
back strong and tallied three runs in the eighth,
aided by a bad throw from centerfield by Holden,
and scored one more in the ninth, but Bacon
tightened and prevented further runs.
The feature of the game was contributed by
Bob Weatherill who pulled down with his bare
hand a drive that was labelled extra bases. Wes-
leyan made four errors to Bowdoin's seven, near-
ly all the miscues figuring in the scoring. The
cold prevented fast fielding. Bowdoin outhit
Wesleyan. The score follows:
WESLEYAN
Wright, ss
Gilman, c
Persons, If
Durling, ib
Beeman, 3b
Bacon, p
ab
5
5
po
4
9
i8
BOWDOIN ORIENT
Holden, cf
4
2
1
1
0
2
Daniels, 2b
3
2
2
0 0
Lanning, rf
2
0
0
2
0
0
Dodge, p
0
2
0
4 I
Davidson, 2b
4
1
2
1
2
0
Rawson, p
0
0
0
I 0
Totals
36
9
10
27
10
4
Totals
10
10
27
10 7
BOWDOIN
ab
r
h
po
a
e
TRINITY
r
bh
po
a e
Weatherill, rf
3
0
2
2
0
0
Murray, 3b
1
0
1
1 0
Tilton, ss
4
1
1
2
3
1
Withington, cf
1
0
2
0 0
Skolfield, cf
S
0
1
0
0
0
Carpenter, c
1
0
7
1 0
McElwee, 3b
5
0
0
2
2
0
L'Hereux, ib
0
0
10
0 1
Lacasce, c
5
3
2
8
2
1
Lambert, 2b
1
I
2
3 2
Daniels, 2b
4
2
2
1
2
3
Brainerd, rf
1
2
1
0 0
Eaton, ib
S
1
2
9
1
2
Shelly, ss
2
3
1
3 1
Tuttle, If
4
1
2
0
0
0
Vizner, If
0
0
1
0 2
Knight, p
3
0
0
0
1
0
Swift, p
0
0
0
1 1
Stetson, p
1
0
1
0
0
0
Gillooley, If
1
I
2
0 1
Rawson, rf
1
0
1
0
0
0
Totals
8
7
27
9 8
Totals
40
8
14
24
11
7
Innings
1234
5 6
7
8 9
Wesleyan
3 2
0 0
4
0 0
0
x— 9
Bowdoin 1
3005
3 0
0
0 2 — 10
Bowdoin
0 1
0 2
1
0 0
3
1—8
Trinity 1
3 2 0 0
0 0
6
00—8
Stolen bases — Wright, Persons, Beeman, Ba-
con, Holden, Weatherill. Two-base hits — La-
Casce, Eaton. Three-base hits — Durling, David-
son, Bacon. Hits — Off Bacon, 10; off Knight,
10; off Stetson, 4. First base on balls — Beeman,
Lanning (2), Tilton, Daniels. Left on bases —
Wesleyan, 6; Bowdoin, 9. Struck out — By Ba-
con, 9 ; by Knight, 2 ; by Stetson, 2. Batter hit —
Weatherill. Double plays — Wright to Davidson,
McElwee to Eaton. Passed ball — Gilman. Um-
pire— Lawton. Time of game — 2 :oo.
Two-base hits, Shelly, Lambert, Gillooley.
Three-base hits, Shelly, Skolfield. Stolen bases,
Lacasce, McElwee, Tuttle, Eaton, Daniels, Mur-
ray, Gillooley 2. Base on balls, by Dodge 2, by
Swift. Struck out, by Dodge 9, by Rawson, by
Swift 7. Sacrifice hit, Skolfield. Hit by pitched
ball, Lacasce 2, Daniels, Murray. Wild pitch,
Swift. Time, ih 55m. Umpire, Rority.
BOWDOIN VS. TRINITY
Two runs in the ninth inning gave Bowdoin
the victory over Trinity Saturday. Trinity
scored twice in the second but in the fourth and
fifth Bowdoin made eight runs and things looked
easy for another walk-over. In the seventh,
however, Trinity hit Dodge freely and, with the
aid of errors, crossed the plate six times. Raw-
son pitched the last two innings and held Trinity
runless.
Bowdoin outplayed Trinity in every depart-
ment of the game. Bowdoin made 10 hits against
7, 7 errors against 8, 10 assists against 9, 5 stolen
bases against 3, had but 7 strike-outs against 10,
and scored 10 runs against 8. The score:
BOWDOIN
Stetson, rf
Tilton, ss
Lacasce, c
McElwee, 3b
Tuttle, If
Skolfield, cf
Eaton, ib
bh po
BOWDOIN 2nd VS. B. H. S.
Brunswick High turned the tables on the sec-
ond team Wednesday afternoon and emerged
with the long end of the 12 to 8 score. The game
went ten innings, and in the tenth, on only one
clean single, the high school boys scored four
runs.
The second team used 20 men in an effort to
save the day, but the weather was too cold to al-
low fast playing. The last two innings were the
most exciting. At the end of the eighth, the sec-
ond team was two ahead. Brunswick scored
three times in the first of the ninth, and then, on
a two-bagger by Rogers and a single by Badger,
Bowdoin second tied the score. The sad tale of
the tenth has been told.
The batteries were: Hall, pitcher; Stuart and
Kuhn, catchers, for the second team. Brown and
Grover, pitchers; Nevens, catcher, for Bruns-
wick High.
Score by innings : 123456789 10
Brunswick High 003101003 4 — 12
Bowdoin Second 001230011 0 — 8
Two-base hits, Stuart, Rogers, Gardner. Three-
base hits, Donnell, Brown. First base on balls,
BOWDOIN ORIENT
19
off Brown 5, off Hall 5. Struck out, by Brown
6, by Hall 11, by Grover 2. Passed ball, Kuhn.
Hit by pitcher, by Hall, Nevens, Cheney, Rob-
erts. Time, 2h. 20m. Umpire, Twaddle.
BOWDOIN 2nd VS. RENTS HILL
The second team went up to Kents Hill Satur-
day and were defeated by the schoolboys by the
narrow margin of 6 scores, the second team
holding the deuce. Lack of team work and cost-
ly errors were largely responsible for the defeat.
Fraser was relieved at the end of the sixth in-
ning by Hall. Both pitchers did rather better
than the score indicates. Gardner and Keegan
played well for the second team while Brigham,
Masterman and Richardson excelled for Kents
Hill.
The score:
Bowdoin 2nd 00010001 0 — 2
Wesleyan 01 100312 x — 8
SECOND TEAM SCHEDULE
The schedule of the Bowdoin Second baseball
team has been announced by Manager Elwell '15
as follows:
April 16 — Brunswick High at Brunswick.
April 19 — Kents Hill Seminary at Kents Hill.
April 23 — Coburn Classical Institute at Wa-
terville.
April 26 — South Portland High at South Port-
land.
May 3 — Morse High at Bath.
May 7 — Hebron Academy at Hebron.
May 10 — Cabots at Brunswick.
May 12 — Brunswick High at Brunswick.
TENNIS NEWS
Tennis practice began Thursday afternoon
upon the clay courts in the Hyde Athletic Build-
ing. The following men selected from a prelimi-
nary tournament held last fall, are candidates for
the team: Eaton '13, Gardner '13, Card '15,
Nixon '13, Slocum '13, Larrabee '16, Woodman
'16. Although Captain Savage '13 is the only
player who has had 'varsity experience, the men
are showing good form, and with the additional
facilities for practice in all sorts of weather af-
forded by the new Athletic Building, Bowdoin
should turn out a strong team.
The schedule, as arranged by Manager Paul
Donahue '14, opens with a tournament with the
Portland Country Club at Portland on either
May 6 or 7. Bowdoin will also send a team to
the annual Maine Intercollegiate Tournament,
which is to take place upon the Bates courts at
Lewiston from May 12 to 14, and will be repre-
sented in the New England Intercollegiate Tour-
nament at Longwood on May 19.
OUT-DOOR TRACK MEET
The Juniors defeated the Sophomores by the
narrow margin of two points in the first outdoor
handicap meet Friday afternoon. The final fig-
ures were: 1914, 26; 1915, 24; 1913, 17; 1916,
13. Although the cold weather prevented fast
work, a number of the events were very closely
contested.
The events follow :
100-yard dash- — Won by Smith '15; McWil-
liams '15, second; Livingstone '15, third.
Mile run — Won by Tarbox '14; Marshall '16,
second; Irving '16, third.
Quarter mile — Won by Haskell '13; Richard-
son '15, second; Ireland '16, third.
120-yard high hurdles — Won by L. Donahue
'14; Jones '13, second.
880-yard run — Won by Wright '14; T. Emery
'13, second; Peters '13, third.
220-yard dash — Won by McWilliams '15; Has-
kell '13, second; Walker '13, third.
220-yard low hurdles — Won by A. Pratt '14;
Fox '14, second; Nixon '13, third.
Discus throw — Won by Leadbetter '16; Lewis
'15, second; Austin '15, third.
Hammer throw — Won by Lewis '15; Leadbet-
ter '16, second; Austin '15, third.
These meets will be held every Saturday until
the time of the collegiate contests.
N. E. ORATORICAL LEAGUE TRIALS
Trials for the New England Oratorical League
contest which is to be held May 1 at Wesleyan,
were held last Thursday afternoon in Memorial
Hall. The speakers were Douglas, Crosby, Cro-
well and Wish. Sweet spoke yesterday morning,
as he was unable to be present Thursday. The
judges were President Hyde and Professors
Davis and Mitchell.
RECEPTION TO IBIS SPEAKER
The Psi Upsilon fraternity entertained before
Mr. Mitchell at dinner Monday night. The other
guests were Professor Johnson and the members
of the Ibis.
After the lecture a few had an opportunity to
meet Mr. Mitchell at a reception at the Psi Up-
silon House. Crowell '13, chairman of the Ibis,
and Professor Johnson received with Mr. Mit-
chell. The Psi U orchestra played during the
evening. Shaw of Portland catered.
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914, Editor-in-Chief
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915, Managing Editor
Richard E. Simpson, 1914, Alumni Editor
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Vol. XLIII APRIL 22, 1913 No. 3
The Eternal Canine
It was once conclusively proved by a street
corner orator that professional men are parasites
on society. Arguing that preachers are depend-
ant for their living on society's sin, doctors on its
disease, teachers on its ignorance and lawyers on
its quarrels, he maintained that if we remove
these abnormal conditions the professional man
will have to go out of business.
So it is with the college newspaper editorial in
a humbler sphere. Its sole raison d'etre seems to
be in the weaknesses and irregularities of the col-
lege community. Let there be a lack of attend-
ance at a rally and the next week's issue of the
Orient must bewail the loss of spirit ; let a stray
dog enter chapel and the weekly paper feels duty
bound to censure someone.
But we do not feel inclined to criticise anyone
for last week's disturbance which was very slight
in comparison with those of previous years. The
occurrence does, however, give us the opportun-
ity to moralize a bit about chapel conduct in gen-
eral. It is a generally recognized fact that Bow-
doin does not show itself to very great advantage
at this daily service, that it is a weak point in our
campus life. But what can we do about it? The
tradition of choir rather than congregational
singing seems as deeply rooted as the precedence
of classes. The murmur of conversation and
"eleventh hour" studying is a well established
custom. No radical reform seems possible.
But there is one reasonable hope of improve-
ment. The underclassmen should learn to take
their cue from the Seniors in regard to applause
and demonstration. If prayers are too long, let
the upperclassmen be the first judges. If the
chapel is to be noisy let a larger share come from
the upper classes than the lower classes. Then,
perhaps, the chapel customs will be preserved as
they should be, and perhaps improved. Perhaps,
in this way, we may some day experience a grow-
ing realization of the value of this service which
is now only partially attained.
As You Might Expect
Some editorial subjects are found after long
search, some occur in the natural course of
events, and some are forced upon us. The one
we now treat is of the last variety. To omit men-
tion of the much-discussed celebration after the
Rhode Island State game would be too much of a
surprise to the campus prophets. But after all,
there is not much to be said about the affair.
That it was ill-timed and hurtful rather than
helpful in preserving Bowdoin traditions, will
not be denied by those familiar with the campus
customs. But those in charge of last week's af-
fair were, for the most part, under-classmen and
could not be expected to exhibit the discrimina-
tion of older Bowdoin men. The Orient has no
quarrel,, however, with any students who wish to
celebrate a victory if it be only over Brunswick
or Topsham High School, providing the celebra-
tion is an expression of real jubilation. These
matters are within the province of the proper
committee of the Student Council, the members
of which, we hope, realize the consequences of a
frequent repetition of such unwarranted celebra-
tions.
A Good Start
Those who have been following the baseball
team closely are very well pleased with their
work on their first series of games last week.
They showed the strength of which champion-
ship teams are made and betrayed weaknesses
which can be done away with by hard practise.
This afternoon Bowdoin meets Harvard at Cam-
bridge and the hopes of the College are high in
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the anticipation of a very creditable showing.
The faithful undergraduate and faculty fans are
anxious for the first scheduled game on Whittier
Field and are satisfying themselves as best they
can in the meantime by box scores and newspaper
stories.
MADISSES CLUB PLAY
The Madisses Club will present in Town Hall
on Friday evening, April 25, the five-act drama
"Ingomar, The Barbarian," adapted from Fried-
rich Halm's Der Sohn der Wildniss by Maria
Lovell.
CHARACTERS
The Timach of Masilia Elden H. Austin '15
Polydor, a merchant Frances Callahan '14
Myron, an armorer James E. Barry '16
Neocles Edward P. Garland '16
Amyntas Clarence A. Brown '14
Elphenor Edward P. Hacker
Lykon, a fisherman William D. Ireland '16
Ingomar, leader of a band of Allemanni
Harry P. Faulkner '15
Alastor George A. Hall, Jr., '15
Trinobantes. Robert T. Weatherill '14
Ambivar Leigh Webber '16
Novis Richard S. Fuller '16
Actea, Myron's wife Viola S. Adell
Parthenia, her daughter Sylvania B. Hacker
Theano, a neighbor Mabel Davis
Herald Barton Crawford
Grecian Maidens: — Lulu Woodward, Nathalie
Withington, Izah Hutchinson and Alfaretta
Graves
Allemanni : — D. Earl Gardner '13, Walter Hasel-
tine '16
The scene is in Gaul, a century after the foun-
dation of Massilia by the Phocseans.
BRUNSWICK BOYS EXHIBITION
The closing exhibition of the Brunswick Boys'
Association was held recently in the Sargent
Gymnasium. The program was made up of a
number of events the boys have practised during
the past winter, as follows :
1. Indian Club Drill.
2. Indian Club Race (5-man teams).
3. Wheelbarrow Race.
4. Dumb Bell Drill.
5. Relay Race (8-man teams).
6. Elephant Race.
7. Wand Drill.
8. Stunts — bars, rings, kicking, diving, jump-
ing.
9. Setting up Drill.
The athletic instructors of the club, all Bow-
doin men, are : Directors, Merrill '14, Smith '12,
O. P. Badger '14, McFarland '11, Stuart '16; as-
sistants, Austin '15, G. W. Badger '15, Chase '14,
Cross '15, Foster '16, Irving '16, McKenney '15'
Soule '16.
Acting Dean McConaughy is president of the
Board of Directors, of which Dr. Whittier is a
member.
The preliminary report of the treasurer of the
organization, George R. Gardner, showed that
the probable balance after all bills have been:
paid is $110.86.
Cluo anD Council Meetings
The Government Club met Wednesday night
at the Kappa Sigma house to discuss general
plans of work. At the close of the business meet-
ing Norton '13 gave an account of the proceed-
ings in the house of representatives at Augusta
on the day of passing of the public utilities bill.
The next meeting of the club will be tomorrow
night at the Beta Theta Pi house.
The Biology Club will meet in the Biology lec-
ture room Thursday, April 24, at 5.30 p. mv to.
hear the report of the organization committee
and to elect officers.
The Junior class held a meeting Wednesday-
and voted that the class assessment be $10.
2Dn tfte Campus
Houghton ex-'is is in Calgary, Canada..
Blethen '16 has gone home on account of sick-
ness.
Bisbee '03 was on the campus during the week-
end.
Maine defeated Colby 5 to 2 Saturday at Wa-
terville.
The Sophomore class sing will be held Friday
evening.
Ev'ry little baseball victory has a celebration
all its own.
Lew Donahue '14 again injured his leg in the
meet Friday.
Bickmore '11 was on the campus over Satur-
day, the nineteenth.
Merrill ^-'14 has charge of the Grammar
School League in Portland.
The Kappa Sigma and Beta Theta Pi house
parties will be held May 2.
"Cope" Philoon '05 was operated on recently
in Albany for appendicitis.
The Sophomore sing dated for last Friday
evening was postponed a week.
Sumner Edwards was on the campus last week
coaching some of the track men.
Chase '14, Mitchell '14 and Farrar '14 "sum-
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mered" at Mere Point over Sunday.
"Sphinx" White '14 is again on the campus
after having a slight operation on his nose.
Woodbury '15 has typhoid fever, and has been
sent to his home in Leominster, Mass.
Brunswick High defeated Morse High School
•on Whittier Field Saturday, 5 to I.
Cushman '13 who completed his college course
-at the end of last semester, was on the campus
•over the week-end.
Hargraves '16 and Haywood '16 attended the
annual banquet of the Alpha Kappa Kappa medi-
cal fraternity at Portland Friday night.
All Seniors who received provisional com-
mencement appointments will be obliged to write
,parts before May 16.
The Musical Clubs will give a concert in Bath
Tuesday, April 27. The season will close with
the joint concert with Bates April 30.
All Freshmen who intend to go out for assist-
ant manager of tennis hsould hand their names
to P. Donahue '14, or to MacCormick '15.
The Golf Club wishes the fact brought to the
attention of Orient readers that "Major" Slo-
cum has received a new lot of golf sticks.
A grass fire near the Delta Upsilon House got
beyond control Thursday and an alarm was rung
in. Before the department arrived the fire was
put out by means of hand-extinguishers.
The ghost of "Dooley" appeared in Chapel
Friday morning. Evidently His Dogship is not
satisfied with a paradise where there is no morn-
ing Chapel. Try us !
Bacon '15 was operated on for appendicitis in
the Newton (Mass.) Hospital Saturday morn-
ing. He will be unable to run on the track team
this spring. Head '16 will take his part in the
Dramatic Club production.
Copies of the memorandum of the Rhodes
-scholarships in 1914 have been received from
State Superintendent of Schools Payson Smith
and those interested may find a copy at the
Dean's office or at the Library.
The orchestra met last Tuesday at 4.30 and
there were several men present. It is still desir-
able to have more men especially on the medium
and heavy stringed instruments. If you can
play any instrument whatever come today at 4.30
to the Y. M. C. A. rooms.
Because of absence from Brunswick, Acting
Dean McConaughy will have no office hours Fri-
■day. Office hours for the remainder of the term
have been posted as follows : Monday to Thurs-
day inclusive, 11 to 12 and 12.30; Tuesday and
Thursday from 2 to 3.
Competition for the Hawthorne prize of $40
given by Mrs. George C. Riggs (Kate Douglas
Wiggin), which is awarded annually to the writ-
er of the best short story, is open to members of
the three upper classes. Professor Mitchell, who
has charge of the contest, has announced that
entries will close on May 16. All stories offered
must be at least 1500 words in length and must be
typewritten.
Ten schools have already entered in the Bow-
doin Interscholastic Outdoor Track Meet to be
held on Whittier Field May 31, and it is expected
that 30 schools will enter in the course of the
next week. Kents Hill has again entered after a
lapse of a number of years, while Gardiner High
has entered for the first time. The four-year
rule applying to students who have competed in
interscholastic athletics for four years will apply
in this meet and will be strictly enforced.
The Bowdoin and Maine chapters of Kappa
Sigma held their annual joint banquet at the
Elmwood Hotel, Waterville, Saturday evening,
April 19th. A large number of undergraduates
and alumni of both chapters were in attendance.
A number of those present attended the Maine-
Colby baseball game in the afternoon. Speeches
were made by Spinney '13, Abbott '13 of Bow-
doin and Bigelow '13 and Higgins '14 of Maine.
Burleigh Rodick '12 of Bowdoin was toastmas-
ter.
fflJiti) t&e Jfacultp
Professor Catlin is to speak at Harrison to-
morrow.
Last Friday Professor McConaughy addressed
the teachers' convention at Bath.
Professor Nixon attended a meeting of the
Classical Teachers of New England, held in
Worcester recently.
President Hyde was the first speaker in a se-
ries of vocational talks which is to be given be-
fore the Brunswick High School pupils. His
subject was "Why Go to College?"
A card has been received from Dean Sills stat-
ing that he was in Greece at the time of the
burial of the late King. From Greece he is to go
to Rome.
Ct)e ©tfcer Colleges
The Pennsylvania Relay Races will be held
this year on Franklin Field, April 26. Seventy-
three colleges and one hundred and ninety-eight
schools have entered. These teams embrace
practically all the college and school athletic tal-
ent east of the Rocky Mountains. The College
Relay Championship of America will be compet-
ed for, as well as the Interscholastic Relay Cham-
pionship. In the special events will be seen such
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men as Craig of Michigan ; Richards of Utah, the
Olympic high-jump champion; Burdick, the in-
tercollegiate high-jump champion; Wendell of
Wesleyan, the intercollegiate hurdle champion;
Lippincott and Meredith, Penn's sprinters;
Thomas of Princeton, the intercollegiate sprint
champion; Cable of Harvard, the intercollegiate
hammer-thrower; and Wright of Dartmouth,
holder of the world's record in the pole vault.
About 150 of the Sophomores at Yale, includ-
ing the majority of the prominent men in the
class, have drawn up a formal protest against
the Senior society system. The chief reforms
which they demand are the abolition of "Tap
Day," the elimination of the excessive secrecy of
the societies, and the selection of members on
merit only rather than on social prestige.
The Pan Hellenic Association, which comprises
all of the Greek-letter fraternities in Adelbert
College of Western . Reserve University has of-
fered a bronze trophy to be awarded at the close
of each semester to the fraternity which has the
highest average in scholarship. In the competi-
tion of the first semester of the current year,
Alpha Delta Phi won the cup with Delta Upsilon
second.
The New York Times has recently interviewed
several Boston business men to find out theij
opinion of the value of a college education, and
the consensus of opinion was that a college edu-
cation was not only unnecessary but in many
cases detrimental as preparation for a business
career.
Harvard and Yale have decided to send a for-
mal invitation to the Universities of Cambridge
and Oxford to compete with them in a track meet
to take place in the Harvard Stadium during the
latter part of June.
University of Maine students are organizing
a new honorary fraternity to be known as Sigma
Psi, for the purpose of encouraging public speak-
ing.
Princeton is to have two magnificent new
buildings, one a $500,000 dining hall, which is
designed to accommodate nine hundred students,
and the other a $160,000 dormitory. This dormi-
tory will be unique in the fact that it will have
accommodations for both the men who are able
to pay the highest prices and for the poorest stu-
dents, none of whom will be charged more than
seventy-five dollars a year.
Cricket is a popular sport at the University of
Pennsylvania. Thirty-one candidates reported
for the first practice of the 'Varsity team.
The Williams College dramatic organization
is to present "Old Heidelberg" this spring.
Closely following the fire in Thayer Hall
comes the announcement that Harvard is making
elaborate plans for the protection of student life
and property. New fire escapes have been added
already in a large number of the dormitories, and
a general fire alarm system is to be installed very
soon in the Senior dormitories.
Harvard, Yale and Princeton are to enter into
a literary competition. Three prizes of fifty dol-
lars each or gold medals suitably inscribed will be
awarded to the students who write the best short
story, poem, or one-act play. This contest is
open to all undergraduates of the above-named
institutions, and there is no rule prohibiting one
contestant from competing for all three prizes.
CALENDAR
April
22. — Bowdoin vs. Harvard at Cambridge.
Government Club Meeting. '
24. — Biology Club Meeting 5.30.
25. — Theta Delta Chi House Party.
Sophomore Class Sing 7.00.
26. — Bowdoin vs. Maine Centrals at Portland.
27. — Musical Clubs' Performance at Bath.
28. — Deutscher Verein Meeting.
29. — Bowdoin vs. Tufts at Medford.
Masque and Gown Performance at Casco
Theatre, Portland.
30. — Bowdoin vs. Andover at Andover.
Bowdoin-Bates Joint Concert in Lewis-
ton.
Resolutions
HALL OF LAMBDA OF ZETA PSI.
With profound regret the Lambda Chapter of
Zeta Psi learns of the untimely death of Parker
Prince Simmons, a devoted alumnus of the Class
of 1875, on March 24th at his home in New York.
In college Brother Simmons revealed those
qualities which characterized his life and made
his record so enviable. Sympathetic and inter-
ested as a brother and alumnus, unselfish and in-
defatigable as an educator, thorough and con-
scientious as a business man, in whatever he un-
dertook he has left an inspiring heritage to his
fraternity and to his college.
Realizing the great loss we have met in his
death, we have therefore,
Resolved, That we express our deep sorrow
and extend our sincere sympathy to his wife,
family, and relatives, and those to whom his life
was bound by the ties of friendship.
Harold William Miller,
Alfred Watts Newcombe,
Harold Merrill Hayes,
For the Chapter.
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alumni Department
'60.— The death of Robert Cash, Esq., on No-
vember 27, 1912, has just been reported to the
class secretary, Augustine Jones, Esq.
'76. — It has been announced that the only son
of Professor Arlo Bates, of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology is engaged to Miss
Natica Inches. The bride comes from one of
Boston's old and honored families. The bride-
groom is the grandson of the late Professor
George W. Vose of Brunswick, and of Dr.
Hiram Bates, formerly of East Machias. Mr.
Bates has won renown as an archaeologist in
North Africa.
Professor Bates is well known for the stories
which he contributed to the old Portland Tran-
script after his graduation from Bowdoin, and
later for his excellent novels and his work at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
'77- — George W. Tillson, chief engineer of the
Borough of Brooklyn, was recently honored by
the City Club of that city. A dinner was given in
honor of "Expert Administrative Service," and
Mr. Tillson was among the guests of honor, —
those who, for at least five years have given
faithful service in technical or administrative
lines to the City of New York.
'80. — Another of the deaths which will mean a
great loss to the Bowdoin family, was that of
Franklin Goulding of this class. Mr. Goulding
was prominent in the business world from the
time of his graduation until his death.
Franklin Goulding was born at Groton Junc-
tion, Mass., Nov. 2i, 1858.. After graduation
from college Mr. Goulding became Assistant
Paymaster at the Androscoggin Mills, in Lewis-
ton, which position he held for five years. He
then spent three years in business in Boston as
bookkeeper and industrial manager of the branch
there. Mr. Goulding then entered the rubber
business as paymaster and later manager of the
Metropolitan Rubber Co. at Wallingford, Ct. Mr.
Goulding's service in the East was terminated by
an eleven year term of service with the Valvo-
line and the Wilburine Oil Companies, allied
companies. In 1904 he was forced to go to
southern California for his health, and for some
time was an expert accountant for the Los An-
geles Ice and Cold Storage Co.
In spite of the fact that he was very busy in
these various positions, Mr. Goulding never for-
got the social duties of a true Bowdoin man. He
was an active member of the Baptist Church and
for five years was a director of the Young Men's
Christian Association at Warren, Pa. He was
also a justice of the peace in Maine for one
term, and was clerk of elections in Chicago while
there with the Valvoline Oil Co., for four years.
'86. — Dr. John Clement Parker, one of the
most successful physicians of Providence, R. I.,
passed away on March 12th. After graduation
he received an A.M. in 1889 and also received his
M.D. from the Medical School in 1891. After
graduating from the academic department, he
was principal of the High School at Kennebunk,
Me., for three years. He then returned to the
college where he was an assistant in the biology
department, in fact one of the first assistants in
that department. After receiving his medical
degree he opened an office in Farmington, where
he remained for nine years. He then moved to
Providence where he soon gained a most exten-
sive practice. His death was due to pneumonia.
'88.— In the death of Professor Henry C. Hill
from bronchial pneumonia, at Lawrence, Kas.,
on April 8th, Bowdoin lost an alumnus famous
as one of the ablest teachers of jurisprudence in
the West.
Born at Pond Cove, Cape Elizabeth, 46 years
ago, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Hill, he
was one of the best known young men of that
place.
After graduation from Cape Elizabeth High
School and from Bowdoin College, he took grad-
uate courses in law at Cornell and the Univer-
sity of Michigan. Having fitted himself particu-
larly to teach law, Professor Hill held chairs in
several universities. He had taught in Stetson
University, at Deland, Fla. ; at the University of
Missouri ; and at the University of Kansas, at
Lawrence, where he died.
Professor Hill was a man of constant friend-
ship. He was a welcome visitor at Pond Cove,
where he spent every summer with his parents.
He leaves a mother, a father, and one brother,
Dr. George E. Hill, of Portland. Bowdoin is
proud of the reputation he won in his career.
'07. — Felix A. Burton arrived in Brunswick
last week from Portland, Oregon, and with Mrs.
Burton, who has been visiting her parents, will
sail in a few days from Boston for several
months' visit in England and Italy. Mr. Burton
is the architect for the Reed College buildings
and while abroad will make a study of architec-
ture.
MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE
Bowdoin College
ADDISON S. THAYER, Dean
10 Deering Street Portland, Maine
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VOL. XL! 1 1
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, APRIL 29, 1913
NO. 4
BOWDOIN MEETS TUFTS TODAY
This afternoon the White meets Tufts at Med-
ford and the fight will be well worth watching.
The Massachusetts team, with several weeks of
outdoor practice, is already almost in mid-season
form. In their previous games they have de-
feated Cornell, Coach Coogan's former proteges,
and have been whipped only by Brown and the
strong Holy Cross aggregation. The team
which will take the field for Bowdoin will un-
doubtedly be practically the same one which
played against Harvard last Tuesday, as follows :
Lacasce, catcher; Eaton, first base; Daniels, sec-
ond base; McElwee, third base; Tilton, short-
stop ; N. Tuttle, left field ; Skolfield, center field ;
Stetson or Rawson, right field. It is probable
that Dodge will be in the box for Bowdoin, while
Rawson, Stetson, or Knight will pitch against
Andover tomorrow. Weatherill is still out of the
game with a pulled tendon.
HARVARD 6— BOWDOIN 4
An eighth inning rally which netted two runs
won the game for Harvard against Bowdoin.
With a Bowdoin rally in full progress in the
sixth, big Sam Felton, Harvard's speed artist,
was called to the slab. Two men were down at
the time and Tilton and Daniels were on first and
second, but LaCasce went out on a ground ball to
shortstop.
The game was close and interesting. Bowdoin
showed all kinds of pep and played her best game
of the year in the field, although four errors were
counted up. Dodge pitched a good game and al-
lowed only six hits, one of them a three-bagger.
He did not make any strike-outs but he had good
control and showed a vast improvement over the
Wesleyan game.
Captain "Link" Skolfield played a stellar game
in centerfield, accepting five chances, but making
one error. He hit the ball for a home-run in the
second inning, scoring Tuttle ahead of him, and
placing Bowdoin in the lead at the time.
Bowdoin made nine hits, three more than Har-
vard made. All of these were made off of Frye's
delivery. Felton had nice curves and.speed, but
Bowdoin hit him freely but unfortunately, all the
drives going straight into the hands of a fielder.
Harvard started the scoring in the initial in-
ning. Wingate got a life on an excusable error
by Tilton and scored on two infield outs and a
single. Bowdoin took the lead in the second on
Tuttle's single and Skolfield's homer. Eaton fol-
lowed with a single but Daniels and Dodge flied
out, ending the inning.
Bowdoin tallied again in the third. Stetson
drew a pass and McElwee and Tuttle singled. In
the same inning, however, Harvard scored twice,
evening matters up. Wingate reached first while
McElwee fumbled his grounder. Clark hit for
three bases and scored when Gannett dumped one
in front of the plate. Another Harvard run in
the fifth came through the combination of a pass,
a sacrifice and a single by Ayres.
Eaton scored Bowdoin's final run in the sixth,
reaching first on a safe hit to left. Daniels sacri-
ficed and Stetson's hit to center scored the run.
Harvard won out in the eighth. Dodge passed
Gannett who took second on Hardwick's sacri-
fice. Felton went out, Tilton to Eaton, Gannett
not daring to take third on the play. With two
strikes called, Osborne made the hit that scored
the winning run, and a minute later scored him-
self on a single by Frye.
In the seventh Tuttle and Skolfield had been
hit by pitched balls. Only one man was down at
the time, but Eaton flied to second and Daniels
fanned. Again in the eighth Bowdoin got a man,
but Felton proved the master of the situation. In
the ninth, McElwee went out at first on a weak
hit in front of the plate. Tuttle struck out and
Skolfield drew a base on balls, but Eaton's out
closed the game.
The score:
HARVARD
ab r bh po a e
Wingate, ss 4 2 I I 2 I
Winter, 3b 2 1 0 o o I
Clark, 2b 3 1 1 5 l °
Ayres, ib 402410
Gannett, rf 3 1 o 2 0 1
Hardwick, cf 3 ° ° 3 ° J
Millholland, If 200100
Osborne, c 4 1 2 9. 4 o
Frye, p, If 301200
Felton, p 200010
Totals
30
6 27
26
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Stetson, rf
Tilton, ss
LaCasce, c
McElwee, 3b
Tuttle, If
Skolfield, cf
Eaton, ib
Daniels, 2b
Dodge, p
ab
4
S
S
4
4
3
5
3
4
bh
po
o
37 4
0 2
Totals
Harvard
Bowdoin 0 2
Three-base hit, Clark
9 24 16 4
01002 x — 6
o o 1 o 0 0 — 4
Home-run, Skolfield.
Hits off Frye, 9 in 6 2-3 innings ; off Felton o in
1 1-3 innings. Sacrifice hits, McElwee, Daniels,
Hardwick. Stolen bases, Stetson, McElwee, Tut-
tle, Daniels, Wingate, Ayres 2, Osborne and
Frye. First base on balls, off Frye 1 : off Felton
1 ; off Dodge 3. Hit by pitcher, Tuttle and Skol-
field, by Felton. Struck out, by Frye 5 ; by Fel-
ton 3. Wild pitches, Dodge 2. Umpire, Stafford.
MAINE CENTRALS 10— BOWDOIN 3
Making 16 hits for a total of 23 bases, seven
of them in one inning, the Maine Centrals de-
feated Bowdoin at Portland Saturday by the
score of 10 to 3. Up to the fourth inning, all
went well, from a Bowdoin point of view at
least, but in the fourth, with one down, the rail-
roaders started a batting bee that did not stop
until seven runs had been scored. A base on balls
and an error aided in the run-getting, but in ad-
dition to the single error that can be given under
the scoring rules, the Bowdoin infield made sev-
eral errors of judgment that were responsible for
the greater part of the runs.
Bowdoin scored first in the second, when, with
Eaton out on a ground ball to second base, Skol-
field hammered a two-base hit to right center
and scored when Tilton got on through Pum-
phrey's error. Tilton tallied when Bradbury let
Knight's grounder go through him, but Stetson
ended the inning by fanning.
In the fourth, the Maine Centrals made their
seven runs. With two men out, Rawson was sent
to the slab. He quelled the bat fest for a time,
but the Maine Centrals scored three more runs
before the game was over.
Bowdoin's final tally came in the fifth. McEl-
wee singled to left field, stole second, went to
third on an error by Pumphrey, and came home
on Tuttle's single over third base. During the
game, Bowdoin had six men left on bases.
The score :
MAINE
CENTRALS
ab
r
tb
Bradbury, ss
3
2
I
Thomas, 3b
4
I
I
H. Woodbury, If
4
I
4
Pumphrey, 2b
5
3
5
McFarland, c
S
I
3
F. Woodbury, rf,
P 5
I
2
Twaddle, ib
4
I
3
Swisko, cf
4
0
0
Hobbs, p
3
0
4
Barron, rf
1
0
0
po
Totals
0
38 10
BOWDOIN
ab r
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
23
tb
27
po
1
2
5
0
9
34
Stetson, rf
McElwee, 3b
LaCasce, c
Tuttle, If
Eaton, ib
Skolfield, cf
Tilton, ss
Daniels, 2b
Knight, p
Rawson, p
Totals
Innings
Maine Centrals
Bowdoin 02001000 0 — 3
Two-base hits, Skolfield, Tilton, McFarland,
H. Woodbury 2 ; three-base hits, Pumphrey,
Hobbs; stolen bases, Bradbury, McElwee, Dan-
iels; sacrifice hit, H. Woodbury; double plays,
Knight to Eaton, McElwee to Daniels to Eaton,
Pumphrey to Bradbury; hits, off Hobbs 4 in 6 in-
nings, off Knight 8 in 3 2-3 innings, off Rawson
8 in 4 1-3 innings; base on balls, by Knight 3, by
Hobbs 2, by Woodbury ; struck out, by Knight, by
Rawson 3, by Woodbury 3, by Hobbs 5. Umpire,
Hassett. Time of game, 2h. 5m.
3
6
24
3 4
S
6 7
0 7
0
0 1
8 9
COBURN 5— BOWDOIN 2nd 3
The Bowdoin Second was defeated by Coburn
5-3. The game — played on the Colby diamond —
was practically featureless. Hall had some dif-
ficulty at first in pitching from a raised mound,
but found the plate in the third inning. The
score :
BOWDOIN 2ND
ab h r po a e
Larrabee, If 500310
Kelley, ss 520020
Minott, 3b 400220
BOWDOIN ORIENT
27
Dole, 2b
4
Woodman, cf
2
Stuart, rf
4
Olson, ib
3
Wiggin, c
3
Hall, p
3
3
1
1
Brooks, cf
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Brady, 3b
4
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
Chick, If
3
0
0
1
0
0
9
1
1
Knowles, 2b
3
0
0
3
0
1
6
1
1
0
2
0
Totals
33
5
2
27
6
10
Totals
33
3 24 10
COBURN
ab h r po a
W. Libby, If 42150
Fraser, 3b 30010
Williams, ss 31232
Palmer, c 41072
MacCormick, ib 3 1 180
Orcott, rf 41000
Ashley, cf 20021
Belger, p 3 1 1 1 2
Foster, 2b 30001
Totals
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5 27 8
BOWDOIN 2nd 9 -S. PORTLAND HIGH 2
One Bowdoin team, at least, took their oppo-
nents into camp Saturday. While the Varsity
was getting a hammering out on the Forest Ave-
nue grounds the second team was piling up a de-
cisive score against South Portland High on the
Pine Tree grounds. The final score was 9-2 but
never during the game was the result uncertain.
Ragged fielding on the part of the high school
boys was largely responsible for their defeat.
The feature of the game was the pitching of
Fraser '16. He retired 17 men and allowed only
five hits. The score :
BOWDOIN 2ND
ab
h
r
po
a
e
Kuhn, rf
6
1
0
1
0
0
Kelley, ss
6
2
2
1
4
0
Minott, 2b
4
0
0
0
2
1
Stuart, c
3
1
3
17
0
0
Gardner, 3b
5
1
2
0
1
0
Olson, ib
5
2
1
6
0
1
Woodman, cf
S
2
1
2
0
0
Allen, rf
4
1
0
0
0
0
Fraser, p
5
1
0
0
0
0
Totals ' 43 11 9 27 5 2
SOUTH PORTLAND HIGH
ab h r po a e
Merritt, c 3 o o 12 3 0
Rich, ib 421602
Wilson, ss 4 1 o I 1 1
Carter, rf 4 1 1 2 o o
Parrott, p 4 1 0 I 2 2
FOOD FOR FANS
Before the next Orient appears, the annual
quadrangular struggle for the College Baseball
Championship of Maine will have begun. On
May 3 all four colleges enter the lists, Bates
meeting Maine at Orono and Bowdoin meeting
Colby at Waterville. To attempt to show how
one team will win the championship and another
team finish in the cellar is worse than useless, for
all four colleges have a habit of tricking the best
of dopesters. However, a summing-up of the
prospects will not be out of place.
Each of the teams is suffering from the loss
of veterans, particularly among the pitchers.
Maine is handicapped by the loss of Stobie, the
twirler who defeated Bowdoin last year on Whit-
tier Field, while Bowdoin has lost Lee Means,
the hero of the 18-inning Ivy Day game. In
James and Steves, Colby has two good pitchers.
In the Harvard game James first showed his
form of last year. Bates is credited with hav-
ing the two best pitchers in the state, Stinson and
Anderson. Colby's outfield is practically new
and her infield has been somewhat changed.
Sturtevant and Good have left places which are
hard to fill.
From the form shown by the colleges in their
games outside the state, Bowdoin has a slight ad-
vantage over the others. The infield is one of
the fastest in recent years while the outfield has
hit hard and fielded steadily. It is in the box that
Bowdoin's need would seem to be greatest, but
that need is being well met. Dodge seems to be
free from the wildness which kept him out of the
box last year, while in Rawson, Stetson, and
Knight, he has three good understudies.
On May 3 the first entries will be made in the
average column, the race will be on, and dope
sheets may have to be drawn up anew.
N. E. ORATORICAL. LEAGUE SPEAKER
The New England Oratorical League's an-
nual contest will be held at Wesleyan, Middle-
town, Conn., Thursday evening, May 1. Bowdoin
will be represented by Alfred H. Sweet, winner
of the '68 prize speaking cup. Besides Mr. Sweet
there will be representatives of Amherst, Brown,
Williams and Wesleyan.
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Vol. XLIII APRIL 29, 1913 No. 4
Music in the Air
The Student Council has recently taken action
in the matter of College Sings and it is hoped in
various quarters that their idea will be carried
through to a successful termination. Of late, the
student body has been very prompt in taking ad-
vantage of their opportunities. These college
sings should be looked at in the light of one of
the greatest opportunities of the college year.
Never before have we had the preparation given
by the class sings, never before have we had the
direction of a trained musician such as Professor
Wass, never before have we had such a large
number of good songs to sing. Enthusiasts
among the student body have high hopes of de-
veloping the student singing and songs until it
shall be one of the distinctive features of Bow-
doin life. Certainly, the future is bright if the
possibilities of the present are fully grasped. The
call for the first sing will soon come. Let us
make it a good one.
Dramatics and the Dramatic Club
The Masque and Gown presents Alt Heidel-
berg this evening in Portland. It is by far the
most ambitious attempt yet made by Bowdoin's
Dramatic Club and those who are in touch with
rehearsals are confident that it will be their
greatest success. This organization, founded
only a few years ago, has been making rapid
strides in the last two or three years and is now a
feature of undergraduate activity.
There is yet much to be done before the hopes
of those who are now actively engaged in the
work are realized. It is only for us at this time
to record the milestone in the club's existence
and to express the appreciation of the general
college body in the work of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Brown, the faculty members, and the officers of
the present organization for the great impetus
they are giving to this valuable branch of college
activity.
PRAY ENGLISH PRIZE
Professor Mitchell recently announced the sub-
ject for the Pray English Prize essays. This
prize of forty-five dollars, given by Dr. Thomas
J. W. Pray of the Class of 1844, is awarded each
year to the writer of the best essay on an as-
signed subject connected with English Literature.
The contest is open to members of the Senior
class. The subject this year is "The Use of the
Supernatural in Shakespeare's "Macbeth,' 'Ham-
let,' and 'The Tempest.' " The essay should be
at least 2500 words long. A typewritten copy,
signed with a fictitious name, must be left at
Room 4, Memorial Hall, not later than Wednes-
dav, Tune 11.
MASQUE AND GOWN IN PORTLAND
"Alt Heidelberg," which will be given at the
Casco Theater, Portland, tonight, is by far one
of the prettiest plays that the Masque and Gown
has staged for many seasons. The offering is
peculiarly fitted to a college organization as the
characters, which are nearly all students, do not
have to be acted, but lived by the participants.
From a scenic point of view there are few pieces
of note that have so many pleasing possibilities.
In the garden scene the stage management claims
that it has some unique features. Following the
Portland opening there may be several other per-
formances.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
The Prince Cedric R. Crowell '13
Kathie Edward R. Elwell '15
Frau Ruder Alden F. Head '16
Frau Dorffel Robert C. Clark '16
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Van Haugh Leon C. Jones '13
Jiittner Chester G. Abbott '13
Von Passage Robert D. Leigh '14
Von Breitenberg Stanley F. Dole '13
Detlev Winthrop S. Greene '13
Von Wedell Clifford Russell '14
Bilz Ralph Buell '14
Englebrecht George Hall '15
Student Alan R. Cole '14
Glanz Ralph Buell '14
Reuter Robert J. Evans '15
Lutz W. F. Twombly '13
Kellerman John E. Dunphy '13
Scheuermann Robert D. Leigh '14
Ruder Paul Donahue '14
SCENES
Act 1. Interior of Palace at Karlsburg.
Act 2. Garden at Heidelberg.
Act 3. Prince's apartments at Heidelberg (four
months later).
Act 4. Scene 1 — Same as act 1 (two years
later). Scene 2 — Same as act 2.
THETA DELTA CHI HOUSE PARTY
The Eta Charge of Theta Delta Chi held its
annual house party and dance at the Charge
house last Friday afternoon and evening. The
committee in charge of the affair consisted of
Neil Fogg '13, Horace A. Barton '14, Ralph L.
Buell '14, William Livingstone '15 and Arthur E.
Littlefield '16. Lovell's Orchestra furnished mu-
sic, and Morton catered for the occasion.
In the afternoon was a reception which was
largely attended by members of the faculty, stu-
dents, town people and out-of-town guests.
The patronesses at the dance, which began at
nine o'clock and lasted until a late hour, were
Mrs. Wilmot B. Mitchell and Mrs. Frank E.
Woodruff of Brunswick, Mrs. W. C. Fogg of
Freeport and Mrs. H. E. Cole of Bath.
Among the guests present at the dance were
the following: Misses Edith Monroe, Alice Fos-
ter, Gertrude King, Emily Mansfield, Alberta
Robinson, Dorothy True, Marion Elwell and
Elizabeth Payson of Portland; Ruth Nearing,
Pauline Herring, Mabel Wood, Helen Mitchell,
Annie Hall, Alexina LaPointe, Frances Skolfield
and Helen Snow of Brunswick; Barbara John-
son and Ruth Capen of Augusta; Milicent Clif-
ford of Bath; Lillian Fogg of Freeport; Ruth
Greene of Brighton, Mass. ; Marie Fogg of West-
brook; Viola Smith of Dorchester, Mass.
Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, Amherst,
Union and Brown, enjoyed a banquet and social
evening at the Falmouth Hotel in Portland. The
entire active chapter of Bowdoin was present.
Prof. William A. Moody and Prof. Marshall P.
Cram were guests. The following officers of the
Alpha Delta Phi Association of Maine were
elected: President, Rt. Rev. Bishop Robert Cod-
man, D.D. ; vice-president, Dr. John F. Thomp-
son of Portland; secretary and treasurer, Neal
W. Allen of Portland.
DR. ABBOTT HONORED
Dr. Edville G. Abbott of the Class of 1901 has
recently received signal honors. In Paris and
Berlin, the surgeons paid him just tribute for
what is universally conceded to be a new discov-
ery in surgery, termed lateral curvature. At
Paris, he favored the Sorboune, an organization
of the leading surgeons of France, with the pres-
entation of a paper; and at Berlin he read a paper
and gave a demonstration before the German
Orthopedic Congress.
Upon his return to America he was tendered a.
complimentary banquet by the Cumberland Club
of Portland, Me.
To another Bowdoin man, Oramel H. Stanley
of the Class of 1909, much credit is due for Dr.
Abbott's success. It was he who allowed his.
body to be experimented on, distorted, and then
straightened. Bowdoin men may well be proud'
of the spirit showed by this modern heroism.
ALPHA DELTA PHI BANQUET
Monday evening, April 21, fifty members of
the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, representing
SECOND OUTDOOR MEET
The second in the series of trial meets in prep-
aration for the dual meet with Trinity on May 10
was run off on Whittier Field Saturday after-
noon. The Freshmen won with a score of 36
points; the Sophomores took second place with
31, the Juniors third with 28, and the Seniors
last with 14. Although no times were given out
for publication, several good marks were made
in the short dashes and hurdles. The new men
showed up well, and with two more weeks of
practice remaining before the Trinity meet, they
should be in good shape to win points to increase
the total which Captain Haskell and the veteran
trackmen are sure to make. The summary:
100-yard Dash: Wyman '16, first; Smith '15,
second; Haskell '13, third.
220-yard Dash: Smith '15, first; Haskell '13,.
second; McWilliams '15, third.
440-yard Dash: Ireland '16, first; Powers '16,.
second; Livingston '15, third.
880-yard Run: Wright '14, first; Stowell '14,.
second; Peters '14, third.
-3°
BOWDOIN ORIENT
Mile Run: Tarbox '14, first; Porritt '15, sec-
ond; Eberhardt '13, third.
Two-Mile Run: Tarbox '14, first.
High Jump: Boardman '16, first; Garland '14
• and Wood '16, tied for second.
Broad Jump: Smith '15, first; Haskell '13, sec-
•ond.
Pole Vault: McKenney '15, first; Merrill '14,
-second.
Shot Put: Leadbetter '16, first; Moulton '16,
-second; Parkhurst '13, third.
Discus Throw: Leadbetter '16, first; Moulton
'16, second; Parkhurst '13, third.
120-yard Hurdles: Floyd '15, first; Hubbard
'14, second.
220-yard Hurdles: Jones '13, first; Floyd '15,
■second; A. Pratt '14, third.
time and promise to develop into speedy runners.
With the men whose ability we already know
and those who always "come through" at the last
moment, it seems that we have a very good
chance of winning the Trinity Meet. As to dope
on the Maine Meet, we can better judge after
our meet with Trinity.
TRACK PROSPECTS
Track prospects are getting brighter every day
out on Whittier Field. Either new men are
showing unexpected ability or the veterans are
outdoing themselves. There is but one cloud
"hanging over track affairs at present. Captain
Haskell has developed a bad ankle in some way.
The trouble is not in the bone or ligaments but
seems to be an infection that has got into the
muscle. However, Dr. Whittier feels sure that
it will come around all right in a few days.
One of the pleasantest surprises a college can
be presented with is a "dark horse" track star in
the Freshman class. Bowdoin track fans got
their surprise last Saturday when Wyman '16
■ easily won the 100-yard dash. And the fact that
Wyman, without training or experience, beat
men with the ability, training and experience of
P. Smith, McWilliams and Captain Haskell, is
enough to show that he is a sprinter with great
possibilities. Although no time was given out
for publication it is understood that Wyman runs
the 100 about as fast as it has been run in this
state for several years. Coach Finneran is confi-
dent that Wyman will pull down a first place in
the Trinity Meet if not in the State Meet.
Smith '15 and McWilliams '15 are also show-
ing good speed and form in the dashes, especially
Smith in the 220-yard dash. Wright '14 is run-
ning a strong, fast half and looks like a point
taker. Leadbetter is getting the hammer and
discus out a little farther every day. Coach
Finneran puts him down for a couple of sure
'firsts in the Trinity Meet.
The only weak spot seems to be in the dis-
tances. Tarbox '14 is the only distance runner
•we have that has had any experience. Marshall
'16 and Irving '16 are running stronger all the
THE MAN OF NIPPUR
A large number listened with great pleasure to
the brilliant address on "The Man of Nippur,"
given Monday evening, April 21, by Mr. Edward
P. Mitchell '71, the editor of the New York Sun
and the author of "Phi Chi." Mr. Mitchell's ad-
dress was based upon his conception that the
human mind is a constant factor in human devel-
opment ; that all through the ages it has remained
unchanged, and therefore the present day think-
ers have no advantage over the men of the older
civilizations. The scope of the address enabled
him to draw interesting contrasts between the
lives of the ancients and our own lives and his
discourse was constantly illuminated by allusions,
both classical and modern, the product of wit and
fancy. In a most delicate manner Mr. Mitchell
pointed out that the members of the Ibis at Bow-
doin College are probably not superior in intel-
lect to the members of a similar order in old
Athens, or ancient Egypt. He also made some
contrasts between the sons of Bowdoin, naming
some of the graduates of the early classes, and
paying a tribute to some of the early members of
the faculty. After discussing various possibili-
ties for the actual improvement of the human
mind, including surgical and therapeutic aids, he
reached the conclusion that the only means would
be through the hereditary memory, and the per-
son who is thus endowed will become master or
mistress of the world.
Clufi anD Council Meetings
The Student Council held a meeting Thursday
evening, April 24. It was decided to hold college
sings on the Sunday evenings during the rest of
the semester. A college customs committee as
appointed consists of L. Smith, Wood and Leigh.
R. Leigh '14 was elected as business representa-
tive of the College at the New England Oratori-
cal Contest, to be held at Wesley an, May 1.
One of the most successful club meetings of
the year was that of the Government Club held
at the Beta Theta Pi House, Wednesday, April
23. Hon. Alton C. Wheeler, the Progressive
leader of the State Senate, talked to the body on
the subject of Public Utilities Bill recently en-
BOWDOIN ORIENT
3i
acted by the Legislature and which he had a
large share in framing. After the address an in-
formal discussion of the bill, its effects, the com-
mission and the control of public utilities took
place. The club was very fortunate in having
such an expert to speak to them on a question of
vital interest to citizens of the state. About thirty
members were present.
The first meeting of the newly formed biology
club was held in the biology lecture room last
Thursday. The constitution which had been
drawn up by an organizing committee was ac-
cepted and the following men were elected to of-
fice. Philip H. Pope '14, president; Omar P.
Badger '14, secretary and treasurer; Samuel W.
Chase '14, vice-president.
A large crowd enjoyed the concert given by
the Musical Clubs at the twenty-fifth anniversary
celebration at Thompson's store in Bath last
Tuesday. The large floor space was cleared for
the occasion and a dance was held after the con-
cert. The program given was the same as that
given in the other concerts.
2Dn tbe Campus
Miss Marion Haines of Portland has accepted
the position of pianist at the Pastime Theatre.
The weekly Freshman sing was held Friday
afternoon at 5 o'clock and the Sophomore sing at
7 o'clock.
The Musical Clubs will hold their joint concert
with Bates May 9 instead of April 30, as previ-
ously announced.
The possibility of a dual track meet between
the Freshmen and one of the larger preparatory
schools of the state has been discussed and re-
jected.
The March number of the Quill will be omitted
and a June number will be published in its place.
The April number will appear some time this
week.
There is to be a College Sing next Friday
evening at 7 o'clock in Memorial Hall. This is
to be in preparation for the Snow Song Cup con-
test, and everyone is strongly urged to be present.
Next Saturday there is to be a handicap golf
tournament open to all members of the Golf Club.
Those who wish to enter should hand in their
names at once to Paul Donahue, together with
the scores which they have made during April.
Archery practice is held every afternoon from
3 to '5 back of the Psi U house. Dr. Whittier has
provided bows and arrows so that all may shoot
without money and without price. All students
who have a spare afternoon are urged to come
and get interested in the sport. Equipment may
be had on application at the Theta Delt house.
The annual track and field meet of the New
England I. C. A. A. will be held this year for the
first time in the Harvard Stadium instead of at
Springfield as formerly. The reasons for the
change are chiefly financial.
All the classes are urged to make an extra ef-
fort to get a large number out to the rest of the
"sings." Interest seems to be dropping off a lit-
tle on account of the many other activities. The
dace of the prize competition has not been defi-
nitely decided upon but will come sometime the
first of June.
State Superintendent of Schools Payson Smith
evidently realizes that Peace Day does not
amount to much unless it is marked by some spe-
cial observance. He has therefore asked the
teachers of our state to set apart a little time for
appropriate exercises. As the anniversary falls
on May 18, a Sunday, he urges the program to
be concluded on either the 16th or 19th.— Bruns-
wick Record.
Adjourns?
A a recent meeting the Senior class voted to
follow the usual custom of wearing cap and gown
to chapel and morning recitations during the lat-
ter part of the spring term. The first appearance
of the spring regalia, a little late for Easter, will
be Sunday, May 4. The class has also adopted
the custom, now in vogue in a number of col-
leges and universities, of having class canes of
sufficient size so that each member of the class
can carve his initials thereon.
mitt) tt)e Jfacultp
Prof. Mitchell preached last Sunday at New-
castle, Maine.
President Hyde attended a meeting of the trus-
tees of Exeter Academy in Boston during the
week.
Professor Brown and Professor Bell are to
take leading parts in the play entitled "Cousin
Kate," to be given by the Brunswick Dramatic
Club. Mrs. Arthur Brown, the dramatic coach
for "Alt Heidelburg," is to play the role of
Cousin Kate.
Professor William Hawley Davis was one of
the judges of the debate Friday night at Lewis-
ton between Bates and Clark College of Worces-
ter, Mass.
Dr. Little attended the annual meeting of New
England College Librarians at Yale University
last Saturday. The object of these meetings is to
discuss things of interest to college librarians as
distinct from the public librarians.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
CALENDAR
April
29. — Bowdoin vs. Tufts at Medford.
Masque and Gown Performance at Casco
Theatre, Portland.
30. — Bowdoin vs. Andover at Andover.
Government Club Meeting at D. U. House.
May
1. — N. E. Oratorical League Contest.
2. Beta Theta Pi House Party.
Kappa Sigma House Party.
College Sing in Memorial Hall, 7.00.
3. — Bowdoin vs. Colby at Waterville.
Bates vs. Maine at Orono.
Bowdoin 2nd vs. Morse High at Bath.
Handicap Golf Tournament.
9. — Bowdoin- Bates Joint Concert at Lewiston.
10. — Trinity-Bowdoin Dual Meet at Bruns-
wick.
16. — Commencement Parts and Hawthorne
Prize Stories Due.
alumni Department
'50, '67. — Howard University, founded by Gen-
eral O. O. Howard '50, is meeting with great
prosperity under the new president, Dr. Stephen
M. Newman '67. The catalogue reveals a total
of 1490 students, representing thirty-seven states
together with Canada, Cuba, British West Indies,
East India, Panama, Porto Rico, St. Andrew's
Island, South Africa and South America. Be-
sides being a great national university, Howard
is also noted for its enrolment of the darker races
of the world.
yjy. — After being honored to the highest de-
gree, Admiral and Mrs. Peary have departed
from Rome. They will go first to Egypt, then to
Germany, where Admiral Peary will lecture, and
also to Switzerland. The couple will arrive in
America by July 1.
Nowhere has the Admiral been so frankly and
sincerely praised for his achievement as in Rome.
Mrs. Peary, furthermore, became a great social
favorite there. Ambassador O'Brien and his
wife gave a charming luncheon for the Pearys
just before they left for Naples. An interested
company of notable Americans and Italians sur-
rounded the explorer.
'97. — Mr. Samuel P. Ackley has removed from
Chicago and now has his office at 759 Monadnock
Building, San Francisco, California.
'97. — Mr. James E. Rhodes, and, recently ed-
ited and compiled a series of lectures on "Liabil-
ity and Compensation Insurance," which he de-
livered last winter before the Insurance Institute
of Hartford.
'00. — Mr. Simon M. Hamlin was recently
elected Superintendent of Schools in South Port-
land. Mr. Hamlin was a former principal of the
South Portland High School, and it is with great
satisfaction to all that he has received this posi-
tion.
'03. — The Class of 1903 is out to win the Snow
commencement cup awarded annually to the class
that has the largest percentage of living members
present at commencement. A committee in
charge of the tenth reunion of the class is com-
posed of: Edward F. Abbott of Auburn, Samuel
B. Gray of Oldtown, Donald E. MacCormick of
South Framingham, Mass., Leon V. Walker of
Portland and Thomas C. White of Lewiston. Dr.
Francis A. Welch of Portland has been chosen
to compile a record of the achievements of the
members of the class. During commencement
week, the class headquarters will be on Cleave-
land Street.
The College is proud not only of the large
attendance promised by the Class of 1903, but
also of its plan known as the Decennial Fund,
like that of 1902 and 1904. By this scheme each
member of the class promises to pay an agreed
amount to the class treasurer annually for the
first ten years after graduation. At the end of
that period the class decides upon the object oi
value to Bowdoin to which to devote the fund,
as will be done by 1903 at the coming Commence-
ment. It is hoped that other classes will follow
the example of spirit shown by 1903. The Orient
will be glad to receive notice of plans for Com-
mencement which any other classes are making.
'03. — Mrs. Susan Wolverton Jenney, of Flint,
Mich., announces the engagement of her daugh-
ter, Ethel, to Selden Osgood Martin of Cam-
bridge. Mr. Martin is also graduate of Harvard,
class of 1904. At present he is an instructor in
the Harvard Graduate School of Business Ad-
ministration.
'05. — Wallace C. Philoon, lieutenant in U.S.A.,
who was operated on Monday, April 14, at St.
Peter's Hospital, Albany, N. Y., is slowly gain-
ing.
ex-'ii. — Edward James Barnes Palmer, a for-
mer member of 191 1, and a graduate of Harvard,
who has been on the faculty of Allegheny Col-
lege, died April 3.
MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE
Bowdoin College
ADDtSON S. THAYER, Dean
10 Deering Street Portland, MaiDe
BOWDOIN ORILNT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK, MAINE, MAY 6, 1913
NO. 5
BOWDOIN MEETS MAINE TOMORROW
ON WHITTIER FIELD AT 4 P. M.
THEY'RE OFF
Saturday's games began the struggle which
will last until June 6, when Bowdoin and Bates
will meet in the last of the championship games.
As a result of the first round, supporters of Bates
and Bowdoin see the pennant so much nearer, the
other two see Fortune against them at the first
try, and all four redouble their efforts for the
next contest.
The standing:
Won Lost Ave.
Bates i o 1.000
Bowdoin i o i. ooo
Colby o i .ooo
Maine . o I .ooo
BOWDOIN 4— COLBY 1
For ten exciting innings, James of Colby, the
man who held Harvard to one hit, pitched mar-
vellous ball against Bowdoin, but it was for ten
innings only. In the eleventh, Bowdoin's fierce
batting rally scored four runs and gave the White
a commanding lead. Dodge, pitching for Bow-
doin, won his own game in the eleventh, when,
with the bases filled, he hit for three bases and
put the game on ice.
Up to the final- session, it was a pitcher's bat-
tle with neither man having the advantage. Al-
though James struck out 13 men, four more than
did Dodge, James allowed two more hits than
Dodge, and gave two more bases on balls.
Colby had a come-back in the last of the elev-
enth, and succeeding in saving a whitewash by
scoring one lone tally. Both sides came near
scoring in the tenth inning, when a run for either
side would have meant the game, but fast fielding
prevented a score. Bowdoin played an errorless
game while Colby made three errors, a part of
them figuring in the runs.
All kinds of classy ball was offered by the in-
fielders of both teams, while some long catches in
the outfield saved runs on more than one occa-
sion. McElwee at short accepted ten chances
without an error, while Eaton offered the gilt-
edged article. Berry and Lowney played good
ball for the losers and in the tenth, two flies
taken by these two men kept the game going an-
other inning.
In the first inning, Stetson walked, but McEl-
wee and Weatherill fanned and LaCasce died on
an infield out. Colby was out in order.
Daniels, Tuttle and Skolfield were out in order
in the second, while Colby got a runner as far as
the middle sack, only to have him left there. In
the third, Eaton went out, short to first. Skol-
field struck out, while Tilton flied to LaFleur.
Lowney stepped in the way of one of "Peeler's"
speedy benders, and stole second, but a snappy
double play by Skolfield and McElwee killed all
hope of a run in that inning.
In the fourth Bowdoin's chance for a run
looked good. With none out McElwee singled
and stole second and third. LaCasce went out at
first, Mac not trying for home. Weatherill hit
the ball, but McElwee was out at the plate. Tut-
tle singled, but it was too late.
After Tilton had fanned in the fifth, Eaton and
Dodge singled, but Eaton was out at third trying
to make third on Dodge's hit. Stetson was out at
first. Colby went out in order. Daniels replaced
Weatherill at second. Both sides went out, one,
two, three in the sixth, while Bowdoin repeated
the trick in the seventh. Colby singled twice, but
a strikeout and two infield flies ended the inning.
The eighth and ninth innings were speedy. Stet-
son got as far as second in the eighth, but was
left there. In the ninth, LaCasce was. caught off
first after getting a single. Colby went out in
order in both sessions.
In the tenth, Skolfield singled and took second
on a passed ball and Tilton drew a pass. Eaton
fanned and Dodge's hard drive was gathered in
by Berry in centerfield. Stetson's hit advanced
the runners. With the bases full, McElwee
knocked a high foul that Lowney captured after
a desperate effort. In the same inning Colby got
a man as far as third. Cummings singled, was
sacrificed to second, and stole third. Campbell
fanned. Lowney walked. Tilton reached Simp-
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
son's foul fly and the side was out.
It was in the eleventh that Bowdoin's rally
won the game. LaCasce went out, third to first.
Daniels got on through James' errorT Tuttle
hit for two bases and Skolfield walked. James
threw wild trying to catch him off first and
Daniels scored. Tilton walked, but Tuttle
was out at home on Eaton's grounder. Then
came Dodge's triple and Skolfield, Tilton and
Eaton crossed the plate.
In Colby's half, Reed and Nutting got on.
Reed scored in a double steal, but Nutting was
caught between first and second. Berry flied to
Skolfield and James was out, Tilton to Eaton.
The score:
BOWDOIN
ab r bh po a e
Stetson, rf 502200
McElwee, ss 501640
LaCasce, c 401900
Weatherill, 2b 2 0 o 1 1 o
Daniels, 2b 3 1 0 1 2 0
Tuttle, If 502100
Skolfield, cf 4 1 1 2 1 o
Eaton, ib 5 1 1 10 1 o
Dodge, p 502020
Totals
Simpson, If
Reed, ib
Nutting, rf
Berry, cf
James, p
Cummings, 2b
La Fleur, 3b 2
Campbell, ss 4
Lowney, c 2
4i 4 10 33 13
COLBY
ab r bh po a
50010
5 1 1 11 o
50201
50210
50001
o 0 16
Totals 37 1 7 33 14 3
Bowdoin 0000000000 4 — 4
Colby 0000000000 1 — 1
Two-base hits, Tuttle, Reed. Three-base hit,
Dodge. Sacrifice hits, LaCasce, LaFleur.
Stolen bases, Stetson, Lowney 2, Cummings, Nut-
ting. Double plays, Skolfield to McElwee. First
base on balls, off Dodge, 2 ; off James, 4. Hit by
pitcher, Lowney. Struck out, by Dodge, 9 ; by
James, 13. Passed balls, Lowney, 2. Time, 2.40.
Umpire, Carrigan.
TUFTS 5— BOWDOIN 3
Bowdoin was defeated by Tufts April 29, on
the Tufts Oval by a score of 5 to 3. The game
was fast and filled with excitement from the first
inning. Both teams played without an error.
The feature of the game came in the third in-
ning. Bowdoin had filled the bases with none
out. McElwee hit a sharp grounder to Harris
who fielded the ball to Jameson at the plate.
Jameson doubled the play by a quick throw to
first. LaCasce, who was on second at the begin-
ning of the play, attempted to reach the plate but
was caught by a quick return throw from first.
Tufts scored in the first inning on Stafford's
single and Lee's triple. Neither side scored again
until the seventh when Bowdoin put three men
across the plate on a combination of a pass, two
singles and a two-bagger.
Tufts nosed out a victory in the eighth by
timely hits. Gurvin was passed and scored on
Marzynski's triple to center field. Marzynski
scored on a Texas-leaguer to right field by Lee.
The other two runs were the results of singles.
TUFTS
ab bh po a e
Stafford, 2b 41000
Gurvin, 3b 10020
Marzynski, cf 41200
Lee, ss 32120
Bennett, ib 4 1 14 1 0
Donnellan, rf 42000
Angell, If 41300
Jameson, c 20430
Meagher, c 1 o I 1 0
Harris, p 30250
Krepps, p 00000
Totals
30 8 27 14
BOWDOIN
ab bh po a
3100
2023
4 1 5 1
2 1 1 o
4 o 10 o
3 'o 3 o
4210
3010
3106
o
o
0
o
Stetson, rf
McElwee, ss
LaCasce, c
Tuttle, If
Eaton, ib
Skolfield, cf
Tilton, 3b
Kelley, 2b
Dodge, p
*Rawson
Totals
Innings
Tufts
Bowdoin
Runs made by — Stafford, Gurvin, Marzynski,
Lee, Angell, Tuttle, Skolfield, Tilton. Two-base
hits — Donnellan, Stetson, Tuttle. Three-base
hits — Lee, Marzynski. Home run — Angell. Sac-
rifice hits — Gurvin, McElwee, Tuttle. Stolen
base — Skolfield. First base on balls — By Harris
6, by Dodge 3. Left on bases — Tufts 6, Bowdoin
28 6 f23 10 o
123456789
10000004 — 5
00000030 0 — 3
BOWDOIN ORIENT
35
2. Struck out — By Harris 4, by Krepps 1, by
Dodge 5. Triple play — Harris to Jameson to
Bennett to Jameson. Passed ball — Jameson. Hit
by pitched ball — Gurvin. Time — ih. 30m. Um-
pire— Conroy. Attendance — 800.
*Batted for Kelley in ninth inning,
f Bennett out, hit by batted ball.
ANDOVER 5— BOWDOIN 2
By bunching their hits in the fourth, fifth and
sixth innings and by tight fielding, Andover de-
feated Bowdoin on the Academy's field 5-2. The
game was practically without features except pos-
sibly the good fielding put up by both teams.
Sharpe and Grant pitched good ball for Andover
and neither was hit hard. Rawson started for
Bowdoin but retired in favor of Dodge.
Kenney and Snell starred for Andover and
Eaton and McElwee for Bowdoin.
ANDOVER
Early, If
Ames, cf
Kinney, ss
Murray, 3b
Wiley, c
Homan, lb
Eadie, rf
Snell, 2b
Sharpe, p
Grant, p
Totals
Stetson, rf
McElwee, ss
LaCasce, c
Tuttle, If
Eaton, ib
Skolfield, cf
Tilton, 3b
Kelley, 2b
Rawson, p
Dodge, p
Totals
Innings
Andover
Bowdoin
BOWDOIN
bh po a e
0200
1 o 0 1
3 4 6i
1 1 4 1
1630
0 12 1 1
1 1 00
1 1 4 o
0000
1000
9 27 18 4
bh po a e
1 0 5 ■ o
0010
4 24 11 3
123456789
00021200 — 5
0001 1000 0 — 2
Runs — Ames, Kinney, Murray, Wiley, Grant,
McElwee, Rawson. Two-base hits — Kinney,
Snell, Grant. Sacrifice hit— Homan. Stolen
bases— Snell, Ames, McElwee, Stetson, Tuttle,
Kelley, Tilton. First base on balls — Off Grant,
1 ; off Rawson, 1. Struck out— By Sharpe, 2; by
Grant, 2; by Rawson, 3; by Dodge, 3. Double
play— Murray, Homan and Wiley. Passed ball —
Wiley. Hit by pitched ball — Homan, Skolfield.
Time — ih. 45m. Umpire — Jordan. Attendance
— 600.
BOWDOIN 2nd 9— MORSE HIGH 8
In a fast game the Bowdoin 2nd team
won from Morse High School Saturday after-
noon by the close- score of 9 to 8. The Bath boys
gave the college team the only scare in the
seventh when they tied the score. This made
our hopefuls get a hump on and take another run
in the first of the eighth, which was the final tally
of the contest.
Bowdoin 2nd 20031201 0 — -9
Morse H. S. 01110140 0 — 8
Batteries : Fraser and Stuart ; Pomeroy and
Sprague.
AMHERST WINS ORATORICAL CONTEST
Henry S. Leiper '13 of Amherst College was
the winner :~ ?-"* fourth annual contest of the
New England Intercollegiate Oratorical League,
held at Middletown, Conn., Thursday, May I.
The subject was "The College Man and the Call
of the Hour." Mr. Leiper represented his col-
lege at the contest at Bowdoin two years ago and
was alternate last year. Henry Crane '13 of
Wesleyan received honorable mention.
At the election of officers for the coming year,
R. D. Leigh '14 of Bowdoin was chosen president
of the League; R. O. Delaney '14 of Wesleyan,
vice-president; William Hinkle '14 of Williams,
secretary-treasurer. The contest will be held
next year at Williams.
The program was as follows :
"The Case for Ulster,"
Dwight Copley Pitcher, Williams College
"The Betrayal of a Nation,"
Louis Israel Newman, Brown University
"The War in the Balkans,"
Alfred Henry Sweet, Bowdoin College
"The College Man and the Call of the Hour,"
Henry Smith Leiper, Amherst College
"Livingstone and the Unveiling of the Dark
Continent,"
Henry Hitt Crane, Wesleyan University
President Shanklin of Wesleyan presided and
music was provided by H. L. Smith, J. A. Merta,
and G. G. Summerson, all of Wesleyan. The
judges were Governor Simeon E. Baldwin of
Connecticut, Rev. Samuel Hart of Berkeley Di-
vinity School, Professor Juval L. Winter of Har-
vard University, Hon. William M. Maltbie of
Hartford, Conn., Professor J. A. Tufts of
Phillips-Exeter Academy.
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Vol. XLIII
MAY 6, 1913
No. 5
Victory and Afterwards
At six o'clock Saturday night every man in
College was happy as a king at the news of a
glorious victory, a game cleanly won by hard,
errorless baseball, and at the realization that one
step had been taken toward the winning of the
pennant. Such a victory surely deserved a cele-
bration. Yet eleven o'clock found every man
morose and sullen, or excited and angry. Was
this spoiling of the celebration due to a reversion
to the "yagger" days not so many years ago,
when a student could hardly venture below the
railroad tracks alone, or did the student body
maliciously bring down on their heads the just
wrath of injured townspeople?
To begin with, the only blame which can be put
on the student body is that, instead of following
the plans made by the Student Council, they up-
set these plans and substituted a disorganized
parade to the nearest picture show. Celebra-
tions should end, as they have ended in years
past, with cheers and songs in front of the
Chapel. The Student Council plans these affairs
according to old traditions and present needs, and
we should comply with the plans of our repre-
sentative body or come forth with open and
answerable criticism of these plans.
We are glad that the part which a rough ele-
ment of the town took in Saturday night's affairs
is in no measure a reflection of the general atti-
tude of the townspeople toward the students.
That the manager of the picture-show, in
quieting an innocent, inoffensive, and harmless
demonstration in his theatre, was well within his
rights, is not to be denied. That two over-
zealous officers should rush to the front and,
with unusual perspicacity single out the quietest
man in the crowd, forcibly eject him, and lock
him up, is laughable, to say the least.
The subsequent gathering of a band of men
and their unprovoked and cowardly assaults on
students, is rather more serious. The police,
who had offered such excellent protection before,
were now found wanting. Three students, on
their way back to the campus, were attacked
from behind. An officer who appeared on the
scene advised that the two crowds go out on a
side street and fight it out. So far as is known,
this measure for the preservation of law and or-
der has never before been advocated by the po-
lice of any city. Needless to say, the three stu-
dents refused the offered chance to annihilate
their dozen assailants, and were requested to
move along.
To meet these strong-arm men with their own
tactics would reflect little credit on college train-
ing. To demand any less than our full privileges
and rights could not be expected of us as men.
When We Win
In event of another celebration the Student
Council has made plans for a celebration which
we will remember, instead of one which we will
be glad to forget. Let us cooperate with them,
follow their plans, and see if it will not be more
fun and leave us with the sweet taste of victory
in our mouths.
OLD HEIDELBERG
The Masque and Gown made its first appear-
ance in Portland, April 29, presenting Old Heidel-
berg at the Casco Theatre before an appreciative
and enthusiastic audience. The evening was a
great success in every way, the play is very diffi-
cult and great credit is due to the men who took
part for their faithful work, which made it pos-
sible for them to play the five acts without any
prompting.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
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It is distinctly a little triumph for the club to
have put on a play of this sort, and the audience
showed plainly its enjoyment. The laughter was
timely, the applause frequent and spontaneous,
and there were enthusiastic curtain calls after
each act. It was evident that the performance
was a surprise, and a delightful one.
The part of the Prince is one few amateurs
could fill, and Crowell played it with power and
distinction. Abbott as Jiittner, won a deserved
success, and Elwell made a charming and really
convincing Kathie.
Jones and Leigh in their formal roles, Greene
and Russell as students, and Donahue and Dun-
phy as the Innkeeper and waiter did excellent
work, and Twombly as Lutz played his part ad-
mirably. Prof. Wass trained the members of the
Glee Club whose singing of the student songs ad-
ded much to the performance.
But to a person whose name does not appear in
the cast the greatest praise is due. Mrs. Arthur
Brown's faithful and talented work with the
Masque and Gown made the performance and its
success possible. Mr. Arthur Brown is to be
praised for the success of the admirable stage-
settings, make-up, and scenic effects.
BETA THETA PI HOUSE PARTY
The local chapter of Beta Theta Pi held its an-
nual house party and dance on May the second.
The interior of the house was decorated with
hemlock and pine, inlaid with pink roses, the
fraternity flower. A reception was held from four
o'clock in the afternoon nntil six. Then the
party went to the Hotel Eagle where a banquet
was served. The dance was held at the house
immediaety after the banquet. Lovell's orchestra
furnished the music.
In the receiving line were Mrs. Leslie A. Lee
of Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Frank E. Woodruff,
Mrs. Roscoe J. Ham, Mrs. Edward T. Little of
Brunswick, and Mrs. Carl Osterheld of New
York City.
Among the guests were : Misses Marion Alex-
ander, Dorothy Gilman, Ernestine Hall of Port-
land, Misses Louise Garland, Marjorie Smiley
of Bangor, Misses Iva Record and Myrtle Has-
kell of Auburn, Misses Frances Weeks and Mil-
licent Clifford of Bath, Miss Georgia Young of
Northampton, Mass., Miss Elizabeth Lee of Cam-
bridge, Miss Olive Holway of Augusta, Miss
Josephine Hobbs of Camden, Miss Marguerite
Roberts of Dexter, Miss Mildred Jordan of New
Gloucester, Miss Edith Haseltine of Pittsfield,
Miss Effie Ireland of Stetson, Miss Alice Hurley
of Bowdoinham, Mrs. Willis E. Roberts, Misses
Frances Little, Ruth Blackwell, Helene Black-
well, Nathalie Withington, Dorothy Donnell,
Clare Ridley, Isabelle Palmer, Theo Wilson and
Helen Fisk of Brunswick.
Among the alumni back for the dance were
George Gardner '01, Willis Roberts '07, Daniel
Koughan '09, S. S. Webster '10, Lawrence Davis
'11, Jesse McKenney '12, and Arthur F. Parcher
'12.
The committee in charge of the dance was
Walter F. Eberhardt '13, chairman, Douglas H.
McMurtrie '13, Francis X. Callahan '14, Paul J.
Koughan '15, and C. A. Hall '16.
KAPPA SIGMA HOUSE PARTY
The annual houseparty and dance of the Kappa
Sigma fraternity were held last Friday and Sat-
urday. The festivities began with a dinner at
the fraternity house, seven o'clock Friday even-
ing, after which the hosts and their guests were
conveyed in automobiles to Pythian Hall where
the dance was held, the Versailles Orchestra
furnishing music. Given of Brunswick catered
at intermission.
The patronesses were Mrs. Wilmot B. Mitchell,
Mrs. Charles C. Hutchins, Mrs. Frank M. Stet-
son of Brunswick, Mrs. G S. Jewett of Newton,.
Mass., Mrs. Ensign Otis of Rockland.
Among the guests present were: Misses Jessie
Merrill, Retta Morse, Flora Somers, Gladys Han-
son, Ina Nelson of Portland, Lea Gazzam, Annie
McFee of Seattle, Wash., Elizabeth McDonald
of Lynn, Mass., Vester Battles, Esther Gillett of
Haverhill, Mass., Mabel Hackett of Cambridge,
Mass., Grace Hamilton of Biddeford, Jessie
Leighton of Lewiston, Regis Pond of Patten,
Ruth Seabury of Yarmouth, Agnes Tarbox,
Elizabeth Purington of Topsham, Ellen MacMa-
hon, Margaret Wood, Ruth Andrews of Bruns-
wick.
Saturday the fraternity members and their
guests went on an outing on Casco Bay.
FRESHMEN
The undersigned committee has been appointed
by the Student Council to see that all Freshmen
wear their caps and coats and do not smoke either
on the campus or down-town. This committee
has further been instructed to report all viola-
tors of these regulations to the fraternities of
which those Freshmen may be members.
Lawrence W. Smith, '13,.
Philip S. Wood '13,
Robert D. Leigh '14.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
TRINITY MEET ENTRIES
Dopesters will get a chance for comparison
Saturday when Bowdoin meets Trinity in a dual
meet on Whittier Field. Maine defeated Trinity
last Saturday in a similar meet by a score of 71
to 55. Of the men entered three from each team
will compete.
BOWDOIN ENTRIES
100-yard Dash — Wyman, Smith, Prescott, Wal-
ker, Faulkner, McWilliams.
220-yard Dash — Smith, Wyman, Walker, Has-
kell, McWilliams, Stone.
440-yard Dash — Haskell, Ireland, Richardson,
McWilliams, Russell, Livingstone.
880-yard Dash — Emery, Russell, Wright, Den-
-nett, Peters, Marr.
Mile — Tarbox, Marshall, Irving, Loeffler,
'West, Porritt.
Two-mile — Tarbox, Marshall, Irving, West,
Porritt, Norton.
High Hurdles — Floyd, Smith, C. Brown, Don-
ahue, MacFarland, Hubbard.
Low Hurdles — -Jones, Floyd, Fox, Pratt, Mac-
Farland, Fuller.
High Jump — L. Brown, Boardman, W. Greene,
Garland, C. Brown, Morrison.
Broad Jump — Faulkner, Smith, MacFarland,
Floyd, C. Brown, Haskell.
Pole Vault— Merrill, Hubbard, McKenney,
Smith, Chase.
Shot Put — Faulkner, Leadbetter, Parkhurst,
•Lewis, Moulton, Hubbard.
Hammer — Lewis, Leadbetter, Austin, Moulton,
Parkhurst.
Discus — Leadbetter, Parkhurst, Moulton, Lew-
is, Austin.
TRINITY ENTRIES
100-yard Dash — Sage, Hudson, Hall, Young,
Tyon, Perkins.
220-yard Dash — Sage, Young, Tyon, Baidon,
Senay, Furnival.
440-yard Dash — Senay, Hall, Tyon, Baidon,
Young, Furnival.
880-yard Dash — Wessels, Crehore, Spofford,
Peck, Baidon, Bissell.
Mile — Wessels, Crehore, Spofford, Peck, Bis-
sell, Simonson.
Two-mile — Wessels, Crehore, Spofford, George,
Simonson, Johnson.
High Hurdles— Hall, DeRouge, Morris, Hud-
son, Sage.
Low Hurdles — Hall, DeRouge, Morris, Hud-
son, Sage, Perkins.
High Jump — Sage, O'Connor, Morris, A.
Howell.
Broad Jump — Hudson, Sage, Perkins, Hall,
Furnival.
Pole Vault — Stevens, Chow, Maxon, Hale,
Dorwent.
Shot Put — Hudson, Wessels, Edsall, Evans,
Sage, Howell.
Hammer — Hudson, Wessels, D. Howell, Ed-
sall, Moore.
Discus — Hudson, Wessels, Edsall, Perkins,
Howell.
THIRD OUTDOOR MEET
The third and final of the outdoor interclass
meets in preparation for the dual meet with Trin-
ity was held Saturday afternoon at Whittier
Field. The Freshmen repeated their perform-
ance of the previous Saturday, and won the meet
with a score of 38 points, but they were hard
pressed by the Sophomores who scored 34 points
and took second place. The Juniors and Seniors
followed with totals of 26 and 17 respectively.
Leadbetter '16 secured three first places in the
weights, and Captain Haskell, although he has
been laid up with a bad ankle, ran a fine race in
the 440-yard dash. The summary :
100-yard Dash — Won by Wyman '16; Pres-
cott '15, second; P. Smith '15, third.
220-yard Dash — Won by P. Smith '15; Wal-
ker '13, second; McWilliams '15, third.
120-yard Hurdles — Won by MacFarland,
Medic '15; P. Smith '15, second; C. Brown '14,
third.
220-yard Hurdles — Won by L. Jones '13 ; Fox
'14, second; Hodgkins '16, third.
440-yard Run — Won by Haskell '13; Ireland
'16, second; Richardson '16, third.
880-yard Run — Won by Wright '14; Livingston
'15, second; Loeffler '14, third.
Mile Run — Won by Marshall '16; Lrving '16,
second.
Two-mile Run — Won by Tarbox '14.
High Jump — Won by C. Brown '14; Morrison
'15, second.
Broad Jump — Faulkner '15 and P. Smith '15,
tied for first place ; C. Brown '14, third.
Pole Vault — Won by Merrill '14; McKenney
'15, second; P. Smith '15, third.
Discus Throw — Won by Leadbetter '16; Moul-
ton '16, second; Parkhurst '13, third.
Shot Put — Won by Leadbetter '16; Parkhurst
'13, second; Moulton '16, third.
Hammer Throw— Won by Leadbetter '16;
Lewis '15, second; J. Parsons '16, third.
BOVVDOIN ORIENT
Y. M. C. A. COMMITTEES
The men who are to serve on the Y. M. C. A.
committees for the year 1913-14 were appointed
last week under a system of arrangement which
will undoubtedly result in greatly increased effi-
ciency in the work accomplished by the organi-
zation. Under this new plan all the committees
are grouped under four heads: Administrative,
Religious Education, Campus Service, and Com-
munity Service; and each of these four depart-
ments has a chairman, who has general charge of
the committees in his department. The commit-
tees for the coming year are composed as fol-
lows :
I. Administrative: Gray '14, chairman. Mem-
bership: O. P. Badger '14, chairman; Hamblen
'14, sub-chairman; Lord '16, J. A. Lewis '15, G.
F. Eaton '14, Hawes '16, Marr '14, Sylvester '14,
Dixon '14. Room Committee: Crossman '16,
■chairman: Canney '16. Press Committee: Say-
ward '16, chairman; Hamlin '16.
II. Education: MacCormick '15. chairman.
Bible Study: West '15, chairman; Rawson '16,
sub-chairman; Hubbard '14, Haseltine '16. Mis-
sion Study: Winter '16, chairman; Canney '16,
sub-chairman; Hescock '16, A. Lewis '15. Meet-
ings: C. A. Brown '14, chairman; Livingston '15,
sub-chairman; Fortin "16, Newcombe '14.
III. Campus Service: Leigh '14, chairman.
Social : E. Thompson 14, chairman ; McDonald
'15, sub-chairman; G. F. Eaton '14, Elwell '15.
Hiwale: Simpson '14, chairman; Churchill '16,
sub-chairman. Social Service : G. W. Bacon '15,
chairman; Rollins '15, sub-chairman; Woodman
'16. I
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IV. Community Service: McWilliams '15,
■chairman. Pejepscot: R. J. Evans '15, chair-
man; Dunn '16, sub-chairman. Deputation:
Foster '16, chairman; Fuller '16, sub-chairman.
Church Relations: Merrill '14, chairman; Stone
'15, sub-chairman. , Freshman Religious Com-
mittee: (To be appointed next fall).
SUNDAY CHAPEL
Dr. Charles S. F. Lincoln '91, a surgeon at St.
John's College, Shanghai, China, now in the
United States, on leave of absence, gave a very
instructive talk at Sunday Vespers on China and
her needs, illustrating his talk with interesting
personal incidents.
Cluo ann Council sheetings
At the meeting of the Government Club last
Wednesday at the D. U. House, Lieut.-Com.
Marston Niles, U.S.N., retired, spoke very in-
structively on "The Panama Tolls Question." He
recently had an article in the New York Sun on
this subject. Many interesting points were
brought out in the discussion which followed.
ffl)n t&e Campus
Means '12 was on the campus last week.
Sullivan '11 was in Brunswick last week.
George Fogg '02 was on the campus Sunday.
The Psi U houseparty will be June 4, 5 and 6.
Paul Wing ex-'i4 was on the campus Sunday.
Ben Holt '13 has gone on a trip to Washington.
Blanket tax tickets are good for the Trinity
Meet.
Ted Emery '13 has recovered from a slight
illness.
Sam West '15 has gone home because of sick-
ness.
Senior caps and gowns appeared at Sunday
Chapel.
Sargent '07 has been among the recent visitors
to the College.
The second team will play Hebron Academy at
Hebron tomorrow.
The Freshman banquet will be held in Port-
land either May 9 or 10.
Irving '16 is again attending classes after a
slight illness of a few days.
Another issue of the Bowdoin College Bulletin
will soon make its appearance.
Ex-Governor William T. Cobb 'yy was on the
campus Wednesday afternoon.
The Boston Herald of April 30 contains a fine
"pitcher" of pitcher "Peeler" Dodge.
The good weather of the past week has brought
forth the tennis enthusiasts in numbers.
Shepard of Bates recently put the shot over
44 feet — a mark beyond the state record.
The student body will meet at Whittier Field
this afternoon at 4 o'clock to practice songs.
Parker Rowell '12 was recently quite severely
injured while riding in a train in Connecticut.
A poker which dropped from the locomotive was
caught by a wheel and hurled through the win-
dow near which Rowell was sitting.
The first College Sing was held in Memorial
Hall last Friday under the direction of Prof.
Wass.
Frank A. Smith '12, Medic '15, has been initi-
ated into the Alpha Kappa Kappa Medical fra-
ternity.
Douglas '13 has been appointed by the Central
Board as a football official next year for college
and prep school games.
It now costs one-quarter of a dollar to ride
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
from Bath to Brunswick or from Brunswick to
Bath on the Maine Central.
Brunswick High beat Deering High 9 to 2 on
Whittier Field Wednesday afternoon in the Bow-
doin Interscholastic Baseball League.
Among the pictures seen in the Sunday papers
were those of Ced Crowell, the Fencing team,
and the Orient Board in the Telegram.
Cushman '13 and Payson '14 have been elected
delegates to the seventieth annual convention of
the Psi Upsilon fraternity to be held at Spring-
field.
Entrance examinations will be held June 26,
27 and 28 and September 22, 23 and 24 at the
College, and June 5, 6 and 7 in preparatory
schools.
The faculty, student council and board of proc-
tors have united in drawing up a rule forbidding
pedlers, agents or solicitors, with the exception
of students, from canvassing in the dormitories.
Foster '16 has undergone an operation on his
leg on account of a growth of osseous tissue. He
has been having trouble for some little time, and
an X-ray picture revealed the nature of the dif-
ficulty.
Lewiston High School again won the Bowdoin
Interscholastic Debating League championship
by defeating Cony High School and Wilton Acad-
emy, Cony having defeated Portland High. Lew-
iston was coached by Spinney '13 and Cony by
Gage '14.
mitt) tbe jFacuItp
Acting Dean McConaughy will represent Bow-
doin at the meeting of the New England College
Executive Officers at Harvard Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. On Friday he will attend
the meeting of the New England College En-
trance Certificate Board in Boston, and Thursday
night will be the representative of the College at
the annual banquet of the Bowdoin Alumni As-
sociation of Providence.
Dean McConaughy spoke at a meeting of the
Gardiner Board of Trade recently.
Prof. Henry Johnson will sail on May 17 for
the Mediterranean, to spend a few months in
Greece and Italy. His first objective point is
Catania in Sicily, and from there he will go to
the island of Crete; thence to Athens. He will
return in September by way of France and Eng-
land.
CALENDAR
Bates vs. Colby at Lewiston.
Second Team vs. Hebron at Hebron.
Govt. Club Meeting at A. D. House.
9. — Bowdoin-Bates Joint Concert at Lewiston.
io.- — Trinity-Bowdoin Dual, Meet at Whittier
Field.
Bowdoin vs. Maine at Orono.
Colby vs. Bates at Waterville.
Second Team vs. Cabots on Delta.
12-14. — M. I. Tennis Tournament at Lewiston.
17. — Maine Intercollegiate Track Meet at
Orono.
ig, — N. E. Tennis Tournament at Longwood.
May
6. — College Sing at Whittier Field 4.00.
7. — Bowdoin vs. Maine at Whittier Field.
alumni Department
'24. — Especially since President Franklin
Pierce was a Bowdoin man, we are pleased to
learn that the House of Representatives in his
native state of New Hampshire has recently
passed a bill appropriating $15,000 for the pur-
pose of erecting a statue to his memory. There
are good prospects for the final passage of the
bill.
'75. — Mr. Charles L. Clarke has recently ac-
cepted a position as consulting engineer to the
General Electric Company at Schenectady, N. Y.
'81. — During the spring term at Wheaton Col-
lege, Mr. William I. Cole, noted for his long ser-
vice at the South End House, Boston, will con-
duct a short course on Social Ethics.
'94 and '97. — At the 89th annual session of the
Maine Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, which has just come to a close, Trelaw-
ney C. Chapman, Jr., '94, was appointed pastor
for Bethel and Locke's Mills, and Henry E. Dun-
nacks '97, for Augusta.
'97. — Dr. Harry M. Yarrell has recently been
appointed assistant professor of history at Sim-
mons College.
'02. — Mr. Harvey D. Gibson has been chosen
vice-president of the Liberty National Bank, New
York City.
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
Summer Term
July 7 to August 1 5
For circular address President Kobert J. Aley,
Orono, Maine
BOWDOIN ORILNT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, MAY 13, 1913
NO. 6
BOWDOIN MEETS COLBY TOMORROW
ON WHITTIER FIELD AT 4 P. M.
HOW THEY STAND
Maine's victory over Bowdoin and Colby's vic-
tory over Bates Wednesday made a four-cornered
tie for the pennant. Since Bates and Colby did
not play Saturday while Bowdoin trimmed Maine,
the standing is as follows :
Won Lost Ave.
Bowdoin 2 I .667
Bates 1 1 .500
Colby 1 1 .500
Maine 1 2 .333
BOWDOIN TAKES DUAL MEET
By taking eight first, eight second, and ten
third places, Bowdoin easily won the first dual
meet held with Trinity by a score of 74 to 52.
The extremely cold northwest wind that swept
down across Whittier Field chilled competitors
and spectators to the bone, and prevented any
record time being set up in the track events. Yet
running against this cold wind Phil Smith did
the 100 in 10 2-5 seconds and the 220-yard dash
in 22 4-5 seconds.
The meet started with trials for the 100-yard
dash. The first heat was won by Phil Smith with
Hudson second. Bowdoin cleaned up the second
heat by placing Walker and Wyman. The final
heat was the closest and most exciting race of the
meet. Smith, Hudson and Wyman were neck
and neck the whole length of the course, but
Smith by a final spurt took first by a six-inch
lead.
Crehore of Trinity featured in the mile and
two-mile runs, taking firsts in both. The mile
was closely contested between Crehore and Spof-
ford of Trinity and Tarbox of Bowdoin. These
three ran in a group from gun to tape, Crehore
gaining a short lead in the final spurt.
The quarter mile was featured by the work of
McWilliams, whose speed was bettered only by
Capt. Haskell, and the splendid sportsmanship of
Capt. Haskell who allowed McWilliams to take
first and win his letter. It is acts like that which
raise athletics above mere competition and de-
sire to win.
The half-mile was a close race between Wes-
sels of Trinity and Russell and Wright of Bow-
doin. Wessels made a splendid sprint around the
last turn and beat Russell by a short lead.
MacFarland of Bowdoin, who has been out of
track athletics for two years, came back strong
and took second place in the 120-yard hurdles.
Trinity ran away with the first two places in the
220-yard hurdles. Fox of Bowdoin took third.
It was in the field events that Bowdoin proved
especially strong, taking five first and five second
places. All three places in the high jump were
taken by the White.
Hudson of Trinity threw the hammer 141 feet,
1 inch, taking first place. Bowdoin swept the
field in the discus throw, by placing Lewis, Lead-
better and Moulton.
The pole vault was fought out between Mer-
rill and McKenney of Bowdoin and Chow of
Trinity. The Jap went fine up to ten feet and
looked like a sure first, but the ten-foot mark was
too much for him. Merrill and McKenney tied
for first.
Hudson of Trinity was high point man of the
meet, taking second in the 100-yard dash, first in
(he 220-yard hurdles, third in the shot put, an<l
first in the hammer throw.
Phil Smith was high man for Bowdoin with II
points. Faulkner was second with 10 points won
by firsts in the shot put and broad jump.
Altogether it was a glorious meet from a Bow-
doin standpoint. Not only did we beat Trinity
but by three more points than Maine beat them.
The meet served its purpose, i. e., to show Bow-
doin supporters that we have a team of point
winners. And Trinity is only the first to feel
"the heavy paw of the Polar Bear."
The summary :
TRACK EVENTS
100- Yard Dash— Trial Heats: First heat won
by Smith of Bowdoin; Hudson of Trinity, sec-
ond; time 102-5 seconds. Second heat won by
Walker of Bowdoin; Wyman of Bowdoin, sec-
ond; time 102-5 seconds. Final heat won by
Smith of Bowdoin; Hudson of Trinity, second,
and Wyman of Bowdoin, third ; time 10 2-5 sec-
onds.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
220-Yard Dash — Won by Smith of Bowdoin;
Tyon of Trinity, second; Haskell of Bowdoin,
third ; time 22 4-5 seconds.
440- Yard Dash — Won by McWilliams, Bow-
doin ; Haskell, Bowdoin, second ; Furnival, Trin-
ity, third; time 54 seconds.
880-Yard Run — Won by Wessels, Trinity;
Russell, Bowdoin, second; Wright, Bowdoin,
third ; time 2 minutes, 7 2-5 seconds.
One-Mile Run — Won by Crehore, Trinity;
Spofford, Trinity, second; Tarbox, Bowdoin,
third; time 4 minutes, 43 4-5 seconds.
Two-Mile Run — Won by Crehore, Trinity;
Wessels, Trinity, second; Norton, Bowdoin,
third; time 10 minutes, 21 2-5 seconds.
120-Yard High Hurdles — Won by Hall, Trin-
ity; MacFarland, Bowdoin, second; DeRouge,
Trinity, third; time 164-5 seconds.
220-Yard Low Hurdles — Won by Hudson,
Trinity; Hall, Trinity, second; Fox, Bowdoin,
third; time 272-5 seconds.
FIELD EVENTS
Running High Jump — Won by Brown, Bow-
doin; Greene, Bowdoin, second; Garland, Bow-
doin, third ; height of winner, 5 feet, 6 3-4 inches.
Shot Put — Won by Faulkner, Bowdoin; Lead-
better, Bowdoin, second; Hudson, Trinity, third;
distance of winner, 39 3-100 feet.
Running Broad Jump — Won by Faulkner,
Bowdoin; Perkins, Trinity, second; Smith, Bow-
doin, third; distance of winner, 19 feet, 7 inches.
Hammer Throw — Won by Hudson, Trinity;
Leadbetter, Bowdoin, second; Lewis, Bowdoin,
third ; distance of winner, 141 feet, 1 inch.
Pole Vault — McKenney and Merrill of Bow-
doin tied for first; Chow, Trinity, third; height
10 feet.
Discus Throw — Won by Lewis, Bowdoin,
113 7-10 feet; Leadbetter, Bowdoin, second,
107 15-100 feet; Moulton, Bowdoin, third, 97
feet.
BOWDOIN 4— MAINE 3
near the foul line and one a liner in left-center.
Cobb played a stellar game in the field for Maine,
gobbling up six chances without a miscue. Eaton
was out of the game, having missed his train, but
Weatherill covered first base in good shape with
11 put-outs and only one error.
Maine started off with a run in the opening
session, but Bowdoin evened it up in the second,
when Tuttle hit safely, stole second, and came
home on an error by the left fielder.
In the seventh, with Tuttle and Skolfield on
and Tilton out, Daniels flied out and Dodge hit
to pitcher. In the last of the same inning, Baker
got a three-base hit. Two bases on balls mixed
in with a couple of errors scored two runs.
Then came the eighth. Stetson beat out a hit
to shortstop. McElwee hit to right field and La-
Casce drew a. pass. Stetson scored, but McElwee
and LaCasce were doubled up on the play.
Weatherill scored on Tuttle's two-bagger. Skol-
field hit to Gilman and when Chase let the throw
roll to the bleachers, Tuttle made the run that
won the game.
In the ninth Bowdoin went out in order.
"Peeler" struck out the first two Maine batters.
Lawry got a life on McElwee's fumble, but Cobb
sent up a foul fly that was gathered in by Tilton.
The score:
BOWDOIN
ab r bh po a e
Stetson, rf 4 1 1 o 0 o
McElwee, ss 402412
LaCasce, c 300220
Weatherill, lb 4101101
Tuttle, If 323400
Skolfield, cf 300300
Tilton, 3b 400201
Daniels, 2b 400140
Dodge, p 400030
With Maine ahead by the score of three to one,
Bowdoin bunched three hits in the eighth and
scored three runs, giving the game to Bowdoin
"by the narrow margin of one run.
The game was a pitcher's battle between Dodge
and Driscoll, with Dodge on the better end of the
argument. Driscoll weakened toward the close
of the game and only fast fielding prevented
Bowdoin from scoring more than three times in
the last half of the game. Bowdoin made one
more hit than Maine and Bowdoin's bingles were
bunched better. Tuttle played a good game in
left field, making four put-outs, one of them a fly
Totals
27 10 4
33 4
MAINE
ab r bh po a
5 o o 1 1
4 1 1 2 4
40234
30021
40010
4 0 0 13 1
Lawry, 2b
Cobb, ss
Abbott, c
Gilman, 3b
York, rf, If
Chase, lb
Cooper, If
Baker, If, rf 3 1 2 2 o I
McCarthy, cf 400301
Driscoll, p 310030
Totals 34 3 5 27 14 5
Bowdoin 01000003 0 — 4
Maine 10000020 0 — 3
BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Two-base hit, Tuttle. Three base hit, Baker.
Sacrifice hits, Skolfield, Gilman. Stolen bases,
Tuttle, Abbott 2, Cobb 2, Gilman, Driscoll,
Lawry. Double plays, Baker, Cobb, Gilman.
Left on bases, Bowdoin 5, Maine 8. First base on
balls, by Driscoll 2, by Dodge 3. First base on
errors, Bowdoin 4, Maine 3. Hit by pitcher, by
Dodge, Driscoll. Struck out, by Dodge 4, by
Driscoll 4. Passed ball, LaCasce. Time, 1.50.
Umpire, Hassett.
MAINE 9— BOWDOIN 1
The Maine elephant handed the Bowdoin polar
bear a most decided defeat on Whittier Field last
Wednesday. Bowdoin went up in the air in the
first inning, when four errors allowed as many
runs to cross the plate, and came down only after
Maine had scored nine tallies. It was a demoral-
izing game from the Bowdoin point of view, even
though the supporters of the White knew that
the team was playing below its form. Only once
in a while did the team show real signs of life.
The intervals were long and painful. Eaton's
two-bagger in the second started a batting rally
which scored Bowdoin's lonely run. The rest of
the six hits were scattered.
McElwee, Eaton and Tilton played well, the
latter contributing a double play unassisted.
Weatherill showed the effect of his injuries.
Dodge pitched good ball in spite of his poor
support but was taken out in the fourth, as he
had more games to pitch. Woodcock then went
in for the first time this season. Maine touched
the lanky Medic up for five hits and he was re-
placed by Knight after two innings. Knight
showed nervousness at first but steadied down
and showed great stuff. At times Maine's best
batters were utterly unable to solve his shoots.
Maine furnished a fine exhibition of good base-
ball all the way through. Driscoll, the Freshman
pitcher, had his opponents guessing and retired
nine men by the strike-out route.
The detailed score : '
MAINE
ab r bh po a e
Lawry, 2b 510240
Cobb, ss '432132
Abbott, c 422800
Gilman, 3b 510300
Chase, rf 5 2 1 10 1 o
York, ib 402000
Cooper, If 500100
McCarthy, cf 502200
Driscoll, p 300022
BOWDOIN
ab r bh po a e
Stetson, rf 401000
McElwee, ss 4 o 1 2 4 1
LaCasce, c 400702
Weatherill, 2b 3 o o I I 2
Tuttle, If 4 1 2 1 0 0
Skolfield, cf 400001
Tilton, 3b 400420
Eaton, ib 4021101
Dodge, p 1 0 o o o 1
Woodcock, p 000000
Knight, p 1 o 0 o 0 o
*Rawson 1 o o o o 0
34 1 6 fa6 7 8
*Batted for Woodcock in the fifth inning.
fGilman out in first inning on infield fly.
Maine 40111200 0 — 9
Bowdoin 01000000 o — I
Two base hit — Eaton. Stolen bases — York
2, McElwee, Cobb, McCarthy. Sacrifice hits
— Cobb. Double plays — Tilton, unassisted ;
Driscoll to York to Gilman. Hits — Off Dodge, 2;
off Woodcock, 5 ; off Knight, 3. Struck out — By
Driscoll, 9; by Dodge, 2; by Woodcock; by
Knight, 2. Bases on balls — Woodwock. Hit by
pitcher — By Driscoll; by Dodge. Wild pitches —
Dodge; Woodcock; Knight, 3. Passed balls —
LaCasce. Time — 1.40. Umpire — Carrigan.
SECOND TEAM TWICE DEFEATED
The Bowdoin second went down to defeat be-
fore Hebron Academy Wednesday 8 to 5 in a
loosely played game. The Hebron batters took
kindly to Hall's delivery, and assisted by Bow-
doin errors, scored six runs in the first three in-
nings. Fraser, who replaced Hall, pitched ef-
fectively. The second team out-hit Hebron 14 to
8, but was unable to bunch hits for runs. Kee-
gan, Dole, and E. Tuttle furnished some heavy
stick work.
The second team met the Cabots Saturday af-
ternoon, and emerged from the contest with the
smaller end of a 6-to-2 score. The Cabots won
by combining long hits at opportune times.
Owing to the extreme cold, the contest was called
at the close of the seventh inning.
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BOWDOIN-BATES JOINT CONCERT
The Bowdoin and Bates Musical Clubs closed
the season Friday night with a joint concert in
the Lewiston City Hall. A large and responsive
crowd heard the concert, which consisted of num-
bers by each of the clubs and a finale by the clubs
in unison.
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Vol. XLIII
MAY 13, 1913
No. 6
A Step Forward in Dramatics
Elsewhere in this issue appears a copy of the
new constitution of the Masque and Gown adopt-
ed last week. The alteration in the membership
requirement is in line with the policy of the most
successful dramatic clubs in other colleges and
should have good results. Of more immediate in-
terest, however, to the student body is the change
which opens the managership to a competitive
system similar to the competition for athletic
managerships. This new scheme has been set on
foot already by a call for candidates for the two
positions.
As a usual thing, such a so-called minor man-
agership is of little importance to those not im-
mediately interested but, today, the position offers
the greatest opportunity in this line open to the
Bowdoin undergraduates. It is not for the man
who wishes to expand his campus reputation or
Bugle "honors" by the addition of another scalp;
nor is it for the deadly average man whose abil-
ity is measured by his ambition to do passably
well a plainly defined task; but it is for the man
who is willing to give freely of time and thought
and energy without popular reward, who will
daringly progress, who is capable of facing a big
opportunity and do the job "a little better than
seems necessary," a man who can make the office
rather than have the office make him. To such a
one the opportunity for service to Bowdoin in
this position looms large. Masque and Gown has
made rapid progress this college year. Its recent
reorganization points the way to further advance.
But, as its president recently remarked, "Next
year will mean success or failure, progress or
decline." Surely there are some among us ready
and eager to plunge into this pioneering oppor-
tunity and reap the rich reward of work well
done for Bowdoin.
The Season Closes
At the Joint Concert at Lewiston last Friday
evening the Bowdoin Musical Clubs made its last
public bow for the season. Just a word of praise
here for this year's organization which has
brought such great credit to the college by its
many successes and to Manager Crosby for his
able execution of a long schedule including, for
the first time, a New York concert. The excel-
lent training by Professor Wass as well as the
good work of leaders and members has contrib-
uted largely to the high degree of excellence
reached at the various performances.
And We Did Win
With the chapel bell announcing a glorious
double victory, the whole student body gathered
in high glee last Saturday evening prepared to
express themselves in the good old way. A cele-
bration there was, with songs and speeches and
marching, yet it must be admitted that enthusiasm
seemed repressed rather than expressed. The
unfortunate incident at the railroad crossing filled
a majority of those present with a spirit of an-
nihilation rather than celebration, and detracted
from the character of the evening's fun. That
the leaders of the affair saved the procession
from turning into a mob was, on sober thought,
very fortunate. But the celebration on the cam-
pus, it must be admitted, whether on account of
zero weather, or the fact that it was too early in
the evening, was rather devoid of real enthusi-
asm. We do not believe the students are losing
the spirit which expresses itself in honest enthus-
iasm at victories won for the White. The whole
trouble with recent celebrations is the linking of
the parade down town with an entirely wrong
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idea. If this persists it will spoil the whole tra-
dition. Next time, rather than march along
grumbling vain threats at persons not worth wor-
rying about or berating a Student Council for not
creating an exultant spirit which we alone can
create, let us pile the fire high, dance the war
dance, sing, yell and exult in the way of our
fathers. Next time, when occasion arises, let's
really celebrate.
TENNIS TEAM OPENS SEASON
As a result of the recent tournament, Captain
Savage has picked Slocum '13 as his teammate,
and Gardner '13 and Larrabee '16 to make up the
other team. They are now competing in the
State Tournament at Bates and will enter the N.
E. Tournament at Longwood May 19.
In their first match of the season the teams
were defeated by the Portland County Club's
teams in Portland last Wednesday. The results
were as follows : — Savage and Slocum vs. Bodge
and Dana, 3-6, 1-6, 1-6; Gardner and Larrabee
vs. Holt and Chapman, 8-10, 8-6, 2-6, 2-6. No
singles were played.
SPEAKERS FOR ALEXANDER TRIALS
The following men have been chosen for the
trials for the Alexander Prize Speaking: — From
1914, C. A. Brown, Buell, Cunliffe, Eaton, Gage,
Gray, Leigh, Newcombe, Simpson, P. L. White;
from 1915, Bacon, Elwell, Faulkner, Hall, Liv-
ingstone, MacDonald, McWilliams, Merrill, Ram-
say, Smith.
The names of the Freshmen chosen and the de-
tails are to be announced later. The trials are to
be held the twenty-third of this month.
LAST COLLEGE PREACHER
Next Sunday the last college preacher of the
year, Rev. Charles R. Brown, D.D., of New Ha-
ven, Conn., Dean of the Yale Divinity School,
will speak in the Church on the Hill and at the
afternoon chapel service.
Dr. Brown received the degree of A.B. from
the University of Iowa in 1883, and of S.T.B.
from Boston University in 1889. From 1896 to
1910 he was pastor of the First Congregational
Church of Oakland, California. Two years ago
he became Dean of the Yale Divinity School.
COMMENCEMENT PLAY CHOSEN
The Masque and Gown has selected "The Mer-
chant of Venice" for the Commencement play.
The play has nineteen parts, and as only three of
the roles are feminine, it is especially adapted for
presentation by college men.
The trials will be held Thursday evening at
seven o'clock in Memorial Hall, and it is hoped
that a large number of men will come out for the
play, as the club desires to give a presentation
that will surpass anything which it has hitherto
produced. The judges for the trials will be Prof.
Frederick W. Brown, Prof. Wilmot B. Mitchell,
and Mrs. Arthur T. Brown. All men who wish
to compete for parts in the cast should read the
play, and hand their names to Crowell '13 or
Nixon '13, signifying the parts for which they
wish to compete. Rehearsals will begin shortly
after the parts are assigned, and the play will be
staged under the direction of Mrs. Arthur T.
Brown.
COMMENCEMENT WEEK PROGRAM
Commencement week will begin on Sunday,.
June 22, and will continue through Thursday,
June 26. The new features of the program will'
be the holding of the Senior Dance in the new
gymnasium and the dedication of the gymnasium
and the General Thomas Worcester Hyde Ath-
letic Building. Although no definite arrange-
ments have yet been made, it is expected that a
baseball game between the 'Varsity and the
Alumni will be played. The program, as ar-
ranged by Professor Little, follows :
Sun., June 22 — The Baccalaureate Sermon by
President Hyde, in the Congregational'
Church at 4 p. m.
Mon., June 23 — The Alexander Prize Speaking
in Memorial Hall at 8 P. M.
Tues., June 24 — The Class Day Exercises of the
Graduating Class in Memorial Hall at 10 a.,
m., and under the Thorndike Oak at 3 p. m.
Senior Dance in the New Gymnasium at 9.
p. M.
Meeting of the Trustees in the Classical
Room, Hubbard Hall, at 2 p. m.
Meeting of the Overseers in the Lecture
Room, Hubbard Hall, at 7 p. m.
The annual meeting of the Maine Historical
Society in the Lecture Room, Hubbard Hall,,
at 2 p. m.
Wed., June 25 — The Graduation Exercises of the
Medical School of Maine, in the Congrega-
tional Church at 9.30 a. m. Address by Hon.
Albert R. Savage, LL.D., of Auburn,
The annual meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa
Fraternity, Alpha of Maine, in the Alumni
Room, Hubbard Hall, at n a. m.
The annual meeting of the Alumni Assosia-
tion at 1.30 p. m. in the Sargent Gymnasium,,
preceded by a Buffet Lunch at 12.30.
Dedication of the .Gymnasium and the Gen.
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Thomas W. Hyde Athletic Building at 2.30
p. M.
Out-door presentation of scenes from The
Merchant of Venice by the Bowdoin Dra-
matic Club, at 4.30 p. m.
Band Concert, at 7.30 p. m., on the Campus.
Reception by the President and Mrs. Hyde
in Hubbard Hall from 8 to 11 p. m.
Thurs., June 26 — The Commencement Exercises
in the Congregational Church at 10.30 a. m.,
followed by Commencement Dinner in the
Gen. Thomas W. Hyde Athletic Building.
The Reunion Trophy, presented by David
William Snow, Esq., '73 and now held by the
Class of 1862, will be awarded to the class
that secures the attendance of the largest
percentage of its members.
Club ano Council Meetings
There was a meeting of the Government Club
■at the Zeta Psi house May the 8th.
The Debating Council met — in the presence of
a scant audience — in Hubbard Hall last Tuesday
evening. Pres. Hyde presented medals to the
members of the teams. The Council appointed a
committee to arrange for the annual banquet.
There was a meeting of the Bible Study lead-
ers for next year last evening in Prof. McCon-
aughy's office. Another meeting will be held at
nine o'clock next Monday evening at his house.
2Dn tt)e Campus
Stuart ejr-'i6 was on the campus Friday.
/Bob King '12 was on the campus Friday.
Head '16 is at home on account of sickness.
There will be no more warnings until next fall.
The Juniors are practicing marching every
-noon.
Charles T. Hawes '76 was on the campus last
week.
Wilson '12 was a spectator at the track meet
Saturday.
Wing ex- id, made his weekly trip to the cam-
,pus Saturday.
Lew Brown '14 has recently been coaching the
Hebron track team.
Douglas '13 had a signed letter in the Bruns-
wick Record Friday.
The usual weekly appeal is made for candi-
dates for archery. Free.
George Cressey '12, "Farmer" Kern '12 and
Partridge '11 were at college last week.
George '16 attended the convention of the Psi
Upsilon fraternity at Springfield last week.
Blethen '16, who recently left college on ac-
count of illness, will not return until next fall.
Twaddle, Medic '16, has been playing first base
for the Maine Central baseball team of Portland.
A number of students attended the dance at
the New Meadows Yacht Club Thursday night.
There will be no college exercises on Satur-
day, the seventeenth of May, or on Friday, the
thirtieth.
The candidates for assistant manager of track
will probably be taken to Maine next Saturday
for rubbers.
The members of the Trinity team left directly
after the meet in order to connect with the boat
in Portland.
Another tennis court has been laid out in the
athletic building, so that four teams can now
practice there.
Woodbury '15 has returned to college after a
three weeks' illness with jaundice, — not typhoid,
as was previously stated.
The Bowdoin Y. M. C. A. has expressed its
sympathy with the Colby Y. M. C. A. for the
death of their president, Lester A. Keyes.
George Thompson '15 does not intend to re-
turn to college next fall. At present he intends
to run a moving-picture show in the vicinity of
Augusta where no students will be ejected.
Inasmuch as a committee has been appointed
to see that the Freshmen wear their hats, it has
been proposed that another committee be ap-
pointed to see that the Seniors wear their gowns.
The entries for the State Meet, the New Eng-
land Meet, and the Eastern Intercollegiates are
the same as those for the Trinity Meet, with the
exception of Marshall and Boardman, who are
ineligible.
Delta Upsilon trimmed the Dekes Thursday by
a score of 17 to 12 on the Delta. George Thomp-
son officiated on the slab for several innings. He
weakened perceptibly toward the last of the sec-
ond and later Parsons and Gen. Coxe went in the
box. Douglas starred on the bases, tearing off
two magnificent steals and about a foot of his
coat-tails.
axaitjb tije jFacultp
Acting Dean McConaughy was Bowdoin's rep-
resentative at the meeting of the New England
Colleges' Executive Officers at Harvard Univer-
sity on the seventh and eighth.
Several of the faculty attended a banquet and
meeting of the Town and College Club at the
Hotel Eagle on last Friday evening.
On last Friday evening Prof. McConaughy at-
tended the meeting of the College Entrance Cer-
tificate Board.
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MASQUE AND GOWN HAS NEW ORGANIZA-
TION
A meeting of the Masque and Gown was held
Tuesday evening, May 6, in the Y. M. C. A. room.
The new constitution prepared by the Executive
Committee at the order of the club was presented
and adopted with few changes. This new docu-
ment alters the basis of membership quite radi-
cally and provides for a competitive system for
the managership similar to the one employed in
athletic managerships.
Manager Nixon has issued a call for candi-
dates for manager and assistant manager. Any
Junior may apply for the position of manager
and any Sophomore for the position of assistant
manager. The competition will last until the elec-
tion in June. Dramatic experience or member-
ship in the club is not necessary for candidacy.
Names should be handed in by Thursday.
The constitution, as adopted, is printed below :
CONSTITUTION OF THE MASQUE AND GOWN
Article I. Name and Object.
The name of this organization shall be the
"Masque and Gown" and its object shall be to
provide a club for the study, supervision and pro-
duction of dramatic performances at Bowdoin
College.
Article II. Membership.
Sec. i. — Membership in the club shall be de-
termined by election of the members and, except
in case of resignation, shall continue during the
college course.
Sec. 2. — The Executive Committee shall, each
year, choose from the members of the casts of
the "Masque and Gown" performances a list of
men for membership to the club and this list shall
be submitted at the annual meeting as nominees
for election to membership. The election shall
be by a majority of the members present ; other
nominations may be made by any member at the
annual meeting. The membership shall also in-
clude the manager, assistant manager and such
honorary members as the club, at the recom-
mendation of the Executive Committee, may
elect.
Article III. Officers and Their Election.
Sec. i. — The officers shall be a president, man-
ager, assistant manager and faculty adviser.
Sec. 2. — The election of officers shall occur at
the annual meeting in June. The president shall
be chosen from the club membership by ballot.
The Executive Committee shall nominate the
faculty adviser and the election shall be by ballot
of the members. The assistant manager, who
must be a Junior during the term of his office,
shall be chosen from the candidates for that posi-
tion, preference being given to the two men
nominated by the Executive Committee on rec-
ommendation of the manager. The manager,
who must be a Senior during his term of office)
shall be chosen from the previous candidates for
assistant manager, preference being given to the
assistant manager.
Article IV. Officers and Their Duties.
Sec. i.— The president shall preside at all meet-
ings, act as chairman of the Executive Commit-
tee and shall have general supervision of the
club.
Sec. 2. — The manager shall arrange the itiner-
ary, the finances and other business affairs of the
club and its performances.
Sec. 3. — The assistant manager shall have du-
ties as assigned to him by the manager.
Sec. 4. — The faculty adviser shall have advis-
ory powers and duties.
Article V. Executive Committee.
Sec. i. — There shall be an Executive Commit-
tee composed of the president, manager, assistant
manager, faculty adviser and one member of the
club elected at large.
Sec. 2. — The Executive Committee shall have
charge of the selection of plays, choice of a
coach, nomination of new members, recommenda-
tion of candidates for assistant manager and
honorary members.
Article VI. Meetings.
There shall be an annual meeting in June to be
called during the week following the Ivy Play at
which officers and new members shall be elected.
There shall also be regular monthly meetings and
the president may call special meetings as the
occasion requires.
Article VII. Amendments.
This constitution may be amended by a three-
fourths vote of the members present at an annual
meeting or a like number at a special meeting ad-
vertised for that purpose. This constitution shall
be understood to supersede the provisions of the
existing constitution, but the Executive Commit-
tee and coach shall be empowered to designate
the members for the year 1912-1913.
BY-LAWS
Article I. Report of Manager.
The manager shall keep a record of receipts
and expenditures and at the end of his term of
office shall submit his accounts to an auditor ap-
pointed by the Executive Committee. A copy of
the audited report shall be published in the
Orient each year.
Article II. Surplus.
The disposition of any surplus in the club treas-
ury shall be as designated by the vote of the
members at a meeting.
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Article III. Quorum.
Two-thirds of the club membership shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Article IV. Cast Membership.
Membership in the club is not necessary for
membership in the casts of the club perform-
ances.
Article V. Competition.
The competition for assistant manager shall be
conducted by the manager, and the candidates
who shall be members of the Sophomore Class
during the period of their candidacy, shall do
work as assigned to them by the manager and
assistant manager. The manager shall recom-
mend two nominees for assistant manager to be
voted upon by the Executive Committee and
presented to the club for election. Managerial
ability and faithfulness shall be the main consid-
erations in the choice.
Article VI. Amendment.
These By-Laws may be altered or amended at
any meeting by a three- fourths vote of the mem-
bers present. These By-Laws supersede the ex-
isting By-Laws.
Ci)e ©t&er eolleges
The Dartmouth Medical School has recently
undergone a thorough reorganization in order to
meet the higher standards of instruction demand-
ed by the latest advances in the profession. Ow-
ing to the lack of adequate supply of the clinical
material furnished only by a large city, the last
two, or clinical, years of the course have been
suspended.
Cornell Seniors declare John Paul Jones, the
great distance runner, the most popular, most
respected, best all-around man in the university,
and the man who has done the most for Cornell.
Almost all the members of the graduating class
at Exeter expect to enter college next fall. For-
ty-one men intend to enter Harvard, twenty-one
Yale, twelve Dartmouth, ten Cornell, and nine
Princeton.
The Maine Campus has been changed from a
weekly to a semi- weekly publication, and will ap-
pear for the remainder of the college year in the
form of an eight-page newspaper.
alumni Department
'84. — Rev. Oliver W. Means has resigned his
position as pastor of the Emmanuel Church of
Springfield, Mass., after a pastorate of nine
years. Mr. Means has been a great fector in put-
ting the church on an excellent basis during this
time. Taking it as a small chapel with 150 mem-
bers he leaves it with an elegant new edifice, over
250 on the church rolls, and with a Sunday
School which is almost too large for the room
which it has. Mr. Means intends to take a much
desired rest during which he will spend consider-
able of his time in travel and literature, two vo-
cations to which he has wished for some time to
give more attention.
'98. — It speaks well for Rev. Robert R. Marson
of the First Parish Church, at Yarmouth, Me.,
where he has preached for the last ten years, that
he has received from his parishioners, friends
and townsmen such solicitation as to induce him
to withdraw his resignation.
'98. — There is not much doubt that President
Wilson, urged by Senator Hollis of New Hamp-
shire, will appoint as United States minister to
Portugal, Charles Cogswell Smith, of Ports-
mouth. Mr. Smith is now practicing law at
Portsmouth and at Boston. He possesses excel-
lent command of the Spanish and Portuguese
languages, besides other very desirable qualifica-
tions as an American diplomat.
'02. — Bulletin 530 of the U. S. Geological Sur-
vey, published last month, contains a report by
R. B. Dole on explorations of Salines in Silver
Peak Marsh, Nevada.
'05 Medical. — Dr. Don S. Harden, of Brown-
ville, has been appointed surgeon for Maine by
the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
'09. — A daughter, Barbara, was recently born
to Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Burton, of Cleveland,
Ohio.
'11. — At Allston, Mass., April 23, at the home
of her mother, Miss Lula Annan Barber was
united in marriage to Mr. Merton Glenn Lewis
Bailey of Augusta. The couple will live at Au-
gusta, being at home to friends after August 1.
'11. — A daughter, Frances Ann, was born,
April 8, to Mr. and Mrs. William C. Allen, of
Duluth, Minn.
MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE
Bowdoin College
ADDISON S. THAYER, Dean
10 Deering Street Portland, Maine
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
Summer Term
July 7 to August 1 5
For circular address President Robert J. Aley,
Orono, Maine
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VOL. XLI1I
BRUNSWICK, MAINE, MAY 20, 1913
NO. 7
MAINE TAKES FAST MEET
In probably the greatest track meet ever held
in this state Maine took first place with 47 points,
Bates came second with 43 points, Colby third
with 19, and Bowdoin fourth with 17 points.
Nevers, Ashton and Meanix upset Bowdoin
dope to the extent of about 15 points. That it
was a wonderful meet is shown by the nine new
records set up, the equalling of still another, and
the extremely fast time of all the events. It is
hardly probable that ever again in this state will
so many records go by the board in one after-
noon.
A loyal few, including the band, took the spe-
cial from Brunswick Saturday morning. What
those supporters lacked in number they made up
in spirit while on the field. They yelled them-
selves hoarse over the efforts of every White
runner; cheered every new record and every
failure.
In the morning trials Bowdoin qualified 14
men, Bates 11, Colby 12, and Maine 8. It was
evident even then that there was a mighty strug-
gle scheduled for the afternoon. Captain Has-
kell and McWilliams qualified in the 440-yard
dash; Walker in the 220-yard dash; Leadbetter
and Lewis in the discus ; Leadbetter, Lewis and
Parkhurst in the hammer; Faulkner in the shot
put; Smith, McFarland, Faulkner and Floyd in
the broad jump.
The opening event of the afternoon was the
100-yard dash trials. Ashton, Nevers and Nar-
dini, in different heats set the pace at 10 1-5 sec-
onds. In the final the three sprinters came down
the course shoulder to shoulder. In the last 25
yards Nevers fought out a small lead and breast-
ed the tape barely in front of Nardini. Ashton
took third at Nardini's very shoulder. The time
was 10 seconds flat.
The mile run was easily all Maine's. Towner,
Brooks and Power loped around in a bunch, com-
pletely distancing the field.
One of the best events of the meet was the 220-
yard dash. With Ashton, Nevers and Nardini
against each other something was bound to hap-
pen— and it did. Again the three fliers came
neck and neck down the course. Again, as in the
century dash, Nevers of Bates by a wonderful
burst of speed broke the tape. Ashton was a
close second. The time was 22 1-5 seconds.
(Equalling the record.)
The 440-yard dash was a battle royal between
Captain Haskell of Bowdoin and the speedy
Meanix of Colby. The Colby runner took the
pole and kept it. Haskell pushed him to his ut-
most in the last hundred yards, finishing second
by less than two yards. The time was 51 seconds
flat. (Breaking the record by 3-5 seconds.)
Woodman of Bates ran a beautiful race over
the high hurdles, establishing a new record of 16
seconds. He also pushed Meanix to the limit in
the 220-yard low hurdles. Through a fault of the
starter the timers were unable to get the flash of
the gun and consequently no official time was
given out. It is safe to say that it equalled record
time.
The half was a fight between Bell of Maine
and Deering of Bates. Wright of Bowdoin was
a possibility for the first half of the run. He ran
with the leaders the first lap and dropped behind
on the back stretch of the second round. The
time was not equal to that of Eddie Bates, the
old Bowdoin runner, yet 2 minutes flat is not so
slow.
While the sprinters were breaking records on
the cinders, history was being made in the weight
circles and jumping pits. A new record was set
up in every field event, and some are records
which will stand for many a meet.
Shepard of Bates started things going by put-
ting the shot 2 feet beyond his old record of 44
feet, 2 3-4 inches. Gove of Bates and Shepherd
of Maine fought out second place, the former
winning by a fraction of an inch.
Gove broke his own record in the discus by six
inches. Shepherd of Maine was a close second
and Leadbetter of Bowdoin an easy third. The
cheering sections began to realize that they were
witnessing a very unusual meet and started some
noise that lasted until the last bar was kicked off
in the pole vault.
Kempton of Bates set up a new record of 5 ft.,
8 1-8 in., in the running high jump, displacing
the old record by 1-8 inch. Worden of Maine
and Drake of Bates tied for second place. Brown
of Bowdoin who was expected to place, failed to
qualify in the morning. Greene was Bowdoin's
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Capt. Charlie Haskell
only hope in the afternoon, hut the distance was
too much for him. He made a plucky fight to the
last kick.
Three good men fought out the hammer throw,
Bailey and Shepherd of Maine and Leadbetter of
Bowdoin. Bailey took first with a beautiful
heave of 151 ft., 43-8 in., breaking the state rec-
ord by 10 feet and the New England record by 2
ft., 7 in. Leadbetter took second with 131 ft., 3
in. Shepherd of Maine was third with 125 ft., 6
in.
Another record went by the board in the broad
jump, when Faulkner, the Bowdoin star, went
out 22 ft., 43-4 in., displacing the old record of
21 ft., 9 in. This event was all Bowdoin's, every
point going to the White. Smith took second with
20 ft., 10 1-2 in., and McFarland, the previous
holder of the record, third with 20 ft., 93-4 in.
(About here Bowdoin cheering section broke
loose for five minutes.)
On the outcome of the last event, the pole
vault, depended the positions of Bowdoin and
Colby. Maine had a sure first in Rogers. Neither
Colby nor Bates had men in this event. Should
Bowdoin take a second and third in this it would
give her one more point than Colby. Rogers
passed up the first few heights. The real fight
was between McKenney and Merrill of Bowdoin
and Thomas of Maine. Merrill failed at 10 ft.,
3 in., and Bowdoin's hopes were crushed. Mc-
Kenney pluckily fought on but was beaten by
Thomas at 10 ft., 9 in. Rogers easily took first
with 11 ft., 65-8 in., breaking his own record by
5-8 of an inch. He tried the 12-ft. mark but
failed to make it.
Of the nine new records, Bates men have four,
Maine three, Bowdoin one and Colby one. A
Bates man also tied one record.
Bowdoin lost, but it was not because her run-
ners quit. Every man that went to Maine fought
to the very limit of his ability. All honor to these
men who went down to defeat in the greatest
meet ever held or likely to be held, in this state.
The meet summary follows :
100-yard Dash — Trial heats: First heat won by
Ashton of Maine; Lord of Colby, second. Time,
10 1-5 seconds.
Second heat : Won by Nardini of Colby ; Lee-
cock of Maine, second. Time, 10 1-5 seconds.
Third heat : Won by Nevers of Bates ; Lowney
of Colby, second. Time, 10 1-5 seconds.
Final heat : Won by Nevers of Bates ; Nardini
of Colby, second ; Ashton of Maine, third. Time,
10 seconds.
220-yard Dash — Won by Nevers of Bates ;
Ashton of Maine, second ; Nardini of Colby,
third. Time, 22 1-5 seconds. (Equals record.)
440-yard Dash — Won by Meanix of Colby ;
Haskell of Bowdoin, second; Merrill of Colby,
third. Time, 51 seconds. (New record.)
Half-mile — Won by Bell of Maine; Deering
of Bates, second; Reynolds of Colby, third.
Time, 2 minutes.
Mile Run — Won by Towner of Maine; Brooks
of Maine, second ; Power of Maine, third. Time,
4 minutes, 48 4-5 seconds.
Two-mile Run — Won by Power of Maine ;
Brooks of Maine, second; Towner of Maine,
third. Time, 9 minutes, 563-5 seconds. (New
record.)
120-yard Hurdles — Won by Woodman of
Bates; Royal of Colby, second; Thompson of
Bates, third. Time, 16 seconds. (New record.)
220-yard Hurdles — Won by Meariix of Colby;
Woodman of Bates, second; Thompson of Bates,
third. No time given.
Hammer Throw — Won by Bailey of Maine,
151 ft., 43-8 in.; second, Leadbetter of Bowdoin,
131 ft., 5 in.; third, Shepherd of Maine, 125 ft.,
6 in. (New record.)
Shot Put — Won by Shepard of Bates ; Gove of
Bates, second; Shepherd of Maine, third. Dis-
tance, 44 ft., 4 1-2 in. (New record.)
Discus Throw — Won by Gove of Bates ; Shep-
herd of Maine, second; Leadbetter of Bowdoin,
third. Distance, 126 ft. (New record.)
Pole Vault — Won by Rogers of Maine ; Thom-
as of Maine, second ; McKenney of Bowdoin,
third. Height, 11 ft., 65-8 in. (New record.)
High Jump — Won by Kempton of Bates ;
Drake of Bates, second ; Worden of Maine, third.
Height, 5 ft., 8 1-4 in. (New record.)
Broad Jump — Won by Faulkner of Bowdoin;
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Smith of Bowdoin, second ; MacFarland of Bow-
doin, third. Distance, 22 ft., 4 3-4 in. (New rec-
ord.)
Of the points, Bates took six first places, three
seconds, two thirds and tied for a second. Maine
took five firsts, five seconds, five thirds and tied
for a second. Colby took two firsts, two seconds
and three thirds and Bowdoin one first, three sec-
onds, and three thirds.
BOWDOIN 9 -COLBY 2
With Dodge holding the Colby batsmen in per-
fect control at all times of the game, Bowdoin
Ijatted James hard in almost every inning and
won on Whittier Field Wednesday by the score
of nine to two. Bowdoin took the lead in the last
half of the first inning and was never headed,
while Colby's nearest attempt at a rally came in
the sixth when two hits and an error scored her
second and final run.
Ability to hit the much-heralded James spelled
victory for Bowdoin, while Colby's inability to
connect safely was responsible for that team's de-
feat. But four hits were made off Dodge's de-
livery, Reed and Nutting making two each, two
coming in the first and two in the sixth. "Peeler"
retired nine men by the strike-out route and
James fanned seven. Each pitcher issued a free
pass.
Bowdoin made only three errors, but, unfor-
tunately, two of these counted in the run column.
Colby made five miscues, the greater part of them
costly. A cold wind swept the field throughout
the game, making perfect judgment of high flies
almost impossible, and driving two balls fair hit
outside the left field foul line.
Colby started with a rush. After Simpson had
struck out, Reed and Nutting singled and Reed
came home when LaCasce threw wild to second.
Bowdoin scored twice in the last of the first.
Stetson and McElwee hit safely and scored on
Skolfield's infield drive and Nutting's error after
Weatherill had struck out and Tuttle had been
hit.
Bowdoin repeated in the third. Weatherill was
hit, stole second and scored on Skolfield's single
through short, while "Link" tallied on LaCasce's
safety to left field. Daicey caught a high fly for
the third out. Eaton scored the fifth run in the
fourth, when he drew a pass, stole second, and
same home on McElwee's hit.
A run in both the sixth and seventh made the
score seven, while Colby's second run came in the
sixth. In the eighth LaCasce singled but was
forced by Tilton, who stole second. Eaton hit to
right field for three bases and scored when Dodge
Leon Dodge '13
hit to short, Nutting dropping the throw at the
plate.
BOWDOIN
ab r ib po a e
Stetson, rf 4 1 1 1 o 0
McElwee, ss 5 1 2 4 1 1
Weatherill, 2b 320020
Tuttle, If 300201
Skolfield, cf 4 1 1 o o o
LaCasce, c 4 o 2 9 1 1
Tilton, 3b 420100
Eaton, ib 3 2 1 10 0 o
Dodge, p 401040
Totals 35 9 8 27 8 3
COLBY
ab r ib po a e
Simpson, If 400000
Reed, ib 4 1 2 13 o o
Nutting, c 302622
Berry, cf 400000
Daicey, rf 400100
LaFleur, 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1
Cummings, 2b 1 o o o o 1
Harlow, 2b 300130
Campbell, ss 300341
James, p 310050
Totals 33 2 4 24 15 5
Bowdoin 2 o 2 1 0 1 12 — 9
Colby 1 0 c 0 o 1 0 o o — 2
Three-base hit, Eaton ; stolen bases, Weatherill
2, LaCasce, Tilton 2, Eaton, Nutting 3; base on
balls, off Dodge, off James; hit by pitched ball,
James — Tuttle and Weatherill; struck out, by
Dodge 9, by James 7; passed balls, by LaCasce,
bv Nutting. Umpire, Carrigan. Time, ih. 47m.
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Vol. XLIII MAY 20, 1913 No. 7
All Together Now !
At Bowdoin the undergraduate athletic "fan"
is a rarity. By this term we mean the type so
popular in cigarette advertisements and clothing
booklets; such a one as spends his afternoons in
watching "practice" and his evenings in "doping"
out teams, averages and winners; the man who
never misses a game within the range of his
pocketbook, his credit, or the "blind baggage;"
whose throat is "aes triplex" and whose musical
repertoire includes all the college songs. Such a
man is capable of the fine frenzy by which we
distinguish the native genius necessary for a
cheer leader.
The value of such a man is apparent. From
him the larger colleges fill their grandstands and
athletic treasuries. His weakness is that, like so
many large college products, he is rather too
much of a specialist. His interests and capacities
are limited to his one excelling art of "rooting,"
to standing by and patting on the back those who
are doing the work. Here at Bowdoin many such
specialists would be disastrous to our college
community. Here the quarterback must yell
football signals in the fall and give signals for
the "long yell" in the spring, the "B flat bass"
player must also hold down the keystone sack,,
the gold medal orator must add his well groomed
voice to swell the volume of the "rah rahs !"
We have been able by our small size to keep
from giving undue emphasis to the mere "bleach-
ers" side of athletics and require something more
of a man than vocal enthusiasm. But there is a
danger that, at present, we are not giving enough
prominence to this same cheering and singing.
Attendance at the recent M. I. A. A. track meet
may not be the measure of our college spirit, but
it is a fair indication of the form that it takes
with us, and for our part we should like to see
more of it expressed in better organized cheering,
expert cheer leaders, and a greater variety of
songs. We are not voicing the conclusions of the
"Crustacean" club with their motto "it's not
what it used to be." Bowdoin spirit is just as
much present as it ever was. We wish only to
emphasize that of late we have not nearly realized
our possibilities in this kind of team support. Let's
get together more, the whole gang of us, and
learn to sing and cheer in unison. We have good
songs, we have plenty of cheers. We have the
spirit. Let's express it.
Think it Over
In a Sophomore's room the other day a group
of normal, healthy fellows was discussing the
personality and ability of various other men who,
needless to add, were not present. All uncon-
sciously they showed their ideas and ideals of
college life.
The name of Doe, a man who stands near the
head of his class, was brought up. A big, tanned
fellow quickly said: "Yes, he gets good marks
but I don't think he has much to him, he plugs
for everything he gets." A chorus of approval
showed that everyone agreed.
The talk went on and another man, Roe, be-
came the object of comment. A Junior added to
the verbal bouquets by saying: "There's a smart
fellow for you, he could pull straight A's if he
would try." Someone asked: "Has he ever got
an A?" "Well, no, but he could if he wanted
to."
We think this typifies the general attitude. The
able man doesn't work, he doesn't have to. Only
dull and stupid people "grind" and they should
be and are looked down upon. We well remember
a truly brilliant member of last year's Senior
class who was so afraid that some one would
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catch him studying, and hence he would lose his
reputation for getting results without effort, that
he always had a popular magazine on his desk.
When anyone opened the door, down went Hor-
ace or Plato on the floor, and the visitor would
find our Phi Beta Kappa man immersed in a story
by Oppenheim and would go on his way marvel-
ing.
We expect persistency and work from the men
who try for our teams, and pour the vials of our
wrath on the sprinter who will not sprint. But
we glorify the student who will not study and
very, very often we are apt to regard the fact
that a man doesn't study as proof positive that
he is a student. Do we not realize that nothing
worthy of mention can be accomplished without
hard, disagreeable toil ? We should judge by ef-
forts and results, not by real or fancied poten-
tialities. By our present attitude we are encour-
aging superficiality in work, confirming loafers
in their laziness, and detering men from study.
Can true scholarship thrive in such an atmos-
phere, and is not the foremost purpose of the
college to turn out scholars?
QUILL GIVEN FIRST PLACE
It is with great pleasure that the Orient an-
nounces the honor given the Quill by the Wil-
liams Literary Monthly recently. It is interest-
ing to note that the Quill was ranked fourth by
the same monthly two years ago, last year it was
given second place, and this year it heads the list.
The Quill also received high praise recently from
the Randolph-Macon Monthly.
In the April number of the Williams Literary
Monthly the editor has chosen "the customary
'five-foot shelf of good reading" of the ex-
changes received during the closing year. At the
left of the shelf stands The Bowdoin Quill, fol-
lowed by The Columbian Monthly, The Smith
College Monthly, The Vassar Miscellany, The
Mount Holyoke, The Nassau Lit, The Yale Lit
and others.
The following tribute is paid to The Quill :
"The Bowdoin Quill, tiny and modest, not over-
burdened with material, but possessing a steady
and prevailing tone of careful selection and sane
judgment. In its general impression it seems the
least amateurish of the college monthlies."
MUSICAL CLUBS ELECTION
At their election last week the Musical Clubs
elected Samuel West '15 leader of the Glee Club,
Horace A. Barton '14 leader of the Mandolin
Club, Earle S. Thompson '14 manager of the
clubs and Philip L. Card '15 assistant manager.
In spite of the fact that they have taken the
longest trips ever attempted by the clubs, the new
manager finds the clubs in excellent condition fi-
nancially, and with prospects for another season
as successful as this one has been.
CAPT. SAVAGE RUNNER-UP
Both Bowdoin teams won in the trials of the
Maine College Tennis Championships at Lewis-
ton last week, but both lost in the semi-finals,
leaving Colby and Bates to fight it out in the
finals. Tomblen and Woodman of Bates won the
championship.
In the singles, Captain Savage won both his.
sets in both the trials and the semi-finals, but
lost in the finals to Foster of Colby. Savage
played a defensive back court game, while Foster
ran to the net at every opportunity. In the dou-
bles, the team work of the winners was excellent,
the swift drives of Tomblen being backed up
by the steady returns of Woodman.
DOUBLES
Preliminary Round
Tomblen and Woodman, Bates, beat Foster and'
Gillingham, Colby, 6-2, 6-3.
Gardner and Larrabee, Bowdoin, beat Good-
speed and King, Maine, 6-4, 7-5.
Morse and Cushman, Colby, beat Bird and1
Towle, Maine, 6-3, 7-5.
Savage and Slocum, Bowdoin, beat Alley and
Nickerson, Bates, 6-4, 9-7.
Semi-finals
Tomblen and Woodman, Bates, beat Gardner
and Larrabee, Bowdoin, 6-1, 6-1.
Morse and Cushman, Colby, beat Savage and
Slocum, Bowdoin, 7-5, 6-3.
Finals
Tomblen and Woodman, Bates, beat Morse and
Cushman, Colby, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3.
SINGLES
Preliminary Round
Savage, Bowdoin, beat Tomblen, Bates, 2-6,
6-4, 6-2.
Goodspeed, Maine, beat Slocum, Bowdoin, 6-3
6-3-
Nickerson, Bates, beat Morse, Colby, 6-4, 3-6,
7-5-
Foster, Colby, beat Bird, Maine, 6-2, 6-2.
Semi-finals
Savage, Bowdoin, beat Goodspeed, Maine, 7-5,
6-2.
Foster, Colby, beat Nickerson, Bates, 6-4, 6-3.
Finals
Foster, Colby, beat Savage, Bowdoin, 6-4, 1-6,
6-4, 6-3.
Capt. Savage and Slocum are now playing at
Longwood.
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FOOD FOR FANS
According to figures given out Sunday in a
Portland paper, Bowdoin, Colby and Maine have
practically the same batting and fielding aver-
ages in the Maine College series, while Bates is
in each case a poor fourth. With Bowdoin's two
remaining games with Bates, it looks good for
Bowdoin to win the pennant. Maine has scored
■22 runs, Bowdoin 18, Bates 10 and Colby 7.
The averages follow :
Batting Av. Fielding Av.
Maine 209 .904
Bowdoin 202 .903
Colby 202 .901
Bates 186 .890
Maine and Colby meet this week, at Orono on
Wednesday and at Waterville on Saturday.
Bowdoin and Bates play at Lewiston May 30 and
•at Brunswick June 6.
Bowdoin will play an exhibition baseball game
with Bates at Augusta May 31, the day after the
"first game with Bates of the championship se-
ries. The game with Tufts on May 24 will be in
Portland at the new Bayside Park owned by the
New England league. A game may be arranged
with the Alumni for June 25. There is probabil-
ity of a game with the Eastwoods of Bangor.
Bowdoin defeated Colby for the second time
Wednesday on Whittier Field while Maine
trimmed Bates at Lewiston on the same day. No
games were played Saturday because of the
State Meet.
The standing:
Won Lost Ave.
Bowdoin 3 1 .750
Maine 2 2 .500
Bates 1 2 .333
Colby 1 2 .333
SECOND TEAM ENDS SCHEDULE
The game with Brunswick High Thursday af-
ternoon ended the schedule of the Bowdoin sec-
ond baseball team. Eight games were played,
three of which were won by the second team,
while the second team made 48 runs against 57
for its opponents. Elwell '15, assistant manager
of the 'varsity, managed the team, while "Oba-
diah" Gardner '13 was appointed captain. The
men who played in the greater part of the games
are: Fraser '16, Minott '15, Keegan '15, Kelley
'16, Hall '14, Dole '13, Gardner '13, Woodman '16,
Stuart '16, Wiggin '13, E. Tuttle '13, Larrabee
^16, Nixon '13, Allen '15, Rogers '15, Olson '16,
Coombs '14 and Coxe '15.
The team served its purpose in keeping a num-
ber of men at work throughout the spring and in
training possible 'varsity material for another
year.
The Bowdoin Second team came across
Thursday afternoon with a 10 to 8 victory over
Brunswick High. The game lasted ten innings
and was marked by free hitting and numerous
errors on both sides. The feature of the contest
was the batting of Keegan, who scored three hits,
including a two-base drive in the tenth with two
men on bases. The score by innings :
Innings 123456789 10 — R
Bowdoin Second 303000200 2 — 10
B. H. S. 004003100 0 — 8
WHAT 1913 MEN ARE TO DO
A poll of the Seniors has recently been taken
in order to ascertain what vocations they will
pursue after graduation. The results follow: —
Abbott, H. C, business ; Abbott, C. G., undecided ;
Baker, graduate work in English at Harvard;
Belknap, undecided ; Brown, business ; Buck,
teaching; Bull, law (Harvard); Burleigh, jour-
nalism; Busfield, international banking; Carr,
teaching; Colby, ministry; Comery, undecided;
Conant, undecided ; Cowan, teaching ; Craig, bus-
iness; Crosby, Oxford University (Rhodes
Scholar) ; Crowell, assistant travelling secretary
for Zeta Psi ; Cummings, medicine ; Cushman,
banking ; Daniels, business ; Dodge, L., business ;
Dodge, W. E., teaching; Dole, business; Doug-
las, graduate work in Economics and Sociology
at Columbia ; Dunphy, undecided ; Eberhardt,
business ; Emery, P. H., undecided ; Emery, T. E.,
irrigation farming; Fogg, medicine; Gardner,
teaching ; Gilbert, undecided ; Fuller, forestry
(Harvard); Greene, business; Hagan, undecid-
ed; Hagar, law (Boston University) ; Hall, busi-
ness; Haskell, teaching; Hatch, ministry; Hindi,
business; Holt, law (Harvard); Howes, teach-
ing; Jones, advertising; Kennedy, teaching;
Leavitt, business; Lippincott, undecided; Lunt,
business ; McMahon, undecided ; McMurtrie,
chemistry (Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy) ; McNeally, business ; Miller, business ;
Morris, graduate work in Moral Philosophy at
Yale; Moulton, medicine; Nixon, undecided;
Norton, journalism; Page, teaching; Palmer,
teaching; Parkhurst, business; Philoon, law;
Pike, Harvard Business School ; Pratt, unde-
cided; Rowe, undecided; Saunders, law (Boston
University); Savage, business; Shackford, in-
ternational banking ; Skolfield, undecided ; Slo-
cum, business ; Smith, business ; Spinney, busi-
ness; Sweet, graduate work at Harvard; Tilton,
business; Tufts, teaching; Tuttle, C, business;
Tuttle, E. B., undecided; Twombly, undecided;
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Walker, business ; Whittier, teaching ; Wiggin,
textile business ; Wilson, teaching ; Wish, teach-
ing; Wood, irrigation farming.
Summary: — Business, 24; teaching, 14; grad-
uate work, 6 ; law, 5 ; medicine, 3 ; banking, 3 ;
ministry, 2; journalism, 2; irrigation farming,
2 ; forestry, 1 ; advertising, I ; fraternity travel-
ling secretary, 1 ; undecided, 16; total, 80.
Elmer L. Curtiss of the Massachusetts Civil
Service Commission will speak before the Govern-
ment Club Wednesday evening at the D. K. E.
House on Civil Service.
INTERSCHOLASTICTOURNAMENT THIS WEEK
The Bowdoin Interscholastic Tennis Tourna-
ment will be held Friday and Saturday of this
week. The teams will arrive Friday morning,
make the drawings at 11 o'clock and begin both
singles and doubles Friday afternoon. The
finals will be played Saturday and cups will be
awarded to the winners. Each school will be
represented by a team of doubles and two men in
the singles. Eight schools are expected to com-
pete: — Kents Hill, Hebron, Edward Little High,
Coburn, Cony High, Lewiston High, Brunswick
High and Portland High.
SCHOOLBOY MEET MAY 31
The Bowdoin Interscholastic Track Meet will
be held on Whittier Field May 31. The trials
will start at 10.30 sharp, and the afternoon events
at 2. The meet will be conducted as usual with
the exception of one new rule, i. e., ''Each com-
petitor may enter only by means of an admission
ticket purchased at the gate. The price of this
ticket will be refunded by the management to all
men who actually compete in the meet." This is
in compliance with a rule passed by the N. E. I.
C. A. A.
Thirteen schools have signified their intention
of competing and several more are yet to be
heard from. Those already entered are: He-
bron 20 men, Portland High 20, Kent's Hill 18,
Coburn 17, M. C. I. 16, Westbrook Seminary 7,
Deering High 10, Dexter High 10, Cony High 10,
Gardiner High 6, Buckfield High io, Mexico
High 3, and Lincoln Academy 10.
Club anD Council Meetings
A social meeting of the Bible Study leaders for
next year was held with Dean McConaughy at
his home on College Street last evening.
At a meeting of the Student Council Monday,
May 12, a number of details of administration
were arranged for. It was reported that June 9
and 10 had been set for the Snow Song Cup com-
petition, the sings to be held in Memorial Hall.
All but one fraternity reported in favor of de-
ferring initiations. The matter was postponed
until the next meeting.
f>n t&e Campus
Anthony '16 and Cross '15 have left College.
Head '16 returned to College Wednesday after
a two weeks' illness.
Bacon '15 is again at College after an opera-
tion for appendicitis.
The Dekes trimmed the Alpha Delts last week
by the score of 10 to 8.
The next examinations for the Rhodes scholar-
ships will be October 14 and 15.
The Zetes took the Dekes into camp last week
by the disputed score of 13 to 3.
The Freshmen will hold a class sing tonight at
7 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. room.
Last week's meeting of the Government Club
was postponed until next Wednesday.
Twenty-seven men including the coach and
managers made the trip to Orono Saturday.
The Hawthorne Prize Stories will be due May
30 instead of May 16 as was previously an-
nounced.
Jim Crane, a "Portland boy" who attended
Bowdoin for two years, is meeting success as a
playwright.
Our subway heating system has been under-'
going extensive repairs between the Old Gym
and North Maine.
Bill Keegan '15 received a painful injury dur-
ing practice Tuesday afternoon, being hit in the
face by a baseball.
The Cornellian for 1913, the Cornell book cor-
responding to the Bugle, has a picture of Dan
Coogan, together with a signed article by him.
The Alexander trials will be held May 26 in-
stead of May 23 as previously announced. A
schedule will be posted, giving the times of the
individual trials.
The Freshmen trials for the Alexander Prize
Speaking were held last night in Memorial Hall.
From the 20 men first chosen, 10 were elected to
represent the class.
Bamford '16 has returned from the Eye and
Ear Infirmary in Portland after an operation
upon his right hand. Foster '16 returned from
the same hospital yesterday after an operation
upon his leg for an osseous growth.
Men who have won track B's this year for the
first time are: Smith '15, McWilliams '15, L.
Brown '14, Leadbetter '16, McKenney '15 and
Merrill '14. Capt. Haskell '13, Lewis '15 and
Faulkner '15 had already won their letters.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
The Northfield Student Conference will be
held in Northfield, Mass., June 20 to 29. Men in
the colleges of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
York, Ontario, Quebec and the Maratime Prov-
inces will be represented.
"Squanto" Wilson '13 is playing first base for
the Lynn team of the New England league.
"Squanto" has his batting eye with him, as is
shown by his terrific clouting in the recent series
with Portland, and is becoming the idol of Lynn
fans. In Saturday's game he got a home run
with a tie score and two men on and later in the
game a two-bagger.
mitt) tbe jFacuItp
On May the fifteenth the visiting committee of
the Board of Overseers, composed of Pres. S. V.
Cole of Wheaton College, Hon. W. T. Cobb of
Rockland, Hon. John A. Morrill of Auburn, and
F. O. Conant, Esq., of Portland, held a personal
interview with each member of the faculty and
considered matters of importance pertaining to
each department.
Prof. Mitchell represented the College at Frye-
burg Academy during the week.
Prof. Johnson sailed from New York on last
Saturday the seventeenth. He is going direct to
Naples.
Professor Brauner took a trip to Boston and
vicinity last week to attend the meeting of the
Modern Language Association. He also visited
many places of interest around Boston.
alumni Department
'63. — A rather interesting memento of one of
their deceased classmates will meet the eye of the
surviving members of the Class of 1863 at their
reunion the coming Commencement. It is a group
of volumes all relating to English Literature and
all from the pen of a daughter of the class, Pro-
fessor Martha Hale Shackford, Ph.D., of Welles-
ley College, whose father, Charles B. Shackford,
Esq., died when she was a child.
'63, '73, '88. — These three classes are to hold
reunions at Commencement this year.
'74. — Henry Gardiner White died recently at
Providence, R. I.
'yy. — L. A. Melcher has just issued his twenty-
fifth annual report as superintendent of public
schools at Northbridge, Mass.
'82. — Without the reason being known, Edwin
N. Curtis has resigned the lucrative position of
collector of customs at Boston, for which the
term would not have expired until Jan. 23, 1914.
'91. — Miss Mabel E. Osgood of Auburn, Me.,
was on April 30 united in marriage to Ivory C.
Jordan of Charleston, West Virginia, at the home
of the bride's sister, Mrs. A. W. Smart, 320 Saw-
yer Street, South Portland, Me. The couple will
make their home in Charleston, where Mr. Jor-
dan has been located some years as attorney-at-
law. They will be at home to their friends after
July 1, at Maple Road, Edgewood.
'94. — R. H. Hinkley is now putting on the mar-
ket his work, The Books of Knowledge, a child's
encyclopedia, which not only answers every ques-
tion a child can ask, they say, but also delights
adults.
'97. — Mr. Earl Davis of Pittsfield recently de-
livered at Williams College a lecture on the
Sweep of Socialism.
'02. — George R. Walker picked out the cup
which the New York Alumni Association recent-
ly presented to be competed for in the Bowdoin-
Trinity Meet. He also took charge of all the
arrangements for getting the cup here. The Col-
lege is very, very grateful to him for the work he
put into this and for the interest he has shown in
Bowdoin's athletic welfare.
'03, '05, '06. — Bowdoin men were well repre-
sented in the list of instructors recently appointed
at Harvard for one year from Sept. 1. Seldon O.
Martin, Ph.D., '03, is appointed for commercial
organization ; Arthur L. McCobb, A.M., '05, for
German ; Ray W. Pettengill, Ph.D., '05, for Ger-
man; and Melvin T. Copeland, Ph.D., '06, for
commercial organization.
'06.- — The engagement of Miss Mary E.
Crocker of Waterville Street, Portland, to Har-
old E. Elder of Coyle Street, has recently been
announced to friends.
'07. — Dwight S. Robinson, son of the late Pro-
fessor Franklin C. Robinson, of Bowdoin Col-
lege, and a graduate of Bowdoin in the Class of
1907, has resigned his position as assistant super-
intendent of the Atlas Powder Company plant at
Joplin, Missouri, to accept the position of assist-
ant superintendent of the Barksdale, Wisconsin,
plant of the Du Pont Powder Company. This is
one of the three largest plants in the country for
the manufacture of dynamite.
'10. — The marriage of Miss Marion Purington
Wheeler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E.
Wheeler of Portland, and Richard Raymond
Eastman of Boston, is to take place June 4th.
Mr. Eastman is a member of the Zeta Psi Fra-
ternity. Miss Wheeler, a graduate of Deering
High School, and a Delta Alpha Kappa girl, is a
most accomplished musician.
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VOL. XL1II
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, MAY 27, 1913
NO. 8
CAST FOR COMMENCEMENT PLAY
About thirty men turned out for the trials for
parts in the Commencement play, "The Merchant
of Venice." The following' is the tentative cast
of characters which may change as rehearsals
progress if special ability is shown by any man.
Those who have lines in the first two acts must
have them memorized for the first rehearsal,
Tuesday, May 27, at 3.30 p. m., Memorial Hall.
The cast of characters :
Shylock Crowell '13
Duke of Venice Jones '13
Antonio Douglas '13
Gratiano Greene '13
Bassanio Baker '13
Salanio Russell '14
Leonardo Callahan '14
Launcelot Gobbo ." Greene '13
Lorenzo McDonald '15
Tubal Dunphy'13
Old Gobbo Morrill '16
Portia Leigh '14
Nerissa Twombly '13
Jessica Nixon '13
Clerk of Court Edwards '16
Balthazar Page '13
BOARD OF PROCTORS ANNOUNCED
The Board of Proctors for next year will be as
follows: Louis A. Donahue, George F. Eaton,
Alfred E. Gray, Elroy O. LaCasce, Robert D.
Leigh and Paul H. White.
DARTMOUTH WINS FAST MEET
Dartmouth took its annual win in the N. E.
Meet Saturday with 62 points, Brown was sec-
ond with 16 points, Holy Cross third with 13, and
Maine fourth with 12. Colby was ninth with 5
points, while Bates was tenth with 4j4 points.
Bowdoin scored only 1 point, P. Smith taking
fourth in the broad jump. Faulkner, Capt. Has-
kell and Leadbetter failed to qualify on Friday.
The broad jump was won at only 21 ft., 4/4 in-
Thursday afternoon Leadbetter threw the ham-
mer 142 feet, good for an easy second, but was
unable to stay in the ring Friday.
NEW ENGLAND TOURNAMENT
Johnston of Amherst for the second time won
the N. E. Tennis Tournament at Longwood last
week. Bacon and Richards of Wesleyan won
the doubles. Capt. Savage and Slocum of Bow-
doin were defeated in the first round of doubles
by Bacon and Richards of Wesleyan 6-1, 6-1.
Savage won his first match in the singles from
Greene of Brown 6-4, 6-4, but lost to Cutler of
Williams 6-2, 6-4.
NEW NAME FOR WING CUP
Harry Faulkner's name will be placed upon the
Henry A. Wing Cup which was presented to the
College, last year, by Mrs. Grace Wing of Au-
burn in memory of her husband, Col. Henry A.
Wing of the Class of 1880. The name of Bow-
doin's high point winner in the Maine Intercol-
legiate Track Meet, each year, is placed upon the
cup. Faulkner won five points for Bowdoin this
year by taking first place in the broad jump. Last
year the names of C. B. Haskell, Jr., winner of
the 440-yard dash, and H. A. Lewis, winner of
the hammer throw, were placed upon the cup.
NOMINATIONS FOR OVERSEER
Men who have been nominated by a vote of the
Alumni by mail for the position of Overseer of
the College to replace the vacancy left by the
death of Herbert M. Heath '72, are :
Lewis Albert Burleigh '91 of Augusta, John
Clair Minot '96 of Boston, Charles Howard Gil-
man '82 of Portland, and Rev. John Hastings
Quint '97 of Brunswick. This election is in
charge of the committee on the Overseers nomi-
nations and of the general association of Alumni.
BIBLE STUDY PLANS MADE
Plans have already been made for the Y. M.
C. A. Bible Study classes next year and two
meetings of the leaders have been held. Two
courses will be given, one for Freshmen and one
for upper-classmen. The first course will use
for a text "The Master's Standards of Conduct,"
which takes up some of the most outstanding
problems of a first-year man's life and the way
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Christ faced similar problems. The other course
will use "The Manhood of the Master." The
study will extend over twelve weeks. The leaders
of the Freshmen courses will be West, Little,
Churchill, Ramsdell, Fuller, Foster, Fortin, Say-
ward, Livingstone, Richardson, A. Lewis, Raw-
son, Canney, Stone, Hescock and J. L. McCon-
aughy, normal class leader. The leaders of the
other courses will be McWilliams, MacCormick,
Gray, Merrill, Leigh, Hamblen, Simpson, Badger,
Rodick, C. Brown and Leigh, normal class leader.
TENTATIVE EXAM SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, JUNE 12.
A. M. P. M.
Political Science 2 Chemistry 8
German 4
Music 4
History 8
Chemistry 2
Philosophy 2
Botany 1
German 6
A. M.
Economics 2
Economics 4
Biology 4
Biology 2
Economics 8
Physics 2, 6
English 4
Chemistry 4
German 8
Latin B. 2
FRIDAY, JUNE 13.
P. M.
Greek 8
History 2
Surveying 2
SATURDAY, JUNE 14.
P. M.
German 2, 16
Drawing 2
Music 2
MONDAY, JUNE l6.
P. M.
English 2
Economics 6
Philosophy 4
TUESDAY, JUNE IJ.
P. M.
Mathematics 2, 4
WEDNESDAY, JUNE l8.
P. M.
French 2, 4, 6
Italian 4
THURSDAY, JUNE 19.
P. M.
Minerology I
Psychology 2
Greek B. 2, 4, 6
FRIDAY, JUNE 20.
Latin 4
Chemistry 6
SATURDAY, JUNE 21.
A. M. P- M.
History 4, German 12 and 14 — By arrangement
with Instructor.
INTERSCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT
This year's Interscholastic Tournament was
undoubtedly the first of its kind ever played in
this state. Because of the steady rain Friday and
Saturday, the matches were played on the clay
courts in the Hyde Athletic Building. Kent's
Hill won the doubles, while Purington of Ed-
ward Little, the winner of the singles in the Bates
Tournament last year, carried off the singles cup.
Some fast matches were played, particularly be-
tween Cony High and Kent's Hill.
SINGLES
Preliminaries : Purington of Edward Little de-
feated Flynt of Cony High, 8-6, 6-1. Woodman
of Portland High defeated Leighton of Lewiston,
6-0, 7-9, 6-4. Little of Brunswick defeated Kent's
Hill entry by default.
Semi-finals : Woodman defeated Little,
6-2, 6-1. Purington drew by.
Finals : Purington defeated Woodman,
6-i, 6-2.
DOUBLES
TRIALS
Cony beat Brunswick, 6-0, 6-2.
Portland beat Edward Little, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
Lewiston beat Coburn by default.
Kent's Hill beat Hebron by default.
SEMI-FINALS
Cony beat Portland, 6-2, 6-1.
Kent's Hill beat Lewiston, 6-0, 6-0.
FINALS
Kent's Hill beat Cony, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
The teams were made up as follows : Bruns-
wick, Little, Mitchell ; Cony, Flynt, Johnson ; Ed-
ward Little, Banks, Rogers ; Kent's Hill, Gordon,
Richardson ; Lewiston, Leighton. Ireland ; Port-
land, Strout, Schlosberg.
6-3,
6-i,
COMMUNICATION FROM M.I.A.A.
To the Students of Bowdoin College:
The Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
wishes to notify the public that the so-called Sou-
venir Program sold on the special train and in
the vicinity of Alumni Field, Orono, Maine, at
its 19th Annual Championship Meet was a pri-
vate enterprise conducted by Morris and St.
Onge of the University of Maine without the ap-
proval of the Association. These programs were
published after permission had been refused by
the Association and since the information they
contained was unauthorized and inaccurate their
object must have been to defraud. The Associa-
tion regrets this unhappy incident and will see to
it that it does not happen in the future.
L. R. SULLIVAN,
Secretary.
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in the Interests of the Students of
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
EDITORIAL BOARD
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Austin H. MacCormick, 1915,
Richard E. Simpson, 1914,
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
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D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
Raymond C. Hamlin, 1916, With The Faculty
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K. A. Robinson, 1914
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alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
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addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
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Single copies, 10 cents.
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Vol. XLIII
MAY 27, 1913 No. 8
As to Communications
In publishing our first "communication" since
the beginning of the present volume we take oc-
casion to rejoice at this revival of a very useful
employment of our columns. The Orient, in
printing such letters, does not bind itself to the
support of any of the views presented and is al-
ways glad to print articles with opposite or con-
trasting opinions. The recent Library changes,
dealt with in the present communication, have
caused considerable comment on the campus and
we are sure that the matter will receive whatever
attention it deserves.
An Important Election
In a few days the nominations for officers to be
voted upon at the spring elections will be made
public. The purpose of this early announcement
is to make possible a more careful and deliberate
choice. Student Council and Athletic Council
members, officers and the various athletic man-
agerships are positions which require the most
able and influential men in the undergraduate
body. On these officers to a great degree will
depend the successful issue of many of the prob-
lems which will have to be faced next year. It
is the plain duty of every member of the Asso-
ciated Student Body to inform himself as to the
qualifications of all candidates and to cast a vote
free and fair. We are past the day of combina-
tions. The tendency to carelessness, however, is
one which we must likewise avoid.
A Sane Attitude
Much space in newspapers and comic weeklies
is, at present, being devoted to the discussion and
explanation of the so-called "new dances." At a
number of the leading educational institutions
various faculty and student authorities have
placed prohibitions on the multifarious steps and
twists of recent vogue. In all these restrictive
measures there has been a prevailing difficulty in
keeping up with the latest terpsichorean inven-
tions. The self-appointed censors have been at
their wits-end to adequately keep pace with the
latest importations from the Barbary Coast and
poultry yard. No sooner have they catalogued
the undesirable and desirable among these fads
than others have appeared.
In contrast with this manner of treatment we
note the attitude of the Ivy Committee of the
Junior Class on this question. In accordance
with the Bowdoin way of looking at such things,
they consider dance steps a matter of individual
judgment and taste. As having official charge
of this Bowdoin function they accept willingly
the usual responsibility of guaranteeing to all the
guests that the affair will not be marred by un-
gentlemanly or improper conduct but do not at-
tempt to condemn any dance as such. With this
sane view of the question it is safe to say that the
big college social affair will not be the occasion:
for giving to anyone present anything but a high,
opinion of the College.
COMMUNICATION
Editor of the Orient.
Sir: May I take up a little of the valuable
space of your columns to voice a protest against
the latest crime on the campus? I refer, of
course, to the recent transformations in Hub-
bard Hall. Is it to offset the recently-established
course in Fine Arts that the authorities have in-
flicted upon us this example of how not to do
things? To ruin absolutely the dignity and
beauty of the entrance hall in the Library was-
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not, presumably, the motive of those responsible
for these changes ; yet that is what has been done.
Without rhyme or reason, one of the finest pieces
of architecture we possess has been turned into
an example of vulgar mediocrity. Instead of a
stately charm, the main characteristic of the hall
is now a commonplace ugliness.
The excuse given for this rearrangement is
that the array of book cases, etc. serves to break
the echo, and so protects men studying in the
reading room from disconcerting sounds which
emanate from the seminar rooms above. Grant-
ing, for the sake of the argument, that many
readers are so disturbed, does this transformation
effect the desired result? Again, is this distor-
tion of beauty into ugliness the only way in
which frequenters of Hubbard Hall can obtain
the peace they so desire ? To many it seems pur-
chased at too high a price.
I remain etc.,
NGA BGOUL.
THETA DELTA CHI IN PORTLAND
The Western Maine Theta Delta Chi Associa-
tion was formed in Portland Saturday evening by
graduate members of the fraternity. Six col-
leges were represented, — Bowdoin, Dartmouth,
Harvard, Tufts, Boston University and Brown.
Leon V. Walker, Bowdoin '03, was elected pres-
ident and Leon H. Smith '10, vice-president.
Among the Bowdoin men present were : Wal-
ter F. Perkins '80, Arthur L. Pettengill '81, Llew-
ellyn Barton '84, Charles H. Leighton '94, Philip
Dana '96, Edward F. Moody '03, Leon V. Walker
'03, E. F. Abbott '03, Luther Dana '03, Thomas E.
Chase '04, Arthur L. Chapman '04, G. C. Soule
'06, G. W. Cragie '07, Leon H. Smith '10, George
F. Cressey '12, John A. Slocum '13, Earl B. Tut-
tle '13, Stanley F. Dole '13, Horace A. Barton
'14, Clifford L. Russell '14, Sumner L. Mount-
fort '14, Louis A. Donahue '14, Edward B. El-
well '15, Ernest P. Marshall '16, and A. E. Lit-
tlefield '16.
DELTA UPSILON ENTERTAINS
Bowdoin Chapter of Delta Upsilon held its an-
nual house-party last Friday evening and Satur-
day. The program included a reception and
dance Friday evening. A sail down the New
Meadows River and a shore dinner at the Gurnet
Saturday was prevented by the rain.
In the receiving line at the reception were Mrs.
Frank E. Woodruff, Mrs. C. C. Hutchins, Mrs.
Paul Nixon and Mrs. William Hawley Davis.
Mrs. G. Allen Howe poured coffee, Mrs. Samuel
Thompson of Portland served sherbet, and Mrs.
Samuel B. Furbish ladled punch.
The committee in charge was composed of Ed-
ward O. Baker '13, Lester B. Shackford '13,
Samuel W. Chase '14, Clifford T. Perkins '15,
and J. Glenwood Winter '16.
Among the young lady guests were the follow-
ing: Misses Marion Irving, Marion Smart and
Amy Baker of Portland, Misses Bertha Nelson
and Susan Chase of Lowell, Mass., Misses Kath-
erine Buffum and Grace Walker of Rockland,
Misses Anne Dudley and Margaret Arnold of
Waterville, Misses Erma Farrar, Eleanor Brad-
lee, Pauline Hatch and Vivian Lemont of Bath,
Misses Olive Nutter, Helen Snow, Lorette La-
Pointe, Anne Hall, Alexina LaPointe, Helen
Fiske, Yvette LaPointe, Helen Mitchell, Clare
Ridley and Isabelle Pollard of Brunswick, Misses
Alzada Bailey and Jennie Bailey of East Poland,
Miss Merle McVeigh of North Adams, Mass.,
Miss Dorothy Chaney of Topsham, Miss Jeanne
Moulton of Cumberland Center, Miss Evangeline
Redman of Dexter, Miss Charlotte Nevens of
Auburn, Miss Alice Hurley of Bowdoinham, Miss,
Beulah Seavey of Ogunquit and Miss Miriam
Schafer of Kingfield.
Gordon Busfield, Hamilton '11, was also among
the guests.
The delegates from the other fraternities at the
reception were as follows : from Alpha Delta
Phi, Samuel West '15; from Psi Upsilon, Ray E.
Palmer '13; from Delta Kappa Epsilon, Law-
rence Irving '16; from Zeta Psi, Harold W.
Miller '13; from Theta Delta Chi, Maurice W.
Hamblen '14; from Kappa Sigma, Philip R. Fox
'14; from Beta Theta Pi, Elden H. Austin '15;
from the Bowdoin Club, Charles A. Hatch '13.
FOOD FOR FANS
By defeating Maine in the Maine College base-
ball series last week, Colby passed Maine and
Bates and is now second to Bowdoin. No other
games were played in the league last week, Bow-
doin remaining in the lead by the same comfort-
able margin of 250 points.
The standing:
Won Lost Ave.
Bowdoin 3 1 .750
Colby 2 2 .500
Maine 2 3 .400
Bates 1 2 .333
Bowdoin and Bates will play at Lewiston May
30 and at Brunswick June 6. The exhibition
game between these two teams for May 31 has
been cancelled and no other game will be placed
on Bowdoin's schedule to take its place. The
game on June 6 will be the regular Ivy game.
From a comparison of the work of the two teams
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in games with other colleges, the opinion of prac-
tically all who have been following the game is
that Bowdoin will win. Bates is sadly handi-
capped by the injury to Griffin, her captain and
catcher, who is in bed with a broken leg. Bates'
twirler, Anderson, is a hard nut to crack and it is
in him that Bates will place her strongest trust.
If Bowdoin wins both these games she has the
pennant cinched ; if she loses one she has more
than a fair chance, while if she loses both, she
will probably be tied with either Colby or Maine.
Courses 2 and 3 are elective for Sophomores,
Juniors and Seniors. Courses 3, 4, 5, 6 are elec-
tive for Juniors and Seniors.
SUMMER SCHOOL CREDIT
Students desiring credit for work done in Sum-
mer School must present a statement in writing
to the Dean, indicating the school they desire to
attend and the courses to be taken there for which
they wish to receive credit at Bowdoin. The ap-
proval of the Dean must be secured for the insti-
tution which they desire to attend, and any
courses which they wish to substitute for re-
quired courses at Bowdoin must be approved by
the head of the Department concerned.
JAMES L. McCONAUGHY,
Acting Dean.
NEW COURSES FOR 1913-14
Professor Elliott.
English Literature I. First semester : Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 9.30. Meaning and
Method of English Literature from early times
to the age of Pope. For critical study: Chau-
cer's Prologue, Book I of Spencer's Faerie
Queen, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Mac-
beth, part of Milton's Paradise Lost, Pope's Rape
of the Lock.
English Literature II. Second semester : Mon-
day, Wednesday and Friday at 9.30. Meaning
and Method from Gray to the present. For crit-
ical study : Lyrics by Burns and the chief nine-
teenth century poets, Carlyle's and Arnold's in-
terpretation of modern life and literature.
English Literature III. First semester : Tues-
day, Thursday, Friday at 1.30. Shakespeare; his
development as a dramatist and the conception
of life presented in his works. For special study :
the histories and comedies.
English Literature IV. Second semester:
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 1.30. Omitted
in 1914-15. Shakespeare; his tragedies and ro-
mances.
English Literature V. First semester 1914-15.
Omitted 1913-14. Emerson; his relation to Car-
lyle. A comparative study of the two authors.
English Literature VI. Second semester 1914-
15. Omitted 1913-14. Browning and his time.
FRESHMAN BANQUET
The Freshman Banquet will be held at the Con-
gress Square Hotel in Portland, June 7. The
committee has made arrangements for a big time
and it is up to the class now to support them.
Tickets may be had from members of the com-
mittee and no one will be admitted to the banquet
without one. Each delegation is to elect one of
its members for a response. The names of these
men must be handed to the toastmaster (Wyman)
at once in order to get them on the menu. Every
man in the Freshman Class should make a special
effort to attend this banquet and help make it a
success.
NEW SCHEME FOR TRIPS
As a result of a conference of the managers of
Baseball, Football and the Musical Clubs with a
committee of the Faculty, uniform regulations
for the arranging of schedules were adopted and
approved by the Faculty. The scheme is as fol-
lows:
"The managers of the following organizations
shall arrange their schedules on the following
basis : The absences for the Musical Clubs shall
not exceed five working days ; for the football
team six working days; and for the baseball team
seven working days. An absence for a working
day shall be understood to mean absence from
chapel and the whole day's recitations. The ab-
sence beginning after 10.30 shall be considered
two-thirds of a working day, except on Saturday,
when such absence shall be considered one-third
of a working day. Absence for the afternoon
shall be considered one-third of a working day.
No account is taken of absence from Sunday
chapel."
This system removes the trouble arising in the
past on account of approval following the ar-
rangements for games. The number of days
needed for trips during a schedule was deter-
mined from the managers' estimates.
NORTHFIELD STUDENT CONFERENCE
"Carriage. Carriage to Northfield Camp
Grounds." In less than a month from today, sev-
eral hundred college men from all over the
United States will be greeted somewhat as above
as they alight at the station at East Northfield,
Massachusetts. The conference opens Friday
evening, June 20, and all that day the large buck-
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boards will be busy carrying men to the camp-
grounds.
From then until the conference closes, June 29,
there will be "Some Time" around Northfield.
The fun will begin at the first meal when the
various college yells will be heard and from then
on there will be as much enthusiasm and spirit as
if they were all attending some big football game
or other athletic contest.
There will be an opening meeting at the audi-
torium Friday evening, but the conference proper
will not begin until Saturday morning, when some
such program as follows will be carried out:
7.30-8.30, Breakfast; 8.30-1 1.30, Groups in Bible
Study, Mission Study, etc.; 11.30-12.30, Auditor-
ium Meeting; 12.30, Lunch; Entire Afternoon,
Recreation ; 6.00, Dinner ; 7.00, Outdoor meeting
on "Little Roundtop," with addresses on Life
Work; 8.00, Auditorium Meeting.
The whole program is so excellent that you can
hardly afford to miss going at least once during
your college course. You obtain a big inspiration
from listening to the great speakers, all men like
John R. Mott and Robert E. Speer, you have a
splendid opportunity to meet a large number of
men from other colleges, and you have a fine
chance to play tennis or baseball or go out on
walks to the most beautiful places imaginable.
There is always a series of baseball games be-
tween the different colleges for the championship
of the conference and on the big "Carnival Day"
there is a track meet in which anyone can enter.
Many fellows who have been at Northfield in
years past say it is well worth while, even to wit-
ness the wonderful celebration on "Carnival
Day" alone. It is doubtless one of the most ex-
tensive affairs ever carried out by college men.
The delegates form in a long line, each college
having a characteristic costume, and after march-
ing into the auditorium give their different songs
and cheers. It is all under the best of manage-
ment and is really for many men the greatest
event they ever experienced. The evening's pro-
gram is closed by a huge bon-fire some sixty feet
high, around which the whole conference makes
one long circle and run until the heat drives them
back.
There will be about a hundred men from both
Yale and Harvard and the whole body will num-
ber well up to the thousands. How many Bow-
doin men are going to share in its enjoyment and
inspiration ?
and Pope '14 were read and a general discussion
followed.
The class in Education 2 met Thursday evening
with Prof. McConaughy at his home. Mr. John
A. Cone, Principal Koughan of the Topsham
High School and Principal Jack of Portland
High School were the guests of the evening. Mr.
Jack gave the class a very interesting talk.
Clufc anO Council Meetings
The Biology Club held a meeting at the Zeta
Psi House last Tuesday. Papers by Chase '14
SDn tfje Campus
Harold Ashey '12 was at College last week.
Ollie Sanborn '11 was on the campus Tuesday.
New Meadows Inn will open the latter part of
the week.
Holt '13 has returned to College after two
weeks' absence.
The appearance of straw hats proclaims the
advent of spring.
"Professor" Baker is again with us; this time
he is having trouble with his eyes.
A large quantity of Sears apparatus has been
received by the chemistry department.
H. Abbott '13 has returned from a week's so-
journ in the New Hampshire wildernesses.
The Alpha Delts beat the Dekes in a hard-
fought game of baseball on the Delta Wednesday.
The Friars held their annual banquet and
dance at Riverton Park last Wednesday evening,
May 21.
The Song Cup Contest closes Friday, May 30,
and after that date no more songs will be re-
ceived.
The College has anticipated Ivy Week by
planting ivy along the southern side of the three
dormitories.
The course blanks will be ready about June I
and must be handed in to the Dean's office before
College closes.
Invitations have been sent out for the Alpha
Delta Phi reception June 5 and for the Psi Up-
silon reception June 4.
The summer time table on the Maine Central
Railroad which includes several additional trains,
will not go into effect until after College closes.
- "Major" Slocum '13 will open a store on
Maine Street next to Nason's store, where he will
keep all kinds of students' necessities, from text
books to pool tables.
The following Freshmen competed in the Alex-
ander Prize Speaking trials yesterday : Burr, Ed-
wards, Foster, Fuller, Garland, Leadbetter, No-
ble, H. T. Parsons, D. S. White, Winter.
The examining committee of the Trustees and
Overseers of the College were here Wednesday
and Thursday of last week. The committee is
composed as follows : Addison E. Herrick 'yy,
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Alpheus Sanford '76 and Wilbert G. Mallett '91.
The annual banquet of the Gamma Gamma
chapter of the Phi Chi medical fraternity was
held in Portland Saturday evening. Among
those present were 13 members of the Maine
Medical School in Brunswick and 20 from the
school in Portland.
The baseball game with Tufts scheduled for
last Saturday was cancelled on account of rainy
weather. Just before going to press, it was
earned that the game would probably be played
Tuesday. Tufts plays Maine at Orono Monday
and could play Bowdoin on the way back from
up-state.
The next issue of the Orient will be the Ivy
number, appearing on Ivy Day. The last regular
issue of the semester will appear June 17 and the
final number, the Commencement issue will ap-
pear Commencement Day. All those desiring the
later issues mailed to their summer addresses will
please notify the Business Manager.
The 1914 Bugles will be delivered to the Busi-
ness Manager some time the last of the week, but
will not appear until the usual time, Ivy Day.
The book contains about 350 pages and is prettily
bound in green covers. Copies can be secured
early Ivy morning from the Business Manager,
who will be in front of Memorial Hall, and later
at the Ivy game. The price is $1.50.
Two more schools, Camden High and Foxcroft
Academy, have signified their intentions of en-
tering the Bowdoin Interscholastic track meet
on Whittier Field May 31. Foxcroft will bring
two men, while Camden will bring five, among
them McCobb, who broke the record in the high
jump at the indoor interscholastic meet last
March. These two schools swell the total num-
ber entered to 15.
mitt) t&f jFacultp
Professor Mitchell lectured to the students of
Hebron Academy on last Friday evening.
Professor Ham is on a four days trip to Aroos-
took County where he is to visit the schools of
Bangor, Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou and Fort
Fairfield in behalf of the College.
Prof. J. S. Davis has recently completed the
requirements for the degree of doctor of Philoso-
phy under the department of Economics at Har-
vard University, and will be awarded his degree
at the coming Commencement. His thesis was
upon "Corporations in the American Colonies."
He also has been appointed instructor in Eco-
nomics at the University for the coming year.
A card has been received from Prof. Sills who
is now in Rome where he is to spend at least the
remainder of the month.
The May issue of the Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science contains
an article entitled "Boston's County Problems"
by Professor Hormell. It deals with the ineffi-
ciency of the dual administration of city and
county officers especially in the judicial depart-
ments. It also points out the lack of civil service
regulations in county offices.
Acting Dean McConaughy is to give a Com-
mencement address at the Brunswick School at
Greenwich, Conn., and at the Presque Isle Nor-
mal School.
President Hyde has been at Culver, Ind., at
the national gathering of all workers with boys,
where he conducted a course. David Porler '06
was in charge of one of the departments. There
were at the convention 500 picked leaders.
MESERVE'S FRUIT SHERBET
The blended product of the natural juices of
sound ripe fruit and berries. A delicious bev-
erage for receptions, teas and parties.
Prepared only by
P. J. MESERVE. Pharmacist. Ne;ir Post Office
Hrunswick, Maine.
T. ALBERT FIELD, Jeweler
141 1-2 Maine Street.
Before buying College Jewelry
It will pay you to compare prices
SHOE SHINING PARLOR
Special Chairs for Ladies. All kinds of
Blacking and Pastes, Cigars, Pipes and
Tobacco.
C. WILLIAMS, 190 Maine Street.
THE CROWN FRUIT & CONF. CO.
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VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, JUNE 6, 1913
NO. 9
ALT HEIDELBERG— IVY EVE
The festivities of Ivy Week began last night
with the presentation of Alt Heidelberg by the
Masque and Gown, the College Dramatic Club.
The play was given in the Cumberland Theatre
and had the same enthusiastic reception that
marked its presentation in Portland April 29.
Crowell as the Prince, Abbott as Jiittner, and El-
well as Kathie played the principal roles admirab-
ly, while Leigh, Jones, Twombly and Dunphy did
excellent work. The singing of the student songs
by members of the Glee Club added much to the
success of the performance.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
The Prince Cedric R. Crowell '13
Kathie Edward R. Elwell '15
Frau Ruder Alden F. Head '16
Frau Dorffel Robert C. Clark '16
Van Haugh Leon C. Jones '13
Jiittner Chester G. Abbott '13
Von Passage Robert D. Leigh '14
Von Breitenberg Stanley F. Dole '13
Detlev Winthrop S. Greene '13
Von Wedell Clifford Russell '14
Bilz Ralph Buell '14
Englebrecht George Hall '15
Student Alan R. Cole '14
Glanz Ralph Buell '14
Reuter Robert J. Evans '15
Lutz W. F. Twombly '13
Kellerman John E. Dunphy '13
Scholermann Robert D. Leigh '14
Ruder Paul Donahue '14
SCENES
Act 1. Interior of Palace at Karlsburg.
Act 2. Garden a.t Heidelberg.
Act 3. Prince's apartments at Heidelberg ( four
months later).
Act 4. Scene 1 — Same as Act 1 (two years
later). Scene 2 — Same as Act 2.
THE 1914 BUGLE
Artistic excellence and simplicity are distin-
guishing marks of the sixty-eighth volume of the
Bowdoin Bugle, issued this morning. The editors
have wisely followed the order and arrangement
of previous volumes and the new departments
have been arranged with consistency. The most
striking feature is the addition of a large number
of photographic illustrations and snap shots,
which serve to enliven the three hundred and
twelve odd pages of material. The volume is
typographically perfect.
The book is dedicated to Hon. DeAlva Stan-
wood Alexander, LL.D., of the Class of 1870.
The cover is green with a simple design in gold.
The department devoted to the "grinds" is very
carefully selected and deals with the usual butts
of the campus wits not neglecting the "esteemed
contemporary" from whose pages an unusually
large number of quotations are made. The car-
toons in this department are above the average
of previous volumes as is the illustrating through-
out the book.
On the whole the present volume represents a
consistent spirit and is attractive. It retains what
has proved a very serviceable manner of treat-
ment in previous volumes and pleases especially
in the cuts and drawings of which there are a
larger number than ever before. Four hundred
copies have been printed.
IVY DAY BASEBALL GAME— 10.00 A. M.
The Orient goes to press too early to record
the result of the game with Bates Ivy morning.
On this game rested a championship. It was the
last game of the season for Bowdoin and the
farewell game for Capt. Skolfield, Dodge and Til-
ton, three star players.
The standing of the teams up to Wednesday's
game between Bates and Colby is as follows : —
Won Lost Ave.
Bowdoin 3 2 .600
Maine 3 3 .500
Bates 2 2 .500
Colby 2 3 .400
IVY EXERCISES— 2.30 P. M.
ORATION
Alfred Watts Newcombe, the Class Orator,
took for his subject, "The Progressive Move-
ment." After tracing the expansion of the germ
of our national existence, the principles on which
our country is based, through the Revolutionary
period, the formation of the Constitution, and the
early history of the newly made nation, Mr. New-
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combe took up our present vital issues, speaking
in part as follows :
"The paramount issue confronting the Ameri-
can people today, to which these principles are to
"be applied is economic in character. In accord-
ance with his faith, as a means of stimulating in-
dustry, Hamilton outlined the policy which was
first applied in the protective tariff of 1816. Un-
der its benign influence manufactures sprang into
existence. Fostered by its continuance and en-
couraged by the manifest advantages of large
scale production, these manufactures speedily as-
sumed great proportions. Competition became
cut-throat, and, out of the struggle for existence,
as a natural evolution, gradually issued agree-
ments, mergers, combines, and trusts.
"But it is not these great trusts alone that have
alarmed our wisest statesmen and awakened a
national sentiment. It is the fact that those in
control of one industry have with the capital at
their command gained control of other indus-
tries. The world of business has become the
kingdom of a few millionaires. As President
Wilson has expressed it, 'the dominating danger
in this land today is not the existence of great
industrial combinations — that is dangerous
enough in all conscience — but the combination of
the combinations — of the railways, the manufac-
turing enterprises, the great mining projects, the
great enterprises for the development of the na-
tional water powers of the country, threaded to-
gether in the personnel of a series of boards of
directors into a community of interests more for-
midable than any conceivable combination that
dare appear in the open.'
"Ardently desiring to acquire further posses-
sions, this millionaires' kingdom has pursued the
most ruthless methods. Not content with the con-
trol of the industrial world, it has reached out and
grasped the financial world. Money could not be
obtained for the promotion of a new enterprise
when that enterprise would in any way antago-
nize the interests of the kingdom. Inventions
have been purchased and cast aside; promoters
have been thwarted ; and whenever a new con-
cern has appeared all available forces have been
brought to bear in the attempt to crush it out of
existence.
"Important though this possession has proved,
yet, in a supreme endeavor the kingdom has
striven to obtain control of the last great for-
tress of the American people — the government
itself. Fortune has favored its efforts in this
direction. The development of organized politi-
cal parties, each eager to win and ready to use
any method, however costly it might be, has given
rise to the employment of large sums of money.
To whom then was it more natural for parties
and campaign managers to turn than to those
who had money — to the ambassadors of the king-
dom ? Such contributions were not made, we
may be certain, without a reasonable assurance
of favor after election. These ambassadors were
not wholly impartial, not wholly unaware of their
kingdom's interests. But that these interests
might not be forgotten after election they were
represented by lobbyists on the floors of Con-
gress, at committee meetings, and in the sessions
of state legislatures. More than that they came
to nominate and elect officers to suit themselves ;
they influenced the appointment of judges, they
passed laws regarding revenue and appropria-
tion. Whenever a bill was introduced which in
any way endangered their welfare, they fought it
tooth and nail. They were never weary of point-
ing out how the Constitution, that wonderful
document, guaranteed rights of personal liberty,
allowing a man to carry on a lawful business
without interference from the government, and
ensured a recognition of state rights so that cor-
porations chartered by the states were to be sub-
jected to Federal Jurisdiction only as a last re-
sort. They have regulated the enforcement of
law as well as the enactment of new laws. They
have checked a further discussion of individual
equality and social justice when these terms were
understood to mean equal opportunity and equal
protection. Fortunately they had not secured
complete control. The last rampart had not yet
surrendered. The fight was still going on, when,
from the distance, there came bugle calls of re-
enforcement, and those patriotic citizens in the
fortress took new courage.
This reenforcement was the vanguard of the
great Progressive Movement. Originated in the
West, where conditions and sentiments of equal-
ity were most marked, under the leadership of
men like LaFollette, it first manifested itself in
the revolt of the Insurgents in Congress. Its
purpose — judging from the methods pursued —
was to check the alarming growth of corporate
influence, to insure for all time the control of our
government by the people. In the choice of
methods we may observe the trend of opinion re-
garding those principles of individual liberty, of
state rights, and of constitutional interpretation,
which we found to be underlying our national
development. Two methods have been pursued —
one of expansion, the other of restriction. The
first of these has been the expansion of individ-
ual rights and privileges. The rights guaranteed
by the Constitution have in no wise been aban-
doned; tbey are still regarded as inviolable.
Moreover, by federal and state legislation — such
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as pure food and employers' liability laws — this
movement has endeavored to safeguard the social
and economic relations of the individual citizen
in his every day life. And that he might not be
deprived of political control, there have been en-
acted such measures as the Initiative and Refer-
endum, Direct Primaries, Popular Election of
Senators, and the Recall.
"The second method of ensuring popular con-
trol of the government has been to restrict cor-
porate wealth. Herein was revealed the opinion
regarding state rights and constitutional inter-
pretation. The security of corporations from
national interference was urged on the ground
that they had been chartered by the states. The
tendency, however, was to a stronger federal
government. To secure it, not only has the Con-
stitution been interpreted broadly, but, when nec-
essary, the Movement has advocated that it be
entirely disregarded as out of date. This method
of restriction has had two phases of application :
first, in the application to the individual who has
been reached through the income and inheritance
taxes; and second, the more important phase, in
its application to corporate wealth as a whole.
"This second phase was a determining factor
in the last national election. In his addresses of
a year ago, Colonel Roosevelt urged not only so-
cial reform, and the recall of judicial decision,
but also governmental supervision of the trusts.
Because of his personality, his widespread popu-
larity, and the lure of his propaganda, he soon —
in spite of all third term opposition — gained a
large following. The plea for social justice and
for the judicial recall — divested of Roosevelt's
personality — would never have given rise to a
new party. The need of social justice was widely
recognized and affected all the parties. Nor was
the Recall sufficient ground for the establishment
of a third party. Its only basis then lay in its
theory of trust supervision. To this the old Re-
publican party could not agree, either because its
policy was dictated by outside influence, or else
because the source of the proposal was too de-
cidedly obnoxious.. At any rate we may regard
one of these to have been the reason, inasmuch
as that party continued to insist upon its policy
of a high protective tariff— literally feeding the
trusts, without so much as asking to control
them. Nor could the Democratic party agree to
the supervision theory, because it implied that
monopoly had come to stay, that competition was
a relic of antiquity. The Democratic party, not
believing the era of competition to have been
passed, pledged itself to maintain that era
through a gradual reduction of the tariff, thus
exposing our great industries to the competition
of the world.
"Because of this view the Democratic party
carried the day. It made comparatively few
gains, but succeeded in keeping its lines intact.
This the Republican party failed to do, and the
newly organized Progressives were, of course,
not strong enough to win the election.
"President Wilson has appealed for the aid of
all progressive citizens regardless of party affilia-
tion. He has appointed a progressive cabinet and
inaugurated a thoroughly progressive policy. So
far as social welfare is concerned, he has adapted
Roosevelt's proposals to his own ends. Should
the tariff act, however, prove to be a failure,
should it be shown that monopoly is in these mod-
ern times the only adequate way of doing busi-
ness, then the Democratic party will four years
hence be relegated to the background, to be suc-
ceeded by the Progressive party with its theory
of trust supervision.
"Such is a reasonably safe prediction. But the
American people must not forget that, if it is ful-
filled, the promises of Karl Marx's argument for
socialism will have been established, and this
country will be fairly on the road in that direc-
tion. Nor should we forget that progress is high-
ly contagious, and that under its name and guise
we are likely to do many things that are virtually
retrogressive. Yet should we ever enter upon
any sort of socialistic era, let us fondly hope and
fervently pray that such entrance may come, not
as a result of tumult and fraternal bloodshed, but
as a peaceful and natural evolution, in the higher
development of mankind."
The Ivy poem by Kenneth A. Robinson de-
scribed the Birth of the Ivy Vine on Earth, mak-
ing it the gift of Bacchus to the newly formed
human race. The poem, which is too long to be
given in full, opens with a description of the re-
peopling of the earth after the flood, following
the Pagan mythology:
The waters obeyed, and the seas returned to their
shores, as once they had left them,
Aye, the quieted seas went back to border and
beach assigned them,
And the two who were spared from the floods
which smote the foolish lands, and bereft
them,
Wandered over the desolate earth, casting their
stones behind them.
Casting their stones till each stone took shape as
it fell from the hand of the caster,
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Blood and bone were born of the stone, oh, who
shall deny the glory?
Even as marble comes to breathe in the hand of
the eminent master,
Only — stone remained in the heart, but that is
another story.
Over the earth, and of the earth, sowing their
seed, half-doubting,
Side by side the parents passed until they be-
held the wonder,
Then, ah, then their hope fulfilled, they set up a
joyous shouting,
Raised a pean in praise of Him who governs
the flaming thunder.
And great Jove heard from his clouded height,
heard and rejoiced, and straightway
Spake a word to the council-gods, calling them
in around him,
Smiled as he saw the gods come in, in through
the golden gateway,
Smiled as he saw the earth at peace, smiling
the council found him.
Smiling he took his wonted seat and spake of the
race of mortals,
Men, and the golden age of men which came
at the great beginning,
Men, and the ultimate fall of men, when out
through the iron portals
Innocent Astraea took her way, sad at the va-
rious sinning.
Men who exhausted their heritage, wasted the
substance lent them,
Tore the veil with impious hands from things
that were meant to be hidden,
Men who mocked at the stronger gods, men, and
the punishment sent them,
Rains that fell, and seas that rose, and earth
dishonoured and chidden.
"And now ye see," the great god spake, "with a
joyous eye for the seeing,
Earth re-born, and the race renewed, an age
that is fairer, fairer,
Seas that smile, and winds that sleep, and a world
giving thanks for being,
Each his due, in the last reward an equal and
dutiful sharer.
Each his due, to know his due, with goodly
crowns for the seeking,
A race of men to live as men, and a worthy life
for the living,
Fitting now is the proffer of gifts" — the great
god paused in his speaking,
"I have given them life," quoth he, "and what
will ye for the giving?
"/ have given them life," quoth he, "yea, I have
more to proffer,
Life, and the RIGHT TO LIFE, and ye, what
have ye to offer?
(In answer to the question of the ruler of the
gods the lesser deities stand forth, and enumerate
their gifts to the new race. Minerva offers her
usual wisdom, Venus, love, and so on. Finally
Bacchus comes forward:)
With the scent of flowers on the air,
Sound of flutes, and the odor of wine,
Vine leaves bound in his golden hair,
Glad, bright leaves of the Ivy Vine.
Eyes a-drowse with shadow and shine,
And secret things that a great god knows;
Lips empurpled, enriched, divine,
Smile as warm as the heart of the rose.
Tigers crouched at the fair god's feet,
Crouched at his feet, and crouched around
him —
Nysaean Master, far more sweet
Than proud Maeonian sailors found him.
Blooming ropes of the wild grape bound him,
Trailing loose in many places,
Which those maidens who surround him
Pressed to their breasts and flushed faces.
Bacchus, son of the doubting maiden,
God of youth, and joy, and revels,
Leader of nymphs and fauns, fire-lad^n,
Over the hills and the windy levels —
Mad, mad glory that dishevels,
Wild, white feet in the swaying grasses —
Music mingled of men and devils,
Fit for a god when a great god passes.
(Bacchus then goes on to say that there are
sad and serious things enough already given to
the new race, and that his gift will be the Ivy
Vine, signalizing eternal youth, joy, and happy
memories, saying that the Vine is blessed by the
gods, and made immortal by them:)
Time and Change sweep on their courses,
Ever fainter the wan west gleams,
Phoebus guides his weary horses
Further into the Fields of Dreams.
What was the rose becomes the poppy,
Old lips lose the songs they've sung,
And old hearts sigh for days gone by,
But the gods are always young.
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Class ©fftcers
E. O. LaCASCE
President
R. T. WEATHERIEL
Popular Man
A. W. NEWCOMBE
Orator
C. A. BROWN
Marshal
K. A. ROBINSON
Poet
C. R. CROWELL
President of Dramatic Club
W. J. NIXON
Manager of Dramatic Club
G. L. SKOLFIELD
Captain Baseball Team
LEON DODGE
Varsity Pitcher
F. X. CALLAHAN
Manager Baseball Team
Stop Committee
E. S. THOMPSON
F. X. CALLAHAN
G. F. EATON, Chairman
L. A. DONAHUE
R. E. SIMPSON
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JUNE 6, 1913
No. 9
PRESENTATIONS
Pygmy — step-ladder Reginald A. Monroe
Featherweight — scales Sumner L. Mountf ort
Gymnast — dumb-bells Ralph L. Buell
Librarian — card catalogue. . .F. Wood McCargo
Popular man — wooden spoon
Robert T. Weatherill
PLANTING OF THE IVY
According to tradition this ceremony follows
the Ivy exercises. While the ivy is being planted
the class will sing the Ivy Ode :
(Air: Auld Lang Syne)
A song of perfect, golden days
To consecrate our vine,
And aid our grateful hearts to praise
Our Mother of the Pine.
Grow green, grow strong, oh, Ivy vine,
Then come whatever will,
Thy tendrils curled around our hearts
Shall hold us faithiui still.
Fling loud the chorus to the breeze
Through our familiar ways,
Till Bowdoin's halls and campus trees
Shall echo back our praise.
Grow green, grow strong, oh, love of ours,
Through shadow and through shine,
And work and deed shall be thy meed,
Our Mother -of the Pine.
Kenneth A. Robinson.
SENIORS' LAST CHAPEL
On the afternoon of Ivy Day a regular chapel
service is held. The Seniors attend in a body and
go through the service for the last time as under-
graduates. At the close, singing the traditional
song to the tune of Auld Lang Syne, they march
out between the rows of underclassmen. The
Seniors are excused from attendance at morning
chapel during the rest of the year.
IVY HOP— 9.00 P M.
The event which closes the Ivy Week festivi-
ties, the Ivy Hop, will be held this evening in the
new Gymnasium. This is the first dance to be
held on the big floor of the gym and a larger
number of guests than usual will be present. The
hall will be decorated for the occasion with green
and laurel roping.
After the reception an order of 24 dances and
two extras will be enjoyed. Kendrie's Orchestra
will furnish music and at intermission Grant of
Lewiston will serve refreshments.
The patronesses for the affair are: Mrs. F. E.
Woodruff, Mrs. W. A. Moody, Mrs. C. C. Hutch-
ins, Mrs. F. N. Whittier, Mrs. W. B. Mitchell,
Mrs. R. J .Ham, Mrs. M. Copeland, Mrs. P.
Nixon, Mrs. W. H. Davis, Mrs. O. C. Hormell,
Mrs. E. W. Wass, Mrs. W. T. Brown, Mrs. Alice
Little, Mrs. G. M. Elliott, all of Brunswick; Mrs.
F. G. Eaton of Bangor.
The committee in charge consists of G. F.
Eaton, chairman ; F. X. Callahan, L. A. Donahue,
R. E. Simpson and E. S. Thompson.
ALPHA DELTA PHI RECEPTION
The annual reception of the Bowdoin Chapter
of Alpha Delta Phi was held on Thursday after-
noon at the chapter house. The guests were re-
ceived by Mrs. Charles C. Hutchins, Mrs. Wil-
liam A. Moody, Mrs. Franklin C. Robinson, Mrs.
Alice C. Little and Mrs. Frank P. Weatherill of
Brunswick and Mrs. Leon B. Leavitt of Boston.
The young ladies who served punch and coffee
were Miss Mabel Davis, Miss Marion Drew, Miss
Frances Skolfield, Miss Sarah Baxter, Miss El-
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len Baxter, Miss Nathalie Withington, Miss
Frances Little of Brunswick, Miss Lida Baker of
Boston and Mrs. Harrison C. Chapman of Port-
land. Grant of Lewiston was the caterer. Ken-
•drie's Orchestra rendered a concert program dur-
ing the reception.
The members of the committee of arrange-
ments were Laurence W. Smith '13 of Portland,
Frederick S. Wiggin '13 of Saco, Earl S. Thomp-
son '14 of Bath, Philip L. Card '15 of Portland,
Harold E. Verrill '15 of Portland and Robert M.
-Dunton '15 of Bath.
PSI UPSILON HOUSE PARTY
The annual house party of the Kappa Chapter
>of Psi Upsilon is being held this week. A recep-
tion was given Wednesday afternoon from 3 to
.5 o'clock at the chapter house, a large number of
townspeople being present. In the receiving line
were Mrs. Charles S. F. Lincoln of Shanghai,
'China ; Miss May Potter of Brunswick ; Mrs.
•Samuel H. Boardman of Guilford; Mrs. Walter
L. Head of Bangor. Mrs. Roscoe J. Ham, Mrs.
Edward H. Johnson, Mrs. Arthur F. Brown and
Miss Carrie Potter assisted in serving the re-
freshments.
The house was decorated with apple blossoms,
palms, ferns, and cut flowers. The fraternity
colors, garnet and gold, were displayed in the red
•and yellow roses and in cakes and candies. Lov-
ell's Orchestra with Mr. Frank Kendrie '10 as
violinist and leader, furnished music at the recep-
tion.
Dancing began at the chapter house at nine
o'clock Wednesday evening. The patronesses
were the same ladies who were in the receiving
line in the afternoon. Music was furnished for
an order of 24 dances by Lovell's Orchestra
which furnished the music in the afternoon. At
intermission George C. Shaw Co. of Portland
catered.
The committee in charge of the affair was com-
posed of Loring Pratt '13, chairman; Earl F. Wil-
son '14, A. Keith Eaton '15 and Alden F. Head
^16.
ZETA PSI HOUSE PARTY
On Wednesday and Thursday the annual house
"party and dance of the Lambda Chapter of Zeta
Psi was held. The fraternity house was tasteful-
ly decorated with evergreen, potted plants, palms
and chrysanthemums.
The festivities began with a reception given in
the fraternity house on Wednesday afternoon
from three to five o'clock. In the receiving line
were Mrs. W. B. Mitchell, Mrs. Paul Nixon, Mrs.
W. H. Davis, all of Brunswick ; Mrs. W. Hayes
of Foxcroft, and Miss Hannah R. Page of Skow-
hegan. Mrs. A. G. Chandler dipped punch, and
Mrs. C. C. Hutchins poured cocoa. Mrs. Arthur
Brown of Brunswick presided at the tea table.
Towne's Orchestra of Madison furnished music
during the afternoon.
The dance began at the fraternity house at
nine o'clock. The patronesses were the same
ladies who were in the receiving line during the
reception. Music was furnished for an order of
24 dances by Towne's Orchestra. At intermis-
sion, refreshments of salads, coffee, and ices were
served.
Thursday morning the fraternity members and
their guests went to Gurnet for an all day outing,
returning for the Ivy affairs Thursday evening
and Friday.
The committee in charge consisted of H. W.
Miller '13, chairman; H. M. Hayes '14, E. A.
Stone '15 and R. C. Clark '16.
FRATERNITY JOINT DANCE
The local chapters of Theta Delta Chi and
Delta Kappa Epsilon held a joint dance at the
Theta Delta Chi House Wednesday evening.
Strange of Portland furnished the music.
STUDENT ELECTIONS MONDAY
Next Monday evening the annual spring elec-
tion, the most important student meeting of the
year, will be held in Memorial Hall. At this
meeting members of the Student Council and
Athletic Council, Cheer Leader, managers and
assistant managers of Track, Baseball, Tennis,
and Fencing will be elected. The elections begin
at 7.30. The nominations are as follows :
For the Student Council : Senior members, ten
to be chosen from C. A. Brown, L. T. Brown, F.
X. Callahan, A. R. Cole, L. A. Donahue, P. E.
Donahue, G. F. Eaton, E. C. Gage, A. E. Gray,
E. O. LaCasce, R. D. Leigh, A. S. Merrill, E. R.
Payson, A. L. Pratt, L. W. Pratt, K. A. Robinson,
R. E. Simpson, E. S. Thompson, N. Tuttle, R. T.
Weatherill ; Junior members, two to be chosen
from A. K. Eaton, A. H. MacCormick, J. C. Mac-
Donald, G. A. McWilliams.
For the Athletic Council: Senior members,
two to be chosen from F. X. Callahan, E. O. La-
Casce, R. D. Leigh, R. T. Weatherill; Junior
members, two to be chosen from A. K. Eaton, H.
A. Lewis, G. A. McWilliams, P. S. Smith; Soph-
omore member to be chosen from H. E. Foster,
G. W. Leadbetter.
For Cheer Leader: F. X. Callahan '14, R. S.
Fuller '16.
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For track manager, Koughan and Prescott.
For assistant manager, Chase and Little.
For baseball manager, Elwell and Hyler. For
assistant manager, Haggett and Dunn.
For tennis manager, MacCormick and West.
For assistant manager. Hale and Woodman.
BATES, 2; BOWDOIN, 1— MAY 31
For eight long innings Dodge held Bates run-
less while Bowdoin scored a single tally, but in
the last half of the ninth, Bates scored twice
and won the game. The contest was close at all
periods and for a while the lone run that Bow-
doin had looked big enough to win, but a three
base hit, with an error and a freak of baseball,
placed Bates in the lead.
Bowdoin scored in the sixth. Stetson got on
"by a clean single, went to second on McElwee's
"bunt, to third when Weatherill hit to the infield,
and scored on Tuttle's high foul over third.
Then came the ninth. With two strikes and
three balls called, Talbot drove a three base hit
to centerfield. Shepard bunted toward third,
Dodge threw over Eaton's head at first and Tal-
"bot scored and Shepard took second. Lord sacri-
ficed Shepard to third. Drake, batting for Cobb,
kept up the bunting game, and rolled one down
the third base line for an attempted squeeze play.
Tilton got the ball before Shepard was half way
home, but the throw hit the runner who easily
scored.
BATES
ab r lb po a e
Hidlon, 2b 200520
Joyce, If 400000
Coady, 3b 400030
Talbot, cf 4 1 1 1 o 0
Shepard, rf 4 1 1 0 O o
Lord, c 300640
Cobb, ib 2 0 1 12 o 1
Marston, ss 3 0 1 2 1 I
Anderson, p 3 o 1 1 5 °
*Drake 1 0 1 o o 0
30 2 6 27 15 2
BOWDOIN
ab r ib po a e
Stetson, rf 413000
McElwee, ss 300210
Weatherill, 2b 400400
Tuttle, If 3 o 1 1 o o
Skolfield, cf 401200
LaCasce, c 4 o 1 10 o o
Tilton, 3b 4 o o 1 1 o
Eaton, ib 200500
Dodge, p 300021
31 1 6 f25 4 1
*Batted for Cobb in ninth.
fOne out when winning run was made.
Bates 00000000 2 — 2
Bowdoin 0 0 0 0 o 1 o o 0 — I
Three base hit, Talbot; stolen bases, Stetson,
Weatherill, Tuttle, Skolfield; sacrifice hits, Mc-
Elwee, Shepard, Lord; sacrifice fly, Tuttle; first
base on balls, off Dodge 3 ; struck out, by Dodge
9, by Anderson 7; double play, Tilton and Eaton.
Time, ih. 55m. Umpire, Brennan.
TRIBUTE TO GENERAL CHAMBERLAIN
At the Sunday vespers President Hyde spoke
on the coming anniversary of the Battle of Get-
tysburg and the part which Gen. Chamberlain of
the class of 1852 took in that battle. The follow-
ing letter has been sent :
1 June, 1913.
General Joshua L. Chamberlain, LL.D.,
Portland, Maine.
My dear General Chamberlain : —
At this Memorial season, and in view of the
approaching fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of
Gettysburg, the students of Bowdoin College, as-
sembled in the Chapel you left to obey your coun-
try's call, and to which you returned after years
of heroic and victorious service, by rising vote
have requested me to express to you, and to the
brave men who fought with you in the Great
Cause, their gratitude for the privilege of living
in a country undivided by secession and unstained
by slavery: and to assure you that your noble ex-
ample will ever be an incentive to lives of patri-
otic service : in peace so long as honorable peace
is possible; in war whenever unavoidable and
righteous war shall call.
Sincerely yours,
William DeWitt Hyde.
COMMUNICATION
The Editors of the Orient:
Permit me to correct two errors into which
your correspondent, Mr. N. Bgoul, has fallen in
the communication printed in your last issue.
The purpose of the new bookcases in Hubbard
Hall is simply to hold books. They have no
acoustic properties and will restrain no echoes.
The classes of books which they will display from
time to time, and the reasons for making these
books so prominent, will be fully set forth in a
printed guide to the library to be issued later. It
is hoped that these reasons when read and con-
sidered, will justify the new arrangement.
The cases themselves are of the same material
and finish, and from the same manufacturer, as
the card catalogue case at the end of the hall.
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Their lines, when complete, will be in strict ac-
cord with the sketch made by Mr. Henry
Vaughan for this purpose. It is hardly conceiv-
able that so able an architect, in case of a build-
ing designed by himself, would "distort beauty
into ugliness."
Geo. T. Little.
OFFICE NOTES
The Dean will be unable to hold his office
hours on June 12 and 13.
All course cards are to be handed in at the of-
fice by June 12. They should be made out with
the full number of courses to be taken and may
be changed only on written application to the
Dean. A fine of one dollar will be collected for
delay after June 12.
ELECTIONS
At a recent meeting the Faculty selected the
following men for English 9-10: — E. C. Gage '14,
L. H. Gibson, Jr. '14, A. E. Gray '14, R. E. Simp-
son '14, P. L. White '14, and R. P. Coffin '15.
The following men from the Junior class were
initiated into the Ibis last Monday evening : Al-
fred E. Gray, Neal Tuttle, Horace A. Barton and
Kenneth A. Robinson.
The Friars, the Junior society, held their an-
nual initiation Tuesday, May 27, at Riverton and
took in six men from the Sophomore Class. The
men are G. Arthur McWilliams, H. Alton Lewis,
Edward R. Elwell, Joseph C. MacDonald, Austin
H. MacCormick and Ellsworth A. Stone
Club anD Council Sheetings
The Y. M. C. A. held its annual joint cabinet
meeting at New Meadows Inn Sunday evening.
Plans for next year were discussed and the work
of the present year was reported on.
The final meeting of the Government Club was
held at Professor Hormell's home on Wednes-
day, May 28. The new constitution was read and
adopted after considerable discussion over the
matter of membership provisions. A new re-
quirement is that membership shall be open at the
first advertised meeting of the year and there-
after it shall be by application and election by a
majority of the members present. Richard Simp-
son '14 was elected president for next year. Re-
freshments were served.
A PICTURE OF THE ENTIRE STUDENT
BODY WILL BE TAKEN TUESDAY AT 1 P. M.,
ON THE ART BUILDING STEPS.
COURSES FOR 1913-14
Among the courses to be given next year are
the following :
Elementary Spanish, by Mr. Bruce Clark.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8.30 a. m.
Open to Juniors and Seniors.
Economics and Sociology, by Mr. McClean.
Economics 2. Economic History of United
States. Lectures and text books.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 9.30 a. m.
second semester.
Prerequisite, Course 1.
5a. Sociology. Lectures and text books.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 11.30 a. m.
first semester.
Elective for Juniors and Seniors.
8. Applied Sociology. Lectures and text books.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 11.30 a. m.
second semester.
Elective for Juniors and Seniors who have
passed Course 5a.
German, by Prof. Files.
German 3-4. As in catalogue. Much practice
in speaking.
German 7-8. Goethe's Faust ; Part 1 and por-
tions of Part 2.
German 11-12. Not given.
German 13-14. Contemporary Drama. New
texts will be introduced.
German 15. As in catalogue.
The hours for the German courses above are
as announced in the catalogue.
History, by Mr. Hormell and Mr. Bell.
History 5-6. History of England.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 11.30 a. m.
Mr. Bell.
History 7-8.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10.30 a. m.
Mr. Hormell.
History 7. History of English Colonies in
North America from about 1760; History of
United States to i860.
History 8. History of United States from i860.
History 10. History of Europe since 1815.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10.30 a. m.
Mr. Bell.
Political Science.
Government 1-2. European and American Gov-
ernment.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9.30 a. m.
Government 3. Municipal Government.
A new course in Conservation open to Juniors
and Seniors is offered by Mr. Catlin. It will take
up conservation of mineral resources, forests,
agriculture, water, and public health. Held Tues-
day, Thursday and Saturday at 10.30 a. m.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE.. JUNE 17. 1913
NO. 10
Officers of associates Students of Botoootn College
ROBERT D. LEIGH
President
STUDENT OFFICERS ELECTED
The annual student elections were held Monday
evening, June 9, in Memorial Hall. The officers
of the Associated Students of Bowdoin College,
members of the Student and Athletic Councils,
managers and assistant managers of baseball,
track and tennis, were elected for next year.
The result of the elections is as follows :
Officers of the Associated Students : Robert
D. Leigh '14, President; Alfred E. Gray '14, Sec-
retary ; Robert T. Weatherill '14, Vice-President.
Members of the' Student Council: From 19 14,
C. A. Brown, F. X. Callahan, L. A. Donahue, G.
F. Eaton, E. O. LaCasce, E. S. Thompson, N.
Tuttle; from 19 15, G. Arthur McWilliams, Aus-
tin H. MacCormick.
Members of the Athletic Council : From 1914,
Robert T. Weatherill, Elroy O. LaCasce; from
1915, A. Keith Eaton, Philip S. Smith ; from 1916,
Guy W. Leadbetter.
Track: Paul J. Koughan '15, Manager; W.
Emery Chase, Jr. '16, Assistant Manager.
Baseball: Edward R. Elwell '15, Manager;
ALFRED E. GRAY RQBt RT T WEATHERILL
Secretary ,,.
' Vice-P.es ident
James A. Dunn '16, Assistant Manager.
Austin H. MacCormick '15, Mana-
P. Woodman '16, Assistant Mana-
Tennis :
ger; Willard
ger.
SNOW CUP CONTEST
The competition for the David M. Snow Song
Cup was held last Monday and Tuesday and the
Class of 1913 won the contest. The judges were
Professor Woodruff, Professor Hutchins, Mr.
Joseph S. Davis, and Mr. Henry B. Alvord.
MASQUE AND GOWN ELECTS
At a meeting of the Masque and Gown Friday,
June 13, Leigh '14 was elected president for next
year. Callahan '14 was elected manager and Hall
'15 assistant manager. Elwell '15 was chosen
member at large of the executive committee,
which is composed of the officers, the coach and
faculty adviser, with the member at large. Dr.
Charles T. Burnett will take the place of Profes-
sor Brown as faculty adviser next year as Pro-
fessor Brown will be in Europe.
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1915 BUGLE BOARD
The Class of 1915 has elected the following
men for the Bugle Board: Austin H. MacCor-
mick, Editor-in-Chief; Gordon P. Floyd, Man-
ager; Harold E. Verrill, Assistant Manager;
Robert P. Coffin, Art Editor; Harry M. Chatto,
Art Editor; George W. Bacon, Gordon D. Rich-
ardson, Paul D. Demmons, George A. Hall, Jr.,
Ellesworth A. Stone, Daniel W. Rodick, Frank
S. Roberts.
PHILIP S. SMITH, '15
SMITH TO CAPTAIN TRACK
The track team picture was taken last Tuesday,
the following men making up the group : Capt.
Haskell '13, Tarbox '13, Emery '13, Merrill '14,
Lewis '15, Faulkner '15, McWilliams '15, Smith
'15, McKenney '15, Leadbetter '16, Manager Cole
'14, and Assistant Manager Koughan '15. After
the picture Philip Sidney Smith '15 of Leicester,
Mass., was elected captain of next year's team.
In his two years at College, Smith has shown
his ability as a track man in a variety of events.
He was ineligible to represent Bowdoin last year,
but captained his class team. This year he was a
member of the relay team which ran at the B.
A. A. games, he easily won the hundred and two-
twenty in the dual meet with Trinity, took second
in the broad jump in the State Meet, and took
fourth in the broad jump at the New England
Meet.
ELROY O. LaCASCE, '14
BASEBALL CAPTAIN
The baseball men met last Friday night and
elected Elroy O. LaCasce '14 of Skowhegan cap-
tain of next year's baseball team. '"Casey" has
been on the varsity nine for two years. Last year
he was substitute catcher and played in the out-
field while this year he has caught every game of
the schedule.
BASEBALL "B" AWARDED
The Athletic Council met last Friday night
and awarded the baseball "B" to the following
men: Capt. Skolfield '13, Dodge '13, Tilton '13,
Daniels '13, LaCasce '14, Weatherill '14, Tuttle
'14, Eaton '15, L. Stetson '15, McElwee '16,
Knight '16 and Rawson '16.
The cups offered by Jud Langen of Brunswick
have been awarded as follows: Highest batting
average, Neal Tuttle, left fielder; highest fielding
average, A. Keith Eaton, first base ; greatest num-
ber of home runs, Capt. Skolfield, center fielder.
The records for the year are as follows:
Stolen Bases Runs Batting Ave.
Tuttle, If 6
Stetson, rf 5
McElwee, ss 7
Skolfield, cf 5
Eaton, ib 2
Daniels, 2b 3
Weatherill, 2b 6
LaCasce, c 2
Tilton, 3b 3
Home run— Skolfield 1. Three-base hits—
Skolfield 2, Dodge 2, Eaton 1. Two-base hits—
I
•396
4
.301
6
.300
0
•293
9
•275
7
.250
4
.214
6
.211
6
•125
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Tuttle 3, Skolfield 3, Eaton 2, Stetson 1, LaCasce
Fielding averages : —
Eaton, ib
LaCasce, c
Skolfield, cf
Tuttle, If
Stetson, rf
Weatherill, 2b
McElwee, ss
Tilton, 3b
■944
■931
.920
.895
,889
.827
,814
,800
THE FINAL STANDING
After the Ivy Day game, which closed the
championship series and cinched the pennant for
Bowdoin, the teams stood as follows :
Won Lost Ave.
Bowdoin 4 2 .667
Colby 3 3 .500
Maine 3 3 .500
Bates 2 4 .333
BOWDOIN WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
Timely hits coupled with Bates' errors easily
won the Ivy game for Bowdoin, and with it the
state championship. Bowdoin started scoring in
the second inning and after that time the result
was never in doubt. The day was ideal for base-
ball and both teams played well. Bates pulled off
a triple play in the eighth that nipped in the bud
a Bowdoin batting rally, after Bowdoin had
scored once in that inning.
Three Seniors, Tilton, Dodge and Captain
Skolfield, played their last game of baseball for
Old Bowdoin, and the gilt-edged article of the
game they offered was a worthy example for the
remainder of the team to follow. All three
played well in the field, Tilton handling six hard
chances without a slip-up. At bat, Skolfield led
with a single, a double and a triple in four times
at bat. Dodge hit for three bases and Tilton for
a single.
Bowdoin had little difficulty in hitting Ander-
son, who had proved so effective before, and Stin-
son was kept warming up behind the Bates bench
during the last half of the game. Dodge kept
his six hits well scattered, only two of them com-
ing in the same inning — the seventh, in which the
visitors scored their lone tally.
Bates started with a rush. Ridlon hit safely
to left after two strikes were called, was sacri-
ficed to second, took third on an infield out and
then tried to steal home but was caught by a city
block. In Bowdoin's half, McElwee got a life on
Cobb's error after Stetson had fouled to Coady,
stole second, but was caught off that bag when
LaCasce hit to third. Tuttle went out, Coady to
Cobb.
In the second Talbot died on a foul fly to La-
Casce; Shepard singled to right field, and, after
vainly asking for a runner on account of an in-
jured leg, stole second, but he was left there.
In the second Bowdoin scored her first two
runs, enough to win the game, as it afterward
turned out. Skolfield hit a three-bagger to deep
left, far out by the running track and scored when
Ridlon foozled Weatherill's grounder. Eaton
dumped an infield single out of anybody's reach
and Weatherill scored when Talbot dropped Til-
ton's hard line drive. Anderson struck out Dodge
and Stetson and McElwee flied out to short.
Bowdoin scored twice more in the third. Rid-
lon caught LaCasce's fly in short right by a fine
jump. Tuttle hit to left, took second on Mar-
ston's error and scored on Skolfield's two-bagger
to right field. Skolfield took third on Weatherill's
drive, and scored on Eaton's hit after Weatherill
had been caught off first. Tilton singled, but
Dodge struck out.
Each side got a man on by a single in the fifth
and in the sixth Bates got a man as far as sec-
ond through Weatherill's error and a stolen base.
In the same inning, with two down, Stetson drew
a pass and stole, only to be left when McElwee
grounded to second.
The seventh saw Bates's only run. Shepard
singled to left and took second on Lord's hit to
the same place. Cobb sacrificed both men along
a base and then Shepard scored on a passed ball.
Marston struck out. Anderson drew a base on
balls, but Ridlon fanned.
Bowdoin filled the bases in the last half of the
same inning but could not score. LaCasce went
out, Anderson to Cobb, and Tuttle and Skolfield
hit safely. Weatherill fanned and Eaton was
passed, filling the bases. Tilton hit the first ball
pitched to deep center field, but Talbot made a
fine catch.
In the eighth Talbot of Bates reached second
on errors by Eaton and McElwee, but was left
there when Shepard retired on a fly. It was in
the last half of this inning that Bates's triple play
prevented Bowdoin's running up a higher total.
Dodge led off with a three-bagger to right cen-
ter, and scored a minute later when Anderson
uncorked a wild pitch. Stetson was given a base
on balls and advanced a base on McElwee's
ground single through the box. LaCasce hit to
Anderson who turned and caught McElwee at
second and a quick throw caught LaCasce at
first. In the meantime Stetson had taken third,
and now, as he tried to go home, Cobb threw to
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Published every Tuesday of the Collegiate year by
The Bowdoin Publishing Company
in the Interests of the Students of
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914,
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915,
Richard E. Simpson, 1914,
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John F. Rollins, 1915, The Library Table
D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
Raymond C. Hamlin, 1916, With The Faculty
J. Glenwood Winter, 1916, The Other Colleges
K. A. Robinson, 1914
G. H. Talbot, 1915
F. P. McKenney, 1915
D. J. Edwards, 1916
Contributions are requested from all undergraduates,
alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
All communications regarding subscriptions should be
addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Co. Subscriptions, $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents.
BOWDOIN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Alfred E. Gray, 1914 Business Manager
G. Arthur McWilliams, 1915, Assistant Manager
Philip W. Porritt, 1915, Assistant Manager
Entered at Post-Office at Brunswick as Second-Class Mail Matter
Vol. XLIII JUNE 17, 1913 No. 10
A Vacation Reminder
As the present college year draws to a close,
the men in charge of the student body purse-
strings are making plans for next fall. The first
installment of the blanket tax will be due on the
first three days of next semester. It is very prob-
able that arrangements will be made for the op-
tional payment of the whole year's tax in Sep-
tember. Words and paper have been exhausted
in pointing out the duty of every man in college
to pay up on the first days instead of asking for
an extension. The payments last February were
not as satisfactory as might be expected under
such a reasonable scheme. A duplication of as
many applications for extensions next fall would
probably make the whole system inoperative.
There is, however, a more immediate reason
for payment on the assigned days. There is a
college requirement that no athletic team may
represent the institution in an intercollegiate con-
test until all the debts of the previous season are
paid. The present football management will need
eight hundred and fifty dollars to meet all credi-
tors. The first home football game occurs three
days after college opens — if the necessary amount
is paid in by that date. It is very unlikely that
the students of Bowdoin College will fail to meet
the requirements of the situation. Don't forget
to bring back your blanket tax next fall !
Initiation Date Postponed
The Student Council recently voted that since
seven of the eight fraternities have expressed
themselves in favor of late initiations, they con-
sidered the initiation date thereby postponed un-
til after, the end of the first semester. A suitable
date will be set by the new Council. In taking
this action the Council gave due consideration to
the opinion of the fraternity opposing the plan,
but felt that it was unwise to allow a small minor-
ity to render the scheme invalid for the majority.
The fraternity opposing the scheme is, of course,
not bound by this change and may initiate at any
time.
It is unfortunate that the new scheme is not to
be inaugurated by unanimous action but it has
been pointed out that it may be given a fair trial
under the present conditions. There are no rules
of rushing or pledging involved, nor is there any
general scholarship requirement for initiation in-
cluded.
Wanted: A Bowdoin Union
In the President's report in the new Bulletin
we are attracted by a paragraph in the section
dealing with the Christian Association from
which we reprint an extract.
"The obstacle in face of further development
along this line (striving to amalgamate the va-
rious social organizations in college, by "college
sings," mass meetings, "Bowdoin nights," etc.)
is the lack of a building, and there are many con-
nected with the Association who hope that the
time may come when there will be a Christian
Association building and Bowdoin Union com-
bined, on the campus : either a new building, or
else the old Gymnasium made over into an at-
tractive social and religious center for the Col-
lege. While the fraternity life at Bowdoin is as
near perfect as it can be, the whole social organi-
zation of our college life is by small groups. Me-
morial Hall was never intended for a social gath-
ering place for the students, and its bigness and
cheerlessness makes almost impossible any such
gathering. The old Gymnasium might be adapt-
ed, at no very great expense, into an efficient so-
cial center for the College, managed, perhaps,
under the general direction of the Christian As-
BOWDOIN ORIENT
77
sociation, and where there could be offices of the
college papers and Glee Club, the Christian Asso-
ciation meeting room, and a general college meet-
ing place for class meetings, "sings," mass meet-
ings, etc. The Association room has been used by
the Music Department this year, and there are
obstacles to the effective use of the Secretary1!
office in the Library, so that practically speaking,
the Association has no adequate home at present.
The Dean of the College, in his report for 191 1-
12, called attention to the need of such a building,
and there are many who hope that before long it
may be seen upon the Bowdoin campus."
This discussion of a Bowdoin Union has the
advantage of a definite proposition as well as an
adequate statement of need. It will no doubt be
seconded by nearly every student in College and
it is our hope that the report may not fall on bar-
ren ground.
(Bowdoin Wins — Continued from page 75)
the plate, catching him by inches. This was
Bowdoin's last time at bat.
In the ninth Lord was hit, took second on
Cobb's ground hit through short, and third on
Bates's easy bounder, but Miller, batting for An-
derson, fanned and Ridlon went out by the
Dodge-Eaton route.
BOWDOIN
ab r ib po a e
Stetson, rf 301000
McElwee, ss 5 ° 1 3 1 J
LaCasce, c 500910
Tuttle, If 312200
Skolfield, cf 423100
Weatherill, 2b 4 1 2 0 o 1
Eaton, ib 3 0 2 10 o I
Tilton, 3b 401240
Dodge, p 4 1 1 o 5 0
Totals 35 S J3 27 " 3
BATES
ab r ib po a e
Ridlon, 2b 4 0 1 3 3 J
Joyce, If 300000
Coady, 3b 400220
Talbot, cf 4 o o 1 o 1
Shepard, rf 412000
Lord, c 3 0 1 6 1 o
Cobb, ib 3 0 2 10 2 1
Marston, ss 3 0 O 1 I I
Anderson, p 2 o o 1 7 °
*Bates 1 o 0 0 o 0
**Miller 1 0 0 o o 0
Totals 32 1 6 24 16 4
*Batted for Marston in ninth.
**Batted for Anderson in ninth.
Bowdoin 02200001 x— 5
Bates 00000010 o— I
Two-base hit, Skolfield; three-base hits, Skol-
field, Dodge; stolen bases, Stetson, McElwee,
Tuttle, Weatherill 2, Ridlon, Shepard, Anderson;
sacrifice hits, Joyce, Cobb; first base on balls, off
Anderson 4, off Dodge 2; hit by pitched ball, by
Dodge, Lord; struck out, by Dodge 6, by Ander-
son 5 ; wild pitch, Anderson ; passed ball, La-
Casce; double play, Anderson to Cobb; triple
play, Anderson to Ridlon to Cobb to Lord. Time,
2h. yra. Umpire, Stafford.
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1913
September 27. — New Hampshire State College
at Brunswick.
October 4. — Wesleyan at Middletown.
October 11. — Trinity at Brunswick.
October 18.- — U. of Vermont at Burlington, Vt.
October 25. — Colby at Waterville.
November 1. — Bates at Lewiston.
November 8. — Maine at Brunswick.
November 15. — Tufts at Portland.
This revised schedule gives Bowdoin a com-
plete list of college teams for the first time in a
number of years. It also presents more home
games with colleges out of the state than has ever
occurred in football. There are three actual
home games and two played within easy distance
of Brunswick so that the followers of the team
will be able to see at least five of the eight games.
There are two long trips, one to Middletown and
one to Burlington. The other game at Waterville
is within easy distance of Brunswick.
Early football practice will begin September
15 and all candidates for the team are requested
to be ready to report on Whittier Field at that
time.
FRESHMAN BANQUET
The Freshmen held their class banquet June 7
at the Congress Square Hotel in Portland. Fifty-
two of the class were present.
Charles W. Wyman was toastmaster, with the
following program: Opening address, Guy W.
Leadbetter; The Future of 1916, Chauncey Hall;
Our Fusser, Richard Fuller; Our Class, Ralph
Haywood; The New Gym, Lowell Elliot; Our
Suburbs, Elliot Boardman; Class History, James
Barry; Bowdoin Spirit, Robert Clark; As Sopho-
mores, Glenwood Winter; 1915, Ivan Yenetchi;
Prohibition, Donald White; Closing address,
Don Edwards.
The arrangements for the affair were made by
a committee consisting of John Churchill, chair-
man; Donald S. White. Don Edwards, L. M.
Noble. A. E. Littlefield.
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WORK OF STUDENT COUNCIL
To the Editor, Bowdo'in College Orient.
Dear Sir: — It is the opinion of the 1912-13
■Student Council that a statement of the import-
ant work done by the Council during the current
year might with advantage be published in the
Orient. The Council is accordingly sending you
such a statement.
1. Recommended that the student body show
more team support by giving each team a
send-off at the station, when it leaves for
an out-of-town game.
2. Arranged for contests between the Sopho-
more and Freshman classes to replace the
old chapel rush. (Tug of war and flag
rush. Neither of these proved entirely
satisfactory.)
3. Recommended that chapel bell should not be
rung in celebration of class victories.
4. Made an investigation of the feasibility of
hockey as a winter sport at Bowdoin. Mat-
ter laid on the table.
5. Conducted class sing competition for Snow
Song Cup.
6. The Council expressed to the faculty a senti-
ment in favor of a provision by the College
for an athletic instructor to work under
Dr. Whittier, to coach the track team, train
the football team, etc.
7. Recommended to faculty an insert in the new
catalogue in regard to the A.S.B.C. and the
Blanket Tax.
8. Prepared for publication the Constitution and
By-Laws of the A.S.B.C. and the Athletic
Council; the By-Laws of the Student Coun-
cil, and the Board of Managers ; the fac-
ulty regulations in regard to eligibility
rules, and the Constitution of the Bowdoin
Publishing Co. (Owing to lack of funds
these have not yet been printed.)
9. Recommended to the faculty the abolition of
chapel during semester examinations.
10. Considered better method for the nomina-
tion of athletic managers. No action.
11. Careful investigation of limitations of college
honors scheme. Voted to adopt no such
scheme, as all artificial means seemed to be
unsatisfactory.
12. Canvass of fraternities on question of inter-
fraternity baseball.
13. Canvass of fraternities in regard to late in-
itiation, which resulted in following mo-
tion:
14. Voted, That since seven fraternities
have signified by signed statements their
support of late initiations, the Council con-
siders fraternity initiations thereby post-
poned until after mid-year examinations.
Very sincerely,
THE I912-I3 STUDENT COUNCIL.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF A.S.B.C.
Season 1912-1913.
RECEIPTS
Blanket taxes from 321 men in first
semester $2,408 00
Blanket taxes from 273 men in second
semester 2,051 50
Balance of debating accounts 4 23
$4,463 73
DISBURSEMENTS
Treasurer of Athletic Council for,
Football
$1,400 00
Baseball
900 00
Track
730 00
Tennis
250 00
Fencing
75 00
Manager of Bowdoin Publishing Co.
600 00
Treasurer of Christian Association
200 00
Manager of debating council
125 00
Manager of band
140 00
Incidentals, printing
16 50
Balance on deposit, First National
Bank
27 23
$4,463 73
Respectfully submitted,
Manton Copeland,
Treasurer.
I have examined the books and accounts of the
Treasurer of the A.S.B.C. and find them accu-
rately kept and properly vouched. The forego-
ing is a correct summary of receipts and dis-
bursements.
Barrett Potter,
June 14, 1913. Auditor.
REPORT OF TREASURER ATHLETIC COUNCIL
Season 1912-1913.
RECEIPTS
Balance from season 1911-1912 $157 50
A.S.B.C. appropriation for football 1,400 00
A.S.B.C. appropriation for baseball 900 00
A.S.B.C. appropriation for track 730 00
A.S.B.C. appropriation for tennis 250 00
A.S.B.C. appropriation for fencing 75 00
Ten per cent, football gate receipts 124 25
Interest on deposits 7 57
Loan to football, repaid 190 00
Loan to baseball, repaid 50 00
Loan to track, repaid 25 00
Balance o'f First Annual Interscholas-
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tic Meet accounts
Balance of Tennis accounts
DISBURSEMENTS
Football manager
Baseball manager
Track manager
Tennis manager
Fencing manager
Treasurer of Bowdoin College, ten
per cent, fund
Wright & Ditson, for baseball charges
Loan to football manager
Loan to baseball manager
Loan to track manager
College Book Shop, for banner
C. H. Dudley, for baseball charges
Balance on deposit, Brunswick Sav-
ings Institution
Balance on deposit, Union National
Bank
8
16
98
50
$4
■,015
98
$1
,400
00
900
00
730
00
250
00
75
00
282
02
7 5o
175
00
50
00
25
00
4
00
1
75
106 66
9 05
$4,015 9>
Respectfully submitted,
Manton Copeland,
Treasurer.
I have examined the books and accounts of the
Treasurer of the Athletic Council, and find them
accurately kept and properly vouched. The fore-
going is a correct summary of receipts and dis-
bursements.
Barrett Potter,
June 14, 1913. Auditor.
REPORT OF MANAGER DEBATING COUNCIL
Season 1912-13.
receipts
From Manton Copeland, Treasurer
A.S.B.C. $125 00
Total Receipts
EXPENDITURES
To deficit from last year
Freshman-Sophomore Debate
Bowdoin-Hamilton Debate
Bowdoin-Wesleyan Debate
Cups for Interscholastic Debates
Bowdoin Bugle cuts
Incidentals
Total Expenditures
Total Receipts
Total Expenditures
Balance
$125 00
$15 25
4 00
3
05
$120
77
$125
00
120
77
The balance of $4.23 was returned to the
Treasurer of the A.S.B.C.
Respectfully submitted,
James A. Norton,
Manager.
Audited and approved,
W. H. Davis,
Auditor.
REPORT OF MANAGER INTERSCHOLASTIC
MEET
Cedric R. Crowell, Manager.
receipts
159 entry fees @ 25c $39 75
Program advertisements 20 00
469 admissions @ 50c 234 50
386 programs @ 5c 19 30
disbursements
Stamps and postals
"Typewriter rent
"elephone calls — toll
.-dvertising
Police for Meet
Registration of Meet with Interschol-
astic Association of Amateur Ath-
letes of New England
Competitors Nos., including express
Chandler, for selling tickets
Rebates to three coaches' admission
Materials and supplies
Labor
Officials
Medals and cups
Printing
Balance
$313 55
$4 70
2 00
1 00
2 25
4 00
2 00
1 05
34
1 50
4 60
77 9°
23 3°
130 05
50 70
8 16
Audited and approved,
$3i3 55
Manton Copeland.
$4 23
Club anD Council sheetings
The Band met recently and elected Jones '15
leader and Austin '15 manager for next year.
The Biology Club took its field trip to South
Harpswell last week. Several biological speci-
mens were obtained.
The Gibbons Club has elected the following
officers : L. Donahue '14, president ; Callahan '14,
vice-president; and Koughan '15, secretary and
treasurer.
The Somerset County Club has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Badger '14, President; Merrill
'14, Vice-President; Chatto '15, Secretary-Treas-
urer; Executive Committee, LaCasce '14, Jones
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'15, Hight '16.
The Debating Council has elected Elwyn C.
Gage '14 President, Ray E. Verrill '14 Secretary,
and Richard E. Simpson '14 Manager. The
Council voted to return its surplus funds to the
treasurer of the A.S.B.C.
A meeting of the old and new Student Councils
was held at the New Meadows Inn last Saturday
evening. An informal discussion of the work for
the coming year was held.
At the final meeting of the 1913 Touncil the
business of the year was closed up. The follow-
ing motion relative to postponement of fraternity
initiations was passed : "Since seven fraternities
have signified by signed statement their support
of initiations at the end of the first semester, the
Council considers the initiations thereby post-
poned until after mid-year examinations."
2>n t&e Campus
Hart '12 and Newell '12 have been on the cam-
pus recently.
There was a record attendance at the annual
elections last week.
McElwee '16, Eaton '15, Woodcock, Medic '15,
and Twaddle, Medic '16, have been playing for
the Maine Centrals of Portland.
Most of the fraternities held their Seniors' last
supper the first of last week, following the old
custom afterwards of marching around the
campus.
The Freshman Religious Committee is collect-
ing old text books for the Association loan li-
brary. They will visit the dormitories tomor-
row.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Bugle, may be
obtained at 13 South Winthrop or at the Alpha
Delta Phi house, still $1.50, according to latest
bulletins.
Joseph E. Moore, Esq., '65, of Thomaston, a
member of the Board of Overseers, has presented
a polar bear skin rug to the gymnasium for the
trophy room.
Brunswick High won a clear title to the cham-
pionship of the Bowdoin Interscholastic League
by defeating Cony High at Augusta Saturday by
a score of 12 to 0.
Candidates for assistant football manager
should see Manager Leigh today or tomorrow.
Only one man has reported thus far. The mem-
bers of the present Freshman class are eligible
for this position.
The golf cup offered by President Hyde was
played for June 9, 10 and 11. Trottier won the
cup with a gross score of 83 and net score of 81,
and Littlefield '16 was second with a gross score
of 90 and a net score of 87.
The Freshman class celebrated the approach
of the end of the year Ivy Eve by consigning the
caps which have graced their crowns for a year
to the flames of a big bonfire. A band, red fire,
cheering, singing of Phi Chi, speeches, and the
presence of the fair Ivy guests, combined to make
this birth of a new custom a happy affair.
Among the many alumni who flocked back
for Ivy were : Dr. Frank W. Spalding '72,
Leon B. Leavitt '99, Willis E. Roberts '07, Ken-
neth Dresser ex-'og, Irving L. Rich '09, Clinton
N. Peters '10, William H. Sanborn '10, Harrison
L. Robinson 'n, Earl Baldwin Smith '11, Charles
B. Hawes 'n, Ben W. Partridge '11, Oliver T.
Sanborn '11, Philip W. Meserve '11, Burleigh C.
Rodick '12, Harrison Chapman '12, Earle Rus-
sell '12, George F. Cressey '12, Harold P. Van-
nah '12 and Joseph C. O'Neil '12.
SjQitf) ti)c JFacultp
Prof. James L. McConaughy at Columbia Uni-
versity last week was given the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy, the result of work done there last
year. In partial fulfillment of the requirements
Prof. McConaughy has written a thesis entitled
"The School Drama," which will be published by
Teachers College of Columbia University as one
of their Contributions to Education series. The
volume contains 116 pages, including as an appen-
dix "Palsgrave's Introduction to Acolastus." The
book is now in process of binding.
Prof. Little will attend the meeting of the
American Librarians Association at the Catskill
Hotel in New York during Commencement week
and then return to spend the remainder of the
vacation in Brunswick.
Professor Moody and Professor Woodruff are
to spend the vacation in Brunswick.
Prof. W. H. Davis leaves after July for a six
weeks tour through Ireland, Wales and Corn-
wall.
Prof. J. S. Davis is to spend the latter part of
the vacation in Pennsylvania.
Professors Ham and Mitchell are to spend the
vacation in Brunswick.
Professor Hormell will spend ten days in
Washington and the rest of the vacation in In-
diana.
Professor Alvord will attend the Dartmouth
Summer School of Mathematics.
Professor Wass is to spend the summer at
Squirrel Island.
Professor McConaughy is to be married on
June thirtieth. He will spend his vacation in
Canada.
BOWDOIN ORILNT
VOL. XL1II
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, JUNE ,28 1913
NO. 11
108th COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM
Sunday, June 22
The Baccalaureate Sermon by President Hyde,
Congregational Church, 4.00 p. m.
Monday, June 23
Alexander Prize Speaking, Memorial Hall, 8.00
p. M.
Tuesday, June 24
Class Day Exercises, Memorial Hall, 10.00 a. m.
Thorndike Oak Exercises, 3.00 p. m.
Pipe of Peace, Farewell to Halls, 4.00 p. m.
Commencement Hop, New Gymnasium, 9.00 P. m.
Meeting of Trustees, Classical Room, Hubbard
Hall, 2.00 p. m.
Meeting of Overseers, Lecture Room, Hubbard
Hall, 7.00 p. m.
Maine Historical Society Meeting, Lecture Room,
Hubbard Hall, 2.00 p. m.
Wednesday, June 25
Medical School Graduation, Congregational
Church, 9.00 a. m.
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity Meeting, Alumni
Room, Hubbard Hall, 11.00 a. m.
Baseball, Alumni vs. Varsity, 10.30 a. m.
Alumni Association Meeting, Sargent Gymnas-
ium, 1.30 p. M.
Dedication of the Gymnasium and the Thomas
Worcester Hyde Athletic Building, 2.30 p. m.
Merchant of Venice, by Masque and Gown, Art
Building Steps, 4.30 p. m.
Band Concert, Campus, 7.30 p. m.
President's Reception, Hubbard Hall, 8.00 to 11.00
P. M.
Thursday, June 26
Commencement Exercises, at Congregational
- Church, 10.45 p- M-
Commencement Dinner, New Gymnasium, 1. 00
P. M.
CLASS OF 1913 OFFICERS
President Cedric R. Crowell
Marshal Charles B. Haskell
Vice-President Lawrence W. Smith
Secretary-Treasurer James Augustus Norton
Poet Edward O. Baker
Orator Paul H. Douglas
Chaplain Rensel H. Colby
Opening Address Laurence A. Crosby
Historian Stanley F. Dole
Closing Address John E. Dunphy
Class Day Committee — Leon E. Jones (chmn.),
George L. Skolfield, Paul C. Savage, Theo-
dore E. Emery, Sumner T. Pike
THE BACCALAUREATE SERMON
President Hyde took as his subject, "Liberty in
Speech and Act," and his text, "So speak ye and
so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of
liberty," James ii, 12.
He said in part :
"Men are of two kinds : Slaves and freemen.
The slave in morals is publicly professor of tem-
perance, chastity, honesty. At the club he speaks
of their violation with such levity and relish as
show his professed virtue to be a thin film of in-
sincerity over a seething mass of sensuality.
"The slave in business is driven by the lash of
a desire to make money, regardless of how or out
of whom it comes. The free business man aims
to make the services and goods he offers a gen-
uine benefit on fair terms to customers and con-
sumers.
"The slave in politics, on the stump and in his
platform, professes devotion to the people and the
public good; and then in the secrecy of the club-
room and the greater secrecy of committee-room
and lobby, says and does things which show that
office-holding for himself and legislative favors
at public expense for the supporters and contrib-
utors to his party are the main things for which
he really cares. The freeman in politics says the
same thing to his constituents in public and to his
associates and supporters in private, and does his
utmost to enact and execute the policy professed.
"Our present National Administration is giving
the country the finest example of simple and sin-
cere speech, supported by consistent and persist-
ent action, that we have seen in any department
of public service since the military campaigns of
Gen. Grant. We have to thank the progressives
of both parties for this sorely needed emancipa-
tion.
"The root of this liberty which makes men sim-
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pie, single-minded and sincere is religion ; not the
superficial religion of verbal profession, ritualis-
tic form or sacerdotal, magic; but the religion
that walks humbly with God ; measures words
and deeds by the devoted character of Christ, and
cultivates the spirit of service and good will."
ALEXANDER PRIZE SPEAKING
PROGRAM
Music
American Courage Sherman Hoar
George Franklin Eaton, 1914
Spartacus to the Gladiators Elijah Kellogg
Richard Stearns Fuller, 1916
Ballad of East and West Rudyard Kipling
George Arthur McWilliams, 1915
Music
Trial of Abner Barrow. Davis
Don Jerome Edwards, 1916
My Friends Robert W. Service
Herbert Henry Foster, 1916
Carcassonne Anonymous
(Translated by M. E. W. Sherwood)
George Albert Hall, Jr., 191 5
The Victor of Marengo Anonymous
George William Bacon, 1915
The Parting of Arthur and Guinivere Tennyson
Kenneth Elmer Ramsay, 1915
The Barrel-Organ (Abridged) ... .Alfred Noyes
Robert Devore Leigh, 1914
Music
Won by Kenneth Elmer Ramsay; second prize,
Don Jerome Edwards.
Alternates : — William Towle Livingston, 1915 ;
Guy Whitman Leadbetter, 1916; Ivan Colson
Merrill, 1915.
Judges : — Ellis Spear, Jr., '98, of Boston ; Pro-
fessor Warren B. Catlin; Rev. Charles Sweet of
Tokio, Japan.
class poem— e. o. baker
(abstract)
I idly turned the pages of a book,
And every while I looked away and through
My window at the fresh new leaves upon
The elms and at the sunshine as it flashed
Along the grass. Half listlessly I watched
The whole, until a figure' came in sight;
Dark, tall, and solemnwise it looked,
And walked with uneven step and from its mien
I knew that it would speak, so tossing by my book,
I ran with others to the place it stood
And waited till it pleased to speak.
"What have ye gained,
These last four years?
Come tell me, nor delay;
For you must up
And on your path
Ere yet another day.
The sun of youth
Has thus far shown,
Now it is past its heights-
Give count and go
Each one alone
Through field or wood, or plain."
Then did I hear a voice and could not tell,
From whence it came, but it was sweet to hear.
"Nay not alone do you go forth,
But in a goodly band
For with you go glad memories
Throughout the untried land.
As for the gain — that you must count,
Oh wait till the time be ripe,
You are but ready, to go the way,
The time of the gain is not yet."
Let us be gone upon the mighty way,
And into the heart of the world that waits
Expectantly. And gladly let us go
While yet the song our mighty Mother sings
Re-echoes in our ears. Oh, there is much
To do : old creeds to break, new faiths to build,
Come forth ! and give a hand for in thy gift
Shalt thou regain an hundred fold thy gift.
Let us on nor brook delay.
CLASS ORATION-P. H. DOUGLAS
(abstract)
"As we leave these halls, we go forth into a
busy and a complex world. Insistent will be the
demands upon sinew and strength, pocketbook
and personality. There will be the call of caring
for those who are dear, and in this we cannot fail.
We must do a day's work for a day's pay, whether
it will be in courtroom, office, or factory. We will
probably be members of some church, and follow
some political faith. All these duties are funda-
mental and must be performed efficiently and con-
scientiously if there is to be any real strength in
our existence.
"But there is a deeper call, a greater respon-
sibility that falls upon us as college men. We
must remember that truth of which we so glibly
speak, yet so seldom feel : the Brotherhood of
Man. To regard the bootblack or low-browed
mechanic as your friend, to sympathize with shop-
girl and factory worker, is a quality of heart that
we must have in order to live the larger life.
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33
JAMES A. NORTON
CEDRIC R. CROWELL
CHAS. B. HASKELL
Humanity must speak to us with poignant voice in
the street or from the stage, and we must be will-
ing to give that most precious of all gifts — our-
selves.
"Expressed in harsh money terms, we leave this
college indebted to society over a thousand dol-
lars for the training given us, and there is the
inestimable debt for the privilege of association
with noble professors who are giving their very
lives for the youth of the land. The college
years have been given to us as a stewardship, and
the lines have fallen in pleasant places. We can-
not repay in money, but what is asked of us is
that we help someone else, that is the true tribute
that we can lay at the feet of our beloved.
"It matters little what line of work we follow.
This world is so big and its needs so extensive
that there is room and to spare for publicist and
painter, lawyer and laborer. The tools of life
are before us ; let us use them, not primarily for
ourselves, but with a heart filled with love for
man, keep true the end in mind, and labor for the
common cause.
"Some of you may say, 'these are merely plati-
tudes." The age that considers these sentiments
to be threadworn is an age from which all altru-
ism has fled. It is a duty as old as the eternal
hills yet as new as the green grass with- which
spring has arrayed our Mother Earth.
"The portcullis falls upon our college days.
Other men will give their best on Whittier Field
for the glory of old Bowdoin. Our achievements
in debating and in scholarship will be soon for-
gotten ; our chapters will know us only as names ;
even the maidens who are with us today will re-
cover from the pain caused by parting and in a
few months the music of house party or hop will
find them smiling up into the faces of other
youths. It may be a bitter cup to quaff, but it is a
necessary one.
"Our faces should be towards the future, not
the past. It is time to do a man's work in a man's
world, and we are ready. God grant that we may
see our duty and have strength enough to perform
it. It is with a deep love for Bowdoin that we
leave her gates ; it is with a firm resolve to serve
that we enter life. We are the modern knights,
riding forth from castle walls to redress human
wrongs.
" 'On through the dawning humanity calls ;
Life's not a dream in the clover;
On to the walls, on to the walls,
On to the walls, and over.' "
OPENING ADDRESS— L. A. CROSBY
(abstract)
"Since our first arrival on the campus we have
been learning our great lesson — sincerity from
the lives of Bowdoin's great alumni, from the
example of the noble men of Bowdoin's faculty,
and from the atmosphere of the campus itself.
"Under such influences have we as undergrad-
uates been trained to love sincerity. Today, the
first requisite of any Bowdoin man is that he be
himself and speak himself. On the athletic field
he strives to win for the College, but still remem-
bers that he is playing a game and that he is a
Bowdoin gentleman. In the activities of our com-
plex life, he works for higher places and better
accomplishments, but forgets not that he is mere-
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LAURENCE A. CROSBY
ALFRED H. SWEET
PAUL H. DOUGLAS
ly one of our three hundred. In his studies,
though he wish for honors and prizes, he truly
thinks of them as but adornments to the real
structure of true culture. In his. relations with
the College and with his fellows, seeking only to
judge each at his true worth, he lives sincerely
democratic in his broad friendships, sincerely ex-
clusive in his confidants, and always sincerely
himself."
CLASS HISTORY— S. F. DOLE
(abstract)
"It is now nearly four years since, one bright
September afternoon in 1909 a rather stocky,
rusty looking lad was seen tagging three suit
cases and a handbag up over the hill from the
station. His inquiry if that was the way to the
campus received the answer, 'Yes, who are you?'
Lifting his head the newcomer answered, 'I am
Phil Wood, and I come from Baw Hawbow.'
Thus was the arrival of 1913 first announced.
"Sophomore year the opening of College found
us all back on time. It was that year that the last
regular razoo was given by the Sophomore Class
to Freshmen, not restrained and directed by the
Student Council. Of course none of us can for-
get that wonderful New Gym rally, which took
place that winter, and which resulted in the won-
derful building which we dedicate tomorrow.
"The opening of Junior year found us at last
upon our proper dignity, and above the petty
struggles of class rivalry. As upper classmen we
could fittingly give fatherly advice to the two
lower classes, and, seeing their weaknesses and
follies, bemoan the "good old days" when we
were Freshmen. Two great events stand out
above all others in Junior year. One was the first
Junior field day ever held, the other was Ivy,
which was acknowledged by all who were present
as the most successful Junior Week ever cele-
brated.
"And so before we could realize it, we were
back again last fall, Seniors. This last year has
passed all too quickly. It has been so full of im-
portant events that only a few can be even men-
tioned. Of course 1913 points with pride to the
fact that, under the direction of this year's Stu-
dent Council, chosen by men of our class, the
blanket tax was so successfully inaugurated last
fall. We believe it a pardonable pride that we
point to ourselves as the first class to adopt the
Senior canes.
"So also were we pleased when Major Slocum
on his way over to the Interclass Meet gathered
in the first 12 Seniors he met on the campus and,
taking them along with him, won the interclass
drill, despite the long practice the other class
squads had gone through. And a second event
which pleased us was when every member of the
class answered the call to arms, and gathering in
Memorial Hall before competent judges sang the
songs of our College as they had never before
been sung and, as a result, won the Snow Song
Cup.
"But amidst all these victories and festive oc-
casions, the class, as well as the rest of the entire
College, received a shock like lightning when our
beloved professor, Henry L. Chapman, passed on
to another world on February 24.
"Thus, classmates and friends, we have come
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85
to our Commencement time, having gone through
four of the best years of our life together. Hav-
ing started with 93 members, we now number 76.
In our midst we find a varied crew, all types be-
ing represented. Among our number can be
found one Rhodes scholar, several journalists,
three politicians, two atheists, and one anarchist.
Within our ranks we find that we have 14 men
who have represented the College on the dra-
matic clubs, 13 men who have been on the musi-
cal clubs, five men who have been on the varsity
debating teams, two men of the varsity tennis,
five men who have won the coveted baseball B,
six who have upheld Bowdoin's honor on the
track, and last but not least, ten men who while
belonging to this class, seven of whom are still
with us today, have won their letters on the grid-
iron.
Thus have we spent our years in College. Our
studies have played a most important part, other-
wise we would not be here this afternoon. And
the path has not been entirely strewn with roses,
we have had to take the bitter with the sweet.
Soon we pass out into the larger world, never
again to be carefree boys. But we will never for-
get the friendships we have formed here, or
cease to love and cherish our dear Alma Mater.
PARTING ADDRESS— J. E. DUNPHY
(abstract)
"Fellow Classmates :
"Four years ago we came here with the com-
mon purpose to acquire knowledge. We came as
individuals and as strangers, and now we are
about to leave again as individuals, but not as
strangers. For during our four years here, by
our struggles on the athletic field, by our friend-
ly rivalry in the class room, by the hours of pleas-
ure and relaxation, we have been welded together.
Loyalty to College and Class has been a notable
characteristic of the members of 1913. There
have been no dissentions among us. The unity of
brotherhood pervades our ranks.
"It is but natural that, at the thought of leav-
ing our dear Alma Mater and our devoted friends,
the feeling of sadness should be uppermost in
our minds. But' mingled with our sorrow, is a
feeling of hope for the future and eagerness to
tackle what it has in store for us. This is not the
end but the beginning of our journey, for which
these years have been a preparation. We go with
enthusiasm to meet our new tasks. Up to now we
have been mere lookers-on at the game of life.
We have sat back in the grandstand and watched
while others played the game. It is now time to
become players in the game, to do a man's work
in the world.
"In preparation for the struggle we have re-
ceived that great gift of the Bowdoin spirit. It
has been the impelling force in our undergraduate
life, to give to each of our tasks the best there is
in us. It is this Bowdoin spirit, the giving of the
best, which in the past has inspired her soldiers
to deeds of heroism and valor, her explorers to
fight on against insurmountable obstacles, her
statesmen and lawyers to fight for the cause of
justice and good government against all the in-
siduous forces of bribery and corruption, her
poets and authors to wield their pens for the up-
lifting of mankind, and her doctors and ministers
to give up their lives gladly for the sake of hu-
manity. This spirit is the great gift of Bowdoin
to her sons. To give anything less than our best
is to be false to our friends, to our Alma Mater,
.to our Creator. Let us ever keep it alive in our
hearts. May it ever be our guide in times of
stress and strain, and also in the calmer moments
of life. So that at the final parting the world
may say : 'He gave his best, more than that can-
not be given.'
COMMENCEMENT HOP
The Commencement Hop was held in the New
Gymnasium at 9.00 p. m. The hall was very taste-
fully decorated for the occasion. Green and
white serpentine confetti was suspended from all
sides of the auditorium to the center, making
nearly a complete ceiling of color. Around the
lights were tastefully arranged Japanese lanterns,
while various other effects were introduced. The
dance orders were very effective. The covers
were of metal, gold plated and decorated very
simply with the Bowdoin Seal. The order con-
sisted of 26 dances and music was furnished by
Chandler's orchestra of twenty pieces.
The patronesses were: Mrs. Frank E. Wood-
ruff, Mrs. William A. Moody, Mrs. Charles C.
Hutchins, Mrs. Frank N. Whittier, Mrs. Wilmot
B. Mitchell, Mrs. Roscoe J. Ham, Mrs. Paul
Nixon and Mrs. William H. Davis, all of Bruns-
wick, and Mrs. George C. Riggs and Miss Nora
Smith of Hollis.
The committee in charge was as follows : Leon
Everett Jones, chairman, Paul Chapman Savage,
George Lincoln Skolfield, Theodore Evans Em-
ery and Sumner Tucker Pike.
ALUMNI AND VARSITY GAME
For the first time in several years the Varsity
baseball team met an alumni team in a game dur-
ing Commencement week. The undergraduate
team was the State champions' line-up with the
exception of the shortstop position. Daniels filled
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this position. The final score was 12 to 6. Seven
innings were played. To the surprise of the fans,
both Means and Woodcock proved easy for the
Varsity batsmen and were replaced by Hobbs and
Files, who did better work. The fielding was
loose.
BOWDOIN VARSITY
ab r bh po a e
Stetson, If, rf 422000
LaCasce, c 402700
Eaton, ib 3 1 1 7 o 0
Skolfield, cf 412200
Weatherill, 2b 4 1 1 1 2 o
Tilton, 3b 4 1 2 o 3 1
Daniels, ss 220321
E. Tuttle, rf 220000
N. Tuttle, If 1 o o 1 o 1
Dodge, p 322020
Totals 31 12 12 21 9 3
BOWDOIN ALUMNI
ab r bh po a e
Abbott, c, 3b 4 1 o 10 o o
Harris, ss 2 1 1 o 1 0
Smith, If 4 o 1 1 0 o
Clifford, 2b 4 0 1 o 1 1
Files, cf, p 4 0 o 1 o 1
Purington, 3b, p 3 1 o 1 1 1
Green, ib 3 1 1 4 o 0
Woodcock, p 1 o 1 o 1 0
Hobbs, rf, p, cf 2 1 o 1 1 o
Means, rf, p 1 1 o o o 0
Totals 28 6 5 18 5 3 '
Innings :
Varsity 083100 x — 12
Alumni 000015 o — 6
Two-base hits, Tilton, Harris; three-base hit,
Clifford; stolen bases, Stetson, Daniels 2, Harris,
Smith 2; first base on balls, off Dodge 6, off
Means 2, off Hobbs; struck out, by Dodge 7, by
Woodcock 2, by Means, by Hobbs 3, by Files ;
hits, off Woodcock 8, off Means 4; sacrifice hit,
Means; hit by pitched ball, by Woodcock, Dan-
iels; wild pitch, Dodge; passed balls, Abbott 3,
Purington. Time, 1.23. Umpire, Clark.
PHI BETA KAPPA
The following men were initiated into Phi Beta
Kappa at the annual meeting Wednesday noon :
From 1913: Edward Oliver Baker, Paul How-
ard Douglas, Leon Everett Jones, James Augus-
tus Norton, Clifton Orville Page.
From 1914: Alfred Everett Gray, Maurice
Wingate Hamblen, Robert Devore Leigh, Rich-
ard Earle Simpson, Neal Tuttle.
The officers of the Alpha Chapter elected for
the ensuing year are as follows : President, Gen-
eral Thomas H. Hubbard, LL.D., of New York;
Vice-President, Professor Frank E. Woodruff,
A.M., of Brunswick ; Secretary-Treasurer, Pro-
fessor George T. Files, Ph.D., of Brunswick;
Literary Committee, Professor K. C. M. Sills,
A.M., of Brunswick, chairman, President Samuel
V. Cole of Norton, Mass., Rev. Charles H. Cut-
ler, D.D., of Andover, Mass., Henry S. Chapman
of Boston, Professor Stanley P. Chase, Ph.D., of
Cambridge.
The following were elected delegates to the
triennial council to be held in New York in Sep-
tember: Profesor Henry Crosby Emery, Ph.D.,
LL.D., of Yale University, Professor William W.
Lawrence, Ph.D., of Columbia University, and
Professor Kenneth C. M. Sills, A.M., of Bow-
doin College.
In addition to five members of the class of 1913
and four members of the class of 1914, Dr. Fred
P. Webster of the class of 1910 was initiated into
the fraternity.
DEDICATION OF THE NEW GYMNASIUM
The dedication exercises were held in the main
exercising room of the Gymnasium, the speakers
delivering their addresses from the trophy room.
President Hyde first introduced Franklin Conant
Payson of Portland who spoke on behalf of the
Building Committee. He paid tribute to Dr.
Whittier, Dudley A. Sargnet, John S. Hyde,
President Hyde and others.
Mr. Charles Collens, of the firm of Allen &
Collens, architects for the Gymnasium, was the
next speaker. He took for his subject "Architec-
tural Reminiscences'' and traced in a most pleas-
ing manner, the troubles of an architect in form-
ing the plans of such a building and especially
the problems which this particular building pre-
sented.
Hon. John Sedgwick Hyde followed with a
brief appropriate speech on the spirit of the gift
and physical training.
Mr. Edward Stanwood '61 was taken sick and
was unable to deliver his address on General
Thomas W. Hyde, but his paper was read by Hon.
Lucilius Alonzo Emery of Ellsworth. Mr. Stan-
wood was a classmate of Gen. Hyde's and his
paper was enlivened with many personal anec-
dotes.
Dudley A. Sargent '87 next spoke on "A Brief
Review of Physical Education in America."
The last speaker of the afternoon was Dr.
Whittier. He outlined the course of physical
training as pursued in the big athletic plant and
concluded as follows :
"At the end of senior year you go out into the
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world, possessed of sound scholarship and fine
physique, carrying loyalty to the old College and
cherishing memories of physical training, typified
by the emblem of the White Banner and the mas-
cot of Polar Bear. The banner stands for the
new era of fairness and gentlemanly conduct in
college sport; the polar bear stands for the last
word in the expression of Bowdoin spirit, of rug-
ged resistance, when necessary, to the forces of
man and nature.
"May these buildings do their part in main-
taining that Bowdoin spirit which enabled Ad-
miral Peary to achieve the Pole and General
Chamberlain to hurl back the rebel charges at
Little Round Top and save the day at Gettys-
burg."
Doctor Whittier's address concluded the exer-
cises that marked the formal dedication. Many
of the graduates took this opportunity of inspect-
ing the building for which they had subscribed,
but which they had not heretofore had the privi-
lege of seeing.
As a fitting symbol of the dedication, the new
trophy cases, to hold cups, souvenir footballs and
baseballs of contests won by Bowdoin, together
with other trophies, have just been placed in po-
sition, supplanting the old and small sized cases.
A large polar bear skin, the gift of Joseph E.
Moore, Esq., '65, of Thomaston, symbolic of the
Bowdoin polar bear, had been placed in the trophy
room, expressing at once the success that one of
Bowdoin's sons has met in the far north, and the
past and present successes that Bowdoin herself
has met on the field, together with future victo-
ries for which to work..
MERCHANT OF VENICE
The Masque and Gown gave the Merchant of
Venice on the steps of the Walker Art Building
at 4.3: Wednesday afternoon. This year's pro-
duction was the most ambitious and successful
performance the players have yet achieved. The
play was coached and directed by Mrs. Arthur F.
Brown of Brunswick, who has had charge of the
Bowdoin productions for the past two years.
Much of the artistic and dramatic excellence of
the presentation was due to her efforts.
The cast was as follows:
Shylock, a Jew Cedric R. Crowell '13
Duke of Venice Leon E. Jones '13
Antonio, a merchant of Venice
Paul H. Douglas '13
Bassanio, a suitor to Portia Edward O. Baker '13
Salanio, his friend Robert D. Leigh '14
Salarino, his friend Francis X. Callahan '14
Gratiano, his friend Chester G. Abbott '14
Lorenzo, his friend Clifton O. Page '13
Launcelot Gobbo Winthrop S. Greene '13
Old Gobbo, his father Stewart P. Morrill '16
Balthazar, servant to Portia. . . Alden F. Head '16
Stephano Walter F. Eberhardt '13
Clerk of the Court Don J. Edwards '16
Portia, a rich heiress. . . W. Fletcher Twombly '13
Nerissa, her waiting maid
William T. Livingston '15
Cedric Crowell, President of the Club, who has
previously in college played many leading roles
successfully, scored a distinct triumph in the
leading part of Shylock. His interpretation of
the part was similar to that of Otis Skinner and
he portrayed the Jew as justifiable in his desire
for revenge. He rose superbly to the demands of
the trial scene and throughout the play did a fine
piece of acting. Baker as Bassanio, Twombly as
Portia, and Douglas as Antonio, did excellent
work. The cast was well rounded and the minor
parts adequate.
The total effect of the production was that of
artistic dignity and reserve rather than intense
dramatic action. This manner of presentation is
to some degree an influence from the Sothern-
Marlowe production, but with the open air scen-
ery and broad stage there were some excellent
departures from the usual effects in professional
productions, such as the end of the first act. The
exigencies of time and the outdoor stage made
necessary a number of alterations in the arrange-
ment and sequence of scenes.
THE PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION
The President's Reception was held from 8.00
to 11.00 in the Alumni Room, Hubbard Hall,
Wednesday evening. In the receiving line were
President and Mrs. William DeWitt Hyde, Pro-
fessor and Mrs. William A. Moody, and Profes-
sor and Mrs. Wilmot B. Mitchell. The ushers
were the following Brunswick boys: Noel Little,
Robert Little, Philip Weatherill, Darwin Tuttle
and Robert Stetson.
MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATION
The Commencement exercises of the Medical
School of Maine were held in the Congregational
Church at 9.30 Wednesday morning. President
Hyde conducted the program. The address to
the graduates was made by Hon. Albert R. Sav-
age of Auburn, chief justice of the Maine Su-
preme Court. His subject was "Some Sore
Points in Our Political System." The following-
men received the M.D. degree : Harold Carleton
Arey, Wyvern Almoh Coombs, Carlisle Royal
Gould. Ridgely Fernald Hanscom, Elmer Henry
BOVVDOIN ORIENT
King, Leon Stanley Lippincott, Harold Daniel
McNeil, Albert Willis Moulton, Edward Russell
Roberts, Harold Danforth Ross, Philip Sheridan
Sullivan, Winfield Benjamin Trickey and Francis
David Walker.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
PROGRAM
Morgan's Legacy Laurence Alden Crosby
The Call of the Boy Fred Dixon Wish, Jr.
A Defender of the Wild Truth
Alfred Henry Sweet
Music
David Belasco's Contribution to the American
Stage Cedric Russell Crowell
The Criterion of Progress Clifton Orville Page
*\Villiam Law Symonds Edward Oliver Baker
Music
Conferring of Degrees
Prayer
Benediction
* Excused.
HONORARY DEGREES
Master of Arts
Cyrus Herman Kotzschmar Curtis, publisher
of clean and wholesome journals read by multi-
tudes, and provider of noble music for the people.
Doator of Divinity
John Hastings Quint, faithful and effective
pastor and preacher to town and college.
Doctor of Lazvs
William Widgery Thomas, whose genial per-
sonality has cemented the friendship between the
United States and Norway and Sweden.
William John Curtis, able lawyer and organi-
zer, and generous benefactor of his native town.
Doctor of Science
Alfred Edgar Burton, a productive scholar,
an instructive teacher, an efficient educational ad-
ministrator, Dean of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Charles Carroll Everett Scholarship:
Paul Howard Douglas, Class of 1913.
Henry IV. Longfellozv Graduate Scholarship:
Alfred Henry Sweet, Class of 1913.
David Sewall Premium :
Henry Sanborn Thomas, Class of 1916.
Class of 1868 Prise :
Alfred Henry Sweet, Class of 1913.
Smyth Mathematical Prise:
Austin Harbutt MacCormick, Class of 191 5.
Sewall Greek Prise:
Willis Elden Dodge, Class of 1913.
Hazvthorne Prise :
Robert Peter Coffin, Class of 1915.
Alexander Prise Speaking:
First : Kenneth Elmer Ramsay, Class of 1913.
Second : Don Jerome Edwards, Class of 1916.
Philo Sherman Bennett Prise : ,
James Augustus Norton, Class of 1913.
Almon Goodwin Prise:
Robert Devore Leigh, Class of 1914.
Hiland Lockwood Fairbanks Prises for Excel-
lence in Debating :
Paul Howard Douglas, Class of 1913.
Fred Dixon Wish, Jr., Class of 1913.
Hiland Lockzvood Fairbanks Prises for Excel-
lence in Public Speaking :
Richard Stearns Fuller, Class of 1916.
Don Jerome Edwards, Class of 191 6.
Intercollegiate Debating Medals:
Gold Medals to:
Laurence Alden Crosby, Class of 1913.
Paul Howard Douglas, Class of 1913.
Alfred Henry Sweet, Class of 1913.
George William Bacon, Class of 191 5.
Silver Medals to:
James Augustus Norton, Class of 1913.
Fred Dixon Wish, Jr., Class of 1913.
Elwyn Collins Gage, Class of 1914.
George Henry Talbot, Class of 191 5.
Special Gold Medal in English 7 :
No award.
Sezvall Latin Prise :
Robert Peter Coffin, Class of 1915.
Goodzvin Commencement Prise :
Alfred Henry Sweet, Class of 1913.
Pray English Prise :
Leon Everett Jones, Class of 1913.
Goodzvin French Prise:
No award.
Noyes Political Economy Prise :
Sumner Tucker Pike, Class of 1913.
Brown Composition Prises :
First: Alfred Henry Sweet, Class of 1913.
Second: James Augustus Norton, Class of
I9I3-
Class of 1875 Prise in American History :
Laurence Alden Crosby, Class of 1913.
Bradbury Debating Prises:
Chester Granville Abbott, Class of 1913.
First Prizes :
Laurence Alden Crosby, Class of 1913
Paul Howard Douglas, Class of 1913.
Second Prizes :
Alfred Henry Sweet, Class of 1913.
Fred Dixon Wish, Jr.., Class of 1913.
Robert Peter Coffin, Class of 1915.
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Brown Memorial Scholarships :
Fred Dixon Wish, Jr., Class of 1913.
Richard Earl Simpson, Class of 1914.
John Ralph Hamel, Class of 1915.
Abraham Seth Shwartz, Class of 1916.
HONORARY COMMENCEMENT APPOINT-
MENTS
Summa cum laude :
Laurence Alden Crosby.
Magna cum laude :
Sumner Tucker Pike, Alfred Henry Sweet.
Cum laude :
Willis Elden Dodge, Paul Howard Douglas,
Leon Everett Jones, Douglas Howard Mc-
Murtrie, James Augustus Norton, Clifton
Orville Page, Albert Elisha Parkhurst, Earl
Blanchard Tuttle, Fred Dixon Wish, Jr.
COMMENCEMENT DINNER
The last event of the Commencement week was
the Commencement Dinner held in the Thomas
Worcester Hyde Athletic Building after the com-
mencement exercises. President Hyde presided
and began the post prandial exercises by unveil-
ing a portrait of the late Professor Chapman
which a group of his friends has presented to the
College. The painting is by Joseph B. Cahill of
Portland. President Hyde announced the estab-
lishment of the Chapman Professorship.
The Snow Reunion cup, awarded annually to
the class obtaining the largest percentage of at-
tendance, was won by the Class of 1888, with an
attendance of 19 out of 23 members. The Presi-
dent also announced the outcome of the Friar Cup
contest.
Reviewing the contributions for the year, he
made the pleasing announcement that the contri-
butions which usually average $75,000 annually
were this year $145,000, nearly double the aver-
age-
Among the speakers were Governor William
T. Haines, Dr. Lyman Abbott, Rev. Newman
Smith, D.D., who spoke for the Class of 1863;
Dean Walz of the University of Maine, Rev.
Theodore Busfield of No. Adams, Mass., Profes-
sor Carmichael of Boston and George H. Stone
of New York, responding for the Class of 1903.
There were 540 alumni in attendance at the
closing exercises. Of that number the Class of
1903 had 50 men present. The members of this
class were distinguished with hatbands with their
class colors, red and white.
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING
The annual meeting of the State Historical
Society was held in Hubbard Hall, Tuesday af-
ternoon. The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year :
President, Hon. James Phinney Baxter of
Portland; Vice-President, Professor George T.
Little of Brunswick; Treasurer, Fritz H. Jordan
of Portland; Corresponding Secretary and Biog-
rapher, William D. Patterson of Wiscasset; Li-
brarian and Curator, Nathan Gould of Portland;
Recording Secretary, Hubbard W. Bryant of
Portland; Standing Committee, Dr. Henry S.
Burrage of Portland, Frederick O. Conant of
Portland, Henry Deering of Portland, George A.
Emery of Saco, Prentice C. Manning of Port-
land, Augustus F. Moulton of Portland, Asbury
C. Stilphen of Gardiner, Albert R. Stubbs of
Portland and Joseph E. Moore of Thomaston.
The report submitted by Librarian Nathan
Gould showed that there are 44,000 books in the
library, 1024 of which have been added during
the past year. There were sixteen members pres-
ent. A number of new members were elected.
TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS MEETINGS
There were a number of important matters de-
cided upon at the meetings of the Boards held
during the Commencement week.
The resignation of Ira P. Booker as Treasurer
of the College was accepted and Samuel B. Fur-
bish was elected to the position, his term of office
to date from the time when Mr. Booker has fully
arranged matters for his successors.
The Henry Leland Chapman professorship of
English Literature was established "as a perpet-
ual memorial of the beauty and nobility of the
character of the late Professor Henry Leland
Chapman and of the life and brilliant talent and
unselfish labor which he devoted to the College."
George R. Elliott, Ph.D., was elected to the chair
for three years.
The salaries of the instructors were fixed for
the coming year, while the following new in-
structors were appointed :
Henry William Miller, M.D., was elected pro-
fessor of Mental Diseases for three years ; Henry
D. Evans, A.B., was elected professor of Public
Hygiene for three years ; Henry Marshall Smith,
A.B., M.D., was elected professor of Neurology
for three years; Mr. A. F. Bruce Clark was
elected instructor of modern languages for one
year, to take the place of Professor Frederick W.
Brown, on leave of absence ; Mr. Lee D. McClean
was- elected instructor in Economics and Sociol-
ogy for one year, to take the place of Joseph S.
Davis who goes to Harvard next fall.
It was voted that the College accept the gift of
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$50,000 from Hon. David R. Stewart, A.M.,
•called the "Levi M. Stewart Fund."
It was voted that the College accept the gift
of $6,000 from Mrs. Georgianna Butterworth
Gannett, late of Needham, Mass., said sum to be
■known as the "Gannett Fund."
Hon. John S. Hyde of Bath and John Clair
Minot '96 were elected to the Board of Over-
seers to fill the vacancies caused by death.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
At the meeting of the Alumni Association in
the Old Gymnasium Wednesday noon the fol-
lowing alumni members of the Athletic Council
were elected:
Franklin C. Payson '76, of Portland; Charles
T. Hawes '76, of Bangor; Barrett Potter '78, of
Brunswick; George C. Purington '04, of Boston;
Donald C. White '05, of Lewiston.
The following committee was elected to nomi-
nate 24 members of the alumni council to be voted
for next Commencement, the council to consist of
twelve members: Arthur G. Staples '82, of Au-
burn; Leon V. Walker '03, of Portland; Francis
"C. Peaks '96, of Dover; Ralph T. Parker '95, of
IRumford ; Gerald G. Wilder '04, of Brunswick.
President Payson of the Alumni Association
was instructed to appoint a committee of three
to consider the suggestion of Harold H. Burton
\>9 that the method of electing Overseers for the
College be so changed as to always have on the
Board two members who have been out of college
less than ten years, their terms to expire on the
tenth anniversary of their graduation.
The following committee on Overseers' nomi-
nations was elected: John Williams Manson '81,
of Pittsfield; Henry S. Chapman '91, of Boston;
James E. Rhodes '97, of Hartford, Conn.
The following committee was chosen to award
the Pray English Prize : Daniel A. Robinson '76,
of Bangor; Charles T. Hawes '76, of Bangor;
Louis C. Hatch '95, of Bangor.
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
George Roy Elliott, Ph.D., was elected Profes-
sor of English Literature. Dr. Elliott is a grad-
uate of the University of Toronto, and received
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the
University of Jena in 1908. For the past five
years he has been instructor in English at the
University of Wisconsin.
Prof. J. W. Cunliffe, Professor of English in
the School of Journalism at Columbia Univer-
sity, formerly professor in the University of Wis-
consin, writes of him "As a teacher of literature
to undergraduates, Dr. Elliott is the best young
fellow I can call to mind, and I know most of
them, both in the East and in the Middle West."
Mr. Lee D. McClean was elected instructor in
Economics and Sociology for one year. Mr. Mc-
Clean has passed his examinations for the degree
of Ph.D. at Yale University, where he has taken
high rank as a graduate student of economics and
sociology.
Alexander Frederick Bruce Clark, A.M., was
elected instructor in Modern Languages for one
year to take the place of Professor Frederick W.
Brown, who is on leave of absence. Mr. Clark
received the degree of A.B. from the University
of Toronto in 1906, and the degree of A.M. from
Harvard in 191 1. He has spent two years in
graduate study at Harvard; one year of graduate
study in Paris ; was instructor in modern lan-
guages for four years in the University of To-
ronto ; and comes with the highest commendation
from both Harvard and Toronto.
ALUMNI REUNIONS
The members of the Class of 1873 were enter-
tained Wednesday by Mrs. Franklin C. Robin-
son whose husband, the late Professor F. C. Rob-
inson, was a member of that class. Mrs. Robin-
son gave a tea in their honor at her residence on
Maine street. She was assisted in receiving by
Mrs. Clement F. Robinson of Portland ; Miss Lida
Baker of Boston and Miss Ethel Jones of Port-
land assisted in entertaining. Members of the
Class of 1875 enjoyed a class breakfast at the
Hotel Eagle and a large attendance was present.
The classes of 1S98, 1901 and 1903 held their
reunions at Gurnet Wednesday evening. The
Class of 1903 had nearly 45 members present. At
a class meeting Leon C. Walker of Portland was
re-elected president and Donald F. MacCormick
of South Framingham, secretary-treasurer. The
president was instructed to appoint a committee
to prepare for a reunion five years from today.
The class voted to present its decenial fund
amounting to $2,500 to the college to be used as a
scholarship.
A very interesting class history was read by
Dr. Francis K. Welch of Portland in which he
showed that out of the 63 graduates, 43 were
married.
The classes of '98 and '03 played a game of
baseball, '98 winning 16-13. Donald MacMillan
of North Pole fame was president of the '98 re-
union and was given a rousing send-off by his
classmates when he left in the evening on the
start of his journey to New York, from which
place he will sail for Crocker Land on an explor-
ing expedition.
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Vol. XLIII JUNE 28, 191;.
No. n
The College Year
The year just ended has been one of distinct
success in many lines. In nearly every branch of
undergraduate activity there has been a spirit of
healthy cooperation and desire for improvement.
In athletics, while Bowdoin has annexed but a
single championship, the basis of excellent teams
for next year is to be found among the under-
graduates left in College. In debating and ora-
tory a very creditable showing was made, worthy
of Bowdoin's past and present. In dramatics
there has been a distinct advance. The two pro-
ductions of the Masque and Gown were a great
credit to the College. The club itself was reor-
ganized with a view to making it a more active
and definite organization. The Musical Clubs
had a very successful season and for the first
time ga.ve a concert in New York City. The De-
partmental Clubs are in a flourishing condition.
The Government Club had an unusually large
membership. In the general administration of
student affairs by the Student Council and the
Board of Managers there has been an unusual
amount of ability displayed. The Blanket Tax is
safely on its feet and a number of salutary
changes in student life have been accomplished.
For the College as a whole this year has seen the
completion of the New Gymnasium and Thomas
Worcester Hyde Athletic Building. This addi-
tion to our campus equipment bids fair to open a
new era in Bowdoin Athletics and physical train-
ing and, incidentally, provides an excellent hall
for class and college dances. The death of Pro-
fessor Chapman has been a deep loss to everyone
connected with the College and community. His
memory is to be perpetuated in a very appropriate
manner and extended to those in future years
who have not felt the indelible impression of his
personality and character. Between faculty and
students, both in and out of the classroom, there
have been very harmonious and helpful relations.
It has been a good year for Bowdoin. It has been
a year full of hopes and one which leads us to
look forward to a better, brighter future.
FRIAR CUP RESULTS
The result of the competition for the Friar Cup
for the best average scholarship standing among
the various fraternities was announced Thursday.
Delta Upsilon was the winner for the sixth con-
secutive time. The percentages are as follows :
Delta Upsilon 15-970
Kappa Sigma 13.789
Delta Kappa Epsilon 13.666
Alpha Delta Phi 13.634
Beta Theta Pi 13.300
Theta Delta Chi 13.000
Zeta Psi 12.910
Non-Fraternity 12.870
Psi Upsilon 12.560
TRACK NEWS
Manager Koughan of the Track Team an-
nounces that an interested alumnus has offered
a cup worth $35.00 to be given next fall to the
winners of an interclass cross-country race in
which all four classes will take part. There has
been arranged a dual cross-country race with
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be held
in the fall. These two contests make imperative
the need for a large sized cross-country squad at
the beginning of college in September.
PRIZE SONG CONTEST
With regret the Committee announce that the
second trial has ended like the first with no award
of the prize. The competitors were only four in
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number, and the character of the songs was the
same as in the first trial. A much more general
participation in this contest is desired, and it is
hoped that the vacation season will bring leisure
and inspiration for further efforts, and that some
song may yet come to birth which will be worthy
to live on the lips of undergraduates and alumni
and will be accepted by them as a fit expression
of Bowdoin spirit and ideals. Because this hope
is still cherished the contest will be continued un-
til November first. All songs offered in compe-
tition should be in the hands of Mr. Edward H.
Wass on or before that date. May some fortu-
nate hand reach high enough to grasp the prize.
2Dn tbe Campus
The following men have been chosen for the
course in English 9-10 for next year: Elwyn C.
Gage '14, Alfred E. Gray '14, Leonard H. Gibson
'14, Richard E. Simpson '14, Paul L. White '14
and Robert P. Coffin '15.
C. Brown '14, Simpson '14, Merrill '14, Mac-
Cormick '15 and Foster '16 attended the North-
field Conference this year.
Football practice will begin September 15th.
Blanket tax dates this fall are Sept. 26, 27, 28.
The Hon. Harry Clifton Fabyan '93 of Boston
was marshal of the Commencement procession.
The pipe used by the Seniors in the Pipe of
Peace ceremony was unique. It was a beauti-
fully carved production of black meerschaum and
amber. On each side of the bowl, in raised fig-
ures were the numerals 1913, the 19 being on one
side and the 13 on the other. On the front of the
bowl was a B, also raised. The stem is of cloudy
amber and on it about six inches from the bowl
is carved the Bowdoin Seal. This pipe is the gift
of a man much interested in the class and will be
kept as a Class Pipe.
iResolutions
As members of the Class of 1903, we wish to
give public expression to the deep feeling of love
and veneration with which we regard the mem-
ory of Henry Leland Chapman, and our sense of
personal and individual loss in his death. More
and more do we realize how gently he led us to
an appreciation of all that is true and noble in
literature, and through the sweet power of his
personality illustrated for us the higher and
nobler qualities in life. At this time when we are
deprived of his sympathetic understanding, but
when the assembled alumni are accustomed to ex-
perience the inspiration of his presence, we be-
lieve no higher tribute can be paid to the influence
of his life than is expressed by the ode of his
beloved Longfellow at the grave of another of
Bowdoin's teachers, an ode hallowed in memory
for us by the voice of our teacher and friend:
"Among the many lives that I have known,
None I remember more serene and sweet,
More rounded in itself and more complete,
Than his, who lies beneath this funeral stone.
These pines, that murmur in low monotone,
These walks frequented by scholastic feet,
Were all his world ; but in this calm retreat
For him the teacher's chair became a throne.
With fond affection memory loves to dwell
On the old days, when his example made
A pastime of the toil of tongue and pen;
And now, amid the groves he loved so well
That naught could lure him from their grate-
ful shade,
He sleeps, but wakes elsewhere, for God hath
said, Amen !"
Philip G. Clifford,
Carl W . Smith,
Clement F. Robinson,
For the Class of 1903.
alumni Department
'98. — Donald B. MacMillan, Peary's former
aide, is to start from New York in July at the
head of a party whose purpose is to discover and
explore the hypothetical arctic continent, known
as Crocker Land. The most important feature
of the expedition will be the experimenting in
wireless telegraphy, from which far-reaching re-
sults are expected.
'02. — Dr. Harry Joseph Hunt, of Island Falls,
Me., has been selected as surgeon for the Mac-
Millan expedition. He graduated from the Med-
ical School of Maine in 1905.
'04. — Rev. John F. Schneider, of Danville, Vt,
has received a call to the Old South Church, of
Windsor, Vt.
'06. — Dr. Charles C. Knowlton has decided to
locate and practice his profession in his home.
'09. — William M. Harris, principal in the Good-
will Farm High School, was the unanimous
choice of the trustees for president of Westbrook
Seminary. He was highly recommended by Pres-
ident Hyde and by State Superintendent of
Schools Payson Smith.
'10. — A reasonably complete report of the Class
has for a second time been published by the secre-
tary, Harold E. Rowell. The repor^ shows
thirty-nine members engaged in business, sixteen
in post-graduate work, and seventeen in teach-
ing. Robert Hale's interesting letter describing
his impressions of Oxford appears in the work.
There is also the report of the treasurer.
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VOL. XL11I
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, 5LPT. 30, 1913
NO. 12
FOOTBALL COACH McCANN
BOWDOIN 17— N. H. STATE 0
Only twice did New Hampshire State College
threaten the Bowdoin goal in the first game of
the season for both teams on Whittier Field Sat-
urday. Bowdoin scored two touchdowns and a
goal from the field, which, with the two goals
from touchdowns, made the score lj to o. New
Hampshire tried forward passes with great suc-
cess and uncovered a number of formations that
netted considerable gains, but Bowdoin did not
uncork a forward pass or trick play of any kind.
Bowdoin kicked to New Hampshire and a se-
ries of clever end runs aided by a long forward
pass carried the ball to the shadow of Bowdoin's
goal. Weatherill caught New Hampshire's punt
on his own five-yard line and the danger was
turned off.
New Hampshire's best effort came just before
the close of the first half when Quarterback
Brackett sent his men around the ends and
through the line for gain after gain until the 20-
yard line was reached. Here progress was
slower, but steady work brought the ball to the
four-yard line and first down. New Hampshire
made one on the next down and time was up for
the half.
In the second quarter, after Weatherill and
Foster had made eight yards, Lew Brown skirted
his own right end for a touchdown. Mountfort
kicked the goal.
Bowdoin's second touchdown came in the third
quarter. Bowdoin carried the ball within ten
yards of New Hampshire's goal, but the New
Hampshire line tightened and held, Bowdoin los-
ing the ball on downs. After three unsuccessful
attempts at bucking the line, New Hampshire
punted, but Brewster blocked the kick and Beal
fell on the ball back of the line. LaCasce kicked
the goal.
With only a minute left to play in the last pe-
riod, Bowdoin had the ball on New Hampshire's
30-yard line. Coach McCann sent Floyd in to re-
place LaCasce. Two line plays netted eight yards
and Floyd drew back for a drop kick, just sending
the ball over the bar. Time was up immediately
after the kick.
Captain Bob Weatherill played a good game
for Bowdoin, always furnishing his distance
when called upon. Foster gained ground con-
sistently, and LaCasce, although he was not
called upon as often on account of an injured leg,
was good for substantial ground. Leadbetter was
shifted from tackle to end during three periods of
the game, playing his old position of tackle dur-
ing the third quarter.
New Hampshire punted but twice during the
game, attempting a forward pass once in the mid-
dle of the field on a fourth down, but a poor
throw gave Bowdoin the ball. Bowdoin was not
forced to punt once.
The score:
BOWDOIN
Beal, le
Lewis, It
Brewster, Chase, lg
Barry, c
Moulton, rg
NEW HAMPSHIRE
re, Carriveau
rt, Haines
rg, Reardon
c, Murdock
lg, Bugbee, Dodge
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Mountfort, Leadbetter, rt It, Thompson, Bowden
Leadbetter, Hagerman, Wood, re le, Westover
L. Brown, qb qb, Brackett
H. Foster, A. Pratt, lhb rhb, Bissell
LaCasce, Floyd, rhb lhb, Hale, Willand
Weatherill, fb fb, Woodman
Score: Bowdoin, 17; New Hampshire State, o.
Touchdowns, L. Brown, Beal. Goal from field,
Floyd. Goals from touchdown, Mountfort, La-
Casce. Referee, Tom Bragg of Bangor. Um-
pire, Lieut. William D. Frazer of Fort Williams.
Head Linesman, John D. Clifford of Lewiston.
Linesmen, Dole '13 and McElwee '16. Time, nine
minute quarters.
TRAINER MAGEE
THE NEW MEN
At the present writing the Freshman class
numbers 114, a drop of two men below the record
set by 1916. This raises the total enrollment of
the College to 357. The following list of new
men is partial and unofficial : — Erik Achorn,
West Newton, Mass. ; Winthrop Bancroft, Brook-
line, Mass. ; Boyd Wheeler Bartlett, Castine ;
Fred Oscar Bartlett, Jr., Rockland ; Murray
Murch Bigelow, South Paris ; Charles Bingham,
Indianapolis, Ind. ; Leon Warren Babcock, Lew-
iston ; Edwin Howard Blanchard, Augusta ; Ed-
ward Henry Bond, Allston, Mass. ; James E.
Boothby, Dubuque, Iowa ; Russell McLellan
Boothby, Dubuque, Iowa ; Louis Evans Boutwell,
Maiden, Mass. ; Clifton Wentworth Bowdoin,
Dexter; Benjamin Pliny Bradford, Wayne;
Woodbury Purington Brigham, Roxbury, Mass. ;
Sydney MacGillvary Brown, New York City;
Peter Joseph Buhleier, New York City; Donald
Hugh Burleigh, Augusta ; James Franklin Carter,
Danforth ; Arthur B. Chapman, Syracuse, N. Y. ;
Philip Hacker Cobb, Denmark ; George E. Col-
bath, Dexter ; Raymond Colby, Richmond ; Wil-
liam Sinclair Cormack, Jr., Newton, Mass. ; Fred-
erick Jackson Corbett, Boston; Percy Freemont
Crane, Whiting; Rogers Murdock Crehore, Pea-
body, Mass. ; Clarence Henry Crosby, Dexter ;
Boniface Campbell, Westbrook ; Harold Linwood
Doten, Lewiston; Lafayette Francis Dow, South
Paris ; Roland Leonard Eaton, Sebasco ; Walter
Arnold Fenning, Lynn, Mass. ; Robert Newell
Fillmore, Old Orchard ; Leigh Damon Flynt, Au-
gusta ; Theodore B. Fobes, Portland ; Earl
Christy Follett, Davidson ; Clifford Robertson
Foster, Seattle, Wash. ; William Everett Free-
man, Bath ; Eugene Merrill Gillespie, Gardiner ;
Jerry Dempsey Glidden, Presque Isle ; Alex John
Goodsky, Collinsville, Conn. ; Clarence Leslie
Gregory, Thomaston ; Frank A. Hazeltine, Pitts-
field ; Frank Durham Hazelten, Belfast ; Edward
Humphrey, Woodfords ; Linwood Harry Jones,
Carmel ; Clarence Mitchell Jordan, South Port-
land ; Thomas P. Joyce, Gardiner, Mass. ; Henry
Woodhull Kelley, Bangor; James Calvin Kimball,
South Bethlehem, Penn. ; Elwyn A. King, North
Andover, Mass. ; Richard P. Knapp, Jr., Wilton ;
Paul R. Ladd, Wilburton, Ok.; David A. Lane,
Jr., Washington, D. C. ; John William Langs,
Port Huron, Mich. ; Noel Charlton Little, Bruns-
wick; Carroll A. Lovejoy, Woodfords; Nathaniel
Upham McConaughy, New Dorp, Staten Island,
N. Y. ; Paul Hayes Mclntyre, Walnut Hill ; Kirk
Alexander McNaughton, Kaukauna, Wisconsin ;
Lawrence Howard Marston, Wiscasset; Ralph
Reid Melloon, Lowell, Mass. ; Harvey Daniel Mil-
ler, Bangor; Edward Carleton Moran, Jr., Rock-
land; Charles Thomas Mullin, Ayer, Mass.;
Frank Earle Noyes, Topsham; William Percy
Nute, Wiscasset ; Gilbert Eugene Ogle, Indian-
apolis, Ind. ; James C. Oliver, South Portland ;
Henry Weston Owen, Saco; William Earle
Paine, Hallowell : LeClare Fall Parmenter,
Woodfords; Charles Walter Pattee, Plymouth,
N. H. ; Deane S. Peacock, Freeport; William Ray
Pease, Portland; Donald Ward Philbrick, Skow-
hegan; Frank E. Phillips, New Haven, Conn.;
Harry Tiburt Piedra, New York City; Dwight
Wilson Pierce, Brunswick; Carleton M. Pike,
Lubec : John Fairbairn Preston, Pawtucket, R.
I.; Forbes Rickard, Jr., Denver, Col; Stuart In-
gram Robinson, Worcester, Mass.; Carl Knight
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Ross, Portland; Harold Howard Sampson, Dex-
ter; Arthur Berton Scott, Waldoboro; James
Seward, Exeter, N. H. ; Sherman Nelson Shum-
way, Skowhegan; Charles Louis Silverstein,
Framingham, Mass.; Sydney Kenneth Skofield,
Houlton; Charles P. Spalding, Lowell, Mass.;
Kenneth George Stone, Wellesley, Mass.; Joseph
Burton Stride, Biddeford; Ralph Bruce Thayer,
Enfield, Mass.; Daniel Waterman True, Port-
land; Joseph Walton Tuttle, Jr., Saxonville,
Mass. ; Isaac Merwyn Webber, Weeks Mills ; Hal
Saunders White, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Winfield Em-
mons Wight, Milan, N. H.; Frederick William
Willey, Carmel; Harold Seba Young, Auburn ;
Francis Whipple Carll, Waterboro; Judson Gor-
don Martell, Somerville, Mass.; Harry Edison
Mason, Cambridge, Mass.; Harry William Wal-
lace, Hopkington, Mass. ; Raymond Whitney
Swift, Augusta; Joseph Young Rogers, North
Anson ; Sidney C. Dalrymple, Medford, Mass. ;
Harold Elwood Coombs, Portland; Chester C.
Macguire, Webster, Mass.
ADMITTED TO JUNIOR STANDING
Francis H. Bate, Ticonderoga, N. Y. ; John
Wesley Threlfell, Bangor; Norman Stanford
Tukey, Somerville, Mass. ; Eugene P. Gordon,
Brewer.
ADMITTED TO SPECIAL STANDING
Edward Myles Balfe, Dorchester, Mass. ; Leo
Fiancis Creeden, Lewiston; Frederick William
Maroney, Springfield, Mass.; 1916, Ralph L. Bar-
rett, East Sumner; 1915, George Cristy, Bath;
Elisha Pomeroy Cutler, Bangor; William George
Tacaberry, Lewiston.
RECEPTION FOR 1917 MEN
The Y. M. C. A. held its annual reception for
the entering class Thursday evening in Hubbard
Hall. The Bowdoin handbooks, or "Freshman
Bibles," were given to those present. The books
this year have many improvements in make-up
and contents which reflect great credit on the
editor, Arthur S. Merrill '14. The program of
the evening was as follows :
The Chairman C. A. Brown '14
The College Pres. W. D. Hyde
The Churches -.Rev. E. D. Johnson
The Alumni J. C. Minot '96
Athletics. ...:..:. : : J. Magee
Football Coach McCann
Associated Students R. D. Leigh '14
The Y. M. C. A Mr. J. L. McConaughy
After the speeches there were cheers and the
singing of Bowdoin songs while refreshments of
ice-cream, cakes and punch were being served.
THE BLANKET TAX
The Blanket Tax this year proved itself a de-
cided success when practically every man in col-
lege either paid or asked for an extension of time.
The collection was made by the Board of Man-
agers on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and the
sum of $2267.50 was collected. Two hundred
eighty-eight men paid the tax for the first semes-
ter, nine men for the whole year, and fifty men
applied for extension. The results are very grati-
fying to those who have worked for the success
of the Blanket Tax, for the actions of the studen
body seem to assure the future success of the tax
and the activities which it supports. The appro-
priations for the various activities are given in
another column.
BOWDOIN MEETS WESLEY AN
Bowdoin meets Wesleyan at Middletown Satur-
day. Plenty of hard work this week will doubt-
less be the lot of the candidates and by Saturday
afternoon, a well-groomed eleven should attempt
to retrieve the seven to six defeat of last fall.
No injuries were suffered from last Saturday's
game, and although no statement has been given
out thus early in the game, it is thought that the
lineup will be practically the same as that of last
Saturday. "King" Pratt and "Brosie" Burns,
both veterans, did not get into the New Hamp-
shire game, but it is probable that both will be
used against Wesleyan. Burns, who returns to
college after a year's absence, plays guard, and
Pratt plays the same position. Brewster and
Moulton, who played guards Saturday, presented
a strong defense, and opened up wide holes for
the Bowdoin backs.
Lew Brown is able to fill "Chuck" Crosby's
shoes at quarter in a manner pleasing to the most
ardent Bowdoin man. For the backfield, it is
hard to make a distinction between the men who
played Saturday. The loss of Harry Faulkner is
felt severely.
Following the game with Wesleyan, Bowdoin
plays Trinity at Brunswick, the game having been
transferred here from Portland. Hudson, the
giant fullback, whom Bowdoin men will remem-
ber as a star in the dual meet last spring, is cap-
tain of the Trinity team.
THE CHAPEL PANEL
. "The Isaiah of Michael Angelo," which we saw
being painted last spring by Miss Edna Merritt,
is at last placed on one of the vacant panels in the
Chapel. It is the gift of Dr. Frederick H. Ger-
rish of Portland in memory of the late Professor
Henry Leland Chapman.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Published every Tuesday of the Collegiate year by
The Bowdoin Publishing Company
in the Interests of the Students of
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914,
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915,
Richard E. Simpson, 1914,
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John F. Rollins, 1915, The Library Table
D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
Raymond C. Hamlin, 1916, With The Faculty
J. Glenwood Winter, 1916, The Other Colleges
K. A. Robinson, 1914
G. H. Talbot, 1915
F. P. McKenney, 1915
D. J. Edwards, 1916
Contributions are requested from all undergraduates,
alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
All communications regarding subscriptions should be
addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Co. Subscriptions, $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents.
BOWDOIN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Alfred E. Gray, 1914
G. Arthur McWilliams, 1915,
Philip W. Porritt, 1915,
Business Manager
Assistant Manager
Assistant Manager
Entered at Post-Office at Brunswick as Second-Class Mail Matter
Vol. XLIII SEPT. 30, 1913 No. 12
Campus Optimism
The opening of the college year with its hand-
shakes and "had a good summer?" effusive wel-
coming and sheltering of freshmen is always a
pleasant and enthusiastic period of the year, but
the few first days just passed have seemed to be of
a nature which augurs well for the coming months.
There has seemed to be existent in the spirit of
the campus an optimism and contagious enthus-
iasm which before has been not so evident. The
excellent turnout for football, the systematic and
evidently successful manner in which the two
midgets, Coach MCann and Trainer Magee, have
conducted the practice, the inspiration to the
squad given by Capt. Weatherill, always the hard-
est working man on the field, have all contributed
to cause this. The large entering class and im-
provements to the buildings have had their share
in producing this atmosphere. So far so good.
Let the good work go on. Sooner or later will
come the moments of discouragement when the
tendency will be strong to criticise and quit. As
a student body upholding the traditions of a grand
old college we must so fortify ourselves with good
fellowship, sympathy and loyalty that when the
temptations come, the hammer will be found
buried and we will stay true to our trust as Bow-
doin undergraduates.
John Magee, Trainer
It was a great pleasure to the student body to
welcome, on their return to college, the new ath-
letic trainer, John Magee. From the manner in
which the football team has been whipped into
physical condition early in the season and the
way in which the cross-country squad has been
handled it is safe to predict that he is just the
man the student body has so long expressed a de-
sire to have with us and the athletic council
should be thanked for their choice. It seems to
the Orient that such a step as the official recog-
nition of athletics and the partial payment for the
services of a man to keep our athletes in good
physical condition is a wise move. It brings back
the emphasis to the development of the individual
physically and has a tendency to bring out more
prominently, athletics for the good it does one
than for the sake of victory. Mr. Magee believes
thoroughly in athletic training for its own sake
and for every man in college. He fits into our
system very nicely and with him and our now al-
most perfect athletic equipment we look to our
future in this branch of student activity with
high hopes.
MEETING FOR FRESHMEN
This evening at a quarter of eight a meeting
for Freshmen will be held in the Debating Room,
Hubbard Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to
explain the various undergraduate activities and
how the first year man may get into them. The
program will be as follows :
A. S. B. C Leigh '14
Athletics McWilliams '15
Track Smith '15
Dramatics Callahan '14
Musical Organizations Thompson '14
Publications MacCormick '15
Debating Simpson '14
Y. M. C. A C. Brown '14
Fraternities Gray '14
Leigh '14 will preside over the meeting.
BIBLE STUDY BEGINS
On next Thursday evening at 7.30 the Y. M.
C. A. will begin its Bible study work with a meet-
ing in their room in King Chapel. The speaker
of the evening will be Rev. Ar,tley B. Parson of
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the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston. He
will take as his subject "The Influence of the
Bible on Modern Life." Mr. Parson is a Har-
vard '03 man. He studied at the University of
Michigan and George Washington University and
at Union Seminary. As Secretary of the Inter-
national Y. M. C. A. Committee he visited the
Maine colleges in 1905 and came again in 1910
with Mr. Mercer.
The courses this year will be a course for up-
perclassmen on "The Manhood of the Master"
and one for Freshmen on "The Freshman's
Problems." The classes will be held every Sun-
day under student leaders.
GYMNASIUM DEDICATION BULLETIN
A very interesting pamphlet has been issued by
the college as one of the Bowdoin bulletins. It
is a complete record of the exercises at the dedi-
cation of the Gymnasium and the General
Thomas Worcester Hyde Athletic Building, last
June. It contains the speeches of Mr. Payson,
Charles Collens, John S. Hyde, President Hyde,
Edward Stanwood, Dr. Sargent and Dr. Whit-
tier, all of which will be remembered as eloquent
and inspiring. The booklet is well illustrated
with half tones of the speakers and photographs
of the new athletic plant.
C&e iLi&rarp Cable
There has been recently issued by D. C. Heath
and Son a neat little addition to the collection of
books of the "Elder Brother" type, giving advice
to students entering college. This particular
volume was compiled by Francis Cummins Lock-
wood, Professor of English Literature at Alle-
gheny College and contains articles from the pen
of President Hyde, President David Starr Jor-
don, President Eliot, President Meiklejohn, and
President Hibben, as well as reprints of such
standard didactic articles as "The Description of
a Gentleman" by Cardinal Newman. There are
two articles by President Hyde. One is entitled
An Address to Freshmen and deals with the prob-
lems of choice and attitudes that the entering
classmen have to decide. The other is entitled A
Poisonous Phrase and was delivered by him at
Sunday chapel service last winter at Bowdoin.
From cover to cover the book is filled with practi-
cal suggestions to all undergraduates both seniors
and freshmen and leads also to considerations of
a deep moral and ethical nature. Aside from the
two selections by President Hyde which are very
applicable to conditions here there is a short ar-
ticle by President Jordan entitled The After Self
which every young man should read if he has not
yet done so, or heard Dr. Jordan deliver the
thought in the form of a speech. This volume
should serve as valuable "outside reading" book
to supplement the Y.M.C.A. Handbook in the in-
evitable Freshman course of getting accustomed
to the new environment. _-«
4Uu& and Council Speettnffg
The Athletic Council met last Friday, Sept.
26th, and several important matters were dis-
cussed. With the approval of the Faculty,
three games of baseball, instead of two, will be
played with each Maine college, provided such
an arrangement does not interfere with the other
State games. A cross-country race, to come off
Oct. 1 8th, has been arranged between the Fresh-
man class and Maine Central Institute. Dr.
Copeland, (chairman), Dr. Little and Dr. Whit-
tier were appointed a committee to select a cut
of a polar bear as Bowdoin' s Athletic symbol.
It was also decided that in the future there will
be a standard letter for each sport, and that a
certificate will be given with each letter.
At a meeting of the new and old boards of
managers held in Hubbard Hall on June 18, 1913,
the following officers were elected: Secretary, E.
R. Elwell; Asst. Treasurer, A. H. MacCormick.
Appropriations for the season of 1913-1914 were
made as follows :
♦Football $1500
Baseball 1000
Track IOoo
Tennis 160
Bowdoin Pub. Co 100
Debating Council 150
fFencing 75
Y. M. C. A 175
Band u0
Student Council 75
Total $4345
*$ioo more to be appropriated later if needed
and if available (if Fencing does not qualify to
play in the finals in New York).
fWith $75 more if the team qualifies to play in
the finals in New York.
A meeting of the Maine Intercollegiate Base-
ball Managers was held last Saturday in Water-
ville. The following officers were elected : —
O'Connell of Bates, President; Elwell of Bow-
doin, Vice-President; Carpenter of Colby, Secre-
tary ; Goodwin of Maine, Treasurer. It was pro-
posed to have a baseball schedule of three games
with each Maine college. Bates, Colby and Bow-
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doin were in favor, and Maine was opposed. The
measure did not go through. Other matters of
schedule were discussed.
At a meeting of the Press Club at the Psi Up-
silon House Thursday afternoon, D. K. Merrill
'15 was elected chairman and Thomas H. Riley,
Jr., '03 was chosen secretary and treasurer. The
members are: Lippincott '10, Eaton '14, Merrill
'15, MacCormick '15, Lord '16, Sayward '16, Bur-
leigh '17 and Flynt '17. The papers represented
are: Boston Globe, Portland Evening Express-
Advertiser, Portland Sunday Telegram, Kenne-
bec Journal, Boston Post, Bangor News, Bangor
Commercial, Portland Eastern Argus, Lewiston
Sun, Lewiston Journal, Christian Science Moni-
tor, and Boivdoin Orient. The headquarters of
the club are in North Appleton. At the first meet-
ing, Norton '13, secretary and treasurer last year,
addressed the members.
©n ttje Campus
Welcome, 1917.
McKinnon '15 is "ye bell ringer" for the pres-
ent.
Official millinery for the Freshmen is still un-
changed in style.
Boutwell e.i--'i6 and Bancroft ex-16 have re-
turned to college this fall.
Verrill '15 is announcer to the press tepresen-
tatives at the football games.
George '16 was operated on for appendicitis at
his home in Thomaston September 20.
"Brosie" Burns ex-'i^ has returned to college
after a year's absence and is out for football.
The candidates for assistant manager of foot-
ball are : Littlefield, Garland, Kelley, Noble,
Crossman, all 1916.
Eaton '14 will not return until November I.
During his absence, Thompson '14 is acting proc-
tor in South Winthrop.
A large cross-country squad is out daily under
Coach Magee. Capt. Tarbox has not yet returned
to college, but is expected soon.
For the first time in the history of the college,
all the rooms in the dormitories have been signed
in, but a number are occupied by only one man.
Among the men who did not return to college
are: Jim Parsons '16, Lull '16, Clark '16, Poore
'16, Hayward '16, Hazeltine '16 and Faulkner '15.
The following men are out for the Orient
Board: — Morrill '16, and Dalrymple, Philbrick,
Lormack, King, Blanchard, Stone, Crehore and
Brown, all 1917.
Among the alumni who have been on the cam-
pus during the past few days are: Partridge 'n,
Miller '13, Cushing '13, Dole '13, Smith '12, Mc-
Murtrie '13, Norton '13, Douglas '13, Morrill '10,
Bridgham '04, Donnell '05 and White '05.
The fraternity stewards for the present year
are as follows: Alton Lewis '15, Beta Theta Pi;
Alfred E. Gray '14, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sam-
uel W. Chase '14, Delta Upsilon; Harold C. Som-
ers '15, Kappa Sigma; Earl F. Wilson '14, Psi
Upsilon; Sumner L. Mountfort '14, Theta Delta
Chi; Harold H. Hayes '14, Zeta Psi; Raymond H.
Larrabee '16, Bowdoin Club.
mitb ttje JFacuItp
The complete list of changes in ihe academic
faculty follows:
New members — (ieorge Roy El.ioti, Ph.D.,
Henry Leland Chapman Prolei-sor of English lit-
erature; Leo. D. iVIcClean, instructor in econ-
omics and sociology; Alexander Fredeiick Bruce
Clark, A.M., instructor in modern languages.
Promotions — Orren Chalmer Hormell, A.M.,
from assistant professor of history to professor of
history ai d goveri mtnt; James Lukens McCon-
aughy, Ph.D., fiom ashistani piofessor of educa-
tion ai.d secretary of the t hristian Association of
professor of education and Kngbsh and secretary
of the Christian Association; Alfred Otto Gross,
Ph.D., from instructor in biology to assistant
professor of biology.
On leave of absence — Fret'er.c Willis Brown,
Ph.D., professor of modern languages: 'Wilmot
Brookings Mitchell, profes-or of ihetoric and
oratory.
Resigned —Joseph Stancliffe Davis, A.B., in-
structor in economics and sociology.
Died — Henry I. eland Chapman, D. D.
CDe SOttjer Colleges
The University of Washington baseball team
has nearly completed a two months tour of Japan.
Five hundred and fifty-five students attended
thue evening classes in academic subjects at the
University of Cincinnati last year.
Williams College is attempting to raise an en-
dowment fund of two million dollars. The sum
of $616,000 has already been secured during the
spring and summer.
Technology, the last of the New England insti-
tutions to resume work, opened Monday with an
especially large enrollment of graduate students.
The first of the underclass contests, held at
Tufts on Monday, was in the form of a wrestling
match, in which fifty-one Freshmen and an equal
number of Sophomores contested.
Kappa Theta, a strong local fraternity at Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology, was installed
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Saturday as Beta Upsilon Chapter of Beta Theta
Pi fraternity.
A prominent Seattle business man has donated
$75,000 toward the erection of a new athletic
stadium and gymnasium at the University of
Washington.
The first fatality of the year in college football
occurred Wednesday, September 24, in a game
between Holy Cross and Norwich University,
when Verner S. Belyea of the latter team suf-
fered a broken spine, from which he died two
days later.
Delta Delta Fraternity of Williams College was
recently installed as Delta Delta Chapter of Psi
Upsilon. This increases the number of active
chapters of Psi Upsilon to twenty-four.
The University of Michigan has twenty-seven
alumni in Congress.
A committee at Brown University has drawn
up a tentative set of rules to govern the pledging
of Freshmen. The plan calls for the formation
of an inter-fraternity council, to be made up of
one representative from at least fifteen of the
twenty societies, which shall have a general over-
sight of fraternity matters and shall supervise
the "rushing" and pledging of Freshmen. This
council shall name some date, early in the second
semester, previous to which no society may
pledge any men. It is further provided that no
Freshmen shall be eligible for membership in a
fraternity who has not successfully passed at
least twelve semester hours of college work.
Resolutions
IN MEM0RIAM.
Rev. Samuel Richard Smiley died at St. Lam-
bert, Province of Quebec, Canada, May 3, 1913,
after an illness of over a year. His classmates
of the Class of 1894, gathered in Brunswick at
their 19th reunion wish to give public expression
of our heartfelt sorrow at this, the third death
among our number.
In undergraduate days, Brother Smiley is re-
membered as a mature and earnest man, of sim-
ple tastes and quiet demeanor; yet enjoying to
the full every aspect of our college life, warmly
interested in all pertaining to Bowdoin and the
personal friend of every one of us. He had never
been present with us at class, reunion ; hence few
have had opportunity to meet him since gradua-
tion; but he gave cordial support to our -under-:
takings, and his loyalty to class and classmates
never wavered.
We take pride in the name he has left behind
him as an efficient worker in his chosen field; in
the respect and love of the communities where he
labored (Lisbon Centre, N. Y., Colebrook and
Penacook, N. H.) and in the heroism and Chris-
tian fortitude shown by him as the victim of a
most painful malady which baffled medical science
to the very end.
Signed,
Frank H. Knight,
Geo. C. DeMott,
W. F. Allen,
H. E. Andrews,
R. H. Baxter,
William Widgery Thomas,
C. M. Leighton,
Norman McKinnon.
alumni Department
'58. — At the age of seventy-six, and after fifty-
four years' practice at law, William W. Abbott
of Watertown, died May 19th in his law office at
Boston.
Mr. Abbott was born in Norridgewock, Me.,
Sept. 11, 1836, the son of Hon. John S. Abbott, at
one time Attorney-General of Maine. He was
graduated from Bowdoin in 1858, receiving the
degree of A.M., as well as A.B.
He was admitted to the Maine bar in 1859, and
to the Massachusetts bar sixteen years latei. He
was also a member of the New York bar and per-
mitted to practice before the United States Su-
preme Court.
After practicing for thirty years in New York,
he went twelve years ago to Boston, where he has
been associated with his brother, John E. Abbott,
town counsel of Watertown.
Bowdoin indeed regrets the loss of another one
of her successful graduates.
'66. — Rev. George W. Kelley has recently is-
sued a collection of poems entitled Songs of Re-
membrance, which from their content are of spe-
cial interest to Bowdoin men.
'76. — Charles Davis Jameson, Mem. Am. Soc.
C. E., American Red Cross Engineer, recently
published a preliminary report on River, Lake,
and Land Conservancy in Portions of the Prov-
inces of Auhui and Kiangsu, North of the Yang-
tsze River.
'jj. — Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary has just
been made a grand officer of the Legion of Honor
by President Poincare at Paris.
'81. — After a record of nineteen years of
achievement at the South End in Boston, William
I. Cole has departed to fill the newly created
chair of Sociology at Wheaton College. His
greatest work has undoubtedly been the South
End Improvement Society — a live factor in civic
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betterment. His whole experience, however, has
included nearly every phase of settlement work in
America. Mr. Cole has established healthful
sports for the youths, given them a taste for the
arts, and provided vocational education. Along
with these improvements, milk stations, baby
clinics, district doctors, and the Municipal Recre-
ation League have received an impetus.
Although Boston will experience a tremendous
loss, yet Wheaton will make a great gain. Bow-
doin is proud not only of Mr. W. I. Cole, but also
of Rev. S. V. Cole '74, tne president of Wheaton
College.
'89. — William M. Emery has recently compiled
A Genealogy of the Grinnell Family, with Some
Account of Allied Families, for Mrs. George S.
Bowdoin, of New York City. The work is a fin-
ished and scholarly production, attesting well Mr.
Emery's expert ability as a genealogist.
'91. — The degree of Doctor of Ophthamolology
which originated at Oxford University, England,
several years ago, was conferred for the first time
by an American institution at the annual com-
mencement exercises of the University of Colo-
rado when Dr. George F. Libby, of Denver, re-
ceived the degree. Dr. Libby is a native of Port-
land and a graduate of Bowdoin Medical School,
class of 1891. He has been located in Colorado
since 1900, and in his department is one of the
most successful specialists in the city of Denver.
'99. — Drew B. Hall of Somerville, Mass., has
been elected president of the Massachusetts Li-
brary Club for the year 1913-14. He has recently
had the pleasure of moving the collection under
his charge into one of the most attractive library
buildings in the State and one which bears evi-
dence of his own careful planning in many of its
details.
'06.— William F. Finn, on March 10th, became
the proud father of a daughter, Elizabeth by
name. He is located in Seattle, Wash., where he
is doing very well in the insurance business.
'01. — Mr. George L. Lewis, of the Westfield
Athenaeum, is the treasurer of the Massachusetts
Library Club.
Since the close of college last June many of our
alumni have married. An arrangement of the
marriages by classes follows:
'01. — Mr. George L. Lewis of Westfield, Mass.,
Miss Frances F. Bell of Granby, Mass., June 10,
1913, at Granby, Mass.
'03. — Mr. Selden Osgood Martin, Cambridge,
Mass., Miss Ethel Jenney, Flint, Mich., June io,
1913, at Flint, Mich.
'03.— Dr. Joseph Randall Ridlon, Ridley Park,
Pa., Miss Agnes Elizabeth Pyke, July 2, 1913,
New York City.
'04. — Dr. James F. Cox, Bangor, Me., Miss
Mary Christine Burns, Bangor, Me., Sept. 19,
1913, at Bangor, Me.
'06. — Mr. Henry Phillyss Boody, Kents Hill,
Me., Miss Myrtle Blackwood, Cumberland Mills,
Me., Aug. 1, 1913, at Cumberland Mills, Me.
'07. — Dr. Erastus Eugene Holt, Jr., Portland,
Me., Miss Adelaide Frances Munsey, Dresden,
Me., Sept. 5, 1913, at Dresden, Me.
'07. — Mr. Wadleigh Bean Drummond, Port-
land, Me., Miss Lida Merriman Chenery, Port-
land, Me., Sept. 23, 1913, at Portland, Me.
'09. — Dr. Ezra Ralph Bridge, Skowhegan, Me.,
Miss Marion Douglass Volk, New York City,
Sept. 17, 1913, at Center Lovell, Me.
'09. — Mr. John West Manter, Readfield, Me.,
Miss Mary Eleanor Berry, Vassalboro, Me., July
2, 1913, at No. Vassalboro, Me.
'10. — Mr. Charles A. Cary, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Miss Frances D. Campbell, Cherryfield, Me.,
Sept. 2, 1913, at Cherryfield, Me.
'10. — Mr. William Stewart Guptill, Hartland,
Me., Miss Ruth Lelia Weatherbee, Lincoln, Me.,
June 30, 1913, at Lincoln, Me.
'10. — Rev. Edgar Crossland, So. Acton, Mass.,
Miss Alice Newman Maclntyre, So. Acton, June
25, 1913, at So. Acton.
'10. — Mr. John Leland Crosby, Quincy, Mass.,
Miss Britomarte Emerson, Bangor, Me., June 3,
1913, at Bangor.
'10. — Mr. William Elbridge Atwood, Hebron,
Me., Miss Viola May Dixon, Portland, Me., June
26, 1913, at Portland, Me.
'10. — Mr. William Proctor Newman, Miss Ger-
trude Bernice Soper, Bar Harbor, Me., July 9,
1913, at Bar Harbor, Me.
'13. — Mr. John Albert Slocum, Albany, N. Y.,
Miss Jennie Estelle Olmstead, Niagara Falls, N.
Y., Aug. 4, 1913, at Niagara Falls, N. Y.
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
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Located in Bangor, maintains a tluee years' course.
Ten resident instructors and three non-resident
lecturers. Tuiiion $70 a year; diploma fee only
nther charge.
For Bulletin, address
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MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE
Bowdoin College
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, OCTOBER 7, 1913
NO. 13
WESLEYAN 13— BOWDOIN 7
In a game full of sensations, misplays, brilliant
long runs and missed punts Wesleyan won from
Bowdoin last Saturday by two touchdowns to
Bowdoin's one. Despite the many features caused
by end runs and misplays there was displayed a
great deal of high class straight football by both
teams. The two elevens were well matched.
Wesleyan's line was considerably heavier than
ours and presented a defense through which the
best plunges of Bob Weatherill, Herb Foster and
Brigham could not penetrate consistently. In
backfield work both quartets were about equal.
At ends the Bowdoin men were outplayed by the
opposing linemen. In fact Wesleyan's attack was
mainly one of long end runs. The forward passes
which they have used so successfully in the past
were for the most part ineffectual. Out of about
fourteen attempts only four were successful.
Foster for Bowdoin uncovered a hitherto un-
known ability for solving these plays and him-
self frustrated seven attempts. Three times he
caught the pass himself and twice ran through a
broken field across the goal line, each time a dis-
tance of eighty yards. The second of these touch-
downs, however, did not count as one of his over-
anxious teammates galloping in his wake inter-
fered with a pursuing Middletown player, cost-
ing the '"White" a heavy penalty and the game.
The third return was made with a Wesleyan at-
tempt to score on the pass. Herb brought this
one out a good fifteen yards from our goal and
danger.
During the first half there was no scoring by
either side. Once Wesleyan got the ball down to
the last chalk mark, but the Bowdoin defense stif-
fened and the home team was held for downs.
Aside from this one crisis the two periods were
spent in discovering the weak points of defense
on either side. Lew Brown sent the Bowdoin
plunging backs into the line but soon discovered
that no consistent gains could be made in this di-
rection. A forward pass was attempted by Bow-
doin in the second quarter and was successful,
Lew receiving the ball himself. A number of
quarterback runs netted Bowdoin yardage but the
ball was never within dangerous proximity of
either goal except at the time already mentioned.
During this half Wesleyan attempted forward
passes but they did not meet with much success.
Lewis punted several times and aside from the
first kick which was blocked, he did a very credit-
able job. His punts were high and long.
The second half opened with Wesleyan kicking
off to Bowdoin. The ball was lost to the oppo-
nents after a few rushes and Wesleyan carried
the sphere well down towards Bowdoin's goal in
a number of end runs and line plunges. Bowdoin
stiffened and it seemed as if it was to be the same
old story of a see-saw battle with probably no
scoring by either side, when Wesleyan tried once
more her pet play, the forward pass. The ball
sailed beautifully into the arms of a white-stock-
inged player and before the grandstands could
recognize who it was he was off down the field
for an eighty-five yard sprint for a touchdown.
As Foster crossed the line the nearest man to him
was a Bowdoin end.
Leadbetter kicked an easy goal. Bowdoin then
settled down to a defensive game. There was no
more scoring in the quarter.
At the beginning of the last period, Wesleyan
seemed again to threaten Bowdoin's goal and
again the ball was hurled from Capt. Eustis's
arms to an expectant end. But Foster was there
to catch it and he was off again down the field,
this time working his way by side-stepping, whirl-
ing and the straight arm, not being caught until
he squatted with the ball under the goal posts.
But here came the tragic sequel of the penalty for
interference and it was Bowdoin's ball on Wes-
leyan's twenty yard line. A few line plays were
unsuccessful. Floyd was sent in to try a drop
kick but the ball went wide of the mark.
But the end was not yet. The ball was worked
back into the center of the field. Wesleyan was
forced to kick. Brown playing close for fear of
the ever-probable forward pass had to run back
to receive the high spiral and failed to get under
it. Hallock, a Wesleyan end, pounced on it and
was downed on Bowdoin's one yard line. On the
next play Slocum went over for Wesleyan's first
touchdown. Eustis kicked a goal.
With a few minutes left to play both teams
were determined to avoid a tie score. Deetjen,
Wesleyan's tall, speedy fullback, was given the
ball for a succession of end runs, Bowdoin's weak
point of defense, and in a series of brilliant
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dashes he carried the ball to Bowdoin's goal line
where it was pushed over for the second Wes-
leyan touchdown. The goal was missed.
Aside from the scoring plays there was little
to indicate that either team had the advantage.
In the first half of the game Wesleyan kept the
ball in Bowdoin territory, but in the second half
Bowdoin gained considerable ground by end runs
and two well executed forward passes.
Bowdoin's line from tackle to tackle played a
steady game against worthy opponents. Lew
Brown at quarter ran the team well and gained
ground several times by brilliant end runs.
Weatherill was very strong on defense, tackling
hard and sure, never missing his man. Brigham
made a very good showing in his initial appear-
ance in a Bowdoin uniform. Foster played the
best game of his career on defense, tackling hard
and covering both sides of the line.
It was a game well worth seeing, with two good
teams pitted against each other. Coach McCann
was not at all pessimistic over the showing made
by his men. The treatment at the hands of the
Wesleyan management was excellent.
The lineup and summary :
WESLEYAN BOWDOIN
Hallock, le re, Stone (Beal)
Wilcox (Gordon), It rt, Leadbetter
Steeb, lg rg, Mountfort
Hingeley (Stark), c c, Barry
Allison (Mittell), rg lg, L. Pratt (Burns)
Nourse (Keenan), rt It, Lewis
E. Eustis, re le, Beal (A. Pratt)
Mackenzie (Slocum),qb qb, Brown
Newhall (Capt. Eustis), lhb
rhb, Foster (Floyd)
Francis, rhb lhb. Brigham
Capt. Eustis (Deetjen, Mackenzie), fb
fb, Weatherill (capt.)
Score, Wesleyan 13, Bowdoin 7. Touchdowns,
Slocum, Deetjen, Foster. Goals from touch-
downs, Capt. Eustis, Leadbetter. Umpire, Green
(Harvard). Referee, Marshall (Harvard).
Linesman, Davis (Wesleyan). Time, 12-minute
quarters.
HEBRON 35— BOWDOIN 2nd 0
The Big Green team of Hebron outplayed the
Bowdoin Second in practically every department
of the game at Hebron Saturday and got away
with five touchdowns and five goals. The prep
school men outweighed the collegians and were
much speedier on the heavy field. Hebron used
a formation which netted big gains around the
ends, Nadeau and Donegan being the bright
stars on the offensive. Capt. Allen of Hebron
was strong on both the offensive and defensive
and his end of the line was practically impregna-
ble. Colbath made good gains on skin-tackle
plays at first but was slowed up by an injured leg
and the second team resorted to open work. A
number of forward passes were tried, one being
successful and good for 20 yards. Capt. Man-
nix played a splendid defensive game and once
nearly got away for a touchdown after running
a fumble back 45 yards.
Hebron got their first touchdown in the first
few minutes of play after the time-honored shoe-
string play had failed to work.
The lineup and summary :
HEBRON BOWDOIN SECOND
Lambert, Jones, le
re, Wood, Hagerman, MacCormick
Capt. Allen, It rt, Moulton
Andrews, Blake, lg rg, Brewster, 'Chase
Greeley, Blake, c c, Stone
Thomas, Gallant, rg lg, Haseltine
Jordan, rt rt, Chase, Rawson
Moore, Damm, re
le, Foster, McConaughy, Hagerman
Campbell, James, Small, qb
qb, Mannix, MacCormick
Jones, Donegan, lhb rhb, Chapman, Badger
Nadeau, Small, rhb lhb, Dyar
Saunders, Leclaire, fb fb, Colbath
Score : Hebron 35, Bowdoin Second o. Touch-
downs, Nadeau 2, Campbell 1, Donegan 1, Jones
1. Goals from touchdown, Nadeau 3, Small 2.
Time, 4 nine-minute periods. Referees, Cross,
Joy. Umpire, Fairclough. Head linesman. Hut-
ton ; linesmen, Palmer and MacDonald.
SOPHOMORES WIN FIRST GAME
After seven and one-half innings replete with
good, bad, and indifferent baseball, the Sopho-
mores triumphed over the Freshmen Saturday
morning on the Delta by a score of 6 to 3. The
Sophomores took the initiative in run-getting by
sending a man over the plate in the second inning,
and by adding three more tallies in the third and
fourth innings, obtained a commanding lead,
which they increased by two more runs in the
sixth.
Bradford, the 191 7 twirler, pitched well, keep-
ing the hits fairly well scattered, and glaring mis-
plays at critical instances on the part of his team-
mates were responsible for half of the Sophomore
runs. Fraser, who was in the box for the Sophs,
pitched air-tight ball until the seventh inning,
striking out eight men and holding his opponents
down to one run and three hits. In the seventh,
however, the Freshmen attacked his shoots and
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103
slants viciously, and batted in two runs with
three singles, a two and a three bagger. At this
point rain put an end to the game.
For the Sophomores, McElwee and Kelley
played brilliantly both at the bat and in the field,
and Merrill, Greeley and Larrabee uncorked some
fine stickwork. Nute with two singles and Brad-
ford with a screaming three base hit were the
headliners with the bat for the Freshmen, and
Captain Carll and Marston played a steady all-
around game.
The score :
SOPHOMORES
bh
po
1
2
4
2
3
Larrabee, 2b
Kelley, 3b
W. Olson, ib
McElwee, ss
Knight, cf
U. Merrill, If
Greeley, rf
Noble, rf
Churchill, c
Fraser, p
Totals
FRESHMEN
bh po a e
Ladd, 3b 1 o 1 2
Humphrey, 3b 0000
Phillips, cf 0000
Marston, ib 1800
Bradford, p I I 4 2
Peacock, ss 1 1 I 1
Carll, c 1320
Langs, 2b 1 2 2 1
Wight, If 0100
Nute, rf 2200
Totals 8 18 10 6
Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sophomores o 1 2 I 0 2 — 6
Freshmen '. o o o o o 1 2 — 3
Runs made, by Larrabee, Kelley 2, Olson, Mer-
rill 2, Phillips, Bradford, Peacock. Two-base
hits, McElwee, Larrabee, Langs. Three-base hit,
Bradford. Stolen bases, Kelley, McElwee, Mer-
rill, Greeley, Carll. Struck out, by Fraser 8, by
Bradford 4. Sacrifice hit, Phillips. Left on bases,
Sophomores 6, Freshmen 4. Hit by pitched ball,
McElwee. Wild pitch, Bradford. Passed balls,
Churchill, Carll 2. Umpire, Neal Tuttle '14.
Time, ih. 25m.
THE TRINITY GAME
In the game with Trinity at Brunswick next
Saturday, Bowdoin will run up. against one of the
best small college teams in the country. A team
that is said to have the best small college coaching
system, Trinity has always had a wonderful or-
ganization and Bowdoin's work Saturday must
be of the best in order to win.
Hudson, Trinity's captain, is rated as one of
the best plunging backs in the country. He made
the team his Freshman year and was placed at
fullback on Walter Camp's second all-American
eleven. Since that time he has won at least hon-
orable mention. Bowdoin men who have played
against him remember his line-bucking tactics.
One of the veterans recently said, ''Hudson is
the worst man I ever had to tackle."
It is in Hudson that the center of Trinity's cen-
ter of attack and defense is laid. In Saturday's
game with Worcester Polytechnic, which Trinity
won by the score of 48 to o, Trinity displayed
nothing but old-fashioned football, and it is
thought that this will be the case with Bowdoin.
The Trinity game is the only college game in
the state for Oct. 11 and it is thought that a large
number of football enthusiasts will journey to
Brunswick to see the contest. It is the first time
that Trinity's football team has ever entered the
state. Bleachers are being erected opposite the
grandstand to accommodate the overflow.
Bowdoin's ends will be given the greatest at-
tention of any part of the team during this week's
practice. In Saturday's game with Wesleyau,
Wesleyan made its longest and most consistent
gains around both ends, while through the line
and with the forward pass, the Middletown col-
lege was practically helpless.
Although the last game was a defeat, Bowdoin
supporters have reason to feel confident that the
team will be in far better shape by next Saturday
and that by the time of the Maine series a nicely
trained eleven will be ready for the whistle.
Fitzgerald, who played a number of games last
year both at half and end, is back on the squad,
and although he was not in condition for the last
game, next Saturday will probably see him
against Trinity. Moulton is ineligible until No-
vember, but it is hoped that he will be able to
play in at least some of the Maine games. In
the backfield, Captain Weatherill, Foster and
Brigham all played in fine style Saturday, while
Foster in particular shone in both offensive and
defensive work. Mountfort's work at guard was
the cause of comment and it is thought that he
will prove a stumbling block for Trinity's plung-
ing backs next Saturday.
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Vol. XLIII OCTOBER 7, 1913 No. 13
The First Defeat
It has come. The first early season defeat.
But, take notice, those who have been watching
the team from the inside are not discouraged, are
hardly disappointed. The task of making a Bow-
doin team this year is a big one. It requires gen-
ius and it requires time. If there is any man
that can give us the team we are looking for it
is Coach Tom McCann working with Trainer Ma-
gee. The loss to Wesleyan seemed hard, indeed,
it was conditional with so many "ifs," but it is
through such experiences that weaknesses are
found and the team is rounded into shape. This
is no time to commence criticism. Just trust and
wait !
More Cheering
It is early yet to expect good concerted cheer-
ing and singing but an effort must be made at
once to develop this branch of our college activ-
ity. At the New Hampshire State game the ex-
hibition in the grandstand was poor. The team
was cheered when they were winning and a pall
of silence fell over the crowd when the ball ap-
proached our goal line. When it looks dark for
old Bowdoin, when the visitors are driving our
men back, then if ever comes the need for the
best our lungs can utter, that our sturdy warriors
may know we are behind them. Next Saturday
we meet Trinity, a foe Worthy of our best metal,
a rival of growing importance. Let the ninety-
five per cent, of the students whose loyalty for the
College can be expressed for the time only by
cheering do their work well. Let's have our
cheering better organized with a song leader and
songs, and assistant cheer leaders. Lets everyone
of us get in and yell.
THE OTHER TEAMS
Although the season is yet too young to make
any estimate even more than fairly accurate,
some comparison can be made of the work of the
Maine college elevens. By holding Yale to the
score of 0 to o at New Haven last Saturday,
Maine surprised even her most ardent supporters
and Maine stock has taken a decided brace as a
result. But at the same time, it should not be for-
gotten that Maine made first down but once and
that the Yale goal line was practically out of
danger at all times. Maine's punts were short.
Fumbles were the cause of Yale's failure to score,
according to newspaper reports of the game.
In the Maine lineup there were eight veterans
Saturday, — Murray, Sawyer, Baker, Gulliver,
Ruffner, Martin, Donahue and Cobb. Maine
used new men at both ends and at left half, and
substituted four times. Maine plays Rhode Is-
land State next Saturday.
The Colby team that defeated Brown earlier in
the season was bewildered by the clever system
of forward passes and line plays that Dartmouth
offered. Colby has Fraser and Lowney in the
backfield, the two men who proved Colby's great-
est assets in the Bowdoin-Colby game last year.
In Captain Dacey at left tackle, Colby has a
strong man, both for breaking up plays and for
opening up holes for offense.
Bates made first down but once against Har-
vard Saturday, that once being on an on-side kick
that netted 35 yards. Bates was defeated 14 to o,
and although Harvard beat Maine 34 to o it is not
safe to say that Bates has a stronger team than
Maine, for Harvard used a number of second
string men Saturday and played a conservative
game throughout. Bates made eight substitutions.
Next Saturday Bates plays Exeter. In last year's
game Bates was beaten 6 to 0.
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ANNIE TALBOT COLE LECTURER
It has been announced that the Annie Talbot
Cole lecturer this year will be Alfred Noyes, the
young English poet who was recently mentioned
for the poet laureateship of England. The dates
of the lectures and the subjects which Mr. Noyes
will take have not yet been announced. He is
going to lecture at Harvard on "The Sea in Eng-
lish Poetry." The trip to America which Mr.
Noyes took last year was his first trip outside of
England. He is an Oxford graduate and rowed
on the crew there, his athletic prowess and manli-
ness being the popular subject for many magazine
articles. While at Oxford he began to publish
poetry and since then he has made his living by
his writings. He asserts that writing poetry is a
plain, every-day task. Mr. Noyes is very fond of
the sea as a theme and is also a great exponent of
universal peace, a subject on which he lectured in
this country last year. He is best known as the
author of many lyrics, "The Barrel Organ,"
"Forty Singing Seamen," and others. Lately he
has been writing dramas in blank verse. His last
work is "Tales of the Mermaid Tavern."
FIRST COLLEGE PREACHER
The first College Preacher of the year, Charles
Reynolds Brown, D.D. , will- speak next Sunday
morning at the Church on the Hill and at after-
noon chapel. He will also be present at the
Young People's meeting in the Vestry at 7.15.
Dr. Brown received an A. B. from the University
of Iowa in 1883, A.M. in 1886, and S.T.B. from
Boston University in 1899. He was pastor of
the First Congregational church of Oakland, Cal.
from 1896 to 191 1 and since then has been Dean
of the Divinity School of Yale University. He
has been special lecturer at Leland Stanford, Jr.,
Yale, Cornell, and Columbia. He is the author
of numerous books and has been a popular Col-
lege Preacher at Bowdoin in past years.
FALL TENNIS TOURNAMENT
The fall tennis tournament, for bringing out
new material for the team next spring, is now go-
ing on. The matches are posted on the Chapel
bulletin board and the management desires that
the matches be played off as soon as possible.
Balls can be procured from Manager MacCor-
mick. Two sets out of three will decide the
match, except in the finals which requires three
sets out of five. Those who have entered are as
follows: Eaton '15, Hall '16, Head '16, Pierce
'17, Card '15, N. Little '17, Nason '14, Rickard
'17, Larrabee '16, Greeley '16, Ogle '17, Smith
'15, Flynt '17, D. White '16, Woodman '16, Mer-
rill '16, Wilson '14, McCargo '14, Thompson '15,
Boardman '16, Wing '15, Parsons '16, Marr '14,
Dalrymple '17, Ladd '17, Leigh '14, Coffin '15,
Nickerson '16, Payson '14. A great deal of prom-
ising material has been uncovered and the pros-
pects are excellent for the best team in years.
CROSS COUNTRY SQUAD OUT
With the return of Capt. Tarbox '14, cross-
country has received a decided boost. About 30
men are taking easy runs over the regular course
daily and being carefully trained by Coach Ma-
gee for the races later in the season. An inter-
class race between the four classes and a race
between the Freshmen and Maine Central Insti-
tute will be run. The race between M.I.T. and
Bowdoin scheduled for Oct. 24 may be cancelled
so the Maine Intercollegiate race on Nov. 5 at
Waterville will be the real objective of the sea-
son's work. Capt. Tarbox '14, McWilliams '15,
and Bacon '15 are the only veterans of last year's
team left in college and Bacon is taking easy
work as a result of an operation for appendicitis
last spring. Besides these men Irving '16, Cutler
'15, and Crosby '17 are showing up well.
1916 DICTATES LAWS
The 1916 proclamations bear witness to the
good taste of the Sophomores in combining new
rules with old regulations for the conduct of the
Freshmen. Systematic procedure marked the
wielding of the paddles Friday night, and all who
made good their escape while their brethren were
entertaining the Sophomores have been duly
warned that they will sleep no more until justice is
meted out. Perhaps the only unfavorable criti-
cism of the proclamations is that the Freshmen
should have been reminded of the fact that they
are supposed to remain in chapel until the other
classes have passed out.
CLASS ELECTIONS
At a meeting of the Sophomore class Satur-
day, September 27, the following officers were
chosen: President, J. A. Dunn; Secretary and
Treasurer, D. H. Sayward; Baseball Captain, D.
F. Kelley; Baseball Manager, J. S. Brackett.
There was a Freshman class meeting in Hub<
bard Hall, Tuesday evening, September 30. Pre-
vious to class elections upper class-men addressed
the class in regard to the various Bowdoin activi-
ties.
After the speaking the elections were held, and
the following were chosen : President pro tern,
L. D. Flynt ; Baseball Captain, W. Carll ; Baseball
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
Manager, F. A. Haseltine ; Cross-Country Cap-
tain, C. H. Crosby; Cross-Country Manager,
George E. Colbath.
THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP EXAMS
The next Qualifying Examination for the
Rhodes Scholarship for Maine will be held in the
Senate Chamber, State House, Augusta, October
14th and 15th, 1913, in accordance with the fol-
lowing :
Tuesday, October 14
10 a. m. to 12 noon. — Translation from Latin
into English.
2 p. m. to 4 p. m. — Latin Prose.
5 P. m. to 7 p. m. — Arithmetic.
Wednesday, October 15
10 a. m. to 12 noon. — Translation from Greek
into English.
2 p. m. to 3 p. m. — Latin Grammar.
3.10 p. m. to 4.10 p. m. — Greek Grammar.
5 p. m. to 7 p. m. — Algebra or Geometry.
FIRST Y.M.C.A. MEETING
The first meeting of the year was held last
Thursday night in the Association rooms. The
address of the evening was delivered by Rev.
Artley B. Parson, of St. Paul's, Boston, an old
friend of Bowdoin. His subject was the "Influ-
ence of the Bible on Modern Life." After men-
tioning its influence on life in the past, he went
on to show that we now hold a freer attitude to-
ward it. than our forefathers. We realize it was
written to show the vision of God, not to teach
geology, astronomy, or history. It reveals the
ideal of true manhood in the portrayal of Christ's
life and its influence today is shown by the in-
creasing interest in forwarding the kingdom of
God by the betterment of mankind.
President Brown of the Y. M. C. A., in closing
the meeting, spoke a few words for the Freshman
Bible classes which started last Sunday.
ART BUILDING NOTES
A silver medal has been given to the Art Build-
ing by the son of Prof. Stowe whose property it
formerly was. Prof. Calvin E. Stowe, the hus-
band of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, was a grad-
uate of Bowdoin in the class of 1824 and was Col-
lins professor of Natural and Revealed Religion
from 1850 to 1852.
On one side of the medal is the inscription
"Peucinian Society" and underneath it "Bowd.
Coll. Instituted Nov. 22, 1805." On the reverse
side, between two engraved pine trees is "Pin Loq
Sem Hab. Calvin E. Stowe." The motto, "pinos
loquentes semper habet" (E. 8, 22), is translated
"he always has the whispering pines."
The Peucinian and Athenaean were rival liter-
ary and social societies which flourished for about
fifty years and were supplanted by the present
day Greek letter fraternities.
C&e iLibrarp Cable
Of special interest to Bowdoin men is President
Hyde's latest book, The Quest of the Best. The
cause for the local interest may be stated best in
the words of its preface which we quote :
"At Bowdoin College we are trying to bring
professors and students together in common in-
terests and tasks. As one application of this
preceptorial method, we have a class of six stu-
dents conducted by six professors. Each pro-
fessor takes the six students for a period of about
six weeks, during which they work together on
some form of writing-verse, drama, essay, ora-
tion, translation or short story. Then the result
of their work together is submitted to the entire
group of professors and students.
"As it fell to me this year to conduct this class
for one period, having these lectures to prepare,
I asked the class to do it with me, explaining the
general plan, submitting for their discussion and
criticism such portions as I had written, and as-
signing to them certain portions to write. Ac-
cordingly the following pages are a joint product ;
not only representing as the result of criticisms
and suggestions their fresher recollections of boy
life, but in several sections being their work pre-
cisely as they wrote it."
The sub title, "Insights into Ethics for Parents,
Teachers and Leaders of Boys," explains to some
extent the nature of the work. It takes the boy
in the primitive stage of "natural badness" and
shows by illustration and reasoning how he can
be brought out of that state into the following of
the highest ideals, "the Quest of the Best," not
by artificially good rules and precepts but by the
influence of the personality of a parent or friend
with such ideals. Throughout there is an abun-
dance of illustrations taken from actual boy life
and problems.
The introduction states that it is a book for the
top shelf, out of the boy's reach, but the college
student, although still a boy in most respects is
given accession to that top shelf. Its counsels
directed to workers with boys have much in them
that is illuminating and vitally important to un-
dergraduate daily life. It will undoubtedly be
read with great profit and interest by the Orient
readers.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Club ano Council Meetings
The Student Council met Sept. 29 and the mat-
ter of deferred initiations was talked over.
Among the fraternities sentiment is against it,
and the Council referred the matter back to them,
recommending that the initiations be held Oct. 14.
The class rush will take place on the Delta in
place of the Chapel steps as the ground before the
Chapel is thought dangerous for such a conflict.
In connection with this affair the Chapel bell will
be rung hereafter only on the occasion of a var-
sity victory or some other occasion equally im-
portant.
A music committee to handle the college "sings"
will soon be appointed, as will an assistant man-
ager of the college calender.
The Council took up the matter of "Proclama-
tions" and gave them the usual stamp of appro-
val.
The matter of seeing the teams off was dis-
cussed by the Council.
The Board of Managers met Wednesday, Oct.
1, and voted to grant extensions on the blanket
tax to those who had made applications for them.
It also voted on the payment of minor bills, and
passed the following resolution :
If on Dec. 1, 1913, the A. S. B. C. shall have
$175 above the unprovisional appropriations, and
the sinking fund of 5 per cent, of the first semes-
ter's tax, $100 shall be paid to the Football As-
sociation.
fDn tfie Campus
Warren F. Bickford '72, of Muskogee, Okla.,
has been at College recently.
"Farmer" Kern '12 was on the campus last
week.
The faculty has ruled that no Freshmen shall
room in the fraternity houses.
Tarbox '14 has returned to College.
A call has been issued for candidates for assis-
tant manager of track from the entering class.
All men who play on interclass teams of any
sort must pass a physical examination.
Alumni who have been on the campus during
the past week are: Parkhurst '13, Spinney '13,
Wood '13 and Tuttle '13.
Cruff '16 is the victim of a wrenched knee as a
result of football scrimmage.
A football game between Brunswick High and
Bowdoin second, scheduled for Oct. 1, was can-
celled by request of the Bowdoin faculty.
Woodcock '12, Ramsay '15 and Canney '16
were at College during the greater part of the
summer.
Nineteen men, including coaches and manager,
made the Wesleyan trip,
Norton '13 is on the editorial staff of a Port-
land paper.
Pease <?.r-'i6 has returned to College.
The much-discussed book cases in the library
have been removed during the summer.
D. K. Merrill ^--'14 has returned to College,
enrolling as a Junior.
A partial list of the College Preachers for the
year, who will speak in the Church on the Hill in
the morning and at afternoon Chapel, is as fol-
lows :
October 12, 1913. — Rev. Charles R. Brown,
D.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
January 11, 1914. — Rev. Alber.t Parker Fitch,
D.D., Cambridge, Mass.
April 26, 1914. — Rev. George A. Gordon, D.D.,
Boston, Mass.
aoitf) t&e Jtacultp
Dr. Cram and Dr. Loomis were in attendance
at the Monahan murder trial during the past
week in Lewiston. Dr. Cram served as a witness
and did some chemical analysis in connection
with the evidence.
Dr. Catlin recently gave an address before the
associated Federation of Woman's Clubs of
Maine. The conference was held in Lewiston.
There has been considerable change in the res-
idence addresses of the faculty during the past
summer. The following are a few : Prof. W. H.
Davis is now living in the Capt. Reed house;
Prof. Wass is occupying the house formerly re-
sided in by Mr. Quint, pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church ; Prof. Hormell is living in Prof.
Mitchell's house; and Prof. McConaughy is liv-
ing on McLellan St.
€be ©tijer Colleges
Chicago dedicated her new $200,000 athletic
field Saturday with a 2i-to-7 football victory over
Indiana.
Five hundred self-supporting students at Co-
lumbia University last year earned $120,000, an
average of $240 per man. \
Zuppke, the Illinois football coach, has a novel
method of coaching. He watches his team from
the top of the stands and gives his instructions
through a megaphone.
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, organized last
spring for the purpose of providing free legal
advice for needy people of Cambridge unable to
pay for counsel, treated seventy cases during the
first three months of its existence.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
Saturday's intercollegiate football games were
conspicuous for their one-sidedness. Two of
twenty-nine contests resulted in tie scores, and in
the remaining twenty-seven the winners amassed
878 points to 30 for the six losing teams who
succeeded in scoring at all.
Dr. John Casper Branner, one of the oldest
members of the Stanford faculty, was inaugurat-
ed on October 1 as the University's second presi-
dent, succeeding Dr. David Starr Jordan
A unique course at the University of Maine
this year is the course in the chemistry of pulp
and paper, which, as far as is known by the Uni-
versity authorities, is the only course of its kind
given in the United States by any institution of
hiffher learning;.
alumni Department
'64. — John G. Wight, Litt.D., formerly princi-
pal of Wadleigh High School, is the author of
Literary Brevities, a book consisting of short ex-
tracts of a great variety of interesting facts, lit-
erary gems, and quotable epigrams, selected from
competent sources.
'75. — The summer students at the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College, Amherst, elected Dr.
. Woodbury Pulsifer as vice-president of their as-
sociation. Mr. Pulsifer was born in Auburn, May
J3> 1855. He has filled several important posi-
tions in his life, among which have been that of
stenographer at the Supreme Judicial Court, that
of member in the United States Civil Service,
Washington, D. C, and that of secretary to the
president of the Erie Railroad Co. In 1879, he
received the degree of M.D. from George Wash-
ington University.
'75. — Frederick Orin Baston, for many years
treasurer of the five cent savings bank at Natick,
Mass., died during the summer. He had been in
the hospital several months with a head trouble.
He left a widow but no children.
Mr. Baston was born in Bridgton, January 14,
1852. Along with his brother, Reuben, he fitted
for college at Fryeburg Academy and entered
Bowdoin in 1871. The college will remember him
as first baseman on the ball team and as a member
of the Bowdoin boat crew. He served as princi-
pal at several high schools before assuming in
1886 his position in the bank at Natick.
The class of 1875 'las now lost 13 of its original
number of 45. Those now residing in this state
are Melville A. Floyd, Colonel George F. Mc-
Quillan, David M. McPherson, Edward S. Os-
good, Portland ; Hon. Seth M. Carter, Auburn ;
Wilson Nevins, Falmouth ; Dr. William E. Rice,
Bath ; Dr. Robert G. Stanwood, Anson ; Dr. Wil-
liam S. Thompson, Augusta; Hon. Frederick A.
Powers, Houlton.
'yy. — Mr. Philip G. Brown was promoted this
summer from the position of vice-president to
that of president of the First National Bank in
Portland.
'89. — A former leader in athletics at Bowdoin
is meeting with success in the educational world.
After being school superintendent in Bath since
1904, Frederick W. Freeman has accepted a posi-
tion as superintendent of the newly formed South
Berwick and Eliot district. Mr. Freeman holds
the degree of A.M. from Bowdoin, and has been
president of the Penobscot and Cumberland
County Teachers' Clubs.
'93. — For the first time in a number of years,
Major Weston P. Chamberlain, of the Medical
Corps, United States Army, honored his Alma
Mater with a visit. Major Chamberlain has trav-
elled around the world three times.
'94. — Secretary C. A. Flagg of Bangor, Me.,
last June issued the tenth directory of the class.
The directory, arranged alphabetically, contained
the present position each member holds and his
residence, and states whether he is married and
has children. At the end, the directory lists the
deaths, marriages, and births of the past two
years, together with the names of the members
who have registered at the last three class re-
unions.
'96. — Herbert O. Clough, Supervising Agent,
State Board of Education, Connecticut, has re-
cently visited the college for the first time in eight
years.
'99. — Dr. F. H. Albee, of New York, recently
performed at a medical congress in England an
operation of a kind seen for the first time there
before some of the most renowned surgeons of
Europe who were unanimous in their praise. The
operation was for the treatment of tuberculosis of
the spine.
'05. — Dr. Ray W. Pettengill of Harvard Uni-
versity, has an article in the current number of
the Journal of English and Germanic Philology
entitled "Zu den Ratsclu im Apollonius des Hein-
rich von Neustadt."
'10. — Carleton W. Eaton, of Calais, who is a
graduate of the forestry department of Yale Uni-
versity, has just been appointed instructor in the
forestry department of the University of Maine.
Ralph O. Brewster '09, of Dexter ; John D.
Clifford. Jr.. '10, of Lewiston : Robert Burleigh
Martin '10, of Augusta, and William H. Sanborn
'10, of Portland, all of whom attended the Har-
vard Law School, are among the twenty-seven
men who passed the state bar examinations in
Portland.
BOWDOIN ORILNT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, OCTOBER 14, 1913
NO. 14
BOWDOIN 0— TRINITY 0
After forty-four minutes of hard football on
Whittier Field last Saturday Bowdoin and Trin-
ity left the field neither winners or losers; each
had to be contented with a scoreless tie. But for
our team, still remembering the defeat of last
year, it was a virtual victory. Not that we out-
played Trinity, for the game was in every sense
a drawn battle, but to tie them indicated a marked
improvement over last year, a victory for coach-
ing and teamwork.
Most of the time the ball was see-sawing back
and forth out of the danger zone. Three or four
times Trinity threatened our goal, but lost the
ball on bad fumbling. Two or three times our
team worked the oval towards the enemy's goal
posts by punting and pouncing on fumbles, but
lost the ball on downs. In punting, Bowdoin had
the better of the argument, Alton Lewis getting
away long, high spirals and the ends holding the
advantage gained by nailing the runner on the
return. In rushing the ball Trinity had a little
the better of the argument, Hudson gaining con-
siderable ground through our line. In following
the ball our team gained considerable advantage
over the heavier opponents.
There were no stars in the contest. To Bow-
doin's credit it may be said Hudson was not the
star. This powerful fullback found his advance
impeded by three or four sturdy linemen at every
juncture and was ineffective. In his line plung-
ing he established a new forward pass which
might be styled the inter-team pass. On being
tackled he seemed to toss the ball forward, usual-
ly into the expectant grasp of Herb Foster.
The grounds were in very good shape consider-
ing the condition df the weather, but the ball was
very slippery.
On offense Trinity attempted several forward
passes, all of which were blocked, usually by Fos-
ter, except one which placed the ball within strik-
ing distance of our goal. But the ball was soon
lost by a fumble. Bowdoin executed no success-
ful forward passes. Our offense consisted mainly
in straight line bucking, interspersed with simple
end runs.
On defense the new Bowdoin lineup presented
a remarkably fine showing. Weatherill and Lead-
better at ends were sure in their tackles and got
down well under punts. The line from end to end
had no weak spots. The secondary defense was
sure and kept the Trinity backfield from any ex-
tra yardage. The tackling of the Bowdoin team
was the best seen on Whittier Field in years.
Just as the team showed steady improvement in
its second game, Saturday's contest showed it in
a more advanced condition. Coach McCann may
be said to have solved the problem of defense.
The return of Lew Brown to the lineup may
cause a shift of positions but the combination
used last Saturday may be counted on to stop the
attack of a powerful offense by any of Bowdoin's
opponents.
A large crowd witnessed the contest, consider-
ing the condition of the weather. The story of
the game is told in another way in the following
paragraphs :
Trinity kicked off to Fitzgerald on the 20 yard
line, who run the ball back 14 yards. In three
rushes Bowdoin made five and an attempt to make
first down failed, Trinity getting the ball on Bow-
doin's 42 yard line. Aided by a five yard penalty
for Bowdoin, Trinity advanced to the 25 yard
mark, but Foster spoiled a Trinity forward pass
and took the ball. After unsuccessful attempts at
hitting the line, Bowdoin attempted to punt, but
the pass was bad and Trinity got the ball on Bow-
doin's 12. Leadbetter picked up a Trinity fum-
ble, and Lewis punted from behind his own goal
to the 35 yard line. The period ended with the
ball Trinity's on Bowdoin's 14 yard line.
Again Trinity fumbled and Foster recovered.
Lewis punted to the 45 yard line and Foster
nabbed a Trinity forward pass, getting away for
ten. Again Lewis punted, and Bowdoin held for
downs. Lewis punted outside on the 1-1, and
Bowdoin blocked Trinity's punt out. The half
ended with the ball in Bowdoin's possession on
Trinity's three yard line.
Mountfort kicked to Cole who ran the ball back
to the 30 yard mark and Trinity punted to Fitz-
gerald. Colbath made ten and Barry recovered a
Bowdoin fumble. Colbath fumbled and Trinity
got the ball on her own 28 yard line. Floyd re-
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placed LaCasce. Foster recovered a fumble by
Howell. Bowdoin lost ten on the next play. Ives
caught a Bowdoin forward pass on Bowdoin's 30.
Bowdoin was penalized 15 for holding. After a
number of line plays with no large gain, the third
quarter ended with the ball in Bowdoin's posses-
sion on her own 23 yard line.
Weatherill made two and Lewis punted to Trin-
ity's 30 yard station. Trinity returned with a
punt of 40 yards. Lewis punted to Trinity's 35
yard line. Weatherill making a star tackle on the
40. Trinity punted to Fitzgerald on Bowdoin's
18, Fitz taking the ball in 22 yards, after fumbling
and recovering. After Bowdoin had punted, Ives
threw a forward pass 20 yards to Cole, who made
ten before he was downed. Bowdoin got the ball
on her own 25 yard line. Pratt recovered a Bow-
doin fumble. Wessels replaced Kinney. The
game ended with the ball in Trinity's possession
on her own 45 yard line.
BOWDOIN TRINITY
Weatherill (Capt), le re, Cole
Lewis, It rt, Wooley
L. Pratt, lg rg, Lambert
Barry, c c, Kinney, Wessel
Mountfort, rg lg, Castator
Burns, rt It, Howell
Leadbetter, re le, Smith, Elder
Fitzgerald, qb qb, Ives
Foster, lhb rhb, Coffee
Colbath, rhb lhb, Moore
LaCasce, Floyd, fb fb, Hudson (Capt.)
Score: Bowdoin, 0; Trinity, o. Referee, Tom
Bragg, Bangor. Umpire, Lieut. W. D. Frazer,
Fort Williams. Head linesman, Thomas H. Kel-
ley, Portland. Linesmen, MacCormick of Bow-
doin and Cray of Trinity. Time, two 11 and two
10 minute periods.
STATISTICS
On straight rushing, Bowdoin made 27 yards in
the first half and 32 in the second, a total of 59;
while Trinity made 67 in the first half and 31 in
the second. Lewis punted eight times for a total
of 320 and Howell, who kicked for Trinity, four
times for a total of 135. These figures represent
the actual distance punted, and not the net gain.
On attempted rushes, Bowdoin lost 28 and Trinity
16. Trinity worked the forward pass once out of
four tries, while Bowdoin's one attempt was un-
successful. Bowdoin was penalized 20 yards, five
for off-sides and 15 for holding. Trinity was not
penalized.
The approximate total ground gained by play-
ers in line plunges follows: Hudson 47, Moore
23, Foster 19, Fitzgerald 16, Coffee 14, Colbath
14, Weatherill 9, Wooley 7, Howell 4, Ives 3,
! eadbetter 1.
SOPHOMORES CINCH SERIES
In the second and deciding game of the Fresh-
man-Sophomore baseball series, played Wednes-
day afternoon on the Delta, the Sophomores
again took the Freshmen into camp by a score of
3 to 1. The Sophs annexed an extra brace of
tallies in the first half of the sixth, but as dark-
ness put an end to hostilities before the Fresh-
men could take their turn at bat, the score reverts
to the end of the fifth inning, and the two runs do
not count.
The teams were about on a par in hitting, but
as in Saturday's game, the Freshmen fell down
badly in fielding, and their eight errors aided ma-
terially in increasing the Sophomore run column.
The Sophs, however, gave their pitcher gilt edged
support, only one of their two misplays being a
factor in the run-getting.
The greatest feature of the game was the
pitching duel between Knight and Bradford, both
of whom twirled in highly commendable fashion.
The dark day was an asset to the pitchers, and
both used their speed to good effect, Knight al-
lowing three hits to Bradford's four, and regis-
tering eight strike-outs, to the latter's ten. "Mex-
ico" Olson smothered several difficult throws at
first base and Carll, the Freshman captain, be-
sides fielding his position excellently, clouted the
longest hit of the game, a sizzling two-bagger to
right field. The score :
SOPHOMORES
ab r bh po a e
Larrabee, 2b 2 1 0 0 1 0
Kelley. 3b 3 2 1 o 1 0
W. Olson, ib 4 1 1 5 o 1
McElwee, ss 300020
Knight, p 301000
U. Merrill, If 301000
Greeley, cf 3 0 o 1 0 1
Churchill, c 210800
Fraser, rf 200100
Totals 25 5 4 15 4 2
FRESHMEN
ab r bh po a e
Chapman, 3b 300102
Phillips, cf 3 o 1 0 0 1
Marston, ib 300412
Bradford, p 200001
Peacock, ss 01-0021
Humphrey, ss 1 o o 1 0 o
Carll, c 2 0 1 10 2 0
Paine. 2b 2 0 1 o 1 o
Langs, 2b o o 0 1 0 1
Corbett, If 200100
Nute, rf 1 o o o o o
Goodskv, rf 1 o 0 0 0 o
Totals 20 1 3 18 6 8
BOWDOIN ORIENT
Innings :
Sophomores 10002 2 — 5
Freshmen 0 1 o 0 0 * — 1
Two base hit, Carll. Stolen bases, Larrabee,
Kelley, Knight, U. Merrill 2, Chapman 3, Phillips,
Peacock 2, Carll, Paine. Base on balls, by Knight,
by Bradford 4. Struck out, by Knight 8, by Brad-
ford 10. Sacrifice hit, Kelley. Double play,
Marston to Langs. Wild pitch, Bradford. Um-
pires, Eaton '15 and Stetson '15.
*Game called on account of darkness.
FRATERNITY INITIATIONS
The following men are to be initiated into the
different fraternities tonight :
ALPHA DELTA PHI
1917: Charles Bingham, Indianapolis, Ind. ;
Sydney MacGillrary Brown, Webster, Mass. ;
Judson Gordon Martell, West Somerville, Mass.;
Gilbert Eugene Ogle, Terre Haute, Ind. ; Carleton
Maxwell Pike, Lubec, Me.; Forbes Packard, Jr.,
Denver, Col. ; Daniel Waterman True, Portland,
Me. ; Hal Saunders White, Indianapolis, Ind.
PSI UPSILON
1917: Samuel Horton Colton, Jr., Worcester,
Mass. ; Theodore Burgess Fobes, Portland, Me. ;
Frank Durham Hazeltine, Belfast, Me. ; Camp-
bell Keene, Augusta, Me,; Stuart Ingram Robin-
son, Worcester, Mass. ; Carl Knight Ross, Port-
land, Me.
DELTA KAPPA EPSILON
1916: Ralph Lester Barrett, East Sumner,
Me.; Charles Emerson Wyman, Jr., Roxbury,
Mass.
1917: Edward Myles Balfe, Dorchester, Mass.;
Boyd Wheeler Bartlett, Castine, Me.; Benjamin
Pliny Bradford, Wayne, Me.; Woodbury Puring-
ton Brigham, Roxbury, Mass.; Donald Quimby
Burleigh, Augusta, Me. ; Arthur Burton Chap-
man, Syracuse, N. Y. ; George Edwin Colbath,
Dexter, Me.; Clarence Henry Crosby, Dexter,
Me. ; Noel Charlton Little, Brunswick, Me. ; Don-
ald Ward Philbrick, Skowhegan, Me. ; James Se-
ward, Exeter, N. H. ; Sherman Shumway, Skow-
hegan, Me. ; Charles . Parker Spalding, Lowell,
Mass.'
THETA DELTA CHI
1916: John Carleton Hellen, Auburn, Me.
1917: James Eben Boothby, Dubuque, la.;
Russell McLellan Boothby, Dubuque, la.; John
William Langs, Port Huron, Mich. ; Francis Ed-
ward Phillips, New Haven, Conn.; Kenneth
George Stone, Wellesley, Mass.
ZETA PSI
1916: Edward Clough, Franklin, N. H.
1917: Erik Achorn, West Newton, Mass.; Ed-
win Howard Blanchard, Augusta, Me. ; Alex John
Goodsky, Collinsville, Conn.; Elwyn A. King,
North Andover, Mass.; Kirk Alexander Mc-
Naughton, Kaukana, Wis.; Lawrence Howard
Marston, Wiscasset, Me.; William Percy Nute,
Wiscasset, Me.
DELTA UPSILON
1915: William George Tackaberry, Lewiston,
Me.
1917: Leon Warren Babcock, Lewiston, Me.;
Edward Henry Bond, Allston, Mass. ; William
Sinclair Cormack, Newton, Mass. ; Percy Fre-
mont Crane, Whiting, Me. ; Leo Francis Creed-
en, Lewiston, Me.; Eugene Merrill Gillespie,
Gardiner, Me. ; Jerry Dempsey Glidden, Presque
Isle, Me. ; Paul Revere Ladd, Wilburton, Okla-
homa; Henry Weston Owen, Saco, Me.; Harjy
Tiburt Piedra, New York, N.Y. ; Joseph Burton
Stride, Biddeford, Me.; Harold Seba Young,
Auburn, Me.
Edward Henry Bond, William Sinclair Cormack,
Allston, Mass. ; Percy Fremont Crane, Whiting,
Me. ; Leo Francis Creeden, Eugene Merrill Gil-
lespie, Lewiston, Me.; Jerry Dempsey Glidden,
Presque Isle, Me. ; Paul Revere Ladd, Wilburton,
Oklahoma; Henry Weston Owen; Harry Tiburt
Piedra, New York, N. Y. ; Joseph Burton Stride,
Biddeford, Me.; Harold Seba Young, Auburn,
Me.
KAPPA SIGMA
191 7: Frederick Jackson Corbett, Boston;
Clifford Robertson Foster, Seattle, Wash. ;
Charles Thomas Mullin, Ayer, Mass. ; William
Earle Paine, Hallowell, Me.; Ralph Bruce
Thayer, Enfield, Mass. ; Rogers Murdock Cre-
hore, Peabody, Mass. ; Edward Carleton Moran,
Jr., Rockland, Me.; James Churchill Olivre,
South Portland, Me. ; John Fairbain Preston,
Pawtucket, R. I.
BETA THETA PI
1916: Fred Payne Rawson, West Townsend,
Mass.
1917: Fred Oscar Bartlett, Jr., Rockland, Me.;
Leigh Damon Flynt, Augusta, Me.; Francis
Whipple Carll, Waterboro, Me. ; Frank A. Hazel-
tine, Pittsfield; Sidney C. Dalrymple, Medford,
Mass. ; Carroll A. Lovejoy, Woodfords, Me. ; Na-
thaniel Upham McConaughy, New Dorp, Staten
Island, N. Y. ; Dwight Wilson Pierce, Brunswick,
Me.; Harold Howard Sampson, Dexter, Me.;
Raymond Whitney Swift, Augusta, Me.
Professor McConaughy addressed the students
of Westbrook Seminary last week.
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Vol. XLIII OCTOBER 14, 1913 No. 14
College and the Fraternity
Tonight the various fraternities on the campus,
according to the usual custom, hold the annual
initiation ceremony and celebrate with feast and
song the incoming of new brothers. As a pleas-
ing addition to the festivities a number of the
alumni return and join hands with the under-
graduates in welcoming their new members. But
this is not alone a fraternity occasion, it is a
Bowdoin affair as well. Each group is cheered
by its sister group. Each band of loyal fraternity
brothers ends the evening by gathering in the
white moonlight beneath the Chapel towers and
pledging anew their devotion to the College.
Happily we may say, this appropriate closing of
the evening's fun is no idle ceremony, no empty
tradition. It signifies all that is good in our fra-
ternity system, all the real interfraternity fellow-
ship which makes life on our campus emphasize
not only class and fraternity, but always pre-
eminent— Bowdoin. And to you, members of
1917, let us say, that your elder classmen, all
Bowdoin men, are in earnest about this. It is for
you at this to dedicate yourselves to the same
transcendant loyalty to Alma Mater in the midst
of your new fraternity life.
Initiations Not Deferred
The 1912-13 Student Council after investiga-
tion and discussion proposed to the various fra-
ternities the plan of deferring initiations. By six
of the eight groups the plan was adopted. It was
generally understood at the time of the closing of
College in June that the new plan would be put
in operation this fall. But the very nature of the
scheme made a mere majority insufficient to in-
sure its successful issue. The new Student Coun-
cil, realizing that they were in no great degree
bound by last June's provisional and hasty action,
saw the danger of destroying the usual unanimity
of the fraternities and re-submitted the matter to
the fraternities with the recommendation that the
original scheme of initiation be maintained. Their
recommendation was unanimously ratified. But
this plan is not, perhaps, permanently doomed.
As long as Bowdoin continues her lack of regu-
lations in the face of a wave for greater regula-
tion by the fraternities in other colleges, these
questions will constantly recur. We hope, how-
ever, that they will be faced with the same ques-
tioning spirit, and the same candid criticism that
the deferring plan has met with. Because our
system is successful we are not sure that it is
perfect. But because it is unique we should ap-
ply to every advertised reform a searching exam-
ination to see if it will really cure ills present
among us.
From the Chapel
To the Bowdoin undergraduate accustomed by
experience to a gossipy attitude towards his fel-
lows, the attitude which is too prone to look for
weak spots in others, the message of Dr. Brown
in his talk at Vespers last Sunday, the message of
good will towards one's mates, of finding in one's
roommate, one's rival, the best that he is and may
be, is of a refreshing nature. Too often it is our
practise to seek to re-form our younger college-
mates by "kidding" them, by laughing at their
weak points. And how would it be to try the other
method? Suppose we seek to help some one
friend by encouragement, by sympathy, by in-
sight.
The Freshman goes out for a college activity
and there are still those among us who will laugh
at the quavering voice, the spindle legs, and the
seemingly foolish persistency. But, thanks to
Bowdoin tradition, there are those, — trainers and
BOWDOIN ORIENT
113
coaches and captains and good Bowdoin men —
who see in the crude material the better man in-
side, the track star of three years hence. Let us
all who look outside of our own little dormitory
room for our interests, pursue this manner in ex-
tending our influence to our college-mates, in
helping to shape life on the campus.
STUDENT ASSISTANTS
The following students are assistants to the
professors in the various courses : —
Latin, R. R. Coffin '15; Physics, H. M. Hayes
'14; French, K. E. Ramsay '15; Mathematics, G.
P. Floyd '15; History, R. D. Leigh '14, E. C. Gage
'14; English, K. A. Robinson '14, L. H. Gilson,
Jr., '14, H. M. Prescott '15; Chemistry, A. E.
Gray '14, Neal Tuttle '14, H. P. Bridge '15, C. T.
Perkins '15; Biology, F. H. L. Hargraves '16; P.
H. Pope '14; Economics, M. H. Hamblen '14, G.
C. Talbot '15.
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
As a result of the wet weather the matches of
the fall tennis tournament are being played off
very slowly. Four matches of the first round
have yet to be played. The results of those played
are as follows: Eaton '15 beat Hall '16, 6-2, 6-3;
Pierce '17 beat Head '16, 6-2, 2-6, 9-7; Card '15
beat Little '17, 6-1, 6-0; Nason '14 beat Rickard
'17, 6-4, 6-4; Greeley '16 beat Larrabee '16, 2-6,
7-5, 6-2; Ogle '17 beat Smith '15, 6-1, 6-2; Flynt
'17 beat D. White '16, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Woodman '16
beat U. Merrill '16, 7-5, 6-1 ; Thompson '15 beat
Boardman '16, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 ; Parsons '16 beat
Wing '15, 0-6, 6-4, 6-0; Marr '14 beat Dalrymple
'17, 6-3, 12-14, 6-4; Coffin '15 beat Nickerson '16,
6-3, 6-4.
FALL TRACK EVENTS
Manager Koughan of the track team has an-
nounced the events for this fall. Every man who
is not out for some activity should participate if
possible in the interclass contests, as much new
Varsity material may be brought to light. The
schedule follows :
Oct. 20. Freshman Cross-Country team vs.
Maine Central Institute at Brunswick.
Oct. 24. Interclass Cross-Country race.
Oct. 25. Interclass track meet "on Whittier
Field.
Nov. 5. M. I. Cross-Country race at Water-
ville.
PARTIAL BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Although Manager Elwell is not yet able to an-
nounce the dates of the early season games, the
dates for the State championship baseball games
next spring have been decided on, as follows :
Saturday, May 2. Bowdoin vs. Maine at Bruns-
wick.
Saturday, May 9. Bowdoin vs. Colby at Bruns-
wick.
Wednesday, May 20. Bowdoin vs. Maine at
Orono.
Wednesday, May 27. Bowdoin vs. Colby at
Waterville.
Saturday, May 30. Bowdoin vs. Bates at Lew-
iston.
Friday, June 5. Bowdoin vs. Bates at Bruns-
wick. /'
CROSS-COUNTRY WORK
Under the care of Trainer Magee the Cross-
Country squad is fast rounding into shape. The
men are being sent over the course by the stand-
pipe two or three times a week. This long grind
is alternated by sprinting and distance work
ranging from a quarter, up to a mile and a half
or two miles.
Wednesday a hare and hound race was held
both for the purpose of interesting the fellows,
and also to condition them. Irving '16 and Har-
graves '16 were sent out with bags of paper which
they scattered behind them as they ran. About
five minutes later the rest of the squad started off
on the paper trail.
The hares reached home in safety, leading the
hounds by a wide margin.
The squad at present contains the following
men: 1914 — Capt. Tarbox, Wright, Donahue,
Merrill; 1915— Keegan, Cutler, Smith, McWil-
liams, Richardson, Livingstone; 1916 — Hargraves,
Irving, White, Fuller, Ginty, Winter, Sayward;
igiy — Crosby, Sampson, Balfe, Fenning, Noyes,
Cormack.
The race between the . Freshmen and Maine
Central Institute, a team which is coached by
Capt. Charlie Haskell of last year's Varsity track
team, will be run Monday, October 20, at
Brunswick. The interclass run will come off
soon after this in place of the run with the Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology.
THE VERMONT GAME
Bowdoin plays Vermont at Burlington Satur-
day and although it is hard to make a comparison
of the teams at this early stage, the indications
are that Vermont has not an extremely strong
team. Vermont was beaten by Dartmouth 33 to
7 last Saturday in spite of the fact that Dart-
mouth had the lighter line. Vermont will prob-
ably be the heaviest team that Bowdoin plays this,
year.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
Bowdoin's lineup will probably be the same as
that of the Trinity game with the possibility of
Brig-ham's being used in the back field. With
another week at end, Weatherill and Leadbetter
should develop in fine shape and should give the
team as good wing defense and offense as any
Maine team has had for a number of years. Lead-
better's injury Saturday, although painful, is not
serious and he is now in as good condition as
ever. Mountfort played a stellar game in the line
against Trinity and was the means of breaking
up more than one play before it was started. The
problem in regard to quarterback is no slight one,
and although no official statement has been given
out, Lew Brown will probably start if his injured
leg is in condition to permit it.
Whalen, Vermont's tackle and captain, has
played a good game throughout the year, and in
the Dartmouth game tried a goal from the field
from the 55 yard mark, but the kick fell short.
Currier, Vermont's quarter, ran the length of the
field twice on two intercepted forward passes, but
one was disallowed on account of holding.
The team will leave for Burlington Friday
morning, will pass the night there and will leave
for home by sleeper directly after the game.
Nineteen men, including coaches and manager,
will make the trip.
MUSICAL NOTES
As a result of the Glee Club trials, the follow-
ing men have been retained: Tenors — West '15,
Card '15, Carter '16, R. Evans '15, Christy '15,
Fobes '17, Hescock '16, Haseltine '17, McKenney
'15, Melloon '15, Rollins '15, Shea '14, Wilson
'14, Woodman '16. Basses — Allen '15, Boardman
'16, Dunton '15, Eaton '14, Fortin '16, Leadbetter
'16, Littlefield '16, Merrill '16, Munroe '14, Phil-
lips ' 1 7, Parmenter '16, Rawson ' 15, Seward '17,
The Maine trip will probably begin a week
earlier than usual, about the second week in Jan-
uary. The management is also hoping for a New
York trip and negotiations are already under way
although nothing certain has yet been decided.
All men who are at all proficient with the mando-
lin are urged to hand their names in at once to
Barton at the Theta Delta Chi house.
Bowdoin graduates and undergraduates are re-
minded that November first is the time limit set
for the Prize Song Contest. All songs composed
in competition for the prize of $50 should be sent
to Professor Edward H. Wass on or before that
date.
Memorial Hall, was very well attended in spite of
the weather. A large number of Freshmen par-
ticularly turned out and with the upperclassmen
present made up in volume on the cheers and
songs what was lacking in unison. The band
made its appearance with fourteen pieces under
its new leader, Jones '15. Callahan '14, the cheer
leader, was in charge of the Sing. Several more
will be held to get the new men acquainted with
the songs and cheers.
BOOK ON LIFE AT BOWDOIN
A neat white booklet issued under the Bowdoin
College Bulletin series, but presenting a marked
difference from the other volumes of that series is
one just issued by the College. Its name, as
stated on the title page, is Life at Bowdoin, A
Pen Picture of the College Life of Bowdoin Un-
dergraduates. Within its forty-eight pages of
profusely illustrated material there is an attempt
to portray Bowdoin life as it really is in a lan-
guage that can be understood by those who have
neither seen or known of the College. The book-
let was edited by the Student Council and written
by undergraduates, faculty members, and alumni.
Among the contributors are President Hyde, Pro-
fessor McConaughy, John C. Minot '96, Laurence
A. Crosby '13, Cedric R. Crowell '13, James A.
Norton '13, Clifton O. Page '13, Robert D. Leigh
'14 and Kenneth A. Robinson '14. Among the
subjects treated are Student Organizations, So-
cial Life, Religious Life, Bowdoin Alumni, Bow-
doin Traditions, Facts and Figures, Diary of a
Freshman, etc. The book is well printed and has
a very neat white cover with an embossed Bow-
doin seal.
Throughout the booklet is very well written and
should appeal strongly to the preparatory school
man who is seeking for information about the
College, the new undergraduate who wishes to
know more about its activities, or the average
reader who desires information about college life.
The booklet is to be distributed in the same man-
ner as the catalogue and other bulletins. All the
alumni will receive copies.
THE FIRST SING
The first College Sing, held Friday night in
Cbe Polar Cuo
The young quarterback was overweighed with
his new responsibility of directing the field des-
tinies of the team in The game of the season.
The reliable pivot man of three seasons' experi-
ence was hopelessly out of it with a wrenched
knee. He remembered the old "grad" back in
York State who had given him his first desire to
wear the big 'Varsity emblem by recounting his
own gridiron experiences. Why not go to him,
BOWDOIN ORIENT
"5
and find out how to run the team, what plays to
use ? So off he went to the home town over Sun-
day. The old grad met his inquiries seriously.
''Art," he said, "I can't tell you what to play.
You know your men better than I do. You know
the opposing line better than I do. Your coach's
judgment is reliable and your problems will be
those of the instant. But just one bit of advice.
There'll come a bad misplay, a costly fumble.
Perhaps you handled the ball perfectly, your
team-mates messed it badly. Don't hesitate one
instant. Take all the blame yourself, Art, take
all the blame. You'll have your team dying for
you by the end of the season."
Just a little story which the polar cub brought
home from an old fighter and captain for the
Bulldog.
January instead of in February as formerly. The
banquet will be held at Young's Hotel.
Cluo anO Council Meetings
At a meeting of the Student Council, Tuesday
noon, Oct. 7, the following standing committees,
provided for by the Student Council by-laws, were
appointed by the chairman :
Rally Committee: A. E. Gray '14, chairman;
E. S. Thompson '14, G. A. McWilliams '15.
Music Committee: S. West '15, chairman; F.
X. Callahan '14, A. H. MacCormick '15.
Customs Committee: C. A. Brown '14, chair-
man; L. A. Donahue '14, N. Tuttle '14.
Celebration Committee: F. X. Callahan '14,
chairman; C. A. Brown '14, A. E. Gray '14.
At the same meeting F. S. Roberts '15 was
elected Assistant Calendar Manager and Initia-
tion night was definitely set at Oct. 14.
BOWDOIN CLUB OF BOSTON
The first monthly dinner of the Bowdoin Club
of Boston was held at the University Club, 270
Beacon Street, Friday evening at 6.30. Over
fifty Bowdoin men were present. Professor
Nixon delivered the talk of the evening, speaking
particularly of the prospects for the year at Bow-
doin.
Some one observed, during the evening, that in
starting this, the twenty-ninth year of its unin-
terrupted existence, the Bowdoin Club of Boston
stands without equal for length of life. No col-
lege or university club in Boston has met regular-
ly for so long a period of time.
The dinner Friday night was held on the sec-
ond Friday of the month rather than the first, as
usual, because of repairs made recently at the
University Club.
At the dinner it was announced that the annual
Boston Alumni Banquet will be held this year in
Dn the Campus
Adjourns tomorrow.
King '12 has entered the Maine Law School.
Conant '13 was at College last week.
Jim McBain has returned from his vacation.
George Hyde '09 was on the campus last week.
Harrington '12, Assistant Principal of Edward
Little High School, was on the campus last week.
A number of alumni arrived today to be pres-
ent at fraternity initiations.
John Libby, Tufts '11, and Rafter, Lehigh '13,
were on the campus last week.
The cross-country men had a long walk with
Coach Magee Sunday.
Faulkner ex-i$ was on the campus during the
last part of the week.
Examinations for entrance to the Medical
School will be Oct. 16, 17 and 18.
The total registration of the College has now
reached 360, a net increase of 27 over last year.
Hamilton ex- 13 has returned to College.
The first issue of the Quill will appear about
Oct. 20.
Only three Freshmen have reported as candi-
dates for assistant manager of track, — True, Bur-
leigh and Piedra.
Woodbury Brigham '17 was called home very
suddenly last week because of a severe shock suf-
fered by his mother.
At the Maine Music Festival in Portland,
Chopin's Funeral March was played in memory
of Professor Chapman.
Robinson '14 and Bodurtha '15 left yesterday
as delegates to the National Convention of Delta
Upsilon at Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 16 to 18.
"Fish" Marsh has been in Brunswick and will
again maintain a booth at Topsham Fair, where
he has a first-class line of Bowdoin banners.
Duck-shooting is proving unusually ■ good this
fall and several good bags have been made. Hey-
wood '14 is among the most successful of the col-
lege Nimrods.
Rollins '16 was operated on for appendicitis at
the Maine General Hospital in Portland Monday
morning, and at last reports was resting very
comfortably. .
The Boston paper that said that 500 Bowdoin
students cheered themselves hoarse when Artist
Knowles passed through Brunswick must be in a
hurry to see that new dormitory.
The Orient wishes to correct the mistake made
in these columns last week in regard to Freshmen
rooming in the fraternity houses. The Faculty
n6
BOWDOIN ORIENT
have not forbidden the new men to do so.
The pins have arrived for the Monday Night
Club, an organization composed of Varsity foot-
ball men. The pins are gold and are made to rep-
resent a football, with a block B in the center.
The following men are members of the Chapel
choir: Shea '14, Wilson '14, Munroe '14, George
Eaton '14, Card '15, West '15, Melloon '15, Rol-
lins '15, Evans '15, Ramsay '15, Leadbetter '16,
Parmenter '16, Rawson '16, U. H. Merrill '16,
Stuart '16, Ginty '16, Carter '17, F. A. Haseltine
'17-
Among the alumni who were back on the cam-
pus for the Trinity game are: C. T. Hawes '76,
Dana '96, Riley '03, Robbins '05, Pennell '09, Par-
tridge '11, Redfern 'u, Meserve '11, Sanford '11,
Smith '12, Warren '12, Makepeace '12, Grant '12,
McKenney '12, Haskell '13, Wish '13, Colby '13,
Norton '13, Saunders '13, Fogg '13 and Dole '13.
CALENDAR
Oct.
14. Fraternity Initiations.
Topsham Fair Opens.
Cross-Country practice, 3.30.
Football practice, 3.30.
15. Adjourns all day.
Cross-Country practice, 3.30.
Football practice, 3.30.
17. Team leaves for Burlington.
Freshman Cross-Country trials.
18. Bowdoin vs. Vermont at Burlington.
Maine vs. Tufts.
Colby vs. Rhode Island State.
Bates vs. Westbrook Seminary.
19. President David N. Beach at the Church on
the Hill.
20. Cross-Country, 1917 vs. Maine Central In-
stitute at Brunswick.
Bible Study Normal Classes, 7.00.
23. Sousa's Band at Cumberland.
24. Interclass Cross-Country Race.
25. Interclass Track Meet.
alumni Department
'62. — Every year for three days in September,
Beecher Island, Colorado, is the scene of a cele-
bration in honor of the brave men who fought
there a desperate contest against the Cheyennes
and Arapothoes forty-five years ago. Among
those killed in the struggle was Lieutenant Fred
Beecher, the valiant nephew of Henry Ward
Beecher. The defense of Beecher Island well
demonstrated the courage of the frontiersmen.
After they had battled against the overwhelming
hosts of Indians for three days, the red men set
to "starving out'' the persevering white men, who
were finally saved by reenforcements. It is no
wonder that Colorado has erected a monument on
the site of Beecher Island and set aside the old
battle field as a park.
'64. — After two years of poor health, Myron
Hovey, of Nashua, N. H., died at his camp on
Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H., Sept. 22. His re-
mains were carried to the family lot in Gorham,
where he has been held in high esteem.
Mr. Hovey was born in Waldoboro, April 19,
1S39, the son of the late James and Eliza (Wal-
lace) Hovey of that town. At Bowdoin, he was
a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. His wife,
formerly Miss Minnie Eaton, of Gorham, died
four years after their marriage in 1869.
Mr. Hovey was assistant paymaster in the U. S.
Navy during the last year of the Civil War, and
from 1880 to 1890 was chief clerk of the pay de-
partment of the U. S. Navy. He was a member
of John J. Foster Post of Nashua, and in 1892-
93 was assistant adjutant general of the depart-
ment of New Hampshire. Bowdoin has lost an-
other of her successful sons.
'87.— Edward C. Plummer, attorney for the At-
lantic Carriers' Association, has gone to Wash-
ington, D. C, to attend the hearings on the new
seamen's union bill.
'97. — The last volume of the Transactions of
the American Philological Association contains a
scholarly article by Professor J. W. Hewitt, of
Wesleyan University, on the "Development of the
Thank-Offering" among the Greeks.
'02. — In accordance with a vote to strengthen
his relation with the church, Rev. Oscar W.
Peterson was installed by regular custom as pas-
tor of the Second Congregational Church of
Newcastle, by an ecclesiastical council convened
for the purpose.
'02. — Edmund Hayes, Jr., son of Mellen Hayes
of Farmington, and nephew of General Edmund
Hayes of Buffalo, N. Y., was shot and killed in
August by the Mexican Federals at Madera.
'03. — Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Ridlon of Ridley
Park, Pa., who have just arrived in England, will
spend the next few months in London, where Dr.
Ridlon is to make a special study of tropical dis-
eases. Dr. Ridlon is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank A. Ridlon of Gorham, and his wife is the
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James H. Pyke of
China.
'13. — Rev. Rensel Colby has just been installed
as pastor at Scarboro, Me.
'13. — Wilmot C. Lippincott of Augusta left last
week for Richmond, W. Virginia, where he will
be employed as chemist for the Cherry River Pulp
and Paper Company.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL. XL1II
BRUNSWICK, MAINE., OCTOBER 21, 1913
NO. 15
BOWDOIN 13, VERMONT 3
Bowdoin defeated the heavy team of the Uni-
versity of Vermont last Saturday afternoon in
Burlington by a persistent line attack and supe-
rior punting. During the first two periods of
play there was only one score, a field goal from
the twenty-five yard line by Captain Whalen of
the Vermont eleven. During this half neither
team was able to make first down consistently.
The ball was in Vermont's territory a greater part
of the time.
Toward the end of the third period the Ver-
mont line began to weaken and holes were opened
through which Bowdoin' s shifty backs penetrated
for substantial gain. By the clever use of a for-
ward pass, which recovered the ground lost on a
penalty, Bowdoin placed the ball within striking
distance of the enemy's goal. Stuart, carrying
the ball- himself through the line, dodged by the
secondary defense and went over for Bowdoin's
first touchdown. Leadbetter failed to kick goal.
Again in the fourth period Bowdoin gained the
ball on a blocked punt near Vermont's goal and
Foster rushed it over the last chalk mark. Lead-
better kicked the goal. The Bowdoin team was
getting stronger every minute of play and the
Vermont players were becoming ragged in their
defense but time prevented further scoring.
During the first half the Bowdoin team was ry-t
up to the form of the previous week allowing sev-
eral fumbles and missing tackles. In the second
half, however, the Vermont team was outplayed
in every department of the game. Alton Lewis
had a difficult job punting on account of the high
wind, but gained yardage for Bowdoin by his
splendid work in this department.
Bowdoin played 'straight football for the most
part, trying only two forward passes, both of
which were successful. Vermont attempted end
runs and passes but the Bowdoin defense smoth-
ered their every attempt at open football. They
failed in all of their five attempts at forward
passes. Fumbling was frequent, Bowdoin re-
covering more than Vermont.
Stuart played a good game at quarter for Bow-
doin, displaying excellent judgment in his selec-
tion of plays and carrying the ball himself for
good gains. Weatherill and Foster were up to
their usual standard both on defense and offense,
tackling hard and gaining sure ground through
the line. The line played well from end to end.
A. Pratt, taking Fitzgerald's place at end, played
a creditable game. Fitzgerald suffered physically
from the long train ride and was unable to start
the game. He replaced Stuart at quarterback in
the last period. Floyd was injured early in the
game and was replaced by LaCasce.
The good condition of the whole Bowdoin team
was in evidence Saturday. Although they had
completed a hard train journey they played
stronger as the game progressed and were going
fast as the final whistle blew.
For Vermont, Capt. Whalen was the mainstay
in offense and defense.
A large crowd witnessed the contest.
The lineup :
BOWDOIN VERMONT
A. Pratt, le re, Frazer
Lewis, It rt, Little
L. Pratt, lg rg, Fly nn
Barry, c c, Jennien
Mountfort, J. Moulton, rg lg, Abell
Burns, rt It, Whalen
Leadbetter, re le, Farr
Stuart, Fitzgerald, qb qb, Currier
Foster, Ih rh, Rawson
Weatherill, rh Ih, Frank
Floyd, LaCasce, Stuart, f b f b, Putnam
Score, Bowdoin 13, Vermont 3. Touchdowns,
Stuart, Foster. Goal from touchdown, Leadbet-
ter. Goal from field, Whalen. Umpire, Bur-
leigh. Referee, Smith of Dartmouth. Head
linesman, Rockwell. Assistant linesmen, Crow
and Leigh. Time 10-minute quarters.
ON TO WATERVILLE
Next Saturday the Maine series starts with
Bowdoin playing Colby at Waterville and Maine
playing Bates at Orono. An attempt to figure
the outcome of the two battles would be extreme-
ly difficult, but from comparisons of the teams,
Bowdoin and Colby appear to be evenly matched, .
while Maine seems to be stronger than Bates.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
Colby will base her hopes on Lowney and Fra-
ser, her two backfield stars, and the fact that she
has a large number of veterans on the team. The
line that stopped Hudson, however, should have
little difficulty in piling up the Colby attacks.
Bowdoin and Colby have not played the same
teams this year, but the ease with which the Bow-
doin line proved itself the master of Vermont's
heavier aggregation speaks well for Bowdoin's
offense. Although the question of ends is still
puzzling Coach McCann to a great extent, the
great improvement shown in the last two games
gives promise of a wing defense and offense
hard to be beaten. Lewis's punting has attracted
attention in each game, and his sturdy toe can be
relied upon to stave off any danger. It is hoped
that Lew Brown will be able to play again by
Saturday.
The scores of the Bowdoin-Colby games in past
years follow :
1894. Bowdoin 30, Colby o.
1895. Bowdoin 5, Colby o; Bowdoin 6, Colby o.
1896. Bowdoin 12, Colby 0; Bowdoin 6, Colby
6.
1897. Bowdoin 16, Colby o; Bowdoin 0, Colby
o.
1898. Bowdoin 24, Colby o; Bowdoin 17, Colby
o.
1899. Bowdoin 6, Colby 6.
1900. Bowdoin 68, Colby o.
1901. Colby 12, Bowdoin o.
1902. Colby 16, Bowdoin 5.
1903. Colby 11, Bowdoin o.
1904. Bowdoin 52, Colby 0.
1905. Bowdoin 5, Colby o.
1906. Bowdoin o, Colby 0.
1907. Bowdoin 5, Colby o.
1908. Bowdoin 9, Colby 6.
1909. Colby 12, Bowdoin 5.
1910. Bowdoin 6, Colby 5.
191 1. Bowdoin o, Colby o.
1912. Colby 20, Bowdoin 10.
Won by Bowdoin, 13 ; won by Colby, 5 ; tied, 5.
While Bowdoin and Colby are fighting it out at
Waterville, Maine and Bates will be playing at
Orono. Although Tufts defeated both Bates and
Maine by practically the same score, Maine ap-
pears to have the advantage, for Maine has made
better scores throughout the season thus far,
while Bates was scored on last Wednesday by
Westbrook Seminary.
Frank E. Noyes, Walter A. Fenning, William S.
Cormack, Deane S. Peacock, Arthur B. Chapman.
Balfe, the former Dorchester High runner, was
not present at the trials, but was considered cer-
tain of a place in the race with Maine Central In-
stitute yesterday.
As Trainer Magee accompanied the football
team to Burlington, the freshmen were timed over
the course by Mgr. Koughan.
The time made in the run was very good when
the condition of the course is taken into consider-
ation, and some of the men should make a favor-
able showing in the trials for the Varsity later in
the year.
The team from "Maine Central Institute which
raced the Freshmen yesterday was captained by
Orrin Haskell, a brother of Charles Haskell '13.
The other men were Black, Howes, Jackson,
Wakefield, and Woodward. This was the first
Cross-Country team to represent M. C. I.
FRESHMAN CROSS-COUNTRY TRIALS
The freshmen cross-country squad held their
trials for positions on the class team at 4 o'clock
Friday afternoon and the men finished in the fol-
lowing order: Captain Clarence H. Crosby,
MEDICAL SCHOOL OPENS
The Medical School opened yesterday with as
large an enrollment as last year in spite of the
new admission requirements. All but one of the
new men have had at least two years of College
work. The Anatomy Room, in which such men
as Dr. Dwight, Dr. Weeks, and Dr. Gerrish have
taught, has been repaired although the form has
been unchanged. The faculty has been increased
to 68 members.
The following changes have been made in the
titles of members of the faculty of the Medical
School:
Henry Marshall Swift, lecturer on neurology,
becomes professor of neurology.
Henry William Miller, lecturer on mental dis-
eases, becomes professor of mental diseases.
Henry Darenydd Evans, lecturer on public hy-
giene, becomes professor of public hygiene.
Manton Copeland, lecturer on embryology and
histology, becomes professor of embryology and
histology.
Gilbert Molleson Elliott, demonstrator of anat-
omy becomes assistant professor and demonstra-
tor of anatomy.
Richard Dresser Small, instructor in obstetrics,
becomes assistant professor of obstetrics.
Thomas Jayne Burrage, instructor in medicine,
becomes assistant professor of medicine.
Joseph Blake Drummond, instructor in anat-
omy, becomes assistant professor of anatomy.
Alfred Otto Gross, instructor in embryology
and histology, becomes assistant professor of em-
bryology and histology.
Francis Joseph Welch, clinical assistant in
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medicine, becomes instructor in pulmonary dis-
eases.
Harold Josselyn Everett, clinical assistant in
obstetrics, becomes instructor in obstetrics.
Roland Banks Moore, clinical assistant in ob-
stetrics, becomes instructor in pediatrics.
Ambrose Herbert Weeks, who was elected as-
sistant professor of gastroenterology, died on
June 26, less than a week after being elected to
the position.
EXCURSION TO COLBY GAME
The first game of the State series will be held
Saturday with Bowdoin opposing Colby, her old
rival. A special excursion for Bowdoin students
and followers will be held to Waterville. The
regular schedule of trains will be run, extra
coaches being utilized to accommodate the crowd.
The fare for the excursion will be $1.50 round
trip. Two years ago a large body of students ac-
companied the team and witnessed the hard
fought contest ending in a 0 to 0 score. This is
the first opportunity that the student body has
had to show Tom McCann, Bob Weatherill and
the others who are working on and with the team
that their work is appreciated. Not only as a
matter of loyalty, however, should Bowdoin at-
tend the game en masse. As a contest it will be
worth going many more miles to see. Those who
saw Colby's fast backs charge through Bowdoin's
line for long gains last year on Whittier Field are
interested to see if the heavy and fast forwards
of this year's team can prevent their advances.
Bowdoin-Colby games are always hard games
and fast games. Get your tickets for Water-
ville !
REPORT OF TRACK MANAGER
Season 1912-1913.
A. R. Cole, Mgr.
Brunswick, Maine, June 14, 1913.
RECEIPTS
Blanket Tax $705 00
1911-1912 subscriptions
I.C.AA.A.A. Rebate ..
Vermont guarantee . . .
B.A.A. guarantee
Indoor Meet
Loan from B.B. Assn. .
Loan from Ath. Assn. .
Trinity Meet
M.I.C.A.A. Div
N.E.I.C.A.A
Inter-Scholastic Meet .
20 00
1 25
75 00
50 00
147 80
25 00
25 00
60 00
204 00
10 00
234 33
Alumni subscription
Sundries
Total Receipt $1,578 96
EXPENDITURES
Coaches (Morrill and Finneran) ....
M.I.C.A.A. Cross-Country
Vermont Cross-Country
Trips to secure coach (Capt. Haskell)
B.A.A. Meet (8 men)
M.I.C.A.A. Dues
N.E.I.C.A.A. Dues
NE.I.C.A.A. Special Assesment
I.C.AA.A.A. Dues
Indoor Meet
Trinity Meet
Loans
M.I.C.A.A. Meet (24 men)
N.E.I.C.A.A. Meet (5 men)
I.C.AA.A.A. Meet (3 men)
Inter-Scholastic Meet
1911-1912 Bill
Supplies
Incidentals (stamps, express, tele-
grams, etc. )
$390 00
9 35
156 52
39 60
123 00
15 00
15 00
10 00
10 00
75 55
149 44
50 00
182 35
60 05
41 45
202 19
1 90
33 02
8 75
Total Expenditures $T,573 :7
Total Receipts $1,578 96
Total Expenditures !,573 *7
Balance
BILLS OWED
To Printer
To Coach Finneran .
To Coach Morrill . . .
To Wright & Ditson
To Typewriter Rent .
To J. Frank Facey . .
To A. G. Spalding . .
$5 79
588 15
50 00
32 00
24 32
3 00
1 50
6 00
Total Bills owed $204 97
Balance 5 79
Total Debit $199 *8
Respectfully submitted,
Alan R. Cole, Mgr.
I have examined the books and vouchers of the
Manager of the Track Association, and the fore-
going is a correct summary of his receipts and
disbursements.
Barrett Potter, Auditor.
October 13, 1913.
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Vol. XLIII OCTOBER 21, 1913 No. 15
About Organized Cheering
Comes now a student forward with the propo-
sition that, after all, this organized cheering is
unworthy of us as an institution, that its motives
are not the highest ; that is, its purpose is partly
to "rattle" opposing teams, that we would be do-
ing American athletics a benefit by cheering only
spontaneously and as we felt moved. Then the
rally speakers are all wrong, and the many
Orient editorials are all wrong and the many
athletic captains who urge the student body to do
more organized cheering, "to cheer themselves
hoarse for old Bowdoin," are sadly in error. In
view of our recent lack of enthusiasm for organ-
ized rooting this statement demands deep consid-
eration. Is it true, as one student recently re-
marked, "that we are not a cheering college?" If
we do not really believe in our present system let
us frankly admit it and have the office of cheer
leader abolished.
The Orient believes that we are ready for no
such step. We believe that Bowdoin students
really feel the need of cheering, that in the last
analysis they want to cheer, for their team, that
to a large extent their cheering is spontaneous.
As for its purpose, anyone familiar with the eti-
quette of the Bowdoin grandstand knows that
Bowdoin yells are given to encourage the home
team, not to disconcert the opponents, knows that
fair play is practised towards opposing teams,
furthermore knows that the absence of organized
cheering leads to the evidences of what bad feel-
ing there is in the Bowdoin grandstand. Who is
there that has not felt the exhiliration of yelling
himself hoarse, throwing his cap into the air and
getting his clothes muddy if need be, in sheer
self-forgetfulness, in exultation at a well earned
victory ? At Bowdoin we need not fear too much
the win spirit. Given that moral balance which •
will not stoop to unfair means, in the organiza-
tion, or conduct of teams, and a possession of the
desire for supremacy carried out in the hardest
of physical exertion is healthy, and helpful.
There are those in the student body who have not
yet caught the spirit of spontaneity which needs
no urging to make them cheer, who do not feel
the impulse to get on their feet and sing Bowdoin
Beata when we are scored on in the first period
or last period, "just to show 'em we are not beat-
en." But these are in a minority. We repeat our
former statement that we need more cheering,
more organized cheering, more songs and more
people singing them, rooters that will "yell
themselves hoarse for Bowdoin."
Publication of Reports
We note that one of the athletic manager's re-
ports which are required by the Athletic Council
to be published in the Commencement Orient,
has not yet reached us. This is not a wholly
new condition. It is very seldom that the report
of any season in athletics is audited and present-
ed for publication until that season is almost for-
gotten. The fault is not often with the managers.
It very often happens that the books lie in the
auditor's hands untouched for months. This is a
positive handicap to the incoming manager. The
present manager of the track team has been se-
verely handicapped by not knowing, in midst of
handicapped by not knowing, now in the midst of
his season, the balance from the last year's sea-
son, or the approximate costs of items in the past.
The Athletic Council should reorganize its sys-
tem of auditing so as to secure more promptness
and efficiency.
SUNDAY CHAPEL SPEAKER
The speaker at Sunday Chapel was Rev. Dr.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
David Nelson Beach, President of Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary. Dr. Beach received the degree
of A.B. from Yale in 1872, B.D. from the Yale
Divinity School in 1881, and the degree of D.D.
from Western Reserve in 1896. He has held pas-
torates in Congregational Churches in Westerly,
R.I., Wakefield, Mass., Cambridge, Mass., Min-
neapolis, and Denver and has been president and
professor of homiletics at the Bangor Seminary
since 1903. He has been prominent in good civics
work in Massachusetts and elsewhere and is the
author of numerous books.
THE BLANKET TAX
A number of men have been granted extensions
of time for the payment of their Blanket Taxes,
and the payments have fallen due. The men are
asked to pay up as soon as possible to any mem-
"ber of the Board of Managers and get their tick-
ets of MacCormick '15 at the D. U. House. The
men to whom payments may be made are Weath-
erill '14, Leigh '14, Koughan '15, Elwell '15, Mac-
Cormick '15, Floyd '15, Simpson '14, Gray '14 and
Austin '15.
GUESTS AT INITIATIONS
Among the alumni present at the various initia-
tions last week were the following: — Prof. Wil-
liam A. Moody '82, Prof. Charles C. Hutchins '83,
Henry Chapman '91, Clement Robinson '03,
Thomas C. White '03, Prof. Marshall P. Cram
'04, John H. Brett '05, Donald C. White '05, Ar-
thur Robinson '08, Frank Thomas '08, Harrison
C. Chapman '12, Alton L. Grant '12, Charles E.
Sayward '84, Leon M. Fobes '92, Prof. George T.
Files '89, George E. Fogg '02, William H. San-
born '10, Donald Redfern 'n, Gardner Sanford
'11, Prof. George T. Little '77, H. C. Baxter '78,
Dr. Frank N. Whittier '85, John C. Minot '96, C.
5. Pettengill '98, Prof. Kenneth C. M. Sills '01,
William M. Harris '09, Frank A. Smith '12, Ed-
win C. Burleigh '13, Reginald O. Conant '13,
Daniel Saunders, 2nd, '13, Luther Dana '03,
Henry O. Hawes '10, Leon S. Lippincott '10,
George F. Cressey, '12, Stanley F. Dole '13, John
A. Slocum '13, Albert J. Curtis '70, Lyman C.
Lee '92, Lyman A. Cousins '02, James A. Clark
'05, Clarence L. Scammon '09, Richard R. East-
man '10, Arthur H. Stockman '03, Emery O.
Beane '04, Ruel W. Smith '97, Henry E. Grihen
'97, A. Donald Weston '12, Carl O. Warren '12,
Tames B. Perkins '03, Henry Evans '01, George
Kern '12, Willis Roberts '07, George H. Macom-
ber '11, Nathan S. Weston '08, Merton Bailey '11,
D. F. Koughan '09, Alton Pope '10, C. E. Allen
'15, Walter T. Hazeltine '16, Frank E. Kendrie
'10.
Among the other guests were: E. L. Mont-
gomery, Wesleyan '99 ; F. H. Burgess, Brown '12 ;
Prof. Charles T. Burnett, Amherst '95; C. B.
Rafter, Lehigh '13; Samuel B. Furbish, Amherst
'98; Prof. William H. Davis, Harvard '05; Roy
H. Flynt, Maine '04; Prof. J. L. McConaughy,
Yale '09; J. S. Wadleigh, Maine '14; P. D. Bray,
Maine '14.
COMMUNICATION
Editor of the Orient:
Through your columns I wish to make an ap-
peal to the undergraduates of the College. The
Freshman-M.C.I. Race marked the formal open-
ing of the fall track season. Other races which
follow are designed to give the men a chance to
get going before the indoor season begins. Not
enough men have reported for fall work and if
we are to have a successful track team in the
spring, we must show more life in the fall. I am
at the Athletic Field every afternoon and am
ready to take anybody in hand and get him going
in the line he is suited for. You will never feel
more like running than you do this fall and if you
get in condition now it will be easy to keep so
through the winter. If you come out now and
find out what event you are suited for, you can
put in your time in the Gym this winter on that
event and will not be wasting time trying differ-
ent ones.
Come out whether you ever ran or not. Some
of the best track men in the country discovered
their ability through willingness to try. You
may be the "find" of the year but you will never
be discovered unless you find yourself. The track
coach is not a detective and cannot hunt out
Ralph Craigs in dark corners but he can tell
whether a man is a runner or not if the fellow
gives him a chance.
Get into the Interclass Meet this week and be
part of the squad on which Bowdoin's hopes will
depend in the spring.
John J. Magee, Track Coach.
THE MacMILLAN EXPEDITION
The MacMillan Crocker Land expedition party
which set sail from Boston, July 4th, has safely
landed at Etah Harbor from which efforts will be
made to reach their winter quarters at Cape Sa-
bine.
The expedition, under the auspices of the
American Geographical Society, and Museum of
Natural History of New York, is in the charge of
Donald MacMillan, Bowdoin '98. About the mid-
BOWDOIN ORIENT
die of the month of July, the steamship Diana,
which was conveying the expedition, was strand-
ed in Belle Isle Strait and for a time it was feared
she would be a total loss, but she was safely re-
moved from her perilous berth and the expedi-
tion proceeded on its way.
Neil Fogg, Bowdoin '13, a nephew of Prof.
MacMillan, who accompanied the expedition to
Etah Harbor has returned in order to continue
his studies at Harvard University.
Word just received from one of the party states
that the polar bear promised by Explorer Mac-
Millan for the trophy room in the new gym has
been shot and weighed in the neighborhood of
700 pounds. The party is now in yj degrees north
latitude on the Greenland coast. They have on
board 30 Eskimos and 100 dogs.
€&e iU&rarp Cable
An attractive booklet in white with a gold in-
scription is "Reminiscences of an 'Old Grad,' " a
poem read at Commencement last year. It was
written by D. A. Robinson '73 and is very inter-
esting to undergraduates in its portrayal of the
impressions of 40 years ago.
By the kind thoughtfulness of Gen. Thomas H.
Hubbard of New York City the Library has lately
received a contemporary account of the degree of
doctor of laws on the Marquis de Lafayette by
Bowdoin College in June 1825 and of the address
given by President William Allen, D.D., on that
occasion. This was General Layafette's farewell
visit to America and it was hoped that he would
extend his journey eastward to Brunswick and
possibly to the towns upon the Kennebec. When
it was learned that he could not do this, the Presi-
dent with members of the faculty, the trustees
and overseers, accompanied by a large delegation
of students went to Portland, then the capital of
the state, where a most enthusiastic reception was
given the Revolutionary hero.
The Marquis replied as follows to President
Allen's address: — "With the highest sense of re-
spect and gratitude, I receive the kind visit of
the trustees and students of Brunswick College,
the testimonials of their esteem and friendship,
expressed by you, sir, in so flattering and kind
terms, and the much valued diploma, with which
you have been pleased to honor an American vet-
eran. While I much regret not to be able to offer
these sentiments at the seat of your so interesting
institution, I thank you for the opportunity you
have offered me of a personal acquaintance with
you, gentlemen of that college, where young
republicans, the hope of the country, are instruct-
ed in every literary and scientific branch, and
above all, in the first of all sciences, the science
of freedom, equal rights, and self-government;
and while I join in your liberal wishes for the en-
franchisement of mankind, while I am highly
obliged to your kind feelings in my behalf, I beg
you to accept my warmest good wishes, and most
grateful acknowledgements."
Cluo anD Council Meetings
A short meeting of the Athletic Council was
held Tuesday evening. It was voted to leave the
cancelling of the Tech Cross-Country Race to the
Track Association. Dr. Whittier reported on the
financial condition of all branches of athletics.
©n tfte Campus
McKenney '15 is an assistant in the German
department.
A number of students attended the tuberculosis
exhibit last week.
George '16 has returned to College after an
operation for appendicitis.
A larger number of students than usual found
employment at the Fair this year.
"Farmer" Kern '12 is coaching the Deering
High School football team of Portland.
Palmer '13 was on the campus last week. He
intends to enter banking in New York.
Partridge '11, Sanborn '11, Haskell '13, Marsh
'12, and Cowan '13 were on the campus Sunday.
The Dekes took the Zetes into camp last Satur-
day afternoon in football. Psi Upsilon will play
the Dekes soon.
The Bowdoin Gym is mentioned in the Brittan-
ica Year Book, a new publication received at the
Library.
Frank Bergin, who for three years coached
Bowdoin's football team, is now coach at Middle-
bury College.
Dean Sills will be at home to students at his
rooms, 31 Federal Street, on Sunday evenings
from 9 until 1 1.
Delta Kappa Epislon, Psi Upsilon, Delta Up-
silon, and Beta Theta Pi will have dances after
the Maine game.
Coffin '15, Parmenter '16, Hescock '16 and Has-
eltine '17 are members of the chorus choir at the
Church on the Hill.
The members of the Sunday Chapel choir are
Munroe '14, Wilson '14, West '15, Melloon '15,
Parmenter '16 and Haseltine '17.
As much of the equipment used by Bowdoin
crews as can be found has been collected and is
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now stored in town. Some of the equipment will
be put on exhibition in the Trophy Room.
Dr. Arthur A. Downs, prominent in anti-tuber-
culosis work in Maine and a popular lecturer at
Bowdoin on several occasions, recently died of
cerebral meningitis. He was 39 years and five
months old.
The College has lately received from Mrs. Per-
ley of Fort Preble, the skull of a barbarossa, a
rare animal found in the Dutch East Indies. This
skull was procured for the College by her hus-
hand, Col. Perley, while he was engaged in mili-
tary service in the Philippines. It has been placed
in the Biological Museum.
John Rollins '15, who was operated on for ap-
pendicitis at the Maine General Hospital at Port-
land a week ago Sunday night, is reported as
showing improvement the past few days. His
case was more serious than was at first supposed,
but the physicians in charge at the hospital ex-
pect that he will be sitting up in a few days.
Although the rain postponed Topsham Fair,
bedraggled the Midway, removed all traces of
Ethiopian ancestry from the face of the hit-the-
nigger-and-you-get-a-cigar dodger, and made the
Triangle race an impossibility, Friday and Satur-
day found a large number of Bowdoin men at
the student entrance in the Topsham woods.
The recent announcement of Charles L. Bow-
ker, Supt. of the Brunswick and Topsham Water
District, to the effect that the company is to lay
a new twelve-inch water main from Bath street,
through McLellan street to Harpswell street, is
one which is causing considerable satisfaction in
college circles. Such a course will mean better
fire protection for the Kappa Sigma fraternity
house; for the new gymnasium and for buildings
in close proximity to it. The present water main
in this vicinity is but a six-inch one.
The class of 1917 has broken all existing rec-
ords in the number of men out for the Orient
Board. The following men are wearing report-
er's badges and dogging "those who know:"
Morrill '16, Dalrymple '17, Philbrick '17, Cor-
mack '17, King '17, Blanchard '17, Stone '17, Cre-
hore '17, Brown '17, Burleigh '17, Flynt '17, Mo-
ran '17, Eaton '17, Noyes '17, Stride '17, Ladd '17,
Fobes '17 and Langs '17.
OTtb tfte JFacuItp
Doctor Walter Brown, who took the place of
Professor Burnett last year, is Instructor of
Phsycology at the University of Toronto.
Joseph S. Davis, last year instructor of Eco-
nomics at Bowdoin, is this year an instructor in
the same department at Harvard.
Professor James McConaughy has been chosen
Superintendent of the First Parish ' Sunday
School.
Professor Bell is a member of the executive
committee of the Brunswick Dramatic Club.
President Hyde and Professor McConaughy
are to be present at the annual meeting of the
Eastern Association of College Presidents at Bur-
lington, Vt.
President Hyde attended the meeting of the
trustees at Exeter, Saturday, and preached at
Amherst Sunday.
Professor Frederick Brown, at present on leave
of absence in Italy, attended the sixth centenary
celebration of the birth of Bocaccio at Certaldo
and was the only representative of the colleges of
England and America at that function.
The list of speakers for the 12th Annual Meet-
ing of the Maine Teachers' Association which is
to be held at Bangor, October 30-31, promises to
be unusually strong. Governor William T.
Haines and State Superintendent of Schools Pay-
son Smith, both Alumni of Bowdoin College, will
deliver addresses at that meeting. The list of
Bowdoin professors who will speak at that meet-
ing with the subjects of their addresses are as fol-
lows :
Professor Kenneth C. M. Sills, "Egypt and the
Classics."
Professor James L. McConaughy, "Moral Edu-
cation," "Suggestions for a Teacher's Profes-
sional Library."
Professor G. R. Elliot, "English Literature for
Students Not Preparing for College."
Professor Orren C. Hormell, "Popular Opinion
and the Granting of the Franchise to the Negro."
Professor Manton Copeland, "A Proper Bal-
ance Between the Purely Scientific Spirit and the
LTtilitarian Spirit in Biology."
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CALENDAR
Sousa's Band at Cumberland.
Cross-Country Practise, 3.30.
Football Practise, 3.30.
Interclass Cross-Country Race.
Football Practise, 3.30.
Bowdoin vs. Colby at Waterville.
Maine vs. Bates at Orono.
Inter-class Track Meet.
Resolutions
Hall of the Kappa of Psi Upsilon.
October 18, 1913.
It is with heartfelt regret that the Kappa Chap-
ter of Psi Upsilon is called upon to record the
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death of Brother Robert Lawrence Packard of
the Class of 1S6S. Strong in his love for the
Fraternity, his loyalty was unceasing, and his
constant efforts in our behalf have deepened our
respect and veneration for him.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, that while we accept the will of God
in his inscrutable purposes, we mourn most deep-
ly for our lost brother and that we extend our
most sincere sorrow to his bereaved family and
friends.
Earl Farnsworth Wilson,
Albion Keith Eaton,
Dwight Harold Sayward,
For the Chapter.
Hall of the Kappa of Psi Upsilon.
October 18, 1913.
In the death of Brother Frederick Orin Baston
of the Class of 1875 the Kappa Chapter of Psi
Upsilon has lost another of its loyal alumni.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That we express our deep sorrow at
his death and extend our sincere sympathy to
those bound closer to him by ties of friendship
and family.
Earl Farnsworth Wilson,
Albion Keith Eaton,
Dwight Harold Sayward,
For the Chapter.
alumni Department
'84. — Rev. John E. Cummings, D.D., was
awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal by the govern-
ment of Burma Aug. 19. As far as is now known,
this is the first medal of the kind to be bestowed
upon a Bowdoin graduate.
'91. — Dr. Fred E. Parker recently died of blood
poisoning at Victoria, B. C, where he had been
practising medicine for a year or more.
Dr. Parker was born in the Stroudwater section
of Portland, Me., Oct. 8, 1868. An ambitious
young man, he worked his way through Bowdoin,
where he was a member of the Theta Delta Chi
Fraternity. After a period of eight years, during
which he was physical instructor at the gymnas-
ium of Brown University, he received his M.D.
at Dartmouth. Dr. Parker afterwards became
director of the Brown gymnasium, the position
which he held until 1903. About 1907 he went to
Canada to practise, finally settling at Victoria.
'93. — Albert S. Hutchinson of Newton High-
lands, died of pneumonia at the Newton Hospital,
Oct. 7, after an illness of only a few days. He
was a member of the law firm of Hutchinson &
Hutchinson, Boston.
Air. Hutchinson was born Oct. 27, 1871, at Au-
burn, Me., the son of Liberty H. Hutchinson,
himself a prominent lawyer of Lewiston, Me.
After his graduation at Bowdoin, he taught for a
while at Riverview Academy, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y. He was graduated at the Harvard Law
School in 1899. He then associated himself with
his uncle, Freedom Hutchinson, in Boston, with
whom he remained until his death.
For several years Mr. Hutchinson had been
legal instructor at the Boston Y. M. C. A. Law
School, and had been president of the Men's
League in Newton Highlands. Mr. Hutchinson
served on the Newton School Committee for three
years. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss
Virginia Mellen, of Newton, and three children.
'01. — Harold P. Vose is now general manager
of the Phillips Invisible Wardrobe Company.
His address is 351 West 15th St.
'02. — Since Edward J. Fletcher has sold his in-
terest, the corporate name of Noyes and Fletcher,
Portland, Me., has been changed to Noyes and
Cousens (Sidney W. Noyes '02, Pres., Lyman A.
Cousens '02, Treas.). The corporation will oc-
cupy the same offices, rooms 506 and 507, in the
Union Mutual building, 120 Exchange street. It
carries securities suitable for investment by in-
stitutions, trust funds and individuals.
'06. — Romily Johnson, who is known in Italy as
Giovanni Romilli, is making a tour of the north-
ern cities of Italy under the management of Sig.
Tassoni of Milan. Mr. Johnson's very successful
appearance in the part of Oraveso in Bellini's
opera Norma, has ranked him among those artists
who can do great work, and his singing is re-
ceived with hearty applause in the more important
musical cities.
'09. — Mr. John W. Manter and Miss Mary E.
Berry of North Vassalboro, were married July 2,
at the bride's home.
'to. — Winston B. Stephens has returned from
Prussia where he has been an exchange teacher
for the past year.
'11.— Mr. Charles B. Hawes has received an
appointment on the staff of the Youth's Compan-
ion and will enter upon the duties of his new po-
sition this month. While Mr. Hawes was in Bow-
doin he was chairman of the Quill and he has al-
ways been identified with literary work.
'13.— Mr. Harold D. Archer was married on
Oct 7 to Miss Alfreda Gore, daughter of Hon.
Fred S. Gore, Massachusetts State Penal Com-
missioner, at Dorchester, Mass. The best man
and ushers were all Bowdoin men: best man,
Tames F. Hamburger '10; ushers, George W.
Howe '11, A. W. Hughes '09, Thomas Williams
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VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, OCTOBER 28, 1913
NO. 16
COLBY 12, BOWDOIN 0
One hundred and fifty loyal rooters saw Bow-
doin outscored on the Alumni Field at Waterville
last Saturday. Bowdoin was outscored but in no
respect outclassed. The whole story of the con-
test may be summed up in three words — too much
Fraser. The stocky Colby captain won the game
by his long high punts and sensational end runs.
Bowdoin's defeat is far from discouraging. The
light backfield was handicapped by the condition
of the field, but showed an undoubted ability to
gain ground. The tendency to fumbling cost us
more than one chance to score. The Bowdoin de-
fense was strong, and except for the one time
when Fraser skirted the ends after a long suc-
cessful forward pass and finally put the ball over
the last mark, the Colby backs could not consist-
ently gain ground. In punting Colby had a big
advantage on the wet field. Few of Colby's gains
were made through the line. Most of her yardage
was the result of long end runs. Our backfield,
on the other hand, was not able to skirt the ends,
mainly on account of the condition of the field.
Our gains were the result of line plunges. That
Bowdoin could not put the ball over the Colby
goal in the third and fourth periods was due to
the stiffening of the opposing line and the failure
of the Bowdoin forwards to make holes.
Weatherill and Foster made good gains
through the line, averaging a good four yards.
Their clean, hard tackling also ended many a dan-
gerous end run. Colbath and Lew Brown played
well both on defense and offense. Brown's work
on the receiving of punts was one of the features
of the game.
The line fought hard and presented a strong
obstacle in the way of the Colby backs.
No praise is too high for Captain Fraser. His
playing was brilliant, sensational and clean
throughout. To him Colby owes her victory. The
game was marred by frequent delays on account
of the breaking of the io yard line. The officiat-
ing was good and the playing clean and hard. A
word must be said for the band of loyal Bowdoin
rooters who sat in the drizzling rain cheering the
team to the last whistle.
FIRST PERIOD
Bowdoin received the kick. Recovered on the
io yard line and advanced the ball to 35 yard line.
Foster made 7 yards through left tackle. Bow-
doin fumbled and Fraser recovered on the 45
yard line and punted 30 yards. Colbath made 10
yards through the line and Lewis punted to 20
yard line. Lowney made a forward pass to Royal
for 40 yards. Lowney 5 yards. Fraser 10 yards.
Fraser 5 yards. Colby fumbled on Bowdoin's 10
yard line. Lewis punted. Ball run back to 45
yard line. Lowney 3 yards. Fraser 3 yards.
Lowney 2 yards. Cauley made 10 yards more and
Fraser went around the end for a touchdown.
Colby punted out to 20 yard line. Fraser kicked
the goal.
SECOND PERIOD
Bowdoin kicked to 5 yard line. Lowney ran
the ball back through a broken field to Bowdoin's
45 yard line. Fraser 2 yards. Cauley 1 yard.
The next two plays were smothered in the line for
no gain. Lowney attempted a forward pass but
Foster broke it up. Bowdoin's ball. Weatherill
made 5 yards. Colbath 8 yards. Weatherill 2
yards. Foster 8 yards. Foster 2.
THIRD PERIOD
Colby kicked off. Weatherill made 3 yards.
Bowdoin fumbled and Fraser recovered and punt-
ed to 10 yard line. Lewis attempted to punt but
was blocked. Colby recovered the ball on 45 yard
\ine. Fraser made 8 yards. Lowney no gain.
Cauley no gain. Fraser punted 40 yards. Lewis
returned the punt. Lowney made 5 yards. Cau-
ley 1 yard. Fraser 7. Lowney 5. Colby penal-
ized 5 yards. Lowney 12 yards. The ball was on
the 20 yard line directly in front of the goal
posts. Fraser backed and put a drop kick over.
Bowdoin kicked off. Crossman ran it- back 15
yards. Fraser punted to 15 yard line. Weather-
ill was stopped for no gain. Colbath 6 yards.
Weatherill 5 yards. Foster 12 yards. It now
looked as if Bowdoin would score. The ball was
being carried down the field on every rush. Col-
bath 4 yards. Stuart 3 yards. Lewis 3. Bow-
doin then tried a series of plays which were
smeared before they could start. Colby's line
held like a rock. Bowdoin lost the ball on Colby's
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2 yard line. Fraser punted to 45 yard line. Lewis
returned punt.
FOURTH PERIOD
Colby kicked off. Foster ran the ball back 30
yards. Bowdoin was held for three downs and
forced to punt. Fraser punted back. Brown ran
the punt back 20 yards. Colbath made 3 yards.
The ball was again in the shadow of Colby's goal,
but the Blue line held and the ball was lost.
Fraser punted 30 yards. Colbath made 2 yards.
Weatherill 10 yards. Brown no gain. Colby got
the ball on her own 10 yard line. Fraser punted
and Colby recovered Brown's fumble. Colby at-
tempted a forward pass which Bowdoin inter-
cepted. Colby's ball. Fraser punted. Lewis
punted. Fraser took the ball for 45 yards, the
longest run of the game, around right end. Bow-
doin recovered the ball on a fumble on her 3 yard
line. Lewis dropped behind the line to punt. The
ball was passed too low and he was unable to kick.
Before he could take a step he was nailed by
Stanwood, for a safety. In the next few minutes
of play both teams exchanged punts, and tried out
substitutes.
COLBY BOWDOIN
Crossman, le le, Fitzgerald
Dacey, It It, Lewis
Deasey, lg lg, L. W. Pratt
Stanwood, c c, Barry
McCormick, rg rg, Mountfort
Ladd, rt rt, Burns
Royal, re re, Leadbetter
N. Merrill, qb qb, Brown
Fraser, lhb lhb, Foster
Lowney, rhb rhb, Weatherill
Cauley, fb fb, Colbath
Colby, 12; Bowdoin, o.
Referee, McGrath, Boston College; umpire,
Pulsifer, Bates; head linesman, Kelley, Portland.
Time of periods, 15 minutes each. Colby scoring:
touchdowns, Fraser; goal from touchdown,
Fraser; goal from field, Fraser; safety, Stan-
wood. Substitutions : Colby, Pendergast for Mc-
Cormick; Pratt for Lowney; Lowney for Pratt;
McCormick for Pendergast ; Pendergast for Dea-
sey; Allen for Cauley; Eustis for Ladd; Bailey
for Lowney; I. Merrill for Crossman. Bowdoin,
Stuart for Brown; Brown for Stuart; A. Pratt
for Fitzgerald; C. Foster for A. Pratt; Stone for
Barry; Austin for Mountfort; A. Pratt for H.
Foster ; H. Foster for A. Pratt.
REVIEW AND PROPHECY
The 12 to o defeat that Bowdoin met at the
hands of Colby demonstrated that Colby has one
of the strongest fighting machines that that col-
lege has ever been able to boast. Although Bow-
doin was beaten, she died fighting, and has been
praised by her conquerors for the game battle. A
victory over both Bates and Maine will still give
Bowdoin an opportunity at least to tie the cham-
pionship.
The only conclusive result that can be safely
drawn from Saturday's battle is that Bates is
hopelessly outclassed. Defeated by the score of
34 to o, Bates at no time showed anything like the
eleven she had last year, and Maine had no diffi-
culty in scoring almost at will.
It is safe to say, however, that Bowdoin, Colby
and Maine have strong teams. At present, Colby
and Maine have the lead on Bowdoin through
having won the opening games, but next Satur-
day, when Colby meets Maine at Orono, Bowdoin
is playing Bates at Lewiston, and should come up
into a tie for second place. If Maine beats Colby
and Bowdoin beats Maine, there will be a triple
tie for first honors, providing, of course, that both
Colby and Bowdoin trim Bates, — a feat that
should be easy of accomplishment.
The Bowdoin enthusiasts who made the trip
from Waterville have nothing but praise for the
efforts of their team, and all are looking forward
hopefully to the time when the polar bear shall
fasten its claws in the big blue elephant.
The scores of the Bates-Bowdoin games in past
years follow :
1889 — Bowdoin 62, Bates 0.
1890, 1 89 1, 1892 — No game.
1893 — Bowdoin 54, Bates o.
1894 — Bowdoin 26, Bates 0.
1895 — Bowdoin 22, Bates 6.
1896 — Bowdoin 22, Bates o.
1897 — Bates 10, Bowdoin 6.
1898 — Bates 6, Bowdoin o.
1899 — Bowdoin 16, Bates 6.
1900 — No game.
1901 — Bates 11, Bowdoin 0.
1902 — Bates 16, Bowdoin 0.
1903 — Bowdoin 11, Bates 5.
1904 — Bowdoin 12, Bates 6.
1905 — Bowdoin 6, Bates o.
1906 — Bates 6, Bowdoin o.
1907 — Bowdoin 6, Bates 5.
1908 — Bates 5, Bowdoin o.
1909 — Bowdoin 6, Bates o.
1910 — Bowdoin 6, Bates 6.
191 1 — Bowdoin 11, Bates o.
1912 — Bates 7, Bowdoin 6.
Of the 20 games played, Bowdoin has won 12,
Bates seven, and one has been a tie. Bowdoin
has scored 272 points and Bates 79. It is only
creditable to say in favor of Bates, however, that
the scores of the Lewiston team have been far
better during recent years.
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ARE YOU GOING?
Bowdoin meets Bates in the second game of the
Maine series at Garcelon Field, Lewiston, Satur-
day. The game will be called at 2.30 p. m. Ar-
rangements have been made with the Maine Cen-
tral Railroad for an excursion rate of 60 cents
round trip, tickets good Saturday only. A train
leaves Brunswick at 1.33 p. m. and arrives in
Lewiston at 2.12 p. m., allowing plenty of time to
reach the field in time for the game. A train
leaves Lewiston at 5.03 p. m., arriving in Bruns-
wick at 5.40 p. m. Both these trains will carry
extra coaches. This means that every Bowdoin
student and member of the faculty may attend the
game. The cost, with such arrangements, is
merely train fare and the admission to the game,
$1.00. Tickets for the excursion will be on sale
by the Bowdoin management at the rally Friday
night. Tickets for the game will probably be on
sale at that time also.
Bowdoin has lost its first game in the State
series, and it is up to the student body to show to
the team and the general public that their loyalty
is not shaken. No better, more satisfying and
sure demonstration can be given than that of
turning out in a body for this game. Provision
will be made for the ringing of the chapel bell if
there are no students left on the campus Saturday
afternoon. LEWISTON ! ALL ABOARD !
FRESHMEN DEFEATED
Monday, Oct. 20, the Maine Central Institute
cross-country team defeated the Freshman team
in a hard race through a steady cold rain. The
collegians, with a few exceptions, showed the
lack of faithful training and conscientious prac-
tise, while their school-boy rivals were in excel-
lent condition.
The final score was: M.C.I. 22, 1917, 35.
Although 1917 failed to capture the race, never-
theless individual honors came their way, for
Crosby, their captain, won first place handily,
outdistancing the nearest competitor with ease.
Despite the unfavorable conditions under which
the race was run, the time was fast. The men
finished in the following order : —
1st, Crosby (Capt. ) of Bowdoin; 2nd, Wake-
field, of M.C.I; 3d, Haskell (Capt.) of M.C.I.
4th, Black of M.C.I.; 5th, Woodward of M.C.I.
6th, Balfe of Bowboin; 7th, Noyes of Bowdoin
8th, Howes of M.C.I. ; 9th, Jackson of M.C.I.
10th, Cormack of Bowdoin; nth, Peacock of
Bowdoin; 12th, Fenning of Bowdoin.
ternoon the Freshmen won with 22 points. The
Seniors were next with 21 points, the Sophomores
secured 18 points, and the Juniors 16. The men
finished in the following order: 1, Crosby '17,
scoring 12 points; 2, Tarbox '14, 11 points; 3,
Wright '14, 10 points; 4, Irving '16, 9 points; 5,
Cutler '15, 8 points; 6, Hargraves '16, 7 points; 7,
Balfe '17, 6 points; 8, Porritt '15, 5 points; 9,
Noyes '17, 4 points; 10, Coxe '15, 3 points; 11,
Bacon '15, did not score; 12, Peacock '17, did not
score; 13, Winter '16, 2 points.
On account of the rise of the Androscoggin,
the temporary bridge over the brook near the
standpipe had been washed away and the runners
had to swim. The chill of the cold water gave
several men cramps and put them out of the race.
Three men in each class scored as the numbers
entered by the various classes were unequal.
Crosby '17 won by a wide margin, making a splen-
did record of two victories for this season.
FRESHMEN COME BACK
In the interclass cross-country race Friday af-
INTERCLASS TRACK MEET
Tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock the Fall
Outdoor Meet will be held on Whittier Field.
Some new material will be seen in action and
there will be a general limbering up among stars
that are and stars to be. No meet of this kind
was held last year but a very successful one was
held when 1915 were Freshmen. In view of the
short time in which men have been able to train,
some of the runs have been cut down. The
events with the old and new distances will be as
follows :
100 yd. dash — cut to 75 yd. dash.
220 yd. dash — cut to 170 yd. dash.
120 yd. hurdles — cut to 80 yd. hurdles.
220 yd. hurdles — cut to 180 yd. hurdles.
440 yd. dash — cut to 390 yd. dash.
880 yd. run — cut to 660 yd. run.
The mile and two mile run will be the regular
length. The other events will be the high jump,
broad jump, and pole vault.
The following men will compete : From 1914,
Tarbox, Payson, Wright, Neal Tuttle, L. Dona-
hue; from 1915, Coxe, Bacon, McWilliams, Por-
ritt, Prescott, Cutler, Livingstone, Keegan, Mc-
Kenney, Robinson, Richardson; from 1916, C.
Hall, Fuller, D. White; Irving, Hargraves, Win-
ter, Hodgkins, Wyman, Boardman; from 1917,
Sampson, Cormack, Peacock, Chapman, H. White,
Keene, Balfe, Crosby, Langs, Noyes, Fenning,
Achorn.
Among the new men the student body will do
well to watch the work of Keene '17 in the high
jump, Sampson '17 in the pole vault, Crosby '17
in the long distances, and Balfe '17 in the middle
distances'.
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Where We Stand
Each recurring football season and the varying
fortunes of 'the team bring up sooner or later the
questions of the extent of student support, the
measure of student loyalty, the presence of the
old Bowdoin spirit. How is it this year? During
the early season games the student body seemed
to be vitally interested in the upbuilding of a
team. A large squad turned out and a large squad
stayed out, so that the present number is the larg-
est for years. The cheering was not all that it
might be at the early games, but this was due to
the lack of practice. With the beginning of the
Maine series the first test came. On a rainy
night practically the whole student body turned
out for the Colby rally. With the undoubted as-
surance of a day of drenching rain a hundred and
fifty loyal rooters accompanied the team to Wa-
terville and for two hours sat in the downpour
and cheered the hard-fighting, losing Bowdoin
team to the last ditch. And now that the first
game of the series is lost the general confidence
in the team is not shaken. Students are looking
forward with stout hearts to the games to come.
Surely we have no cause to complain as yet.
There will be a rally Friday night and an easily
accessible game Saturday. It will be a game be-
tween old rivals, between two clever, fast elevens,
fighting from whistle to whistle. There will be
an excursion with its good spirit and fellowship.
And we feel confident that the student body will
not be found wanting, that they will support the
team, as in the past, by their presence and their
lungs and their loyalty.
COLBY GAME RALLY
The first rally of the year was held last Friday
night in Memorial Hall. A large crowd was out
and enthusiasm ran high. The band was out
and, with Dick Fuller as cheer leader, there was
much cheering between the speeches and songs.
Dean Sills was the first speaker of the evening.
Besides speaking on the game he also discussed
the subject on cooperation in getting men to Bow-
doin, suggesting a revival of the Lunt plan.
"Sum" Mountfort '14, Professor Files, Trainer
Magee and Professor McConaughy were the
other speakers. All were well received, their
prophecies of victory being especially pleasing to
those present. Leigh '14 presided over the meet-
TENTATIVE TRACK SCHEDULE
Manager Koughan '15 has announced the fol-
lowing tentative schedule for the track team :
Feb. 7. — Boston Athletic Association meet at
Boston.
Feb. 27. — Bowdoin interscholastic indoor meet.
Mar. 20. — Bowdoin indoor interclass meet.
April 25. — Pending with Tech at Brunswick.
May 2. — Bowdoin vs. Trinity at Hartford.
May 16. — Maine intercollegiate at Lewiston.
May 23. — New England intercollegiate.
May 30. — Bowdoin interscholastic outdoor meet
at Brunswick.
DAN CRAWFORD COMING
On Nov. 9th, Dan Crawford will lecture under
the auspices of the Bowdoin Christian Associa-
tion. The lecture is illustrated with colored views
of parts of Africa never seen by any other white
man.
Twenty-three years ago Crawford was cap-
tured by African cannibals and made their King.
For twenty years he wore no civilized clothing
and for ten years heard no word of English. He
translated the Bible into several languages, helped
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the people rebuild their towns, and taught them
Christian ways of living. On his return to Eng-
land some months ago, he was practically un-
known, but became famous quickly through his
book, "Thinking Black." He lectured in England
and has come to America for a short tour. Bow-
doin is extremely fortunate in being one of the
few places in Maine where he is to lecture, be-
cause, as a missionary and explorer, Crawford is
the greatest since Livingston.
The Bowdoin Christian Association partially
supports each year a missionary in India, Mr.
Hiwale, a graduate of Bowdoin.
FRESHMAN— SOPHOMORE DEBATE
The Debating Council committee in charge of
the affair has set the date for the annual Fresh-
man-Sophomore debate as Friday evening, Dec.
12. The debate will be held in the Debating Room
in Hubbard Hall at 8.00 p. m. The question to be
debated is, Resolved : That the commission form
of government is the one best suited to American
cities. Each class will be represented by three prin*
cipals and an alternate. The trials for positions
will be held on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13
and 14, at 4.00 p. m. Each candidate will be al-
lowed to speak for five minutes on any phase of
the subject. Those who wish to compete must
hand their names before Wednesday night, Nov.
12, to any member of the committee in charge :
Bacon '15, Hyler '15 and McKenney '15. The
judges of the trials will be men from English 6.
COLLEGE SINGS
Two sings were held last week in preparation
for the Colby game, one on Wednesday, at the
grand stand and the other in Memorial Hall on
Thursday. All the songs and cheers were re-
hearsed, with Professor Wass leading the sing-
ing. The most important feature was the in-
vention of a new cheer, which is as follows :
B-O-W rah-rah-rah, D-O-I-N rah-rah-rah, B-O-
W-D-O-I-N rah-rah-rah, Bowdoin, Bowdion,
Bowdoin. This cheer is begun slowly, gradually
increasing in speed and ending up with three
sharp Bowdoin's.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS
The Rhodes Scholarship Examinations were
held at Augusta October fourteenth and fifteenth.
Bowdoin was represented by R. P. Coffin '15, who
took all the examinations, and by Gray '14 and
Tuttle '14, who took the Greek examinations, hav-
ing taken the others last year. Bowdoin is now
represented at Oxford by L. A. Crosby '13, who
was appointed last year.
SOME COMING EVENTS
In the Town Hall at eight o'clock tonight, un-
der the auspices of the Saturday Club, there will
be a reading by Joseph C. Lincoln, the author of
Cap'n Eri, The Postmaster, Cape Cod Ballads,
etc.
The Saturday Club has an exceptionally inter-
esting program for the current year. Among
the other entertainments which should prove of
special interest to Bowdoin students are the fol-
lowing: __^
Nov. 17 — Concert in Memorial Hall. '"*:!*,
Jan. 10 — Memorial Hall. An illustrated lecture"
on Roman Africa by Adeline Belle Hawes, M.A.,
Wellesley College.
Feb. 16 — The Ben Greet Players, presenting "A
Comedy of Errors."
Feb. 28 — Unitarian Church. Illustrated lec-
ture— The Birds of the Bermuda Islands, by Pro-
fessor Alfred Otto Gross, Ph.D.
Mar. 13 — Memorial Hall. Lecture — The Tar-
iff and the Ultimate Consumer, by Henry Crosby
Emery, Ph.D., LL.D.
TO THE STUDENTS
At this date, while there is still time to alter
plans it may not be amiss to make a few an-
nouncements concerning the Maine game to be
played here a week from Saturday. In the past
the Bowdoin cheering section has been in the
grandstand and has suffered considerably be-
cause of the lack of compactness. Maine will be
present, this year, as usual, with a large rooting
section. The bleachers located directly in front
of the Hubbard grandstand, are roomy, give an
excellent view of the field and are preferred by
many to grandstand seats. After considerable
consultation with students it has been thought best
for all concerned to locate the Bowdoin cheering
section in these seats. The section could thus be
more compact, the cheering would carry better
and the men would get as good a view of the
game as in the grandstand seats. This arrange-
ment, however, is not final and the manager
would be glad to talk with any student about the
matter and get the student sentiment.
Seats for the game will be on sale next Mon-
day afternoon in the Manager's Room in the New
Gymnasium. Each student will be limited to the
purchase of six seats.
As large a number of students as possible
should make plans to occupy the cheering section.
Friends and relatives can be located in the
grandstand. Every Bowdoin man's place on the
afternoon of the Maine game is with the Bowdoin
rooters or on the field in uniform.
Robert D. Leigh, Manager.
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CIuo ano Council Meetings
The Maine Central Institute Club was formed
last week with ten members. At the first meeting
the following officers were elected : President,
Ivan Merrill '15; Secretary and Treasurer, Ire-
land '16.
At a recent meeting of the Debating Council,
debating prospects were discussed for the next
year and committees for the ensuing year formed.
This year Bowdoin has a contract to debate both
Hamilton and Wesleyan. The committees are as
follows : Committee on Interclass Debating, Ba-
con '15, chairman, McKenney '15, Hyler '15;
Committee on Interscholastic Debating, Bickford
'14, chairman, Marr '14, Talbot '15.
At the recent meeting of the Bowdoin Publish-
ing Company, the constitution was discussed with
the idea of changing parts of it. The constitution
with the revised parts will be submitted for ap-
proval to the editorial boards of Orient and
Quill.
Ci)c iLiorarp Cable
"The New York Times Index" is one of the
books in the library which is not consulted by the
students nearly as frequently as it should. By
means of this book the college has adopted a new
method that is an important step toward an ideal
reference system. Up to this year the library has
kept on file copies of The New York Tribune.
But from now on The New York Times, one of
the leading Metropolitan newspapers, will take
its place.
This change has been brought about by the pub-
lication of "The New York Times Index." The
Index is issued quarterly and contains an exhaus-
tive index of the reading matter in the Times for
the three months of time covered. Under each
main topic are listed the subdivisions and subjects
treated under these heads, with the date of the
paper containing the article, together with the
page and column. By means of the Index the
student has access to complete and accurate con-
temporary accounts of almost any subject at
hand.
The Index is accurate, complete, and exhaus-
tive in its scope. The value of contemporary data
is evident, and is much more complete and de-
tailed than the ordinary text-book information.
The system also has the advantage of providing
up-to-date reading matter on topics of the day,
that can be obtained in no other way.
The Index is being received enthusiastically
wherever it is introduced and its merit is at-
tested to by librarians in colleges everywhere.
John A. Lowe, Librarian of the Williams Col-
lege Library, says : — "A careful examination of
the first number of "The New York Times In-
dex" manifests clearly its inestimable value in
University and College libraries. The biblio-
graphic arrangement is excellent. The classifi-
cation is clear. The subject headings are well-
divided, minute and distinct. The cross-refer-
ences and generous use of sub-heads brings out
much additional material. The notation used al-
lows data to be given in a compact form."
The Index is to be found at the Library, and
copies of the Times are placed in the newspaper
room daily. The Library will have the Times
bound quarterly and back numbers of past years
will be reserved in separate volumes. Students
who desire complete and accurate information on
almost any subject will do well to consult the In-
dex and the files of The Nezu York Times.
flDn tbe Campus
About 150 attended the college sing Thursday
night.
William G. Hawes, Amherst '97, was a visitor
at College last week.
A call has been issued for candidates for read-
er on the musical clubs.
Russell '14 has returned from a two weeks'
business trip to New York.
Kern '12, Shackford '13 and F. J. Libby '94
were on the campus Sunday.
Stone '15 is suffering from a sprained ankle
received in football practice last week.
Sousa and Gladys Klark have been offering
rival attractions at a local theatre recently.
The dates of the Annie Talbot Cole lectures
have been announced as November 6 and 7.
November 24th is the date of the general re-
view, at which time upper class warnings are is-
sued.
From the amount of rain we have had this last
week, we might almost judge that Topsham Fair
is still in progress.
Those men who have not received Orients this
year should hand their names and college ad-
dresses to Gray '14.
Juniors are urged to have their pictures taken
immediately at Webber's for the Bugle. Unless
the pictures are taken soon it will be impossible
to obtain special rates.
Niven '16, Evans '16, Dunn '16, Kuhn '15, and
Hayes '14 spent the week-end in Boston.
The announcement made by President Hyde in
Sunday Chapel that probably in a few weeks we
would see a stiffening of the regulations regard-
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ing "majors" caused a noticeable sigh from the
student body.
The pamphlet Life at Bowdoin may now be
obtained at the Dean's office Each student is
entitled to one copy which will be sent to any
address he leaves at the Dean's office.
During the past month the campus has received
a thorough renovating from end to end. The job
has been in charge of J. Pluvius. It is the opinion
of the student body that the campus should now
be set out to dry.
A number of fellows saw George Cohan in
"Broadway Jones" at the Jefferson in Portland
last night. George Arliss in "Disraeli" will un-
doubtedly attract a number to Portland next
Monday afternoon and evening.
November third will be the day that many non-
suspecting freshmen will receive their first for-
mal invitation to call on the powers that be.
Warnings are notices sent out to all freshmen
who have not made a grade of 60 or better in any
of their courses. A warning in one course may
be worked off, but a major warning or a notice
•of failure in two or more subjects is sufficient
cause for probation.
Manager Koughan took a number of cross-
country men to Waterville Saturday morning in
order that they might walk over the Colby course
with Trainer Cohn of Colby. The Maine Inter-
collegiate Cross-Country race will be held on this
course Nov. 5. The final trials for the Bowdoin
team will be held Friday, Oct. 31. The men taken
to Waterville were Tarbox '14, Wright '14, Har-
graves '16, Irving '16, Cutler '15, Porritt '15, Coxe
'15, Bacon '15, Balfe '17, Noyes '17.
Bowdoin College has recently obtained a Bab-
lyonian tablet written with cuneiform letters that
is upwards of 4000 years old. It is a bit of tem-
ple record from Drehen discovered by Dr. Edgar
J. Banks of Greenfield, Mass., who was the field
director of the expedition for oriental exploration
sent by the University of Chicago to Babylonia.
This "oldest book" in the library is of clay, and as
it is written on the side as well as on the front and
back, it may be said to number three pages. The
impressions are remarkably clear.
president and the first meeting will be held in
Cambridge during Christmas vacation.
mitt> m JFacuItp
Professor James L. McConaughy spoke at
Newcastle, Sunday, October 19th.
Professor Davis has been appointed a secretary
of the New England Public Speaking Confer-
ence. The purpose of this conference will be
very similar to that of the Modern Language
Conference. Professor Winthrop of Harvard is
ART BUILDING NOTES
Miss Elizabeth H. Pennell has bequeathed to
the College a fine water-color marine by Charles
H. Woodbury, which has just been received and is
now on exhibition in the Boyd Gallery. She also
bequeathed a pencil drawing, a landscape, by Mr.
Woodbury, and this latter is on exhibition in the
lecture room of the Walker Art Gallery.
€6e SOtfier Colleges
By a vote of the faculty, "Proclamation Night"
has been abolished at the University of Vermont.
"Billy" Queal, the noted Canadian distance run-
ner, is coaching the Yale cross-country squad.
The Williams Club of New York City, organ-
ized this fall, has a membership of 689.
Hamilton has decided to establish a coeduca-
tional summer school in English and oratory, to
open in 1914.
Twenty-six men have registered at Williams
this fall as candidates for the degree of Master
of Arts.
Only twelve men out of a total registration of
more than ten thousand responded to the first call
for cross-country candidates at Columbia last
week.
Violations of the honor code at the University
of Illinois are tried before a court of twelve stu-
dents.
Through a vote of the student body, the tango,
turkey trot and other new dances have been
barred for the year at the University of Vermont.
The University of Washington is planning to
send a crew to England next June to compete
with the English colleges in the annual Henley
regatta.
According to statistics just compiled at New
Hampshire State College, fifty per cent, of the
students now enrolled are partially self-support-
ing, and twenty-five per cent, depend upon par-
ents or friends for no financial aid whatever.
The smaller colleges of the east are consider-
ing the formation of an intercollegiate associa-
tion for the purpose of securing proper rating and
better recognition for their athletic teams.
The University of Oregon Department of
Journalism, although only one year old, opened
this fall with a registration of ninety-three stu-
dents, and ranks fourth largest among the schools
of journalism in the United States.
The fraternity scholarship trophy for the sec-
ond semester of 1912-13 at Western Reserve was
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won by Alpha Delta Phi. Delta Upsilon was sec-
ond and Phi Gamma Delta third.
By a vote of 315 to 20, the freshman class of
the Wharton Engineering School, a department
of the University of Pennsylvania, has adopted
the honor system for the present collegiate year.
Newcombe College, the women's department of
Tulane University, will shortly occupy new quar-
ters adjoining the men's college. A central build-
ing, a dormitory, an art museum, and a music
building will be erected at a cost of $1,500,000.
The Intercollegiate Socialist Society, organized
"to promote an intelligent interest in socialism
among college men and women," reports, at the
beginning of its eighth year of activity, a mem-
bership of sixty-four undergraduate and twelve
alumni study chapters, an increase of twenty-one
over last year.
Syracuse students have commenced the plant-
ing of fifteen million young trees at the experi-
ment station of the New York State College of
Forestry. It is expected that these trees, which
will eventually develop into a forest of fifty acres,
will prove a valuable investment.
Statistics show that college women marry a
year or two later than non-college women, usually
get better husbands, average a fraction more chil-
dren per marriage, and rear a larger percentage
of these children to manhood and womanhood
than do their fellow women who do not get the
benefits of a college education. — Case Tech.
Four million dollars will be the cost of eight
new buildings to be added to the Harvard Cam-
pus. The buildings are either just completed, or
are in the process of construction, and include a
library, freshman dormitories, the stadium bridge,
a music building, a museum, two laboratories, and
an herbarium.
CALENDAR
Oct.
28. Football practice, 3.30.
29. Interclass Meet, Whittier Field, 4.00.
Football practice, 3.30.
30. Y. M. C. A. Meeting, 7.00.
Football practice, 3.30.
31. Varsity Cross-Country Trials, 4.00.
Bates Game Rally.
Nov.
1. Bowdoin vs. Bates at Lewiston.
Colby vs. Maine at Orono.
3. George Arliss in "Disraeli," Portland.
Freshman Warnings.
6. and 7. Annie Talbot Cole Lecture, by Alfred
Noyes, Memorial Hall.
8. Bowdoin vs. Maine at Brunswick.
Colby vs. Bates at Waterville.
Beta Theta Pi Dance.
Delta Upsilon Dance.
Delta Kappa Epsilon Dance.
Psi Upsilon Dance.
Dan Crawford Speaks.
13 and 14. Interclass Debating Trials, 4.00.
15. Bowdoin vs. Tufts at Portland.
17. Concert in Memorial Hall.
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alumni Department
'74. — News has been received of the death of
Willard R. Hemmenway at St. Paul, Minn., on
Sept. 23. After graduation he was for two years
principal of Greely Institute at Cumberland, Me.
He then taught for a year at Minneapolis, Minn.,
and began in 1879 his long career at La Crosse,
Wis., where he was principal of the high school
for nearly thirty years. The closing years of his
life were ones of ill health spent near St. Paul.
'89. — The recently published annual report of
Emerson S. Adams, A.M., Superintendent of
Schools at Central Falls, R. I., shows that he has
under his charge ninety-five teachers and nearly
two thousand pupils.
'03. — Farnsworth G. Marshall has been chosen
superintendent of schools at Maiden, Mass., fol-
lowing his four years' service in the same posi-
tion in Augusta. There were 35 candidates for
the position.
Mr. Marshall was born in Upper Fairmont,
Md., Sept. 25, 1875. He was principal of the
High School at Old Town after his graduation
from Bowdoin and then became principal of the
High School at Augusta, being made superinten-
dent in 1910. During his college course, he at-
tained high marks in his studies and was promi-
nent as a debater.
'03. — Dr. Seldon O. Martin is Instructor in
Commercial Organization and Director of the
Bureau of Business Research at Harvard Univer-
sity. It was under his immediate charge that, in
191 1, the Bureau made a standardization of meth-
ods in buying, selling, stock-keeping and account-
ing in the retail shoe store.
'12. — Both the faculty and the students have
expressed admiration for John L. Hurley's manly
act and sympathy with him in his injuries. The
training which the former captain received on the
football team surely stood him in good stead, by
enabling him to act quickly and courageously in
the attempt to save Samuel Peters from death in
the live wire accident at Maiden.
The College is pleased to learn by the latest re-
port that, although his right hand was severely
burned, no amputation whatever will be neces-
sary. Hurley is rapidly recovering.
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VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK, MAINE, NOVEMBER 4, 1913
NO. 17
BOWDOIN 10— BATES 7. NOV. 1
At the beginning of the second half the Bow-
doin team came on the field with a score of 7-0
against them. The moment the ball was put into
play it was seen that the old Bowdoin spirit — that
spirit which has won so many games in the last
few minutes of scrimmage — was dominating the
whole team. Down the field they went, rush af-
ter rush, persistent, irresistible. Weatherill and
Foster smashed through Bates' line for gains of
5 to 20 yards at every rush. At last the ball was
on the 20 yard line. Captain Weatherill shot
through tackle for a touchdown. Leadbetter
kicked the goal, and the score was tied. But the
Polar Bear was not yet satiated. The smashing
attack went on, until near the close of the fourth
period, with the ball on Bates' 20 yard line, La-
Casce, the dependable, was sent in. Dropping
back he coolly booted the ball in a perfect kick
over the bar, and the game was won.
The whole game was a splendid exhibition of
good generalship, hard fighting and dogged per-
sistency. The advantage shifted constantly and
served to keep the cheering sections on nerves'
edge.
No praise can be too high for the splendid work
done by Captain Weatherill. Not only did he in-
still a spirit of win-or-die in his team but he set
them the example of a whirlwind attack, and a
rock-like defense.
To "Herb" Foster, also, belongs much of the
glory of victory. His line plunging was phenom-
enal; his tackling hard and clean. His 20 yard
plunge through the line was one of the features
of the game. And to LaCasce, cool-headed,
steady, and dependable, we owe much for our vic-
tory !
The game was marred by the great number of
penalties imposed on both teams for holding. But
this" may be excused in the light of the fierceness
of the game.
Bowdoin came back in the face of an imposing
score and a strong team.
FIRST PERIOD
Bates won the toss. Captain Danahy decided
to receive the kick and to defend the west goal.
Mountf ort kicked to Cobb who was brought down
on his 20 yard line. Eldredge was held for no
gain, but on the next play skirted right end for 8
yard's. Mountfort tackled Butler for no gain
around right end. Eldredge made first down
through center, and then rushed the ball 5 yards.
Dyer fumbled, and Weatherill recovered. Fitz-
gerald smashed through center for 15 yards.
Brown made 3 yards, and Fitzgerald four. Man-
uel tackled Weatherill for a loss. Bowdoin held
for downs. Bates was unable to gain. Eldredge
punted 55 yards to Brown who was dumped by
Danahy. On the next play Bowdoin was penal-
ized 15 yards for holding. Lewis dropped back in
punt formation and Weatherill tore through for
10 yards. Tackled by Kerr. Incomplete pass,
Weatherill to A. Pratt. Lewis punted to Davis
on the 35 yard line. He was tackled after mak-
ing 3 yards. Eldredge made 7 yards in two rushes
through right tackle. Eldredge hurt. Bates at-
tempted a trick forward pass — a double pass be-
hind the line — but Foster broke it up. Bowdoin's
ball on the 50 yard line. Brown thrown for a loss
by Butler in an end run. Weatherill fumbled and
Harding recovered the ball. Bates worked a for-
ward pass, Dyer to Cobb. Eldredge 3 yards and
first down. Ball was on Bowdoin's 45 yard line.
Dyer went through center for 19 yards and was
pulled down on the 26 yard line by Weatherill.
Butler made 4 yards, and Dyer 1. (Bates' cheer-
ing section pleaded for a touchdown.) Bowdoin
held for downs on her 18 yard line. Colbath re-
placed LaCasce. Colbath no gain. Brown no
gain. Lewis punted 40 yards to Davis. Dyer
made 3 yards. Eldredge held for no gain through
tackle. Bates penalized 15 yards for holding.
End of period. Ball on Bates' 28 yard line.
SECOND PERIOD
Talbot replaced Davis, and Stillman went in
for H. Cobb.
Weatherill and Colbath made first down by two
plunges through the tackles. "Herb" Foster, in
two rushes through the center of the line, tore off
7 yards. Bowdoin was penalized 15 yards for
holding in the line. Foster made 3 yards around
right end. Lewis punted 30 yards to Talbot who
was dropped in his tracks by Weatherill. Dyer
made 10 yards around right end. Dyer 2 yards
through center. Leadbetter tackled Butler for
no gain around left end. Bates then attempted a
triple pass toward left end. A. Pratt broke it up.
Talbot punted 25 yards to Weatherill who ad-
vanced the ball 5 yards. Lew Brown thrown for
a loss around left end. Foster made 5 yards
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through center. Foster I yard through center.
Lewis punted 30 yards to Talbot. Eldredge 3
yards through center. Bates fumbled and Bow-
doin recovered. Foster made 3 yards around
right end. Colbath 1 yard through guard. Brown
was held for no gain through center. Colbath
dropped back for a place kick from the 45 yard
line. The kick went wide and rolled outside on
Bates' 10 yard line. Dyer made 5 yards around
left end. Eldredge held for a gain of only 1 yard
by Mountfort. Talbot 2 yards through center.
Bates penalized 15 yards for holding. Talbot
punted 20 yards to Lew Brown. Foster 10 yards
through left tackle. Colbath 3 yards through cen-
ter. Bowdoin penalized 15 yards for holding.
Foster made 4 yards. Forward pass to Brown for
a gain of 10 yards. Colbath tried place kick from
40 yard line and failed. Danahy recovered the
ball on Bates' 10 yard line. Dyer held for no gain
through "Monti." Dyer 2 yards through center.
Talbot punted to Brown, who ran the ball back 10
yards. Weatherill gained 3 yards on an end-
around play. Bates was penalized 5 yards for
being off side. First down for Bowdoin with ball
on Bowdoin's 37 yard line. Colbath no gain
through left tackle. Lewis dropped back to punt.
Kerr broke through and blocked the punt. P.
Cobb recovered the ball, and with a clear field
ran it back 15 yards for a touchdown. Cobb
kicked the goal. Bowdoin kicked off to the 15
yard line. Cobb made 15 yards around left end.
Kennedy held for no gain. Talbot 10 yards
through center. End of half, with ball on Bates'
44 yard line. Bates, 7; Bowdoin, 0.
THIRD PERIOD
Cliff Foster replaced A. Pratt, A. Cobb for
Stillman, and Dyer for Kennedy. Bates kicked
to Weatherill on 20 yard line, who returned the
ball to Bowdoin's 40 yard line. Colbath gained 2
yards through center. Foster held for no gain
through left tackle. Lewis nailed for a loss on a
run around right end from punt formation. Lewis
kicked to Butler on 30 yard line. Ball advanced
4 yards. Butler 4 yards through center. Tackled
by Colbath. Butler 6 yards through guard. Burns
held Eldredge for no gain at left tackle. Manuel
hurt but stays in game. Dyer made 6 yards
through center. Tackled by Weatherill. Dyer 2
yards. Talbot made first down by a 2 yard plunge
through guard. Dyer one-half yard through left
tackle. Weatherill intercepted a forward pass to-
ward left end. Colbath 6 yards around left end.
Colbath tackled by A. Cobb for no gain. Foster
made first down through left tackle. Bowdoin
penalized 15 yards for holding. Foster nailed for
a loss by Butler. Colbath no gain through center.
Manuel hurt again. Lewis punted 45 yards to
Talbot. Ball recovered on the 10 yard line. Ken-
nedy kicked 30 yards. Weatherill 10 yards. Fos-
ter no gain through Moore. Ball on Bates' 20
yard line. Weatherill took the ball on a plunge
through right tackle. Broke loose and cleared 10
yards before he was tackled. With three men
hanging to him he rolled and twisted the remain-
ing distance to the line for a touchdown. Lead-
better kicked a perfect goal. Clifford replaced
Manuel, who was hurt again. Mountfort kicked
to Butler on 20 yard line. Eldredge no gain. But-
ler 1 yard through center. Talbot kicked to Lew
Brown who was tackled by Cobb. Captain Dana-
hy hurt. Foster tore around left end for 20 yards.
Colbath followed with a 10 yard gain through left
tackle. Foster tackled by A. Cobb for no gain
around left end. Brown made 3 yards through
center. Clifford got Weatherill for no gain
around left end. Colbath fails to kick a goal from
placement. Bates recovered the ball on her 3
yard line. Talbot punted 40 yards from behind
his goal. Foster through center for 4 yards.
Tackled by Dyer. Colbath 1 yard. A. Lewis
thrown for a loss on an end run from punt form-
ation. Captain Danahy carried from the field.
Replaced by Deweeva. Ball on Bates' 33 yard
line. Weatherill 10 yards on a straight plunge.
Colbath 5 yards through left tackle. Brown one-
half yard. Foster made 5 yards and first down.
Colbath 4 yards around left end. Foster stopped
at left tackle. Connor replaced Dyer. Ball on
Bates' 6 yard line. Foster tackled by Deweeva
for no gain. Weatherill 1 yard through left
guard. Bates' ball. End of quarter with the ball
on Bates' 4 yard line.
FOURTH PERIOD
Manuel returned to the game in place of Clif-
ford. Kennedy replaced Connor. Talbot punted
to Brown, who was tackled on the 34 yard line by
Eldredge. Foster made 2 yards around left end
on a triple pass. Weatherill made 4 yards ;
tackled by Brooks. Stuart replaced Brown at
quarter. Colbath no gain. Dyer went in for
Manuel. Colbath tried place kick from 40 yard
line and missed by a yard. Bates' ball on their 20
yard line. Butler made 6 yards : tackled by C.
Foster. Butler no gain through center. Forward
pass failed. Talbot kicked to Stuart. Kennedy
got tackle. Lewis made 5 yards around right end
from punt formation. Weatherill 3 yards. Col-
bath passed to Stuart. Play broken up. Lewis
kicked to Talbot. Talbot fumbled the ball and re-
covered it behind his goal for a touchback. Bates'
ball on 20 yard line. Talbot tackled by Lewis for
no gain on a plunge through center. Talbot punt-
ed to Stuart on 50 yard line. Stuart ran the ball
back 15 yards. Foster 5 yards through left tackle.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Lew Brown replaced Stuart. Ball now on Bates'
35 yard line with five minutes to play. Kennedy
laid out. Replaced by Connors. Weatherill made
10 yards before he was stopped by Deweeva.
Weatherill 3 yards through left tackle. Colbath
1 yard through left tackle. Foster made first
down by a 4 yard plunge. Colbath 1 yard around
right end. LaCasce replaced Colbath. Ball now
on Bates' 20 yard line. LaCasce 2 yards. Foster
2 yards. The ball was on Bates' 16 yard line with
three minutes to play and the score tied. When
LaCasce dropped back for a kick, the crowd fair-
ly held their breath. Back came the ball, and
LaCasce sent it over the bar true as a die. Score
10-7, with only about three minutes to play. Davis
replaced Connors, and Cobb, Brooks. Bowdoin
kicked off to Cobb on 5 yard line. Lewis got
tackle. Eldredge made 5 yards. Foster inter-
cepted a forward pass on the 40 yard line and
made 5 yards. Cliff Foster made 5 yards around
right end by a very smooth fake pass. Weatherill
no gain. H. Foster 5 yards. Weatherill no gain.
Bates' ball on 35 yard line. Eldredge 9 yards.
Mountfort injured and Moore disqualified for
rough playing. Russell took Moore's place.
Brewster replaced Mountfort. Bates penalized
half the distance to her goal. In the remaining
few minutes of play, Bates made desperate efforts
by forward passes and on side kicks to advance
the ball down the field. When the whistle blew
the ball was on Bates' 30 yard line.
POLAR BEAR AND ELEPHANT CLASH
Both winners in Maine state games Saturday
demonstrated their ability in the second half.
With Bates ahead by the score of seven to noth-
ing, Bowdoin won the game in the last half by
making a touchdown and a goal from the field.
Played almost to a standstill in the first two pe-
riods, Maine defeated Colby in the second half by
making a goal from the field, — the only score of
the contest.
Conservative prophecies only can be made
about the Bowdoin-Maine game at Brunswick
next Saturday, but .the general opinion is that the
team that can put up the stronger battle in the
second half will win out.
Throughout the season both Bowdoin and
Maine have offered splendid exhibitions of "come
back" after their opponents have gained ground
almost at will. Maine, in her game with Yale,
showed strength to hold a supposedly superior
even to the last whistle, and Bowdoin, in the Trin-
ity game, showed ability to hold even the near-all-
American Hudson.
That Bowdoin can rely on a possible goal from
the field was proved Saturday. Although the first
two tries went wide, the third kick from place-
ment missed only by inches, while the fourth at-
tempt, LaCasce's drop kick, could not have been
better. Maine also has a star drop kicker in the
person of Ruffner, who made Maine's only tally
against Colby.
Maine has the technical advantage through her
defeat of Colby after Colby won from Bowdoin,
but it must be remembered that a bad first quarter
was responsible for ten of Colby's 12 points, and
after that neither side was able to advance with
any degree of certainty.
But those who think Maine has the victory se-
cure are doomed to disappointment. With Satur-
day's victory fresh at hand, Bowdoin's chances of
the game are more than even. Coached to the
height of perfection by Tom McCann and kept in
the pink of condition by Trainer Magee, the
Bowdoin team should be able to keep Maine's de-
fense from crossing the goal line, and should be
able to make at least one score against the Orono
team.
Thus far Bowdoin and Maine have met in 17
games of football. Bowdoin has won 10 of these
games and Maine 6. The 1910 game was a score-
less tie. Here are the scores of all the games :—
1893 — Bowdoin, 12; Maine, 10.
1896 — Bowdoin, 12; Maine, 6.
1898 — Bowdoin, 29; Maine, o.
1899 — Bowdoin, 14; Maine, 0.
1900 — Bowdoin, 38; Maine, o.
1901 — Maine, 22; Bowdoin, 5.
1902 — Maine, 10; Bowdoin, o.
1903 — Maine, 16; Bowdoin, o.
1904 — Bowdoin, 22; Maine, 5.
1905 — Maine, 18; Bowdoin, o.
1906 — Bowdoin, 6; Maine, o.
1907 — Bowdoin, 34; Maine, 5.
1908 — Bowdoin, 10; Maine, o.
1909 — Bowdoin, 22; Maine, o.
1910 — Bowdoin, o; Maine, o.
1911 — Maine, 15; Bowdoin, o.
1912 — Maine, 17; Bowdoin, o.
INTERCLASS TRACK MEET
The annual fall outdoor Interclass Track
Meet , Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 29, was won by
the Freshmen with a score of 40 points. The
Sophomores secured 24 points, the Seniors 12 and
the Juniors 9. Wyman '16 and Crosby '17 were
tied for individual honors with ten points each.
Keene, Balfe, Sampson and Fillmore were Fresh-
men who did good work.
Continued on page 136
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Vol. XLIII NOVEMBER 4, i9*3 No- J7
Ready Bowdoin!
In anticipation of the big game of the year as
far as Bowdoin and Brunswick are concerned,
this issue is given over to the football team. All
indications point to a record breaking crowd for
the big contest on Whittier Field and everything
will be in readiness for the whistle at 2.30. And
Bowdoin will be ready. For eight weeks Tom
McCann, Capt. Weatherill and the faithful white-
stockinged squad have been working long and late
for this crucial contest. For eight weeks the stu-
dent body to a man has been waiting too for the
Maine game. If Bowdoin loses there will be no
excuses to offer. If Bowdoin wins— well, you
will hear about it. Comparative scores elsewhere
might lead to a gloom cloud on the horizon, but
on the campus this fall there is a deep and abiding
confidence in those eleven trusty warriors and
their quiet coach. The student body will be there
Saturday cheering the team to the last second of
play. We're behind you, team !
Masque and Gown Starts
While student interest is bent on the football
team and its prospects, another student activity of
a different nature is this week making its annual
beginning. The Masque and Gown will start on
the work for its Ivy play with the reading Wed-
nesday evening. The work of the club will this
year be watched with great interest by those who
saw what a rapid advance was made in Bowdoin
dramatics last season. The opportunity for par-
ticipation in this branch of activity is good, as
there are very few experienced men in the student
body. The appeal to the man who is an upper-
classman and who has not yet identified himself
with any student activity should be strong. Only
a large number of competitors will ensure a suc-
cessful season. Anyone is eligible to turn out.
We are pleased to note that the club will for the
first time in a number of years take several trips
with their plays. Such a feature should prove an
inducement to candidates.
Continued from page 135
Because some of the men have trained but a
short time the clashes were cut down, 100 yards to
70 yards, 220 yards to 200 yards and the hurdles,
220 yards to 200 yards.
Mile Run. — First, Crosby '17; second, Irving
'16; third, Tarbox '14. Time, 5 min., 24-5 sec.
70 Yard Dash. — First heat, Balfe '17 and Pres-
cott '15. Time, 8 1-5 seconds. Second heat, Wy-
man '16 and Smith '15. Time 8 1-5 seconds. Fi-
nals: First, Wytnan '16; second, Balfe '17; third,
Smith '15. Time, 8 sec.
High Jump. — First, Keene '17; height, 5 feet,
6 inches. Second, H. White '17; height, 5 feet, 3
inches. Third, Boardman '16; height, 5 feet, 2
inches.
Two Mile Run. — First, Cutler '15; second, Irv-
ing '16; third, Hargraves '16. Time, 11 min.,
242-5 sec.
200 Yard Dash. — First, Wyman '16; second,
Fillmore '17; third, Livingstone '15. Time, 20 3-5
440 Yard Dash. — First, Balfe '17; second,
Wright '14; third, Richardson '15. Time, 593-5
sec.
880 Yard Run. — First, Crosby '17; second, Cor-
mack '17; third. Cutler '15. Time, 2 min., 143-5
sec.
Pole Vault.— First, Sampson '17; height, 9 feet.
Second, Merrill '14; height, 8 feet, 6 inches. (Two
entries only.)
Broad Jump. — First, Hall '16; distance, 17 feet.
61/, inches. Second, Keene '17; distance, 17 feet,
6 inches. Third, Boardman '16; distance. 17 feet.
c, inches.
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200 Yard Hurdles. — First, L. Donahue '14.
Time 27 2-5 sec. (Only one entry.)
The officials were : Referee and starter, Coach
J. J. Magee; clerk of course, Koughan '15; as-
sistant clerk of course, Chase '16; judges. Bacon
'15, Buhleier '17, Payson '14, Tapley '15, Wilson
'14; timers, Dr. Frank N. Whittier, Sayward '16;
scorer, McKenney '15.
MASQUE AND GOWN CHOOSES PLAY
Announcement was made recently by the Exec-
utive Committee of the Masque and Gown, Bow-
doin's dramatic club, that "The Marriage of Kit-
ty" has been chosen for the road production and
Ivy play. This is a bright comedy which was
written ten years ago especially for Marie Tem-
pest and was produced first in London.
Announcement has also been made that the
Commencement play will be Shakespeare's
"Twelfth Night." Trials for this production will
be. held some time this month. All students de-
siring to try for parts in this production are ad-
vised to read over the play and determine their
choice of a part. Professor Elliott will cooperate
in the direction and production of this play.
The membership of the Masque and Gown is
composed of those elected by the club from the
casts of its two productions. The present mem-
bership is as follows: Leigh '14, president; Cal-
lahan '14, manager; Hall '15, assistant manager;
Head '16, Elwell '15, P. Donahue '14, Bacon '15,
P. White '14. Russell '14, Buell '14, Cole '14,
Evans '15, MacDonald '15. Honorary members,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Brown, Professor Fred-
erick W. Brown, Professor Herbert Bell, Dr.
Charles T. Burnett. Dr. Burnett is Faculty Ad-
INTERCOLLEGIATE CROSS COUNTRY
Thirty-two men will answer the starter's pistol
at Waterville tomorrow in the second annual
cross-country race between the four Maine col-
leges. The Bowdoin trials were Friday afternoon
and although no time was given out, it is under-
stood that the leaders finished in close to record
time. The runners who made the team finished
in the following order: Crosby '17, Captain Tar-
box '14, Wright '14, Irving '16, Hargraves '16,
Noyes '17, Porritt '15, Cutler '15. Balfe '17'is al-
ternate. All the men finished in good condition.
Through her victory over Dartmouth, Maine
appears to have the call in tomorrow's race. In
Wenz, Colby has a man who has been picked by
sporting writers as first place winner. Bowdoin's
hill and dale men have improved wonderfully dur-
ing the past few weeks and Coach Magee's
charges should render a good account of them-
selves.
The officials for the meet follow : —
Referee. — Lawson Robertson of New York
Judges at Finish. — Carl Cook of Maine, Dr.
Herbert C. Bell of Bowdoin, Dr. John Hedman of
Colby and L. R. Sullivan of Bates.
Timers. — Dr. G. F. Parmiter of Waterville, L.
E. Willard of Waterville and S. M. Josephs of
Waterville.
Clerk of Course. — Robert Ervin of Colby.
Assistant Clerk of Course. — Irving Merrill of
Colby.
Announcer. — L. E. Warren of Colby.
Scorers. — Harry Stinson of Waterville, Capt.
Harold Pepper of Waterville, A. W. Blake of
Waterville, M. C. McAlary of Maine, F. Hawes
of Colby.
Assistant Scorers. — Paul Cristaffer, Harold
Rand, Robert Willard, Louis Willard, Ray Luce,
all of Colby.
Inspectors. — Irving Carson, Leonard Shea,
Daniel Whipple, Gerald Lucas, James Carroll,
Peter Mayers, Charles Scribner and Alfred Rich-
ardson.
"68 PRIZE SPEAKERS
The following men have been chosen from the
class of 1914 to compete in the Class of '68 Prize
Speaking Contest in January : — Elwyn C. Gage,
Alfred E. Gray, Robert D. Leigh, Alfred W.
Newcombe, Kenneth A. Robinson, Richard E.
Simpson.
CLASS ELECTIONS
The Sophomores and Freshmen held class elec-
tions last Friday. J. B. Moulton was elected cap-
tain, and A. B. Haggett, Jr., manager, of the
Sophomore football team. The Freshmen chose
for class treasurer S. H. Colton, Jr., for football
captain F. J. Corbett, and for football manager,
N. U. McConaughy.
The teams will start practicing immediately for
the annual Freshman-Sophomore football game,
which will be played the Saturday before Thanks-
giving.
MANDOLIN CLUB SELECTIONS
The following men have been retained for the
mandolin club: Barton '14, leader; Stratton '16,
Dalrymple '17, True '17, Standish '14, Demmons
'15, Lappin '15, Chase '16, Cruff '16, Hall '15,
Stone '17, Hale '16, Little '16, Dunton '15, Weath-
erill '16, Tapley '16, Boutwell '17, Parmenter '17,.
Turtle '14, Achorn '17, McCargo '14, Elwell '15,.
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and Kelley '16. Another cut will be made before
the final selection.
READING FOR MASQUE AND GOWN PLAY
Tomorrow evening at 8.15 in the Delta Kappa
Epsilon House Mrs. Arthur F. Brown, the direc-
tor of the Masque and Gown will give a reading
of "The Marriage of Kitty," which is to be pro-
duced this winter by the college dramatic organi-
zation. The purpose of this reading is to familiar-
ize the candidates for parts with the various
characters in the play, so that they may more in-
telligently choose the part for which they will try
•out. Any student in college is invited by the club
to attend. At this meeting the time and details
for the trials will be announced.
Manager Callahan announces that this play will
be used as the club's vehicle in several produc-
tions in Maine cities and towns. There will be
performances in Portland, Bath, Bangor, Augus-
ta and probably Rockland. Trips into New
Hampshire may also be taken. This play will be
used also for the annual Ivy production.
DAN CRAWFORD HERE SUNDAY
To spend 23 years in the heart of Africa, to be
condemned to death by native cannibals and later
made their king, to hold services over the spot
where the heart of the explorer Livingston was
buried, to translate the Bible into a language hav-
ing 32 tenses and 19 genders— these are experi-
ences which make Dan Crawford a unique man.
Mr. Crawford will speak next Sunday at the
morning service and at Sunday School at the
Church on the Hill, at the College Chapel ser-
vices, and will give his illustrated lecture in the
evening in Memorial Hall.
BATES GAME RALLY
A rally was held in Memorial Hall last Friday
evening, before the Bates game. Callahan '14
presided and opened the meeting with announce-
ments about trains and tickets for the Lewiston
trip. The first speaker was Professor Hutchins,
who talked of the age and universality of sport
and concluded by urging the team to go in and
finish its work, for every Bowdoin man was ex-
pecting it to do its utmost.
After "Brosie" Burns had prophesied victory,
Professor Nixon was introduced. He praised
vigorous cheering and spoke of the sort of spirit
which we should have toward these games. The
last speaker was Col. E. C. Plummer '87, who told
of the power back of Bowdoin championship
crews and teams in the past and said that the
same qualities that enable us to score victories
here will bring us success in the game of life.
There was a good attendance and much enthus-
iasm. The meeting closed with cheers and "Bow-
doin Beata."
SECOND ROUND OF TENNIJ
The second round of the Fall Tennis Tourna-
ment has been partially played off and the fol-
lowing results were obtained: Card '15 beat
Nason '14, 8-6, 8-6; Greely '16 beat Ogle '17, 6-0,
6-2; Flynt '17 beat Woodman '16, 6-3, 6-3; Ladd
'16 beat Coffin '15, 6-2, 6-1.
Cluo anO Council Meetings
A meeting of the Deutscher Verein was held
at Professor Ham's house on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
The feature of the meeting was the address of
Professor Evanius, the Prussian Exchange
teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy. Prof. Evan-
ius spoke in German and gave a very interesting
talk on Kaiser Wilhelm.
After the talk the Verein elected officers for
the current year. The result of the election was
as follows: Vorstand, Neal Tuttle '14; Schrift-
wart, F. T. Garland '14; Kassenwart, M. W.
Hamblen '14. The meeting closed with the sing-
ing of German student songs.
The Gibbons Club met for its first meeting last
Tuesday evening, but as all the members were
not informed of the meeting, very few were pres-
ent and no business was accomplished. The next
meeting will be held this evening at the Theta
Delta Chi House.
Cfce Ltorarp Caole
The library has recently obtained two books of
unusual nature and interest. One is unique in
that there are probably only one or two other vol-
umes of its kind in existence. With the exception
of one in the Boston Public Library, there is un-
doubtedly no book like it.
This little book bears this rather long and
quaint inscription on the title page : "Unfruitful
Hearers detected and warned ; or a Discourse
wherein the Danger of, and by, Unprofitable
Hearing is laid open and cautioned against." The
book was first published in 1696, but there are
probably no copies of this earlier edition left to-
day. The second edition was . issued May 10,
1754. This curiously printed volume is interest-
ing more as a curio than as a work of recognized
and established literary merit. The printing is
the old style, the s's closely resembling our f's,
and all the nouns being capitalized.
The other book is one of the recent gifts to the
library. It is a finely printed edition of the Greek
BOWDOIN ORIENT
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testament, published at Amsterdam in 171 1 and
presented by General Ellis Spear of Washington,
D. C, class of 1858. The volume is made doubly
interesting and valuable from its previous owners.
Alpheus S. Packard, D.D., the instructor of
Henry W. Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne,
once owned the book. Professor Samuel Adams
of Illinois College also owned the book at one
time, as did the recently deceased Robert S. Pack-
ard, A.M., of Washington, D. C.
20n tDe Campus
Wallace '17 has left college.
Freshman warnings came out yesterday.
Fobes '17 has been at home on account of sick-
ness.
Conant '13 and Holt '13 were in Brunswick
Saturday.
"Bowdoin peanuts" were much in demand at
Lewiston Saturday.
A number of Bowdoin professors saw the game
in Lewiston Saturday.
The Saturday Club will give a concert in Me-
morial Hall next Monday night.
Koughan '15 has been away from College for
a few days on account of business.
'"X" Callahan is carefully guarding a horseshoe
that he found on the way home from the Bates
game.
According to reports of the weather man, last
month was twice as wet as any October for 38
years.
Beta Theta Pi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Up-
silon and Psi Upsilon will have dances after the
Maine game Saturday.
Bridgham '17, who was called home on account
of his mother's illness, is expected to return to
College within a week.
There will be a meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Cab-
inet next Sunday after Mr. Crawford's evening
meeting at the Beta house.
Alan R. Cole '14 went to Boston Friday to at-
tend a meeting of the executive committee of the
New England Intercollegiate Athletic Associa-
tion.
Rollins '15, who was operated on for appendi-
citis in Portland recently, returned to his home in
Bangor yesterday. It is not known when he will
be able to return to College.
The dramatic club will meet tomorrow night at
8.15 at the D. K. E. house. Sophomores who' in-
tend to go out for assistant manager of the dra-
matic club should hand their names at once to
Callahan at the Beta house.
The 1913 cross-country cup, which was won
this fall by the Freshmen, is to be engraved with
the numerals of each winning class, and it will
become the permanent possession of that class
which wins it three times. The cup will probably
be placed in the gymnasium with the other tro-
phies.
Sum Mountfort, who was injured in the Bates
game Saturday, was brought home to the Theta
Delta Chi house Sunday from Mt. Mary's Hos-
pital in Lewiston. He was unconscious for about
two hours but recovered sufficiently to travel Sun-
day. He is gaining rapidly but there is great
doubt as to whether he will be able to play next
Saturday or not.
A Freshman meeting will be held in Memorial
Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7.30. A short busi-
ness meeting will be held first and a general good
time will follow. One of the features will be a
stereopticon lecture on "Old Bowdoin" by Pro-
fessor McConaughy. The object is to let the
Freshmen meet all of their classmates. "Eats"
of some sort will be served.
mitb t&e jFacultp
Gerald G. Wilder, assistant librarian of the
College, has purchased Mr. Alvord's house on
Page street. Mr. Alvord will reside on McLellan
street.
Professor James McConaughy will give a talk
on "Fighters and Quitters" at the men's banquet
of the Winter Street Congregational Church in
Rockland tomorrow evening.
Doctor Little gave a talk last week on "The Use
of the Library" to those men interested in debat-
ing.
CALENDAR
4. Gibbons Club Meeting.
5. Maine Intercollegiate Cross-Country Race at
Waterville.
6 and 7. Annie Talbot Cole Lecture, by Alfred
Noyes, Memorial Hall.
7. Maine Game Rally.
8. Bowdoin vs. Maine at Brunswick.
Colby vs. Bates at Waterville.
Beta Theta Pi Dance. j
Delta Kappa Epsilon Dance.
Delta Upsilon Dance.
Psi Upsilon Dance.
9. Dan Crawford Speaks.
Y. M. C. A. Cabinet Meeting.
11. Meeting for Freshmen.
13 and 14. Interclass Debating Trials, 4.00.
15. Bowdoin vs. Tufts at Portland.
17. Concert in Memorial Hall.
22. Freshman-Sophomore Football Game. ,
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alumni Department
The request was made last year that the alumni
of the College send in occasional contributions to
their department of the Orient. Many of them
have accordingly given us interesting and vital
material, which we have ever been pleased to pub-
lish. But we do not believe that the alumni, as a
whole, have given us anything like the amount of
news which they are in a position to give. We
usually have to procure our news by more indi-
rect means. Now, Bowdoin men are active and
prosperous throughout the country. A record of
these activities can find no place more appropri-
ate and more hospitable than the columns of the
Orient. The undergraduates always welcome
any news from the alumni. They are interested
in the more successful and in the less successful.
And, furthermore, the alumni are interested in
the deeds of one another. They are to realize, we
hope, that this is their own department. Now, a
little more cooperation !
'94. — At a recent meeting, the directors of the
Canal National Bank of Portland elected William
W. Thomas to the position of president to suc-
ceed his father, Elias Thomas, who died about
two weeks ago. Born April 18, 1873, he is thus at
the age of forty one of the younger bank presi-
dents of New England. He was the third William
Widgery Thomas to be graduated at Bowdoin.
He was graduated at the law department of Le-
land Stanford, Jr., University in 1897, and be-
came a member of the Cumberland Bar in 1898.
For many years he had been an associate of his
father's in the real estate and timberland busi-
ness. He has also been a director of the Canal
National Bank for some years, being therefore
well qualified to undertake his new duties.
'95-— At the fall meeting of the Boston Life
Underwriters Association, October 28th, J. Ever-
ett Hicks, who is Massachusetts Manager of the
Union Mutual Life Insurance Co., delivered an
address on the Three Essentials of Successful
Life Insurance Salesmanship. Mr. Hicks is just
moving into new offices in the new Merchants'
National Bank Building, at the head of State St.
William R. Spinney '13 is with Mr. Hicks.
'98. — William W. Lawrence, Ph.D., has edited
Much Ado About Nothing for the MacMillan
Company. Dr. Lawrence is professor of English
at Columbia.
'03. — Charles P. Connors was married to Miss
Marion Brown of Belmont, Mass., Wednesday
evening, October 22, at the chapel of St. Cecelia's
Church in Boston. The wedding ceremony was
performed by Dr. James A. Supple of the church.
Miss Marjorie Brown of Belmont was the bride-
maid. Thomas C. White of Lewiston, a class-
mate of the bridegroom, was the best man. The
ushers were Walter M. Sanborn '05 of Augusta,
Francis H. Kendall of Belmont, and two brothers
of the bride, both of Belmont. The wedding
ceremony was attended by many of the friends*
It was followed by a reception at the bride's
home, 45 Common St., Belmont. After a wedding
trip of two weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Connors will re-
side at 45 Highland Avenue, Bangor, where they
will be at home after January 1st. Mr. Connors
is one of the prominent younger members of the
Penobscot County Bar, being a successful prac-
tising attorney in Bangor. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Connors. He received his de-
gree from the University of Maine College of
Law. At Bowdoin he was a member of the Alpha
Delta Phi fraternity. He is a member of the
Maine Legislature.
'04.— Philip M. Clark, Harvard Law School '07,
is Progressive candidate for County Attorney in
Middlesex County.
'07. — Mr. Paul A. Buttrick has recently re-
ceived an appointment in the Department of
Agriculture at Washington.
'09. — The committee of arrangements for the
fifth reunion of the class of 1909, to be held at
Bowdoin during Commencement Week of next
spring, met in the office of Irving Rich, Portland,
on Tuesday, October 28, to talk over the plans of
the coming celebration. At the meeting it was
voted to send a challenge to the class of 1904, who
at the same time are to hold their tenth anniver-
sary, for a track meet and ball game, to take place
at the Gurnet on Wednesday afternoon of Com-
mencement Week. Besides issuing the challenge,
it was voted to hold a grand celebration in the
shape of fireworks and band concerts Tuesday
night in front of the Alexander house, which will
be the headquarters of the class during the week.
The Brunswick Band will furnish the music.
Other arrangements were talked over and the
meeting adjourned. The committee of arrange-
ments for the class reunion is composed of Presi-
dent William Harris of Westbrook Seminary,
Ralph O. Brewster of Portland, John S. Simmons
of New York, and Irving Rich of Portland.
'10. — Frank D. Townsend, who since gradua-
tion has been connected with the New England
Tel. & Tel. Co., in Boston, has recently been ap-
pointed assistant traffic chief in the New Bedford
district.
'12. — Several of the fellows who visited "Jack"
Hurley last week were pleased to find him rapidly
recovering and of good cheer.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK, MAINE, NOVEMBER II, 1913
NO. 18
BOWDOIN, 0; MAINE, 9— Nov. 8
Maine beat Bowdoin last Saturday by a score
of 9-0, thus winning a clear title to the State
championship.
Up to the third period the game was one of the
most closely contested ever seen in this state.
Both teams fought every inch of ground with
every grain of spirit in them. At the end of the
first half the supporters of both colleges were pre-
dicting a scoreless tie. Then came that disas-
trous third period. After Bowdoin had held
Maine for downs on the 4 yard line and had
punted out of danger, Brown fumbled Cobb's
return punt and Donahue fell on the ball for a
touchdown. In the fourth period Maine made her
only earned score by a drop kick from the 15 yard
line. The score of 9-0 can in no way express the
closeness and fierceness of the game. Maine won
by her ability to follow the ball and by her heavy
shifty line.
In. praising the Bowdoin players one is at a loss,
for we all feel that every man played the greatest
game of his life. Time and again Maine sent her
backs crashing against the stone wall of Bow-
doin's line for no gain. From end to end the line
plaved as one man. and with a fierceness and ag_
gressiveness that characterized the whole game.
Leadbetter. Brewster and Burns were the pillars
of strength. Captain Weatherill, playing his last
state championship game for old Bowdoin, by his
personal example of fight and pluck inspired his
team to a frenzied attack and defense.
An enumeration of the personal prowess of
each man is superfluous for those who saw the
wonderful game. Bowdoin lost. Rightfully we
have nothing more to say, yet there is not a sup-
porter of the White who in his heart does not feel
that the fickle goddess Fortune held the destiny of
the game.
FIRST PERIOD
Maine won the toss and chose to defend the
east goal and to receive the kick. Stuart kicked
off to&Cobb on the 12 yard line. Cobb ran the ball
back to the 36 yard line where he was stopped by
Weatherill. Cobb dropped back for a punt but the
pass went over his head and rolled to the 12 yard
line. Brewster got the tackle. Martin made 1
yard through the right side of the line. Cobb
punted 53 yards to Stuart, who was nailed in his
tracks. Bowdoin gained two yards in two rushes
through the center of the line. Lewis punted 15
yards and Bowdoin recovered the ball on a fum-
ble. Fitzgerald made 2 yards through left tackle.
Weatherill made 2 yards on a fake pass through
left tackle. Bowdoin was tackled for a loss of 1
yard. Lewis punted to the 15 yard line to Ruff-
ner, who ran the ball back 5 yards. Martin made
5 yards through left tackle. Cobb dropped back
into punt formation and took the ball around left
end for 15 yards. Tackled by Stuart. Donahue
and Martin made 5 yards. Cobb punted 45 yards,
to Stuart, who ran the ball back 5 yards before
Ruffner and Murray got him. Fitzgerald made I
yard through right tackle. Weatherill fumbled
and Leadbetter recovered for a 3 yard loss. Lewis
punted 30 yards to Cobb who was tackled by A.
Pratt. Cobb fumbled and Bowdoin recovered.
Lewis punted 35 yards to Cobb, who returned the
punt to Stuart. Sawyer got the tackle after the
ball had been advanced 15 yards. Fitzgerald made
6 yards in two rushes through right tackle. Col-
bath no gain. Lewis punted to Cobb on the 15
vard line. Donahue made I yard through center.
Purington 14 yards around right end on a fake
kick. Cobb punted to Stuart on the 25 yard line.
Colbath no gain through center. Weatherill made
4 yards in two rushes through the right side of
the line. Lewis punted to Cobb on Bowdoin's 45
yard line. Cobb punted 35 yards to Stuart. Bow-
doin made 5 yards through rushes. Lewis punted
to Ruffner. End of period. Ball on Bowdoin's
37 yard line.
SECOND PERIOD
Donahue, Martin and Purington opened the pe-
riod, and by a gain of 12 yards placed the ball on
Bowdoin's 24 yard line. Ruffner then tried for a
field goal from the 31 yard line but the try failed.
LaCasce made 5 yards through right tackle, and
after an unsuccessful attempt by Foster, Weath-
erill made 8 through right tackle. Herb Foster,
on three rushes made 7 yards, but on Weatherill's
unsuccessful attempt to make first down Maine
got the ball on her 44 yard line. Maine then drove
Bowdoin back to her 28 yard line, where Bowdoin
intercepted Cobb's forward pass, and LaCasce
made 6 around the left end. After Foster had
made 1 yard, Bowdoin was penalized 15 yards for
holding. Murray then drove Lewis back 3 yards
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and the latter punted, putting the ball on Maine's
43 yard line. Cobb then kicked 27 yards and
Weatherill, after making 6 through right tackle,
made 17 around right end.
Bowdoin, in the next line up, was penalized 15
yards, and Lewis punted 40 yards to Cobb. Bow-
aoin held here, and Cobb punted for 20 yards.
Foster, Weatherill and Brown then added 13
yards and the half closed with Bowdoin in pos-
session of the ball on Maine's 36 yard line.
THIRD PERIOD
Brown received Gulliver's kick off and ran 11
yards when he was downed by Martin. After
unsuccessful rushes by Foster and LaCasce,
Lewis punted to Cobb. After rushing the ball for
a yard, Maine kicked 35 yards to Brown, whom
Purington immediately downed. Lewis then
kicked a spiral which sailed 45 yards before being
received by Cobb. Maine then carried the ball to
Bowdoin's 47 yard line, where Brewster recov.
ered the ball on Martin's fumble. Lewis punted,
and it was returned, on Bowdoin's 25 yard line.
Foster fumbled, and when Purington obtained the
ball, Maine made first down on Bowdoin's 15 yard
line. Maine then made 5 through right tackle,
but after several rushes, Maine failed to go her
distance, and Lewis punted from the 6 yard line.
After Donahue had gone through center for 3,
Cobb punted to Brown and on a fumble Donahue
made the touchdown. Cobb kicked out, but the
ball fell, leaving the score 6-0 in favor of Maine.
After Bowdoin had kicked, Martin made 5, and
• Cobb punted 30 yards to Brown. Lewis then
kicked for 45 yards, and Maine brought the ball
to the 47 yard mark, and then punted to Bow-
doin's 25 yard line. The period closed after Bow-
doin had brought the ball back 10 yards.
FOURTH PERIOD
Lewis punted to Ruffner who received it on the
40 yard line, but immediately Cobb kicked to
Bowdoin's 20 yard line. Bowdoin then punted
and Cobb made a 26 yard run around Bowdoin's
left end, placing the ball on her 12 yard line.
Donahue and Ruffner then rushed the ball 4 yards
more, and on the 16 yard line Ruffner made an
unsuccessful try at a drop kick. After being
pushed back, Bowdoin punted to Maine on her 24
yard line. Maine after unsuccessful attempts at
a forward pass, punted, and Baker took the ball
on Bowdoin's first play. Maine then carried the
ball to Bowdoin's 3 yard line where the White
held for downs, and then punted. After Maine
had been penalized 15 yards for holding, Cobb
punted to Stuart on Bowdoin's 10 yard line. Bow-
doin tried a forward pass which went to Maine
on the 20 yard line. Maine then made a yard on
forward passes, and Cobb made the drop kick
which gave them three more points. The period
closed soon after, with no important plays by
either team.
The summary :
MAINE BOWDOIN
Purington, le re, Leadbetter
Murray, It rt, Burns
Sawyer, lg rg, Brewster
Baker, c c, K. Stone, Barry
Gulliver, Tipping, rg lg, L. Pratt
Wark, rt It, Lewis
Bernheisel, re le, A. Pratt, C. Foster, Beal
Cobb, qb
qb, Stuart, Brown, Fitzgerald, MacCormick
Ruffner, lhb rhb, Weatherill
Donahue, rhb lhb, Fitzgerald, H. Foster
Martin, fb fb, Colbath, LaCasce
Score, University of Maine 9. Touchdown,
Donahue. Goal from field (drop kick), Cobb
Umpire, George N. Bankhart, Dartmouth. Ref-
eree, Thomas F. Murphy of Harvard. Head
linesman, Thomas H. Kelley of Portland A. A.
Time, 15m. periods.
THE LAST GAME
Next Saturday afternoon in Portland the Bow-
doin football team plays the last game of the
present season and, incidentally, the final college
game on a Maine gridiron, against the Tufts
team. Early in the season Coach McCann pre-
dicted that Tufts would be the strongest team
Bowdoin would meet this year and from present
indications this prediction is entirely true. He
did not add that Bowdoin would present their
strongest front of the season against the Massa-
chusetts champions of the season, but it is true
that his team will enter their last game with all
the experience of seven games against strong
teams, none the worse for injuries and with all
the power and speed and driving force gained
from a season's practice and playing. For Tufts,
too, this is the final game and they are coming
to Portland intent on duplicating their perform-
ance of last year at Medford. With a record of
defeating Wesleyan, Bates, Maine and Vermont,
which Bowdoin has also met, and of defeating the
fast Massachusetts Agricultural College team and
outplaying West Point, they have received the
most favorable comments from the sporting
critics throughout the East. Bowdoin will play
the best small college team produced in New Eng-
land this year.
Their play is much different from that of the
University of Maine. Their emphasis is on the
work of a fast and powerful backfield. The spec-
tacular open style of play, the forward pass and
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quick shifts, and long end runs are used exten-
sively in their offense. Angell and Wescott are
two of the best men ever representing their col-
lege. Angell is especially proficient in the throw-
ing of long forward passes.
Against this aggregation will be pitted seven
veterans playing their last game for "old Bow-
doin" and four other hard-playing men. Those
who have watched for four years the work of
Captain "Bob" Weatherill, "King" Pratt and
"Brose" Burns; for two years, the work of "Lew"
Brown, Elroy LaCasce and Arthur Pratt; and
this season, the playing of "Sum" Mountfort,
know that next Saturday in their final game in a
Bowdoin uniform they will play as they never
have played before. Steadiness, power and grit
and Bowdoin fight are the characteristics of their
playing. Mountfort, playing against his old team-
mates may be counted on for one of his best ex-
hibitions. Against the Wesleyan team Bowdoin
prepared a defense for forward passes and its
success against that aggregation in this branch
was notably successful. Since that game no team
has been able to employ this method of offense
for any considerable gains against Bowdoin.
Next Saturday, however, the White will meet an
aggregation whose long suit is this style of play.
Those who follow the game will watch with the
keenest interest the ability of our men to inter-
cept the long Tufts passes. Such an outlook
means a game full of exciting moments, and
spectacular plays.
ALL-MAINE ELEVEN
Captain Weatherill and Coach McCann have
picked the following all-Maine team: left end,
Royal, Colby; left tackle, Murray, Maine; left
guard, Pratt, Bowdoin; center, Baker, Maine;
right guard, Gulliver, Maine ; right tackle, Burns,
Bowdoin; right end, Leadbetter, Bowdoin; quar-
ter back, Cobb, Maine; left half back, Fraser,
Colbv ; right half back, Lowney, Colby ; full back,
Dyer, Bates.
McCann and Weatherill disagreed on the posi-
tion of right half, McCann wishing to place
Weatherill there. The Lewiston Sun yesterday
had an all-Maine team chosen by the coach and
captain of each team. In nearly every one
Weatherill was named.
THE EXCURSION
According to the usual custom there will be an
excursion to Portland Saturday for this final
game with Tufts. Those who have been in col-
lege for a year or more need not be told the
pleasures of this football day and evening in
Portland. There is the game, always a good
one, representing the best and final efforts of two
strong teams, in one of whom is your interest
and faith and hope. Then there is the celebra-
tion of the end of the season and the evening at
the theatre. Last year, practically every member
of the student body was present at the game.
This year there should be none left to keep the
faculty company at the late morning recitations.
Arrangements have been made with the Maine
Central Railroad for special rates good Saturday
to Monday of ninety-five cents round trip. The
band will be there and head the student body pro-
cession from Union Station to Monument Square.
Tufts will be present with the largest rooting
squad they have ever sent with the addition of a
large number of Boston alumni of both institu-
tions.
The regular train service will be augmented by
the addition of extra coaches.
AFTER THE GAME
Through the kindness of fthe management of
the Jefferson Theatre the Saturday evening pro-
duction of Madame Sherry will be Football Night.
Boxes have been tendered the players of both
teams on opposite sides of the theatre and there is
little doubt but that the students of both colleges
will make a memorable occasion of the evening.
Before the theatre party the members of the
Bowdoin football squad will hold their annual
banquet in the State of Maine room of the Fal-
mouth Hotel. At this time the season's training
will be brought to its official close.
Tickets for the Tufts game will go on sale at
the Manager's Room in the Gymnasium Thurs-
day afternoon t. 30-4. 30. This will be the only
student sale of these reserved seats and it is ab-
solutely necessary that students get their tickets
at this time. The unsold tickets must be re-
turned to Portland for general sale. The price
is 50c for general admission, grandstand 50c,
bleachers 25c. The Bowdoin cheering section
will be in the grandstand.
TUFTS WILL BE IN PORTLAND
400 STRONG. A YELL FOR A YELL!
WILL YOU BE THERE?
BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Vol. XLIII NOVEMBER 11, 1913 No. 18
The Rally vs. Noyes
An interesting contrast between the attitude
of the Bowdoin faculty members and that of
many other institutions in New England was
brought out by the scheduling and holding of
the Annie Talbot Cole Lecture on the evening
preceding the Maine game. For years this even-
ing has been set aside by the student body and
returning graduates for a rally before the big game
of the year. Although the annual event has not
been raised to the dignity of a Bowdoin Night
such as Dartmouth night, before their big game,
and Maine Night, it was one of the two large
rallies of the year. Loyal alumni who cannot be
at the Maine game send back messages for the
event and altogether it is one of the most im-
portant student gatherings of the year. The
wisdom of those in charge of these lectures is
not questioned by the Orient. It only illus-
trates the rather striking attitude of the Bowdoin
faculty. At other institutions the faculty co-
operate with students in making such rallies a suc-
cess ; the President of the institution presides
and prominent faculty members speak. At Bow-
doin such a rally is, evidently, considered to be
of much less moment. Returning alumni this
year were somewhat surprised to find Memorial
Hall used for a lecture and reading on Interna-
tional Peace on the eve of our great gridiron
struggle and some were very much disappointed.
The student body was only partially reconciled
to the situation and was represented in great part
by Freshmen with English 1 considerations. But,
perhaps, we are emphasizing our own special in-
terests too much at the expense of our deeper
intellectual training. What do you think?
THE FINAL STANDING
For the third successive year, the University of
Maine has won the state football championship,
but never has any team had to work the way
Maine has to secure it. Following Maine's clean
slate comes Colby with two victories and one de-
feat; Bowdoin, with one victory and two defeats,
and Bates, with three losses.
Credit must be given to Maine and to the men
who made up the team, but in the giving of that
credit, the other three colleges should not be for.
gotten. Each team put up the stiff est sort of foot-
ball and stubborn resistance by the losers was
often more praiseworthy than the offense of the
winners.
Even if Bowdoin failed to win the champion-
ship, Bowdoin men cannot but feel pleased with
the work of their team and coaches. Although
not particularly heavy, Bowdoin's line has held
men much heavier and the backs have gained
through lines supposedly superior.
But perhaps the greatest praise that Bowdoin
can receive is that given by their opponents.
Maine's confidence in piling up a huge score is
equalled only by her surprise at the game Bow-
doin played and the comparatively low one she
was obliged to accept.
All four colleges lose heavily by graduation
next spring, and a prophecy as to next fall would
be more or less of a gamble, but— "here's hop-
The absence of the big BOWDOIN banner
has been noticed at the games this Fall. The
cheering leaders have instituted a search for it,
but it is nowhere to be found. It must be had
before the excursion Saturday. Let everyone
look in his closet for it and that of his neighbors.
We must get the BOWDOIN banner. Notify
X. Callahan if found.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
MS
CONCERT IN MEMORIAL HALL
The concert to be given Monday, November 17,
in Memorial Hall, by the Downer-Eaton Trio and
Mrs. Grace Bonner Williams of Boston, promises
to be a rare treat.
Mrs. Jessie Downer-Eaton is one of Boston's
most famous pianists. She has appeared as solo,
ist with the largest and most popular combina-
tions of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and is a
favorite with patrons of high class music.
Julius Theodorowicz, the violinist of the trio,
is one of the Saturday night soloists of the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra. For seven years he
was one of the famous Kneisel Quartet and for
two years was a member of the Hess-Schroeder
Quartet. On any concert stage he is always
greeted with applause.
Joseph Keller came to this country seventeen
years ago to occupy the first desk as 'cellist in the
Boston Symphony Orchestra of which he is still
a member.
Mrs. Williams is considered one of the finest
singers in this part of the country, and is said to
compare favorably with the better artists of the '
Metropolitan Opera Company. For five years she
has been the soloist of the Handel and Haydn
Society of Boston, and also soloist with the Ce-
celia and Apollo Club of Boston.
MAINE TAKES CROSS-COUNTRY RACE
Over a four and one-half mile course of city
streets, country roads, fields, and ploughed
ground, the Maine Intercollegiate Cross-Country
race was run at Waterville, last Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Maine finished with five men among the first
seven and won with twenty points. Colby was
second with forty-five points, Bowdoin next with
seventy-one points and Bates last with one hun-
dred three points. The work of Preti of Maine,
Wenz of Colby and Crosby of Bowdoin, all
Freshmen, was the feature of the race.
Preti of Maine finished first in 27 minutes, 7 3-5
seconds; second, Wenz, Colby, 27 min., 202-5
sec; third, Towner, Maine, 27 min., 37 sec;
fourth, Bell, Maine, 27 min., 47 sec. ; fifth, Brooks,
Maine, 27 min,, 472-5 sec; sixth, Crosby, Bow-
doin, 28 min., 22-5 sec; seventh, Dempsey,
Maine, 28 min., 11 sec; eighth, Gerrish, Maine,
28 min., 1 1 2-5 sec. ; ninth, Webster, Colby, 28
min., 20 sec. ; tenth, Waldron, Colby, 28 min., 33
sec; eleventh, Thompson, Colby, 28 min., 332.5
sec; twelfth, Doe, Bates, 28 min., 55 sec; thir-
teenth, Rand, Colby, 28 min., 582-5 sec; four-
teenth, Tarbox, Bowdoin, 29 min., 3 sec; fif-
teenth, Golden, Colby, 29 min., 9 sec. ; sixteenth,
Irving, Bowdoin, 29 min., 43 sec. ; seventeenth,
Noyes, Bowdoin, 29 min., 52 2-5 sec. ; eighteenth,
Cutler, Bowdoin,' 29 min., 57 sec; nineteenth,
Wright, Bowdoin, 30 min., 8 sec; twentieth,
Wilcox, Bates, 30 min., 11 2.5 sec; twenty-first,
Weg, Colby, 30 min., 16 sec; twenty-second, Cate,
Bates, 30 min., 262-5 sec; twenty-third, Har-
graves, Bowdoin, 30 min., 35 sec ; twenty- fourth,
Chamberlain, Bates, 30 min., 50 sec; twenty,
fifth, Syrene, Bates, 31 min., 34 sec. ; twenty-sixth,
House, Bates, 32 min., 5 sec. ; twenty-seventh,
Mansfield, Bates, 32 min., 20 sec.
PSI UPSILON DANCE
The Kappa Chapter of Psi Upsilon held a
dance in their house Saturday night after the
Maine game.
Among the guests present were : Misses Hilda
George of Thomaston, Alberta Marr of Pemaquid
Point, Marjorie Howard of Whitman, Mass.,
Ruth Nearing of Brunswick, Eleanor Kelley of
Gardiner, Evelyn Pike of Lubec, Cornelia Dan-
forth of Portland, Mildred Rietta of Portland,
Margaret King of Ellsworth, Agnes Sully of New
Mexico, Frances Purinton of Augusta, Helen
French of Newtonville, Mass., Lucy Jacobs of
Thomaston, Gertrude Turtle of Portland, Ruth
Morrill of Portland. C. W. Eaton '10, and B.
W. Partridge ' 1 1 were also present.
The committee in charge was composed of Earl
F. Wilson '14, A. Keith Eaton '15, Alden F. Head
'16 and Carl K. Ross '17.
The patronesses were Mrs. Charles G. Ban-
croft of Brookline, Mass., and Mrs. George B.
Keene of Augusta. Music for the order of twen-
ty dances was furnished by the Apollo Orchestra.
DELTA KAPPA EPSILON DANCE
Delta Kappa Epsilon held a dancing party Sat-
urday evening after the Maine game to which the
members of Theta Delta Chi were invited. The
managing committee consisted of Myles Standish,
Jr., '14, Roger K. Eastman '15 and Richard S.
Fuller '16, and the patronesses were Mrs. Alfred
O. Gross and Mrs. John A. Slocum, both of
Brunswick. Music was furnished by Strange's
Orchestra of Portland.
Among those present were the Misses Alberta
Robinson, Pauline Hyde, Gertrude King, Marie
Hieber, Dorothy True, Ethel Frothingham, Mil-
dred Russell, Margaret Elwell, Elizabeth Payson,
of Portland, Jessie Leighton of Lewiston, Eliza-
beth Eastman of Lowell, Mass., Lora Standish of
Boston, Dorothy White of Augusta, Ruth Hen-
derson of Fairfield and Rose Daniels of Chestnut
Hills, Mass.
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DELTA UPSILON DANCE
The Bowdoin Chapter of Delta Upsilon enter-
tained at an informal dance at their house Satur-
day evening.
Among the guests were : Misses Carolyn Hus-
ton, Marian Smart, Alnah James of Portland;
Eleanor Bradlee of Bath, Miriam Brackett of
Phillips, Gertrude Hartwell of Lawrence, Mass.,
Grace Burnham of Bridgton, Mary Allen, Alex-
ina Lapointe, Madeline Higgins of Brunswick,
Levon Payson, Goldie Greenleaf of Southport,
Mary Hoi ton of Boothbay Harbor, Helen Doug-
las of Providence, R. I., Florence McCarthy, Alice
Tackaberry of Lewiston, Eleanor Rankin of
Woodfords, Madeline Winter of Kingfield, Louise
Davis of East Poland, Jessie Merrill of Free-
port.
The patronesses were Mrs. W. H. Davis, Mrs.
B. F. Knowlton, and Mrs. H. W. Allen of Bruns-
wick. The committee in charge was Vernon
W. Marr '14, Austin H. MacCormick '15 and
Earle R. Stratton '16. Stetson's Orchestra fur-
nished music for an order of 20 dances.
BETA THETA PI DANCE
The local chapter of Beta Theta Pi entertained
Saturday evening with an informal dancing party.
Among the guests were : Anita Sproule of Grass
Valley, Cal., Flora L. Smarden of Portland,
Helen Fisk of Brunswick, Mona Dwyer of Free-
port, Genevieve Dwinal of Auburn, Margery Cox
of Melrose Highlands, Mass., Mildred B. Jordan,
New Gloucester; Olive Holway, Augusta; Marian
K. Fisher. Augusta; Hazel Gage, Augusta; Clare
Ridley, Brunswick; Mary Elliott. Brui sw;ck;
Isabel Palmer, Brunswick; Grace Kern, Wood-
fords; Sylvia Freeman, Woodfords; Ruth G.
Lord, Portland; Dorothy Drake, Pittsfield;
Katherine Hodgkins, Woodfords; Ruth Jenkins,
Katherine Jenkins, Lydia Skolfield and Olivia
Bagley, Portland.
The affair was in charge of E. A. Nason '14,
C. A. Brown '14 and Leigh Webber '16. The pat-
ronesses were Mrs. F. E. Roberts and Mrs. J. L.
McConaughy of Brunswick. Lovell's Orchestra
furnished music.
CORRECTED FOOTBALL SCORES
The receipt of an authentic record enables the
Orient to correct the lists of football scores
printed in two recent issues. The Bates list is
correct except for the 1896 game, the score of
which was Bowdoin 26, Bates o. The complete
Colby list is printed as the errors were numerous.
It is as follows: —
1892 — Bowdoin, 56: Colby, 0.
Bowdoin, 22; Colby, .'
1893 — Bowdoin, 42;. Colby, 4.
Bowdoin, 40; Colby, 0.
1894 — Bowdoin, 30; Colby, 0.
1895 — Bowdoin, 5 ; Colby, c.
Bowdoin, 6 ; Colby, o.
1896 — Bowdoin, 12; Colby, o.
Bowdoin, 6; Colby, 6.
1897 — Colby, 16; Bowdoin, 0.
Colby, o; Bowdoin, 0.
1898 — Bowdoin, 24; Colby, o.
Bowdoin, 17; Colby, o.
1899 — Colby, 6; Bowdoin, o.
1900 — Bowdoin, 68 ; Colby, 0.
1901 — Colby, 12; Bowdoin, 0.
1902 — Colby, 16; Bowdoin, 6.
1903 — Colby, 11; Bowdoin, o.
1904 — Bowdoin, 52 ; Colby, o.
1905 — Bowdoin, 5; Colby, o.
1906 — Bowdoin, o; Colby, o.
1907 — Bowdoin, 5 ; Colby, o.
1908 — Bowdoin, 9 ; Colby, 6.
1909 — Colby, 12; Bowdoin, 5.
1910 — Bowdoin, 6; Colby, 5.
191 1 — Bowdoin, 0; Colby, 0.
1912 — Colby, 20; Bowdoin, 10.
1913 — Colby, 12; Bowdoin, 0.
Won by Bowdoin, 16; won by Colly, S; tied
games, 4.
C&e Dtfjer Colleges
'Expelled for not drinking beer," is the sur-
prising headline in the newspapers telling of a
cable from Griefswald, Germany, which states
that because of criticism of the college drinking
customs as illustrated in a typical "beer evening"
celebration, one student was sentenced to three
days' confinement in the university dungeon, two
others were expelled, and four more were sum-
moned to trial before the university officials. The
dispatch is all the more startling because of the
recent terrific indictments against alcohol by
some of the most brilliant scientists and profes-
sors of Germany.
A new system of taking attendance of students
at chemistry lectures has been adopted at the
University of Pennsylvania. At the beginning of
each semester each student is given sixteen tick-
ets, numbered from one to sixteen, to be presented
for admission at the sixteen lectures delivered
during the term. Besides the number of the lec-
ture, each ticket also bears a number designating
the student. This plan is expected to supersede
the roll-call, thereby saving time and abolishing
the practice of answering for absent men.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
147
That men do not come to college primarily for
athletics but mainly through the influence of
alumni and undergraduates is indicated by state-
ments collected from every member of last year's
freshman class at Dartmouth. Three hundred
and eighty-one men were interviewed as to their
reasons for entering Dartmouth in preference to
any other college, and their answers were tabulat-
ed as follows : Influence of Dartmouth graduates
and undergraduates, 141 ; location of the college,
46; size of the college as midway between the
small college and the university, 12 ; influence of
relatives in or out of college, 42; plan of admis-
sion, 18; reputation and spirit, 11; lower expense
of education at Dartmouth, 10; Thayer School,
13; Tuck School, 11; athletics, 5; miscellaneous
and combined reasons, 73.
Columbia University has a record attendance
of 10,469 students this fall.
Recent agitation of the question of the regula-
tion of student dancing at the University of Kan-
sis has caused a decided slump in the attendance
at down-town dances. According to a ruling of
the University Council, no student may attend a
dance at which a general price of admission is
charged.
CIuo anO Council Meetings
There, will be a meeting of the Government
Club tomorrow evening at 8.30 at the Zeta Psi
House.
The Classical Club met at Professor Woodruff's
last Thursday evening. The following officers
were elected: President, Neal Tuttle '14; secre-
tary, C. F. White '14; member of executive com-
mittee, Prof. Woodruff. At this meeting Dean
Sills gave an account of his travels in Egypt and
Greece. The next meeting of the club will be
held December 11.
2Dn tfjc Campus
Fobes '17 returned to College Sunday after a
week's illness.
The sale of tickets for the Maine game was
larger than ever.
Rainy weather has prevented matches in the
tennis tournament.
The Y. M. C. A. cabinet met at the Beta Theta
Pi house Sunday night.
Jack Hurley '12 had his thumb amputated last
week as a result of his burns.
Ramsay '15 is conducting a night school for
certain ones in French 1 and 3.
The bleachers for the Maine supporters ex-
tended almost from goal to goal.
Trials are being held this afternoon for the
position of reader on the musical clubs.
Freshmen who are out for assistant manager of
track are Marston, Philbrick, Piedra and True.
Applications for scholarships should be made
out and handed in at the office as soon as possible.
The early announcement of other college games
on the field last Saturday was appreciated by the
students.
All who intend to substitute track or baseball
for regular gymnasium work this winter must
take a physical examination.
At the review of the Freshman class there were
32 major warnings and 37 minor warnings; this
is exactly the same as last year.
The Orient will publish in the near future an
athletic census of the College, the first, it is be-
lieved, ever attempted at Bowdoin.
Simpson '14 and Merrill '14 are conducting the
Sunday School at Bunganuc. McWilliams '15
has charge of similar work at Pejepscot.
The Bowdoin Press Club has received an invi-
tation for a banquet to be held in connection with
the news gathering bureaus of Bates and Colby.
Candidates for assistant manager of the dra-
matic club are Cruff, Edwards, Elliott, Lord and
Woodman, all 1916. Callahan '14 is manager and
Hall '15 assistant manager.
The report that Bates had disqualified Monte
Moore for the final game last Saturday on ac-
count of rough playing was disproved by Moore's
appearance on the field Saturday.
Election of assistant manager of football will
be held soon after the close of the season. Can-
didates for the nominations are: Crossman, Gar-
land, Kelley, Littlefield and Noble, all 19 16.
President Hyde recently made the announce-
ment that the Charles Carroll Everett Scholar-
ship will not be awarded this year owning to ex-
penses on the estate from which the fund comes.
The College catalogue will be ready for distri-
bution shortly before the Thanksgiving vacation.
The list of students has been posted in the library
in order that any necessary corrections may be
made.
Because of the Annie Talbot Cole lecture Fri-
day night, there was no rally in preparation for
the Maine game. A number of fellows met at
Whittier Field Friday afternoon and practiced
cheers and songs.
The time of the Sophomore-Freshman Debate
trials is to be changed from Thursday and Friday
afternoons, Nov. 13 and 14, to Monday afternoon,
Nov. 17, at 3.00. The judges are : Prof. W. H.
Davis, E. C. Gage '14 and G. W. Bacon '15.
The play "The Marriage of Kitty," was read to
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members and prospective members of the dra-
matic club Wednesday by the coach, Mrs. Brown.
Trials for parts will be held the latter part of the
week. Work on "Twelfth Night," the Com-
mencement play, will start shortly before Christ-
mas.
Among the alumni who were back for the game
are : C. T. Hawes '76, Libby '99, Snow '01, White
'03, Donnell '05, Johnson '07, Lippincott '10,
Brummett '11, Partridge '11, Foote '12, Kern '12,
King '12, McKenney '12, Newell '12, Nichols '12,
Parcher '12, Smith '12, Harrington '12, Wood-
cock '12, Gilbert '13, Dole '13, Holt '13, Norton
'13, Page '13, Savage '13, Tuttle '13, Whittier '13,
Colby '13, White '05, Harlow '03, Phillips '03,
Drummond '07, Staples '82, Winchell '07 and
Weatherill '10.
A very small number of candidates have re-
ported for the class teams in comparison with the
numbers in former years. The men out for the
Freshman team are: Corbett (Capt.), Cormack,
Paine, Chapman, Balfe, Parmenter, Campbell,
Brown, Burleigh, Oliver, Peacock, Haseltine, Sil-
verstein, Sampson, Hazeltine, Lovejoy, Wight,
Swift, Eaton, King, Martell, Pike, Doten, Colton,
McConaughy, Woodworth. Those representing
1916: Chase, Carter, Edwards, Moulton (Capt.),
Head, Parmenter, W. Olson, Webber, Ginty,
Ramsdell, Hight, Powers, Thomas, Ireland,
Drummond, G. Olson.
24. Warnings.
26. Thanksgiving Recess Begins, 12.30.
mitb tfje Jfacultp
Prof. Hutchins has an article on the "Adjust-
ment of the Quartz Spectrograph" in the October
number of the American Journal of Science.
"English Prose" selected and edited by Freder-
ick William Roe, Ph.D., of the University of Wis-
consin, and George Roy Elliott, Ph.D., of Bow-
doin College has been published by Longmans,
Green, and Co., Fourth Avenue and 30th Street,
New York.
Dean Sills will represent the college at the in-
stallation of the new president of Hobart, at
Geneva, New York, on November 14.
CALENDAR
Nov.
11. Freshman Meeting, 7.30.
12. Government Club Meeting, Zeta Psi House,
8.00.
15. Bowdoin vs. Tufts at Portland.
17. Concert in Memorial Hall.
Interclass Debating Trials.
22. Julia Sanderson in "The Sunshine Girl,"
Jefferson Theatre, Portland.
Freshman-Sophomore Football Game.
alumni Department
'yy. — Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary sailed
down the bay at New York on board a revenue
cutter last Wednesday and boarded the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse, on which Mrs. Peary and his
daughter, Miss Marie, were passengers. Mrs.
Peary and her daughter accompanied Rear Ad-
miral Peary to Europe last spring. Miss Peary
was left in Geneva during the summer and fall
and recently her mother returned to Europe to
bring her home. They will at once leave New
York for Washington where they will spend the
winter.
'84. — Llewellyn Barton of Portland is presi-
dent of the Bridgton Academy Alumni Associa-
tion, which has just held its sixteenth anniversary
reunion.
'94. — After being pastor of the Central Church
of Bath for ten years, Rev. George C. DeMott
has left for New York to prepare himself for the
Episcopal ministry at the Episcopal Seminary.
'94. — Rev. R. L. Sheaft" has accepted the invita-
tion to become the pastor of the Congregational
Church in Norridgewock, Maine. He begins his
service there at once. The offer was especially
attractive to Mr. Sheaff because it is his native
town, and the church of which his parents were
members.
'Qg. — The Maine Teachers' Association, which
held its annual meeting recently at Bangor, elect-
ed as its president, D. Lyman Wormwood, of
Bangor.
'99.— F. W. Briggs of Pittsfield has just pur-
chased the Skowhegan Shoe factory, following a
meeting of the stockholders of the Skowhegan
Manufacturing Company. The manufacture of
woolen goods will probably take the place of the
shoe business in this factory.
'oo.— H. H. Randall of Auburn was elected
president of the Department of Superintendence
and Secondary School Administration at the re-
cent meeting of the Maine Teachers' Association
at Bangor.
'02.— George E. Fogg of Portland has just been
elected president of the Conference of Charities
and Correction of the State.
'n— It is announced that Edward E. Kern,
Bowdoin's Rhodes Scholar, has been awarded the
history prize of seventy-five dollars. At the com-
mencement of this term, competitive examinations
were set in English history, foreign history, 1789.
187S, political economy, political science and eco-
nomic history.
BOWDOIN ORILNT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK, MAINE, NOVEMBER 18, 1913
NO. 19
BROWN AND BLUE VICTORIOUS
Tufts closed a remarkably brilliant season by-
defeating Bowdoin Saturday, Nov. 15 at Pine
Tree Park by the score of 27 to 7. Bowdoin
closed its season by a splendid exhibition of stub-
born and unflagging defense against a team
which is rated as one of the best in New England.
Both teams played football of a very high order,
Tufts bewildering, brilliant, sensational; Bowdoin
steady, scrappy, scintillating now and then with
flashes of defensive or offensive play which
brought the stands to their feet.
In Angell, Wescott, Hadley and Parks, Tufts
had a backfield whose lightning shifts were fol-
lowed by battering-ram plunges and wide-circling
end runs. Time and again during the latter part
of the game Angell's arm shot forward passes
such as have not been seen in Maine this year be-
tore. During the earlier periods, however, Bow-
doin linesmen or backs intercepted or knocked
down nearly all of Angell's shoots.
Lewis's punting was a great factor in the Bow-
doin defense. Time and again his ability to com-
pletely out-distance his rival Parks in the punting
game put the ball in more comfortable territory.
All of the backs were sure in their tackling while
the ends played a star game, both running under
punts and stopping the numerous attempts to get
around our extremities. The linesmen too broke
up plays time and again, diving across behind the
line or piling up the whole interference with a
human rock-on-the-track. To pick out stars is
difficult. Every man played for all there was in
him, and no more need be said. The tackles,
Lewis and Burns, were the objective point of
Tufts' attack for the most part and bore the
crushing attack of the whole Tufts backfield for
play after play with wonderful gameness and con-
stantly increasing firmness. Brewster at guard
served the last of his novitiate like a veteran.
King Pratt got many a play behind the line.
Barry did things behind his opponent's back
which Tufts evidently did not expect the little fel-
low to do.
On the offense Herb Foster and Stuart were
our best ground gainers, with Bob Weatherill,
running around Capt. Bennett's end, not far be-
hind.
The most sensational plays were C. Foster's re-
covery of Volk's fumble and "Sammy White
touchdown" and the two long distance passes by
which Tufts scored in the last period, passes
which crossed the field from side to side.
Tufts scored in the first period, Bowdoin in
the third, Tufts once again in the third, and
twice in the fourth, the last touchdown being
scored in the last few minutes of play.
FIRST PERIOD
Tufts won the toss and decided to receive the
kick on the north side of the field. Mountfort
kicked to Parks on the 10 yard line. The very
first play was a long forward pass over the left
end of the line to Wescott, netting 28 yards.
Weatherill got the tackle. Mountfort replaced
by Brewster. Angell, Hadley and Wescott made
first down in three rushes through the line. Had-
ley held for no gain by "King" Pratt. Parks at-
tempted another forward pass but Fitzgerald in-
tercepted it. Stuart thrown for a loss. Lewis
punted outside at the 40 yard line. Wescott 4
yards through center. Parks stopped by LaCasce
for no gain. Incompleted forward pass.
Bowdoin recovered an onside kick on her 15
yard line. Weatherill no gain through center.
Lewis punted to 40 yard line. A. Pratt tackled
Parks for no gain. Angell 6 yards through left
tackle. Two more rushes by Angell and Wescott
for first down. Wescott 6 yards through left
tackle. Wescott no gain. Fitzgerald intercepted
a forward pass on his 15 yard line. Lewis 1 yard
through center. Stuart made the required dis-
tance around right end. Tufts tightened up on
the next two rushes and Lewis punted 35 yards to
Parks who signalled fair catch. Hadley and An-
gell made first down in two rushes around the
ends. Wescott 12 yards. Tackled by Stuart on
the 42 yard line. Parks and Angell made first
down around the right side of the line. Ball on
the 25 yard line. Parks made 6 yards, stopped by
"Fitz." Wescott first down through left tackle.
Parks no gain through center of line. Wescott
carried the ball 8 yards to the 5 yard line. Wes-
cott made first down in the next rush and Angell
carried the ball over for a touchdown. Parks
missed the goal.
LaCasce kicked off to Bingham who was
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dropped in his tracks. A. P ratt broke up forward
pass. Angell 3 yards around right end. Incom-
pleted pass by Parks, who then punted to the 5
yard line. Stankard touched the ball before
Stuart. End of first period. Bowdoin's ball on
her own 5 yard line.
SECOND PERIOD
"Herb" Foster replaced Fitzgerald. Foster took
the ball three rushes for first down. After two
more rushes by Foster, Lewis punted outside at
the 15 yard line. Parks and Wescott made first
down in two rushes. Wescott and Parks two
rushes. Wescott and Parks made 7 yards and
Lewis recovered a pass over the center of the
line. Ball on Bowdoin's 30 yard line. Stuart lost
5 yards, but made 6 the next rush. Lewis punted
40 yards. Angell fumbled, but recovered. Parks
made first down on a fake kick. Wescott 10
yards through center. Angell attempted a for-
ward pass. Bowdoin's ball on the center of the
field. Foster and LaCasce both held for no gain.
Stuart made 6 yards around right end. Lewis
punted to Wescott who was downed on the 16
yard line. Parks around right end for 1 yard.
Tackled by C. Foster. Wescott made first down
through left tackle. Hadley 5 yards. Bennett
hurt. Angell 10 yards through left tackle. Parks
5 yards around right end. Pass broken up by
"Herb" Foster. Double forward pass — Parks to
Angell— fails. Parks punted to Stuart who ran
the ball back 8 yards. H. Foster 2 yards. Foster
10 yards, right tackle. Lewis again forced to
punt. Angell received the kick on the 15 yard
line.
Wescott 12 yards around right end. Volk went
in for Hadley. Wescott made 7 yards. Forward
pass_Parks to Stankard. Weatherill tackled.
Stuart hurt. Ball on Bowdoin's 44 yard line.
Lewis broke up pass over the line. Mclvers went
in for Bingham. Parks punted outside on Bow-
doin's 20 yard line. End of first half. Score:
Tufts, 6; Bowdoin, 0.
THIRD PERIOD
No changes in either lineup. Parks kicked off
to LaCasce on 10 yard line. Weatherill and Fos-
ter made first down in three rushes. Lewis punt-
ed to Parks. Stuart got the tackle. C. Foster re-
covered Volk's fumble, and ran 10 yards through
an open field for a touchdown. Leadbetter kicked
the goal. Score now 7-6. Stuart kicked off to
Volk on the 10 yard line. Ball run back 10 yards.
Parks punted to Stuart. Foster and Weatherill
held for no gain. Lewis punted 30 yards to
Parks. Angell made first down in two rushes
through the center of the line. Wescott 2 yards
through right guard. Tufts penalized 5 yards
(off side). Wescott through right guard for 5
yards. Double pass — Parks to Angell — broken
up by H. Foster. Parks punted outside on Bow-
doin's 30 yard line. Weatherill and Stuart both
thrown for a loss. Lewis punted to 45 yard line.
Parks recovered fumble. Wescott, Volk and
Parks made first down in three rushes through
the line. Wescott 2 yards through center. An-
gell 10 yards through left tackle. Angell 3 yards.
Wescott 4 yards through left tackle. Parks made
first down through center. Ball on 15 yard line.
Wescott 5 yards through left guard. Leadbetter
tackled Wescott for loss. Volk 1 yard. Stuart
got tackle. Parks made touchdown through right
guard. Wescott kicked out to 15 yard line, and
Bennett kicked the goal. Score : 13-7.
Bennett kicked off to Weatherill on the 5 yard
line. Ball carried back 15 yards. Weatherill 3
yards around right end. Tufts penalized half the
distance to the goal line for slugging. Bingham
and Hadley went back into the game. Weather-
ill 2 yards through right tackle. Foster and
Weatherill made 7 yards in the next three rushes.
Parks made 2 yards through right tackle. Wes-
cott 10 yards through left tackle. End of period.
Ball on Tufts' 42 yard line. Score : Tufts, 13 ;
Bowdoin, 7.
FOURTH PERIOD
Angell, Wescott and Parks made first down.
Wtscott 5 yards through left tackle. Wescott
and Parks made first down in two more rushes.
Angell recovered Parks's fumble. Parks 3 yards
through right tackle. Foster recovered short
punt on his 20 yard line. LaCasce and Foster
made 3 yards and Lewis punted to Parks. Angell,
Wescott and Parks made first down. Ford went
in for Stankard. Tufts lost 5 yards for being off
side. Parks punted to Foster on his 15 yard line.
Lewis punted to center of the field. Hadley 5
yards around right end. Incompleted pass to
Stankard. Wescott made 6 yards around left
end. After three more rushes, Parks threw a
forward pass to Bennett over the goal line. Ben-
nett kicked the goal. Score: 20-7. Mclvers re-
placed Bingham. Mountfort went back in and
kicked off to Bennett, who ran the ball back 50
yards through a broken field. Forward pass to
Bennett on 3 yard line. Parks held for no gain.
Clif Foster hurt. Ball on the 6 inch line. Angell
went through right guard for a touchdown. Wes-
cott kicked out to Parks on the 19 yard line. Ben-
nett kicked the goal. Score: 27-7. Fifteen sec-
onds to play. Bennett kicked off to H. Foster
who ran the ball back 5 yards. End of game.
Tufts, 27; Bowdoin, 7.
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Stankard, Ford, le re, Leadbetter, Fitzgerald
O'Donnell, It rt, Burns
Houston, lg rg, Brewster, Mountfort
Richardson, c c, Barry
F211ms, Tobin, rg lg, L. Pratf
Bingham, Mclvers, rt It, Lewis
Bennett, re le, A. Pratt, C. Foster
Parks, qb qb, Stuart
Hadley, Volk, lhb rhb, Weatherill
Wescott, rhb lhb, Fitzgerald, H. Foster
Angell, fb fb, LaCasce
Score: Tufts, 27; Bowdoin, 7. Touchdowns,
Angell 2, Bennett, Parks, C. Foster. Goals from
touchdowns, Bennett 3, Leadbetter. Referee,
Murphy of Harvard. Umpire, Brown of B. A. A.
Head linesman, Kelley of P. A. C. Time, 14
minute periods.
BOWDOIN STRONG MEN
As a result of the physical examinations given
to all new students and to all candidates for ath-
letic teams at Bowdoin this fall, Dr. F. N. Whit-
tier, Professor of Hygiene and Physical Train-
ing, has announced the ten men who have passed
the highest strength tests for the college and the
ten men who have the best strength records for
the Freshman class. The weight and strength
tests are given in kilograms and the height in
centimeters. The weight and strength may be
reckoned approximately in pounds by multiplying
the figures given in kilograms by two and one-
fifth. The height may be reckoned approximate-
ly in inches by dividing by two and one-half.
Physical examinations are required of all new
students and all candidates for athletic teams
each year. It is interesting to note that a Fresh-
man heads the college list for the first time since
1908, and that of the ten strong men, six are
Sophomores, two are Freshmen, one is a Junior,
one is a special student. The Seniors are unrep-
resented on the list this year. The two lists of
strong men for 19 13 are as follows: —
COLLEGE
1. William Earle Paine, 1917, Hallowell; age,
18; preparatory school, Hallowell High; weight,
71.7; height standing, 173; strength of lungs, 20;
back, 175; legs, 490; upper arms, 229.4; fore
arms, 121 ; total strength, 1035.4.
2. Guy Whitman Leadbetter, 1916, South Lin-
coln; age, 20; preparatory school, Bangor High;
weight, 82.6; height standing, 182.4; strength of
lungs, 25 ; back, 195 ; legs, 455 ; upper arms, 206.5 ;
fore arms, 114; total strength, 995.5.
3. Leland Stanford McElwee, 1916, Houlton;
age, 19; preparatory school, Houlton High;
weight, 69; height standing, 176.2; strength of
lungs, 22; back, 205; legs, 410; upper arms, 213.9;
fore arms, 128; total strength, 978.9.
4. Malcolm Henry Dyar, 1916, Farmington;
age, 21; preparatory school, Farmington High;
weight, 70.6; height standing, 170.5; strength of
lungs, 20; back, 170; legs, 530; upper arms,
141.2; fore arms, 100; total strength, 961.2.
5. James Burleigh Moulton, 1916, East Brown-
field; preparatory school, Fryeburg Academy;
weight, 75.6; height standing, 173.5; strength of
lungs, 27; back, 1 70; legs, 390; upper arms, 241.9;
fore arms, no; total strength, 938.9.
6. Frederick William Maroney, special, Spring-
field, Mass. ; preparatory school, Springfield
High; weight, 72.1; height standing, 166.1;
strength of lungs, 24; back, 155; legs, 440; upper
arms, 216.3; f°re arms, 102; total strength, 937.3.
7. Gordon Pierce Floyd, 1915, Woodfords; age,
21 ; preparatory school, Deering High ; weight,
72.3; height standing, 184.7; strength of lungs,
19; back, 170; legs, 480; upper arms, 144.6; fore
arms, 113; total strength, 926.6.
8. James Hiram Brewster, 1916, Lisbon Falls;
age, 18; preparatory school, Lisbon Falls High;
weight, 84; height standing, 180.7; strength of
lungs, 19; back, 175; legs, 420; upper arms, 201.6;
fore arms, 107; total strength, 922.6.
9. Campbell Keene, 1917, Augusta; age, 20;
preparatory school, Phillips-Exeter Academy ;
weight, 71.4; height standing, 176.5; strength of
lungs, 15 ; back, 195 ; legs, 430; upper arms, 178.5 ;
fore arms, 96; total strength, 914.5.
10. Walter Emery Chase, Jr., 1916, Bath; age,
19; preparatory school, Morse High; weight,
89.7; height standing, 191.8; strength of lungs,
28; back, 200; legs, 420; upper arms, 143.5; f°re
arms, 116; total strength, 907.5.
FRESHMEN
1. William Earle Paine, 191 7. (See above.)
2. Campbell Keene, 1917. (See above.)
3. Deane Stanfield Peacock, Freeport; age, 19
preparatory school, Freeport High; weight, 58.8
height standing, 161.3; strength of lungs, 29
back, 130; legs, 385; upper arms, 205.8; fore
arms, 100; total strength, 849.8.
4. Sherman Nelson Shumway, Skowhegan;
age, 20; preparatory school, Skowhegan High;
weight, 67.2; height, 173.8; strength of lungs, 23;
back, 140; legs, 420; upper arms, I47-8! fore
arms, 117; total strength, 847.8.
5. Alex John Goodskey, Collinsville, Conn.;
age, 24; preparatory school, Collinsville High;
weight, 72.5; height standing, 173.6; strength of
lungs, 21 ; back, 190; legs, 340; upper arms, 152.2;
fore arms, 126; total strength, 829.2.
Continued on page 152
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
THE B0WD01N ORIENT
Published every Tuesday of the Collegiate year by
The Bowdoin Publishing Company
in the Interests of the Students of
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914, Editor-in-Chief
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915, Managing Editor
Richard E. Simpson, 1914, Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John F. Rollins, 1915, The Library Table
D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
Raymond C. Hamlin, 1916, With The Faculty
J. Glenwood Winter. 1916, The Other Colleges
K. A. Rorinson, 1914
G. H. Talbot, 1915
F. P. McKenney, 1915
D. J. Edwards, 1916
Contributions are requested from all undergraduates,
alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
All communications regarding subscriptions should be
addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Co. Subscriptions, $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents. .
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Vol. XLIII NOVEMBER 18, 1913 No. 19
Hibernation
As we turn again from the football season to
the quieter work of the winter we may well stop
and take a backward and forward look. The
whole season was marked with good feeling, co-
operation, teamwork. This was especially notice-
able among the players and coaches. The student
body supported the team with only average at-
tendance and mediocre cheering. We are in-
clined, however, to the belief that this lack of
unity in student support is due in large part to a
neglect of that phase of our student life. With
this knowledge we may look forward to the win-
ter's activity with a definite purpose. As a col-
lege we can not afford to let our cheering and
singing suffer. The winter evenings offer the
opportunity for such development. Let us have
more real "sings" and rallies. There are new
college songs which have not yet been sung by
the student body. The class singing competition
will come in the spring and offers additional in-
centive for development. Here is a good chance
for the Student Council through its committees
to do a real service to the undergraduates.
Explanation
Since the publication of the editorial in our last
issue in regard to the conflict of the Maine rally
with a lecture we have been besieged with com-
munications. After reading them we would will-
ingly unsay much that was interpreted to be our
meaning in writing it, but nothing of what we
actually said or meant to say. To attempt to be-
little the excellence of the lecture or minimize our
rare good fortune in having the opportunity of
listening to such a distinguished man was far-
thest from our thoughts. To suggest that the fac-
ulty and students were not on the best of terms,
or that the conduct of rallies should be given
over more extensively into faculty hands was
surely not our intention. In this as always we en-
deavored to look at the matter from the stand-
point of the students and express their senti-
ments, and had no thought of personal criticism.
We even questioned at the end whether our atti-
tude was not too much colored by the undergrad-
utae point of view. To our critics we commend
an impartial reading of the editorial and refrain
from publishing communications in an effort to
let the discussion die a natural death. But we
would hope — and this was the editorial's purpose
— that in the future there should be no occasion
for another editorial on the same subject.
Bowdoin' s strong men from page 151
6. George Edwin Colbath, Dexter; age, 21;
preparatory school, Dexter High ; weight, 79.5 ;
height standing, 178.2; strength of lungs, 16;
back, 165; legs, 365; upper arms, 151; fore arms,
123 ; total strength, 820.
7. William Percy Nute, Wiscasset ; age, 19 ;
preparatory school, Lincoln Academy ; weight,
55.2; height standing, 171. 1 ; strength of lungs,
17; back, 185; legs, 400; upper arms, 126.9; f°re
arms, 89; total strength, 817.9.
8. Robert Newell Fillmore, Old Orchard; age,
21; preparatory school, Goodwill High; weight,
57.6; height standing, 164.5; strength of lungs,
22; back, 135; legs, 250; upper arms, 161.3; fore
arms, 91 ; total strength, 759.3.
9. Walter Arnold Fenning, Lynn, Mass. ; age,
20 ; preparatory school, Lynn Classical High ;
weight, 56.5 ; height standing, 168.3 '> strength of
lungs, 21 ; back, 125; legs, 300; upper arms, 214.7;
fore arms, 86 ; total strength, 746.7.
10. James Eben Boothby, Dubuque, Iowa; age,
20; preparatory school, Dubuque High: weight,
57.7; height, 166.3; strength of lungs, 19; back,
140; legs, 330; upper arms, 155.8; fore arms, 96;
total strength, 740.8.
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PRIZE BOWDOIN SONG
. The Prize Song Contest has now been closed
and the prize of fifty dollars awarded to Kenneth
Allen Robinson of the senior class. His song is
entitled "Forward the White" and was chosen as
the best of thirty songs.
A prize of fifty dollars is now offered for the
best musical setting for this new song. The com-
petition is open to all, but in awarding the prize
preference will be given, other things being equal,
to a Bowdoin man, whether graduate or under-
graduate. This contest will close April I, 1914.
Copies of the song may be obtained by applying
to Mr. Wass, Chairman of the Music Committee.
The prize song follows :
FORWARD THE WHITE
Oh, Defenders of the White,
'Mid the tumult of the fight,
Do you hear the. measured tramp of marching
feet?
Do you hear the thund'rous roar,
Like the surf upon the shore,
Of our mighty host that can not know defeat?
Do you hear our crashing song,
As we proudly march along?
Do you hear the ringing message that we send ?
As the waves of battle roll
We are with you, heart and soul,
And we'll follow, follow, follow to the end.
Chorus
Forward the White,
On through the fight,
Emblem of honor,
Peerless and bright.
Through stress and strain,
Peril and pain,
Borne to the end
With never a stain.
Loyal and true
Always to you,
Each son of Bowdoin
Will dare and will do.
Victory's fair light
Ever in sight,
Bowdoin will triumph,
Forward the White.
Oh, Defenders of the White,
Look a moment -from the fight,
Where above the rocking stands our colors fly.
Every heart's devoid of fear,
There's a trust in every cheer
That we fling with lusty voices to the sky.
On for Bowdoin, one and all,
Such a force can never fall,
Gather greater power from our bold array ;
And we'll make the heavens ring
With the joyous song we sing,
As old Bowdoin sweeps to victory today.
Chorus.
FOOTBALL BANQUET
The football squad held its annual banquet af-
ter the Tufts game Saturday at the Congress
Square Hotel, Portland. As a part of the post-
prandial exercises, Capt. Weatherill called on the
Senior members of the squad for speeches. The
men who spoke were Coach McCann, Trainer
Magee, L. Pratt, Burns, Mountfort, Hall, La-
Casce, A. Pratt, Badger, and Manager Leigh. L.-
Brown was excused from speaking but received:
his share of the cheers which greeted the speak-
ers. Each man spoke of how much it had meant
to him to form the intimate associations of the
football field and to have the chance to fight and
work for Bowdoin. In his speech Manager
Leigh made the very pleasing announcement that
although the season was begun with a debt of
$1050.00, that debt was now completely effaced
with a surplus of $109.50, which would enable
him to give sweaters to the team. After the
speeches the squad occupied boxes at the per-
formance of Madame Sherry at the Jefferson.
The men present at the banquet were: Capt.
Weatherill, Manager Leigh, Coach McCann,
Trainer Magee, L. Pratt '14, L. Brown '14, Burns
'14, Mountfort '14, Hall '14, LaCasce '14/A. Pratt
'14, Badger '14, Lewis '15, Floyd '15, Austin '15,
Mannix '15, MacCormick '15, H. Foster '16, Fitz-
gerald '16, Leadbetter '16, , Barry '16, Stuart '16,
J. Moulton '16, Brewster '16, Beal '16, Wood '16,
Dyar '16, Rawson '16, Colbath '17, C. Foster '17,'
K. Stone '17, McConaughy '17, McDonald '15^
Littlefield '16, Noble '16, Kelly '16, Crossman '16.
TUFTS GAME RALLY
The rally Friday night was one of the most
enthusiastic ones which have been held this year.
The football men were not allowed to attend but a
large number of undergraduates and alumni was
there. Callahan '14 presided over the meeting
and the speakers were Coach McCann, Trainer
Magee, Manager Leigh, E. A. Ounlap '03, John
Clifford '10, Dr. F. N. Whittier and Joe Knowles.
Especially stirring speeches were given by John
Clifford and Trainer Magee.
SECOND COLLEGE PREACHER
Doctor W. W. Feni-i, Dean of the Harvard Di-
vinity School, will be the second College Preacher
of the year. He will speak at the Church on the
Hill and at chapel next Sunday. Doctor Fenn
was a College Preacher three years ago.
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FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE GAME
Little which is certain can be told now as to
what the lineup will be for the Freshman- Sopho-
more game next Saturday, but a probable lineup
is as follows : —
1916 1917
Beal (Parmenter), e e, McConaughy (Pike)
Chase, t t, Creeden (Bingham)
Edwards, g g, Campbell
Webber, c c, Stone
Carter, g g, Hazeltine
Capt. Moulton, t t, Bradford (Oliver)
Wood (Head), e e, Doteti
, q q, Balfe
Ireland, h h, Capt. Corbett (Swift)
Thomas, h h, Chapman
Dyar, fb fb, Paine
No arrangement has yet been made as regards
the picking of officials.
ANNIE TALBOT COLE LECTURE
In the second Annie Talbot Cole lecture, deliv-
ered Friday evening, November 7, Alfred Noyes
spoke on the subject of International Peace. In
his lecture he pictured the earth as a "Great
Green Table" about which sit the world-powers
gaming for the possession of the nations. Mr.
Noyes is one of the foremost leaders of the so-
called Peace Movement, and his lecture set forth
the conventional arguments against war in bril-
liant and original imagery.
Militarism, he said, is an offspring that is care-
fully and tenderly nurtured until it grows beyond
all bounds and eventually destroys the parents
who gave it birth. The idea that only by a supe-
rior armament can a nation maintain its dominion
leads to a terrific strain on a nation's resources,
and eats up the money that would otherwise be
devoted to healing great gaping social wounds.
War is a barbarism, a relic of past ages, and
"humanity demands that the men who sit about the
"Great Green Table" leave their game. The
mightiest navies "melt away," and "on dune and
headland sinks the fire;" the efforts of princes
and presidents should be directed toward the
creation of more enduring things than guns and
fighting lines.
To drive home his arguments Mr. Noyes read
parts of a long unpublished poem entitled "De-
mocracy." The poem is an obvious arraignment
of militarism, laying bare in bold phraseology the
disgusting truths that underlie the idealist's con-
ception of war. The poem deals with a soldier in
the Balkans whose home and happiness are de-
stroyed by those whom he helps raise to power.
Mr. Noyes' reading was dramatic in the extreme
and affected his audience visibly.
In addition to "Democracy" Mr. Noyes read
several other selections from his works, including
"Sherwood," and a particularly beautiful and ap-
propriate piece of verse entitled "Oxford Re-
visited."
The action of the college authorities in bring-
ing Mr. Noyes here as the Annie Talbot Cole lec-
turer for this year can hardly be praised too high-
ly. Mr. Noyes is a man upon whom the eyes of
the whole literary world are turned, and it was a
rare privilege for Bowdoin men to see and hear a
true poet in the first flush of his career.
BISHOP CODMAN TO SPEAK
The next Y. M. C. A. meeting will be held
Thursday evening, Nov. 20, at 7 p. m. in the Y. M.
C. A. room. The. speaker will be Bishop Robert
Codman of Portland, who has been a very popu-
lar speaker on previous occasions.
LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT
The concert given last night by the Downer-
Eaton Trio in Memorial Hall was one of the most
enjoyable musical treats heard in this vicinity for
some time. The concert was well attended both
by students and townspeople. The program was
given by the following artists :
Jessie Downer-Eaton, piano ; Julius Theodoro-
wicz, violin ; Joseph Keller, 'cello, and Mrs. Grace
Bonner Williams.
ORGAN RECITAL
About 80 students and members of the faculty
attended the recital given Saturday noon by Mr.
Will C. MacFarlane, the municipal organist, on
the great organ in the Portland City Hall. This
recital was given especially for Bowdoin men
and Mr. MacFarlane expressed his willingness
and desire to give several such recitals through
the year.
MUSICAL NOTES
The following men have been picked for the
Glee Club: West '15, Card '15, Evans '15, Wil-
son '14, Shea '14, F. D. Hazeltine '17, Carter '16,
Fobes '17, Melloon '15, McKenney '15, Woodman
'16, Hescock '16, Cristy '15, Stuart '16, Phillips
'17, Ramsey '15, Littlefield '16, Fuller '16, Eaton
'14, Munroe '14, Boardman '16, Seward '17, Par-
menter'16, Merrill '16, Duncan '17, Allen '15.
Changes may be made later but these men will be
taken on the lesser trips to Portland, Bath and
Lewiston.
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Shumway '17, Ramsey '15, Buell '14, Moran '17
and P. Smith '15 have tried out for reader of the
Musical Clubs.
A Victrola has been added to the equipment of
the music department for use in laboratory work.
Mr. Wass is scoring the Bowdoin songs for
band instruments.
Club anO Council Meetings
The Gibbons Club held its first meeting of the
year at the Theta Delta Chi house, Tuesday, Nov.
4. About eighteen members listened to a talk by
the spiritual adviser.
The Bowdoin Government Club held its first
meeting this year, Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the
Zeta Psi house. Officers were elected : president,
elected last spring, R. E. Simpson '14; vice-presi-
dent, R. D. Leigh '14; secretary, G. F. Eaton '14;
treasurer, G. W. Bacon '15. Plans for the com-
ing year were discussed. It was voted to organ-
ize the club as a mock senate, patterned after the
United States Senate. The president will appoint
presidents pro tern, so that each man may have
practice in presiding. Questions will be submit-
ted and discussed in regular parliamentary form.
The club has been divided into three political
parties, modeled after the national Republican,
Democratic and Progressive parties.
The Ibis held a closed meeting at the Delta
Kappa Epsilon house, Monday night, Nov. 10, at
which Professor G. A. Elliott spoke on George
Meredith.
There will be a meeting of the Deutscher Vere-
in with Professor Files tomorrow evening.
The Biology Club will meet tomorrow evening
at 8 o'clock at the Beta house. Dr. Copeland will
read a paper on "Mammals of Maine."
The old Augusta Club was revived last week
by the twelve Augusta fellows now at Bowdoin
with the following officers: President, George
Thompson '15; vice-president, Chauncey A. Hall
'16; secretary and treasurer, Donald Q. Bur-
leigh '17. Its object is to keep in touch with
prospective Bowdoin students from Augusta. For
this purpose a football team is to be organized
with George Stuart '16 as captain, to play Cony
High. The members are McCargo '14, Thomp-
son '15, Soule '16, Gage '14, Pope '14, Parsons '16,
Hall '16, Flynt '17, Burleigh '17, Blanchard '17,
Keene '17, Swift '17.
©n t&e Campus
Foote '12 was on the campus last week.
Partridge '11 was in Brunswick recently.
Stowell ex-'i$ was on the campus Thursday.
The speaker at Sunday Chapel was Rev. Ches-
ter B. Emerson '04.
The final selection for the mandolin club will
be made Thursday.
"Bacchus" Morrill '16 has returned to College
after a severe illness.
The cross-country captain will not be elected
for about two weeks.
Tufts must have formed a healthy respect for
the sprinting ability of the Bowdoin rooters.
"Farmer" Kern '12 has been nominated for
councilman on the Republican ticket in Portland.
The Sophomore football squad has suffered
through the ineligibility of several promising
men.
Baker has been elected captain of Maine's foot-
ball team and Fraser has been re-elected Colby's
captain.
Trials for the Freshman-Sophomore debate
were held yesterday afternoon, after the Orient
went to press.
Next year's football captain is being elected
this afternoon, following the team picture at
Webber's studio.
Eaton '14 has assumed the duties of proctor in
South Winthrop after giving up a lucrative posi-
tion in a Bangor bank.
The panoramic pictures of the student body
have been on sale during the last week. They
are even better than last year's pictures.
Joe Knowles, of primitive man fame, was on
the campus Friday.
Trials were held last week for a reader of the
musical clubs, but in the view of no choice, fur-
ther trials will be held.
Owing to an over-abundance of material, we
are again unable to print the Baseball Manager's
Report which has been in our hands for some
time.
The list of candidates for assistant manager of
track was incorrectly printed in last week's
Orient. Crehore is a candidate in place of Pie-
dra.
The pamphlet "Life at Bowdoin" has proved
extremely popular with the students. Those who
have not yet secured their copies are urged to do
so as soon as possible.
At a meeting recently the Y. M. C. A. Cabinet
appointed A. H. MacCormick '15 and H. H. Fos-
ter '16 delegates to the International Convention
of the Student Volunteer Movement to be held in
Kansas City from Dec. 31 to Jan. 4.
At a recent meeting the Ibis, the Senior honor-
ary society, elected to membership Robert D.
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Leigh '14 and Leonard H. Gibson, Jr., '14. The
other members are Alfred E. Gray, Kenneth A.
Robinson, Neal Tuttle and Horace A. Barton.
How much Barry contributed to Bowdoin's
touchdown could not be seen from the grand-
stands. He broke through the line and tackled
Volk so hard that the ball was shaken out of his
arms. Clif Foster scooped it up and ran 10 yards
for the touchdown.
Edward A. Dunlap '03, who played every posi-
tion but quarterback on the 'Varsity football team
a decade ago, came all the way from his home in
Richmond, Va., to see the Bowdoin-Tufts game.
He spoke at the rally Friday night and helped
coach the team for two days.
mitb t&e JFacuItp
Dean Sills represented the College at the in-
stallation of the new president of Hobart at Ge-
neva, N. Y., on November 14.
President Hyde attended the funeral of his
classmate, Principal Harlan P. Amen of Exeter
Academy, last week.
Professor McConaughy stirred the 200 mem-
bers of the New England Association of School
Superintendents at its 93d meeting in Boston last
Friday. He spoke on "Three Popular High
School Fallacies," delivering a vigorous arraign-
ment of the public high school as at present con-
stituted. The Boston Post for Nov. 15 devotes
half a column to this address.
19.
20.
24.
26.
Dec
1.
CALENDAR
Deutscher Verein Meeting, Prof. Files'.
Mandolin Club Rehearsal, afternoon.
Biology Club Meeting, Beta House, 8.00.
Opening Bath Opera House. Julia Sander-
son in "The Sunshine Girl."
Freshman-Sophomore Football Game.
Warnings.
Thanksgiving Recess Begins, 12.30.
Recess Closes, 8.20 a. m.
"Gym" Starts.
alumni Department
The eightieth anniversary banquet of the
founding of the Psi Upsilon fraternity will be
held in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Nov. 24, under
the auspices of the executive council of the fra-
ternity and the Psi Upsilon Club of the City of
New York. Members of the fraternity who de-
sire further information on the subject are urged
to communicate with Edward L. Stevens, Tribune
Building, New York City.
'59. — The historical discourse delivered at the
one hundredth anniversary of the Rhode Island
Bible Society at Providence, Sept. 29, 1913, by
Rev. Henry M. King, D.D., has recently been is-
sued in an attractive pamphlet form.
'03. — Farnsworth G. Marshall, superintendent
of schools of Augusta, Me., is the unanimous
choice of the School Committee, as superinten-
dent of schools of Maiden, Mass.
The original 20 candidates for the position had
been gradually sifted down until it was a choice
between two candidates and Mr. Marshall was
elected. He has accepted the offer.
Mr. Marshall is 38 years old and a native of
Maryland, but he has spent most of his life in
Maine. After graduation from the East Maine
Conference Seminary at Bucksport in 1896, he
taught school for several years in Winterport,
Orrington and the Addison High School, and
then entered Bowdoin College, from which he
was graduated with his honors in 1903. He was
at once chosen principal of the Old Town, Me.,
High School, where he served successfully for
several years. Later he became principal of Cony ■
High School, Augusta, and after four years in
that position he was in 1910 elected superinten-
dent of schools of that city.
At that time he was president of the Maine As-
sociation of Colleges and Secondary Schools. He
has a high reputation as an instructor, especially
in the department of mathematics, and as an ad-
ministrator.
'04. — Rev. Chester B. Emerson, who was in-
stalled as pastor of the Saco First Parish Congre-
gational Church Oct. 21, 1909, will accept the call
to the pastorate of the North Woodward Avenue
Congregational Church of Detroit, Mich. If pos-
sible, he will begin his new duties Dec. 1. He has
tendered his resignation of the church in Saco.
While the parishioners regret that Mr. Emerson
is to leave Saco, they realize the compliment in
his being called to one of the largest Congrega-
tional Churches in the United States and will
accept his resignation.
'04. — Mr. Gerald G. Wilder, Assistant Libra-
rian of Bowdoin College, has just been elected
president of the Maine Library Association.
'09. — Ralph O. Brewster has entered the law
offices of Scott Wilson and E. L. Bodge, at 120
Exchange Street, Portland, Maine, where he will
engage in the general practice of law.
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VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, NOVEMBER 25, 1913
NO. 20
REVIEW OF 1913 FOOTBALL SEASON
Although the final game of the season made the
final result for the schedule of eight games three
won, one tied, and four lost, nobody will deny
that it has been a splendid season. We have seen
our team fight to the last ditch when they were
outclassed and play stronger and stronger as the
game wore on. We have seen them come back
from defeat to victory, hold teams considered
their superiors, and upset time and again the
dope of those who said "Easy picking." Bowdoin
has been represented by a team which did not
bring home the pennant, but which inspired just
pride in the hearts of its loyal supporters. The
1913 team have set for future teams an example
of fight, spirit, and grit which they may well copy.
Capt. Bob Weatherill as captain and as player
has been a constant inspiration to his men. Those
who saw him in the second half ■ of the Bates
game will never forget him. On the offensive he
has been a consistent gainer, his short end runs
being especially brilliant. On the defensive he
has made those low driving tackles that have
marked him as the original "clean-up man." He
was unanimously chosen for the all-Maine team.
Brosie Burns, after being out a year, surprised
everybody by pulling down a tackle position, after
three years at guard. The fact that he had been
working in a dynamite factory for a year was im-
mediately made evident. In every game he has
handled some of the hardest men in the opposing
line and few gains have been made through his
position. His down-field work has been remark-
able for a man of his bulk.
Sumner Mountfort at guard has been a human
Gibraltar. His weight and knowledge of the
game are combined with agility, which makes him
a most difficult man to get plays through and a
very dangerous- man on the offensive.
On the other side of center Leo Pratt has
played the same steady, reliable game which he
played for three years before. At times "King's"
play has been brilliant, notably in the Tufts game,
when he was through on play after play. He has
played the best games of his career this year,
which is praise enough in itself.
LaCasce at full-back, although suffering from
injuries all the season, has given the best there
was in him all year. He has made many gams on
offence, but his defensive work has been particu-
larly noteworthy, while his drop-kicking spelled
"Victory" in the Bates game.
Alton Lewis, the Captain-elect, at tackle, has
played a hard, consistent game. It is to his splen-
did punting, however, that Bowdoin owes most.
He has punted long and high in every game and
more than once booted from the shadow of the
goal posts into safe territory. He has been the
greatest asset of the team's defence.
Lew Brown at quarter played in most of the
games, with Stuart as substitute. In spite of one
costly slip, Brown's handling of punts has been
of fine quality. In the Maine game he was
forced to receive a large number of very difficult
punts. The way in which he has run them back
has been notably good as has the way in which he
ran the ends.
Stuart showed great promise at quarter, being
very strong in carrying the ball and on defensive
work.
Arthur Pratt at left end has been a very fast
man down the field and a strong defensive end,
although he has been handicapped by lack of ex-
perience.
Clif Foster has also played left end and done
some sensational work. He has been the fastest
man under punts and has been brilliant at sifting
through interference and breaking up end runs.
On the other end Leadbetter has played the
star game he played at tackle last year. On of-
fensive work he has been even stronger than ever.
He has made his end practically impregnable on
defensive, and is considered by many one of the
best ends in the State.
Herb Foster at left half has been our most
consistent ground gainer, his skin tackle dives be-
ing sensational. His defensive work, tackling
and breaking up forward passes, would be hard
to excel. At Wesleyan he played a wonderful
game in this department, running back two inter-
cepted passes for 85 yards each. He has had no
equal in the state this year for this form of de-
fensive work.
Nobody understands how Barry at center can
play the game that he does but in spite of his size
he produces the results. Few gains have been
made through his position and his passing has
been fast and sure.
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Fitzgerald has been utility man at end, half,
and quarter and has been a very valuable man.
He has been fast on end runs and sure in his
tackles on the end of the line.
Jim Brewster found his place at guard during
the Bates game and though a new man at football
showed great stuff. He is strong and nervy and
gets through on punts time and again.
Colbath at full-back has been especially strong
on defensive. He should prove valuable in of-
fence with more experience as he is strong and
fast.
Under Coach McCann and Trainer Magee the
team has had the best of training and coaching.
The team came through the season under Magee's
care with only one injury. Coach McCann has
made the team respect and admire him both as a
coach and a man.
In speaking of Manager Leigh, we need only
point to results, a well-cared for team, a schedule
considerate of team and public, a smooth-running,
well-ordered season, and above all, an over-
whelming debt of over $1000 cleared away. His
worth as a manager needs no praise here.
The schedule of the season follows :
Sept. 27. — Bowdoin, 17; New Hampshire State,
0.
Oct. 4. — Bowdoin, 7; Wesleyan, 13.
Oct. 11. — Bowdoin, o; Trinity, 0.
Oct. 18. — Bowdoin, 13 ; Vermont, 3.
Oct. 25. — Bowdoin, o; Colby, 12.
Nov. 1. — Bowdoin, 10; Bates, 7.
Nov. 8. — Bowdoin, o ; Maine, 9.
Nov. 15. — Bowdoin, 7; Tufts, 27.
Leadbetter '16, Stuart '16, Fitzgerald '16, H. Fos-
ter '16, Colbath '17, C. Foster '17.
NEXT YEAR'S FOOTBALL CAPTAIN
Tuesday afternoon last week, after the picture
at Webber's, Herbert Alton Lewis '15 was elected
captain of the Bowdoin football team for the sea-
son of 1914. Lewis prepared at Hebron Acad-
emy, graduating in 191 1. He played four years
on the Hebron team, playing guard and tackle.
In his Freshman year at college he played right
tackle on the Varsity; in his Sophomore year,
guard ; and this year, left tackle. This season he
has done all of the punting for the team. His
playing has been most consistent and the team
looks forward to a successful season under his
leadership.
AWARDING OF "B"
The following men have been awarded football
B's by the Athletic Council : Captain Weatherill
' 14, Manager Leigh ' 14, A.L. Pratt ' i4,L. Brown
'14, LaCasce '14, L. W. Pratt '14, Burns '14,
Mountfort '14, Lewis '15, Barry '16, Brewster '16,
SOPHOMORES WIN CLASS STRUGGLE
For the second time in nine years, the Sopho-
mores defeated the Freshmen in football Saturday
afternoon on the Delta. The game was a hard
fight from whistle to whistle as the score of 7 to
6 shows. The field was in perfect condition and
both teams did some fast work. The Sophomores
made most ot their gains on line plunges, Dyar
being the star performer, while the Freshmen,
with Eddie Balfe carrying the ball, got off some
sensational end runs.
Wood and Capt. Moulton were very strong for
the Sophomores while Balfe and Bradford were
the Freshman stars. McConaughy punted well
for 19 1 7.
The Sophomores scored with only half a min-
ute of the first half to play and the Freshmen
scored at the beginning of the fourth period but
failed to kick the goal.
FIRST PERIOD
The Freshmen kicked to the Sophomores. On
the next play Balfe captured a forward pass and
run it back 15 yards through a broken field. Af-
ter three futile rushes Chapman tried for a goal,
but failed. With the ball on the 20 yard line the
Sophomores were unable to gain and Dyar punt-
ed. Chapman made 5 yards, Paine 3, Corbett no
gain. A forward, Balfe to McConaughy, failed
and the Sophomores took the offensive. Thomas
no gain. Dyar 4 yards. Stone off side. Dyar
and Beal failed to gain. Dyar punted to the 1
yard line. McConaughy returned the punt to the
middle of the field. Dyar and Beal no gain. A
forward pass failed. Dyar tried a drop which
went low. Chapman recovered it. McConaughy
punted. Dyar dropped back to punt but the pass
went over his head and the kick was too hurried
to be effectual. Score: Freshmen, 0; Sopho-
mores, o.
SECOND PERIOD
Bradford broke through and nailed Dyar for a
loss. Chapman hurt. Dyar punted. Balfe 5
yards through center. Paine fumbled and Brad-
ford recovered. First down. Paine and Balfe
made first down in two rushes. After three trys
to gain Chapman punted. The ball rolled behind
goal-line and was taken to the 20 yard line.
Thomas and Dyar failed to gain, so Dyar punted.
Balfe ran ball back 20 yards and Dyar finally
downed him in one of the prettiest tackles of the
game. Freshmen penalized for tripping. The
ball went to the Sophomores when the Freshmen
failed to gain their distance. Thomas and Dyar
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made first down twice, and finally Dyar broke
through for a touchdown, and kicked the goal.
Score: Freshmen, o; Sophomores, 7.
THIRD PERIOD
Sophomores kicked to Paine. Chapman and
Paine made first down. Paine made first down in
two rushes. Paine 4 yards, Balfe 2 yards. A for-
ward failed and McConaughy punted. The punt
was muffed and Doten recovered. The Freshmen
were now within striking distance of the goal line
but couldn't gain and Dyar punted out of danger.
Balfe ran the punt back to within 15 yards of the
goal line. Paine and Corbett both failed to gain.
Balfe was thrown for a loss on a double pass.
Dyar punted out of danger and again Balfe ran
the ball back to the 15 yard line. Bradford made
5 yards, Swift failed to gain and the period was
over. Score : Freshmen, o ; Sophomores, 7.
FOURTH PERIOD
Balfe made first down through center, and then
skirted the end for 10 yards and a touchdown.
Chapman missed the goal from a difficult angle.
Score: Freshmen, 6; Sophomores, 7. Bradford
kicked to Beal who ran the ball back 20 yards.
Dyar made first down in three rushes. Thomas
made 2 yards. Hazeltine nailed Thomas for a
loss. Dyar punted to Chapman who made a fair
catch. Swift, Chapman and Paine made first
down. Paine 3 yards, Balfe no gain. Doten
muffed a forward, and McConaughy punted.
Bradford was right down under it and tackled
Larabee before he could start. Beal and Thomas
no gain. Dyar 7 yards. Beal no gain. End of
the game.
Final score: Sophomores, 7; Freshmen, 6.
1916 1917
Wood, le re, McConaughy
Moulton (Capt ), It rt Oliver
Chase, lg rg, Hazeltine
Ramsdell, c c, Stone
Ireland (Rawson), rg lg, Campbell
Edwards, rt It, Bradford
Carter (Head), re le, Pike (Doten)
Larabee, qb qb, Balfe
Dyar, lhb lhb, Chapman
Beal, rhb rhb, Capt. Corbett (Swift)
Thomas, f b f b, Paine
Score: Sophomores, 7; Freshmen, 6. Touch-
downs, Dyar, Balfe. Goal from touchdown,
Dyar. Referee, Mountfort '14. Umpire, La-
Casce '14. Head linesman, MacCormick '15. As-
sistant linesmen, Burns '14 and Barry '16. Time,
2 twelve and 2 ten minute periods.
Blanchard, Langs, Moran, alternate, Crosby;
Sophomores.— Edwards, Foster, Sayward, alter-
nate, Parsons. McWilliams '15 will coach the
Freshmen and Gage '14 will instruct the Sopho-
mores. The Freshmen have the affirmative and
the Sophomores the negative.
GYM WORK BEGINS
The Physical Training courses, required of
every man in College, will begin Monday, Dec. I.
All classes and squad exercises will begin prompt-
ly at ten minutes past the hour and no credit will
be given unless men are in their places at this
time.
The days and hours are as follows :
1914. — Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 4.30 p.
M.
19 :S- — Tuesday, Thursday, at 4.30; Friday at
3.30 P. M.
1916. — Monday, Wednesday, Thursday at 3.30
p. M.
19 1 7. — Monday, Wednesday, Thursday at 11.30
Gymnasium apparatus will be given out in the
Handball Room at the first named hour for each
class. The required gym suits must be obtained
before then. Lockers may be rented on applica-
tion at the Treasurer's office.
The list of instructors and assistants is as fol-
lows:
Instructor in Heavy Gymnastics. — Percy K.
Holmes; assistants, N. S. Kupelian, Clarence Ba-
ker.
Instructor for Freshmen. — James C. Kimball;
assistants, Francis T. Garland, Stanwood A. Mel-
cher, Frank R. Loeffler.
Instructor for Sophomores. — James C. Kim-
ball ; assistants, Francis T. Garland, Stanwood A.
Melcher, Frank R. Loeffler.
Instructor for Juniors. — F. W. Maroney; assis-
tants, Percy D. Mitchell, Arthur L. Pratt.
Instructor for Seniors. — F. W. Maroney; assis-
tants, Percy D. Mitchell, Arthur L. Pratt.
Athletic Instructor. — John J. Magee.
In charge of baseball practice. — Alton L.
Grant, Jr.
FRESHMAN— SOPHOMORE DEBATE
The trials for teams in the Freshman-Sopho-
more debate resulted as follows: Freshmen. —
MANDOLIN CLUB SELECTIONS
The following men have been selected for the
Mandolin Club : —
First Mandolin: Thompson '14, Barton '14,
Hall '15, Little '16, True '17, Stratton '1 6.
Second Mandolin: Nason '14, Standish'14,
Lappin '15, Cruff '16.
Mandola: McCargo ' 14, Elwell '15, Kelley ' 16.
Guitor : Tuttle ' 1 4, Parmenter ' 1 7.
Mando-cello: Russell '14.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
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Published every Tuesday of the Collegiate year by
The Bowdoin Publishing Company
in the Interests of the Students of
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914, Editor-in-Chief
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915, Managing Editor
Richard E. Simpson, 1914, Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John F. Rollins, 1915, The Library Table
D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
Raymond C. Hamlin, 1916, With The Faculty
J. Glenwood Winter, 1916, The Other Colleges
K. A. Robinson, 1914
G. H. Talbot, 1915
F. P. McKenney, 1915
D. J. Edwards, 1916
Contributions are requested from all undergraduates,
alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
All communications regarding subscriptions should be
addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Co. Subscriptions, $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents.
BOWDOIN PUBLISHING COMPANY
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G. Arthur McWilliams, 1915, Assistant Manager
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Entered at Post-Office at Brunswick as Second-Class Mail Matter
Vol. XLIII NOVEMBER 25, 1913 No. 20
The Communication
We are glad to print in this issue a communi-
cation from an undergraduate in regard to the
policy of sending Y. M. C. A. delegates to the
Kansas City convention. It seems to us entirely
proper that a question such as this should be
raised concerning the expenditure of the A. S.
B. C. appropriations. Indeed, the curtailing of
unwise expenditure by publicity of expenses is
one of the advantages of the estimate system em-
ployed by the Board of Managers. But, as often,
the criticism of this expenditure seems to be mis-
directed. The Board of Managers makes its ap-
propriations in a lump sum from estimates sub-
mitted. In the Y. M. C. A. estimate submitted
last June based on mere running expenses of
printing, etc., the Board reduced the total fifty
dollars from the amount of the previous year. It
would seem that the appropriation, then, did not
include such expenditure. The spending of the
appropriations is entirely in the hands of the va-
rious organizations. Whether this expense is
justified is a question for the Y. M. C. A. to de-
cide. We are informed that the additional ex-
pense is to be met by funds obtained from outside
resources. In this way the expenditure becomes
a question of Y. M. C. A. policy rather than ex-
pending of student funds. As to the policy of
sending these men, the Bowdoin Y. M. C. A. is so
well managed that the question of sending such a
deputation should hardly be questioned by lay-
men. It is a national convention attended by rep-
resentatives from colleges throughout the land.
It is fortunate that Bowdoin can be represented.
COMMUNICATION
To the Editor of the Orient: —
At a time when our Baseball Association is
heavily in debt and when our Track Association
is unable to send men to the Intercollegiates there
comes the announcement that two representatives
are to be sent by our Y. M. C. A. to the Interna-
tional Convention of the Student Volunteer
Movement in Kansas City. According to the
present plan fifty dollars ($50) is to be appro-
priated for this purpose from the Y. M. C. A.
share of the Blanket Tax Fund. Practically all
the men in the College are vitally interested in
both baseball and track whereas but a small num-
ber are interested in representation in a national
convention of the Y. M. C. A.
There are certain manifest disadvantages in-
herent in the Blanket Tax System which cannot
be obviated if the system is to endure but this un-
equal distribution of funds whereby the will of
the givers is so manifestly violated seems to be an
abuse and one which is capable of rectification.
If the Y. M. C. A. is in such a prosperous condi-
tion that it cannot find some remote charitable
field in which to place its surplus it might begin
by being charitable at home and give its riches to
our athletic associations for which the Blanket
Tax was most intended.
Paul Lambert White.
THE NEW CATALOGUE
The catalogue number of the Bowdoin College
Bulletin for 1913 and 1914 shows that the total
registration of the College is 424. Of this number,
358 are students in the academical department and
66 in the medical school. This makes a gross
total of 424, but two names that are counted twice
reduce the net total to 422.
The registration follows :
ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT
Seniors 61
Juniors 69
Sophomores 88
Freshmen: first year 113
Freshmen : second year .... 21
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Special students 6
Total 3S8
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Fourth year 19
Third year .24
Second year 10
-First year 13
Total 66
Total in the institution .... 424
Names counted twice 2
Corrected total 422
The corrected total last year was 401, with 333
-in the academic department.
The summary of instructors follows :
Academical faculty 28
j Medical faculty 65
Total 93
Names counted twice 7
Corrected total 86
This is a net gain of four over the number of
instructors last year.
According to the new catalogue, 312 students
room in the dormitories or fraternity houses.
The distribution of students, according to figures
compiled from the catalogue especially for the
Orient, is as follows : North Winthrop 30, South
Winthrop 29, North Maine 32, South Maine 29,
North Appleton 29, South Appleton 32, Alpha
Delta Phi house 10, Psi Upsilon house 14, Delta
Kappa Epsilon house 20, Zeta Psi house 15, Theta
Delta Chi house 15, Delta Upsilon house 20,
Kappa Sigma house 12, Beta Theta Pi house 18,
Bowdoin Club 9, private houses 46. Of the 46
who do not room on the campus, four live in other
towns and come to Brunswick every day.
The interest bearing funds of the College, in-
cluding $188,000.00 belonging to the Medical
School, at the end of each fiscal year for the last
five years, were: May 10, 1909, $1,862,560.19;
May 10, 1910, $2,017,733.79; May 10, 191 1, $2,-
126,832.30; March 30, 1912, $2,149,485.86; March
31, 1913, $2,210,503.96.
The estimated expenses to a student have been
unaffected by the high cost of living, the lowest
being placed at $293.00, the average at $339-°°.
and the liberal at $406.00.
In and after 1914-1915 the charge for tuition
-will be $100.00 per year, and incidental college
charges will be reduced from $12.00 to $6.50.
Time-honored English 5 is no longer a course
in public speaking for Freshmen. English 5 has
been changed to English 4, which has been
changed to English 10.
The requirements for admission have been
changed slightly, the admission by examination in
four subjects being without mention in the new
catalogue. The New England college entrance
certificate board, of which Bowdoin is a member,
has been joined, according to the new catalogue,
by Bates, Colby, Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege and Middlebury.
Assistant Librarian Gerald G. Wilder has had
charge of the publishing of the new issue of the
bulletin.
SPECIAL MEETINGS IN JANUARY
The Y. M. C. A. is planning a series of meet-
ings to be held in January which will be of great
importance and interest to Bowdoin men. The
purpose of these meetings will be to bring the
question of the Christian life before the students,
to answer some of the questions which trouble
most college men, and to rouse the student body
to higher ideals in everyday campus life. The
speakers at these meetings will be men who al-
ready have a hold on Bowdoin men, President
Fitch of Andover Theological Seminary, who will
be the College Preacher on Jan. 11, and Dave
Porter '06, Bowdoin's first Rhodes scholar and
probably the best known of our younger alumni.
One of the most helpful parts of the meetings will
be the private conferences with these men. The
meetings are planned for Jan. 7, 8 and 9.
REPORT OF BASEBALL MANAGER
RECEIPTS
Blanket Tax $900 00
Balance from F. S. Wiggin 3 30
Subscription (Luther Dana) 5 00
R. I. State guarantee 30 00
Wesleyan guarantee 80 00
Trinity guarantee 80 00
Harvard guarantee 125 00
Maine Central game 5° 00
Tufts guarantee 75 00
Andover guarantee 65 00
Colby guarantee 5° °°
Maine gate 158 5°
Maine guarantee 75 00
Colby gate 13° 5°
Bates game (one-half receipts) 141 00
Bates Ivy game 472 84
Commencement game 144 °°
Miscellaneous receipts 10 23
Loan from Athletic Council 5° 00
Total $2,645 37
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EXPENDITURES
191 1 and 1912 Bills $447 77
Coach, salary and expenses 496 70
Return of loan to Athletic Council. ... 50 00
Spring trip 311 25
Harvard trip 108 23
Maine Central game (trip to) 39 23
Tufts-Andover trip 136 81
Colby trip 51 48
Maine guarantee 75 00
10 per cent, gate and grandstand .... 71 37
Umpire and other expenses 11 20
Maine trip 85 23
Colby guarantee 50 00
10 per cent, and grandstand 67 21
Umpire and other expenses 1 1 20
Tufts (rain guarantee and incidental) 42 92
Bates trip 44 85
Ivy Day game (one-half gate to
Bates) 109 07
10 per cent, gate and grandstand .... 262 70
Incidental expenses I 36
Athletic supplies 27 1 1
Printing 25 75
Miscellaneous 56 12
Commencement game expenses 17 83
Total $2,600 39
Cash on hand 44 98
tion, and find the foregoing to be an accurate
summary of his receipts and disbursements.
Barrett Potter,
Oct. 28, 1913. Auditor.
$2,645 37
OUTSTANDING BILLS
Filene $138 25
Allen's Drug Store I 00
Spalding 142 67
Coach's room 31 50
Eaton Hardware 4 00
$317 42
1912 bills paid $447 77
1913 bills unpaid 3T7 42
$130 35
Cash on hand 44 9^
Ahead on season 1913 $175 33
The above is a report of the Bowdoin Baseball
Association, season of 1913.
Respectfully submitted,
Francis X. Callahan,
Mgr.
I have examined the books, accounts, and
vouchers of the manager of the Baseball Associa-
REPORT OF FENCING MANAGER
Gordon P. Floyd, Manager.
RECEIPTS
Blanket Tax $75 00
Dr. F. N. Whittier 5 00
Members of Fencing Team 4 48
Total $84 48
DISBURSEMENTS
Express and Postage $1 10
Intercollegiate Dues 10 00
Telephone I 29
Horace Partridge Co 16 18
G. M. Wheeler 1 75
F. W. Chandler and Son 60
Harvard Trip 40 35
Augusta Trip 1 53
Bugle Picture 4 00
Gymnasium Locker 2 00
Balance 5 68
Total $84 48
Respectfully submitted,
Gordon P. Floyd, Mgr.
I have examined the books and accounts of the
manager of the Fencing Association, and find
them properly kept and vouched. The foregoing
report is an accurate summary of his receipts and
disbursements.
Barrett Potter,
Nov. 22, 1913. Auditor.
<&luo anD Council Meetings
The meeting of the Student Council which was
to be held this week, has been postponed until
after the recess. The date of election of assistant
football manager is to be decided then.
There will be a meeting of the Bugle Board,
Tuesday evening, Dec. 2, at 7 o'clock at the Delta
Upsilon house.
A joint meeting of the Orient and Quill
Boards will be held this afternoon at 4.30 in the
Verein Room.
A meeting of the Board of Managers was held
Friday afternoon in their room in the Gym.
Junior and Senior elections will probably be
held after Thanksgiving.
The Biology Club met last Friday evening,
Nov. 21. After listening to a lecture, delivered
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in the Zoology lecture room, on "The Mammals
of New England Smaller Than the Grey Squir-
rel," by Dr. Copeland, the members adjourned to
the Beta Theta Pi house. Here a short business
meeting was held and refreshments were served.
The election of officers was postponed on account
of the small attendance.
The Deutscher Verein met last Wednesday
night with Professor Files and enjoyed a most in-
teresting meeting. Professor Files gave the club
a talk upon Strange Places in Europe which he
illustrated with a number of beautiful stereopti-
con views. Refreshments were served.
20n tije Campus
Monte Moore has been elected captain of the
Bates eleven for next fall.
Zeta Psi and Theta Delta Chi will have dances
before the Thanksgiving vacation.
Hargraves '16 and Colton '17 were among those
who witnessed the Harvard-Yale game.
The College formally closes tomorrow at 12.30
and will commence at 8.20 Monday morning.
A number of fellows saw Julia Sanderson in
"The Sunshine Girl" in Bath Friday night.
Rollins '15, who was operated on for appendi-
citis over a month ago, has returned to College.
Lew Brown '14 and Bob Weatherill '14 have
been duck-shooting for a few days at Orr's Island.
In accordance with the custom after Thanks-
giving vacation, the Orient will not be published
next Tuesday.
Joe Finneran, last year's track coach, has been
attracting attention around Boston through his
prowess as a golf player.
The newly constructed fence on the north side
of the campus is an invaluable aid in locating the
College these dark nights.
The Bible study normal class met Friday in-
stead of Monday night, owing to the absence of
Professor McConaughy on Monday.
Lewis '15 attended the Hebron Academy foot-
ball banquet Wednesday night. Baker, captain of
Maine for next year, was also present.
The Psi U's beat the Dekes 6 to I at tag foot-
ball Saturday afternoon. The features were Mc-
Elwee's passes and Boardman's stockings.
The course in English 10, which is offered as a
continuation of English 3, will consider earlier
essays than has been the custom in past years.
Physical training commences Monday, Dec. I.
Up to a late hour before going to press the hours
for baseball and track work had not been an-
nounced. The usual rules about spiked shoes and
gymnasium clothes will prevail.
The first of the trials for reader of the musical
clubs was held last week. There were seven can-
didates present. No final choice has as yet been
made for the position however, two men from the
seven being retained until the final trial which is
to be held immediately following the Thanksgiv-
ing recess. The names of the two who have been
retained have been withheld by request.
Joe Knowles, the Boston artist who recently
spent two months in the woods as a primeval man,
and who spoke at the rally before the Tufts game,
has written to a Brunswick friend as follows : "I
am very sorry that Bowdoin did not win the game
Saturday, but comparing the two teams, I would
say that the Brunswick boys certainly did put up
a very good battle and I want to congratulate
them for the manly way in which they played
their game."
Professor William T. Foster, professor of Eng-
lish and Argumentation at Bowdoin from 1905 to
1910, was at College Sunday. Professor Foster,
who is East on a lecture tour, is now president of
Reed College in Portland, Ore. This college was
founded under conditions different from those of
the ordinary institution. It has no intercollegiate
athletics, no fraternities and is co-educational. A
candidate for admission must pass all subjects,
no conditions being allowed.
rati) the JFacuItp
Prof. McConaughy attended the meeting of the
Association of New England Colleges, at Bur-
lington, Vermont, last week.
Dean Sills attended a meeting of the executive
committee of the State Teachers' Association at
Augusta, Thursday afternoon, and a meeting of a
committee on the Relation of the Maine Colleges
and Preparatory Schools at the same place on
Saturday.
Professor W. H. Davis will conduct a series of
readings on Monday nights during December.
The first of these, which will be Dec. 1, will be a
number of burlesques and parodies. These read-
ings are purely informal, lasting but an hour. The
last one of the month, Dec. 22, will be The Christ-
mas Carol, to which the public will be invited.
CALENDAR
Nov.
26. — Recess Begins, 12.30.
Dec.
1. Recess Closes, 8.30 a. m.
"Gym" Starts.
Fencing Practice Starts.
12. Freshman-Sophomore Debate.
BOWDOIN ORILNT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, DECEMBER 9, 1913
NO. 21
NEW REGULATIONS IN MAJORS AND MINORS
1. Each student is required to have completed
before graduation one major and two minors.
(Definitions: a major is a subject pursued
through three consecutive years, or the equiva-
lent of same. A minor is a subject pursued
through two consecutive years.)
2. The following courses may count for ma-
jors in the different departments :
Biology; all courses offered.
Chemistry; I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; or 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and
Mineralogy.
Economics ; 1, 2, 5 and any three others.
English; 6 courses in addition to 1, 2 and 4;
but the courses in Debating not to count.
French ; 6 advanced courses ; 1 and 2 not to
count.
German; 6 advanced courses; 1 and 2 not to
count.
Greek; A, B, 1, 2, 3, 4; or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; or I,
2, 3, 4, 7, 8.
Latin; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Mathematics; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; or 3, 4 with Me-
chanical Drawing and Surveying.
Physics; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; or 3, 4, 5, 6 and Mathe-
matics 3, 4.
Psychology ; all courses in Philosophy and Psy-
chology and Educational Psychology.
3. Each student must elect his major by the
end of his Sophomore year, and must submit the
courses chosen for the approval of the Depart-
ment in which the major is taken.
4. Each student must also elect his two minors
by the end of his Sophomore year, and must sub-
mit them, for advice, to the Department in which
his major is to be taken.
5. These regulations shall go into effect with
the Class of 1916.
The Dean will be very glad to explain these
regulations to any student who may have ques-
tions to ask concerning them.
BATES MAN RHODES SCHOLAR
Charles R. Clason, Bates '10, has been an
nounced as the next Rhodes Scholar from Maine.
Clason is now in his last year at Georgetown
University Law School and has maintained a very
high standard of scholarship there, as he did at
Bates. He was prominent in baseball and foot-
ball at Bates and in 1910 won the intercollegiate
tennis championship of Maine. The Bowdoin
candidates for the scholarship were Neal Tuttle
'14, Alfred E. Gray '14, and Robert P. Coffin
'15. This is the first time since the scholarship
was put on a competitive basis that it has not
been won by a Bowdoin man.
CROSS-COUNTRY "B"
One "B" has been awarded in cross-country
this fall. This was given to Clarence H. Crosby
'17, who finished among the first ten in the inter-
collegiate meet at Waterville. Earlier in the sea-
son he won the Freshman race with M. C. I., the
interclass cross-country race and the mile and
half-mile in the interclass track meet. He fin-
ished in sixth place in the Maine meet.
FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE DEBATE
Friday evening, Dec. 12, the annual Freshman-
Sophomore Debate takes place in Hubbard Hall
in the Debating Room. The question will be:
Resolved : That the Commission Form of Govern-
ment is the one best suited to American cities.
The judges will be Doctor Little, Professor Hor-
mell, and Professor Elliott. The presiding officer
will be G. W. Bacon '15. The Freshman team
consists of Blanchard, Langs, Moran, and Cros-
by, alternate, and will support the affirmative.
Their coach is G A. McWilliams '15. The Soph-
omore team consists of Edwards, Foster, Say-
ward, and Parsons, alternate. Their coach is E.
C. Gage '14.
FENCERS BEGIN WORK
About fifteen men have reported for Fencing
practice under Instructor Maroney. Of the last
year's team, Floyd '15, manager of this year's
team, is the only man left in college, so practically
a whole new team must be developed. Payson '14,
Porritt '15, and Pope '14 were promising mem-
bers of last year's squad. The other men who are
out for the team are Mitchell '14, Coffin '15, Cut-
ler '15, Robinson '15, Perkins '15, Hastings '15,
Prescott '15, Bridge '15, C. A. Hall '16, Leadbet-
ter '16, Ramsdell '16. Practice is held every af-
ternoon at 5.30.
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JUNIOR CLASS ELECTIONS
The Class of 1915 held their elections last night
in the Y. M. C. A. Room. These were the im-
portant elections of the year at which the class
and Ivy Day officers were elected. The Orient
goes to press too early to record the result. The
class popular man is not announced until Ivy Day.
THANKSGIVING DANCES
On the evening of November 25th, the Theta
Delta Chi and Zeta Psi fraternities held their an-
nual Thanksgiving dances in their chapter houses.
The committee in charge of the Theta Delta
Chi affair was composed of Ralph L. Buell '14,
Horace A. Barton '14, and Edward R. Elwell '15.
The patronesses were Mrs. Frank E. Woodruff
and Mrs. John A. Slocum, both of Brunswick.
Chandler's orchestra of Lewiston furnished the
music.
The guests were the Misses Ethel Jones, Al-
berta Robinson, Margaretta Schuyler, Gertrude
King, Marie Heiber, Elizabeth Payson, Geraldine
Wheeler, Dorothy True, Emily Mansfield and
Helen Broe of Portland; Misses Pauline Herring
and Marguerite Hutchins of Brunswick; Misses
Katherine Torrey and Dorothy Higgins of Bath;
and Miss Marie Fogg of Westbrook.
The young ladies at the Zeta Psi dance were
the Misses Katherine Vose, Clara Jones and Dor-
othy Gilman of Portland; Misses Helen Colby,
Gladys Umberhine, Ruth Ridley, Helen Merry-
man, Alfaretta Graves, Alexina LaPointe, Annie
Coffin and Sue Winchell of Brunswick; Misses
Lena Blanchard, Ethel Libby and Gertrude Heath
of Augusta; Miss Marjorie Hall of Dover; Miss
Myra Marsh of Foxcroft ; and Miss Annie Owens
of Lewiston. Special guests of the chapter were
Dr. Alfred O. Gross of Brunswick, and Frank
Carpenter, Colby '13.
The committee in charge of this dance was Don
J. Edwards '16, Frederick W. Powers '16 and
James A. Dunn '16. The patronesses were Mrs.
F. W. Powers, Mrs. W. H. Davis and Mrs. Al-
fred O. Gross of Brunswick. The music was fur-
nished by Lovell's orchestra of Brunswick.
INTER FRATERNITY TRACK MEET
To furnish an incentive to a lively interest in
track work this winter, Track Coach Magee has
offered a cup for an inter-fraternity track meet.
The plan as it now stands is to have dual track
meets between the various fraternities, to culmi-
nate in a meet between all of the fraternities.
This will probably take place some time in Febru-
ary. The matter has not as yet been considered by
the Athletic Council, but the track management
earnestly hopes that this plan will become a real-
ity. Judicious competition is a good thing and
this proposed plan would give a necessary and at
the same time interesting impetus to a successful
track season.
INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
The second annual Bowdoin College Interschol-
astic Indoor Meet is to be held this year Saturday
afternoon, Feb. 28, 19 14, and is to be conducted
by the track management. Special prominence
will be given to the relay races, and for this pur-
pose out-of-state schools have been invited for
the first time. Only the schools more prominent
in track athletics have been invited, namely : Wor-
cester Academy, Exeter, Andover, Arlington
High, Boston Latin, Boston College High,
Powder Point, Dorchester High, Waltham, Rox-
bury Latin, Boston English High, and Maiden
High.
GOOD NEWS FOR HIWALE
Pledges amounting to $178 secured in one even-
ing's work at his Alma Mater will indeed cheer
Hiwale '09. There is still a number of people
whom the committee have yet to see. It is hoped
and expected that the $300 mark will be reached.
Thanks for this success is due not only to each
and every man who canvassed the student body
and faculty but also to the tremendous influence
of Mr. Brewer Eddy of Boston, in his lecture and
in his personal influence and exhortations.
In his lecture, Mr. Eddy showed vivid pictures
of the revolting conditions of heathenism in In-
dia against which Mr. Hiwale is fighting. We
should be pleased if Christians were as earnestly
devoted to their religion as those people are to
their blind superstition. But in the midst of this
heathenism Christianity is slowly introducing its
improvements in the way of medical instruction,
schools and evangelistic meetings.
In the American Marathi Mission Report for
1912, Mr. Hiwale writes that his field of labor is
nearly 70 miles in length, and 40 in breadth, and
is thickly populated. Mr. and Mrs. Hiwale do
their work through Bible women, boarding
schools and village schools. During 1912, they
presented Christ to nearly 35,000, and sold nearly
3,000 Scripture portions. Although the people
everywhere give them a good hearing', their lack
of money greatly hinders their extending their
good work.
MacCormick '15 spoke from the standpoint of a
student on our duty, as Bowdoin men, of support-
ing Hiwale.
President Hyde spoke from his remembrance
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of Hiwale as a student at Bowdoin. Although
our language and customs were obstacles for him,
yet by his tact and kindliness he made friends
everywhere.
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PROFESSOR DAVIS GIVES READING
Professor William Hawley Davis held the first
of his Monday night readings, Dec. 1, in Me-
morial Hall. The attendance was large and those
present were very pleasantly entertained. The
subject, "Parodies and Burlesques," was dealt
with in a humorous and entertaining way. There
will be a reading every Monday night till the
Christmas vacation, and Professor Davis cordial-
ly invites all students and members of the faculty
to attend. "Short Stories," was the subject last
night. There will be two more lectures ; on Dec.
15, the subject will be "Contempora'ry Verse,"
and on Dec. 22, Dickens's "Christmas Carol" will
be read.
THANKSGIVING DINNERS
At chapel Wednesday, Nov. 26, twenty-eight
dollars were collected by the Social Service Com-
mittee of the Y. M. C. A. Out of this sum eleven
families were supplied with Thanksgiving din-
ners. The size of the families varied from three
to fourteen and in all about thirty-five poor peo-
ple were given dinners. In each basket were
placed such things as a chicken, potatoes, sugar,
butter, raisins, seasoning, tea, canned goods, etc.
The Committee consulted the Police Matron and
was careful not to give to the same families as
received aid from the town, the Benevolent So-
ciety, and the Madisses Club. These societies and
the Y. M. C. A. supplied about fifty families about
the town.
ALUMNI COUNCIL
A year ago last June at the meeting of the
General Alumni Association it was suggested by
Dean Sills and others that an Alumni Council
would be a benefit to the College. A committee
was appointed, of which Charles T. Hawes 'j6
was chairman, to look into the matter carefully
and to make plans for the formation of such a
council. The report of this committee was pre-
sented last June at the meeting of the Alumni As-
sociation and its suggestions were adopted. The
council will consist of twelve members elected by
the alumni at large, at the same time at which
the nominations for vacancies in the Board of
Overseers are made. The first election will take
place next June, when all twelve members will be
chosen. Four of these will serve for one year,
four for two years, and four for three years ; and
thereafter four will be chosen each year to serve
for three years. A nominating committee was
appointed consisting of Arthur G. Staples '82
Lewiston; Ralph T. Parker '95, Rumford; Leon
V. Walker '03, Portland, and Gerald G. Wilder
'04, Brunswick. This committee will present to
the alumni twenty-four names from which twelve
will be chosen.
TRACK AND BASEBALL MEN
The following- men are taking track work in
place of the regular gymnasium work: Winter,
Hargraves, G. F. Eaton, Sayward, Colton, Ogle'
Noble, L. A. Donahue, Powers, Fuller, Wright]
Noyes, J. B. Moulton, Ireland, Sampson, Dalrym-
ple, Tarbox, Fox, Pierce, Pettingill, R. Richard-
son, Fenning, Fillmore, Ramsdell, Ladd, Marr,
Payson, Garland, A. S. Merrill, C. F. Foster, H
H. Foster, Wyman, Morrison, McWilliams, G. D.
Richardson, Livingston, E. A. Stone, Porritt,
Coxe, A. B. Stetson, Lewis, Austin, Koughan]
Floyd, Prescott, MacCormick, Smith, Dunton]
Cutler.
The following men are taking baseball work:
H. Hall, Humphrey, Knight, Peacock, B. Brad-
ford, McElwee, Bigelow, Fitzgerald, L. T. Brown,
Goodskey, H. G. Wood, U. H. Merrill, R. Weath-
erill, Paine, Marston, Fraser, Beal, O. P. Badger,
Yenetchi, Larrabee, A. L. Pratt, P. Weatherill]
LaCasce, N. Tuttle, W. C. Coombs, Kelley, Dyar,
Churchill, L. W. Stetson, A. K. Eaton, Keegan,
Bodurtha, C. T. Rogers, H. E. Allen, Cooley,
Kuhn, Carll, Chapman, Nute, Shumway, Stuart,
Rawson, Phillips, H. E. Coombs.
Y.M.C.A. NOTES
The following are members of the Freshman
Religious Committee : Bingham, Brown, Seward,
Crosby, Chapman, F. A. Hazeltine, F. D. Hazel-
tine, Moran, McConaughy, Flynt, Babcock, Langs,
Stone, Marston, Nute, Achorn, Crane, Cormack,
Crehore, Fobes, Fillmore, Mclntire, Eaton, Skol-
field, C. Foster. Crosby is chairman.
The deputation work of the Christian Associa-
tion has begun. Monday night, Dec. 1, Lewis
'15 spoke at Rockland. Last night, H. Foster '16
spoke at Woodfords. Chapman '17 and Simpson
'14 spent last Sunday at Cumberland Center.
December 18-19 Fred H. Rindge, Jr., of New
York, Industrial Secretary of the Student Y. M.
C. A., will visit Bowdoin in the interests of indus-
trial work. There will be a Y. M. C. A. meeting
followed by a cabinet meeting. Mr. Rindge will
speak at the economics classes on foreign labor,
immigration and similar problems.
Continued on page 168
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Editor-in-Chief
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D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
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alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
All communications regarding subscriptions should be
addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Co. Subscriptions, $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents.
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Entered at Post-Office at Brunswick as Second-Class Mail Matter
Vol. XLIII DECEMBER 9, 1913 No. 21
A New Custom
A new custom was introduced into the chapel
exercises last Sunday evening- by the replacing of
the first anthem with a congregational hymn. It
was well received by the student body. This
change is in line with the gradual but sure devel-
opment of the music of our chapel services which
has been evident since the inauguration of the
Music Department. We hope that the new cus-
tom will become firmly established and will not
be allowed to lag when the novelty wears off.
The Alumni Council
On account of the absence of any informal
method of communication to the alumni of the
College the Orient wishes to call to the attention
of its alumni as well as undergraduate readers
the present status of the Alumni Council. The
condition of infrequent meeting of the alumni
makes the launching of the project a rather slow
process. It is, indeed, partly to remedy this hand-
icap that the Alumni Council will find its oppor-
tunity for serving the College. More and more
as the College assumes new responsibilities to-
ward the men it takes within its gates it becomes
necessary to have a body such as the one to be
elected at Commencement for the carrying on of
alumni business and policies throughout the year.
Y.M. C.A. Notes, continued from page 167
The Freshman Religious Committee will meet
this evening at 9.45 o'clock at Professor McCon-
aughy's house, 3 McLellan Street.
The Committee of 79, in charge of the special
meetings in January, will hold its first meeting
Monday evening, Dec. 15, at 7 p. m. at the Delta
Upsilon House.
ALUMNI IN TEACHING
The Orient publishes annually a list of the
Alumni engaged in teaching. This year's list is
complete and accurate as far as is known. Any
errors or omissions will be corrected by the
Orient or at the office. The list follows, the
school or district and address being given:
Henry K. White '74, Supt, Newcastle, Newcas-
tle; Albert M. Card, m'75, Supt., Alna, Head
Tide ; W. E. Sargent '78, Hebron Academy, He-
bron ; F. W. Freeman '89, Supt., Eliot and South
Berwick, South Berwick ; G. H. Larrabee '89,
Bangor High School, Bangor ; H. E. Alexander
'90, Waldoboro H. S., Waldoboro; Will O. Her-
sey '92, Supt., Fairfield and Oakland, Fairfield ;
Jesse W. Lambert '93, Supt., Kennebunk and
Kennebunkport, Kennebunk; F. E. Briggs '94,
Lincoln Academy, Newcastle ; A. L. Dennison '95,
Kennebunk H. S., Kennebunk ; E. R. Woodbury
'95, Thornton Academy, Saco ; John W. Foster
'96, Supt., Kingfield and New Vineyard, North
Anson ; Howard Gilpatrick '96, Supt., Eustis,
Bigelow PL, Flagstaff PL, Coplin PL, Stratton;
Ralph W. Leighton '96, Skowhegan H. S., Skow-
hegan; Charles S. Sewall '97, Supt., Wiscasset,
Wiscasset ; C. W. Proctor '98, Belfast H. S., Bel-
fast; D. L. Wormwood '98, Supt., Bangor, Ban-
gor; H. W. Cobb '00, Augusta High School, Au-
gusta; J. A. Hamlin '00, Old Town High School,
Old Town; Simon E. Hamlin '00, Supt., South
Portland and Cape Elizabeth, South Portland;
Charles C. Phillips '00, Corinna Union Academy,
Corinna ; H. H. Randall '00, Supt., Auburn H. S.,
Auburn; William B. Woodbury '00, Supt., Bel-
fast, Belfast; George R. Gardner '01, Brunswick
H. S., Brunswick; Charles C. Shaw '03, Gorham
H. S., Gorham; Herbert S. Hill '05, Wells H. S.,
Wells; Frank D. Rowe '06, Warren H. S., War-
ren; Chester C. Tuttle '06, Bridgton Academy,
North Bridgton; R. S. Smith '07, Washington
Academy, East Machias; Frank H. Byram '08,
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East Livermore H. S., Livermore Falls; Thomas
E. Gay '08, New Gloucester H. S., New Glou-
cester; George E. Leatherbarrow '08, Limerick
Academy, Limerick; William M. Harris '09,
Westbrook Seminary, Portland; G. W. Cole '09,
Foxcroft Academy, Foxcrof t ; D. F. Koughan '09,
Topsham H. S., Topsham ; C. R. Simmons, M.D.,
m'09, Supt., Searsmont, Searsmont; Edgar R.
Fisher '10, Eliot H. S., Eliot; H. E. Rowell '10,
Bridgton H. S., Bridgton; Russell S. Taylor '10,
Freeport H. S., Freeport; R. E. G. Bailey '11,
Anson Academy, North Anson; Sylvan B. Gen-
thner '11, Greenville H. S., Greenville; Elden G.
Barbour '12, Eastern Maine Institute, Spring-
field; Ernest E. Weeks '12, Fryeburg Academy,
Fryeburg; Everett P. Walton '12, Eustis H. S.,
Stratton; Elmer E. Tufts '13, Kingfield H. S.,
Kingfield; Fred D. Wish, Jr., '13, Scarboro H. S.,
Scarboro.
', CHEMICAL CLUB REORGANIZES
The first meeting of the Chemical Club was
held in the Chemistry Laboratory December 3.
Sumner Mountfort '14 was elected president, Ar-
thur G. Hildreth '16 was chosen secretary and
treasurer and Hebron Adams '14, vice-president.
The following men were admitted to the club :
Bridge '15, Cole '14, Tuttle '14, Gray '14, Hey-
wood '14, Payson '14, Wilson '14, Woodberry '14,
Hamblen '14, Monroe '14, King '14, Lord '16 and
Irving '16.
GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB MEETS
The third fortnightly meeting of the Good Gov-
ernment Club was held last Wednesday evening,
Dec. 3, at the Beta Theta Pi house. Three new
members were voted in: Burns '14, Callahan '14
and Roberts '15. The chief topic which was dis-
cussed was that of the Hetch-Hetchy valley. This
is a most important subject for it concerns the
water supply of San Francisco. The subject
principally rests on the efforts of the people of
San Francisco to get a bill through the Legisla-
ture to use the lake situated in this valley for
their water supply. The other topic discussed
concerned the new phases of the Mexican situa-
tion.
Ci)e Hiorarp Cable
The seventh and last volume of Professor
James Schouler's "History of the United States
under the Constitution" has made its appearance
with the title, "The Reconstruction Period." It
deals in detail with the administrations of John-
son and Grant. Like the preceding volumes, it
shows careful research, a concise style and a con-
servative judgment.
"The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones" by
Mrs. Reginald deKoven is a splendid work re-
sulting from years of research in which the
writer has accumulated considerable new ma-
terial. It is the most important biography of the
great naval hero that has yet been published.
Students who desire exact information on the
subject will welcome "The Missions and Mission-
aries of California," by Fr. Zephrin Engelhardt.
Volume one is devoted to lower California and
traces with much detail the work of the Jesuits
and the Franciscans in that territory.
"A New Era in Chemistry," by Harry C. Jones,
Professor of Physical Chemistry in Johns Hop-
kins University, takes up some of the more im-
portant developments in General Chemistry dur-
ing the last quarter of a century.
"Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings," by
Mary H. Northend, is an interesting discussion
of the subject. It deals with both the exterior
and the interior of the old houses of Colonial
times. Its great feature is its wealth of illustra-
tions.
dtluo and Council Meetings
The Augusta Club held a short business meet-
ing with Swift '17 and Blanchard '17 at 11 So.
Appleton last Tuesday evening. The club's foot-
ball team defeated Cony High of Augusta 13 to 9
on Thanksgiving morning. Touchdowns were se-
cured by Stuart '16 and Chapman '17.
There will be a meeting of the Classical Club
Thursday, Dec. 11, with Professor Nixon at 8
p. M.
The Androscoggin County Club, which was to
have met last Friday evening, postponed its meet-
ing until Dec. 12, when they will meet with Leo
Pratt at the Kappa Sigma house.
The Lincoln County Club held a short meeting
at the Zeta Psi house last week and elected the
following officers: M. H. Kuhn '15, president; A.
H. MacCormick '15, vice-president; T. W. Wes-
ton '16, secretary and treasurer.
A joint meeting of the Orient and Quill
Boards was held in the Verein Room, Tuesday,
Nov. 25th. The constitution of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Company was discussed and the Quill
Board then adjourned. The Orient Board then
elected to membership Edward C. Hawes '16.
Various other matters were discussed and the
Board adjourned.
A meeting of the 19 15 Bugle Board was held
Wednesday, Dec. 3rd, in the Classical Room. The
work of the Board was outlined and assignments
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given to the various members. Another meeting
will be held shortly.
The Student Council meeting set for Dec. 4
was postponed to a later date. Dean Sills will
probably speak at the next meeting of the Coun-
cil.
fl)n tU Campus
Bert Morrill '10 was on the campus recently.
The November number of the Quill will be is-
sued soon.
Freshman millinery is out of fashion until af-
ter Easter vacation.
A number of students stayed at College during
the short Thanksgiving recess.
Christmas vacation begins on Tuesday, Dec. 23
at 4.30 and closes on Tuesday, Jan 6 at 8.20.
The following men have left College : Hamil-
ton '14, Tapley '15, Clough '16, Hellen '16, Mason
'16.
Sanborn '10 and Kern '12 were elected coun-
cilmen on the Republican ticket in Portland last
week.
MacCormick '15 is a delegate to the initiation
banquet of the Colby chapter of Delta Upsilon in
Augusta this evening.
"Farmer" Kern '12 and Frank Smith '12
coached the Deering High School (Portland)
football team this fall.
On Friday, Dec. 12, at 8 P. M. , in the Classi-
cal Room, there will be an open illustrated lec-
ture on Athens by Dr. Arthur Cooley.
The time of the weekly meetings of the Bible
study normal classes has been changed from
Monday night to Friday noon at 1.00 o'clock.
Professor Davis has kindly postponed his read-
ing on the evening of Dec. 15 from 7 to 7.45 be-
cause of the meeting of the Committee of 79.
The Mikado, a comic opera in two acts, will be
presented under the auspices of the Saturday
Club in the Town Hall next Thursday at 8.00 p.
m. Prof. Wass is in charge of the chorus which
is composed of fifty picked voices of the town
and college.
At Christmas time Alpha Delta Phi, Beta Theta
Pi, Kappa Sigma, Theta Delta Chi, Zeta Psi,
Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Delta Upsilon will hold
dances.
While Professor McLean is away, there will be
no conferences in Economics I. The whole class
will meet for lectures Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
The Bowdoin Gymnasium is mentioned in com-
plimentary terms in a recent article by William
F. Garcelon, former graduate treasurer of ath-
letics at Harvard.
The plan is to be brought before the Athletic
Council of having all track men who compete for
Bowdoin wear jerseys with a small "a" on each
side of the "B-," until they have won their letters.
The brown-tail moth nests are being removed
from the trees on the campus and adjoining
grounds. The use of spurs and pruning knives
has supplanted the old method of moth balls and
pea-shooters.
Gymnasium work began last week. The usual
track and baseball squads are held this year, in
addition to the regular gym, but there will be no
football classes. Make-ups come on Tuesdays at
3.30 and on Saturdays at 2.30.
Joe Finneran, track coach here last spring, has
invented a new style of bamboo vaulting pole,
which, he claims, will make pole vaulters rival the
air-men. Finneran is now golf instructor at the
Franklin Park links in Boston.
Alton Lewis '15 was a guest of honor Monday
evening, Dec. 1, at a banquet tendered the mem-
bers of the Rockland High School football team
by the Y. M. C. A. of Rockland. The banquet
was held in the Methodist vestry of that city.
The Portland Sunday Telegram for Dec. 7 con-
tains an interesting account of how Franklin
Pierce '24 and John Parker Hale1 '27 were rival
candidates for the presidency of the United States
in 1852. This is recorded in the pamphlet "Life
at Bowdoin."
The local chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon had
a good representation at the annual convention
held in Boston last Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. Among the undergraduates attending
were Gray '14, Heywood '14, Cunliffe '14, Merrill
'14, Standish '14, Eddy '14, McCargo '14, Porritt
'15, Eastman '15, MacDonald '15, Hall '15, Fuller
'16, Drummond '16, Baxter '16, Irving '16, Hale
'16 and Shumway '17.
Wiitb tfje Jfacultp
The Outlook for November 15, 1913, reviews
President Hyde's book, "The Quest of the Best,"
as follows : — This fresh addition to President
Hyde's valuable treatises on ethics during the last
twenty-one years is designed specially for boys,
while in large measure applicable to girls. He
shows that boys are naturally but pardonably bad,
their badness being elemental goodness out of
place and working in the wrong direction — just as
dirt is matter out of place. Next, enforced or
artificial goodness is unstable and unreal, and yet
a stage of moral discipline that cannot be skipped
in the development of real goodness enlisted in an
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earnest quest of the best. How to allure the boy
to this quest, keep him in it, and bring him back
to it when gone astray, is presented as the great
ethical problem, and is instructively answered. A
peculiar interest and value of this treatise is in its
having been collaborated by President Hyde, first
with his class of Bowdoin College students, and
afterward with several hundred experts in work
for boys, to whom he presented it in lectures last
May for criticism and suggestions, to which he
acknowledges much indebtedness. No more help-
ful book exists for those who have to do with the
training of boys. Grown-up readers will find
that it puts them to confession with a thorough-
ness that is good for conscience.
Professor McLean was suddenly called to his
home in Illinois last week by the serious illness of
his father.
Professor McConaughy will speak Friday even-
ing at a union meeting in Westbrook under the
auspices of the Westbrook Boys' Federation.
Cbe Otficr Colleges
Twelve American universities have endowment
funds of over five million dollars.
Harvard's football team cost $35,000 to develop
this fall. Coach's salaries amounted to $15,000.
Radcliffe and Simmons College girls are said
to have taken up the fad of wearing monocles.
The Dramatic Club at the University of Maine
has selected Moliere's comedy, "Les Femmes
Savantes" for presentation this winter.
McGill University intends to erect a series of
dormitories to accommodate all the students, and
to cost approximately two million dollars.
Oxford University has decided to send a relay
team to compete in the annual relay carnival to
be held in April at the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
The Williams College student body recently
voted "to adopt the system of keeping the coach
off the bench during baseball games."
One thousand eighty-five students have en-
rolled in the free correspondence courses in agri-
culture given this year by the University of Cali-
fornia. Six agricultural correspondence courses
are now offered, and others are being prepared.
Seventy-five out 'of 180 students at Trinity Col-
lege have pledged themselves to take an active
part in the work of their recently organized De-
bating Association.
Two hundred men at the University of Penn-
sylvania have volunteered for social service work
this year. The work includes first-aid work, gym-
nasium classes, a review of prison conditions, and
the teaching of English to foreigners.
Books on religious subjects seem to be in great-
est demand by general readers in the University
of Minnesota library. During a recent week more
books on religion than books on general litera-
ture were requested.
Selections from Chinese operas on native in-
struments and a Chinese playlet will be the fea-
tures of a reception to be given by the Cosmopoli-
tan Club of the University of Pennsylvania to-
morrow evening.
Harvard and Washington and Jefferson were
the only large college teams of the East to go
through the season without a defeat. The total
scores of both teams for the season follow : Har-
vard, 225, opponents, 21 ; Washington and Jeffer-
son, 374, opponents, 13.
A movement to limit the membership of Uni-
versity debating teams to undergraduates is on
foot at Harvard. Such a step has already been
taken at Princeton, and it is likely that both Har-
vard and Yale will follow.
The Yale Alumni Advisory Board is consider-
ing the advisability of establishing at Yale a Uni-
versity Union similar in scope to the Oxford and
Harvard Unions. It is estimated that the pro-
posed Union would cost at least half a million
dollars to erect. The student body is very much
interested in the project. ,
At the University of Pennsylvania the required
physical training has been placed upon a new
basis. Instead of the regular gymnastic exer-
cises the classes are required to spend two hours
a week in any one of the following sports : basket-
ball, track, cross-country, swimming, or walking.
In basketball the men are divided into teams
which play two games each week. In order to
sustain interest in this part of the work, the two
teams having the highest scores play a champion-
ship game at the end of the season, and the win-
ning team is awarded a shield inscribed with the
players' names, to be hung in the gymnasium.
Prizes are also offered in the other sports.
Because he violated the University of Chicago's
tradition that all seniors shall wear moustaches,
by shaving his off, a prominent member of the
senior class was ducked in the swimming tank in
the gymnasium. Any senior who is unable to
grow a presentable moustache on or before a cer-
tain time is forced to pay the same penalty.
The University of Oregon has decided to try
the experiment of training its football players
throughout the entire college year. During the
winter and spring the candidates will be required
to practice three hours under the direction of the
head coach. Football, wrestling, boxing, basket-
ball and general gymnastics will constitute the
training.
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CALENDAR
Dec.
9-12. Fencing Practice, New Gymnasium, 5.30
p. M.
11. The Mikado, Town Hall.
Classical Club, Prof. Nixon's, 8 p. m.
12. Freshman-Sophomore Debate, Hubbard
Hall, 8.00 p. m.
Meeting Androscoggin County Club, Kappa
Sigma House.
15-19. Fencing Practice, New Gymnasium, 5.30
p. M.
15. Committee of 79 Meeting, Delta Upsilon
House, 7.00 p. m.
Reading, Prof. Davis, Memorial Hall, 7.45
P. M.
19. Annual Dance, Alpha Delta Phi.
Beta Theta Pi Dance.
Delta Upsilon Dance.
22. Theta Delta Chi Dance.
Zeta Psi Dance.
23. Christmas Vacation begins, 4.30 p. m.
Kappa Sigma Dance.
Jan.
6. College opens, 8.20 a. m.
alumni Department
'52. — The death of John White Chickering oc-
curred at his home in Washington, Nov. 8. Mr.
Chickering was eighty-three years old. His death
leaves only three members of his college class,
General Joshua L. Chamberlain and Lewis Pierce
of Portland and George H. Theobold of Rich-
mond.
Mr. Chickering had taught in Portland, Bucks-
port, Foxcroft and Corinna. He was graduated
at Bangor Theological Seminary in i860, and was
pastor of several churches until he became pro-
fessor of Natural History at Gallandet College,
where he remained thirty years until his retire-
ment in 1900.
'58.— The Rev. Frank Sewall, D.D., is pastor of
the New Church, Washington, D. C.
'64. — Hon. Enoch Foster, who has for years
been a leader of the Maine Bar, died at his home
in Portland after a long and serious illness.
The renowned lawyer was a native of Newry,
Oxford County. He fitted for college at Gould's
Academy, Bethel, and at the Maine State Semi-
nary, Lewiston. He enlisted in the 13th Maine
Regiment and served as first lieutenant in the
Third Regiment in the Department of the Gulf,
under Butler and Banks. He studied law in the
office of Hon. Reuben Foster, Waterville, and
was graduated at the Albany Law School in the
class of 1865. In the same year he was admitted
both to the New York Bar in Albany, and to the
Kennebec County Bar in Augusta. In 1868 he
was elected county attorney for Oxford County,
the position which he held until 1874, when he
was elected state senator for two years. From
1884 to 1898 he was a justice of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of Maine. He then came to Port-
land, where, on Feb. 15th, 1899, he became the
senior partner of the firm of Foster and Hersey,
which continued until Nov. 15th, 1905, when it
was dissolved, and he, with his son Robert C. Fos-
ter, formed the firm of Foster & Foster.
Hon. Enoch Foster is survived by his wife, nee
Sarah Chapman, of Bethel, and his one son.
Judge Foster early made a reputation as a
strong and ready debater, especially as a great
jury lawyer. His command of words was enorm-
ous and precise. He was conspicuous in cross
examining witnesses. During his service on the
Supreme Court bench, he became noted as one of
the best judges Maine has ever had for expedit-
ing the trial of cases. His rulings were always
promptly given and strictly adhered to. His writ-
ten opinions possess exemplary strength of dic-
tion and expression.
Judge Foster was a Mason, belonging to some
bodies in Oxford County and to Portland Com-
mandery of Knights Templar. He was also a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic and
of the Loyal Legion, as well as of the 13th Maine
Infantry Association. He was for many years an
honorary member of the Maine Commercial
Traveller's Association. The field of law loses a
valuable man in Hon. Enoch Foster.
'64. — John Green Wight died at his home in
Clinton, N. Y., Nov. 23, his death coming as a re-
sult of over-exertion from a long walk. He was
born in Gilead, March 2, 1842. He served in the
navy in 1862 and 1863, but received his diploma
as of the class of 1864.
Mr. Wight was a teacher in Bridgton Academy
in 1865 ; Cooperstown Seminary, New York, in
1865-67; principal of Bridgton Academy, 1867-
70; of Union School and Seminary in Coopers-
town in 1870-90; Worster High School, 1890-94;
Girls' High School, Philadelphia, 1894-97; Wad-
leigh High School, New York, 1897-1910, and had
been a resident of Clinton, N. Y., for several
years. He received the degrees of A.M. and
L.D. from Bowdoin, and Ph.D. from Hamilton
College.
'04. — Mr. and Mrs. William E. Lunt announce
the birth of a son, William Edward, Jr., Novem-
ber 3, 1913.
BOWDOIN ORILNT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, DECEMBER 16, 1913
NO. 22
CLEMENT TO COACH BASEBALL
Wallace O. Clement, who has been selected to
coach the Bowdoin nine this year, is a man of
wide experience and much ability. He attended
Edward Little High School for four years and
was captain of both baseball and football there.
He attended Tufts College for one year and made
his letter in both baseball and football there. He
left college about ten years ago. For some time
he played on the Jersey City team of the Inter-
national League, and later he was drafted by the
Brooklyn Nationals. More recently he has been
playing in the New York State League. Mr.
Clement is at present in Revere, Mass., and is ex-
pected to take up his new duties here about the
first of April.
DRAMATIC CLUB PARTS
As a result of the trials for the Masque and
Gown, the following men have been retained for
the presentation of "The Marriage of Kitty" :
Reginald .' P. White '14
Helen Baxter '16
Kitty Melloon '15
Hampton Ireland '16
Rosalie Stride '17
Norbury P- Donahue '14
The part of Travers will be taken by either
Smith '15 or Fuller '16.
JUNIORS ELECT OFFICERS
At the elections of the Junior class held Mon-
day evening, December 8, the following officers
were chosen :
President A. H. MacCormick
Vice-President A. H. Lewis
Secretary F. S. Roberts
Treasurer M. H. Kuhn
Class Marshal ' A. K. Eaton
Chaplain E. P. Cutler
Orator G. W. Bacon
poet I. C. Merrill
Ivy Day Committee, G. A. Williams, Chairman;
C. T. Perkins, E. H. Austin, G. P. Floyd, J. C.
MacDonald
Assembly Committee, Samuel West, Chairman;
P. S. Smith, F. P. McKenney, H. E. Verrill
G. W. Ricker, L. N. Stetson and V. P. Wood-
bury were tied for the remaining place on the
Assembly Committee. A special meeting will be
held to elect the other member.
The result of the election of Class Popular
Man will be kept secret until Ivy Day.
SENIOR ELECTIONS
The Class of 1914 held their annual election of
officers last night. The result of the election will
be announced in the next issue of the Orient, the
current paper having gone to press too early to
record the result.
SOPHOMORES WIN DEBATE
The Sophomores won the Freshman-Sopho-
more Debate which was held last Friday evening,
in the Debating Room, Hubbard Hall, un-
der the auspices of the Bowdoin Debating Coun-
cil. The subject of debate was : "Resolved, That
the commission form of government is the one
best suited to American cities." The Freshmen
had the affirmative side and upheld the common
commission form of government with five mem-
bers. The Sophomores in opposition did not cling
to the bi-cameral or alderman-council system but
advanced a new form which they claimed better
than either. This is the managerial system, com-
mon in England and Germany, and based on the
commission form. It has a commission of five
members who elect a properly trained man who
assumes the entire control of the city's affairs
and is answerable directly to the commission.
The speakers for the affirmative were Moran,
Blanchard and Langs, with Crosby as alternate;
for the negative, Edwards, Sayward and Foster,
with Parsons as alternate. The judges, Prof.
Elliott, Prof. Hormell and Prof. Little, were
unanimous in their choice of a winner. G. W.
Bacon '15 presided. McWilliams '15 coached the
affirmative and Gage '14 the negative.
THE 1914 CALENEAR
A very attractive Bowdoin calendar has been
published under the management of Eaton '14 and
Roberts '15. The designing and printing was
done by E. A. Wright of Philadelphia and is an
excellent piece of work.
The cover is of brown limp leather with a col-
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ored picture of the Class of '75 Gates as an in-
sert and the Bowdoin seal embossed. The calen-
dar proper is done on sepia paper, and contains
pictures of President Hyde, campus views, the
fraternity houses, the athletic teams and various
other college organizations.
INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE ORGANIZES
At a meeting of the Bowdoin Interscholastic
Baseball League at the Zeta Psi house Saturday,
ten teams entered the league for the coming sea-
son. The teams have been divided into two
classes as follows : Class A, Edward Little High
of Auburn, South Portland High, Deering High
of Portland, Brunswick High and Rockland
High ; Class B, Cony High of Augusta, Lewiston
High, Lisbon Falls High, Leavitt Institute of
Turner Center, Hallowell High. Lisbon Falls
and Rockland are new teams in the league. This
is the first time for a number of years that Leav-
itt Institute has been in the league. None of the
eight teams of last year have dropped out.
Dunn '16, assistant manager of the Bowdoin
Varsity baseball team, had charge of making up
the schedule, which will start April 18 and will
end June 6. The winners in each class will play
for the championship.
Among the umpires who have been selected are
Lew Brown '14, Mountfort '14, Stetson '15, Beal
'16 and Twaddle, Medic '16.
FRESHMAN RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE
Last Tuesday evening the Freshman Religious
Committee met at the home of Professor McCon-
aughy. C. A. Crosby was elected chairman. It
was decided to collect from the various houses
and dormitories old clothing for Dr. GrenfelFs
and other missions. H. Foster '16 told .of the
clothing collected last year and the good it did.
A. Merrill '14 spoke of the work of the Boys'
Club now meeting in the old gymnasium. The
club, which has an enrollment of about one hun-
dred young Brunswick boys, will probably be
divided into groups of ten each, each group meet-
ing once every two weeks. Beginning about the
middle of January, some of the men will have op-
portunity to meet with these groups. Others will
assist in the larger gymnasium classes which are
in the care of Messrs. Kimball and Maroney. The
old gym also has several game tables which are
occupied every afternoon by the youngsters. C.
Brown '14 urged the men to take hold of the Y.
M. C. A. work and help all they could.
sections. A relay squad of twenty-four men will
work out under Trainer Magee every afternoon
at 4.30, in preparation for the race at Boston in
February. Those selected are: Fuller '16, Ire-
land '16, Fox '14, Ogle '17, Pierce '17, Powers '16,
Wright '14, McWilliams '15, Prescott '15, Rich-
ardson '15, Stetson '15, Roberts '15, Balfe '17,
Crosby '17, Wyman '16, Russell '14, P. Smith '15,
Beal '16, Eastman '15, Colbath '17, McElwee '16,
Wing '15, Bond '17, C. Hall '16.
Any others are urged to come out for the team
but these are the only ones who will be allowed to
substitute relay work for regular gym.
This leaves about thirty men in the regular
track squad. These will train for the interclass
meets during the winter and for the intercolle-
giate meet in the spring.
Fifteen men from each class taking regular
gymnasium work receive thirty minutes instruc-
tion under Trainer Magee after their regular
work. In this way all track material in the col-
lege is available. The men taking track work
will have soccer part of the time while the relay
men will have a great deal of outdoor work.
Of last year's relay team, Smith '15 and Mc-
Williams '15 are left in College.
RELAY MEN BEGIN WORK
The track squad was divided yesterday into two
DRAMATIC LIBRARY FOUNDED
October 31, 1913.
President of the Masque and Gown,
Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Maine.
Dear Sir: —
It is my hope some day to see the Masque and
Gown of Bowdoin College a much more fully-
rounded organization than at present, engaged in
a wide range of activities. I hope to see it break-
ing away from the over-worked repertoire dear
to amateur dramatic clubs (it made an admirable
start in that direction last year) and turning its
attention to more serious work, namely, the pro-
duction of little known plays of high merit, the
translation and presentation of foreign plays, and
a more careful and earnest interpretation of
Shakespeare than has been possible heretofore. I
hope to see it occasionally bringing well known
players and authorities on the stage here to lec-
ture. Above all I hope to see it working in close
conjunction with the English Department and en-
couraging Bowdoin men, undergraduates and
alumni to try their hands at play writing.
The value to the college of such an organiza-
tion can hardly be over-estimated. Primarily,
the college would gain distinction in a department
of education that is attracting more and more at-
tention each vear. Anv effort toward a wider
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education proceeding from an institution of high
standing invariably brings desirable prominence
to the institution, and a serious study of the
stage and what is produced on the stage must
surely be considered such an effort. Regarding
the benefit to be derived by the individual there
is no need to sepak, the benefit is so apparent.
Most students are interested in the stage, few will
not be aroused to a greater interest by a study of
the stage. To some a new field of labor may be
opened; as a result society will benefit, if not by
actual contributions, at least by a broadened cul-
ture.
Seriously, the field open to the Masque and
Gown is a wonderful one, offering splendid re-
wards for enthusiastic work. It is by no means
an untried field, even in the case of college dra-
matic clubs (witness the work of the Yale and
Harvard Clubs), but it is large enough for all.
And serious work in that field means a service
to the college fully as great, at least, as any that
can be rendered by college paper, musical club or,
I hardly dare say it, athletic team.
To be sure, such an end as I have in mind can
not be gained in one year or even ten, but a start
can at least be made. The end is well worth the
effort.
In the hope of encouraging the Masque and
Gown to develop along lines other than those of a
producing club, I agree to present to the society
a number of books dealing with the stage, players'
editions of dramatic texts, as well as technical
works, to form the nucleus of a library to be
known as the Joseph Jefferson Library in mem-
ory of the kindliest and most lovable of that
group of American actors characterized by Wil-
liam Winter as "players whose presence made an
audience sweetly and comfortably glad."
My first contribution must necessarily be small,
but I promise to renew it each year and to in-
crease it as my means permit. I hope, however,
that many others besides myself, alumni and
friends of the college, as well as undergraduates,
will contribute an occasional volume to the col-
lection, otherwise its purpose must fail.
These books may be housed in the college li-
brary or in such place as the Masque and Gown
deems best until the time comes when the society
shall occupy quarters of its own, either in a Bow-
doi'n Union, or in some similar building. It is de-
sirable that these books be accessible on occasion
to all students, but I wish them to be primarily
the property of the Masque and Gown. I shall
endeavor to present works that are not contained
in the college collections, and my hope is that
some day the Masque and Gown of Bowdoin Col-
lege will be famous for its Joseph Jefferson Li-
brary and the use that it makes of it.
I trust that my motive in making this communi-
cation will not be misunderstood. I sincerely be-
lieve that the Masque and Gown can be made one
of the most unique and powerful college dramatic
societies in America. Such a distinction can not
be gained easily; the effort calls for hard work
along many lines. I have merely tried to make a
little start along one of the lines.
Sincerely,
A SENIOR.
Y.M.C.A. NOTES
This week Thursday at 7.00 p. m. in the Y. M.
C. A. room Fred H. Rindge will speak on the
"College Man and the Laborer." Mr. Rindge is
a Columbia graduate who has been all over the
country organizing industrial work. He has vis-
ited all the other colleges in this state, and at
Bates started many classes in English for for-
eigners. He will speak to the economics class,
and investigate conditions here. Before the
opening of the meeting Prof. Wa'ss will play two
or three selections on an Ochestral loaned by Mr.
Walker of Portland.
There will be a meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
Cabinet on Thursday at 8.00 p. m. at the house
of Prof. McConaughy, 3A McClellan Street.
This afternoon the Freshman Religious Com-
mittee will collect old clothes and old magazines
from the college and from the faculty. The
clothing will be sent to Dr. Grenfell's Mission in
Labrador to be used by the Labrador fishermen.
The magazines will be sent to the state prison at
Thomaston and to the Sailors' Mission at
Charleston.
Last evening the Committee of 79 organized at
the Delta Upsilon house. Prof. McConaughy ex-
plained the plans for the Fitch-Porter meetings,
Jan. 7-1 1, and briefly reported for the committees
organized — Publicity, Speakers, Meetings, Recep-
tion, Attendance, Conference. President Hyde
spoke briefly, emphasizing the opportunity these
meetings present and the various activities of the
Committee of 79. The officers are : chairman,
Leigh ' 14; sub-chairmen, Simpson '14, McWil-
liams '15, Brown '14, A. Merrill ' 14, MacCormick
'15, and Foster '16.
CORRECTION
In the last number of the Orient, through in-
adventure, History was left out of the list of de-
partments in which majors may be taken. All
courses in History and Political Science are to
count for a major, except History 1 and 2.
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in the Interests of the Students of
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914,
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915,
Richard E. Simpson, 1914,
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
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D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
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J. Glenwood Winter, 1916, The Other Colleges
K. A. Robinson, 1914
G. H. Talbot, 1915
F. P. McKenney, 1915
D. J. Edwards, 1916
E. C. Hawes, 1916
Contributions are requested from all undergraduates,
alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
All communications regarding subscriptions should be
addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Co. Subscriptions, $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents.
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Vol. XLIII DECEMBER 16, 1913 No. 22
The Gift to Masque and Gown
We print in this issue a communication from a
prominent undergraduate sent to the Masque and
Gown which will be read with interest and delight
by all who have an interest in Bowdoin's dra-
matics. The gift to the Club, which has been
formally accepted, is unique and will have un-
doubted benefits to dramatics and Masque and
Gown in years to come. The suggestions for dra-
matic activity at Bowdoin have been adopted by
this year's organization as its definite program
and will be followed as fully as may be. The im-
provements noted can not be accomplished in one
season but it is safe to assume that the impetus
gained by the gift and accompanying letter will
result in a higher tone in the club's activities this
year and in the more distant future. In this con-
nection we would add to the student body in gen-
eral that such organizations are distinctly the in-
terests of Bowdoin undergraduates ; that member-
ship in them is always open ; that suggestions are
always welcome.
The Annual Collections
To a large number of the undergraduate body
who have not given the matter much thought, the
collections taken by the Christian Association at
Thanksgiving and Christmas and the old clothes
collection may seem like formal, perfunctory
"charity." There is, however, a real need for
such gifts as the students make and the Associa-
tion is performing a distinct service in organizing
these contributions. For any who may have
doubts as to the need served by our little gifts we
commend an interview with the chairman of the
committee in charge of distribution or an investi-
gation of the use of the Christmas collection. In
the past the best of spirit has been shown by the
student body at such times and it is hoped that
this year generosity and the spirit of Christmas
will be more than ever evident.
As to Gym Work
Might we say just a word as to the change
which is more than ever evident in the gymnasium
work in our New Gym? With our splendid facil-
ities, with instructors expert in their line and en-
thusiastic, it is no wonder that there should be
prevalent a notable improvement in the interest
displayed by the students. There seems to be
rapidly developing a new attitude toward this
part of our curriculum and many can be found
who are glad that there is four years of compul-
sory work in this department. As has been said
so often we get out of this work just what we
put into it and when good physical development
is so much worth while, why should we not all
be anxious to put into the obtaining of it the re-
quired interest and enthusiasm ?
REV. CHAUNCEY GOODRICH, NEW PASTOR
The intimate connection of the Church on the
Hill with the College makes the news of the com-
ing of Reverend Chauncey W. Goodrich to this
church of interest to Bowdoin men.
Mr. Goodrich comes to Brunswick highly rec-
ommended by all who have come in touch with
him. He graduated from Yale in 1886 and for
one year after that, served as graduate secretary
of the Yale Y. M. C. A. He was first assistant
pastor of the Madison Square Presbyterian
Church, New York, next he was at Orange, N. J.,
for a period of six years, and then became pastor
of the Bolton Avenue Presbyterian Church in
Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained for three
years. For nearly six years following he was
pastor of the American Church in Paris.
Mr. Goodrich returned to this country in 191 1
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and since then has been assistant pastor of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York
City.
Mr. Goodrich seems admirably fitted for the
pastorate of this church and for work in a col-
lege town.
0tlu& ano Council Meetings
On Friday, Dec. 12, the Classical Club held its
second meeting of the year. There was an open
illustrated lecture on Athens in the Classical
room by Dr. Arthur Cooley who has travelled ex-
tensively in Greece. After the lecture the mem-
bers of the Classical Club met at Professor
Nixon's where they held a short business meeting
and informally met Dr. Cooley. Professors John-
son and Ham were guests of the club at this
meeting.
The Chemical Club held a meeting in the Chem-
istry lecture hall on Friday evening. The subject
of the address was Photography. Dr. Cram lec-
tured on Direct Positive Development; Adams '14
spoke on Color Photography, and Dr. Loomis
gave a brief description of the Eastman Kodak
Company's laboratories.
The Biology Club will meet Thursday evening
at 8.00 o'clock in the lecture room. Professor
Moody will give an illustrated talk on his expe-
riences in the woods of Northern Maine.
Owing to the fact that a banquet was held at
the opening meeting of the Deutscher Verein,
which met at Prof. Ham's house, and at which
the club was reorganized, the annual banquet,
held in former years at the Eagle Hotel, will be
abandoned.
The Athletic Council, at a meeting last week,
approved of an alumni baseball game to be played
in Commencement Week, and of the Tufts foot-
ball game in Medford as the last game of our
season. The Council was in favor of a tennis
tournament with Tufts, but this is yet to be ap-
proved of by the faculty. The sentiment of the
Council was opposed to the inter-fraternity track
meets. The outdoor interscholastic meet is to be
held on Memorial Day.
fl>tt tU Campus
Bate '15 has left College.
Hagar '13 was in Chapel Sunday.
Cressey '12 was on the campus Friday.
The musical clubs' picture was taken yesterday.
Dune's derby did a dandy dip in Chapel Sun-
day.
The Friars will hold their annual fall banquet
at Riverton Saturday night.
Genthner '11, who is now teaching at Green-
ville, was at College Saturday.
The attendance at the Freshman-Sophomore
debate Friday night was the largest ever.
The election of football manager and assistant
manager will be postponed until after the Christ-
mas vacation.
Dan Coogan, who last year coached the Bow-
doin baseball team to a state championship, has
signed up with Georgetown for the season.
Manager Floyd has arranged the following
dates for the fencing team : Feb. 20, Harvard, at
Cambridge; Feb. 28, Williams, at Williamstown..
The man who told the Dean that Chem. I is ai
cinch course has taken out a life insurance policy-
since the discussion of the Atomic Theory yester-
day.
The last of the series of readings given by Pro-
fessor Davis will be Monday night. The subject
will be ''The Christmas Carol." The public is in-
vited.
The next College preacher will be Rev. Albert
Parker Fitch, D.D., of Cambridge, Mass., who
will speak in Chapel on Jan. 11 in connection with
the Fitch-Porter meetings.
At a recent meeting of the Society of Colonial
Wars in Boston, an address on "The Bowdoin
Family" was given and several articles belonging
to Governor Bowdoin's family were exhibited.
Lewis '15 and Robinson '15 have put on the
market two calendars with pictures of the foot-
ball team on them. One is in the shape of a foot-
ball and has been described as "beautifully
bizarre."
There will be a meeting of the Junior class be-
fore the recess to elect the fifth member of the
Assembly Committee, to vote on Ivy Day and
Bugle assessments, and to vote on the payment of
the manager.
The following men from the College were in
the Mikado chorus: West '15, Fuller '16, Shea
'14, Eaton '14, Rollins '15, Melloon '15, Evans '15,
Ramsey '15 and Woodman '16. Fuller '16 took
the part of Pish Tush in the production.
There will be no issue of the Orient on Tues-
day, Dec. 23, or on Jan. 6. The issues are limited
in number per volume to 32. The current issue
is the 22nd and the last ten will probably appear
on Jan. 13, 20 and 27, Feb. 10, 17 and 24, March
3, 10, 17 and 24.
Soccer will take a place among interclass sports
at Bowdoin. Opportunity will be given the fel-
lows to get acquainted' with the game every Sat-
urday. The present plan is for Coach Magee to
pick a team from each class to play for the cham-
pionship. A cup will be given to the winners.
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The Christmas collection will be taken after
Chapel next Sunday, Dec. 21. The money will be
used to give a Christmas to thirty or forty poor
Brunswick children who would not get it other-
wise. The celebration will be held Dec. 26 in the
court-room. The money will be used to buy toys,
shoes, rubbers, etc.
On Wednesday evening, Jan. 7, there will be a
reception in Memorial Hall for the whole college.
The speakers will be President Hyde, Jack Hur-
ley'12, Bill MacCormick ' 12 and Dave Porter '06
They will speak on the general topic, "If I Were
a Bowdoin Undergraduate." There will be spe-
cial music and refreshments.
At the December monthly banquet in Portland
of the Western Maine Association of Theta Delta
Chi, the following Bowdoin men were present :
Walter P. Perkins '80, Joseph B. Reed '83, Dr.
Francis J. Welch '03, Leon H. Smith '10, James
F. Hamburger '10, George F. Cressey '12, Stanley
F. Dole '13, Earl B. Tuttle '13, S. L. Mountfort
'-'14 and D. K. Merrill '15.
aOitt) tf)e jFacuItp
Professor Cram is doing analysis work in con-
nection with the noted murder in Gardiner.
Doctor Gross delivered an address before the
Portland Society of Natural History last evening.
Professor Hutchins gave a very interesting ad-
dress before the St. Paul's Church Men's Club
last Tuesday evening. He described a five weeks'
walking trip of about 350 miles through the Aus-
trian Tyrol which he and Mrs. Hutchins took. He
showed many lantern slides made from photo-
graphs of the country.
Professor Wass deserves great praise for the
splendid work done by the chorus in "The Mi-
kado," under his training and direction.
A committee of which Dean K. C. M. Sills is
chairman, is investigating the situation regard-
ing the teaching of Greek in the Maine fitting
schools. The other members of the committee
are Professor Clarence H. White of Colby, Pro-
fessor George M. Chase of Bates, Professor J. H.
Huddilston of the University of Maine, and Miss
E. R. Knowlton of Coburn Classical Institute.
The committee plans to look into the matter thor-
oughly and will submit its report to the classic
department of the Maine Teachers' Association.
The report will also be published. In the mean-
time the committee would 'be glad to receive sug-
gestions or comments from any one who is in-
terested in the subject at hand.
Cfte Dt&er Colleges
The University of Wisconsin Dramatic Society
is planning to stage six plays this winter.
The Yale University Library, containing 600,-
000 volumes, is the largest college library in
America.
Pennsylvania students sign this pledge at the
top of all test sheets: "I have neither given nor
received information during this test."
Brown is having much trouble organizing its
inter-class basketball league. Thus far the Soph-
omores are the only class which has been organ-
ized.
Five thousand students from eight hundred col-
leges and universities in the United States and
Canada are expected to attend the convention of
the Student Volunteer Movement for foreign
missions, which will meet in Kansas City on
December 31 for a five-day session. Among the
prominent men who will address the convention
are William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State,
and John R. Mott, who declined the appointment
of Minister to China.
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18.
19-
Jan.
6.
CALENDAR
9. Fencing Practice, New Gymnasium, 5.30.
Biology Club Meeting, Lecture Room, 8 p. m.
Y. M. C. A. Meeting 7 p. M.
Y. M. C. A. Cabinet Meeting 8 p. m.
Annual Dance Alpha Delta Phi.
Beta Theta Pi Dance.
Delta Upsilon Dance.
Reading, Prof. Davis, Memorial Hall, 7.45
p. m.j "The Christmas Carol."
Theta Delta Chi Dance.
Zeta Psi Dance.
Christmas Vacation begins, 4.30 P. m.
Kappa Sigma Dance.
College opens, 8.20 a. m.
Fitch-Porter Meetings.
College Preacher at Church on the Hill.
Pres. Albert Parker Fitch of Andover.
Resolutions
Hall of Alpha Delta Phi.
December 15, 1913.
It is with the deepest sorrow and regret that
the Bowdoin Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi records
the death of Brother Nathaniel Augustus Rob-
bins of the Class of 1857. Brother Robbins was
one of our oldest and most beloved alumni.
Prominent in the War of the Rebellion, he after-
ward remained a loyal servant to his country.
Therefore be it
Resolved. That the chapter, feeling deeply its
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loss, extend its sympathy to his bereaved family
and friends.
George Franklin Eaton,
Samuel West,
Willard Paine Woodman,
For the Chapter.
Hall of Theta of Delta Kappa Epsilon
Dec. 12, 1913.
Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon hears
with deep regret of the death of the Hon. Enoch
Foster of the Class of 1864. Brother Foster has
been prominent in Maine politics as a state sena-
tor, but he is best known through his legal work.
He is also well known as a justice of the Supreme
Judicial Court of Maine from 1884 to 1898. Since
that time he has been a prominent lawyer in Port-
land.
The Chapter expresses its sorrow at the loss
of one of its noted alumni, and extends its sin-
cere sympathy to his wife and son.
Arthur S. Merrill,
Joseph C. MacDonald,
Laurence Irving,
For tlie Chapter.
Hall of Theta of Delta Kappa Epsilon
Dec. 12, 1913.
It is with profound regret that the Theta Chap-
ter of Delta Kappa Epsilon hears of the death of
John Green Wight of the Class of 1864. Brother
Wight has been well known as a teacher for many
years. At different times he has been the princi-
pal of schools in Bridgton, Worcester, Philadel-
phia and New York. He has received the de-
grees of A.M. and LL.D. from Bowdoin, and the
degree of Ph.D. from Hamilton College.
The Chapter wishes to express its sorrow at
the passing of an alumnus who has done such
noble work in education.
Arthur S. Merrill,
Joseph C. MacDonald,
Laurence Irving,
For the Chapter.
alumni Department
In the list of 'Alumni in Teaching" the follow-
ing were omitted : D. O. S. Lowell '74, headmas-
ter of Roxbury Latin School, Boston ; I. F. Mac-
Cormick '00, Albany Academy, Albany, N. Y. ;
D. E. MacCormick '03, Volkmann School,- Bos-
ton; W. E. Dodge '13, Worcester Academy, Wor-
cester, Mass.; J. C. Carr '13, Wilbraham Acad-
emy, Wilbraham, Mass. The Orient will be glad
to add to this list from time to time as omissions
are noted.
'57. — The Rev. Thomas Kimball Noble, one of
the oldest Congregational clergymen of the coun-
try, died at his home in Washington, Oct. 22, af-
ter an illness of about six weeks. Dr. Noble was
a native of Norway, Me., and had lived in Wash-
ington more than ten years. He was eighty-one
years old.
Dr. Noble was educated at the Norway Lib-
eral Institute and at Bowdoin College, and was
graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary dur-
ing the Civil War. He was at the front for a
while. After graduation he was ordained pastor
of the Congregational Church at Winthrop, Me.,
but soon commenced service in the United States
Christian Commission, first as a delegate, then as
an agent. Later he was a chaplain in the Union
Army.
After the war he became chief superintendent
of the educational work of the Freedman's Bu-
reau in Kentucky. In 1869 Dr. Noble became pas-
tor of the Pilgrim Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and
while there was secretary for Ohio of the Na-
tional Church Building Society. In 1872 he ac-
cepted the pastorate of the Plymouth Church, in
San Francisco, where he served fourteen years.
Dr. Noble resigned his pastorate in 1886 and
traveled abroad, later coming to Washington,
where he acted as pastor of the Eastern Presby-
terian Church. In 1890 he became pastor of the
First Congregational Church of Norwalk, Conn.,
and remained there ten years. After leaving Nor-
walk in 1900, Dr. Noble traveled in Europe and
in the Holy Land, and then came to Washington.
Dr. Noble leaves a wife, Mrs. Esther Frothing-
ham Bradbury Noble, and a daughter, Mrs. Wini-
fred W. Whitman, of Alameda, Cal. He was a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
'57. — Benjamin Wisner Pond, after a service
of a little more than forty years in the United
States Patent Office at Washington, resigned his
position recently and received a personal letter
from the President of the United States, express-
ing his "appreciation of a long and valuable ser-
vice, and of the high sense of public duty" that
led him to retire. In his letter of resignation
Pond had declared his belief that the important
work of his division might be better handled by
a younger man.
President Wilson's letter said in part, "I learn
that you have tendered your resignation as a
member of the Examining Corps of the Patent
Office on which you have served for more than
forty years. It is a pleasure to me to express my
appreciation of your long and valuable service,
and of the high sense of public duty which now
leads you to retire. * * * I hope you will derive
pleasure and comfort from the good wishes of
your associates which will follow you into your
retirement."
BOWDOIN ORIENT
Mr. Pond was born and prepared for college in
Bangor, and after graduation at Bowdoin he fol-
lowed his forbears into the ministry where for
several years he filled the pulpits of certain Con-
gregational churches in Maine, Massachusetts
and Vermont. He had been graduated at the
Bangor Theological Seminary in 1861.
His health becoming impaired in ministerial
work, he found it necessary to seek a change of
scene and climate. Having received the appoint-
ment of Supervisor in the educational work of the
Freedman's Bureau at Washington, he spent some
years in travelling through various sections of the
South looking after the established schools for
the colored people there. This work completed,
he was hesitating about returning to the minis-
try, when, chancing to be in Washington in 1873
he called on his old college intimate, General Ellis
Spear, Bowdoin '58, and an Overseer of the Col-
lege, at that time Assistant Commissioner of Pa-
tents and later Commissioner in Chief. Spear
said to him : "Ben, in spite of all your ancestry,
which suggests theology, you were born with the
head of a mechanician, and you had better stop
here and examine engineering patents. We want
men who understand machinery, as I know you
do."
Out of thirty-three candidates who took the
very severe examination for the position, four
passed, Pond being one of them. He was at once
appointed to the engineering division of the Pa-
tent Office as third assistant examiner, and within
four years, in August, 1877, was made primary
examiner of the department over which he had
full charge for thirty-six years with a reputation
akin to fame. In commenting on Mr. Pond's re-
tirement to the writer of this sketch, General
Spear said : "His service and record in the Pa-
tent Office during the forty years has been of the
best, and a credit to Bowdoin College and his
class."
'64. — Dr. Wight and Judge Enoch Foster, who
have just died, were classmates at Bowdoin and
were the only representatives of their class at the
Commencement of 1912.
It is safe to say that during his forty-five years
of active work in teaching, Dr. Wight's work was
as successful and his personality as beloved as
that of any secondary teacher in the country.
Aside from his regular work, he found time to
make excursions into the field of literature. Since
he retired in failing health, he has edited a series
of essays appended to his autobiography compiled
during the active years of his life, and this last
summer, he published a remarkable collection of
quotations noted and collected during his fifty
years of extended reading. While Dr. Wight's
career is not as spectacular as that of some of
Bowdoin's graduates, it is true that his sphere of
usefulness is very great and that his personality
will always live among those who knew him.
'77. — Miss Marie Ahinghito Peary, known as
the "snow baby," has just returned from a sum-
mer spent in Geneva, Switzerland, where she has
been studying. She is now with her parents, Ad-
miral and Mrs. Robert Edwin Peary, who have
taken a house for the winter at 1829 Belmont
Road, Portland, Me.
'77. — Curtis A. Perry spent a short time in
Maine before going to San Francisco by the way
of the Canadian Rockies. He was to sail the lat-
ter part of November for Honolulu, where he is
to spend the winter. Mr. Perry's bungalow in
Bridgton has been closed but he is to return to
Maine in time to superintend the spring planting
of the Roadside Gardens, in which he is greatly
interested.
'05. — The Oxford University Press has recent-
ly issued an edition of Theodore Storm's Pscyche,
prepared for the use of college classes by Dr.
Ewald Eiserhardt and Dr. Ray W. Pettengill, of
Harvard. This attractive volume in blue has an
interesting sketch of the author's life and literary
career, a full vocabulary, scholarly notes, and a
series of exercises in English for translation into
German, based upon the text of the original.
'05. — Ralph S. Robinson, principal for the past
six years of Thomaston High School, died at his
former home in Warren, Dec. 9, aged nearly 35.
He belonged to Beta Theta Pi fraternity. After
graduation he taught at the high school at North-
east Harbor for nearly two years, and was then
elected principal at Thomaston, where he was the
organizer of the High School Alumni Associa-
tion. He served for two terms as master of St.
George Lodge A. F. & A. M., and was a member
of Henry Knox Chapter, R. A. M., of Thomaston,
and King Hiram Council, S. and S. M., of Rock-
land. He is survived by his wife, formerly Julia
Vinal.
'09. — On Nov. 27 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Foss of Portland, Me., announced the engage-
ment of their daughter, Miss Dorothy, to Ralph
O. Brewster. Miss Foss is a graduate of Welles-
ley in the class of 191 1.
'13. — Two members of this class are doing good
work in Worcester, Mass. Willis Elden Dodge is
more than earning his salary at the Worcester
Academy. Albert E. Parkhurst is learning the
business of the Norton Company, the largest
manufacturing concern of grinding wheels in the
world, and one of the most efficiently managed
concerns of any description in the country.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL XLIII
BRUNSWICK, MAINE, DECEMBER 23, 1913
NO. 23
SENIORS ELECT OFFICERS
At the elections of the Senior class held last
Tuesday evening, Dec. 16, the following officers
were elected :
President Robert T. Weatherill
Vice-President Robert D. Leigh
Secretary and Treasurer Alfred E. Gray
Class Marshal Elroy O. LaCasce
Chaplain Arthur S. Merrill
Opening Address George F. Eaton
Orator Elwyn C. Gage
Closing Address Ralph L. Buell
Poet Kenneth A. Robinson
Historian Louis A. Donahue
Class Day Officers, Earl P. Thompson, Neal D.
Tuttle, Lewis T. Brown, and William H. Cun-
liffe.
NEW QUILL BOARD ELECTED
The election of the new Quill Board took place
last night. The new members elected were : Dana
K. Merrill '15 and Eric Achorn '17. These men
with R. P. Coffin '15, will constitute the Board
for the new year. The new Board will organize
itself later and elect its chairman. Robert D.
Leigh '14 was elected to the membership of the
last year's Board.
MUSICAL CLUBS READER CHOSEN
The trials for Musical Clubs reader, which re-
sulted in a tie between Kenneth A. Ramsey '15
and Sherman Shumway '17, were held again De-
cember 17 and resulted in the choice of Ramsey.
The judges were Professors Hormell, Davis and
Wass. Ramsey won the '68 Prize Speaking last
year.
FRATERNITIES HOLD CHRISTMAS DANCES
Six of Bowdoin's eight fraternities had Christ-
mas dances, — Alpha Delta Phi, Zeta Psi, Theta
Delta Chi, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Sigma and Beta
Theta Pi. The festivities were begun Friday
evening by Alpha Delta Phi, Delta Upsilon and
Beta Theta Pi, the remainder having their hops
the first of this week.
ALPHA DELTA PHI.
Bowdoin Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi held its
annual dance and house party Friday night. In
the afternoon a formal reception was tendered to
the guests in the chapter house on Maine street,
while the dance was held in the evening in Pyth-
ian hall. The hall was attractively decorated with
the fraternity colors, green and white, while the
dance orders bore the coat of arms embossed in
green on white leather. Every active member of
the chapter was present.
Among the guests were: Misses Elizabeth
Hall, Katherine Hall, Ruth Little, Dorothy
Laughlin, Alberta Robinson, Margaretta Schuy-
ler, Dorothy True and Emily Mansfield, all of
Portland; E. Gale Littlefield, Eleanor Shaw and
Elizabeth Thaxter, all of Bangor; Ethel Cochran,
Louise Harriman, Katherine Torrey, Margaret
Torrey and Dorothy Sewall, all of Bath; Marion
Drew, Alexina LaPointe, Yvette LaPointe, Ellen
Baxter, Frances Little, Marion Strout, Frances
Skolfield, all of Brunswick ; Louise Marson of
Boothbay Harbor ; Ouida Ward of Houlton ; Eve-
lyn Pike of Lubec ; Catherine Webb of Bucks-
port ; Catherine Robie of Gorham ; Lucie Barrows
of Springvale ; Gertrude Lowell of Lowell, Mass. ;
Ada Johnson of Auburn ; Claire Brown of Bos-
ton ; Ida Rowe of Grand Rapids, Mich. ; and Har-
old Marchette of Brunswick and Paul White '14
of Indianapolis. Among the alumni present were
Arthur L. Robinson '08 of New York City, and
Lawrence W. Smith '13 of Portland.
The patronesses were: Mrs. Charles C. Hutch-
ins, Mrs. Alice C. Little, Mrs. William A. Moody,
all of Brunswick, and Mrs. Arthur I. Pepper of
Bath.
The committee in charge consisted of : Pratt
'14, chairman; McWilliams '15, Noble '16 and
Ogle '17.
Music was furnished by Stetson's orchestra of
Brunswick. Grant of Lewiston catered.
BETA THETA PI.
Beta Sigma of Beta Theta Pi held its dance in
the chapter house on McKeen street. Fir and
holly, both symbolic of the Christmas season, fur-
nished the principal decorations. Lovell's orches-
tra of Brunswick furnished music. At intermis-
sion a light lunch was served.
The following committee had charge of the af-
fair: Callahan '14, chairman; Nason '14, and'
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Dalrymple '17.
The patronesses were: Mrs. Alfred O. Gross
of Brunswick and Mrs. Algernon G. Chandler of
Brunswick.
The guests of the evening were: Misses Flora
Smardon, Marion Dunton, Louise Dutton, Ernes-
tine Hall and Annie Brown, all of Portland; Miss
Mary Elliott, Clara Ridley, Isabelle Palmer and
Mrs. Willis E. Roberts, all of Brunswick; Marion
Fischer, Olive Holway, Mildred Farrington,
Hazel Gage, all of Augusta; Ruth Crane of Ma-
chias, and Madeline Bird of Rockland.
DELTA UPSILON.
The Delta Upsilon dance was 1. eld in the dance
hall of the fraternity house on Maine street.
Tasteful decorations made the hall most attrac-
tive.
The patronesses of the evening were: Mrs.
William Hawley Davis, Mrs. H. W. Allen, and
Mrs. Samuel B. Furbish, all of Brunswick.
The committee in charge was: Chase '14, Per-
kins '15, Pettingill '16, and Cormack '17.
The guests were: Misses Erma Lary of Port-
land, Helen York of Portland, Evelyn Swett,
Helen Snow and Anne Hall, all of Brunswick;
Bernice Williamson of Kingfield; Madeleine
Winter of Kingfield; Theo Wilson of White
Rock; Clara Parker of Goffstown, N. H.; Marion
L. Tyler of Exeter, N. H.; Louise Harford of
Saco; Emma Bailey of East Poland; Levon Pay-
son of Southport; Mildred McFadden of Lubec;
Virginia Dunn of Auburn; Ethel Pettingill of
Lewiston; Bessie Hackett of Farmington; Golda
Gushee of Farmington; and Fidelia Woodbury
of Portland.
Stetson's orchestra furnished music. Given of
Brunswick catered.
THETA DELTA CHI.
The Eta Charge of the Theta Delta Chi fra-
ternity held their annual Christmas dance in their
Charge house Monday evening, December 2.2.
The committee in charge was composed of Cole
'14, Elwell '15, Livingstone '15 and Burr '16.
The guests were the Misses Sally Kimball,
Elizabeth Payson, Pauline Hyde, Margaretta
Schuyler, Geraldine Wheeler, Gertrude King and
Marie Heiber of Portland; Miss Margaret Stone
of Wellesley, Mass. ; Miss Marie Fogg of West-
brook; Miss Pauline Hatch of Bath; Miss Dor-
othy Wilkins of Wakefield, Mass. ; Miss Frances
Surette of Reading, Mass.; Miss Gladys Abbott
of Bridgton; Miss Pauline Herring of Water-
ville; Miss Marjorie Sprague of Somerville,
Mass., and Misses Helen Moses and Katherine
Torrey of Bath.
Stetson's orchestra of Brunswick furnished the
A Christmas dance was held at the Zeta Psi
Chapter house on Monday evening, December 22.
The guests were: Misses Gladys Burr, Dorothy
Laughlin, Clara Jones, Asaphine Harvey, all of
Portland; Misses Caroline Sparks, Bessie Locke,
Gertrude Heath, Jennie Keene, all of Augusta;
Miss Martha Feyler, Waldoboro; Misses Mar-
jorie E. Bailey, Louise A. Bailey, both of Wis-
casset ; Misses Helen Harrington, Margaret Day,
Gladys Umberhind, Alexina LaPointe, Yvette La-
Pointe, Lorette LaPointe, all of Brunswick.
Other guests at the dance were : Mr. and Mrs.
George F. Wilson '12 of Reading, Mass.; Harold
P. Vannah '12 of Augusta; Raymond D. Kennedy
'13, of Harrisburg, Penn.; Professor Paul Nixon
and Professor Manton Copeland of Brunswick.
The patronesses were: Mrs. Paul Nixon and
Mrs. Manton Copeland of Brunswick, Mrs. Frank
L. Ricker, Mrs. Harry H. Pease, Portland.
Music for an order of twenty-two dances was
furnished by Lovell's orchestra of Brunswick.
The committee in charge was R. B. Soule '15,
G. W. Ricker '15 and M. H. Kuhn '15.
KAPPA SIGMA.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity holds its annual
Christmas dance tonight in Pythian Hall down-
town. The patronesses are : Mrs. C. C. Hutch-
ins, Mrs. R. J. Ham, Mrs. O. C. Hormell, Mrs.
W. B. Moulton and Mrs. F. M. Stetson. The
committee in charge of the dance, Foster '16,
Moulton '15, Moran '17, have arranged a very
novel effect of decoration for the hall, consisting
of an arbor of serpentine paper in fraternity col-
ors. The list of guests includes : Miss Olive H.
Barnes, Miss Elizabeth Hobbs, Miss Annie F.
Hodgkins, Miss Ina K. Nelson, Miss Margaret
Morton, Miss Flora M. Somers, Miss Edith J.
Somers, Miss Katherine Fox, of Portland; Miss
Hazel Brett, Miss Verna A. Noyes, Miss Vertie
E. Edwards, Miss Mary Malia, of Auburn; Miss
Katherine Edgecomb, Miss Lillian F. Perkins, of
Bath; Miss Evelyn A. Swett, Miss Lorette La-
Pointe and Miss Isabelle Pollard, of Brunswick;
Miss Jessie McMullen of Seattle, Wash.; Miss
Helen Nye of Hallowell; Miss Clara B. Lilley of
Lowell, Mass. ; Miss Esther A. Gillett of Haver-
hill, Mass.; Miss Thelma Stubbs of North Yar-
mouth; Miss Alice E. Simmons of Rockland.
IBIS MEETING
James Plaisted Webber, popular instructor of
English at Phillips-Exeter Academy, comes to
Bowdoin on January 6, 1914, the opening day of
the new term, to give his recital on "Hamlet."
The meeting is under the auspices of the Ibis and
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is open to the public. Mr. Webber, since grad-
uating from the College in 1900, has been very
successful in interpretation of Shakespeare's
plays.
REVIEW OF NOVEMBER QUILL
Some happy, far-off day when the literary in-
terests of the College will seem of real import-
ance to the undergraduate body, some day when
the students of Bowdoin, recalling their literary
heritage, will not feel agrieved if by some acci-
dent a reading by a distinguished foreign poet is
scheduled for an evening before a football game,
some reviewer picking up the latest copy of the
Quill may pen some such words as these : "The
literary paper of the college seems to be making
real progress : only the editorials are written by
the editors." In the meantime, facing conditions
as we find them and not shutting our eyes to the
fact that very few men here care for literature,
we should feel all the more grateful to the small
gioup of editors who in the language of the first
Quill editorial, dated January 1897, seek no empty
praise, but aim "to rekindle the fast fading flame
of Bowdoin's literary life, if such is capable of
again burning brightly." To illustrate how much
work has fallen to the editors, a hasty glance
through the seven numbers of the present volume
shows that of thirty-seven prose articles and
poems, only five have been contributed by men
who are not now, or who have not been editors of
the Quill. Of these one is by a graduate, one by a
senior. The contributions to the present volume
from those of the three lower classes who are not
on the board consist of one prose article and two
sonnets. This is hardly a cheering record.
In the face of such indifference the present
board has done well indeed: it has maintained a
high standard and has shown that its members
possess versatility. The November Quill de-
serves commendation. Mr. Robinson's work
shows promise; and it is only fair to state here
that his college friends hope to see him within the
next few years win his spurs in the literary world
beyond our college walls. The essay on Steven-
son is thoughtful and mature and is another trib-
ute to that admirable and courageous author who
has won the affection of American youth. Gettys-
burg is a longer poem than Mr. Robinson has so
far printed in the Quill: it is on the whole admir-
ably sustained and in many passages has the true
lyrical lilt and real poetic imagination. The other
piece of verse in this number is a sonnet by Mr.
Achorn of real feeling and beauty. Mr. Sweet's
Goodwin Prize Essay on Chesterton is rigorously
phrased and makes excellent use of quotation.
Mr. Gibson's story is well handled and interest-
ing. It is pleasant to note throughout this num-
ber a certain maturity of style, excellent literary
taste and some unusually thoughtful and artistic
work.
When one reflects how excellent the Quill is,
despite very few contributions and despite gen-
eral undergraduate indifference, it is hard to re-
frain from moralizing on what the Quill would be
did it have the support to which both by its age
and its work it is justly entitled.
K. C. M. S.
SOCIAL SERVICE WORK BEGINS
One of the best things that the Y. M. C. A. has
started for a long time was initiated last Thurs-
day. Mr. Fred Rindge of New York came to
College that day and ferreted out the needs of the
mill people in Brunswick, Pejepscot, Lisbon Falls
and Bath. In the forenoon he spoke before the
Economics I class and outlined the needs of the
laboring classes and how college men had met
these problems in many college towns throughout
the United States and Canada. In the evening he
spoke at the Y. M. C. A. meeting and called for
volunteers. He was met with an enthusiastic re-
sponse and about forty men have signified their
willingness to aid in the work he started. Classes
in English for foreigners were started in Bruns-
wick, Pejepscot and Bath. These will be ex-
tended to Lisbon Falls where over two hundred
people were found who wanted help along these
lines. The mill hands in Brunswick were ex-
tremely pleased with the first classes and wanted
all the time the college men could give. In one
case at Pejepscot there was a young man who
could not understand a word of English. In one
lesson he mastered several sentences to his great
delight. In Brunswick men were started in classes
of reading and writing and in mathematics. The
class in mathematics asked the instructor, one of
the students, how to solve many of the problems
that come up in their work by short cuts in mathe-
matics, and he was able to give them some very
great assistance. The enthusiasm of the men was
almost beyond belief. They have asked for
classes twice a week. The committee in charge
is the Social Service Committee of the Y. M. C.
A., but the religious side is not emphasized in the
classes as they are for instruction in English and
allied subjects only. The committee expects to be
able to use all the men interested for one hour
each week after Christmas and any others who
become interested. If the enthusiasm of the
student teachers equals that of the men the
classes will be a great success.
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Vol. XLIII DECEMBER 23, 1913 No. 23
1
A Change in College Dances
The Student Council made an important recom-
mendation in regard to the college dances of the
winter season. For the last few years the Junior
Assemblies have been poorly attended and have
been generally recognized as not very creditable
social functions. They are class rather than col-
lege dances and do little toward binding the stu-
dent body together. They present a financial
problem to each succeeding committee. The
Council, therefore, has recommended that they
be abolished. On the other hand, at present Bow-
doin has no general student body dance. It has
been the custom in many colleges to hold such
a dance in honor of the football squad or athletic
teams in general. These dances are judged by
the undergraduates to be the best dances of the
year, offering unusual advantages for social in-
tercourse and fostering a healthy undergraduate
spirit. Such a dance as has been recommended
might be under the management of the Student
Council or the Board of Managers of the A. S.
B. C. We should suggest that it might be held in
honor of all '"B" men. To take the place of the
other Junior Assembly it has also been recom-
mended that the Sophomore class give a hop.
This would afford an opportunity for the under-
classmen to engage in some activity as a class and
would assure the function of a more general col-
lege interest. These two changes seem to us to fill
a distinct need as well as a substitute for uniform-
ally mediocre social affairs. The one requisite,
however, for the success of the change is that
these two dances should be held in the New Gym-
nasium. The All-Bowdoin Athletic Dance would
not interfere in any way with gymnasium work,
coming as it does during the football season and
the one Sophomore hop occurring in March or
April might well be tolerated from the gymnas-
ium point of view as a concession to that large
body of Bowdoin undergraduates and alumni who
looked forward to the new gymnasium with the
idea that it should furnish a suitable building for
social affairs. It is hoped that the recommenda-
tion will be adopted next year by those concerned.
A Singing College
The one outstanding undergraduate opportun-
ity emphasized at the recent meeting of the Stu-
dent Council was the development of college sing-
ing and cheering. It is recognized that we do not
know our songs, that we do not cheer as we ought
to, that these elements are valuable mediums for
the transmission of' college spirit to the new
Bowdoin men. The desire exists among nearly
all of us to develop this side of our student life,
but as yet the proper combination for such devel-
opment has not yet been discovered. The Snow
Song Cup and the class song competition seem to
offer the opportunity and to the end that the com-
petition may be a part of the Ivy exercises and a
feature which Bowdoin will be proud of, those in
charge have made plans for class and college
sings during; the coming months.
Tradition and Its Value
That Bowdoin undergraduates are willing to
give up time-worn traditions when they do not
square with present demands and wants has been
shown twice in the past fortnight. First in the
vote of the Senior Class to reorganize the Pipe of
Peace custom at Commencement so as to abolish
the un-hygienic features. The second instance
was the recommendation to do away with the
Junior Assemblies. This is a healthy sign, this
willingness to cut away the useless part of our
customs.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
185
Editorial Note
There will be no regular issue of the Orient
on the Tuesday following the opening of college
after the holidays. A special issue of the Orient,
however, will be published on this date under the
direction of the Christian Association to bring
before our readers important facts in connection
with the big Fitch-Porter meetings.
'17; won by Fox, Balfe second; time, 34-5 sec-
onds.
FRIARS BANQUET AT RIVERTON
The Friars, the Junior society, held its annual
fall banquet at Riverton last Saturday evening.
No new members were initiated. Those present
were: Kern '12, C. Brown '14, LaCasce '14, L.
Donahue '14, Elwell '15, MacCormick '15, Mac-
Donald '15, McWilliams '15 and Stone '15.
FIRST PRACTICE TRACK MEET
Members of the track squad had a practice
track meet in the gym Saturday afternoon, under
•the management of Coach Magee. Short sprints
on the dirt floor of the Athletic Building were the
features. Phil Fox '14 was the brightest star. The
' results :
Preliminaries: Heat 1 — Moulton '16, Richard-
son '15, Loeffler '14, McKenney '15; won by Rich-
ardson, McKenney second; time, 41-5 seconds.
Heat 2 — Pettingill '16, Sampson '17, Bond '17, Mc-
Elwee '16; won by Bond, McElwee second; time,
4 1-5 seconds. Heat 3 — Corbett '17, Pierce '17,
Powers '16, Fenning '17; won by Powers, Pierce
second; time, 4 seconds. Heat 4 — -Foster '16,
Floyd '15, Fillmore '17, Hargraves '16; won by
Floyd, Hargraves second ; time, 4 seconds. Heat
5 — Balfe '17, A. Stetson '15, Eastman '15 ; won by
Balfe, Stetson and Eastman tied for second; time,
4 seconds. Heat 6 — Crosby '17, Sayward '16, Fox
'14; won by Fox, Crosby second; time, 4 seconds.
Second Round: Heat 1 — Stetson '15, Fox '14,
McKenney '15; won by Fox, McKenney second;
time, 4 seconds. Heat 2 — Eastman '15, Floyd '15,
Richardson '15, Bond '17; won by Floyd, Richard-
son second ; time, 4 seconds. Heat 3 — Powers
'16, Crosby '17, McElwee '16; won by Powers,
Crosby second; time, 4 seconds. Heat 4 — Balfe
'17, Hargraves '16, Pierce '17; won by Balfe,
Pierce second ; time, 4 seconds.
Semi-Finals for Second Place Men: McKen-
ney '15, Richardson '15, Crosby '17, Pierce '17;
won by Richardson; time, 41-5 seconds.
Semi-Finals: Heat 1 — Fox '14, , Floyd '15,
Powers '16; won by Fox; time, 4 seconds. Heat
2 — Balfe '17, Richardson '15, McElwee '16; won
by Balfe ; time, 4 seconds.
Finals: Fox '14, Balfe '17, Fillmore '17, Pierce
INTERSCHOLASTIC DEBATING LEAGUES
Owing to the large number of schools which ap-
plied for admission, there will be two Bowdoin
Interscholastic Debating Leagues this year, for
the first time in the history of the organization.
League One is made up of Portland, Cony and*.
Lewiston High Schools and Wilton Academy..
The schools in League Two are Westbrook, Ed-
ward Little, Brunswick (and Biddeford High:
Schools. The schools in League One comprised!
the organization last year, but the unusual inter-
est which was aroused among the fitting schools
during the fall resulted in the formation of an-
other division.
The question to be debated is : Resolved, That
the Monroe Doctrine Should Be Formally Re-
tracted. Friday evening, March 6, has been set
as a tentative date for all the debates. Portland
will meet Cony in Portland, and Lewiston will
face Wilton in Lewiston. In League Two, West-
brook will meet Edward Little in Westbrook, and
Brunswick will face Biddeford in Biddeford.
The two winners in each league will meet here
separately about the first of April, and the mem-
bers of the winning team in each league will
probably be presented with the customary silver
cups. No plans have been made for bringing the
final winners together, to decide the champion-
ship of the two leagues, but if the champions of
each organization should prefer to clash, arrange-
ments would probably be made to that effect. The
choice of sides for the preliminary debates will
be announced later.
The leagues are supervised by the Bowdoin
Debating Council, and the committee in immed-
iate charge is made up of Charles H. Bickford
'14, chairman; Vernon W. Marr '14 and George
H. Talbot '15.
The coaches of the several teams, who are
members in the debating course given by Profes-
sor William Hawley Davis, are as follows : Port-
land High, Charles H. Bickford; Cony High,
Aaron W. Hyler '15; Lewiston High, William G.
Tackaberry '15; Wilton Academy, Leon F. Dow
'15; Brunswick High, Francis P. McKenney '15;
Biddeford High, Kendrick Burns '14; Edward
Little High, George W. Bacon '15; Westbrook
High, George H. Talbot '15.
The championship of the Interscholastic Debat-
ing League for six years has been won as fol-
lows: 1913, Lewiston High; 1912, Lewiston High;
1910, Portland High; 1909, Portland High; 1908,
i86
BOWDOIK" ORIENT
Portland High; 1907, Lewistofli High. Portland
High did not enter the league tfffifcil 1908.
JUNIORS ELECT TO ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
At a meeting of the Junior class, feeM Friday
noon in the Boxing room, Leslie N. Stetson was
elected the fifth member of the AsseimMy Com-
mittee. The class voted a Bugle assessment of
$10.00 and an Ivy assessment of $10.00. It was
voted to allow the manager of the Bugle net over
$40.00 and the assistant manager not over 2£20,oo,.
THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION
After Sunday Chapel the Social Service Comi-
.anttftee itook up a collection to give a Christmas to-
-some of the poor people of Brunswick. Twenty
dollars amd ninety-four cents were collected. The-
money will be used in giving a Christmas tree to'
the j>oor people in the Town Hall Tuesday night
un conjunction with several of the benevolent so-
cieties of the town.
REPORT OF FOOTBALL MANAGER
RECEIPTS j
A.S.B.C. appropriation.... $160000
Loan from Athletic Council 175 00
New Hampshire State game
—gate 77 00 :
Wesleyan game — guarantee 350 00
Trinity game: — gate 115 50
Vermont game — guarantee 384 00
Colby game — 1/2 net gate. . 290 99
Bates game — */> net gate. . 373 81
Maine game — gate, grand-
stand and bleachers 2355 j-j
Tufts game — gate 805 50
Total receipts for season $6527 57
EXPENDITURES
Loan from Athletic Coun-
cil, paid $175 °o
New Hampshire State game
— guarantee 75 00
New Hampshire State game
■^-10 per cent, gate to ; •*'
Athletic Council 15 22
New Hampshire State game
— expenses 57 9°
Wesleyan trip — expenses.. 387 52
Trinity game — guarantee . . 300 00
Trinity game — 10 per cent.
gate to Athletic Council 42 40
Trinity game — expenses... 116 80
Vermont trip — expenses . . . 352 1 1
Colby game — expenses 101 47
Bates game — expenses 74 80
Maine game — Y> gate to U.
&§ Me 959 72
Maiise' game — 10 per cent.
gat* to Athletic Council , 715 12
Maine game — expenses of
game 184 06
Tufts game- — guarantee... 225 00
Tufts game — expenses and
trip 205 73
Tufts game — banquet 62 07
Coach and trainer, includ-
ing expenses 727 50
Equipment (net) 499 63
Equipment — repairs 29 49
Training table (net) 7 5°
Tape, rub, druggist supplies 63 25
Laundry — towels 25 74
Stationery, bill heads 11 00
Postage T4 93
Telegrams and telephones 7 24
Express and drayage 17 50
Deficit, Hebron trip 12 00
Incidentals 42 08
Total expenditures 1913
season $5507 78
Deficit from 1912 season. . 1019 79
— $6527 57
ASSETS
None.
LIABILITIES
Balance Wright & Ditson
bill $97 64
19 sweaters with "B" for
team 82 45
Total liabilities $180 09
Respectfully submitted,
Robert D. Leigh, Mgr.
Dec. 5, 1913.
REPORT OF BALANCES OF GAMES
receipts
Vermont game $31 89
Colby game 189 52
Bates game 199 01
Maine game 496 87
Tufts 31270
EXPENDITURES
N. H. State game $71 12
Wesleyan game 37 52
Trinity gaune 343 70
PROFIT ON 1913 SEASON
SUMMARY
Balance $1019 79
Total liabilities 180 09
Profit $839 70
I have examined the books, accounts and
BOWDOIN ORIENT
187
vouchers of the Manager of the Football Associa-
tion, and the foregoing is an accurate summary
of his receipts and disbursements.
Barrett Potter,
Auditor.
December 15, 1913.
Cluo anO Council Meetings
At a meeting of the Student Council, Wednes-
day, Dec. 17, it was voted to hold the elections for
manager and assistant manager of football next
semester. The Student Council also voted to rec-
ommend that the Junior Assemblies be given up
as they have not proved very successful in the
past, and to recommend in their place two other
dances to be held in the course of the year. These
would be a Sophomore dance and a dance after
one of the football games in the fall, after the
Maine game one year, and after the Bates game
another year. The Council appointed the leader
of the Glee Club as songmaster at general college
gatherings in order to improve the singing. The
rally committee is planning for many rallies dur-
ing the coming winter.
A meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Cabinet was held
last Thursday evening at Professor McCon-
aughy's house. The various committees reported
and Mr. Rindge, Industrial Secretary of the In-
ternational Y. M. C. A., spoke to the Cabinet.
At a recent meeting of the Board of Managers
it was voted to allow Manager Floyd of the Fen-
cing team to use funds already conditionally ap-
portioned to him at his discretion.
Dn the Campus
Gormley '16 has left College.
Keene '17 has had tonsilitis.
Files '08 was on the campus recently.
The Cross-Country picture was taken Tuesday.
Squanto Wilson '12 was back for the Zeta Psi
dance.
General Joshua Chamberlain is seriously ill at
his home, and his recovery is doubtful.
The list of teachers recently published in the
Orient was intended to include only those in this
state.
Leadbetter '16 and' Barry '16 have been ap-
pointed assistants in boxing by Instructor Ma-
roney.
A meeting of the Boston Alumni Association
will be held at Young's Hotel, Boston, on Wed-
nesday, January 14.
The Carnegie Foundation recently announced
Bowdoin and Dickinson as the two best small
colleges in the country.
Cartland '11 has been elected delegate to the
annual National Convention of the Phi Chi fra-
ternity. The convention is to be in St. Louis.
Douglas '13, who is doing graduate work at
Columbia, is captain of the University debating
team. He also won the debating prize for highest
excellence.
Among those at Sunday Chapel were Warren
Robinson '10, Barbour '12, Locke '12, Douglas '13,
Sweet '13, Carr '13, Buck '13, Skolfield '13 and
Kennedy '13.
Tilton '13 and Barry '16 should have been in-
cluded in the list of umpires in the Bowdoin In-
terscholastic Baseball League printed in the
Orient last week.
Coach Clements, the new baseball coach, had
the distinction at a meet in Cincinnati in 1907, of
winning the world's championship as the fastest
base-runner there.
Although the Orient stated last week that
there would be no issue today, advertising con-
tracts call for 33 instead of 32 issues. Hence our
appearance this noon.
Leadbetter '16 is establishing a reputation as a
strong man. His latest stunt is to lie face down
with one man lying across his arms and another
man on his back and then rise with both men.
A new memorial window has been erected in
the Chapel. It is a memorial to Albion Howe '61.
The fund for the window was left in the will of
his widow, and the matter was arranged by his
brother, Lucian Howe '70.
The 191 5 Bugle Board offers a free copy to any
fellow who gets eight or more grinds by the Na-
tional Board of Censorship. No reprints from
the 1907 Peruna Almanac or the current volume
of the Orient will be accepted.
The following report from Orono should be of
interest to various hop committees throughout the
College : "University of Maine students must no
longer indulge in the festive tango dance at any
affair held under the auspices of the university,
according to a decision just announced by a com-
mittee of the faculty appointed for investigating
the steps. All other modern rags are also pro-
hibited, and staidness will be characteristic of the
college affairs from now on."
How that tango does travel !
mitt t|je jFacultp
Professors Nixon and Woodruff will attend the
meeting of the American Philological Society,
which will be held in Cambridge, Dec. 29 to
Jan. 1.
Professors Ham and Davis will attend a meet-
ing of the Modern Language Association in
Cambridge.
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Professor F. W. Brown, now on leave of ab-
sence, is in Florence, where he is working at
some Italian manuscripts in the various libraries
of that city.
President Hyde read a paper on College Fra-
ternities before the Town and College Club of
Brunswick on the evening of Friday, Dec. 19.
CALENDAR
23. Christmas Vacation begins, 4.30 p. m.
Kappa Sigma Dance.
Jan.
6. College opens, 8.20 a. m.
6-10. Relay practice, 4.30 p. m.
Fencing practice, 5.30 p. m.
6. Recital on Hamlet, by James Plaisted Web-
ber '00, 8.00 p. m. Memorial Hall.
7-1 1. Fitch-Porter Meetings.
7. College Reception, Memorial Hall.
9. Musical Clubs Concert, Freeport.
10. Illustrated lecture on Roman Africa, by
Adeline Belle Hawes, Wellesley College.
Memorial Hall.
11. College Preacher at Church on the Hill,
Pres. Albert Parker Fitch of Andover.
Resolutions
Hall of Kappa of Psi Upsilon.
December 20, 1913.
Kappa Chapter of Psi Upsilon expresses its
deepest sorrow for the death of Brother Warren
Oscar Plimpton of the class of 1882. Always
loyal to the fraternity, he has proved at all times
a true brother. Therefore be it
Resolved, That we express our sympathy to his
bereaved family and that a copy of these resolu-
tions be placed in our archives.
Earl Farnsworth Wilson,
Albion Keith Eaton,
Dwight Harold Sayward,
For the Chapter.
Hall of Kappa of Psi Upsilon.
In the death of Rev. Thomas Kimball Noble of
the class of 1857, the Kappa Chapter of Psi Up-
silon has lost one of its oldest members. Devoted
to the service of his country and his God, Brother
Noble earned the respect of his fellow men
throughout the country. Therefore be it
Resolved, That our regret for his death be ex-
pressed in this manner, and that a copy of these
resolutions be sent to his wife and daughter.
Earl Farnsworth Wilson,
Albion Keith Eaton,
Dwight Harold Sayward,
For the Chapter.
Beta Sigma Chapter of Beta Theta Pi hears
with deep regret of the death of Ralph Sylvester
Robinson of the class of 1905. Brother Robinson
has been principal of Thomaston High School for
the last six years. During this time he has been
faithfully devoted to his work. Therefore be it
Resolved, That the Chapter expresses its deep-
est sympathy to his wife and friends, to whom he
has endeared himself by his sterling character
and fidelity.
Evan A. Nason,
George W. Bacon,
Chauncey A. Hall,
For the Chapter.
alumni Department
'00. — The marriage of John Russell Bass of
Wilton, Me., to Miss Alice Mary Ness of Howick,
Quebec, took place at "Braemar," the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ness, Sept.
17. The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
George Whilans, pastor of the Georgetown Pres-
byterian Church.
The bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. R.
Brodie Anderson, of Winnepeg, matron of honor,
and Miss Ethel Allen of Montreal, as maid of
honor. The best man was George C. Wheeler,
Esq., 'pi, of Portland, Me.
Mr. and Mrs. Bass returned from a trip to
Europe about Nov. 1, and are located at Wilton,
Me., where Mr. Bass is connected with the G. H.
Bass & Co., manufacturers of sportsmen's and
river drivers' shoes.
'01. — George R. Gardner's decision last month
to decline an election as principal of Cony High
at Augusta was the source of much gratification
to all those interested in the welfare of the Bruns-
wick High School. Mr. Gardner has been prin-
cipal of that school for the past three years, dur-
ing which he has won many friends there.
'06. — Charles A. Houghton was married Nov.
26, 1913, to Grace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Wheat Carr, of Manchester, N. H.
'07. — Miss Louise Estelle Gartley of Bangor,
and Mr. Robert A. Con)', Jr., of Augusta, were
united in marriage Nov. 26 at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gartley.
The groom is a member of the Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity. He is also a member of the
Kennebec County Bar Association, having been
admitted to the Maine Bar following a course of
study at Washington, D. C, while in the capital
city as private secretary to Senator Burleigh
Mr. and Mrs. Cony have left for Washington,
D. C, where they will spend the winter, being at
home there after Tan. I.
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VOL. XLI1I
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, JANUARY 13, 1914
NO. 24
'68 PRIZE SPEAKING
The Class of '68 Prize Speaking Contest will
be held on Monday evening, January 19, in Me-
morial Hall at 8 o'clock. The judges have not
yet been announced but the speakers will be Gage,
Gray, Leigh, Newcombe, Robinson, and Simpson.
The men are selected by the faculty from men
recommended by Professor Mitchell. The parts
which they present are original.
MUSICIANS TRAVEL
The Musical Clubs leave Thursday for their
first trip. They will be at Pittsfield Thursday
evening, Bangor Friday evening, and Hallowell
Saturday evening.
The following men will make the trip :
Glee Club — First tenor, Card '15, Shea '14,
Melloon '15, Wilson '14, Rollins '15; second tenor,
West '15, McKenney '15, Cristy '15, Evans '15;'
first bass, Fuller '16, Ramsay '15, Woodman '16,
Allen '15; second bass, Eaton '14, Monroe '14,
U. Merrill '16, Parmenter '16.
Mandolin Club — Barton '14, Little '16, Hall '16,
Stratton '16, Russell '14, Tuttle '14, McCargo '14,
Elwell '15, Standish '14, Kelley '16, Nason '14,
True '17, Lappin '15, Thompson '14, Parmenter
'17-
THE B.A.A. RELAY DIFFICULTY
Following the plan laid by George V. Brown of
the B.A.A. , Bates, Bowdoin, Maine and Colby
were to have run a four-cornered race in Boston
Feb. 7. This preliminary arrangement, however,
was without the consent of the Bowdoin manage-
ment, and it has met with objection from our
management.
Up until last year, Bowdoin has generally run
some out-of-the-state college, usually Tufts or
Vermont. Last year, in answer to a virtual chal-
lenge from the University of Maine, Bowdoin
took on that college, although believing that the
athletic interests of each college could best be
furthered by a race with some' college not in
Maines -and that a race between Bowdoin and
Maine, if desired, could be arranged nearer home.
Manager Koughan has made the following
statement in regard to the state race:
"Bowdoin is not afraid of the other Maine col-
leges and is willing to run them in a relay race
but not under the conditions as laid down by the
management of the B.A.A. Bowdoin has ex-
pressed a willingness to run the University of
Maine, although that institution has, according to
the dopesters, the most promising relay team in
the state. Bowdoin is also willing to run in a
four-cornered race in which the teams shall run
two at a time, the winners of the preliminary
races to run in a final for the state championship.
Bowdoin is not willing, however, to run with
three other teams on the track at the same time,
the track at the Mechanics Building being unsuit-
ed for such a race. The judgment of Bowdoin in
this matter is backed by similar action at Holy
Cross, Fordham, Georgetown and Boston College,
which institutions unanimously refuse to run in a
four-cornered race."
The Athletic Council made its decision at a
meeting late Monday.
TOM McCANN TO RETURN
Football men and Bowdoin men in general are
glad to hear that Tom McCann is to coach the
football team again next fall. Those who watched
his work this year are confident of his ability to
turn out a successful team. The experience
gained in his first year of college coaching will be
used to great advantage, while the acquaintance
of the fellows with his methods will greatly facili-
tate his work. He will probably begin his duties
about Sept. 14.
DEBATING NEWS
The question for the Wesleyan-Hamilton-
Bowdoin debate this year is, Resolved: That a
Federal Commission should be established for the
regulation of trusts. The date has not been set as
yet.
The trials for the Bradbury debate will be held
on Friday, January 23, in Memorial Hall. Each
man will be allowed five minutes. The trials are
open to all members of the college. The debate
itself will take place on March 25 and the subject
in both trials and debate will be1 the one given
above.
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PUBLIC DEBATE IN ENG. 6
This evening at 6.45 there will be a debate in
Memorial Hall by men taking English 6. This
debate is open to the public. The question to be
debated is the same as that to be debated in the
Interscholastic Debating League, Resolved : That
the Monroe Doctrine should be Formally Retract-
ed. The affirmative will be supported by G. A.
Hall '15, Kuhn '15 and LaCasce '14, while H. E.
Allen '15, Keegan '15 and Marr '14 will support
the negative. Other public debates will be held
on Jan. 20 and 27.
A RECITAL ON HAMLET
On Tuesday evening, Jan. 6, in Memorial Hall,
a small but very appreciative audience heard Mr.
James Plaisted Webber, A.M., '00 of Exeter
Academy give a recital on Hamlet. Mr. Webber
is well known as a dramatic reader and has been
a popular entertainer at Bowdoin on several oc-
casions. He fascinated his audience by his inter-
pretations of Hamlet, giving the play with the ex-
ception of a few minor scenes only and taking all
the parts himself. His work was particularly ef-
fective in the ghost scene. Those who heard him
are very grateful to the Ibis for bringing Mr.
Webber here.
MASQUE AND GOWN TRIPS
The Masque and Gown will make its first trip
to Bath this year, and trips to Rockland, Camden
and Portland have also been arranged for. At
present there are no other trips which are cer-
tain, but as plans are already being laid for a trip
to Massachusetts, the chances for such a trip
seem very favorable. None of the dates have
been decided.
PRAY ENGLISH PRIZE
The subject of the essay for the Pray English
Prize has been announced as "The Tragic Ele-
ment in Shakespearean Comedy." This is a prize
of forty-five dollars given by Dr. Thomas J. W.
Pray of the Class of 1844 and awarded to the best
scholar in English literature and original English
composition.
The essays must not be more than four thou-
sand words in length, and must be handed to Pro-
fessor Elliott by May first.
RELAY WORK PROGRESSING
Since the Christmas holidays the relay squad
has been practicing steadily. Coach Magee says
the men have shown up well, are training con-
scientiously and he is wholly satisfied with their
work. There will be some sort of a meet every
Saturday during the winter to train the men for
the intercollegiate meets in the spring. The meet
this coming Saturday will include mile, half-mile
and quarter-mile runs, pole vault, shot put, broad
jump, hurdles, relay races, and more soccer foot-
ball. The following is a list of men on the relay
squad: Eastman '15, Powers '16, Ireland '16, A.
Stetson '15, L. Stetson '15, Balfe '17, Beal '16,
Cormack '17, Richardson '15, Bond '17, Wing '15,
Hall '16, Crosby '17, Roberts '15, Pierce '17, Man-
nix '15, McElwee '16, Fuller '16, Bancroft '17,
Swift '17, Robinson '17, Wyman '16, MacWilliams
'15, Smith '15, Prescott '15, Fox '14, Wright '14,
Pettingill '16, Weatherill '14.
FENCING PRACTICE ON
The fencing squad is working out daily under
the coaching of Mr. Maroney, and at present the
prospect for an excellent team seems very bright
indeed. Of a large and enthusiastic body of as-
pirants for places on the team, the following men
show the greatest promise: Mitchell '14, Payson
'14, Pope '14, Floyd '15, Porritt '15, Hargraves
'16, Irving '16, Leadbetter '16 and Creeden '17.
At present only two dates for meets are as-
sured : one with Harvard for Feb. 20, and one
with Williams for Feb. 28. Meets with the Pi-
anelli Club and Yale are pending, but so far
nothing can be said for certain about them. The
trials for the team are yet to be held; probably
they will come off either the last of this month or
the first of February.
BOWDOIN NIGHT
Last Wednesday evening an enthusiastic rally
was held in Memorial Hall and practically the
whole College was there. Leigh '14 presided.
The subject of the evening was, "If I Were a
Bowdoin Undergraduate," and the speakers were
Hurley '12, MacCormick '12, President Hyde and
"Dave" Porter '06. Beside the speakers the Glee
Club and the eats helped to make the meeting a
live one.
"Jack" Hurley spoke of the need of character
for both efficiency and success.
The Glee Club then made their first appearance
for this season and sang the "Copper Moon" in
fine style.
"Bill" MacCormick spoke next and emphasized
the need of raising the standard of thinking
among men and of being proud of our Bowdoin
heritage. Sam West and his trusty warblers
again marched to the stage and enchanted us with
the selection, "Rosalee."
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President Hyde then told us what he would do
if he were a Bowdoin undergraduate, giving some
interesting ideas from his unique viewpoint.
"Dave" Porter was the last speaker. He dwelt
upon leading a complete life and showed how eas-
ily we might neglect the moral side of our life
while absorbed in the intellectual and physical
development.
"Bob" Leigh then urged those present to par-
take of the hot dogs, doughnuts and coffee and af-
ter much persuasion they licked the platter clean.
With the singing by the fellows and by the Glee
Club, the refreshments, and the strong speeches,
the evening proved a very enjoyable one.
FIRST SEMESTER BLANKET TAX
As the new semester approaches with its prob-
lem of the collection of the second half of the
Blanket Tax, a review of what was accomplished
this semester may be profitable.
When the first semester began, there were 356
students who could be taxed. At the present
writing 330 men have paid the first semester's
tax, or about 92 per cent, of the men in college
when the college year began. On the "black
list," the list of men who neither paid nor asked
for an extension, there are nine names. There
are fifteen men who asked for extensions but have
not yet paid. Of the men who have left college,
two had not paid the tax.
To the fifteen men who asked for extensions
and have not yet paid, a special appeal must evi-
dently be made. Some men whose names are on
the so-called "black list" are honestly and abso-
lutely unable to pay. They are compelled by cir-
cumstances to forfeit the right of membership in
the A.S.B.C. and give up the privilege of partici-
pating in Bowdoin activities. Among the men
who asked for extensions, however, there are few
of this class. A request for an extension is con-
sidered the expression of an intention to pay at
some future time. We cannot hold these men
down to paying, for the obligation is moral rather
than legal. We can only appeal to their appre-
ciation of the democracy, fairness, and effective-
ness of the Blanket Tax, and urge them to as-
sume their fair share of the burden of supporting
our various activities. We feel that such an ap-
peal will not fail to impress itself on these men
and bring them the realization of their duty to the
rest of the student body.
Board of Managers.
The following courses, not given during the first
semester, may be elected: Botany, elective for
Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors ; Economics 4A,
elective for those who have passed Ec. 1; Eco-
nomics 6, elective for Juniors and Seniors; Edu-
cation 2, elective for Seniors who expect to teach;
English 12, elective for Juniors and Seniors;
Mineralogy, elective for Sophomores, Juniors and
Seniors who have passed Chem. 1 ; Latin 8, elec-
tive for Juniors and Seniors and, with the consent
of the instructor, Sophomores.
NOTICE ABOUT COURSES
Dean Sills has announced that all students must
register their choice of courses before Jan. 29.
SECOND PRACTICE TRACK MEET
The second in a series of practice track meets
was held in the Hyde Athletic Building, Saturday
afternoon. The events included sprints on the
dirt floor, a 300-yard handicap race and a 150-
yard relay on the board track, and the high jump
and pole vault in the pit. These were preceded
by two games of soccer between the classes. 1914
played 1916 two eight-minute periods and won
three to two, while 1917 beat 1915 five to four in
four five-minute periods. The following men
played: 1914, O. Badger, A. Merrill, R. Weath-
erill, Payson and A. L. Pratt; 19 15, Cutler, East-
man, Roberts, McKenney, A. B. Stetson, Mannix,
Wing, Morrison, P. Smith, Prescott and Coffin ;
1916, Wyman, Fuller, Powers, McElwee, C. Hall,
Beal and Pettingill; 1917, Bond, Noyes, Robinson,
Pierce, Sampson, Crosby, Cormack and Fenning.
The high jump was won by H. White '17 at
5 ft., 5 in., with Keene '17 second at 5 ft., 4 in.
Boardman '16, Nickerson '16, Fenning '17 and
Foster '17 were tied for third at 5 ft., 2 in.
A. S. Merrill '14 won the pole vault at 9 ft., 6
in., with Sampson '17 second at 9 ft., and McKen-
ney '15 third at 8 ft.
Results in the 30-yard dash were as follows :
Preliminaries: Heat 1 — Won by Balfe '17; Marr
'14, second; time, 42-5 seconds. Heat 2 — -Won
by Wyman '16; Merrill '14, second; time, 42-5
seconds. Heat 3 — Won by Roberts '15; A. B.
Stetson '15, second; time, 41-5 seconds. Heat 4
— Won by Weatherill '14; Bond '17, second; time,
4 2-5 seconds. Heat 5 — Won by Garland '14; Pet-
tingill '16, second; time, 42-5 seconds. Heat 6 —
Won by Hall '16; L. N. Stetson '15, second; time,
42-5 seconds. Heat 7 — Won by Somers '15;
Wing '15, second; time, 4 1-5 seconds. Heat 8—
Won by McElwee '16; Eastman '15, second; time,
4 2-5 seconds. Heat 9 — Won by Fox '14; Powers,
second; time, 42-5 seconds. Heat 10 — Won by
Richardson '15; Prescott '15, second; time, 41-5
seconds.
Second Round: Heat 1— Won by Balfe; Pet-
(Continued on page 192)
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Vol. XLIII JANUARY 13, 1914 No. 24
The Meetings a Success
The attendance and interest and fair-minded-
ness of the student body at the series of Fitch -
Porter meetings of last week are a sure indication
that they were a'success. It is pleasing to note
that the usual misunderstandings and prejudices at
meetings of such character were absent. This
was greatly due to the sensible planning by those
in charge but more especially due to the open,
frank, personalities of the two speakers. Their
permanent influence on BowdOin life is impossi-
ble of definite measurement, but will neverthe-
less be of large proportions. What little criticism
the Orient has received in giving such space
to the series of meetings is philosophically ac-
cepted, confident as we are that they had a de-
finite place and need in our undergraduate life.
seconds. Heat 3 — Won by Roberts; Smith, sec-
ond; time, 4 1-5 seconds. Heat 4 — Won by Fox;
Weatherill, second; time, 41-5 seconds. Heat 5
— Won by Richardson; Prescott, second; time,
4 1-5 seconds.
Semi-Finals: Heat 1 — Won by Balfe; Rich-
ardson, second; time, 42-5 seconds. Heat 2 —
Won by Wyman ; Fox, second ; time, 4 seconds.
Finals: Balfe '17, Wyman '16, Fox '14, Rich-
ardson '15; won by Balfe; Wyman, second; Fox,
third; time, 4 1-5 seconds.
The 300-yard race was handicap. The results
follow: Heat 1 — Smith '14, Balfe '17, Beal '16,
Robinson '17; won by Balfe; Smith second; time,
35 2-5 seconds. Heat 2 — Richardson '15, Irving
'16, Pettingill '16, Hall '16; won by Hall; Pettin-
gill, second ; time, 36 4-5 seconds. Heat 3 — Cros-
by '17, A. B. Stetson '15, Cormack '17, Noyes '17;
won by Crosby ; Stetson, second ; time, 36 2-5 sec-
onds. Heat 4 — Powers '16, Prescott '15, Roberts
'15, Cutler '15; won by Roberts; Prescott, second.
Heat 5 — -Fuller '16, McElwee '16, Bond '17, Gar-
land '14; won by McElwee; Garland, second;
time, 362-5 seconds. Heat 6 — Wyman '16, L.
Stetson '15, Wing '15, Eastman '15; won by
Wing ; Wyman, second ; time, 37 seconds.
(Track Meet, continued from page 191.)
tingill, second; time, .4. 2-5 seconds. Heat 2 — Won
by Merrill ; Bond and Wyman, second ; time, 4 1-5
THE FITCH-PORTER MEETINGS
Probably the most significant meetings ever
held at Bowdoin were held last Thursday, Friday
and Sunday under Doctor Fitch and Dave Porter.
A large number of men attended most of them
and a great many were reached in various ways.
The first of these meetings was held in the
Chapel last Thursday evening, Jan. 8. Doctor
Fitch was the speaker of the evening. In begin-
ning his talk he divided young men into three
classes. First, those who understand religion but
who won't decide because of moral obliquity. It
is up to these men to make a stand. Second, fel-
lows who have various disbeliefs, but who want
to do right. They are afraid to decide and act be-
cause of these disbeliefs. This is the class which
will receive the most attention and help at this
time. Third, the indifferent ones, men who give'
no thought at all to the matter of religion.
He finished with an earnest appeal for personal
conferences,. emphasizing their value to each man.
man. .,.,..
In the second meeting of this series, held last
Friday, in the Chapel, Dr. Fitch was the first
speaker. He spoke on the first class he had men-
tioned the previous evening, on men who under-
stand religion but are unwilling to make a stand
because of their moral obliquities. He said that:
the man w'ho is licentious, a drinker, or one who.
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cheats in an examination, cannot have self-re-
spect. In our own lives there is coming a time
when we choose a woman whom we claim as our
own, and to whom we give ourselves. Without
self-respect a man cannot truly love, a pleasure
which is one of the greatest gifts of Heaven. He
prefers a man who can see the good in people to
the cynical who is so premature that he only sees
the bad in anybody.
Dave Porter emphasized this talk of Dr. Fitch
by asking two questions, "Has this talk contained
anything for you?" and "What are you going to
do about it?" He said that the best way to get
rid of the evil is to bring in good. To get rid of
bad habits, form good ones.
At an informal meeting in the Kappa Sigma
House Saturday evening, Dr. Fitch spoke on the
evolution of religion and the human side of the
Bible, showing how the stories of the Bible are
applicable to men of today.
In the Chapel at the Sunday evening service
Dr. Fitch criticized in a friendly way and as a
college man our profanjty and vulgarity of
speech, our lounging on Sunday morning, and our
excessive attendance at the "movies." He said
that the man of one and twenty should seek sim-
ple pleasures and not artificial enjoyment. In
concluding the series of meetings Dave Porter
begged the men to become disciples, defining a
disciple as one trying to learn. He hoped that
the men coming here next year would find a more
Christ-like college.
THE DECEMBER QUILL
At first, peradventure, you skimmed the Decem-
ber Quill in seasonable spirit. "A Christmas
Greeting" sounded what you were feeling: the
double harmony of the season, at once homelike
and high, in "my house" and "your house" and
also strangely far above either, "for every star
rings music like a bell." And thereupon you rel-
ished the home-thirst, especially, of the actress in
"Without Publicity" ; a healthier-souled person-
age, you pronounced her, than the majority of
those who star in theatrical stories. The next
tale, in contrast, took you far behind the foot-
lights of social life, out and down into the sordid
streets; there, however, "A Little Child," whom
the author has managed to present appealingly
without undue sentiment, led your mind away to
the old story which first gave childhood such sig-
nificance. But furthermore, the mingled self-
doubt of the year-end, and the resolute hope of
the New Year were upon you; and you read them
in "The Spirit of the Pines."
"Will you, immortal, cower before ... ■
The sting of a puny thought?"
"No," you cried, with sincere feeling, quite
caught up into the vigorous swing of the verses.
The doubt and the hope, transposed into lighter
key, reappeared in "The Way of a Maid with a
Man." And finally the hope, now disentangled
from the doubt, yielded readily to the delicate
verse-music of "The Maid of Honor," and was
led to look
"Far on the road to Joyous Gard,
To the almond trees, and the magic town. ' '
Surely a suitable finale to this very seasonable
Quill.
Afterwards you fingered the pages in colder
mood. The originality of the final piece now
stood out clearly. None of the other contribu-
tions, in fact, is so free from usualness both in
conception and in expression. The maid of honor,
old theme of joke-writers and wedding-guests—
has she previously received her due in poetry?
Her present vision, to be sure, is strongly Tenny-
sonian. But the style-movement is quite individ-
ual. It lags only in the last stanza; here the
thought deliberately tries to deepen itself (always
a dangerous point for a poet) without full suc-
cess. In contrast, the writer of the other poem
needs deliberate study of expression. He has ac-
cess to an emotional sphere which, to be perfectly
frank, will remain closed to the.jnajority of col-
lege undergraduates in our country until they
"find themselves" (in Dr. Fitch's phrase), and
cease to follow, with sheeplike democracy, the
call of what may be termed the popular external-
ities. All the more, then, one hopes that this
writer will conquer the territory of words. The
following are distinctly rebellious: "wee soul
stood — all naked— welted by blow on blow." An
infant Indian undergoing corporal punishment?
In "Without Publicity" the character of the in-
dependent Miss Porter is so skilfully prepared
that we accept without demur her going "quietly
to sleep" after watching an amateur burglar ap-
propriate her jewelry. With his eye fixed some-
what too seriously, however, upon the heroine,
the writer has failed to create the atmosphere es-
sential to the success of the ensuing comic situa-
tion. For instance, we had not realized that Bert
Holderness was fitted by nature for such an ex-
traordinary escapade; nor even that the heroine
had not previously set eyes on him. His final
dialogue with her falls, therefore, a trifle flat. On
the other hand, the subsidiary elements in "A Lit-
tle Child Did Lead Her" are at one or two points
over-elaborated. We accept the busy and inef-
fective social-workers as an excellent background
for the street-woman's tragedy, until three of
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them (Anna's two aunts and a cousin) are piled
into one paragraph. Why, further, should the
country express puff into and out of this particu-
lar story "in that lordly manner?" And by the
way, why should Anna's pure idiom descend, only
once, to the level of "she don't"?
As for "The Way of a Maid with a Man" : per-
haps you had imagined, at first sight, that here
you were to enter a narrative region more cath-
olic in scope. After "the musical comedy success
of the season" and the "dark-colored bottle and
some glasses" on the garret table, you heard with
relief "the full-toned insect hum of midsummer"
and were glad of "the old-fashioned poke bonnet."
But alas, you turned the page to find yourself
fobbed off with a witticism — and one not suffi-
ciently unusual to form the basis of a storiette.
You turned back to "the poke bonnet," at the
close of the third paragraph. At this point, you
fancied, some fair story might well be inserted.
What precedes would serve, without change of
one word, for the introduction ; and what follows
would make a neat conclusion. Such a tale, in-
deed, would give no more expression to Bowdoin
life and Bowdoin thought than the preceding two.
But its theme would be comparatively free from
the popular externalities.
G. R. E.
€be JLibrarp Cable
Early Memories, by Henry Cabot Lodge, is
among the new books at the Library. It is a very
interesting account of the writer's boyhood and
early manhood. The book commences with his
recollections of Boston in the fifties and continues
his life to the time of his first entering politics.
Intimate and graphic portraits of such men as
Rufus Choate, Sumner, Governor Andrew and
others, are interspersed throughout the volume.
Since Senator Lodge's career has been so rich in
experience, and his contact with interesting char-
acters so varied, the volume should be favorably
received by the public.
Railway Transportation, a History of Its Eco-
nomics and of Its Relation to the State, by
Charles Lee Raper, Dean of the Graduate School,
University of North Carolina, is a work of great
value to the student of Economics. It treats com-
prehensively topics on Modern Transportation;
Railway Transportation in France, Italy, Ger-
many and the United States ; State Operation of
Railways; Extension of the Parcels Post; and
numerous other allied subjects. The book has
been received favorably by the press in both this
and other countries.
The Englishman in the Alps, a collection of
English prose and poetry relating to the Alps,
edited by Arnold Lunn, is a remarkably well se-
lected group of poems of standard writers. The
book, though not so popular here as abroad, is
becoming better known and bids fair to be as well
received in the United States as in England.
The Library is to purchase an engraved sil-
houette of Hon. James Bowdoin, founder of the
College, and at one time Governor of Massachu-
setts. This silhouette and two others in the Wal-
ker Art Building are thought to be the only like-
nesses of Governor Bowdoin in existence.
Cf)c ©tijer Colleges
Bates dedicated her new chapel Wednesday.
New York University has students from eigh-
teen foreign countries this year.
Earl Sprackling, Brown '09, ail-American quar-
terback of that year, has signed a contract to
serve as assistant coach of the Brown University
football team the coming fall.
At the recent convention of the Student Vol-
unteer Movement in Kansas City, three hundred
college men and women volunteered to devote
their lives to the cause of foreign missions.
Tulane University desires to abolish football as
a 'varsity sport, but is prevented from adopting
this course by a forfeit of one thousand dollars
attached to a contract with the University of
Louisiana.
As a result of the retirement of Professor Wil-
lard Fisher of Wesleyan and professors at other
colleges and universities for expressing views
not in harmony with those of the trustees, bene-
factors and other faculty members of the insti-
tutions they served, the American Political
Science Association at the closing sessions of its
convention recently held in Washington, D. C,
took steps to insure perfect freedom of thought
and speech for all professors in all American col-
leges and universities.
Football has been made a regular course of the
curriculum at the University of Wisconsin, and
regular university credit, scholastically speaking,
will be given for it. This comes as a result of ac-
tion in the part of the faculty, and the special
course in the technique of football commenced
last week.
According to a decision handed down by Judge
Gilson of the Probate Court of New Haven,
Conn., Yale University will lose the legacy of
$700,000 provided by the will of Mrs. H. O.
Hotchkiss. The will was contested by relatives
and carried into the courts. The Yale authorities
are preparing an appeal.
Norman S. Taber, Brown '12, now Rhodes
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195
scholar at Oxford, recently won second place in a
seven and one-half mile cross-country race be-
tween Cambridge and Oxford. Although the
first two men to finish were Oxford men, Cam-
bridge won the race.
©n t&e Campus
Warren '12 was on the campus last week.
D. K. Merrill '15 is home on account of sick-
ness.
Albert W. Tolman '88 was in Brunswick re-
cently.
Craig '12 and Hagan '13 were on the campus
last week.
The Y.M.C.A. Cabinet had its picture taken
this noon at Webber's.
The picture of the Deutscher Verein was taken
at Webber's Wednesday.
Coxe '15 and Floyd '15 competed in a rifle
match in Portland during vacation.
The antiseptic drinking fountain in the new
gymnasium fulfills a long felt want.
Hon. Asher C. Hinds has been invited to speak
before the Government Club at an early date.
Semester examinations begin Jan. 29 and last
until Feb. 7. The second semester commences
Feb. 9.
Doctor Goodrich, the new pastor of the Church
on the Hill, is being entertained at dinner at
several fraternity houses this week.
Cruff '16 has undergone an operation in a Bos-
ton hospital for an injury received in football.
He will return to College in about three weeks.
The athletic census of the College which the
Orient promised to its readers some time ago is
now being compiled and will probably be pub-
lished next week.
The track management plans to have every
Saturday an informal meet like that of last Satur-
day, with the exception that the program will
consist of more events.
The horsemen of Brunswick and Topsham are
planning to have some excellent ice racing this
winter and have raised a fund to keep an ice
track on the Androscoggin river. It is not yet
known whether Triangle will appear.
A serious accident in the central heating plant
during vacation put three of the four big boilers
out of commission and most of the college build-
ings were without heat. There are four boilers
at the central heating plant to furnish the steam
to heat. The steam is forced through the pipes
by a reciprocal engine. It is thought that in the
11 years that this engine has been running it has
forced sufficient oil through the pipes to come
back into the boilers until they began to leak.
Z&iitb t&e jFacuItp
Among the professors who spent their entire
vacation here at Brunswick were Professors
Woodruff, Johnson, Files, Elliot, Wass, Whittier,
McConaughy, Hormell and Cram.
Professor Little attended the meetings of the
American Alpine Club on December 28, at Bos-
ton.
Professor Davis spent Christmas in Pennsyl-
vania, and during the latter part of the vacation
attended the meetings of the Modern Language
Association, and the recently organized New
England Public Speaking Conference of the lat-
ter, of which he was re-elected treasurer.
Mr. Clark of the French department and Pro-
fessor Bell were at Toronto for their vacation.
Professor Nixon also attended the Modern
Language Association meetings, as did Professor
Ham.
Professor Nixon spent part of his vacation in
his old home at Quincy, Mass.
Professor Copeland attended the meetings of
the American Association of Zoologists held at
Philadelphia, and also spent a few days in New
York.
Professor Hutchins and Professor Moody both
spent their vacations in Boston.
Dean Sills spent his vacation at Geneva, N. Y.,
and Professor Catlin at New York City.
Professor Burnett spent part of his vacation
here in Brunswick and part in several short trips
to different places.
Professor Hormell is confined to his home with
a sickness which may keep him in for several
weeks. He was recently elected Superintendent
of the Sunday School at the Church on the Hill.
CALENDAR
12-16. Relay Practice, Athletic Building, 4.30.
Fencing Practice, New Gym, 5.30.
12. Biology Club Meeting, Zeta Psi House, 7.30.
13. Public Debate, Memorial Hall, 6.45.
14. Deutscher Verein Meeting, Theta Delta Chi
House, 8.00.
15. Classical Club Meeting, Theta Delta Chi
House, 7.30.
Musical Clubs Concert, Pittsfield.
16. Musical Clubs Concert, Bangor.
17. Musical Clubs Concert, Hallowell.
Weekly Athletic Meet, Athletic Building,
2.30 p. M.
19-23. Relay Practice, 4,30.
Fencing Practice, 5.30.
19. '68 Prize Speaking, Memorial Hall, 8.00.
20. Public Debate, 6.45.
27. Public Debate, 6.45.
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29. Exams begin.
Feb.
9. Second Semester begins.
alumni Department
'54. — Benjamin F. Morrison died at Medford,
Dec. 28th, in his 82nd year.
'56. — Hon. Edwin Bradbury Smith, a promi-
nent lawyer and public man of New York, and a
native of Kennebunkport, died at his home in
New York City, Saturday, at the age of 81 years.
Mr. Smith, who was a son of Oliver and Caroline
Bradbury Smith, was born in Kennebunkport,
Oct. 3, 1832. He graduated from Bowdoin in the
class of 1856. He was admitted to the bar in
1859 and practiced at Limerick for three years,
moving to Saco in 1862 where he remained active
in law and politics until 1875. Mr. Smith was a
member of the Maine House of Representatives
from Saco from 1870 to 1872, serving as speaker
in 1871. He was reporter of decisions of the su-
preme judicial court from 1872 to 1875. At that
time he was appointed an assistant United States
attorney general, serving under Attorney Gener-
als Edwards Pierpont, Alphonso Taft, Charles
Devens, and left the department upon the coming
into office of Hon. Wayne MacVeagh in 1881.
Since that time he has been engaged in the pri-
vate practice of law, his office having been for a
long time at No. 56 Pine Street, New York City.
Mr. Smith, who never married, was a member of
the association of the bar of the City of New
York, the New York Law Institution, the New
England Society, the Union League, the Lawyers
and the University Clubs.
'75. — Dr. William E. Rice died suddenly Dec.
17, 1913, at his home on Washington Street, Bath,
Maine. He was at his office in the afternoon as
usual and on his way home appeared in unusually
good health. On arriving home, the doctor set to
work to train some vines on the east end of his
residence, and while leaning over was stricken
and fell backward to the floor, and expired short-
ly. He had not been in good health for the past
two years, having been troubled with chronic
heart trouble.
Dr. Rice was born in Bath, May 12, 1952, son
of the late Hon. William Rice. He attended the
public schools and graduated from the Bath High
School in 1871, from Bowdoin College in 1875,
and in 1878 from Columbia University of New
York. For the past 35 years he has been a prac-
ticing physician in Bath. He was a physician of
unusual natural ability, a' man with a generous
disposition and highly regarded by members of
his profession. He was a member of the Maine
Medical Association, the Sagadahoc Medical
Club, and the Bath Medical and Clinical Clubs.
He is survived by three cousins, Miss A. M. Rob-
inson of Bath, Mrs. W. W. Pendexter of Boston
and Charles H. Robinson of St. Paul, Minn.
'83. — Professor Fred Morrow Fling, professor
of European History at the University of Ne-
braska, contributes to the last number of the
American Historical Review, a review of the
Donelson Campaign Sources, compiled for the
Army Schools.
'83. — William A. Perkins moved in August
from Grafton, Mass., to 59 Sherwood Ave.,
Bridgeport, Conn., where he is head teacher of
mathematics in the high school.
'93. — George S. Chapin received the degree of
Master of Arts from Ohio State University at its
last Commencement and has since been promoted
to the rank of assistant professor of Roman Lan-
guages in that institution. The head of this de-
partment is Professor B. L. Bowen who was a
member of the Bowdoin Faculty in 1888-89.
'95. — Dr. A. G. Wiley and family returned re-
cently from Bethel, where they have been since
the middle of November. The doctor is much
improved in health and has resumed his practice
in Buxton.
'99. — At the dedication of the new public li-
brary at Somerville, Mass., on Dec. 17, 1913, in'
many respects the finest building in the city, the
librarian, Mr. Drew B. Hall, delivered an address
on the Aims of the Library of Today.
'04. — The announcement is made of the engage-
ment of Judge Emery O. Beane of Hallowell to
Miss Sarah E. Moody, formerly of Bath, where
she resided with her aunt, Mrs. S. L. Fogg.
'06. — Robie Stevens, who is engaged in the
work of Remedial Loans under the Russell Sage
Foundation, reports a successful year with an ac-
cumulation of striking net profit for the society.
'07. — The marriage of Dr. Merlan A. Webber
to Miss Bertha A. Bannon occurred in Portland
during the Christmas season. Dr. Webber is' a-
graduate of Coburn Classical Institute '01, Bow- -
doin '07 and Bowdoin Medical '10. He is also a
member of the Portland Medical Club, the Cum-
berland County Association, Maine Medical As-
sociation, and the American Medical Association,
having practiced in Portland since 1910. Miss
Bannon has been for some time also a resident of
Portland where she is popularly' known.
'10. — Edward H. Webster has an article on
English for Business Training in the December
number of the English magazine of the Univer-
sity of Chicago.
'13. — Paul Douglass Has been elected' captain Of "'-
the debating team of Columbia University: -
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VOL. XLUI
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, JANUARY 20. 1914
NO. 25
TENTATIVE BASEBALL SCHEDULE
The following is the tentative schedule for the
baseball team for the season of 1914. Two new
rules, put in force this year for the first time,
limiting the time allowed for trips and requiring
a larger percentage of home games, are the
causes of fewer games with outside New England
colleges. The tentative schedule is as follows :
April 14, Harvard at Cambridge.
April 18, Bates at Brunswick (exhibition).
April 20, Portland (New England League
team) at Portland.
April 24, pending.
April 25, Trinity at Hartford.
April 29, Norwich at Brunswick.
May 2, Maine at Brunswick.
May 9, Colby at Brunswick.
May 14, Tufts at Medford.
May 20, Maine at Orono.
May 23, Tufts at Portland.
May 27, Colby at Waterville.
May 28, New Hampshire at Brunswick.
May 30, Bates at Lewiston.
June S, Bates at Brunswick.
June 24, Alumni at Brunswick.
It will be noticed that of the 16 games, seven
are in Brunswick and four more within easy
reach.
CLASS OF '68 PRIZE SPEAKING
The Class of '68 Prize Speaking contest was
held last night in Memorial Hall. The Orient
went to press too early to obtain the results. The
speakers, all Seniors, and their subjects follow:
"The New Provincialism" by Robert Devore
Leigh-; "An Ideal Restored" by Alfred Watts
Newcombe; "Alfred Noyes and the Twentieth
Century" by Kenneth Allan Robinson; "The
Present Aspect of the Monroe Doctrine" by El-
wyn Collins Gage; "After College — What?" by
Richard Earle Simpson ; ' 'The Physician and Pub-
lic Health" by Alfred Everett Gray. The judges
were Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich, G. Allen
Howe, Esq., and Professor G. M. Robinson of
Bates College.
held on Friday, Jan. 23 at 3.30 p. m. in Memorial
Hall. The question is : Resolved, That a Federal
Commission should be established for the regula-
tion of trusts. Each man is allowed five minutes.
Names of candidates should be handed to R. E.
Simpson '14 by Thursday. The order of speakers
will be posted on the Chapel bulletin a few days
before the trials.
AUGUSTA ALUMNI RELAY CUP
Several years ago there was offered by the Au-
gusta Alumni a silver cup on which is inscribed
each year the name of the man making the fastest
time in the final trials for the B.A.A. relay team.
This cup was won in 1909 by Atwood '09, in 1910
by Colbath '10, in 191 1 by Cole '12, and in 1912
and 1913 by Haskell '13. None of the times are
inscribed on the cup owing to the variety of
tracks used.
TRIALS FOR BRADBURY DEBATES
The trials for the Bradbury Debate are to be
SATURDAY TRACK MEET
The principal event of the track meet, which
was held last Saturday in the Hyde Athletic
Building, was the first time trials for the relay
squad. The following men competed : Fox '14,
Weatherill '14, A. B. Stetson '15, L. Stetson '15,
Smith '15, Wing '15, Richardson '15, Roberts '15,
Prescott '15, Eastman '15, McElwee '16, C. Hall
'16, Ireland '16, Irving '16, Wyman '16, Pettingill
'16, Beal '16, Balfe '17, Crosby '17, Bond '17 and
Robinson '17. The official time was not announced.
A second time trial will take place next Saturday,
after which the first cut in the squad will be made.
The half-mile handicap race was won by Cutler
'15, handicap 55 yards; second, Sayward '16, han-
dicap 35 yards; third, H. Foster '16, handicap 25
yards.
Floyd '15 took first in the broad jump with
Sampson '17 second, and E. Garland '16 third.
Sampson '17 won the pole vault; Merrill '14 was
second, and Young '17 third. First place in the
high jump went to H. White '17, second, Keene
'17, and third, F. Garland '14.
The finals in the 300-yard handicap race which
was held Saturday, Jan. 10, were run off Monday,
Jan. 12. Smith '14 took first place and Wyman '16
was second.
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MUSICAL CLUBS' TRIP
The Bowdoin Musical Clubs returned Saturday
night after a highly successful first trip. The
first concert was given at Pittsfield, on Thursday
evening, in the hall of the Maine Central Insti-
tute. The selections were well rendered, and an
unusually large crowd was present to enjoy the
music. After the concert was over the students
of M.C.I, gave a reception to the members of the
Musical Clubs, and light refreshments were
served.
In Bangor Friday evening the Musical Clubs
gave their concert in the City Hall. Every seat
was taken, and even the available standing room
was closely packed. After the concert a dance
was given in their honor.
Saturday evening the third and last concert of
the trip was given at Hallowell, and here as be-
fore, the audience was both large and enthusias-
tic.
The program which will be followed by the
Glee and Mandolin Clubs this year is as follows :
part 1.
1. (a) Rise Sons of Bowdoin Burnett
Words by Sills '01
(b) We'll Sing to Old Bowdoin
Words by Fogg '02
Glee and Mandolin Clubs
2. De Coppah Moon Shelly
Glee Club
3. March Militaire Bochin
Mandolin Club
4. Reading Selected
Mr. Ramsay
5. Solo Selected
Mr. West
6. Rosalie (Chansonette) De Koven
Glee Club
part 11.
1. Flute Solo Selected
Mr. True
2. After Vespers Moret
Mandolin Club
3. Reading Selected
Mr. Ramsay
4. Hunting Song (Robin Hood) De Koven
Glee Club
5. Popular Medley Trinkaus
Mandolin Club
6. (a) Bowdoin Beata
Words by Pierce '96
(6) Phi Chi
Words by Mitchell '71
Glee and Mandolin Clubs
BOSTON ALUMNI BANQUET
The Boston Association of Bowdoin Alumni
held their annual dinner, last Wednesday, at
Young's Hotel with an attendance of about 175.
President Hyde told of the bequests of the last
year and how the college was dependent upon its
living graduates for its scholarships and other
funds. "Other co-operative bodies of the col-
lege," he said, "are the faculty, the student body,
and the fraternities." He spoke in glowing terms
of the faculty, called the student body "the best
set of fellows to be found the world over," and
said that the fraternities develop the best there
is in a man, more than the college could. Presi-
dent Hooper of Tufts spoke of athletics in gen-
eral from the time of the Greeks, and what they
mean now to a college man. He touched upon
the pleasant relations now existing between Tufts
and Bowdoin. President Luther of Trinity made
a witty speech in which he said that the average
college man of today learns more and studies
more than the man of a generation ago. He also
touched upon the pleasant relations between his
college and ours. U. S. Senator C. P. Johnson
'79, in speaking of the college man in politics, said
that he believed "that in electing to the office of
Chief Executive of this country the president of
Princeton it was clearly demonstrated that a man
can capably train himself for the duties of public
life in the office of a college president." Robert
D. Leigh '14 told of the attitude of the students
towards the new gymnasium, calling it the "win-
ter playroom of Bowdoin." Other speakers were
Dr. Fred Albee of New York and Roy R. Mars-
ton '99 of Skowhegan. Dr. Myles Standish '75 of
the Harvard Medical School was the toastmaster.
The following officers were elected : Edwin U.
Curtis '82, president; John F. Eliot '7^, and Sam-
uel V. Cole '74, vice-presidents ; Alfred B. White
'98, secretary ; George C. Purington '04, assistant
secretary; William D. Stockbridge '99, chorister;
William I. Cole '81, J. Everett Hicks '95, John C.
Minot '96, Ripley L. Dana '01, J. Arthur Furbush
'02, George P. Hyde '08 and Robert D. Morss '10,
executive committee.
BANGOR ALUMNI HAVE DINNER
Last Friday night the Bangor Alumni of Bow-
doin gathered at the Penobscot Exchange. Din-
ner was served at 5.30, and then from six to eight
good after-dinner speaking was enjoyed. James
A. Hamlin 1900, one of the committee of arrange-
ments', was toastmaster. President Hyde was the
first speaker, and he said practically what he had
said at Boston. He used the same text, the re-
mark of one freshman to another: "Oh, Prexy
has a cinch." He claimed it was true because as
he said, "My work is distributed among two
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thousand loyal alumni, among thirty splendid
teachers, among 350 of the best students ever
gathered in an institution, and is aided by the
fraternity system — the center of the common life
of us all." Dr. William C. Mason spoke as the
representative of the Harvard Club of Bangor.
In his remarks he quoted Colonel Roosevelt as
saying that Bowdoin, in proportion to its size, has
had more famous graduates than any other in-
stitution, adding: "Not all of us agree with most
of the colonel's statements, but that one is beyond
dispute." George Eaton and Arthur McWilliams
spoke for the undergraduates, the latter telling of
our prospects in athletics for the coming year.
The last speaker, Charles T. Hawes '76, praised
Coach McCann in glowing words, predicting
greater success for him next year when he will
not be handicapped by raw material. The
speeches were interspersed with songs by the
members of the glee club who were entertained
as the guests of the alumni. At eight the com-
pany adjourned to the City Hall where the glee
club gave a concert. The committee of arrange-
ments included Bertram L. Bryant '95, James A.
Hamlin '00 and Donald F. Snow '01. The follow-
ing officers were elected: Dr. Thomas U. Coe '57,
president; Frederick H. Appleton '64, vice-presi-
dent; Dr. Bertram L. Bryant '95, secretary and
treasurer; Roland E. Bragg '01, Samuel B. Gray
'03, Charles P. Conners '03, Frank A. Floyd '73,
Lyman K. Lee '92, executive committee.
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
The following is the schedule of the Semester
examinations to be followed unless conflicts
THURSDAY, JAN. 29, I9I4.
8.30 a. m. Greek A, i, 7, Memorial Hall; Ger-
man 3, Memorial Hall; Political Science 1, Me-
morial Hall.
1.30 p. m. Latin' A, 1, 3, Memorial Hall;
French 7, Memorial Hall; German 7, History
Lecture Room; Economics 5a, History Lecture
Room.
FRIDAY, JAN. 30.
8.30 A. m. English Literature I, Memorial
.Hall; Fine Arts I, Memorial Hall; Geology, His-
tory Lecture Room.
1.30 p. m. German I, 9, Memorial Hall; Politi-
cal Science 3, History Lecture Room.
SATURDAY, JAN. 31.
8.30 a. m. French I, 3, 5, Memorial Hall; His-
tory 7, Memorial Hall ; Biology 5, Memorial Hall.
1.30 p. m. Chemistry 1, 3, Memorial Hall.
MONDAY, FEB. 2.
8.30 a. m. Biology 1, Memorial Hall; English
Literature 3, Memorial Hall.
1.30 p. m. Philosophy 1, Memorial Hall; Phy-
sics 1, Memorial Hall; German 5, Memorial Hall.
TUESDAY, FEB. 3.
8.30 a. m. Mathematics I, 3, Memorial Hall;
Chemistry 5, 7, Special, History Lecture Room.
1.30 p. m. Biology 9, Memorial Hall; Physics
3, Memorial Hall.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4.
8.30 a. m. Economics I, 5b, Memorial Hall;
Surveying, History Lecture Room.
1.30 p. m. Hygiene, Memorial Hall; Spanish
1, History Lecture Room.
THURSDAY, FEB. 5.
8.30 a. m. History 1, 5, Memorial Hall; Edu-
cation 3, History Lecture Room.
1.30 p. m. Music 1, 3 ,5, Memorial Hall.
FRIDAY, FEB. 6
8.30 a. m. English 1, Memorial Hall; German
13, History Lecture Room.
1.30 p. m. Psychology 1, 3, Memorial Hall.
Biology 7, Greek 5, German 15, at hours ar-
ranged by the instructors.
INDUSTRIAL SERVICE WORK
During the last week the men interested in the
Industrial Service work had a chance to help,
both in Brunswick and outside. The classes con-
tained from five to twenty men, most of whom
are of foreign birth, but able to speak a little
English. Tuesday, Jan. 13, Professor McCon-
aughy, Robinson '14, Little '17, McConaughy '17,
Sampson '17, Crehore '17 and Bartlett '17 went to
Lisbon Falls, and Cooley '15, Rawson '16 and
Hamlin '16 taught in Brunswick. Thursday night
Professor McConaughy, Cutler '15, Winter '16,
Wood '16, Nevin '16, Spaulding '17 and Irving '16
went to Pejepscot; while Bacon '15, MacCormick
'15 and Hamlin '16 taught in Brunswick.
At Pejepscot three classes have been formed,
one in civics for men soon to be naturalized, one
for men who can't read or speak English, and one
for men who can. These classes meet every
Tuesday and Thursday, Irving '16 having charge
of the Tuesday classes and Cutler '15 the Thurs-
day classes. Classes in reading and mathematics
in Brunswick meet every Tuesday and Thursday.
The class of bootblacks in Bath proved impracti-
cal owing to their having to work until a late
hour, but it is hoped to start classes soon in the
Bath Iron Works. Last Tuesday night classes
were formed at Lisbon Falls which will meet
regularly under the direction of Robinson '14.
At a meeting Monday night, Jan. 12, about
twenty-five men signed up for the work, but more
men are needed, especially at Pejepscot.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Published every Tuesday of the Collegiate year by
The Bowdoin Publishing Company
in the Interests of the Students of
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914,
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915,
Richard E. Simpson, 1914,
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John F. Rollins, 1915, The Library Table
D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
Raymond C. Hamlin, 1916, With The Faculty
J. Glenwood Winter, 1916, The Other Colleges
K. A. Robinson, 1914
G. H. Tai.bot, 1915
F. P. McKenney, 1915
D. J. Edwards, 1916
E. C. Hawes, 1916
Contributions are requested from all undergraduates,
alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
All communications regarding subscriptions should be
addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Co. Subscriptions, #2.00 per year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents.
BOWDOIN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Alfred E. Gray, 1914 Business Manager
Arthur G. McWilliams, 1915, Assistant Manager
Philip W. Porritt, 1915, Assistant Manager
Entered at Post-Office at Brunswick as Second-Class Mail Matter
Vol. XLIII JANUARY 20, 1914 No. 25
The Blanket Tax
This week the Board of Managers will meet
and prepare for their semi-annual campaign for
the seven-fifty assessment. The accounts of the
treasurer show a substantial balance and esti-
mates indicate that the second year of the tax
will be even more prosperous than the first. Only
nine men in college did not pay the first instal-
ment this semester. The estimates of the Board,
however, are made on the assumption that, as be-
fore, the whole student body will meet this finan-
cial obligation. The accomplishments of the new
system speak for themselves. A long-standing
Quill debt has been paid off, publications are on a
basis of practical ' self-sufficiency, a very large
football debt has been practically wiped away,
larger appropriations have been given to various
minor activities, the A.S.B.C. is on a sound finan-
cial basis with excellent credit. All of the activi-
ties receiving support from the tax are on a
sounder, more scientific financial basis. The Stu-
dent Body may well consider the Blanket Tax
worthy of their unanimous support.
A Useful Booklet
There has just been issued by the Student
Council a twenty-four page booklet containing the
Constitutions, By-Laws and Regulations of the
various student organizations included within the
Associated Students of Bowdoin College. The
purpose of the book is explained in the note on
the title page : "This booklet is the property of
the Student Council and is designed for the free
use of officers and members of the Associated
Students and other college organizations. It
should be carefully preserved and returned to the
secretary of the Council upon leaving college."
This is the first time that the various documents
have been made accessible to every student and it
is hoped that they will be widely read. There are
contained in its pages such interesting material
as the regulations for wearing the "B," election
of managers and captains, regulations of the
Board of Managers, etc. It is understood that
members of the Faculty are welcome to use these
copies also. There have been a number of diffi-
culties in management of student affairs within
the last two years owing to an insufficient knowl-
edge of their own duties on the part of various
officers of student organizations but there should
no longer be an excuse for such ignorance.
Copies may be had upon application to the Secre-
tary or President of the Council, 7 Appleton Hall
or 7 Maine Hall.
THE ATHLETIC CENSUS
Forty-nine per cent, of the students of Bowdoin
College have been out for some sort of athletics
during the past year. The branches of activity
which have been considered are : football, base-
ball, track, cross-country, relay, tennis, class foot-
ball and class baseball. On account of the fact
that the time for this winter's interclass track
meet is close at hand, no attempt has been made
to compute the number of men out for interclass
track.
In the figures given below, medical students are
not included, principally for the reason that only
one medical student is believed to have competed
in any sport. Managers, assistant managers and
candidates for assistant manager are not counted
as candidates for any team, but managers are
counted among those who have received a "B."
Baseball, tennis and track men from 1913 are
given in the figures, but are not counted in the
per cent, of the number now in College. Relay
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and cross-country "B's" are given under track
"B's." Only one tennis "B," in addition to mana-
gers' "B's" was given last spring.
This athletic census, compiled especially for the
Orient, is believed to be the first ever taken of
the College. The figures of each sport follow:
FOOTBALL FOOTBALL "b"
I9H.
I9IS-
I916.
1917.
9 1914 7
6 1915 1
.15 1916 6
9 1917 2
I9I3-
1914.
I9I5-
1916.
39 16
BASEBALL "b"
■ 9 1913 5
•ii I9M 5
.10 1915 2
■ 13 i9J6 3
I9J3-
1914.
I9IS-
1916.
43 15
XK TRACK "b"
18 1913 4
20 1914 4
27 1915 5
19 1916 1
84 14
RELAY CROSS-COUNTRY
1914 2 1914 4
1915 7 I9IS 4
1916 8 1916 3
1917 5 1917 9
1913-
1914.
1915-
1916.
1917.
CLASS FOOTBALL
I916 l6
I9I7 26
42
3
5
6
22
CLASS BASEBALL
I916
1917
BOWDOIN INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
32
Seventeen Maine High and preparatory schools
have signified their intention of entering the Sec-
ond Anuual Bowdoin Indoor Interscholastic
Track Meet to be held in the Hyde Athletic
Building Feb. 28. A number of the more prom-
inent Massachusetts preparatory schools had been
invited to compete in the relay races, but owing
to the fact that the B.A. A. interscholastic games
come the day before, — an annual event with the
Massachusetts schools, — the Bay State teams will
not compete at Bowdoin this year.
Those Maine schools which have entered are:
Portland High School, Hebron, Deering High
School, Westbrook Seminary, Edward Little High
School of Auburn, Dexter High School, Lincoln
Academy of Newcastle, Leavitt Institute of Tur-
ner Center, Brunswick High School, Gardiner High
School, Morse High School of Bath, Lewiston
High School, Thornton Academy of Saco, Tops-
ham High School and Wilton Academy of Wilton.
The date for the close of entries, although orig-
ignally set for Jan. 1 7, has been postponed one
week, entries not being received after Jan. 24.
It is expected that a number of other schools that
have always been prominent in Maine track
events will enter in the course of next week.
Among those that are expected to enter are:
Kents Hill, Cony High School of Augusta, Ban-
gor High School, Abbott School of Farmington
and Camden High School.
PUBLIC DEBATES IN ENG. 6
Tuesday evening, Jan. 13, there was a debate in
Memorial Hall by men taking English 6. The
question debated was : Resolved : That the Mon-
roe Doctrine should be formally retracted. The
affirmative was upheld by LaCasce '14, G. A. Hall
'15 and Kuhn '15, while Marr '14, Allen '15 and
Keegan '15 supported the negative. Mr. Wilder,
Wing '15 and MacDonald '15 acted as judges, and
decided for the negative. Rogers '15 was pre-
siding officer.
There will be another debate this evening in
Memorial Hall. Resolved : That the International
Workers of the World offer a better solution of
industrial problems than the American Federation
of Labor. Leigh '14, McKenney '15 and Rollins
'15 will support the affirmative; Bickford '14,
Burns '14 and Talbot '15 will speak for the nega-
tive. Professor Catlin, Rogers '15 and Hyler '15
will act as judges, and Verrill '15 will preside
over the meeting.
MONDAY NIGHT CLUB MEETS
The Monday Night Club met last week at the
Beta house and elected officers. Alton Lewis was
made president and Herbert Foster, secretary and
treasurer. Trainer Magee was elected to honor-
ary membership. J. C. MacDonald '15, assistant
manager, and all the new "B" men were initiated.
The new "B" men include A. L. Pratt '14, Mount-
fort '14, Brewster '16, Stuart '16, Fitzgerald '16,
Colbath '17, C. Foster '17. Plans were talked over
for getting prep school men interested in college,
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refreshments were served, and a general good
time ensued. The other members of the club are
Coach McCann, Weatherill '14, Leigh '14, L.
Brown '14, Burns '14, Lewis '15, Barry '16, Lead-
better '16, H. Foster '16. The next meeting of
the club will be held at the Kappa Sigma house,
Feb. 9.
A CORRECTION
The Bradbury Debates will be held probably
not later than Feb. 26th, instead of March 25th,
as announced in last week's issue. The exact date
will be published later.
Cluo ano Council sheetings
A meeting of the Bugle Board was held last
Tuesday evening at the D. U. house. The Board
had its picture taken yesterday noon at Webber's.
A meeting of the Board of Managers was held
in Hubbard Hall Saturday noon. A provisional
appropriation for the Fencing Association was
voted. MacCormick '15 reported on the condi-
tion of the Blanket Tax and gave estimates of the
second semester's tax. Various other matters
were discussed.
At a meeting of the Biology Club at the Zeta
Psi house last Tuesday, the following officers
were elected: Lewis '15, president; Stone '15,
■vice-president; Hargraves '16, secretary and
treasurer.
The Deutscher Verein met at the Theta Delta
Chi house last Wednesday. Professor Ham spoke
•on the development of modern Germany in its
commercial life through cooperation.
The Classical Club held a meeting Thursday
evening at the Theta Delta Chi house. Professor
Nixon spoke on "Roman Slavery."
At a meeting of the Athletic Council last week,
the proposal to run a four-cornered race with the
other Maine colleges, under conditions as laid
down by the B.A.A., was voted down. Manager
Koughan was authorized to secure a race at the
BAA. with either Maine or Bates.
The matter of the dual meet with Bates was
laid on the table, while the manager could make
an estimate of the expenses of such a meet. The
Council was opposed to an indoor meet between
the four Maine colleges.
The Council met again last night, too late for
the Orient to secure a report of the meeting.
fl)n t&e Campus
Hellen i?^r-'i6, was on the campus last week.
Bates also refused to run the four-college relay
at the BAA.
A number of men who are planning to become
church members will do so on Sunday, Feb. 1.
'"Duke" Sanford '11 was .on the campus over
the week-end.
The trials for the Bradbury debates will be held
Friday.
Snow '14 is leader of the Wide-Awake Boys'
Club of Brunswick.
Soccer is rapidly assuming a place among1
"sports of all nations."
The musical club men arrived in Brunswick on
the midnight Saturday.
Langs '17 has joined the squad of candidates
for assistant manager of track.
Jack Magee will coach the Brunswick High
track team during his spare moments.
The first cut in the relay squad was made Sat-
urday, the number being reduced to 16.
George E. Fogg '02, author of We'll Sing to
Old Bowdoin, was a visitor at College Friday.
Edward E. Kern '11, Rhodes scholar from the
state of Maine to Trinity College, has been on the
campus.
The Boston Globe for Jan. 17 contained an edi-
torial on Bowdoin athletics which was highly com-
plimentary.
Lew Brown '14 was referee at the wrestling
matches held in Brunswick Thursday night. A
number of students attended.
McKenney '15, who is to coach the Brunswick
High School debating team, gave a talk on de-
bating before the students of that school re-
cently.
McWilliams '15, who has been suffering from a
pulled tendon, will probably be able to get into
condition again in time for the final trials for the
relay team.
Bowdoin undergraduates and faculty are in-
vited to a reception given to Reverend and Mrs.
Chauncey W. Goodrich this evening from 8 to 10
at the Church on the Hill.
The fencing team will go to Augusta Friday to
fence the Pianelli Club. The following men will
make the trip: Payson '14, Floyd '15, Porritt '15,
Leadbetter '16 and Maroney '17.
The Y. M. C. A. deputation work began last
Friday evening, when Rawson '16 and Moran '17
spoke in Bath. Next Sunday MacCormick '15
and Foster '16 will speak at Madison.
A basketball team composed of Payson '14,
Thompson '15, Colbath '17, Keene '17 and Samp-
son '17 defeated the Richmond team by the score
of 20 to 17 Thursday night at Richmond. An-
other game has been arranged for the near fu-
ture. In the meantime, the all-star aggregation
would be glad to hear from any fast amateur
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team in the eastern part of the United States.
The Brunswick Boys' Club, with its headquar-
ters in the Sargent Gym, now has a membership
of 115. Although the athletic side of the work
has been under way for some time, the social side
has just begun. Last week clubs, composed of
from ten to fifteen boys each, were organized to
play games and to meet socially. Any student de-
siring to lead one of these groups may have the
opportunity. One of the most interesting groups
is the group of business men who take athletic
work one evening a week.
GMitb t&e JFacultp
Professor Woodruff represented the College at
the dedication of the Bates College Chapel, the
exercises for which were held Thursday, Jan. 8,
1914.
In the Classical Journal for January 1914, Dean
K. C. M. Sills has an article entitled "The Idea of
Universal Peace in the Works of Virgil and
Dante."
At the last faculty meeting it was voted to give
warnings in the future to men with ranks below
sixty, or to those who are in danger of failing in a
course, instead of the present provision that all
students whose grades are below sixty-five shall
be warned.
President Hyde spoke last week at alumni din-
ners in Boston and Bangor, and will speak in New
York Jan. 30.
Professor Mitchell sailed on the 15th and will
take up his regular duties at the opening of the
next semester.
Professor McConaughy speaks this week at the
Aroostook County Teachers' Convention at
Presque Isle and also at Houlton, at both places
using his slides of Bowdoin. He is also to speak
at Bangor.
Professor McClean, called to his home in Il-
linois by the illness and death of his father, has
returned to his work this week. The siucerest
sympathy of the student body is extended to
Professor McLean in the loss of his father.
President Hyde officiated Thursday at the mar-
riage of Miss Clara Hamm of Brunswick and
Charles H. Pond of Tiverton, R. I. The cere-
mony was performed at the home of the bride on
McLellan Street.
Among the officers of the First Parish Church
of Brunswick are: Barrett Potter '78 and Pro-
fessor Files, assessors; Professor Hutchins, Dr.
Burnett and Professor Davis, music committee.
Professor McConaughy delivered an address at
the Pleasant Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday night.
CALENDAR
Jan.
20-23. Relay practice, 4.30, Athletic Building.
Fencing practice, 5.30, New Gym.
20. Public Debate, 6.45.
22. Musical Clubs Concert, Gorham.
23. Bradbury Debate trials, 3.30, Memorial Hall.
24. Weekly Athletic Meet, Athletic Building,
2.30 P. M.
26-30. Relay practice, 4.30.
27. Public Debate, 6.45.
29. Exams begin.
Feb.
9. Second Semester begins.
10. Masque and Gown, Bath.
Resolutions
Hall of the Kappa Chapter of Psi Upsilon.
January 20, 1914.
For the death of Sir Josiah Pierce the Kappa
Chapter of Psi Upsilon expresses its deepest re-
gret. Brother Pierce, one of the oldest members
of the fraternity, has received the honor of
Knighthood of the Russian Order of St. Anne,
and was secretary of the United States Legation
at St. Petersburg. He has always been an ad-
mirer of Bowdoin, and a true brother in Psi Up-
silon. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we extend our most sincere
sympathy to his family in their bereavement.
Earl Farnsworth Wilson,
Albion Keith Eaton.,
Dwight Harold Sayward,
For the Chapter.
Hall of Theta of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
January 17, 1914.
It is with very deep regret that the Theta Chap-
ter of Delta Kappa Epsilon hears of the death of
one of its alumni, the Honorable Edwin Brad-
bury Smith, of the Class of 1856. Brother Smith
is well known through Maine for his activity in
law and state politics. After leaving Maine he
served for six years as an assistant United States
attorney general, retiring from that office to pri-
vate practice in New York City, where his death
occurred.
The Chapter wishes to express its sorrow for
the death of a brother who has veen active in pub-
lic affairs through his long life of service and to
extend its sympathy to his friends and relatives.
Arthur S. Merrill,
Joseph C. MacDonald,
Laurence Irving,
For the Chapter.
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alumni Department
'46. — Sir Josiah Pierce, 86, lawyer, engineer
and capitalist, oldest member of any Portland
Masonic Lodge, last survivor of the Class of
1846, Bowdoin College, and one of the oldest of
its alumni, died Friday in Hanover, Germany.
He is survived by a widow and one daughter and
by one brother, Lewis Pierce, Bowdoin 1852.
He came of an illustrious ancestry, his father,
a native of Baldwin, graduating from Bowdoin in
1818, practising law in Gorham many years, serv-
ing as judge of Probate in this county, 1846-57, as
overseer and trustee of Bowdoin and in both
branches of the Maine Legislature. He died in
1866 at the age of 74.
The subject of this sketch passed his boyhood
days in his native town of Gorham, always with a
classic and dignified atmosphere. Beneath the
shade of its giant trees, over its undulating sur-
face, in its schools, churches and homes he laid
the foundation for a career in the law, in the for-
eign office of this Government, as a business law-
yer and associate with men of affairs and distinc-
tion abroad.
Another brother, George Washington Pierce,
graduate of Bowdoin in 1857, a c'v'l engineer,
died in Baldwin four years ago.
He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at
Bowdoin in 1846 and Master of Arts in 1849. He
was a student in his father's law office in Gorham
for two years immediately following graduation
from Bowdoin, was admitted to the Cumberland
County bar and practiced there seven years, until
1855. Mr. Pierce was appointed secretary of the
U. S. Legation at St. Petersburg and served in
that capacity three years.
It was while stationed as a representative of
this Government in the Russian capital that he
became acquainted with capitalists who were de-
veloping railroad lines in that country, especially
between Moscow and St. Petersburg. In railroad
circles this syndicate was known as Winans, Har-
rison & Winans by reason of the men prominent
in those enterprises. Mr. Pierce remained with
them and was associated with them in those pro-
fitable ventures, removing later to London and
establishing a residence in that city and acting as
their attorney in the English courts as well.
He was knighted in 1865 as Knight of the Rus-
sian Order of St. Anne.
He was a member of the Royal Geographical
Society, the Royal Institute, British Archaeologi-
cal Society, as well as others of interest and im-
portance abroad and also of the Maine Historical
Society with headquarters in Portland, an organi-
zation with which he had been affiliated many
years.
At Bowdoin, Mr. Pierce was a member of the
Psi Upsilon fraternity and made Phi Beta
Kappa. He was one of the oldest members of the
Psi Upsilon fraternity in the world. He was the
last surviving graduate of the class of 1846.
Mr. Pierce fitted for college in the public
schools of his native town and at the old Gorham
Academy. Mr. Pierce was the oldest member of
any Portland Lodge of Masons and was initiated
a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge, August
4, 1852, more than 61 years ago.
'78. — Hartley C. Baxter of Brunswick is a
member of the new board of trustees which Gov.
Haines has just announced for the insane hospi-
tal.
'94. — Charles A. Flagg has since last May been
librarian of the Bangor Public Library. The
magnificent new building, recently completed at
a cost of $160,000, was opened to the public Dec.
20th.
'98. — Through the Arctic regions Christmas
eve, unless the Aurora-Borealis interfered, a
wireless message from the sponsors of the Crock-
er Land expedition sped to its leader, Donald B.
MacMillan, and his companions at Etah, Green-
land, 1,600 miles away.
It was a Christmas message from the American.
Museum of Natural History, the American Geo-
graphical Society and the University of Illinois,
and was signed by Dr. Edmund O. Hovey, of the
Museum, director of the expedition. The mes-
sage read :
"Heartiest greetings and best wishes from Mu-
seum, Geographical Society and University of Il-
linois, and from family and personal friends of
yourself and party. We are well and are confi-
dent of your success in spite of all difficulties,
though no word from you has come through yet."
The message was forwarded through Canadian
government channels. It was looked on as a good
chance that it would reach its source, and though
the wireless outfit of the party is expected to have
caught it, it is not powerful enough to send an
answer, which is tantalizing to those who want to
know about the expedition.
'06. — Romilly Johnson is singing bass parts in
"Rigoletto," "Norma," "Lucia di Lammermoor"
and "Barber of Seville," for the entire winter
season in Italy. That he has distinguished him-
self in these roles is shown by the following criti-
cism which appeared in a Bologna paper during
a run of twelve performances of "Norma :" "The
bass, Giovanni Romilli, is a young artist most
conscientious and correct, one who pleases and
performs splendidly."
BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, JANUARY 27, 1914
NO. 26
SECOND SEMESTER BLANKET TAX
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 9,
10 and 11, the Blanket Tax for the second semes-
ter will be collected in the Manager's room in the
New Gym. The office hours will be from 8.30
a. m. to 12.30 p. m. and from 1 to 5 p. m. On pay-
ment of $7.50 the students will receive the tickets
of membership in the A.S.B.C. with coupons of
admission to various intercollegiate contests to be
held in the spring. The number of coupons is
greater than that of any previous semester and
will include admission to five home baseball
games. At 8 o'clock Feb. 11, the Board of Man-
agers will meet to consider all applications for
extensions.
A plea for the prompt support of the Blanket
Tax seems hardly necessary. The A.S.B.C. needs
your money and you need the A.S.B.C. Bowdoin
organizations are fast getting on a sound finan-
cial basis. You can help put them there.
BOWDOIN WILL NOT RUN IN B.A.A.
Track Manager Koughan has issued the fol-
lowing statement about Bowdoin's position in re-
gard to the B.A.A. meet which is to be held on
Feb. 7: "The date for the close of entries for
the B.A.A. meet was Saturday, Jan. 24. Bow-
doin did not send any entries for the reason that
the Athletic Council voted that Bowdoin should
not compete in a race with four colleges starting
at once. As much pressure as possible was
brought to bear upon the B.A.A. management to
run the race as first agreed ; namely, Bowdoin vs.
Maine, and Colby vs. Bates. At a meeting of the
Athletic Committee of the B.A.A. held Saturday,
Jan. 17, it was voted unanimously that unless the
Maine colleges would agree to run as provided
by the management; namely, as a race for the
state championship in relay, four colleges starting
just as two ordinarily, the invitation to the meet
would be withdrawn. At this notice, the Maine
colleges, Bowdoin excepted, sent in their entries,
and will race Feb. 7 for the championship of the
state.
There is, however, a Maine Intercollegiate Ath-
letic Association which has not as yet taken up
the matter of a state relay championship.. There-
fore the college which wins this triangular race
will have no right to call itself the champion of
the state.
The Bowdoin relay team will probably compete
in one of the indoor meets held at Providence or
New York, and will probably race some institu-
tion outside the state."
Bowdoin has been invited to run at the Coast
Artillery Corps games in Providence, Feb. 21.
CUT IN RELAY SQUAD
The first definite cut in the relay squad was-
made by Coach Magee last Saturday. Each can-
didate ran 390 yards,— the equivalent of three
laps on the B.A.A. track. The following 15 men
were retained: Fox '14, Wright '14, Smith '15,
Wing '15, Roberts '15, Richardson '15, McWil-
liams '15, Wyman '16, McElwee '16, Ireland '16,
Fuller '16, Beal '16, Balfe '17, Crosby '17, Bond
'17. Among the other candidates were Weather-
ill '14, A. B. Stetson '15, L. Stetson '15, Prescott
'15, Eastman '15, C. Hall '16, Irving '16, Pettin-
gill '16, and Robinson '17. Coach Magee is much
pleased with the outlook for a winning relay team
and the prospects for success are very bright.
The semi-final trials will be held next Saturday,
Jan. 31, and at that time the second cut in the
squad will be made. Together with this, a prac-
tice track meet will be held with the following
events scheduled: high jump, shot put, hurdles
and short dashes.
CLASS OF '68 PRIZE SPEAKING
Kenneth A. Robinson '14 was the winner of the
Class of '68 Prize Speaking Contest held in Me-
morial Hall, last Monday night, January 19th.
He took for his subject, "Twentieth Century Ten-
dencies and Alfred Noyes." He said that the
modern tendencies of poetry are towards realism,
and that Alfred Noyes is an idealistic poet, not
visionary but tending from materialism to ideal-
ism. The judges were Rev. Chauncey W. Good-
rich, G. Allen Howe, Esq., and Professor G. M.
Robinson. The programme was as follows :
Music
The New Provincialism, Robert Devore Leigh
An Ideal Restored, Alfred Watts Newcombe
Music
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Twentieth Century Tendencies and Alfred
Noyes, Kenneth Allan Robinson
The Present Aspect of the Monroe Doctrine,
Elwyn Collins Gage
Music
After College — What? Richard Earle Simpson
The Physician and Public Health,
Alfred Everett Gray
Music
BRADBURY DEBATE TRIALS
. The trials for the Bradbury debate were held
Friday in Memorial Hall. The following men
were picked : First debate — Affirmative, Garland
' 16, Hescock ' 16, Tackaberry ' 15, alternate, Ro-
gers '15; negative, Bacon '15, Coffin '15, McKen-
ney '15, alternate, Wing '15. Second debate — Af-
firmative, Edwards '16, Leigh '14, Parsons '16,
alternate, McWilliams '15; negative, Gage '14,
Simpson '14, Talbot '15, alternate, Kuhn '15.
TRIANGULAR LEAGUE DEBATES
The triangular league debates between Bow-
doin, Wesleyan and Hamilton will take place on
March 25. Each college has two teams ; in each
case the home team supports the affirmative of
the following question:
Resolved: That a Federal Commission should
be established for the regulation of trusts.
Wesleyan will be at Bowdoin this year. The
eight men who make the best showing in the
Bradbury debates will compose the two 'varsity
teams.
PUBLIC DEBATE
Last Tuesday evening a debate was held in
Memorial Hall on the question, Resolved: That
the International Workers of the World offer a
better solution of the present labor problems than
the American Federation of Labor. The affirma-
tive was upheld by Leigh '14, McKenney '15 and
Rollins '15, while the negative was supported by
Bickford '14, Burns '14 and Talbot '15. The
judges decided unanimously in favor of the nega-
tive.
INTERSCHOLASTIC DEBATING LEAGUE
The Maine preparatory schools of the Bowdoin
Interscholastic Debating League will meet March
6. Owing to the large number of schools com-
peting this year two leagues have been formed.
The teams have been chosen and they will meet
as follows :
Portland High vs. Cony High at Portland.
Lewiston High vs. Wilton Academy at Lewis-
ton.
Brunswick High vs. Biddeford High at Bruns-
wick.
Edward Little High vs. Westbrook High at
Westbrook.
TENTATIVE FENCING SCHEDULE
The fencing schedule, as approved by the Ath-
letic Council but not yet approved by the Faculty,
is undoubtedly the best Bowdoin ever had. The
season opens Saturday evening, Feb. 14, with a
match with Yale in Brunswick .in the main exer-
cise room of the Gym. This is the first time a
Yale team of any kind has ever come into Maine
and the match should prove a decided attraction.
The Student Council is planning to make this a
big event with other forms of entertainment be-
sides the bouts. On Feb. 20 Bowdoin meets Har-
vard at Cambridge and on Feb. 28 Williams at
Williamstown. On March 21 the team fences in
the intercollegiates at Cambridge against Har-
vard, Yale and Cornell. Three of these teams
will go to New York a week later for the inter-
collegiate finals, where they will meet three teams
from the southern division.
INFORMAL FENCING MATCH
Part of the fencing squad journeyed to Au-
gusta last Tuesday, Jan. 20, for a strictly informal
match with the Pianelli Club. It was a practice
match for both teams, the number of touches not
being counted, simply the times of each match
being taken. Leadbetter '16, Floyd '15, Payson
'14, Porritt '15 and Maroney '17, the instructor,
were the men to make the trip. Before long a re-
turn match, also informal, will be held here in
Brunswick.
MUSICAL CLUBS AT GORHAM
The fifth concert of the Bowdoin Musical Clubs
was held on Thursday evening, Jan. 22, in the
Town Hall at Gorham. The entertainment was
held under the auspices of the Gorham Board of
Trade. The hall was crowded and every selection
met with well-merited applause. Many of the
members of the clubs were entertained by Carl
Warren '12 and John Robie '16.
The program was that given at the other con-
certs.
WORK OF THE SECOND SEMESTER
Students are reminded that they must register
for all courses before Thursday, January 29. It
will not be necessary to have the course cards
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signed by the instructors. Registration after
January 29 will involve the usual payment fees
for late registration. There will be no necessity
of registering on the first day of the second sem-
ester. Classes will begin promptly on scheduled
time, and absences will be counted as usual from
the first day.
The following courses not offered during the
first semester will be available:
Botany : Elective for Sophomores, Juniors and
Seniors ; Professor Copeland.
Economics 4a, Public Finance : Prerequisite ;
Economics 1 ; Professor Catlin.
Economics 6, The Labor Problem : Elective for
Juniors and Seniors; Professor Catlin.
Education 2, Secondary Education : Elective
for Seniors and Juniors who expect to teach;
Professor McConaughy.
English 10, Nineteenth Century Essayists : Pre-
requisite; English 3, Professor Davis.
English 12, The Drama : Elective for Juniors
and Seniors; Professor McConaughy.
Mineralogy: Prerequisite; Chemistry 1, Pro-
fessor Cram.
Latin 8, Latin influence in English Literature :
Elective for Juniors and Seniors, and in special
cases, Sophomores ; Dean Sills.
NEW YORK ALUMNI BANQUET
The Bowdoin College Alumni Association of
New York will hold its forty-ninth annual meet-
ing and banquet on Friday evening, Jan. 30, at the
Hotel Breslin, Broadway and Twenty-ninth
Street. Joseph B. Roberts, the secretary, has the
affair in charge. President Hyde and Professor
McConaughy will represent the college. Profes-
sor McConaughy will use his illustrated lecture
on Bowdoin, showing the college and the student
life as they are today. On the other hand, some
of the older alumni will give reminiscences of the
college of the past.
BOWDOIN'S DIOGENES
Mr. Isaac Bassett Choate, of the Class of 1862,
has the following to add to "Bowdoin Traditions"
in the recently issued pamphlet "Life at Bow-
doin" :
"You will pardon me for adding a word to the
'Bowdoin Traditions' by way of illumination, as it
were. The word is in relation to 'Diogenes,' who
is mentioned on page 33. I fear the readers of to-
day may gain the impression that we of the '50's
and '6o's did not enjoy the perennial ministration
and supervision of that embodiment of cynical
philosophy; that he was an intermittent luminary
of the campus and of Freshman intellect. No,
Diogenes was as reliable as any fixed star. His
lantern heralded the day to many a sleepy colle-
gian. Had it failed to appear at about 5.30 in the
morning, attendance upon Chapel would have
been slim. His duties consisted largely in rousing
students from their dreams and in kindling their
fires for the more Sybaritic. Diogenes is not to
be classed with Daniel Pratt, with 'Eternal Youth'
or with 'Ever Blest,' who were the comets, as it
were, of our heavens. His name may have been
Curtis. He was always called 'Old Curt,' presum-
ably for short, but it was not easy to escape the
suspicion that he gained this name because it
rhymed so well with Dirt."
INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
v Schools that have entered the Bowdoin Inter-
scholastic Indoor Meet, in addition to the list
printed in the Orient last week, are Lisbon Falls,
Good Will, Bangor, Saco and Rockland Hio-h
Schools.
In addition to the regular track events, there
will be a relay race between pairs of teams. In
case an agreement can be reached between the
different teams, the Bowdoin management pre-
fers to let the teams choose their own opponents,
but reserves the right to pick opponents in the
races in case no such agreement can be made.
Although none of the races has yet been set-
tled, it is thought that the following teams will
meet: Portland vs. Deering, Edward Little vs
Lewiston, Hebron vs. Kents Hill, Gardiner vs
Cony, Morse vs. Lincoln, Wilton vs. Abbott"
Thornton vs. Maine Central Institute, Topsham
vs. Leavitt, Brunswick vs. Westbrook Seminary.
MISSION STUDY TO BEGIN
Soon after the opening of the second semester
the Y.M.C.A. classes which have been taking
Bible study will change to the study of missions
both at home and abroad. For four or five Sun-
days at 4 p. m. between then and Easter Pro-
fessor McLean will meet groups in various fra-
ternity houses. The course will not be a lecture
course but will be a general discussion of "What
the College Man Should Know About his Coun-
try." It will deal particularly with immigrant
forces, the problem of the city and other subjects
interesting from the economic as well as other
standpoints. This course is open to Seniors
Juniors and Sophomores.
Professor McConaughy and MacCormick 'k
will conduct a course for Freshmen in the rooms
in the dormitories. This will take up more par-
ticularly foreign fields, their needs, and the way
these needs are being met. The course is on the
general subject "What the College Man Should
Know About Other Lands. ' '
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Published every Tuesday of the Collegiate year by
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in the Interests of the Students of
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914,
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915,
Richard E. Simpson, 1914,
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John F. Rollins, 1915, The Library Table
D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
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Vol. XLIII JANUARY 27, 1914 No. 26
The Athletic Council Policy
An interesting example of the policy of the
Athletic Council is revealed in the recent decision
of that body not to enter the four-cornered Maine
College Relay Race in the B.A.A. Meet. It seems
that our track coach, who has been intimately
connected with Boston athletic events for a num-
ber of years, and who is by experience and judg-
ment best fitted to pass on the conditions of such
a race planned, after a careful investigation of the
facts at issue and conference with the B.A.A. of-
ficials, decided that such a race would be desir-
able. He was not, however, invited to offer ad-
vice or participate in the discussion upon which
the decision was made. The reasons given were
purely technical, that is, in regard to the width of
the track, etc., etc., questions which were for the
track coach to decide, and which he is eminently
fitted to decide. The sequel of this decision is
that Bowdoin, with one of the best relay teams in
years, will not compete at all in the B.A.A. games,
but, at an extra expense of seventy-five dollars,
will journey to Providence to take part in a minor
relay meet in order to reward the faithful train-
ing of the squad in preparation for the big annual
Boston race. Furthermore, the management of
the B.A.A. is disposed to bar Bowdoin from par-
ticipation in future meets of this kind. In short,
through the short-sighted action of the Council,
Bowdoin indoor relay athletics will undoubtedly
suffer severe injury.
We have hesitated for some time to cause any
friction in our student activities by opposing this
seemingly consistent policy of the Council of tak-
ing action without the advice of coaches or mana-
gers, oftentimes holding meetings without invit-
ing them to be present. But this recent blunder
demands the attention of the college body. The
real reason for this policy is to be found partly in
the loose organization of the Council and its hap-
hazard way of doing its business, a method of
which college men should be ashamed. It is part-
ly due to the lack of care in selecting members
who are expert to judge our athletic policies.
As an example of the methods of the Council,
the recommendations of an athletic manager re-
cently for nominees for assistant manager were
absolutely reversed in the Council without any
cause being given. In this way, by purely arbi-
trary means, the only scientific, impartial way of
choosing candidates for managerships by compe-
tition was entirely subverted. It is time some ac-
tion was taken to get more scientific, expert ac-
tion on these questions. In the meantime, we
hope it is not too late to reverse the ill-advised
action in regard to the B.A.A. races and rein-
state ourselves in the eyes of the sporting public.
The Gymnasium and the Assemblies
The Junior Assembly Committee has met with
opposition in its plan to hold this year's dance in
the New Gymnasium. Last year those in charge
of these dances applied for use of the new build-
ing, but willingly changed their plans on the state-
ment of those in charge that the confusion due
to the recent occupancy of the building would ren-
der its use for such a purpose impracticable. But
everyone thought last year's mediocre dances
would be the last in Memorial Hall and sighed
with relief as the last journey was taken up and
down the hills and valleys of its floor. This year's
committee, in anticipation of the change planned
for next year suggested by the Student Council,
decided to hold one big Assembly in the Gymna-
sium. The student body, as a whole, is in favor
of such a plan, is so strongly in favor of it that a
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dance in Memorial Hall would be a flat failure,
financially and socially . Then why should not
the Gymnasium be used? The objections, al-
though they appear trivial in print, deserve, per-
haps, examination and comment.
It is urged that it will interfere with regular
gymnasium work. But as adjourns were always
granted on the day of the dance in years past,
there is no valid reason for believing that the
work of the classes will be interfered with in the
slightest degree. Again it is said that the janitor
service is not sufficient to get the floor into condi-
tion. But for years special janitor service has
been supplied to do the work of preparing Memo-
rial Hall for the dances, and the same could be
done for the Gymnasium. If necessary, students
could be secured to do the work free of charge.
It has also been stated that such a dance would
be out of place in the big building. But this, it
seems, is a matter for the student committee to
decide, and it is very probable that what the stu-
dents want will be the most successful sort of a
social function. There may be real reasons for
not using the new building, but they have not yet
come to light. Until they are brought forward, it
seems to the Orient that the student body should
be allowed this very legitimate use of a college
building.
The attitude maintained in regard to the use of
this college building reminds us of the early
Dutch housewives who kept their parlors locked
except for very important occasions. The Gym-
nasium, of all buildings, is for use rather than
ornament, and the students' demands and needs in
the holding of social functions should be respect-
ed. It is the custom throughout the country to
use such buildings for college dances, usually
much oftener than is proposed by the student body
at Bowdoin, and many of the donors, both under-
graduates and alumni, gave their money with the
idea that it would be a home for Bowdoin dances.
It is rumored that the Faculty are to act on this
question in the near future and the students will
await their conclusions with the keenest interest.
It is a matter about which they are thoroughly
aroused and the decision of which will have great
weight in determining the spirit of the student
body for the remainder of the year. In the mean-
time there can be nothing done by the committee
in regard to arranging for the dance.
many other places. The book is a modest, graphic
narrative of the author's fight to reach the south-
ernmost extremity of the earth. Polar literature
is greatly enriched by Captain Amundsen's book.
"Industrial Combinations and Trusts," edited
by William S. Stevens, Ph.D., Instructor in Co-
lumbia University, is a very instructive book on
many phases of the subject. It contains inter-
esting chapters on such subjects as How a Trust
is Formed, How a Patent Monopoly Works, How
the Steel Corporation Came to be Formed, How
the Oil, Powder and Tobacco Trusts Were Dis-
solved, and many other topics of vital importance.
The work should be of especial interest to eca- -
nomics students.
"La Follette's Autobiography," by Robert MT_
La Follette, bids fair to take its place among the-
great political memoirs. It portrays the remark-
able life of a courageous leader and hard working
man who triumphed after a long struggle with
poverty and debt, and whose thirty years of pub-
lic life have been spent in fighting powerful finan-
cial and political situations. Its vividness and!
frankness combine to make the volume interest-
ing for its political as well as its historical im-
portance, for in a large measure it is a story of
the progress of democracy in America.
Cfte Libratp Cable
"The South Pole," by Roald Amundsen, and
translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater,
is being well received by the press in London,
New York, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh and
Cfte SDtftet QLollese*
The students at Harvard have hit upon a re-
markably novel idea for obtaining seclusion dur-
ing "finals." They hang common red lanterns,
from the windows, and a would-be caller seeing
the lantern so displayed is informed that the oc-
cupant of the room is "boning" and does not wish
to be disturbed.
Two students at the University of Pennsyl-
vania have committed suicide during the past
week and a third has been accidently drowned.
There are 132 foreign students at the Univer-
sity of Illinois. Of these fifty-three are Chinese,
and twenty-two nationalities are represented.
University of Oregan students have recently
introduced an innovation in regard to mass meet-
ings. Before each rally an old house is secured,
and it is the duty of the Freshmen to move the
structure to the scene of the rally and there trans-
form it into a giant bonfire.
According to figures recently made public, 1708
students or a little less than half of the total
registration of 3623, took part in some form of
athletics at Yale during the fall months.
At present it appears likely that Columbia will
adopt the honor system which has been so well
established in some colleges. A canvass, ha.s been
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taken in the various classes to ascertain the num-
ber of the student body in favor of such a change.
In the senior class it was found that eleven to one
were in favor of the system, while about twenty-
five per cent, were indifferent. In the junior class
seven to one were in favor of the system. The
sophomores supported it eight to one, while the
School of Journalism voted ninety-five per cent,
for the new measure.
A steady increase in the number of candidates
for admission to Harvard who failed to pass the
entrance examinations is shown in a compilation
of statistics for the last seven years. Of the 885
boys who took the examinations in June and Sep-
tember last, 25.7 per cent, failed to meet the re-
quirements. In 1906 only 12.7 per cent, of the
■candidates were rejected. More severe examina-
tions and the policy of the university in radically
reducing the number of students admitted with
conditions are considered the chief causes of the
increases in failures. The figures show that the
candidates found the English examinations the
hardest to pass.
The University of Nebraska has introduced a
decided innovation in American collegiate educa-
tion in the form of a correspondence course for
the convicts of the State penitentiary. Thirty-
four men, among them four life prisoners, have
already applied for enrollment. The courses,
which comprise arithmetic, American history,
grammar, literature, bookkeeping, and agricul-
ture are elective, and are open to all convicts.
Their purpose is to prepare convicts to be self-
supporting when they are released.
During the past football season Carlisle and a
few other colleges tried the experiment of num-
bering their players, and in a game with Cornell
Friday night, Harry Fisher, graduate director of
athletics at Columbia numbered his basketball
players. In both cases the experiment proved
highly satisfactory to spectators as well as to
^coaches and players.
The students at Graz University, Rome, Italy,
upon finding that their demands for an Italian
faculty were not to be acceded to started a public
agitation. On their parade around the city they
found the path blockaded by the German students,
and a serious fight took place. Police interfer-
ence was necessary to quiet the disturbance.
The faculty of Denison University have voted
to abolish sororities at Shepardson College, the
women's department of the institution. The
method to be pursued will be to forbid the pledg-
ing or initiation of any new members. In this
way the chapters will automatically become ex-
tinct within four years.
In continuation of the exchange professorship
plan which already includes France, Germany and
Japan, Harvard University is considering an ex-
change of professors and also of students with
the University of Chile. Dr. Carlos de Pena, the
minister to this country from Uruguay, is prepar-
ing to take up with Harvard a proposal for a sim-
ilar exchange with the national university of
Uruguay.
New York University has decided to reorganize
the Washington Square Collegiate Department of
the University as a liberal arts college to be
known as the Washington Square College. The
new college will offer in addition to the two regu-
lar four-year courses leading to the baccalaureate
degrees, a special four-year course which will
combine two years of cultural training with two
years of specialized training in commerce and
other vocational studies.
Statistics compiled from managers' lists at the
University of Michigan show that 1,137 men, or
44 per cent, of the total enrollment of the insti-
tution, were engaged in some form of athletics
last fall. This is an increase of 144 over last
year's total. Football, with 212 names enrolled,
called out the greatest number of men. Rowing
is second with 157, while track and tennis are
third and fourth with 143 and 112 respectively.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is
the first institution in the country to establish a
course in the study of the mechanics of air navi-
gation. Apparatus has been installed, and the
work of instruction will begin at once. The
primary purpose of the course is to fit men to de-
sign aeroplanes, and it is estimated that a year
will be required to turn out proficient designers.
It is planned to make the course practical as well
as theoretical, and for this purpose special labora-
tories, air tunnels, etc., in which the students may
test their own aeroplanes will be constructed.
Vaughn S. Blanchard, former Bates track cap-
tain, and now coach of the Worcester Academy
track team, has organized his athletes into a
"Snow-shovel brigade." A part of their regular
training consists in keeping the academy paths
free from snow.
Pennsylvania has nineteen 'varsity sports ;
Cornell, 15; Harvard, 14; Columbia and Prince-
ton, 13; Yale, 12; Michigan, Wisconsin, Chicago
and Illinois, 11 ; and Dartmouth, 7.
During the holidays Cambridge and Oxford
made a trip to Berne, Switzerland, to play their
annual hockey game. Cambridge won by a score
of ten goals to one.
Wesleyan formally opened its new $40,000
swimming pool Friday night. The pool is 70x30
feet, and is equipped with a filter system.
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Guy Nickolls, the old Oxford oarsman, and at
present coach of the Leander Boat Crew of Lon-
don, England, has cabled his formal acceptance
of the offer to assist in coaching the Yale crews
this coming spring.
Figuies recently compiled show that Harvard
ranks fourth among the colleges in registration,
but only ninth in number of men eligible for the
'varsity athletic teams.
ITarvard football players will be requested to
refrain from writing special articles for the
newspapers next fall. Captain Brickley and
Hardwick have already been offered $100 a game
for special articles.
Dr. Thomas F. Kane has been removed from
the presidency of the University of Washington
by the vote of the Board of Regents, and Dean
Henry Landes has been appointed temporary
president. As a result of this action, Governor
Lister requested the resignation of four of the six
members on the Board, and one other member re-
signed voluntarily.
Jeff Davis, president of the International Asso-
ciation of Itinerant Workers of the World, is
touring the West in the interests of his society.
He is in great demand as a public speaker, and
has delivered speeches at several of the Western
■colleges.
CIuo anO Council Sheetings
At a meeting of the Athletic Council held Mon-
day evening, Jan. 19, the baseball, football, ten-
nis and fencing schedules were presented and dis-
cussed. The tentative schedules were approved
by the Council and have now to be approved by
the Faculty.
At the meeting of the Board of Managers held
Saturday, Jan. 17th, the fencing schedule was dis-
cussed, and a provisional appropriation of $35
for the Fencing Association was voted. Track
and Y.M.C.A. appropriations were discussed, and
the matter of extensions was brought up.
At another meeting of the Board of Managers
"held Friday, Jan. 23, it was voted that holders of
Blanket Tax tickets should be admitted to all the
home baseball games except the Ivy Day game
and the alumni game. The collection of the sec-
ond semester's tax was discussed.
2Dn t&e Campus
Meserve '11 was on the campus Sunday.
Bancroft '17 is home on account of illness.
The "dark and gloomy days" are at hand.
Coffin '15 has been elected chairman of the
•Quill Board.
Loyal Sewall of Bath has entered college as a
special student.
D. K. Merrill '15 has returned to college after a
two weeks' illness.
All the Maine colleges are on Harvard's base-
ball schedule this year.
Mason e^r-'i4 was on the campus last week. He
intends to return to college next semester.
There will be no classes in gym during exami-
nations. Makeups, however, will be given every
day at 4.30.
A number of students attended the reception
tendered Tuesday evening to Rev. Chauncey W.
Goodrich, the new pastor of the Church on the
Hill.
Duncan Langdon, Brown '13, the travelling sec-
retary of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity has been
a guest of the Bowdoin chapter during the past
week.
In last week's issue of the Orient, in the ac-
count of the meeting of the Monday Night Club,
the name of L. W. Pratt '14 was omitted from the
list of members.
The musical clubs rendered several selections
at the ladies' night of the Brunswick Club last
week. West '15 gave a number of vocal solos
and Ramsay '15 read.
The Junior Assembly Committee is unable to
give out the dates of the two assemblies. It has
not yet been decided whether they will be held in
the new gym or Memorial Hall.
Mr. Charles D. Hine, Secretary of the State
Board of Education of Connecticut, was visiting
here Saturday. He is visiting many of the colleges
of the country, and this is the only college of the
state he visits.
Tom Bragg of Bangor, who has always taken
a lively interest in Bowdoin football, has offered
a cup to be competed for by the candidates for
next year's team. It will be awarded to the man
who can make the longest punt in competition.
The class sings will begin immediately after the
close of examinations. Each class practices songs
one hour a week in preparation for the contest
which is held on the steps of the Art Building
about the last of May or the first of June. Mr.
Wass is in charge of the singing, and the winning
class will receive the silver cup. This cup was
won by the class of 1913 last year.
ffiBftft t&e JFacuItp
President Hyde will probably speak at the
Boys' Conference at Lewiston, Feb. 14. Profes-
sor McConaughy will speak at the opening ban-
quet, Feb. 13.
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"Motor Rambles in Europe" is the title of a
series of articles by Professor Files appearing at
intervals in the Portland Sunday Telegram and
The Brunswick Record.
This week Thursday, Professor McConaughy
will speak to the Haverhill Teachers' Association.
Friday morning he will speak at the White Plains
High School, New York, using his illustrated lec-
ture on Bowdoin.
President Hyde was the principal speaker at
the annual meeting of the Maine League of Loan
and Building Associations held last Wednesday at
the Hotel Eagle. The subject of his address was
"Tips to the Small Investor," and is given in full
in the last issue of The Brunswick Record. It is
of such unusual merit that the Association is hav-
ing it printed in pamphlet form. In his address
President Hyde gave the following advice to the
usual small investors: "Let stocks of all kinds
severely alone. Whoever launches them, save as
an expert, large investor, soon or late, in nine
cases out of ten, will pay in poverty his folly's
penalty." In the afternoon, upon invitation of
President Hyde, the men visited the college, going
through the Hubbard Library, the Walker Art
Building, the chapel, and the new gymnasium.
Professors Burnett, Nixon, Davis, Mr. Furbish
and Mrs. Davis are members of the cast of "Qual-
ity Street," a play to be given Feb. ioth, by the
Brunswick Dramatic Club, at a closed perform-
ance. Dr. Burnett has the leading part of "Val-
entine Brown." Professor Bell is chairman of
the committee which has the play in charge.
Rev. E. D. Johnson and Prof. K, C. M. Sills at-
tended the funeral of William G. Ellis in Gardi-
ner, Tuesday. Bishop Codman officiated at the
service.
CALENDAR
Jan.
27-28. Fencing practice, 5.30, New Gym.
27. Public Debate, 6.45.
29. Exams begin.
Gym Makeups, 4.30.
Feb.
9. Second Semester begins.
10. Masque and Gown, Bath.
14. Fencing, Yale vs. Bowdoin, New Gym.
20. Fencing, Harvard vs. Bowdoin, Cambridge.
alumni Department
'62. — The following poem by Isaac Bassett
Choate recently appeared in the Transcript:
The idle singer of an idle song
Goes musingly along
Where centuries before
Went singing so the idle troubadour.
As fledgling swallows leave their native nest.
Songs flutter from his breast,
Take their adventurous flight
Careless of praise, — careless as well of slight.
But he, the singer, hopes his song may meet
Some heart that's warm to greet
The wanderer, — bid it come
Beneath the shelter of a loving home;
There entertain with cheerful fire and rest
The stranger as a guest,
And, asking for its name,
Learn from whose heart the simple music came.
So shall the idle songs that now we hear
Sing on from year to year,
And in the joy they give
The memory of the singing heart shall live.
'jj. — Miss Marie Ahnaghito Peary, only daugh-
ter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Robert E. Peary,
made her debut in Washington recently. She met
hundreds of friends of her parents amid floral
offerings and under the well-worn flag which her
father carried for sixteen years in the repeated
expeditions that terminated only with his discov-
ery of the north pole.
Admiral and Mrs. Peary were also present to
receive the congratulations of the large company,
in which all of Washington's many sets were rep-
resented.
Following the reception, Admiral and Mrs.
Peary took the receiving party with a number of
young men to the Army and Navy Club for the
bi-weekly dinner dance there.
'83. — Herbert E. Cole, former principal of Bath
High School, was elected to take the place for the
remainder of the year of Principal W. Bert An-
drews of Westbrook High School, who has been
granted a leave of absence. Mr. Cole is a Bow-
doin man and has had much experience in this
class of work and is considered one of the fore-
most high school principals of the state.
'91. — Rev. Henry H. Noyes of Island Falls has
been extended a call to the pastorate of the Union
Congregational Church of Fisherville. Mr. Noyes
is a graduate of Andover Theological Seminary.
He is married and has a son fourteen years old.
He is a director of the State of Maine Conference
of Congregational Churches and also is its cor-
responding secretary.
'04. — Bernard Archibald of Houlton was ap-
pointed county attorney of Aroostook County,
Jan. 14th, by Gov. Haines to succeed the late Per-
ley C. Brown of Presque Isle.
'66. — Philip F. Chapman of Portland and
Thomas B. Walker of Biddeford have just1 been
admitted to practice before the federal court's.-
BOWDOIN ORILNT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, FEBRUARY 10. 1914
NO. 27
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
For the first time in a number of years, the
Bowdoin football team will open its season away
from home next fall. The opening game will be
with Amherst on Sept. 26. This is the first time
that Amherst and Bowdoin have met on the
gridiron since 1910. On account of so hard a
game for the opener, varsity men must be back
earlier than usual next fall.
Up to a late hour before going to press, the
schedule had not been approved by the faculty,
but it is not thought that any change will be
made.
The schedule follows :
Sept. 26 — Amherst at Amherst.
Oct. 3 — Wesleyan at Middletown.
Oct. 10 — Trinity at Hartford.
Oct. 17 — Boston College at Brunswick.
Oct. 24 — Colby at Brunswick.
Oct. 31 — Bates at Brunswick.
Nov. 7 — Maine at Orono.
Nov. 14— Tufts at Medford.
BOWDOIN TO RACE TUFTS
The Bowdoin relay team will race against
Tufts at the Armory Athletic Club games at
Providence, R. I., Feb. 21. This announcement
was made by Manager Koughan following Bow-
doin's refusal to compete in a four-cornered race
at the B.A.A. last Saturday. The distance has
not yet been decided.
Bowdoin and Tufts last met at the B.A.A. in
1912, Bowdoin won in the time of 3 minutes,
13 2-5 seconds, each man running 390 yards.
Coach Magee has sent his men over the course
on time and although no times have been given
out for publication, it is understood that the work
of the men compares very favorably with that of
teams of former years.
THE BLANKET TAX
Yesterday morning the collection of the second
semester's Blanket Tax began in the Managers'
Room in the New Gym. The Board of Managers,
which sleeps not, is on duty from 8.30 in the
morning until 6 o'clock at night to exchange your
$7.50 for a long ticket conveying besides numer-
ous admission tickets the privilege of member-
ship in the A.S.B.C. The tickets are seven in
number, granting admission to five baseball
games, the dual track meet with Tech, and the
fencing match with Yale. This is the longest list
of admissions yet granted by the Blanket Tax.
Mid-years is as critical a time in the affairs of
the Blanket Tax as it is in the affairs of the
student. In the fall with your summer's wages in
your pocket and a football season staring you in
the eye, it is easy to pay your tax. At mid-years,
with term bills imminent and a lull in athletics,
the payment of $7.50 for the support of Bow-
doin's activities is a severe test of one's loyalty.
During the last three semesters the Blanket Tax
has proved itself the fairest and most efficient
way of supporting our activities. It has received
the splendid support which it merited, but support
through a year and a half is not enough. The
first year it was upheld by those by whom it was
organized. This year it is up to us, who perhaps
do not realize that it is still in its infancy. Shall
we let the first half-year be successful and the
second a partial failure or shall we put our organ-
izations on a permanent basis? If you cannot
pay now, get an extension. Register your loyalty
in one way or the other.
Board of Managers.
THE BULL DOG AND POLAR BEAR MEET
Next Saturday evening, Feb. 14, for the first
time in history a Yale team will enter Maine for
an athletic contest. Teams from this state meet
Yale in various sports but the Bull-Dog has never
before entered the territory of the Polar Bear.
The presence of the Blue in the State is sure to
attract wide attention and many people from
Brunswick and out of town will undoubtedly be
drawn to the New Gymnasium Saturday night at
8 o'clock. The contest will be one rarely seen in
Maine — Fencing. None of the other colleges in
the state have fencing teams, but at Bowdoin the
sport has brought us into competition with the
biggest colleges in the country. Because of the
fact that fencing matches are seldom seen in this
region, the match has excited great interest.
The fencing team, under Coach Maroney, is
one of the best in years. Floyd '15, a veteran of
last year, is the main-stay of the team, while the
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other two men will be chosen from Payson '14,
Porritt '15 and Leadbetter '16. Each man will
fence with each of the three Yale men, making
nine bouts in all. The fencing will take place in
the main exercise room on a raised platform,
around which the seats will be arranged for spec-
tators.
If the combined efforts of Dr. Whittier and his
gym staff, the Student Council, and the Fencing
Manager are of any avail, the evening will be a
memorable one. It is proposed to give people
outside the college a chance to see the New Gym
and the new style of work that is being done by
the classes. For this purpose there will be ex-
hibitions between the fencing bouts of various
kinds of work. Picked squads of 16 men will go
through the work done in regular gym and Ma-
roney and Kimball will give exhibitions of tum-
bling and the use of the apparatus. Both these
men are experts and will give a skilled perform-
ance.
Before 1896 Bowdoin Gym teams used to travel
all over the State giving exhibitions. These per-
formances were of a very high order and men
worked as hard to make the teams as they do the
athletic teams nowadays. The exhibitions were
run off like a circus with a master of ceremonies,
spangles, etc. This revival of gymnasium ex-
hibitions recalls memories of Professor Files as a
trapeze artist and of Dr. Dudley Sargent sitting
in a rocking-chair on a trapeze in the Portland
City Hall.
The admission to the match will be free to
holders of Blanket Tax tickets and 50 cents to
outsiders.
NOTICE TO A.S.B.C. MEMBERS
The annual election of football manager and
assistant football manager will be held next Sat-
urday evening at the time of the Yale-Bowdoin
Fencing Match. The ballots will be cast in the
Board of Managers' Room. The voting hours
will be from 7 to 8 p. m.
Only members of the A.S.B.C— those who
have paid their blanket tax tickets, or have been
granted valid extensions are eligible to vote.
The candidates are as follows : —
For Football Manager— J. C. MacDonald '15,
H. P. Verrill '15, W. Livingstone '15, alternate.
For Assistant Football Manager— A. E. Little-
field '16, Lew Noble '16, E. P. Garland -i6, alter-
nate.
THE NEW YORK ALUMNI MEET
The forty-fourth annual dinne* of the Bowdoin
College Alumni Association of New York City
was held at the Hotel Breslin, New York City,
Friday evening, Jan. 30, 1914. Eighty-six were
in attendance.
The dinner was in honor of Mr. William J.
Curtis '75. President Horace E. Henderson '79
was toastmaster. "The Old and New Bowdoin"
was the principal topic of discussion. General
Thomas H. Hubbard '57, William J. Curtis '75,
George W. Tillson 'yy and Henry A. Huston '79
gave reminiscences of the old days. Following
this Professor James L. McConaughy presented
slides illustrating the college of today and yester-
day. This was followed by stories of the college
of today by the younger men. These younger
graduates were Dr. Fred H. Albee '99, Roscoe M.
Hupper '07, John S. Simmons '09, Robert D.
Cole '12, and Paul H. Douglass '13. The Asso-
ciation was also fortunate in having present some
of the younger graduates from far distant cor-
ners of the globe, among others being E. L.
Brigham '04, from China; J. H. Brett '05, from
China ; C. J. Donnell '05, from the Philippines,
and A. J. Chadbourne '07, from Mexico. One of
the unexpected guests at the dinner was Hon.
Henry B. Quinby '69, ex-Governor of New
Hampshire, who made a very happy speech.
At the dinner President Hyde spoke of gifts or
bequests being received since the last Commence-
ment, approximately of $100,000, and in addition
to that, under the will of the Hon. Edwin B.
Smith '56, the college will receive ultimately from
his estate $500,000 or more.
With great enthusiasm a wireless telegram was
ordered sent to Donald B. MacMillan '98, leader
of the Crocker Land Expedition, now wintering
at Etah, Greenland. With him on that expedi-
tion, as surgeon, is Dr. Harrison J. Hunt '02.
It was also appropriate for the Association to
introduce and sing at the dinner an original song
dedicated to our mascot, the polar bear, our mas-
cot being particularly appropriate since the dis-
covery of the North Pole by Admiral Robert E.
Peary 'yy.
The officers for the coming year are : Presi-
dent, George W. Tillson 'yy; vice-presidents,
Hon. D. S. Alexander '70, Dr. Lucien Howe '70,
Henry A. Huston '79, Edward T. Little '87,
James D. Merriam '92, and Dr. Fred H. Albee
'99 ; secretary, Joseph B. Roberts '95 ; correspond-
ing secretary, George H. D. Foster '95; treasur-
er, George R. Walker '02; chorister, Harvey D.
Gibson '02 ; executive committee, Harold F. Dana
'99, John W. Frost '04, Louis H. Fox '06, John S.
Simmons '09, Stanley W. Pierce '11, Walter F.
Eberhardt '13.
Among those present were George Haven Put-
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nam, Hon., '94, General Thomas H. Hubbard '57,
Rev. Horatio O. Ladd '59, Augustus F. Libby '64,
Hon. Henry B. Quinby '69, ex-Governor of New
Hampshire, Dr. Lucien Howe '70, W. J. Curtis
'75, F. R. Upton '75, Dr. Henry H. Smith '77,
George W. Tillson '77, Horace E. Henderson '79,
H. A. Huston '79, F. E. Lally '82, James D. Mer-
riman '92, Rev. George C. DeMott '94, E. H.
Sykes '94, Allen L. Churchill '95, George H. D.
Foster '95, Hoyt A. Moore '95, Joseph B. Roberts
'95, George T. Ordway '96, Dr. Mortimer War-
ren '96, H. H. Pierce '96, Prof. William W. Law-
rence '98, Dr. Fred H. Albee '99, Harold F. Dana
'99, H. K. McCann '02, George R. Walker '02, H.
D. Gibson '02, Roscoe H. Hupper '07, Arthur H.
Ham '08.
EDWIN BRADBURY SMITH '56
Edwin Bradbury Smith, the late donor of
Bowdoin's latest bequest, was born Oct. 3, 1832,
at Kennebunkport, Me. He was the fourth child
and the third son of Oliver Smith and Caroline
(Bradbury) Smith. He prepared for college at
Bridgton Academy under W. M. Baker (Bow-
doin 1847). At Bowdoin he was a member of the
Peucinian Society, of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
Fraternity, and at graduation was elected to Phi
Beta Kappa. He graduated from Bowdoin in the
class of 1856. He studied law in the office of
Hon. Edward E. Bourne (Bowdoin 1816) at
Kennebunk and was admitted to the York County
bar in September, 1858. Beginning the following
March, he practiced law for three years in Limer-
ick, Me. He enlisted as a private in the First
Maine Battery in August. 1862, but was rejected
at Augusta on examination. The same year he
lesumed practice at Saco,Me., with Colonel Rufus
P. Tapley. From 1864 to 1867 he served as dep-
uty collector of U. S. customs. As representative
of Saco he served in the State legislature from
1870 to 1872 and was speaker of the House in
1872. From 1873 to 1875 he was reporter of de-
cisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
On Sept. 4, 1875 he was appointed assistant attor-
ney general of the United States, a position he
held till 1881, serving under Attorney Generals
Edward Pierpont, Alphonso Taft and Charles
Devens. He then removed to New York City and
became a partner in the law firm known as Stan-
ley, "Clark & Smith, with an office at 56 Pine St.
After his resignation he was employed by the
government as special counsel in the Guiteau
case. His specialty, however, was the prosecu-
tion of cases pertaining to revenue laws and he
built up a large and lucrative practice, becoming
one of the most notable figures in the United
States courts. He was a member of the Asso-
ciation of the Bar of the City of New York, the
New York Law Institution, the New England So-
ciety, the Union League, the Lawyers, and Uni-
versity Clubs. He died, Jan. 5, 1914, at his apart-
ments in the Kenmore, West 57th St., where he
had resided, unmarried, for thirty years.
BOWDOIN'S HALF-MILLION
The Boston Transcript for January 31st con-
tained the following editorial comment on the re-
cent gift, which we take this opportunity of re-
printing. It is a very complimentary but accu-
rate summary of the status of the College :
To him that hath shall be given. It was Presi-
dent Hyde of Bowdoin who electrified his alumni
at a dinner a few years ago by the announcement
that the college needed no more funds. "For the
present," was the qualifying clause. And last
night, at a meeting of the graduates in New York
City, it was his agreeable duty to proclaim a be-
quest of half a million from the late Edwin Brad-
bury Smith of the class of '56. To the alumni,
even those most intimate in the councils of the in-
stitution, and, it is conjectured, to Mr. Hyde as
well, the gift was a bolt from the blue, although
Mr. Smith was reputed to possess considerable
wealth and was known as a loyal graduate. His
post-academic career may be regarded as fairly
typical of the excellent service rendered by Bow-
doin men to the country: lawyer, member of the
Maine Assembly and its Speaker in 1871 ; assist-
ant attorney general under President Grant and
through the Hayes Administration, and an active
participant in public affairs. The position of
Bowdoin College is unique. It is the only men's
college in Maine. Its enrolment is relatively
static, at about 350 men. These come from wide-
ly distributed localities and, in large proportion,
as the sons of Bowdoin men, are inheritors of a
tradition. There is also a considerable represen-
tation from that able and masterful stock of the
Maine families which have bred leaders of men
for every part of the country. The urge of this
example is bound to make the influence of the in-
stitution intensive; the responsibility which it
lays on youth is especially intimate and personal,
and it is doubtful whether the long list of notable
names among the Bowdoin graduates can be as-
signed to accident. Such a tradition is cumula-
tive.
The college is well equipped; its library rarely
succeeds in reestablishing the dignity and distinc-
tion of the English academic architecture in a
New English academic grove, and is, added to
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Published every Tuesday of the Collegiate year by
The Bowdoin Publishing Company
in the Interests of the Students of
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
lege mates, any labor for the institution, a free
gift of love.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914,
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915,
Richard E. Simpson, 1914,
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John F. Rollins, 1915, The Library Table
D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
Raymond C. Hamlin, 1916, With The Faculty
J. Glenwood Winter, 1916, The Other Colleges
K. A. Robinson, 1914
G. H. Talbot, 1915
F. P. McKenney, 1915
D. J. Edwards, 1916
E. C. Hawes, 1916
Contributions are requested from all undergraduates
alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
All communications regarding subscriptions should be
addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Co. Subscriptions, $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents.
BOWDOIN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Alfred E. Gray, 1914 Business Manager
Arthur G. McWilliams, 1915, Assistant Manager
Philip W. Porritt, 1915, Assistant Manager
Entered at Post-Office at Brunswick as Second-Class Mail Matter
Vol. XLIII FEBRUARY 10, 1914 No. 27
The Expression of Loyalty
Much space, editorial and otherwise, has been
devoted to the large gift to the College announced
by President Hyde at the New York Alumni din-
ner recently. A short account of the life of the
generous donor appears elsewhere in this issue.
The Orient would only turn the attention of the
undergraduate body for a thoughtful moment to
the significance of such alumni loyalty as was dis-
played by Mr. Smith. In various parts of the
country within the past month bands of Bowdoin
men have been gathering to revive for a night
their college memories. Theirs is an active, po-
tent loyalty, an influence which has added to the
name and fame of Bowdoin incalculably. And
we as undergraduates, whatever our selfish mo-
tives for advancing our college interests, must
recognize increasingly this larger tie of college
brotherhood which makes any task for our col-
Big Indoor Athletic Event
Elsewhere in this issue is an account of the
Fencing Match and Athletic Exhibition to be held
here Saturday evening. A peculiar significance
attaches to this event. Not only is it the first
thing of its kind but points, we hope, to the de-
velopment of an interest in these two branches of
winter athletic activity, which will be particularly
strong. Other institutions support a multitude
of minor winter sports. At Bowdoin there are
the three: indoor track work, fencing, and gym-
nasium work. With the long winter months when
our sport enthusiasm is usually in abeyance we
are now to have the opportunity to attach a
strong college pride to these indoor sports. Let's
all get behind the Fencing Team in their match
with old Eli. Bowdoin should win the reputation
of being a fencing college.
A New Limitations Plan
It will be remembered that the Student Council
last year considered the matter of a plan for reg-
ulating the number of activities in which any one
student may participate. After investigation by
two committees and discussion in a student meet-
ing the matter was formally abandoned because,
as the committee of the Council reported, "no ar-
tificial plan such as was suggested at the student
meeting, or has been heretofore proposed by the
former committee of the Council, or none that its
members can devise will adequately meet the
problem."
The significant part of the agitation last year
was that the Council, after its thorough discus-
sion and study of the question, felt that the real
evil of over-participation by individuals existed.
A letter to the Orient by Robert Hale of the
class of 1910, printed last year, states the situa-
tion as follows : "The aim of such a scheme of
limitations is, I suppose, to prevent the individual
undergraduate from diffusing his energies over
too wide a field of college activities to the detri-
ment of his work and his best intellectual train-
ing. I think the evil aimed at is a real one, and
that an agitation for its remedy should be under-
taken is a hopeful sign. Diffuseness and super-
ficiality are the criticisms most reasonably and
justly aimed at the American system of univer-
sity education. If this reform or any other re-
form can give the Bowdoin undergraduate deeper
appreciations in art, literature and music and
above all arouse him from his lethargy in matters
of politics, then it would be shameful indeed not
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to support the measure." He proceeded to point
out the vital weakness of the schemes proposed;
that they by their very artificiality and rigidity
failed to really regulate individuals most needed.
The Orient at that time suggested that with
the light of publicity thrown on the evil the in-
dividuals should do away with over-participation
by voluntary effort. But the evil still exists.
A scheme is now proposed which seems to do
away with the defects of artificial rules and regu-
lation. By its nature, that of a deliberative board,
it is elastic and is planned to treat each individual
case. It would limit only where over-participa-
tion exists. Its power would be advisory, but if
we understand the nature of the evil, advisory
power from an intelligent committee is precisely
what is needed. Almost all of those who now
suffer from over-participation would welcome
such advice as a reason for refusing to take part
in more student activities, and others could easily
be shown the folly of the diffusion of their ener-
gies.
This plan for a Limitations Board is now before
the Student Council and will, we hope, soon be
submitted to the consideration of the student body.
The adoption of it is not in any sense radical, as
the powers granted are merely advisory and if it
proves a failure, it will result in no harm in hav-
ing; been tried. Let us give it a trial.
Our Dormitories
The communication printed in this issue de-
serves the thoughtful consideration of our read-
ers. "A Student" seems to possess an insight
into the "old" and "new" in Bowdoin life which
is not often revealed on the campus. In this mat-
ter of the care of the dormitories we have been
slow to realize the new attitude which is being
taken by those in charge of them. Time was in
"the good old days" when they were considered
mere necessary sleeping quarters, when no one
had much respect for their condition or contents.
But within the past five years the College and its
officers have made great efforts to make the
rooms more attractive, cleaner and more sanitary.
The janitor service has been improved and the
general spirit is of cooperation where possible
and conscientious care and provision for our
needs. This has met with response on the part of
the students, but not as much as there should be.
There are still those among us who believe it is a
part of Bowdoin tradition to be "cut-ups" and
"reckless young blocks'" rather than gentlemen,
just as there are those who still believe a Bow-
doin man is expressing college spirit in dissipa-
tion and idleness rather than clean, hard work.
But "the old order changeth" and a new spirit
such as is expressed in the communication will
mean the development of all that is best and most
forceful in our campus life.
Bowdoin's Half-Million, continued from p. 215
that, admirably fashioned to its mechanical uses;
its halls and dormitories are adequate, and the
gymnasium, completed about a year ago, is one
of the best in the country. At a meeting in Bos-
ton a week or two ago, President Hyde remarked
that the next need of the college was a general in-
crease of the salaries and the establishment of
more scholarships. From this pronouncement it
is not amiss to conjecture that such may be the
ends to which this newest gift will be applied.
As when a coveted and distinguished honor is.
awarded a man whose modesty has been as stead-
fast as his merit and his usefulness, this bequest
to Bowdoin College is as warm a pleasure to the
friends and admirers of the institution as to its
alumni.
NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION MEETS
A majority of the delegates to the annual meet-
ing of the New England Intercollegiate Associa-
tion in Boston Saturday favored holding the
championship field and track games in the Har-
vard Stadium next May. Williams and Trinity-
preferred Pratt Field, Springfield.
The following officers were elected : President,.
J. M. White, M.I.T.; vice-president, W. R. Still-
man, Wesleyan; treasurer, E. J. Graves, Dart-
mouth; secretary, P. A. Warren, Maine. The
newly elected president will appoint his executive
committee, the president, retiring secretary and
treasurer serving ex-officio. The former advis-
ory committee was re-elected as follows: Major
F.'H. Briggs, M.I.T.; D. B. Rich, Dartmouth; C.
D. Wadsworth, AVilliams. The executive com-
mittee and the advisory committee will determine
the scene of the out-door championship meet.
The colleges represented by delegates were :
Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Brown, Colby, Dart-
mouth, Holy Cross, University of Maine, M. L
T., Tufts, Trinity, Vermont, Wesleyan, Williams,.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Massachu-
setts Agricultural College.
GEORGE FOGG SPEAKS FEB. 12
On Feb. 12, 19, and 26 there will be a series of
Vesper Services in the Chapel, at which there
will be talks on the general subject of "Maine
Manhood." On Thursday, Feb. 12, George Fogg
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'02 of Portland will speak on "Making Men
Over," on Feb. 19 A. E. Roberts of New York
City will speak on "The College Man and the
Rural Problem," and on Feb. 26 Dr. John Hast-
ings Quint '97 will speak on "The College Man
and the Church." There will be special music at
all of these Vespers. From 4.50 to 5 p. m. there
will be selections on the organ and during the
meetings there will be other special music. The
meetings will close at 5.45 p. m. in order that the
people of the town may feel able to come. A cor-
dial invitation is extended to everybody.
Next Thursday George Fogg '02, who is very
prominent in prison reform and charity work in
Maine, will be the speaker. He has been a very
popular speaker at rallies in the past. In college
he combined in a rare degree the ability of the
athlete and the scholar and was prominent in all
activities. He is the author of "We'll Sing to
Old Bowdoin."
ANDROSCOGGIN ALUMNI ORGANIZE
On Saturday evening, Feb. 21, the Bowdoin
alumni of Androscoggin County will meet and
organize. The organization meeting and banquet
will be held in the rooms of the Lewiston Cham-
ber of Commerce. President Hyde is expected
to speak, some undergraduate will be invited to
represent the student body, and the musical clubs
will be on hand to furnish entertainment. It is
hoped that the faculty and students of the Medi-
cal School will also be represented. There are
about 100 Bowdoin alumni in Androscoggin
County, over half being in Lewiston and Auburn.
Y.M.C.A. NOTES
There will be a meeting of the Cabinet Thurs-
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Delta Upsilon
House. This will probably be the last meeting of
the Cabinet and a full attendance is necessary.
More men are needed for the Industrial Ser-
vice classes at Lisbon Falls. If you are inter-
ested, confer with Bacon '15, Robinson '14, or
take the 7.05 car for Lisbon Falls tonight.
It is expected that Bowdoin will send about 15
delegates to the State Conference, to be held
Feb. 20, 21 and 22 with Colby. These delegates
will be entertained in Waterville, their registra-
tion fees will be paid by the Association and the
■only expense will be reduced railroad fares. On
Saturday morning the discussion will be led by
Merrill '14 and at the opening meeting Friday
MacCormick '15 will respond for the other col-
leges to Colby's welcome. There will be a ban-
quet Friday evening and Saturday and Sunday
the sessions of the Conference will be held.
The Mission Study begins next Sunday. Mr.
McLean's course will meet at 4 p. m. at the Beta
Theta Pi House. This course, open to the three
upper classes, will be held at different houses and
will take up the following subjects: Immigration,
The City, The Rural Problem, The Social Evil,
and Labor. The course for Freshmen, conducted
by Mr. McConaughy and MacCormick '15, will
be held in the dormitories, beginning next Sunday
at 4 p. m. in Chapman's room, 2 S. Appleton. This
course will take up in the next five Sundays the
subjects: Do Foreign Missions Pay? America
First? Do the Heathen Need and Want Mission-
aries ? What are the Results of a Hundred Years
of Work? Some Great Missionaries, including
Bowdoin Men.
THE NEW LIMITATIONS PLAN
To the Student Council: —
The committee appointed last year to investi-
gate the limitation of student activities reported
finally as follows : "Your committee has come to
the conclusion that, although there is a need for
such limitation at Bowdoin, no artificial plan such
as was suggested at the student meeting, or has
been heretofore proposed by the former commit-
tee of the Council, or none that its members can
devise will adequately meet the problem. It rec-
ommends that the matter of such a system of
rules of regulation be dropped."
As stated in the report the main reason for
adopting this report was that the plans offered,
consisting of point systems of limitation, and a
system of major and minor activities, were too
artificial. They did not limit where limitation
was most badly needed, and they did not include
many activities which take a great deal of time,
such as assistantships, etc.
The evil still exists and demands a remedy.
Why can the following scheme not be adopted
here : that of creating a board of student and fac-
ulty members, with free latitude to regulate ac-
tual cases of over-participation, a scheme that
would be elastic enough to include all forms of
student activity and would apply to each case in-
dividually and fairly?
I therefore propose the following amendment
to the by-laws of the Associated Students of
Bowdoin College :
(By addition of article as follows:)
ARTICLE VII— LIMITATIONS BOARD.
Sec. 1. Two students elected by the Student
Council, two Faculty members elected by the
Faculty, together with the Dean of the College as
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chairman, shall constitute a Limitations Board.
The four elective members shall be chosen in
June and shall serve for one year or until their
successors are elected.
It shall be the duty of this Board to investigate
all cases of individual over-participation in un-
dergraduate activities and to recommend to the
individual concerned such limitation as may seem
desirable. Where possible students shall be al-
lowed their freedom in making the limitation.
For the guidance of students, the Board may
make general regulations in regard to limitation
of participation in activities, subject to the ratifi-
cation of the Student Council.
Resolution :
Moved that the above by-law be adopted and
the provision regarding election of members be
suspended for this year, so that members may be
elected to serve from time of adoption until June.
R.D.L.
COMMUNICATION
To the Editor of the Orient.
Dear Sir: — Within a fortnight someone sprin-
kled the outside wall of Wmthrop Hall with a fire
extinguisher. Such acts of vandalism are not in-
frequent among us ; we are doing our share to-
wards living up to the glorious tradition of being
3'oung college mad-caps. Are we not also demon-
strating that we are lacking in gratitude towards
those who have kindly furnished us with the
wherewithal to live ? Further, are we not show-
ing by this disregard for the hard necessities that
we are utterly incapable of appreciating the nice-
ties of life with which future benefactors might
sometime be pleased to provide us ?
We are wont to fancy that the barrenness of
our quarters in these old dormitories contributes
something to the Spartan, democratic quality of
Bowdoin life. This is a comforting and alto-
gether human view of the situation, but there is
an increasing number of us who would like to see
the dormitories made more livable ; more baths
and even some such refinement as decorated walls
and good floors. Perhaps if we would leave off
destroying what we have we might put ourselves
in the way of receiving more.
A Student.
dllub anD Council Meetings
The last meeting of the Student Council was
field Jan. 29 in Hubbard Hall. Those present
were Leigh '14, Thompson '14, C. Brown '14,
Weatherill '14, G. Eaton '14, Callahan '14, Gray
'14, McWilliams '15 and MacCormick '15.
Dean Sills was also present and spoke to the
Council. He said that the faculty had advised
him to recommend to the Student Council that it
take up again the matter of limiting student activ-
ities and work out a system of controlling them.
A suggestion had been made, he said, to have a
court of reviews, a sort of advisory board, to pass
on special cases where men are heavily laden with
activities.
The Dean also spoke of the pressing need of
getting men interested in coming to Bowdoin next
year.
The Lunt plan and sectional clubs were dis-
cussed.
Suggestions were made by members of the
Council and it was asked whether it would be well
to make a census of the Freshman class to find
out why each man in the class came to Bowdoin.
Leigh '14 read a tentative plan of limitation,
providing for an advisory board. This is ex-
plained in another column.
The Council also,
1 Voted that a committee be appointed to look
into the matter of interesting men to come to
Bowdoin ;
2 Voted that the Rally Committee cooperate
with management of the Fencing Team to pro-
vide entertainment at the Yale-Bowdoin match,
Feb. 14, 1914;
3 Voted that a Bowdoin Night be held on
night of Feb. 28, 1914, under direction of Rally
Committee ;
4 Voted that the football election be held Feb.
14. 1914.
Dn tbe Campus
Hone <?.r-'i6 was on the campus recently.
C. T. Hawes '76 was in Brunswick Friday.
F. H. Hargraves 'yj was in Brunswick last
week.
Koughan '15 and Chase '16 attended the B.A.A.
meet Saturday.
Ranks for the first semester are sent out today
The Delta Kappa Epsilon annual house party
will be Friday, Feb. 20.
McMurtrie '13 was on the campus last week.
He is studying at Tech.
Jack Magee was starter at the Irish-American
games at Boston, Jan. 31.
A meeting of the Monday Night Club was held
last night at the Kappa Sigma House.
A petition has been circulated by the Junior
Assembly Committee asking for the use of the
New Gym for the assemblies.
The campus turned into a rink Wednesday and
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everybody began to slide to exams. Those who
didn't fall down enjoyed the ice.
Mr. Joseph S. Davis, who was last year instruc-
tor in Economics and Sociology here, and who
is now at Harvard, was a visitor at College re-
cently.
Cruff '16 has returned to College after an ab-
sence since Christmas on account of a football
injury to his knee. Two pieces of bone were re-
moved from his knee-cap.
"Squanto" Wilson '12 has had his arm exam-
ined by the official physician of the Red Sox pre-
paratory to the spring training trip. His many
friends are glad to hear that the arm has been de-
clared all right. "Squanto" made a name for
himself as a batter but those who saw him play in
college remember how he held runners to the
bases and are anxious to see him play without
the handicap of a lame wing.
Colby won the three-cornered relay race be-
tween Bates, Colby and Maine at the B.A.A. Sat-
urday. Maine finished second and Bates third.
The time was 3 minutes, 124-5 seconds. At the
first corner there was a collision. The first Bates
runner was knocked down
The Tufts relay team, which Bowdoin races at
Providence Feb. 21, defeated Vermont in the time
of 3 minutes, 19 3-5 seconds.
OTtf) t&e Jfacultp
Professor McConaughy lectured last Saturday
night at Dover and Foxcroft. At Foxcroft Acad-
emy he delivered his Bowdoin lecture.
Professor McConaughy is conducting a six
weeks' course in Sunday school teaching at the
St. Lawrence Congregational Church in Portland.
Dr. Cram spent the past week in Boston and
New York.
Dean Sills was in Boston last week and spoke
at the banquet of the Boston Alumni Association
which was held there Saturday night.
Professor Clark spent the latter part of the
week visiting in Cambridge, Mass.
Miss Edith S. Woodruff, daughter of Professor
Woodruff, has recently been made assistant in the
department of music at Vassar College. Miss
Woodruff graduated from Vassar in 1909 and
took a course at the New England Conservatory
of Music. For the last few years she has been
teaching private classes in Brunswick.
In the Dial for Jan. 16, 1914, there appears a
review and criticism by Professor George Roy
Elliott of Brander Matthews' "Shakespeare as a
Playwright." The article is entitled, "The Study
of Shakespeare's Stage-craft : A Climax."
CALENDAR
Feb.
10. Masque and Gown, Bath.
10-13. Fencing Practice, 5.30.
13. Musical Clubs, Bath.
14. Fencing, Yale vs. Bowdoin, New Gym.
Football Manager Election, New Gym.
16-19. Fencing Practice, 5.30.
20. Fencing, Harvard vs. Bowdoin, Cam-
bridge.
Annual House Party, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
21. Relay Race, Tufts vs. Bowdoin, Providence.
27. Masque and Gown, Camden.
28. Masque and Gown, Rockland.
Afternoon : Interscholastic Athletic Meet.
Evening: Bowdoin Night.
March-
6. Interscholastic Debates.
ainmni Department
'64. — There was a good attendance Sunday af-
ternoon, Jan. 11, 1914, at the Wadleigh High
School, New York City, at the memorial service
in honor of the late Dr. John G. Wight. The ex-
ercises opened with a selection by the school or-
chestra followed by reading of the Scripture by
Principal Rowe of the Wadleigh school. The
Choral Society sang Handel's hymn, Trust in the
Lord, Mendelssohn's / Waited for the Lord, and
Rest; and addresses were made by City Superin-
tendent Maxwell, Miss Haeseler of the Girls'
High School, Philadelphia, Mrs. Farrond of
Newark Academy, Mrs. Ford of the Wadleigh
High School, Miss Hellin for the Alumnae of
Wadleigh and Dr. Goodwon of Packer Institute.
Miss MacVay of Wadleigh read two of Dr.
Wight's poems.
'87. — The new income tax agent for Maine will
be Merton L. Kimball, of Norway.
'94. — Rev. George Anthony Merrill, who for
the past seven years has been pastor of the Con-
gregational Church in Foxcroft, Maine, has re-
cently removed to Taunton, Mass., where he is
pastor of the Third Congregational Church.
'06. — Rev. Harold G. Booth of Jackson and
Brooks, Maine, has accepted the call of the West
Congregational Church, of Portland.
Rev. Mr. Booth has been the pastor of the Con-
gregational churches at Jackson and Brooks in
Waldo County since 1910. He is about 30 years
old, a native of New York State, and subsequent
to completing his college course, entered Bangor
Theological Seminary, from which he graduated
a few years ago. Mr. Booth has taken up his
residence at 35 Roberts Street.
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VOL. XLIII
RUN5W1CK, MAINE, FEBRUARY 17, 1914
NO. 28
FRIAR CUP CONTEST
For the seventh consecutive time Delta Upsilon
won the Friar Cup, offered each semester for the
highest average of scholarship. The cup is to be
competed for during one more semester, the cur-
rent one. The ranks count as follows: A four,
B three, C two, D one, and E minus one. The
halves denote men taking incompletes in half
their courses.
Total
No.
Average
Rank
Men
Rank
I
Delta Upsilon
453
39
11-615
2
Beta Theta Pi
407-5
39
10.44S
fi
Alpha Delta Phi
290
2q
IO.OOO
4
Theta Delta Chi
274-5-
27-5
9.981
5
Delta Kappa Epsilon
362.5
37
9-797
6
Zeta Psi
366.5
37-5
9-773
7
Non-Fraternity
282
29
9.724
8
Psi Upsilon
212.5
23
9-239
9
Kappa Sigma
308
37
8.324
o
Bowdoin Club
325-5
40
3-137
YALE FENCERS DEFEAT BOWDOIN
Saturday night at 8 o'clock with two feet of
snow underfoot and more arriving constantly, a
crowd of students with a few hardy townspeople
arrived by snow-shoe and rubber boot at the gym-
nasium for the Yale-Bowdoin fencing match and
the gymnastic exhibition. The big exercise room
was flanked with settees, five deep, a space being
left in the center for drill squads and for the
fencing platform. At nine o'clock the Yale team
was reported as being at an indefinite somewhere
the other side of Portland, with the judges, mem-
bers of the Pianelli Club of Augusta, still unac-
counted for. Things did not look promising for
an intercollegiate fencing match that night.
Coach Maroney, Payson, and Porritt whetted the
appetites of the crowd with a few exhibition
" bouts and it was then decided to go on with the
gymnastic exhibition and wait for the arrival of
the. Yale team.
The exhibition which followed was well worth
braving the storm for. The work of the picked
squad of men, showing the regular gymnasium
work, was of great interest to those who did not
know of the overthrow of the gym-is-a-farce
theory in the last year. There was a class drill,
followed by exercises on the horse and buck, in
which the men showed the results of faithful
work and in many cases of much natural ability.
This was followed by a skilled exhibition on the
parallel bars by Maroney and Kimball, the gym
instructors, both undergraduates. The work of
these men was finished and daring and brought
forth a great deal of applause.
The next event was an exhibition of class wres-
tling, in which the squad demonstrated fractional
Nelsons and showed how easy it is to down a man
if you know how and he is willing.
The next event was the class dancing, various
steps calculated to tire the performer and give
him quickness. This was followed by an exhibi-
tion of class boxing, not lacking in enthusiasm
but free from gore. After this part of the exhibi-
tion a special bout was staged with Canney '16
and Weston '16 on the firing line. Neither let
anything get by that could be stopped without the
use of the gloves.
Kimball then gave an exhibition of tumbling
with thrilling air-springs and hand walking and
he and Leadbetter ' 16 put on a clever strong
man act.
After the gymnastic exhibition various devices
were used to hold the crowd until the arrival of
the Yale team. Both Maroney and Kimball gave
further exhibitions on the rings and trapeze,
Leadbetter '16 officiated at the piano, and there
was singing of college songs. Hamblen '14
starred in a pre-Elizabethan revival of "Casey
Jones."
At 11.20 the Yale team appeared on the floor
after an all day's trip from Boston. The fencing
began immediately and the bouts were run off
quickly. Each of the Bowdoin men fenced each
of the Yale men and Yale won seven of the nine
bouts, Floyd winning two of his bouts. The
good sportsmanship of the Yale team, as well as
their excellent fencing, drew repeated applause
from the Bowdoin supporters, who watched the
matches with keen interest. The last match, be-
tween Capt. Miller of Yale and Capt. Floyd of
Bowdoin, in which Floyd was defeated, was es-
pecially hard-fought and interesting. This was
Floyd' s only defeat.
The Yale team consisted of Captain E. C. Mil-
ler, E. F. Nickerson, F. A. Cook. Bowdoin was
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represented by Captain Gordon P. Floyd '15, Ed-
gar R. Payson, Jr., '14, and Philip W. Porritt '15.
Summary :
FIRST ROUND.
Floyd defeated Cook, 5-3 ; Miller defeated Por-
ritt, 5-4; Nickerson defeated Payson, 5-2.
SECOND ROUND.
Cook defeated Porritt, 5-4; Miller defeated
Payson, 5-1 ; Floyd defeated Nickerson, 5-2.
THIRD ROUND.
Cook defeated Payson, 5-1 ; Nickerson defeated
Porritt, 5-1 ; Miller defeated Floyd, 5-3.
The judges were Charles C. White, M. E. Saw-
telle, and Charles F. Philodeau of the Pianelli
Fencing Club of Augusta. The scorers were J. C.
Ogden of Yale, and A. L. Pratt of Bowdoin.
In spite of delay, storm, and defeat, the even-
ing was one which will be remembered for a long
time as one of the biggest events of the year.
ROBINSON IS LONGFELLOW SCHOLAR
The winner of the Henry W. Longfellow Grad-
uate Scholarship has been announced as Kenneth
Allan Robinson '14. Robinson will probably study
in Europe. In college he has been very promi-
nent in literary work. As chairman of the Quill,
he raised that publication to a high standard of
excellence. He has won the College Song Com-
petition, the Hawthorne Prize, the David Sewall
Premium, and the Class of '68 Prize Speaking.
The Charles Carroll Everett Scholarship has
not been awarded and it is probable that for fi-
nancial reasons the award will not be made this
year.
PORTLAND ALUMNI MEET
Saturday evening, at the 44th annual meeting
and banquet of the Bowdoin Alumni of Portland,
of 70 who had notified the dinner committee that
they would be present, 43 sat down at the tables.
Such was the result of the snow storm which de-
layed steam cars and electrics. But nevertheless
the occasion was one long to be remembered, the
dinner was good and the speeches were excellent.
The banquet was served in the State of Maine
room at the Falmouth Hotel.
President Hyde was unable to be present but
the college was ably represented by the dean,
Professor Sills, and Professors Bell and Elliott.
The after-dinner speaking was begun by the pres-
ident of the association, Frederick O. Conant, of
the class of 1880, who touched on the changes in
the college and the still greater changes in the
industrial and commercial world. In closing he
called upon Professor Sills to speak in the ab-
sence of President Hyde. Professor Sills in em-
phasizing the close cooperation between the col-
lege and alumni, spoke of the Alumni Council, an
organization of twelve alumni to be elected next
May from which he predicted results beneficial
to the college. He said that the fact that nearly
half the students at Bowdoin come from outside
Maine reflects to a certain extent on the alumni
of the State. Rev. A. D. Leavitt, pastor of the
State Street Church, a graduate of Yale, was the
next speaker. Mr. Leavitt's speech was one of
the best of the evening, full of witty sayings and
droll stories, and kept everybody laughing. But
in closing he became more serious and praised
Bowdoin and spoke of President Hyde as one of
the best and ablest college presidents in the coun-
try. At this point President Conant turned the
meeting over to the toastmaser, Joseph B. Reed
'83, who called upon Dr. Frederick H. Gerrish.
Dr. Gerrish said he had attended all the dinners
of this alumni association since its organization,
44 years ago. Continuing he said that he believed
the present number of students, about 350, plenty
large, and that no class should have more than 75
pupils. "I would on the other hand," said Dr.
Gerrish, "increase the number of the faculty, I
would have the entrance conditions more rigid
and admit no students on teacher's certificates."
He said that he would like to see Bowdoin College
so great that it will dare to be small. Other
speeches were made by George E. Fogg, Ralph O.
Brewster, Professor Herbert C. Bell and Profes-
sor G. R. Elliott. The exercises were closed by
the singing of Phi Chi.
At the business meeting the usual reports were
received and accepted, and the following officers
chosen for the coming year :
President — David W. Snow.
Secretary and Treasurer — Edward S. Anthoine.
Nominating Committee — Harry C. Wilbur,
Charles L. Hutchinson, Alfred B. Cook.
Dinner Committee — W. B. Drummond, Leland
G. Means, Robert Pennell.
The choice of a vice-president was left in the
hands of the nominating committee to be reported
to the president and secretary.
Seated at the tables were the following: Prof.
Kenneth C. M. Sills, dean of the college; G. R.
Elliott, professor of English Literature ; Herbert
C. Bell, professor of history and politics ; Freder-
ick O. Conant, class of 1880; Dr. Frederick O.
Gerrish, 1866; Rev. A. D. Leavitt (Yale 1900) ;
Franklin C. Payson, 1876 ; David W. Snow, 1873 :
George F. Cary, 1888; George E. Fogg, 1902;
George C. Wheeler, 1901 ; Charles L. Hutchinson,
1890; Edward S. Anthoine, 1902; Ben Barker,
1902: Robert F. Chapman, 1902; Dr. Clarence A.
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Baker, 1878; Joseph B. Reed, 1883; Robert M.
Pennell, 1907; Ralph O. Brewster, 1909; William
H. Bradford, George F. Cressey, Leland G.
Means, Frank H. Haskell, 1895 ; Dr. M. C. Web-
ber, 1909; Henry A. Peabody, 1903; George A.
Sabin, 1903; Wallace S. Mitchell, 1896; Francis
J. Welde, 1903 ; S. T. B. Jackson, E. Y. Abbott,
A. Mitchell, Jr., H. E. Andrews, 1894; Eben W.
Freeman, Eugene L. Bodge, 1897; Richard C.
Payson, 1893; Charles H. Gilman, 1882; Clinton
N. Peters, 1910; William E. Atwood, 1910; Leon
H. Smith, 1910; A. Donald Weston, 1912; Benja-
min H. Riggs, 1912; G. C. Kern 1912; W. W.
Fairclough, 1908. Joseph B. Reed, Esq., was the
toastmaster.
FLOYD ELECTED FENCING CAPTAIN
The members of the Fencing Team elected
Gordon P. Floyd '15 captain, last Wednesday
night. Floyd is also manager of the team and it
is due to his efforts that Bowdoin has as good a
fencing schedule as any college in the country.
The new captain is a veteran of last year's team.
In the match with Yale Saturday night he won
two of his three bouts, being defeated only by
Captain Miller of the Yale team.
JUNIOR ASSEMBLY WILL BE IN GYM
At the last meeting of the faculty, permission
was granted the juniors to use the New Gym for
their dance Friday evening, March 6. The per-
mission was granted, however, on two conditions :
First, that the dancing stop at one o'clock and,
second, that there shall be no dancing in any of
the fraternity houses after that hour. The dance
is scheduled to begin at eight o'clock. The com-
mittee in charge is West '15, chairman; McKen-
ney '15, Verrill '15, Smith '15 and L. N. Stetson
'15. It is probable that only one Assembly will
be held this year and every effort will be made to
make the affair a big one. The cost will be two
dollars for each couple.
RELAY SQUAD CUT YESTERDAY
Seven men still remain in the competition for
the relay team which is to race Tufts at the Prov-
idence Armory next Saturday evening. The past
week has been spent in hard practice, including
several time trials and Coach Magee f eels- confi-
dent of having a fast team. Five men will be
taken on the trip and the final cut was to be made
yesterday, too late for the Orient to obtain the
results. The candidates are Fox '14, Wright '14,
Smith '15, McWilliams '15, McElwee '16, Ireland
'16, Crosby '17.
MASQUE AND GOWN PERFORMANCES
At three o'clock this afternoon in Memorial
Hall the trials for "Twelfth Night" will be held.
Professor Elliott has shown much interest in the
play and has been of much help in the prelimi-
nary work.
On Feb. 26 the Dramatic Club will give a per-
formance in Camden, and on Feb. 27 they will
play at Rockland. The Dramatic Club has in its
possession a one-act play which it intends to pre-
sent at one of the rallies.
THE BLANKET TAX
Although the number of payments of the Blan-
ket Tax was not as large this semester as last
fall, the amount paid in compares very favorably
with that of last year. In the three days of col-
lection 214 men paid and extensions were granted
to 96 others for periods of varying length. The
payment of these extensions should be made as
soon as they fall due in order that the various
organizations may not have to wait until the end
of the year to settle their affairs. Payment may
be made to MacCormick '15 at the D. U. house or
to any member of the Board of Managers.
A. E. ROBERTS TO SPEAK THURSDAY
At the Vesper service at 5 p. m. last Thursday
George Fogg '02 gave an interesting talk, based
on personal experience, on prison reforms and
charity work, with especial emphasis on the needs
of Maine. At this service Professor Hutchins
played a clarinet solo.
Next Thursday at 5 o'clock Mr. Albert E. Rob-
erts of New York, Secretary of the National
Country Y. M. C. A. work, will speak on "Rural
Manhood." Mr. Roberts was recently a delegate
to the Rural Congress in Europe and will be a
speaker at the State Conference in Waterville
this week.
Y.M.C.A. NEWS
The delegates to the conference at Waterville
are: Merrill '14, C. A. Brown '14, MacCormick
'15, Sampson '17, Chapman '17, Moran '17, Wil-
ley '17, McConaughy '17, Churchill '16, Eaton '17,
McKinnon '15, Crossman '16. The next deputa-
tion will be to Windham on March 8.
At the Boys' Conference in Lewiston Saturday
President Hyde spoke on Educational Efficiency.
Sunday morning at the Church on the Hill it
was announced that there would be a social to-
night at which the glee and mandolin clubs would
entertain. The college men were especially in-
vited.
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Vol. XLIII FEBRUARY 17, 1914 No. 28
The Limitations Scheme
We are glad to hear from the chairman of the
committee on limitations of last year's Student
Council, and realize that the opinion of one who
has made the subject a special study is of great
value in consideration of the present scheme.
The suggestions made in his communication have
been considered by the Council. The original
draft of the present plan placed final powers of
regulation within the Board, but this was elimi-
nated at the Council's suggestion. The second
suggestion, as to the enforcing of its provisions,
is included in the plan as stated : that is, the Board
itself shall enforce whatever decisions it has the
right to make. As its recommendations are le-
gally merely advisory the second change suggest-
ed is not significant. It is probable that experi-
ence will result finally in granting the Board final
regulative powers and declaring any student in-
eligible for any office or offices, but it is also wise
to reserve such power until it is ascertained what
success the Board meets with in remedying the
present evils by milder advisory methods.
The Athletic Council
Among the various communications printed in
this issue there are two from members of the
Athletic Council in reply to the recent editorial
comment on the policy of that body. It is grati-
fying to know that the body in question has such
firm convictions of its own rectitude. We have
always been of the opinion that its membership
has spent a great deal of time and work in un-
selfish service of Bowdoin's athletic interests.
Far be it from us to minimize its good intentions.
We could not, within our proper sphere, attempt
further to point out the weakness and inefficiency
of that organization without becoming personal
and controversial. Gladly do we leave the whole
matter in the hands of the student body and in-
terested alumni, trusting that our discussion may
have brought the matter to the attention of those
who are in a position to bring about changes. We
are aware that our criticism is merely destruc-
tive and as such bears little weight.
We would not wish to leave the impression,
however, that our investigations were hurried.
They were the results of four years' observation
and contact. In the nomination for managers,
for instance, it would not be our purpose to have
the manager's personal opinion of any weight as
opposed to the opinion of the Council. But the
recommendations of a manager are, as in the case
cited, the result and goal of the whole system of
competition : that is, the expert ranking of the
person or two persons who have assigned the
tasks and watched the work of the candidates.
Recommendations such as this are of more value
than a personal opinion. They should not be
overruled by any opinions, but by facts, such as
scholarship or character. If this system is not
carried out the whole competitive system is, at
best, a partial election rather than nomination by
the Council. We might take up the other points
of controversy and bring out numerous instances
where the Council has failed to give notice of
meetings to managers, of the system of organiza-
tion which makes necessary a temporary chair-
man at each meeting, but such discussion would
be fruitless. Suffice it to say that we firmly be-
lieve that there is substantial dissatisfaction with
that body extending over a period of years, which
we hope will express itself sooner or later in a
constructive way.
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225
Unpaid Pledges
In checking up the blanket tax for the last
semester it was found that for the first time six or
seven men were granted extension and were
thereby given membership in the A.S.B.C. with
all its privileges and then did not meet their obli-
gation when the date of payment came. Such
entire lack of spirit and fairness and honesty was
hardly forseen by those in charge of the collec-
tion of the tax. It was supposed that there might
be some eight or ten men in college who cared
little enough for college activities and interests
to become a member of the Associated Students,
but it was not thought that any would become
members under false pretences and would break
their pledge to pay their tax. Such cases should
be taken up by the Board and regulations made
which will make it an impossible thing for this
neglect of common interests to be accomplished
without the loss of respectability and respect.
FOOTBALL ELECTIONS POSTPONED
Owing to the bad weather Saturday, the Stu-
dent Council decided to postpone again the elec-
tion of the manager and assistant manager of the
1914 football team, scheduled for that evening.
No definite plans had been announced when the
Orient went to press, but the election will prob-
ably be held some time during the next week.
COMMUNICATIONS
Bangor, Maine, February 6, 1914.
To the Editor of the Orient : —
My attention has been called to an editorial on
"The Athletic Council Policy." The tenor of that
editorial is such that some reply on behalf of the
Council may not be uncalled for. The editorial
criticizes, first, the action of the Council in the
recent instance referred to, second, the general
policy and the methods of the Council, and, third,
the constitution of the Council.
As regards the decision of the Council with
reference to the B.A.A. Meet : I may speak of this
as of something in which I had no direct part,
since I was not present at the meeting at which
the matter was discussed and decided. I may,
.however, say that after having received the full
information that was then at the disposal of the
Council I am clearly of the opinion that the de-
cision was well made. The editorial is distinctly
in error in indicating that the opinion of the track
coach was not considered. I am advised that that
opinion was at the first strongly opposed to par-
ticipation in the proposed relay race, for reasons
that seemed to the Council valid and sufficient,
and that when the opinion was reversed for rea-
sons best known to the coach himself, the Council
by unanimous vote of the members present stood
by their original opinion. I may also say that the
Council still holds by its decision, while regretting
that this is not satisfactory to the writer of the
editorial, and that it is confirmed in its belief by
the endorsement of one of the most competent
authorities in New England.
Now as regards the "consistent policy" of the
Council. It is perhaps unfortunate that the writer
of the editorial had not taken the trouble to ascer-
tain the actual facts before publishing an alleged
statement of facts. To characterize the action
of the Council in the instance above referred to
as a blunder, is easy and simple. As a mere ex-
pression of an individual opinion no serious ob-
jection may be taken to the remark, although
backed by the authority of the Orient. Serious
objection may, however, be taken to the implica-
tion that it is the policy of the Council to take
action upon important matters affecting any
branch of athletics without consulting manager
or coach. It is, and has for years been, the cus-
tom of the Council to obtain the fullest possible
expression of opinion from coaches and mana-
gers, and to give due consideration to such opin-
ions. This does not imply that the decisions of
the Council will in all cases conform to these
opinions. On the contrary, the Council regards
managers and coaches as advisers rather than as
dictators. In this connection may be instanced
the recent case referred to in the editorial, when
the recommendations of an athletic manager as
to nominations for assistant manager were fol-
lowed only in part. In this particular instance
the manager presented several names of candi-
dates, all of whom he recommended as competent
and two of whom received his special endorse-
ment. The Council did not choose to nominate
those two specially endorsed candidates, but nom-
inated others from the list presented. Now this
may have been "arbitrary," as suggested by the
editorial. It is difficult, however, to see that it
would be less arbitrary to have selections of man-
agers imposed upon the Council. If there has
been any doubt about this, it may as well be clear-
ly understood that the Council proposes to select
its own candidates and that it does not recognize
the manager of any athletic team of one year as
the dictator of the policy of that branch of ath-
letics for the next year. Now, as always, the
Council is glad to avail itself of the suggestions
of past, as of present, managers, but as it accepts
responsibility for its own decisions it feels com-
pelled to decide for itself in the light of the best
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
information obtainable.
It may not be necessary at this time to attempt
any reply to the remarks of the editorial relative
to the organization of the Council and its methods
of doing business, especially as the criticism is so
very general. If the readers of the Orient de-
sire any statement of organization and methods
it may be given later.
Coming now to the alleged lack of care in the
choice of representatives in the Council compe-
tent to decide upon athletic policies. The charge
may point in either or all of three directions, and
Ave are not told whether the Faculty, the alumni,
-or the undergraduates are most at fault in their
selections, each of these bodies electing its own
representatives. In view of this alleged lack of
due care in selection, it seems remarkable that the
results have not been even more unfortunate than
the editorial seems to regard them. Indeed, so
far as most of the members of the Council are
concerned it would not seem easy to find repre-
sentatives more in touch with Bowdoin's athletic
interests. As regards the Faculty members. One
of them has for many years been far more inti-
mately associated with Bowdoin athletics than
any other man. To question his competency to
decide athletic policies would be farcial. The
other faculty member of the Council has ap-
proved himself as a very faithful and valuable as-
sociate.
As regards the undergraduate members. Those
readers of the Orlent who may not be so fully in
touch with present day conditions at the College
as they would like to be may infer from the edi-
torial that they are good students, but men whose
connection with athletics is confined to attendance
at meetings of the Council when they discuss and
decide athletic policies in an academic way but
with very little real knowledge of the things they
are discussing. It may interest these readers to
know something more about these members.
They are: — the captain of last year's football
team, who is also one of the best baseball players
in college; the captain of this year's baseball
team, who was a valuable member of last year's
football team ; the captain of the track team ; the
first baseman on the baseball team; one of the
best football players, who is also prominent in
track athletics and in the fencing squad. Surely
these men are not completely out of touch with
present day athletics.
It may not be necessary at this time to say
much about the alumni members of the Council,
particularly as but one of them happened to be
present at the recent meeting whose action seems
to have occasioned the latest editorial criticism
of the Council. If these members are not satis-
factory to the Alumni Association whose repre-
sentatives they are, the remedy is apparent and
easy.
Charles T. Hawes,
Chairman Athletic Council.
Brunswick, Maine, Feb. 7, 1914.
To the Editor of the Orient,
Dear Sir: — The recent editorial in the Orient
attacking the policy of the Athletic Council con-
tains certain statements which are unfounded and
which the Athletic Council would like to have
corrected.
In the first place it was stated that the coach
was not asked to be present at the meeting of the
Council which took up the matter of the B.A.A.
race. Now it has always been a precedent that
athletic coaches are welcome at all meetings of
the Athletic Council which have directly to do
with the sport in which they are interested. I
personally, notified the track coach of the meet-
ing which was to take up the matter of the B.A.A.
race and asked him to attend. It is, then, scarce-
ly true that he was not invited to offer advice or
participate in the discussion upon which the de-
cision was made. However, since he was not
there, Dr. Whittier, Manager Koughan, and my-
self gave what we understood to be his opinion of
the matter.
Your editorial goes on to say that action is
very often taken "without the advice of managers
or coaches." In this case Manager Koughan was
present and not only brought the matter to the at-
tention of the Council, but advised against enter-
ing a four-cornered race. I cannot remember a
meeting at which there has not been present at
least one manager.
Then the editorial said that the reasons given
for not participating in this race were "purely
technical." On the contrary the matter was taken
up from the standpoint of policy and was consid-
ered thoroughly with reference to its bearing on
the whole question of Bowdoin athletics. This
is no place to discuss the arguments which were
urged for and against the proposition, but it is
sufficient to state that "technical considerations"
formed only a part of the discussion.
(Signed)
Philip S. Smith.
Captain of the Track Team.
To the Editor of the Orient: —
In reading the last issue of the Orient. I was
very much interested to find that the supposed
corpse of the limitations scheme was showing-
signs of resuscitation, that it has not been dead
but merely suffering from suspended animation.
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The question of the limitation of undergrad-
uate activities is a plan of college policy that is
full of interest for many. I am particularly con-
cerned with it for while on the committee which
took the matter in charge last year, I conducted a
questionnaire covering nearly every prominent
American college and university. The results of
this investigation clearly showed an almost na-
tional evil accompanied by signs of increasing
realization of the problem.
It was my unhappy lot to draw up a plan to re-
strict the activities of our undergraduates and I
soon found that to lay down definite rules was as
difficult a task as to draw up a schedule of tariff
rates. From my experience I am convinced that
the problem is by far too complex to be solved by
artificial means.
The proposed plan seems to me to obviate these
difficulties. The committee can exercise its dis-
cretion and not be bound by strict rules. The
composition of the Board is such as to ensure ma-
ture and thoughtful action. The plan is parallel
to the universal tendency in public administration
of the present time. The various public service
commissions, the industrial relations commission
of Wisconsin and, of other states, all embody this
happy principle : Lay down the broad general
outlines of policy and then have the specific de-
tails worked out by an unhampered commission.
I think, however, there are two points that
should be considered and settled before the plan
can be completely workable. The first is : What
power beyond recommendation should this com-
mission have? For advisory power is after all
weak and impotent and a law should have "teeth"
if it is to be enforced. The other question is sup-
plementary to the first: If the commission is to
have the power to enforce its decisions, through
what medium are they to be enforced, through
the college office or by the student council?
These are considerations which I deem vitally
necessary for decision by the student body. Their
action as regards the proposed plan will be await-
ed by many of the alumni with keen interest.
Paul H. Douglas ' n..
fl)n t&e Campus
Mclntire '17 has appendicitis.
Jim Lewis '15 has returned to College.
Psi Upsilon is to have a dance March 5.
Cressey '12 was on the campus last week.
The college band sat for its picture last week.
The Yale fencing team was 15 hours in making
the trip from Boston.
Dean Sills is meeting his anthology class in the
Art Building this week.
Littlefield '16 has gone home with appendicitis.
He is getting along well at latest reports.
The Y.M.C.A. Cabinet held a short business
meeting last Thursday afternoon at the D. U.
house.
On account of the fact that Washington's
birthday comes on Sunday, adjourns will be given
Monday.
The Reed College Quest for Feb. 6 contains an
extract from an Orient editorial on singing and
cheering'.
A number of teams in the Bowdoin Interschol-
astic Debating League were at College Saturday
looking up material.
Jack Magee coached the Brunswick High
School track team that won a three-cornered meet
in Portland Saturday.
At the Androscoggin Alumni banquet in Lewis-
ton Thursday evening MacCormick '15 will rep-
resent the student body.
Wyman e.r-'i6 has registered at Westbrook
Seminary for the remainder of the year in order
to remove entrance conditions.
Dean Walz of the Maine Law School charac-
terized the book of constitutions published by the
Student Council as an admirable work.
Loring Pratt '12 has been on the campus for a
few days. He is manager of the Remington
Typewriter Co. business in Binghamton, N. Y.
Prof. McConaughy attended the Boys' Conven-
tion at Lewiston last week. The convention last-
ed Friday, Saturday and Sunday and was enthus-
iastically attended.
The four Bradbury debating teams will hold
practice criss-cross debates between the negative
and affirmative sides the last of the week. These
will not be open to the public.
Several groups of sub-Freshmen have been on
the campus the past week, being entertained at
the fraternity houses and being present at the
Yale-Bowdoin fencing match Saturday evening.
There will be a meeting of the Classical Club
this Tuesday evening at Dean Sills's house.
The meeting promises to be of special interest as
Professor Johnson is going to lecture about his
travels abroad, last year.
The time of class rehearsals for the Song Con-
test has not yet been decided. The presidents of
the classes are to confer with Mr. Wass and ar-
range hours for rehearsals, probably from 5 to 6
on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Edward A. Drummond bequest has been
received by the College and is in the Treasurer's
hands. It is given in honor of his brothers,
Thomas, Joseph and James, all Bowdoin men. It
is to be used for general educational purposes.
The first rehearsal of the Orchestra Class will
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be held in the music room this evening at 7
o'clock. About twelve men have signified their
intention to join this class but about twenty are
expected to enroll. This was a new class last
year.
Two more schools, Boothbay Harbor, and Ab-
bott, have filed entry blanks for the annual Bow-
doin Interscholastic Meet, to be held Saturday,
Feb. 28. The schools have not yet been matched
for the relay races but will be as soon as the en-
tries are closed.
The mail-box by the Chapel received more mail
than the midnight trains during last week's cold
snap. Freshmen mail-carriers were led to believe
that Peary and MacMillan went north to get
warm. The only casualties reported were two
frozen ears credited to Corbett '17 and one for
Perkins '15.
Under the auspices of the Saturday Club the
Ben Greet players will present "The Comedy of
Errors" the evening of Feb. 19 in the Cumber-
land Theatre. The Ben Greet players came to
Brunswick for the first time last "year and their
presentation of "She Stoops to Conquer" was en-
thusiastically received.
Dr. Albert P. Fitch, one of the speakers at the
recent special meetings of the Bowdoin Y. M.
C. A., will deliver during the months of March
and April a series of lectures under the auspices
of the Williams Y. M. C. A. The general subject
of the lectures will be, "The College Course and
the Preparation for Life."
mith tije jFacuItp
Professor Mitchell is again with his classes af-
ter a four months' trip abroad with his family.
Professor Mitchell visited the Continent, south-
ern Germany, Italy, France, and the Netherlands,
but spent most of his time in England. He spent
Christmas with Professor and Mrs. F. W. Brown
in Florence.
A number of the faculty took part in the closed
performance of the Brunswick Dramatic Club at
the Cumberland Feb. 10. The play was James
Barrie's "Quality Street." Professor Burnett
took the leading part of Valentine Brown, Pro-
fessor Nixon took the parts of Major Linkwater
and a Recruiting Sergeant, Professor Davis was
Major Budd, and Mr. Furbish was Lieutenant
Spicer.
The Reed College Quest for Feb. 6, 1914 con-
tains an excellent picture of Professor Burnett,
who is the author of the first Reed song, "The
Song of the First Born." This song, dedicated to
the first class, is very popular at Reed. The
words follow :
"We hail thee young-eyed Mother,
Thy first-born we who greet.
Twin peaks of snow thy guardsmen are,
Two rivers at thy feet.
Thy face is bright with morning,
Its breezes flush thy brow,
Thy steady eye serene and far,
Compels and woos us now.
"Fair Reed we bless thee,
Our deeds confess thee,
We songs address thee,
That true hearts feel.
Dear college mother,
From thee no other,
Or friend or brother,
Our love shall steal.
"Thy spirit stirs thy children,
Thy first-born know thy heart.
'Tis theirs to aid when none but they
May bear that honored part.
Thine eyes are on the future,
Whence steals a murm'rous sea,
The joyous sounds of latest born
Who haste to clasp thy knee.
(Chorus.)
"Then hail, benignest mother,
Thy chosen eldest hail,
Sweet speech of those who, knowing thee,
Must know that all is well.
And when the whispering future,
Shall still our loyal song,
Our sons and thousands rumor-drawn,
The chorus will prolong."
(Chorus.)
CALENDAR
Feb.
Mar
6.
Classical Club Meeting, Dean Sills.
Ben Greet Players, Cumberland Theatre.
Fencing, Harvard vs. Bowdoin, Cambridge.
Annual House Party, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Relay Race, Bowdoin vs. Tufts, Providence.
Holiday.
Glee Club, Bath.
Bradbury Debate.
Masque and Gown, Camden.
Masque and Gown, Rockland.
Afternoon — Interscholastic Indoor Meet.
Evening — Bowdoin Night.
ch
College Tea, Hubbard Hall.
Assembly, New Gym.
Interscholastic Debates.
BOWDOIN ORILNT
VOL. XL1II
RUN5WICK, MAINE, FEBRUARY 24, 1914
NO. 29
FOOTBALL ELECTIONS TODAY
From i to 3 this afternoon voting for Manager
and Assistant Manager of football will take place
in the Managers' Room, New Gym. The candi-
dates for Manager are J. C. MacDonald '15, H.
P. Verrill '15, W. Livingstone '15, alternate. The
candidates for Assistant Manager are E. P. Gar-
land '16 and Lew Noble '16. Littlefield '16 is not
eligible.
RELAY TEAM WINS IN FAST TIME
At the Armory A. A. games in Providence Sat-
urday night, Feb. 21, the Bowdoin relay team,,
consisting of Smith '15, McElwee '16, Crosby '17
and McWilliams '15, defeated Boston College in
the fast time of 2 minutes, 47 2-5 seconds, each
man running 352 yards. The Brown-Wesleyan
race was won in 2 minutes, 51 seconds.
BOWDOIN FENCERS DEFEATED
The Harvard fencers defeated the Bowdoin
team last Friday night at the Hemenway Gym-
nasium, 9 to o.
The summary :
Damon, Harvard, defeated Porritt, Bowdoin.
Putnam, Harvard, defeated Leadbetter, Bow-
doin.
Von Nardroff, Harvard, defeated Floyd, Bow-
doin.
Von Nardroff, Harvard, defeated Leadbetter,
Bowdoin.
Damon, Harvard, defeated Floyd, Bowdoin.
Von Nardroff, Harvard, defeated Porritt, Bow-
doin.
D'Kay, Harvard, defeated Floyd, Bowdoin.
Damon, Harvard, defeated Leadbetter, Bow-
doin.
Aylen, Harvard, defeated Porritt, Bowdoin.
making the best time in the relay trials, and as
Smith relinquished his claim, the cup has been
awarded to McElwee. The team this year was
unusually well balanced, only one-fifth of a sec-
ond separating the first and fourth men, and much
credit is due Coach Magee for keeping the men
on edge three weeks without competition after
training them through the early part of the season
with the B.A.A. Meet in view.
AUGUSTA CUP TO McELWEE
The final trials for the relay team were held
last Thursday and the following times -were an-
nounced as the best for each man for the short
distance: 352 yards, Smith '15 (Capt.) and Mc-
Elwee '16, 434-5 seconds; McWilliams '15 and
Crosby '17, 44 seconds, and Wright '14 alternate,
44 1-5 seconds. Smith and McElwee were there-
fore tied for the cup given annually to the man
DELTA KAPPA EPSILON HOUSE PARTY
The Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon
held its fourteenth annual house party last Fri-
day. The program began with a reception at the
chapter house in the afternoon for the out-of-
town guests, members of the faculty, and people
of Brunswick. The house was beautifully deco-
rated with evergreen, palms and cut flowers and
colored lights. Music was furnished by Lovell's
Orchestra of Brunswick. The serving was done
by Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Whittier and Mrs. Elliott.
In the evening an order of 24 dances was fur-
nished by Lovell's Orchestra. The patronesses
were Mrs. Myles Standish of Boston, Mrs. Hart-
ley C. Baxter and Mrs. George T. Little of
Brunswick. The catering was done by Pooler of
Portland.
Among those present at the house party were:
Misses Mary Holden and Elizabeth Eastman of
Lowell, Mass., Wilhelmina Drummond of Atlan-
ta, Georgia, Dorothy Bird of Boston, Pauline
Hyde, Marie Hieber, Harriet Bucknam, Florence
Rideout, Marion Starbird, Lydia Storli, Ethel
Frothingham of Portland, Corinne Jackson, Isa-
belle Olm, Louise Haggett, Gertrude Hackett of
Bath, Ruth Henderson of Fairfield; Sarah Snow
of Skowhegan, Gwendolin Griffin of Pittsfield,
Frances Stuart; Frances Purington, Dorothy
Boyd of Augusta, Mary Elliott, Claire Ridley and
Ruth Andrews of Brunswick.
The delegate to the party f-om Xi. Chapter of
Colby was Emmons B. Farrar. Delegates were
also present at the reception from the other fra-
ternities.
The committee in charge was composed of W.
H. Cunliffe, Jr., W. D. Eddy and R. K. Eastman.
The decorating committee consisted of Myles
Standish, Jr., H. M.'Chatto and R. S. Fuller.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT
ZETA PSI HAS JOINT BANQUET
Most of the members of Lambda Chapter of
Zeta Psi were present at the joint banquet with
Chi Chapter of Colby, Saturday evening-, in Port-
land. Six other colleges and universities, Yale,
Brown, Wisconsin, Rutgers and Pennsylvania!
were represented and 84 men sat at the tables in
the State of Maine Room. Among the speakers
were Professor Johnson '74,- E. C. Gage '14, J. J.
Hurley '12 and C. A. Crowell '13. On the' com-
mittee in charge were Monroe '14, Newcombe '14,
Ricker '15 and Edwards '16.
THETA DELTA CHI ALUMNI NIGHT
Saturday night the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity
held their annual alumni night and banquet. Pro-
fessor Wilmot B. Mitchell '90 was toastmaster.
The graduates present were Philip Dana '96, H.
V. Archer '13, T. E. Chase '04, E. F. Abbott '03,
Luther Dana '03, R. A. Tuttle '10, L. S. Lippin-
cott '10, S. E. Dole '13 J. A. Slocum '13, N. A.
Fogg '13. C. R. Marvin '99 of Tufts and H. T.
Haley '07 of Dartmouth were also present.
THE BRADBURY PRIZE DEBATES
The Bradbury debates will be held tonight and
tomorrow night in Memorial Hall at eight o'clock.
The following teams will compete: At the first
debate — Affirmative, Garland '16, Hescock '16,
Tackaberry '15, alternate Rogers '15; negative,
Bacon '15, Coffin '15, McKenney '15, alternate,
Wing '15; at the second debate — Affirmative, Ed-
wards '16, Leigh '14, Parsons '16, alternate, Mc-
Williams '15; negative, Gage '14, Simpson '14,
Talbot '15, alternate, Kuhn '15. These teams
were selected at the trials held on Friday, Janu-
ary 23. The presiding officer at the first debate
will be Professor Nixon, while on Wednesday
evening Professor Files will hold that office. The
question to be debated is : Resolved, That a Fed-
eral Commission be established for the Regula-
tion of Trusts.
The judges will be: Professor Elliott, Profes-
sor McClean, Professor Mitchell and Professor
Davis. Forty dollars in cash will be distributed
as prizes among the members of the winning
team, and twenty dollars will be distributed
among the members of the second best team.
Eight men will be selected from the competing
teams to form two 'varsity teams of three men
each, each team to have also one alternate. Of
these two teams so selected, the affirmative will
compete against Wesleyan at Brunswick, on the
evening of March 25, while the team supporting
the negative will meet the Hamilton team at
Hamilton on the same date.
MASQUE AND GOWN PRODUCTION
The cast for "The Marriage of Kitty" is as
follows :
Hampden W. D. Ireland '16
Norbury R. S. Fuller '16
Rosalie J. £.. Stride '17
Helen de Semiano j. L. Baxter '16
Travers p. S. Smith '15
Sir Reginald Belsize P. L. White '14
Miss Katherine Silverton (Kitty),
R. R. Melloon '15
A change has been made in the date for the
Rockland trip. Instead of being Feb. 28 as was
scheduled, it will be Mar. 3 and 4.
A picture of the cast of ''The Marriage of
Kitty" was taken last week in costume.
ANDROSCOGGIN ASSOCIATION FORMED
With 70 men at table and a big polar bear skin
which was formerly the property of Senator
Frye, for a mascot, the Bowdoin Association of
Androscoggin County took definite form, Thurs-
day evening, in an organization, which seems
likely to be productive of great good to Bowdoin
College.
The meeting was held in the Lewiston Cham-
ber of Commerce. A delicious banquet was
served, after which there were speeches and mu-
sic by a double quartet from the Glee Club, con-
sisting of West '15, Cristy '15, Eaton '14, Monroe
'14, Shea '14, Melloon '15, Ramsay '15 and Wood-
man '16, with McWilliams '15 at the piano.
The feature of the evening was President
Hyde's speech, the substance of which is given in
another column. The toastmaster was Tascus
Atwood '76 and the other speakers were F. L.
Dingley '61, Dr. B. F. Sturgis '63, George C.
Webber '95, A. H. MacCormick '15 for the under-
graduates, Wallace H. White, Esq., for the hon-
orary members, and A. G. Staples '82. K. A.
Ramsay '15 gave a reading which was well re-
ceived.
Before the banquet the following officers were
elected : President, John A. Morrill, Auburn ;
Vice-Presidents, Col. F. M. Drew, Lewiston, Dr.
B. F. Sturgis, Auburn, Prof. J. Y. Stanton, Lew-
iston ; Secretary and Treasurer, John H. White.
Auburn: Chorister, George Bower; Executive
Committee, Arthur G. Staples, Tascus Atwood,
Reuel M. Smith, E. F. Abbott, Auburn ; Harry S.
Coombs, C. F. Packard, John D. Clifford, Jr., Dr.
Edson S. Cummings, Lewiston ; Dr. Chas. H.
Cunningham, Auburn ; Dr. A. W. Potter, Lisbon :
John H. Maxwell, Livermore Falls : F. O. Pur-
ington, Mechanic Falls.
Following were those in attendance at the
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meeting, taken in the order in which they regis-
tered, the same being charter members of the as-
sociation: William DeWitt Hyde, W. W. Bol-
ster, M.D., '08, E. K. Bly '03, A. G. Staples '82,
Harry S. Coombs '01, F. M. Drew '58, John A.
Morrill '76, Harold S. White, Wallace H. White,
F. O. Purington '80, Tascus Atwood '76, George
P. Emmons, M.D., W. A. Coombs, M.D., J. J.
Pelletier, M.D., '01, H. H. Randall '00, Ruel W.
Smith, William L. Haskell, M.D., Wallace H.
White, Jr., '99, Richard T. Leader, M.D., '01, E.
S. Cummings, M.D., '00, H. W. Garcelon' 05,
Harry D. MacNeil, M.D., '13, W. I. Norcross '05,
John S. Childs '13, William O. Keegan '15, John
D. Clifford, Jr., Donald C. White '05, F. W. Spol-
lett '03, E. L. Pennell, M.D., '01, Wallace E. Web-
ber, M.D., '95, Benjamin F. Sturgis, M.D., '63,
Francis E. Harrington '12, W. E. Montgomery,
J. E. Kincaid, Claude O. Bower '09, C. C. Abbott,
Harry L. Childs, Daniel A. Barrell, M.D., Thom-
as E. Chase, George A. Bower '07, Harrie L.
Webber '03, E. Farrington Abbott '03, George C.
Webber '95, E. V. Call, M.D., '04, L. D. Petten-
gill '16, C. H. Cunningham, M.D., '06, C. E. Nor-
ton, M.D., '76, Frank L. Dingley '61, A. W. Pot-
ter, M.D., Thomas C. White '03, Leon W. Bab-
cock '17, Robert J. Wiseman, M.D., '03, Harry E.
Hitchcock '98, A. H. Hutchins, M.D., '99, Harold
S. Young"i7, Ralph A. Parker, M.D., A. Donald
Weston '12, John H. White.
glad to meet all men who will report to him in the
Gym any day after 2.30.
DR. QUINT WILL SPEAK THURSDAY
At the Vesper Service Thursday afternoon at
5 o'clock Dr. John H. Quint '97 of Chelsea, for-
merly pastor of the Church on the Hill, will
speak on "The Church and Manhood." Mrs. W.
H. Davis will sing at this service. This is the
last of the series of Vesper Services which have
been held during February on the subject of
"Maine Manhood."
FRESHMEN RELAY MEN OUT
Two races are scheduled with Bates '17 for this
season, one at Lewiston and one at Brunswick,
and a large number should get out for the team.
It is hoped that many inexperienced men will try
out at this time when they can have the assistance
of an expert trainer' in getting early development.
He will spend all the time necessary on all green
men who will report any day after 2.30 p. m.
INTER-CLASS MEET COMING
It is essential for all men who wish to represent
their classes at the Indoor Meet, March 25, to be-
gin training immediately by getting under the su-
pervision of the trainer. Coach Magee will be
FRIAR CUP STANDING
The result, by delegations, in the Friar cup
competition, at Bowdoin College, is as follows: —
Class of 1914
No. Men. Ave. Rank.
1. Non-Fraternity, 3 15.67
2. Psi Upsilon, 3 15-33
3. Delta Upsilon, 8 I3-37
4. Beta Theta Pi, 8 11.50
5. Zeta Psi, 10 11.40
6. Kappa Sigma, 6 10.83
7. Theta Delta Chi, 9 10.66
8. Alpha Delta Phi, 4 10.25
9. Delta Kappa Epsilon, 7 10.14
10. Bowdoin Club, 5 9.60
Class of 1915
1. Non-Fraternity, 4 14.00
2. Delta Upsilon, 8 13-^3
3. Psi Upsilon, 4 13.00
4. Theta Delta Chi, 7 12.00
5. Zeta Psi, 10 11.50
6. Beta Theta Pi, 12 H-33
7. Kappa Sigma, 10 10.60
8. Alpha Delta Phi, 8 10.37
9. Delta Kappa Epsilon, 8 8.75
10. Bowdoin Club, 4 6.75
Class of 1916
1. Delta Upsilon, 9 12.89
2. Non-Fraternity, 3 11.67
3. Beta Theta Pi, 9 10.33
4. Bowdoin Club, 16 9.25
5. Alpha Delta Phi, 9 9.22
6. Delta Kappa Epsilon, 10 8.80
7. Psi Upsilon, 10 8.60
8. Zeta Psi, 9 7.66
9. Theta Delta Chi, 6.5 7.54
10. Kappa Sigma, 10 6.90
Class of 1917
1. Delta Kappa Epsilon, 12 n. 12
2. Alpha Delta Phi, 8 10.37
3. Theta Delta Chi, 5 9.15
4. Delta Upsilon, 14 8.96
5. Beta Theta Pi, 10 8.65
6. Zeta Psi, 8.5 7.82
7. Non-Fraternity, 19 7.58
8. Bowdoin Club, 15 6.83
9. Kappa Sigma, 11 6.18
10. Psi Upsilon, 6 4.75
The halves denote men who are taking "incom-
pletes," in half their courses.
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Vol. XLIII FEBRUARY 24, 1914 No. 29
Guests of Bowdoin
On Saturday we are to have as guests on our
campus a large number of the members of the
preparatory schools of the State on the occasion
of the Second Annual Indoor Interscholastic
Meet. To those who will act individually as hosts
and to the fraternities there is presented an op-
portunity and a temptation. The desire to obtain
good men for the fraternity at this time should
be sunk in a larger interest in obtaining desirable
material for Bowdoin. To fail to show the col-
lege and campus life to any of the guests is un-
fair to him and unfair to the college. We pride
ourselves in our excellent interfraternity spirit
based not on written rules but an unwritten code
of honor. It is hoped that this occasion will find
that same fair play and co-operation in evidence.
There will be a Bowdoin Night in the evening
planned especially for the guests. Let the em-
phasis be wholly on Bowdoin, not on the lesser,
smaller groups.
A New Field
The communication from the Masque and
Gown cannot fail to be of interest to those who
are ambitious for Bowdoin's dramatics. With
this definite encouragement for playlets written
by undergraduates, the club has entered a new
field at Bowdoin. It is noteworthy that the be-
ginning is modest and thus, perhaps, more likely
of immediate success. But the new move is in-
dicative of more larger endeavors in the years to
come. It is the development of this side of dra-
matics, the writing and producing side, that will
give the Masque and Gown individuality and
greater popularity. It is the declared purpose of
the club to furnish the easy and direct medium
for all undergraduate dramatic productions of
merit, and incidentally, to supply entertainment
for our student social evenings.
Intercollegiate Fellowship
With a Maine State Student Conference, a
joint fraternity banquet and two district frater-
nity conventions within the past week we are
forcibly reminded of the peculiar advantages
these gatherings offer. As opportunities for
broadening one's undergraduate vision, for be-
coming less provincial and at the same time more
loyal, for a clearing house of ideas as to college
and its problems and enjoyments, these occasions
should be welcomed amidst our winter season.
By these gatherings as much as on the athletic
field this opportunity for social intercourse with
men from the other colleges is offered and our
athletic opponents are seen in a newer and friend-
lier light.
OFFICIALS FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
The following officials have been chosen for the
Interscholastic Meet here next Saturday:
Referee, Noble S. Ray, Secretary I.A.A.C,
Boston; Clerk of Course, B. B. Osthues, I.A.A.C.
Boston ; Judges of Finish, Dr. Manton Copeland,
Professor H. C. Bell; Time Keepers, Dr. F. X.
Whittier, R. Weatherill ' 14, F. A. Smith '12:
Starter, J. J. Magee, Bowdoin coach; Scorer of
Track Events, F. P. McKenny '15; Asst. Clerks
of Course, R. Little '16, W. D. Eddy '14; Field
Judges, Professor P. Nixon, Leadbetter '16, H.
A. Lewis '15; Scorer of Field Events, D. Say-
ward '16; Announcers, F. X. Callahan '14, R. S.
Fuller '16, Inspectors, W. I). Ireland '16, G. A.
McWilliams '15, P. S. Smith '15, L. S. McElwee
'16; Custodian of Prizes, S. L. Mountfort '14;
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Manager, Paul Koughan '15; Asst. Manager, W.
E. Chase '16.
THE USE OF THE HALF MILLION
President Hyde, in answer to the numerous
questions as to how Bowdoin would use the half-
million recently received, made a statement to
the papers of the ways the money would be used.
President Hyde said: "We shall not build a
new building; for our plant is nearly adequate al-
ready. We shall not add a new department or a
new course; for since the recent extensions in
music, fine arts, and education our curriculum
offers as many courses as undergraduates in lib-
eral arts can profitably pursue. We shall not in-
crease our numbers by lowering our standards ;
for we cannot afford to waste our costly plant and
expensive instruction on boys who just barely
scrape through high school with a passing mark.
We shall continue to maintain a standard equal to
the highest in New England and limit our num-
bers to those, whether few or many, who earn
the right to the opportunities we offer by showing
their fitness to profit by a strenuous and exacting
college course.
"We shall continue to refuse to promise in ad-
vance financial aid to any individual applicant ;
stating simply the scholarships, assistantships and
other aids we have and leaving the student to de-
cide whether he will come and earn what we have
to offer, or will stay away.
"If then we are not to enlarge our plant, our
course of study, or our student body, what shall
we do with the extra $30,000 of income which
from this and other sources this fortunate year
has brought in sight?
"We shall spend it in strengthening the human
factor in both professors and students. For
years it has been our policy to consign all applica-
tions and unsolicited recommendations for in-
structorships straight to the waste basket, and to
search the country far and wide for months until
for each position we have found the one man who
in scholarship, training, personality and teaching
power is best fitted to arouse enthusiasm for his
subject in the minds and hearts of his students.
"Unfortunately we have acquired a reputation
for picking that sort of men; and the universities
have developed the unkind habit of taking them
away as fast as we can get them. Yale for in-
stance has called in succession three professors
from one department and two from another; and
Harvard took one professor at the end of his first
year; and another at the end of the first month,
before he even had begun to teach.
'"Desiring to be just to these men, and lacking
funds to pay them what they were offered else-
where, we had to let them go. Now we propose
to make a Bowdoin professorship in generous
salary, liberal pension, sabbatical leave of ab-
sence at colllege expense, opportunity for re-
search and freedom from excessive hours of
teaching as attractive as any professorship any-
where; and retain the good men we secure.
"We have found that preceptorial method
which supplements the work of the class room by
frequent informal conferences in groups of five
or six, while it costs only twice as much as the
ordinary wholesale methods of teaching, in-
creases the efficiency and the interest fourfold;
and we shall develop that method still further.
We shall continue and develop small courses lim-
ited to the best students where professors and
students work together in common studies and in-
vestigations. We shall also substantially increase
our scholarships and student assistantships so
that without undue distraction from his studies,
or contraction of his life, the student of limited
means, if industrious and resourceful, shall have
the same happy and wholesome social life and the
same abundant intellectual opportunities as his
wealthier classmates.
"Quality, not quantity; vitality not machinery;
democracy of opportunity for all ; but a reserva-
tion of the best we have to give for those who
both before and after entering college prove their
aristocracy of industry and aptitude — these are
the ends we had already set before us, and which
these splendid benefactions will help us more
fully to achieve."
COMMUNICATIONS
To the Orient: —
The Masque and Gown wishes to announce to
the undergraduates that it has voted to offer an-
nually a prize of five dollars to the undergrad-
uate who submits the best one-act playlet or skit
to be presented at the Spring Rally. This year
the manuscript must be presented to the Manager
or President of the club by March 20th. The club
reserves the right to withhold the prize if no suit-
able manuscript is submitted.
This prize is a formal declaration of the new
policy of Bowdoin's dramatic club to encourage,
in a modest way at least, the production of play
written by our own undergraduates. We believe
that there are a number who are in need of just
such substantial suggestion to produce work of
real merit and wish to identify ourselves as will-
ing and glad to manage, produce and support any
such undergraduate plays. We desire to be the
organization to whom the Student Council should
turn for the means of entertainment on such oc-
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casions as rallies, etc., and hope to incorporate in
our membership all those who are interested and
talented in these directions.
— The Masque and Gown.
Fort Geo. Wright, Wash., February 5, 1914.
"Editor, Bowdoin Orient,
Sir: — Kindly allow me a little space in an issue
of the Orient to bring to the attention of the un-
dergraduates a matter which should be of interest
to them all. ^
Next summer there is to be held by the War
Department at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. (near Bur-
lington) a summer military camp for college men.
"The object is to give them an insight into military
affairs and the military policy of this country.
So far as it is possible in five weeks the duties of
an officer in time of war are also to be shown to
the students.
The people of our country are woefully igno-
rant of our army, its life, its work and the char-
acter of the men comprising it. The people are
also woefully ignorant of the military policy of
the United States, what our mistakes have been
"in the past and what they are likely to be in case
of war in the future.
Two schools were established last year, one at
Gettysburg, Pa., and one at Monterey, Cal. Both
were successful beyond expectation. This year
there are to be at least four.
The course lasts, I believe, five weeks and the
■expense, I have been told by an officer who is
working in connection with one to be established
at this post, will not exceed fifty dollars for ev-
erything while at the school — food, uniforms, etc.
It is the duty of every college man to inform
"himself in a general way, at least, on the military
-policy and needs of our country and to prepare
himself so that he may be better able to come to
"its aid as an officer in time of war.
I can imagine no better way to spend a part of
the summer vacation than at one of these camps.
I understand that about a thousand college men
are expected to attend the one on Lake Cham-
plain alone. Living in camp, learning much that
a man should know to make himself an ideal citi-
zen, in a manner that makes the learning a pleas-
ure and a profit physically as well as mentally —
surely Bowdoin should be well represented.
Information on the subject can be obtained by
writing to the Division of Militia Affairs, War
Department, Washington, D. C.
Thanking you for the space, I am,
Very truly,
Wallace C. Philoon.
2nd Lieut,, 14th Infty.
Bowdoin 1905.
aUufc anD Council Meetings
The last meeting of the Student Council was
held in Hubbard Hall, Feb. 18, 1914. Those pres-
ent were: Tuttle '14, Donahue '14, Eaton '14,
Weatherill '14, Leigh '14, Callahan '14, Gray '14
and Brown '14.
I. A report was given by Eaton for the Sub-
Freshman Committee. He reported, for the com-
mittee, that he had met with Dean Sills and Prof.
Bell, and talked over ways and means with them.
There were three parts to the plan he proposed:
1. Letters to be sent out to alumni, for the
purpose of interesting men.
2. A rally to be held, for the purpose of
arousing interest among the students.
3. Representative men in college to be
chosen and to be responsible for definite part
of the country.
II. Voted that March 13th be set for the night
of the rally, to arouse interest tmong the students
and get new men to come to Bowdoin. The Rally
Committee made a report on plans for Bowdoin
Night, Feb. 28, 1914.
III. Voted that the Spring Rally be held April
10, 1914. The Music Committee made a report.
Efforts will be made to improve the singing, and
it was suggested to have general college sings in
the spring.
IV. Voted to hold the football election Tues-
day, Feb. 24, 1914, from 1 to 3 p. m.
V. Voted that the limitation plan, as drawn up
by Leigh be adopted by the Student Council ; and
that the plan be submitted to the student body at
a general meeting, with the recommendation that
it be adopted.
VI. Voted that a committee be appointed to
make amendment that would include all college
activities under the A.S.B.C, with the idea espe-
cially of including the Musical Clubs and the
Masque and Gown.
A meeting of the Masque and Gown was held
at the Beta Theta Pi house last Friday evening,
Feb. 20. The election of new members was held
and the following were chosen : John L. Baxter
'16, RichardS. Fuller '16, William D. Ireland' 16,
William T. Livingstone '15, Ralph R. Melloon
'15, Stewart P. Morrill '16, Philip S. Smith '15.
Professor Elliott was elected to honorary mem-
bership. The club decided to produce a one-act
playlet written by Paul White '14 at the Bowdoin
Night, Feb. 28.
The club decided to offer an annual prize of
five dollars to the undergraduate who submits the
best one-act playlet or skit to be presented at the
Spring Rally, the manuscript to be submitted this
vear to Mgr. Callahan or President Leigh not
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later than March 20th. The Masque and Gown
reserves the right to withhold the prize if no suit-
able manuscript is submitted. It is probable that
at a meeting soon to be held election to member-
ship will be opened to the authors of plays pro-
duced by the club.
There were a number of informal suggestions,
regarding a permanent home for the club, the lo-
cation of the Joseph Jefferson Library, etc. Meet-
ings will be held monthly.
On t&e Campus
A number of students saw the Ben Greet play-
ers Thursday night.
The results of the trials for "Twelfth Night"
have not yet been announced.
Hamlin '16, who left college for financial rea-
sons, plans to return next fall.
A. E. Littlefield '16 is in Boothby Hospital,
Boston, awaiting an operation for appendicitis.
Manager Koughan announced yesterday the
entries for the interscholastic meet next Satur-
day.
The Orient Board sat for its picture last week.
Students desiring pictures please file applications
early.
Tufts withdrew from the relay race with Bow-
doin on account of scholastic and financial diffi-
culties.
President Edwin Van Winkle of the Theta
Delta Chi Fraternity made his official visit to Eta
Charge Sunday night.
There will be a band rehearsal tonight at 7 p. m.
It is important that everybody be there to get
ready for Saturday night.
F. A. Smith '12, Allan Woodcock '12, R. O. Co-
nant '13 and G. O. Cummings '13 were on the
campus last week, attending the Deke House
party.
Jack Magee's Brunswick High School team
again won a meet by defeating Portland High
and Lewiston High in the Brunswick Town Hall
Saturday night.
Professor Files has invited the Deutscher
Arerein to a dinner at the Eagle Hotel to make up
for the dinner that his German students missed
during the recent mid-years.
The Freshman relay team will race the Bates
Freshmen at the Bates interclass meet March 13
and again at the Bowdoin interclass meet March
20. Last year Bowdoin was defeated at both
races.
On his southern trip, Professor McConaughy
will give his Bowdoin lectures and lectures on
college life at Ridgewood, N. J., High, Irving
School on the Hudson, and other schools in the
vicinity of New York.
Clarence Brown '14 was elected president of
the State Y.M.C.A. Conference at Waterville
Feb. 20-22. Bowdoin was represented by Brown
'14, MacCormick '15, Merrill '14, McConaughy
'17, McKinnon '15, H. A. Lewis '15, Churchill '16,
Moran '17, Sampson '17, Chapman '17 and Cross-
man '16.
The Bowdoin Invincibles, composed of Board-
man '16, C. Foster '17, L. Pratt '14, Keene '17 and
A. Pratt '14, defeated the Hazzard A. A. of Gar-
diner Saturday evening at basketball by the score
of 38-26. Boardman and Foster got 6 baskets
each from the floor, Boardman 2 on fouls, L.
Pratt i, Keene 4, and A. Pratt 1.
During the last few months the College has
lost a large number of men. For various reasons
and at various times seventeen fellows have left.
The list by classes is as follows: 1914, C. F.
White; 1915, C. H. Tapley; 1916, F. W. Powers,
C. E. Wyman, W. H. Lane, W. B. Olson, R. C.
Hamlin, J. C. Hellen; 1917, P. J. Buhleier, S. H.
Colton, Jr., H. E. Coombs, H. L. Doten, C. T.
Mullin, W. E. Paine, W. R. Pease, P. L. Wood-
worth; Special, J. C. Fitzgerald.
22Jitf) tf)e JFacultp
Professor W. B. Mitchell has been elected trus-
tee of Bridge Academy at Dresden.
Professor J. L. McConaughy will attend the
Superintendents' meeting of the National Educa-
tional Association at Richmond, Va., next week,
and during the following week will attend the
convention of the Religious Educational Asso-
ciation at New Haven.
President Hyde will attend the convention of
the Religious Educational Association at New
Haven and will speak on the influence of college
fraternity life.
On March 17th the Brunswick Dramatic Club
will give a play at the Cumberland Theatre. Dean
Sills and Professor Bell are to take prominent
parts.
Dean Sills was in Montreal over Washington's
Birthday.
Professor McConaughy has an article in the
last edition of Education.
Dr. Bell was present at a meeting of the Port-
land alumni of the University of Pennsylvania
last week. He received the degree of Ph.D. from
Pennsylvania in 1909.
Professor Woodruff was recently elected presi-
dent of the Brunswick Benevolent Society, of
which Doctor Little is Vice-President and Pro-
fessor Mitchell, Treasurer.
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CHANGES IN FOOTBALL RULES
The Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee
decided that hereafter coaches should be barred
from the side lines. This was the most radical
change in the rules. Other changes were as fol-
lows :
When the ball from a free kick hits a goal post
and bounds'back into the field the play is counted
as a touchback.
After the teams line up the team having the
ball shall not enter the neutral zone in shift for-
mation.
Intentional grounding a forward pass will be
penalized by the loss of ten yards from the point
of scrimmage.
A player out of bounds when the ball is put in
play penalizes his team by the loss of five yards.
Under the old rule there was no penalty for this
offense the first time it was committed.
The committee left it optional with the teams
to decide whether they shall have a fourth official
to be known as field judge, who shall have no spe-
cific duties of his own but act as assistant to the
referee and umpire.
The committee reached no decision regarding
the question of distinguishing players in games
by numbers. The members concluded to observe
how this plan worked out next season before mak-
ing any recommendations.
CALENDAR
Feb.
24. Election Football Managers, New Gym, 1-3
p. M.
Band Rehearsal, 7.00 p. m.
Bradbury Debate, 8.00 P. M.
Glee Club, Bath.
25. Bradbury Debate, 8.00 p. M.
28. Interscholastic Indoor Meet, Athletic Build-
ing.
"Bowdoin Night," Memorial Hall.
March
3. Masque and Gown, Camden.
4. Masque and Gown, Rockland.
6. College Tea, Hubbard Hall.
Junior Assembly, New Gym.
Interscholastic Debates.
12. Glee Club, Portland.
25. Intercollegiate Debate.
27. Vacation begins, 4.30 p. m.
alumni Department
'51. — Following an illness of only three days,
Rev. George A. Pollard, 83 years old, 91 Terrace
Avenue, S. E., former missionary in Grand Rap-
ids and Michigan, died recently. He had been
active almost to the moment of his death, attend-
ing the recent ministers' conference, where he
had always been a familiar figure, and preached
Sunday with his usual vigor to the prisoners at
the county jail.
Rev. Pollard was born at Hallowell, Me., Au-
gust 18, 1830, and graduated from Bowdoin Col-
lege. Later he finished a theological course at the
Bangor Seminary, and after marrying went di-
rect to Armenia, Turkey, where he served 12
years as a missionary under the American Board
of Commissioners of the Congregational Church.
The arduousness of these first years so broke him
in health that after a two years' furlough at
Salem, Mass., he was unable to return, and the
remaining 45 years of his life was spent in mis-
sionary work in Michigan. He was, while in Ar-
menia, superintendent of a vast territory with
headquarters at Arabkir and Erzroom.
During his residence in Grand Rapids, Rev.
Pollard was the inaugurator of the religious ser-
vices at the county farm, and for many years do-
nated his services at the county jail.
He is survived by five children : Rev. Samuel
W. Pollard of Highmore, S. D.; Mrs. Ira K.
Henshaw, Grandville; Rev. Harry H. Pollard,
Shoshoni, Wy. ; Miss Annie Pollard of this city
and Walter P. Pollard of Detroit, assistant engir
neer for the Michigan Central railroad.
'92. — Thomas Henry Gately, Jr., deputy clerk
of courts for Cumberland County for the past
seven years, died at his home in Portland, Feb. 9,
after a month's illness. Mr. Gately was born in
Portland April 19, 1869. He prepared for Bow-
doin at Portland High, and graduated from Col-
lege in 1892, being the class prophet. He imme-
diately entered the law office of United States
District Attorney Bradbury and in 1898 was ad-
mitted to the bar. Mr. Gately opened a law office
and continued the practice of law until he was
appointed deputy clerk of courts by Clerk of
Courts Llewellyn Barton in 1906.
Mr. Gately was a member of Portland Lodge
of Elks and the Cumberland Bar Association. He
is survived by his mother, Mrs. Maria I. Gately,
his wife and one daughter, a brother, Walter J. of
Columbia, S. C, and three sisters. The funeral
was held Wednesday morning from the Cathed-
ral of Immaculate Conception and was attended
by more than a hundred members of the Cumber-
land County Bar in a body and many other citi-
zens as well. Interment was at Calvary Ceme-
terv. During the hour of the ceremony the main
entrance to the County Court House was closed
and many of the offices in the building suspended
work.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL. XLIII
BRUN5W ICK, MAINE, MARCH 3, 1914
NO. 30
GENERAL JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born in
Brewer, Me., Sept. 8, 1828. He prepared for col-
lege at a military school at Ellsworth, where he
received a training undoubtedly useful in later
service. At Bowdoin he was a member of the
Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, and graduated with
the class of 1852. Three years later he graduated
from Bangor Theological Seminary and received
a license to preach. But instead of assuming
ministerial office he became an instructor at Bow-
doin. He was Instructor of Logic and Natural
Theology, 1855-1856; Professor of Rhetoric and
Oratory, 1856-1861 ; Professor of Modern Lan-
guages, 1861-1865; President, 1871-1883, and dur-
ing this time. Professor of Mental and Moral
Philosophy, 1874-1879, and Lecturer of Political
Science and Public Law, 1879-1885. He had been
a Trustee since 1867.
In 1862, with leave of absence from the trustees
and overseers of the college, he enlisted, and with
rank of lieutenant-colonel, went to the front with
the 20th Maine Regiment. The following year he
was promoted to colonel, and it was with this
rank that he fought at Gettysburg. With this
regiment he held his important position at the ex-
treme left of the Union line, on Little Round Top.
For his "daring heroism" in this feat he received
the Congressional medal of honor. The follow-
ing year he was breveted brigadier-general by
Gen. Grant on the field of battle for "meritorious
and efficient services in battle and specially gal-
lant conduct in leading his brigade against the
enemy in the assault on Petersburg." He partici-
pated in many battles, and was thrice wounded,
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once severely so that the injury bothered him in
later life. He had the honor of commanding the
parade at the formal surrender of Lee at Appo-
mattox. After that historic event, he remained
in command of the 5th Corps until the dissolution
of the Army of the Potomac. He was not dis-
charged until January, 1866, when he declined a
Colonelcy in the regular army. At the close of
the war he was breveted major-general for "con-
spicuous gallantry in action."
Returning to his home state Gen. Chamberlain
was elected Governor in 1867, and served three
years. In 1876 he was elected major-general of
the militia of the state. In 1866 he received the
degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of
Pennsylvania, and from Bowdoin College three
years later. In 1878 he visited Europe, having
been appointed by President Hayes on the United
States Commission to the Paris Exposition of that
year, with special view to systems of education.
The latter part of his life was filled with honors,
he being the head of many institutions of learning
and academic honor. In 1900 he was made U. S.
Surveyor of Customs, District of Portland, an
office which he held at his death.
Gen. Chamberlain married in Brunswick, Caro-
line Frances, daughter of Ashur Adams, Esq., of
Boston. They had four children of whom two
survive, Mrs. Horace G. Allen of Boston and
Harold O. Chamberlain of Brunswick.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES
Funeral services of Gen. Joshua L. Chamber-
lain were held in Portland Friday morning.
There was a large gathering of civic, military
and educational men present. Besides members
of his family there were representatives of the
state, Grand Army, Loyal Legion, Coast Artil-
lery Corps, city government, the Bowdoin Col-
lege faculty, and the employees of the custom
house.
The honorary bearers were: Gen. Selden Con-
nor, Judge William P. Whitehouse, Judge Clar-
ence Hale, Col. Fred M. Drew, Hon. Edwin U.
Curtis, Lewis Pierce, Dr. Abner O. Shaw, Capt.
H. M. Merriam, U.S.A., Hon. Willis T. Emmons
and Hon. E. B. Winslow.
Among those present were Gov. William T.
Haines, ex-Govs. John L. Bates of Massachusetts,
Selden Connor and Bert M. Fernald of Maine,
Major Henry Lee Higginson of Massachusetts,
Gen. Morriss Schaff and others.
At Brunswick the funeral of Gen. Chamberlain
was held Friday afternoon. The college exercises
were suspended for the afternoon and the stu-
dents marched in a body to the station to do es-
cort duty with the Grand Army, National Guard
and other organizations. The body arrived from
Portland by special car and was escorted to the
Church on the Hill. The bearers were members
of Gen. Chamberlain's fraternity, Alpha Delta
Phi, and were: Earl S. Thompson '14, Robert
T. Weatherill '14, Edward R. Little '16, George
F. Eaton '14, George A. McWilliams '15, Robert
M. Dunton '15, Philip S. Smith '15 and Frederick
J. Lynch '15.
The honorary bearers were Dr. Alfred Mitch-
ell, Prof. Henry Johnson, Hon. Barrett Potter,
Russell W. Eaton, Samuel Knight, Jr., Hon.
Franklin C. Webb, Dr. Joseph E. Stetson, Harvey
J. Given, Major Ray P. Eaton, Colonel George L.
Thompson, Hon. Fred H. Wilson, and Hon. E.
W. Wheeler.
The funeral services were conducted by the
pastor, Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich. President
Hyde delivered the eulogy which is printed in an-
other column. Miss Winchell played on the cello
and Professor Wass at the organ. Mr. Turner
of Portland was the soloist. The Bowdoin Col-
lege double quartet also sang.
The faculty attended in a body. The ushers in-
cluded Professor Marshall P. Cram, Harold E.
Verrill, Donald S. White, Philip S. Weatherill,
Lew M. Noble, Amos B. Haggett, Jr., and Wil-
lard P. Woodman.
The body was entombed at Pine Grove Ceme-
tery with a salute of three volleys by the National
Guard.
Besides Brunswick people, the faculty and the
student body, many were present from other parts
of the state. Among these were Edward Stan-
wood from Brookline, Mass., Hon. Frederick W.
Plaisted, Hon. Harold M. Sewall of Bath, Hon.
John S. Hyde of Bath, ex-Chief Justice William
Penn Whitehouse of Portland, Judge Kinsman of
Augusta, Hon. Franklin M. Drew of Lewiston,
Franklin C. Payson of Portland, R. W. Crawford
of Bangor, representative of the Governor, John
B. Keating of Portland, British vice-consul, ex-
Gov. William T. Cobb of Rockland, and Hon.
Weston Lewis of Gardiner.
PRESIDENT HYDE'S EULOGY
General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was the
son of an Anglo-Saxon soldier father and a
mother with French blood in her veins and the
Huguenot faith in her heart. His nature was a
happy union of English strength and French
grace; of military valor and Christian idealism;
traits which came out in each of the three great
careers he drove abreast; — scholar, statesman,
and soldier.
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His education was divided between these two
tendencies. At fourteen his soldier-father, am-
bitious to make a soldier of his son, sent him to a
military school. At twenty-four, after graduating
from Bowdoin, his mother drew him to Bangor
Seminary, where he spent three years in prepara-
tion for the Christian ministry.
It was the custom then at Commencement, in
addition to the parts by members of the graduat-
ing class, to have a Master's Oration by a grad-
uate of three years' standing. Mr. Chamberlain's
oration in 1855 on "Law and Liberty" made so
favorable an impression that he was at once in-
vited to become instructor in Logic and Natural
Theology. A year later he was elected Profes-
sor of Rhetoric and Oratory; and in 1861 he was
elected Professor of Modern Languages. Later
he taught Mental and Moral Philosophy; Politi-
cal Science, and Public Law ; in fact, at one time
or another between 1855 and 1885, he taught
every subject in the college curriculum with the
exception of mathematics and physical sciences.
His views of educational policy were broad and
progressive. One would search far for a better
■definition of a college course than this, contained
in an unpublished letter written while he was Pro-
fessor of Rhetoric and Oratory in 1859. "My
idea of a college course is that it should afford a
liberal education — not a special or professional
one, not in any way one-sided. It cannot be a
finished education, but should be, I think, a gen-
eral outline of a symmetrical development, in-
volving such acquaintance with all the depart-
ments of knowledge and culture — proportionate
to their several values — as shall give some insight
into the principles and powers by which thought
passes into life — together with such practice and
exercise in each of the great fields of study that
the student may experience himself a little in all."
Time forbids me to describe the innovations this
letter shows that he was making against the pro-
tests of his colleagues and the governing Boards.
Both in this report, and a dozen years later in his
inaugural as President, he advocated the very re-
forms, using often the very phrases, that are now
the commonplaces of progressive educational dis-
cussion. Modern languages, science, classics in
translation, political and social science, research,
individual instruction : all these were included in
the program of the professor in 1859 and the
President in 1872.
He had the misfortune, or rather the glory, to
advocate these expensive reforms before the col-
lege had the funds to make them completely ef-
fective; yet with the most meagre resources he
established under Professor Vose that remarkable
course in Civil Engineering which gave us a
splendid body of scientific men ; and as its crown
and consummation the fame and glory of Peary
and the Pole.
As statesman he was in advance of his time.
Called to solve the problems entailed by the Civil
war, his administration as Governor was marked
by patience and fairness: he refused to use the
power the people gave him for ends other than
the people's good : and when the leaders of his
party advocated the impeachment of the Presi-
dent; the protracted agitation of sectional dif-
ferences ; and immediate suffrage for the emanci-
pated negroes, he stood firmly, sagaciously and
self-sacrificingly for more moderate and pacific
measures — measures which subsequent history
has shown to be far more beneficent than those
which in the flush of military victory, the heat of
party strife, and the fire of personal ambition un-
fortunately prevailed.
Yet great as were his services as scholar and
statesman, it was as soldier that he rendered his
supreme service and won his title to enduring
fame. A lady, desiring to entertain her guests at
a picnic once asked him to tell them how he hap-
pened to be in the war. "Madame," he instantly
replied, "I didn't happen." As he said elsewhere,
"When my country called I replied with the best
there was in me." His military career, as in reply
to the salutation of the Bowdoin students last
June he wrote of the military careers of all his
college comrades, was "inspired by the lofty ideal
of a nation's mission to man, and they offered
their best for the country's life and honor."
How splendid was that "best there was in him,"
we all know well. We see him leading the des-
perate charge at Petersburg: severely wounded,
yet calling out, "Steady men ; break files to pass
obstacles" : keeping himself balanced by dropping
the point of his sabre to the ground : and continu-
ing to give orders after he was too weak from
loss of blood to stand.
We know the esteem in which General Grant
held him when he gave him the first promotion he
ever made on the field of battle. This is the ac-
count given in his Memoirs. "Colonel J. L. Cham-
berlain of the 20th. Maine was wounded on the
18th. of June, 1864. He was gallantly leading his
brigade at the time, as he had been in the habit of
doing at all the engagements in which he had pre-
viously been engaged. He had several times been
recommended for a brigadier-generalcy for gal-
lant and meritorious conduct. On this occasion,
however, I promoted him on the spot; and for-
warded a copy of my order to the War Depart-
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Vol. XLIII MARCH 3, 1914 No. 30
General Chamberlain
The College mourns the death of General
Chamberlain with deep sorrow and a sense of per-
sonal loss. For more than half a century the in-
fluence of his personality was felt as student, in-
structor, president or trustee. Among the great
institutions he served and the great causes he
fought for Bowdoin was one which was particu-
larly moulded by the quality of his character, his
loyalty, his courage, his kindness, his sincerity.
And so it is that the priceless tradition of his
memory seems peculiarly potent in the college he
loved and served. To a group of young men
nothing could be more appealing than the char-
acter of him who was first and last a soldier, a
Christian hero. By its bravery and chivalry his
life embodies our masculine ideals, expresses that
touchstone of action we call our Bowdom spirit
And the influence of him to whom we are bound
in a common loyalty cannot but have deathless
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ment, asking that my act might be confirmed and
Chamberlain's name sent to the Senate for con-
firmation without any delay. This was done, and
at last a gallant and meritorious officer received
partial justice at the hands of his government,
which he had served so faithfully and so well."
We know what his best was at Little Round
Top where the 358 men of the 20th. Maine regi-
ment engaged, in spite of 38 killed and 92 wound-
ed, held this most important position against the
attack of three times their number, charging with
the bayonet when their ammunition was exhaust-
ed; capturing 302 prisoners; and then, without
pausing for rest, advanced to drive the enemy
from Big Round Top : and so saved the day at
Gettysburg.
We know too how nobly he received the sur-
render of Lee's army at Appomattox. Morris
Schaff in his recent "Sunset of the Confederacy,"
has told it so well that I quote his words. "I be-
lieve," he says, "the selection of Chamberlain to
represent the Army of the Potomac was provi-
dential in this, that he, in the way he discharged
his duty, represented the spiritually-real of this
world. And by this I mean the lofty conceptions
of what in human conduct is manly and merciful,
showing in daily life consideration for others, and
on the battle-field linking courage with magna-
nimity and sharing an honorable enemy's woes.
"Chamberlain's troops, facing west, and in sin-
gle-rank formation, having gained their position,
were brought to an 'order arms.' The Confeder-
ates, in plain view, then began to strike their few
weather-worn scattered tents, seize their muskets,
and for the last time fall into line. Pretty soon,
along Chamberlain's ranks, the word passed:
'Here they come !' On they come, and Gordon is
riding at the head of the column. On he leads
the men who had stood with him and whose
voices had more than once screamed like the
voices of swooping eagles as victor)' showed her
smile ; but now he and all are dumb. They are
gaining the right of Chamberlain's line; now
Gordon is abreast of it, his eyes are down and he
is drinking the very lees, for he thinks that all
those men in blue, standing within a few feet of
him at 'order arms' are gloating over the specta-
cle. Heavy lies his grief as on before the line he
rides, and now he is almost opposite Chamberlain,
who sits there mounted, the Maltese cross, the
badge of the Fifth corps, and the Stars and
Stripes displayed behind him; lo ! a bugle peals
and instantly the whole Federal line from right to
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left comes to a 'carry,' the marching salute.
General Chamberlain has said : 'Gordon catches
the sound of shifting arms, looks up and, taking
the meaning, wheels superbly, making with him-
self and his horse one uplifted figure, with pro-
found salutation as he drops the point of his
sword to the boot-toe; then, facing to his own
command, gives word for his successive brigades
to pass us with the same position of the manual, — ■
honor answering honor. On our part not a sound
of trumpet more, nor roll of drum; not a cheer,
nor word nor whisper of vainglorying, nor motion
of man standing again at the order ; but an awed
stillness rather, and breath-holding, as if it were
the passing of the dead !'
Great, in the broad and high sense, was the
cause battled for, and spontaneous and knightly
was this act of Chamberlain's, leading a perma-
nent glow to the close of the war like that of
banded evening clouds at the end of an all-day
beating rain. It came from the heart, and it went
to the heart ; and when 'taps' shall sound for
Chamberlain, I wish that I could be in hearing,
hear Maine's granite coast with its green islands
and moonlight-reflecting coves taking them up in
succession from Portland to Eastport, and as the
ocean's voice dies away, hear her vast wilder-
nesses of hemlock, spruce, and pine repeating
them with majestic pride for her beloved son.
It was not mere chance that Chamberlain was
selected, and that he called on the famous corps
to salute their old intrepid enemy at this last
solemn ceremonial. Chance, mere chance ! No,
for God, whenever men plough the fields of great
deeds in this world, sows seed broadcast for the
food of the creative powers of the mind. What
glorified tenderness that courtly act has added to
the scene ! How it, and the courage of both ar-
mies, Lee's character and tragic lot, Grant's mag-
nanimity and Chamberlain's chivalry, have lifted
the historic event up to a lofty, hallowed summit
for *all people. I firmly believe that Heaven or-
dained that the end of that epoch-making struggle
should not be characterized by the sapless, dreary
commonplace : for with pity, through four long
years, she had looked down on those high-minded
battling armies, and out of love for them both,
saw to it that deeds of enduring color should
flush the end."
It did not happen : it was not accident or
chance : it was the Bowdoin College scholar and
the Bangor Seminary Christian that did so gra-
ciously that crowning deed in which at once the
soldier-father's fond ambition and the Huguenot
mother's fervent prayers were fulfilled in an act
in which military glory and Christian Magnanim-
ity were fused in one sublime attitude.
In all our words and deeds there are two ele-
ments: — the element of fact given by the world
outside, and the element of imagination contribut-
ed from the mind within. The great difference
between men is in the proportion in which these
two elements are combined. In most of us the
element of outward fact predominates. We are
plain, prosaic, giving back but a slightly altered
reflection of the presented facts. We run little
risk of error or inconsistency; but we do no-
great deeds, we win and deserve no fame. In the
rare man, the hero and leader ; the child of genius
and the heir of fame, imagination colors fact with
a light that never was on sea or land, and reflects
it back transformed into words that cannot be
forgotten, and deeds the world will not willingly
let die. To the microscopic matter-of-fact critic
of detail, much that such a man says and does
seems exaggerated, disproportioned ; and is easily
mistaken for inconsistency or even insincerity.
Whoever whether as patriot or Christian dares to
plant his standards far in advance of present and
sustained achievement, runs the risk of such mis-
interpretation. General Chamberlain never hauled
down his flag to the low level of what he or any
man could easily do or habitually be. All he said
and did was bright and burning with an ardor of
idealism which in the home was devotion ; in the
college was loyalty; in state and nation was pat-
riotism ; toward humanity and God was religion.
In every great crisis his idealism not only held
him true; but became a contagious inspiration to
lesser men. And when a battle had been well
fought he never forgot thoughtfully to care for
the living, tenderly to succor the wounded, and
reverently to bury the dead. However heavy his
own burdens might be, whether in military or
civil life, and his were of the heaviest, he always
was mindful of the privilege of helping a com-
rade, a neighbor or a friend.
To daughter, son and grandchildren ; to com-
rades in arms who honor his memory with their
presence here today; to fellow-citizens of his be-
loved town; to students of the college for which
he labored and which he dearly loved, — to all he
leaves a precious heritage of serving heroism and
enduring fortitude ; of high devotion and deep
self-sacrifice. Of his character and deeds we may
say in his own words at the dedication of the
Maine Monuments at Gettysburg : "In great
deeds something abides. On great fields some-
thing stays. Forms change and pass ; bodies dis-
appear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground
for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men
and women from afar, and generations that
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know us not and that we know not of, heart-
drawn to see where and by whom great things
were suffered and done for them, shall come to
this deathless field, to ponder and dream ; and lo !
the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them
in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass
into their souls. This is the great reward of ser-
vice. To live, far out and on, in the life of oth-
ers; this is the mystery of the Christ,— -to give
life's best for such high sake that it shall be
found again unto life eternal."
Plain prose, however, though it be cast in the
mould of his own eloquence, is inadequate to ex-
press that red core of devoted idealism which was
the warm true heart beneath a soldier's superficial
fondness for the pomp and circumstance, the trap-
pings and insignia of war. Lines by Richard
Watson Gilder, originally written of General
Sherman, so penetrate through the military sur-
face manifest to all, to the patriotic heart that
beat within his breast, that no words could more
fittingly express the admiration, the gratitude,
and the affection with which we today bid fare-
well to what is mortal in this noble and immortal
"Glory and honor and fame and everlasting lauda-
tion
For our captains who loved not war, but fought
for the life of the nation ;
Who knew that, in all the land, one' slave meant
strife, not peace ;
Who fought for freedom, not glory; made war
that war might cease.
fGlory and honor and fame; the beating of muf-
fled drums;
The wailing funeral dirge, as the flag-wrapped
coffin comes.
Fame and honor and glory, and joy for a noble
soul;
For a full and splendid life, and laureled rest at
the goal.
'Glory and honor and fame ; the pomp that a sol-
dier prizes;
The league-long waving line as the marching
falls and rises ;
Rumbling of caissons and guns; the clatter ot
horses' feet,
And a million awe-struck faces far down the
waiting street.
"But better than martial woe, and the pageant of
civic sorrow;
Better than praise of today, or the statue we build
tomorrow ;
Better than honor and glory, and History's iron
pen,
Was the thought of duty done and the love of his
fellowmen."
THE BRADBURY PRIZE DEBATES
The Bradbury debates, instituted by Hon.
James Ware Bradbury, LL.D., of the class of
1825, were held last Tuesday and Wednesday eve-
nings in Memorial Hall. The subject for the de-
bate was : Resolved, That a Federal Commission
be established for the regulation of Trusts. The
affirmative was upheld on Tuesday evening by
Garland '16, Hescock '16, Tackaberry '15, and on
Wednesday evening by Edwards '16, Leigh '14,
Parsons '16. The negative was supported on
Tuesday by Bacon '15, Coffin '15, McKenney '15,
and on Wednesday by Gage '14, Simpson '14, Tal-
bot '15. On both occasions the debate was won by
the team upholding the negative. The first prize
of forty dollars was given to the team comprised
of Gage '14, Simpson '14 and Talbot '15, while
the twenty-dollar reward went to Edwards '16,
Leigh '14 and Parsons '16. This debate being a
trial for the intercollegiate debating team, the
following men were selected to represent Bow-
doin in the intercollegiate debate between Bow-
doin, Wesleyan, Hamilton on March 25 : Bacon
'15, Gage '14, Leigh '14, Parsons '16, Tackaberry
'15, Talbot '15; alternates, Edwards '16, McKen-
ney '15.
At the first debate the negative side was award-
ed the decision, on account of supporting its
statements with more convincing proofs.
At the second debate the negative again was
awarded the decision, through driving the affirm-
ative to support price regulation and then by
showing that price regulation is unpractical. This
debate was very closely contested and was won
and lost only in the refutation. Gage '14 and
Leigh '14 were notably effective for their respec-
tive teams. The judges were Professor Elliott.
Professor McClean, Professor Mitchell, Profes-
sor Davis. The debates were well attended.
SECOND INDOOR INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
The second annual Bowdoin Indoor Interschol-
astic Meet was held last Saturday in the Hyde
Athletic Building and was highly successful from
every standpoint. Much credit is due to Manager
Koughan and his assistants for the smoothness
with which the events were run off.
Hebron was the winner, having 28 points over
Brunswick, her nearest competitor. In nine
events, but two of last year's records stand. Only
the half mile, and the high jump withstood the ef-
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forts of the contestants. Weybrant of Brunswick
was caught doing- the 40 in 4 2-5 seconds. If this
record is allowed by authorities it will stand as a
new world's interscholastic record for the event.
In all the running events except the half-mile,
which Allen of Westbrook cleaned up with ease,
competition was fierce and close. The quarter
was the most exciting race of the day. McPher-
son of Brunswick won it ; Allen of Westbrook
was the second place winner, although he fell on
a corner. In the 220, all of the place winners
finished within 5 yards of each other. Hebron's
relay team made the best time of the afternoon,
1 min., 46 sec. flat. Brunswick was only 2-5 sec.
behind them.
The final score was : — Hebron, 43 ; Brunswick,
15; Westbrook, gyi ; M. C. I., 8; Portland, 4;
Lewiston, I ; Deering, y2.
The other schools were unable to score any
points.
The new records were in the: — 40-yard dash,
new record, 4 2-5 sec. ; 45-yard hurdles, 6 2-5 sec. ;
220-yard dash, 261-5 sec; 440-yard run, 61 1-5
sec; running broad jump, 19 ft., 7 in.; shot put
(12-lb.), 49 ft, 5 1-4 in.; pole vault, 10 ft., 6 in.;
relay race, 1 min., 2-6 sec.
MacDONALD ELECTED FOOTBALL MANAGER
Joseph C. MacDonald '15, of Bangor, was
elected Manager of the 1914 football team, Tues-
day afternoon. Edward T. Garland '16, also of
Bangor, was elected assistant Manager. Mac-
Donald was assistant Manager of the team last
year.
BOWDOIN FENCERS MEET DEFEAT
On Friday evening the fencing team was de-
feated by Springfield Training School by the
score of 8 to 1. Leadbetter '16 won one of his
bouts. On, Saturday evening the team was again
defeated in a close match with Williams by the
score of 5 to 4. Leadbetter '16 won two bouts,
Floyd '15 one, and Payson '14 one.
KENNEBEC ALUMNI MEET
The Kennebec Alumni Association held its 16th
Annual Banquet Thursday evening at the new
University Club, formerly the home of Senator
Bradbury '25 and where the first meeting of the
association was held 16 years ago. Dean Sills
and Professor Elliott were the special guests of
the evening. Before the banquet a short business
session was held and the following officers re-
elected: President, Weston Lewis '72 of Gardi-
ner ; Vice-Presidents, A. M. Goddard '82 and Rev.
H. E. Dunnack '97 ; Secretary and Treasurer, G.
E. Macomber 'n; Executive Committee, F. J. C.
Little '89, J. R. Gould '85, and R. H. Bodwell '01.
Judge Sanford L. Fogg '89 of Hallowell acted
as toastmaster and speeches were heard from
President Lewis, Professor Sills, W. G. Hunton
'75, Charles Knight '96, Professor Elliott, E. F.
Merrill '03, Judge Fogg and H. W. Cobb '00. In
his opening remarks Hon. Weston Lewis spoke of
the splendid service rendered the college by Judge
Putnam, for many years chairman of the finance
committee, and said he knew of no institution
whose funds were more carefully and effectually
invested than are those of Bowdoin College. He
also spoke of the fact that when he was on the
Governor's Council, two years ago, he was sent
by Governor Plaisted to offer President Hyde an
appointment as Senator from Maine to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Senator Frye, and
that he did not believe there were many men in
Maine who had refused the offer of a United
States Senatorship.
Dean Sills' remarks were concerning the aims
and present needs of the college. Professor El-
liott, in his first appearance before Bowdoin
alumni, spoke of the function of poetry in life to-
day and paid a fine tribute to the Quill as one of
the most admirable literary papers published by
undergraduates that he knew of. In connection
with this, he read some verses by Kenneth Robin-
son '14. Mr. Knight and Mr. Cobb both spoke of
the high standard of scholarship at Bowdoin and
said that nine out of ten of the alumni believe in
maintaining it. Mr. Hunton took up the various
ways of inducing new men to come to Bowdoin.
College songs were interspersed between the
speeches and splendid feeling was shown between
the older and younger alumni.
BOWDOIN NIGHT AFTER MEET
A Bowdoin Night was held Saturday evening
after the Interscholastic Meet. Entertainment
was furnished by a quartet consisting of West
'15, McKenney '15, Woodman '16 and Eaton '14,
by Shumway '17 with readings, and by Morrill
'16 in clever impersonations. His make-up elicit-
ed great applause. At the close of the evening
the trophy was awarded to Hebron for the sec-
ond time as winner of the meet. Captain Donegan
of Hebron responded for the team. Apples and
ice-cream furnished the inward entertainment.
JUNIOR ASSEMBLY FRIDAY NIGHT
Friday evening the smooth floor of the New
Gym will be the meeting place of ardent devotees
of Terpsichore. The occasion is the two Junior
Assemblies rolled into one big dance, which it is
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hoped will rival the Ivy Hop. It is planned to
decorate the hall by a system of fraternity booths
at the same time making it easier to find one's
partner. Since the idea is mainly the latter one,
elaborate decoration will not be allowed. A rug,
a few chairs, and a fraternity banner will com-
prise the decorations. After each dance the
young lady should be taken to the booth of the
fraternity to which the fellow who brought her
to the Assembly belongs.
Those attending the dance will remember that
the use of the Gym was granted by the faculty
only on condition that the dance stop at I o'clock
and that there be no dancing in the fraternity
houses after that hour. A non-observance of this
provision will undoubtedly close the way for fur-
ther opportunities to use the Gym for class
dances.
FIRST COLLEGE TEA FRIDAY
Owing to the fact that the Junior class has de-
cided to hold but one assembly during the pres-
ent year, it has been deemed advisable by the
faculty to have but two College Teas. The first
will be held on the afternoon of March 6, 1914, in
connection with the Junior Assembly and to this
will be invited the student body, with guests and
friends, members of the governing boards and
benefactors of the college and the alumni and
friends of the college from neighboring cities.
The second tea will be held on April 17; invita-
tions will be limited to members of the student
body and friends, the members of the. governing
boards and the alumni and friends of the college
residing in Brunswick.
atlut) anD Council Meetings
A special meeting of the Student Council was
held last Thursday evening in the Classical room.
Plans were arranged for the funeral services of
the late General Chamberlain. The date for the
big Spring Rally was changed from March 13 to
14. The date for the Bowdoin Night, scheduled
for April 10, is very liable to be changed owing
to the fact that Good Friday comes on this date.
f>n tU Campus
There will be a Freshman Class sing at 5
o'clock Wednesday in the Y.M.C.A. Room.
Keene '17 is home on account of illness.
There will be adjourns in Gym Friday after-
noon.
Ramsdell '16 has been substituting at Deering
High School in Portland.
Tom McCann was on the campus Saturday.
Edward Stanwood '61 was on the campus last
week, attending the funeral of General Chamber-
lain.
Friday evening, March 6, at 6.30 p. m. the New
England Convention of Beta Theta Pi will be
held at the Boston City Club, Boston.
Weatherill '14 and Thompson '14 were dele-
gates to the eighty-second annual convention of
the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity in Pittsfield, Mass.
The Masque and Gown makes its first appear-
ance of the year at Camden tonight. Tomorrow
night the club will present its production, "The
Marriage of Kitty," at Rockland.
Among the alumni who were at the Interschol-
astic Meet were : Gardner '00, White '05, Harris
'09, Wilson '12, Warren '12, Smith '12, Chapman
'12, Kern '12 and Haskell '13.
Students who desire friends to receive invita-
tions to the college tea Friday are requested to
leave their names at Miss Boardman's office in
the Library.
Herb Foster '16 underwent, last week, an oper-
ation on his right arm for injuries received in
football last fall. A six-inch incision was neces-
sary.
It is imperative that every man who wishes to
be eligible for competition in the Interclass Meet
March 20 come out for practice every afternoon.
Coach Magee will be on hand to coach all men.
Monday, Feb. 23, the Kappa Sigma fraternity
of New England held its district conclave in
Boston. The local chapter sent a sufficiently
large delegation to win for the second successive
time and permanently the attendance cup offered.
Wiith tfce JFacuItp
Mr. Alvord was chairman at the Progressive
caucus last Monday evening in the Court Room,
and Professor Mitchell was nominated for School
Committee. Mr. Alvord was chosen as delegate
to State Convention at Bangor.
At the annual meeting of the Interdenomina-
tion Commission of Maine held in Augusta last
Tuesday, President Hyde was elected president
and member of the executive committee.
Professor Ham attended the meeting of the
Aroostook County Alumni Association last week.
Dr. Alfred O. Gross lectured last night before
the Saturday Club on the Birds of the Bermuda
Islands.
At the caucus of the Brunswick Democrats Sat-
urday night, Professor Ham was chosen chair-
man and Dr. Burnett clerk. Dean Sills was elect-
ed candidate for member of the school committee.
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VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, MARCH 10, 1914
NO. 31
PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS
The provisional Commencement appointments
for the class of 1914 are as follows : Alan Ram-
say Cole, Henry Campbell Dixon, William Has-
kell Farrar, Elwyn Collins Gage, Francis Tib-
betts Garland, Leonard Henry Gibson, Jr., Alfred
Everett Gray, Maurice Wingate Hamblen, Har-
old Merrill Hayes, Robert Devore Leigh, Evan
Albert Nason, Philip Huntley Pope, Kenneth Al-
lan Robinson, Richard Earl Simpson, Neal Dow
Tuttle, Paul Lambert White.
The list contains the names of those who have
obtained three-fourths A's and B's.
THE BRADBURY DEBATES
On February 24 and 25 in Memorial Hall were
held the trials for the Varsity debating teams to
compete in the triangular debate with Hamilton
and Wesleyan on March 25. The subject was:
Resolved, That a Federal Commission be estab-
lished for regulation of Trusts." The contestants
were: February 24 (affirmative), Garland '16,
Hescock '16, Tackaberry '15; (negative), Ed-
wards '16, Leigh '14, Parsons '16; February 25
(affirmative), Bacon '15, Coffin '15, McKenney
''15; (negative), Gage '14, Simpson '14, Talbot
'15. In each case the negative was awarded de-
cision, and the judges, Professor Elliott, Profes-
sor McClean, Professor Mitchell and Professor
Davis, appointed Bacon '15, Gage '14, Leigh '14,
Parsons 'i§, Tackaberry '15 and Talbot '15 to
represent Bowdoin in the coming debate, with
Edwards '16 and McKenney '15 alternates. Gage
'14, Bacon '15 and Parsons '16 will compete
against Hamilton at Hamilton, while Tackaberry
'15, Talbot '15 and Leigh '14 will contend against
the representatives from Wesleyan at Brunswick.
In both cases the home team will support the af-
firmative side of the question. The topic to be
debated on will be the same as that at the trials.
THE JUNIOR ASSEMBLY
In spite of a severe snow-storm on Friday
evening, which made traveling difficult, the
Junior Assembly, held in the New Gymnasium,
was one of the most successful dances which the
College has ever known. Over one hundred
couples were present to enjoy the occasion.
Around the hall were booths of the eight fra-
ternities of the college, and these not only helped
to decorate the hall, but assisted the students in
finding their partners. Potted palms added to the
beauty of the decorations. This year the custom-
ary two assemblies were combined into one, and
the hard-working committee received great praise
for their success. West '15, chairman, Smith '15,
McKenney '15, L. N. Stetson '15 and Verrill '15
were the committee. The dancing started short-
ly after 8 o'clock. Lovell's Orchestra of Bruns-
wick furnished music for an order of twenty
dances and two extras, and Given of Brunswick
did the catering.
The patronesses of the evening were Mrs.
Charles C. Hutchins, Mrs. Roscoe J. Ham, Mrs.
Manton Copeland and Mrs. Alfred O. Gross.
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
thur J. Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Chapman
of Portland, Miss May Potter of Brunswick,
Misses Ruth Little, Katherine Hall, Elizabeth
Hall, Alberta Robinson, Dorothy Laughlin, Helen
York, Dorothy True, Louise Dunham, Ruth Mor-
rill, Marion Starbird, Elizabeth Barton, Fidelia
Woodbury, Florence Leighton, Miriam Burke,
Marion Corey, Elizabeth Hobbs, Ina Nelson,
Irene Woodbury, Ethel Frothingham, Mildred
Russell, Marie Hieber, all of Portland; Misses
Evelyn Swett, Lorette Lapointe, Ruth Nearing,
Helen Fisk, Mildred Johnson, Helen Colby, Ruth
Andrews, Mary Elliott, Clare Ridley, Marion
Strout, Mary Allen, Isabel Palmer, Florence Rus-
sell, Helene Blackwell, Margaret Day, Alfaretta
Graves, Ruth Lovell, Isabel Pollard, Sue Win-
chell, Isabel Forsaith, Mrs. Algernon G. Chand-
ler, Mrs. Thomas H. Riley, Jr., Mrs. Robert K.
Eaton, Miss Grace Crawford, Mrs. .Willis E. Rob-
erts, all of Brunswick; Mrs. Arthur B. Johnson,
Topsham; Misses Matilda Lightbody, Belle
Cornish, Margaret Torrey, Florence Dunton,
Vivian Lemont, Corinne Jackson, Frances
Southard, Delia Merrill, Isabelle Olm, all
of Bath ; Misses Dorothy Boyd, Gertrude
Heath, Marion Fisher, Ruth Capen, Rena Blan-
chard, Doris Wilder, all of Augusta; Misses
Ethel Leslie, Mona McWilliams, Bangor; Miss
Vertie Edwards, Auburn; Misses Helen Nye,
Ethel Parlin, Hallowell; Misses Marion Wey-
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mouth, Mabelle Haines, Dexter; Mrs. Paul G.
Robbins, Miss Gertrude Hartwell, Lawrence,
Mass.; Miss Hazel Lane, Lewiston; Miss Eliza-
beth Edwards, Cambridge, Mass. ; Miss Geraldine
Duplin, Stoneham, Mass. ; Miss Marion Abbe,
Springfield, Mass. ; Misses Katherine Drummond,
Mildred McFadden, Waterville; Misses Evelyn
Plummer, Madelyn Plummer, Lisbon Falls ; Miss
Mary Blethen, Dover ; Miss Muriel Stevens, Bos-
ton; Miss Dorothy Tubbs, Norway; Miss Gladys
Melloon, Lowell, Mass.; Miss Sydney Trow,
Northampton, Mass.; Miss Genevieve Cathart,
Wellesley, Mass. ; Miss Marie Fogg, Westbrook ;
Miss Madeline Winter, Kingfield; Miss Theo
Wilson, Gorham; Miss Lucy Beal, Haverhill,
Mass.; Miss Levon Payson, Southport; Miss
Louise Marson, Boothbay Harbor; Miss Helen
Richardson, Medford, Mass.; Miss Lucy Jacobs,
Thomaston; Miss Marjorie Howard, Whitman,
Mass.; Miss Evelyn Pike, Lubec; Miss Roxie
Nye, Hallowell; Miss Winefred Repp, Kansas
City, Mo.
PSI UPSILON DANCE
Psi Upsilon entertained at a dance at their
chapter hall last Thursday evening. The fra-
ternity house was decorated with evergreen. The
patronesses of the evening were Mrs. Gilbert M.
Eliiott of Brunswick and Mrs. Walter L. Head of
Bangor. The committee in charge was composed
of Wilson '14, Eaton '15, Head '16 and Ross '17.
Music was furnished by LovelFs Orchestra of
Brunswick.
Among the guests were the Misses Marion
Starbird, Ruth Morrill and Esther Sayward, all
of Portland; Corrine Jackson of Bath, Louise
Harriman of Bath, Mary Elliott of Brunswick,
Helen Mitchell of Brunswick, Lucy Jacobs of
Thomaston, Marjorie Howard of Whitman,
Mass., Eleanor Kelley of Gardiner, and Evelyn
Pike of Lubec.
THE FIRST COLLEGE TEA
Mrs. Frank E. Woodruff, Mrs. William De-
Witt Hyde, Mrs. William A. Moody, Mrs.
Charles C. Hutchins, Mrs. George T. Files, Mrs.
Manton Copeland, Mrs. Orren C. Hormell, Mrs.
Gerald G. Wilder, Mrs. Henry B. Alvord and
Mrs. Edward H. Wass were the committee in
charge of the College Tea given Friday after-
noon in the alumni room of Hubbard Hall by the
wives of members of the faculty.
Mrs. Frank E. Woodruff, Mrs. William A.
Moody, Mrs. Charles C. Hutchins and Mrs.
George T. Files received. Coffee was poured by
Mrs. Manton Copeland, who was assisted by Mrs.
Leon E. Lippincott, Miss Ruth Little, Miss Helen
Mitchell and Miss Laura Snow. Mrs. Edward
H. Wass presided at the tea table and was assist-
ed by Miss Helen Fisk, Miss Alice Lincoln and
Miss Marjorie Strout. At one punch table Mrs.
Gerald G. Wilder was assisted by Miss Ruth
Blackwell, Miss Dorothy Chaney and Miss Olive
Nutter, while at the other Mrs. Henry B. Alvord
had as assistants Miss Margaret Day, Miss Fran-
ces Little and Miss Frances Rideout.
The general assistants were Miss Edith J.
Boardman, Mrs. Alice C. Little, Mrs. Samuel B.
Furbish and Miss Affie Cook. Mrs. George T.
Files was in charge of the decorations.
The ushers from the different fraternities were
as follows: Lynch '15, from Alpha Delta Phi;
Wilson '14, from Psi Upsilon; Porritt '15, from
Delta Kappa Epsilon; Livingston '15, from Theta
Delta Chi; Gage '14, from Zeta Psi; Perkins '15,
from Delta Upsilon; Sylvester '14, from Kappa
Sigma; Austin '15, from Beta Theta Pi, and Mor-
rill '16, from the Bowdoin Club.
FRESHMEN DEFEAT SOPHOMORES
The Freshmen were winners of the informal
meet with the Sophomores, Saturday afternoon,
by a score of 39 to 33. Balfe '17 was the individ-
ual star, scoring 16 points for his team. Irving
lead the Sophomores with 10 points. The results
follow: 40-yard dash, heat 1, Dunn '16, Moran
'17, Hargraves '16, Pierce '17, won by Pierce,
time 44-5; heat 2, Skolfield '17, Rogers '17, Nick-
erson '16, Noyes '17, won by Nickerson, time
44-5; heat 3, Leadbetter '16, Corbett '17, Robin-
son '17, McConaughy '17, won by Leadbetter,
time 44-5; heat 4, Weatherill '16, Little '16,
Achorn '17, Rickard '17, won by Weatherill, time
5 seconds; heat 5, Balfe '17, Chapman '17, Raw-
son '16, Little '17, won by Balfe, time 5 seconds;
heat 6, Phillips '17, Irving '16, Eaton '17, Moulton
'16, won by Moulton, time 5 seconds; heat 7, Ful-
ler '16, Ginty '16, Humphrey '17, won by Fuller,
time 44-5; heat 8, Jones '17, Hodgkins '16, Hasel-
tine '17, Hagerman '16, won by Hodgkins, time 5
seconds; heat 9, Colbath '17, Goodskey '17, Ogle
'17, Bowdoin '17, won by Colbath, time 5 seconds.
Semi-finals: Heat 1, won by Pierce '17, Nicker-
son '16 second, time 44-5; heat 2, won by Balfe
'17, Fuller '16 second, time 44-5. Finals: Won
by Balfe '17, Pierce '17 second, Fuller '16 third,
time 4 4-5 seconds.
45-yard low hurdles: Heat 1, Nickerson '16,
Rogers '17, Weatherill '16, Eaton '17, won by
Weatherill, time 6 seconds; heat 2, Hargraves
'16, Rawson '16, Moran '17, Bowdoin '17, won by
Moran, time 6 1-5; heat 3, Balfe '17, Phillips '17,
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Hodgkins '16, Goodskey '17, won by Balfe, time 6
seconds; heat 4, Ginty '16, Humphrey '17, Hager-
man '16, Fuller '16, won by Fuller, time 6 sec-
onds; heat 5, Colbath '17, Robinson '17, Ogle '17,
Bamford '16, won by Ogle, time 6 seconds; heat
6, Little '16, Corbett '17, Rickard '17, Chapman
'17, won by Little, time 6 seconds; heat 7, Little
'17, Haseltine '17, Dunn '16, won by Haseltine,
time 62-5 seconds. Semi-finals: Heat 1, won by
Balfe '17 and Fuller '16, time 6 seconds; heat 2,
won by Ogle '17, Weatherill '16 second, time 6
seconds. Finals: Won by Balfe '17, Ogle '17
second, Fuller '16 third, time 6 seconds.
440-yards: Balfe '17, Little '17, Ginty '16,
Bamford '16, Chapman '17, Irving '16, Noyes '17.
won by Balfe, Chapman second, Ginty third, time
61 3-5 seconds.
Half-mile: Won by Irving '16, Noyes '17 sec-
ond, Stone '17 third, time 2 minutes, 28 2-5 sec-
onds.
Three-quarters-mile: Won by Irving '16,
Noyes '17 second, Bowdoin '17 third, time 3 min-
utes, 51 2-5 seconds.
Broad jump : Won by Wood '16, 19 feet, 9
inches; Nickerson '16 second, 18 feet, 91-2
inches; Balfe '17 third, 18 feet, 6 1-2 inches.
High jump: Won by White '17, 5 feet, 61-2
inches; Wood '16 second, 5 feet, 51-2 inches;
Nickerson '16 third, 5 feet, 4 1-2 inches.
Shot put: Won by Leadbetter '16, 38 feet, 6
inches; Moulton '16 second, 32 feet, 10 inches;
Chapman '17 third, 31 feet, 6 inches..
Another meet will be held next Saturday at
3.30 between the Juniors and Seniors and the reg-
ular list of events will be carried out. There are
still a few men the coach feels should be out and
he is ready to meet anybody, every afternoon af-
ter 2 o'clock. Since the class relay distance has
been increased from one lap to two, it is impera-
tive that the relay men shall be in splendid condi-
tion at the time of the meet.
should be well heard from at the interclass meet.
FRESHMEN RELAY MEN OUT
A dirt track 75 yards long has been laid out in
the baseball cage. This is the same length as that
in the Lewiston City Hall and is designed to give
the Freshmen relay men practice for their race
with Bates '17, Saturday. Coach Magee addressed
the Freshman gym class last week and a large
number responded immediately and he is much
gratified to have so much new material out.
Among those who have appeared faithfully each
day for practice are : Robinson, Humphrey, Cor-
mack, Noyes, Brown, Pierce, McConaughy,
Achorn, Pike, Phillips, Crosby, Ogle and Fill-
more. The coach states that the class is showing
added interest in track and with a little training,
MUSICAL CLUBS GOING TO NEW YORK
E. S. Thompson '14, manager of the musical
clubs, has made arrangements with the New York
alumni to give a concert at Delmonico's on the
evening of March 30. This concert completes
the circuit which starts March 25 with a concert
at Saco, Me.; Thursday a performance will be
given at Peabody, Mass.; Friday the club ap-
pears at Reading, while on Saturday a concert
will be given in Boston at Steinert Hall.
On Monday, March 23, a joint concert will be
given with Bates, at Lewiston, in the Lewiston
City Hall.
MEETING OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Representatives from every county met last
Thursday evening in the debating room at Hub-
bard Hall and formed the Central Committee.
George F. Eaton '14 was elected chairman. It
was planned at the meeting to have each man be
responsible for his own county, he himself to be a
committee of one to get men of his own county
interested in Bowdoin, this work to be carried on
through sectional clubs or any other method
deemed advisable. It was voted to hold meetings
every two weeks, on Thursday evenings, at seven
o'clock in the Library. It was voted to ask the
Dean to address the committee at the next meet-
ing. A committee chosen from Student Council,
and comprised of G. F. Eaton '14 chairman, C. A.
Brown '14 and Neal Tuttle '14, appointed the fol-
lowing to represent the different counties : —
Cumberland, Callahan '14; York, Burns '14;
Kennebec, Gage '14; Franklin and Oxford, Marr
'14; Lincoln, MacCormick '15; Knox and Waldo,
Hall '14; Hancock, Morrison '15; Washington,
K. Eaton '14; Piscataquis, Hayes '14; Penobscot,
G. F. Eaton '14; Aroostook, McElwee '16; Som-
erset, A. S. Merrill '14; trans-Mississippi, Leigh
'14; Middle West, P. L. White '14; Sagadahoc,
Thompson '14; Androscoggin, Keegan. Massa-
chusetts was represented by P. S. Smith '15.
PROFESSOR EMERY TO SPEAK FRIDAY
Henry Crosby Emery, Ph.D., LL.D., '92 will
speak next Friday evening in Memorial Hall on
the tariff. Professor Emery was professor in
Economics here from 1894 to 1900. Since then
he has been professor of Economics in Yale with
the exception of three years, when he was chair-
man of the United States Tariff Board. The lec-
ture is held under the joint auspices of the Sat-
urday Club and the College. It will be open to all
students.
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Vol. XLIII MARCH 10, 1914 No. 31
A Meeting Place
There has been a committee appointed by the
Masque and Gown to attempt to secure a room in
one of the college buildings for a permanent
home for that and similar student organizations.
Most all plans for a College Union include such
acccommodations for the musical and dramatic
organizations of the college. But such a Bow-
dion Union is not in sight. It is hoped that such
a room for present use can be secured. There are
rooms in the Chapel which might be utilized and,
possibly, in some other college building. If there
must be some alteration or inconvenience it
should be borne in mind that the dramatic club
and musical clubs are performing a very desir-
able and almost essential service in the educa-
tional facilities they offer and should be fostered
in every way possible.
Next Saturday
The Bowdoin night planned for the coming
Saturday evening is different from those held
during the present college year. Its main purpose
is to have the student body meet in an informal
manner and talk over the questions and problems
before it. The limitations scheme will be dis-
cussed and voted upon at that time and there will
be brought up the very important matter of the
relation of the college to the sub-freshmen. There
will be speakers from the faculty on this question
and the members of the faculty are cordially in-
v'ted to attend. There will probably be other fea-
tures provided and it is hoped that the college or-
chestra which made such a favorable impression
at the last get-together may be secured. The pur-
pose of the affair will be defeated if practically
the entire student body does not attend.
A Dormitory Suggestion
To many who do not happen to live in the room
formerly occupied by a Longfellow or a Haw-
thorne there has come the curious notion of find-
ing out who occupied his room in years past.
Why should not such a record be prepared and
kept? Some modest provision might easily be
made where each student could inscribe his name
and satisfy his curiosity as to the shades hover-
ing over his desk. We, as an institution, believe
in the value of tradition and such a record while
not over-emphasizing the importance of such
things might well add a flavor to the occupancy
of a room which it does not now possess.
Athletics for the Average Man
The Orient recently published an athletic cen-
sus of the college in which it was shown that
nearly one-half of the students here take part in
some form of athletics aside from the required
gymnasium work. This census was taken in or-
der that some basis might be gained for the appli-
cation here of the discussion in collegiate circles
concerning the benefits and deficiencies of the
American athletic system. Many other colleges
have prepared similar statistics and with them
Bowdoin's percentages is very favorable. Many
of the evils chargeable to intercollegiate strug-
gles which Trainer Moakley pointed out in his
attack on the present system are emphasized in
the larger universities and are not felt here. The
remedy which attains the goal of democracy and
inclusiveness of physical exercise by doing away
entirely with intercollegiate contests and 'varsity
teams is not practicable or desirable here. Never-
theless the results of a show of hands in a Senior
recitation the other day, as well as the neglected
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50 per cent., indicates plainly that we have not
fully solved the problem of athletics for the aver-
age man. But it seems to us that with the proper
viewpoint we can work out a solution along the
existing lines. At present in our college the sec-
ond rate and third rate man is welcomed on the
various major sports squads and given training.
Our various coaches have done well to encourage
this spirit, because it means much to the men thus
benefited as well as occasionally resulting in a
find. What we need is merely a further develop-
ment of teams and opportunities for competition
for such men. This year, probably, the question
of inter-fraternity baseball will come up. For
the last year or two this has been dropped because
it was felt that the fraternity games were injur-
ing the second team material. If such is the
actual condition, and it has been so in the past, it
is much to be regretted. For such a system con-
tains the possibilities of developing just the side
of our college athletic system which most needs
development. If this scheme cannot be revived
some other intra-mural contest in baseball, track
or court should be instituted whereby the average
man and the raw recruit will be brought out in
healthy competition and participation in our col-
lege sports.
INTERCLASS MEET MARCH 20
Features of the 19th annual Bowdoin Indoor
Interclass Meet, which is scheduled for March 20
at 7.30, will be an athletic exhibition by the
Brunswick Boys' Club under the direction of J.
C. Kimball 'ij, a midget relay race of no yards
between Brunswick boys, and a race for the in-
terscholastic relay championship of Maine be-
tween Hebron, now holder of the title, and Bruns-
wick High School, champion of the high schools
of the state. Interclass relays will be run between
1915 and 1917, and 1914 and 1916, each team con-
sisting of eight men, each of whom will run 220
yards. The usual track and field events will fol-
low, and this is expected to be the biggest indoor
meet ever held in Brunswick.
ORCHESTRAL CLUB FORMED
A new orchestra has been organized under
Mason '14, and is to contain about eighteen pieces.
It is intended that the organization will meet
every Tuesday night in the Y.M.C.A. room at
seven o'clock. The first appearance will be a
week from Thursday evening at the Bowdoin-
Wesleyan intercollegiate debate.
The following is the arrangement of pieces: —
First violins, Stratton '16, Dalrymple '17, Kelly
'16, Demmons '15, Hayes '14; second violins,
Mitchell '14, Knapp '17, Boardman '16; 'cello,
Mason '14; flute, True '17; clarinets, J. Lewis '15,
Wilson '14; cornets, Jones '15, Rawson '16; trom-
bone, Haseltine '17; bells, A. Stetson '15; French
horns, McKenney '15, C. Brown '14.
INTERSCHOLASTIC DEBATING LEAGUE
The first in the series of debates in the Inter-
scholastic Debating League were held Friday
evening. Portland High School defeated the
Cony High team, at the Portland High School
building. Portland supported the affirmative and
the decision in her favor was unanimous. The
question for discussion was : Resolved, That the
Monroe Doctrine should be formally retracted.
Westbrook High School team defeated Edward
Little High, the former supporting the negative
of the same question as above.
Lewiston High School, supporting the negative
side, defeated Lisbon Falls, and Biddeford High
defeated Brunswick High at Biddeford, Bruns-
wick supporting the negative.
Later debates will be held in Brunswick to de-
cide the league championship.
PRESIDENT HYDE ON FRATERNITIES
Last Thursday at a meeting of the convention
of the Religious Education Association held at
New Haven, President Hyde was called upon to
defend the college fraternity. The subject of his
speech was : "The Socializing Value of Fratern-
ity Life" and his treatment of it brought out
clearly his attitude towards fraternities. He said
in part: "The remedy for the evils of irresponsi-
ble fraternities is more fraternities and more
responsibility. Have enough fraternities or clubs
like them to include practically the entire student
body, publish their relative rank and stimulate a
wholesome rivalry in scholarship, in character, in
contribution to the social, artistic, athletic and
dramatic and literary life of the institution; ad-
mit freshmen early for better or for worse, and
hold upper classmen to account for their influence
over them ; weed out upper classmen who fail to
realize this responsibility for lower classmen in
their group; and thus fraternities become a
mighty influence for the intellectual, social and
moral uplift of their members, far more potent
than any force presidents and deans and facul-
ties can bring to bear. Living happily with and
working heartily for others as loyal members of
a beloved group is the essence of righteousness,
whether in the chapter-house or city-hall;
whether in the home or the Kingdom of Heaven."
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THE JANUARY QUILL
No short story ! The pages usually occupied
by narrative, here devoted to verse! These two
features first strike the attention of a reader of
the latest Quill. What the absence of a short
story portends, who can say ? The presence of so
much verse indicates either that the editors have
emptied into this issue the pouch containing the
entire semester's supply, or that the Quill has al-
ready begun to "come into its own" — so far as
contributing is concerned. Moreover, the issue is
noticeably larger than any in the recent past
which my patience has permitted me to consult.
That familiar wail in the Editorial, consequently,
at the end of an issue so fat and so variously con-
stituted, comes with a shock of inappropriateness.
What shall we say of these verses in turn ? Mr.
Robinson's Each to His Own is tuneful as ever,
but below his usual high standard in the integrity
of its thought. The melody of the line,
"And with stately tread, when all is said,"
is not matched by its significance; the parallel of
agriculture in the North with superstition in the
South, also, seems like a refuge of despair. And
does the Envoi exhibit sufficient reason for be-
ing?
To Browning and the Browningesque A Cup of
Water may properly be considered together.
Browningesque the verses by A.W.N, surely are
not; indeed, phrases like "heaven's gilded car,"
"nightly host," "grew pale at dawn's approach,"
and "full many an hour," in a characterization of
virile, direct Browning, are incongruous. And
though Browning may perhaps be cited in justifi-
cation of the obscurity in "the greater good" and
"the noble hope," so much cannot be said for the
complexity, the redundancies, and the unconscion-
able length of the sentence — there is but one in
the stanza. The title absent, it would be a neat
conundrum to discover whom the writer is ex-
tolling.
In A Cup of Water, Mr. Achorn reveals a more
lively impression of Browning. He has caught
the most obvious mannerisms of his model — the
.stript diction, the interlocutor (here extraordi-
narily accommodating in his supposed queries), a
•connotation of satisfying curtness, of piercing
cursoriness. And surely it is something to com-
pose recognizably in the manner of Browning.
There are in the poem, however, features incon-
sistent with the spirit which these mannerisms
inevitably create. This rugged iconoclast and
philosopher who accompanies his cup of cold wa-
ter with advice on the whole as good as it is co-
pious, this transparent soul would scorn the sub-
terfuge of "earth's tin" (as something which
leads to "sin") ; no less the subterfuge (when a
rhyme is needed for 'creeks") of "you who
seeks"; and the haunting incompleteness of pair-
ing with "Dave", who "barks", "Pom'roy", who
has "hoofs" ! Most fundamental of all, this
philosopher would long before have exploded that
smug conventionality which finds in cities only
gluttony and smut, and amid verdant fields alone
the means to keep life "pure and free" : he would
have learned
"To see divinity in those that plod
In dirt and filth,"
not only when the dirt and filth are rural. Yet it
is little wonder, and surely no disgrace, that Mr.
Achorn's arrow has wavered in its flight; for he
aimed high.
W. T. L.'s quatrain, The Greatest of These, ex-
cept for the impossible construction in its third
line, has a simplicity, a grace, and a completeness
which qualify it to stand above that section of
one's library occupied by borrowed books.
The Demagogue is unconvincing: it portrays a
composite, an anachronism, an over-horrible ty-
rant such as made morality-play audiences trem-
ble, then mock. The utter incomprehensibleness
of the final line is unpardonable. Has "phantom
material" been pursued in this, and in some other
cases, too relentlessly? True, the Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table tells how, frequently, incomplete
verses hang round a poet's desk "in a ragged, for-
lorn, unrhymed condition . . . until you get sick
of the sight of them, and end by thrusting some
cold scrap of a final couplet upon them, and turn-
ing them out of doors." But the Autocrat was
forever joking.
The prose contributions are both noteworthy.
Mr. Coffin in his Ski-Running momentarily con-
fuses the reader by shifting from "you" meaning
the skis, to "you" meaning the ski-runner; and
again by momentarily calling the ski-runner "he".
The same careless technique makes rabbits seem
for a moment to be noise-makers and causes Pa-
ganism to expire by having the ski-runner round
a tree trunk. The ski journey, too, is long for all
except the hardiest. But it is buoyant, compel-
ling, emancipating. (Yet, soberly speaking, to
what strange adorations this insatiable romanti-
cism of "nature" worship and ancestor worship
does lead us ! ) It is plain that The Little Lights
are visible at the turn in the trail, and that their
call brings about the terrestrial reassurance of
"warm room" and "savory supper."
Judging by the analysis of Alfred Noyes, Mr.
Robinson has not learned from his master, Stev-
enson, the modest magic which resides in colons
and semicolons : nor from his other masters the
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means of securing effects of richness and melody
without using- duplicating expressions. His essay
presents attractively a vigorous and well-poised
criticism, however, a criticism which, in pleasing
contrast to much that is printed, conveys more
than it literally expresses.
The ambitions expressed in the Quill are laud-
able ; few friends of the new editors can believe
them visionary. But these editors must be cir-
cumspect: standaids exist; and punctuation fre-
quently faulty, spaces missing (five of them on
pp. 14-15), "diguise", "criticizes", "Bodoin",
"the" (they), ''hearded swine", "centuries half",
"cities smut", and "damming powers of Hell" are
inconsistent with the standards which prevail
■"among the foremost of college monthlies."
W. H. D.
2Dn tfte Campus
Cressey '12 was on the campus recently.
Haines '07 was on the campus last week.
Lawrence McFarland '11 was at Chapel Sun-
day.
Evans '16 has returned to college after a recent
illness.
Keene '17 has returned to college after a
week's sickness.
There will be a rehearsal of the band at 7.30
Thursday night.
The Freshman relay team races the Bates
Freshmen at Lewiston Friday night.
The musical clubs go to Portland Thursday
night and Yarmouthville Friday night.
Mclntyre '17 has returned to college, having
recovered from an operation for appendicitis.
Littlefield '16 is slowly recovering from an op-
eration for appendicitis but is still in Boothby
Hospital, Boston.
Wednesday evening there is an eclipse of the
moon scheduled to commence at 9.42. This may
also be seen off the campus.
At the last meeting of the Maine Commandery
•of the Loyal Legion the exercises were devoted
mainly to tributes to General Chamberlain.
The fencing team will compete in the intercol-
legiate matches which will be held in Boston
March 28. The team has not yet been picked.
There will be a meeting of the Classical Club
at the D. U. house Thursday afternoon. Dr.
Burnett will talk about Greece and Southern
Italy.
"Squanto" Wilson '13 has joined the Red Sox
squad at Hot Springs. "Squanto" has refused to
consider an offer from the Pittsburg team of the
Federal League.
The college has received $3,000 for scholar-
ships from Mrs. Ephraim C. Cummings of Port-
land. She is the widow of the Rev. Ephraim C.
Cummings of the class of '53.
All men who plan to compete in the interclass
track meet, and who have not yet taken a physical
examination, are requested to make an appoint-
ment with A. L. Pratt '14 at once.
On Wednesday at 5 o'clock there will be a re-
hearsal of the Freshman class in the Y.M.C.A.
room for the class sings. The Juniors will re-
hearse Tuesday, March 17, at 5 o'clock.
At 7.15 o'clock last Tuesday evening Professor
Files and twenty Deutschers attended a dinner
at the Eagle. There were no speeches, but the
after dinner hour was made very enjoyable.
The Senior and Sophomore classes held meet-
ings yesterday to elect squad leaders and class
captains and managers for the indoor meet. Both
meetings were held after the Orient went to
press.
The Bowdoin and Colby Chapters of Delta Up-
silon held a joint banquet Saturday evening at the
Elmwood Hotel, Waterville. All but one of the
members of the Bowdoin chapter were present.
Professor William Hawley Davis also attended
the banquet.
Joe Finneran, last year's track coach, has per-
fected a starting barrier for scratch races on the
track. According to Finneran's latest device, not
only does the barrier prevent the runner from
beating the pistol, but likewise assures a faster
start. Finneran hopes to have it tried out in the
big meets this season.
H. A. Lewis '15 was the delegate to the New
England Convention of Beta Theta Pi held last
Friday afternoon and evening with the Boston
City Club. The other members of the local chap-
ter who attended were Callahan '14, Ireland '16,
Garland '14, Roberts '15, Dalrymple '17, Pope '14,
Swift '17, Lovejoy '15, Bartlett '17, Hall '16 and
Brown '14.
mith m JFacuItp
Monday evening, March 2, Dr. Gross gave an
illustrated lecture in the Unitarian Church. His
subject was "The Birds of the Bermuda Islands"
and was an interesting description of the bird life
and their surroundings in the Bermudas.
Last Monday at the annual town meeting of
Brunswick, as candidate for Member of Superin-
tending School Committee for three years, Pro-
fessor K. C. M. Sills was elected.
At the convention of the Religious Educational
Association in New Haven last week, President
Hyde spoke in favor of college fraternities and
stoutly opposed the policy of deferred initiations.
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"Admission should be in the earliest part of the
freshman year," said President Hyde, "although
I know I go against the majority in saying so.
When freshmen are identified early with a fra-
ternity, not half as many are dropped. Upper
class members work together with the college
authorities in helping men that are down in their
courses." The president also stated that the pro-
posal of devotion to the fraternity will weaken
the devotion to the college, was fallacious.
Last Thursday Dean Sills gave an address at
Westbrook Seminary and on Friday he spoke at
Cony High on "What the College is Not."
In the second play given by the Brunswick
Dramatic Club, March 17, Professor Files will
play the leading part. Professors Davis and Bell
will also take part.
Professor Frederic W. Brown, who is traveling
in Europe, recently gave a lecture before the
British colony in Florence, Italy. The lecture
was on Boccaccio and it was highly commended
by London newspapers.
Last Friday the Maine section of the American
Chemical Club held a meeting here. Professor
Cram read a paper at the meeting.
Resolutions
Hall of Alpha Delta Phi.
February 24, 1914.
It is with deepest sorrow that the Bowdoin
Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi records the death of
one of its most distinguished alumni, General
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the Class of
1852. His career was one of generous service, in
which as scholar, teacher, soldier and statesman
he brought distinction not only upon himself but
also upon the Fraternity and the College.
The Chapter takes this opportunity to express
its sympathy to his immediate family and to all
those to whom he was endeared by the ties of
friendship.
George Franklin Eaton,
Samuel West,
Willard Paine Woodman,
For the Chapter.
alumni Department
John G. Wight, Bowdoin '64, spent the junior
year of his course as a landsman in the U. S.
Navy. In that part of his Autobiography which
deals with war times he says :
"The exciting war meetings, held almost daily
in Brunswick and thronged by multitudes, were
enthusiastically attended by the students and
members of the college faculty, at which meetings
some of the latter made their first attempts at
stump oratory. There comes to mind in particu-
lar, and with striking vividness, a quiet, soft-
voiced, and exceedingly urbane professor, who,
to the surprise of everyone, became possessed by
the common enthusiasm. His sudden transforma-
tion from a person of exceptional mildness to one
of extreme military ardor presented an incongru-
ity that provoked merriment among his acquaint-
ances. His zeal brought him as an orator before
these large, popular assemblies. At such times
his vehemence occasionally got the better of his
facility in extempore speaking. Naturally he
drew his figures from the experiences of the class
room, some of which are remembered for their
aptness and force. Appealing to the young men
in his audience, many of whom he had instructed
in rhetoric, he would say, 'The only gesture you
have to learn now is, down in front,' indicating a
sabre-thrust. One unpremeditated comparison
which he made was this : 'The time has come,'
said he, 'when we are to determine whether we
are a nation or a — or a — or a basket of chips.'
This man at length received a Colonel's commis-
sion and went to the front with the 20th Maine.
After he had gone, but before his mettle had been
put to the test, the boys, still doubting their pro-
fessor's soldiership, gathered in groups about the
campus, would jokingly picture to one another
his probable conduct in battle. They imagined
that his instinctive politeness would cause him to
commence an engagement somewhat after the
following manner. He would first cavalierly sa-
lute the enemy and then say : 'Gentlemen, if you
please, we shall now proceed to fire.' But how
completely his military record belies these pre-
dictions. No braver man or better soldier than
Joshua L. Chamberlain served in either army.
For heroic conduct on the field, for soldierly bear-
ing and honorable, almost death-giving wounds,
he rose to the rank of major-general. With his
brave troops, in a critical hour at Gettysburg, he
held 'Little Round Top.' For a gallant charge
before Petersburg, Grant made him a brigadier
on the field. And finally, when the collapse of the
Confederacy came, and the great Lee was over-
mastered by the silent man of Galena, this modest
professor was intrusted by his chief with the de-
tails of surrender at Appomattox."
'09. — Robert M. Pennell has just been appoint-
ed deputy clerk of courts for Cumberland County
to succeed Thomas H. Gately, Jr., '92, whose
death occurred recently. Mr. Pennell studied at
Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar
in 1912.
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VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, MARCH 17, 1914
NO. 32
N. E. ORATORICAL LEAGUE TRIALS
The trials for the fifth New England Oratorical
League Contest, which is to be held this year at
Williams on May 7, will take place Monday,
April 20, in Memorial Hall. Commencement
parts or '68 parts or any original oration under
1800 words in length may be delivered and the
competition is open to any student in college.
One man is picked to represent Bowdoin. Those
wishing to enter the competition should give their
names to Professor Mitchell not later than March
27.
BOWDOIN FRESHMEN WIN RELAY
For the first time in several years, the Bowdoin
Freshman relay team, composed of Pierce, Rob-
inson, Humphrey and Crosby, won out from the
Bates Freshman team in the annual Bates-Bow-
doin Freshman race at Lewiston City Hall,
Thursday evening.
Pierce, the first Bowdoin man, turned over a
three-yard lead to Robinson who increased this
amount to ten yards. Humphrey ran a very
steady race and turned over twenty yards to
Crosby, who finished the relay with speed to
burn, coming within a yard of lapping his man.
Trainer Magee attributes this splendid victory to
the conscientious and consistent training of the
Bowdoin men.
Time trials will be held this week for the three
lap return race with Bates 1917 at the inter-class
meet, March 20. Every Freshman on the squad
is urged to try out.
OFFICIALS FOR INTERCLASS MEET
The officials for the Indoor Interclass Meet to
be held March 20, are as follows : Referee, Bur-
ton C. Morrill; judges of drill, James L. McCon-
aughy, Allan Woodcock '12 and third member
not announced; judges of finish, Dr. Manton
Copeland, Lawrence McFarland '11, Capt. Hazen
R. Nevers of Bates; judges of field events, Pro-
fessor Nixon, Professor Bell, W. F. Porter; tim-
ers, Dr. Whittier, F. W. Maroney, Frank Smith
'12, Alan Cole '14; measurers, Cooley '14, Barrett
'16, Dalrymple '17; starter, Coach J. J. Magee;
scorers, Bacon '15, MacDonald '15; announcer,
Callahan '14; clerk of course, H. L. Robinson '11;
assistant clerks of course, Eddy '14, LoefHer '14;
inspectors, A. L. Grant '12, Burns '14, P. K.
Holmes, G. W. Twaddle; manager, P. J.
Koughan '15; assistant manager, W. E. Chase
'16.
SENIOR ELECTIONS
On March 9th the Senior class held elections in
Memorial Hall. Philip R. Fox was elected cap-
tain of the Senior class track team, A. L. Pratt
being elected manager. It was voted that the
class should don the cap and gown on and after
the first Sunday in May. It was also voted to
abolish the class squad to compete at the annual
indoor meet.
On Tuesday, March 10th, the class again met
to reconsider their action taken in regard to the
abolishing of the class squad, but on balloting the
question their decision remained unchanged, and
for the first time in twenty-five years the Senior
class will not be represented in the drill competi-
tion at the indoor meet, to be held on March 20.
JUNIOR ELECTIONS
At a meeting of the Junior class Monday noon,
G. P. Floyd was elected class track captain, H.
M. Prescott, track manager, C. A. Robinson,
squad leader, and G. W. Ricker, cheer leader. It
was voted to assess each member of the class $10
for Ivy Day expenses and not to allow any Junior
to march on Ivy Day unless his Ivy and Bugle
assessments are paid. Later, G. A. McWilliams
was appointed class pianist.
SOPHOMORE ELECTIONS
At their meeting last Monday, March 9, the
Sophomores elected Leadbetter captain of track,
Foster, manager, Nickerson, leader of the squad,
and Evans, pianist. The class also voted to as-
sess each member of the class $1.25. A commit-
tee was chosen to write a class yell.
FRESHMAN ELECTIONS
The class of 1917 held a meeting Monday night,
Mar. 9th, and the following elections were held:
Leigh D. Flynt, (re-elected), president; Edward
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C. Moran, secretary and treasurer; Clarence H.
Crosby, captain of track team; Rogers M. Cre-
hore, manager of track team; James C. Oliver,
leader of class squad.
NOMINATIONS FOR Y.M.C.A. OFFICERS
The following- men have been nominated for
the officers of the Y.M.C.A. for 1914-15 :
President G. W. Bacon '15
A. H. MacCormick '15
Vice-President P. J. Koughan '15
G. A. Mc Williams '15
Treasurer H. H. Foster '16
D. H. Sayward '16
Corresponding Secretary. J. D. Churchill '16
H. M. Hescock '16
Recording Secretary C. H. Crosby '17
K. G. Stone '17
Alumni Advisory Comm..D. R. Porter '06
(Three to be elected) H. E. Dunnack '97
W. A. MacCormick '12
The election of these officers will be held
Thursday, March 26, in the Managers' Room of
the Gymnasium from 1 to 4.30 p. m. All mem-
bers of the Christian Association are entitled to
vote. Printed ballots will be supplied.
FACULTY MAKES NEW RULINGS
At a meeting of the Faculty held the tenth of
March, the following matters of general interest
to the students were considered :
It was voted that the Faculty approve the regu-
lations for a Committee on the Limitation of Col-
lege Activities, as suggested by the Student Coun-
cil.
It was voted that in intra mural contests,- first
year special students be allowed to compete with
the Freshman class, and second year special stu-
dents with the Sophomore class, as though mem-
bers of those classes. This regulation does not,
however, permit specials to take part in the class
teams in contest with teams from other colleges.
It was voted that henceforth all courses that
are described in the college catalogue, from time
to time, as continuous through the year, shall be
taken through the year if credit is to be had for
either; provided, however, that the Dean shall
have power to suspend the action of this rule if
any student presents reasonable grounds for ex-
emption. This means that no student will have
credit for Course I unless he takes Course 2 in a
continuous course, that is, if the course is of such
a nature that it necessarily runs through the
year: as, for example, the present courses in
Biology 1-2, Psychology 1-2, Physics 1-2.
It was voted that in addition to those members
of the Senior class who, by previous regulations,
are required to write provisional commencement
parts, others may write parts in competition for
places as speakers on the commencement plat-
form.
The Committee. on Admission is soon to pre-
pare a Bulletin dealing with the question of ad-
mission to college, for circulation among prepara-
tory schools.
LIMITATIONS SCHEME ADOPTED
At a meeting of the Associated Students last
Saturday evening the plan for a Limitations
Board was unanimously adopted. As it has been
adopted by the Faculty it will go into effect im-
mediately. This comes as the result of the agita-
tion started here one year ago for some system of
regulations of individual participation in student
activities and a plan drawn up by last year's
Council was rejected by the students. The plan
adopted differs from that of last year and also
from the systems in force at other colleges. Its
operation will be watched with interest by those
interested in the problem of overloading of in-
dividuals with extra-curricular activities. The
plan as worded in the amendment follows :
ARTICLE VII.— LIMITATIONS BOARD.
Sec. 1. Two students elected by the Student
Council, two Faculty members elected by the
Faculty, together with the Dean of the College
as chairman, shall constitute a Limitations
Board. The four elective members shall be chos-
en in June and shall serve for one year or until
their successors are elected.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of this Board to in-
vestigate all cases of over-participation in under-
graduate activities and to recommend to the in-
dividual concerned such limitation as may seem
desirable. Where possible students shall be al-
lowed their freedom in making the limitation.
For the guidance of students, the Board may
make general regulations in regard to limitation
of participation in activities, subject to the ratifi-
cation of the Student Council.
This by-law is an addition to the by-laws of the
Associated Students and the provision regarding
election of members was suspended in the motion
for adoption, so that members are to be elected
to serve from the present time until June.
The Student CounciJ has been considering
measures to further define the operation of the
blanket tax and make the Associated Students
more comprehensive of student interests. With
this purpose two amendments were presented to
the meeting Saturday evening for discussion.
These amendments will probably be voted on at a
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rally or student meeting in April. The two
amendments follow.
By addition of the phrase italicized in Article
III, Sect. 3 of the Constitution of the A.S.B.C.
"Sect. 3. Every organization included in this
Association shall incorporate in its constitution a
rule limiting its voting membership to the mem-
bers of the A.S.B.C. and no person shall be al-
lowed to participate in the activities of these or-
ganizations unless he is a member of the A.S.B.C.
in good standing."
By addition of the phrase italicized in Article
VII of the same Constitution. "Article VII.
Constituent Organizations. The athletic inter-
ests of the student body shall be_ under the control
of 'the Athletic Council whose actions shall be
ruled according to their own Constitution and
By-Laws; the college publications shall be under
the control of the Bowdoin Publishing Co. and
their powers shall be such as defined by its Con-
stitution; the debating interests of the student
body shall be under the Debating Council and its
powers shall be such as may be determined in its
Constitution and By-Laws; the Y.M.C.A. shall
represent the interests of the student body as de-
fined by the Constitution of that organization;
the dramatic interests of the student body shall
be under the Masque and Gown and its powers
shall be determined by its own Constitution and
By-Laws; the musical interests of the student
body shall be under the Musical Association and
its poivers shall be such as defined by its own
rules and regulations; and the Band shall have
functions under the direction of the Association.
There was a discussion of these two amend-
ments by four or five speakers. The new or-
chestra under the leadership of Mason was pres-
ent and made a very favorable impression. The
matter of interesting sub-freshmen was to be dis-
cussed but on account of the small attendance it
was decided to postpone consideration until a
future meeting.
JUNIORS WIN DUAL MEET
In a dual meet held in the Hyde Athletic Build-
ing, Saturday, the Juniors easily defeated the
Seniors, 52-33: A. B. Stetson '15 won the half
mile, and sprung the greatest surprise of the af-
ternoon. Phil Smith '15 lead in the scoring by
piling up 18 points. Fox '14 was second with 10.
The summary:
40-Yard Dash.— First heat : Sylvester '14, Marr
'14, MacCormick '15, Austin '15; won by Mac-
Cormick '15; second, Austin '15; second heat:
Fox '14, Hall '14, Somers '15, McKenney '15;
won by Fox '14; second Somers '15; third heat:
Garland '14, A. Pratt '14, Wing '15, Mannix '15;
won by Mannix '15; second, A. Pratt '14; fourth
heat: Tarbox '14, Chase '14, Smith '15, Roberts
'15; won by Smith '15; second, Roberts '15; fifth
heat: Floyd '15, A. B. Stetson '15, Merrill '14,
Weatherill '14; won by Floyd '15 ; second, Weath-
erill '14; first semi-final: Mannix '15, Somers '15,
A. Pratt '14, Roberts '15, Fox '14; won by Fox
'14; second, Roberts '15; second semi-final:
Smith '15, Weatherill '14, Austin '15, MacCor-
mick '15, Floyd '15; won by Weatherill '14; sec-
ond, Smith '15; final heat: Smith '15, Weatherill
'14, Fox '14, Roberts '15 ; won by Fox '14; second,
Smith '15; third, Roberts '15.
45-Yard Low Hurdles. — First heat: Pratt '14,
Donahue '14, Garland '14, Wing '15; won by
Wing '15; second, Donahue '14; second heat:
Fox '14, Smith '15, Stetson '15; won by Fox '14;
second, Smith '15; third heat: Roberts '15,
Weatherill '14, Somers '15; won by Roberts '15;
second, Weatherill '14; fourth heat: A. Pratt '14,
Floyd '15; won by Floyd '15; second, A. Pratt
'14; first semi-final: Donahue '14, Weatherill '14,
Smith '15, Wing '15; won by Weatherill '14; sec-
ond, Smith '15; second semi-final: Floyd '15, A.
Pratt '14, Fox '14, Roberts '15; won by Fox '14;
second, Floyd '15; final heat: Weatherill '14,
Smith '15, Fox '14, Floyd '15; won by Fox '14;
second, Floyd '15; third, (disqualified).
45-Yard High Hurdles. — First heat: Floyd '15,
Garland '14; won by Floyd '15; second heat:
Donahue '14, Roberts '15; won by Roberts '15;
third heat: Smith '15, Wing '15; won by Smith
'15; final heat: Won by Smith '15; second, Rob-
erts '15; third, Floyd '15.
440- Yard Dash. — Won by Smith '15; second,
MacCormick '15; third, Marr '14.
880- Yard Run. — Won by A. Stetson '15. and
Tarbox '14; third, Cutler '15.
Mile Run. — Won by Tarbox '14; second, Cut-
ler '15; third, Sylvester '14.
Shot-Put. — Won by Floyd '15; second, A. Pratt
'14; third, Hall '14.
Running Broad Jump. — Won by Smith '15;
second, Floyd '15; third, Roberts '15.
Pole Vault.— Won by McKenney '15, A. Mer-
rill '14 and Chase '14 tied for second.
880- Yard Relay Race.— 1914 (A. Pratt, Gar-
land, Marr, Fox), 1915 (Roberts, Floyd, Somers,
Wing) ; won by 1914.
CLASS SINGS
There will be a class sing for the Junior class
today at five-thirty in the Y.M.C.A. room. To-
morrow the Freshmen will have one at the same
time and place.
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Vol. XLIII
MARCH 17, 1914 No. 32
Our Future Student Body
The organization of a permanent committee of
undergraduates to consider methods of interest-
ing sub-freshmen in Bowdoin brings up inevit-
ably the question of the proper amount of adver-
tising consonant with the dignity of such an in-
stitution as this. About this point we believe
there has been a great deal of misunderstanding
and unintelligent opinion. To presume that Bow-
doin needs a greater quantity of students, that we
must herd them to our doors in greater numbers,
is a wrong attitude. To propose that we proselyte
for athletes, they being a rather privileged class,
is to attempt to tear down the foundations of
Bowdoin's high traditions. But a recognition of
the principle that we are not in search of more
quantity or mere numbers is not to abandon the
principle of legitimately bringing the college to
the attention of preparatory school men. To go
back to one's home town and seek among the
younger students of greatest promise, to tell them
of the College, its past, its present and future, to
connect them with the college office and thus fur-
nish them with continued avenues of information,
to invite them to visit the campus, to aid them in
every way to make their choice of a college with
the fullest knowledge of this institution is not so
much a duty as a pleasure. The sub-freshman
will welcome all such information and the oppor-
tunity for renewing acquaintances with him, to
be of help to him, perhaps, to shape his college
career is a privilege which all should cherish.
There is another viewpoint, however, that
should be understood. Bowdoin does not need
more men, but it needs the best men. In contrast
with many newer systems of higher education,
the small college such as ours is highly selective.
Its entrance requirements are intended to include
only those who can successfully meet high stand-
ards of scholarship. But its requirements are
necessarily limited, practically, to intellectual ex-
amination. It is necessary then if the institution
is to fulfill its mission of training leaders that the
boys of best character, of the best endowments,
physically and socially, should be informed of its
character and the advantages it offers. The ef-
fort of undergraduates, alumni and faculty to
bring to our entrance gates the best among the
college ''timber" of the .section and country
should be unceasing. It is a task of eternal vigi-
lance, this of securing the highest quality.
Every undergraduate, then, who feels his iden-
tity with the college and its success should take
upon himself this individual responsibility to the
men of his locality. The approaching Easter
vacation offers an excellent opportunity for an
acquaintance with prospective men. This is a
good time to supply all information available, to
give the prospective student an opportunity for
further investigation of the College. April 25 is
the occasion of the Bowdoin-Technology Track
Meet and on the preceding evening will occur the
annual Spring Rally. This is an excellent time to
entertain the preparatory school man. What we
need in this side of our activity as an undergrad-
uate and institution is not organization but loyal-
ty and intelligent service. Such a service can be
performed by no other so well as the undergrad-
uate; the college office can only cooperate. It is
a part of the proper function of a Bowdoin man,
this passing on to the best of those at home the
privilege we enjoy.
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New Amendments Proposed
The proposed amendments to the constitution
of the Associated Students printed in this issue
demand the attention of the student body. The
changes contemplated are vital. Their general
aim is two-fold ; that of bringing under the Asso-
ciated Student body the two remaining student
activities, the musical clubs and dramatic club;
also that of making all participation in these ac-
tivities dependent upon membership in the A. S.
B. C. From another point of view it may be said
to be an effort to make the blanket tax have a
more stable and real foundation. There will be
time for discussion of these changes in the two
clubs affected and in the Student Council before
they come to a vote. There are several points to
be borne in mind during such discussion. The
amendments contemplate merely a nominal affilia-
tion of the two clubs with the A.S.B.C. There is
to be no representation on the Board of Mana-
gers, no appropriation to them, no free admission
to their performances. This raises the question
of the results of a further financial relationship
and the possible results to the A.S.B.C. and clubs
of a financial connection similar to that of the
other organizations. This matter should be con-
sidered by the Board of Managers and the vari-
ous clubs. In this connection there is the sugges-
tion that this affiliation might result in a college
production of a musical and dramatic nature with
a financial purpose. The amendment which de-
fines membership in the A.S.B.C. is the continua-
tion of a policy which has been that of the Board
of Managers since its formation and will result
in giving them actual power to enforce their de-
cisions. With the adoption of this amendment,
however, they must accept the responsibility for
more careful "extensions" and a strict adherence
to the principles of the amendment. It will also
necessitate a meeting of the problem already sug-
gested in these columns, that of the student who,
after receiving an extension, obtains the privi-
leges of membership in the A.S.B.C. and then
does not pay his tax when it falls due. In an in-
cidental connection, also, there arises the defining
of the Musical Association and the possible fur-
ther organization of the musical activities of col-
lege into one association. The whole matter
raised by the amendments deserves careful delib-
eration and discussion.
The Sideshow and the Main Tent
At a recent convention the question was put to
undergraduates from various colleges of New
England, if they spent an average of six hours
per day on actual classroom work or preparation
of lessons. The majority of answers were in the
affirmative. We wonder whether the situation in
Bowdoin agrees with that of these answers.
While the arbitrary limit suggested is insignifi-
cant the question of the relative amount of time
spent in study is of vital importance in every in-
stitution. We have an idea that if the facts were
known there would be a greater amount of time
spent by the Freshman than the other classes.
Aside from this we can make no other generali-
zations other than from the result of individual
observations. In each of three cases examined
last week the time spent was more than six hours
per day. But the presence among us of a large
number who "major" in bid-whist and take regu-
lar hours at the "movies," of a large number who
make serious pursuits out of proper relaxations
and vocations out of extra-curricular activities,
makes such an inquiry pertinent. We should sug-
gest as a proper test of personal efficiency that
those interested record their time for a week and
discover their relation to the averaee.
PROFESSOR EMERY SPEAKS
Through the efforts, and under the auspices of
the Saturday Club, Professor Henry Crosby
Emery '92, the foremost authority on Interna-
tional Tariff in the country, gave a lecture on
"The Tariff and the Ultimate Consumer" in Me-
morial Hall, last Friday, March 13, at eight
o'clock. Professor Emery's lecture conveyed the
opinion that the present high cost of living would
not be materially affected no matter how the tar-
iff may be regulated. A large audience listened
intently to his lecture.
Professor Emery was born at Ellsworth, Me.,
in 1872. Graduated from Bowdoin with the class
of 1892, he studied later at Harvard, Yale and
Columbia Universities, gaining the degrees of
Ph.D., and LL.D. He was instructor of Eco-
nomics and Sociology here from 1894-1897; Pro-
fessor from 1897-1900. In 1900 he was given the
chair of Political Economy at Yale University.
Under President Taft he was chairman of the
United States Tariff Commission, his report be-
ing highly eulogized by the President.
ENTRIES FOR INTERCLASS MEET
The list of entries for the Interclass Meet, Fri-
day, is as follows :
40-Yard Dash. — 1914: Fox, L. T. Brown, L. A.
Donahue, A. S. Merrill, R. T. Weatherill, A. L.
Pratt; 191 5: Stone, Coxe, Mannix, Prescott, Rob-
erts, Smith, McWilliams, Floyd, MacCormick,
McKenney, Stetson, Morrison; 1916: Fuller,
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Leadbetter, Garland, Ginty, Hodgkins, J. B.
Moulton, P. Weatherill, Beal, C. Hall, Nickerson,
McElwee, Drapeau ; 1917: Balfe, Bond, Colbath,
Fenning, Ogle, Fillmore, Pierce, Phillips, Bur-
leigh.
45-Yard High Hurdles. — 1914: Fox, C. A.
Brown, L. A. Donahue, L. T. Brown; 1915:
Smith, Floyd, Roberts, McKenney, Eastman;
1916: Fuller, Little, Hodgkins, Nickerson, Web-
ber; 1917: Balfe, Colbath, Fenning, Fillmore,
Foster, Ogle, Pierce, White.
45-Yard Low Hurdles. — 1914: Fox, A. L.
Pratt, L. A. Donahue, L. T. Brown; 1915: Smith,
Floyd, Roberts, McKenney, Eastman, Morrison,
Stetson; 1916: Fuller, Little, Hodgkins, Lead-
better, P. Weatherill, Nickerson, Webber; 1917:
Balfe, Colbath, Fenning, Fillmore, Foster, Ogle,
Pierce, White.
440-Yard Dash. — 1914: Fox, Payson, Marr,
Tarbox, Wright; 1915: Stone, Smith, McWil-
liams, MacCormick, Richardson, Cutler; 1916:
Niven, Irving, Pettingill, Greeley, Crossman,
Winter, Ginty, Dunn, Ireland; 1917: Balfe, Bond,
Bowdoin, Bradford, Chapman, Cormack, Crosby,
Humphrey, Jones, McConaughy, Colbath, Foster,
Moran, Martell, Noyes, Oliver, Pike, Preston,
Robinson, Rogers, Skolfield, Swift, Wight.
880-Yard Run. — 1914: Payson, Marr, Tarbox,
Wright; 1915: Porritt, Ricker, Cutler, McWil-
liams, Smith; 1916: Hargraves, Niven, Sayward,
Irving, Greeley, Winter, Crossman, Dunn, H.
Foster, Ladd; 1917: Balfe, Bartlett, Bowdoin,
Bradford, Campbell, Cormack, Crane, Crosby,
Eaton, Gregory, F. D. Hazeltine, Humphrey,
Jones, N. Little, McConaughy, Moran, Martell,
Noyes, Oliver, Pike, Preston, Robinson, Rogers,
Skolfield, Swift, Wight.
Mile Run— 1914: Tarbox, Wright; 1915: Por-
ritt, Cutler, McWilliams; 1916: Hargraves, Irv-
ing, Winter, Ladd; 1917: Balfe, Bowdoin, Chap-
man, Cormack, Crane, Crosby, Eaton, Gregory,
F. D. Hazeltine, N. Little, Martell, McConaughy,
Noyes, Oliver, Owen, Pike, Preston, Robinson,
Rogers, Skolfield, Swift, Wight.
Broad Jump.— 1914: Fox, C. A. Brown, L. T.
Brown, A. L. Pratt; 1915: Smith, Floyd, Mac-
Cormick, Roberts; 1916: Fuller, Ginty, Hodgkins,
Wood, Nickerson, Boardman, Baxter, Garland,
Ladd;'i9i7: Balfe, Bond, Fenning, Fillmore, C.
Foster, Ogle, Oliver, Phillips, Pierce, Sampson,
H. White.
High Jump.— 1914: C. A. Brown, L. T. Brown,
F. T. Garland, Bickford; 1915: McKinnon; 1916:
Nickerson, Boardman, Ramsdell, Wood, Pettin-
gill, Webber; 1917: Achorn, Bradford, Chapman,
Colbath, Fenning, C. Foster, Keene, Oliver, Rick-
ard, Shumway, H. White, Young.
Pole Vault.— 1914: A. S. Merrill; 1915 : Smith,
McKenney; 1917: Chapman, Fenning, Peacock,
Sampson, Young.
Shot Put.— 19 14: Hamblen, H. L. Hall, A. S.
Merrill, Mountfort, A. L. Pratt; 1915: McKin-
non, Lewis, Austin, M. Moulton, Cutler, Floyd;
1916: Leadbetter, B. Moulton, Brewster, Burn-
ham; 1917: Bradford, Chapman, Colbath, F. A.
Hazeltine, McConaughy, Shumway, K. Stone,
Wight.
The class captains are: 1914, P. R. Fox; 1915,
G. P. Floyd; 1916, G. W. Leadbetter; 1917, C. H.
Crosby.
Trials will be held early in the week to pick the
teams.
THUS SAITH THE PROPHET
The following statements made expressly for
the Orient sound a note of quiet confidence on
the parts of the various captains. Here they are :
Editor of the Orient: —
The Senior track team so far outshines the
others that they are lost in the darkness.
P. R. Fox,
Captain 1914 Team.
The other classes had better wear goggles, for
all they will see is dust. The 5 in '15 means first
place.
G. P. Floyd,
Captain ipi$ Team.
Our men have been chasing jack-rabbits for the
last three weeks and are game to run anything off
its feet.
G. W. Leadbetter,
Captain 1916 Team.
We will wear our numbers on our backs where
all our opponents can see them easily, if they can
keep within sight.
C. A. Crosby,
Captain 1917 Team.
I wish I might be there to compete in the
weight events but will wait at the Cumberland
for the results.
John Bunny.
The mower I think of it, the mower I think
1915 will win. They've got push.
Joe Boyd.
KOUGHAN PRESIDENT M.I.C.A.A.
There was a meeting of the Maine Intercolle-
giate Athletic Association at the Elmwood Hotel,
Waterville, March 9. Bowdoin was represented
by ex-Track Manager A. R. Cole '14 and Mana-
ger Koughan '15. The officials for the annual
field meeting to be held May 1 1 at Lewiston were
chosen. The revision of the constitution was dis-
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cussed during most of the meeting. Changes to
be made in the constitution were laid on the table
to be voted on by the new executive committee.
The following officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: President, Paul J. Koughan; vice-
president, Warren, University of Maine ; secre-
tary, Knowlton, Colby; treasurer, Greenan,
Bates.
HIWALE IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE
A- S. Hiwale '10, Bowdoin's missionary in In-
dia, has become seriously handicapped in his
work by a cut of almost 50 per cent, in some of
the funds which support that work. This makes
it the more imperative that all men pay the
amounts pledged for his support and that the}'
pay promptly. Additional subscriptions from un-
dergraduates or alumni will be greatly appre-
ciated.
Club anO Council ^etings
A meeting of the Bugle Board was held Tues-
day evening in the Verein room. Plans for the
final work on the book were discussed.
There will be a meeting of the Classical Club at
8 o'clock Wednesday evening at the Delta Upsi-
lon House. Professor Burnett will give a talk on
his travels in Greece.
At a meeting of the Government Club, held
last Wednesday evening at Professor HormeH's
house, the following officers were elected for the
second semester: Burns '14, president; Hyler
'15, vice-president; Bacon '15, secretary and
treasurer.
The Orient elections were held last night at
6.45, too late for the results to be recorded in this
week's issue. The elections to the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Company will be held tonight. The can-
didates for manager are Porritt '15 and Mc Wil-
liams '15, and for assistant manager, H. Foster
'16, Brackett '16 and C. Hall '16. Two assistant
managers were elected.
The Penobscot County Club, founded in 1906,
for the purpose of interesting young men to come
to Bowdoin, met and reorganized last Wednesday
evening, March 11, at the Alpha Delta Phi house.
Elections were held with the following results:
George F. Eaton '14, president; John F. Rollins
'15, vice-president; and Alden F. Head, secretary
and treasurer. The club is now in its eighth year.
fl)n tlje Campus
The date of the big Spring Rally will be April
Seniors' last gym comes Wednesday.
Fitzgerald ex-16 was on the campus last week.
It is expected that a number of alumni will be
back for the interclass meet Friday.
Prescott '15 has left college for a month. He
has a position in Portland.
The spring vacation begins March 27 at 4.30
and recitations commence again April 7 at 8.30.
Farmer Kern and Bert Morrill were officials at
a track meet held in Portland Saturday night.
Smith '12 took first in the shot put.
Among the alumni who have been on the cam-
pus last week are : Fogg '02, Ryan '05, Winslow
'06, Partridge '11, Sanborn '11 and Haskell '13.
The April Cosmopolitan contains an interest-
ing reference to Gen. Chamberlain in Mrs. Pick-
ett's account of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Frank Cummings has resigned as janitor of
South Appleton and has been succeeded by Ar-
thur Langdon. Frank has accepted a position as
foreman on Lefty Heywood's duck farm.
Ralph C. Parmenter '16 slipped on the ice Fri-
day afternoon and fractured his left leg just be-
low the knee. He was taken to his home in Port-
land.
The students are reminded that competition for
a "skit" to be produced by the Masque and Gown
at the Spring Rally closes March 20. Manu-
scripts are to be submitted to Leigh, 7 So. Maine,
or Callahan, Beta House.
The Freshman relay team will again race the
Bates Freshman relay outfit at the indoor meet
Saturday night. After defeating the Bates team
on its own track, the Bowdoin Freshmen should
have little difficulty in winning here.
There are still a large number of copies of the
constitutions of student organizations for distri-
bution among those of the student body or faculty
to whom they may be of interest or aid. The
amendment adopted Saturday and printed in this
issue will fit into the book, if cut out of the
Orient and pasted in.
Hebron and Brunswick High will not race at
the indoor meet. Hebron has been training on a
track like the one in the new gym, while Bruns-
wick has been unable to secure permission to use
the one here. Accordingly, Coach Magee feels
unwilling to put on his charges under such a
handicap.
24.
WUtb tt)e jfacultp
Professor W. B. Mitchell went to Providence
last Thursday as a judge in an intercollegiate
debate between Brown and Williams.
Dr. Cram intends to visit Bermuda during
Easter recess.
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Professor Files has a series of articles on
"Motor Trips in Europe" in the Brunswick Rec-
ord.
Professor McConaughy spoke at the Gorham
Normal School last Thursday. While in Gorham
he gave the Bowdoin lecture at the high school.
Professor Hormell was a judge in a debate be-
tween Hebron Academy and Oak Grove last
Wednesday. Professor Woodruff was also one
of the judges of the debate.
alumni Department
'52.
CHAMBERLAIN.
[For the Transcript.]
Heroic figure of the heroic past,
When war's loud thunder shook the battle
plain,
When to the impetuous charge called bugle blast,
And legions strove amain,
Then was it thine to lead thy veterans bold
To Honor's station on most dangerous post,
The crest of Little Round Top stoutly hold
Against the assaulting host.
And when at last on Fate's decisive field
The hostile ranks were to surrender driven,
The war-worn colors they were forced to yield
Into thy hands were given.
Yet later, in response to Duty's claim,
It was thy fortune still to serve the State,
To shed fresh lustre on her splendid name
As her chief magistrate.
But we who knew thee in scholastic chair,
Who felt the magic of thy skill to teach —
We saw the grace of learning was how fair
In beauty of thy speech.
We hold thy memory green through all the year,
Fadeless as Bowdoin's academic grove,
We lay our wreath of laurel on thy bier
With ivy interwove.
Isaac Bassett Choate '62.
'63. — Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth recently re-
ported in a most interesting address at Center
Church, New Haven, Conn., on his recent mission
to England in behalf of the proposed World Con-
ference as a first step toward church unity.
The commission was received heartily by the
English prelates. Dr. Smyth had interviews with
the Bishop of Oxford, the Archbishop of York
and Canterbury, and the Bishop of Winchester.
Concrete and definite plans were made and steps
taken for greater church unity.
'69.— Maine friends will be interested in a ban-
quet lately held at Pittsburg, Pa., in honor of Dr.
Marshman Wadsworth, dean of the School of
Mines, University of Pittsburg, on his retirement
from active work as a university professor and
dean.
Dr. Wadsworth's early life was passed on the
home farm of his parents near Livermore Falls.
His mother was nee Miss Nancy Eaton, daughter
of the late Lowell Eaton of South Chesterville.
At Bowdoin he was a classmate of D. H. Knowl-
ton '69, the well known publisher of Farmington.
Subsequently he was instructor at Harvard
University, and later was for many years director
of the Michigan Mining School, Houghton, Mich.
Four years ago he took charge of the depart-
ment of the school of mines at the University of
Pittsburg and, as stated at the banquet, "devel-
oped it from an insignificant department into one
of the best schools of its kind in the country."
During the evening a handsome loving cup was
presented to Dr. Wadsworth in an address ex-
pressing' the highest appreciation of him as a
teacher and a friend of the students. "A more
popular or more successful dean," said the speak-
er, "the university has never seen." Over one
hundred present and former students attended the
banquet. Dr. Wadsworth will, we understand,
retire with a Carnegie pension and will remain a
dean emeritus of the university.
'85. — The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries has re-
cently issued a monograph entitled Fishing and
Fishes in Sunapee Lake by William O. Kendall,
scientific assistant in the Bureau.
'91. — Rev. Henry H. Noyes of Island Falls has
received a call to the pastorate of the Union Con-
gregational Church of Fisherville. Mr. Noyes is
a graduate of Andover Theological Seminary, a
director of the State of Maine Conference on
Congregational Churches, and is also correspond-
ing secretary of the Conference.
'00. — The Rev. Elbert B. Holmes, rector of St.
George's Episcopal Church, Sanford, has an-
nounced his resignation, to take effect on April
30. Mr. Holmes has received and accepted a call
to St. Anne's Church, at Richford, Vt. He has
been rector of St. George's Episcopal Church for
three and a half years.
'03.— Dr. J. R. Ridlon, U. S. Public Health
Service, has recently returned from a three
months' course at the London School of Tropical
Medicine, and is now stationed at Philadelphia,
Pa.
BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOL. XLIII
BRUNSWICK. MAINE, MARCH 24, 1914
NO. 33
INDOOR INTERCLASS MEET
The lowering of two records featured the
twenty-eighth annual exhibition and the nine-
teenth annual indoor meet, held in the General
Thomas Worcester Hyde Athletic Building last
Friday night. The meet was won by the Junior
class with forty-two points ; the Freshmen were
second with twenty-eight points, the Seniors third
with twenty-two, the Sophomores fourth with
seventeen, while Balfe, a special, running unat-
tached, scored eight points. Records were broken
in the pole vault, and in the mile. McKenney '15
vaulted ten feet, eleven and one-eighth inches, a
height of eleven and one-eighth inches above the
previous record held jointly by Smith '15 and Mc-
Kenney '15. Crosby '17 cut off forty-one seconds
in the mile, covering the distance in four min-
utes, forty-two and three-fifth seconds. Capt.
Smith '15 of the 'varsity track team was the in-
dividual star of the meet, scoring eighteen points.
The class drill, for the first time since 1910, re-
sulted in a win for the Freshmen ; the Sophomore
squad was second, and the Junior squad third.
Entertainment in the form of gymnastic exhi-
bitions, relay and potato races was furnished by
the boys of the Brunswick Grammar School, and
was enthusiastically received. They were trained
by J. C. Kimball.
The 1320 yard relay race between the Bates
Freshmen and the Bowdoin Freshmen resulted in
another easy win for our men. They won by
thirty-five yards.
One of the most sensational features was the
way McWilliams '15 ran the quarter mile. Al-
though so severely spiked at the first corner that
he could hardly stand and although he lost one of
his shoes at the second corner, he ran a fast,
plucky race and- was barely beaten by Balfe. He
had to be carried from the track.
" Crosby's running of the mile was a splendid
performance, the more so in view of the amount
of running he had done through the evening.
The class relay races were hotly contested.
The preliminaries were no yards per man and
were pursuit races. The finals were 220 yards
per man with the men running together.
Relay Race. — Bates '17 (Connors, Davis,
House, Chamberlain) vs. Bowdoin '17 (Pierce,
Robinson, Humphrey, Crosby) ; won by Bowdoin
'17. Time, 2:49.
Forty- Yard Dash. — First heat : Won by Smith
'15; second, Fox '14; time, 5 seconds. Second
heat: Won by Ogle '17; second, Weatherill '14;
time, 5 1-5 seconds. Third heat : Won by Balfe,
unattached; second, L. Brown '14; time, 5 sec-
onds. Fourth heat: Won by MacCormick '15;
second, Morrison '15; time, 5 seconds. Fifth
heat: Won by Pratt '14; second, Bond '17; time,
5 1-5 seconds. First semi-final heat : Won by
Smith '15; time, 5 seconds. Second semi-final
heat : Won by Balfe, unattached ; time, 5 seconds.
Third semi-final heat: Won by MacCormick '15;
time, 5 seconds. Final heat: Won by Smith '15;
second, Balfe, unattached; third, MacCormick
'15 ; time, 5 seconds.
Relay Race. — 1914 (Fox, Weatherill, Marr,
Tuttle, Hall, Pratt, Wright, Brown) vs. 1916,
(Hall, Webber, Weatherill, Beal, Ramsdell,
Hodgkins, Wood, Ireland) ; won by 1914; time,
1 :44 i-5-
Forty-five Yard Low Hurdles. — First heat:
Won by Smith '15; second, Donahue '14; time, 6
seconds. Second heat: Won by Weatherill '16;
second, Ogle '17; time, 61-5 seconds. Third
heat: Won by Fox '14; second, Stetson '15; time,
62-5 seconds. Fourth heat: Won by Nickerson
'16; second, Pratt '14; time, 63-5 seconds. First
semi-final heat: Won by Smith '15; second, Ogle
'17; time, 6 seconds. Second semi-final heat:
Won by Fox '14; second, Stetson '15; time, 6 1-5
seconds. Final heat: Won by Smith '15; second,
Fox '14; third, Ogle '17; time, 6 seconds.
Relay Race. — 1915 (Smith, MacCormick,
Richardson, Mannix, Morrison, Roberts, McWil-
liams, Floyd) vs. 1917 (Ogle, Bond, Pike, Fill-
more, Colbath, Robinson, Cormack, Chapman) ;
won by 1915; time, 1 =43 1-5.
Midget Relay Race. — Won by (Litchfield,
Priest, Norris, Varney) ; time, 1 :2 3-5 seconds.
88o-Yard Run.— Won by Crosby '17; second,
Wright '14; third, Irving '16; time, 2:163-5.
Forty-five Yard High Hurdles. — First heat:
Won by Smith '15; second, White '17; time, 64-5
seconds. Second heat: Won by Roberts '15; sec-
ond. Ogle '17; time,. 7 seconds. Third heat: Won
by Floyd '15; second, Nickerson '16; time, 7 sec-
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onds. Final heat: Won by Smith '15; second,
Floyd '15; third, Roberts '15; time, 62-5 seconds.
Class Relay Finals. — 1917 (Fillmore, Bond,
Chapman, Martell, Colbath, Robinson, Humphrey,
Crosby) vs. 1916 (Hall, Webber, Weatherill,
Beal, Leadbetter, Ramsdell, Wood, Ireland) ; won
by 1916. 1914 (Weatherill, Fox, Marr, Tuttle,
Pratt, Brown, Wright, Brown) vs. 1915 (McWil-
liams, MacCormick, Richardson, Mannix, Morri-
son, Roberts, Stetson, Floyd) ; won by 191 5; time,
3:37 4-5-
440-Yard Dash. — Won by Balfe, independent;
second, McWilliams '15; third, Humphrey '17;
time, 60 1-5 seconds.
Mile Run. — Won by Crosby '17; second, Tar-
box '14; third, Bradford '17; time, 4:423-5. New
record.
Running Broad Jump. — Won by C. A. Brown
'14; second, Smith '15; third, Floyd '15; distance,
20 feet, 5 3-4 inches.
Putting i6-pound Shot. — Won by Leadbetter
'16; second, Lewis '15; third, Hall '14; distance,
36 feet, 7 1-4 inches.
Running High Jump. — Won by White '17;
second, Boardman '16; third, Wood '16; height,
5 feet, 5 inches.
Pole Vault. — Won by McKenney '15; second,
Chase '14; third, Merrill '14; height, 10 feet, 7 1-8
inches. On his try for a new record McKenney
'15 went 10 feet, 11 1-8 inches. New record.
Class Drills.— Won by 1917 (Oliver, leader;
Babcock, Bartlett, J. Boothby, R. Boothby,
Brown, Crane, Gregory, Little, McConaughy, Cre-
hore, Stone); second, 1916 (Nickerson, leader;
Hargraves, Stratton, Niven, Moulton, Crossman,
Greeley, Garland, Olson, Ladd, Bird, Hescock) ;
third, 1915 (Robinson, leader; J. Lewis, McKen-
ney, Adams, Tackaberry, Mannix, Livingston, El-
well, Perkins, Rodick, Woodbury, Coffin, Dem-
mons, alternate). Guy W. Leadbetter '16 was
pianist for both the Junior and Freshman drills,
while Evans '16 played for the Sophomores.
SCHEDULE OF POINTS WON.
Events 1914 iQI5 IQl6 I0I7 Balfe
Class Drills, 2 6 10
Running Broad Jump, 5 4
Class Relay Races, 3 5 x
Putting 16-tb. Shot, 1 3 5
40-Yard Dash, 6 3
880-Yard Run, 3 I 5
45-Yd. High Hurdles, 3 5 1
45-Yd. Low Hurdles, 9
Running High Jump, 4 5
Pole Vault, 4 5
440-Yard Run, 3 I 5
One-Mile Run, 3 6
Totals, 22 42 17 28 8
NEW ORIENT BOARD ELECTED
At the meeting of the old Orient Board Mon-
day, March 16, the Board for Volume 44 was
elected. Their duties will begin with the first
issue after vacation. Austin H. MacCormick '15
was elected Editor-in-Chief, Dwight H. Sayward
'16 was elected Managing Editor, and John F.
Rollins '15 was elected Alumni Editor. The fol-
lowing new members were elected: Donald F.
Philbrick '17, William S. Cormack '17 and Rogers
M. Crehore '17. The men who retire from the
Board are Leigh '14, Robinson '14 and Simpson
'14-
BOWDOIN PUBLISHING CO. ELECTIONS
At a meeting of the Bowdoin Publishing Com-
pany last Tuesday, Philip W. Porritt '15 was
elected Manager; Herbert H. Foster '16 and J.
Scott Brackett '16 were elected assistant mana-
gers. Competition for assistant managers from
the Freshman class beafins at once.
MASQUE AND GOWN CONTEST
The date for the close of the contest for a skit
to be produced April 24, at the Spring Rally, has
been extended to March 27. A prize of five dol-
lars was offered for the best skit received by the
Masque and Gown, but none as yet has been
handed in. Here is a golden opportunity for
some amateur author to win fame and fortune by
writing a short skit or finishing a would be mas-
terpiece.
READING OF TWELFTH NIGHT
At the reading of the Dramatic Club held last
Thursday in Memorial Hall for the presentation
of "Twelfth Night," the following men were re-
tained: D. White '16, Gibson '14, Robinson '14,
Loeffler '14, Callahan '14, Fuller '16, Woodman
'16, Churchill '16, Edwards '16, Stride '17, Perkins
'15, Livingston '15 and Barton '14. The assign-
ments have not been definitely decided yet. In all
probability the parts will be assigned at the read-
ing this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in Memorial
Hall.
Mrs. A. F. Brown has resigned as coach of the
Dramatic Club on account of ill health. It is
thought that Professor Elliott will become the
coach.
SECOND COLLEGE TEA
The second and last college tea of the year will
be held on Friday, April seventeenth. Invitations
will be limited to members of the student body
and friends, the members of the governing boards
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and the alumni and friends of the college resid-
ing in Brunswick. The committee in charge con-
sists of Mrs. Whittier, chairman, Mrs. Little,
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Ham, Mrs.
Elliott, who will be in the receiving line, and Mrs.
Nixon, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. McConaughy and Mrs.
Gross, who will preside at the tables.
SUMMARY OF GYM WORK
During the winter three hundred and thirty-
five men have taken gymnasium work. These
were divided into the following squads under In-
structors Maroney and Kimball :
Class Drills :
1914, fencing with foils, 40
1915, fencing with broadswords, 47
1916, boxing, wrestling and dumbbell drill, 66
1917, Indian club swinging, 82
Total in class squads, 235
Class drill assistants: Garland '14, Pratt '14,
Mitchell '14, Loeffler '14, Melcher '15.
During the winter the track squad of fifty men
under the instruction of Coach J. J. Magee was
divided into two sections.
Relay squad :
1914, 3
1915, 9
1916, 8
1917, 4
Total in relay work, 24
The general track squad has had setting-up
drills, sprint work, and various track work, soc-
cer and medicine ball.
General track squad:
1914, 4
1915, I2
1916, 4
1917, 6
Total in general track work, 26
Total in track squad, 5°
The baseball work was under the instruction of
A. L. Grant, Jr., '12. The men were divided
among the different classes as follows :
1914, jj
1915, 8
1916, 20
1917, l6
Baseball squad, 5°
Total taking gymnasium work, 335
P. K. Holmes, the assistant director, assisted by
N. S. Kupelian and Clarence Baker, had charge
of the make-up work. Holmes, Maroney and
Kimball were in charge of the heavy gymnastics.
All classes have done work on the apparatus and
tumbling'.
MASSACHUSETTS CLUB MEETS
On March 16 the Massachusetts Club met for
its first meeting this year at the Alpha Delta Phi
house. The club was reorganized with the fol-
lowing officers elected: Samuel West '15, presi-
dent; Roger Eastman '16, vice-president; Stuart
I. Robinson '17, secretary and treasurer. Pro-
fessor McConaughy proposed that a banquet be
held in Boston for the purpose of interesting men
to come to Bowdoin. A committee consisting of
West '15, Eastman '16, Irving '15, Dalrymple '15
and Robinson '17 were appointed to arrange for
such an entertainment. After the business meet-
ing, refreshments were served.
CLASSICAL CLUB MEETING
Last Wednesday night Professor Burnett gave
an especially interesting talk at the Delta Upsi-
lon house before the Classical Club. His sub~-
ject was "Adelphi. "
At the meeting of the Classical Club the follow-
ing men were elected for the ensuing year : Pres-
ident, Robert P. Coffin '15; secretary, A. B.
Swartz '16; member executive committee, Bo-
durtha '15. The club also decided to get the pic-
tures of the clubs as far back as '05, from Mr.
Webber, the photographer, and to hang them on
the wall of the Classical Club room in the Li-
brary. The names of those who have won the
Sewall Latin and Greek prizes will be placed on
a tablet in the Classical Club room.
MEETING OF TENNIS MANAGERS
The Maine Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Asso-
ciation held its annual meeting at the Elmwood
Hotel, Waterville, last Saturday afternoon. The
following officers were elected: A. H. MacCor-
mick of Bowdoin, president; R. P. Clark of
Maine, vice-president; A. H. Knight of Colby,
secretary; H. M. Wight of Bates, treasurer. The
date of the spring tournament, to be held in Wa-
terville, was set tentatively at May 25, 26 and 27.
CLASS SONG CONTEST REHEARSALS
The Freshmen have held the first rehearsal for
the Class Song Contest. The Sophomores will
hold theirs Thursday afternoon at 4.30 in the
Y.M.C.A. room. The Juniors were unable to
hold their first rehearsal because of scant attend-
ance but will have one at 5.30 the day College
opens again.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Published every Tuesday of the Collegiate year by
The Bowdoin Publishing Company
in the Interests of the Students of
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert D. Leigh, 1914,
Austin H. MacCormick, 1915,
Richard E. Simpson, 1914,
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Alumni Editor
DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John F. Rollins, 1915, The Library Table
D. H. Sayward, 1916, On The Campus
Raymond C. Hamlin, 1916, With The Faculty
J. Glenwood Winter, 1916, The Other Colleges
K. A. Robinson, 1914
G. H. Talbot, 1915
F. P. McKenney, 1915
D. J. Edwards, 1916
E. C. Hawes, 1916
Contributions are requested from all undergraduates
alumni and faculty. No anonymous contributions can
be accepted.
All communications regarding subscriptions should be
addressed to the Business Manager of the Bowdoin Pub-
lishing Co. Subscriptions, $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single copies, 10 cents.
BOWDOIN PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Arthur G. McWilliams, 1915, Assistant Manager
Philip W. Porritt, 1915, Assistant Manager
Entered at Post-Office at Brunswick as Second-Class Mail Matter
Vol. XLIII MARCH 24, 1914 No. 33
The Orient Year
When the present Board assumed control one
year ago it was stated that the single policy of the
editorial department would not be to preach at or
to criticise but to serve the College community.
We have chosen to take our task seriously from
that time to this, seeking always to serve. In
serving we have often felt it necessary to criticise
and often have found opportunity to praise. We
have been confident that the best interests of the
student body demanded a positive attitude on its
questions and problems and have discarded many
of the self-evident conditions which might serve
for comment.
Almost imperceptibly our policy has taken
shape in definite lines. Believing our province to
be mainly concerned with that part of our life
which is extra-curricular we have only occasion-
ally dealt with the vital problems with which the
Faculty has had to deal and the relations between
the students and Faculty. The discussion for lim-
itation of student activities emphasized, however,
the relation of the outside activity to the curri-
culum. We have maintained from the first that
there existed a need here for some sort of regu-
lation which would cure over-participation by a
few to their own detriment. We commend to our
successors an observation of the system adopted
with the idea of gaining by some means a solution
of this problem. In this connection we might
mention the essay in the current number of the
Quill, which, although presenting a partial view,
serves to remind us of the real place of these
student activities. In the matter of athletics we
have been pleased to comment on the good for-
tune of the college in obtaining expert instructors
and coaches to fit into our new and greater gym-
nasium system. In this connection we have tried
to point out that there is still need for more ath-
letic activity for the average man, this to be ob-
tained by development of minor sports and train-
ing facilities and competition for all. Although
emphasizing this need we have tried to bring for-
ward again and again the really normal and nat-
ural part that organized cheering may play in our
college life, when rationally developed. In our
celebrations for victories, in our observance of
class customs, in our use of equipment we have
endeavored to point to the actual value of the
custom of celebration in light of new conditions,
to a normal attitude toward such features of col-
lege life. In the matter of dramatic and musical
interests we have endeavored to furnish all stim-
ulation within our power, believing that a more
general interest on the part of the students will
result from sufficient impetus. Our relations with
alumni and sub-freshmen have been discussed and
a more active attitude on the part of the Faculty
and undergraduates is being worked out. Our
successors will record great improvements in
these matters. We have dealt often with our
perennial financial question, the blanket tax, and
that question of the future, the Bowdoin Union.
In conclusion we feel that the solution of our
campus problems lies in the increasing recogni-
tion of the value of serious and earnest applica-
tion to college studies, of a proper evaluation of
the really subordinate undergraduate activities,
with a like appreciation of the immense benefits
from such activities if taken seriously. There
should be more and more the spirit that the stu-
dent office is an opportunity for self-expression
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and training, not an honor or occasion for mere
routine activity. Despite the shadow of the past
week we cannot but feel the greatest optimism in
reviewing the Orient year. To the new Board
we wish the best of success and feel only regret
that our work is done.
The Facts
The campus situation produced by the Senior
affair last Wednesday and consequent faculty
action is such that we believe a simple statement
of the facts as brought out in the Faculty-Senior
committee conference last Saturday evening may
help to replace much that is unfounded rumor and
profitless criticism. That part of the celebration
which was a breach of college discipline while
unforseen by the administrative committee of the
Faculty has been the culmination of the tradi-
tional method of former classes in celebrating.
The class by vote authorized that part of the cele-
bration while participating in it actually in small
part. The Faculty committee, realizing that it
was a class affair and that it would be very dif-
ficult to place the actual responsibility on individ-
uals, chose to deal with the class in the discipli-
nary measures. In putting the class on probation
with the provision that there would be exemption
for all those whom the officers of the class should
vouch for as not having actively participated in
the celebration, the committee realized the
probable seriousness of results, not only to
the class but the student body and college as a
whole, but considered the occasion required the
discipline chosen. The class on Saturday at a
meeting after due deliberation decided that al-
though it had been allowed the option of freeing
some from probation by reason of non-participa-
tion, this was an impossible task. It felt that
since it was an authorized class affair, in some
measure each member was responsible and pun-
ishment should therefore, fall on all alike. The
Faculty action was maintained.
These, as truly as our earnest desire to have
fair treatment to all concerned has met with suc-
cess, are the facts. While they are necessarily
the opinions of undergraduates, it is hardly hoped
that they will coincide with the opinions and
prejudices of many students on the campus. We
have received communications concerning the af-
fair which we are withholding from publication
because the least controversy possible in these
columns will best serve the College. The results
of the whole affair are serious, but the best judg-
ment under the circumstances and not infalliable
decision is all that can be asked. ■» '
The Scope of our Publications
The experience of the year which has brought
us into contact with the various publications of
other colleges, the problems we have encountered
in trying to use our limited space to the best ad-
vantage, has caused us to consider whether or not
the Bowdoin publications are fulfilling the needs
of the institution. The Orient with its present
equipment is able, we believe, to meet the task of
furnishing the news of the College. The Quill
serves very well to furnish a medium for the ex-
pression of purely literary productions. The
Bugle furnishes acceptably the statistical and pic-
torial record of the year as well as a compendium
of undergraduate wit. There is, however, a real
need for a medium to bring before our whole
college community matter of another kind. It is
that class of material which the Orient deals
with in a fragmentary and superficial way in edi-
torials and occasional communications. But these
departments continually encroach on valuable
news matter and are of necessity hurriedly pre-
pared. It is the class of matter which is dealt
with in an occasional essay in the Quill. But the
present form and size of that magazine as well as
a certain justifiable emphasis on intrinsic literary
worth forbid its serving as this medium. In the
Alumni Department of the Orient, too, there is
at times material of a nature which could be
handled better in a more comprehensive way.
There is, if we may judge from our experience,
material for a monthly or quarterly magazine
dealing with articles of interest to undergrad-
uates, faculty and alumni ; open to contributions
from these sources. The editorial department of
the Orient is forced to discard because of length
or publish, at great expense of other departments,
valuable and interesting accounts of lives of
alumni, speeches by the President or alumni, in-
teresting articles on topics of student interest,
essays on Bowdoin problems. Such a magazine,
if properly begun, would have no problem in
creating either a contributing board or an inter-
ested clientele.
There are, however, grave objections to a sep-
arate magazine of this kind and careful judgment
would declare such a venture financially unwise.
Two periodicals are all that our student body can
well support. This objection may not, however,
condemn the idea. There are two other plans
suggested. One is the inauguration of a monthly
Orient of augmented size, called the "Outlook
idea," which would offer the necessary medium.
The other is the extension of the size, form, and
perhaps editorial policy of the Quill, to admit of
such material as suggested. In other colleges the
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monthly magazine is the one in which such mate-
rial is included, but here the disposition seems to
be in favor of the Orient's extension. The mat-
ter might profitably be discussed by the Bowdoin
Publishing Company and the editorial boards.
The need is real and should be met.
Y.M.C.A. NOTES
The-annual election of Y.M.C.A. officers will
take place Thursday, March 26, in the Managers'
room of the Gymnasium from I to 4.30 p. m. All
members of the Christian Association are entitled
to vote. The nominations are as given in last
■week's Orient. Printed ballots will be supplied.
Last Sunday H. Foster '16 and Churchill '16
went on a deputation to Biddeford, speaking in
two churches and to a union service. On April 5,
Leadbetter '16, Chapman '17 and Merrill '14 will
go on a deputation to Farmington.
©n t&e Campus
Nason '14 has gone home on account of sick-
ness.
Coach Magee was in Boston on business last
week.
Haseltine M'-'i6 has been on the campus re-
cently.
Achorn '17 has gone home on account of sick-
ness.
Parsons '16 is suffering from an attack of the
mumps.
D. K. Merrill "15 has returned to College after
an operation on his hand.
All contributions to the Bugle must be handed
in to MacCormick '15 before vacation begins.
Coach Magee gave the candidates for the track
team a little talk in the gym yesterday afternoon.
The list of Government Club officers in last
week's Orient should contain the name of Kee-
gan '15 as treasurer.
The Central Committee held a meeting Thurs-
day evening and made plans for a definite vaca-
tion campaign for next year's class.
McWilliams '15, who was spiked in the meet
Friday night, is already off of crutches and it is
thought that the injury will not prove serious.
The outdoor interclass track meet scheduled
for May 2 will be an exhibition affair. Maine
plays Bowdoin here earlier in the afternoon.
Manager Porritt of the Bowdoin Publishing
Company has issued a call for Freshmen candi-
dates for assistant manager to report to him im-
mediately.
Among the alumni who have been on the cam-
pis during the last week are : Stubbs '09, Robin-
son '11, McFarland '11, Kern '12, Wish '13, Sav-
age '13 and Eberhardt '13.
The debates with Wesleyan have been indefi-
nitely postponed owing to the illness of Parsons
'16, and to the inability of Leigh '14 and Gage '14
to participate owing to probation.
Following the probation of the Bowdoin Sen-
iors, the report comes from Lewiston that half
the members of the Bates Sophomore class have
been placed on probation for kidnapping four of
the Freshmen.
At the meeting of the Student Council March
17, in the Library, Leigh '14 and Eaton '14 were
elected members of the Limitation Board. The
speakers for the Spring Rally and also suitable
souvenirs were discussed.
Owing to the Faculty ruling regarding the pro-
bation of Seniors, the trip of the Musical Clubs
to Boston and New York has been indefinitely
postponed. The concert in Brunswick, scheduled
for tonight, has also been postponed.
Plans are being made for the formation of a
track club, similar to the Monday Night Club and
B.B.B. Club. "B" men, manager, assistant man-
ager and trainer are eligible for membership.
Meetings will probably be held Thursday nights.
The Bowdoin Chapter of Delta Upsilon will
hold a dance in their dance hall Friday evening,
March 27. The committee in charge is composed
of Perkins '15, Knowlton '15 and Stride '17. The
patronesses will be Mrs. S. B. Furbish and Mrs.
A. O. Gross.
OTtf) t&e JFacuItp
Professor McConaughy spoke last Thursday at
the Kennebec County Teachers' Convention at
Gardiner.
President Hyde recently spoke on "The Larger
Righteousness" at the Central Congregational
Church Vespers in Boston.
Professor Catlin will give a lecture on "Women
in Industry" at the Burnham Gymnasium, Port-
land, on Friday, March 27, at 3 p. m.
Professor Loomis has accepted a professorship
at Purdue College, Lafayette, Indiana. He will
take up his duties there, as professor of physical
chemistry, next fall. Professor Loomis intends
to spend the spring vacation in Baltimore and
Washington.
€!)e Met Colleges
Statistics recently compiled by the Pennsyl-
vanian, the daily paper of the University of Penn-
sylvania, show that practically all colleges in the
country, except state institutions, are named in
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honor of their founders, or someone who has
been liberal in endowments :
"Harvard was named after John Harvard, who
in 1638 left £779 and his private library of 300
books to the school.
"Dartmouth was named for Lord Dartmouth, a
subscriber of large sums of money toward its
support and president of the first Board of Trus-
tees.
"Williams was named after Colonel Ephraim
Williams, a soldier of the old French wars and a
loyal supporter of the school.
"Hon. Nicholas Brown, a graduate of Brown
University, is responsible for its name. He be-
came very wealthy and gave his school much
money and a large library.
"Bowdoin was named in honor of Governor
Bowdoin of Maine.
"The name Colby was caused by the fact that
Mr. Colby, of Boston, a man who had lived in
Maine and was much interested in the welfare of
what was then called Waterville College. He
donated large sums of money and practically put
the college on a working basis.
"Yale is accountable for its name to Elihu Yale,
a donor of many valuable gifts.
"Cornell was founded by Ezra Cornell.
"Dickinson College was the recipient of the
generosity of Hon. John Dickinson, one of the
presidents of the Board of Trustees, who gave
very liberally toward the support of the college.
"Leland Stanford has a unique story of its
name origin. A small boy, the only son of a rich
California railroad man, has this honor. Before
his death he had many times expressed the wish
to do something great when he grew up, toward
giving an education to boys who could not afford
to go away to college.
"Pennsylvania is named after the state, from
Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, the proprieta-
ries and governors-in-chief of what was then
known as the provinces of Pennsylvania."
There has been recently a great deal of discus-
sion in the collegiate press on the summer base-
ball question. In response to a request by the
Yale Daily News, several replies have been re-
ceived from leading college captains, the consen-
sus of which seems to be in favor of summer
baseball. The substance of the letters of Cap-
tains Blossom, of Yale; Roades, of Princeton;
Porter, of Johns Hopkins ; Vaiden, of the Navy ;
and several others was that any man who had
extraordinary baseball ability and was trying to
get through college should be allowed to play
summer baseball without rendering himself in-
eligible to play on the college nine. Captain
Dana Wingate of Harvard, and Emlin Hare,
chairman of the faculty baseball committee at the
University of Pennsylvania, took a still stronger
stand, contending that even a professional, pro-
vided he were a bona fide student, should be al-
lowed to play on a college team.
The Williams Record has made a radical de-
parture in the rules governing competition for the
editorial staff. For the past two years election to
the board of editors has been based primarily
upon the quantity of material submitted by the
candidates rather than upon the form. While
initiative and energy will still be encouraged un-
der the new system, by which unassigned work
will count 40 per cent, instead of 75 per cent, as
under the old system, more time will be given for
the "write-ups," and quality will be the prime es-
sential.
An anarchist club has been organized at the
University of Wisconsin. The noted Emma Gold-
man and other prominent anarchists have been
secured for speaking engagements.
alumni Department
'50. — On February 23, Rev. John J. Bulfinch,
A.M., of Waldoboro, Maine, died at the age of 84
years after a busy life of ministerial and educa-
tional work. He was born in Waldoboro on May
1, 1830. At Yarmouth Academy he fitted for
Bowdoin, graduating with honors in the class of
1850 of which he was one of the last three sur-
viving members. After graduation he prepared
for the Christian ministry at Bangor Theological
Seminary, graduating in 1856, and held pastorates
in Perry, Boothbay, Newcastle, Freeport, Wash-
ington and Bremen, Maine. In 1870 he married
Emeline D. Thurlow, who died in 1872. Since
1886 he has made his home at Waldoboro, preach-
ing on alternate Sundays in neighboring towns.
As a preacher his sermons were characterized
by very careful preparation both from a religious
and literary point of view. He accumulated a
large library on theology and general literature
and was throughout his life deeply interested in
all important social questions. In him was worth-
ily maintained the tradition of the Congregational
denomination that its ministers should unite
scholarship with practice. Believing that the in-
fluence of good schools cannot be overestimated,
he never failed to labor consistently for their ad-
vancement.
He early associated himself with the Prohibi-
tion party, believing that national prohibition
would be effective where state laws failed. At
the cost of much self-denial and some misrepre-
sentation he upheld the principles of the new
party for many years; and remained faithful to
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it to the end of his life, holding that though it
might be of little significance politically it yet
served as a protest against the lax enforcement
of the temperance laws.
'59. — Major John D. Anderson of Gray, Maine,
is a candidate for the office of surveyor of the
port of Portland, the office held for many years
by the late General Joshua L. Chamberlain. He
has the unanimous backing of the Grand Army,
the Union Veterans' Union, and the Loyal Legion
of Maine.
*6i. — An interesting article on Reciprocity with
Canada by Dr. Edward Stanwood has recently
appeared in the form of a reprint from the Pro-
ceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
'75. — Rev. George Groswell Cressey, Ph.D.,
D.D., who returned to the United States last Sep-
tember after a pastorate of six years in the Effre
Road Unitarian Church, London, England, is now
minister of the Unitarian Society, New Brighton,
Greater New York. Dr. Cressey will give a se-
ries of lectures at Meadville Theological Semi-
nary in April on "The Preparation and Delivery
of the Unwritten Sermon."
'83. — Dr. F. M. Fling, of the University of Ne-
braska, is giving a popular course of lectures on
six European statesmen, Turgot, Mirabeau, Na-
poleon, Maeterlinck, Cavour, and Bismarck.
Their lives cover the century (1774-1871) during
which constitutional life and nationality rose in
Western Europe. The proceeds from the course
will go to the Social Settlement. Dr. Fling gave
a course of lectures last year that were a suc-
cess in every way. When the course was first
proposed this year the committee received the
names of 11 00 persons who signified their inten-
tion of attending.
Prof. F. M. Fling recently scored the anti-suf-
fragists, or those who claim that "woman's sphere
is in the home," very heavily at a meeting of the
social science department of the Omaha Woman's
Club, when he declared that it was no longer a
question of woman's right to vote, but very plain-
ly her duty to participate in the solution of all
social problems. He advocated the adoption of
the motto, "Nothing that concerns humanity is a
matter of indifference to me," for those women
who were content with the evil conditions of the
day so long as their immediate happiness was not
threatened. "There is no truth in the statement
that women unsex themselves when they partici-
pate in the public welfare movements. They don't
become real women until they have reached these
heights," he said.
Touching on the question from a historical
point of view, Dr. Fling characterized the suf-
frage movement as a class struggle— the struggle
of the one-half to emancipate itself from man
rule. He stated that a surprising change,
amounting almost to a revolution, had taken place
in the lifetime of the women in the audience. He
put aside the much-vaunted argument of woman's
inferiority to man as being only a masculine in-
terpretation, or that of the dominating group. "It
is a loss to society when but one-half of its mem-
bers participate in the work for the good of so-
ciety. Only by an equal participation will we at-
tain to the highest degree of perfection."
In dwelling briefly on the peace problem, Dr.
Fling stated that public opinion would change
over night and that something could actually be
accomplished in its behalf, if women would con-
cern themselves sufficiently in the question.
'83. — William A. Perkins, A.M., has recently
been appointed head of the department of Mathe-
matics in the high school at Bridgeport, Conn.
'90. — George B. Chandler has recently become
Compensation Commissioner of the State of Con-
neticut.
'04. — Rev. Chester B. Emerson, pastor of the
Woodward Avenue Congregational Church of
Detroit, Mich., has been invited to deliver ten lec-
tures on "What We Can Believe" before the
large Detroit Y.M.C.A.
'05. — A. T. Shorey recently managed an even-
ing's entertainment given by a group of college
glee club men from Dartmouth and Bowdoin,
held under the auspices of the Brooklyn Commit-
tee of the People's Institute. Those who partici-
pated were John Norris of Dartmouth, mandolin,
and John Winchell, guitar, Stanley Pierce '11,
mandolin, Philip Shorey '07 and John W? Frost
'04, all of Bowdoin. The affair was largely at-
tended by the people of the district in which it
was held.
'07. — The trustees of the Eastern Maine Gen-
eral Hospital have established a new department
in that institution, appointing Dr. Lester Adams
of Bangor as pathologist. Since graduation Dr.
Adams has been at Johns Hopkins; St. Francis
Hospital, Pittsburgh; and Bay View Hospital,
Baltimore.
'11 and Medic '14. — The trustees of the Eastern
Maine General Hospital have also appointed as
internes to begin duty Aug. 1, Harrison L. Rob-
inson '11 and Herbert C. Scribner, both of whom
are members of the medical class of 1914.
'12. — Edward W. Torrey, who has been em-
ployed since graduation in the offices of the Inter-
national Banking Corporation in New York and
London, has been promoted to a position in the
Panama office. Promotion has come at the end
of fifteen months, instead of two and a half years
as naturally would have happened.
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