Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-06-08
BOWDOIN COLLEGE.
The Walker Art BuiIdins-Fieid Day Exercises
Other College News.

BRUNSWICK, June Especial. The
Misses Walker of Waltham, Mass, have
been in town day or two this week to in
spect the progress of the magnificent Wal
ker art building, now so near completion.
and several important details in the con-
struction of the building are now made pub
lie for the first time.
On the two large inches on each side of
the entrance will be placed heroic bronze
statues of Demosthenes and Sophocles,
copied from the classical marble original
Three large busts, one being that of the
Homer of Naples, will be placed in the cir
| cular inches on the front.
In Sculpture hall are four semi-circular
spaces under the DOME each being "a by l3
| feet, and in these are to be placed four
paintings on canvas, completely covering
each space. executed for the Misses Walker
| by four of the most famous living Ameri-
can artists, Elihu Vedder, Abbott Thayer,
LaFarge and another equally as illus
| trious.
These grand embellishments of the
building will cost a very large sum of
money, and the remarkable generosity of
these ladies' will be appreciated more than
ever by every friend of Bowdoin. 1t is the
plan to dedicate the building the coming
| fall.
The end of the term is approaching, and
preparations are being made on all sides
for commencement week. the programme
of which has already been published. To-
morrow the freshman-sophomore boat race
takes place in the morning and the field
sports at the Topsham fair grounds in the
afternoon.
| Friday will be observed as Ivy day, and
next week will be completely taken up with
examinations. Farewell banquets by the
various fraternities to their outgoing dele
cations have been in order lately. The
senior class supper is to be held in Au-
gusta Thursday evening. and the freshman
banquet in Portland next week.
Much interest centers in the awarding OF
the various prizes at the close of the year
Those to the seniors for excellence in Eng
lish composition are the first to be an
nounced and are as follows first prizes, C
W. Peabody, Portland. and B. F. Barker
Bath; second prizes, II. c. Fabysn, Port
land, and c. II. Howard, South Paris. The
seniors have passed their last examinations
and are now taking it easy until commence
ment week.
A large number from the college will at
tend the field day of the NJ. |. s. A. A. a
Augusta, Saturday. DR.. Whittier. Garlic
ton and Clifford. 80, Thomas and Ross
"a. and Minot, 96. are among the officer,
on that occasion.
Another addition has been made to the
notable list of Bowdoin athletes whose fine
work while in college has secured for them
high positions as instructors in other college:
after graduation. F.. H Carleton, '93. OF
Dresden, has been elected gymnasium in
structor by the faculty of Dartmouth col
lege and will assume his duties there mex
fall.
That college has just established compul
sorry gymnasium work for the lower clssse'
and the popular Bowdoin athlete will hav,
charge of this department. Mr.. Carleton
has been leader here in football, rowing
and track and field athletics, and is the bes
aiI-round athlete and one of the mos
popular men in college. Later on he expect
to study law.