Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-15
At OLD B0WD0IN.
Unusually Bright Prospects for Open
ing Of the College Year.
Large Glass Of Freshmen Appleton Hall Looks
Like New Building.

Brunswick, Sept. 14.-(SpeciaD.-Th
fall term at Bowdoin college opened,
today. A freshman class of exceptional
promise will enter this fall, and the
prospect Of a successful year was never
brighter. Several changes in the APP
pearance of the campus and the col
lege buildings have been made during
the summer vacation, but the fact that
Appleton hall has been remodeled
causes all students to rejoice. For
some years this dormitory has been
sorely in need of repair but never until
the present season have the boards of
trustees and overseers considered the
college strong enough financially to
warrant reconstructing the old hall.
The students who occupy rooms in
Appleton returned, this week. to find
their rooms almost palatial as compared
with the time-worn and weather. beaten
quarters they left in June. Neither
money nor labor has been spared in
making the old domitory pleasant and
home-like. The building is thoroughly
equipped with all modern improve
ments, being heated throughout with
steam and lighted by electricity. The
halls are finished throughout in hard
wood. The north end Of Appleton hall
is occupied by the Greek letter frater-
nifty Theta Delta Chi. and the south
end by Delta Kappa Epsilon.
President William Dewitt Hyde will
remain abroad during the winter, Prof |
Henry Leland Chapman acting as pres
ident during his absence. Prof Fl. c. |
Emery has returned from his Europ-
can tour, and will occupy the new chair !
Of economics. Prof. Wilmot b. Mitchell |
has been made Edward Little pro- |
fessor of rhetoric and elocution, and a |
department of English literature has |
been established with Prof. Chapman |
ut its head.
The annual examination of the appli- |
cants for admission to college are being |
held this week, and the following stu |
dents have already been admitted to |
the freshman class: John Appleton. |
Bangor: Harold l.. Berry. Portland: |
Royal II. Bodwell. Brunswick; Brad |
bury, Buxton; Clark Ralph, Strong: |
Roland E. Clark, Hilton: Scott NJ |
Clark, Brunswick; John c. Cobb. Port !
land; Harry s. Coombs. Lewiston: |
John A. Corliss. Bridgton; Fred H. |
Cowan, Pennington: Ripley l.. Dana.
Portland; Henry D. Evans. Camden:
Edward T. Fenley. Portland: Clarence
Is. Flint, Cornish: Robert c. Foster,
Bethel; Edwin NJ. Fuller. Jr.. Bath
Alonzo II. Garcelon. Lewiston: John /
Gregson. Jr.. Worcester. Mass: Ed
ward S. Groves. bingham. Mass:
Frederick l.. Hill. Nashua, N. H.:
Samuel F. Hitchcock, Bath: Alfred t.
Laferrier. Norway: Austin P. LARA
bee, Gardiner; George L. Lewis. South
Berwick: Elliott w. Loring. Yarmouth
Vile: Marston. Fryburg; Henry A.
Richmond: H. j. Milliken.
Bangor; Bert D. Page, Richmond:
Article E. Palmer, South Brewer:
Charles A. Parker, West Medford.
Mass: Gardner NJ. Parker, Jr, Cor
ham; Percy S. Percival. Waterville: J.
A. Pierce. Portland; George L. Pratt.
Strong: Hugh F. Quinn Bangor:
Thomas c. Randall, Freeport; Walter
l.. Sanborn. Norway; Freeman NJ.
Short. Portland: Kenneth c. NJ. Stills.
Portland; Arthur L. Small. Yarmouth
Vile: Ernest F. Smith, Woodfords:
Donald F. Snow, Bangor; Rufus Y.
Storer, Brunswick: Herbert d. Stewart.
Richmond; Herbert l.. SWEET, Bangor; |
Samuel D. Thompson, Bangor; Lester
d. Tyler. Freeport; Harold p Vose. |
Machias; Edward Warren, Bangor;
Theodore Wells, Portland Geo. c.
Pennington; John H. White,
Lewiston; John E. Wilson. Natick,
Mass.