Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-12
PRESIDENT HYDE'S REMARKS
At the Annual Banquet OF The Bowdoin
Alumni Association Of Boston.

From tie Boston IIcrHld's report Of the
| recent largely attended meeting and
banquet Of the Bowdoin Alumni Assocla-
ton of Boston. we clip the following alb
stract of the remarks of President VIM
Dewitt Hyde. which all sons and friends
| of Bowdon will read with pride and in
tcreSt.
president Hyde after some facetious
observations suggested by his return
from abroad. spoke Of the splendid way
in which the college held Its own IN COM
parison with foreign institutions ! am
glad. he went on to say to be connected
with a college that has 100 years behind
it, that has made Il splendid record and
has sent out splendid men into the world.
| appreciated Bowdoin still more when
the president Of "A college remarked to me
privately that his college could draw just
as many students as 1t could afford TO
hire. u.aughterl
Now Bowdoin doesn't belong In that
category CCrics Of GOOD" and cheers)
After our In years We are able to make
our own terms. and we have always kept
those terms high. We stand with Har-
ward and Yale alone in New England
colleges that require an examination Of
all candidates More cries of good
and APPLAUSE | suppose that by that
process We keep away one-fifth of all the
students who want to come 10 US. Our
examination weeds out about one-tenth-
Oue-SeVenth ! believe. this year-thOugh
We weed out something like one-tenth as
We 80 through the course. CbauShter)
BY this process we aim to have a good.
honest body Of students. and we intend
To have no one there who is not thor
ouEhly fitted for entrance and thorough
Is prepared to make the best use OF his
time while he is in college.
When | have to send boy home. / tell
his father that If were to Keep the lad
longer | should be obtaining money I'M
der false pretenCes. IaughterD So We
have maintained that standard. and we
propose TO maintain 1t. Then We have
got our teaching forces into more sat
sfactory condition ] can remember
when political science was taught by the
professor Of mathematics mathematics
being taught by a tutor. IIaughter.( Lat
in was also taught by tutor, and there
was a professor of Greek who had charge
of the Greek and. in a general way. of
the Latin also. Physics, TOO. was taught
ny a tutor. while the themes were cer-
rcctcd hy the librarian.
This year. for the first time. every de-
ptrtmcnt il in the hands of a professor
who has been trained aud had prolonged
cXreriencr in the department. Slowly
ana steadily we have been working to-
wHrI that end and it is now accom-
pished. At the present time no Tutor has
charge of a department or of anvaconSid-s
cradle part of one. The tutors are emf
pl"N.d for supplementary teaching,
Another clement of strength is that the
professors dn not undertake to do more
than they can. orr course OF study does
not make great show in the catalogues.
W" htN" not many courses But we Fave
introduced the elective principle %
greater extent IMAM amy college III Ne"
England. except harvard. me range ne
tween which the choice is made il com
parltiNelN small. I'm nrder 70 get senu-
me elections ana genuine heheiits from
~, II X mol necessary to multiply causes.
cur pan u /" SiN" q i"W SUBSTITUTED
courses IN tn" main lines. and 1t a stu
dent chooses four out of seven or eight
no l. making substantial cho}ce ana
mas got All IN" cdNCafioiIdi h"neht winch
comes from IN" rr'nclpl" OF election
idrh professor gives ms attention 10 =
or - courses ana = practically permitted
I" az ms WORK IN ms own way, ana &C.
ltfinihe me amount AS Wei dS the nature
81 the worn 1t i felt that II Z man ~
competent 70 h"id profeSsorshlp ne Is
dhir 10 manage II himself
Ana now as To tlntncc. Judge putnam.