The Portland daily press., 1898-09-30
aOWpOlN COLLEGE.
Annual 8ccep:;on of Y. NJ. C. A. to Fresh
man Class
fsYEcrAL TO THE rEEss.l

Bowdoin College, September 20. The
ann ual reception Of the Y. NJ. q. A. TO
the freshman class of Bowdoin college
was held in the library tonight. Nearly
all of the freshmen and also many of the
upper classmen were present. A very
pleasant evening was enjoyed by all.
Mr.. West, the president of the organl-
cation, spoke first, saying that 1t gave
him great deal of pleasure to extend q
welcome to the freshman class. Such
welcome should be given on account of
the attitude of the Y. M. G. A The in
coming class had left home and had in
a measure got out from under PARENTAL
influence. This liberty is often abused
and thereby u ten denoy arises to fall into
doubtful ways. 1t is even hard to tell
whether or not college is benefit to one
on this account. So for this reason the
Y. NJ. G. A. extends a cordial welcome.
The highest ideal of college man Is not
the one who burns the most midnight
oil. The acknowledgements for athletics,
for football and contends that 1t is right
and possible to be gentlemanly on the
gridiron rs elsewhere. Thus the inf1u-
ence of the Y. M. G. A. is to build up
the character Of the man.
Mr.. West introduced Prof. Woodruff.
who said that he was very glad to second
the presidents remarks; that he was
glad that there was rest from the col
lege duties in football, athletics, and the
secret societies. In the college great
variety of interests are represented;
scholarship, college glory and social
amusement. One of the organizations Is
the Y. NJ. c. A. 1t has no rival in Its
work aud has purely Christian aim
and stands out boldly for the gospel. For
merly educational developments were
given all the attention of college educa-
ton. but now there are those that not
only tend to develop the mind and ply
sique but the soul as we'll. If a man
wishes to become euccessful atheiete he
must Develop the body; If he wants to be
a Christian he must build up the spirit.
The Y. III. 9. A. is the only organ1za-
ton in college for this purpose and the
students ought to 10 what they can to
help broaden out and help the college life.
If Admiral Dewey had not been prepared
by many years of training for his great
achievement in tho east he would have
met with disaster. SO should we all be
ready to stand against all crises and one
way to bs SO prepared is to join the Y.
NJ. @. A.
Mr. Woodbury., one of the senior class.
next spoke. He said that he felt like
the theological student who went into
the pulpit with the envelope containing
the word Zaccheus. Zaccheus was small
man and was up tree. Thus he said
were the sensations Of both the student
and himself. The Y. III G. A. does not
intend for one to give up social life.
1t wants good athletics. but especially
tends to develop spiritual life. There is
nobody present at tire meeting who does
not desire to help the world. The organiza-
ton teachers, how to SO do. AS member
of the senior class he welcomed the fresh
men to the ranks Of the Young Men s
Christian Association.
Mr.. Burnell of the junior class was
called upon. He said that he had no
previous knowledge that he was to speak
but was willing to say what he could.
He had been to three such receptions
as this one and thought that this was the
best representation of the freshman he
had ever seen. 1902 should do all they
could to help the work along It needs
the cooperation of the whole GLASS. He
closed with the words of Bishop Vincent:
''Let US do our duty and pray God that
We may do our duty here today, not in
the green oasis OF the future, but in the
dusty desert of the present, not in the
vain imaginations of otherwhere, but in
the realities of now"
MIR. West then said that the next act In
the drama of Zaccheus was that they
went to his house and had something to
eat. The Y. ID. G. A. had ample provision
and would set before the gathering all