Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-27
B0WD0IN COLLEGE.
Auspicious Opening of the
Colleges 10Th Year.
Over Seventy Young Men Are in the
Entering Class.
Changes in Facu!.y.-Ncw Donations Some
Foot Bali Gossip.

i'i uHSWltE, NE. sept. 2t-(SpcClalJ T..
With this mornings chapel service
and the cthcr exercises of the dav an
other college year opened at Bowdoin
College. The foot bail men came back.
l0 days ago, and the other students
nave been returning during the past
week. The class of 1868 enters the
largest number in the history of the
college. About 10 Freshmen are now
here and others are known To be com
ing. y total of SS passed the eXamina-
tons and were admitted, but not all
Will come. The new class seems to be
an unusually promising one in all re-
spects. 1t seems to have an abundance
OF good athletic material.
During the summer the work has
gone on upon the Hubbard library
building and the walls of the hand
some big structure are half way up.
Several changes have been made upon
the faculty. In place of Prof. McDon-
aid Of the chair of history, who has
gone to Brown, is Mr.. Dennis, "a grad
uate of Princeton. In place of Prof
Institute of Technology, is Mr.. Hahn,
a graduate of Harvard. The successor
of Prof. Smith. who goes to Amherst
as professor of Latin, is not yet an
nounced, but it will be a Bowdoin
graduate. At this mornings chapel
service President Hyde announced that
John p. Webber of Brookline, Mass.
had founded a $500 scholarship in
memory of his son, a member Of Bow
doin '03, who was drowned in the An
droscogsin, last May. w. j. Curtis,
70, has established an annual prize of
Sl00 in history and an anonymous
donor has founded similar prize of
$50.
From % to 30 men are on the Whit
tier Athletic field. every afternoon.
coaches who are now in charge of the
team are well pleased with the outlook.
The first game will be played here,
Saturday, with New Hampshire State
College. Next Wednesday. the eleven
will play Harvard in Cambridge. In
the corresponding games, last fall.
Bowdon defeated New Hampshire
State College 81 to o, and was beaten
by Harvard. L to Q. Four of five men
who We're conspicuous on the champion
eleven Of last year, GressOn, Cloud l.
man, BodWell, Pratt, Laferrier, and
Hill graduated in the class of '0l. and
PhippS has left college. This leaves
several important places to be filled
from the substitutes and second eleven
Of last year and from this years new
al a he "a
heavy and will certainly be a fast one.
Last years ends. tackles. fullback and
one halfbac!l are in their old places.
For the vacancies in the middle of the
line Philoon, '05. of the strong Edward
Little High team, Davis. '05, power
full fellow from Bridgton, and Barker,
'03 of last years second eleven. are
prominent candidates. Walker. '02,
and Perkins, '03. are leading candl-
dates for quarter. 1t will not be until
after several games that the makeup
of the team for the season IS settled.
Not only is there a large entering
class but several new men come into
the upper classes. ID. G. Monroe of
Gardiner. who has been at Bates, two
years. where he was one of the best
and will wear a Varsity uniform. W.
NJ. Houghton comes from Yale TO JON
the Junior class. B. {. Emery OF BID
deford and T. W. Wells of Portland,
also join the Junior class. Three new
men Join the Sophomore class: NJ. Il.
Chase. who comes from Dartmouth; ID.
S. Walker. who comes from Colby; and
Philip ]. p. Fessenden of Brookline,
Mass.
Following is the roll of those admit
ted to the Freshman class, as taken
from the books of the register. today.
Those whose names are given are
either now here or expected:
J. c. Blake. Boston; II. p. Body,
jackson: Z. w. Bracket, South Wind
ham: f. w. Bradford, Millbrook.
Mass: J. n. Brett. Auburn; W. 5.
Brimijohn. Lisbon Falls; +. X. Bur
roughs. Sanford; NJ. OBJ. Campbell,
Cherryfeld: ]. +. Chadwick, Saco; A.
]. Choatc, Salem, Mass: j. a. Clarke,
Damariscotta: H. f. Cole. South Port
land: C. Il. Cook. Portland; K. N. Cush-
ing. Thomaston; w. 5. Gushing, SkoW-
hogan; X. II. Damrcn, Auburn; Kay
mond Davis, Portland; Frank Day,
Treyctt: c. J. Donnell, Bath, Il. *.
Eaton, Brunswick; II. S. Elder, Wood
fords; ]. N. Emery, Bar Harbor; W.
T.. Finn. Jr.. Natick, Mass: g. A. Fos-
ter. Bangor; H. w. Garcelon, Lewis
ton: =. X. Greene, Bolster's Mills; t..
S. Haggett, Bath; G. *. Hall, Port
land: r. f. Hall, Dover; r. w. Hamll-
ton, Cumberland; E. L. Harvey
Bethel: G. U. Hatch. Belfast; II. ;.
Hill. Westbrook; c a. ]. Houghton,
Brunswick: l.. Il. Howard, Dover; w.
G. Howe. Chicago; L. S. Larrabee,
Portland; Fl. A. Lermond. Thomas
ton: Harry Lewis, Gardiner; H. S Lu-
Der. North Gorham; A. l.. McCobb;
II. NJ Mansfield. Jonesport; II. r..
Mari. Pennington: j. p. Marston. Hal
lowell: C. w. Mayo. Smethport, Penn.
G. II. Morrill,. Westbrook: r. NJ. Much.
Bath: ]. F. Norton, Pennington; W.
]. Norton. Westbrook: H. r. Nutter.
Bangor: w. c. Philoon. Auburn: L. \.
Pierce. Houlton: $. II. Pinkham. Trev-
EFT: J. T. Piper. Portland; {. T. Plum
mer. Bridgton: z. X. Priest: n {.