New-York tribune., 1902-06-22
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distance II private carriages. attended and the
-le village was quite overU helmed with the
sre1-acle of So much wealth and importance
~ +be etzh- students who composed The first
entering class me George Thorndike lhe who
rIsr.e5 -he -ar famous Thorrdihe oak1- had
5s5 Ieav=r- only seven 10 receive diplomas.
-5.s was -h4 FIRST ana also The last occasion f
he KIND a. which President NIeheen presided,
.7- he died af--r @ lingering Illness. IN July.
80. HIS brief administration vas. everything
considered ~=r-a bly, successful Among the
ec--v-fou- students h natrieulated were
Nathan Ig-f fr- thi~tv-tfve years president e
Da--rourh college. and Charles Stewart pav5eS,
Prominent a. a lawyer and orator.
Suceeedlrr presidents of Rov5oin College have
tesa n Crz-r. .-Ee Rev. Jesse Appleton. born -
Nsr-Irsv5er. \ H IL 1772. graduate q
Dartmouth died On November l. l>l"- the
Fey william Allen. CT Mass -hl.Serts a s-afu-
g. r H8rzs-E elected in 1919. resigned in l>-'N-
6-5 n I>r>. Professor Leonard Woods. Jr.- T
Bangor. elected in 1>." resigned II l>o' died IN
-. Sar--. Harris elected IN l>'". resigned
IN 81; Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain elected
.a 81, resigned IN 1NS:i. and The Rev William
T. Witt HyE-. row in office
President E.ze was graduated at Harvard III
~. and al onge entered upon he study q
=
TIs-inx The course al Andover After giving an
s55 -fonal year 10 the study q philosophy Al
Cambridge and 81 Andoyer b held until his
eal to Bovlo.n. he rasto-ate q the Congre-
garonal Church in Paterson y. J President
HYDE : q firm believer IN the usefulness and
h .r~po--ar- mission Of The small college He
gavS-
For combining sound scholarship with slid
character fo- making men both intellectually
and spiritually free. for uniting the pursuit Of
truth v5rh -=E ererce co- duty the small College.
oF-- 70 th- worthy graduate os every good high
.nool pr-~--t.uE course sufficiently rigid 10
Etre Symmetrical development ana sufficiently
elastic q encourage individuality along con-
genial lines taught by professors who are men
first and scholars afrer,yard. governed 10y
kindly personal influence and gd-5 from TOO
frequent contact with social distractions. has
mission ua. D no change Of educational con
Gicons can take away. and policy which no
sentiment gE vanity OF Jealousy should ue per
mi;ted to turn aside.
Bowdofn College is IN III town Of Brunswick
one nile from The Androsoosgin River and three
miles from -he shores of Casco Bay Upon It's
campus q forty acres are eleven buildings. ana
q twelfth the -ev library. : nOW il process o1
consrrucriaa Massachusetts, Hat the original
building u -t- college ls q quaint old stT'le 'ufr
C tricl, containing the Offices Il The treasurer
. lecture room and n The upper part rhe
Cieayeland cabinet Of mineral specimens There
are rH-ee 5o-rnf-.-s-s Of Er5ck and stone. named
Maine Hal winthrop Han and Appleton Han
King rfr.. named for william King. The
fEsc goEe-..- " Maine. Is = handsome church
tul-l o. grant. IN the Komanesque style Of
archi-el-,-- The facade Of which j rked p-
twin spires l-U t-et high The aisl~s and chan
cei are sll- OF from the nave ny partition
walls. and contain The college library, Il ie"V
volumes. The walls of the church are heaut-
1e5 ly mural paintings and decorative fres1os
Memoir HAN q handsome structure # gran
lie 5n III French Gothic stgIe. was erected by
me coutr. e-5ors of alumni and friends as q
memorial 81. graduates and students q The col
leg Hho served N the army or navy Of The
CE-ge6 States during The civil War The hall
Treper oecufl~s the second floor. and Is used tor
exhibitions au4 other public exercises me
walls az adorned with many busrs and por-
traits OF presidents benecactors and distln-
gU.shed graduates q BowGoin- The names and
military rank Il -&1 BowdoIn men who fought
10 maintain the T-nion are inscribed upon bronze
tablets The g5Ct Of General Thomas HaInIin
Hubbard, oc w ork. OF the class Of %.
The Mar Frances Searles Science Building
~as gift to the college from Edward +
Searles, in memory Of his wife. II is built Of
Perth Arlhoy brick in the Elizabethan style, and
Is Ceylted 2. The use q the departments Of
chemistry. r-s-..s and biology, for which It IS
completely equipped.