Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-27
B0WDOIN COLLEGE.
Recommendation Made for New
Faculty Appointments.
'Pa'f a Hundred Candidates Training
for Track Team.
Tennis tournaments Arranged.-Books
in New Library.--Notes.


The committee from the Bowdoin
College board of overseers on vacan-
eies in the faculty, consisting of
sGeneral Thos Fl. Hubbard, 81, of New
York, Rev f.. p. Palmer, sc of Boston
and y. G. Linscott, Esq, "a. of Boston,
net at the Parker House, Boston, last
week, and voted to recommend for the
professorship of economies and
sociology, Roswell c. McCrea, Ph.D..
and for instructor in physics and
mathematics Joseph &. Pearson. The
election to these positions does not
come until the meeting of the trustees
and overseers in June. DR. McCrea is
= graduate of HaVerford College in the
Glass of 81. He studied economies
and sociology at. Columbia, Cornell,
and University of Pennsylvania, TAX
ing his degreesef Ph.D.. from the U.
of F. in He1.E In 1902 he taught Il
Normal School in Illinois. and during
the present wear he has been instruc
tor in economies and sociology at
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. Mr.
Pearson is a Brunswick boy and Il
graduate Of Bowdoin in the Class Of
1900. In the following year he was
assistant in physics here at Bowdoin,
and during the past two years he has
been studying physics and mathe-
MATES in the Harvard graduate school.
With the intercollegiate field day
only three weeks away, the candi-
dates for the track teams are busy
every afternoon under Coach Lathrop.
The Maine meet will be held on
Whittier field. this year. w. X. Wildes,
'04, is manager of the Bowdoin team
and J. w. Nutter, '03, is captain and
they are working hard to get out Il
winning team. The following 80 men
have reported for practice and every
man in the list is out for work: Brett
Phioon, Peabody. Munro, Kmball,
Bodkin. Tobey, Soule, Cook Brad
ford. Williams, McRae, Emery, Norton,
Clark, Blanchard, Chase, Spollett,
Hill, Chiids, Brimijohn, Pierce, Stone
Shaw, Saunders, Johnson, Finn, Hunt
G. Shaw, Foster. Towne, jerks. Weld
Copeland Webster, Shorey. Sewall
Sawyer, webb, Hatch Nutter. Denning,
Gray Holman, Rowe, Bsbee, Hail.
Gumbcl, Davis, Shorey, Hall. Everett.
William Il. Lunt, GA, Lisbon, the
manager Of the Bowdon College
Tcnnis association, has entered the
Bowdoin team in the Longwood
match to be played in the week Of
May 25th at Longwood, Mass. In
the Maine college tournament to be
played here May 10. 20, Fl, % and in IL
tournament with Amherst to be played
here June a. ) and g.,
The first number of volume 33 of the
40 ral
last week. William T. Rowe. '04, is
cditor-in-chef and Harold j. Everett,
'04, is business manager.
4 letter has been received from
Amherst College asking if arrange
ments cannot be made for an Amherst
Bowdoin chess match to be played at
the same time the tennis tournament
between the two colleges comes off,
carly in June. Although at present
l;oWdoin has no organized chess team,
there are some of the students who are
proficient in the game, and they will
decide whether or not a team shall
be organized and Il match with
Amherst arranged. A few years ago
Il chess club fourished at Bowdoin
and two matches were played with
Colby. both won by Bowdon.
The work of transferring the books
to Hubbard hall has been begun and
over $500 volumes are now in their
beautiful new home. 1t is hoped the
whole 5000 volumes may be in the new
library when it is formally presented
to the college and dedicated in June.
DIR. Lucien Howe of Buffalo. n. Y,
member of the Glass of 20. has
given the college $1,000 to found the
Albion Howe memorial loan fund
The fund is intended to aid needy
students from Sagadahoc and Cumber-
land counties.
David r. Porter '06. and $. G.
Haley. 'o6, are out teaching. this term
Philip O. Coffin. '03. is coaching tn,
Cuny High school baseball team. e
A. Dunlap. '03. is coaching the Bangor
High school track team.
Leon " Walker. '03, who has spen
TIE winter on the Pacific coast is bacl
in college Tessenden, eX'04 has re
turned to college after a years absence
and will resume his course with '05
Leatherbarrow, cx-'04. who has beer
out OF college during the past year
has Joined the class of 1905,
a $4,000 Fire at Wells.