Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-07
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will go through more college. but II
you send him TO a small college You VIII
get more college through the boy.
Gov. Powers also referred to the long
list of famous graduates Of Bowd"lii,
as surpassed by no other college on the
continent. Maine had many things TO
boast OF, but none of her glories excel
led the educational glory of BoWdoih
college.
Commander Peary. who is native Oh
Maine and q graduate of HoWdoin'
spoke chiefly about the north pole. lie
said it WAS the last great geographical
problem on this earth and Il prize
that any nation would be glad to gam.
It's attainment would mark the last
physical conquest Of the globe. The
discovery of the pole would be worth
ten times the cost of any expedition to
reach it.
Describing his polar creed. Mr.. Peary
said this section of the world which We
inhabit is bounded by the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. the iSthmus and the
north pole. Only the north pole re-
manned to be conquered. lie spoke of
the intoXicatiOn of treadinS where
mans foot had never trod ana of seeing
where mans eye had never before seen.
For the next two years. added the
commander, Il would rather be near
the north pole than in Maine, although
some parts of 1t are even worse than
parts of Maine. But | have been as
hungry hunting moose near Mount
Kathdin as when hunting the north
il,
Il very eloquent conclusion, compared
the beauties OF the Arctic with the
beauties of Maine. He said he re-
GREETED that the Arctic region had no
BOwdoin college. but it also had no
Maine law (applauSe) and no Maine
lawyers. lie said if he could have his
way, he would capture the north pole
and put it down in the midst Of the
charming surroundings of his native
State.
Hon. John L. Redman of Ellsworth.
one of the OverSeers of Bowdoin, WIS
introduced with several plrasantrieS,
among them being the ownership Of
- peWS in the Congregational church in
his home town. He gave some liz
tereetinG "reminiscences Of the college.
especially Of Diogencs, the jInitor, who
went around in the early morning to
arouse the sleeping students.
l;cv. Frank S''Wall. of this city spoke
about the elective system of Studies.
Representative Alexander disclosed
some of the records of his class of 1870,
with some local illusions. which the.
graduates highly appreciated. He re-
called the places where freshmen were
taught to dance, to sing. and to tell
stories. Some of those memories capti-
waited him more than the college art
galleries and fine buildings. Baptisms
in ice water those days We're often
avoided by n good anecdoto. The
FRANKS of Sodom court and a narrative
of a student and Il black bear chasing
each other around a blackberry patch
We're told with amusing detail. COL.
Alexander said the college taught high
ideals in pre-cmincnt fashion. Her
graduates in public life had never been
accused of assoc;ating with bad men.
Senator Gibson, Representatives.
Allen and Stevens. of Minnesota; Gen.
Ellis Spear. William Frye White. and
others Of the Younger alumni We're
heard before the banqueters adjourned,
u little before midnight.
TIL" alumni of Eowdoin now residing
i'm Washington AMI present mt the BAN
quet wcr" Representatives Amos l..
Allen and -. :. Alexander. John ".
Ruttert"ld. Charles Chcsley. Prof.
John w. 'hicl;trirg. Roland T.. Clarke.
John Il. Cation. :. G.. Davis. = ID.
Fessendcn. Charles A. FlaEc. Senator
William u. Frye. Chief Justice Mel
vile W. Fuller. Senator Paris Gibson.
Charles II. Hastings. Paul :. Hill. Ar
thur l.. Hunt. DIR. w. g. Kendall Capt.
Sumner I. kimbllI. Leon y. Leavitt.
Milton ID. Merrill. r. f. Murphy. Jo-
seph Noble. Commander l.. l.. Pcary,
Horace l.. Plummcr. Benjamin W.
Pond. Charles w. Porter. W. Il. Pnr-
ter. Howard u. Prince. Or. Woodbury.
fulsifcr. Dr. Richard Rathbun. R"v.
Frank SewaIl. Gen. +. ID. ScwaT. Gen.
Ellis Spear. William f.. Spear. Repre-
sentative Fred G. stevens, G. II. Yer
rill. William Frye White. and JOSEPH
III. Whitney.
The following alumni Of Bnwdoin,
now at Johns Hopkins University Med
ical school. came from Baltimore to
attend the banquet: p. II. Cobb.
Murray Danforth. ortho l.. Dascomhe,
Mr.. Hellcnbrand. Eugene Il. Kelley.
Henry a. Martelle. Dr. William T..
Mouiton. Paul Preble AMI William L.
Thompson. The guests of the Wash
ington alumni association We're DR..
William De Witt HYDE. president OF
| 5owdoin: Hon. John L. Eedman of
Ellsworth; Representatives Burleigh,
Littleiield and Llewellyn Powers. AMI
| Ernest G. Walker. the Nennebec Jour
nal correspondent.