Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-14
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP.
First Appointment Goes to DAVID n
Porter, Bowdoin Sophomore.

brunswick, Me-, June 13.-(SpeciaD.-
At a meeting of the Bowdoin College
faculty, this afternoon, David X. Por-
ter, 'Os, of Bangor, was selected as 'iie
first man to go to oxford UNIVERSITY
E,o,and from Maine, under the con-
dftions of the Cecil Rhodes scholarship.
BY an arrangement among the coiie
it was left to Bowdoin TO Name .he So
dent to receive the scholarship TINS
year, and Of the four men VINO TOOK tlie
examinations, three were declared eli
,,fyge by the Oxford authorities. Ihese
,xpere Clement ]. Robinson, w, the soii
1of prof. Robinson of Bowdoin, now d
student in the Harvard Law schooi'
John NJ. Brigham, '04. of Dexter, a
leading scholar of the present gradual
ing class, and David r. Porter, '06, OF
Ranger. By a vote of the members OF
the faculty, this afternoon, Mr. Porter
was chosen as the recipient OIL the
scholarship. By it's terms he Will en-
ioy n three-years' course at Oxford Uni
yersity with an income of $500 annual
ly to cover his expenses.
Mr.. Porter Is one of the best all
around' man in BOwdoin, and the ap-
pointment is a most popular one as wen
as being that of just the kind OF young
American that Cecil Rhodes had III
mind. He is one Of the best scholars
In his class: has won his 81 III 1oot-
ta,l and on the track team, ana has al
80 played on the baseball nine, Is al
editor of the college weekly; Is secre-
rary of the Athletic Council; IS an Oh
ficer Of the Y. NJ. G. A. ana is a modest
young fellow whom everybody likes ana
resDects. He was born in Old Town,
Auril q. 1882, graduated from the Ban
por High school in the class OF 190Z,
and entered Bowdoin the following sep
tembcr. In the High school he edited
tn. school paper and was captain of
both the eleven and the track team.
Uuring his preparatory school course
he also won a $500 prize offered by a
magazine on the subject of good roads.
When he entered BOwdOin he was
made a member of the Delta Kappa Ep-
siIon fraternity and is now the steward
of this fraternity's eating club. In the
fall of his freshman year he also mace
the Varsity eleven where he played
e,,l and he won considerable fame by
scoring on Harvard after a run of 100
Yards. the longest run ever made IN
game on Soldiers field. An injured an
kfe kept him from playing. last fall,
and he successfully coached the Kent 5
Till eleven. This spring he won first
place in the broad jump and third place
In the low hurdles at the WaterVlile
field day. He has also played on the
second nine and played first base on the
Varsity nine in the games with Har-
ward and Brown.
He is working his way through col
Iege and for this reason the Oxford
scholarship for three years with Its m
come Of $500 annually is particularly
welcome to him, though he will deeply
regret severing his connection with
Rowdoin, and while his fellow students
warmly congratulate him upon the hon
or of being the first to win a Rhodes
scholarship in this State, they realize
that in his going to England the col
lege loses one of its strongest men. NO
state will be represented at Oxford by
q finer type of young American man.
hood than Maine will be in David Rich
ard Porter, Bowdoin, 'O6.