Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-29
SONS OF aOWDOIN.
Washington Alumni and Guests Have
24th Annual Banquet.
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ing IN song and story by the local
alumni of the institution. who gather
ed at the Hotel Raleigh for their Gath
annual banquet. Senator Frye of the
class of so presided in the absence of
Chief Justice Fuller the president of
the local association. The two guests
of honor were DR.. William Dewitt
Hyde, president of the college, and
Vice President Fairbanks, both of
whom made brief speeches.
Several members of Congress and
bureau heads were among the COM
pany, which was enlivened by the boy
ish enthusiasm of number of young
graduates who had not been out of
college long enough to forget how to
cheer and guy and tell stories at the
expense of their college mates. Alto
gether. it was one Of the happiest,
jolliest, and largest gatherings of men
from the Pine Tree State that ever sat
down to Bowdoin banquet in Wash
ington, and no one seemed to enjoy 1t
more than the Vice President.
DR.. Hyde said, among other things,
that Bowdcin is about to inscribe
across the front of the grand stand
facing the athletic field. motto, which
he said would solve the problem of
college athletics. could it only be writ
ten indelibly on the hearts of every
coach and every contestant. The
motto is to read, Fair play, and may
the best man VIM"
Mr.. Crosby S. Noyes. editor of Tho
Evening Star. was complinentcd by
Senator Frye in resolution, thanking
him at the same time for generous
donation to the association treasury.
Mr.. NOyeS was made an honorary
graduate in 1887. and since that time
has endeavorcd to attend all the an
nual meetings of the local alumni, but
last evening he was celebrating his
golden wedding at the New Willard
Hotel. and consequently was ncces-
sarily absent. Mr. Moves was born in
Minot, Me-, in 1925.
The resolution provided:
THAT we extend our warmcst fclici-
tations to our honorary and hOnorcd
member, Crosby S. NoyeS, and his
faithful life companion. now celcbrat
ing their golden wedding anniversary;
that we drink their health in sparkling
Poland water from that good old town
SO familiar to his boyhood days. And
that this greeting be forthwith trans
mitted by special messenger
William Frye White of the class of
81 and q grandson of Senator Frye
acted as POSTMASTER. introducing the
various speakers and injecting q va
ricty of humOr into the proceedings.
Representative Allen, classmate of
Speaker Reed in go, told how the
Presidents silk hat had been planted
on top Of the lightning rod of King
Chapel. The chapel. which is conse-
Grated to prayer and worship, seemed
to be the inspiration of many mighty
deeds. the truth of which no one APP
pcared able to verify. Finally one
member of the association said that the
old chapel had been the cause of more
lynn than prayin.'
Mr. Allen was followed by Marshal
P. Cram, Philip Coffin. Harold r. Webb.
DR.. Woodbury. Pulsifer Representative
Charles Z. Littlefield of Maine, all of
whom were reminiscent of college
times. Other speakers were Senator
Frye. E. J. Cook, William L. Spear,
John Redman and Congressman d. S.
Alexander.
President Hyde talked about Bow
dOn as she is today.
when persons ask me about old
Bowdoin," he said Il refer them to the
sons of BOwdoin. If they are of a
literary turn of mind l refer them to
Hawthorne and LOngfellow; if they
have a dash Of adventure in their
blood, l point them to Peary and the
| north pole; if they are interested in
public affairs | point to the Capitol and
tell them that all three bodies that
| meet there-the Supreme Court, the
Senate and the House-were presided
over at the same time by three gradu-
| ates of Bowdoin College. Two of the
| thrce-Chief Justice Fuller and SEN
| ator Fryc-are with us as members:
and whoever may occupy the chair,
| Tom Reed will always be remembered
as the Speaker of the House.
| "Thc toaStmaster has referred to the
| things that have happened in the
| twenty years that I have been at Bow
| dom. He reminds me of an ingenious
| clergyman who had to preach a fun
eral sermon for man whose only dis
| tinctiOn was that he had lived to be 100
years Old and the preacher got out of
it by describing all the events that
had happened i'll those years and
| ascribing them to him.
with such trustees as Chief Justice
Fuller. Senator Frye. Gen. Howard.
Gen. Hubbard and Judge Putnam, a
| college could not go far astray, and
| nine of the professors have been there
| throughout these twenty years The
| trustees and the fraternity in these
| twenty years have increased the in
| comc-yicldinS assets of the college
| from $2S5,000 to an even million, and
the buildings from s275. 900 to s.. 100. 600.
| They have increased the volumes in
the library from 81 600 to SO 600 and the
number of students from 119 to 2S9.
| during these twenty years gifts to the
college have amounted to an average
of $4,000 a year.
still, it will take three years more
or such generous giving to bring our
income up to our expenses We aim To
present each of the great departments
or literature. science. history. eco
no'nics and philosophy before the stu
dents IN as attractive. inspiring and
consecutive form as possible, and
small not cease to need money until