Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-18
COLLEGE Mates
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Pay Loving Tribute to
Dead b0wdoin Student.
Impressive Services Tuesday
In Old King Chapel.
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Body Of Edward 7. Piekard Taken
to Massachusetts For Burial,

brunswick, Me-. Dec 17.-(SpeciaD.-
Today, for the first time in wears. fun
eral services We're held in the beautiful
old King charel on the Bowdoin
cainhnS when the last sad rites wee
performed over the body of Edward
Iemple Pickard of the class OF 1910.
VINO died Sunday at the Delta Kama
Epsilon fraternity house after A four
days Illness. First there were brief ser
wees held al the Chapter house. at
tended only by the fraternity mates os
the deceased and conducted by Prof. X.
I. NJ. Stills, himself a member. Then
re body was brought at 10 A. NJ 70 the
chapel where the bell had been tnliiny
Ter some time and where the Who'll.
student body was assembled
The chapel vas filed IT, lis utmost
capacity when Ill" cray caSket, hcaped
! it'Sh with flowers. was borne Down ;he
long isle by the siy bearers selected
from the delegation t" which The dlnI
Studen; belonged. President HYDE.
VINO mas Just returned from !, long ;h-
Sehc" IN Europe, WAS present. as r.rr,A
all the members of the faculty. h,,t
tfe services Wer" conducted by Prof.
Henry L. Chairman. for Il full ~ Years a
member uf the Bowdoin faculty. Thu
! services. like those n the Charter
house. We're brief and simple. I'M in
| ''iSelN impressive. a selection Just
as am Ey ;ha college choir. was fol
lowed by scripture reading by Prof.
! chapman, the SCleoll.i; takcn being
tiif> Stc:y of the raising of Lazarus Nv
Christ. Then Prof. Chapman spoke
briefly and faeling!r of The deceased.
ms manly character. mis- genial ,!ispGsi-
ton. his splendid qualities Of mind am
heart which mad so rrdcarod him t. all
IN college. Joined with the beautiful
tribute to the dead were tender words
of consolation for those bereaved, and
then the brief service came to an end
with prayer.
The caSket WGS at once borne 10 tbs.
hearse outside the chapel doors ana
then the procession formed for the
march 10 the station. The me:nbers Of
the four classes in ORDER, fully 800
strong, al uncovered and marching bv
twos. preceded the hearse down the
central path, through the class Of "a
gates and down Main street To tie
station. On either side of the hears
| walked the bearers and close behind it
came the - or more other members of
the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity,
| while behind them came three c;irriagr 6
containing the parents, sister and other
| relatives y no had been at the chapel
! service. The station was reached jIiat
| in time to make connection with the |!
o'clock train for Boston. and, when tn,
casket had been placed aboard. the
! students returned 10 the c1mpl :
Those accompanying the body on It's
last journey were Harold H. Burton
West Newton. Mass, and Harold y
Marsh Of DiXfield. Me. from the
junior class. and Henry J. Goliath of
Dexter. Bu~legh Martin of Augusta
Harry y. Woodward of Colorado
Springs. COL. and +. Curtis Matthews
Of Portsmouth, \. r., from the Sophie
more class. all six being members OF
the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
The ucath Of this popular young
student under such exceptionally sad
circumstances has cast Il deeD gloom
over the whole college just as the boys
were closing the work of the fall term
and scattering for the recess over the
HOLIDAYS While there have been
deaths Of students in vacation time as
in the case IF those three who were
drowned last summer, this is the first
death OF 4 student when college was
in session since May 1901. when join
r. Weber. also a Massachusetts boy
and 4 member OF the same fraternity Z
which young Pickarl belonged. was
drowned in the Androscogein. In thai
case. as in this. services We're held N
the fraternity house and at the King
chapel. and almost the same program
carried oui. The only other instanc" II
many years Of tn death of 4 studcE'
in Brunswick during term time was thai
Of Henry F. Godfrey of Bangor in 1SR'
who died in South Appleton hail after
an illness of typhoid fever.