Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-24
Immense Audiences Listen With Pleasure to the
Splendid Programs --Reunions Of Glasses
and Meetings Of the Trustees.
BOWDOiN COLLEGE.

Brunswick Me, June 23-(SpeciaD.
This has been Glass day at Old Bow
doin. and on the beautiful campus the
traditional exercises of generations
and its friends. The literary exercises
in Memorial hall in the morning and
unJer the historic Thorndike oak in
the afternoon the cheering of the
halls. the pipe of peace, the spreads.
the dance in Memorial hall this even
ing-all these and the other features
If the day have been carried out in
most successful fashion. Hundreds of
guests are here, parents, sisters,
sweethearts and friends of the Seniors,
and the advance guard of the return
ing army of alumni is also on hand for
the festivities of the week. The day
has been perfect as to the weather
conditions and in all respects the Glass
dav of 1908 mas been a success. Music
has been furnished for the exercises
and for the dance by Wilson's Orches
ira Of Portland
At the morning exercises Memorial
hall vas filled to it's capacity, the rs
Seniors in cap and gown occupying the
spmi-circular stage.
The opening prayer was by the class
chapan. Joseph Albert Davis of
WestDrook and then the class presi
dent introduced in turn the class ora
tor. Arthur l.. Robinson of Bruns-
wick. and the class poet, Frederick l..
g oil l'S
pem, opening with reference to nu-
merols Rowd doin traditions and Gus
toms, closed with q beautiful tribute
to the college and an appeal to the
class to be true to it's noble teachings
The oration by Mr. Robinson was
based on the life of Sergeant Prentiss
of the Class of 1926. the famous Mis-
sssippi statesman and orator, who
was born just a century ago. After
dwelling uron the remarkable public
career of Prentss. whose eloquence
Daniel Webster declared the finest he
ever heard, Mr. Robinson showed the
part that Rowdoin played in shaping
his destiny and enlarged upon the les
sons to be learned from his life. In
closing. Mr.. Robinson said:
"As we look back on the brilliant ca
reer OF Sergeant Prentiss and see the
love and esteem that he won, the in
terest to US as Bowdoin students is
not alone in the heritage of fame
which he leaves behind to all Ameri-
cans and in which the whole country
may share, but the interest is pecu-
liarly ours because his first days were
spent in these same college walls and
the first impulse to his greatness came
from an undergraduate activity as
student in Bowdoin College. No man
can stand as truer son and truer de-
velopment of Bowdon life than he.
'Thus from his life we may see a
Justification of the modern college life.
Love of college. love of fraternity and
love of active participating in the af-
fairs of student world are not senti-
mcnts which the college man should
despise hut are duties which are play
ing most important part in the de-
Velopment of character today.
"BIt because the college life has
changed, but because the forces which
go to develop the college man may be
stronger and more varied than those
OF the time of Sergeant Prentiss, the
spirit of Eowdoin must remain the
same Less this spirit decline is the
only danger. The spirit of love, the
spirit of self-sacrifice must not die
out in the hurry and rush of the new
Undergraduate course. Nor should we
DIS BoWdoin men ever forget that no
ol' blessing of the second president,
the 1athcr of Sergeant Prentiss' most
m'inate college chum, President APP
pieton. AS he lay on his death bed In
the presidents house. then standing
near where the Thorndike oak now
stands, he asked to be allowed one last
look at the campus. His dying eyes
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