Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-21
MAINE COLLEGES.
Dr.. Pachin Lectures at
Bates and Bowdoin'
Bates College Seniors Elect
Their Glass Day Officers.
Rev. Raymond caIkins Addresses
Bowdoin Christian Association.

The students of Bates College were
given a rare treat this morning IN
chape. when they listened for over
an hour to an address by DR.. Pachin,
organizing secretary for the Rhodes
scholarship fund. DR.. Pachin spoke at
considerable length on the spirit OF
the fund and the manner in which it
was awarded He began by giving a
very interesting account Of the life OF
Cecil Rhodes, donor Of the fund. he
showed how that man had early In
his life conceived the idea of unifying
the Anglo-SaXOn race. He went into
Africa and annexed to the British
government a territory one-fourth the
size OF the United States. It was here
that he obtained his great wealth,
which was to provide him a source
from which he obtained capital to car
ry out his ideas.
The speaker drew fine example
from the life of this man who, in dy-
ing said, 80 much to do; SO little
done' He projected himself onto the
future of the world. He provided a
means OF gathering together the great
est representations Of the English
speaking people that the world has
ever known. He provided that the
strength and verility of the world
should he brought back to England,
where it came from, so that she might
have the advantages of it. He pro-
viGed for two men to go to Oxford
from every state in the union. He
also provided that yearly five young
men from Germany should be able to
take this course.
The speaker made fine point on
the study of Greek. He was showing
just what benefits the Oxford Rhodes
scholar could derive from his appoint
ment. Bringing up the study of Greek
he showed that a certain lord in the
British House of Lords asserted that
he owed his position to the fact that
he was a student of Greek. That he
had studied Thucydides, who is known
as the most tersc, condensed writer
that the world has any record Of This
man had learned to pug his writing in
to terse and condensed language
through the study and translation of
Thucydid4s. Dr. l'achin said that he
was telling this to a body of congress-
men at Washington, D. c., who laugh
ed at the idea. Dr. Pachin then pick
ed up report of previous days
work in the Congress 1t contained
from 800 to 400 pages Of talk He then
suggested that it would be we'll for
the United States if they would put
every congressman through a careful
study Of Thucydides so that they might
learn To condense a bit.
lie then showed that an oxford stu
dent could get breadth of youth by his
contact with English students. Ameri-
cans often consider England as q lit
tie country, but i; governs over a fifth
of the population of the earth. In Ok
ford are The rulers of the British em-
pirc in thrir embryonic state. Over a
hatf Of every Parliament in the last
- years has l;etn composed OF Ok
ord nlen. lie ciGsed by nouing that
some day the American people would
cease in their mad plunge after wealth
that they would theii hr aoir to
ranch "Ht and let the soul of Amer-
iCa be infused INTO tie Whole world
i..c Sel..or u.,>,s today held KS cleo
ton ior Class day officers for next
June. The election resulted as follows:
Address to Undergraduates, Orel Mer-
ton Bean of Pittsfeld; Glass Day Ora
ton, Peter Ignatius Lawton of Au-
burn: Glass History, Miss Nellie An
nette Barker of Auburn; Class Proph-
ecy, for the young men, Paul Cleve-
land ThurstOn of Bethel; for the young.
women, Miss Alice Parsons Hall of
Turner. Farewell A1Irocc
vim Andrews of jefferson; Glass Ode,
Miss Martha Isadore Harmon of Lew
iston: Chapel Hymn, Morton Virgin
Bolster of South Paris; Pipe Grafton,
Roy Emerson Cole of South Paris. On
the election for class poet there was
deadlock. The election for this of
flee was put over until next meeting.
The nominees for class odist were
Miss Olive Lillian Farnham of War
rem; Miss Georgia Townlyl Hamilton
Of Chebeague Island, Miss Jessie
Hague Nettleton of Pembroke, N. H.,
and Miss Helen Margaret Whitehouse
OF Auburn. There was no election for
class marshal or for class chaplain
For marshal the nominations which
were carried over until the next meet
ing We're: Carl Ziegler jackson of Gin
ton, Mass. and Ray Wilkins Harri-
man OF Gardiner: for chaplain the
nominations carried over We're: Ever
EFT Leslie FarnswOrth of South Franz
lngham, Mass, and Leon Alex Luce
of Dryden.
1t was announced To the students
that the winter vacation would begin
on Wednesday, Nov. "a. This decision
was reached by the faculty last even
ing after several meetings and much
discussion. The decision has not met
with the entire approval of all of the
students. inasmuch as many oppose
the long vacation of six weeks which,
1t is reported, will be held through
the month of December and thus cause
the graduation to come late in June.
The faculty Will announce later at
Just what date the spring term will
hern