Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-04
Freshman Speaker Named
For Trial Competition.
Prof. Hutchins Given Nigh
Scientific Recognition.
D. v. Snow, -, Wlshs. to See
Singing Contests at College.

Brunswick, Me-, May 2.-(Special)-
Professor w. B. Mitchell of the De-
partment of Rhetoric and Oratory has
announced the following men from
the Freshmen class chosen to take
part in the trial competition for the
Alexander Prize Speaking: Moses
Burpee Alexander of Houlton: Edward
Oliver Baker of North Adams, Mass.
Charles Roy Bull of Monticello; Law
renee Alden Crosby of Bangor; Cedric
Russell Crowell of Richmond Hill. n
Y; John Edward Dunphy Of Portland;
Frederick Trevenon Edwards of Mil
Waukee, Wis; Merton William Greene
of Madison; Winthrop Stevenson
Green of Worcester Mass; John Ar
nett Mitchell of Gallipolis, Ohio; Will
liam Joseph Nixon of East Rochester
n. H.: Curtis Tuttle Calusa, Cal.
Announcement has just been made
that Prof. Charles c. Hutchins, head
OF the Physics Department Of Bow
dcin College. has been elected a Eel
low of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science This is
given only to scientists who have done
much important original work. The
Investigations and experiments of
scientists are necessarily unfamiliar
10 the average person and the work
carried on in the laboratories is very
remote from the usual channels of
publicity. For this reason the friends
of Bowdoin College can hardly begin
to tell in what particular fields of
science Prof. Hutchins has worked
and why he has received this elistinc-
ton which adds to the prestige of the
college and to the whole State. until
they glance at the twenty-five or more
articles written by Prof. Hutchins
which nave appeared during the past
twenty years in the leading scientific
journals of the country as the result
of original research work. The most
recent articles published by Prof.
Hutchins are "A New Magnetometer''
and "A New Method of Measuring
Light Efficiency
Professor Charles Clifford Hutchins
A. NJ. was born at Canton. Me-, July
u, 1855. He fitted for college at
Bridgton Academy; graduated from
'N"uoih SoiltSt, 1900, Stuulou dt l1dT-
ward, 1885, Leipsic, Germany. 19OO-O1
He was instructor in Leicester Acad-
emy, Mass, 1SS3-S4; instructor in
Physics at Rowdoin, 1858; became
professor in 1883 which position he
still holds. He is a member of the
American Physical Society and Alpha
Delta Phi Fraternity
The Student Council has received G
letter from D. w. Snow, Esq, '73 who
was to have been one of the speakers
at the Bowdoin Rally. Mr.. Snow is
desirous of seeing singing contests
Instituted at BOwdoin and has the fol-
lowing to say in regard to it. Il wish
BoWdoin would introduce the custom
which exists IN some other colleges, of
musical contest. Bowdoin needs new
college songs, needs them badly, and
a custom Of this kind would serve to
bring out whatever musical ability
there is in the college or in it's alumni
In a college which have in mind each
class produces two songs and at a
fixed date each year the classes meet
and there is friendly contest. each
class singing it's song. The songs are
written by students Music and words
Hldy iIot Ot WIIlteIl Nv lIie SdIIle SUI
dent. The songs are not class songs
but are college songs. At this contest
a musical committee decides which
class has the best song and cup is
given to the class, with small finan :
cial nrize to the writer of the success
full song. ] wish very much that this
custom, could be introduced at Bow
doin and would be glad to set IN a
cup to be given to the winning class,
with financial prize of say ten dol
lars to the writer of the successful
song, the cup to be contested five
years and at the end of the fifth yenr
to be deposited by the class then hold
ing it among the college trophies.
IF this suggestion meets with the
approval Of whoever is qualified to de-
eide such matters. please let me know
and ! will do my part"
The matter Of singing contests has
been brought ur at Rowdoin before
and the generous offer Of Mr.. Snow in
offering to set up a cup and prize is
being enthusiastically received here.
1t is probable that the Student Cnun"
ell. before whom this matter will come
will soon take action on Mr.. Shows