Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-21
|BOWDQ|N SONS DINE
Washington Alumni Associa-
ton at Annual Banquet.
PRESIDENT HYDE SPEAKS
Announces Gift From Local Man for
New Dormitory.
NEEDS OF COLLEGE EXPLAINED
Head of Institution Urges Generous
Support From Those Who Prof
tied by It's Teachings.
NEEDS OF COLLEGE EXPLAINED

tonian had donated funds for a new DOR
mitory building TO- the college, Rev. Dr.
William De Witt Hyde, president of
Bowdoin, was the principal speaker at
the thirty-first annual banquet Of the
| alumni association OF the institution in
the capital, held last night al the Raleigh
Hotel.
| Forty members of the association,
among them many men prominent in pub
| lie life, gathered in one Of the private
dining rooms OF the hotel to sing old
songs OF their alma mater, re-elect Of
fcers for the ensuing year and listen to
addresses by ten or twelve speakers, all
| of which dealt with subjects dear to the
heart of Bowdoin.
The president OF the asssociaaticoh.' sena-
| tor Charles r.. johnson. of Maine, presided
and acted as POSTMASTER. He said he
voiced the sentiment hot only OF the
| Washington Association of BoWdoin
Alumni. but of all other almuni of the
institution, when he dtclated that the Col
| lege was under a. debt of gratitude to-
| BOWdOin.
| DIR. Hyde said that the Washington as.
ISOLATION had done much for Bowdoin.
| especially in the way of 'benefactions' He
s ss that former Westminster, alumaus,
the necessary funds fora new dolmitory
| building, the name of the donor nor to he
made pubic at present. He said that
| the new gymnasium the Washington as
ISOLATION had helped to obtain for the COL
| lege was the best that could be con-
structed for the colleges purpose and
that new athletic building also has been
obtained for the college. with the aid of
Washington alumni, which includes an in
| track athletics.
Tells of Benefactions.
We have been receiving in benefac1ions
$4,000 annually" DR.. Hyde said, for
the last fifteen years, SO that now we
have an endowment of $4,000, 600, and a
plant worth more than 81, 100000.
"Our competitors among colleges of our
size and class. however," he continued.
are still $500 ahead of us In salaries
PAID 10 professors. They pay $1,000 a
year to our $500. We have had 1872
appncations Tor scholarships during the
year with only 132 to award So that
Notwithstanding our endowment and
n'anf In view of our needs. well-to-Go
members OF this alumni association fol-
loving the model set by the generous
.leasurer OF this association, Gen. Spear,
must not be expected to be admitted to
the Bowdoin section of heaven when thew
ole unless they remember our needs
Dr. Hyde told of the professors at the
.ouese unuer Whom the alumni present
had studied, and said that the colIere
was getting a bright and able set Of
younger professors as vacancies OCCURRED
he pointed out that the institution would
not be able to retain these younger pro-
lessons unless help were furnished to
raise their salaries above the present
1880 mark to the So, 600 offered bv other
colleges. He said these professional sal
aries must be 5000 or more. because
yale and Harvard and other universities
| the higher figure
Dr. Hyde told story of a letter said
to have been written to Gov Woodrow
wilson when he was president of Prince
ton by an alumnus of that institution
who responded to an appeal for funds
with check, but with the remark that
1t would be the last money from him be
cause You are turning the dear old COL
lege into darned educational instftu-
ton
Depicts College Life.
He said that is what he is doing all
the time at Bowdoin, and that there is
no dead wood in the faculty, no perfume
tory courses in the curriculum" He
told of the life of the students in the
chapter houses at Brunswick and said
that the risk taken in leaving the boys
alone to live their own lives in these
houses was being amply justified by the
manly character of the boys that are be-
ing turned out. He said a new form of
religion had come into being at Bowdoin
in an attempt to make Christianity stand
for a helpful. healthier life. He told of
the work of the boys at the college in
getting up dinners for the poor during the
holiday season, and said that the institu-
tion had become saturated with the spirit
of Christian living and Christian service
George Otis Smith, director Of the geo.
logical survey, spoke on the desirabiity
of the small college, He said it was
better for a man to leave college having