Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-25

! Inc friends ana faculty and alumni
/ OF the College throughout the history
j and sald that her most famous alum
nj were trained in times of compara-
/ tive poverty and obscuriry In dis
GUESSING the present condition of the
/ college, he SAID:
/ Thanks to the Alumni Fund and
/ the increase in saDAries which II as
/ sures. we have been able TO retain
I our faculty almost intact and TO Sc
! cure competent men for vacancies
+, We lose only one member. Assistant
Professor MCLEAN. VIM goes to a
well merlted professorship as head Of
/ the Department of Economics al Al
| leghHny COLLEGE. By the promotion
! Of Assistant Professor Van CIeve To
prnfessurshIp we have put the I'M
porrant Department OF History and
/ Government on a firrner base than
ever ana have made provision for ad-
! dltional courses in modern history
ana municipal government. We shall
/ strengthen the curriculum on the in
tellectual slue by courses in philps-
| ophy and on the cultural side by
courses IN the history Of arr. II is
/ hoped TO use the ART collections more
! than ever both for the college ana
for the community
I So far as salaries are concerned.
we have Increased them 30 1-Sgs over
! last year. ana 65ct since the opening
/ of the war. The scale is now: Pro-
/ fessors from $4,000 10 $4,000: assist
ant professors, 5000 TO $1,000: In
! strucrors. $500 70 S22oh. With these
/ salaries go also the retiring allow
ances of the Carnegie Foundation for
| all who have been on the faculty
| PRIOR to 1915: and provision by the
/ college To share in aununities for
those who have been appointed since
! 1915 The college also provides sub
| barIcai leave for half year on full pay
! every seventh year and for a full
| year on half pay
The president then announced gifts
Of about s15s. 900; S25 600 as present
! ed in the presidents report. Including
! $4,000 given By Mrs Weston Lewis:
and $3.50 for the Henry Johnson Me
moral fund. New gifts are those Of
! $4,000 form Mrs. George T Files TO
eldow the George Taylor Files Pro-
/ Censorship of Modern Languages:
/ $1,000 from DR. Lucien Howe of Buff
| falo. 10 found d prize scholarship:
y and as a result of the activities Of
those IN charge OF the Alumni Fund
IN cash and pledges for the year SS1-
bg1.09. of which about S54 900 Will ne
added TO the permanent fund. and
So zoe IS income to be used during
/ the year.
Although in many respects The
! year just closed has not been extra
Ordinary. il has been marked by the
largest enrolment IN the history of
the college, by the largest number Of
academic degrees ever given. by the
/ launching Of the Alumni Fund. by the
! admirable work carried on by Dean
I Nixon ana the placement committee
! of the alumni council whereby more
! young graduates than ever before
/ have obtained positions in business
and by hearty spirit OF cooperation
between faculty and students. OF the
! present faculty of thirty. ten are
/ Bowdoin graduates. just the right
/ proportion. The oldest IN service has
been at Bowduin thirty-six years
the average length of service is
twelve wears. The oldest members of
the faculty is sixty five-the average
is forty-three. Thus the faculty as
/ BODY is certainly mature: bur II
has enough of youth and enough Of
experience elsewhere to keep il from
being too conservative or TOO local
The other speakers at the dinner
were Governor Carl E Miliken. Rev
William c. Pond. D. D. as of San
Francisco, the oldest living graduate
Of the college: Captain Robert a.
Bartlett OF New York City. Hon. De-
Alva s. Alexander 20 of Buffalo n.
Y. Guy c Mayo 80 of Smethport.
Penn. and Hon. Burieigh Martin 10
f, of Augusta.
The trustees and overseers have
appointed the following committees
for the ensuing year
I Awards in 192D
Rhodes Scholar for 1920. Philip
Dyer Crockett. 20. Of Everett. Mass.
4 Rhodes Scholars now IN residence:
! Robert Peter Coffin. ia, of Bruins
wick, Neal Tuttle. Il, of Westbrook.
leC'harles Carroll Everett Scholar: Lee
land Matthew Goodrich. 20. OF Pitts
fiessi.,.
Henry ". LonEfeIlow Scholar: Ed
gar Curtis Taylor. 20. Of Derry,
! n. H.
David Sewail Premium:
Glass of 1868 Prize Edgar Curtis
Taylor 70 of DERRY, \. Il.
! Snyth Mathematical Prize: Ed
ward Billings Ham. 90. of Bruins
! wick.
SewaIl Greek Prize: Maurice Yves
/ colt Avery, 20. Of Bath.
\ .s5ewaIl Latin Prize: Edward Bill
ings Ham. -. of Brunswick
+; Goodwin Commencement Prize.
Alexander Henderson, 20, of Toron-
! tn. Canada.
Phiie Sherman Bennett Prize: No
award.
Alnon Goodwin Prize; Lloyd Har-
! vey Hatch. n. of Dexter
F1iland Lockwood Fairbank Prizes:
! NuuMIuMR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uIlIsuuuu!us|I