Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-27
STILLS AT FIRST CHAPEL,

When President Kenneth c. M. Sill
addresses the undergraduates at tn,
FIRST chapel exercises tomorrow morn
ing. he will speak rs follows: Bow.
dom College opens this morning for it.
1920 year. Founded in 1894 begin.
ming its work in 1902. the college looks
back upon a period Of consecutive
service almost as long as that Of ouI
| national government. Few othei
American institutions Of learning are
older or have more interesting con.
nections with the past. But people to.
| day are not interested in the age Of q
! college except as it is an earnest OF
what 1t can do in the present and for
the future. And Bowdoin must never
be content with living in the past. For
tunately the college is rich in the 10y.
atty Of her sons, richer still, We be-
lieve. in having the confidence and the
good will Of the public. The Keen in
terest which the people of the land dis
play in the opening of our schools and
colleges is an asset of great value and
| an inspiration to better work.
Since our last chapel service in
June the college has received many
visible tokens of that good will The
dedication at Commencement Of the
Franklin c. Robinson Memorial Gate
way. of the Glass Of 1899 Bulletin
Board, Of the William Dewitt Hyde
Memorial Tablet, the installation at I'm
early date of the chimes given US by
the late William Martin Payson, ghe
establishment Of prizes in science by
the late Sumner I. Kimbail, '55, for
many years head of the Life Saving
Department of the United States
Government, the legacy Of $4,000 from
the late William Gerrish Beale. IT, of
Chicago-all these with other gifts
are tangible indications of an interest
and loyalty far greater than their ma
terial value. Even with the large and
increasing additions to our endow-
ment, the rising cost of maintenance
has made 1t necessary to raise the
tuition fees; but the amount received
from the students is no more in pro-
portion than before; for every dollar
paid in tuition the college out of its
endowment pays nearly two.
There are very few changes In the
faculty to announce. The vacancy
caused by the death of Professor
Woodruff, that earnest and loyal and
lovable teacher, has been filled by the
election of DR.. Henry B. Dewing, a
scholar and teacher of wide expert
cnce who has demonstrated his ability
in Robert College, Constantinople, in
Princeton. in Red Cross work in
Greece during the war for which he
was decorated by the Greek govern
ment, and last year at the University
of Texas. Mr.. w. S. Crook, Of Cam
bridge. a graduate of Oxford. with
post graduate and teaching experience
at Harvard. comes to us as assistant
professor Of economics and sociology
to take the place of Mr.. Glenn r.
johnson who resigned last May. Pro-
fessor Bell and Assistant Professor
futile return from leaves Of absence.
Mr.. Roland H. Cobb will resume his
duties as instructor in physical train
ing, and will have charge Of the work
required of freshmen in athletics.
The connection between Bowdoin and
American literature has received add
cd emphasis of late. We are planning
to celebrate the centenary of the class
of 1925 to which Hawthorne and Long
fellow belonged. by holding in 1925
an institute of literature along the
lines of our successful experiment in
modern history last April; and the
press has been cordial in reminding
the public of the debt which American
letters owes to Bowdoin. We proudly
include in that list an adopted daugh-
ter of the college, Kate Douglas Wig
gin, whose death in England last Au-
gust was great loss to American lit
eratuce. She was given the honorary
degree of Doctor of Letters in 1904;
and ever since has been a most loyal
and jealous supporter of the College,
AS president of the Association of
Bowdoin Women she gave freely of
her time and means and influence
Bowdoin is glad to share with the