Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-21

took hold on reality. and he strove
for. it at the time Of day when his
powers were at their fittest; and his
life work shows his success. That
great desk with the thoughtful figure
seated before it within reach Of a re-
volvinS bookcase, is for some of us.
perhaps. the most typical picture we
recall of him.
AS l muse over these memories
and select one here and there, know
full we'll that it is not I. a friend
of the last dozen years of his life, who
can put together the many-sided
image Of that man. 1t is you who
listen, some of you at least, and
countless others who should be called
to this speakers place to say that
word, each in his own way. which
would with all the others, set more
adeuua tely in our Bowdoin gallery of
fame n lasting picture of a soul. III
to some of you my phrases seem but
trifling. my items badly chosen, eN-
tend them. oblterate them, do what
you will to pass on the truer Inca
ments to the generations coming.
Yet be it said that it is not he. IN
all good likelihood. who seeks
ghostly fame among the later genef-
ations. He felt his life as good to
own time. The circumference Of that
life was ample; and if he knew on
occasion grief or bitterness, he must
have had the joy of seeing the sue
cessful issue of his plans and hear
ing the voice Of general approval.
And these contemporaries are pass
ing on with him. they and he TO
new and absorbing enterprises. Are
they so much concerned about the
earthly trail they may have left?
Enough that they are a part OF the
secrets that the pines and elms. the
lawns and stately buildings OF TINS
old campus have among themselves,
as they wisely make over the Hitting
generations of Bowdoin.
But his own times have Judged
him. The men he labored with nave
said: "Well done" The official fin
ger has recorded it on the wall with
in this building. In letters of bronze
the Judgment stands: A Great PresI-
dent.
The bulletin board was presented
to the college by Professor William
w. Lawrence, who spoke for the
class of 1898. President Stills in &C
cepting the gift spoke as follows:
1t is very fifth: that Bulletin
Board for the College should be
given by model class. For class
that were seniors when we were
| freshmen will always linger in our
mind as the model class. and Bulle.
tin Board is in itself the symbol OIL
! law and order. Here are to be dis-
played those regulations ana ruies
of the Faculty which. mysterious
as the ways Of Providence, woul9
crowd a board even more ample anu
| which in the future Will be READ WIN
the same establishment and groans
"a in the past. Here in the first few
DAYS of each opening term Will be
nosted for years to come the an
nouncements that will strike terror
| into the heart Of the ever verdant
freshmen-"There will be an impor-
tont meeting of the Sophomore CLASS
| in upper Memorial at one O'CLOCK -
Here will appear directions for pro.
curino tickets to see the immortal
! triangle trot at the over joyous
| Tonsham Fair, and here will be OPP
! nort,,nity for the future wits OF the
college to succeed their brotners vi
/ '9S who on a famous occasion When
Mr.. James Corbett was engaged IN
fstic encounter with Mr.. fltZslm-
! mons, and when by curious colhc.-
dence our respected professor OF phy-
s;caI training and hygiene was out
ne town. posted the following tele-
p, orleans. Professor F.
n. woodruff, Brunswick. Have IN
side tip. Put all your money on Cor
bett. Signed. Whittier: :.
And so with gratitude for what 1t
has received and for what it has es.
caped in the past, in the hope that
many precedents. but not all' SET . pS
the class OF '9s will be followed IN me
t,,t,,ra the college accepts in the
Merry ,"s and loyal spirit in which it Is
n l,ff this fitting and decorative
Rnlletin Board and dedicates 1t to
~ dailv use of the undergraduates
| in i'm the hope that each class as Il, it
reache. it's twenty-ffth anniversary
will have as fine a record 10 orins
back to Bowdoin as has the class Oh