Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-12-12
BOWDOlN has
THREE CANDIDATES
FOR RHODES Prize
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ticn OF the Rhodes scholar from Maine
for this year will be held December Is.
Bowdoin's candidates for this high
honor are Newell E. Whitney Of New
York. n. Y. and Lawrence B. Leighton
Of Portland and George II. ouimby OF
wellesley Hills. Mass. with Frederic
8. Klees Of Fleetwood. Pa. as alter
nate. All are members OF the senior
class with the exception OF Quimby.
who graduated in the class OF 1898.
. Leighton has had q very brilliant
college career. He Is the son or the
late Dr. Charles NJ. Leighton or PORT
land. himself candidate OF Bowdoin
In the class of 1894. Last year Leigh
ton was elected to Phi Beta Kappa
His rank during all the time he has
been in college has been exceptionally
high. He won both the Sewall Latin
and the Sewall Greek prizes at the end
of his sophomore year. One OF the
other few men who have done this Is
President Kenneth c. NJ. Sills OF Bow
doin. He also Won the Brown Memo
rial scholarship. Last spring he was
awarded the Pray English prize. the
White Greek prize. the White Latin
prize and the Emery Latin prize. lie
has been very prominent in the col
lege publications, having been on the
Orient" staff. the "Rugle" and Quill"
boards. He is member of the Theta
Delta Chi fraternity.
Newell Whitney is another brilliant
scholar who is a candidate for Rhodes
scholarship. He won the Goodwin
French prize and has been an assistant
ini French and Spanish. He has also
been prominent in athletics, having
been a member Of the varsity track
squad since he has been in college. He
is a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity.
When in college Quinby was one of
the most prominent members of his
class. He took part in nearly every
conceivable kind of activity. He was
varsity football man and was captain
and manager of the fencing team. He
took part in many of the perform
ances of the Masque and Gown, of
which he was president. He was the
winner Of the class of '6S prize speak
ing contest his senior year. He also
was active. in journalistic work. being
on the boards OF all three of the coll
lege publications. His fraternity was
Psi Upsilon.
Il Klees is majoring in English. He
has been an assistant in that subject
since his sophomore year. He is on
the Quill" hoard and Is one of the
members Of the "Bearskin" staff. He
Is a member Of the Theta Delta Chi
fraternity.
1t is interesting to notice that nine
of the IA Rhodes scholars from Maine
colleges are Bowdoin men. These men
and the year of their appointment are
as follows: David r. Porter, 1904;
Robert Hale, 1910; Edward l.. Kern,
ert T. Coffin, 1915; Noel Tuttle. 1916;
Philip Crockett. 1920; Alexander
Thompson. 1921, and Edward B. Ham.
1922. Bates has had three Rhodes
scholars, and Colby and Maine one
EACH After the first one from the
Maine colleges, Porter, was chosen,
the selection rotated for the next three
| years among the other colleges. Bow
dOin has thus lost the scholarship only
| twice in open competition.
Probably no man has ever had a
| more sensational college career at
Bowdoin than did Porter, the first
Rhodes scholar. He came to Bruns-
wick from the Goodwill School. His
freshman year he made the varsity
football team. In the game against
Harvard he picked up a tumble and
! ran a hundred and ten yards, which
at that time was the length of the
! field. for q touchdown. The follow
ing spring just before the state meet
the star hurdler of the college met
| with an accident and was unable to
compete. Porter was entered in his
place as the fourth man, although
| no hope was placed in him. He
creaed a sensation. however, when
he did the unexpected by winning
| this event. Porter Is now student
! secretary Of the International Y. NJ.
c. A. He is one of the best known
religious leaders of young men in
i the world.
Robert Hale Is the son of Judge
| Clarence Hale of Portland, who Is
himself a prominent Bowdoin al
| umnus. being a member of the board
of trustees of the college. He Is q
prominent Portland lawyer and a
member of the state House Of Repre-
sentatives.
Kern Is the eldest of the famous
three brothers of that name, all of
whom played football when in col
lege. He is now secretary to II. II.
Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate.
When in college Laurence Crosby
played on the football team. AL
though very small, he was one of
the most brilliant quarter backs that
ever played on a Bowdoin team. At
present he is a lawyer, representing
the distinguished New York firm of
Sullivan and Cromwell in Havana.
Robert L. Coffin Is professor of
English at Wells College. He re-
Gently published a book of verse
and is the author of much magazine
verse.
Neal Tuttle recently died of con-
sumption. He was afflicted when
studying abroad, and when he re-
turned to this country he immedi-
ately went west for his health.
Philip Crockett, who was a varsity
quarter back, is now in business in
New York, having recently complet-
ed his studies abroad.
Alexander Thompson Is studying
English History ut Trinity College.
Cambridge, this being his last year
as 2 Rhodes Scholar. He was a
varsity football and track man, be-
ing captain of the latter team.
Edward B. Ham Is one of the most
brilliant scholars ever to graduate
from Bowdoin. He studied In Eng
land last year, and at present he Is
studying and teaching at Harvard.
He will return to Oxford next year.
Last year he wrote some reports of
meetings of the Oxford Union in
such an admirable wav that $hax.