Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-25
Greek Publication
BY BOwdOin
College Students

Brunswick, Me, Nov. "A (SpeciaD
Two Bowdoin students, John
Demetrius Spanos, '26. Of Lowell,
Mass, and Theodore S. Michaloplos,
&c, of Dover, n. H., are editors of
a unique publication, THE New
England Hellenic American Re
view. This is the second year of
the publication which was started
| by Spanos. Only one copy was put
out last year 1t was An indie
, pendent sociological and political
organ devoted to the service of the
I wcll-meant interests of the Greeks In
America" This number appeared In
; September, before Spanos entered
Bowdoin. After that he was too
busy with his studies to publish an
| other issue.
Last summer Spanos met Mich
alop'los for the first time. and before
long the idea Of entering into
partnership was conceived. With an
editorial staff of two a much larger
magazine has been made possible.
1t is TO be issued quarterly. The
number which has already appeared
is in every respect a credit to the
two young students who are the
editors, publishers, advertising man
ayers, and distributors of the paper.
AS was the case with the issue last
year it is written partly in Greek
and partly in English. In addition
to the articles written bv the editors,
there are contribution by the Honor
able NJ. Tsamados, former Greek
ambassador to The United States, BY
Dean Paul Nixon of Bowdoin. by
Henry r. Dewing, Professor OF
Greek at Bowdoin. and by Thomas
Means, Professor of Latin at Bow
doin. In n foreword the editors
pledge themselves and their publ
cation to the advancement of the
best American ideals among the
Greek speaking people and vice
versa, to the bringing about of
closer relations and friendships be-
tween the Hellenic and the Ameri-
can people-since both have much in
comon since time immemorial, and
to the interests. welfare and ser
vices of all our fellow men,"
Both Spanos and Michalop'los are
natives OF the Pelopenessus, coming
TO the United States as immigrant
youths with no knowledge of our
language or customs. Spanos came
to this country in 1916. He started
working in Lowell. Mass, in a
Greek printing Office as reporter
for the New England Greek Mes
senger." Before he finished working
there, however, he had been promot-
ed to city editor of that paper. He
attended the Lowell evening school
for one year. In 1920 he entered
Wilbraham Academy. He did the
required work in three years, re-
ceiving his diploma in 1923. His
record at Wilbraham was unusually
good. He won distinction by re-
ceiving half the so-called NJ. Annie
Wythe International Brotherhood
prize, given in memory of Miss NJ.
Annie Wythe to the student who
shows himself to be voluntarily
most interested and best read in
foreign relations. Mr.. Spanos also
received n prize from Mr.. Gaylord
". Douglass. headmaster of the
academy, which consisted of $4,000 in
cash. to be used in further advance
ment of his studies. Spanos entered
Bowdoin last year as a freshman,
He is taking up political science and
economics, and plans to get his
diploma in three years. After his
graduation from Bowdoin, Spanos
intends to study at Harvard to OBJ
tain his masters degree. He re-
Gently won a contest by obtaining
the most subscriptions for a Greek
newspaper. The prize was a
Studebaker sedan.
Theodore s. Michalop'los came to
this country in 1906 with his father