Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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Harvard blood into our Faculty, and hope that indeed a little leaven will leaven the whole loaf. But we must now turn our attention from the consideration of brains, and look at what muscle is doing. And just here we would call attention to the fact that at our college, in the majority of cases, brain and muscle go hand in hand, and our athletics rank high in their classes. So that we feel sure that at no distant day, the big brain will be supported by a well developed body, and not coupled with the stinted and illy-proportioned physique now occasionally met with in our colleges. The beginning of energetic work on Memorial Hall deprived us of a gymnasium, and many were the lamenta- tions by the fat and lazy as they toiled over the sandy road on their evening stroll to Mere Brook. We greatly need some better gymnasium than the open country affords, and are expectantly awaiting the action of the Board in regard to the matter. Still, notwithstanding our lack of facilities for de- veloping muscle, athletics have been in a flourishing condition the past year, and we may well be proud of the records made in the various contests. Boating received an appreciable boom as soon as an inter-collegiate race was suggested, and subscriptions were immediately solicited for the purchase of a shell in order that our crew might be able to meet the bone and muscle of other colleges in a trial of strength and skill. We were much disap- pointed, of course, that no race could be arranged, for we had a crew that would warrant considerable backing, inasmuch as the time made in practice gave us grounds for the belief that Bowdoin would make a record of which her sons might be proud. Should an opportunity present itself in the future without doubt, our college will be represented, for sufficient interest has been manifested among students and alumni to carry such a project to a suc- cessful end. The outlook, as regards local boating, at present seems to prom- ise a close and exciting race next spring, and the crew that wants to win the cup will have to work hard and steadily to accomplish their object. With a neat, commodious boat-house, a balance in the treasury, and plenty of en- thusiasm, our Boating Association may be fairly considered to be well established on a firm basis. Base Ball, the national game, (barring poker) has received more than usual support from the college the past year. The ide a that new laurels should be sought beyond the limits of the Stat ' gradually seizin-; the men, the necessary funds were raised, and the nine started for Massachusetts in high spirits But a long journey is nol the best preparation for a trial with on their own ground, and so the Sarvards won an easj vie lory over our weary and nervous men. The s.unr result occurred in I he game -

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Prof. Ladd, after a two years ' sojourn with us. has entered new and wider fields of labor at Yale. We are getting used to having our best professors taken from us by richer colleges, and suppose it will continue with its accus- tomed regularity until some noble alumnus shall so richly endow old Bow- doin that her popular instructors cannot be torn from her. Prof. Ladd, like many whom we have lost in the years gone by, carried with him the esteem of all, and will ever be pleasantly remembered by those who had the good fortune to be under his instruction. Mr. Cole, also, has left us, and Greylock Academy of South Williamstown, Mass., now claims him as Principal. We congratulate those, who, under his guidance, will follow Hannibal over the Alps, and scoff with Juvenal at the follies of the Romans. ' 81 made her debut upon the stage of active life in a manner worthy of the stuff of which she was composed. We miss her enterprise and good fellow- ship, and not even the numbers and surpassing excellence of the Freshmen can keep us from regretting that the relentless stream of Time has borne her, never to return, beyond these college walls. The frequent rehearsals of our musical organizations also make us mourn ' 81, as the present Senior class has too many members in the band to do very good work at purloining the instruments. But ' 83 has received a wound that even years cannot heal, for the Elder, becoming convinced that it is not good for man to live alone, has taken unto him a better half, from among the maidens of the village, and hie d him away to the boundless West. And now the peaceful inhabitants of Ann Arbor will murmur their choicest oaths as they hear the notes of his shriek- ing fiddle borne on the midnight air, and the Michigan judge will listen in astonishment to the words, sweeter than honey, flowing from the lips of the Attorney-at-Law, as he defends some hapless student indicted for hazing. As old faces go out, new ones appear, and we have several new instructors to welcome this year. Prof. Campbell comes to us from Minnesota, laden with the experience of many years of teaching, and gives promise of well compensating us for the loss of his predecessor. His instruction in German, during Prof. Johnson ' s absence, has been exceeding beneficial as well as agreeable, and we are undecided whether to esteem him most as gentleman, a teacher, or a singer. Prof. Wheeler, who now occupies the Latin chair, has won the hearts of the Sophomores as much by his expressive use of the English, as by his knowledge of the Latin language. We are glad to welcome this infusion of

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with Brown, but we were more than a match for Williams. These three games gave the nine all the glory they could well bring home, and so they returned to a warm reception and a hot banquet at the depot. Within the State, we had better success, and but for some carelessness at one of the games, would have been uniformly victorious. ' 81 took away seven men from the nine, but we have good material left, and money and practice will enable a fresh nine to enter the arena next spring ready to contest the cham- pionship with all opposers. Foot-Ball seems to be reviving under the inspiration of the Sopho-Presh- man game, and several teams have been kicking at each other ' s shins with the heartiest good will, firmly believing that it is better to give than to re- ceive. The Sophomores were fully conscious of this principle in their game with ' 85, and if none but Freshmen opposed them, they would be victorious every time. With the disappearance of the gymnasium, the Drill has received an im- petus unknown since it was made optional. Last spring we had three com- panies, and had battalion drill and rifle practice in addition to the regular company drill. Near the close of the term there was a rifle match and a prize drill. This fall, one company of seventy-five uniformed men has been formed, and, although the drill will never in all probability become as prom- nent as before the mutiny, still the men are interested, and will do good, earnest work as soon as the weather permits. Music, that delightful gift of the Gods, after keeping in the background for a couple of years, has revived, this term, with a vigor that is truly alarming, especially to those rooming in the vicinity of the band room. The boys are fond of music, and appreciate the unswerving devotion of the mem- bers of the band, and there is little doubt that they would cheerfully bear the expense of a suitable building, provided the band would hold its re- hearsals about two miles down the Harpswell road. A Freshman orchestra is one of the results of the musical boom, and though apparently healthy, has many wishes for its early decease. The object of this organization seems to be the development of wind in anticipation of the needs of Sopho- more year, and the furnishing of music for the benefit of upper class men at the close of the dancing lessons, Tuesday evenings. The introduction of singing into our Chapel exercises is an improvement that is enjoyed and appreciated by all. A choir has been selected from the best singers in college, and books have been purchased with the proceeds of a concert given in the Chapel last spring. No matter how cold the Chapel may be, a man ' s heart involuntarily warms as he listens to the inspiring