Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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The Year, s we look back upon the year that has passed, mingled feelings of joy J and sorrow are stirred within us at the changes thus brought to our notice; and even the most careless cannot hut be reminded of the shortness and Uncertainty Of this life, as he Bees the weeks and months and years glide swiftly and noiselessly by. The College, as well as the Medical School, cannot bu1 feel deeply the loss ot Dr. William Warren Qrben, for although the students were not imme diately under bis Instruction, yet they all admired ins talents, and often ed themselve ol the opportunity of attending his lectures, [n no place uiii his death be more deeply regretted and iiis memory more sinoererj re U d, than in the hull- ol Bowdoin

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rROLOGUE. hile our assistants, the artist and printer, are putting the finishing- touches to their work, we, a quintette of inexperienced musicians, are compelled to come forward and deliver the overture, in order that our audience may be prepared for the revelations of college life that will soon be presented. ' 83 is an original class, and, as her representatives, we have departed from the well worn paths of our predecessors and struck out into a somewhat new region, hoping that the freshness of the new scenes will compensate for the loss of the old and battered landmarks. Our endeavor has been to present a sharp, fresh and interesting Bugle, which, while pleasing to all, will wound the feelings of none. So, although Satire ' s our weapon, yet we ' re too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all we meet. And we have restrained the exuberance of our wit whenever it could be exerted only at the expense of others feelings. Adverse criticisms we should expect ; approbation, when it is due, we should hope for. The work is done and cannot be undone. Take it for better or for worse and become learned from reading thereof.

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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