Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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WBOA JUe Voice. al Bowdolsi QoUeqe rr BOWDOIN-ON-THE-AIR — First Row, left to right: D. DEAN, L. MORRELL, B. WALD. Second Row, left to right: R. KELLERAN, B. McGORRILL.

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The BOWDOIN PLAN The “Bowdoin Plan for spon- sorship of foreign students in American colleges and universities was initiated at Bowdoin College in nineteen forty-seven by Joseph C. Wheeler. '48. with the enthu- siastic support of President Sills. Under its provisions, the col- lege offers tuition scholarships to foreign students selected by the fraternities, which provide room and hoard for these men. The Bowdoin Plan has spread throughout the country, with its present adoption by more than three hundred sororities and fra- ternities in over sixty colleges and universities. The twelve students studying at Bowdoin under this year's plan are: Bert O. Chobanian Chi Psi, Iraq Anthony E. F. Cornwall Psi Upsilon, England Edmond N. Elowe Delta Kappa Epsilon, Iraq Wilhelm B. Fux Zeta Psi, Austria Clemens A. Heusch Alpha Tau Omega, Germany Dionyssios S. Kotsonis Sigma Nu, Greece Herbert Tun-Tse Kwouk Beta Theta Pi, China Nguyen-Ngoc Linh Alpha Delta Phi, Vietnam Pertti O. Lipas Delta Sigma, Finland Shogo Moriyama Kappa Sigma, Northern Ryukyu Islands Akira Nakane Theta Delta Chi, Japan Charalambos Vlachoutsicos Alpha Rho Upsilon, Greece Left to right: B. LIPAS, S. MORIYAMA, A. NAKANE, B. CHOBANIAN, A. CORNWELL, H. KWOUK, N. N. LINH, H. VLACHOUTSICOS, D. KOTSONIS, C. HEUSCH, E. ELOWE.

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[n April 1951, the Bowdoin College radio station is completed and daily broadcasting commenced nn the Moulton Union studios. This fall, WBOA [tin swung into action with a five-hour-an-evening, -day-week broadcasting schedule. The typical programing schedule included The w York Times Newscast, local and national sports, tl Campus News, twice each evening. Classical ordings entitled “Music To Study By,” were lyed between nine and eleven. “Live” student ws and various transcriptions, furnished by gov- unent agencies and foreign embassies, completed B i schedule. Special features included the airing of most var- • football, basketball, and baseball contests, both ne and away. Local merchants sponsored these y-by-play commentaries to cover telephone line irgcs. hiring the week surrounding Winter house- ties, WBOA ran an “air-time marathon” by trans- ting over two hundred continuous hours, thus demonstrating that the equipment of the campus station was in good condition, although the precise state of the personnel may have been in doubt. During the first year of campus operation, Lin- wood Morrell guided the up-and-coming organiza- tion. David Dean planned the daily program sched- uling with Business Manager Russell Kelleran, Chief Announcer Bruce McGorrill, and Chief Engineer Bruce Wald completing the Executive Committee. BOWDOIN-ON-THE-AIR — First Row. left to right: N. RUSSELL, B. McGORRILL, R. KELLERNAN, L. MORRELL, B. WALD, D. DEAN, G. WEBBER. Second Row, left to right: R. LEVY, H. SLEEPER, L. BULL, J. HUPPER, C. SARRAUF, P. NICOLET, R. BERGMAN.