Bowdoin College Bowdoin Digital Commons The Bowdoin Orient 1920-1929 The Bowdoin Orient 1-1-1921 Bowdoin Orient v.51, no.1-10 (1921) The Bowdoin Orient Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/bowdoinorient-1920s Recommended Citation The Bowdoin Orient, "Bowdoin Orient v.51, no.1-10 (1921)" (1921). The Bowdoin Orient 1920-1929. 3. https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/bowdoinorient-1920s/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The Bowdoin Orient at Bowdoin Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Bowdoin Orient 1920-1929 by an authorized administrator of Bowdoin Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 90352 . )p ion TIT ANNIVERSARY NUMBER BOWDOIN ORIENT Established 1871 BRUNSWICK, MAINE VOL. LI. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1921. Number 1 The 50th Anniversary of PRINCETON AND PENNSYLVANIA The Bowdoin Orient BOTH WIN BY NARROW MARGINS For a college journal to be fifty years old is a distinction, and the Jinx Follows Team On First Trip—Both Games Lost College is very glad to extend its best wishes to the "Orient" upon its an- By One Score—Columbia Game Cancelled. niversary. As one looks the early In spite of excellent playing Bow- over issues Launching of The Bowdoin of the "Orient" he is struck by the doin lost the two first games of the fact that in many details the College baseball season. On Wednesday the The 110-ton auxiliary schooner, has changed veiy much; but that in team played at Princeton and lost in "The Bowdoin," which is being built all essential qualities it remains very the ninth inning, the final score be- at East Boothbay for Donald B. Mac- 4-3. much the same. Personally I cannot ing The game scheduled with Millan, who will lead an expedition help feeling that there was much bet- Columbia University for Thursday to Baffin Land, starting from Boston ter writing in the early days than was postponed until Friday because in July, will be launched at noon, of the weather and was finally can- (Continued on Page 4) April 9. It will be christened by Miss celled because of wet grounds. Sat- May Fogg of Freeport, a niece of Mr. urday the University of Pennsylvania Medical School Bill MacMillan and now a senior at the won over Bowdoin, the score again be- Passes Both Houses Sargent School for Physical Training ing 4-3. (Continued on Page 2) Bowdoin scored her first run against Princeton in the first inning. W. Measure Now Awaits Governor's Sig- Calendar Needelman started things. Smith nature School — To Be Co- singled and Needelman scored on two educational. April 7—Presentation of "Little sacrifice hits. Needelman again Lord Fauntleroy" at Cumberland scored in the third and fifth innings. On Tuesday morning, March 29, the Theatre, for Wellesley Fund. Princeton scored her first run in the Maine House of Representatives sub- April 9-10—Preliminary matches of last of that inning. The Tigers came stituted the bill establishing the Maine golf tournament. through again in the sixth when Cook Medical School for the unanimous re- April 9—Informal dance in the scored from second. McNamara hit port, ought not to pass, of the joint Gymnasium. to short and in trying for a double Judiciary and Financial Committees. April 9—Launching of Professor play W. Needelman threw wild. The bill was passed to be engrossed MacMillan's schooner, "The Bow- In the seventh Fisher walked and and $50,000 for each of two years for doin," at East Boothbay. was sacrificed to second. Gotschalk the support of the school was ap- April 16—Baseball: Fort Williams sent him to third, and he came in on a propriated. On Wednesday morning at Brunswick. single. Fisher drew a pass in the the Senate concurred with the House. April 19—Baseball: Bates at Lew- ninth, and sacrificed to second. Got- An amendment was also passed ad- iston (exhibition). schalk was hit by Walker, Jefferies mitting women to the school. April 27—Baseball: Amherst at popped to third, but Morrill fumbled Amherst. (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 3) BOWDOIN ORIENT it could be done. He did not question Musical Clubs Make Worcester Alumni Meeting that it would be possible. He said Trip to York New The Worcester Alumni Association that 800 of the 3,200 graduates of the school live in that met on March 29th at Hotel Warren now Maine and The Bowdoin Musical Clubs pre- with about twenty-five members 250 were practicing in small com- sented a concert in New York City on munities. present. L. M. Erskine '07, presided Saturday evening, March 26. The at the dinner, and short informal Representative Gerrish of Lisbon concert was the feature of an enter- speeches were made by various mem- presented figures concerning the tainment given by the Liberty Bank bers of the association. Mr. O. P. actual running expenses of the school. Club to the new New York City Cook '85 gave an interesting and vivid Moody of York and Wiseman of Lew- Trust Company of which Harvey D. account of the famous thirteen-inning iston supported the motion. Dodge of Gibson '02 is president. The concert questioned baseball game when he was in College Portland whether the State was given in the Grand Ball Room of would not be overburdened with an- in which Bowdoin beat Colby 7 to 6. the Hotel Astor. Chester A. Bavis '07 was elected other institution of learning. He Preceding the concert a banquet president for the ensuing year. doubted that the existence of the was served. About 600 guests were doctors to rural President Sills represented the Col- school brought many present. The concert was in the main lege and spoke of the work of the communities. Brewster of Portland the same as that given in Brunswick College during the year. also opposed the bill. two weeks ago. The program began The vote was 98 to 44 in favor of with a group of Bowdoin songs, each the bill. Both of the Brunswick rep- Maine Medical School club then put on numbers, Sprince, resentatives, Masse and Woodruff, Medic '23, played a banjo solo, and (Continued from Page 1) voted "yea." quartets from each club gave special Representative Wing of Auburn selections. Every number was en- The news of the substitution of the proposed an amendment to the bill, thusiastically received. The surprise bill for the unfavorable report came providing that it should be open to number of the program was a solo as a surprise to the many friends of women students, and the amendment with the Glee Club sung by Mr. Gib- the Maine Medical School, who had was adopted. son. The program showed that almost given up hope. It was ex- Turgeon '23 was to sing Coombs' pected that after a century of active Launching of "Skipper of St. Ives," but when the service the school would be allowed time came for this number, Mr. Gib- to die for lack of funds. Bowdoin "The Bowdoin" was requested son to render the solo College could no longer assume the (Continued from Page 1) which during his college days he had yearly deficit and provide the ad- sung with the Glee Club. He had ditional money necessary to keep the at Cambridge, Mass. The party on served in a triple capacity then, be- school in Class A standing. Now it the craft as it goes down the ways ing leader of the Glee Club, leader of appears that there is still hope. The will include Governor Baxter, a class- the Mandolin Club, and manager. As measure awaits the signature of Gov- mate of MacMillan at Bowdoin in the speaker who introduced him so ernor Baxter as the "Orient" goes to 1898, and President and Mrs. K. C. M. aptly said, "He showed then the press. Sills. ability to lead which he has displayed The measure was taken from the "The Bowdoin" will remain at East since in his financial career." Mr. table by Representative Mcllheron of Boothbay to be rigged and will then Gibson quickly recovered from his Lewiston, who yielded to Representa- be given a tryout along the New Eng- surprise and sang the solo beautifully. tive Hussey of Blaine. The latter out- land coast. The vessel will be Round after round of aplpause filled lined the history of the school. "It equipped in Boston and will sail July the room when he had finished and he must not be thought that Bowdoin is 6. One of the main objects of the was compelled to return to the stage not interested in this proposition," he expedition will be to explore and chart and sing the number through again. said, "but it has become necessary for the thousand of miles of the western Following the concert and banquet her to give up the Medical School and shores of Baffin Land of which virtual- was a dance. The concert was in devote her entire energies to the arts ly nothing is known. Mr. MacMillan every way a success, for after weeks and sciences. Not only is Bowdoin has just returned from a lecture tour of consistent training the members of interested in a moral manner but she to the Pacific coast. the clubs were at the height of their is decidedly so in a material way, for It is hoped and expected that many development for this year. Too much she has offered to the State buildings, of the alumni and undergraduates of praise cannot be given to Professor equipment, and endowments for the the college will take advantage of the Wass who has spent hours with the establishment of the Maine Medical opportunity to see the launching of Glee Club, nor to the leaders and the School in Portland, the logical loca- this ship.