Bowdoin College Bowdoin Digital Commons Bowdoin College Catalogues 1-1-1944 Bowdoin College Catalogue (1943-1944) Bowdoin College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/course-catalogues Recommended Citation Bowdoin College, "Bowdoin College Catalogue (1943-1944)" (1944). Bowdoin College Catalogues. 224. https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/course-catalogues/224 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by Bowdoin Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bowdoin College Catalogues by an authorized administrator of Bowdoin Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ] 'f T / Tl *E COLLEGE IN l820 BOWDOIN COLLEGE BULLETIN CATALOGUE FOR THE Sessions of 1943 -1944 Number 269 C^# December 1943 BRUNSWICK, MAINE XX Bowdoin College Bulletin Sessions - of 1 943 1 944 Catalogue 269 This Bulletin is published by Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Maine. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Brunswick, Maine, under act of Congress of July 16, 1894. Printed by the Southworth-Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine BOWDOIN'S SESQUICENTENNIAL 1 794" 1 944 The Charter creating Bowdoin College was granted by the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts and signed by its Governor, Samuel Adams, on June 24, 1794. The College is planning to celebrate that event on Saturday, June 24, 1944, with a special Convocation. For one hundred and fifty years the College has endeavored to use its endowment and assets, to quote the Charter, "in such a manner as shall most effectually promote Virtue and Piety and the knowledge of such of the languages, and of the useful and liberal Arts and Sciences as shall hereafter be directed from time to time." Each generation, perhaps each decade, has interpreted those words in different ways without departing from their real significance. Con- sequently Bowdoin has remained and is today a College of Liberal Arts. That is one reason why the College has been able to turn its at- tention and its activities in these days so largely to the training of men for the Army and the Navy. That shows the versatility of the College. A t the same time, with its undergraduate body reduced to a fourth of its usual size, it is keeping the College proper alive so that it shall be ready when the war is over and the victory won to carry forward the torch of a liberal education. Undoubtedly in the near future there will be profound changes in the educational as well as in the political and social world. It takes no very keen prophet to predict that if our country is to contribute its fair share to the world, if liberty is not only to be maintained but extended, the colleges of the future will put more and more emphasis upon Vir- tue and Piety, and aim to develop in a strong Christian character the resourceful and useful mind, and the spirit that goes with a free man. If Bowdoin College is true to that tradition and mission, clearly the best years are those ahead. Kenneth C. M. Sills, President of Bowdoin College. 5 CONTENTS COLLEGE CALENDAR vii BOWDOIN COLLEGE, 1794-1944: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 1 I. THE FOUNDING OF THE COLLEGE, 1794-1802 1 II. THE EARLY YEARS, 1802-1839 4 III. THE MIDDLE YEARS, 1 839- 1 885 7 IV. 1 THE MODERN COLLEGE, 885- 1 944 11 BOWDOIN: THE LIBERAL COLLEGE 15 OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENT 17 OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION AND GOVERNMENT 21 CAMPUS AND BUILDINGS 27 GENERAL INFORMATION 32 ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGE 35 CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS 40 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 49 THE LIBRARY 74 THE FINE ARTS 78 LECTURESHIPS AND INSTITUTES 82 STUDENT LIFE AND ACTIVITIES 86 SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID 92 PRIZES AND PREMIUMS 100 DEGREES CONFERRED IN 1943 106 APPOINTMENTS, PRIZES, AND AWARDS 110 1 MILITARY AND NAVAL TRAINING 1 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COLLEGE EDUCATION, AND THE WAR 119 DIRECTORY OF STUDENTS 121 THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS 130 DIRECTORY OF THE COLLEGE 135 INDEX 139 ILLUSTRATIONS Airview of the College Campus Frontispiece Massachusetts Hall facing viii The Honorable James Bowdoin 1 (1726-1790) m The Walker Art Building 16 The Searles Science Building 17 Map of the Campus 27 Registration Day 32 Memorial Hall: Between Classes 33 Fraternity Group 36 Winthrop Hall and 1910 Path 36 Recording Bird Songs on Kent Island 37 A Corner of the Aeronautical Laboratory 37 Hubbard Hall: The College Library 44 Interior of the Bowdoin Chapel 45 Athletics at Bowdoin (i) 96 Athletics at Bowdoin (ii) 97 Shakespeare on the Campus 112 The Chapel Choir 112 Airview of Pickard Field 113 J 943 JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1234567 12 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 io 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 l8 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 3° 3i 26 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER 1 2 123456 1234 3456789 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 31 1944 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 1 12345 1234 2345678 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 3 1 APRIL MAY JUNE 1 123456 1 2 3 2345678 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 1 12345 1 2 2345678 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3456789 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 i g 19 IO 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 3i OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER 1234567 1234 1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IO 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 3° 31 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - COLLEGE CALENDAR 1 943 1 944 1943 October 7, Thursday. Fall Trimester of the 142nd academic year began. October 18, Monday. Stated elections to Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Maine. November 3, Wednesday. James Bowdoin Day. November 25, Thursday. Thanksgiving Day, a holiday. December 1, Wednesday. Last day for submitting applications for medical scholarships from the Garcelon and Merritt Fund. December 6, Monday. Alexander Prize Declamation Contest. December 1 1, Saturday. Interscholastic Debate Tournament. December 13, Monday. State of Maine Scholarship Examinations. December 18, Saturday. One Act Play Contest. December 22, Wednesday. Christmas vacation begins, 4.30 p.m. 1944 January 3, Monday. Christmas vacation ends, 8.00 a.m. January 10, Monday. Class of 1868 Prize Speaking Contest. January 17, Monday. Achorn Prize Debates. January 27 -February 4, Thursday-Friday. Examinations of the Fall Trimester. February 5, Saturday. Special Commencement Exercises, Chapel, 12.00 noon. February 7, Monday. Classes of the Spring Trimester begin, 8.00 a.m. February 14, Monday. Stated elections to Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Maine. February 21, Monday. Plummer Prize Speaking Contest. April 1, Saturday. Last day for payment of the balance of college bills for Spring Trimester. April 6, Thursday. Easter vacation begins, 4.30 p.m. April 10, Monday. Easter vacation ends, 8.00 a.m. May 1, Monday. Last day for submitting manuscripts for the Pray English Prize. May 8, Monday. Last day for submitting manuscripts for the Forbes Rickard Poetry Prize and the Hawthorne Short Story Prize. vii viii College Calendar May 10, Wednesday. Competition for the Sewall Premium and the Brown Prizes in Composition. May 15, Monday. Last day for filing applications for graduate schol- arships. May 15-17, Monday-Wednesday. Entrance examinations. May 24-June 1, Wednesday-Thursday. Examinations of the Spring Trimester. h May 2 j, Saturday. Last day for submitting manuscripts for the Philo Sherman Bennett and Horace Lord Piper Prizes. May 31, Wednesday. Baccalaureate Address, First Parish Church, 5.OO P.M.