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THE COLLEGE 
 
 BOWDOIN COLLEGE was incorporated in 1794, 
 while Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth 
 of Massachusetts, and more than a quarter of a century 
 before she was admitted into the Union as a separate State. 
 
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 The college was named in honor of James Bowdoin, a 
 distinguished Governor of Massachusetts, of Huguenot 
 descent, a member of the first Continental Congress in 
 Philadelphia, and a close personal friend of Washington. 
 Besides his many civil offices and honors he bore honorary 
 academic degrees from Harvard, from the University of 
 
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 Pennsylvania, and from the University of Edinburgh. He 
 was the first president of the American Academy of Arts and 
 Sciences, and was a valued friend and correspondent of 
 Benjamin Franklin. 
 
 An early patron of the college was the Hon. James 
 Bowdoin, son of the Governor, who, while minister of the 
 United States at the Spanish and French courts in President 
 Jefferson's administration, collected a valuable library, a 
 most interesting gallery of paintings and drawings by old 
 and modern masters, a fine cabinet of minerals and fossils, 
 all of which, together with lands and money, he gave or 
 bequeathed to the college. In the variety and value of its 
 art treasures it is probably not surpassed by any collegiate 
 institution in the country. 
 
 The college is unsectarian in its government, adminis- 
 tration, and instruction. One half the vacancies on its 
 board of overseers are filled by nominations of the alumni. 
 Its academical, medical, and honorary graduates number 
 together five thousand two hundred and ninety ; its enroll- 
 ment for the present year (1904-05) is four hundred 
 and thirteen, of whom forty-three are professors and 
 instructors. 
 
 LOCATION 
 
 Brunswick, the seat of 
 the college, is on the main 
 line of the Maine Central 
 Railroad, and at the junc- 
 tion of two branch lines. 
 It is easily accessible, 
 forty-five minutes from 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS HALL 
 
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 Portland, four hours from Boston, three hours fro 
 Bangor, and is connected by both steam and electric roads 
 with Bath, Lewiston, and Portland. First settled as early 
 as 1628, it is a town of seven thousand inhabitants, with a 
 carefully graded and ordered public school system, a free 
 public library, and seven churches. It has a weekly news- 
 
 CHAPEL ROW — SOUTH VIEW 
 
 paper, several large manufacturing establishments (cotton, 
 paper, pulp, boxes, etc.), and three national banks. The 
 climatic conditions are most healthful ; the town has a 
 water supply of unusual purity, it is provided .with a 
 complete sewerage system, and with electric lights. The 
 vicinity offers inviting facilities for the recreations and 
 sports of both summer and winter, — delightful walks 
 
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 and drives, river boating, golf-links, skating, snow-shoeing, 
 and skeeing. 
 
 The college buildings, twelve in number, are grouped 
 upon a spacious campus of about forty acres, five minutes' 
 walk from the 
 railroad station, 
 one mile from 
 the Andro- 
 scoggin river 
 with its pictur- 
 esque falls, and 
 a few miles 
 (threeto fifteen) 
 from various 
 attractive re- 
 sorts on the 
 shores of Casco 
 
 Bay. A central heating and lighting plant supplies steam 
 heat and electric lights to all the buildings, which are also 
 connected with the water and sewerage systems of the town. 
 
 MEMORIAL HALL 
 
 BUILDINGS 
 
 Massachusetts Hall, 
 the oldest of the college 
 buildings, contains the 
 offices of the treasurer 
 of the college, a lecture- 
 room in which are the 
 quaint colonial fireplace 
 and oven used for a time 
 
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KING CHAPEL (INTERIOR) 
 
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 by the first president of the college, and the Cleaveland 
 Cabinet of mineralogy and natural history, named in memory 
 of Professor Parker Cleaveland. 
 
 Winthrop Hall, Maine Hall, and Appleton Hall 
 are dormitories, of brick and stone, each one hundred feet by 
 forty, and of four stories. Each of these dormitories con- 
 
 WEST SIDE OF QUADRANGLE 
 
 tains thirty-two suites, consisting of a sitting-room, or study, 
 a bed-room, and an ample closet. The buildings are heated 
 and lighted with steam and electricity from the central station, 
 and are supplied with water from the town system. 
 
 King Chapel, named in honor of Governor William 
 King, the first governor of Maine, is a Romanesque church 
 of undressed granite, the facade of which is marked by 
 twin towers and spires which rise to the height of one 
 hundred and twenty feet. The interior, following the 
 model of English college chapels, is arranged after the 
 manner of a cathedral choir, with a broad central aisle 
 from either side of which rise the ranges of seats. The 
 
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 lofty walls are decorated with mural paintings, mostly 
 copies of old masters, and the decorated ceiling is carried 
 up into the roof. A spacious room in the chapel building, 
 known as Bannister Hall, is devoted to the uses of the 
 Y. M. C. A. 
 
 Memorial 
 Hall, con- 
 structed of 
 granite, is a 
 memorial to 
 the graduates 
 and students of 
 the college who 
 served in the 
 Union army or 
 navy during 
 the Civil War. 
 On the first 
 
 floor are lecture-rooms and offices. The hall, on the second 
 floor, is a spacious audience room for exhibitions and other 
 public exercises. It is adorned with busts and portraits of 
 presidents, professors, benefactors, and distinguished graduates 
 of the college, together with bronze tablets containing the 
 names of two hundred and 
 ninety Bowdoin men who 
 fought to maintain the 
 Union. 
 
 Mary Frances Searles 
 Science Building is a 
 memorial gift by Mr. Ed- 
 ward F. Searles, in memory 
 
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 of his wife. It is built of Perth Amboy brick and Ohio 
 stone, and is practically fire-proof. It is one hundred and 
 eighty feet in length, and, with two parallel wings, one 
 hundred and five feet in depth. Designed for the use of 
 thedepartments 
 of chemistry, 
 physics, and 
 biology, it con- 
 tains both large 
 and small labo- 
 ratories for each 
 of these depart- 
 ments, with 
 lecture - rooms, 
 offices, store- 
 rooms, cabinets, 
 machinery for 
 construction of 
 
 apparatus, a conservatory, etc. It is fully adapted to 
 the uses it is intended to serve. 
 
 Walker Art Building, designed for the exhibition of 
 the art treasures of the college, was erected by the Misses 
 Harriet and Sophia Walker as a memorial of their uncle, 
 
 Theophilus Wheeler 
 Walker. It is a notable 
 specimen of architecture 
 in proportion, fitness, and 
 beauty, and is fire-proof. 
 It is one hundred feet in 
 length and seventy-three 
 
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 LABORATORY" — BIOLOGY 
 
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 in depth, and is surrounded on three sides by a paved terrace 
 with granite supporting walls and parapets. Granite and 
 bronze sculptures mark the entrance and adorn the front wall. 
 Within, four tympana below the dome of the Sculpture Hall 
 are filled with mural paintings by John La Farge, Kenyon 
 Cox, Elihu Vedder, and 
 Abbott Thayer. The 
 building has three gal- 
 leries, the Bowdoin, the 
 Boyd, and the Sophia 
 Wheeler Walker Gal- 
 leries, filled with rare 
 paintings, portraits, 
 miniatures, drawings 
 and etchings, ivory 
 carvings, ancient glass, 
 tapestries, laces, Japan- 
 ese bronze and pottery, 
 antiquities, etc. The 
 building is open to 
 
 visitors from 10 to 12.30 a.m. and 1.30 to 4 daily 
 throughout the year; Sundays and holidays, 1.30 to 4.30. 
 
 Hubbard Hall, the library of the college, is a gift from 
 General Thomas Hamlin Hubbard, of the class of 1857, 
 and his wife, Sibyl Fahnestock Hubbard. It is one hundred 
 and seventy feet in length, and fifty feet in depth, with a 
 wing, for the stack- room, eighty-eight feet by forty-six. It 
 is of seventeenth-century Gothic architecture, with a central 
 projecting tower one hundred feet in height, and is entirely 
 fire-proof. It contains two large reading and consultation 
 
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 rooms, a lecture hall, alumni and seminar rooms, offices, etc. 
 The library contains more than eighty-two thousand volumes, 
 and several thousand unbound pamphlets, and is a subscriber 
 
 WALKER ART BUILDING 
 
 to about two hundred periodicals, American and foreign. The 
 library is open daily from 8.30 to 5.30, and in the evening 
 from 7 to 9.30. 
 
 The nine buildings which have been mentioned enclose 
 an ample and attractive quadrangle of about twenty acres, 
 the main entrances to which are through two notable 
 memorial gateways, erected by the classes of 1875 and 1878. 
 
 Outside the limitsof the 
 quadrangle are Adams 
 Hall, with lecture-rooms 
 for the Academical and 
 Medical departments, 
 and a physiological labo- 
 ratory ; the Observa- 
 tory, with the necessary 
 
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 equipment for astronomical observation and instruction; and 
 the Sargent Gymnasium, fitted with the most approved 
 apparatus for physical instruction and exercise. 
 
 From the Gymnasium a short path through a beautiful 
 groveof pines leads to theWHiTTiER Athletic Field. This 
 field, in convenient proximity to the campus, affords an ideal 
 place for the college 
 sports of baseball, foot- 
 ball, and track athletics, 
 with a commodious and 
 architectural Grand 
 Stand, the gift of 
 General Thomas H. 
 Hubbard, of New York. 
 It is a substantial struc- 
 ture of stone, brick, 
 iron, and cement, and 
 contains, besides seats 
 for eight hundred spec- 
 tators, training quar- 
 ters for the athletes, 
 baths, dressing-rooms 
 with lockers, and other 
 conveniences. 
 
 There are tennis-courts in the vicinity of the Gymnasium, 
 and on the grounds of some of the Fraternity Houses. 
 
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 ADMINISTRATION 
 
 The Examination for Admission covers the subjects 
 required by the leading New England colleges. Subjects 
 representing an aggregate of twenty-six points must be 
 
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 offered by the applicant ; twenty of these points represent 
 required studies ; the remaining six points may be made up 
 from a list of fourteen elective subjects. The examination 
 may be divided between successive years, or between June 
 and September 
 of the same 
 year. Explicit 
 details, includ- 
 ing times and 
 places for ex- 
 aminati ons, 
 may be learned 
 from the col- 
 lege catalogue, 
 which will be 
 sent to any one 
 desiring it. 
 
 Admission by Certificate. In place of examinations, 
 certificates will be accepted from those preparatory schools 
 in New England which have been approved by the New 
 England College Entrance Certificate Board. The associated 
 colleges on this Board are Amherst, Boston University, 
 
 Bowdoin, Brown Uni- 
 versity, Dartmouth, 
 Mount Holyoke, Smith, 
 Wellesley, Tufts, and the 
 University of Maine. 
 
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 tificates issued by the 
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 amination Board of the Middle States and Maryland are ac- 
 cepted in so far as they meet the requirements of the college. 
 
 The Curriculum for the degree of A.B. may be briefly 
 summarized as follows : 
 
 The required studies are English (including writing and 
 elocution), French, German, Hygiene, and Physical 
 Training. 
 
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 In Freshman year there must be an election of two of 
 the three studies, Greek, Latin, and Mathematics. 
 
 Elective courses, to the number of one hundred and 
 twenty, include advanced study in the subjects already 
 
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 mentioned, together with courses, both elementary and 
 advanced, in Science, Philosophy, History, Literature, 
 Economics, Sociology, Debating, and Education. 
 
 Students intending to pursue the study of medicine may 
 substitute for the academical studies of the Senior year the 
 work in Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemistry, in the first 
 year of the medical course. 
 
 The Tuition is seventy-five dollars a year. The 
 income of more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars 
 is annually distributed in scholarships and prizes. 
 
 The Academic Year is divided into two semesters 
 of equal length, which are separated by the summer 
 vacation of thirteen weeks. There are also two recesses, 
 
 of ten days each, one the 
 Christmas recess, and 
 the other the Easter re- 
 cess, at or near the first 
 of April. 
 
 Catalogues, containing 
 full and detailed information 
 concerning examinations, 
 degrees, courses of study, 
 prizes, regulations, etc., will 
 be sent on application to the 
 Registrar of Bowdoin 
 College. 
 
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 THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE 
 
 The medical department of the college was incorporated 
 in 1820 by the first legislature of the new State of Maine. 
 Its course of instruction covers four years of eight months 
 
 HUBBARD GRAND-STAND 
 
 each. The studies are distributed through the curriculum 
 according to the following schedule: 
 
 First Year : Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, Chemis- 
 try, Personal Hygiene. 
 
 Second Year: Anatomy, 
 Physiology, Chemistry, Pa- 
 thology, Bacteriology. 
 
 Third Year : Internal 
 Medicine, Surgery, Materia 
 Medica and Therapeutics, 
 Obstetrics. 
 
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 Fourth Year : Internal Medicine, Surgery, Materia 
 Medica and Therapeutics, Medical Jurisprudence, Public 
 Hygiene, Diseases of Women, Diseases of Children, Diseases 
 of the Mind, 
 Diseases of the 
 Skin, Diseases 
 of the Genito- 
 Urinary Sys- 
 tem, Diseases 
 of the Eye, 
 Diseases of the 
 Ear, Diseases 
 of the Nose 
 and Throat, 
 Diseases of the 
 Joints. 
 
 The students of the first and second years are instructed 
 at Brunswick, where the school has been situated since 
 its foundation in 1820, and where the students have the ad- 
 vantage of the library, the col- 
 lections, and the laboratories of 
 the college ; while the instruc- 
 tion of the last two years is 
 given in the neighboring city of 
 Portland, where the students have 
 the clinical advantages afforded by 
 the Maine General Hospital and 
 other hospitals in that city. 
 
 The Tuition for each of the 
 four years is $100, in addition to 
 
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 the matriculation fee of $5.00 and moderate charges for 
 laboratory expenses and examinations. 
 
 The requirements for admission include English, Arith- 
 metic, Algebra, Geometry, History of the United States, 
 Physics, Chemistry, and Latin, as specified in the annual 
 catalogue. Graduates of colleges, normal schools, high 
 schools, and academies; and students who have passed the 
 entrance examination of any recognized college are ex- 
 empted from examination on presenting their diplomas or 
 matriculation tickets, provided the latter cover the require- 
 ments of the Medical School. 
 
 The annual catalogue of the college includes also a cata- 
 logue of the Medical School of Maine. A separate 
 bulletin for the medical department is issued early in July 
 and may be had on application to the Dean of the Med- 
 ical School, Brunswick, Maine. Any inquiries for more 
 detailed information concerning entrance examinations, 
 courses of study, etc., may be addressed to the same officer. 
 
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 The Greek Letter Fraternities constitute, as in most 
 American colleges, an important element in the intellectual 
 and social life of the student body at Bowdoin. The Fra- 
 ternity houses are attractive and well ordered, with stewards 
 and keepers; they have pleasant dining-rooms, and are in 
 all respects well fitted for the social life of the Fraternity 
 members, and for the entertainment of their friends. Besides 
 the six houses shown in the accompanying cuts, there is a 
 seventh, that of Delta Upsilon, which is now being com- 
 pleted for occupancy by the Fraternity, and an eighth, the 
 Kappa Sigma house, which is in process of construction. 
 
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 A building not belonging to the college, but belonging to 
 its history, and used for many of its public assemblies and 
 ceremonies, is the First Parish, Congregational, Church. 
 In this beautiful Gothic structure, close by the campus, are 
 regularly held the Baccalaureate services, Commencement 
 exercises, Anniversary gatherings, and other important 
 public ceremonials of the college. Though not organically 
 connected with the college, it is so intimately associated 
 with it by virtue of these special occasions, as well as by its 
 regular services of worship attended by many of the pro- 
 fessors and students, that it is not uncommonly designated 
 as the College Church. 
 
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