Bowdoin Orient . they can and will do better nexttime. There is one thing to be truly thankful for,and that is that our men have done their annualcranberry-bog wading on the M. S. C. grounds, andthat hereafter the fielders will have the privilege ofplaying where they will not dig graves for them-selves if they stand still five minutes, or lose theirboots in trying to capture a long fly. During the past ten years Bowdoin has wonleague games from Colby on the delta as follows: June 28, 1879, 28 to 11. June 26, 1880, 14 to 12. June 1,1881, 7 to 5. June 16, 1883, 4 to 3. May 31, 1884, 6 to 3. Apri
Bowdoin Orient . they can and will do better nexttime. There is one thing to be truly thankful for,and that is that our men have done their annualcranberry-bog wading on the M. S. C. grounds, andthat hereafter the fielders will have the privilege ofplaying where they will not dig graves for them-selves if they stand still five minutes, or lose theirboots in trying to capture a long fly. During the past ten years Bowdoin has wonleague games from Colby on the delta as follows: June 28, 1879, 28 to 11. June 26, 1880, 14 to 12. June 1,1881, 7 to 5. June 16, 1883, 4 to 3. May 31, 1884, 6 to 3. April 30, 1889, 11 to 9. October 4, 1884, Bowdoin defeated Colby in a prac-tice game on the delta, 10 to 4. Fourteen New England colleges have formed aCommission on Admission Examination. The Com-mission is composed of one member of the facultyof each college represented. The object is to ad-vance the standard required for entrance into theNew England colleges. The standard is uniform inall.—Ex. BOWDOIN ORIENT. 23. 37.—Rev. George , , of Bangor,who resigned from his pastorate lastfall, has, at the request of his parish-ioners, withdrawn his resignation. 44.—The following is taken from theNew York Tribune, and is only one of the manyillustrations of the success of Bowdoin alumni:The city of Platteville, Wis., was in gala dress afew days ago to do honor to President Pickard, ofthe Iowa State University, the founder and prin-cipal of the Platteville Academy from 1846 to Pickard went to Platteville from Bowdoin Col-lege, a young man of 22 years, and opened hisschool in a frame building with only five power as a teacher soon became knowu. Stu-dents Hocked to his school from all parts of theWest, and Pickards Academy gained the reputa-tion of being a preparatory school which had few,if any superiors. In 1853 a large three-story stonebuilding was erected (now the north wing of theState Normal School), additional teachers were em-ployed, and for the rem
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