The Bowdoin quill . literary or social interest aretoo evident to deserve any discussion here*but it is generally urged that owing toBrunswicks location it is difficult tosecure speakers of eminence* If some ofour professors can go to neighboringcities in order to deliver a series of lec-tures before clubs of the Sorosis andWomans Federation* etc** we see noreason why the college cannot have thepleasure of hearing these lectures in Me-morial Hall* Bowdoins alumni cancertainly furnish from its members emi-nent men who would be pleased of theopportunity to come back to the AlmaMater and address
The Bowdoin quill . literary or social interest aretoo evident to deserve any discussion here*but it is generally urged that owing toBrunswicks location it is difficult tosecure speakers of eminence* If some ofour professors can go to neighboringcities in order to deliver a series of lec-tures before clubs of the Sorosis andWomans Federation* etc** we see noreason why the college cannot have thepleasure of hearing these lectures in Me-morial Hall* Bowdoins alumni cancertainly furnish from its members emi-nent men who would be pleased of theopportunity to come back to the AlmaMater and address her undergraduates* 268 THE BOWDOIN QUILL The undergraduate body has long feltthe need of such a course of lectures andwould welcome any movement towardits establishment* Perhaps we do notanticipate the difficulties that lie in thepath of such a scheme, but we do appre-ciate the disappointment and dissatisfac-tion of the college, that the u powers thatbe do not take steps in this importantdirection* —3?, L. M., 99. |)£ ffarfman AUTUMN- Thou burden of all songs the earth has sung,Thou retrospect in Times reverted metaphor of everything that dies, That dies ill-starred, or dies beloved and youngAnd therefore blest and wise,— O, be less beautiful or be less brief,Thou tragic splendor, strange and full of fear IIn vain her pageant shall the summer rear ? At thy mute signal, leaf by golden leaf,Crumbles the gorgeous year- —The Wake Forest Student The prominent part that college menplayed in the Spanish-American war willcertainly have a strong; influence on col-lege literature- Even at this early date afew of our exchanges have containedthings with war atmosphere- The haloof romance that hangs over everythingSpanish will certainly be an impetus andtheme for a very interesting school ofcollege writers- A sober and dignified sonnet in theWilliams Literary cMonthly on the ill-fatedbut gallant admiral of the Spanish fleetpossesses a quality not common to collegeverse- 27
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