To the Editors:
As a graduate of the Class of 1956, I think I am getting out of date. I guess I need someone to explain to me why the following happened.
Freshmen are now called "First Years."
"Rise Sons of Bowdoin" is now "Raise Songs to Bowdoin."
The Offer of the College no longer reads as William DeWitt Hyde wrote it. Deleted is the phrase "to learn manners from students who are gentlemen, And form character under professors who are Christians."
And somewhere the lyrics to Bowdoin Beata were changed so that we do not "send Our sons to Bowdoin in the fall" anymore.
I guess the next step will be to change The Declaration of Independence, "...all men are created equal."
Don't get me wrong. I do believe in progress. How about calling Seniors "Last Years."
Sincerely,
Ron Golz '56
A First Year who became a Last Year