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Total Number of Articles: 4
First Article on this Page: October 11, 2024
Latest Article on this Page: November 22, 2024
Coles Tower has become an icon of mid-century modern architecture and a hub for student life on Bowdoin’s campus. At one point, when it was built in 1964, it stood as the tallest building in Maine and the tallest building …
“Excellent teaching in wooden halls,” Bowdoin College President Dr. Kenneth C. M. Sills said, “is much better than wooden teaching in marble halls.”
Bowdoin’s eighth president and alumnus of 1901, Sills carried on the many traditions of the College. He …
“We, the undersigned, Students of Bowdoin College, would respectfully petition that the Military Department of this institution be abolished,” read a student petition addressed to then-President of the College Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in 1873 in opposition to his mandate of …
“All [undergraduates] shall attend morning and evening prayer in the chapel,” Bowdoin College President Jesse Appleton wrote in his 1814 pamphlet, “Laws of Bowdoin College.” Appleton went on to declare, “If any undergraduate arrives after the exercises have begun, he …
