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...premeditated prize-seeker, the Bowdoin Prizes offer remuneration for creativity in three different languages. A winning essay in English on any subject is worth $600. Prizes of $300 are offered for original essays in Latin and Greek. In addition, the best translation into Attic Greek of R. G. Collingwood, The Idea of History, from Page 21 ("The ardour with which the Greeks. . .") to page 23 ("The points of danger in the rhythms now going on.") wins...
...short history of the Bowdoin Prizes gives surprisingly accurate view of the major controversies at the University in the last 200 years. For example, in 1877, suggested topics for the English essay included "The Essential Distinction between Human Reason and the Instinct of Brutes," "Insanity Among the Early Roman Emperors," and "The Science of the Great Pyramid, or The Evidence Afforded by the Great Pyramid of the Scientific Attainment of in Builders." In 1883, matters of science such as "Are the Atomic Weights Variable?" and "The Services of Physical Sciences in the Department of Mathematics" dominated the list...
...throw was two feet beyond Croasdale's previous best this year and within four inches of his best ever. But veteran Bob Backus, Olympian Al Hall, and Alex Shulten of Bowdoin broke 60 feet to come in ahead of Croasdale...
Three other Ivy schools, Yale, Columbia and Penn, have posted entries for the K of C meet. Entries have also been received from Brandeis, Bowdoin, Manhattan, and N.Y.U...
...Crimson's only previous win in seven games had come against weak Bowdoin. But in the Boston Garden Festival, Dec. 18, sophomore Dennis McCullough's last-second goal beat Providence, 2-1. 'McCullough scored both goals for Harvard...