The Bugle. Published by The Junior Class of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. Volume XXXV

Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College, 1884. Engravings by Moss Engraving Co. Softcover. 8vo (10" x 6.5"), color wrappers, deckle edges. [2] pp. ads, Frontis. portrait with tissue guard, [4], 163 pp., 1 color plate, 4 b&w plates with tissue guards, numerous b&w illus. and ads. Ownership inscription of "John Stuart Barrow '88," on top edge of front wrapper. CONDITION: Fair, clean text block, contents loose. An illustrated annual created by the Bowdoin junior class for its seniors. According to the Salutation, it documents both the "jovial and graver incidents" and the daily life for the Class of 1885, adding for the first time the portrait plate of Gov. James Baldwin and "the societies' steel engravings." Also included is a plate picturing the winning Class of '85 crew team. The volume commences with lists of officers of the college and fraternities, with a color plate of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Crest as well as three b&w engravings of other fraternal crests. Four engravings illustrate each class as ships: '84 and '85 sailing away into the World, '86 encountering rocks, '87 jumping on board, including commentary on each year. Listed are student participants in a variety of clubs, sports (sparring, rugby, lawn tennis), the Y.M.C.A., and the Bowdoin Temperance Association. College songs, poems, limericks, humorous facts, quotes, criticisms are included. A "Retrospect" timeline includes the event where "Five '85 men [were] "suspended indefinitely. Reasons absolutely refused.... In consequence of the above-'85 attends neither prayers nor recitations, but votes to stay out until the President's return from New York." The annual concludes with a business directory, twenty-four pages of ads of "firms, noted for their square and upright dealings, [that] are the only well-known and reliable firms worthy of the students' patronage. All 'worthless imitators' are to be avoided."

According to the Guide to the Bugle, 1858-2012, "The Bugle had gone through many changes since its first publication. During the 1880s photographs were introduced to complement the primarily text-based documentary of the school year."

John Stuart Barrows, born 1865 in Fryeburg, Maine, served in the military as aide-to-camp to Gov. Calvin Coolidge, National Guard, and became a Boston journalist and editor. He authored Fryeburg, Maine : an Historical Sketch and articles on military matters. Raymond Fogler Library holds his and his family's papers.

REFERENCES: Guide to the Bugle, 1858-2012. (Inventory #: 6064)