This letter from the President of Bowdoin College is printed as an
appropriate preface to the pages which follow.
I thank you for the advanced sheets of the "Bowdoin Boys in Labrador."
As Sallust says, "In primis arduum videtur res gestas scribere; quod
facta dictis sunt exaequanda."
In this case, the diction is equal to the deed: the clear and
vivacious style of the writer is fully up to the level of the
brilliant achievements he narrates.
The intrinsic interest of the story, and its connection with the State
and the College ought to secure for it a wide reading.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM DEW. HYDE.