[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 27 (Friday, March 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 11, 1994]
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           SENATE RESOLUTION 189--RELATIVE TO BOWDOIN COLLEGE

  Mr. MITCHELL (for himself and Mr. Cohen) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 189

       Whereas Bowdoin College was established in 1794 by the 
     General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as the 
     first college in the District of Maine;
       Whereas, since 1802, Bowdoin College has educated students 
     from Maine, the rest of the Nation, and many foreign 
     countries on the principle that: ``literary institutions are 
     founded and endowed for the common good and not for the 
     private advantage of those who resort to them for 
     education'';
       Whereas alumni of Bowdoin College have included 1 President 
     of the United States, 16 Members of the Senate, 42 Members of 
     the House of Representatives, 2 Supreme Court Justices, and 
     many other public officials;
       Whereas other distinguished alumni of Bowdoin College have 
     included authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth 
     Longfellow, Civil War hero and the Governor of Maine Joshua 
     Chamberlain, Arctic explorer Admiral Robert E. Peary, and 
     Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson; and
       Whereas Bowdoin College is consistently named one of the 
     Nation's most outstanding liberal arts colleges: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the contributions made by Bowdoin College to 
     the State of Maine and the Nation over the past 200 years;
       (2) extends heartiest congratulations to the students, 
     alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators of this great 
     institution of higher learning on the occasion of its 
     bicentennial anniversary; and
       (3) offers best wishes for the continued success of Bowdoin 
     College in the future.

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