Bowdoin College

255 Maine St, Brunswick, ME 04011

In 1906, Bowdoin’s president, William DeWitt Hyde, wrote “The Offer of the College”:

To be at home in all lands and all ages;
to count Nature a familiar acquaintance,
and Art an intimate friend;
to carry the keys of the world’s library in your pocket,
and feel its resources behind you in whatever task you undertake;
to make hosts of friends…who are to be leaders in all walks of life;
to lose yourself in generous enthusiasms and cooperate with others for common ends –
this is the offer of the college for the best four years of your life.