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That song's a gem but a little before my time! "Training day" I suspect was a routine left over from the Civil War. Maybe the veterans who returned to Bowdoin after the War felt a need to demonstrate their drilling techniques, to amuse themselves while terrifying the adjacent "townies."

The songs we were supposed to learn such as "Rise Sons of Bowdoin" and "Bowdoin Beata" were less than stirring.

Ref-

I agree with you that our drinking prowess was a curious talent to take pride in, and we did so without shame. It was not a formal qualification for admitance to Bowdoin College, just a useful survival practice once one was in residence.

Ranger1-

Thanks for your support. Unfortunately while I was there BowdoinCollege was still an all male institution. It's co-educational now, and has been so for years. One wonders if they now drink less or more than we did.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble