Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-26

,ca,-h eS'eu Tue FOLLOWING
members to take part in the Junior p.;-'
defamation, June 2I: H.R .a. anior friz'
boutelle, C. B Burleigh. F. r. Rm,n W. q
=. Choate, F. D Dearth, Jr.. NJ + T; y
.. v. Lane, c. F. Moulton. F q pinm oaii
r. fushor, and L. B. Varney.-Tba San;a,
examinations commence Nav 3l-P,ss;anoo..
n.ue VIII deliver the Raccalaureate sern,an
'une zo.-Grlmmer will furnish music e.. ,uu
nio.s,-Great Preparations are being mad
t III 'ieid and Ivy Days, Wednesdsv and
ihufsday OF this week. Wednesday
,ne ooat race between the Sophomore and
junior crews will be wed over a ,hree.,,;ia
course on the Androscoggin and in the a,,ar
noon the athletic contests take Mace at rho
iopsnam fair grounds. Thursdav 4 M
mere Is to be an exhibition game of base hall
Dowdolns vs.. Bates. In the af,ernoon occn,
1ne IVY Day exercises proper, ending with the
IVY hop In the evening. The Salem Cadet
olcnes'ra viii furnish music for the
0ccasion.-Gahan, 81, is captain Of the
brunswick Base Ball team. The sport
ing element in college has been much
r,IIa ny the recent addition to
poiemc literature evolved about base ball
anu tlie ooule matter in the Kennebec Jour
ma. OF May 20. As think the author has
.'ioently been misinformed about a few de-
.ams oi the affair, perhaps a few
words in reply will be admissible. No
one has denied that one of the chief
reasons why Soule came to college vas
TO play ball 1 am also acquainted
win several other members of Bowdoin
colege VINO came here for the same reason.
anu mink there are at least two or more
persons IN Harvard aud other colleges whose
chiei elective study is athletics. Soule did
not enter college one week after the Begin
mug OF TINS term when the nine were inst
beginning TO practice, but one month before
that, or two weeks before the end of the win.
ter term 1t is positively denied that Suule
receives any money for his services on the
ball team, and his expenses are not paid by
college men interested or uniDterested in base
Dali; neither has there been any thought of
recompenslng him for his services since the
beginning OF this term. Mr.. Soule
mas letters in his possession from
certain prominent base ball men of Colby
college, asking how much his services were
worth to play on their nine this spring.-No
SPECIAL student is required to attend PRAYERS
nor pass an examination before entering, nor
Is MS name on the printed roll call We have
now special student who has been in col
lege the greater part Of the year under these
same conditions. No special student for
Piled with the red tape regulations which our
friend thinks ought to be required. 1t is
needless to say that Soule has not. The
writer of yesterday is decidedly unjust when
he implies that President Hyde
was stretching the truth when he
said that Soule was member of the
college and entitled to all its privileges.
In regard to attendance at recitatons this
term, SOule's record compares favorably with
that of other members of his division. have
study in Prof. Lees department, and have
been called up to recite only three times this
term, though have attended every recita-
ton. If had "cut" as much as some, l
should not have recited many times as l
did. There is one fact about the formation
of the committee which ought to be noted. 1t
is composed of one Bowdoin and one Colby
graduate, while the other is not graduate,
but an ardent supporter of Colby. AS an in
stance of the prejudice obtaining at Colby,
let me note that it is believed there, though
no where else, of course, that Wilson of the
Bowdoin nine, "also" paid for his services.
Such an allegory as this will not trouble to
refute, but i. is we'll to note it.