Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-25
BOWDOIN.
Opening Week Of the College
Year.
Exciting Contests Between the Lover
ClaSssS.
| Large and Plueky Freshmen Class Who
Yield Only to Superior Organizations
Especial to the KennebecJournal. !

activity at Bowdoin. The trains of MONDAY
and Tuesday brought large numbers Of STU
dents back TO the pleasant routine of college
life. But a radical change, shown in some
degree by their bearing and dress, has tzker
place in the condition of these students il
across his shoulder, wearing shining beaver
light overcoat and well polished shoes, with
possibly cane and its accompanying eye.
glasses, steps from the train with a certain
dignited air of his own, tosses his checks &c
IL uuckman, and starts for the campus with
a leisurely gait and touch me-not- with- a.
ten-f1ot-pole expression. He's q senior
Don't mind that ''air" of his. It's only the
result of deferred hopes" and long e1pecta-
tions becoming materialized. Before many
weeks his martial tread will have softened
down to a more commonplace gait. And in
nine cases out of ten that senioric dignity is
merely the gloss hich neither hides nor re-
veals the ability beneath it. You might
mistake him for this junior as far as dress is
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easy air with him, with possibly a tinge of
indolence. What next! A cane, hat box
of spherical shape, Immediately suggesting
the idea of beaver within, a felt or derby
hat placed on the head with careless grace, a
confident smile, giving Place Immediately to
a fierce and bloody" expression-in short, a
Sophomore Next are the poor little fresh
les. They wander around like cats in a
strange garret. Continually doing just what
| they ought not to do, the butt of Sophomore
jokes, innocently swallowing" the "guff"
of upper-classman, and always apprehersive
of immediate and alarming local rains, what
wonder is it that the poor 92 man OCCASION
ally longs for home aud mamma?
| The dormitories are the scenes of much
life The changes of rooms and room mates
the disposal of goods, and the "roping i'm OF
innocent '92 men are some of the interesting
features.
large Freshman class, numbering forty
FIVE, with expected additions, enters Bowdoin
this fall. While somewhat inferior in ath-
letic ability to their immediate predecessors,
the SOphomores, they have yet shown much
pluck by trying conclusions with the best
foot ball and base ball team in college. They
are also quite ''brash," if an attempted pea
nut drunk" which the Sophomores do not
acknowledge as such, and the numerous
"duckings," and treat" to which they have
have been subjected by the Sophomores, be
accepted as testimony to that fact.
The bouts" of the two under classes were
of course the interesting features of last
week. Last Thursday night at half past
nine O'Clock, the Sophomores assembled on
the steps of the gymnasium, with tall Phi
Chi hats and canes, rubber coats and horns,
and shortly atterward started out on the
annual Sophoric ''horn concert" Starting
from North Winthrop, they proceeded to
serenade the occupant, of each of the dormi-
tories with the appalling music of about if
ty horns of varied size and tone, stopping
only to cause the trembling Freshman to put
out his light, and then after it was out, to
relight it, and once again to put 1t out. The
Sophomores proceeded in this manner to
make a round of all the dormitories, having
several collisions with the upper class men
and also with few "yaggers" or town boys.
Pals and tubs of water thrown by the SEN
iors and juniors in no way disturbed the
even tenor of their way. After two hours
of excitement the Sophomores gathered in
front of the chapel and dispersed amid the
terwArds the Freshmen under the tuxelage of
senior attempted to have their peanut
drunk" The SophomJres got wind of it
and chas ed few belated Freshies from the
campus, and as no evidences of a peanut
| trunk" could be discovered on the chapel
steps where it is customary to break tie jug
of cider and scatter the peanut shells, the
Sophs claim that '92 will have TO try again.
1t is quite likely that another attempt will
be made by the Freshmen in the near future.
| Friday was ushered in with the same
gloomy weather that continued during the
whole week. Immediately after chapel the
| Sophomore foot ball rush took place. Foss
of the Alpha Delta Phi society rooming in
! North Winthrop, succeeded in getting the
| ball 10 his room after very lively contest.
Saturday morning after chapel the annual
| rope pull Of the two lower classes took place.
/ 1t was delayed somewhat by the rope break
ing twice under the great strain imposed up
/ :.
tom, by the Freshmen, the Seniors taking
an active part in the contest The Fresh
men Immediately proceeded to the football
field to the accompaniment of the Freshman
terrifying strains of old Phi Chi. The cos
tunes of the 81 men were varied and
unique. The beat description that can be
given of them as whole is that they strong,
ly resenIbled the antiques" and ''horri
bIes" that are the features of Fourth oi
July professions. They all agreed. howev
er, in having Phi Chi he's and canes. A
contest of three quarters of an hour sooI
convinced the Freshmen that they couldn'
play foot ball with 81, and the victorious
Sophs proceeded to the chapel amid mucl
jubilation and were there photographed il
full costume. The base ball contest tool
place in the afternoon. But FIVE inning
we're played on account of rain. 81 pre-
sented an exceeding strong nine with whicl
90 tried in vain TO cope successfully. Tn
Freshmen we're exceedingly weak st tn
bat, getting but one hit, while the 81 me
yied witb::one another in seeing Who coui
,, get the most hits and runs. They we're shu
opt in every inning, not an error to the cred
| it or rather discredit Of any 81 man. Th
Sophomore nine could undoabsedly cop
successfully With the strongest outside min
, the college could produce. Following
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