Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-05
DUN MAINE coLLEoEs-How
DOM.
BY Q Bowdoin Man.


and generation. ard yet after rubbing the
eob-webs from my eyes to assure myself til 3.
did look upon the Classical Halls of Alma
Mater from fossils" standpoint, / va.
convinced that Law and order" are even
more firmly estahl. he'd and generally re-
soected than in '-ye olien times" when
; wooed the rEsss and Brunswick's fair
maidens in ths classic old town (Alas, that
/ should have captured neither,) In fact
the most Astonishing thing to me was the re-
maFkably cieaa cut bearing of this large
samber Of stu tents, both toward each other
and the members Of the faculty. And yet
this is thorough. Democratic community
Self government is an established and suc-
cessfui fact. The students elect their own
Jury from among themselves, and this Jury
tries aed Furnishes offenders against the law.
Well do | remember the misgiving With
which many of the conservative students saw
this departure made. They feared that the
result would be TO increase rovdyism in the
college. But their fears were vain At
first the Jury had conside rsble business, but
it dealt with offenders IN a most effective and
practical way. Every year saw 4 decrease
in the number of cases which came before
this Studeht tribunal and now. am informed
IL is going on tEo years since the Jury had
case This shows a condition of affairs in
the college that can but be gratifying to its
friends. 1t proves hat the Oil hazing spirit
that was killed by the action Of the student.
themselves in l-s2, has never been revived
We have no doabt that a principal reason for
tins is TO be found in the Jury Sys stem.
( TO Professor c. II. Smith is largely due
the credit of the present system of self
had truer friend than he Methodical, /
/ industrious. frank aud fair he has won a
warm place in the hearts of those who have /
enjoyed the advantages of his instruction. |
there is no better teac ler in Maine than Prof |
Saith The constitution and laws of
the college jury were draughted by him and
how successfully and carefully this work |
was done is shown by the fact that there
have never since been any changes.
/ Speaking of the word fossil" reminds me
of II hippant manner in which the under
/ graduate is frequently wont to refer to his
brethren of the Alumni especially that por
ton of them who have grown old in the ex-
periences Of life-and who are apt to look
uTon the college of their day rather than the /
college of the present. But am forced to
confess that there is nothing that has more
terrors for the younger Alumni ,han the |
term mountaineering as it does that 1.-THE |
boys" are growing old AMI that another gem |
erat on of boys are upon the stage who |
view the old colegc-and it. "old boys
with different eyes.
There, such talk makes me feel ony a
few years older than Methuseah, but who |
ever saw 'ollege man who did not believe |
that the Augustan Age of his TINA Mater |
came in the four years when his class trod its |
halls, shouted its cheer and fought its battles
The daring escspade of young Cilley in
climbing to the Chapel Spire last fall, has had |
no repetition this year This is we'll. 1t is right
for young ambi ion to aspire, but it should
climb by less hazardous ladder.
Notwithstanding the above reflection, |
couldn't help admiring the young man nerve
when 'mea surec the dizzy height with my
eye. don't believe any of the fellows in
my class could have beaten i,-and there /
some very brave men in that class.
This reminds me that one of my classmates
did inform some of the fellows confdentially
that he had several times climbed up that
spire late at night and very early in the morn |
ing Just to work up his muscle" All the |
boys admired hi. tremendous nerve--in 1
spinning such yarn.
The old lend lights" remind me of the
time when Jew OF Soph, sold the end
Jumps in North Winthrop to couple of
Freshmen. 1t gave Mr. Booker quite hus-
tie to recap.ure them. for these freshmen,
true to class instincts were very tenacious of
property and it was hard indeed for them to
penates had been stolen from the temple of
/ learning
As | stood in the station at Brunswick |
met II a we'll known member of the class of
So. II was one of the most truly pious
men in his class. He was president of the
Y. NJ c. A, and AS eleao man in every
way as ever va. in college. He wa. NATURAL,
sensitive, however, and this fact made him
the victim of many joke. well remember
one day when good old aunty came to see
him bringing with her small boy whom it
was reported she intended to leave with him
for few days. The boys who roomed on
the floor above got hold Of this fact some way,
and Billy +. an invet, rate joker came to
the heal of the stairs and shouted
/ "Halloo, II
What's wanted?" asked H. opening the
door and stepping out into the hall.
That jug
What iug?"
That cider jug
Now. it happened that the room mate of
II lived on farm and at the beginning of
the term had brought from home a small jug
of sweet cider. 1t had all been disposed of
the first evening after its arrival and of this
fact no one was better aware than +. His
question, however, was a most trying one for
H. for at that very moment the empty jug
was in his coal closet, He made violent
signs for f. to keep quiet, but without sue
cess for that vouble party continued loudly
Isn't there anything in t?''
NO" answered II. desperately, Its
empty
Great Scott have you drank all that,
HIP" shouted f. in we'll feigned sstonish
ment why, MAJ, you're getting to be
regular topper noticed your red nose and
-" bu, H. shut the door with slam that cut
off further conversation. Just how he e1
planned matters to that good old aunty will
never be known. But it was observed that
J when she took her departure the Young boy