The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-22

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Orono, October 81. The electric plant
which the college has been all summer
completing at great expense, is now al
most finished; the electricity has beer
turned on the arc lights and the campus
now presents quite metropolitan aspect
at night While only four arc lights have
been, as yet put up. more will undoubted'
ly be placed there soon. One light is
opposite Oak hall near the northern
entrance to the campus, another in front
of the chemical laboratory, one south OF
Coburn hall. and one at the entrance neal
Prof. Aubert' residence. 1t is the Gin
tention to use the storage battery at
night for lighting purposes. Not only
does the electrical apparatus serve the
college in useful way, but as source
of instruction for the large number OF
students who are now taking the
electrical engineering course.
The Bangor, Orono and Oldtown
| Electric Road company evidently made
no mistake in running its track by the
college, as their Golfers are filled to nc
| little extent by the nickels of the students
who patropiye the road. 1t is now
possible for students living anywhere on
| the Iine to board at home, which many
of them do The first Of the term owing
| to some of the conductors not being
accustomed to having car loads of college
men, with the customary noise attending
such a crowd, to deal with, caused some
| little excitement by having one of the
students arrested for creating disturb
ance on car. Said sophomore was
promptly acquitted, however, and the
conductors are now learning to be little
more lenient.
The contract for the Kappa Sigma
chapter house called for its completion by
| October Is, but it is not finished yet, and
probably will not be ready for occupancy
before the first of next term. When it is
done every fraternity represented here
will be comfortably located in chapter
| houses
The fishing season among the fraterni
ties ia decidedly longer this year thar
formerly, none of them having more thar
four men pledged as yet; while last yea
all held limitations before the first O
October If this sta tie of affairs continues
there will be no need of the proposed
agreement between the fraternities in re
gard to waiting definite length of TIM
before pledging any men, as they will
soon adapt themselves to something O
the sort without any formal action.
| Hunting seems to be favorite pastim
with a number of the students this fall
W. B. Morell, a freshman, shot fin
deer Saturday few miles from Oldtown
The civil engineering section of tn
senior class are anticipating week
outing at Pushaw lake sometime in No
vember. Prof. Hamlin will accompan.
| the party and considerable time will be
spent in doing some practical work il
hydraulics, measuring the current il
different places. and getting data fol
computing the discharge of water from
the lake.
The '97 Prism board has been chosen
and are now beginning to take up the
work of publishing the annual. 1t |:
made up as follows: Editor in chief
Edwin O. Upton business manager,
William I. Bsrstow, Edwin A. Merrill
aesociate editors, Edward M. Atwood,
A lien Rogers, Howard e. Stevens and
Harvey A White.