Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-01

pected. IL Is not so large as the sophie
more class. All but about Il dozen of the
freshmen are Maine boys and it is a class
that promises well in every department
of college work. The FISHING season of
the various fraternities is pretty well over
and the limitations will be held next week
An unusually large number of students
join the upper classes this fail. nearly Il
score in all. Most OF these come from
other institutions AS Dartmouth EaVer-
ford. Maine State College and the Ban
Sor Theological Seminary. one student
who is gladly welcomed into the Junior
class is w. w. Williams Of Topsham,
formerly "A member of '96. and well known
as the star pitcher of the Lewiston league
team.
During the summer the appearance OF
the campus WAS improved by extensive
grading. New recitation rooms We're fit
ted up in lower Memorial ana those for
merry occupied in Winthrop hall will I've
used for students rooms. The fornier
Orient Headquarters. All the professors
are back at their posts. with the exccp-
ton of Prof. Emery of the chair of po-
litical economy who is abroad on a years
Prof. Hatch of Columbia. During the
summer months over 1900 strangers from
out of town visited the art building
Quite a change in the appearance of the
campus by the removal of the fence
around it. The boundary hedge, however
remains.
Ill dintttlCS. OF course. IODt pan Occn-
pies the most important place in the fall
term. a good schedule has been ar
ranged by Manager Brett and the first
game will be played Saturday on the new
athletic field, with the Maine State Col
iege eleven as the opposing team. +. A.
Stearns. 81. is captain of this year S eleven.
and is making every effort to produce
team that can equal the brilliant record
of last years eleven under Capt. Bates.
Last year was indeed Il banner year for
old Bowdoin in athletics and its record
will be q hard one to equal or excel. In
foot ball it walked away with the other
Maine teams and won several important
victories outside the State; in tennis it
won all three the Maine championship
cups in field and track sports Il won los
points at the field day. leaving but q for
the three others to divide among them
selves: and in base ball it won the Maine
college. pennant after an exciting and
would be phenomenal work, but the Bow
dom boys are ambitious and hope to do
it,
The prospects in foot ball are good. not
withstanding the loss of Rates. Stone.
Libby. Eastman. Warren and NewbeGin
by graduation. The line will be light.
was the case last year: but it hopes to do
as it did last year and defeat half a dozen
heavier teams. The backs will be light
also but quick and sure and working per
fectly together. The team is not fully
nicked yet and will not be until after the
first game. Twenty-Five or thirty candi-
dates are on the delta every afternoon
under Coach Hoag of Harvard Besides
those lost by graduation the team loses
the star half back. Mcmillan who is sick
with typhoid fever, and Moulton, the
quarter back who cannot play.
The freshmen class brings several good
men. and one or two of these will he
found in the first line up Several of the
young alumni who We're prominent in
football have been back during the OPEN
ing weeks helping the work of the team.
Capt. Stearns is proving most success
full leader, and has the confidence and
respect of the team to an unusual de-
gree. He will play his old position at left
end.
The new athletic ield which will he
used for the first time. in the game with
Maine State. Saturday. is great addi-
ton to the college and is an object of
great pride to the students and the alum
nj through whose efforts ii has been
built. The old delta used for so many
years WAS Inadequate for its purpose AMI
the need of running track was impera-
tive. if Bowdo;n was to maintan the
high place in athletics which it had won.
Or. Whittier. Bowdoin's popular and eff
ficient athletic director took the matter
in charge n year ago and to his enthu-
aiasm and energy the college is indebted
for its present superb track and oval.
A committee was appointed Represent
ing faculty alumni and studentS<>and ii
ton of site was difficult task The
old delta could not be used on account
of the involved sacrifice of pines. but
there We're numerous other good places
to choose from. The land is all dry and