Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-16
The Awakening OF Colby.

| Time was when CODY atnleteS CDulu
make the best of them hustle from one
end of the season to the other, and the
friends of the college have been sur
| prised at the lack Of interest which re-
Gently has seemed to be prevalent
among the students in matters sport
ing. All the season long the e who
have watched the Colby base ball
team at their work in practice and in
the game, have become satisfied that
there is just as good material in Colby
with which to make and develop
athletes as there is in any college III
| Maine. Tn students Of Colby come
from all points in Maine Is do the
| students of other Maine colleges. 50 it
is not so much the section or location
a man comes from as ii is the a
that makes the athlete. The Colby
team of sc have finished their game:
they played about the poorest ball for
| the most part, that has been seen ON
the local grounds in years. The Jour
nal has said time m again that if
the men would throw u little sna and
life into the game they could play
winning bah. Patrons became dis
susted and would not attend. the team
ttSt SQbSldlNiai TARpfil anu t'AikT
looked blue. Then as though they in
tended to show all that they had the
right stuff in them. the boys went at
and whipped the supposed 10 be
strongest team In the college league.
with a kind of n I-told-you-so air that
was extremely pleasing. The next
thing Watervilie knew vas that Colby
had turned over in sleep and awak-
ened. As between the bah team and
their friends the surprise at the defeat
Of Bates was mentioned.
Then came the banquet.th speeches.
the promises 10 do or die, II Colby
had rubbed her eyes. yawned n was
on her feet. The athletic association
was stimulated to renewed vigor. to
hustle and get there, and the amount
Of work done in the past three days by
the association will amount to more
than all Of hat of the whole year just
closing. Next Wednesday the team
that will fight for Colby in 1897 will
appear on the campus in their regular
positions from batter to field. An
athletic instructor will he secured to
work the mel in and out Of the gym
nasium. Not only will this instructor
develop the ball team. but he will be
4 man well qualified in every way to
handle men in all field day events.
The athletic association is now
partially made up of members of the
faculty. and is a fact worthy of note
that since the professors got into the
game themselves much good has been
done. the large debt of the association
has been discharged and n healthy
SurpluS remains in the treasury with |
which to begin the new year. The
association will have the cordial sup
port of President Butler in every rea-
Sonable thing. there will be no reason
to complain of lack Of interest IN the
part Of the faculty. Let Colby stu
dents remember their alma mater dur
ing the vacation season. Let each one
lend his every effort to bring to Colby |
the bright young man of his native
" with the view that in the end
Colby may be improved in the recita-
ton room and on the field. Let the
alumni of Colby remember the institu-
ton as a part of their business OF the
future. The collegian who graduates
in 1886 can do a vast amount of good
for 1897 and succeeding years in the
effort to secure fresh students for the
college.
The old bell in the Colby tower rings
not enough for victories wen. 1t has
hung quiet and almost constantly so
the pass season. Let it ring in 1897
until it is cracked. broken and dis
mantled. the faculty will see that a
new n is put in its place. Colby.
Long Live Colby.