The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23
THE MAINE UNIVERSITY.
Western Maine Alumni Give n Dime
TO Mr.. r. ID. wtnslow.

A pleasant occasion Saturday evening
was the annual meeting of the Western
Maine Alumni association of the Univer.
sity of Maine and complimentary din.
ner at the Falmouth hotel
given to Mr.. L. B. winslow of Port
land. who has recently been appointed
member of the board of trustees Of the
university.
There were about twenty-five members
of the association in attendance. Previ.
GUS to the dinner the annual meeting was
held and the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President-Mr. 5. W. Bates of Port
land.
Webster OF Portland.
After the banquet Mr.. Bates called the
assemblage to order and in brief speech
elcomed Mr.. Winslow as member OF
the board of trustees, speaking in very
complimentary terms of him and pro-
phesying that he would take great inter-
est in the management OF the affairs of
the university.
MIR. Winslow responded and said that 1t
was an unexpected honor which had been
conferred upon him in making him
member Of the board. he spoke Of the
pleasure il gave him to meet SO many OF
the alumni Of the Institution and said
that on recent visit to the university he
had been surprised to fina such magnid-
Gently equipped and admirably managed
institution. He pledged bis best efforts
towards making the college success in
every way.
Mr.. X. W. Eaton Of Portland was then
introduced as the toastmastcr of the even
ing. He called upon DR.. A. W. Harris,
president of the university, who re-
sponded briefly. He reported the changes
which had been made In the faculty Of
tie Institution during the past year and
gave an account of the establishment of
the law school. He then spoke at some
length on the patriotism displayed by
the students OF the college at the out.
break of the war with Spain. They had
volunteered their services AS body but
their ofier to enlist was at first refused.
Afterwards forty students were accepted
in the First Maine regiment and out OF
the number which volunteered only one
man WAS rejected which speaks we'll for
the physical condition Of these men. Gov.
Powers tolegraphed DIR. Harris after these
men had passed the examination congrat.
ulating him upon the fine showing they
had made.
Attorney General Haines was the next
speaker. He referred in general way
to the needs Of the college and said that
as far as he was able to discover none of
the other colleges In the state felt any
hostility to the Maine University.
Mr.. G. s. Webster Of Portland was
called upon to speak for those who went
to Chiokamauga with the First Maine
interesting and displayed great loyalty to
the univei sity. The closing speech OF
the evening was made MIR. James Lazell
OF Boston, who is the secretary of the
Boston alumni association of the univer-
sity. The speakers of the evening care
fully RETAINED from alluding in any way
to the bills now pending in the iegisla-
ture for the benefit Of the university.
Those present were: E. b. wins'ow.
G. II. Allen, S. W. Bates. G. II. Babb.
G. A. Cheney. +. L.. Dow. John Locke,
Homer Marks, K. N. Merrill, l.. Il.
Paine. Fred Powers, j. &. Tyler, G. ;.
Webster of Portland. DIR. A. w. Harris uf
Orono, Attorney General Haines of Wat
erville. Hon. O. p. Allen OF Presqus
Isle, W. Ii. Atkinson of Brunswick, Mr..
Tarr, II. r. Libby of Biddeford. X W.
Eaton of Brunswick. f. ]. Haskell II.
A. Hobbs of Westbrook, James Lazeli
and Mr.. Coffin OF Boston.