Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-10
BOWDOIN COLLEGE.
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Athletic Work and Gossip or
the Winter Term.
Bywdoin's Attitude en- Proposed Inter
collegiate Rules.
Debating Work-New French Club
Washington Alumni.

brunswick, Me, March 9.-(SpeciaD.-
The college is now buried in the hard
study of the winter term with fewer hap
penings of general interest to the public
than in the fall and spring, when attn
letics are booming. In the gymnasium
the individual athletes and the class
squads and teams are busy, each after
noon, preparing for the annual indoor
meet, which will be held in Town hall
Friday evening, March q. The half a
hundred candidates for the base bali
nine are working in the cage in upper
Memorial under Coach Williams. Cap
tain Havey has been at his home in Sulli-
van for few days. but will be back
this week. J. G. O'Connor, the Dart
mouth captain, who will coach BowdOit :
football team, next fall, was here, last
week. and gave some interesting and
helpful talks to the undergraduates.
He made a splendid impression AMI
aroused much enthusiasm. As soon as
the spring will allow the track men will
get out for work in preparation for the
New England and Maine meets, and
Coach Lathrop will be with the mcif
through the whole season.
The matters discussed at the recent
meeting of the representatives, OF IN"
four colleges, held at Waterville, Will
soon be brought before the students ana
athletic authorities for consideration
The proposed rule for barring base bail
players who have played on regular
league teams Is regarded with FAVOR anu
as a desired step toward stIicter rules
in the future. The proposed lour-N"dr
rule is also favored. As that is generally
in vogue among colleges and has been
voluntarily observed by BOwdoin at the
sacrifice of shutting out men who have
supplemented this four years in Bow
dom by "a course in the Medical School
The proposed rule not allowing stu
dent who leaves one college for another
Tho Int f..F- sf.ll INrI N
letics until he has been there a year
is regarded by many here with less fa-
Vor. Such rule would hit HOwdOin
more than the other colleges, for ever
year, boys leave the other Maine col
leges to come to Bowdoin while almost
never does q student leave Bowdoin, I'M
less dropped by the faculty, and go to the
ther colleges. ON this subject the lat
est Issue of the Orient says: Not that
Bowdoin uses special induceme nts to en-
courage athletes to come here, but a
large number come, every year oil their
own free will on account of the sple9-
did opportunities offered here. II seems
hardly fair to debar these men from ath-
letics. when they would be allowed to
participate in the colleges from which
they come. The araount of hiring, II any
at all Is done. in the State OF Maine, is
so so slight that it. certainly does not
demand this rigid regulation.@
Following are the names Of the menu
hers of the new French club: McKann.
Stockman. Preble aud SpnIlett. '03. Spoil
lett has been elected president and Mer-
rll secretary and treasMeE Professors
Johnson and Ham have been elected hon
Blaine s. Viles. 'O3, IL. up in the Maine
woods for two weeks with Austin Cary.
81 the forestry experts
Last week. Division a Of the Sophie
more class debated the question, Itc
solved. That the United States should
adopt a system Of shipping suhSlui's.
10, ffpt,,l ,ti
Griffin; those on the negative wcrc NIul-
ball and Henderson, a vote On the m"ri:
of the question resulted to in faNut az
negative; on the merit of the debate
II to in favor Of negative. Division =
who debated the same question. Those
on the affirmative. Sexton ami Putnam
on the negative, Sargent ana Gould. Y
vote on the merit ~ the question result
ed Is to & in favor Of the negative: Ur
the merit Of the debate. - q ! in IA
vor of the affirmative
The Glee club has no more long trim
to make. but has several more concert;
on it's schedule.
The subject of the debate with Am
herst as finally decided is: RI solved
That Reconstruction ON the Basis of Ne
gro Suffrage Was an Gnwise Policy.
Three trial debates will be held durin-
the next two weeks before a committv.
of five members Of the faculty. Tht
contestants for the trial debates hay,
been selected as follows: Affirmative
Anthoino and Robinson, negative
Walker. o., and Weber -inrmatlNe
Sinkinson and Gould; negative. Grn~
and Marshall. Affirmative, Fngg ana !;
amilton: negative, Harvey ana Mil e.SkN
1t has been decided that amherst will
take the affirmative side Of the debat2
while Bowdoin will defend the ncgatiN,
Of the college debate, which will COM
about the first " May in Memorial han
Professor +. {. Robinson. who ATTENDED
the annual banquet of the Washington
Alumni AssoCid alton as the delegate from
the college was absent the greater pan
of last week About 40 Bowduin Stad
yates were present, including chief JUS
tice Fuller Senator Frye and Gibson
and Representatives AIen of Maine
Alexander OF New York, and stevens @
Minnesota.