Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-09-12
BATES COLLEGE.
No More Rushes Between
Sophs and Freshies.
The College EIated Over Entering
Class Of los Students.
Football Squad Unusually Large and
Practicins Diligently.

Lewistons Me, Sept. 11.-SpeciaD. :
Old collegescustoms have fingered Ions
and tenaciously with American col
leges The colleges of New England
have never been quite free from
''rushes" OF various kinds and hazine
of more or less brutal nature. AS
often us Il new class enters college. tn,
signal has been given for a struggle
between the Sophs and Freshies. ofte
10 the extent of fatal results, bad
bruises and torn garments, to say
nothing of the loss of much good tenn
per. This year, the day often spoken
of as Bloody Thursday" was passed
without any Of these demonstrations
For several years, in fact almost from
the start, it has been the custom II!
Bates for the Sophomores to paste up
on the chapel bulletin board, on the
first Thursday of the term, a ehal-
lenge for the Freshman class to meet
them upon the diamond in a game OF
baseball. Upon coming from the
prayer service on these various morn =
ings of the past, the Freshmen have
seen with dread this signal for the
trials of strength which would make
or mar their standing as class. Too
often the upper classmen have urged
on this contest by skillfully directed
gagginG, and a challenge rush has
ensued.
This year marks the end of this Gus
tom at Bates and the members of the
faculty are happy. 1t is probably due
4 ,.l.s
the students hold Pres. Chase that this
departure has been taken. His own
personal woIk among the students has
been the cause of higher standard
of class honor. To show his hearty
sympathy with the boys in their games.
when OF an honest. manly nature, the
president read the challenge, this
morning, in. chapel directly after
prayers, and it can be truly said that
every loyal Is,tes man rejoiced in the
presidents eHdent qualification.
The change has not been from lack
OF courage or men on the Sophomore
side. Last year more boys entered
Bates than in any previous year and
the class is both large in numbers and
distinguished for its athletes. On the
other hand, the Freshman class this
year, is larger than last. Numbers do
iiot count much for the Freshmen,
however, in a rush for the reason
that being unacquainted, they as often
rush" each other as the enemy" The
Freshman class already numbers 10J,
about three fifths of whom are boys.
This year for the first time the num-
Der of girls was limited. This was due
mostly to the fact that the girls dor
rnitory is not yet ready for occupancy
and ii has been decided henceforward
to require all of out-of-town girls TO
room at one of the three girls build
ings. The Bates Freshman class is
probably the largest that has ever en-
tered Il Maine college
Football is progressing finely
Coaches QUITS and PurinEton have
their hands full with the large num-
bers whom Capt. Allen brings daily
upon the field. 1t is partly owing TO
Can't. Aliens popularity and partly to
the reputation of the coaches that so
many more boys than usual are taking
the field practice. Towne. '02. who
Uas at one time reported as about to
leave Bates for Tufts. has returned:
SO also has Ralph Hunt. who VIII spend
as much time here as he can while
coaching the fellows at Leavitt In
Stitute