Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-26


classes, coming from Harvard. Dart
mouth. Georgetown University, Bangor
, Theological Seminary, Colby, Bates
and other institutions, and fully half
dozen have entered the sophomore
class
| During the summer much has been
going on around the beautiful old
campus. Exterior work upon the Hub
! bard Library building has been COM
pIeted and the full beauty of this
magnificent structure is now apparent.
This building, whose cost is over $780,
0OG is undoubtedly one of the finest coll
| lege libraries in the country, and it
| completes the quadrangle, fit COM
panion to King chapel, Memorial hall.
Searles Science building and the
Walker Art building. No small college
anywhere has such a group of hand
some buildings Work on the interior
of the library is being carried on by
a large crew of men, and it will be sew
eral months before it is ready for oc-
curancy. Another new building nearly
completed is the Chapter house or
lodge of the Psi Epsilon fraternity on
Maine street, opposite the campus. This
| is the fourth chapter house at Bowdoin
planning to build in the immediate fu-
ture. The next new structure will be
the grand stand on the Whittier ath
letic field which General Hubbard has
| offered to build. Vaughn, the architect
of the library, has drawn the plans at
! his request, and they provide for
splendid structure of stone, brick and
steel which will be without superior
on any athletic field in the country.
\ large number of the young alumni
are back as usual at the opening of the
term and some of the older ones have
dropped around. The members of the
faculty are all back from their summer
vacations A number of college boys
were at the station to greet Lieut..
Peary, ~, when he passed through, the
other afternoon. He chatted cordially
with them. asking many questions
about the college, and expressing his
determination to be present next June
ut his class reunion. He was at the
| commencement of 1897. IA few days be-
/ fore setting forth upon his latest ex-
= petition.
G As usual in the fall term much of the
$ undergraduate interest in athletics
1 ccnters in football and there is much
. enthusiasm. A squad of 20 to 80 has
1 been back for a week, and now that
s number of candidates for the eleven has
: been doubled and there are lively
e scenes on Whittier field every after
: noon. O'Connor, captain of last year
n Dartmouth eleven, is the head coach
G and is proving most popular. His
It energy and thorough mastery of the
Il game make him very efficient. Some
hnn to Entr
= him later.
Bowdon proposes to let the other
d colleges monopolize the hot air ex-
e plosions as to the wonderful prospects
e and remarkable early work of then
It eevens, and neither the coach, captain
d nor manager. will say more than that
n there is lot of good material on hand
$. and that the outlook for a successful
II season is very. satisfactory. foot
if hall mass meeting Of $50 students was
% held in Memorial hall. Wednesday even
n ing, presided over by Manager Nuttel
IL and with rousing speeches by Coach
OConnor. Capt. Munro and several OF
It the young alumni. Great amusement
e was caused here by the appeal of the
IS Bates men. given newspaper publicity
IL for their young women students tC
s. exert their influences to prevent Bates
It athletes from leaving college. The
a charge made at the same time against
It Captain Munro that he was induced tC
e come to Bowdoin, last year. by being
= offered this years captaincy was, like
IS the other charges made, manfeStly an
y outburst Of childish spleen and abso-
IS lutely with no foundation OF fact.
= There are a number of well known
- athletes among the new men at Bow
: doin, this fall. Jimmie Cox of Houl-
r ton, the Georgetown University pitcher
has entered the junior class. Finn, the
= Bates full back. comes in as Sophie
:. more. Among the good athletes in the
: freshman class are Porter, captain of
= the Bangor High football and track
: teams: Winslow, captain of the Gardi-
l. ner High eleven; Chapman, the Port
!. land High half back; Staples, the 24O-
s pound center of the Brunswick High
:. eleven: Sewall. the Old Town middle
|. distance runner: Bates of Coburn
; Classical institute. the Maine inter-
= scholastic champion in the sprints:
= Putnam. the captain of the Houlton
; | High baseball team and many others.
); The first football game will be on
J. Whittier fell. Saturday afternoon with
/. the Fort Preble eleven. The following
| Is the 1ull schedule OF the season.
Saturday, Sept. Effort Preble at
Brunswick.
Wednesday, Oct. Harvard at
Cambridge.
! Wednesday. oct s-Exeter at Bruins
: wick.
Saturday. Oct. 11-New Hampshire
State College at Brunswick.
Wednesday, Oct. 15-Yale at New
Haven.
Saturday. Oct. 25-Colby at Bruns-
: wick.
Saturday. Nov. 1-Amherst at Am
herst.
Saturday Nov. States at Bruins
wick.
Saturday. Nov. 15-U. of NJ. at Ban
gor.