Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-10
BATES COLLEGE.
Fall Term Opened, Tuesday,
With Large Attendance.
Freshman Class One Of Largest That
Has Ever Entered.
A Fine Football OutIook-CoIIege Notes
and Personals.

Lewiston. Me-. Sept. 9.-(SpeciaD -
The fall term at Bates opened this
morning, most auspiciously. The fresh
men class is larger than usual, fully 50
having registered, of this number near
ly one-half are girls Pres Chase con-
Quoted chapel service and appeared
much refreshed by his summer vaca-
ton. The faculty was nearly complete,
several of the instructors not yet on
hand. The senior class is glad to well
come Miss Bertha Chase, who has been
absent during the past year teaching.
Miss Chase is one of the few who have
ever taken the regular course in three
years. Many of the class are absent.
Towne and Allen. the football captain,
are on land, but most of the football
players will not return until the last of
this week. Ralph Hunt, T. g., will
coach the team of Leavitt Institute,
Turner. but expects to return for the
games. Capt. Allen is enthusiastic for
the prospects ahead of Bates eleven.
Purington, 1900, is to act as coach and
the boys have full confidence in his
well-proven ability. Later in the sea-
son, Cults, '96, the well-known Bates
Harvard man. will take the team in
hand. Practice began this afternoon,
and Capt. Allen showed, by the large
number of men out on the field in suits
and as supporters his fitness for the
position he fills. His enthusiasm is
catching.
The first game of the season will be
,,Ia a. fol
Sept. 81. with the Bar Harbor A. A.
The schedule of games for 1902 is as
follows:
Sept. 21-Bar Harbor A. A. at Lewis
ton.
Oct. Portsmouth at Hanover.
Oct. Harvard at Cambridge.
Oct. 11-Boston College at Lewiston.
Oct. 1S-Colby College at Waterville.
Oct. 22-Brown University at Provi
dence.
Oct. 25-Hebron Academy at Lewis
ton.
Oct. 29-Tufts College at Boston.
Nov. IL. of NJ. at Lewiston.
Nov. S-Bowdoin College at Bruins
wick.
Manager Lothrop is to be congratu
lated for having secured SO many good
games at home.
The returning students express much
surprise and pleasure at the sight of
the many improvements made during
the summer in and about the college
buildings.
The Divinity school also opened, to-
day, and the attendance is exceptional
ly good. Many acting ministers are
enrolled as students for the coming
year. These have come from several
New England states and middle West.
Several of the alumni who 10th to de-
part are about John Hamlin, '02, is at
present visiting friends. He has ac-
cepted good position in large Gram
mar school in Roxbury, Mass. Miss
| Francena Ray. '02. is teaching in the
Auburn High school.
Work On the girls new dormitory is
being rushed to completion. but will
not be ready for occupancy before the
second term. The boys dormitory-
Parker halls crowded to its fullest
capacity. about 80 boys occupying
rooms in this building.
This evening, at s o'clock, the Y. w.
C. A. will give reception to the girls
Of the entering class in Roger Will
liam's hall.
| The course this year, has been
broadened and now offers many adj
vantages never given before. A
thorough course in Spanish is offered,
| this year. for the first time. The course
| in zoology has been enlarged and "a
llarger amount of laboratory work is to
me done Biology is offered. too. for
the first time. DIR. Veditz conducts the
classes in history and sociology. Prof.
Veditz is about to publish a work on
criminal sociology as the result of his
own personal work in this country,
| Germany and France. Mr.. Turkey, 80,
is acting professor of Latin in place OF
Prof Knapp. who is still absent. at
Harvard taking course of studies.