The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-12-29
SCHOOLS AND coLLEcEs.
The BOwdOin College students interested
in chess have formed chess club.

The B0wd0in College students interests
in chess have formed chess club.
The first appearance of the Colby Gle
and Mandolin Guitar Clubs took place il
MessalOnskee Hall, Oakland, Saturday even
ing, Dec. 18th.
The members of the BowdOin chapter O
the Alpha Delta Phi gave dance at Pyth
Ian Hall Friday night, Dec. 10th. A numbe
| OF alumni were present beside the under
graduates. The hall was prettily decorate,
with Alpha Delta and BOWdOin banners an,
sofa pillows.
The dates of the BOwdOin College tea
were decided upon at the last faculty meet
ing az follows: Jan. 9, q, Feb. 20, Marcl
. and 20 The plan that was carried GU
observed this year. Those Who viii r w. y
Invitations will be residents Of Brunswick
Lewiston, Auburn, Pennington, and Port
land alumni and families
After several months of negotiation tn,
BOwdOin Delta Epsilon Chapter Hous,
Association has bought the residence of thu
late Benjamin Greene, at the corner Of
Main and Cumberland streets, and in thu
spring will move it to the lot south of the
D Deita Kappa =, Epsilon chapter house or
Main street. The house is reported to have
cost Mr.. Greene more than $4,000. The
price paid by the students is $1,000. The
house will be occupied at once by the
fraternity.
At special meeting of the trustees of
Fryeburg Academy, held recently, it was
voted to proceed at once to raise the neces-
sary Wy, 200 for new school building and
5000 for a new gymnasium; and also Sc
cure, as needed, one or more houses, near
the academy, for new dOrmitOries. DR.. Seth
Z. Gordon of Portland, Prof. George I. Files
of Brunswick and Walter A. Robinson of
Boston with Calvin Austin of Boston. gen
eral manager of the Eastern Steamship
Company, as treasurer, were made COM
mlttee to secure the funds for these mucll
needed additions. There are now 1O4 pu-
pills in the school.
In an article on prosperous Hartland''
The Pittsfeld Advertiser has the following !:
One Of the time honored institutions of
HaItland is the Academy, which was found
ed in 1923, and has been in almost continual
session ever since. The State of Maine
gave grant of land at the beginning, and
this was the basis of its endowment. Many
great men were once students at the old
academy, and. in the early part of this GEN.
and fashionable thing, indeed. Among its
famous graduates are Congressman Level
lyn Powers, Judge Frederick Powers, Ex-
Gov. Conner, Oscar HOlway, Rodney Swift,
and Bartlett Trip. Many Of the old teach
ers, too, afterward gained great fame in the
profession.
The eighty-ffth annual catalogue of Colby
College, for 1904 1905, has just been issued
In general appearance it closely resembles
its immediate predecessor, except that it
has grown somewhat in size and contains
SIX pages more than last years catalogue,
making Q total of one hundred and two
pages: The list of members of the faculty
contains two new names-Arvid Reuter-
dahl, A: NJ, Associate Professor of Physics
and Astronomy, and Ralph Hayward Kenis-
ton, A.. B., Instructor in Latin. The sum-
total of 243 students, an increase of IS over
last year. This is the largest enrolment in
the history of the college and represents an
increase Of % per cent. over that of last
year.