Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-11
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE.
Pres. Fellows Returns from West-So'
ciesy Notes-At!1letcs- Football

Ororo. Me. Nov lo.-tSpeciaD. =
President Fellows returned, Nednes-
day. from a Western trip ON oct. ii
ana Epv. l. lie attended the meetings
Of the National Association OF state
Universities at Des Mnines. Iowa. On
Nov. and >, he WAS present at the
meet ilSS of the American Society OF
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations held in the same city. DR..
Fellows is secretary ana treasurer OF
the former aSSocittiOr, ana secretary
of the college section of the latter
From n,s Moines pr. Fellows went to
Chicago where ne WAS the guest Of
honor at an Informal dinner. Satur-
day evening. Nov. ). given by the West
ern Alumni Association 81 the Uni
versity of Maine. Following the din
ner there was a special meeting of the
association. and a reception to Dr. Fell
lows. Many graduates of this Uni
versity are settled in or around Chi
caeo. and the association has a large
membership. 1t was the first of the
alumni associations to establish a
scholarship at the University.
The Agricultural club held it's
regular meeting. Wednesday night, in
Holmes hall. There was a large at
tendance. and the meeting was Of par
ticuar interest and benefit Professor
Merritt c. Fernald was the principal
speaker. and his subject was "Our
| Agricultural Exhibit ut the st. Louis
| Fair
Miss Florence Bal" ltine and Miss
colcord We're the r"nrt <cHtatives of the
| Maine Gamma Cnlutcr at the annual
convention Of The Delta Sigma Society
held recently in Boston. After the con-
| Hcntlnn they We'" entertained by the
members of the Tufts Chapter. TIL.
sorority WAS founded at Tufts coley"
! in 1899. and the Maine chapter was
established in 1903 The sorority has
three chapters established in the fol
| lowing order: Tufts college Brown
University. and University of Maine.
Professor Huddilston will lecture AT
the Methodist church. Orono. Friday
evening. Nov II. His subject will be
"A Tim Through Ireland"
Candidates for the freshman foot
ball team are out in force, and are
putting in some strenuous practice in
view Of the coming game with the
| sophomores on Wednesday. Nov 16
The s"nhOmorcs have not as vet or
%aniZod for practice II looks as if the
| freshmen might have q little the bet
ter of the argument as they have more
men on the football squad and they
are as heavy if not heavier than their
~npoi.nnts. The sOphomores will be cap
tanned by Fred w Iatfeas Of Bangor,
while the freshmen have elected Henry
| =. Miner of Haverhill Mass. to that
position.
A new series Of University of Maine
J postal cards has he"n issued and they
are far ahead of anything that has s."
far appeared. The cards are made by
a rhot"gr7 phic process and are very
artistic. All the buildings on the cain
| pus are included in the series.
\ meeting of all stud"iete Interested in
| the formation rf Il Washin2toE County
Club was held in No. | Alumni hall.
Thursday room a temporary chairman
and secretary were elected. ana com
! mittce was appointed to draw UP a conSti-
| tuition and set OF bylaws. At the next
! meeting action Will be taken ON the con-
sttution and Il rctmanent hoard of Off
GERS will he elected for the ensuing year.
| The club will br founded and run on the
| same basis as the rest OF the sectional
| clubs of the university.
A meeting Of tire student body was held
directly after chapel Thursday r1oi ming,
and matters conc eI ming tn" game with
Tufts were considered. Tn" game will! be
| played III f;angor next Saturday, and as
| ihc teams are anout evenly matched /,
should draw "A large crowd. Maine will
make big try 10 win this her last game
of III" season. ana also to blot out the de-
fear by Tufts of last year at Medtord
The Debating Club has posted its list
of questions for debate during the re-
| mainder of the month. The list is as
follows: Nov. -. Resolved That inter
collegiate football promotes the best in
tcrests Of colleges Nov. -. Resolved.
| That free trade with Canada will promote
the best interests Of tn" United States"
Nov. % "Rcsolvod. That the railroads in
the United States should h" owrcd and
operated by the federal government.
= he ,unicr Electrical mud Mechanical
Society has elected the foi9oWing officers
for the ensuing year PRESIDE ut. Caleb II.
Johnson. Nahant. Mass: vie" president,
Got hard ". Carlson. EetheI; secretary
and treasurer. Charles +, Prince. kitt"rN.
Meetings Of the society are held weekly.
an" many electrical and mechanical ap-
formal dance to be given Ivy the incai
alliances Of practical value are studied
and discussed.
Invitations have been ISSUED for an in
chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fra
tcIniiv AT its chapter house. on Friday
Is cning. NOV. Is.