The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-04-20
U. OF M. NEWS.

Last Thursday night was certainly a me.
morable one in the history of the college
year, as it was the date of the Freshman
class banquet. So we'll had the affair been
planned and SO skillful were the Freshmen
in making excuses for their unwOnted eager
ness to go after the mail, or for the necessity
OF trip to Bangor, that not Sophomore
suspected that ''things were doing" until
after the drill hour, when less than dozen
men appeared to answer roll call. When
the words Freshmen banquet were men,
toned to the Sophomores, calculus aud ball
bat suffered like fate and without any
ceremony the men boarded the first car for
Bangor. In the meantime, however, 1908
was speeding away on the O'Clock train
for Ellsworth, where they arrived about
g. and marched in body to the American
House, where their banquet was held The
menu was as follows:
Consomme with Asparagus Tips
Olives Salted Almonds Lettuce
Boiled Chicken Halibut, Egg Sauce
Julienne Potatoes Chicken Salad
Fillet de Boeuf, aux Champignons
Mashed Potatoes String Beans
L
Hot Mince Pie
Angel Cake French Kisses
Chocolate Layer Cake
Oranges Grapes Bananas
Nuts Raisins
Crackers Cheese
Tea Coffee Milk
Fruit
Edward Winslow Cram of Portland was
POSTMASTER, and the whole toast list, which
was as follows, was carried oat: The Glass
of 1908, Daniel Chase of Barring, class presi-
dent; Athletics, Henry Leroy Miner of Hav-
erhill, Mass. The Co-eds, John Thompson
Kendregan of Rockland, Mass. The Uni
versity, Clifford Lester Draper of Stone
ham, Massachusetts; The Banquet Commit
tee, Claude Boyle of Dover.
While the festivities were going on in
Ellsworth the Sophomores were not letting
the grass grow under their feet. On arriv-
ing in Bangor they found they could get no
farther on the war path without the aid of
special train, and as that banquet had to
be broken up at any cOSt-even that of
many borrowed shekels-a special train
they proceeded to get. They left for Ellis
worth at $40, about 100 strong, and rein
forced by number of upper class men who
wanted to see the fun. A special was not
an unthought of thing to the revelers, and
telegram from every station passed by the
avenging horde Of Sophs was received at
the banquet table, which was deserted by
Falls. The Sophomores soon got on the
trail of the Freshmen, however. and lively
scrap ensued, in which Sophomores and
Freshmen together, united in an endearing
grasp, rolled down over the embankments.
The overwhelming numbers of 1907 finally
men were escorted to the station by the
avengers, who put them through their
PAGES until after the night train pulled out !;
not without some Freshmen, however, who
managed to board it and arrive in Bangor
about II O'Clock. After the train left some
of the Freshmen secured rooms, where they
spent the remainder of the night in slum-
bers somewhat broken by the sounding of
the fire alarm and various other forms of
celebration, while others helped the people
of Ellsworth to amuse themselves, and had
good time generally. The Sophomore
special departed early in the morning for
Bangor, where the willy but weary Sopho-
mores spent the night as best they could.
The 10 local brought delegation to
Orono, where the people said things not
nice to repeat when awakened from their
dreams by Rah, rah, rah, '01! The re-
mainder of the Sophomores arrived on tie
early cars, and morning rectations went
on as usual. The few Freshmen unable to
accompany those who returned the night
before were greeted with beaming smiles
and congratulations from upper classmen.
Before chapel time the Sophomores got
busy and decorated the Freshmen'S seats
with Grape and a placard asking "Where
is 'O8?" but about that time '0S was hav-
ing the time of its young existence
down in Ellsworth, where buck boards,
decorated in class colors, were carry
ing the boys around the town. The
morning train brought on it Charles W.
Campell, 'O6, staunch Junior friend, who
native town. He was greeted with cheers
ana driven IN triumph TO MS nome me
drive ended at the home of Senator Hale,
who received the class of 1908 with great
cordiality, and treated them with cigars, as
the Hon. E. f. Chase of Bluehll and Hon.
O. F. Fellows of Bucksport had done the
previous evening. both these gentlemen
were justly proud that 'OS numbered MEM
bers of their family in its ranks. The happy
Freshmen returned to Bangor at noon, Fri
day, unanimously declaring that they "never
had a better time and never expect to equal
it.. AS matters now stand both classes
claim the victory and both had an unlimited
amount of good-natured fun. 1908 did what
no class has done for several years-held
successful banquet The SophomOres we're
enterprising enough to get to Ellsworth in
time to prevent the Freshmen from return
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