Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-25
Quietly Passed 9th An
niversary, Last Thursday
A Great Change in Buildings
And Personnel Of Faculty
Since Colleges Opening---6OO Students
College Meetings and Elections.

ago. list Thursday. Sept. Il. that the
University Of Maine, then the Maine
state College, first opened its doors to
students. On Sept. Il, 1865. the college
opened with Two Instructors and l.
students. The students took the old
Veazie railroad from Bangor to Still
water and then walked to OrOno, dis
tan,c Of about four miles.
Since then there has been great
change This year the faculty will
number G5 and the student body over
coo. In thu, place of the one building
used for r., itations and All college ex-
| cr.iscs, We now have eight finely
| cuuipped buildings, not including the
| art guild ANA the buildings on the
| stock farm Thc-,. are now eight fra
! t,.uity buildings ana the Mt Vernon
! House fo" girls, and Oak Han, the dor
mit0ry. These fine up-to-date houses
are in great contrast to the one small
boarding house, that accommodated the
students Of - years ago. In all these
changes N" grratcst OF all has taken
place III the faculty.
Among the men here. we find the
most prominent universities in the
world represented. At the opening "f
the University there were many new
members OF the faculty.
To be professor of Latin. Prof. George
Davis Chase has been chosen. The va
| cancy in this department was caused
| by the resignation of Prof. Karl i.
| Harrington. who was elected To the
| chair Of Latin III Wesleyan University.
| Z position held by his father FOR more
| than ~ years. Prof Chase is Il grad
| untt of Harvard in the class of 1883 and
| for five years after graduation. n
| trught Latin i'll the Taunton. Mass,
| High school. lie received the degree OF
Master or Arts from Harvard in 1895
| ana in 1891. the degree al PHI. ID. was
conferred upon him by the same insti-
tuition. During 1897 ana 1898. Prof.
Chase received 4 travelling scholarship
from Harvard University and studied
| at the University of Leipzig, ana i'll
lS9S-l%99 ~ Taught Latin 1T Lawr' nee
| Vile Academy.
| PROF.. Chase was elected professor Of
! ancient languages at the University Of
! IG.rln but declined that position 10 ac-
ccId = temporary appointment us as
sistant professor OF comparative phil
olo-y Al Cornell University. Sinc" 1900.
h Ers been associate. professor Of
LATIN 1T WcSI, yah University.
P.mf. Chas" has edited an edition Of
N"lpe. published hy u. Appleton &,
CO.. ana has contributed to Harvard
Classical Studies proceedings of TIL"
American Pathological Association ana
| ,h, American Dialcctic Society.
| 81,
as professor of forestry to succeed
Pro-. Samuel ~ Spring, resigned. Prof
| Tower received The degree of Il. :. from
the Michigan Agricultural College. amt
| Is Il graduate If the Yale Forest school.
Sine graduation, ne has held posi-
tiun in the United States Forest SER
wee. Pro-. Tower comes t. tn" Cnivcr-
sity Of Maine highly recommended by
the officials of the Yale Forest school
apd the United States Forest service.
ana it is expected that this department
Will make continued rapid strides in
Jupril rritE ut the university.
| Prof. Max carl Gunther LcntZ, who
has hcrl chosen acting professor Of
German to succeed Or. @. +. Lewis,
who has been granted n years leave Of
abSCn>H. W.s born in the province of
HrandcnburE PRUSSIA. He received his
elementary education ut the gymnasih
Int Frankfort ANA Konigsburg and
afterwards attended the universities Of
Munich. Berlin, Zurich and Geneva.
Prof. LcntZ cIme to America and
taught modern languages at the Dallas,
Texas. High school. OakCliffr College,
and the Patterson. y j., Military Insti-
tntc.
For several years he has heen enGag-
Cd in editing q series of text books for
the American Book Company. ana is
now engaged To revise all the German
text books. containing vocabularirs,
published by the American Book Co.,
ana SILVER. Burdctt & 90. At the pres
eut tirhe. Prof. LentZ has in press books
by the American Book Co. Silver, Bur
dett & 90, Allyn < Bacon. and CHM
& 60.
Harold D. Carpenter has been elected
instructor i'll electrical engineering to
succeed Walter X. Ganong, who has
been chosen assistant professor in that
department. Mr.. Carpenter was grad
uated from Princeton University ir the
, class oF 1895. After graduation he re-
! ccivcd Il graduate fellowship in apnlied
science in Princeton and received his
Master Of Science degree from that in
: stitution the following year. Mr.. Car
. pcntor was engaged in teaching applied
: science for three years ana afterwards
took advanced work at Vanderbilt Uni
vcrSity and the University Of Chica go
Recently Nr. Carpenter has been en-
| Moved as engineer with the STANLEY
: | Electric Co. at Pittsfield Mass.
!. ON account Of the large increase ir
,he number Of students III the agricul.
q tural department. the appointment Of
m Instructor in agriculture has beer
r made. For this position. Arthur Witte
Gilbert HIS been chosen by the trustee
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