The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-12-21

The first of the University Assemblies
was held Saturday evening, Dec 18th, in
the gymnasium. This assembly was no
less pleasing in its nature than were the
three held last year. During the first Of
the evening reception was held. the COM
mittee being composed Of DR.. and Mrs. Fell
lows, Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Oakes Of Saco,
matrons, respectively, of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon and Alpha Tau Omega houses, and
Mr.. w. H. Burke, 'O6, of West Kennebunk.
The dancing began at nine O'Clock and was
actively enjoyed by many couples, while
many other persons assembled in the gal
lery to ''lOOk on" and admire the skill of
the decorators, who had certainly well
proven their worth. The "gym" was CAV
with banners and bunting, and there were
many sO-called ''cosy corners" which sew
eral couples who did not "schottische," and
some who did, made use of. The music
was of the best, for it was given by the I'm
iversity Of Maine orchestra, and although
the players often looked wistfully at the
dancers they did their work well. Several
of the Freshmen young ladies were kept
busy at the punch table between the dances
and they did their duty with "next year" in
mind. Everybody reported the best kind
of time and it is hoped, as we'll as expect
ed, that the next assembly. which will take
place upon Feb. 9th, will be as much of IA
success as was the first
The regular meeting of the Agricultural
Club was held Tuesday evening in Holmes
hall Three interesting and instructive
papers were read. The subjects and speak
ers were the following: Fruitgrowing, -
7. II. Reynolds, 'O6, of Eastport; "Agrono-
N.Y." w. F. Schoppe, '07, of West Auburn :;
s'Animal Housing" E. A. Stanford, 'O6, of
Lowell Cente.
The question for the Maine vs.. Bates de-
bate has been chosen by the Maine boys
and will be submitted to Bates for approval
sometime in the near future. The subject
selected is the following: "Resolved, That
the American game of foot ball, as now
played, is, in its aggregate effect, detri-
mental" This subject, which lately has
been causing so much of criticism and COM
ment, will, if agreed upon, form an interest
ing basis for discussion, and the debate,
which will be held at Orono sometime dur
ing the spring, will doubtless be largely at
tended.
The foot ball figures for the last five
years are certainly encouraging. The Uni
versity of Maine has played IS games with
other colleges of which it has won 13, tied
one, and lost four. The total number Of
points scored is 20S against 81 by opponents.
G. E. Hayward, 'O7, manager of the base
ball team, is in correspondence with the
managers of the Bates, BOwdoin and Colby
teams, and it is hoped that conference of
these managers may be held soon in Water
vile, when a discussion concerning the
umpires for the spring games will take
place.
The lecture given in Alumni Aall last
Thursday evening was of such a nature
and so much enjoyed that enough cannot be
Sdlu concerning IL. IL was given NY llcli
Turner Bailey of North Scituate, Mass,
who chose for his subject "structural
designs" instead of the straight lined.
engineering subject which several expected
to hear discussed. Mr.. Bailey entertained
and instructed his listeners with lecture
of quite different nature. He laid par
ticular stress upon and aptly illustrated
what he termed "the free and adequate
embodiment of the idea" Being able to
draw quickly and we'll he made his talk
more interesting by black board drawings,
and toward the last of the lecture he en-
ployed stereopticon views. 1t is not enough
to say that Mr.. Bailey's lecture was sue
cess, it was more. Everybody was delight
ed, both by his manner and the substance of
his remarks. The next lecture of the
course will be given January 18th. The
speaker is Prof. Henry L. Chapman of
Bowdoin college, and his subject "Robert
Burns" MEG.