The Republican journal., 1905-02-23

The Beta Theta Pi fraternity moved int,
their handsome new house last Saturday
but will do no formal entertaining unit
commencement.
The Sigma Alpha EpsilOns held thei
annual alumni banquet at their chapte
house last Saturday evening. A number o
the alumni were present and. as it was tn
first of these banquets to be held in thei
new house, it was specially enjoyable.
DIR. NJ. c. Fernald addressed the Y. NJ.
A. in the Art Guild last Sunday afternoon
on working Out Your Own Salvation.
This is the last talk in the Sunday Afternoon
series which was arranged for early in tn
year, but the meetings have been so success
full and well attended that plans for continu
ing them are already being considered. Mis-
Elizabeth R. Estabrooke, '0S, of Orono wa
the sOloist last Sunday.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilons gave dancing
party at their chapter house Tuesday even
ing.
The Women's Club of Orono held theil
annual guest night at the Mt. Vernon House
last Tuesday evening. Mr.. Harper of New
York, the soloist for the MendelssOhn Cluf
concert in Bangor Monday night, sang, anG
Mrs. c. R. Patterson of OronO gave read
ings. Refreshments were served, and de
lightful evening was spent.
College was closed Wednesday. as Febru.
ary 22nd is a legal holiday.
The Somerset County Club, which in
cludes in its membership number of the
faculty, recently had a meeting and smoke
talk.
The basket ball team started on Saturday
for its first trip outside the State. Its
schedule included Fairfield Athletic Club
The Ashland, N. H., Athletic Club, Dart.
mouth, St. Johnsbury, Norwich University
Tufts and Boston College. The team, cap
tanned by G. K. Huntington, 'O5, of Lynn
was composed of F. W. Matkeas, '07, OF
Bangor, w. j. St. Onge, '07, of Dover; G. S
Owen, 'O6, Portland; G.. A. Stuart, '0S
Calais and R. F. Talbot, '07, of Andover
substitute.
Tomorrow, Friday, night the musical
clubs will give a concert in City Hall, Ban.
gOr, under the auspices of the Y. P. c. U
of the Universalist church of that city. On
Monday, Feb. 9th, they start for Bucksport
and will go from there to Rockland and
Camden, and arrive in Belfast, by sleigh
March End. From Belfast Manager Wilson
will 60 to Massachusetts to arrange for d
trip there later in the season.
A new fraternity, Delta Mu, has been Or
ganized this year, and is composed of about
twenty members. The pin is gold mono.
gram of the two Greek letters, Delta Mu
set with pearls, and is specially attractive
Sigma CHS recently gave H. S. Palmer OF
Bangor a surprise party on the occasion OF
his birthday. .-s.,.
Edwin F. Bearce, 'O5, of Auburn was a
delegate from Beta Eta Chapter of Beta
Theta Pi to the oath annual reunion and
dinner of the New England Chapters at the
Hotel Vendome, Boston, Feb. 18th.
Professors Wood and Gowell went to Au-
gusta last week and appeared before the
committee at its hearing on
pure food laws. President Fellows also ap,
peared before a committee on State print
ing.
President Fellows and Professor Hurd
are to attend the annual banquet of the
New York Alumni Association and the ban
quet of the Boston Alumni at Hotel Bellevue,
Boston, in the near future. President Eel
lows represents the college and Professor
Hurd the athletic interests.
Last Wednesday c. S. Dontown, Superin-
house Electrical Manufacturing Company,
spoke to the electrical engineers on the
opportunities of their apprentice system
for college graduates. A number of the
alumni are in the employ of this company.
F. E. Learned and H. c. Foss, 'O5, are alb
sent from college on thesis work.
Professor C. Frank Allen, of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, whose il
lustrated lecture on the development OF
the Railroad" given in the chapel last Fri
day, was specially enjoyed, gave the civil
engineers interesting talks Thursday after.
noon and Friday morning on 'Railroad Sig.
ton"
Professor 0. F. Lewis lectures in Gardi.
ner next Friday night on 1.-THE Town Beau.
tiful.'
Miss Mary L. Nelson, ex. 'O6, of Solon, is
the guest of Miss j. c. Colcord, 'O7, of Sears
port, at the Mt. Vernon House.
One of the prettiest social events of the
year, the military ball, took place in Alum
nj Hall last Friday evening. The reception
committee, consisting of Adjutant- Genera
and Mrs. Farnham, Major and Mrs. E. H
Kelley, President and Mrs. G. E. Fellows
Captain and Mrs. c. j. Symonds, Mrs. j
W. Mcclure and j. H. Mcclure, major OF
the battalion, stood in front of a tent il
a miniature evergreen forest, surrounded