Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-01
First Edition Of ''b|u(
Book" Favorab|y Received,
Maine-CoIby Basketball Feb. 3
---Concert Friday Evening.
Bates Regrets That the Debate With U. Of
Maine Falls Through.

Orono. Me-, Jan. 31.-(SpeciaD.-
Manager A. B. Cayting distributed the
first edition of the blue Book" to the
students OH the campus Wednesday
morning and it was received with much
| favorable comment. The book is in
pamphlet form 5xG inches and contains
There are eight or nine contributors
| among whom are r. A. Mallory 'O7 OF
Lewiston; Miss NJ. b. COlcOrd 'O6, and
| l.. r. Colcord '07 of SearspOrt A. Il.
Lord 'O7 of Ipswich, Mass; and H. NJ
Ellis Of Southbridge, Mass.
All in all it is a creditable publica-
| ton, when all the conditions are con-
| sidered. A sameness of style is notice.
| able in several Of the articles but the
articles are nevertheless we'll worth pub
| fishing. AS doubtless more material
| will be available to chose from for the
| next number there will be a greater
variety and quantity for selection, and
a work can be issued which will COM
pare favorably with any college liter
ary. The amount of literary talent
available is only partly shown and the
result Is very gratifying to the support
crs of the movement.
The first intercollegiate basketball
game will be played Saturday evening
Feb. 3. when the Maine Colby teams
will line up in the gymnasium. This
will be the first game in two weeks
for the Maine team but the practice
i ~ n,l,, ;,~ 1,o
gym and a lively game is expected
| While Colby was easily defeated by
tho Taconnct Club and Maine succeed
cd in defeating this team, the compari-
son is not of much value as ColbyShad
not been in practice long when they
went up against the locals. The prob
able lineup for Maine is: Scales, IF Z;
Owen (captain), If: Black. ceHtcr;
Elliott. RIB. and Burke. lb.
ON Friday evcning1hc Musical Clubs
will give their big concert of the sea-
son at the City hall in Bangor. 1t is
usually planned to make this concert
tho best one of the year and Il large
audience always assures the financial
success of this concert and dance
Pullcn's orchestra will furnish music
for the dance following the concert and
a special car will return the students
to the campus. James d. Maxwell
will assist in the concert program
With violincelo and Raymond Fellows
will entertain with several readings.
| The minstrel show to be given in
oronO Monday Feb. 5, will be made
up largely of Maine students and q
good delegation from the college will
occupy the body of the house. Many
of thr participants in last winters
'Docthatchcr and Wheels minstrel
viii take part next Monday including
Doe Thatcher '03. who is engaged
in civil engineering work in Old Town
Registration for the spring term be-
gins Saturday at A. M. and ends at
3 p. NJ. No student will be allowed
to register Monday forenoon. The
registration of regular students us
freshmen for last term was, as show II
by the new catalogue, 140, with about
80 new specials. and an inccase is cX-
pcctcd for the sprinS term. A classi-
| fiCation of students by residence shows
5Ol from Maine out of Il total of Gil
names. Nine other states are repre-
scented, and Cuba. New Brunswick
Nova Scotia and Peru send students
The faculty now numbers II. BY
counties Pcnobscot comes first with
133 students. Cumberland has A.
Washington 40. and oxford 49,