Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-18
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Mass Meeting Of Students.
The Bowdoin Mandolin Club Plans
Massachusetts Trip.

Lewiston. Me-, Oct. 11.-(SpeciaD.--
A mass meeting was held this noon In
uathorn hall and if the same spirit
holds out that was evinced there, there
will be a noise on Garcelon field next
Saturday. The spirit is the poorest
that if has ever been at Bates during
football season, but it was stirred up
by several warm speeches.
Williams, 'OS. made a short prellm-
4 mary speech about the old Bates spirit
and the importance of arOuslng IL once
pere.
Epoc Noble. cheer leader. spoke of the
"a of college spirit and said Now
Ghiif chance to show what you are
Ade 81 Tom Read used to say: Boys.
b are going to have football game
hre Saturday and We are going 10
hit Now boys that is the ease with
uSand you have got to wake up. Get
kei Those tennis courts. and that
bary have been here ever since |
ne here and they'll be here all the.
n. now come out and work for your
x0fbalI team. Cheer, Cheer NJ mat
" IL Colby beats us 275 to 0, We'll be
Here Just the same, cheering until the
1t second of play. We'll do our best
boost our team over Colby'S line 10
gfory
Manager Bridges made 4 stirring
Beech on the poor spirit shown. He
"a no scrupIes in regard to faculty.
YIN. G.. A., OF any other Bates de-
paHment that would not show interest
in the college team. He said: Any
MAI who is content to sticl. 70 IL
hours Of study, am man who respects
| H., does his team, is defunct, Any man
who can play football, who is getting
free tuition and won't come out, has
4 cold feet: he is just rs mean rs the
| man who gets free tuition and uses 1t
up in smoking and chewing! There are
men here like that! We have E0l to
dig il We win this Championship and
We can't do it with any nine mentout
for a second team" This was the case
in last nights practice.
Coach Ready spoke in strong words
Of the lack Of interest, of the way the
men had dropped Off since the first
night, when there. were 40 to - men
out. Spirit amounts to nothing I'M
less shown on the field he shouted.
"Another thing that Is mighty hard.
De continued, is to put a team onto
we field. without our captain, but we
mast work all the harder. We won't go
en' defeated. Wewil go on to win
DR.. Britain of the faculty made a
fne speech on the Importance of cheer
Ing and music as q way to help the
team win. ITO make the enthusia 5m
right he said, must get behind the
team. This is to be the crucial test
and we must preparation it, Everybody
get out this afternoon and do some
cheering"
Professor Pomeroy said: Il am glad
10 see SO many present but | am
ashamed to see those two empty seats
amongst the Sophomore class. What
Bates stands for. what the student
oody stands for. is what you make it
now In football. The great thing at
present is football. Faculty, students
and everything isfan outside feature
nov. There are some men who should
come out Lets have four. teams out"
e spoke in glowing words of Captain
humaeher. You have the best tackle
'he State of Maine, Cheer followed
'eer, Yes, to makeift stronger the
hoston papers said he was tie best
i"otnaii man that had beaH6A Soldiers
Reid this year" 49, ssi:s..,.s
fraser made an urgeY,x anisAar to the
musicians to come out ara 9xat.a band
'' meeting Of. all $50 can
,"S an instrument will be he'd Batur-
oay' and a band organized. 81 ~.
."hter C"choran gave a stirrifis.
t''N' Although our captain may not
Win us Saturday. lets show him
are nor cutters. that we have the
r'" ana viii fight until the game
mark
~. vd'h burlington made III" speech OF
he hour, Calmly ana unrutiird as ever
oesah; Il believe in Bates College:
~. oe"eVn in Bates men: | believe in
ss;'. women: and | believe in Bates
~ hey say Their" is no spirit here
Is, Next Saturday YOU will u,
Wv" On opportunity To show if
saw time when we need il m,
'han now" He urged the FRESH,
|" get To work and come ont. u,
r,n ','a' w" shouldn't always expect tc
va 'ut mat when the game is owe,
has. SHOULD feel that We had done on,
ana "e led the cheering for awhile
aea,. captain Schumacher was chcerc6
non and again. The Bates spirit i,
"'" at its boiling point