Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-09
Of Winners Of Honors In
Senior Class at Bates.
Brown Chosen Captain Of
Senior Baseball Nine.
Bowdoin Deutseher verein Holds
Banquet...Bugle Is Out.

Lewiston, Me-, June S.-(SpecIa).-
Professor l.. G. Jordan announced to
the Senior class this morning the
names of the % members selected as
winners of honors in science, philoso-
phv and language. Instead of the
usual method of giving Is honors and
four general honors the number of
honors in the different divisions have
been divided unequally in order to
award the parts in order of their mcr-
it's Thus this year, nine honors are
awarded in the English department be-
cause this gives the girls Il better
show since they do not get the rank
in science and philosophy that the
boys do. The honor members are as
follows:
Language Group-Archie Bangs of
Sabattus; Miss Ervette E. Blackstone
of Perham; Miss Maud Nj. Bradford
of Auburn; Miss Alice j. Dinsmore of
lewiston; Miss Mabel Grant of Fort
Fairfield. Miss Sadie l.. Grant of
Calais; Miss Harriet Rand of Lewis
ton; Miss Eleanor Sands of Lewiston;
Burt Whitman of East Auburn
Philosophy group-Miss Elizabeth
Anthony of Lewiston; Thomas S.
Bridges of Bucksport: Miss Francis
McLain of Rockland; George f.. Mcr-
rill of Stark; Percy G. Campbell of
Lawrence, Mass: Miss Marion r. DcX-
ter of Beverly, Mass.
Science group-F'loyd Burncll of
Frycburg: Charles il. Pratt of Turner;
Roy f. Stevens of Lisbon; Neil Stev-
ems of Auburn: Harold Il. Pingree of
Auburn; Guy Williams of Arson; and
Miss Bertha A. Lewis of Gardiner.
From these eight will be selected to
speak in City hall on Commencement
day
A committee from the Senior class
was chosen this morning to take
charge of Commencement week exer-
cises consisting of WinsloW G.. Smith.
Walter J. Libby, Harold A. Goodwin,
Ellen Packard and Mabel Grant.
The advisability of having the re-
sponsbility of the Senior hop fall en-
tirely upon the committee was discuss
ed and it was decided to have the
class stand behind the committee if
expenses should be greater than
profits.
Maurice V: Brown was chosen cap
tain of the Senior baseball team which
is to issue challenge, according to
custom, to the faculty. The game will
probably be played next Wednesday.
1t was voted to contribute Il dollar
or so to defray the expense of print
ing the chapel hymn. The hymn is
written by Leslie Sawyer.
The following candidates are to be
voted upon next wednesday for grad
uating class offices: President. Floyd
Burnell and George f.. Merrill: Vice
Pres. Grace Libby and Eleanor SANDS,
Sec. and Treas. Caroline Bonney and
Katharine Little; executive commit
tee, Harold b. Pingree. Harry Good
win. Thomas j. Cate. Charles ii. Pratt,
Harriet Rand and Stella Thomas.
The Junior orations have been
awarded to the following members of
1909: William p. Ames. Grant, Mon
tana: George f. Bolster. Gibson. n. b;
John Murray Carroll, Razorville; Wal
lace b. Holman, North jay: John b.
Sawyer, Spragues Mills Joseph "A,
Wiggin Portsmouth. n. H., Miss Alta
B. Brush, Lewiston; Grace T.. Haines,
South Portland; Grace r. Holbrooke,
Manchester. n. H.: Angie f.. Kcene,
Lewiston; lola A. Walker, Peru, and
Clara A. Sharp. Lewiston.
The orations will be delivered in
the Main street Free Baptist church
on Monday evening. June %. a prize
OF $50 will be awarded to the winner.
The Senior class began to practice
marching for Ivy day this afternoon.
Ira b. Hull is class marshal.