Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-06

| IN DOEuS OF closest friendship anu Iileu
with fond associations and memories
which will stay with us through life
We entered these halls in the fall OF
1905. AT that time we numbered SO, but
because of sickness or of necessity
many of our classmates have been
compelled to leave us, and though 9th
ers have joined our ranks, we now
number but 49, Our first real taste OF
college life came on the morning OF
Sept. &c, 1905, when as meek, disorgan-
lied Freshmen we rushed the small but
famous Glass of 1906 from one side of
the school to the other and back
again until the upperclassmen checked
our victorious attack and we marched
into Dr. Writers hygiene singing
Phi Chi. Hon. Ed Sewall, Gastonguay,
Bishon and Jackson made it easier for
the rest. How Tommy CHM urged us
IN with his charge them fiercely fei-
lows" and how we followed Mickey"
kane's locks Of FURNISHED gold to vic
tory! Oh, 1 could dwell at length upon
| this first taste of college life, so sweet
is it compared to the second which we
| experienced that same night under the
Bowdoin pines; but l realize how pain
full 1T must be to the reverend Seniors
and do not wish to cause them any
more suffering than necessary.
AS Freshmen we did not do much as
a class in athletics. AS is usual the
| baseball team was defeated by the
| SOphOmOres. Our football team suffered
the same fate when Badly Stanwood
ran outside the side lines to his wait
ing classmates. who hurled him the
length of the field for the only touch
down of the game. So our only solace
in the Freshman year was to take sec
ond place in the indoor meet and fol-
low the high standard of scholarship
set b. such men as Harold Burton,
Jake" Stahl, Max Gushing, Kid
Brewster and Harry Atwood. Concern
ing our Freshman banquet which was
held at the close of the year in Port
land l shall only repeat the statement
that this event was one of the most
spirited and joyous of the college
course. Or our return to Brunswick, in
front Of Prof. Mitchells residence. we
made a bonfire of burdensome moods,
syllogsms and falacies Of half a years
course in logic.
At the roll call in the fall scarcely a
man was missing, for having been
taught a few things the previous year
by 1908, we were anxious to impart our
knowledge to that infantine conSiomer-
alton then known as 1910. And we be-
gan well, for though 1910 outnumbered
u.s. we held our own in the chapel rush
and during the whole year guided them
in the straight and narrow path, as
! we'll as Il few upperclassmeE, who know
no better than to tear down our proc
| lamations. We did not suffer the Gus
tomary Sophomore slump in athletics
On the contrary, spured on by our de-
feats Of the previous year, we easily
won the baseball game and track meet
by large scores, but it was the indoor
meet, in which we won the relay race
and then took the majority of points
that filled our cup to overlooking.
There being no more athletic laurels
to win, and as we could not improve
our scholarship, we collected as many
Freshmen as we really wanted, and
:; treated them to trolley ride by moon
light. When five miles out, after u.s.
ing the "cld oakcn bed Stat" i'm
mortalized by Kid Dresser Phil
Brown, Hi Morrill,, we dropped them
one by one by the wayside. This little
expedition brought forth abundant
fruit for thereafter they lived up tC
the SophomOres true ideal of Fresh
men.
Last fall we returned as upperclaSS-
men prepared to enjoy the proverbia
Junior case. In this we were sadly mis-
taken, yet diligently as we applied
ourselves to books, we could not quite
forget cur feeds and good smoke talks
| X
during this year that stub Hovey
came into prominence. 1t was always
known that he was a good student and
had pulled good rank in English by
copying Teffts way of saying Coco
morning. to Prof. Mitchell, but no one
, thought of Hovey's writing poem
There appeared a first, last, and only
+; attempt. having the very appropriate
title of Hope On. Hope On"
The only opportunity to show oul
ability as a class in athletics was a,
the indoor meet This year we wanted
everything or nothing. OF course
would not speak of it here. would not
even hint at it if we had done nothing
So to sum up 1909 took everything
worth taking. For the third time in thu
history of indoor meets the Junior:
won the drill the relay race was again
19o9's and the class having the great
est number of points was again 1909
l A 1909 man won the fencing bout fo
Bowdoin. In this meet the Sophomore
were n great disappointment to us
After spending a whole year trying t.
get them in shape, sending them OF
, cross-country runs on stormy nights
using the previously mentioned ole
oaken Stat the Glass Of 1910, winner o
the meet two weeks before the NEE
1 took place, could do little better thai
the Freshmen who could do little bet
, ter than squeeze out four points.
This is the last deed of 1909 in ath
letcs. In studies we have never de
Waited from the high standard o
. the Freshman year. We have improved
G our athletic standing. We could not i'm
;. prove our rank.
Such 81 the brief outline of our elias
: history. 1t seems brief indeed. but Their
are innumerabe things which we can
6 not describe. things which are felt b.
US alone, things which have created a.
atmosphere. which growing year afte
year, will abide with us forever