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University of Maine Notes.
The Musical Clubs gave their third
concert last Thursday evening in Els
worth under the auspices of the High
school. This was the first real trip that
the clubs have taken, and it is probable
that the clubs personnel through the
remainder of the year will be the same
as on this occasion. Following is list
of the men on that trip: 1910, Corning,
Lamb; 1911, Bearce, Davis, Gerrish,
Gooch, Morrison, Whittier, Wilson,
Southland, Smith; 1912, Chase, Darrell,
Garland, Gould, Newell, Nichols, Whit
comb, Woodward; 1913, Bird, Brewer,
Littlefield, McLain, Poore, Underhill,
Sansoner.
Manager Mccarthy of the baseball
team has engaged as coach for this sea-
son, P. O. keefe, who coached Williams
for four successive years. Mr. Keefe is
a player with wide experience and is
said to be one of the best men in the
coaching business today. He has played
with Norfolk and Atlanta of the South
ern League and with Baltimore of the
Eastern League. Last summer he was
captain and manager Of the Pittsfield,
Mass, team. He has played second and
third bases, short stop and outfeld, and
is also strong as hitter. His expert
ence, both as coach and player, should
prove valuable to Maine this year. He
is expected at Orono March 18th, when
active work will begin. Manager Nc
Carthy will call out the battery candi-
dates this week, and on March LIST the
whole squad will begin work
Once again relay team from the Uni
versity of Maine has returned to Orono
victors at the big Boston A. A. meet,
having won four straight victories from
the University of Vermont and four from
Tufts College. Maine has never been
defeated in this event and Maine men
feel proud of this unusual record. The
team this year consisted of H. J. Cook,
10, R. E. Littleield, 10, F. E. Fortier,
10, and A. L. Deering. -. The time
for the race was 3 minutes, Is AS sec
onds, or an average of 40 Is seconds per
man, which was considerable slower than
the men did in the trials. Coach Mills
and Manager Sumner accompanied the
team.
At recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Athletic Association it
was voted to furnish $500 toward the
salary of Director Of Athletics. The |
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fully decided, but the matter is being /
thoroughly discussed. The plan is to
have such an Office filled BY a man can |
able of assisting the coaches. being a /
member of the faculty in charge of GYM /
nasium work and a general oversight of |
athletics. The present system has been /
more or less unsatisfactory both to stu
dents and faculty owing to the difficulty (
of the various managers keeping in touch |
with the college Office as to who are |
eligible to teams and who are not. Also /
the cumbersome mode of athletics being /
handled by a committee of the faculty /
VINO had no special interest in athletics .
and did not understand the workings of /
the various athletic systems was very
unsatisfactory to those most interested /
in athletics.
At the regular meeting of the Y. M. /
Z. A. Wednesday evening committee of /
which H. K. Sargent was chairman. was
appointed to make arrangements for
sending representatives to the State
Student Convention in Waterville the
first week in March. A nominating com
mittee was appointed TO choose candi /
didates for the new officers of the as
ISOLATION and the election will be held
next month.
Prof. G. W. Thompson talked before
the Y. N. c. A. Thursday afternoon. He
spoke on the subject Doubt" and was
very interesting. The meeting was
marked by a large attendance
The first assembly YVES held in the
gymnasium Friday night February 18th.
The attendance was not as large as usual
because OF the bad weather and the large
number Of social functions that took
place the last of last week and during
Monday and Tuesday of this week. /
Pullen's orchestra furnished the music
as usual and the decorations We're of the
usual high order. A large block M was
suspended directly over the center of the
floor and from this blue and white
streamers We're draped out to the run
ming track. The electrical effect
was obtained by the lighting of
the M and strings of colored lights
which We're suspended from the
running track. The space under the
track was decorated by the fraterni-
ties with draperies, banners and sofa
pillows. Several of the booths had cleo
trical effects. The committee in charge
was as follows: w c. Bogg, W. B. Bay
lies, V. R. Chadbourne, j. Nj. Eaton, f.
E. Fortier, r. R. Henderson, C. c. |
Ketchum, A. E. Libby, C. L. Lycette,
Y. R. Ray, M. E. Reed, E. G. Russell,
G. S. Wadsworth, W. H. Wentworth. |
The receiving committee was composed
of President and Mrs. George E. Eel |
lows, Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Oak and
William C. Bogg.
Sunday, February goth, Prof. W. ]. |
Moulton of Bangor Theological Semi
nary spoke at the vesper services held in
the chapel. Prof. Moulton is very in
teresting speaker and his talk was en-
joyed by the usual number of students