Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
College Receives One Of
Psary's Arctic SIsdges,
Y.MC.A, Manners VIII Speak
Al Booihbay HaTboT.


BRUNSWICK, Me, pef,. slp,T7t opecidl)
. One of the sledges in which Rear
Admiral Robert f. Peary made his
famous dash for the North Pole was
received at Hubbard hall. the college
library, Tuesday afternoon, from the
Museum of Natural History in New
York City The sledge, which is
large and heavy affair. has been
placed i'll the upper hall of the library.
This particular sledge Is very interest
ing as ii is one Of those which actu-
ally reached the Pole with Peary. All
of his sledges were named. and this
one bore the name General Hubbt a."
after General Thomas II. Hubbard,
BoWdoin, 1857, who was president of
the Peary Attic Club at the time of
the trip North
The sledge is built almost entirely
of oak and looks as if it We're capable
of standing the hard usage of the Ar
tic regions. Ii is the so-called "Pcary
sledge.' model which was first used
on Pearys last trip and which was es-
pecially designed for him for his polar
explorations. 1t is IL feet long. while
the Eskimo sledge Is but 9 feet, The.
width is the same as the old model =
feet, and the body of the sledge is
inches from the ground. The body is
covered over with oak strips and tie
whole is bound together with stroag
sealskin throngs
The "Peary sledge" is the result of
% years experience i'll the polar re-
gions, and is considered the strongest
clio r.,
Il level road it will carry from 1909 10
1900 pounds. The sledge is drawn by
dogs, the teams varying in number
from eight to twelve.
1t will probably remain i'll Hubbard
hall for some time, where it has al
ready attracted much attention among
the visitors in the library.
A deputation of five leading men
bers of the College Y. NJ. c. 4. will
conduct series of meetings at Booth
bay Harbor, Sunday. The members of
the aeputation will be Ernest j. FL
field, II, general secretary of the Y.
VI. c. A.; William A. Mccormick, -,
of South birmingham, Mass. presi-
dent of the College Y. NJ. c. A; Ken
meth Churchill. II, of sNewtonville.
Mass: Paul II. Douglas. 10. ofzNew-
port; and Jacob W. Weintz, 10. of
Evansville, Ind
The program of the day will he as
follows: At the regular forenoon SER
vices Mr.. Mccormick and Mr.. Fifeld
will speak, one at the Methodist and
one at the Congregational church. on
Y. NJ. e. a. work in college. In the
afternoon Mr.. Douglas and Mr.. TWeintz
will address meeting of men and
boys in the Methodist church, and in
the evening all five men will speak at
union meeting in the Congregational
church.
on Saturday evening the two
churches will unite in rendering re-
ception to the deputation. 1t is very
probable that other Populations will e
sent out this year to speak in Y. NJ.
c. A. and nearby churches.
II mas been decided that Junior As
semblies Will be held ON Jan. u and
Feb %. The men on the assembly
committee are William Fletcher
Twombly of Reading, Mass, chair
man; Frederick S. Wiggin of Thomas
ton George Lincoln Scofield of Bruins
wick: Kendrick Burns of Saeo, and
Theodore Emery of Randolph.
The college authorities have granted
an extension of the Christmas vaca-
ton to members of the Senior, Junior
and Sophomore classes, whose ranks
in all subjects have been So or over,
50 far this year. This is an innoVa-
3, ton at Bowdoin. but is the custom
in several other colleges. The list in
cludes 10 Seniors, Il Juniors and II
Sophomores,
on Friday evening, Dec. IS, the in
ititttiUn of the CANA CANA Chapter
of the Phi Chi Medical fraternity will
he held in Red Mems hall ON Congress
street, Portland. The ceremonies will
be followed by banquet at the Con-
gress Square Hotel. DR.. John b. Blake
of Boston will speak on Surgical
Treatment of Fractures of the Ex-
tremities. The initiates are:
From l912-Franklin Alborn Perkins
NJ. d, of Nedbury, n. H., who re-
-ceived his NJ. d. degree at Tufts and
in doing post graduate work in the
Medical School of Maine.
From 19l5-William DeRue Anderson
of Portland; Ralph Lester Barrett OF
East Sumner: Sidney dCullingwood
Dalrymple of Medford, Mass; Harold
I.inwood Daton of Lewiston; Francis
Herbert Hale. A. B., of New Sharon;
George Cragin Kern of Woodfords
Philip Albert Kimball of Tamworth
N. H.: Charles Wesley Kingdom OF
YarmouthyilIe; Herbert Luther LON
bard of Bridgton; Lawrence McFar-
Z land. A. b., of Woodfords; William
Melangh. a. g., of Portland; William
John O,Connor of Augusta: Arthur
81 Hale Parcher of Ellsworth; Robert
Cole Plepps of Brunswick Wendell
Otis Philbrook of Greene; George AL
ton Tibbitts of Brunswick; Gardner
Wilson Twaddle of Bethel.
a case of diphtheria was found. today
in North Appleton, Warren ID. Eddy o.
Portland being the sufferer. The end was
quarantined, but DR.. Whittier said tina
the case was well in hand and no further
outbreak was expected.
sss% y ADJ " Constance Eoliambo a half SiStel