Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-25
AT THE COLLEGES
Colby Activities Opening
Up with The Spring Days.
BoWdoin Feeling lis Tennis Mus
Gle and Talking Love ALL
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Training Track Team Candidates at
The University Of Maine.

Colby College Waterville, April "A,
(SreeiaD.=A meeting of the senior
class was held directly after chapel
exercises, Tuesday morning The con-
stitlition for tAea proposed student
council was read by Ernest ID. Jack
man, u, chairman of the committee,
and fayorablS received. The general
report of the committee composed of
the following. Samuel c. Gates, II, of
Nassalboro; Robert e. Baker. II, of
Jamaica Plain: Willis E. Jopes, Of
China and Walter j. Rideout of Dover,
was accepted. At later meeting OF
the class the constitution will be either
confirmed or rejected and If accepted
it will be presented to the other three
classes OF the college for action.
The object of the student council will
be to promote general feeling Of in
fluence among the members of the stu
dent body and not to ACT as body
with any definite power. II will at
tempt TO promote keener understand
ing between the faculty and students.
to diffuse a spirit Of arbitration, to en-
courage rallies, and do all that is pos
sIble for the general betterment of the
college.
ct a meeting of the council of the
Athletic Assooia ton on Monday even
ling ii was voted That the two new ten
mis- courts be. built behind Chemical
Hall. Work of construction viii COM
menee at once aIG it is expected that
|Ihey VIII be ready for use Within tWo
weeks. The passing of the measure
was due much to the efforts of Man
ager Walter j, Rideout. Il, OF the ten
mis- team. The general supervision of
the undertaking will be under his
charge.
Heretofore the college has only had
accessible for use only two courts on
the front of the campus. With the
growing interest in the game and the
larger number of students on The cam
pus the only way of meeting the de-
mand seemed to be by building at least
| two additional courts The deep interest
| ia the game warrants their use every
moment of time. The old courts viii be
ready for use as soon as the ground
has dried Sufficiently from the last
rain.
The Colby Maine base ball game
which was to have been played on
Alumni Field, Tuesday afternoon, by
many has come TO be regarded as sort
Of Joke, asst is the second time that the
| field mas heenta little lake rather than
a baseball diamond. just as the TWO
| teams We're about to meet The first
game WAS scheduled for Patriots Day
and then postponed for Tuesday. Man
ager Hogan promises that the exhihi-
ton viii be, played some time: The
date, as yet, be has iiot announced
| Probably il viii he another ritlny day
Another odd coincidence 1hcat the
postponing If he game is the ldc.i
| that it was - hlva Been the FIRST real
game as the season for Colby
The team sIdrtel OH fol the Ma ssa-
chusetts trip. Tueslay evening. the fol-
| lowing men going Moores. Reed
james Pendagast Burroughs. McGhee
Harlow. Bowker, Sturtevant, Moore
Priestly, lie F'leur, Manager Hogan
and Coach Allen.
The nominating committee OF the
Musical Club met III he Association
rooms Tuesday afternoon aud drew III
a slate Of leaders and officers Of the
different clubs. This slate of officers
viii be presented To the combined
musical clubs 20 he voted upon at Q
meeting Wednesday.
lr. H. p. Littl.. was leader of the Y
NJ. c. \. meeting on Tuesday evening.