Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-28
U. OF NE. NOTES.

TWenty-four of the varsity track men
who form the nucleus of the varsity
track team will remain at college dur
ing the Easter vacation to train for the
coming track season. The first out door
meet Of the season will be the intercla IS
meet, held. April %. The following
week there will be a dual meet with
Trinity at Hartford and the week after
that a dual meet with Bates at Lewis
ton. Maine has a good team this year
and every effort is 10 be made to cap
ture the State championship meet which
is to be held in Orono, May IS, The men
VINO will be asked to remain during the
vacation to train are Littlefield. Power,
burgess, Worden. Rogers and Shepherd
of 1913; Morse, Ferguson, st. onge. Nor
ris. rowner, Brooks, Kelley and Thomas
If 1s14; York, Donahue and Bailey Of
1915; Leecock. Lawry. Ashton. Fox, Bell,
Palmer. and burlington of 1916.
The University Musical clubs will
leave on Thursday morning for the an
nual spring trip to Boston and vicinity.
The trip will occupy five days. The
clubs this year are the largest and best
that the university has turned out for
a number of years.
The varsity baseball men have been
practcng steadily in the cage under
the direction of Captain Abbott owing
to tine bad condition of the grounds the
team has not yet been able to get out
of doors for practice.
Junior Week Exercises.
At a meeting of the Junior etass held
this noon, the program for the Junior
week exercises was definitely decided
upon Junior week will be held this
year May Sill. The exercises for the
week will open on Wednesday evening
with the final interclass debate between
the winners of the Sophomore Freshmen
ard the Senior-Junior contests. On
Thursday evening the University ORA
matte club will present its play, "A
Night Off" in the gymnasium On FRI
day morning there will be special
chapel service for the benefit of the
Juniors President Alley will speak to
the class, prayer will be given by the
class chaplain and special music will be
Furnished On Friday afternoon there Will
be open house at the fraternities from =
to 4. In the evening the Junior Prom
is to be held and this is the big feature
of the week On Saturday morning
there is to be an exhibition drill by the
University Cadets and Saturday after
noon the guests will attend the Bow
dom Maine baseball game on Alumni
field. The exercises of the week Will
close, Saturday evening, with the Junior
prize declamations held in the chapel.
Al the same meeting w. NJ, Morse was
elected as class chaplain.
The next big college dance of the year
will De the Military Ball which is to be
given April >. This is given by the
Freshman class ana is the only college
dance which the Freshmen are allowed
to attend
Tuesday, March -, was the 5oth am
niversary of the passing OF the resolve
by the state Legislature approving the
act passed by Congress for the estab-
lishment of State colleges for the bene-
fit of agriculture ana the mechanic
arts. 1t was under this act that the I'M
iversity of Maine was established two
years later.
Professor G. l.. Chase of the Latin de-
partment will attend the meeting OF the
New England Cla'-ical Association
which is to be held in Worcester, April
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