Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-20
BOWD0|N COLLEGE
S. A. T. G. Program Ex-
planned by President
Sills-Two New In
StructOrs

brunswick, Me- Sept. 19-The new
college life at Bowdoin college under
the rules governing the Student
Army Training Corps provide for
limited athletics, limited fraternity
activities, no semester vacations, no
skylarking, no hazing. no social
functions. except possibly Saturday
evening dance in the Union under the
auspices of the Army Y. NJ. c. A., no
easy chairs, no fancy furniture, no
pianos, no respondent waistcoats,
no tight-itting clothes, no dress suits
and 10 hours of solid military train
ing every day in the week except
Saturday.
President Kenneth c. NJ. Stills Of the
college thus summed up the new
regulations in discussing the Student
Army Training Corps today Bow
doin expects to house about 800 mem
bers Of the corps, of whom $50 will
be IN the academic department and
so in the medical department.
Although the college will open
Thursday, September 26, the War
Department will not take charge I'm
til October l and in the few days be-
tween the two dates the students will
be kept on the jump in preparing
themselves to At the new conditions.
All furniture in the rooms except
an army cot, one straight backed
chair and a table or desk, will have
to be sent home or stored. All
clothing except that furnished by the
War Department will also be sent
home, as no member of the corps will
be permitted to wear any clothes ex-
cept the olive drab. Three men will
be assigned to each room in the dor
mitories, which will become regular
barracks The members of the corps
will be divided into companies Of fifty
for assignment to the fraternity
houses, where they will eat. the first
fifty being sent to Theta Delta Chi,
the second to Delta Kappa Epsilon,
the third to Beta Theta ri, the
fourth to Psi Epsilon and so on.
Students in the college who are too
young to join the Student Army
Training Corps, or who are physically
unfit for military duty will be housed
in one dormitory by themselves and
viii eat at the Zeta Psi fraternity
house. 1t is expected that between
so and IS boys in this class will be in
attendance at Bowdoin this year.
None of the students will be per-
mitted to do any work for pay, as be-
ing in government service they will
be receiving pay from War Depart
ment and will thus be ineligible for
outside work. In years past many of
the boys have been accustomed to
earn good part of their expenses
tending furnaces, trimming lawns,
beating rugs. doing newspaper work,
and scores of other things which
husky willing young men can find
time to do. Now there will be no
need Of their doing such work as all
their expenses will be paid by the
government and they will receive $50
per month spending money besides.
The college has provided that all
fraternity rushing must be over by
October IS. on which date it is
Planned to have the limitations. After
that the fraternities will be permitted
to have such meetings as they can
without interfering with the military
work of the members, although nc
! heat will be permitted for the frater
nifty halls and meetings through the
winter months will probably have To
be suspended.
A limited program of athletics will
be arranged with service teams as
opponents.
Memorial pamphlets on Professo,
Henry Johnson will soon be distribu
ted among the alumni.
Two new instructors at Bowdoir
this year are: Colin B. Goodykoontz
Instructor in history and F. S. Now
Ian, instructor in mathematics.
| The War Council of the Y. NJ. c. A
! is making arrangements to extend
the army work to the Student Arm,
! Training Corps. and red triangle
/ Headquarters will be established BRO
| badly in the Union.