Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-07
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University of Maine football team
left early Friday morning for Han
over. n. H. George Gruhn, star
fullback, will not be in the game
against Dartmouth ON Saturday. due
to injuries to his knee, received in
the Vermont game a week ago. 1t is
expected that he will be in condition
to play in the Norwich game at Or
ono, next week. Practice has been
as usual during the past week with
a stiff scrimmage on Thursday in
which the second team, with Repicha,
who will probably take Gruhns place,
working in their backfield, gave the
first team very hard fight-neither
team being able TO gain much ground.
The freshmen and sophomore ball
players are putting in daily practice
in preparation for the annual game
which will take place next Saturday.
The Alumni Field is undergoing
some improvements. A new concrete
ticket office has been erected, and
cyclone wire fence is to be put up on
the Southeast corner of the field
New bleachers which are easily talk
en- down and reassembled have taken
the place of the old ones on which
there was never chance to place
the feet. These can be very easily
moved next spring to serve in the
baseball games. These bleachers are
the property of the University of
Maine bleacher company.
Chapel for the year began on We'd
resday. Seats were assigned for the
two divisions on Monday and Tues
day, and attendance was first taken
on Wednesday. This semester the
seats are assigned alphabetically by
classes, instead of being carelessly
mixed up as they We're last semester,
except for class ARRANGEMENT.
The speakers on Wednesday and
Thursday were in connection with
the Maine Christian association cam
! paign for funds to meet the budget
which amounts to about eighteen
hundred dollars. The campaign be-
gan Tuesday evening with a ban
/ Quet at the United Parish church
which was provided by business men
of Bangor. who are interested in the
organization. At this time about
! three hundred dollars was raised and
on Wednesday six hundred more.
I Thursdays results are not vet known
! The chapel speakers were Dean Stew
ems of the College of Arts and Scicn-
ces, pete" Wilson, and Guy Griffin
Dean Stevens talk was of especial
interest to the student body.
A meeting of the student branch
of the American society of mechani-
cal engineers, was held on Wednes-
day evening. oct. a, at which time
the officers for the year were elected.
| These were: president Fernald Stick
ney OF BrOwnvlle: vice president.
Belford A. Perkins of North Brooks
Vile: treasurer. Paul Anderson of
Hope Of Newport.
A meeting of the "Math" club was
held in Fcrnald Hall on "Wednesday
evening, Oct. a Miss Helen Shorey.
; president. presided. The speakers
| were Dean J. ~ Hart. who spoke of
tho history and purpose of the "Math"
club at the University of Maine. to-
cether with "reminiscences of som"
OF those who had been connected
/ with the club in times past. Prof
! Bryan, new man at the University.
| then spoke briefly on some mathc-
! matte clubs with which he has been
connected. Refreshments Of punch
and fancy crackers were served after
( the adjournment of the meeting.
! The Maine Student Chapter of Am
crcan society of civil engineers held
! its first meeting for the wear on
/ Thursday evening. October 5. The
officers elected for tho wear arc:
president. Henry Dotcn Of Mortified;
vice president, Michael Fl. O'ConnOr
of Biddeford; treasurer, Louis c.
IiOrseman of Presque Isle: secretary
Theodore +. Hatch of Dark Harbor:
executive committee. faculty members
Lyon and Teavitt; senior members.
Dotcn and Mansur; junior members,
Griffin and Bragdon.
Sophomore classes in military sci
cnce were issued rifles on Thursday
and the class periods were passed in
taking down. cleaning and rcasscm-
bling the rifles which had been pack
od in cosmolenc. during tho summer.
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