Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-26
Bates COLLEGE
Bates Receives
Communications From
Prominent Persons

At chapel ON Monday morning
President Gray read two interesting
communications from persons of
prominence in regard to the coming
debate between Bates and Oxford.
Through his secretary, Sir Auckland
Geddes, British Ambassador in this
country, expressed his hearty ap-
prevail Of such international con-
| tests as this. The second telegram
was from the Prince of Wales who
| is travelling incognito in Canada. The
! Prince is an Oxford man himself and
stated that such cooperation be-
( tween the men of England and
America was very pleasing to him.
Following chapel the men of the
| college listened to several speeches on
the athletic interests of the college.
Coach Cults speaking first urged all
men who had prep school experience
in the game to come out If they had
not already done so. He further en-
| phasized the necessity of quiet in
the dormitories after ten o'clock dur
| ing the football season. Following
| Coach Cults, Track Coach Chester A.
jenkins officially issued the cross
| country call for the year. Mr.. Wood
ward, director of winter sports then
took the floor urging all men who
contemplated taking part in the win
ter athletic program to get out for
either football or cross country at
this time and begin the conditioning
process. Captain Mckinley of the
| track team made a second appeal for
cross country candidates concluding
| the meeting.
The tickets for undergraduates for
| the Oxford debate were put on sale
Monday nd will be available until
Wednesday. 1t is an occasion that
very few students will miss and with
their friends they will pack the
night as they did q year ago.
| Contrary to previous announce
ment the Initiation week for Fresh
men started on Monday afternoon
with the annual Frosh- Soph baseball
! game TIE yearlngs proved stub
born contenders and were not at all
willing to bend their necks in defeat
| but were finally forced to do so by a
| narrow margin. The sophs were
| forced to prolong the garc an extra
! inning to break the tie and heaved
| deep sigh of relief when their repu-
tation was finally saved. McDon-
ough and Kimball were the mounds
men for the Sophs while Kanally
caught For the plebes the battery
was Baker and Chick and Bowen
and Bull. The Freshmen are not
satisfied with the decision and are
waiting for the tug of war to even
the score. Meanwhile the Sopho-
mores have deep laid plans.
A squad of 25 men answered the
cross country call and reported for
practice Monday afternoon. In ad-
dition to Captain Mckinley and the
veterans Holt Hurley. Dorr. Wilson
and Ward several Freshman candi-
dates look good. Bates has two legs
on the state cross country cup and
Coach Jenkins is going to put his
best foot forward this year to bring
the cup to Lewiston. Practice be-
gan with easy laps around the track.
The course over Pole Hill will not be
attempted until after week of pre-
liminary training. In addition to the
cross country men several other
tracksters were in uniform yester-
day. Clarence Archibald. the college
ouartermiler ard famous anchor re-
Law man and Hodgkins. Sophomore
of promise were preparing for the
fall contests Track prospects took a !
iump Monday with the return or
Frank Sanella of Worcester, star
middle distance runner and relay |
man. On the whole Coach jenkins
has excellent material with which to
work