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eight miles THE CADET. balance of NEW SERIES. half farther ur dogs to a VOLUME XII. Ids the dogs JULY, 1898. No. 9. 13 side up. a team and haul. The the trail, as THE CADET. L. W. Cutter, E. H. Dakin, E. F. their backs, Danforth, E. W. Danforth, C. A. an. It is a EDITORIAL STAFF. Dillingham, R. W. Eaton, H. M. or thirty of EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. Estabrooke, W. Flint, H. S. French, dring wind- WALTER J. MORRILL, '99. F. G. Gould, G. P. Gould, J. F. canyon. I ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Gould, E. D. Graves, N. C. Grover, e line of an ARCHER L. GROVES,'99, WALLACE E. ItaLctuts,'99, W. T. Haines, G. H. Hamlin, J. N. Is of rock JOHN W. BROWN,'99, I.. II. lloaNsn, two, the bed of II. II. OSWALD* '99, W. II. BENNETT, 1901, Hart, E. J. Haskell, C. L. Howes, F. C. MITCHELL, 1901, M. B. MERRILL, 100 feet in 1901. W. R. Howard, C. I. Haynes, R. K. sticking up Jones, 0. Knight, BUSINESS STAFF. W. J. M. Kimball, ; worn from CLINTON \tanager. F. I. Kimball, J. D. Lazell, G. F. he hauling L. SMALL, FRANK MCDONALD, Asst. Manager. Lull, C. S. Lunt, L. H. !meeting to Merrill, J. tomorrow, M. Oak, C. J. Pattee, J. H. Patten, ing and we URING the past two years con- Hayward Pierce, W. B. Pierce, H. charge five D tributions in sums ranging from M. Prentiss, W. R. Pattangall, G. F. king freight one to fifty dollars have been made Rowe, G. W. Rumba'', J. H. Ricker, lteen miles. to the Athletic Association by those R. W. Rims, L. C. Southard, H. V. Immit with lays, but of of our alumni and former students Starrett, Clarence Scott, G. S. Vick- ly. On this whose names appear in the following ery, H. S. Webb, E. C. Webster, G. rm. I have list. The subscriptions aggregate A. Whitney, A. H. White, R. H. one pair of $307.00 and have been, in the main, Wight, J. M. Webster. We have d one under applied to defraying the expenses of also received from our friends, Hon. I have per- Lord, Hon. my body is the athletic team. To say that the Henry I. K. Stetson and you stop Association is very thankful for the J. M. Shafto generous subscriptions. y overcoat. assistance thus received would be a *4** deg. below very mild way of expressing the ANOTHER class has gone out from for me to appreciation in which these gifts are among us. In many respects the not easily t; we have held by all who are interested in the graduating class has been a memor- b now. welfare of our athletics. Without able one. It has been preeminently like climb- this aid it would have been impos- an athletic class and its absence will we really sible for us to have made any reput- perhaps be felt in this line for some y over the able showing in track athletics. time. It always seems that a gradu- r, and it is D. T. Achorn, J. M. Bartlett, S. ating class will leave a blank which Still then. I with the W. Bates, C. S. Bickford, G. F. will be hard to fill, but the under ad as a hen Black, E. M. Blanding, J. R. Board- classes always press in and fill the at the pre- man, F. S. Brick, A. H. Brown, H. breach. The class has maintained B. Buck, I. G. Calderwood, B. E. high standing in scholarship and has Clark, Hugo Clark, D. W. Colby, been associated with every progres. 220 THE CADET.

sive movement since its entrance. interest in athletics. Secondly, we The class has been much depleted refer to the organization of the ath- since it entered one hundred strong, letic committee for next year. The but there graduated a class of more committee was so broken up by en- than the usual number. We intro- listments, that although the remain- duce to the ranks of the alumni a ing members were expecting a sum- class which throughout its course has mons to a meeting, no one thought it enthusiastically and honorably upheld his duty to issue the call, and then— the interests of the alma mater. May it was commencement week. We they prosper individually as we hope deplore these two unfortunate over- and believe they will. sights, especially the first, and hope **• that we may be permitted next year WE wish to say a few words in to redeem ourselves. regard to the way some athletic bus- •** iness was conducted, or rather, non- OUR long delayed prize song was conducted, this spring. We refer in the hands of the Glee Club to be first to the tennis tournament which sung at convocation, at which time a should have been played for the vote of the students was to be taken Southard medals. The leading offi- for the selection of the prize song. cials in athletic committee enlisted The committee could not decide be- about the time that the tournament tween two and proposed to resort to should have commenced, and the ex- this method. But the Glee Club did citement incident, together with their not sing, and so the song will appear absence, seems to have obliterated in a future number. tennis from the minds of the students. The fact that medals were offered * • this year was not brought before the WE want each student to be loyal students' notice. Our standing in enough to write a sketch, a story, or other branches of athletics, especially an article of some kind this vacation in track sports, shows no lack of for THE CADET. Will you?

FROM THE HARBOR INTO THE SEA.

CLASS DAY POEM.

Down to the wharves in the morning I go, and a ship I see, Nov on the tide she is tossing, And eagerly longs to be free. Bright is the sun and the wind low But only an hour will it be Ere she will slip from her moorings, From the harbor into the sea.

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:idly, we Friends throng the shore of the haven, the ath- Banners are bright in the breeze; ar. The But of her fate, who can tell us, p by en- Her fate on the restless seas? ! remain- Will she follow her course swift and happy, ; a sum- Or will storms and clouds cross her way? hought it Will she enter her port in safety, d then— At the close of some fair day? k. Our ships will soon be ate over- leaving The shelter they've nid hope known so long; The billows of life will ext year be cleaving, Have we builded them firm and strong? Dear ones are waiting and watching To learn what our fate will be, song was As from their sight we are passing ub to be From the harbor into the sea. Ii time a Shall we trace be taken I our paths unerring To the ze song. distant port secure? Shall we see !eide be- the dangers threatening, And resort to pass by them safe and sure? Will the Club did ocean treat us kindly, 11 appear Or will storms around us rise? Shall we move onward blindly With the mist before our eyes?

be loyal Some may ride light o'er the waters, story, or Never a cloud may they see; vacation Billows may roll gently 'neath them, Happy their journey may be. While o'er the pathway of others, Shadows may hang dark and vast; Still if Faith's star goes before them, 'Twill light them to harbor at last. Soon learn they art of the sailor To conquer the wind and the wave, To ride where the surges are highest, To face them with stout heart and,brave ; Then when the journey is over And winds waft them safely to lee, Into the shelter they enter, Into harbor safe from the sea. ,—Rena Ethel Dunn, '98. By six THE CHARGE OF THE GUARD. cuirasseui coated sql HE night still hung darkly over "We must be well filled; there'll in the gi T the Belgian lowlands. The be some hot work with the red coats with Ney fields and woods as far as the eye to-day," muttered Pierre, and, as if The tit could see were dotted with points of to emphasize his words, a dull thun- Guard. light, where the camp fires of the der of cannon swept over them from threw as army of France clustered in the hol- the north. A shade passed across formed ag lows. It was just as the earliest Francois's face, but Pierre only Rumors dawn changed the heights of St. Jean twirled his moustache and laughed. the Empe from black to grey, that a faint trum- The coming day gleamed brighter in in the cha pet note sounded somewhere on the the east, until the hills caught up the The su left and other buglers took up the call radiance and glowed in their fresh near the 1 until the notes of the reveille swept foliage, and with the day, the the clouds along the line and were lost in the musketry of the pickets deepened into coated sq fields and woods sheltering the divis- a steady roll, through which the boom Prussians ion D'Erlon. of cannon still sounded from the The tin. "Tiens, tiens! wake up, Francois, north. "Atten the trumpets are blowing." Orderlies had begun to scurry Guard su "Just a moment, Pierre, one more through the fields, and battery after French ca little nap." battery thundered along the roads, them opet "Parbleu ! come up," and Pierre toward the heights, where the emperor of the all twined his fingers in his comrade's was massing his artillery against the Pierre a collar and brought him to his feet, English squares. by side wi laughing as he did it. Across the valley, dotted with In the olc There was a great contrast in this patches of woodland and quiet battle WE pair of guardsmen. chateaux, the red coats were swing- looked of Francois Vallot was slender and ing into battle line. On the other at the lin delicate in feature; Pierre Gourgard side, the French columns deployed As the3 was a rough grenadier of Austerlitz to their positions covered by clouds of came hust and Moscow, one of those fierce "01(1 skirmishers, and just before the sun the vetera moustaches" who has frightened the had mounted to the meridian, a crash the bodies enemies of the Empire on a dozen of cannon on the left announced the The sca battle fields. opening of the battle. Rielle's a mile awl From his great height he surveyed veterans were moving on the English ran along his smaller comrade. right. The old grenadiers of the Guard (lei "A wide-awake housewife thou Guard strained at the sound like at the do art, my brave corporal. See, I have greyhounds at the leash, but their crackle o the breakfast stewing already." turn had not come. Gradually the and fell t( The younger soldier turned his valley about them filled with smoke non. eyes smilingly on the battered canteen and din of the fight. At foul bubbling over the fire. The other By one o'clock, the shattered divis- mishers half of the breakfast, spitted in the ion of Reille had been hurled into the ranks embers, looked suspiciously like a retreat, leaving heaps of mangled brazen ch fowl, for a veteran is first of all a veterans before the immovable lines the charg successful forager. of British bayonets. TIIE CHARGE OF THE GUARD. 223

By six o'clock the splendid French It seemed then as if a hurricane of cuirasseurs had broken on the red fire ran along the British line and the coated squares and the battle raged front rank of the French melted away there'll in the grounds of Hougamont, and like snow in the sun. coats with Ney at La Haye Sainte. A dozen hands caught the lifeless d, as if The time was coming for the old form of the color bearer, as he fell, 11 thun- Guard. Silently the grenadiers and now Pierre sprang ahead with em from threw aside their knapsacks and the glorious old flag of the regiment. across formed again in their places. Where was the "little corporal" of -e only Rumors ran among the men that Lodi and Marengo to lead his guard aughed. the Emperor himself would lead them to victory? ghter in in the charge. Another scathing volley drowned t up the The sun by this time had dipped the half-hearted French clan, and ir fresh near the horizon and shone through the scarlet line burst forward with a ty, the the clouds of smoke upon the scarlet mighty cheer, to the bayonet. :fed into coated squares, flanked with darker The brave old grenadiers gathered le boom Prussians and Netherlanders. in the last stand, for their Emperor Dill the The time had come at length. and colors, and, bleeding at every "Attention! Fix bayonets !" The step, the sacred square fought its way scurry Guard surged forward as a hundred to Genappe to bar the charleroi road, Ty after French cannon on the heights behind for the flight of the Emperor. roads, them opened on the compact masses A swarm of Prussians hot from the !mperor of the allies. field of Ligmy poured upon them, fist the Pierre and Francois marched side and the moments of the old Guard by side with muskets at the shoulder. were numbered. cl with In the older soldier's eyes the lust of A gigantic Prussian dashed at the quiet battle was shining, but Francois colors and fell pierced with bayonets, swing- looked oftener at his comrade than but Pierre sank down with a severed e other at the lines of the English. arm, and then the hard pressed gren- eployed As they drew nearer cannon shot adiers saw the slight form of his com- ouds of came hustling through the ranks, but rade bear aloft the flag, in a whirl of he sun the veterans closed up silently over steel. a crash the bodies of the fallen. The next day, a burial party found !ed the The scarlet squares were but a half two bodies tangled in the standard of Rielle's a mile away when the sharp command the French Imperial Guard. A Prus- tigIisli ran along the trampling line, and the sian bayonet had transfixed the slight- of the Guard deployed into extended order er form and inflicted a death wound ad like at the double quick. In front, the in the breast of the Guardsman be- t their crackle of the skirmisher's fire rose neath. lly the and fell to a deeper bass of the can- Inside his comrade's blouse, they smoke non. found the cross of the Legion of At four hundred yards the skir- Honor, with the simple words, "Jena, divis- mishers fell hack and passed between 1806, Par l'Empereur," and under- 1 into the ranks of their comrades, and the neath was scratched a name, Marie kangled brazen clang of the trumpets sounded Vallot. e lines the charge. L. H. Horner, '00.

' fragran. through ANCESTRAL VOICES. life. NI dens T every period of existence, and is what gives the full estmeasure of A in every rank of society strug- profit, of pleasure and substantial peats, darknes gles the desire for inspiration, the reward. A voice whispers; "Repose skies longing for guidance, so universal is from weary cares and rest for the ach- an From its hold on human sympathy. We ing heart." With the feeling that scious 1 seldom seek a beau ideal among those the triumph of mind over matter is changes of our own time, for there is a feel- within our reach, we turn away dis- those ar ing of inferiority when we approach satisfied. That was not the reply to their fei a contemporary. But we may kneel the question our hearts eagerly asked. or aversi at the shrine of those. who gathered Hark ! there comes another answer. and feeli life's laurels conscious that we lose It is the voice of one whose life was moral co no prestige in emulating them. The full of activity and whose demand is There lives of our departed ancestors re- still for greater opportunities for im- course main as eternal voices for good or provement. They who know how and vota evil according to the tones we heed, earnestly youth longs for action, who erature to the sounds that fall sweetest on sympathize with its struggles for endow t our ears, to the echoes which respond larger opportunities, for knowledge, breath of sympathetically in our hearts. for a foot-hold on which to stand and half an a Throughout all ages some minds from which to climb, feel that this ruins of have through purer visions perceived desire truly epitomizes one of life's intensity truths unseen by others. A clearer noblest and most glorious experiences manners insight and a keener sympathy with —room to expand. It is the strife facts frol sorrow has opened to them depths to for expanded wings of the creature original which no other eye has pierced. folded in the chrysalis. Wherever Again As the mists of the Past vanish, and whenever in a human being there fathers SI countless heroes all garlanded are is an earnest desire for growth, for expressix seen marching along the avenues of advancement along lines which reach features i time. At first their voices sound like upward, there will come somehow the bear the distant calls, calls that gradually be- answer of opened doors and kingdoms genius st come clearer as we bend eagerly to given to the one who is fit to rule glory abc listen. As the patriarchal host draw them. Now we hear a voice which logic of to a halt, many questions are pro- sounds like the melody of a harp or the poet, pounded by those who regard their the plashing of a brook over its bed. orator spf ancestors as oracles. Naturally kin- "Love," says this voice," is the best that how dred spirits seek each other, but some thing on earth ; love, tender and Thong queries are made by great and hum- true; love, faithful and exalted ; love, own age ble alike. pure and unending. Filial love, sages, The cry is universal—" What is parental love, the love of the lover ; it that the best thing in life?" There is a the love of home, the love of country, we ti which re' chorus of answers, none of them the love of God,—these are the source fall of gr( quite the same, but all blending in of all deeds of gentleness, the main- one harmonious chord, for by what- spring of all excellence." and more who kilo ever steps we reach it, the best in life The voices of early youth like and ‘vlios ANCESTRAL VOICES. 225

fragrant memories, waft sweetness the territory where they ply their through all the bitter struggles of trade. A study of the past and a life. When griefs are deep and bur- contemplation of its varied lessons dens heavy, asure of that hallowed voice re- furnish us with weapons to overcome )stantial peats, "Here are clouds, rain and error and prejudice. darkness; beyond 'Repose are flowers, bright Thus we learn that history means skies and the aci- sunshine." something more than philosophy From the earliest ng that days of our con- teaching by examples. We see how scious life, we latter is begin to observe the our ancestors lived, as well as what changes that occur 'ay dis- in the voices of their aims and ideals were—how those around us. Thus reply to we recognize mighty empires in which greatness their feelings which show y asked. sympathy and glory were combined were leveled or aversion. What is best answer. in thought to the ground, their palaces and tem- and feeling, life was what is grand in a true ples reduced to,dust. moral courage is expressed mand is in a voice. In their different tones we recog- There is also an unspoken for im- dis- nize the different spheres of men. It course especially known to artists Av how is for some to evolve great truths, as and votaries of culture. All the on, who lit- the heavens evolve stars to guide the erature and all the art of Oes for antiquity sailor on the sea and the traveler o'er endow their searches with lwledge, the great the desert, and it is for others, like breath of enthusiasm, and Ile and and is only the sailor and the traveler, simply to half an artist hat this who wanders among the be guided. ruins of Rome without of life's realizing the At this grand review the character intensity of pantheistic life. en i ences Thus of the preceding life is shown in the manners and customs le strife survive the quality of voice. Those who lived facts from which they derived creature their heroic and saintly lives have voices original significance. rherever breathing choicest music and their Again in works of art lg there our fore- revelations are powerful agencies in fathers send voiceless vtli, for messages more soul development. expressive than those .11 reach in books. The Our present lives of progress were features in the liow the portraits of great men made possible by all the universities bear the stamp of high ngdonis ideas, and of the past, all the martyrs' fires, all genius shines on their to rule brows like a the civilizations, all the-battles, all glory about the head which of a saint. The the victories, all the defeats, all the logic of the politician, harp or the dreams of glooms, all the sunshine of countless the poet, and the eloquence its bed. of the ages As guides, comforters, philos- orator spring from an inspired the best being ophers, friends, the ancestral chorus that hovers over the ler and ancestral altar. sings of abounding love, wisdom and Though the living I; love, voices of our charity. The grand, the beautiful own age may give us I love, worthy mes- and the mournful blend in one divine sages, it is in lover ; the pictures of the past harmony. that we unriddle the .ountry, tragic chapters As we turn from the mists of thu which reveal the causes source of the down- Past, the clouds of the Future unfurl fall of great nations ; and main- those better and the heroes of the long ago re- and more safely navigate the stream appear in the children of to-day— ‘vho know it from source th like to delta, patriots, sages, statesmen all with and whose vision is not bounded by title pages unrolled. Now the veil 226 THE CADET.

between this world and the next be- navy yar comes thinner and from the heights but hot Cl run of Heaven the laureled heroes signal flag rem:dude] to the undeveloped souls below what boarding may lead them upward and the not go be chorus of ages sounds the vox lante of Paradise. Mr.( Gracia L. Fernandez, '98. and Mi reside brother THE BATTLE OF MANILA. Orono. 'Twits on a Dewey summer eve, two yew The moon, a silver crescent, of Mai Looked down upon a youthful pair, mechani One glum, the other pleasant. accept A hammock of manila rope, Boston. Swung close beside the door, Then straight therein, the couple sat, And talked about the war. Anotli ate has "My graudad was a Boston man," been ay He cried," A patriot bold, NATHAN E. GOODHIDGE. How hard he fought at Concord town, good pa I've often heard it told." having enlisted in the navy at Boston tion has in March 1897, joining the Raleigh at that A. "My papa sailed the Spanish Main" She hissed," A Spanish maid am I, Hampton Roads a little later. His the clas If I were in the Philippines, letter follows: named 1 Ah, well," — she heard a sigh. MANILA BAY, May 9, 1898. as assist DEMI ItitomEa:—Of course you are 1Vith sudden shock the hammock broke, all of ensig more than anxious to hear from Assistance quick he tendered, me, but of his of long before this reaches home you will have She threw her arms about his neck, is a nati' seen accounts of our glorious victory The Spaniani had surrendered. over the Spanish in the Philippines, how we en- sued Ulf L. H. H.'00. tered the bay and all about it. We left neering Hongkong the 27th of April, and arrived since b( close to the bay the 30th. We came up the some lea THE SPY. island about 11 P. M. and passed the fort at and we: 12.15, when the first shot was fired and went HROUGH the courtesy of the between the Raleigh spars. We returned general T Commercial we print the fol- the shot and went on; four shots were fired plant at lowing: but none of our ships were hit. We passed the forts and mines. Now the next to meet Nathan E. Goodridge, of the A goo would be the fleet. At 4.45 we sighted Raleigh, an Orono boy, who partici- them and at 5.30 they opened fire on us, and things : pated in the grand victory of our for two hours shot and shell flew as I never lie does fleet under Dewey at the Philippines, dreamed they could. We soon had two of when ht them has been heard from in a brief letter sinking; a few minutes later we sunk quit whe written to his brother. Nathan E. a torpedo boat, sent a couple ashore, and others going to a place We In a Goodridge, who writes from Manila of safety. moved off for breakfast and to let the guns all the under the (late of May 9, is aboard cool; so ended the fleet engagement. At 11 experien the United States cruiser Raleigh, we renewed the attack on the forts at the THE SPY.

navy yard and arsenal. This was a short &IPA OP& 40‘ * Va. but hot engagement. Soon we saw a white flag run up, and the worst was over. The re• IV& remainder of the afternoon was spent in * 114't boarding the sunken ships, those which did ;ex aeocal *Xs 4011 &OA *Pa not go below water, then to the arsenal. 1,0/wt. VS. V.Fey NATHAN E. GoomunGE. .1kOM cies OP. •••• 1,0

Mr. Goodridge is the son of Mr. Kb. S. and Mrs. 0. T. Goodridge, who "Master, Master! News, old news, and such news reside on Main street, Orono, and a as you never heard of." brother of Perley Goodridge, also of —The Taming of the Shrew,—Act III, Sec. 2. Orono. He is 24 years of age. For two years he attended the University Chapel exercises were omitted dur- of Maine, taking the course in ing examination week. mechanical engineering, leaving to The Y. M. C. A. is accept a position as engineer in preparing an attractive hand-book for Boston. next fall. * * * "Don" Arche has a position as Another University of Maine gradu- time-keeper on the Shore Line R. R. ate has on account of his efficiency Some of the students are planning been appointed to a comparatively to take a trip to England this 41E. good position in the navy. Informa- summer. y at Boston tion has just reached President Harris A. C. Wescott has a position for Raleigh at that A. H. Houghton, a graduate of the summer with an electrical com- later. His the class of '87, has recently been pany in Portland. named by the secretary of the navy Itty 9, 1898. as assistant engineer with the rank Miss; Fernandez and Miss Farrar a you are all of ensign and enters upon the duties smoked the pipe of peace like veter- rom me, but of his office at once. Mr. Houghton ans on Class Day. you will have is a native of Fort Fairfield and pur- victory over A. S. Page will cut Kennebec , how we en- sued the course in mechanical engi- River ice during the summer, in It. We left neering at the university. He has Gardiner. anti arrived since been engaged in teaching in Elliot, 1900, expects to return to came up the some leading institutions in the south I the fort at college in the fall ready for the foot and west. He has recently been red and went ball season. We returned general manager of a iii au facturing tts were tired plant at Terre Haute, Ind. G. W. Lawrence, '98 and H. P. We passed Merrill, '98, have enlisted in the U. S. next to meet Signal Service as electricians. we sighted A good student is known by three re on us, and things : he can begin to study when Prof. Lanphear left college before .w as I never he does not want to, he can study the end of the term because of the bad two of NV hen he would rather quit, he can illness of relatives. titer we sunk quit xvheu he wants to.—Ex. ashore, anti Lieutenant Royden has returned safety. We In a school paper the editors get from Governor's Island, where he let the guict all the blame, the maliagers the went to take his examinations for 1st neut. At 11 experience, and the printers the lieutenant. We are pleased to say forts at the money.—Ex. that he now holds this rank. 228 THE CADET.

The final debate for class champion- A number of students gathered on Instri ship between the Sophomores and the steps and veranda of the Orono has bee Juniors has been postponed until next Town Hall while the play entitled ant to fall. "The New England Home" was in Bangor It was reported with no denials, progress. Evidently the officer who Guard. that the Freshmen played horse with was on duty there objected, as there same 0 the Sophomores the night before Ivy was a general stampede. Two arrests from Se Day. were made, one being a popular stu- Irving dent, and the other a well known moted t, Alan L. Bird, 1900, will spend his town's boy. The charges were how- A bei vacation in Europe. He will visit ever withdrawn the next day, the inent In England and France in company with officer realizing that he had been hasty been kl his father. to make arrests for no offence at all Graditq Capt. W. S. Edgerly, formerly except a little enthusiasm. entire 134 military instructor at the college, has Ivy Day, June 3, was unfortunately out and been promoted to Inspector General a rainy day yet a fairly good number Prof. A with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. of people were present at the exer- filled w The President has sent the follow- cises held in the chapel at 2.00 P. M. complisl ing nominations to the Senate: To Had it not been for the rain, it was transfori be Second Lieutenants, Wm.T. Bras- proposed to hold, the exercises on the campus tow, '97, A. A. Starbird, '98. lawn south of Coburn Hall. The The Mrs. Amy E. Briggs will be matron chapel was tastefully decorated, and the deal of the Kappa Sigma house in the fall. Pullen's Orchestra furnished music. Susquel: Mrs. Briggs' husband, who has re- The following is the program:— who'. s • gradi cently died, was for several years an music. a instructor in this college. Prayer, Clinton L. Cole Maine it mume. 28 years Freeman A. Smith, who has been Oration, p4178w.Joseph 0. Whitcomb the Bid( out of college for the year, was visit- and aft( Poem, Leon 11. Horner ing his friends at college Commence- Bridgtot ment week. He will return in the MUSIC. History, Chas. H. Lombard She tai fall and enter the Junior class. MUSIC. She wa: Presentations, . Alan L. The house recently vacated by the . Bird, Presentator Church. .Jockey, horse Q. T. V. society is being year ago fitted up as Wise Mau, "l'estimonial most a women's dormitory. It is prophe- Slow Man. Catsup the sied that soon co-eds will flock here Lucky Mau, Plug Tobacco She rem, at Susq in numbers Book .that will exceed the hopes circle o MUSIC. of the most hopeful. admired CHARGE TO CURATOR. qualities Work has been commenced on Curator, Burgess remodeling the old Q. T. V. building. After the exercises in the chapel FrienO Among the students who will work were over, the ivy was planted in front restaurai for longer or shorter periods are of Coburn Hall, and the ode was "Wie Smith, '98; Dow, '98; Lombard,. sung. The ode was written by Miss Waite right." 1900; Manson, '98, and Rastall, Agnes M. Burnham, '00, the music F. G. 1901. by C. P. Gtay, '00. W.: ' three."— LOCAL NOTES. 229

hered on Instructor H. S. Boardman, '95, JUNIOR EXHIBITION. e Orono has been promoted from 1st Lieuten- The exercises of commencement entitled ant to Captain in Company G, the week opened Saturday evening, June 'was in Bangor company of the National 18, with the Junior Prize Exhibition. Leer who Guard. Howard Brett, '99, of the Town Hall was comfortably filled, as there same company has been promoted and all the parts were well rendered ro arrests from Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant, and and interesting. The Apollo Quartet alar stu- Irving Swett, ex-'98, has been pro- of Bangor gave much satisfaction. known moted to 1st Sergeant. The awarding committee were Rev. ere how- A beginning of extended improve- S. C. Beach, P. H. Gillin, Esq., and lay, the ment has been made upon what has Rev. C. E. Lund. :en hasty been known as the "Frog Pond." The prize was awarded to Pearl ice at all Grading is to be done around it, the Clayton Swain, with honorable men- entire bottom is to be dug and scraped tion of Reginald L. Fernald. rtunately out and a wind-mill down back of The following was the program: number Prof. Aubert's house will keep it MUSIC. he exer- filled with water. When this is ac- 1. The Press and the Public, 00 P. M. complished an unsightly place will be JOHN WILSON BROWN, Brimfield, Mass. it was transformed into a pleasing feature of 2. Our Treatment of Criminals, campus scenery. CilARLES ELm ER CROSBY, Albion es on the MUSIC. 11. The The Biddeford Journal announces 3. The Relation of Flowers to History, Lted, and the death of Mrs. Myra D. Clark at MILDRED LOUSE POWELL, OMB) I music. Susquehanna, Penn. Mrs. Clark, 4. The Ardor of American Patriotism, who:is the wife of Roscoe C. Clark, CLINTON LEANDER SMALL, Auburn a graduate of the University of MUSIC. Maine in the class of 1892, was about 5. Aphrodite Elthen, on L. Cole PEARL CLAYTON SWAIN, Skowhegan 28 years of age. She graduated from 6. The Renaissance and Education, Whitcomb the Biddeford High School in 1889, OLIVER OTIS STOVER, Freeport and afterwards graduated from the MUSIC. II. Horner Bridgton Normal School in 1892. 7. The Nibelungen Lied, REGINALD LOVEJOY FERNALD, Orono . Lombard She taught at Cambridge, Mass. She was a member of the Baptist 8. Pilgrims and Puritans, WALLACE EDWARD 'resentator Church. Mrs. Clark was married a BELciiEn, . . Horse Plymouth, Mass. year ago, her wedding being one of MUSIC. estiinoiiial . . catsup the most brilliant affairs of the season. g Tobacco She removed to her husband's home "May I bid," cried a man to the Susquehanna. . . Book at She had a wide auctioneer, over the heads of the circle of friends and was greatly crowd. admired, being possessed of rare qualities of mind. "Certainly, sir; now what am I bid J. Burgess for this very fine piece of jewelry ?" e chapel Friendly German (entering a "I bid you, sir, a very good morn- I in front restaurant:) ing." ode was "Wie gehts?" And there was a sudden stir near "Wheat cakes?" "All by Miss Waiter: the door.—Harvard Lampoon. right." le music F. G.: "Nein, nein." 66 The High School Breccia," Deering, W.: "You'll be lucky if you get is one of the best High school publica- three."—Ex. tiop with which we exchange.

0.11111••• ignores He is a THE BACCALAUREATE SERMON. out fait belief i THE Baccalaureate sermon was from evil, nor shelter from tempta- need delivered in the Methodist Church on tion. Men are to keep themselves attend 1 Sunday evening, June 19th. unspotted from the world, but not out found a The church was very comfortably of it. They are not to avoid its evils beliefs f filled in spite of pouring a rain out- or shrink from its reverses, but rather and the. side. At eight o'clock the accom- to meet them and conquer them. Every 11 panist began the march, and the The man who enters upon life with a belief it thirty-one seniors, led by Class Mar- serious determination to work, and if recogni; shal Higgins, marched in and took need be, fight for what is true and and the seats reserved for them at the front of right, must have an equipment for His j; the church. They were followed by the fight. He must gain knowledge ing wh: Rev. C. C. Whidden, Rev. P. J. of himself, understand his short- are wro: Robinson, Rev. C. A. Lund, and Dr. comings, and know his powers. He some a A. . Harris. W must set bounds upon his passions Obediet. The Glee Club sang "Te Deum and abuses. But he must not stop Laudamis," which was followed by here. He must teach himself the prayer by the Rev. C. C. Whidden. proper use of his abilities, and by Dr. Harris delivered the sermon, an control and use he must increase abstract from which we print. them. ABSTRACT OF SERMON. In his relation to others he must Convc Monday The pressure of the every day con- learn that life is not so much getting ris presi cerns of life prevent a proper concep- things as it is doing things. No Grover, tion of them in their true perspective. truth is more important to the young brooke s Each to-day is so big that we have man than the saying of the Master of collei no standard by which to compare it that he who would be greatest must by l'rof. with yesterday or to-morrow. At be servant of all. From the spirit of numerot long intervals unusual occurrences or service arises most of life's success. received sudden turns in the course of Perhaps nothing is more characteristic events, audienct arrest attention from immediate of our time than the multiplying work few brit and its surroundings, application of this and furnish thought. This is sidered opportunity the age of the for a broad view of life. trust, a device for the closl The doing away end of a college course is such a with competition and awards time to most graduates. It is a substituting co-operation, organized Kidder S proper occasion for the serious con- after the manner of a monopoly for sidering of the general principles and the benefit of the promoter. Prentiss the large plans upon which life is This is however only the usual Prentiss projected. These principles and crudeness of newness and will pass plans have to do with the three-fold away. This is a time of brotherhood I,ibbey I relation of life to the man, to other in which men are becoming more men and to God. ready to bear the burdens of other Walter P What are the man's duties to him- men, in which giving is more and Aroosto( self, and what shall he strive to more glorified. obtain for himself? Not protection No life is symmetrical which CONVOCATION. 231

ignores man's relation to his Maker. It grows little by little into a spiritual He is a poor worker who works with- life which dignifies and exalts the out faith, without an all-controlling man, sanctifies his work as a service, belief in something. That belief and brings him into accord with the tempta- need not include many things, nor great course of virtue. miselves attend to details; but it must be pro- Education is a failure unless it : not out found and earnest. There are some inspires man to an effort to make the its evils beliefs from which we cannot escape, most of himself—to give the most to it rather and these call imperatively for loyalty. his fellows and thus best to serve and 7 them. Every man has implanted in him a worship his God. e with a belief in duty. Without teaching he The Glee Club sang "Remember c, and if recognizes the righteousness of right now thy Creator," as arranged by rue and and the sinfulness of wrong. Holden, during which solos were 'tent for His judgment may err in determin- sung by Messrs. Fernald, Cargill and owledge ing what things are right and what Patten. The exercises closed at short- are wrong, but he never doubts that about quarter of ten, and every one Ts. He some are right and some are not. ran through the mud and rain to passions Obedience to such a belief is duty. catch the electrics. W. E. B. not stop ielf the I8 •.8.•.•.8.111111,11.11•11.•.11.1011 96.8 OOOOO ...... 8 • and by increase CONVOCATION. The following were admitted to the Honorary Society: 'I'. H. Oswald, Stan- he must Convocation was held at 10 o'clock ley Sidensparker, W. E. Belcher, M. B. getting Monday, in the chapel. President Har- Downing and J. W. Brown. ;s. No ris presided over the exercises. Prof. Grover, Prof. Wood and ! young Prof. Esta- brooke spoke upon the general subject Master APPOINTMENTS. of college spirit. The history was read St must Tuesday morning of Commencement by l'rof. Stevens. The paper contained spirit of week opened with heavy showers, which numerous witty expressions which were success. caused the abandonment of the drill and received with hearty laughter by the cteristic ball game. In the afternoon a heavy audience. Hon. A. J. Durgin made a tiplying shower deterred many from attending few brief remarks upon what he con- This the fraternity receptions, but soon after, is sidered the essential college spirit. At the sun came out and many visitors vice for the close of the exercises the following attended. The evening was pleasant, on and awards were announced: ganized and the usual large number at the Kidder Scholarship, President's reception testified to the poly for Alden B. Owen, W. Pembroke popularity of Doctor and Mrs. Ilarris. Prentiss Declamation Prize, All had been allotiug on much sport ! usual Frank McDonald, Portland l'rentiss Junior Essay l'rize, at the alumni undergraduates' ball game, pass Mrs. Pearl C. Swain, Skowhegan which the muddy condition of the lerhood Libbey diamond in the forenoon would not per- g more Elmer D. Merrill, E. Auburn mit to be played. Walter Halentine Prize, if other It is said that Prof. Flint was intend- )re and Walter .1. Morrill, Nladison Aroostook County Prize, ing to show the boys bow the game was Thomas Buck, Brewer played ten years ago, while Bickford, which 232 THE CADET.

'82, Vickery,'89, Swan, '90, de Haseth, Crockett, Rockland; M. H. Powell, Orono; '95 and other alumni were preparing to B. W. Flint, Bangor; E. S. Mosher. Presque The do themselves proud. Isle. Sergeant Major—F. H. Bowerman, Victor, (lark an Many visitors were disappointed that N. Y. depot t( the showers kept the battalion from Quarter master sergeant —C. L. Cole, ville, wl giving its annual commencement drill. Pleasantdale. telling 1 The companies were assembled in the First sergeants—W. T. Lane, Portland; he thoul gymnasium, and the following appoint- C. H. Lombard, Portland ; J. G. Lurvey. Portland; J. S. Dunn, those cc ments were made, some being withheld Cumberland. Color sergeant—A. S. Page, Fairfield. patch te until the beginning of the fall term : Sergeants—L. B. Russell, Farmington; 1'. boys ha, BATTALION APPOINTMENTS. R. Goodwin, Randolph; J. 0. Whitcomb, of a gal Morrill ; W. G. Jones, Orono; M. C. Hart. Major—C. L. Small, Auburn. them to Willimantic; W. H. Caswell, Bridgton, W. Captains—F. S. Batchelder, Machias; A. A. Weston, Madison; J. A. Hayes, Ran- Small, c C. Wescott, Portland ; W. A. Murray, Pitts- dolph; H. B. Cushman, Rockland; B. T. be foun( field. Weston, Madison; W. J. Burge.-,s, Calais; first. ( First lieutenant and adjutant—E. P. Bas- H. C. Strout, Orono. not supi sett, Bangor. Corporals — L. G. Varifey. Windham First lieutenant and Q. M.-0. 0. Stover, Centre; E. I. Davis, Bangor; W. H. Board- Freeport. man, Calais; Clement Whittier, Orono; R. Hudson, : First lieutenant and chief Rice, rf.. signal officer— A. Crosby, Benton Falls; G. E. Goodwin, Putnam, t W. E. Belcher, Plymouth. Mass. Gorham, N. H.; L. 11. Harvey. Orono; II. Scannel, First lieutenants—H. II. Oswald,Philadel- Newenhai P. Hoyt, Fort Fairfield; W. 11. Rostall. Rowell, 11 phia; A. E. Boynton, Alna; E. M. Smith, Chicago; II. L. Adams, Warren, Mass.; B. Cushman, Gardiner; W. J. Morrill, Madison. C. Martin, Fort Fairfield ; H. Tupper, c II. Leonard, Webb, es Second lieutenants—E. R. Mansfield, Orono; S. E. Woodbury, Beverly, Mass.; Orono; A. W. Stephens, Old Town; C. W. J. A. Greene, Bluehill. Totah

*G7*c:7'€::> •c:7•47•47•z;;:"•,6:7•e57 C:s• CzN• Pretto, ss Palmer, II Dolley, 31f Welch, rf q65101-1StMittn2A, Crockett, Cushman, ATH LETICS Brann, cf Clark, c.. Mgq-ckg4tigral4gAlf Sprague, Total I1EN your athletic editor sat down Palmer, '99, to ('olby .• • captain the team next U. of M. W to write for the last issue of THE year. In him we have a man who will Earned CADET, he voiced the sentiments of the work hits—Hud hard for the best interest of the Stolen ba students in saying that we had high team. The students like to see a hard pitched ts hopes ham 3; 1 of winning the base ball pennant, worker in any branch of athletics; they Carpenter but, alas, our hopes have fallen to the feel that he is working for them and (lust, and we now have to content our- they have a right to complain if he does On F selves by sharing second place with not do his best. Palmer is one of the close ga Itowdoin. Colby improved much dur- hard workers; he plays the best game tute bet ing the last of the season, and won he can to the last minute, whether the put up E through good luck and a heavy hitting team is winning or losing, and this is did the team. All we can do now is to bear the way we must play to win the pen- a fine gt our defeat manfully and get into the nant. If every man does as conscien- game with renewed zeal next year. tious work as our captain has always The team recently elected Pretto, es E. E. done, a defeat will surely be no disgrace. Palmer, 11 Dolley, 3t

••• ATHLETIC'S. 233 11, Orono; r. Presque COLBY, 13; U. OF M., 7. Small, II) 4 0 0 14 0 0 Welch, rf 3 0 0 3 1 0 The morning for this game looked Crockett, p 2 0 0 0 4 0 tu, Victor, dark and rainy. Our team was at the Brann, cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Sprague, 2b 4 2 0 2 2 0 depot to take the early train for Water- e 4 I 2 7 1 1 Cushman, p 1 0 1 0 L. Cole, ville, when the manager got a telegram 0 1 telling him to come at his own risk, and Totals 35 4 6 30 12 4 Portland ; C. C. I. . Lurvey. he thought it advisable not to go under All. B. ISH. PO. A. E. d. those conditions. Later he got a dis- Sproul, e 4 0 1 4 0 o rileld. patch Rawson,ss 5 1 0 0 5 3 telling us to come or forfeit. The Allen, If 5 0 0 3 0 0 ngton 1'. boys had thought there was no chPnce Clark, lb 4 1 0 15 0 0 V hitcomb, Wright, rf 4 0 0 1 1 0 of a game, so that it was difficult to get Hamilton. p 4 1 2 1 4 0 . C. Hart. them Woodman,3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 agton. W. together to take the noon train. Holt, 2b 3 0 0 1 3 1 yes, Ran- Small, one of our best men, could not Thyng, cf 4 0 0 1 1 0 ; B. '1'. be found and Cushman took his place at Totals 36 3 3 *27 14 4 s, Calais; first. Crockett pitched well but was *Winning run made with no one out. U. of id 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-4 not supported. The score: C. C. I 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-8 W indham COLBY. Two base hit—Dolley. Home rum—Palmer, H. Board- Clark. Bases on balls—by Crockett, Cushman 2, AB. R. 1111. PO. A. E. Hamilton Hudson, 3b 5 1 1 2. Struck out—Cushman 6, Crockett /roil°; R. 2 2 1 2, Hamilton 4. Rice, rf. 5 2 1 2 0 Hit by pitched ball—Allen. Goodwin, 0 Umpire, Conway of Old Town. Putnam, 2b 5 3 1 4 1 0 Time, 211. Irono ; H. Scannel, c 5 2 0 5 0 1 U. OF M., 5; BOWDOIN, 1. Rostall. Newenham, p 4 2 3 1 8 1 Rowell, lb 4 2 2 9 0 0 June 4th we played a game we were !Lass.; B. Cushman, If 4 0 0 2 0 0 Leonard, Tupper, cf 4 0 0 1 0 1 proud of. Before this game Bowdoin Webb, as 4 1 1 I y, Mass.; 1 1 led the league, but the result of this Totals . 40 13 9 27 12 5 game tied us with them for first place. U. OF M. For the first three innings neither side All. R. Ill!. PO. A. R. Pretto, ss 5 0 1 3 3 0 scored, and then Bowdoin got one and Palmer, II 5 1 3 2 0 0 we got two in our half of the same Dolley, 3b 2 2 0 1 • 0 1 Welch, rf. 4 1 1 1 0 0 inning ; then by two critical errors on Crockett, p 4 0 0 1 1 0 Cushman, lb 4 0 0 9 1 2 the part of the visitors we scored three Brann, cf 3 0 0 3 0 0 times Clark, c. 4 1 0 3 0 1 more in the sixth. Cushman and Sprague, 2b 3 2 2 1 4 2 Libby both pitched a splendid game and Totals 39 7 7 24 9 6 Prato, Palmer and Sprague played well. am next Colby 5 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 x-13 For the visitors Greenlaw did star work U. of M. 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1— 7 who will Earned runs--Colby 1; 11. of M. 1. Two base in the field. The score: of the hits—Hudson. Three base hits—Newenliam. U. OF M. t Stolen bases—Colby 4; U. of M. 8. hilt by Pitched ball—Sprague. Struck All. R. A. F.. e a hard out—by Newen- Pretto, Ns 5 0 2 3 0 0 ham 3; by Crockett I. Time, 2 hrs. Umpire, es ; they Carpenter. Palmer, If 3 0 2 1 0 0 Dolley, 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 em and Small, lb 4 0 0 8 0 1 U. (IF at., 4 ; c. c. 1., 3. Welch, r 4 he 2 1 1 0 0 does On Farmers' Field Day we played a Braun. in . 3 0 O 1 0 0 Of the Clarke, e 3 2 1 12 1 I close game with Coburn Classical Insti- Sprague, 2 4 1 1 0 5 1 Cushman, p 4 0 o 0 2 I st game tute before a good crowd. The visitors ther the put up a much more snappy game than Totals 34 5 7 27 9 3 BOWDOIN. this is did the home team. Hamilton pitched All. R. RH. PO. A. E. he pen- a fine pine for C. C. I. The score: GreenInw. If 3 0 1 3 0 0 onscien- Wignott. 1 0 1 6 2 2 (T. OF M. Bryant, 3 4 0 0 2 2 3 al ways AB. R. A. F. Bacon, lb 4 0 1 6 0 0 l'retto, as 5 0 4 1 Clark, ss 4 1 1 1 1 1 isgrace. Palmer, If 4 1 0 0 Libby, p 4 0 0 2 2 1 Dolley, 31) 4 0 0 1 Cloudman, r 4 0 0 0 0 0

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Ilaskell, 2 2 0 0 2 0 „ THE INTERCOLLEGIATE MEET. Two Stanwood, in 3 0 0 2 0 " Small, Pratt* 1 0 1 0 0 0 On the same day our ball team was Time,5.9 Two Totals..33 1 5 24 7 7 suffering defeat at Colby's hands in Edwards *Batted in place of Stanwood in the ninth. Orono, our track team was doing most second; U. of M 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0-5 creditable work at Brunswick. They 220 yin Bowdoin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 U. M.. went far beyond the expectations of the Time, 23 . Two base hit—Pretto. Stolen bases—Welch, Brawl. Bryant. First base on errors—U. of M. most sanguine. We had expected to Two n 4; Bowdon). Base on balls—by Cushman, Bowdoin, Greenlaw 2, Haskell; by Libby, Palmer, Holley, win second place, but not with 39 11.87. Brann. Hit by pitched ball—Palmer, Clark. points. This success was entirely due Pole Vi Struck out—by Cushman, CloutIman 2, Stan- for first I wood 2, Wignott,Clarke 2, Bacon, Libby,Green - to the hard and systematic work of the Distance law; by Libby, Dolley, Small, Brann, Cushman. Passed ball—Wignott. Time, 211. 5m. Umpire, athletes, under the direction of Coach 16-poun Connolley. Moakley and Capt. Gibbs; nor should COLRY 1 1 ; U. OF Bt., 8. Manager Pierce go unmentioned, for he Our last game of the season was worked untiringly for the best interest played on our campus with Colby, June of the team. 8. Crockett was first tried in the box There is one point about the meet Mond; then Cushman took his place in the fifth. that the athletes especially should Day, am A feature of the game was Newenham's notice and learn a lesson from it. This 2.30 P. pitching. The following detailed score is, that the point winners were the ones filled. tells the story. who had worked the hardest during the appearar COLBY. season. The track team is DO place for and nati (II. R. MI. PO. A. E. a lazy man. stage Hudson, 3 ll .1 3 0 8 1 de( Scannell, c fl 2 1 10 3 8 Grover won the individual champion- number Newenham, p -) 2 2 0 1 0 by taking Putnam," 5 1 l 4 2 0 ship 13 points; he also broke members Rowell, I. 5 2 2 10 0 0 the New England record of 104 feet in Cushman. If 2 0 2 0 0 0 stage. I:ice, r 5 1 0 1 0 0 the discus throw by casting it 115 ft., called th( Tupper,in I 0 0 0 0 0 Webb,. 5 0 1 2 5 2 ,6 in. there witi Rollins did brilliant work in the Totals 41 11 12 27 14 6 whole aft sprints, beating Kendall, who had been, impressiv U. OF M. hitherto, the fastest man in the state. lie AB. It. 1111. PO. A. F.. finishe Pretto, a 5 2 1 1 4 2 The old record of 10 2-5 in the 100 yds. serving tl Palmer, If 4 1 2 1 1 0 Crockett, p 2 0 1 0 0 0 dash fell to 10 1-5. is the pro Small, 1 5 2 1 11 0 0 Goodwin ran a pretty race in the half Welch, r 5 2 1 1 0 0 Dolley, 3 4 1 I 0 1 2 mile, winning first, and "Spike" Brann, HI 5 0 1 2 0 0 Clark, c 4 0 0 11 0 l Merrill made a strong finish and took Sprague, 2 4 0 1 0 6 1 second. History Cushman, p 2 0 0 0 2 0 The following is a summary of the Poen] Totals 40 S 9 27 14 6 events: Colby 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 3 0-11 Oration ... 100 first; EnlatI, U. of M 1 0 1' 2 2 0 0 1 2— 8 yards dash—Rollins, U. M., Bowdoin. second; Stanwood, Bowdoin. third. Prophecy• Earned runs—Colby 4, U. of M.8 Home run Time,10 1-5. —Hudson. Three base bit—Scannell, Newen- Half mile run -Goodwin, U. M., first ; Merrill, Address to ham. Palmer. Bases on balls—by Newenham, U. M., second; Marston, Bowdon], third. Time. Dolley,Palmcr ; by Crockett,Cushman 2. Struck 2.10 1-5. out—by Newenham, Palmer, MIMI! 3, Brann, Valedietor3 Sprague 2, l'retto 2, Cushman, Welch 2; by One hundred and twenty yards hurdles—Ken- Crockett, Webb 2. Tupper; by Cushman, Hud- dall. Bowdon,first ; Hadlock. Bowdoin, second; son, Newenhatn, Rice 2, Tupper, Wt bb. Hit by Cotton, Colby, third. Time, 16 2-5 s. SI pitched ball—by Crockett, Tupper. First blow Four hundred and forty yards dash—Snow, Alma IS on errors—Colby 4, U. of M. 5. Passed balls— Bowdon], first; Stetson. Bowdoin, second; Scannell, Clark 2. Stolen bases—Iludson. New- Goodwin, U. M., third. Time,54 s. We fi enham, Putnam 2, Rowell, Cushman 2, Rice, One mile run —Merrill Bates, first; Itabb, To thy Tupper, Clark. Time, lb. 55m. Umpire, Con- Bowdoin, second; Tale, U. M., third. Time, (hit I nolley. 4.57 1-5. CLASS DAY. 235

ET. Two mile bicycle—Clough, Bowdon), M E Small, first; Grover. U. 111.. second; Bruce, Bates, Bowdon', second; Linn, U. M., third. Distance, third eam was Time, 5.46. 37 ft., 7 1-2 in. Running high jump —Stevens, Colby, first; :rands in Two hundred and twenty yards hurdles— Jordan, Bates, and Godfrey, Edwards, Bowdoin, Bowdoin, tie for first; Kendall. Bowdon, second and third. Height, 5 ft., 6 7-8 in. ing most second; liadloek, Bowdoin, third. Time,26 4-5. Throwing 16-pound hammer, Grover, U. M., c. They 220 yards dash—Hollins, U. M., first; Batch, first; Saunders, Bates, second; Bruce, Bates. U. M.. second; Stanwood, Bowdon), third. third. Distance, 102 ft., 8 in. ns of the Time, 23 8-5. Running broad jump—Hatilock, Bowdoin, Tvvo first; Edwards, mile run—Merrill, Bates, fir Bowdoin.9 second; Elder, •ected to -t; Babb, third. Bates, Bowdoin, second; French, U. M., third. Time, Distance,19 ft., 5 in. with 39 11.37. Throwing di-cus—Grover. U. id . first; Pike, Colby, tirely due Pole Vault—Wignott and second; Sabine, U. M., third. Distance. Clark, Bowdoin,tied 115 ft., 6 1-4 in. for first and second; Minott, Bowdon), third. rk of the Distance 10 ft., 4 7-8 in. Bowdoin goes to first place with 69 points; M., U. 16-pound shot-put—Godfrey, second, with 39; Bates, third, with IS, and of Coach Bowdoin, first; Colby fourth, with 9. )1. should xi, for he IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII t interest CLASS I)AY. the meet Monday, June 20, was an ideal Class We leave thee now should for aye, Day, and by the time exercises began at Our parting words we tell. it. This 2.30 1'. M. the Town Hall was well Thou bast given us of thy strength, the ones And filled. The hall presented a nice nurtured us full well. luring the appearance, being decorated with class To us, who gather here place for and national colors in abundance, the Our sad farewells to say, Come memories, stage decorations consisting floating back, of a large Of many lrampion- number a happy day. of potted plants. Thirty-one And as rlso broke we all go forth. members of '98 took their places on the Each one his work to do, 04 feet in stage. As Harry A. Higgins, marshal, May we strive to live aright, t 115 ft., called the class roll, every now and then And to NINETY EIGIIT be true. there was no response, and during the SMOKING PIPE OF PEACE. c in the whole afternoon there was nothing more MUSIC. had been, impressive than that simple statement as the state. he finished," Foul teen absent who are THE Q. T. V. HOME 100 yds. OPENING. serving their country." The following The new Q. T. V. is the program : fraternity home n the half opening Monday evening was a grand MUSIC. success. They were favored with "Spike " PRAYER. fine weather, Ild tOOk MUSIC. and their capacious house was history Carl G. Wiswell crowded with friends. The porches ry of the l'oenr . .. Rena E. Dunn were brilliant with Chinese lanterns, MUSIC. aud an arrangement of colored bulbs Oration Chas. d; Kendall, A. Pearce in the shape of the fraternity's pin Prophecy . George loin, third. A. Whittemore made a brilliant effect MUSIC. when the electric rat; Merrill, Address to Undergraduates lights were turned on. rird. Time. Harry A. Higgins The house is praised by all who look rdles—Ken- Valedictory ...• • • —Elmer D. Merrill it over. It is large, well planned, and An, second; will fill for SINGING CLASS ODE. the members a long felt want. ash—Snow, A I tna Mater, National colors, potted plants and n, second; true to thee. We fondly sing thy praise. flowers were tastefully arranged. kat; Babb, To thy honor, thy fair name, The guests were received by Mrs. iird. Time, Our loyal voices raise. Hamlin, Mrs. Estabrooke, Mrs. Cutter 236 THE CADET.

Orono, of Bangor, and Mrs. Balentine, assisted Bangor, and Mrs. Webster of M. Smi by R. P. Stevens and C. 0. Wiswell, assisted by Miss Bainbridge and Miss F. G. I members of the graduating class. Farrar, received the guests. '95; C. Miss Ring of Orono, Miss Fortier of Messrs. J. L. Brann, Ralph Hamlin, and C. S. Webster of the graduating Old Town, Miss Smith and Mrs. At thi class also assisted. Marston of Bangor presided at the were v( Refreshments were served by Miss tables where punch was served. receptia Webster, Miss Hamlin of Orono and Pullen's orchestra of six pieces fur- other fi Miss Sawyer of Bangor. nished music. After the reception a Chickam Pullen's orchestra of six pieces fur- few of the younger guests remained for patriotic nished music. a short impromptu dance. The n Mrs. H. R. Gilman, of Bangor, is On Wednesday evening, the 22nd, Mr. an( matron of the house. was held the 23rd annual reunion of the Old Tow Chapter. Although the Chapter had Mrs. A. The Q. T. V. reunion was held been reduced in point of numbers by Leon E. Tuesday evening, after President Harris' the absence of men at the front and Punch reception, at their new home. others who had commenced their vaca- guests 1) In the absence of Leslie W. Cutter of tion work, nearly forty members were Rogers Bangor, Prof. Hamlin acted as toast- present. A pleasant feature of the Orono, a master, and the following program evening previous to the banquet, was An o was carried out: the talk of Attorney General Win. 1Vasgatt Q. '1'. V Walter Flint. '82 Haines, upon some of his experiences at '98 G. A. 1V hittemore. '98 ful musk Maine State in the old days. Our Chapter House 1'. Walker,'96 On Al A. E. Boynton,'99 The address of welcome to the '99 Kappa Si Base ball R. l'. Stevens. '98 alumni was made by L. J. Braun, '98, alumni ri 1902 R. A. Crosby. '01 the retiring president. 'Absent brothers A. H. Brown. '80 Upwar Chas. S. Bickford, '82, held the Our Country. II. M. Estabrooke,'76 ent and t toastmaster's gavel, and the following Among the alumni present were: The ba toasts were responded to: Professors Estabrooke, '76; Bartlett, menu wa Beta Theta Pi In the Past ...R. K. Jones,'86 80; Flint, '82; Hart,'85; Russell, 'RS; dining r( Our Faculty N. C. Grover, '90 Brown, '80; Mullen, '83; Lyford, ex- The Beta Girls H M Smith, '93 the Chit' '85; Gould,'90; Buck,'93; De Haseth, Athletics E. H. Kelley, '90 direction '95; Walker, '96; Rogers, '97; Bars- Beta Theta l'i in the Future During C. S. Webster, '98 tow,'97; B. F. and J. W. H. Porter,'97. toasts, ii Beta Soldiers II. S. Boardman, '95 happily n THE BETA THETA P1'8. Beta Theta Pi in the Future W. Howard,'82 toastmast Despite the threatening weather, the It. Psi's Men annual fraternity receptions on Tuesday, Others who spoke were C. I. Haynes, L. J. Warm, '98; Charles June 21st, were as successful as those ex-'93; Kappa Sig of past years. At the newly remodeled Sawyer. '98. and Ralph Hamlin, '98. home of the Beta Theta Pi, near the Among the alumni present at the Trip to 01( northern entrance to the campus, elabor- reunion were Hon. W. 'I'. Haines, '76; ate preparations had been made. The Col. Chas. P. Allen, '76; J. E. Dike, Reminisce' were tastefully deco- '76; A. L. Moore,'79; C. S. Bickford, reception rooms Future of I rated with palms, potted plants and '82; S. J. Buzzell,'82; W. R. Howard, spring greenery, while the electric lights '82; R. K. Jones, '86; C. DeW. Bald Ilead were draped with small silk flags. Blanchard, '88; N. C. Grover,'90; E. A String. Mrs. Dunning and Mrs. Chapman of H. Kelley,'90; A. P. Webster,'91; H. RECEPTIONS AND REUNIONS. 237

(Jioiiu. M. Smith,'93; C. I. Haynes, ex-'93; Trials of a Teacher. Miss nd F. G. Gould, '94; H. S. Boardman, Gilbert Tolman,'96 My Appointment, '95; C. P.Weston, '96 ; E. C. Upton,'97. G. 11. Davis, 1901 Hamlin, THE KAPPA SIGMAS. Chemistry as a Profession, aduating S. J. Heath,'97 At the Kappa Sigma house the rooms Among the alumni of the Chapter were very prettily decorated for the by Miss present were G. S. Vickery, '89, Ban- reception of its friends. As in the ono and gor; Hugo Clark, Esq., Bangor; Chas. other fraternity houses the boys at A. Dillingham, '90, Old Town; C. B. Chickamauga were remembered by ces fur- Swan, '90, Old Town ; R. Morris, Patriotic decorations. ex-'93, Boston; Gilbert Tolman, '96; The receiving committee consisted of Lore A. Rogers, '96, Patten; Chas. ie 22nd, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Swan of Hincks, ex-'96, Bangor; Beecher Whit- In of the Old Town, Mrs. C. P. Barron of Dexter, comb, '96; S. J. Heath, '97, Bangor, )ter had Mrs. A. Lhngdon Freese, Bangor, and and G. W. Bass, ex-'97, Bangor. ibers by Leon E. Ryther, '98. Two letters were prepared during the ont and Punch and cake were served to the evening's festivities, expressing the eir vaca- guests by Miss Davis of Auburn, Miss good wishes of the boys, one to the ers were Rogers of Patten, Miss Mansfield, large representation of the Chapter at of the Orono, and Miss Pierce, OPJ Town. Chickamauga, and the other to Nathan tiet, was An orchestra, lead by Dr. 0. E. P. Goodridge, ex'97, an engineer of Win. T. Wasgatt of Bangor, furnished delight- the U. S. Cruiser Raleigh, and a parti- iences at ful music during the reception. cipant in the battle of Manila. On Monday night, the 20th, the The banquet lasted until a late to the hour. Kappa Sigmas held their eleventh annual aim, '98, WITH THE ALPHA TAU OMEGAS. alumni reunion and banquet. In their elegant Chapter home at Upwards of forty members were pres- ield the Orono, the Alpha Tau Omegas enter- ent and the occasion was very enjoyable. following tained their friends in one of the most The banquet for which an elaborate successful receptions in their history. menu was prepared, was served in the '86 Since many members of the fraternity Jones, dining room of the Chapter House by ;rover, '90 went to the front with the Maine troops, the Chapter's regular chef, under the Smith,'93 the decorations were especially patriotic. direction of Mrs. Barron, the matron. Kelley, '90 The national colors were tastefully During the evening the following draped about the portraits of their ebster, '98 toasts, interspersed with songs, were rd man, '95 absent members. happily responded to at the call of the ..... The dining room where the most of toastmaster W. J. Morrill, '98. Dward,'82 these patriotic displays were placed, Haynes, Psi's Men at Chickamauga, W. B. Barron, '98 looked exceedingly beautiful with its Charles evergreens. Kappa sigma at University of IVisconsin, decorations of Hags and a, '98. 14. A. Rogers, '96 The guests were received by Mrs. it at the Trip to Old Town, Rollins of Bangor, Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Alden, flea, '76; H. R. 1900 Douglass and Mrs. Hamlin, Mr. H. E. Dike, Reminiscences of College Life, Perkins and Chas. A. Pearce of the Hugh (2lark, '90 Bick ford, Senior class. Refreshments were served Future of Kappa Sigma, Howard, L. E. Ryther,'98 by Miss Cooper of Old Town, Miss De W. Bald Heads, Grant and the Misses Douglass. Music 1). Whitcomb,'96 '90 ; E. 13. was furnished hy an orchestra under the A String. r, '91 ; H. II. F. Drummond. 1900 direction of W ilbur S. Cochrane. 238 THE CADET.

COLLEGE REUNION AT CAMP Soup Consomme COM Sliced Cucumbers THOMAS. Broiled Pike Fish The ( over us While the First Maine was encamped Potatoes Spring Chicken mencem. at Augusta, Profs. Rogers and Flint Green Peas Some ti visited the camp and left with the Filet De Beonf—aux Champignons for the University of Maine students who were Lobster Salad church v members of the regiment, the sum of Ice Cream Cake some wl 820.70 which the faculty has contributed Cheese Crackers Cafe Noir stand. to eke out Uncle Sam's rather slim bill After eating "right through the bill ercises of fare. After numerous consultations t of fare," college songs were sung and and wen it was concluded to have a spread as the following toasts were given : the spa, soon as possible. No opportunity oc- stage w: curing in Augusta, it was planned to Toastmaster, S. C. DILLINGHAM , '98. Govern() have it in Chickamauga as soon as pos- The Faculty: God bless 'em. Albion D. T. Libby. '98 Presiden sible; so on the evening of June 21st, The Occasion: My soul longs for the flesh either si( while in Maine the President's reception Egypt," pots of Horace L. White,'98 The fc was being held, in Chickamauga Park The University of Maine:" On the banks of sented the stuOent soldiers gathered in the the Stillwater far away," : MUSIC. Park Restaurant at Lytle, Ga., and Walter L. Ellis. '98 The Class of Graduated with —French" enjoyed themselves as only college stu- '98: leave, Herbert I. Libby The dents can. Ontll The First Maine: Keep an eye on us. It was a unique gathering in several Dana L. Theriault A nglo-Sa respects. Never before have University The Sunny South:" Mori turi salutamus." Cl' of Maine students held a reunion in an Grosvenor W. Stickney. '00 Life in the Army: "Why did I leave a army camp, and as far as known, it is Wyclitre-! happy home," Bertrand R. Johnson the first reunion yet held by any college The girl I left behind we: We all have Ilimutnit; in Camp Thomas. It was unique also them. Dana T. Merrill in that it was a very quiet banquet. Those present were: '98 — Dilling- Shortly after 9 P.M. sonic one proposed JiNti ham, White, Johnson, Ellis, Sturgis, The three cheers for the faculty of the Starbird, Tolman, Libby, H. I., Libby, University of Maine. They were given The Arne A. D. T., Dunn, Merrill. with a will, but at the end two cavalry- '99—Carlton, McPheters, Mayo, Cur- men with a look in their faces that tis (ex-'99), Scott, Faunce. Our Duty showed they meant business, ordered 1900 — Porter, Theriault, Stickney, G raci that all noise like that must cease as it Hamlin. Eaton, Howe, Noyes, E. J., was after taps. As the restaurant is Noyes, F. A., Scribner, Forbush, At th, situated near Gen. Brooks' headquarters Moore (ex-'00.) (Iiplornae possibly that had something to do with 1901—Morse, Adams, Hackett, Leav- ing mem the severity of their orders. itt, Tolford. Fred ‘1,' The boys ate as only boys can eat The committee Wilson in charge of the affair Electricit after six weeks of the severely plain were : 11. I. Libby and II. L. White, Lewis food of the soldier. The menu was : both of the class of '98. try.) Chit ries Ed Wall John V I 11114 %VIII ter

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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. Leroy Eugene Dow. B. M. E. The clouds that had been hovering Rena Ethel Dunn. B. S.(in Physics.) *Rossell Olin Dunn, B. C. E. over us on Tuesday dispersed, and Com- Llewellyn Nathaniel Edwards. B. C. E. mencement Day was clear and pleasant. *waiter Lincoln Ellis. B. M. E. Some time before the appointed hour Lottie Gertrude Farrar, B. S. (in Chemis- 10115 for the exercises to begin, the Methodist try.) Gracia Lillian Fernandez, B. S. Cake church was well filled with people, and George Sherman Frost. B. C. E. ,11•S some who came late were obliged to Bernard Alston Gibbs, B. Ph. stand. When it was time for the ex- Ralph Hamlin, B. C. E. the hill ercises to begin, the class marched in Harry Allison Higgins, B. M. E. nig and and were seated by Marshal Higgins in *Bertrand Randall Johnson, B. S. *George Warren Lawrence, B. M. E. (in the space reserved for them. On the Electricity.) 4, '98. stage was seated President Harris with *Albion Dana Topliff Libby. B. M. E. (in Governor Powers and Hon. Henry Lord, Electricity. ,ibby, '98 President of the Board of Trustees, on *Herbert Ivory Libby, B. M. E. *Harry Matthew Lincoln, B. C. the flesh either side. E. Ray Ilerbert Manson, B. M. E. (in Elec- V hite, '98 The following was the program pre- banks of tricity. sented: *Dana True Merrill. B. S. Ellis, '98 MUSIC. Elmer Drew Merrill, B. S. (In Natural PRAYER. History.) 'French" MUSIC. *Harrison Pratt Merrill, B. M. E. (in I. Libby The Outlook, Electricity.) !s. Charles Staples Webster, Portland Charles Abram Pearce, B. S. l'herisult Anglo-Saxon Union. Leon Edwin Ryther, B. S. tamus," Charles Abram Pearce, Fort Fairfield Fred William Sawtelle, B. C. E. kney, '00 MUSIC. Albert Clifford Small, B. M. E. (In Elec- leave a 1V y itfe's England, tricity.) Johnson Walter Doliey, Gorham Alden Percy Sprague, B. M. E. all have limn:miry or Conquest, *Alfred Andrews Starbird, B. S. (in Pharmacy.) '. Merrill Rena Ethel Dunn, Orono Ray Parker Stevens, B. M. E. (in Elec- MUSIC. tricity.) The Justification of the Sturgis, Monroe Doctrine, *Edward Albert Sturgis, B. M. E. (in Elmer Drew Merrill, East Auburn Libby, Electricity.) The American Statesman, Roderick Desmond Tarr, B. M. E. George Arthur Whittemore, Wilfred Reuben Tolman. B. C. E. ,o, Cur- Framingham, Mass. Charles Staples Webster, B. S. Our Duty to Ancestry, Warner Edwin Welch, B. M. E. tickney, Gracia Lillian Fernandez, North Dexter •Horace Loring White, B. S. (in Chem- istry.) E. J., MUSIC. At the conclusion of these exercises George Arthur Whittemore, B. M. E. 'orbush, Carl Gardner Wiswell, B. M. E. diplomas were conferred upon the follow- ing members of the graduating class: SHORT PHARMACY COURSE. t, Leav- Daniel Lunt Cleaves, Wilbur Edwin Fred 1Vesley Bailey, B. S. (in Pharmacy.) McDougal, Fred Elmer Hall, Curtis Boyce Wilson Darling Barron, 13. M. E. (in le affair Electricity.) Mitchell. White, Lewis Jefferson Bram], B. S. (in Chemis- Advanced degrees were conferred try.) upon the following graduates of the Charles Parker Crowell, B. M. E. Edward Harmon Davis, B. M. E. institution. John Washington Dearborn, B. M. E. MASTER OF SCIENCE. *Samuel Clark Dillingham, B. C. E. George Walter Chamberlain. It. S. Walter Dolley, B. S. Ora 1Villis Knight. 13. S.

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CIVIL ENGINEER. lessor George H. Hamlin, and of his harold tiherburn Boardman, B. C. E. Hosea Ballot' Buck. B. C. E. faithfulness and success as a Professor Charles Norton Taylor. B. C. E. of Civil Engineering; that they express MECHANICAL ENGINEER. their sincere George Henry Hall, B. M. E. regret at his withdrawal from the service of the University; that The awarding of diplomas to those T they tender him their hearty wish for 11 members of the class who are at present continued prosperity and happiness; threate in the U. S. army was very impressive and that they earnestly bespeak his binatio and touching. abiding interest in the University which Europe After the awards were made, those has received so much of his care and combin who held tickets to the alumni dinner labor. least ii foimtd in a procession and marched to The trustees adopted regulations hardly the Town Hall, where Mr. McLain fur- determining who shall be members of i in men: nished a bountiful repast to two hun- the faculty and who shall be entitled to colonie dred and sixteen people. vote at those meetings. litt: After dinner toasts were enjoyed from but An appropriation was made to re- the faculty, distinguished members of movem model the house formerly occupied by the oth the alumni, and from friends of the Society the Q. T. V. and fit it for occu- The institution. It was with great interest pancy as a woman's dormitory. This that the audience listened to that vener- building is the oldest one on the cam- ing het able old legislator, Major Dickey from pus, having been erected more than avoidat seventy years ago. It will Fort Kent, whom toastmaster handing be thor- and pt oughly rebuilt and will accommodate ments— introduced as the man who was" eighty- about thirty young women. eight years young." He said he wanted Mr. W. S. Elden was promoted to her em to go to the legislature again, and if he Assistant Professor of Latin. upon 1 did he should do all in his power to Mr. L. H. Merrill was appointed boundE Professor of Biological Chemistry. repeal the law that calls for a tuition to when Mr. F. L. Russell was appointed Pro- be paid by the students of the Univer- fessor of Biology. we are sity of Maine. Miss M. W. Hutchinson was ap- must 1 pointed stenographer and typewriter to which ANNUAL MEETING OF TRUSTEES the Experiment Station. alone, At their annual meeting the trustees Merritt C. Fernald, Ph. D., was elected Professor of Philosophy quence of and the University of Maine conferred Logic. enterpt degrees upon thirty-nine persons and Mr. N. C. Grover was elected Pro- attentil granted certificates to four others. fessor of Civil Engineering. not be Fourteen degrees were granted in Mr. E. B. Nichols was elected Assist- ant tective absence to members of the Senior class Professor of Modern Languages. Mr. C. P. ‘Veston was elected in- complt who were with the army of the United structor in Civil Engineering. aside a States. Mr. S. J. Steward was elected fore- an equ man of the The resignation of Professor Hamlin shop. nation: after a service of twenty-six years as a Mr. A. It. Crathorne was elected tutor in Mathematics. quarte member of the faculty and seventeen Mr. Ralph Hamlin was elected assist- coiiies years as the head of the department of ant in Civil Engineering. a revi% civil engineering was recognized by the Mr. E. I). Merrill of Auburn was time s adoption of the following resolutions: elected assistant in Natural History. Us 011 Resolved, that the trustees of the Uni- Mr. R. H. Manson was elected assist- ant in Electrical Engineering. rapid versity of Maine do hereby record their The President was given authority to increa: high appreciation of the personal worth appoint an assistant in English, a tutor British and professional attainments of Pro- in Physics, and an assistant in Physics. of his ?rofessor r express ANGLO—SAXON UNION. thdrawal ity ; that HE changes consequent upon being felt. Adopting, as we must wish for T the steady advance of time before long, the liberal policy of ppiness ; threaten daily to form a new com- Great Britain, we are certain to Rak his bination of the great powers of become a great maritime power, pro- ty which Europe and of the world. That this viding we have no one but her to care and combination will be disastrous or at compete with, for she in pursuance of least inimical to England we can her time-honored policy of unrestrict- gulations hardly doubt. England with her ed trade would oppose to us nothing iribers of immense commerce and extensive but business methods, and there we !titled to colonies has everything to lose and have all the advantages. With the but little to gain, should an aggressive United States once squarely against a to re- movement be directed toward her by her, English commercial supremacy pied by the other powers. would not have long to live. The ror occu- The United States hitherto follow- jealous European powers planning V. This even now how to ruin her would the cam- ing her old and honored traditions— 're than avoidance of foreign entanglements straightway fly at her throat. Can be thor- and pursuance of internal improve- we stand by and see the institutions nmodate ments—has reached that stage where and people so closely connected with longer be expended us by language and blood injured and toted to her energy can no upon matters wholly within her own humiliated? Institutions which more ppointed boundaries. The time has come than any others have carried light to try. when we can no longer consider that the dark spots of the earth; which ted Pro- we are sufficient unto ourselves. We more than any others have diffused doctrines of Christianity and was tip- must take our stand as a nation the writer to which has a mission, not for America Humanity. Even supposing we alone, but for the world. In conse- could bring ourselves to thus stand )., was of these new ideas, American inertly by and watch the demolition tliy and quence enterprise is endeavoring to turn its proceed, would it be either for our ed Pro- attention to outside matters. It can- benefit or for the world's? With the not be long before our artificial pro- English supremacy destroyed, would Assist- tective restraints, which have already the sharers of the spoil stand content- the ted in- completed their work, must be cast edly by and see America carry on aside and the American citizen given work? Would the monarchical gov- ed fore- an equal chance with citizens of other ernments tolerate our efforts to per- nations to pursue his business in any petuate the free institutions which elected quarter of the globe. When that day they sought to destroy? To see the assist- conies we can safely look forward to trade which they hoped to monopolize a revival of the commercial and mari- confiscated by a branch of the very rn was time spirit which will speedily place race from which they had wrested it? pry. Certainly not! The destruction or I assist- us on a level with England. Its rapid approach means a constantly curtailing of our commerce would be prity to increasing and heated rivalry with the next logical step after the ruin of a tutor British interests. Already this is British commerce. The truth is that 'hysics. 242 THE CADET.

it is the Anglo-Saxon enterprise as a liberal alliance would be necessary, the pc whole that the decaying governments this would be amply sufficient as h ards1 fear. a beginning; the advantages once of the The signs of the times point to a clearly perceived, Union would follow unwai sudden and powerful onslaught upon easily and logically though not triumj Britain, with the sole idea of destroy- speedily. We must concede that in direct ing her naval strength. With equal case of an alliance England would time force they point to a breaking down obtain the greater immediate advant- from of American traditions and an active age, in that she has more to lose if would participation in the affairs of the obliged to stand alone; yet that petuat world upon the part of America and should not deter us from taking broad queen her citizens. grounds, for not we alone but the the in Alone and unaided England cannot world as well, will be the loser if we recent hope to stand alone against any two allow our petty prejudices to obstruct were of the great powers. Alone and the path of progress. If we properly of Spi unaided, without any efficient navy or realize the magnificent future before the 01 merchant marine, the United States us, we can never envy our mother Engla cannot hope to take an active and country any temporary or permanent might influential position in the world, if benefits. As allies, England and the to let 1 England and her liberal commercial United States would have nothing to interfe policy should be overthrown. Is not fear; they could absolutely control Ten the recourse plain? Great Britain's the seas, and therefore commerce. the Et colonial secretary recently spoke They could arbitrate for the world. in the:.. these significant words: "There The cause of peace would receive an "0 dim is a powerful and generous To ru nation immeasurable impetus; for, as great Strong speaking our language, bred of our commercial nations, war would be Be prot Vie) race, and having interests identical directly antagonistic to their welfare. ‘'hat with ours. I would go so far as to Any belligerent attempts of other Thos4 say that, terrible as war may be, even nations could but fail if they incurred Itetang And in war itself would be cheaply pur- the displeasure of the suppliers of the Who chased if in a great and noble cause world. We the stars and stripes and the union There are undoubtedly many preju- Great jack should wave together over an dices on both sides of the Atlantic grabbi Anglo-Saxon alliance." against such an alliance, probably the that si The possibilities of an Anglo- stronger on this side. The two wars her co Saxon Union are dazzling to contem- with Britain are yet sources of bitter- gressil plate and are more and more receiv- ness to us, but we must remember world. ing the attention of statesmen. that it was the imbecility of the which Undoubtedly this cannot be accom- English government and not the will has plished at once by a brilliant stroke of the people which forced those selves, of diplomacy, but after .the initiatory struggles. In both cases the war menta steps have been taken, the hostile policy met with most determined ever, pressure would soon bring matters to resistance from such able statesmen She Ii a head. as Burke and Pitt with the common baron: Never was there a better chance people back of them. It was the "\Vhi two bl than in the present crisis. The same in our Civil war when the one gr material is all at hand. First a government favored the South while plante have 1 ANGLO-SAXON UNION. 243 cessary, the people bore uncomplainingly the On the other hand it is well for us ient as hardships entailed by the cutting off to remember that even in our short es once of their cotton supply, and held an and boasted history we have not been d follow unwavering faith in the ultimate entirely blameless. Much as partisan gh not triumph of the Union. Only the historians may try to gloss over the that in direct interferenee of the queen at the truth of the matter, the Mexican war would time of the Trent affair saved us and its accompanying seizing of ter- advant- from a war with England which ritory was nothing more nor less than lose if would have made impossible the per- robbery pure and simple, perpetrated et that petuation of the Union. And the entirely from political motives. Our g broad queen interfered because she knew selfish manner of dealing with the nit the the heart of her people. Still more Indians has met with that stern criti- T if we recently when the powers of Europe cism which we have fondly believed ibstruct were planing to interfere in behalf should be lavished only on England's roperl y of Spain against the United States, colonial policy. before the outburst of public opinion in The crisis approaches. One more mother England warned them of what they great physical struggle seems un- manent might expect, and they were obliged avoidable before the institutions of lnd the to let the combatants proceed without peace and liberty can go on uninter- hing to interference. ruptedly extending their sway over control Tennyson expresses the feelings of barbarous and uncivilized people. unerce. the English people toward Americans And should not we be preparing to world. in these lines: combine with our relatives and range !ive an "0 thou that sendest out the man ourselves upon the side of christian- To rule by laud and sea, ; great Strong mother of a lion line, ity, order and justice, rather than to rld be Be proud of those strong sons of thine, stand ignobly by and see the fruits of ho wreneh'd these rights from thee. 'elf swept away? are. What wonder if in noble heart our forefathers' labors other Those men thine arms withstood, Even now in the far East, England is Retaught the lessons thou had taught, for the right of icurred And in thy spirit with thee fought, preparing to battle of the Who sprang .from English blood." every man and every nation to free We are accustomed to speak of and unrestricted trade; while in the preju- Great Britain as a tyrannical, land- West, America is battling for the tiantic grabbing nation; yet the fact remains cause of humanity and political bly the that since the lesson learned in 1776 equality. o wars her colonies have been the most pro- We must cease these family quar- bitter- gressive and independent in the rels which are altogether unworthy of ember world. They are the only ones our true greatness and our boasted A the which do not periodically rebel. She liberality, and start the ball of union le will has allowed them to govern them- rolling, which, gathering strength those selves, leaving only a slight senti- and momentum from feelings of kin- e war mental connection, which has, how- ship and a common high destiny, will •mined ever, often proved of great strength. break down the differences which esmen She has furnished even the most bar- have too long separated men of the ;ninon barous with schools and churches. same blood, and eventually gather s the "Wherever her sovereignty has gone into a strong indissoluble Union the two blades of grass have grown where n the two greatest and most enlightened one grew before." Wherever she has while planted her flag peace and christianity nations of the world. have followed. Chas. A. Pearce, '98. bread leader THE ENGLAND OF WICLIFFE'S TIME. they cause WHAT thoughts arise, how diffi- that principle which, although it weigh' cult to express them, when might take years to perfect, was sure Sool we contemplate the vast social and to follow. It is doubtful had the into 1 political forces which have changed church and the king been in perfect this, I the England of Wicliffe's time to the accord whether the overthrow of the spoke' England of to-day. What debts of church would have followed so quick- had co gratitude do we owe those who by ly, but the church was corrupt. The religio their ceaseless toil and perseverance Pope had removed from Rome to Protes even in the face of death helped to Avignon, disclosing his greed for bid th( bring about those results. power as France was rapidly gaining the pe( When Wicliffe came upon the stage strength. Then there came an open laws it of life there loomed up before him the eruption between the Pope and hidden solid masonry of the Norman castle. Crown. wished The noble beauty of the cathedral When parlitnent assembled in 1365, step WI and abbey for the world was still they began to attack the pope with unrest Feudal and Monastic. The land was great vigor because of his usurpation toward but partly reclaimed from its original of English church patronage and be- Rome. wilderness. Vast tracts of woodland cause of the holding of livings by With and fen stretched across the country, foreign or at least non-resident Cardi- reform while scattered all about were the nals and Prelates. The pope on the ncreas weather-beaten hovels of the laborer. other hand demanded that the king of the The country was not at rest. The should pay up the arrears of the time s condition of the people would not annual feudal acknowledgement of Eni allow it. There was an immense agreed to by King John and in the ness at gulf between the poorer classes and future to send a thousand marks a becalm the nobles, a gulf which had to be year which attested his vassalship to As narrowed before prosperity could the Holy See. The king would not the gr smile upon the land. Feudalism had do this and the pope was obliged to social been doing its work in England as it give up the fight. piece it had in France. Edward the III lived In the meantime Wicliffe had been nigh hc and breathed in the very air of thundering against the corrupt priest- the soc knightly romance and splendor. hood; he had also been gaining power goes u Added to this was another great fac- and position through the promulga- Plowm, tor, perhaps the greatest which was tion of his doctrine, which he ener- sees in slowly creeping in and undermining getically preached under the very tracted the foundations of the times: it was eyes of the papacy. He said there plowm( Protestantism. should be free thought in a free state. glutton The time for the overthrow of Such a doctrine coming from such a lawyer Catholicism was not yet ripe, but powerful leader could not fail to have mouths from the moment when Wicliffe de- its adherents, especially when the makes nounced the church of Rome and the poorer classes were suffering (from finds a priesthood, there suddenly sprang up persecution and tyranny), even for work i wait ti THE ENGLAND OF WICLIFFE'S TIME. 245

bread itself. They only needed a acre and then he will lead them. leader to arouse their feelings and The equality of all men before God they were ready to rise in a just and the gospel of labor are the two cause to throw off the yoke which great doctrines found in this poem. ugh it weighed so heavily upon them. It was but a hopeless cry and one as sure Soon the Bible appeared translated which had little effect upon the king, ad the into English by Wicliffe. Before but desperation of the laborers kept perfect this, Latin was the only language the condition of the country in con- of the spoken by the church, but the change stant eruption. One hundred thous- quick- had come and with it an outburst of and men invaded London under the The religious zeal on the part of the leadership of Wat the Tyler, who ame to Protestants. The king, however, for- were to level all ranks, put down the ed for bid the circulation of the book among church and establish universal liberty, raining the people, but in spite of the harsh but the expedition failed and the n open laws it was scattered about the country offenders were punished. e and hidden from the sight of those who It is a sad thought indeed in nar- wished to crush it. Thus step by rating the events of a whole period of a 1365, step we have seen how the religious a nation's history that we cannot in- e with unrest of this period has tended termix with war and bloodshed, social rpation toward a division in the Church of eruptions and religious corruptions, Lnd be- Rome. the elightenment and glory of a few igs by With Wicliffe at the head of this years of peace and national advance- Cardi- reform movement it developed with ment. But there is one cheering on the increasing rapidity, but on the death thought as we read the history of e king of the great reformer it was for a England during the fourteenth cen- of the time suppressed. The government tury : the darkness which shrouds it ;ement of England increased its watchful- is the darkness which precedes the in the ness and the oppression of the poor dawn. arks a became greater. The learning of the fourteenth cen- ship to As Wicliffe was the mouthpiece of tury consisted in the study of bad Lid not the great religious reformation, the Latin and worse logic, as Hume puts ged to social movement found its mouth- it, and even this study was known piece in William Langland ; the well only at Oxford. The laborer was d been nigh hopeless cry of the people against most ignorant. He had not the ad- priest- the social evils and a corrupt church vantage of the slightest education. power goes up in the vision of the Piers Into such a life the traveling "min- nulga- Plowman. The poet falls asleep and strel" with the old-time romance of ener- sees in a vision the world, his dis- Arthur, Sir Isembras, or the tale of ! very tracted English world. There are Troy, or the jougleur with his sleight- there plowmen the fruit of whose toils the of-hand tricks brought a welcome state. gluttons waste, men in rich apparel, breath of the great world without. such a lawyers who will not open their Chaucer tells us of those things, but 3 have mouths except for gold. The world the great poet is apt to picture to us n the makes a pilgrimage to seek truth and the brighter side of life, and we are (from finds a guide in Piers a plowman at content that he did. Yet he was en for work in the fields. He bids them purely a man of the world. There wait until be has finished his half was something new and strange in 246 THE CADET. the writings of Chaucer : the study men at a system which could be en- and travel in which he indulged was dured no longer. found in other countries and not in At such times the minds of men his own home. Italy was the great are like a train of gunpowder, the seat of the new learning and it was isolated grains of which have no thither that the poet went. relation to each other, while they Dante, the greatest Italian poet, remain unignited ; but let a spark had just died leaving behind him the kindle but one of them and they VOL grandest literary productions since shoot into instant union in a common the period of the classic writers. explosion. Thus England and Ger- Petrarch, the sonneteer of Laura, a many, two of the greatest nations of poet and a scholar and a great leader the earth, and Wicliffe and Luther, in the new way of feeling and think- the two greatest leaders of Protestant- ing, was crowned with laurel at ism and the Reformation, combined Rome Boccaccio was pouring out in one common explosion and the in the prose tales of his Decamerone dawn of the modern era was seen the world's new delight in the beauty rising through the smoke and ruin of ARCII and good JOHN things of this life. the fallen mediaeval world. II. It could not be long before such Walter Dolley, '98. F. C. powerful outside influences took effect upon the mind and hearts of the des- CL IN pairing but eager English people. FR AN The mediaeval world with its feudal- aetape)aimeeiegoawaeowooemit istic doctrines and ideas was tottering on the very verge of downfall. The mode of warfare was suddenly revo- Orono are lutionized by the use of gun powder ilig at the battle of Crecy, doing away for- On mat< ever with the castle and armor of cour mediaeval days. deey The state of England did but re- China. insp represent the state of all Northern The Orono Souvenir China us it. Europe. Wherever the Teutonic is of fine quality, decorated vers: language was spoken there was the men. same weariness of unreality, the same with views of the University craving for a higher life. England buildings and grounds. Vt) rather lagged behind than was a Single pieces in pretty shapes. leader in the race of discontent. In colic Germany all classes shared the com- 10c. to 75c. each. after mon feeling ; in England it was al- Chic most confined to the lowest. But P. H. 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