Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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Third Quarter Flames and the old Gymnasium. Flying was an extra-curricular activity in the late thirties. Then came the 1Var, and Bates College had its own Army and Navy. They could be seen at almost any hour of the day drilling on Gareelon Field, until the time came for de- parture to a regular training camp. The thrill of a lifetime Came in 1918, when midvear exams were omitted. One of the outstanding events of the era was the burning of the old wooden gymnasium. This was easily the most unpopular building on Campus when it suddenly burst into flame on the night of June 2, 1925, threatening the safety of Parker, Hathorn, and a large quantity of coal stored nearby. Although the oflieial Cause of the blaze still remains The butler and the maid engage in a unknown, it is believed that extensive questioning of certain members of the class of '28 might clear up the mystery. At any rate, the pajama-clad Parkerites who danced about the fire were not very helpful in putting it out. Always a leader in inter-collegiate debating, a Bates team represented America June 16, 1921, in the Oxford Union, against some of Britain's finest. Again asserting its leader- ship in the Held of debating, the college sent a three man team around the world in 1928. The debaters, on a trip lasting from Mavf to November, traveled 35,000 miles and participated in 23 debates. little hanky-panky. This bull session' between two Freshmen and their big brothers seems serious. uf 5,1!v fr t eff 39 'sf' 1 ill 5 ' 'Q .

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'il' The girls in Rand awoke one morning to this! Donald Swett, '18, strikes Centur I9l4-- I 939 In 1920 Clifton Daggett Gray became the third president of Bates. This was the Harding-Coolidge era of easy pros- perity. It was inevitable that there should be a financial campaign, and in the early 1920's came The Blillion Dollar Fund. Its complete success added fS600,000 to the endow- ment, and provided a physical education plant consisting of four units: the Gray Athletic Building, the Alumni Gymna- sium, Men's Locker Building, and XVomen's Locker Build- ing. Several residences for women and a YVomen's Union were added to the physical resources. Students drum up downtown trade for The Dover Road. classic pose. This prosperity could not last, however, and the Great Depression dominated the thirties. Bates suffered. Students already attending found their financial resources near de- pletion. and prospective students postponed their college plans. National Youth Administration Grants aided someg but facultv and students alike hoped for more prosperous days. Bates did not stiffer any crippling annual deficits dur- ing the Depression, and emerged from it a growing and successful college. Eager Freshmen board wagons for Stanton Ride. kill .. l