Stories about "Bates history"
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Tales of wayward trustees and lost telegrams from Bates’ founding trustee meeting
Thursday, April 4, 2019 4:38 pm
When you're launching a new college, as Oren Cheney was doing on this day in 1855, you sweat the details, you don’t suffer fools, and you watch your money.
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50 years ago: Ali, Liston, Lewiston, Bates
Friday, May 22, 2015 9:47 am
Bates and Bates people are part of the main event in coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston boxing match held in Lewiston.
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In 1975, four students leapt at the chance to create the Puddle Jump tradition
Thursday, January 22, 2015 12:49 pm
Today, Jan. 23, hundreds of Bates students will take turns making a quick dash onto and into Lake Andrews. Yep, the Puddle Jump is upon us.
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Photographing MLK in 1964, George Conklin ’53 focused on the final frames
Thursday, January 15, 2015 1:02 pm
A beam of light illuminates King at the podium, as if conferring a celestial blessing.
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Video: The Bobcat’s 1997 waterskiing trek across Lake Andrews and into college lore
Friday, May 23, 2014 10:33 am
When the Bobcat (Stu Abelson '97) waterskied across Lake Andrews 17 years ago today, ABC News was there to cover the story. Take a look!
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On Ed Muskie’s 100th birthday, six things everyone should know
Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:08 pm
On his centennial today, what everyone should know about Edmund Muskie '36, our iconic U.S. statesman and environmental pioneer.
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After JFK’s assassination, The Bates Student reflects a grieving community
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:21 pm
Essays, articles and poems in The Bates Student captured emotions and innocence.
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Revealed: Who coined the distinctive Bates cheer ‘Great day to be a Bobcat’?
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:39 pm
Reunion Weekend was an opportune time to discover who coined the cheer "Great day to be a Bobcat."
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Biographer of the Rev. Benjamin Mays ’20 to speak at Bates
Friday, March 22, 2013 11:30 am
Bates presents award-winning Benjamin Mays biographer Randal Maurice Jelks on March 25.
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Peter Gomes ‘cherished’ the Chapel that now carries his name
Friday, October 26, 2012 9:30 am
The Chapel became the Peter J. Gomes Chapel on Oct. 25 as hundreds gathered to remember the late preacher and teacher in words and song.