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150 Years
150 Years
A Brief History
Enduring Values in a Changing World
Works Consulted
Faith by Their Works: Our Progressive Tradition
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Bates Greats
Benjamin E. Mays
Charles F. Phillips
Clifton D. Gray
Donald W. Harward
Edmund S. Muskie
Euterpe Boukis Dukakis
F. Brooks Quimby
George C. Chase
Henry Chandler
Jonathan Y. Stanton
Lavinia M. Schaeffer
Mary W. Mitchell
Oren B. Cheney
Thomas Hedley Reynolds
Bates History: Month by Month
January
January Slideshow
January 1958: The Winter Carnival torch tradition
January 1920: The Outing Club's winter birth
February
February Slideshow
Bates debates Harvard at City Hall
February 1983: The final episode of "M*A*S*H"
March
March Slideshow
Puddle Jump
Maine wins
April
April Slideshow
April 1968: Benjamin Mays delivers King eulogy
Winning decade at the Penn Relays
May
May Slideshow
May 1966: The first Short Term
Skiing Lake Andrews
June
June Slideshow
June 1993: ‘College Bowl’ champs reunite at Reunion
June 1914: The first Reunion Alumni Parade
July
July Slideshow
July 1998: The Lake Andrews restoration
July 1943: The Navy arrives
August
August Slideshow
August 1995: A tragic death, a hopeful legacy
August 1957: The dismantling of Sampsonville
September
September Slideshow
September 1973: A new library for Bates
September 1857: The Maine State Seminary opens
October
October Slideshow
October 1969: Muskie '36 speaks at the Bates Moratorium
October 1947: The Fire of 1947
November
November Slideshow
The assassination of President Kennedy
November 1956: A State Series victory for football
November 1854: Oren Cheney takes a step toward a new college
December
December Slideshow
December 1981: William Worthy ’42 vs. the Feds
December 1946: A bowl bid for Bobcat football
December 1941: America enters World War II
Maine Honors Bates’ 150th
Joint resolution passed by the Maine Legislature
Maine Gov. John Baldacci’s "Bates College Day" proclamation
Sesquicentennial Slideshow
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