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Quiz 19 63

Sixty years ago, a cranky Lewiston alderman demanded that the city stop providing this freebie to Bates. What was Bates getting for free?

Answer : For years, about a dozen outdoor campus lights were powered by a municipal transformer. In 1963, the Lewiston newspaper reported that an alderman wanted the free power stopped, but the record doesn’t say if he was successful.

Something

You Didn’t Know You Needed from the Bates College Store

Bobcat Cribbage Board $49.99

Mallow Yallow

This is the Dinosaur Hal squishmallow, and his home is the volleyball team’s locker room. “He’s like a team squishmallow,” says Ellie Asada ’26 of Honolulu, Hawaii.

I’ll Be Back Again

Snow, pine needles, a twig laden with berries, and a pine cone brought this snowman to life in December, though he was long gone by January. The sun got warm and, well, you know the rest of the story.

President-elect

Garry W. Jenkins takes a look around the Historic Quad on March 6 during his first official visit to campus.