Bates Through News Today

We will fight the decision to cut funding to the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center, but no matter what, we will continue to increase the services we provide. We can’t let the Bates legacy die!

Ninety years ago this May, The Bates Student reported on an intercollegiate athletic competition for Bates women: an archery tournament vs. “unseen opponents….from many colleges and universities of the United States.”  The opponents were “unseen” because they didn’t travel to the Bates campus to compete, nor did Bates archers travel to theirs.  Instead, the 1931 Bates women’s archery team participated in a “telegraphic” tournament, where teams shot their bows on their own c...