Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-14

ID among the instructors Of Harvard
University. Charles Townsend cope
land has for a number of years been
instructor in English, and Henry Ride
out will now assume the duties OF as
sistant instructor in English.
The following subject was debated at
4 recent meeting held at the Presque
isle high school: Resolved That the
lives of statesmen exert "A greater IN
tiuence upon people than the llves Oh
authors" Supported on the afiirma-
tive by Walter Sloat and Florence
Perry; negative by Perley Brown and
May Phinney.
The school teachers at The Forks are
preparing for the first graduating eX-
arcises ever held in that part of Som
arset county. The exercise for West
Forks and two of the schools at The
Forks will be held at the chapel in
West Forks and those for Carratunk
md the Pleasant Pond school in The
Forks will be held in the Carratunk
chapel.
The Portland high school cadets
have elected the following officers FOR
The ensuing year: Company A, cap
tain. George w. earle; first lieutenant,
Charles X. Hail: second lieutenant,
Charles $. Briggs; Company Il. cap
tain, Harry G. Saunders; first lieuten-
ant. Charles j. Chapman; second lieu
tenant. George 8. Baker; Company &,
captain, Wallace w. Powers; first
lieutenant Philip II. Houston; second
lieutenant. Lester ". White.
The faculty of the University of
Maine have recently adopted new regu-
lationS in regard TO declarations ana
themes. The required declanationS
are. from freshmen, four in the fall
and three in the spring; from sopho-
mores and juniors. three in the fall and
two in the spring. Frequent themes
are required during the freshman year
in connection with the work in
rhetoric; in the sophomore and Junior
years, three are required III the fall
and two in the spring, in the senior
year two are required in the fall. one
theme and one defamation in The
junior year are To be in the nature Of 2
debate, in the presenc. Of the III
structor. No student is To b" allowed
to register until he has made up all un-
excused deficiencies in declarations
ana themes.
The Waterville members of the Zeta
Psi Chapter are preparing for great
and glorious time on Tuesday of colby
College commencement week next
summer when the iiftieth anniversary
of this chapters institution Will be
celebrated. The college authorities
have graciously set apart Tuesday as
the special property Of the Irta PSI
ana they will have control Of the day
themselves. The affair is in the hands
of Il committee consisting of r. Wesley
Dunn. IS: Simon $. Brown. IS; DIR. ]
+. Hill. Bowdoin. Frank H. Hubbard.
"a, and Principal John +. Nelson Of
the Waterville high school, 81. They
have selected Forrest Goodwin. SknW-
hogan. 81 for historian. and Hon j
Manchester Haynes Of Augusta, 80
will be orator unless prevented by alb
sencc on contemplated European
trip. in which cast. his place Will prob
ably be taken by Judge Harry j.
Haynes, II of Colorado. The chapter
was organized in 1850. ana among the
charter members still surviving are
Hon. lothian f. Baldwin. ~ Of Gin
cinnati: Rev Alfred owen, ID. D.. Of
Nashville Tenn: Robert +. Stratton.
NJ. D.. of st. Joseph. Mich. Stephen r
Thurston of Chicago.