Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-10
BOWDOiN COLLEGE NOTES.
Gift of 500 Bcoks-CoIege Jury-The
Debating Course.

Brunswick, Me-, Oct. 9.-The Bowdoin
college library has recently had over
500 volumes placed on its shelves, the
books being the gift of the family of
The late Thomas fash of Portland.
These books comprised his educational
library and contain many works of in
terest. Mr.. fash was for many years
superintendent OF schools in Portland.
The Bowdoin College jury will be
made up as follows this year, the cleo
ton of the member from the junior
class having SO far completed it that it
has met "for organization. The next
meeting will be held Nov. 2. The jury
is composed of the following students
representing classes and fraternities as
follows: George Colby burlington, Jr., of
Pennington, foreman, representing AL
pha Delta Phi; Myrton Asa McRae of
Machias. secretary representing the
senior class; Wilbur Garfield Roberts
of Alfred, representing Psi Epsilon,
George Everett Kimball of Northeast
Harbor, representing Delta Kappa Ep-
silon, Edwin LaForest Harvey of Beth
el, representing Theta Delta Chi. Theo-
dore Woodman Cunningham of Bucks
port. representing Zeta Psi. Ralph
Stanley Smith of NeWbUrG, represent
ing Delta Epsilon, Galen Wentworth
Hill Of Buxton representing Kappa
Sigma, George Dudley Martin of Cam
den, representing Beta Theta Pi, Don
aid Cameron White OF Lewiston, repre-
senting the Junior class Phillips Kim
ball OF Bath, representing the Fresh
man class. The representatives from
the Sophomore class and these students
not belonging to any fraternity have
not been elected.
At meeting of the imitation COM
nittees of the eight fraternities repre-
scented at Bowdoin last week, it was
voted to hold limitations Friday evening
| Oct. 16.
The following class officers have been
| appointed: Prof. Alfred Lewis Pinneo
Dennis for the senior class, Prof. George
| Taylor Files for the juniors, Prof
Charles Clifford Eutchins for the
| sophomores and Prof. William Albion
Moody for the freshmen.
! Saturday forenoon the second game
| in the Sophomore Freshmen baseball
series will be played on Whittier field.
| The Sophomores Won the first game,
last Saturday. s to Z. In the afternoon
Bowdoin and Exeter will meet here for
their annual football game.
Thirty eight men have elected the
course in debating which is offered at
Rowdoin college this term. This num-
Der is an increase of more than a third
over the number that took the course
last year. The course this year will be
much better than that offered year
ago. the teachers having had the eX-
porience Of q year in the work The
debates are to be divided between po-
iitical and economic subjects. Prof.
Alfred l.. p. Dennis having charge of
the first and Prof. Roswell c. McCrea
of the second. A great deal of interest
is being taken in the course. The de-
bates will be held every Tuesday even
ing in the new lecture room in Hubbard
Hall. Each man will be obliged to de-
bate twice during the term and to
speak from the floor four times. The
following list of subjects for the de-
bates have been announced:
Oct. 49, Resolved, That Canada
ought to be annexed to the United
States.
Oct. 90. Resolved. That the great
industrial combinations known as trusts
are likely to prove of benefit to the
wage Garner.
Oct. 81. Resolved. That the General
Government should enforce the Four
teenth and Fifteenth amendments so
as to secure Negro Suffrage.
Nov. 10. Resolved, That the United
States would be justified in regarding
the peaceable cession of st. Thomas by
Denmark to Germany as a violation of
the Monroe Doctrine and a cause for
war with Germany.
Nov II. Resolved, That in municipal
elections in the United States there
ought to be a moderate property quail
fication for suffrage.
Dec. 8. Resolved. That in the Web
ster-Hayne debate Webster's view OF
the constitution was historically more
correct than that of Hayne.