Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-14
Z, WATERVILLE.
COLBY COLLEGE,
Men Decide to Organize
Colby Debating Club.
The Women Organize the Colby
Cosmopolitan Club.
Athletic Associations Financial Statement
Proves Very Gratifying.

There was a meeting of the men OF
the college after chapel, "Wednesday
noon, at which the committee having
under consideration the matter OF
forming a debating club, reported.
The meeting was presided over by
Herman b. Belts, '07,, who was tenn
porary chairman of the first meeting
held several weeks ago to consider the
matter The committee appointed at
that time consisted of Fenwicke l..
Holmes, '06; Arthur G.. Robinson, '06;
Herman b. Belts, '07; Charles p. Chip
man, 'O6. and Burr +. Jones, '07. The
report at Wednesdays meeting was
presented by F'enwicke L. Holmes,
chairman of the committee. The COM
mittce reported that it's members had
laid the matter of a debating club be-
fore the five fraternities of the mems
division and that each had agreed to
give up one Wednesday evening each
month to the session of the club which
Will meet in the college chapel. The
fraternities will hold their meetings
directly after supper, and the debating
club meeting will begin at or about
o'clock. On motion of Arthur G. Rob-
inson. the same committee was en-
powered to draft a constitution and
bylaws and report the same at later
meeting of the student body.
The women of the college have form
"a an organization to be known as
The Colby Cosmopolitan Club. 1t will
be carried on in somewhat different
lines from debating society and more
like Il woman's literary club. All wO-
men of Colby are eligible to member
hot .r bDV
of the Sororities. The present mem
bership numbers 20. The following
officers have been elected: President.
Miss Myrta Little; vice president,
Miss Mary Weeks: secretary. Miss
Myra Hardy; treasurer. Miss Dorothy
Hopson; executive committee, Misses
Lena Clark, Cora Robinson, Ella Nc
Burnie.
Elliott c. Lincoln, '07, president of
the Dramatic Club, announced that
the trials for place in the cast of
the play that is to be given, this win
ter, for the benefit of the Athletic AS
ISOLATION, will be held at O'Clock,
Saturday afternoon. Every member
OF the mems division who believes
himself possessed of any hiStrionic
| ability is urged to try for the club.
been posted on the bulletin boards in
the various college buildings, but the
schedule for the coming winter term
will be printed in pamphlet form and
distributed to the students on Satur-
day of this week, which is an innova-
ton that will be much appreciated by
the students.
The freshman reading for the WON
ems division of the college was held
Wednesday afternoon. That of the
mems division will be held on Satur-
day afternoon.
Miss Avis Luella Woods, ex-'0S. Of
Brooks, is visiting friends at Foss
hall.
Noah V. Parker, Colby, 'O2, instruc-
tor in Latin at Kicker Classical Insti-
trte. who has been visiting college
friends at the college, left, Wednes-
DAY, Tor his home at Pressure Isle.
AS Il feature of the chapel exercises
of the mems division. Wednesday noon
Herman B. Belts, '07, rendered very
effectively as a solo, Herbert john
sons Il Am a Pilgrim