Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-10
WATERVLLE.
COLBY COLLEGE.
The Debating Society Is
Now An Assured Fact.
Much Illness Among the Stu
dents, Faculty and Alumni.
Annual Athletic Exhibition al Early Dale
RrGA Interest in Boxing.

The Colby Debating Society is now
| a fact. At a meeting of the student
| body Tuesday noon after chapel. the
| constitution and bylaws which have
been un!er the consideration Of :. joint
committee OF the faculty and the stu
dent committee, Fenwicke L. Holmes
| 'G5. Of Lincoln. Herman r. Belts '01, of
| Houlton, presided over the meeting.
| The new constitution provides that
the name of the now club shall be the
Colby Debating Society. This is Il
change from the organization of several
! Years ago, which was known as the
! Colby Debating Club. The membership
| is open to all the students of the mems
! division Of the college The constitution
! provides Tor 4 president. vice president,
| secretary, treasurer and standing COM
| mittCc, WHO have the usual duties. The
! standing runnittGc Will consist of the
president Of the society eX-oflicio. two
| members from the faculty and TWO
| from the faculty and TWO from the
| members q the club. This committee
| win suggest To the club questions for
! del bate. special exercises. etc, and Sc
! lccts the speakers for the subjects as
! signed. TIL, term of office is to be one
! college term.
Amendment Of the constitution is
provided fer and may be made at any
regular meeting Of the club by q two
thirds vote Of the members present.
! ms arrangement WAS thought bcSt
ouinc TO The fact that the meetings Of
the society will at first be held only
once :. meath.
Ire by-iaWs pFoNlde tA2t thf meet
Hess oil tie society shail De hcid on the
second Nedresday OF c&ch month III
TIE cohcSe th2fcl or III such place as
lhe st"lialiIS committee si!a'i Hcclde. as
Is usual, ciectlpes are 70 pc by written
! half The active members. Final action
on m amendment by the bylaws shall
DC postponed to the next regular meet
| Jig. CUShinG's Manua! is the parlla-
mcntaTy authority of the society.
Ono Interesting paragraph in the by
| laws is that relating to fines. Each
member of the society must take part
in the exercises when called upon by
the standing committee. unless able to
| furnish 4 satisfactory excuse Failing
To 10 this hc shall forfeit 80 cents for
each offence. Members refusing to pay
this forfeit or failing to DO 50 within
three weeks after notification shall be
stricken from the membership roll
Members thus expelled can only be ad-
mittcG again By tWn-thirds vote of
the members present at any regular
n, cling.
The officers Of The club will be elect
ed 1T a m"..tirS to 10 held sometime
during tho present week Of which due
notice Will b. given.
in. flrst regular meeting nr tho ~
ci,tv viii ~ bold "Wednesday evening"
Feb. II. ana from the interest that il
manifested viii receive as much at
tention as ,ln into!-class debate.
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The college community was saddcncd
al the chapel scrVic" Tuesday by the
announcement OF the apparent hope
l"ssness Of the illness of Cecil W. Clark.
who was graduated from Colby last
| June. President White spoke feelingly
Of the young mans sterling character
ana expressed the hope deeply felt by
every colby student that he may re-
| cover.
| Tie college seems To I've somewhat
airicted at present among students,
| faculty. ana alumni Prof. William Por-
| ger fefk mas hech Ill ut Portland and
has rot vet taken up tn" work Of tn"
! term Alfred NJ. Fry" %. sub-princi-
| ral Of Leicester Academy. Leicester,
Mass, WAS seriously burned while Of
| tiriating at Christmas tree ana hoy
| rcd several days between life aid
death. II is understood that he is on
The road I" recovery although nc is still
very i'll from the effects Of his terrible
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