Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-12-05
At BQWDOIN.
College Minstrel Show
Will Be Given Jan. e.
Pres. Hyde Sailed From Europe
Yesterday For Home.
Program and Outline For Debating
Announced Wednesday.

Brunswick, Me, Dec. 4.-(SpeciaD.-
Manager Kenneth Tefft has placed the
date of the Bowdoin College Minstrel
show for Wednesday evening. Jan. %.
at the Brunswick Town hall. The Min
strel show is held to help in raising
money for the baseball team. Last year
the show scored an immense hit under
the name of ''The Bowdoin Tars." Ar
rangements are being made for the
presentation of the minstrel in some
other city, probably Augusta.
Robert A. Toothacher, who has SO
successfully conducted the rehearsals
of the former minStrels, has again been
secured for this year and will start in
Immediately with drilling the chorus
and end men. 1t is planned to have
d chorus of 50 of the students. The fol-
lowing four well-known end men have
been selected for the end seats: Ralph
Smith of Augusta: Thomas Shcehan of
Portland: Walter Lee of Greenville, Ill;
and Neal Cox of Portland. Captain
Crowley of the past seasons football
team has been selected for interlocuter.
A strong olio will also be a feature
of the show, and all but two of the acts
| have already been chosen. The follow
| ing acts have thus far been selected:
Frank Kendrie. violinist; Bert Morrill,,
Indian club swinging; Mikleslly broth
ers in a new Dutch sketch and ole
! Boyce in a Inonologue.
President William De Witt Hyde
sailed today from Europe and will soon
in enEGnJr
will not resume active work again until
after the Christmas vacation. Presi-
dent Hyde has gained rluch in strength
from his trip abroad and he will re-
turn to his college in good health and
| fully recovered from his severe sick
ness of last winter
It has been announced that the Name
branch of the New England Classical
Association will meet on the first Fri
day and Saturday in February.
! Professor William T. Foster attended
the meetings of the New England Col
Iege Association while he was III Bos-
| ton.
The program and outline for the work
in debating for the coming year was an
nounced last evening by W. L. Foster,
nrofessor of augmentation. The debates
will take place in Hubbard hall. The
following subjects have been assigned to
the different men:
Dec. 17-"Secret Societies in Public High
schools Should Be Abolished" Aftirma-
tive, Harris Stahl; negative, Atwood,
Merrill
Jan. For the State of Maine the
Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic Is Pre-
'ferable to High License" Affirmative.
Marsh, Fisher; negative, Buck, F. Pen
nell.
Jan. 14-"Bowdoin College Should Have
a College Commons" Affirmative. f. 7.
Smith, Boyce; negative, Stone. Robinson.
ian. o1-"Common Civil Reciprocity with
Canada Would Be Economically Advan-
| tageous to the United States" Aftirma-
tive, HYDE, Kougan; negative, Hinckley,
CHM.
Jan. 24-"The Recommendations of the
Simplifed Spelling Board Should Re
Adopted by the American People" Af-
firmativc. Clark. Ready; negative. Estes.
! Timherlake.
Jan 2s-"Cities of Over $4,000 Inhabit-
ants Should Own and Operate Their Own
Street Railroads. Affirmative, r. Pen
nell Shehan: negative, McDade, Burton.
Alternative, Brewster.
The following men have been selected to
preside at the meetings: Marsh. Atwood
Harris, Stahl, R. Pennell and Clark.