Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-03
freshmen Winners Of tho
InieTcIass Debate.
New England Delta Epsilon to
Meet Here IN 1910.
Theta Chapter, Alpha Kappa Kappa
70 Meet At Portland.

Brunswick. Me-. May 1.-(SpeciaD.-As
result of the iHterclass debate. the Gull
mnation of the movement started by Ed
gar o. Achorn of the Glass of 1851. who
offered the cups which have been on eX-
hibition in the library for the past week
to the winners of a debate between the
two lower classes, the Glass Of 1912 has
come off victorious in the first debate OF
this kind held at Bowdoin. Mr.. Achorn
has always been interested in debating
activities and has shown his interest in
this first contest not alone by offering the
cups, but by leaving his business to come
here from Boston to preside over the de-
bate
The question was: "Resolved. That the
System of Trial by Jury Should Be Abol-
ished." 1911 upheld the affirmative with
the following men speaking in the order
named: A. II. Cole, j. c. White and w.
+. Merrill. The speakers for the Fresh
men were B. c. Rodick. E. L. Maloney
and II. L. Bryant. f. G. Fifield IL and
w. A. Fuller ~ were the alternates. The
judges We're President William Dewitt
Hyde, Professor Henry L. Chapman and
Dean Alfred Mitchell Of the Medica!
School
The New England convention and BAN
quet of Delta Epsilon Fraternity has this
year Just been held with the Amherst
Chapter The delegates from the Bow
coin Chapter were Roy c. Harlow 90 and
Ralph l.. Thompson TO- Upon invitation
of the Bowdoin Chapter the convention
named Brunswick as the place of its next
meeting. which will take place in April.
1910. The colleges represented by the
New England convention of Delta Epsilon
are Harvard. Tufts, Technology. Amherst.
Williams, Middlebury, Brown, Colby and
Eowdoin. The last time a fraternity con-
vention was held at Bowdoin was in 1906,
when the Bowdoin Chapter of Alpha Del
Ia Phi entertained the national convention
of that body.
Theta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Kappa
Fraternity of the Medical School of Maine
will hold its annual installation of Off
GERS and banquet at the Congress Square
hotel, Portland. May 8. In the afternoon
the officers are to be installed, after
which a reception will be rendered the
honorary members. A business meeting
il, also to be held and in the evening
banquet will be served with DIR. Francis
]. Welsh of Portland as POSTMASTER. Pa
pers are to be read by several promi-
nent physicians and plans for the enter
tairment of the national convention of
the Alpha Kappa Kappa Fraternity to be
held in Portland the latter part of Decem-
Der are to be discussed. The committee
in charge of the banquet May is COM
posed of Adam p Leighton. Jr.. 90.
James r. Cox 90 and Frank Mikelsky 10.
At the last meeting of the Senior class
held in Memorial hall Harold n. Marsh
of Dixfield was elected class historian In
place of Thomas F. Sheehan of Portland.
who will not be able to graduate with his
class because of sickness. The class also
voted to adopt the suggestion of the I'm
dergraduate Council and wear caps and
gowns to Sunday chapel and caps on
week days during the remainder Of the
year. This custom is also being intro
duced at Dartmouth this year.