Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-17
Teachers Sought for Taft
School Among Students.
Portland Man Selected for
Chief Editor Of Orient.
Class Of 1910 Celebrates Joyous.
Iy End Of Compulsory Gym"


Charles Howard Taft, brother of
President William II. Taft, visited
Brunswick this afternoon in order to
confer WITH President William Dewitt
Hyde OF Bowdoin College in regard to
securing teachers for the Taft School
OF which he is in charge The brother
was the CUES, Of Bowdon for only
few minutes, but made great impress
sion on the faculty and those OF the
undergraduate body who were fortu-
nate enough 10 meet him. The Taft
school is located in Connecticut and
has Justly earned right to the famous
name that it bears. When seen this
afternoon just before leaving Tor Bos-
ton Mr.. Taft expressed himself as be-
ing very we'll satisfied with his trip to
Brunswick and BowdOin College.
The Glass of 1910 which is to grad
uate in June held its last Gymnasium
this afternoon. The event was cele-
brated as no previous class that has
ever completed the four years of COM
pulsory gym" Clad in pajamas OF
varied hues and in stiff hats and rub
her boots the. Senior class httinSly
forgot their usual dignity and rejoiced
at the first approaching of the end
Of college life.
Accompanied by the college band
they marched about the campus,
cheering the various halls and dorm
tories as we'll as members of the fac
ulty. stopping to listen to speeches by
hers of the class At the END of the
marcr they returned to the gym
where they sang Aud Lang Syne.
1t was fitting close for Their sylnnas-
ium course.
The Rowdoin Orient Editorial board
has been chosen as follows:
Editorial board, Lawrence Mctar-
land IL, Portland, editor-in -chlel;
managing editor, Walter Anterior ful-
Ter u, Bangor.
Associate Editors---William Riley
cninrAy 70, Freedom; Harold Perry
Vannah IL Winslow's Mills; Joseph
Curtis White II, Bangor; EDWARD
Warren Shelton II, West BrooksVilie;
South Fra,ningham. Mass Leon EF-
ereft Jones '13. Portland; Nerd Rusell
Icavitt IL. Wilton: Douglass Howard
McMurtric is. Portland.
p,isiEeSs manager. John IiDhy Cur
lis II. Camden; assistant business
manager, Harold Charles AShcE ~
Leicester. Mass.
Professor Wilmot II. Mitchell OF the
Department Of Rhetoric ana ofalorH
ot Bowdoin College has issued Il can
for candidates for the speaker I"
represent BoWdoin at the lfSt COM
nctition in the New England inter-
collegiate Oratorial League to be helo
in Amherst, Mass, during the MS,
week in May In this competitive
snoal,inm one representative from
each of the five cOlleges-Amherst,
Rowdoin, Brown, Wesleyan and Will
li.ms-will deliver an original Grafton
not more than 1900 words in length.
This league was formed this year
and this is TO be the first annual con-
test: The speaking being held at each
college in the membership in rotation
bv alphabetical order, the contest be-
ing held in Brunswick next year. lhe
purpose of this league is to develop
interest and proficiency IN oratory III
the colleges which are members, by
instituting an annual lntercQlleSlate
contest At the close of each contest
the secretary treasurer of the past
wear and the newly elected president
and secretary treasurer shall take the
percentage grades given by all of the
five Judges for each contestant. The
orators shall be ranked l, =, }, etc. by
each iudge-the orator having the
highest percentage grade to be ranked
/. the next highest percentage 2, etc
The total number of ranks of all the
Judges shall be added and the orator
whose grand total is smallest shall be
declared first. the next second. etc.
The judges have no consultation after
the contest. If, however, any orator
shall receive majority of first ranks,
r., shall be declared first irrespective
of his total rank.
A gold medal is awarded to the
prize winner, struck from the official
die
The preliminary speaking contest at
Bowdoin will be held in Memorial hall
on Monday, April II. when a commit
tee of the faculty will select the
speaker to represent Bowdoin. Com
mencement or '6S prize speaking parts
may be used in this competition, and
it is open to any student in college.
c. F. Gates, d. d.. LII. D., president
of Robert College of Constantinople.
Turkey, who accompanied by his wife
has been visiting his son, Herbert +.
Gates, 10, during the past week,
brings very pleasant news of the sue
cess of Max Pearson Cushing, 90, of
Bangor. who last year went to the far
eastern college to teach. Robert
College. founded by DR.. Cyrus Ham,
lin, BOwdoin graduate. has over 400
students of from ten to fourteen ma
tioEalities. among which are Greeks,
Armcnians, Turks Russians, Ser
vians. Montenegrans, Macedonians,
Arabs. Persans. Kourds. Roumanians,
Austrians and English. The instruc-
tors in the institution are of nearly as
many nationalities. Americans and
English being in the majority. Among
these young men of whom the greater
number are from the higher classes
Mr.. Gushing is teaching music this
year and in addition will next year
teach Englisir-or history. DIR. Gates
in an interview said that Mr.. Cushing
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