Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-10-28
Collie ue NJ otes.


The Y. M. C. A. meeting Wednesday
evening was led by the Rev. Mr.. Estan,
the local Baptist minister. His subject
was 1.-The Working Value of Faith"
Prof. Wright. who was to have adj
dress the meeting on that subject, was
unable to attend on account of other
, business. The program for the next
four meetings is as follows:
Nov. /. Initiation and Roll Call.
Nov. 8. THE Bible as Companion"
Judge Weeks and Supt. Barss.
Nov. Is. IA Man Needed" Sec. J.
Sterling Moran.
Nov. %. "How One Man Saved a
Town" Prof. Everett Skillings.
The meetings this year are held in the
Hemicycle, and are proving very popu
lar.
The college foot ball team played Col
gate University at Hamilton, N. Y,
last Saturday. The score was 51-0 in
favor of Colgate. In view of the fact
that Colgate this year is in class with
Yale and other large universities, this
is not such a setback as it seems.
On the same day, scrub team from
the college played Troy Conference
academy at Poultney, in a driving rain.
The T. G. A. boys won with score of
$50.
Pres. Thomas addressed the Grange
of Lincoln, Vt, Monday evening.
The qualifying examinations for the
Cecil Rhodes scholarship at Oxford
University, England, were held in the
Pedagogy room of the college on Tues
day and Wednesday of this week, under
the direction of Prof. w. S. Burrage.
Five men took the examinations, name
ly: Wayne c. Bosworth- Middlebury
John Randall Norton, u. V. NJ. John
Schneider, u. V. M. James Herbert
Wilson, U. V. M.
The schedule of examinations was as
| follows:
Tuesday, Oct. 25.-1O a. M, Latin
: translation; p. M, Latin prose com
J position; p. M, arithmetic.
: Wednesday, Oct. 26. 10 a. M, Greek
translation; 2 p. M, Latin grammar.
$40 p. M, Greek grammar; p. M,
t algebra.
, Prof. Burrage entertained the COM
Y petitors at his home on Weybridge
e street Wednesday evening.
n The Senior class held business meet
e ing, Wednesday, at pm. in the Henri
t cycle, for the purpose of electing
q Class-Day officers for Commencement
e lie COlllliilIbCC, Will ieN
been appointed at the last meeting,
o proposed the following names: Orator
E E. S. S. Sunderland; poet, F. A. Coates
9 ivy orator, j. G. Peach; class prophecy
: Miss Eunice Smith; will and presenta
: ton, VIM. Richmond; class history
Miss Margaret French; essay, Miss
" Jennie Mcclellan; junior class marshall
. Edward l.. O'Neill, '12; class-day com
y mittee, Edwin T. Maloney, Eric B
o Barnes, Woodman, P. Harris. No othe
:, nominations were made, and the entire
Il ticket was elected. Mr.. Herbert A
Burnham has been elected editor-in
q chief of the Middebury Campus, t.
: succeed Mr.. S. S. Sunderland Mr.
: Burnham served last year as a membe
y of the editorial board
=, TRIAL DEBATE.
, The trial debate for the selection of
;, team to meet st. Lawrence Universit.
4 at Canton, N. Y, was held Wednesda.
q evening at quarter past seven in thu
q. chapel Mr.. Wilfred K. Dawson, 10
u presided. and Lawyer A. w. Dickens
Lawyer L. G. Russell and Rev. DR.. q. II
Dickinson served as judges. The ques
ton was Resolved, that intercollegiate
g. athletics are detrimental to the best in
j. terests of college life" The contestant,
k were: Affirmative, Coates, II, Coolidge
h II, Ormsbee, IA. and Avery, II. Mega
l, tive: Hubbard, IA, Smiddy, '13, Rey
a, holds, 10, and Cook, IA. Six minute
* was allowed each man for his mail
d argument and four minutes for rebuttal
d The judges chose the following men fol
is the team: John NJ. Avery, II: F. A
lie Coates, IL; Clinton S. Reynolds, l3
lie alternate, Alvin w. Coolidge, II.
er The debate was unusually well attend
h ed, about ninety people being present
d The interest shown by the girls of thu
Lp cnllena WAS most O rat flying.