Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-02
kENT'S HILL SEMINARY.
Interesting Days Marking Real Ad.
vaneement in the Lives of Students.

Kents Hill Seminary. March l.
fSpeeiaD .-President Roberts of Col
by College was at the Seminary,
Thursday and addressed the students
at chapel time on the subject of the
value of college education, He
showed that it is worth while 10 ge
to college. not only from the financial
point of view. but also for the greater
breadth of life that it affords and the
more service ole can be in the world.
The address was listened to with deep
interest by the entire student body.
The reunion and banquet of the
Central Maine Alumni Association of
the Kent's Hill Seminary will be held
at the Augusta House on the evening
of March 8. The president of the as
sociation is George Leland: the sec
rotary, Blanche NJ. Dow, Kent's Hill
The Portland Alumni Association
will hold their annual reunion and
banquet on the evening OF March p,
at the Congress Square. hotel, Port
land. The president of this assoeia-
ticn is Walter L. Russell, Gorham;
the secretary, Olive Flagg. 100 Pearl
St. South Portland.
The Boston Alugni will meet at
Youngs hotel, March -, for their 21st
annual reunion and banquet 1t is
planned to make this meeting the big
gest and best ever. The president is
Walter f. Weld, % Summer St. the
secretary. ~ T. SipprclI. 6 Beacon
ST, Boston
Miss Grace T. Parsons. preceptresS
at the seminary was i'll Lewiston, re-
Gently, visiting friends at Bates, from
which college Miss Parsons was grad
uated last year.
Miss Olivia NJ Ellington, formerly
IA teacher of shorthand and typewrit
ing at Kents Hin. is a guest of Miss
Emma Strout.
Everett McKenney of Portland. is
visiting friends at the Hill.
Caleb McCabe. who has been i'll for
several weeks past, is now steadily
improving.
Miss Hazel Merrithew of watervile,
has recently entered the seminary
Masters Robert and Ronald Newton
are spending the week at the home
of Mrs. w. w. Deming, East Poland.
a Current Events club has recently
been formed among the young ladies
of the Seminary The club members
meet every Saturday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. J. Orville Newton
Much interest is being shown in these
meetings. each member feeling that
she is learning a great deal about
what is going on in the world at the
present time.
The class iii debating and argu-
mentation recently debated the ques-
tion-Resolved: That William n. Taft
should be re- elected President of the
United States. The affirmative won,
A notable feature of the debate was
the very strong sentiment against the
Roosevelt boom.
The next issue of the Kent's Hill
Breeze will appear about the 18th of
March. AS usual, it will be full of
interesting material. The editor-in
Belyea, Caribou.
Wednesday evening, Leap Year"
social was held in the gymnasium. A
very pleasant time was enjoyed.
Rev. Albert /. Oliver of Thomaston,
who is visiting at the home of DR..
and Mrs. Wilson f. Morse. addressed
the mid week meeting of the Christian
Associations. speaking on the subjecf
of The Straight Line Life" Rev. Oil
Yer was for some years a teacher Of
Latin in the seminary. At present he
| is a pastor in Thomaston. His dis
course was both pleasing and instruc :
| tive. He showed that the we'll planned
life must have breadth and depth as
we'll as length
The joint public meetings of the
| literary societies of the school will be
held the last two Friday evenings of
1.-THE term, that of the Adelphian and
Calliopean coming on March and the