Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-18


gular League, will be picked at the
Bradbury debate.
The Deutscher Verein, the honor
Any German Society, held the first
meeting of the year at the home or
Prof. Files, Tuesday evening. and
elected the following officers: Norsiten-
der (presidenp. Herbert Lorenzo Bry-
ant. -. oil Round Pond; schriftWart
Secretary, Douglas Howard Nc
Meutrie. Is, Of Noodfords: kassen-
wait (treasurer. Seward Joseph
Marsh, II of Pennington. The follow
ing committees We're also chosen:
Committee on literary exercises. Allen.
70. White, II and Gardner. ~; com
mittee ON entertainment. Torrey, u.
Braedon, Y and Eberhart, 'l3, Plans
for the years program We're discussed,
after which the meeting Was adjourn
ed. and the members spent Il social
hour The following members We're
present: 1911. Ernest G. Fitield; 1872.
James b. Allen. Arthur II. Paroher,
Lester l.. Eragdon. Carl ID. Sklliiht
True Makepeace. Richard +. White.
Reginald Foss, Herbert l.. Bryant.
seward Marsh, Ernest e. Weeks, Ed
ward w. Terrey. John y. Mitchell,
I.y6lc $. Pratt: 1913, Daniel e Gardner.
Douglas H. MeMeutrie. Faber Eber-
hart and Harold ". Miller. OF these.
Fifeld and Rowell were members, last
wear. The following were also present;
Prof. and Mrs. George T. Files and
Miss Helen Files, Prof. r. j. Ham,
Ffaulein SCHNEIDER.
The students will he very fortunate,
,rSt,,,.-.1.,,- f=,-559Tuo in HAVING tNq
privilege TO listen to Miss Sylvia
Panlthurst, the artist prison re-
former" and suffrage advocate" who
will speak in Memorial hall. Miss
Pankhurst is the daughter of Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst. the noted Eng
lish suffragette, and DIR. Pankhurst. a
leading English barrister In 1911 Miss
Pankhurst toured America. and spoke
rat over 30 meetings in the United
States and Canada, and she won the
hearts of the people everywhere that
she spoke She is the author of The
Suffragette: The History of the Mill
tant Equal Suffrage Movement" which
has had a large sale in America. Miss
Pankhurst arrived in America early
in January. and will remain until
March. Her lecture subjects are:
THE Woman Suffrage Movement
English Industrial Conditions Affect
ing Women and Prison Reform"
President William Dewitt Hyde will
write the leading articles in the Feb
ruary and April editions of the
American Youth" This magazine is
one for adult workers with adolescent
youth The titles of his articles will
be: "A Prayer for All Boys" and "A
Boys Prayer"
Four new books written by Bowdoin
professors and alumni have recently
been announced These books are;
Spiritual Songs by Professor Will
liam Henry Johnson: 1.-The First
American" by Dean Kenneth G. NJ
Sills; THE Turnpike Tavern" by Jo-
seph r. Weber. 90 and a collection
of Poems of Action" by David Por-
ter, 06
The Gibbons Club has recently
been organized, consisting of the
Catholic students in the college, of
whom there are about 20. The first
list of officers is as follows; Presi-
dent, John Lawrence Hurley, IL of
Maiden. Mass; secretary and treasur-
or, Lawrence Alden Crosby, Is. of
Bangor.
Hon. Herbert NJ. Heath of Augusta
viii address the members of the ibis
at a meeting held, Saturday, Jan. 20.
The first lecture, under the auspices
of the Ibis, will be given some time
in March by William w. Lawrence,
9S, who is now the assistant professor
of English at Columbia University.
meeting of Is Republican stu
dents of the college was held Monday
evening. in Hubbard hall and the fol-
lowing committee was appointed to
draw UP a tentative constitution and
arrange for mass meeting for pro-
posed Republican club in the college:
William r. Spinney. 10, of F'reedom
Frederick p. Simpson, ~, of Bangor,
and p. T.. White IL of Bangor.
Frank S. Rergin. 10, of Princeton.
who for the past two years has coach
ed Bowdoin's football team. today,
signed a contract to coach the eleven
next fall