Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-09
Colby College.

All friends of Colby will be in.
.terested to learn the result of the
"Golby Christmas" that was SO assid-
Sousiy conducted by President Roberts.
There were 245' contributors and their
gfffs have amounted to $4045 In ades,
tiol,to the money gifts, the college DC
eeived, son Christmas morning. from
two generous Waterville friends, the
deed OF a piece of land adjoining the
.,Fpss Hall property. easily worth s200s;
The land will probably be used to eHE'
large the Foss Hall athletic fields Or
,perlia ps for the erection of a GYM
nasinm for the Women's division
(which, today, is one. of the most press
ms needs of thp college.
:. Payson Smith, State superintendent.
of public schools, has .peen Secured to
give 4 series of six ifssressinE lectures
before the class in tss&atien which
will be taught by Presi1e sRoberfs,
next semester. F'ollektxg are the
~ and Subjects: Mondsy, AprilE.
-.Ehe School sagd the CaAmuniry";
p islg,ii of sss.,flefssentny sahsof!;
Monday, AprA 81. -.v2htemporary.
i'ooieis " eise -?estt;.sktii yS,x f r
MondaSs; 4ebsr Z Tbs ses endent
and and the al, IS. Z, :;
THE Sfaffs ND ssts@h. u :,
+" The Colby -Chesss ClHh 2 Wee nes(faSe
afternoon. at the Delta KsSpa Espeimn
house, adopted a &nstitutson.atd by
laws as presented. : by. ghe Executive
committee 1t vas Ssited that sin the
tournament each contestantsnfuet play
eaeh other contestantsS1 O. Sames and
that each man Inus arrange his vari-.
Gus games. All games Jgets be. played
before the close Of, the, winter term.
The first same 81 the ehess .touma-
s.f,sesst was. PLAYED ttetwet.n Ray q
Young, 10 IF qsasfpsrt Mn, and
Everett y Yymaa "A, of Appolaug,
r. L. ant.was woS.by the forrner.
- A ine&ing 81 she members ssof The
Colby Higgins Club wiz BE held,
Thursday AFTERNOON, at the ALPHA Tau
.6mega house for. the purpose of eleet.'
ing officersand plahning sochh events,
for the YEAR
Ernest ". Pratt. Of. Barre. Mass, is
one Of the TqonItors Of the s5phomore
class instedd Sof eHenry Eaton ST
Whitehead = H. dsSsas announced
!. Charles J. Kepble; 10, of Mont Yer
non N: ". art editor Of the cclbys
Oracle. the.'student year book, an
'nounces that students wishing to con-
tribute DRAWINGS SHOULD begin work
upon them at once.
Regular .gehearsals of the Clubs of
the Women's Division will begin. this
week. under the leadership of Francis
Pollard, Is. OF oldtown.
Winter track wSrli is now on in
'earnest. Wednesday about 20 men
reported for relay practice on the
outdoor summing track At least 10
more men are expected to be on hand
for work by Thursday. The prospects
of developing aswinnpg relay team
fors the Boston Athletic Association
Meet, at which Colby will probably
run against~ Bates, according TO
Coach Adams, are better and brither
than any year past, ...asss
Swing to an epidemic of sickness
among the men students of the col
lege, which, in times past has greatly
conflicted with the routine recitation
work of the college, President Rob
erts has deemed it eXpedient to 'ap.
point several assistant college physi-
clans, who will report all cases of
Sickness to him, the regular college
physician. The amusing part of this
unfortunate circumstance is that only
a few of the students are ever III. and
they are the ones who find it con-
venient to be absent from recitauohs.
h.. Of iS+a mt
physicians, President Roberts hopes
to reduce the amount of sickness AT
once: Beach, '13, carroll, IS. Hunt
Is. Kepple, '13. Mariner. '13. Me
Ghee, Is.
/. Norman Merrill IA, who has been
attending the National convention of
the Phi Delta Theata fraternity i'll
Chicago, as the representative of the
Colby Chapter, returned to Water
VILE, Wednesday.
The last issue of the Echo contains
resolutions from the Commons Club
on the death of the father of Ches-
ter f. Wood, IA Woburn, Mass
which resulted from a railroad acct
dent, Saturday. 1t is not knnwn
whether Wood will return to college
| to complete the year.
AAsletter from Clark College has
| just been received by the secretary
of the debating society, Ray l. Has
/ kell, IA, of Bethlehem, n. H., ex-
| tending an invitation to join in an
! intercollegiate debate. 1t is expected
! that the Colby Debating Society will
vote to accept the challenge.
The speaking of excerpts of Their
| debates by the members of the class
( in augmentation, which was to have
/ taken place. "Wednesday, was post
! poned.
An important meeting of the Stu
dent Council will be held, Thursday
afternoon.
Ernest Simpson, '16, Waterville, who
has been absent from Rotations for
several weeks, has returned to col
lege.