Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-06
COLBY COLLEGE.
Busy Week Ahead in Athletics, Wlttl
Numerous Events en- the Program.

defamation will be held, Tuasd y
evening. at the chapel Five meme,
/ bers from each division viii parti.t.
pate The Colby Junior League
games will be played, Friday ana
Saturday, at Alumni field. These
| games will bring to the campus ahoet
so of the students from Higgins elias e
steal Institute, Hebron AcadcmS
| Kicker Classical Institute and 60.
! burn Classical Institute. Iissns Wiz
| play Kicker, Friday morning, and IN
| the afternoon, Coburn will play He
| bron. The winners of each Gt6up WI
| play, Saturday morning, FOR TIE il
/ Nor League pcnnant. Colby Will hol
a dual meet, also. Saturday, with Holy
| Cross in WaterIile. This event NIL
| bring Il large number of athletes To
| the college. And Saturday afternoon,
| Colby will meet Bates at Alumni fiji
| in her second championship game Of
| the series During all this time the
| tennis players will be working hard
To get IN shape Tor the Intercoileeiat'e
| tournament nj Bates "Wednesday,
May II.
President Roberts and Ernest 9.
|
| reunion ana dinner of the New York
Colby Alumni Association held, Sat
urday evening. ut New York. at the
Walcott returned, Monday, 10 Wa
terXille.
Paysen Smith, State superintendent
Of schools. delivered the third n ms
series Of lectures' on public school
subjects. Monday morning. on "fhe
Contemporary Problems of The See
ondary school, before the class IN
education.
Prof. Henry ". Brown Of the Ens.
iish department., who spoke at the
Iioulton Baptist church in Areosto9k,
Sunday morning and evening. anu
also at Kicker Classical Institute. 81
Monday morning, returned, Monday,
To Waterville.
The annual Sophomore prize de
clamation contest will take place al
the college chapel, Tuesday evening.
The 10 contestants, five from the men $
division and five from the womens
division, obtained the highest rank
in the first year Rhetoric course. Two
prizes. $40 and s., are offered by the
college FOR each division. The pro-
gram: AN Appreciation of Marshall"
Olney, Lester Ferguson Murch: Her
Fathers Daughter Daskam, Marion
opnelia Stewart; .Subjugation Of the
Philippines" Hear, Paul Francis
Christopher; Wee Willie Wrinkle"
kipling, Edna Louise Stevens: "Pana-
ma Canal Tolls" Root, Robert Hussey
Williams: Americas Mission, Bryan,
Leonard Warren Grant; How the La
Rue States Were Lost" Ruth Morgan:
Miss Briddle of Bryn Mawr" Das-
kan, Helen Nelson Hanson: For the
Sheriff's Honor" Ethel Glendennine
dress" Lodge, Harold Sterling Camp
bell.
The 18th annual reunion and dinner
of the Colby New York Alumni AS
ISOLATION was held at the hotel Wal
colt, West 3lst street, Saturday eve
ming. President Roberts made the
principal address of the evening and
short speeches were made commence
rating the Tooth anniversary of the
founding of the college. The student
pody was represented by Ernesr {
Mariner '13 of Brdgton, as the guest
|of the association. A. H. Bickmore of
the Glass of '93, was elected president
of the association and Benjamin A
Couch, '06, was elected secretary and
treasurer.
The first year classes in Physics
taneht by Prof. George Ober. wera
shown over the Watervile Telephone
exc mango office by the city mana ger
Mr King, Monday morning and after
noon. The students received many
valuable helps in their study of elee-
ricits.
Marion Wyman of Damariscota. won
iiist prize and Vivienne Wright of
Wiscassett and Elenor Bradlee of
satin, won second prize, in the annual
FRESHMEN Iiamlin prize reading.
Harvey Cuhn, the ex-nationaI cham
rion amateur miller formerly with the
Irish Athletic Association Club. New
YORK, has been engaged to coach the
colby track team in place of Arthur J.
Ac''ins, who did not return to Water
vile, at the beginning of the spring
term. Conn arrived in Waterville.
Monday morning, and. in the after
noon, was on the field with an enthG-
siastic track squad numbering about 40
men, the largest of the season. COIN
has had wide experience in all
branches of the sport and is we'll quail
iied to take up the work.
On account of the dual track meet
Wita Holy Cross at Waterville. Satur-
dizzy afternoon. the championship game
With Gates, scheduled for the same
time, has been postponed. Manager
Carroll was unable. Monday evening,
to state when the game would be
played.
Colby, in Il practice game with CO.
burn Classical Institute, Monday aft
ernoon. won, 3 to 3. Stoves and Rob-
bins pitched for Colby and displayed a
fine assortment of curves. Robbins, es-
peciaiiY, is improving and doutless
Wii soon be in line for second string
pitcher The team hit much hardeii
than usual. Coburn did not score at
all until the last part of the game.
The semi-fual debate OF the. Colby
Goodwin lnterscholastic Debating
League in the Academy class will be
between Oak Grove Seminary and
Maine Central Institute. Friday. May
Is, at Pittsfield. "Womans Suffrage