Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-21
COLBY COLLEGE
Junior Colby League Baseball
and Goodwin Interscholas-
tic Debate Today-Musi-
cal Clubs Slate Named
college Notes

Baseball players from Higgins, Rick
er, Hebron AID Coburn will clash Fri
dav afternoon on Alumni field in the
rrelminarics of the Colby Junior
League series fn.' the State Champion
ship. Seventy odd boys Will be the
guests. Of the college over the week
end and in addition 10 The usual Jun
ior League games there will be the
Goodwin intcrscholas site debate Friday
afternoon and evening, and tho Colby
Naine gam" Saturday afternoon. Hig-
gins and Kicker viii face each other
I at 100 Friday. This viii be followed by
what ought to be one of the best games
. of the Year, Hebron and COburn. CO.
burn is conceded by MANY to have one
. Of tho hest baseball teams in the State
but Hebron has a large number Of
! hackers who believe that the academy
boys can repeat their victory of last
spring and last fall. The winners of
the Friday afternoon games will take
part in the finals Saturday morning.
.:o9nt Mica, interesting because of
its many mineral deposits. will be Wis
tied Friday morning by the geological
class, taught by Prof. II. c. Little. The
class Will leave early in the day for
Lewiston by train. and after making
q brief stay in the city will go to the
mountain for what will he the first field
trip Of the year Last season the class
made Very successful and enjoyable
trip TO Bar Harbor.
Mrs. Alice Bramhall, who has been
visiting her son Ralph Is, has returned
to her homo in Belfast
Bound in a modest shade of green.
enliyened by gold lettering, the 1915
Oracle. the college year book. has
made its first appearance. The volume
is dedicated to DR.. Anton Marauardt,
professor Of German. The editor-in-
chief. Ray c. Young, Is, has spent
much time in assembling one of the
best chronicles of college activities that
has been put ont in many years. AL
bert F. McMackin, Is, and Miss B.
Antoinettc Ware. '16. have contributed
several very clever pen sketches that
are no small part of the book attrac-
tiveness. Baseball, football. track, ten
mis-, sectional clubs, the musical clubs
and, in fact, every college activity
comes in for its share of consideration.
The Senior pictures and slams are
vel! arranged and occupy good por-
ton Of attention. Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity is the only organization not
represented in the Oracle Association.
but with a revision of the constitution
1t will probably re-join next year.
The food gates of youthful oratory
are scheduled to open at $50. FRIDAY
the Goodwin Interscholastie debates
will be held in the college chapel one
hundred dollars in prizes. the gift of
the late Hon. Forrest Goodwin of the
class of 1887, will be awarded to the
first and second teams s75 to the win
hers and SIS to the losers in the finals.
In years past it has been customary
to have long series of debates with
schools in the league at various
points in the state, but this year a
change was brought about whereby all
the teams are assembled at the COL
lege at one time and debate the same
question. At 100 teams representing
Bangor High school, Bar Harbor High
and Madison High will advance argu
ments in the chapel on Resolved.
That Military Drill Should Be Made
Compulsory in All High Schools" All
of the three teams will speak on the
affirmative. On the floor above in
Memorial hall, Hebron Academy, Co.
burn Classical Institute. Erskine
Academy. Foxcroft Academy and
Maine Central Institute will have
speakers present the negative side Of
mi
in the best showing in each group will
be picked for the finals in the even
Ing. The judges for the High school
group will be Prof. Alan d. McKill-