Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-12
COLBY COLLEGE
Commencement Speakers APP
pointed This Year Accord
ing to High Rank
RESULTS OF PRIZE SPEAK
ING PRELIMINARIES

Commencement speakers at Colby
will be appointed according to high
rank.
A committee from the faculty has
been appointed by the president and
these four men will select four men,
bers Of the mems division of the col
lege. who in their opinion have at
tanned high grade Of scholarship
during the four years at Colby, then
general status as speakers and orators.
The committee is composed of Presi-
dent Roberts, Professor White Of the
Greek department, Professor Wolf OF
the Department Of Economies and So
cialogy, and Professor Libbey Of the
Public Speaking Department, and also
Registrar Of the College.
The results of the preliminaries Of
the Hallowell Prize Speaking Contest
which were held last Saturday, were
announced Tuesday morning at Chapel
The final contest will be held on the
evening of Monday. May 18th. at which
time the IL men will compete for the
prizes aggregating to the sum OF one
hundred dollars. The men chosen are
all excellent speakers. The twelve
students who have been announced as
the successful contestants in the pre-
liminaries are: Eliot S. Adams. '18 of
Waverly, Mass; Roy NJ. Hayes. Is of
North Berwick; Maurice 1. Ingraham.
II of Houlton; Norman D. Latin, 10
Of Corning, N. Y; Herbert L. Newman.
10 of Weston; Jonas G. Perry, Is Of
Camden; Fred A. Pottle, II of East
Otisfield; Raymond H. Parker, '18 of
Bluehill; Oswald II. Rankin, IT of
Bristol, England; Robert E. Sullivan,
10 Of Camden. N. j.; W. L. West and
Lester E. Young, II of Ellsworth.
A meeting Of the Junior Promenade
Committee was held Tuesday morning
after chapel. The date, April Is. which
has been tentative one, has now been
officially declared as the date Of the
gala affair. Invitations will be out
very shortly, and the members Of the
committee are now busily engaged in
arranging the final details for the event.
Music will be furnished by the Col
lege orchestra of ten pieces, and the
dance will be held in the new EIks hall.
Rev. c. F. Robinson Of the Congre-
gational church led the chapel services
Tuesday. in the absence Of President
Roberts.
A well attended meeting of the Col
lege Y. M. G. A. was held in their
rooms Tuesday evening. The leader of
the evening was Paul E. Alden, '18, of
Cumberland Mills, who chose for his
topic, Militant Religion"
Wednesday morning at the usual
chapel services, one Of the prominent
members Of the student body will
speak, ION the approach Of the athletic
season. These talks, dealing with the
promotion Of athletic spirit, are becom-
ing a custom in the spring and fall,
and are accomplishing a great deal, in
bringing the men together and In get
ting a lot Of new material to come out
for the college sports.
A large number Of the students of
the college are planning to attend the
mig. Special rates have been made to
the students.
Baseball started in full earnest
Tuesday afternoon, when about 30 men
reported to Coach Lake for the first
official practice Of the year. The wealth.
er was perfect for the spring work,
and the field, while still a little wet
in some places, was in fairly good
shape after all. All the men looked
good and were working out in fine
shape. Lake went about the business
with the air Of a professional, as he
is, and soon showed the boys that he
knew his business and intended to
make some team out Of the Colby
men. The practice consisted of light
batting practice and field work, and
the 30 men were kept busy up to 5
o'clock. Graduate Manager Erwin and
Manager Bickford were easily distin-
guished on the field, where they were
bus1ly engaged in looking the ground
over. Capt. Simpson, in spite of his
recent illness, is in pretty good condi-
ton. and will doubtless be we'll able
to hold his leadership and prominent
place In the field. Baseball practice
will now be a daily event. Three can
didates were given a tryout in the
box. Shirley, Bowen and Cawley, all
having a chance to show what they
could do. one Of them looked particu-
larly good to the outsiders, Shirley per-
haps showing the best form. Behind
the bat Knox and Ashworth, the old
Coburn backstop, were given a chance
to receive the pitching and showed up
fairly we'll. The real practice will
doubtless begin within a day or two
when some Of the men who do not have
a chance to make the team will be
weeded out.
There will be a Holy week union
service at the Second Baptist church
Wednesday evening and each of the
following evenings Of the week. to SER