Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-20
CHRISTMAS DANCES AT
'B0WDO|N COLLEGE

! Brunswick. Me-, Dec. 19.-(SpeciaD.
Five Bowdoin Greek letter societies
will hold Christmas dances Thursday
night of this week. Alpha Delta Phi
will dance to the music of Sprague's
Society Orchestra of Portland in the
Bowdoin Union. Psi Epsilon and Delta
Kappa Epsilon will have a joint dance
at the Delta Kappa Epsilon house for
which Kelly's orchestra will furnish
the music. Theta Delta Chi will hold
forth at it's own house with Stetson's
Orchestra of Brunswick supplying the
music. Zeta Psi will have the Or
pheum orchestra of Portland at its
chapter house. Most of the fraternities
are making this a double dance and
will go in force to the regular Christ
mas dance of the college at the gym
nasium Friday night. Decorations, ia
vors and specialties will all be of a
Christmas nature and present indica-
tons point to one of the largest and
most successful college dances in
years.
! Every one of the IL clubs and fra
ternities of the college passed resolu-
tons last week in favor of the newly
proposed plan for compulsory athletic
| training at Bowdoin College. All eX-
cept one fraternity were unanimously
in favor of the scheme and that one
voted 90 to =. Shortly the projectors
OF the i,lar will define the minute de-
! tails and after the college has passed
! in favor the matter will be presented
, to the faculty and if favorably re-
ceived will go into effect next year.
! The Bowdoin Art Museum has recently
received beautiful autumn landscape by
! the American artist Ben Foster from NJ: ).
j Bradbury Bedell of Philadelphia. Mrs.
. Bedell has no connection with the college,
gut gave the picture because of her de-
| light in the Bowdon art collection. a
| rare set of Maine tourmalnes has just
been added to the collection. They are
given by John A. Towne, who cut the
! gems himself.
! Through the generosity of an alumnus
the college was able to hear DR.. Frederick
"A. Cleveland, director of the bureau of
research in New York City, Tuesday
night. He talked somewhat of the work
his bureau is doing and spent the most
of his time discussing political theories.
course in advanced government and in
an informal talk urged the men to con-
| slider the governmental reform field as d
desirable life work.
| The sophomores and freshmen will have
their annual wrangle in the debating
room, Hubbard hall. Wednesday night.
The subject of the debate will be: RE
solved. That the United States Should
adopt a System of Universal Military
! Training"
: On the freshman team uphOlding the
affirmative are Joseph l.. Badger of
Pittsfield, William Congreve, Jr, of
Antrim, n. H.. Edgar c. Taylor of
Derry, n. H.. and Roger D. Skillings
of Bath, alternate. The men debating
for the sophomores are Wesley Coburn
of Lewiston, Roy Foulkc of White
Plains. n. Y. Shepley Paul of Auburn
and Russell d. Greene of Brunswick,
alternate.
The annual elections of the "Quill''
board, which has charge of the college
literary monthly, We're held yesterday
and Lloyd o. Golfer, Is, of Marinette,
Wise, and Raymond L. Atwood. 10, Of
South Paris, were chosen as new men,
bers of the board. II. Tobey Moors,
| '18. of Skowhegan, was chosen chair
man of the board. The Quill" is a
monthly paper aimed to furnish a me-
dunn for the literary life of the college
and its columns are filled largely with
short stories, essays and verse written
by the undergraduates.