Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-20
COLBY COLLEGE
Murray Prize Debate C0ntes-
tants Now Hard at Work.
Goodwin InterschOlastic Con-
test Set for April 20-L. d.
Hemenway, IT, Wins S15O
Scholarship

James Fl, Dunn IS of Scituate, Mass.
who was committed to the SISTERS HOS
initial FIVE weeks ago and has since SUP
,nitted to two operations. was 1orceo u
undergo a third and more serious one
sunday. Mondays report stated very
serious condition, and one or no certain
~ as to the outcome of the effects.
H.niamin s. Hanson 10 or SANFORD
Ms been committed to the sisters
hospital for treatment for a rev Gays
Tbis wears Murray Prize Debate IS
announced Tor Friday Aprll 10 Inc
teams have been picked and are Tow
hard at work on their material Inc
Question to he debated is: Resolved
that the United states should estaolish
= urotectorate over Mexico Earle >.
TYLER 10 OF Harrington. Richard l..
, Snrague is of Waterville and cecil
A Rollins II will uphold the atf1rma-
tive Of the debate against Phlnelas r.
Barnes 10 Of Houlton, Isaac ID. Love IL
of Homecoming, Md, and John roster
Choate 10 of Cambridge Mass me
sum of SIS will be divided equally
among the winners and the losers Will
divide s25 1t is expected that George
Calvin Murray 70, the donor Oh the
prizes. will be present to award them
this year
me eighth annual Goodwin inter-
scholastic contest is announced Tor the
afternoon and evening of Friday. April
| 90. 1917 The prizes aggregatlng sloo
are given in memory OF the late hoIi'
Forrest Goodwin 81. Thirteen schools,
the largest number ever represented IN
1.-The Goodwin contest will compete Tor
the honors this year. They are divided
! into two groups with the following IN
diyidual coaches from the course debat-
ing 5.
| Group A-Bangor P. P. Barnes 10;
Fairfield l. D. Love 10; Madison, W.
r. Peterson 10: Bar Harbor, Ii. u.
Boardman Is; Belfast, P. E. Alden l9:
| Rumford, G. F. Hendrix 10; Waterville,
! J. F. Everett II; Lewiston, b. S. Han
son 10.
| Group B-Coburn Classical Institute
r. L.. Sprague Is; Hebron Academy, E.
s. Tyler 10: Maine Central Institute, j.
F.. Choate 10: Oak Grove Seminary, c.
A. Rollins II; Thornton Academy, r.
w. Smith Is.
Announcements concerning the an
nual Lyford interscholastic prize
speaking contest to be held May IL
have been issued by Professor Libby.
This contest is open to young men at
tending preparatory schools in Maine.
New Hampshire and Massachusetts,
the only restriction being that applica-
ton must be made to the registrar of
he college one month before the date
set Four prizes of $40. $50, $12 and
So are offered and each Of the II con-
testants taking part in the final
speaking will be awarded a medal. 1t
| is expected that the contest this year
will be one of the largest in recent
years.
The fact that the class in public
speaking numbers AZ members will
make the Hallowell prize speaking this
year Of more interest than usual. All
the members of the class will compete
in the preliminaries which will be held
April 10, and IL men will be chosen
to participate in the finals which will
occur Friday evening. May 4.
! On the Recommendation Of Professor
T. B. Ashcraft of the Colby mathe-
mates department Leland |. Hemen-
way II. has been offered a scholar
ship of $3.50 to pursue graduate work
at Johns Hopkins University. The
granting of this scholarship is a new
departure at. the university and Mr.
Hemenway is fortunate to receive the
offer. Mr.. Hemenway has been the
college tutor during the past three
years and has met with great success
in his work His home is in South
Hope
The regular meeting Of the Colby
Chemical Society was held Monday
evening with a large attendance. A
feature Of the program was a paper on
1.-THE Constitution Of the Atom" by DR..
| Caswell.