Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-12
COLBY COLLEGE
Annual Lyford Interscholastic
Prize Speaking Contest-List
of neutrality-suspicious. Dec
lamation Prizes - News of
''Chick" Fraser's Passing

| The annual Lyford interscholastic prize
speaking contest was held Friday after
noon and evening at Colby College. This
annual contest is open to the preparatory
school men Of this State and New Hamp-
shire. Special prizes Of $50, SIS, SIS and
$40 were awarded, the gift of VIII Hart
ford Lyford of the class of 1879. OF Chica-
go. About 80 men from all over the Stale
and New Hampshire began congregating
at the campus Thursday night and by
Friday noon all the contestant had arr1v-
! ed. The various fraternity houses had
! "open house for the visitors and enter
tanned the speakers during their stay In
the college. Friday afternoon the prelm-
inaries were held in crops before the sew
eral boards of judges. All the speaking
was of the highest order and did great
honor to every school represented. The
complete list of speakers was as follows:
Ninal Boynton Merrill, Hartley F. Simp-
son. Reynold Warren GRAHAM, Lynwoo:
Winter Fisher. Earle l.. Bacon. Charles
Edwin Hollis, Warren Hubert Presley,
Ernest William McCrackn. Earl S.
Grant, Louis Hodgkns Haskell. Carl
Aphraim Pearson, Ernest o. Cobb. Archie
Robinson, Ashley l.. Bickmore Samuel
c Buker, Virgil Goodrich, Norman w
Haines. George B. Waistenholme, Robert
Dennen Newton. Joel Erastus Taylor
Willard Jennys. Stanley r. Black, Waite
Wentworth Clyde E. Russell, F. King
Turgeon, Raymond Arthur Melen.
George a. Waldron, Charles Harold
Skilings. A. Stanley Cayting, Donald
Buring. Norman Deane Dunbar.
The preparatory schools represent
ed include Maine Central Institute.
Portsmouth, \. H., high school. CO.
burn Classical Institute, Fort Fair
field high school, Kent's Hill Semina-
~. Sl1owhegan high school. Belfast
high school, Thornton Academy Hig-
gins Classical Institute Edward Lit
tic high school, Colby. (N. H.) Acade-
nv, Clinton high school, Leavitt in
stitute. Bangor high school, Good VIII
high school, Carton high school, West
Paris high school, Hebron Academy,
Titon q. H) Seminary, Erskine
Academy.
I Friday evening a "get-tocether" for
the preparatory school men and col
,aca men was held at the Commons
clubhouse, where q general social hour
was INDUCED in, an informal program
being carried out. First prize in the
mems division Of the annual Sopho-
more defamation was awarded to
Isaac D. Love 10 Of Sonaconning. Md.
second to Sidney p Wyman 10 OF
Whitman, Mass. In the women's divis-
ion the prizes will he announced in
Womcn's cl'""ol on Saturday morning.
The folor."- eight men have been
chosen Nor the annual Hallowel! prize
speaking contest which will be held
newt week. This contest is open 70 the
members Of public speaking and in
cIrGcs prize awards of so. s25, ST. and
$40 tho Gift Of Florentius Nelnrcthon
Hallowcll Of tie class Of 1877 of Kcar-
ney. Nch Four more men will be chos
en- after further trials Saturday and
the y will cor7rete in the finals. The
eigr.t men ramad already are: Rich
ard L. Spra~uc IS of Waterville
George r. Hendrix ~ Of New .-Ro-
chclie, ". Isaac n. Love 10 Of So
naconninG. Nd Ralph NJ. Harley ~
Of South Hanson Mass. Robert NJ
Cary 10 Of Isleshoro Earle s. Tyler
10 of Harrington. Phinnchas p.
Harnes 10 Of HI, - = Cecil \. Roll
lins II OF An,ion,
Thirteen members OF the Senior class
have been appointed on the basis of
scholarship ana speaking ability to
write articles for the Senior exhibition
of Commencement. This is in accord
ance with the plan adopted by the fac
ulty last Year of selecting certain
members Of the class to try out for
I the final parts. Seven women and six
men will try out before board of
judges and those from each division
Will be chosen TO speak at the Com
menCemcnt exercises in the Baptist
church on Commencement day. The 13
chosen are:
Hazel Durgin II of the Forks. Flora
A. Norton II Of kingfield, Hazel L.
Robinson u Of Berlin, y. II; Ruth
Murdoch NJ of Sanford. Marion H.
White II of Watervilie Selma Webber
II of Cliftondalc, Mass; Susie NJ
Smith II of Augusta. Fred 4. Pottle
II Of East Otisfleld. Cecil n. Rollins
IT Of Albion. Charles r. >Pierce II of
Worcester. Mass; Lester +. Young IT
of Ellsworth, Morrill, J.. 1islcy II of
Washington. d, G.; Harry H. Upton IT
of Watervlle.
The college is shocked to learn of
the accidental drowning of Allan
Chick" Fraser, ex Is. This young
man was one of Coby's most popular
and promising young men during his
career in college. He was star ath-
lete, being two letter man his Fresh
man year He was a. brother of Paul
Ginger" Fraser '15. of football fame.