Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-03
Bates COLLEGE
Preliminary Trials for Intercol-
legiate Debating Teams-Re-
quired Physical Training Be-
gins Monday - To Teach
Japanese Wrestling.

The preliminary trials for the inter
collegiate debating teams We're to be
held at Bates College Saturday after
noon. There will be two teams this
year, as usual. Both will debate in
the Bates Clark Tufts league. The
ffirmativo teams will debate at home
in each case Bates Will debate Clark
iul Lewiston and Tufts at Medford, and
Tufts will meet Clark a Worcester.
all the debates being held on the same
evening.
| Clark has won all the debates for
the past two years while Bates has
won all the contests with Tufts. Bates
is tied with Clark for the total number
of debate, won throughout the exist
cnce of the league.
| This year, the late opening of college
! delayed the debating season. but the
Willingness Of all the participating in
situations to hurry matters along will
make it possible to hold the debates
but little later than the usual date.
The question for the final debate has
! rot yet been chosen, but it is expected
f! that it will he announced next week.
The question that is being used for the
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! favored at Bates. and il is being used
as a test. The members of last years
varsity debating teams are not re-
quired to compete in the preliminarieS
for places. They will take part in the
| later elimination debates. There are
ionly three veterans left from the four
I teams which Bates put into the field
/ last year. These are Quimby 49, Tar
! bell, rs. and Mayoh. 10. There are.
however. several uppercIassmen who
have been prominent in class and
| prize debates, and many of the under
classmen have excellent preparatory
school records. Altogether, the chances
for winning teams look good
I The required physical training work
at Bates begins Monday. All men ex-
cept the Seniors are required to sign
up for some form of the work There
has been a petition presented to the
/ faculty asking that military drill be
substituted in some measure for the
regular gymnasium work This has
not been definitely decided as yet, but
! it is probable that the substitution
will be only partial
| The work this year will present a
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hockey, track. football baseball. wrestE
ing, Ju Jitsu. regular gymnasium
/ classes, and special classes for teach
ers. Director +. D. Purinton has been
hard at work in preparing a program
that will meet the needs Of the day,
and the demand of the nation that the
men be kept in the best physical con-
dition'
There are two innovations in the
physical work at Bates this year. The
hrst Of these is ju iitsu, or judo, the
japanese form of wrestling. Tadashi
Fujimoto. 10. will have charge of
this department of the work. He has
had experience in Japan. both in the
schools and under a private teacher.
The wrestlers wear a special suit for
this sport, and holds on the suit are
part of the game. The work is decid-
! edly new in this state, and those who
work with Fujimoto will learn some
thing that few college men have at
their command.
The other innovation is winter foot
ball practice. Plays will b. -orked
out, signals devised, and the men
drilled on many points that are
necessary part of the training Of the
successful team. but which are neces-
sarily somewhat sighted in the brief
training season in the fall. Captain
Adam will assist in this work, as well
as acting as instructor in the wrestling
department.
Baseball will not be started for some
time. Several veterans will go in for
hockey, and others will be engaged az
leaders in the gymnasium classes
Later, the pitchers and the Freshman
candidates will be called out for the
first shaping up, and stiU later the
whole squad will report.