Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-10-14
Bates college Notes.

4 The Bates College Debating Council
has reorganized the Bates Interscholal
tic Debating League for the season Q
1890 and has invited the nine school
Iof last years, league to continue. Tn
Organization will include Maine Contra
Institute, Bangor High School. Leavlt
Institute, Hebron Academy, Rumfor!
High School, Deering High School, Sout!
Portland High School, Jordan big!
School and Edward Little High School
Each school will be represented BY tw,
teams. Three triangles will be formed
and debates, on the same subject, will b.
held on the third Friday In March. Th'
winning schools will compete for th'
possession of the Delta Sigma Rho cup
offered each year by the college. Th'
league has been In existence since 1913
Rumford High won the championship
for three consecutive years, Maine Cen
trail Institute won In 1917, and Deerine
High during the past two seasons. Tit
Organization has done much to promote
interest in public questions and to fur
nish secondary school pupils practice II
public speaking.
Several changes have taken place In
the faculty. Mr.. Carl Smith, Colgate
man, is the new head Of the Department
of Physical Education, position LETT
vacant by the death of Professor r. D.
Purinton. Coach Smith served ss coach
at the Mckenzie School, New York, fol
seven years, st. Johns Military Acade-
my for two years, Tome School for three
and the -Potsdam State Normal School
for two years. The work in physical ed
ucation Is required of all Freshmen. Up.
perclassmen are required to elect some
form of athletics. The new football
coach is T. T. Sullivan, Colgate, 1914.
he has coached school teams at Comp
ton, California, and assisted at George
Washington University. He was made
first lieutenant and at Camp Merritt
instructed the soldiers In football. Miss
Ruth Hammond, for three years head OF
the department of household economics,
has become the residential manager at
the home of Governor Milliken. Her
place is taken by Miss Sarah Nickerson,
of Yarmouth, Mass. She is graduate
of Simmons College, and has been con-
nected with New Hampshire State Col
lege and with Wells College. Cecil T.
Holmes, Bates, 1919, OF Sangerville, Is
the new Instructor In English. He was
editor of the Bates Student, member OF
Phi Beta Kappa, and President of the
Student Council.
The initiation period for the members
of the Freshman class has been COM
pleted. The Student Council prepared a
suitable program, as substitute for the
hazing of former years, and directed It's
successful execution. On the evening
before college opened the new men were
greeted cordially by members of the
Council and taught Bates traditions and
customs. Each new man wore Fresh
man cap. On the following Monday a
baseball game between the two lower
classes was held with the Sophomores as
winners. On Saturday afternoon, after
the football game between New Hamp-
shire State and Bates, the two classes
engaged in a tug-of-war on Garcelon
Athletic Field. Between the halves OBJ
stacle races between the men of the two
classes were held. In these contests the
Sophomores won. On Saturday evening
a banquet was held In John Bertram
Hall, at which the Freshmen, Sopho-
mores, and members of the Student
Council, and faculty were present. Pres
ident Hartshorn was the chief speaker.
Thus the first year students have been
fully indicted into the ways Of college
life and may be regarded as in good
standing.
The Freshman class has elected the
following officers: President, Herbert
Beane, of Lewiston; Vice President, Ger
trude Lombard, Haverhill, Mass; Score.
tary, Elsie Roberts. Kennebunk; and
Treasurer, Evan Woodland, Marlboro,
Mass.
Governor and Mrs. Milliken spent last
Sunday at Whittier House with their
daughter Nellie, who Is member OF the
class of 1928.