Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-09
COLBY COLLEGE DEbATERS IN
DUAL CLASH WITH u. OF Maine

, utpaleS ever since ne Has peSl dt Wi
| ty and he was a member of the team
defeating Tufts at Waterville in 1929
and also a member of the team that
defeated Clark at Worcester in 1921
This year in addition to his work in
preparation for the coming dcbe ate re
has managed the Colby musical clubs
on their trip through northern Maine.
He is member of the Zeta Psi fra
| ternity and was president of tn: debat-
ing society last year.
| John l.. Dunstan. who is a member
/ of the negative team. has not attempt
| ed to attain success in forensic circles
until recently. He showed so mucn
ability at the start that he was chosen
one of the members of the special de-
batting class that has been working m
the question of the closed shop ever
since the first part of last term. Dun
stan defeated men who have had much
more experience than he but who have
| not shown so much ability or interest
} during the past few months. He grad
uated from Portlasd high school in
the class of 1919 and came to Colby the
next fall. AT recent election he was
chosen manager of football for the
season Of 1922 and he already ha $
practically arranged TIE schedule OF
games for the coming year. lie is a
member of Alpha Tau omega frater-
nifty.
| The second member of the negative
team. Clyde Edwin Russell is Il native
| of Charleston and attended the schools
! there. graduating from Higgins Clas-
steal Institute with ashley Bickmore.
! Russell is also a member of Delta
Epsilon fraternity. He is president OF
| the senior class and of the Student
! Council. He is the editor-in-chief If
! the Echo, Colby's weekly newspaper
| In addition to his regular college work
this year he is conducting scvera
classes in Winslow High school. While
he was in Higgins he came to try out
| for the Lyford prize speaking contest
but failed to place in the finals The
next year he came to Colby and in his
sophomore year he won the sophomore
| defamation prize. That year he also
won the Hallowell prize in a public
speaking contest.
Last year he debated at Waterville
against the Clark team although the
team as a whole lost, Russell will lie
remembered for some time by those
who heard him as the speaker who
! caused havoc in the ranks of the
| enemy. Russell has a style all his
own in both writing and speaking
He has the faculty of mixing extra
dry wit with scathing sarcasm in
such manner that the effect is
| humorous as we'll as convincing. The
Echo which has changed to a news
paper sheet this year has suddenly
changed into a paper worth reading
and the best college paper in the
State of Maine.
T. last speaker for the affirmative
is Leonard W. Mayo. He graduated
from New Gloucester High school
in the class of 1916. and entered Colby
in the fall of 1918 Mayo is one of
the best all round men in Colby. He
is a member of LAMBDA Chi Alpha
| fraternity. he is also member of the
athletic and the student councils. He
| has been captain of the cross country
! team and he has worn the varsity
| &C" for the past two years rs the
result of his success on the track. He
! is one of the fastest quarter milers
in Colby. He was on the winning
! years ago. and he won prizes in the
! speaking contests.
! Debating has held an important
! place in Colby for many years. The
i first record shows that debating
society existed in 1898 of which Gem
eral Ben Butler was an active MEM
Der. This society went out of exis-
lance in 1876 and for twelve years
there was very little interest shown
at Colby in debating. In 1889 the
Junior Prize Exhibition was changed
to the Junior Prize Debate and a
prize was offered to the successful
disputants. The Colby Oracle for
that year says that debating was a
novelty and a large audience attend
ed at the chapel. The next year the
debate was held in the, Baptist
church on March 10. 1898. The ques-
ton was. Resolved, THAT law
embodying the principle of license
affords better means of dealing
with the liquor traffic than does
law embodying the principle of pro-
hibition." A notable speaker for the
affirmative was Drew Thompson
Harthorn, 49, now principal o. Co.
burn Classical Institute
In 1897 the Junior. Debate was