Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-06

| Dourque fost, american Legion, was
held at American Legion hall Monday
evening and was attended not only by
Legion members but by citizens who
are friends Of the Legion, and who
were given an opportunity to hear an
address by DR.. Herbert Carlyle libby
or Colby College on the recent trip
or the Colby debating team across
country. The lecture was illustrated
by number of views, one of which
shows DR.. Libby shaking hands with
Prof. Nichols of California, founder of
the forensic society Pi Kappa Delta.
DR.. Libby spoke in part as follows:
| The biennial convention Of the ma
| tional honorary forensic society of Pi
Kappa Deltan. scheduled to meet in
lndianola. Ia, March $3.50, pro, i6ed
the objective for the longest cross
country debate trip ever taken by any
college in America. When it was fl
| nally decided last December to send
delegates to this convention a decision
was also reached that the time was
| opportune for a series of intercolle-
gate debates en- route. Then came
the problem of financing the trip and
| or determining upon the number of
men to be taken.
The president of the college was
| willing to assist financially; then the
| Waterville Rotary Club well into line
Members of the Forum Club, made up
of some of the city's prominent pro-
fessional and business men, to whom
gave some instruction in 1921, pre-
/ oh of
| The debating society was able to con-
| tribute 500. A considerable sum was
| secured through the sale of spelling
| book which l had edited. Then the
| Waterville-W Winslow Chamber of Com
| merce presented the college with
| check of 5000. With the amount of
| money in sight it seemed the part of
wisdom to send four debaters. and the
| expenses of the four were met by the
various organizations named and the
| college. That it was wise to take
| four men proved true as the trip pro-
gressed.
| when we left Waterville on the
! afternoon of Saturday. March II,
| practically the entire college was pres
! cnt at the station to see the team eff.
| 1t was memorable goodbye. unheard
Of heretofore in Intercollegiate debate
annals. We spent the night in Boston.
| attended fremont Temple Sunday
; morning and left for Cleveland, Ohio,
Sunday afternoon, arriving early
Monday morning. Our first debate
was with Western Reserve University
| on Monday evening. This was held
before the City Club in Hotel Hollen-
, den. Colby won her first victory in
the series of eight.
The next morning we were off for
Kalamazoo, Michigan, arriving late in
the afternoon. | was entertained at
an informal dinner party at President
and Mrs. Herbert l.. Stetson's, Pres
ident Stetson being a Colby man of
the class of 1878. l found them most
delightful company. Inasmuch as
Colby was founded by a Colby man,
/ Thomas Ward Merrill, of the class of
1925, the debate between Colby and
Kalamazoo was very much of a fam
lily affair. An enthusiastic audience
was present Colby receiving no end
OF applause from the kalamaZooans.
\ visiting team could not possibly
have received more courteous treat
ment. 1t was but proper. of course,
for Colby to win over Kalamazoo. and
this she did. although the Michigan
institution had hitherto beaten every
thing in the state. a reception fol-
lowed the debate.
The next day we rested in Kalama-
zoo, leaving for South Bend, Indiana,
March IS. TO debate tho University Of
Notre Dame that evening where we
met our first defeat. a two to one de-
cision. The students at Notre Dame
are well trained, having the advan-
tage of % law school in connection
with the institution. one of the debat-
ing team being law school student.
Father Bolger. professor of economics
and coach of the debating teams,
showed us many courtesies. giving us
an opportunity of looking over the
three million dollar art collection
owned by the institution. We were
entertained at lunch at the conclu-
sion of the debate, returning to South
Bend in company Of Mr.. Guilfoyle. of
South Bend, president of the Rotary
club, who presided over the debate.
Early the next morning we were off
for Chicago, arriving at 1o'clock in
the afternoon. Everett l.. Wyman,
10, met us. and when we arrived at
the hotel Dana w. Hall, 80. was
there to receive us. The afternoon
was spent with Mr.. Hall in looking
over very small part of Chicago. At
6 o'clock the Colby men in and about
Chicago entertained us at a luncheon
at the Athletic club, and typical
Colby gathering it was. made up of
the following: Dna w. Hall. 80;
Frank d. Mitchell. 81: Everett l..
Wyman. 10: Herbert S. Philbrick,
81; James King. 'S9: Leslie r. Arey.
IL; Libby Pulsifer '21: Joseph Pol
lack. '21: Sidney T. Wyman. 10. Keen
regrets were received from Will H.
Lyford. 70; Professors Butler. '73, and
Small. rs. Immediately after the
luncheon, we were entertained at a
theatre party and an eventful day
ended. No Colby team ever received
such q cordial reception from Colby
men as did this debate team, and one
and all have since expressed deepest
appreciation for all that the Chicago
alumni did
Early the next morning we were
touring down the state to Galesburg.
thence to Abingdon that evening.
where Hedding college is located.
Iedding was defeated. and Colby
counted up three victories to one de-