Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-15
Colby to Be Unusually
Busy This Year in
College Activities

Active plans are being formulated
at Colby college by the students in
charge Of the various activities of the
undergraduates of the college for a
winter which will be more complete
than any before. The manager and
leader of the combined glee clubs and
orchestra. the authorities on intercol-
legiate debating, officials of the Col
by Y. NJ. c. A. and the staff of the
college paper. The Echo, are all busily
engaged at present in perfccting plans.
which will put the college on the map
for the winter months.
Last fall such movement was also
started but the tragic fire in the early
part of December put such damper
on all college activities that little was
done. Glce Club trips were carcellcd
Outing Club hikes and plans for the
winter carnivals were greatly changed
and all tended to stop these activities,
but this year it is diffgent
The president of the Outing Club
George Z. fash, '2J. of Pennington,
declared that the club will be repre-
scented at every official winter carnival
This year and that meeting would
be held within the next fortnight to
make plans for the work and sup
port of the club The club will also
try at the next meeting of the Maine
Intercollegiate committee on winter
sports to have Watcrville designated
as one of the official carnivals. the
other three being the Augusta, Au-
burn and University Of Maine.
Manager Theodore G. Bramhall, '23.
of Belfast, declared that this year is
to be a banner one for the Glee clubs
and orchestra. The plans of the man.
ager call for two extensive trips in the
State Of Maine and at least one trip
to New York state. AS yet. the trip
to New York is only tentative, but
the director of the combined clubs
hopes that it will go through. with
a wealth of material in the freshman
class. both instrumental and vocal. the
strength of the clubs will be greatly
increased.
President Percy G. Beatty. '23; of
Waterville, at the head of the Colby
Y. NJ. c. A., is confident that the as
ISOLATION will have more influence than
ever, both on the college campus and
in the vicinity of Watervillc The
committee of dcputation. which is
headed by c. Barnard Chapman. '25,
of Roxbury. Mass. has planned full
ca rlpaign in the work of the several
deputation teams that the association
send out yearly. Sunday four of these
teams were in the vicinity of Water
Vile, conducting services in Clinton.
East Winslow. Oakland and at the
First Baptist church in the city.
Monday afternoon the first attempt
for the re-establishment of intercol-
legiate debating, which secured good
hold on the college after the publicity
Of the western trip by one of the col
lege debating teams in 1922, will be
made. Professor Herbert c. Libby,
head of the department Of public
speaking at the college. has called the
meeting for Monday afternoon for the
purpose of making tentative plans for
another banner year in debating. 1t is
understood that there is good mate
rial in college for the formation of a
splendid team again this year.
The Colby Echo has led off the col
lege year with bang under the capa-
BILE managing Of Joseph c. Smith, "a,
of Skowhegan. who is the editor-in-
chief of the college weekly this year
This season The Echo is out to in
crease it's value to the members of
the student body in the form of news
and with the capable staff which it has,
this should be accomplished.