Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-14
Debating Activities
at Colby College
Well Under Way

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The intercollegiate debating activi-
ties at Colby College are getting we'll
under way this month, and the months
of March and April will see several
intercollegiate contests, both in Wa
terville and III foreign fields with sew
eral colleges. This year there is
wealth of debating material at Colby
and DIR. Herbert G. Libby. head of the
department of public speaking. has
: been working hard to get several teams
into first class condition for the COM
ing contests.
Probably tho most important step
in debating this year will be the cross
country trip which team represent
ing Colby will make in the latter part
of March and the first of April. This
trip Will be very similar to the one
which was taken two years ago when
Il Colby team composed of George Il.
Wolstenholm, '23 Leonard W. Mayo.
'2S, Forest Il. Royal. '23, and CLYDE NJ.
Russell, &c, covered more than G000
miles and debated with n number of
colleges. winning a long string of vic
tories over colleges in the central west
and south. The national convention of
ri Kappa Delta. the national honorary
forensic fraternity of which Colby is
the only eastern member, is to be held
this year at Peoria, H., and this will
be the end of the crosS-country trip
this year. Colby will meet many col
legeS on the way out and back. but at
the present time tho department of
public speaking is not in q position TO
announce the exact schedule. The men,
bers of the team, colleges to meet, and
The general facts of the trip will be
announced in the course of short
time now.
At the present time there are two
dual debates scheduled for the Colby
teams with the University of New
Hampshire and the University of
Maine. respectively. On the evening
of February % in the chapel at Colby
College the Colby affirmative team will
face the University of Maine negative
team, while at the same time the neg
alive team representing Colby will de-
bate the University of Names affirm
ativc team at Orono. The question
upon which the teams will debate is,
Resolved, that the United States
should join the permanent Court of In
ternational Justice under the plan as
outlined by President Harding" The
Colby affirmative team will consist of
Coburn Hover Aver. 'c5. Of Parkman;
Willard Albert Seamans, "a. of VIM
throp, and Clarence Stonelynn Roddy.
20, OF Cambridge. The negative team
will be made up of Russell Mallard
Squire. '25, Of Watervillc: Kenneth Eu-
gene Shaw. 20. of Clinton. and Donald
Edwin Spraguc, 20. of Boothbay Iiar-
Dor.
The second dual debate of the season
will be held with the University Of
New Hampshire with Colhys negative
aggregation debating the Granite
State collegians' affirmative team at
Waterville and the affirmative team
representing Colby debating the New
Hampshire negative team at Durham.
The dual debates will be held on the
evening Of March II. The Colby af-
firmative team is made up of Manlcy
Owen Chase. 20. of Hinckley: Robert
Malcolm Waugh, '25. of SanServillc.
and Ivan Martin Richardson. "a, of
Strong. The negative team will consist
of Howard Bailey Tuggey, %. of
Pittstield, Mass: Elmer Mcclellan Tay-
Tor. '25. of Winthrop. and Clair Ellis
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