Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-14
RHODES SCHOLAR
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pated in eleven international de-
! bates in addition to numerous de-
bates with universities and colleges
of this country.
He was captain of the Bates de-
| batting team that Went overseas last
spring to compete with universities
| in England and Scotland, the team
| winning four of the seven contests
| in the series. While abroad parti-
| cipating in the debates, MIR. Canham
| received a call from the Christian
! Science Monitor of Boston. offering
| him a position on the reportorial
staff of the paper, and after return
| ing home in June he went to Bos-
ton to accept the position. He is
now covering" State House events
| in Boston for the Monitor.
At Bates College, Mr.. Canhtn won
many prizes in public speaking con-
tests; he served as editor of the
Bates Mirror and the Bates Student
and was president of his class DUR
| ing the Junior year. For two years
he served as president of the Bates
Outing Club.
He is the son of Vincent w. Can
! ham, agricultural editor of the Lew
| iston Sun, and Mrs. Canham OF Au-
/ burn. He was graduated from Ed
ward Little High school at Auburn
| in 1921 and was member or the
| debating team of that school, also
| winning several prize speaking con-
tests there. He will remain IN the
| employ of the Christian Science
Monitor until next October when ne
| will enter upon his course at Ox1ord
! University, England.
| Following is the list of scholars
elect, subject to ratiffcation by
Rhodes trustees:
/ Arizona: Carleton B. Wicart, Tus-
| con: University of Arizona.
. Connecticut: Robert r. r. Brooks,
Middletown; Wesleyan University.
| Delaware: Cornelius A. Tilghman,
| New Haven, Conn: Yale University
| Florida: Edmund Robert McGill,
University of Florida.
| Idaho: Harold c. Wyman, Uni
versity of Idaho.
| Illinois: Gordon Coleman Wood
bury, Northwestern University.
| Indiana: Ernest Russell Boiler
Purdue University
| Kentucky: Roscoe X. Cross, Uni
|
| Louisiana: John Morris Legendre
| Princeton University.
| Maine: Erwin Dain Canham,, -
Westland Avenue. Boston. Mass;
Bates College.
Maryland: E. G. Lowry. Jr., Har-
ward University.
| Massachusetts,. William I. Nicho.
| las. Harvard University.
| Montana: Paul *. Hennessy, Uni
versity of Virginia.
| Nevada: John B. Ogheltree, Uni
versity of Nevada.
New Hampshire: Nathan X. Park
err, Hanover, N. H.; Dartmouth Col
lege.
New Jersey: Caleb F. Gates
Princeton University.
New Mexico: Milton c. Balm
| University of PENNSYLVANIA.
New York: John w. Chase, Ham.
iiton College.
North Carolina: w. ]. Cooke, Jr.
University of North Carolina.
| North Dakota: Robert N. Gun.
bingham, Princeton University.
Ohio: George r. Pfann, Cornell
University.
Oklahoma: Joseph w. Ogle, Phil.
fps University.
Pennsylvania: William E. IingeI.
bach, Jr, University Of Pennsyl.
vania.
Rhode Island: Gordon K. Chain.
ers. Denver, Colo; Brown University
i South Carolina: Robert +. David.
son. Davidson College.
South Dakota: Clayton B. Craig
% Irving street, Cambridge, Mass.
University of South Dakota.
tennessee: Edgar Elliott Beatty
University of The South.
Utah: Karl f. Young. Utah Agri-
cultural College.
Vermont: Reginald L. Cook. Mil.
ford. Mass: Middlebury College.
Virginia: George s. Mitchell, Uni.
versity OF Richmond.
West Virginia: Walter Lindsey
Brown. University of Virginia.
wyoming: George T. Ross. Uni.
versity of Wyoming.
The stipend of a Rhodes scholar.
snip has recently been increased to
Il 4OO per year. No restrictions are
placed on Rhodes scholars choice
OF study. There Is a committee OF
selection for each state composed
except for the chairman, of ex-
Rhodes scholars, which has the re-
sponsibility Of making the annual
selection,
Twelve candidates. three named by
each of the colleges of the state, ap-
peared Saturday morning at the
i State House before the board au-
thorized to select the student from
Maine to hold Rhodes scholarship
at Oxford University, England, fol
three years, beginning next fall
The candidates who were inter-
viewed by the board Saturday were:
Harold M. Walker of Portland. Bates
20; Albert Abrahamson. Portland
Bowdoin 20; Frederick X. Turgeor