Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-18

no lack of experience to be overcome
in going on the grid. 1t is expected
that the new team will challenge
either the American Legion team or
the Checker Taxi team, to begin
with. and after that all corners.
Uncle Sam has manifested his
willingness to help the boys of Ro-
land H. Smith post. American
Legion of Bath. in their drive this
week for the proposed war me-
mortal. Use of the famous Fifth In
fantry Band, has been offered for
the afternoon and evening and street
concerts during the afternoon and
evening are planned by the commit
tee.
Aroostook may be proud Of its
great potato crop but AL Reed of
West Boothbay Harbor hasn't much
fault to find with a piece of land he
had planted near his home. He
planted 10 bushels and 20 pounds
and reaped a harvest Of 1928 bushels.
One potato when weighed tipped the
scales at rs pounds. Many of the
potatoes were large but the most of
them were just right for marketing.
Mr.. Reed planted. certified Green
Mountain seed potatoes.-Boothbay
Register.
A curious sight Thursday morning
was the front Of the Van Buren, Gus
tomhouse which was covered with a
thick layer of brown moths. A
blanket Of moths covered the side
walk and also stretched far out into
the street. No doubt the unusually
warm weather that we have been
| experiencing during the past three
days have Matched the eggs which
otherwise would have been Matched
only next spring. 1t was remarked
by several old residents that the
appearance of these moths at this
time were an indication of a very
late fall.
The monster lobster which was
caught at Boothbay last Spring and
| which was mounted and placed on
view at the Eastern States EXPOSE
ton at Springfield was smashed be-
| yond redemption in shipment from
| Springfield to Philadelphia.
Capt. Fred B. Higgins purchased
| the lobster from the fisherman who
caught it, had it beautifully pre-
served and mounted and built an ex-
! pensive glass case for its display.
He valued the specimen at $1,000 for
! display purposes.
The specimen with its glass case
| packed into d large and solid oak
case went by American Express in
sured for $500, to Springfield. 1t
was estimated over $4,000 people
viewed it with interest each day.
| When the box was shipped to
! Philadelphia and arrived at the
! Sesqui the box was smashed and 1t
was found that the glass case was
splintered and the big lobster was
broken into many parts, useless for
further exhibitions.
The report of the Bowdoin Alumni
Fund to June 80, 1926, Is now being
mailed to the alumni. The bare
! figures show more convincingly than
any rhetoric can what a real factor
the Fund has become in the growth
F., and work of the College. Since
its inception in 1919 under a special
committee of the Alumni Council the
Fund has added to the permanent
invested funds of the College the
sum of $685., 1853. OF this amount
| the largest single items are the fol-
lowing: General Education Board
$150,000; Glass of 1875 Fund, S114,-
S42.73; Frank A. Munsey, 100000
In addition to the gifts made to the
| Principal Gndowment) of the Fund
| there has been paid in to Income for
| the immediate use of the College the
sum of S74,093.59. This Is an aver
age of over $4,000 for the past six
years. These gifts to Income, many
of them relatively small, have there
fore had the same effect over a
| period of six years as an addition of
about $247.000 to Endowment-Bow-
dom Orient.
A joint meeting of the Boys and
Girls Debating Societies of the Ban
gor high school was addressed last
| Thursday afternoon by Harvey D.
Miller of the department of Eng
lish at the University of Maine. Mr..
| Miller is a graduate of Bangor high
school and was for five years a
! teacher OF English and also faculty
advisor of the Boys Debating So
| ciety at the local school. Mr.. Miller
chose for the subject of his address
the topic, Strategy. After mention
Z
analytical outline or brief, he dis
cussed in turn the various means
| commonly employed of presenting
| effective arguments. These methods
were eight In number and were des-
ignated by the terms of military
strategy. The first of these methods
was that of direct and overwhelming
attack. This consisted, according to
Mr.. Miller, of pouring down upon
ones opponent such an avalanche of
points that little opportunity is CIV
en- to record them, and no oppor-
! tunity Is given to prepare answers
| for them. The next point was the
| strategy of taking over the enemy's
| position, this meaning that the de-
batter must anticipate the con-
structive proof that might be used
against him; that he must turn 1t
about so that 1t tends to prove his
own proposition rather than that OF
his opponent. Then followed other
methods which contribute to sue
cessful debating. These were the
strategy of scattering the enemy's
| forces; retreating, or in other words,
admitting some of the opponents
| argument; Of drawing the enemy's
fire, that is, forcing him to face the
Issue Immediately; of bottling up the
enemy; the dilemma; of evading a
trap; and Of concealing detectives
and Withholding reserves. Mr.. Mil
Ter concluded by discussing the
necessary finishing and polishing of
the argument.