Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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Ah , Q shane coaasssl 1921 Jluninr Exhihitinn The parts selected for the exhibition showed an unusual brilliancy of thought in a variety of subjects. Ruth Colburn, whose topic was The Cru- cible, and Edward Morris, who spoke on The New Crusade, well deserved the two prizes. Others who spoke were Mildred Widber, Rambles in Eng- land, Winslow Anderson, The Seen and Unseen, Constance Walker, The Passing of the Old Home Papeirg Stanley Spratt, The Time, The Place, The Man, Gladys Hall, Amerieanization in Industry, Millard Webster, The Problem of Education, Irma Haskell, Just a Talk on Thinking, George Hutchinson, Cooperation, the Wafr's Great Lesson, Gabrielle Roy, New England-a Review, and Charles Starbird, The Menace of Unrest. 113

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Lau V ann their when 1921 Sveninr Exhibition Nearly every part in the exhibition was suggestive of our modern Americanism and the effect it is having on the colleges of to-day. The prize was given to Edward A. Morris, whose subject was America and I nternationalisrm. Norma Whiting, who spoke on Afvocation, and Charles Starbird, whose part was China, The Awakening, received honorable men- tion. Others whose parts were selected for the exhibition were Ruth Colburn, Torch or Beacon- Stanley W. Spratt, A Tribute to Mrne. Curieg Arlene Pike, The Poet of Heartsongsg Ernestine Philbrook, An Idealistg Millard Webster, The Snrnrnons of the Flagg Gladys Hall, Industrial Prog- ressg Winslow Anderson, Pains of Societyg Gabrielle Roy, Real Interna- tionalismg and Lewis Moore, The Negro Problem. 112

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f i ante neat new re 1923 Svnphumure Prize Behr-itrz The debates for both the men and women were held on the same even- ing, as was the arrangement last year. The question, Resolved: That the principles of the Smith-Towner Bill be enacted into legislation by Con- gressf' was debated by the girls, the affirmative by E. Marjorie Pillsbury of Limington and Nelly K. Milliken of Augusta with Theodora R. Barent- zen of Augusta, as alternate, and the negative by Mildred F. Baker of Randolph and Vivienne I. Rogers of Pittsfield with Alice M. Jesseman of Lisbon, N. H., as alternate. The decision was awarded the negative team andthe individual prize to Mildred Baker. In the men's debate on the question, Resolved: That England grant Ireland her independence, the affirmative was presented by Herbert A. Carroll of Cyrus, Mass., and Theodore R. Pinckney of Washington, D. C., the negative by Harold C. Burdon of Gilbertville, Mass., and Ernest W. Robinson of Concord, N. H. The winning team here was the affirmative, and Herbert Carroll received the prize as the best individual speaker. The judges were Charles W. Bickford of Lewiston, Superintendent of Schools, Mrs. S. F. Harms, and Earl S. Lewis, Secretary of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce. 114