University of Maine at Portland - Reflection / Umpire Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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PUVIAN 1925 I? given two demonstrations of their work and have several requests for a repetition of the performances. The team is made up of Leo Bree. 1t't al1;er Stanford and Ralph F. Blood. The question which they are using is that of the widely de- bated subject of 'rCapital Punishment. The team in the First public performance went to the Annual Banquet and Ladies' Night 0f the Odd Fellows. which was held in the Rebekah Hall on Forest Ave. on Thursday evening: April :1. The sec- ond occasion was a week iater at a public assembly of the student hotly at the Uni- versity. This team was formed wholly with the idea of developing speakers and debaters for a intereoilegiate debating team next seaSOn, and plans are being rapidly pushed to secure debates with the other Maine Colleges and with Uni- versities throughout New England. THE TAU SIGMA DELTA FRATERNITY The Tau Sigma Delta Fraternity had a very successful year under the leadership of President Philip S. Hagan. i215. The membership has increased considerablyr during the season passed and much has been accomplished. The program for the year 1924-25 opened with initiation of the new members in january. this ceremony iasted for a period of one week. ending with a huge banquet at the Elks Club. The speakers at this banquet consisted of President 'Earle Henry Cunningham, and some outside prominent speakers. The ohicers 0f the year just past were: Presi- dent. Philip S. Hagan; Viee-President. Hariow Skillings; Secretary-Treasurer, Ralph E. Cunningham. Following the initiation week the frat held a number of Smokers at the University building. and at these times a number of outside speakv ere were secured to give lectures to the members 011 diHerent subjects. These proved to be very interesting and instruc- tive affairs.- The installation of the new OITIcers of the fraternity for the year 1925-26 took place on the hrst Wednesday in April. These ofheers are: President, Nathan Schilling; Viee-President. Burleigh My- riek: Secretary. Richard Castner, and Treasurer, Ralph E. Cunningham. The plans of the fraternity are t0 he nationaIized this next year, and also the members of the frat are planning to build a fraternity house in the near future, and with this purpose in mind the organiza- tion is carrying a number of shares in the Loan and Building Associations. THE PORTLAND UNIVERSITY ORANGE. The students of the University, at the first of the year, expressed a desire to have a school paper which should be pub- lished hi-weekly containing all the news and notes at the institution. So the faculty appointed the following Editorial Board and instructed them as to ideas for pub- lication: Editor-in-Chief, Ralph F. Blood; Assistant Editor, Ralph HeHer; Associate Editors: Leo Bree, Pierre Belanger, Ste- phat: -I-I. Larrabee, Hazel XVeleh, and Leonora Marshall. The board held a meeting the second week of January and decided that, since, they were working under great Financial difficulties it would be best to publish the paper in the print- ing department of the College of Busi- ness Administration. and therefore plans were laid out for an eight-page mimeo- graph sheet to he published every other week. The name of the sheet, iiThe Or-

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r6 PORTLAND UNIVERSITY Garganizatinna in hurtlanit hniueteitg THE PORTLAND UNIVERSITY PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DEBATING ASSOCIATION The Portiand University Public Speak- ing and Debating Association has been perhaps one of the most active organiza- tions in the University during the past year. The association was organized in the early part of October of 1924- with the following othcers: President. Ralph 17. Blood of Portland. :1 member of the fresh- man class; Vice-President, Lee B. C. Bree. also of Portland. and a memlzer of the same class: and Secretary. Stephen H. Larrahee of Scarborough. At the time the association was organized there were twelve members. The First affair which was planned by the members was the First Annual Prize Speaking Contest, which was held on Friday evening, No- vember 6th. as the entertainment for the X-Voodiords Club. The speakers were hve in number, namely as follows: Charles Haviland. Leo B. C. Bree, Pierre A. Belanger, Stephen H. Larrahee, and Ralph F. Blood. The selections were varied, there heing articles by many famous writ- ers, the War Address of XN-Ioodmw W i1- son. and one originai essay on College Education by the speaker himself! Charles Haviiand. The prizes, two silver cups, awarded by the University, were given by the judges, who were three members of the duh, to Charles V. Havi- land, hrst prize; and Ralph F. Blood. sec- ond prize. President Louis E. VJhite 0f the Wondfords Cluh expressed the Opiha ion that this entertainment was the best that the club had ever had and Mr. White was very sincere in his remarks of ap- preciation. The next event which the association staged with great success was the student speakers time which was held before the annual meeting and banquet of the mem- bers and directors of the Maine Loan and Building Associations. At this meeting there were men from all of the Building Associations and Banking institutions in the state. and it was no small task for the speakers, with the aid of the coach, Pro- fessor Leo G. Shesong, to find a subject upon which the boys could speak and in- terest these men, but finally it was an- nounced that the subject would be, The Advantages of the Leah and Building As- sociations to the State and Nation. The speakers, Leo B. C. Bree and Ralph F. Blood, gave fifteen minute talks on this subject. Mr. Blood spoke first and took up the advantages to the investor. Mr. Broe followed with the advantages to the home builders. The affair proved to be very successful, and Mr. Shesong was afterward the recipient of many compli- ments on the work, as weil as requests for repeating the performance. This was done a week later at the Columbia. Hotel, before the stockholders and directors of the Pine State Loan and Building Association. After this the association organized a debating team. and the work of this team is not yet Finished. although thej.r have

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l8 PORTLAND UNEVERSITY ange, was taken from the official school color. The first issue was very crude, the form being three column sheets in newspaper form. It contained many good articles and editorials on topics of the day, and each week there was a message from the faculty. As the time drew near for the third issue of the paper the idea of having a cover for each isaue was con- ceived and the services of a local artist, Clarence l... Cook, were secured, Jfree of cost, and from that time on each copy has had a very appropriate cover. Each issue has been perfected and at the pres ent time the paper, presents a very neat appearance. The custom has lately been started by the students of starting de- bates in the paper, and each issue has arguments concerning certain subjects of interest and each is followed in the next issue by a refutation of the same articles. This practice has been deemed very help- ful to both the paper and the students as it helps to interest therein topics; .of cur rent interest. It is planned. if possible. to have this paper printed in a regular press, another year. ATHLETICS The Portland University Athletic Asso- ciation was formed during the second year of the existence of the University, and since then the entering classes have taken much interest in this line of activw ity. The only drawback which this asso- ciation faces is a financial one, and it is true that under the existing conditions the teams could not he very well financed, and money could not be spent freely for the purpose of engaging the services of a proiesaional coach, but conditions are changing, the student body of the school is doubling each year. the alumni of the University is increasing in size also, and the prospects for a professional coach next year are at the present time bright. There were a number of the students in the freshman class this season who were interested in the idea of forming a team which should practice in order to form some good players for a varsity team next year and with this aim in mind they battled all difficulties and forged ahead; the team played many of the high school teams in the State of Maine and some in the State of New Hampshire, and al' though they did not win nearly all of their games they won more than any previous team in the school and also brought home a good reputation. in that they were some of the cleanest and best sportsmen in the state. The association is at the present time sponsoring a baseball team and much en- thusiasm has been aroused among the members of the student body. Already a number of practice and regular games have been played and each time the teams involved have made a good record. Next year the association will pass into effect a rule that the teams of the University shall play :10 institutions which are not of an collegiate class. PORTLAND UNIVERSITY STUDENT COUNCIL As the student hotly of the University has increased and with it the activities also, a great need has been Jlelt for a par- tially governing body in the college which might be made up of the student themw selves. Therefore, President Cunningham announced that a student's council would be organized in the University, apd that this body would start operations with ads visory power and as the experience of its members increased, their power as a gov- etning body would also be increased.