THE ECHO WILL j BE EDITED j MEETING OF THE ECHO BOARD NEXT WEEK BV MEMBERS OF j | | FRIDAY AFTERNON AT THE WOMEN'S DIVISION OF THE f i 3.30 IN J CHEMICAL HALL. ALL NEW j COLLEGE. MEMBERS PLEASE ATTEND. ¦ ¦ J_ . ^ . I i SENIOR NOTICE DATE CHOSEN FOR . POWDER AUG HAS BLUE ANO DIPLOMA NOTICE. Mr. Stanley C. Lary of GRAY WIN JUNIOR WEEK-END TO the edu- Unless seniors inform the regis- cational and vocational department IVY DAT EXERCISES trar, Malcolm B. Mower, of correc- of the University Club of Boston CAST OF FORTY-FIVE FROM MASS. AGGIES BE HELD MAY 17-19 Annual Affair Will Be Held will be at Colby, April 30, to in- tions to be; made in their names terview seniors who are interested Annual Production '* Most Colby Debaters Received A they will appear on the diplomas Plans Progressing Rapidly May Twenty-third if in securin g-positions. Extr'Ordinary" to be 2 to 1 Decision Last as listed in the college catalogue. According to Recent ' Weather Permits. Presented in May. Thursday Night. Announcement. MISS VOSE CHAIRMAN SECRETARY ELLIOTT REHEARSALS BEGUN THREE MAN TEAM LYFORD CONTEST TO COMMITTEES CHOSEN Class Play Entitled "The Man Who AT T MEETING Junior Week Presentation Bids Fair Second Defeat for Agricultural Col- BE HELD MAY FOURTH Mai-ried a Dumb Wife" Will "Five Black Aces" of Boston To Fur- To Rival Success of Last Year's A Be Feature of the Day. Plans Discussed For Spring lege During the Entire Season nish Music for Prom—Baseball Play "Royalty Flushed." Semi-Oxford Style. Will Take Place in After- Game With U. of N. H. : .i' • ¦ Program Monday By Mary E. Vose, '29, of Caribou, was noon and Evening-Prizes Powder and Wig, the men's dra- Winning by a decision of 2 to. 1, Preparations for Junior Week-end recently elected chairman of Ivy Day New Officers. Aggregate #100. matic organization, announces that the Colby debating team that during are progressin g rapidl y according to program. This annual affair of the on Thursday evening, May 17 , it will ! an announcement by Oscar M. On Monday evening a meeting of Easter vacation made the trip to Tif- women 's division will be held on the present the second of its musical of- The Nineteenth Annual Lyford Chute , of Beverly, Mass., president . fin, Ohio, to compete in the national twenty-third of May, weather permit- the recently elected officers of the ferings, "Most Extr'Ordinary." \ Prize Speaking Contest has been an- of the Junior class. Pi Kappa Delta convention, defeated ting. ' In case of rain, as the festivi- Colby Y. M. C. A. was held, at which This year the production is the nounced for the afternoon and even- Activities will commence on the y held out-of-doors, the work of Ralph H. Ayer aiid Bow- Massachusetts Agricultural -College at evening of Thursday, May 17, with ties are usuall time plans for the Spring program , '28, ing of May 4. date will be postponed until the wore discussed. The meeting was at- land E. Baird , '27. Following Po-\vy Amherst, Mass., last Thursday even- the Powder and Wig production, ' The special prizes are the gift of "Most Extr'Ordinary," which is be- twenty-fourth. tended by Phillips Elliott, travelling der and Wig's annual boast of com- irtff- "WiTi Hartwell Lyford, '79, of Chica- One!of the features of the day will secretary of the Field Council of plete originality in dialogue, music, Ii The team is made up of Arthur B. ing prepared under the direction of ,' Levine, '28 of Waterville Lemuel K. go, 111., and are awarded annually to Ralph H. Ayer '28 of East Lynn, be the. Junior Class Play which will Now England, who outlined the plans and settings, "Most Extr'Ordinary" , , , , ! Lord '29 men students in preparatory schools Mass. On Friday afternoon a base- be given by the members of the junior for the Student Conference to be promises to foster real enthusiasm on ; , , of Pittsfield, and Donald Millett, '28, of Springfield, Vt., of Maine, New Hampshire and Massa- ball game is scheduled with the Uni- class.y The play that-has just been held at Northfield , Mass., June 15-23. tho night of May 17th, and to start jjH. president of the Colby Debating So- chusetts for all-around excellence in versity of New Hampshire which will selected is "The Man: Who Married a In past years Colby has been well the festivities of Junior Week-end off ciety. declamation. The chief aim in offer- be followed in the evening by the an- Dumb -Wife," by Anatole France. The represented at these Student Confer- with a flourish. The team upheld the ami-mative of ing these prizes is tho stimulation of nual Junior Prom. The Prom com- play .will be coached by Professor ences, and plans arc already under- The cast of 45 has been well chos- the armed intervention question interest in public speaking through- mittee has been fortunate in secur- Cecil ; A. Rollins of the English de- way to send a large delegation this en , and . comprises the best of colle- , a subject which the team has had con- out secondary schools. ing as the orchestra for this year's partment. " year. There will be many excellent giate and local talent. The public is siderable experience with this year. There are three points on which the Prom the "Five Black Aces" of Bos- The , play committee, is as follows: speakers, men with real messages, promised something far from slap- At the last minute the team was in- awards are made : First, the interpre- ton , which is led by Eddie Diggs, and Chairman, Martha E. Allen, 'g£>, Vio- such asT-Cirby Page, and Henry Cloane stick comedy, yet with a punch that formed that it was expected to debate tation of the subject counts twenty- broadcasts regularly from radio sta- let Boulter, '29, and Irene Horsey, Coffin. The mornings will be taken is characteristic of all that Powder ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ Semi-Oxford style which demanded a five credits ; second, the appearance tion WEEI, Boston. '29. k . A . up with discussion on topics of polit- and Wig has shown that it can do. new arrangement of speeches for and carriage of the body during (Continued on page 4) ical, social, and religious interest un- The company has rehearsed frequent- Levine and Lord, for by this plan re- speaking, fifteen credits; third, voice der the leadership of men nationally ly, and is working into the spirit of buttal and constructive work of five control and pronunciation, ten cred- known in these fields; in the after- the comedy in fine style. PROFESSORS TO APPEAR speakers is combined in one sixteen its. The selections, which must not noons there will be' athletics under This season's production bids fair WOMEN'S DIVISION WILL minute speech. Millett opened and exceed six minutes in length, are to the direction of Coach Wood of Wes- to rival the success of "Royalty ON LOCAL STAGE TUESDAY closed the debate. The time division be excerpts from addresses given by leyan, and vesper services and varied Flushed," and to set another star in I HOLD ANNUAL GYM MEET was 10-G. well-known speakers in recent years. programs for the evenings. the crown of Powder and Wig suc- Students and Fac- This defeat was the second of the The prizes , which total $100, are : Alumnae, Colby will be well represented at cesses. Program To Begin At 2:00 season for Massachusetts Aggies, who First Prize, $50 ; second prize, $25; 8 this conference. ulty will Unite to Swell closed their season with this debate. third prize, $15; and fourth prize, o'clock Saturday Gym Fund. $10. These contests, besides pro- Afternoon. PHI DELTA THETA HAS moting interest in declamation, also . New Program Design serve the purpose of interesting some "DEVIL DANCE" IN HADES Vocational Speakers The annual gymnastic meet of the Three members of the faculty,— For Commencement young men of the ' preparatory women's division will be held on the Professors Colgan , Marriner and We- Coming to Colby schools in Colby College. Balfour Creation Made Especially For Novel Affair, Held at Elks athletic field in back of Foss Hall, Sat- ber,— will join with students and Senior Class Invitations In Professor Eustis Announces Program urday afternoon, April 21. The pro- in present- Ni ht. graduates of the college French Graiy Leather. Hall Friday g Of Business Men Who Will Inter Relations Club gram, which will begin at two o'clock, ing Wililare H<)(lgei;srhumorous;threer A—. :- Speak to Students. - -¦:.: Meets Tuesday Night the .weather permitting, is outlined_m follows: act play "The Judge's Husband ," at A new and unique design will feat- With Elks Hall converted into a March, by the Freshmen class; clog- the Waterville Opera House on next ure the cover for the commencement imaginary replica of Hades, the Announcement of a list of speak- Diocussion of Several Current Topics Features Third Meeting: of ging, by the Sophomores;- Danish Tuesday evening, April 24. invitations and programs, of the Sen- ers along vocational lines which in- Maine Alpha chapter of Phi Delta New Organization. Dance of Greeting, Freshmen; gym- The complete list of the characters ior class according to an announce- cludes prominent business men from Theta held, as its annual Spring Ball, nastics , Sophomores; the . circle, in the order in which they will appear ment made by Robert C. Chandler of Discussion of several current topics a "Devil Dance," last Friday night. both Maine and Massachusetts, was Freshmen; and clogging by the upon the local stage is as follows: Columbia Falls, chairman of the Pro- including the Kellogg-Briand peace 1 The hall was decorated in black made yesterday afternoon by Profes- Juniors and Seniors.