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MILLS at WINSLOW and MADISON, MAINE and MOBILE, ALABAMA The Colby Alumnus FOUNDED 1911 Miss Ninetta May Runnals, '08, who, excepting two years, has been Volume 38 April 15, 1949 Number 6 Colby's Dean of Women since I920 when there were something less than 200 women in the entire college. Miss Runnals probably knows more Colby women than any other person having CONTENTS been party to the selection and tt·ain£ng of something over 2,300 of them in her The President's Page 2 27 years of serv£ce. To a very large degree the success of Colby's women's The Talk of the College 3 division during this past quarter-cen­ Letter From England ...... Elizabeth Day Bugler, '48 5 tury has been due to the devotion Miss Colby's 128th Commencement 7 Runnals has bestowed upon the indi­ viduals in that division. Development Fund Report ...... 9

Career Conference ...... 11

Campus Chatterwaves Gerald B. Frank, '50 12

New Colby Book Lauded ... Lawrence C. Wroth, director of Christmas in Bethlehem the John Carter Brown Library 13 (This story was contained in a letter from John Roderick, '36, to his 1·ela­ . Sidney B. McKeen, '49 14 Colby Sports . . tives in Fairfield, Maine. John, it will Colby Folk in the Headlines 16 be remembered, is a c01-respondent of the Associated Press in the Near East. The Chairman's Corner and Alumni Club Notes 17 John is expected to return to the U. S. Class Notes 19 in June.) Alumni Address Changes 20 " I don't know whether I described Christmas in Bethlehem to you. It Milestones 21 was an unforgettable experience. Mid­ Necrology 23 night Mass was said in the great Church of the Nativity, and afterwards the celebrants moved in solemn pro­ cession to the crypt under the floor where Jesus was born. I was the only EDITOR SPENCER H. WINSOR, '40 civilian standing in the little cave; the BUSINESS MANAGER G. CECIL GODDARD, '29 rest were cardinals and priests, inton- ing the service ...... ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD "It was a colorful affair, both before TERM EXPIRES IN 1949 TERM EXPIRES IN 1950 TERM EXPIRES IN 1951 and after. Soldiers of the Arab Legion Marguerite Chamberlain, '15 Charles H. Gale, '22 Ralph E. Delano, '40 - they're Moslems - provided the Jane Montgomery Cole, '38 Richard G. Kendall, '32 Leland D. Hemenway, '17 honor guard, dressed in their colorful William Finkeldey, Diana Wall Pitts, Dwight E. Sargent, '39 '43 '13 red and white headdresses, their faces H. Warren Foss, '96 Richard S. Reid, '44 Josephine Scheiber, '47 R. lrvine Gammon, '37 John M. Richardson, '16 B.A. Royal Spiegel, '42 swarthy and mustachioed. There were John J. Pullen, '35 Elizabeth F. Savage, '40 Charles W. Weaver, '30 Soudanee troops in yellow turbans, black as ink and tremendously hand­ some. Then there were members of PUBLISHER-The Alumni Council of Colby College. Entered as second-class mail matter Jan.25, 1912, at the Post Office at Waterville, Me., under Act of March the diplomatic corps wearing red 3, 1879. sashes and eYening clothes.

ISSUED eight times yearly on the 15th of October, November, January, February, " Two miles away, over the nearby March, April, May and July. Judean Hills, the Jews, fully armed, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE-$2.50 per year. Single Copies, $.35. Checks should kept watch. There were armored cars be made payable to THE COLBY ALUMNUS. Correspondence regarding subscriptions in the courtyard of the church and an or advertising should be addressed to G . Cecil Goddard, Box �77, W�terville, Maine. . air of tenseness which must be felt to Contributions should be sent to The Echter, Box 477, Waterville, Mame. be understood in this land of fighting bis or her subscription should give notice A subscriber who wishes to di5eontinue and quarreling." to that effect before its expiration. Otherwise it will be continued. What Makes A Good Teacher?

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THE TALK OF THE COLLEGE

H, SPRING! - Johnson Pond has OLLEGE SMELL - Colby's Bill thorship, met little or no response on A shed its ice, the f!rass is springing C Bryan, assistant to the dean of the part of the general student body, green about the buildings workmen men was told early in April he must although it was talked about for sev­ have burned the old dead grass in the lea\"e or remove his shoes after a coun­ eral days. No further issues since the surrounding fields, and yesterday a cil of minds in the dean of men, dean 20th of February have been observed. lone student could be seen practicing of women, dean of the faculty and * * * * * mashie shots on the new Seaverns registrar's offices. Genial Bill, it was " RUSTY " EUSTIS - Treasurer, field. all too obvious, had tangled with a T A. Galen Eustis, was hailed by Spring has arrived at Colby and the skunk at his farm home some two the Colby Echo as the star of the fac­ miles from the campus. unfinished parts of the campus, the ulty's " I otes of Derangement" scars of construction, are once again Of course, he had changed his drama put on before the students for evident after being covered these last clothes but he had forgotten that his the benefit of the campus chest drive. two months with a blanket of snow. shoes were also tainted. Bill, who had The audience, which jammed the Work on the ATO and DKE fra­ been mildly asphyxiated, had lost his Viomen s Union to the jowls, was ternity buildings and the President's olfactory powers. The results ? Bill rocked with hilarious laughter time house is continuing at a rapid pace. had to place his shoes outdoors and six and again through the three-hour pro­ Early this month the staging was re­ quarts of disinfectant were needed to duction. e purge the office. moved from the Presiden s house a cl * * * * * Eustis, labeled " Trusty" by the before this issue of the ALUM U Echo, portrayed the financial affairs RRATA - Dean of the Faculty reaches your hands, the staging will be of the college in what the Echo called removed from the new fraternity E Ernest C. Marriner has pointed a "humorous and engaging disserta­ houses. out that Colby did not award degrees tion." The weekly quoted one of the to 13 seniors at mid-years as an­ At the west corners of Miller Li­ Treasurer's chief lines, " A precedent nounced in the last issue of the once established should be followed. brary, the foundations for two new ALUMNUS. upper class dormitories are patiently The holes are longer, deeper, more of Dean Marriner explained that them, and more inconveniently located awaiting the brick layers' hands. though the seniors completed their de­ Whether construction on these build­ than ever before," said Eustis about the gree requirements at mid-years, they MayRower Hill construction. Other ings will be carried on this year will . will have to wait until June when the depend on the results of the May­ parts of the show included a review of Trustees will award diplomas to the faculty peeves described as " an exact­ Rower Hill Development Fund, which entire class. is reported on other pages of this issue. * * * * * ing take-off on students, instructors and courses." " OMMON SENSE" - A new Besides the entertainment itself the C weekly periodical named after production, according to the students RAFFIC PROBLEMS - Colby Thomas Paine's famous tract, made its themselves, was a great morale builder T with its increased enrollments appearance on the campus late in Feb­ and as one student put it. "vVhy, our and distance from town, is mildly be­ ruary. faculty is actually human!" set with traffic troubles. The three-page mimeographed sheet, * * * * * announced as a weekly, was guite criti­ This condition has been adversely cal of things Colby in a negative way. HE SPIRIT OF GIVING - A let­ affected by the fact that the large park­ The publication, produced by students T ter of apology was received re­ ing area back of the Library has been who failed to acknowledge their au- cently by the MayRower Hill Develop­ cut offdue to the installation of steam ment Fund office which deserves fur­ pipes for the two dormitories men­ ther circulation than is possible on the tioned above. home grounds alone. These problems have led to the " I know that the enclosed pledge," establishment of a traffic control bill said the writer, "seems pitifully small to be put into effect on April 16th. Abraham (Abie) Ferris, '47, and here is why it is not larger. I The bill, like all good traffic control teacher-coach at Dean Academy of shall be 78 Mav of this vear. In order measures, is enforced by possible fines Franklin, Mass., named umber to keep our house I have to teach. which grow more stringent as the One Coach of the Eastern United How much my health and passing offenses mount. States Prep School Tournament by vears will enable me to do this I do not k Adequate signs will be placed about sportswriters and officials on March now. In 1941 I was retired on a pen­ the campus to direct regul� campus 20. sion of $900 a year. This, with income from what I could save, is entirely in­ inhabitants and visitors. The traffic And Clyde E. Russell, '22, named control bill also applies to the lower presid!'!nt of the Maine Cattle Breed­ adequate to pay our current expenses campus for which a separate set of ers Association. however much we economize. For rules has been established. many years I have contributed to our 4 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

class fund and in the earlier drive I did what I could towards the Colby fund. ow, I must conserve what I can to see us through the remaining years. Please send this along to Colby with my pledge for I want the com­ mittee to know why my contribution is not larger.' This gentleman's pledge was for $50. * * * * *

A VY BAND TO PLAY - The N United States :!\'ayy Band will present a "grand concert " at the Colby fieldhou e on Mayflower Hill on the eYening of Thursday, May 12th, under the sponsorship of the Water­ ville-Winslow Chamber of Commerce. Portrait of the Keyes building from the steps of Miller Library. Work * * * * * to complete the in tenor of the structure is expected to be renewed this ALORIES - A recent speaker in sprmg or n�mmer. C the Gabrielson series, reported that people in Germany in the French, LUMNI FUND - An early April as one of the 50 good small colleges in British and American zones were re­ A letter from Beverly F. Booth '45, the country. ceiving about 2,000 calories per day, now Reference Librarian at Alabama In reviewing these 50 institutions in which, he pointed out, was much be­ State College for egroes, Montgom­ an article of a few thousand words, it low what working people should have. ery, Alabama, brings a note about the was, of course impossible for the This statement led to a check-up of all-important annual Alumni Fund, author to devote much more than a the number of calories available in which is worth passing on. sentence to any one school. meals at Colby's Roberts Union. The "Today's mail brought me the an­ In choosing what to mention about reply was that calories there amounted nual Alumni Fund letter from Harry Colby, the writer picked two of our to from 2,000 to 3,000 per meal, but B. Thomas, '26. I recall that a loan book collections. " One of the most that hungry athletes quite frequently through the Alumni Fund Office wa famous is the Thomas Hardy Collec­ built this number up to 9,000 per meal. of mighty assistance to me during my tion at Colby (Wat�rville, Me.), the * * * * * last year at Colby. Rest assured I most complete Hardy collection io R. BIXLER BUSY - In addition shall do,,my best by the '49 Fund Ap­ existence," the author wrote, and con­ D to his regular duties as President, peal. .. tinued, "Colby also has an Edwin Dr. Bixler maintains a heavy schedule Arlington Robinson collection second of extra-curricular activities. to none." OP'S SECRETARY - Visitors to To give you an idea of what we P Colby s Miller Library are some­ mean, Colby's president spoke at the what amused to see a small black dog DITOR AIDED - Charles P. Hebron Academy vespers on March gadding in and out among the offices E Chipman, '06, one of the found­ 6th, preached at a Germantown, Penn­ or curled up patiently outside an office ers and first editor of the ALUMNUS sylvania, church on March 13th, spoke door, obviously waiting for its master. with Herbert C. Libby, has aided the at the dinner meeting of the Tew The students and regular staff mem­ England Society of Philosophers on the bers know that the appearance of the present editor with a letter explaining 15th and preached at the Central Con­ little black dog heralds the arrival or that a list of Colby journalists was con­ gregational Church in Providence on identifies the location of "Pop " New­ tained in a pamphlet "The Blue Book the 23rd. man, popular professor of religion. of Colby," issued by the college in On March 10th, 21st, 22nd, 24th and The little dog, "Boots," is a very 1923. 25th, he spoke before Alumni gather­ loyal beast and although she will allow " ft was supposed to be fairly accu­ ings in Philadelphia, Springfield a stranger to pet her when Pop is not (Mass.), Providence, Hartford and in view, she is really a one-man dog rate at that date " Mr. Chipman writes. New York City, respectively. when he is present. " Of course " he continued " 1923 is a Dr. Bixler brought great honor to * * * * * long time ago, but it ought not to be Colby on April 1st when he appeared difficult to bring the list up to date, in on one of the M. I.T. Convocation IBRARY APPLAUDED - On case anyone wishes to do o." Panel discussions in a group which L Page 17 of this issue Alumni newspapers hailed as the "World's Council Chairman Bob Wilkins dis­ The editor is grateful for this infor­ Greatest Thinkers." Dr. Bixler spoke cusses one significant point attendant mation and hopes to bring the list up on the " Science, Materialism and the with Colby being mentioned by a to date during a leisure day or so this Human Spirit " panel. Good Housekeeping magazine article summer. THE COLBY ALUM TUS 5

A Letter From Dorchester Dorset Every Day Life In Britain

By ELIZABETH DAY BUGLER, '48

HA VE BEEN LIVING in Eng­ late summer passions. Evidently I land for about seven months now though they are starting to get in the and although many things are very way of it for one store in town had it ditferent from those I had been used several times last summer and a friend to I do like it here Yery much. told me her husband had planted some fy husband has a restaurant in Dor­ and asked how you served it. chester a market town on the south­ Eggs are also rationed, according to west coast. The town itself has a long the supply on hand. At the present history dating back to Pre-Roman time they are more plentiful and we days. Dorchester and its surrounding are getting a half dozen each now Yillages ha\·e gained literary promi­ compared with one egg each a week nence through Thomas Hardy as this last .!\'o\'ember and December. An­ section of the country was his home other good sign about eggs is that next �nd the setting of many of his writ­ month restaurants are to have an allo­ mgs. cation, one per every four hundred Elizabeth Day Bugler, '48, who re­ My comments on living condition meals they serve. Since 1939 they ports on England in the Spring of here are not meant as complaints but have had to use dried egg or go with­ 1949· are just my observances on the present out. difficulties and the differences between The present candy ration is one apartment is downstairs in the land­ Iife in the States and in England. pound a month with talk of taking lady's kitchen, and, being of the old The main topic is of course, the the cheaper makes and boiled candies s hool she belie\'es a bath a week is rationing; food and clothing. As for off the ration within a few months. sufficient and just lights the boiler the food rati oning, I am afraid I can­ There are many items outside the once a week. (In case that worries not give an absolutely fair Yiew on this food line that are nearly unobtainable you, my husband's mother alway has problem as I have lunch and tea at the· too. Furniture is now on the open hot water for "extras.") We ha\'e a restaurant each day and thus manage market without purchasing ducats but gas water heater in the kitchen but it much better on the home rations than it i either "Utility," manufactured to would ha\'e been necessary to knock the ordinary person. The weekly certain government standards at a con­ out part of the bathroom wall to have rations, per adult, are: Butter, 3 ozs., trolled price, or very, very expensive. one put in there, so we had to let Margarine, 4 ozs. Cooking Fat, 2 ozs., Most of the china and glassware avail­ that go. Sugar, 10 ozs. Cheese, 1 Yz ozs., Bacon, able are export rejects. Coal is rationed two tons a year per 2 ozs., Tea, 2 ozs., feat, 1 cents family. We are al o well off in that worth and 3 cents worth of Corned Cigarettes 70c a Pack respect because we ha' e no water to Beef (of course, meat i much cheaper There is a purchase tax on most heat and, since we are out most of the here), and Milk, 2Yz pints. Soap is goods and then, of course, there is the time, we do not light the living room rationed. There is also an allocation tax on tobacco which brings cigarettes fire unless we are going to be home all of 24 points for tinned and dried foods up to seventy cents for twenty. e ening. In some parts of the country there each four week period. Although The clothing situation is looking up are electricity cuts during the day in many vegetables, jams and fruits are as far as government rationing is con­ ' private homes when there is a heavier now point free, meats and other cerned. Last week, woolen goods commercial draw on the current but canned goods are still ver_y high in came off coupons and shoes have also point value. Many people now find these cuts have not been necessary m been remo\'ed. Although many arti­ Dorchester. that the difficulty is not as it used to cle are either less coupons or coupon be, not ha ing enough points but just free now, the high prices of clothing Gas, Three Gallons a Month the opposite, not being able to get the are restrictipg the sales. they want to spend the points •Another thing that is rationed is goods As for heating and lighting, only a on. gasoline. Under the present system, few of the new houses are being you are giYen coupons for six months British Learning About equipped with central heating. The at a time. Although it is planned to Corn on the Cob usual means of heating is by coal fire­ be three gallons a month; you can There are plenty of fresh vegetables places, and electric and gas fires for ha\·e the whole lot at once if you wish. on the market. One of my great dis­ slight chill. Since \Ve haveused our ration for Feb­ appointments was to find that they For us this is most incon enient as ruary and March, our car is resting un­ don't eat corn on the cob, one of my the coal boiler to heat the water in our til spring. The three gallons a month 6 THE COLBY ALUMNUS is the pleasure aJlo..,vance, business gas States as being very starchy _and either is based on a different system and Explains on Both with a broad Oxford accent or else tinted red so that it can't be used for dropping H's all over the place. The pleasure. Sides of the Ocean greater part of the people like the Prices and wages h:we always been mericans and you find nearly every­ Our correspondent from the lower here. Since the present govern­ on has a pet American soldier that he Hardy country reports in a trans­ ment has been in they have set up met during the war and hears from mittal note that she gave a speech minimum vvages and incre�sed bene­ occasionally. at the local Young Con ervari ves on fits for the working masses and raised life in the States! And then says the income tax on the higher income " omeone gets me both ways." Political Speculations brackets a good deal. Under the a­ Late in February when thi was tional Health Service, the employer Without delving too much into poli­ being written Elizabeth and Derek tics, I should like to mention a few pays nearly the same amount to the of (her husband) were preparing to government for each employee as the the major changes under the present move to an apartment over his busi­ Labour go\ernment. employee himself. ne . Such a move she said would Of course, just about all the main The weather here is certainly differ­ allow them to get away from the W . utilities here are now nationalized with ent from that in Maine. e have had " snappy ways , of the landlady and t one �nowfall this winter which lasted talk of doing the same to o her indus­ from the landlady' three dogs, cat tries. The t\lines Electricity and for about two hour . In general the and yard full of chickens, and from Water supply, and Railroads and affili­ winters are cold and more rainy and a "pretty hectic" life where they the summer, sunny and warm but not ated hotels and bus lines are now un­ are. der gO\·ernment ownership with Gas hot. being the next on the list. There are As for the entertainment facilities in also many denials th:it they are plan­ Dorchester, it's usually pictures or completely new wardrobe . And, as ning to take over all hotels and res­ make your own amusement. There is for the men their shorter length jack­ taurants, which was rumored. They a Community Center evening school ets are hard to get u ed to and most ha\'e decided not to nationalize the but it offers nothing that appeals to of them lack that little sparkle added breweries but the pubs in all the new me. The town seems to lack recrea­ by bright socks and ties. towns now being set up are govern­ tion for its youth. There are Saturday ment owned. Then there is the a­ night dances in Dorchester and the tional Health ervice which has over­ Social Activity Lacking villages but they fall into about the spent its first year budget by millions same class as the public dances at As for the social lives of the people of dollars. home and do not appeal to all. I will have met, there seems to be some­ say though that we have been to quire thing missing but you can't quite put peculations about the 1950 elections a few club or charity formal dances your finger on it. The younger people are r.ow starting and many members since I ha\'e been here. with whom we are friendly have their of the Opposition have foreca t that own friends and good times together things will apparently improve a great deal between now and then to rake in Restaurants Closed at Night but in a different wav from in the · Labour votes. One thing that I notice is that none States. Most people definitely lead of the stores and restaurants remain more stay-at-home live and there is open in the evening. This is said to more family life. They seem to go in British Housewife Plans and be the result of the restrictions and for party games and such more than Comes Out Well lack of competition during the war in the States. realize that there have been many and the high wages that must be paid I read an article not long ago which varied reports in the U. S. about Eng­ for evening work now. Licensed pubs gave a rather good picture of the home land's present tate. Some have come and bars close at 10 or 10:30 according entertaining situation. It said that en­ back with tales of starvation and to the ruling of the county council in tertaining went out during the war others with the e act opposite. I have that section. Similar conditions exist because of the shortages and now tried to present conditions as I see in London and the larger cities al­ people meet friends and say, "You them, a little grim but live'!ble. The though you can perhaps find some must come up to supper some night," British housewife has a terrific prob­ restaurant open often with a long, dis­ but never set a date. lem on her hands and yet she plans couraging line of people waiting for One of my problems is that people and comes out admirably well. seats. think they must serve me coffee be­ I cannot claim to be an ordinary The people in general look rather cause I am an American and I don't British housewife, but, as I said at the drab in dress to me. (I probably care for coffee. Another thing that beginning, I am very happy in Eng­ would too if I had been wearing some irritates me is that whenever you see land. The people are very kind and of my clothes for ten years because I the English version of an American have helped me over the stumblers in hadn't been able to buy many others in a play or movie, he is always yank­ many ways. Although things are very during the war.) Although most of ing gum furiously. I suppose that is hard at present, everyone keeps smil­ the women now have some new, actually no different from the way an ing and hoping for the better times longer dresses the prices don't allow Englishman is usually portrayed in the ahead. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 7

Full Schedule Of Events 128th Commencement And Fourth Annual Alumni College June 9-13

OLBY S 128th Commencement Commencement Events During the evening the Commence­ C event will open at 12 noon on Events of the commencement will ment Play, "The Swan " a comedy by ThursJay June 9, when enrollment open at 2:30 p.m. on Friday with the Ferenc Molnar, will be staged by for the Fourth Annual Alumni College annual meeting of the Board of Trus­ Powder and Wig Dramatic Society will get underway at Roberts Union. tees to be held in the Smith Lounge players. From that hour till noon on Mon­ of Women's Union. Significant features of Sunday, June day, June 13 the time will be full with At 6:30 Friday evening a dinner will 12, will be the Baccalaureate Service to the final undergraduate experiences of be held in Roberts Union for trustees, be led by Dr. Bixler, Alumni and the seniors the nostalgic remember­ alumni council members and faculty, Alumnae luncheons, sorority and fra­ ings of the alumni, discussions formal followed at 8:15 by the President's Re­ ternity reunions, the annual Boardman and informal, meetings, exercises, ception and at 9:30 by the Commence­ Service to be conducted this year by ervices, receptions luncheon , picnic ment Dance. Rev. Marlin D. Farnum, '23, and the suppers class reunions, a play a con­ On Saturday, June 11th various Commencement Concert by the Colby­ cert and, of course, the commencement breakfasts are being planned, the Community Symphony Orchestra un­ itself. Alumni Council's annual meeting and der the direction of Dr. Ermanno F. that of the Library Associates. Senior G. Comparetti. Alumni College Class Exercises are scheduled for the Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick The Fourth lumni College will be Women's Union about mid-morning. To Be Commencement Speaker different from its predecessors in con­ At noon the annual Commencement tent method and purpose. Dinner is to be held, and at the three Dr. Fosdick, pastor emeritus of o'clock spot a baseball game between New York's Riverside church and dis­ The committee, which is headed by Colby's Mules and a comparable team tinguished author, will give the gradu­ Clyde E. Russell, '22, will be sending is being planned and at 6:00 p.m. re­ ation address at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, a statement early in May with out unions are scheduled to begin. De­ June 13. other commencement data. The group tails of these are listed elsevvhere in this Following the address the awarding concluded that a eries of lectures has · issue. of degrees and honorary degrees will on se\'eral subjects, or a group of lee- tures on the same topic seems not to be an adequate program. Tn conuast, therefore, they have pre­ pared an agenda of round table discus­ sions on a particular topic and are fur­ nishing � study guide which those planning to attend receive as soon as they register. There will be three sessions of the college: 1. a roundtable during the afternoon of the 9th of June, 2. a pic­ nic supper and informal discussion at the Great Pond Outing Club Lodge, and 3. a summary discussion under a distinguished leader on Friday morn­ ing on Lhe campus. Subject of the roundtables will be the German problem, and although there will be representatives of the col­ lege departments which have a direct bearing on the subject in the round­ table, the group will meet not as a gathering of experts, but as a group of representative American citizens with PEACE-PIPE MISSING AGAIN - The Class of 1862's pipe of peace which is different ideas and backgrounds com­ traditionally smoked by members of the graduation class at Commencement (if bining their information to analyze a it can be found) has made another of its more or less common disappearances. complex American problem of the first Shown above ai·e Charles Lord and Barbara Grant, prominent members of the importance. Class of 1942, t1.1ith the "disappem·ing" piee. 8 THE COLBY ALUMNUS take place. Heading the Commencement com­ Reunions Four Faculty mittee this year is Ellsworth W. (Bill) Millett, '25 assisted by the following: At this printing complete plans Promotions Are Katherine Foland, Lucille Pinette, for the class reunions are not avail­ ·37, James Humphry, Ruth lickerson, able. Plans are being handled by Announced Mrs. Helen Smith. Janet Marchant, individual members of each class. ,\lice Comparetti, Gilbert F. Loebs, All classes prior to 1899 will re­ Gordon Smith, Helen 1ichols ally unite as Old Timers. T A ALL COLLEGE assembly Sherburne, pencer Winsor, '40, Ralph 1899 will hold its gathering at A on pril 19 President Bixler an­ Williams, '35, "' Lee " Williams, Wal­ Louise Coburn Hall on the new nounced the promotions of four fac­ ter Holmer, Jean Henry, Arlene Carey, campus. ulty member efTecti\'e eptember 1 of Joseph Bishop. '35, William Bryan, 1904's reunion is under the direc­ this year. '47, and Willard Jennison. tion of Carroll N. Perkins, Water­ The four named for higher posts ville. were Dr. Ermanno F. G. Comparetti, 1909 members will meet under from assistant to a ociate professor Molnar's /1 The Swan," of the direction of Harold W. Kim­ mus'.c; Dr. ()s_ip K. Flechtheim, from Commencement Play ball, Waterville. nssistant to associate professor of His­ Colby's Powder and Wig Dramatic 1914ers are being headed by tory; F. Elizabeth Libbey, from in­ Society will present Ferenc Molnar's • Frank S. Carpenter of Augusta. structor to a si tant professor of bibli­ famous romantic comedy, "The 1919' party will be held at the ography, :rnd Henry 0. chmidt, from Swan," as the Commencement play at Waterville Country club under the in tructor to assistant professor of \Vomen's Union, Saturday, June 11. leadership of Dr. Gordon E. Gates, modern languages. The play, written by one of the best professor of biology. Dr. Comparetti, who is a graduate writers of the modern theatre, ha a 1924 with Joe and Ervena Good­ ot Cornell L:ni\•ersity an

Faculty.-Staff Group Tops Qu ota By $1,000 As Development Fund Reaches $150,000

OLBY S faculty and staff mem­ C bers have gone more than $1 000 over the top in subscribing to the May­ flower Hill Development Fund. The faculty total brought the overall returns over the $750.000 mark includ­ ing pre-Fund fraternity returns and Dr. Averill's pledge on a pre-campaign commitment of $300,000 for comple­ tion of the Keyes building. This was three-quarters of the way to the $1,000,000 total being sought by Commencement, 1949. Announcement of the faculty-staff campaign success was made by t�e division co-chairmen Professors Sher­ wood Brown and Joseph Bishop, wh said on April 18 that the division re­ turns stood at $7 171 against a quota of $6,000. They reported that all returns are not yet in. Serving under the co-chairmen were the following captains and workers: Cary Bok, treasurer of the Curtis Publishing company, Philadelphia, who John F. McCoy captain; Walter N. was headline speaker at the Philadelphia Colby Alumni Association and Devel­ Breckenridge Kingsley H. Birge, Ev-· opment Fund meeting at the Hotel Penn-Sheraton on March 10. Mrs. Bok is erett F. Strong orman Smith, Al­ beside her husband and Dr. Bixler is at left. fred K. Chapman and C. Frederick Main, Jr. Dean Tinetta M. Runnals captain; Fund under the leadership of Donald The student campaign, Leach an­ Miss Florence Piper, F. Elizabeth Lib­ Leach, senior student of Madison, Me. nounced, would get underway on bey, Mrs. Erla Robertson, Miss Mar­ Former Municipal Court Judge Cyril Wednesday, April 20, with solicitation jorie Gould, and Mrs. Jean La.mon­ M. Joly, '16, of Waterville, secretary scheduled to cease on May 3rd. taigne. of the Board of Trustees and Develop­ Miss Sally I. Sherburne, captain; ment Fund chairman for Central GREATER BOSTON REPORT Mrs. Eva Macomber Keyes, Miss years of Maine, reviewed the twenty On April 7 Chairman Albert C. Glenda Ambrose and Mrs. Carrie Ses­ progress on Colby's new campus and s10ns. Palmer, '30, announced that some the action of the board of trustees in $70,530 had been raised toward the Lester F. Weeks, captain; Ralph S. June, 1948, to activate the development regional quota of $111,000. Another Williams, Ernest C. Marriner, David fund. report session was scheduled for C. Howard, Wendell A. Ray Donald­ Tudge Joly told the students that the April 8. son Koons, Winthrop H. Stanley and strongest selling point of any campaign George T. Nickerson. is to have full pa rticipation by those who are campaign workers. He said SPRINGFIELD the success of the student campaign The Springfield area led by Dr. Student Campaign will insure the success of the Fund. Samuel R. Feldman and backed by the Student Campaign Chairman Leach Connecticut Valley Alumni Associa­ For $15,000 Opens outlined plans for student participa­ tion launched its campaign for a tion and said that although the $25,000 goal on March 21, at Blake's ORE than 70 Colby students met $15 000 student goal seemed large, Restaurant in Springfield. M at Waterville's Crescent Hotel actually it meant only ten cents per Principal address of the evening was the evening of April 18 to plan student week per student over the three year given by Dr. Bixler who stressed the participation in their college's $1,750,- period during which the quota is importance of the liberal arts college to 000 Mayflower Hill Development planned. the continuance of democracy. 10 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

Nearly 500 Attend New York Alumni Session

U. S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith, H-43, at the rostru m, as she addressed a gathering of neady 500 alumni, parents and friends of Colby at the Hotel Com 1'1'}odore in New York City on March 25th to open solicitation for the Mayflower Hill Development Fund in that region. Seated at the table to Mrs. Smith's left are Mrs. foseph P. Burke, R. H. Sturtevant, 12 1, Fund National Chairman; Mrs. William E. Pierre, fr., wife of W. E. Pierce, fr., 127, chairman of Metropolitan New York region for the fund, and foseph P. Burke, '14, president of the New ¥01-k Alumni Association.

EW YORK'S Mayflower Hill De­ univers1t1es in this country must con­ Isaac Love, '19, ew York; and Peter N velopment Fund Drive opened tinuously improve and expand. She Mayers, '16, Westchester and Connecti­ with what turned out to be the largest was introduced by Toastmaster Charles cut. Roland Gammon '37 is in P. elson, '2 , elected to Congress to meeting of Colby alumni, parents, and charge of Public Relations. fill the vacancy created when she en­ friends in the history of the College, Extremely acti\·e in the preliminary tered the Senate last November. at the Hotel Commodore on March organization of the dri,·e were Wil­ Other speakers were Pres'ident Julius 25th. liam E. Pierce, Jr., '27, General Chair­ Seelye Bixler, Reginald H. Sturtevant, man of the Greater ew York organ­ Maine's recently elected senator, '2 1, General Chairman of the May­ Margaret Chase Smith, H-'43, spoke to flower Hill Development Fund and ization· G. Cecil Goddard, '29 Secre­ tary of the Alumni A ociation· Loui an audience of nearly 500 people at the Mr. Telson. Grace was offered by the dinner-meeting. Urging greater un­ Reverend Harold Lemoine, '32. W. Collier Director of Public Rela­ derstanding between all countries, Di ision leaoers for the drive are tions and Executive Secretary of the Mrs. Smith stressed the need for "edu­ Murray Coker, '29, Manhattan; Augie Colby Fund Council; and Mrs. Jane cation to the maximum degree," and Stiegler, '28, Long Island and Brook­ McCarthy Rodman, '44, ecretary of emphasized the fact that coileges and lyn (also Advance Gift Chairman); the rew York Committee.

Students Raise Over $3,ooo For' Campu� Chest

URI G a whirlwind week of dents, faculty and staff members, the matic night, "Sadie Hawkins " dance, D activity in mid-March Colby stu­ student campaign group staged a week bridge party and concert. dents received first rate practical train­ of special activities all designed to turn Although a final tally had not been ing in community service when they further funds over to the drive. published at this writing the Chest conducted their Campus Chest cam­ These activities included concessions treasurer reported that results would paign, paralleling the Community at a basketball game and Community be about $3,300. Chest drives in the cities and towns Concert, tips given to faculty "wait­ This money will be split percentage across the United States. ers " by the girls in the women's wise among 11 international, n�tional Besides personal solicitation of stu- dormitory dining halls, a faculty dra- and state charity groups. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 11

"Industry Wants Human Beings"" Students Told At Career Session

Colby's Second Annual Career Con­ training they give is particularly valu­ ference got underway on Friday, able in teaching the students to get March 11, and before it closed the fol­ along with other people." lowing day the more than 200 students He emphasized that industry is in­ attending the eight formal sessions terested in "human beings," " sym­ had recei ed a great deal of both gen­ phatic persons," those who are " in­ eral and specific information on future terested in everything " rather than careers. those whose interests lie only in a nar­ Keynoter of the conference, Da id row field. E. Lynn a vice president of the Following the keynoter's remarks Guaranty Trust Company of New York eight panel discussions were begun City and a Colby parent, who told the and continued throughout the after­ students at the opening session, "The noon and evening. only gauge of a top man is his ability Serving as leaders of the session on and his willingness to accept responsi­ public administration were Oliver D. bility." Comstock, city manager of Bangor, KEYNOTER LYNN " Industries, he told the gathering, Maine, and Ernest C. Marriner, Jr., '40, Miss Jeane I. Murphy, assistant pro­ are now after students from the town manager of Wells Maine. fessor of Social Work at Boston Uni­ small liberal arts colleges because the In the field of Social Service were versity; Dr. Warren Stearns, Head of the Sociology Department at Tufts College and Dr. Margaret R. Simpson, Director of Mental Health, Maine. Journalism's panel was conducted by Professor Wayne Jordan, head of the Department of Journalism at the Uni­ versity of Maine and Thomas Savage, '40, novelist and Professor of English at Suffolk University. Ministerial students heard Dr. John W. Brush, '20, Professor at Ando er Newton Theological School and Dr. Harry Trust, president of Bangor Theological Seminary. Dr. Dwight O'Hara, Dean of the School of Medicine, Tufts College, Dr. Consultant Tom Savage. 140; Savage's hostess, Cynthia Crook, '49, and Frederick T. Hill, '10, Waterville, and conference visitor, Dr. William J. Wilkinson. Dr. Bernard H. Burbank, '39, South Portland, led the session on medicine. Dean Elwood H. Hettrick of Boston University's School of Law; Neil Leonard, '21, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Colby and member of the Boston Law Firm of Bingham, Dana and Gould, and Peter Mills, '34, municipal judge in Farmington, Me., presented legal opportunities. Two Colby men, Dean Mark R. Shibles '29, of the University of Maine's Department of Education; Bertrand W. Hayward, '33, director of the Philadel­ phia Textile Institute, and Ermo H. Scott of the State of Maine Depart­ (l. to 1·.) Tom Ke fe. '49; Public Administration consultants and hosts: � ment of Education told those consider­ C. Marri ner, Jr., ing teaching as a profession that pos­ City Manager Oliver D. Comstock; Town Manager Ernest sibilities in that field are improving. 140, and Donald Jacobs, '50. 12 THE COLBY ALUM US

lS HOWARD JOHNSO COM- Student Chatterwaves Discuss ING HERE SOON ? This is the question many Colbyites have been asking themselves lately. Its basis is Architecture And Other Matters the cupola on the garage of Prexy's half-completed - and truly handsome By GERALD B. -house. FRANK, , 50 The cupola is a common architec­ tural device. Howard Johnson, for house is shaping into a beautiful and specul�tion. obser\'ation, and merry­ example, use it on his restaurants. well proportioned Tew Colby struc­ making by Colbyites. Waterville is Apparently because of this, one Colby­ ture. now boasting itself the " Basketball ite made the comparison between Center of Maine " - and Colbyites are Prexy's house and a Howard John­ GRADUATIO T JITTERS are fast among the boasters. son's. Pleasing Maine humor, the overcoming the Senior Clas . Chatter­ The reason for this is clear. Colby comparison caught the Student Chat­ waYes are acti,·e with question of the won the state collegiate crown, Coburn terwaves and stuck there. "How many more day ? " and "Ha,·e the prep laurels, and Waterville High The situation was climaxed just be­ you a job? " type. chool the state high-school cup. fore Spring Vacation when unknown One example of these jitters is the The Williamsmen's crown-winning parties erected a large sign on May­ coed who has copied the semester's and subsequent trip to Connecticut Aower Hill Drive in front of Prexy's calendar into her notebook. Located was followed enthusiastically by those house saying, "Howard Johnson to on the first page of her Religion "8" Open Here Soon." The crudely notes the calendar ends June 13, 1949. at home. When the team lost its first painted poster was decorated with ice Those days on which she has hour match in the utmeg State Chatter­ cream cones as well as the familiar tests cheduled and papers due are con- waves noticed disappointment, but not Johnson slogan of "28 Flavor ." idered a necessary hurdles to that annoyance. Student opinion is that on As a result of this attention, the final date. the whole the team has done a com­ cupola became the object of much To help her after "that ftnal date," mendable job. good natured speculation. Different Colby's Placement Office i busy ar­ Believe it or not. the Chatterwaves theories were evolved as regard its ranging interYiews between tudents were almost as active during WHS's purpose and value. The poem printed and vi iting business representatives. battles for the cholastic cup as they on this page is an example of one of These representatives are on campus were when olby made itself King of these theories. It first appeared in the every few days; their presence means the college . Echo's Eternal Optimi t column, job opportunities and placements for This interest in local prep and high March 16. Colbyite of '49. And for the gradu­ school sports on the part of most Col­ So that no one will find hidden ating class, jobs relieve the jitters. meanings in this item, we emphasize byite is qujte noticeable. It may be that the entire affair was all in good WATERVJLLE'S \VI r I I G aid to have three causes. 1) Many fun, and that in truth the President's TEAM have been the cause of much students are graduate of schools com­ peting \ ith Waten·ille andlor Coburn, :Z) many are Mainiacs and, therefore, are interested in Maine sports and " IT'S CREA TED QUITE A STIR 3) the majority of the students are fas­ To JFL By Forthright cinated by sports of any kind.

The cupola on Prexy's House created quite a stir; The students and the staff would know just what the steeple's fer. REPORTING ILL TESS IS AWK­ WARD. It is like the youngster at Some think, "'tis Prexy's sun porch; the Doctor wants a tan." boys' camp who had three chums with Or, "'tis an observation booth - he'll be a weatherman." slight ca es of poison ivy. "Dear Mom," he wrote home one day, "E - "It is," some say, "a home for birds, 'complete with education '." ERYBODY in camp has poison ivy But Robin's house is Lacking doors, and birds need ventilation. RE L bad ... " lllness has been on the Chatter­ The answer to this paradox is plain enough to see: - waves. EVERYBODY was OT The housing shortage here is great -a bedroom it will be! sick - only a very mall group of the student body at any one time had the The mattress will be vertical with pillow in the air; now famous (at Colby, anyway) And for the roomer's shirt and suit we'll hang a sky-hook there. "Virus X. ' The rea on this item is report­ It sounds a might impractical, but laugh not at our plan. worthy i that because of the "X', It's the nearest dorm to Mary Low for any Colby man. the twelve day Spring Vacation was extended five days. The extension THE COLBY ALUMNUS 13 came at the end of the original recess because the " X ,. runs in two week "An Admirable Contribution To cycles; the e tra five days being de­ signed to "beat " the cycle. The Literature of Bibliophily", As you can imagine the Student By Lawrence C. Worth Chatterwaves literally danced with the R. I. news. Almost every Colbyite had Director, The John Carter Brown Library, Providence, heard the '· good word ' within two HE BOOK on fore-edge paintings paintings here illustrated and many hours after it first leaked out. T before me* does admirably a job have seen elsewhere are charming be­ Disregarding the fact that the ruling which, I now realize, badly wanted yond words, happy in conception and meant five more recess days, most doing. I have been so much con­ skillful in execution. peopk applauded the decision. No cerned with aspect� of books other than The Anthoensen Press has done a emergency existed, but the action of their bindings and ornamentation that good job in its specialty, that is, aiding the College Authorities was considered I have unconsciously and without the author in the clear and pleasing good because, like in good accounting prejudice relegated fore-edge paintings presentation of his m:itter. This is an­ practice, it was the conservative thing to the class of curiosa. They still may other distinguished book to its credit. to do. be considered that in the larger scheme I turn from these general observa­ of things, but I know that hereafter I tions to one or two special comments BRIEF ITEMS FROM THE shall never look at one or read a de­ of narrower interest. One of the chap­ CHATTERWAVES: Phi Beta scription of one without focusing upon ters I read with special interest is that Kappa elected eleven students from the it the light of these chapters on the on technique. As the result of it I of '49. This made the Waves Class charm of the paintings, the historic feel that not even Miss Diehl has given as it always does, because inevitably a development of the practice, and its an adequate account of how the thing few students know of a " deserving " place in the adornment of the book. was actually done. I am not a crafts­ person who did not make it or a It seems to me further that by relat­ man, but I have a feeling that those "non-deserving ' person who did. ing this practice to the interests and binders who ha e written on the sub­ Most Colbyites however read the list enthusiasms of the eighteenth and ject have concealed their ignorance by with much awe, a little envy, and some early nineteenth centuries, such as the refusal to go into detail. remorse that they themselves had not cult of the "picturesque ' in nature, The other thing I want to speak of worked harder. They hereafter, more­ Mr. Weber has made significant a is the existence of still another com­ over, treat those that were elected with book-art too often dismissed with con­ plexity in the dating of the paintings. more respect. descension by scholars and very serious On page 76 Mr. Weber speaks of the 1950's Varsity Show is in the more, bookmen. For me, at least this book two-way paintings in the Cicero of than - elementary - but - not - enough - takes a place hitherto empty in the lit­ 1791 now in the John Carter Brown to - release - anything - yet stage. The erature of bibliophily. It is rich in Library in Providence. He dates musical, featuring Colby talent and book lore of a recondite sort. Another them as after the publication in 1842 written by Colby writers, will be of the service to the subject is the inclusion of Macaulay s Lays because one of the revue type. More on this later. .. of so many admirable collotype repro­ paintings represents Horatius at the Fraternity-sorority scholastic ratings ductions of actual fore-edge painting>. Bridge. Could it have been techni­ in the Echo. were released recently' · I suppose our modern critics of art cally possible that this picture was put The Tau Delts, Indies, and Dus were would revile both the romantic and lit­ on long after the other with its view the first three respectively for the men; erary subjects and the meticulous (I of the Roman Forum ? The Horatius Tri Delta and ADP were first and sec­ use the word correctly, I think) execu­ picture is empty, poor in color and ond respectively for the wom en. The tion of the painting, but anybody who drawing, and the bridge has abutments women averaged four or five quality has rema.ining in him a breath of the and railings that might have been built points higher than the men, the ladies' eighteenth century will feel differently. yesterday, so far as architectural style average being near thirty-five. For my part, I think many of the is concerned. The picture of the Forum, on the other hand, is done Course Critique The blank asks such questions, "How with greatest skill and delicacy. In The second annual course critique valuable has this course been to you? color in feeling, and in its much-in­ which is conducted under the super­ Comment upon the lecture material, little composition it seems to have the v1s10n of the faculty-student curricu­ text books outside reading and labora­ eighteenth-century spirit. My inclina­ lum committee was announced about tory sections. How would you im­ tion is to think of the Forum as the the middle of April. prove this course? etc." work of Payne's artist and the Hora­ Purpose of the critique is to deter­ Members of the committee are Joan tius as a late addition. mine both strong and weak points in Hoagland, '49, chairman· Prof. Don­ aldson Koons Hilda Farnham, '49· "A Tho11sa11d-a11d-011e Fore-Edge Paintings, the educational program and to effect with otes on the Artists, Publishers, Book­ a strengthening of those on the weak Prof. Walter N. Breckenridge, Donald binders. and Other Meo and Women Con­ side. icholl, '49, Prof. Gordon W. Smith nected with the History of a Curious Art, by Students are being asked to fill out Roger Prince, '50, Prof. Kingsley Birge, Carl J. Weber, Watervil le: COLBY COL­ LEGE PRESS, 1949. Colby College Mono­ one critique blank for each course Alvin Schwartz, '49, and Barbara graph o. 16: I 7 pages, 24 illu trations, taken during the first semester. Starr, '50. two in color. $ .50. 14 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

Colby Sports Mules Headed For Another State Pennant By Sm McKEEN, ,49

HAT EDDIE ROU DY, Colby's tered nine hits among the Yellow a summer league in Canada last July T venerable and capable head coach Jackets for the win. and August gave up only three hits in of baseball, was in the process of turn­ It was another overtime game for the his four inning stint and appeared to ing out another championship nine Mules the following day at Hampden­ have the stuff that made him a stand­ this year, was quite evident at this Sydney College, but the tables were out on last year's Frosh nine. Frank printing as the Mule forces slapped out turned on Colby this time as Broun Gavel then encered the scene and be·· two wins in their first fi.ve games, and Dameron of the home club singled in came the winning pitcher again as he battled highly-rated opposition to a the winning run in the last of the 10th handcuffed Bates the rest of the way, standstill in the others. inning for a 7-6 win. Moundsman gi ing up three hits in five innings Led by a horde of veterans from last Burt Silberstein, u ed only in relief last and fanning 11 of the 18 men he year's title team, the Roundy-managed season, came through with a perform­ faced. Colby got only four hits in horsehiders from Colby looked very ance good enough to win, giving up the game, but wildness on the part of impressive in their first quintet of con­ seven bingles in eight innings, but the relief pitcher Leach of Bates gave tests and with 15 left on the docket, Hampden-Sydney laddies, who were Colby the game in the top of the Colby's chances of making a name for coached in 1923 by Eddie Roundy be­ eighth. itself on the diamond this year looked fore he came to Colby, exploded in the excellent. overtime against John Spinner, Colby Another Championship? Resuming their Southern Trip for captain who is doubling this year as With most of the experimentation the first time since before the war, pitcher and first sacker. and bad weather behind them, the Colby trekked to Annapolis, Maryland Two games - one with the Univer­ Mules will be shooting for high stakes for their first encounter of the year sity of Richmond and the other with from here on. Presenting what could with avy on the 26th of March. Fort George Meade of Baltimore - easily be the best balanced ball club Hampered by a lack of outdoor drills were cancelled due to rain. In a prac­ in Colby history, the Mules looked a (Maine was still covered with a blan­ tice affair with Fort Dix, Colby de­ shoo-in to capture their third straight ket of snow at the time), and by a par­ feated the soldiers at their ew Jersey State Series championship. ticularly pesky afternoon of rain and base although the win will not be en­ Back at his catching duties is one of fog, the Mules suffered their worst de­ tered on the official records. the greatest little back-stops in college feat of the baby season, succumbing baseball, one ormie White. White, 12-2. Bobcats Fall besides handling pitchers like a Travelling on to Quantico, Va. for Dickey, Hartnett, or Mack, is also a their second game with a potent Quan­ Turning their batting eyes to the good man with the bat as shown by tico Marine nine, the Mules showed Maine State Series, the Mules played the fact that he has either won or fin­ that they were going to be a tough the first of three exhibitions with Bates ished runner-up in the State Series bat­ club to cope with when they played at Lewiston on Saturday, April 16th. ting race since he entered college. the Leathernecks even throughout the This time it was a pair of pitchers At first base, Johnny Spinner, fiery game, losing 10-9 in the last half of the who stepped into the limelight and it captain and transfer from Boston Col­ ninth. The Marine club plays a 45 was a duet of whom Colby baseball lege, is still a fixture. ifty Nardozzi game schedule, featuring the larger fans will be hearing a lot in the next at second and Tom Pierce at short are colleges and minor league outfits and three years. a picture of keynote perfection. Colby's showing against them was In the tightest game of the year, At third, Roundy has come up heartening to Colby fans who foresaw Colby nipped the Bobcats 1-0 behind with a pair of youngsters who are do­ another pennant in the State Series the superb slants of sophomo:cs Jim ing a fine job of picking up where competition for their team. Keefe and Frank Gavel. George Clark, now the property of the Keefe started for the Mules and Brooklyn Dodgers, left off. Gene First Win went only four innings due to the fact Billings, a sophomore, and Nel Gou­ Colby cracked the winning column that he has just recovered from a let, a senior, are beginning to look like the next afternoon with Frankie Virus-X condition, the recent bogey­ old hands around the hot corner. Gavel on the mound as the Mules sub­ man of the Colby campu . Keefe did In the outfield, three veterans and a dued a good Randolph-Macon aggre­ not make the Southern trip for that pair of sophomores are doing a great gation 8-6. It was a hard-fought game reason and it looked to most observers job. Russ Washburn, Dick Grant, and all the way, with Colby edging their like a lucky thing for Colby's oppon­ Wils Eldridge are the vet gardeners way to vic'tory in their half of the tenth ents from Dixie. while George Wales and Chet Har­ on hits by Bob ( ifty) Nardozzi, Nel The young right-hander who ma

the outfield. Both are converts from infield service. Dean Runnals To Retire, Teddy Shiro is an infield comer and has been doing all right with the stick when called upon in a reserve role Miss Sherman, '32, Appointed from time to time. Shiro is also a sophomore. Watch out for Colby in HE retirement of Miss inetta M. 195 1 ! Runnals, '08, was announced offi­ On the mound Colby is better off T than it has been for many a year. Be­ cially on the Colby campus by the sides the very adequate Keefe and ECHO on Wednesday, April 20, Gavel, the Mules have been getting a simultaneous with the news of Miss lot of good work from a pair of senior Barbara Sherman's ('32) appointment. veterans in Roy (Bingo) Leaf and Burt As many in the graduate group may Silberstein, a pair of Massachusetts luminaries. And if any further help know Miss Runnals has been troubled is needed, left hander John Spinner with ill health during the past two and starboard-sider Russ Washburn of years thereby forcing her withdrawal hoop fame will be available: from the tremendous load of responsi­ It all adds up to a great year for bility which has been her lot. Colby and this writer wouldn't be too surprised to be wricing a column Miss Runnals' retirement will be­ about Colby in the CAA tourney e­ come effective in September of this fore he grabs his degree in early June. year. Colby's retiring dean has had a dis­ Dunkel Rates tinguished career in educ�tion since Hoopsters High her graduation. She was awarded the The final edition of the Dick Dunkel master of arts degree from Columbia Basketball Ratings gave Colby's Mules another pat on the back in rating them ISS BARBARA AIKE SHER­ University, . Y., in 1920 and Colby 288th among the nations 775 colleges. M MAN, '32, French teacher at honored her with a doctor of letters The other Maine colleges were. Memorial High School, Pelham, ew degree in 1929. further down on the list and only York, will become dean of women at Dean Runnals taught mathematics Tufts, Springfield, ew Britain State, Colby College in September, President and languages at Foxcroft Academy St. Anselm's and St. Michael's ranked from 1908 to 1911 and was dean of J. Seelye Bixler announced through the ahead of Colby in ew England. girls and mathematics teacher at Maine ECHO on April 19. The other Maine schools' relative Central Institute, Pittsfield, Maine, strength was indicated in the " Power­ The Colby dean-elect is a graduate from 1911 to 1916. She later taught Index " which gave Colby a 45.0 mark, of Yarmouth (Mass.) high school and mathematics at Highland Hall, Holli­ the U. of M., 42.5; Bates 40.0 and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of daysburg Pa. Bowdoin 333. Colby. She came to Colby as dean of women and assistant professor of GRIDDERS REPORT From 1932 to 1933 Miss Sherman mathematics in 1920 and remained as FOR SPRING DRILL studied under a Franco - American dean until 1926 becoming full profes­ Coach Walt Holmer called his foot­ scholarship at the Uni ersity of Tou­ sor of mathematics in 1923. ball candidates out early in April for louse in France where she received her four weeks of spring training which From 1926 to 1928 when Miss Run­ Diplome D'enseignement. She also was to include several intra-squad nals returned to Colby, she served suc­ studied abroad at Sorbonne University scrimmages. cessi ely as dean of women at Hills­ in Paris during the summers of 1937 The four-week period for the three dale College, Hillsdale, Mich., and as and 1938. mathematics dozen or so players who reported for teacher at Miss Sayward's practice is a long one according to local Miss Sherman won her master of School in Philadelphia. Monday morning quarterback, but arts degree at Columbia University in During the past 21 years Dean Run­ Coach Holmer told newsmen that it 1941. nals has also served as professor of would allow him to break in several She has taught at the high schools in mathematics and education at Colby. promising freshmen. Barre and Bridgewater, Mass., and Miss Runnals is a member of Phi Because Assistant Coach Bob Keefe served as head of the French depart­ Beta Kappa national honorary frater­ will be working with the track team ment at Hanover (N. H.) high school. nity, the United Baptist Church of Walt will be handling the squad alone. She was teacher of French at Rhodes Dover-Foxcroft, the National Associa­ Walt was helped shortly after the start School, New York City, before enter­ tion of Deans of Women, the Ameri­ of the spring training by Dominic ing her present position at Memorial can Association of University Women Puia, '48 captain of the '47 team. high, Pelham. and Delta Delta Delta sorority. 16 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

COLBY FOLK IN THE HEADLINES

THE LIFE and work of the late pleted his degree requirements in Feb­ nist Bruce Roberts on the same day Mary Caffrey Low Car\'er, 'T, first ruary of this year. early in March. * * * * * woman graduate of Colby,. was re­ Pete was applauded because he viewed at page length in a feature ANOTHER recent graduate who tra\'el 0 miles each week to and from story in the magazine section of the has been recei\'ing newspaper attention his home town to attend drills of Lewiston (Maine ) Journal on March is William Whittemore, 45. Whitte­ 1a\'al Reserve Battalion 1-9 at South 5th. The story which was illustrated more has had a position for several Portland. " As a seaman before the by pictures of Colby and Mrs. Can·er months now with the U. tomic war, he carried out the same commuter was written by Eloise I-. aryf Jordan of Energy Commission at the Brookha\'en routine, with perfect drill attendance," Lisbon, Maine. National Laboratory, Long Island. the article records. He is now a * * * * * lieutenant-commander. DR. CHARLES E. G. SHAN­ Weed's act of kindness appeared un­ NON, '99, was honored fer a second der the subtitle, " tory Of The Day," time by students at Jefferson Medical and reveals the presence of another College in Philadelphia. according to a olbv man, however, unidentified. report carried in the school's Bulletin "A procrastinating Portlander ' of January. write Roberts, "as usual waited until Dr. Shannon, who was made a pro­ the very last minute to send for his fe sor-emeritus of Ophthalmology last 1949 automobile tag. In his final ec­ June after 44 years of service at Jeffer- ond haste he made a mistake in calcu­ on, was presented with a beautiful lating the fee and sent along a check watch by members of the f 948 senior for an insufficient amount. That class during his last lecture in the clini­ should have fixed our friend nicely, cal amphitheater. guaranteeing that come March I he In 1944 Dr. Shannon was selected would have to leave the old bus in the by the senior class of that year to sit garage. for his portrait which on completion '' But the tag came through and was presented to the college as the class once again the fellow e caped the pen­ gift. This is the highest honor which alty of putting things off to the dead­ students at the college have the power line. His thanks are due Registrar of to bestow on a faculty member. Motor Vehicles Stanton S. Weed of The Jefferson Bulletin carried Dr. Augusta, who dug down into his own Shannon's portrait 3nd an extensive pocket to make up the dillerence in the fee and sent the tag along. The biographical sketch. BILL WHITTEMORE, '45 * * * * * fact that the neglectful motorist and Weed were Colby College classmates "THE GOOD Samaritan," was the The Skowhegan (Maine) native might have had something to do with name of reference bestowed on Ed­ spoke before a large group of high this personalized service." ward H. Waller, '49, by the Portland school instructors of science from all * * * * * (Maine) Eveni11g Express for a deed over the country at the Botanical Gar­ of kindness performed on a snowy day DR. HERBERT CARLYLE LIB­ dens in Brooklyn, .. on March 18 this past winter. r. Y BY, '02, former professor of public and was scheduled to read a paper be­ speaking, drew the attention of the Waller was riding toward Boston in fore the members of the American press for his speech before the Railroad his car when he noticed another car Physical Society in Washington, D. C., Supervisors Club in Pittsfield (Maine ) half buried in a snow bank iust off the later this month. in March. road near Bowdoinham. He stopped, Whittemore expects to receive his waded through the drifts to the vehicle Dr. Libby told the gathering that doctorate from Harvard in June and ·• and helped City Purchasing Agent the artificial division " of the people will travel to England, France and lester S. Wallace of South Portland into classification of " labor and capi­ Switzerland this summer. and his wife from their auto. tal " tended to set one against the * * * * * He then secured a wrecker and other. Such a di i ion he indicated brought hot coffee to the couple. PETER MILLS, '34, newly ap­ was not right. When he knew he had done all he pointed municipal court judge in " If we must draw an artificial line, could, he continued on his way. A Farmington, Maine, and Stanton S. let it be that between people and busi­ columnist in Waller's home town of Weed, '30, Maine State Registrar of ness executives. Let us ...show to Columbus, Ohio, applauded his deed Motor Vehicles, both won the plaudits the nations of the world that ...we in the Dispatch . Young Waller com- of Portland Evening Express Colum- are one people in aims and ideals." THE COLBY ALUMNUS 17

13 Candidates For THE CHAIRMAN.,S CORNER "At--Large.,.,Members By ROBERT E. WILKINS, '20 Of Alumni Council Chairman, Alumni Council

20TH CE1 TURY SAGE utters the following words ot wisdom, "Do not Eight alumni and five alumnae have A pause to meditate in the middle of a revolving door." been named candidates by the nomina­ The pace of events at Colby these days may equal the speed of a revolving tions committee of the Alumni Council door but there is one important difference - progress on Mayflower Hill is not to fill four men's and two women's of the circular variety. To most of us the physical deYelopment of Mayflower posts on the Council according to the Hill is a dramatic picture. The Mayflower Hill Development Fund Campaign official Council election ballot to be has underscored it. But we may gain a great measure of satisfaction from recent mailed to alumni early in May. events which prove that progress at Colby is not confined to fund raising, build­ ings, and landscape. The men are Roland B. Andrews, Strangely enough Colby's national publicity in recent weeks h�.s had little '2 , superintendent of Schools at to do with Mayflower Hill as a plant. In the April issue of Good Hou ekteping Presque Isle, faine; Joseph B. Camp­ magazine appeared an article called, " Is The Small College Your Answer ? " bell, '29 Augusta, Maine, lawyer; The author picked 50 of the nearly 700 small liberal arts colleges in the United Frederick Harold Dubord, '14, Water­ States to recommend to prospective college students. Colby was the only co-edu­ ville lawyer; Frank C. Foster, '16, cational institution included from New England with only two other New Eng­ professor of education al the Uni\ er- land colleges mentioned. Since this was a balanced appraisal based on a study ity of Maine; Leonard W. Grant, '15, of quality factors the selection of Colby in education-packed 1ew England Brighton, Mass., business man. emphasizes the progress which has been made in her educational program. Wilson C. Piper '39, Boston lawyer; "The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman " said Walt Charles C. Putnam, '34, Westfield, N. Whitman. one of us will question the importance of leadership in reaching J. chemical engineer; and Clyde E. the objectives to which we have aspired. In Dr. Johnson and Dr. Bixler we have Russell, '22 executive of the Maine been blessed with the type of vision which recognizes that a college must be more Teacher's association and editor of the than a group of fine buildings in an attractive location. Massachusetts Institute association's magazine. of Technology has just held Convocation ceremonies to which were invited 33 The women nominees are Alice Paul of the world's top thinkers. The newspapers labeled the event, "This meeting Allen, '29, Providence, R. I., house-. of the greatest minds." One of the 33 was our own President, Dr. J. Seelye wife; Ellen G. Dignam, '35 Washing­ Bixler. ton, D. C., businesswoman- Eleanor If you live at a distance from Colby, it is always heartwarming to see her Butler Hutchins '29 Waterville, name in print. To read these tributes to her leadership or to the uplifting of her ::vlaine housewife; Marian Bradford educational program brings satisfying appreciation of how far we have traveled Rowe, '26, Portland, Maine, librarian, towards our goals. and Hazel Wepfer Thayer, '37, West Concord, Mass., housewife. Offered are positions ranging from 1916, was elected president of the Hud­ Three men are also named as candi­ i11structorships to professorships in his­ son Valley Colby Alumni Association dates for the single vacancy on the tory, geology, sociology, economics, at the annual meeting of the group at Athletic Council, Edward D. Cawley, philosophy, education and classical lan­ Albany's University Club on April 7. '17, Lowell, Mass., businessman; Wal­ guages. Stanley B. Miller, '14, secretary of Pay scale at the East Orange, ew the Glen's lace A. Donovan, '3 1, Waterville, Falls Indemnity Company Jersey institution ranges from $2400 to was reelected Maine, coach, and Robert W. Scott, vice president; Mis and $3000 to Ella R. Robinson, '29, teacher-coach at Gould Academy, $3200 for instructors '16, head of the $3600 for assistant professors· $3000 to English department at Bethel Maine. Albany Acad­ $4200 for associate professors and emy for Girls was named secretary of Balloting will be conducted through $4000 for professors. All of the jobs the association and Mrs. Clinton the mails with ballots provided by the open require [A degrees or above and Bernard, '14, was reelected treasurer. Alumni office. The deadline for bal­ teaching experience on the college level Thirty-four persons attended the lots to be counted is 12 noon, June 4. is required in most instances. meeting including _3 Alumni and 11 Applications may be sent to Dean husbands, wives or guests. Frans Ericsson, Upsala College, East Alumni present besides those men­ Job Openings Orange, New Jersey. tioned and President J. Seelye Bixler were : Fr Upsala College, a Lutheran Affili­ anklin M. Cobleigh, '30, J. S. Krawiec, '35, Ella ated School of Arts and Sciences, with R. Robinson, '16 Esther Crossman, '28, an enrollment of 1500 students, has &.tJq, elulJ. no.tu Blanche P. Pratt, HUDSON VALLEY '02, Phinehas P. Barnes, announced a series of vacancies accord­ '20 John A. Barnes, '24, Augustus ing to the Colby College Placement Dr. Harry E. Pratt, '02, principal of M. Hodgkins since '28, George F. Hodgkins, 26, Bureau. Albany ( T.Y.) High School William 18 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

M. Harriman, '17, John P. Harriman, '50, Dr. Lyman I. Thayer, '16. Mrs. Lyman I. Thayer, '17, Philip Peterson, '48, A. Howell Clement, '48, Roy Herron, '25, Wendell Phillips, '48, Roberta Holt Sachs, '45, Janet Jacobs Dr. Weber's Curiosity Leads To New Holden '45, and Bill Millett, '2 5. -William L Harriman, '17 Book Issued By College Press

NEW YORK GROUP IBRARIAN James Humphry, busi- put to work, and in the case of fr. On farch 25th in conjunction with L ness manager of the Colby Col­ Campbell"s �ore-edged volumes, they the DeYelopment Fund gathering lege Press, has announced the publica­ �a,·e �een 1nstrumental in bringing _ ew York Alumni elected the follow­ tion of a iull-dress report by Professor rnto bemg this volume which Professor ing officers and executiYe committee Weber on an intere ting group of rare \ eber claims, in his introduction, is members : books in the Colby Library. the first book e,·er to be published ex­ President, Joseph P. Burke, '14; Vice­ Some years ago, the Librar recei\'ed clusively devoted to the subject of fore­ President, Mrs. \Testa Alden Putnam, by gift a number of co tly books from edge paintings. '33; Secretary, Jodie Scheiber, '47; a collection formed in Portland by Wil­ Th is method of decorating sumptu­ Treasurer Dr. lathaniel Weg, '17. liam R. Campbell. Many of these ously bound books dates back to the Executive Committee: Lawrence R. books were decorated on the fore-edge time of 'harle IT, though none of the Bowler, '13; Miss Miriam Hardy, '2 2; by delicately painted landscapes, hid­ books in the olby ollection are a Charles Gale, '22 · Roland Gammon, den under the gilt on the edges of the old as that. The Colby specimens of '37; H. B. Thomas, '26; William E. leaves. Professor \Veber has now this art are about 150 °years old, and Pierce, Jr., '27; 1orman W. Foran, '23; made a careful study of the history of among them is one example of double Douglas Allan, '32 ; T. Raymond this practice, and the Colby Yolurnes painting - a fore-edge decoration Pierce, '98; Dr. R. E. Castelli '20; are thus fitted into that history. which, when the lea, es are fanned in William F. Cushman, '22; Rev. H. F. A Thousand and One Fore-Edge one direction exhibits one scene· and Lemoine, '32; Paul M. Edmunds, '26; Paintings, the title of Professor Web­ when fanned in the opposite dire�tion, George Putnam, '34; Peter Mayers, '16; er's book, is reviewed on another page present to Yiew an entirely different Isaac Love, '19; Augie Stiegler, '28; of this issue. Here it is enough to landscape. Anne Lawrence, '46; Lydia Tufts, '45; mention it as proYiding another exam­ The volumes which set the Colby Eileen Lanouette, '48; Murray Coker, ple of the fact that books in the Treas­ curator of Rare Books off on this piece '29; G. Allen Brown, '39; and Ray­ ure Room of the Colby College ot research will be on exhibition in mond A. ·webster, '48. Library are not merely locked up in a the Treasure Room of the Library - Jodie Scheiber, '47 glass case and then forgotten ; they are throughout the month of May.

BOSTON CLUB BOSTON ALUMNI ASS'N representati\'e to the lumni Council The regular March meeting of the Florian G. Arey, '15, Boston, was and Joseph B. Campbell, '29, Margue· Boston Colby Club was held at Wil­ elected president of the Boston Colby rite C. i\facomber '27, and Bernard M. bur's Colonial Kitchen, 43 Charles Alumni Association at the joint meet­ Johnstone, '32, were made members of Street, on the 1 lth when Coach Ralph ing of the alumni and alumnae held at the executi\'e committee. " Lee " Williams of Colby Basketball the Commander hotel in Cambridge fame was guest speaker. on April 8th. - Laura . Turner, '27 '17, Secretary Leland D. Hemenway, Arey, who has served the group as the or­ reported two new members of secretary-treasurer during the past ganization, Harry K. Hollis, '38, lew­ year, succeeds Edward H. Merrill '25, FACULTY MEMBERS ton and Clark Drummond, '21, Bos­ Newton. PLAN MARRIAGE ton. Dr. Bixler, Dean Runnals, Coach The engagement of Miss Margaret Eddie Roundy and the Colby Eight PORTLAND COFFEE furnished the program of the evening. Louise Buchner, Ph. D., and Dr. Rich­ The Colby Alumnae Association of ard K. Kellenberger, both assistant Portland held a coffee for undergrad­ professors of modern languages, was uate girls home for the Easter holiday. SOUTHERN KENNEBEC Mrs. Robert Stubbert, '30, was hostess announced about mid-April by :Nuss and Mrs. Wayne E. Roberts, '31, and The Southern Kennebec Alumni Buchner's mother, Mrs. Edward F. Association meeting in Augusta on Mrs. Herman Sweetser, '19, poured. Buchner of Baltimore, Maryland. March 5th elected Douglas H. Miss Frances Nourse, '49, told of Dr. Buchner teaches French and Mayflower Hill activities. Wheeler, '31, president; Ralph H. Spanish and Dr. Kellenberger, French. Fifteen undergraduates from the Wakefield, '32, vice president; Laura 1. Portland area attended and some 21 of Turner, '27, secretary-treasurer. They are planning a late summer the association group. James McCroary, '28, was named marriage. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 19

1881 Vinal Tibbetts has recently accepted 1930 rs. Sophia Mace and her husband the position of Headmaster, The Wal­ Ruth Hawbolt Lombard is now are planning to attend Commence­ den School, New York City_. He has Mrs. Joseph C. Keenan and makes her ment this year. been at the Hessian Hill School, home at 259 W oodfords Street, Port­ Croton-on-Hudson. land, Maine. Ruth is a teacher in the 1899 elementary grades at Bridge Street 1917 Grammar School in Westbrook, Maine. George and Maud Martin were scheduled to return early in April to Myra Cross Doe is a psychiatric 1933 their home in Dedham, Massachusetts, social worker at the University of after a pleasant winter in St. Peters­ Pennsylvania Hospital. Kenneth W. Rolfe and Robert S. burgh, Florida. Winslow, '38, are now junior partners in John C. Paige Co. in Portland, 1920 Maine. Mr. Rolfe began his insurance 1902 �\if ary I. Whitcomb recently bought career with John C. Paige in Boston Vera Nash Locke has been trans­ a home in Pasadena, California, where and then went to the Portland branch. ferred from a freshman to a graduate she is busy getting settled and plan­ ning a garden. Her address is 2290 house at Oberlin. 1936 Edna Owen Douglas who has lived Brigden, Pasadena. John P. Dolan reports that his new in Waterville is now living in Worces­ son (reported in Milestones this ter. Massachusetts. 1921 month) is red-headed and is giving his Grace Bicknell Eisenwinter's hus­ Doris T. Gower is teaching at E. H. three-year-old daughter, Jean Philippa, band died suddenly this winter. High School, East Hartford, Connecti­ lots of company. cut and her residence is 101 Olcott 1903 Drive, !fanchester, Connecticut. 1937 Alice Towne Stearns has been in the Dr. Ralph Stowall, Oakland, Maine, Bangor, Maine, hospital recovering 1922 was elected Selectman of the town on from a broken hip. Leonard W. Mayo was honored by Monday, March 14. The \Vestern Reserve University Louise Tracey is teaching kindergar­ 1908 Alumni Association of ew York. He ten at Plainfield, Conn., grammar is vice-president of the university school. Miss Tracey has her AB from Josephine Clark Scrjbner has retired alumni program. Colby, is a graduate of Farmington from teaching and is at home at 123 George Fred Terry, one of the Teachers College and has a Master's Elm Street, Newport, Maine. founders of the Federal Trust Co., was degree from Columbia University in recently elected vice-president of the pre-school education. She did welfare 1913 bank. work at children's homes and nursery Ellsworth W. Millett had a letter schools in Gr;eece and Germany for a from Frank Bradstreet at Corvallis, 192 .5 few years, returning to this country last year. Washington. Frank's health has been Charles F. Thompson, R. F. D. No. an at­ poor for three years, following 1, Hill Street, Lake Mahopac, ew that he and 1938 tack of angina. He hopes York, writes: "Recently bought a daugh­ Mrs. Bradstreet and their small farm at Lake fahopac, ew York. Robert S. Winslow and Kenneth W. east this ter will be able to take a trip Expect to send a nephew and niece to Rolfe, '33, are now junior partners in summer. the John C. Paige Co. in Portland, Colby next year. Hope to be at Com­ . Miss Iva B. Willis is teaching mencement in June." Marne. Mr. Winslow joined the Port­ French and Latin and her address is land agency in 1938. Kilkenny Inn Elizabethtown, New 1926 Francis C. Prescott is working in the York. State Department at Washington, A. Emerson Smith's book, "Colo­ D. C. nist in Bondage, White Servitude and 1914 Convict Labor in America 1707-1 776," 1940 f. Franklin Pineo Sr. is now was published by Chapel Hill Publica­ Robert Finance Secretary at New England tions for the Institute of Early Ameri­ Mitchell is temporary di­ rector Regional Office, American Friends can History and Culture at Williams­ of the Columbia Street Com­ munit Service Com mittee in Cambridge, burgh, Va. The volume w�s printed y Center in Bangor, Maine an organization Massachusetts. His residence is 3 by the University of North Carolina to promote better inter­ Solon Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Press. racial understanding. 20 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

ments, 2200 Pleasant Vella Avenue, ALUMNI ADDRESS CHANGES Baltimore 28, Maryland. William L. Mansfield Jr., Waterville '36, 29 Carroll AbbtHt. Fnrc't Park. Portland , faine insurance agent, was initiated into .'\Iden v\'. Allen. '16. 2 Gro1 e t., Bel fast, Maine George P. Allen, '3 \. Rt. No. I. Box 228. Holly I-J ill, Fla. membership in the Waterville Rotary Rei . Charles A. Arbuckle, I-Ion. '2 . 7 J 5 Plrn1outh St.. Claremont. Ca lif. C:lub in March. Arthur A. Baird , '\ 4, Rt. No. I. Helgradc. Maine William E. Barta. "12, 26 \\'cl»ter St., Need ham, Ma". Dr. John L. Berry, '24, . B. A. Ho;pital, Topeka, K<1n,as Stanley R. Black. ·2 1. 111 Dcrnn hire St.. Bo>ton, M.1, . COLBY ALUMNI ARE INVITED Mrs. Hardy Bouthb), '28, 15 Cru;by Lane. Chd Ill ford. Ma". TO BANK BY MAIL WITH Pri,cilla Br. an Boura»a. ·4 . CJ Temple St.. Bmwn, Ma>>. Woodman Bradbury, '!\ , 65 \\'i,taria Rd ., D.1)ton. Ohio \'irginja Jacob Bradford, '47, 24 South Lawn Al'e.. Eln1'fcml. N. \'. The Federal Paul F. Brook;, ·50, 16 Middle St., P1mfield, Maine Chester A. Brown. ·:z5, 16 El;mcrc Ave., Methuen, Ma>>. Trust Company \'el ma Brown, '33, 1040 Upnor Rel .. Baltimore. �Id. William G. Brown, '43, 80ll Ca,tle Point Terrace. Hoboken, :--:. ). WATERVILLE, MAINE Marilyn L. Rryam, ·45, 30 Winter St., \\'atcrl'i\le, Ma111c Dr. Frank H. Burchell. '39. 1127 !lean St., Brook!) n, N. Y. Member, Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. Dr. Leland T. Bumi\, '39, 2/5 Yale , t .. Menlo Park. Cal if. Elizabeth \V l11pple Butler. '2 l. cJo R. A. Tucker, Jr. . 642 <:h,1rcuc: Pl., Sl11 1cklq. Pa. Clifford F. Came. "12. 240 \Ve t Emerson St .. �ldrmc, Ma". ' Rel'. Harold S. Carnpbdl, J'l, 24 Se1 e1ance St., Claremont, �. H. Compliments of Miss Lucille Carnrbdl, ·4 1. 544 . orth Grn1 c St .. E

1945 ALUMNI ADDRESS CHANGES (Continued) Jacquelin Taylor is in the research Miss Lou H. Carville, '2 1, 408 ·washington St., Norwood, Mass. department of the Mutual Broadcast­ Ellis T. Carpenter, '50, 71 Rose Ave., Tuckahoe, N. Y. ing Co., Station WOR, New York Eleanor Carter, "45, 52 Westland Ave., Boston, Mass. Norman J. Catir, '37, 68 \V alton St., Lewiston, Maine City. orman A. Chalestsky, '43, 11 Red Rock St., Lynn, Mass. Garrett V. Ridgley is teaching den­ Robert C. Chandler, '28, 26Yz Sewall St., Augusta, Maine tistry at Howard University, Washing­ Laura L. Day Cole, '11, Casco, Maine ton, D. C. Dr. Robert and Thelma Bassen Cornell, '41, 11 Hill Top St., West Springfield, Mass. Jean Smith Cowan, '47, 424 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, . Y. Beth Pandleton Clark, '35, 148 Woodlawn Pike, Knoxville, Tenn. 1947 David Clement, '4 , The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida Paul F. Cranston, '26, Drake Hotel , 164 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. Arthur A. Katz is a student at the Stewart B. Craven, '4 , 3 2 White St., Springfield, Mass. University of Pennsylvania. James H. Crowley, '50, 107 Conan Rd., East Hartford, Conn. Harold P. Davis, '3 8, 5 Naples Rd . Salem, Mass. Dr. Clinton J. Davisson, Hon. DSC, 2605 Jefferson Park Circle, Charlottesville, Va. 1948 Kenneth M. Decker, '42, 4906 Nichols Ave., Washington, D. C. John P. Dolan, '36, 141 1 orth Fifth St., Springfield, Ill. Eileen Lanouette has become a re­ Roy A. Donn, '49, 3 MacArthur Circle, North, South Portland, Maine searcher on the editorial staff of Life James H. Dunn, '18, 9 Grant St., Swampscott, Mass. Magazine. Dr. Richard R. Dyer, Natalie Cousins Dyer, '42, '43, 21 Myrtle Ave., Cranston, R. I. Peg Horsch and Harry Lightbody Miss Clarie F. Emerson, '4 1, Y. W. C. A., ewburyport, Mass. Louise Allen Feenan, '06, Drift Rd., Westport, Mass. are to be married June 16. Harry is Edith Silverman Field, '36, 62 Kenwood St., Portland, Maine studying medicine at the University of Robert Finch, '33, 541 South Palm St.. Anaheim, Calif. Maryland. While in Baltimore re­ Dorothy Skippie Friend, '3 1, 39 Pleasant St., Wickford, R. I. cently Peg stayed with Norrice and Joe Joy Paddison Gardner, '44, Coat Rd. Locus and Valley, L. I., N. Y. Lucile Upton Garrett, '44, 1655 U St. S E., Washington, D. C. O'Malley. Arthur J. Golder, '21, Ithaca, N. Y. Hilda Proctor is studying Occupa­ Florence Wein Gordon, '32, 81 Manchester St., Hartford, Conn. tion Therapy in Philadelphia. George F. Grady, '30, 25 Lake St., Hamden, Conn. Frederick Tippens is teaching at Leslie H. Graffam, '43, Group Dept. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Public Ledger Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. Hatch Preparatory School in Dexter, Rita M. Gregoire, '49, 25 Spruce St., Waterville, Maine Maine. He and Elaine Noyes are get­ Dorothy I. Hannaford, '27, 8 North Main St., Attleboro, Mass. ting married in June. Leona M. McLellan Haseltine, '48, 2D South Apartments, Orono, Maine Hazel Huckins is secret?ry to the Doris Meyer Hawkes, '47, 444 Delaware Ave., Palmyra, . J. Eero R. Helin, '42, Patchogue High School , Patchogue, . Y. Director of Personnel at the Concord Raymond E. Henderson, '35, 3 Lowell Ave., Newtonville, Mass. State House N. H. She recently vis­ Albert J. Hickson, '51, 70 Fruit St., Bangor, Maine ited Merle Lathrop, studying on fel­ Priscilla H. Clarke Higgins, '45, 194 Main St., Ellsworth, Maine Edith Hinckley, '45, 15 Summer St., Attleboro, Mass. lowship at Smith College. Lubelle Hall Hodgman, '07, 1609 S. W. 14th St., Miami, Florida Dorothy Almquist is teaching Eng­ Marjorie Sterling Holway, '25, 2025 Eye St. N. W., Washington, D. C. lish at Pierce University. Dr. Henry Hoit, '99, 317 West California St., Pasadena, Calif. Dudley M. Holman, '84, 1400 Hancock St., Quincy, Mass. Gilman S. Hooper, '29, 98 Walford St., Cleveland, Oh.io 1949 Helen F. 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MARRIED Mary E. Heffron to John Willard On October 2, 1901, he married Myrtle French, who survives him. Also surviving Locke, Barbara White '44 and Samir A. '33, on March 12, 1949. Mr. are two sons, Albert H. Bickmore, Jr., of Haddad, graduate of the American Locke and his bride were married in Mount Vernon, New York and Jesse 0. Bick­ the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, more of Haverstraw, New York. University of Beirut and now a teacher Rochester, New York. in the Preparatory school of AUB and HARRY M. CONNERS, '93 at the American Junior College for Harry M. Conners, 77, former Municipal Women, on Dec. 24, 1948. Mrs. Court Judge and Recorder at Bar Harbor, BORN Maine, died March 27, 1949, in a Bar Harbor Haddad is teaching at the American To Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Higgins hospital after a short illness. cho He was born in Bar Harbor, July 5, 1871. ol for Girls, Beirut, Lebanon. (Ruth E. Rowell, '40), a daughter, the son of Alfred and Josephine Hutchins Jacqueline Constance Bogin and Eleanor Elizabeth, on l\farch 18, 1949. Conners. He prepared for Colby at Coburn Classical To Gordon and Betty Barter Rich­ Stanley H. Levine, '47 on March 17, Institute and following graduation studied ardson (Gordon A. Richardson, '42, 1949. The bride and groom sailed for :it both Boston University Law School and and B.etty Barter, '42) a daughter, Han·ard. England Scotland, France and Switz­ Sally Simmons, on Feb. 22, 1949 at He served several terms as court recorder erland on the Queen Mary for a vved­ at Bar Harbor before being named to three Blue Hill Memorial Hospital. consecuti,·e terms as Judge. For the past ding trip. The bride was graduated Lwent\· rears he had served as secretary­ To Mr. .1 nd Mrs. John Philip Dolan . ' in 1946 from \ assar College. Mr. treasurer of the Bar Harbor Building and (John Philip Dolan, '36), a son, John Loan Association. LeYine after graduating from olby Philip, Jr., on l\ov. JO, 19-\.8 at Spring­ He wa' a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. College, entered the Army. While in field, Ill. un·i,·ing are his widow, Mrs. Ethel I. ervice he attended labama Poly­ Conner , BJr Harbor; a daughter, Mrs. To State Senator R. Leon Williams Stuart Branscom he, Portland; and a grand­ technic Institute and later served with and Mrs. Williams (R. Leon Williams, 'nn, Jame> Bran>eombe. Portland. the 26th Infantry Di,·ision in France, '33) a son. Melvin Leon Williams, on where he was wounded and received March 18, 19-\.9. JOSEPH B. ALEXANDER, '94 the purple heart. )o,eph B. Alc:xandcr, 79, former Attorney To Dr. and Ir . Stanley V.l. Kim­ General of the State of Washington and a Virginia Jacob, '47 and George P. ball (Stanley Kimball, '40) a third Judge of the Superior Court there, died Bradford, 48, on A ugu t 14, 194 in daughter, Elaine Carol, on Jan. 25, Fehruan· 26. I 9-19 in a Seattle (Washington) howital fol low ing a brief illness. Newburyport, Mass. The bride is now ' 19-\.9 in Boston, i\lassachusetts. He was born in Eau Claire, \Visconsin in employed at the Sonotone Corp. in To 1 fr. and Mrs. Leonard D. Kaplan 1 70. He was related to George Dana Boardman. well known missionary and Elm ford, N.Y. The groom i em­ (Glenyce Miller, '46) a daughter, Sdvanus Board man, one-time Colby Trustee. ployed with the Creole Petroleum Corp. Marjory Ann, on Friday March 4, Following his g-raduation from Colby in in . ew York City. 19-\.9. I 94 he recci,·ecl his law degree from the Uni1ersirr of \Visconsin Law School. Barbara W. Soule, '45 and Donald He had been a practicing attorney in P. Hoover, on March 26, 1949 in The Seattle since l 900. From 1 9 to 1900 he Little Church .i\. round the Corner, was Count)' Judge. Sawyer County, Hayward. Wi consin: from 1907 to 1910, he was N.Y. l\Irs. Hoo,·er is employed as a Assistant :\ttorncy General. State of Wash­ designer for the Standard Register Co., ing-ton. He later became ALtorney General. Boston. Mr. Hoover graduated from He was a member of the Zeta Psi and Phi Della Phi fraternities. Tuft in 19.+ . In 1 9/ he married fe;sit M. Bunker. al�o of the Cbss of lf:rH. who surYi,es him. Naomi C. Dick, 46 and Capt. ALBERT H. BICKMORE, '93 G. 23, 19-+9 Albert H. Bickmore:, 79, founder and Howard Dice on Feb. in GEORGE A. GOULD '07 the Leslie Lindsey [emorial Chapel, president of the banking firm of A. H. Bick­ more aml Company. Mt. ''ernon, ew York, George A. Gould, nati,·e of Jone boro, Antes Fort, \Villiamsport, Pa. Mrs. die

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King Philip�s War

The worst of the Indian Wars-King Philip's War-broke with savaite fury The interim was an uneasy time for the settlers. Danger lurked behind on the little settlement of Casco Neck in September, 1675. Sweeping up every hedgerow. in every shadow. Mounting panic produced a law from the from southern New England and down from the north, leaving a trail of general court which ordered : " ... that whosoever shall shoot off a gun on smoking ruins behind them, the Indian hordes gathered momentum as they any unnecessary occasion except at an Indian or a wolf, shall be fined five came. shillings for each such offense." The habitations to the cast of the Saco River-at Saco. Blue Point, Scar­ Portland's own Parson Smith was not above joining the so-called "Indian boro and Spurwink-were destroyed in the mad rush. Many of the inhabi­ parties" which were organ1Zcd to hunt Indians. and listing in his famous tants. unable to escape the swift onrush of the Indian fighters, were killed diary his share of the scalp money. There was a bounty of fifteen pounds or taken prisoner. The Reverend Robert Jordan made his escape to New on "the scalp of a male Indian 12 years old and upwards ; a•d eight pounds Hampshire. Others who had sufficient time sought refuge where they could. for every captive woman and child." Most of them deserted the northern outpost which was the Province of August 11. 1676, saw resumption of open hostilities in Casco Neck. Maine at the time, for older, more settled and safer communities. Anthony Brack�tt's farm, somewhat outside the settlement, was the first place attacked. From there the Indians swept around to the Neck and this At Casco Neck the inhabitants had been warned by events to the �euth time they were successful in their endeavors. The entire settlement was left and west; and some of ihem survived the Indian attack by seeking refuge in ashes. All of the people who had not previously fled were massacred or on the harbor islands. A sufficient number straggled back to rebuild the led away as captives. Over on Cape Elizabeth, along the Shore Trail, were settlement and so offer a tempting target for Indian raiders the following ncne but burned and abandoned farms. This was Portland's first fire and re­ year. sulted in complete obliteration of the town.

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