¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ — — . — . _ ., ¦¦ - — ¦ - - —¦¦ ¦ —_ - -¦- — ,. ,. - . Vol. XVII. WATERVILLE, MAINE, MAY 13, 1893. No. 15 %U ®0tftg grhcr.
published every other frida.t during- the collegiate Tear by the Students op COLBY UNIVERSITY . •
E D1TORS Chief. BASEBALL deserves a few woi-ds. A George O. SiIiith , '93, t present the outlook is not the most encourag- Assistant Chief. ing. All the games have not been lost, neither L. O. Glover, '93. have all been won . It has not been hard luck Miss G. M. Coburn, ' Miss L. M. Hazelton, ' 93, 94, wholly, but in good part poor ball S. D. Graves, '93, M. S. Getchell , '93, playing. E- P. Neal, '93, C. F. Smith, '93. Search after the cause has seemed natural to us A. H. Berry, 94, V. M. Whitman, '94, all. Advice has been plenty, and at this time A. H. Evans, '94, T. H. Kinney , '94, of overprodu ction it is very cheap. Yet, the r W. B. Tuthill, ' F. L. Ames, ' 94, 94. Echo cannot refrain from adding its w ord. It Managing Editor. seems as though it might be more conducive to H. M. Conners, ' 93. the happiness of the supporters of the team, if Treasurer. members of the nine would take their customary J. H. Ogier , '93. naps on the bench rather than on the diamond. For a number of years, there has not been better Terms.—$1.50 per year, in advance. Single copies, 12 cents. The Echo will toe sent to all subscribers until its discontinu- management of baseball interests at Colby ; and ance is ordered , and arrears paid. Exchanges and nil communications relating to the Literary n ever has there been more generous support of Department of tlio paper should Toe addressed to the The Colhy Echo.' the team both in college and in town. With these Remittances by mail and all business communications should "be addressed to the Managing Editor, 502 Waterville, Mo. facts in view, it only remains for the team to ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' • '!¦ r • .(, . v, ;, ,. ( ' " with them. The worst of it . is that many con- sider this deception as necessarily connected with part of our work. Constant participation in these practices, or perhaps only silent obser- vation of them, has tended to harden the in di- vidual conscienc.es. Yet, our college would be ; what we believe it is not, if there were not some PENELOPE. check of conscience as this dishonesty is seen to A moment she bent down her head continue and even to increase. There is no To set a tangled woof-thread free need of pessimistic squinting, which will see And bowing there, upon her ears utter rottenness in our college life. It is the Smote the weird sighing of the sea. fact that honest work is the rule here at Colby, Across her eye's there sudden swept A mist of quickly-falling tears, that makes these exceptions so noticeable. But, That glistened on the fine-wrought web now to leave general statements, the Freshman And told a tale of weary years. year is the year of beginnings. Dishonest work For spite of wavering doubts and fears, there is, on this account, the more to be de- And ppite of man's opposing will. plored. Any practice however insignificant in Her tears must fall , her heart must throb, itself, which has connected with it the least True to her wandering hero still. Florence Elizabeth Dunn. touch of underhandedness or deception is to -be condemned, as well as deplored. In college, it LILLIPUT. is no secret that in one part of the Freshman work, dishonesty—the term is none too strong- suppose that nothing more dreary and unin- is almost general. There are exceptions ; but I teresting can be conceived of than a . dull to have honest work the exception needs some day at the sea-shore with the unpleasant details- explanation. Of course, there are excuses ; of a leaden sky, low tide, sand in your shoes each man has an excuse unto himself. The and a clammy stickiness over everything. After most general, excuse, which, however, is no true struggling through heaps of clam shells, slimy excuse, may suggest a posshle- remedy. The seaweeds and debris of various kinds vou are part of the course referred to is Greek Compo- very apt to slip on a particularly treacherous- sition. There is no doubt but what excessive rock, sit down gently, but firmly, in an unoffe.ri- demands are made upon the time of the student. sive little pool of water and begin to think that ' If the required work cannot honestly be done in this life is not after all what it is cracked up to two hours, refusal to decrease the requiremen t be. If you . have been well brought up, you re- seems, very much like putting a premium on press the imperative remarks which are prompt- dishonesty. Such is the general excuse, and ed by y our irritated nerves-and when I ask you does it not suggest the remedy ? But, to re- to look into the pool with me you say, "Oh-er- peat, it is no excuse. Unfortunately the guilt yes, certainly." • cannot be laid on other shoulders ; each man is It certainly is the brownest and dingiest of to he condemned for his dishonesty. The de- little pools, but just look closer and there ception in this department is likely to affect you see a Lilliputian colony, sadly dis turbed by . later work. It may seem a little thing now, your entrance. This same colony inhabits a tout the indirect results are to be feared. goodly home, its rocky walls painted the . most skillfully blended reds and browns. A universe ¦ Thus ends Volume XVII of the Echo. Suc- f orest of feathery senweeds, pink, white, every cess to the editors of Volume XVIII. beautiful shade almost that you can. imagine, clothes the bare spots. And in this lovely dwell- Student (tran slating the Pharisee's prayer in ing our colony lives. The sides are studded the ^eek Testament), "I fast twice on the with dingy little barnacles. If you watch one Sabbath." "Professor, "Welly I hardly see how closely you will see him thrust out his delicate ' lie could fast twice on the Sabbath unless it was tentacles, curved like the fingers of a lian^, and toetweeri breakfast and dinner and between din- draw them back quickly with an apologetic, air. ner and supper ;. ib should be I fast twice in Here is a group of. the - queerest,: chu^iest; the week, shouldn't it?" trickliest sea urchins in the world; Put ine oh ' ' ¦ " ' • ¦ * ¦ < . his back and see how slowly and laboriously he the gateway and with authority divided the gets right side up again. You can almost hear mass in twain. I enter the secret halls of human him sputter and fret, it is such a tedious opera- experience. Not a moment passes uninterupted. tion. Over in this corner is an immense star- In quick succession come the train of individ fish majestically spread his long red arms. He ual events. They seem a giddy whirl of wild has evidontly been worsted for the once in his confusion. Whence come they ? They bear battle with the world for one of his arms is gone the marks of human thought; they carry prints gone and a tiny one is growing in its place. of human hands. From man they seem ; but Here is a fretful little fish left by the receding not all, for ever and anon there conies a message tide, bustling about and making things gener. straight from the One. I take my stand and all y uncomfortable. .Now he stabs a rusty look- watch. Who here will play the part of author- ing crab with his tail and the old fellow scuttles ized police ? I look again and see, not the precipitately out of sight. But now the rising counterpart of the other in form and firm re- tide washes up around your feet and ruffles the solve, but, loath to say, a sickly form with com- the pool surface. Well, you are glad you promising mien. I look again ; 'tis Individuality. stopped to look, aren't you ? Wasn't it worth The tumbling flood of the river keeps on its while? M. C. way. Nothing can prevent it from seeking its ocean home. - The grass root in its untended INDIVIDUALITY. and homely berth of mould hears the voice of spring and rears its graceful spire in honor of THE world is full of cowards. To do some- thing different from the work of our the world it loves. To nature's several calls . fathers ; to leave the well-beaten paths of kin ; the bird, the beast, the creeping things awake to stand alone,:—requires an element of courage and obey the call. But man, again oh shame ! such as few possess. I am. I have a work to he hears the voice of nature, aye, the very vocie do, I see my duty and propose to do it. I can- of God within him ; but not a river he, not a not afford to follow anything less than the best seed germ he, not a fowl, beast, or serpent he. -that is in me. Does man live up to such senti- Ah, no, man; wise and proud is he, and he can ments by chance ? No never. Courage is listen to the reading of the law of God and . go needed. It is a brave man that dares say his the other way. Can hear "Thou shalt not" and soul is his own. The world may sneer and because he is a man can choose, the "shalt." thereby show its cowardice, yet I say again that Why choose thus ? Because the world says so. the man is brave who knowing what he says I dare not otherwise. A fool I know it. I hear will dare say his soul is his own. it ; see it; feel it in my soul. A fool the man - :ntJ ¦ •¦ We are, we have our duties. We know the who will heed wise Nature's call. - '• - right. We have noble and humane impulses. What is the work of individualist , "Jo To acknowledge all this in the life of every day snatch from the cess-pool of sin a fellow-man. is individuality culture. It is brave. It is The world don\ do it,, but individuality looks, manly. It is Godlike. not at the works of others. To be a servant Where is shame ? Where the ballast needed ' when so"called friends would have you served. to steady the poor, whirling, bruised world, and To make a means what others make an end,—in * ¦ keep it steady on its way ?¦ Where the stamina short, to wear a cap when fashion calls for hats. that compels a man to hold lo a god ,no lower The needs of Time are men of many minds, than the good qi his own nature ? Men, men, many developed powers. Nature recognizes young men, you are cowards, groveling things this and fain would cast is separate moulds her of low estate unless you know within the secret ;human specimens. Each one,, however, afraid of your own inner self that you are rising. Un- to be unlike the others whittles away the part less yon know that thought is more than deed ; needed by the world until he can slip himself that God is more than man. at will into his neighbor's forni. These come I stood the other day at the station in one of and go they leave no good behind. They are our large cities. The loaded train brought in a burden needing food but , unable for their mul- .' ., • ' . ' ¦ tHeir thronging masses. The burly man of not- titudes to find a useful task to do. • able stature clad in blue and brass stood beside Live out the good that's in you, rathei than : .—______—. i attempt the task of living in the good of some south is sure to bring up not far from Jacksoit one else. Thus men are made. Park. Chicago is a city ideally laid out. Its ; ( streets lie one north and south, east and west v 'S FAIR. A TRIP TO THE WORLD and there is no possibility of going astray. ONE could hardly hope, in less than a vol- Distances between points in the city are some- ume, to give any sort of a description of thing immense. It is seven miles from the city even the small portion of the wonders of the proper to the Exposition. World's Columbian Exposition seen during a Having installed myself in fairly comfortable two weeks stop at the Fair. If I could merely quarters, a short distance from the entrance, I make more clear to some the immensity of the made for the Fair. I simply followed the crowd enterprise and what it represents so that they for all that part of Chicago has business at the shall make tne trip themselves I am sure this Exposition. Heavy truck teams, workmen,. space in the Echo will have been put to good Columbian guards, guides, and officers were use. moving toward the 64th street entrance. On The route which I chose was the "Maine all sides are the mushroom hotels built for a Central" to Newport, Vt., the "Canadian Paci- single season, and looking many of them as if fic" to Detroit, the "Wabash" to Chicago. The they could hardly hold together for that length trip itself to one unused to traveling and seeing of time. Having no pass I entered with the strange places, is no small item in the pleasure crowd and proceed to look around me. The of a World's Fair excursion. The road bed of first impression was that of vastness, buildings the Mountain Division of the Maine Central of unheard of dimensions were all around me. passes through one of the most beautiful regions I walked around half-dazed. It seemed like in America and one which thousands of people some fairy creation. It was a bad place to annually make their summer home. The pic- dream, however, at that time as one runs the : • ¦ . . turesque Notch, the narrow defiles and beauti- risk almost anywhere of being run over by the ful valleys with their mountain streams are trucks,, jostled by the hustling - cro wd, or sights gratis to those choosing this route to "dropped on" by some falling brick .or timber. . Chicago. The ride through.Canada is a very For the World's Fair is far from being com- easy and pleasant one, the railway service un- pleted at present. The buildings of the Expo- surpassed and ample time given for rest and sition are in readiness, but the exhibitors are recreation in the fine Canadian cities Montreal very slow. All the labor that can possibly be and Toronto. Don't get into Toronto on Sun- obtained is being employed niglit and day and day if you can help it. You will be obliged to Sun days to hasten the work.. Six weeks from remain there all day with no possible diversion May 1st is a fair time to allo w for the comple- other than church going. At Windsor the ferry tion. takes the train across to Detroit and we are in The Exposition buildings proper, some ten or the states once more. Coming into Detroit in a dozen in number, of enormous size. The the evening the lights of the city present a fine building devoted to Manufactures and Liberal appearance. The tower system is used, arcs Arts, the largest, cover, thirty acres of ground gathered in clusters of live or six at a dis- and there would be req uired one mile of fencing . • tance of about one hundred feet from the ground. to inclose it. Other buildings hardly less vast From Detroit to Chicago there is little to observe are the Horticultural, Tra nsportation, Mines, even in the daytime except that the country is Machinery, and Electricity. Many are built perfectly flat. after th e classic style and are handsomely, Arrived in the windy city the first thing the , adorned with statuary and relief work. Nearly Colby wanderer did was to purchase a map and . every building on the grounds has the same a newspaper. Having determined the directiqn , kind of material entering into its composition.. and the distance of the grounds from the - city, That whi ch gives the. effect ' aiofnt Parian marble is the . newspaper was consulted f or information., really merely plaster aiu^p over a . .wooden ' with respect to lod gings convenient to the , Fair. fi ame. But it fe a clear deception ancl the- , ' The next thing was to get, there. This was a, buildings. ¦present a very hai^some, appearance^ v very -easy' undertaking since, as it is said, "all and, indeed, for the purpose, perhaps,, answer- ¦ ' . roads lead to the Fair," any car or railway going as well as 1 he genuine. The interior of most of v ' ' ¦ v ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' ¦; ¦ ' ' . •¦ • ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ' • ; ¦ ¦ ¦ . \ . ' • ,. . • - • , > . . , - . . . , . . . \\ ^/ 'i':- ?M the buildings at present is in a state of wild Vienna bakery. One of the most interesting confusion, the hammers of the carpenters put- places is the Midway Plaisance, which extends ting up booths, the heavy trucking and the busy out of the grounds about a mile into the city, exhibitors convert the halls and galleries into a where among other attractions are the foreign sort of bedlam. The exhibits are a month behind Tillages. It is as good as a trip around the world. * the time. There is much to see now, however. One could go on telling of the Ferris wheel, The Horticultural and Transportation already the sliding side-walk, the electric fountain, have many wonderful attractions. In the tower of Babel, the Esquimaux, and many other Transportation they will show you the first wonderful things and people. Truly America, locomotive that ever drew a passenger coach Columbus' land is a wonderful country and all ' and the various improved engines up to the four nations do her tribute. Chicago is one of her driver compound with vestibuled train attached. finest cities and the World's Exposition one of The Government building has much that is in- her grandest achievements. Don't fail to see it. teresting within, also the Arts and Women's Don 't be frightened. It costs money, all things building. worth having or seeing do.- But one hundred dollars invested in one weeks stay at Chicago, of the Exposi tion, each Besides the buildings this summer, would be a most valuable invest- every county has its home state and nearly ment, indeed. elaborate, the archi- house, some of them very A. H. Etans. tectures peculiar to each country being era- ' bodied in its building. The states following out ,- the same idea construct their homes after some OUR COLLEGE ART GALLERY. characteristic or historical structure. Massa- chusetts entertains her friends in the old "John Diana and the Stag. Hancock" House. Louisiana has a plantation Although the fi gure of Diana and the Stag house, Virginia "Mt. Vernon," California an stan ds among the most celebrated statues now Indian village house, Idaho a Swiss cottage. in existence, there is comparatively littl e known Maine has a very substantial, two-story build- • in regard to it. Obscurity veils both the time ing, furnished with parlors, reception and read- and the place of its discovery. It is supposed , ing rooms. In the hall on the first floor is however, to have been brought into France the collection of Maine animals made recently. from Rome in tho time of Francis I. Many private advertising buildings and booths The statue now stands in the Louvre and is are sprinkled in here and there. The grounds a worthy companion piece to the A pollo Belve- are simply elegant. Lake Michigan washes the dere, although it does not quite equal that in east side furnishing easy means of transporta- beauty. .Indeed some think that Diana and the tion by water. Near the pier, at the entrance, Stag is a work, if not by the same sculptor, at grand in itself , stands the massive statue of the least of the same period as the Apollo. Republic and farther up the lake-front the In this representation Diana does not appear statue of Columbus. Many lagoons enter from in her character as the hu n tress, but rather the the lake and winding in and out through the protectress of wild animals. She is conceived grounds, form many islands. Bridges connect as just having come to the rescu e of a hunted the various parts and lau n ches and gondolas deer, and is in the act of tu rn i ng angri ly on skim over the surface of these minature rivers. the pu rsuers. With her right hand she is tak- The grounds are ample n-nd there are many cosy ing an arrow from the quive r which hangs at . nooks and cool retreats. Complete order will her back. In her left han d she holds what is reign with the grounds of the Exposition and it supposed to be a fragment of •her bow. The will be the duty of twelve hundred well-drilled whole design is made life-like by the position and aspect of the f rightened stag at her side. and'han dsomely uniformed guards to see that ~ all is well. If you are • tired seat yourself in a K. B. pneumatic- tired wheel chairs and be "trundled" about by some fine-looking college student who * Tpib Dying Gladiator. will g;ive you full information on many subjects. The statue of the Dying Gladiator is clearly If yoni are faint step into a Parisian cafe or the work of - the Pergamus school and belongs to the fourth epoch of Greek sculpture. of the barbarian. This is -shown in the rough Doubtless it once had a place in one of the skin, the rugged outlines of the frame, the brist- four groups of the Memorial of King AttaLus ling hair and the distinct race type indicated by set up on the Acropolis to commemorate his the head. In a word, there is a sharply drawn great victory oyer the barb arians . individuality and thoroughly historic accuracy Not long ago the basemassive of this monu- in the statue of this Gaul. The expression of ment of Attains was found near the southern wall the face is strongly realistic, and the whole fig- of the Acropolis ; and at the same time a much ure is finely portrayed. J. B. S. more important discovery of a number of single figures was made. Apollo Belvedere. These are now scattered through the different museums. In some of them the race peculiar- In the northeast corner of Memorial Hall is a ities of the Gauls are indicated with special good copy of what has been termed "one of the exactness. Notable among such is the statue of noblest representations of the human frame." *' the Dying Gladiator, in the Capitoline Museum. There stands the "god of the silver bow, alert This was first called the Dying Gladiator to dis- and full of spirit, the embodied ideal of some . tinguish it from the Fighting Gkdiator. It is unknown genius of ancient times. The marble . now more properly called the Dying Gaul. Apollo is in the Belvedere gallery of the Vati- Rather than submit to the shameful slavery can palace at Rome, having been discovered in which becomes imminent as the foe presses up- the fifteenth century at Porte d' Ango; which is on him, he falls upon his own sword and receives the ancient Autium, a favorite resort of the ¦ a mortal wound. earlier Csesars. The Italian stone in which it It was this statue that called forth from was wrought, indicates that this statue was Bryon those noble lines of indignant pity : chiseled in Rome, aud it is probably not too "I see before me the Gladiator lie ; much to suppose that it has graced the halls of He leans upon his hand—his mauly brow many an emperor. When, after centuries of Consents to death , but conquers agony ; oblivion, the noble form was u nearthed neither drooped head sinks Gradually low ; And his . of the hands, could be found ; Ancl from his side, the last drops ebbing slow , but a sculptor Fal l from the reel gash heavy one by one, was at hand to study the figure, the attitude, Like the first of a thunder shower ." the expression. The god steps slightly forward, The faintness of approaching death oppresses and a vigorous life animates the features. The him so that it is with difficulty that his brawny beautiful manly body is unclad save by the right arm prevents his sinking to the ground. slight chal mys falling over the shoulders, and The horn beside him lyin g as though it had just supported by the left arm. The head is turned fallen from his shoulders would seem to indicate a little toward that side and is raised in an atti- that he was a Gaulish Herald. The twisted tude full of spirit. It was believed that the ring of metal round the neck is a torqu e such as "far-darting Apollo" was exulting in the sure was commonly worn by the Gauls. aim of the arrow that had sped at the twang of The life of the Gaul ebbs rapidly with his his dreadful bow, as, perchance, the huge blood ; his broad head has fallen forward ; his serpent Python succumbed to his righteous eyes are already glassy in the vacant stare of. wrath. Hence we find in his left hand, as re- death ; the agony of a strong life battling with stored, a section of his bow. This, however, is death is seen in the contracted brows ; a last a f alse restoration. In St. Petersburg is a bronze sigh is escaping his parted lips. Though the statuette corresponding precisely in position and effort to restrain a cry of pain seems clearly de- action with the Belvedere, but instead of hold- picted,- there is no undue muscular action. The ing the bow, the left hand holds the aegis with veins on the arms and legs are prominently' the Med usa's head extended toward some enemy. shown. The explanation is that both are copies of some There is perhaps no other statue where there noble Greek original now lost, the statuette is such a strong expression of bitter death grap- being the true representation. We are; then, to pling with lusty life. The impression is all the suppose the god in some one of the exploits more striking because there is such a marked with the aegis, described, perhaps, by the poets absence of the ideal in the unrefined character e. g. putting to flight, according to Homer, the , Achaeans with, the aegis entrusted by Zeus, or "Everybodj-" is coming down with the again, according to Sophocles, opposing Ares, mumps as we go to press. the originator of the pestilence. Bassett and Lane, '95, have recently been Or again, the god may be helping the Aeto_ afflicted with the m umps. lians put to flight the Gauls to defend his oracle Sam lias had a crew of men at work raking at Delphi. The most prominent points about up the campus the past week. are the striking the Apollo Belvedere pose, the The weather is remarkably clear for a time nobility and immortal beauty of the whole bod y so near the Freshman Reading. and the fiery life of the proud features . After several weeks of rest and quiet at home chnaase says the uApollo is the most . brilliant S Miss Brown has returned to her work. v* piece of sculpture of ancient times." D. E. B. Freeman, '94, has left college for the rest of this term on account of sickness at home. . RESOLUTIONS. "Now 's de time to -take cold," says our jani- tor who tries to build a little fire in the modern lans of an all-wise Providence Whereas in the p language room. it was a part that the brother of Herbert L. Pratt should be called from , this to a better The seniors have elected Slocum, historian, world, be it in place of Hodgkins, and (\ F. Smith, marshal, Resolved that we,- members of Maine Alpha in place of Wing. Chapter of Phi, Delta Theta, while we bow in The Junior class has voted to present the humble submission . before Him who doeth all college with a piece of statuary at the annual things well, mourn with our brother in his loss, Presentation Day. Also, That.we expressed our heartfelt sym- Ames, '94, left us rather unceremoniously pathy to the afflicted family and friends of our last week. He is to take charge of the High brother, School in Pembroke, Maine. . . 'Also, thai a copy of these resolutions be sent Graves, '93, returned to college, last week, to our bereaved brother, also that these resolu- after an extended tour in New Hampshire in tions be published in the Echo and that a copy the interest of the Groder Co. be preserved in the archives of the Fraternity, Prof. Singer brought his little family around 11. N. MlLLETT, ) to the Bricks on Saturday last and then took T. A. Pollard, > Committee. them to the ball game. Come again, Singer. A. T. Lane. ) ' Evans, '94, returned to college Monday, May 1, after an extended visit to the World's Fair. He reports Maine well represented in the ex- hibits.. Slocum, '93, spent Sunday, the 30th ult., at Skowhegan but, we understand , did not preach there. Very likely he has friends theie on whom he was calling. "Its derivation is alpha primitive and—" The following are the speakers appointed .for President Whitman preached at Skowhegan, the Sophomore Declamation : Lane, Riggs, the, 80th ult. Philbrook, Bassetb, Hodman, Bryant, Misses Miss : Wilson spent Sunday at her home in Graves, Waite and Harden, aris, , " . South P Won't some of the improvemeets in the Echo Prof. Currie attended the ball game at Bruns- suggested in the last issue come into existence wick, May 8. with the next issue under the new board of edi- Jed has been hunting fossils. Why not look tors ? Certainly, we hope so. over the base ball team ? One good thing about this backward spring Rev. Mr. Towne, of Auburn, a member of the and its wretched weather is that it has furnished examining board made the college an official a neyer-failing topic for conversation, as . doubt- visit last week. less every, reader can bear witness. ¦ "' '' ¦ . * i The summer is fast upon us and the days The seniors closed their work in sociology when study is irksome and it requires the ut- with an examination last Thursday. A promi- most exercise of will power to apply ourself to nent feature in the work has been the class j work. Make it eas3r "ye gods that be." room reports and discussions ; the course has Prof. Currie delivered an interesting lecture been very interesting and profitable. The re- ' on "Reading as a fine art," at the Baptist mainder of the term will be devoted to the church, on the evening of May 2. Various study of Christian evidences under Dr. Pepper. parts of the lecture were illustrated by readings. An attempt was made to get up a special The young ladies certainly have every reason train to go to Brunswick to see the boys play to be angry with the man down town who was ball, May 3. It finally failed because the rail- - \ overheard to remark, the other day, that in their road concluded at the last moment not to sell ' new wraps they "looked liked animated pen- any tickets for less than half-fare, no matter wipers." liow many might go. Only half fare is charged " \ It was decided by the Sociology class that those who go off to see the games on the regular some of the sumptuary laws of the Puritans trains. | might well be revived to-day, especially those There was no faint suggestion of one feature, prohibiting "long hair" and "immoderate great at least, of the recent grand naval review, last j sleeves." Monday afternoon, when "Bishop 's Great Col- } Our instructor in elocution says he has two ored Aggregation" came down past the campus dates in mind for the Freshman Readi ng, but is on an electric discoursing its seductive band undecided which to take. We trust this con- music ; it was saluted by the deafening blow of - !j venient perplexity will continue up to the every trumpe t and cornet that could be mus- j very morning of the reading. tered in both North and Routh college. Mr. { Prof, in English Literature.—"What if you Bishop, fully alive to the compliment, stopped ! don 't understand everything Browning says, the car directly in front of Recitation Hall, '{ can't you eat what's set before you ?" Student, alighted to the sidewalk, made a graceful and j meekly—"Yes, but there's a good deal on the appreciative bow, and sent in a young man j . to table you can't reach, you know." ^v ith some hand bills distiibute. \ Student—"And he saw a certain poor widow Those who attended the Zeta Psi reception casting in two mites." Professor—"Do you to the Colby ladies, at the Elmwood parlors, on [¦ know how much a mite was?" Student— "I the evening of May 5th and united in the songs -\ don't know, exactly, but it was the smallest coin of the fraternity could sing in right good earnest ' ( they had." Prof.—"Yes, at any rate it was ' a the praises of Zeta Psi as an entertainer. The J ra i(gh)ty small coin." rooms were tastily decorated with the colors of \ We are surprised that up to . the present writ- the fraternity and the walls hung with group | ing non e of the constant gentlemen visitors at pictures of various classes of the alumni, the ) Ladies' Hall has shown h imself gallant enough usually neutral parlors being thus transformed 1 to rake up the lawn in front of that mansion. into genuinely Zeta Psi drawing rooms. Music The need is all too obvious and if the sense of was f u rnished during the evening by Flail's chivalry has not entirely died out, the deed will Orchestra. After singing an ode to Zeta Psi, ' i be performed ere long, we are very sure. the company listened to a solo by Miss ' Ofoldth- ', One of ou r arden t ref ormers in the senior waite, a reading by Miss Taylor and a cornet | class, the other day, closed a vigorous defence solo by Prof. R. B, Hall. With a collation of the somewhat revolution ary tactics of the served in landlord Judkin's best style, a m ost ' ,!¦ Homestead strikers last summer with references happy social time, and singing of fraternity ,' to the lawless acts characterizing revolutions in songs an evening was passed which all heartily J other spheres. The men who fought at Bunker agree was one of the pleasantest in their expe- \ Hill were hardly law-abiding oitizens of His Hence, y ¦ Majesty's dominions ; mid then wh at John The seniors will always remember , as one of ' .! Brown did at Harper's Ferry—lawless'as it was the pleasantest social events of their oourse the '1 we find that "six months later the people were reception tendered them by President and Mrs. > ! singing 'John Brown's body lies marching on.'" Whitman on the evening of May 2. Perhaps y ' ' ' " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ " " : ¦ • - ...... the occasion was the more enjoyed by the class . Professor Rogers went to Chicago last week which is so soon to be scattered to no one to arrange for the installation of his exhibit of knows wh<_t various climes, from the fact that it Scientific Apparatus. It occupies a space 14xl4 was distinctively a class affair, there being pres- feet in Section E of the Department of Liberal ent besides only a few, perhaps, special friends Arts. This exhibit was made possible by the of the class. The occasion was such an Infor- action of the Maine State Commission, in au- mal " good time" as President and Mrs. Whit- thorizing the payment of the expenses of trans- man know well how to bring about. After a portation and installation.' The exhibit is contest at guessing an ingenious set of riddles designated thus on the official list : Contribution , » of a literary nature in which Mr. Stimson won from the Shannon Laboratory, Colby University, the first prize and Miss Cummings divided with Maine State Education Exhibit, By Win. A. Mr. Millett the sweets of the second prize. Mr. Rogers, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Murry' served one of his collations. The "good Colby University, Waterville, Me. The exhibit humor" which someone remarked as a special consists : (a) Of a universal comparator for characteristic of those present, was an indica- comparing standards of .length up to 100 inches, tion of how thoroughly the occasion was en and for general use in mechanical constructions joyed. requiring great precision, (b) Of a machine Another indication of the genuinely progres- for the original graduation of circles up to two ' sive spirit which animates both instructors and feet in diameter. (c) A show case containing students at Colby, to-day, is the recent organ- various specimens of standards of length. A- iztion of a semniarium here, similar to those at mong them is a standard bar of pure silver in- Johns Hopkins and elsewhere. It is a club laid with platinum, and a bronze bar inlaid with composed of advanced students in the depart- pure gold, both highly polished. The original ments of history and geology. Meetings are standard from which Professor Rogers has de- held every two weeks at which papers prepared termined the relative lengths of the Imperial by the various members are read and discussed. Yard of Great Britian, and the Metre des The subjects discussed are such as happen at Archives is also shown, besides several other . the time to be occupying the attention of lead- standards upon glass, steel, etc. This case also ing investigators in the departments represented contains a precision screw made by Webber & in the Seminary ; often a new book of special Philbrick of Waterville, under the Rogers interest is reviewed. At present only the depart- Process. It has a length of 6 feet, and the ments of history and geology are represented, maximum error of the screw does not exceed but is hoped that others will be added later. one six-thousandth of an inch. It is standard c The first meeting was held on the of April 21 ; at 62 . there was a temporary organization and papers The Maine College League opened Saturday, were read as follows : "Characteristics of pre- April 29, with a game between Colby and M. S. revolutionary periods" by Prof. Mathews ; C. on the Colby campus. The clay was a per- "Problems in Lake Superior geology" by Mr. fect one for hall playing and the grounds were Fairbrother, to which supplementary notes were crowded with lovers of the sport, to see the added by Prof. Bay ley. At the second meet- college boys play the national game. Consider- ing, May 5, a constitution was adopted, Mr. able interest was felt in this game for it was the Stimson was elected president and Mr. G. 0. first time for three years, the M. S. C.'s have Smith, secretary ; besides those officers there is appeared on the Colby diamond and everybody a "Board of Control" consisting of the heads of was curious to see what kind of showing they departments . represented. Papers on ""Vital would make. It was evident that they were no Statistics" by Mr. Ogier and on "The influence match for the Colby lads, either in batting or in of topography on history," by Mr. G. 0, Smith fielding. Colby started in with a rush, and se- were read, followed by an hour of discussion. cure d a big lead on her opponents" which she This movement so quietly begun in our midst, kept to the end. Hayes was hatted hard and means much for the future of the college. In- and received very , poor infield support. The creased scholarly spirit and enthusiasm for ad- ball was too lively for the M. S. C's. to handle , ' . vanced work must result from it, and as error succeeded error and hit succeeded ' ¦ ¦ * ¦ ,' ,• ' hit, Colb kept "piling up the runs. However Colby but four hits being made off him. .-At y ; during the last four innings, M. S. C. took a times his delivery was very erratic but at critic- " sudden brace and Colby's run—getting ceased.- al points he steadied down and pitched a fine The .filial score stood 17 to 1 in Colby's favor and • game. Whitman also pitched good hall keeping the college bell was heard for the first time in the hits well scattered. Each pitcher made a two years. For Colby, Purinton, Jackson, Hoxie difficult double play. In the seventh Bowdoin and Whitman led at the bat while;the fielding scored seven runs both on timely hitting and of the team was sharp and clean. For M. S. C, costly errors j after that she failed to score. Frost in left won laurels and covered himself Colby secured her only run in the last inning. ' . with glory accepting many difficult chances. The day was bad and the grounds in poor condi- ' The crowd went wild over his fine fielding and tion. S. J. Kelly of Lewiston umpired the game him a regular ovation. The throwing of to the satisfaction of all. Score : J gave - DeHaseth, their backstop to second deserves COLBYS. ' special mention. Scannell, the regular umpire, A.B. E. B.H. T.D. S.B P.O. A. E. . Hall, lb, - - - - 3 0 0 0 0 12 0 £ failed to show up and the game was umpired by Hoxie, 2b.* - . - - - 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 Priest. Score : Latlip, 1. f., - - - - 4 0 11 0 2 0.0 - Larrabee and Lombard, c. f., 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0- OOLBTS. Purinton, r. 1., - ...3 1 0 0 0 4 0 . 0' • ¦ A.B. E. B.H. XYB. 8.B. P.O. X. E. Coffin , c., • - -• - 3 0 0 0 1 20 0. ' Nichols, 3b., " •:' Hall, lb., - - - - 6 2 0 0 1 15 0 1 - - - - 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Jackson, s. s., - - 4 0 11 0 1 4 1 . Hoxie, 2b., ' . 6 3 2 2 1 211 ------Whitman, p., - Latlip, L-., - ' - - -52 24 00 00 ---200G0160- Lombard, c. f. . - - 51 00 22 0 0 Total s, . Purinton, r. f., ...6 3 2 5 1 2 0 0 - - - - 29 1 4 4 3 24 13 5 Coffin , c .2132340 BOWDOINS. ' • NK'Uols, 3. b 4 2 0 0 11 21 A.B. R. B.H. T.B. S.B. F.O. A.. E. Jackson, s. s., ...5 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 Fairbanks, 3b., - - - - 4 1 0 01 32/ 2 Whitman,}., ...6 1 3 3 0 0 7 0 . Savage, lb., - - - - 3 1 1 1 0 10 0 1 ' Hinckley, 1. f., - - - • 5 111 1 200 Totals, - - - • 47 17 10 17 8 27 17 6' Williams, r. t., - - - - 5 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 & m/'s. c. Allen, c -42 001541 Sykes, 2b,, - - - 2 1 1 3 0 2 3< 0 S.B. P.O. A. E. A.B. K. B.H . T.B. Chapman, c. f., - - • 3 0 1 1 02 10 . . . 5 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 Durham, c f., • . Hutchinson, s. s 3 12 3 112 1 3 11 1113 4 , - . Palmer, 3b Tlaisted, p., • • - - 3 1 11 1 2 2 ' 0 . French, r. 1, ...• 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 " ¦ 4 0 0 0 2 1 31 Hayes, p., - • • , Total S, - 32 10 8 12 0 27 14 ' 5 Smith, s. s 4 1110 0 3 5 - - 2b. hits, Hutchinson, Williams. 8b. hits Frost, l.t 5 2 1 2 1. 8 0 0 , Sykes. Double play, Whitman and Hall , Plaisted and Savage. j De Haseth, o., ...4 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 Bases on balls, Whit- mail 7, Plaisted 11. Passed Balls, Cofnn 1, - Torvell Sb., • - • ¦ ' 1 1 l 2 2 1 3 Allen 2. Wild pitch- . * es, Whitman 1, Plaisted 2. Time of game 2-hr Crosby, 11>., ...-11001 308 .. Umpire, Kelly. Gilbert, lb., ...-30 120 500 The third game of the Leagu e ; Series was Totals, ....37 7 8 11 8 27 10 10 played on the Colby grounds, Saturday, May 6th 2b. bits, Latlip (2), Purinton, Frost, De Hasetli, Gilbert. 3b. between Colby and Bates which resulted in a hits, Purinton, Coflln. Base on balls, Whitman C, Hayes 6. victory for Bates by a score of 15 to 8. This Struck out, by Hayes 2, by Whitman 5. Passed balls, Ooflln 2, lb. on errors, Colby 18, M. S. C. 6. Time of game, 2h. Umpires game was not lost by Colby through bad luck Larrabee and Priest. but through bad playing. To he sure, the Colby dropped a game to Bowdoin at Bruns- diamond and ball were rendered very slippery wick,' Wednesday May 3rd, the second of the by frequent showers which interrupted the game, series by a score of' 10 to 1. The first half of the but much stupid playing on the part of the game was very .exciting ' and characterized by home team was an important factor in the de- some of the prettiest ball playing ever seen on a feat. Of the two teams, Bates did the heaviest diamond, no runs being scored on either side batting and showed herself superior in manage- until the fifth inning when a wild throw by ment, while on the field. Mildrani pitched well Jackson, which sent' the ball into the crowd, and was; supported in fine style by Hoffman be- giive the Bowdoins three runs. Colby played in hind the bat. For Colby, Coffi n batted and ran the hardest of hard luck, getting men on bases bases well and Jackson made an elegant over- ' in every inning atfd then couldn't score. To say handed catch, Hoxie made a pretty double play. .- ' •. ¦ Umpire Kelly. The standing the least the base running and coaching of our of the teams i. now, in1 the order of their rank, Bowdoin, Bates, team was decidedly stupid. Plaisted Was oh the Colby, M. S. C. The score will be published in ¦ plate for ISowdoin arid proved an eiiigma to our next issue. i ' ' ' ' : ¦ • . . ' . ¦ ¦:¦{- ¦ 1 ment house, with two objects in view, to gain by actual contact with the people knowledge of their actual condition and needs ; secondly, by the study of actual life increase their knowledge of sociology and economics. In the large cities many students find ample opportunity to study the foreigner and criminal classes. The results can but be The Faculty of Syracuse, according to the invaluable along all lines provided the stud University Herald , have accepted the unanimous y of such classes can be carried on in a vote of the senior class whereby the time-hon- scientific manner. The movement in 'a chari- table li ht bids o> ored custom of Commencement speakers is g fair to meet a long f elt want, that of lacing, transformed into the modern method of an ora- p men of intelligence at the head of charitable tion delivered by some celebrated speaker. The institutions. advantages of the change is simply this, the whole college find interest in what a noted orator may find to say, while only the individ- ual friends of the seniors find any real enjoy- ment in the old scheme. Nor does the new method lift any cares off the seniors shoulders. The Commencement articles are due just the same and must be handed in before Commence- '35. ment. Rev. James Upham, D. D., f or many years A move in the right direction is not so easily Health Editor of the Youth's Companion, died suppressed even if college honor stands some at his home in Chelsea, Mass., Mav 4th. risk- of being endangered. The contest over '3Q . , the undergraduate rule seemed settled in favor Rev. N. T. Fay, of New Cumberland, West of the graduate but a few weeks ago. Now Va., now in his eightieth year, is printing a conies the gratif ying announcement by the volume on Biblical Literature. f lwathrnore Phoenix, that the higher educational '60 . institutions of Penn. have defined their policy Geo. B. Buzelle, Secretary of the Brooklyn that no graduate shall participate on equal foot- Board of Charities, died recently in that city. •6 ing with the undergraduate. The ne wly formed 2. Hon. R. C. Shannon, late minister to Nicara- Oratorical Union declared in favor of the meas- gua etc., has resigned and is on his way to this ure by a five-to-three vote and a subsequent country. He will resume his law business in .decision arrived at by the State Intercollegiate New York. Athletic Association was overwhelmingly in '76. undergraduate rule. The colleges favor of the Ex- President A. M. Small of Chicago Uni- ir belief in retaining f or the simply express the versity, will deliver the anniversary oration at wa.-t devised for his undergraduate that which Worceste r Academy, June 20th. and refuse to surrender it up to profess- benefit '77. • ionals. Louise H. Coburn is at Chicago University, Perhaps one of the most interesting features taking a course of Literary Criticism- under of the broadening influen ce of the educational Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D. D. tendencies of late times appears in the Univer- •91. sity settlement method as it is called. The A. C. Caldwell was on the Campus April 20th. Haverjordian tells something of its character Greo. 11. Campbell has returned from the Uni- and mission. To be of any use to the lowly it versity of Pennsylvania, where he^has been lias been demonstrated beyond a doubt that the taking a course in medicine. He will remain good-wisher must come in. contact with the - ob- at home during the summer. ject of his charity by seeking its level. Hence '92. the students whose hearts are filled with philan. Charles P. Barnes has been engaged for an- • thropic motives establish themselves in a-tene other year at Norway High School. INDEX TO THE COLBY ECHO. , VOLUME XVII. PAGE PJ-GE The Sanctum—George 0. Smith. Religious Interests, L. O. Glover. 73 ~ Amalgamated Association, The Salutatory. 1 Pro—A. H. Bickmore 117 Senior Exhibition. 74 Con—S. D. Graves. 118 Seventy Five Years Ago . I_ . O. Glover. 153 Art. 152 Singing on. the Streets, L. O, Glover. 95 Base Ball—1892. 20 Symposium, A. Base Ball. , 176 What Can We Do to Make Colby Better ? 141-145 „ Base Ball—1893. 200 President Whitman , Harry T. Jordan , Base Ball Schedule J. Kleinhans ,Jr. 177 Grace M. Coburn, Dennis E. ' Bowman, Butler's Excuse. 153 Geo. O. Smith, Prof. H all, Colby Drama, The. - 2 Katherine Berry, Geo. O. Smith, Colby Loyalty, D. J. Gallert. 20 Lora G. Cumnungs,. Merle S. Getchell, College and Politics, The, L. 0. Glover. 95 Sadie L. Brown , H annah J. Powell, College Morals . 106 Mary S. Croswell, Jessie H. Ogier, Commencement Echo. 19 G. H.' D. L'Amoureux, Austin H. Evans, Communication , A. 129 Mary L. Carleton , Sam. Communication, A. 177 Term Bills. 140 Co-operation of the Student Body. 1 University Extension 86 Delay of Issue. 188 What Can We Do for the Echo ? Drama , The. 20 More Interest. 188 Echo Communications. 117 Smaller Number of Editors. 189 Echo Discussions. 116 Credit for Literary Work, J. Kleinhans, Jr., 189 Echo Literary Articles. 74 Alumni Department. T. II. Kinney. 189 Echo's Faults, The. 164 Literary—Verse. Football. ' 74 Angles in our Very Midst. 165 Future Colby Man, The. 176 Ermina E. Pottle '95. Greek Composition. 200 Lament of the Chairs. 167 Gymnasium Improvements, 86 Helen R. Beede '93. Junior Parts. 116 LeTlhetoricien. Frank L. Ames '94. 119 Maine's Mineral Exhibit, A. II. Evans. 129 Messalonskee. Helen R. Breede '93. 190 New Bath Rooms. 74 November. Frances H. Bearco '95. 1 _ 7 New Catalogue. 152 On the Brid ge. C. F. Smith '93. 154 New Editors. 128 Orpheus and Eurydice. 147 New Index, A, L. O. Glover. 165 Florence E. Dunn 'OO. • New Year, The. 73 Penelope. Florence E. Dunn '96. 201 Omission, An. L. O. Glover. 164 Literary—Prose. One Need, The. 152 Application to Purpose "Essential to Success. 4 Oracle Cake, 165 * W. B. Tuthill '94. Our Associations. 128 Art of Reading, The. Fred Bryant '95. 137 Our Cuts. 20 Baccalaureate Sermon , "What in Truth," 34 Our Gym. 140 President A. W. Small. Our Gymnasium, G, J. D. Currie. 153 Boy of Yesterday and To-day, 5 Our Janitor's Judgment. 164 Chester Sturtevant '92. Our -'Literary." llG Boat Race on the Me ssalonskee, , 6 President-elect, The. 2 Mattie C. Meserve '94. President Whitman. 73 Camp Yarn, -A. G. O. Smith '93. 130 Prize Scholarships. 85 Chapters in Scboolma'am's Experience.m: ...... Prof. Rogers' Publications, 84 Linda Graves '95. Reading Room, 105-106 Chapfc. 1. 147 Reading Room, Again, 129 11 2, 157 L, O, Glover, " . 8. 168 Reading Room. 152 Coleridge, The Writer , The Thinker, Tho Man. 120 Reading Room, Resolutions. 114 W. L. Jones '94. ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦; V • . . . ' ' " ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ' ¦ • • ' , , . . - . INDEX-CONTINUED. PAGE PAGE ' Cry A gainst Wealth is Wrong, The. 22 Toleration for the Classics , 44 D. E. Bowman '93. W. N. Donovan. Defense of Emerson . 23 Abolition of Capital Punishment. 45 Grace M. Cummings '92. G. P. Fall. D. U. Convention. . C. F. Faixbrother '93. 87 The Sweating System. A. G. Kurd. 46 Effect of Romanism on Our Public Schools, The. 97 Man, Mythic and Lithic, Dora F. Knight. 47 Lora G. Cumming s '93. The True Aim of Science. Harry L. Pierce. 47 Essays of Elia. Mary L. Carleton '94. 108 Personal Laissez Faire. Stephen Stark. 49 Foot Ball, Should it be Played in Our Schools Tennyson, the Man. Hannah J. Powell. 156 and Colleges. S. R. Robinson '95. Trip to the World's Fair. A. H. Evans '94. 203 Part 1. -76 Twins, The. Mary S. Croswell '96, 193 " 2. 88 Our College Art Gallery. 165 . " 3. 96 Prof. L. E. Warren. Fort Halifax. Carrie M. True '95. 193 Apollo. D. E. Bowman '93. 205 Girl's Temptation, A. Alice M. Bray '95 179 Diana and the Stag. Katherine Beriy '93. 204 Individuality. W. B. Tuthill '94. 202 Discobalus, The. M. S. Getchell '93. 166 Inaugural Address, Abstract of. 35 Dying Gladiator. J. B. Slocum '93. 205 Ideals in Education. Hermes of Praxiteles. R. N. Millett '93. 192 Presidpnt B. L. Whitman. Jupiter and Juno. E. P. Neal '93. 178 Junior Parts, Abstracts of Marble Faun, The. Leon O. Glover '93. 191 Evils of Unrestricted Immigration, 52 Mineve. Lora G. Cummings '93. 179 Nathan G. Foster. Niobe . Mable M. Irish '93. 192 A Suggestion fro m the Renaissance, 53 Venus de Milo . Hannah J. Powell. 192 Leon O. Glover. Pedagogism and What it Means. 169 The Utility of Art, Eva M. Taylor. 58 F. O. Welch '95. The Florentine Sphinx, G. O. Smith. 56 Was it a Tragedy. Florence E. Dunn '96. 180 Prohibition and Temperance, Albert Itobinson. 54 Will the Universal Prevalence of Socialism A Literary Parallel, - Grace M. Coburn. 51 Advance the Interests of Humanity. 74 Politics as a Profession, Cyrus F. Stimson. 57 Stephen Stark '92. Wordsworth and IVnnyson, A Comparison, 55 Miscellaneous. Joel B. Slocum. Annual Reportof Y. W. C. A. 170 The Anarch'st, D. E. Bowman. 50 Eva M. Taylor. Legend of the Messalonskee, Clara G. Jones '94. 190 Communication. S. D. Graves. 145 Lilliput, Mary L. Carleton '94, 201 Prof. E. W. Hall. 145 My Saint Cecilia, Grace M. Coburn , '93. 154 Report of President Y. M. C. A. 170 Myself in 1918. 182 * G. O. Smith. New Year's Offer , The, W. B. Tuthill, '94. 119 Report of Y. W. C. A. Dora F. Knight. 7 Presentation Day, Junior, Reading.Room Resolutions. 146 Poem, Living ? Why ? C. F. Smith. 58 Resolutions. H. T. Jordan. 60 In Memoriam D. K. E. 77 History of '93, « Award of Prizes, G. O. Smith. 61 " '88. 89 Presentation Ode, Helen R. Beede. 62 " D. K. E. ' 98 62 Phi Delta Theta. 109 The Marble Faun. « Class Od(\ 62 " Phi Delta Theta. 181 Resolutions. 77 Psychology and Education. 20 W. B. Andrews '92. D. U. 89 Scenes and Incidents in the Life of a "Sinug- " '95. 172 gler" as told by Himself, 108 " D. K. E. 194 M. S. Getchell, '93. " '94. 194 ' Poetry, J. Kleinhans, Jr., '94 107 « '96. 194 ¦ Shelleys '95. 194 Sketch of Goldsmith's Life, 131 A. L. Blanchard, '94, " '96. 194 " Phi Delta Theta. 206 ;; Day, Senior Class ampus. Gallert , O. L. Hall, R. W. Stimson History of '92. C. J. Ross. 63 C —D. J. , -8-10 , 24-27. L. O, Glover, O. L. Hall, Poem, Maidenhair. Nellie S. Bakeman 65 Y. M. Whitman, 77-8 1, L. O. Glover, V. M. Whitman , Prophecy. George P. Fall, 67 71 A. H. Evans, 89-92, 99-102, 110-113 , 122-125, Pipe Ode. 149-151, 157-160 171-173, Address to Undergraduates. C. E, Cohen 71 133-136 , , 182-185, 194-197, 206-209. Farewell Ode. 71 j Parting Address. Loring Ilenick. 72 Exchanges.—A. H. Evans, 12, 28, 81.T. H. Kinney, < • „ 93, 102, 113, 125, 136, 160, 174, 186, 197, 210. Senior Parts, Abstracts of. ' Personal.—M. S. Getchell, P. L. Ames, 11, 27, 82, !i Rational Basis of Christianity. 41 ! G. A. Andrews 94, 103, 114, 126. M. S. Getchell, F. L. Ames, The Crusade of the Nineteenth Century. 42 C. F. Smith, 138, 151, 162, 175, 186,, 198, 210. Nellie S. Bakeman. Waste Basket and Cuppings.—T. 1-1. Kinney, 13, • | Concerning Religion, W. L. Bonney 42 30, 84, 104, 114 , 127. A. H, Berry, 139, 162, 187. |,, .te > THE COLBY ECHO. College Text Books of all kinds constantly on hand. Stationery, Lecture and Note books, Pens, Pencils, Ink, Muscilage, etc. MurketaMe Second Hand Books bought and Sold. Books not in stock " procured at short notice. 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ELDEN & CO., I ¦ ¦¦J iMmWl Hllfc. ——<—*—T^ _—¦—-»»->—I—_T -m—lIT^T^ _^^^— P^^ P*_-_ ¦¦—_tf_——¦—PT*_ff _PII ^ * nj ^—HW l ..i ' IM lllM.ll« l .g.— T l —B*l_ lllill_._M HAVE T HE I.AUGTOST STOCK OF I i-iarrimiam bros, , , , UK ALKItS IX Furniture * Carpets * and * House — .-S.FlTKJflSHI Xft »« , ¦¦¦¦¦ . i — ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ in ,,.^ | H mj»w»TnnirTy "^' IA"» '^ ?*a'" ?^^ ' AIL IN Nltf-I) OF a FINE CUSTOM MADE CLOTHING, .¦ S UO t 'LT) XOT FAIL TO CALL OX f 6 ^ SALLEY, the Tailor. He has one of the largest lines of Foreign and Domestic Woolens and Worsteds to be found in this vncinity. -[ COLLEGE TRADE ESPECIALLY SOLI CITED. \ Main Street, AVutei vlllo. Tlmyov -tI(Ujl_ PHOTOGRAPHER , College _vq el Gi[j Vietf s q Specialty. Wefievmie , l\{eiqe. I ¦ THE BEST PLACE IN WATEKVILLE TO BUY ; :©. -. w.- - HIJTtiniXS i - . Qottyii)$ aijd ^ ¦mMHBMm ^^ HaBI ^^ BaHaMl ^^^ a^M ^MHM ^^ KnaMMMHM ^MM ^HBMBaNMHnaillMMI ^H ^Mk, Wm. H. Dow; . ' S. A. Greene. George W, Dorr, Pharmacist, ¦ PHENIX BLOCK, WATERVIL LE. < DOW & GREEN E,l>. Dealers in all Kinds of l , - Fine Perfumes , Toilet and Fancy Articles COAL /\ WOOD SPONGES, SOAPS AND BRUSHES' OF ALL KIXDS. .. OFFICE ON MAIN ST. , NEAR FRKIGHT DEPOT, LMPORTED AND D OMESTIC CIGARS. WATERVILLE , - . - MAINE. SMOKERS' ARTICLES, $c. / PIPES, J At the Lowest Prices. R . GOODRIDGE , Personal Attention Given to Physicians' Prescriptions. MANUFACTURING JEWELER, GEORGE VV. DORR. • —AND 'DEALER IS— Watches , Clocks, Jewelry,Silver ware DIAMONDS AND OPTICAL GOODS. Main Street, Waterville* You Qplle^e /T\er> PERCY LOUD, Ladies' and Gents Fine Ready-Made and Custom ¦ ' BOOTS m AND SHOES Need to . , AT PRICES TO SUIT THE* {TIMES. Go-a-Fishing, REPAIRING NEATJLY DONE AT SHORT NOTICE. Now and Then MAIN STREET, - - - - WATERVILLE, MAINE , W. R. ARNOLD. O. G. SPRINGFIELD AND SHOULD REMEMBER THAT RANGELY, KENNEBAGO , MOOSE- \y. B. iLtfqold <^ Co., HE AD, CONNECTICUT AND HUND- ZEUi. fij ±.Jc&J -J \A/ -£\. tx> J^J> REDS OF LAKES AND STREAMS Nails, Iron and Stool , Carriage "Woodwork, Stoves and Furnaces . Glaesi'Pafnts suul oils, Mill Supples, Black Powder and High Explosives, D 0 ORS, SASH AND GLAZED WIND OWS Compr ising Best Fishing Grounds in America Tinsmiths, Steam and Water Fitters, WATERVILLE , - - - . MAINE- ARE REACHED VIA . THE . nUY AND HIRE u ' PIANOS, . ORGANS, '' * . *< c^^Qtra Anil All Kinds ol' MiiKUifil Merelionolco /T\ai9^ l Railroad. —OF— G. h. carpenteb - - 196 Main Street, '. ' •"' ' WATERVILLE , MAINE, '" " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ¦ ' ' ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦ • ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ;¦ . - • • •:. ¦ . . . !• . ¦;: . • . . •> . aom ^ ^ pares 1 MEDAL, A Qt&^^f » ' ! ii^ ^O ^POSITION, , MOfira S [^^wiaaa ^ ^^^P.* J2^^ ¦" ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . • —MS* . . HOME OFFICE >!»-<— - ¦:¦ JSe^ep^c iViuiiual- Ei H e li)^urar)c^ vo., .. . - y . Soper Building, Waterville, Maine. ' The Only Preferred Risk Company Doing Business in Maine. ¦ ¦ ' WROTk 3850 POLICIES JN J89L ] INSURANCE IN FORCE, DECEMBER , 31, 1891 , - - . ' - . - - $5,498,000.00 Did business for Sixteen Months prior to January 1892 , "Without a Death or an Assessment. / ' -**4 <1THE . » CLU B * POLICY « A ^ SPEC IAL * FEATURED |>? *K . 15 per cent of all assessments deposited with the State Treasurer as a Guarantee Fund. Protection for the -wife and children at actual cost. Insure your life as you do your "building,, for protection only and not as a speculation. OFFICERS. K(on- . William T. Haines, Presid. Hon. Herberi M. Heath, Corporation Counsel. F. A. Waldron, Esq.., Vice President. Cyrus W. Davis, Secretary. P. S. Heald, Esq;, Treasurer. F. . C. Thayer, M. D-, Medical Examiner. p.; s. heald; , Fine . Costom i Ready-Made Clothing, Large Line of Hats- Gap s and Gent' s Furnishing Goods. ' 102 Main Street . - Waterville^ M ainej. ¦ .. 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