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Morning Sentinel COMPANY is the paper carrying the Lu bec Maine most news of Colby Col lege. If you want to keep Canners of in touch with your boys, MAINE SARDINES read the SENTINEL. " TVhen the lights go on again all The Colby Alumnus over the world " was the heartfelt FOUNDED 191 1 popular jong of the recent past. and the end of the war period on the Colby Volume 35 campus can be symbolized by the March 15, 1946 Number 5 lighted windows in Old South Col lege, which have been dark since 1943. The second _;em ester infiu:x has filled CONTENTS all available dormitory space still The President's Page 4 owned by the college, and the size of The Talk of the College 5 ne:xt year's freshman class depends Young Lovejoy's Travel Diary 7 largely upon the completion of two When We Move to Mayflower Hill 10 new dormitories for men on May (A Symposium by: Miriam Hardy, '22; Philip W. Hussey, '13; fiower Hill. and Hugh D. Beach, '36.) The U.N.O. Wars on Ignorance Rep. Chester E. Merrow, '29 12 '37 14 Letter from Europe . Marjorie D. Gould, A CORRECTION Incident of the Occupation Frederick B. McAlary, '43 15 Eleanor Barker, '37, who was Housing Project Planned 16 credited with the article on "My What Kind of Memorial? Dick Reid, '44 16 Friends the Headhunters " in the Campus Activities in Full Swing 17 February issue, feels that an expla Hockey and Basketball Scores 18 nation is in order. The article was Miss Morse Leaves for Belgian Congo 19 prepared by the Red Cross pub Admissions Director Named 19 licity headquarters without her The Rare Book Corner 20 knO\-vledge, based on an interview With the Colors 21 with a nevvspaper correspondent. More Citations · She hopes that the readers did not Service Personals think that Red Cross Aides were in Class Notes About Colby Men and Women. 22 the habit of taking hikes into the Milestones 25 jungle unescorted. Necrology 26 Prof. Clarence R. Johnson Edward C. Rice, '01 Dr. I. R. Boothby, '03 Rev. Robert A. Colpitts, '07 '26 Everett J. Condon, Dear Editor: - I enjoy the Alum � '46 Cpl. Gerald Katzman, nus more than ever now that I'm far Edwin J. Coughlin, '48 away and you 're all doing a fine job EDITOR JOSEPH COBURN SMITH, '24 as always. BUSINESS MA AGER . G. CECIL GODDARD, '29 - K.AGEJ\ :McCARROLL, '45. ASSISTANT EDITOR . VIVIAN MAXWELL BROWN, '44 New York, N. Y. ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD TFl<.\I EXPIRE IN 1946 TFRM EXPIRES lN 194i TFRM EXPlRl.S 1 ' 1948 Marguerite M. Chamberlain, '15 Charles H. Gale, '22 Hugh D. Beach, '36 Dear Editor: - May I express ta lane Montgomery Cole, '3 Richard G. Kendall, '32 L. Russell Blanchard, '38 ou my sincere appreciation for the William Finkeldey, '43 DiJna Wall Pitts, '1 3 Alfred K. Chapman, '25 Colby Alumnus while I was in service. I-1. Warren Foss, '96 Richard S. Reid, ·44 F. Elizabeth Libbey, '29 The Alumnus really is tops and makes R. Jn·ine Gammon, '37 John M. Richardson, '16 Betty Ann Royal, '42 John J. Pullen, '35 Elizabeth F. SaYage, '40 Edward F. Stevens, '89 me long for Maine and the Colby Family. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Alfred K. Chapman, '25 Oliver L. Hall, '93 En·ena Goodale Smith, '24 - FRED RoBERT , '34. G. Cecil Goddard, '29 Caleb A. Lewis, '03 Joseph Coburn Smith, '24 Little Rock, Ark.
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 3, 1879. Dear Editor: - I am wnung this ISSUED eight times yearly on the 15th of October, 1ovcmber, January, February, March, April, May and July. letter to thank you for your thought SUBSCRIPTION PRICE- $2.00 per year. Single Copies, $.25. Checks should be fulness in sending me the Alumnus. made payable to THE COLBY ALUMNUS. Correspondence regarding subscriptions or enjoy it very much and it helps me _ . I ad,·ertising should be addressed to G. Cecil Goddard, Box 477, Waterville, Mawe. to keep in touch with the doings of Contributions should be sent to The Editor, Box 477, Waterville, Maine. the students at Colby. discontinue bis or her subscription should give notice to A subscriher who wishes to HARRIMA '48, l c( K) that effect before its expiration. Otherwise it will be continued. -L. P. S l S . Great Lakes, Illinois Fraternitie · are again actiye at 'olby. Two meeting have been held in recent ,,·eeb attended I y undergraduate and graduate repre sentatiye- and faculty adviser- from each hou.::e. On each occa ion
the problem wa · studied int en -i ,·el_,.. _ \ttentiun was paid to the atti tude of the ,·eterans, the relation of fraternitie- tu nun-fraternity men, \\'ays of avoiding fraternity politic-. and kindred topics. The re sult "·a· a deci ·ion to resume fraternity acti,·ity under the direction of a renovated inter-fraternity council \\'here alumni repre·entative ·hall haYe a vote.
_ \ · our alumni are a "·are. we hope have an arra.n THE TALK OF THE COLLEGE - :\ll over the country next the steel and cast-iron plumbing and v ALE had feared that specific bids could not June there will be a mas movr heating supplies 'vvhich constitute the be obtained on the various sub-con ment back to various campu es for the first materials to be needed this spring, tracts and that the only method would first post-war commencement and a sub-contractors have been found who be to let them out on a cost-plus-fee general jubilant reunion, especially claim to be covered as far as these sup basis and hope for the best. ow, among die younger classes who have plies go. Strangely enough, the worst however, it appears that the Super rrav lied far, both geographically and bottleneck on the horizon is wood - visory Engineers will be able to get emotionally, since their last meeting. and here in Maine of all places. Al reasonably firm bids, and that supplies But, will there be any other com though the windows and exterior door can be obtained. He repeatedly insists mencement exciting more mixed emo frames are all installed, there remain that we must make the move to May tions than Coby s 125th, which will to be made the interior trim and doors flower Hill next fall, and those who mark the last on its old campus? - hundreds of them - for which few know Colby's chairman know that Farewell to the old: hail to the new! woodworking mills have any supply of whenever Dr. Averill flashes the green We understand that the Baccalaureate seasoned lumber. Hardware is an light, things are apt to start rolling. will be in the old Chapel and the other question mark, but we have un Graduation Exercises on Mayflower til mid-summer to work that out. - The appoint- Hill-thus symbolizing the transition, The labor supply doesn't seem to scare ADMISSIONS and giving the alumni a taste of each. the contractors, although they may ment of a Director of Admis Many colleges are calling their a have to pay high for help. sions (as announced on another page) will be gratifying to the many alumni "Victory Commencement." In a What the buildings are going to cost double sense this would be fitting for who have been urging this for a long has not been fully ascertained, but we time. Of course, it i a bit ironical ours but we propose to call it our know that the work remaining to be " - and that he comes just when applications " Farewell Commencement done is going to cost at least 30 per let sentiment reign for the weekend. and inquiries are pouring in at an un cent over the pre-war levels. Of Then we can march up the Hill and believable rate. But, from the admin enjoy the Commencements to come, course, this is disheartening, and calls istrative offices, all hands breathe a watching the ivy spread on the new for redoubling our efforts on the pro sigh of relief. Dean Marriner, espe buildings and feeling proud as we see gram of gift solicitation. But there cially, who has to make sense out of how much more the College can do are silver linings. One is that it may the paper avalanche connected with about boys enrolled here under for the boys and girls than it was ever be 30 percent easier to attract gifts 185 able to do for us. under present conditions. Another G.T. benefits, plus the routine college way to look at the situation is to con paper-work connected with admis sions, must ha e had little time for gratulate the Tru tees on having put his regular "deaning." Dean Run - The first con- available funds into brick and steel at GREEN LIGHT nals will continue to handle the selec tract have been signed and what now seem like bargain prices. within a few weeks things will begin tion of freshman women, but the new to stir in the brick shells on MayAower Dr. George G. Averill, who feels his Director will relieve her of much of Hill which were locked up in 1941. responsibility as chairman of the the school visitation and interviewing. Hegeman-Harris, Inc., of ew York, Building Committee at this critical Mr. Lewis (who will soon be who built the RCA building ;ind cre period heavily enough to give up his "Danny" to the Colby family) has a ated whole cities on various odd spots annual winter ojourn in Southern real responsibility upon his shoulders. all over the globe during the war, will California, is not downhearted. He One of the factors that has made continue to be the supervising engi Colby what it has been is the Maine neers for the project. This is a cheer Central Railroad which automatically ing fact, for not only do they have the cared away all prospective students know-how necessary for building who were accustomed to judge things things right, but, what is more i� by their superficial aspects. May portant right now, they swing much flower Hill, however 1s gomg to at weight in the purchasing field. F. '13, who has Meroe Morse, tract those with shallow values, as We must not blink at the fact that gone to the Belgian Congo as Col well as those who recognize that there are many hurdles to be negoti by's 73rd missionary. Colonial architecture is not the only the W. Rollins, '32, elected ated between now and the time Henry thing to judge by. Upon Mr. Lewis, president of the ew England buildings are opened for use next fall. therefore, rests the ta k of picking the deliv Hardware Dealers' Association. The steel strike has postponed boys who are the most deserving of eries on many sorts of building materi Charles '41, Capt. E. Barnfather, the kind of education which the new als, but fortunately all of the structural awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Colby will offer. He begins his work steel and joist are already in the five Pfc. '44, Harold S. Joseph, with the cordial best wishes of the buildings which are to be finished. awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Although concern was felt regarding alumni body. 6 THE COLBY ALUMNUS DITIONS - Colby's Libra ry col- therefore, whether a campaign to to incise apertures through the crys E lections are always good for a raise funds for a major building cost tallized lake urface (which was ascer news story, but Prof. Weber's latest ing a quarter or half a million dollars, tained to be circa 0.609 meters in triumph i the be t yet. 'The Rare or for a scholarship endowment of any thicknes ). At a point on the peri Book Corner" will give you the high size, is fea ible at thi time, even meter of each orifice was set up the lights of the presentation of his nota though any project of a memorial icthyological apparatus which had ble collection of seventy different edi nature would have trong appeal. So, been transported thence on the backs tions of The Shropshire Lad, and the unless some one benefactor comes of the scientist . This equipment publication by the Colby Library of forth •vith an offer to give it, we may comprise YOUNG LOVEJOY,S TRAVEL DIARY about their brother (interestingly ailing up the Hudson for Albany, INTRODUCTION By enough Jo eph say that the tiding once more with his face turned west the Editor HO E who haYe tudied the life were not unexpected, as a rumor of ward. T of Colby's mo t il\u triou grad his murder had already reached After that, what? The pages are uate, Elijah Parish LoYejoy of the clas Maine); a letter from Elijah Parish blank. One longs for a continuation of 1 26, have been conscious of one LoYejoy to hi parent telling about his of his daily jottings with their sensible conspicuous gap in all publi hed "con\'ersion ., and his decision to en observations of the villages and coun accounts of his 35 years of life. ter the ministry; a pocket account tryside as seen through the eyes of a The principal biography, Memoir of book apparently listing new subscrib Maine farm boy, the little incidents of Lovejoy, by his brothers Joseph and ers to his paper; another notebook con the road, his philosophizing on God Owen and published in 1838, the year taining, among other jottings, a few and Man, and even the very human after his martyr death, states in Chap pages of Biblical texts entitled "Sub sense of homesickness which may be ter III: "In May, 1827 he left his jects for the pulpit"; numerous letters read between the lines on some of his friends and his native state, with his to Lovejoy ha,·ing to do with husiness "weary and footsore " days. eyes fixed upon the inviting and or editorial affairs; various family let From Albany to St. Louis - what a youthful West." There follow some ters· letter following Lovejoy's death journey that must have been. Did lines of moralizing and the remainder containing re olutions passed by anti he travel the rowdy route of the of the chapter consists of the text of slavery societies; a letter to his widow Erie Canal, scarce two years in two poems by his hand entitled "Fare which had enclosed a gift of $100 operation? By stage coach? By lake well,' and "Wanderer." Chapter JV from " friends of the oppressed and schooners? On foot? Down the begins: "In the latter part of the year advocates of equal right�" in Pitts Mississippi? These are questions 1827, our brother arrived at St. Loui , burgh; and various clippings, pam which in all probability will never be Missouri." phlets and letters. answered, for the little diary, like so What happened in the interim? By The Lovejoy Journal is a pocket many bravely started, abruptly ends, what conveyance did Lovejoy tra el? size notebook of coarse paper and a and, so far, no letters are on record What route did he take? How did stout brown cover. Inside the front which were written on that trip. he feel about thi great adventure? cover is the writer' signature- written The pages of the Journal are not easy reading. Lovejoy had an indi All these have been tantalizing. but with a fine firm flourish. The first unanswered questions. page contains an addre s list of various vidualistic and rather handsome hand, ow, however, The Colby Alumnus persons, mostly in Albion and China, but the entries are in pencil and some i privileged to present to the world to whom the young man probablv in times so faint as to be almost illegible. Furthermore as is to be exoected the first publication of Lovejoy's own tended to write, among them being · personal journal in which he puts "Rev. J. haplin," the president of when writing for oneself in a small down his thought while on rhe first Water\'ille College, whose name, as notebook at odd times and places, he stages of his journe ' estward. ' pen will be seen, appears .once again in was often careless as to sentence struc niless and friendless " (as he savs more these pages. On the next page he be ture, spelling, and punctuation. How than once) and afoot. gan a list of " ames of Towns ever, except for modernizing the " ff " This small notebook i only one through which l pa s on my wav to form of the double " s," the following item in a collection of priceless Love Illinois." (This, incidentally, indj transcription follows the original as joy material which has come into the cates that his original destination was accurately as it could be deciphered. possession of Colby College in recent not St. Louis. Whither, then, in Illi Just as he wrote it, therefore, is trus weeks. It is the gift of the namesake nois was he heading?) The list be diary of a boy one year out of college and grand-nephew of the martyr, Eli gins with Albion and names the towns setting out to seek fame and fortune jah Parish Lovejoy of Detroit, Michi on the road to Bath, where he took a in the fabulous West - a search gan. Mr. Lovejoy is the grandson of sailing Yes el to Boston, and thence which brought him no fortune, but Owen Lovejoy, the younger brother across Massachusetts into the State of undying fame and no small share in who became a leading figure in Con New York. The populations and oc America's hard-won guest for Free gress from Illinois during the Civil cupations are given for some towns dom. War period and was one of Lincoln· and afford interesting data. closest friends. The Journal proper begins with his This parcel of old documents and boarding; a schooner at Bath on May THE LOVEJOY JOURNAL letters is one of the most exciting 19, 1827, and the next nineteen days Saturday May 19 -1827, accessions which the Colby Library take him to Pittsfield, Mass. There is ·went on board at Bath of the Wil has ever received. The material has one subsequent entry on June 16 of liam schooner Capt Hall - Laid all not yet been cataloged, but a cursor, minor importance except that it places night in the ri,·er - no wind examination reveals such item as: a him in the vicinity of Albany, and an letter from Joseph in Old Town, enlightening entry 9ated July 30 in Sunday - laid by till noon beat out Maine, in answer to Owen's letter ew York City somewhat covers the - Mem. Expect soon to be sick from Alton conveying the sad news intervening period and leave him enough 8 THE COLBY ALU 1 US Travelld about 15 miles to day. Went to supperless in an inn at the village of Farmingham: This i village of about 30 or 40 houses, 3 or 4 stores and two churche of Calvini ts - They are about erecting a house of wor hip for nitarians. The land over which [ have travelld today is quite an inferior quality Light sandy and weak. Vegetation at lea t a week behind the towns adjoining Boston. Feel like an outcast among strangers, but am determined to persevere. The Lord on! y know what i for me. I would fain have hope for the future. "But hadow , cloud and darkness rest upon it." Light-house on Pond I. on eguin ton, and put up, very much fatigued - Vessels seen in every direction far Pas ed through the town of Roxbury off on the horizon Brooklyne into ewton and put up at Thursday 31st lay Wesson's hotel. - The country seats Half past 9 o'clock \�.:hen I ro e this Monday, still beating up wine! dead morning, somewhat fresher with rest ahead - sick, sick, sick. on the road are most delightful - the farms in the highest tate of cultiva and sleep, but till full of ache and pains. Not being accustomed to Tuesday - Wind still ahead and tion I could-not avoid noticing the walking it fatigues me very much. A progress slow - weathered Cape Ann, difference in one very important re last night, sea sick and sick of the sea. mall piece of bread and cheese was spect between their towns and the my only breakfast, and that I t"at as I country towns in Maine - There Wednesday - This morning came in walked the road. Violent headache were no grog shopj on the road, and sight of Boston. The islands in the this morning, and oppresed with lassi no drunkards staggering through the tude and weakne . Oh God! support bay present a most beautiful and pic streets. me. I am writing this by the way sailing up turesque appearance to one side, where I have at down to rest me the harbour. ever have I before seen Wednesday 30th May - Wa so and as I write, my thoughts go home so beautiful a prospect. On the right fatigued last night, that I did not start to the dwelling of my parent . and left and before us rise the islands this morning till quite late 9 o'clock Doubtles my dear mother is now thinking of me. Ah! if he knew my covered with green and studded with A.M. Travelld about two mile , and siruation, how would her kind heart in the stopped at the house of Josiah Bacon, trees. While still further on, bleed. But she never hall know at Esq. by whom I wa most hospitably background, Boston presents its nu least till happier time come, if ever entertained - I was a stranger and he merou pires, and gorgeous temples. they do arri\·e. - The Worcester took me in hungry, and he fed me; Ves els of every description are com Turnpike on which I am now travel may the blessing of heaven de cend ling, lies through a tract of unculti ing in, going out or lying at anchor. upon him. Much fatigued and able Yated land kirted on either side by Among them was the frigate Java' to travel but slowly- know not what bushes. topped for dinner at a preparing to put to sea. This frigatr may be my fate - but feel determined taYern in Southbury which i the only was taken from the British in the last to persevere - Goldsmith travelled meal I can allow myself today. Ar rived in war and as I gazed upon her and thro' Europe friendles and penniless, \Vorce ter, about 5 oclock P and why may not I through my own M. Rode the last 10 miles for which thought of the glorious achievements country) Yankees I am sorry to say, I paid 10 cent - I can do o no more. heart beat of my country men my are not famed for their hospitality, but Worcester is the shire town of the thick and proudly says the poet, - lnvia virtuti nulla est county of the ame name. It is con via. Went into a paper mill today, in siderable of a village and cont:iins, be Tuesday 29th May 1827 - Left Bos the town of ewton I never saw one sides the courthou e and jail, three to travel on ton to day about 5 P.M. before. If evry step we take ""e see meeting houses, a bank and a Pre by foot from that place to the state of Illi proofs of the wisdom and the gran terian church. It i an inland town, nois. Travelled 10 miles into ew- deur of God, o do we, that God and supported half by the trade of the made man in his own image. Got so countrv. A canal is about to be cut wearied that I hired a market man, from �hi town to ProYidence in the 1 There was a British frigate Java which was captured and sunk in the 'Vest Indies who was returning from Bo ton, to during the War of I 12, and an American carry me on 10 miles for 40 cents, a • This is the spellina he use :ii o in the man-of-war by the same name was built in heavy pull upon my little purse. He list of towns travelled through. It is, of 1 1-l. Doubtless it was the latter which course, a logical place name. Can anyone Lovejoy gazed at, probably being given bis lied to me, however, and the distance explain why and when it became Framing wrong information by a bystander. proved to be not more than 7 miles - /Jam? THE COLBY ALUMNUS 9 tale of Rhode Island which mu t add my watch for $5.00 to enable me to mu h to the pro perity of the towns. WHO WAS LOVEJOY ? pay my bill. Came on afoot a few 9, 1802. di tant from Boston 3 miles. Born, Albion, Me., Nov. miles, when I found that I could ride Graduated from Waterville to orthampton, for 75 cents, distance 1826. Col Friday 1 t June 1 27 - Tarried in lege, Principal of China 22 miles. Being weary and lame I Worcester all day in hope of doing 1826-27. thought best to pay it. Arrived in Academy,1827. - Teacher, St. some business which might aid me in Louis, Edited a religious orthampton about 6 P.M. through pursuing my journey, but to no effect. 1828-32. the towns of Belchertown, Amherst paper, Student, Prince1832. A stranger, penniles and friendless, is ton Theological Seminary, and Hadley. The country through like to meet with but few friend . 1833-36. which I passed from Newton 10 miles Editor, St. Louis Observer, back of Boston till within 10 miles of Such am I, and what I shall next do, The owners of this paper, as a re I know Torthampton fell far below the idea not. sult of the opposition stirred up by I had previously formed of it, being Lovejoy's anti-slavery editorials, de in general, being in general low and Saturday, second June. Left Worces cided to move the paper to Alton in swampy, or sandy and barren. As I ter this morning on the road to the free state of Illinois across Northampton. Leicester the town ad approached Co�necticut River, a the Mississippi. The press was change for the better was perceivd. joining Worcester has a small village, seized on the dock at Alton bv un m Large tracts of intervale land under principly engage in the cord manufac known hoodlums and du ped tory. It h11s a noble academy buildinrr the highest state of cultivation, into the river. A second press was tended on both sides of the river. Onex l1l which I am informed usually number� procured and Lovejoy continued to the meadow lands, the broom corn is eit from 60 to 100 students. After haY oppose slavery whenever he wished cultivated to a great extent. They lie ad ing travelled foot about 10 .P1iles, I to, in spite of intimidation and on a l in common without any fences, was invited to ride in a hor e rack, threats. The printing plant was � either between different owners, or by a young man who had been to B s broken into and demolished. In ton Market. I rode with him to by the highway - A ditch or a spite of mounting tension, backers mark serves only to distinguish landbe Ware, a village distant from Worces of Lovejoy's point of view ordered tween the different proprietors. South ter about 30 miles. The young man a third press which, too, was seized east from Northampton distant about left me here, but my gratitude went and destroyed. Meanwhile, the 3 miles is the famous Mount Tom, with him. My road today lay thro' editor was threatened and once one of the highest elevations in the the towns of 'Leicester, Spencer, and narrowly escaped violence by out State. I could not visit it, but am told Brookfield to Ware. Arrived at Ware nerving th e ruffians who were mi: it commands a most extensive pros about 8 o'clock, and stopped at an Inn hired to beat him up. The issue mt pect. m. whither I had before sent my baggage. grew beyond that of the ethics of I am now 250 miles from home, in a slavery into the whole question of Oii' Tuesday land of strangers and but 80 cents in the constitutional right of the free 5th June. Left Torthampton my this my pocket. My Mother does not dom of the press. Determined to morning for Albany on foot and alt alone, friendless know it, nor shall she, eYer at least stand on this right, Lovejoy and a and almost penni at less - After taking breakfast at the er not till better days come. band of friends met the fourth press and guarded it in the dock hotel in orthampton travelled till 3 er o'clock P.M. without any refreshment, Sunday 3d June. warehouse. A lawless mob be- d when I stopped at a tavern Ware -Attended service today at the ieged the building, settin� it on in Ches dn· terfield and got a dinner. On entering Meeting House of the Rev. Mr. Cook. fire, and shot Lovejoy fatally as he the tavern the first thing that saluted - Sorrv to see a little too much finesse appeared for an instant in the 7, my eyes were the droppings of a in the Rev. Gen. - A little too .finical. doorway. The elate was Nov. 1837. goon ' in the bar-room - the next - 3 I thought of Cowper's Parson. He The resulting indignation or 4 buxom wenches traversing the was, however, a good speaker, and a which swept the country gave to house, bare-footed and bare-legged. chaste writer. A real Calvinist - his him the name of "The Martyr to . Their faces were quite pretty, and by doctrine was, - Sinners are volun the Freedom of the Press." my troth, I had almost determined tarily as bad as they can be. Loved to tarry the night that to dwell upon the torments of the Over the signature of Visitor which I I might make mean shall fall into his hands. I tell their further acquaintance, but finally damned. Some powerful sentiments thought not best. Called and well clothed in Language. After him therin plainly of his defects, and at one house l'f today and asked for a drink of water noon - Attended the same meeting give him due credit for all his excel )• which with some difficulty I obtained · with some parts lencies. I am now at a public house, '. n. - Was much struck At another by the name of Brett met of the preacher's discourse and as and how to pay my scott,' I know not the - the Lord will provide. wi?i tI:e true Oriental hospitality. much disgusted with others. His text With difficulty, my son I escaped from their - Surely they will reverence solicitations_ to tarry all night. re reasonably ex 4th June, Started this morn It his doctrine - God Monday, minded me of the old man and his pected that reverence and worship ing from Ware, after having pawned would be paid his son, when he sent ' Possibly gony, a bird of the albatross him into the world, but it was not the 3 Scot - a fee or reckoning. The word family, also, sometimes used colloquially for case. Wrote a letter to the Rev. Gen. survives in the expression : scot-free. a goose. 10 THE COLBY ALUMNUS wife entertaining Jupiter and Mer They take off three crops of hay there ha'e been engaged in collecting sub cury, and had I the powers of the god from some of the farms in one season. scribers for periodical works, and ha\'e they should ha,·e been equally re Mem. Troubled with a violent head barely ucceeded in earning m board warded. Excessively hot today - the ache. Tra\'elled till 10 o'clock P.M. - Oh what I am and what I might • towns through which I have passed when I reached Pitt field where I have been, -- - ye and what I yet very broken and stony. I find I am topped for the night, \\'Cary and hope to be ! I have thi moment quite beyond the region of fashion and worn. Pittsfield i the large t town stepped on board the Steam Boat for wealth. Crossed the Green Moun in Berkshire county and i- \'Crv beau Albany. ha\ ing obtained a supply of tains, extending and crossing thro' tifully situated in an amphitheatre sur money, through the kindne of the Vermont, Mass. into Connecticut. rounded on e\'ery side with hills. The • Re\. Or. Chaplin - May the God of The growth of wood here i in gen ri' er Hou atonick, a mall stream, the wretched, reward him ten thou eral of a different kind from Maine, run through the town, on which is sand fold. cener of the Hudson de and much smaller. Where I have met built a factory for manufacturing cot lightful - Past a edge of rock about with maple, beech, birch and pine ton and woolen cloth . There is a 't they have been not half so large as the \'ery lofty elm stands 111 the public 20 mile from ew York half a mile same growth in faine. square. I think 1t is the talle t tree of long and rising from the river 40 to the kind r ever saw. -o feet perpendicularly - glorious. Wedne day 5th June. After travelling last night till between 9 and 10 P. I. Thursday 7th June. Lett Pittsfield at �i�kayuna June 16' I stopped at a tavern in \V orthington. oclock this mornrng. omewhat Thi i a 'illage or as they call it a - Excessively fatigued. - Started this refreshed. but ,·ery lame and ore with familv of 'hakers. Came from Al 0 morning about 9 A.l\f. to proceed walking. Continues \'ery hor. :rnd so bany roday 7 miles on foot on purpose without ha"ing taken any breakfast. du ty a almost to uffacate one when to vi it it. . fean to tarry over the Very hot again today. Travelled till tra,·elling the road - 'topped today unday if they \\'ill keep me :md then 3 o'clock P.M. having eaten nothing and bathed in a tream of cool run I shall be able to tell more about it. save a cracker and a small piece of ning \\'ater. Oh how refreshing! cheese - I then stopped and got a • L'nckcipherJble. Apparently a fiYe- bowl of bread and milk at the house l Te\\' York July 30th 182:- Here is a lercer word en WHEN WE MOVE TO MAYFLOWER HILL I'd like to see a typ1c:il co tume of I'd like ro ring out the old and ring A MUSEUM FOR ALUMNI the period displayed. in the new: rd like to cheri h the You may build more splendid habita I'd like to ha\'e donated real furni pa t :ind build for the future. tions ture actually u ed at Colby during that - l\f1RIAM HARDY, '22. May fill your room n1ith sculpture and period. tudent lamp , drapes, couch Gree11tl'icli, Conn. with paintings covers, rugs, \\'ould be intere ting to But you cannot buy with gold see. the old associations. I'd like to ha\'e some of our farnrite ENDORSE PLEA FOR MODEL paintings owned by the college no\\' ---- so lest we forget, 1 suggest that on the old campus in this new build J . T the February 19-t6 issue of the we have an Alumni Building dedi ing so I'd like the Lion of Lucerne, Colby .Jfumnus I noticed a mo t cated to " Ye Olden Days " and to too, but perhap someone else ha intere ting article b Charle H. Gale, "Up to the Minute " news of our cl aimed him. '22, entitled "Mu eum for Mementoes alumni. The Alumni Building could Then I'd like an up-to-date file of of the Old Carnpu ." It was Mr. be divided into sections representing other people s recognition of mv class Gale· suggestion that on May8ower Col by cycles. mates and, al o, an occupational file of Hill a place be pro ided for "pre erv I'd like to have pictures of our my clas mates l isted by professions ing in as many ways a possible re Colby presidents, deans, professors, uch a artist, \\'riter. teacher or home minder of the old Campu ." One tudents, and typical campu life. maker. uggestion that interested me most of all wa hi propo al that a cale Model I'd like to see the Colby College I'd like a book ca e filled with pam be made of the old Campus and be honors achieved by the class, such as phlets and book publi hed by people put on display in one of the new build- loving cups and plaques. in my cla and your cla . THE COLBY ALUMNUS 11 ing , tog ther with photographs of old majority. I am,all for beautiful build ·cene .rn d eYent-. IDEA WANTED ings and comfortable quarters, but If my memory serYe me correctly This symposium has brought out don't let them be monopolized by the the Cla of l 9b at one of its Reunion the general wish on the part of " collegiate type " who used to look Durner�, l think it was either in 193 alumni for sentimental reminders down their noses at Colby. - on - the - or 103 . Yoted to uggest to the Board of the old campus, and one sharply Railroad. of Director that if the money could worded plea that the ideal of low And will the offspring need a car, be obtained, Recitation Hall, the first cost education be maintained. Are Joe ? Something inexp::nsiYe looking building of Colby College, be taken there any other counties to be but high-powered ? Dented but de do\\'n. mo,·ed to the new campus. re heard from? Do ou have anv luxe? rm not worrying about the tu erected and henceforth serYe as a pos educational innovations which ition. Colby can't raise it rates on us. sible museum in which could be �uit might be adopted in this transition Because if it does, it's tipping its mitt. ably arra nged for display a scale Model period, before the faculty and ad That only happens with night club , of the old Campu together with many ministration settle down too com or Broadway hits, or country club�. item taken from that location which fortably in an established way of There always will be suckers. arouncl should not be lost, left there or mis doing things? Or, are you strongly for that kind of a tilt. placed. against experimentation which di To you can't do that to us. Joe, lutes the good old fundamental vir Pos ibl Y the con truction of Recita and get away with it. J ju t \\·ant to tues of higher learning? Now is tion Hall is uch that it would be too know about that extra stuff. those expensiYe a task to take it down brick your time to speak your piece; and added expenses that accrue because by brick and re-erect it on ifavflo\\'er the stronger you feel, the more fun somebody is trying to keep up with for the reader. So get out your pen Hill. Also po ibly the diYergen e of somebody else. l ju t \\·ant to be sure :md �end in your ideas. Who architecture from that of the cheme that we won't ha\'e to ]iye uo to the worked out for the new building� knows? Some of them might be way those new buildings l�k from good. would cause some critical comment. the outside. As long as our dough is However, I do belieYe the suggestion on the line, we'd rather get paid off 1 well worthy of inYe tigation and PLEASE, NO COUNTRY CLUB! on what goes on inside those beautiful careful consideration. study halls. In that respect, Joe, vou ln any event, I earne tly urge the did all right on the banks of the Ken HEN we moYe to Mayflower consideration of definite action in re W nebec and if you can't do the same by Hill . How's it going to _gard to making a good size Model of us on Mayflower Hill, I'll take the cin be. Joe? Are my kids goin� to be the old Campus. together with the ders on old Seaverns Field. able to get by with a buck a week for present President's House, Foss Hall - HUGH D. BEACH '36. spending-money the way I did? (The and other building on College New York City only reason I did was because not Avenue. many other guys had more than one I'm sure the returning Alumni who skin to fling around every seven davs.) THAYER HOSPITAL L attended College on the old Campus And tell me, Joe, will it be all right MAY MOVE TO CAMPUS would get a lot of enjoyment in look if my kids show up in corduroys, moc ing over the Model and pointing out casins, and Aannel shirt, just so long OLLOWI G a meeting of the to their sons and daughters the very as they're clean ? (I'rn not talking F trustees of Thayer Hospital on room they used to occupy in the old about that female shirt-tail-out-dunga February 17, it was reYealed that plans buildings. how they used to sleep right ree-socks routine which is currently de are under discussion for erecting a up there in the Ram Pasture in that riguer at $10 per shirt.) I'm talking new hospital on Colby"s Mayflower building and how one Bloody Mon kind of drapery that most arout the Hill property. dav ni2-ht the Freshman Cla;s barri of my classmates wore because it was The site tentatively chosen caded themselves on the top floor in low-cost and utilitarian. is on the that building ri_ght there (North Col left of Mayflower Hill DriYe at the And, will my kids be privileged to lege) and defied the Sophomores to turn beyond the brook. associate with a lot of swell boys and come and get them - undoubtedly the Tt was indicated that one section girls from Aroostook, or will they of Model would cause many a tale of the the propos'ed hospital would constitute have to take their cue from carefully a live on forever and also permit the college infirmary and the p st to "selected " children from "nice " facilities the future students an opportunit to of the institution would also be . schools and " professional " families ? used all the more the beautie of in the training program for appreciate ot that I have anything against the Colby's May8ower Hill. School of ursing and courses in latter, for they deserve a break, too. Med ical Technology. I hope some definite plan can soon But J hope that their numbers will be That the be set up to make and properly dis kept down so that they will not �et !he architecture of the new play such a Model and the many price pace. We used to do a lot of k1dd111g structure would harmonize with the less and irreplaceable "Mementoes of about the " good old Maine stock,' rest of the campu development is the Old Campus." but from mv present vantage point, T assured by the fact that J. Fredrick Larson -PmuP W. HussEY, '13. am more and more grateful for having has been commissioned to draw up the plan . North Be1-wick, Me. gone to Colby when they were in the 12 THE COLBY ALUM US THE U. N. 0. WAR ON IGNORANCE By REP. CHESTER E. MERROW, '29 { T was my privilege to serve as a The 11Jriter is serving his second at1ons paid in men and materials to delegate of the United States to term in the United States Congress as defeat the totalitarian powers. the recent United ations Educational representative from the First New Further evidence of the destructi e and Cultural Conference held in Hampshire District. He was gradu nes of war was given to the Confer London ovember 1-16. This Confer ated from Colby in 1929 with Phi Beta ence in vivid reports by the delegates ence was called to write the constitu- Kappa honors, taught school, and ob from which ha now ended was a war made scientific and technological informa po sible by the denial of the demo IN A NUTSHELL tion. cratic principle of the dignity, . The purpose of UNESCO Fourth: Forward the contribution equality, and mutual respect of men is to build up a climate to world understanding by creative and by the propagation, in their place, of opinion throughout the world which will writers, artists, and musicians through through ignorance and prejudice, of encouraging their association across the doctrine of the inequality of men be so effective in years to come that national boundaries. and races; the international police force of the Fifth: Provide liaison arrangements " That the wide diffusion of culture Security Council of the United Na to facilitate the giving of aid to peoples and the education for justice and lib tions Organization will not have to whom the war has stripped of educa erty and peace are indispensable to the " tional and scientific resources, for the dignity of man and co stitute a sacred be called upon ... � Bryn /. Hovde, reestablishment and restaffing of duty which all the nat10ns must fulfill schools, laboratories and libraries. . Secretary of the American in a spirit of mutual assistance and Sixth: Provide for studies and re concern; Delegation. ports concerning situations wh�r.e edu " That a peace based exclusively cational and cultural opportunrnes are upon the political and economic ar The Preparatory Commission is be deficient. rangements of governments would not ginning its work in London. It is the Seventh: Cooperate with the Trus be a peace which could secure formulating a definite program for teeship Council in assisting non-self unanimous, lasting, and sincere sup consideration at the first meeting of governing peoples in the improvement port of the peoples of the world, and the General Conference of UNESCO. of their educational opportunities. that the peace must therefore be I cite the following as examples of founded, if it is not to fail, upon the Eighth: Assist in cooperative efforts activities which have received general to define the educational goals neces intellectual and moral solidarity of approval in preliminary discussions: mankind. sary to the development of free First: Promote a free flow of ideas peoples. " For these reasons, the states parties and information on the popular as to this constitution, believing in full Ninth: Foster approved programs well as the scholarly level - through of adult education in accordance with and equal opportunities for educ�tion the radio, motion picture, and printed for all, in the unrestricted pursuit of the needs and desires of the several page, and directly between scholars, objective truth, and in the free ex nations. teachers, librarians and artists. change of ideas and knowledge, are , Tenth : Publish factual studies of Second: Encourage the exchange of progress achieved in educational and io agreed and determined to develop �nd to increase the means of commumca students and the reciprocal visits of cultural development. rJ scientists, and other scholars, teachers, ro tion between their peoples and to em These proposed activities have been )ID ploy these means for the purposes of and artists. presented for purposes of illustration mutual understanding and a truer and Third: Stimulate the circulation of only. In no sense do they indicate the of each oth fulf scope of the work of UNESCO. m?re. per�ect knowledge er s lives. , The Conference in London wrote the It should be emphasized that there constitution and prepared the plans. are certain things that UNESCO will for a most significant international not do. organization. The United States, First: The organization is prohibited with its power and inAuence, can ancf must take a major part in making this from intervening in matters w�ic� a:e essentially within the domestic 1uns new organization effective. diction of member states. \Ve have just won a war against enemies we Second: U ESCO will not receive fought with weapons of steel and flame. and administer funds for material re But the most dan gerous enemy to us lief and rehabilitation. and to all man kind is not an enemy who can be Third: It will not take over or con overcome by such weapons. The trol the activities of the press. radio, enemy to whom I refer appears in �nd motion pictures. We hope, how many disguises and under a variety of eYer that it will facilitate the use of names. He is often cloaked in preju thes� mass media of communication dice and bigotry. Sometimes he as for international understanding. sumes the shape of lying propaganda. Fourth : It will not undertake the Always he walks in masks of hatred, construction of school buildings. suspicion, jealousy, and ill-will. Be Fifth: It will not restrain or inter neath these outward forrris he remains fere in any way with the exchange of forever the same. His name is ideas materials, and personnel now ignorance. He can be conquered by bein� carried on through existing in HON. CHESTER E. MERRO W, '29 only one weaoon, the weapon of free ternational organizations. . . . the enemy is ignorance . . . and unfettered truth. 14 THE COLBY ALUMNUS to meet someone from you r home town, whom you had known for years. LETTER FROM EUROPE �fac ,,·a� the husband of one of my By MARJORIE D. GOULD, '37 \'Cr) goo Clemery or at least why didn't we INCIDENT OF THE OCCUP ATION push the enemy back beyond artillery By FREDERICK B. McALARY, '43 range ) And where was the food ? We stood fast under the dissension, sometimes fingering our '-t5s, even 0 1E of the most heartening feel cleared from the west banks of the feeling like using them but realizing ings that an American soldier muddy Seille Ri\'er which ran beside at the same time the need for urgent experienced in Europe was to receive the outskirts of the village and then action. the re pect and admiration of most of our occupation tasks began. And \Ve decided upon one course: \ve the liberated Europeans. To the ma these tasks, as all military adminis would try at least to feed them. Early jority of those French, Luxembourgers trators found were countless. We one morning two of us set out with and Belgians, America and Ameri needed Clemery"s cooperation. The jeep and trailer for :t\ancy, 50 miles to cans were the essence of powerful town needed to be brought back to the South. We had a plea addressed good force . Our supreme effort, our life and its citizens had to become to the ProYisional French government ingenuity and resources were for the part and parcel of the total war effort. of that newly liberated city. And it most part a continuous source of won Any hostility and lack of cooperation wasn't long after our arrival in the dennent to them. And I think, espe on their part at the time when our "Paris of Lorraine " that we got a cially while the war was being fought, ranks were thinly spread and our lines good taste of confusion, lack of admin it wa a source of great pride for the of communication extended to the ut istration plus the usual amount of American soldier, indiYidually and most would hinder our coming cam French red tape. collectiYely, to keep alive that feeling paign to push on into the Lorraine All day we begged, bribed and the liberated. But goodwill and Saar Pro\'inces. And many of the among cajoled our way from bureau to decay rapidly among peoples vrho inhabitants, some of whom had seen can bureau, warehouse to warehouse, until long endured bitterness. De battles of three wars fought in her ha\ e our jeep and trailer sagged under the ha\'e dreamed of streets, were already embittered and priYed people who weight of bread, tinned meats, fish, a long time can be uspicious toward all sides: French, better things for cigarettes, uniforms, clothing and unreason German, or e,·en American. come most impatient and shoes gathered from captured German their hopes able if they believe that We recei,·ed our instructions from stores, and French clothing accumu temporarily ha,·e become eYen higher headquarters. Order was to be lated from the breakdown of distribu to think of this fol thwarted. I like maintained, curfew and travel restric ti \'e functions. That evening we one relating the lowing narrative as tions enforced, self government set made a tedious blackout drive back to conversion of a downtrodden French up, collaborators arrested, and food the hamlet of Clemery on the Seille. ally Yillage into a staunch American brought in. We made many mistakes We worked well into the night mak in war and in peace. and some of the populace were quick ing a family-by-family breakdown of When our Division crossed the to bring them to our attention. Prog the rations. As soon as the usu:i.l Moselle in early September 1944 a ress was slow at times. Complaints early morning artillery barrage quieted large area bordering on the long dis· and queries rose on all sides. Even into i.ntermittency, \\'e called from puted Lorraine Pro\·ince became ours. merican reputation and prestige house to house like benevolent Santa Di\'ision elements were scattered sagged. Clauses. The expressions that met us rather thinly throughout the sector. The crises arose when we were or ranged from plain gratitude to "·on Tn fact, my two comrades and I found dered to band together all able-bodied derment and joy. "Les Americains ourselve in command of the hamlet townsmen into a local militia to aid sont magnifique." Our task com of Clemery, France. We represented our forces in maintaining security pleted, all we could do was to await the United States Army in a \'illage of screening posts, roadblocks, and pa the effect on general morale and speci perhaps two hundred downhearted, trols. For a week or more our force fically on the guard turnout that somewhat de olate, and rather hungry performed quite well. Then dissen- evening. inhabitants. We felt that personal ion swept the ranks. Men merely At five that e\"ening, the hour of sense of respon ibility from the very forgot to show up for duty. Their the guard change, we stood before rhe moment \· e drove our baggage-laden excuses when they had something little cafe where we had set up head ieep down the muddy road leading more than a mere shrug of the shoul quarters and awaited the militia. In a into the little Meurthe et Moselle ders ranged from complaints of illness moment all our anxiety was erased Province. lack of proper clothes or sustenance, to and our efforts were more than re The Ger warded. Forward elements of our regiment plain fear of the Germ�ns. Up the narrow street past well embe Colby men still in service who HOUSING PROJECT PLANNED would like to apply for one of these apartments should write to: Francis Y. Arm trong, Superintendent of Buildings Colby College. FOR A MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM To the Colby Memorial Committee: As your meetings to determine the form which the memorial to Colby sons who gave their lives in World War II consider suggestions, may I offer the proposal that the memorial take the form of a new gymnasium. It has been my personal pleasure to be acquainted with the majority of the heroes who paid the supreme sac rifice and in them all, I found a genu ine and constant interest in athletics. Many of them were prominent on Colby varsity teams and the remainder TYPE OF TEMPORARY HOUSING TO BE ERECTED took part in the interfraternity leagues ON MA YFLO WER HILL with vigor. They were all healtl1y young American boys who owed their PARTMENTS for 32 marrie CAMPUS ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING Happy Days - Iever before in the hi tory of the college, has the second semester been so eagerly anticipated nor so well inaugurated. For weeks the chief topic of conversation on campus has been: "Just wait until second semester.' Well, now second semester is here, and already this busi ness of reconversion is taking place. With the advent of 135 more men, the " ocial problem " i greatly relieved. Co-eds are dragging their evening gowns out of mothballs and, to quote the Echo " Mayflower Hill echoes with the sound of females sharpening their claws." The new, and the returning, men were royally welcomed on the 11th and 12th of February with Open Houses, or " Semester Eve Brawls," as they were called. The newcomers were also given a taste of college life through the regular orientation pro gram. President and Mrs. Bixler held open house at their College A venue NO CHAPERONES NEEDED - Typical of the innovations which the post home on the afternoon of the 10th. war period brings to the campus is this social group of veterans and their wives. And then, after a few days of fun and With Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Drummond (standing at right) as hosts, the get-togethers, the old and new stu following couples are arranged more or less left to ri ght: front row, Bill and dents settled down to the daily classes. Frances Mansfield, Hubert and Patricia Ranger, Andy Redo; second row, /ean O'Brien and Frederick Perkins, Phyllis and Robert Anderson, Rose-Mary Redo, Upon glancing through the list of Eugene and onna Struckhoff; third row, /ack and Vivian Maxwell Brown, second semester students, it was dis and the hosts. covered that there were but three non veterans; and also that there were Camera Club - The Camera Club gi\'en thi comedy at that time. The several sons and brothers of Colby has started off the second semester in play >vill also be presented at Com- alumni. These include: Arthur the right way with several pieces of mencement. D'Amico, brother of Augustine new equipment, among which is an * * * * * D'Amico, '28; George A. Ernst, enlarger. The activities for this semes Sculptor - Among the second-semes- brother-in-law of Eileen, '44, and Kay, ter will include a trip to Bar Harbor, ter men to enter in February was sev '45, Matteo· William E. McDonnell, a showing of the Navy photographic enteen year old Robert Burghart, a brother of Dr. Robert McDonnell, '42; exhibition, '· Power in the Pacific," recognized sculptor. Bob started his Robert J. Maxwell, brother of Vivian and, they hope, a lecture by Capt. Ed career in the eighth grade and later Maxwell Brown, '44; Daniel J. Shana ward J. Steichen one of the country's did ' ork at Carnegie Tech. After han, Jr., son of Daniel J. Shanahan, foremost photographers, and Chief of studying under Carl Mille at the '28; Fay Burns, wife of George Agnes Naval Photography. Cranbrook Art School for Boys in '44 ; and George P. Dum nt, Bums, � * * * * * i\Iichigan for two years, he went back brother of Gabriel Dumont, 40. to his home in Pittsburgh Bus Emeritus - The Echo recently and worked There are also several brothers and alone for two years. printed an article on the fact that the Here at Colby, !N sisters of present students. he has a pri ate studio Blue Beetle, Colby bus, is to be retired on Mayflower Hill and is continuing of * * * * * from active duty and will be replaced his work under the guidance of Prof. by a new bus. Samuel M. :ai IRC - The International Relations Green of the Art Department. * * * * * * * * * * Jlld Club held a meeting on February 27 ey at which a discussion was held on Hay Fever - Powder and Wig will �happle Visit - Stanley Chapple, ,rs Labor vs. Management and its Inter present oel Coward's "Hay Fe\'er " tonner conductor of the British Broad and national Repercussions. Speakers in late March or early April, according c�s�ing Company symphony orchestra, were Barbara Pattee, Emily Hol to recent word from Prof. Cecil A. nstted Colby for the fourth time from brook, Jean Hall, Carl Wright, and Rollins, ' 1 7 . Alumni who were in col February 15 to 17. This British Donald Klein. lege in 1936 will recall the acclaim mu ician who has a knack for mak- 18 THE COLBY ALUMNUS ing intricate mu 1cal topics clear to the clays talking with students considering power centered rn Mitchell who layman, had a hmy three clays. He religiou work as a career and was the gained ix field goals and Myshrall gave public lectures on .. :\ Compari speaker at a meeting of the Boardman and Holt who netted four each. son of 18th and 19th Century Iusic," Society. and " The Piano Concerto from Bach Grenier Field 42 - Colby 37 to ShostakoYitch." On Saturday after The Crenier field AF team from noon he had a session with th� more Manche ter, . H., led the Mules all All-Star - The fim lecture in the the way to emerge with a five-point advanced mu ic-mincled students on cries to he gi\'en by '1s1ting scholars the technic:il a pects of key relation � win. The mainstay of the flyers was for students in CO\ernment � was Larry Litchfield who accounted for 22 ships, and on Sunday afternoon he gi\·en by Prof. Charles H . .:-.fcllwain conclucreJ the weekly rehear al ot the : of the winners' points. Holt, the �f HanarJ on " The Philosophv of diminutiYe olby forward, wa high Colby-Community Orchestra. the De laration of lndep ndence." He * * corer for the i\lules with the always pointed out that this document must dependable �fy hrall coming in for 10 Boardman Society - ReY. M:irlin D. be studied, not as the wording of a anJ �lulhern, subbing for Mitchell, (" Spike '") Farnum, '23, returned mis great decision, but as a public state gaining even. sionary and travelling representatiYe of ment aimed specifically at obtaining the American Baptist Foreign l'dis support from Europe on behalf of the Bowdoin 48 - Colby 39 sionary Society, Yisited Colby for a few nrn: republic. The Polar Bears took re\enge for Colby's earlier win when a la t minute flurry of points gaYe them a decisive nctory although the score does not HOCKEY and BASKETBALL SCORES indicate the closene of the game. HOCKEY TEAM WINS TWO HOOP TEAM ENDS SEA ON Although Bowdoin led all . the way, olby pulled up to within a poi nt of old - the winners se\·eral times. In the last The aclYent of two or three Fargo Crusaders 77 Colbv· 41 Colby hockey players in conjunction " The flashiest offensive e\'er seen in period, however, uperior reserve with skatable ice made it ineYitable the Field House ,. was the wav observ strength paid off and they drew well that there would be some sort of ers described the play of the te�m from ahead of the i\fule . Colby coring hockey going on at the college this the Boston aval eparation Center was fair! evenlv divided between winter. So, even though All- ew who call themselves the Fargo ru- Holt, Puiia and Myshrall, while Mc England hockey coach Bill Millett had aders. Paced by Gage, a former All Farland and Branche were the big to give his full attention pinch-hitting American forward from Indiana Uni guns for the winners. The Colby for Eddie Roundy with the basketball versity and Geneirino, who stars for team was handled b Prof. Loebs since team, the Colby skaters arranged two the Boston Goodwins, the sailors Coach Roundy i still hospitalized and "informal " games with a group of rolled up 77 point . Mulhern. a sec Acting Coach Bill fillett was inca hockey enthusiasts at Bowdoin. On ond semester Colby addition, led the pacitated by grippe. this basis, the Mules kept Colby's Mule with nine points followed by hockey record intact, winning both Bill Mitchell and Rod Myshrall with Maine 55 - Colby 43 contests from Bowdoin by the scores seven each. The game also marked The University of Maine made it a of 5-4 and 9-1. the return of Mike Puiia to Colby clean sweep in the State Series bv tak The first game was rather ragged so ports. ing Colby by the score of 55-43 in the far as technique went, but a thriller final series game of the season in the from the spectator standpoint. The Colby Field House. The Mule gave Mules skated away to a 3-0 lead only Bates 56 - Colby 51 them a run for their money and man to see the Polar Bears start clicking A third period let-down on the part aged to end the half with a two point and sink the puck four times in a row. of the Mules gave Bates too much of lead. The power house attack of the In the final period, " Doodie " Reid a lead for Colb.Y to overcome as they Black Bears, however, began to show whipped home the tying score and in bowed to the Bobcats in the Field as they pulled away to a safe lead in the last minute Court Simpson scored House. For the first half it was nip the final period. The bright spot the winning tally. and tuck, with the teams seldom more from the Colby standpoint was the The next week, both teams put on a than two points apart and endin� with work of Mulhern who rolled up 17 more polished exhibition, and the play Bates in a slim 30-27 lead. Coming point , several of them beautiful was far less one-sided than the score. back like a house-afire after the inter swishers from the corners. Mvshrall, Simpson was hot, and shot three of mission, the Bobcats piled up a 12- Mitchell and Mosley contributed most the scores and was credited with two point advantage, with Colby putting of the other scoring. Gates of Maine, assists. Bushnell Welch and Willis on a tardy last-minute comeback the state's leading scorer, demonstrated Bryant each scored two while Don which cut the visitors' lead down to his prowess by dumping in 17 of the Butcher and Reid accounted for the re five points, but could not overtake winner's points. Ted Boynton, who mainder. The exceptional work of them. The Bates team showed excep wa a star for the Colby fre hmen be Cal Hubbard as goalie was responsible tional all-around shooting ability with fore the war, and is now wearing the for the low Bowdoin score, only one of seven players contributing fiveor more Pale Blue, was the next highe t scorer their shots getting by him. points each. Most of Colby's scoring for the winners. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 19 MIS MORSE LEAVES in the treasury department, specializ Williams College rn 1937. He re FOR BELGIAN CONGO ing in pur hasing and travel work. ceived honorable mention for All She expects to remain in the Belgian American Center in 1935 on Grant Congo for four years. land Rice's Collier's team, and was captain in his senior year. He is a member of the D. K. E. fraternity. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS GIVEN TO LIBRARY BY REP. SMITH T HAT trans-Atlantic aviation was foreseen by George Washington, was pointed out in a Washington Birthday exhibition in the Colby Col lege Library. The first President's foresight is re vealed in a letter written on April 4, 1784, in which he remarks that the newspaper account of balloon ascen sion "are marvelous and lead us to expect that our friends at Paris, in a little time, will come flying thro' the air, instead of plowing the Ocean to get to America." The letter is contained in the 39 MER OE F. MORSE, '1 � volume et of "The Writings of Washington " which has been pre ROM the snow drift of Maine to sented to the Colby College Library F the hurnid heat of Equatorial by Representative fargaret Chase Africa in a few days will be the experi Smith of faine. DANIEL G. LEWIS ence of Ieroe F. Mor e '13, who is to take a position on the staff of the Mr. Lewis was on the faculty of Mil American Bapti t Foreign Mis ion in ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR ton Academy, Milton, Mass., from the Belgian Congo. NAMED 1937 to 1942, when he enli ted in the Miss Morse expected to leave ew U. S. avy. Advancing to a Lieu York by plane on March 6th and ac T HE appointment of Daniel G. tenant Commander, he was gunnery cording to schedule will land at Leo Lewi to the position of Director in tructor at Hollywood, Fla., and pold\·ille, Belgian Congo, five days of Admis ion at Colby ha been an \Vildwood, .. J., and erved as gun it 2 later, an ocean and land trip of from nounced by Pres. Bixler. nery officer of Patrol Bombing Squad rak· ron 135 in the Aleutian Islands. die one to two month . In Leopold ille, Mr. Lewi will take from Dean tht she will be assistant to the Mission Iarriner the burden of the admissions Treasurer and will handle the office work for men students and will assist It NEW FACULTY MEMBERS detail for all of the Bapti t mission Dean Runnal with the women' ad un· APPOINTED Dint work in that country. At the same missions. An important part of his time, he will assist with the work work will be \·i iting schools in Maine !ht ECO D semester opened on Feb with the women and girls in the mis and other parts of the country. S JOW ruary 13 with one former mem sion churche of that city. 1111 fr. Lewi chief interest is in the ber and four new member added to Miss ?vforse was graduated from field of human relations, and he has a !� the faculty. thr Coburn Classical Institute and from background of balanced experience Lt. Comdr. _ -orman D. Palmer, '30, Ii Colby College in 1913. She then which well qualifies him for his pres ha resumed hi work in the depart ciiul matriculated to Simmons College and ent position. Hi succe s as a teacher ment of History with the rank of As ran. later taught school before devoting of Latin and Engli h is evidence of sistant Professor. He will teach a hi interest in the academic field, and, nOll herself to business interests. One of class on the History of the Far East that he i no " bookworm," is shown 11ne, the prominent women of Waterville and take part of the class in Modern by the fact that he has 11cd Miss Morse has been active in various been a football European History. player of All-American calibre and a the church and civic affairs. Also in the English Department, coach of ucce ful preparatory school ho Last summer, Miss Morse began her Capt. James D. L. Rush conducts a spe teams. it· missionary work by accepting a posi cial " Double English " course for vet A native of Brookline, Pa. Mr. the tion at the New York headquarters of eran who entered in February. This Lewis attended Phillips - Andover prcr the American Baptist Foreign Mis meet six hour a week and thus ena Academy and wa graduated from sionary Society, serving as an assistant bles them to get their entire Freshman 20 THE COLBY ALUMNUS English requirements out of the way Arthur W. Seepe who will hence ticularly adverse to giving away pre in one semester. Next fall he will con forth devote a large part of his time sentation copies, and it has been stated duct a course in Journalism. He was to work in the office of the Treasurer. in print that no inscribed copy is on graduated from Williams College in Following his graduation from Colby, record. Nevertheless, in the Weber 1936 with ·• Cum Laude " honors and Mr. Bishop attended the Amos Tuck collection may be seen an autographed attended the Columbia Univers;ty chool of Busine Administration at copy inscribed to "L. Thicknesse " Pulitzer School of Journalism. He Dartmouth receiving the degree of who was one of the poet's friends. served for three years on the Roslyn M.C.S. in 1937. He has had business Thi book, because of the sheer (L. I.) News, and the Hornell (N. experience as a cost accountant with quality of the poetry, has seemed to Y. ) Evening Tribune. His war serv the Brown Company and with the lend itself to special editions by such ice was with the Infantry in the ETO. Tew Hampshire Public ervice Com publishers as Thomas B. Mosher of mission. During the war he wa in Portland (who got out three beautiful Dr. Robert M. Rodney has been command of an anti-submarine war editions), the Medici Society of Lon named Assistant Professor of English. fare training unit with the rank of don, the Alcuin Press of Gloucester He is a graduate of Trinity College in full lieutenant. shire, England (" the most beautiful 1935, and holds an M.A. from the piece of press work among all these University of Michigan and Ph.D. Rudolph E. Haffner 1s the new in Shropshire editions "), and other from the University of Wisconsin. He structor in Biology. Born in Poland, presses who specialize in de luxe print has taught in Pennsylvania State Col Mr. Haffner wa graduated from ing. Jn fact, this collection mav be lege, the University of Wisconsin, and Deering High School in Portland. and, enjoyed by connoisseurs of book art Indiana University. Dr. Rodney following his graduation from the fully a much as from the standpoint teaches Co:nposition and the Survey University of Maine in 1942, he en of its literary significance. Course. tered the Army as a 2nd Lt. and was Complete as it is, there are at least Joseph W. Bi shop, Colby 1935, has discharged as a 1st Lt. Mr. Haffner four editions of the Lad which Prof. been appointed instructor in Business will teach a '' Double Biology " cour e Weber has not been able to locate al Administration and takes over some similar to the " Double English " though all of the principal book deal of the teaching duties held by Prof. course mentioned previously. ers in the English-speaking world are on the lookout for them. Strangely enough one of these is the common place Haldeman-Julius "Little Blue Book " eries o. 306 the 1920 edition. Q NE more "world's best " collec- ence, according to any published rec However, one gap in the collection tion was added to the Colby ord. The Library of Congress, for was dramatically fil led immediately Library when Prof. Carl J. Weber example, which owns the Shropshire after Prof. Weber's formal presenta turned over to the college 70 editions manuscript among its treasured posses tion of the collection, and its accept of A. E. Housman's A Shropshire sions, does not even have a copy of the ance on behalf of the college bv Pres. Lad. first (1896) edition which now may Bixler, when the presiding officer of The presentation was made at the be seen at Colby, and altogether has the meeting Prof. Wilbert L Carr, meetine of the Colby Library Associ only 11 out of the 70 different volumes pulled out of his pocket his own well ates on February 22nd which marked now in our Library. worn copy and handed it to the Pres the 50th anniversary of the first print Professor Weber began buying the ident with the a tonishing information ing of the volume, as well as serving Lad soon after Housman's death ten that this was a third edition (London 1900) which all of Prof. Weber's as the official publication date of the years ag�, but it was not until later latest edition, namely: "The Jubilee that he became interested in trying to efforts had thus far been unsuccessful Edition," annotated by Professor obtain all the editions. The present in locating. The audience's enjoy ment of thi unexpecetd turn ma be Weber and containing a complete collection, howe er, represents several imagined. check-list of all the known printings. years of assiduous searching and. prob The latest edition published by the To appreciate the significance of ably, an expenditure which would Colby Library, as mentioned earlier, this collection one must realize that reach into four figures. A few of the bids fair to become a rarity itself. Dr. the poetry of A. E. Housman is, in highlights might be mentioned. Most Gilmore Warner, Librarian told the opinion of many critics, destined important, of course, is the first edi the gathering that advance reviews of the for a permanent niche in English Lit tion which was printed at the poet's volume had already brought such a ure. "The purest lyrical poetry own expense after rejection by puh erat response from all over the countrv that Shakespeare," is the way Pro lishers. Of these, 500 were printed since the edition would have been · com Weber describes Housman's but 150 were given a new title page fessor pletely out of pr int before the official work. with the imprint of a New York pub publication date if he had not "ra Bearing this in mind, there is no lisher and sent to America. Obvi tioned " the sales to book dealers in small gratification in the fact that the ously, therefore, both " firsts " are order to keep a limited number avail Weber Collection of A Shropshire Lad extremely rare and especially the able for purchase by members of the is by far the most complete in exist- American edition. Housman was par- Colby Library Associates. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 21 mission the ship. He expects to be MORE CITATIONS back at Colby next September. Capt. Gilbert A. Peters, '42, was STAR MEDALS in a highly effective and commendable recently transferred from Grenier BRONZE Field, Manchester, a member manner." Lt. Parsons is now stationed . H., to the 136th Pvt. Harold Joseph, '44, AACS Sqdn., APO 864, c/o Postmas Infantry Division, was rn cw Orleans where he is in the of the 43rd ter, r. Y. awarded the Bronze Star Medal on separation center. has been February 25, 1945, for heroism in the Cpl. John C. Harvey, '42, transferred to Hdqs. Co., Bremen Luzon Campaign. The action specifi CITATION mentioned in the citation oc Pond Command, APO 751, c/o Post cally 2nd Lt. James M. Bunting, '40, has master, N. Y. curred when Pvt. Joseph went to the been cited for his "exceptionally meri soldier who T-4 William P. Niehoff, '47, has ar rescue of an American torious service in the Army Security . _ was lying seriously wounded and, de nved m the States and should be at Agency, Military Intelligence Service, h1 home in Waterville by the time spite the fact that the terrain was War Department, Washington, D. C., � under enemy machine-gun fire, carried this magazine is distributed. Bill has from 25 October 1944 to 1 October been serving in the Pacific theatre and the man about a mile to safety thus 1945." The citation continues, "Lt. saving his life. Pvt. Joseph has n w has been in Manila for the past sev Bunting's high degree of toresight, �r eral months. resumed his studies at Colby. ganizing ability and superior skill in the performance of his duties in an Ens. Timothy C. Osborne, '45, has Barnfather, '41, extremely technical field were a direct reported to the Air Transport Sqdn. 11 Capt. Charles E. at Honolulu for duty. His new squad m who served in England with the benefit to the war effort. The out dv of the VK Base standing service performed by Lieu ro?, the land plane unit of the Pacific Headquarters Outfit mg of Naval Air Transport Service 00- has been awarded tenant Bunting reflects great credit � Section Engineers, flies four-engined " Skymasters ,, be� 1111: the Bronze Star Medal. Although the upon himself and the Army of the m tween the Orient and Oakland, Calif. · is unavailable because his United States." Lt. Bunting has re citation Pfc. have not caught up with him, cently gone O\'erseas and may be �arekin Sahagian, '48, wrote papers from ?Jt , ion the award was for meritorious service addressed: Signal Det. D, APO 757, � Kyushu, �� January 21, that his Red Arrow .d in connection with training, equipping New York. division was y to be d activated. Kay IU moving of Engineer µoops in the 7 was Battery and !erk with the division. !� United Kingdom during the period of � , He writes: · SERVICE PERSONALS We re lucky to be on Japan's m. 1 September 1944 to 8 May 1945. He Rivi Ensign David T. Jones, '47, is an in er� - on the East coast of of spent 2 Yi years in England with the Kyushu at tructor at the ·a\'al Training Station, Oita. Here there are l.IT. corps of the Engineers stretches of administrative sandy beaches, and the rdl- and returned home December 21, ewport, R. I. .rugged snow cappe� mountains come down reJ. He is now on terminal leave Lt. Prince D. Beach, '40, is in Italv to the 1945. shorelrne. Beppu, where ion at 41 Oleander Street West Spring with the 1st Bn. Med. Det., 349th In( there is a famous hot springs, is don field, Mass. APO 88, clo Postmaster, N. Y. where the fel� lows go on pass. The climate cr's Capt. Charles E. Barnfather, '41, ex is like that of San Francisco, with practically ful pects to be discharged on March 1 . e ·ery day sunny. COMMENDATION He i now at Oleander Street, West � Beppu is a resort joy· -t 1 cay, and that explains why � Lt. (sg) Donald A. Parsons, '42, has Springfield, Mass. _ practically individual avy Com e\'ery shop t� a gift shop. fost of the received an D. Robert Kelly, '46, FC 3/c, has ar for his work as command boys go m to \'isit the Geisha hou e the mendation rived at his home in Waterville and vhere ing officer of a close-in fire support � the Japanese girls are fast catch� lier will soon be discharged from the i ship during the assault and capture of �g on t� American music, jitterbug Dr. ·avy. Bob has been playing quite a gmg . particularly. There are a coup Okinawa Gunto. The accompanying bit of basketball during his first few le the in part: "During the o� hotels to which you can go for the citation follows weeks at home. rught, but tl:e assault phase of this operation, he you must sleep on mats on aa writes the Roor, bravely brought his ship close to the Sidney B. McKeen, '48, S2/c, so that is one reason why I that having ha\'en't gone. enemy held beache and delivered in from Guam that he has been . The people over here om - Okinawa, are act.t g apparently tense and accurate gunfire into targets quite a tour of the Pacific � favorably to the Kl� and Occupat1011 of opportunity and later, when as Korea, Shanghai, Tsingtao, forces. Some are cool· 13• Sid but others signed to hazardous patrol duties and Guam. At the time of writing, . �re obviously impressed b ,in about the prevatlmg ; despite the dangers of numerous reefs, expected to remain in Guam courtesies of the GI ail head for when they looked ' · he demonstrated exceptional seaman two more weeks and then forward before to thr decom- ruthless occupying ship and ability by patrolling his area the States ,·ia Pearl Harbor to force. Generall; 22 THE COLBY ALUMNUS speaking, you can read on their faces is at the Chaplain chool, Fort Ogle charged oon after three years over- that they are glad that the war is o er, thorpe, Ga. eas with Aviation Supply. Ray was but you can at once see that their spirit Lt. (jg) Louis Rancourt, '37 U . here at Colby a few weeks ago while of nationalistic loyalty is not at all Dental Corps, is spending a terminal on lea\'c. Johnnie was also here a few diminished." leave with his parents in Waterville. week ago. He expects to join the in Major Stan Washuk, '37, began his Lt. Ernest C. Marriner, Jr., '40, is acti\'e Reserves in May or June. The terminal leave on February 14th and it now with 1-Iq., 32 Med. Bn., Brooke only member of this quintet who has will expire on May 26th. He is spend Army Med. Center, Ft. Sam Houston, not \'i i ted Col by is " Pop " (and he ing his leave at his home, 4146 Farm Texas. Ernie expect to be discharged really is now) Pearl. He expect to dale Avenue, North Hollywood, Calif. on March 31st. be discharged oon and will doubtless Stan expect to make a trip to Boston Lt. Tom W. Burke, '45, is now in join hi wife and son at Old Orchard within the next few months. China with " L " Co., 3rd Rn. 1 t Beach. Perhap we can then expect a Lt. Comdr. Richard White, '40, has Mar. Div., FPO, San Franci co, Calif. visit from him. been promoted to his present rank. Pfc. Allan D. Sarner, '46, is still S-Sgt. Joseph Dobbins, '38, eems to Dick recently spent a leave in Holly with the Armed Forces, but is attend be having a bit of hard luck in getting wood, Fla., and then came back up to ing Berne University Switzerland. out of the Army. He was all et to Boston where he is assigned to the He will be there until March 16th, leave for home when he was taken Boston Navy Yard on shore duty. and then expects to be homeward sick. After being sent from ho pital Lt. (sg) Donald A. Parsons, '42, is bound. to hospital in the Pacific he finally got now stationed in ew Orleans follow Lt. Comdr. John H. Lee, '30, has a plane to Saipan and then a hospital ing his return to the States after 30 received his promotion to his present ship home. He is now at Camp Ed months in the Pacific area. rank and hopes to be discharged next wards Mass., and won't be discharged Pfc. Paul N. Prince, '44, writes that March. He is at the Bremerton a y until he is completely well. he is at present stationed in Edin Yard, Washington. Elbert G. Kjoller, '40, has been on burgh, Scotland, for the purpose of Capt. A. Wilder Pearl, '42, Capt. C. terminal leave from the Army and ex taking courses at the University. Raymond Burbank, '42, Lt. John M. pected his discharge on February 7th. However, he expected to return to his Lomac, '42, and Lt. Joseph A. Bums, He may be addressed at Morgan ' outfit in Germany around the latter 40, have all been rationed at Cherry Street South Hadley, Mass. part of March. Paul may be ad Point, . C., for the past several T-Sgt. Leonard S. Abramson, '37, dressed: Band, 1st Inf. Div. APO No. weeks where they were usually seen rounded out his Army career on or 1, cJo Postmaster, N. Y. dining together and talking about Wa about January 20th after 3 Yz year of Eleanor Furbush, '42, Y2lc, terville, the Old Campu , and May service. He has returned to his Law WAVES, has returned to Boston after flower Hill. Joe Burns was a recent practice in Bo ton and Charlestown, spending a furlough in Waterville. visitor at the college and is now out Mass. During his last few weeks in Major William E. Garabedian, '26, of the service. Ray expects to be dis- service he was Ba e Sgt. Major. 1 . 1 1877 1889 1894 Louise H. Coburn, although con Dr. John L. Pepper ha arri ed at Arthur H. Berry is slowly recover fined to her bed, remains in fair health the triumphant conclusion of his not ing from his cc nerYe explosion " of and maintains her interest in all things able achievement of the Metrical last June. He has regained 50 per having to do with the college. Translation of Virgil's Aeneid, by the cent of his ight and also the use of recent appearance in print of the final his right arm. 1879 parts, "The Wanderings and Remark Adelle Gilpatrick is residing at 11 Willi�1 W. Mayo and Mrs. Mayo able Adventures of Aeneas," and Maple Street, Hallowell, but does not have been spending the winter with cc The Great Italian War." The e final consider her doings " worth mention their son, Leonard, at 2176 St. James parts have been printed with distinc ing." Parkway, Cleveland Heights 6, Ohio. tion, worthy of Dr. Pepper's distin guished translation of the great classic. 1882 1895 Robie G. Frye is still residing at 89 Linda Graves of 81 Court Street, Pinckney Street, Boston, Mass. A re 1891 Westfield, Mass., is tutoring in mathe cent letter told of having lunch with Franklin W. Johnson and Mrs. matics. She i also class agent for her Charles Hovey Pepper, '89. class. Johnson have been spending several 1884 weeks at Madeira Beach, St. Peters Dudley M. Holman is president of burg, Fla., making the trip by automo 1896 the United States Mutual Liability ln bile and being accompanied by Mr. H. Warren Fos has retired and is urance Company in Quincy, Mass. and Mrs. Albert F. Drummond. living in Farmington, Maine. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 23 1897 years of teaching at Syracuse Univer dent of the Sigma Province of Phi Dr. Fred E. Taylor is residif)g at sity. Next year he expects to be on Delta Theta. 261 Glen treet, Altadena, Calif. leave and plans to retire the following year. 1914 1898 W. A. Mooers of Ashland has been John E. Nelson is continuing his 1906 a Civilian Guard at the Presque Isle law practice in Augusta, and is wind Rex W. Dodge has recently become Air Ba e for the past 41 months. He ing up the receivership of the Augusta manager of W. H. Bell & Co., Inc., is also a grandfather again, "this time Trust Company. Portland, Maine, in the distribution to a Daggett girl - Susan Rae." of investment securities throughout Susan Rae is the daughter of Mr. and 1899 Maine. 1r. Dodge resides on Phillips Mrs. John Daggett, Mrs. Daggett be Dr. Charles E. G. Shannon is con Road, Falmouth Foreside. ing the former Natalie Mooers. tinuing his medical practice in Phila Dr. Robert Emery is coming along Abbie G. Sanderson is now nearing delphia. At last notice, his daughter, well and i back in his medical prac the end of a four months' course in M. Francis, '44, was doing his office tice after suffering from a heart attack Mandarin at Yale University and is work for him. last fall. looking forward to her return to Swantou, China, with the American 1907 Baptist Mission. 1900 Millard C. " Bide " Moore is now Robert Owen, principal of Oak Charles F. and Gertrude Pike living on College Highway, South Grove Seminary in Vassalboro, has Towne are living at 356 Taber Ave wick, Mass. He recently sent in an been reelected chairman of the Execu nue, Providence, R. I. ATO song which he once wrote, and tive Committee of the Field Army of which the ATO's are planning to sing the Maine Cancer Society, Inc. 00 1901 around the piano of their future home Idella K. Farnum is still teaching in rl Francis M. Joseph is still running · on Mayflower Hill. Keene Teachers College, Keene, N. the City Job Print in Waterville and th. H., where she has been since 1925, getting out the Colby "Echo " each 1908 teaching Rural Education and Mathe week. Charles Dwyer, the only paid mem matics. 31, Mrs. Mary Blaisdell Belknap is ber of the staff still at Hebron Acad II spending the winter at St. Petersburg, emy, will resume his teaching and 1915 cl Fla. She may be addressed at 145 7th coaching duties there when Hebron Mildred Holmes has recently moved �· Avenue NE. Miss Caro Hoxie, '96, is reopens in the fall. to 3001 Porter Street NW, Washing :n, there with Mrs. Belknap. ton, D. C. She is employed as a Sta· in tistician. 1909 1902 Nathartiel E. Wheeler is operating a Guy W. Chipman has recovered 1916 farm near Manchester, N. H. from his illness and, after spending John M. Richardson is business seven weeks in the hospital and eight manager of the Rockland Courier 1910 J weeks in conv�lescence, he has ac Gazette. He is a former educator. Ralph Good, manager of the cepted the position of Executive Secre author of "Steamboat Lore of th� i General Ice Cream corporation plant tary of the South Portland Familv Penobscot," and grandson of the in this city, will be the chairman for Welfare Association. This association paper's founder. \Cf· the 1946 Red Cross fund campaign of is a newly org'!-nized set-up. of the \V ater\'ille chapter, it was an Roy Kane is at the State School for 1917 jXI nounced recently. :of Boys in South Portland where he is Harold E. Hall is teaching French and Spanish at St. Paul's School, Con I doing excellent work with the boys. 1911 He i still an athlete and is making cord, N. H., and spending his sum . R. Patterson 1223 East 27th his contribution in athletics as well as mers at his old home in Oxford, Me. not . Street, Tulsa, Okla., was recently in discipline and interest in the devel JOJl- elected President of the Tulsa Cham opment of unfortunate boys. 1918 ber of Commerce. Dr. Elmer M. Tower has received 1904 his discharge from the avy and re 1912 Carroll N. Perkins of Waterville sumed his practice of surgery and Bessie Cummings Walden is Assist medicine in Ogunquit. rect, was recently reelected Secretary of the ant Dietitian at Bates College and may Norman D. Lattin is Professor of tthe· Board of Directors of the Thayer· Hos- be addressed at: The Commons, Law at the College of Law, Ohio State her pital. Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. University. 1905 1913 1919 Dr. Cecil W. Clark is actively en Harriet Eaton Rogers is residing at gaged in raising money for the DU Fred A. Hunt of 719 Spitzer Bldg., her 12 Hazelwood Avenue home in �is house on Mayflower Hill. Toledo 4, Ohio, is a member of the Toledo Board of Education and presi- \VaterYille and is actively interested in Henry N. Jones has completed 32 24 THE COLBY ALUM U the American A sociation of Univer 192 7 1936 sity Women. Frank T. Adams has assumed his Fernand D. Fortin has received his new duties as town manager of discharge from the U. S. Army and 192 0 kowhegan. He has recently been dis has resumed his practice of optometrv Lewi Crosby i assistant princi- charged from the a\' with the rank in Waterville. pal of Halters High School in Dan of full lieutenant. Gordon humacher has been dis- vers, Mass., and works on his blue Barrett G. Getchell ex-Lt. ( g), has charged from the rmy and returned berry farm in Clifton, Maine, in the returned to the Employer · Group In to Waterville on March lsr. summer. surance Companies to become associ ated with the Agency and Production 1937 1921 Department as a Home Office Field Mary Ewen Palmer is teaching a Clark Drummond has been dis upervisor. In this position his activi course in "The History, Principles, charged from the avy and has ac ties will be largely concerned with the and Purposes of Adult Education " at cepted a position as ew England agency and production problems of the the Harvard Graduate School of Edu Sales Manager of the Skinner Silk Co. Employers' Fire Insurance Company. cation. He and Mrs. Drummond are srill li\' Barrett was recently discharged from ing in Leonia, . J ., until they can the 1a\ly following 33 months of 1938 find a place in the Boston area where service. Ernest M. Frost, discharged Army his offices are to be. Their daughter, Lt. Comdr. John E. Candelet was Captain, is attending Teachers Col Audrie, is a freshman at Colby, and the representative from Colby College lege, Columbia University, where he their son, Albert F., is at Coburn at Coe College in Iowa at the inaugu is completing work on his MA and Classical Institute. ration of their new president. He was tarting on the Ph.D. Thomas G. Grace recently spent sev pleased to find that in the procession, Herschell M. Turner has been dis eral days in Miami, Fla., on busines . ranked according to the seniority of charged from the Navy with the rank H. C. Marden assumed his duties as the colleges represented, he was very of Storekeeper 3 Jc and has resumed his Mayor of Waterville on March 11th. near the head of the line behind Har position with the accounting depart vard, Yale, and Princeton. ment of the Central Maine Power 1923 Company in Augusta. Rev. Marlin D. (" Spike ") Farnum 1928 visited the college February 20-22 to Mary Thayer has been dischan;ed 1939 speak before the Boardman ociety from the Waves and has resumed her Dr. Edwin Savage opened a Dental and to interview students interested in secretarial pos1t1on in the Colby office on February 18 at 169 Main m1ss10nary service. He is the Candi Alumni Office. Street, Fairfield. Ed has recently been date Secretary for the American Bap discharged from the avy with the Dr. Charles E. Towne has been ap tist Foreign Missionary Society. His rank of full lieutenant. He is married pointed as a Kennebec Countv Medi ' daughter, Hilda, is a freshman at and has two children. cal Examiner to suceed his uncle who Colby. Donald B. Read is employed as t re igned after serving in that capacity Compensation Examiner for Hard .s for many years. 1924 ware Mutual, Bo ton, Mass. Lt. Comdr. Cranston Jordan is Carleton H. Hodges has moved to � H. 1933 on terminal leave and is making an 10 Birch Hill, Wakefield Ma ., and H. Paul Rancourt has returned to extended visit with his parents in Au is in the trucking business. I his law practice in Waterville follow burn, Maine. His future plans are un ing his discharge from the U. . Army. decided but he expects to continue in 1940 ' the teaching profession. He recently Tom and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Sav visited Colby. 1934 age have recently moved back to the Dr. Samson Fisher, who has re Brenner Ranch Grant, Montana, 1925 cei\'ed his honorable discharge from where Tom is doing some writing. Carroll W. Keene was recently in the Army, has opened an office in Bill Taylor i now living in Port stalled as worthy patron of Fireside Oakland at 127 Alpine Streer. Dr. land and working for the Liberty Chapter, OES, of Clinton. Fisher is married and ha one daugh Mutual Life In urance Company. Alta Doe Maher, 104 Essex A venue, ter. Gordon B. Jones was discharged Glen Ridge, N. J., has retired from from the service on ovember 8, 1945 teaching where she was head of the 1935 and, after a month's terminal leave, Biology Department of the Glen Robert F. Estes is nearly through his has gone to work for the Inve tment Ridge high school. eleventh year with the Southern Ad Department of the Provident Mutual vance Bag and Paper Company in Life Insurance Company in Philadel 1926 Hodge, La. Bob writes that he still phia. Gordon and Gerry are living at Roy A. Either is a teacher at Ricker misses New England, however. He 5206 Morris Street, Germantown 44, Classical Institute in Houlton. His has two children who are "fast devel Pa. daughter, Anne, is a freshman at oping into a couple of Rebels in Fred Ford was discharged from the Colby. speech, at least." Navy two months ago and is living at THE COLBY ALUM US 25 5 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, 1943 ,·ille S. C., is attending Harvard Uni Ma . He is hoping to get into the Dwight Howard was a recent vis \'ersity Divinity School, and is student manufacturing end of electronics, itor in the Alumni Office. He re minister at the First Baptist Church, since that is the type of work he did turned to the tares the 30th of De \Vatertown, Mass. Mr. McGinnis while in the service. cember. was recently discharged from the U. S. 1avy where he served a a Cadet 1942 Chaplain. Marian Virginia Davis to James Oren Shiro has returned to his 1946 Collins Atwater, '44, of Westfield, home in Waterville following dis Phil Peter on has been discharged Mass. Miss Davis is a graduate of the charge from the avy and is running from the U. S. Army and is now Dana Hall School and is now a senior the Jefferson Hotel for his father. attending Clark University, Worcester. at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, . Y. ]\i[r. Atwater was a junior at Colby before he entered the service and will return to complete his senior MILESTONES year next fall. He has recently been discharged from the Third Army. A summer wedding is planned. ENGAGED Colby. He served in the South Pacific Florence Elizabeth Craig, '46, of whe;e he was awarded the Good Con MARRIED to Gordon Sar duct Medal the Bronze Star medal, tr.! Greenville Junction Carmeline Duquette of Waterville gent Stanley of Waterville, Maine. two battle stars and the Asiatic-Pacific to Lt. (jg) Lucian J. Pellerin, '43, on Miss Craig is a senior at the Modern ribbon. February 2, 1946, in the Notre Dame School of Fashion and Design, Boston. Ellen M. Fitch, '40, of Water ille, Church in Waterville. Mrs. Pellerin, Mr. Stanley was graduated from the to Stuart C. Peterson of West Newton, who is well known in Waterville University of Maine and is now em Mass. Miss Fitch was graduated from musical circles, has been employed in ployed by Wright Aeronautical Cor Simmons College Library School and the personnel office of the Lockwood poration as a research engineer. is now assistant librarian of the Company. Lt. Pellerin was graduated Thayer Public Library, Braintrer, Jan Hudson, '44, of Brooklyn, N. from Tufts Dental School and is now Mass. Mr. Peterson was graduated stationed at Camp LeJeune, N. C., Y., to Lt. Comdr. John Wilson Hin from Tufts College of Engineering man USNR. Mis s Hudson is com where they are residing. and was employed for a year in the Marjorie Alice pleri g her training as a Cadet Nurse Berry, '40, of Water � Panama Canal Zone before entering ville, to at the Massachusens General Hos John G. Brink of Brockton, the service in 1942. He was recently Mass., on February pital. Lt. Comdr. Hinman is on ter 2, 1946, at the discharged from the Army after serv South Parish i minal leave following three and a half Church in Augusta. ing in the Pacific with the Seventh Air Mrs. Brink is years of service in the South Pacific. a secretary in the execu Force. He is now attending Harvard tive office of Governor Horace A. Hil as He is a graduate of the Webb Institute Graduate School of Engineering. The dreth. Mr. Brink is I a graduate of the J. of Iaval Architecture. wedding will take place in June. Bentley School of Accounting and is ajla Ann Nawfel of Waterville to Ida Louise Tyler, '47, of Water connected with the Boyce Insurance � Ito Harold Joseph, '44, of Waterville. Miss town, Mass., to Rev. William B. Mc Agency of Laconia, . H. and Iawfel is employed in the office of Ginnis of Grover, . C. Miss Tyler Mary Louise Fraser, '45, of Port the Veterans Administration at Tagus. attended Colby and is now a tudent land, to Chester Joseph Woods, Jr., Mr. Joseph has recently returned to his at Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School '46, of Providence, R. I. on January home following discharge from the in Boston. 1r. McGinnis was gradu 12, 1946, in Waterville. Mrs. Woods JI Army and has resumed his studies at ated from Furman University Green- has been employed on the editorial l 1ht am, 1)� PRINTING FOR EVERY PURPOSE 7� Ae«j«4ta 'Puu CHARLES H. COOKSON, MGR. Art Service - Color Printing Telephone 44Q Books - Pamphlets - Folders - Commercial Forms AUGUSTA, MAINE 26 THE COLBY ALUMNUS staff of the Gannett Publishing Com To ;\fr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Pear graduate of Welle ley and secretarial pany. Mr. Woods is a senior at olby. son (Maurice E. Pearson, '32), a son, student at Columbia. They were mar They are residing on ,\sh Street, \Va Michael E., on January 9, 1946, in ried in ofia, Bulgaria, in 1923. In terville. Gardiner. June 1924 the couple left Turkey per Margaret Patricia Gregory, '43, of To ;\Jr. and l\Irs. Thomas R. Brad manently for reason of Dr. Johnson's Caribou to Lt. Richard E. Wea\'er of dock (Thomas R. Braddock, '42, health. After a year in Norway he the Army Air Forces, in the Chapel at Jeanette Neilson, '43), a on, Doug- las taught at Bucknell University in Lew Hamilton Field, San Francisco, Calif., James, on February 5, 1946. isburg, Pennsylvania, 1924 - 1926. on January 2 , 1946. Lt. Wea\'er is a Bucknell granted him a leave of ab graduate of the University of ew sence to finish graduate study in his Mexico, and, following his discharge chosen field of sociology and the Uni from the Army, they will make their versity of outhern California at Los home in ew Mexico. Angeles gave him the Ph.D. degree in Doris M. Hill, '44, of ewton Cen PROF. CLARENCE R. JOHNSON June 192 . The next academic year tre, Mass., to F. Julian Oser, of Brook Clarence Richard Johnson was born at Bucknell was broken by illness, and line, Mass., on June 17, 1945. Mr. in Rumford, R. I., October 20, 1 86, this busy active life on two continents Oser has recently been discharged of hard-working wedish-born par wa forced into quieter channek from the A TC after four year of ents, who were ambitiou for each of To say that the seventeen years that service. their many children. He was gradu ensued were the years of an invalid is Jane Parrott of ummit, N. J., to ated from Brown University in 1909. to create a false impression. The Arthur Kerr Brown, Jr., '43 on March He went on to Harvard Divinity famou Adirondack town of Saranac 2, 1946, in the Central Presbyterian chool, but left after two year to ac gained a great citizen and doubtless Church in Summit, N". J. Charles \'. cept a call to teach in Robert College missed him and hi able helpmate Cross, '43, served as an usher. in Constantinople. Overseas his when they tried the Arizona air for health broke for the first time, and brief interlude . For from the sun BIRTHS he went on to orway, wnzerland porch went letters to a host of friends, To Capt. and Mrs. J. B. Conlon and the :\dirondacks to recover. breathing the unny philosophy of the (J. B. Conlon, '19), a son, Jay, in • o Colby claimed him next as a teacher hills. "Jim," as Mrs. Johnson called vember 1945. of French, and in three \\'ift ve:us he him, remembered ho ts of former tu To Lt. and l\frs. Wayne E. Wetzel claimed hundreds of warm new dent and friends, and constantly (Donna de Rochmont, '39) a daugh friends by hi genial and generous made new one , such as potential col ter, Carolyn, on September 29, 1945. spirit. World \Var I found him in lege boys and girls in the little moun ' To Mr. and frs. John J. Edmunds, France for a year' work among pris tain town who needed just the John- i : · ' Jr. (Ressa Flewelling, '43), a son, oner of war, work which ga, e him on touch to end them on. He had John Joseph, III, on December 15, material for a sub equent doctor's special joy, I think, in recalling the i 1945, in Presque Isle. thesis. At hi old college, Brown, he days at Colby. Doubtless Bucknell To Lt. and Mrs. John S. Pullen and Robert students would dispute L1 taught and achieved a ma ter·s derrree (John S. Pullen, '38, Edna I. Slater this; as well they might for Dr. John- · ' in 1919. In 1920 he wer.t to Tu;key '40), a daughter Lynne Edna, on Oc for work on a social surYey for the on gave his royal best always and tober 23, 1945, in Waterbury, Conn. everywhere. We raised a few hun ' Y. M. C. A., and published the results To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Maddocks dred dollars in 1941-2 for a fund to in "Constantinople Today;' put out (Edwin Maddocks, '32), a daughter, bear his name, for the purpo e of by Macmillan in 1922. He taved on Judith Ann. sending Colby students to ummer To Mr. and Mrs. William Caswell in Turkey to teach again in Robert Christian conference . Thi fond Carter (William C. Carter, '38, Nan College. mu t grow, to be worthy the name of I nabelle Gray, '40), a son, Benjamin Here he met Lamie Lee mith, this victorious character. Everett, on January 5, 1946. native of Vicksburg, Mississippi and "Thoughts With Wings " might be PIERCE-PERRY COMPANY Wholesalers of Heating - Plumbing & Water Works Supplies 236 Co ngress Stree t Boston, Mass . THE COLBY ALUMNUS 27 called the final chapter. From his fav Martha Tupper Rice and was born in Clinton, T. J., following an illness of orite authors, from the letters and sage Fairfield, Maine, May 14, 1878. He about two weeks. He had been u!Ier remark of friend remarks of his prepared at Coburn Classical Institute ing from heart trouble for several phy icians, an By the way, For Printing We have the skilled craftsmen and why not bring up-to-date modern presses to do fast, high grade work. Your Personal Record? KE N NEBEC JOURN AL COLBY PERSON EL BUREAU PRIN T SHOP C1rn1111cAL HALL 20 WILLOW STREET UGUSTA WATERVILLE MAINE Tel. 130 28 THE COLBY s Portland bdon: attending Colby, and CPL. GERALD KATZMAN, '46 PREMIER FOODS fol lowing his grad uation had churches . O!licial confirmation of the FAMOUS FOR FLA VOR in Portland, Springfield, Mass., Haiti death of Cpl. Ceral I Katzman For Sa le at All Inde pende nt more, J' vld.. SomerYillc, Mass.. and U ha� been rccei\'cd by his par 111 Reta il Grocers lanchcster, Conn., before ret iring C11ls from the \\'ar Department. Cpl. J J.1, c You R�aJ Everrwurnan's Mag 1934. Katzman, a gunner on a liberaLor a;-;inc ? - .hk Your Favorite Retail He occupied a prom inent place 1n homber, lost his life on September 20, Grocer For It the ,\ lcthod ist denomination, being a 19-14. while returning from a mi�sion Ma ine Rep rese ntative - member of the general conference ol to Czechoslo' akia. The plane was JOHN T. ARC HAMBEA U all the l\lcthodist-Episcopal churches last heard from o\·er Pianosa Island in Portland, Maine of the world and a member of the a the Adriatic. Two o( the crew were tional i"vfis�ionary Board. t one l::i tcr picked up. time, he belonged to Lhe Lions Club He was born June 27, 1925, in John Sexton & Co. of Fall Ri\'er, and for many year� was Brooklyn, r. Y. the �on ol Sa muel MANUFAC TURING a me111hcr of the Clerics' Club of Ho� and Sarah Goodman Katzman. He WHOLESALE GR OCERS ton. He is the author of "Apples of was a graduate of the B.M.C. Durke Cold," a booklet on steward hip. High School o( Fall RiYer, Ma�s. and fat.1bli>hcd I 3 In 189/ fr. Colpitts married Lil- entered Col by in SepLember 19-12 con Chicago Brooklyn 1 ian Alterton of New Brun wick, who tinuing through the summer e sion Dallas Atlanta Pittsburg h surviYcs hi111, as well as a daughter, of 19-13. "Gerry " was a popular Leota Colpitts. member of the Tau Delta Phi fra ternity. Compliments of Entering se r\'ice, he took his fl ight EVERETT J. CONDON, '26 training with the 302nd Bombing Everett Joseph Condon was the Yic Unit at Chatham Field Ga. goi ng Waterville tim of a tragic accident when he dieJ O\'erseas in the earl y summer of I9-i4. as the re ult of severe burns on Feb His combat ser\'ice \\'as with the 7-i7th Savings Bank ruary 19, 1946, in Shrewsbury. Mas�. Bombardment quadron, -i56th Bomb His father, Joseph J. Condon stated ing Group, based in Italy. WATERVILLE MAINE that on his arriYal home that evening he smelled smoke issuing from Ever ett's roo111 and fou nd his on in bed EDWIN J. 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