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\ OL. 44 JANUARY 1955 No. 2 he distance from my home in Montgomery, Alabama, to Editor ...... RICHARD NYE DYER J 1,400 Business Manager the Miller Library is approximately miles, but every so often when things seem to be going from bad to worse, I like to look at my ELLSWORTH MILLETT, '2.5 Colby College calendar with the picture of the Miller Library as its President's Page ...... 2 illustration, think about the story of the building of Mayflower Hill, Talk of the College ...... 3 and get a new outlook on my problems. Dr. George G. Averill ...... 6 For of all the things I carried away from four pleasant years at Is Maine Too Strong? ...... 9 Colby, I think the inspiration of the construction of the new campus The Bernat Collection ...... 10 in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles will remain with me Hurrah for Old Chi Phi ...... l2 longest and strongest. The epic of the moving of Colby College will Alumni Fund Report ...... 13 always be one of the top stories of our times to my thinking. A College is Big Business . . .. 22 I well recall my freshman week in the fall of 1940, when we were Alumni Trustees ...... 24 taken on a guided tour of the four shells that made up the new campus Sports ...... 25 on the hill, a dream of the future then real only in the little model that Class Notes ...... 26 was housed in a wooden building near the side of the Miller Library. Joe In Memoriam ...... 31 That was my introduction to Mayflower Hill, that and Smith's breathtaking films of the ten years already spent on the project. The Colby Alumnus is published four times yearly on the 15th of October, Ten years! Ten years of planning, struggling through a de January, April, and July by the Alumni Council of Colby College. Sub pression, and finally starting. And, what, I thought, lay ahead? The scription rate - $2.50. Single copies - world was half on fire, but still the plans went ahead. Somehow, the $.75. Entered as second-class matter Jan. 25, 1912, at the Post Office at women's union and one women's dormitory were completed and then Waterville, Me., under Act of March 2. 1879. the wartime freeze on steel stopped everything for over four years. With the thaw in 1946 came skyrocketing prices that made the Photo credits: Cover and pages 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 23, 25, Bill Tobey and the carefully stored funds, so painstakingly gathered, shrink to half Waterville Morning Sentinel. then one-third of the need. But somehow again the challenge was met and at last, as second semester of the 1946-47 year began, all the ON THE COVER classes except the science labs were moved to the hill. Since then more buildings, landscaping, athletic fields, and other 1\tfayfiower general improvements have been manifold until now the beautiful Hil{ is a campus, once a scale model, rises in reality to form a living monument youngster, to those who have planned, dreamed and worked. but already I'm glad I was a part of the picture for a few years because it in traditions stilled in me the spirit to go forward and build for the future that. are sprout those to come might have something a little better. ing on the The move to Mayflower Hill is complete now. Oh, there will new cam always be new buildings to be built, new courses to be added, re pus, for ex- visions changes and improvements. The spirit that moved Champlin, ample the warmth and friendli Chaplin, Colby, Roberts, Johnson, Bixler, will always take Colby ness that is Colby. Perhaps it is forward, but to its sons goes the inspiration to go forth to every sec Tl most evident at Christmas when tion of our great country and help build where it is needed. u. students have so many pro7ects. To me that's what makes The D.U.'s decorate Lorimer Colby distinctive among small col Chapel. The Lambda Chis light leges. Each one has its good Miller Library. Everyone plays teachers, its good courses, its fine some part. Take this year: the people, and its spirit, but on May clothing and toys from Chi Ome flower Hill is the living example of that enterprise that makes gas for :z little boy at Thayer America Hospital (he had no shoes) or great. Somewhere a long the the family with eight children four year journey, the winds that blow among and a father too ill to wo1·k the new spires are bound to breathe who is receiving thirty quarts of a little of that inspiration into every Colby milk each week from the Inter man and woman. Could that have fraternity Council. been the idea behind it all? Christmas does bring out the best in people, but the unification Last bus to the Hill of purpose, which living to RICHARD S. REID, '47 gether on a new campus has pro Member, Alumnus Advisory Board vided, means that Colby's new morale, and its new spiritual st1·ength, is not just " here for the ho?idays," but with the college all year around. The
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Albert Schweitzer
C an you think of anyone you would rather chat with than Albert Schweitzer? Mrs. Bixler and I had that wonderful experience this last August. We had visited Dr. and Mrs. Schweitzer twenty-five years ago in their highland home at Konigsfeld in the Black Forest. This time we saw them at Guns bach in Alsace. The first remark Dr. Schweitzer made as we came in was: "You've just come from working with the philosophers at Freiburg." I replied that we had been not at Freiburg but at Heidel berg. Then I realized that I had failed to catch the tense of the verb he had used in German and that he was actually referring to our visit of twenty-five years ago and was ready to take up the conversation from where we had left off! " Are you still a philosopher? " he asked. I replied that I had become a business man instead and he laughed and said that was all he had time to he also. I told him about our Walcker organ at Colby suggesting that perhaps he would some day use it for a Bach recital and went on to say that his autobiography had been chosen as our Book of the Year. He laughed a little at the idea and said "You're lucky if you can get through one book a year," but I think our choice really pleased him. Then he said : "Do you remember that when you went to Colby you sent me some pictures of the new campus? I was distressed by the blue jeans worn by the girls in the laboratory and told you I thought prexy ought to find money to buy them some better clothes!" I re· plied that I recalled his saying he wished he were a girl and could come to Colby and I wasn't sure whether he realized that Colby has over five hundred men. "Oh, do you?" he exclaimed. "That's a mistake. If I had a college it would be for girls only!"
W hen we sat down for lunch I told him I had often quoted his remark to me that he thought the most important quality in a religious person was absolute devotion to the truth. This started him on a fairly lengthy discussion of the hazards of any other loyalty and the difficulties people have run into when they have failed to put the truth first. "To neglect it is like going off the gold standard," he said. Over coffee in the living room we reminisced with Mrs. Schweitzer about her visit with us in Cam bridge some years ago and her lecture there and we asked her if she and her husband would not come to us again. She replied that at their age it was hard to predict the future. Dr. Schweitzer would be eighty in January, she said, and their only definite plans were for a trip to Oslo to receive the Nobel prize and the return to Africa in December. She told us that Dr. Schweitzer is working on a new study of certain technicalities in Bach's work and is also trying to complete the edition of Bach's music that he started in Paris many years ago with his teacher and colleague Professor Widor. He is also much occu pied with the enlargement of the leper colony he has established near his hospital. (Continued on page 21) Colleges exist because of what they Colby made its position clear early can do for the entire community. The in the fall with this declaration by intellectual interests they try to encour THE L TEREST of developing a President Bixler at a luncheon for radio, age are continuous with life itself. An N "closer relationship between the television, and newspaper sportscasters: institution of liberal arts, such as Colby, I college and themselves, " Colby parents " We are united in the belief that must not withdraw from life around it, have formed an association headed by Colby College should not use freshmen but must be concerned with what its Frank H. Burns of Bronxville, New on varsity teams. We shall continue to neighbors find important. Oui· goal is York, vice president of Forbes Business arrange for both freshman and varsity not only to teach our own students magazine and president of the Maine schedules. This should not be inter imaginatively, but to encourage those Society of New York. His daughter, preted in any way to be a criticism of in our neighborhood and wider con Betsy, is a senior. those colleges who are making use of stituency to see the creative possibilities first-year men in varsity games. This is in their work. Objectives of the Colby College Par ents Association, as drawn up by an their privilege and it is their way of executive committee, are: to keep par solving particular situations with which With this statement President Bixler ents informed of the college's activities, they are faced. announced the offering by Colby of six policies, and plans; to assist in bring "It is our belief, however, that a evening courses for adults. (The Ken ing facts about Colby to a wider audi boy's freshman year should be free of nebec /ournal spoke of them editorially ence of prospective students and the pres�ures which varsity encounters as " a substantial contribution to the friends; and to establish and develop a might bring and that he shoul
The terraces of Miller Library provided a landing platform for this Navy plane which swooped down to pick up students for demonstra tion fiights. At right, the ATO's firmly secure a 93 pound deer brought down by brother John Dutton, Colby football co-captain.
4 COLBY ALUMNUS In Brief • • • •
Arn FoRcE ROTC cadets are manning, what is believed to be, the only Ground Observation Post on a college campus in the United States. Operations are directed from the tower room in Lorimer Chapel each night from midnight to 8 a.m. One hundred and twelve cadets have volunteered for duty on two hour shifts. A pair of cadets is assigned to each shift. The post has a direct telephone tie-in with the Bangor Filter Center at Dow Air Force Base... A detachment of fifteen Colby cadets took off from Dow early in January for a training flight to Stallings Air Force Base, Kinston, North Carolina. Their C-47 was piloted by officers of the ROTC staff and the trip was made "to permit students to learn about pilot training and to talk with officers and personnel assigned to this work."
A RARELY performed work by Johannes Brahms, Triumphlied, Opus 55, was sung by the glee club in its annual Christmas concert. The Colby Com munity Symphony Orchestra shared the spotlight in a Lorimer Chapel recital given before a capacity audience.
Mrs. Jarvis Thayer has 1·etired. RE THAN She came in 19 29 as the first sec Mo eighty-five percent of Colby's employees donated to the Water retary of the newly established ville Area Community Chest. Their contribution of $2,263 was in addition to dean of men's office and served in the gift by the college of its facilities and of the labor of the buildings and that capacity until last fall. grounds department in putting on the Chest Kick-off Dinner in the Colby field house. Chaplain Clifford Osborne was the keynote speaker; President. Bixler retirement. At the latter,Dean Marri the toastmaster. ner cited some of the attributes which brought Bowdoin's president such ad DR. ORDWAY TEAD, former chairman of the Board of Higher Education for miration and respect. the City of New York and currently editor of books on economics for Harper " It was Dr. Sills," Dean Marriner and Brothers, spent a week on Mayflower Hill in November as a consultant to said, " who taught me that a college the Self Study Committee. The committee is making a study of " the factors president was not to be approached which promote,and those which hinder, a climate favorable for learning in a with knee-shaking terror. Here was a college of liberal arts, such as Colby." man I could honor and revere and talk with in the same manner as I would with any other thoroughly human THE !EMORY of the late Francis F. Bartlett,'26, a member of the board of person. trustees at the time of his death last August 16, has been perpetuated by his " Dr. Sills has been a strong leader friends and associates through a scholarship at the college. Approximately for the liberal arts tradition through $4,000 has been contributed towards a $14,000 goal, the realization of which the years,never giving ground to the will make it possible to award either a full tuition or two half-tuition scholar opposition. He has shown again and ships each year. again that he knows people must earn their livi�g, ut they must know first HE ART DEPARTME rTS ,? T of Colby and Bowdoin combined last fall as sponsors how to live. of a significant exhibition on Winslow Homer. The paintings were shown President Sills gave himself gener during November at Brunswick and throughout December on Mayflower Hill. ously to many causes, among them Nucleus of the exhibit were fifteen Homer works which are possessed by the Mayflower Hill. When Colby launched two colleges. (Colby's group, the Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer Collection, is its national campaign at a Portland permanently on view during the year in Roberts Union.) In addition several dinner May 9,1939, he was a featured museums and private collectors, among them Homer's nephew and wife Mr. speaker. He commented then, as he and Mrs.Charles Homer of Prouts Neck,lent material which illustrated e ery was to comment again at Colby thir period of Homer's career. teen years later, " The college of lib eral arts is the most distinctive Amer ican institution that exists. It will be a THE EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY of Albert Schweitzer on January 14 received atten sad day for the nation if it should pass tion from many sources. Dr. Bixler contributed to the observance with an edi out of the picture or if it should have torial for the Saturday Review (January 10); an article on Schweitzer for the to be subsidized by the state." Washington Post (January 14); and a chapter for a special volume, To Albert Dr. Sills,with his philosophy and his Schweitzer on His Eightieth Birthday, edited by Homer A.Jack. The latter is actions,contributed substantially to pre an unusual book containing articles on the famed doctor by twenty-three "of venting such a disaster. his friends." In addition to Dr. Bixler, other contributors include Adlai Steven He will be deeply missed. son, Albert Einstein, G.Bromley Oxnam, Norman Cousins, and Gerald Heard.
lssu� of JANUARY 1955 5 He Loved Young People
N THE DEATH of Dr. George G. Leah Averill. The Averill farm home saved a small sum of money and being I Averill on September 19, 1954, the was an extremely modest one. His constantly encouraged by a wonderful City of Waterville and the State of father's death, resulting from a Civil mother and imbued by an intense de Maine lost one of their outstanding citi War disability, when George Averill sire to be a doctor, he entered the Col zens. Not only was Dr. Averill known was only eight, left his mother to bring lege of Physicians and Surgeons (later for his great generosity to many insti up the family of five small children. Tufts) in Boston. Dr. Averill received tutions and causes, but his sound coun The only source of family income was his medical degree from this college in sel and guidance had been a determin a Civil War pension of seven dollars 1892. While at Tufts, as at Lee, he ing factor in the success of an untold per month, plus such meager earnings was forced to earn his way, accepting number of undertakings. as could be obtained from the farm. any job which he could obtain. Dr. Really to know this man who, dur To obtain a better education for her Averill never forgot his school-teacher ing his lifetime, gave away millions to children, Mrs. Averill soon moved to mother's confidence or the worth of an worthy causes; to help countless young the little village of Lee, Maine, the education and his own experience of men and women to better health; to location of Lee Academy. Here working his way through school and better educational opportunities; and George Averill worked his way college. who gave so generously of himself, one through the academy. In addition to For the next four years, the young must study his life history. serving as janitor at the school, .he doctor practiced medicine in Enfield, George Averill was born in 1870 in helped cook in lumber camps taught Maine. In his later years, Dr. Averill Lincoln, Maine, the son of Dave and school, and sold insurance. Having loved to tell of the difficulties of prac-
6 COLBY ALUMNUS ticing medi ine in those days· of poor road · of horses· of crossing the Penob cot on the ice or by canoe· of opera tions performed on kitchen tables by lamplight· of the lack of hospital facili ties, consultants and nurses. Realizing the need for more study, Dr. A erill returned to Tufts in 1896 for advanced courses and then prac ticed medicine in Cambridge, Massa chusetts for fifteen years. In 1908 Dr. A erill married Mabel E. Keyes, daughter of the founder of the Keyes Fibre Company in Fairfield Maine. Faced by failing health, Dr. Averill gave up his Cambridge practice and after a period of rest, went into business with his father-in-law. This marked a turning point in his career for although retaining throughout his life his interest in medicine, he never returned to acti e practice. In the en suing years as general manager and Dr. and Mrs. Averill treasurer of Keyes Fibre Company, Dr. Averill s shrewd judgment and aggres were made by Dr. and Mrs. Averill to fine educational institution it is today. siveness was instrumental in building the Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A., Girl Scouts, He appreciated the service it performed this company into the country s leading Boy Scouts, and Waterville Boys Club. in a rural area and the educational concern in its line. Dr. Averill was the co-founder of the opportunities it provided for boys and Waterville Boys' Club and one of the girls who might otherwise be unable to R . MABEL AVERILL died m 1918. founders of the local Y.M.C.A. Both obtain an education. M In 1921 Dr. Averill married the Boys' Club building and the Goodwill,a school for boys and girls, Frances B. Mosher of Bangor, Maine. Y.M.C.A. building were provided by founded by Dr. George Hinckley, held Having sold his interest in the Keyes Dr. and Mrs. Averill, who also gave a unique appeal for Dr. Averill. He Company in 1927, Dr. Averill became several play areas and athletic fields in admired and respected the founder; actively engaged in business in Califor the City of Waterville. Dr. Averill re and the boys and girls, manv from nia where he spent many winters. His ceived the Golden Keystone Award poor and broken homes, provided a California operations were extremely for outstanding lay work in Boys' Club tremendous attraction for him. varied including real estate develop activities and the Silver Arrow, the out Colby College was one of Dr. ments, ownership of oil properties, the standing award given by the Boys' Averill's major interests for many construction of several hundred homes Club of America. He was the recipi years. In a speech Dr. Averill stated, and the operation of several large farm ent of a special citation for distin " For the past twenty-five years I have ranches. guished service to youth, given by the lived in Waterville and have been a Dr. Averill possessed many interests, Y.M.C.A. close observer of Colby Coilege in ac but without doubt people, both the Various educational institutions were tual operation all that time .. . I have young and the old,were his greatest not only the recipients of great gifts been in a position to know, and I inter.::�st. Without much question,his from Dr. Averill but also received the think I do know, that Colby College interest in young people was due to his benefit of his keen counsel and guid can and will give more of the kind of own boyhood and his struggles to ob ance through his services on their education we want our boys and girls tain an education. Because of his diffi boards of trustees. Of special interest to have ... for the dollar invested than culties as a boy, possibly he was at to Dr. Averill were Tufts Medical any college in the country.' While Dr. times too trusting and too helpful. School, Lee Academy, Goodwill and Averill was the largest single benefactor Probably Dr. Averill s interest in older Colby College. of the college,it is not too much to say people �esulted from his respect and Dr. Averill never forgot the kindness that his greatest gift to Colby was in deep love for his own mother and for of Dr. Charles P. Thayer, professor of terms of service. He was a member her struggles in bringing up the anatomy at Tufts, who took him under of the board of trustees from 1929 to Averill family. All older persons com his wing as a student and supplied the time of his death; chairman of the manded his interest and in countless counsel, understanding and help. Dr. board from 1945 to 1947; chairman of cases he extended help to make the way Averill's many gifts to Tufts were the building committee during the a little "easier. " given in memory of Dr. Thayer. years of the Mayflower Hill develop His interest in young people is Lee Academy, where he obtained his ment. It was Dr. Averill s genius that shown by his great gifts to youth or early education, was close to the Doc largely guided the college through the ganizations and to various educational tor's heart. Over the years he was sub difficult years of building the new institutions. Very substantial gifts stantially responsible for making it the campus.
lmte of JANUARY 1955 7 doors. Although he greatly enjoyed which he could not illustrate or clarify horseback riding and boating, far above with a few lines of poetry or a story any other kind of recreation, Dr. drawn from his· reading, possibly of Averill liked to hunt and to fish. Dur years before, or from some experience ing his lifetime, he owned several in his own life. In referring to a different recreational camps, and in the wealthy friend one day, Dr. Averill later years of his life spent all the sum said, " He never learned the pleasure mer months at Sorrento. Dr. Averill of giving away money." It can truth liked to talk about hi " poaching fully be said that the acts of generosity days," " corning ducks," " short salmon and kindness which gave Dr. and Mrs. in his rubber boots," and the conduct Averill the most pleasure were the un and intelligence of his dog, "Rab." told ones those which made it possible He was never happier than when he for literally hundreds of people to enjoy could spend a fine summer day trolling a new start in life, an unexpected vaca the waters of Tunk Pond and looking tion, an education, or renewed health. forward to an outdoor dinner cooked Dr. Averill enjoyed seeing his gifts on the shore at Sand Cove. produce the expected results. In re What sort of person was Dr. Averill? ferring to the high school at Goodwill What did he look like? And how did he said, "For fifteen years I have been he act? Dr. Averill was a tall slender, able to watch this building accomplish immaculately dressed man whose white the purposes for which it was planned." Dr. Averill pre. 8 COLBY ALUMNUS DO OT THI K Colby should eliminate Maine from Is Maine Too Strong? I its schedule. However, times change, of course, and if those students in college now and a majority of the I the ni ersity of Maine getting too alumni of the last ten or fifteen years desire it then there trong for the State Conference in football? is no alternative. ' Thi i a que tion that has been bothering Edward Cawley, 17 f llower of the autumn sport for several T EVIDENT grown year but more people are talking about it thi 1s that the University of Maine has year than ever before. I ery rapidly in the last decade. While we are very proud of our state university and its prosperity, it has i\fith a much greater enrollment than any made a serious problem for the athletic directors of the of the other three 1aine colleges the advantage other three Maine colleges. the Univer ity of Maine has in numbers is One way it might be solved would be for Bates, Bow obvious. doin, and Colby to play for their championship and, i£ Colb, Bate and Bov HAVE recently had a discussion with a University of I Maine graduate on this subject. I strongly argue that Maine is out of our class and if it isn't it surely will be by 1956 when the president of the University has esti At the editor's request alumni mated an enrollment of 4,000 students. have commented on the Ralph 0. Peabody, '35 above editorial. It concerns s A FORMER captain of football at Colby, I assure you A that I am very interested in the fortunes of our Colby a subject frequently under discussion. teams, and especially so in their standing in the state series. What I would like is the answer to the following The sole intention of this questions: Does the college administration do its part by page LS to evoke further discussion. providing enough coaching to produce good teams? Do t the coaches do the best job possible with the material d. available? Are the players willing to pay the price (hard work, etc.) necessary to be a winner? Robert Scott, '29 Issue of JANUARY 1955 9 Ceramic:J al THE BERNAT COLLECTION REMARKABLE COLLECTION of Oriental ceramics representative of the culture of China from the A second millenium B.C., to modern times, and containing more than two hundred objects, has been given to the college by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat of Milton, Massachusetts. Part of the collection is shown on these pages. President Bixler has described the gift as "a truly remark able acquisition." The collection is being shown in a series of rotating exhibitions. Above: Early Chinese vases of characteristically simple shapes with little decoration. From left to right, a Tang period (618-906 A.D.) piece with a cream colored glaze; from the period of the Six Dynasties (220-589 A.D.), a brown pottery jar. The center jar and the Amphora next to it have partial glazes of amber and g1·een. They are also from the Tang Dynasty. On the far right is an unglazed jar dating from the second millenium B.C., an example of the earliest known historical ware. Figurines from the Tang period which were found in the tombs of those who had been accustomed to servants and at tendants during the£r lives. The Bernat collection includes a num ber of small clay animals, like the bull on the opposite page, also found in tombs. The large white porcelain jar decorated with a reddish-brown dragon dates from the eighteenth century. With it are two pottery finials in the form of fish which. were once used to decorate the terminating tiles of a roof. This case, arranged for the ex hibit in the Miller Library, con tains some of the finest pieces. They are all from the Sung dynasty ( 960- 1279 A.D.), a pe riod in the hi�·tory of Chinese ceramics which is known for its delicate :vare. The favorite col ors are a clear white (Ting ware) and a subtle blue-green ( Cela don). Many are decorated with patterns incised in the clay which appear slightly darker fhan the rest of the vase after the glaze has been applied. \ " �. 0 0owoot"' .,' '1 'r by Katharine (Hatch) Burrison, '19 N ARTICLE in the Commencement Alumnus spoke of Supper was a meal to rush through and so were the A the song, Old Phi Chi, and how less and less of the dishes. We were all singing Hul"l"ah for Old Phi Chi at reunioning classes were joining in the singing of it. The the top of our lungs and sort of getting ourselves into the author hoped it wouldn't die out altogether. So do I, for spirit of the thing. the mention of it brought back memories of my childhood. But alas! When seven o'clock came, we were hustled In those days, when Colby would win a football game, off to bed as usual. Rules had to be rules, especially when the whole student body would do a snake dance through father was away and there were five children who could the streets of Waterville and call at all the professors' get pretty much out of hand. So off to bed we we nt, houses and demand a speech. There would be the lighted but certainly not to sleep. We were waiting breathlessly torches, the stirring music, the lively dancing. It was all to catch the first faint strains of Old Phi Chi, and pretty pretty exciting. soon, there it was! "Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for old Phi There was, however, one drawback to our enjoyment Chi! " We were so excited we didn't know hardly what of it; our parents were stern believers that early to bed to do, and when they turned down Nudd Street, ou: and early to rise really did make a man healthy, wealthy excitement knew no bounds! and wise. So sometimes, if the parade was late getting There were the lighted torches held high over the heads started, we, as children, had to view the whole thing from and prettier than sparklers or Roman candles on the the bedroom window. Fourth of July. It was better than the Memorial Day One weekend, my father (Hugh Ross Hatch, Class of parade or even the circus parade! And almost before 1890, professor of mathematics, 1903-1909 ) was called out we could get a good look at it, there they were, spilling of town to preach - he was a Baptist minister as well as over our lawn and shouting: "We want Professor Hatch! math professor. It happened Colby had won the game We want Professor Hatch ! " and, as it wasn't generally known he was away, we ex Mother went to the door and explained that father was pected the parade to call at the house just the same. out of town, but the crowd wouldn't be turned away. "We want the boys! We want Phi Chi was a hazing fraternity originating at Bowdoin. Colby the boys! " they kept students launched their own chapter for the purpose, according to shouting. Dr. Johnson, "of raising hell." The sketch in the title above, show ing students sin�ing before a professor's home, is taken from the So Donald and Curtis, still in their pajamas, stepped Oracle of 1902. Accompanying it was the notation : " Colby vs. out on the porch and gave what was probably Bowdoin, 12-0. Poor old Bowdoin for the first time in history loses the biggesr to all three of the Maine colJeges." speech of their lives. 12 January 20, 1955 FELLOW ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF COLBY: This issue is dedicated to those who contributed so generously to last year's fond. The /1 Club /1 to which they belong is open to member ship and it is our hope that the report next year will conta in at least 500 more individuals. It always amazes me to see the vast number whose names appear in italics, indicating ten or more consecutive years of giving to this great cause. What a demonstration of faith and loyalty! As I note the high percentage in the older classes I am inclined to believe that being a con tributor adds to one's span of life. A word to the wise is sufficient. Last year we raised $70,028.42 from 2,345 contributors. Many underg raduates have already benefited from this Franklin W. Johnson Financial Aid Fund and many more will in the years to come. The 1955 goal of $50,000 is considerably less but, remember, it will not attract non-alumni givers as readily as did the Johnson Fund. None of us can rest on our laurels and feel that our help is not as sorely needed. Our goal is the highest ever set for a regular alumni fund. I am sure that when the non-contributors read in the following pages of their friends and classmates who have given they will wish to follow suit and to stand shoulder to shoulder with them. Let us be reminded that we will be remembered more for what we have given than for what we have held onto. I urge each and every one of you to contribute to the 1955 Alumni Fund. Chairman Contributors to 1954 ALUMNI .FUND - An asterisk indicates contributor is deceased. - Names printed in italic indicates contribu- tions for l 0 consecutive years. Contributors 1882 2 Members 2 Contributors 100% 1898 29 Members 14 48% Contributors: Robie G. Frye, • Fred . Fletcher Contributors: Fred G. Getchell, Mabel Humphrey Hall, Everett C. Herrick, Lenora Bessey, Arad E. Linscoll. /olin E. elson, Arthur 1884 Members 2 Contributors o/o H. Page, T. Raymond Pierce, Fred P. H. Pike, Frank A. Robin on, Evans Stephenson, Ina Taylor Stinneford, Everett . Treworg;, Contributors: In memory of iohn E. Cummings, In memory of Mary Charles W. Vigue Frank B. Hubbard 1899 26 Members 19 Contributors 73% 1887 5 Members 2 Contributors 40% Contributor : Edith Co1·son Bowman, Jennie M. Buck, Harold Contributor : Elmer E. Parmenter, Charles C. Richardson L. Ha11so11, Henry A. Hoit, Emest H. Maling, Maude Hoxie ,\,,fartin, Etta Purington Par ons, Varney A. Putnam. 7 Members 5 Contributors Hubert J. Merrick, 1888 71 o/o Ralph H. Richard on, Chades E. G. Sha11no11, Richard C. Shannon, Contributors: Mary Farr Bradbury, William 1"1. Cole, Albert F. II, Henry R. Spencer, William 0. Stevens, Helene Bowman Tliomp Drummond, Edith Merrill Hurd, Walter D. Stewart son, William L. Waldron, Ambrose B. Warren, Rachel Foster W/111- man, Mary L. Wilbur 1889 4 Members 3 Contributors 75% Members Contributors Contributors: Minnie Bunker, Haffiet :'if. Parmenter, Edward F. 1900 20 16 80% Stevens Contributors: Louise M. Benson, .Wary Pliilhrook D111111i11g, imun P. Hedman, Stella /ones Hill, Grace B. Holden, fary Lemont In 1890 7 Members 4 Contributors 57% graham, Fred F. Lawrence, Marion Osborne Matheson, el/a M. Contributors: Mary N. McClure, Antha Knowlton Miller, In .Vlerrick, Ethel M. Russell, Frank /. Severy, Mary S. Sma ll, Charles memory of Melvin M. Smith, William L. Soule, Charles W. Spencer F. Towne, Gertrnde Pike Toiv11e, Erne t H. Tupper, Lu ;/mes Tien/res 1891 7 Members 5 Contributors 71 o/o 1901 23 Members 14 Contributors 61% Contributors: Effie Dascombe Adams, Alvah H. Chipman, Mary Contributors: Mary Blaisdell Bell(T1ap, ;//exa11der ,\/. Blackbum, .'1orrill Ilsley, Franklin W. /ohnson, Edwin C. Teague /ennie W. Cummings, William F. Hale, Grau Farrar Lmscoll, George A. Marsh, Rhena Clark Mm·sh, Edgar B. Ptt1na111, Ralph 1892 8 Members 6 Contributors 75% W. Richards, Charles F. T. Seavems, Lucinda Peacock Smith, Mar Contributors: Dora Knight Andrews, In memory of Charles P. garet Williams Thomas, Erne t E. Ventres, Mary Bragg Weston Barnes, Winfred N. Donovan, Rose Adelle Gilpatrick, Frank B. Nichols, Ernest F. Osgood, Stephen Stark. In memory of Herbert E. 1902 31 Members 20 Contributors 65% Wadsworth Contributors: E. Howard Bennett, Florence Wilkins Bragdon, Lew C. Church, Augusta Colby, Edna Owen Dor1glass, Grace Bick Members Contributors 1893 10 7 70% nell Eisenwinter, Bertha Thayer Flint, William Farwell, Lena Pen Contributors: Denis E. Bowman, Leon 0. Glover, Eva11geli11e ney Floyd, Angier L. Goodwin, Allana Small Krieger, Vera Nash Taylor MacKenzie, Robert N. Millett, Lttcia H. Morrill, Albert Rob Locke, Nellie Lovering Rockwood, Blanche Pratt Pratt, Harry E. inson, Cyrus F. Stimson, In memory of John F. Wood Pratt, Charles A. Richardson, Edith Williams Small, George Stevenson, Mariorie Elder Stevenson, Li11wood L. Workman 1894 18 .M.embers 6 Contributors 33% Members Contributors Contributors: In memory of Annie Richardson Barnes, Melville 1903 27 16 59% C. Freeman, Clara P. Mol'l'ill, Frances H. Morrill, Grace M. Reed, Contributors: "Elmer W. Allen, Grace Warren Atcliley, Edith C. Clarence E. Tupper, William B. Tuthill Bicknell, Bertha Wiley Chase, Florence Dixon, Mildred Jenks Dud ley, Walter L. Glover, Florence Perry Hahn, Martha B. Hopkins, 1895 9 Members 7 Contributors 78% Allen M. Knowles, Caleb A. Lewis, Tn memory of Alice Pierce or ris, Eva /olmson Patten, Elydia Foss Shipman, Lois Hoxie Smith, E. Contributors: Emma A. Fountain, Lila Harden Hersey, Reed V. May Tolman, Allison M. Watts Jewett, Archer /ordan, M. Blanche Lane, Annie M. Waite, William L. Waters 1904 35 Members 24 Contributors 69% Eva Clement Ames, Vernon S. Ames, 1896 19 Members 16 Contributors 84% Contributors: ellie H Bavis, Eunice Mower Beale, Carl R. Bryant, Mary Caswell Carter, Contributors: Myrtice Cheney Berry, Albert S. Cole, Edna Moffatt Edith Watkins Chester, Allen Clark, /ennie M. Cochrane, William Collins, Florence E. Dunn, Henry W. Dunn, H. Warren Foss, Her A. Cowing, Rttby Carver Eme1·son, Doris P. Gallen, Louis A. Ham bert E. Foste1", C. Benjamin Fuller, Everett L. Getchell, Carleton E. mond, Bertha Long Hanscom, Addie F. Hodakins, Mary Berry Man · Hutcliinson, Alben W. Lorimer, /ohn B. Merrill, Ethel Pratt Peakes, ter, Clarence G. Morton, Harriet Cleveland Nason, Alice Owen Hannah J. Powel l, Herbert N. Pratt, Christine Miller Tooker Palmer, /ohn A. Partridge, • Carrnll N. Perkins, Emma Clough Peterson, In memory of John B. Roberts, Jn memory of Frank J. Members Contributors 1897 25 19 76% Tarbel l, Bertha Whittemore Whittier, Edward B. lfli11slow Contributors: Arthur J. Dunton, Alice Nye Fite, In memory of Members Contributors Edith Hanson Gale, Minnie Corson Garland, Grace Gatchell, Nina 1905 33 19 58% Vose Greeley, Helen Hanscom Hill, Hal'l'iet F. Holmes, Marion Contributors: David K. Arey, Alontt Nic/1olson Bean, Stephen G. Parker Hubbard, Albert R. Keith, "Elmira Nelson /ones, Lena Bean, Ethel Higgins Beck, Cecil W. Clark, William R. Cook . Eliza· Tozier Kenrick, Edit/1 M. Larrabee, Minnie Gallert Mayer, Tena beth Blaisdell Dolan, Arthur L. Field, Walter J. Hammond, May L. McCallum, Florence L. Morrill, Edward S. Osborne, Herbert S. Harvey, William Hoyt, Henry N. /ones, Ida Phoebe Keen, Hersey Philbrick, Grace Goddard Pierce, In memory of Ruth Stevens Reed, R. Keene, Rose Richardson Kelley, Thomas T. Knowles, Effie Lome Fannie Parker Wing Patch, Glenn W. Starkey, Carrie Allen Wood 36 Members 21 Contributors 58% 11,Jarriner, Meroe F. �lorse, Diana Wall Pitts, *Leo G. Sl1esong, Clarence A. Small, Chester C. Soule, *John Wells, ha B. Willi , ontribut r : Adelbert Bowdoin, Anna M. Boynton, Charles P. Ada Waugh Young, Anonymous l1ipma11, /ohn W. Coombs, Edwin P. Craig, Karl R. Kennison, liott . Lincoln, Ella E. Maxcy, Charles N. Meader, Elaine Wilson 103 Members 43 Co-ntributors rnard, Beulah F. Puri11gto11, Ralph L. Reynolds, Anhw· G. Robin- 1914 42% 11, Wil liam H. Rowe, Cora Farwell Sherwood, Edith Kennison Contributors : A. Willard Ashford, /oseph P. Burke, Frank S. en.e, \ illiam H. S. tevens, Joseph U. Teague, Susan H. Weston, Carpenter, Edith Washburn Clifford, Eugene K. Currie, Lena Cush ti tia Donnell Young, Nettie Fuller Young ing Annie Dudley Douglas. F. Harold Dubord, Idella K. Farnum, Emmons B. Farrar, Blanche C. Farrington, Helen Thomas Foster, 32 Members 23 Contributors 72% Arthur D. Gillingham, Alice Beckett Haley, Marjorie Scribner Holt, Roscoe E. John on, Mabel Bynon McDaniel, Contributor : Myron E. Berry, In memory of Adelaide Holway Mabelle H. Hunt, Wilmer A. Mooet·s, Marston 1orse, George G. rown Walter E. C1·aig, Sarah S. Cummings, Elbridge G. Davis, Stanley B. Miller, Obear, Eva Pratt Owen, Robert E. Owen, scoe C. Emery, Caro Beverage Faulkner, Hattie S. Fossett, In ewton, Emily Hanson W. Perry, /. Franklin Pineo, Clara Collins Piper, emory of Burr F. Jones Rayford C. Lidstone, Alma Morrissette Gladys Paul, George Lillian Fogg Randall, Thomas J. Reynolds, Abbie cPartland Marian Learned Meader, Alice Tyler Milner, Millai·d Henry Gay Pratt, B. Smith, Vinal H. Tibbetts, William A. Tracy, . Moore, Bertha E. Nead Ellen J. Peterson, In memory of Oscar B. G. Sanderson, Harry L. Warren, Lois Peacoc.t Warren, Milroy Warren, Ethel Mer �terson Nellie Winslow Rideout, Charles A. Rush, Arthur W. Stet Ernest A. Wilson, Lynnette Philbrick Witham, Chester n, Rena Archer Taylor, Lubelle Hall Teague, Perley L. Thorne, riam Weeks, Louis F. Wood 1 memory of Elihu B. Tilton, Dora Simmons Watts, Bertha Rob son Tr heeler, Ralph B. Y otmg 1915 99 Members 32 Contributors 32% l908 57 Members 26 Contributors 46% Contributors: E. Mildred Bedford, Ralph A. Bramhall, Harold S. /. Cratty, Leon W. Contributors: Charles W. Bradlee, Emmons P. Burrill, Lena May Campbell, Marguerite M. Chamberlain, ,frthur Vivian M. lark, Helen L. Cochrane, Helen F. Dickinson, Philip H. Dunbar, Cmckett, Ruth Whitman Cushing, Robert R. Decormier, Hanson, harles C. Dwyer, Caroline Noyes Ervin, Percy S. Farrar, Florence Ellsworth, A/dine C. Gilman, Leonard W. Grant, Helen N. Roland ing Gould, John E. Hatch, Nina Holmes Herschleb, Victor Ray Mildred Holmes, Dorothy Webb Houston, Merle F. Hunt, Lord, Ina M. Mc ines, In memory of Ernest W. Loane, Fmnk W. Lovett, I. Ross B. Hutchins, Marion Steward LaCasce, Carl B. Ross Pomroy, [cCombe Harold N. Mitchell, James R. Nickels, Mollie Pearce Put- Causland, * Chester R. Mills, Leslie F. Murch, Hazel 2m, Ninetta M. Runnals, Helen Campbell Shaw, Malcolm D. Smith, Ruth Brickett Rideout, Ray D. Robinson, Merle Bowler Stetson, Mary A. Washburn, Tary Abbott Stobie, Agnes Walker Taylor, Rag hild Iverson Tomp Raymond R. Thompson, A. Ruth Trefethen, R. Willard Earl M. Woodward, Ray C. IDS, Howard A. Tribou, Annie Hartlwrn Wheeler Evel yn S. Whitney, Albert Young 52 Members 29 Contributors 909 56% 112 Members 38 Contributors Contributors: Helen E. Adams, Eugene F. Allen, /oseph Chandler, 1916 34% lark D. Chapman, Jeannette S. Crowell, Clara A. Eastman, Olive Contributors: Alden W. Allen, Hubert H. Barker, Elizabeth reen Fairclough, Bertha Bryant Farwell, Blanche Emory Folsom, Hodgkins Bowen, Edith Pratt Brown, Marion Miller Chase, Alice A. eon S. Gilpatrick, Myra I. Hardy, June Philbrick Jones, Martha Clarkin, Phil ip G. Curtis, Henry A. Eaton, Frank C. Foster, Arthur ryant Kelly, Harold W. Kimball, Marion Wadsworth Long, Nelson E. Gregory, Marion Harmon, John N. Harriman, Samuel J. Hartley, Mixer, Agrandece Record Pullen, Thomas /. Seaton, Austin Shaw, Leon D. Herring, Vivian Skinner Hill, Robert A. Hussey, Cyril M. thd Knowlton Siedhof, Ella MacBurnie Stacy, Pearl Davis Steffen Joly, Ralph W. King, Hazel N. Lane, Lewis L. Levine, Louise Mc m, Florence Freeland Totman, Leo S. Trask, Maude Eaton Wad Curdy MacKinnon, Peter J. Mayers, Eleanor Bradlee Mitchell, Lucy ·igh, Abbie Hague Warren, atlianiel E. Wheeler, John D. Whit Montgomery Newell, Fossie Seekins Nichols, Malcolm B. O'Brien, er, Sai·ah B. Young Ernestine H. Porter, Donald E. Putnam, John M. Richardson, Edith C. Robinson, Ella R. Robinson, Lois Osgood Skillin, Byron H. Smith, 910 37 Members 21 Contributors 57% Estlier French Spaulding, Lyman I. Thayer, Camlyn Stevens Thomp son, Crawford A. Treat, Frances E. Trefethen Contributors: Merle Crowell, Mary Donald Deans, Emma Berry Leona Achorn Gillis, Ralph N. Good, Chester A. Grant, lelahanty 101 Members 52 Contributors 162 Members 50 Contributors Ann F. Rossiter 31% Margaret J. Blagys Contributors: Florence Plaisted Ayer, Barbara Whitney Beatty, M >orothy Farnsworth Bragdon, James C. Brudno, Wenonah Pollard Margaret D. Pierce 'adwallader, John E. Candelet, J. Ardelle Chase, Kenneth R. Copp, alph H. DeOrsay, Marjorie G. Dunstan, Evelyn M. Estey, Ena 1929 Charles W. Jordan 74 54 'rue Farwell, Helen Smith Fawcett, Perley C. Fullerton, Elizabeth at on Gerry, Dorothy Giddings, Frances Tweedie Giroux, Carol ine N 1934 Franklin Norvish 37 29 .ogers Hawkes, Alan J. Hilton, Mabel Root Holmes, Herbert C. Arthur W. Stetson, Jr. �nkins, C. Evan Johnson, J. Douglas Joh nston, Archer Jordan, Jr., une C. LaGrua, Percy Levine, Marguerite Chase Macomber, Wil Portia Pendleton Rideout am A. Macomber, Philip S. Metcalf, Helen C. Mitchell, Arline Mann eakes, Albert U. Peacock, Gt·eely C. Pierce, Norton Rhoades, 1942 Charles A. Lord 45 39 I riscilla Russell Richards, Clyde E. Riley, Esther Knudsen Shettle Lewis E. Weeks, Jr. rnrth, Theodore G. Smart, Muriel Thomas Squire, Richard P. tau11ton, Barbara Fife Steams, Harry Tarr, F. Clement Taylor, Freel Muriel Carrell Philson .. Turner, Lura Norcross Turner, Caroline Heald Wallace, Elizabeth dden Wassell, Faith D. Waterman, Robert M. Waugh, Marion 1939 Lester T. Jolovitz 44 38 prowl Wil liamson C. Bertrand Rossignol Kenneth G. Stanley 1 928 164 Members 71 Contributors 43% Virginia Kingsley Jones Contributor : Ralph H. Ayer, Nelson W. Bailey, Ava Dodge Elizabeth Solie Howard �arton, Louise Bauer, George P. Bernhardt, Ro e Black, Everett 0. F :hamplin, Helen Merrick Chandler, Robert C. Chandler, Donald '. Cobb, Cornelia Adair Cole, C. Stanley Corey, Esther Parker Cros 1944 A. Warren McDougal 43 37 nan, A. A. D'Amico, Amy D. Dearborn, ellie M. Dearborn, F.. Helen Watson Boldi �iclzard Drummond, Margaret Davis Farnham, Edmond P. Fiedler, Barbara White Haddad �ecil E. Foote, Louis P. Fourcade, Lela H. Glidden, Clarence Wil u iam Gould, Helen Wyman Gould, Douglas C. Grearson, Elwood f. -fammond, In memory of Theodore E. Hardy, Augustus 1. Hodg 'ins, Domthy Daggett Johnston, Martin M. Keats, Walter F. Knof Hersey Tuttle, Frank J. Twaddle, Bertil A. Uppvall, folm E. Walker, kie, Arthur B. Levine Arthur W. Littlefield, W. Robert Lombard, Jean M. Watson, Beatrice Miller Young . Lewis Lovett, Nathan R. Lufkin, P. Kenton MacCubrey, Albert -:. MacDougal, Claire Richardson MacDougal, Clyde L. Man n, 163 Members 50 Contributors N 1930 31% 7.velyn Ventres ,\fariner, In memory of H. Mason, Harriet Towle Contributors: Phil Allen, Pauline Bakeman, Forrest M. Batson, cCroary, James T. McCroary, Ruth M. McEvoy, Vance L. Mc Philip S. Either, Helen Baker Bosworth, Beth Beckett Bousfield, aughton, Laurice Edes Merriman, Donald H. Millett, Charle P. Robert P. Brnwn, Evelyn Maxwell Bubar, Barbara Taylor Cahill, \lei on, In memory of Elizabeth Gross Nelson, John S. Parker, Edvia V. Campbell, Lindon E. Christie, Helen Paul Clement, Lucy :...awrence A. Peakes, Margery Pierce, Viola M. Philbrook, M. Myra Parker Clements, Aaron Cook, W. Thornton Cowing, James E. D )tone Pruitt, Edna Cohen Rapaport, In memory of John Ricci, Roland Davidson, William B. Downey, Dexter E. Elsemore, Lucile Whit \If. Robichaud, Cecil H. Rose, Daniel J. Shanahan, Roy V. Shorey, comb Elsemore, John Florena, Frank Giuffra, Ralph L. Goddard, lberta VanHorn Shute, Sydney P. Snow A. Frank Stiegler, /r., Karl R. Hines, Pauline Morin Howlett, Ralph B. Hurlburt, Lewis luth Hutchins Stinchfield, Mary Thayer, Albert J. Thiel, Grace W. Jackins, Gerald A. fohnson, Gordon N. Johnson, Isa Putnam \.iorrison Thompson, Charles E. Towne, Edna E. Turki11gto11, Mil Johnson, Evelyn Rollins Knapp, Miriam Sanders Marcho, Edgar B. Jred Tupper VanWart, Ella L. Vinal, Susie Stevens Watson, George McKay, Mary Rollins Millett, Albert C. Palmer, Norman D. Pal mer, :::. West, Clair Wood Helen Chase Pardey, Deane R. Quinton, Thomas A. Record, Edwin Robbins, Bernard C. Shaw, Margaret Hale Shaw, William H. Stin 183 Members 73 Contributors R 40% ndor Roberts, Florence Ventres Sherburne, In memory of Marjorie Dear Reardon, Donald H. Rhoades, Clyde W. Skillin, Geraldine Colbath born Small, Clayton F. Smith, George F. Sprague, George H. Sterns, Taylor, William M. Terry, Bertha Lewis Timson, Louise Smitli Marion White T'111rlow, Doris Spencer Wallis, John H. J. Wisnoski Velten, Raoul H. Violette, Robert K. Walker, Arthur T. Wa e.rman, Howard E. Watson, Rt11h Weston, Otis W. Wlzccler, Ethel Bragg 1932 148 Members 43 Contributors 29% Williams, R. Leon Williams, William M. Wilson Contributors: Albert E. Acierno, Douglas B. Allan, Melvin E. Members Contributors Anderson, Jane C. Belcher, Marjorie Van Horn Bernier, fames Blok, 1934 137 36 26% William H. Caddoo, Stanley L. Clement, A. John DeMiceli, Ha1·11cy Contributors: Abner G. Bevin, In memory of Eleanor Bridges. B. E11a11s, James E. Fell, Dorcas Paul Frost, Estelle Taylor Goodwin, Louise Williams Brown, William T. Bryant, Mary L. Buss, William J. Thompson D. Grant, Nissie Grossman, Louise Dyer Hall, Richard D. Chapman, Adelaide Jordan Cleaves, Greta Murray Connors, Rowena Hall, Ill, Martha Hamilton Haskell, Martha Johnston Hayward, Loane Cooper, Edward W. C1·agi11, Lois B. Crowell, Ruth Stubbs Talbert B. Hughes, Jr., E11elyn Platt folmson, Bernard M. Johnstone, Estes, Samson Fisher, Curtis M. Ha11ey, folw P. Holden, E. William Frederick R. Knox, Glen B. Lawrence, Harold F. Lemoine, Alex Hucke, Robert M. MacGregor, Margaret Salmond Matlieson, William Lindholm, G. Alden Macdonald, Samuel H. Marder Dolores Dig H. Millett, Peter Mills, Barbara White Morse, Franklin Nortmh, nam Morgan, Maurice E. Pearson, Norman C. Perkins, Gladys True Frances M. Palmer, Harriet Pease Patrick, Preston W. Pennell, Mar)' Phelps, Tina Thompson Poulin, Henry W. Rollins, Viola Rowe El len Hodgdon Prescott, Ruth Handley Price, George T. Pugsley, Rollins, Marion Richardson Snow, Morten Sorensen, Jean Well ington George C. Putnam, Kenneth W. Raymond, Portia Pe11dleto11 Rideout, Terry, Philip C. Thibodeau, Clinton F. Thurlow, Phyllis Hamlin John H. Sawyer, Frederick A. Schreiber, Arthur W. Stetson, Jr., Wade, Genevieve Garran Waterhouse, Phyllis C. Weston Mildred Keogh Tinker, Doris Donnell Vickery, Elizabeth H. Wee.ks 1933 162 Members 46 Contributors 28% 1935 149 Members 32 Contributors ' 21% Contributors: Elizabeth Swanton Allan, Ruth Atchley, Edith Hos Contributors: Carroll W. Abbott. George H. Anderson, Leo Bar kin Bolster, Vernon L. Bolster, Leon A. Bradbury, Herbert K. ron, /. Warren Bishop, Donald M. Either, Hope Bunker, Rutli Bryan, Carleton D. Brown , David S. Carr, Frances Perkins Car)", Tlzome Clzaplin, Beth Pendleton Clark, Mom·s Cohen, El len G. Dig Evelyn Brackley Chadbourne, Harold F. Chase, John P. Davan, nam, Albion L. Farnham, Melvin 0. Flood, Ray Gardner, Edward Marguerite deRocl1emont, Emery S. Dunfee, Carl F. Foste.r, Nancy /. Gumey, fr., �o F. Haggerty, Wilma Stanley Hill, John W. Hunt, Nivison Hamilton, Marion Clark Harmon, Bertrand W. Hayward, Margaret fordan, Reba E. Jose, Milto P. Kleinholz, ·Maurice K1·inskJ, Carola Loos Hinke, C. Lloyd Hooker, orma Fuller Hurst, Isabelle Floyd F. Ludwig, Virginia Moore, Clarence A. Morrill, Betrina Well Miller Hutchinson, Dana A. Jordan, Raymond 0. Knauff, Myron J. ington Piper, Ricl1ard S. Sawyer, Virginia Swallow Seepe, Gordon Levine, Howard I. Libby, Jr., Marian Archer MacDonald, Reginald P. Thompson, Barbara Howard Williams, Ralph S. Williams, Ruth o·Halloran, James E. Poulin . Vesta Alden P11tnam, Lillian Sliapim Wheeler Wood, Llewellyn F. Wortman A 158 Member 45 Contributors 28% A. Daly, i\llildred Van Valkenburg Demartini, l orris E. Dibble, Bar ....ont ributors: Kathryn a well . bbott, Edna F. Bailey, Arth ur bara Partridge Dyer, Jame J. Foster, J. Jo eph Freme, Diana Wiesen Bartel 2nd, Katherine Rollins Brown, Robert 0. Brown, George thal Friedman, Catharine Pugh Fus ell, Hoover R. Coffin, Audrey 'ranton, George H. Crnsby, Herbert W. DeVeber, Saxon LurYey Ma sell Greenwald, Stanley Gruber, Abdo Hassan, Helen Bradshaw \ olfe /olm P. Dolan, Edmund N. Ervin, Raymond W. Farn Hender on, William H. Hughes, Geraldine Stefko /ones, Hiram P. L n, Edythe ii erm:rn Field, Ruth Fuller Frost, Milton M. Gilson, Macintosh, Ada Vinecour Mandel l, Prudence Piper Mm·riner, Warren zabeth Th mp on Good peed, Agnes Carlyle Hadden, Alice Boc H. MiJls, Virginia B. Mosher, John E. Ormi ton, Linwood C. Potter, ef_ Hartwell, Floyd M. Ha kell, Harold W. Hickey, Jeanne Peyrot Ruth Scribner Rich, Maurice Rimpo, Robert C. Ryan, Virginia Ryan, >lfman, Robert E. Jenkins, Harold W. Kimball, Jr., Eleanor Man- Loui Salhanick, Willetta McGrath Snow, Alison Pike lade Wen LeMai tre Nancy D. Libby, Helen Curti Lothrop, Ruth Millett dell T. Starr, Stephen S. Sternberg, Herbert D. Sterns, George J. . u iker, Ohver C. Mellen, Robert B. Merrill, Elizabeth Miller, Leon Stumpp, Mary Robinson Taylor, Shirley Parton Thrope, Edwin A. Palmer, Albert 0. Piper, Edv..·ard L. Poland, John F. Reynolds, Tooli , B. tephen Topaljan, /oanna MacM11rt1·y Workman 1rothy Gould Rhoades, James L. Ro s, Roberta Ryan Ryan, Phyllis rroll andquist Emma-Mary Small Schlo berg, Robert W. Sparkes, 1942 214 Members 45 Contributors 21% ithony C. Stone, Howard 0. Sweet, Tere a Henderson Whitmarsh, Contributors: Mary Anacki, Dorris Heaney Batt, Ruth Thomas M �anor MacCarey Whitmore nonymous, Charles R. Geer Brown, Robinson D. Burbank, Clifford F. Came, Tr., Eleanor Fur bush Chase, Muriel Howe Delano, Richard R. Dyer, Jane Soule 138 Members 32 Contributors 37 23% Engert, Dorothy Smith Fernald, Olive Monell Gilford, Elizabeth Contributor : f oel Allen, Wilfred T. Combe/lack, Sara /. Cowan, Coles Harris, Laurie L. Harris, Jr., Eero R. Helin, Barbara R. Hol · ugaret Libbey Darlow, Pauline Walker Deans, William D. Deans, den, Mary E. Jones, Ruth Crowell Knight, Arthur B. Lincoln Jr., N 1rcella Duoba, Edith E. Emery, Hildreth Wheeler Finn, Morton Charles A. Lord, John L. Lowell, Jean Cannell MacRae, Weston . Goldfine, Roland I. Gammon, Dorothy W. Goodwin, Ba1·bara MacRae, Lena E. Marsh, Eleanor Cornish Martin, Helen Henry azee Haynes, Eleanor Ross Howard, Harold Hurwitz, Kermit S. Merritt, Albert Newell, Linwood E. Palmer, Jr., George A. Parker, 1Fleur, Romeo L. Lemieux, Willard D. Libby, Ruth Walden Jr., Muriel Carrell Philson, J. Franklin Pineo, Jr. Joseph Richard 1dwig, Esther L. Marshall, Ruth Yeaton McKee, Paul K. Palmer, Rancourt, Robert S. Rice, Priscilla George Ross, Ru th Wolfe Schrei I 1cille K. Pinette, Lewis E. Rush, Elizabeth Wilkinson Ryan, Wayne ner, Esther Goldfield Shafer, Cynthia M. Smith Betty Anne Royal anders, /anet Goodridge Sawyer, Hazel Wepfer Thayer, Mary Spiegel, Marion B. Thomas, William E. Tucker, Lewis E. Weeks, Jr., ven Ulich, tanley J. Washuk, Whitney Wright, Gordon S. Young Theodora Wright Weston, Betsey Libbey William , Charles J. Wil liams, Marie Merrill Wysor, Philip B. Wysor 180 Members 42 Contributors 23% 165 Members 35 Contributors Contributor : Jo eph G. Anta o, Robert N. An thony, Alfred W. 1943 21% :erbaum, Kenneth R. Bickford, Sidney Black, L. Russell Blanchard, Contributors: Hubert S. Beckwith, Jean ielsen Braddock, Thomas �cil M. Daggett, Jr., Joseph D. Dobbins, Richard W. Dow, Marion R. Braddock, Eleanor Smart Braunmuller, Elizabeth Tobey Choate, Dugdale, Lawrence W. Dwyer, Mary Herd Emery, Frederick C. Kathleen Monaghan Corey, In memory of Harold A. Costley, Olivia 11ery, Janet Lowell Farley Ernest M. Frost, /osephine Bodurtha Elam Davi , Robert C. Dennison, Priscilla Moldenke Drake, Anne F 'lg11on, Edward H. Gleason, Alice Dignam Grady W. Linwood Dunmore, Natalie Cousins Dyer, Patricia Ford El ljs, Thomas W. ay11es, Harry K. Ho/Lis, Eliot S. Irving, Helen Foster Jenison, Ed Farnsworth, /1·., A. Thomas Ferris, Jan Hud on Hinman, Charlotte in M. Leach, Lawrence C. Lightner, Edward W. Lombard, Charles Arey Hoppe, Calvin K. Hubbard, Ronald D. Lupton, James R. Mc . Macgregor, Paul B. Merrick, Jean Cobb Murrill, Elizabeth Oliver, carroll Iicah Shapiro Mel lion, Barbara Philbrick Mertz, Frank T • U 1 ·anci C. Pre cott Frank A. Record, Walter B. Rideout, Charles H. .Hise/is, Ruth Graves Montgomery, /ames W. Mo1iarty, Leonard L. tmpo Carleton N. Savage, Helen Wade Sawdon, T. Marble Thayer, 0 ier, Geraldine Fennessy Parker, George A. Popper, Sidney J. izabeth McLeod Thomp on, Sigrid E. Tompkins, Maynard C. Rauch, Geraldine Farnham Reed, Ronald M. Reed, J. Kenneth Shep 'altz, Robert . Winslow, Louise Weeks Wright, Leroy N. Youn" ard, Lyndon A. Small, Hilda Niehoff Tme, Ruby Lott Tucker, Donald C. Whitten 39 164 Members 44 Contributors 27% Contributors: Freda K. Abel, Ruth Pike Berry, Robert S. Borovoy, 187 Members 43 Contributors N 1944 23% eon T. Braudy, Eleanor Bavis Broughton, Leland C. Burrill, Robert Contributor : Madeleine Turner rnol I I don t remember Don the street - ald s but it must have ' pleased the crowd judging PHI CHI A babe was born at Bow- doin, boys, by the cheers. Curtis' , speech was short and right A babe was born at Bowdoin, boys, way back in '64. Way back in sixty-four. to the point. She thundered for admission at many a freshman's She thundered for admission ' I knew you would win, ' door; On every freshman door. he said simply. But, thanks to God and (class numerals inse1·ted here), But thanks to luck and 1907-08-09- and up (How Cheers, cheers and more she lives foreve1· more, I cheers and a long drawn out For Phi Chi is in her ancient glory. each class would try to � roll of the drum. shout the other classe5 But Curtis hadn't finished. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah for old Phi Chi; down !) Hurrah! Hurrah! And may j·he never die. She'll thunder there no more. ' Because I prayed you ; would win, " he told them. While luck is pluck and Prexy's stuck Phi Chi is in her ancient There was silence for the And the profs are high and dry, glory. We will follow her to glory. briefest possible moment and She most certain}y was! then the cheers really rang If only we could have held out. "Hip, hip, hooray ! There are windows in the college, boys, there's water in the well, onto her! Hip, hip, hooray! " and, Time marches on, of The freshman will discover if he tries to cut a swell. "Spell "it the long way, course, and today, I assume Cold water for his diet till existence is a hell; fellows! " there would be too many For Phi Chi is in her ancient glory. (Chorus) ] "H A T C H professors for the students to HATCH ... HATCH call on, and if they did a I Bring out the grinning skeleton and ope the coffin lid, ...HAT CH! HATCH! snake dance through the And put the freshman in it till his infant form is hid, HATCH! " streets of Waterville, it For he must learn that he must do precisely as he's bid, It was just the way they might tie up traffic for a For Phi Chi i.f in her ancient glory. (Chorus) cheered Jack Coombs aJ1J, longer time than the authori- oh, how proud we were of ties would be pleased about. Curtis! our father! the Such a shame ! But as for football team! and the whole college ! so fleeting. Just as swiftly as the stu me, I shall always be so glad I lived All too soon it was over. It had dents had run up on the lawn, just in the days when old Phi Chi was in been such a wonderful moment ! But so swiftly did they run off it and down her ancient glory. ! THE PRESIDENT'S PAGE (Continued) is at the back of the church and looked We followed him down the stairs i eanwhile Dr. Schweitzer down on the pews, imagining how and at the door of the church I must M confess I could not resist taking a had gone out to talk with a visitor. they would appear filled with the men } movie of him with a camera some of When he returned he invited us to on one side and the women on the : other according to the old Alsatian cus my good Colby friends had thought [r come with him to the simple little fully sent for use on the trip. So we tom. It was pleasant also to reflect on ti parish church where his father was for have not only our memories but a few so many years pastor and where he has the fact that the church serves for both �· feet of movie film which will be gladly I now installed the remarkable organ he Protestants and Catholics in this small exhibited to any Colby people who are �i uses for most of his practice and on village. With its stove and stove-pipe interested. Last June at the baccalaure ti which he has made his recordings. We crossing the ceiling, the Bible verses on ate service I remarked to our graduat 1:1 picked up a few added guests as we the walls, and the narrow windows it ing seniors that I thought the world is went along including an organist, a had a cosy and intimate feeling. Dr. now in the mood to listen to a person physician, and a photographer, all from Schweitzer sat down on the organ with such an outstanding reputation America, and a father and son who bench and beckoned me to a place be for spiritual accomplishment as Dr. from have been side him. "Bach, aus seiner Jugend Schweitzer's. I am glad that our Colby I· their dialect must Swiss or Alsatian - the son an eighteen heit, " he said, and started with one of community can read his book this year year old musician and blind. When in the early Bach preludes. Then he and I hope that our alumni and friends reply to the father's question Dr. played several variations of that won will share this experience and read the Schweitzer invited them to come and derful chorale " 0 Haupt voll Blut und book for themselves. It is hard to listen the son's face lighted up as if his W unden " which we sing to the hymn think of a better focal point for our thought. As Professor Whitehead II whole life had been lived for this "0 Sacred Head now Wounded." moment. Then came two more Bach pieces, and once observed, the chief aim of educa We followed the Doctor up the nar one by Mendelssohn. Finally one by tion is to win the habitual vision of row steep stairs to the organ loft which Widor brought the recital to a close. greatness. i s. 21 • • • a What size alumni fund would place Colby on a stable financial basis? • college IT 1s IMPO SIBLE to give a categorical answer since one • cannot forecast future costs with any assured degree of accuracy. It is reasonable to assume that if the college • • continues to expand its physical plant; if its faculty con tinues to grow, both in numbers and quality · and if the • IS inflationary trend continues, college costs will rise. At the presefa time, even though great strides have been made • in faculty and staff salaries, the college must do much more. It is hoped that before too long the alumni fund can be counted on for approximately $100 000 a year. • big What is the extent of the growth of alumni giving over • the last ten years? • IT is IMPOSSIBLE to give accurate figures of total alumni business giving since gifts, other than those for the alumni fund. • are not recorded separately from gifts of friends of the college. Alumni giving, however, has been generous and • has greatly increased over the last decade. For example: alumni contributions for fraternity house construction now • total in excess of $500,000. The alumni fund in 1944 was $29 368 and in I 954 was $70 028. Are there any "chairs " at Colby? Is the Roberts Pro fessorship of Engl' h a " hair "? How much is needed !: . ,; to endow such a cha11· ? ALTHOUGH THE COLLEGE would very much like to have several more endowed professorships at the present time it has only one, the Herbert Wadsworth Professorship in Business Administration. The department of business administration has an endowment of $166,000. The Rob EVERAL ALUMNI contributed questions for this article, erts Professorship is not endowed. The endowment theS first of two on Colby's financial and development needed for a " chair " would range from $150 000 to program. Answers have been provided by college officers ' $200 000. A. Galen Eustis, 23, vice president, Edward Turner, directoi· of development, and Arthur Seepe, treasurer. How much money must be provided to complete the seriously needed facilities outlined in the Mayflower Hill plan? Considering its present endowment and other current ALTHOUGH there might be honest differences of opinion sources of income, can Colby reasonably expect to make as to the priority of needed additional facilities, and as to both ends meet over the long run? the relative seriousness of the need, the Development Committee has arrived at the following: IT WOULD be fair to say that with its present endowment and other sources of income at the current level, Colby Estimated could not expect to do the kind of educational job it de Facility Cost sires to do and operate in the black over an extended Social Science Building (provides classrooms period. For a considerable number of years, the college faculty offices, Little Theatre ) $800,000 has been faced by a continually rising cost of operation. Music and An Building 500,000 This has been caused by: the inflationary period we have Administration Building 350,000 been in, which, in turn, has caused expenditures for sal Cooperative Girls' Dormitory 200,000 aries and other expenses heavily to increase; added facili Recreational Facilities 135,000 ties which must be staffed and maintained · and the Landscaping (including campus lighting) 90,000 greatly expanded and improved educational offerings of For investment in buildings already constructed 625,000 the college. It seems clear that costs will continue to rise. This is In considering the above figure. one must keep in mind one of the primary reasons why the college has its alumni the tremendous growth in construction costs. A study fund and is engaged in a development program. The prepared by a well-known construction firm illustrates objective is to provide not only the additional physical what this rise means in dollars. A college building costing facilities needed but sufficient endowment to meet the costs $615,000 in I 929-30, if built in 1950, would. have cost of the future. $1,585,000; if built in 1954, $1,870,000. 22 COLBY ALUMNUS value of the endowment fund totaled $3,067,763, whereas on July 1, 1954 this had been increased through gifts and realized gains to $5,091,528 (market value $5,429,845). The average rate of return earned for the past fifteen years has been 4.96 percent, with 5.11 percent being earned during the last fiscal year. The fund now shows a net realized gain of $1,090,000 and unrealized gains in excess of $500,000. With the inflationary situation existing in recent years bringing about a constantly decreasing value of the dollar, and with high grade bonds selling on a very low yield basis, the college has substantially increased its commitments in common stocks. On November 1, 1954, 50.7 percent of the portfolio was in common stocks and 8.6 percent in preferred stock. In the common stock section of the portfolio, 38.7 percent was in utilities, 18.6 percent in communications, 14.7 percent in oils, 6.3 per cent in paper and paper products. ls the problem of higher salaries a pressing one? How does Colby's faculty scale compare with that of other New England colleges? THE PROBLEM of faculty salaries, as well as that of all other salaries, is very pressing for most privately endowed colleges. Colby has made substantial progress in increas _ing its faculty salaries in recent years. The decreased value of the dollar, coupled with the growing discrepancy ARTHUR EEPE, CALE E STIS, EDWARD TUR ER with industrial salaries, makes it essential that every effort be made further to increase salaries. There are certain How does Colby's endowment compare with that of compensating advantages possessed by faculty members, other New England colleges? but there should not be as wide a differential as exists at Market Value 6/]0/54 the present time. Dartmouth $38, 105,632 The current Colby faculty salary scale, and the scale to Amherst 27 853 270 be effective with the year 1955-56, are shown below: Williams 21,437,416 Current 1955-56 Brown 17, 129,678 Professors $5,500-$10,000 $6,000-$10r000 Smith 15,868,665 Associate Professors 4,000- 6,000 4,500- 6,000 Bowdoin 15,146,315 Assistant Professors 3,500- 5,000 4,000- 5,000 Tufts 13 239,185 Instructors 3,000- 4,500 4,500 Radcliffe 10,451 304 Salary changes are made on an individual basis rather Mount Holyoke 9,71 1,474 than on the basis of annual increases of stated amounts. Middlebury 8,028 081 The scale is followed in all cases, other than those of cer Colby 5,429,845 tain administrative officials who have academic rank, and from time to time in cases of members of the athletic staff. THE INVESTME T of the endowment funds of the college Colby's faculty salaries compare satisfactorily with small is entrusted to a committee of the board of trustees which liberal arts colleges from a country-wide viewpoint, but is responsible to the board. At the present time the Invest are lower than those of certain New England colleges with ment Committee is composed of Ellerton M. Jette, presi which we wish to be compared. E. Richard Drum dent of C. F. Hathaway Company, What are the provisions for faculty retirement? mond, '28, of the firm of Pierce, White and Drummond CE 1950 in Bangor, and Reginald H.Sturtevant, '21, president of S1 colleges have been eligible to participate the Livermore Falls Trust Company. The college em under the Social Security Law. Under the present law, ploys as investment counsellor, A. B. Cornell of Boston. most academic staff members will qualify for maximum The committee meets regularly each month. In addition benefits. to the aforementioned, the meetings are attended by the For many years Colby has participated in the TIAA president, vice-president, assistant to the president, and (Teachers' Insurance and Annuity Association) retirement treasurer. program. Under this plan each faculty member must con As custodians of what amounts to trust funds, the com tribute five percent of his salary and the college an equal mittee follows the so-called " prudent man rule " in deter amount. For the early years of this plan, the college sup mining its investment policy. Basically, the primary plemented the amount received on retirement. It is hoped objective is the preservation of principal, both in dollars that this plan, plus Social Security, will enable the average and purchasing power. The second objective has to be faculty member to retire at an income of one-half of his certainty of rate of income. On July 1, 1944 the book average salary during the last five years of employment. Issue of JANVARY 1955 23 Joseph Coburn Smith Doris Hardy H aweeli Robert E. Wilkins Robert E. Wilkins '20 and Mrs. 1894, and the n�phew of Louise Co ager of the group insurance depart Doris Hardy Haweeli '25 were nomi burn, 1877. His grandfather, Stephen ment. Since 1946 he has been manager nated as alumni trustees and Joseph Coburn, graduated in 1839. of The Robert E. Wilkins Agency for Coburn Smith '24 nominated as a new the State of Connecticut. alumni trustee at the fall meeting of ORIS HARDY HAwEELl was gradu- the Alumni Council October 25. D ated Phi Beta Kappa from Colby. In 1942 he entered the Naval Service From that time until 1952 she was a as Air Combat Intelligence Officer, OSEPH CoBURN SMITH was graduated teacher of foreign languages at Coburn participating in the Solomon Islands J from Colby Phi Beta Kappa. He Classical Institute. She has served as campaign, in carrier raids on Tokyo obtained his master's degree in eco secretary and president of the Water and in the Jwo Jima and Okinawa nomics at Harvard University in 1926. ville Alumnae Association and as a campaigns. Lt. Commander Wilkins was awarded the Naval Commendation Since 1948 he has been connected member of the Alumnae Council. Ribbon from Admiral Nimitz for with Marts & Lundy of New York She was a member-at-large of the distinguished performance in the Solo City as a director of publicity. During Alumni Council from 1945 to 1951, mons, and the Bronze star for that time he has participated in fund and vice-chairman from 1948-1950. outstanding service aboard the USS raising campaigns for about 75 col She was elected alumni trustee in 1952. Randolph. He was awarded the Char leges, churches, hospitals and other in In 1952 she was married to Edward tered Life Underwriters designation by stitutions. He is a member of the M. Haweeli. They live in Worcester, the American College of Life Under board of directors of Marts & Lundy. where Professor Haweeli teaches in Worcester Junior College. She is the writers in 1934, has been vice-president From 1930 to 1948 he was director daughter of the late Theodore E. and president of the Hartford Chapter of publicity at Colby College, and from Hardy, 1895 . of Chartered Life Underwriters, presi . 1934 to 1948 was editor of the Alum dent of the Hartford Association of nus. He has been director of the State E. W1LK1Ns, the son of General Agents and Managers presi YMCA of Maine, the Waterville OBERT George E. Wilkins, 1887, entered dent of the Connecticut Association of YMCA, the Maine Sea Coast Mission, R the insurance field immediately on Life Underwriters, regional director and the Christian Civic League of graduation from Colby, first with the and vice-president of the American Maine. He has been a trustee of group insurance department of the Society of Chartered Life Underwriters Coburn Classical Institute, now the Travelers Insurance Company. In and is currently president of the Hart Coburn School, since 1930, and from 1929 he went with the Prudential In ford Sales Executives Club. He has 1932 to 1948 served as its treasurer. surance Company of America as man- served the college as agent for 1920, as He is a member of the American Col alumnus representative on admissions lege Public Relations Association, and According to the revised constitution from northern New Jersey, and as a was chairman of the New England of the Alumni Association other alumni member of the Alumni Council. From District in 1934 and again in 1948. may be nominated for trustee by sub mitting a petition signed by 25 alumni 1946 to 1948 he was chairman of · the a d tiled with the Executive Secretary '! . In 1925 he married Ervena Goodale, within three months after publication of Alumni Fund, and chairman of the '24. Their son, George, graduated this issue of the Alumnus. Council from 1948-1950. Since July 1, If there are no nominations by petition from Colby in 1949. the candidates nominated by the Councii 1952 he has been on the board of trus will be elected by the Council at its · Mr. Smith is the son of George Otis Commencement meeting. tees. His son, Robert Jr., graduated Smith, 1893, and Grace Coburn Smith, from Colby in 1951. 24 COLBY ALUMNUS SPO�TS HE FI FTH consecutive state series T basketball title was wrapped up by Colby January 15 with a 79-53 con quest of Bates. Coach Lee Williams crew has a 6-0 record against State of Maine opposition. Even conceding the unlikely disaster of losing all three re maining games with Bates, Bowdoin, and Maine, the Mules would still tie for the crown. This year's basketball edition is a strange mixture of wildness and de STILL CHAMPS - Coach Lee Williams and his crew have notched their fifth con pendability. On the Mayflower Hill secutive Maine title. Left to 1·ight: Bob Bruns, Dave Van Allen, Williams, court the Mules have been unbeatable. Justin Cross, Lou Zambello, Bob Raymond and Dino Sirakides. Away from home they have given many rabid supporters sufficient cause for heart failure. At Bowdoin,Captain Williams has a veteran bunch of jun ND1vmuAL performances by Don Lou Zambello and his cohorts squeaked iors in Bob Raymond,6'5, Dave Van I Lake, Johnny Jacobs, and Neil by 64-63. A return match in Water Allen, 6'5, Don Rice, 5'11, Justin Stinneford and the team performance ville saw Colby on top 91-66. It was Cross, 6'6, Bob Bruns, 6'2, and Don against Bowdoin were the highlights the highest score Colby has ever run Dunbar,5' 11. Among the more often of a football season that had elements up against Bowdoin on the court. used sophomores are Charlie Twigg, of excitement and disappointment. Bates was a similar story. At Lewis 6'1, and Bob Lombard, 6'2. Captain After the sparkling 20-13 win over ton Colby was forced to overcome a Zambello, a senior, is the only member the Polar Bears, Colby was jolted by 21-30 half-time deficit before winning of the squad who will be graduating Maine (33-6) and Bates (28- 13). The 64-57. A month later at the Mule field this June. turning point of the Bates contest came house the Bobcats were completely The freshmen, coached by John early in the second period when Lake smothered 79-53. Winkin, are providing an equally was put out of action with a broken A 76-59 lashing of Maine in Water bright picture. Undefeated as this hand. Sophomore Dick Merriman, ville December 10 gave Colby a pre issue goes to press,the young Mules Bangor,took over and did some fine game favorite tag when Williams took have found it comparatively easy going work both as a fieldgeneral and passer, the team to Orono January 10. The against South Portland, Maine Mari but the loss of Lake,one of the clever evening ended in an overtime 74-73 time, Edward Little, Nasson College, est and most dependable aerial artists win, earned only by sensationalism. Westbrook, Higgins Classical,and the in Colby's gridiron history,was a heavy Colby has had too many "close " Portland YMCA. The biggest test,in blow. A hard-charging,well-knit Bates ones,but to the team's great credit it fact, came from the " Y " who had two club rolled up a 28-0 advantage before has won them all. Here's a run-down ex-Colby aces in the line-up: Frank permitting its goal line to be dented. of such matches: 68-67 over St. Piacentini, '53, who tucked in 29 Looking ahead to next year,several Michaels; 78-75 over Brandeis; 81-79 points against the frosh and Russ key men will be absent : Jacobs (end); over Massachusetts. The only loss in Washburn, '50, who collected 18. Ralph Cuccuro and Arthur Marchand regular season play has been an 83-63 The starting quintet for the fresh (tackles); Co-Captain John Dutton bout with Seton Hall. Vermont and men is filled with talent: Larry Cud and George Dinnerman (guards); Co Springfield were both victims of the more, 6'3, former All New England Captain Lake and Dick Bartlett Colbv machine. scholastic shooter from Brockton, (backs). O�ly the New England Intercollegi Mass.; Johnny Edes,6'3 , a pillar for the Merriman (son of Earl Merriman, ate tournament during Christmas vaca '54 Maine champions and New Eng '25, and Laurice Edes Merriman, '28) tion has given cause for discourage land runner-ups, Ellsworth High; should prove a capable replacement for ment. For some reason, still to be de Joseph ' Chick " Marchetti, 6' 1, ex Lake. He is heavy, fast, and full of termined by historians, the Mules fell Morse High (Bath) co-captain; Dick savvy. Stinneford will return after a apart in this one. Brown ( 64-57) and Campbell,6'5, former member of Deer great sophomore year in which he was Harvard (70-61) both ruled before field Academy's quintet; and George chosen on both the Bangor Daily News Zambello led the club to another eye Denneen, 6'3, masterful playmaker and the Portland Sunday Telegram All lash triumph over Massachusetts, 65-64. from North Quincy,Massachusetts. Maine teams. Lake and Jacobs also Issue of JANUARY 1955 25 received these honors and, in addition, were given mention on various Little All American and All New England Keeping m Touch selections. Stinneford carried 87 times for 356 yards and scored six touchdowns. Mr. and Mrs. Erne5t Foster Jacobs had a phenomenal record, re '92 ceiving 37 passes for 552 yards and Osgood observed their 50th seven T.D.'s. Lake connected on 53 wedding anniversary, Sept. 28. More passes for 856 yards, a 552% and six than 30 friends in their hom community of Berlin, . H. paid tribute. Mr. Os touchdowns. His total offense, includ good went to Berlin in 1893 and over ing 220 yards rushing, went over the the years has earned the reputation of thousand mark, 1076. being an outstanding photographer. Coach Frank Maze feels the fresh man squad will provide him with good 9 Congratulations to Herbert E. depth. Many individuals on the '58 ' 6 Foster and his wife who ceie outfit have varsity potentialities such as brated their 55th wedding anniversary, quarterback Don Crowley, Dorchester, October 4. Her man Coffin, ' 16, as sketched for the Mass. (a slick punter), ha! fback Bob sports !'age of the Portland Evening Ex Bates, Riverside, R. I. (he covers the A golden anniversary was cele- ' press by Bill Clark, '53. 440 in less than fifty seconds), Felix OS brated hy .Mr. and Mrs. Willia.111 Suchecki, Willimaosett, Mass. and R. Cook of South Dartmouth, Mass., Kent Scruton, St. Johnsbury, Vt. New Nov. 30. Mr. Cook, who is 85, is a re names to watch in the line will be Dale tired builder, carpenter, plumber, dairy PRINTING Patchell, Portland, Bill Orne, Marble man, and poultryman. The Cooks have Letteipress - Offset - Book Binding head, Mass., and Bob Cron, Westbury, three children and five grandchildren. N. Y., at guards; and Bob Macdonald, KENNEBEC JOURNAL Maplewood, N. J., a 200 pound tackle. Jack Coombs received an award AUGUSTA, MAINE ' 6 from the Helm's Athletic Foun- Among the varsity holdovers wiJI be 0 elation in impressive half-time ceremonies " MAINE'S LARGEST COMMERCIAL Captain Barkey Boole, Jim Higgins, at the Duke-Army football game. He PRI TTING PLANT " and George Pierce at guards; Fritz has been named to the Helm's Hall of Knight at center; Jerry D'Amico (son Fame. A photograph of the c�remony of A. A. D'Amico, '2 8) at tackle, and was the cover shot for the OAK GROVE a batch of ends, all sophomores now, ovember, 1954 issue of the Duke University Tom Collins, Bill Saladino, Doug Emphasizes Preparation for College and Alumni Register ...It is unhappy new�, Gracious, Purposeful Living in a Program Gates, and Randy Peyton. devoted entirely to Girls. Excellent Depart however, to report that Jack's wife has Colby will play the same opponents ments for the Girl with Talent in Music, An had a serious eye operation. or Dramatics. Joyous Recreational Life with next fall. The State series picture Riding included. Winter Sports featured. ended in '54 with Maine on top, 3-0, The Reverend Isaac Higgin Beautiful New Fireproof Buildings. Bates 2-1, Colby 1-2, and Bowdoin, 0-3. ' 11 botham has been named acting MR. A1'.1D MRS. ROBERT OWEN pastor of the First Calvary Baptist Box C V ASSALl!ORO, MAINE Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts. " AIT 'TILL NEXT YEAR " could be Philip Campbell Telephone 925 Waterville the slogan of the Colby hockey 4 represented W ' Colby at the inauguration of Dr. PURELAC DAIBY PRODUCTS, INC. team which has been having its usual 1 rough time finding suitable ice. The Miller Upton as sixth president of Beloit Specializing in Ice C,-eam Mix (Wis. ) College last October. South End arena makes a good surface QUALITY DAIRY PRODUCTS when the weather's fit and freezing, An error in the October issue PASTEURIZED MILK, CREAM but it's hardly dependable. The arti ' 2 1 reported that Bert Seekins had an Mandel H. Foss, Mgr. ficial rink on Mayflower Hill, to be appliance shop in orwood, Mass. This WATERVILLE MAINE built this summer, will be the solu should have read Farmington, N. H., tion to many woes. where Bert is now livincr the year Led by Captain Dick McKeage, the around. Mules have had a pair of scorchers with TILESTON & HoLLINGSWORTH Co. Bowdoin after a 9- 1 disastrous opener Dr. Philip Woodworth has been with New Hampshire. The Polar '22 appointed professor of economics PAPERMAKERS Bears stopped Colby twice, 7-6 and and business administration at Curry Since 1801 10-7. Charlie Morrissey, junior from College, Milton, Massachusetts. 211 CoNCREss ST. - BosToN 10, MAss. Newton, Mass., turned in the hat trick in both contests. Bernie Laliberte, '52, ' 3 Dr. and Mrs. L. Armand Guite F. CLIVE HALL, '26, Maine Representative has been handling the coaching assign 2 celebrated their 25th weddin� ment. anniversary on Dec. 26. Dr. Guite is a 26 COLBY ALUMNUS . ��1o=CHEER�F-OR=OEAR=1'al=COLB� YOU HG y Donnie, David, Valerie, Carol (Gordon and Geraldine ( S 'tefko, '4 1} Jones, '40 l Kent N ' a n c y, Cr ( Th e aig Cla yt o n 5 m 1t ' hs, 3 1 ) * The John Daggetts, '4 1 Lyford, 'Si l d Flo r e n ce .Oe off rey a n Ba rb ar a The Reid Boys San d r a , Brian , Ca E\izabeth !The Richard Reids, '47 l th y n a\d an d Ro ) Lo v ' l • ' 43 e s , 5 44 ) Re e d 1 } r�oo d I , o friends on Ma flower Hill HOTEL ELMWOOD The FORSTER name has meant quality in the woodenware in dustry for over sixty-seven years producing products made in SOCIAL CENTER FOR COLBY ALUMNI SINCE 1850 Maine - kno_wn and sold the world over. THE FINEST FACILITIES FOR YOUR REUNION DINNERS MFG. CO., INC. Always Home for Colby Parents and Friends �A� '(""" FARMINGTON. MA INE RICHARD L. WEBBER, Mgr. senior staff member at Thayer Hospital 130 William Stinneforcl is manager of libraries to be a technical con ·ultant in and a member of the surgical staff o.f the W. T. Grant store in Niagara the library of the Univer ity of Punjab. Sisters Hospital, both in Waterville. The Falls. He has a daughter, Catherine, in .. Bernard Porter write that he has re Guites have three sons: Armand, Jr., a the freshman class at Colby. tired a a publi her so that he can "de second year student at Tufts medical vote himself to evolving theories on school; Paul, at Notre Dame; and John, 13 G. Donald Smith has been given physics as it relates to architecture, the in junior high. 2 a two year assignment in Lahore, atre, poetry, music and literature." Pakistan as a member of a team of in structors and. researchers being sent to 1 Dana Jordan manages the New 1 Marshall Gurney, retired from 33 5 the University of Punjab under a contract England Telephone Co. in Port 2 the U. S. avy after 28 years' between the State College of Washing land. He joined the firm twenty-one service, largely in the naval air force, ton and the Foreign Operations Adminis years ago and has previou ly served a has been named to head the new Aero tration. He has been granted a leave of company manager at Houlton, Rockland, division of the General Bronze Corpora absence from \i\Tashington as director of Waterville, and Lewiston ...Raymond tion, fabricator of light metals, radio and Knauff has been promoted to treasurer electronic products. Gurney, as a naval of the Federal Trust Company, Water captain, commanded the aircraft carrier ville. Boxer during the Korean hostilities. 133 John McNamara has been ap- pointed a busine s manager in 1 Dr. Samuel R. Feldman has been the American technical cooperation pro 26 inducted as a Fellow of the gram, supervised by the Foreign Opera American College of Surgeons. President tions Administration. He ha been of the Springfield Colby Alumni Associa assigned to Ecuador where he will join. tion, he was graduated from the School other FOA personnel stationed in that of Medicine at Boston University and is country " in helping people solve press a diplomate of the ational Board of ing development problems." Examiners. I Ronald Wallace has been pro 1 appointed 41 9 Gordon Trim has been moted to budget officer at the 2 vice-president of Babson Insti Togus Ho pita], Augusta. tute. . . Dr. Allan Stinchfield has been elected a Fellow of the American Col I 43 Paiazi Querim is an instructor in lege of Surgeons ...Chester Merrow has Spanish at New Hampton School. been chosen for his seventh straight con ..The Reverend Hubert Beckwith has gressional term as U. S. representative been named to organize and establish a from New Hampshire ... Murray Coker Congregational Church in Fairfax, Va. has been promoted vice president of Lucille Pinette, '37, who is on leave from Perley "Bill " Leighton is executive American International Underwriters the Colby faculty, is completing her re director of Junior Achievement of West Corporation and is in charge of its casu quirements for a Ph.D. in mathematics ern Connecticut, Inc. His a.ddress is 238 alty department. at the University of Michigan. Texas Avenue, Bridgeport. 28 COLBY ALUMNUS I 44 Mr . Llo d Merrifield (Priscilla '49 Geotge Smith is a graduate stu- '52 Raymond Grant, Jr. will be as ist- Higgins) i a French teacher at dent at California Institute of ant administrative secretary of Fryeburg Academy ... A. Warren Mc Technology. . . June Stairs Cook is place the conference to be held in Paris next Dougal has been appointed recorder of ment manager for the Peters Employ August in celebration of the lOOth anni the Sanford Municipal Comt ...The ment Service, Boston. She credits her versary of the founding of the W odd' s Reverend I oseph Bubar has been named psychology training at Colby as being Alliance of YMCA. He is a student at �national general secretar of the Chris very helpful. June went to Peters with Yale Divinity School and is serving as - tian Service Brigade with headquarters the intention of finding work with a assistant in the First Methodist Church, in Chicago. Boston company. After talking with her, New Haven, Connecticut. . . Edmund however, the Peters agency were so fav Pecukonis teaches math at Worcester I 45 Maurice Whitten wa the rec1p1- orably impressed with her poise and High School. . . Suzanne W ebsier is ent of the Elizabeth Thompson sympathetic manner they offered her the Young People's Librarian at the New Science Teaching Award from the Amer position she now holds. York Public Library. ican Academy of Arts and Sciences. I eanne Hall, with the Red Cross, is a d Five teachers in New Englan are senior aide in psychiatric social work '53 Mary Pike is completing a year's chosen annually for the honor which is at the U. S. General Hospital, Landstuhl, course at Katharine Gibbs School, given in recognition of " outstanding Germany... Bob and Phyllis (McKiel, New York. .. Barbara Forrest is now teaching in science and mathematics in '48 ) Bedig have bought a home in Mrs. David V. Young. She is living in the econdary schools of New England." Arlington, Mass. They have two daugh Chestnut Hill, Mass. . . Walter Powers ters, Laurel Anne, 2 Yz, and Cynthia is a corporal in the artillery. . . I eanne I ohn White has been accepted as Lucy, 8 months. Strickland and PhylUs Lewis have gradu '46 a candidate for a doctorate de- ated from the Cornell University -New gree in education .at Harvard University. York Hospital School of Nursing. . . Pasquale Rufo manages Rufo's Green I O Donald Wentworth is teaching Carolyn English is secretary for a firm house in Concord, New Hampshire. S English and social studies at of acoustical consultants in Harvard Dolan School, Stamford, Conn. . . Char Square.. . Betty Chilson works for the I 48 Kenneth Wentworth has been mian Herd is director of music in the Shawmut Bank of Boston ... Ginny Fal appointed to the music faculty of Belgrade schools ...The Bud Linquists kenbury is living in Stockton, Cal. . . Sarah Lawrence College. (Doris Koshina, '48 ) are living in River Gretchen Heinritz is enrolled at the New Ruth E. Marriner, an employee of the side, Cal. where Bud is teaching physical York School of Social Work, Columbia Department of State, has been assigned education in the public schools ... John University. to a two-year tour of duty at the Ameri Harriman has been appointed home office Mary Corrigan has received her bache can Embassy in Tehran, Iran. She made representative in the Los Angeles group lor of science in nursing from Cornell the journey to her new post by air, with office of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance University as well as a diploma in nurs stops at Glasgow, Hamburg, Copen Company. ing from New York Hospital. hagen, Geneva, Rome and Damascus. For the information of her friends her I 54 Janice Stevenson is with the pub addres is American Embassy, Tehran, 1 5 1 George Giffin is working for his lic relations department of the APO 205, Care of Postmaster, New master's degree at the University Department of Public Works, Boston... York, N. Y. of Vermont. Diane Stowell has a position in New '!;DEPOSITORS (Fairfield Publishing Co.) Tr ust Company We offer services designed to meet the banking needs PRINTING of people in all walks of life Quagllj 14 OFFICES I CE TRAL MAINE ::bependabigllj Service 19 2 Main Street, Fairfield, Mai ne Telephone 40 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Member Federal Reserve System Keep Maine Printing in Maine Issue of JANUARY 1955 29 York City in an investment broker's David Robinson, Jr., '52, to Ann office... Nancy Moyer is enrolled in the Browning, in St. George's Church, New MORIN special course at the Katharine Gibbs burgh, New York, September 18. School, New York City. Nancy Nelson, '52, to Louis Cedrone, BRICK COMPANY Janice Holland works at t11e Belgian Scarsdale ew York, September 11. American Banking Corp., .Y.C. in the Robert Hartford, '53, to Barbara Furnishers of BRICKS at Credit Information Department. . . Mar cully, in St. Michael's Cathedral, COLBY COLLEGE cia Begum teaches English at Reading Springfield, Massachusetts, September 18. DANVILLE MAINE ( M _ 11. Joa SocrnTY NovELTY MARRIAGES 'icbols, Connecticut, September Gerald Cowperthwaite, '54, to Jacque PRINTING Bessie Tobey, '13, to Franklin Marsh, line Cadarette, in th East Rochester '15, Waterville, October 12. 35 Years Experience Free Bapti t ChUich, East Rochester, Hilda Bradbury, '19, to John foran, Tel. 152 88 Pleasant Street New Hampshire, September 29. Lynn, Massachusetts, 1ovember 5. Eleanor Turner, '54, to Ronald Swan Priscilla Higgins, '44, to Lloyd Merri son, '55, at th First Congregational field, First Universalist Church, Portland, Unitarian Church, W st Bridgewater, EMERY-BROWN CO. Maine, August 14. Massachusett , October 10. Pasquale Rufo, '46, to Katherine Lani Christine Henderson, '54, to Ralph gan, at St. John's Church, Concord, ew \V ATERVILLE's Harper, in the Fir t Baptist Church, Hampshire, September 25. LEADING Medford, 1assach11setts, in October. Olaf Kays, '49, to Lois Little, in the Diane Dunn, '54, to Aniliony Caval Lion Lut11eran Church, North Canton, laro, in ilie West Parish Congregational DEPARTMENT STORE Ohio, November 27. Church, Andover, Massachusetts, Sep Edward Sullivan, '.50, to Patricia tember 12. Whitehill, in the Pratt Memorial Meth odist Church, Rockland, Maine, Septem BIRTHS R. J. PEACOCK her 12. CANNING CO. ]. Willett Montgomery, '50, to Diana A son, Richard Erwin, to l\[r. an 30 COLBY ALUMNUS Born in Portland, where she lived most of her life, Mrs. Jones had moved to California only a few months before her death. She was a school teacher and Compliments of IN served on the Portland School Board for several years. Besides her oldest daughter, Margaret, MEMORIAM who is professor of pediatrics at UCLA, Howard B. Crosby she is survived by her husband, Arthur; another daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Small; a son, Frederick, of Northport, New York; eight grandchildren, and several nieces. Compliments 1894 Linville Wadsworth Robbins, 82, retired superintendent of schools, 1900 John Franklin Moody, Jr., 76, of died at his home in Randolph' Maine' former attorney in Auburn, died June 2 after a long illness. October 26 at the Veterans Hospital in ANGELO E. DIVERS! He was born at Gardiner where he Togus. later taught at the high school. He was Mr. Moody attended Dartmouth 5uperintendent of schools in various through his junior year, but transferred Maine and Massachusetts communities to Colby for his final year and his de and for seventeen years prior to his re gree. He was awarded an LL.B. from WATERVILLE tirement in 1942, he held that position the University of Maine in 1907. in Northfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Rob In the 1920's Mr. Moody was associ FRUIT & PRODUCE CO., INC. bins earned both A.B. and A.M. ( 1897 ) ated with an admiralty law firm in New degrees from Colby. York City and later was in the hotel Sanger Avenue He is survived by his wife, the former business in Washington, D. C. Annie Brown, of Randolph; two daugh He is survived by his widow. WATERVI LLE, MAINE ters, Mrs. Edna I. Robinson and Mrs. Winona Staples, both of New York; a 1900 Mary Sewall Small, 77, died in grandchild, Mrs. Winona Besaw of Min Westbrook, March 31. eral Wells, Texas; two great grandchil Born in Vi/oodfords, Miss Small gradu SAVE WITH dren and several nieces. He was a mem ated from Westbrook High School. She ber of Alpha Tau Omega. taught in the high schools of Baldwin ville, Winchendon and Woburn, Massa w ATERVILLE SAVINGS BANK 1896 Hannah Jewett Powell, 88, died chusetts from 1900-1906 and from 1906- November 16 in Waterville after 1927 in the schools of Westbrook. Waterville, Maine an illness of several months. For the next twelve years, until 1939, Born in Clinton where she attended she was financial secretary of the Hills school prior to graduating from Coburn dale Private School for Girls, Cincinnati, in 1887, Miss Powell spent only a year Ohio. Miss Small was a member of Phi at Colby (1892-1893 ). For a brief Beta Kappa and Sigma Kappa. period she was principal of Clinton High She is survived by a brother, Win BOOTHBY AND BARTLETT School, later teaching in the public throp, of Westbrook, with whom she schools of \Vaterville and New Boston made her home; a brother, Reginald, of GENERAL INSURANCE (New Hampshire ) High School where Edgewood, Rhode Island; and a sister, 185 5he was also principal. Bessie F. Campbell of Portland. Main Street Miss Powell received a degree from \\TATERVILLE MAINE Tufts College Divinity School in 1899. 1911 Edward Everett Roderick, 65, entering the Universalist ministry in that died March 20 at his home in year. She had the distinction of becom Augusta after a long illness. He retired ing the first woman to join the staff of the as senior deputy commissioner of educa Maine Seacoast Mission, 1910-1915. She tion in Maine six years ago. MAINE FREIGHT served as pastor of the Universalist A native of Waterville, he attended Church in Machias four years, before Coburn Classical Institute, Colby (1907- Moves By being commissioned as a missionary to 1908 ), and Oskaloosa (Iowa ) College, the mountain region of North Carolina from which he received an A.B. in 1912 MAINE FREIGHTWAYS bv the Association of Universalist and .an M.A. in 1913. 'vVomen. WATERVILLE - PoRTLAND - BosToN As director of Maine's program for Miss Powell retired from the active teachers, Dr. Roderick supervised conver ministry in 1936. She was extremely sion of institutions in Gorham and Farm interested in the affairs of Sigma Kappa ington from two year normal schools to sorority. George H. Stems,'31 four year teaching colleges. Surviving are several cousins, nieces, Roderick is survived by his wife, the Fred J. Sterns,'29 and nephews, among them Mrs. Edgar former Eurydice B. Houston, who resides J. Brown and Mrs. Seward Carlisle of Herbert D. Sterns, '41 in Augusta; a daughter, Mrs. Norbert Waterville. Noyes, of Pittsfield; a sister, Mrs. Stella STERN S DEPT. STORES 1897 Elmira Nelson Jones, 78, died Gurney, of Boston; and three brothers, WATERVILLE - SKOWHEGAN October 29 in Pacific Palisades, Clarence, Somerville, Massachusetts, California at the home of her daughter, Ernest, St. Petersburg, Florida, and "The Stores of Famous Brands" Dr. Margaret H. Jones. Harold, Columbus, Ohio. Issue of JANUARY 1955 31 1912 Clarke Blance, 68, died at Wal- ter Reed hospital in Washington, D. C., October 9. Mr. Blance was a colonel in the army medical corps and A Matter of Will Power had a long and honored career dating Colby is the stronger today fo1- the supp01·t it has received from alumni back to World War I during which he and friends. Many who have wanted to commit their resources to the served in various army posts in the U. S., Panama, and Manila. He was establishment of infiuences which are everlasting have named Colby Col formerly commanding officer of the 36th lege thei1· beneficiary. General Hospital in Africa and Italy. Born in Prospect Harbor, Colonel BEQUEST of $700 has been received from the estate of Ada Edgecomb Blance prepared for Colby at Coburn Andrews, '96, of F-Iallowell, Maine who died May 6, 1952. Classical Institute. He received an M.D. A Mrs. Andrews stipulated "The amount is to be used as the College from the University of Vermont and prac ticed in Norridgewock prior to entering wishes. This gift is given to reimburse the College for a scholarship the army in 1914. which I received while at Colby." Colonel Blance made his home in Washington. He leaves his widow, the former Ida May Egli; three daughters, Dorothy Margaret, wife of Lieutenant Surviving are his widow, the former Surviving are her failier, William Commander You.man, U.S.N., Frances Marian A. Mouton, Portland; tJuee Ames, of Garland; a sister; and several Clarke, wife of Captain F. J. Harlfinger, daughters, Mrs. Donald P. Ross, Orono, nieces, nephews and cousins. U.S.N., Miss Heidi Blance; and several Mrs. Ralph R. White, Long Island City, grandchildren. New York, and Miss Mary Elizabeth 1947 Prince Harding Thomas, Jr., 28, He was a member of Delta Kappa Sbesong, Portland; five sisters, Mrs. died October 16 in a Portland Epsilon and Delta Mu. George Swasey and Mrs. Earl Thompson, hospital. both of Hanson, Massachu etts, Mrs. Born in Masardis, wber he attended 1913 John Wells, 63, died at his home David Ward, and Mrs. Robert Chap public schools, fr. Thomas was at Colby in Baltimore, Maryland, Septem man, both of Greenville Junction, and only briefly, a a special tudent for five ber 26. He was assistant superintendent Mrs. Landon W. McCormack, Whib:nan. months, prior to studying at the Univer in the Manufacturing Engineering De Massachusetts; seven grandchildren; and sity of Rochester, and Ricker College partment of the Western Electric Com several nieces and nephews. from which he graduated in 1950. pany plant at Point Breeze, Maryland. He spent several months as a sergeant A native of Sheffield, England, Mr. 1921 Luther Everett Stiles, 68, died at in the am1ed forces, erving as a rifle Wells prepared for Colby at Suffield the home of his niece at Bridge man in the Rhineland Central European Academy, Suffield, Connecticut. H0 town, ova Scotia, October 24. campaign. After separation from the was a first lieutenant in World War I The Reverend Mr. Stiles was born in army he was engaged in lumbering and and joined Western Electric in 1919. Dorchester, New Brunswick. He served famting in Masardis. From 1921 to 1925 he assisted in the several pastorates in Maine, Massachu Surviving are his father and a brother establishment of cable plants in Switzer setts, and Nova Scotia. Recently he had Burt, both of Ma ardis; and a ister, land and France with special assignments made his home in Hallowell. He at Barbara, of Hollywood, California. in England for International Western tended Colby only briefly in 1917 before Electric Company. spending two years at the Gordon Bible 1953 James Edwin Hollis, 24, was He is survived by his wife, the former School in Boston. killed when his single-engine Jeanne Cashman of Baltimore, and a son, Surviving are his widow, the former training plane crashed last Septem her on John, Jr., now practicing medicine in Helen Maude Marney; two sons, Roger, a night mission at Abernathy, Texas. ewnan, Georgia. of Hallowell, and Cortland, of Garfield Lieutenant Hollis, a graduate of Mel He was a member of Delta Upsilon Heights, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. John rose High School, wa a native of Cleve and Phi Beta Kappa. Ewseychik of Coral Gables, Florida; and land, Ohio. He attended Hebron Acad Mrs. ·Malcolm I. Johnson of Hallowell. emy prior to entering Colby. He Jeft 1913 Leo Gardner Shesong, 69, Port college in April 1952 to enter tJrn air land attorney and former state 1926 Charles Oscar Hubbard, 56, died force and was commissioned in 1953. representative, died at his home in Port at his home in Lordship, Con He is urvived by his father, Harold land, ovember 13. necticut, ovember 1. For twenty-nine W. Hollis, of Melrose and a brother. Born in Greenville, he received his law years he had been a sales representative KennetJ1, a student at Otterbein College, ducation at the University of Maine. for tJ1e Southern ew England Tele- Westerville, Ohio. Mr. Sbesong was director of the Federal phone Company. Mr. Hubbard had Home Loan Bank of Boston and the been under treatment for a heart aiLnent 1954 Edwin Lester Gammon, 23, was Casco Bank & Trust Company. He was since last summer. killed in an automobile accident also secretary-treasurer of the Me. He is survived by his wife, Dorrinne near Interlaken, New York, October 26. League of Loan & Building Associations Ruther Hubbard, and a son, Lt. Ivan R. He was an airman third class stationed and tJ1e Me. Savings and Loan Asso Hubbard, of Fort Devens, Mass. at Sampson Air Force Base, Geneva, ciation. ew York. He was a former Lions district gov 1928 Marguerite Elise Ames, 47, died Mr. Gammon graduated from tJ1e ernor and had served as president of the at a Bangor hospital July 14, SoutJ1 Paris High School in 1950. He Maine Colbv Alumni Association. after a long illness. held the Wilner Memorial Scholai;ship Mr. Shesong was very interested in the Born in Charle ton, he graduated while a student at Colbv and wa a mem affairs of hi fraternity, Alpha Tau from Higgins Classical Institute in 1924. ber of Kappa Delta Ri10. Omega, and actively involved in the cam Miss Ames taught high school in several He is survived by his parents, S/Sgt. paign efforts for the new house. He Maine communities. She was a member and frs. Francis 1. Gammon and a was a 32nd degree Mason and a deacon of Phi Mu sorority and of the Bangor brotJrnr, Robert, who is in. the anned of State Street Congregational Church. 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':"'w � �uld be pleased to give an estimate on your next prmtmg JOb. Seti /test Ice Cream Jh e Tel. Waterville 1320 Knowlton & McLeary Co. F. HIGHT, FARMINGTON, MAINE E. Mgr. R REPRODUCTION FROM A SERIES ..PORTLAND IN THE 19TH COPYR IGHT 1950, THE CANAL NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND, MAINE . CENTURY." Wh aling is the New F.ngland to"•n usually associated wirh early " haling NF."'1 BEDFORD . ' The great ships were frequently seen in Portland Harbor. where they would days. The grear, graceful . whalers' were known O\'er rhc entire world as rhc seek shelter from storms, and rhc sight of one making port must have beeD sturdiest, finest ships afloat, and rhe rcrm .. New Bedford Whaler.. was applied thrilling ro evc:n rhe most sea·huc.lened of Porrlanders . to all of rhem. Their fame will lasr in sons: and story and their bcaury never Captain Benjamin Willard in his .. Life History and Adventures" 1ells o( fade from great paintings. They were ahour rhe last of rhc grenr sa iling ships, one amusing incident in 1866, when all the shipping in rhe Harbor was alerted and a far cry indeed from rhe ugly if efficient ..factor>"' ships of coday. by the presence of a 30-foot whale. The unwelcome visicor eluded all efforu What is noc coo well known is rhac some of those same whalers were buih co capture him, but back and forth all day long, churned between Vaughan's in Portland. Neal Do"' in his ..Remin iscences' tells of sailing, when a young and Portland Bridge. Crowds collected on rhe banks and bridges, cheering when man, . . in a new and clean ship just built in Portland for New Bedford parties rhe whale surfaced ro .. blow .. and peering anxiously when he submerged. engaged in the whaling business, and to be firred as a first class whaler... Finally, on flood ride, he escaped ro rhe open water beyond Portland Bridge \'(/hales were nor unknown from early days around Portland waters - in and was seen no more. Shortl)' after this a seven-ton blackfish was captured by fact, blackfish and true whalt:s were numerous out of Portland Harbor up ro Captain \Villard. It measured rwenry-four fret in length and twelve feet in . the lauer parr of the nineteenth century. They yit�ded quantities of fine quality circumferc:nce. Anorher whale Captain \V illard rells of sighting . was betweeD oil, bur the Massachusetts town to rhe south had already established irsclf as fifty and sixry feet Ions;." When harpooned, he cowed Willard·s littl e 5hip, 1hc a "haling capital and home port for the whaling industry. .. Nettle," many miles before he tired and was brought co side. BUILDING WITH MAINE FOR 129 YEARS Th e Canal �tional 13ank of Tort/and 188 MIDDLE STREET. PORTLAND. ME .• 14 CO NGRESS SQUARE. PORTLAND. ME. 337 FOREST AVENUE, PORTLAND, ME. 93 MAIN STREET, YAR MO U T H . ME. COMPLETE FINANCING, TRUST C, BANKING FACILITIES * Member Federal Reserve S)'I lt!n - Member Fede ral Deposit lnmrance CorporatioTT *