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/OLUME 26 JANUARY 15, 1937 NUMBER 3

CONTENTS

The Cover-Chemical Hall, photo-relief by Joseph C. Smith, '24

Some Colby Scene and Campu Activities ...... : . . . 2

Some Comment On Manners ...... By Dean Ernest C. Marriner, '13 3

Some Comments On Manners ...... By Dean Ninetta M. Runnals, '08 3

Colby Man Seeks Gold In Torthern Alaska ...... B�· Ashton F. Richard on, '23 6

A Freshman Of Long Ago...... 9

Looking Baclrnrard Thirty-Six Year ...... B�· Mabel Freese Dennett, '04 10

Colby Faculty Represented at Conventions ...... :. 11

The President's Page ...... : ...... 12

Chatting With Our Colby People...... 13

Our Local Alumni Meeting;::......

Robinson, '06, Sends Greetings ...... 18

Tru tee Meeting ...... 19

Colby Mu ical Clubs Will Have Part In New England College FestiYal...... 19

Winter Carnival Planned...... 19......

Sketche, 20

Mile tones 22

Necrology 23

Clas Notes About Colby Men And Women ...... 26

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SOME COMMENTS ON MANNERS

DEAN ERNEST C. MARRINER Colby Deans take temporary roles DEAN NINETTA M. RUNNALS as Lord Chesterfield and Emily Post HAT an unwelcome task it is OLLEGE men, however, bright to carry coals to Newcastle! and discourse on "Manners", which, as they are, get wrong ideas W What can a mere unmannerly Chesterfield said, "must adorn knowl­ Cabout deans of women, especially man say to well-mannered women on edge, and smooth its way through the if these deans of women-as is usually the case---do not have hus­ the subject of manners? E pecially, world." what can he say to Colby women, who bands. But these college men should for more than half a century have remember that there are other men set the mannerly example for Colby in the world besides husbands and men? To announce that Colby wo­ that very keen observing women men 11ave decided pay attention to (like deans!) can learn much from to manners is to say that the Dutch these other men. Take my own case have taken Holland. for example. To begin with I had­ Yet my instructions (or, as they not to mention more remote male con­ ay in England, my terms of ref­ nections-a father with whom I had erence) are clear. By my faculty very close friendly relationships. I colleague who has charge of student have also a brother several years as emblies I was told that the subject older than myself, and older brothers of the meetings would be mannerc;, do not let their sisters remain uncon­ and that Dean Runnals would play scious of the masculine world. Then Emily Po t to the men while I be­ I have three nephews who have been came Lord Chesterfield the women. much in my care and company from to Dean Runnals' splendid talk last babyhood through to the various Friday to our men et an example stages of childhood and manhood that your speaker this morning can­ which they have respectively reached. not hope to emulate. As our men And last but not least for the good listened to her keen analysis and her of my training in the understanding sound, good-humored advice, they of the male mind, I have lived years were deeply and favorably impressed. and years in a girls' dormitory! I Colby men know that their manners have learned to agree with the couplet can stand improvement. Yet may I "Men are only boys grown tall put in one mild word in their de­ DEAN ERNEST C. MARRINER Hearts don't change much, after all". fense. They are really not uch horrid examples as you may think. Need I say more to persuade you of Nor did Dean Runnals for one mo­ my fitness to give advice to men? ment imply that they are such. She If so, I might approach the situa­ made no criticism; she pronounced tion from an entirely different point no denunciations ; she merely off€red of view and say that I need not sound and constructive advice. Never­ hesitate to talk to you even if I did theles I fear that there exists too not possess these excellent personal general an impression that Colby men quaHfications which I have so modestly are crude, uncultured savages. Towns­ outlined. For I could quote the late people recall boisterous celebrations Vice-President Marshall who said, and the midnight depredations of "What we know about things that we former days. They recall the riots at know nothing about is the most re­ Freshman Reading in the Old Baptist markable part of our mental equip­ Church, the breaking-up of picture ment and our education. It is only shows in the old nickel admission the man who has made a thorough days, the stealing of signs and door­ study of a subject who hesitates to step ; and too generally these details express an unqualified, absolutely cer­ make up their conception of the tain opinion." So I am bolstering Colby man's mannerless manners. It up my confidence from these two is therefore refreshing in this year of angles. 1936 to have a newcomer to Water­ And now to be serious, I like ville and to the Colby faculty make Everett Dean Martin's definition of this remark : "I like Colby men; they education and I hope you already do, are gentlemen." or will after I repeat it to you. It is very easy to confuse man­ Please turn to page Please turn to next page DEAN NINETTA RUNNALS 5 JI.I. 4 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

Dean Marriner (Continued) Walker were names connected with and nature's grim law of self-preser­ the old domestic industry of making vation eggs us on. But deep within ners and morals. The Latin word cloth. So it is that time gives new us we know there is something pro­ mores is translatable by both. In meanings to old words. Which foundly true, as well as sublimely those naughty nineteen twenties there brings me to remark that 1936 sees a ideal, about those words of the Mas­ grew up a considerable cult, especially new meaning which you so dearly ter, "What shall it profit a man if he of young people, who insisted upon love to apply to folh of Dean Run­ gain the whole world and lose his the identity of morals with manners. nals' and my generation. It is the own soul?" Thoughtlessness, care­ It is custom, they said, and only cus­ word "dated". Only four or five years less disregard for others, is really tom that makes actions right or ago it meant an appointment with a the fruit of selfishness, regard for wrong. The manners of 1910 tabooed man. Now it means old-fashioned, our own attempts to gain our own smoking by women; the manners of passe, out-of-date. It is a word that little world. And, in the process, how 1936 sanction it. The manners of we 1910ers have come to dread, easily we lose the real soul of the 1910 decreed the ubiquitous chap­ though we take some consolation from considerate, helpful life ! erone; the manners of 1936 sanction Walter Pitkin's insistence that life the sport roadster with the one-arm Another criterion is self-respect. begins at 40. drive. The manners of 1910, those President Roberts used often to re­ days of the majestic waltz, frowned Right here comes the temptation mind us that the hardest person in upon the new dances imported from to be annoyingly, even caustically the world to get along with is your­ the African jungles; the manners of specific-to remind you of the man self. How vastly important it is then 1936 smile upon cheek to cheek step­ who said he didn't eat peas because that you be able to hold up your head less stepping to toneless blats and it was so hard to make them stay on to yourself. Of course many of us tom toms underneath five watt blue the knife; to mention the woman who make mi. takes in little point of man­ lamps. paid a compliment to her hostess' ners because we don't know any bet­ soup by saying, "It ounds good". ter, and some of us go on making These comparisons sound suspic­ One feels the temptation even to refer mistakes in manners large and small iously as if I belong to the 1910ers, to chewing gum in the classroom, to because we have dulled our con­ and chronologically I do. But just as forcing one's elders off the sidewalk sciences to the don't care point. But emphatically do I disclaim affinity in order that the unbroken co-eel line mo t of us are aware of our own with that era. In spite of a certain may charge upon its down-street goal, derelictions; most of us want to have nostalgia that assails me when I think to annoying tete-a-tetes in the col­ decent manners and commendable be­ of the horse and buggy, of the bicycle lege library, to lots and lots of little havior. For most of us then, a help­ built for two, of Hull's Victo1-y and playful ways whose mention only ful standard is the mirror of self­ the Lady of the Lake (dances that stamps the tempted complainer as a respect. you never even heard of)-I would hopelessly dated old fogy. So let One final word. We hope the reck­ not turn the clock back to 1910. I them pass, and place our attention on less, dare-devil, try - anything - once prefer to live in 1936, to accept the the deeper aspects of this problem of days of the nineteen twenties are changes that have come, and to be manners. gone forever. The nineteen thirties patient with the new ideas and new have seen a soberer, more consistent modes of living that each new spoke What about 1936 manners from the attitude on the part of youth. But of youth brings to the eternal wheel elated viewpoint of a 1910er? Quite unfortunately the cynic is still with of time. apart from the dicta of Emily Post, us, the scoffer who says that manners who really does change her mind fre­ Yet may I remind you of one es­ and morals alike are all balderdash. quently, and quite apart from the sential truth. Neither your day of The way to live is live-do as you polished Lord Chesterfield, of whom to 1936 nor your mother's day of 1910 please, cast convention to the wind history reminds us that his private sanctioned dishonesty or lying or dis­ get while the getting is good, and life wouldn't bear too close inspection loyalty. Those vices and their Devil take the hindmost. Ah! but -quite apart from these lords of the opposite virtues are matters of that will not do at all. Of course this manners, there seem always to· be morals; they transcend manners and is a mad world, my masters. But it certain fixed criteria for manners. I is a world demanding sound thinking, customs; they recognize no time or wonder if those standards of judg­ straight talking, and cooperative ac­ age. ment have really changed in this last tion. When you are tempted by that One of the most interesting ways quarter of a century ? One of those cynical philosophy, remember the to trace changing customs is through criteria is good taste. Some things words of the psalmist : "Blessed is the the history of language. Our woTd are just not done in good society. man that walketh not in the counsel steward is derived from styeward, the Your urge for rugged American in­ of the ungodly, nor standeth in the keeper of the pigs. The word knave dependence, your desire to break the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat originally meant a boy. What a host shackles of inhibition, your tendency of the scornful." And as you con­ of personal names testify to occupa­ to rationalize your conduct, do not sider the sentence, just notice the tions that have disappeared ! Arrow­ change the situation at all. Some three verbs. At least the ungodly smith, Fletcher, and Fowler are only things just aren't in good taste. different names for the arrowmaker walk; at least the sinners stand-but before the days of gunpowder. Fuller, Another criterion is consideration as for the scoffers, the cynics, they Tucker, Shearer, Sher ma n , and for others. This is a selfish world, just sit. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 5

Dean Runnals (Continued ) source of good manners. I have in the dean turned to leave the room, the "Education is, then", as Mr. Martin mind a description of politeness and young man whispered loudly to his says, "more than information, or rudeness which I should like to share friend, "The old crank". Whereupon skill, or propaganda . . . Education with you : "Politeness is perfect re­ the dean smilingly re-entered the is emancipation from herd opinion, spect for human personality. Rude­ room and said, "I'm sorry, but you self mastery, capacity for self-criti­ ness results from thinking exclusively know we have to use cranks when we cism, suspended judgment . . . Edu­ about ourselves and caring nothing don't have self-starters." cation is a spiritual revaluation of for the feelings of anybody else. There are, however, conventional human life. Its task is to re-orient The sincere desire to bring the great­ forms which usually come under the the individual, to enable him to take est pleasure and the least pain to title of etiquette, concerning which a richer and more significant view of everyone we meet will go a long way many of us need information. his experiences, to place him above towards making our manners more Granted that our motives are good and not within the system of his be­ polite and courteous." I also believe and that we really are considering liefs and ideals. It is the search for this statement about good manners others before ourselves, we can not the 'good life.' Education is itself a though I have forgotten its author, then be truly offensive in manners, way of living.'' All other minor "Good manners are mostly a matter but we can lack form. We may, for reasons notwithstanding, you have of sacrifice in little things." example, remove the cherry seeds come to college primarily to subject Of course one dictionary definition from our mouths with our spoons yourselves to the processes of educa­ for manners is "social conduct" and rather than with our fingers-as Emily tion. Some of the elements of edu­ social conduct unquestionably has to Post says we should, or we may hold cation, Mr. Martin says,-and I be­ do with others. There is a social rea­ our fo-rk most ungracefully when we lieve,-are "self-mastery", "capacity son back of practically all the daily cut meat. I suppose it could happen for self criticism" and "spiritual r - manners we now call good. It is easy also that a boy of fine spfrit might valuation of human life." Any one to understand why it is good manners never have been taught to rise when of these elements would make a good for a boy to open a door for a girl a lady or an older man enters the subject for an essay involving much and let her pass in first, why talking room. In matters of this kind, very time and deep thought. All I want to to others at a reception can be done small in themselves but all together do now is to use them as a starting with reasonable ease if one has in forming that part of our daily pres­ point from which to talk about our mind making the occasion pleasant ence by which we are judged, instruc­ every day manners through which we for some one else, why elbows on the tion and practice are necessary. express much of ourselves to each table are bad form, why incon­ It has been said "You develop cor­ other. We have not achieved self­ siderately slamming doors in a dormi­ rect social habits just as you develop mastery, we have not become capable tory is bad-mannered and why it is correct habits in playing ball, or in of constructive self-criticism, and impolite to smoke in rooms where the swimming,-you discover the rules ; we have not learned how to evaluate absence of ash trays shows that your then you practice, practice, practice." our lives in a spiritual sense until hostess does not expect smoking. It If any of you do not know the rules, we have learned to pay some serious is only reasonable to answer written or some of the rules, you will want attention to our manners. Further­ invitations with written replies ; and to make it a part of your education more our definition says that educa­ a sincere thank you written or oral to discover them. As compared with tion is itself a way of living. Any is never out of order. real character traits, they may be worth while way of living includes I should say that all our incidental unimportant, but they do count. the respect for others which good manners are of this sort-that is, are In any group as large as this there manners demand. matters of unselfishness and con­ are represented all grades of infor­ Very long ago Spenser wrote-­ sideration for others, a putting into mation as to correct social habits and, "The gentle mind by gentle deeds is practice of the golden rule. And while it may be a bit of a criticism knowne these incidental manners make up a of our college, it is true, I believe, For a man by nothing is so well be- large part of our daily life. It would that the least knowledge is not always wrayed be taking a dreadfully unfair ad­ in the freshman class. With all my As by his manners." vantage to mention specific cases boldness this morning I have not the Good manners are mostly of the where it is easy and customary for temerity to suggest to you men pro­ heart, which does not say that prac­ college boys-yes, for Colby boys, to cedures for discovering any of the tice is not necessary. They start in show the kind of ill manners which rules that you may not know. You the heart and are developed by are due to lack of consideration for men have your social groups and you practice. All grades of explanations others. To avoid being so outspoken have initiative. What rules you from the childish rhyme which you may I tell a story. A young man, so really care to know you will discover. all learned the story goes, was calling one even­ My challenge this morning is that you "Politeness is to do and say ing at a girls' dormitory. (I have think and I might leave it in care. The kindest thing in the kindest always marveled that the story re­ one, two, three fashion: one way." counts only caller!) When the 1. Remember good manners come to St. Paul's statement in the thir­ closing hour came the young man did from the heart. teenth Chapter of First Corinthians not depart. It became the very em­ 2. Discover the rules for correct that "Love doth not behave itself un­ barrassing duty of the dean to re­ social habits. seemly" point to the heart as the true mind him that it was time to go. As 3. Practice, practice, practice. 6 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

Colby Man Seeks Gold in Northern Alaska

Ashton F. Richardson Spends Two Years in the Koyukuk Region, a Most Inaccessible Gold Camp, One Hundred Miles Above the Arctic Circle

By ASHTON F. RICHARDSON, •z.J

HEN I was asked to contribute and most inaccessible gold camp in methods of mining, slow, laborious and to The Alumnus an article con­ Alaska-the Koyukuk region. inefficient as they truly are. We Wcerning the adventures connected A camp in Alaska may be any re­ would starve to death on ground that with my two-year stay in the Arctic gion of indefinite expanse where more gives excellent yield to machinery. interior of Alaska, I wa rather unin- than two men are engaged in mining Also we needed "open" ground, not pired with the idea. Perhaps I am and where some point is chosen as a staked or held under lease. biased because I recall the unneces­ converging spot for those working on The Koyukuk is such a country. It sary publicity appearing in a Balti­ the various creeks for many miles out. is a roomy country too. Scores of more newspaper when some newshawk The Koyukuk sector had as its con­ creeks that may carry gold are open discovered that three gold-seekers verging point the tiny settlement of and waiting for the prospectors' pick were headed for the Arctic. The over­ Wiseman, nested in a U-shaped moun­ and patience. Spruce timber is widely drawn elaborations were ridiculously tain valley and confined on either side distributed. Fish and game, though lurid and naturally a little di gu ting by broken peaks, the spurs of which not abundant, are available. Excel­ to three greenhorns who were merely project as if to protect the little clus­ lent water is found everywhere and setting out to dig for a little gold, ter of cabins on the river bank. The the climate for all its severity is the especially if the dust were not forth­ river heads among the many branch­ most healthful I ever lived in. All coming. ing canyons of the Endicott Range these things are free for the taking, The venture might be termed an that separates the region from the dis­ and the gold too-if you can find it. ad-venture, yet after all in no sense mal slope of tundra leading to the But how does one go about finding extraordinary. It was simply follow­ Arctic Ocean. it, you ask. The procedure is really ing an idea accidentally and simul­ Downstream to the south the river simple and, as far as I can see, re­ taneously coming to three unemployed takes a crooked course through can­ quires no brains or experience. An geogolists who had, some years ago, yons and riffles into lower country old timer I once had as a partner said, been associated as students of geology where it joins the Yukon at Nulato, "The worst thing you can do in this in Baltimore and upon meeting, de­ four hundred miles below. It is up game is to think." Truly enough there cided to go into a mineralized region this waterway that the bulky supplies is no "open sesame" to a gold placer. with pick and shovel and try to wres­ are brought, first by barge then by You simply go out to a creek and dig. tle a living from the placer gravels. poling boat. Considerable light freight Whether or not you are successful Our previous work of an explora­ is now brought in by airplane. depends largely upon your luck. A tory nature had been in the tropics, We got into the interior at Fair­ "Cheechaco" (as the Eskimos call a or sub tropics, where pack animals banks by a railroad from the coast. newcomer) is just as likely to select and bearers are easily available for There we chartered a plane and in the proper creek as is the veteran transport of equipment and where one two trips landed our 1600 pounds of prospector. is never cut off from some sort of food supplies at Wiseman on the Middle Seeks Placer Gold supply, repugnant though it may Fork. From this point transportation Placer gold is gold that has been sometimes be. So we realized our rested upon our own limbs by back­ broken and eroded from vein and own limitations. Furthermore we packing or by poling boat where pos­ stringers in the country rock by realized that prospecting is a back­ sible to follow the river. stream or other water action. Nature breaking work often accompanied by Often I have been asked why I hap­ began the mining ages ago, concen­ bitter disappointments and always ac­ pened to choose interior Alaska as a trating in certain unknown spots close companied by untoward difficulties place to prospect. With all the min­ to the bedrock floor, the gold that the familiar to all prospectors. eralized areas in the world, why jour­ streams have handled. Remember Of course a few prospectors do ney several thousand miles to Alaska, that this is almost invariably at the make strikes, others manage to secure and, if you must go to Alaska, why bottom, buried by a few or many feet a living but a far greater number get venture into the most remote and in­ of boulders, gravel and muck. This little nothing at all. I didn't seri­ c>r accessible part of the country a hun­ mass is frozen from top to bottom all ously disturb mother earth's treasure di-ed miles above the A1·ctic Circle the year around. chest but I had the thrill of dabbling where any gold, if present, lies below The geologist or experienced pros­ at it occasionally and did manage to perpetually frozen gravels? The an­ pector may find likely gold-bearing get by. swer is simple enough. Like my com­ formations outcropping on the sur­ Picks Koyukuk Region panions I had more muscle to invest face but that merely shows the pos­ Well, I guess we went the whole dis­ than money. We had to find ground sible source of the gold. What the tance by picking the northernmost that would warrant old-fashioned miner wants to know is what has hap- THE COLBY ALUMNUS 7

>ened since the streams started their decided to open-cut two small pad­ sary apparatus. We had well-tough­ h•ork of handling the gold. It is his docks. ened bodies equally necessary for iob to guess where the old buried It should be remembered that open­ labor in the shaft and drift. All :hannel may be and hope they carry cut mining is not merely shoveling up moved to Pete's cabin on Nolan. 5old. Since everything is buried one the pay-dirt known to be on the bed­ There was plenty of work to do, per on's guess is as good as another's. rock. Sly mother nature never lets rigging up for the work of sinking. On a preliminary reconnaissance the miner off that easy. First, roots, With the snow we used Pete's dog­ trip up the river, we started with over­ moss and other debris must be cleared team for freighting up supplies and loaded packs, new, heavy, leather out ; all the overburden of boulders hauling wood fo1· the boiler and cabin boots (entirely unsuitable), face and and barren gravel must be removed -about twenty-five cords. On a hunt­ hands unprotected from hordes of by much labor though of course one ing trip, Bob and Henry settled the lrnng1·y mo quitoes. employs the water to wash away all winter meat supply by downing a huge Having panned colors of gold at the fine material possible. This use bull moose. various likely looking places, it was of the water is called ground-sluicing. The frozen gravels of Nolan Creek necessary to return down river for There is no danger of losing any of are very thick. However, the bedrock more grub and our complete equip­ the gold in this process. No matter "pay" proved exceedingly rich for ment. how swift the water, the gold works those who struck the deep channel in A "Chute-the-Chute-Trip" directly downward to the bedrock. the early days of the camp. One win­ After the gravel has been lowered ter three Swedes took out over The logical way was to float down. nearly to bedrock, the remainder is $300,000 value of gold from a single So we constructed a log raft and took shovelled into sluice-boxes or other hole. Since then the deep channel has to the river. It was a chute-the-chute apparatus for separating the "dust" been drifted out so now only a few trip down the Middle Fork and it from the sand and gi·avel. We em­ uncertain pockets are occasionally saved considerable time and labor ployed patched-up sluice-boxes built struck on the sides. though at times I must confess we from packing boxes. We were for­ were exceedingly busy with pole and Isn't it cold work mining in the tunate enough to recover a little over body. A fair amount of gymnastics winter, in Alaska? It certainly is not, $200 from the two cuts. goes with that. When a raft shoots in the hole at least. Wielding a through swift rapids it is often swept What an Appetite! sledge-hammer in a steam-filled shaft to the bank where it caroms and cart­ or drift, while standing in hot water, And what an appetite thi climate wheels, at the same time passing be­ brings out rills of perspiration. It is produces! Everyone experiences that neath half-fallen trees that protrude an ideal Turkish bath. And when you when they first come to Alaska. They horizontally and are properly called climb to the surface with soaked can't seem to get filled up. Light­ "sweepers." clothes into a fifty-below atmosphere breakfast-men change their ideas com­ and walk a quarter of a mile to the The river proved useful on other pletely. Our standard breakfasts in­ cabin in an armor of ice, isn't there occasions too. At Wiseman we loaded cluded dried fruit, mush, bacon and danger from this sudden exposure? a borrowed boat with supplies and the proverbial sour-dough pancakes. No, you won't develop even a mild proceeded to line it up the river. It's That sounds ordinary enough if the case of sniffles. During my two win­ pretty husky exercise but two men can volume is not mentioned. However, ters in Alaska I have been exposed to do it. One man wades close to the three of us often consumed as many all sorts of conditions but failed to bank and pulls by a rope passing over as sixty of these pancakes at a sit­ experience a single cold. Except in his shoulders. The other poles from ting! communities, the germs can't live, the stern keeping the boat clear of Having brought no meat into the guess. rocks and out from the shore. On the country it became necessary to em­ Gold riffles both may be engaged in drag­ Feet Down But No ploy the rifles from time to time in 117 ging or possible unloading and pack­ order to keep the stew-pot filled. At a depth of 117 feet we struck ing. Caribou were scarce so we relied on bedrock-that place every prospector Our first serious prospecting and small game, chiefly ground squirrels, is anxious to see, for here is where he mining in shallow gravels took place with which the rocky canyons abound­ gets something or nothing. Had we on Gold C1·eek, a swift creek about ten ed. been the fictional "Rover Bo-ys in the miles in length heading in the flank About freeze-up time we floated Far North" instead of ordinary men, of mountain peak of about 5,000 feet down to Wiseman again where we of course this climax could only result a elevation. Flowing for a short dis­ found our winter supply of foodstuffs in shovelfuls of gleaming nuggets. tance between two parallel ridges, the that had just come up the river. But we were ordinary men. Pan creek takes a right angle turn through With winter coming on we had no and pan as we would, we could not a gorge, to tumble through a box can­ equipment for mining deep ground. scare up a single color of gold. It was yon and another gorge. Therefore we entered into a partner­ now mid-winter, too late to start an­ Just above the upper canyon we ship with Pete Haslem, an old-timer other deep hole. Consequently we de­ prospected by digging test-holes to who wished to test his claim on Nolan cided to drift or tunnel along the bed­ bedrock and running drains in the Creek. rock on the slim chance of running creek bed. More colors of gold in our A few miles from Wiseman, Pete onto a streak. In this we were busily pans prompted an eagerness to com­ had an old boiler, steam-points for occupied until late in March. mence actual mining. As a result we thawing the ground, and other neces- The Arctic nights may have been COLBY 8 THE ALUMNUS

long, but never were they dull. cided to leave the country. Strangely buckets, skid ; improvise a forge, would prefer to spend an evening in enough, I felt determined to stick an­ chink, mud and bank up the cabin, the cabin of hilarious Bob Jones the other year in the region to prospect double-line the door and window, Welchman, or listen to the more se­ alone, inefficient as that method i .. thicken the roof with additional moss and dirt, after which I had a snug rious philosophy of Jess Allen, than to Consequently I got a plane to come attend the best show on Broadway. from Fairbanks with six months' sup­ little abode, almo t air-tight and the In the Koyukuk there prevails a type plies. At Wiseman more was loaded acme of comfort in the most severe of etiquette quite different yet de­ on, including a sled which we lashed of weather. Is it stTange that a pros­ cidedly more convenient than our own. to the skis of the plane. Flying north pector has no time to feel lone ome? If after a hard day, you go to sleep to a region I had visited the previous The first snow found me on the in the midst of a visitor's story, there summer, we oon landed on a lake South Fork, enty-five miles away, t\\ is no thought of rudeness. Your vis­ clo. e to the creeks I intern.led to pro. - hauling in a winter supply of caribou itor understands and respects your pect. Here the pilot left me ·with my meat shot by a neighbor who ran into feelings for he has experienced them worldly belonging piled on the ice. a herd there. What price free meat, himself. He takes leave, perhap Indeed that pile must have appeared after dragging it for twenty-five without waking you, and immediately a very small dot in the broad U-. haped mile. with a one-dog team ! However, forgets the incident. basin, flanked on either ide by moun­ it . ati. fied a hungry stomach many a This Arctic village is more like the tain ridges and opening on the north time during the winter. against the deeply-gouged limestone rural communities of Granddad's clay. Like the farmer, the pro pector is mass that served as palisades for the Instead of spending money for enter­ never entirely caught up in his work. Bettles River. tainment, the people make their O"\.\'n If he at down after supper he would good time . Simple affairs are made Since this silent mountain-cragged probably fall asleep anyway. How­ enjoyable because everyone takes a space was to become my home I began ever, he mu t first prepare for the part. Hence there is no lack of en­ to make it such. The spring break-up following day through mi cellaneous thusiasm. Even a funeral, one of was not far off, still the thermometer chore . Frozen meat is brought in for life's sad necessities, is smoothed in ranged as low as 25 below zero. One thawing, snow is melted down for this environment, by making it se1Te night in a tent pitched in the snow water, evaporated potatoes, powdered as the means of a friendly get-to­ convinced me that the Better Housing eggs and dried fruit put to soak and gether, as well. Showing all due re­ Committee should immediately take above all the sourdough must be spect and sympathy, the miners ab­ action. The result of that action wa mixed. Over the panning-tub he te ts sorb these affairs in the same matter­ a crude log-cabin on an adjacent his gravel every night. Then, if the of-fact way that they receive the grim mountain creek. A busy time of non­ moon or northern lights are in action realities of their trade. Such things union hours followed. I broke trails, he may yard down wood from the hill are quickly disposed of and quickly cut wood, built an elevated cache for with a "go-devil." If it i a dark forgotten. the foodstuff that I pulled up from night he probably draws out and tem­ the lake, sunk prospect holes by thaw­ pers the dull picks or washes and An Old Fashioned Good Time ing down with wood-fires and hunted mends clothes. meat on the side. The dances are genuine old-fash­ While these and many other allied ioned good times but they call for en­ With the high-mountain sun there duties are performed for a purpose, soon came a day when a wall of water durance. They are not timed, like a it may be that they are performed for and snow came rushing down the football game, though they may re­ naught. Surpri es and disappoint­ semble one in some respect . They gulch, chasing me from my hole . ment fill the prospector's life. I have However had already reached the simply last until everyone gets tuck­ I followed meagre pannings on a creek, bedrock at less than ten feet, in places ered out; always all night; often a then reluctantly et up boxes find and picked up some gold there o my to part of the next forenoon. The un­ I had shoveled up $50 a day for a location for the summer was settled. failing perseverance of these stompers short period. On other occasions I in their seventies, or even eighties, is have started with a good prospect, Gold at Last unbelievable. followed by many weeks of hard work Numerous squaws about the settle­ That summer I openeu a cut, work­ without seeing another color of gold. ing with water, pick and shovel by ment make up the female element. And so it goes by ups and do.,,.rns, Fond of music, they are excellent the usual methods of ground-sluicing this racket of mining in the Far dancers and at the first sound of music and running drains, as described in the North. If, over a long period, a man from the roadhouse, appear like rab­ work of the previous summer. I also averages a moderate wage, he is for­ bits from a magician's hat, eager to prospected on two other creeks on the tunate. I did not make a very good take part with the moccasin-footed opposite side of the Jake. From pros­ wage from my ventui·e in the Arctic pects it seemed advisable to spend the dancers o.f the Koyukuk. If your part­ but I am not ony that I went. It next winter at the same location. ner appears to be hunch-backed, it is was an experience that I thoroughly an optical illusion for that bulge is At freeze-up time in late Septem­ enjoyed and will long remember. As only her baby, hidden papoose-fashion ber, there are many preparations to a health tonic it is the world's be t. in the back of her parka. be made for the winter. Along with I learned some lessons about nature By April our hole was abandoned the regular household duties I had to and about human natu1·e that could as unprofitable and my partners de- hue timber, build ladders, windlass, not be obtained elsewhere. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 9

A FRESHMAN OF LONG AGO

Member of Class of 1823 tells of his Six Day Voyage from Boston to Waterville

NE of the most delicious items tion to keep a journal but when I had sor Briggs to whom I first went but 0 of Colbyana which has come to gotten on board I found the accomo­ as there was a Meeting of the Trus­ the College is a letter written dations so crowded (14 passengers) tees of the College on that day I could 116 years ago by a young man en­ that I thought it not convenient. not proceed in business on that dav tering the Maine Literary and Theo­ However I will narrate as far as my therefor I remained with the brethre� logical Institution. memory serves me-(which is greatly that day. On the following I went The voyage from the old T Wharf improved since I have been here). At with professor Briggs to the house of in Boston up the Kennebec to Sidney, the time we parted at Boston the Dr. Chaplin and made known my busi­ the careful accounting of his modest Packet dropt off from the T to the ness, tendered the papers which I had expenditures, his reassurances to his end of long wharf and as there sud­ received from the Church & Mr. Tor­ father of the piety of the students denly came up a tempest we were rey. He read them and told me they and faculty, and his earnest expla­ detained that night which I spent were sufficient. I then asked him if nation of the necessity of buying with Mr. John Ford. The next morn­ he thought it my duty to enter or not. that bottle of wine-all mark this as ing I went on board and soon set sail He asked me how far I had proceeded an unusually human and appealing from thence. We anchored near long in my studies. He related to me the choolboy letter. island on account of fogy and con­ ages of the students. For instance trary winds. Towards night we one brother Paine 27 years of age. The writer, Elijah Foster, was grad­ weighed anchor and put to sea with He is in the sophomore class. Another uated in the class of 1823, the second a southerly wind (which was friday in Subfreshmen class 25 years old, graduating class of this College. He about 3 O'clock P. M. about the age which I shall have when went into the ministry, but, it is I graduate. Besides all this I may he stated, did not settle in any one place On Saturday even entered Kenebeck as useful here as anywhere and at because of uncertain health. He river and anchored waiting for fair the same time be acquiring useful preached in various Massachusetts tide. There I saw brother Cushman knowledge. towns and secured "by his labors" a in a vessel bound to Duxbury. About church edifice in Dover, N. H. He 9 O'clock we weighed & run up to and In the vicinity of this town there died at the age of 35 of "pulmonary laid until next day (Sunday) at 9 are vacant churches supplied by the consumption," a fate which overtook O'Clock A. M. The tide being fair we students. Yesterday I was invited to so many of the studious young men again set sail and beat up as far as preach next Sabbath in Fairfield 8 of tho e clays. Dresden and anchored in the river miles distant but I had this excuse to about night. We remained there until make (I have no authority I have no The letter was sent to President next day noon in which time I went licence). At present I think best not Johnson by Milton B. Hunt, '09, who on shore and spent 25 cts for p1·ovi­ to have a licence for if I had I should came across it in connection with his sion. From thence we proceeded up be called upon more than I had ought. hobby of philately. The manuscript to Hallowel there she unloaded a part I have taken the lead of but one meet� is written in a small, even hand, with of her burden and set sail for Au­ ing since I have been hear. The stu­ the old fashioned "f" form of "s". gusta where we arrived about dark. dents generaly take their turn in them The paper is brittle and tom in the That night I spent on board. a few excepted-Brother Thomas Mer­ folds and edges, but it is not badly rill son of the Rev. Merrill and stained, nor has the ink faded. In the The next morning I settled with the D. 2 beneficiary and brother Goodridge following tTanscription, the original Captain and gave him dollars. The both of the Subfreshman class. The spelling has been retained, but, in or­ provision which I bought at Boston 75 cents, brethren I admire for their piety and der to make it easier reading, some (if I mistake not) cost me 25 cts, which will devotion which like a flame enkindles omissions in punctuation have been that at Dresden 3 From thence I the heart of the coldest Christian and remedied, and paragraphing supplied. make in all dollars. Waterville, and discovers itself to the world in a The letter follows : engaged a passage to about noon went on board of a flat thousand different ways. Dea'n Micah Foster bottomed boat which was fitted with My expences have been very con­ Pembroke a mast and 2 sails like the topsail of siderable since I left home, more so 10 to than I expected because I had to pur­ Mass. a ship. In that I sailed miles Sidney there lodged on board. Next chase every thing I use. And as I by the way of Thomas Ford morning landed and traveled 8 mile feel accountable to you how I expend No 34 Union Street Boston to Waterville arrived at about 10 my money I give a sumary account of 1820 September 16th, O'Clock Wensday A. M. what I have bought & expended Viz- Honored Father Sir. When we I was courteously received by the An account of my expences as far parted in Boston it was my determina- Brethren in this place and by Profes- as I can recollect 10 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

A pair of shoes bought in Boston $1-25 36 4 Weeks board 1-50 per week 6-00 Looking Backward Years 50 A bottle oil & lamp one 1h quire of letter paper 10 a pair of Boots 50 By MABEL FREESE DENNETT, '04 And other expences 25 Voyage expence 3-00 HEN I was in attendance re­ 2-66 A desk & chair cently upon a lecture in New :�3 A bottle & wine WYork City the lecturer an­ A bunch of quills 25 nounced that his daughter had warned An inkstand 12 him not to remini ce as it was a sign of growing old. But-when reqnested $15-02 to reminisce it's a different story and The desk is a necessary article anrl a sign that you are growing young to serves for a table to write and study acquiesce ! upon. It is a very good one has one As the Maine Central train pulled draw and is covered with green flan­ into Waterville one Sept. P. M. in nel. I think I can sell it whenever I 1900, two girls, bound for Colby Col­ have done with it for what it cost me, lege--train acquaintances-alighted. 3 the first cost was between & 4 dol­ They were immediately accosted by a lars. The Boots I bought of Mr. colored man with "Is you some of my Love! who has left us; I think they girls ?" Upon ascertaining that his may be worth .50. I was very well girls and Colby's were ynonymou , as to my health the first 2 weeks since he had charge of all the College after that time I grew feeble on ac­ ground , we--the two girls-were count of my intense studies so that I introduced by him to the chairman of was forced to desist. On that ac­ the Reception Committee, and then count I bought one qt. of wine which rushed to our new abode, convenient, I think has helped me greatly so that homey Ladies' Hall-the oldest house llIABEL FREESE DENNETT I think of beginning next week with in Waterville. Here with forty other as much strength as usual. girls, future residents there, we met the third injunction, it is safe to say For further particulars I refer you the

Hall, Librarian and Registrar, to my erts (he had become President then) COLBY FACULTY REPRESENTED Hall of Fame. was such an inspiration that his is the AT CONVENTIONS Speaking of Prohibition I wonder if third name in my Hall of Fame. The "Bertha" recalls how she tried to fool fourth name is Grace Mathews, now HIRTEEN members of the Colby me with chocolates stuffed with Mrs. Herbert Shaw Philbrick (a more brandy drops! Does "Lou," whom I sincere personality I have yet to College faculty represented the admired as I also did "Ruby" remem­ meet). Her picture "a belated valen­ T college at various meetings of ber her nocturnal confession? The tine" adorns my home: While abroad learned societies during the Christ­ boys were loyal to me-especially as I visited the homes and haunts of mas holidays at Chicago, Richmond, those of the Colby Glee Club-even famous men and women with my son, if New York and other cities. I had caught Prexy's ear and the Col­ a Pulitzer scholar from Columbia lege punches were milder than before. University school of J oumalism, my Prof. Hana C. Thory of the Latin But this, no doubt, was because I was literary studies at Colby came back department attended the American able to arrange for their Glee Club to to me and made the trip entrancing. Philological Association and Archae­ give a concert in Bangor City Hall Only this last summer I was better ological Institute and Linguistic So­ which was a "howling success." able to do research work at the Of course the literature course un­ Library of Congress owing to courses ciety in Chicago. Professors William der Prof. Roberts was outstanding. at my Alma Mater. J. Wilkinson and Norman D. Palmer sure no one who heard me read, Colby truly assisted me in my cul­ I'm were at the American Historical As­ at the Prof's. request, my "Descrip­ tural life, especially in perfecting a sociation meetings at Providence. tion of Dante's Inferno" ever forgot philosophy of living that has been an Dr. Thomas B. Ashcraft was present parts of it! It was the only piece of asset in many days of joy and sorr<>w. at the meetings of various mathe­ writing I was ever "sat on" for. But The following sentiment pasted on matical societies at Duke University, my class mates enjoyed the style em­ the book shelves back of the table in Durham, N. C. Prof. Herbert L. ployed. my college room has contributed to Ne'

Prof. Carl J. Weber, head of the English department, and Prof. Gordon W. Smith, of the French department, went to Richmond, Va., for the ses­ sions of the Modern Language As­ sociation of America. Dr. Webster Chester attended the meetings of several biological societies at Atlantic City.

Three men from the Department of Health and Physical Education, Prof. Gilbert F. Loebs, Coach Edward C. Roundy, and Coach Ellsworth W. Millett, went to New York City for the meetings of the Association of Directors of Physical Education, the American Student Health Association, the National Collegiate Athletic As­ sociation, and several organizations of coaches. LADIES HALL 9'2e YJ.e�nt-6 9f�e HIS number of the Alumnus carries a report of the recent meeting of the Trustees and a pictu , of most of those who were in attendance. Th is is a remarkable group by reason of the diversi· T of the interests and achievements of its members and the unders.tanding devotion with which th< discharge their duties. Of the thirty-one members, twenty-five are al umni of the College. Seven states are represent� -fifteen reside in Maine, seven in Massachusetts, three in New York, two each in Connecticut an Pennsylvania, and one each in New Jersey and Illinois. There are twenty-seven men and fot women. There are eight business men, eight teacher ·, five lawyers, three clergymen, two judge one banker, and four others not falling in these cl as es but no less distinguished. These thirty-one men and women think little of the di tinction and much of the obligation whic membership on the Board confers upon them. Unlike the directors of commercial and industriE organizations, our Trnstees attend three meetings each year without receiving fee and at their ow expense. The large number in attendance at the meetings is remarkable. At the recent meetini twenty-six members v,•ere present, and of bhe fiv e who were absent, three were ill. The distanc• travelled by members to and from the meeting reached the surpri ing total of more than 10,001 miles. In addition to the meetings of the full Board, there are numerou committee that hold frequeff meetings. The Invesbnent Committee meet for half day each month in the year. The Commit. a tees on Finance, the Library Committee, and the Campus Development Committee hold frequen1 meetings and numerous special committees from time to time deal with matters of vital importancE­ to the work of the College. There are four groups that compose the College : the trustees, who make up the body designated in the Charter as "The President and Trustee of Colby College," in whose hands the property of the College resides and who are legally responsible for its direction and control ; the faculty, appointed by the Board on nomination of bhe President ; the students, for whose education the College exi t and carries on its work ; and the alumni, repres ented by nine of their own number whom they elect to the Board. Of the three groups outside the students, e ach has important functions to perform, and to­ gether they are responsible for maintaining at the highest possible level the work of the College. That these groups a:re working with devotion and intelligent cooperation to attain this end is a source of satisfaction to all of us. ;{/1J� r-1L q�

THE BO AR D OF 'l'RUS'l'EES OF COJ,,UY OLLEGE

Front row-Clio M. Chilcott, '95 ; Helen D. Cole, '17; Harry T. Jordan, '93; Mrs. Mary Louise Curtis Bok· George Otis Smith, '93; President Franklin W. Johnson, '91; Flol'ence E. Dunn, '96 ; Sarah B. Young, '09; H�rbert E. Wadsworth, '92. Second row-Walter S. Wyman; Frank B. Hubbard, '8 4; T. Raymond Pierce, '98; John E. Nelson, '98 ; Henry H. Hilton ; Marston Morse, '14; George G. Averill. Third row-Winfred N. Donovan, '92; Frank W. Padel ford, '94 ; R. A. MacDonald (Treasurer )· Charles E. Guerney '98 ; Carroll N. Perkins, '04 ; Neil Leonard, '21; Frerlerick A. Pottle, '17; Edward F. Stevens '89. ' ' Not in picture : Charles F. T. Seaverns, '01; William C. Crawford, '82 ; Hugh D. McLell�n '95 · Rex Wilder Dodge '06 ; Bainbridge Colby ; James H. Hudson, '00; Charles E. Owen, '79. ' ' ' THE COLBY ALUMNUS 13

Chatting With Our Colby People

. By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

HREE addresses-a genuine -they will not get far toward the HE election of Mrs. Edward Bok trilogy-two of them by the goal of the fully educated. And the to the Board of Trustees is a T Dean of the two Divisions of sources of the culture to be gained ? Thappy event from several stand­ the College, and the third by Pro­ Well, the basis for the thinking-over points. Mrs. Bok is more than a fessor-Emeritus White, have now to be done is in those few great books summer resident of this state, she is appeared in the Alwnnus. Taken that offer to the one who seeks an the daughter of that celebrated "Man separately or together they make inexhaustible storehouse. If what from Maine", the late CYl'Us H. K. most interesting and worth-while we are is disclosed in how we express Curtis, native and lifelong lover of reading. It is refreshing indeed to what we think, then the tested value the Pine Tree State. One of the read what the Dean of Women ven­ of the Classics becomes of primary "first citizens" of Camden-by-the-Sea, tures to say to several hundred men concern. she has devoted much time and energy of Colby on the general theme of It is a good thing that the under­ to the beautifying and culturnl de­ "Manners". Equally refreshing is it graduates of the College are hearing velopment of that charming seacoast to read what the Dean of Men dares from the lips of members of the col­ town. Doubtless, it is her affection to say to the assembled women of lege Faculty addresses such as are for Maine which impelled her to Colby on the same general theme. re-produced in the Alumnus. accept the responsibilities of member­ And delightfully stimulating is it to ship on the board of Maine's second have the oldest member of the Fac­ oldest college. ulty, now emeritus, say to both men EW SHAWKS at the meetings of Mrs. Bok comes on the board when and women what he so frankly ex­ the Association of Directors of we need the counsel of those with pressed on the important subject of NPhysical Education in New York wide outlook. A college that is going "Culture". It may not do the gradu­ directly after Christmas discovered along in the traditional manner year ates of Colby any harm to share with that Prof. Gilbert F. Loebs, head of after year can function satisfactorily the undergraduates this feast of rea­ the Colby department, was inquiring with the conventional type of Board son, hence its publication. as to the availability of various foot­ of Trustees. Colby, on the other ball coaches for a position at Colby. hand, is faced with a whole new set The very brief assembly period did Pl'essed, he am1ounced that it had of problems and aspirntions-quite not permit the speakers sufficient been decided to relieve Coach Roundy beyond the experience of most col­ time to discuss their subjects at all of the responsibility of head coach lege boards. It is a situation which exhaustively. In some ways we of Colby football. The announcement calls for fresh viewpoints and un­ might well have asked that they be was somewhat premature, inasmuch fettered imaginations. Mrs. Bok has less general and more specific. But as no candidate for the position has these qualifications. She has been the observant reader will detect yet been chosen, and in any case this connected with large and successful again and again that much is WTitten could only be in the form of a rec­ enterprises, notably the Curtis Insti­ between the lines, and that by ommendation to the President and tute of Music in Philadelphia, which thoughtful perusal a veritable wealth Board of Tl'Ustees. she founded and of which she is now of definite and valuable suggestions The situation at this stage seems president. This school was con­ will be found. They seem to say in to indicate that, if a suitable man can ceived as the solution to a specific pretty clear fashion that manners are be found, he will be made head coach problem, namely: What to do with a part of us and are therefore sub­ of football, and Roundy will be re­ children of unusual musical talent, ject, as are we , to vast improvement; tained on the staff as assistant in those with promise of a concert that while bread and butter are im­ football and head coach of basketball career ? portant in this work-a-day world, and baseball, in both of which sports The Curtis Institute solves that manners-good manners-give poise he has been distinctly successful. problem with unique distinction. We and depth and culture to the life; that One pleasing feature of the whole welcome to the Colby board a woman we should be careful not to confuse situation is the absence of rancor and who devotes her creative imagination the ephemeral with that which is embarrassments. Of the many who to the cultural uplift of American permanent; that the great virtues are have been disappointed in our failure youth. basic and, through their expression, to win state championships, those who should be our chief concern. While know Roundy have always qualified HRISTMAS festivities occupy a as for culture--how painfully we miss their criticisms with tribute to his large place in the activities of it! The hymn-writer urged that "We personal qualities. Mr. Roundy, in Colby students during the week take time to be holy", and by the C return, is showing the utmost spirit ·p1·eceding the vacation. An admir­ same token, unless the educated man of coope1·ation in trying to solve the able piece of community service is and woman take time to think over problem of how to put the best pos­ the annual Christmas party given by what they have tried to learn-to sible team of Colby men on the grid­ the students to about a hundred assimilate it, catalogue it, appraise it, iron next fall. youngsters from Waterville's less for- 14 THE COLBY ALUMNUS tunate homes. A Colby student acts Christmas Letter. Diverging slightly, different from those of our youth. as host or hostess to each child, call­ he commented on the fact that the We could imagine Prof. Warren or ing at the home, joining in the games, political non-conformity of Maine and Prof. Fo ter of the old days serving providing a present which is delivered Vermont "does not warrant the ridi­ tea and cookies but not the most by Santa Claus at the close of the cule and contumely that these su­ viYid imagination can picture refresh­ party, and finally delivering the boy perior intellectual centers like Ala­ ment in the chemistry or Latin or girl safely home again. bama, Kentucky and New York exam . Not but what such were The Christmas Vespers annually shower on Maine. Here is a devotion needed. Yes, Professor Weeks offer attract an audience of several hun­ to higher education in a State with a something new and perhaps the ex­ dred to the First Baptist Church to population less than New York's Ea t amination papers revived after the listen to a program of music by the Side, that sustains four colleges of tea tray arrived. Possibly the Pro­ Colby Musical Clubs. The balsam eminence and that looks forward with fessor sought to stimulate head and scent from the decorations and the courage and faith to building and oul remembering what Edmund soft glow from the candles make an paying for a new college-plant­ Wall er said of tea, atmosphere conducive to the enjoy­ building and campus, and abandon­ "Tea doe our fancy aid, ment of the music which exhibits the ing one upon which the town has so Repre s those vapours which the head painstaking perfection characteristic encroached as to make it impossible." invade of the Colby musical groups trained Speaking of our progress towards And keep that palace of the soul by Director John W. Thomas. Mayflower Hill, Mr. Staples says : serene." The Student Fellowship Forum, "This is a matter of State pride, not which is a Sunday evening discussion college pride altogether ... (It) i LSEWHERE is noted the retire­ group, meeting at the different local of concern to Maine, whatever may ment of Alvin P. Wagg of the churches throughout the year, held a be your loyalty a an alumnu . E cla of '90 from the educational "Christmas World Cruise". This con­ "We send our own Christmas cheer field in which he has been successful, sisted of a progressive supper, one to Dr. Johnson and to Colby College, both as a principal and as a super­ course at each of four churches, (each and we hope that 1937 may be it intendent, in Maine and in Massa­ repre enting a foreign country ) with year of achievement in the establish­ chu ett . We note that for several an appropriate program at each stop. ment of its new plant on Mayflower year he was Chief Justice of the At the ame time, a ca t of student Hill in Waterville. It is a sightly ew boys Court in Boston and we actors was presenting a Christma place, a beautiful a it name and have no doubt that the functions of play to an audience at the Fairfield as typically Maine a the rolling hills that Court were most admirably di - Baptist Church. and the lovely Kennebec ever are and charged by Mr. Wagg who knows On the eve of the Christmas vaca­ ever shall be." boys and who was a square-shooter tion, the traditional Christmas ban­ Coming from a Bowdoin alumnus, from bis Colby days. With the quet took place at Foss Hall and the these are gracious words and illus­ Colby men of the late eighties and custom of singing carols to the pa­ trate to us the wide appeal of Colby's early nineties "Pet" Wagg was a tients of the Fairfield Sanatorium project. general favorite. We do not know and then serenading a number of the how he acquired his nickname but professors, was carried out. E read in the daily press that it fitted. All students of his time liked Pet and enjoyed hi droll All of these activities represent an Prof. Lester F. Weeks of the immense amount of detail work Chemistry Department at Colby humor and merry quip which went W the Bricks. There which is ably assumed by student served tea and cookies to the students the round of committees of the Chri tian Associa­ engaged in taking a chemistry exami­ were ome famous jokesmiths in that class of '90, including the late Presi­ tions under the supervision of Prof. nation. "Prof. Weeks", says the re­ dent Arthur J. Roberts, extremely Herbert L. Newman, Director of Re­ port, "is believed to be the first in this quick of wit, and the late Jeremiah ligious Activities, and Myra Whitaker, part of the country to establish such a Burke, former superintendent of the Student Christian Counselor. custom." The students, it appea1·s, were beginning to show traces of Bo ton schools, notable for flashing Such student activities as these wear and tear after two hours spent repartee, but Pet lowered his lance are not so much in the public eye as in wrestling with the exam, so Prof. to none. He was a competent student other collegiate affairs. Neverthe­ Weeks and his assistants hastened but shone especially on the diamond less, they are an expression of the to the pantry and "returned can·ying being one of the finest ball players cultural and religious influences that trays laden with tasty cups of tea Colby has produced. He followed are characteristic of the church-re­ and delicious filled cookies." Shades Forrest Goodwin, one of Colby's lated colleges such as Colby. of "Billy" Elder! Can any of the greatest athletes and most dis­ Colby men and women who absorbed tinguished sons, as the college pitcher UR friend and colleague, Arthur their knowledge of chemistry under and carried his team to champion­ G. Staples, in his justly famed the tutelage of Dr. Elder imagine tea ships, later playing in the New O "Just Talks" column in the Lew­ and cookies in that classroom where Brunswick League for three summers iston Journal, recently wrote a the Phi Beta students received only until an accident ended his diamond "Christmas Wish for Colby College." "That will do, thanks." "0 tempora, career. He reviewed and discussed many of 0 mores" and "Tempora mutantur" Noting that upon his retirement the points given in the President's which is to say that the fashions are Pet bas been feted and banquetted, THE COLBY ALUMNUS 15 he writer sent a brief letter of con­ men and women musical groups have in 1933, he worked for a year to earn rntulation which he asked if Pet taken part in the New England Fes­ the necessary money to enter college. m 'Calle

OUR LOCAL ALUMNI MEETINGS

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON tions which that special Saturday o The Lincoln County Alumni Cup N Colby Night Mrs. Padelford fered. The anangements were was won by the scholastic achieve­ and gave a dinner at our home charge of Lucy Taylor Pratt, '17, ar: I ments of the Po1tland High School to which we invited all of the her choice of a meeting place provE O graduates at Colby College and Colby alumni in the state. Those who a happy one. An atmosphere of "me attended were Dr. Austin Shaw, '09; was presented by Dean Marriner low" age surrounded "Old House" an Mrs. Austin Shaw, '08; Dr. Leo S. to the school on November 5th. the management served a deliciou Trask, '09; Mrs. Trask; Mr. Francis The cup was donated by the Lin­ luncheon. M. Dow, '19; Mrs. Dow ; and Mrs. coln County (Maine) alumni as a Dr. and Mrs. Weber were the guest Padelford and my elf, both from the reward to the high school whose of the Association and sat at th class of '96. We were naturally hope­ four or more graduates have ob­ speakers' table with the president ful that more would be able to attend, tained the highest rank for the en­ Julia Hoyt Brakewood, '22, and som1 but business engagements seemed to tire year completed the preceding oi the "honored" alumnae. Befor1 prevent. We had a most delightful June. Julia called the meeting to order tc evening and all agreed that we should transact the business of the day sht asked each one around the table tc: make the Colby gathering an annual down from New Haven to lead the introduce herself with her name, class, affair. The evening was largely given singing and did a masterful job. Every and occupation. After the business over to reminiscences and to a discus­ alumni group ought to inherit a glee meeting Julia asked Mrs. Weber to sion of the welfare of the college. club alumnus. Rev. Evan J. Shearman, bring us a message from Colby. She Every one seemed very much interest­ '22, recreated student days at Colby. told u just the things about the ed in Colby and most appreciative of "Bill" Cowing, '04, presided, and women's division which we were most the up-to-the-minute information on cutting all formalities he kept interest eager to hear to renew our confidence the college. Distance and years have and spirits at a white heat. The let­ and faith in the work in which we not affected the loyalty of this group ters from President Johnson and are all so much interested. of men and women. Coach Roundy were read and received ·Professor Weber then spoke about Expressions of regret were received with lusty cheers. The neighborhood the College as a whole, emphasizing from John S. Lynch, '94; Hon. Joseph was surely informed that Colby men the high type of instruction which a B. Alexander and Mrs. Alexander, both were assembled, although our minds boy or a girl at Colby now enjoys and of '94 ; G. Emory Moore, '14; Arthur and hearts were in Waterville. A he called attention to the way in which H. Snyder, '29; Mr. and Mrs. Charles luncheon was

at 53 Summer St., Keene. A very college. Preceding the meeting, about to draw up resolutions on the death 1, >lea ant afternoon was spent talking twenty dined together at the Madison of Mrs. Sarah Mathews Goodman. 1ver Colby experiences and the hopes Grill and later adjourned to the meet­ We were then entertained with a 'or the future. ing room, where they were joined by trio of songs, pleasingly rendered by Tho e present were, Supt. Fred­ the late comers. There was no formal Miss Virginia Cunningham, a friend •rick T. Johnson of Marlboro, N. H., speaking program, but the letters of Mrs. Theberge. Mrs. Bean accom­ ll 'e4_,olby '92; Mary Bragg Weston, '01 ; from President Johnson and Coach panied her. '24 ; E. 1 !:. Merle Roke Waltz, Betsy Roundy were read, and there followed Mrs. Gould, the Association's dele­ ingdahl, '28; Idella K. Farnum, '14; a general forum in which practically gate, took us on a personally con­ e, �ary Donald Deans, '10. every man present made some inter­ ducted tour back to Commencement 11 11 The next meeting will be on Sunday esting i·emarks. Particular interest with its joyful rush. The high lights ifternoon, Jan. 10, 1937 at the home was exhibited in the athletic program. were the Alunmae Council and it he )f Mrs. Manard Waltz. Among the interesting suggestions Agent's meeting at the Fort Halifax made was one that the college en­ Inn; the banner attendance at the it deavor to supply Colby Night gather­ Alumnae Luncheon ; and the band WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS ings with movies showing what is go­ concert and picnic at Mayflower Hill The Worcester County Colby Alumni rel ing on on the campus, particularly on Sunday. Association held its annual dinner to some of the football games. Mrs. Bean then introduced the meeting at the Hotel Bancroft, W or­ he Among those present were Na­ guest speaker of the afternoon, Mrs. cester, Mass., at 6:45 P. M., December to thaniel W eg, '17; Addison B. Lorimer, Ervena Goodale Smith, Alumnae 1936. Some thirty people were in 5, '88; George A. Marsh, '01; Edward Secretary of the Colby Alumnae attendance. B. Winslow, '04 ; G. Holbrook Hawes, Association. She brought greetings At the conclusion of the dinner Da­ to '28; D. Marshall Eastment, '31; John from the college and then, under the vid Arey, president of the club, pre­ ile L. Skinner, '33 ; Samuel D. Ferster, title of "News from Colby", we were sided. H. Thomas Urie, president of ie '26; Lawrence R. Bowler, '13; Harold once again, in a most entertaining the Boston Association, brought greet­ Hall, '17; Kenneth R. Copp, '27; manner, taken back to the campus; ings from that group and spoke of the E. lie Carleton F. Wiley, '25; Howard B. this time not during the dress parade, coming of the college musical clubs e Tuggey, '25; Everett H. Gross, '21 ; but to the "week to week and day to to Boston and Hartford in February. James B. Conlon, '19; Clayton F. day" life of Colby. To the older Neil Leonard, Chairman of the Alumni Smith, '31; George R. Berry, '36 ; grads it was a new and unfamiliar Fund Committee, told of plans for the Robert W. Stewart, '31; Robert S. Wil­ alma mater, but all could take just Roberts Memorial. Cecil Goddard, liam, '36; William E. Pierce, '27; Wil­ pride in its many progressive innova­ Alumni Secretary, spoke of cun-ent liam A. Logan, '34; Kenneth C. Dol­ tions. campus life at Colby. Mr. Arey then beare, '22 ; William F. Cushman, '22; After a brief question and answer introduced President Franklin W. George H. Pratt, '26; and George period the meeting was adjourned. Johnson, who had much to say of Holley, '17. Myra M. Getchell, Secretary. Colby affairs in his usual interesting way. William F. Cush7nan, President BOSTON COLBY CLUB A report of the nominating commit­ ACTIVITIES tee headed by Linwood L. Workman FALL MEETING OF THE BOSTON ITH fifteen present, the second submitted for the coming year the fol­ COLBY ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION monthly dinner meeting of the lowing list of officers, which was ac­ Boston Colby Club was held at cepted by the members: HE Boston family of Colby W the Hotel Victoria, Dartmouth Street, President-Ralph N. Smith Alumnae held its regular fall on November 19. The guest speaker Vice President-Nellie Bavis meeting on Saturday, November T of the evening was Senator Henry Treasurer-Robert G. LaVigne fourteenth, at the Touraine Hotel, Parkman, Jr., who recalled some in­ Secretary-Albe1-t W. Wassell Boston. From twelve o'clock in­ teresting experiences in his legis­ Nominating Committee - David formal reunions were enjoyed until lative career and told a number of Arey, Chairman, Edward Buyniski, luncheon was served to twenty-six anecdotes _about several political Edgar P. Neal. members and two guests. figures in Massachusetts, past and The meeting closed with the show­ In the absence of the president, present. ing of a motion picture "Frank Merri­ Mrs. Rena Mills Theberge, our former At the same place on December well at Colby" which was enjoyed by president, Mrs. Alona Nicholson 18, the third monthly meeting took all. Bean, kindly took charge of the meet­ place, with twenty-one attending. A. W. Wassell, Secretary. ing. Before sitting down for lunch Fred Fowler, Cornell '09, of the "Alma Mater" was sung with Mrs. Anglers Club of Newton, excited the NEW YORK CITY Bean accompanying at the piano. risibilities of the members with many EW YORK Colby alumni had a After the luncheon there was a a fish story and held the attention of very successful Colby Night meet­ brief business session in which Mrs. the Isaac Waltons present with a well Ning with a turnout of some thfrty Ruth Breckenridge Mailey was ap­ grounded talk on rods, reels, flies, alumni representing classes from 1888 pointed to finish out the unexpired spinners and other fish lore. to 1936, and all exhibited an active in­ term of Mrs. Gould on the Alumnae The fourth monthly meeting of the terest in what is going on up at the Council, and a committee was chosen Boston Colby Club will be held at the 18 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

Twentieth Century Club, Joy Street, The second meeting was held De­ ROBI NSON, SENDS GREET­ '06, on Friday, January 15, in conjunction cember 9 and Donald Brennan of Au­ ING FROM CHINA with a meeting of the Boston Colby gusta was the guest speaker. About The annual Christmas letter from Alumni Association. Karl R. Kenni­ the same number as in the previous Arthur G. Robinson takes the form of son, '06, of the Massachusetts Dis­ meeting had dinner and listened to "The Robin's Nest Cheer Up." He trict Commission, will give an illus­ Mr. Brennan talk of his big league states that the status of himself and trated talk on the Quobbin Reservoir. experiences as well as see his movies wife was formally recognized last The price of the dinner will be $1. entitled "Take Me Out To The Ball summer by the American Board as Every Colby man in and near Boston Game". that of self-supporting members of is urged to make this a record meet­ The next meeting will be held the North China Mission. Alumnus ing. January 27. readers are familiar with "The The thirty-three Colby men who Richard D. Hall, Secretary. Robin's Nest," now in its third year, have paid their $5 dues for 1936-1937 a shop in Tientsin carrying the prod­ and are now full fledged members of ucts of the Hsiku Women's Industry ARLINGTON the Boston Colby Club are : Dr. Cecil and other Chinese handicrafts. W. Clark, president; H. Thomas Urie, N Colby night a party of .Colby Although the major part of the vice president; B. E. Small, treas­ people living in and near Arling­ Robinsons' time goes into this busi­ urer; Raymond Spinney, secretary; J. O ton, Massachusetts, met at the ness and its variou ramification , Colby Bassett, Dr. James C. Brudno, home of H. Warren Foss, 15 Andrew they are both doing work in the Chi­ E. Stephen G. Bean, Oscar M. Chute, Street, Arlington. Dr. B. Wyman nese church in Hopei, Robbie with Wm. C. Crawford, Dr. Leon W. showed two reels of moving pictures the government school tudents, and Crockett, Henry W. Dunn, H. Warren of Colby life at the present time and Marion in the Sunday School. Rob­ Foss, Robie G. Frye, D1·. Nathan H. several reels of fishing and hunting bie, also, continues as chairman of Garrick, Marvin S. Glazier, Everett scenes in the Maine woods. the Sunday Evening F.e llowship, a W. Gray, Frank S. Hamilton, Rev. E. Colby stories were told as is cus­ group of Chinese British and Amer­ C. Herrick, Dudley M. Holman, tomary on such occasions, and several ican friends who meet once a fort­ Louis Kaplan, Karl R. Kennison, Neil unpublished incidents of college life night for a devotional and social time Leonard, Arthu1· B. Malone, Hugh D. were made public. together in one another's homes. McLellan, A. H. Mitchell, Irving 0. Those present were Professor and The young Robinsons are located Palmer, T. Raymond Pierce, Harland Mrs. Hem·y W. Dunn, Miss Florence as follows: Betty and Marian at Wel­ R. Ratcliffe, John P. Tilton, Dr. F. J. E. Dunn, Mr. Alban Fowler, Dr. C. B. lesley (their mother's college), Dana Twadelle, Louis A. Wilson, L. L. Fuller, Miss Rosamond Fuller, Mr. (14) a high school freshman at Tung­ Workman, Elwood Wyman. A. and Mrs. Thomas S. Grindle, Mr. and chow, and David (11) in the 7th grade It is extremely urgent that seven­ Mrs. Kaplan, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. of the Tientsin American School. teen further members be enrolled be­ Sandberger, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Robbie speaks of the inspiration fore the fifth monthly meeting on Werme, Miss Barbara Foss. and refreshment during last year's February 19, at which time it is high­ furlough, but feels happy to be "home ly desirable that this year's recipient again" in Tientsin where each year THE AMMONCON LITERARY of the Boston Colby Club's Scholar­ their roots go down deeper. CLUB OF WESTBROOK ship be announced. Colby men in­ As to the state of affairs in North China, he says that for a year there terested in joining the club may send RESIDENT Franklin W. John­ has been no military aggression, al­ their $5 to B. E. Small, treasurer, 97 son was the guest speaker for though constant economic penetration. Milk Street, Boston. the Ammoncon Literary Club of P The Chinese nature, long patient, is Westbrook, Maine, on November 19. beginning to stiffen and "this new old The club sponsors each year what WATERVILLE China is really presenting a unified is known as a community lecture, us­ front to those challenging her sover­ HE first two monthly Colby ually along the line of the general eignty." Alumni Association dinners and subject of study which the group is T smokers were held on November pursuing. The topic this year is "Edu­ 25 and December 9. The dinners are cation for Living." With this subject WORD FROM PROF. JOHNSON to be held on the last Wednesday of in mind Prnsident Johnson presented The many Colby friends of former every month with the exception of a stimulating and thought provoking Professor and Mrs. Clarnnce R. John­ the December meeting. lecture on "Education and Character" son will be interested to know that The first meeting found twenty men before the members of the club and a they are living in Bloomingdale, N. Y., dining together informally in the large number of the townspeople. in the Adirondacks. Their Christmas Elmwood Tavern and we were joined The President of the Ammoncon remembrance took the form of es­ an up stairs by some twenty more. Prof. Literary Club is Mrs. Susan Went­ say, "I Saw a Potato Bug-What Did Wilkinson gave us a most interesting worth Leonard, Colby '12. The Vice You See ?" This was prepared for three quarters of an hour talk on the Presidency is held by Mrs. Mildred and read at the Christmas service of current political situation and then Todd Weir, Colby '24 and the Program the American College at Sofia, Bul­ threw the meeting open for ques­ Chairman is Mrs. Phyllis St. Clair garia, where the J ohnsons were for a tions and discussion. Fraser, Colby '13. term of years. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 19

TRUSTEE MEETING COLBY MUSICAL CLUBS WILL WINTER CARNIVAL PLANNED HA VE PART IN NEW ENGLAND T the regular fall meeting of the LANS for the Colby Winter Car­ COLLEGE FESTIVAL - WILL Board of Trustees of Colby Col­ nival to be held o·n February 5 GIVE CONCERT IN BOSTON A lege, held in the Ea tland Hotel, Pand 6 have been announced by Portland, Nov. 21, 1936, the highlights group of fifty undergraduate Charles T. Russ, '38, of Hartford, ere the very encouraging report of Colby musicians will take part in Conn., president of the Colby Outing � President Franklin W. Johnson, with A the New England Glee Club As­ Club. announcement of new gifts, the elec­ sociation Festival in Hartford on The program of winter events will tion of Mrs. Edward Bok of Philadel­ February 26th under the direction of open on Friday afternoon, with a phia a a member of the board, and John W. Thomas, musical director at hockey contest between Colby and the attendance of the new trustees, Colby. Bo ton College, one of the official Mrs. Bok, Hon. John E. Nelson of The , Colby choir is composed of championship games in the New Eng­ Augu ta and Miss Clio M. Chilcott of fifty mixed voices, and among this land Intercollegiate Hockey League. Ellsworth. Present at the meeting group there is a male quartet, a Friday evening the students and were Dr. George G. Averill, Mrs. Ed­ women's trio, a piano soloist, and their guests will attend a variety ward Bok, Miss Clio M. Chilcott, Miss other individual performers. show in the Alumnae Building, pro­ Helen D. Cole, Hon. Rex W. Dodge, At the Festival the choir will sing duced by student talent which will Dr. Winfred N. Donovan, Dr. Florence two specially prepared numbers and combine the features of a "pop con­ E. Dunn, Hon. Charles E. Gurney, Dr. participate in a joint number with cert," and vaudeville program. Henry H. Hilton, Frank B. Hubbard, other college groups, which will prob­ The main event of the Carnival President Franklin W. John on, Harry ably total one thousand voices. The comes on Saturday afternoon when T. Jordan, Neil Leonard, Esq., Treas­ Festival will be held at the Horace the snow spo·rts get underway on the urer Ralph A. Macdonald, Judge Hugh Bushnell Memorial Hall, of which Mayflower Hill Tecreation center be­ D. McLellan, Dr. Marston Morse, Hon. Charles F. T. Seaverns, '01, is presi­ longing to Colby. The program of John E. Nelson, Dr. Frank W. Pade - dent. events include downhill racing, slalom, ford, Carroll N. Perkin , Esq., T. Ray­ cro s-country ski races and novelty mond Pierce, Dr. Frederick A. Pottle, The Colby musicians will leave Wa­ events such as obstacle races, "dog Dr. George Otis Smith, Dr. Edward terville on February 25th for Boston, team" toboggan races and faculty F. Stevens, Hon. Herbert E. Wads­ where they will give a concert that races. worth, Walter S. Wyman and Dr. night in Steinert Hall, 162 Boylston Sarah Belle Young. Street, Boston, sponsored by the Bos­ The Carnival Ball will occur Satur­ Reports were made from various ton Colby Alumni Association. The day evening and the Queen of the committees. It was voted that a com­ following morning they will leave for Carnival, who will have been chosen mittee of two be appointed to act Hartford, where they will compete in by ballot, will be formally crowned with similar committees from the the New England College Glee Club by Governor Lewis 0. Barrows of Association Festival. Maine. Alumni Council, the Administration of the College, the Department of Health and the Student Body to in­ vestigate and make recommendations for the improvement of student liv­ ing conditions at the College. It was voted that the sum of $30,000 be appropriated to be kept in an ex­ pense account and set up and ex­ pended under the supervision of the Committee on Campus Development in the active campaign for collection of funds for the new campus project. In his report, President Johnson noted that 305 new students made application for admission at the open­ ing of the year; that of these 31 were refused admission because of inade­ quate preparation and 24 we1·e not admitted for other reasons." I wish the Board to realize," said Dr. John­ son, "that the careful selection of our students, in compliance with the limit fixed by your action some years ago, has tended to raise the intellectual 'rALJ<:I NG IT OVER level of our student body and has Charles T. Seaverns, '01, gazes pensively into the future while archi­ F. made possible the continuous improve­ tect J. F. Larson weaves a picture of what the Roberts Memorial Union will mean to the students of Colby College. The time : last commencement. ment in our scholastic attainments." The El mwood Hotel. The Raymond Spi nney, place : candid cameraist : ' 21. 20 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

ly delightful from the fact that they winters in Augusta with Dr. S.mall Sl(ETCHES were spent in the home of Dr. Edward while he was a member of the House Hall, the college Librarian, whose in the 83rd session and of the Senate daughter, beautiful Marrian Hall was in the 85th session. Quoting from FIRST WOMAN my most intimate friend ever." her letters again Mrs. Small says, MAINE'S "Dr. Small was on several important COUNCILOR Upon graduation from college she taught one year in North Bennington, committees and I enjoyed learning Vermont, but returned the next year about the ways and means of law­ to Freedom Academy to continue her making. I am not legislative minder! profession of teaching until she was and do not aspire to public office but married in 1905 to Dr. Allan McD. I am glad to be able to finish a work Small. With her marriage began a that was so well begun and inter­ double career for ·he became not only rupted in so untimely a manner." a doctor's "'rife but a doctor's assistant Alumni of Colby are proud that as well. A paragraph taken from a such an honor as membership to the letter written by Mrs. Small gives a Governor's Executive Council has brief glimpse into a life of complete been be towed upon one of their service by two people with a great number and tho e who know Mrs. urge to tho e in need of com­ Small, personally, know that she will se1-vp fort. fill her position most ably endowed "Among the many memories I prize as she is with rare executive ability, most are the hours I spent with him an exceptionally keen mind, and a in his work as he ministered to the strong, courageous spirit. aches and pains as well as to the moral and spiritual needs of his TEW clientele. He taught me to be his office nur e and whatever I might be fifth womanTRU onTEE the pre ent doing was as a matter of course laid ColbyHE Board of Trustees is Mr . a. ide when an accident came to the TEdward Bok of Merion Stati<>n, house or any emergency arose requir­ Pa., and long summer resident of ing my help. I will never forget the �amden-by-the-Sea. COLBY alumna became the first exaltation of spirit I have experienced Mary Louise Curtis was born in woman to occupy a position on when I have seen him repeatedly Boston, the daughter of Cyrus H. K. A the Governor's Executive Coun­ wrestle \.\ri.th the Grim Reaper and and LouLa (Knapp ) Curti . After cil of the State of Maine when Mrs. bring his patient thru." her education in the public school Edith Williams Small, '02, of Free­ At about the time of the close of and the Ogontz School, she married dom, took the oath of office on Dec. the World War when Mrs. Small had Edward William Bok. She has two 1. She ·was appointed by Governor been out of school work for about S<>n , William Curtis and Cary Wil- Brann to fill out the unexpired term, fifteen years she was asked to come ending Dec. 31, 1936, of her husband, back to the Academy for two weeks the late Dr. Allan McD. Small. Her until another teacher could be pro­ first vote as Councilo·r was cast in cured to take her place. She re­ acceptance of the official tabulation of mained for ten years. At the end of Maine's presidential election. that time she "graduated again", but Edith Williams was born in Bangor, yielded to repeated urgings of the when her father, Rev. Thomas P. Wil­ managing board to return the next liams, was in his last year at Bangor year to the school where her first Theological Seminary. Four years teaching was done and where now, a later he was called to the Congrega­ she says, she "is teaching the second tional Church in Winslow, Maine, generation more than half of whom where he moved with his family and my doctor husband helped into the for eighteen years served as pastor. world." Having received her preparatory "Freedom Academy is one of the training for college at Waterville Old New England type", says Mrs. High School, Eclith Williams entered Small. "We celebrated ouT centen­ Colby College in the fall of 1897. nial last year and it was my first year She was graduated in 1902 after stay­ as Principal." The Academy has an ing out one year to teach in Freedom A rating on the approved list of fitting Academy, a school which was to schools and sends each year boys and occupy more of her time later in life. girls to college in and out of Maine. She says of her college life, "The The life of a legislator jg familiar last two years at Colby were distinct- to Mrs. Small since she spent two llfARY LOUISE CURTIS BOK, L. D., Mus. D. H. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 21

am Bok. A the famed editor of Head Table at the Wadsworth Testimonial he Ladie Home Journal and author f the widely read "Americanization ,f Edwa1·d Bok," her husband wa ::nown and admired by many thou­ and . Hi memory is enshrined in me of the beauty spots of this coun­ ry-The Singing Tower in Mountain :..ake, Florida. Mrs. Bok ha been in public life to con iderable extent. Her chief in­ 1 :ere t may be said to be the field of music. She founded, endowed, and is now the pre ident of the Curtis In- titute of Mu ic in Philadelphia, which is a unique organization offer­ ing advanced training for children with promise of a concert arti t' career in mu ic. Another one of her hobbies is gar­ dening. The beautiful landscaping around the Camden library and the waterfront, for which she was respon­ sible, are familiar to many Main residents. Front i·ow, left to right, Mrs. Lewi 0. Barrows, Mr. Wadsworth, '92, P�ter Thaanum, Governor-elect Barrows and Mrs. Edythe French; back row, Ohver The scope of Mrs. Bok' intere t Hall, '93, Scott Higgins, Judge Herbert E. Foster, '96, Robert McNamara, '32, may be een . from a list of the or­ Lawrence Foster, George Stevens and County Attorney Francis H. Bate. ganizations with which she is con­ nected, as follows : The Engli h Speak­ ing Union, American Rose Society, ON. Herbert E. Wadsworth of Colby, '96 , Lawrence Foster, Peter Foreign Policy A ociation, Historical Winthrop, graduate of Colby in Thaanum, the toastmaster, Robert Society of Pennsylvania, the Penn­ H the class of 1892 and for many McNamara, Colby, '32, George sylvania Horticultural Society, Na­ years chairman of the Board of Stevens, first selectman and Miss tional Institute of Social Science , Trustees of the College, is not of those Helen Foster, Colby, '21, who brought the Merion Civic Association, Edward who are unappreciated in their home me sages of congratulation and best A. MacDowell Association, Art Al­ town a was shown on Tuesday eve­ wishes from the Student Council and liance, Print Club, Cosmopolitan Club ning, Dec. 15, when some 150 of the the Women's League of the College. of Philadelphia and New York. citizens of Winthrop tendered Mr. The hall was charmingly decorated rth a testimonial dinner in for the occasion and a delicious tur­ That her efforts on behalf of worthy Wadswo American Legion Hall and applauded key dinner was served. A highlight undertakings have had international with vigor and enthusiasm as the va­ of the evening was the presentation recognition can be seen from the fact rious speakers paid their tributes to to Mr. Wadsworth of a gold key, suit­ that on May 19, 1931, the Polish gov­ the special guest. ably inscribed, the gift of the Young ernment conferred upon Mrs. Bok the The occa ion was arranged by a Republicans of Winthrop. Ohevalier's Cross of the Order of Po­ group of townspeople as a token of lonia and Restituta, the presentation Mr. Wadsworth, in acknowledging appreciation of the many ervices taking place in Washington, and the gift and the kindness expressed that Mr. Wadsworth has rendered to again on Decemb€r 30, 1935, the Aus­ by the testimonial dinner, declared the town and particularly in honor of trian government decorated her with hi love for Winthrop and its people, his nomination for the position of the Knight's Cross, First Class, Aus- remarking that he went there in 1889 executive councilor from the Kenne­ ' trian Order of Merit. to teach school, following his gradua­ bec-Somerset district, a nomination tion from Coburn Classical Institute; Academie recognition of Mrs. Bok that ensured his election by the Re­ left the following year to attend Col­ is evinced by the conferring of the publican legislature of Maine. by College ; came back once more in degrees of Doctor of Humane Letters Gracing the occasion to testify their 1892 to go into business; left again from the University of Pennsylvania, admiration of the public services of to return once and for all in 1905. and Doctor of Music from Williams Mr. Wadsworth were Governor-Elect He paid a glowing tribute to Mr. College. and Mrs. Lewis Barrows. The Barrows and remarked : "I intend 0. to The foregoing facts will indicate Alumnus was represented by Oliver go the whole distance in supporting to the Colby alumni body that the L. Hall of the board of editor . him." addition of Mrs. Bok to the governing The speakers of the evening were Mr. Wads worth enters upon his board brings to us one of the leading the Gov€rnor-elect, County Attorney dutie as a member of the Executive woman citizens of our nation. Francis Bate, Judge Herbert Foster, Council with a fine equipment for the I 2=2======T=H===E c=o=L=B=Y==AL==u=MN==u==s======1 position. He has served in both in his native province as a keen politi­ MILESTONES branches of the Maine Legislature, cal observer and capable editor. was the author of some important On his graduation from Colby and fARRIAGES legislation, as a Senator was chair­ the subsequent dropping of a medical Pauline Goodwin, Phillips, Maim man of the Committee on Appropria­ course, he entered newspaper work as E. Colby, '34, to Sheldon Boone, Canadt tions and Financial Affairs and a a co-owner and publisher of Th e Houl­ at Calais, Maine, October 19, 1936. director of the Port of Portland ton Times. Later, he moved to Fred­ Portia Murdock Pendleton, Water Authority ; Maine State Y. M. C. A.; ericton, N. B., as new. editor of The ville, Maine, Colby, '34, to Majo Maine Publicity Bureau ; Maine Pub­ Daily Gleaner and in 191!) came to Frank C. Rideout, Fort Thomas, Ky lic Health Association ; Maine A.A.A.; Saint John as news editor of The Ando\'er-Newton Theological Semin Associated Industries of Ma i ne. Mr. Standard, which became The Journal. ary and Yale University Divinit: 'Vadsworth is recognized throughout With the amalgamation of that paper School at Waterville, Maine, Novem the State as possessed of high execu­ with The Daily Telegraph he entered Ler 14, 1936. :l\Iiss Beth Pendleton tive ability and as a broad-minded, government service and had been thus Colby '35 and John Pendleton Jr. '39 far-sighted business man. engaged for about 14 years. were members of the wedding party As expressed by the several speak­ When The Free Press started pub- Rena Joy Mills, Tewksbury, Mass. ers the town of Winthrop and its peo­ ishing, a call was sent out to Mr. 1 olby, '30, to Ernest J. Theberge ple are deeply appreciative of the Hanson to assist in organization. Lawrence, Mass., Colby, '30, at Nortr services rendered the community by With the rounding out of depart­ Cambridge, Mass., September 13, 1936 Mr. Wadswo1th, always foremost in mental staffs, he was retained on the Colby people in the wedding part� good work and always generous in hi city desk. were: James McCr<>ary, '2 and Har· contributions to community charity, With hi. wife, formerly Katie Mc­ riet Towle McCroary, '28. Colby peo­ philanthropy an worthy enterpri es. Kay of Houlton, and one of his sons, I Mr. Hanson resides at 164 Leinster ple present at the ceremony were Mr Street, Saint John. The son at home and Mr .. Stephen G. Bean, '05; Ste­ Robert C. Hanson, a business rival phanie Bean Delaney, '31. L in the employ of The Daily Citizen as Margaret Gilson Prince, Portland, city editor. Another son, Kenneth, Maine, to George Hovey Barnaby, married, employed with the St. John Portland, Maine, Colby '29, at Port­ land, Maine, November 25, 1936. Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., lives in East Saint John, while Margaret Elm , Aubu111, Maine, to a daughter, Mrs. S. J. (Margaret) Sand­ Kenneth W. Rolfe, Portland, Maine berger, former olby student, is in Colby, '34, in Portland, Maine, October dington, Mass. 24, 1936. A Viola Lurlene Blake, Lincoln, Maine, Colby, '30, to Kenneth J. Kim­ BA NQUET FOR l\1R. WAGG ball. Address 26 Bagley Ave., Bucks­ P. Wagg, a graduate of port, Maine. ColbyLVIN in the class <>f 1890, retired Barbara Emma Day, Fairfield, A Nov. 1 from his po ition as Mas­ Maine, Colby, '36, to Bernard Calvin ter of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Stallard, Berlin, New Hampshire, Junior High School, of Dorchester, Colby, '37, at Augusta, Maine, October Mas_., occupied by Mr. Wagg ince 4, 1936. Attendants at the wedding 1919. Appreciation of the friend hip were Winnifred White Houghton, Col­ and ervice of the retirinc; Master was by, '36, and Arnold E. Small, Colby, expres eel by present and former '37. teachers, who gave a reception and banquet in his h<>nor at the Fox and BORN Gun club, Oct. 27. A surprise fea­ To Cyril M. Joly, Colby, '16, and ture of the occasion was the presenta­ Lorette LaP<>inte Joly, a daughter, STEPHEN H. HANSON, '95 tion of a purse to the guest of honor. Katherine Louise, January 19, 1936, You can't keep a young old dog Mr. Wagg fitted for college at Ed­ Waterville, Maine. down, so S. H. (Steve) Hanson, '95, ward Little High School in Auburn To C. W. Hill and Margaret Duerr of Saint John, N. B., who wa retired and after completing his course at Hill, Colby, '35, a on, Thomas Eu­ on pension from the New Brunswick Colby entered the educational field as gene, June 1, 1936, Brookline, Mass. government service la t pring, i back principal of the Winthrop, Mass. High To Dr. Edwin W. Hadow, Colby, in harness with his first-love-news­ School. From Winthrop he went to '28, and Emma Tozier Harlow, Colby, paper work-as city editor of The Free Auburn, Me. and then to Norwood, '28, a son, Edwin Wallace, Jr., Novem­ Press, a new daily which started pub­ Mass. as superintendent of schools; ber 1, 1936, Waterville, Maine. lication in Saint John in October. Glee served as sub-ma ter in the Eliot To H. Chesterfield, Marden, Colby, singer, football, baseball, track man school, Boston, and was Chief Justice '21, and Dorothy H. Marden, a son, and an ardent D. K. E. during his Judge of the Newsboys' Court from Donald Harlow, November 19, 1936, years at Colby, Mr. Hanson is known 1910 to 1913. Waterville, Maine. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 23

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CLEMENT H. HALLOWELL, '76 mencement Dr. Hallowell and Dr. dently conserving the returns of his LEMENT HOWARD HALLO­ Clarence E. Meleney were the only labor for a comfortable old age when living graduates of the Class of 1876. WELL, M. D., of the Class of retired ! While his life has no out­ Both were present at the Alumni Colby 1876, passed away Novem­ standing features, my memory of his C Luncheon, but Dr. Hallowell was ber 13th in his home in Billerica, sunny and happy disposition leads me obliged to return home with his son­ Mass., after a brief illness of ten to believe that when sought he would in-law before the Commencement

While at Melro e he was admitted to Wright the community of Park years at Colby," writes a classmate, the practice of law in Minnesota. Af­ Rapids has lost one of its pioneers, "and through it all she was ever the an outstanding citizen whose posi­ ter practising for a year at St. Cloud same-growing in wisdom with a gen­ tion and personal characteristics he established himself at Park Rapids, gave him the opportunity to wield tle spirit always playing about her which remained his home until his an influence in the development firmness and strength." This wisdom death. of this community. and strength of character she i·evealed From County Attorney Charles Mr. Wright soon established him­ still further in the work of teaching Clark: self in the law and in the confidence which followed her graduation. For Although death must come to and respect of the community. No­ four years she wa principal of the all men, it does not seem just nor tices of his death refer to him as "one can we yet realize that it has high school in Barre, Massachusetts. of the pioneer lawyers of northern taken Judge Wright, one of the From there she went to Acadia Sem­ Minnesota." mo t humane and lovable men inary, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, as pre­ who ever erved as ju1;st. He In 1908 Mr. Wright was elected dis­ ceptress. Then, after a period of possessed the quality of being in­ trict judge and was four times re­ nately democratic while command­ study at Radcliffe, she held a similar elected for terms of six years dura­ ing the respect due hi m and his position at Vermont Academy. tion. The district of which he wa court. Her marriage to Dr. Ellery in 1909 From M. M. Nygaard, Mayor of senior judge is the largest in area in brought her closely in touch with the Park Rapids: Minnesota and comprises nine coun­ life of the college and with many out- A man who has been as ociated ties. Previous to assuming his seat ide activities in Schenectady. She with the development of this com­ was a member of various clubs: the on the bench, Judge Wright had per­ munity and this county from its formed valued service for his town early history, one who was re pon­ Music Study Club, the College Club, home a village attorney and member sible for the present size of the the Pan-Hellenic Society, the Ameri­ of the school board. county by sponsoring legi lation can Association of University Women, detaching more than half of our and the Fortnightly. She had long G. A. Andrews, Colby, '82, now a area from Cas county, and suc­ resident of Minneapolis, kindly sent cessful ly prosecuting the action been a valued member of the Board of to The Alumnus the facts incorporated in the courts, and with his long Directors of the Y. W. C. A. As in this sketch. Mr. Andrews writes service in the judiciary will be chairman of the Committee on Re­ sorely missed. that from the time of his graduation ligious Education she was tireless in From resolutions adopted by the her effort to ecure leaders of spir­ he

ARTH R ROGER , bership in the Phi Beta Kappa So­ WENDELL WASHBURN, '03 IC. '91 C. N the death of Dr. Arthur Rogers, ciety when the Colby Chapter was ENDELL Crosby Wash burn of No ember 1, 1936, Colby lo es a organized in 1896. He was a mem­ the class of 1903 died very sud­ distinguished alumnus. After his ber of the Zeta Psi fraternity. I denly at his place of residence �raduation in the Clas of 1891, he Dr. Rogers was a born scholar. W in Thomaston, where he was em­ 'pent several year in po t graduate His father acquired a wide reputa­ ployed as a supervisor by the Maine 1York at Johns Hopkins University, tion as a physicist while at Harvard Highway Commission, on Sundny Hartford School of Sociology and the and came to Colby for greater oppor­ evening, October 6, 1936. University of Chicago. From the tunity to make meteorological obser­ Mr. Washburn was born November University of Chicago he received the vations and experiments. Arthur 20, 1880, in the town of China, the degree of Ph.D. in 1898. Meanwhile grew up in this atmosphere of study son of Willis W. and Edith Crosby he taught Latin and Greek for a year and research. In college he did not Washburn. He was the oldest of four in the preparatory department of the limit himself to prescribed text books boy . He prepared for Colby at Co­ University and served for a year as but supplemented the class room re­ burn Classical Institute from vvhich assistant superintendent of a Charity quirements with wide reading and he graduated with honors in 1899 and Organization Society in Hartford, independent study. He once told the then entered Colby in the fall to Connecticut. writer that he had selected a course graduate in 1903 as one of the si x After the completion of his studies of reading that might take twenty high ranking members of his class. at Chicago he began his teaching years to complete. His high attain­ Colby he was a member of Delta career. He was instructor in Philo­ ment in his chosen field was a ful­ In Upsilon and several honorary socie­ sophy and Pedagogy at Alfred Uni­ fillment of the promise of early years. ties including Phi Beta Kappa. versity, 1899-1900 ; Professor of Dr. Rogers was almost painfully He was a member of the football Philosophy and Education at Butler modest. His honors came to him un­ team during his college cour e playing Co e g e 1900-1910; Profes or of solicited. Any form of self advertis­ 11 at guard and tackle and was consid­ Philosophy at the University of Mis­ ing was wholly repugnant to his ered an outstanding member of the souri, 1910-1914 ; Professor of Philo­ nature. His tastes were literary. team. sophy at Yale University, 1914-1920. Although a college professor of high After graduation he entered the Since 1920 Dr. Rogers has lived in re­ standing for twenty years he pre­ teaching profession and was elected tirement at Rockport, Massachusetts, ferred writing to teaching and his as sub-master at Waterville High engaged in study and writing. He last years were devoted to this con­ School. He changed to several other was author of eleven books and num­ genial employment. He was married, schools and then abandoned the erous essay . "A Student' Hi tory August 24, 1895, to Miss Helen teaching profession to engage in of Philo ophy," published in 1901 and Worthington Rogers of Tariffville, manufacture. He was for several revised in 1932 is widely used as a Connecticut, who survives him. years with a gasolene engine company text book in colleges. He received The end came at the Baker Me­ in Massachusetts and was one of their the honorary degree of Litt. D. from morial Hospital in Boston as the re­ experts being sent all over New Eng­ Colby in 1916. sult of heart weakness and other land to take care of special cases Arthur Kenyon Rogers was born in complications induced by arterio needing the services of an expert Dunellen, New Jersey, December 27, sclerosis. He quietly went to sleep from the factory. 1868. He began his preparation for with an unfaltering trust college in the High and Latin schools "Like one who wraps the drapery of After a time he turned to road of Cambridge, Massachusetts. His his couch building and he quickly established father, the late Professor William A. About him, and lies down to pleasant himself as one of the most efficient Rogers, L.L.D., was at that time a dreams." men in the employ of the Highway member of the Harvard faculty. Pro­ "Who's Who in America" lists the Commis ion and at the time of his fessor Rogers came to Waterville in following published works of Dr. death was considered one of the best men on concrete roads in the state. 1886 to assume the chair of Physics Rogers : Life and Teachings of Jesus, and Astronomy at Colby and Arthur 1894 ; A Brief Introduction to Modern While his work made it impossible joined the class of 1887 at the Coburn Philosophy, 1899 ; A Student's His­ for him to attend many of the Com­ Classical Institute. Twenty-two of tory of Philosophy, 1901 ; The Re­ mencements after his graduation he this class entered Colby and seven­ ligious Concevtion of the World, 1907 ; always held a keen interest in Colby teen of them were graduated in 1891, Essays in Critical Realism, 1920 ; and attributed much of his success to a class distinguished for its class English and American Philosophy the four years which he spent as a spirit and its loyalty to the college. since 1800, 1922 ; Theory of Ethics, student at the college. Arthur was a popular member of this 1922 ; What is Truth? 1923 ; Moralfl His funeral was held at his late congenial group because of his natural in Review, 1927 ; Contribution to home in China and was largely at­ friendliness and lovable qualities. Essays in Philosovhy, 1929 ; Socratic tended by his associates in the high­ His fine Christian character was Problems, 1933 ; Ethics and Moral way department and by a number of quickly recognized. He easily took Tolerance, 1934. To this list may be former classmates in Colby, as well high rank in his studies and did it added, An Introduction to Ethics, as friends in both his home town and in such a modest way as to excite only completed in 1936 and soon to be pub­ other places where he has been em­ the admiration and pride of his class­ lished. ployed. mates. He was honored with mem- Charles Stanley Pease, Caleb A. Lewis, '91. '03. 26 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

Class Notes About Colby Men and Women 1876 CALENDAR 1911 Jan. 15-Freshman Basketbal I: Clarence Melency, on November Hebron at Waterville. Mrs. Howard Mailey, write that E. 17, was guest of honor at a banquet Jan. 16-Freshman Basketball: she has just sent her second daughter Hig-­ of the N. J. State Teachers' Associa­ gins at Waterville. Colby. Ruth graduated in June to tion, in commemoration of the meet­ Jan. 18-Hockey : Bowdoin at Bruns­ and is now at Hampton Institute, ing of the Association fifty years ago wick. Hampton, Virginia. when he was president of the organi­ Jan. 19-First Semester classes end James C. Richardson represented zation, while holding the position of 5:30 P. M. Colby at the Centennial celebration superintendent of schools in Paterson, Jan. 20-Examinations begin 9:00 of the chartering of Wesleyan College N. J. He helped to organize the N. J. A. M. on October 23, 1936, and at the cen­ State Teachers' Reading Circles, and Jan . 30-Examinations end 5:00 tennial celebration of the founding of was the first honorary member of the P. M. Emory University, at Atlanta, Geor­ N. J. Council of Education. Hi son, Feb. 2-Lecture, Maurice Hindus. gia, December 5, 1913. Dr. Henry E. Melency, is president of Feb. 5-First Winter Carnival. the American Society of Tropical Hockey : Boston College at Waterville. Medicine; and a member of the faculty Feb. 6--Winter Carnival Ball. 1913 of the Medical School of Vanderbilt Track : B. A. A. at Bo ton. Dr. Roy F. Good is Vice Com­ University, Nash ville, Tenn. Feb. 9-Coburn Prize Speaking. mander of the Thomas W. Cole Post, Freshman Basketball: Houlton H. S. American Legion, Sanford, Maine. at Houlton. 1881 Donald H. White represented Colby Feb. 10-Freshman Basketball: at the fiftieth anniversary of the Chas. H. Bates, '81, is living at 32 Presque Isle H. S. at Presque I le. founding of Newcomb College, in New Duxbury Rd., Newton Centre, Mass., Feb. 11-Hockey: Williams at Wil- Orleans, Louisiana, December 16-18. with his daughter Catherine, Colby liamstown. Fre hman Basketball : His daughter, Penelope Ann, is ex-'22. June 9th, he observed his 80th Ricker at Houlton. a freshman there this year. birthday. Since June, 1927, he has Feb. 12-Hockey: Brown at Provi­ Philip W. Hussey was elected chair­ been on the retired list of Massachu- dence. man of a special committee on de­ etts School Superintendents, his last Feb. 13-Hockey : U. of N. H. at tailed organization plans for the de­ position being at Middleboro, Mass., Durham. velopment of Maine Winter Sports, where he served 26 years. In 1905 Feb. 16-Murry Prize Debate. at a meeting of representatives from Colby conferred on him the honorary Maine municipalities in Augusta, No­ degree of Master of Arts in recogni­ Ezra K. Maxfield, after receiving vember 13, 1936. tion of his work as an educator. his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1920, went C. J. Keppel is Director of the to Washington and Jefferson College, Tome School, Port Deposit, Maryland. Washington, Penna., where he has 1889 a boarding school for boys. been ever since, as George M. Lough­ The following interesting letter lin Professor of English Language comes from E. L. Simpson : "In a and Literature. He was recently 1914 small way, I represent all the profes­ elected first vice-president of the "The writer was tendered a testi­ sions. Being retired from the mini - Washington Rotary Club. He has a monial dinner by over 200 members try, sometimes I teach, more often I son who graduated from Haverford of the community on the occasion of preach. By being health officer, I am last June and is doing graduate work the dedication of the new High something of a doctor, and being town in Library Science at Columbia Li­ School building-November 19, 1936. clerk and notary public, something of brary School ; and a daughter who is Speakers included representatives a lawyer, and by caring for two gar­ a junior at Westtown Friend's School. den. and as many cows, something of from the 1ocal Parent-Teacher group, a farmer. shows the local teachers association, New Multum in parvo 1908 York University School of Education, that I haven't forgotten yet all that Teachers College, Columbia Univer­ I learned at Colby." Charles W. Bradlee represented Colby at the inauguration of William sity, The Progressive Education As­ 1905 Alfred Eddy as President of Hobart sociation and the State Department College and William Smith College on of Education. Clarence N. Flood has given up his Oct. 2, 1936, and at the inauguration "The New High School just re­ work as a representative of the Mac­ of William Ernest Weld as President ferred to is a $500,000 building, millan Book Co., for Maine. He has of Wells College on Oct. 23, 1936. accommodating 800 pupils. It was decided to spend the rest o'f his life "In my opinion, the 'Alumnus' is a built and financed through a P. W. A. disposing of his antiques, which he potent factor in maintaining the in­ loan and grant. It is situated on a has been collecting for the past fif­ terest in 'Old Colby', especially to 22-acre plot which will eventually teen years. It started as a hobby, the graduate. Not a little credit is provide play and athletic facilities and has now developed into a busi­ due the editorial staff for the well for the entire south of the commu­ ness. His friends will find him in chosen articles appearing in each nity." Bath, Maine. issue." I. Ross McCombe Vinal Tib betts THE COLBY ALUMNUS 27

1916 Earle S. Tyler was appointed Town 1927 Counsel for Watertown (Mass.) last The following note comes from spring. He has a son aged 7, who is Helen E. Robinson is at present a .Iichigan the pen of Mrs. Louise Mc­ "quite a baseball artist" and a daugh­ Social Worker for the Bureau of So­ 'urdy MacKinnon : "My husband ter aged 10, who "is a real student." cial Welfare in the State of Maine. ind I had upper one Sunday night The members of the class of 1920 his summer with Marian Wyman 1929 :;im and her husband and happy fam­ ly of six boys in Colton, California. Neal D. Bousefield is now in charge ,ast week, our favorite neice, Edith of the Maine Sea Coast Missionary ...irearson Phelan, '28, and her hus­ Society, taking over the task from band visited us on their way to Fort Rev. Orville J. Guptill, '96, who is on Worth, Texas, to live. ' a year's leave of absence. Neal got Frank C. Foster spent the summer out the annual Christmas appeal to Assistant Director of the Study of the friends of this organization. The 1 Local School Units-a government leaflet showed the society's boat "Sun­ project to plan more effective admin­ beam" approaching a lighthouse on a tration and organization of schools. rugged promontory and the text de­ i He comments that he used W. P. A. scribed several typical incidents con­ labor and was "much more favorably nected with the work, as well as giv­ unpressed by their willingness to work and those who were in college with ing other information. It is apparent than popular prejudice allows." Donald Jacobs will be interested in that Neal's missionary spirit has George F. Hendricks, who is State the accompanying picture which I re­ found expression here on our own Director of Physical and Health Edu­ ceived from him. Jacobs, as many of coast just as well as if he had gone cation for Delaware, recently pub­ you will remember, was in the Navy to China. li hed a paper in the October issue of during the war, and after graduation The Journal of Health and Physical entered the Coast Guard Service, and 1930 Education on the topic, "Rrecreation is now Lieutenant Commander in that "Deane Quinton of Manville, R. I., for Rural Communities." He also service. son of William Quinton, former agent edits a monthly News Letter for the La t summer Jacobs was trans­ of the Lockwood mill here, (Water­ workers in this field in Delaware. ferred from service at Pensacola, ville) has been appointed superin­ Florida, to service on the Coast Guard tendent of the Androscoggin mill in Cutter Northland, patrolling the Alas­ Lewiston."-Newspaper clipping. kan waters and the Arctic Circle. A 1920 Pauline Morin spent the year 1935- letter from him, in which he enclosed 36 at the University of Paris (La Sor­ Bernard Crane left on September the snapshot, was mailed on August bonne, Eco le de Phonetique ), and re­ 16, on board the S. S. Seminole with 13 from Point Barrow, Alaska, and I ceived her M. A. from Columbia Uni­ his wife and daughters, Phyllis, aged received it on September 9, which will versity in 1936. At present, she is 11, and Ruth, aged 8, for a trip to give you some idea of the length of teaching French at Edward Little the Texas Centennial and parts of time it takes mail to travel from that High School, Auburn, Maine. Mexico. "Haven't had a vacation for far di tant region. many years," he says, "so we are The picture should be of particular making up for it now. My nephew, interest in view of the fact that it is 1931 Herbert, has applied to Colby for en­ taken in front of the wreck of the Ruth Hallinger is registrar in the trance in September 1937. Have been Will Rogers-Wiley Post plane in which Curtis Clinic at Jefferson Hospital, fairly successful in the practice of they met their death. Philadelphia. medicine and mighty fortunate in H. T. Urie. I am still working for myself as marriage, so here's another Colby boy Public Stenographer and have my of­ making good." 1925 fice at Longfellow Sq., 672 Congress Guy E. Rouse is with the E. I. Du­ St., Portland, and have ju t received Pont de Nemones Co., Plastics De­ Mildred E. Briggs is head of the my commission as Notary Public. partment, at Arlington, N. J. Circulation Department in the City This fall I enrolled with the LaSalle From Carl W. Robinson : "With Library, Manchester, N. H. Extension University for a course in this year, I shall have completed six­ Howard B. Tuggey is teaching in machine shorthand, called Stenotypty, teen years of service in the U. S. the Washington Junior High School, which is four times as fast as pencil Patent Office, having been assigned to in Mount Vernon, N. Y. shorthand. It is used in court report­ four different examining divisions, Alta S. Doe is head of the Biology ing and convention reporting out in and having examined applications for Department in Glen Ridge High the mid-west, but hasn't been heard patents in approximately twenty dif­ School, Glen Ridge, N. J. She re­ of a great deal here in Maine. My ferent classes of inventions. For the cently joined with the Unity Players grandmother and I live right across past three years, I have been working of Montclair and at present is work­ .the street from my office, which on applications relating to musical ing on a leading role in advanced makes it very convenient. instruments of all kinds." amateur production. Evelyn Morrison. 28 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

Waltham, Mas. . The company ells college life look oft ...Every nig 1933 printers' line-up and regi. ter table . is like studying for midyear Victor H. Paquet h:: in the employ He is a member of the University Did tho e professor work, too?" of the Engineering Department of the Club of Boston ancl would like to Catherine Laughton. State Highway Com1nission, Augusta, meet any Colby people and extend the Richard Franklin is working for 1 Maine. privilege of the club to them. Home dad in the textile bu iness at t "I am still employed by McLellan a