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¦¦¦ • ¦¦ H a^ naaBaBi ^ iBaaa g HnBHB ^ iBBHMM ^ aaiKanaiMa THE EMPIRE RINK Sessions: 1.30 to 4.30, 7.00 to 10.00 WE CATER TO PRIVATE K6tchTHE BELMONTCOLLARS STYLE IN POUR HEIGHTS GLASGOW Z% In. BELM ONT ZH In. PAILTOS FILOM 4,30 to 7 MEDORA ?.Ya in. CHESTE R 2 In. g for 85 ota. CI UETT , PEABOn Y&CO., MaUara ______^_^^^^ __^-^^_ I _ _^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ______^___& ^^^^^^^^ _^^^^^^^^^^^^ i SUPPLIES JOHN N. WEBBER , Pres. J. F. PEKCI VAL, Cashier j LLLCTRIC i OF ALL KINDS Zhe \ Central Maine Power Co. p eoples national | Banh 141 MAIN STREET ACCOUNTS SOLICITED Waterville. Maine. CONTENTS. between the quarters of each half .have been shortened from two minutes to one. New Football Rules 1 New Instructors 1 The officials are three: referee, umpire, Football Prospects 2 "Bloody Monday" 2 and linesman. The other changes made Prizes 2 Library Notes 3 are of minor importance. Improvements 3 Football Schedule 3 The object of these alterations has been Sophomore Class ' 3 Y. M. C. A. Reception .. 3 to simplify the rules and to provide Editorial 4 Sunday School Classes 4 chances for a large amount of scoring. New Students 4 ' Football Captain 4 From the spectator's point of view, the . Edward J. Daly 6 Track 6 game will be a return to the old style Y. M. C. A 6 Honors and Prizes 7 game of line plunging and big scores, and Colby Alumnus , 7 .Observant Student 7 for this reason, more popular than ever Women's Division. . , , 8 before. THE NEW FOOTBALL RULES. NEW INSTRUCTORS. The most noticeable change in the foot- ball rules this year is the change in the The department of English has been field. The distance from goal line to goal strengthened by the coming of Henry W. line has been shortened from 110 yards to Brown, M. Sc, to whom has been assigned exactly 100! yards. The actual playing divisions, la, lc, and 2a in Rhetoric. space, however, is 120 yards, as ten yards The new instructor has had more than have been added to each end of the field twenty years of experience as a teacher* to cover the new rule regarding the for- For the greater part of the time he has ward pass. The kick-off is made, not been Vice Principal of the New Hampton from the centre of the field as formerly, Literary Institute, acting also as head of • bui on the 40-yard line ; that is, 60 yards the science department there. from the goal towards which the ball is Mr. Brown took his degrees at .Univer- kicked. sity of Maine. He studied two years at Another point of difference is the in- Yale and has been abroad. He is a writer crease in the number of downs—four in- and speaker upon educational and scien- stead of three downs for an advance of ten tific topics ; Director of the New Hamp- yards. The necessary average for each shire Y. M. C. A. camp, upon lake Winne- down is thus cut down from 3 1-3 to 2 1-2 pesaukee ; Secretary of the New Hamp- yards. This will of necessity bring abou t- shire Academy Teachers' Association ; and more fi rst downs and an increased amount a member of the American Association of scoring. • for the Advancement of Science ; the The forward pass this year is unlimited National Geographical Society and other as to distance anil may legally go over I he organizations. goal line, if kept within the 10 yard end Ezra K. Maxfield, one of the new Eng- • zone. The on-side kick has been done lish instructors, is a native of Winthrop, away with altogether. The intermissions Me., and comes to Colby with a large ex- perience of many years of successful FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. teaching. In 1900 Mr. Maxfield graduated from At this time of year the natural ques- Coburn Classical Institute and in 1905 tion that arises in the minds of every from Colby with the degree of B. A. In* Colby student is, What are 'Colby's 1905-06 he was principal of the High chances for a Championship Football school at Waldoboro, Me. From 1906-07 Team this fall ? In view of the fact that he was instructor in Friends Central the old men were slow in returning to school in Philadelphia ; from 1907-08 grad- early practice and scarcely any of the uate student of English at the University freshmen showed up at all until after of Pennsylvania ; from 1908-09 graduate college commenced it is well nigh impos- student of English at Harvard. During sible to make any predictions as to the 1909-10, he was instructor in English at caliber of the team. the Delaware State college ; from 1910-11, To date about thirty-five men have re- he was substitute professor of English at ported. Of the new men, Eustis, Stan- Haverford college. In 1911,he received wood, Dunn, Lowell and Ayer will make his M. A. degree from Harvard and for the strong bids for positions on the team. last year has been instructor in English at So far there has been only the lightest of Simmons college. work given the men and only a few scrim- Owing to the large increase of the num- mages have been indulged in so that any ber of students electing Economics, the correct estimate is out of the question. Board of Trustees at the winter meeting Saturday's game with Hebron will give . voted to secure the services of Dr. F. E. the College the first real opportunity to Wolfe of Dryden, Va., who will devote his get a line on the team. time exclusively to this department. Dr. Wolfe comes to Waterville from "BLOODY MONDAY." Johns Hopkins University where he re- On Monday night the time-honored ceived the degree of Ph.D. in June of this cus- tom of "Bloody Monday" night was ob- year, the subject of his doctor's disserta- served. The Sophomores gathered at tion being, "Admission to American Trade Coburn about midnight and marched up Unions," which is now in press. He re- to the gymnasium, gathering in the fresh- ceived the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1907 men on the way. One tall freshman head- from Emory and Henry College, Emory, ed the procession, bearing a transparency Va. In 1907 he was principal of the St. on which was painted, "Phi Chi," and a Paul School, St. Paul, Va. In 1910-11 he skull and cross-bones. The celebration was a fellow in Johns Hopkins, and for the ended about two o'clock, when the poster year 1911-12 , was student a ssistant in committee attended to the decoration of the department of Economics there. the city posters containing the Dr. Wolfe will teach the with the new courses in usual ten commandments to the freshmen. Economics, 1, 2, 3, and 4, and also Soci- ology 1 and 2. PRIZES. ¦ J. Williard Kimball is the new assistant instructor in the department of chemistry. The college is again fortunate in the re- Mr. Kimball is a graduate of the Connecti- newal of the Murray, Hallowell, Goodwin, cut Literary Institute of Suflieid , Conn., in and Lyford Prizes. the class of 1908 , and of Colby, 1912. He The Murray Prize of $100 is offered by is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and George Edwin Murray, of the class of of the honorary society Phi Beta Kappa. 1879, to promote interest in debating. The Goodwin Prize of $100 is offered by proving the campus. The college walks Forrest Goodwin, of the class of 1887, to have been graded and walled and now promote interest in debating among the present a neat and attractive appearance. preparatory and high schools of Maine. Some of the dormitories have undergone- Last year four preparatory schools and changes and repairs. The most notable. four high schools were invited to form a of these have been made in north division debating league and the keen interest of North College which is now in as good ' among these schools warrants its continu- condition as any fraternity house on the ation for another year. campus. The dressing room of the-, The Hallowell Prize of $100 is offered by gymnasium has been overhauled and is- Florentius Melancthon Hallowell, of the fitted with all the modern conveniences. class of 1877. The contest is open to members of the public speaking class. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. The Lyford Interscholastic Prize of $100 is offered by Will Hartwell Lyford, of the Sept. 28—Hebron at Waterville. class of 1870, to promote interest in public , Oct. 2—Brown at Providence. speaking, among preparatory school men. Oct. 5—Coburn at Waterville. The contest is held in Waterville each Oct. 12—Fort McKinley at Waterville.. spring and is open to men attending the Oct. 19—Boston College at Waterville.. preparatory and high schools of Maine. Oct. 26—Bowdoin at Brunswick. Nov. 2—Maine at Waterville. LIBRARY NOTES. Nov. 9—Bates at Waterville. The college library has received some new additions during the summer months. SOPHOMORE CLASS. Two pictures of Professor William Matthews, of the class of 1835, have been At a meeting held last Friday the> presented by Mrs. Matthews. A large Sophomores elected Paul F. Christopher catalogue cabinet has been received as the of Springfield , Mass., president for 1912- gift of Mr. Josiah Russel) Melcher, of the 13, and Robert A. Howard of Mansfield, class of 1881, in memory of Dr. Edward Mass., captain of the baseball team. The iE. Hall. The librarian has commenced to following committee was appointed for re-catalogue the books and is using the "Bloody Monday." Library of Congress cards. Several hun- W. J. Pendergast, dred new books have been added and also C. H. Jones. some new monthly magazines. , The libra- A. H. Yeaton. ry hours are :—daily except Sunday, 8-30 H. Small. to 12 A. M.; 1-30 to 5.30 P. M.; Monday, C. R. Mills. Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 7.00 to 9.00 P. M. This year the evening hours Y. M. C. A. RECEPTION. will be continued only on condition that the students use the library more tha'n The annual reception of Y. M. C. A. to they did last year. the new students and members of the faculty was held in Memorial Hall last IMPROVEMENTS. Friday evening, Most of the upper class- men were present to welcome the members The trustees of the college have ex- of the class of 1916. After a social hour- pended a considerable sum of money dur- spent in getting acquainted, light refresh- ing the summer months by way of im- ments were served. The football season is now well under THE COLB Y ECHO way and the material looks good enough Published Wednesdays During the College Year by the to make a strong bid for the champion- Students of ship. Under the efficient coaching of COLBY COLLEGE Coach Daley, the team will make rapid JSDITORIAZ, BOARD strides in the next few weeks. Right here Editor-in-Chief ------Andrew 'Young, '13 at the beginning of the college year is a ASSOCIATE EDITORS opportunity for every Colby man John Wells, '13 Nathaniel E. Robinson, '15 splendid Everett S. Kelson, '14 Vernelle W. Dyer, '15 Robert B. Owen, '14 Merle F. Hunt , '15 both old and new to uphold the traditional Earle H. Davis, "14 Leslie F. Murch, '15 spirit by going out on the football George H. G. Campbell, '15 Colby Business Manager - - - Harvey W. Mayo, '14 fiel d and working hard for the champion- Assistant Manager - - - - Robert It. Bowen, '14 Mailing Clerk ----- Lester J\ Weeks, '15 ship/ Exchanges and all communications relating to the Literary and News departments of the paper should be addressed to THE COLBY ECHO, Waterville, Maine. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES. All remittances by mail should be made payable to the Business Manager. Voluntary Sunday School Classes for Subscriptions , $1.00 per year, in advance Single Copies Five Cents the men's division were organized last Entered at the Post Office at Waterville, Maine, as Second Class Sunday morning in Chemical Hall. The Mail Matter. classes were well attended, and the time Press of Fairf ield Publishing Company. was profitably spent in discussing plans for the coming year. The following pro- The subscription price of the Echo is fessors will have charge of the classes : $1.00 a year. Subscriptions should be sent Dr. Thomas B. Ashcraft, Seniors ; Dr. F. to Business Manager, Harvey W. Mayo. E. Wolfe, Juniors ; Professor Henry B. Brown, Sophomores ; President A. J. Rob- Assurance of a loyal and warm welcome erts, Freshmen. hy faculty and upper classmen to all the privileges of the college does not need to , NEW STUDENTS. be expressed to the members of 1916 for already they have experienced its genuine- MEN 'S DIVISION. ness. It is to be hoped that 1916 will • readily adjust itself to its new surround- Alden Watts Allen, Camden, Camden High ings and fall into step with the other School ; Herbert Hazen Barker, Norway, Bridg- fostering Colby spirit. ton Academy ; Donald Stearns Bartlett, Norway, classes in true ; Wilbur French Berry, Wat- erville, Coburn Classical Institute;. Arthur Fill- The daily newspapers of late have been more Bickford, Concord, N. H., Concord High School ; Shirley G. Blackington,. Attleboro, Mass., devoting many columns to the interests Attleboro High School; Burton Byron Blaisdell, of the college student. Among the many New Harbor, Bristol High School;. John Adams items of interest have been the timely Campbell, Cherryfield, Cherryfield Academy; warnings and the sound counsels of col- Loren Frank Carter, Bradley, Old Town High lege presidents to undergraduates. The School ; Kenyon Field Chamberlain, Cornwall, Conn., Rock Ridge Hall School ; Ralph Warren words of our own president are well worth Chesman, Woodsville, N. H., Woodsville High considering. The strength and sentiment School ; Arthur Dugdale Craig, Attleboro, Mass., of a college are not dependent upon its Attleboro High School ; Philip Goulding Curtis, freshman class but upon the example and Jamaica Plains, Mass., Rock Ridge Hall School ; loyalty of its upper classes. What the Robert J. Doyle, Nashua N. H., Nashua High School ; Franklin Mayo Dyer, Augusta, Cony college is to become is largely determined High School ; Fred Charles English, Robinson, , by the attitude of the upper classmen. Aroostook Central Institute; William Wallace Eustis, Dixfield, Bridgton Academy; Erold Rob- Mitchell Richardson, Rockland, Rockland High ert Farrar, Monson, ; Frank School ; Charles Wentworth Ricker, Poland Elwyn Folsom, Dexter, Coburn Classical Insti- Spring, Rock Ridge Hall School ; Arthur B. tute; William Henry Gaylord, So. Hadley, Mass., Riley, Bridgton, Bridgton High School ; Arthur Holyoke Mass. High School ; Hermon Oren Howard Robbins, New London, Conn., Colby Goffing, Portland, Coburn Classical Institute; Academy; Herbert M. Rockwell, Dorchester, Arthur Emerson Gregory, Warren, Warren High Mass., Mechanic Arts High School (Boston) ; School;.Benjamin F. Greer, Jr., Grasmere, N. H., Cecil Augustus Rollins, Vassalboro, Oak Grove Colby Academy; Rhonello Conant Hackett, Pitts- Seminary; Israel Elis Rudman, Bangor, Bangor field , Coburn Classical Institute; Samuel Jesse High School ; Verne Henry Sanderson, Windsor, Hartley, Bridgewater, Bridgewater Academy; Vt., Windsor High School ; William Carl Schuster, Leon D. Herring, Fairfield, Coburn Classical Clinton, Mass., Clinton High School; Paul Norton Institute; Edmund James Higgins, Dexter, Dex- Russell Shailer, Chester, Conn., Connecticut Lit- ter High School;. Asher Estey Hinds, Woodfords, erary Institute ; Harry Gabriel Shohet, Portland, Western High School (Washington, D. C.,) ; Roy Portland High School ; Ernest Simpson, Water- C. Hurd, Charlestown, Mass., Hebron Academy ; ville, Waterville High School ; Everett Phoenix Robert Augustine Hussey, North Berwick, Oak Smith, Waterboro, Kent's Hill Seminary; Scott Grove Seminary ;. Francis Leo Irvin, Dorchester, D. Staples, North Haven, Hebron Academy; Mass., Boston English High School ; - Cyril Irving Ross Stan wood, Needham Heights, Mass., Matthew Joly, Waterville, Coburn Classical In- Needham High School ; Earle R. Steves, Fair- stitute; Robert Clyde Joudry, Somerville, Mass., fiel d, Lawrence High School ; .Norman Luther Sharon ' High School ; Ralph Lewis Kimball, Stevens, Cherryfield, Hebron Academy ; Donald Oakland, ; Richard I. McMillan Strout, Millbridge, Coburn Classical Kimball, Jr., Bridgewater, Bridgewater Classical Institute; George F. Sturtevant, Hartland, Academy; Ralph Winslow King, Newton Center, Lowell High School ; Frederick F. Sully, Phila- Mass., Newton High School ;, Donald Swett delphia, Pa., Washington Academy ; Harold Bur- Knowlton, Fairfield, Coburn Classical Institute; ton Taft, Uxbridge, Mass., Uxbridge High School ; Ralph Kolseth, Dorchestei, Mass., High School Lyman Irving Thayer, Ballston, Spa, N. Y., of Commerce; Perley Wise Lane, Milford, Mass., Tennesee Military Institute; Daniel Percy Tozier, Colby Academy ; William Joseph Larkin, Wat- Oakland, Coburn Classical Institute; Louis Win- erville, Waterville High School ; Lewis Lester throp West, Cambridge, Gordon School Bos- Levine, Waterville, Waterville High School ; ton ; Bert Wise, Houlton, Houlton High School ; Waldo Chester Lincoln, Wayne, Kent's Hill Sem- Chester Osgood Wyllie, Mansfield, Mass., Mans- inary; Norman William Lindsay, Brockton, Mass., field High School. Brockton High School ; -Eugene Pei'cival Lowell, field High School ; John Francis Lowney, Rox- South Paris, Paris High School ; _ Warren -Bur- bury, Mass., Coburn Classical Institute; Alex- leigh Marston, Augusta, Cony High School ; ander Gray Miller, Long Cove, Hebron Academy. Hugh Gordon McKay, Rowland, Higgins Classi- JUNIOR CLASS. Roxbury, cal Institute; William Henry Meanix, David Jack, Winslow, Bangor Theological Mass., Boston English High School ; Irving Seminary. Woodbury Merrill, Somerville, Mass., Somerville Latin High School; Ervin Moore Miller, Bing- FORMER STUDENTS. ham, Gordon School, Boston ; Arthur Joseph Min- Edwin A. Russell, Springvale, Kent's Hill ister, Gardiner, Hebron Academy;Asa Alexander Seminary; Harold A. Small, Waterville, Coburn Morrison, Bridgewater, Athol High School ; Les- Classical Institute; Carl Henry Taylor, Hyde ter Forrest Morse, Middleboro,' Mass., Mfddle- Park, Mass., Gushing Academy ; Louis Allen boro High School; Albert Moulton, Kittery Depot, Wilson, Concord, N. H., Tilton Seminary; Florian Robert W. Traip Academy; Lewis Keith Murchie, G. Arey, Stbnington, Hebron Academy; Nathan Concord, N. H., Coburn Classical Institute; T. Butler, Beverly, Mass,, Goddard Seminary ; William S. Nagle, Brookline, Mass., Boston Ralph Edwin Hamilton, Winchester, Mass., Colby English High School ; Roger Austin Nye, Fair- Academy; Roland M. Hussey, North Berwick, field , Lawrence High School ; Albert James Oak Grove Seminary; Murray Alexander Morgan, O'Neil, "Nashua, N. H., Nashua High School ; Milliocket, Millinocket High School. James Hugh Prince, Portland, Hebron Academy'; WOMEN 'S DIVISION. Donald Putnam, Houlton, Houlton High School ; Marjorie L. Barker, Norway, Norway High George Washington Putnam, Presque Isle, School ; Alice Coburn Boynton, Damariscotta Presque Isle High School ; Woodford M. Rand, Mills, Lincoln Academy; Ruth Frances Brackett, Presque Isle, Presque Isle High School ; John Warren, Lawrence High School ; Eleanor F. Bradlee, Bath, Morse High School; Ida Blanche FOOTBALL CAPTAIN. Brown, North Haven, North Haven High School; Yvette G. Clair, Waterville, Coburn Classical In- A meeting of the football C men was stitute; Alice A. Clarkin, Waterville, Waterville held in chapel Wednesday evening to con- High School ; Helen Dorothy Cole, Waterville, Waterville High School ; Berle Cram, Solon, Solon sider the election of a football captain in. High School ; Ruth Clement Dresser, Millbridge, place of Roy F. Good, '13, who has gone to Millbridge High School; Hazel Irene Fletcher, Harvard Dental College. Chester C. Waterville, Maine Central Institute; Lucile Fos- Soule, '13 of Gorham, Me., who has played, ter, Waterville, Coburn Classical Institute; guard for the last three years, was elected, Esther Dora French, Solon, Solon High School ; Esther Matthews Oilman, Hallowell, Hallowell captain. High School;. Effie May Hannon, Houlton, Ricker Classical Institute; Marion Harmon, West Fal- EDWARD J. DALY. mouth, Hebron Academy; Clara Frances Heath, Waterville, Waterville High School ; Clara Edward J. Daly, of last spring's grad- Louise Hinckley, Millbridge, Millbridge High uating class of , has School ; Elizabeth Mary Hodgkins, Brockton, Mass., Brockton High School ;. Maude Edna taken up his work at Colby. As an under- Huckins, Eastport, Boynton High School ; Anna graduate, he was one of the most popular Laura Johnston, Dryden, Wilton Academy; men in college and an athlete of distinc- Eleanor Hurst Lambert, Kittery Point, Traip tion. He played four years on both foot- Academy; Helen Marr, Waterville, Waterville ball and baseball teams and has been the High.School ; Alice Cornell Mather, Essex, Conn., Pratt High School ; Gladys ' Belle Meservey, only man ever captain of both. He will • Waterville, Coburn Classical Institute; Marion coach the football and baseball teams and. Josephine Miller, South Portland, Soivth Port- will have charge of the gymnasium. Al- land High School ; Claire Marie Mclntire, Solon, ready he is developing a fast football, Solon High School ; Louise McCurdy, Calais, team, and by his tactful manner has won. Calais High School ; Vesta Lora McCurda, North Whitefield, Lincoln Academy;, Laura Katharine the respect of every Colby football player.. Moses, North Gorham, Windham High School ; Hazel Alice Moore, Fairfield, Good Will High TRACK. School ; Lois M. Osgood, Medford, Mass., Medford High School ; Edith Pratt, Clinton, Coburn Clas- The track team has commenced its fall*, sical Institute; Edith Caroline Robinson, Water- practice in view of the interclass track, ville, Lewiston High School ; Ella Russell Robin- son, North Anson, Anson Academy; Katharine meet which will be held a few weeks later. Hallowell Singer, Damariscotta, Lincoln Acade- Under the effective coaching of Mr. my; Carolyn Isabelle Stevens, Five Islands, Wind- Adams and the wise supervision of Cap- ham High School ; Agnes Melissa Thompson, tain Nardini four strong teams will be Farmington, N. H., Farmington High School ; developed. Among the freshmen there' Mildred Osborne Tilden, Hallowell, Hallowell High School ; Mina M. Titus, Madison, Madison are some athletes of great promise, who High School ; Marian Wheeler Towne, Waterville, will efficiently fill the gaps made by the- Waterville High School ; Frances Esther Trefe- graduation of some of our best track men. then, Waterville, Coburn Classical Institute; > ¦¦¦ — li m n i- ¦¦. ¦ ¦¦¦¦i ¦« Edith Wentworth Verrill, Mechanic Falls, Hebron Y. M. C. A. . Academy; B. Antoinette Ware, Waterville, Wat- erville High School ; 'Ethel Cornelia Weeks, Mere- dith, N. H.j New Hampton Institute; Eleanor The Y. M. C. A. held its first meeting of Gertrude Welch, Waterville, Waterville High the college year in the association room School; Vivienne Augusta Wright, Wiacasset, Tuesday evening. The attendance was Wiscasset Academy ; Marion Elizabeth Wyman, large and everything points to a very pro- Foxboro, Mass., Foxboro High School ; Madeline Virginia Harrington, Pittsheld, Mass,, Pitts- fitable and successful year. The member- field High School ; Lucy Savory Montgomery, ship committee has been hard at work and: Concord, N. H., Tilton Seminary. already have enlisted as members of the^ . association nearly 60 of the new men. Willis, Harmony, second, women's divi- Special effort will be made to organize a sion. strong deputation team to do work in the Freshman Scholarship Prizes—Leslie F. outlying districts. The Y. M. C. A. has Murch,. Hampden Highlands, first, and been exceedingly fortunate in securing the Robert H. Williams, Houlton, second, services of Professor Henry W. Brown, men's division ; Edna L. Stevens, Portland, who has had many years of experience in first, and Odette M. Pollard, Waterville, Y. M. C. A. work in New Hampshire, and second, women's division. who will act as faculty advisor for the Foster Greek Prize—Jennie M. Reed, coming year. '13, Bowdoinham, first. . German Prizes—Donald H. White, '13, HONORS AND PRIZES. Waterville, first , and Melvin P. Roberts, '13, Caribou, second, men's division ; Lora HONORARY DEGREES. M. Danforth, '14, Lagrange, first, and Lena P. Blanchard, '14, Augusta, second, —George GirTord, '62, Basle, LL.D. women's division. Switzerland, diplomat. Stratton D. Brooks, president of Uni- MEMBERS OF PHI BETA KAPPA versity of Oklahoma, and formerly super- Herbert C. Hodgkins, John W. Kimball, intendent of the Boston schools. Leslie B. Arey, Wilford G. Chapman, Jr., D.D.—Rev. Thomas Jefferson Rams- Walter J. Rideout, Florence S. Carll, Ber- dell, '86, of Caribou. tha M. Wilson, Lillian M. Carll, Mildred L. H. D.—Charles Hovey Pepper, '89, of Ralph, Marian E. Brown, Etta A. Creech, Concord, Mass., artist. Ethel M. Stevens, Mary Strickland. Litt. D.—George Horace Lorimer of Philadelphia, author and editor. THE COLBY ALUMNUS. A.M.—George Walter Hinckley of Good Will Farm, educator. The Colby Alumnus issued in July is the "Commencement Number," and gives a HONORS IN SCHOLARSHIP. full account of all the activities of the Magna Cum Laude—Florence S. Carll, Ninety-First Commencement. It contains Bertha M. Wilson . the Phi Beta Kappa oration by Dr. Cum Laude—Herbert C. Hodgkins, 1 Nathaniel Butler ; the Baccalaureate ser- John W. Kimball, Leslie B. Arey, Wilford mon by Dr. Howard B. Grose ; and the G. Chapman, Jr., Walter J. Rideout, Mil- address before the Christian Associations dred Ralph , Marian E. Brown, Etta A. by Dr. Horace W. Tilden. There is also ' „ Creech, Ethel M. Stevens, Mary A. Strick- a' full account of the reunion of the class . land, Jennie M. Reed, Susan M. Went- , ~ of 1872, with the pictures of each member worth, Emma L. Clark, Lillian P. Mitton, of the class. Other class reunions in less Leora E„Prentiss, Sarah L. Snow. detailed are also reported. The paper as PRIZES. a whole is an admirable, concise and in- Senior English Prizes—Walter J. Ride- teresting account of the Ninety^First Com- out of Dover, first, men's division ; Flor- mencement which has been pronounced as ence S. Carll of South China, first, women's "the best yet." division. Junior Exhibition—Ernest C. Marriner, THE OBSERVANT STUDENT. Bridgton, first, and Elmer. R. Bowker, Bryant Pond, second, men's, division;. On Wednesday evening the Sophomores y, , care because of the supposed Mar P. St. Clair, Calais first and Iva B. received a s ¦ h ¦ ? mysterious disappearance of some fresh- The Freshman entertainment "Bloody men. It was only a delusion and the Monday" night took the form of a political . "Freshman Reception" is still a thing of rally. During the evening speeches were the future. made and bands dispensed high class The College Supply Store is under the music. management of Milroy Warren, '14, and Frances Pollard, ex-'12, has returned Philip L. Campbell, '14. to college as a member of 1913. S. A. Herrick, '12, is a visitor at the Zeta Ellen Peterson, '07, who is going to Psi House this week. Philadelphia to prepare for foreign mis- Frank D. Nardini, '13, Everett L. Wy- sion work, is visiting in town. man, '14, and Paul F. Fraser, '15, are run- Mildred Ralph, '12, spent Sunday at ning the College Haberdashery store. Foss Hall. The annual Sophomore-Freshman base- Bessie Cummings, '12, is at Simmons ball game has been postponed until next this year. Wednesday. The Christian Endeavor Society of the As usual, Colby's crop of teachers is Baptist church will give a reception to the large. The following alumnae are teach- new students Friday evening. ing : Whisperings of the "Bull Moose" faith Mildred Ralph, '12, in Bath ; Sarah have been heard round the campus this Snow, '12, in Calais ; Margaret Skinner, week. '12, in Limington ; Emma Leighton, '12, in Danville, N. H.; Margaret Holbrook, WOMEN'S DIVISION. '12, in Vanceboro ; Pearl Mitton, '12, and Bertha Wilson, '12, in Caribou ; Gail Tag- Mary Phyllis St. Clair, Editor. gart, '12, in Kennebunkport ; Ethel Gil- Marian E. Ingalls, Business Manager. patrick, '12, in Bridgton ; Eleanor Creech, Welcome to 1916. '10, in Hebron Academy ; Helen Nichols, The Y. W. C. A. reception Friday night Colby, ex-'12, Smith, '12, at Thornton was declared by all present a great suc- Academy, Saco ; Lillian Carl, '12, in Maine cess. Pauline Hanson, '13, president of Central Institute ; Ethel Wood, '11, in Pliggins the Association, and Dean Bass formed Classical Institute; Ruth Hamil- che receiving line. Refreshments were ton, '12, in Winslow ; Eva Reynolds, '12, High, served in the dining room which was taste- in Cony Augusta ; Marion Brown, fully decorated with flowers and Colby '12, in Hallowell.; Grace Vose, '12, in colors. Kingville ; Louise Buzzell, '11 , in Bicker Classical Institute; Adelaide Klein, ex-'13, Gertrude Grant, ex-'14, has been visit- - ing friends in town. in Wilton ; Lena Blanchard, ex-'14, in Florence Cole and Alice Beckett, ex-'13, Augusta. have returned to college as members of Iva Willis, '13, is substituting at Hebron 1914. for Olive Green, '08, who has been abroad Genevieve Barker, ex-'13, has returned all summer. to college as a member of 1915. The first Y. W. C. A. meeting of the college year which was held Tuesday even- PUBLIC STENOGRAPHIC AND ing was led by the president, Pauline Han- TYPEWRITING WORK son. Clara Winslow, '13, and Lucie Barrows, Miss. Turner, Elmwood Hotel. '14, returned to college Saturday. Terms reasonable. rh FAIRFIELD 'S NEW STORE '™^ctZ Sl ?"?" Extends greetings and a cordial invitation to the students of Colby to call J and inspect the new store and its NEW and up to date lines of Merchandise The city store in the town with- out the city stores' expenses hence without the city stores' prices, and we will pay your car fare and "then some" to show you.

KUPPENHEIMER SUITS AND OVERCOATS They are the last word in style. Men's wearing apparel reflects their character. Those who buy here show good judgement and re- gard for the perfect fitness of things which means much in a business and

The RALSTON and JUSTWRIGHT Shoes for men meet the require- ments of the well dressed, and we \ \ have them in all sizes and styles. | | SOROSIS Shoes for ladies, for every day and evening wear.

i MANHATT AN, BATES STREET, WACHUSETTES AND WHITNEY SHIRTS RED MAN COLLARS, SWEATERS, MACKINAWS, NECKWEAR FURNISHINGS, CROPUT & KNAPP SOFT AND STIFF HATS Cleaning and Pressing of ladies' and gents' garments carefully done THE LEARNE D-POOLER COMPANY ¦** THE ROYAL CAFE ^

ROBINSON & DAVISON, Proprietors

COPLEYHUNTINGTON AVENUE SQUARE, EXETER AND BLAGDEN HOTEL STREETS BOSTON , MASS. Headquarters for professional, college, and athletic teams when in Boston. 360 Rooms 200 Private Baths AMOS H. WHIPPLE, Proprietor.

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Get acquainted with our store in Recita tion Hall. We carr y MflYER *eiN@INNHTI ©LOTH BS ©OES & YOCNG SHOES IYER JOHNSON SPORTING GOODS SWEATERS , SWEftT SHIRTS and TRH6K SUITS

Our goods are on the level, our prices are reasonable. (Some in and give us a trial.

Yours for 6olby, Ginger, . Bill.

' ¦nHHNMHaHHHHMH nHMHNMHaiHMMHHHaBnBHMHIIMHi* ^^ r^iFFAcW 4. You are invited to inspect the 4 \ Ma gnificent Display of Fall and Winter Merchandise \ J Comprising all the New and Snappy Styles in Ready-to-wear Garments, Furs, Millinery, Hosiery, J * Underwear, Gloves, Dress Goods, Siiks, Trimmings, Neckwear, Leather Goods *\ * and Staple Dry Goods at the t \ L H. SOPER DEPARTMENT DRY GOODS STORE \ * 54-56 MAIN ST., WATERVIIiI,E, MAINE *

G. S. FLOOD & CO. Shippers and dealers in all kinds of Students ' Head quarters Anthracite and Bituminous Coal. for Custom-Made Clothes Also Wood , Lime, Cement, Hair, Brick, and Drain Pipe. Mi av l ¦ Coal Yards and Ofllce, Coi'ner Main and Pleasant Streets «, it* I Down Town Office , S. E. WHITCOMB CO. aae.* I Up Town Office, E. L. GOVE. Winslow Office, E. W. ALLEN, Plains Office , ARTHUR DARVIAU, 83 Water St. Large line of novelty woolens, clothes I , specially designed for young men. THF Rttn hy Repairing and Pressing Department. 1 llL< Colleg e Men MT aV ' ElMWO OD „ ** «y \u I c e .»* I HOT EL °mn *¦W W. C. HAWK ER & CO. L. R. BROWN CASH MERCHANT TAILOR I 95 Main Street I Bcuegists I Agency For lYatervlUe Clijp ewriter <£>zcha .nge *ffe /*Koh MARIE SAUNDERS' IKOOcl R WHI TMAN 'S 89 ^Atain St, 'Waterville, Me. FO All kinds of TYPEWRITERS to soil and to rent. Supplies High Grade Supplies cbocolatC0 Next door l>olow W. & li1 By. Waiting Boom. Zht IRewBu gusta 5House W. A. JUDG E WILBUR T, EMERSON , Manager MAKES FINE PHOTO VIEWS AUGUSTA, MAINE FILMS DEVELOPED AND PRINTED Special Attention Given to Banauots IN THE BEST STYLE "*¦ 'Tfc- < ** ¦ "^ ^ ^ ^ "^ "^ '**' "* ^ ^ "'*¦' ' '• ' ^ ^ ^ "'•» "^ ^ ^fc. "^ "^ ^k. ^ . ^ ^ "^ '•k. m. m. ^ . m "m. ¦* . "^k. ^'^^^^-^^^^^^'«k'«k.^ .'^.>». ^-^,^ .-T*.-^'^'«b^k'm.''A.m.m. '^fc.''m. '*.''^^'^^^ 'm. ^l | MISSION FURNITURE | \ Fills the demand for student's use. We have selected strong- values in \ ' weathered oak Mission Furniture for your needs. Always good values in ' \ DRAPERIES AND COUCH COVERS \ \ ATHERTO N FURNITURE COMPANY \ J 81 MAIN STREET, WATERVILLE, MAI NE t

COLLEGE PRINTING Boothby & Bartlett Co. Demands snap and style Successors to The CITY JOB PRINT is the place that will suit all tastes in the art. Engraved work a spe- L. T. BOOTHBY & SON CO. cialty. Savings Bank Building, Waterville, Me. Telephone 207 Take the Elevator. GENERAL INSURANCE McALARY & JOSEPH 176 Main Street WATERVILLE, MAINE- Fred D. McAlary Francis M." Joseph, '01. RAILROAD Y. M. C. A. • Cits ©pera Mouse ' : ¦ m MOVING PICTURES ¦ ¦ 't . - ^M-^y^x?^v::^m^¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦;¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦&¦ ¦ ' :'¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦!. >-v¦>:¦ ¦ -}¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ' ¦' ¦ ' f iM; ';^:::' ' -•<& , : . , . :) • ¦., . ' ; ^; ¦::;: , - - , M^^- :^-y^ :^^l^-'^i :.J' -i ¦ ' * ' ' -. V' < r AND VAUDEVILLE sm/i orace X urlnton L ^o, Contractors and Builders Manufacturers of Bri ck Estimates furnished on application. Head office at Waterville, Maine

Membershi p Open to Colby Students T. A. OILMAN Privileges:—Bowling, 5oa'string. Pool , 15o an hour. OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIA N Restaurant:—Lunches at all hours, excoiit from 08 Main Strool; lO to 11 a. in. WATERVILIjE, MAINE

WE RECOMMEND The WATERVILLE STEAM DYE HOUSE E. W. LUQUES Dyeing, Cleanin g, Pressin g 2Dtu0 Stove 12 MAIN STREET. 55 MAIN STREET THE DeGRUCHY COMPANY THE CORNER STORE WATERVILLE, MAINE

„ ^ „ ^ , . . e—. i ___ ^_ -, Newness, Merit, Economy are all in evidence in - the fine collection of Autumn and Winter Merchandise we are showing a display that is worth your fullest consideration. New apparel of every sort for Young Men and Women, the smartest production that point the way to this store for the latest styles in the fashionable world. AGENTS FOR THE HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX CLOTHES FOR MEN MILLINERY AND GARMENTS IN THE MOST ADVANCED STYLES The DeGRUCHY COMPANY , - - - Waterville , Maine

COLLEGE ATERING TAXIOIL E,D. ENTER Makes SNAPPY , STYLISH SUITS REPAIRING NEATL.Y DONE Two-piece Suits fr om $12.00 to $35.00 E. L. SIMPSON TelenUone 345-1 122 MAIN STREET Opposite Electric Waiting Room 88 Main St. The' Sanitary Place College Avenue Pharma cy BERTON & LAVERDIERE BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS DRUGGISTS The Home for Anticorn. The Magic Safety Corn Shaver. The little Razor that ends the Opposite Athletic Field aching corn. REDINGTei V & e©MPHNY Kennison & Newell HOUSE FURNISHERS FURNITURE, CARPETS, CROCKERY, Pain ters and Paper-Hangers Mirrors, Mattresses, Feathers, Etc. Paper Hangings, Room Mouldings, Wo lio-upliolster Old X'lU'nlturo aiul IlopoJisli Fmmos. Paints, Oils, Varnishes an d Glass , Tel. 306 70 Temple Street SILVER STREET, WATERVILLE, ME.

... ¦ ...... i., ...—i. ..ii ,. ¦- ...... i i ¦ i -i .i n ._,_ _.., ,.,„ . ... | i i.i.-.ii i..i. ii H — — r — — The Headquarters For Dr. Gordon B. Hatfield SEA FOODS DENTIST Also choice Meats, Poultry, and Vegetables. goi/d work, a specialty Is At Siivln «H Uank Hlil»., 1 7!J Main St., Walorvlllo , Maine McCALLUM 'S To lop lion u Connection 136 Main Street , Phone 450

Ziconic flatf onal Bank j Coburn Classical Institute \ , GEO. K. BOVTELTjE, President j' Wat erville M&i ne J N. D. BATES, Cashier < i tf/ie t$lg/ity-fift/iyear will begin f ¦i September' 70, 1973, * TRANSACTS A GKN1SRAL HANKING HUSINJ58S i 3"or catalog and other inf ormation, j J address, t Pay B 4 per oont. IntoroHtin Savin br flopai'tmont. * S) retv &, j Hart/iorn, *Jl. **4t., \ ¦ ¦ • \ Principal. ' Open K atui'day ovonlnuH, 7 io 1> . i l I rSTOP LOOK AND SEE

The Tailor LET HIM MAKE YOUR CLOTHES The reasons why you should let Mike fit you out are:

BECAUSE—He can fit you, satisfy you, give you the best quality for your money i —and at the lowest prices. He is the direct agent for the best tailoring houses in the countr y. He knows how to make the correct styles for College Men. . > . „ . . > LOOK HIS LINE OVER

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McMorrow Shoes for College Men. The Packard Shoes speak for themselves.

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We've smart Fall Suits built ' -: iUfo' - ralK ^Si ¦¦ ' f°r you the kind Young Men Vt^L ' ^Shn **: ^^^y\ ve re ¦ ¦^ f \\ Z^^^^^Bl ^^y^^A w are "** w* s" with - . ^ ¦ fla^°sh in their eyes ; (ill li^^mHHBP^ ' ' w^Sw and hot y ¦ blood in their veins want. lilI il\ >?M t \ ur Hl^^mi sh°w*n£ comprises ill lll^^ i ^ ICM ^ 1/UlilljHLlfI I ' "^H^B |P i Every New Kink in Tailor- ' in ^very New Coloring in. ' I 11^ 1^^ II 11 ' Suits^' $15^20 I ¦ ^=Tl : TlwSw1^ II I • vi^^^ I 1.1 at $10 $25

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' COME TO Dunbar's Drug vStore *L/ne Op ecldCtu ^5to re ' ¦ ' . . • • • ' FOR YOUR DRUG STORE WANTS i , . 118 Main Street , Waterville, Me. (Boats, Suits, ^Atillinery, (Borsets, &loues, "Waists, COLBY BOYS, ATTENTION ! and Ztna*ertvear. We have the finest shop in Maine. Five good workmen. The,COLLEGE POMPADOUR is one of our specialties. Pomerleau ' s Ant iseptic Tonsorial Parlor s Cloutier Brothers •! 85' Main Street

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