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VOLUME MAY, NUMBER 1 1912 4

WILLIAM MA THEWS, LL. D. By A. P. SOULE. Not long ago I happened to take from a shelf in my library a book entitled "Literary Style and Other Essay ," by William Mathews, LL. D., and it occurred to me that I might write something for the "Gradu­ ate Magazine" in review, in reminiscence, in appreciation of this mem­ ber of the Class of Waterville College, which might be of some intere t to the graduat'35,es of Colby and of some service to those who are preparing to follow in the long road winding in and out through the years which measured the span of his life. It may not be vouchsafed to but a few to spend as long a time on the way as he did, but all may be able to at least follow in his footsteps in industry, integrity, honesty, and above all, in the loyalty to the best interests of life. I first came to know Dr. Mathews personally something like twenty-five years ago, when he last came to take up his residence in Boston. He called at my place of business, then on the corner of Somerset Street and Pemberton Square, and his chief reason for calling, as he said, was that I had "a good old Waterville name." This is in a way a keynote to one of his chief characteristics. He held in fond remembrance Waterville, its people old and new, and above all, the College and the Institute, formerly his Academy. Physically, in his later years, he was a frail man, but his spirit was young and strong and the fires of life burned within him with almost an unconquerable power. In the makeup of every man there is one dominant note that is so individual in its character that it differ­ entiates him from all other men. In the case of Dr. Mathews during all his long life it was optimism, almost boyish, and maintained even to the final clo ing of his career. Dr. Mathews, during his last residence in Bo ton, was almost constant in his attendance upon the yearly meet­ ings of the Boston Colby Alumni Association. 1 aturally, he was always called upon for a speech. The graduates of the College have always been loyal to its best inter·ests, but Dr. Mathews was the only one who ever sat at the board who actually idealized it. To him the Boardman willows, the College walks and Halls were the Sacred Groves, the shaded Walks, the classic Halls of learning of which he had read much and many of which he had visited and looked upon with his own eyes. 10 The Colby lumnus

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four- in a neral mer- ilman one of the an un chooled man wa not jealou of a colle e education. The Colby Alumnus 109

It is not an unusual thing for a man to live to the age of ninety as he did or even a hundred years. It is a matter of amazement, however, that so many events, so many changes took place and that such marvelous progress was made during his li fetime and much of it within his memory. Curiously, at the time of his death his life wa co-incident precisely with the academic life of the College. Only one president of the U. S.-Wa hington-died outside the period of his lifetime. Napoleon was alive and on the Island of St. Helena. All the great men who contributed to the settlement of the great disputes between the states were either unborn or had hardly started upon their careers. At his birth, in 1818, Maine was still a province of Massachusetts ; Waterville consisted of only a few scattered hou es. After he graduated from Vvater ville in 1835 he entered the Har­ vard Law School, and the ordinary trip to Cambridge occupied three days, and he related that on one occasion he was six days on the road. Completing his law course at Harvard, he settled in the town of Benton to practice law. One year was sufficient. He came to Waterville to start a newspaper in company with Daniel R. Wing. That he would enter upon work of this kind was as certain as anything can be in this life. You could no more keep him from the companionship of books and the wielding of a pen than you could keep Hannibal Hamlin or James G. Blaine out of politics, or a man with the given name of George Dana Boardman or Adoniram Judson from becoming a Baptist Minister. For one year he published and edited The Watervillonian, but he was not cut out for a newspaper man. It took him, however, four year more as publisher and editor of the Yankee Blade, first in Gardiner, then in Boston as a wider field, to find this out. If it had been a day of magazines he would have made an admirable editor. From the time he sold the Yankee Blade in 1847, until the very close of his life he was devoted to the form of service for which he was best fitted-a student of books, a teacher and a writer. Chronologi­ cally and briefly, he was engaged in literary work in Boston from 1847 to 1855 ; in Chicago from 1856 to 1875, in literary pursuits, librarian of the Y. M. C. A., Pro fessor of Rhetoric and English Literature in Chicago University (old) ; lastly, Boston, from 1875 until his death, 1909. I do not propose to spend time and space relating the dry details of the many things he accomplished, for these facts may be found embalmed in the Colby College documents and in the sacred volume, ''Who's Who," in which latter volume a proper amount of pace is given to one genuinely worthy of the recognition. As a boy he wa , as I have previously intimated, out of the ordinary. His father being a wealthy man, opportunity easily presented itself of which he took advantage. He told me once that he couldn't remember the time when he was unable to read. He had access to the excellent books of the times. His father was a member of the Universalist Church but he owned a pew not only in his own church, but one in the Baptist Church. Like most wealthy men of his time, he aided the cause of every excellent enterprise. Although very young, Dr. Mathews was attracted to the Baptist Church by the quality of preaching, which was somewhat better 110 The Colby Alumnus The Colby Alumnus 111 was never sufficientto bear out Evans in many of the statements which he made about hi brother. I wish now to dwell upon a few of those characteristics which made him a delight to his friends and a useful member of society-loyalty, industry and devotion to duty. He loved Waterville, the Institute, the College. Perhap I can do no better than to specify certain concrete ca es that testify more strongly than anything else to thi fact. When the centennial volume, called the History of Waterville, was published, at infinite pains and labor he prepared a chapter on his early memories of the town. He took an immen e amount of interest in the In titute, or as he loved to call it, ' Waterville Academy." When Principal Johnson was struggling with the work of the school Dr. Mathew thought it would be a good thing to establish a Boston Alumni Association. He visited me frequently to perfect the plans. Being from Waterville myself, of course I r·emembered the name of a great many former students and between us we worked up an admirable list. The meetings of this association in Boston have always been successful and the existence of the association is largely due to the efforts of Dr. Mathews. He did everything that it was possible for him to do for the College. He once told me that he was giving to the College his own library, section by section. He said he was giving them his best books,. not those that he wanted to get rid of or have stored. It was as a writer of books, however, that he made his great repu­ tation. I do not propose to make a catalog of his publications, but mention a few of those in which he was most successful. As a writer of books he was really at his best. He had a high sense of duty and was con tantly making an effort to place himself in a position of use­ fulness to those with whom he was associated. He carried this into his literary work. He was desirous of writing, not only what was interesting, but what would be useful to his readers. He stood well as a literary man and his place in American literature is that of an essayist. A writer has much to contend against, both in what he says and in the way he says it. He is likely to be characterized as most anything except what he is. Dr. Mathews has given a definition of his own regarding what he calls the basis of original writing. He says that "by originality is meant a just selection and vitalizing of materials that already exist, a fresh and novel combination of ideas implanting new life to what is combined." He had always been an industrious reader and he had a prodigious memory. A reference to his printed volumes will show that he quoted from the dramatists from the time of Euripides to Shakespeare, from the orators from the time of De­ mosthenes to Webster, from the poets from the time of Horace to Longfellow. The test of the popularity of an author, of course, is the sale of his books. His first book, "Getting on in the World " was the most successful of his publications. Something like eighty thousand copies were sold and, curiously enough, quite a proportion of this sale was made by the Railroad News Company. His books, "Oratory and Orators," "Literary Style and Other Essays" came next on the list. All in all, it is safe to say that there were 150,000 copies of his books 112 The Colby Alumnus

ld. Wh n n c nsid r the times in which they were published, this v ry r markabl and t tifi tohi popularity a a writer. Durino- th la t tw nty-five year of his life Dr. Mathews regu- larly p nt the ummer in Waterville. nyone might have een an · ld g ntl man 1 i urely walking ab ut the t wn, carrying on h t days an umbrella t had him from the un. He wa u ually vi iting tho e . pot in Wat rvill which had b en lea t touch d by the hand of man. ontrary to th ca a r pr ented by many m n in late life, he enjoyed hi ld h m , Wat rville notwith tanding the chan e and the ravages f tim . I aid in th beginning, he took that ptimi tic view of life that remain with him to the very end. When th ale of hi books commenc t dwin le hi wife ould frequ ntly a k him if he didn t fe 1 om what di tr d. i r ply alway wa , I have had my day, let th y un m n now have their chanc . It may truthfully be aid ihat in all hi wakin m ment ther wa om thing f r him to ee, s m thin f r him t rea methin f r him to d . On th very la t day of hi lif which he pent out ide a ho pital he at at hi desk happy and che rful foll wing the pur uit of hi 1 ng lifetime-writing, writino-. Durin hi 1 no- illn in the ho pital with a mind a keen and m mory a undimm d a e er, he till continued hi work dictating t hi wife who vi ite him daily. i irit burned with an almost unconquerable flame until the infirmitie con equent upon the length of hi day brought him to the outer e e of life. radually the wave of life like the wave on ome andy beach of a ummer sea, Peceded until only th ractice ear coul hear a mere ripple on the and . Then the Ma ter bru hed a i e the filmy veil that eparates life from ath and the pirit f a gentle man went forth into the life beyond t dwell forever in the Ely ian Field of which he had dr amed, for which he had hoped, in which he had believed.

COLBY IN THE OLD DAYS

Albert Ware Paine was graduated from Waterville (Colby) Col­ lege in 1832. He tudied law after leaving college, and in 1835 opened an office in Bangor where he continued to re ide until his death in 1 907 at the advanced age of ninety-five. During his long life he held numer­ ous state office , and wa for many years a member of the Maine Historical Society. In 1902, when in hi ninetieth year, he wrote to President Charles L. White of Colby a long letter in which he related numerou reminiscences of his student days. From that letter we quote the intere ting passages which follow.

COLBY IN 1830 Among the objects of interest to me connected with the college are the condition and improvement of the campus surrounding the buildings and extending from the highway to the river, all, or most of which, were in a very unfinished condition. No such word as The Colby Alumnus 113

"Campus" was then known to designate any of the college grounds. At the time alluded to, in my Sophomore year, there were no paths from the college to the public highway, nor any other noticeable feature of improvement, no ornamental trees or shrubbery. Our small class being dissatisfied with the appearance of things as they were, went to work forming the path to the road with the triangle in front of the space between the two doors of the building. The triangle was hand­ somely finished with a tree in its center and certain other proper embellishments. The tree stood and grew there for years, and may be there still. Among the other incidents of interest, in connection with the early history of the college, may be reckoned that of the character and fate of the early, not to say first, students who there pursued the work of their education. Having myself spent two years in college in the work of preparation for admission, as a member of the "sub-Freshman class" as we were called, my college life was extended over six years of time, which consequently made me acquainted with the larger part of all the students that pursued their studies there before my own gradu­ ation in 1832. A brief allusion to some of them may not be uninteresting. Elijah Parish Lovejoy, the heroic martyr of slaveochracy, was my schoolmaster and to him I feel largely indebted for my subsequent connection with the college through the influence he exerted with my dear parents. His brothers, Daniel and John, both of whom after­ wards attained distinction in life, were very popular members of the college studentry. Well I remember how the former was, on the Sabbath, accustomed to sit in the church gallery, in a seat opposite the pulpit, with his feet over the gallery front. In my boyhood days there lived on Silver Street in the village (Waterville ) a poor widow who had two sons of about the same age with myself, who were my playmates, one of them being a clerk in a Winslow store where we did our trading, and the other living at home and doing his mother's chores, such as the collecting and returning of her weekly wash. Such was the start in the life of him who grew up to rich manhood, with means and disposition to help his neighbor­ hood college, in her hour of want, and thus change her name to his own.

COLBY IN WAR TIMES Col. Francis S. Hesseltine, '63, has recently sent to the college library a letter written in 1861 by Tutor H. W. Richardson of the college. Mr. Richardson was graduated in 1853, and taught at the college from 1855 to 1862. Later he was editor of the Portland Press (1866-1868), and then of the Portland Advertiser. The letter follows.

WATERVILLE COLLEGE) July 22, 1861. CAPT. F. S. HESSELTINE. Dear Sir :-Your letter of the 8th inst. came with the rumor of the advance into Virginia. Day by day the growing mass of detail confirmed and explained the rumor, until we began to realize it. We heard that 1 14 The Colby Alumnus

composed almo t wholly of Maine rt d that this brigade airfax aturday night left us p ition of th Maine

0 but not f r the v nt. n t mpori Cali ino a nocti remit d u id tqu i mortali ultra a trepidat , ays orace ; and Martin ha poiJed hi here by rendering d us, J ov . All thi peculati n a out nt in which you have par- ticipated, all thi di cu ion f a qu tion whi h you ha e ettled, pledg- ing your life to maintain th i i n v ould uperfluou , if it were not at the ame tim th mo t faithful pictur ur life here at home. Our duti s ar her and w tr t r oncile ur el to thi compara­ tiv inaction by that r fl ction · ut our h art are v ith y u. Meanwhil on to whom thi undercurr nt of f eling were un­ known would di co r in ur mid t only ign of profound peace. The field are gr n with the rip ning har t · the we p f th c t0 he is audible to tho e who Ii ten · the colleg bell ring at the r gular hours · and Commenc m nt approa h . The new you v ould mo t care to hear from coll ge i that which I am lea t abl to o-i you · but you will get that from other ourc . T 0h Prize e Jamation of the Sophomore Class wa held ome tim ince. Thom and perhap ome other ap- pointed did not peak. M a r and Scammon r cei ed the prizes. It is propo d to waive atch xamination on thi term work and give him hi degree. Of cour e th r ha e be n ome ca e of di cipline ; but you you will not xpect me to comm nt upon th m. A wa to be expected, it has been difficult to keep alive the intere t in book ; but the · term ha b en fairly ucces ful. In town, not.bing of great intere t has occurred, except a temperance meeting la t Friday evening. A growing en e of outrage in the almost public sale of liquors culminated in. a very energetic manifestation that evening, to be follow d by prosecut10ns. Do you find your theory of the superior endurance of educated men

borne out by the facts ? . . . . . Sincerely yours, H. w. RICHARDSON. Those who were at the Boston Colby Alumni Dinner will remem­ ber that Colonel Hesseltine read to us his firstterm-b ill. For the bene­ fit of those who were not present we give the term-bill here, that they may compare it with the later college charges. The Colby Alumnus 115

MR. F. s. HESSELTINE. To THE P·RESIDENT & TRUSTEES oF WATERVILLE CoLLEGE, DR. To his 1st Term Bill, ending Dec. 21, 1859.

Tuition ...... $10.00 Use of Library ...... 33 Roon1 Rent ...... 3.33 Average of general Repairs ...... 50 Private Repairs ...... Service ...... 1.00 Fuel for Recitation Rooms ...... 50 Ordinary Fines ...... 10 Special Fines ...... Catalogues ...... 56 College Laws ...... 25 Commencement Dinner ...... Chemicals ...... 50 Commencement Expenses ...... Exhibition ...... Textbook ...... 10

$17.17 Interest to be paid if not discharged within one month after the beginning of the next term. According to a rule of the Faculty, requiring that copies of the Term Bills be sent to the parent or guardian of each student, with some account of his scholarship and deportment, the foregoing copy of the Term Bill is prepared, with the following statement. Standing embraces Scholarship, attendance and conduct, and is designated by the words excellent, very good, good, moderate, deficient. Excused Not excused Literary exercises times times Absent from r Prayers times times � Worship times times STANDING, Excellenl t J. T. CHAMPLIN, President.

AN INCIDENT IN THE SEVENTIES The poem which was read at the Boston dinner by Mr. Augustus H. Kelley, '73, is worth repeating here for the light it gives on student life forty years ago. It describes the destruction of the hard wooden benches from the recitation rooms. Mr. Kelley writes : "One of the immortal nine concerned in this escapade afterwards became the Presi­ dent of Colby." Get out your General Catalogues and locate the guilty man. DE REBUS. Speaking of things sort of comico-serious, Reminds me of something very mysterious, The same was a display of the lowest depravity Which I will relate with all due gravity. Look on your map for the State of Maine You'll seee a town called Aqua-ville, the same Is the scene of the tragedy. For many a year Some sedes durae had been very dear To all the expounders of wisdom here. If not much mistaken I just now stated That sedes and durae were closely related. Full many a fleece of the downy sheep 116 The Colby Alumnus

That all i folly here elow, Thi a s qu l an but hov Th tru ben factor of mankind Fi dollar each n t term were fined. Woe to them who ha the 1 t To eek for fam , an find it not.

NEW YORK ALUMNI DINE

By E. B. WIN LOW. The seventeenth annual reunion and dinner of the New York Colby Alumni A ociation wa held at Hotel Hermitage Saturday evening, April 20, 1 12. There was a very enthu ia tic gathering of sons of the college and the pirit of loyalty to Colby was very manifest. The dinner was preceded by a reunion and informal reception to Presi­ dent A. J. Robert and Pro fe sor George F. Parmenter. The dinner wa prefaced by an appropriate reference to the terrible disaster which befell the 'Titanic " given by Mr. E. F. Stevens, presi­ dent of the association, and all stood while "The Star Spangled Banner" The Colby Alumnus 117 was sung. After this, Rev. A. R. Crane, D. D., '56, representing the Board of Trustees, said grace. The dinner was excellent, and the favors, consisting of souvenir menus with the photograph of Roberts Hall, sherbet boxes in the college colors tied with blue ribbons bearing the legend "Colby, 1912" in gold, and souvenir boxes of Park and Tilford's candy, reflected credit upon the executive committee who had the dinner in charge. The speakers of the evening were most fittingly introduced by the president of the association, Mr. E. F. Steven , '89. The first speaker was President Roberts, who responded to the toast, "Our College." In his pleasing way he outlined the progress of the college and presented its needs. He modestly said that doubtless the dormitory had been called "Roberts Hall" on the menu as a compliment to him, but that it was generally known as the "New Dormitory." He told many witty stories, which gave force to the points he was making, and caused great merriment. Prof. W. 0. Stevens, '99, of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, recited the following original poem :

TO ROB. I'm glad he's let me speak at last. I've waited for a chance To get it back at one whose rod Once smote upon my pants. It's years ago, yet not so long But that I can recall His "Rubbish, rubbish ! Take your seat," Or, "Stevens, leave the hall." He cannot say that to me now, Tho' in his glassy eye I read full well the feeling that He's half a mind to try. The hour is come, Iswear by gum, Revengement will I wreak. It's all the worse because it's verse He's got to hear me speak. Behold yon shining dome of thought A-bulging with its schemes While some poor wretch in Waterville Is working on his themes. 0 friends, have pity on a soul Who from compulsion lives By hunting themes for misspelled words Or cleft infinitives ! Alas, I cry, for such am I, And once again, alas, He grins with glee, but it was he Who brought me to this pass. And he is Pres, despite that crime ! I never could see sense In raising him, as Milton says, "To that bad eminence."

When ninety-nine did graduate Old Colby lost the staff On which it leaned, and, too, the cheer 118 The Colby Alumnus

Of Charlie Shannon's laugh. W 11, let's be frank, old Colby sank Down to a rocky bed . The funds w re low, none seemed to know, Who hould be at the head. Of cours the Tru stees tried to do Exactly what was right, And sure, the thing they did at Colby ertainly was White. Th y begg d and begg d and all in vain e ure they cur d their job ; Th y could not shirk they c uld not work, What was there 1 ft ? Why b ! D es that x lain . W 11 then again, P rhaps th y thought as much f how when riti h tro p w nt down for th Tran vaal Dutch Th day was av d y en ral obs And o p rhaps th luck Lay always in a b rt wh n The powers that are stu k. And furthermor their c n d nee Was leval d much When they w re told by young and old, That ur eat the utch . And so h did ; although th oors e ha to handl n w Are those that com from 'Roostook, Fairfield Win low or from kow '. As people ay of Woodrow 'Tis a rash xperiment To take a colle pedagogu nd make him Pre id nt. But now there i a f ling Pretty general that Rob Has proved conclu i ely that h s The one man for the job.

Behold lik Balaam though I rose Intending for to cur e Some ass I've heard to-night has stirred ompun tion in my verse. So Colby menr let s once again Acclaim the man by gad ! Who is the finest President That Colby ever had I

Rev. A. R. Crane, D. D., '56, spoke next, and it was evident that every word came from the heart. He poke of the high regard in which President Roberts is held by the Trustees, and emphasized the fact that the financial intere t of the college were being cared for as ably by the President as were the administrative affairs. Dr. Crane referred to his long connection with the governing board of Colby. He said that he had taken part in the election of seven Colby presidents, from President H. E. Robins to President Roberts, and had been on the special committee in selecting five of the seven. He expressed full confidence in Colby's future. His remarks were force£ ul and pointed with witty stories which kept the table in a roar. The Colby Alumnus 119

At this point the secretary of the association was called upon to sing a to pical song arranged for the mu ic of "Come after breakfast, bring your lunch, and leave before supper time." The words are given here by request :

COLBY IS BOOMING. 1. Old Colby's sons are everywhere, We meet a few tonight ; Old Colby sends New York a share To keep her colors bright. She's glad no doubt, to hear us shout, As good old times we tell ; While memory brings on silver wings The scenes we loved so well. The President may drop a hint To those who back would go : "Come up to Maine, behold again The fine things we can show."

CHORUS. Colby is booming, that's what we hear, Old Colby's right in line. If you go there, you will declare They sure do teach you fine. For everybody's welcome at Colby ! Prex is glad to see you all the time. If you go there from Prep School Take every course and leave no chance behind !

2. Old Colb y grows each year apace, She finds her walls too small ; She'd like to give the boys a place But cannot take them all. So here's to Colby's blossoming­ Bright brains that must excel­ While of her great big bunch we sing And of her triumphs tell. Baseball is looming up again, N ardini's on the track ! And Colby's sons can make home runs You'll find out when you're back. CHORUS.

3. Our President is "on the spot," Old Colby to advance. He wants to find how many of you've got Some rich old maiden aunts ! And if they can't be made to will Their fortunes to our college To help the budding boys and girls In search of classic know ledge ! Our President is "on the job," He's all we could desire, And in our hearts we call him "Rob," Not Arthur Jeremiah ! CHORUS. 120 The Colby Alumnus

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Mr. teven intr uce next peaker. Taking a th Jud utnarn ok f th tarted as a form f lar er thu

ion contrary t remedy i t chan of hi tat w ul '� from their duty thr u Pr f. . L. I an exc llent utline tati tic h w Ii rari ago the po ition wa con id r which on can mak hi mark. t thi point ere that the ecretary had two ver e more, and ver e fi e and i e were rendered. ro f. G. F. Parmenter a e a er r intere tina account of college activitie · and ex lained the new m th d f han lino- athletic at Colby by mean of the thletic ouncil. Pro f. Parmenter aid that Roberts Hall was the name by which the tudent called the new dormitory and that it would alway be ' Robert Hall. ' The nominating committee brought in the following ticket : President-Edward F. Steven 9. Secretary-Trea urer-Edward B. Win low 4. Executive Committee-A. H. Bickmore 93, D. G. Munson, '92, W. G. Hooke, '00. These officers were elected for the coming year. Mr. F. H. Hanson, ' 3, made a motion, that, if there is a place the in

* Modesty and want of space forbid the printing of verses four and five.-The Editors. The Colby Alumnus 121 new dormitory, the words "Robert Hall' be cut in the stone and the expense paid by the New York Alumni Association. This motion was carried. Dr. C. E. Meleney, '76, spoke of the need of good teachers in the New York chools and said that he was in touch with Colby men for positions. The meeting came to an ·end with a rousing college yell.

GEORGE HORACE LORIMER

By R. A. METCALF. While in Philadelphia recently I went down to old Independence Square on which still stands Independence Hall, to see the magnificent new building of the Curtis Publishing Company, in which are published the Ladies) Home I ournal, The Sa turday Evening Post, and the Co un­ try Gentleman. In this building is the office of George Horace Lorimer, editor of the Saturda31 Evening Post. When Mr. Lorimer learned that his caller did not have a manuscript to sell, he very gra­ ciously received me in his private office. E1very undergraduate and every alumnus of Colby is interested in the author of "The Letters of a Self-made Merchant to his Son," because of the fact that he spent two years in tudy at Colby before he assumed the responsibilities of the editor's chair in the office of the Saturday Evening Post. The following account of Mr. Lorimer's work fell into my hands recently and I offer it here to the readers of the ALUMNUS as an interesting side-light on the life of one of Ameri­ ca's busiest men. George Horace Lorimer became editor of the Saturday Evening Post thru acting as a substitute, and making good. He is, in some vital respect , the most distinctive editor in America. The story of how Mr. Lorimer went from business into newspaper work how he worked as a reporter in Boston, how he was jumped into the editorship of the Post in an emergency and made good so quickly and surely that he wa kept on the job, despite the fact that he was barely thirty, how he made "Old Gargan Graham" a national business philosopher, and how he has made the Post notable in every English speaking country, is well known. He believes in the gospel of work and he practices what he preaches. He has an extraordinary swiftness and accuracy of editorial judgment. Decision with him is expressed in a blunt yes or no. He believes in recreation, and lives in the country twelve miles out from Philadelphia, where he has ample grounds which enable him to indulge his love of trees and flowers. He is fond of walking and spends two hours in the open air every day, winter and summer, so that he may be fresh for his evening's work. He confine himself to the executive work of the magazine at the office, and does all the manuscript reading and writing in the quiet of hi library. The man himself is better 122 The Colby Alumnus

r al bu ine s It better f ul. The Colby Alurnnus 123

AROOSTOOK COLBY CLUB DINNER

By K. ALBERT STETSON. The Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Aroostook Colby Club was held at Wat on Hall, Houlton, on Friday evening, April the third. Thirty-nine ons of the college accepted the invitation to be present, and the meeting was regarded as one of the most successful and enjoy­ able in the hi tory of the county organization. Roy M. Barker, Presi­ dent of the Club, presided and the election resulted in the following choice of officers for 1912 : President-Walter Cary, '91. First Vice President-Charles P. Barnes,'92. Second Vice President, Howard Pierce, '97. Secretary-Albert K. Stetson, '07. Treasurer-Walter F. Titcomb, '97. Executive Committee-Dr. Parker M. Ward, '95, Nathaniel Tom­ kins, '03, Llewellyn H. Powers, '07. The banquet was, as all such banquets are, a bright spot in the life of the graduates, an event which is always looked forward to with the pleasantest of anticipations and remembered with delightful recol­ lections until another is held. The occasion was one where good fellowship is abundant ; the kind of a gathering that makes each man glad he came ; where each declares that he will never miss any of the similar occasions which the future will bring. The old college spirit was manifest in the stories and incidents of college days which were restored from the almost forgotten past and related in that _air that predominates when college men gather around the banquet board. Stephen H. Hanson, '95, presided at the dinner as toastmaster. The special guests of the evening were, President Roberts and Judge Arno W. King, '83, of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. President Roberts was greeted with a hearty welcome by the Club as he rose to speak. His message was an enthusiastic one, primed with loyalty and devotion. Judge King made a most interesting address. He renewed his loyalty to his alma mater and spoke in glowing terms of the work done by President Roberts. Hon. Beecher Putnam, '89 ; Principal Weeks of Ricker Classical Institute ; L. M. Felch, (Hon.) '07 ; E. P. Craig, '06 ; and R. W. Hogan, who responded for the undergraduates ; were the other speakers. The members of the Club have undertaken the task of raising funds for loan purposes to be given to Pre ident Roberts on Com­ mencement. The money is to be loaned to Aroostook county boys in the college, worthy and in need of money to defray necessary college expenses. Already a good sum has been realized and it is hoped that the alumni will respond liberally. The committee in charge of the project are, lby lun s 124

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BASEBALL AT COLB The Colby Alumnus 125 as follows : 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1894, 18 8, 1901 1904, 1906. Of the remaining years, so far as the Echo and Oracle how, Bowdoin has had 4 (1885, 1896, 1908, 1911), Maine 4 ( 1888, 1895, 1899, 1910 and Bates one ( 18 9 . This leaves seven year unaccounted for 18)92, 1893, 1900, 1903, 1905,) 1907). It is safe to say that the larger share( of these went to Bowdoin, but even if all were assigned to Bowdoin, her total would still fall short of Colby's by two years. When we come to the games with the individual colleges, our records seem to be complete. The first recorded game with Bowdoin was in 1877, when two games were played, both of which Colby won. In 34 years of play there have been a total of 96 games (counting exhibition as well as championship games) of which Colby has won 51, Bowdoin 44, and one was a tie. The firstgame with Bates was also played in 1877. To date there have been 76 contests, of which Colby has won 38, Bates 37, and one was a tie. Not until 1882 is there record of a game with Maine. Since 1882 Colby and Maine have played 64 games, and the honors remain equal, 32 games to the credit of each college. Thus of a total of 236 games played with Maine colleges Colby has won 121, her opponents have won 113 and 2 have been tie games. It is a record which ought to inspire the students of the present day with a determination to keep the blue and gray in its honored position at the head of the baseball procession in Maine. No account has been given here of the numerous games with colleges outside the State, for the reason that interest centers almost entirely in the championship series. Colby s record has been an hon­ orable one in these games, notably in the games with Amherst and the Massachusett Agricultural College, which were a yearly feature for a considerable period. 126 'T'he Colby lumnus

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EDITORIALS

In the Independent for February 29, 1912, President Henry Pritchett of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teach­S. ing di cu ses "The Influence of Organized Alumni" upon the American college and university. He remarks that no feature Organized Alumni of college development in recent years has been more significant than the growth of alumni influ­ ence in the management of our educational institutions-a growth due largely to alumni organizations. He points out the advantages that come from such organizations, and the grave dangers which lurk in them. He advises that our colleges go slowly in permitting their organized alumni too large a voice in the affairs of the institution, and then concludes : "More than all this, we need in this matter a reform on our con­ ception of alumni loyalty. Our alumni associations have been hitherto almost wholly what promoters in the West call 'booster clubs.' There has been no essential difference between the two. If college alumni influence is to make for a better form of college, then college loyalty must take on somewhat more of real devotion to the cause of education and of the intellectual life, and a relatively smaller devotion to the pro­ motion of successful athletics, or other forms of college aggrandizement."

It were well for us to ponder carefully the suggestions of Presi­ dent Pritchett in relation to the problems of our own college. Colby alumni have sought, and won, a place of influence in the Board of Trustees ; the various alumni organizations are in­ The Colby Alumni creasingly enthusiastic in their "booster club" func- tions, but up to the present time they have not been alive in the least to their obligations and opportunities in the matter of providing for the increasing needs of Colby. There are, of course, honorable exceptions to this statement, but as a whole our interest has not gone as deep as our pocketbooks. The needs of Colby are self­ evident ; they grow more pr·essing with the annual increase in the number of students.. Did you never think how easily they could be met ? An annual contribution of $25.00 from each graduate would mean $25,000 to the college. Continued for four years such gifts would total the $100,000. which Colby needs so badly. Is there any good reason why the sum should not be forthcoming promptly ? Does your interest and faith in Colby amount to the sum of $25.00 ? If not, why not ? 128 The Colby Alumnus

BOOK REVIEWS

Th coll g library has Bull tin of the Bur au f They are the work of Dr. ro r f the ve tigation comp! ted by him while an befor coming to Colby. h ir titl Paraffined Paper Conden r Measurement of the Inductanc f for Alternating Current Work.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

In THE SCHOOL RE IEW for Fe ruary, 1 1 W. Johnson '91, writing on Th e Hi h chool Bo s M.orals ontra t condition in the Engli h 'public chool ' like Ru by with tho in our merican high chools and academie , not at all to th credit f the m rican. Pilfering, lying in the interest of athletic , di hon t in cla room and examination -the e are some of the topics di cu ed with ab olute frankn . Mr. J hn on denie that he is a pes imi t, maintaining that nothing i gained by clo ing on eye to the facts. He then declare that the condition are due to ·a fundamental lack of moral tandard in our ociety at large. The boy , he goe on, 'are prob­ ably a hone t in their port a th ir fath r are in bu ine . A to the remedy, while it doe not re t with the chool alone to the chool comes abundant opportunity for practical moral instruction. 'In the la t analysis,' says Mr. John on, it i imply a que tion of teaching a boy to distingui h be­ tween truth and falsehood, and to de ire to tell the truth and the fi ld of sport offers the best opportunity for accompli hing thi end. N umerou examples show what is being done in chools where the authorities are alive to their responsibilities. The same author's name appears at the head of an article in RELIGIOUS EDUCATION for February, entitled Moral Educa tion Through School A ctiv·ities) in which Mr. Johnson discus es at length the question of moral teaching through the various social activities of the high school, using as an illu tration his own school, the University High School of the University of Chicago. It is an interesting and suggestive article. The SATURDAY EvENING PosT for April 20, 1912, contained a story by Holman F. Day, '87, entitled Molasses and a F eather. It is one of Mr. Day's inimitable tales of political life, and while the State in which the events occurred is not named, one familiar with the conditions will have no difficulty in placing the scene properly. The Colby Alumnus 129

HENRY C. HALLOWELL, M. D.

By R w. DUNN. The following clipping from the Bangor News of April 16th, records the d ath of another member of tihe class of '68, the seventh since our graduation. Only eight now remain, though two who left the class and completed their course at Dartmouth are still alive. :-Iarry Hallowell joined the class at the beginning of our Freshman spring term. His g nial good nature, his cheerful disposition and cordial, sympathetic heart oon won the esteem of all his classmates. He was one of the youngest men in the class but not behind any in the keenness of his wit and brightness of hi intellect. His last visit to his alma mater was on the occasion of our class reunion in 1908. Dr. Henry Carleton Hallowell died at his home on Hancock street, Quincy, Mass., Saturday night after an illness of several months. Dr. Hallowell was born in Bangor, November 12, 1849. He was fitted for coll ge at the Bangor schools, entering Colby college, where 1he graduated in 1868. Before entering college he enlisted for sixty days in a company that was assigned the duty of protecting the Portsmouth Navy Yard from private attacks by Rebel privateers. After his graduation he was principal of the Methuen and Chicopee Falls high schools and later was master of the Collins Grammar school of Gloucester. In 1881 1he went to Kansas and for five years engaged in banking and real estate busine s. Later he entered Hahnemann Medical school in Chicago, where he graduated in 1887. His medical practice has been confined to two years in Auburn, Maine, and nearly twenty-five years in Quincy. His scholarly attainments fitted him for acceptable work on the Quincy school board where he served for eleven years and for two years he was its chairman. At the time of his death 1he was city physician of Quincy and was entering upon his seventh year of service. He was a man of rare social qualities-a popular member of the local Grand Army post and a member of the Granite City club. In 1881 he married Miss Elizabeth Scamman of Portland, who survives him with their two children Elizabeth Hallowell, a teacher in the Bourne High sohool, and Henry Carleton Hallowell, Jr. Dr. Hallowell was one of six children of Abner Rice and Susan (Clement) Hallowell, the late Prof. Susan M. Hallowell of Wellesley College, the late Henrietta T. Hallowell of the Milton high school, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hart of East Dennis, Mass., Lucy M. Hallowell of Quincy, and Dr. Clement H. Hallowell of Norwood, Mass., the last three of whom survive 1him.

CHARLES P. BALDWIN In the death of General Charles Pierce Baldwin, '58, at his home in Denver, Colorado early in April, Colby lost another loyal and distinguished alumnus. He was born in New Sharon, Maine, on June 4, 1833. After his graduation in 1858 he was master of the Waterville High School for one year, and then beca e principal of the Bangor High School. In 1862 he gave up his position to enter� the Union Army as a private in the 11th Maine Infantry. He served through the remainder of the war, being several times promoted for his gallant services and left the army with the rank of Brigadier General. Sodn after the close of the war General Bald.win became interested in silver mining, and settled in Georgetown, Colorado. For several years his mining ventures prospered, but with the decline in the price of silver ihe turned his attention to real estate venture in Denver, and later removed to t1hat city, where he resided until his death. General Baldwin retained a deep interest in Colby to the last, and was instrumental in sending several Colorado boys to Waterville for their college 130 The Colby Alumnus training. It alway afford d him great plea ure to meet old Waterville friends an� Colby graduat who w re in Colora a tran ient vi itors or as permanent r 1dent . ev ral men and women are till living in Waterville who were among his pupil at th igh School in and 1 . A l tter from G n ral aldwin cla mat , E. W. Patti on, Esq. of Saint Loui , contain the f llowing ad itional information : For th pa t nin y ar h has be n in failing h alth and ha ither been trav lling in arch of h alt.h, r has b n living in nver. Up to the la t t wo or thr e days of hi lif h me to b in improved h alth. . . . evere cold, add d to a heart tr uble, brought n th nd, and it came quite unex­ pect dly. uring th day on which h di d h had been vi it d ev ral times by his ph ician ut arly in the ning tat d that he wa feeling much better and would be all right in the morning. b ut tw h ur later he gave a little ga p and that wa th nd. Thu pa f ature no lemen, and one f th warm t friend C lby ha r ha

WILLIAM H. MCLELLAN i d r cently at hi home in Belfast, ut left Colby at the end of his

HORATIO B. KNOX oratio B. Knox in tructor in hi tory at the Rhode I land State Normal School, Providence, di d at hi home in that city on un ay morning April 14th, after a brief illn from pneumoni . Mr. nox ' a orn at Cambria­ town, P nnsylvania, on ov. 1 , 1 � the on f im on P. and Sarah Bickford Knox. Whil h wa till a mere child hi par nt remo ed to Farmington, Main , where ·hi arly education wa cur d. rom the public chools Mr. Knox came to Colby and wa graduat in the cla of 1 1. He wa elected Principal of the high ch ol at Ea tport, aine, lea ing at the end of three year to accept a imilar po ition in Palmer Ma . He remained in thi po ition for about a decade coming thence in 1893 to the Friend School in Pro i ence, nm th Io e Brown School, a in tructor in Latin and Greek. Thi po ition he filled ucc full for a period of eleven year , and until hi appointment to t·he teaching fore at the Rhode I land State Normal School in 1904. At the N onnal School he filled the po ition of in tructor in hi tory, a study in which he not only wa well grounded, but in wh ich he attained the utmost success through an unu ual ability to impart thi knowledge to other . He was for a time al o the a i tant principal of the ormal School, a position from which he was relie ed a couple of ear ago at hi own request, as he did not have the time to devote to the duties. It was not alone as a student and teacher of American history that Prof. Knox was well known, but as a writer and lecturer on the e subjects he was equally prominent. On behalf of the Commis ioner of Public Schools he had made many addresses to the teachers of the State along these lines, and for some time past had prepared the sketches of famous Rhode Islanders which have been published annually in the Independence Day leaflet i sued by the Com­ missioner. His sketch of Abraham Lincoln, in the last Flag Day annual, is considered notable, as is also his story of the destruction of the Gaspee, which was written for children. In religious life Prof. Knox had also been an enthusiastic worker for many years. He was -0ne of the deacons of the Central Congregational Church, was for some years the superintendent of the Sabbath school connected with this The Colby Alumnus 131 church, and at the time of his death was the teacher of a large Bible class of boys. For some years also he had been interested in the Cobb system of summer camps in Maine and last year was in charge of the larger of these camps, located on the shores of the lake at Denmark, Me. Prof. Knox was a member of the Ma onic fraternity, having been made a memb r of Thomas Lodge at Palmer during hi residence in t.hat town. He was also a member of the University Club, the Congregational Club, the Barn­ ard Club, of which he was President about a decade ago, and at the time of his d ath was the President of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, a position to which he was elected at tihe meeting last fall. He was also a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. On Aug. 18, 1882, he married Miss Mary Edgerton Roberts, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Roberts of Wakefield, N. H. By this union there are two children, Miss Gertrude E. Knox, who is a teacher in a private school for girls at Burling­ ton, N. J., and a on, Philip W., who lives at home. They, with their mother, survive. Prof. Knox is also survived by his father and a brother, U. S. Knox, both of whom live at Farmington, Me. His mother died last fall.

ALONZO BUNKER, D. D.

In the death of Dr. Alonzo Bunker on March eighth Colby lost one of her most 1honored sons. Dr. Bunker was born in Atkinson, Maine, January 30, 1837. He was graduated from Colby in 1862, in the class with Hon. George Gifford, Dr. E. W. Hall, Hon. R. C. Shannon, and other men of like caliber. From Colby he went to Newton Theological Institution. While a student at Newton he was appointed a missionary of the American Baptist Foreign Mission­ ary Society, and soon after graduation sailed for Burma. Dr. Bunker's long years of labor among the Karens, first at Toungoo and later at Loikau, revealed the strong personality of the man. Much of his work was pioneer work, among tribes where the gospel had never been preached before, and his success was remarkable. For years with an indomitable energy he travelled among the wild mountain passes, preaching to the savage tribesmen, often in peril of his life from wild beasts and almost equally wild men. A friend has said of him : "Dr. Bunker was of a genial, hopeful, earnest and enthusiastic disposition, which gained him warm friends wherever he was. The cordial tones of his peculiarly sweet and vibrant voice still linger in our ears. ' Another has said that Dr. Bunker by his labors almost created a Karen nation from the wild tribesmen of the hills. In the midst of his busy days of preaching and establishing mission stations Dr. Bunker found time for writing numerous books in Karen. Among them were a life of Christ in Sgau Ka ren, and Catechisms in Gaicho Karen and Karennee, as well as translations of Davies's Euclid and Foster s Story of the Bible into Sgau Karen. Two books in English also came from his pen, "Soo Thah," a remarkable story of Karen life, and ' Sketches from the Karen Hills." In 1903, Dr. Bunker returned to the United States because of ill healt,h, worn out by his long continued labors. He hoped to be able to return to Burma, but increasing feebleness made that impossible. He is survived by his wife and three daughters, one of whom is the wife of Rev. Sumner R. Vinton, also a missionary of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. 132 The Colby Alumnus

COLLEGE LIFE

Colby was def ated by th Univ r ity of Maine at the indoor dual meet held at Orono on Mar h t.h The ev nt w r cl ly conte ted and the final c re was � to 300 in favor of Main . A very int r ting mo k trial wa h ld in th coll ge chapel on March 7th und r the au pie s of the Y. M. wing to an all g d attempt to bribe the jury, a n w trial wa or er

The Arthur J er miah bert Lectur r f r 1 1.., wa Dr. Edward Howard Grigg , who lecture n h M rchant of V nice : hake pear Ethical Awak ning dr w a larg audi nc on th arch 1-th. The following m mb r f th ha e rec i e appointment for th annual Priz e lamation : w n ar ey Knight, . Mor e, and E. L. W man. The at f th cont t ha not y t e n announc d. The con rt f th lu at th ity 11 n arch th ' a one of the chief nt of th ent rtainm nt ea n in ater ille. e er have the clubs done b tter, and n r w re th ir effort m r appr ciat d than thi year. On the ning of M rch t a c 11 e rally wa held in the gymna ium in the int rest of pring thletic . Mr. . Libby of th faculty presided, variou alumni and und rgra uate let 1 o their eloquence, and erybody had a good time. How much eff ct th me ting ha ha or will ha on pring athletic i an open qu tion. The Dramatic Club pre ented the three act comedy What appened to Jone ," at the City Hall on th ening of pril 16th. The large audience pres- ent seemed well pleased with the effort of th club. April 18th wa the date of th annual Junior Prom and in pite of a heavy downpour of rain, th vening wa a gr at ucce . The patrone e were Mrs. A. F. rummond Mr . Frank R dington r . E. D. Thomp on, Mrs. Howard Wel h, and Mr . John H dman. Owing to the bad w ath r the ba ball team had almo t no practice pre ious to the Massachu ett trip, which may help to explain the one- ided scores. Three games were played, with the following r ult :

"Massachusetts Aggie ' 12, Colby 6. Holy Cross 11, Colby 2. Harvard 7, Colby 0. A special prize of $15.00 offered by Mr. S. B. eff, in tructor in English, for the best delineation of ome character cho en from 'Othello, wa a warded to R. R. B. Hutchins, '1 . A second prize of $10.00 was given to H. Bowen, '12. The inter-class track meet was held on Saturday, April 27t·h. The track was in poor condition and the weather was unfavorable for good work. Nardini broke the college record for the 100 yard dash, making the di tance in 10 sec­ onds fiat. The score was as follows : Juniors, 42 ; Seniors, 37 ; Fre hmen, 28 ; Sophomores, 19. The Colby Alumnus 133

WHAT COLBY MEN ARE DOING

At the annual meeting of the De­ gether by ourselves, took a short partment of Superintendence of the automobile ride and sat down together National Educational Association, to a simple supper with no one to held the last week in February at St. listen or interrupt while we talked Louis, more than one thousand super­ over some of our college experiences intendents and friends were regis­ and exchanged greetings and good tered at the Planters' Hotel, the head­ wishes. It was a pleasant occasion quarters of the gathering. Several but all too brief was the time Colby men were to be seen in the allotted to it. lobby of the hotel. Among them were J. E. Burke, '90, Associate Superin­ 1869 tendent of Schools, Boston ; Randall J. Condon, '86, Superint�ndent of Correspondent: J. K. RICHARDSON. Schools, Providence, R. I. ; Allen P. Denver, Col. Soule, '79, representing the Ameri­ Soon after my last communication can Book Company ; R. A. Metcalf, was published was much pleased to '86, New York Manager for Allyn & I receive a letter from Judge Cornish Bacon ; Dana W. Hall, of Ginn & of the Supreme Court of Maine com­ Comp any's Chicago house. mending my notes and, in particular, speaking of his pleasure in recalling 1863 Captain and Dr. Jackson of my class, Correspondent: REV. G. B. ILSLEY. and speaking of him as a man of Westbrook, Me. great intellectual ability and of strong character. I think I will ven­ In the class of '63, of those who be­ ture to tell an incident in our life came lawyers and judges,-Judge together. He had bought from me Whitehouse sends me the following one half of the room and, at first, list : was a little disposed to dictate about tHenry M. Bearce of Norway. everything. I finally brought him Percival Bonney of Portland. up standing with the remark that I W. H. Fogler of Rockland. owned one half of the room and if John C. Gray of Oroville, Cal. he was not satisfied he could have his F. S. Hezeltine of Boston, Mass. money back and move out. When W. P. Joy of Ellsworth. the time for graduation arrived he H. N. Nutting of Redwood, Cal. recalled that and said, "Chum I want Geo. S. Scammon of Waterville. to say that I know I was wrong and Wm. P. Whitehouse of Augusta. you were right, and that the way you *H. M. Pratt of Turner. stood for your rights at that time t Graduated with '65. made me appreciate you all the more * Gradudted with '64. highly." That little incident speaks Letters from C. M. Emery of volumes as to his own high charac­ Southern Pines states he is not plan­ ter. He was a most loyal friend to ning for a northern trip this sum­ me always. mer-but may have to attend Board Judge Cornish also had a good Meeting of Hebron Academy the mid­ word for M. F. Ricker. Unexpectedly dle of June ;-but next year hopes to I had a letter from Ricker a few days be able to come to our class reunion. ago. In it he speaks of still suffer­ ing from the effects of his imprison� 1868 ment in Libby and Andersonville. He is now the manager of the Secur­ Correspondent: R. W. DUNN. ity Life Insurance Comp any, at Au­ Waterville, Me. burn, Maine. The two '68 men residing in Water­ I find on investigation that there is ville, Taylor and Dunn, were privi­ on record at Colby the names of leged to greet classmate Rev. W. 0. twenty-four as having entered in our Ayer, D.D., who was in attendance on class the first year, three more as the recent Baptist Institute held in having entered during the second the city. We passed a few hours to- year. I learn that the name of 134 The Colby Alumnus

Rohrbaugh is not among them. So four years . The Doctor has pros­ there were at least 28 in the class. pered too in a way to put all the rest I had the impression that we had f us in the shade. He had the wis­ thirty and still think there must be dom to go West and grow up with the at least two more men who entered wild Western w rld about Spokane, with us but whose names have failed Washington, and so rise to become a of a record. ucc ssful and honored physician. He It will interest some of the older has filled the highest offices in the me·n to .recall the names of those who Me ical Society of his county, which did not graduate with us, namely : he helped to found "The Spokane Henry Mandeville Clark ; Charles C. County Medical Society," and has had Cole ; Solomon Eaton ; Geor e G. an active part in the State Medical Leavens; Luther Howard Maxim ; organization. The docto r also spent James L. Merrill ; Thomas W. Par­ a fortune in mining and prospecting ker ; M. F. Ricker ; Charles E. Rob­ in various States of the West, always bins; Edward P. Roberts who l'ad­ doing his share of the work, standing uated in the next lass ; Geor e S. hi hare of los e , and at last reap­ Rowell, Charles Rowell ; Geor e R. in his reward-an independent for­ Stone ; Williard M. Tibbetts ; Oscar tune. He can now retire from active Wall ; Parkman Shaw Warren. Mer­ ervice, enj oy the smiles of his rill and Stone left u for Amher t young and lately married wife, spend and graduated there in our year. hi leisure in journeys to various It was too bad htat o many fell point of comfort, or pleasure and out by the way ; but that seemed to thus watch the fortunes of the busy be the fashion in those days. world like the kindly, warm-hearted philo opher he always was. William Go dthwaite writes from 1875 his vanta e point of a farm up in Correspondent : E. J. COLCORD. he ter, Vermont : "There is only 48 1 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y. one thing here that gives me satisfas­ tion,-that is, my garden, and you From three members of the class have to see this to appreciate it." notes have come with news of their ' Dear old Goldthwaite," he can talk present or past history and adven­ of hi arden, "far from the madding tures. crowd,'f? while the rest of us, poor A picture of George Hall reads at wretche , vainly strive still in the the bottom "Hallius itting on the field to win our little modicum of ruins of Carthage." A huge heap of ease by and by in some decent, safe rocks with esert and sand in the and quiet corner, where we can sink foreground, three men and a donkey gently into the waiting arms of our make up the picture. One man "Hal­ common mother. lius" our old friend Hall, sits under I suppose William you thought to an umbrella on top of a native ser­ make our mouths water and to awak­ vant, the latter on his back on the en emotions of jealousy by that ex­ sand, another servant standing near­ ulting mention of the garden, where by, and in the rear the rock and the like Diocletian of old you have laid donkey atop of it. down the rod of empire to raise cab­ We gather that friend Hall, like bages. Mari us of old is on the ruins of the We shall forgive you, and wish you ancient city, though "Hallius" has health, rest and good fortune galore. the advantage of Marius,-he has the softer seat. The joke is significant of what we told of Hall a while back. 1878 He is a globe trotter and to emulate Col. Charles L. Phillips, U. S. A., the redoubtable Marius is but an in­ is stationed at Fort Screven, Georgia. cident in a busy life. As to the ser­ vant, Hall adds on the margin of the 1884 picture "We have to sit on 'em occa­ sionally." A letter from the Rev. E. P. Burt, The second note is a right long one of Shiu Hing, China, was published in full of details of interest from the a recent issue of the Watchman, from former roommate of Hall, Dr. Cyrus which the following extract is taken : Merriam. It seems a coincidence to "The many friends who have been put their notes side by side, when the praying for us will be glad to know writers were so close companions for of our safe arrival in Shiu Hing, The Colby Alumnus 135

South China. . . . Our welcome was on "Parallelism of Mind and Body an event long to be remembered. For from the Standpoint of Metaphysics," two or three days the people had been The MacMillan Company published expecting us, and had gone to the his "Brief Introduction to Modern river side each evening to spend sev­ Philosophy" in 1902, "Religious Con­ eral hours waiting for the boat to ception of the World" in 1907, and in come .... Our boat arrived a little the same year "Student's History of after dusk and the bank of the river Philosophy." Rogers has recently was crowded with friends to welcome taken a fling at tropical fruit raising us ....I must not close without add­ in Florida. in g just a word about China's strug­ At last reports his grape fruit or­ gle for freedom.... Reports are chard was under water but if it conflicting but enough is known to emerges and remains on dry land make it pretty certain that the move­ long enough he hopes to make money ment for liberty has entered upon its enough to retire from his profession final stage. . . . No one can foresee as a philosopher and take up his per­ just how long or bloody this contest manent abode among the Everglades. will be, but one thing is sure, its issue He promises to abandon his orchard will mean an unparalleled opportu long enough to attend our next re­ nity for the Christian church to con­ unio n in 1916. summate one-third of its gigantic task Lyndon L. Dunham writes from of evangelizing the world." Brattleboro, Vt. :-" Am still in the Maj or Herbert M. Lord, U. S. A., shoe business and am glad to report has joined the Colby forces in the that business is good. Every little Philippines. He is Paymaster, with while I like to glance at that picture headquarters at Fort Santiago, Ma­ which was taken at our last reunion, nilla. and it is certainly a pleasure to look at the different faces and dream a 1889 little bit of the days of twenty years Rev. Dr. Nelson S. Burbank of Re­ or more ago. How little we thought vere, Mass., has just been elected on that happy occasion when those President of the Baptist Minister's pictures were taken that death would Conference of Boston. claim one of us so soon. Am looking 1891 forward to the summer of 1916, and sincerely hope that as many, if not Correspondent: F. W. JOHNSON. more of us, will be able to meet to­ Chicago, Ill. gether again, and suggest that each Herbert R. Purinton has for eigh­ one soon begin to plan things so that teen years been a member of the f ac­ it will be possible to do so." ulty of Bates College, Lewiston, Me. George H. Stoddard, the year fol­ During the first fifteen years his lowing his graduation was principal work was wholly in the Divinity De­ of the Corinna (Maine) Academy. partment. Three years ago he was He has since successively occupied elected Professor of Biblical Litera­ the position of principal in the high ture and Religion, and now has schools at Fort Fairfield, Springvale, charge of that Department at Bates. Cherryfield, Scarboro, and Freeport, He prepared for his work by post­ Maine, and East Douglas, Mass. In graduate study at Newton Theologi­ the autumn of 1910 he became Dean cal School, Cobb Divinity School, and of the Literary Departments of Shaw the University of Chicago. The de­ University at Raleigh, N. C., in which gree of Doctor of Divinity was con­ position he now is. "Stod" gives ev­ ferred upon him by Hillsdale College dence of youth and vigor unabated, in 1907. for he is thinking of coming to Chi­ Arthur K. Rogers called on the cago next summer to take up work class correspondent while in attend­ toward his doctorate. He has writ­ ance upon the meeting of the West­ ten your correspondent to inquire ern Philosophical Association which about the weather conditions, having was held recently at the Universitv some apprehension regarding Chica­ of Chicago. Time has dealt kindly go's claims as a summer resort. with our classmate, who but for the slight addition of a mustache and 1893 some twenty pounds of flesh looked Correspondent : J. H. OGIER. quite as he did when last we met Camden, Maine. twenty years and more ago. Rogers The class of '93, graduated 22 men. published his Doctor's thesis in 1899 Since graduation death has taken 136 The Colby Alutnn

Fairbrother, True and Sheldon. S. Maine entral, and is located in D. Graves who though not raduat­ L wi ton. ing with the cla was with us dur ­ C. H. Dodge, a one time member, ing alm t the full course ha also is located in Detroit, Mich. passed a way. The member of the class can help The members of the class have all make this department more interest­ been ucce sful in life and one mem­ ing if they will send to me items ber has attained national prominence, about any member and also more Geor ·e 0. Smith, who is irector of c mplete information as to their own the U. S. Geolo ical Survey with hi torie ince graduation. headquarters at Washington, D. C. The writer has been engaged in Our class reunion have never been new pape r work since graduation and very largely attended but every mem­ is now proprietor of the Camden ber is looking ahead to 1913 and al­ Herald. ready planning to attend the 20th anniversary of our raduation. 1894 I am not quite sure where every John S. Lynch has been made As­ member of the cla s is now located sistant Attorney General of the State but give as many a I know. o Wa hington. His address ha been A. H. Bickmo re is carryin · on a han ed from Seattle to Olympia. successful bankin and bond busines His special duties are to enforce the in New York City. newly enacted Workmen's Compensa­ D. E. Bowman left Maine some two tion Act. A third child was recently or three years a o after attainin born to Mrs. Lynch. considerable prominence as a lawyer and an ducator and is now a law­ 1896 yer in Los An el es, Calif. Henry W. Dunn of the cla s of H. M. Conners is a lawyer in his 1 6, ha een elected Dean of the home town, Bar Harbor. Co 1 ge f Law in connection with M. S. Getchell is sub-ma ter of the the Univer ity of Iowa and will enter High School in Brockton, Mass. u on his duties about September L. 0. Glover i a teacher in the fir t. Boston, Mass., Latin School. The at o the University is Iowa H: T. Jordan is mana er of Keith ity a eli htful little city of about Theatre, Philadelphia. 00 inhabitants, ituated in the W. E. Lombard is pa tor of the outherly part of the state, about fif­ Baptist church in Andover, Ma s. ty mile we t of the Missis ippi river. R. N. Willett, according to my last There are about 2200 students in the information is teachin m Hanover, U nive · ity of whom 200 are in the Mass. Law Colle e. E. L. Nichols is one of the mana­ Mr. unn's ti·aining in Ha.rvard gers of the E. C. Nichols Dry Goods Law Schools, from which he gradu­ Co., Bangor, Maine. ted in 1902, followed by ten years of C. N. Perkins is Superintendent of law practice in Bo ton, should be a Schools in Brewer, Maine. good preparation for the work he Albert Robinson is Superintendent ha been called to undertake. of Schools in Peabody, Mas . Hascall S. Hall is cashier of the F. E. Russell is also engaged in newly organized Kennebec Trust school work but I am not sure of his Company of Waterville. present location. J. B. Slocum is pastor of the 1897 Greenwood Baptist Church, Brook­ Car. : lyn, N. Y. PROF. CHARLES H. WHITMAN. C. F. Smith is a member of the Rutgers College, East Maine Methodist Conference New Brunswick, N. J. and his present appointment I believe The class of 1897 graduated but 19 is Vinalhaven. men out of the 32 that entered col­ C. F. Stimson is pastor of the Con­ lege ; since graduation its members gregational church, Waterville, Me. have been still further depleted by the 0. L. Hall who was with us during deaths of Linton E. Waldron in 1900 almost the full four years' course and Frederick A. Roberts in 1906. is editor of the Bangor Commercial. Roberts had taken an M.D. at the Nahum Wing also with us nearly College of Physicians and Surgeons, all the course is in the employ of the Philadelphia, and at the time of his The Colby Alumnus 137

death was practicing his profession at itary A cademy, Conn., and at St. Wilmington, Mass. In college days Paul's School, Garden City, N. Y., 'Rob' was the heart and soul of every became Superintendent of Schools at class gathering, and his presence was Hempstead, N. Y., and for the past feelingly missed at the decennial re­ few years has been Superintendent of union. Schools at Corning, N. Y. A state­ Every member of the class has been ment from a recent letter will touch traced to his lair, though its business the sympathies of those who know of men are evidently so absorbed in the the heroic efforts 'Chap' has made to amassing of wealth that they have no check the inroads of the fatal malady time to respond to communications of which in Colby days was in an incipi­ a non-practical nature. The class ent stage. He writes : 'I am just los­ has shown considerable diversity in ing the last of my hair. It has hung the choice of life-work, education and on pretty well, "but the best of business claiming the largest num­ friends must part." ' ber of adherents. Charles L. Clement is Superintend­ At the recent reunion of the Colby ent of schools at Buxton, Me. He fol­ Alumni Association of Boston, '97, lowed teaching for a number of years, was represented by Watson, Williams, in Philadelphia, New Hampshire, and and Holmes, who made their presence Maine. known by a very respectable class Harmon S. Cross is engaged in bus­ yell. Holmes was one of the speak­ iness in Peabody, Mass. Until re­ ers. As might have been expected he cently he taught science in Alfred made reference to his old friend Sam University, N. Y., and in schools in Osborn. The daily debates between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 'Billy' and Sam were one of the feat­ William H. Holmes taught for sev­ ures of our under-graduate days and eral years at Putnam, Conn., then for never failed to draw a circle of inter­ a time served the towns of Grafton ested listeners. The subjects ranged and Upton, Mass., as Superintendent from Dan to Beersheba and some of of Schools, for the past nine years the arguments were decidedly unique he has been Superintendent of Schools in character. Sam was never known at Westerly, R. I. He spent his sab­ to acknowledge defeat, 'for even tho' batical year, 1909-10, in graduate vanquished, he could argue still." study at Clark University, receiving When there was absolutely nothing the degree of Ph.D. in Education. left to say, Sam would resume his Holmes has identified himself promi­ two pails and shuffle away with his nently with the educational interests tantalizing chuckle. of his adopted state, and for the past Ah I What would some of us not year has been President of the Rhode give to hear again that familiar Island Institute of Instructi· on. He chuckle when we set foot once more on is about to publish a book on School the Colby campus ! Organization and the Individual At last accounts Roy M. Barker, Child, which embodies the results of Henry H. Putnam, and Walter F. a thorough study of the problem of Titcomb were engaged in business in adjusting school organization to the Northern Maine, in the towns of needs of individual children. Presque Isle, Lincoln, and Houlton, Albert R. Keith had quite enough respectively. of teaching du ring one year at the George K. Bassett taught for sev­ Old Town, Me., High School, an"d then eral years at Baltimore and Manlius, entered the Harvard Medical School, then the call of the family pro­ receiving his M.D. in 1903. After fessiN. Y.on; became too strong to be longer three years of hospital service at resisted and he turned to law ; he Carney Hospital, Boston and at Sail­ took a course at the Harvard Law ors' Snug Harbor Hospital, Staten School and in 1903 was admitted to Island, N. Y., he opened an office at the Maine bar. For the past nine Hartford, Conn., where he is still to years he has been located at Augusta, be found. His address is 43 Farm­ Me., trying, as he puts it, 'to make ington Ave. We understand that men law-abiding citizens.' 'Al' has courage enough in this age Hannibal H. Chapman has been in of specialization to style himself a educational work continuously since 'general practioner.' graduation. He first taught at Pat­ Ernest E. Noble taught school for ten, Me., then spent a year in gradu­ five years, then entered the Univer­ ate study in the English Department sity of Maine Law School, obtaining of Yale, taught at the Cheshire Mil- the degree of L.L. B. in 1903. For 138 The Colby Alumnu the past eight years he has been prac­ ace pted an Associate Professorship ticing law at 85 Market St., Portland, of En lish at Rutgers College. Rut­ Me. For two terms he wa a member ers is one of the ten colonial col­ of the City Council and at present leges, havin been founded as Queens holds the position of Disclosure Com­ ollege in 1766. Since 1864 it has mis ioner. Noble was married last been the State College of New Jersey. October to Mi s Marion Verrill of Percy F. Williams is completing his Portland. seventh year at the Fessenden School, Herbert S. Philbrick has recently a finely equipped school for boys at accepted the Professor hip of Me­ We t Newton, Mass. He has recent­ chanical En ineerin in the College ly iven up class-room teaching to of Engineerin · of Northwestern Uni­ devote him elf entirely to the cleri­ versity, Evanston, Ill. He will enter cal wo rk of the institution. upon his new duties on September 1, Arthur G. Wri ht is running a 1912. On leavin college Philbrick dairy and fruit farm at Readfield, taught for six years in the Calais, Me. Me., Hi h School, succeedin Verne Arthur J. Dunton, ex-'97, is an At­ M. Whitman, 94, as Principal ; then torney at Law at Bath Me. took a three years' course at the Mas­ Charles L. Chamberlain, ex-'97, is sachusetts Institute of Technolo y, pastor of the Baptist Church at receivin his en ineerin de ree in Warner, N. H., the town adjoining 1906 ; for the pa t five year he has Hopkinton, where Snow is located. been Assistant Profes or of Mechan­ The cla of '97 is making active ical Engineerin · at the University of pr paration for the celebration of its Mi souri, Columbia, Mo. fifteenth anniversary this coming Charles L. Snow, ince finishin commencement. It i confidently ex­ his course at Newton Theolo ical pected that this celebration will sur­ Seminary in 1900, ha filled pa tor­ pa even the decennial reunion at torates at So. Wellin on, Conn., Nor­ which seventy-five per cent of the wich, Conn. and Medway, Mas . cla were pre ent. Harry B. Wat­ Since Novembe r 1, 1911, he has been son i class secretary. settled at Hopkinton, N. H. In all his pastorates Snow has worked along 1898 charitable, social and cultural lines Charl s W. Vigue, ex-'98, is assist­ as well as the distinctively reli · ou . tant a hier of the Kennebec Trust Fred E. Taylor pursued with hi h ompany of Waterville, which re­ honor a course at Rochester Theo­ cently opened for business in the logical Seminary, then filled pastor­ quarters formerly occupied by the ates at Mo cow, Idaho, and Seattle, Waterville Trust Co. Wa h., and served for one year as city missionary of Seattle. Since 1901 1906 he has been agent for the pub­ lishing house of Dodd, Mead & Co., at The Schenectady, N. Y., Citizen, of Spokane, Wash. March 8th, contained the following, Harry B. Watson is the State Sec­ under the caption, "Robert A. Bake­ retary of the New Hampshire Y. M. man and his creed :" C. A., with headquarters at Concord. " I believe that the wisest man· in For this work his years of service as world is not wise enough to act as Principal of the High School at Good conscience for me. Will Farm gave him the finest sort of " I believe in being true to my con­ training. science in the face of convention and Charles H. Whitman is at present reputation and laws and friends and Professor and Head of the English job and family. Department of Rutgers College, New "I believe in the holy quality of the Brunswick, N. Y. From Colby he pain that comes to any one as a con­ entered the Graduate School of Yale sequence of my being true to my University, where he received the de­ conscience, and I want to be big gree of Ph.D. in 1900, having held enough to want man to be true to his, for two years a fellowship in Eng­ even if it must mean pain to me. lish. For the next five years he was "I believe in you-whoever you are, Instructor and Assistant Professor of whether you are black or white, in English at Lehigh University. On prison or on the throne ; whether you leave of absence he spent the year of are called good or bad ; whatever you 1905-6 in study at the University of have done in the past or shall do in Muni ch, and on his return to America the future. The Colby Alumnus 139

"And . I believe �upremely that the 1905 tm�e fo� me to begm to practice these Correspondent: M. beliefs is not at that elusive moment ALFRED FRYE. 27 4 Main St., Worcester, Mass. when I shall have greater influence' but NOW." The latest 1905 man to become a benedict is Guilford D. Coy of Presque 1903 Isle, who on Ma rch 7th was united in Charles W. Atchley, who has been marriage to Miss Anna Caroline engaged in the practice of law in Beckman of Perham, Maine. Waterville for a number of years, has William R. Cook now lives at S. recently removed to Breckenridge, Dartmouth, Mass. Since leaving col­ Mich., where he will open an office. ege he has been in the plumbing bus­ "Atch" has been a loyal supporter of !mess. He has also bought some land the college, and his removal from W a­ and built a house, is now married and terville is much regretted. His many has two daughters. friends wish him success in his new Another M. D. appears among the home. members of 1905. I ts possessor is Lewis G. Lord, who for the past Ernest C. Wood who was with us for years has been associated with his a time but is now a physician at brother-in-law in the restaurant bus­ Wakefield, Ky. He received his de­ iness in Waterville, has severed his gree from Kentucky University. On connection with the firm and has June 17th, 1907 he was united in mar­ entered the employ of a bond house riage to Miss Edith C. Perley of Vas­ as salesman. salboro, Maine. The Horace Purinton Co., of which John E. Humphrey writes, "The Cecil M. Daggett is a member, has memory of the old boys and the pleas­ been awarded the contract for rais­ ant days spent at Colby will linger ing the dam and building a pulp mill forever. at Shawmut, Me. This is a con­ "In reference to myself, I am crete job and is pr obably the largest pleased to advise that I am a very ever a warded in Maine. happy member of the benedict club A daughter, Dorothy Maynard having been initiated about four was recentlv born to Mr. and Mrs. years ago, and thus far, have ,escaped Leon C. Staples at their home in the mandates of the Roosevelt theory Portland, Conn. Leon C. Staples, in connection with connubial bliss. who since his graduation has been Am very pleasantly located with the engaged in educational work in Diamond Ruboer Co. of N. Y., who Connecticut, will give up this line of handle automobile tires and every­ work with the close of the school year thing pertaining to the comforts of and return to his home in North motoring in the rubber line ; I am em­ Haven, Me., where he will take over ployed in the capacity of assistant the large general store business manager." Mr. Humphrey's address which has been conducted by his is S. Salina and Onondaga Sts., Syra­ father, the elder Mr. Staples retir­ cuse, N. Y. Mr. Staples ing from active work. 1906 has been very successful in his school loses a man who was a credit to the Clarence E. Jewell, ex-'06, is a civil profession, in his retirement. engineer with Stone & Webster, 147 While Daggett was in Chicago last Milk Street, Boston. After leaving winter he almost met A. Davenport Colby, Jewell attended the Sheffield Cox missing him by less than twen­ Scientific School for a year. He can ty minutes. Cox is now a successful be addressed at the company's officce physician. in care of Mr. Vaughn. Shephard Butler is making a great Frank Sidney Hamilton, ex-'06, is success of the newspaper profession engaged in the real estate business holding a responsible position on a in Kansas City, Mo. Chicago paper, and with ever y pros­ The engagement of Karl R. Kenni­ pect of advancement. son and Miss Mildred Foster of Providence, R. I., was announced re­ 1904 cently. Karl is associated with J. R. Clarence G. Gould is an instructor Freeman, the well-known Consulting in the High School, Hartford, Conn. Hydraulic Engineer of Providence. John S. Tapley is a District Super­ Howard H. Crabtree, who was with intendent of Schools, with headquar­ the class of 1906 for the Freshman ters at Charleston, Maine. year, was graduated from Harvard in 4 Th C lby

1907, and received the de ree of M. . We mi ht hav f r our toa tmaster fr m the Harvard Medical School n , who y hi r at athletic ability four year later. He i n w at the ha won the mo t enviable title of Ma sachusett Gen ral Ho pital . "H ro of the G idiron" at Colby, Meader has ompleted hi term of (Ralph od ). And why not have service at the Massa hu etts General tan r wn ) speak to u a few min- Ho pital in Boston, and recently ute up n "Late impr vements at spent a couple of w ek at hi h me olby.'' We hould all be extremely in Waterville. He is n w on a trip int r in the great progre s that thr u h the We t, and intend to Ima Mater ha made durin the a far a enver at lea t. harl int rval of two years. says that if the country look d t T len vari ty to the program, it him he may decide to locate miP"ht be allowa le to a k "Blakie" where in the We t. t peak f r a ew moments upon the Robinson writes f om Kan as ity, " ibirt'es f an unmarried Colby Mo., that he hopes to be back in Wa­ man amon the T lephone irls." I terville for Comm ncement. "Robbie" am ur that a peech from one who is one of the Col y men wh hav pro re sive amon the mem­ "made od" in Y. M. . A. work. e · f the feminine sex would win J. U. Tea ue ex-'0 , wa a vi itor r at applau e. at the c llege recently. "Joe is tate Then we might make a bad matter repre entative for and, ally & w r e y call in on John Adonis Co., pu li he . He i married and Ti d wh c ul r adily convince us has a handsome son over a year ld. that he wa really becoming reverent. We mi ht next turn to Fo well for 190 informati n an a vice u on the sub­ je "Why a ini ter hould become P. S. Farrar, who has been with a tea her.' the New England Teleph ne and Tel­ Why not then let a little more light egraph Company in Bo n ha re­ in u n the c a i n and allow the cently removed to N w Y rk wher " un hine f ur cla ' to ay a word he ha a ositi n with the New York u n hi ex rience while at large Telephone Company. during hi Fre hman year. I am ur th at harle . would arou e a 1 0 g at al f enthu ia m e pecially Correspond nt : LARK . I: PM am ng he table 'rls. Cambrid e Mass. a t but n t 1 a t we hope to have with u one member of our class H. W. Kimball is the Maine rep­ who e k en sense of humor warded off resentative and sale man of the many a brain torm for himself and Lewis E. Tracy Co., of Boston deal­ many of hi clas mates. ers in mill supplies. How ea y it was for "Re ie" to step up with the necessary article 1910 when it came to Math. without even glancing at the book. How weH he Correspondent: C. L. HASKELL. an inform u now, as a traveling Waterville, Me. man re ardin the possibilities of the During the past few weeks I have south. endeavored to correspond with nearly These name repre ent onl a few all members of the class of 1910, re­ member of ou illustrious class, why garding the possibility of having a then should we hesitate to make spec­ class reunion and banquet at the ial exertion to assemble at the ap­ Elmwood Hotel during commence­ pointed time in any convenient place ment. From the answers thus far in or er that we may renew our irre­ received it seems quite evident that snonsible life, if only for a few hours, such an event has been resting fa­ that we so thoroughly enjoyed in vorably in the minds of all. those good, old College days. I believe that the members of our class, notwithstanding the small 1911 number of them, could cite more than a few extraordinary experiences re­ Correspondent: ISAAC HIGGINBOTHAM. garding the taking up of their life Newton Centre, Mass. work. Such a meeting would then, I Cards are out announcing the en­ am sure, be of mutual benefit to us gagement of Miss Harriet May Drake all. to Mr. Harry Waldo Kidder of the The Colby Alumnus 141 class of 1911. This did not come as were once its crew and straightway a great surprise, but nevertheless the embarked alone,-this we most surely class congratulate our be loved class­ believe. Sailing forth into the seas mate, and if it is not out of order we once traversed by the god-like Ulys­ feel that Miss Drake is likewise to be ses, he is guided thru the dangers congra tu lated. of Sylla and Charybdis to the isle Word has at last been received where the sirens dwell. There so from Ray Cecil Carter. He is the sweetly did he sing that instead of principal of the high school at Can­ falling into the snares of those fair ton, Maine. singers they in turn were ensnared The following is a quotation re­ by him. From such a conquest, with ceived from one of the class in regard joyful heart our Cupid turned the to the whereabouts of "Cupid" well-rounded prow of the swift-sail­ Rogers :- ing "Howe" in the direction of the "Long has our Cupid been listen­ Coast of Bohemia, towards which ing to the call of his fair mother and blessed shore we feel sure he is sailing his thundering grandfather, Neptune. attended by mermaids and guided by Too long has he dwelt by the side of the thundering Neptune and the sea­ the far-sounding sea to be altogether born Aphrodite." heedless to their calls. You have If anyone has any more reliable in­ heard of that swiftless argosy "The formation than this we should be glad Howe." From this well-builded ship to receive it. We would also wel­ he has driven forth the demons which come news concerning Tom Packard.