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BOOKS BROCHURES

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Business and DISTINCTIVE PRINTING Personal Stationery

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The Leading Hotel in a Progressive City

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SPLENDID BANQUET FACILITIES

AMPLE PARKING SPACE HENRY D. McAVOY, Manager ROLLINS - DUNHAM CO. Compliments of

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For Tileston & Emery-Brown Co. SERVICE, DEPENDABILITY and QUALITY - Call Hollingsworth Co. WATERVILLE'S Allens Drug Store 213 Congress St., Boston, Mass. PAPERMAKER S LEADING Robert A. Dexter, Prop. For More Than 145 Years DEPARTMENT STORE 118 MAIN ST., WATERVILLE, ME. Maine Representative, PHONE 2095; NIGHT CALL 2294 F. CLIVE HALL, '26 That the football famine is over may be judged by this remarkable shot The Colby Alumnus of gridiron action caught on Seaverns FOUNDED 1911 Field by Ed Cragin, '34, Waterville Sentinel photographer. George Mac­ Volume 36 October 15, 1946 Number I Phelemy, Colby left end, is shown snaring a long pass in one of the brighter moments of the opening game with New Hampshire. One of the 38 CONTENTS service men out of a squad of 42, Mac­ 4 The President's Page .... Phelemy., once a member of '46, notv The Talk of the College 5 is rated as '49. Colby's Martyred Missionaries ...... Isaac Higginbotham, '11 7 I Worshiped at Hopevale ...... Rev. Domingo Rio 9 :J.Ae 9iite4e�ted &ade4 '89 11 Que Lire? ...... Edward F. Stevens, Will, 6.e 9Lad to. rlo.te-- A Red Cross Girl in Japan ...... Jane Soule, '42 12 What President Bixler wants in a Perkins Park Planned ...... 14 col lege teacher. (p. 4) * * * • • Wilkins Heads Fund ...... 14 That the new men 's do rmito ry will Colby Night Plans ...... 15 • have running water. (p . 6) Football Returns to Scene ...... Dick Reid, '47 16 • • • * * Record Number of Sons and Daughters ...... 17 That 't he natural cat hedral so beauti­ fully created by Francis Ro se, '09, may Admissions Director Appointed ...... 17 be preserved as a memorial to a tragic Worth Reading ...... Ernest C. Marriner, '13 18 chapter in Christian missions. (p . 8) Class Notes About Colby· Men and Women 19 Milestones 24 That Ed St evens '89, gave a Belgian Egypto lo gist so mething to think abo ut Necrology 26 during the war. (p. 11) Richard Collins, '96 * * * * • Yugoro Chiba, '97 That General Eisen ho wer appreci­ Annie Cook Starkey, '07 ates the Colby product and that Jane So ule, '4 2, had a geisha-girl st and-in. Ruth E. Humphries, '12 (p. 13) Elmer L. Williams, '22 • • * * • That a sylvan spot in the Mayflow er EDITOR JOSEPH COBURN SMITH, '24 Hill area will memo rialize one who BUSINESS MA "AGER G. CECIL GODDARD, '29 knew an d lo ed its ro cks an d trees an d ASSISTANT EDITOR . VIVIAl MAXW ELL BROWN, '44 birds. (p . 14) • * * * • ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD TERM EXPIRES IN 1946 TER:'.\i EXPIRES IN 1947 TERM EXP!Rl.S IN 1948 That the college is ready to welcome Marguerite M. Chamberlain, '15 Charles H. Gale, "22 Hugh D. Beach, '36 all it s alumni on Co lby ight . (p. 15) Jane Montgomery Cole, ·3g Richard G. Kendall.· ·32 L. Russell Blanchard, '38 • • * • • Wiliiam Finkeldey, '43 Diana Wall Pitts, ·13 Alfred K. Chapman, '25 H. Warren Foss, "96 Richard S. Reid, ·44 F. Elizabeth Libbey, '29 That a dozen familiar. face s have re­ R. Irvine Gamm·on, '37 John �. Richardson, '16 Betty Ann Royal, '42 app�ared on Seaverns Field. ( p. 16) John J. Pullen, '35 Elizabeth F. Savage, '40 Edward F. Stevens, '89 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE That a sizeable portion of the fresh­ Alfred K. Chapman, ·25 Oliver L. Hall, '93 Ervena Goodale Smith, '24 man cl ass con sists of second gen eration G. Cecil Goddard, '29 Caleb A. Lewis, '03 Joseph Coburn Smith, '24 Colby it es. (p. 17) • • * • * PUBLISHER -The Alumni Council of Colby College. Entered as second-class mail matter Jan. 25, 1912, at the Post Office at Waterville, Me., under Act of March 3, 1879. That at last we have eno ugh first ISSUED eight times yearly on the 15th of October, 1 ·oYember, January, February, rat e tenn is co urts. (p . 17) March, April, May and July. * • • • "" SUBSCRIPTION PRICE- $2.00 per year. Single Copies, $.25. Checks should be That Dean Marriner's taste in read­ made payable to THE COLBY ALUMNUS. Correspondence regarding subscriptions or advertising should be addressed to G. Cecil Goddard, Box 477, Waterville, Maine. ing ranges from India to Rhubarb. Contributions should be sent to The Editor, Box 477, Waterville, Maine. (p . 18) • * � • * A subscriber who wishes to discontinue his or her subscription should give notice to that effect before its expiration. Otherwise it will be continued. That there are at least ten mo re Barnes's to co me to Co lby . (p. 20) .\s mo t of our alumni are a\\'are "·e are expanding the college thi, fall to a total of uuu, including 3UU men and ±uo women. . \mong the many problem· thi, create, none i - more important than that of bringing the be t teacher' \\·e can find to upplement our pre. - ent ta ff. A I have f ace

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TALK OF THE COLLEGE NPRECEDENTED -. There is try was still in a chaotic transition one delayi ng Mayflower Hill st ill U one thing about Colby - there's from it s war st atu s and prices were further. never a dull mo ment, so far as the climbi ng distu rbingly, but the co nsen­ As of October first, here is ho w Admi nistrat io n is concerned. Once su s of the best forec asti ng opinion was Mayflower Hill loo ks. One of the agai n we are entering an ac ademic that by spring things would be men's do rmitories (t he one nearest the year which ha little, if any, resem­ st raightened out and in full produc­ Chapel ) is vi rtually do ne, needing only bl ance to any that has go ne before. tio n, and prices would level offon a suc h things as doo r knobs, lighting We chall enge ou r readers to name a hi gh basis, but no hi gher than coul d fixtures and the final clean-up. Paint­ year when any of the fo llo wi ng cir­ be expect ed for a nu mber of yean. ing the rooms wilr be po stpo ned until cu m tances occu rred: And proddi ng the Tr ustees into thei r next su mmer. But when a certain 107 � The fall opening in the mi ddle deci sion was the expect ation that we uppercl assmen arrive in a couple of of October. would have an influx of veterans and weeks, they will mov e into the nicest � Three foot ball games pl ay ed be­ the feeli ng of obli gat io n to provide the qu arters that any Colby men have ev er fore the college was in sessio n. best and mo st facilities wit hi n ou r enjoyed in this college - and it pre­ � A st udent bo dy of 900. po wer. sages mo re to co me. � About 90 married stu dents a cl Du ring the wi nter, revised wo rking That will be the only one of the new a do zen or mo re chil dren of under­ drawings were completed, specific a­ buil dings ready when college opens. graduat es. tions drawn up, and bids invited on The ot her men's do rmito ry is next on � Cl asses sc heduled ri ght throu gh the variou s steps of co nstruct io n, un­ the list and shoul d be ready" by the the noon hou r. der the su pervision of Hegeman-Har­ mi ddle of Nov ember, but will not be � Ov er 500 wo men and men di n­ ri s general co nt racto rs. When the occupied until January, the men sl at ed ing in Fo ss Hall (originally pl anned bi ds began to co me in, the Bu ilding for this hall being qu artered for the for less than 100). Co mmittee (Averill Bixler, Jo hnson, time being on the old campus. Fraternities active, bur wit h no � Newell , Leo nard, Eu stis) began to Loo ki ng into the Ro bert s Unio n, we hou ses or hall s. sweat blood, fo r present day bu ilding fou nd the partitions up and pl asteri ng � The expectation of an ex tensive co sts proved to be fro m 60 to 90 per­ go ing on. The tile Boor in the cafe­ shi ft in livi ng qu arters, classroo m loc a­ cent hi gher than ou r pre-war esti mates. teria is mostly laid and the kitchens tions and li brary facilities du ring the Fu rt hermore, most su b -cont ractors appear about ready fo r the installa­ year. wanted a st raight cost- plu s arrange­ tio n of equi pment . Ho w many ac res So -it will be an unprecedented ment , or inserted too many "i f's " in of wall space have yet to rec ei ve pl as­ year, full of problems, improvisations, their bids. To the credit of the Bu il d­ ter, we do not know, but we can see and inconveniences. But, the faculty ing Co mmittee and Hegeman- Harris, that a good many weeks of w0 rk still and stu dent s have been expecti ng it it can be said that, finally, firm and li e ahead. and have al ready di scounted the un­ speci fic bi ds, involving material s defi­ The Mill er Library interior is still pleasant featu res. The moo d is that nitely in st oc k, were closed fo r each pretty rou gh. Si nce spri ng the con­ we can cheerfully st and a few mi no r st ep - heati ng, plu mbing, pl astering, cret e floo rs have been laid, partit io ns hardships when the goal of Mayflower mill wo rk, floo ring, painting, and so erected, and a maze of pi pes, co nduits Hill is, at lo ng last , just over the on. The pric es were st aggeri ng, but and wi res inst all ed. Wi re lathe is threshold. there was not hing to do but go ahead. no w bei ng applied to ceili ngs and the So, in April wo rk began, wit h a lower tier of stac ks is goi ng in. Ou r timetable which looked forward to five gu TILL WAITING-" Ho w is May- ess is that two or three mo re mo nths S buildings - two men's do rmitories, flo wer Hill co ming? Will you will be needed here. Roberts Unio n, Miller Library, Lo ri­ actually be able to mov e there this The Lorimer Chapel, at the end of mer Chapel - being finished by the fall? " That is the questio n which the co nstructio n proc essio n, is just no w mi ddle of September. Ju st as a pre­ has been asked ov er and ov er du ring having the el ectrical heati ng and cautio n against unexpected del ay s, the the past su mmer. The - answer is: plu mbing wo rk put in. Thu s far no date of opening was set ahead until " ro, not this fall, but perhaps by church fu rnitu re maker in the United October 18. Looking backwards, Christmas." States has been fou nd who will su pply these April expectat io ns are wo rt h only this may be a disappoi nt­ any pews, due to the dearth of sea­ To so me, a ho llo w laugh. ment but to those in the know it st ill so ned hardwoo d. Ho wever, in due repre�ents a triu mph over seemingly Bang!-the steel st rike hit the coun­ ti me, the Chapel will be finished and impassable obstacles. try. Bang! - the railroad st rike will provi de a beaut iful and di gnified It is well to rec all the bac kground roc ked indu st ry . Manufactu rers be­ setti ng for wo rship and college assem­ of the const ru ct io n program. A year gan notifyi ng us that their c;Jeliv­ bli es. ago , wit h the ec ho es of V-J Day still ery promises were no w obsol ete. Once one reali zes that most of the ringing, the Tru st ees at thei r fall meet ­ Throughout the cou nt ry co nstruction construction wo rk has missed its Oc­ ing voted to proceed with the co mple­ bo gged do wn for a variety of reasons tober deadli ne and that no great harm tion of the five hal f-finished new which have been well di scu ssed in the has been do ne he can watc h the prog­ buildings. True, the building indus- press. It hit us in di fferent ways, each ress wit h growing excitement as these 6 THE COL BY ALUM1 US buildings approach the finished st age in Du Bo is, Penn sylrnni a, which had tis·� headaches is caused not by short­ as visualized for so many years only been put up fo r a war industry, but age� bul b¥ premat ure deliveries. The in the architect's drawings an d our fo r so me reason ne\ er used. This was furniture fo r two do rmito ries, the Un­ minds' ey es. .\nd af ter al l, a hundred cut apart with to rches, tran spo rt ed to ion an d Lib rary has been purchased years from no w, who will care if we the Hill an d welded together again. an d is beginn ing to arrive, to our were a few months later th::in expected Then there had to be nine-inch pipe great embarr:issmenL because it takes in mov ing to '.\1ayflower Hill? from Lhe water main to the tank. up space. The manufacturers have to Lornt ing this wa anot her long batt le, keep 1t mo\'ing out because they haYe no sto rag e room. We now have the - St ran gely an d Lhen no co nt racto r co uld be fo un d HEADACHE S men' s gy mnasium prerry well filled, eno ugh, Treasurer Eustis do es­ who wo uld un dertake LO lay it at a n't seem to have many addit iona l gray reason ab le figure. T\'othing daunt ed, and the rest will have to be distributed hairs this fall, but it isn't because he Superintendent Armstrong wo k on somewhere. 0 well, just anot her has had a placid summer watching the project with his regular grounds problem to be so lved. We' re used to it . the Mayflower Hill wo rk flow alon g crew, plus whatever additional labo r smoot hly . On the cont rary, to call it co uld be fo und, an d they blasted their hectic wo uld be a gross understate­ way thro ugh so lid ledge up the Hill ESSAGE - The Tecro lo gy sec- ment . Everyt hing has been wo nder­ to the tank. M tion this month reco rds the ful, one might say , except fo r two So far so good, but there had to be pas ing of a great Colby man - great headaches: no labo r, no materials. pumps to fo rce the water fro m the city although a cit izen of our late en emy, Take just on e jnstance: the pl aster­ mains up to the tank. Two electric Japan. Yugoro Chiba, '97, put al le­ ing. Like ot her skilled trades, no pumps an d a st an d-by gaso line pump giance to Christianity abo ve allegiance young apprent ices have been taken in were needed. It was the same old to his nation . So outspoken was he fo r the past fiveye ars an d the numb er story - none to be had fo r 12 or 18 against the militaristic dictato rship was limited even then . ow, over the mont hs. Finally a man ufact urer during the pre- war years that it seems nation, an abno rmal amo unt of con­ wrote claiming to have just the right incredible that he escaped imprison­ st ruct ion wo rk faces a subno rmal num­ kind of pumps in st ock. Skept ical of ment or execution . He lived a life of ber of wo rkmen . On the Mayflo wer such luck, a man was sent to the fac­ sheer mo ral co urage. So mething of Hill job we should no rmal ly have had to ry an d con.fi rmed the tidings that his fo rce of min d an d character ap­ 30 to 40 plasterers, but when the time the pumps were actually there an d of pears in a letter written about a year came fo r plastering to begin, only the right kind an d availab le fo r pur­ ago, cont aining the fo llo wing para­ three or fo ur men were obtainable fo r chase. So , in a co uple of weeks, when graphs which might apply to America, the first few weeks, gradually increas­ the boys in the do rmito ry turn on the too: in g to about a do zen which st ill st ands. spigot an d water issues from the tap, " By the wonderful providence of To be sure, our contracto r offered the little wi ll they reali ze that it is a mino r Go d, the old Japan was dest royed an d go in g high wages, but why co me to mi racle. thrown away , an d the new Japan was Watervi lle when one co uld stay ho me Or, take the battle of the bo ilers. st arted on the 15th of last August. an d earn just as much? As a result , In the first men 's do rmitory, the floor­ Since then , pheno menal changes are this part of the job has taken much ing an d woodwo rk co uld not be put taking place in al l spheres of national longer than ant icipated, but there was in until there was arti ficial heat to dry life: in po litics, education econo mics, a time when it loo ked desperat ely as out all the damp plaster. Thi s had an d in other lin es. Among these, though things might be hung up :ill been properly anticipated mont hs be­ three most outstanding an d penet rat ­ winter at just this po int . fo re, but no bo ilers were available ing utt erances are heard eY erywhere. Materials, as everyone knows, are exc;:ept on prio ri ty . So we applied fo r On e is the cry fo r democracy an d free­ obt ain able today on ly fo r delivery 12 an d were granted a prio rity . Delivery do m, anot her is int ern at ional frien d­ mont hs or mo re hence. Fo rt unately, was promised fo r September 15, but it ship an d the third is the cry fo r brea d. we have the services of the far-flun g was apparent that the actual date was "The peo pl e want democracy an d Hegeman- Harris organizat ion which problematical. So , Eust is sent out freedo m, but democracy wit ho ut has been ab le to no se out surpluses so me scavenger part ies who lo cated Christian prin ciples un der it is dan­ an d in vento ries here and there all over bo iler sect ion s discarded from various gero us; freedo m wit ho ut the rest raint the co untry , an d whose name swings furnaces around the old campl}S (inti­ of trut h is lawlessness. The people eno ugh weight to wangle shipments mately known by many generations of want internat ion al brotherhood but which wo uld be impossible to a small st udent firemen) an d so mehow they brot herhoo d witho ut the fo undation of contracto r. hitched these up into a wo rkab le the Fathe� hoo d of Go d is nonsen se. A typical prob lem was the water heating pl ant just outside the do rmi­ The people are crying fo r bread, but wo rks. A st an dpipe on the summit to ry. Up to press time the cont raption they need the bread fro m hea en more was necessary to provide pressure to has . not yet explo ded an d the st eam than any other foo d. So we feel that the top floo rs of the new do rmito ries, heat has allo wed the wo rk to proceed. we must exert ourselves to proclaim as well as fo r fire protect ion all over No w, we are glad to say , the two new the go spel. the campus. But - no tank maker boilers are on a flat car by the freight " We had long been suffering fro m would mention any delivery before the shed an d in due time will be put in militarism an d despotism, an d now summer of 1947 . Fin ally, H-H's place. we are very gl ad to welco me free an d sl euths located a 150,000 gallon tank Ironically eno ugh, anot her of Eus- brighter days on the eastern ho rizon." TH E COL BY AL UM TU S 7

COLBY,S MARTYRED MISSIONARIES By REV. ISAAC HIGGINBOTHAM, 'n

COUNT it no t only a ric h pnv1- The story of the martyrdom of Ger tr ude when he returned for Co m­ J ' lege but also a hi gh obligation, Francis H. Rose.. 09, and Gertrude mencement as she gr ad uated Summa ' as a personal friend, and their fellO\� Coombs Rose, I I, was noted in the Cum Laude. I well remember the worker in Chris t's kingdom, to parti­ necrology columns of the July, 1945, Senior Hop, leadi ng the Grand Marc h cipate in this memorial service for issue,' based on such brief facts as were with Gertrud e; the four of us leavi ng Fr ancis How ard Rose and Ger trude then available. With the end of the at once for one of our firs t automobile Coo mbs Rose. war more information has come to rides. light and much of this was incor­ Ger tr ude Coo mbs was the daughter Those Co lby Days gave promise of the pora,ted by Isaac Higginbotham, 'II, of one of our faithf ul mi nis ters in lives rich in service, in whic h the of Mass ac husetts, and into his address at the Boardman Serv­ Co mmo nw ealth quali ties of bo th merged into the one­ often have I heard her aunts speak in ice last Commencement whiclz hon­ ness of a rare Chris ti an minis try. the hi ghest ter ms of her life as a girl ored the memories of these heroic Fr ancis was so vers atile, combining the and young woman. Fr ancis Ros e h �d Colby missionaries. Alice Covell, a a wo nd erf ul Christi an mot her , stil Colby sophomore this year, whose par­ artistic to uc h and temperament, yet living, who writes beautif ully of the ents were among those executed by the tr ai ned in the sciences, somethi ng of a sincerity of his Christi an life as a boy Japanese with the Roses, also partici­ mechanic al genius , and a dynamo in and of his beli ef in prayer in the simple pated in the service. Mr. Higgin­ ac tio n. Ger tr ud e provided the balance, thi ngs of daily life. He was baptized botham, whose remarks are printed the poise and steadi ness , the strength at the age of 13 in the Mill Pond near herewith, is Executive Secretary of the of a disciplined mind and spirit, and Leffingwell Bap tis t Church in Co nnec­ Massachusetts Baptist State Conven­ the quietness of a deep love. he a d tion. tic ut, and through the years � That next fall I joi ned Fr ancis at bers hip his family have kept their mem New to n, and the following September Sc hool he there. While still in High Each choosing each through all the participated in the wedding service in in a churc h preached his first sermon weary hours that churc h in Lowell which he served near Norwich. His mo ther says of And meeting strangely at one sudden and wher e the memory of his mi nis­ hi m " I don't believe he ever spoke goal. try is still fr agrant. an nki nd word to anyo ne." Early � In the fall of 1912 Fr ancis and Ger­ in life he gav e evidence of a ric h and Then blend they like green leaves tr ude sailed for the Philippines , as­ versatile perso nality . with golden fiowers Into one beautiful and perfect whole signed to Jaro Industrial School at Comi ng to this college on the Ken­ Iloilo , which quite largely thro ugh nebec with the knowledge that he And the way lies open onward to eternal day. their vision and their program of ad ­ must ear n his ow n way, Fr ancis vanc e became the Central Philippine tur ned naturally to preaching and be­ The Colby Or acle said of Fr ancis, College, first a Junior, then a full col­ came pas tor in So uth Jefferson. The " Sc hol ar , singer, pianis t, painter , lege. ministry has been felt draughtsman, lover, minister ," for al ­ influence of his Somethi ng of Fr ancis ' ideal as a ars , to whic h I can ready his versatili ty was clearly through all the ye teac her can be gl eaned from these cause my summer ho me marked . From Colby he went to bear witness be words , "My Religio n means to me and for many summers New to n Hill . How proud he was of is in that tow n only so much as I am, and by so much, urc h. I preac hed in that ch that is , by my way of life alo ne, may For a year and a half I roo med wi th A PROPHETIC POEM I teac h religion that really counts, or Fr ancis in the cor ner roo m, second All Human progress up to God I will teac h it no t at all." the scene of floor of So uth College, Has stained the stairs of time He no t only taught Religio n, but and of the shari ng many a disc ussio n with blood: also Zoology, Ethics , and Englis h. One summer of college experiences . For every gain for Christendom More than that he was a skilled me­ fis hed, we pr eac hed in adjoi ni ng towns Is bought by someone's martyr­ chanic and carpenter, an arc hi tect, a together . pic nicked, and serv ed dom, poet, musician and composer, a builder Ger trude was a class mate of mi ne Not ours alone, and player of organs, a preac her and in the class of 1911, whic h held its Not Man's alone. promoter, an edi tor, and a bookk eeper . 35th !eunio n last ni ght. She was one He was a builder , no t only of Central of the bes t students in the class , a These li nes ar e the firs t stanza Philippine College, but also a builder young wo man whose Christi an influ­ of a poe m written by Fr ancis of Chris tian citiz ens hip , prepari ng ence was felt througho ut the college. Ros e in 1931 unknowi ngly pro­ leaders hip for the independent Philip­ In his senior year Fr ancis fell in phetic of his own martyrdom. pines of tomorrow . At one ti me he love wi th Ger tr ud e, and many a hear t The poem was read at the Memo­ was for two years Acti ng-Pr esident of to hear t talk Fr ancis and I had in our rial Servic e by President Bixler. the college. He was a dreamer, but room. For them it was mor e than a dreamer. 8 THE COLBY

Those love truth best who to them­ the missio naries met fo r wo rs hip , for selves are true, quie t me ditation an d praye r. Clos e by And what they dare to dream of, on Easter unday, 1943, Dr. Rose bap ­ dare to do. ti zed a thirtee n ye ar old son of an His daug hter writes, "One ye ar he Ame rican re fugee family whom he taug ht 24 classes a week, managed the had won fo r his Chris t. sc hoo l press, was Adve rtising Manage r Ou t o( HopeYale has come a home­ of the Co llege , planne d ne w buildings made note boo k, wi th a sketch of the an d raise d fu n

ence in it proper persp ec tiv e, this to ry desti ned to beco me one of our ANOTHER TRIBUTE hills of Pannay rather than a Japa­ greate t Colby epic , worthy to stand nese concentration camp. alo ngside that of our immortal Love­ One of the exci ti ng perso nal nar­ joy . It is al together fitting to ni ght ratives co mi ng out of the war is the Dr. and Mrs. Rose's courage and determination to carry on was a that we should meet here in this mem­ book " Guerilla Wi fe ' by Lo uise great inspiration to all of us. orial servic e but in a larger sens e we Reid Spencer. Wi fe of an Ameri­ can do little to hallow the memory of Life was hard, but there was can mi ni ng engineer, she fled io the this marty red So n and Daughter of never a complaint, and they �hared Old Colby , fo r they themselves hav·.! hills and li "ed fo r mo nths in Hop e­ too generously with us and needy made sacred fo r all ti me to come by the vale wi th the missio naries later be­ Filipinos of their few possessions. liYes they lived and the death they ing safely eyacuated by submarine. Every person who ever came in died all that they did and all that they Her book mentio ns Dr. and Mrs. contact with Dr. and Mrs. Rose were. gained immeasurably of their fine Rose in many places and at the re­ It is rather fo r this old Bap tis t Co l­ spirit. They performed a selfless quest of the edi to r she sends the lege in the heart of Maine, in these noble work in the Philippine Is­ years when it is experiencing a new fo llowi ng heartfelt tribute: lands up to the day of th�G- death. spiritual as well as material bi rth, to Their good influence on and splen­ dedicate itself to the high purposes f The tragic death of our dear did inspiration to Filipinos will its fo unders, and to that kind of friends, Dr. and Mrs. Francis H. ever be a living memorial to two Chris ti an service to the world fo r which Rose, was a great loss to our group of the finest educators one could Francis and Gertrude Ros e gave their of Americans who chose life in the have had the privilege of knowing. last full measure of devotio n. May it no t be that this very year some Colby man or wo man may he;ir the call to follow in their trai n. Cclbv I WORSHIPED AT HOPEVALE has a Great Debt to pay to the By REV. DOMINGO RIO Philippines , to help replace this great loss by sending of its bes t to rebuild A personal account by one who wor­ this God-made cathedral are huge trees that Central Philippi ne College and shiped in the Hopevale Cathedral and five or six hundred years old. At the to carry to completio n the work so well who was nea1· the scene of the mis­ center is a huge tree, the larges t of begun. We have all heard of " Yale in sionaries' deaths is given herewith all, the mQst glorio us. At the base, China." Colby today has sac red soil from the pen of Domingo Rio, a Fili­ Dr. Rose made an al tar of stones , so in the Philippi nes , and sho uld look pino Baptist minister on Pannay. The wonderfully piled on top of each other ahead with prop hetic vision to days following sections are taken ft·om an that no shaki ng or leaning could make when we can speak of "Col by in the address delivered by him at the Philip­ it topple over. He and sometimes a Philippi nes." pine Baptist Convention on December friend or two carried these stones from How I wish that all of you had been 2, 1945, the manuscript of which we a nearby ·brook on their backs . Back at Grand Rapids last mo nth when over were permitted to copy at the head­ and fo rth, wi th this heavy load, he 5000 No rthern Baptis ts heard the quarters of the American Baptist For­ cli mbed the slippery bl uffunt il several si mple story of these martyred mis ­ eign Missionary Society, New York. weeks later the cathedral had, besides sionaries, and when in that darkened the al tar table, a reader's pulpi t to the roo m in front of the lighted desk, left a preacher's to the ri ght, a low three of the children of these marty rs C A THEDRAL GLEN, Dr. Rose's incense table at the center of the rec ­ pleaded wi th us to see to it that their mo nument was the name of tangular space around which were fathers and mo thers had no t died in the church at Hopevale to whic h they benc hes fo r the wo rship ers, all made vain. The last of these was Eli n or all gathered, they and the many peo­ of stones , large and small , piled with Rose Flierl. Lis ten to her wo rds - ple fro m beyond the hills , to worship . such scientific precisio n that even now "I am the daughter of Rev . Francis So meo ne ri ghtly said probably no they stand undamaged. He and Mrs. H. Rose and Gertrude Coo mbs Rose. other church in the world is akin to Co vell tucked in bego nias mosses My parents incarnated the spirit of it bo th in struc ture and in substance. ferns, and other ornamental �!ants be� Central Philippi nes College to which It began hundreds of years ago when tw een the stone crevic es until these they gav e themselves wi thout co unti ng some cataclys m brok e ap art a mo un­ piles of stones became objects of fin­ the cost. My father was a scientist, tai n of rock cutting through abo ut 400 is hed art. an artist, a musician and poet. It was feet lo ng and 150 feet wide. Trees It is an experienc e to come into the he who designed and largely buil t the grew in that ravi ne, mosses and cathedral on a Sunday mo rni ng. Hopevale Chapel, a fitting- symbol of bego nias clung to the mo is t rocky sides The atmos phere the poetry and music , the love and de­ of bo th mo untain walls and ''egetatio n of noble grandeur inspired votio n of his whole li fe. They died in covered the stony ground . So the by the huge trees and hi gh rocky the service of God . Yet thei r greatness church is lo ng and narrow wi th a high walls , the subdued light fil teri ng lies no t in thei r death, but in the ceiling of thick leaves and branches through the hi gh mass of leaves , the Christi an fai th and spirit whic h mo­ through whic h one can get gli mpses silence of the raYi ne made one feel ti Yated their ev ery ac t." of the sky . The columns supporti ng strangely quiet as yo u go in. The 10 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

The Final Days Early in their second year, the mis­ sionaries were warned by friends in the Army and outside that the Japs had got hold of some information about Hopevale. A series of µenetra­ tions beginning October, 194 3, made their stay more dangerous. They were advised to divide up, each family li\'ing with a Filipino family in the lowlands. !though carefully consid­ ering the idea, they could not bring themsel\'es to do it and so remained at Hopevale. Each family looked for more secure hideouts. Goods were kept in caves and supplies " ere stocked for any emergency. The Japs passed several times abo\'e the mountain ridges surrounding Hope\'ale, but did not go down. Al­ though practically the whole month of _ ro\'ember was spent in their hideouts, these experiences built up a false feel­ ing of security. On unday morning, December 19, 1943, we at Katipunan were busy pre. paring for Church. oon the children who had gone ahead for Sunday School came rushing home saying "The Japs are in HopevaJe." To one could quite believe it but when we cast our eyes toward Bulud Mountain we ourselves saw the Japs climbing single file silhouetted against the sky. They would rest a bit and then go down the other side of the ridge out of sight. There were about 500 Japs besides 400 civilians combing the mountains. In Hopevale the Americans were all segregated in one hut and were gi\'en a bit of food. They still smiled and THE HOPEVALE CATHEDRAL n�ver did one of the Filipinos caught Adapted from a sketch by Francis Rose of the place of worship which he with them see anyone crying or in sor­ crea�ed in the mountain hideaway. The drawing was smuggled out by sub­ row. They were made to believe that marine. they were going to the concentration camp. trail by the side of the rock leads down incense table a pile of logs is burning and you suddenly get a glimpse of with the smoke twisting up and up to The next day, Monday, December people gathered below. You wend the high tree tops. The service is as 20, 1943, they were left practically to your way down to them and as you simply beautiful as the church. You their own way. except for a few take your place on one of the stone listen to Mrs. Rounds playing the little guards. At noon the group was gi\'en benches you look up and see for the organ, read Dr. Rose's litanies, in­ a bit of cooked rice and a kind of first time the altar, breathtakingly spired creations of peace and safety, vegetable stew. A little past noon all beautiful. At the center, attached to listen to Mrs. Meyers' beautiful singing the J aµ officers gathered in another the huge tree trunk is a white cross at that rang through the length of the hut quite a distance away. At about made the base of which is an open Bible. long ravine. If thick clouds three o'clock the Americans were led the glen and the muffled dis­ On one side is a flower vase with huge darker away one by one in two directions. flowers. Mrs. tant sound of rain came nearer, they clusters of wild red They passed the Filipinos who had had artistically arranged a hastily scampered away, taking with Covell been squatting or sitting on the bright spot against the gray brown them organ, hymn books, candle, bou­ ground since the day before. That tree-trunk. At both sides of the open quet and all into one of the homes was the last time anyone saw them. Bible are two lighted candJes. At the where the service was continued. THE OLBY ALUM US 11

_ QU E LIRE ? AN EVENT IN THE STORY OF BOOKS AND READING By EDWARD F. STEVENS, '89

J T was thin year ago that a man, and The Books to be Found There," visiting for the first time the Pratt with brief, but carefully considered Institute Free Library in Brookly n annotations. A second ed ition rev ised declared his object to the Head of the appeared in 1928. Circulating Department in these A few years later the Brookly n Mu­ terms: "For the past quarter century seum invited Professor Jean Capart, I have been absorbed in business, and Egyptologist of the Royal Museum at hav e neglec ted books and serious Brussels, Belgium, to pay the Brooklyn read ing. Now that I have consider­ institution a professional visit to reor­ able leisure, I wish to beco me ac ­ ganize the Egyptian Collec tion in need quainted with the ack nowledged ma - of expert supervision. During Profes­ terpieces in literature with whic h a so r Capart's extended stay, he bec ame well -informed perso n should be famil­ ac quainted with the Pratt Library, iar. How should I have acces to the and, learning of the Alcove, he re­ no table writings in the library, that I quested a copy of the List whic h at­ might learn to know them? " trac ted him as an original and vital The librarian at the desk, a Vassar method of incidentally making known graduate, declared that the Libr'ary en­ to the people the worl d 's literature, deavored to po ssess examples of all that "he who runs may read ." the great writers of the past and pres­ Since Professor Capart's return to ent and the books were distributed Brussels, years have el apsed , and the throughout the shelves in the stack s Seco nd Wo rld \Var has been endured, in their respective classifications: they EDWARD F. STEVENS, '89 with Belgium a battle-gro und. A year were re corded by author and title in ago the Professor wrote me, all ud ing the card-catalogue. The isitor asked culating Department, with spec ial to the Alcove, "Ican never say enough how they co uld be arrived at by an book -c ases set ad jacent to large win­ of the spiritual enrichment and the de­ amateur like himself: was there a list dows, furnished with easy-chairs, light I have had , ev en in the dark est of such book s? If so , how could within a bit of rail ing to suggest a ho urs of the war, in reading all these examples be seen for individ ual in­ measure of priv acy . The critical sel ec ­ beautiful bo ok s." Early this year, spectio n and ac quaintance at first tion of the representative authors and 1946, there came to my hands at my hand ? It was a legitimate inquiry, their outstanding works became at retirement ho me on Lo ng Island , an though unprecedented, yet no t to be once a fascinating and responsible impressiYe parcel from the Fo ndation met by the sy stem prevailing in a well­ study in whic h the entire staff-mem­ Egyptologique Reine Elisabeth, Brux­ ordered Free Library of the day, de­ bership was invited to partic ipate. ell es, convey ing a handsome volume signed fo r public ed ification. The choice must be restrained with "QUE LIRE? Anthologie d'Appreci­ This unique problem, left unsolved, the Library's co nstituency and the lim­ ations des Meilleurs Livres des Litter­ was brought to the Chief Librarian as itations of space to be taken into ac ­ atures Anciennes et Modernes " par a "poser." It certainly invited so me count. It was obYio us that ;)o com­ Jean Capart. immediate prov ision to meet a need so plete sets of autho r's works could be To my amazement, the Premier natural as this craving fo r introd uction acco :-nmodated . The Alco ve was to be Portie was prec isely "Les Livres de to book s and read ing whic h our Free rigidly selec tive of the eminent exam l'Alcove," with the cov er-title of the Library did no t seem co nstituted to pies of genjus represented, and the Alcove List reproduced, show ing E. satisfy notwithstanding its Yer y pur­ copies were to be in ed itions wo rthy H. New 's draw ing of The Gates, fac­ po se in being. of the writings embod ied . So the ing page one, followed by fi\·e hun­ At once there occ urred the idea of Alcove Collection, •vithin its limita­ dred and sixty-three pages, in do uble bringing to gether individual speci ­ tio ns, became a library of four hun­ col umn presenting the entries of the mens of the writings of literary history dred and tv enty-four book s of reco g­ Alcove., without omission or ::..dd ition _ to beco me a permanent exhibit, i�di­ nized lasting merit in all phases and of a single title. The Yery concise an­ cating, as well , the corresponding ranges of literary expression. It notation follow ing eac h title in the items available fo r circulation on th� ranged with extremes from Mo ther List had been expanded into a co m­ Library shelves. The show ing co uld Goose to the Bible; from the Bab prehensive literary essay, upo n study be set apart in an attractive displ ay Ballad s to Pl utarch's Lives. of authorities on the life and wo rk of within easy acc ess fo r all comers. Direc tly there fo llowed a printed ljst the authors represented . Thus quickly developed "The Al­ of the Collectio n know n as " The Al­ Realizing that a list of bo ok s de­ cove " in a cheerful co rner of the Cir- cove at the Pratt Institute Free Library signed fo r an American conscituency l:Z THE COLBY LU I US wo uld lack much of the literature Feuillet, Flaubert, Go ncourt, Guizot, honored i!> one of the few µrimed so ught by the people of Belgium accus­ Joubert, Je Musset, Rabelai , So uve�­ "sur beau papier " with front ispiece to med to the French language, Profes­ tre, Thiers, Verne, \'oltaire. Beyo nd designed specially fo r this edition, and so r Ca part has em! ved with great dis­ French authorship are added other po rtrait with autograph sig-nature of crimination the Seconde Partie, Com­ Co ntinental and classical nJmcs be­ the author. These elements proclaim plement a !'Alcove extending the wo rk longing to high recognition in litera· !'Edition 01 iginale. This perso nal co py bears a pecial Ay -leaf with the one hundred and eventy pages further, ture. fo llowing dedication: Cet exemplaire including ninety new entries eventy­ Thus. from its humble origin in a ete imprime pour Le Docteur Ed­ three of which are derived from The Alcove.. there has arisen OUE tvaid F. Stevens to which is added in French literature. To reco rd a few LIRE?, an achievement in bibli�gra­ the author's hand "a qui ce livre doit of these additions is indicati\'e of the phy. Thereby, the Egyptolo gist of the d'exister," Jean Capart, Paques [Eas­ important enrichment beyo nd the Al­ Brussels Museum, parted from Egy pt ter I 1946. cove selection, by the far wider Euro­ by the war, redeemed hi isol atio n. The book is destined fo r the Colby pean representatio n: fo r example - The beautif ul specimen co py of Co llege Library. It already bears the Beaumarchais, Bo ss u et, Co rneille, QUE URE? with which I have beeu Library's boo kplate recording the gift.

A RED CROSS GIRL IN JAPAN By JANE SOULE, '42 M IL ES and miles of the Yo ko - This description of occupied Japan date officers, American wo manhoo d in hama and To kyo area are just is compiled from several letters to her general, dear Jo hn letters, and, of flattened with charred metal shacks friends written by /ane Soule,, '42, Staff co ur e, no t being sent ho me soon thrown to gether all over the place fo r Assistant for the American Red Cross. enough. She is the daughter of Dr. William L. living quarters, each with a tiny patch The cherry blo sso m season has co me of vegetable garden around it in the Soule, '90. and go ne marked by much rel igio us midst of the rubble. festivity amo ng the The standing buildings are mo dern Japanese and wo rk. An average of 14,000 men much and it seems like an anachronism to all sightseeing by the Americans. co me into the club every day , tho ugh the people, especially the wo men still The wo rd fo r cherry is sakura, and, it will be less no w because canteen sup­ wearing their Japanese kimonos on the next to fuji, appears mo re often in the pl ies have been drastically cut. So me­ street. In the winter the men wo re names of stores, ho tels, and trade thing go e on at the club eyery night Western dress mo stly in the cities - names than anything el se. Edith and - a mo vie, or games night or a band or old Army uniforms but no w we see I celebrated cherry blossom week by co ncert or Japanese Variety ho w. On quite a few in kimono s, to pped wi th taki ng the train to Kamakura, a Easter we had a fashion show which Panama hats. Coo ler than suits may­ famo us Buddhist shrine abo ut an ho ur gave us a chance to drag out our civil­ be. But the girls are, mo re and mo re, fro m Yo kohama, and taki ng in a ian clo thes for the first time, so we di scarding the kimonos and heavy private showing of the Japanese dance enjoyed it, and the audience seemed to obies for Wes tern dresses. at the "Japanese Artists' Institutio n ". like it, too. Ano ther po pular program co urse, with the Army all over It was a small dancing schoo l in a fine Of was the bl ind date program. We have place, and no w a great many civil American-style ho use - but we had to the a dance every week. Usually ro und American girls too , so metimes take off our sho es befo re go ing in. service up 15-25 girls fo r 150 men and it's a rry that yo u aren't seeing the There were abo ut 25 Americans there yo u wo great success, tho ugh definitely wear­ ient. But a very short drive out of and about 10 intellectual loo king Japa­ Or ing on the gi rls. to wn can di spel any of these wo rries. nese men who stoo d in the back for Things are too Japanese. My main wo rk is at the info rmatio n lack of seating space. The dancers And no w about my wo rk, which is desk. So unds dreadful, but mo re fun wo re magnificent ki mo no s and obies what I was sent here for, and which I than I ever imagined a jo b co uld be. (sashes) and ornamented wi gs. They 1o ve. First, about the Yo ko hama It's a co mbinatio n Macy's Info rmation were heavily made up wi th pasty Cl ub. It is a five sto ry building, West­ desk, Grand Central Info rmatio n desk, white po wder on every part of the ski n ern style, and practically every outsi de Florence Ni ghtingale, Mrs. Anthony, that sho wed - loo ked just like the wall is glass. It used to be a restau­ big sister, li ttle sister, etc. The ques­ stylized Japane e prints. The dancing rant and ni ght club. We have a can­ tions are pers onal and impersonal. reminded me of mo dern interpretive teen, ballroo m, library, art roo m, craft So me men just want to talk and go dancing, except, of co urse, it lacked the roo m, barber shop, shoe shine, games on for an ho ur. I've looked at tho u­ freedom of mo tio n. Af ter the dances, ro om, music room and roof terrace. sands of pi ctures of wi ves, mo thers, a few of us were invi ted to stay fo r tea There are nine Red Cross gi rl s on the sweethearts, and chi ldren. And the and rice cakes. The tea was the colo r staff. a few nati o nals do ing cl erical gripes! The mail, the chow, the caste and about the consistency of pea so up wo rk, a few so ldiers to help around. sy stem, mili tary co urtesy, P.T., the and tasted like grass. The Japanese and about 100 Japanese fo r the menial Red Cross, and Red Cross girls who men spoke English and the di rectress 13 some so we had a very interesting time, and the afternoon ended quite informally v ith one of the dancers taking off her wig to show us how it was made. Last week on my day off we drove in the jeep to the Fujiya Hotel about two hours from here. It's a \'ery swank place the most famous in Japan and used to cater to the foreign tourist trade. Now it's a rest hotel for officers. We had lunch there (Army mess, but elegantly served) and then explored the place - fine swimming pool tennis courts, golf course, gar dens, pools, and hot spring baths. (I'd better add that there are se\'eral equally fine hotels for enlisted men.) Then we drO\'e off into the mountains where we saw a beautiful view of 1t. Fuji fifty miles away. JANE SOULE, 'g AND "FRIEND " The hills are terraced off into \'ege­ This picture appeared on the front page of Stars and �tripes in connection table gardens, and the rice paddies �n with General Eisenhower's visit to Tokyo last summer. It lS reproduced f1 om a the valleys. All kinds of trees m clipping, which stated that the General's broad grin resulted when, in answer to bloom. Along the roads are <.arts - his question " Where are you from? " Jane said, "Brooklyn." ox-drawn, horse-drawn, man-drawn, and woman-drawn. Many people on us join them in their Japanese nursery Japanese men and sixteen Geisha girls bicycles. Women with unbelieva ly ? songs, or, better still, "' You Ar My in elegant kimonos. Only one huge loads on their backs Men with � of the _. Sunshine." A lot of these children Japanese could speak English enough pails on rods across their shoulders, have at least one parent or older rela­ the pails containing human manure to carry on a conversation? so he acted tives who just don't take care of them, as interpreter. for fertilizer. So just when you are or can't. They sleep in doorways. The girls sat among enjoying the usual spring fragrances, We cannot discover that the Japanese the guests, kept our you get a whiff of something not so have any public orphanages. She has glasses filled \\ ith beer, made fragrant. This is the object of much gotten some of the children into a polite conversation in Japanese, and, in Army humor. Catholic orphanage, and a few of the general, were very finehostesses. They The houses in the country are neat older boys into an agricultural project were very much interested in us Amer­ little grass roofed huts - much better run by a Japanese man. She collects ican girls, commenting on our clothes, than the shacks of thrown-together any clothes that are issued to us and nail polish, and my nylon hose. One charred metal that the people in the that we don't want and gets hold of politely remarked that I was beautiful. burned out areas in Tokyo and Yoko­ canned goods occasionally, and talks There were eleven courses to the hama have to live in, if they are for­ us out of our candy ration and makes meal and it lasted for almost four tunate enough to have that much. a weekly pilgrimage to the orphanage hours. The food was all good, well You don't see much of the rich peo­ with the things. ple's houses because they are set back seasoned, garnished, and delicately among gardens and trees. And then, the other night, I saw served. It had taken almost two something of another side of Ja.panese My roommate, besides being an weeks to get all the food together and life. I'll have to give you some back­ artist and keeping the Red Cross Club prepare it. There were several fish ground. A few weeks ago a Marine, one of the most attractive in the Pa­ courses, an omelet with potatoes just for the heck of it, masqueraded and cific, is one of the most humanitarian greens, and as an officer forged some papers, and then soup. Then there people I have ever known. Her t�e­ was an intermission got away with 500,000 yen from a when the girls ory is that to succeed in the occupation Japanese bank. The army criminal danced followed by suki yak_t (a won­ we must show these people more kind­ investigators caught him and returned derfully seasoned meat and greens ness than they ever knew at the hands _ the money to the bank. The Japanese dish, and one bowl of it makes a big of their own upper classes. Her ch ef � bank officials were so grateful that enough meal for me), and finally an­ project is the care of the ragged waifs they threw a party for four of the other big meat dish. As the evening who hang around outside the club all . criminal investigators and their lady wore on, there was quite the time, partly in hopes of get g a bit of � friends. It was quite an experience something to eat, partly for the excite· drinking, but the Japanese rules of eti­ for me. ment of seeing us come and go all the quette provide for people like me. time. They are a cheerful little crew, We took off our shoes and knelt on One of the Geishas acted as my stand­ and greet us with " Hello," " Goobye," mats at a long banquet table. There in and drank my beer " bottoms up " and " Sank you." They love to have were the eight Americans, about eight for me so I did not lose face. 14 THE COLBY ALU1'1Nl1S

The existing trails will be expanded some'A har, although they already com­ PERKINS PARK PLANNED prise a beautiful woodland walk. Ex­ tensi,·e planting of flowering fruits will help artract regular bird visitors and this may be augmented by nesting boxe and a winter feeding station. There is a possibility that this may be made an official report station for the U. . Biological urvey, with bird banding carried on. Another sugge� tion i to post the area as a game pre- en e and plant some phea ants. A an arboretum nothing more defi­ nite has yer been discu�sed than the desirability of transplanting pecirnens of i\laine shrubs and trees until the plot offers a \'irtually complete display of the flora of this state. Administration of the project will be in the hands of a special sub-com­ mittee of the standing Committee on Building and Grounds and it is anti ­ cipared that the Outing Club will take much of the responsibility for its de­ Yelopment. The Waterville Garden Club has also e pressed an interest in doing some planting in the area. There is every prospect that a. walk through the delightful trails of Perkins Park will come to be one of the things which alumni will look forward to as one of the joys of corning back rn May­ flower Hill. It will form a strikingly appropriate memorial to one of Colby's great teachers.

WILKINS '20, HEADS FUND T HE appointment of Robert E. Wilkins, '20 to the post of chair­ This sylvan glade is typical of the natural beauty to be found in Perkins man of the Alumni Fund for two Park only a few hundred yards from the Mayflower Hill road. years is announced by Reginald H. Sturte\'ant '2 1 Chairman of the Alumni Council. T HE Board of Trustees at their Dr. Perkins' favorite haunts for bird A native of Houlton and a graduate April meeting authorized the uti­ walks, and he frequently conducted of Ricker Classical In titute, he re­ lization of several acres of woodland Women's Club or Boy Scout groups ceil'ed the AB degree from Colby in on the Mayflower Hill tract as a on early morning jaunts o\·er the trail 1920. Wilkins immediately entered Memorial to the late Edward H. Per­ through the grove. For some reason the insurance field serving in the kins, professor of Geology preceding it is about the best and most accessible group insurance department of the his death in 1936 and a naturalist of place in the vicinity of Waterville to Tra\1elers Insurance Company for nine prominence. The plan is to develop see a variety of bird life. years and then affiliating with the this into a bird sanctuary and Prudential Company as manager of arboretum. The development of the Perkin::. Park is a long-term project. The plan the group insurance department, and The area picked out consists of the at present serving as manager for the wooded section at the right of the road is to ·construct a parking space and state of Connecticut. to the Hill, adjacent to the back line gateway at the edge of the road and, In 1942, Wilkins entered the aval of the Eustis lot and including the perhaps, a boulder containing a memo­ service as Air Combat Intelligence slope down to the stream rather inele­ rial plaque. A number of Professor Officer, participating in the Solomon gantly known locally as "Cow Bone Perkins' foi;mer students have already Islands campaign and then being reas­ Brook." expressed a desire to assist in making signed to the new aircraft carrier USS This, as a matter of fact, was one of this possible. Randolph. As ship's air intelligence THE COLBY ALUM US 15 officer he participated in the carrier raids on Tokyo and in the lwo Jima COLBY NIGHT PLANS and Okinawa campaigns until V-J Day. Lt. Comdr. Wilkins was T HE first post-war Colby 'ight - awarded the Naval Commendation the event o anticipated during COLBY WEEKEND Ribbon from Admiral imitz for dis­ the long war years - will be held on Friday, October tinguished performance in the Solo­ 25 Friday evening, October 25, with the 6:00 P.M. Alumni Dinner, Elm­ mons, and the Bronze Star fedal for Bow:doin-Colby game marking the re­ outstanding service aboard the USS wood Hotel turn of State Series football on the fol­ 6:00 P.M. A 1 umnae Dinner, Randolph. lowing afternoon. His continuing interest in Colby Women's Gymnasi- The Colby ight committee offers um, Mayflower Hill some new features to the traditional 8:30 P.M. Outdoor Rally and celebration this year, chiefly tl1e organ­ Bonfire, Mayflower ization meeting of a proposed " C " Hill Club, consisting of the wearers of the 10:00 P.M. Open House, Wom­ Colby " C " who should comprise a en's Union, May- congenial group and can be assumed flower Hill to have more-than-average interest in 10:00 P.M. First meeting and Colby athletics. smoker o,f proposed The evening program this year ex­ " C " Club, Elmwood pands the idea of the bonfire rally Hotel which had come to be such an enjoy· able feature in later years, and the Saturday, October 26 speeches by coach and captain, songs 9 to 12 A.M. Tew Men's Dormi- and cheers, introduction of former ath­ tory and construction letic greats, and other features will work open for inspec­ occur by the light of a roaring fue on tion, Mayflower Hill Mayflower Hill. 9 :30 A.M. Meeting of the Alum­ First of all come the dinner gather­ ni Council, Music ings for alumni and alumnae under �oom, Women's Un. the auspices of the Waterville Alumni !OD Association. The men, as usual, will 10:00 A.M. Meeting of the Board fillthe main dining room of the Elm­ of Trustees, Smith ROBERT E. WILKINS, '20 wood to capacity, and President Bixler Lounge, Women's will talk about the state of the college. Union affairs has expressed itself as class Simultaneously, Colby alumnae will 11:30 A.M. Buffet Luncheon for agent, as the alumni representative on joiq with the undergraduate women in all alumni and guests, a buffet supper in the Women's Gym­ admissions from northern New Jersey, Elmwood Hotel nasium on Mayflower Hill, followed and as a member of the Alumni Coun­ 1:30 P.M. FOOTBALL: COL­ by a program. cil. During each of the war years he BY vs. BOWDOIN wrote an Alumni Fund letter to all Then, as stated above, comes the 8:00 P.M. Semi - Formal Dance, men and women in military service. outdoor rally, after which there will Women's Gymnasi- Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins live at 635 be general "reunioning," dancing, and um, Mayflower Hill Main Street, Hartford, Conn., and doughnuts and coffee in the near-by their son, Robert E. Wilkins, Jr., will Women's Union, while the "C" men enter Colby in 1947. repair to the Elmwood to talk with this year with the cooperation of the Coach Danny Lewis and hobnob with Elmwood Hotel. A buffet meal will r-fEW TRUSTEES GREETED each other far into the night. be served by the Hotel at a flat price The new men s dormitory on May­ so Colby people and their families and ,.fHE two new Trustees who were flower Hill will be open for visitors friends can get a quick meal and sit elected by the board last June, Saturday forenoon and alumni will around at tables or wander among Winthrop H. Smith of New York and enjoy seeing these attractive quarters friends with their plates in hand and H. Bacon Collamore of Hartford, were as well as wandering through the socialize with each other. The game guests of honor at a small dinner given other buildings where construction is is called for 1 :30. on September 27 by T. Raymond in various stages of completion. Saturday evening, w1der the aus­ Pierce '98 at the Hotel Commodore. For Trustees and Alumni Council and other pices of the Colby Christian Associa­ Pre�iden� Bixler attended members there are important meetings present included: Guy tion, a big college dance will be held Trustees booked for the forenoon, both held in George Gabrielson, New York; Neil in the Women's Gymnasium, wjth an the rooms of the Women's Union. Leonard, '21, Boston; Prof. Frederick imported orchestra. Colby alumni A. Pottle '17; New Haven; and New­ A new wrinkle in pre-game lunch­ and guests, of course, are expected to ton L. Nourse, Portland. eon arrangements is being tried out attend in large numbers. 16 THE COLBY ALUM US

Adam Walsh at Bowdoin some years back. The boys are work�ng hard to FOOTBALL RETURNS TO SCENE master this new type of attack, and By DICK REID, '47 as this goes to press, they will have received their first test. Heading the list of returning letter­ men are such stars of the '41 and '42 teams as Captain Remo Verrengia and Danny cioletti, fullbacks· George McKay and Harold Roberts, right halfbacks; Phil Caminiti and Jack Driscoll, left halfbacks· Dominic Puiia quarterback; George MacPhel­ emy and Jim Lundin, ends; Clayt Currier center and John McCullum, tackle. Mixed with these are several prom­ ising newcomers. probable starting line finds Carleton "Red " Miller of Monmouth, N. J., or George Mac­ Phelemy of , bington, Mass., and John Mulhern of Portland at the ends; Cy Poling of Westfield, N. J., and Bob Cook of Needham Mass., at tackles; Dick Grant of Brighton, Mass., and Alex Richards of Madison, at guards· and George Toomey of LETTERMEN ON 1946 MULE SQUAD Lawrence, Mass., at center. In the Six veteran linemen and six backfield men who have won letters are mem­ backfield, the veterans Verrengia, Mc­ bers of the present squad. They are, from left to right.. front row: Scio_letti, Kay, Caminiti, and Puiia, have been Roberts, Puiia, C. Currier, Cook, McCullum; back row: MacPhelemy, Mitchell, running togther with Hal Roberts, Verrengia, Caminiti, McKay, Lundin. Danny Scioletti, and Joe Verrengia (Ray's young cousin), giving them a hard fight, and Hal Marden, Water­ F the prospects for the 1946 Colby sessions for the first two weeks and a } ville freshman, son of Mayor H. C. football season could be expressed half. Marden, '2 1, also appearing fast and in three key words, they would prob­ Coach Lewis started heavy contact aggressive at left half. ably be "enthusiasm," "veterans," work shortly after the opening session Expected to give plenty of relief and " if." and staged a full game scrimmage the along the forward wall are Russ Wash­ week before the New Hampshire The first has been the atmosphere burn of Fairfield, end; Bill Mitchell game, following the policy of hard from new head coach Danny Lewis of Sanford, and Jim Fraser of Mexico, work to condition the men for a heavy on down through the squad since the Me., tackles; Howard Staples of Wa­ schedule. first day of practice. The second terville. and John McSweeney of Old could be used from both a service and Several of the veterans showed up Orchard, at guards; and Clayt Cur­ pigskin angle. The third is the usual well in this work, but a mounting toll rier and Don Jacobs, son of Bob catchword of preseason predictions. of injuries played havoc with the Jacobs, '24, center. '41 squad. Phil Caminiti, star of the Mules Lose Opener Thirty-nine men reported to Head '42 and teams, hurt his back and is The Colby Mules met defeat at the Coach Lewis and his assistants, Lloyd still not in shape, Captain Verrengia hands of New Hampshire in the sea­ " Swede " Anderson, and Lee Wil­ strained a shoulder, and Clayt Cur­ son's opener, 13-0, on Seaverns Field liams. Former head coaches Bill Mil­ rier, reserve center, received a bad before a good crowd of 2600. Despite lett and Eddie Roundy were also in crack in the ribs. Then Russ Wash­ the absence of the student body, band, evidence as part-time aides and coun­ burn, promising end from Fairfield, cheerleaders, and other game trap­ sellors, although the latter's illness and turned an ankle, and several others pings, the team gave a good account the former's new duties as Director of were shaken up. In the final week be­ of itself. New Hampshire scores Intercollegiate Athletics kept them fore the New Hampshire opener, came as a result of two quick strikes from assuming more burdensome Coach Lewis eased up on his work in the second and fourth periods with tasks. and polished his offense. Ragonese scoring both touchdowns on Headed by Captain Remo Verren­ The team this season has shifted short runs. Colby was on the visitor's gia, twelve lettermen led the way onto from the old single wing and is using five-yard line in the first period, but the field to hear the new mentor tell a modified " T" formation with a failed to register. The work of Capt. them that every position was open, and man in motion on some plays, some­ Verrengia, Caminiti, Mulhern, and then put them through double daily what similar to the style used by MacPhelemy was outstanding. THE COLBY ALUM TUS 17

RECORD NUMBER OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS A MONG other records being e tab- '14); Neil Leonard, Jr. (Neil Leon­ Hodgkins, '25); Hildegarde Pratt lished by this year's freshman ard, '2 1, Hildegard Drummond, '19). (Ransom Pratt, '2 1); Charlotte Rich­ class is a new all-time high in numbers I. Douglas Love (Isaac Love, '19); ardson (Ira W. Richardson, '10); Joan of Colby sons and daughters. It is Harold C. Marden, Jr., and Robert A. Seekins (Berton L. Seekins, '2 1 ) . expected that 45 children of alumni Marden (H. Chesterfield Marden, Leanne Shibles (Martha Gregory, will enter this fall, in .addition to those '2 1)· Robert E. Merriman (Earl L. '19, Granville C. Shibles, '17); Janet in the upper classes. The previous Merriman, '25, Laurice Edes, '28): Snow (Lura Dean '19); Beverley record was in 1943 vvhen 27 were in Herbert A. Perkins, Jr. (Herbert A. Tobey (William S. Tobey, '23); Shir­ the freshman class. Perkins, '22); Richard D. Pullen ley Town (Hazel G. Dyer, '22); Lois The list, as compiled before the (Horace M. Pullen, '11); Charles W. Smith (Ruth Means, '2 1, Donald 0. opening of college, follows: Robinson (Hugh L. Robinson, '18); Smith, '2 1). Philip A. Shearman (Evan J. Shear­ man, '22, Margaret Smith, '26); Rich­ BIXLER AT COLORADO Colby Sons . ard C. Urie (H. Thomas Urie, '20); CONFERENCE Fred E. Allen (Alden W. Allen, William M. Wilson (James A. Wilson, '16) ; rewton V. Bates (Raymon J. '24) · E. Francis Sullivan (Vivien P RESIDE T J. SEELYE BIXLER Bates,, '22); George K. Black (0 've Small, '17). delivered two lectures at the E. Perkins '12); S. Foster Choate Hazen Conference on Higher Educa­ (John F. Choate, '20, Bertha Cobb, Colby Daughters tion at Estes Park, Colo., August 24- '22); James H. Crowley Jr. (James H. Pauline Berry (Ruby Shuman, '26); 30. The titles of his addresses were: Crowley, '27); Alfred B. Gates (Ag­ Martha Daggett (Cecil M. Daggett,. " The Art of Teaching," and "The nes McBride, '24); Richard W. Grant '01 ); Elizabeth Hamer (Myron C. Study of Values. ' (Leonard W. Grant, '15). Hamer, '20); Barbara Hill (Frederick Charles A. Greenlaw (Aubrey E. T. Hill, '10); Beverly Holt (Maude ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR Greenlaw, '20); John P. Harriman Herron, '24, Ross S. Holt, '18); Joyce NAMED (William M. Harriman, '17); James Hutchins (Ralph G. Hutchins, '29); C. Hayes (Roy M. Hayes, '18); Kevin Marjorie Jackson (Robert M. Jackson, Hill (Howard T. Hill, '18); Donald '22). M. Jacobs (Robert L. Tacobs, '24); Elizabeth Jacobs (Robert L. Jacobs, Robert L. Joly (Cyril M. Joly, '16); '24); Doris Knight (Harvey Knight, Frank H. Jones, Jr. (Frank H. Jones, '14); Patricia Murray (Theodore R.

GEORGE T. NICKERSON, '24 T HE appointment of George T. lickerson, Colby 1924, to be Di­ rector of Admissions was announced last summer by President Bixler. He THE WALES MEMORIAL COURTS NEAR COMPLETION will take the place vacated by Daniel Painting the white lines and putting up the backstops is all that remains to G. Lewis, whose duties were shifted be done on seven asphalt composition cou1·ts shown in the foreground of this to those of head coach of football. picture. Seven additional courts for match play appeai· in the background. Mr. ickerson's career ideally quali­ Those are to have a quick drying surface on a clay base and are ready for the fies him for this work, including pri­ top dressing which will be put on next spring. The whole installation is the gift vate school, public school and business of Mrs. Edna McClymonds Wales of Northport, Maine, and Massilon,, Ohio, in experience. He is a native of Maple­ memory of her son, Walter, who gave his life in World War II. ton, Maine, and came to Colby from 18 THE COLBY ALUM US

Farmington High School. Following graduation he taught at St. Paul's School, Garden City, T. Y., for three •years and then joined the faculty of Cranbrook School at Bloomfield Hilb, Worth Reading! Michigan. During his 15 years there he served successively as English teach­ er, head of the lower school, acting In the opinion of headmaster, dean and assistant head­ master. His work included a great deal of guidance, and he had oppor­ Ernest C. Marriner '13 tunity to know the admissions officers and systems of many middle west col­ leges and universities. Dean of Men For two years during the war he was engaged in personnel work with the technical employees of the Dow THE DISCO VERY OF INDIA, by Jawaharlal Nehru Chemical Company at Midland, Mich­ Not so much about India a about life, here are the considered con­ igan. Returning to the field of edu­ victions of a world citizen who reveals himself a a man of thought as wdl cation in 1944, he became acting dean as a man of action. of boys at the Scarsdale ( . Y.) High School. At the same time, he carried THE AMERJCA , by Howard Fast on graduate study at New York Uni­ versity resulting in an M.A. degree in Fictionized version of the hi torical Peter ltgeld, the Illinois governor 1945. who pardoned the Haymarket anarchists and who died fighting those Mr. Nickerson's duties will include Americans who would make a travesty out of "land of the free and home high school visiting and interviewing of the brave." propective students, as well as carry­ ing on the " paper work " of admis­ INDEPENDENT PEOPLE, by Halldo1· Laxness sion procedure. Colby men of the early 1930's, who knew our only Icelandic student, will want to read this gripping story of his nati e land written by his fel­ NEW FACULTY low countryman - the story of an Icelandic peasant who, like Scarlett APPOINTMENTS O'Hara made his love of the land and his independent spirit dominate T 0 take care of the marked increase himself and his household. in student body this year, 12 have been added to the Colby faculty. RHUBARB, by H. Allan. Smith They are: The hilarious tale (not tail) of a cat who inherited a baseball team - John A. Clark, Associate Professor through which the author spoofs at eccentric millionaires, professional of Philosophy, A.B. Amherst, M.A. psychiatrists cat loYers, the press, animal magazines, and guava jelly. Harvard, Ph.D. Harvard. Margaret L. Buchner, Assistant Pro­ THE HUCKSTERS, by Frederic Wakeman fessor of Modern Languages, B.S. Johns Hopkins, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins. This much-publicized satire on radio advertising is every bit as sting­ Ossip K. Flechtheim, Assistant Pro­ ing and memorable as its blurbs claim. Three of the nation' leading fessor of History, LL.B. University of manufacturers have been identified as the satirized tycoon who sponsors Duesseldorf, Germany, and Diploma the programs in this novel. He can't be all three of them, or can he ) from Institute of International Rela­ tions at Geneva. Charles Bacon, Jr., Instructor in English, A.B. Bowdoin College, grad­ Princeton University, Ph.D. Princeton Teacher College, Columbia Unfver­ uate work at Yale. University. sity. Philip A. Africa, Instructor in Eng­ Henry 0. Schmidt. Instructor in In addition, several new members lish, A.B. Alleghany College, graduate Modern Languages, A.B Ursinus Col­ have been added to the college staff: work at Harvard. lege A.M. University of Pennsylvania. Gladys Brownell, Library Cata­ Richard S. Brooks, Instructor in Psy­ Arthur Fernald, Instructor in Ge­ loguer, B.A. Mt. Holyoke College, chology, B.P.E. Springfield College, ology, A.B. University of Tew Hamp­ B.S. School of Library Service, Colum­ M.A. University of Pennsylvania. shire. bia University. Kingsley H. Birge, Instructor in So­ Llovd M. Anderson, Instructor in Patricia Ford Ellis, Assistant Cata­ ciology, A.B. Dartmouth College, Physi�al Education, B.S. Harvard Uni­ loguer, B.A. Colby College, B.S. Pratt Ph.D. Yale University. versity. Institute Library School. Richard K. Kellenberger, Instructor Lee P. Williams, Instructor 'in Physi­ College Physicians: Dr. Theodore in Modern Languages, A.B. Oberlin cal Education, B.S. Cortland State E. Hardy, '28 and Dr. Clarence E. College, A.M. Oberlin College, A.M. Teachers College, graduate work at Dore, '39. THE 'OLBY ALUM1\TUS 19

MAYFLOWER HILL VISITED and permanent, graciously consented BOSTON ALUMNAE to serve as hostesses during the three TO MEET T HE Mayflower Hill development days and assisted in pouring tea and was an object of interest to a The Boston Colby Alumnae As­ receiving the guests. Among those great many visitors during the summer sociation will meet at dinner on were: Mrs. George H. Huntington, months, culminating in a three-day November I in the Colonial Res­ Tew York; Mrs. Harold Peabody, Open House program which was well taurant at The Eliot, Common­ Boston; Mrs. Jason Westerfield, Cam­ attended. wealth at Massachusetts A venue, den; Mrs. Henry M. Dingley, Auburn; Boston. For further details call To assist visitors in seeing the Mrs. Edward Allen Whitney,. Man- Marguerite Chamberlain, LON- campus, an information and guide chester. 0528. service was set up in the Women's Mrs. William Tudor Gardiner, Bos­ Union. Here a member of the staff ton; Mrs. H. C. Marden, Waterville; was on hand to show guests the model, Mrs. Matthew T. Mellon, Philadel­ tions and had made a special effort to phia, Pa .; Mrs. Sumner Sewall, Bath; explain the present status of the build­ see Colby while in Maine. ing program and take them over the Mrs. H. M. Metcalf, Oberlin, Ohio; Union and the women's dormitory. In August invitations were sent to a Mrs. Horace A. Hildreth, Augusta; Although by no means all of those large number of Maine's summer col­ Miss Charlotte C. Mahaffey, Wilming­ who drove around the campus stopped ony to come to Waterville on August ton, Del. 13, 14, or 15, and inspect the new in the headquarters the �uest bt,ok re­ Mrs. Frederic E. Camp, New York; campus and meet President and Mrs. Mrlt. Dwight W. Morrow, Englewood, veals nearly 1000 names of people com­ Bixler. The Colby Art Department's N. J.; Mrs. Guy P. Gannett, Cape ing from 28 states as well as Canada, exhibition of Early Maine Architecture Elizabeth; Mrs. Frank H. Teagle, rorway, Poland, England and India. was also on display, providing an addi­ Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Robert E. Ma­ The reaction of these visitors to the tional inducement. A corps of stu­ thews, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Frank architecture and the planning of the dent guides was in attendance to drive F. Roberts, Westbrook; Miss Adeline new campus. was invariably highly around the campus with visitors and Wing and Miss Caroline Wing, New complimentary. Not a few were con­ describe the various points of interest. York, and Mrs. Neil Leonard, New­ nected with other educational institu- Prominent residents, both summer ton Centre, Mass.

1877 tired physician living in West Booth­ Quincy High School faculty in June Louise H. Coburn was the recipient bay Harbor. of 1944 after 24 years of service, and of many felicitations on the occasion Property owned by Ada Edgecomb is now living at 10 Beacon Avenue, of her ninetieth birthday on Sept. 1 _at Andrews of Hallowell was recently Norwood, Mass. her home in Skowhegan. She particu­ seriously damaged by fire. This house larly enjoyed the shower of greetings was occupied by Jennie, '04, and 1908 Helen, '08, Cochrane. from all the Sigma Kappa chapters Charles C. Dwyer is the athletic and many individuals. director and Biology teacher 1899 at Hebron Academy. This school opened in Sep­ Rev. Harold L. Hanson, pastor of 1887 tember after being closed since June the First Baptist Church in Claremont, Harvey D. Eaton celebrated his 84th 1 943 . . H., for the past 19 years, is retiring birthday on September 20th. He was this month from his pastorate. recently reappointed to a second five­ 1910 term on the Police-Firemen Pen­ year 1901 Ruth W. Hebner of Rochester, N. sion Commission. George and Rhena Clark Marsh vis­ Y., writes that outside of being a ited with Grace Farrar Linscott in housewife she is very busy with reli­ 1891 Jefferson, Maine, en route to their gious activities in the State Women's Mrs. Chipman A. H. Chipman and home in Scarsdale, N. Y., following Baptist Mission Board. While visiting an­ celebrated their Golden Wedding Commencement. They also stopped in Taunton, Mass., during t;he sum­ niversary on June 25th. in Lyman, Maine, to visit Mary Blais­ mer she had two very nice visits with dell Belknap who was spending the Sarah B. Young, retired registrar of 1892 summer on an old ancestral farm. Wheaton College. Rev. Howard A. Lincoln has re­ turned to his home in Olds Hall, Day­ 1907 1912 Fla., after spending the tona Beach, Burr F. Jones was one of the teach­ Elsie Gardiner Pierson of Water­ summer in Maine. ers in charge of an evening high bury, Conn., has recently been elected school in Plymouth, Mass., during the president of the Waterbury AAUW 1896 summer. for two years and is also president of Dr. Howard C. Hanscom is a re- Bertha E. Nead retired from the the Bunker Hill Literary Club. 20 THE COLBY ALU.I '

1913 ant chief of staff of the British Solo­ . ·. Y., is a practicing attorney in that Iva B. Willis has arcepted a position mon Islands and Guadalcanal and my. He i looking forward to the day in the high school at Dolgeville, . Y. commander of a naval base at Treas­ when his young son •v ill enter Colby.

ury in the ?\fono- terling g1 oup of urtis .\. Haines has been elected 191 4 islands. pre ident of the Wabash orporation, Sophie Pratt Bostelmann informs us a ubsid1ary of Syhania Electric that her youngest daughter has re­ 1922 Products, Inc., which produces photo­ turned to the states after three years Herbert .\. Perkins has been ap­ flash, infra-red and reflector incandes­ of overseas duty with the American pointed head of the di\'ision of records cent lamps, according to a newspaper Red Cross. Another daughter has and guidance and prole sor of mathe­ clippin . been discharged from the WAC. She matics at the newly e tablished Yeter­ .\1aj. Albert ,_ now is tationed in also has a niece, Hildegarde D. Pratt, an:;' college at Fr. DeYens, ?\fass. It the :t-.1ilitar O\'ernment and ecurity who is entering Colby this fall. is an important position. as the pro­ ffice at the notorious village of Roscoe Johnson has a new position gram of testing, coun elling and \'oca­ Dachau in Ba\ aria ( PO 170). He as assistant to the head of the Barre, tional guidance is one of the main write that this was somewhat of a Vt., district office of Northwestern features of the DeYens program. Per­ cultural center before the war but Soil Conservation. kins served in the 1 'ayy for four years now suffer from the effects of that and preYiously was on the faculty of concentration camp. although spared 1916 Ham�ton In titute, \'a. the merican bombing . The popu­ Robert J. Doyle of ashua, N. H., lation is wollen by former inmates is candidate for the Democratic nomi­ 1923 who choo <". to remain here, as well as nation for county solicitor of Hillsbor­ Clarence R. Lyond of Ea t We - by other displaced persons and refu­ ough county. mouth, Mass., teaches science and i gee from bombed-out Munich. Bert's John M. Richardson has been ap­ faculty manager of athletics at Wey­ family is nO\ with him and his oldest pointed chairman of the Rockland mouth High School. boy has joined the Bavarian constabu­ School Board. Ida Jones Smith is school �ecretary lary and the 14-year old will attend and teaches French in the Union school in witzerland. Bert has found 1917 Springs Central School, New York, numerous fly-fishing streams within Andrew C. Little of Woburn, Mass., where her husband is principal. week-end travel distance which are is employed by Thompson Winchester Casper J. Azzara, who resides at well stocked with rainbow, brown, and Company in Boston as departmental 198 Sussex Drive, Manhasset L. I., brook trout. manager. Rev. T. B. Madsen of Chicago, Ill., was the Colby College delegate at the centennial celebration of MacMurray College.

1920 Madge Tooker Young of Wollas­ ton, Mass.. has a son who is an En­ sign in the USR and a daughter who is taking a three year course in Com­ mercial Art.

1921 Capt. C. Reginald Hersum, USNR. was in Waterville while on terminal leave during the summer visiting rela­ tives. Capt. Hersum was called to active duty in 1941 and was sent to London as a member Of the Naval Commission with Admiral " Bull " Ghormley as its head. From there he went to Loch Ewe, Scotland, where GATHERS FOR GOLDEN WEDDING IVERSARY he was port director. Later he be­ AN came port director of Clyde, Scot­ When Justice and Mrs. Charles P. Barnes celebrated their 5oth Wedding land, where he was made a Com­ Anniversary in Houlton on August 19, all five children and ten grandchildren mander. His next post was in Austria were present for the gala occasion. Omitting the names of the grandchildren, where he was a member of the Allied in the back row are Francis Barnes, '36, George B. Barnes, '26, Phineas P. Commission under Lt. Gen. Mark Barnes, '201 and John A. Barnes, '24. In the second row are Mrs. Francis Barnes, Clark. He also saw considerable serv­ Mrs. George Barnes, Mrs. Margaret Barnes Ebbett, Mrs. Annie Richardson ice in the Pacific war area being assist- Eames.. 194, Charles P. Barnes, '92, Mrs. Phineas Barnes and Mrs. John A. Barnes. THE COLBY ALUMNUS 21

1924 ment of Modern Languages at the of years both in Miami, Fla., and in Ethel Reed Day has been working Canterbury School. New York City. In 1943 he was for the Boston and Maine Railroad at made airport traffic manager at Pan Fort Devens and reports that over American Field, Miami, and the fol­ 1929 300,000 dischargees have gone through lowing year was sent to San Juan on her office. Philip R. Higgins has been pro­ a temporary assignment. From San Cranston Jordan of Auburn has moted to Chief Accounts Supervisor of Juan he went to Port-of-Spain in De­ been teaching aviation courses at the the Revenue Accounting Department cember, 1944, as district sales and Fredonia ( . Y.) State Teachers Col­ of the ew England Tel. & Tel. Co. traffic manager, rising to the post of lege during the summer. in Springfield, Mass. senior representative in July, 1945. Helen Springfield Strong has a son, Dr. Allan J. Stinchfield writes that Phyllis Weston is teaching Mathe­ John, in Waterville High School who he will be located in Boston at the matics and Latin at Skowhegan High has completed his third year as flutist Massachusetts General Hospital for a School. in the Colby-Community Symphony year or so on Orthopedic Surgery Chaplain James Blok has now be­ Orchestra. Service. come Reverend James Blok and is re­ Lowell P. Leland has joined the siding at 1416 Grace Street, SE, Grand 1926 English faculty at Bowling Green Rapids, Mich. Dr. Samuel R. Feldman has een State UniYersity, Bowling Green, Ohio. discharged from active duty in the Dr. Frank J. Twadelle, a graduate 1933 avy and returned to his surgical of Boston l!ni\'ersity in 1933, is now David L. Carr returned to this practice in June. He is residing at 10 Senior Resident Surgeon at Truesdale country in January after two years in Chestnut Street, Springfield 5 .•[ass. Hospital, Fall River, Mass. Dr. Twa­ the South Pacific as Skipper of an Ruby Shuman Berry's oldest daugh­ delle was discharged from the Arm y LST. He is now residing in Phila­ ter is entering Colby this fall as a with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, delphia. member of the freshman class. and was awarded the Bronze Star Lillian Shapiro Reardon 0£ Brock­ Medal and Legion of Merit. ton, Mass. is teaching in a nearby high school. 1927 Evelyn Stapleton Burns is living at Ruth E. Dow is beginning her fifth 1930 75 Fourth Street, New Haven, Conn., year teaching Latin at Bucksport High Andrew Klusick of Rockaway, N. while her husband is working for his School. J., is seeking election to the Borough Ph.D. in Theology at Yale. Miriam Rice Schulze is an in­ Council in Rockaway Borough. Anna Hannagan of Madison has structor in French and Spani h in ele­ Lindon E. Christie began his duties been appointed to the faculty 0£ mentary courses just inaugurated at as Superintendent of Schools in Union Aroostook State Normal School. The Danbury State Teachers College. No. 69 on July 1, with his office in school reopened in September after Marjorie G. Dunstan of 2336 Beck­ Camden. having been closed since 1941. with Street, Honolulu 5, Hawaii, con­ tinues teaching at Punahou School in Honolulu. Miss Dunstan writes that 1931 1934 there are now three Colby graduates Joseph M. Rogull is a partner in the William T. Bryant has accepted the · on the Punahou faculty Comdr. or­ Bilt-Rite Construction Company with post of instructor in physics at Rhode ris Potter, '29, her sister-in-law, Edythe offices at 68 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ Island State College. Porter Dunstan, '23, and herself. lyn, T. Y. 1935 1928 Maurice Krinsky former head of 1932 Harold E. Clark has resigned his the Houston USO-Jewish Welfare position as assistant librarian at the William H. Caddoo was recently Board, has been appointed Business Colby Library to accept the post 0£ appointed Technical Director of Rob­ Director of The Jewish Herald-Voice assistant librarian at Brown University, ert Gair Co., Inc., Tew York City. 1719 Caroline Street, Houston, Texas'. Providence, R. L Glen B. Lawrence, for the past 11 Edward W. Cragin, who was re­ Katherine Greaney, teacher of Eng­ years a member of Pan American leased from the Army last January, is lish at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High World Airways' traffic department, employed as photographer at the Wa­ School, Marylai:id, for the past eigh t has been named senior representative terville Morning Sentinel. years, left on August 13 for Leeds. for the airline in San Juan, Puerto Gordon P. Thompson is now a part­ Engl�nd, as an exchange teacher un­ Rico. As Pan American's top repre­ ner in Pennell and Thompson Real der an international goodwill program. sentative in Puerto Rico, Lawrence Estate Company in Arlington, Mass. She is the only teacher from the Wash­ will play a major role in developing ington area to be selected for exchange new, even faster services out of San 1936 by the United States Office of Educa­ Tuan to all major points in Latin Oliver C. Mellon, who has just tion. Seventy-five teachers were chosen America and the United States. He earned his MA degree from Trinity from several hundred applications. joined Pan American in January, 1935, College, will teach English and J. Claude Bouchard has accepted a as a traffic and sales representative, French at Bethel, Conn., high school new position as head of the Depart- serving in that capacity for a number this year. 22 THE COLBY ALUM TUS

Lucile Jones Beerbaum and her hus­ Freda K. Abel is employed as ew ates " in Buffalo to counsel business band have left for the American Zone York RepresentatiYe of Arthur D. Lit­ firms on general public relations mat­ in Germany to teach the children of tle, Inc., Consulting Chemists and ters. At the same time John has been the Occupation Forces. Engineers. acting as the State Executive Officer Dr. Howard Pritham has been dis­ Gardiner Gregory is principal of of the Civil Air Patrol. charged from the Army Medical Eliot High School, Eliot, Maine. Corps after service in the European Robert BoroYoy has settled in San 1941 theatre where he was wounded in the Francisco where he has a position orris E. Dibble is living in a Battle of the Bulge. with the Pacific Public en·ice Com­ quonset hut at Yale University where Robert N. Miller of Norridgewock, pany. His address is 1952 19th Ave­ he is studying law. He is also an in­ until recently a member of the faculty nue, San Francisco 16, Calif. structor in the Economics department at Skowhegan High School, has Dr. Maynard M. Irish has been dis­ at Yale, teaching elementary account­ joined the faculty of Gorham State charged from the Army Dental Corps ing. He reports that he and Bob Teachers College where he is an in­ with the rank of Captain and is now Bruce, '40, recently took in the Louis­ structor in geology and biology. associated with Dr. R. T. Haley, 340 Mauriello fight. Bridge Street, Springfield, Ma�s. William H. Hughes of orth 1937 Quincy, Mass., has been named prin­ Albert W. Berrie has purchased his Harold C. Allen is teaching English cipal of the Belgrade high school. own jewelry business in Presque Isle. and Social Studies in Staples, Conn. During the summer Bill studied at Louise G. Tracey has returned to Priscilla Jones Hauter has moved to Boston University ':\'here he received Germany following a month's leave at Shadow Lane, Oradell, Tew Jersey. his Master's degree. He was dis­ her home in Waterville. Louise is Her husband is employed in New charged in December, 1945, from the associated with UNRRA and, as a York City. Marine Corps as a first lieutenae.t. Child Welfare Specialist, she has been Sally Aldrich Adams has sent in Ruth R. Stebbins was a delegate to working among children of displaced what she hopes is her permanent the Democratic State Convention in persons in Germany sir1ce January. address - P. 0. Box 151, Milo Maine. Albany N. Y., in September. Ruth Prior to that she did relief work in reports that she had a wonderful time Greece. Her future work will be with 1940 and sat on the platform with Eleanor the children in hospitals and in dis­ Roosevelt. Ruth Rowell Higgins has been placed persons' camps, where she will Hiram P. Macintosh is now Securi­ transferred to Fort Hancock, N. J., oversee their activities and settle prob­ tie Salesman for Reynolds and Co., where she is doing Army Library lems which arise in their daily lives. Philadelphia, Pa. His home address is Service work. She may be addresseJ Dr. Gordon S. Young has resumed Kenilworth Apartments No. 617. at the Guest House. his dental practice at 18 Asylum Jerome Orenstein is in the wholesale Robert H. Mitchell is Di1ector of a Street, Hartford, Conn., following dis­ grocery business, H. L. Orenstein & charge as a major from the Army Division of the Day Care Play School Son, Lawrence, Mass. Dental Corps. Program, Bronx, New York. He may Dorothy Emerson Martin writes Willard D. Libby has been dis­ be addressed at 1204A Union Avenue, that she and Bill are now in Melrose, charged from the Navy and is back Bronx, N. Y. Mass. Bill was discharged from the with the Eastman Kodak Company in Cleon and Shirley Maddocks Hatch Army in May and is back at his old Rochester, N. Y. His address is 202 are teaching chemistry and English position as Supervisor of the Indi­ Kenwood A venue. respectively at Ricker Classical Insti­ vidual Annuity Section of the Actu­ tute. arial Department of the John Hancock 1938 Dr. Romeo J. Roy has opened his Insurance Company in Boston. Dr. Ellsworth D. Rogers has been dental offices at 58 Main Street, Wa­ released to inactive duty in the US R. terville, following his discharge from 1942 may now be Josephine A. Bodurtha the Army Dental Corps with the rank A. Wilder Pearl is teaching at the Woodfords Street, addressed at 285 of captain. Greene Central School, Greene, ew of Di­ Portland. She is on the Board Dr. Richard L. Chasse has opened York. rectors of the YWCA in Portland, a his offices at 287 Main Street Water­ Harold Bubar has been elected to member of the "Portland Players," ville, for the practice of medicine and teach social studies and coach at and also vice-president of the Portland surgery. Dick was recently dis­ Ricker Classical Institute. Colby Alumnae Group. charged from the avy. Carleton . Savage has accepted a Celia Rather Hutchinson, husband, James M. Bunting wrote during the pos1t10n with the Department of Ned, and baby, Carol Anne, are now summer from Frankfurt, Germany, Geography and Geology, Kent State living in W. Boothbay Harbor, Maine, that he hoped to return to the States University, Kent, Ohio. where they have a business. Their in September. address is Box 11. 1939 A. L. LeBrun and his brother have Philip B. Wysor writes: "After my Dr. John J. Rando has opened his just purchased City Hotel Rochester, return from the Pacific, I was assigned dental office at 130 North Street, N. Y. as a test pilot at the experimenLal field Hingham, Mass., following his dis­ John T. Foster and a friend have at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. We charge from the USN. organized "Public Relations Associ- lived in a charming cottage just out- THE COLBY ALUMNUS 23 side Bryn Mawr, Pa., until my dis­ Department in the capacity of Crypto­ ing at 840 Grand Concourse, Bronx charge last September. At the present graphic Technician. 51, . Y. time I am taking a sales training Kathleen A. Monaghan has accepted Eleanor Carolyn Mundie, who is course at the Bethlehem Steel Com· a position as social worker with the living at 326 Main Street, Calais; pany. We live here in Bethlehem - American Red Cross, Boston Metro­ faine, informs us that she is em­ fortunately in something besides a politan Chapter, Boston. ployed at the American Consulate, St. Quonset Hut - especially in view of Barbara Philbrick is a medical Stephen, N. B. the fact that we share it with a new technologist at the University of Colo­ Maurice M. Whitten was one of member of the family, Henry Jason rado School of Medicine and Hos­ three teachers from Maine who was Wysor better known as 'Squeaky.' pitals. awarded one of the fifty General Elec­ Isn't it good to be civilians again!? " Alice Lyman is attending the Bos­ tric Fellowships for Science Teachers Ressa Flewelling Edmunds informs ton University School of Social Work in the ten Northeastern States. Under us that her husband has been ap­ and hopes to receive her degree in this fellowship he took special courses pointed instructor in Physics at the January. at the summer session of Union Col­ University of faine. Her new address Harry Hildebrandt has accepted the lege. is 52 South 4th Street, Old Town, position of sub-master at Wiscasset Georgia J. Brown is working on her Maine. Academy. Master's degree at Teachers College, Harold Huntoon has entered Co­ Columbia University. lumbia UniYersity to study for his 1944 Master's degree in History. Charles W. Berry, Jr., an investment Bernice Knight Shorter received her 1946 banker, has just purchased a home on M.A. degree from Haverford College Charlene F. Blance has a teaching the outskirts of Portland. His address in June. She is employed by the position as head of the Science and American Friends Service Committee Mathematics department at Guilford is R. F. D. 5. · Clifford F. Came, Jr., is in the Sales in Philadelphia, Pa. High School. Department of Vick Chemical Com­ Dorothy Holtman Lyons and her Carolyn Jane Woolcock writes that pany, 122 E. 42nd Street, ew York husband spent a vacation in Maine she has a very interesting position as 17. this summer and came up to Colby to secretarial assistant in Portland with say hello. They are making .their per­ Edward L. Loring has been named the National Foundation for Infantile manent home in Florida. Director of Athletics at Coburn Classi­ Paralysis. cal Institute in Waterville. Louis Deraney received his honor­ Ann Van Middlesworth MacKee able discharge in May, attended Bos­ Milton W. Hamilt is employed as a has finished her course at Katharine ton College Summer Session, and is tra ding clothing salesman with his Gibbs Secretarial School and is now now attending Boston College Law home at 142 Sutherland Road, Brook­ employed by . the New Jersey Bell School. line, Mass. Telephone Co., Elizabeth, N. J. M-Sgt. William H. Tobey spent a Edwin W. Alexander is attending Mary Tetlow is the head of the two-months leave in Waterville this Andover- ewton Theological Institute social service department at the Taun­ summer, and then, with his wife, re­ and is also serving as director of Re­ ton State Hospital, Taunton, Mass. turned to Germany where he will be ligious Education at the First Congre­ Muriel Larrabee has accepted a stationed for the next two years. gational Church in Waltham, Mass. teaching position at Milo High School. Tacy Hood Finney is down in Lex­ His home address is 150 Institution Robert E. Urie and his father. ington, Virginia, where her husband is Ave., rewton Centre 59, Mass. Thomas Urie, '20, have bought � studying law at Washington and Lee Saul Millstein is employed by The woodworking plant in Bristol, N. H. University. Tacy writes that she is Milbros Company in New York City Bob is therefore vice president of working in the Dutch Inn Gift Shop as a manufacturer's agent. Calley & Currier Co. He and his and loves Virginia. Henry Davidson has a position in wife, Margaret Lancaster Urie, are liv­ Catherine Clark Brunnell is living the mailing department of Parents' ing at 9 South Main Street. in one of the pre-fabricated houses on in New York City. Adelaide Jack is an English teacher Magazine Mayflower Hill and teaching in Fair­ at Windham High School, Windham, field. Bob is completing his senior Maine. 1943 year at Colby. Eliot B. Kraft has been discharged Mary L. Young is teaching English from the service and is now a retail and languages at Andover, Maine, milliner. He plans to be in Water­ 1945 High School. ville for Colby Weekend. Marjorie Merrill Me lvin dropped us W. Richard Granger has accepted a Ruth E. Howes, now living at 150 a card the other day informing us that position as teacher of English, French Main Street, Franklin, Mass., is a stu­ her new address is 134 Ohio Street, and Latin at Sherman, Maine, High dent at the Boston School of Occupa­ Bangor, Maine. Marge says she's so School. He plans to be in Waterville tional Therapy. busy she doesn't get a chance to do for Colby Weekend. Richard A. Field is attending Co­ half the things she wants to do in the Mary V. Roundy has returned to lumbia Graduate School. course of a day. Farmville, Va., where she is doing Anne W. Gwynn was discharged Catherine Ann Malfetano is em­ post-graduate work. from the Navy last February and is ploy,e d as secretary in the Fleishmann Virginia Blair Sensibaugh writes now working in Tokyo for the War Laboratories, New York, and is resid- that she is living with her husband's 24 THE COLBY ALUMNUS

family at 866 Be<;ch Street, Abilene, 1948 Willey is employed as an Engineer's Texas, for the time being. Wilma Elise Burkert is working as Assistant at the General Electric plant in Pittsfield. . fr. Rippere is .i gradu· Cloyd Aarseth has a job on the edi­ a construction clerk for the Tew York torial staff of the New York Sun. ate of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Telephone Company. and is an engineer at the same plant. Joseph E. and Norice Mahoney 1947 The wedding is planned for March. are residing at 2307 Alice R. Duryea has completed her O'Malley Anne Calder, '46, of Dedham, 16, Mary­ course at Katharine Gibbs School and Longwood Street, Baltimore Mass., to Alexander Dick of Lynn, is now secretary at the John B. Pierce land while Joe attends Medical School Mass. 1r. Dick is a student at Bow­ Foundation, Rakitan, . J. in that city. doin College.

MARRIED MILESTONES Ann Singleton Fish of Lakeville, Conn. to N. Richard Johnson, '42, of Queens Village, . Y., on July 27, ENGAGED Waterville, to Albert L. Lash, Jr., of 1946 in Lima Rock, Conn. Mrs. Quincy, Mass. Lt. Small attended the Johnson was graduated from Southern Elizabeth Anne Damon, '48, of Western Washington College of Edu­ Seminary Buena Vista Va. Mr. Haydenville, Mass., to Fred J. Marsh cation, Bellingham, Wash. and Colby Johnson has been discharged from the of lorth Adams, Mass. Miss Damon College. She is now stationed at the U. avy. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson attended Colby and orthampton are residing in Queens Village. Ron­ employed Fore River Shipyard Quincy. Mr. Commercial College. She is ald Lupton, '43, was one of the ushers. enville. Lash attended the American Institute at Reardon's Store in Hayd Catherine B. O'Donnell, of Water- discharged from of Banking and ortheastern Univer­ Mr. Marsh has been ille, to V. Walter Borucki, '49, of is now em­ sity, and is now employed by D. Sil­ the Army Air Corps and Chelsea, Mass., on August 31, 1946, at nter Company verman and Sons in Quincy. ployed by the James Hu the Sacred Heart Church in Water­ Audrey Rosemary Levey of ew of Torth Adams. ville. Mrs. Borucki was recently dis­ York . Y., to Stanley Howard Le­ Adelaide Louise Cinq-Mars of Dex­ charged from the WA VEs and is now vine, '44, of Stamford, Conn. Miss ter to Paul Horace Landry, '49, of employed in the Advertising Depart­ Levey is a graduate of the Dalton Dexter. Miss Cinq-Mars is a gradu­ ment of the Waterville Morning Sen­ School and Vassar College. He at­ ate of the Sisters' Hospital School of tinel. Mr. Borucki is attending Colby tended Colby College, Clare College Nursing in Waterville. S�e enlisted following discharge from the Para­ in the Army Nurse Corps m August, of Cambridge (England ) University troopers. Vivian Maxwell Brown, '44, 1944 and served overseas with the and has returned to Colby to complete had charge of the guest book and his college work . 174th Hospital Unit in France. Since Simeon J. Kelloway, '49, of Chelsea, her discharge in February of 1946 she Katharine Anne Kurr of Rye, ew was an usher. has been employed at the New Eng­ York, to Lawrence Esterbrook Wat­ Helen A. Chase, '30, of Buckfield, land Deaconess Hospital in Boston. tles, '49, of Wynnewood, Pa. Miss to Charles Thacher Pardey of Segre­ Mr. Landry served overseas with t �e Kurr is a senior at Wellesley College. ganset, Mass., on June 29, 1946, at First Fighter Group of the 15th Air Mr. Wattles is attending Colby fol­ Buckfield Baptist Church. Mrs. Par­ Force. Following his discharge he en­ lowing his discharge from the First dey is a graduate of Colby College tered Colby College. Marine Division. and took graduate work at Middle­ Ruth Kirstein, '48, of Peabody, Mona Efros of Providence, R. I., to bury College. She is a teacher at Mass., to Daniel Turkanis, of Chelsea, Herbert S. G. Robison, '43, of Provi­ Weymouth High School. Mr. Pardey Mass. Miss Kirstein is attending the dence. Miss Efros is a member of the is employed in the office of the Mt. Chandler School. Mr. Turkanis at­ senior class at Pembroke College, Hope Finishing Company of Dighton, tended the University of Illinois. Brown University. Mr. Robison at­ Mass. Roberta Aileen Marden, '47, of Wa­ tended Massachusetts Institute of Laura Isabel Tapia '45, of Panama terville, to Raymond Milton Alden, Jr. Technology following his graduation City, Republic ot Pana1ha, to HuQ'h of Everett, Mass. Miss Marden at­ from Colby. He served in the Marine W. Aitken, Jr., of ew York . Y., Corps for two and a half years. tended Colby for two years and then on September IO 1946, at the groom's transferred to Katherine Gibbs Secre­ Norma J. Taraldsen, '46, of Scars­ home. Muriel Marker '45, was maid her tarial School where she completed dale, . Y., to Richard W. Billings, of honor. Mrs. Aitken received her is now employed course in June. She '49, of Seal Harbor, Maine. Miss Master of Arts degree at Wellesley in the Superintendent of as secretary to Taraldsen received her degree in June 1946. She has recently returned to ings and Grounds at Colby Col­ Build and is now doing personnel work in this country from Panama. Mr. Ait­ lege. Mr. Alden entered e U. S. � Scarsdale. Mr. Billings entered Colby ken attended New York University avy following his grad�atlon from last September after being discharged for two years before entering the Everett high school and 1s now sta­ from the Army Air Corps. Army Air Corps. He was at Colby tioned on the USS Kearsarge. The wedding is planned for next February. Frances E. Willey, '45, of Pittsfield, in 1943 with the 21st C.T.D., and served in the 15th Air Force in Lt. (jg.) Frances E. Small, '43, of Mass., to Joh n Burke Rippere. Miss THE COLBY ALU Mr Tus 25

Europe. He is now attending the U. S. Army and has recently returned Frieda Christina Robertson to Don­ Julliard School of Music. from the Pacific theatre. He has re­ ald Foster Kellogg, '32, on July 20, Margaret Sue Chisman of Memphis, turned to Colby to complete his college 1946, in Saint James Church, Burke­ Tenn., to Benjamin Weisiger Early, work. haven, . H. Mr. Kellogg has been faculty, of Richmond a., on July 13, Mary Elizabeth Riley of Pleasant­ discharged from the servic� and has at St. John's Episcopal Church in ville, r. Y., to Richard Louis Hansen, resumed his position as instructor of Memphis. frs. Early was graduated '42, of Scarsdale, 1. Y., on June 1, English at the Bellows Falls, Vt., high from Vanderbilt University and re­ 1946, at the Holy Innocents Church, school. ceived her Master's degree from Duke in Pleasantville. Mrs. Hansen is a Clara Jane McCabe of Harrington, University. he has been teaching at graduate of the Katherine Gibbs Delaware, to Stetson C. Beal, '41, on Guthrie School in Memphis for sev­ School, New York, and is now em­ May 3, 1946, in Salisbury, Maryland. eral years and is now teaching English ployed as a correspondent at the a­ at Waterville High School. Mr. Early tional City Bank of ew York. Mr. Mr. Beal is on the faculty of the W a­ received his Bachelor of Arts and Ma�­ Hansen spent three and one-half terville Junior High School and they ter's degrees from the University of years in the U. S. Army and• is now are living at 34 Winter Street. Virginia. He is a member of the Eng­ associated with General Foods Sales Evelyn Dinger of Springfield Gar­ lish faculty at Colby. Company, Inc., ew York. He is· dens, . Y., to D. Ronald Lupton, '43, Audrey Webb Dyer, '46, of Water­ also continuing his studies at ew on August 20, 1946, in Mt. Vernon, ville, to Russell Edward Houghton f York University. few York. Roslindale, Mass., in the First Baptist Eulah E. Gooden of Greeley, Colo­ Patricia Elizabeth Ford, '43, of Church on August 18, 1946. The rado, to Patrick 0. Martin, '39, of C

Colebrook, N. H., on July 12, 1946, Fort Kent. Mrs. Bridges received her nie Doane, on October 3, 1945, in D at the bride's home in Houlton. The Master of Arts degree in History from Jacksonville, Fla. B ceremony was performed by Rev. Columbia University in June. Mr. To Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Shute, c athanael M. Guptill, '39. Alta M. Bridges is a graduate of the University (Alberta Van Hom, '28), a daughter, d­ Estabrook, '41, was maid of honor, of Maine and is now instructor of Sarah Martha, on February 25, 1946. d and Buell 0. Merrill, '40, was best Agriculture at Fort Kent High School. To Mr. and Mrs. G. Dean Williams, b man. Barbara Ross Howard, young Colby guests included Roberta Holt (Betsey Libbey, '42), a daughter, R daughter of Eleanor Ross Howard, Sachs, '45, and Viola Smith, '45. Sharon Libbey, December 31, l91t 5. k '37, was the flower girl. Ushers in­ Hannah Ethel Karp, '46, of Haver­ To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Good­ s cluded Joseph L. Putnam, '47. Wed­ hill, Mass., to Lt. (jg) Myron Ralph speed, (Elizabeth Thompson, '36), a B ding music was played by James L. Laipson on September 18, 1946 at the daughter, Suzanne Loui�e, on May 12, Ross, '36, and Mrs. Ross served as Hotel Kenmore, Boston, Mass. Lt. 1946. matron of honor. Mrs. Burbank re­ Laipson has been discharged from the To Mr. and Mrs. Valentine S. Duff, ceived the M.S. degree at Simmons Taval Reserve and is now attending (Valentine S. Duff, '37), a son, Mich­ College School of Social Work in Massachusetts State University and ael Stephen, on eptember 18, 1946, in 1944 and has been employed on the they have an apartment in mherst. Hingham, Mass. social service staff of the New England Colby guests at the weddini; included To Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Shields, Home for Little Wanderers. Dr. Bur­ Carol Robin, '46, Marie Kraeler '45, (Florence Boak, '41), a daughter, Bar­ bank was graduated from Temple and Helen Strauss, '46. bara Anne, on December 5, 1945, in University School of Medicine in Phil­ orfolk, Va. adelphia and, after a 12 month rotat­ BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. Clifton B. McMul­ ing internship at Temple University To Mr. and Mrs. orris E. Dibble, len, (Lucile F. Blanchard, '32), a Hospital, he served as Battalion Sur­ (Norris E. Dibble, '41), a daughter, daughter Faith Adelaide on Septem­ geon for the 99th and First Infantry Edith Adelia, on August 11 1946, in ber 21, 1946, in Waterville. Divisions in Europe. Dr. and Mrs. New Ha en, Conn. To Mr. and Mrs. William Switzer, Burbank are residing at 113 Gainsbor­ To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Good­ (Martha Wheeler, 44), a daughter, ough Street, Boston, Mass. ridge, (Richard Goodridge, '44), a Helen Elizabeth, on July 17, 1946. Ruth E. Rowell, '40, of Waterville, on, George Daniel, on July 8 1946, To Mr. and Mrs. David R. Clement, to Carrol Higgins, USA, of Twin in Water\'ille. (David R. Clement, '47, Martha Anne Falls, Idaho, in September of 1946, in To Dr. and Mrs. Leo M. Seltzer, Soule, '48) a daughter, Taney Sar· Highlands, N. J. Mrs. Higgins at­ (Leo M. Seltzer, '37), a daughter, Jo­ gent on February 5, 1946. tended Simmons Library School and is anne Lynn, on June 21. 1946, in Phil­ now librarian at Ft. Hancock. Mr. adelphia, Pa. Higgins served with the Second In­ To Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. fantry Division in the ETO and re­ Weaver Tr., (Charles (" Buck ") ceived the Purple Heart for wounds Weaver, '30), a son, Gary ichols, on received at Brest. He is now en route August 6, 1946, in Portland. RICHARD COLLINS, '96 to Japan where he will serve with the To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hutchin­ fernbers of the class of 1 96, as well Army of Occupation. son, (Celia Rather, '42), a daughter, as a host of friends and former pa­ Ruth Graves, '43, of Marblehead, Carol Anne, on December 7 1945 in tients were grieved to learn of the Mass., to Robert Ellery Montgomery, Coral Gables, Fla. death on July 28, 1946, of Richard on June 29, 1946, at St. Michael's To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Collins. He was a member of the Church in Marblehead. Mrs. Mont­ •Dwyer, (Lawrence W. Dwyer, '38), a American Medical Association, the gomery has been teaching mathematics son, Terence Austin on July 13, 1946. Massachusetts Medical Society, con­ at Hanover High School. Mr. Mont­ To Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Mig­ sulting surgeon . in the Waltham, gomery is stationed at a Naval Base in nery, Jr., (Florence Perkins, '42), a Mass., hospital and a former chief of California. Colby guests included son, Edward Arnold, on July 22, 1946, staff in surgery. Alice Lyman, '43, Kathleen Mona­ in Bryan, Ohio. Dr. Collins was taken ill on Mon­ . ghan, '43, and Cynthia Smith, '42. To Rev. and Mrs. Burton L. Lin­ day, July 22nd, as he was about to start Priscilla Alden Gould, '44, of Wal­ scott, (Burton L. Linscott, '42), a son, for Manomet in his car. He was taken pole, Mass., to William Emery Brock, John Burton, on May 23, 1946, iQ Kea­ to the Waltham hospital, which he of Alfred, Maine, on June 15, 1946, in lakekua, Hawaii. had done so much to help bring to its Wal pole. Mrs. Brock has been em­ To Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Luxton, present high position. Here he lin­ ployed by the New England Home for (Alice Dondlinger, '42), a son, Charles gered until the following Sunday Little Wanderers. Mr. Brock has been E., Ill, on March 27, 1946, in Nutley, night. discharged from the service and is New Jersey. To all of us who knew Dick Col­ now attending the University of To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Purs­ lins, his passing will bring a feeling of Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Brock are resid­ ley, (Thomas A. Pursley, '43, Marjorie great loss. Only five weeks before his ing in South Apartments 15-F, Uni­ M. Brown, '43), a son David George, death he had attended the fiftieth an­ versity of Maine, Orono, Maine. on September 5, 1946, in Flushing, niversary of his class at Colby and . Lois R. Pinkham, '45, of Fort Kent, New York. seemed to be in excellent health and to Alton G. Bridges, on August 16, To Lt. and Mrs. E. B. McClure. spirits. One of the youngest members 1946, in the Congregational Church, (Lois L. Lott, '45), a daughter, Lon: of 1896, he was born in Calais, Maine, THE COLBY ALUMNUS 27

December 6 1874 the son of Charles not least among the honored alumni of the Japanese delegation at the Bradbury Collins and Annie Young of Colby. Dick Collins was respected Madras Conference. Clapp Collins. After graduation from and admired by all his classmates; and Within Japan, Dr. Chiba's glowing the Calais High School he came in the fifty years that have followed, Christian character was a force in directly to Colby. n honored mem­ he devoted his great talents to the many areas of endeavor. His part in ber of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, service of his fellow men, so that his Christian education has been notable. Richard earned his Phi Beta Kappa death has brought sorrow not only to At different periods he was Dean of key and entered Harvard Medical those of his classmates who survive the Girls' Department of Doshisha School in company with his classmate, him, but to a very great number who University, President of the Southern Benjamin Fuller. Both received their owe their lives to his skill and devo­ Baptist Theological Seminary, Dean. M.D. degrees in 1900 and established tion. of the Girls' School in Sendai, Presi­ their practice in Waltham. Three - EVERETT L. GETCHELL, '96. dent of the Japan Baptist Theological years later Richard was united in mar­ Seminary, and President of the Mabie Memorial College in Yokohama. riage to his classmate, Edna S. Moffatt YUGORO CHIBA, '97 of East Machias, Maine. Dr. Chiba rendered conspicuous Upon the death of Dr. Yugoro Dr. Collins interned in the Boston service in matters of interdenomina­ Chiba on Easter Sunday, April 21, City Hospital in 1900-1902, and in the tional cooperation. In 1922 he was 1946, Japan Christians lost one of their Boston City Hospital Relief Station in Chairman of the Federation of J apa­ finest leaders and one upon whom 1902-1903. During his long practice nese Christian Churches. He was great dependence had been placed for in Waltham he held many offices of Chairman of the organizing commit­ guidance during these days of re­ trust, being a trustee of the Waltham tee for the Japan Christian Council building Japan. Savings Bank, a Fellow of the Ameri­ and thereafter served the Council in can College of Surgeons of the Wal­ Born in Sendai in 1870, he was many capacities. tham Hospital, and others. graduated from the Miyogi Prefectural The Christian literature of Japan Memorial services were held in the Middle School, the Anglo-Japanese was ad anced by Dr. Chiba's impor­ First Parish Church, Unitarian, in Academy in Yokohama, and the tant contributions, especially along de­ Waltham, which was filled with a Aoyama Bakuin College of Tokyo. votional, sociological, and theological host of foqner friends and associates, Coming to America he entered Colby lines. including Mayor John F. Devane and College in 1893, remaining for two He was a powerful speaker, his pub­ manv leaders in medical and business years, and was graduated from Roches­ lic addresses always being character· circl�s. ter Theological Seminary in 1898. In ized by remarkable clarity, vigor, and On Wednesday morning July 31, 1910 the honorary degree of Doctor of courage. An earnest evangelistic fer­ private funeral services were held for Laws was conferred upon him by the vor undergirded all his public work. the family in BigeJow Chapel, Mt. University of Mississippi. During the years immediately preced­ Auburn cemetery. Cremation fol­ Dr. Chiba was more than a Japanese ing the war, Dr. Chiba took an un­ lowed. Baptist Christian: he was a world wavering position against militarism. Dr. Collins is survived by his wife; Christian. He represented the Bap­ More than once he made statements, a son, Colonel Richard Collins, Jr., tists of Japan at the Edinburgh Mis­ spoken and written, whic4 challenged who holds awards from the British sionary Conference of 1910. The fol­ the policies of those who had come and American Governments and who . lowing year he represented the Japan into power. It was a tribute to his serYed overseas; a daughter, Mrs. YMCA at the International Student public stature that such utterances Chester C. Stewart of Dover, Mass.; Conference at Constantinople. Again, went unpunished. four grandchildren; one sister, Marie he was a delegate to the second meet­ It is not known whether Mrs. Chiba Collins of Machias, and a brother ing of the International Missionary survives Dr. Chiba, but there are four Frank of Oakland, Calif. Conference at Oxford in 1923. At children: Rev. Isamu Chiba is now an So death has taken from us another Stockholm in 1924 he was a represen­ administrative secretary of the a­ member of the class of 1896, a class tative, and in 1938 he was chairman tional Christian Council of Japan;

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Akira Chiba, a graduate of Crozer mont, Calif., to li\e with Grace E. Seminary, is on the staff of the Ches­ Berry, former Dean of Women at PREMIER FOODS ter, Pa., YMCA; a daughter is mar­ Colby. FAMOUS FOR FLAVOR ried to a Presbyterian pastor and is Dr. Humphries was a member of For Sale at All Independent living in Utah; another son is a the Boston Osteopathic oci�ty, Massa­ Retail Grocers teacher in Japan. chusetts Osteopathic 0C1ety, Tew Ha\'e You Read E\ crywoman's Mag· - MARLIN D. FARNUM, '23. England Osteopathic Association, and azine' - Ask Your Favorite Retail Grocer For It was the first woman president of the ANNIE COOK STARKEY, '07 latter. Maine Representative - Annie Cook Starkey passed away at She is sur\'iYed by an aunt. ;\frs. JOHN T. ARCHAMBEAU a Portland hospital on July 27, 1946, Annie Fiske of Tampa, Fla. and a Portland, Maine after a brief illness. She was born in niece Mrs. Elizabeth Humphries Cor­ Vassalboro on March 16, 1886. She coran of Holyoke, Mass. graduated from Oak Grove Seminary John Sexton & Co. in 1903 and from Colby College in ELMER L. WILLIAMS, 22 1907, with Phi Beta Kappa honors. MANUFACTURING Elmer Leslie \\ illiams died sud­ The first two years after finishing WHOLESALE GROCERS denly in the 1assachusetts Memorial her course at Colby she was a teacher Ho pita! in Boston on September 21, Est3bhshed 1 3 of French and German at Hebron 1946. Academy. In 1909 she married Glenn Chicago Long Island City He was born on �[arch 26. 1 99, in W. Starkey ( 1905 ) and they have made Dallas Atlanta Pittsburgh Rumford Falls, Maine, the son of their home in Portland for the past - James and }.farie J\1cEwen Williams. twenty-five years. Mrs. Starkey was He entered Colby from Brewer High an active member of the Oak Street Compliments of School in 191 , becomi11g a member Friends Church, of the Woman's of the Student Army Training Corps Woodfords Club and of the Wom­ until it was disbanded after the rmis­ an's Literary Union of Portland. Waterville tice. " Spike " was a member of the Besides her husband she is survived Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and one by a daughter, Mrs. Robert P. Frank Savings Bank of the most popular men of his class. of Greenwich, Conn., and by a sister, Although he was captain of the cross­ Mrs. Alfred C. Fernald of Portland. WATERVILLE MAINE country team, his major athletic inter­ RUTH E. HUMPHRIES, '12 est was baseball in which he won his Word has been received at the letter four years, being elected captain Alumni Office of the death of Dr. in his senior year. He wa vice presi­ Boothby and Ruth E. Humphries on August 26, dent of his class and a co-winner of 1946, at the Cottage Hospital, Fuller­ the Condon Medal. Bartlett ton, Calif. Following his graduation he joined Ruth Humphries was born in Bath, the faculty of Presque I le High GENERAL INSURANCE Maine, but her parents moved to Mal­ School as coach but after one year 185 Main Street den, Mass., shortly after, and 5he re­ joined the Armour Fertilizer \V orks ceived her education in the schools of soon being promoted t_o credit man­ WATERVILLE MAINE that city and Malden High School. ager and, at the time of his death be­ She entered Colby in 1908, but, after ing division manager. RICKER JUNIOR COLLEGE completing two years, transferred to " Spike " Williams was the idol of Two year Junior College ...Four Mt. Holyoke College from where 5he the boys of Presque Isle because of his years secondary chool. ..College was graduated in 1913. She spent continuing interest in athletics. He cour es in Liberal Arts, Busine�s one year teaching following gradua­ sponsored a Junior Athletic League Administration, Engineering, Agri­ tion. and coached the Junior American culture, Pre-Medical. ..Accredited In 1914 Miss Humphries entered Legion team and a town team known for transfer to college ...Refresher the American School of Osteopathy in as the Presque Isle Indians. He was and summer chool cour e . Kirksville, Mo., where she gained her a member of the American Legion, Roy A. Bither, '26, Principal D.O. degree. Her internship was director of the Torthern Maine Fairs spent at the New England Hospital Association and an active worker in for Women and Children. Dr. Hum­ the Congregational Church in which OAK GROVE phries then established her office in he held the office of Deacon. 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