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Colby Alumnus Vol. 36, No. 1: October 1946 Colby College Digital Commons @ Colby Colby Alumnus Colby College Archives 1947 Colby Alumnus Vol. 36, No. 1: October 1946 Colby College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/alumnus Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Colby College, "Colby Alumnus Vol. 36, No. 1: October 1946" (1947). Colby Alumnus. 305. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/alumnus/305 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by the Colby College Archives at Digital Commons @ Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Alumnus by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Colby. THE COLBY 0 A L u M N u s OCTOBER, Ig46 -;� - IT'S FOOTBALL TIME AGAIN l- PIERCE-PERRY COMPANY Wholesalers of Heating - Plumbing & Water Works Supplies 236 Congress Street Boston, Mass. BOOKS BROCHURES CHARLES H. COOKSON, MGR. FOLDERS Business and DISTINCTIVE PRINTING Personal Stationery School and College Telephone 440 Publications 339 Water Street AUGUSTA, MAINE THE ELMWOOD HOTEL The Leading Hotel in a Progressive City MODERN EU ROPEA N 150 ROOMS Dine in the Distinctive Versailles Ro om UPHOLDING MAIN E'S TRADITION FOR HOSPITALIT Y AND FINE FOOD SPLENDID BANQUET FACILITIES AMPLE PARKING SPACE HENRY D. McAVOY, Manager ROLLINS - DUNHAM CO. Compliments of Dealers in HARDWARE, PAINTS, BUILDERS' SUPPLIES B - F - D - COl\�PANY HOME AND HOTEL KITCHENWARE IRON AND STEEL OAKLAND, MAINE 29 Front Street Best - First - Definitely Waterville Maine OUTFITTING COLBY MEN SINCE 1887 Compliments of in MEN'S WEAR it's . � • PORTEOUS, MITCHELL DUNHAM'S AND BRAUN COMPANY of Portland, Maine MAINE WATERVILLE, MAINE KENNEBEC WHARF & COAL CO. PORTLAND CASCADE WOOLEN MIL L Exclusive Maine Distributors Berwind's New River Coal Oakland, Maine Serving a Cross Section of Maine Industry Lawrence Portland Cement Co. Manufacturers of Maine's Own and Only Portland Cement Manufacturer Producers of WOOLENS DRAGON PORTLAND CEMENT and of "Mainrock'' Building, Chemical anc:I Agricultural Limes Soles Office and Mill at THOMASTON, ME. Phone Rockland 1125 Compliments of W. B. Arnold Co. Compliments of HARDWARE MERCHANTS Waterville Home and Hotel Kitchenware Webber's Dairy, Inc. Mill Supplies, Sporting Goods Electric Refrigeration Fruit & Produce Co., Inc. AUGUST A ROAD Heating and Plumbing Sanger Avenue Equipment Winslow, Maine "Established over a Century" WATERVILLE, MAINE Compliments of COLBY ALUMNI ARE INVITED Compliments of TO BANK BY MAIL WITH Proctor and The Federal Community Bus Line Bowie Co. Trust Company GROVE STREET l Bay Street WATERVILLE, MAINE WINSLOW MAINE Waterville, Maine Member, Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. George H. Sterns, '31 For Fred J. Sterns, '29 HAROLD BERDEEN Service, Dependability and Quality - Call Herbert D. Sterns, '41 JOB - SOCIETY - NOV EL TY - PRIN TIN G Dexter's Drug Stores STERNS ft���� 33 Years' Experience 2 C linton Ave. 118 Main St. WATERVILLE SKOWHEGAN WIN SLOW WATERVILLE Tel. 152 92 Pleasant St. "The Stores of Famous Tel. 363 Tel. 2095 Branches" WATERVILLE ight Call 2294 Compliments of LEVI N ES Compliments of Harold W. The Store for Men RED STAR and Boys LAUNDRY Kimball Co. WATERVILLE, MAINE 1 0 South Street WATERVILLE MAINE Ludy, '21 Pacy, '27 WATERVILLE MAl�E Compliments of Dakin Sporting Compliments of PARKS DINER Goods Co. JOSEPH'S MARKET Supplies for Hunter, Athlete, DON PARKS, Mgr. 7 4 FRONT STREET Fisherman, Camera Fan 176 Main Street 25 Center St. 67 Temple St. Waterville Maine BANGOR WATERVILLE WATERVILLE MAINE 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<l thi, problem in recent month I have be­ come aware all over again of the eriou·ne" of the re ponsibility we confront a we choo e our faculty and a we triye to provide them with an environment that ,,-ill bring out their be t qualitie while they are here. \Vhat hould we rel1uire of a colleo·e teacher today? Fir t and . mo t obviou ly, he mu. t . knu\\ . hi ·tuft". econd, and to my mind just as important, he must .. know hi- ·tuff philo ophically," that i, with an eye to it relation to other fields and to the larger, more humane problems of the moral life. Third, he must be continualJy learning and mu ·t in·pire hi tudent with an eagerne to learn. Fourth, he hould know enuugh about teaching method to help him to under tancl the difficulties all learner have. Fifth, he hould be -ufficiently intere tecl in his tudents to want to know them as per ons and to aid them a friends. In um, he hould have a pa ion for the truth and shou:d be able to hare it with other . \Vhat hould the teacher require of the co!leo·e? Fir t, he hould haYe a salary that will enable him to do his work without financial \YOrry. econd, a an expert in hi cho en field he hould be allO\Yed complete freedom of opinion.
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