Hon^f Societies List Club Concert P & Ws Hamlet Puts Given At Bates Well Received Spotlight On Perham
Next week on May 12 Colby will Last Sunday evening, May 3, the Tickets are- now on sale outside celebrate annual Johnson Day. Last Colby College Glee Club fulfilled its the Spa for the final performance 8 Students Enter year the name Arbor Day was chang- share of the exchange concert agree- of "Hamlet" to be held on Saturday ed to Johnson Day in honor of Pres- ment with, Bates College by present- at 7 :30 pun. in the Women's Union. Speaking Contest ident-Emeritus Johnson of Colby, ing a concert there. Mr. Re received Over 440 high school students have '.imost an entire day will be devoted tie following letter of appreciation bought tickets for the special high ¦ The Levine Extemporaneous '-,> outdoor work on our hew cam- from the president of the Bates school performance to be held oh Speaking Contest will be held this ¦ pus. Classes will be called off . to Choral Society. • Friday night. ' • evening in Roberts Union at 8 p.m. allow students to put in several man Directed by Gene Jellison, the Dean Ernest C. Marriner will be Sours of work, thus helping to .cut Dear Mr. Re,' A play will feature three faculty mem- ehairmaii of the speaking, and the down collejge expenses in the grounds / May I extend my congratulations bers in the cast ': President Bixler contestants will be Herbert R. department. to you . and the Colby College Glee as Hamlet's ghost, Professor Bliss Adams, James E. Bernard, Charles This year the Colby band will Clubs for ybur; excellent concert here as the player-musician, and Prof-- K. Fisher, John H. Lee, John Meg- awaken students in: the women's at Bates last Sunday evening. It essor Benbow as the English ambas- quier, Victor F. Scalise, Roy V. dorms at 7 :15* The schedule .of_ the xeally was a „wonder£ul presentation, sador. ' Shorey> and Paul A. Wescott. day follows : and most enjoyable. .' . As Hamlet, will be featured Joe These contestants will choose their 7 :15 Band wakes up co-eds. As you may have guessed, many Perham, who. will be remembered topics this afternoon and have until 7 :30 Band marches through the of our Concert. Choir members were for his performance in "Darkness the time of the speeches to prepare quadrangle. in the audience to " compare notes" at Noon". The King will be played their talks. The winners of the con- 7 :45 Breakfast started in the on your group and ours, and be- by Bob Dow, who has performed at test will receive prizes of $50, $25, ^quadrangle. President -Emeritus.. Johnson lieve me, after the concert, I heard Colby in "Darkness at Noon" and SIKan-ll SHI M 8 :30 Students meet under signs (Colby News" Bureau) nothing but praise for your singing "Antigone" . Diane Stevens will add The presiding chairman, Dean and leave for projects. -- from our members; It seems to be the role of Ophelia to her collection, Marriner, on the decision of the 11 :30 Tree planting ceremony JOHNSON DAY SCHEDULE the universal opinion, that the high- with previous experience in "Sum- judges, will announce the prizes, but with President Johnson light of the evening was the Mag- mer and Smoke''' and "Antigone". they will be awarded at the Recog- presiding. The Colhyettes 1. LCA and Johnson Hall, Mary nificat" by Bach ; I know that it is Ridge Bullock, who has played in nition Assembly as usual. This year's and Colby Eight will sing, Low 3rd Floor — Transplant trees a.very difficult composition to sing "The Corn is Green", "Darkness at judges will be Lewis Lester Levine, and a modern dance will from West of Pond to pump station well, but you certainly did a faultless Noon ", "Summer and Smoke ", "An- Waterville attorney, Colby graduate be given. across road area. job, not / .to mention the very fine tigone", "Light UP the Sky", and of the CJass of 1916 ; Mrs! Donald 12 :30 Lunch at Roberts Union. 2. DU and Pepper, Mary Low voice of Joan Leader on the " Quia "The Complete Ogre", will under- B. Walker, Waterville Senior High 1 :4*5 Joust in the fraternity 2nd " Floor :— Spruce , trees behind Respexit". take the part of Polonius. Bob Grin- School speech teacher, Colby grad- Jennison's house, nursery removed baseball field. The . thing that amazed me about die, veteran of "Summer and uate of '22 ; and George H. Hunt, 3 :00 Faculty vs. Student clowns. and transplant on banking of road the two double quartets was the Smoke", "Antigone ", and "The Augusta attorney, Colby graduate in a "softball game. t.o Overpass. complete relaxation they showed and Man Who Came to Dinner" j will of '34. Breakfast will be held outside in 3. TDP,- Louise Coburn, 3rd their exact timing on the fast tempo play Horatio. Ben Duce and Louis ' The' contest prizes are the gifts the quadrangle. Students .will be Floor — Start nursery north of numbers. Both , groups were awfully Thomas, respectively, will take the of Lewis L. Levine in honor of his divided into work groups according Vets' apartment with hemlock, be- good. (By the .'way, , are you sure parts of Rosencrantz and Guilden- parents, Julius and Rachel Levine-. to fraternities and floors of the hind apartments and Fieldhouse. A that there was nothing of a volatile stern. . ' women's dorms. Trucks will provide 4. KDP and Chaplain, Foss Hall " nature in that brown jug one of the transportation to and from, work 3rd Floor —¦- Cutting thru brush girls was holding ?) by brooks and opposite side' of road. Paul White Wins projects and refreshments during As you said over at Chase Hall Me. Colleges Hold 5. Rbbbins, Louise Coburn 1st, the work hours. afterwards, having a responsive 2nd Floors — Prune apple trees At 11 :15 the tree planting cere- audience is half the battle, and it Fulbri ght Awa rd within sight of campus.' Political Meeting mony will take place. The location made me happy too, to see such a 6. Phi Delts and Zetes Woodman Paul White has , been awarded a for the tree is on the far side of , , good gathering of people in one 3rd Floor — Work on walk around On Tuesday, May 19, there will Fulbright Scholarship for a year West Dorm where President Emeri- chapel ; but I think we rate- second 's the pond. be a political meeting for Maine col- study at the University of Vienna. tus Johnson will dedicate the new to the warm reception you gave -7. ATO, Woodman 1st, 2nd leges held at Bowdoin. It-* will be a Paul is 22 and comes .from Revere, tree to Colby. — us two weeks ago, and for that Ave Ski Slope. ' follow-up of the political convocation Mass. He is a German major here Picnic lunch will be held at Rob- thank you very much. erts Union. The students will pass 8. DICE, Woodman Basement and held last fall. The theme of the com- and was elected to Phi Beta ICappa To' sum it up, I think the work through the Union Cafeteria and Mary Low Annex — Clean .up be- (Continued on Pag© Two) (Continued on Page Three) and time involved in this exchange then eat lunch outside on the front hind WU. concert series has been well worth lawn. The jo\ist will follow lunch 9. Averill, Foss, 1st, 2nd Floor — it and I am sure that we. havo with the candidate knight of the General brush and trim and Erosion , ¦ taken a Step forward in furthering freshman class against the sopho- projects. ' ' „ the musical activities of our col- more , winning candidate, and the 10. Small Hall , Louise Coburn junior knight opposing the senior Basement, Mary Low 1st •— Outing leges. knight. Tho winner of each contest Club Lodge. Again our hearty thanks to all will joust with each other. This of you l event will talco pl$ce.-. on the frat- Bob Dickinson ernity diamond with true medieval Sigma Kappa , President style. In the event that mules can- DU Bates Choral Society not bo obtained for the jousts,' the contest may be featured , in canoes 0op Sing Honors , The Glee Club 's next 'singing ap- on Johnson Pond. pearance will be in Boston,.Friday, At 3 :00 p.m., the highlight of the First * place in the . Annual Greek May .15, at 8 :00 p.m. in the New sports year, the f acuity-student Letter Sing, held on tho steps of England Mutual Hall. baseball gamo will begin, Prosidont Millor Library, . Tuesday, May 5, ' Bixler will: load the faculty against wor& awarded to Sigma Kappa, in Song -Marquita, the campus clowns. the sorority division,, and Delta Up- ". "Conchita Lolita Tho projects for. this year include silon, for the fraternities. Pepita Rosita Juanita Lopez" and "When'or You Find Two Rivors transplanting of pinos and spruces, Tho Sigmas, led by Gig Roy, wore " woro the DU offerings. beginning a hemlock nursery in the presented tho prize cup, Avon* last year by Tri Delta , The DU's, with All four, Colby sororities —- Sigma, Rick Ives conducting, retained their Tri Dplt,. Chi O, and ADPi — par- Katah din Council oup a second year. ticipated in tlie contest. Four of tho Tho Sigma selections wore "Soon- eight • fraternities, including DU, A Will Bo Done " , and "Tho Rainbow DICE,, Lambda Clii, and ATO, woro Elects For 53 - 54 rep resented. fiel d behind the Vots' apartments, Judges for the contest wore Dr. At the JVTay 5 Snooting of tho general brush trimming, clearing Comparetti, Mr. Re, and Mrs. Katahdin Council, next yoar's offi- tho area behind tho Women's Union, Smith. ' ; cers : for tho Colby Outing Club continuing work on the walk around From popular comment after tho ; tho Pond and pruning iho apple were oleotod. Thoy aro as follows , event, it was gathered that although Tom Hunt, prosidont ; Minofc Greene trees on tho campus,. - ' ¦ ',;• , Sigmas and DU's were in tho cups, vido-p'rosidont ; Leslie Vain.Noatrand Johnson Day is fast becoming a , the ATO's showed a bettor, oaso ' of Gwyn tradition at Colby, ¦ troastirer j and , Van Eordon , but to continue as spirits. • ' ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' secretary. such it must, havo tho wholehearted
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Dr. €ates Talks IFA Holds Rally At L-S Colloquium Ten years ago I came here. Ten For All Religions years ago, fresh out of college and knowing everything. I can remem- Dr. Gordon Gates, one-time head An Inter-Faith Association Rally ber when I first walk ed into this of the Biology Departm ent , retur ned for all religious organizations will room grinned confidently at old to the campus last Friday to hold the , be held . Sunday, May 10, j' in the William S. above the desk and attention of the Life Science Collo- , Dunn Lounge of Women's, Union. ght what great things I would ' quium while he lectured on his ex- thou This is the first rally of its kind do with the young minds just waiting periments on the regeneration of but one a month is planned for next for someone like me to come along. earthworms. year, each sponspred by a "different The room hasn't changed much. • As a graduate student at Har- member organization of IFA. The The blackboard still looks, perpetu- vard, Dr. Gates was given a prob- purpose of these rallys is to show the ally in need of washing. bulletin lem , in the field of regeneration. Dis- The unique points of each group while at board has more tack marks The satisfied with the work done on the . the same time working to strengthen walls are just a little darker yellow, subject in the past, he started ex- the bonds which.bind them together. and Willie now has a flyspot on his perim ents of hi s own in Burm a and The speaker at this rally will be nose. India and is Btill carrying on th e David King, a student at Andover- But there are ghosts now. Some- project. Newton Theological Seminary, who just at dusk Trembly opened the field of spec- times as I sit here, , will tell about his experiences at ulation about regeneration in 1730 when everyone else has finally gone the meeting of the World Student home they begin to flitt er out from when lie called a small organism, the , Christian Feredation in Puna,- In- the dark shelves of the bookcase : hydra, an animal. It' had character- dia, last January. A discussion will Nancy Lorenzo irl with istics of both plants and animals, , the littl e g follow the talk and refreshments and Trembly showed that it could the club foot ; John . Kendall, the will be served. regenerate or reconstruct itself from best public speaker I ever had (he Freeman Sleeper, president of severed body-members. This started became president of the Debating SCA, who is sponsoring the rally, experiments with more advanced an- Club at the University) ; Herbie Jen- will act as moderator. Barbara Mil- imals, but no s\iccess was found sen, the little Swedish boy who ler is chairman of the program com- until earthworms were cut up. wanted to be a doctor ; Susan — mittee, and Marion Krapowicz and oh what was her name — .she looked The work was abandoned, however, Barbara Barnes are in charge of pub- like an angel and read like a third until T. H. Morgan, who lat er licity. The IFA is "headed by Ann made significant experiments in gen- grader ; Jean and June Campbell ; Eilertson with Chaplin Osborne as the little Martinez boy ; Judge ¦ etics, started extensive research on advisor. - the subject. He found that the cen- Knox's daughter — and • Ricbje. POLITICAL MEETING ter portion grew at both ends to Richie was the first, and he'll (Continued from Page One) make an apparently new individual. probabl y haunt me most. Maybe be- cause he was my fir st failur e and all ye hosts of heaven and hell, what else?" ing assembly is "How can the pol- Work was stopped, however, when . , "Oh, the one that mattered most. Maybe itical interests of the unde'fgraduates it was discovered that this organism a because I was still young enough to I had found out he would be be stimulated, especially in regard had a heteromorphic tail, that is, problem in class. Not that he was to the state organization ?" Six a tail at the anterior as well as the believe I could do anything if I Life Science tried hard enough. Or maybe it was a trouble-maker ; he was too consid- delegates from each . of the four posterior end. n co c g just because of Ritchie himself, at erate for that. But i a dis n ertin On Monday, May-18 at 5 :45 p.m. Maine colleges ' will attend — two Dr. Gates, however, cut only one not sixteen one of the most delightful , way he would stare through me, the annual banquet of the Life Democrats, tw o Republ icans , and end of his worms at a time. He found not seeing remarkable, unhappy people I have hearing anything I said, Science Colloquium will be held in two Independents plus a faculty ad- that if less than 18 segments were ' me nor the other people, nor catch- Roberts Union. There will be enter- visor. In addition to the college cut, a head would grow at either ever met. ing anything to do with Chaucer or tainment and a speaker — Dr. Goo- students members of both political end. If 18. to 27 of the little rings His physical appearance alone, , would attract a teacher Bacon or Keats. dof on "The Significance of Blood parties and delegates from the Maine were sliced off, a tail would be 's eye immed- At first I thought he might be Chemistry Determination". All in- division of Young Republicans and grown. Worms show more of a ten- iately. Tall and slender, his dark merely uninterested. English notor- terested are invited and those that Young Democrats wilh be present. dency to grow tails than heads. hair rippling casually and eyes gray iously bores a good many normal ordinarily eat on campus will be Professor Pelletier of Bowdoin will Sometimes when a worm grows the until excitement or anger darkened young boys. " But then one day I required to pay 25 cents. be chairman of the meeting. Repre- wrong part it is so upset that the them, he was a beautiful boy, and, I was trying to remember a passage There will be a door prize for the senting Colby will be Professor Ful- replacement drops off and the proper wondered that he never seemed to be in a crowd. True of Adonais, to explain pantheism best poem about science and for the lam ; Bates, Professor Donovan ; and end is regrown, a prbcess known as , people liked him, to the class. I was fumbling through most extraordinary scientific spec- Univ ersit y of Main e Professor "autotoni zation ". and he seemed to join in their flip- , the pages, stuttering over the first imen brought in. Grady. Not all of the Colby students Other recent speakers at the col- pant repartee easily enough, but when school let out he walked down line when a low voice took it up have been chosen as yet, but the loquium have been Dr. Duce, who the path alone, never hanging around from the back of the room. I can home room teacher. And that was present list includes : Mary Pike, spoke on osteopathy, and Dr. Sewall, still hear the lov eli ness of the li nes : all — no hobbies, no extra-curricular Dick Whiting, Dick Hussey, and who spoke on "Human Fertility the drugstore with the crowd. He is made one with Nature ; (Continued on Page Five) Leona Knowles. Problems". Before the first week was over, there is heard . His; voice in all her music, from Bull etin Boa rd the moan Of thund er, to the song .of "A Wo rld-Beater For Comfort" ' Applications for th e Student Gov- night's sweet bird ;' ernment scholarships are now avail- He is a presence to be felt and Students Say Of Arro w Bi-Way 5V/2 Main St. Waterville able at the Recorder ' s office. Those known should be filled out by the interested In darknes s and in li ght . . . Rmsra ' students and returne d to Dean Nick- For two more stanzas he went on, ^^ i^Hi^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ B ' - '^Mm m Compliments of erson by May 18th. while tho class sat stunned, hearing poetry by one who understood it rs -* »*-*^^^^^.^»i>^tf>N<»s^»>^^.^^^p^^s^s^s^>.^ , "$%^ '^'^^^^^ ^ a Wlm$*^ ' ^^^^^^^ » HI ' * - ^l 1kM PARKS ' DINER more th n they had known it could K# ^^WF* M ^¥^mfm I bo understood. Then suddenly he **** ; ' Whore Quality, Service Post Office Square ¦Hg^tfu ^ / - P | *^T m :4 'MI'' * stopped, and the opaqueness of his ; and < eyes showed r etr eat back i nto his ¦ ESSO , i j " ¦ " private worl lil&iK&re&i&KttiRN 9$$&aii& ^^^^*^^^^^%*>^ &/ * &?& v'^^fsF * fc* "*' - *-".'i$^ *£$s ( d, leaving me to gather 1 ' s Cleanliness Prevail. 6H&S$i§8B&88§w83&* ^M^ffl^^ffl8w ^^^^^S^^^^): ' '^y*** /^^^-^fc. ' / ^ kSK? ' < i '^wxvS^i Service Center ^^^^^KttKQfflt6SttS$»« ra MB 85wteS8s2 rafiffl™flK«$8wiafiK$ mM^*' / ^ .x^S^wSS&ji ^3?« "<». *.<*v* "Sk-? up the strains of attention in a now SHiil iilfiP* ^ i ^^Ms^^m^^ - ^^-a, i%ms, Main St. Waterville , Me. I I so-prosaic class. * < ^ jjr i That was all I needed to be won * t* s >-u OPEN DAY and NIGHT , SSBH^^ ^-i completely captivated b ^ i p~~-— —: y the strange . A ' Tardif Jeweler boing who answered to the name of Richard M'acNeill. I went to the "Waterville' s Sterling ! office and hunt ed up his "pink card" . Father dead, moth er worked Flowers For Every Occasion i H ead quarters " ! in drugstore (was that why ho never at Reasonab l e Pr i ces 4 MUlyJiwJJf Agent for loafed"thereP) ; one brother, Ran- Wo-.Dohver dal l, fiv e years older ; grades , errat- • Towle Gorham ic to say tho least 1 T# Trt *™i'**t5» - - Wallace ; "lazy, no interest JiWV *'"' IWJS Ma plehurst or initi ative " International - Lunt , said his sophomor e Greenh ouses * ' • r ¦ ¦ • . . - *** mt — mrmt » mt *m*+*•+*•**•m * m+
. ' m / SO jg^"+^^> le HW c^NTHE/ TH-L Y^Sf „// ^TLiy(7hn7rrlimeTrrr >* WillTArf77 Til?u... I/ soon? that ^ ¦ ther e must be a reason why Cameli s fe&! ^^^^ ( ^^^^^ am ^^^^^yy^^^ ^ L- ^^^^^^^*^dF M • Jnlma \rn! \ \j ^^^^^ u' * ' ¦¦ MORE: PEOPLE SMOKE CAMELS ft* «ny ^<^i***$m*JJ^ ©he Ojolhg JErljci lie Speaks For Us The Alpha Delta • -Sighs Box 51, Colby College, Waterville. Maine: Office: Roberts Union: Call 1954 Ext. 240 Bill Bryan, Director of Admis- Founded 1877. Published weekly by the students of Colby College ; printed by the Eagle By Joan Williams ; - . . Publishing Co., Inc., Gardiner, Maine. Charter members of the New England Intercollegiate sions, might be called "one of the For just one week a year we're blest Newspaper Association. Represented by National Advertising Service, Inc. Subscription rates: grown-ups in our Colby family"' — By being able to give to the . Campus Chest students, $2.50; faculty free; all others, $3.00. Newsstand price: ten cents per copy. at least as far as close association For just'one week a year we pause - - Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Waterville, Maine. Acceptance for . - with this college -goes. After grad- ' mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, . And gladly, contribute to a worthy cause. - authorized December -24, 1918. uating among the class of. 1947, he All opinion! in this newspaper not otherwise identified , are those of the Colby ECHO. stayed on the following year as As- The . activities * held to raise the money Mention the ECHO when you buy. sistant to the Dean of Men. Last Are enjoyed by all, they're really funny, ¦-- EDITOR February he was appointed to his But one of the things that has to go MARTHA CORNISH present administrative position , one Is the giant auction and faculty show. ¦ ' .. " ' ' . A MANAGING EDITOR " BUSINESS MANAGER which he considers "most interesting HERB ADAMS " STAN ABRAMS and satisfying because of the close We of our sorority association with young people-that ' Voted by a large iriajority, . * . " . , News Editor—Helen Cross Ass't. Business Mgrs.-—Bob Anderson, Steve Strauss it offers. " Assistant News Editors: Advertising Manager*—Peggy Connelly That our bank book just could not stand Make-up—Rebecca Rowe Ass't. Advertising Manager—George Rudolph Originally frorn Garden City, Long To buy the famous Phi Delt land. Features—Yvonne Noble Advertising Sales Manager—Betsy Benson Island; Mr. Bryan was graduated Rewrite—^Barbara Burke Subscriptions—Pete Fishbin from both Hotchkiss and Cheshire Then off to' the auction we did speed Acting Sports Editor—Al Nagy Circulation—Annette Eons Academies. After studying at Wil- With the great decision all agreed, liams, he entered the United States The A. D. Pi's would just sit tight WHYv v J* * m, THISAAAjkh^ BOOK*#\ZV*a .• • • • Coast Guard, ivhere he-served as an Of the many ideas brought out in our thinking during and since _ .Td keep our balance sheet just right. A officer at Port Security in Hoboken, the Convocation important ones are: (1) the need for , two rather with the Coast Guard escort in the Rocky stood up and the sale began increased communication and (2) critical thinking on the part of Atlantic and. Mediterranean, and A pie? blind date?" bid all you can! each of us. It seems to me that we already have at our disposal a with the Amphibious forces in the Zetes' for a party, ATO's too, means of increasing both of these processes, namely, the Book of the Southwest Pacific. After'World War Watch: those" pajam as whatever you do! . II, he came to Maine to study at Year. In the past, I do not believe that the majority of the students Bowdoin summer school and later Lou climbed on the stage, "Phi Delt house for sale" and faculty have appreciabl benefited in these ways from this pro- y at - Colby. While at Colby . he was We slumped in our seats, our faces grew pale. ject. I think if we would re-think the plans and purpose (s) of the active in hockey and baseball. In But as the bidding grew and excitement mounted Book of the Year and would decide upon what the goals are, then several of the churches in the Water- Our dimes and bur dollars we anxiously counted. it would be apparent as to what steps to take in achieving them. This ville area he ser ved as occas ional student minister. The Tri Delts were bidding with all that they had would * undoubtedly increase tlie communication ' between "faculty Lay preaching is still one of Mr. For a moment our chances looked jnournfully sad, and students and with the proper selection of books and emphasis, Bryan's favorite interests ; often he But with a wink from the treasurer we raised it again critical thinking might also be stimulated. (I am assuming communi- renders his services-by substituting The hall was amass of confusion by then. cation and critical thinking as suitable goals.) for the pastors in many small chur- In order to achieve "proper emphasis" which would help in attain- ches in the community. Also avidly To buy or not to, that was the qquestion interested in baseball, he represents from acute indigestion ing these goals, considerable organization on behalf of the faculty The girls were suffering , the Pittsburgh Pirates as their State - Finally Lou proclaimed with" a cry as a whole would be necessary, and this is not foreign to suggestions of Maine chief scout. And whatever "The house is awarded to you, A D -Pi!" -- . ' . during the Convocation. Since "liberalism" was such a frequentry hours he snatches for his own, he used word by the speakers I think it timely to suggest a book which spends on Iris farm with his wife and "Elegant", we screamed, "we're in for a ball" would enable its readers really to "liberate their minds", to be able to his four children : . 'Billy, Jr., age Twenty-four hours of fun for all. . - nine ; Ellen, eight * Carol, six ; 'and LOOK AT their beliefs, creeds, etc., which they may hold somewhat The greatest! collassal! too nice, I'm afraid Teddy, all of fourteen months. With Then, oh, for the money, we solemnly prayed. dogmatically and examine them carefully (i.e. objectively) rather such a background and such a var- than LOOK THROUGH them as most of us ordinarily do. Such iety of interests, Bill Bryan is the So we're hanging a sign up high on the roof a book is one dealing with General Semantics, the study of meaning, ideal representative for Colby to high Now you be a witness to this positive proof. "People in Quandaries" by Wendell Johnson. This book was written school students all over the country. The Phi Delts will boast for many a year for the public as well as for classroom use, is very readable, and many "The Alpha Delta Pi's slept here." A V chapters can be read meaningfully without reading the entire book. In most_ cases where the League serve you. This book is currently being used as a central text in General Seman- ST ' ' evening and working to stay caught -*" ¦ - ¦ - _____ • up. It was quiet and businesslike, and I rather enjoyed it after hours. About the second week of this, I noticed a faint glow from the audi- torium (is I unlocked the front door of the school . I was a little surprised, because although all of the faculty had keys, I knew.they seldom came back at night. Most of them were married with families to raise and homes to attend to at night. In- stinctively ! shut the door softly and stood for a moment listening, flab- bergasted . Coming from the audi- torium Avas the bluest blues I had ever heard. It's odd . I wasn't particularly sur- prised to see him there — Richie, I mean. He had a cigarette drooping from his mouth in careless disregard (Continued on Page Six) Ric^rd ^%jR* C. ot ^ {ll ^** V< S fflllnSH^^ University r ^. } 5&*>^y * ^ Y HJmmifltf ^ A /' LL and HICICiiS ' fjs^ Featei rei ii .:kr ' JAJp-: TAST E ;BEtTER '! 1 | L ' - Jg The Saturday . . JiP?!p^ -- _ A ; Cleaner, FreGher, Smoother! Hf&Tl-qn*/ ""*7% ¦ Evening fml A £ j 1- * * Ask yourself this question: Why do I smoke? / \ \ \ Al \|/ ^ l t £ £ ' -j ; t, You know, yourself , you smoke for enjoyment. /- 'SA - Mmt W J Twenty years ago, Colby * * x ¦was trapped in the freight - § ™£\**k *- -*A * * &i ** And you get enjoyment only from the taste of a / %J \ imm\ TZZl3( ^- " x yards and factory neighbor- m£ i ,> " ,J j ;» 1 cigarette. • ._ ! £1/ L^M \ /^iSf^s* J ¦ Luckies taste better—cleaner,, fresher, smoother 1 hood of Waterville, Its cam- map JS? ^. _ fjk **; j^***Wi*$^^ pus had been whittled down * ^ : l Why? Luckies taste, better. And ff l * *»r^* r^|i f c are made better to , ^f •to 16. acres, and the college 1 * ^^5 ::=::;: ^fefe _ -^^k- flbr --^k^'^ff j|**K* * I what's more, Luckies are made of fine tobacco. " *'**5^**^ '^^^ • * was broke. "Yet President W* * *9| 5? *^ ^¦*?* jj*j L.S./MJP.T.- Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco. . Franklin Johnson was de- So, for the thing you'want cigarette... , f . termined that Colby would i& f^F-*4 most in a _ d matVe 9^£,- St *^ * for *>$&& taste-for the cleaner, fresher, smoother 1* wfjg*^d 9 ?ac paeM» move and expand. Head ET ifcl^ * 3 It *i a fully bow the whol o town pitched % ' taste of Lucky Strike... Because «^rf ejre ^rri. _fe AC^ *^ ***** * bet h in to help him — and how ' m ' M ^°* ' lie dug up millions in tho r ^^mM ^KF^ \ -m m H_fe_rl ' : depths of tbe depression to ; ; ; l p give Colby one of the most ^ '%^^4Hto' beautiful campuses in the East , In this week's Post ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ STUDENtS PREFER LUCKIES - ' Collie Btnall tolls the full ' ' W ^^^ K ^ story of this crosstown mi- gration. Got your copy and wj^Ki fflBB¦ ' ' L^^mit ^LwO^ I Nation-wide survey basedthan on actual student in- %^**\*** \ ^ WteM&L road Tho Prido of Mayflower ¦ prefer other Hill. • "' :• ' * . ' .; -\: smokers Luckies any cigarette / S | -^fc ; ^^^y/J iBf ^» *\ ^K/' ^ *'''~*Ijr by a wide margin, r joke a oia ' * ' ¦ b t ' ¦ * , is it? I didn t reall " ¦ ¦ ' y ¦ • . mean it. I don't want to die." -. He was sifting there, sixteen years If you invested in U.' S. Series E Bonds ten yeairs ago and have old , calmly admitting he disliked 'll profit by this new law NOW! For death. held them ever since you those same Bonds, which you expected to mature finally in. ''Can you get in? 1 ' ; "Oh, sure. Mom will never raise 1953 can now earn 3 % interest every year for ten more years a fuss." —till 1963—without your even lifting a finger! No, she'd probably let him go. How could she, I wondered, how The new extended earning period applies to any Series E Bond could .she ? What pciver did that —those you aJready own or those you invest isa from now cm other son have to make her so cruel to this one ? Yet faced with his calm What's more, every Series E Bond you get now begins earn- determination, what could : I say ? ing interest sooner, and at a higher rate. It matures earlier Finally he promised he would stick and averages 3%, compounded semiannually, when held to it out a little longer, give it just maturity. i one more chance. . . "I t's funny. I think you worry ¦ ; ¦ ' • _ .;¦ A |f OU wjs , you may still cash any Series about me," he said. "That' s, the y h ¦ you'vemelts owned it main reason I'm staying.- It's- kind - '-"^^^ ' •-'-;- -<-E -Bp-od at any. tune after pocket of queer to have somebody worrying • X.-d£*&& - f °r twoBonds. months. But you'll be wiser to hold about me." with show away, ^W^^^^ y°m'often Cash in the In the darkness I closed my eyes •^T"^*^^^ too nothing to for it. But and prayed for him. cash in Bond savings is always there. And if But it was only a reprieve and->we both knew it. Sure enough, a little your Bonds should be accidentally lost or destroyed they will oyer a week later I got a note from be replaced, at full value, with no cost to you. " Lemonade ! What a cool thought for such a hot afternoon, Worthal." the Principal. Could I please attend So if you oi*e not already, one of the millions of wise Amer- icans who aifc investing in a secure future, why not start now? 1 nvest in. Savings Bonds today regularly through the Payroll Savings Plan where you work. Thousands say it's the one , sure way to save—because it saves something out of every check before you have a chance to spend it. - - ' If you want to be paid A current income—¦¦ ¦ yo ur interest as ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ > ' invest in 3% Series H If you want a good, sound investment which pays you your interest by check every six months, ask at your bank about United States Govern- ment Series H Bonds. Series H is a new current income Bond available in'denominations of $500 to $10 ,000. Redeemable at par after 6 months and on 30 days' notice. Matures in ,9 years and 8 months and pays an average 3% interest per annum if held to maturity. Interest paid semi- annually by Treasury check. Series 'H may. be purchased at any bank, annual limit .$20,000,. ¦ ¦ - * * . / ( . MMMBM aMMMMHM MWMMMMiMMWMWWMWMHtHMMMMkOTaMMI ^^ Now even feeffer ! fhve$f mor^ m Saving Bonds ! • . - "- * ' ' ' * * ' ¦ ' ¦'' ' * ' ¦ •« ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ' . ' * . . ¦ ¦ ' . : * . • the V. 8. Qaverntnont doe» not pay for this advertising. The Treasury Department thanke, f or their patriotic donation, the Advertising Council and .*. • ., THE COLBY ECHO and I knew day s been long and a mood slinks teacher I might, become, there will RICHIE in that not to surpass his brother. have been many students ' J (Continued from Page Seven) I never heard anything , more — most of them well. Some of them I in on me before I "quite remember always; be that "if" to humble , me. maybe he -was killed in" the war, could teach to, some got by with not to remember." Because I shall At: the time, it mattered most, ; I her handerchief; alreadj' clammy ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ f rom nervous tears. maybe he's married now - with a the bare essentials. But none of them always wonder—- if it had been some- failed. ":. - - '. Miss Chadwick sailed in, belliger- family. I don!t know. were quite like Richie; one else but me, if I had been, older, ent, righteous, and I hated her. I don't ,think of. him often now. No, I don't think of him often. if? I had known more — could I have "Well," said Mr. Roper, going In the nine, classes' since his there Only at times like this, when the helped him. No matter how great a over to the door and locking it as m *m+mm 'm+'m*m**m^mm ' •+*•+*• **•mw^> m*-m*'.^-m *.^'m*-m*-m*m* try ^ ' ' ^ if he were afraid someone would ¦ ' ; " >BSra . . - . , . . " ' ' R' n # VIf *j JtTJ Ig l * 1 U . . .;. . . * ** * "**fl " " ™m to escape. "Well, we might as'* well ;iiiiliilfflffiffl l mm ' rr n m ***' . riH "Good Shoes for ' SUNDAY - MONDAY A begin." ' 1 ' A . . . • " r HANGOUT MOVIE Mrs. MacNeill sniffled. Richie was College Men and Women " Edmund O'Brien Lizbeth Scott staring out the window, his face pale "TWO OF A KIND *- 1 I May 14th¦ ! STARTS SUNDAY MXY; 10 > ; and expressionless. ¦ '- ' ¦ A ' ¦' GALLERT A: . , :-: a. . ' Doris Day ; Gordon MacRae .{' George Montgomery in .- < "Miss Chadwick has lodged several "BY THE LIGHT "TEXAS RANGERS" | SHOE STORE "HIGH SIERRA"¦ complaints, Mrs. MacNeill, concern- - ¦ - ¦ ' - . y . . . . 1 ! OF THE SILVERY MOON" ; TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY ing Richard's extreme , lack of co- | 51 Main Street . Wednesda y-T HURSDAY V i ¦ .Broderick- Crawford in operation. • Will you tell us about ¦ ; Humphrey Bogart ' ' " * • "' ' ' MAY 13 - 14 ¦ it please." He turned to the teach- Waterville Maine ; . , -. -A . A ' • ' "AL L THE KING'S MEN- r i Dale Robertson A ¦ .¦ -. < .. ¦ er. I had a mad desire to throw some- Ida Lupino Cesar Romero in v .. .-:¦' 1 ' ' A Rory Calhoun •* A WE ENTEND CREDIT i! • ¦* .: thing at her, to burst into hyster- ¦ ¦ :;• ; - ,. j. "F. BAl. GIRL" ! I ' ¦ j "SILVER WHIP" L^m*m*m**m*m*m*m*'m*' +.mw^m*m* **m *m**m*mw mw m*mvm* m+ &' . m*m*.m+m*mV-m* 'mm'm ^m^m*'m*m*m+'m*mr*-mV*m*'m*, m+m*>« m+iaMP «*•¦¦__¦ ical -tears. * She laid it on, called, liim every name in the book : lazy, disrespect- ful, stupid, rude, impudent. "I have never in my fifteen years of teaching been subjected to such insolence," she said and stopped only momefitar- ¦ ¦ ily to catch a breath. ¦ ' ' "I just don't understand. I just don't understand," wailed Mrs. Mac- Neill. "His brother never had any trouble at all. I just don't see. how he could have turned out this way." 1. THE QUALITY CONTR AST between The muscles in Richie's jaw tight- CheiStcrfibid ahd other Iedd% e^ettes is ened as he continued to stare out a revealing story. Recent chemical analyses give an ind^ of¦ good quality for tfe the window. country's six leading cigarette . . . ¦¦ ; ~~~~T^^*~ l Miss Chadwick opened her mouth brands. - * " to continue, but Mr. Roper stopped her. "Let's see if Richard . has any- The index of good quality fable-a ratio of high sugar to Idly hicbiihe thing to say. " No . answer from the ^ window. shows Chesterfield quality highest "Oh Richie," I pleaded silently, "don't be stubborn. You'll only .. A15% higher than its nearest competitor and Chesterfield quality 31% higher than make it worse." He turned around the average of the five other leading brands. ; " and faced the room, waiting-,. Is it true that for over three weeks you have not passed in any papers to Miss ChribhvickP" "Yes." "You have done no homework?" "Yes, I have.-" "But you havent passed in pap- ers?" "Why?" "Why should I. I knew the stuff." "That isn't the point. You were assigned certain tasks. You didn 't do them." "They weren't worth it," Richie muttered. Miss Chadwick turned purple, and his mother gasped. "Why?" countered Mr. Roper. ' "Because she only makes us do them because she's so dull she's afraid we wouldn't bother to do any work if she didn 't." He'd lost con- trol and was almost shouting. "She's dull , she's boring, she gets all mixed up. Why she even said Napoleon First to Give You Pfe built Versailles," he said scornfully. •¦ ¦- • ^" iYiium "She' s* a hypocrite, she's narrow- " -^tw^**""™ minded —" Those weeks of taking mW MMM, Quality in Regular and' ^^^^^^^^^^^WlffllffTffjflyffiv-'V ^ V'^v *" 'K'-i" ''*' **'*?'""? !JoS8S3S3Jw vwW^***^^ i mW m\ mjm\ _ntf -fh ¦ m^m j^ 1 I *i 1 it silently had caught up with him. ,,K.,„x.,,iilli^^ ¦ King-size . . . much milder Ho wns started and ho couldn't stop . |Pf „ v - ¦\-«s#s~