Colby Alumnus Vol. 33, No. 7: May 1944
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Colby College Digital Commons @ Colby Colby Alumnus Colby College Archives 1944 Colby Alumnus Vol. 33, No. 7: May 1944 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. 33, No. 7: May 1944" (1944). Colby Alumnus. 273. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/alumnus/273 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. �HE COLBY 0 ALUMNUS AY 1944 BIG MOMENT Boston OAK GROVE Back the Attack Empha�17es Preparation for College Headquarters of the and Gra.:10u,, Purposeful Living in a Pr gram <lerntcd entirely to Girls. Colby Alumni with Excellent Departments for the Girl with Talc:nt in Music, Art, or Drama tics. Joyous Recreational Life with HOTEL WAR BONDS Riding included. Winter Sports fea ture<!. Reaunful New Fireproof Bldgs. BELLEVUE MR. AND YIRS. ROBERT OWEN Bm C The An"stocrat of Beacon Hill \"a,�alboro, Maine Glenwood J. Sherrard THE NEW ENGLAND President & Managing Director TEACHERS' AGENCY RICKERCLASSICALINSTITUTE and JUNIOR COLLEGE HARRY E. LEWIN, '20; year' of Junior college. Four DORIS A. LEWIN, McRs. Two year' of Secondary School. 407 LIBBY BLoc. JO CoNcRE.ss So. War Emergency courses in Radio, Portland, Maine Bl ueprint Reading, and Meteorology. "The demand for qualific<l teachers is Intensive courses in Shorthand and greater than ever before in the history Typewriting preparing for Civil Serv of .:his Agency. May we show you ice examinations in four months. our personalized aernce? Call or PRINCIPAL ROY M. HAYES write at once." COBURN Classical Institute Boothby & Bartlett Co. In tliese times, the high school yura arc too precious to be wasted. 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Send orders to: SEND ORDERS TO Colby College Alumni Office THE COLBY ALUMNUS Box 477, Waterville, Maine Box 4i7 Waterville, Maine The Colby Alumnus After a thousand days and nights of study, recitations, lab periods, term FOUNDED 1911 papers, and examinations, th e instant when a student grasps the diploma is Volume 33 May 15, 1944 Number 7 one moment to be remembered for life. This senior is Elizabeth Shatu Wood, '44, daughter of Rev. Ch ester F. Wood, CONTENTS 'I 4. Born and brought up in China, The President's Page 2 Betty has lived longer at Colby Col lege than anyivhe1 e else in this coun The Talk of the College 3 try. Sh e has an even bigger moment Memorial Day - 1944 5 coming up than the one depicted here, Art and the State of Maine . Prof. Samuel M. Green 6 however, because on th e day after Doings on the Hill 10 Commencement, u ith th e elegant in First Novel Acclaimed 12 terior of Dunn Lounge, Women's Union, as a setting, and many of he1' The Rare Book Corner .. 13 college mates present, Betty and Ron With the Colors .......... ...... 14 ald M. Reed, '43, will be united in Beach Fun at Anzio marriage. Decorated Mine Host in Naples Colby Athletes Keep on Winning Service Personals Additions to Service Roster Dear Editor; Promotions My copies of the are Overseas or on Sea Duty Colby Alu mnus slowly catching up with me .... It is Class Notes &om Colby Men and Women 20 somewhat of a consolation over here to Milestones 22 know that the finer aspects of our civi Necrology 22 lization are going on and preparing for Chester H. Sturtevant, '92 the better days to come. John F. Wood, '93 - CAPT. STANLEY A. PAlNE, '37. John B. Gibbons, '00 Somewhere in Grace E. Masterman, '00 New G11inea William E. Small, '19 f:r Capt. Harold M. Sachs, '21 Dear Editor; Mildred Hawes Shea, '23 I don't want to miss a single copy of f:r Capt. Roderick F. MacDougal, '31 the Alumnus. It's a priceless bit of f:r Lt. George M. Neilson, '41 literature which takes my heart back Carrie E. Burdwood, '41 to Colby with every issue. Its message Dave H. Morris, Hon. LL.D., '43 is such that, even as an alumna of the Old Campus, I, too, picked up my EDITOR JOSEPH COBURN SMITH, '24 thoughts and spirits and followed the mass move to Mayflower Hill. Don't G. CECIL GODDARD, '29 BUSINESS MANAGER ever alter the magazine. As it is, it is a ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD wonderfully close link to Colby friends Term Expires in 19" Term Expires in 1945 Term Expires in 1946 and invaluable life-long memories. Robi� G. Frye, '82 Hugh D. Beach. '36 Margurite M. Chamberlain, '15 -ANlTA THIBAULT BOURQUE, '36. Charles H. Gale, '22 Elizabeth W. Butler, '21 Jane Montgomery Cole, '38 F. Elizabeth Libbey, ':29 Alfred K. Chapman, '25 William Finkeldey, '43 Atlanta, Ga. Diana Wall Pitts, '13 James McMahon, '44 H. Warren Foss, '96 Norman C. Perkins, '32 Betty Ann Royal, '42 R. Irvine Gammon, '37 Spencer Winsor, '40 Edward F. Stevens, '89 John J. Pullen, '35 Dear Editor; Many thank for the continued flow EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the Alu mnus. It might appear that Alfred K. Chapman, '25 Oliver L. Hall, '93 Ervena Goodale Smith, '24 G. Cecil Goddard, •2g Caleb A. Lewis, '03 Joseph Coburn Smith, '24 one takes for granted each of the superb copie of this looked-forward-to as second· class mail PUBLISHER -The Alumni Council of Colby College. Entered magazine. To me, the Alumnus matter Jan. 2.5, 1912, at the Post Office at Waterville, Me., under Act of March 3, 1879. means more than just the arrival of ISSUED eight times yearly on the 15th oi October, Ko,·ember. January, February, March, April, May and July. �nother magazine, it stirs unbounding SUBSCRIPTION PRICE -$2.00 per year. Single Copies, $.2.5. Checks should be rnterest concerning Colby's ever-ex ALUl\L US. Correspondence regarding subscriptions made payable to THE COLBY panded outlook on matters of past, or advertising should be addressed to G. Cecil Goddard, Box 477, Waterville, Me. Contributions should be sent to The Editor, Box 477, v;aterville, Maine. present, and future significance. should A subscriber who wishes to discontinue his or her subscription give notice -PVT. CHARLES D. KEEF.. '39. it will be continued. to that effect before its expiration. Otherwise Somewhere i"n th e South Pacific .. \ committee cumpu--ed chiefly t1f younger memlier· of our faculty has recently made the foll• 1\\·i11g stwgestin1i:-. a� to our teaching pro gram: I. The st11dc11t slio11!d be ta11ylit to bcco111c a yood 't.l'orlrnian. In all \nitten \\·ork empha ·i:- ,..lrnuld be laid nn clarity, organization, and good Engli ·h. �crupulou.; attention ..,1wuld lie paid tu indicating what is and what is not original. .) 1 le shuuld ktwz,• ubo11/ the history 011. I go·;•cr11111ent of this a11d uthcr cottllfries. ,\ - a freshman he ·hould have a year of modern l�urnpean hi tory and later a year nf either .\merican hi ·tory or Amer ican goyernment. ' :). He s/uJl(fd /rn07..L li is mvn rnlture. Thi,.. mean· (as now) that he huuld have a year of either F:nglish or . .\merican literature. -!-. /-Ic slwlt/d Imo<.•' the c11lt11rc of at least Ollt' forciy11 co1111try. Duri1w the fir t two year· he . hould be required to take either a year of a foreign la1wuage or a one-year cour e in a foreign culture. reading the literature in translation. The committee i inclined to feel that our pre·ent "reading knowledge examination " in a f reign language ha not accom pli ·heel it purpo e. For at least ome tudents it ,,·ould recommend an inten ive year' training in a f reign language \\"ith . ix h urs a ,,·eek of clas room in truction and extra hour for tutorial \\·ork. ·' I-I c should hm.'e trai11i11g i11 logical Iii i11h11y. al ·u in the use of ab tract ideas and the critical eYaluation of ource·. :\ tart can be made in the required cour·e in fre hman Engli h. (i. I-!c should hm:e so111e k11owledye of the facts a/Ill 111cthods of 11atnral science. T\\·o ,·ear-cour. e� (a now) in natural cience, each in a different fiel<l. hould be required. The committee al o recommend that entrance requirement be reviewed with pecial reference (a) to the u e of aptitude and achie,·ement te t imilar to tho e now employed by the .\rmy; and ( b) to the problem of placing the returned ervice men in the right environ ment. especially those who may not have the cotl\'entional high school or college credits. It approYes the trend toward interdepartmental major . such a the major in American Civi lization, and in History, Government, and Economics (de cribed in the March i ue of the .