Colby College Digital Commons @ Colby Colby Catalogues Colby College Archives 1950 Colby College Catalogue 1950 - 1951 Colby College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/catalogs Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons, and the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Colby College, "Colby College Catalogue 1950 - 1951" (1950). Colby Catalogues. 182. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/catalogs/182 This Book 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 Catalogues by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Colby. COLBY COLLEGE BUL L ETIN cA.nnual· eatalog Issue ctltCay, 1950 '"Waterville, ctltCaine ' ·, This issue of The Colby College Bulletin has been published for the purpose of setting forth information relating to formal requirements and regulations, the curriculum and personnel. For general and descriptive information about the purpose and history of the college, extra ..curri cular life, and similar matters includ.. ing photographs, the reader is referred to the issues of the Freshman Catalog and the Colby Gray Book. Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION General Statement. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Objectives.. ....... .. ... ........... ...... ...... ... � . 8 Lectures....... ... ..... .... ....... ...... ....... .. ....... .. 9 Music...... ................... ......... .... ..... ......... 9 Religion.... ........ .............. ............. ......... .... 10 Guidance . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Extra-Curricular Life. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Library ....... ................. ............. .......... ... ... 11 College Plant.. .................. ... .... ....... ...... ..... 12 ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS Admission . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 Graduation Requirements.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 Regulations. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 Registration . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 Academic Standing.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 7 College Prizes.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 Attendance.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 Examinations.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 Veterans . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 Summer School.. 38 Finances . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 Health Service.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 41 Financial Aid.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 CURRICULUM, 1950-51 DIVISION OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, AND ARTS Bibliography.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 49 Greek.. ....................... ............................. 49 Latin ................. .......................... ........... 50 English ...... .......................... ........... ........ 52 Fine Arts. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 55 Music.. ................................... ..... ........... 56 French . ....... ..... ........... .............................. 57 German . .. .......... ................................ ..... 60 Spanish .. ......... ...... ...... ..... ........ .............. 62 3 4 COLBY COLLEGE DIVISION OF Soc1AL STUDIES Social Science . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 64 Business Administration . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 64 Economics . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 68 Sociology. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 Education. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 72 Psychology . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74 History .... ... .. ..... ... ... ... .. .. ..... ............ 77 Government . ... ...... ..... .. ...... ... ... .... ............ 81 Philosophy ...... ... ... ... ...... ...... .. .. ... .... 82 Religion.. .. .. .. .. .. 84 DIVISION OF SCIENCE Biology ..................................................... 86 Chemistry. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 88 Geology ... .... ..... .... ...... ........ .. ... ...... ........ 90 Mathematics. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 93 Physics ... .... ... ...... ..... ...... ... .... ... ... ..... 95 DIVISION OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical Education Instruction. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 98 Professional Courses. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 99 DIVISION OF NURSING AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY School of Nursing. ....... ... ........ ............. ... ... .... 100 Department of Medical Technology ........ ....... ...... ..... 103 DIRECTORIES The Corporation - Officers and Trustees . ... .. ... .......... 107 Committees of the Board . ..... .. .......... ... ... ... ..10 9 Administrative Officers. .................................... 110 The Faculty ..... ... ...... .. .... ... ..... .... ..... .... 110 Committees of the Faculty . ... .... .... .... ...... .. ...11 7 Advisory Committees ... ... .... ...... .... ...... .... .. 118 Staff..................... ...................................11 8 Commencement, 1949.. ...................................... 124 The Students .... ........... ...... .. ... .......... .. ... 131 GENERAL INFORMATION Forever sailing into the wind atop the Miller Library, the sloop Hero commemorates the courage and faith of Colby's first president and the little band of students who sailed in this craft from Boston to establish a new college in Maine a century and a quarter ago. GENERAL STATEMENT OBJECTIVES LIBRARY CAMPUS FACILITIES ADMISSION GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS REGISTRATION ACADEMIC STANDI NG VETERANS SUMMER SCHOOL General Information Corporate Name: The President and Trustees of Colby College Chartered as Maine Literary and Theological Institution by the General Court of Massachusetts, February 27, 1813. Authorized to confer degrees by the firstLegislature of Maine, June 19, 1820. Name changed to Waterville College, February 5, 1821; changed to Colby University, January 23, 1867; changed to Colby College, January 25, 1899. First Commencement: 1822. Independent College of Liberal Arts for Men and Women (women first admitted, 1871); non.. sectarian, founded under Baptist auspices. �· Degree Conferred: Bachelor of Arts. No other degrees in course and no graduate courses. Enrollment: 600 men, 400 women. ,Faculty: 81 Endowment: $4,000,000. Library: 135,000 volumes Approved and accredited by Association of American Universities, Association of American Colleges, New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, College Entrance Examination Board, Association of American Medical Schools, American Associ­ ation of University Women, Phi Beta Kappa Society. Location: Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Population, 18,000. Industries: Textiles, Paper. Junction point on Maine Central R.R.; regular stop for all express trains, Boston to Bangor. Airport with service of Northeast Air Lines. On U.S. High­ way 201. Distance: from Portland, 80 miles; from Boston, 200 miles; from New York, 400 miles. 7 8 COLBY COLLEGE OBJECTIVES According to the best authorities, the "liberal" arts are those worthy of a free man. Colby is a college of liberal arts in the sense that it tries to provide an education worthy of the man or woman who is free from the narrowing effects of provincialism and prejudice. It is dedicated without reserva... tion to the aims of unrestricted inquiry and to the task of seeking the truth wherever it may be found. Realizing, how... ever, that academic freedom from partisanship has too often served as an excuse for evading the responsibilities of action, those who administer the college have made a definite effort to provide the proper balance between the detachment of library and laboratory on the one hand, and on the other the decisive commitment that personal and social issues alike require. The liberal arts college must reach out after truth for its own sake, since to seek it for any other purpose is to miss it. At the same time, the truth as men experience it is never com... pletely detached, but appears always in a context where ends that are "practical" and "useful" play an important part. Colby College attempts to recognize this double aspect of the academic life by graduating students who, in Professor White... head's phrase, both know something well and can do some... thing well. Into the curriculum itself the faculty has not hesitated to introduce certain subjects commonly labelled "vocational." Students at Colby may prepare for careers such as business, medicine, law, theology, government service, teaching, nurs... ing, and social welfare. These courses have been adopted in the belief that the distinction between "liberal" and "voca... tional" actually has less to do with subject matter than with methods of instruction. A course is "liberal" when the teach... ing is such as to free the mind from prejudice, to point out the relation of the material in hand to the larger background of learning, and to stimulate further inquiry. Instruction at Colby is organized in five principal divisions: Languages, Literature and the Fine Arts, concerned primarily GENERAL INFORMATION 9 with acquainting the student with skills in expression and in the appreciative disciplines; Social Studies, in which the teaching is devoted to consideration of the problems of social environment and of man and his values; Sciences, the mis... sion of which is to familiarize the students not only with the scientific method, but with scientific progress as a great inter... national enterprise; Health and Physical Education, a division devoted to nurturing and conserving physical vitality as a guaranty of eager, interested learning; Nursing and Medical Technology, directed to developing