Colby College Digital Commons @ Colby Colby Catalogues Colby College Archives 1947 Colby College Catalogue 1947 - 1948 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 1947 - 1948" (1947). Colby Catalogues. 191. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/catalogs/191 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. flaialm; A� JtU1uJ MtU/ 1911-7 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 curricular life, and similar matters including photographs, the reader is referred to the issues of the Freshman Catalog and the Colby Gray Book published annually in January and Sep­ tember, respectively. Table of Contents I. GENERAL INFORMATION General Statement . .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Objectives . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 Lectures . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Music . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 . Religion . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 o Guidance .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 o Extra-Curricular Life . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 Library .... ......... ................. .................. ... .. 11 College Plant . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 II. ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS Admission . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 7 . Graduation Requirements .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 O Re�lati�ns ......... ........ ............ ..... .. .... .. ...... 23 Reg1strat1on . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 Withdrawal . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 Academic Standing ................ .... ...·. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 College Prizes . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 7 Attendance ...... .... ............. ....... ....... .... ...... .. 30 Examinations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 Finances .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 Health Service .......•........................................ 33 Financial Aid ..... .... ......... ........... .......-. ......... 36 III. CURRICULUM, 1947-48 DIVISION OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, AND ARTS Bibliography . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42 Greek ....... ......... .. ............... .. ........· · ..., ... 43 Latin . ...... ... ..... ...............· · .....· ..........· · ..... 43 English ................... .................... ................ 45 Fine Arts ...... ................ .... ....· · · · .... .... ......... 50 Music ....................................................... 51 Frendt ... ......... ......... ...... · · · · · · · · · . .. .. .. 53 German . · .... ............ ...· · ........ ... · . ...... ........ 56 Spanish .... ....... ......... .. ..... .. ·. ....... · · ... .... 58 3 COLBY COLLEGE 4 DIVISION OF SOCIAL STUDIES Business Administration ... ........ ..... ... .... ....... .... ...... 61 Economics . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 64 . ......... .... .... ... ... ......... .... ... Sociology . : . 66 Education ...... ... .. .... ........ ... ... ..... ...... ...... 68 Psychology . .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 History .. ...... ... .... ................... ........... .... ·.· .. 74 Government . .......... ... ......... ... ... .. ..... ...... ... 78 Philosophy . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 79 .. .. .... ... ....... .... ......... ...... .. Religion . .. 82 DIVISION OF SCIENCE Biology . ...... ...... ... ....... ......... ..... ............ 84 Chemistry .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 86 Geology ..... .............. .... ... .... ...... ..... ...... 88 Geography . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 91 Mathematics . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 91 Physics ...................................... ................ 93 DIVISION OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical Education Instruction . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 96 Professional Courses . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 98 DMSION OF NURSING AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY School of Nursing . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 98 Department of Medical TeChnology ...... .... .. ...... .... � ..101 IV. DIRECTORIES The Corporation-Officers and Trustees ..... ....... .... .... 105 Committees of the Board ......... ............ ... ......... ... 107 Administrative Officers .. ...... ...... ...... .... ..... .... ... 107 The Faculty ... ..... ........ .................. .... ...... .108 . .... ........................... ....112 Committees of the Faculty . Library Staff . .. .... .... .... .... ......... ..... ..........113 Non-Academic Staff ...... ..... ... ..... ..... .. .... ... ..... 113 1946 .........................................11 Commencement, 7 .. The Students .... ...... .......... ....... ........ ..... 120 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 STANDING FINANCES General Information Corporate Name: The President and Trustees of Colby College Chartered: February 27, 1813; opened: July 1818 6, First Commencement: 1822 A college of liberal arts offering opportunities for students to major in more than two dozen academic subjects with available instruction in several colla tera:l :fields Degree conferred: Bachelor of Arts Enrollment: 600 men; 400 women (women first admitted in 1871) Instruction staff: 5 6 men; 12 women Tuition: $200 per semester; incidental fees: $5 0 per year Cost of board in college dining halls: $175 per semester Cost of room college dormitories: $75 per semester in Endowment: over $4,000,000 Located in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, a small commercial city with a population of approximately 17,000 and a variety of industries, on the Kennebec River about 80 miles northeast of Portland and 20 from Augusta, the State capital. Waterville is accessible by Maine Central Railroad accommodations and is on U.S.-Maine Highway 201; there is a good airport with commercial facilities furnished by the Northeast Airlines. Approved and accredited by agencies and societies including: Association of American Universities Association of American Colleges American Council on Education New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools College Entrance Examination Board Association of American Medical Schools American Association of University Women American Chemical Society Phi Beta Kappa Society (Beta of Maine, 189 5) Non-sectarian, Baptist affiliation Chartered by the Legislature of Massachusetts as The Maine Literary and Theological Institution, February 27, 1813; Theological Department opened July 6 1818; Literary Department, October 1819. Extract from the Charter Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That there be erected and established in the District of Maine, in the township hereafter mentioned, a literary institution, for the purpose of educating youth, to be called and known by the name of The Maine Literary and Theological 7 a COLBY COLLEGE Institution, to be under the government and regulation of a body politic, as in this act is hereafter described. Authorized by the first Legislature of Maine uto confer such degrees as are u�ually conferred by Universities", June 19, 1820. Name of the Institution changed to Waterville College by Act of Legislature, February 5, 1821. Name of the Corporation changed to uThe President and Trustees of Colby University", by Act of Legislature, January 23, 1867. Finally changed to uThe President and Trustees of Colby College", by Act of Legislature, January 25, 1899. OBJECTIVES The educational philosophy upon which the curriculum and instruction at Colby are based considers "living" and "life" complementary rather than alternative terms. President Bixler has said of the relationship between liberal and vocational education that "a line between liberal and vocational education cannot possibly be drawn. Learning has an intellectual side and a practical side which together form a single process." "The small Ivy college is a place of collective interests and enthusiasms. We have all seen a college community carried away not only by a football victory, but by a great idea pre­ sented forcefully and intelligibly. This opportunity to share in a great idea and to work out its application with energy and intelligence is the first experience a college should offer. "Students should be made to feel that they may participate in a common intellectual enterprise and that this enterprise is of the highest importance for the life of the larger society. As all of us know, students are eager and impressionable. If we can fill our college faculties with men and women on fire with the passion for truth and convinced that the search for truth leads not to the c:ivory tower' but to the watch tower and to the spying out of new fields of social achievement, I think our colleges can - now and later