Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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Q ieee Class of '96 ,A GENTLEMEN. 'Rah I CLASS YELL: 7Rah'I 'Rah I 'Rah I 'Rah I Colby, Colby, 'Rah I ,Rah I 'Rah I Hiyi I Hiyi I Hiyi I Hix I 'Rah, 'Rahl 'Rah, 'RahI Ninety-Six. Brown and Light Blue. Class Colors: Golden OFFICERS. 1. B. MERRILL, Pm. ' H. N. PRATT, P1'e5z'fz'm!. h I. M. PIKE, Wce-P1'e.vz'f!e7z!. C. B. KIMBALL, Jfzlfiarzfm. T. C. TOOKER, Serrffafjf. L. THOMPSON, Awam'erQfP1z es L. P. WYMAN, Treaszzrer. E. L. DURGAN, Tous!-Masfef C. E. DOW, Ol'dZl07'. C. L. CURTIS, Marsha! Executive Committee. H. E. HAMILTON. F. M. PADELFORD. I. F. BURTON Committee on Odes. E. L. HALL. H. W. DUNN. E. L. GETCHELL. 20

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X l-listorg. Songs of Four ONE TIMES ONE. FRESHNESS. WE are old, so old we can enter college - Our Htting-school lessons are done 5 We will struggle hard on this road to knowledge, Though we 're only one times one. Two TIMES ONE. SOPH7IS'I'7RY. Ye bell of the chapel, ring, ring out your changes, Our class is not troubled by thee 5 Ancl let each professor, as work he arranges, ' Sigh over our deficiency. For Sophomore joys-long walks by the river, Or ball games, whenever they be, Are far IDOIC inviting, and twice as exciting As recitations, you see. THREE TIMES ONE. IUNIOR EASE, We made Bibliographies, worked in the library, Searched there for sources, early and late 5 Now where is the ' snap' quoth we, 1 9 A LJ Years. Let it discovered be Where shall we nnd it, our need is great' Chemistry, English Lit. Before our dazed eyes llit5 Mourn we our wretched state. ' I FOUR TIMES ONE. SENIoRI'I'v. H ' A SONG OF A CLASS. There was once a class in old Colby 5 Swiftly, too swiftly the four years pass. Ten girls who 've laughed and played, Ten girls, now grave and staid, But still full of love for dear Colby. I pray you hear my song of a class, For it is not long5 This class, you shall nnd some brighter, a More skilful in song, But never a more loyal one In Colby will ever be seen, More truly united when all is done - Than Ninety-uve has been. las l

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I-listorg. gg Z I fl. Ls' J 411 0 , - t s awww N jf Q, - MEM? P! I- aft : - 'I ' - ' 1 +4 -1 ' 5 -i ' 1 M N' 525' . ' p fc... -:SH Z Z l gffqllf .. f '65 I - ' IW .Lil J . - ,f - . 2 1- W , 4f15 'fa C 5 19 , b 5, X . last spring, and that several members of the class of '96 .ge obsequies. . THE fame of Ninety-six has become spread abroad to so great an extent that the Boston Globe sent a re- porter down to Waterville, not long ago, to investigate the matter. The following is taken from the letter which was published in the Globe: It is said that there is only one person who ever got the better of the class of '96, We have not yet learned the particulars, but we believe the man's name was AndrewQ?j Saxon, and we think he is a certain pugna- cious looking fellow with eye-glasses and a moustache, whom we have seen several times walking proudly about the campus. But we have had some difficulty in reconciling this with another rumor that Mr. Saxon died some time nerously laid aside all hard feelings and attended the There is one thing which puzzles your reporter considerably. He was invited the other day to join in a pleasant ride to the ,neighboring village of East Vassalbord, ending with a supper at a place they call Bradley's. East Vassalboro' is a very pretty village, but a little dark on account of the scarcity of street lights. Now when your re- porter happened to mention his present mission to some of the good people of East Vassalboro', the remark was re- ceived very strangely, and it seemed to him that he was trea ted with marked coldness for the rest of the evening. You would almost have thought that the class of '96 was not admired in East Vassalborol We understand that the faculty of Colby have had considerable difficulty in properly arranging the college course and that they have several times had to call on the class of '96 for assistance. According to a prominent member of the class, it has been suggested that Ninety-six di It is sad that any calamity should fall upon such an are becoming blind. Dr. Holt is making strenuous efforts smiss the faculty altogether, and run the college themselves. aggregation as this, but it is now greatly feared that they to avert the danger, giving up most of his time to the work, and he may possibly succeed. If not, we can only hope that blindness will have the same effect on Ninety- six that it had upon Milton. Ninety-six, with one exception, has no daughters of its own to dictate to, as Milton had, and that may be the reason why the class shows such a tendency to connect tendency is most marked in the case of those who have the itself with other people's daughters. At any rate, this greatest trouble with their eyes. Your reporter will endeavor to clear up SOHIC of these matters in his next letter. 21