Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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I I-listorg. ... i 4W ,M X HE Hrst duty of a freshman class is to cast about for something by which it may be distinguished from .every preceding freshman class. For some years the stock vaunt of the freshwomen at Colby has been We 're the largest class that ever entered Colby l Ninety-six, as by intuition, saw that anything on the curriculum was not the thing for her, so while the men of Ninety-six could boast f'We come with the new Presidentf' the women of Ninety-six could claim The President's little girl comes with us. When they began to plan to receive the men of N inety-six, they found one of the pleasantest homes in Water- ville was at their disposal. This reception was the tirst of many pleasant gatherings of the two classes. Perhaps it was because they hrst met us under such favorable circumstances that they asked to wear our colors, so the united Ninety-six wave the blue and brown to the music of the same yell. We found that the sweetest singer in Colby was in our ranks, and she organized the Ladies' Quartette of Ninety- six, which sang first at our freshman exit and afterwards won a reputation for itself at socials. Before the end of our Hrst year, one girl had gone home. Six others have left us, but our greatest sorrow came Hrst, for -she is the only one who cannot come back to us. In our second year, came a long, fierce struggle with the Leontine Georgias, only relieved by skirmishes with our Elocution teacher. Early in the spring it became apparent that Ninety-six would do her duty by the Stream and Botany excursions. What is the full result of that spring term, only time will tell. With song and laughter, and only a few tears, we did exeunt from the sophomore class by a banquet at Pratt farm and a ride home in the early, early morning. i E At the beginning of our junior year, each new comer was greeted by this announcement: H President Whitman is going abroad next year and we've got to take his work this- year. That means we can have only one election, and which one are you going to dropm? The curriculum had been adjusted anew for Ninety-six. We have worked hard and have been happy this year, and what's more, we have two professors now, one who was born so, and one who, at our last class meeting, kindly consented to be made so. 23

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K Class of '96 A f X' X LADIES. 'CLASS YELL: 'Rab, 'Rabi 'Rab, 'Rab, 'Rab! Colby! Colby! 'Rab, 'Rab, 'Rabi Hiyi 1 Hiyi ! Hiyi 1 Hix ! 'Rab, ,Rabi 'Rab, 'Rabi Ninety-six. Class Colors: Golden Brown and Light Blue. OFFICERS. CARO L. HOXIE, Presz'ziwzz'. OLIVE L. ROBBINS, Puff. ETHEL M. PRATT, VE're-Pfeszkiefzf. GERTRUDE L. ILSLEY, Prophef. GERTRUDE L. ILSLEY, Serrez'a1j'af11z' Y?'c'rz5zzrer. IESSIE E. PEPPER, Hz's!arz'an. SARA B. MATHEWS, Orzzfar. ETHEL M. PRATT, T0a.vz'-I1hlvz're.v5 Executive Committee. ETHEL E. FARR. EVELYN M. WHITMAN. LUTIE M. FRENCH Committee on Odes. FLORENCE E. DUNN, ETHEL E. FARR. EVELYN M. WHITMAN 22

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Glass of'.97. . X GENTLEMEN. CLASS YELL: - Ninety-seven, 'ReLh, 'Rahl Ninety-seven, 7Ra.h, 'Rabi Cholly Wolly ! Razzle Dazzle I Sis, Boom, Bah l Colby, Ninety-seven l 'Rah 1 'Rah 1 ! 'Rah l l ! lf Class Colors: Orange and Black. , OFFICERS. P. If. WILLIAMS, P1'esz'fz'e72!. H. B. WATSON, 01'zzz'01'. H. S. PHILBRICK, War-Pj'e5z'zz'e7zf. L. E. IVALDRON, P0622 R. M. BARKER, Sef1'ez'fz2jy. Y C. L. CLEMENT, Hz'5'i0rz'an. HOWARD PIERCE, T1'ea5zz7'e1'. H. H. CHAPMAN, Propkei. F. B. BRADEEN, Tous!-Masfeff. - Executive Committee. D. L. FLINT. G. L. BAKER. G. K. BASSETT. 24