Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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Class of 1900. -90+ MEN. Class Ydf:-6iKove, Eixoue, who are we ? Cream ofthe Nineteenth Century. qbfkovs Exoptev 7rfXefo rovs Soi, ' 'fjfiiv vrokfptoi eiev inf, Colby, Colby, Biff! Boom ! Bah I Nineteen Hundred! 'Rah ! 'Rah I 'Rah ! Cffzrs Colors .'-Golden Brown and Lemon. OEFICERS. FRED F. LAXVRENCE, President. HENRY D. FURBUSH, Vice-President, SIMON P. IAIEDMAN, Secretary. z5xRNOLD M. SANBORN, Treasurer. PERCY E. G1Lr:ER'r, Marshal. I , ORRIN A. LEARNED, Statistician JAMES H. IdUDSON., Orator. WILLIAM B. JACK, Poet. , .ALBERT G. XNARNER, Chaplain. ALFRED S. GOODY, Historian. XMASHINGTON A. V. WIREN, Prophet. l ALDEN E. Douci-Irv, Toastmaster. ERNEST H. TUPPER, Address to Unde1'graduates. CHARLES F. TOWNE, Parting Address. EXECUTIVE CoMM1TTEE. FERNALD D. SAWYER, FRANK jf SEVERY, BENJ. E. PHILBRICK. COMMITTEE ON DDES. JAMES H. PIUDSON, ERNEST T. CUSHMAN, CARL Co'DToN. I7

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Alumni Associations. 'bfi' General Association. President, VV. C. PI-IILBROOK, Wfaterville. Vice-President, Rev. AN. O. AYER, Brockton, Mass. Necrologist, Prof. A. ul, ROBERTS, Cambridge, Mass. Secretary and Treasurer, Prof. E. AW. HALL, VVaterville. Councillors 1 H. D. EATON, E. W. JOHNSON, E. T. VVYMAN. Boston Colby Alumni Association. President, CLARENCE P. VVESTON, '73, Vice-Presidents, CHARLES E. H.LXLL, '75, ISAAC W. GRIMES, '81. Secretary and Treasurer, M. S. GETCHELL, VQS. Executive Committee 1 C. C. TlLL1iY,'76, l. O, PALMER, '87, BENJAMIN HOLISIQOOIQ, '88 New York Colby Alumni Association. President, HIARRINGTON PUTNAM, '7O. Secretary, E. E. STEVENS, '89. Executive Committee: , P. H. EDMUNDS, '85, l C. E. lNlEf4ENEY, '76, A. H. BICKMORE, '93 Portland Colby Alumni Association. President, Hon. J. H. DRUMMOND. Vice-President, VV. I. CORTHELL. Secretary and Treasurer, GEORGE S. ROXN'ELI,. Executive Committee : Hon. PERCIVAL BONNEY, C. NN. FOSTER, M. D., VVALTER C. EMERSON The Alumnae Association. President, HIX'l 1'IE M. PARMENTER, '89. Vice-Presidents, SOPHIA HfXNSON PIERCE, '81, ALICE F. LowE, '99. Secretary and Treasurer, LENORA BESSEY, '98, Executive Committee : HELEN R. BEEDE, '93, HARRIET F. HOLMES, 197, LAURA H. SMITH, '98 S 16

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Senior History. J' Another commencement is ap- proaching, another band of stu- dents are soon to file in stately procession before the chief execu- tive of the college, and from him receive the time-honored parch- , J, ments which change their stand- ,. 4 f ing from that of undergraduates V 5' to that of alumni. Classmates, MEN. N . s 'L ,, C .XV rye., ,yf,,,,. f 1 Tff:iC X I shall that day be like the many A others which have preceded it,-a mere routine occasion to mark the exit of another class from Colby's halls? Far from it! The class of 1900 possesses such sterling qualities, and has attained such striking pre-eminence, as to make the day of her farewell to her Alma Mater forever conspicuous on history's page. Ill would it beseem us to vaunt our exploits here. The boastful days of our youth are long since past, and in the calm, dignified tranquillity of Senior reticence, we need no silver-tongued herald with brazen trumpet to shout our glorious achievements., Ours is a record which speaks louder than any words. It tells of struggles and triumphs, of joy and sorrow, ofthe verdancy of the freshman fand the folly of the sophomore, of the clash and fury of the fiercest rushes in the annals of college life, as well as the less spectacular, but none the less decisive conflicts in the classroom, where the cavalry, under the leader- ship of Hinds and Noble rendered efficient assistance to many a baffled warrior. But now those happy days are drawing to a close. The oft repeated question: f'VVill you hate to leave college PH reminds us only too forcibly of the unwelcome truth. Let us ever take pride in saying that the happiest days of our life were the four years spent in Colby, and among the most, delightful reminiscences of that period let us regard the associations which center about the figures we have learned to love so well, HI9OO.,' No history of the cream of the century class should ever be attempted without paying tribute to the nineteen hundred girls. Some of our most enjoyable occasions have been our associations with them. In only two instances has this connection assumed a romantic tinge, but it is none the less active, and will remain for all time one of the most pleasing of college ties. Nothing can be too good for our classmates of the gentler sex, and we wish them all manner of success in teaching, in business and in love. 18