Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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1911 THE COLBY ORACLE 15 In last year's editorials we find this sentence: There ought to be on our staff an art editor whose sole duty would be to suggest, procure, and arrange drawings, and have full charge of the art department. Tn accordance with this recommendation an art editor was elected at the annual meeting. The Editor and the Business Manager do not consider the experiment to have been a suc- cess. In the fall the art editor was told the plans for the book, given a list of drawings needed, and given full charge of the department. For some reason, probably the stress of college and class work, nothing was done, and at the last moment the work fell upon the Editor-in-Chief. Thanks to the hearty support of the artists of both divisions we were able to procure some creditable work, but we feel that it could have been much better with more time. ' You will notice that the Editor has taken the liberty of making some marked changes in the arrangement of the classes. VVe claim to be a college of co-or- dinate divisions and if that is so, then the se aration into Mens and VVomen's i P Divisions is as logical in the ORACLE as it is in the colleffe catalogue. We have , o b as tried to be fair in the matter of 0'1V1l10' s ace to the interests of the VVomen's D fb Division, and we feel that they are more fully represented than ever before, and yet in a way that cannot give offence to any fair-minded person. Wfe are glad to welcome to our midst the new members of the faculty. There are several th'is year to whom we must give the hand of fellowship, five in all. You will find more about them in another section of the book. Suffice it to say that Colby is the happy gainer by their presence. ' From all reports the regime of Miss Bass, as Dean of the VVomen's Divis- ion, has been a happy and prosperous one. VVe congratulate her upon her splen- did administration. lfVe congratulate the women ofthe college upon their privi- lege. We believe that the Dean represents the type of wo-manhood that Colby believes in and desires to send out into the world. VVe are fortunate in having such an excellent picture of her in this ORACLE. Sometimes it seems that the best feelings of humanity, the noblest and most unselfish, come at the time of some misfortune or disaster. We deeply deplore April I5 The Lyford Interscholastic Prize Speaking Contest.

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Se' 21 tl ? FQ -H ' , H, . 4 A X ON 'lgliiirliii ' C ?i ', I 3 A ' ' v' Lrtei'l+ , ' f ' ' ' .X - . i 4 tif i f 17? I V., ' 'uf' 2 C ,,,, ,av F X I af ar? is '-1 fn - 6? :iffy X fe f C BDITO IALS J C 4-l 57 X QLZWAX XX4 4:2469 3'-4' 'Nix We believe that the time has come when it would be for the best interest of the college as a whole to take the ORACLE out of the hands of the fraternities and make it a more representative college publication. Time was when nearly every student at Colby was a member of a fraternity, but this is changing, and we all welcome the advent of a strong non-frat element. Even if the ORACLE should be managed as now, backed by the fraternities, we believe that some arrangement should be made whereby non-fraternity students would be repre- sented on the Editorial Board. But, 'better even than that, would be the plan to make the ORACLE a Junior Class publication. This would give the whole Senior year for the .settlement of all business matters. If it is true that we are to have a new dormitory at Colby, there could be no better time to enact a new rule concerning the taking of men into the frater- nities. There is no denying that many times men are initiated who prove ere long that they are not capable of doing college work. Wfould it not be wise to have a certain definite scholarship requirement insisted upon by the College? The plan that is meeting with success in so many of the colleges and universities makes one semester's work, of at least a passing grade, necessary before a student can be initiated into a fraternity. This protects the fraternity, and at the same time gets the students into the habit of .studying Under present conditions it would be practically impossible to put such a rule into effect, but with a new dormitory it could be very easily made practicable. A April I4 E K convenes at Champaign, Ill. C-olby is proud of her offspring.

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I6 THE COLBY DRACLE 1911 the fire which ruined the Delta Cpsilon Fraternity quarters in North College, but we were profoundly moved by the sympathy and helpfulness that came from the friends of the college. This is a pretty good world to live in after all. , lt was a source of regret to the Editor that he was unable to obtain a more recent photograph of the late Dr. lilall. to whcm this book is dedicated. Never- theless, we feel that this picture will be valued, especially by those who are now graduated from College. . The Druid Scholarship Cup, presented by one ofthe student organizations, ought to stimulate a spirit of friendly rivalry among the fraternities at Colby. lt will be interesting' to follow the contest, especially as the non-fraternity men, as a body, are eligible. The Auditing Board. assuring as it does a more ellhcient administration of the various student organizations, is a forward step in the growth and progress of the college. ' April 10 Kent's I-lill 6, Colby 17. VVe won, but-