Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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1912 THE CGLBY ORACLE 31 HERVEY CLIFFORD ALLEN, QIJAGJ ' I z:DOC:9 Camden High School, 'o7, Glee Club, I, 2, Orches- tra, Ig Mandolin Club, 1, 2, Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Class baseball, I g Echo Staff, I, 23 Class Marshal, 2, Execu- tive Com-mittee Athletic Association, 4, V'ice-Presi- dent, 43 Class Executive Committee, 3, Y B, GJ N Eg Epicureans. Doc has been classined one year behind for some time, but 'he says he'll show them now how a sheepskin can really be taken in gentle-m-anly style. He is pop- ular with the ladies- Such a dear, big boy, you know. He has occasioned some worry in the past by innocent trips out of town, but those who know him best, know he is all right. Those who saw him as sheriff in the mock trial, prophesy him a great future as a train crier, or a hawker for patent medicines. As a social lion, Doc made a big hit at Colby. How we'll till his place, it is had to tell, for if indeed he isn't a great man he surely is a -big one. i fr . LESLIE BRAINARD AREY, AY Gramp Camden High School, '08, Soph. Dec., Class Hist.g Class Treas., 4. The shark from Camden, Hail! This curly-headed piece of ,humanity knows more about Bugs and Che-m- istry than the whole college put together. His favor- ite pastime .is to be in the Biology lab. counting the rings on the carcass of an angleworm or making sec- tions of an ant's brain. They say that one of his fra- ternity brothers cut him out at F oss Hall and that this accounts for his great concentration of mind. just the same, we think that there is some picture in his watch that repudiates this fact and some day Gramp will come serenely unto his own.

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30 THE COLBY ORACLE 1912 Senior History The men of the Senior class to-day represent the survival of the fittestf' From an entering class of seventy-five we have dwindled down to thirty-two, but that number represents the type of men that furnishes the core and bulwark, not only of a college but also of a nation. VVe have lost from our midst, a great many good men, who if they had remained with us, would have been an honor to their class and to their college. We regret their loss and feel that they have made a grave mistake. Still we realize that in a great many cases the fight for an edu- cation is too strenuous, and some will fall by the wayside. It is only to the few, who have the grit, determination and staying qualities, that a complete col- lege course is granted. To some who have the means and the faculty of learn- ing readily it is not so hard a task. But to the men who secure their education by constant grinding and hard work is due the greatest credit and praise. During one's college course there are a great many things that are pleasant This is especially true of the well-to-do fellows who do not know what hard work is, and whose every want is supplied. But to the man who is striving for himself, grinding out his own career, by hard study and toil, there is little chance for pleasure. Witli him it is simply a cold business proposition. This is the type of man who is sure to attract attention in his future life. By overcoming the obsta- cles ever present in the path of a self-made man, he has learned how to strive with the great problems that are sure to face him in the future. The men of our class represent the few fortunate ones who possess the neces- sary qualities of a college man. They have struggled on through four long years of hard but pleasant toil, and now that they have reached their goal, they feel repaid for the sacrifices they have made and the hardships they have under- gone. Looking back over the years that we have so profitably spent here, we forget the things that we considered hard, and see nothing but four short years of pleas- ant, care-free life. We think only of the pleasure we have had and the friend- ships we have formed, and now that it is ended, we bid each other a fond fare- well, looking forward to the time when we will assemble here again and see the classes of the future take their leave. To our college we also bid farewell fully realizing the debt we owe, and ever cheris'hed in our hearts the deepest love and devotion.

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32 THE COLBY ORACLE HC. Epicureans. diploma with the rest of us ROBERT EDWIN BAKER, A KE I Bob Q M' Hebron Academy, '08, Glee Club, 1, 2, College Quartet, I g Chapel Choir, I 5 Executive Committee Ath- letic Association, I, Secretary Y. M. C. A., 2, Class Executive Committee, 2, Junior Exhibition, 3 5 Secre- tary Hebron Club, 3. For four years Bob has been Chief of the College Fire Department and Butty's right hand man. His life has been a hard o-ne here but we trust that his fu- ture years may 'be more pleasant. , JOHN ARTHUR BXCJNALL A111 Jack Parsonsfield Seminary, OS Class Piesident 2 Historian, 4, Chairman SQUIOI Hop Comnnttee 4 'Varsity Football, I, 2, 3, 4 g Captain 4 Vars1ty Track Squad, I, 2, 3, 45 Class Baseball 1 2 Weaier of the jack came to Colby from Paisonsheld Seminary Said he, I like this place pietty Well I Guess Ill stay. He did and We are glad of 1t The Faculty tried to put one over on him and listed him as a Junior this year but Jack has foiled them and will take his