Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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12 THE COLBY ORACLE 1914 The Oracle Board Editor-in-Chief IRAY ISAAC HASKELL, '14 Business Manager PRINCE A,I,EER'I' IDRUMMOND, ,IS Art Editress MARION OPHELIA STIEWARD, '15 Associate Editors LESLIE FERGUSON MUIICH, 715, AKE RAYMOND IQUSSELL THOMPSON, ,I5, A T Q LESTER HALE SHIBLES, 115, ZNII RAY CAWLEY YOUNG, '1 5, C C LESTER FRANK WEEICS, 715, AY ALIJINE CLARK GILMAN, ,I5, A CID A FLORIAN GEORGE AREY, ,I5, cb A QD MARGUERITE IQOBINSUN, ,I5, E K ODE'1 1'E MONTGOMERY POLLARD, '15, XQ HAZEL ROSS, '15, A A A

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liltl IITVQRJIALS' H4152 ,V v-h,,.,1.s-1 me Y. fxx Cvr'X'eNf iff ff' I SUCCESSFUL and happy year was suddenly interrupted, and the col- lege was plunged into profound sorrow, by the death of our beloved friend, Professor john Hedman. Wlith hearts full of grief we have been obliged to dedicate this ORACLE to the memory of him in whose honor we had planned to issue the book. Wfe cannot find words to express our sadness. or to tell you the love and admiration that we who knew him had for this capable and just teacher, this sincere and helpful friend, who was to us an object of hero worship In three years and a half we had heard no word of unfavorable criticism of Professor Hedman or of the courses he taught, which were among the most popular of the curriculum. In the class-room, on the campus, in the world outside the college, we found John Hedman a man respected and dearly beloved by his fellow-men. He was a man of keen judgment and remarkable reasoning power. He was a lover of all that is good and beautiful. He was an exceptional scholar,-a philosopher, a mathematician, a sound grammarian, a philologist, and an adept in phonetics. In his chosen held-the romance languages-he was an able critic. Above all, John Hedman was the highest type of Christian gentleman. NCE MORE we can say that Colby has had a prosperous year. The size of our college is constantly increasingg the standards are being advanced. Wfe think it safe to prophesy that in ten years Colby will no longer be spoken of as a small college. Our faculty is increasing in numbersg our popularity is steadily growing as knowledge of the college spreads over a widening area, the future spells prosperity and well-earned success for our Alma Mater. Vtfhen we seek the cause of our advance, we find it in the form 14