Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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1914 T1-IE COLBY GRACLE 15 of our beloved President-Arthur Jeremiah Roberts. XfVe take great pride in looking back over the splendid traditions and accomplishments of our college. lfVith President Roberts in the chief executive's chair, no college in the country has in view a more glorious future than we, the students and graduates of Colby, have a right to expect. ft was not said in a spirit of boastfulness that we have the best president of any small college in the United States. Another factor in Colby's successful advance is the splendid spirit of our student body. Not only here in Maine, but wherever Colby has been repre- sented, mention of it is made. Qui' athletic teams fight hard and clean, and rep- resent the best type of American college sport. Wfliether we are winning or losing, every Colby man and Colby woman in the cheering section displays the spirit of the worthy victor or of the good loser. On the debating teams, in the musical clubs, and in all other college organizations, the Colby students serve their Alma Ilfater with the best that they can give her. There are a few skeptics who claim that fraternities are detrimental to the unified spirit and welfare of the college. NYe wish to challenge the statements of any such skeptics. Qur fraternities represent one common spirit and fellowship, the spirit and fellowship which are manifested to the public wherever Colby teams participate in any contest. No one or two fraternities uphold the honor of Colby in any organization. All render their support, and all are represented in accord- ance with the support that they render. X'X'e cannot, nor do we wish to, deny that there is sometimes political scheming on the part of a few during some of the col- lege elections. This cannot be prevented easily, and is bound to occur sometimes. But there is never any evidence that there is more than one interest and spirit representing the college. As in every other college, so here there are all types and classes of men, but all serve the best interests of the institution to the best of their abilities. In this issue of the ORACl,l2 we have attempted to improve upon the publi- cation of last year. Wfe are hopeful that we have succeeded, and that the result will meet with your approval. You will find that a few pages have been devoted to characteristic snapshots of the faculty. This is something entirely new, and we believe that these pages will prove of interest to everybody. They should make the QRACLE attractive to the professors, their wives and all their friends, Miss Steward has made the cuts and drawings more attractive than usual. Many other new ideas have been introduced this year, which will, we hope, make this edition more valuable to you than the last one. As we are under a great financial burden in publishing this book, we ask you to assist us by purchasing one or more copies. 1

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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

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16 Tl-TE CULBY ORACLE 1914 There has been considerable agitation for a new constitution for the fJRAL'l,IiI Association. Some believe that a more satisfactory method of placing the ORACLE in the hands of the students than the p-resent one can be secured. An examination of the new constitution which was submitted revealed many de- fects. The most important of these is this: The Association cannot receive an income adequate for publishing an CDRACLIE of the present grade by assessing each member ofa fraternity in the college the sum of two dollars instead of three dol- lars. Four-lifths of the present members of the ORAcLE Association are in favor of the system now followed, which has been a success. Xlle hope that the minority will discover the impossibility of their enterprise, and submit to the judgment of the majority. If the members of any fraternity cannot be content to conform to the present system without continual bickering, it is only just that they should withdraw from the Association It is high time for the non-frater- nity men to be represented in this publication. It is only necessary for them to take a subscription among their numbers, and guarantee the Okacitli Association a reasonable sale of ORACLES, and then the entire college can be included in our present annual. The QRACLE would render its share of praise to our football team. Captain Fraser has very reason to be proud of his men. They have shown in every game a grit and fighting power that has made some of the large colleges of New Eng- land fear them. They have fought to the finish in every game, no matter which way the tide was turning. The result has been very gratifying. We have no reason to complain. Although we did not win the championship, we have no reason to believe that our team was inferior to the winners. After such a con- test as the Maine-Colby game, we are quite proud of our team and its captain. The failure to win the pennant, in itself is immaterial, and causes no gloom. We will fight even harder next fall. Our baseball team played well, and did us credit last spring, athough they did not win the championship The victory over Harvard was one of the greatest triumphs in the history of Colby's athletics. Our freshman cross country team is to be congratulated upon the surprise they gave the other contestants in the meet at Andover. The relay team, consisting of Messrs. Bowen, Reynolds. Royal, and Golden, deserve high praise for winning the championship of the state at the recent B. A. A. Meet in Boston. The excellent spirit that has been manifested by our girls has certainly contributed to the success of our public representations. We wish to thank them once more for the beautiful banner that they presented to us last fall,