Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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COLBY ORACLE g I 91 9 A high school student who is planning to attend a college after completing his course, begins quite early to consider the question of what college to go to. Unless he comes into personal contact with a graduate of some college, who will influence him in favor of that college, he will nearly always write to institutions about which he has heard or read the most. In other words, the college that has the most publicity of the right sort, through newspapers, prominent men, and athletics, is the college that will be most successful in obtaining students. Colby has graduated many men who have become prominent citizens, and she has excellent athletic teams, but one thing she has never had-and that is good publicity. Most people outside of New England have never heard of Colby Col- lege, and many people in New England know very little about it. We believe it would pay the board of trustees to appoint some responsible person to see to it that Colby is properly advertised. ' It is gratifying to learn that the board of trustees has decided to continue Greek as an independent department for at least one more year. Professor White has givenseventeen of the best years of his life in loyal and competent service to the college, and the students who have taken his courses are confident that the Greek Department could not have had a better head. We all recognize in Professor XVhite the distinct qualities of a scholar and a gentleman, and we hope that the authorities of the college will see their way clear to continue this depart- ment indelinitely. V 0

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l 91 9 COLBY ORACLE I hitnriala Once more we are back to earth! For the past two years at Colby we have been aviating on the wings of destiny. But at last, those wings have borne us safely across the sea of uncertainty, and it is with a feeling of utmost relief that We find ourselves and our college once again on a firm foundation. What a transformation! Last fall we saw our campus a training camp for America's young patriots. VVe saw college life and college traditions slowly fading before us. But with the advent of peace among nations, Colby turned from a blended status to a calm and peaceful existence. The text-book now replaces the rifle, and the army khaki is fast being laid aside for civilian clothes. Just as eager as Colby men were to take up arms, so are they now to bring things back to a peace basis. We admire and cherish the record that our classmates have written on the pages of the college and the nation's history. Fondly will such recollections remain fixed in. our memories. Indelibly stamped in our minds will be those sons of Colby who made the supreme sacrifice. Colby has passed through one of the critical periods of her history. Her enthusiasm has never lessened, her undying spirit of loyalty has burned brighter and brighter. May we do our best to show that her sacrifice has not been in vain. The aim of a college education should be the cultivation of character and intellect to such an extent that students will be better fitted to undertake the tasks of life. The attainment of this aim rests partly with the instructors, but largely with the students themselves. YVhether or not the four years spent in college will prove profitable depends upon the extent to which we apply ourselves to the tasks assigned, and this, of course, is inturn largely dependent on our past training and immediate environment. But everyone can at least take advantage of the opportunities that come his way, and this alone will be a sufficient basis on which to build in the future. The more successful student, however, not only grasps the opportunities that fall his way, but also seeks out others. Of course there are extremes on both sides. The man who spends all his time in studying and has no time to attend dances, ball games, and social functions, does not get as much real education as he who rarely studies at all. But the man who finds time for both, and goes at work as cheerfully and as earnestly as he goes at play, is the man who will out-distance all others in the race of life. 8

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I 91 9 COLBY ORACLE Gbfdrerz nf the Qlnrpnratiun President ARTHUR JEREMIAH ROBERTS, M.A. NVaterVi11e ' Vice-President, and ex officio Chairman, Board of Trustees LESLIE C. CORNISH, LL.D. Secretary CHARLES E. OWEN, D.D. Treasurer FRANK B. HUBBARD Baath nf Tlruziieea Honorary Trustee JOSEPH L. COLBY, LL.D. q Term Expires in 1919 HSABIJAH R. CRANE, D.D. RICHARD C. SHANNON, LL.D. WASHER C. HINDS, LL.D. TWOODMAN BRADBURY, D.D. TBEECHER PUTNAM, B.A. ARTHUR J. ROBERTS, M.A. TCHARLES FRANKLIN WARNER, SOD. - FRANK W. PADELFORD, D.D. IRVING B. QMIOWVER, D.D. , NORMAN L. BASSETT, LL.B. n Term Expires in 1920 BARNO W. KING, LL.D. HERBERT W. TRAETON, B.A. . GEORGE E. MURRAY, B.A. VVILFORD G. CHAPMAN, BA. FRANCIS W. BAKEMAN, D.D. LESLIE C. CORNISH, LL.D. CHARLES E. OWEN, D.D. THERBERT E. WADSWORTH, B.A. TNVILLIAM C. CRAWFORD, L.H.D. TEDWVIN C. WHITTEMORE, D.D. pk A Deceased. 1'Elected by the Alumni Associat 10 Augusta Wate1'Ifille VVa.teI'vi1le Newton Centre, Mass. Arlington, N. J. Brockport, N. Y. Portland Newton Centre, WI ass. . H oalton Waterville Springfield, Mass. Boston, .M ass. Waterville Augusta Ellsworth Fort Fairfield Lawrence, ll! ass. Portland Chelsea, Mass. Augusta Waterville Winthrop Centre Allston, Mass. Waterville