Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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XlFf O ,AAN CQ , 4 1 ,b sf' ' 5 . , 2 'F 1 M ' 404' ' iv' ' W Besides this, Colby needs a new recitation hall. Due to the enlarged number of students, and every indication seems to point to continued growth, our class rooms are not numerous enough to accommodate comfortably all the students. A new recitation hall would add to the beauty of the campus and to the effective- ness of class room work. There has been much agitation this year in regard to making basketball a varsity sport. Colby has always had an abundance of good basketball at hand and such a move would be advantageous provided a hall could be found with a suitable playing surface and at the same time accommodations for a crowd of suflicient size to insure financial success. Here we meet again the glaring need of a new gymnasium. If the making of basketball into a varsity sport is going to mean the doing away with hockey, then the ORACLE wishes to go on record as being emphatically opposed to any such move. Hockey is funda- mentally a New England sport, it has enjoyed a phenomenal growth in the East during the past few years, and itiis the coming sport for the winter months. To drop hockey now would be to take a step in the wrong direction, a step that would one day be regretted. just at the time when the rink has been completed, and new equipment has been purchased, after three years of experience with the game, to quit now would mean that all this expense in both time and money would be absolutely thrown away. Good economics forbids such a move, good common sense forbids it, and the ORACLE wishes those in authority to think well before they drop hockey. This is not the desire of one man alone but is the wish of the entire college. - The ORACLE wishes to commend in the highest terms possible the work of the Student Council this year. This organization has always been more or less of a figurehead, some honor went along with membership in it but not much work. Things have taken a turn for the better this year, however, and we have seen some really worth-while suggestions and accomplishments on the part of the Student Council. The prevention of unnecessary trouble between the Fresh- men and Sophomores resulting in the destruction of college property is their most beneficial contribution. The ORACLE says, Good work. Keep it up! To leave these editorials without a word about the generous gifts of Mrs. E. S. Woodman would be to commit an unpardonable sin. The new stadium is her gift and the college appreciate it more than she can ever know. Last summer while we were away on our vacation new granolithic walks were laid all about the campus, this also is the result of her generosity. No longer is it necessary to wade through mud and water on the way to classes, these walks make it possible to keep dry on the wettest days. We can never watch a ball game, we can never go to a class without being reminded of our generous friend in Winthrop. Although she is not a graduate of the college, Colby has no more loyal supporter among her alumnae. vmmvmm cotmr ORACLE 1o'2 a.nw.n.v.uwai.v- 7

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cpl l F1 fx N-AA' at 55 0 A 'wwwxwnrwwxwxwx K fwwwrwwA'v:zwfzQv:vc4g 'h . 'xg . us 4 D Ehitnrialu HE class of 1925 presents its ORACLE for your approval or condem- I nation. Be not too harsh in your criticism of it, for there you will find our best effort. Remember that even as life has its bright and dark spots so it has been our duty to record the unpleasant with the pleasant. Our college days have been filled with happy events that will remain with us as pleasant memories long after we have left these hallsg may this book serve as a means of renewing some pleasant occasions we had almost forgotten. If it does this and does it well then we will consider that with all its faults it has fulfilled the purpose we had in mind and is worthy to take the place reserved for the Year Book of 1925. This last year has been a period of growth and development for Colby. The class of 1928 is the largest Freshman delegation ever to enter the college. Not only in size does this group excel but in spirit and enthusiasm we see real Colby men in the making. So great were the numbers of this new group the total enrollment of the college is larger than ever before in its history. This last year has seen the installation of a new system of athletics, a thing that has been needed for some time. The one-semester rule forbids Freshman to take part in varsity athletics for one semester. The purpose of the rule is obvious and the results have proved its worth. Freshmen are given a better opportunity to secure a much needed good start in their college course when the call of the gridiron is not decorated with the possibility of making a varsity C. Those men who desire to play football are given the opportunity to do so on the Freshman team which holds regular practice session daily and carries out a regular schedule of games with preparatory and high schools of the' state. Another advance step in athletics has been the securing of a full time coach, Colby was fortunate in having Edward Roundy take this position. Mr. Roundy has won the admiration and respect of every member of the student body and we expect great things of him. , The college has but two outstanding needs at the present time. The first and more important of the two is the need, amounting to a necessity, of a new gymnasium. If Colby is to retain her position with the leaders in the athletic world of small colleges an adequate gym to train her teams in is essential. We ,have the best stadium and the best track in the state, but our gym is nothing to be proud ofg our next forward step should be to build a modern gymnasium with an indoor board track where the relay team could train during the cold winter months and a cage where the baseball team could hold infield and battery practice early in the season. S4,Q,Q,Nf.M,q , COLE-Y ORACLE 1132 5 6

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I Baath pt' Clmatna Term E.t'pirr.r in 1925 VVOODIVIAN BRADBURY, D.D. ' FRANK WILLIAM PADELFORD, D.D. - IRVING BEMIS MOVVER, D.D. NORMAN LESLIE BASSETT, LL.B. CHARLES FREDERIC TAFT SEAVERNS, B.A. MISS LOUISE HELEN COBURN, Litt.D. HERBERT MAYHENV LORD, LL.D. FRANKLIN NVINSLOWV JOHNSON, L.H.D. P 'Term Expires in 1926 LESLIE COLBY CORNISH, LL.D. NVILLIAM CAMPBELL CRAXVFORD, L.H.D. CHARLES EDSON OWVEN, D.D. HARTSTEIN XVENDELL PAGE, M.D. HERBERT XVALTER TRAFTON, B.A. HERBERT ELIJAH WVADSNYORTH, B.A. EDWVIN CAREY YVHITTEMORE, D.D. CHARLES EDXVIN GURNEY, B.A. EVERETT LAIYIONT GETCHELL, M.A. Term Expires in I927 GEORGE CURTIS WVING, LL.D. GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Ph.D. DUDLEY PERKINS BAILEY, M.A. GEORGE EDNVIN MURRAY, B.A. FRED MYRON PREBLE, D.D. REX WVILDER DODGE, B.S. REUBEN WESLEY DUNN, M.A. DANA 'WARREN HALL, B.A. LEON CLIFTON GUPTILL, LL.B, CARROLL NORMAN PERKINS, LL.B. Term Expires in 1928 WARREN COFFIN PHILBROOK, LL.D. CHARLES PUTNAM BARNES, M.A. 'W'!4V'A 'VI'A'W'A'W'A 'YAW' TUFIII Ilrpires in 1929 4 ALBERT FOSTER DRUMMOND, B.A. Q FRANK WENTWORTH ALDEN, B.A. Newton Centre, Mass. New York, N. Y. XVaterville, Me. Augusta, Me. Hartford, Conn. Skowhegan, Me. Washington, D. C, New York, N. Y. Augusta, Me Allston, Mass. Waterville, Me. NVorccster, Mass. Fort Fairfield, Me. XVinthrop Center, Me. XVaterville, Me. Portland, Me. Boston, Mass. Auburn, Me. Washington, D. C. . Everett, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Ludlow, Vt. Portland, Me. NVaterville, Me. Chicago, Ill. Boston, Mass. Waterville, Me. Waterville, Me. Houlton, Me. lVaterville, Me. New York, N. Y. X43 8 -I I in I- 3, 4 if 2 51 2 7 Z 5 E tr: E m 2 m C: 9 an ru 0 W Q 5 S E3 E P F' GH m 4 mfr' C 2 Q Q S G za, EB H we 4-5 P m ::Q 5 2 S 53 c' E f .7 m S' 'M 5, Ml-It .' F Q CJXLLIUJ P--U'e5mPP H' 62- .0 E S 'S -:I gs I2 .5 liggiiirrg :E :Ps ' 3'5 Q 4179103 ?- -Y 5 D ' 2. Q Q Q H- '-+. E0 y 'S 3 5 E E 2' E 2 5 21 51 3' 3 ru no E 0 4 E. 2. E E. 5 5: Ea' 5 4 Jn. ai, JABKMB' 24' 4 4 3 4 ? 5 O O r' CU '4 O 5 O 5 5 . cn 75,2 l 5 3 3 4 Sv.