Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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coneesv m eme , 11922-wget we can find comfort in thinking of the fine prospects for the next year. Baseball, track, and tennis are yet to come, but the prospects in all three are bright, especially in tennis with the entire team back. We hope that the unfortunate fire at Coburn has not put the procuring of a gymnasium a few more years distant. It is a necessity. If we are to compete with the other Maine colleges, an adequate gymnasium is needed, and needed soon. The gymnasium, so cramped and inadequate, has been utilized as a laboratory since the fire, and this has served to emphasize the great need of an up-to-date and adequate gymnasium. There has been rumor of a Dean. It seems as if some of the duties should be lifted from the willing, but overburdened shoulders of President Roberts. The college is large enough and really needs a Dean. We hope that next year will see this rumor a fact. We are glad that during the past year the President saw fit to do away with the practice of Student Assistants correcting papers in some courses. It has resulted in unfairness and favoritism in a few instances, although the honesty of most of these assistants could not be questioned. It has seemed an unfair arrangement for all students concerned, and the ORACLE was glad to see President Roberts take action in this matter. The past year has seen a decided stiffening of the scholastic standards of the college. We hope that the faculty will see fit to continue the good work, and that in the future will make the entrance requirements more strict, and thus eliminate at the very beginning the majority of the unfit. We could not finish without saying a few words about the great loss Colby suffered when Dloctor Marquardt died. More students, probably, took courses under him than under any other professor. He was beloved by all, and his death was a shock to all of us. He was faithful to the last, teaching almost to the day of his death. Realizing that mention in the editorial column is quite inadequate, another page has been reserved for a tribute by Doctor White, his closest friend among the members of the faculty. In the final analysis we are glad to-find that the Student Body has taken on a new lease of life in the past two years. It must inevitably result in a better and finer Colby. We hope that the Student Body continues in the path it has taken the last two years. As we look forward into the years to come it is not hard to visualize Colby as a greater little college than ever. APPRECIATION The ORACLE wishes to thank Professors Rollins and Libby for 'their helpful aid and suggestions. The ORACLE appreciates greatly the co-operation of the merchants of Waterville and elsewhere who have advertised in this book. The EDITOR wishes to thank the members of his board for their fine co-operation, and splendid work that made the ORACLE possible. Seven

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V' M M , ,v......... ..,,.- X Lsenft v m eans. , CJZEPFESS L '- Editorials Another year has passed, another class is about to graduate, and another ORACLE has been published. The editorial board honestly feels that this ORACLE represents its best efforts, and is the best ORACLE that has ever been published. The board has tried to profit by the mistakes of previous boards, and next year we hope that the board will profit by our mistakes and turn out a book superior to this one. The finest thing about the past year has been the awakening of the Student Body. The Student Council has functioned in the past year as it has never functioned before. It created rules to control the Freshman Banquet, which had in the past been governed by unwritten and most unsatisfactory rules, rules that were so uncertain as to result in unsatis- factory banquets for the past three years, and claims of victory by both sides. The present rules worked exceedingly well, and resulted in having a definite and satisfactory decision this year. It also took over the man- agement of the Interfraternity Basketball League, paid all the old debts of the league, and closed the season with all bills paid, and a small surplus. This was a noteworthy accomplishment when compared with the results of other years. Another determined, but unsuccessful attempt was made to reform the present evil of fraternity rushing. Although the rules were not passed, five of the fraternities have signified their intention to postpone pledging next fall until the third Wednesday in October. The courage of the fraternities is to be commended and deserves success. If success does at- tend their efforts the inevitable result will be the abolition of the present cut-throat system, and it will be looked back upon as the most significant event of the past college year. Another reform the writer would like to see would be the abolition of Freshman Rules, other than, perhaps, the wearing of the Freshman Cap. During one's freshman year friends are made regardless of fraternity, and the spirit in the class is of the best. But after a squabble or two in sopho- more class meetings, over real or imagined discrimination- on the part of the members of one fraternity against the freshman of another, we find this friendly spirit becoming a bitterly antagonistic one. The bad spirit is not confined to the sophomore class, but spreads, and before college is hardly under way we find one fraternity group suspiciously 'hostile of another, and all over a few petty, foolish, childish rules. We can keep freshmen in their places without resorting to foolish rules that the fresh- men can hardly be blamed for breaking. The college as a wholehought to be able to impress upon freshmen their standing and place here. Must we continue to have these rules because other classes had them before us? If we feel the need of preserving tradition then let us keep Bloody Monday Night, but let us do away with those trouble breeders, Freshman Rules and Sophomore Razoos. The past year has not been overly successful in athletics. In football a team with championship possibilities failed to get going until the final game against Bates. Some stars will be lost to the team, but better breaks should result in a State Championship next year. Hockey was more suc- cessful than ever before, although we finished at the bottom. Once again Six

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