Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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Augusta M. Alexander Beverly F. Booth 12 Helen M. Beck Hazel M. Brewer

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group of forward-looking women tried unsuc- cessfully to eliminate sororities for the duration. Military life, which Colby students had known only through letters from friends in basic train- ing, was brought to the campus with the arrival of the Air Corps 21st College Training Detach- ment. Greeted by a triumphant display of wel- come in the form of a trumpeting parade down College Avenue, engineered by two precocious Colby men, the 21st C. T. D. took over Foss Hall, the Y. M. C. A., and several of the smaller women's dormitories on the Old Campus. The dispossessed freshman women moved to the Hill to live in the incredibly stretched housing space of Mary Low and Louise Coburn Halls. For the rest of the year 1 p.m. on Saturdays brought a flood of khaki to the Hill. The second summer session proved a great success. The Outing Club was again the focal point of social activity and, in contrast to the previous summer, traditional extracurricular ac- tivities were not entirely neglected as an enter- prising student group put out a summer school Echo without the financial aid of the College. In the Fall of the official junior year, the ma- turing class of 194-5 retumed to find a more in- tegrated and organized academic program. Sum- mer construction had provided classrooms in the Women's Union and more classes were held on the Hill. A brave new art department had added its offerings to the stepped-up curriculum. The Averill Lecture and Community Concerts be- came important dates on the calendars of the upperelass women. The campus was almost devoid of male stu- dents, but the Air Corps continued to provide week-end entertainment for the W0lH6H,S Divi- sion. Winter came early, snow piled up and many a student was lured from Gemn1ill and Blodgetti' or uHaycs, volume II out onto terraced slopes of the Chapel lawn. But worst of January weather was avoided by second six weeks Winter vacation. Spring the the the saw sion, its enrollment increased by returning vet- erans, occupied Hedman Hall and the re-opened Roberts Hall. Extracurricular activities were expanded and increased. Powder and Wig was revived and the 1nen's basketball team really re-entered inter- scholastic competition. Campus social commit- tees worked to provide social events reminiscent of the Mold Colby. They succeeded admirably with all-college picnics, a modified Winter car- nival and two big formal dances. In the mean- time, the Men's Division reorganized the Men's Student Council and began, effectively, to take a unified part in all campus activities. One of the major events of 194-4 was, of course, the Presidential election. Many of the seniors were casting their first ballot, and a great deal of thought and time was spent in debating the election issues in the classroom and on the cam- pus. In December a special senior banquet was held at the Elmwood in honor of the January graduates. Following first semester finals, sim- ple but impressive, graduation exercises were held in the Dun11 Lounge for members of' the class of 1945. As the ORACLE went to press, the seniors were preparing for final examinations and looking forward to the traditional graduation activities of Class Day, the President's Reception, and Commencement. As alumni they will look back on their four years at Colby as four years profit- ably spent in studying the important ideas and motives at work in a world at war-four years spent learning the ideas and forces that will con- tribute to a world at peace-four years spent acquiring the knowledge and training that would enable them to live more happily and profitably with themselves and their fellows. the last of the Army depart and accelerated members of the class of 194-5 graduated as mem- bers of the class of 1944. The Summer of 194-4 foiled optimistic cool- weather seekers as the thermometer persisted in ranging around the nineties just at the time perspiring and aspiring students were taking final exams. All survived, however, and those who had not graduated at the close of' Colby's third and last Summer session returned in Oc- tober for their final semester. A huge class of freshman women filled Foss Hall, Dunn House and spilled over into the double-deckers on the Hill. The Men's Divi- Lzlt to right: Loudon, Collett, Oxton, Hoagland SENIUR Cl.ASS UFFICERS Ann Hoagland Lois Loudon Naomi Collett Frances Oxton President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer

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Mary lf. Brewer Marguerite Broderson Virginia M. Briggs Georgia J. Brown