Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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the attitude of the college in accepting the responsibilities of its own government. Much of the progress of the Student Government was due to Don Silverman, its second president, who strengthened the organization after Mark Mordecai of the Class of 'Sl nursed it through infancy. The Hangout came about through the Social Committee which formed a separate committee to look into the possibility of having a student social center. Ann Ryan, Margie Austin, and Herb Simon were in on the ground floor of this organization and were directly responsible for its foundation and successful growth. When it came to passing out bouquets, a well-earned posie was planted in the sweaty little editorial fist of one Robert Mick Ryley. Varied opinion on the quality of the ECHO did not detract from the tremendous effort the smiling Irishman put toward improving the newspaper. The football highlight of our stay was the Trinity game. They came on Parents' Weekend '5l, boasting a thirteen game winning streak which Colby promptly shattered in one of the best games ever played on Seaverns Field. The basketball team took the Series crown with comparative ease. Johnny Jabar who had transferred from B. U., played the brand of ball that made him captain in 'l952. Just before mid-semester exams, long white envelopes began to appear on campus. Some guys got panicky and ioined the Navy. The weekly migrations to the battle of Augusta Bay became a tradition of such force that even such formidable institutions as Wednesday night fraternity meetings were changed to Tuesday. Uncle Sam was good to most of us, however, and although committees of our neighbors were extremely nosy about our whereabouts, we managed to return to finish our iunior and senior years. One of the most enjoyable events during the spring was the fraternity-sorority sing on the Libe steps. This contest was originally to be held around Johnson's Pond lPrexie's Puddle to the psych maiorsl but the last time that happened the farming folk around these parts raised such a hue and cry about the disappearance of livestock that the practice was discontinued. At long last, we returned to the campus as Seniors, a fact that was hard to get used to. Something even harder to get used to was the appearnce of girls up in the quadrangle dorms. Somehow the old place didn't seem natural with all the curtains drawn. Artie White, captain of the baseball team in l952, was elected class president. Other officers were Sally Shaw, Nancy MacDonald and Russ Dixon. Realizing that our time was almost up, some of us began to look a little more closely at the progress of our education, a thought that seldom entered our heads beforehand. By the next semester, however, the attitude of they never flunk second semester seniors reared its ugly head and we trotted back to Bill's carrying the banner of l can get more education from one bull session than I can from fifty classes. Considering the circumstances, a surprising amount of optimism was present regarding our futures. The male contingent was faced by the draft, and the female element was up against a man-power shortage. Yet a surprising number of people were seeking jobs instead of resignedly awaiting the call to arms. T'was a healthy note amidst the debunking, and negative atmosphere that permeated most of our education. When you stop and think about it, it might have been nice to have gone to college amongst old and settled halls and traditions, but perhaps some of Colby's pioneer spirit did, by chance, happen to rub off onto the Class of '52 making it all the richer for the experience. One thing is for sure, we never had it so good.

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Freshman year seems to stand out as the year, perhaps because it was a new experience and we were more conscious of what was going on around us. From then on, time just seems to run together. Fall came after too brief a summer spent at jobs befitting our superior intelli- gence, and we returned to the ney Colby Campus, very much impressed with the fact that we were now officially in the know. The fact that we were pointedly ignored by the upper-classes seemed not to faze us in the least. We were hell bent on teaching the Class of '53 how to behave but, unfortu- nately, we carried our enthusiasm too far. A group of upperclassmen carried off a rebellious freshman from the dorms and after only five days of hazing the rules went, but not before a fruitless, though exciting chase, of President Mac to Boston and back. We weren't the only ones to be honored with new living quarters. Prexy moved to his Howard Johnson-type house and gained rave notices in the ECHO about his blue bathroom. Nels Corey became the new line coach for the football team which split first place in the State Series with Bowdoin. George Bazer, Dick Verrengia, Sandy Sanderson, Ray Billington, Ed Cawley and John Ratoff played some excellent ball for Coach Holmer. Five fraternities laid foundations for their houses in fraternity row. Four suc- ceeded in putting houses on those foundations. The Lambda Chi's, with earnest but unlucrative teachers and preachers for alumni, graciously allowed the Tau Delts and Zetes to squabble over the unsightly hole to decide whether it should be a Tau Delt garage or a Zete cold storage cellar. The success of the Varsity Show, Bottoms Up, was largely due to the hard work and patience of such as Bev Forgy, Joan Acheson, Dick Tupper, Norma Ber- quist and numerous others. Sandy Pearson did an excellent job of substituting for Mary Thomas, on short notice, in the next year's show, Slightly Off Key. Powder and Wig had its share of '52 theater addicts. Appearing from time to time were Caroline Wilkins, Dale Dacier, Janice Pearson, Joan Gridley and Pat Erskine, who picked up a Powder and Wig dramatic award for her lead in The Glass Menagerie. January l8, T949, marked a sad day for Colby College. Pop Newman died. There was something about that guy at once unbelievable and undescribable. lf you didn't know him you couldn't understand the loss, and if you did know him or if you just saw him walking around, you know that volumes could be written about him without fully explaining the effect he had on people. Just before finals, Lambda Chi produced a musical show called Saint Looie Woman. What they lacked in talent they made up in noise. This was the first attempt any fraternity had tried in the line of a full-fledged show. However, all the fratrenities and sororities participated in a Hangout sponsored show a year later which was a tremendous success. Tau Delts walked off with the first prize, with the D. U.'s running a very close second. The Tri Delts pranced into the winner's circle of the sororities. A couple of old traditions were brought to our modern campus during our sophomore year. For one thing, the Elijah Prish Lovejoy stone was settled in the mud way down in front of Miller Libe, and for another, a circular was awaiting our arrival, that announced that henceforth no drinking would be allowed on campus. Both traditions were blithely ignored. The college year of i950-5l kept up the tradition of newness on the campus. A Student Government, worthy of the name, came into being. lt actually obtained results. Dean Nickerson addressed the class at the Senior Banquet, and with com- plete sincerity stated that he was somewhat surprised but extremely pleased by

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Joan Acheson Augusta, Maine English Chi Omega, Library Associates 4, Varsity Show 2, Outing Club l, Katahdin Council 2, 3, 4, Spanish Club 4. Holds down the round booth in the Spa . . . taller than Pat . . . three sugars in the coliee . . . Shall we live in the closet ar the room? . . . Outing Club suppers and climbing Katohdin. Mariorie A. Austin Yonkers, New York French Sigma Kappa, President 4, Dean's List 'l, 2, 3, Inter-Student Council l, 2, Women's Student Government l, 2, Vice-President 3, Cap and Gown, l. F. A. 3. Margie . . . ballet and Lambda Chi parties . . . summers at migrant labor camp . . . Let's have a song! . . . Birgology . . , l just dunno! . . . hates hurrying, bananas, bridge . . . hopes some day to perform with Gene Kelly. Paul Aldrich Lincoln, Maine Business Administration Delta Upsilon 1, 2, 3, 4, Glee Club l, 2, 3, 4, l. R. C. 2, Outing Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Sailing. . . Mimi . . . summers by Plymouth Rock . . . early to bed, early to rise, makes a man-out of Aldrich. . . taking beer money out of chapel collection plate . . . l'm no mossback . . . die in Maine. Ralph Bailey, Jr. Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts Business Administration Lambda Chi Alpha i, 2, 3, 4, Athletic Council Representative, Outing Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Yacht Club 1, 2, Hockey l, 2, 3, 4. At the wheel-asleep . . . resting his eyes in class . . . hockey . . . the five-year plan . . . the rah-rah boys . . . Private Saturnalia's . . . sleeping . . . I think l'll pad out . . one of the original wall ball players . . . the Mike Loebs at the Cribbage world. Jeremy Jay AmoH' Great Neck, New York French Kappa Delta Rho 3, 4, Echo 3, 4, Concert Board 4, Outing Club l, 2, Radio Club 3, 4, French Club Secretary-Treasurer 1, President 2, 3, 4. In Pigalle-postcards . . . Paris . . . Piat . . . Waterville French . . . No, no, no, . . . to open cafe in Quartier Latin avec Jan . . .l. Jay . Beverly Baker Malden, Massachusetts Sociology Delta Delta Delta, Panhellenic Representative 3, Vice-President 4, Dean's List 2, Panhellenic President 4, Women's Union Committee 3, 4, Pi Gamma Mu. Friday night with the girls . . . hates changing rooms around . . . all night all frantics . . . Saturday night at the Pie Plate , . . watches football games through pearl opera glasses . . . Dick has the car. Grefa E. Anfhoensen Falmouth, Maine English l. R. C. 4, Library Associates 'l, 2, 4, Colby Christian Fellowship 2, Missionary Secretary 2, Secretary 4. Sailing along the Maine Coast and Early American antiques . . . l'll have to consult my sched- ule . . . wants to learn to sing . . . Bill and long walks . . . taking showers is a habit. Richard W. Baldwin Andover, Massachusetts Business Administration Student Council 4, Echo 2, Outing Club 'l, 2, 3, 4. Chryslers . . . bouts at Bill's . . . tennis in the wind and rain . . . no more blind dates . . . Who's going to put something in the jukebox? George Armstrong Wakefield, Massachusetts Psychology Ira Barricini Scarsdale, New York History Tau Delta Phi 2, 3, 4, Outing Club 2, Hillel 2, 3. 4. Downtown life . . . Bop . . . washing dishes . . . plumbing at - ril 25 . . . Do you know the Hock Bros.? . . . go to college.