Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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For his efforts as Director of Public Relations, aiming ever to bring Colby and its story more and more to the attention of the general public not only of New England, but of the entire nation, We, The Senior Class, dedicate this 1954 Oracle to RICHARD NYE DYER W 4 f ax Ig wk . l aff iyll r Mitttwlgwy isr . -5

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resldr nl s Evening: Fresh- nlen nleet Julius Scelye, D D D., L.H.D., LL.D., D.C.L. Spring, 1953. Sunshine and rain . . . students toasting in the sun on the library steps . . . little burping noises from the ground . . . freshman boys playing catch on the spongy lawns ol Averill . . . a short, stocky man whistling 'gAh, Sweet Mystery of Life as he pushes a dry-mop through airy Roberts Union . . . prospective members of the Colby family touring the campus with their parents . . . senior girls who find it so hot in the Spa they guess they'll have to take off their new engagement rings . . . classes out-of-doors . . . Sadie Hawkins Day . . . Johnson Day . . . the baseball season . . . all in all, rather dull. But a change of air came with the April Convocation, The Liberal Arts in llliberal Times, brought on by Cuy Cabrielson, Theodore Greene, Everett Case, Marjorie Nicholson, Norman Cousins, Detlev Bronk, all flocking to Colby to stir up the stagnant dormancy of the Colby mind. Speeches, panel discussions, bull-sessions, teas, and for four days education and honest self-evaluation became fashionable. The outcome of the convocation, after all the speeches and hassling was over, seems to have been a unanimous agreement that Colby is a liberal arts college and that these are illiberal times. And, as Jmnes Edward, the Wilflllillg Pan Baby, was peering under the bureau for his collar button . . .