Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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NBC camcrameu from New York captured the small college life. ol free publicity. The purpose ol hazing, alto unite the freshman classfl was nicely accomplished. Some people met their room-mates for the first time. Early in October, the ORACLE staff met and in one meet- ing came to the conclusion that the goal for this yeaifs work was the production of a yearbook. The Outing Club tripped up Katahdin before the weather got nippy, and the Senior Scholar Program began to get confusing, both for Senior Scholar and advising professor. Off-campus in- terests came in the form of three delightful motion-picture theatres, the Moulin Rouge jam sessions, the re-decorated Hotel Jeff, the ever-popular Noel7s, anfl numerous other Mrs. O'Leary's cow had nothing on thc KDR,s.

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And through these portals pass issues of The Echo. The Glee Club ranks swelled to 108, and for the first time we could hear the tenors. Ecstatic Mr. Re at once launched into long-range plans for an extended glee club tour, plans which rapidly deteriorated into two performances at the East Vassal- boro Grange and a return trip to the Portland Salvation Army Hall on Congress Street. Our first football game was a loss to American International, 19 to 14. Ah, welll Hazing turned into a beautiful, sizzling fiasco. All three valiant raids by the hyperthyroid freshmen, and the sophomores let them get away with President Morrisey, and those lovely, buck-twenty- five beanies were put away after the second day. Three girls 'Gfaintedw before the burning eyes of the sophomore court and enjoyed a week

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establishments of a more or less diversi- Hed nature. Parentis Weekend was just a howling success. The weather was fine, and the Dutton-Lake Jolly Boys had a good romp with Norwich that Saturday afternoon and won the game. The girls were not to be left behindf-fequal rights for women, and all that, you know. Doubtless spurred on by Ashley '4The Superiority oi W'ornen Montagu, their side-kick in the eternal scheme of the sexes, they formed the L'Powder-pull Football Teamf' playing, so The Echo said, for the benefit of polio. Late in October, two celebrities arrived on the Colby campus, first, lrving Dilliard of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, to receive an LLD and the Lovejoy medal from Dr. Bixler, and, second, Louie, a Sicilian donkey posing as a mule, to receive the doubtful distinction of becoming Colby's mascot. Powder and Wig's first production of the year was Green Grow the Lilacs, a well-handled performance of a rather un- inspired play. The American Savoyards presented two Gilbert and Sullivan oper- ettas in an Opera House that never looked so clean. The most fascinating news story of October came when we learned that Eric C. Porter had given, among other books, a copy of The History of the l reshylerian Church in New Zealarull to the library. Homecoming came, with its unfortunate football game and noisy fraternity parties. 1 ,lohn Rawson Elder U880- J, 1Presby- terian Bookrooni, l940P, CN. BX-9l66-N4-5l'lfl-. Miller Library. Colby College. Miss Stevenson - where did you get that hat'