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Colby Alumnus Vol. 75, No. 3: June 1986, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

FEATURES

A Tale of Two Cultures
John Roderick '36 recounts how his Associated Press career led him to reside in Japan and shares some observations on the Chinese and Japanese.

A Not-so-distant Mirror
By studying 20th century genocide, education students learn also about their responsibilities as individuals and future teachers.

The Fabric of Colby
Three Colby professors pay warm tribute to their retiring colleagues Francis H. Parker, John Sutherland, and Alice Lillis Poirier.

Of Math and Men... and Computers
Colby is in the forefront of a major change in mathematics instruction, as professors Donald B. Small and John M. Hosack …

Colby Alumnus Vol. 74, No. 4: September 1985, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

FEATURES

J. Seelye Bixler: Tributes to the Exceptional Man
Some associates of the late President Emeritus Bixler warmly recall his character and personality.

Toward a Better Colby
With the institution of the College's Residential Commons system, communications and investments in the Colby community are expanding.

For the Love of Life
Biologist Jane Russell Abbott '41 explores life fully and spurs her students to do likewise.

Colby's Irish Renaissance
Gifts from the late James Augustine Healy gave Irish literature a permanent presence at Colby, but interest in Irish studies has become broader.

The Collegiate Rites of Spring
Photographs taken-and advice and …

Colby Alumnus Vol. 73, No. 2: January 1984, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

FEATURES

Miller Library: Rededicated to the Liberal Arts
A photographic essay documents the finished $6.7 million renovation and construction project.

Living a Hard Life
David Hill '84 details the lifestyle chosen by Monhegan Island lobstermen.

Gone but Not Forgotten
Janet lrgang, M.S.W., suggests productive responses to the changes families experience as children enter college.

Archibald's Yeats: Consciousness is Conflict
Richard Fallis predicts that insights in a new book by Colby's dean of faculty will fascinate casual and scholarly readers.

Colby in Caen: vive la difference!
A year of fantastic discoveries and occasional struggles is described by Francophile Margaret Gardiner …

Colby Alumnus Vol. 72, No. 1: Fall 1982, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

Highly Determined to Stay Highly Selective
Alumni interviewers expand their roles to help Colby continue to draw excellent students despite predictable new difficulties.

One Man's Colby
Jack Deering '55 finds immense satisfaction in the time he spends with students who are considering Colby.

Higher Education: A Buyer's Market
Given current demographic and economic trends, will colleges continue to cull their applicants during the next two decades or will the students cull the colleges?

High Achievers Enter the 165th Freshman Class
New members of the Colby community uphold a tradition of academic promise and individual diversity but engage themselves in …

Colby Alumnus Vol. 70, No. 3: Spring 1981, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

News from the Hill
Notes on People
Books
The Politics of Presidential Appointments

James Carpenter and the Art Department
by Mark Shankland

Photographs of the Groundbreaking
by E. Jason Pelletier '81

Senior Paul Belanger Excels in Three Sports
by Thomas K. Lizotte '74

Notes on Sports Colby's Medical Department (1828–1833)
by Leslie B. Arey '12

Class Correspondence
Milestones
Alumni Club News is on the inside back cover

Colby Alumnus Vol. 68, No. 2: Winter 1979, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

About This Issue
This Alumnus is a tribute to President and Mrs. Strider, under whose leadership Colby has thrived for nearly two decades.

The President's Page

The Presidency
Clark Kerr, in his 1963 Godkin Lectures at Harvard. Reprinted with permission of the Harvard University Press from The Uses of the University, published 1963.

The Strider Years:
The Maintaining of Excellence, by Frederick A. Pottle
Community and a Common Intellectual Purpose, by J. Seelye Bixler
The President Taught All of Us, by Evans B. Reid
Paralleling the President — Mrs. Strider, by Margaret K. Saunders

Landmarks, 1960–78
News of the …

Colby Alumnus Vol. 67, No. 3: Spring 1978, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

The President's Page
The View from the Windows.

The Seeley G. Mudd Science Building Makes Its Debut

An Exceptional Gift to the Museum of Art
A Portrait of Benjamin Hallowell by John Singleton Copley has been presented to the Museum of Art by the Vaughan Family of Maine.

The Chaplin Resignation
by Dean Ernest C. Marriner '13, College Historian

The Last Year at Colby for Three Esteemed Professors:
Evans Reid
E. Parker Johnson
Henry Schmidt

Colby Contemplations, by a Virginian Visitor
Throughout this academic year, Lewis Drew, vice-president for administration and student affairs at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, has …

Colby Alumnus Vol. 64, No. 1: Fall 1974, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

THE INSIDE STORY

The President's Page

The CSFC Reports
The Committee to Study the Future of Colby makes its recommendations.

The Bixler Center
A Building Goes to Work.

College News
Books
Elms: The Battle With the Beetle
Sports
Class News

Colby Alumnus Vol. 64, No. 2: Winter 1975, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

The President's Page
New Approaches to Career Counseling
A Bouquet to Jack Foner
Senior Scholars

Balmy Days in Gilead, and other Recollections of President Arthur J. Roberts
by Libby Pulsifer '21

The College
Books
Sports
Class News

Restoring Confidence: The Role of Education
by Robert E. L. Strider

Milestones

Colby Alumnus Vol. 62, No. 4: Spring 1973, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

Sierra Summer
The leader of the pack train threading its way down a precipitous California trail (opposite page) is Dean Willard Wyman '56, who organizes 10-day treks through this rugged country each summer. Last year Peter Pennypacker '69 took his camera and provided some breathtaking illustrations for the dean's journal.

New Dimensions in Music
The music department's thriving new program in Applied Music, outlined by Professor James Armstrong, underscores the contention in the department that performance is a discipline of the mind as well as of the fingers.

Where Do We Go From Here?
The Committee to Study the …

Colby Alumnus Vol. 53, No. 1: Fall 1963, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

Dana Foundation Gift of $300,000 is Second Largest Single Award in Colby's History

Lecture Review:
Should Advertising Be Abolished? David M. Ogilvy, chairman of Ogilvy, Benson and Mathers
Gandhi and Tagore, Vishwaneth S. Naravane, professor of philosophy at Allahabad University
James Stephens, Eilis Dillon, Irish author
The Education Box, Paul Goodman, author (Growing Up Absurd, A Community of Scholars)

The Working Library
The job of the library is the organization of knowledge.

A Twentieth Birthday for the Colby Library Quarterly
In the yeare 1653, when all thinges sacred were throughout ye nation either demollisht or profaned, Sir Robert Shirley, …

Colby Alumnus Vol. 44, No. 3: Spring 1955, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

President's Page
Talk of the College
Colby Authors
Colby Folk in the Headlines
Buildings and Grounds
Eddie-Joe Retires
Education Talks Back
Sports
From the Pen of Bill Clark
Kings as well as Cabbages
Keeping in Touch
In Memoriam

Colby Alumnus Vol. 44, No. 4: Summer 1955, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

President's Page
Talk of the College
Commencement 1955
Appointments and Resignations
Perky
Reunions
Paul Fullam
LIFE Goes to Johnson Day
Sports
Keeping in Touch
In Memoriam

Colby Alumnus Vol. 42, No. 4: July 1953, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

Commencement
The President's Page
Talk of the College
Retirements
From Harvard to Colby
Convocation
Sports
Reunions
In Memoriam

Colby Alumnus Vol. 30, No. 1: October 1940, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

The President's Page
The Talk of the College
Six Buildings Now on Mayflower Hill
Wearers of the Gray Forty-five Years Ago

Florida Went Honestly for Hayes!
Gov. M. L. Stearns '63

From a Freshman Diary of 1909
Diana Wall Pitts '13

Newcomers on the Colby Faculty
Introducing: Colby's Top-Flight Mathematician

On Working Your Way Through College
Clarence L. Judkins '81

Life, For Colby, Begins at 123
Austin Lake

Looking at the Season
Arthur R. Austin '33

Local Club News
On the Campus
Necrology
Class Notes About Colby Men and Women
Milestones

Colby Alumnus Vol. 30, No. 3: January 1941, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

The President's Page
The Talk of the College
To Work or Not to Work?
Born to Social Work
Notable New Books by Colby Authors

The Number Two Official of Maine
Bernard E. Esters '21

With the Local Colby Clubs
Necrology
Class Notes About Colby Men and Women
In Service
Milestones

Colby Alumnus Vol. 30, No. 8: July 1941, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

The Talk of the College
Meet the Next President!
Honorary Degrees Conferred Upon Ten
The Colby Commencement Address
Presentations Feature of Alumni Luncheon
Bygone Fashions Enliven Alumnae Luncheon
Dormitory Cornerstone Laid
Clare Boothe is Dinner Speaker
New Trustee
Many Return for Class Reunions
Notable Exhibits in Library
Colby Sons and Daughters Prominent in Senior Class
Alumni Council Meeting
With the Local Colby Clubs
Necrology
Class Notes About Colby Men and Women
In Service
Milestones

Colby Alumnus Vol. 29, No. 4: February 1940, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

The President's Page
Talk of the College

Jeremiah Chaplin — the Founder
Charles W. Spencer '90

Bluff in the Traveller's Kit
Anne Pepper Varney '98

Library Receives Rare Items
The Privy Arson Case
Has Had Colorful Career

Rising in Insurance Field
Seth G. Twitchell '20

Hockey Team Wins State Title
Leonel L. Saucier '27

Winter Carnival in Gala Event

Covering the Campus
Emanuel K. Frucht '42

Necrology
Class Notes About Colby Men and Women
Milestones

Colby Alumnus Vol. 28, No. 6: April 1939, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

CONTENTS

My Grandfather
Muriel R. Trollope

Chipman '39 — Builder of a College
Joseph C. Smith '24

Poem: November Afternoon
Elizabeth F. Newell '38

A Coach's Dream Comes True
Prof. Gilbert F. Loebs

I Shall Never Forget the Time When

Reminiscences of a Retired Teacher
Eighty Blank

The President's Page
Chatting With Our Colby People

A Galaxy of Colby Stars
Ralph Delano '40

Spring Alumni Meetings
"A Good Use for Money"
Taylor Biography Lauded
Class Notes About Colby Men and Women
Necrology
Milestones

Colby Alumnus Vol. 23, No. 1: Fall 1933, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

EDITORIAL NOTES:

Whither Educationally?
Colby Night
Change is Progress?
"By Their Fruits"
Good Fortune
The Lecture Course
Publicity
Honorary Degrees
A College Obligation
The Wednesday Chapel
A Call to the Colors
Faculty Meetings
Retirement

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

A Letter from France, Clio Melissa Chilcott, A.M. '95
Hannibal Hamlin, LL.D. '79, Honored, The Editor
Geographical Distribution of Graduates (Continued), Carl Frederick Foster, B.B. '33
Opening of Maine Schools: Hugh Allan Smith, A.B. '20, Roy Mitchell Hayes, A.B. '18, Eva Pratt Owen '14, Albanus Moulton Pottle, A.B. '22, Edward W. Hincks
Comment on Opening of Colby's 114th Year, Ninetta May Runnals, Litt.D. '08 …

The Colbiana Vol. 14 No. 1 (December, 1925), Colby College

The Colbiana

No abstract provided.

Colby Alumnus Vol. 14, No. 2: January 1925, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

EDITORIAL NOTES:

A Great College Year
The Coming Commencement
With the Graduates
Retirement of Chief Justice Cornish '75
Justice Norman L. Bassett '91

SPECIAL ARTICLES:
A Slice of Europe, By Joseph Coburn Smith, B.A. '24
An Interesting Career, Contributed
Our Maine Woods Novelist, By Fred Kramph Owen, B.A. '87
"The Peoples Champion", By the Editor
The Retirement of Chief Justice Cornish '75, By the Editor
Testimonial to George M. Wadsworth
Concerning a Colby Geologist
Valuable Addition to Biological Department
Norman L. Bassett '91, Named Justice
In Memoriam: By the Editor
Among the Graduates, By the Editor

Colby Alumnus Vol. 11, No. 3: May 1922, Colby College

Colby Alumnus

EDITORIAL NOTES:

The Call!
Ethics of Debate
The Loyalty of the Alumnae
Eligibility Rules at Colby
Anent Debating Again
The Passing of Mr. Gibbs

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Program of the One Hundred and First Commencement, By the General Committee
April Meeting of the Board of Trustees, By Edwin C. Whittemore, DD. '79 Secretary
Gifts to the Library, By Charles P. Chipman, B.A. '06
The Second Century Fund, By Arthur J. Roberts, LL.D. '90, President
Colby's Cross-Country Debate Trip, By Herbert C. Libby, Litt.D. '02
A Bit of Sacramento Valley of California, By William B. Smith, B.A. '17

Some Colby Gatherings:
New …

The Colbiana Vol. 3 No. 3 (April, 1915), Colby College

The Colbiana

Contents:

Hugh Maxwell, Traitor, Alice C. Mather,1916........................................................ 3

The Old Willow, Ernestine Porter, 1916................................................................. 7

Experiments in Heroism, Ella Robinson, 1916....................................................... 8

Fishing, Elsie Lane, 1917...................................................................................... 11

The Old Question, Ernestine Porter, 1916............................................................ 12

Board of Editors..................................................................................................... 14

Editorials ............................................................................................................. 14

College Interests .................................................................................................. 15

Women’s League Happenings............................................................................. 15

The Japanese Operetta......................................................................................... 19

Pan-Hellenic Masquerade................................................................................ 20

Y. W. C. A. Notes ................................................................................................. 21

Athletics................................................................................................................. 24

Alumnae Notes..................................................................................................... 24

Laughs.................................................................................................................. 25

Exchanges.............................................................................................................. 27

Directory................................................................................................................ 28

The Colbiana Vol. 3 No.1 (December, 1914), Colby College

The Colbiana

Contents:

In Memoriam ....................................................................................................... 2

Henry David Thoreau, INA McCAUSLAND, 1915............................................. 3

Jimmy’s Revenge, DOROTHY WEBB, 1915.................................................... 5

The True Woman, a Poem, EDWARD J. COLCORD, 1875.............................. 7

The Children of the Street, ETHEL CHAMBERLAIN, 1915............................ 10

Colby Day ......................................................................................................... 11

Y. W. C. A. Notes................................................................................................. IS

Athletics .............................................................................................................. 17

Board of Editors ................................................................................................. 19

Editorials ............................................................................................................. 19

Laughs .................................................................................................................. 21

Class News ........................................................................................................... 21

Sorority Notes ................................................................................................... 23

Alumnae ............................................................................................................... 24

Exchanges ............................................................................................................ 26

Directory ............................................................................................................ 27

The Colbiana Vol. 2 No. 4 (June, 1914), Colby College

The Colbiana

Contents:

Public Health and the Public School, Prize Essay on Social Service,

Clara Collins, 1914.............................................................................................. 3

Neighbor, Dorothy Tubbs, 1914........................................................................... 6

Americanitis, Helen Hanson, 1915............................................................. 10

Along the Shore, Alice Mather, 1916.................................................................... 12

Gentlemen and Clothespins, Adelaide Klein, 1914......................................... 13

Y. W. C. A......................................................................................................... 16

Athletics ............................................................................................................. 17

The Geology Trip to Bar Harbor, Esther French, 1916................................ 17

Board of Editors .................................................................................................... 20

Editorials ........................................................................................................... 20

Jokes ................................................................................................................... 21

Class Items ..................................................................................... 22

Ivy Day .................................................................................................................. 24

Alumnae Notes.................................................................................................... 24

Directory ............................................................................................................ 26

The Colbiana Vol. 1 No. 3 (April, 1913), Colby College

The Colbiana

Contents:

Some Personal Reminiscences of Dr. Pepper, .................. 3

Harriet M. Parmenter, 1889

A Tribute to Dr. Pepper, Lora Cummings Neal, 1893___ 5

The Love of Money, Merle Bowler, 1915............................ 7

The Tale of a Cup, Adelaide L. Klein, 1914........................ 9

If Shakespearean Women Lived Today.................................. 12

Sadie Pennell, 1914

Young Women’s Christian Association.................................. 14

Athletics ................................................................................... 15

Board of Editors....................................................................... 17

Editorials .................................................................................. 17

Jokes ......................................................................................... 19

General News ......................................................................... 21

Alumnae Notes......................................................................... 24

Exchanges ................................................................................. 25

Directory ................................................................................... 26