The Portland daily press., 1895-03-30
Ninth Annual Reunion Held at the
Preble Last Evening.
"A Very Pleasant Occasion - Greek
viii Probably Be Made an Elective.

"A Very Pleasant Occasion - Greek
Will Probably Be Made an Elective.
The ninth annual reunion OF the Colby
Alumni association of Portland was held
last evening at the Preble house. President
f. v. Chase presided, and the following
were present: G. W.. Foster, class II; H..
S. Burrage, E. L. Whitman, f. v. Chase.
class '76; Mrs. F. V. Chase. Clara 6. Jones,
'94; Elinor E. Hunt. "a; George W. Hunt,
IS; W. j. Worthell, 81; A. X. p. Knowlton,
"a; S. B. Shepard SO; Mrs. S. B. Shepard,
Mrs. ". c. Webster, Josiah H. Drummond,
46; Mrs. Margie b. Drummond. Augustus
Champlin, g.; Mrs. Augustus Champlin, c..
E. Richards, 55; Mrs. G. f. Richards, Will
ford q. Chapm an. SO; Mrs. MILFORD G. Chap
man, Percival Bonney, 81; Miss Bonney,
W. E. Sargent, Miss Shaw, Samuel Osborne,
William H. Looney, "; William H. Brown
son, Matter g. Elm erson, 81; Asher q. Kinds.
SO.
After the social hour, the company sat
down to banquet. DR.. Burrage asked
grace. After the banquet, President Chase
greeted pleasantly all the alumni present.
He reviewed the circumstances of the for
nation of the association nine years be fore.
The result of those.years had proved that
the organization was no mistake. The num-
Der of graduates of Colby W no are residents
of the city, has increased greatly since the
association was formed.
Mr., Chase introd uced as POSTMASTER VIM.
H. Looney, ESQ.,, OF. the class of 1877, who
Introduced first, President Whitman.
DIR. Whitman was cordially received by
the alumni. He said that when the toast
master had spoken of the .sofhcial head OF
the institution. he had supposed that sSam
Nhe weIl-known janitor who was present.
was to be introduced. cloud laughter.'
President Whitman then went on to say
that this was a good year with the college
The present freshman class Guaranteed IN
size all that have preceded it. It was
good-lookiIg class so much SO as to revoke
the admiration of the most conservative
member of the faculty. The Portland con-
tingent, numbering seven, were-an excel
lent representation OF the city.
OF course things sometimes happened"
at the college; but as nearly as.he could
tell they always did happen; and he could
not say that he wanted.to see the day when
things should not, TO proper extent, hap
pen occasionally, as an. indication of life
and hopefulness among the students.
There was excellent harmony between the
students and the faculty, and spirit of
hopefulness pervaded both bodies. The
financial question would of course. always
be. present.; but the best days of the college
were to come. .fss
Dr.. Whitman next spoke-o of the theory of
life as related to the theory+of school train
ing. The training should be for she whole
man. Only when body, mind and spirit
were all under tuition, was a college doing
the proper work. A school boy was asked
what the main end of man was,and replied:
1.-THE end wot has the.head OMIT" And
while athletics had their place. the. intellect
and the spirit were after all the binain pos
sessions of man. The presidents Chen spoke
at length and Interestingly of the work of
modern education in spiritual training,
making men and women knights of the
Holy Ghost 10 use the expression of the
German poet. -
Judge Peroival Bonney was next called
on. He first read letter of regret from
Rev. DIR. Joseph Kicker of Augusta. who
was kept away by illness. Judge Bonney
next spoke for the trustees, The results Of
their efforts were shown In the u ondition
of the ollege. The faculty, who were elect
ed by the trustees, were as able company
OF gentlemen as could be found in any in
stitution of the grade of Colby in the Unit
ed States. The fourteen professors we're
graduated from various colleges. and some
| of them were widely known in this country
| and even in Europe.s OF the Thirty trustees
nineteen were graduates of the college.
There were some things yet to be- done for
| the college. among others the elimination
| of Greek from the list of required studies.
a. he r,1acipo of the alecf iVaS
| This would probably be done within five
| years-and might the day be FASTENED.
| Hon. A. K. P. Knowlton of Lewisi on, was
| The next speaker. He spoke of the excel
| lence of Colby in 1854. and the progress
which it had made since. The high stand
| ing of tho State of Maine was due largely
| to its schools and colleges. and no. college
mad given truer and abler men than Colby.
Principal Sargent of Hebron Academy,
was the next-speaker.. MI. Sargent expressed
his pleasure at being present. and at being
| able to respond for the fitting schools. The
great feature of Hebron Academy. was the
loyalty of the pupils to the academy. He
believed that this was very important ele-
ment; and that, his loyalty was moreover.b be-
| ing transferred to Colby. This was import
| ant for Hebron, which is in the field of 9th.
| er colleReSs anu IN leu Gals udu oofu eA-
cellent fruit. There had been going on at
Hebron great upbuilding in the last de-
oade and now it was in a situation to do
greater good to Colby. and soon would be
able to send an all round boy to Colby to be-
turned into an all round man.
| Judge BoDney, DR.. c. ". Foster and Mr..
Walter c. Emerson were appointed a COM
mittee to select officers for the ensuing
year. and the following were chosen:
President-Augnstus Champlin.
Vice President Edwafd g. Iompson.
Executive Committee-W. II. Looney, NJ.
H. Small and e. E. Parmenter. 4