The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18
COLBY COLLEGE.
Interesting Items of That Instltu.
ton.


Waterville, October 17.-Beta Phi. ths
junior ladies' society OF Colby, was tbe
first to hold her annual Initiation ban.
quet this year. The event occurred at tbs
Gerald, Fairfield, this evening. Many Of
the aIumnae were present and the affair
was very enjoyable. After partaking Of
an excellent menu the following t0asts
were responded to, Lou West Peacock, s9l
tOastmistress:
''She to the palace led her guests, then
offered incense and proclaimed a FEAST
On Joy Nellie Mason Lowering, ;O2,
Haste thee, my nymph, and bring
with thee zest and youthful jollity.''
Our Mystic Bond-Gertrude Lord, 'Ol
'Firm to our pl1Ghted Faith;'
BY Hook or CrOok-MRyGeney Bragg,
Ol.
''The ladies, angling in the crystal
lake, feast on the waters with the prey
they take.''
The Buttercup-Jennie June Dunn, 'OS
Flower Of the meadow with petals Of
gold =
Instrumental-Ve Caroline Nash, 'O2
The Journey H1ther-Alice Louise
Owen. o..
Practice them now to curb the turn
ing steed.'
A GIa nee Ahead-Delia Jane HiscOck
'O1.
''T he evening beam that smiles the
CLOUDS away, and tints tomorrow with
prophetic ray
Aufwiedersehen-C Clara Louise Martin,
'O2
"Now the latter watch of wasting and
setting stars, to kindly sleep invite.'
Impromptu
nights candle is burned out, and
n r., crfo rI- fr,{rn +lo 7,,fct
noun tain top
Song-Edith Cena Btoknell 'O3.
The initiates are: From 1908, Miss Eva
May johnson OF WestborO. Mass from
1904, Lillian Eun1ce Berry of Watervile;
Eva Estelle Clement, Seal HarbOr; Sara
Booth by Libby, Portland; Eunice Cald-
we'll Mower, South Berwick Alice Louise
Owen, Auburn; Ethel Maude Porter,
Cum mberland Mills; Mary Frances Small,
Cherryhsid; Bertha Carey Whlttmorel
Materville.
This afternoon at the home of Mrs. DT,
Butler the ladies of the faculty received
the ladies Of the college at an informal
tea from four to six o'clock, Mrs. Butler
was assisted by Mrs. Prof. Hall and Miss
Matthews in receiving and Mrs. Prot.
Roberts and Mrs. Prof. Stetson presided
over the table Of refreshm ents Lmmedi-
ately after this Mrs. Butler gave the an
nuaI faculty supper, at which all Of the
faculty and their wives were present
Mrs, Butler is a very charming hostess
and it is unnec9 ssary to say that both
were a success.
This morning after chapel a meeting Of
the Colby Debating society was held.
The intention is to hold fcrtnightly meet.
ings during the fall and winter In order
TO bring out the debating ability OF the
| students. The men have the hearty CO.
operation OF Prof, Roberts and Prof.
Cha nberlain. Mr.. Bakeman, '01, presi'
dent OF the club, will prepare nr0-
grammes for the different mee5ir gs in a
way that will arouse interest and q cure
a good audience.
Tuesday morning Mr., W1the, '0l, presi
ent of the Athletic association, called a
meeting Of the student body to see about
raising money to keep the coach a week
| longer than he is engaged, in other TordE
/ to keep him until after the game with
BoWdoin. He informed the students that
an aIumnus in the city has promised tC
raise $25 among the tOWnsmen if the
| students can raise the remainder neces
sary. On motion of Mr.. Thayer it TaI
voted to try TO raise the sum by subscrlp
tiOn. MIR. Withee, then appointed Thayel
to collect from the seniors, A u. Good
win, from the juni ors, E L Allen from
the sOphomOres and Perkins from th'
freshmen.
At the request of the Bryan club, Presi
dent Butler announced in chapel TUESDAY
/ that E. w. Plairted of Augusta anC
| Cyrus w Davis of WaterviIle will address
the students and their friends in th'
| chapel next Friday evening.