Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-27

| Spent i'll Colby : nails.
! Dream. dream of hours OF play
| Meath her shelf ring walls
Dream. dream OF futur" Gays
| Far from Colby's halls.
Dream. DIRE am of parting ways
| Where Lies duty calls.
! Like soft gray clouds upon the air
| Like yotive incense offered mere,
! The fragrant rings from out our PIP"
| Drift SLOWLY heav inward on thr brteHc'
| And bear aloft our fOnd"st prayers
THAT when from college we have passed
| Our lives may stu reject inc lIalSc
| OF Alma Mater dear.
Following the ode came the amusing
ceremony of smoking the pipe OF
peace" This tradition has been hand
ed down at Colby for many years. ana
was enjoyed more by the spectators,
probably, that by the participants.
Miss Alice Hope Davies of Waterville
delivered the address to undcrgradu-
atcs. She said in part:
THE commencement is supposed to
be a time rcplete with parting odes,
little individual launchings on the sea
of life. hopes and fears. perhaps re-
| grets, much talk about ideals ana Il
large amount of advice. In these days
when we may next expect graduating
| exercises and diplomas from the kinder
! garten, we are apt to lose the real siCni-
| ficance of the season, in tn" supcrhclal
| impression it leaves on our minds. But
| there really is a meaning To- il all. 1t
is the sum of all the hopes and fears of
countless classes. of the past and Of
he future. which gives the subtle in
| nucncc 10 the season when we
| il really
| a little sermon, perhaps |
may be forgiven for borrowing the
text of larger address which Il loyal
and liberal Colby alumnus used one
Sunday not long ago He drew his ser
mon from Il thought suggested by q
| letter he had recently written to SEN
| ior in college. who had asked him for
advice in the choosing Of a career. The
substance of the letter was contained
| in the words:
Let the length and breadth and
| height of your life be equal
SO to you. undergraduates, I urge
| let YOUR life in college be equal in
| length. breadth and height. Juniors,
your next year will be time of seri-
Gus thought. You probably won't adj
nit it, but you will think NOR deeply
during your last year in college than
YOU have ever done before. If YOU
keep in mind the trilogy | have men
toned. if you make those three sides of
your college life equal YOU will have
no regrets when you reach this day
next year.
Sophomores, T can only urge YOU TO
follow the same course. BY next year
you will have outgroWn your freshmen
decisions concerning college life, and
your sophomore dizziness and will be
| ready to settle down to the business Of
making yourselves into men and wo-
men of whom Colby shall be proud.
Freshmen. try to get over the idea
| that you are doing your professors q
| favor if you learn your lesson well.
| Don't be too severe on 1910, but give
| the benefit rather than the repetition
Of your experience. Teach them early
to sing the praises of their college and
| to work for her glory. How glad We
were last year to announce the fact
that Colby had three men qualified
| for Oxford. What pride we take in
our winning team! Speak in praise of
your Alma Mater and let your toast be
ever. My college. right or wrong, but
right or wrong, my college!'"