Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-26

cred on the slope JUST by the river
near the Commencement platform,
there to await the Seniors, as they
marched, two by two. according to
tradition, from Old Memorial hall, for
last exercises in the gentle shades of
Colby's halls. Many We're the mothers
and fathers present and sweethearts,
too. sisters by the hundreds and old
Grads in bountiful stores. and brothers
who dream of Colby for years to come.
The exercises opened with an over
ture march by the band and the pray
er was offered by Luther Morris, chap
lain of the class. Simple Confession"
a selection by the band followed. The
prophecies. of the two divisions were
then delivered. They follow:
Prophecy for Senior Men by Willis e.
Jones.
The effeetual feryant prayer of a
righteous man availeth much" The
oft repeated prayer of President Rob-
erts. Lord bless the material re-
souhees of this college" is at last an
swered. Oppulent alumni and phil
anthropic friends have happily passed
away. leaving their earthly substance
to enhance the prosperity of Colby
College.
"Old Memorial hall with it's Lion of
Lucern" still stands in solemn ma
iestY a fitting memorial 10 Colbys
illustrious dead, and leaves "A land
mark to all her returning sons. But
all else how changed. The old bricks
have been Quilted by fire once too
often, and in their place stand eommo-
dious dormitories. A magnificent lib
rary now holds the book which were
the pride of DR.. Hail. The shades of
Parmenter, Chester and Little now in
habit series of splendid science
buildings. The spirit OF Prof White
pervades a beautiful art building, an
edifice worthy 10 hold copies of the
works of the great masters A noble
stadium eneloses Alumni field while
a twentieth century gym bears evil
dence to Colby's continued athletic
supremacy.
"(Shall We go father and let our
gazes wander to the outskirts of the
rapidly growing city? on the west
bank of that silvery streamlet, whose
waters have born lovelorn Colby stu
dents from time immemorial. we see
the splendid campus. the classic hall
and the gothic spires of that queen
among female institutions, the dwell
ing place of the fairest and most
learned maidens of all the land Foss
College,.
In the 672nd Olympiad, in the year
of the Christian Era, 1912, made fam
GUS by the third term of Theodore
the Great. travellers from the mortal
world tell Of stranger happenings on
the sad planet, awful catastrophies by
land and sea, great political upheav-
ais in the land of democracy divers
earthquakes in sundry places. But all
these things areas nothing compared
to the fact that an institution called
Colby College has made another con-
tribution to the problems of the uni
verse.
Among my immortal passengers
there is wide divergence of opinions
as 10 the probable effects of this latest
product OF Colby, the class of 1912.
and will have upon terrestrial affairs.
Some congratulate themselves upon
getting out just in time, others more
optimistic in their views go so far as
to predict great things for this sor-
rowful sphere. A renaissance of Art,
literature, science, politics and re-
ligion to them does not seem improb-
able. as to those last predictions, In
the language of one of my passengers
who comes from Missouri Il await
demonstrations"
AT this point there is a wide gap
in the evidence similar TO the gap in
Greek history made by the Dorian in
VISIONS. The best thing we are able
to decipher reads as follows:
Great excitement on the mortal side
of the Styx, this morning. A man who
registers as Jacsman took passage
with me. today. He is said TO be a
great orator but he doesn't look it,
However, il must be for committee
of shades consisting of Demosthenes.
Cicero, Edmund Burke and William
j. Bryan met him on the lower bank
and welcomed him to the company OF
the immortals. Jackman did not ap-
pear fattered at all by such a dis
tinguished reception. He nodded pat
ronizingly to Demosthenes and said:
You needn't spoil the occasion bv
trying to make a speech. l am some
thing of an orator myself but / will
admit that some of your attempts
compare very favorably with mine"
Jackman's look of disappointment was
explained when Bryan took him by
the arm and said consolingly, Never
mind. old chap, If YOU never We're
elected, YOU know | ran four times
myself and my courage is still good"
Business poor today. only one pas
senger and he refused to pay for his
passage. He said that statesmen
should go free of duty. Personal APP
pearance short and stout, not paftieu-
larry handsome, attitude pompous.
Absolutely refused to give his name.
but / learned later that he was call
ed Rideout. When he landed the
first person he met ON the lower bank
was Roosevelt and the two almost
came to blows in an argument as to
which had the greater influence on
the development of the Goth century
democracy. A large number of shades
gathered about them, all excited and
shouting: eco to him Fritz" Hit
him in the eye, Teddy, something be-
sides your hat is in the ring now
But one passenger today, little
old man with bald head and long
white whiskers, calls himself Chap
man haven't had ei1cb q hunch IF