Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-12
COLBY COLLEGE
Colby Procession Flies Banners
of Her Laurels Won ON the
Diamond and Gridir0n
in Season 1914-15
FLAMES IN FOSS HALL
NEW SORORITY


Watcrville changed its name to Col
byville Thursday evening when one Of
the biggest Colby celebrations that the
city has ever seen filed the streets
with red FIRE, dancing white-clad fig
ures, feathered Indians. Anticipated We
hicies. and cheers that told of two
championships III one year. The news
that the WaterVille college was 10 do
somerhine unusual in the celebration
line brought out, not hundreds. but
thousands Of people from the city and
from the surrounding towns. who lines
the sidewalks and applauded as the
college BOYS gave vent to their enthu-
siasm and JOY. Headed by horrible
band, led by real drum major, with
the big Colby pennant above their
heads and another 1S-foot piece Of
canvas heralding football and baseha Il
champions Ct Maine, 1914 and 1915" the
body Of the marchers fell in behind an
auto, laden with pajama clad celebrat-
ers drawing an old ia shioned barouche
filed with another noisy crowd of stu
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be called. for they danced most of the
time, We're dressed in every type of cos
tune. There was a Charlie Chaplin, a
demure maid from the country, sun
bonnet and all, Indians. befeathered
and painted for their war dance,
whoopcd and yelled as the glazing red
fire and lively band music made the
blood of even the spectator tinele with
excitement and enthusiasm. The line
marched down College avenue to Main:
down Main to Silver; then re-aarching.
they stopped at the fountain in the
common and cheered every member of
the team, the coach and the manager.
The scores We're counted out. and all
the Colby cheers that were ever thought
Of were shouted by 200 lusty voices.
They marched back over the same
route and stopped in front of the home
of President Roberts. who made d
brief speech, expressing his approval
of the biggest celebration that the col
lege has ever had. The big finale of it
all, was the INDUSTRIOUS bonfire on
alumni field that could he seen in
Brunswick, Lewiston and Orono." Hun
around the field that had seen victo-
ries and defeats Of Colby teams for
years. sacrificed their places If long
standing to illuminate the sky on such
a night as that. Over a thousand people
followed the parade to the field and
witnessed the dance as the figures ser
pentined around the big fire, with q
black sky as a background. 1t was aft
er 10 o'clock when the crowd began to
dwindle slowly down to the faithful
few. and by midnight only a heap of
dying e,nbers, a fenceless athletic field.
and tired college youths told of one
of the biggest and most glorious cele-
brations that a Maine college ever held.
FCss hall was the scene of another
near fire" Thursday evening when
light broke in the room occupied by
Miss Ruth Bracket, II. and Miss
Katherine Singer, '16, fell onto the bed
and burned the mattress, the covers
and pillow before being discovered and
extinguished. 1t was while supper was
being served the fire broke out. and the
smell of smoke in the corridors attract
ed attention to the blaze 1t was ne
to call the department
Colby will bring its active baseball
season to a close Saturday afternoon
with an exhibition game with the Bates
College nine at Gardiner.
Colby now has four national sorori-
ties. Alpha Phi Alpha, which has been
a local society since organized in 1910.
was given a charter Thursday evening
as Alpha Delta Chapter Of Alpha Delta
ri, founded in Wesleyan in 1851. and is
the oldest sorority in this country, and
now has % chapters, including the Col
by chapter. Miss Ethel Thayer of Bos-
ton University, general secretary of
the society, and the province president,
Miss Ida Moody of Boston acted as in
stalling officers. Charter members Of
the chapter are Miss Aldine Gilman of
Miss Myrtle Everett of
Hartland: Miss Jennie Farnum Of East
Miss Marguerite Chamberlain
Of waterville: Miss Mary Tobey of
Waterville; Miss Ida Brown of North
Haven; Miss Clara Hinckley of Mil
bridge; Miss Ella Robinson of North
Arson; Miss Hazel Moore of Good
will: Miss Ernestine Porter of New
Sharon, Miss Alice Hunton Of Oak
and, Miss Hazel Lane and Miss Elsie
Lane Of Rockport and Miss Hazel Bar
aey Of Springfield. Mass. The visiting
officers We're guests Of honor Wednes-
Law afternoon at a reception given at
he home Of Miss Mary Tobey, Prospect
street. and Thursday afternoon the en-
ire chapter as well as the national Of
icers were entertained by Mrs. j. J. !
Newell. Burleigh street. At this gather
ne Miss Marion Horne Of Fairfield,