Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-17
Exercises.

that of ordinary years.
The exercises OF the day began in the
forenoon with the meeting Of the board
of trustees and the senior class day
program. The senior class at $50
marched from the college chapel to the
speaking stand on the lower campus, lie /
BY Chief Student Marshal Rafael J.
Miranda ~ Of New York, Assistant
Student Marshals Gordon NJ. Gates u
and William c. Dudley 49, and Senior
Glass Marshal Raymond c. Whitney OF
Cambridge, who also conducted the ex
ercises. After appropriate music by the
commencement orchestra prayer was
offered by Chaplain Roger L. Marble of
North Nassalboro, the senior class chap
lain The class than sang its ode to the
air We've Been Working on the Levy" |
as follows;
Hail all hail the sons of Colby, e en-
those across the sea,
Honoring their Alma Mater by the braV-
est loyalty;
Proudly they have gone to serve her.
keep her colors true,
Meath the stars and Stripes they march
and fight,
Colby Gray and Blue.
Rise. We classmates. we will follow
will help TO right the wrong,
Forth into the future gladly, with eager
hearts and strong;
We will give our loyal service-piedSe
we here today
In the memry of old Colby friends,
Colby Blue and Gray.
Paul +. Alden of Cumberland then de-
livered the class Grafton, the topic OF
which was a war subject in keeping
with the general war spirit which is
pervading the commencement activities.
He was followed by Phyllis F. Cole OF
Barre, Mass, who awarded the class
honors. This number of the program
is an innovation in the commencement
exercises and proved to be pleasing.
The address to undergraduates was de-
livere1 by Hazel Whitney of Houlton,
and to this address responses were given
by representatives of the underclasS IS
as follows: For 1919. Gordon L. Gates
of Foxcroft; for 1920 Helen NJ. Getchell
of Limestone; for 1921, Ransom Pratt %
Corning, n Y. The responses and the
remainder of the program until the
to the college chapel because of the in
PREVENTION of a shower. The number
following the address to undergraduates
was perhaps the most interesting be-
cause the most historic tradition of tie
whole program This was the SIN ok
g of the pipe of peace" after the
class had sunk the "Pipe Ode" This
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to year and it is the custom for each
member Of the graduating class to take
a puff from it. Each class has its nu-
merals carved on the bowl, the first one
being those of the class Of 1862 Fol-
lowing this came the parting address by
John x. Pottle of East Otisfeld. and
the singing of the parting ode. which
was composed by the ode committee OF
the senior class and sung to the music
Of Santa Lucia
The last event on the program was
the planting of the Willow" This
is n decided innovention which is be-
ing introduced by the present Senior
class. The old row of willows which
have been for years one of the sources
Of beauty on the lower campus. are
row dying out. and the present Sen
| ior class is this year planting a viii
low. hoping to establish precedent
which the other classes of future
years will follow. that in time the
"WillowS' may be restored to their
former magnificance. Two addresses
were given at this time one by James
Hugh Dunn of Scituate, Mass and
the other by Miss Isabelle Snodgress
Of Berlin. \. H. Mr.. Dunn told Of
the former beauty and glory Of the
willows. and Miss Snodgrass tori
what the class hoped to accomplish
by establishing this precedent. After
the willow was planted the class
sang the Willow Ode to the tune If
Where the River Shannon Flows"
The ode was as follows:
It's the planting of the willows
That we always like to see.
For it brings us thoughts of Colby
In sweetest memory.
! They're the trees that line the pathway
Winding to the kennebec
And they take us back in fancy
To the days we'll ne'er forget
The BreeZes blow our willows
On the campus that we love
And the voices of the song birds
, Echo blessings from above.
| o, the great skys blue above us
And the day is glad and gay
! For the charm of college friendships
Holds US firmly in its sway.
! It's to honor our old willows
Standing staunch and stalwart here
That we plant our tree in tribute
| To their lasting loyalty.
1 It's the spirit of the college
: That the willows whisper clear
! As we sing in joyful gladness
! To our Alma Mater dear.
! This concluded the Senior class ex
ercises and the remainder of the
! forenoon was spent in renewing old
! friendships and in meeting the Wis
itors. The commencement committee
which had in charge the program was
/ as follows:
| Hugh Laughlin Robinson of Water
Vile; Harvard Edgar Moor Of Ellis
worth; Raymond Carlyle Whitney .:
/ Cambridge, Me; John Kemp Pottle
Of East Otisfeld; Paul Eugene Alden
of Cumberland Mills; Albert Leslie
Shorey of Surry; Eugene Bliss Mar
riner of Searsmont This committee
| is the general committee in chare. If
all the commencement program AMI
| TO IT all credit for the good arrange
| ments are due. TIE ode committee
| which composed the various odes con.
! sisted of: Merrill Albert Bigelow OF
Augusta; Harvard Edgar Moor of