Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-16

sunder. Te memory Of te willows
viii go forth with US forever. Like
the balmy breeze of spring ina
memory will sweep a peaceful cain
upon our careworn minds in days tt
come. AS in the days Of spring the
willows burst out in the full splen'
dor Of regeneration, SO may oui
hopes and aspirations as class eve1
gain new life from the ideals ano
standards which they upold. TIC
Colby and her willows we pledge un'
dying loyalty"
This ended the exercises. The
class then marched around the cam
pus and cheered the buildings for
the last time.
The trustee meeting which was nelo
Saturday proved to be an Almost all
Cay session. a great deal OF imf ortant
business was transacted. Election OF
new professors AID trustees. resolutions
on the death Of prominent trustees dur
ing the past year. and discussion of sew
eral important matters were taken up.
Carl ]. Weber. who has been a memper
of the faculty this year as instructor OF
English, has been retained as an as
sistant professor. and the new profess
sor in the department of philosophy.
which has been greatly enlarged. will be
Wesley +. Wells Of st. Louis. He will
rank as an assistant professor. Tha
trustees elected by the trustees them
selves to serve until 1922 were as fol-
lows: Richard c. Shannon. LII. D.. Of
Brockport n. T.: Woodman Ersdbury.
D. D.. of Newton Center. Mass: Ar
thur J. Roberts. NJ. A.. of Wsterville:
Beecher Putnam Of Eon:t n: Frank w.
Patelford. D. D.. Of Boston: irving 3.
Mower. D. d.. % Waterv lie; Norman
l.. Bassett. I'll. n. of Augusta:
Charts + T. Stevens. B. A.. of Hart
ford. Ct: and Miss Louis, H. Coburn.
Lit. D., of Skowhegan. This is the first
time in the history OF the co'lere that a
woman has been elrctei to the board OF
trustees and marks turning poirt in
the history of the college. To FIJI an
Enexpired term. which will expirt m
1920, Hartstein H. Page. NJ. D., of wor-
caster. Mass. was e'ected
The matter Of establishing a Reserve
Officers Training Corps at the college
was discussed at some length and the
trustees finally appointed g committee
three to confer with a committee OF
the fa|ulty regarding this ma after. he
committee of instruction Of the faculty
Will apppoin the nan who will take
Pres dent Roberts place during his ab-
sence next year on the work ct the EN-
dowment fund
AS for the resolutions on the death
OF trustees, MILFORD C. Chapman of
Portland introduced resolutions m H..
death OF Hon. Asher c. Kinds and
.'cge Leslie c. Corn sh Of Aug sta in
troduced resolutions on the death of
Judge A-no W. King. IL. D.
The Alumni Lunch which was hold
saturday noon was an interesting
ana Wei attended affair. After tho
banquet which was served nv sover-
al women of the Freshman class
speecnes were given. the speakers be-
ing introduced by the POSTMASTER
Archer S. Jordan. Before the speech
es were heard the alumni elected the
oihcrs OF tn general alumni assoc;a-
tion Tor the coming year as follows.
president, Archer S. Jordan. '95 of
AUBURN; vice president, William r
Jdch o. OF Portland; secretary. Rev
ho"1n {. Whittemore. 10. of Water
Elile; treasurer. Charles w. Vigue
SO. OF "atervillc; necrologist, Pro-
1essor Charles p. Chapman. '06. of
"ater'liie; executive committee,
Reuben w. Dunn. '6S. of Wateryille
Leon Guptil'. 'o9, of Cherryfeld; and
frank L. Condor, '08. of Augusta.
committee on nominations for alumni
trustees. Norman L. Bassett. '95. of
Augusta. Judge Warren c. Philhroo,,
81, OF Augusta. and Byron BOYD. Sc
OF Augusta. The two representatives.
chosen to represent the alumni on the
Athletic Council of the college are
Albert +. Drummond. IS. of Water
ville' and Frank W. Alden. '9S, of
"atervllle. The alumni also elect
cd two men to the board of trustees
OF the college for the coming year as
follows: Archer S. Jordan, e5. of
Auburn. and Rev. E. c. Herrick. ,9s
OF Fall River, Mass. Rev. r s
Whlttemore. the necrologist for the
past year read the list of Colby men
who have died during the past wear
as follows: Abijah r. Crane, sc:
Rev. Charles NJ. Emery. go; Charles
D. Thompson. '63: Rev. John NJ. Wv
man, 81: Rev. George D. Saunders.
o.; Asher c. Kinds, SO; Justice Arno
w. King. SO: Captain Charles A.
Sturtevant. '97; Elvin L. Allen. 'o1:
John A. Hale. 'o1: Horace Newen-
nam. VI: Cyrus c. Blake. 'os: Cliff
ford Fl. Libby. 'os; Sydney w. Pat
terson. 10: Corporal Edward E..
Washburn. IL: Corporal William A.
Weeden. ~: Nathan T. Butler. IA:
Lieut.. Norman J. Merrill, IA: Verne
II. Sanderson. '16: Lieut.. Henry I.
Eddy. II: Lieutenant Carleton NJ.
hliss. lS; Lieut.. George n. Bourque,
~: Henry s. Pratt. Jr., Is; John A.
Stowell. is; Joseph A. Besse, 10:
lrlvate Hugh Kelley. 81: and Priv
ate Raymond II. Blades. '22. This is
the longest neurology ever read at a
Colby alumni gathering.
Following these reports came the
speeches. President Roberts sncla
Erst' his talk being an appeal to the
Alumni to support the college in it's
attempt to raise the half million dol.
lars endowment fund. He said that
OF the five hundred thousand dollars
to be raised by 1920. three hundred
and severty-fve dollars has alreaav
been secured. Emery b. Gibbs of
Boston smoke on COtbv ,t,,,..: