Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-06
COLUMBIA

Some Of the, pupils Of the Windham High School from this town, who managed to get ito Willimantic last week Friday by train and attend their classes. came back the same way, but, did not arrive H their homes until D. m. ..... r. .N
 Edward P. Lyman, the R. F. D. car rier. has been unable during the past week to completely cover his route, owing to. the condition of the roads, While the roads are fairly good at the Center. they are almost impassa- ble in. the outlying districts. Saturday last while Mir. Lyman was feeding his stock he slipped and fell back ward. spraining his right arm bad ly, when he fen upon it, in his attempt to break the severity of the fall.
 Evidently the roads in Lebanon are in bad condition, as the wagons car ryfng milk from that town to the rail- road. were obliged to bring 1t around through Columbia Center to Williman- tic Saturday morning.
 The oldest inhabitants do not recol- lects a winter. when they have been, so shut in as during the present one.
 George H. Champlin has sent in his resignation as manager of the Colum- bia Cooperative Association, but at the meeting of the directors, Monday evening no action was taken upon it.
 Miss Josephine Hutchins, who has been III for some time with stomach and nervous disorders was taken to St. Josephs hospital, Sunday
 While the weather for the past few days has been fine the travelling on the Columbia branch of the state road has not improved. A gang of men have been shoveling out the drifts which were toos deep to be removed by the snow blow. No automobile has been able to get here in several days, but it is expected that the road will soon be open for all vehilces The high school children are being taken to- Willimantic by Raymond F. Clarke on a sled.
 A weekly paper issued by the Col= lege of Emparia, Kansas just receiv- ed, gives some additional information regarding the work and influence of Prof. Raymond Hunt, whose obituary was recently published. in The BuIle- tin. MT. Hunt had been a member of the faculty for over nine years, and was on, active worker in all branch es of college fife. When he went to the | college in 1911, he took charge of the department of Latin and Greek. be- sides classes, in several Roman lan- guages. In 1918 he was made head of the department of History and Po- nticai Science. giving up the Ancient languages. He served on the Liter ary and College paper committee, the catalogue and attendance committee which. is the most. important faculty committee. For the past two years fl he was chairman of the Social com nittee which brought him in close 2! touch with the students and friends Il of the college. He was regular at tendant at the Congregational church and active in al branches of church work. doing everything he attempted with all his power. For some years he was teacher in the Sunday schoo and during the past year conducted a student class, which was one of the most active classes in the church The pastor of the church said that what ever Mir. Hunt did was something that pushed to the front" Two years asc | Prof. Hunt had an attack of scarle- fever from which he never fully re. covered, leaving his system probabl,
 in an enfeabled condition, thougi
 more readily contracting influenza anf kidney trouble and terminating in hi
 death. Pruf: Hunt win long centinu,
 to be a part of the College of Empa
 ria, which will be better and richer
 because he gave part of his life to it
 He was a friend trusted and loved b,
 NAN anu 6dNe llIlSEh quietly anN
 naturally 10 whatever task came hi
 way. Past and present students O
 the coffege 3n many lands will feel. .
 distinct loss in his death and will real
 ize that their lives are richer and bet
 ter because MT. Hunt lived. Tn
 faculty of the college has expressed appreciation of his services and of great loss, as he filled so large s place in the college. being a schoia | widely read, judicious and many-sid J ed in his interests. He was sympa thetic with the students, giving ther J knowledge of their need and inspire ] them to interest in many fields e thought. He always bore his full shar
 of the lead on the faculty, co-operat
 ing heartily in solving administrativ