Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-22
I congratulate you not only on the past
but on the future that is to be yours.
Or. Griges' Address

I congratulate you not only on the past
but on the future that is to be yours.
Or. Grisss' Address
AS the second speaker, said Judge
Cornish, will introduce a speaker who
last evening held you in the hollow Of
his hand, DIR. Edward Howard Griggs.
| am not only proud but very happy,
| said DR.. Griggs. to be permitted to join
this family.
| l congratulate you on being a small
college. | have always advocated
small college. The small college has
every advantage. There is closer
comradeship of the men and closer
comradeship with the teachers and
students. DR.. Griggs went on to tell
Of the disadvantages of the large uni
versites that have sprung up all over
the country. He compared them to a
huge department store with the pres
ident as chief f1oorwalker who kept
too many customers from going to
one department.
The next speaker was DR.. Nathan
iel Butler. '73, who gave many in
terestng "reminiscences of his connec-
ton with the college. In his speech
DR. Butler paid tribute to Prof. Julian
Daniel Taylor, '6S, for 81 years a
teacher at Colby, to Mary Carver
Lowe, Colby's first woman student,
and to President Arthur Jeremiah
Roberts as the president who has done
more for Colby than any other man.
Judge Cornish introduced, Elihu
Burritt Haskell, of the class of 1872.
Mr.. Haskell now past "A told of how
his class of eight members remained
Intact for 43 years but now two had
gone Four of these men were at Col
by today in reunion. Mr.. Haskell also
paid tribute to DR.. TAYLOR as the
prince of teachers. At the close of
Mr.. Haskell's speech Judge Cornish
arose and showed TO the people as
sembled group picture of the class
OF 1872 taken at their reunion ten
years ago It was presented to the
college by the wife of Horace w. TIL
den. 80, the second member of the
class to die.
3-Mnute Speeches
ter asked for three minute speeches
from first, William Fl. Holmes 81 who
spoke of the distinctions of the class
of 1897 and Dean Runnals of the
Womens division.
AS the final speaker Of the afternoon
Judge Cornish introduced President
Arthur j. Roberts as the only president
of a college.
No college ever had a better board
of trustees. said the president. Our
board of trustee is made up wholly of
alumni members Theirs is the perfect
service that springs from love. Now.
Every good college is always in a state
of coming" but II never arrives. We
are vastly better in equipment than
we were a few years ago, but we are
still striving for new things that we
need. In fact they are more needed
now than ever before. President Rob
erts went on to tell of the need of an
endowment fund because of the fact
of the advancement of the college.
Another Colby commencement is end
cd The campus is once NOR striped
of it's gay costume and every train is
carrying the guest away from Water
willie. The weather has not helped to
make this commencement a success,
but it has been a success in every
sense of the word. People have come
to Colby from all over the United
States. One man came from Idaho to
his class reunion. 1t was big, happy
reunion for the Colby graduates and
the program was one of the best ever.
The credit is due to the general COM
mencement committee in large part
and to the graduates who have come
back this year