Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-06-17
Annual Business
Meeting General
Colby Alumni Assn

The annual banquet and business
meeting Of the general Colby alumni
association of Colby college was held
this noon in the gymnasium at Colby
college. The officers of the associa-
tion elected for the coming year are
as follows: President, Fred Foss
Lawrence 90, of Skowhegan; vice
president, Herbert E. Wadsworth '92,
of Winthrop; secretary, Prof. Ernest
c. Mariner '13, of Waterville;
treasurer, Charles vigue '9s, of Wat
erville; necrologist Malcolm B.
Mower '05, Of Waterville.
The executive committee elected is
as follows: Willard H. lockwood '02,
Of Waterville; Hubert ]. Merrick '99,
of Augusta; Daniel w. Kimball '94,
of Charlestown; DR.. Frederick T..
Hill 10, Of Waterville and Wilfred
G. Chapman, Jr, '12, of Portland.
The committee to nominate the
alumni trustees on the board of trus-
tees at the next annual meeting of
the association is composed of Rev.
William A. Smith 81, of Waterville;
James H. Hudson 90, of .Guilford;
Robert e. Owen IA, of Vassalboro;
Rev. George A. Martin '99 of ST.
Johnsbury, VT, and H. Chesterfield
Marden '21, of Waterville. The NOM
mating committee for the alumni
representatives to the alumni coun-
Gil are Albert F. Drummond '88, of
Waterville and George Fred Terry
'22, of Waterville.
The alumni members elected at
the meeting today to serve on the
board of trustees Of the college for a
term of five years are Hon. Randall
]. Condor 'S6, of Cincinnati, Ohio;
and DR.. Frank H. Edmunds, 'S5, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. The alumni MEM
bers elected to serve for term of
three years on the alumni council are
as follows: Charles w. Atchley, '03,
of Waterville: Hugh D. Mcclellan,
'95, of Boston, Mass; Hannibal H.
Chapman, '97, of Glenn Cove, N. Y,
and Ellsworth w. Millett, '25, Of
Whitman. Mass.
The meeting was presided over by
Ernest H. Mailing, '99, of Washing
ton, D. c., the retiring president of
the association. The principal
speaker of the program was Hon.
Randall J. Condor, 'S6, Of Cincinnati,
Ohio, who gave a most interesting
talk on the early days of the college
and later told of the love of the al
umni for the old college on the eKn-
nebec.
He spoke of the great compliment
which his daughter who was travel
ling throughout the colleges and
normal schools of the country sew
eral years ago gave to Colby after
she had passed some time here. She
said that she was glad that her faith
er was Colby man, for their was
some intangible spirit at Colby which
she had found in no other place. He
closed by saying that Colby shall
never finish her work but that she
shall continue to serve the world
through turning out men fitted to
serve humanity.
The other speakers were Presi-
dent Arthur ]. Roberts, 80: Frank
H. Edmunds, 'S5 of Brooklyn. N.
Y; William B. Jack, 100 of Port
land; J. Colby Bassett, '90 Of Bos-
ton, Mass; Vernelle w. Dyer, '15 of
Rangoon, Burma and Edward H.
Smilet, rs of Hartford, Conn. Rus
sell M. Squire. '25 of Waterville and
Perrin N. Freeman, '25 of Revere,
Mass, lead the college cheers.
The neurology for 1924-25 was CIV
en- by Doctor Edwin c. Whittemore,
70 of Waterville as follows: Grad
uate: George A. Clifford, 80 on Octo-
Der 6, 1924, at Geneva, Switzerland;
Edwin S. Small, '6S, on September
IA, 1925 at Melrose, Mass: William
Golthwaite, rs on September IL.
1925, at Chester, VT; Nathan Hunt,
10, on January %, 1925 at Morrill,;
Everett M. Stacy, 81 on March u,
1925 at Columbus, Ohio: John F.
Davies, 81 on November IL, 1924 at
Butte, Mont; Francis B. Purinton,
'94, on January 10, 1925 at Augusta;
John L. Dyer, '9S on November "a,
1924 at Camden; John r. Nelson, '9S,
on October 4, 1924 at Squantum,
Mass: George A. Wilson. '98 on
December 13, 1924, at South Paris;
Henry L. Withee, '01, on March 8,
1925 at Rockland; Roger +. Brun-
mel, '01 on December %. 1924 at
Bryn Mawr, Penna.; Alfred NJ.
Frye, 'O5, on April 1, 1925 at Lei
cester, Mass. Non-graduates: AL
pheus E. Briggs, IA, on June IL.
1924, at Parkman: Charles H. Per-
cival, rs, on October 13, 1924 at
Claremont, Cal; James K. Plummer,
'S6 at Houlton in 1926, Theodore E.
Hardy, '95, on September 8, 1925, at
Waterville; Howard Pierce, '97. on
January 8, 1925 at Mars Hill; Ed
ward c. Hooper, 80 on January Is.
1925 at Fairfield; Paul Lillian, 20,
on February 10, 1925. at Allston,
Mass; Ii Flu Chi. '25, on August
1S, 1925, at Waterville; Lee T.
Nichols, '25, on December 3. 1925 at
Waterville. Instructors: Claude F.
r .,+ars On Auouct IN 1904 of Ea or