The Colby Oracle 1872 by Colby College Libraries

COLBY UNIVERSITY,

HASKELL,

P. WESTON,

FEBRUARY, 1872.

STOWELL,

F. FULLER.

LEWI

TON:

STEAM

JOURNAL I

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HE records of one year have

carcely been

penned ere we a1e called upon to tell the

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tory of another. pinions.

The years fly fast on swift

But a few short days have passed

away since first we entered college wall .

The

a cent of the college hill, like the path to the moun-

spect.

tain top, even though it seems long and steep "z'n

prospectu," looks short and inviting in the retro

'Ne are all rapidly nearing the door through which

we make our exit from the dutie

of college life, and our

entrance to the more rugged care , the more

tern clutie

the !11ore imperati,·e calls of our life labor . vVe are, in these year of making progre

onward and upward. It is not progre

tudy, or at lea t we should be,

The law of advancing civilization i Yet it i

far from an ea y progre

where all i smooth ailing with but little

to do our elves, like sailing with the current in the Gulf Stream ; it is not the progr poli heel

kates on the

which the h·aveler make plain.

It i

s which the boy make with his

mooth ice ; it is not the progre with hi

wift

make progress, we mu t "climb for it." who would

teed on the level

nothing of this kind; but rather, if we would Like the traveler

tand upon the lofty peaks of the Andes, we

must cale lofty cliff and surmount rugged precipice would we gain such elevated positions. cliff rising above cliff, height

Like him, too, we see

nowy peak towering above peak,

urmounting height until we are lost in the multitude

of inacce sible glorie .

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royal road to learning," but many acclivities

may be made more eas) of ascent

many bridges may be

made where otherwise we hould have to ford deep streams; many

teps made where otherwise the ri e would be too

great for ordinary minds. or the University. science.

Thi is the purpose of the College

It is a help to us in climbing the hill of

Such being the case, we look with pleasure upon

\vhatever tends to rai e the College in the degree of its capacity for fulfilling its object. Colby is now making.

Such progre

our American Colleges.

v e feel happy to note the fact.

We hope that the day has pa

ed when

tudent

here and go to other college to graduate. w·hich our Alma l\fater makes, i ummer.

we trust

She i taking a higher stand among will leave

That reputation

as e anescent a

now in

The student who is depending upon that for his

ucces in life, can be spared for no reputation will he ever reflect upon hi

Alma l\Iater.

In short, we tru t that Colby

is making such progress as will enable her to retain her students and recei"e a larger share of the popular favor. To the graduate returning to the grou11Ll

several marked

changes from the old regime present them eh·es. once the Old Chapel is now the Recitation Hall.

\Vhat ,.,·as The old

recitation rooms so long the breeding places of cold di ease, are among the things of the pa t.

and

The entire build

ing has undergone a complete renovation.

It i divided into

three floors.

are c.li\ri.d cl into

The first and second floor

four rooms respectively.

The third floor furni he

ment for the professor in mathematics, and for cla in elocution.

apart

exercises

The present recitation rooms are comfortable

and commodious.

\Ne wonder now how we ever endured

tho e underground cells, which \'\·ere formerly called recita tion rooms.

It may be intere ting to observe that the bell,

which has so often tolled forth its well under tood summons from the old Chapel, now greets the ear from South College. The building to be used for the pm·po e of a Cabinet an<l Laboratory, is in proce s of erection.

few feet south of the �1ansion Hou e. the same material as the Chapel.

It i

ituatecl a

It is compo ed of

In what has already been

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cione upon it we have an earnest of what it will be.

It will

be, when completed, a fine building, and an honor to the University. Such a building has long been needed.

The room now

used for that purpose are crowded and inconvenient.

With

them, any addition to the collections, either of Geology or Natural History would be about as acceptable as a pre ent of an elephant to an Esquimaux". ample

The new roon1s will give

pace for all probable u es.

The empty shelve in

them will, like the library shelves, be acting as " an appeal to the public."

'Ve hope that men of means who are inter

e ted in the matter, will feel moved to a the facilitie

i t in increa ing

for the study of that most interesting branch

of study, natural

cience.

'Ve would by no means imply

that the facilitie are not good now but in that department of study more than in any other, there

alway

room for

improvement. The grand problem which i leges, ha been solved, a a struggle.

now agitating many col

far as Colby i concerned, without

Shall young ladie be admitted to our college

on the same term as young men or hall they not ? ha been the question.

The rnice of Colby at the la t meeting of

the Trustees was mo\·ement.

' They hall."

Thi wa

an unexpected

Long agitation mu t generally precede any tep

of that kind and

uch \Ve naturally looked for in thi case.

Yet, speaking for the

tudent , we think that the majority

looked upon the

1110\·c

"·ith favor.

ome� hovvever, were

oppo eel to it.

'houlcl the writer

peak for him elf he

would look upon it as a real

advance in the ricrht

The opponent of it really pre cut no aood young ladie

rca

direction.

on '"h)' the

hould not compete with young men in conjt1-

gating Greek verbs and i1nrc tigating the law

of motion

and the propertie of the C) cloid, if they wi h to.

It may

be however, that ha hful undergraduate arc looking forward to future Commencement dinner· when the oppose thi

trenuou ly

mo\·ement.

IIowe,·er we may

regard the

admi

ion of yonng ladies

to the privilege of the institution, it till remain a fact that

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are admitted, and all can do nothing better than accept

the '

ituation.'

To the coming young lady students of

Colby we vrnuld say with a literar - man of note, "We greet If in the competition between the

you. " ladie

tudents the young

obtain more than their fair share of honors, all the

comfort we can ofe f r to the young gentlemen, is the old and somewhat hackneyed phrase, ' So much the worse for you." One

·oung woman has entered in the class of

we hope to see more soon.

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and

The prospect i that in the class

of '76 there will be four or five at lea t. The hand of change has also been placed upon North College.

The old dormitories "·ere getting comfortlc s.

These have been entirely remodeled in the North Did ion and work i to be commenced immediately upon the ·ion.

outh Divi

The building i al o to be wanned by team.

This to

tho e who have experienced the difficulty of warming a room with the too often \1vet comfort.

ogg) wood, will give

ome idea of

There will be no more need of the caution again t

plitting \vood in the halls.

Vacant room

will no more be

made to do duty as wood- hed . These arrangement ·which some of u us before

are quite a change from the time

can well remember when the bell hurried

unri e from warm bed

to cold rooms and the

dark chapel, to attend prayers. Thu

the e external improvements are assi ting in the

performance of the real work of the C ollege.

The richly

ornamented hall the comfortably furni heel chamber , and the mo t highly decorated man; but with the want

urroundings, can not educate a of the outer man cared for many

will attempt to gain intellectual culture, where otherwi e they would not attempt it.

Such things are an index of the

pro perity of the Univer ity they do not hO\ itself.

the pro�perity

That can be viewed only as we know how well it i

performing the grand object for which such an in titution i formed.

In the l\1emorial Hall, the marble statue of the Lion of Lucerne has been placed in tbe po ition desired, in the wall. It is a fine work of art and a fitting tribute to the brave

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sons of Waterville who upheld the National banner when assailed by traitorous hands and died the patriot's death. Let the names of such ones ever stand out in the records of those days of peril and blood, like bright stars in the blue canopy of

heaven.

Placed there beneath that speaking

statue their names will live in history as their deeds will in the hearts of a grateful posterity.

Thus in the balls of Colby

that record will become a silent power, educating the mind of future students in lessons of true patriotism.

'ULL

:fifty years barn "inged their flight,

Since here uprose to shed its light, A colle!!e grand, to truth allied, Destined to tem each surging tide. The founders all "ere men of God; To Him they con ecrate thi' sod. The motive prompting to their act, A tore of worldly wi dom lacked. 'T was not to found a proud retreat Where sons of wealth their ea. e might seek; Nor for ambition' sluggard' pave The royal road to fame they cra-rn. Their aim wa higher, nobler far, For wisdom wa.. their guiding , tar. To train a race of men they sought ; Of men who bad the power of thought; Who could the world' grea,t conflicts meet, And put each foe to rout complete; Who could direct the world of mind, And wisdom's cboice't trea ure find. Such was their pmpo e, noble, grand, And worthy to

ncce

command.

And does not thi. same purpo e till Rule in the breast of Waterville The end desired has been attained; She on the world hath ble

in"'

rained.

Who will deny that Colby's sons, Except a few unworthy one , Have held an high and honored place, Among the noble of their raceÂĽ

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Ther have pmrnd men of In all the varied

phere

terling worth,

of earth.

Some, fired with lo•e to man ancl God, On drearr foreign plains ham trod ; Employed their power of tonrrue aud pen, To help uprai e their fellow-men. While others, filled -wit. h holy zeal The -way of life, at home re1eal. Some, Doctors, and some Lawrers are; or does their skill the fair fame mar Of her, who -watched their budding youth, A nd lured there mind· in waJ' of truth. In all the numerous walks of l i fe, Where -wi dom guide", nud learning'· rm>, There Colbr's ·ons ham fame attained; There they the meed of prai e have gained. But how does Alma Mater fare, Who trained them -with Alas !

uch jealou

care .

he oft neglected stand

Compelled to toil with feeble hand ; Doomed to a struggle , long, And death Not that

evere,

he oft bad cause to fear.

he ernr had outgrown

Her usefulness, in nerve, or bone, Bnt that for patron rich and.hind, For those 'IVho gi'Ve 'IVith 'Willing mind, She ofteu stood iu grcate t need; For the. e she was compelled to plead.

-why was thi"

And how could they,

Who O'IVe her what they ne'er can pn.y, Forgetful be of her hard lot, Whose tide of blessings ebbeth not? Many and long were ho e dark day , When sun and stara withheld their rays. Tried were the hearts of Oolbr'

friend ;

And doubt with hope w1 hin them blends. But, lo ! the clouds begin to break ; The sun's bright rays an opening make. As fai.th and hope 'in all ari e The bow of promi e gilds the Proclaiming that the storm i

kies, pa t;

Prosperity has come at la t. Henceforth hall Colby ever stand On omething el e than sinking sand. Her Facnlt.y, so tried and true, With plea'ure now her pro pects view.

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A.11 honor to the noble meIJ, Their prai e

we delight to pen,

Who in the honr of sorest need, In generon · offering· took the lead. The apling, frail, on stony Is

forced

oil,

for weary years, to toil

'Gain·t drought and .torm, which would alike It;; tender life with death',, chill

trike.

Yet 'midst the e foes it yearly shoot:Far down its firm and branching roots;

It yearly gain new strength, to meet Opposing po"\\er, ""ith might replete, Till deeply rooted, it defies Each storm aud gale that

ma_y

arise;

Then outward aud abroad it spread$; The mighty oak ways o'er our heads. From thi� proud tree learn Colby's course; Both had Both

a frail

an<1 feeble source;

truggled through long year�

To gain

a foothold in

toil,

the soil.

Their effort. did ucces attend. But may not here nremblance end. May growth await fair Colby too; May she the :fire of youth renew; May

he enlarge her border

A.nd crowd' of youth a Ye , e>en now we

fair,

emble there.

ee the dawn

Of that glad day, for procrres born. E'en now . he tand. with open doors A.nd a ks to ta te of wisdom's stores. Both youth and maidens, who will find Colby's the place to train the mind . .All hail, thou gloriou

future bright!

So soon to ITreet our longing ·ight; When Colby, clothed in garments new, Her

cores of

When all her

tudeuts . hall review; on

with pride , ball claim

A share in, preadin)! her fair fame. May "'llardian angel

e>er guide

Her safely through each swelling tide. A.nd may her journey ever lay, Where truth and justice lead the way.

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N this age of ayarice and greed for fame, when the "almighty dollar" is the \Yorld's

great

idol, and

"·hen a man's reputation is measured by his gold, the student often loses

ight of the grand object of l1is

studies, and rating e\'erything by the standard of gain, he reckons his education at its cash Yalue only, regarding so much of it as gives no promise of wealth as of secondary importance, and of but little use sa,-e as an accompli hment; and making wealth and distinction the goal of his ambition, the four-years course of study at college is made a stepping stone to the achievement of this sole object. Nothing can be more fatal to the intere ts of

cholarship

or thorough knowledge than the adoption by the student of such a policy.

It generates a looseness and superficialness

that is so apparent in a great majority of our so-called educa ted men, and that is so disgusting to the really sensible portion of mankind.

The pedantic twaddle and wishy-washy speci

mens of literature which these "edztcated gen tlemen" so per istently inftic� upon the public patience, bears too large a proportion by far to the productions of genuine scholar ship.

The shoddy wealth that is of late so fiercely assailing

financial and fashionable circles, is an evil of trivial con e quence, corn pared with the vast amount of shoddy knowledge that every\Yhere infests the literary world.

Not a half part

of the recent graduates of the various colleges in the country can give any other or rnore practical proof of their collegiate course than their diploma, or the title of "A. B." which may sometimes be found attac 1ed to their names, though what can be its possible meaning in such connection any one would be unable to say. A trite but forcible adage says that it takes all kinds of men to make a world ; and as college students are but a part, howsoever small of " the great plan," the saying may with all truth be applied to them.

But if there were less of

the "all kinds" and more of the real stuff, it would be of credit to ourselves and a decided gain to the world at large,

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and very much of the ju t odium which i

now heaped upon

our colleges and collegiates would no longer exist. The aim of the true scholar i e,·er the improvement and culture of the mind, and the increase of the \vorld's knowl edge.

And the

tudent needs con tantly to remind himself

that the mere committing to memory of facts deduced by the reasoning of other mind· i

but a

mall part of mental

culture nor does real knowledge con i t of a vocabulary of isolated truths simply.

Fact

perfect education, and

the posses or of

alone is to the

scholar

are but the bare skeleton of a such knowledge

only what the rough frame-work of

the building is to the completed structure of the palace.

plendid

A thorough education mu t be the re ult of hard

and long-continued study· clo e application and unremitting toil i

the lot of the

tudent who would have hi

ranked among the name

own name

of tho e who by their devotion to

the cau e of knowledge, ha,·e earned for them elves a renown that far surpa popularity.

es the glittering

The resi tles

plendor of wealth and

power and burning eloquence of

Demo thenes, did not so much lie in the pungency and logic of hi

word , as in his complete knowledge of and ma tery

o\·er all their modifying or controling circumstances. mighty intelligence of Newton and Her chel wa intuitiye fla ·he

of lofty geniu ; it wa

The

not the

the labored re ult of

seyere t study and clo est rea oning upon certain funda mental truth . The real knowledge of the

tudent i

his ab tract mental capacity ; hi

hi thought power,

ability to grasp and dige t

the great ideas thatpresent thcm elve for his study. not memory, is the realm of

Rea on

cholarship, and that which

most develops the rea oning faculty of the mind give highest intellectual culture.

the

Memory may learn and retain

facts already known but rea on is the great source whence all increase of knowledge come .

It is thi

which create

thought and explores the hidden mines of intelligence, adding rich trea ures to the already existing store. the

\Vould

tudent become truly great he mu t think, invent idea ,

and add something to the world's great catalogue of truths.

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EYerything of an · Yalue costs labor and struggle brings the result of greatest ·worth.

really knowledge

to be

otherwi e it i

eYerest

mu t be earned by its po

essor;

like an ill-fitting garment a di grace in tead

of an ornament to it who ha

the

Knowledge,

wearer.

Other things being equal, he

"·orked harde t in the acqui ition of his knowledf;e

the be t

cholar and he who reaches the topmo t round

of the ladder mu t be his own laborer, working out his education by the exertion of hi

own mind.

That the eYil of smface education will be wholly or mo tly eradicated in the pre ent state of the ' orld, it "·ould be folly to expect. po

But that it can be partially oYercome i

ible : and with each individual

applying the remedy in hi the worth of

tudent i

the work of

own ca e and thereby mi ing

the college in the estimation of

the world.

Let

the student cease his continual cha ing after the hadow of an education and hi

neglect of the sub tance. and the

and reproaches be now get

lurs

would be turned to re pect and

prai e.

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HERE is no place in the

tate of

Iaine, perhaps

that offers a better opportunity of becoming a thorough and accomplished scholar than 'Yater ville ofier

place in the

the

tate do

tudent, and certainly to no other

tudents of all ages and of all grades

assemble in such numbers.

Every department

eem

plete, from the prirnary A B C to the learned A. B. each department has its complement of

com and

cholar , some full

to overflowing. In recei\ring avO\vedly for in truction

uch numbers of

students, and especially tho e \\·ho have not yet arri,·ed at years of di cretion tion

the Facultie

of the respective in titu

a sume a tacit obligation to develop not only their

intellectual but al o to some extent their moral and being.

some degree this obligation

moral welfare of the

as regard

ocial the

tudent is discharged by the officers

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of instruction, but it is otherwise, apparently, with regard to a true and liberal cultivation of the dormant social ele ment existing in us.

Many a parent sends daughter or son

to our institutions of learning with hopes of seeing, not the thorough scholar only, but the refined lady or true gentle man as the offspring of their fond ambition. edly: such should be the case, but such it

And assur

eldom is.

the contrary, school girls, by mutual contact and intercourse with each other acquire a peculiar air and rnanner, called by themselves etiquette, which i ing.

ruinous to real, true breed

And the majority of the young men leave our chools

or college

with as little knowledge of what con titutes a

refined ta te and true gentility, and a absolutely ignorant of good society as the natives upon our borders. \Ve can say with truth, that neither is our chool nor tbe college the place to acquire the 'manner " of our father . And yet this is the opposite of what the world believe , and . of what we hould naturally expect, and moreover, of what it should be.

There are two apparent reason

ence of this evil. mention.

for the exi t

The one cause it does not beboove us to

The other cau e, \Ye are fain to believe, is the

sublime indifference with which the greater part of the refined clas es in the community look upon the social welfare of the student.

His society is not only not sought but is

methodically rejected by tho e who have no pecial aim in view in so doing.

Cold indifference on the one hand, and

diffidence on the other, leave the student no other alternative than to continue hi

hermit ort of life or seek such a

ocia

tions as will sink him to the lowest grade of moral being. To thi there is one

olitary exception.

shown a deep interest in the

One per on has

ocial element of the student,

not only in words, but in deed, and for him many heart beat in grateful uni on. Tho e who, upon reflection would feel guilty of this neglect are doubtless in blisf;ful ignorance of it exi tence. We hope that with increa ing means for every department

of education, this one may al o receive its due share of attention.

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those who ha,·e gone forth from the halls

learning in vVaterville, stands the name of

BoARDi\IAN.

The members of the society bearing

his name, feel a personal interest in the mention of him, only second to that which the child feels toward the father. Other mi sionaries, imbued with the spirit of their Master, have gone forth and endured much; but dear to u , above all, is the record of the Christian devotion and heroic endur ance of ou1' Boardman.

\¥aterville has sent forth her general , renowned for bravery on the battlefield; statesmen filling a high place in the councils of the nation; teachers, doing a noble work in training the youthful mind, and noble nzen in eyery walk of life; but higher and holier is the story of her missionaries' devotion.

No soul- tirring notes of the bugle, no martial

strains called forth Boardman.

It was not such a patriotic

enthusiasm as shook the free North, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in those perilous days of '6r, but it was the silent voice of duty within his own breast, that sent him forth to action.

Never would we by the slightest word, strive to

depreciate the honor due our patriotic soldiers, but high as is their renown, still higher must we place his.

Our soldiers

fought for the good of themselves and posterity; he gave himself for the welfare of those not connected with him by the ties of kindred, nation, or race. Such convictions have led L any to feel that some memo rial of him should be placed, eit er in the Memorial Hall, or upon the grounds.

Last Commencement, Dr. Ide made a

suggestion to that eftect.

The fir t propo ition was to place

it in the Memorial Hall opposite the

tatue of the Lion.

Some objections are urged against placing it in the Hall. Unless it be equally as costl as the soldiers' memorial, it would be in painful contrast with it.

Some ha c proposed

that to obviate this difficulty it be placed upon the grounds.

Just what plan will

be decided upon is now a little uncertain.

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The Missionary Society has taken the preliminary steps for preparing a memorial of some kind. That plan is best which will be t keep alive the story of his devotion and self-sacrifice.

We want it where all can see

it <laily, and where seeing it, they will call to mind the one who e memory it is designed to perpetuate. live.

Let his name

Let his undying deeds speak, even while he has been

for long years

lumbering in the dust.

vVe wi h coming

classes to have before them the life, and the death, the toil and the reward of Boardman, our mis ionary.

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T. CHAMPLIN, D . D.,

PRE IDE�T, Babcock Profe ,or of Intellectnal and Moral Philo ophy.

REv. Profe

AMUEL K.

MITH, D.D.,

or of Rhetoric and Librarian.

CHARLE

E. HAMLIN, A.M.,

Merrill Profe sor of Chemistry and Natural Hi tory.

MO ES LYFORD, A.M., Profe .or of Mathematics and N"atural Philosophy.

JOHN B. FO TER, A.M., Profes�or of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literature.

EDWARD W. HALL, A. M. Profe"or of Modern Language

and Liternturo.

JULIAN D. TAYLOR, A.M., Tutor.

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Board of Trustees.

REV. JAMES T. CHAMPLIN, D.D., PRESIDENT. HON. ABNER

COBURN, VICE PRESIDENT.

ELDRIDGE L. GETCHELL, ESQ., TREASURER. REV. B. F. SHAW, SECRETARY. Samuel Garnsey, Esq.,

Hon. Benjamin D. Metcalf,

Rev. Joseph Ricker, D.D.,

Rev. Henry V. Dexter, D.D.

Moses Giddings, E q.,

Rev. Franklin Merriam,

Rev. David N. Sheldon, D.D.,

Gardner Colby, Esq.,

Rev. Wm. H. Shailer, D.D.,

Rev. E. E. Cummings, D.D.,

Rev. Nathaniel Butler,

Hon. Cbas. Rendol Whidden,

Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, LL.D.,

Hon. J. Warren Merrill,

Hon. J. H. Drummond, LL.D.,

Calvin Hopkinï¿½, Esq.,

Rev. Geo. W. Bosworth, D.D.,

Hon. Wm. E. Wording, LL.D.,

Hon. Dennis L. Milliken,

Rev. Oakman S. Stearns, D.D.,

Rev. Albion K. P. Small,

Hon. Alexander Campbell,

William Wilson, E q.,

Rev. B. F. Shaw,

Hon. Henry A. Kennedy,

Rev. A. R. Crane,

James H. Hanson, A.M.,

Hon. George H. Pilsbury.

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ASSOCIATION OF THE ALUMNI.

PRESIDENT, REV. E. E. CUMMINGS, D.D.

SECRETARY .AND NECROLOGIST, PHOF. C. E. HAMLlN. TREASURER, PROF. E. W. HALL. COUNCILLORS, PROF. M. LYFORD,

HoN. REUBEN FOSTER,

NATHANIEL MEADER, EsQ.

THE

!t1 tanged

OR CLE.

in the �rde�

SENIOR

E. B

RRITT HA. KELL,

HOW.A.RD R. MITCHELL,

thei1 �stablishment.

WILDER W. PERRY, ALFRED

TOWELL.

JUNIORS.

NATHANIEL B

TLER, JR.,

F. HERBERT PARLIN,

J. HERBERT PHILBRICK, GEORGE H.

TURDY.

OPilOM ORES.

ABR

HAM B. C

GEORGE W. 0 GOOD, H RA E W. TEWART, JO I H 0. TILTON.

TE ,

ALBERT P. D E, W. R. HEilllENWAY, FRE

EDWARD J. COLCORD,

RMEN.

HENRY HUD ON, JR.,

T"R

LE LIE C. CORN!. 'H, WILLI

M GOLDTHWAIT,

K. MERRIAM,

EBEN G. RU

EDWARD H.

MILEY.

ELL,

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SEKI ORS.

LO I

A. WHEELER. J"

NIORS.

FRED. FULLER. OPHOMORE S .

ALBERT B.

WILLIAM L. PALMER,

LLEN,

EDWARD O. HOW

RD,

CHARLE

THEODORE F. WHITE, E. WILLIAM

FRESH:llEN.

ALPHE"GS E. BRIGG

GEORGE W. HALL.

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@fficcT'Â§. President .. _ . . . .. .

. .

... _ ... . . Elihu Burritt Haskell.

Vice President._ . . . . .. _

. .

.. . . Nathaniel Butler, Jr.

Corresponding Secretary.... .Wilder Wa hington Perry. _

Recording Secretary . _

Trea wÂˇer . . ..... . . .

. . . . .

. .

. . .Theodore Frelinghuysen White.

...... . Dand Web ter.

Librarian ............. - ..... Clarence Percival \.Ve ton. Assistant Librarian .. _ .. . . ...Charles Erner on T"oung. Prudential Commi tte e - John Harri Barrow , Da:vid Web ter,

Albert Barney Allen, Alpheus Eveleth Briggs, Charles Emerson Young.

lcmhci?g. '72. J. Harri

Barrow ,

E. Burritt Ha kell,

Thomas G. Lyon ,

Wilder W. Perry,

Howard .R. Mitchell,

Louis A. Wheeler.

'73. Nathaniel Butler, Jr., Len H.

Jefferson Taylor,

David Webster,

Clarence P. We ton.

lement,

'74. Albert B. Allen,

Theodore F. White,

Charles E. Young.

'75. Edward J.

olcord,

Charles F. Hall,

George W. Hall, Cyrus JL Merriam, Alpheus E. Brigg .

Edward A. Read, amuel A. Read,

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g}fficci?@. Presiden t

. . . .

Vice Presfrlent.

. .

. . . __ .

Corresponcling Secretary. Recording Treasitrer

ecretary. _

_ . _ _ __ _

First Librarian

Second Librarian

. _

. . . . . . .

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. _

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_ _ _ _ _ _ .

_ _ _ __

. . . . . .

_ _

. . . .

_ _

. _

Alfred

weet er Stowell.

.John Herbert Philbrick. .Horace Wayland Tilden.

_ _ _ ·_ _ .

\\Hliam Hunt Kelly.

- . - - ... Frank Herbert Parlin. . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Prudential Committee-Alfred

Fred. Fuller.

Echrnrd Otis Howard.

weetser Stowell John Her

bert Philbrick, William Hunt Kelly.

ruc.n.hc.£§. '72. Alfred S.

Horace W. Tilden.

towel1,

'73. Fred. Fuller,

F. Herbert Parlin,

George M. Smith.

.Augustus H. Kelly,

J. Herbert Philbrick,

George H. Sturdy.

.Abraham B. Cates,

Edward O. Howard,

William L. Pa.lrner,

Albert P. Doe,

Wi1liam H. Kelly,

Horace W.

W.R. Hemmenway,

George W. Osgood,

Josiah O. Tilton.

'74 . tewart,

'75. Leslie C. Cornish,

William Goldthwait,

Gustan1 I. Peavy,

John H. Cox,

Henry Hudson, Jr.

Eben G. Ru

Edward H. Smiley.

ell,

THE ORACLE.

@fficc-i?g_ President._

_ _ _ - - _ _ _ _ - - _ _ _ . .. _ _

Corresponcling Secretary. _ Recording Secretary. Treasurer

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - . .Alfred S Stowell.

_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ - - .. _ -

Vice President._

. - _

- - - - . . - - . - .. . . . - .. _

_ _ _ . _ ._ . . . .

.._

.Je:fforson Taylor.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . ._ . . . _ .

-- -

Horace W. Tilden.

..Charles E. Young.

- - - - - - - - - _ .

Theodore F. White.

Sundcty-School Committee-E. B. Haskell, A. P. Doe, C. E.

Young, D. Webster, J. H. Barrows.

6';lem. b cfl@Seniors -J. H. Barrows, E. B. Haskell, T. G. Lyons, H. R.

Mitchell, W. W. Perry, A.

•

. Stowell, H. W. Tilden, L. A.

Wheeler. Jwniors-A. H. Kelly, G. M. Smith, J. Taylor, D. Webster. Sophomore -A. P. Doe, W.R. Hemmenway, G. W. Osgood,

T. F. White, C. E. Young. Freshmen-J. Brownbill, E. J. Colcord, J. H. Cox, W. Gold

thwait, H. hl. Heywood, E. A. Read, S. A. Read.

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A T H E N LE U M .

� o nnniftcc_ H. W. Tilden, W . W . Perry, G . M . Smith, C. P. Weston.

�a� ci?@Dailies - Boston Journal, Lewi ton Journa1, Kennebec Jour nal, Portland Advertiser, Portland Press, Globe.

Sem i- Weeklies-New-York Evening Post. Weeklies - Watchman and Reflector, Zion's Adrncate, Na tional Baptist, Examiner and Chronicle, Zion s Herald, Morning Star, Gospel Banner, New-York Tribune, Harper's Weekly, Ellsworth American,

cientific American,

omer et Reporter, Maine

Standard, Eastern Argus, Republican Journal, Union .Advocate, Androscoggin Herald, Waterville Mail, Portland Transcript, Lewiston Weekly Journal. Month lies - Missionary Magazine, .African Repository, For eign Mis ionary, .Advocate of P ace, Macedonian and Record, Harper's Monthly Magazine, Galaxy, Eclectic Magazine, North American Renew, Dwight's Journal of Music, Leslie's Budget of Fun.

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S E N I O R S. Presi dent, L . A . Wheeler ; Orator, H . W. Tilden ; Poet, A . S. Stowell ; Historian, H. R. Mitchell ; Prophet, J. H. Barrows · Addre s at Tree, E. B. Ha skell ; Chaplain, T. G. Lyons ; Mar shal, W. W. Perry. Committee of Arrangements - E. B. Haskell, H. R. Mitchell, A. S. Stowell.

J U N I O RS. Pre ident, G . M . Smith ; Vice President, F. H. Parlin ; Sec retary, C. P. Weston ; Orator, N. Butler, Jr. ; Poet, J. Taylor ; Hi torian, A. H. Kelly ; Prophet, L. H. Clement ; Toast Master, G. H.

turdy ; Odist, J. H. Phi1brick.

Committee of Arrangements - F. Fuller, C. P. Weston, D . Webster.

S O P H O M O R E S. Pre ident, H. W. Stewart ; Secretary, A. B. Cates ;

ice President, E. O. Howard ;

Orator, W. L. Palmer ;

Poet, W. R.

Hemmenway ; Hi torian, T. F. White ; Prophet, G. W. Osgood ; Toast Ma ter, C. E. Williams ; Committee on Odes - J. O. Til ton, W. H. Kelly. Committee of Arrangements - A. P. Doe, C. E. Young, A. B. Allen.

FRESH MEN. Pre idcnt, J. H . Cox ; C. K. Merriam ; Low ;

ice President, C. F . Hall ; Secretary,

Orator, H. M. Heywood ; Poetess, Miss M. C.

Hi torian, L. C. Corni h ;

Prophet, E. J. Colcord ; Toa t

Ma ter, H. 'l'ilclen ; Committee on Odes - H. Hudson, Jr., E. H. Smiley, G. W. Hall, G. B. Howard. Committee of Arrangement

E. A. Read, J. Brownbill.

W. Goldthwa,it, C . F . Hall,

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'iJfO.iY:IJ.1.J.. Y .E Y.E.iYDVG, .iYO Y. 21, 1871. 1 . Latin Version from the Greek of Demosthenes. * ALFRED

2. Robert Burns.

WEET ER STOWELL, Wakefield, Mass. F RED lRITNG C.a.MPBELL, Cherryfield.

3. The Baconian Philosophy. CHARLES How ARD STURGI ' Cherryfield.

4. Romanism.

°WILLIS BRo�soN MATH:EWS, Auburn.

5. English Version from the French of Bourdalone. * ELIHU BURRirr HA. KELL, Guilford.

6. Bismarck.

C HARLE

WILBERT Fo TER, Portland.

7. Elements of Christian Civilization. SCOTTO HEDGE BLEWETT, Augusta, Ky.

8 . Rufus Choate.

ARTHUR NA H WILLEY, Cherryfield.

9. French Version from the English of Webster. * HORA.CE W.AYL.A.ND TILDEN, Lewiston.

10. Language and National Character. ALBAN

KnrnALL GuR�-r:Er, Cape Elizabeth.

1 1 . Universality of Law. 12. Thomas DeQuincey.

WILLLUI LIBBEY, Livermore. GEORGE STRATTO� P.A.INE, Winslow.

1 3. Greek Version from the Latin of Salin t. "' How .A RD ROGER

MITCHELL, W aterville.

14. The Development of AI't.

WALTER FORREST MAR TO ', Bath.

15. Melancholy. 16. Rationalism.

FRED MORSE WIL ON, Waterville. DELWIN AUG STUS HAMLIN, Sidney. * Juniors.

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MO.JV:IJ .:1.1.Y ..EY..E.JVI.JVG, JlTL Y 31, 1871.

I . The Scholar.

JoHK HARRIS BARROWS, East Sumner.

2. Physical and Moral Culture. Lours ALBERT WHEELER, Waterville. 3. Christianity and Free Governments. ALFRED SWEETSER STOWELL, Wakefield, Mass.

4. The Ocean. 5. Design in Nature. 6. Eloquence.

WILDER w ASRINGTON PERRY, Camden. THOMAS GOULD LYO NS , Waterville. HORA.CE w A YLAJ.\"' D TILDEN, Lewiston.

7. History among the Ruins. ELIHU BURRITT HASKELL, Guilford.

8. The Eternity of Influence. HOWARD ROGERS MITCHELL, Waterville.

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Jtiz� �edamlfiou ll� jo1llt11t11t'.� ¢1ai1�, Jf.E:PJY.ES:P.:J'J.. Y .EY.EJYI.¥G, .11 P2tIL 25, 1871. 1 . John Herbert Philbrick, Waterville. " Genius and Method " - Bayne.

2. Frank Herbert Parlin, Hallowell. " Uses of Astronomy " - Everett.

3. Augustus Hill Kelly, Waterville. " Unjust National Acquisitions " - Corwin.

4. George Henry Sturdy, Providence, R. I. 5. Fred Fuller, Corinth.

" Life " - Wallace.

" The Relative Position of the United States " - Everett.

6. Jefferson Taylor, Vassalboro'. " The Wreck of the Central America " - Anon.

7. Levi Hoyt Clement, Rome. " Hannibal at the Altar " - Kellogg.

8. Da\id Webster, Portland.

" Burns " - Carlyle.

9. Nathaniel Butler, Jr. , Alton, Ill. " Life intended to be happy " - Grindon.

IO. George Martin Smith, Mercer. " The Desire of Reputation " - Barnes.

1 1 . Clarence Percival Weston, Skowhegan. " Belial to t e Stygian Council " - Milton.

AWA R D S . Sen ior Exhibition - Dehdn

A. Ilamliu.

Ju n io r Prize Decla m ation - First Prize, Horace W. Tilden ; Second Prize, E. Burritt Haskell.

ophomore Prize Declama tion - First Prize, Nathaniel Butler, Jr. ; Second Prize, Jefferson Taylor.

Fre 71man Prizes - First Prize, Miss Ma.ry C. Low ; Second Prize Leslie C. Cornish.

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O RACL E .

-9

S;4 S £ B ft l!. O � tli\N J lft T J O S, U

IVE R S I T Y

. Cornish

H. W. "tewart,

C. :

I N E.

A.. H. hlLLT

apt. C.

. . . .

F. Hall, l sr B. : G-. H. Sturdy, 2d B. ;

3d B. : F. H. Parlin, L. F. : D. \\eb�rer,

X. Burler, Jr .. R. F . : E.

J UNIOR apt. G. H .

A.. H. Kelly. P. ;

INE

Bntler, Jr.

3d B. :

J. Taylor,

. F. : F. H. Parlin R. F.

P. \\e t-0n.

73.

T LJID Y . . . .

. 11. �mith. l t B . ; D. We .

. F.

S . ..., .

. Ru��eu

.... . ; L. H.

INE

SOPHOMORE

er. "> lement

B. ;

_-,

L. F. ;

74.

apt. H. W. ":n:-w.A.Rr . . . .

A.. P. Doe P. ; J. O . Tilton. l::t B . : \\. H. Kelly 2d B . : . Howard. B. Allen, R.

3d B. : \\. L. Palmer L. F . ; .A. B.

FR E S H MA apt. C . K.

L. B.

ates, C. F. : .A.

Cornish

. : E.

G-. R

F. Hall,

73. . . P.

1 t B. ; H. Hudson. Jr. . 2d

ell,

J . Brownbill, 3d B. : H. Tilden

W. Goldthwait, R. F.

MERRLUL

L. F. : G. "°· Hall, C. F. ; .

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ORACLE.

C O LLE G E C H O I R. A. E. Briggs

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

J. Taylor

;

- . - - - - . . . . . Tenor.

_ _ _

E. J. Colcord.

_ _ _ _ _ _ .

_ _

_ _ _ .

_ _ _ - _

_ _

- - - - . Soprano.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · -

C. P . Weston. _ _ _ _

H . W . Tilden

. _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ . _ _

- - - .Alto.

. - - - - - . - . - . . . Bass.

O rgani st

· · · - · · - - - - - - - - - - · - · - - - · - · - - - - -

M O Z A RT Q U I NTETTE C LU B . A . E. Briggs .

. . _

_ _ _ _ .

J. Taylor .

J. H. Cox .

_ _ _ . . _ _ . _

_ _ _ .

_ _ _ _ . _ _ . _ _ _ .

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_ _ _ _ _ _ . . _

. _ _

. _

. .

. . _ _ _ _ _ . . _

_ _

. . _ . . _

oprano. Tenor.

. Contralto.

N. Butler, Jr. - - - · - - - - - - · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Baritone. C . P . We t on ·

- - - · - - · - - - - - · - · · · - - - - - - - - - - - - -

H. W. Tilden

_ . _ . _ _ _ _ _ . _

_ . _

B a ss .

. . . . . - . - . . Piani t.

U N I V E R S ITY C H E S S C LU B . President. _

_ _ .

Vice President Secretary Treasurer

_ .

_ _ _ _ _ . . . _ . _

_ . _ . _ . . . . . . .

. _

_ _ _ .

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

. .

. _ _ _ .

_ . . . _ _ _

. _

. . . L. H . Clement.

. . _ .

. _ _ _ _

F. H. Parlin.

. C. F. Hall.

. . H . W.

te"art.

Members - C. P . Weston, N. Butler, Jr. , G. H. Sturdy, L. H . Clement, F . H . Parlin, E. J. Colcord, C . F . Hall, H . W . Stewart, G . W. Hall, G. M. Smith, W. L. Palmer, E. O. Howard, F. Fuller.

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MECHANICS OF '73. J. T.

- - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .... . . . Centre of Gravity. G. M. S. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Curvilinear Motion.

G. H. S..... . . - . . -

- -

- - - - .

. - . . . .. .

. . .

_ . _ . _

. . Jets.

F. H. P. . ..... - . - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - .... - . - ...Stable Equilibrium. D . W. . . - - . -. - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - -. - - - - - .. - . - -. . .... Knee Joint. F. F .. - . - - - - . - . - . . - .. . . -. - . -.. - -... -.. - - . - .. . . ...... Cycloid. N. B., Jr. . - . - - - - - ... . - .... - . ... . . . -..... ...... . ..Pendulum. J. H. P . . . - . . . . . ... . . . . . .. .. . . ...Uniformly Retarded Motion. C. P. W. . - - - · - · - - . . . . .... . .. . - ........... . . . . . .. Momentum. A. H. K . .

.....

L. H. C. . .. . . .

. . . .

. ..

. . .

. . . . - - - . - . - . .. - . .. - - - ..Impenetrability.

. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . .

. . _ _ .

Barker's hl ill

(Operating on tlte principle of Unbalanced Hydrostatic Pressure).

NATURAL HISTORY. Rare

speci men s of t h e Animal Ki n gdom are to b e seen daily a t the

rooms of tlie De Wolf Club , in ·l udi ng some of the mo t ferociou" of the Gamivora.

They are under the care of the renow ne d wi ld-beast tamer,

Don Elihu.

The following are the most remark abl e of the collection : Canzivora.

HOYT · · · · · - - · · · · - · · · · · · · · · · · . . . . F am ily , CIIARLJ.;Y..... . .....

_ ..

idro ; Specie', Horribilis.

Fam i l y , Felidre ; Genu , Ly nx ;

p ec i es ,

Rufu .

DA.NIEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F am i ly, Ilye n idm ; Species, Vulgaris. Roclcn tia. E D DY . . . . . . . Family, Hy tricidro ; Gcu u;', Ercthizon ; Specie", Dorsatus. FRAXK . . . . . . . . . . . Family, Muridre ; Genu , Mu' ; Specie , D ecu m auus . Eden ta ta . ALBERT . . . . . . . . . . . . .... Tho o n ly l i d u g , pec i men of the Megath e1ium. ALFRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fa mi ly, Monotremata ; Genu , Oruithorbyncbu '. Pachydenu n ta . CLARENCE . . . INOP

_ . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A stuffed s pec i me n of th e Mastodon.

· · · · · · · · - - · . . . . . . Fami l y, Suidre ; Genu ,

u ; S p ecie : , Scroph a.

R11 111 ina11 lia.

Jo1IN . . . Family, Cerridre ; Genus, A.lee ; pec i e , Mc gac eros Hib e ro icus . JEFF . . .. _ _ . Family, Camelidre ; Genus, Camel us ; Species, Dromedari ns. Cctacca.

W.a. rr . . . _ LE L r n

. . . . . .

Family, Balenidro ; Genu , Balcna ; Specie · , Australis.

. . . Family, Delphiuidro ; Geuu , Monodon ;

pec ie , Monoceros.

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ESPON SES.

(ljRACULAR G . H. S.

" Anticipated rents, aad bills unpaid, Force many a shining youth into the shade."

G . 1\I. S.

H . R . M.

" \\<nat ails thee, restless as the w:wes that roar ? "

" How shall we rank thee upon glory's page? Thou more than soldier and just less than sage.1'

G. W. O.

" I cannot tell how the truth may be , I say t h e tale a s t was said t o me."

H. M. H.

" Too late I staid, forgive the crime, nheeded flew the hours."

E. J. C. G. W. H. G . I . P.

â&#x20AC;˘ Âˇ At whose sight all the stars hide their diminished faces.''

" This was the noblest

oman of them all."

" H is cogitative faculties immersed In cogibundity of cogitation."