About 'Leaving' Colby
The journey is almost over for some Colby parents. Four years after saying goodbye to their sons and daughters on the first day of college, parents of graduating Colby seniors will be back on May 26 to reflect, celebrate and ponder their children's futures. Commencement, the Great Beginning, is also The End.
Speaking of Commencement Charles Osgood, a longtime news broadcaster and journalist, will deliver the keynote address at Commencement on May 26. Receiving honorary degrees along with Osgood, who will be awarded a doctorate of humane letters, are: Thomas H. Kean, Robert Treat Paine, and Rya W. Zobel.
He Taught Us Well
In his History of Colby College Ernest Marriner '13 notes that
of all the names mentioned in The Colby Echo from its founding in 1874
through the end of the century, none appeared more frequently than Samuel
Osborne.