AH, SWEET VICTORY!
Its hard to say how good it felt to savor December's 2-1 victory over
Bowdoin in men's ice hockey. In recent years, it has been rare that the Polar
Bears have met defeat in Alfond Arena. Better still, some 40 former Colby
players were on hand to observe the 40th anniversary of the opening of the rink
and, the next day, to dual in an alumni game. And, we can be proud of the
Colby student fans who behaved themselves after a handful spoiled the match by
repeatedly throwing objects on the ice during the 1994 home match with Bowdoin.
Salute student leaders and lots of administrators who laid careful plans to
insure good conduct. The win pushed the Colby team up to fourth place among
Eastern Division III teams.
COLBY DRAMA PIONEER FETED
Gene Jellison '51, director of dramatics at Colby for a period shortly
following his own graduation, was recently honored by the Performing Arts
Department, marking the occasion of his 45th Colby reunion year. Mark
Benbow, Roberts Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, prompted the
special recognition. Mark recalls that Gene laid the ground work for the late
Irving Suss in giving high visibility to drama at Colby. The department
dedicated its recent production of Hamlet to Gene and honored him at a
dinner prior to the November 30 performance.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Bob McArthur has been named to the Board of Overseers of the Maine Bar
... Tony Corrado is much in demand as a commentator on political
campaign financing .. recently quoted at length on the subject in a Ruth Marcus
column in The Washington Post ... Lee Feigon wrote a lengthy
piece for the Chicago Tribune on China, published in early December ... Paul
Machlin was recently interviewed by ABC news (New York) regarding the
collection of Fats Waller tapes that's been donated to Wesleyan .. Paul has
been doing some research and work on this collection ...
HELEN L. BAILEY
1938-1995
Helen Bailey was a trooper whose devotion to Colby and determination to
struggle against an awful illness is best known by her co-workers in admissions
and financial aid and special programs. Helen was helping Colby to within a
week of her death on December 12. She will be remembered with admiration and
love. All of Colby extends sympathy to her family.
ARCHIELLE H. BIRON
1911-1995
Arch Biron, a specialist in 19th Century French literature who taught at
Colby from 1950 until 1977, died at his Waterville home on December 6. He will
be remembered here as a kind and gracious colleague and as a devoted and
beloved teacher. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Dot, who participated
with him in many Colby endeavors. Arch served as director of the former
Colby-Swarthmore Summer School of Languages and, after his retirement, the
Junior Year in France Program of the Council on International Education
Exchange.
SNOWFLAKES & STARS
Students are grateful to Janet Gray & Co. for the annual
late-night snack break on the eve of final exams. Joey McClain led the
crew which included Jan, Jeri Roseboro, Joan Sanzenbacher,
Josh Eckel and Ben Jorgensen.
DANCE IS WORK
The annual holiday dinner dance was a great success, despite foul
weather. As always, we owe thanks to Karen Bourassa and Darlene
Hallee who handled most of the planning and preparations and, of course, to
PPD and Dining Services. The decorations were the best ever and we salute the
morning after crowd who volunteered to take them down: Karen and
Ben Bourassa, Sue Cook and her children, Jeff
Sugden, Gus and Beth Libby, Joe Feely, Tony
Marin, Toots and Harvey Fredette, Carmen Ey and Doug
Terp.
A CHANCE TO LEARN
The Colby team of the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), in
conjunction with members of the student hall staff, invite any and all to
participate in a workshop to help build coalitions on January 9 & 10 from
3:30-7:30 p.m. in the Page Commons Room. Sign up by calling Polly
Vizzoni x4903 or June Thornton-Marsh x3441.
RECEIVE TRAVEL GRANTS
Sean Devine, the American Football Coaches Association in New Orleans
... Kim Besio, to present a paper for the Association for Asian Studies
in Honolulu ... Suellen Diaconoff, the Modern Language Association in
Chicago ... Saranna Thornton, the American Economics Association ...
Tony Hess, the Music Library Association in Seattle ... Adam
Weisberger, the Eastern Sociological Society in Boston ... Heidi
Godomsky, the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association in
Arlington, Virginia ... Rob Weisbrot, the American Historical
Association in Atlanta.
MOOSECELLANEOUS
We hear from Hannah and Joseph Roisman that Yossi
has been appointed to the committee on ancient history of the American
Philogical Association .. the APA is the national organization of classicists
.. a signal honor ... In his recent article about Portugal's Captains of
Cod and their famous ships, Captain Joaquim A. Martins laments the lack of
research by Portuguese scholars and points out that the two principal books on
this subject in English are Captain Alan Villiers' The Quest of the Schooner
Argus (1951) and Priscilla Doel's Port O'Call (1992) ...
Swarthmore College, heretofore without a mascot, is canvassing its alumni for
ideas .. perhaps they'd like the Mule ... Thirty members of the Colby alumni
club in Washington, D.C., volunteered to answer the phones for the area's
public tv station, WETA, in November and showed the College banner while
raising some $19,000 in pledges .. it was the second year that the Colby crew
has taken a turn to help the station ... More than 50 students took tickets off
the "giving tree," promising gifts for needing local kids .. thank the
Volunteer Center for sponsoring the effort ... Best wishes to Mary Getchell (personnel) and Dan Nelson, married in
November ... Safety czar Bruce McDougal has passed the first of two
rigorous seven-hour exams required for certification by the national Board of
Safety Professionals ..
CLEANING SERVICES - 10 yrs. experience .. Colby references .. Call Carla 495-7757 ...
THEY SAID IT
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers --- Thomas
Watson, chair of IBM, 1943
640K ought to be enough for anybody -- Bill Gates, 1981
Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons -- Popular Mechanics, 1949
There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home -- Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
Happy New Year!