Mayflower Hill : a history of Colby College / Earl H. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Earl H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colby College--History.

Colby College.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 435 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Waterville, Me.] : Colby College ; Hanover : University Press of New England, [2006]

Summary:

A lively history of Colby College from its founding in 1813 to the present day.

Contents:

1 Along the River

Home for a Baptist College 5

Elijah Parish Lovejoy 13

Civil War 17

A Savior 22

Growing Up 25

Coming and Going 31

Time to Move 35

Saved for Waterville 41

Old Pastures 47

World War II 53

Building Again 57

2 The 1950s

The Blue Beetle 62

J. Seelye Bixler 68

Housekeeping 76

Testing New Waters 82

Through Another War 88

Not So Silent 92

Lovejoy Remembered 99

Sports-Over the Top 102

Building and Bending 109

Selling and Saving 116

3 The 1960s

Robert E. L. Strider 122

Academic Adventures 128

Center of Excellence 137

"Times They Are A-Changin'" 143

Breaking the Mold 149

Mule Train 154

Rights and Rules 159

"Stop, Children, What's That Sound?" 167

Rebellion and Con Con 173

4 The 1970s

Back to the Chapel 179

Strike! 186

Ceasefire 194

Quieter Revolutions 199

Shake Your Booty 209

What's in a Name? 213

A Plan for Colby 216

Equal Play 220

New Directions 227

5 The 1980s

William R. Cotter 235

Star Search 242

Omega 250

Commons Sense 260

The Mouse that Roared 268

Worldview 272

Fitness Crazy 281

Hot School 288

6 The 1990s

Strawberry Rhubarb 297

Oh, So Happy 305

Echo Boomers 312

Fire 317

And Ice 323

Crown Jewel 328

Reflections 332

Appendix A Trustees, 1820-2005 345

Appendix B Teaching Faculty, 1820-2005 355

Appendix C College Officers, 1820-2005 389.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-404) and index.

ISBN:

1584656042

OCLC:

70167521

Publisher Number:

9781584656043