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Colby College

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Colby College at Waterville, Maine; coeducational; est. 1813, opened 1818. The school, principally a liberal arts college, adopted its present name in 1899. Its library includes the papers of Edwin Arlington Robinson. Author not available, COLBY COLLEGE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Shailer Mathews
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... educator, and author, b. Portland, Maine, studied at Colby College, at Newton Theological Institution, and at the Univ. of Berlin. After seven years of teaching at Colby College (then called Colby Univ.) he entered (1894) upon his long association ... Read more
Albion Woodbury Small
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Albion Woodbury Small 1854-1926, American sociologist, b. Buckfield, Maine, grad. Colby College, 1876, and further educated in Germany. He was made president of Colby in 1889, but left it in 1892 to found at the Univ. of Chicago the first department of sociology in an American university. Small ... Read more

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Colby College set to kick off capital campaign.
Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME); 12/29/2005; 787 words ; ... deserving applicants may attend Colby, regardless of their families' abilities to pay. This college has serious aspirations, Adams ... previous administrations -- that college is very, very expensive as ... spend $40,000-plus to get a college education is beyond a lot of ... campaign. The first, held at ... Read more
Cracking down on college drinking ; Colby officials and local police take action, but underage drinking is a nationwide problem with no easy answer.
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 12/11/2005; TESS NACELEWICZ Staff Writer Staff Researcher Beth Murphy contributed to this story.; 787 words ; ... 12-11-2005 Cracking down on college drinking ; Colby officials and local police ... combating underage drinking at Colby? Tell us at MaineToday.com. WATERVILLE -- Picture Colby College: stately, white-columned brick ... elite, private, liberal arts college's reputation for ... Read more
Colby College boosts fundraising goal by $135 million ; The college, encouraged by the Lunder family gift, now aims to raise $370 million by 2010.
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 6/1/2007; DOUG HARLOW Blethen Maine News Service; 641 words ; DOUG HARLOW Blethen Maine News Service Portland Press Herald (Maine) 06-01-2007 Colby College boosts fundraising goal by $135 million ; The college, encouraged by the Lunder family gift, now aims to raise $370 million by 2010. Byline: DOUG HARLOW Blethen Maine News Service Edition: FINAL ... Read more
Waterville, Maine, Official Challenges Colby College to Do More for Community.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/2/2004; 787 words ; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 2--WATERVILLE, Maine ... councilor's written charge that Colby College does not contribute enough ... apology, a stiff response from Colby's president, words of solidarity with Colby from other colleges -- and another look at a broader ... students' ... Read more
Colleges: Mission keeps costs climbing ; People reel from higher education's prices, whether Colby's $46,100 or UMaine's $15,814.
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 9/9/2007; COLIN HICKEY Blethen Maine News Service; 787 words ; COLIN HICKEY Blethen Maine News Service Portland Press Herald (Maine) 09-09-2007 Colleges: Mission keeps costs climbing ... education's prices, whether Colby's $46,100 or UMaine's $15 ... encounter with the cost of college nearly 20 years ago. "We ... folks versus the price of a college education ... . Read more
My gift to Colby College drives them quackers.(The Home Forum)(Column)
The Christian Science Monitor; 9/1/2000; 787 words ; ... what I have to say. Colby College is an esteemed liberal ... would like to give Colby a few ducks to embellish Johnson Pond. A new college has to start somewhere ... better or worse the college continues the Old Colby folklore about Gould ... Read more
Colby College grads urged to take risks ; ABC news correspondent Dan B. Harris tells the Class of 2005 not to let fear get in their way.
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 5/23/2005; ALAN CROWELL Blethen Maine News Service; 581 words ; ALAN CROWELL Blethen Maine News Service Portland Press Herald (Maine) 05-23-2005 Colby College grads urged to take risks ; ABC news correspondent Dan B. Harris tells the Class of 2005 not to let fear get in their way. Byline ... WATERVILLE -- Fear can be a good thing when it causes you to duck a ... Read more
Colby College launching largest fundraising drive ; Campaign kickoff events will be held next month in Boston and New York.
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 12/29/2005; AMY CALDER Blethen Maine News Service; 366 words ; AMY CALDER Blethen Maine News Service Portland Press Herald (Maine) 12-29-2005 Colby College launching largest fundraising drive ; Campaign kickoff events will be held next month in Boston and New York. Byline: AMY CALDER Blethen Maine News Service Edition: Final Section: Local & State WATERVILLE ... Read more
the art of giving ; While the state's museums have always relied on the generosity of wealthy benefactors to sustain and grow their collections, a recent gift to Colby College set a breathtaking new s
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 10/28/2007; BOB KEYES Staff Writer; 787 words ; ... collections, a recent gift to Colby College set a breathtaking new ... s cultural landscape. Colby College in Waterville made national ... of art and money to the college and the museum. The Alex Katz gallery at Colby is named in Schupf's honor ... Read more
Fear, caution capture Colby College campus ; Since the slaying of Dawn Rossignol, students are locking doors and avoiding walks alone.
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 9/20/2003; DOUG HARLOW and JONATHAN HUMPHREY Blethen Maine News Service; 780 words ; 00-00-0000 Fear, caution capture Colby College campus ; Since the slaying of ... JONATHAN HUMPHREY Blethen Maine News Service Edition: Final Section: FRONT WATERVILLE -- Colby College, once perceived as an insulated ... abduction and killing of 21-year-old Colby senior Dawn M. Rossignol ... Read more

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