Preface
Prologue
along the river
Home for a Baptist College
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Civil War
A Savior
Growing Up
Coming and Going
Time to Move
Saved for Waterville
Old Pastures
World War II
Building Again
the 1950's
The Blue Beetle
J. Seelye Bixler
Housekeeping
Testing New Waters
Through Another War
Not So Silent
Lovejoy Remembered
Sports—Over the Top
Building and Bending
Selling and Saving
the 1960's
Robert E. L. Strider
Academic Adventures
Center of Excellence
“Times They Are A-Changin’”
Breaking the Mold
Mule Train
Rights and Rules
“Stop, Children,What’s That Sound?”
Rebellion and Con Con
the 1970's
Back to the Chapel
Strike!
Ceasefire
Quieter Revolutions
Shake Your Booty
What’s in a Name?
A Plan for Colby
Equal Play
New Directions
the 1980's
William R. Cotter
Star Search
Omega
Commons Sense
The Mouse that Roared
Worldview
Fitness Crazy
Hot School
the 1990's
Strawberry Rhubarb
Oh, So Happy
Echo Boomers
Fire
And Ice
Crown Jewel
Reflections
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendixes - Appendix A: Trustees, 1820–2005
Appendix B: Teaching Faculty, 1820–2005
Appendix C: College Officers, 1820–2005
Notes
Bibliography
Index