Frank Merriwell at Colby [Mayflower Hill Saga]

0993.0006
Waterville, Maine
Colby College
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'Frank Merriwell at Colby [Mayflower Hill Saga] (28 min.).' Original footage is 960 ft. of 16 mm. film. Printed titles tell about construction of new campus site on Mayflower Hill. 'Photographed 1930-1948 by Joseph Coburn Smith '24.' 'A noble seat of learning in New England...' Amateur footage of graduating class. 'This scene is a monument to one man...' 1930 move of the campus under College President Johnson. New campus site was originnaly called Mayflower Hill. Scale model of the new campus. People havinf a picnic on new building site. 1937 Lorimar Memorial Chapel. Groundbreaking for first new building. More constructions, groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies. Shots of finished buildings and building the athletic field, etc. Campus began operation in 1947.

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