Editing Colby College (section)

=== 20th century ===
In 1920, Colby celebrated its centennial, marking not the date of the original charter (1813), but the date of its charter from the new State of Maine in 1820.

In June 1929, [[Franklin W. Johnson]] was appointed president of the college. That same year saw the public release of the Maine Higher Education Survey Report, which gave Colby's campus a less than desirable review. Criticisms included a cramped location on just 28 acres located between the [[Kennebec River]] and the [[Maine Central Railroad Company]] tracks through Waterville, an aging physical plant, proximity to the unpleasant odors of a pulp mill, and the soot of the railroad. Using the report as justification, President Johnson presented a proposal to the Trustees on June 14, 1929, to move the college to a more adequate location .<ref name="ReferenceB" /> The campaign to raise funds for the move was immediately complicated by the [[Wall Street crash of 1929]] and the [[Great Depression]], and competing offers for the college's contemplated location emerged.<ref>''The Man of Mayflower Hill: A Biography of Franklin W. Johnson'', by Ernest C. Marriner, Colby College Press, 1968</ref> Most notably, William H. Gannett offered a site in [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]], a financially attractive option for the college, but a troublesome prospect for the town of Waterville. Ultimately, a joint effort between Waterville citizens and the college raised more than $100,000 to purchase {{convert|600|acres|km2}} near the outskirts of the city on Mayflower Hill, and the deed was presented to the college on April 12, 1931.<ref>''Mayflower Hill: A History of Colby College'', Earl H. Smith, University Press of New England, 2006. pp 36–50.</ref>

====Mayflower Hill====
[[File:Colby College Campus from the air, Waterville, Maine (87290).jpg|thumb|right|An illustration of the Mayflower Hill campus, circa 1945.]]
In 1937, according to master plans drawn up by [[Jens Fredrick Larson]], construction broke ground on Lorimer Chapel, the first building on the new Mayflower Hill campus. In 1956, the Maine State Highway Commission diverted the proposed path of [[Interstate 95 in Maine|Interstate 95]] to swing clear of the new campus to the west,<ref>http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Default/Skins/ColbyCollege/Client.asp?Skin=ColbyCollege&AppName=2&AW=1443640212710 {{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and in 1961, ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'' magazine called the 24-mile section of I-95 from Augusta to Waterville "America's finest example of a 'driver's road' for scenery, speed, and safety."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/50interstate2.cfm|title=The Greatest Decade 1956-1966 – Interstate System – Highway History – Federal Highway Administration|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> The college began competing athletically with Bowdoin and Bates in the 1940s, and officially joined the two colleges in the [[Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium]] in 1965, after the University of Maine increased enrollment and moved to another athletic conference. The consortium became an athletic rivalry and academic exchange program.