University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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run t id n mer session. This is Maine ' s answer to the challenge of a new ci ilization. Bui the I niversitj lia no! stopped here. program for an improved campus, a new library, and men s and women s dormi- tories has been placed as a possible goal. Along academic lines, new courses are being in- diluted, more efficient instructors are being added, and general scholastic improvement is being attained.

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hd minis UNDER the guidance of a new President. Dr. Arthur V res rlauck, the I niversity of Maine entered in ' ) ' . its i t -sixth ear College a far cry from the original of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts which boasted, in 1868. of twelve students and a facult) of two members. Today, the faculty numbers over L50 teachers. There are near- l I 100 students. In addition to its three colleges, Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, and Technology, the University lias a School of Educa- tion, sponsors an Experiment Sta- tion. Extension service, and sum- ■ lO

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s « ) I ■ For over twenty years, James A. Gannett has been Registrar of the University of Maine. He was graduated from the College of Technology with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1908. From 1908 to 1913, he was Commercial Secretary for the College. Then, in 1913, on the death of Mrs. Eliza- beth Abbott Balentine, he took ovei the duties of Registrar. During his long term of service. Registrar Gannett has become one oi the best-known and best-liked men on the campus. I lis advice is willing and his counsel friendly. Several years ago, he was elected president of a national associa- tion oi Registrars. In 1928, he received an honorary degree of Master of Arts. To Registrar Gannett, the Prism extends its congratulations for long and dignified service in the interests of the University.