University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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C L A S [Cp 1 1 R years, the bell in W Lngate ■ • Hall has sounded upon the tide of students who lia e passed through the doors of the I ni- versitj of Maine. From its loft tower, it lias seen them enter as Freshmen, grow into Sophomores, expand as Juniors, and then, when the Senior year arrives, move sadly from their University into the World. And. if the old hell could talk — sa e with the same mechanical mono- tone with which it has begun and ended a thousand classes — what a narrative it might unfold. Matters of little moment; matters of much. Through days and years it has watched them —

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EXTENSION • SERVICE - .•■•£ :: ■ Something like the traditional sale bill, names of University of Maim- graduates now in the Extension Service are too nu- iiK-n his t mentii in. small number of state leaders ami .dist have their headquarters at the University. A much larger number, how- ever, reside in tin- counties which the) serve. Improved practices relating to tin- farm and home arc carried to cooperating individ- uals in over 300 tow ns of the state. Through- out tin ' countryside the inquiring mind and the seeing eye will detect unmistakable evi- dence of this service from the University. Each year between twelve and fourteen thousand Farm Bureau members voluntaril) pay their dues to aid in the support of the educational program which local citizens have determined. Practical fact-, disclosed in the labora- tory test tube or otherwise, are quickly set at work for the benefit of Maine citizens. In this manner the boundaries of Maine be- come the University campus. The Extension Service as it is known today had its beginning in 1912. The funds at first were provided by the General Education Board of New York, hut in 1 1-4- Congress passed the Smith-Lever Act to make the work possible through the support of public money. Information reaches the people by means of demonstrations, meetings, per- sonal visits, publications, the press, and the radio. Window Hall, scene of Farm ami Home Week activities Extension Service members gather at Orow

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S E S watched them in their endless repetition. Nothing i new under the sun. Only styles and customs change. People and thoughts re- main tlic same. The old hell could phi losophize forever. But the idd hell would be wrnn;:. Each changing rla s pre- sents a changing tradition. The world moves slowly: hut each new graduate into its troubled hemi- spheres i a step towards a new civilization. A long way remains to go: the steps are halting — con- servative. But there is progress. This, ( )ld Hell, w ithin the sound of your very rinj;. is the proof of a changing world. STtvti J