University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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liaising I he l» ll. his talents, and Maine was missing the tall center. The indoor track team, however, looked promising and Coach Jenkins promised a win ning season. In the field of politics veteran vote-getters annexed three ol the class presidencies. Greg Macfarlan became the Senior (lass president. Duke Walters the Junioi president. Stan l.avery the Sophomore president, and (’hip Moody the Freshman president. 'The Good Will chest drive was underway and Stan l.avery. Ed Huff. Marjory Robbins, and Bob I.itman were active in making the drive successful in the succeeding months. I he blood drive was begun with Dick Still- ings c hosen as chairman; a capacity crowd filled Memorial gymnasium for Christmas vespers; six sororities pledged 7‘t girls; the Varsity Sing- ers perlormed at All Souls Church in Bangor; Scabbard and Blade held their Annual initia- lion: the Riflemen faced a busy schedule; the New Absence Rules went into effect on Dec. 20; Brothers Jack and Jim Butterfield were elected to captains ol next year's football team; Maine Choruses on Air with Monsanto Chemical Co.; Fall I louse Parties swept the campus, and bands filled the Fraternity Houses with music, and fra- ternity men with their girls went on outings to Bat Harbor, Pushaw Pond. Hampden, and Ed- dington. December, with all its cold, brought warmth to every facet of campus life. And then vacation came, and the year was over. Everyone hurried home for their Christ- mas nights at home, for their New Year's Eve parties, making resolutions to begin the new year with certain improvements, certain cor- rections. A light covering of snow was on the ground, and lire tracks pressed the snow on the ground. Winter was being born. When we re- turned in January we could be ready for a snowy season. Winter vacation meant rest—complete rest. It meant glancing back at what was behind and looking forward to the road ahead. In the midst (»1 loud New Year's Eve parties Maine students could be heard saying, “See our team this year- shut out everyone': “Remember Bogdanovich going through for 10 yards at a clip? ; “Wester- man's a slavedriver, but it certainly paid off’’: Hate to go back and take finals, wish they didn't have 'em ; “Let's sing the Stein song— Orono Bridge 1910.

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 climaxed a successful Aggie Fair, with Tanya Lekas becoming the new Calico Queen. The Maine Campus came skipping through the presses, and the little notices that go unseen came to mind, little press notices that were so important to certain people; maybe you were someone who was involved in one of these functions: Fire Prevention Program Being De- veloped Here... . Majorettes Have Practice.... Turner Announces Hamlet Play Contest.... Outing Club Plans Large Trips.. .. Three Act Play To Be Given By M.C.A. Dec. 16.... Union Building Cornerstone I .aid For Posteri- ty As 51st University Homecoming Makes His- tory.... Third Job Clinic For Seniors Starts Nov. 27. ... Pale Blue Cross Country Squad Will Run ICCA's In New York. .. . Vienna Troupe Entertained At Nov. 6 Assembly. . . . Nelson. Glorsky New Presidents of West Hall. . . . Home Ec Club Attends Workshop. Fraternities voted to take part in a civic proj- ect for Hell Week in Old Town, and the town ball was painted and redone. The month came to a close quickly, and Thanksgiving vacation was upon us. Once again the campus was empty and winter, the cold, cold winter of Maine was upon us. The smell of turkey Idled the air; students hurried home for a short vacation. In the class- rooms tests surrounded the vacation, before and after. The last tests of the semester were on their way, and Thanksgiving was a vacation spent in preparing for them. A flicker of snow touched the ground: the leaves withered and turned crisp. The cold, cold winter was upon us. is 12 o'clock and December. 1 here is a lull on campus now that fool ball has exiled, and everyone is preparing for I he basketball season, and midsemeslers come and Fall House parties and the Military Hall and Christmas Vespers, and the entire campus is getting ready for the long Christmas vacation. Everyone can feel the hands of our clock come to their close, coming to 12:00. coming to the end of their journey. And now, in December it is 12:00. The football season had ended, and indoor track and tennis remained for sports enthusiasts. A large committee made grand preparations for the Military Ball, and Frances Willett won her- self a loving cup and became Honorary Lieu- tenant Colonel: while in the Little Theatre, the second production of the new school year, fenny Kissed Me, found heart warming audiences, with Flutter Floyd and Philip Haskell as its stars. Meanwhile the Maine Campus instituted a “ride pool for all those who needed rides for Christmas vacation and for those who had rides to offer; the “rides wanted ranged from Bath to Detroit. The basketball season got underway, and Maine found the going rough, dropping games to Vermont, Rhode Island, and Colby. A new player, however, John Norris, hadn't shown toltou’inf’ the Hou doin gamt—Stale ( limnfu. Thy river runs not to the sea. 19

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let’s sing it. to next year’s eleven.” 1 lien, a lew days later, they returned to a snowbound cam- pus. They went into the library and sat in the Hass Room and relaxed, and they went to the Hook Store and the Radio Guild, to Carnegie and the Gym and to classes in Stevens. Aubert. Lord Hall. Coburn, and they sat in their rooms in the dormitories and fraternity houses and talked about the vacation and about the year, and some sentimental cuss said that lie- had grown as a human being by going to ilu- I 'ni- versity o! Maine: someone said that, after all. this was a pretty good school, and that he wouldn’t change it for any other: someone agreed with him. The hand of llie clock of the L'niversity of Manic have ended their journey, and we have gone with them. experienced what they have experienced. and ice. too. stand, ready for the neu year. The hands are only a little timeworn, hut not dispirited. not disheartened. for this has been a good year, an active year, and we are better people for out experiences. We can look at the hands of our clock and be pioud of the (mil they have wended, be proud to have been able to walk with them along this journey, this 12 horn. 12 month journey through a college year. Thank God for this experience. If has made us better people in a world that is crying for better people. The hands have ceased. Come, siring on them and may your journey be as great a one as this you have read. Theodore Gross I rfir reghnr hn ihr tirreks. Shall leave their impress on thy brow, . . . 21