University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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more. Like to go through Yellowstone, Salt Lake City, see the Great Lakes, on our way back — down through Milwaukee and see the beer made, to Detroit and watch the Fords go by, and anything else that we happen to think of . . . Want us to bring you back an alligator? . . . Hey, why don ' t you come with us? . . . Ah, come on . . . Oh, ya, summer camp . . . Oh, well, you ' ll be seeing the country from a parachute. To the Gods, to the Fates, To the rulers of men and their destinies . . . Why is it the Union building is so packed during an assembly? There ' s not a seat to be had anywhere . . . Come on. let ' s go in here . . . this room seems to be empty . . . The Memorial room — I ' ve never been in here before . . . Shut the door and keep out the noise . . . Isn ' t it som- ber in here? . . . fireplace, leather chairs . . . What ' s that book on the table? Oh, pictures and biographies of the World War II dead . . . Look at them all. Some never finished school . . . Ab- bott, Adams, Balyes, Brown, Denton. Harris. Jackson, Kennedy, Moore, Mason, Pendleton, Smith. Samson, Reed. Thompson. Wright, Young . . . There must be hundreds in this book. Soon they ' ll add another book to the table, Korean Dead. Sometimes classes seem so futile. Four years .Siiinnier se5 !.ioii relaxing. of Study for what? Graduate and get killed . . . Ya. I know, it really isn ' t that bad . . Two years in service can ' t hurt anyone. If it ' s your time, it will happen in Korea or Bangor . . . Fr« sh arrive — another vear ahead. msim

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Jim Ganiioll. a worthy subjeel. . . . Got a cigarette? . . . Thanks . . . What do you plan to do when you get your service over with? Back to school? . . . Me. too . . . laws and diplomacy, I hope. You ' ll prob- ably go into structural engineering, I sup- pose? rii talk countries into wars with my diplomacy, and you ' ll build the bridges to help armies from one side of the stream to the other. Roger Campbell is going into nuclear physics after the service. Think what a help he ' ll be to future wars . . . Every day in every way things are getting better and better. Some nineteenth century rugged transcendentalist said that in the happy days of yore . . . Funny how quickly cir- cumstances and attitudes change. In the early 1800 ' s everything looked bright; fifty years later — the Civil War. Then everyone is happy and optimistic again . . . bingo, the Spanish American War. After that utter waste America is the glittering gem of the universe — World Homecoming audience saw Stalag 17. War I . . . Half of Europe is laid waste, America feels like the savior of the world and goes wild with self confidence — crash, 1929. After ten hungry years she recovers her bright future outlook and falls head first into World War II . . . Unconditional surrender . . . cripple the Axis . . . Make everything a democ- i , tr. ' fe »i-ii l-off. m w £