University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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Some study and some rela THE MAINE SPIRIT- ,:. c -,m m,m u ....

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tn cut class. . . . So did. It was on my lirsi ciil, llunigh. and besides. 1 hadn ' t had ha-akfasi and I need- ed a cup of that I ' nion eolTee. .Xdniiral I-d«ard I IKberj; eavc an interestins; lec- ture last October, didn ' t he ' . ' .And if I remember cor- rectly, that was the week the legislators were Ux ' kini; over the campus. The newspapermen arrived on that same busy week end. TTiey had several important speakers, including May Crait; Then to top Ihinus olT. Saturday was Freshman Parent ' s Day. .After having lunch with their sons and daughters, the parents were hustled otT to the Maine-Bates t H lball game. We ought to have the parents here more often if they can guarantee us more 35-0 victories. Come lo think of it, a lot of organizations hold conferences on our campus during the year. I was reading an article just recently which said that wc had sixteen thousand

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visitors List c;ir h . there was c%er%thing from Ihe Maine (iladiolus Svvietv to the Annual I- arm and Home N eck. Ihe high schix)! students were among tlie visi- tors as they came for debate tournaments. 4-H Club Meetings. Boys State, and many inher group gatherings. Did iHi ever wonder svhat livened up week ends before the I ' nion Uuildmg was built ' N ' ou almost get trampled while tr ing to get into a ten-cent movie on Friday and Saturday nights, and I guess no I ' nion could take care of all the students who crowd into the stag dances. Here ' s the program from Homecoming Ihal was a week end to remember, wasn ' t it Again, the rain didn ' t seem to dampen the Maine Spirit any. Mayor Kelly Flliott really put his all into that rally . . . the yelling, the skits, the band, the Siein Soiii; . . . You know, whenever I stand to sing the Stein Song like that at Homecoming with all the alumni I really stop and think. Now I ' m part of the old Maine tradition that has been around since wav back in lS6h or so. How many have gone before nic and how many will follow . . all to become a part of that oneness. Somehow you just can ' t forget those before us Ilieir symbols arc all around us . . . the Union Building, for example . . . symbolic of the hundreds of Maine men who gave their time, their service, and some- -their lives, to keep our country free, and symbolic to the ihous.inds of U)yal students, friends, faculty, and alumni who gave the funds to raise this monument. The spirit is there all right. The serenity and quietness of the .Memorial R(M m brings it all back to you. and you lliank CukI that you are free to enjoy this great symbol. I here ' s the library. ttK . Halfway up the stairs you may have noticed the following inscription carved into the massive wall: The loyal devotion and generosity of university alumni, faculty students, and friends made possible the construction of this library. It is truly one of the outstanding college libraries in the country. We must not forget the Memorial Gymnasium, either. Each brick, each dixir. each pane of glass, once again