University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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The quesl that time of year we always condemn finals. Maybe if we started complaining in September they ' d do away with them, huh? Well, it ' s only an idea ... I flunked the first one, too . . . but I made 2.0, anyway . . . now I can relax until May. The Union Game Room opened right after finals. Its opening was just one more big step in the completion of the building. Say, we ought to go over for a game of ping pong tonight. Come to think of it though, I ' ve got to go to the library to get some information for a term paper. Sometimes I ' d like to take my bed over there. It seems I spend most of my time there anyway. Here ' s the program for Winter Carnival. Let ' s see. That was held the week end of February 11. Isn ' t it maddening that after working so long on the snow sculptures it had to rain! Of course, on Sunday, when everything was over, the weather was ideal. The theme of the carnival this year was Alpine Festival. Paul Taiganides and Janet Borges were crowned king and queen at the annual Intramural Ball held in the gym. The decorations for the dance depicted typical Alpine scenes. Well, now, that ' s just about the end of my scrapbook, but I ' ve left plenty of empty pages to take care of the events which will be coming up soon. I ' ve given you a rough idea of the events, past and present, that make up a typical year, but have I really THE MAINE SPIRIT nm

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eitieiK . Paul ingmd apbooL tOftll! IreA ' iiKidc much progrcNS with defining or illustraiini: thai Maine Spirit thing I was wrestling with when you came What? You ' ve got a scraphook. too? An old one? With more of those spirit and tradition illustrations? Oh. yes. id like to see a few, thanks. Well, v ell. well . . . there are a li t of things which ha e happened here on campus which are symhvilic of the immortal Maine Spirit. Did you ever hear of any of the old alumni shake their heads and say. Without Wingate Tower. Maine can never be the same ? A lot of people do say just that though. That old tower was quite a landmark. In 1943 both the tower and the third fliwr were destroyed by fire. When first built. Wingate Tower housed the cam- pus cIiKk and K-II