University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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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

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I Ills hell tiltcn pealed mil (hrough the ntiihl Mgnalink: stuileni upriNinirs. In l» 34. lunvevcr, the bell rope was liK-keil hchinil three harred iliHirs. ami et the bell lonjitu ' disappeared for a number of years and was final- ly found in the attic by a professor doinj: spring house- eleanmj: If the old tower were still standing, it could certainly tell many stories. Our I ' niNcrsity Hand can tell quite a few stones, imv This organi ation is the oldest musical group on campus During the lirst World War, the whole group marched off the campus to serve I ncle Sam. If that wasn ' t spirit ' The Class of ' 57 thinks it was pretty clever to paint their numerals on Stevens Hall and the chininey of the power plant. Well, we ' ve got news for them. Years ago there used to be a big black water tower on campus which had the habit of letting a big ' OS appear on its side at regular intervals. And say. have you ever seen some of the Class of ' OS stationers ' Well, it doesn ' t