University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 308 of the 1970 volume:

University of Maine Orono t The year. The school. A 6 J Strikes and moratoriums. Someone flicks a switch and the campuses light up in unison. A string of light bulbs so that the University of Maine becomes Harvard becomes Dartmouth becomes Colorado State. And then they all become the school and you’re traveling blind with your eyes wide open. 7 8 J Concerts by the cats who .. played at Woodstock”. Last night they played in New Hampshire. The night before it was Vermont They play the same songs. The big hits: the songs GUY has been pounding in your head ten times each day. seven days each week, until nobody buys them anymore. You turn on. Or you take a walk. 9 The year. The school. 10 From class to grass to angry mobs shaking fists at them”. Themes of involvement wearily repeat themselves. I don’t want to talk about it,” is number one on the top ten. It's everywhere. You’ve been here before, you think. Last year, maybe? The year before? Or maybe it was at Harvard or Dartmouth or Colorado State or a party down in Orono. 11 13 You seek sanctuary in Sesame Street or the pool hall or books or smiles and flowers in your hair or maybe you talk about education and the school almost strips its gears. The administration pressure cooker comes close to busting a gut and “I don't want to talk about it.” is knocked off the top ten by Relevancy” and “We want an education, not vocational training!” 14 ,+ i - Colors without color. Food without taste. Not enough time to think about it between new phrases and new causes and the next band, the next relevant speaker, the next rally, the next day. the next pack of cigarettes. 16 17 The year. The school. Those who always seem to know things, knew about October 15 long before the word began to seep out to coeds in penny loafers and cherubic freshmen in their beanies. And when the word finally escaped the clandestine centers of political planning and reached the kid who hustles from class to class taking frantic notes, the University Coalition to End the War in Vietnam had already been planning strategy for a long time. A strange group, the coalition. It was a machine v ith many components. A Student Senate grown powerful through victories in campus social reform, but soon destined to begin struggling in the bureaucratic mire of its own power. The last remnants of Students for a Democratic Society: hard-faced young men and women looking for new ways to change things, more effective means of getting to the people, ready to cast off the burden of their own national organization as it met in the Windy City and ripped itself to shreads internally. The Young Democrats, concerned, but perhaps a little more academic. And all those others. Young people without real direction, tired of their own complacency, searching for some educational truth and angrily opposed to a war that was pulling down the walls around them. A strange group. 18 A Vet, out of this mish-mash of baggy-eyed youths who. in a matter of weeks would tensely watch the nation's first draft lottery since World War II, there emerged a sense of jubilation and regeneration of hope. The kind of adolescent and unconquered cheer that almost became a dead letter when John Kennedy was assassinated and which got beaten into the concrete during that hot, bloody summer two years ago. when the Clean for Gene kids found out the hard way that nice guys finish last. The October 15 Moratorium was many things. First of all, it was a word. Moratorium. To be used again and again until defunct. It was also a political forum, a nationwide call to end the war. And it was a field day; a break in classes. Some people took advantage of interested professors and went to watch T.V. in dormitory basements. Some people took advantage of it and got some knowledge. Some pretended to get knowledge and exploded their egos by slinking around the crowd with whispers of man, this is the greatest thing that has happened in two years.” u 0r M VETERANS ASSOC SUPPORTS I HE COALITION MORATORIUM TO END FI IE WAR r 19 It's a long, hard road, but the only way we can make it is to walk that road together. —Rick Straud It was a brisk day in the middle of October. Winter was biding its time. Kids had started to dig out their suedes and plaid hunting jackets. Football season was well under way and the Stillwater didn’t look so bad with fall foliage reflecting on it. Twelve hundred people gathered on the steps of Fogler Library. They stood around in groups rubbing their hands briskly, leaning away from the wind. Some carried signs, many carried textbooks, a few carried babies. Too often they couldn't hear the speakers, but the spirit was still there. It was a feeling of, “Brother, we can end this damned war if we try hard enough!” Charlie Jacobs spoke first. His was not a pretty speech, but it was articulate and real. A vivid portrait of American atrocity, delivered by a stern young man who, soon enough, would learn that his number was not a ■safe one. “Vietnam is the most terrible manifestation of a warped foreign policy that kills in the name of freedom. he said and the applause thundered on the autumn air. Then it was Dave Bright who was talking, his curly shock of hair blowing in the wind. He was saying the University should have shut down ... because it is a real bad problem.” And the applause began for him. another stern-faced young man. After Bright it was a history professor, Lawrence McCaffrey, who talked of nationalism and the spirit leveled off. It was a lean, long-haired pacifist named Rick Straud. who had been convicted of refusing induction that very week, who talked of peace and walking together. He looked far too old and defeated for his twenty years. 21 It was craggy old socialist Scott Nearing, who spoke in economic terms to a crowd that looked in wonder at the history on his face. And the spirit was. It was Steve Gotlieb, a veteran -who could no longer support the war he had fought in and Prof. David Smith who advocated refusing to pay taxes. October 15, Moratorium Day, day of brotherhood, day of spirit. 22 23 It has been said that American cultural problems become fads; that the anti-war movement took the glory from the civil rights movement and the pollution movement has taken the wind out of the anti-war sails. This may be true but when a movement is on it has no brakes. Ten days after October 15. with the national threat of moratoriums every month on a geometric progression until the war was over. UMO students joined other students in a 400-strong peace march and rally at Augusta. October 30 was another fall day. Another day for warm clothes and spirit. The ball was rolling now. It would not stop yet, for Augusta was not a march of violence. It was not even a march of anguish, for nationwide the feeling was accomplishment. Even as the Augusta police, wearing riot helmets and carrying mace cans, stopped traffic to let the marchers cross streets, the word was out that there would be a march on the nation’s capital in November. The rumors and reports that the National Moratorium Committee was bankrupt were pushed aside. Washington was going to feel the spirit, the anger, the frustration of this generation. The spirit, like a wild thing, grew. And it did not die after Augusta, but mellowed and waited for November and Washington. 25 During those next few weeks rumors of violence and “backlash” circulated. The catch-phrases that could not dampen the moratorium spirit. They went to Washington. Five hundred Maine people. In buses and cars they headed south, to a city where 40.000 special troops had been brought in to protect property from 250.000 war protesters. Washington became places, memories, glimpses from the dim past. Brad Geer. UMO student, received the name of one of his best friends in the death march for the soldiers who had died in Vietnam. As he stopped at the White House fence to shout his buddy’s name the Associated Press immortalized the moment. Dupont Circle. Mad Dogs and Weathermen. Tear gas. Broken windows. Free Bobby!” “Off the pigs!” The Yippie Demonstration at the Justice Department. ,FY0UV(AHTn H PP| Christ � fton Mi i loVa I ■ 26 27 In cars and in buses they started home. Two hundred and fifty thousand young Americans, exhilarated, depressed. They had marched on Washington while the president watched football on television. November ended. The spirit defused. Lack of money, some said. People who had condemned capitalism and refused to face the need for cash to run national moratoriums. People who could lead and forgot that others needed to be led. The spirit of the moratoriums would be carefully folded and filed for reference in a chest with good memories and exciting dreams; a chest marked “spirit. Winter was coming on. 29 There is a time in the autumn, roughly between Halloween and Thanksgiving, when the fervor of back-to-school tapers off. It's a mellow time when the fall rains come with winter at their back and the heavy sexual throb of summer music is put aside for firesides and Simon and Garfunkel. Sociologists have noted that activists tend to hang it up when snow is on the ground. If it's cold outside 'tis better to be warm. So it was last fall when the UMO students, worn out by the moratoriums and the fight to end the war drifted into that quiet interim period between day and evening. Ahead was the social season: winter. The big weekends, the parties, the concerts, the speakers. All the things that make university winter what it is. 30 32 There are always those who say there's nothing to do. but there's never a small audience for Maine Masque. And if the people who go to the plays are alv ays the same people, then they blew their minds to the tune of Tennessee Williams' Camino Real. The masque may never equal the strobe light effects in the fiesta scene. And they also saw Noah. Mother Courage and Volpone. Social season fits with winter. Winter drew itself out like a big snake, slowly coiling through long months before it struck ... hard! And if it was missed there were few regrets. There is alv ays plenty to do. MUAB sponsored a student art show with everything from paintings and photos to a mammoth sculpture of canteen cups: mute tribute to the long nights. And then, on top of the weekly flicks. MUAB drew a big crowd for a poorly publicized production by a traveling troupe called the Bennington Fusion Theater. For an hour that seemed more like a year or an acid trip the Bennington people ripped up the foibles of life and let it all hang down. If it. too. was missed again there were few regrets. Winter was coiling itself. Party time was on. There were things to do. 33 34 Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22, spoke about many things. Bill Baird came back to beat the birth control drum once more. Mitch Goodman talked about the war. And a lot of folks talked about the speakers being too leftist. But when Senator Frank Church was scheduled to speak in the Memorial Gym the physical education department put its foot down and lots of people saw red. And if that was missed there were few regrets. Winter is good that way. It's the hour of nostalgia, a cup of hot chocolate on a chilly night. Some chemistry of the body slows down and readies for spring, when young men’s fancies turn to other things. 35 You say, “Homecoming!” They reply, Concerts!” You say. “Winter Carnival!” They reply. “Concerts! And it was a good year for concerts. Even traditional Maine Day fair antics were replaced by ad-hoc concerts. The Greeks planned a double-header. A fall concert with The Brooklyn Bridge and Country Joe and the Fish. And then there was going to be a spring supplement. Only that spring thing never happened and a lot of folks had their doubts about the fall concert. “Who's ever heard of those groups? they asked. Some wondered who hadn't? 41 Well, the nice thing about the concerts is they almost always pack the gym. It was a big crowd that watched The Brooklyn Bridge show off their repertoire of gilded clothes, feathery emotion and chocolate frosted music. And then it was a frantic, pent-up mob that erupted to life as CJ and the F tore the roof off with a kind of do-it-to-it music the university hadn't heard in a long, long time. 42 43 AltA ul “My God. they danced. someone said later. Yeah, they danced. And they did it again when the Chambers Brothers took the gym apart in the spring. And they sat quiet and awe-struck by the subtle beauty of Tom Rush, but they did a fast exit shuffle when Orpheus came on. They listened to the legendary Byrds with respect and rolled at the humor of Uncle Dirty. With the Supremes it was a bittersweet memory of high school days. 45 But if it was missed there were few regrets. Something unknown about winter holds it all together. It's a time of variety, of latent adolescence that was prefaced this year by the great panty raid. Maybe, then, it’s the small things that are the string tying it all together. 47 mam 'V L 49 50 V 51 Disappointment came with no Winter Carnival sculptures. No snow. Alpha Gamma Rho had to forget it for one year. But then the Coffee House was still open and The Maine CAMPUS put out a special edition on the drinking issue. Pete Seeger came back and brought Gordon Bok with him. Dian and Zoltan were still with us. The folk fests were popular. And winter stretched itself slowly as though it knew spring would come soon enough. If it was missed there were few regrets. Winter is nice that way. 52 N, 53 54 55 I Winter was nice on campus, at least on the Orono campus. The 400 commuting students from South Campus had a harder time with busses breaking down and a cold, windswept campus. The converted air force base campus was in its second year and had developed into a two-year associate degree community college. An improvement from the first year. Unseen change was happening out there. Spring saw the campus South Campus was eager to establish its own identity. In June associate degree graduates held their first and separate commencement exercises in a woody knoll overlooking the second largest airstrip in the east. A productive result from the early days of South Campus as a catch-all for unhoused students. 57 58 I •m 59 The things that make explosions in the ivy-covered university environment almost always happen long before the explosion itself. They begin years, even decades before frustrated students and stoic administrators confront each other. But there is generally a period of minor earthquakes just before the big one. As winter finally opened up and the snows came, one very ugly word, for a while, was tuition. It wasn't anything new. An article in the Maine CAMPUS reported the possibility of a tuition raise had loomed for a year. That was close to absurd. It was more like years. Years and years. Tuition was one of those nice conversation pieces that got kicked around in dorm rooms and rams and down at UMI over a couple of Singapore Slings. The only difference was that now the possibility had almost become a reality, another blow on top of a big legislative budget cut in the fall and the growing distrust in Chancellor McNeil and his handy dandy Super U. The rumblings had begun. On February 17. the day the trustees dropped the tuition bomb, those who had been observing the impending quake foresaw much trouble in the spring. Tuition had become another cog in a big wheel that was just beginning to roll. Not too many foresaw it stopping at Stevens Hall, at least not until word got out that a personable young prof named Scimecca had gotten the axe. And if he hadn't been so popular, perhaps the wheel would have rolled on past Stevens. Maybe it would have sliced a neat swath through Lord Hall, where a man of music named Clayton Hare would soon find his job in jeopardy. In 1967. when the student senate decided to get off its rump and do something, social change v as the word. Parietals were in. Curfew regulations were out. Drinking on campus was in. En loco parentis v as quite definitely out. So the hierarchy admitted they would have to bend a little ... just a little, but they would still have to bend. Well, they kept on bending right through this year, when the trustees, still thinking their students were a complacent collection of arm-chair revolutionaries, tried to buy them off again. This time it was with booze. Dean Kaplan made a nice remark about the steins being filled and the trustees didn't begin to feel the earthquake until just before Stevens Hall came crashing down, just another cog in the big wheel. 60 Who actually runs this damned place? students began to ask. seeking the truth and getting some tired old vaudeville routines from people like Dean Nolde and his friends. Yeah, seeking the truth. Demanding entrance to Arts Sciences faculty meetings that had been closed since the year one. What goes on in there? they asked, while the faculty perused something called the Battick Report, by a professor named John Battick. His name and face would become more memorable for things v hich happened when the earthquake came than for his report, which was designed to arm the A S faculty with some by-laws and a constitution. 61 63 V 64 65 Fill the steins to dear old Maine! Fill as the rafters ring! Stand and drink a toast once again; Let every loyal Maine man sing. Drink to all the happy hours. Drink to the careless days, Drink to Maine, our Alma Mater— The college of our hearts always! To the trees! To the sky! To the spring in its glorious happiness! To the youth! To the fire! To the life that is moving and calling us! To the Gods! To the Fates! To the rulers of men and their destinies! To the lips! To the eyes! To the girls who will love us someday! 68 Perhaps some faculty people knew the wheel was turning early. At any rate, a proposal to allow two non-voting students into the Council of Colleges went through to be effective the following September. But it wasn't enough to hold back the big wheel. It was picking up momentum, heading straight for Dean Nolde's office and a lot of people would feel its crush before the end of the year. Stevens Hall was destined to crumble. That was. of course, still in winter when even those who began to feel the ground trembling were still under the influence of that body chemistry that holds everything back until the first shoots of grass push up out of the mud. Some people picked up a six-pack and sat cool in their rooms, waiting for the big explosion that would follow. Some people smoked a little grass and they too waited. Some sat with puzzled looks on their faces ... not really sure of what was going on. An amazing phenomenon. They were out on the Mall, down by Lovejoy Quadrangle, in the Maine Lounge of the Memorial Union, in Fogler Library. Always those puzzled, slightly out of perspective looks of d6j vu. Something called the Higher Education Planning commission had been nominated as the best comedy since Dick Daley's Chicago Follies of 1968. This thing called the Super University wasn't making the grade with anyone and not just students. There were money troubles, but construction v as going on despite the fact that somebody’s little brother wanted to go to Maine in the fall and he wouldn't be able to. It all seemed sort of unreal and those with puzzled looks hadn't felt the earthquake coming. 'Who's Joe Scimecca? they asked. ‘‘Who’s Mark Stein?'' “What's the Battick Report?” What does this guy named Bolaria do around here? The wheel was turning. The big wheel. 70 DEFEND %sap y0(Jft 71 We should take a pause, look at where v e are and where we want to be. —President Winthrop Libby. Sept. 1969 Like a passing remark it was soon forgotten. Recorded, filed and forgotten through football season and even the early moments of the coming quake. But it would soon be remembered and President Libby would get his two-day “pause. All those years of bland complacency had come to an end. All those Botany 500 profs who had stemmed the tide with fancy rhetoric found their empire collapsing. All those generations of students who had talked about steak and potatoes but settled for baby food were a thing of the past. Now it is a hard thing to remember how it all did happen. Again there are those nagging memories. Peggy Dumais demanding, demanding that Joe Scimecca be reinstated. John Battick using his power and his rationality to quell what might well have turned into a riot. Carroll Terrell, stern-faced and angry, condemning the Sociology Student Union for their attack” on the student representatives to the Student-Faculty Relations Committee, of which he was a member. And the two-day moratorium on f classes. All those things and more. But to tie it all together. To remember the chronology. So much happened. There are probably few who attended the University of Maine during the spring of 1970 who will ever forget Joe Scimecca. If, by chance, they forgot his name they will perhaps recall his face or at least something about him and his relationship to the occurrences that happened that year. It is with him that the story begins, perhaps. Joe Scimecca, not the person, but what he came to embody. Joe Scimecca was the final rumble before the earthquake. It was in February, the bitcn-month, a time after the January thaw, the paradoxical month of Aquarius. Dirty rains fall on the ground that is frozen again. And in February, 1970 there was cancer in the sociology department. The word had been a long time coming. There were hints, the rumbles of the coming earthquake, the rumors. There were many who knew about the disease. Like cancer it had been in the flesh of the university for a long time, waiting to rise up. And now the Sociology Department was an open, bleeding sore. 73 Monday. February 23; They were one hundred and they were angry. Young men and women who were choking on educational jargon. In a brief time of solitude in the midst of riots and psychological mire the university had painted their minds a shade of black. They were one hundred and they were angry. The Sociology Student Union, banded together to protect themselves and their right to an education. In an open confrontation with sallow-faced administrators who suddenly knew they could no longer substitute vegetables for beef, but didn't know how to serve the meal. And the demand? Why weren't Joe Scimecca and Mark Stein rehired? How many people knew those names? Scimecca, slightly cherubic, idolized by many of his students, but virtually unknown outside the department. And Stein, bearded, brilliant, with a hint of arrogance, equally unknown. Two men accused by their department chairman of conspiracy to harass him and destroy the department. Two men who, this chairman said, were not close enough to obtaining Ph.D.'s yet he had no Ph.D. in the subject he was teaching. Joe Scimecca and Mark Stein. Two men accused. I The meetings did not stop. The big wheel had struck and Stevens Hall was falling down. It was no longer the quiet center of Arts Sciences bureaucracy, a monolithic brick building on the east side of the mall. In the space of a month it was transformed into a disease that needed healing. But the question was how. In fighting. Another catch-word. Another word to clutch in the face of the big storm. The people with the quizzical looks were still mixed up. They tried to piece together the parts of a puzzle that went back at least as far as 1965, when Bhopinder Bolaria became a member of the then Department of Sociology and Anthropology. But it was all without meaning, all too abstract. The old. bitter memories of Bolaria's refusal to use Glenn Vernon's textbook. Questions. Questions without answers. Did Bill Sezak promise tenure to Bolaria? Who was conspiring against whom? That was in February, the bitch-month, when the dirty rains fell, when the dirty snows fell and the ground was a mash of dirty things. And no one had answers. Only questions. 76 Stretch a rubber band and watch it snap. March coming and the rubber band stretching beyond its tension. March 19. 1970; Word was out that Clayton Hare was no longer a member of the Music Department. A tenured faculty member dismissed on grounds of gross incompetence and clear failure to meet the responsibilities of the appointment.” The disease that was eating at the university had broken out again and with it came a sudden clarity for those blank-faced, blank-eyed many who had never quite gotten it together. It was very obvious that the university was mired under by its own bureaucracy, by the inability of administrators and faculty members to relate to student needs. Very clear. And the understanding that something had to be done. March 19. 1970; The day the report of the Student-Faculty Relations Committee was out. It recommended firing Joe Scimecca. It recommended drastic personnel change within the department. It recommended censure of Dean Nolde. And it was, beyond all of that, a ten megaton complication. March 19, 1970; The day that President Libby, looking older than usual under the strain of the past month, stood before a packed house of students and faculty in Hauck Auditorium and said. I feel the cause of education has been ill-served by the turmoil which has existed these past several weeks within the University ...” The day that he admitted he believed there had been a conspiracy. The day he said he would not accept the recommendation to censure Nolde. The day that it became very clear there had to be a moratorium or there would be havoc. 77 Thus there was a moratorium. Two days, in March, not of peace and music, but of unrest and thrust. A remarkable thing that stopped the clock and sat people down in the midst of their own refuse. A moratorium. It happened last spring, v hen the rains fell in a dreary drizzle and the professors were suddenly a little more condescending and the students were suddenly a little more open. And in its aftermath, when the days dragged on and the recommendations of the Student Senate were looked upon as possibilities for future reform, while the bitterness had not worn off and many began to realize that things were not going to be good for some time to come and in those few weeks before Kent State, there were many who would silently recall the afternoon of March 19, when John Battick stood before an uptight crowd of students in the Maine Lounge and said, “You are making a mistake. You've got to have some structure. You can reach your objectives if you organize in a reasonable fashion. 78 79 80 81 84 98 86 87 88 — 90 Unless... Unless you help us help people recognize a few things: That without air and water no one will enjoy affluence. That without ecology there can be no economy. That uncontrolled growth is the philosophy of the cancer cell. That there is no personal independence without recognizing natural interdependence. Unless... Contact: The Effluent Society Student Senate Office University of Maine Orono, Maine poster copyright O 1969 The Environmentalist Workshop foundation B S H 94 Earth Day. 1970. It happened in the spring, in April, the pretty month of penny loafers and catching up with something missed during the sanctuary of winter. Too many people were tired perhaps. Too tired to get involved. Or maybe they just didn't care. Or perhaps, it was that phenomenon of the American press that is far more terrifying than anything Spiro Agnew ever pointed his accusing forefinger at. Boredom. Vietnam is Vietnam is Vietnam. In that sense 1964 becomes 1968 becomes 1970 and the Mekong Delta always looks the same. It happened between the education moratorium and the when-will-it-ever-stop of Kent State. Education was a nail in everybody's boot. And there is still plenty of room in the rice paddies. So Earth Day happened at an inopportune time, which says something about American culture, perhaps. Still, it caused a fire. 95 96 it 98 4 The University had a month long teach-in on environment and Earth Day was the climax. One thousand college campuses around the country going through that incredible metamorphosis once again that makes them all an extension of one another. The teach-in was staffed by five University groups interested in ecology. There was the Effluent Society, the Wildlife Society, the Maine Outing Club the Plant Science Club and the Forestry Club. Five groups caught, unfortunately, in that sandwiched time between two events that tore down the walls and that divorced universities from the real world. It was like pollution is a big thing and everybody knew it. but they knew it the way they know about the need to change curriculum. It is like the concept of tossing a beer can from your car window when you're driving drunk at sixty, seventy and mumbling. Pollute it one time. Yeah! The Maine CAMPUS and the Maine Times combined for an edition highlighting the environmental issue. Stewart Udall, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, presented the keynote speech of the Environmental Teach-In. And there was that display on the mall. Posters that depicted all too vividly what is happening to our world. But pollution then and now is dangerously close to becoming another one of those folk terms. Like “Do your own thing! Like Different strokes for different folks! Folk terms of the last decade. Maybe, then it is basically true what sociologists have said about Americans and the things they will struggle for. The way that Vietnam replaced Civil Rights and Pollution replaced that. But it's still not that simple. 100 101 The causes come and go within the space of a calendar year. The v ay the year went from the war in the autumn to education in the spring to pollution for that brief time in April and back to the war when four died at Kent State. And maybe the premonitions of the mass move against the war. the torment of those four deaths and the ones that followed at Jackson, maybe those things were already on the air. Maybe the draft lottery should have tipped everybody off that there would be another bomb. Still, for a short time in the soft, springtime warmth of April university students and faculty recognized a little more seriously than usual the need to raise our environment out of the sewer. And maybe it would have carried on beyond that recognition stage. But there were too many other factors. 103 104 106 So many came away with knowledge and filed it for future reference as if they had finally come to know the ways of the American System. Grab some know-how the way you grab a cold sandwich on the rush and then hold on to it until you get a chance to use it. And others walked away with pretty buttons that said. 'Give earth a chance! 107 So the end of the year drew near and the circle had completed itself—university to university, all schools becoming the school , beginning their year with protest against the war and ending it that way. Maybe the issues were not clearly defined. From the education situation there was that time-warp of days before the killings at Kent State. Only this time it didn’t take as long to get things off the ground. Some credit the Student Senate with that, but the Student Senate had suddenly come under student scrutiny. Of late it seemed very bureaucratic. For a long time the power had been handed down from gen- eration to generation and the students had accepted it. Why not? There had been a time, only four years earlier, when people drew straws to see who would go to senate meetings and yawn. Just four years earlier! And now the senate had been the catalyst for parietals, coed dorms, drinking on campus and outstanding speakers on many issues. Still, for many it seemed there should be a change. A change for the sake of change, perhaps. The way it becomes obvious on a national level when a party has been in power too long and the leadership gets so ingrained in its role that it loses perspective. Others credited the change with students having to get in gear by themselves.The role of leadership, all by itself, had been looked at, too. In the past months there had been leaders by virtue of their own sheer gall. People who took the bull by the horns and then, somehow, changed the original course of things. Too frequently they had been reactionary, take-it-slow-and-easy people. Too often they had been victims of the paranoia falling over America like a shroud. There will never be riots here.” was their motto. But they quite obviously feared that very thing and yet they were unwillingly to alter their old garde stance to avert catastrophy. SENATE -Cjfl ' •� � t 112 One morning, one sunshine morning, Kent State was a phrase, a rumor of four tragic deaths on the campus of a university noted more for athletics than for education. And then in twenty-four hours, it was a nationwide funeral. See. then, if you can wipe out grief as you painted away idealism! For very real was the anger of students. Not students as a body politic, but students as individuals. 114 Students who had to make, for themselves, the decisions about their education. The knot that tied the education moratorium to the national strike; a Council of Colleges jammed up against the wall, seven hundred students confronting President Libby. Academic freedom! Individuals. 4 115 116 117 118 V t 119 I 120 Individuals. Deciding for themselves what stood highest and where. Whether to forsake school for something more important. Whether school was more important than ending a bloody war. 121 They held the candles; walked on the mall the night of May 7. Walked. Not marched. It was not a military ceremony. Indeed, it was not even a protest against the military. That would come later. It was people. One thousand, solemn, singular persons. Some with tears in their eyes. Some with anger; the kind of vicious, hurting, destroying anger that eats and burns, like a bullet in the belly. So that no one forgot it! So that everyone knew. 123 125 127 128 621 130 132 133 134 135 136 Knowing as individuals to the day of graduation and beyond. To be remembered, as a twinge. Something that hurt really hard, deep down in the bowels. Individuals. They knew that pain. Academic freedom. It never was really the issue. Like a test of manhood, a tribal ceremony, it served to bring the chancellor and some trustees face to face with angry students who suddenly saw not men, but robots, reachable only with wrenches and screwdrivers and not with reason or emotion. The fight for academics, it was now obvious, was a losing battle, burying the need to strive for an end to the v ar. 139 140 And the decisions had to be individual ones. There would be no more administrative canasta games. No more of that. From here on in it had to be a person-to-person basis. And that realization was a long time coming. - 141 143 % u. 146 With a graduation and a beer party. A nice pat on the back after a year of struggle. There were no worries there, the worries were aside, apart. But the struggles had yielded something more important. Something which would last through the summer, for the coming autumn. 147 It is very possible that the significance of the 1970 commencement was not in Dick Gregory or Abe Fortas speaking; not in the tradition-rending booze party in the field house; not in the $1500 Distinguished Professor Award to Joe Scimecca, but in the fact that as people related to those things they did so as individuals. A 151 At last, they had come to realize that each of us has the inherent right to face conflict in his own way and we do not need officials elected or selected to represent us defining the roads we must travel. Out of a year of bitterness and anxiety that may preface many more, came one important and vital revelation, that of the individual person that, I am myself.” 152 One Hundred Years of College Football X 155 1969 SEASON: 5-4 ... tied for second in Yankee Conference . .. captained by Dulac . . . Jordan named to Outstanding Col- lege Athletes of America ... Maddock and 8enner Yankee Conference All Stars . . . Ben- ner All-New England end . . . new records set by the offensive unit, by Wing and by Ben- ner . when the totals were in Benner held every UM pass reception record and several major college New England records . . Benner drafted by the Cleveland Browns. 162 Injury-plagued season .. . captained by Hoy. a member of Outstanding College Athletes of America ... Byamah high scorer... Maine record setter, goalie. Herland with most shut- outs ... 18 returning lettermen. Soccer 164 war i . i 1111311 11:1 :::1 Cross Country A rarely lauded sport a rebuilding season for the varsity and an undefeated season for the freshmen ... large number of freshmen returning promises strong varsity in 1970. 166 Basketball Inexperience in varsity competition plagued the team at the start of the season—10 sopho- mores on the squad . .. captained by Todd, an Outstanding College Athlete of Ameri- ca . . . and UM's representative in the Hall of Fame Game . .. Maine recaptured the State Series title with 5-1 record ... while Yankee Conference Honorable Mention went to Susi and Randall. .. and All-Maine” to Susi ... Frosh had a perfect slate. 14-0. 169 171 172 UM's newest sport. Wrestling made its formal intercollegiate varsity debut in the '69-70 sea- son ... captained by Juskewitch and Soucie ... varsity lost some close contests ... freshmen undefeated ... Schaeffer qualified for NEIWA contest. Wrestling 174 Skiing A second place finish in an EISA Division II championship gave UM skiers a Division I rating ... captained by Quimby. an ’Outstand- ing College Athlete and Ackendorf. . . LeBrun qualified for NCAA Ski Championship but pre- ferred to give his support to the team at another meet.. a second in the state series. 175 176 � i 177 Indoor Track Tracksters bettered last year's SS mark with a second place finish ... captained by Stel- mok ... varsity gained a record-setting per- former. Glinton, in midseason by a YC eligibility ruling ... but could only manage a fifth place at the YC Meet... freshmen went undefeated. r 181 Tennis Promising sophomores were not enough to better last year s 5th place VC finish . .. But another state series championship was won with a 5-1 record . . . captain was Fleury. an Outstanding College Athlete of America. 183 1970 proved to be UM’s finest golf season m history with an 11-3 record ... other impres- sive records garnered were first place in state senes, second place in YC. and fourth place m NE Championships . . . medalists were Morse. Knight and Reed. • ' . . Outdoor Track Maine captured the State Series title ... but only after a display of heroics by relayer, Miller, who showed why he deserved to be named to Outstanding College Athletes of America ... a successful season ... key injuries hampered UM’s efforts near end of the season ... posted a fourth place finish at VC Meet... freshmen undefeated once again. i 186 I t 187 Baseball A fine southern trip set the pace for Maine's baseballers .. . captains were Cameron and Curry .. . Pitching was outstanding with 13 out of 16 complete games from the hurlers . . . De- fensively. the Bears reeled off 18 double plays ... but all the season's efforts were put on the line with the Vermont series . .. 189 190 191 The Cardiac Kids proved themselves worthy of the name with a come-from-behind win, 5-4. in the thirteenth inning of the final Vermont game. An estimated 6,000 saw Maine take the Vermont series . . when all the statis- tics were in, the Bears’ 18-5 record had made the '70 season the best since 1885 . . . took the SS crown 6-0 ... made the team Yankee Conference co-champs ... Cameron, Hayward and West were YC All-Stars ... Cameron. Hay- ward, Curry, Morin and Additon made All SS honors ... while West made All-Star District I. I 192 Don’t never look back; Somethin' might be Gamin’ on you. —Satchel Paige 194 Scoreboard FOOTBALL Maine Opp Massachusetts 7 49 Southern Connecticut 21 14 Rhode Island 35 7 New Hampshire 20 18 Connecticut 7 28 Boston University 7 20 Hofstra 40 34 The Citadel 28 41 Vermont 38 30 SOCCER Maine Opp Jersey City State 2 0 Massachusetts 2 1 Bates 3 2 Rhcde island 1 7 Bowdom 1 4 New Hampshire 0 1 Bates t 1 Connecticut 0 7 Colby 4 0 Vermont 2 4 Bowdom 2 3 Colby 3 4 CROSSCOUNTRY Maine Opp Jersey City State 30 26 St Anselm s 27 30 New Brunswick 44 18 New Hampshire 41 20 Colby 33 22 Vermont 50 15 Yankee Conference Meet 6th place State Meet 4th place BASKETBALL Mame Opp Vermont 54 70 Rhode Island 65 98 Bates 90 91 American International College 97 108 Hofstra 61 95 Army 42 68 Connecticut 75 83 New Hampshire 77 79 Vermont 98 83 New Hampshire 60 73 Maryland 68 97 Citadel 63 81 Stetson 70 115 Florida Southern 75 70 Bates 93 78 Connecticut 74 99 Colby 80 72 Rhode Island 71 98 Bowdom 70 69 Massachusetts 66 84 Colby 60 54 Massachusetts 71 103 Boston University 79 93 Bowdom 89 68 TRACK Maine Opp Colby 71 32 Boston University 61 43 New Hampshire 42 62 Colby 91 57 New Hampshire 86 68 Yankee Conference Indoor Meet: 5th place Yankee Conference Outdoor Meet 4th place State Meet Indoors—2nd place Outdoors-lst place SAILING Hewitt Cup 2nd place Tufts Invitational (Fall): 5th place Tufts Invitational (Spring): 8th place Northern New England Meet: 1st place Miami-Dade South JC BASEBALL Maine 3 Opp 4 Colby 8 3 Miami-Dade South 5 12 Miami-Dade South 15 10 Miami-Dade South 11 1 Miami-Dade South 5 1 Colby 1 5 Bowdoin 4 3 New Hampshire 3 1 New Hampshire 2 0 Bowdoin 2 1 Bates 8 2 Massachusetts 6 3 Massachusetts 2 1 Bates 6 5 Rhode island 6 0 Rhode island 2 4 Colby 9 5 Connecticut 4 2 Connecticut 1 3 Colby 4 2 Vermont 3 0 Vermont 5 4 Connecticut (Playofl) 0 2 Rhode Island TENNIS Maine 0 Opp 9 Connecticut 1 8 Bates 7 2 Bowdom 2 7 New Hampshire 1 8 Bates 7 2 Colby 9 0 Colby 9 0 Bowdoin 9 0 Rhode island GOLF Mame 1 Opp 6 Connecticut 1 6 New Hampshire 4 3 Assumption 5 2 New Haven 2 5 Colby 5 2 Bates 5 2 Bowdoin 7 0 Colby 5 2 Bowdoin 7 0 Bates 7 0 Bates 5 2 Bowdom 7 0 Colby 5 2 Yankee Conference Championships 2nd place State Series Championships: 1st place WRESTLING Boston University Maine 15 Opp 17 Connecticut 17 20 Bowdom 28 12 Aroostook State 15 24 Hartford 9 27 Coast Guard 3 39 Bowdom 11 24 Aroostook State 2 32 New Hampshire 15 29 Bowdom RIFLE Maine 1306 Opp 1104 Nasson 1304 1138 Norwich 1316 1321 Dartmouth 1332 1284 Nasson 1310 1274 Norwich 1270 1316 Dartmouth 1318 1224 National Rifle Association Conventional: 2nd place National Rifle Association international: 3rd place New England College Rifle League Championships: 5th place SKIING Alpine Cup Race. Farmington 2nd place Maine State Meet 2nd place E.I.S.A. Division Two at Burlington vt Meet: 2nd place E.I.S A. Division Two at Keene. N H Meet 4th place E.I.S.A Division One at Williams Meet 8th place E.I.S.A. Division Two at Norwich Meet 2nd place 195 1971 The Class A - 196 i 1970 1972 Structure 1973 197 and the Organization International Club Senior Skulls 199 Horsemen's Club 200 American Society of Civil Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers 201 202 Student Aetion Corps 203 Pershingettes 204 Music Educators National Conference 205 Student Religious Association 206 Interclass Coordinating Council Outing Club Christian Science Organization 207 American Society of Agricultural Engineers i i 208 Associated Women Students Central Dorm Activities Board 209 210 Sophomore Owls Senate 212 V,nv 1970 PRISM staff 214 215 Editor: Margie Rode Business Manager: Brian Conroy Photographers: Ken Wieder Steve Muskie Advisor: Prof Alan Miller Sports Editor: Nancy Praplaski Photo Assistant: Remi Jurenas Seniors Editor: Gail LeRiche Organizations Editor Liz Masciadri Fraternity Editor: Chuck Brett Sorority Editor: Peggy Howard Copy Writer Jimmy Smith Also: Carole Nash, Chris Danaher, Lynn Hov lett. Eileen Stretton. Chris Newell and Martin White I 216 r V The Greek Life 217 Alpha Chi Omega For Alpha Chi Omega the year was busy with both social and civic events Each year Alpha Chi shines shoes outside the Den on the Fri- days before the big weekends and sponsors a Christmas Bazaar Proceeds go to their na- tional philanthropy, cerebral palsy. This year they also worked with other Alpha Chi chapters across the nation petitioning the major networks for more environmental pro- gramming. A Christmas party for Cerebral Palsy children, pledge formal, pledge tea, favorite professor's tea, suppers at fraternities and events with other Greeks were among other things the sisters enjoyed together. Events can only give one an idea of what they do together. The feelings of sisterhood are such that they cannot be listed on a page. Each sister is an individual and has a different, meaningful idea of what being an Alpha Chi Omega has added to her college life. 218 Alpha Delta Pi girls share a great many feel- ings. friendships and happenings. There are the wake-up breakfasts, working at the nursery school, their big sisters, the Christmas party and the Friend's Party Working at the hospital is a special thing that the ADPi's hold very dear. Also, they will always remember lions, violets, candlelight, wishing wells, caroling and cups of hot chocolate. The sisters are never alone— for there are always sixty-five girls and there is no sadness. Alpha Delta Pi is a happy feeling, a love whose light won't be too severe but mellow and spread the ideal humanity. r 219 What is Alpha Omicron Pi's reason for exis- tence? If nothing else, it recognizes that each girl is an individual: there is no stereotype from which to draw or on which to model oneself. Alpha Omicron Pi says it is important to know thyself, for only then can one begin to know others. AOP understands the need of presenting a well-rounded program to its members and to develop in them a social and intellectual awareness which will endure long after gradu- ation from college. It takes pride in its mem- bership. comprised of girls with diverse inter- ests. personalities and goals, yet all of whom are joined by loyalty to a group which in some way fulfills their expectations of what Alpha Omicron Pi is. AOP is not for every collegiate woman, nor is it intended to be. For its members it is a sorority which encompasses the principles of sharing, helping and friendship—the basis for a strong and workable program. 220 Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Phi combines the service and social parts of a sorority in a spirit of enthusiasm and sense of participation. Santa's workshop, volunteer work at St. Jo- seph's, denim sales, wake-up breakfasts and sing-ins are just a few of the activities in social, cultural, academic and philanthropic areas. Involvement in campus life and affairs, strong bonds of friendships, enthusiasm and fun can all be found in Alpha Phi Alpha Phi believes that the individual is very important in sorority life and that each girl can contribute and strengthen the group. «• Striving to develop and maintain the individ- ual. Alpha Phi is a most diverse Greek group. 221 Alpha Phi Omega Chi Omega's are symbolized by their red blazers, the feathers in their hair and apple sales at the football games. Beneath these symbols are a group of girls sharing purposes and goals in life They are a close circle of friends exhibiting warmth, sincerity and under- standing. The sisters’ philanthropic project is working with the patients at Bangor State Hospital. Each girl has an opportunity to choose an area in the hospital of special interest to her. By help- ing others during the year, the sisters have enriched their own lives. The Chi O’s have participated in many activi- ties with other Greeks on campus: clean-up with SAE, a Christmas party for underprivileged children with TEKE and get-togethers with their brother fraternity. Phi Eta Kappa. Throughout the year the Chi Omega’s combined their individual interests and per- sonal ideals to help themselves be better per- sons. Delta Delta Delta D is for the development which Tri Delta has helped girls attain through assuming re- sponsibilities for chapter affairs. E is for the everlasting friendships that they are making in the chapter now. to continue through a lifetime of association. L is the love upon which Tri Delta is based, a steadfast love for one another and for the Creator. T is for their trust that DDD will help them develop a rewarding life of service and realize their potential abilities. A is for awareness of community and campus problems and activities the sisters have gained through Tri Delta by sharing expe- riences and ideas. Tri Delt realizes that fraternities like theirs claim the love and loyalties of hundreds of men and women and it is their experience that the fraternity has much to offer the individual in developing a sensitive and responsible person. What difference, then, the shape of the badge, be it diamond or crescent or square? The important thing is how much do you love the pin you choose to wear. 223 To be a Delta Zeta is to work, to share, to laugh, to sing, to cry and to love. They struggle to pay for a new room and are proud to show it off. They work for hours preparing for rush and are rewarded with twenty-two new sisters. To be a Delta is to be involved as an Eagle. Delta Zeta All Maine Woman, a senator, an R.A., a class officer. Being a DZ is extending oneself beyond the bonds of sisterhood. Delta Zeta also values friendship: to devour subs with ADPi's. to hang a maybasket on SAE. to get acquainted with Gamma Sigma Sigma or save pennies to visit the chapter house at UNH Delta Zeta's grow as individuals, within a sisterhood, within a community and within a world. i 224 X Phi Mu is a group of girls. But there's more to the group than mere numbers and silhou- ettes. There’s closeness and friendship which doesn’t end with the end of school or separa- tion. There’s fun and sharing like outings, rush and wake-up breakfasts. There’s learning and helping themselves and others through discus- sions. scholarship projects and earning money for U.S.S. Hope. Phi Mu has as many facets as all the sisters together. Phi Mu 225 sorority has its responsibilities and rew It helps girls become individuals, but me all it helps them to develop some of the cl« Inends they will ever know. There is some different and deeper in the friendship of ter. True, there are some who cannot t close as others, but this is only natural. E spread out all over campus is sometimes a thing because often the girls don't see other and get to know each other. But the is still that bond which somehow ties the together and they feel close, very close I' a love, a very different love; a caring and wanting to be cared for. Pi Phi stands for this and much more th could ever be written or spoken. Pi Beta f is sisters. Pi Beta Phi is today. 226 Sigma Kappa centers around the develop- ment of each member's awareness of others and the problems of today and the appreciation of the world around her. In their meetings, outings and get-togethers they strive for an atmosphere of friendliness and openness, because in this way the girls really get to know and accept each other. Appreciation of the world is a large goal. The sisters accomplished this through special lec- tures on social change, artistic techniques, etc. The Sigma Kappa philanthropies provide the sisters with some insight into social problems. The Orono Nursing Home showed them the growing needs of the elderly and how they could actively do something for them. The pro- gram emphasized a close feeling between each member and a particular person in the home in hopes that both will benefit Sugarloaf was the first outing this year. An overnight at Ellsworth in the spring was fol- lowed by a trip to Northeast Harbor and a ride on the ship Sunbeam, another philanthropy Sigma Kappa 227 Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho is the only social-profes- sional fraternity on campus. Psi chapter was established at Maine in 1924 and recruits most of its members from the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture. Psi Chapter has a full social calendar with Fall House Party. Homecoming Weekend. Woodchopper’s Brawl. Spring Outing and Pink Rose Formal The Alpha Gams have created a winning snow sculpture for Winter Carnival for the last six years (but we had the misfortune of no snow this year). By recruiting good scholars and leaders. Alpha Gam has been able to integrate an active social life with a good educational atmosphere With members on the track, tennis and rifle teams, student-faculty relations committees, and nine men in Alpha Zeta honor fraternity. Psi chapter has distinguished itself on campus. Alpha Gam this year initiated 21 new grabbers who are willing to accept the challenge ot Alpha Gamma Rho. Alpha Phi Omega is a national college service fraternity dedicated to developing leadership, promoting friendship and rendering services to campus, community and nation Alpha Phi Omega is unique among college fraternities; it is the only national service fraternity and is the largest of the nation s college fraternities. Membership is open to all males All pledge activities are of direct service to campus and community. The activities of the chapter include: acting as University tour guides, helping VISTA, run- ning free dances, working at local camps, running the Ride Board, selling refreshments at games, running Goodwill charity drives and blood drives and the sponsoring of the Maine mascot. The Sigma Xi chapter of APO celebrated its third year on campus this year. It was deter- mined at a recent chapters meeting, that this chapter was one of the largest and most active in the New England region. The chapter is not all service; there is also a very large social program The year s events were parties, sports and outings to surrounding lakes and to the ocean. The one word for the fraternity and its brothers is INVOLVED. Alpha Phi Omega 229 Alpha Tau Omega If twenty pledges, fifty brothers and eight hundred alumni all want the same thing, the odds are that someone will find a way to get it. Alpha Tau Omega wants to show all those that cast a critical eye on the Maine fraternity system that fraternities are able to provide a home for people who are tired of their num- bered stalls The house roster is not just a bunch of words, names or people, but jokes, drunks, parties, bull sessions, depressions and prelims. It is all those who gave up semester break in order to build the best bar in the entire area ATO is a place where alumni invested hundreds of dollars and brothers spent an en- tire summer and their own money in order to remodel the house so that they could really call it their own. A mature twenty-year-old whom society forces to go to college in order to compete for a decent job wants to accomplish some- thing tangible and non-academic now; he can at ATO. i 230 Beta I heta Pi The Beta's returned in the Fall of 1969 to see the boardwalk and bridge replaced by a plastic and asphalt walk. Thank you University for debasing the Beta environment. There was a face-lift outside and inside. 1970 saw no more Ma.” But the same atmosphere of new, old. renewed friendships, parties and bull sessions hangs on. New kicks and old kicks result in a constant experiment in living and or surviv- ing 231 Delta Tau is a place where forty guys can study, work, scream or play. It's a place where forty guys can get together and just be forty guys. But it's more than that. It's a sharing and learning with the other guys. It's a place where the brothers give a little, take a little and if the books balance you fit m And precisely because they not only take but also give that the house becomes more than a house: it becomes a home. House activities range from a Christmas party for the underprivileged children from the com- munity to a spring outing and Jamaica party. Far more than the scheduled events, however, the social life of the fraternity is reflected by the everyday small things. The house is a home for three years of the brothers' college experience When college is over the members are still forty individuals, and have gained an insight into life developed by a lasting experience which is more than just a place of abode. Della Tau Della 5a a T A 232 Della Upsilon The newest fraternity on campus. Delta Up- silon is the first non-secret international frater- nity. In keeping with up-to-date ideals, the fra- ternity is the first in the country to adopt on their own a majority vote system of selecting members. It knows that success in the frater- nity system depends on modern structure changes Because of this ideal, they have no pledge system. The organization includes interested members ranking first in scholastic achieve- ment—a certain reflection of their ability The brothers continue to secure plans for a housing project. Within the next year, ADU's see a house contract signed. As a result of their efforts, the Kelley Road and Forest Avenue in Orono are litter free. It's a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. Delta Upsilon. the unpledged. 233 A changing image from right to left forms an escape from solitude and loneliness. Broth- erhood is still in. with men coming together through the awareness of human individuality Here is controlled insanity—people need not be afraid to be real Kappa Sig is a reaching out and finding not only someone but a group The ever-growing importance of the mind and its expansion brings out invisible communi- cation An individual, by doing his own thing, achieves personal meaning through his group experience. Here there is unity and individuality simultaneously. Kappa Sigma 234 To typify a Lambda Chi would be a difficult task because, while all are men. all are their own men. The bond that had brought these individual men together is the fraternity and brotherhood of Lambda Chi. Through his indi- viduality each man lends himself to the pro- gressive and contemporary spirit of Lambda Chi has fostered and exemplified the finest ideals of friendship and brotherhood. The diversified brotherhood of Phi Eta Kappa was active in 1970 participating in the muscular dystrophy drive, holding a Christmas party for the children of Indian Island. Phi Eta's won the all-points trophy this year for all their energy. The spring outing at Sebec Lake was a great success for the green wavers. Yeah, sure.'' Phi Eta Kappa found not only just good times during the year in their fraternity but also in- volvement and relevance. 236 There is a chain around the living room of Phi Gamma Delta and on each link is the name of one of the brothers. This symbolizes the role of the fraternity. The chain stands for the unity, loyalty and the dedication of selfless brother- hood. Each man's link stands for the contribu- tion he. as an individual, made to his brothers. A fraternity tries to aid the individual in devel- oping himself. This unity and this individuality make Fiji what it is—whether the house cooperates on a mus- cular dystrophy drive or just a good time at the Fiji Island Party Phi Gam is an integral part of the brothers' education at the University It teaches guys that different types can live and work together, and that's a pretty important thing to learn. Phi Gamma Delta 237 Phi Mu Delta Phi Mu Delta represents the spirit of earnest brotherhood, the unique feeling of being ac- cepted as a man and retained as an equal. Tradition offers a concrete base from which each Phi Mu Delta can adjust to his collegiate desires. Each Phi Mu represents his fraternity with honor and pride. Then there are the Muers”—the fraternity men who devise, maintain and carry out the duties of Shipwreck, the spring frolic; the men who did the color change on the administra- tion's aging, yet understanding scalp. Phi Mu Delta's are not static, their internal design conforms to the needs of a university. 238 Sicma Alpha Epsilon The brotherhood of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was ® founded on the belief that through fraternity and college, life can be more meaningful and worthwhile. Through it one can find the extra academic and social support that is vital to education. The tradition of SAE, nationally and locally, upholds this belief Brothers of SAE are involved in all phases of campus activities from the presidency of the Student Senate to membership in campus hon- orary societies. The Little Sisters of Minerva, their female auxiliary, complements the house through their functions as hostesses and rush greeters. They are an integral part of the fraternity and lend it an extra something Socially the house is active with house par- ties during the year. The annual Spring Formal at the Penobscot Valley Country Club and then at Northeast Harbor was the highlight of the year Fraternity living at SAE is more than the regular academic, athletic and social events that it appears to be. It is a way of life that one can be a part of. yet still remain an individ- ual Sigma Alpha Epsilon is endeavoring to change that image of the stereotype Greek and make the fraternity a viable and workable college experience. 239 Sigma Chi The Sigma Chi fraternity was initiated as a protest against the impersonal routine of col- lege life. The founders built the fraternity around a spirit of Friendship, Justice, and Learning. For all Sigs. these are the common goals which are sought. Sigma Chi exists as a unit of one broth- erhood But more meaningful, it is a group of guys sharing each other's problems and help- ing to resolve them. Having a membership of forty to fifty brothers, each an individual. Sigma Chi forms a backdrop for unforgettable friend- ships for life For the true friendship which emanates from the fraternity is a sense of jus- tice felt by all. The brothers are extremely proud and hon- ored to be recognized as Sigma Chi's. 240 Sigma Nu Sigma Nu was a combination of many things this year from trips to California to the retire- ment of Ma Philbrook. They all worked to- gether to make their house a better place not only for those in it, but also for those around it. Some of the year's highlights saw four take a trip to Berkeley to initiate an old Theta Ep- silon. At age 85, Ramey Davis is now a brother of Delta Nu Other highlights included the pub- lication of the Swammi Evening Gazette, the initiation of old Ralph Walsh, super pledge, and the establishment of the Little Sisters of Sigma Nu. Also. Sigma Nu's took initiative in forming the new UMFB. Then there was the departure of Mo Littlefield for Gorham State, nine little pups, the draft lottery, snowball fights and a basketball rout of Beta. It v as a big year for the brothers and the pledges of Sigma Nu—a tradition it hopes to continue into the 70's. They're proud of the house, the members and their ideals. Sigma Nu's have made a commitment to better not only the house, but themselves. o( Poor Richard 241 The spirit of brotherhood and the red door trademark are symbolic of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Maine Alpha chapter of Sig Ep was founded on May 30. 1948 and has since added many achievements to its records. Maine Alpha was the first fraternity to change Hell Week to Greek Week by painting the town hall in Orono. This the 69th year for Sig Ep marks a number of other firsts. The first house couple. Pat and Dick Fox. became the first houseparents with the birth of Michelle on Dec. 11. Miss America came to the campus to complement the Miss University of Maine Pageant sponsored by Sig Ep. Highlights of the social life, accented by the advent of a wet campus, included Hawaiian night, the Christmas party for underprivileged children of Old Town and the Spring formal and outing. It was a year of change with the largest pledge class in local history of 32 men The new addition was completed—changes that could not be anticipated by the small group of 21 men who were the founders of Sig Ep at Maine 22 years ago. 242 Tau Epsilon Phi Many people ask what do fraternities have to offer? Can a person be an individual if he is a brother? TEP believes that living in a house offers experiences second to none. It is an environ- ment where an individual can learn about him- self and improve his performance through the responsibilities that he must accept. The many close friendships that a Greek forms will be of great benefit to him throughout his life. One great feature that TEP is proud of is the many different backgrounds that exist in their brotherhood. Tau Epsilon Phi is one place where all men are equal and can live in har- mony. 243 Tau Kappa Hpsilon TKE's recently revised pledge program tor the coming year is geared toward the changing trend in individual opinion concerning pledge- brother relationships. Physical and mental harassment is being replaced by a more mean- ingful and involved relationship where pledges and brothers work with each other instead of as two opposing factions The social calendar for the year 1970-71 included plans for a Homecoming party. Roar- ing Twenties party, the Christmas Party with Chi Omega. Winter Carnival, spring weekend with the Sweetheart Ball and all the parties throughout the year when the budget allowed them. Teke v ill again find many of its brothers involved in campus political activities, varsity sports and intramural programs. Plans for greater participation in public service have been made in the areas of psychologically, sociologically and financially deprived children. Increased attention to campus controversies is planned in keeping with the changing stu- dent involvement attitudes. i 244 Theta Chi Relevance” is the key word in discussions about (raternity membership and Theta Chi feels that their brotherhood has changed and grown progressively with the University in the past decade. Help Week has replaced the older, traditional Hell Week The pledges spend time learning about brotherhood, the inward structure of the house and about how they function together as a fraternity The activities are for both their enjoyment and for the betterment of the com- munity. Taking the area s retarded children to a basketball game this year made many TEKES appreciate a college career even more. Tradi- tional events of open rushing, a toga party and various theme dances during the year were part of Theta Chi's social calendar. Theta Chi inspires true friendships; and extends a helping hand to all those who seek it.” For the brothers of Gamma chapter, they have learned this well. 245 Seniors Abbott. Karen S Ackendorf. Gary D Adams. David L Adams. Janice M. Adams. Ronald E. Aho, Henry 0. Aloerti. Sandra L Allen, Mady Jo Allen. Mane L Allen. Robert L. Allen. Ruth W. Allen. Stephen J. Alvarez. Raymond J Ammon, John R Amsden. Mary E. Ames. Lauris C Ames. Margaret H Anastasio. Eugene A. Anderson. Darryl G. Anderson, Jack W Angers. Denise G 246 Anderson. Shirley M. Seniors Anson. Julie F. Arbo. Alan P Armes. William H Arnold. Ruth V Astle. Clinton M. Atkinson. Jean C. Bailiargeon. David R Bangs. Robert D. 247 Banks. Sharon A Santon Russell N Barker. Pamela L. Bayliss. Edna M Beachum. Daniel P. Beal. Alexander W. Bell. Nancy M Bell. Susan J. Bearor. Sheila M Beaulieu. Unda I Beck. Raymond M Beil. James A 248 Betterley. Barbara 6. Bickford. Henry K. Bilodeau. Richard A. Bishop. Frederick J Bishop. Stephen M, Bissonnette. Constance A Black, Richard O Blanchette. Anne L. Blethen. Johnna R. Blier. John J Blodgett. Michael A Biondeli. Christine R Black. Stephen A Blackwell Donna L Blackwell. Jane E Blotner. Susan J. Boardman, J. Alexander Bolduc. Arthur A Borucki. Eileen F Boucher. Richard 8oulier. Billy G. Boyce. Belinda M. 249 Boymgton. Margaret E Boyle. Nancy A Bradman. Robert R Bradstreel. Dennis E Bragdon. Sheila M Bragg. Lee K. I Bragg, Renee D. Brarmann. Gail L. Brawn. Martha E. Brewer. Norman L. Bridges. Donna C. Brobeck. Kevin J. Brogan. Raymond F Brown. Carol A Brown. Dawna E Brown. Linda A Brown. Sandra L Brown. Stephen J POUT £ XF _______- Brown. Susan J. Brown. Susanne H Buczacz. Walter A 250 Budden. Cheryl A Burdge, Suzanne Burgess, Alan S. Burgoyne. M Janelle Burke. James A Burnham. Richard C. Burr. Karen S Burrell. Virginia A. Burnll. Peter H. Burnngton. Sally J. Burton, Phyllis J. Bush. Martha J. Bushel. Gelnn E. Byrne. Charles J. Campbell. Linda J. Buzzell Christina M. Camp Beth A. Cameron. David A. Campbell. Wallace D Burton. Kenneth J Bushman, Marilyn A Cammarata. James C. Carle. Barry W 251 Carmicheal. Carol I Carpenter. John C Carpenter, Vicki M Carr. Kathryn E Carr. Roger S. Cary. Herbert F Casgram, Gail P. Cates. Robert L Cathcart. Carole Lynn Catlm. Lorraine Ccndan. Barry Chadwick. David W. Chaloult, Sandra L Cheney. Beverley A Christensen. Enc S. Champhn, Stephen Cheney. John 0. Christopher. John A Chase. Peter D. Chasse. Patrick Chick. Richard L. Chretien, Michael 252 Chute. Lynn Marie Civielio. Patricia Clarke. Steven 0. Clement, Timothy Clemow. Susan A. Cliflord. Lois E Cochrane. Maureen T Cogburn. Nancy E. Collins, John L Conroy. Brian J. Cowan. Stanley H Cormier. Theresa M. Cote. Dianne L Cote. Kathleen J Courtemanch David L Coftey. Carole W Cole. Richard J. Coltin, David H. Cooper. Deborah M. Cox. 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George T. Holmquist. Jane M Homan. Douglas B Hood. George M Hoos, Robyn Jo Hopkins. Terry E. Horne. Diana Horton. Stephen E. 264 Hough. Christina Hoy. Douglas Hoyt. John M. Humphrey. Penelope L. Hunt. Catherine R Hunt. Richard J Hunter. Ann B. Hunter. Robert S Hunter. Thomas Hutchinson. Genevieve K Huxtable. Deborah A Ingersoll. Verne B. Ireland. Michael J. Jackiewecz. 8onnie J Jackson. Deborah Jackson. Henry W Jackson. Linda S Jackson Paula J 265 Jacobs. Joy J Jacques. Ralph D James. Dianne K Jeffery. Thomas A Jeliison. Dale L. Jennings. Judith A Jewett. Carol Johnson Anne A Johnson Bruce A Johnson, Mary E Johnson. Peter M Johnson. Sheryl Joyce. Thomas M Junkins. Jeffrey Juskewitch. Stephen A 266 - Kalloch. Constance C Keir. James R Kellie. Diane Kelly. Robert A. Kennedy. Mary L. Kidney. Gerald R. Kimball. Kathleen M. Kioss-Hanscn. Bente Knight. Randall T Kmght. Thomas H Knobloch. Cheryl Knowles. Carol Ann Knowles. Mary E Knowles. Thomas W. Kohanan. Brian S Kohler. Sally A Koo. Andrew H Kosiba. Michael Krah. Chalmer M Kraus. Gary D Krauter. Virginia S Labrecque. Armand A Labree. Rosanne 267 Lacadie. Catherine A Lacasse. Andre J Lacertosa. Anthony LaFleur. Claudette S. LaFleur. Cristme R. Lane. Roger M Langley. Stephen H Largay, Thomas F Lauber. Edith Laurencell. Suianne Lausier. Ralph' Lawrence. Candance L Layman. Dormda Leadbetter. Jocelyn M. Leake. Priscilla J Lawson. Cheryl Leavitt. William G Lawry. Arthur Leeman, Josephine Leighton. Jean E Leonard. Cheryl A Leonard. Deborah A 268 Lewis. Linda Libby. Bruce R Libby. John P Lichota. Barbara Lilley. James F Lilley. William 0 Lippincolt. Arleen Littlefield. Ellen M. Litz. Andrew Litz. Judith E Lloyd. Arthur D Lloyd. Linda Lombard. Richard Longtin. Russell L Lord. Victor R Lott. Linda M. Louder. Nadine Love. Melanie 269 Ludwig. Valerie A Lumsden, Dale B Lundgren. Suzanne Lutz. Joan L Lyon. David W. Lyons, Priscilla A MacGregor. Ellen F. Macko. Andrew J. Madden. Edward R Madore, Darrylm Magee. Helen J Manchester. Sharon F. Mann. James N Mann. William C. Mansell. Ralph C. Mansfield, Clifford S Jr. 270 Manzer, Freerick J Jr. March. Meredyth A Marcus. Gerry L. Marks. Joan Marks. Karen A Marriner. Jane A Marsh. Priscilla A Marshall. Elizabeth A. Marshall. Jettery j. Marshall. Lmda Marston. Joseph K Martikainen. Janet E Martin. David S. Martin. Ellen C. Martin. James P Martin. Linda S Martin. Pamela A Martin. Philip H. Martin. Robert A Mason. Sharon Martmeau. Elaine G £ Maxim. Waren D Martin. Roger D. Masse. Roger A 271 May. JeHerey Mayberry Stephen A Mayo. Wayne R McArdle. Kevin P McCall. Cheryl A McCall. Jack K. McCorison. N Michael McEachern. Robert A McFarland. Martha McGilvray. Doug McGown. Cynthia G. McGrail. John W. McKenzie. Barbara McKeone, Nancy McLaugnln. P.lnck v.j. McLean. Dawn M McLearv. Glenne E McLcllan. Ann McMahon, Janice L 272 McSweeney. Brian Meglison, Dean L MeLemore. Patricia Merrill, Carol Merrill. Dennis Meserve. Carol A Mishou. Sharon Mitchell. Donald K Molinero. Carlos Monaghan. Joanne B. Monk. John D Montanan. Mary T Moody. Anne E. Moore. Bruce T. Moore. Susan R 273 Morin. Cynthia A Morin. Armand E Moreau. Linda M Moose. John Moores, Stephen B Morin. Donald G. Morin. Harold R. Morin. Stephen J. Morrison. Susan A Morrison. Valerie A Mortenson. Victor A, Jr. Moulin. LuCil'e L Murray. M Suzanne Mwinanyambe. Geoffrey N Myshrall. Richard A Nason. Mary W Newell, Christine A Newell. Don L Newhali. Gerald S 274 Nickerson. JoAnn Nixon, Linda H. Norton. Rachol Noyes. Richard R Nutting. Glenn E Nye. Carol A Oakes. Dana Oakes. Eugene O'Connell. Daniel V. O'Connell Walter S. Jr. Oliver. Michael W. O'Roak. Susan Palmer. Gloria J 275 Palermo. Richard A Palma. Christina J Paradis. Frances E Pankhurst. Susan Papasodora Gregory P Paradis. Andrea L Paradis. Louis G Palmer Steven Parks. Larry A Parsons. Howard L Partridge Leonard R Patton. Constance B Peabody Martha 0 Pelletier. Lynn M Pelletier. Michael J Pendleton. Carlton 0 Perkins. Gregory H Perkins. Linda E Peterson. Robert F. Petras. Robert J. 276 Philbrick. Elsie L Philbrick. Howard Pinkham. Philip E Piper. Donald S Placzek. Daniel A PHuia. Peter K Fiitk US Poirier. Janis M Pollis. Robert Poole Joan E. Porter Monica Pottie, James J. Poulin. Anne M Pozzuto. George R Preble. Cheryl K Prescott. Roxana Pride. Jeffrey A Prime Suzel Punnton. Lewis G Putman. Cynthia D £ Quimby Darrel R 277 Reynolds John w Richards. Lawrence A. Richards. Martha Richardson. Cheryl 0 Richardson. Linda Ring. Michael Riveili. Marsha L. Roberts. Melvin S. 278 I Robinson. Brenton Robinson. M.llicent Robinson. Nancy L Rodway. Allan C. Roffey. Donald C. Rogers. Carol J. Rosell. Cheryl W Rosell Eric Ross. Glenn C Rogers. Jill A Rollins. George E Roop Jolene S. Ross James L Ross. Thomas Rossignol Claude Rossignol. Ray H Roths. John B Rousseau. Bonnie Rowe. Cynthia Rowe. Donald L Ruksznis. Larry W Russell. James S. Ruzbarsky. Carolynn J. Salvas Maralyn P 279 Sawyer. Donna W Sawyer. Margaret A Sanborn. Melbourn A Saucier. Edward J. Saucier. Peter M Schaare. Regina Schemer. Jean O. Schiaack. Susan Scholield. Rhama C Schulze. Martin D Scontras. Peter N. Scott. R Barry Scott Sandra Scribner. Louise Scribner. Robert K. Seepe. Arthur W Jr Sensecqua. Judith A Sessa. Conio M Sexton. John J. 280 Shangraw. Brian L Shannon. Rosemary L Sharland. Sandra Shattuck. Beverley Shaw. 8ruce W Shaw. Daryle L. JkM Shaw. Eveline Shaw. Gerald L. Shaw. Patricia N. Shaw. Richard H. Shea, Stephen C. Shindler. Louise Simeoni. David l Simpson. James A Shuman. Robert P. Simerl. James H. Silverman, James M. Simones. Harry J. 281 Sinclair, Enoia E. Sinclair. Katharine M Sirois. Lawrence G Sirois. Lmda M Sirois. Nancy Y. Smaha. Kenneth Smith, Eugene C Smith Glenn B Smith. Robb e Jean Smith. Shelley V. Smullin Robert J Snow. Oavid J Snow. John O. Sohns. James E. Sontag. Joseph Soucie. Carroll A. Souias. Robert P. Soule. John 0. Southard. Nancy L Spearen, Sandra Spence. Kenneth B Spofford. John J Spruce. Elizabeth A Squires. Patricia A Stanley. Mary Ellen It 282 Stanley. Susan S. Staples. Priscilla Staples. Rebecca S Starbird. Kathy A. Stebbins. Martha Steeves. Richard G. StefVa, Patricia Ann Stevens. Paula J. Stevens. Stanley R Stevens. William F Stewart. Lee R Stiles. Joanne R Stinchfield. Susan T Stone Marcia S Stoneton. Darlene Stoddard. Jetfery R Stone. John S. Stone. Robert D. Stoneton. James C.R St Thomas. 8ruce 283 Sturdy. Mary J. Subach. James A Tabbutt. Pamela A Tasso. Mark C. Swaffieid. Carol Swan. Susan M. Swan. Virginia Swift. Lawrence K Sypniewski Aloysius Taylor. Susan N Thayer. Pamela Thibault. Carole Thibault. Rebecca Thibodeau. Frank 284 Thompson. Kim B Thorne. Gary F. Tibbetts Donna Tilton. 8onita L. Todd Frederick W Toms. Frank S Torrey. Sally A Totman. Mary Tousignant. Ethel L Towne. Peter J Townsend. Frederick J Jr Travis. Jefterey R Treadwell Amelia Treadwell, Robert D. Treworgy. Stuart H Tsetsilas. Georgene C Tucker. Charlene Turbync Alexander III Turcotte. Sister Dorillc Turmelle. Ludger M Turner. Christina 285 Ulmer. Jeannette Van Arsdale. Russell Jr. Vance. Norman Jay Jr Vandermast. Ernest W Van Oyke. Edward A Van Hazinga. Russell R. Veillcux. Guy R. Verncy. Wendy L. Vila. James E Vincent. Margaret J Violette. Gail Votock. Robert Vose. George 0 Wadsworth. John A. Wamnght. Kevin Walch. Dennis A Wales. Nancy J Walker. David G. Walker. Peter G Wallace. Brian S. Wallace. Cynthia J. 286 I Ward, Betsy L Walshe. John E Ward. Jane F Warman, Cheryl L Washburn. Linda L Waterhouse. Jonathan P Webster. Ann S. Webster. Sandra E 287 Weinstein. Linda B Welch. Ellen J. Wells. Lindsay A Wentworth. Ocnms S. Westby. Susanne Weston. Anne M White. Karen M White. Mary E Whitmore. John J Whiting. Robert Willard. Jean P. White. Leigh White. Janet A Whitney. Eugene A, Jr Wiggm. Harriet L Wilbanks, Ouincie-Ann White. Nancy A Wilcox. Glona J. White. Martin J 288 York. Clifford A Young, Anita K Young, Byron H Young, Deborah Young, Deraid E Young, Erin M Young, Martha Young. Sally A Zack, Thomas A Zaimcs. Karen J Zicus. Michael C Zubik. Michael Jr Woltgram, John Wood, Susan E Woodward. Allison Ladd Wright. Patricia A Yanofsky. Steven F Yates. Susan 289 � jrin j6v � x '� S 11 8 i a 6 292 J I I x t Z ! I|I - s l B j|ff J isflfiSls Filf $|$ 1 15 hitci y 2 i 1 % plcfiii I ’� • � 0 j LOO'UIO °w0iv u «« IIV 1 8 S) D 4—' ro D O ro u o x z z x z zzzzzzzzzz O cu 1— 13 Q. C a 6 K f iiiiiiiji si Jv'ih'� � 302 Steve Muskie: p. 9 (right), 14 (top), 20, 25, 33, 43, 50, 54, 55, 58, 59, 98. PRISM Photographers special credits Ken Wieder: p. 1, 7, 9 (center), 15, 16, 44, 46, 66, 94, 95 (top), 110,111. The 1970 PRISM was printed by Wm. J. Keller Inc., of Buffalo, New York under rep- resentative Joe Donovan. Stevens Studios of Bangor, Maine handled senior portraits and prints. The lithographed cover was done by S. K. Smith Co. Optima headings and Hel- vetica body type were used on an 80 lb. Velva Dull paper. Special thanks to the assorted free lance photographers, Jack Walas at PICS and campus police and security.