Gorham State College - Hillcrest / Green and White Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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7' r' TABLE OF CONTENTS Sub-title ................... Entrance to Corthell Hall .... Title page ................. Portrait Dedication Foreword ........... Table of Contents . . . Hon. N. A. Luce ..... W. W. Stetson .... Payson Smith ....... rm W. Starkey ..... fustusi O. Thomas . . . Corthell Hall .............. Academy Hall .................. School building and dormitories .... Campus-Pen and Ink Sketch .... Junior High School .......... Principal's residence .... Campus Pines ........ Message to Seniors . . . My Journey ........ Faculty Pictures .... Senior Portfolio ...... Mid-Senior Portfolio .... Junior Portfolio ..... Alumni ......... Literature Activities .... Sports .............. G. N. S. Calendar ..... The Caws of It All Autographs .......... Friends of G. N. S. . . . . Advertisements page seven x PAGES . 1 2 3 4-5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 . . 25-28 . . 30-75 . . 76-84 . . 85-92 6 . 93-103 . . . .105-156 . . . 157-188 . . .189-201 . . . 202-203 . . . . .205-213 . . . . .214-217 . 218 ... . .219-240 x 4, s 4 If . . ms xakj L

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'W 2 ffl 'Leif GREEN a.,..1iWHlITiz The following skctrh of Hon. Nathan A. Lure was wriltr by two pupils of Gorham Normal School, lllisscs Joseph-inte and Charlena Rollins, '25, HON N A LUCE MAINE EDUcA'roR One of Maine's State Superintendents of Schools long to be remembered is Nathan A. Luce, born in Newbury, in 1835. His life story will interest the students of Gorham Normal School as he was a close friend of Mr. William I. Corthell, its first principal, and was present at the opening of the school in 1879. When yet a young boy he attended Colby College, then known as Waterville College' It was the custom to have the long vacation in the winter so that the students might earn money by teaching. Mr. Luce found it work to his liking and what was better still his pupils liked him. They were incited to study under his guidance when often they had taken no previous interest. just before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 he married Miss Margaret Hunter. As he was 'not considered strong enough for service as a soldier he did war work in the provost-marshal's office in Belfast, Maine. ' After finishing his work there he took up teaching again as Principal of Freedom Academy, and by his zeal and enthusiasm made himself known asf one of the best principals in the state. f This recognition led to his being made supervisor of schools for Waldo County. He was called from that work to Augusta as assistant state superin- tendent of schools. Then he made his permanent home in Vassalboro that he might be near the seat of his work. While acting as assistant he conducted Teachers' Institutes in various counties, a work that did much to stimulate teachers and school officers to try for better things in the Maine schools. He remained assistant superintendent for five years, then became state superintendent which position he held for fifteen years. It was owing to his efforts that the Normal School at Fort Kent was established. Mr. Luce worked for years for the abolishment of the district system and finally succeeded in winning public opinion to his side so that it was legislated out of existence. When he retired from the superintendency his friends thought he was going to give his time to gardening, reading and writing-that is give up public work. But as state superintendent he became interested in the educational problem f the unorganized townships of Maine. So for several years he had those und - 'li'- f-e-1','i E if lg ll P care, visiting them and selecting the text books to be used.. By his advice ndX f .15 counsel he not only helped the girls and boys of those sections, but directed pglwgx A , slit. VM Jill' ...X rf parents as to the wisest course to pursue. W Finallv the long trips for this work became too hard for him and he ga e-a V I -,-- 3' fy his time to the work of state examiner, making out the examinations, corr 16,3 , v' X them as they came in, besides keeping the records of the examinations and promotion of those taking them. This was the work that he did to the very ast. For a period of over fifty years he was actively connected with educational work in the state. It was in the spring of 1923 that he went silently to his, haven of rest. Not only Vassalboro mourned the loss of such a dear and valuable man but everyone throughout the state. We must not forget that although Mr. Luce was a very busy man he had time to appreciate his love for the woods, fields and flowers. Many times with his family he took long trips into the woods and over fields coming back laden with wild liowers. His liower gardens were a joy and delight to everyone. Mr. Luce was a man whom the people of Vassalboro were very proud of and when his work here was completed and he answered the call from above, every individual from the youngest to the oldest mourned for him. . N ' page eight -mg. 'iimk -t.. 2 -4. 1' ' . ess-