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

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1944-1945 PRESENTATION OF The eeHeg'e year at 1944-4-5- epetieti nn Nmmel Hill with line eni'eliiient iii the Iau'geet numlier er sltidenie einee the etert n! the war. i'lelf iii 1th yeerie Juniere- lied returned tn eemplete the H'Dl'ii fer their Bait'helerie Degree in Elementary Ed- ueelien. These were jninetl hy- lhi'ee ethere whe had lieen teaching. iiiieerljl.l ail ef laet yeer'e Eephenmi'ee were iiet'k iiial tmly lheee whe had enm- pleted a semester ef' cadet teaching were en eemliue in Septemlier. The ethere were etu-tient teeeliei'e at the Heinunstretien SehnnL er had ptieitiene HE: eeelet teachers in rural eehenle at Heyiiieiid., Ceeent Bux- ten er Heme. These iippert:ieeemen1 whti had entered Gerhairr in lhe treiihied early days M the war when ether mere epeetaeular eervieee drew high eeheel graduates away fi'eni seeking L-ei'eet'e ee teeehere. were new in a iiiinerily, entmunbered by either ene ef the lewer eieeeee. But theyF aeeepted the re- epuneiiiilitiee ef leadership in eellege ee- tivitiee7 meeting the inereaeed demands an their Lime and talents. Lest yearie Elie liireshman eleee, largest in live yeare, wee iieek in strength, litit eut- numbered Ivy this yeai'je Freshmen. The tetel enreimerit ef aliciut 22H breught the eeiinel beck te very nearly.I ite- pre-wer statue in number ef wemen etu- dE-IITLSJ hut still mere than Hm EhGII :1? its Ueuai number ef men. A further return te nermeiey wee netted in the Teeumptien ef the Hvevdey eellege At Class Time An American scene. Students wending Deer campus walks Frem detrm meme Teward elaeeee, Purpuseful but Quite unhurried As Uld Glory Wavee everhead.

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MISS MARY L. HASTINGS ' Is it pnssibie te leave finer ntetn- I nries than yeung peeple whese lives yet: have tnettlded with the desire tn bring knnwiedge anti ltn-e and under- standing te ethers? Miss Mary L. Hastings has heen Dit'eetnt' nf Teaeher Training at Unr- ham Nnrntal sint'e W19. miter teaehingr in the grades at Adams, Massaehnsetts, Miss Hastings was a member at the faenltfy at Case l tine Net'ntal Seheei tram tssrt tn 1917. After a year's ahseneej she taught a half year at Bridgewatet Narmai. Miss Hastings finally came te us in 1919. We, at Gerhamg are prnud tn say she has been with us twenty-siit . years. It was with real pleasure we learned ef her plans ta eentintte te ! live in Gnrhatn. I !' MISS MABEL F. RYAN :l at have lived in a seheeh'eetn all i nut life 1 Miss Mabel F. Ryan has ' said, and sinee 192th that sehnnlrnntn has been here. at Gnrhani Nnrntalu where many ef tts have spent pleasant items in t-Ineirelins,1r the glehe, er in learning the way in which a wasp eenstrut'ts its nest. Befare eetning hEre, Miss Ryan had taught science I in 1'Wint:hestt.tt'., Massaehu setts. Aptly entitigh, ane sf her hehhies I is Flags at All Natiensii. This has ' been a great seuree nf interest whieh she has shared with us all. Miss Ryan plans te return tn her heme in Waltham and spend the winters in I Iilerida. MISS JESSIE L. KEENE One misses sen n'tneh when he walks ahaut with eyes that are eleseti tn the beauty and wander abeut hint. Miss Jessie L. Keene has inspired within as the desire te appreeiate and tn knew the faseinatien at nature. I Ft'nnl lUtitl - 19112, Miss Keene was teaehing in the sehneis ef Waidnr .hnt'n, antl ft'etn WU? - 19th was attending eellege. In 190? she taught at DEEWBI'S High Seltnnl. We: at 'Gnt'hatn1r are glad that when she name in 19D? it was tn stay. Tht'eugh the example ef se fine a wanian, we have felt that living the best we eeuI-ri was sat greatest titltff here en earth, net nnl'j,F a dutyea pleasure. MISS INA G. WOUDWARD Under the skillful tiireetien and eapahle management ef Miss Ina G. Weedward, the dermiteries have been run eliieientijrr and eennemieally. Even better than that, we base been able te eall them thmen far she has truly been like a ninthet' tn many. After teaehing'twe years in New Hampshire, Miss wnaswara heearne ' interested in tnatrnnis werk, Befei'e enming te Gerham in 1916, she had been at a strhnel in Sniiield: Cnnneeti- eat. 1iti-irild sters and birds have been atneng her many interests, that is . . . 1 when she was net busy planning seinething speeial far as. l a - ea ..-e--e - aa

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NEWS AND VIEWS week and the return at a June Ceiiimenee- Irient after twe yeare ef Saturday elaeeea and a ehertened eeltege year. Cenfrented with this WHICDIHE ehange, the C235? whe had heeeme adept in getting etit ef Satm'ttay niernitig elaaeee1 applieti their eeneiderahle ingenuity, taet and per- euaeire pewere te whittling dewn Fridayt artermmne. We missed Miae Belle, whn had dene eueh a grand jeh in aperte and health edu- eatien, and weienmed as her eueeeeeer Miea Derie Fit: ef Auhiirn. We learned that Miea Lewie, whe had heen granted a leave Hr absence. was new teaching in Taeema, Wash. Mre. 1WI::u':idward., whe teek ever her Literature elaeeee as substitute last year: joined us as a regular member ef the faculty. Miss Lewis? Prietrtir Cluh die- handed, hut t'erthwith eprang up again ea the Amieitia Club with the Phaetrj,F Cluh pereennel aa eherter members. At the Junier High Seheel, ht r. Ander- erin, whe hatl aerreti lt'i years as primeipal, resigned tn heeenie superintendent e-f eeheele at IJerer-Fe'xereft. Mr. Ahhett, e Gtirhatn altitiiiiua, eame teem the principal- ehip ef a junier high eeheel at Seuth Paris tn eueeeed Mr. Antiereen. Mr. Ahhett married a Farmingten girl in Oetehen and they are living in the heuee en the eamptta where the Andereene tired. Mr. Tyler resigned as juiiier high eeheel teaeher et matheiilatiea and eeienee duringr the emmner te teat:h at Thernten Aeademy. Miee Alter: meeed tilietaire frerri her Sixth Grade Le take twee Junier High Englieh; and Wire. Clement, i'reni Bethel, aueeeeded Miae Allen. Mr. Abhett leek the TMath arid Seienee eiaeeee. The wheie aehtiet was saddened in the tell he the newa ef the death of Capt. Ralph Hansen. a Gerham graduate1 wheee wife was teaeher ei the Fifth Grade. At niid-yeara Wire. Hansen gave up her teaeh- ing and hire, Paekard heeame the Fifth Grade teaeher. Miae ?t'htrprhj.r waa marrieti during the Christmas helidaye te Lt. Jehn Keliehe. end aeeernpenieti hire te the West Ceaet. Mrs. Manchester eaeeeeded her as teacher ef the Seemed Grade. During.Ir the fell it h-eeeme ktinwn thet h'Iiae Keene? Miee Haetinge1 Miaa Ryan and Miss: 1FWe:etht-erd were planning te retire at Certhe'tl in Autumn the end of the year. Theugh theee friends had earned their retirement many times' ever: it did net seem peeeihle that this Was te he their last year at Gerham. Students and family alike Felt regret at their deei- eien te leave. The war waa eleee. tn the Gerhara earn- pue. Dailyr ite efieete and its demands teatetl the ateadfaetneee arid fertitude ef Gerhamitee te earrjr en teward the vital werk ef teaching te whieh thejtr had deeeteei themeeteee. The high eeurage that is ealled Fer in the wemen hehind the hghting men was net friend wanting. True! the days ef trial hiaekeute were ever and the pljrwetid ehutteret which the eHieient derniitterjrr civilian defense teama etepped ever the dining hall wirittewa in jig time, were etered away. There were rte mere teura rif duty apetting airplanes. But after ail, theae dutiee were easy,r anti helped take the mind eH real war. New there were htlndreda tit 1int-tnail lettere anti lenger letters and pareele geing eat free: Gttl'htith. There were anitieaalj.F awaited repliee. New there were the daily eaaualty iiete and the ever present peeei-