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

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Hitme M ii ? PTEEidE'tt the many teee end l'eeeptiene given 113? the htte Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Hueeelh ite Hret eeeu- pants, and mere reeentlj.I ler em President and Mrs. Freneie Bailey. A5 eeriy as 1922 the tewn wee eeneidering the peeeibility ef aiding the state te build a new grammar eeheei. 111 1924 it Leek eetien and veted te reiee funds tewerd thet geel. In 1.926 eer Campus Training Eeheel wee epened. It was ereeted en Seheel Etl'eet, en the land enee eeeupied hy Nermel Hall. It is here that students since 1926 have dene their .I-' I Irr -. I'...-. n... 1;: r- Ll- l. -4- 'L .1...- n. - L. -..I . 1' I Edith . . E 1-...1; ' r . --'-I. I '1 I Til 'IIII-P... .' 3F. student teachinge-e vital part ef their train- 1. xii t'ILIHfig-il; . i n g I ..nn- P4 . -m A new and mere splendid structure was added te the hill in 1931 . Dedieeted te Welter HueeelL it hetteei a gymnasium and en euditerium. If it eeuld speak it weuld tell ef hreeth-talcing eeeende whee basketball games have hung between a win and a 1053; ef many at etudentge pride in having successfully led an etttetanding assembly er ehepel pregrem; ef gale fel'mele and parties; ef the epplettee hailing the Dremelie Cluh prednetiene; ef eteee ehewe end minetrele. Russell Halt eheuld truly he preud ef the part it pleye in eur eellege eareere. The newest building he be added he the eempue is the Industrial Arts heilding, leeeted behind Rehie and East Halls. Built in 1947 ef wet surplus materials it has elaeereeme up- stairs fer the I. A. men and a meehine Shep dewneteire. Gerhem Normal Seheel heeame Gerhem State T eaehere Cellege in 1945 by m'det' ef the State and mueh tn the pleasure ef everj,r Gerhem student. JAY Dumas NINA CURRY Russell Hell 'ti 9:; E? i l- at .- '1 ' H. Li Page Seem

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tery end in 1918 the Industrial Arte HWHIE Ha equipment was eetehliehed there. The upper Heer is need fer eleeeee while the lewer etery ie eeenpied hy e wnekehep. The first new building ereeted en the eeheei eite wee Reeitetiee Hell. The fel- lewing entrnet ie taken from the deeel'ip- tien ef the erehiteet: HThe etyle ef the hnilding is modern Gethie. The entire edihee reete en e eelid ledge. The gen- erei grennd plen ef the hnilding ie in the ferrn ef e ereee, the vestibule enel tireese ing meme ferming the head, end the twe model eeheelreeme the feet. In 1905 Reeitetien Hell wee enlarged and refitted te eeeernntedete the inereee- ing eleeeee and demands fer pl'eetiee werk in the grades. A new wing was added in which were fenr eeheetreente, fenr eleeereeme, e gymneeiurn, pl'inei- pelie efhee, and dressing I'DDIHS fer the teeehere. In 1926 the etete eutherieed it In he eelled Certhell Hell in hener ef W. J. Certhell. It ie ef Certhell Hell that we remember eueh happy rnernente ee e hielegjyr ieetnre, a lively dieeeeeien in e eeeielegy er peyehelegy eieee: er the eetiefeetien ef e eempleted ert prejeet. De yen reeell regietretien day and exams in the 01d gym? Beeenee ef the the disaster whieh swept away Nerrnel Hell, the ei'eetien ef it new etn- dent residence was neeeeeery. In 1895 end ,9? the state appropriated fnnde tewerd the hnilding ef a new det'ntitery. It was eetnpleted and epened in 1898 and named Rehie Hell in hener ef its greatest henefeeter. It etende en the ereet ef the hill een'nnending e inegnih- eent view ef the gelden western euneetet the town ef Gerhent, Pertlend Hether en a eleer day, and the two ehjeete deer tn the hearts ef Gerhern girls; the tewn eIeek end the Weethreek ernekeeteek, by which they tell the time and the weather- Later in 1916, because ef inereeeed enreiintent, enether derniitery was built whieh fDIHtS e helenee etrnetere en the tep ef eellege hill. The twe le'mit01'iES ere eeeneetedi- in eneh e way that girls free: Rehie may ge te Eeet Hell dining reeni withent Ieeving the build- Rahie and East Hells ing, and Best Hell girle Iheve eeey eeeeee te the ennvenlent laundry 1n Heine heeernent. Center, leeeted hetween the twe buildings, is the ehjeet ef happy i'eniinieeeneee. It ie here that students ehere leng henre ef deneing, group singing, games, and Helieween and Christmas get-tegethere. In his efferte te help the Nei'ntel Seheel the Hen. Frederick Rnhie did net step here. One evening he dieeueeed with enether Gerhem friend the need fer a prieeipelae reeiden'ee. As H result ef thet dieeeeeien, e eherming henee new etende 1e the Weet ef Certheil Hell. It wee eernpleteel end epened at e reeeptien in the fall of 1906. Students tternetnher it fer Page Six

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THE LIGHT OF THE MIND IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD Frenl the beginning ef tinie man has been impelled by a desire tn knew mere. He has tried te find nut aheut the werld areund him and he has realized he alee needed te study himself. Mere than twe theueand years age men were admeniehingt iiKne-w thyself.H WThe preper studyr ef :rnan- kind is man Peeple were dieeevering the difference between mere knewledgHii aeeumulatien ef faetEeen the ene handeand wiedeni, the untieratantiing and perapeetive which enabled man he use his facts in erder te gain perapeetive, te eheeae satisfying gnala and te pattern hi5 life deliherateij,r teward theee geale. Mania grewth hae been uneven. In seme plaeee and in annie times and in aeme peeple the light ef wiedem has burned lew and Hiekered. Again and again the dark abyeaee ef ignorance have threatened te engulf the human raee. Semetiinea the leaeene have been bitter. But threugh the ages man has learned that he must knew er perish. Fer a while, when with ever-inereaeing speed he was dieenvering the trieke ef the physical uni- verse and intnxieated hy the eeneatien nf newer in his hande, like an adeleaeent at the steering wheel 01' a new earmfer that while he fancied the end at his quest was near. Hut new, in ear time and quite suddenly he has realized that he is speeding faster than he knew dewn a strange read, in blackneaaeand that that read is infested b3! ether pewer-drunk, haIf-matured children. His hands are full of ingeninue gadgets, but he has lent his way. In his euehiened eenifert he yet is assailed hy- the fear that haunted hie primitive ferefathereethe fear at sudden deeti'netinn. Irteeperateljrr he is eailing fer lightefer teaehere et' integrity,F whe can interpret fer him the signs ieit fer hie guid+ anee by these whn have gene that way befere. -.: We at Gerham are preud in be preparing te answer that call. We seek te master the faete ef rnan'e experienee in erder te interpret hie preaent situatien an that he may have light by which te hnd the best read te- a peaeeful and jeyeua future. EL B. 16.1.