Southern Maine Community College - TEKS Yearbook (South Portland, ME)

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In iMem0'riam RAYMOND S. DEWEY VARNEY HALL CUSTODIAN 1957 - 1962 ln one sense there is no death. The life of a soul on earth lasts beyond his departure. You will always feel thot life touching yours, that voice speaking to you. He lives on in your life ond in the lives of all others that knew him. - Angelo Patri. 3

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DEDICATIO fi- gl. ROMULUS LEE GRAVES The Senior Class of T963 dedicates this issue of the TEKS with sincere affection to Romulus Graves, perhaps better known to his students as Yogi, and to the faculty as Rom. Mr. Graves, a native of North Carolina, was graduated from Guilford College, North Carolina, in 'I940 with a B.S. in Physics. It was there that he met his wife who graduated in the same class. Taking time out from playing baseball and football, he managed to visit her home in Maine. From that moment on, Mr. Graves became a converted Yankee. The South's loss was our multiplied gain as they now have three fine children-one boy and two girls. The records show graduate work in the School of Electrical Engineering at Harvard University, and studies in the Signal Corps Radar School, Camp Murphy, Florida. During World War II, Mr. Graves was a Maior in the U.S, Army Signal Corps attached to the Air Force. He taught numerous short courses in theory and maintenance of airborne radio and radar. Mr. Graves has been an instructor at MVTI since its beginning in Augusta in 1946. He first taught mathematics and science, prior to becoming the Industrial Electricity Instructor. He, with Jim Johnson, originated the first Athletic Associa- tion. Mr. Graves coached the first baseball teams, and even made all the original bats. Being an enthusiastic archer, he founded the Archery Club of which he is still the faculty advisor. He plays softball on the faculty team annually and for the IE team when needed. As anyone from IE can tell you, his home is always open to those who need extra scholastic help. A sincere Thank you to one whose efforts have helped the school and the students to grow, each in his own way. 2

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EARL M. HUTCHINSON PRINCIPAL ADMIN ISTRATIO A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL MVTI IN THE YEARS AHEAD September enrollment, I962, was the largest ever -347 students. With more than twice as many appli- cants as can be admitted, a high quality student body can be selected. It is expected that MVTI can easily double its enrollment in the next few years, provided adequate financial support is given by the State, particularly in personnel, equipment, and supplies. The annexation of the Air Guard property has made it possible for MVTI to expand its building facilities. The old hospital has been renovated into a dormitory and the large barracks structure partially converted into a classroom building. A new dining hall and kitchen is expected to be completed for use in September, 1963. Building plans include many requests of future Legislatures. Early priorities are the completion of the Classroom Building and the erection of a Gymnasium-Auditorium-Recreation Center. The latter, when completed, will permit the present Canteen to be converted into a central library. The present kitchen and dining room is destined, with renovations, to be- come part of the Culinary Arts course. The old class- room building will become the temporary headquarters of Electronics Technology until such time as a new brick building can be obtained to house both the Electrical and Electronics courses. New courses prob- ably will require new buildings to house them. It is hoped that the Machine Shop addition will finally be completed within a year and that a class- room addition to the Welding Shop will soon be well under way. Undoubtedly, as school population grows, more additions to existing buildings will be needed. A new porch for Varney Hall, removal of bunkers with accompanying landscaping, and the completion of the athletic field should produce an attractive campus. To the members of this graduating class: you have seen some changes in your two years at MVTI, come back in ten years and see the progress. -wiln..,....,..,, ELLIOTT B. MITCHELL 4 MAURICE V. FOLEY BUSINESS MANAGER ACCOUNTANT