University of Maine at Portland - Reflection / Umpire Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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20 PORTLAND UNIVERSITY ' Eiterary $2ttiun THE MISTAKE 'iI don't care; he had no need to have done such a thing. Raid Agnes to her friend in am impetuous tone. hIf he really vares as much for me as he pretends he wmlld not have done that and TI! tell him 50 when 1 send him his old ring? 011. perhaps that is just a stcry thatis started. XYait till you are sure about it. replied .thnes;l friend. But Agnes could not he made to see it that way. Her friend piayed the role 01' peaeenmker in vain for hefore she left Agnes- had placed the ring in the box and sent it 011 its way to the unfortunate lover. To explain this trouble, Agnes White, :1 pretty girl of nineteen years, was en- gaged to Rohert Hanson. a young clerk at one 'of the prominent hanks. She had been on a visit nut-of-ltown over the week-eud with her parents. and when she returned one 0f her sehoohnates had told her that Rohert had heen to a dance on the last Friday evening with a girl who was a stranger to them all. This made Agnes. Who was naturally quick-temp- erezl and proud. very angry and in a passinnate mood she had sent her engagev ,ment ring hack m itg first owner. the had cause to regret this. as she ref gretted many of her sudden moves. She found that she missed her iiBohhy very mueh. and it seemed that he was just as preml. for she never heard another word from him ?lze had seen him just once and neither of them had sphken. It was at a masquerade hall that Agnes hrst realized how she really missed him. All the little attentions that he was ac- custemed to bestow. oh, how she missed these! But most of all. she missed him, just him. How Immly it seemed not to have a partner sitting beside her! On this occasion Agnes was dresSed as: an angel and she had attracted much at- teution. for her costume was very suc- cessful. As she sat there, just thinking of the gloominess which she felt, there came along a young man dressed as Satan. He quitkeued his steps as he saw her. and coming up to her, said: Both you and I appear to he wall- hoxvers tonight. Our costumes seem to go together pretty well. What do you say to a waltz? Perhaps I should he in a more cheerful mood if I could have something to take my thoughts from the present. Agnes was onIy ton glad to do some thing to dispel the gloomy thoughts in her mind, so she accepted the offer. As they drifted away to the music of a 50ft. slow waltz. she felt as though she were dreaming. What was there so familiar CIEOIII the voice and manners of her paz'tv her? She suddenly remembered his last remark to her. Why! she said. itarenit you feeling very cheerful tonight? The man representing Satan. affected by the soft voice and gentle manners, re- plied. 1'Come 0th here and 1 will tell youf' 5'0 they went Gut into a little anterroum and ecmfortahly seated on a rustic bench. Lehittd some large palms, the man began:

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PUVIAN 1925 i 19 The present council was organized in February, 10.25. with the following offi- cers: President. Philip Hagan, of Port- land '. Yiee-Presitlent. lWalter Stanford, of South Portland: Secretary. Miss Leonora Marshall; of W'estbrook. and Treasurer and Clerk, George Anderson. of Portland. The council is made up of four commit- tees. one from each elase and one from the College of Secretarial Science. The chairman of the seniur cmumittee is Philip S. Hagan. and as chairman of the highest committee he is also President of the body. The other o'Hieers of the coun- cil are the chairmen of the respective class committees, namely: NValter Stau- ford oi the Junior Class; Leonora Mar? shall of the C. S S.; and George Ander- son of the Freshman Class. President Hagan has proved to he :1 most efficient organizer and presiding omeer in that in- stitntion. Many meetings have been held and a numher of important resolves passed upon for the grind of the students and of the school. The manner in which the council works is as follows: A stu- dent of a certain class in the University conceives of an idea whereby the students or school would benefit it his proposed plan were carried out. That student peti- tions the council to pass a resolve to the effect of the desired plan. the council meets and passes or rejects the resolve. If the resolve is passed, it is transferred to the faculty committee. It is there dev hated. and if thought wise. it is made a law and put into effect. In this way the students obtain many desired results. THE PORTLAND UNIVERSITY PUVIAN. The Portland University PUYIAN is. perhaps the oldest of the organizations at the University. It is the oFI-ieial school paper 21ml was hrst thought of and orga'nr ized lay Philip B. Sharpe, a member of last year's graduating class. It was pub- lished for the Bret time in 1922, the second year of the Unii'ersity'e existence. Since this time THE PL'YIAX has appeared each year at regular intervals, and up until this year it has been issued by the mem- bers; of the Juuior Class. This year. how- ever. a few changes are to be made. for T1115 PUVIAN is to he the yearbook of the University and is to he sponsored by the Portland University Debating and Public Speaking Association. The name PUVLx-x has attracted much attention and comment, and a few words of explanation are necessary to allow for the significance of the name. The first two letters, P. U.. stand for Portland University, and the vian is the latin word troun therefore, Puvian means P.U.viau from Portland University. The Editorial Board of THE PUVIAN this year is made up of the following: Editor-iu-Chief, Ralph F. Blood; Assist- ant Editor, Ralph HeHer; Associate Edie tors. Leo B. C. Broe, Leonora Marshall, Pierre Bel'ahger. Hazel Wleleh, Walter Stanford; and the Business Manager ie Stephen H. loarrahee, with as assistants the following: Advertising Manager, Ray- mond NX-Iilson; aesistants. John Lemay, Robert Laiou: W'right Cousins. Walter Stanford, Gleason Quimhy, and Earl Cur- rier. Among ether things the board this year plans to have the pictures of all the members of the Senior Class, as well as pictures of the different teams which have represented the school. There will be a literary section with a college history, eclifsai'iaIS, a section on the activities: and sections on social life and jokes. The paper will he approximately fifty pages and will have a large exchange and clis1 ttihution list.

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PUVIAN I925 2 l I was engaged to the loveliest and best girl on earth, six menths ago, and all was bright. Now I seem to he the must clesulate human heiug ou earthf' What was the matter? said Agnes, who remembered her own trouble and was sympathetic at once. XVell, I had an unexpected visitor in the person of my cousin. She was very pretty and about the age of my fiance. She was fond of amusements. such as dancing. and as ahe was an entire stranger here I had tr: take her to a dance. My wiIe-to-he was away at the time and when she came back sometme was very oh-Iiging and told her that I had taken a young lady to a dance. white she was away. forgetting to mention that the girl was my cousin. The result was-well. I'll show ytm-the next day I received this in the mail? tContinued on page Em A LUCKY SKID Dick Anderson and Bill Palmer, hrm triemls and Classmates, were in Oakdale, having gone there to see the school team play a game of football. Mr. Anderson had let Dick take his automobile for the trip. and Dick had also taken Bill. After the game, clouds began to gather in the west and the two chums decided to start for home. some thirty miles: away. There were two roads home; one was a macadam road. the other a fairly good country road, the latter heing about flve miles shorter. With the idea of saving time. Dick chose the shorter way in spite of Bill's protest that if it should rain. the road would probably he hatL After they were about eight miles 011 their way. it began to sprinkle. They in- creased their speed and soon came to a little x'tllage where they stopped to buy some gasoline and to put up the tap, fm- it was now raining quite hard. They then proceeded on their way. The country 1'0:th was soon wet and slippery. A cold northeast wind heat the rain against the windshield as they sped along in the big roadster as fast as safety would permit. It was dark by this time and there were still many miles to be cov- ered. Coming to a sharp turn in the road. the bright lights of another machine sud- denly came into view. The glare of the lights matle it impossible for Dick tc- see to drive. He knew that the heat thing to do was to stop. In doing en, he put the brake on too suddenly and the heavy ma- chine skidded into the ditch. The rear wheels sank into the soft mud and there they stayed. MNell. it leaks to me as though we,d have to get pulled out of this, said Dick, after a vain attempt to get the car hack on the road. uI guess we shall, :11! right. if we want to get home tonight, was Billts response. 'Iltll tell you whatf' said Dick, IIyou stay here with the machine, and 111 go back to the last house we passed and get some help? All right, but clmft he too long about it, answered Bill, as Dick started back along the road. Nearing the house after a short walk. Dick thought he saw the form of a man near the roadside. I'Cmft he anything but a shadow, he mused. and he continued to go along. He reached the house and was about to rap on the door. when a gruff voice he- hincl him asked, 'WYhat dyer want trourul here anyhow: young teller ? Turningquickly. Dick faced a man who seemed very tall to him in the darkness. and replied, hI came here to see if I CUuld