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

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Mrs. Elizabeth Eastman Ema Rally speakers, after-dinner speakers, commencement speakers of today consistently expound the need for a rededication by Americans to the prin- ciples of Early America, and the pioneering people of our then growing country. We, then, the editors of this yearls Stag, wish to dedicate our year- book, not to the principles themselves, however, but to a modern, living embodiment of those principles. The new words of modern or'ators must bring a smile of satisfaction to the lips of Mrs. Elizabeth Eastman, secretary to our Dean, for Mrs. East- man has been living the words and concepts of these speech-makers t0 the letter, all her life. Adequacely occupied with her secretarial duties, Mrs. Eastman has never once passed 05 extra Work that might make the sledding a little easier for others. She has catered to the whims and fancies of all with her warm smile of understanding. Regardless of any wiser, personal judgment derived from her vast store of wisdom, she did these extras with a thoroughness and dependability that is refreshing in these days rife with irresponsibility. As long as there are still people like Mrs. Eastman treacling the beaten paths of this tired old earth . . . breathing a sweeter breath into its soured and tired life . . . the editors of this yearbook happily forego the usual dedi- cation to some fancy ideal in appreciation of the moral lesson learned and the preview into the naturally evolving America of Tomorrow.