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

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THE SUPERLATIVE FROSH The Freshman Class of this Twentieth Anniversary Year of Portland Junior College gave indication from the very start that it was to be a truly superlative class. With a fair motority of veterans enrolled, the first indication of the caliber of the class was seen during the election of its officers and its repre- sentatives to the Student Council. The choices of the Class of '55 proved, in the course of the year, to have been wise ones. Bill O'Gara was elected president. Other class officers were: Clem Bernier, vice-president; and Dick Kiibride, secretary-treasurer. Pluto Poulios and Roland Pouliot, together with Dick Kilbride, served as freshman representatives to the Student Counciit The contribution made by these men to the college is now a matter of record. We believe that the Class of '55, under this banner leadership, will go down in the history of Portland Junior College as a class of distinction. The things it has accomplished have ranged from improvements in relations with our esteemed sister institution of higher learning, W.J,C., to the installation of pencil Sharpeners in several of lhe campus buildings. Also credited to the Class 0t '55 is the creation of the Fresh Report. a news sheet published at intervals throughout the year to inform the student body of events proposed and scheduled by the freshmen officers. Weekly publications of the Newsance. a news sheet that supplemented the P.J.C. News, was another new lecture on the campus. it was organized and published by freshmen Ken Leonard, John Smith and Don Mosely. Membership in the clubs, organizations and athletic teams seems to have been predominately freshman. Seldom was there any activity scheduled in which a large number of freshmen were not involved. Two clubs appeared on the P.J.C. scene entirely as c: result of freshman initiative: the Jazz Club and the T.V. Club. Academically, the Frosh placed quite well this year. Freshmen who made the Dean's List were: Neal Arsenault, Dave Bradford. John Gallit Earl Hyler, Bob Lace, Charles Scott and John Smith. It is interesting to note that these men were all active participants in extracurricular activities. The present plans of the freshmen seem to indicate that many of them will return in the coming fall. Our prediction is that before this year's freshmen leave the college they will have made a lasting contribution to P.J.C. - one which will stand out boldly Grid ptoedly in the history of the college. 32