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

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W- J U N IO R COLLEGE 1; -- -..;;.----:- - ll lillllWlNli INSlllllllllN In the midst of the depression of the early thirties, a small group of local schoolmen became interested in providing additional education for high school graduates who did not have the means to further their education by attending outside institutions. Their First problem was to locate a place to hold classes. Working with the trustees and strxttr of the Y.M.C.A., it was agreed that inexpensive college courses would be offered at this institution. The fullest cooperation was given by the four colleges in Maine and Baston University to support this non-prof'lt educational institution. Receiving a charter from the state, the college was opened to its first students. Under the direction of Everett W. lord, Dean of the Boston University College of Business Administration, five fuIl-time instructors and several visiting professors from Boston University announced two freshman programs: one in Liberal Arts, acceptable to the Maine colleges, and one in Business Administration, identical with that of the freshman year at B.U in Business Administration. The very first year, seventy students registered. This year proved so successful, because of the excellent work achieved by these First year students. that Portland Junior College, in T938, was accepted as an active member of the American Association of Junior Colleges, and in 1940 was recegnized by the U. 5. Office of Education as cm accredited iunior college that could be used by chemistry, physics, and biology students. Future years will bring new interest in the University oF Maine in Portland and many new students. Former students, alumni of Portland Junior College, will certainly look back with gratitude upon a past era, and, at the same time, shale in the pride which we all take in becoming a port of a great university. Charles E. Doughty President of the Senior Class.

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llllllllllllllll DEAN lUTHER I. BONNET E Dedicate . . . . This premier edition of the UMPire, to the noblest of dedicmed men, our retiring Dean, Luther l. Bonney, who, for f'lfly years has given freely and willingly of his life to 1he education of mankind. The Dean was born in Turner, Maine, September 17, 1334, where he attended the local schaols. He graduated as Valedictorian of his class with a Bales scholarship. He then attended Bates College and graduated Magna Cum Laude, and the proud possessor of 0 Phi Beta Kappa key. What our beloved Dean has done for this proud instilulion can not be put into words, no maller how eloquently they may be presented. We can only hope That you, Dean Bonney, will find Ihe- next one-hundred years as happy and fruitful as the past 73 years of your life. To You . . . . Our Deepest Admiralion . . . Dean Luther I. Bonner. . . . . THE CLASS OF 1958