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hundred, adequate at this time. The handehewn timbers Ufa cen- 'tllry pESt were preserved exacdy as they had been pegged into unlit: in 18011, and on the outside, the original stable door window was incorporated into the design, dominating the front door ofa campus building that was the focus ofcampus life for many years. This remarkable example of colonial architecture was razed in 1965 to make room for the construction of the present Science Building Several buildings of prefabricated .mmrruction, donated by the Federal Government, replaced the Sheds and served as classroom, offices and the present bookstore The merger between the University Of Maine and Portland Junior College was enacted in 1937, and by it the university Warn acquired a. rate plat of colonial history. Luther Bonney remained as local administrator during the period ofttansition. Then on December 2, 1958, he received the honor of being appointed Dean Emeritus by the University of Maine truStees. The new Dean of the Portland Campus was William L. Irvine. The campus began to grow rapidly; it began to reach into the .Cpmmunity, the community from whose concern tame its seed. P3575011 Smith Hall was construaed in 1960 destroying with its 15 appearance an elm tree which was said to have been brought by ship :0 America from Fontairtebleau, France and planted long before the accompanying great elms and maples which have shaded the knoll since the days ofjamtes Deering. In 1961 the merger of Portland College was approved by the 100th Maine Legislature; it was soon after this that the School Of Law, now housed in the former Portland College buiidings on High Street, was also incorporated into the university system. In 1962 the University reached still further into the community with the establishment of the Continuing Education Division. William L. Whiting served as the administrative head of the Portland Campus from 1961 ED 1965. During his administration Luther Bonney Hall and the attached library wing were constructed on the site where once had stood the impressive Deering Mansion. In the fall of 1963, Dr. David R. Fink, Jr. became the new Dean. In 1968 he was promOted as Provost and in 1970 he was moved to the Chancellors staff. During his term on the Portland Campus the Gymnasium and Science Building with the Sourhworth Planetarium and Computer Center were builtt Large parking areas were constructed and several build-
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Acting, President, Dr. IVr't'Iia'm Mm'Leod tags on the Campus perimeter were purchased, incfuding these which new house the Student Union and various faculty offices. After Dean Fink's promtxion, he was replaced by Dean Edward S. Godfrey 0fthe School quaw for one semester. In the summer 051970 the merger between the Portland Campus of the Univer. shy of Maine and Gorham State Teachers Cbllege was approved and enacted; thus beginnmg another era In the history ofthe University, the pages ofwhich are yet to be written The teed-chnked backwaters which the Indians once canned m attack the Bracket: farm have long since been replaced by the tenms COLLI'ES in the Oaks. Fer: Gorges Still broods grey and overgrown in the harbor that has nor seen sails rot fifty years. This land Which common men of the soil cleared with axe; to which exceptional men brought education during a depression and war; and on which a student body, as varied as its history, new waJks, holds silently a hismty all Its own. A Student bttdy, that is not insensitive to the lessons of the past, here strivcs for knowledge and understanding President Designugl Dr. Lam's thisfjl
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