University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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f rmciu of (Ihr Ufar THE year which has elapsed since the last issue of the Prisw has been remarkable in many respects. Ii has been the first under the leadership of the new President, Dr. Clarence Cook Little. With the beginning of the second half century of Maine ' s existence, her affairs have taken a new lease of life. A new and better spirit has shown itself both among the undergraduates and the alumni. Prom the celebration of the fiftieth commencement to the over- subscription nf the student part of the memorial fund drive, the year has been a success. The last few weeks of the spring of [922 were filled with activities in all lines. Maine ' - new President was inaugurated on May to. The ceremony took place in the oval before Alumni Hall with such a setting as can l e found only on the Maine Campus upon an ideal spring day. The -late track meet was held at Colby on the following Saturday. The date, May 13. prosed to be an unlucky one fur our athlete-, and Bowdoin romped away with first place honors. Mean while our baseball team was rapidly rounding into shape under the capable coaching of Wilkie Clark. After making a decidedly favorable showing on its out-of-state trip, the team came hack and won five out of -ix state series game-, tieing Bowdoin for the slate championship. The commencement of [922 was the fiftieth in the history of the institution. At commencement time a pagean l was staged showing various phases of college life, as they are now and a- they were in the early day- of the institution. It i- not exaggerating to -av that the pageant was the mosl brilliant spectacle of it - kind ever seen in this state. Summer school followed the close of the school year. and. at this 1922 session, tin- enrollment was record breaking. Mosl of Maine ' s sons and daugh- ter- -pent the summer in other line- f activity, and it was not until September [2 that they gathered again to take up the work of a new college year. Everyone felt the new vigor and renewed spirit in the air. The class of ' ( experienced it when the M. C. A. extended the glad hand at the freshman recep- tion. Maine ' - athlete- seemed to feel it keenest of all. It was a cleanup season in football and cross country. During the whole season the football team lost only two game-. These hard fought battles were with University of Vermont and Dartmouth. Connecticut Aggie-. Norwich, and New Hampshire State all bowed to the team coached b) Fred Brice and Cuddy Murphy. Then came the -late series. The -tale championship w-as annexed in (me. two, three order. The game -core- were: Bates, [9-6; Colby, i| ; Bowdoin, 70

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r 1 (EaleuiUu if all Srmrstrr. 1 2 September 15-19, Arrearage and entrance examinations, September [9, Tuesday, Registration 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. September 20, Wednesday, Registration 8 A. M. to 5 I ' . M. First Chapel. 11 A. M. ' September 21, Thursday, Classes begin 8 A. M. November 30, Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. a holiday. December im, Tuesday, Christmas Recess begins 5.113 I ' . M. 1(121! January 2, Tuesday, Christmas Recess ends 8 A. M. January 26, Friday, Fall Semester ends 5.05 I ' . M. Spring rmrntrr January 27, Saturday, Registration 8 A. M. in 5 I ' . M. January 29, Monday, Spring Semester begins S A. M. February 22, Thursday, Washington ' s Birthday, a holiday. March 23, Friday, Spring Recess begins 5.05 I ' . M. April ' , Monday, Spring Recess ends 8 A. M. April 19, Thursday, Patriots ' Day, a holiday. May 30, Wednesday, Memorial Day, a holiday. June- 5-8, Entrance Examinations. June 9, Saturday. Alumni hay. Class Day. June 10, Sunday. Baccalaureate Address. fune 11. Monday, Commencement, 9.30 A. M, if all nuratrr September is. Tuesday, Registration 8 A. M. to 5 I ' . M. September n , Wednesday, Registration 8 A. M. to 5 I ' . M. First Chapel. 11 A. M. liirnnmuuim mtu mum 1 tn j.tmnmii 1 Hini ' M ! tniii 1 1 n iTTTrrT rr — SSk 1 H . rn nui 1 n itinuiinLuiniiMMiiiiiTnnrmniMutUMiunuiinimiiiiiti

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1 THE; The cross country team under Captain McKeeman and Coach Flack was in. i to be outdone. At the annual state meet held at Lewiston, ' In- Blue harriers clinched the state championship with a record-breaking low score. A week later at Franklin Park in Boston tin- Maine runners were again victorious with a new record -one of 49. They brought home for the second time in two years the 3s country championship of New England. The same team placed sixth in the national meet, ahead of the tram- sent by Dartmouth, Princeton, Harvard, and Penn. State. Talk of football and cross country was still in the air when the season of basketball and hockey started. The basketball team made a trip through Ohio during Christmas vacation, and it- showing at that time was decidedly creditable. When the season was over, Maine ' s point total was considerably greater than that uf her opponents. Hockej was made a varsity sport fur the first time. Considering the tact that this year was the first that the university has had an official team, the results were encouraging. Maine ' s natural setting is ideal fur winter sports, and the winter carnival uf tin- year was even mure successful than that i last year. There was keen competition in all the events and the other Maine colleges were represented in the open events. Phi Gamma Delta won tin- high point cup, and Phi Kappa Si ma, winner uf last year ' s trophy, won the house relay cup i this year. The Carnival Ball and the open house parties uf the following evening made the affair a deeided success socially. The Maine snow birds were also in evidence at other carnivals through the state; at Augusta they won the Governor Baxter cup for the second time in succession. The intra-mural athletic events have nut been so prominenl this year as in the past. Phi Eta Kappa easily won the track cup, and Sigma Nu won the basketball cup. The girls ' basketball team, coached by Miss Theresa Hue-man. played well throughout the schedule. The administration i girls ' athletic- has come partly under the supervision a new organization, the Girls ' Athletic Council. Another markei ni I lean uf Women tep was the creation ol a new administrative office, that Dr. Caroline Colvin was appointed to that position. Gym dances have been less numerous this year, due to the new adminis- tration. The quality of these dance-, however, ha- been unquestionably better. Both the big formal dance- and the informal dances have added much to tin- social life on the campus. lIlllliiliiiiiiiliiiilllllllllllllllillllillliiimTnini