University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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The Maine Masque has completed a successful trip, ;m ] the University 1 May, presented by the combined Masque and Domino, was a feature of the winter carnival. The M Club put on a minstrel show in Bangor which received the most favorable comment. The was again the year for Maine to go before the state legislature to present her needs. An effective campaign was carried out by the President and the Board of Trustees. Although the appropriation secured was not enough to cover all needs, it was the largest ever granted the institution; the fact that Maine is a state institution was established for all time. Perhaps the greatest single accomplishment of the year has been the carry- in;; out of the Memorial Fund Drive to secure a five hundred thousand dollar gymnasium and armory to be dedicated to those forty-two sons of Maine who gave their lives in the World War. Maine has suffered for several years because she has not had a suitable place to carry on physical training classes. Her ath letic teams have had no indoor practice such as teams from many other colleges have had. The alumni felt, too, that a suitable memorial should be erected to commemorate the sacrifice made by Maine ' s service men. The active drive was launched for the memorial gym and armory on the fourth of April. The studenl quota was set at one hundred thousand dollars. A pessimist would have said it couldn ' t be done, but there were not any pessimists in the college, and the needed sacrifice was made. At a mass meeting in Alumni Hall, on the night of April fourth, the student body went over the top with several thousand dollars to spare. The past year has been better than most years of the past. The hope of each student is for a bigger, better Maine, and all are working to gain that goal. Looking forward the horizon is bright. |llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll]IIIHj|||llHlllll|lllllllllllllllll!lThi

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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

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