University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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Agriciiltiire Enrollnunt in At;ri( uluiir is sdiirwIuu lfs than oiic-lhird oi iioniial. and niosl (»f the stutlcnts arc in Home luononiics. Sonic I ' aculiv members have gone lo ihc Armv and Xa wliile others have been nansfcrri ' d lor the dnratioii lo the Ex- |K ' rimeni Station where liiev are enganed in governmental research. |)arti(uhirl in (he field of nutrition. In Si])ieml)cr Mrs. .Speicher and Miss Ciough were add- ed to the teaching stall. Three ol the college laciiliv members iiad A.,S.r. classes, and (luis .Agriculture joined with Technology antl .Arts in rounding out tile government ' s training schedides. . I ' ost War Planning Committee has been formed and is actively engaged in prejiaring special courses lor the return- ing eterans. DEAN DEERINC Front row — Waring, Cairns, Smyth, Steinmetz. Dean Deering. .Merchant. Hill. Denicritt Second row — Sweetman, Chucka, Smith. W ' itter. Jones. Hitchner. Lil)by. Greene Third row— Pedlow, .-Xshman, White. Neshitt. Fetch, Snyder, Baker. Hall Fourth row — Brewer, Dow, Dorsey. Chapman, Curtis. Crowther, Snieszko, Raleigh Fifth row— Loring, Dirks, Riley, Swift, Hyland, Gardner, Ogden, Steinbauer T ■ •i: O - r t ft!4f4k

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45 PRISM Arts and Sciences Although classes arc much smaller than usual, the college is malniaiiiing a full curriculum and also has participated in the A.S.T. program. Sc eral new courses have been addetl which arc suited par- ticularly to the needs of students who arc going into the various Ijrandas of the service. Early in the year Dr. Morrow- was forced hv a serious ' illness to lav aside his duties. Alter a gallant struggle (Icaih (anie on .March ' ,1. i liie news a wave ol sorrow swept over the C!anipus as facidtv and students aliki ' nmuined I he passing ol the lirilliant and heloved Dean. Dr. I ' elersoii has been . cting Dean for the vear. 1)1 V MOKKOVV Front row— Devoc, Smith, Kiml).in. Speicher, ncnnt-tt, Ellis, Acting Dean Peterson, Lcvinson. Drummond, Dickinson, S|ir.iguc, Kirshin ... „ , o ,, ■ .Second row— Runion, Arnold, Uuzzell, Arlio, Cooper, Ashby, Brautlcclit. Scamman, Roberts, Stuart, yuinsey Third row— Wince, Bryan, Glanvillc, Richardson, Coffin, Klein, Fuller, Flynn, Lucas, Pelletier, Starr, Finirth riiw— VVfstlirnok, Simmons, (iorilon, I.anu.ri-.iu. Olcson, Murphy. Seahury, Carpenter, Crofult, Jordan, Crosby, Bricker K J W r n ft 1: J ' , ' iW r V y V

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' 45 PRISM ' Technolo OF.AN CI.OKE The College of Technology, under the guiding hand of Dean Cloke, this year swung its ])n)grain into line for the Annv .S| cciali i(l Training I ' rograni which consisted largely of both elementary and acUanced courses in the technological fields. Particular stress was placed on electrical and (i il engineering courses and se eral more insiriiciors were added to the lacultv ol these departments. They mon than offset the large number of regular iacidty members who have enicred the service where their technical training is ])i() iii r invaluable, especially in such di isii)ns as Chemical Warfare, Engineers, and Signal (lorps. Al ihe (one hisioii ol ilu winur term the .X.S.r. program was discontinued, and it was necessary to cmtail activities accordingly. However, the seventeen- vear-old Reservists who remained have taken up some of the slack. Evin v iih civilian enrollment sharplv reduced the college has also been able to provide a large ninnber of vitallv needed engineers for the war j lants ol the nation. lech first instituted its varied training activities at the outbreak of the war. and the college has done a iruh iiKii;iiili( (III job. Fron: row— Mciinrtl. Wilson. I r.iy. It,irri ws. t c;in Clokc. Kv.-ins, DoukKisk. Kent. M.-irlin .Second row— Sp-irr()w. LcC.iin. Ilill, I. yon. Hr.iutlrcht. Creamer. l ' r.iKeni.-in, Jenkinit. OhkooiI. Rich Third row— VViUon. I). M., VVilsun. N, K., T.iylor. I.ektterK. .leniiess. Scainnuin. ( ' .inlfielii. M.-inkn. Trefellicn Fourth row- It K.in. I ' lr-.n . Cralitree, Cielhro, I.ililn-v, Sawyer, K ikiii.iii Nimth l.ncan. McNeary. Sttiart r O !. .ffflf P ■. , V - v