University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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It was Becoming a Woman’s World in the 30’s, All Maine Women Women began to play a significant role in the University’s history in 1872 when Maine became coeducational. Due to a rapid influx in enrollment, the Women’s Student Government Association was founded in 1919 to encourage active participation in self- government, high standards of personal con- duct, and group responsibility among the stu- dents. In 1925 the All-Maine Women Socie- ty was founded as a sister organization to the Senior Skulls. It is the University’s high- est honorary, non-scholastic society for wo- men. To promote congenial relationships be- tween sophomores and freshmen and to help the incoming women adjust to campus life, the Sophomore Eagles were organized in 1926. Women were finding their place at Maine in the twenties. Sophomore Eagle Society Women's Student Government Maine’s women proved they could outshoot any man through participation in their own rifle club. After the twenties the Women’s Athletic Association followed a system of inter-class competition, for varsity sports for women were abolished in 1931.

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Funds contributed by the members of the classes of 1922-23 and 1929-32 and contributions received from alumni, faculty, and friends made the construction of the memorial Gymnasium possible. Two campaigns re- sulted in the payment of over $480,000. The construc- tion of the Indoor Field Armory was started in 1925. When the Memorial Gym was dedicated on March 13, 1926, the field house was the largest of its kind in the country. It ranks second now to the University of Michigan which claims the largest. Dr. C. C. Little, President of the Un- iversity during the twenties.

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Earl Carroll, N e w York producer, elected Melba Gifford, '34 (right), and Dorothy Sawyer, '35 (left), as the two loveliest coeds at the University. Mr. Carroll found it too difficult to choose between the two young ladies. As The University Grew Out Of The Depression LLCtirf-LLE ji’-J J Stevens Hall, 1924, is the center of the College of Arts and Sciences. Its two wings, North and South Stevens, were constructed in 1933. 15