Maine Alumnus, Volume 52, Number 1, September-October 1970
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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications 9-1970 Maine Alumnus, Volume 52, Number 1, September-October 1970 General Alumni Association, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation General Alumni Association, University of Maine, "Maine Alumnus, Volume 52, Number 1, September- October 1970" (1970). University of Maine Alumni Magazines. 541. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines/541 This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Homecoming 1970 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 2:00 p.m. - GAA Council Meeting - Alumni Center 5:30 p.m. - Graduate “M” Club Business Meeting - Hilltop Din ing Hall, Campus 6:30 p.m. - Alumni Career Award Dinner Reception - Hilltop Dining Hall, Campus 7:30 p.m. - Alumni Career Award Dinner - Hilltop Dining Hall, Campus 8:00 p.m. - All-Maine Women and Senior Skull Student Rock Festival - Memorial Gym 9:30 p.m. - Alumni Reception in the President’s House SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 9:30 a.m. - Annual Field Hockey Game - Alumnae vs. Under grads - Women’s Athletic Field 10:00 a.m. - Varsity Soccer - UMO vs. University of Vermont - Soccer Field behind the Memorial Gym 11:00 a.m. - Freshman Cross Country vs. North Yarmouth Acade my - Memorial Field 11:45 a.m. - Alumni Luncheon - Memorial Gym 1:30 p.m. - Black Bears meet C. W. Post College Half-time and After-game Alumni-Student Coffee, Memo rial GymGym 8:00 p.m. - Student sponsored concert featuring John Sebastian While you are here .... visit your fraternity or sorority take in The Threepenny Opera, Maine Masque play, Oct. 20-24 see art exhibits and student displays The Maine Alumnus vol. 52 no. 1 September/ October contents UMO Arctic Research 3 On Campus 14 Honors Program at Maine 5 Alumni News 16 Rights and Limitations 7 Questionnaire—'55 17 Sports 9 Letters 20 Budget Request 10 In Memoriam 21 Campus Capsules 13 Class Notes 23 staff alumni council John W. Ballou ’49 Donald M. Stewart ’35, Publisher William E. Bodwell ’50 Elizabeth E. Lewis, Editor Howard L. Bowen ’24 Arline K. Thomson, Art Direction Donald F. Collins ’49 Raymond R. Couture ’51 George E. Chalmers ’71 Nancy J. Churchill ’71 J. Edward DeCourcy ’34 Dwight B. Demeritt, Jr. ’51 John R. Dyer ’41 Gordon I. Erikson ’43 Mrs. John R. Furman ’38 credits (Mary-Hale Sutton) Photos: Donald M. Stewart ’35 Ralph L. Hodgkins, Jr. ’59 Albert M. Pelletier Harry R. Mayers ’30 John A. Walas Mrs. Donald W. McIntosh ’50 (Margaret M. Mollison) Mrs. Alan F. Merritt ’59 (Margaret E. Mahar) Mrs John M. Ness ’32 (Edith Talbot) On the cover: Mrs. Vincent E. Poeppelmeier ’40 (Alice Ann Donovan) There were 8,951 students registered at UMO Mrs. Bernard P. Rines ’49 (Priscilla J. Thomas) as of September 18. The total in Orono is 7,967 alumni association officers (4,733 men and 3,234 women), in Bangor 545, Mrs. C. Donald Stebbins ’46 Kenneth F. Woodbury ’24, President (Louise E. Perkins) and in Augusta 439. Albert M. Parker ’28, First Vice President Mrs. Allan G. Stewart ’62 The Graduate School has 530 men and 164 (Mildred E. Simpson) Mrs. Mildred (Brown ’25) Schrumpf women. There are 26 5th-year men students. Second Vice President Carl R. Toothaker ’39 Mrs. John J. Turbyne ’34 There are 1,496 Seniors, 1,582 Juniors, 1,841 Herbert A. Leonard ’39, Clerk (Fern Allen) Sophomores, and 2,100 Freshmen. One hundred Edward H. Piper ’43, Treasurer Scott B. Weldon ’52 eighty-two are Special Students. There are eight Donald M. Stewart ’35, Executive Director Carl A. Whitman ’35 Unclassified Degree Candidates, six Auditors, and 32 three-year Nurse students. The Maine Alumnus, published five times a year in September-October, November-December, January- February, March-April and June-July by the General Alumni Association, Alumni Center, University of Maine, Enrolled in the two-year Associate Degree Pro Orono/Orono, Maine 04473. Editorial and Business offices at Alumni Center. Donald M. Stewart, publisher. gram at Bangor are 463 students. Other students The General Alumni Association, Kenneth F. Woodbury, president, is an unincorporated association, classified as an educational and charitable organization as described in section 501C3 of the 1954 Internal Revenue at Bangor total 82. Code. Total number of copies printed per year, 105,000. Average per issue, 21,000. Send changes of address to the business office six weeks prior to the next issue. Advertising rates on request. The Maine Alumnus is In addition, there are over 10,000 statewide sent to members and to other subscribers, subscription rate, $5.00 per annum. Member American Alumni CED registrations. Council. Second class postage paid at Orono, Maine. DIRECTOR’S CORNER TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION campus. A grant of $2,000 has just In turn, the association seeks to been made by the Council to provide bring back to Maine graduates a Everyone agrees that education is the Student Health Center with a new continuing report on the ever-chang big business these days. And so is diathermy machine and a whirlpool ing patterns of life at a university of alumni association support. The in bath for physical therapy. A grant of 8,400 students. The Maine Alumnus clusion in this issue of our annual $800 will help put Coach Walt Abbott brings you reports on each issue from report on the Alumni Fund reminds us on the air for a weekly series of President Libby, who comments force that this facet of alumni association broadcasts that will bring coaches fully in this issue on the responsibili activity has brought more than a mil and high school players before the ties and rights of faculty and students. lion dollars to the university from its ETV cameras in Orono. Other ex It brings you the achievements of our alumni alone in the past decade. And penditures from this $8,000 Univer faculty and our athletic teams and at the present rate of growth we may sity Projects Fund will be made dur gives you a sampling of the great expect the next decade to produce ing the year. variety of educational activity that twice that amount in alumni support Contributions to the Alumni Fund occurs on this campus. for the University at Orono. And over made as unrestricted gifts to the As and above these alumni association In our Reunion and Homecoming sociation will make it possible for the contributions, we can count on addi activities we believe there is progress Association to increase the number of tional alumni gifts. For instance, in this and a lively spirit of joining in with current projects on campus which can year when contributions in the annual the students, faculty and administra be helped. Last year the Association fund total $160,000, we find that tion to welcome alumni to Orono. The was able to draw on funds made as alumni gave $86,000 additional creation of an Alumni Center last year unrestricted gifts to purchase on short has helped to forward this part of the through other channels. notice a supply of bass instruments Association's program. Over $50,000 of the funds given for the University Band. In our next issue you will find a this year will go to support the Stu As important as these grants are, comprehensive review of the goals dent Aid Program through 37 Alumni it is more essential that the Alumni and mission of the University at Class Funds. The income from such Association carry out its fundamental Orono. It will detail not only the cur funds is an ever-growing source of responsibility of serving as a bridge rent program but will outline some of support for students. It becomes es between alumni and Orono. Here at the extensions of teaching, research, pecially important for alumni to in the Alumni Center, through meetings public service and university life that crease their gifts at this time when and correspondence with alumni, and is wanted by our students and the students find it harder to find jobs at our many local association meet faculty. and when they face increasing costs ings in Maine and throughout the for their education. country we constantly seek to find out This year the Association will de what you think now and what you be vote an additional $8,000 resulting lieve our university should become in from the Annual Fund to projects on the future. Don Stewart ’35 THIS ISSUE of The Maine Alumnus takes off on a big venture to reach ALL known alumni. Over 37,000 copies have been printed and sent to alumni in the hope that those who have not been receiving the magazine will wish to make sure that it reaches them in the future. If you would like to keep on receiving reports on your classmates and news of how your university fares in this period of rapid change and new directions—become one of our active givers and one of the insiders in edu cation. A contribution of $5.00 or more to the Alumni Fund guarantees you delivery of The Alumnus for the 1 970-71 term. UMO ARCTIC RESEARCH by Elizabeth Lewis Anyone on the Coast Guard mailing list, hoping to go. But both men of the Department of receiving routine Cruise Announcements, will Geological Sciences had professional commit sooner or later feel a stir of wanderlust.