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Maine Alumnus, Volume 3, Number 6, June-July 1922

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Scene 1 of Part One forsook the Maine Pageant a Wonderful Success symbolical for the actual in depicting the signing of the Morrill Act by Showing Surpasses All Expectations— Rain Necessitates Postpone­ Abraham Lincoln. John Hay and ment until Sunday, When Vast Commencement Audience President Lincoln entered upon the Gathers for Feature Event scene, conferred on matters of state for a moment, when Senator Morrill Seldom does a dramatic representa­ and as a result she received a pro­ tion of the history of an institution longed ovation at the conclusion of the and supporters were announced. Lin­ become a part of the history itself, performance. coln, ably represented by Prof. Dougal yet so ably and wonderfully was the Tableaux, scenes of action, graceful of the History Department, in char­ Maine Pageant rendered June 4 that interpretive dancing, accompanied by acteristic fashion signed the bill pro­ popular opinion always will keep the spotlight of history focused upon it. The rainstorm of Saturday, altho necessitating the postponement of the affair until the following day, cleared the atmosphere so that when 4 P. M. Sunday rolled round a perfect June afternoon greeted the 2500 people who witnessed the affair. The stage setting on Alumni Field, with the tow­ ering Temple of Learning and the rows of cedars flanking it on either \ side, was a revelation to those who had witnessed a ball game on the field two days previous and wondered how under the sun the field could be trans­ formed into the artistic stage setting the advance publicity had described. A score of carpenters, with their plans carefully worked out, erected the structure overnight. duced by the Senator. It was an im­ It was no mean task to coach the the music of Prof. Sprague’s Univer­ pressive scene and brought a vigor­ 300 participants so that the spirit of sity student band, all combined to ous round of applause. each scene might be truthfully and make the pageant of unusual merit. dramatically represented. Mrs. Ralph The familiar strains of a selection Quaint, dignified and truly typical Kneeland Jones accomplished all this from the “ Poet and Peasant” an­ of the middle seventies was the scene nounced the opening of the Prologue. wherein the citizens of Orono and Old Simultaneously there appeared at both Town presented the $11,000 site for What the Spectators ends of the stage setting the daintily the college and the citizens of Bangor Thought of the Pageant clad figures of the two maidens rep­ the purse of $14,000 for the erection “A fine Pageant showing lots of resenting Ambition and Aspiration, of the first buildings. Some 50 men time spent and fine management. followed by a score or more farmers, and women appeared as citizens with “It was worth the money and mechanics and artisans clad in their the swallow-tail coats and crinoline of effort. working garments. Upon reaching 50 years ago, many of the costumes “Congratulations to all those the steps of the Temple of Learning, worn being genuine and treasured. who helped to make the Pageant Aspiration climbed the steps and The arrival of Dr. and Mrs. Fer- the success it was. knocked at the portals. The massive nald was one of the most dramatic “ The Pageant was a splendid doors then swung open, revealing to scenes. First to appear was a typical success and far surpassed all ex­ the eye the flowing-robed figure of buggy of 1868 supposedly driven by pectations. Knowledge. Presenting their peti­ Prof. Samuel Johnson, Dr. Fernald’s “ I enjoyed the entertainment tions for an education, the maidens co-worker, impersonated by Herman very much. led their group thru the portals of P. Sweetser ’10. Drawing up at the “ My party enjoyed it as much the Temple. The scene typified the tiny Stillwater station platform, the as anything they ever saw staged burning ambition of the laboring professor emerged and awaited the in­ out-of-doors.” i classes for the acquirement of a col­ coming train with its historic passen­ lege education. gers. The old “Lion,” black smoke

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belching from its stack, with the re­ as he drummed the familiar beat nowned Ed Veazie (himself) at the which had inspired those first stu­ throttle, soon slowly hauled the lone dents 50 years ago? An historic epi­ coach into view. In a moment there sode was featured by the appearance Jr appeared Dr. and Mrs. Fernald and of Harold Hamlin ’13, impersonating their young daughter. Albert K. his father, Prof. George H. Hamlin Gardner ’10 impersonated the doctor, ’73 driving his buggy onto the cam­ and Prof. Laura Anderson, a member pus. Hardly had the horse been of the faculty, charmingly represented hitched than out came the two stu­ Mrs. Fernald. Greetings were ex­ dents who proceeded to take off the changed and then the newcomers were rear wheels of the buggy and sub­ escorted to the buggy and off the stituted the front wheels in their scene. places. The absent-minded professor Following the chronological order returned and without sensing the of events, the next groups to cross the change drove off. green were the first students. Strag­ The appearance of Uncle Ben’s old gling in they came until thirteen had bus driven by Benjamin Mosher, his sauntered up the steps of the Temple. son, now the chef at the University Their transformation into college Commons, was the signal for pro­ men was then depicted. Lacking the longed applause. Uncle Ben could social features of the present-day col­ never have looked more natural than * lege boy, they were shown at work the portrayal by his son represented on the campus, in a brief interval of him. play, and finally drilling under the The first Commencement scene pro­ stern authority of old Capt. Jim voked a ripple of amusement as Ben­ jamin Flint Gould (in pantomime) Deane. Charles Mudgett, the Civil was completing his oration on “Maxi- War drummer who was as well known on the early campus in 1870 as he is millian.” The scene was impressive now in a local Memorial Day parade, and carefully rendered. On the Tem­ Above Top to Bottom— Students Fol­ was right on the job with his drum­ ple stage besides the six graduates lowing Bolivar— Uncle Ben Mosher— were Governor Perham, imperson­ Interlude Dance — Prologue Scene. sticks beating the regular cadence. Below— Old “Lion” and Coach— Scene What must his memories have been ated by Frank G. Gould ’94, and from University Interlude President Allen in the person of A. L. T. Cummings of the faculty. Following a musical interlude, Part Two opened with the arrival of the first co-ed. A pretty little bit of act­ ing it was as the timid and hesitating miss, in shawl, poke bonnet, with her reticule, overcame her fears and after a moment’s hesitation mounted the steps to the Temple and was wrapped under the protecting folds of Alma Mater’s flowing costume. Edson F. Hitchings ’75 featured in the establishment of the first frater­ nity. The scene, to every fraternity man at least, must have brought back memories of similar impressive mo­ ments when the dignity and worth of the Greek letter brotherhood first be­ came apparent. The scene was por­ trayed by members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, the present-day or- THE MAINE ALUMNUS 75 ganization descended from the ancient came out in togs and snapped through signals; the baseball team warmed Q. T. V.’s. * The second symbolical scene of the up; the tennis players put up a net Pageant was the graceful solo danc­ and lobbed some over; the basketball ing of the three maidens who, repre­ men passed it around; the track men senting Botany, Chemistry and Ento­ pranced; the dramatic club in cos­ mology, came to the aid of Science tumes made believe act out, the boys’ and thus figuratively illustrated the and the girls’ rifle' t ams cracked at establishment of the Experiment Sta­ the targets, and numerous other col­ tion. lege activities were represented and Perhaps the most elaborate feature all in action at once, something of a of the entire Pageant was the inter­ 15-ring circus. lude showing the changing of the Peace and her Attributes, symbolic name to the University of Maine. In figures in a dance movement, were this about 75 girls took part, all in scattered by a charge of mounted flowing white costumes. Beginning horsemen, following the god of war with a series of dances in groups, then who swept across the scene like the making a line—with a single move­ Four Horsemen—and a few more— ment they raised an over-drapery over of the Apocalypse. their heads spelling in large black let­ It was a matter of regret that the ters—“State College of Agriculture R. 0. T. C. feature with the demon­ and Mechanic Arts.” This movement stration platoon had to be omitted, brought a murmur of surprise and as the squad had been too much re­ admiration from the crowd, so quickly, duced by members going home to be perfectly and unexpectedly was it effective. done, requiring perfect action by 40 Maine in the World War was rep­ girls. Another group in the light resented by a tableau grouping show­ blue of Maine then completed the ing types of each branch of the serv­ scene by spelling “ University of ice and a Red Cross nurse. The char­ Maine”—with streamers, although the acters were portrayed by overseas girls who were the “ I’s” simply stood men, all members of the Charles A. Above Top to Bottom— Dance Interlude still, being in light blue. Rice Post of the Veterans of Foreign — Maine in World W ar Tableau— The Spanish War scene showed the Alma Mater— First Commencement. Wars. Below—Sam Johnson Awaiting; Ar­ arrival on the campus of Sergeant rival of Fernalds—Floats in Finale Sam Dillingham ’98, the recruiting officer who took back to Augusta 36 recruits for the National Guard. The enlistment of the 36 was portrayed in impressive manner. The keepers of the original Bolivar would have been crazy with envy had they been present to witness in exact replica the sheet iron substitute which rapidly crossed the green in the scene depicting the arrival of the famous mascot. The characteristic snake dance of the students, as Bolivar re­ appeared labeled with the 4-2 v'ctory score of the Colby baseball game two days previous, was a reminder of old times. A big scene was College Life of the Present. This took up about all the room available. The football team THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922

plause; the trustees; President Little —who probably never got into such Scenario of the Maine pageant a parade as that before— the deans, professors, Hon. Henry Lord, Mrs. PROLOGUE PART TWO Fernald, widow of Dr. Fernald, with Led by Aspiration and Ambition, the Scene 1 Mechanics, Artisans, and Farmers The Arrival of the First Co-ed. Mrs. Pierce; the heads of the depart­ Approach the Temple of Learning- and Present Their Petition for an Scene 2 ments, states and nations represented Education. Students Erect the First Forge Shop. by banners carried by students, and Scene 3 finally the mascots. PART ONE The Organization of the First Fra­ Scene 1 ternity. The Signing of the Morrill Act Es­ Scene 4 tablishing the Land Grant Col­ The Establishment of the Experi­ leges. ment Station. Scene 2 INTERLUDE The Citizens of Orono and Old Town Present the Site for the College; Name Changed from Maine State and the Citizens of Bangor, a College to University of Maine. Purse of Money for the Erection of Buildings. PART THREE Scene 1 Scene 3 The Spanish-American Volunteers. The Arrival of Dr. and Mrs. Fernald. Scene 2 The Acquirement of Bolivar. Scene 4 Scene 3 The Arrival of the First Students. College Life of the Present. There was a new and lively Bolivar, Scene 5 INTERLUDE said to have been built at the Old Early College Life. The Advent of War. Town canoe factory; Bananas III, PART FOUR now finely mounted and borne by ad­ Scene 6 Scene 1 mirers, and the whole shooting-match The First Commencement. The S. A. T. C. was wound up with Bananas IV, a INTERLUDE Scene 2 mite of a bear cub but very active, Music. Maine in the World War. handled by Bear Trainer Stackpole. FINALE For a bear about a foot long he got much attention. The finale was a procession or pa­ phone outfit, and Chemical Engineer­ rade. In this were numerous floats. ing some strange contraptions which Hull-less oats have been raised by Agriculture of 1822, with old-time someone suspected could make hooch the South Dakota Agricultural Col­ implements; of 1922, with modern if loaded right. lege after four years’ work. The new models; and illustrating 2022 a wire­ A rich and artistic float with hand­ oats this year yielded 30 bushels to less apparatus directed a tractor with some furnishings and costumes, repre­ the acre. The ordinary white oats cultivator attached in all sorts of gy­ sented the English and Public Speak­ with hulls yielded only 35 bushels to rations by the turn of a finger. The ing department — the Court Scene the acre. The new grain is excep­ Department of Forestry showed a from the Merchant of Venice. tionally valuable for hog feed. miniature nursery; Home Economics Following the floats were the mem­ how to divide the family income; Me- bers of ’72, who received hearty ap­ chanical Engineering had a working Federal Bureau of Education esti­ motor; Civil Engineering a miniature . mates that number of students in bridge; Electrical Engineering a radio- - schools of country will reach thirty million. Six hundred thousand teach­ ers required and available. Salaries are fifty per cent higher than before the war.

Above—The Canvas Bolivar. At Left — Capt; Jim Deane Drilling: Students —Chemistry Float. Below— College Life of the Present THE MAINE ALUMNUS 77

“The University of Maine still has Dr. Little Becomes Sixth President ahead of her possibilities much great­ er than any yet attained' and to ac­ Simple Yet Impressive Exercises Held on University Oval— New complish these ends must have the President Given Ovation— Inaugural Address united support of the people of Maine, Enthusiastically Received its legislature and its administration as should any institution whose moth­ May 10, in the presence of the Gov­ vested in him as president of the er state owns all her properties, every ernor, the presidents of the four Maine board of trustees, then installed Dr. brick and stone, all of this beautiful colleges and other invited guests, Dr. Little as president of the University, campus being state property, by deed Clarence Cook Little was inaugurated saying: duly recorded in Penobscot county the sixth president of the University “It is my pleasure and my duty to­ registry of deeds. of Maine. The exercises were fea­ day, to preside at the inaugural cere­ “Clarence Cook Little, Harvard, tured by their simplicity and schol­ mony of the sixth president of what 1910, it is you whom the board of arly dignity, and with the bright sun­ trustees have selected to carry on the shine of a perfect May day shining work so well begun a half century and on the evergreen-canopied platform more ago; you, a New Englander, and greensward of the Oval, the hun­ born and bred with the best tradition dreds of assembled students, faculty of New England, instilled into your members, alumni and friends were mind by association and contact with treated to an inaugural scene long to the best New England affords. And be remembered. now, by virtue of the authority vested At 2 o’clock the procession, consist­ in me by the board of trustees and ing of guests, trustees, faculty mem­ the legislature of Maine, I declare you bers, alumni and members o f the the duly elected president of the Uni­ Senior class, assembled at the library versity of Maine, and so far as I am and headed by the University band empowered, bid that you be obeyed marched to the Oval. Following an and respected accordingly.” invocation by Rev. Ashley A. Smith After being greeted with prolonged of Bangor, Col. Frederic H. Strick­ applause, President Little delivered land, president of the Board of Trus­ his inaugural address. The address tees, who presided, introduced Gov­ has been widely quoted and referred ernor Baxter. The Governor’s speech to by editors and educators. Its view­ was one of welcome and assurance of point was fresh and original. It left hearty support to the new president. his hearers with definite constructive He concluded his remarks by saying: ideas. The address in full will be “ Our new president finds us eager found in the Supplement to this issue. to greet him and help him. His op­ The services closed with the sing­ portunities are boundless and there is President Little Delivering: Inaugural ing of the University Hymn and bene­ a wide and fertile field for the display Address diction by Dr. Warren J. Moulton, of his talents. For him and this in­ is now known as the University of president of the Bangor Theological stitution I predict a brilliant future, Maine. Some of you may recall at Seminary. and in the name of the people of the first chapel of the present college Maine I welcome him as the State’s year, speaking for the administration Poverty has hit the historic Latin adopted son. of the university, these words were Quarter of Paris. Where 12,000 stu­ “To Dr. Little I say that nowhere used: ‘We hope to secure for the pres­ dents attended the lectures at the Sor- in this country is there finer material idency a full-blooded American, with bonne in 1919, only 7,000 names were with which to work than is found here ability, spirit and energy sufficient to entered last year. Unfavorable rates in these earnest young men and wo­ mould into a solid union all the stable of exchange force many students to men, most of whom come from the forces that are needed for the good go to German universities instead of towns, villages and the cities of Maine. of the university.’ to France. They are here to be fitted for life’s “We have taken a long time in our struggle, they desire to make the best search and I am pleased to say have use of their talents, and most of them been thoroughly supported by Gov­ realize that only by some sacrifice can ernor Baxter in our aims and desires the goal they seek be attained. and come here today with a president “Dr. Little, I am confirmed that a whom we believe will be a worthy splendid spirit of loyalty will prevail successor to Presidents Allen, Fer- between the new president, the alum­ nald, Harris, Fellows and Aley, all in ni, the faculty and the student body. their day men of the type Maine I hope that under your guidance this wanted and who served their several university will serve and prosper to terms with credit to themselves and an extent that it never has done be­ with the knowledge that under them, fore, and I pledge you my coopera­ Maine has advanced to the proud posi­ tion.” tion she now holds in the association Col. Strickland, by the authority of Land Grant colleges. A Smiling Group of Nineteen Twelvers 78 THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922

Recipients of Honorary De­ Fiftieth Commencement Exercises grees and Citations Used by President Little in Confer­ President Sills of Bowdoin Delivers Oration— 180 Graduates Receive ring the Degrees Degrees— Two Alumni, Trustee, and Four Deans Awarded Honorary Degrees Frederick Hastings Strickland, Master of Arts; President of the A repetition of the perfect weather Frederic H. Strickland, the president Board of Trustees of the Univer­ which aided the successful rendering of the Board of Trustees, were also sity of Maine. Your inherent and of the Maine Pageant on Sunday among the favored recipients of de­ unfailing strength, energy, and added to the beauty of the 50th Com­ grees. courage has proved and will con­ mencement exercises, Monday morn­ One hundred and eighty-eight mem­ tinue to be a saving help to the ing, June 5. The University Oval was bers of the Senior class received bach­ University who now welcomes you a beauty spot as the guests, speakers, elor of arts and bachelor of science as her son. graduates, alumni and friends took degrees. Thirteen graduate students their seats shortly before 10 A. M. Lincoln Ross Colcord, Master of received advanced degrees and 8 cer­ President Kenneth M. Sills, LL.D., Arts; poet and author. In your tificates in the two-year course in ag­ of Bowdoin College was the orator. work there abides the open free­ riculture were given. His address, “ The Scholar and the dom of the sea that witnessed your State,” was a scholarly and practical birth, and the enduring simplicity oration dealing with the relations be­ of the New England country that tween scholarship and the various has been your workshop. Phi Kappa Phi forms of activity, such as the social John Belling, Doctor of Science; Anniversary research investigator at the Sta­ tion for Experimental Evolution of Members of Phi Kappa Phi re­ the Carnegie Institution of Wash­ turned to the campus for the 25th ington. Patient and untiring in anniversary of the founding of the effort, accurate and skillful in the society at Maine as one of the promi­ collection of data, and brilliant in nent scholarship societies of the coun­ their interpretation, you have con­ try, report an exceedingly enjoyable tributed notably to our knowledge celebration. Thursday evening, June of the physical basis of inheritance 1, was set aside for the initiation in plants. ceremonies and banquet festivities. Dean J. S. Stevens presided at the Josiah William Votey, Doctor of banquet and related the historical de­ Science; graduate of the Univer­ tails concerning the founding of the sity of Vermont, and for twenty society. Dean Leon S. Merrill, Prof. years dean of its college of en­ John H. Huddilston, Miss Joanna C. gineering; profound scholar and Colcord ’06 and Norman G. Sturtevant able administrator, you have been ’22 were the other speakers. An in­ a noted public servant of your novation was the singing of the ode state in the solution of its great to Phi Kappa Phi written by Prof. problems of highways, waterways, Charles P. Weston ’96 and set to mu­ and sanitation. sic by Prof. Adelbert W. Sprague ’05. Ashley Auburn Smith, Doctor of The following members of the Divinity; graduate of Tufts Col­ Senior class were initiated prior to lege, pastor of the First Universal- the banquet: ist Church of Bangor. By your Rhandena Ayer Armstrong, Her­ teachings founded on broad ele­ bert Andrew Brawn, Lucy Elizabeth ments of humanity, you have made A Well Known Group of Three Who Chamberlain, Mary Anna Coughlin, yourself admired and beloved, an Received Honorary Degrees. Left to Lillian Ring Dunn, Lynwood Scott active force in the lives of those Right— Rev. Ashley Smith of Bangor, Lincoln R. Colcord ’04 of Searsport, Hatch, Harry Laton Jackson, Stan­ with whom you have come in con­ and Dr. Jeremiah S. Ferguson ’80 of New York City ley Jordan Johnson, Robert William tact. Laughlin, Earl Cranston McGraw, Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson, life of the state, its religious life, and Ian McNiven Rusk, Perry Rufus Doctor of Science; firm friend and its political, intellectual and literary Shean, Ruth Burleigh Shepherd, Nor­ loyal alumnus of the University of life. His advocacy of a return to the man Gardiner Sturtevant, Mary Ellen Maine; Secretary of the Faculty, convention and caucus system of nom­ Thorpe, Dorothy Trefethem, Philip and Professor of Clinical Medicine inations with the use of the primary Rodney White. at the Cornell Medical College. as a referendum caused considerable You have in the practice and teach­ favorable comment. The University of Michigan has ing of your chosen profession at­ Twelve honorary degrees were con­ been loaning money to needy students tained a degree of distinction which ferred, two of them being granted to for more than a quarter of a century, your University today is happy to Dr. Jeremiah S. Ferguson ’89 and Lin­ and over that span of years has never recognize. coln R. Colcord ex-’04. The four lost a cent through willful failure of deans of the University and Col. the borrower to repay. THE MAINE ALUMNUS 79

Alumni Day Features Enjoyed Honorary Degree Recipients and Citations Continued Stephens ’99 Re-elected President of Alumni Association at Annual Meeting— Pattangall Delivers Anniversary Address— Henry Sweetser Burrage, Doctor of Laws; distinguished veteran of Alumni Banquet Caps Enjoyable Program the Civil War, eminent as a divine, a productive and able historian. Intermittent showers were in order of Alumni Hall, but the demand at For twenty years a trustee of for Alumni Day, Saturday, June 3. the last minute necessitated setting Colby College, for more than twen­ However, it took more than rain to places for an additional hundred. The ty years a fellow of Brown Uni- I dampen the ardor of the 400 alumni presence of the red and white domi­ versity, and for more than sixty on the campus for the greatest of all noed members of 1912 and the green years an active and constructive celebrations. The rain seemed to in­ force in the establishment of Amer­ tensify the success which attended the ican ideals. indoor events on the program. Clifton Daggett Gray, Doctor of General Alumni Meeting Laws; graduate of Harvard Col-- Gathering at 10 A. M. in the chapel lege, President of Bates College, of Alumni Hall, 135 members of the clergyman, author, administrator, Association attended the annual busi­ and educator. We honor you to­ ness meeting. Of particular interest day, not only as the worthy head were the remarks of Hosea B. Buck, of our sister institution, but as a alumni representative to the Board of virile and forceful personality in Trustees. He not only reported for each of your chosen fields. the Trustees but in addition stated that the University Store proposed to Leon Stephen Merrill, Doctor of finance and build a new building and Science; Dean of the College of that the Grandstand Corporation was Agriculture at the University of planning to build a suitable fence on Maine. During the eleven years the Athletic Field, drain the field, of your administration, you have, build locker rooms beneath the grand­ with the highest ideals, combined stand, and erect bleachers on the field. a sound and unfailing business R. R. Drummond, class secretary for judgment, so that today your col­ 1905, announced an annual $60 class lege is recognized as the good and scholarship to begin at Commence­ true servant of the State of Maine. ment, 1923. Allen W. Stephens ’99 WILL, R. HOWARD ’82 Harold Sherburne Boardman, was again re-elected president of the Chairman 50th Anniversary Committee Doctor of Engineering. Since 1910 association. The minutes of the meet­ dean of the College of Technology ing will be found on page 89. and white costumed seventeeners from the start assured success to the at the University of Maine. By the Anniversary Exercises affair. Paper streamers and toy bal­ mastery of your chosen field and by your untiring energy you have The first opportunity to see the loons were soon in the air. Joe Mc- seven living members of the class of Cusker ’17 was happy once more serv­ raised your college to the envi­ 1872 was afforded at the Anniversary ing as cheer leader. The Harmony able position which it holds today Exercises held at 2 P. M. Saturday. Hounds were continuously on the job among the technical schools of New As guests of honor the ’72 men were playing the latest college and popular England. seated on the platform, where they songs. Features were instrumental James Stacy Stevens, Doctor of were introduced to the audience by solos by members of the class of ’17 Letters. Since 1905 dean of the Will Russell Howard ’82, the chairman and vocal selections by the 1912 quin­ College of Arts and Science at the of the 50th Anniversary Committee. tette. University of Maine. Strong cham­ The Hon. William R. Pattangall ’84, The genial personality of President pion of the liberal aspects of edu­ Democratic candidate for Governor of Allen W. Stephens ’99 of the General cation; by your efforts those fun­ Maine; was the orator. He chose as Alumni Association was again reflect­ damental and all important ele­ the subject matter of his address the ed as he occupied the position of pre­ ments have been firmly and forever State of Maine. His address is re­ siding officer and toastmaster. His established in the curricula of this printed in full in the Supplement. principal speaker was President Little, University. Owing to the weather the Pageant who received a burst of applause, the had been postponed to Sunday after­ entire audience rising to their feet as James Norris Hart, Doctor of noon and the alumni and guests had he was introduced. President Little’s Philosophy; for thirty-five years an opportunity to return to the frat address was a scholarly discourse and devoted to the service of the Uni­ houses and dormitories for a rest be­ was frequently interrupted by ap­ versity of Maine, and since 1903 its fore the alumni banquet. plause. The complete text will be dean, your record will forever re­ found in the Supplement. A. L. T. main a bright jewel in the crown Alumni Banquet Cummings, of the agricultural fac­ of your Alma Mater who today Preparations had been made to seat ulty and adopted as a son of Maine, rejoices in honoring you. 650 at the banquet in the gymnasium pleased the audience with the recital 80 THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922

of his French-Canadian dialect poem, “The Maine Hello.” Booster Campaign Over The Top Other speakers were General Mark L. Hersey, commander of Camp Dev- All Eight Divisions Exceed Quota in Loyal Support of Alumni ens and formerly military instructor Association Activities— Class of 1882 Leads in the at the University, and the representa­ Percentage Payment of Dues tives of the reunion classes. Benja­ min F. Gould from Colusa, Cal., for All hail to those loyal members of Div. 2—(Maine counties of the class of 1872, was the first speak­ the General Alumni Association who York, Cumb., Sagad., An­ er. As he stood up, hale and hearty rallied at the BOOSTER Campaign dros., Franklin, Oxford, Ken­ after the 50 years spent away from call of James A. Gannett ’08 and his nebec, Line., & K n ox)...... 109% his Alma Mater, the audience rose to division commanders for the payment Div. 3— (Mass., Vt., R. I., & cheer him. His remarks were deliv­ of alumni dues. Not only was the N. H.) ...... 106% ered in characteristic fashion, clear quota of $4700 reached, but for good Div. 5— (Ill., Ind., Mich., Ohio and pronounced, with plenty of wit­ measure an extra $618.71 was paid in, & Wisconsin) ...... 104% ticisms. Following him were the Hon. making a grand total of $5318.71. The class of 1882 has again demon­ Samuel W. Gould ’77, Will R. Howard 1339 individuals, or 26% of the alumni strated its loyalty to the work of the ’82,' John S. Williams ’87, Judge and non-graduates whose addresses Association, by leading all other George F. Rich ’92, Stephen S. Bunker are known, assumed ’their financial classes in the percentage payment of ’97, P. E. McCarthy ’02, E. J. Wilson obligations by making payment. dues. 66 2-3% of its members hold a ’07, Alden Chase ’12, and Edmund J. Divisions 6, 7 and 8 were the first membership dues receipt. 46 of the Dempsey ’17. to be credited with going over the 50 classes showed a decided increase A letter of congratulation from Dr. top. One by one the larger divisions over the payment of last year. The Robert J. Aley, and a telegram from followed until May 20 it was an­ four classes of 1877, 1886, 1887 and Dr. Abram W. Harris, both former nounced that Division 2 had just made 1888 showed a lower percentage of presidents of the University, were its quota with $4 to spare. payment. The support by classes is read. Dr. Little announced the pledg­ The percentage of subscription is indicated by the tabulation below. ing of a scholarship of $1000 by the as follows: 1882 66.6% 1902 25.4% Boston Association of Maine Women, Div. 6— (La.; Ark., Mo., Iowa, 1885 45. 1888 25. Minn., N. D., S. D., Neb., 1875 42.8 1914 25. the interest to be used for a scholar­ 1921 41.6 1907 24.7 ship for some girl student at the Kans., Okla., Texas, N. M., 1891 38. 1908 24.6 1879 University. Colo., Wyo., Mont., Utah, 37.9 1892 24.6 1873 37.5 1893 24.1 Following the banquet the Maine Nev., Ariz., & Idaho)...... 168% 1896 33.3 1915 23.9 movies were shown in the chapel and Div. 7— (Cal., Wash., & Ore­ 1881 32.2 1905 23.4 1894 gon) ...... 130% 31.5 1918 22.9 the customary alumni hop was held 1898 30.6 1903 22.5 on the gym floor, the Harmony Div. 8— (Canada, foreign pos­ 1872 30. 1901 21.8 1889 Hounds again rendering the musical sessions, & foreign countries) 127% 30. 1911 20.6 1899 28.9 1920 20.4 selections. Div. 1—(Maine counties of 1884 28. 1917 20.1 Aroostook, Penob., Wash., 1897 27.4 1913 20. 1904 27.2 Hancock, Waldo, Piscat., & 1916 19.9 The favorite daughter of Count Leo 1909 27.2 1919 19.4 Tolstoy is the leader of a movement Somerset) ...... 120% 1890 27. 1906 19.2 Piv. 4— (Conn., N. Y., Pa., Md., 1876 26.9 1878 19. to save the great writer’s home. It 1900 26.7 1883 18.7 is planned to make the estate a pop­ D. C., Miss., Ala., Tenn., Ky., 1910 26.6 1877 18.5 Ga., Fla., S. C., N. C., Va., 1880 26. 1886 15.7 ular university, where the lovers of 1895 25.9 1874 12.5 Tolstoy’s creed may come and study. W. Va., Del., & N. J .)...... 109% 1912 25.8 1887 4.3 Baccalaureate Services Unusual interest centered in the Baccalaureate Services Sunday, June 4, because of the fact that an alum­ nus of the class of 1901, the Rev. Alson H. Robinson of Plainfield, N. J., was to deliver the sermon. Taking for his text, “ He that putteth his hand to the plow and looketh back is not fit for the Kingdom of God,” he de­ livered a logical, philosophical dis­ course on the duties and opportunities of young men and women which mightily pleased the audience which filled the chapel of Alumni Hall. Per­ severance, he showed, applied to the undergraduate activities of college A Right Royal Good Time Did the Class of 1912 Have at Their Tenth Reunion. life and continued into after life would Thirty-four Live Wires Registered and Spread the Gospel of Loyalty to Class bring success. and Alma Mater. /

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The registrants by classes were as Record Alumni Registration follows: 1872— Benjamin F. Gould, George 411 Former Students Register in Alumni Hall— 272 Best Previous E. Hammond, Edwin J. Haskell, Hed- dle Hilliard, George O. Weston, John Attendance— 12% of All Graduates Return to Campus— T. Bowler, William L. Harlow. Classes of 1872 and 1902 Attendance Cup Winners 1873— George H. Hamlin, John M. Oak. Alumni headquarters in Alumni 58.3%. Then follow the other classes 1874— John I. Gurney, Mrs. M. D. Hall was almost swamped from the as follows: Noyes (Ramsdell). time the advance guard reached the 1892 30.7% 1888 14.2%, 1875— Edson F. Hitchings, Whit­ campus Thursday afternoon, June 1, 1875 28.5 1887 13.0 man H. Jordan, Louis C. Southard, until the last registration was com­ 1873 25.0 1876 11.5 William B. Dole, Freeland Jones, Sid­ pleted Monday, June 5. Four hundred 1874 25.0 1890 10.8 ney S. Soule. and eleven of the former students 1894 21.0 1893 10.3 1876— Charles P. Allen, Edward M. affixed their signatures to the little 1883 18.7 1899 9.6 Blanding, Samuel M. Jones. registration card which formally iden- 1884 16.0 1880 8.6 1877— Eugene H. Dakin, Samuel tifies them as among “those present.” 1897 15.8 1877 7.4 W. Gould. Of this number 352 were graduates, 1896 15.5 1886 5.2 1878— None. 52 were non-graduates, and seven the 1885 15.0 1889 5.0 1879— None. possessors of short course certificates 1898 3.4 1880— James M. Bartlett, Albert H. or honorary degrees. The 352 return­ Brown. Of the Twentieth Century classes, ing graduates represent 12% of all 1881— None. graduates—truly a remarkable show­ 1902, returning 20 of its members, captured first honors with a 19.6% 1882— Charles S. Bickford, Stephen ing. The increase over the years pre­ J. Bussell, Walter Flint, George R. vious to 1920 when 125 was the max­ return. The others registered as fol- lows: Fuller, Charles C. Garland, Joseph F. imum registration, over 1920 when Gould, Will R. Howard, Alfred J. 272 was the figure, and 1921 when 235 1912 16.5% 1906 5.2% Keith, James H. Patten, Avery P. were present, shows the marvelous 1917 13.4 1904 4.8 Starrett, Daniel C. Woodward, Joshua growth in alumni interest and attend­ 1907 8.2 1914 4.2 B. Bartlett, Charles E. Chapin, Wil­ ance. 1908 7.7 1916 4.1 liam H. Hatch. 1920 7.2 1919 4.1 It is particularly fitting that to that 1883— Lucius H. Merrill, Charles W. 1900 6.8 1915 3.8 great and glorious premier class of Mullen, Arthur T. Drummond. 1872 Commencement attendance hon­ 1921 6.4 1911 3.6 1884— Leslie W. Cutter, Clarence S. ors should go for this year. Seven 1905 6.0 1909 3.3 Lunt, Mrs. John A. Pierce (Fern ald), out of the 10 or 70% of the living 1910 5.8 1901 3.1 Fred L. Stevens. members of the class were on the 1913 5.4 1918 2.6 campus. Each of the five living grad­ 1903 1.8 1885— James N. Hart, Louis W. Riggs, Fremont L. Russell. uates hung his hat in Oak Hall as of To the class of 1917, holding its 1886— George F. Black. yore and two of the non-graduates fifth year reunion, belongs the credit likewise basked in the modem Uni­ for returning 51 of its members, in 1887— Bertrand E. Clark, Mrs. versity which has grown from the point of numbers the largest group George F. Black (Hicks), John S. student body of which they are the of one class to ever reune on the Williams. first representatives. The Commence­ campus. 1888— Dudley E. Campbell, Fred L. ment Cup will again be adorned with the numerals 1872—for the ninth time since the class of 1908 offered it as an attendance trophy in 1909. In accordance with the adoption of the report of the Commencement Cup Committee by the General Alumni Association, June 3, the competition for attendance honors has been di­ vided into two groups. The first group includes all classes graduating I from 1872 to 1899 inclusive, to be known as Nineteenth Century classes; and the second group embraces the classes from 1900 on who have grad­ uated, to be known as the Twentieth Century classes. As stated, 1872 wins the honors for the Nineteenth Century classes, and incidentally the highest registration percent of any class yet to return for a reunion. 1882, the 1917 Whooped 'er Up with Five Year Enthusiasm. The Photograph Shows the winner in 1920 and 1921, returned Reunionites Enjoying the Ball Game with Colby 82 THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922

Eastman, Claud L. Howes, Ralph H. Matthew McCarthy, Frank H. Mitch­ Brann, Charles E. Davis, Harold M. Marsh. ell, Charles A. Robbins, Percy C. Ellis, James P. V. Fagan, Rex C. Gel- 1889— Jeremiah S. Ferguson. Moore. lerson, Horton W. Kierstead, Carl H. 1890— Allen C. Hardison, Chandler 1901— Percy R. Keller, Alson H. Lekberg, Karl MacDonald, Earle W. C. Harvey, Edward H. Kelley, Albert Robinson, Wm. McC. Sawyer. Philbrook, William F. Schoppe, Rich­ M. Hastings. 1902— William E. Barrows, Jr., ard F. Talbot, Elmer J. Wilson, Abel 1891— None. Edith M. Bussell, James W. Butman, P. Wyman. 1892— Ernest W. Danforth, Mellen Henry W. Chadbourne, Henry E. Cole, 1908— Mrs. H. L. Farwell (Esta- E. Farrington, Warren E. Healey, Wesley C. Elliott, A. B. Foster, Sum­ brooke), Raymond Fellows, James A. Charles M. Randlette, Frank S. Tol- ner S. Lowe, Patrick E. McCarthy, Gannett, Charles A. Johnson, Ballard man, George A. Bailey, George F. Charles W. Margesson, Percival H. F. Keith, Leslie R. Lord, Earle L. Rich, Harry S. Thompson. Mosher, Frank E. Pressey, Clinton N. Milliken, Mrs. G. A. Phillips (Farns­ 1893— Hosea B. Buck, Charles C. Rackliffe, Arthur E. Silver, Mrs. R. worth), Elon L. Brown, Otis W. Murphy, Harry M. Smith. J. Smith (Knowles), William B. Means, Mrs. W. F. Schoppe (Pils- 1894— Frank C. Bowler, Charles E. Thombs, Allen F. Wheeler, Ralph bury). Gilbert, Frank G. Gould, Wallace H. Whittier, Carroll S. Douglass, Byron 1909— Bertrand F. Brann, Edward Jose. N. Moore. W. Morton, Howard G. Philbrook, 1895— None. 1903— Paul D. Simpson, Frederick Clinton A. Plumly, George L. Smith, 1896— Everett G. Glidden, Perley B. W. King. Harry W. Smith. Palmer, Joseph W. Randlette, Paul D. 1904— Paul L. Bean, Mary R. 1910— Frances E. S. Arnold, Grover Sargent, Stanley J. Steward, Charles Chandler, Clifford G. Chase, Roy H. T. Corning, Albert K. Gardner, Clif­ P. Weston, Nathan E. Goodridge. , Flynt, Leslie E. Little, Albert L. ton A. Hall, Fred Helgesen, Weston 1897— Charles S. Bryer, Stephen S. Whipple. M. Hicks, Ernest Lamb, Albert E. Bunker, Justin R. Clary, Ernest H. 1905— Curtis E. Abbott, Robert R. Libby, Mrs. L. R. Lord (Jordan), Macloon, Byron F. Porter, Edwin C. Drummond, Horace A. Hilton, J. Har­ Frank E. Southard, Herman P. Upton, Charles H. White, Edward A. vey McClure, Mrs. M. C. McGinley Sweetser, Harold L. Barker. Merrill. (Powell), Adelbert W. Sprague, Al- 1911— Jasper W. Everett, Harry Homans, Sidney M. Jones, Clifford Patch, Nelson N. Scales, Clayton H. Steele, Elmer R. Tobey, Albert Ver- rill, Maurice F. McCarthey. 1912— William R. Ballou, Robert L. Buzzell, Mrs. R. L. Buzzell (Mariner), Charles A. Cavanaugh, Mrs. C. B. Cleaves (Worster), Carl S. Cleaves, Albert F. Cook, Mrs. S. T. Dana (Mer­ rill), Arthur L. Deering, Frederick E. Fish, Clifford H. George, William M. Gray, Benjamin E. Haskell, Lloyd E. Houghton, Phil. R. Hussey, Robert E. Hussey, James F. Jackson, Austin W. Jones, Maurice D. Jones, M. June Kelley, Benjamin C. Kent, Frank H. Lancaster, Luther S. Russell, Warren H. Savary, Edward E. Sawyer, Leon W. Smiley, William A. Southwick, Charles E. Sullivan, George R. Wood- berry, Karl D. Woodward, Frank Fel­ lows, Walter K. Hanson, Morton L. Homer, Mrs. E. E. Sawyer (Folsom). 1913— Philip S. Bolton, Selden Chase, Edward E. Chase, James E. Student Sons and Daughters of Maine Alumni. From Left to Right, First Row— Church, G. Harold Hamlin, Percy E. Antoinette W. Gould, Lois M. Andrews, Lillian R. Dunn, Helen H. Harvey, Annie Jackman, Elwood W. Jennison, John L. Bartlett, Evangeline Steward. Second Row— Arthur F. Eastman, Carl F. Libby, Milton A. Hescock, Wilmer R. Elliott, Donald F. Hastings. Upper Row— L. Ober, Elwyn T. Ricker, Ernest T. Howard H. Randlette, Harold E. Pressey, Carl W. Steward, Nelson B. Hall. Savage, Walter C. Stone, John C. Wallace. 1898— C. Parker Crowell, Russell 0. phonso Wood, Clarence L. Garland, Dunn, Llewellyn N. Edwards. Mary M. Williams, Mrs. A. P. Wyman 1914— Estelle I. Beaupre, Marion S. 1899— Cyrenius W. Crockett, Archer (Sleeper). Buzzell, John W. Gowen, Mrs. P. E. L. Grover, Edward E. Palmer, Allen 1906— Joanna C. Colcord, Mrs. L. Jackman (Hodgins), Mrs. L. S. Libby W. Stephens, Arthur C. Wescott, Roy N. Edwards (Hodgdon), James W. (Hobart), Wayland D. Towner, James M. Hescock, Edwin S. Levensaler, Elms, Mrs. G. C. Nutter (Jones), S. Brooks, Linwood S. Jones, Mrs. G. Herman F. Noyes. George S. Owen, Arthur L. Sparrow, Vernon Stover (Tibbetts). 1900— George O. Hamlin, Guy A. Albert A. Whitmore, Maude B. Col­ 1915— Douglas M. Beale, Ava H. Hersey, George O. Larrabee, Edwin cord. Chadbourne, Robert P. Clark, Norman J. Mann, William H. Waterhouse, 1907— Arthur N. Beal, Benjamin E. S. Donahue, Raymond H. Fogler, H. THE MAINE ALUMNUS 83

Walter Leavitt, Gladys H. Merrill, ry W. Turgeon, Plinn D. Dempsey, 1916 h. e.—Mrs. G. Harold Hamlin Elmer H. Webber, Oscar M. Wilbur. Mrs. W. D. Towner (Mills). (Clark). 1916— Lewis 0. Barrows, Harold 1921—Ida M. Anderson, Frank S. 1918 h. e.—Theresa H. Pretto. W. Coffin, Llewellyn M. Dorsey, T. Beale, Jr., William L. Blake, Marion 1910 a.—Edith M. Patch. Everett Fairchild, Isabel F. Frawley, K. Bragg, George S. Burgess, William A University of Alberta professor John W. Glover, Robert M. Moore, Lawrence E. Philbrook, Mrs. L. H. Smith (Lougee), Mrs. J. W. Treat (Currier), Walter W. Webber, Eva B. Dunning. m m 1917— Dudley Baldwin, Mrs. P. H. Bolton (Hunt), Wade L. Bridgham, Elizabeth M. Bright, Ruth E. Brown, Leola B. Chaplin, Sumner C. Cobb, Mrs. H. W. Coffin (Bristol), Charles wmm E. Crossland, Fred D. Crowell, Ed­ mund J. Dempsey, Richard B. Dodge, George E. Dole, Alfreda Ellis, Marion mm Emery, Mrs. T. Everett Fairchild (March), Ralph E. Fraser, Langdon w m m J. Freese, Mrs. C. II. Furbish (Mer- ^ lillil cier), Mrs. J. W. Glover (Ingraham), i i i i i Daniel E. Green, Russell S. Green­ wood, Weston B. Haskell, Dorrice M. Higgins, Royal G. Higgins, Jr., How­ ard B. Hiller, Earl D. Hooker, Bryant SSsgSs® fevwXwW StoXCWH!3Sx L. Hopkins, Flora A. Howard, Mau­ S^NSs§«Ss^xSSmjS rice Jacobs, Howard L. Jenkins, Jo­ ■ M B seph A. McCusker, Clyde F. Mower, i | « © » S i Charles E. Mullen, Schuyler C. Page, MR Jr., William E. Reynolds, Doris Sav­ age, William A. Simpson, Clarence L. M l Smith, Miner R. Stackpole, Frank O. ■ ■ ■ ■ I Stephens, Raymond B. Steward, Rob­ ert J. Travers, Roy A. Wentzel, Law­ i i rence B. Wood, Albert J. Fortier, illlllM li Verner E. Gilpatrick, Helen M. Gree­ ley, Rosalind M. Jewett, Seth E. Lib­ by, Mrs. William West (Danforth). 191S—Ruth B. Chalmers, Weston S. Evans, Roger B. Hill, Carl S. John­ son, Thelma L. Kellogg, Raymond L. Merritt, Allen Sherman, Harry D. Watson, Ralph C. Wentworth, Mrs. Hazel Amadon (Lawlis). 1919— Hugo S. Cross, Gerald J. Cul- hane, Marjorie E. Gooch, Leon C. Harris, Marion L. Harthorn, Carl A. R. Lewis, Winthrop L. MacBride, Judge Charles J. Dunn, Associate Justice Supreme Court of Maine, Whose Term Jessie M. Prince, Hester M. Rose, of Oflice as Treasurer of the University Expired June 30, After 13 Years of Randall V. Williams, Frank E. Dono­ Faithful Service van, Albert H. Thomas, Alton W. Tozier. B. Cobb, Harry L. Greenleaf, Ruby has perfected an ether preparation, 1920— Mrs. Ivan C. Ames (Bart­ M. Hackett, Carol M. Hamm, R. B. the use of which permits the easy lett), Verne C. Beverly, Walter W. Lancaster, Alton T. Littlefield, Paul­ starting of airplane motor engines at Chadbourne, Florence L. Chandler, ine E. Miller, Clarence L. Partridge, 37 degrees below zero. Mrs. Hugo S. Cross (Snow), Stanley Arthur A. Ring, Katherine D. Stew­ At a recent meeting of the Yale M. Currier, Alfred D. Davis, Barbara art, Carroll C. Swift, Harold S. Tib­ University Union undergraduates Dunn, Earl L. Ferren, Raymond H. betts, G. Maynard Trafton, George C. were debating the question, “ Resolved, Foyle, Mrs. Mary Gorden (Pulsifer), Travers. That for college men teaching offers Miles F. Ham, Herbert W. Hitchings, 1906 s. c.— Stephen E. Abbott. a more satisfactory future than the M. Eleanor Jackson, Carl A. LeGrow, 1912 s. c.—Charles C. Larrabee. pursuit of business.” It is an inter­ Lawrence P. Libby, Alfred B. Lingley, 1913 s. c.—Everett A. Kimball. esting circumstance that when the Kathleen E. McCrystle, Florence E. 1913 h. e.—Mrs. L. H. Gregson matter was put to vote the affirma­ MacLeod, Gertrude D. Peabody, Hen- (Steams). tive voice predominated. .84 THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922

Publicity Any wide reader of Booster The success of the Boos- The Maine Alumnus Maine or New England Campaign ter Campaign in the col- newspapers must agree that the Uni­ Over Top lection of alumni dues is Published bi-monthly by the Gen­ versity never received better publicity a most gratifying indi­ eral Alumni Association of the Uni­ than the news stories of the anniver­ cation of the loyalty of the alumni versity of Maine. sary and pageant brought to it dur­ body of the University. This gen­ Subscription $1 per year. Single ing the three months just past. It erous support also indicates the ap­ copies 20 cents. took concentrated effort on the part proval which is given for the work of the Alumni Office and the expendi­ of the General Alumni Association. W. D. TOWNER ’14 ture of some money to properly as­ It is to be hoped that next year’s Managing Editor sure the right sort of publicity. The campaign will be equally successful. Editorial and Business Office, Alum­ comment of the Lewiston Journal that Prompt payment of dues upon noti­ ni Hall, Orono, Maine. “ Maine University is making the most fication will reduce the amount of col­ of her 50-year celebration to impress lection machinery necessary to make Office of Publication, 331 Water Street, Augusta, Maine. on Maine people the value of a state certain of the ultimate success of the university to the commonwealth. She campaign. This in turn will release is doing it convincingly,” is recogni­ much of the time now spent by the tion enough of the thorough manner Alumni Office in this capacity and I Editorial I in which Mr. A. L. T. Cummings and make possible additional constructive the Alumni Office have handled the work for the University and for the distribution of news. Early in the alumnus. A Huge The characterization of fall the Portland Sunday Telegram is Success the Fiftieth Anniversary to cooperate in bringing the history Celebration of the First and value of the University to the The Maine may be accused just- Commencement as “a huge success” people of the state. A special edition Maine ly of not preserving all of by a prominent alumnus whose opin­ feature of at least 12 pages will be Hello the traditions which have ion generally prevails has been reiter­ run. The preparation of the copy will played a part in the student ated by scores of the alumni and non­ again represent the joint effort of the life of the University. Naturally this graduates who returned June 2-5 for Alumni Office and Mr. A. L. T. Cum­ is to be regretted. On the other hand, the celebration. That 12% of all those mings. few universities and colleges have students who ever entered the Uni­ The writer often recalls to mind the handed down a tradition or custom versity should have returned for Com­ experience at Brown University where which can equal the “Maine Hello.” mencement is in itself an indication the need for a paid publicity man be­ When you cross the campus as a mere of remarkable loyalty and interest. came apparent only after a successful freshman, or as a stranger, the hearty That the 12% have gone away well endowment campaign had been assist­ “ hello” of each student that you meet pleased with their entertainment while ed to final success by such an officer makes you feel that in the old Uni­ on the campus there can be no doubt. of the college. The University of versity of Maine there is a note of This fact alone should guarantee for Maine needs permanent and not spas­ unusual good fellowship. modic publicity of the right sort. future reunions a continuation of this The perpetuation of the custom has This can only be assured by the de­ large attendance. Unusual features been given added emphasis by the voting of time and money to this end. were included to make the celebration poem entitled “The Maine Hello,” The Alumni Office can always assist worth while. A pageant cannot be Written by Mr. A. L. T. Cummings, in this work. It cannot devote its full produced each year—too much of a the agricultural editor for the Exten­ energy in this direction because of its good thing would in time become irk­ sion Dept, of the College of Agricul­ already complex duties, in equally some—but special features can be in­ ture. Mr. Cummings’ ability as a important lines of work, all for the troduced to make Alumni Days a suc­ writer and reciter of French Canadian good of the University. cession of new and interesting events. dialect poems has been increasing by The unusually large attendance did Delay The present issue of the leaps and bounds. His appearance as prevent the carrying out of all plans of This paper is designated the a speaker at the alumni banquet June as contemplated. The library proved Issue June-July number and was 3, when he recited this distinctive to be entirely inadequate to take care purposely delayed in ap­ Maine poem, made an instant appeal. of the crowd at the President’s Re­ pearance to insure the insertion of all Many call's for copies of the poem ception. At the Alumni banquet an the subject matter and illustrations have reached the campus. Here it is. overflow of an extra hundred taxed related to the Anniversary and the the efforts of the committee. It had Pageant which could be gathered to­ THE MAINE HELLO been the intention of the committee gether. Your editor trusts that the By A. L. T. Cummings to have the classes file in according increase in size of the issue and in the Dere’s wan t’ing sure, ma boy ’Poleon to year' of graduation, preceded by number of illustrations will be appre­ was quick for mak’ de frien’ the guests, from outside Alumni Hall. ciated and will offset any impatience Since he b’en go on U. of M., hees The inclement weather necessitated in awaiting the story of the Com­ fader’s mon’ for spen’; the use of the chapel for this purpose. mencement happenings. Experience showed that the crowd He’s up dere now jes’ two, t’ree week, was too immense for handling in even The oldest university known to his­ but w’en I go wan day a large room such as the Chapel. tory is the White Deer Grotto Uni­ For visit heem on de campus, an’ New arrangements will be perfected versity in Kiangsi province, China. leetle bill for pay, for next year’s gathering. It was founded in 960 A. D, (Continued on next page) THE MAINE ALUMNUS 85

(Continued from Editorial page) I’m moche surprise how many boy an’ Success of Pageant Class Day Exercises girl was say “Hello!” Dame Fortune smiled on those who Brilliant sunshine ushered in the Mus’ be a t’ousan’ we was pass, but had in hand the business management Class Day exercises held in the out­ ev’ry wan he know. of the Maine Pageant. Owing to the door University Oval, Friday morn­ wisdom which prompted the taking ing, June 2. The attendance was large out of an insurance policy guarantee­ and the - program rendered by the I ax heem how he git de chance for ing the payment of $1500.00 in the members of the graduating class was meet dem all on school; event of one-tenth of an inch of rain­ excellent. Carl Sargent, president of He say firs’ t’ing de Freshman learn fall between the hours of 11 A. M. the class, presided. was ’bout de “Hello!” rule: and 5 P. M. on Saturday, June 3, the Mus’ lif’ de cap to all de girl, an’ all day scheduled for the Pageant, the The services opened with music fol­ lowed by prayer by Class Chaplain de teacher too, rainstorm of that day proved a bless­ Carl T. Stevens. The roll call re­ So if dey don’t know you before, it’s ing in disguise. The actual rainfall sponded to by 191 Seniors was read all right—now dey do. amounted to exactly 25 one-hun­ dredths of an inch between the hours by the class secretary, Miss Minnie No wan was ax if he’s riche man, specified, so the observer in Aubert Norell. Frederick F. Marston in fit­ w’ich way hees fader vote, Hall reported. The insurance was ting manner recounted the history of W’at kin’ o’ church he’s christen on— placed with the Hartford Fire Insur­ the class achievements. for all was on sam’ boat. ance Company and within a week The presenting of gifts as usual after the claim was forwarded settle­ provoked a continuous round of Dey mak’ heem wear some fonny cap, ment was made by the company. amusement. Albert E. Johnson pre­ The sale of all tickets was con­ two color, blue an’ w’ite; sented the grits to the men. He gave cluded Saturday evening, many re­ Anoder rule, can’t spark de girl on to Herbert W. Fifield a co-ed doll; to funds having been made on account campus—guess dat’s right— Frost R. Ross, marbles; to Fred T. of the postponement of the affair until But bes’ of all I lak de mos’ dat rule Jordan, a set of dishes; to Henry R. Sunday. On account of a Maine Blue for say “Hello!” Turner, a comb to keep the hair out Law no sale of tickets on Sunday was Each tam he’s passin’ any wan was of his eyes; to Robert W. Laughlin, .permitted. Alumni Field was thrown on de road he go. a package of yeast; to Rodney G. open to all, altho ticket holders only Folsom, a book. For git acquaint an’ kip de frien’ dat’s were allowed to sit in the grandstand. sure de fines’ way; The postponement of the affair neces­ Achsa M. Bean presented the gifts Will mak’ good neighbor all de tam, sitated several hundred dollars added to the girls. Her gifts and the re­ lak us on Frenchman Bay. expenditure. The report of Treasurer cipients were: lna E. Gillespie, horses Gannett follows. to go with her “ Coach” ; Ardis E. Lancey, gasoline to go with her UNIVERSITY OF MAINE PAGEANT FUND “ Bus” ; Bernice Smith, a medal as Receipts the class designer; Rachael Connor, 34 Underwriters @ $10.00...... $340 00 1624 Pageant tickets @ $1.00...... 1,624 00 a tennis racquet; Minnie E. Norell, 1 Pageant ticket @ $ 50...... ’ 50 a French dictionary; Gertrude M. Sale of 1003 copies Book of the Pageant @ $ .25 ...... 250 75 O’Brien, a box of face enamel; to the Miscellaneous ...... 10 Mason girls, name places for easier Rain Insurance ...... 1,500 00 ------$3,715 35 “identification.” Expenditures After the presentation of gifts Refund to 34 Underwriters ...... $340 00 came the awarding of scholarship Honorarium to Mrs. R. K. Jones, director ...... 100 00 General publicity...... 156 67 cups by Registrar James A. Gannett. ALUMNUS Supplements ...... 392 20 The Senior Skull cup went to the Lumber ...... 77 53 Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and the Labor ...... 231 74 Floats and processional features...... 183 27 Junior Masque cup was awarded to Costumes ...... 534 97 the Theta Chi fraternity. Music ...... 63 88 Horses ...... 125 00 Carlton A. Walker, as class orator, 1200 copies Book of the Pageant...... 320 53 treated the subject of “For Value Re­ Tickets ...... 33 93 Track construction B. R. & E. Co...... 50 56 ceived I Promise to Pay” in a schol­ Insurance ...... 206 25 arly and effective way. The class Movie film (part payment) ...... 200 00 Police ...... 44 20 prophecies were given by Miss Cath­ Miscellaneous ...... 156 68 erine Sargent and Stanley F. Hanson. ------$3,217 46 The humorous remarks and witty say­ Balance cash on hand ...... $497 89 ings occasioned much amusement. The class poem was read by Herbert * * * * * * W. Fifield. Assets The valedictory was ably delivered Cash on hand ...... $497 89 $497 89 by Ivan M. Rusk, after which came Liabilities the planting of the ivy by the class Movie film (in full) ...... $300 00 curator, Arnold W. Tyler. The smok­ Extra copies of Book of the Pageant...... 75 00 375 00 ing of pipes of peace concluded the Surplus ...... $122 89 exercises.

✓ 86 THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922

the final rally. King’s sacrifice placed Baseball Team Ties With Bowdoin him on second, where he waited until Osgood drove a deep one into center Loses One State Series Game and Closes Season with Decisive Win field and scored him. Colby in her Over Colby at Commencement Time—Well Coached half got a man on third, but there he Veteran Team Plays Good Ball died. Maine used Torsleff, Repscha and Jowett in the box. Lunge was The Scores for the Season Bowdoin 6—Maine 2 the heavy hitter for Maine, connect­ ing for two triples. Maine 4 (Exhibition), Colby 2. May 6 at Brunswick, Bowdoin scat­ The box score: Brown 4, Maine 1. tered five hits which put six counts Harvard 3, Maine 0. across the plate. Capt. Flinn pitched 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Boston College 5, Maine 3. a heady game for Bowdoin, and altho M 0 1 1 101000 0 0 0 0 1—5 Norwich 4, Maine 3. in a pinch several times with Maine C 310000000 0 0 0 0 0—4 Dartmouth 3, Maine 0. men on the bases, he pulled thru. Boston University 7—Maine 4 Maine 11, Vermont 5. Six hits were garnered by the Maine • Bowdoin 6, Maine 2. team, Osgood getting three of them Saving Jowett for the Saturday Maine 6, Bates 4. with two doubles and a triple. The Bowdoin game, Maine used Nichols Maine 5, Colby 4. Maine runs were scored in the fifth and Torsleff in the Boston University Boston University 7, Maine 4. inning by three successive clouts. game on Alumni Field, May 18. A Maine 5, Bowdoin 3. With two men out, King singled and drizzling rain gave the pitchers the Maine 1, Bates 0. stole second. Capt. Sargent clouted short end of the play and the bats­ Maine 5, P. C. F. 3. out a pretty single and scored King. men walloped the ball for extra cir­ Maine 4, Colby 2. Osgood then connected for a double, cuits. A Boston University player scoring Sargent. Unfortunately he walloped a straight one in the first A tie with Bowdoin for the base­ tried to stretch it into a triple and inning for four bases. Later in the ball championship of the state is the was thrown out at third. game Foster and Monroe of Maine result of the 1922 baseball season. The box score: • each knocked a homer. Intermixed Coach Wilkie Clark has reason to be Innings 123456789 with these were three triples and a proud of his charges. It’s true that Bowdoin 02001102 x— 6 two-base hit. All this heavy hitting the team represented a veteran out­ Maine 00002000 0—2 little disturbed Wart Small, once of fit. The secret of success lies not in Maine, who pitched a steady game this fact alone, but in the ability to Maine 6—Bates 4 and succeeded in keeping the Maine absorb quickly good coaching and to Jowett had one bad inning in the sluggers from showing their wares in cooperate and play for the team at all Bates game at Lewiston May 12 when bunches. Torsleff relieved Nichols in times. Fifteen games were played, he allowed the home team three runs. the fourth and working hard stopped 8 of them victories and 7 defeats. A His delivery tightened and after the the B. U. offensive. Had he started resume of the season shows that fifth inning not a Bates man reached the game and pitched as he did upon altho beaten in all but one of the first. Maine drew first blood in the taking the assignment, the story would have been more pleasing. games on the Massachusetts trip, the opening inning when a pass, an in­ The box score: scores were close and the team was field hit and a sacrifice put King, the lead-off man, over the plate. After I nnings 123456789 improving. An unfortunate defeat at that the wildness of the Bates pitcher, B. Univ. 21012100 0—7 Brunswick by the strong Bowdoin who hit three Maine men and passed Maine 00010102 0—4 team started the state series. This five, gave Maine the game. By out- defeat must have rankled, for from hitting and outfielding the home team Maine 5—Bowdoin 3 then our team played ball, one defeat Maine boosted her state series per­ to Boston University only marring Hats off to Pitcher Jack Jowett! centage to .500. the winning streak in the seven fol­ May 20 was the day he confidently The box score: lowing games. To Jack Jowett, pitched a spectacular win over the Innings 123456789 Maine’s pitching ace, must go much Bowdoin veterans on Alumni Field, Maine 10202001 0— 6 of the credit for the success of the Orono. Eleven of the visiting slug- Bates 03010000 0—4 % season. His great pitching in the gers fanned. Six connected for hits second Bowdoin game was the best that save in the first inning were well Maine 5—Colby 4 seen here for years. He wields a scattered. Finally to add to his laurels, mighty stick at bat, too. Receiving It took 14 innings of thrilling base­ Jowett in the seventh inning poled one Jowett’s delivery behind the bat was ball to settle the first state-series of Capt. Flinn’s straight ones clear Prescott, who has improved wonder­ Colby game at Waterville, May 17. to the center field fence. It was a fully the past year, and behind him Colby piled up a three-run lead in the homer as pretty as a Maine ball play­ in the field was a clever fielding out­ first inning and increased it to four er ever laid out on Alumni Field. fit. Osgood at shortstop particularly in the second. From then on Maine Bowdoin opened up strong in the first shone like a big leaguer. Wilkie kept Colby from scoring and gradu­ inning and tallied two of her runs. Clark taught the boys a brand of ally chalked off runs until in the sixth Maine tied in the second, added two baseball that they could use intelli­ the score was tied. Then for seven more in the fourth on errors and a gently. At the end of the season he tense innings neither team could cross wild heave, and pushed across a fifth had a real ball team. “ Watch Maine the plate. In the fourteenth Jowett count in the eighth for good measure. next year” is now the slogan. clouted out the single which started Bowdoin staged a rally in the ninth THE MAINE ALUMNUS 87

which netted a final run. Through­ was that the Bates first baseman and of the state series when Maine de­ out the game the very atmosphere catcher made the first 24 put-outs be­ feated Colby, thereby tying with was charged with excitement, for it tween them. A1 Johnson scored for Bowdoin for the championship. The was a bitterly fought contest between Maine in the ninth when the Bates victory was as pronounced as the one two teams confident of their ability third baseman booted a sharp drive over Bowdoin two weeks previous. to win. from the bat of Perley Johnson. Jowett again pitched for Maine, fan­ The box score: The box score: ning a dozen Colby men and allowing Innings 123456789 Innings 123456789 but four hits. Maine batters con­ Maine 20020010 x— 5 Maine 00000000 1— 1 nected for eight safeties, Osgood with Bowdoin 20000000 1—3 Bates 00000000 0—0 a three-bagger contributing the sweet-

The 1922 Varsity Baseball Squad

Maine 1—Bates 0 Maine 5— P. C. F. 3 est one of the lot. The baserunning May 24, baseball fans were treated The Penobscot Chemical Fibre Co. and sliding by the Maine team was the prettiest seen on Alumni Field to a hard-fought game on Alumni team filled in a Saturday date, May this season. From the second inning Field which did not settle the fate of 27, on Alumni Field, and was sent when Maine crossed the plate twice the two rival pitchers until the last back to Great Works the loser. Alex­ ander worked in the box for the mill there was little doubt as to the out­ half of the ninth. Hamilton, a dimin­ come of the game. utive left-handed twirler with a well- team and lived up to his reputation by fanning ten men. His support was The box score: controlled slow curve, held our team ragged, too. Repscha, the freshman Innings 123456789 in check until Coach Clark ordered a lefty who bids fair to be a mainstay Maine 02020000 x—4 bunting game after the first unsuc­ in the box another year, heaved for Colby 00001000 1—2 cessful innings. Jowett pitched good Maine. ball for Maine and was wonderfully The box score: supported at all times. Perley John­ Innings 123456789 The University of Michigan has an­ son, center fielder for Maine, con­ Maine 00030200 x— 5 nounced a four-year course in Physi­ tributed a whale of a catch in the P. C. F. 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0— 3 cal Education. General education, the­ eighth when he grabbed on the dead ory of athletics and practice will train run a vicious line drive that appar­ Maine 4— Colby 2 students for positions as supervisors ently was labeled for several bases. The throng of alumni and Com­ of physical education, hygiene and The Bates infield was not particularly mencement guests on the campus athletics. The School of Education strong. An odd feature of the game June 2 witnessed the deciding game conducts the course. 88 THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922

Altho the attendance was large, Bowdoin Wins State Meet scattering small showers threatened all day long. President Little was at Bates Barely Noses Out Maine for Second Place by 3 1-2 Points— the meet and received an ovation Lawrence of Maine Equals State Quarter Mile Record and Buker when he took his seat in the stands. of Bates Replaces Two Mile Mark Made by Frank Preti Bananas IV, the tiny bear cub mas­ cot a few weeks old, was a constant Maine 78—Holy Cross 48 pack in 4 minutes and 35 seconds. center of interest. He was as frolic­ The only home outdoor track meet Webster of Maine placed third. some as if Maine had won the meet. was held May 6 on Alumni Field when Maine placed in 9 of the 14 events, The summary: the Holy Cross track team was over­ the only other first chalked up to her 100 yard dash— Won by Butler, credit coming as the result of Law­ Bowdoin; second, Landers, Bates; whelmed by our team 78 to 48. Nine third, Hearon, Colby. Time, 10 1-5 firsts, eight seconds and nine thirds rence’s win of the quarter. This race seconds. were Maine’s share of honors in the was the closest of the day. Foran 220 yard dash— Won by Butler, of Colby pushed Lawrence all the way, Bowdoin; second, Lawrence, Maine; 14 events. Holy Cross won five firsts, third, Thomas, Maine. Time, 23 1-5 six seconds and five thirds. Of the losing to him by inches at the tape. seconds. firsts two Holy Cross men won two The time of 51 seconds equals the 440 yard dash—Won by Lawrence, Maine; second, Foran, Colby; third, Archibald, Bates. Time, 51 seconds. (Equals state record.) 880 yard run—Won by Hunt, Bow­ doin; second, Sennetta, Bates; third, Perkins, Colby. Time, 2 minutes 1 2-5 seconds. One mile run—Won by Herrick, Maine; second, Sargent, Bates; third, Webster, Maine. Time, 4 minutes 35 seconds. Two mile run—Won by Buker, Bates; second, McGinley, Bates; third, McKeeman, Maine. Time, 9 minutes 45 1-5 seconds (new record). 120 yard high hurdles—Won by Hardy, Bowdoin; second, Burrill, Bates; (third place disqualified). Time, 16 4-5 seconds. 220 yard low hurdles—Won by Bur­ rill, Bates; second, Young, Colby; third, Hardy, Bowdoin. Time, 27 1-5 seconds. High jump— Won by Small, Bow­ doin; second, Hildreth, Bowdoin; third, tie between Philbrook, Bow­ Capt. Herrick Leading in the Third Lap of the Mile, the Event Which He Subse doin, and Boyden, Maine. Height, 5 quently Won. Webster, Who Placed Third, Leads the Bunch Behind Herrick. teet 5% inches. Broad jump— Won by Small, Bow­ doin; second, Pinkham, Maine; third, each, tying for high point winners. record set up by Bill Meanix of Colby Batten, Bates. Distance, 20 feet 5% Maine placed heavily in the distance in 1913. Lawrence also finished sec­ inches. runs, taking all three places in the ond in the 220-yard dash, thereby es­ Pole vault—Won by Bishop, Bow­ doin; second, Houston, Maine; third, two-mile, and captured firsts in five tablishing himself as the high point Kemp, Colby. Height, 11 feet. of the six field events. No records winner for Maine. Other Maine men 16 pound shot put—Won by Tootell, were broken. The track was heavy Bowdoin; second, Cohen, Maine; to place were Thomas, third in the third, Charles, Bowdoin. Distance, from a recent rain. 220; McKeeman third in the two- 38 25 feet. mile; Boyden tied for third in the high Throwing discus— Won by Luce, State Meet Bates; second, Tootell, Bowdoin; jump, Cohen second in the shot; Pink- third, Parsons, Bowdoin. Distance, When the smoke of battle at the ham second in the broad jump; Strout 38.25 feet. 26th annual state meet May 13 at second in the hammer; and Houston 16 pound hammer throw—Won by Tootell, Bowdoin; second, Strout, Waterville had blown away, Bowdoin second in the pole vault. Maine; third, Mason, Bowdoin. Dis­ was again pronounced the undisputed Capt. Ray Buker of Bates, winner tance, 149.44 feet. winner. The four colleges finished in of the Penn Relay international two- Summary of Points the order predicted, Bowdoin with mile t rophy, was scheduled to break Ba Bo Co M 551/2 points, Bates with 32 points, 1 -mile 3 6 the record of 9 minutes 54 2-5 seconds 440 1 3 5 Maine 281/2 and the crippled Colby set up in 1914 by Frank Preti of 100 3 5 1 team with 9. Maine ran up her 120H 3 5 Maine. He performed according to 880 3 5 1 largest score in the mile, placing first prediction. Challenged for the first 220 5 4 and, third. Capt. Herrick, who had 2-mile 8 1 mile by McKeeman of Maine, he fin­ 220H 5 1 3 been running the two-mile all the ally broke away from the bunch, win­ High jump 8 1/2 1/2 spring, was at the last minute shifted ning easily in a sprint in 9 minutes Shot • 6 3 Broad jump 1 5 3 into this event. The wisdom of the 45 1-5 seconds. His team-mate Mc- Hammer 6 3 change was apparent, for he ran a Ginley stuck with him until the last Pole vault 5 1 3 Discus 5 4 heady race, taking the lead in the lap and won second place three sec­ third lap and finishing ahead of the onds under the old record. 32 551/2 9 281/2 /

THE MAINE ALUMNUS 89 Treasurer Gannett’s Minutes General Alumni Meeting Alumni Assn. Report Alumni Hall, June 3, 1922 The following tribute on the death President A. W. Stephens '99 called of R. W. Eaton ’73 was presented and Report of Treasurer the meeting to order shortly after adopted. June 1, 1921, to May 31, 1922 (Inc.) 10:00 A. M. Russell W. Eaton of the Class of ITEM A The minutes of the last annual 1873 passed from this life March 5, meeting were read and approved. 1921. There are special reasons why Receipts for balance of year 1920-21 The minutes of the annual meeting the life and character of this alumnus of the Alumni Council were read. should receive recognition in the Cash on hand June 1, 1921. $315 88 Voted: That the Alumni Association records of this association. Received from: approve the action of the Alumni Mr. Eaton presented an example of Ads in Maine Alumnus . . . 576 15 Council relative to the survey of the character and service worthy of emu­ Annual dues ...... 300 00 campus delivered to the Board of lation. He was a business man of un­ Sustaining- dues ...... 190 00 Trustees. usual ability and the highest integrity. Maine Campus ...... 150 00 Voted: That the action of the He successfully administered the af­ Gifts ...... 10 00 Alumni Council be approved article by fairs of a great manufacturing cor­ 1921 Commencement (Ban­ article. poration in a manner which won for quet and Registration The actions were approved article him respect and confidence. As is fees) ...... 821 24 by article with the following changes not always the case, he did not al­ or additions: low absorption in business to prevent $2,363 27 1. A rising vote of thanks was ex­ his assuming a full measure of the Expenditures for Same Period tended to H. A. Rich ’09 in apprecia­ responsibilities of citizenship or to By paid: tion of his services of preparing a lessen his active interest in the wel­ Alumnus ...... $757 68 tentative campus survey until the fare of his community. He came to Miscellaneous ...... 5 00 more recent survey could be com­ be regarded as a foremost citizen in Office Supplies...... 59 31 pleted. all that pertains to useful and high- Printing ...... 10 75 2. Voted: That an amendment be minded public service. He was an Salaries ...... 258 33 added to the motion as passed by the honor to his Alma Mater and this Travel ...... 7 17 Alumni Council regarding the salary body of alumni, and it is with a deep Tel. & Tel...... 7 47 of the Executive Secretary for the sense of appreciation of what he was 1921 Commencement ...... 660 16 next fiscal year which was “that the and what he accomplished that we salary of the Executive Secretary be place on record this tribute to the $1,765 87 increased by $500, over that recom­ character and service of a brother Cash on hand ...... 597 40 mended by the Alumni Council, mak­ alumnus. ing the total salary $3200." The tribute which follows was $2,363 27 3. Voted: To approve the budget adopted concerning the death of Dr. as corrected to provide for the in­ W. A. Bumps, '75. ITEM B creased salary mentioned in the pre­ The death of Dr. Wilbur A. Bumps vious paragraph. of the class of 1875 occurred on Receipts for current years 1921-22 4. Voted: That Dr. J. S. Ferguson March 11, 1921. All those alumni From June 1, 1921, to May 31, 1922 ’89 act as a third member of the nom­ who knew Dr. Bumps as a student (Inclusive) inating committee to replace C. W. have retained sentiments of the Cash on hand ...... $597 40 Crockett. warmest friendship for him. The Received from: The report of Treasurer J. A. Gan­ name “Natty” by which he was known Advertisements ...... 264 59 nett, ’08, was . read and accepted. in college was a term of affection. Annual dues ...... 3,408 55 (Copy Attached.) Conditions seemingly providential Sustaining d u e s ...... 1,690 00 W. R. Howard ’82, chairman of after he left college guided him into Interest ...... 15 51 the Anniversary Committee, presented the study of medicine. He became a Gifts ...... 109 46 a report which was accepted. well known and much trusted physi­ Miscellaneous ...... 24 91 cian, specializing in surgery. He lived Subscription ...... 1 00 a life of great usefulness both in his profession and as a citizen, and his $6,111 42 name may well be recorded among Expenditures for same period the successful and worthy alumni of the University of Maine. By paid: Professor R. R. Drummond ’05 an­ Dues ...... $10 00 nounced that the Class of 1905 will Alumnus ...... 1,919 60 offer a scholarship of $60.00 begin­ Miscellaneous ...... 21 68 ning with the 1923 commencement. Office supplies ...... 126 41 General Mark L. Hersey made a few Postage ...... 330 10 brief, interesting remarks. Printing ...... 225 07 Voted: That a rising vote of thanks Salaries ...... 2,316 67 be extended to Mrs. R. K. Jones in Travel ...... 258 55 appreciation of her services as direc­ Film ...... 160 00 tor of the pageant and that this vote Tel. and Tel...... 36 85 be delivered personally by W. R. Howard '82, chairman of the Anni­ $5,404 93 versary Committee. Cash on hand May 31. . . 706 49 The annual report of the executive secretary was read and approved. $6,111 42 Hosea B. Buck, alumni representa­ Estimate of Expenditures for Balance tive on the Board of Trustees, gave a of Year to July 1, 1922 brief report of the action taken by Alumnus ...... $400 00 that Board and plans under consid­ Miscellaneous ...... 165 00 eration. Mr. Buck also stated that Office supplies...... 5 00 as a director of the University Store Postage ...... 10 00 Corporation he was pleased to advise Printing ...... 25 00 the alumni that the assets of the Salaries ...... 233 33 above corporation now amount to ap­ Tel. and Tel...... 35 00 proximately $30,000 and that plans are under way for the early construction $873 33 of a new building. Mr. Buck further Assets reported as a director of the Universi­ ty of Maine Grandstand Corporation Typewriter ...... $54 00 that: Unpaid Advertising ...... 570 47 (a) The grandstand which was 2nd Lib. Loan Bonds ($150) 149 94 Bananas IV In One of the Postures built at a cost of $9,000 is now paid Cash on hand ...... 706 49 Which Occasioned Considerable Amusement During the State Meet for and there is a balance on hand at Waterville. Trainer Stackpole,s of approximately $175. $1,480 90 Paternal Interest Was Worth the (b) That further improvements Surplus ...... 607 57 Price of Admission Also. are to be made on the athletic field. 90 THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922

such as a fence, drainage and locker Resolved— that as Samuel Wads­ be made and extensive improvements rooms under the grandstand. worth Gould of the class of 1877, Voted: That the report of Hosea B. having served 14 years as trustee of in the drainage system. Football Buck be accepted and approved. this University, five of these years as players have always complained of Voted: That the selection of an secretary and seven of them as presi­ the condition of Alumni Field in the alumni director of the University dent, and that as president the term Store Corporation to succeed the late of his office extended through the pe­ football season owing to some flaw Charles E. Oak be referred to the riod of the World War when many in the drainage system. It has al­ Executive Committee of the Alumni intricate problems came before the Council. board for solution, that his wise coun­ ways been a hard proposition to fit Voted: A rising vote of thanks was sel was of great help in the solving the grounds for a college game late extended to the retiring treasurer, J. of these problems. in the season, especially if rains had A. Gannett '09, who has so faithfully Therefore be it resolved that the served in the capacity of treasurer for thanks of this alumni body be and been prevalent previous to the day of eleven years. is hereby given Mr. Gould for his the game. All these faults will be The special committee elected by faithful, efficient and whole-hearted the graduates of the College of Agri­ service during these many years. remedied and when completed it is culture presented the name of Rich­ Voted: To adjourn at 1:00 P. M. expected that Alumni Field will be ard P. Talbot '07 as a member of the Attendance 135. Alumni Council to fill the unexpired CHARLES E. CROSSLAND '17, one of the best in the state. term of P. W. Monohon. Clerk. Work is expected to start soon. The The nominating committee present­ drainage problems will be under the ed the following report: President—E. E. Palmer '99. personal direction of a practical man Vice President—N. H. Mayo ’09. who has successfully laid out the Clerk— H. P. Sweetser '10. Treasurer— Charles E. Crossland Needed Improvements drainage systems for other university '17. For Alumni Field gridirons. Alumni Council Members at Large The condition of Alumni Field, long Term Expires a sore point with the hundreds of ath­ Pageant Movies A. W. Stephens '99 1925 letic followers of the University, will George H. Hamlin '73 1925 be materially improved by the open­ The announcement has been made R. H. Flynt ’04 1923 from the Alumni Office that the mov­ (To fill unexpired term of E. W. Mor­ ing of college in September if the ton.) plans of the University of Maine ing pictures taken of the Maine Grandstand Company are carried into Pageant will be ready for presentation Athletic Board early in September. Over 1500 feet Term Expires immediate effect. This announcement W. M. Sawyer Ex. ’01 1925 was made by Trustee Hosea B. Buck were taken of the principal features. C. P. Crowell '98 1923 Daniel Maher, Maine’s only motion J. G. Gould '72 assumed the chair. at the General Alumni Meeting. Immediately E. E. Palmer ’99 with­ These improvements include the fol­ picture photographer, was on the drew his name for president. A. W. lowing: scene and guarantees to duplicate the Stephens '99 was again nominated action pictures which he has taken and elected by a rising vote. The The erection of a new entrance or clerk cast one ballot for Mr. Stephens gateway of concrete of ornate design at the last three commencements. as president, who again assumed the Altho the reels will be released first chair amidst hearty applause. leading off the campus, as at present. thru the local picture houses of Voted: That the name of E. E. Several ticket offices will be installed Palmer ’99 be substituted for that of or enough to handle a large crowd Maine, a small portable moving pic­ A. W. Stephens as a member at large ture machine may be purchased for of the Alumni Council on the ballot quickly. as submitted by the nominating com­ Bleachers to accommodate 2500 per­ use at local alumni association meet­ mittee. sons will be erected to replace the ings, high schools, lodge or grange Voted: That clerk cast one ballot meetings. Maine’s first great pageant for the officers and members nom­ old wooden stands which have seen . inated. service for some years, on the oppo­ will be enjoyed by the many who The following is the result of the site side from the grandstand. could not witness the real perform­ election: ance. President—A. W. Stephens '99, New A new wall of concrete will be built York. on the western side of the field and Vice President—Norman H. Mayo on the eastern and north side a high There are over ninety state uni­ '09, Boston. wire fence will be erected. versities or schools in the United Clerk—Herman P. Sweetser ’10, Orono. Extensive improvements will be States today supported by state Treasurer— Charles E. Crossland made under the present concrete funds. These institutions have prop­ '17, Orono. grandstand, locker rooms, shower erty investments of more than $200,- Alumni Council baths, dressing rooms and all accom­ 000,000 and an annual yield of $50,- Members at Large modations for track or other teams, 000,000. The rapid increase in at­ Term Expires will be installed and there will be tendance at these state institutions E. E. Palmer '99, Boston 1925 enough of them to accommodate four in the last fifty years is striking evi­ George H. Hamlin '73, Orono 1925 dence of the huge place they occupy Roy H. Flynt '04, Augusta 1923 institutions at one time, doing away (To fill unexpired term of Morton.) with the crowded conditions in the in the life of the commonwealths. In gym. 1870, there were less than 7,000 stu­ Member from the College of dents registered there; in 1880, 10,- Agriculture One of the most important changes 000; in 1900, 23,000; and in 1920, over R. F. Talbot '07, Orono 1923 will be the making of two new foot­ (To fill unexpired term of P. W. 200,000. Monohon.) ball fields, one for the ’varsity team, which will occupy the same site as at Athletic Board Alumni Members William M. Sawyer Ex. '01, Bangor present, and another for the fresh­ The cost of one United States bat- 1925 man team which will be a big factor tleship would endow four universities C. P. Crowell '98, Bangor 1923 at the University of Maine in the like Princeton or build 8,600 homes at Voted: That the following resolu­ tions be adopted: future. A new cinder track will also a cost of $5,000 each. THE MAINE ALUMNUS

son May 9 at Island Falls. Weight 7 1/2 pounds. Alumnae Tea Ex. ’20—A daughter, Martha Mills, to The success of the Alumnae Tea Mrs. David N. Beach, Jr. (nee Mar­ guerite Mills) and Mr. Beach May 7 held at 6.30 P. M. Sunday, June 4, at at Guilford, Conn. THE atmosphere of the Mt. Vernon House, guarantees the Ex. ’21—A daughter, Gwendolyn inclusion of this enjoyable feature Louise, to Mrs. Carl W. Tobey (nee Prudence W. Wadsworth) and Mr. refinement and good in future Commencement Week pro­ Tobey May 13 at Skowhegan. grams. The refreshments were served on the lawn, Mrs. Kate C. Estabrooke Deaths taste so desired in acting as hostess. Between 50 and Ex. ’73— Louville Curtis July 18, 1921 at Tyngsborough, Mass, as the result 100 were in attendance. Mrs. Milton of complication of diseases. the cultured home D. Noyes ’74, the first woman student, ’02—Frank P. Burns April 15 at was present to meet the alumnae who Westbrook of pneumonia. is created by our have followed in her courageous foot­ ’03— Oren L. Goodridge May 7 at Ban­ gor as the result of an operation for steps. There was a delightful inter­ appendicitis. furniture - - - - mingling of the older alumnae with ’04—Godfrey L. Soderstrom January those who have graduated in recent 3 at New York City. Cause unre­ ported. years. The committee in charge con­ ’15—William L. Wark of cancer re­ sisted of Mrs. Estabrooke, Prof. Caro­ cently at Worcester, Mass. line Colvin and Prof. Ava H. Chad­ Ex. ’16—Dr. Albert T. Fricke, Jr., of Let us show you our typhoid fever September 20, 1921 at bourne ’15. Philadelphia, Pa. reproductions By Classes ’79— Loomis F. Goodale and Mrs. Goodale (nee Annie May Gould) can be addressed at 215 McGregor Boule­ vard, Fort Myers, Fla. Mr. Goodale has retired from professional work Chandler & Co. Marriages and is now devoting his time to his citrus farm. Ex. ’10—Eugene M. Scales and Miss E. Hazel Dexter June 27 at Dover and ’79—At a recent meeting of the Na­ 84-96 Hammond St. Foxcroft. tional Academy of Sciences, the J. Lawrence Smith medal was awarded Ex. ’18—Artemus H. Harmon and to George P. Merrill, curator of Geol­ Miss Helen L. Lindsey June 17 at ogy in the U. S. National Museum at Bangor Spokane, Wash. Washington. The award was made ’18—Raymond N. Atherton and Miss for his investigations on the origin Martha R. York May 19 at Dover, N. and nature of meteorites. H. Residing at 500 Main Street, ’89—John Reed, formerly of Washing­ Lewiston. ton, D. C., has removed to Route 40 ’18—Clarence B. Springer and Miss (Benton Falls) Waterville. r Ruth M. Paterson June 24 at Schenec­ ’98— Edwin A. Sturgis writes from Rio tady, N. Y. de Janeiro that he should be listed in Every Banking Service Ex. ’19—Miss Josephine Estelle Mann the Alumni Directory as “ General Su­ and Mr. Lloyd B. Gray June 10 at perintendent of the Generation, Trans­ Bucksport. They are residing at 164 mission and the Distribution of Elec­ Forest Avenue, Bangor. trical Energy’’ for the R. de J. T. L. CHECKING SAVINGS & P. Co. at Caixa 571. ’19— Randall V. Williams and Miss BONDS Grace E. Small June 26 at Lisbon ’99—William W. Haney was listed in Falls. error among the “lost alumni.” He is TRUSTS VAULTS ’19—Perley F. Harmon and Miss employed by the Fire Underwriters’ Ella F. Albert June 28 at Caribou. Electrical Bureau at 1 Liberty Street, Ex. ’19— Paul T. Collins and Miss Ma­ New York City. Merrill Trust Company rion L. Fishback June 27 at New York Ex. ’99—Guy H. Soule has returned City. from La Jolla, Calif., to his home Dexter, Bucksport, Machias, Jonesport Ex. ’20—Ivan A. Trueworthy and town of Freeport. Miss Ruth C. Hunter May 21 at Rock­ ’00— Clarence W. Stowell is now di­ BANGOR, MAINE land. They are residing at Bath. rector of the factory branches west of State and National Supervision ’21— Miss Rachel L. Bowen and Mr. Cleveland for the Electric Vacuum Raymond T. Adams June 26 at Ban­ Cleaner Co. Inc. (a General Electric L - „ ______' gor. Co. subsidiary). He is residing at 3132 East Derbyshire Road, Cleveland ’22— Walter L. Perro and Miss Helen Heights, Cleveland, O. F. Mayo June 27 at Bangor. After University of Maine Alumni Association of ’02—The correct address for Mrs. R. July 20 they will be at home at Hotel Philadelphia Fransway, Old Town. J. Smith (nee Lida Knowles) should be 31 Academy Street, Presque Isle. Affiliated with ’04—Ralph T. Hopkins has removed The Engineers Club of Philadelphia Births 1317 Spruse St. from Landusky, Mont., to 401 Mon­ Meetings, preceded by a dinner, are '12— A daughter, Helen Marion, to Ar­ tana Avenue, Helena, Mont., where he held at the Club on the first Mon­ thur L. Deering and Mrs. Deering is following the profession of a metal­ day night of every month with the April 30 at Bangor. Weight 8 1/4 lurgist. exception of July, August and pounds. ’04—Class Secretary Allen M. Knowles September. ’15— A son, Edward Coleman, to Pres­ has moved from 50 Church Street to Maine men who are in or near the ton M. Hall and Mrs. Hall (nee Rachel 71 West 23rd Street, New York City, city on these dates will be expected Winship) May 31 at Swampscott, to come to the Club or notify the where he is in the Engineering De­ secretary so that we can entertain Mass. partment of the Erie Railroad Co. you. ’18—A daughter, Kathryn Churchill, Ex. ’04— William E. Gill, who is in President, E. E. WATSON, ’01 to Donald M. Libby and Mrs. Libby the publishing business at 11 High Signal Office, Broad. St. Station May 27 at Sanford. Sec’ry H. C. PRITBAM, ’01 j Street, Boston, has changed his resi­ Frankford Arsenal Ex. ’18—A son, Waldo LaForest, to dence from West Newton, Mass, to Residence 5436 No. 11th St. Raymond L. Emerson and Mrs. Emer­ 535 Beacon Street, Boston.

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(Scene 6) The First Commencement GOVERNOR SIDNEY PERHAM a UJfirt* Frank G. Gould a?® PRESIDENT CHARLES F. ALLEN A. L. T. Cummings i l m K i s i m BENJAMIN FLINT GOULD V Carleton G. Smith GEORGE EVERETT HAMMOND Tf>

Charles G. Taylor m EDWIN JAMES HASKELL Harry A. Patterson HEDDLE HILLIARD Neal W. Phillips EBER DAVIS THOMAS Philip W. Ham GEORGE OMER WESTON % Philip C. Roberts i [utfcm *,:\i • » TOJ PART TWO (Scene 1) fill waterSo r Mi il Arrival of the First Co-ed Also, raco.fli ALMA MATER Mary C. Bunker ance of cujAufc? THE FIRST CO-ED J. Avory Munro •; f AUSOl io no (Scene 2) choree (dfrauioa.Tiu_____ .jk* from____ out of tho State Will *12 a form..... > ; •« + -r j r/t ..V' Tno regular courao Will occupy tburK four. ) juoro f e t a X nuiitry or Uotuuy . ? * •* (Scene 4) Wiliam ulrcofcnnV . any i»n, tlujy accomiuond ^{hUho c knM\vlcdg6 :ol ttuit The Establishment of the Experiment AhKly ol (ho Station owlotluo or (heir own LCXM A' AGRICULTURE Doris P. Merrill In tjio History oj >Y.< SCIENCE Mary C. Bunker did study ot m a­ 'ivv in a course ^ BOTANY Anna R. Daley llJS^HUSTEKB. <

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THE STORY OF THE PAGEANT

PROLOGUE

T h e opening scene of the Pageant is symbolical. It represents the desire on the part of the agricultural and mechanical classes for the higher education of the youth of our land along lines other than classical. In a word, the scene typifies the desire to more closely correlate the brain and the hand, to weave theory with practice, "\ and to make for the youth of the masses the opportunity for a practical education. The scene opens with ASPIRATION and AMBITION, ever the companions of buoy­ ant and hopeful youth, leading the FARM­ ERS, MECHANICS and ARTISANS to the TEMPLE OF LEARNING where a petition is presented for an education. KNOWL­ WHITE HALL EDGE, revealed to the audience from with­ (The dormitory and recitation hall of in the portals of the Temple, accepts the first students) petition and graciously bids the petitioners welcome.

PART ONE

Scene 1

The Signing of the Morrill Act Establishing the Land Grant Colleges The setting represents the Cabinet Room in the White House where Abraham Lincoln signed his official documents. The scene pictured took place July 2, 1862. The bill was the second one drawn up to “promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes” and championed by Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, for 43 years a member of Congress, President Buchanan as early as 1859 vetoed the first Morrill Act after it had received the en­ dorsement of the liberal educators of the day and had passed both branches of Con­ ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNING THE MORRILL ACT gress. By the enactment of the final bill,

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r ------'05—Alphonso Wood has remoyed '13— Thomas D. Shepherd has left the from Brooklyn, N. Y. to 40 Bradfield Travelers’ Insurance Co. and is now J. F. Woodman & Co. Avenue, Roslindale, Mass. located with the United States Fidel­ Dealers in ’05h—Charles D. Woods, formerly di­ ity and Guaranty Company at the COAL OF ALL KINDS rector of the Maine Agricultural Ex­ Daniel Bldg., 433 South Salina Street, BANGOR ICE CO. periment Station, is now director of Syracuse, N. Y. J. F. W oodm an, the Division of Information of the Ex. '13—Anyone knowing the address Treas. and Gen’I. Mgr. Massachusetts Department of Agri­ of Alice I. Whitten will confer a favor BANGOR, MAINE culture at 136 State House, Boston 9, upon the Alumni Office by forward­ Mass. ing it. She was last known to be re­ ’06—Joseph S. Galland is associate siding at 163 Hillside Ave., Arlington professor of French at Syracuse Uni­ Heights, Mass. versity, Syracuse, N. Y. '14— Preston H. Martin taught during '06— George H. Hill has removed from the past year at Hdye Park, Vt. Haynes & Chalmers Co. Harrisburg to 2319 Perkiomen Ave­ Ex. '14—The name of Harry B. Ran­ appreciate the alumni trade nue, Reading, Pa. dall has been removed from the ob­ given them ’06—John P. Simmons can be located solete list. He can be addressed at at Belfast, R. 3. He was formerly Room 1204, West Penn. Bldg., Pitts­ BANGOR, MAINE located at Baltimore, Md. burgh, Pa. where he is employed in Ex. ’09—Harold E. Blake has removed the Engineering Department of the from Pontiac, R. I„ to 85 Mohawk West Penn. Power Co. Street, Cohoes, N. Y., where he is em­ '15— Earl M. Brockway has left the Blake, Barrows & Brown, Inc. ployed as superintendent of the Card­ employ of the Atwood and McManus ing and Spinning Room of the Field Box Co. of Chelsea to accept the po­ President, Harry M. Smith, '93 and Hatch Knitting Mill. sition of County Agent of Plymouth Vice President, L. A. Boadway, '91 j County in white pine blister rust work. Ex. '09—Ralph C. Harmon has re­ His headquarters are at Brockton, INSURANCE— INVESTMENTS turned from the middle west to Wa- Mass. BANGOR, MAINE terville where he is manager for Sim­ mons and Hammond Co., ice cream '15— Paul A. Warren has been elected Established 1864— Incorporated 1920 makers. He is residing at 141 Silver associate professor of Biology at Wil­ ______-I Street. liam and Mary College, Williamsburg, ’ 10— Walter S. Merrill, for the past Va. For the past two years he has five and a half years located in the been a graduate student and fellow engineering department of the Elec­ at the University of Michigan. Chalmers Studio tric Bond and Share Co. at 71 Broad­ Ex. '15—F. Margaret Dole has re- way, New York City, has made rapid mo\ed from 84 Prospect Street, Cam­ advancement in hydro-electric work. bridge, Mass., to 39 East 69th Street, Hammond Street He is now in charge of the hydraulic New York City. design division for the company and '16—The engagement of Myron C. BANGOR, MAINE actively engaged on the design of sev­ Peabody and Miss Ruth F. Caney of eral developments. Mr. Merrill's ex­ Westbrook was recently announced. perience has been with the Westing- The wedding is to take place in the house Co., Church, Kerr & Co. of New autumn. York, the Rhode Island State College '17— The resignation of Brooks Brown, and the Boston and Albany Railroad. state dairy inspector, has been an­ Ex. ’10— Ray W Tobey, until 1920 nounced. Mr. Brown has been con­ with the Good Will Schools at Hinck­ nected with the State Department of ley, has just finished two years’ work Agriculture since graduation. He has as a teacher in the Mitchell Military accepted a position with a concern Boys' School at Billerica, Mass. He dealing in dairy barn equipment and can be permanently addressed at Pine will cover the states of Maine, New Cone Farm, Fairfield. Hampshire and Vermont. ’ll—Ralph R. Day recently left for ’ 17L —Wade L. Bridgham has recent­ Honolulu, T. H. where he is now lo­ ly been appointed clerk of the town cated as construction superintendent of Westbrook. for the Fuel Oil Storage Plant for the Like The Word U. S. Navy. He is emplo>ed by the Ex. ’17L—A. J. Fortier has removed J G. White Engineering Co. of New his law office from Van Buren to Fort ‘Sterling” on Silverware York City. His mailing address is Kent. is this Label on P. O. Box 2081, Honolulu, T. H '18— Hugh C. McPhee, who has been '11— Lewis A. Keen has teen trans­ in the employ of the Experiment Sta­ Hart, Schaffner ferred from the Connecticut Power tion at Highmoor Farm, Monmouth, Co at Middletown, Conn, to Ponce, has been awarded a scholarship for Porto Rico as manager of the Ponce the year 1922-23 by the corporation and Marx Clothes Electric Co. of Harvard University for study at the Bussey Institution, the university’s Ex. '11— Harry W. Hadlock is in the graduate department of applied biol­ Inspection Department of the Factory ogy. Mutual Insurance Co. at 31 Milk ’18L—Wallace Crowley has recently If you’re not wearing it Street, Boston. severed his connections with the law you ought to be Ex. '12— Oscar E. Blackihgton has firm of Powers & Hall, Boston, and removed from Gold Hill, Oreg., to will open an office for himself in Bos­ Redwood City, Calif. ton in the near future. Ex. '12— News of the death of Ex. '18L—Abraham D. G. Cohn has Miller & Webster Charles P. Hammond on April 11, announced his engagement to Miss 1920 at Clifton, Mass, has been re­ Anne Weingarten of Atlanta, Ga. Clothing Company ceived at the Alumni Office. No par­ Ex. '18—Artemas H. Harmon has re­ ticulars are given. moved to 711 Hutton Bldg., Spokane, Ex. '12—Shirley A. Joyce is residing Wash., where he is cashier for the The Home of at 1671 West 23rd Street, Los Angeles, Travelers' Insurance Co. Calif, and is following the occupa­ Ex. '18— Haller V. Priest is no longer Hart, Schaffner & Marx tion of a travelling salesman. among the “Lost Alumni.” He is com­ Clothes Ex. '12—The death of George D. Pin- bining the insurance business with gree January 28, 1919 at Newton, the morn to night toil of a farmer at BANGOR Mass, as the result of influenza and Enfield. pneumonia, was recently reported to '19— John M. Hughey was recently se­ the Alumni Office. verely burned as the result of grasp­ '13— Elson H. Bigelow should be ad­ ing a live wire at the Penobscot Chem­ dressed at 35 Bayview Street, Quincy, ical Fibre plant at Old Town where Mass. he is employed as a chemical engi- THE MAINE ALUMNUS 95 neer. The shock rendered him uncon­ providing transportation, tuition at scious and he was removed to the any university the student may select hospital for treatment. and 12,000 francs for maintenance and ’19—Marion E. Stubbs is dietitian at travel in Europe. Dillingham’s the Physiatric Institute at Morris­ “Mr. Wallingford is engaged to Miss town, N. J. Jessie M. Prince, ’19, daughter of Mrs. Booksellers, Stationers ’19—The following newspaper item re­ Clara Prince of Yarmouth and a grad­ & Bookbinders lates the success which has attended uate of U. of M. in the same class. the graduate studies pursued by Ver­ They will be married soon.” BANGOR, MAINE non H. Wallingford. It reads: Ex. ’19—Edwin W. Adams, who at­ tended Maine during 1915-1916, grad­ “Auburn, June 12.— Vernon H. uated from Bates in' 1919. He is sec­ P —— Wallingford, ’19, of this city has the retary of his class at Bates, a live honor of being one of the eight stu­ wire in this capacity, and is reported dents representing all branches of the to be making a great reputation as DR. LEWIS S. LIBBY United States to be awarded a Bel­ chemist for the Lewiston Bleachery & gian Fellowship for the year 1922- DENTIST 1923. The Fellowship is awarded by Dye Works. a commission for relief in Belgium Ex. ’19—A directory item recently re­ Old T ow n 106 Center St. and provides for a year’s study in ceived indicates that Clifford P. Gould that country. Mr. Wallingford will is employed by the Export Steamship leave in July to travel in European Corp. at 25 Broadway, New York City, k. ------countries before beginning work in and residing at the Allerton House at Brussels. 302 West 22nd Street. “Mr. Wallingford is the son of Mr. ’20— Miss Minerva French will be and Mrs. John Wallingford of Au­ found on the faculty of the Hartford Maine Teachers’ Agency burn, graduating from Edward Little High school next year. For the last High in 1915 and from the depart­ two years she has been a popular Offices 08-69 Exchange Bldg. ment of chemical engineering at the teacher at South Manchester, Conn. Bangor, Maine University of Maine in 1919. At Maine Corinne M. Barker has also joined the he attained special honors, being val­ teaching staff at the Hartford High Oldest and Largest i edictorian and president of his class. school. Teachers’ Agency East of He received the du Pont scholarship ’20— Philip C. McGouldrick has re­ Boston and was elected to Phi Kappa Phi, moved from Augusta to Providence, Tau Beta Pi and Alpha Chi Sigma, R. I., where he is the chemist for William H. Holman TO all scholastic honorary fraternities. He State Water Pollution Board. served in the Students’ Army Train­ Manager ing Corps. ’20—Nathan F. True is now located “On graduation he received a schol­ at the Agricultural Experiment Sta­ arship to assist in graduate chemistry tion at Geneva, N. Y. 1 work at Harvard, where for three ’20—Warren P. Upham can be ad­ years he has been engaged in ad­ dressed at 1308 Old National Bank vanced study and research work in Bldg., Spokane, Wash. organic chemistry. He was a Teach­ ing Fellow for the year 1920-1921 and Ex. ’20—The engagement of Vinton O. P RINTING The was awarded an Edward Austin fel­ Gribben to Miss Hazel M. Dalton of lowship for 1921-1922. He received Portland was recently announced. Alumnus is our his M. A. degree in 1921 and hopes Ex. ’20—Frank W. Howard is Super­ to receive the degree of Ph. D. this intendent of the Bankers’ Electric month. Protective Association at Boston. “The Belgian fellowship is one of pleasure and pride the most desirable foreign scholar­ Ex. ’20—Helen P. White is now Mrs. ships an American student can win, R. C. Wentworth residing at Warren.

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are to exercise properly in this mat­ Inaugural Address of Dr. Clarence Cook Little ter a wise and balanced national “ mind.” This is the first of the two Sixth President of the University of Maine important practical considerations. The second concerns the nature of May 10, 1922 our present and future population. When a man who has for a long cause of the ravages among the best We consist of such an extraordinary time been intimately connected with physical specimens, which the war mixture, or mosaic, of races and na­ an institution succeeds to its presi­ has brought about, this serious men­ tions, of sects and creeds,—a mixture dency, he is able to deliver an inau­ ace to national existence has become that will increase rather than dimin­ gural address dealing with specific critical in the highest degree. ish—that we can afford no delay in matters—many of them dear to the The vast potentialities of Russia beginning our program for the stabi­ lizing of higher education In order heart of his audience. are, at the present time, a liability of He can recommend such highly or­ an appalling nature. They cannot but that its influence may provide a con­ solidating force. namental and attractive proposals as remain for years to come a sensitive increases in salary, for the faculty, and dangerous force, even should The actual result of this chain of new dormitories, a new gymnasium, processes of healing and reorganiza­ circumstances is, then, that we find more frequent pruning of the trees, tion, not yet on the horizon, become ourselves placed in a position where and the abolishing of all nine o’clock operative. the rest of the world is waiting for us to justify our national existence recitations. All these matters are not advanced Now, I am not in such a position. with a view to encouraging pessimism intellectually by the increased and In fact, I find that my sole hope of and inactivity on our part. They are more general support and encourage­ weathering this occasion unscathed, intended to bring home clearly one ment of higher education. lies in confining myself to general point, which may be stated as follows: Now, no one man, at the present lines—leaving the consideration of The future of higher education time, can rightfully pretend to ex­ matters of specific detail until such throughout the Western world is, for plain all the necessary steps, or to time as I may have become more some decades, and perhaps perma­ foresee all the problems that will familiar with the problems of the nently, put fairly and squarely as a arise. These things must be left to University. duty on the United States. the cooperation of many during the Yet, I am far from sorry that this No sooner do we realize this fact working out of the situation. What is the case, for at the present time than our responsibility in the matter can be done, however, is to give a we find ourselves faced with a situ­ becomes clear. We must accept and brief statement of certain general ation as regards broad and general do our best to fulfill the great obliga­ matters which are important, and on problem of education which deserves tion which has thus developed upon the basis of our present knowledge, every bit of attention that is in our us. Furthermore, if the United States try to lay a foundation on which to power to give. The reasons for the has attained the maturity and dignity start a constructive program. This existence of this state of affairs are worthy of it as a great world power, I shall try to do. If I appear dog­ not difficult to discover. we must face the problem with a matic in some of my statements, it The deep-rooted and widespread mind freed of all questions of inter­ means simply that neither the time economic and sociological crisis exist­ national relations and politics. We at my disposal, nor the patience of ing in Europe means that problems must do this because the fellow­ my hearers are sufficient for detailed dealing with immediate relief for the ship and common interests of the data to be given in their support. numerically largest class—namely, the great body of educated men and wo­ At the very outset, we are faced relatively uneducated—will take all men the world over is a sacred thing, with two general principles or truths the available resources, material and far above national problems and as­ which, during our consideration of intellectual, that the Old World can pirations, in its influence on humanity. the problem, are to be continually borne in mind. give for years to come. To be sure, such an attitude as I * The tremendous loss in man power have expressed, might be branded as First, it has not yet been demon­ suffered by the combatant nations impractical and purely idealistic. To strated that our democracy can, by during the Great War brings home some degree such a criticism would be the whole-hearted support and co­ this fact to us perhaps more specifi­ justified, were it not for two other operation of the tax payers, and of cally. Such a depletion of personnel factors which enter the situation and the municipal, state, and federal gov­ will result in a lowering of the gen­ give it a decidedly practical aspect as ernments, develop and make perma­ eral quality of those presenting them­ well. Both of these factors involve nent a system of higher education for selves for education. It will further intimately our own country. Since we our youth equal or superior to that mean that the total number of young ourselves feel seriously the economic offered by privately endowed institu­ men and women available will be no strain caused by the war, and since tions. more than sufficient to carry out the we, as a nation, have never before This is an unpleasant truth, but one necessary program of needed economic faced this particular responsibility, to be faced frankly and fairly. No reconstruction. we must proceed in the fulfillment of one can be more conscious or appreci­ We must add to this the recognized our duty along lines which in every ative of the work of privately en­ fact that in several countries of Eu­ legitimate way will strengthen our dowed institutions than I. It is not rope, even before the war, the quality own democracy. This is of the great­ in the least that we desire to bring of the population was deteriorating est importance, for we must certainly about a cessation or cramping of their both in physique and in physiological develop and maintain a healthy and influence. Rather, it is that we must efficiency at an alarming rate. Be­ well ordered national “body” if we bring home to those institutions of 2 50TH COMMENCEMENT SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922 * higher learning which are supported which are inherited—and are thus as a whole, and for its educational in­ by our democracy itself, and to the passed on from one generation to an­ stitutions individually. It is true also legislators responsible lor providing other. for any other state in the Union. The their support, the need of attaining, They are in addition generally dis­ population of young men and women and striving to surpass, a standard tributed, for wherever life exists, of university age is everywhere of already set for them by the endowed there must also the characters per­ this mixed sort, containing individuals institutions. Unless this can be done taining to life—the biological char­ with vastly different abilities and we must admit that our democracy acters—be found. They thus meet limitations. cannot provide for its own education. our three general conditions. What I have said up to this point Such an admission as this, I take it, Having reached the decision that might possibly be considered as con­ none of us here would care to make. biological characters are our field, we stituting a series of important but Furthermore, not only must we de­ may profitably search about among self-evident truths. If there were no cline to admit the inability of our them to see whether we can hit upon other factors to be taken into account democracy to provide for its own edu­ a character or group of characters there would be but little in the situa­ cation, but we must demonstrate which will fulfill more in detail our tion to stimulate us to make the need­ throughout the nation that it has this specifications for a foundation on ed effort. This, however, as we shall ability. This must, moreover, be ac­ which widespread modification of our see, is not the case. The crux of the complished in a way that considers educational system may be based. whole matter which produces the our own problems and weaknesses, When we make such a search, we needed challenge to our initiative and and utilizes every opportunity to shall, I think, find that our paths lead ingenuity is the fact that, in addition strengthen our national life and raise inevitably in the direction of the to the above mentioned statements its ideals. group of characters known as “men­ concerning the nature and distribution The elements on which we may tal capacity and abilities.” of mental ability, the opportunities safely rely in making this effort have This group of characters has cer­ for giving and for obtaining a higher certain prerequisites. They must be tain intensely interesting natural at­ education are decidedly limited in permanent and self-perpetuating in tributes which we may consider brief- number. nature, and general in geographic dis­ ly. The inherent biological elements It is at this point that our course tribution. that underlie mental capacity and of action becomes defined, though We must use permanent material,’ ability are present to some degree in perilous, and duty clear, though diffi­ unaffected so far as possible by tem- every young man and woman, (a few cult. porary economic and sociological frantic educators or parents might Since only a fraction of those indi­ changes and upheavals—otherwise our desire to be recorded in the negative viduals available can at present re­ task is continually renewed, and can on this question—but they may safely ceive college education of the best never be progressively lightened. be disregarded). grade, we must seek for, and having We must deal with elements which Second, they are present in widely found, must subsidize and give such are not only as constant as possible different grades in different individ­ education to those best endowed by within the limits of the life time of uals, thus giving an opportunity for nature to profit by their opportunities. the individual, but also those which selection. If and when in the future, our fa­ are by heredity handed on from one Third, they are recognizable and cilities for education are sufficiently generation to another, that is to say, measurable at an early age in the increased to enable us to care for all those which are self-perpetuating— lifetime of an individual. This nat­ or nearly all the young men and wo­ otherwise each new generation will urally makes it possible to record the men of university age who can do continue to offer us a problem quite differences referred to in a more or even a passing grade of work, we as difficult as the one with which we less exact way, and thus enables us should admit them. began. to study the degree to which juvenile As long as our facilities for giving We must utilize, if possible, ele­ promise is correlated with perform­ college education are limited, however, ments present wherever in our .coun­ ance at college age. There is also we are not doing our duty by the in­ try large groups of young people are clear evidence that the degree of men­ dividual or the state, unless we fill to be found—otherwise, we shall be tal ability is strongly inherited—thus our quota at our universities with the handicapped in extending any desir­ fulfilling the requirement that the very best material available. able system of education from one material which we choose should be To utilize properly our present op­ locality to other states of the Union. capable of being handed on from one portunities and to enlarge them is a These considerations lead us, generation to the next. Even the task worthy of our very best efforts. whether we desire it or not, to seek present imperfect methods of collect­ It involves eventually, a modification for characters essentially biological in ing data on this matter leave no doubt of the whole primary and secondary nature. as to the validity of the general prin­ school systems along somewhat the Biological characteristics are, as we ciple involved, and more accurate and same general lines. It involves even all know, more permanent than any refined data, which might easily be more, however, the demonstration of of the works of man. Familiar ex­ obtained, would prove the point still faith and persistence by all of us to amples are the physical and mental more strikingly and convincingly. a high degree. To go into all the de­ differences between races, and the Wherever, then, large groups of tails of the various steps necessary in persistence of these characteristics young men and young women are to this process of detecting and utilizing unchanged for scores of centuries. be found, individuals differing greatly the best mental material available Biological characters also include in mental ability will exist and may would not be desirable at this time. those which have their basis in the be detected. We may merely recognize that we germ plasm—in other words, those This is true for the State of Maine shall need to have far more knowl- 50TH COMMENCEMENT SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAINE ALUMNUS 3 edge concerning the personality and education? Youth is full of enthusi­ of undergraduates and other students abilities of a candidate f or admission asm, why not recognize the success of the University, and I assure you to our universities than we at present which athletics have attained in the all that you can individually or col­ possess. Within the university, we way that it has gripped student and lectively count on my whole-hearted shall need to balance in his training alumnus alike, and instead of trying support of any legitimate development the factors of restraint and freedom a to kill the enthusiasm thus aroused, along these lines of mental initiative little more delicately with reference strive to turn some of it to scholastic and vigor. attainment? if the two phases are to individual diferences. Finally, af­ Finally, I want for a moment to properly presented, I cannot believe ter graduation, we shall want to know speak of the most important matter that the undergraduate of today will more of this “performance test” as of all—the recognition and develop­ fail to respond to both, in other, shown by his work, in order to see ment of the spiritual in life. Do not words, I cannot admit that athletics whether his training has done for him be afraid to discard intellect and ma­ and scholastic attainment are to be what it should. terial things for faith in matters of considered as two masters, which, as So much for the general question. religion. Thus if we can experience we know, no man can serve. Rather, Now, for a few moments, to speak of true faith in matters of religious be­ I f eel that by intense and intelligent and to the undergraduates. How can lief, any attempt to apply to them effort in both direction and coopera­ they help in the general plan as out­ the cramped formulae of a material­ tion which athletics require, the stu­ lined, and how can we help them? istic philosophy is of no value. Do dent serves what for all his life is It is clear that the first great thing not be afraid to ignore common sense, his one true master, namely, the duty for them to bear in mind, is their fact, and any highly proper but limit­ to himself, to his university, and to duty to make the most of their oppor­ ing influence in order to feel hope his state. tunities. and optimism in the face of pessimism The second principle involves the This, I believe, may be materially and failure. To be able to over­ inclusion within the course of study aided by the adoption of the follow­ whelm disheartening circumstances by f or each student of sufficient concen- ing principles: First, universal physi­ refusal to admit defeat, even though tration in one line of work to result cal training throughout the full col­ common sense and logic forbid, is to in his being well enough trained in lege course, to produce discipline, con­ be victorious. Above all, do not let some practical held to meet the indi­ trol, vigor, and hardihood. This train­ anything prevent your making the ut­ vidual or national emergencies of life ing may in some cases take the form most out of, and enjoying to the full successfully. of athletics. It should in all cases be extent the true friendships — the So far as I know, this is to a large organized and in a certain degree bridges between your own and an­ degree the case at present. The only competitive. other’s personality—which you may point in mentioning it is to bring In this connection, competitive ath­ be fortunate enough to form in col­ home the fact that we owe it to our­ letics both intra and intercollegiate lege and later life. These contacts selves and to our country to see to have a real value. They teach self- between personalities are the greatest it that we turn out young men and control, team work, and above all, the thing in life. They are so subtle as women who are as well trained in lesson of making a supreme effort for to be difficult of definition or descrip­ general culture as the best, but who a definite purpose. This last matter tion and yet are strong enough to in times of individual or national is neglected or unsatisfactorily dealt overcome or to rise above all the in­ emergency will exercise their practi­ with in the training of many people. fluences aimed at their disintegration. cal training in such a way as to be­ Such persons may go through life The bonds of true friendship are come an asset and not a liability. ignorant of how to drive themselves sacred and are to be treated as such; over that threshold of mediocrity so The next matter of supreme im­ they arise as non-material forces, and well described by William James. To portance is the encouragement of they serve to bring into our daily live such an uninspired and uninspir­ mental strength and initiative. We life the intangible but immeasurable ing life is little short of a crime. do not want A grade men doing C strength of the spiritual. To be sure, the publicity at present work. We do not want human par­ given to athletics is at times a source rots to reflect our own words. We If the University, which from now of trouble, and may lead to the un­ want students who are in the habit on is our common interest, is to attain fortunate cases of professionalism of thinking “around” their subject— the place in the state and in the coun­ which arise under circumstances that whether it be reading in history, an try which we intend she shall, we all no right-minded student or instructor end play in football, or a laboratory of us gathered here must continually would tolerate. But even with this problem in chemistry. live up to these three great principles, drawback, occurring as it does, in­ We want students who realize that faith, hope and friendship, handed frequently, I fail to see the need for inefficiency is more frequently the re­ down to us through the ages. Be­ worry or for the pleas for radical sult of under activity mentally than cause of the firm belief that we shall retrenchment so forcibly and fre­ of over activity, and who will act ac­ all do this, and by so doing shall win quently expressed by the administra­ cordingly. We want students who the support of the citizens of our tive officers of our institutions of will learn to take intellectual respon­ state, there is not in my heart the higher learning. sibility willingly. slightest doubt of the outcome. Why not utilize the good that is in We want the research spirit, the desire to know. We want students athletics rather than emphasize the Of every 100 children who enter bad? Why not try to raise to the who are intellectual Oliver Twists, level of interest, held by athletics in always craving and asking “more.” public schools, only 15 graduate from the undergraduate mind, the scholas­ I believe that these elements are to High school and not three finish col­ tic and social phases of a university a large degree present in this group lege. * J* 1

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incomprehensible to the founders of Address by Hon. William R. Pattangall ’84 this institution. at the Fiftieth Anniversary Exercises A mere matter of fact, recital of the changes which have come sinceI 1872 inspires the thought that mira­ June 4 , 1922 cles are performed so frequently that I want to talk with you today con­ we have become, in fifty years, to be they cease to be miracles and instead cerning a plain and homely matter. I the most powerful and wealthy peo­ become the commonplace and ordinary want to talk to you about the State of ple of modern times, a world empire, phenomena of daily life. Maine. It seems to me that the time the greatest governmental force in In the panoramic view that passes and the occasion warrant the selec­ existence and apparently destined to before us when we recall the events tion of that subject for discussion. become the arbiter and controlling of the period to which our minds are The emphasis of these exercises is factor in the affairs of the civilized addressed, we cannot help but note retrospective. Our attention is called world. No American citizen can that here and there are peoples and so sharply to the fact that we are study the history of that half century communities which have not kept step celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of without mixed feelings of tremendous in this great progressive march. the graduation of our first class that pride and wondering amazement. Stragglers from the ranks who have our minds involuntarily drift to the The growth of this university, the dropped out of their places near the past and dwell in affectionate remem­ little commonwealth, whose sons and front line and gradually drifted back brance upon the things that are gone. daughters we are and in whose honor until they have joined the rear guard. But after all, a review of the past, we meet today does not compare bad­ Is Maine among that number? while always of interest, has no prac­ ly with our wonderful national I love the State of Maine as does tical value excepting as the past in­ growth. every man and woman here present. terprets the present and serves as a In its modest home, here in rural I am no longer a young man and light and a guide to the future. with the exception of some six years Maine, its progress has kept pace Fifty years is a fairly long time with the progress of the government I have spent all my life in Maine. in the history of any American col­ which called it into being. My parents and my grandparents lege. It is a very appreciative period were born and lived and died in Starting from nothing, it has justi­ even in the world’s history. One-third Maine. My children live here. My fied the hopes of its far-seeing found­ of the entire time of our nation’s life, grandchildren live here. I hope that ers. It has firmly established itself in one-half of the time of the life of they may all spend their lives here the educational world and has won a our state is embraced within the and that generations of their descend­ place for itself among schools of its scope of that fifty years. ants may do likewise. kind which entitles it to the respect Fifty years ago these United States In what I say of Maine I wish it of all men and warrants the proud had a population of about 40 million, realized that I speak from a mind and affection of its sons and daughters. which since that time has increased a heart filled with loyalty to her and more than 250 per cent. There were The world has moved in 50 years. hers. But it is no part of love or only 37 states in the Union then and The nation and the University of loyalty to shirk the truth. nine territories. The great domain Maine have moved with it. Perhaps What of Maine during these 50 that lies between the Mississippi and it might be fairly said that much of years ? the Rocky Mountains was almost the progress of the world in that time In 1872 Maine was outranked in wholly unsettled, as was the territory has been because of such institutions population by 22 states. Today we adjacent to Puget Sound. Alaska was as this in which men’s minds are are the 35th state among 48. as inaccessible and apparently as val­ trained in lines that make for dis­ Since 1872 we have gained 25 per ueless as the utmost Polar region. covery and invention. Fifty years cent in numbers while the nation has Our attention had been called to ago the electric railroad was unknown, gained 250 per cent. the desirability of annexing the Vir­ the electric light had not been in­ Of our 16 counties, five show a loss gin Islands but the suggestion had vented, the telephone had yet to be in population aggregating 35,000, one been abruptly and emphatically re­ thought of, wireless telegraphy had has remained stationary and the other jected. We had not even dreamed of not been imagined, the gas engine was ten have gained. More than 35 per acquiring Hawaii or Porto Rico and unheard of, and therefore automo­ cent of the whole gain is in the coun­ the most vivid imagination could not biles, motor boats and aeroplanes ty of Aroostook. The larger part of have visualized the American flag were impossible. the remainder is in a few manufactur­ flying over the custom houses of Ma­ __The laborious toil of the farmer ing towns and cities. If it had not nila and Iloilo. We had just emerged had not then been lightened by the been for a score of these centers the from the shadow of a great civil war scores of labor-saving devices now at whole state would show a falling off and were wrestling with the problem his command, and the productive ca­ excepting in Aroostook county. of reconstruction. Nationally, those pacity of our factories was so limited For example, Penobscot county in fifty years represent tremendous by the crude machinery employed in 50 years gained 13,000, 6,000 of this progress. From a nation whose life them that 11 and 12 hours daily work gain is in Millinocket and East Milli­ had been in imminent danger, whose on the part of laborers, men and nocket, towns which the genius of in­ credit had been seriously impaired, women, was deemed necessary to dustry created from the wilderness whose destiny seemed to remain at supply the needs of the country. since 1872. The growth of Bangor best an isolated country with its In 50 years, industrial life has been alone accounts for the remaining 7,000 boundaries unalterably limited to a revolutionized and commerce devel­ and the growth of the few remaining certain circumscribed continental area, oped to a point that would have been prosperous towns is absorbed by coun- 50TH COMMENCEMENT SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAINE ALUMNUS 5

ter losses in the rest of the county. combine to restore this state to its our forests. Properly handled, that This situation is typical of about proper place in the sisterhood of resource need never become less. We one-half of the state. Aroostook states and to keep it in the front rank are not beginning to utilize our forest stands in a class by itself. The re­ of progress. products fully nor have we even hard­ maining counties show no progress Maine has great agricultural possi­ ly entered upon a constructive policy and five of them an aggregate loss bilities. We stand at the gateway of of forest preservation. in population equal to the entire num­ that thickly settled territory which, There are fortunes in Maine’s hard­ ber of people living in the city of beginning at Boston, extends for 600 woods. That source of wealth has not Lewiston, our second largest munici­ miles to the nation’s capital through as yet been tapped. pality. New York, Brooklyn, and Philadel­ Our climate alone, our scenery, our We have gained about 140,000 in­ phia. A territory embracing the sea shore, our lakes, our mountains, habitants in 50 years. Over 200,000 densely populated states of Rhode are all assets, and assets of which we Maine-born men and women are living Island, Connecticut and New Jersey, talk much and make little. outside of Maine. They have been in which thousands of factory workers There is no need for Maine to retro­ replaced in part by those who have are ready customers for the product grade. There is no need for Maine to come into our more prosperous manu­ of our farms. stand still. Maine has a future just facturing towns. Sometimes the ex­ We can make our own market. We as bright and just as good as men change has been beneficial, sometimes have manufacturing and commercial and women like ourselves are willing not. possibilities unexcelled in America. to make it. Almost two-thirds of the boys and Our water powers, used directly or And it seems to me that it is pecu­ girls who have attended this institu­ developed hydro-electrically, call aloud liarly up to us, sons and daughters of tion are living outside of Maine. for mill wheels to turn and may be this university, to make that future Nearly all of them were Maine bom, made as great an asset as the coal what it ought to be. Maine raised, Maine educated, and by mines of Pennsylvania or West Vir­ We, all of us, have worried a good far the larger part of them country ginia. deal because Maine did not do as much bred. It is their development that made as we thought it ought for the Uni­ Maine men and women have helped Millinocket and East Millinocket, versity. Let us turn that around for greatly in building up the other 47 Rumford and Woodland possible. It a while and see how much the Uni­ states. So has Maine money. Our is to their development that Lewiston versity can do for Maine. banks very largely, and our private and Auburn, Waterville and Skowhe- There are 2,000 men and women in citizens as well, have helped finance gan and Madison, Brunswick and Old Maine who attended this institution many worthy and very many un­ Town and a score more of our thriv­ for a time at least. Two thousand worthy enterprises in every state in ing and prosperous cities and towns Maine people united in pursuing one the Union. owe their existence. ideal, can accomplish anything. Let Our principal exports for 50 years Any policy that even tends to dis­ us all get together for Maine and see have been men, women and money. courage the investment of capital in what we can do. Let us learn and How long can we keep that up and developing these powers is suicidal. preach and practice the doctrine of prosper ? We have a source of wealth in our service to Maine, let us learn and During the 60 years ending with shore fisheries. And to a great ex­ preach and practice the doctrine of 1850 Maine developed from a Massa­ tent an undeveloped and unprotected loyalty to Maine, let us learn and chusetts colony inhabited by a scat­ mine. The gifts of God are little ap­ preach and practice the doctrine of tered population of 96,000 to a great preciated and because our fisheries faith in Maine, in her industries, in commonwealth of half a million peo­ needed neither planting nor cultivat­ her resources and in her future. ple. Her gain in population was al­ ing to produce a harvest, we have Let us dedicate ourselves and our most exactly commensurate with that treated that asset much as the prodi­ savings, our boys and our girls to the of the Nation. Massachusetts has gal son treated his inheritance. upbuilding of Maine. Let us study gained 300 per cent in population Our harbors lie nearer to Europe Maine, find her weaknesses, remedy since 1850; Connecticut 400 per cent; than do any other American harbors. them; find her needs, supply them; Rhode Island over 400 per cent. Portland is the national winter port find her resources, develop them. Maine’s gain is about 50 per cent. for the great stream of commerce Let us prove to Maine that the The country at large has gained 400 which must flow between Canada and state builded wisely in establishing per cent. Europe and should eventually con­ this institution and prove to the world Mere numbers are not the sole cri­ trol a vast import and export trade. that Maine- is a necessary and impor­ terion of a state’s greatness, but num­ Portland has a right to rival Boston tant factor in doing the world’s work. bers count and no state can stand the and Baltimore in the volume of her Let us make the next 50 years of steady drain on its native, rural and foreign trade and to become no mean life in Maine such that when it is re­ suburban population which Maine has figure in the field of world commerce viewed, Maine will lead in progress been subjected to for years and pros­ even when compared with Philadel­ and so that then no one will need to per. phia and New York. With Canada delve into the misty past in order to Unless conditions change the next Northwest for a background, with her find reason to boast of Maine’s 50 years will tell a sad story for the harbor facilities properly developed achievements, but can discuss them as state we love, and there is no need and with the right kind of rail con­ matters of present, current interest. of it. Maine brains, Maine industry, nections established and maintained, Let us do these things in the name Maine thrift, Maine integrity, Maine Portland can become one of the great of the generations that preceded us, manhood and Maine womanhood, commercial cities of the country. generations which produced not only Maine labor and Maine capital can We have a tremendous resource in material prosperity here in a pioneer (Continued on page 8) 6 50TH COMMENCE SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922

ty, originality or to find his special Speech Delivered by President Little bent or abilities unless he tries under the “new plan” of admission to spe­ at the Alumni Banquet, June 4 , 1922 cialize in some group of high school It seems to me desirable at this a dual standard of the type mentioned grade studies, in itself not a matter time when new things are in the air by Dr. Cabot. likely to prove him material of the to talk over at some little length what Speaking of the state universities highest grade. we can aim for and try to achieve at he says: “It will not be practicable Not until state universities and en­ the University of Maine. for them importantly to limit their dowed universities as well know their We must admit at the outset that attendance. In theory they may do so candidate in a more personal, intelli­ an institution like the University of but one may fairly doubt whether gent and vital way than they do at Maine is bigger and more important they will find it either expedient or present, will either of them be pos­ than any one individual or group of possible,” and again, “They must, I sessed of what Mr. Alden speaks of individuals of a particular sort. On think, face the fact that quantity pro­ as “adequate information as to the the other hand we must also admit duction is their business and they previous attainment of the student,” that a single institution, no matter must deal with it.” or what I might add as even more im­ how great it may become, is the serv­ As a necessary future for the state portant, his probable potentialities. ant of the larger commonwealth, the university I fail completely to sub­ Then there is a general factor of state, just as that in turn must recog­ scribe to these statements though I “atmosphere.” Speaking of this Dr. nize its role as a part of the larger frankly admit that application at Cabot says: “The endowed universi­ whole, the Union. present. No institution, state or en­ ty by virtue of its more stable policy, What then are some of the duties dowed, has the right to adopt the of its ability to limit the scope of its and opportunities which the state uni­ “quantity first” slogan. If its equip­ activities, may develop an atmosphere versity should recognize and which ment is sufficient and its faculty ade­ congenial to culture, in which is more our own particular institution should quate to train large numbers to its likely to develop the ability to think.” do its best to fulfill and to utilize? highest grade of efficiency then let it Just how he reaches this viewpoint It is clear at the outset that these do so, but the invitation to become a is to me, at present, a deep mystery. duties and opportunities will be of two carrier and trainer of humanity in the First, let us take up the ability of general sorts, those which are general way that Masefield has aptly spoken the “endowed university to limit the or common to endowed and state uni­ of the modern commercial vessel with scope of its activities.” Does it really versities alike and those which are pe­ its cargo of quantity production, “fire­ have this ability? A few lines before culiar to the latter type of institution. wood, ironware and cheap tin trays,” the quoted statement, Dr. Cabot said A recent communication by Dr. is not accepted by the University of that, “endowed universities are es­ Hugh Cabot in the Harvard Alumni Maine. sentially independent and may be Bulletin on The State University and A more specific point bearing on either conservative or radical with­ the Endowed University has, among this same question of standards is to out fear of the immediate conse­ other things, brought home to me the be found in the nature of admission quences.” Just how do these two need for a careful consideration of the requirements. Here again I must statements match up ? Surely the factors involved. This article, coming refer to the Harvard Alumni Bulletin independence referred to may mean as it does from an alumnus of a col­ of a later issue (May 25) in which change and absence of limits to either lege and professional school of one of Stanley Alden comments on Dr. nature or extent of activities. our most richly endowed universities, Cabot’s article and, in the main, Then, further, let us take the very shows a knowledge of the past and agrees with him. While pointing out nature of the material coming to the present of the two types of institution, certain weaknesses in the method of two types of institutions at present. but a singular absence of constructive admission by certificate, Mr. Alden Dr. Cabot recognizes the fact that and clear thinking as to their futures. fails to recognize the obvious weak­ higher tuition means a relatively high­ First let us take up some of the nesses of the admission by written er proportion of wealthy students. general factors which all efficient ed­ examination with the addition per­ Let us grant this point and ask ucational institutions have or should haps of a “satisfactory” recommenda­ whether these men or those accus­ have in common. You will see as we tion by the secondary school princi­ tomed to earn their way even before discuss them that they involve funda­ pal. Both systems are at fault, radi­ entering college will have, as a gen­ mental characteristics necessary in all cally and fundamentally so; neither eral thing, thought the more frequent­ forms of high human endeavor; in considers the maturity, adaptability, ly, fundamentally and successfully. other words, they are not confined to general intellect (except as a mosaic The answer if the application be kept education alone unless education be of handpicked, written tests, under a general is obvious, and the bearing defined as it might well be to life time limit) and strength of character on the situation clear. The very best itself. of the candidate. No one goes to the minds will shine in either class re­ One such quality is the establish­ trouble of finding out why the candi­ gardless of benefits or handicaps en­ ment and enforcement of a standard date wants to come to an institution countered before entering college. To governing the quality of material to of higher learning, unless it be he who the greater majority, however, the be used for a definite purpose. In the corrects questions of the candidate’s training in independence and self- case of educational institutions this English examination during the exe­ sufficiency incident to it will have means the quality of the young men cution of which he has given a mas­ brought into play “the ability to and women to be admitted and to be terful 10-minute written statement as think” far oftener than the attain­ retained in those institutions. In this to “why I am going to X College.” ment of the entrance to college by respect I fail to admit the need of No one attempts to test his ingenui­ family tradition. In this matter at 50TH COMMENGEMENT SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAINE ALUMNUS 7 least state universities have a happier over a period of years. The narrow­ First among them to utilize in the situation than do endowed universi­ ness of such a viewpoint is pathetic, subjects offered in the curriculum and ties. but unfortunately for the writer of in the advanced work are the natural It is quite possible that, as Dr. the editorial is not confined to any resources of the state itself. It is easy Cabot says, the endowed universities one group of institutions. to understand why we have in the may turn out a larger relative pro­ Then, let us get at the fundamental University of Maine a well developed, portion of “thinkers” as opposed to point, the instability of the state uni­ active and efficient College of Agricul­ “doers” than do the state universities. versity. Admitting the need of con­ ture, Agricultural Experiment Station For my part, however, I want to see vincing legislators in order to justify and College of Engineering. They as a general rule, men in whom these the expenditure of funds on the State have been developed with this view­ functions are not contrasted even Institution two things must be added. point in mind. nominally. Rarely we shall find the First, a point overlooked by the edi­ To continue them and to extend great mind which should give all its torial by Dr. Cabot, and by Mr. Al- their opportunities is a matter of energy to thought. It will, however, den, that the elements on which the prime importance and fundamental be rare, indeed, and its occasional pro­ state university must eventually be value to the welfare of the institution. duction cannot justify the endowed in­ built must be so fundamental as to The extension work in agriculture and stitution in offering an undergraduate be convincing to the citizens of the engineering must form part of this curriculum calculated for such excep­ state. If any of the above writers program. So too, must especial at­ tions. To do so involves waste of ef­ can suggest any more permanent in­ tention be paid to the various prob­ fort in the vast majority of the men stitution in our country than its lems of economies of water power, trained, it involves further the op­ states’ the opportunity for them to such as chemical engineering, forestry portunity for the developing of a non­ do so is given. and paper and wood pulp manufac­ productive mental attitude by those The state university is free from ture. in whom the spark of genius does not the cramped viewpoint of sectarianism Another great problem is the re­ burn but who can, nevertheless, amble (certain endowed institutions are not). sponsibility of the state university through the patures of an endowed The state university is free from the for training secondary school teach­ institution gathering a sufficient sup­ temptation to shape its policies at the ers of the state. For this purpose ply of “ satisfactory” grades and jus­ request of individuals, in order to ob­ we are in real need of a college of tifying the employment of disciplinary tain material endowment, certain en­ education. When such a college is officers by the college. dowed institutions are not. State in­ founded, it must be based on a clear Undoubtedly, atmosphere and tra­ stitutions are free of the need of recognition of certain fundamental dition mean much and serve a great facing the problem of the financially aspects of a teacher’s functions which purpose in increasing loyalty and adequate but mentally troublesome up to now have in such schools been, team play. For the encouragement student, because of social obligations; to a considerable extent, overlooked of the ability to think, however, give certain endowed institutions are not. or under-emphasized. Without taking me real teachers with enthusiasm and As to permanency and stability, time to go into this matter in detail, the tireless energy that are contagious then, the endowed institution which I may say that the keynote of the and the elements that go to produce exists under charter from the state, situation is the realization that a the atmosphere, “congenial to cul­ which in turn is the actual owner of teacher must continually study the ture” and “likely to develop the abil­ the state university, is in a peculiar biological and psychological nature of ity to think” will appear as if by position to claim superiority. the material at his or her disposal. magic. The second point is more cheerful. The records thus obtained should Before leaving this matter of at­ Granted that desperate and vicious be returned to the university at which mosphere I wish to refer to the edito­ politicians become rampant and try the teachers are being trained, with rial in the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, to hamper the state university, there a view to using them as a basis for which agrees with Dr. Cabot’s article. is a natural and apparently unfailing research from which to obtain fur­ Here there appears the somewhat in­ remedy. Politicians have a way of ther knowledge as to correct methods teresting statement that “A state uni­ caring for one another, and moved in the university itself. The system versity can never, we think, have the by the desire to save one another then becomes self-perpetuating and stability of an endowed university. It overwork or some such motive, they self-corrective. may be affected _at any time by the often bring about each other’s pain­ A third matter of vital importance whims, the prejudices, or the ignor­ less elimination. is the strengthening of the College of ance of politicians.” It goes on to I believe that the hope is greater of Arts and Sciences. Unless we are to cite, as an example, the situation in surviving a group of hostile politi­ drop back to a technical school status, Kentucky, where the teaching of evo­ cians than of living through the reign we must improve this college until the lution was imperilled and only saved of one square-jawed, narrowly secta­ liberal education to be obtained there by a scant majority. rian gentleman who has aged mental­ is as good as the best. This will in­ Before passing to the general ques­ ly but retained a good constitution volve more opportunity for research tion it might be worth while to point and is the czar of an endowed insti­ by faculty members, temporary ex­ out the fact that the example is un­ tution. (I have no particular person change of professors with those of fortunate if intended to show a weak­ in mind although some of you may other institutions and new depart­ ness peculiar to the state university. have candidates to bring forward). ments. The justification of such a I can recall at least one endowed uni­ This completes the consideration of proceeding will be ample, for the citi­ versity in which the teaching of evo­ the general factors. The specific re­ zens of the State of Maine will have lution has been and is being fought sponsibilities of a state university are among their number an increasingly by the governing board itself, and this of just as great interest to us here. larger proportion of men and women 8 50TH COMMENCEMENT SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAINE ALUMNUS June-July, 1922 who have had this education and who (Continued from page 5) will therefore favor its support and state with no modem facilities to as-# expansion as a state activity. sist them, but produced as well, poets, authors, jurists, statesmen, whose Sporting Another matter to be considered is names we honor but whose like we the establishment of a department of have not with us now. business administration with the pos­ Unless we can do these things we Goods sibility of later expansion into a are weak and unworthy descendants school or college. Such a department Everything for of a great people, and unless we do Spring and Summer Sports should, of course, cooperate with the them we are unworthy of our heri­ College of Engineering and Agricul­ tage. S. L. Crosby Co. ture, but should also include training Maine men and women are doing 150 Exchange St., Bangor in other fundamental commercial ac­ their part in building up every other tivities. state and nation in the world. Let us h Still another responsibility is a de­ quit missionary work for one genera­ partment and later perhaps a school, tion at least and devote ourselves to in physical training, the first step is home service and to the building up the physical training of our present of the good old State of Maine. body of students. This must be done Jordan Lumber Company in such a way as to establish an or­ ganization that can be expanded if Manufacturers of and when desirable. Alumni Presidents A recent review of the terms of of­ Box Shooks, Long and Short You can see that I have gone over fice of the various men who have a wide field and proposed an ambitious , Lum ber served as presidents of the General program. The steps in its accom­ Alumni Association brings out many HOUSE FINISH plishment will necessarily be slow. I , f » enlightening facts. To George H. fc have taken your time to go into these Hamlin ’73, for years active in Uni-, matters now because it is our first Mills: Old Town and Milford versity affairs as a member of the meeting here at Orono. The details engineering faculty and always active will have to be worked out as the 4 in behalf of the alumni interests, be­ steps are taken. What I ask and hope longs the honor of not only being the of you as alumni is sufficient interest first president of the Association but so that you will give time and effort for serving in three successions for to a sympathetic understanding of the a total of 14 annual terms of office. situation. It was in 1875-76 that he first held I have stated before that the alumni the office for two years, again reelect­ are the applied university, its per­ ed in 1882 and faithfully performing formance test. Let us have your sup­ his duties until 1891 when the late port, criticism and suggestions. You Prof. Horace M. Estabrooke ’76 suc­ Old Town are cells of the University’s body. An ceeded him. Dr. Hamlin again served infection of discontent among a group from 1898 to 1901. Trust Company of you can spread and endanger the The alumni who have held the of- functioning, perhaps the life of the fice are as follows: university itself. On the other hand, 1875-77— George H. Hamlin ’73. Savings Department working in coordination and healthy 1877-80— William A. Allen ’74 (de­ optimism for the purposes which I ceased). have outlined, we may go far. 1880-82— Edward M. Blanding ’76. Checking Accounts In our relations let us keep in mind, 1882-91— George H. Hamlin ’73. the great principle which has en­ 1891-95— Horace M. Estabrooke ’76 abled men to be immortalized and na-) (deceased). tions to weather the storms of con­ 1895-97— Charles S. Bickford ’82. High Grade Bonds flict—that frankness and honesty of 1897- 98— William R. Pattangall ’84. Bought and Sold purpose and of ideals that Lowell has 1898- 01— George H. Hamlin ’73. termed “ the brave old wisdom of sin-- 1901-03—Louis C. Southard ’75. cerity.” —1903-05—James D. Lazell ’87 (de­ Let us apply to state education ceased). Old Town Trust American principles and ideals to such 1905- 06—Charles E. Oak ’76 (de­ an extent that we may become a lead­ ceased). Company er, and that it may be said education-1 1906- 09— John M. Oak ’73. ally as it now is politically, “As goes 1909-11—Joseph F. Gould ’82. Maine so goes the Union.” 1911-13— Charles W. Mullen ’83. ORONO, MAINE 1913-15— Albert H. Brown ’80. The average expense of an educa- 1915- — Allen W. Stephens ’99. tion at Cornell is now about $1150 a Representatives of the classes of year, as compared with $285 years' ’73, ’74, ’75, ’76, ’80, ’82, ’83, ’84, ’87 previous. and ’99 have held the office.