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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 s 1 <1 V » a '. * I 4 r • 1 i * v. ^••>vS1 S\< \S/ s S''" < ' In This Issue • Alumni trustee gives report \ • Commencement reunion news • Nine honorary degrees given I rrr! ♦ * I *■’ <? f BREAK... START PAYING BILLS THE EASIEST WAY OPEN A MERRILL TRUST "SPECIAL CHECKING ACCOUNT” If you wouldn’t require many checks each month, our Special Checking Account is your "cup of tea.” You get these conveniences with a Merrill Trust Special Checking Account: bills can be paid easily by mail . you have better control over your money and you have a legal record of pay­ ments. 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Webb Corporation X rate coupon or postcard --------AD 61100 (Q 5) X- The Maine Alumnus VOLUME 43 NUMBER 6 Editor’s Stencil STAFF here is somthing of great moment—difficult to write about, but Editor Dr. T. Russell Woolley ’41 worthy of our observation—when spring returns. We see it and we Associate Editor Ronald K. Devine 55 T feel a difference. Nature knows the vernal moment best and works Class Notes Editor Margaret M. Mollison ’50 the hardest. Assistant Class Man is simply privileged to notice, and he is usually aware of the new Notes Editor Mildred (Brown ’25) Schrumpf and changing, the fresh and growing. Some see and then detect the fra­ grance of flowers. Others see and remember most the fact that the smelts GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION are running. Officers Along the coast, if it isn’t herring it may be alewives which are crowd­ ing once again upstream, and the alewife is related to a sardine, though President Alvin S. McNeilly ’44 called a shad. 1st Vice President Edward C. Sherry ’38 It was David McCord in a pamphlet entitled, The Language of Re­ 2nd Vice President Mrs. Winona C. Sawyer ’43 quest, or Fishing with a barbless hook, who brought to our attention the Clerk James A. Harmon ’40 interesting facts about spring and alewives, and who pointed out both a Treasurer Harry T. Treworgy ’49 shocking and delightful comparison. Poet McCord wrote the following Executive Director T. Russell Woolley ’41 lines: Ass’t Exec. Director Margaret M. Mollison ’50 Anadromous, the common shad Swims up the river just to add, Alumni Trustees According to his golden rule, Charles E. Crossland ’17 A freshman class to that old school Mrs. Rena C. Bowles ’21 Of which he is himself a grad. The poet has stated knowingly the habits of the homing alewives. Alumni Council The spawning cycle starts in fresh water, and the fingerling then enters Ralph R. Bennett ’24 the ocean. In the fourth year—sometimes the third—he returns in great Maxwell B. Carter, Jr. ’44 numbers to spawn and thus replenish his kind. Mrs. Virginia T. Chaplin ’46 “They come by the whispering thousands.. ,” showing above the Marion Cooper ’27 surface, fins aloft, a spawning migration. Malcolm E. C. Devine ’31 “I trust the academic parallel comes clear. The alewife cycle is four George F. Dow ’27 years. The smart ones would appear to make it in three. More efficient John F. Grant ’48 than their human counterpart, every commencement is also their re­ M. Eleanor Jackson ’20 union—a joint celebration.” Parker F. Leonard ’50 Loyalty remains a virtue, and loyalty to alma mater is a noticeable Frank W. Linnell ’29 fact in the spring at Orono, too. M. Milton MacBride ’35 The weekend of commencement-reunion at Maine, June Roscoe C. Masterman ’32 8-10 this year brought a remarkable number of alumni Robert W. Nelson ’45 home to campus. They seemed literally to fill the area from Albert S. Noyes ’24 river bank to forest. Never had the grounds nor the build­ Albert M. Parker ’28 ings looked more beautiful, some said. Mrs. Stella B. Patten ’47 Truly the shrubs and trees, colorful and fragrant lilacs—spots of Carleton B. Payson ’41 other blossoms, seemed playground bright. Never mind a few ugly exca­ Robert P. Schoppe ’38 vations for new building progress, the existing buildings had a cleanliness Norma J. Smaha ’54 and a brightwork appearance that came from regular, well-planned Carl A. Whitman ’35 maintenance. A. Percival Wyman ’07 The campus is certainly growing, but is assuredly growing beautiful. Myron W. Zimmerman ’50 The ivy doesn’t hold the bricks together; its lovely green does decorate the walls, however. Around the ivied halls, living in the dormitories and meeting in the Memorial Union, Memorial Gymnasium and the new Col­ lege of Education Building, alumni walked around that weekend and TABLE OF CONTENTS really shared a joint celebration, with the University family. Perhaps it is not as instinctive as it may be with the alewives, but the Campus scene 8 crowded return journey home to Maine had a natural wonder about it Reunion, commencement 9-18 that was good. It was spring again. Athletics 19 THE COVER: Admiral and Mrs. Frank W. Fenno stand on the Alumni names 20-21 steps of the Memorial Gymnasium shortly after a carillon named in Local associations 22-23 honor of the admiral was presented to the University at the annual Class notes 24-34 Alumni Luncheon. Standing with them is a long-time friend Alfred B. Lingley ’20. Photograph by Daniel M. Maher. The ^ain^CA1umnuTeUntvers^ly rofnMa1nebeOron°o C Main’p Ja<?Uh Fy’- ^arc^' May and June by the University of Maine General Alumni Association, Business office. S%t the Post Office’ a” OroX Maine^ndeV'act’o^MaTchT^ AmeriC3n A,Umni C°UnCiL Entered 3S second'class mat’ On Alumni Day, June 9, in Orono, the University’s beautiful new Admiral Frank W. Fenno Carillon was dedicated before a capacity luncheon audience. A tribute to Rear Admiral Frank W. Fenno, Class of 1923, the carillon is the gift of a Maine alumnus who wishes to remain anonymous. Admiral Fenno, one of World War IPs most decorated naval heroes, received three Navy Crosses, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit, as well as other decorations. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University in 1951. The Admiral Frank W. Fenno Carillon consists of 75 bells electrostatically amplified from the tower of Alumni Hall. It may be played from a special key­ board located in the Little Theatre, and it also operates automatically on a time mechanism. The carillon has also replaced the old University class bell. This unusual gift by a most generous alumnus will help to carry forward the traditions of the University and to provide present and future students and faculty with the cultural atmosphere so appropriate to the campus. The University wishes to express its appreciation to the donor. Make your SECOND The Arthur A. Hauck Building Fund was planned in 1957; Money has been raised from 1958 to 1962 (campaign ends Oct. 1,1962); The Memorial Union Building was completed in 1960; A second gift campaign is in progress Now—funds on hand for the Auditorium: $224,000. Total income to date: $640,000 (additional pledges now raise total fund over $720,000) NEEDED from second gifts $26,000 minimum ► 3 North Elevation, Bookstore Entrance Memorial Union I HAUCK FUND GIFT / Memorial Union South Elevation, Main Entrance, Hauck Auditorium Details of the new Auditorium have been announced by the trustees from planning by the architect, Alonzo J.