The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications Fall 1972 Maine Alumnus, Volume 54, Number 2, Fall 1972 General Alumni Association, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation General Alumni Association, University of Maine, "Maine Alumnus, Volume 54, Number 2, Fall 1972" (1972). University of Maine Alumni Magazines. 297. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines/297 This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Young Christopher Jordan, son of Thomas A. ’72 and Sarah Jordan is held on his seat by his mother at the Lafayette football game during Homecoming Weekend. At 1 Vi years old Christopher saw his first Maine Homecoming game,but probably not his last, as his parents will be returning to UMO and Christopher may yet end up in the class of 1993! The Maine Alumnus vol. 54 no. 2 fall 1972 contents Special Collections 3 Local Association Schedule 26 Homecoming 1972 6 Alumni News 27 1 I I Sprinchorn: A Maine Artist I 8 On Campus 30 Underground Notes on UMO 10 Book Review 32 In Memoriam 11 Campus Capsules 33 Class Notes 14 New barn complex 34 Sports 36 staff alumni representatives to alumni council the intercollegiate athletic Donald M. Stewart ’35, Publisher John W. Ballou ’49 Margaret A. Rode ’71, Editor advisory council William E. Bodwell ’50 Roger C. Castle ’21 Howard L. Bowen ’24 Willard C. Farnham ’60 Leland F. Carter ’42 Vernon W. Tozer ’51 Raymond R. Couture ’51 J. Edward DeCourcy ’34 John R. Dyer *41 annual alumni fund Gordon I. Erikson• ’43 photo credits committee Dennis P. Hogan ’71 Waldo M. Libbey ’44 Albert M. Pelletier Gordon I. Erikson ’43 John A. Walas National Chairman Mrs. Lewis B. Paine, II ’50 Portland Evening Express Russell S. Bodwell ’44 (Sarah Weeks) Colby College Chairman, President’s Club Mrs. Vincent E. Poeppelmeier ’40 Joseph A. Benedetto ’55 (Alice Ann Donovan) Russell S. Bodwell ’44 Patrica A. Riley ’73 Chairman, Stein Club Mrs. Bernard P. Rines ’49 Raymond R. Couture *51 (Priscilla J. Thomas) alumni association officers Chairman, Pine Tree Club Peter A. Simon ’74 Dana P. Sidelinger ’36 Mrs. C. Donald Stebbins ’46 Albert M. Parker ’28, President Chairman, Century Club (Louise E. Perkins) Ralph L. Hodgkins, Jr. ’59 Arthur Nicholson ’67 David E. Svendsen ’65 First Vice President Chairman, Maine Stay Club Carl R. Toothaker ’39 Mrs. Edith (Talbot ’32) Ness Stephen T. Hughes ’69 Mrs. John J. Turbyne ’34 Second Vice President Chairman, Honor Roll Club (Fern Allen) Mrs. Mildred (Simpson ’62) Jon F. Dawson ’67 Stewart, Clerk Coordinator for Young Alumni Whitney L. Wheeler ’29 Herbert A. Leonard ’39, Kenneth F. Woodbury ’24 John F. Wilson ’33 Treasurer Coordinator for Matching Gifts Kenneth F. Woodbury ’24 Front Cover: Donald M. Stewart ’35, John F. Wilson ’33 Mrs. Philip R. Yerxa ’33 Executive Director Coordinator for Reunion Gifts (Eleanor West) UMO photographer Jack Walas caught Mike Porter as he ran the ball for The Maine Alumnus, published five times a year in September-October, November-December, January- February, April-May and June-July by the General Alumni Association, Alumni Center, University of Maine, Maine during the Homecoming game Orono/Orono, Maine 04473. Editorial and Bussiness offices at Alumni Center, North Hall. Donald M. Stewart, publisher. The General Alumni Association, Albert M. Parker, president, is an unincorporated association against Lafayette College which Maine classified as an educational and charitable organization as described in section 509(a)(l) °f the Internal Revenue Code. Total number of copies printed per year, 104,700. Average per issue, 20,940. Send changes of address won 16-6. Homecoming photo essay to the business office six weeks prior to the next issue. Advertising rates on request. The Maine Alumnus is sent to members and to those who contribute to the Annual Alumni Fund. Member American Alumni Council. on pages 6 and 7. Second class postage paid at Orono, Maine 04473. As a continuation of my remarks in the last as provide information on the status and effec­ issue on the President's "Report on the Biennium tiveness of the programs. 1970-1972/' the area of student affairs with Physically as well as administratively the its marked transitions is of prime interest. campus has changed in relation to student affairs. President Libby discussed the changes in the Following the opening of the first "split dorm" area of student affairs, which has been marked for men and women in 1969, the university now by the new conception of the student as an adult plans to open seven such dorms next year. The member of the University community. dorms have common recreation and lounge areas It was a turbulent two years for the affairs and many offer different life styles for the stu­ of students and their university at UMO as well dents. There are cooperative dorms in which as around the nation. A major cause of this students do their own cooking and housekeeping. transition can be seen in the fact that now full This area of change has received much publicity; adult rights have been given to the eighteen yet, in the President's report, emphasis is placed year olds. on the fact that the split dorms are not an end in The University has moved away from the role themselves but rather a plan for residence life of in loco parentis and toward a system where which will provide students with a number of the student is responsible and accountable for options. his actions. The report also focused on two innovations The Student Affairs Department, now under that have been instituted relating to the student Vice President Arthur Kaplan, has replaced the services. former system of deans of men and women. A video-taped interview procedure to help Whereas the deans previously had the job of increase the student job market received national keeping order on campus, these functions are attention and quite promising results in its now carried by the Security Department. first year. As a result the service is being con­ The Student Affairs Office emphasizes more tinued this year in the Office of Career Planning educational programs and services for the stu­ and Placement under Philip J. Brockway. dents rather than serving strictly as a watchdog. In addition, funds for a Coordinator of Franco- A major reorganization brought the Residences American studies program were provided by and Dining Halls departments under Student the Emergency Employment Act. Yvonne Labbe Affairs rather than under the Vice President for is the coordinator of this program whose goal Finance and Administration. Staffing, program­ is to help with the problems Franco-American ming and student life in student related depart­ students face on campus. ments are now supervised by student affairs Outside the area of student affairs, accounta­ rather than by finance. bility was another subject dealt with by President Along with these changes in organization, Libby in his report on the biennium. Accounting a center for Research and Development in stu­ for the use of public money is something in which dent affairs has been originated. The center, the public and political representatives have be­ being conducted in cooperation with the student come highly interested. In the past two years, personnel staff of the College of Education, will UMO has developed a variety of management serve a dual function. It should supply valuable practices, tools and policies to improve adminis­ research experience for graduate students as well trative procedures. 2 Old collections have new home Alumni at the University of Maine at Orono give to their university in different ways. One of the most interesting and unsung areas of alumni giving is that of contributions in kind to the Special Collections division of Fogler Library. Over the years, books, manuscripts, letters, photographs and memorabilia had been col­ lecting in the ROTC vault at Fogler Library. This fall after three years of specialized effort under the full-time direction of Mrs. Frances C. Hartgen, a professional librarian, Special Collections officially opened the doors of the beautiful new division for archival material. Mrs. Hartgen sees the chief goal of the Special Collections division as helping Fogler Library de­ velop into the state's major research facility. It is hoped that items of interest and research can be kept within the state by residents of Maine and in turn be deposited to the division for safekeeping. The availability of the archival material for research has been vastly increased due to the organization and development of the collection in the past few years. Filing, cataloging and the preparation of the thousands of items keep Mrs. Hartgen's staff of 3 13 busy. The new facilities can seat over 100 people for research purposes or student studying. Alumni and other contributors over the years have helped the division grow to its present size with gifts of letters, manuscripts and papers. The division relies heavily on the generosity of its contributors as it can not afford to buy the sometimes very costly items. One of the earliest book collections was do­ nated in 1936 by Clinton L. Cole from the class of 1900. The original collection of six hundred volumes concerns world-wide maritime material. Eunice Nelson Baumann '39, on record as the first woman Indian to graduate from UMO, do­ nated personal papers relating to her work in human relat ons and anthropology.