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Maine Alumnus, Volume 40, Number 6, March 1959
General Alumni Association, University of Maine
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Most are small share owners Women are the largest group
More than 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 are Bell telephone employees.
The Bell System is an outstand
ing example of American democracy
in business.
Millions of people use telephone
service 735,000 people work for
the Bell companies More than
1,600,000 people own A.T.&T stock.
The owners of American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company stock
are people in all walks of life.
Most of them are small share own
ers No one individual owns as much
as l/30th of one per cent of the
stock Many thousands own five and
ten shares About half own fifteen
shares or less.
Women are the largest group and
hold the most stock Over 250,000
of the share owners are Bell tele
phone employees.
Some 85 per cent of all the shares
are owned by individuals In addi
tion to these direct owners of
A.T.&T securities, many millions of
other people have an im portant,
beneficial interest through the hold
ings of their insurance companies,
pension funds, investm ent com
panies, unions, savings banks, etc.
The total of direct and indirect
owners represents the great majority
of all the families in the country.
A.T.&T share owners, and the
owners of A.T.&T bonds, are the
financial foundation of our ability
to serve For without the money
they have put in the business you
OWNERSHIP IS WIDESPREAD A.T.& T share owners live in cities, towns and on farms,
in 22,000 communities throughout the country About 450,000 of the shares are in two names, generally husband and wife Many hundreds of hospitals, churches, libraries and charitable organizations are among the holders of A.T.& T stock and bonds.
would n o t have the quality and quantity of telephone service you en
joy today Nor would there be work and wages for 735,000 employees.
Obviously, investors will continue
to supply capital in the amounts required for present and future needs only if they can expect the Bell System to earn a return on the money they invest that is reasonable
in comparison with the earnings rates
of other companies and industries.
So telephone progress, and the ad
vantage to all that comes from push
ing ahead, begins with good earn ings and our faith that Americans want good and improving service at prices which allow a fair profit That is the way of life which in our country has stimulated inven-J
tion, nourished enterprise, created jobs, raised living standards and built our national strength.
As long as we live by this principle
—and earnings are sufficient to en able us to carry it out —the future of the telephone is almost limitless in possibilities for service to you.
B E L L T E L E P H O N E S Y S T E
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COMPARED WITH OTHER PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
Maine is now nearly the highest in
the nation for publicly-supported
colleges and universities.
At the present time, residents of
Maine are charged $318 per year
for tuition and fees The charge for
non-residents is $703.
The average resident tuition
charge for 87 publicly-supported
colleges and universities throughout
the country is $215.
According to University President
Dr Lloyd H Elliott, although the funds requested of the Maine Legis lature this year do not provide for
a decrease in tuition charges, they
do make it possible for the Univer sity to “hold the line” in this respect University officials are hopeful that the day may come when tuition charges may be reduced.
In the meantime, it is necessary
to charge high tuition to gain suffi cient funds to pay for some of the costs of operating the University.
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Trang 6University Spotlight— J A Gannett ’08, F S Youngs '14 8
Students Selected For Senior Alumni Awards 10
An Englishman Looks At The University of Maine 11
to the top in the race for Maine college track supremacy Maine must now be rated as the best college track team in the state, or at least until the State Meet in May when the Bobcats from Lewiston will try their best to move to the front once more.
Former Maine trackmen will be interested to know that the win over Bates came in the 100th indoor varsity dual meet in University history Indoor track has been a sport at Maine since the fieldhouse was erected some 24 years ago In the 100 meets, Maine teams have captured 76 victories against only 23 losses and one tie The young man on the right with the stop watch, hoping for a record, is Norris Thurston of Saco, manager of last year’s indoor squad Although no longer the varsity manager, Thurston maintains a great interest in the team and proves a valuable aid to Coach Ed Styrna during the
Published monthly from October to June inclusive, by the University of Maine General Alumni Association, Business office, The Maine Alumnus, University
of Maine, Orono, Maine Subscription price, $3 00 per year, included in annual alumni dues of $5.00 Member: American Alumni Council Entered as second- class matter at the Post Office at Orono Maine, under act of March 3, 1870
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(It is a rare day indeed when your editors of The Maine Alumnus feel that an editorial is necessary in taking a stand on an issue affecting the University of Maine Such a time is now We present the following editorial and ask that you give it careful thought It concerns a matter of vital importance to Maine’s state university.)
Th e s eUniversity of Maine The closing colare t r u l y days of crisis for the
lege door has never been more real
than it is today.
The problem is this: The University is
suffering from a lack of money, a major
ingredient in the process that creates an
institution of higher learning.
Many Dangers
The dangers resulting from a lack of
funds are all around us Maine’s instructors
are leaving at an alarming rate—a 44 per
cent turnover in the past four years.
The quality of the academic program is
beginning to suffer; this is evidenced by the
warning that Maine’s College of Technology
may possibly lose its accreditation within a
few years Even the buildings cry out for
more attention Engineers report that only
one-third of the funds required is being
spent for maintenance of the University’s
buildings each year.
A lack of funds presents a double-barreled
problem for the University.
Must M aintain E xcellence
Maine must not only have more money
to maintain a degree of excellence for its
present enrollment, but it can not hope to
admit any more students without a substan
tial increase in financial support The last
part of the last statement carries an ominous
meaning, for if Maine’s high school gradu
ates can’t find an open door at the state uni
versity, a great many qualified students will
have to go without a college education.
The majority of our private colleges have
already decided either not to expand, or if
they do, it will be to increase their enroll
ments by only a few hundreds, rather than
by thousands.
Where does the money come from to
operate a state university?
Most of it comes from two sources: stu
dent tuition fees and state appropriations
Maine cannot increase its tuition fees They
are already high, in fact only two or three
other state universities require higher fees.
A State of Maine student must pay over
$5,000 for a four-year University of Maine education if he resides in a University dor
mitory.
Thus more funds ought to come from the State of Maine.
The University has asked for an increase
of $2,900,000 for the next biennium over the amount it received for operating ex
penses for the past two years It has also asked for approximately nine million dol
lars for capital improvements.
A larm ing R ecom m en d ation
Members of the Maine Legislature haven’t decided how much the University will re
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D irector and A ssistant E x ecu tiv e
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A ssociation
ceive, but Governor Clinton A Clauson has recommended that the University receive only one-third of its asked-for increase for operating expenses and four million of its request for capital improvements.
Governor Clauson’s recommendation is cause for alarm.
True, Maine may be a comparatively poor state The per capita incomes may be com paratively low.
Nevertheless, some $77,000,000 is to be spent on highways during the next biennium.
Do Maine’s parents wish to drive to edu cational mediocrity down a super highway?
Or do they wish to have their children re ceive the same opportunities in higher edu cation as youngsters in other New England states?
A university is the means by which Americans can obtain the higher education they need to remain citizens of one of the world’s greatest nations Russia today spends more than four times the amount on education that America is spending The University of Maine cannot continue its high standard educational program if it receives less than what it has requested from the State Legislature In fact, if any changes are made in the request, it should be to in crease it.
The situation boils down to this:
If we can’t afford good higher education, what is there left to afford?
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Technology Must Have More Support
Th eUniversity of Maine, which enjoys na Co l l e g e o f Te c h n o l o g y of the
tional and international prestige for the
quality of its academic program, may lose
its important accreditation unless adequate
appropriations are made by the 99th Maine
Legislature currently in session.
U nsatisfactory
In a startling announcement by President
Lloyd H Elliott on January 31, it was
learned that five unsatisfactory situations
exist at the present time in the College of
Technology.
Dr Elliott said that the Engineers’ Coun
cil for Professional Development, the na
tional accrediting agency, has notified the
University that Maine is losing ground be
What does this mean?
It means that if the College of Technology
doesn’t receive help in the form of more
funds from the State Legislature, the College
may lose its accreditation and its graduates
will face the prospect of missing out on
better jobs after graduations.
Few of the better companies will hire an
engineer who has graduated from a college
without accreditation by the ECPD.
Down T o Two Years
President Elliott said the usual five-year
accreditation period for the departments in
the college was shortened to four years in
1954 and again to three years in 1958 He
said that one department has now had its
accreditation period cut to two years.
Dr Elliott declared that these curtailed
periods of accreditation give warning that
the college may lose its accreditation com
pletely in some departments in 1961 unless
action is taken at once to make improve
ments in the five areas selected for criticism
by the ECPD.
Continuing, Dr Elliott pointed out that
the chemical engineering department of the
college was accredited in 1955 for five years,
largely because of the financial support given
to it by industry and the Pulp and Paper
Foundation.
“This accreditation problem is a most serious matter and one which should be of concern to every citizen of the State of Maine,” President Elliott went on.
Insufficient Funds
“Our College of Technology is facing pos
sible loss of accreditation because sufficient funds have not been provided to keep it on
a par with similar institutions in this nation.
“This disheartening report on the College
of Technology is an indication of the critical problems that are faced in many areas on the State University campus because of in
sufficient financial support.
“The College of Technology has a long and distinguished record,” Dr Elliott con
tinued “The fame of the college has spread around the world and its graduates are known for their outstanding accomplish
ments in all corners of the globe It is sig
nificant to note,” he said, “that when the Reader’s Digest selected its Seven Engineer
ing Wonders it chose four projects that were products of University of Maine engineers.
“It is sad indeed to report,” the president re-emphasized, “that this highly respected and world famous college is now in danger
of losing its accreditation because we haven’t been able to find sufficient funds to keep it in its rightful place.”
Dr Elliott went on to say that the budget request which the University has submitted
to the current session of the Legislature, if approved, will make it possible for the Uni versity to bring about some much-needed improvements in its College of Technology and in other areas.
Need For Im provem ent
“I am hopeful that the Maine Legislature will provide all of the operational funds which we are requesting, so that we may begin at once to make the improvements sug gested by the accrediting agency and carry out other plans for the good of the Univer sity.”
In its request to the State Legislature, the University has asked for $8,100,000 for operating expenses and $8,752,400 for capi tal improvements.
The University’s request for operating expenses is $2,900,000 more than was granted two years ago Governor Clinton
M Clauson has recommended to the State Legislature that the University receive about
$1,000,000 more, or roughly one-third of the increase If the University receives only the amount recommended by the governor,
it will be extremely unlikely that enough funds will be available for an improved program in the College of Technology.
F resh m an stu d en ts “ talk sh o p ” o u tsid e o f A ubert H all, le ft, and Lord H all, rig h t, h o m e o f th e m ajority o f the en g in e e r in g courses offered by th e University
o f M aine.
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J A Gannett’08, F.S Youngs 14
TWO HIGHLY-RESPECTED MEMBERS of the
University staff, James A Gannett ’08
and Frederick S Youngs ’14, are in
the spotlight this month.
The newest men’s dormitory at the Uni
versity will be named in honor of Mr
Gannett, registrar emeritus Mr Youngs,
treasurer of the University for the past 36
years, has announced that he will retire on
August 31.
Gannett Hall
The new dormitory is located at the north
end of the campus in a new men’s dormitory
area being developed where the Outing Club
cabin was formerly located.
Mr Gannett retired in 1953 after serving
as University registrar for 40 years Prior
to his appointment as registrar in 1913, he
served as commercial secretary of the Uni
versity for five years.
For the past six years he has been resi
dent secretary of the University of Maine
Pulp and Paper Foundation, with offices on
the University campus.
Mr Gannett, a native of Yarmouth, was
graduated from the University in 1908 with
a B.S degree in electrical engineering His
alma mater awarded him the honorary de
gree of master of arts in 1928 The citation
read in part: “ friend and counselor of
youth, your upright conduct, honesty of
purpose, integrity and devotion to your
work have won the love and esteem of all.”
As an undergraduate, Mr Gannett was
president of his class his senior year, a
member of the Senior Skulls, Scabbard and
Blade, varsity track team, and athletic as
sociation He is a member of Phi Kappa
Sigma fraternity and was elected to Phi
Kappa Phi, honorary scholastic society.
He has been an active member of the General Alumni Association and in 1947 was awarded the Alumni Service Emblem
by the GAA “in recognition of outstanding service rendered through the Alumni Asso
ciation to the University of Maine.”
Gordon Named
Mr Youngs will
be succeeded as University treasur
er by Harry W
Gordon, assistant tre a s u re r sin c e 1946
Mr Youngs, a
1914 graduate of the University, was associated with sev
eral firms before coming to the uni
versity He was in building and con
tracting work with Doe and Whittier in New York and New Jersey, in charge of the cost division of the forest engineering department of the Great Northern Paper Company, in the account
ing department of the E B Draper Enter
prises, and treasurer and purchasing agent
of the J F Philippi Company.
Mr Youngs has also been active in church work A member of the Unitarian Church
in Bangor, he was elected one of the three vice presidents of the American Unitarian Association in 1957.
The Youngs have two children, Freder
ick L Youngs of Orrington and Annette Helen Redman (Class of 1938), wife of a Unitarian minister in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
F S Y oungs ’14
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The new treasurer, Mr Gordon, is a 1934 graduate of Yale University Prior to enter ing Yale, he attended Bar Harbor High School and Phillips Exeter Academy.
He also attended Harvard Graduate School between 1934 and 1936.
L a n g u a g e Institute
The “upgrading and development of foreign-language proficiency of secondary and elementary school teachers” will be the goal of a $102,000 Foreign Language Insti tute to be held at the University this sum mer.
The University will be the site of one of only four such projects in the nation.
Dr Wilmarth H Starr, head of the In stitute and of the Department of Modern Languages and Classics, said that the ob jective stands because of a crisis which ex ists in American education today.
“Not enough Americans are trained to carry out effectively American responsibili ties on a global scale This fact has been recognized by leading educators, industrial ists and businessmen, foreign service per sonnel and generally by the public,” Dr Starr commented.
Because of this crisis, which affects Amer ica’s role in its defense, the National De fense Development Program was made a part of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, Dr Starr said.
As a result of the training which they will receive at the University Institute, the ele mentary and secondary school teachers should be better prepared to teach the pupils in their local communities how to speak, read and write one or more foreign languages, Dr Starr said.
Funds appropriated by the U S Govern ment will pay for the Institute All secon dary and elementary public school teachers will receive a stipend of $75 per week (no tuition) and $15 per week for each depen dent for living expenses.
The Institute will be held on the Orono campus between July 6 and August 21
Dr Starr expects to have three University faculty members on the staff and 10 or 11 visting faculty members will be also pres ent.
“I expect about 100 teachers to attend There will probably be about 90 secondary teachers attending, with 50 studying French,
20 studying Spanish and 20 studying Ger man The remaining 10 will be elementary teachers studying French,” Dr Starr went on.
Shown at left is the new est m en ’s dorm itory at the U niversity, w hich has been nam ed G annett H all in h on or o f Jam es A G annett ’0 8 , registrar em eritu s.
THE MAINE ALUMNUS
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A s THEY HAVE in past capital fund
raising efforts of the General Alumni
Association, the non-alumni faculty of
the University have voluntarily joined alum
ni, students, and friends of the University
in the Arthur A Hauck Building Fund.
Faculty G eneral Chairm an
General Chairman for the Non-Alumni
Faculty Campaign is M atthew M cNeary,
professor and head of the department of
engineering graphics Professor McNeary,
well-known to many Maine alumni, joined
the University’s faculty in 1937.
Under Professor McNeary’s leadership,
the non-alumni faculty have organized into
six divisions for their campaign to aid the
Building Fund These divisions are: Col
lege of Agriculture, College of Arts and
Sciences, College of Education, College of
Technology, University Administration, and
Department of Military Science and Tactics.
D ivision C am paign C hairm en
Professor McNeary has appointed the fol
lowing chairmen for the divisions: Agricul
ture, D r E R eev e H itch n er, professor of
bacteriology; Arts and Sciences, D r H erbert
H W ood , Assistant to the Dean; Education,
D r Mark R S h ib les, Dean; Technology,
D r Irw in B D o u g la ss, professor of chem
istry; Administration, N elso n B J o n e s, di
rector of the Memorial Union; and Military,
M ajor J o sep h D P ark , assistant professor
of Military Science.
Goal o f $ 1 0 ,0 0 0
A goal for the Non-Alumni Faculty Cam
paign of $10,000 has been established Three
hundred faculty members are being asked
to participate in the campaign for this
$10,000 goal.
In announcing the division chairmen and
the goal, Professor McNeary pointed out
that in the Union Building Campaign, 1946-
49, 154 non-alumni members of the Univer
sity’s faculty contributed $10,204 He ex
pressed confidence that the giving to the
present effort by current non-alumni faculty
would equal the previous outstanding rec
ord.
“ K ick-off” H eld
Professor McNeary and his division
chairmen have been actively preparing their
program The actual solicitation phase of
the non-alumni faculty effort was scheduled
for the period February 20-27 C harles E
C rossland ’1 7 , University Vice President for
Administration, was the featured speaker
at the Non-Alumni Faculty “Kick-Off”
meeting on February 18.
N on-A lum ni F riends
R aym on d H F o g ler ’1 5 , General Chair
man of another important non-alumni phase
of the Arthur A Hauck Building Fund, the
Friends of the University Division, has re
ported growing activity in this effort Vol
unteer non-alumni chairmen in the following
areas are contacting friends of Maine con
cerning the Fund: Bangor-Brewer, Orono, Old Town, Aroostook County, Augusta,
County, Boston, New York, Hancock Coun
ty, Pittsfield, Newport, Greenville, Corinna, Hancock County The Friends of the Uni
versity Division of the Fund seeks a goal
of $125,000.
Student Cam paign
Including a substantial gift from the Uni
versity Store Company, the Student Cam
paign for the Arthur A Hauck Building Fund has now reached total subscriptions of
$85,235 The students have set their goal
at $100,000, and plan to complete this goal
in the fall of 1959.
Students at the University have conduct
ed two phases, to date, in their campaign effort The first phase was held in the spring
of 1958 under the chairmanship of A rthur
M ayo ’5 8 The second phase was held in November, 1958, with B lain e M oores ’5 9
as genera! student chairman.
General Fund Chairman Reports
As this issue of The Maine Alumnus goes
to press, T h om as G M angan ’1 6 , General Chairman for the Arthur A Hauck Build ing Fund, reports, “Our total effort for the Fund is now at the $500,000 mark The sincere appreciation of your General Fund Committee goes out to all leaders, workers, and contributors who have played their part
in helping us reach this important milestone
on our road to the total goal of $1,500,000.
“Of the several loyal groups aiding this vital effort, only our wonderful Maine stu dents have approached the completion of their efforts Nearly 60% of our Maine alumni remain to be contacted on the Fund.
“Our Friends of the University Division
is still moving in its early stages, and our Non-Alumni Faculty division undertakes its appreciated effort this month (February) While the ‘back of the effort’ has been broken, there is much to be done in the months ahead I am confident that we shall push on to an early total victory.”
D iv isio n ch airm en o f th e N on -A lu m n i F aculty C am paign o f the Arthur A
H a u ck B u ild in g F und are, le ft to rig h t: P rof E R eeve H itch n er, K en n eth B
F o b es ’4 9 (r ep re se n tin g D ea n M ark R S h ib le s ), P ro f M atthew M cNeary, P rof Irw in B D o u g la ss, M ajor J o sep h D P ark, and N elson B Jon es A bsent when
th e p ictu re was tak en was A ssoc P ro f H erbert H W ood, Jr.
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Senior Alum ni Association scholarships Carroll is from South O range, N J.,
w hile Stanley is a resident o f Charleston Absent when the picture was taken
was Jan Adlm ann, scholarship winner from R ockland.
Students Selected For
Senior Alumni Awards
ThreeableUniversity of Maine students
have been selected to receive scholar
ships established by the Senior Alumni
Association.
Wayne Stanley ’60 of Charleston Joseph
Carroll, Jr ’60 of South Orange, N J and
Jan Adlmann ’59 of Rockland will each
receive a $150 scholarship.
The scholarship program of the Senior
Alumni Association is one of the shining
stars of Maine’s alumni program The first
grants were made in 1949-50 and the schol
arship fund now amounts to nearly $7,000
It is administered by the University of Maine
Foundation.
The Senior Alumni Association, growing
in size and spirit every year, was established
in 1936 “to promote good fellowship among
its members, and by its influence endeavor
to advance the interests of the University.”
Members of the Association are persons
whose graduating class is 50 years or older.
Meetings of the group are held annually
at Commencement for the purpose of elect
ing officers and transacting other business
Each member pays one dollar per year for
dues.
Officers are Emerson P Lambe ’07, presi
dent; Abel P Wyman ’07, first vice presi
dent; Henry W Bearce ’06, second vice
president; Leslie E Little ’04, secretary-
treasurer; Horace A Hilton ’05, auditor;
and William B Alexander ’07, William Cobb
’08 and Earl Vickery ’08 are members of
the executive committee.
Each of the three scholarship winners this
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year has compiled fine records while at
tending the University.
Wayne Stanley is majoring in mathematics and intends to seek a job in applied mathe
matics after graduation He is a member
of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Sigma
Pi Sigma, the honorary physics society.
Prior to entering the University, he at
tended Higgins Classical Institute where he played baseball and basketball, was a mem
ber of the Latin Club and National Honor Society and received the Harvard Book Award and Rensselaer Polytechnical Insti
tute Award.
Joseph Carroll, Jr., a graduate of South Orange High School prior to entering the University, has served as vice president of the sophomore class and as a proctor in a men’s dormitory He is also a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Carroll is majoring in wildlife conserva
tion and hopes to do graduate work in fish
ery biology after graduation.
Jan Adlmann graduated from Rockland High School before entering Maine At the University, he is majoring in English and hopes to do graduate study in the field of art history and museum directorship upon graduation.
Adlmann is a member of the Maine Masque Theatre, and has been active in student cultural activities in the Memorial Union.
It is interesting to note that the three students are supplying nearly all of their own funds for their University of Maine education.
Alumni Job Opportunities
Fro mates received recently at the University n u m e r o u s job inquiries for gradu Placement Bureau, the following of general interest are listed Alumni desiring further information on any of the following are invited to write to the University Place ment Bureau, 104 East Annex, Orono, Philip
J Brockway, '31, Director Please identify openings by code number.
2-59-51 Opening for sales engineer for a complete line of materials handling equipment through Maine, such as hoists, fork trucks, conveyors, cranes, monorail systems, etc CE, ME, EE or other engineering degree Starting rate $100-$125 per week, all expenses paid, this as drawing account against commissions Experience not necessary.2-59-52 Inside salesman for organic chemical sales Chemical background preferred; other majors, including liberal arts accepted but must have courses in Organic Promotion in company requires immediate replacement Experience not required Salary open Location upper New York State No travel
2-59-56 A plastic resins manufacturer lists following positions Location western Mass Salary open
A Production supervisors, ChE degree, 0-5 years experience Direct manufacturing operations from raw materials to finished polyvinyl resins; improve processes and equipment; supervise chemical operators
B Area Maintenance Engineer, ChE of ME, 0-5 years experience Assist in maintenance improvement programs, economic studies, installations and modifications to utilities and process equipment
C Sales Promotion Assistant, Ch of ChE, 2-5 years experience in tech, writing and/or sales promotion
D Production Cost Analyst, ChE, Me or B A with accounting 0-5 years experience in production and cost reduction
2-59-57 A Company in mining, processing, and selling of inert materials and chemicals to a variety Paper Mill Products Div Headquarters location new New York City ChE or ME, 3-5 years tech or industrial selling experience, preferably paper Travel 50% Excellent growth record of sales to paper industry
2-59-58 Leading paper manufacturer seeks man for paper coating research 4-5 years experience paper coating required Will be project leader
Ch, ChE, ME, BS or MS Location northeast New York State Salary open
2-59-59 Woman graduate for insurance pension, group, and life department as “accountant-cashier.” Previous life insurance cashier experience desired Start about $5,000 or open Interpret insurance commission scales, prepare statistical reports, maintain time records for account executives Location New York City
2-59-60 Agricultural or other majors for poultry processor Work in various phases of broiler operation, as hatching egg flock service, hatchery operation central Maine Salary open
2-59-62 A New England State University has opening as of July 1 for Student Aid Counselor to Executive Secretary of Committee of Financial Aid
to Students This includes scholarships of $50,000 per year, Loans (including those under National Defense Education Act) $60,000 per year, part-time employment, University and off-campus, and summer job development and placement Must be college graduate, B.A or B S., male or female, 25 years minimum Student personnel training or experience desired Start $5,000
2-59-63 A paper specialties manufacturer seeks Business Adm graduate for Market Research and Product Acceptance studies Measure consumer attitudes and preferences, judge effect of advertising and sales promotion, make field trips to study potential markets, test markets, etc Location eastern Pennsylvania Salary open
2-59-64 A young-man to start in general purchasing department of paper product manufacturer.Prefer well-rounded liberal education, high integri
ty, pleasing personality Position open at once Location western Massachusetts Salary open
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At the University of Maine
B y Geoffrey Bell-Jones
Geoffrey “Jeff" Bell-Jones is a 24-year-old
Englishman who attended the University last
year His employer, Dailley and Company,
Ltd., sent him to Maine to study Maine’s
pulp and paper technology course A native
of Ipswich, England, Bell-Jones attended
Ipswich School and Watford Tech College
He also served in the Royal Air Force be
tween 1954 and 1956 During the summer
of 1958 he traveled throughout the country
visiting pulp and paper mills and also giv
ing several talks before U-Maine alumni
groups He later authored this article for
an English magazine after returning to his
home.
I WAS SENT to the United States last sum
mer to do a special year’s course on pulp
and paper technology at the University
of Maine The state of Maine, which is
about the size of England, is 96% forest
and is therefore one of the big centers of
pulp and paper making in America.
The University of Maine has an excellent
School of Forestry and the courses pro
vided on pulp and paper are considered
about the best in the country by the indus
try.
The University is situated near the small
city of Bangor which is the third largest
city in the state having a population of
32,000 persons Surrounding the University
are forests and two big rivers which are
used for floating logs down to the mills.
The academic year is divided into two
“semesters” or terms as we would say Last
year, the first semester commenced on Sep
tember 17th and finished on January 27th
There was a four day holiday for the
Thanksgiving weekend at the end of Novem
ber and a two week holiday at Christmas.
The second semester extended from Feb
ruary 3rd to June 2nd, with a nine day
holiday at Easter Most of the students
have cars and think nothing of driving home
500 miles for a vacation or some may drive
further, but they will then often fly to save
time.
A Look At Classes
At the University there are the Colleges
of Technology, Education, Arts and Sci
ences, and Agriculture A graduation course
is four years in length.
The first year is known as the Freshman
year, then the Sophomore year, Junior year
and finally the Senior year Each student
takes about five courses each semester in
the particular College in which he or she
is majoring; at the end of the semester the
final exams are given for those courses
Provided the student passes them he then
W h ile at the U n iv ersity J e ff B ell-
J o n es took an active part in ex tra cu r
ricu lar a ctiv ities, in c lu d in g m em b ersh ip
in the In te r n a tio n a l C lub A ll fo r eig n
stu d en ts and oth ers in terested in th e
C lu b ’s in terestin g p rogram are w el
co m ed in to its ranks d u rin g the c o lle g e
year T h e au th o r is show n sta n d in g ,
takes a new series of courses next semester
If the student fails a course he is permit
ted to take it again, but if he is continually failing courses he “flunks out” as the Ameri
cans would say, or in other words, has to leave the University.
There are 3,000 male students and 1,000 female students of which 75% of them come from the state of Maine It is a state Univer
sity so the students who live in the state have a tuition fee reduction as against those who live in another state.
For entertainment many big name bands, orchestras and other artists periodically visit the University Dances are frequently held and many of the students form their own bands.
The “Union” Building is the main social building There is a cinema in this building which operates every weekend, a large cafe
teria which always serves as a big meeting place and then there are the games rooms which have billiard and table tennis tables.
There are also many meeting rooms for clubs and societies, many of which are the same as in England.
“ Hard And Cold”
For outside entertainment the students hunt and fish in the Autumn as all the for
ests and lakes are a paradise for these sports
The winters are hard and cold with often five feet of snow and temperatures descend
ing to -10° to -20° Fahrenheit or sometimes even more Then, skiing, ice-skating and ice
fishing are very popular.
Sport is very keenly followed and the University plays against universities from other states In the Autumn, before the snow comes American football and cross-country
running are played During the winter bas ketball and skiing are the predominate sports, and when the snows have melted at the beginning of April tennis, golf, baseball and athletics are played.
Maine “ H ello”
One of the most outstanding things I noticed at the University was the friendli ness of all the students and staff This I think
is very characteristic of American Univer sities No one is a stranger for long because the Maine handshake and “hello” is always present.
If a stranger is ever present in a group he
or she is always introduced immediately and
I must admit they are far better than the English at making new students feel at home The new students must arrive at the University a week before the academic year opens and a few selected older students are there to greet them and to orientate them before the work begins.
Throughout the academic year many stu dents, especially the older ones who may be married and have been in the Armed Forces, work part-time in the cafeteria, library, Uni versity farms, gardens, and so on, to earn money to pay their way through school Then at the end of the school year most
of the students work through the summer months so they can return in the Autumn.
As for me, this summer I bought an old car and drove 11,000 miles all the way around the United States visiting papermills
to get my practical experience and at the same time to see as much of the country and its people as I could But that is an other story.
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Eastern Intercollegiate Class B
Championship Meet: Maine 588.5,
Colby Winter Carnival: Maine
370.9, Colby 329.4, New Brunswick
314.4, St Michael’s 314.0, Bates
140.4.
1 9 5 9 VARSITY BASEBALL
March 28—at Quonset NAS
March 30—at Rutgers
March 31—at Howard University
April 4—at Farleigh-Dickinson
T h ree m en w ho are ex p ected to p la y p r o m in e n t ro les in M ain e’s sp rin g
a th letic season are C harlie “ C h u ck ” E b erb ach , le ft o f B rew er, B ill B u rk e, cen ter
o f W in slow , and D a le B essey , rig h t o f N orth A n so n E b erb ach , varsity b a seb a ll catch er, led M aine in h ittin g last sp rin g w ith a 3 1 2 average and a lso was to p s in field in g with a 9 8 0 m ark B u rk e, d esp ite a d isa p p o in tin g 2-5 p itc h in g record last sp rin g , lo o m s as o n e o f th e sta te’s top h u rls B essey is a m a in sta y o n th e track team H e’s the d e fe n d in g New E n g la n d and M aine ch a m p io n in th e 8 8 0
Superior Performances
Su p e r io r e f f o r t s and performances—
that’s the only way you can describe the exploits of University of Maine skiing, track and rifle teams over the past few weeks.
The Maine athletes have literally run roughshod over rival colleges in athletic competition during the period For example, the rifle team won the Yankee Conference championship, the ski team won the Eastern Intercollegiate Class B championship and also the championship of the Colby Winter Carnival, and the track team is on its way
The victory by the Styrna-men moved Maine back to the top of the hill in the battle for Maine college track supremacy and there the Bears will stay until this spring’s state meet, anyway.
The big guns for the Bears against the Bobcats were Terry Horne ’61, who won the discus, hammer and shot put; Phil Haskell
’59 who won the 50-yard dash; Dale Bessey '59 who won the 1000-yard run; Bill Daly
’60 who captured the two mile run; and Peter Hannah ’59 of Burlington, Vt., who placed second in the discus and hammer.
As of this writing, the Bears have dual meets remaining against Bowdoin and North
eastern Bates has beaten both teams de
cisively, so if Maine can do the same, it will have an undefeated record.
Coach Capt Herman Wirth’s rifle team currently owns a 4-1 record in shoulder-to- shoulder matches in the New England Col lege Rifle League In addition the Black Bear sharpshooters won the first annual Yankee Conference championship meet in mid-February.
Outstanding for the rifle team have been John Almond ’61 of Rochester, N H., who posted the highest individual score in the
YC title meet; Capt Greyson Lane ’59, Ron Richardson ’59, Tom Staples ’60, and Ken Wikstrom ’61.
Maine’s wins in the NECRL have been over St Michael’s, Dartmouth, Vermont, New Hampshire and MIT The lone loss was to Harvard In addition, Maine holds non-conference wins over Northeastern and Vermont.
Coach Ted Curtis’ ( ’23) varsity ski team, who he rates as his “best balanced” team ever, already has won two championship meets The Bears began their rush for the roses by winning the Eastern Intercollegiate Class B title meet The victory qualified Maine for the right to enter two more meets—the Eastern Class A and the Dart mouth Winter Carnival.
At Dartmouth, the Bears finished fifth among the best college ski teams in the East They are awaiting the Eastern Class
A Meet as of this writing In between, the Bears visited the Colby Winter Carnival and promptly won the crown over host Colby and other colleges.
Outstanding skiers for Coach Curtis have been Charlie Akers ’61, John Corson ’59, Elliott Lang ’59, Paul McGuire ’61, Gil Roderick ’59, Sayward Ross ’59, Brett Rus sell ’61 and Ron Towle ’61.
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to take a road trip with a team of
college athletes?
It’s quite an experience, one that not only
helps to develop the athletic abilities of the
players, but their characters and personali
ties as well.
This year, Maine’s varsity basketball team
left the Orono campus on a cold (2 above)
Thursday afternoon in late January for its
annual swing into southern New England to
face Yankee Conference rivals at the Uni
versities of Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Climbing aboard a Bangor & Aroostook
passenger bus were Coach Brian McCall,
his right-hand man for the trip, freshman
football coach Sam Sezak ’31, team mana
ger Allan Trumbull of Fryeburg, players
Capt Dick Collins of St Agatha, Bill Mor-
tenson of Fort Fairfield, Wayne Champeon
of Greenville, Dick and Don Sturgeon of
Old Town, Larry Schiner of Scituate, Mass.,
Terry Spurling of Ellsworth, Maurice Dore
of Skowhegan, Bob Morin, Ron Boynton
and Jon Ingalls, all of Bangor, and bus driv
er Paul Foss of Hermon.
A L ong T rip
It was a long trip for the team and a new
one for many, as seven of the players were
sophomores on the varsity team for the
first time.
What do basketball players do to kill the
long hours on the road? This trip came in
between semesters, so a comparatively small
amount of time was spent on studies Bas
ketball (what else?) proved to be the chief
topic of conversation, with studies a close
second After that came girls, other sports,
and their futures.
After a full course dinner at a Kittery
restaurant, the bus moved over the turn
pikes into Boston, arriving in the Hub City
about 7:30 p.m.
Nearly everyone took in a movie and all
returned to their hotel rooms by 10 p.m.
Late the next morning, the team boarded the bus for Kingston, R I., home of the always-strong Rhode Island Rams.
The agenda called for a stop in Providence for lunch and another movie, or sight-seeing around the city which included Brown Uni
versity for some of the players The team met at a central point at 4:30, boarded the silver-colored B & A bus and moved nearer their first game After a stop for supper at
a restaurant outside Providence, the players grew quiet, all looking ahead to the game.
The game was the first one for the Bears
in two weeks, the last one having been against Bowdoin before the semester-ending exam period.
R estless
Several grew restless and first one, then another, would leave his seat and walk to the front of the bus to chat with the driver
or peer out into the Rhode Island night.
The game with Rhody, played in the magnificent new Kearny Gymnasium, was
a hard one for the Bears Rhody moved to
a 23-8 lead, but Maine came back to go ahead at halftime, 42-40 The Bears re
mained ahead during most of the second half, but Rhode Island came on with a rush
in the final five minutes to win, 83-78 Much
of it was due to a sparkling 37-point scoring effort by Rhody’s Tom Harrington, one of the YC’s leading players.
It was an unhappy team of Maine players that settled back in their seats for the ride
to Willimantic, Conn., after the game The loss was a bitter one to swallow and they
had to settle for Coach McCall’s remark that included “we’ll get them when they come to Orono.”
Saturday was a quiet day for the Bears
as they bided their time waiting for the game against Connecticut that night in Storrs, which is about a 10-mile ride from Willi mantic Most watched another movie, or viewed a hockey game on the hotel televi sion set.
Connecticut held a 15-year winning streak over Maine before the game, and they ex tended it with a 72-61 victory The final score fails to tell the story, however The Bears captured the imagination of the 2,634 persons in the audience (who paid
$2.50 a seat) with a performance that nearly carried them to victory Maine passed Connecticut early in the second half and led until there was four minutes and 30 sec onds showing on the clock At one point, Maine had a 49-41 advantage with nine minutes remaining.
Thus, Maine lost both games and its rec ord dropped to eight wins, six losses for the season But the players produced great efforts and Coach McCall was well pleased with his sophomore-studded lineup Following the game, the team returned to Boston Saturday night Early Sunday morn ing they began the trip back to Orono Little had changed on campus when they returned
at 4 p.m The weather was still very cold (0 degrees), and the campus was still empty
of students.
V arsity B a sk etb a ll C oach B rian M cCall, le ft, and his
righ t-h an d m an o n th e trip , Sam S ezak ’3 1 , talk b ask et
b a ll at th e d in n er ta b le in th e N athan H ale H o tel in
W illim a n tic , C on n , in th e p h o to at le ft w h ile in the righ t
p h o to , p layers T erry S p u rlin g ’6 0 o f E llsw orth, le ft, and D ick S tu rgeon ’6 0 o f O ld T ow n, righ t, brush up on
th eir crib b age tech n iq u es o n th e bus in betw een gam es.