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The Maine CampusPublished Weekly by the Students of the University of Maine

Vol. ILLY Z 365 Orono, Maine, July 1, 1943 'somber 3

Loring, Libby,Kimball HeadPromotion List

Trustees ApproveAdvancement ForII Faculty MembersFred P. Loring was named as-

sistant to the dean of the collegeof agriculture, Spofford H. Kim-ball, acting head of the depart-ment of mathematics and astron-omy, and Winthrop C. Libby,bead of the department of agron-omy and agricultural engineering,as 11 promotions were announcedtoday from the office of PresidentArthur A. Hauck.The promotions approved by the

Board of Trustees are as follows:COLLEGE OF AGRICULTUREJames Dillon Curtis from Assistant

Professor to Associate Professor ofForestry. Professor Curtis ' gradu-ate of the University of British Colum-bia and received the degree of Masterof Forestry at Harvard University in1935. From 1935 to 1939 when hecame to the University of Maine hewas Instructor in Forestry at Massa-chusetts State College. After gradua-tion fr-,m the University of BritishColumbia he as engaged in the Re-search Division of the Forest Service(.1 the Province of British Columbia.During the summers of 1936 to 1938he was on the staff of the HarvardForest. Professor Curtis is a SeniorMember of tl ' nadian Society ofForest Engineers and of the Society of.'‘tne lean Foresters.

GLorge Farrington Dow from Associate Pro._.sor to Professor of Agri-cult.. -1 Economics and Farm Manage-met Professor Dow is a graduate ofthe Un..ersity of Maine, graduatestudy at the University of Maine andCo •: " ersity, Ph.D., Cornell,1938. .-(ssociate Professor of Agri-cultural Economic. did Farm Manage-ment, Univ. -sity of Maine since 1934.Prottssor Dow is also Associate Agri-cv 1 Economist in the Maine Agri-

e.xperiment Station. He hasiwer lorated with the Agricultural

...hit Station staff since 1927.A• _le University of Maine he was amen" er ?hi Kappa Phi and AlphaZe He is a member of the AmericanFarm Economic Association.

Winthrop Charles Libby from As-sociate Professor of Agronomy to Pro-fessor of Agronomy and Head of the.)(•-artment of Agronomy and Agri-cult. al Engineering. Professor Libbyis a graduate of the University of*.tlaine and has taken pot-graduatestudy at the University of Maine,Rutgers Univ-• and Cornell Uni-versity. &icor mg the faculty in15.;6 as Assistant P. essor of Agrono-my, Professor Libby had been Assist-ant to the Fa- . Management Special-ist of the Maki. gricultural Exten-sion St rvice and har1 been employed bythe Farm Credit . -iation. At theUniversity he was a member of AlphaZeta and Phi Kappa Phi.

Fred P. Loring has been namedAssistant to the Dean of the College ofAgriculture. Mr. Loring is a graduateof the University of Maine with gradu-ate study at the University of NewHampshire and the University ofMaine. He has been Director of ShortCourses at the University of Maine

MASQUE PLAYERS for "Out of the Frying Pan," to be given July 22-24 in the Little Theatre:Front, left to :ght—Roger Thurrill, Betty Clough, Isabel Ansell, Adelaide Russell, Ruth Higgins,and Elmer Biggers. Back, left to right—Bob Ames, Bob Cool, Florice Dunham, Jean McKinney,and John Robinson.

Holiday Monday,No Campus, I' )Cuts

Anticipating a glorious 4th of Julywhich, it is feared, may be followedby recovery from sty ourn, the staffhas decided to forego publication ofthe Campus next week. Next issuewill be on July 15.

Classes for the ASTU will be heldas usual Monday, July 5, but therewill be no civilian classes. If plan-ning an extended week-end, how-ever, don't forget these regulations:

The penalty for unauthorizedabsences incurred during theperiod 24 hour, before or after aItoliday shall be dropping fromthe course in ..hieh the .th.eoce

incurred.

since the fall of 1934. His prior ex-perience included service as AssistantPrincipal, Aroostook State NormalSchool, and Agricultural Instructor,Presque Isle High School. Memberof Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi, andAmerican Vocational Association.

ARTS AND SCIENCESRichard M. Brace from Instructor

to Assistant Professor of History. Agraduate of the University of Cali-fornia from which institution he re-ceived his Ph.D. in 1940. His teachingexperience before coming to the Uni-versity of Maine in the f-" -4 1941 wasInstructor in Histor) im. It HighSchool. California, from 1937 to 1941and as Instructor in History, ChicoState College, during the summer of1941.

Mrs. Mary Perkins Cra, fromInstructor to Assistant Professor ofEnglish. A graduate of the Universityof Maine, graduate study at BrynMawr on an Exchange Fellowship andat Pennsylvania State College. Mrs.Crandon taught at the University ofMaine from 1926 to 1928. She was anInstructor in English at Milwaukee-Downer College during the academicyear 1930-31 and then returned toMaine as instructor in English at

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University Receives $50,000From Estate Of PhilanthropistThe University will receive a be- I

quest of $50,000 from the Dr. Thor-

U. Coe Estate of Bangor followingthe death of H. W. Coe in Californiawhich has brought technical termina-tion of the estate under the origin.,;terms of the will. This gift will be inaddition to a previous bequest of$100,000 to the University under theterms of Dr. Coe's will at the time ofhis death in 1920.

The original Is ;test, known as theCoe Research Fund, has been set asideby the trustees for the specific purposeof er.couraging research, and the in-come of the fund is devoted to financ-ing approved research projects. Thepurpos, to which the new Coe bequestwill be (12\ oted has not yet been an-nounced.

The a. iuncement of the new giftfrom the Coe estate was made duringthe spring following the death ofH. W. Coe. A part of the originalwill, the fund was so established thatit had to await the legal termination ofthe trust estate on the death of cer-ta:- stated heirs before it could bemade available for the University. Theterms of the will having now beenmet, the fund has been given. As faras is known the gift is without re-striction.

Dr. Coe, a native of New Hamp-shire, spent most of his life in Bangorwhere he was known as one of Maine'swealthiest men and a noted philanthro-pist. He was a graduate of BowdoinCollege to which he also gave gener-ously in his will.

TBP Smoker TonightProf. Warren J. Creamer will be the

speaker at the Tau Beta Pi Smokertonight at 7 o'clock at Balentine. Thisis an annual event sponsored by thehonorary engineering fraternity as aget-together for college of technologystudents and faculty members.

Play ScheduledJuly 22-24: ShowsLife of ActressesThe dates of presentation for the

Maine Masque Theatre's first summerproduction, "Out of the Frying Pan,"have been announced as Thursday,Friday, and Saturday, July 22, 23, and24.

Director Herschel L. Bricker saidtoday that Jean McKinney has beencast as the landlady, Mrs. Garnett ;Adelaide Russell has been appointedstage manager; and Nat Bartholomaeiis assistant stage manager.

Two years ago, Life magazine wroteup a true story about four young ac-tresses who were living together in aNew York apartment. They rehearsedplays together and acted before visit-ing producers and their friends. Fran-cis Swann, the brother of one of thegirls, was so impressed with the situa-tion that he used it as the theme

MCA To SponsorDancing Classes

Ruth Higgins, chairman of theMCA social committee, has an-nounced the formation of a class insocial (lancing which will be held onTuesday afternoons front 4:30 to5:30 in the Women's Gymnasium.Miss Eileen Cassidy of the physi-cal education department has beensecured as instructor.

The class will be limited to begin-ners and those who have been askedto assist. Anyone who wishes toattend the class should sign up withRobert Cool in Balentine Hall, EvaWoodbrey in Estabrooke Hall, or atthe MCA building. The first classwill he held on Tuesday, July 5th.

Softball GamesIn I ntramuralsStart Tuesday

Tennis Tournament,Eight Team LeagueOpen Sports SeasonA men's intramural softball

league will start the ball rollingnext Tuesday night, July 6, witheight teams entered, Wally saidtoday.

Meanwhile 15 players have signed

up for the tennis singles tournament,

and the first two rounds must be

played by July 11. The contestantsare Chalmers, Stebbins, H. Allen, In-

galls, Johnson, Suminsby, Ehrenfried,

Lown, Beaufrand, Stuart, S. W. Mil-

ler, Evans, E. A. Long, and R. E.Smith.

The softball league is a round robinaffair with two games each night at

6:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and

Thursday, varsity baseball field.

The eight teams and captains are asfollows: (Three from Balentine)Purity, George Marsanskis, captain;Body, Sam Stuart; Flavor, ElmerBiggers; Phi Eta Bears, Tillie Chec-chi; Delt House Devils, Ray Cook;I ambda Chi Alphas, Fred Hale; The-ta Chi-Sigma Nu combine, MerrillHam; Orono Wildcats (independent),Harvey Hillson.

Wentworth SpeakerAt Sunday Service

Reverend Chauncy D. Wentworth,minister of the Methodist Church inOrono, will speak this Sunday at the10 :45 a.m. service in the Little Thea-tre.

Mr. Wentworth is a native of WestBaldwin, Me., and a graduate ofBrown University and Boston Univer-sity School of Theology with degreesof B.A. and M.A. Before coming toOrono, he held pastorates in Eliot,Greenville Junction, Corinna, Wood-land, and Presque Isle.

This Sunday's service will includethe anthem "Now Praise We Greatand Famous Men," sung by the chapelchoir, and Massenet's "Meditation"from "Thais" played on the violin byMarion Korda.

Six Weeks' SessionOpens Next Week;Assembly Wed.(Act a hundred students, tlic majori-

ty from the ranks of women educators,are expected to register Tuesday. July6, for the regular six weeks summersession, Director Roy M. Petersonsaid today.

A welcoming assembly for the sum-mer session group will be held at 10a.m. on July 7 in the Little Theatre.

Women at the session will stay atSouth Estabrookc and Colvin halls,while the men will be housed at Bleu-tine. Enrollment, normally around()00, will probably be about 25 per centof the usual figure.

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THE VOTING AGE AND RESPONSIBILITY

Recently when controversy over reducing the voting age to 18

was at its height, a number of students here on campus were asked

to express their ideas on the subject. The rather amazing opinion

of the majority of these students between the ages of 18 and 21 was

that governmental issues were too great for them to comprehend

and therefore that they were not yet capable of carrying the responsi-

bility of voting. This idea was doubtless refreshing to many parentsand teachers, for such a humble attitude is not usual in young menand women, but it was disheartening also, for if the average studentis not intelligent enough to vote at 18, the chances are slim that hewill improve enough in three years to vote intelligently at 21. Andif a student does not have the mental ability to vote at 18, does hehave the mental ability to do the other things that many men andwomen of 18 are expected to do today?

Is a young man who is not capable of voting capable of flyinga plane and having the lives of a bomber crew dependent upon him?Is he capable of holding responsible jobs in the Army, Navy orMarines, jobs where a single slip may mean the lives of a hundredmen Is a girl who is not intelligent enough to vote intelligent enoughto hold a war job in which a mistake might mean the lives of fellowworkers or of the men who use the weapon which she has made? Itmay be argued that these jobs are mechanical and that the mentalability required for doing them is entirely different from that abilitywhich is required if one is to vote intelligently. However, these jobsalso require a keenness of mind and a clarity of thinking that onemust have to understand governmental issues. Surely if a youngman or woman can fill successfully such positions, he or she can,with a little study, vote in the way that seems to be best for the com-munity and nation.

It is an accepted fact that the youth of the nation are more liberalthan those who are more mature. It therefore stands to reason thatif the voting age were lowered, the government would be more lib-eral. This would be true, however, only in normal times. Duringthe war years, so many young men and women are killed that afterthe war the government tends toward conservative reaction becauseof the lack of liberals. A long hard struggle is then necessary to getthe country back to a state that is progressive but not radical. Toprevent this happening after this war, it will be necessary to lowerthe voting age in order to include more young men and women totake the place of those who will not return to vote. America's hopeis in the youth of the country, and if this youth does not learn nowto take an interest and a responsibility in the affairs of the nation itmay forfeit the opportunity for many years.

—Barbara Allen

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P. S.Since the first remarks on Wingate

and the bell were made in this column,more than one appeal has been madein our hearing to have the bell put upsomewhere. Evidently the arts pro.are not the only ones who talk over-time. Of course it is understood thatthe reason we object to staying over-time in one class is no reflection onthat particular subject, but merely astudent's eager desire to get on to thenext task for the day. Our thirst forknowledge, etc....

Maine weather can be discourag-ing ..."from sunburn to shower bathin the Victory gardens" is our slogan.And the profs aren't limping becausesome student put up a kick, but be-cause of an overdose of weed cultureduring those few sunny days ...stillno explanation for the apparent diffi-culties some of the ASTU have inkeeping up with their squads. Doesthe walk from Hannibal to Aubert ( ?)tire you out so much, boys?...

RHUBARB AND RATIOSAre freshman themes the same big

struggle this summer that they werelast fall? ...Wonder what all thatrhubarb juice they have been canningover at Merrill is going to be used for?And did they use sugar to put it upwith? ...Fortunately( ?) the adventof summer school students will help toeven up the men-women ratio again.Please notice, girls, and don't com-plain—after all, you had first choice ...Have you ever caught yourselfstraightening up from the "collegeslouch" when you see a sergeant goingby?...

P.P.S. Congratulations to the Ar-my for having taken up the traditionalMaine "Hello" so enthusiastically.(Students please note.)

—Mary-lane

By Ruth Higgins

Rumor is rumbling around the cam-pus that we are in for a soldier's showsometime this summer written, pro-duced, and acted in by none other thanDoc "Orson Welles" Kessler. The"King of Pantomime" is admittingnothing but we have noticed suspiciouslooking scripts tucked under his arm,and we're looking forward to somereal entertainment.

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Shudder of the week: "I WalkedWith a Zombie." Hollywood can sayalmost anything and the public willswallow it, but when it comes to prov-ing that zombies are the real thing wedraw a line. For nightmares for atleast a week after the show, westrongly recommend this picture.

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"Presenting Lily Mars," a musicalstarring Judy Garland and Van Hef-flin, was a rather trite plot with somevery weak acting in places but at leastit was a break in the monotonous runof war films that Hollywood has beenhanding out this summer. If you don'tbelieve we need a letup, listen to thislist of pictures shown here recently:"Bataan," "Five Graves to Cairo,""Action in the North Atlantic," "ThisLand Is Mine," "Crash Dive," "As-signment in Brittany," "China," "Aeri-al Gunner"—just to name a few.

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It looks as though the campus hasgone theatre mad, and the soldiersaren't the only ones who are gettingthe creative urge. One group in thea-tre projects decided to write, produce,and act in their own play. Others willdesign the set, work out the lighting

By Al Ehrenfried

A careful consideration of present-day music finds that emphasis is nowplaced not wholly on the individual, aswas the case in the past, but on twothings: the individual and the ensem-ble. From this it is obvious that musicof today and yesterday cannot be justlycompared by a weighing of individualsalone.

Music critics often make this mis-take of claiming that popular music isdeteriorating because the truly greatimprovisors of the past have no equalsamong the individuals of the present.Such a statement is an obvious ignoralof a greater part of modern musicalachievement.In defense of their prejudiced dis-

regard, these music appraisers saysomething to the effect that "We con-sider the essence of modern music tobe improvisation, the ad lib creation oforiginal melodies. All ensemble workis no more than premeditated, mechanical crank-turning, in which there canbe no beauty because there is no in-dividuality."MUSIC LOCKED WITIIINThis looks, on first glance, to be a

potent argument, but turns out to beone that can be refuted by the acceptedbelief that classical music, with itsevery note predetermined by a Bach orBeethoven of centuries ago, rehearsedto tonal perfection and to a painstakingdegree of orchestral coordination—

with its complete stifling of individuamelody creation—still exists as ourstandard, our definition of musicalbeauty. This fact (if we may acceptit as such) brings out the very impor-tant point that achievement in musicdoes not depend on spontaneity, but issomething which can be locked withina manuscript and released by under-standing presentation of the writtennotes.

Thus the modern ensemble phase ofmusic cannot justifiably be condemnedas barren and devoid of beauty be-cause of its predestined nature. Itcontains all of the creativeness im-parted to it by the composer or ar-ranger, both of whom are too easilyand too comlpetely overlooked because,even though they sometimes have thegenius, they lack the color and fantasyof a short-lived Beiderbecke, or atemperamental and decaying Berigan.

Down to EarthOh, my poor achin' back—gigged

again. I hope the warden comesaround to tuck me in soon. We'vebeen seeing quite a bit of each otherlately—familiarity breeds contempt,but I'm not kickin'—how CAN I kickwith these shackles on my legs!

plot, and handle costumes and make-up—an entire theatre unit all in oneclass. NN'ho knows? We may have anASCAP prize play on the "Maine"campus.

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Bill "Superman" Rigby is makinganother plea for stagehands to work onthe set of the Maine Masque Play,"Out of the Frying Pan." He is nowacting as chief stagehand, electrician.and sound technician for the summer.Rigby can be seen swinging from the

rafters of the theatre any day or nightof the week. No appointments arenecessary to join his happy little crew.

Fill the Steins—TO MAINE MENIN THE SERVICE—

Miner Stackpole writes from thePacific theatre of action to say thatthe boys down under really appreciatenews from home... Pfc. Will O'Neil,former editor of the Campus, is now acryptograph clerk at San Bernardino,California ... Bill Hopkins reportsfrom Buckley Field, Col., that he wassurprised and pleased to hear theMaine Stein Song played over a Den-ver radio station recently. ... Al Croc-kett was one of those lucky fellowswho had his basic training in the lap ofluxury at Miami Beach. Al is nowstationed at the Army air base inRichmond, Va.

George Lougee is training as a pur-suit pilot at Soence Field, Ga....Norman Cole, Bill Haines, and LymanJacobsen are attending the Army AirForce Mechanics School in Chicago..A/S Bernard Colpitts has been trans-ferred from the Boca Raton Club, Fla.,to Yale University....

ADMINISTRATOR MURPHYThanks to Ray Jones, business

manager of the Campus on active duty,for sending us The Spoke, officialnewspaper of Camp Wheeler, Ga....Franny Murphy, former Campussports columnist, is at Sam Houstoncollege, Texas, taking courses in Armyadministration... Pvt. Hal LaCroixwrites that '43's who were in advancedmilitary last semester are enjoying aNew England summer at BridgeportField, Conn., before going south....

My glow-box blushed when wordreached me that I was too specific—alright, so I'm not subtle!

It wasn't enough last week whenone light was kept burning at Colvin—now the whole blasted place is lit up.Speaking of being lit up, did you noticethat the Saturday night buses fromBangor were all aglow as they camerolling, rolling home? And did younotice the rain, too. I know a certaingirl who found a La Porte in thestorm—but she showed him that shecould paddle her own canoe.I heard of a case where an Early

bird turned into a worm, and I am notamused—The guiding Starr seems tobe fading out of Bud Chalmers' life—Have you heard about the late hoursthat Eva Woodbrey keeps?—Did youlike to have your fingerprints taken,Zipper?—Gee, Hattie, wasn't it niceto have Dan "the Coroner" aroundagain!

If the ASTP men from Brooklynever get a ten days pass to go home,the Estahrooke girls would be glad toentertain the remaining two soldiers.

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JuventaBy Mary Elizabeth Marble

The square dance group has held

two meetings in the gymnasium, one

last Saturday afternoon and one Mon-

day evening. Because of the holiday

the next meeting will be held Wednes-

day from 6 :45 to 7:45 in the Esta-

brooke rec room. It is hoped that in

the future the meetings will be regu-

larly on Monday evenings in Esta-

brooke and that there will be a goodrepresentation of boys as well as girls.If enough desire Saturday afternoonclasses, which would be convenient forthe ASTP group, arrangements maypossibly be made.

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The first of the WAA weekly campfire sings will be held Thursday eve-ning on the girls' athletic field. BettyJenkins will lead the singing.

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A girls' softball league comprisedof oddly grouped teams :il be organ-ized in the near future.

North Estabrooke girls have organ-ized a council to buy war savingsstamps. Sally Ryan is the chairmanand a girl has been assigned to coverthe voluntary purchases on each floor:1st floor, Florence Treworgy ; 2ndfloor, Sylvia Belden; 3rd floor, Mil-dred Wooster; and 4th floor, PhyllisMacNeil.

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To enter the WAA mixed doublestournament you should sign up on thesheets posted in the dormitories byJuly 6, stating the partner you prefer.Drawings and scheduling will be ar-ranged on July 6, when all entrantsshould be present.

During the tournament courts mustbe relinquished to the contestants bynon-entrants if there are no othercourts available.

Alicia Coffin '43 is one of 12 studentsselected from various colleges in thecountry to receive a Danforth gradu-ate fellowship. Miss Coffin will havea five weeks' training period at CampMinnewanca, Michigan, this summer.This will be followed by ten months'study and work in interviewing onsome campus.

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Faculty Promotions Announced(Continued from Page One)

Deering High School. Her presentappointment at the University datesfrom the fall of 1937. Member of PhiBeta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.

Spofford H. Kimball, Associate Pro-fessor of Mathematics, has been ap-pointed Acting Head of the Depart-ment of Mathematics and Astronomy.Professor Kimball is a graduate ofDenison University and took post-graduate work at the University ofPittsburgh and at Harvard University,Ph.D, Harvard, 1932. He attendedthe Institute for Advanced Study atPrinceton during the year 1935-36. In-structor in Mathematics at the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh, University of Penn-sylvania, University of Rochester, andHarvard University. He became amember of the faculty of the Univer-sity of Maine as Instructor in Mathe-matics, fall of 1936. lember ofthe American Mathematical Society;Mathematical Association of America;and Sigma Xi.

COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYIrving Henry Prageman from Asso-

ciate Professor to Professor of Me-chanical Engineering. Graduate ofYale University and graduate work atYale where he received an M.E. de-gree. Before coming to the Universityof Maine, Professor Prageman taughtat the University of Iowa as Instruc-tor in Drawing from 1921 to 1924 andas Assistant Professor of Mechanicsand Hydraulics from 1924 to 1927. Hecame to the University of Maine in

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the fall of 1927 as Assistant Professorof Mechanical Engineering. Beforeentering the teaching field, ProfessorPrageman worked for two years asmachinist-draftsman for the ScovilleManufacturing Co. of Waterbury,Connecticut. He was also employedas designer for the New England WireMachinery Co. and as designer for thePower Plant of the State Universityof Iowa. Member of Sigma Xi, PhiKappa Phi, American Society of Me-chanical Engineers, Society for thePromotion of Engineering Education,Maine Association of Engineers, andTau Beta Pi.

Seymour James Ryckman from In-structor to Assistant Professor of San-itary Engineering. Graduate of Michi-gan State College with B.S. in CivilEngineering. Graduate study at theUniversity of Missouri where he ob-tained an M.S. degree in Civil Engi-neering. Before coming to the Uni-versity in the fall of 1940 he served asteaching assistant at the University ofMissouri and as research assistant. Be-fore enrolling at the University ofMissouri, he was employed for part of1939 as Carteographic Draftsman inMichigan State Highway Department.Ralph Albert Sawyer from Assis-

tant Professor to Associate Professorof Engineering Drafting. Graduate ofNorwich University with B.S. in CivilEngineering. Professor Sawyer wasemployed by the New York CentralRailroad as Civil Engineer from 1925to 1929. That fall he came to the Uni-versity of Maine as Instructor in En-gineering Drafting.

Frank M. Taylor from Instructorto Assistant Professor of Civil Engi-neering. Graduate of Lafayette Col-lege with the degree of B.S. in CivilEngineering. Received the degree ofC.E. from Lafayette in 1937. From1928 to the fall of 1940 when he joinedthe faculty at the University of Maine,he was Junior Engineer with theBridge Department of the Maine StateHighway Commission. He is a mem-ber of the Maine Association of Engi-neers.

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Purcell Engineer And CrackMarksman--Approves ASTP

By Pvt, Harold Eidlin"The soldiers in Army Specialized Training are indeed fortunate to be

assigned to this place of military training." This was the statement made byCaptain Pierre J. Purcell, company commander of the University of Maine'sAST Unit 1145.

Captain Purcell's life history reads like the "in again, out again, tales,"but that comes later. Born in Middletown, N. Y., Purcell elected to callCornell his alma mater and received his sheepskin as a civil engineer fromthat institution in 1929.

Upon graduation he secured a posi-tion with the Turner Construction Co.,working as an engineer with the com-pany for four years.

TO ACTIVE DUTYIn 1933 Captain Purcell, then a

Lieutenant, started his active armycareer, being called to duty with theArmy Engineers, a rough and toughoutfit. Out of the armed forces for ashort period, he donned his uniformagain on September 9, 1941, and re-ported from Muscle Shoals, Alabama,where he had been engaged as an en-gineer on that project.

In December of 1941, Purcell re-ceived his captaincy, and in July ofthe following year was sent to theUniversity of Maine to inauguratethe ROTC Signal Corps Unit.

Captain Purcell first came in con-tact with ASTP students when thefirst of the present 350 began to ar-rive early in May on Maine's campus.At that time he became company com-mander of the unit.

A TOP-RATE MARKSMANlittle known fact about Captain

Purcell is his superb marksmanship-.kith the pistol, and his physicalprowess. Purcell has been known tohit the little black dot in the centerof the white card, 100 times out ofa possible 100. But the captain doesn'tlet his feats stop here, for he is capableof doing the act with either hand.His physical condition remains tops asresults of almost daily workouts.The captain has been stationed at

many different posts throughout the

Church ServicesCatholic

St. Mary's Catholic Church, OronoMasses: 8 and 10 a.m.

EpiscopalSunday Service-9:30. MCAHoly Communion and briefaddress every Sunday

Campus Non-SectarianSunday Service-10:45 a.m.Held in Little Theatre

Hillel FoundationHillel Foundation's regular Friday

evening service will be held upstairsin MCA at 7 p.m. Following the wor-ship service, Prof. Ernest Jackmanwill speak on the subject ''Rise of aSocial Religion," a discussion of Mor-monism.Sunday afternoon brings to MCA

at 4 p.m. a period of discussion, andthe subject, "Asiatic Equality?" Mu-sic will precede the discussion as usual,and light refreshments will be served.Dick Huntington, Bill Englerth. andPhil Robinson comprise the soldiers'committee.MethodistCommunity LiberalAnnouncement was made last week

by Rev. David D. Rose that union ser-vices will be held during the months ofJuly and August by the Methodist andUniversalist Fellowship churches ofOrono.During the month of July, Sunday

morning service at 10:30 will be heldin the Methodist church with Rev.Mr. Rose as minister. In August, theUniversalist Fellowship church willhold the union worship meetings withthe Rev. C. D. Wentworth, pastor ofthe Methodist church, in charge.

Sunday's sermon topic by Mr. Rosewill be "This Nation Under God,"

country during his army career. Theyinclude some of the following: Sec-ond Corps Area Headquarters at FortJay on Governor's Island, N. Y.;Fort Dix, N. J.; First Corps AreaHeadquarters, Boston, Mass.; Fort Ni-agara, Buffalo, N. Y.; and Schenec-tady Quartermaster Depot, Schenec-tady, N. Y.FAVORS ASTP

Although ASTP is still in its in-fancy, Captain Purcell is strongly infavor of it, and declared in the inter-view, "The Army Specialized Train-ing Program is an exceptional oppor-tunity for soldiers to receive technicaltraining to prepare themselves for ser-vice as technical specialists and engi-neers in the military service of ourcountry."This opportunity for advance

training would not have been affordedto soldiers had they not been calledinto the service of their country."

Seen From The Crow's Nest:Much less dim is the light of the

Eiffel Tower this week. The Crow isperched very precariously on the edgeof his typewriter—seems the greatwhite father was a little reluctant toallow the scrawny creature to screechin the light of the eighty cash cus-tomers roped in the other nite.

But as it may be noted, no full pagead, so this column.

Nfuchly did the Crow gawk and gazeover the week-end, but to little avail.Either the lads of the local legationare very studious or very gigged—however, the Crow spied one very pe-culiar phenomenon in the light of lastweek's discourse on first lollies andconvertibles. The proof of this pud-ding showed up this week in an ob-servation car with a reversible top.So-o-o, maybe the young lads wereright.

When the Khaki Kids arrived, theyspent the first two weeks gloriouslyviewing the country side at the ex-pense of their feet; now they siteight hours a day in class getting abroader view of the whole world. TheCrow has noted how well the mentalactivities are being carried on. Onehistory class was a shining example ofenraptured attention last week. Seemsthe prof was discussing the history of

BEAR FACTSBy Carl Dachs and Wayne Griffin

Along about Wednesday we began to tire of the innumerable commentsconcerning sports activities, past and future, at Maine, so hightailed to the U'ssports' plant and unveiled these facts which should convince "youse guys fromBrooklyn" that Maine is still in the league—we still don't know which one.

Be that as it may, the affable gent who enlightened us on the athletichistory of the institution was Stan Wallace, trainer of sports, and an all right

guy.Do you ski? Well, year in and year out, Maine has produced men who

have traversed on the hickory boards in championship style. Being situatedway up here in the snow country (brother, you wait and find out), the Bearshave excellent opportunities to perfect the ancient winter sport, and are classedwith the top clubs of New England in this department.

HAS PRODUCED GREATSTo .:ome out of the winter and into the spring, track probably has brought

the most publicity to the school outside of Rudy Vallee and the "Stein Song."The cinder sport has produced its greats for the Blue and White in the personsof Bob Bennett and Stan Johnson, two of the outstanding hanmmer throwersof all times. While weights are the specialty here at Maine, some top-raterunners have been evidenced also.

Football, of course, has had its limitations since the University does notoffer the "so-called" football scholarships that have taken their place in therealm of larger college athletic setups. However, despite the lack of material,Bill Kenyon, bead football coach, has rounded out some formidable elevens.Maine's schedule shows such clubs as Rhode Island, University of New Hamp-shire, and for the interest of you New York gentlemen, Columbia has alsograced the campus on a number of occasions.

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A STP's place in the picture remains a bit doubtful, although certain plansthat were taking shape are no longer in their infancy, hut have really material-ized. Just what may come out of proposed plans for a baseball team remains aquestion—in fact, a question that not even these prognosticators will attemptto answer.

INTRAMURAL PROGRAMHowever, the large-scale intramural program which was promised at the

outset between class sections has become a much talked about topic amongAST's gentry. In addition to the inter-sectional competition, Wally intimatedthat possibilities still were in the wind that a schedule might be arrangedbetween college and ASTU. More power to 'em!

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Scoop of the week: Dean Finny, a chap hailing from Greenwich, Conn.,took the mythical prize for the set-up exercise, part of this week's gruellingphysical ed. tests. "Finn" completely flabbergasted onlooking hardies from theASTU by "settin' up and layin' down" 101 times. The fact that a betterportion of the spectators were out cold by the time this modest kid decided tocall it quits for the afternoon makes very little difference, and frankly. wedon't know why we mentioned it.

CONTESTS ON—With the tests terminated for a four weeks period, more or less AST ath-

letes will settle down to their inter-sectional softball, football, and volleyballschedule. Under the banners of the Vectors, and other similar names, mutetestimony of the effects of the course here at Maine, teams were due to openhostilities last Monday.

In the meantime, it is well to note that new study hours at night have cutdown the number of distance runners so prevalent in the hall, of the Oakpreviously. And with this we close for the week....

the Northern Indians. Could it belads like Muffett are looking up poten-tial family trees?

At the unclimactic end of a militarymovie, some witty lad appropriatelysuggested that they sound reveillewhich was deemed to be a good sug-gestion since more soldier boys weredeep in the arms of Morpheus thanare in on a Sunday nite for bedcheck.

Mayhap you ha‘e noted the im-proved enunciation of the marchingmen when they are counting cadence;seems the public sptaking course isbeing taken seriously—when the boyswere asked to give a minute and onehalf discourse on themselves, some ofthe bashful lads ran into much diffi-culty. Others of lovers' lane just pre-tended they were talking to the lassiesfrom Estabrooke and went on forhours. From the steady stream ofdiffused talent seen approaching theHall nightly, it is suggested that sever-al girls could "sound off" on the lifehistory of anywhere from ten up.

CROW POLITICS

The Crow lands lightly on the limbof the political tree for a vain attemptto clear up several disillusions sufferedby soldiers and residents alike. Firsta word to the local land owners re-garding the soldier infringement. Sta-

tistics have proved that this is not aDemocratic infiltration; at least threeof the boys are sons of Maine andlovers of Willkie. In favor of theMaine residents we have this to sayto the soldiers—the natives of Maineare not mainiacs nor is their languagemayonnaise. However unfamiliar thelanguage may sound it ranks a slowsecond to the Brooklyn boys who areheard to say YOSE ALL.

MOONLIGHT AND ROSESNo longer will the local Lochinvars

spend long hours in front of the mir-rors combing their curly locks. Theslow Jots who have not as yet im-pressed some little woman with hand-some appearance are too late. For thehigh command has issued an ultima-tum, GI HAIRCUTS! Lads likeMorrow were quick to comply withthe REQUEST and journeyed downto the local tonsorial parlor only toemerge looking like prisoners of war.Other lads like Thibault just put theirheads in the electric fan and savedfifty cents.

The eatery of Estabrooke was gracedSunday with the presence of threehungry Hairbreadth Harrys. Couldit be that they raad last week's columnor did they have a better reason?

The Crow's country cousins told ofthe many journeys into secluded spotsby several of the constant com-panions—Barry explained it as a geo-

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