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Maine, Volume 72, Number 3, 125th Anniversary Issue, 125 Alumni Who Have Made A Difference, University Of Maine Alumni Association
Maine, Volume 72, Number 3, 125th Anniversary Issue, 125 Alumni Who Have Made A Difference, University Of Maine Alumni Association
UMaine Alumni Magazines - All
Contents:
A special edition prepared for the 125th anniversary of the university highlighting the accomplishments of 125 alumni contributing to a wide range of fields -- engineers, physicians, novelists, Olympians, mountain climbers, photographers, politicians, foresters, farmers, economists, educators, and soldiers. Selections were made by a committee of alumni in an effort to represent the spirit of the university -- one of innovation, vision, and service.
The Little Mohea, Harvey Gurney
The Little Mohea, Harvey Gurney
Maine Song and Story Sampler
"The Little Mohea," also known by many other names and spellings, is an old song that likely developed from an older English broadside song known as "The Indian Lass." Most folklorists agree that "Mohea" probably developed in its American form among sailors, and some even point to whaling ships specifically.
Maine, Volume 72, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association
Maine, Volume 72, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association
UMaine Alumni Magazines - All
Contents:
President for a Year: John Hitt Takes Over as UM Interim President --- Visions of an Energy Efficient Utopia: Professor Richard Hill Says We Have To Change Our Wasteful Ways --- A World of Color and Light: Paul Knaut '42 Approaches Photography Like a Fine Painter --- Black Bear in the Bronx: Carl "Stump" Merrill '66 Finally Makes It To the "Show" as Manager of the New York Yankees --- The 'We' Generation: Today's College Students Are Working To Define Themselves
Maine, Volume 72, Number 1, Winter 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association
Maine, Volume 72, Number 1, Winter 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association
UMaine Alumni Magazines - All
Contents:
An Air of Uncertainty (about the year's budget crisis) --- Here at LASST! (the Sawyer Environmental Center) --- Maine Women Take the Ice --- Time, Myth, and the Artist: A Profile of UM Teacher / Painter Michael Lewis --- For Peat's Sake: A Profile of UMaine Alumna Joan Brooks --- Quality in the Classroom (Teaching / Research Debate at America's Universities)
Bye-Bye Longjohns, Jim Cahill, Dot Ruppell
Bye-Bye Longjohns, Jim Cahill, Dot Ruppell
Maine Song and Story Sampler
"Bye-Bye Longjohns" is a musical representation of how most Mainers feel by the time March rolls around. For some, this feeling comes even earlier. The song was written in western Maine over the course of the late twentieth century.
Krakoviak, John Supruniuk
Krakoviak, John Supruniuk
Maine Song and Story Sampler
"Krakoviak" is a tune named after a style of dance that originated in the area around Kraków in southern Poland (there the dance is called krakowiak). The tune heard here is one of many variants of the song to which the dance is performed.
The Spring Of ‘65, Eddie Rollins
The Spring Of ‘65, Eddie Rollins
Maine Song and Story Sampler
In the old days of the Maine Lumberwoods, March and April marked the end of cutting and hauling lumber for the winter. As loggers came out of the woods, either before returning for the river drives or just headed home until next Winter, many made their way to cities and went on drunken sprees that became legendary.