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150 Years
In 2005, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ celebrated its sesquicentennial, honoring its 150-year history
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A Brief Founding History
Enduring Values in a Changing World
Works Consulted
Faith by Their Works: Our Progressive Tradition
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Greats
Benjamin E. Mays
Charles F. Phillips
Clifton D. Gray
Donald W. Harward
Edmund S. Muskie
Euterpe Boukis Dukakis, Class of 1925 — An Immigrant’s Story
F. Brooks Quimby
George C. Chase
Henry Chandler
Jonathan Y. Stanton
Lavinia M. Schaeffer
Mary W. Mitchell
Oren B. Cheney
Thomas Hedley Reynolds
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ History: Month by Month
January
January Slideshow
January 1958: The Winter Carnival torch tradition
January 1920: The Outing Club’s winter birth
February
February Slideshow
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ debates Harvard at City Hall
February 1983: The final episode of “M*A*S*H”
‘Final airing of M*A*S*H…’
‘Final airing of M*A*S*H…’ Part 2
March
April
April Slideshow
April 1968: Benjamin Mays ’20 delivers final eulogy for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Winning decade at the Penn Relays
May
May Slideshow
May 1966: The first Short Term
Skiing Lake Andrews
June
June Slideshow
June 1993: ‘College Bowl’ champs reunite at Reunion
June 1914: The first Reunion Alumni Parade
July
July Slideshow
July 1998: The Lake Andrews restoration
July 1943: The Navy arrives
August
August Slideshow
August 1995: A tragic death, a hopeful legacy
August 1957: The dismantling of Sampsonville
September
September Slideshow
September 1973: A new library for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
September 1857: The Maine State Seminary opens
October
October Slideshow
October 1969: Muskie ’36 speaks at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Moratorium
October 1947: The Great Fires of 1947
November
November Slideshow
The assassination of President Kennedy
‘Campus stunned by President’s death’
‘Minister doesn’t find assassination bizarre’
‘Impressions upon the news of President Kennedy’s death’
Letter: ‘Death of a president’
Letter: ‘From Spain’
Sports column: ‘The sudden death of President Kennedy’
John Tagliabue: ‘Notes from a November-December Journal, 1963’
November 1956: A State Series victory for football
November 1854: Oren Cheney takes a step toward a new college
December
December Slideshow
December 1981: William Worthy ’42 vs. the Feds
December 1946: A bowl bid for Bobcat football
December 1941: America enters World War II
Maine Honors ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’ 150th
Joint resolution passed by the Maine Legislature
Maine Gov. John Baldacci’s “ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Day” proclamation
Sesquicentennial Slideshow
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ History: Month by Month
April
August
December
February
January
July
June
March
May
November
October
September
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