{"id":44978,"date":"2015-09-14T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/?page_id=44978"},"modified":"2024-11-21T12:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:29:24","slug":"1945-1954","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/through-the-decades\/1945-1954\/","title":{"rendered":"1945\u20131954"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"60808\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60808\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature.jpg\" alt=\"Female students playing cards in a residence hall\" width=\"1648\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature.jpg 1648w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-105x59.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-317x179.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-423x239.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-634x358.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-846x477.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-951x537.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-1268x716.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/1945-1954-feature-320x180.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1648px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students playing cards, circa 1953<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly three-fourths of World War II veterans whose University of Maine education had been interrupted wanted to return, so, the Board of Trustees instituted a priority of acceptance. First, students in good standing; second, Maine residents who met entrance qualifications; third, out-of-state veterans; and fourth, out-of-state civilians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1945&ndash;46, 1,848 students were enrolled at UMaine &mdash; 928 were veterans. Of the veterans, 281 were married. Due to a housing shortage, UMaine leased 32 trailers and housed 200 students at Dow Air Force Base in Bangor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1946, to accommodate more students, many of whom were veterans, UMaine opened a Brunswick campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. It was open through spring 1949.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of veterans registered at UMaine peaked in fall 1947, with 2,575 in Orono and 505 in Brunswick.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The first edition of the student newspaper The Maine Annex was published Jan. 10, 1947.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Raymond H. Fogler Library was completed in 1947.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>December 1949 marked the Faculty Council&rsquo;s first election.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1950, the University of Maine Pulp &amp; Paper Foundation was founded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Memorial Union was built in 1952&ndash;53 in honor of those who served in World War II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly three-fourths of World War II veterans whose University of Maine education had been interrupted wanted to return, so, the Board of Trustees instituted a priority of acceptance. First, students in good standing; second, Maine residents who met entrance qualifications; third, out-of-state veterans; and fourth, out-of-state civilians. 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