University of Maine, 1916-1920.

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University of Maine, 1916-1920.

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Photographs belonging to Henry Russ Butler and taken between 1916 and 1920 . The photos depict buildings on the University of Maine campus, as well as students and campus activities from that time period. Also included are a few photographs of the Parsonsfield Seminary, Parsonsfield, Maine, and shots taken in Bridgton, Portland and Gray, Maine.

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University of Maine

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The University of Maine saw approximately 1,000 students and alumni serve in World War I and 3,900 serve in World War II. Both wars had a strong effect on the university and its students; the desire to honor those who had served and to memorialize those who had died led to various activities on campus. After the end of World War I, funds were raised to erect the Memorial Gymnasium and Armory and after World War II, those who had died were honored in a volume titled "University of Maine, World Wa...

Butler, Henry Russ.

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Henry Russ Butler was a member of the class of 1920 at the University of Maine. He majored in electrical engineering and was elected to Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies as well as being a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Butler worked for General Electric, Wired Radio and ITT, spending most of his professional life in New Jersey. He was involved in the early development of radio and is credited with designing the first radio transmitter for airplanes. The Henry R. And Grace V....

Parsonsfield Seminary (North Parsonsfield, Me.)

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Lambda Chi Alpha

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The Lambda Chi Alpha (LCA) fraternity chapter at Ohio University (OU) was initiated by four men in 1916. The original name, Phi Kappa Epsilon, as replaced by Alpha Tau Epsilon one year later to avoid confusion with another fraternity. ATE was incorporated by national LCA in 1918. LCA was forced to give up its charter in 1937 due to financial difficulties. It later reappeared on OU campus as Lambda Chi Delta. In 1968 the charter was revoked due to discriminatory acts. LCA appeared again in 1972. ...