The Maine Annex, vol. 1, Extra

The Maine Annex, published by the students of the University of Maine at the Brunswick Campus, was launched January 10, 1947. Editors introduced the publication as the product of a group of progressive students attending the Brunswick Campus. The goal of the publication, according to editors, was to tell the story of our life on this campus. The four-page, tabloid-sized paper included display advertising from area businesses. Following World War II, the federal G.I. Bill enabled approximately 2.3 million, predominantly white male Veterans to receive a post-secondary education. To accommodate increased enrollment, in 1946 the University of Maine established the Brunswick Campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The remote campus operated until spring 1949, when Veteran registrations waned. This two-page Extra edition of The Maine Annex features several stories related to the launch of the fund drive to build the Memorial Union on the University of Maine, Orono campus with fundraising goal of $21,000 for the Brunswick campus. Student donations from the Orono launch event netted an estimated$94,000. Where the Memorial Gymnasium was constructed as a tribute to World War I war dead among the Alumni, the Memorial Union was to serve as a tribute to 175 UMaine Alumni who died in World War II

The Maine Annex, vol. 2, no. 13

The Maine Annex covers a variety of campus and community activities

The Maine Annex, vol. 2, no. 1

Following World War II, the federal G.I. Bill enabled approximately 2.3 million, predominently white male Veterans to receive a post-secondary education. In addition to covering tuition costs, Veterans received a subsistence stipend to cover the cost of housing and other expenses. To accommodate increased enrollment, between 1947 and 1949, UMaine operated an annex campus located on the Brunswick Naval Air Station where Veterans could enroll in first-year courses before moving to the Orono campus to complete their education. Five hundred and five male Veterans enrolled for classes on the Brunswick campus in fall 1947. The second volume of The Maine Annex reported that the Brunswick campus boasted an enrollment of 851 students for the 1947-1948 academic year, the majority of whom were men. World War II Veterans turned smoke eaters, joining World War I Veterans and civilians to fight the advancing disaster. The wildfire of 1947 reached Bowdoin Pines before advancing to Brunswick Naval Air Station, advancing only 25 yards inside the campus before being extinguished. Vets from the Annex also joined the fight to save communities on Mount Desert Island. [For personal accounts of the Wildfires of 1947, see Joyce Butler\u27s, “Wildfire Loose” Oral History Project.

The Maine Annex, vol. 2, no. 18

The Maine Annex, published by the students of the University of Maine at the Brunswick Campus, was launched January 10, 1947. Editors introduced the publication as the product of a group of progressive students attending the Brunswick Campus. The goal of the publication, according to editors, was to tell the story of our life on this campus. The four-page, tabloid-sized paper included display advertising from area businesses

The Maine Annex, vol. 2, no. 17

The Maine Annex, published by the students of the University of Maine at the Brunswick Campus, was launched January 10, 1947. Editors introduced the publication as the product of a group of progressive students attending the Brunswick Campus. The goal of the publication, according to editors, was to tell the story of our life on this campus. The four-page, tabloid-sized paper included display advertising from area businesses

The Maine Annex, vol. 2, no. 16

Following World War II, the federal G.I. Bill enabled approximately 2.3 million, predominantly white male Veterans to receive a post-secondary education. To accommodate increased enrollment in 1946, the University of Maine established the Brunswick Campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The remote campus operated until spring 1949, when Veteran registrations waned

The Maine Annex, vol. 2, no. 12

The Maine Annex announced the scheduled presentation by Margaret Chase Smith and reports the Brunswick campus would become co-educational

The Maine Annex, vol. 2, no. 19

Following World War II, the federal G.I. Bill enabled approximately 2.3 million, predominantly white male Veterans to receive a post-secondary education. To accommodate increased enrollment in 1946, the University of Maine established the Brunswick Campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The remote campus operated until spring 1949, when Veteran registrations waned

The Maine Annex, vol. 2, no. 21

The Maine Annex, published by the students of the University of Maine at the Brunswick Campus, was launched January 10, 1947. Editors introduced the publication as the product of a group of progressive students attending the Brunswick Campus. The goal of the publication, according to editors, was to tell the story of our life on this campus. The four-page, tabloid-sized paper included display advertising from area businesses. Following World War II, the federal G.I. Bill enabled approximately 2.3 million, predominantly white male Veterans to receive a post-secondary education. To accommodate increased enrollment in 1946, the University of Maine established the Brunswick Campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The remote campus operated until spring 1949, when Veteran registrations waned

The Maine Annex, vol. 2, no. 9

The Maine Annex Editor-in-Chief, Roy W. Nickerson investigates rising costs at the Annex campus bookstore including the price of Coca-Cola increasing from 5 to 7-cents