General University of Maine Publications
Document Type
Other
Editor
Joe Zabriskie, editor
Jerry Kominsky, business manager
Doug Kneeland, make-up
Publisher
University of Maine
Publication Date
Spring 5-4-1951
Publisher location
Orono, Maine
Issue Number
3
Volume Number
5
Abstract/ Summary
Libraries and archives collect materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. As a result, materials such as those presented here may reflect sexist, misogynistic, abusive, racist, or discriminatory attitudes or actions that some may find disturbing, harmful, or difficult to view.
Both a humor and literary magazine, The Pine Needle was a University of Maine student periodical that began publication in the fall of 1946, the first post-World War II semester that saw GIs returning to campus.
Unlike past UMaine student publications, The Needle celebrated the sexualization of co-eds and the use of drugs, tobacco, and alcohol by students. Outrage expressed by older alumni resulted stricter oversight of the magazine beginning in 1947. By 1949, the first wave of World War II GI's were graduating and the restless, rebellious tone of The Needle began to shift as the threat of the Korean War loomed.
The The Pine Needle for spring 1951 is a parody issue titled Scare. Mrs. Fleur Cowles, editor of the short-lived but celebrated magazine Flair, is acknowledged as an inspiration. The cover illustration is a pen-and-ink drawing of a magnifying glass, the center of which is a die-cut hole. A glimpse of the page-two illustration appears to be the shapely outline of a nude woman's torso. Opening the magazine reveals the distorted drawing of a basset hound by Len Keenan.
Repository Citation
Pine Needle Publications; Liakakos, George; Gross, Ted; Dutille, Ann; Barron, Martha; Kneeland, Doug; Brackley, Sally; Lawson, Ted; Ferguson, Stan; Philips, Robert; and Barron, Martha, "The Pine Needle, vol 5, no 3 (aka Scare)" (1951). General University of Maine Publications. 2473.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/univ_publications/2473
Publisher Statement
SCARE magazine is published gleefully by the staff of The Pine Needle, all members of which are students of the University of Maine.
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