University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

Text from Pages 1 - 39 of the 1945 volume:

1 The GRISTETTE June 1945 The GRISTETTE There was a time when the grads of State Numbered in the hundreds; but alas — not of late. The war has left us with but a few, To publish the GRISTETTE for ourselves and you. There was a time when material wasn’t short, When good leather covers could be bought But now such things are quite unknown As our cardboard cover has surely shown. There was a time when the seniors’ cash Could make the yearbook quite the flash; But our balance with the Bursar isn’t as high As it used to be in days gone by. We hope you realize w r e have done the best That we possibly could in these days of unrest And we hope we’ve published a memory book That will some day serve as a backward look. They once walked with us to class And laughed with us at play , Wherever they are y God , keep them safe And smile on them today. As we receive our diplomas, and leave our campus in Kingston be- hind forever, we have the obligation of stopping for a moment to think — to think of those wdio should be graduating with us. There are so many of our original class who have left us to answer the call of their country. Throughout our eight semesters here, we have felt their absence deeply, and w r e hope that they have missed us also. How much fuller our college life would have been, had they been present to share it with us. We want them to know how proud we are of them . . . how sad we are because they are not here . . . and how eagerly we want to dedicate, to them, this resume of our college lives. I ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ SR Sitting, 1 to r — Gail Graham, Mary Ann Hartikka, Mary Gariepy, Ethel O’Connor, Mary Farrell, Elaine MacDonald Standing— Nancy Thornley, Ralph Nardone, Phyllis Stedman, Robert Scott, F. Shirlie Lalime Gristette Editorial Board Co-Editors Mary Gariepy and Ethel O ' Connor Managing Editors Robert Scott and Phyllis Stedman Feature Editor — Shirley Lalime Assistants Claire Callahan May Gronneberg Dorothy Hanna Jane Winter Circulation Editor — Mary Ann Hartikka Assistants Harriet Hall Mary Louise Robertson Business Manager — Ralph Nardone Assistants Herbert Berman Rosemary Blaine Marilyn Fogel Jean Heseltine Copy Editors Elaine MacDonald and Nancy Thornley Women ' s Sports Editor Beatrice Browning- Photograph Editor — Mary Farrell To the Members of the Graduating Class: The spring of 1945 is a time that will remain indelibly fixed in your memory. It marks the culmination of your college career, a highlight in anyone’s life. The days leading up to your graduation are unique. They are coinciding with the termination of a major stage in the greatest war of all time. They also coincide with an unprecedented conference of nations met in the determination to find the ways and means of maintaining per- manent peace. It is a time, too, of a decided forward look, a time that reflects a new hope, a new faith, and a new determination to solve mankind’s age-old problems and to create a new and better world. For these reasons, you are graduating from college at a most opportune time, a time of great possibilities, a time which will demand a superior type of leadership, a time which will require the best that is in you, a time that offers great potentialities for creative service. With such a prospect, I am sure you will value the years you have spent here on the campus, and will have a growing appreciation for the opportunities the college has placed in your way for the broadening of outlook, for the pursuit of knowledge, and for the attainment of skills designed better to fit you for the duties which lie before you. Tha nks to your college training, you can look forward to your careers with assurance and with self-confidence, with the full realization that a place is waiting for you and that you have a contribution to make to the world’s work. Your college years have laid the foundation for the full enjoyment of nature’s gifts and for the highest appreciation of human experience. It is our hope that the future may bring you life’s richest and most satisfying rewards. CARL R. WOODWARD May 1, 1945 Ladies and Gentlemen : Lucretius said that life is given to no one in fee-simple, but to all in usufruct. Possibly he was anticipating our college years. As I read the class history and the biographies of the members, it strikes me that you have used your years here pretty well. Certainly you have escaped my fusty sermonizing, and I shall not now begin to scatter gratuitous advice. Let us all wear the mantle of our humanity with grace, and turn to the Persian for comfort: Yon rising Moon that looks for us again — How oft hereafter will she wax and wane; How oft hereafter rising look for us Through this same Garden — and for some in vain ! And when like her, 0 Saki, you shall pass Among the Guests star-scatter’d on the Grass, And in your joyous errand reach the spot Where I made One — turn down an empty Glass ! And my very best wishes to you all. LEE CRAWFORD WILSON d Roosevelt Hall Ranger Hall Bliss Hall SENIOR CLASS Front Row (1 to r) — May Gronneberg, Phyllis Stedman, Mary Gar iepy, Nancy Thornley, Ethel O’Connor, Mary Farrell, Gail Graham, Dorothy Hanna, Marilyn Fogel. Middle Row (1 to r) — Claire Calls han, Jean Heseltine, Mary, Louise Robertson, Mary Ann Hartikka, F. Shirlie Lalime, Elaine MacDonald, Rosemary Blaine, Jane Winter. Last Row (1 to r) — Robert Scott, Daniel Calenda, John Young, Ralph Nardone, Herbert Berman. Who ' s Who in 1945 HERBERT JOSHUA BERMAN Have you heard of the fella who spends his nights — yes, we said nights — in the zoo labs, boning for his numerous exams? That’s Herb! It paid dividends though — note the Phi Kappa Phi key. But he doesn’t spend all his time studying — he sleeps and eats, too. One of the few fra- ternity men remaining on campus. Have fun serving pills for others’ ills, Herb. ANNA MABEL BILLS Boy, it sure must be swell to have a nice walk before an 8 o’clock class every day. That’s what Anna’s been doing for eight semesters. But this Sigma gal probably doesn’t even think about the walking. It seems that there’s something about an Ensign’s uniform and the Phi Mu pin that gives her that dreamy look. Oh well, some people get all the breaks. Lucky kids that get her for a teacher. ROSEMARY BLAINE “Goin’ down the line? Wait an’ I’ll go with you !” Thus Mernie tears herself away from her beloved chemistry and wends her way to Narragansett or points between, much in the manner shown in the snapshot. But still she finds time for Sachems, Beacon, I. R. C., Chi O officer- ship and was elected to “Who’s Who.” As for her favorite courses — everyone knows they’re the organic chem courses taught by Mr. Nelson! Wonder if Dr. Parks ever saw her notebook — all letters to friends and no notes! BEATRICE ANN BROWNING Doc Browning certainly has no kick coming as far as “Bebe’s” showing the family administrative ability off to a good advantage goes. Sports, clubs, Union, DZ, and even in the current bull session we make way for Bea to show us how. A mem- ber of Sachems, “Who’s Who,” she still finds time to think of the little things that mean so much. “To get a letter . . . write a letter . . . even if it’s on class time” is her motto. DANIEL GAETANO CALENDA Danny, the Beta Psi zoo student with ambitions of being a doctor. His motto: “Stay away from the girls and stay hap- py” — unless, of course, you have to help them with their zoo courses (in class or out) . Spends most of his nights studying in the library or in bull sessions with the boys. Keep it up in Med School, Dan. CLAIRE EILEEN CALLAHAN Tall, dark, and then some! Smiling green eyes, dimples, and curly hair — an honor to the Irish and to DZ. Interested in everything and everyone — with a book forever at hand with which to occupy any spare moments. “Irish” did a super job in the Phi Delta play and carried her share of talk around the country for Portia Club, too. MARION ELSIE COTTRELL The lucky commuter from West King- ston — lucky because she has a car, and even luckier if it runs. This child de- velopment major gets her practical ex- perience every summer, working in chil- dren’s camps. But if you want more in- formation about her practical experience, ask her how she liked Home Management House — ask her, then duck ! -4 13 The GRISTETTE MARY ELIZABETH FARRELL Irish “Farelli” of the Smith Street Irishmen . . . prexy of Chi 0, and a vic- tim of the Bus. Ad. Department ' s account- ing courses. But we figured out why she ' s taking them . . . they come in handy when it comes to keeping track of all the men she keeps track of. With her looks and personality, she ' ll be a great addition to any office. MARILYN NAN FOGEL “Dean Gilbert ' s on the phone. Mickey anywhere around ? 0 boy, Mick, you sure do have your troubles! More prob- lems than any two people put together but always with a joke on the tip of her tongue, Mickey has devoted most of her energy to student government. Won her key in W. A. A. . . . gave us a swell coun- ty fair . . . elected to Who ' s Who . . . and was prexy of the Dorm Association. Just loves to make speeches ... oh yeah? MARY VIRGINIA GARIEPY Editor-in-chief of the Beacon, Co-Editor of the Gristette, president of Student Sen- ate, Vice-President of Phi Delta ... is there any work left for anyone else? Her Bus. Ad. course didn ' t prepare her for marriage but no doubt she can run that “business efficiently, too . . . just ask Owen. We couldn ' t have gotten along without you, Mary. GAIL LYMAN GRAHAM Some people got it and some ain ' t but Gail was certainly around when they handed “it out. Whether it ' s Portia, Phi Delta, Glee Club, or vying for Queen of a dance, this Chi 0, also a member of the Sachems, is way out in front. The sen- sation that sent the stag lines whirling when we w ere freshmen, she ' s kept the remaining men on campus “that way since. A sincere friend ... a conscien- tious worker . . . loads of fun. It ' s been swell knowing you, G ' -r-ail. MAY GERTRUDE GRONNEBERG “Hot sketch — emphasis on either or both words. A steady stream of talk, sometimes it makes sense, then again more often it doesn’t. One of the Caf majors with little time for anything else, unless it ' s just plain fooling around. She does manage an occasional letter to build up morale in the marine corps, which goes to prove that she ' s just one of the many “involved gals of D. Z. HARRIET LOUISE HALL Here comes that bright (?) blue car, wandering all over the road, Harriet at the wheel, hoping (1) that the gas supply holds out, (2) that no one gets in the way ' cuz there aren ' t any brakes, (3) that not more than one tire blows out at a time, and her prayer for the last time that may- be this semester she ' ll be able to graduate! P. S. She made it! P. P. S. She also spends some of her time thinking of Smit- ty, the sailor. DOROTHY CRAWFORD HANNA Need a slugger and first baseman for the Chi 0 softball team? Just ' call “Red — of course, she may be involved at the Union in a cozy twosome of Honeymoon Bridge — or just plain involved. And speaking of being involved, that ' s a good looking Sigma Chi pin she sports. Queen of the Winter Formal and a class director — and still w T id the same pep she had as a freshman. Some gal? We ' ll say! MARY ANN ELSA HARTIKKA “Shed-up! . . . Recognize that expres- sion? That ' s right — “Ticka wants a little peace and quiet for a change. An- -4 14 The GRISTETTE other of the quiet but swell Phi Mu gals . . . and she can say anything and get away with it. Ask her how she liked H. M. house! JEAN WINNIFRED HESELTINE Jeannie ' s prejudiced to Swan products — could be the soap, but more likely it’s Mr. and Mrs. Swan ' s little boy Jack. May- be the Swan soap will keep her hands pret- ty to show off the Swan(n) diamond. D. Z. ' s delegate to Residence and reorganizer of the Student Senate. Dr. Wright and Dr. Carpenter ' s faithful biology student. One peach of a gal, too. ARLENE WINIFRED HORNBY Need a little bit of artistic talent? Just go over to D. Z. and ask “Blondie to share a bit of hers. A ride down the line? She supplies many of those too and just as graciously. We still haven’t figured out which one of her male correspondents is “the one but the field is large and we bet she can take her choice. AGATHA LOUISE JONES Missed someone around campus this last semester? And how! Sis (of the Sis and Sanse combination) has been out training at the Bradley home just when we needed her most. A cheerleader, Cor- responding Secretary of DZ, a member of Student Senate, Jonesie learned more from bull sessions than from textbooks but she ' s obtained knowledge that should stand her in good stead from both. An- other gal who is “playing the field she certainly has her troubles w T hen two or three men come home at the same time! FLORENCE SHIRLEY LALIME Who was that smart looking gal who just flashed by? Oh, that must have been “Lemon going to see Prof. Brooks about Portia (lucky man) ... or to a Phi Delta rehearsal . . . or to a meeting of the fea- ture board of the Gristette or Beacon . . . or to a sorority meeting (glad to see you, prexy) ... or to her daily chat with Dean Gilbert and Miss Jordan about May Day (the list could be a lot longer, as we all know, but there ' s a paper shortage!). . . . Wonder when she studies. Probably doesn ' t have to with all she has “on the ball. No need to enumerate all the good qualities. “Who ' s Who thought that she had more than enough ... as do a few, just a few, fellas we could mention. We’re sure gonna miss you, gal. ELAINE MacDONALD There was only one logical girl to be president of the Home Ec. (Wreck) club — that was “Mac. Whenever there was a Home Ec convention on campus you ' d see her rushing between Quinn, Home Management House, and Chi 0 — manag- ing to get everything running smoothly. She also applied her effort and talent to Chi Omega as an officer and to the Con- cert Choir as one of the managers. Next Fall off she goes to graduate study. RALPH XAVIER NARDONE Slugger par excellence of the near championship Beta Psi softball team, “Ripper was also one of the instrumen- tals in the formation of the league — Q. P. King in Business Ad. (Phi Kappa Phi) — Also a hard worker as the business man- ager of the Gristette. We also suspect him of heart interests when away from campus. No one could be that indifferent to women without a reason ! ETHEL ANTOINETTE O’CONNOR If State is ever renamed “R. I. State O ' College we ' ll know “Etch is behind it all. Co-editor of the Gristette, Sport —• ! { 15 The GRISTETTE Editor of the Beacon, Social Chairman of Newman Club, this little gal packs a rath- er large wallop in her five-foot frame. Her favorite haunt is the “Onion” — and her favorite people? Democrats, of course, although she usually includes her Repub- lican DZ sisters. MARY LOUISE ROBERTSON One of those Home Ec gals who finds little time for anything but the C. D. courses. Time well spent as shown by that Phi Kap ribbon on her gown at grad- uation. One of the luckier students who can enjoy home cooked meals often — Dr. Crawford (Uncle Steve) sees to that. ROBERT CRAWFORD SCOTT The first veteran of World War II to graduate, moderator of the Sachems, “Who’s Who,” Phi Kappa Phi . . . this S. A. E. man has our .vote for one all- round swell guy. With a finger in every organization on campus (and that finger usually holding the reins) and an eye on every co-ed, Bob spends his days in the Chem Lab (in between visits to the cat) and his nights at the Union and still runs away with all the honors — and the girls. He says he doesn’t intend to follow the same pattern at Syracuse where he goes next fall for graduate study but we aren’t betting on it! We still haven’t decided which we like best when he’s singing ten- or in the quartet — his voice or the raised eyebrow that goes with the high notes. PHYLLIS ALTHEA STEDMAN Telephone call? Bet it’s another man to talk to Phyl. She’s got a million of “em”! Too bad if they call before noon — she can’t seem to get out of bed Til , then. After she does manage to rise and shine the piano attracts, her (second to the telephone and the previously men- tioned men). At the piano she “sends herself all over the place” with anything from Bach to boogie — and usually it’s not bad to listen to either. A D. Z. who oc- casionally lends her mellow alto to the Concert Choir, or her organizing talent to the Beacon or Gristette. NANCY KAY THORNLEY The littlest gal in DZ — but lacking noth - ing in vim, vigor and what goes with it. Another of those who has special plans after victory, plans started with those wonderful days of the A. S. T. P. A bi- ology major and one of the mainstays of Phi Sigma — also manages a beautiful sun tan in February. Wonder how she does it! JANE LEOTA WINTER Prexy “Peep” — Pan Hell and W. A. A. The rush chairman of Sigma who wields a wicked bat in those exciting softball games. What we can’t figure out is why she bothers to buy a ticket to those games at the Garden. Guess that New York is so big that she never can find the place! The gal who made her exit on 24 credits. That’s graduating the hard way, isn’t it? JOHN LEONARD YOUNG Oh nuts! Another explosion in the chem lab — flying glass — chemicals all over the ceiling — screaming co-eds running out of Ranger — all in a day’s schedule for John — and anyway he wanted a good ex- cuse to go to the stock room to talk about chemistry (?) with the new attendant (feminine). A Newport lad who likes the analytical side of chemistry— and the pool table at the Union. 16 HON Class Ente CPL. T 5 ALBERT ABRAMOVITZ USA CPL .JOHN E. ANDERSON, JR. USA MM 2 c CARLTON F. BACON USN S SGT. THOMAS F. BARRY USAAF MID. DAVID A. BATEMAN, USN MID. BRADFORD A. BECKEN USN PFC. JOHN J. BRADY USMC PVT. HAROLD W. BROWNING, JR. USA RM2 C WILLIAM G. CHAMBERLAIN USN QM3 C HENRY E. CHILDS, USCG LT. FREDERICK R. CHRYSTIE USAAF ENS. STANLEY F. CORNISH USN LT. CHARLES B. COUTTS USAAF ENS. WILLIAM F. COWEN, JR. USN CPL. ROBERT R. CURTIS USMC PVT. PERRY J. DEITCH USA PVT. JAMES N. DUBEE USAAF CPL. THOMAS J. DUFFY USA SGT. WILLIAM H. P. EMERY USMC ENS. GERARD FERNANDEZ, JR. USN CPL. JOSEPH FISHBEIN USA FO. PETER T. FLARARTY, JR. USAAF S2 C JOHN T. FLYNN USN PFC. GORDON A. GARDINER USA PVT. ALFRED W. GARDNER USA YEO. MARGARET GERMANO WAVES PVT. CALVIN V. GUISTI USA S SGT. BYRON R. GR] SP(X)3 C DOREEN M. CPL. JOSEPH A. HART A S THEODORE F. KA PFC. NED HERZOG U£ CPL. CARLOS F. HILI S SGT. RAYMOND HI PFC. ROBINSON HINI FO JOHN J. HOOD US FO ROLAND E. JENK HERBERT F. KOUFFM CPL. ARGILAS J. KOU PVT. KENNETH J. KR PFC. HOWARD P. LAI CPL. EDWARD F. LA] C. MID. HUGH V. LEV PVT. JOHN J. LOMBA] fALBERT A. LOWRY 1 S SGT. JAMES J. McCi SP3 C JOHN J. McLAI PHM1 C GEORGE R. IV A C DONALD MILLEE ENS. EDWARD J. MO PVT. JOHN R. NELSOi S2 C WARREN R. NE ' PVT. WILLIAM A. O’R PVT. CLARENCE F. 0 O R ROLL ring in October, 1942 I ★ ★ ★ I 5ENE USAAF HANNAH WAVES USAAF .SSELL USN IAAF , USA SIDLE USAAF )LE, JR. USAAF AAF INS USAAF AN USMS LBANIS USMC OUDVIRD USAAF ’IDUS USA HVIERE USA ns usms IDO, USA JSMS LRTHY USA JGHLIN USCG [AGAN USN , USAAF MAHAN USN I USMC WALL USN RRA, JR. USA LDS USA PVT. NARDINO J. PANCIERA USAAF CPL. JOHN F. PANKALA USA COX. BENJAMIN V. PECKHAM USN T 5 PATSY D. PELLEGRINO USA PFC. FRANCIS N. PERRY USMC S2 C RICHARD F. PICANO USN FO ROBERT F. PORTER, JR. USAAF PFC. STEVEN M. QUINN, JR. USMC PFC. VINCENT A. F. RAGOSTA USAAF PFC. MILTON L. RAKUSIN USA ARM2 C RICHARD J. REARDON USN PFC. ABRAHAM SCHWARTZ USA SGT. JOHN L. SHEA USA CPL. RICHARD W. SHERRY USA PFC. ALBERT J. SMITH USA T 5 HARRY R. SNYDER, JR. USA AA2 C ROBERT F. SPENCER, Jr. USN S SGT. JOSEPH P. STEVENSON, JR. USA PVT. WILLIAM H. THIBODEAU USA LT. AGENOR W. WACHTA USAAF S2 C JOHN WAKEFIELD USN SGT. CALDWELL A. WHIPPLE, JR. USAAF CPL. FREDERICK T. WORRELL, JR. USAAF PFC. HENRY C. ZABIEREK USA Killed in Action fMissing in Action 8 Washburn and East Halls History - i t ♦ In the world today history is being made at such a rapid pace, and the events have been so tremendous, that sometimes we lose sight of the fact that we, too, have been living in a historical sense. Our events have not made the front pages of newspapers but certainly we have written a page of history in the chapter of the College. Our page is mostly the story of a struggle to preserve the organizations and the spirit of the College during the war and to give back to the servicemen in our class, and in other classes, the same Rhody that they left. We did not want them to come back and have to blow away the dust of inactivity before they could start in where they left off. The Class of 1945 never really started. It just accumulated. Some of us were here a little early and didn’t accelerate; another came back after serving with the armeq forces, but most of us arrived in September of 1942 and are the product of a concentrated and accelerated college life which has meant many things besides vacations being few and far between. We were green that September almost three years ago, but we were very willing to learn and we still think our Freshman year was as wonderful as that of any pre- ceding class. Acceleration had started and our “freshman week” was cut short, but we had three full days of stag lines, teas, and making mistakes by ourselves. We learned our school songs; we wore our green ribbons and our frosh caps; we -4 21 )■ - The GRISTETTE didn’t walk on the grass, and we found out who the Vigilantes were — even if some of us did it the hard way. The Davis Hall girls bunked in the lounge of Eleanor Roosevelt Hall while Davis was being re- decorated, and in a spirit of fun nicknamed their temporary headquarters “The Bar- racks” and proceeded to have a fine time while they were there. That first Saturday we cheered at the Brown-State game, not realizing, then, that it was the last we were to see for the duration. We had a football team and a band that year — we even danced in Octo- ber to Sam Donahue at the Soph Hop, and in November to Mai Hallett at the Aggie Ball. Agatha Jones and Anna Bills were cheerleaders and Gail Graham, Marcia Cady, and Fran Stickley were Queen can- didates for the Aggie Ball. Even then we were making ourselves known. We joined the Glee Club, Phi Delta, the debating societies, Home Ec Club ; we did the small jobs for the Beacon ; we went out for football and track and basketball and hockey and softball. We didn’t know what class we were going to graduate as, but, for tradition’s sake, we put our “Frosh 46” on the quadrangle walk. Event followed event that first year. And in the meantime the streetlights had gone out, students and faculty were keep- ing a twenty-four hour watch on the roof of Washburn Hall. We elected our first and only complete set of class officers. Doug Graham was our President; Marite Delaney, Vice-President; Marcia Cady, Secretary; William Briggs, Treasurer; Herbie Kauffman, Social Chairman, and Dr. Robert Stallman was our class adviser. We presented the “Frosh Frolic” — we danced again at our first Military Ball — rushing came and some of us joined fra- ternities and sororities. Janet Datson and Elsie Anderson walked off with the first prize for their nursery rhyme skit at our Stunt Night. That winter we packed Rod- man Hall at every game and soon we were calling Coach Keaney “The Mente” as if we’d been around for years. We watched State’s first graduation with snow on the ground — the Beacon was -cut to almost half its size. In December we danced at the last Junior Prom in the Biltmore. On February third all courses began on an accelerated program. We were now T called “second semester freshmen” be- cause a new freshman class had entered. This date really marked the beginning ot the end of our class unity in the strictest sense of the word, although our classmates really didn’t start to fall behind until the next summer. The war was brought closer that sum- mer semester by the arrival of two hun- dred and fifty Army Trainees who moved into Eleanor Roosevelt Hall. We listened to their “Jolly, Jolly, Sixpence” and “Hup- 2-3-4” going to and from classes ; our girls danced with them at the “Union,” which was formerly Beta Phi fraternity, and we turned our Cafeteria over to their use. The civilian boys, regardless of fraternity affiliation, moved into TKE, Alpha Tau, Lambda Chi, and Beta Psi. Delta Alpha, S. A. E., Theta Chi, Phi Mu, and P. I. K. became the habitats of dorm girls and freshmen, and soon it no longer looked unusual to see girls going in and out of fraternity houses at all hours. All stu- dents used the individual housing units as dining rooms. We donated blood — there were air raid drills — and we watched the number of blue and gold stars grow on our service flag in Edwards Auditorium. Semester representatives now replaced class officers and we elected Bob Shea as our third semester director and Doctor Wilson as our adviser. That summer we still found time for the Pier; we took life saving courses at Thirty Acres ; we played softball and tennis ; classes progressed and our tans deepened at the same time. That summer we learned football was to be a war casualty. In the September gradua- tion we watched twenty-two senior men -4 22 jfr- The GRISTETTE graduate wearing their caps and gowns over their uniforms. The Soph Hop, the Junior Prom, and just a few of our clubs were other war casualties that next fall. We were forced to realize our responsibility to help keep things going more than ever and we ac- cepted it, grateful that there was some- thing we could do that we knew the boys who once were our classmates would ap- preciate. Girls were taking over most of the organizations now as well as making a good showing in basketball and hockey. We were Juniors in February and Dot Hanna was crowned Queen of our Winter Formal. We danced at the “Crystal Ball” w’hich the A. S. T. P. boys held — and we said goodbye to the Army at a “Goodbye G. I.” Dance in March. Davis and Roose- velt Halls were empty again and the “Jol- ly, Jolly Sixpence” song was sung wist- fully by only feminine voices. Scarcely had the Army left, however, when one hundred secretary trainees arrived to be trained for government work in Washing- ton and gave our girls some competition for the remaining men on campus. Soon we were in the midst of another summer and that June our sixth semester saw a burst of enthusiasm and college spirit that reminded us of our freshman days. TKE was reorganized into Tau Sigma Association as a substitute for fra- ternity life and, as a result, we saw an- other boys’ “Hell Week” . . . Phi Delta came to life . . . the dorm gave us a County Fair ... vie dances started again. Shirlie Lalime was our class director and mem- bers of our class were being elected to lead almost all clubs and organizations on campus. Mickey Fogel was elected Presi- dent of Women’s Student Government. Acceleration ended with the end of the summer semester. Before we knew it we were Seniors. Dot Hanna was the director for our sev- enth semester and Gail Graham, Shirlie Lalime, Mernie Blaine, Bea Browning, and Bob Scott had been tapped for member- ship into Sachems. We had a “Rhody Election Day” that semester w r ith cam- paign speeches, bonfires, buttons and “the works.” Tau Sigma, Beta Tau Omega, and Sigma Beta, the new boys’ organiza- tions, gave us a few formal dances and we had another Winter Formal . . . State was defeated in the Garden but received bids for two national tournaments ... we went to the Winter Concerts . . . and Phi Delta produced “The Late Christopher Bean” with Claire Callahan and Gail Gra- ham in prominent roles. Mernie Blaine, Bea Browning, Mickey Fogel, Mary Gar- iepy, Shirlie Lalime, and Bob Scott were among those elected to Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges. In February were were “eighth semes- ter Seniors” and were beginning the end of our stay at Rhody. We elected Shirlie Lalime and Bob Scott as class directors and were all soon up to our ears in Grist- ette and Senior Week plans. The Grist- ette took most of our money but we still had a wonderful Senior Week. A Com- mencement Dance, a picnic, a breakfast, a Senior Dance, Class Day, and finally, on Sunday, June tenth, we were transformed in a few seconds into alumnae. In our three years at Rhody during the war emergency we tried, with the admin- istration and faculty, to hold the College together. We didn’t accept defeat as so many students in other colleges did but we kept things going as best we could. There has been no “closing of the doors” because, with all the problems of the world surrounding us, we somehow felt that it was our duty, as well as our privilege, to keep the continuity of the College and give it back to our boys as they left it. Those boys and the new classes that are entering in these more hopeful years will not have the job of opening a dusty house. Our house, as we pass it on to them, is well-ordered and on a firm foundation that not even war has shaken. --••if 23 }§►— Women ' s Sports Other classes have made creditable rec- ords, but our participation in the recrea- tional activities was outstanding. The award system of the Women’s Athletic Association was initiated when we entered as Freshmen. With this new incentive every girl found time to engage in and enjoy the sports that were offered. Field Hockey was one of the more pop- ular games, but in our freshman year all of us watched the varsity players from the sidelines. The next fall our class team was very successful. Sis Jones, Mernie Blaine, Dottie Hanna, Bea Browning, and Gail Graham had a fast system of getting the ball into the goal. Marion Cottrell was one of our best players. Adele Gold- berg, Clarie Callahan, Shirlie Lalime, and Mary Ann Hartikka helped Ethel O’Con- nor prevent the opponents from scoring. In between hockey games, speedball was played. This combination of football and basketball was our most vigorous exercise. It was a task in itself to stay out of the way of kicking feet and flinging arms. The speedball forward line employed the same effective tactics as they did in hockey. All Sophomores were required to take this sport, so it was really a class activity. Basketball appeared in every form — inter-house, inter-class and varsity. For three seasons we played for the house we lived in — Delta Zeta came out on top ev- ery time. Our class team managed to end in sec- ond place but we could never improve that record. Bea Browning, Dottie Hanna, Mickey Fogel, and Arlene Hornby played forward positions, while Mernie Blaine, Marion Cottrell, Adele Goldberg, Jean Heseltine, Sis Jones, Jane Winter, and Ethel O’Connor held the defense. Marion Cottrell and Bea Browning played on the varsity team which won against Pem- broke, Posse and the WAVES from Quon- set. Our varsity members accompanied the team when they played New York University. This game was played in 1943. This past season we had a chance to par- ticipate in a Play Day with R. I. C. E., Bryant, and Pembroke. Miss Eleanor Jor- dan and Miss Lillian Nardone introduced this on our campus. We are proud to say that we won this Round Robin Tourna- ment. Dancing was enthusiastically received by the class. Modern dance demonstra- tions were given twice. Mernie Blaine, Bea Browning, Mary Gariepy, Jean Heseltine, Arlene Hornby, Elaine McDonald, Ethel O’Connor, and Nancy Thornley appeared in original compositions. Disregarding the leotards, Claire Callahan, Gail Graham, Jean Heseltine, Arlene Hornby, and Nancy Thornley spent hours learning tap rou- tines. None of us will ever forget that recital. Volleyball was so much in demand that tw T o tournaments occurred in one season. Houses as well as classes found keen com- petition. Sigma Kappa won with Anna Bills and Jane Winter performing with winning techniques, but Mernie Blaine’s serve was impossible to halt and Jean Heseltine, Phyl Stedman, and Adele Gold- berg were outstanding for their houses. Badminton tournaments utilized many winter days. Nancy Thornley was the campus champion and is a member of our class. Mic key Fogel, Adele Goldberg, Har- riet Hall, and Elaine McDonald entered the tournaments. In tennis Nancy Thornley maintained her position at the top of the list. Tennis was popular with all of us. Mernie Blaine, Bea Browning, Gail Graham, Mickey Fo- gel, Jean Heseltine,. and Ethel O’Conn, t entered the •tournaments. Bea Browning, Adele Goldberg, and Shirlie Lalime elected to take the course in tumbling. The rifle squad has had dif- ficulties in organization but May Gronnc- berg didn’t need much practice to display The GRISTETTE a superior score sheet. She has found the “eye” many times and to our envy. In softball how could we forget Dottie Hanna running around all the bases after slugging the ball a mile out in left field! Mernie Blaine and Mary Farrell supported her, leading Chi Omega to victory in every tournament. Mickey Fogel, Adele Gold- berg, May Gronneberg, Mary Ann Har- tikka, Shirlie Lalime, Ethel O’Connor and Jane Winter provided opposition for the Chi 0 powerhouse. In archery, a number of our class ex- celled, as proved by the good showing in the National Contest which the girls en- tered. Mickey Fogel, Mary Gariepy, Adele Goldberg and Ethel O’Connor were the su- perior students with Anna Bills hitting the bull’s eye most frequently. Swimming classes were crowded when warm weather came. We swam in meets and in aquacades. In 1943 our swimming team won second place with Mernie Blaine, Bea Browning, Adele Goldberg, Gail Gra- ham, Mary Ann Hartikka, Jean Heseltine, Elaine McDonald, and Nancy Thornlev winning points for speed and form. In 1944 a perfect performance in for- mation swimming was our goal. Mrs. Beach and Miss Gardner worked tirelessly in this last season with us. Our class team won the meet by capturing first place in every race. The Aquacade was climaxed by a flag formation. Jane Winter and Bea Browning had the distinction of be- ing the only lifeguards in our class and they assisted with the instructions. During our college years it was an en- couragement to receive a WAA award. The following girls received a shield : Anna Bills, Mernie Blaine, Bea Browning, Mar- ion Cottrell, Mickey Fogel, Adele Gold- berg, Gail Graham, Dottie Hanna, Mary Ann Hartikka, Jean Heseltine, Shirlie La- lime, Ethel O’Conpor, Nancy Thornley, and Jane Winter. The key was the next award which Bea Browning, Marion Cottrell, and Mickey Fogel won. In our senior year an award Tea was held at the Union in honor of girls receiving an award. Bea Browning was presented a blazer, the final award. Lippitt Hall f Class Prophecy On June 10, 1965, you will open your morning newspaper and read the follow- ing headline: Thousands Turned Away From Murderball Game, Someone Lost the Ball. It is in this very throng that the R. I. Class of ’45 holds an informal re- union. If you are one of the unlucky people standing in the ticket line, and if you happen to be near two members of this class, you will more than likely hear this: Yes, yes, this is the end of the ticket line to the Rams vs. St. John’s Murder- ball game, but you don’t have to push me, I’m not carrying the ball. Murderball? Oh, that’s the result of a nightmare Coach Keaney had after he’d eaten pickled pigs’ feet and banana cream pie. He just couldn’t toss up such an opportunity un- noticed. Why, there’s Dotty Hanna. I haven’t seen her since we went to visit that for- tune teller during our Senior Week at State. The fortune teller turned out to be Peep Winter dressed in one of her chic New York originals. Dottie insisted that Peep read her tonsils because she swal- lowed the tea leaves! What have you been doing with yourself? That is the new rage created by Stylists Hornby and Callahan that I see hanging, isn’t it? The slip with the zip will do much for the hip! A woman must be so careful of her clothes. Why do women talk so much about clothes? In fact, why do women talk so much? Isn’t it silly? Ralph Nardone, you remember Rip, well after he got mar- ried he wondered the same thing, so he decided to get some statistics on the mat- ter. He discovered that what a woman really means when she says she hasn’t a thing to wear, is that she has nothing compared to the possibilities. A man never says he hasn’t got anything to wear because it is obvious that he has. He has the same old thing that he’s been wear- ing for so long that you can recognize him by it at a distance! Of course, if he’s a Prof, it’s different; he probably wears something much older than that! Speaking for former classmatejs, my dear, have you seen Elaine MacDonald and Mary Farrell lately ? They must weigh at least two hundred pounds — apiece I mean. At any rate, they are good healthy advertisements for their new eating place, “Duck Inn and Waddle Out.” Of course you know that Shirlie Lalime is the first woman mayor of New York. The strain on her is terrific! She has to get up by 11 o’clock once a week to meet with the city council. Just the other day I saw her running down the street yelling, “Great Scott! Where is it?” I guess she meant the City Council. Isn’t it wonder- ful about Bob winning the Scientific Award of ’65 for his outstanding contri- bution to humanity t He’s invented an electric needle out of which every user is guaranteed to get a large charge. Dr. Harriet Hall recommen aea the treatment to Anna Bills who is in cnarge of a night nursery for underprivileged State students between the ages of 16 and 60. She teach- es them how to write the themes after cutting assembly, but before this becomes effective, she’ll have to teach them how to write. So many of our college classmates are going so well. Not long ago T met John Young who has just invented a microm- eter which will measure one ten-thou- sandth of an inch! Of course he’s never had the occasion to measure that distance, but it’s a great joy to him to know that he can. Besides, it’s convertible, and can be used as an ice pick when things get hot. Daniel Calenda showed me a block and tackle that he invented the other day, and he assured me that I could, by my- self, lift a piano or an elephant up to my second story window. I nearly bought it, but I don’t play the piano and I live in the basement. Oh you must stop in at my apartment! It’s run by Mickey Fogel and it’s called the 29 Jfr- The GRISTETTE Tip Toe Inn. She serves a wonderful drink called “Just One Cocktail.” I guess the whole setup is a hang-over from her Judicial Board days at State. Just a minute, I must buy a magazine. I always get it. It ' s called The Niles Yearly Son. It was formerly a newspaper called The Gariepy Daily Date but I guess they thought it would be worthwhile to cut down production. I’m dying to read the review of Mernie Blaine ' s new book of the year, Will the Cream of the Crop Today Be the Cheese of Tomorrow? In it she tells how to take an agricultural course majoring in ice cream and minor- ing in skim milk. I hear the pictures in the issue of the New York Cracker, Gail Graham, are really sensational. You know she models for Sax and she certainly does have plenty of it, I mean of it. From the column called a Blueprint of Tomorrow ' s Blueplate by two of New York ' s leading connoisseurs, Mary Ann Hartikka and Mary Robertson, you learn all sorts of in- teresting things — how to serve appetiz- ing eggshells, and even what to do with all your leftover “aigs. Speaking of taste sensations, have you tried the new Gronneberger ? I hear it ' s rapidly out- selling the old cheeseberger. One Gronne- berger gives you a lift, two Gronnebergers send you all over the place. We hear that Phyllis Stedman has in- vented a new kind of dance floor. It hap- pens to be composed of tar and concen- trated lemonade, and is said to be prac- tically slip-proof. If you do slip, how- ever, I advise you to see Dr. Berman. He’s a wonderful masseur and guarantees to cure all aching backs. I rode over here tonight in one of Cot- trell ' s Convertible Hansoms. The only streamlined thing about it was the horse, and Betty Staffeld — she ' s the driver. Jean Heseltine rode with me — she ' s married to an Eskimo and is having such a hard time of it. Thinking of new and fancy ways to fix blubber, I mean. You know Bea Browning and Nancy Thornley were under contract by the gov- ernment to go overseas and rid the in- fected war-torn countries of rats. They advocated the use of bigger and better cats. I always knew those girls would go places. Sis Jones and Ethel O ' Connor went with them to try to introduce the game of football. They had to come back though because someone mistaking the football for a watermelon bit it and blew out his back teeth. Imagine ruining a perfectly good football like that. This is what you will hear, ladies and gentlemen, unless it is prevented. It can be prevented by one of two ways : Either lock up the class before it leaves these portals, or start them off as freshmen again and give them another chance. 30 ]►- Favorites s 1. Favurite pastime Sleeping 2. Favorite movie Going My Way 3. Favorite sport Swimming 4. Favorite actress . Bette Davis 5. Favorite actor Van Johnson 6. Favorite orchestra , Harry James 7. Favorite comic strip Terry and the Pirates 8. Favorite place on campus Soda Fountain 9. Most popular professor Dr. Wilson 10. Average cost of a date on campus $.50 11. Belong to a sorority or fraternity .-. 67% — yes 12. Best course English 39 13. Toughest course Zoology 14. Best bull session subject Sex 15. Greatest need on the campus ... ..... 16. Number of dates per week... 17. Age upon graduation 18. Most valuable things acquired here More Men Average of Two 20 or 21 Friendships I Addresses ANNA MABEL BILLS Kingstown Road Kingston, R. I. ROBERT CRAWFORD SCOTT Kingstown Road Kingston, R. I. MARION ELSIE COTTRELL West Kingston Rhode Island JOHN LEONARD YOUNG 3 Prairie Avenue Newport, R. I. AGATHA LOUISE JONES 30 Benedict Road Providence 5, R. I. BEATRICE ANNE BROWNING Nortji Road Kingston, R. I. KATHERINE ELIZABETH STAFFELD c o E. 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