University of New Hampshire - Granite Yearbook (Durham, NH)

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Durham as Mayor Frank Robie l l'lis'oner The Mayor, Threadbare McNair l became The leader oT The power machine ThaT was To rule Durham Two successful years. Assuming The role oT reverenT seniors. we re- elecTed l-luTch Long as our prexy and The MOST BeauTiTul Co-ed in New England, Shirley Hoyle, To her Third Term as our secreTary. Earl Barnes was also re-elecTed Treasurer, while Bruce MaTher was elecTed vice-presidenT. We looked on The revival oT Frosh l-lazing wiTh reserved en- Thusiasm. Our classmaTes assumed posiTions oT leadership in sTudenT governmenTs, publicaTions, AnoTher Topic OT much imporT.ance discussed concerned a group plan Tor purchasing The ALUMNUS, under which plan The magazine could be purchased aT a- lower raTe individually provided The class as a whole subscribed. AT a class meeTing on February 22, These Two Topics were discussed wiTh class members. AT The same meeTing, Anne Marie Flanagan and John Sakow- ski were elecTed co-chairmen oT The Commence- menT program. Big weekends like Mil ArT, Car- nival, Junior Prom, and Pan-Hel meanT more To us as we reached The lasT cycle oT college liTe. YeT nexT year loomed large beTore us. We ExecuTive CornmiTT'ee: James Wedge, Joy AhrendT, Class RepresenTaTiveg Charles Long, Shirley Hoyle, Bruce MaTher, Thomas Charron, acTing Treasurer, NoT picTured: Professor Philip Wl-ieaTon, Class Adviser. clubs, aThleTics, and oThers wenT as Tar as as- suming domesTic responsibiliTies. During The year The execuTive commiTTee meT several Times To discuss various projecTs. One oT These was The life insurance program oTTered by NaTional Life of VermonT which was endorsed by aclminisTra- Tive oTTicers and The class execuTive commiTTee. Under This plan, aT The end of TwenTy-Tive years, one hundred dollars OT' The dividends due on policies Taken ouT by our class members will be reTurned To The UniversiTy as an alumni giTT. realized ThaT our lives aT Durham were coming To an end. We would soon Take up our respec- Tive roles in The world ouTside. As we donned our caps and gowns, we .could reminisce over The years since The TirsT Tall in '46 and could look Torward To being The largesT class ever To be graduaTed Trom The UniversiTy oT New Hampshire. We would look back wiTh pride and joy on The pasT Tour years aT Durham: we could look Torward wiTh hope and courage To The Tu- Ture years in The world ouTside.

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kazenas, Nixon, Kachavos, DeTalis. Amid BiTT GlassTord's successes on Lewis Field and Through- ouT New England, we elecTed Joe DuTTy as our presidenT: Jim NesTor, vice-presiclenT: Shirley Hoyle, secreTaryg Bill Charron, Treasurer: and DoroThy DuTTy and Torn Powers, class represen- TaTives. HuTch Long, KaTsiTicas, Millman, Mc- Cormick, and Levandowski were members oT The varsiTy baskeTball squad. Dave McCullough helped To represenT The class in baseball, while SweeT, HarTneTT, Webb, Barndollar, Gambel, MaTher, Barns, Tupper, and Kiepper were acTive in Track. We saw The achievemenTs oT' Si Dunk- New England, ThaT The Hammer and Sickle was Tlying Trom The Tlag pole aT T-Hall, we managed To become oT age! We learned To Take our roles in campus acTiviTies, and we elecTed as Junior Class oTTicers, HuTch Long, presidenTg DOT DuTTy BarreTT, vice-president Shirley Hoyle, sec- reTaryg and Earl Barnes, Treasurer. Jim Wedge and Joy AhrendT were elecTed class represenTa- Tives, and STU Shaines and BeTTy Ahern were puT in charge oT The class rings commiTTee. The specTacular success oT our Junior Prom under The leadership oT BeTTy Lou Perley and ArT HarTneTT impressed The enTire UniversiTy wiTh The poTen- ,a2z3.:..,.T,..:.T-- . Y --.V Y. .. ...,,- , iP'b'Tr1- -, r 'Q' l li if X Xx if N X Bruce MaTher, Vice-Presidenh Shirley Hoyle, SecreTary7 Earl Barnes, Treasurer lee, Ralph Townsend, and Boo Morcom, The lasT Two members oT The U. S. Olympic Teams Tor I948. Our Hobo Hop under The direcTion oT BeTTy Ahern and Jim Wedge was held in The N. H. Hall. As Freshmen we had Tound ThaT The in- TormaliTy of The Hobo Theme was well received, and so we repeaTed iT our Sophomore year. Since Then, The Hobo Hop has almosT become a TradiTion as The annual dance given by The Sophomore Class. ln our Junior year, despiTe rumors Throughouf TialiTies oT The members of iTs largesT class. Rep- resenTing our Temale classmaTes in The Junior Prom CourT, our secreTary reigned as queen aTTended by Lorna Hadley and JaneTTe Furman. By now, The original T300 sTudenTs of our class had been wiTled down To approximaTely IOOO: neverTheless, The impacT oT The class was TelT in The Twice-winning Yankee ConTerence TooTball Team and oTher aThleTic Teams, as well as in publicaTions and organizaTions circles. This year, Too, saw The developmenT oT poliTical hisTory in

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.,a:,.,, l Achber Adams, B. Ahern Ahrendl HAROLD ACHBER Laconia ' Maior: Governmeni: 'PA Vice-Pres. 4: TKA 3, 4: De-an's Lisr 2, 3: Debafing Club 2, 3, 4: Hillel I, 2, 3, 4: In+ra- mural Sporfs 2, 3, 4: Lens 8: Shuffer l, 2: ROTC Air: NHOC l. 2. BERNARD R. ADAMS Exeler Maior: Governmenl. RICHARD O. ADAMS Durham Maior: Chemislry: Newman Club I: Die Minnaesanger I: Dean's Lisl l, 2, 3, 4. RICHMOND H. ADAMS Porlsmoulh Malor: Mechanical Engineering. A - . ll fl l v Adams. R. I-l. Allen Adams, R. O. Alterman BETTY AHERN Concord Maior: Bacieriology: XM: NHOC I: Blue Circle 2, 3, 4: Newman Club l, 2, 3, 4: House Council 2, Vice-Pres. 3: WRA Trees. 4: Class Ring Com. 3, 4: Yachl' Club 3: lnlerclass Soffball 3. JOY AH RENDT Nashua Maior: Bacleriology: GT Trees. 3, Pres. 4: XM 3, 4: THE GRANITE 3, Feafures Ed. 4: Big Sisler 2, 3, 4: Class Exec. Council 3. 4: Opus 45 3: NHOC I, 2, 3, 4: Campus Killen 4. LAWERENCE R. AKERMAN Dover Major: Hislory: KE Vice-Pres. 3: NHOC 3, 4: Scabbard 81 Blade 2, 3: ROTC Adv. Air 2, 3. COURTNEY P. ALLEN Easl Derry Maior: Poullry Husbandry: AFP: AZ: Dean's Lisl' 3: Foullry Science Club 3, Pres. 4. SENIORS