Babson College - Babsonian Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Reflections Thru The 70 ' s ... Passing Thoughts Babson College, originally Babson Institute, changed its name and image in 1969. Although Roger Babson would frown upon our conversion, the trustees ' intention was to avoid confusion with the fly-by-night business institutes. The 70 ' s . . . what to mark our generation with? The last president to actually deal with Roger Babson would retire in 1974. When asked why?, Henry Kriebel says, well ... I decided I ' d retire at 65, and I did. ( actually I think I was chosen to be President because Roger Babson liked my wife ). The college did feel some of the effects of the revolution, Babson was shut down for some time by a student strike over minority represen- tation on the faculty, (not nearly enough). The 70 ' s may be known for the introduction of women to campus. (The college used to require the students to sign a fornication pact, I hearby swear not to bring women to visit my room . . . etc ). Another big change can be seen in the allowing of liquor on campus, (gasp). We all know that our founder was a confirmed prohibitionist, (going as far as running for the Presidency in 1940 for the party). In deference to our founder, alcohol was banned on campus until after his death. Ah . . . but to go as far as opening a pub . . . Incredible. Ralph Sorenson was the first President picked from the outside since Hinckley, after World War II; also Ralph is the first President not to have known our founder! Really what ' s important is that the 70 ' s is the first decade in nine decades that Roger Babson isn ' t around. So what ' s Rog- er ' s effect on the 70 ' s? Well, some may point out that his choice of location for building Trim Dining Hall has affected every other building since. Some see his insistence that a business college be run in a business-like way, (a college with small endowment, that has never seen red ink, not possible). Myself, I see the smartness of a man, who could rebuild a school after World War II, (he was 71 at the time) from nothing; the college closed down during the war, only two faculty and two administrators returned after the war; and hire such a staff that they could create what (Everett Stephens would disagree - He says we are!), strives to be the number one undergraduate business college in the nation. It ' s got to be different! , was Roger ' s favorite theme, You don ' t want to be like everybody else. Babson may be a col- lege now and may hand out diplomas, (we weren ' t accredited until 1950), and the college does have liquor and women. Yet I don ' t think you should worry, Mr. Babson, because having a Hall of Fame for Enterpreneurs couldn ' t happen anywhere else, and there can only be one college that is the best for what they do (including- er . . . soccer) and most of all no other college was founded by a man so interesting and marvelous. Yes, I think we can still be different, and you, Mr. Babson, will keep us that way. Timothy P. Domini 13

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T - ' r TTQUR Piles Of Wood Piles of wood Just don ' t look so good Against the Wellesiey Hills A plywood wall In the dining hall? A gallon of coffee, Won ' t cure those chills A gymnasium extension; Whoops! Wrong Foundation Let ' s go fellas Bring in the drills A brand new dorm, Soon taking form Lounges, playrooms Yup- all the frills A Research Center, the very best Has to impress any guest; With the grandeur It instills A new Library, a new dorm A better gym; A needed renovation expanding Trim Are worth far more than the biiis This place is gonna ' look good Enough to make us forget The piles of wood Against the Wellesiey Hills