Binghamton University - Colonist Yearbook (Vestal, NY)

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head, he trod to the Cafeteria, bent on drowning his sorrows and self in thousands of little cups of pro- verbial coffee. But our little sufferer was to encounter an even more unhappy situation, for on his deter- mined journey, he was of necessity forced to pass the mysterious and foreboding Zoo Lab where hundreds of felines fcatsj were eagerly awaiting his approach -so he thought fDr. Swift would term this attitude inferiority complexnj. But how was he to know that inside those four grubid fa portmanteau word- combination of gruesome and morbidj walls, Dr. Wilmoth, armed with weapons of enormous propen- sity, was towering above said animals, gloating at his great accomplishment-for lo, he had killed them and they had died and were now preferzwl in formaldehyde, calming 720 em! of grief to fzzzmerozfr TCCe1'.f required to indulge in one year of science. But Teeny couldn't remain sad for long-too many nice things were going on around him for him to continue in his present state of mind. Local bistro babble was in high gear with Helen Hudda fstudent director of Juno and the Paycocknj ahead by a league in her enthusiastic reviews of Colonial lo-dar. Although he cou1dn't quite become accustomed to the clattering chatter of fifty people at the same time, Teeny did manage to salvage quite a bit of en- lightening news-such as Dave Merrilees, election to the editorship of the Colonist, the Colonial Play- ers' production of Sean O'Casey,s play with johnny Gorton and Irene Veit carrying off top honors for their respective portrayals, the addition of another page of print to the Colonial News, the brilliant ball- playing of new TCCers Gene Kobylarz and john Leney, and the fact that Harry Accurso had switched to Chestertieldsu. Excitement was in the air as Baccacians and Pan- dorans discussed the former's Shipwreck dance the nite of November 12 where starboard arms and boatswains' mates lf4Z77l'6d I0 Ike lime of the Sopbirlimter. Goliard members were feeling pretty good about their victory of November 9 over the Spoilers with a final score of 13-9, Adelphians were boasting the results of their recent 12-2 win over Baccacia, Loyal TCCers were lauding junior varsity basketball players Bill Simmons, Louis Picciano, Ray O'Malley, Rube Ru- benzahl, and Jack Burlingame, Dr. Brown was ex- pressing satisfaction at Marilyn Andrus' becoming president of Clarendon, Bob Koloski and Dottie Holmes were congratulating each other on their high bowling scores-and Doc Ketcham was congratulat- ing Chet Buchanan for having passed l'examen de francais 40. All in all, Teeny decided that this was a pretty nice world, and with a new lease on life scurried after Pat Lamb and Mike Biloz who were on their way to 'lYe Olde Book Store with the latest details on the USG Turkey Hop where Be-Bop and .rode pop

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Still surveying the situation on Grub Street tEnglish Department Habitatj, our little hero learn- ed that Nissel Rose was going to head the Worltl Student Service Fund drive, that Clark Hungerford had become editor of the Colonial News, and that Gerry Bloom had won an A in history for her feature on Mr. Lutz in the college's spasmodical periodical. Teeny thrilled to this intellectual com- munication of minds on a higher level . He also uncovered the fact, another news headiiner, that we've got something . That made him very happyf now all he had to do was find it! Eager to depart from the somber intellectual atmosphere that from force of habit was' beginning to envelop him, Teeny Squeege hastily scurried after Bob Bargetzi fquite the pace setterlj who was on his way to the presses with In and Out of the Locker Room . Quickly glancing over the copy paper the was now enrolled in Remedial Englishj, Teeny read that Frank Rury had been elected President of the Pin Topplers, that the Bonecrushers had battered Baccacia by a 38-7 score, that Edie Scales had become head cheer leader for Coach Welborn's active ath- letes, and that joe Ludka and Yatchal' Logan were rfill rearing high for Ike Green and lVl9ite 110 gan. Following this mental exertion, Teeny once more scampered off to meet new and greater adventures in the Grand Central Station of the Colonial, more commonly known as the student lounge, where he was soon to find out if one's friend were not in the local bistro, book store, or card room, thats where he was. In his new and bewildering environment he found another friend, Ralph Forest Qlater to become editor of the Colonial Newsj who informed him that the first graduating class at TCC had organized, and that the fifty-four members thereof would graduate under the Syracuse University banner . Teeny's little eyes fairly popped when Ralph told him about the Pandoran Sadie Hawkins dance at Lakeview lnn where nothing .rfronger tlaazu mee and gin were the order of the ezfeflifzg. So many little things pleased Teeny-like the time Jerry Gibbs won the first annual Baccacia scholarship award, the Fall Fling at the Legion, the Biz Ad Spook'l Dance where wierdies and ghosts were the gzzzriozzr bor!! at that joyom Hazlloweezz event. Yes, little Teeny Squeege really loved college life and was filled with the constant desire to do every- thing in his tiny power to better this wonderful new home of his. Usually, he was quite happy about the course of events, but one day fafter a particularly trying class in Business Lawj he received a bitter disappointment--the Goliards would not take a quart of blood from him for the community blood bank. Teeny was very disheartened and slowly, with bowed Qzbfiwl .fr ae 'Q S ' , .S ,, , . Q 7' --16 ,':1 .. .wif

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and corrzrfalkf, turkey! and pnmpkinr ho! were danred helwixt hy country hnrnphinf. jim Larham was there too, and Teeny enjoyed hear- ing him tell Nelda about the Biz Ad Stag Party of December 2 where Claydon and Claff and Orer and Graf held forlh on the erononzir .filnafion of the nalion . , . There was so much going on and so many people talking at once in this little store of knowledge Qthey sell text-books here sometimesj that Teeny almost missed seeing Miss Pitel, one of the quieter members of our congregation exlreinely inzfoloed in an explanation of a farnlty Chri.rlnza.r parly the niie of December 11 where refreshments and skits topped the lift of hitr and hair war let down with no rlndentf aronnd . . . Teeny liked this sparkling personality and decided to follow her to Pandoran Headquarters where a vigorous discussion, led by twenty girls, was in full sway. Topic: new women's social group on campus. Teeny Squeege was glad to hear this, for though he hadn't been here too long, he did realize the impor- tance of competition for healthy collegiate atmos- phere, and he was sure that the Thalians with Barb Rood at the helm, would fill the bill . Teeny watched with delight the joint Pandoran-Thalian Christmas party held in the lounge soon after where pnnrh and rookier and joyonr langhter fonlrihnied highly lo Ihe friendly .fpirit .. of the evening. Our little hero swelled with pride at the wonderful work accomplished by the Pan- doran gals in their raffle ticket sale for the benefit of the Cancer Drive, the gains of which amounted to 331500, and his little eyes grew wider and wider as he viewed the twenty-five gifts to be raffled the nite of the Mistletoe Ball wilh a hlarh and while puppy at the head of thenz all. He had heard so much about this Mistletoe Ball that Teeny made up his mind to accompany Bill Walling to the affair of the year where holly and nzirlleloe inrpired good rheer and the rnmir nzaeflror of Sanz Donahnek hand wiih hi! inner and polka! were lending a hand to the tremendous success of this third annual event. There were lots of holiday affairs taking place now, and Teeny made sure that he missed none of them. His little sides almost burst, so hard did he laugh at the International Night at the Legion where language gronpr from ezfery region lent fheir falenly lo a grand cnlnzinaiion, of the seasonls activities. Teeny liked especially well the German Club's oom-pah band with leader George Neumann, Sam Vitale's delightful rendition of Bes- same Mucho in Spanish and Italian, and Danny Bot- tino in La Traviata , and he fell in love with Larry McGrath's inimitable interpretation of a can-can dancer