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FRESHMAN YEAR - Class of 1951 In September of 1947, as usual, a new group of becoming ritual. College life was wonderful. It entering freshmen arrived at Brown to become as- swirled about you making you feel important. similated by the vast scheme of university fife, to But the swirl was remembered. grow as Brown grew, to become four years hence Brown's first normal graduating class. That first Buzzing in six hundred ears was the news that a predominantly non-veteran group plunged imme- million dollar refectory was to be constructed, to diately into college life, drawing from it experience be completed sometime in the future. Freshmen be- sufficiently rich to build the Brown of 1951. came acquainted with the idea that President Wriston was opposed to federal aid to education, and the uni- versity bell rang steadily for a minute for the Save the Marshall Plan Rally. In the more personal brack- ets, Elhot Lawrence's band was introduced to many first yearmen, anevent profitable todancecommit - The year was not an uneventful one for them, and though time was necessary in order to become pre- pared to make a concrete contribution, that body of newly arrived seniors-to-be added to the records the permanent foundations of individual performance g which in themselves have become a record. teed B0 L0 t0 iy s The dances, banquets, and parties, as well as the fellowship of the fraternity system became more than fact to many as the rushing season opened. Another That initial plunge, the year 1947-1948, left its memories on the class as well. Its members became acquainted with Suicide Circle and the tunnel's last trolley, with all the facets of life around Provi- dence. It came to know the pros and cons of college dating, weighing well the local prospects, and it fought through the crowds at smokers, orientation meetings, activities night, participated inbull sessions to pick up all the intricacies of campus banter, of campus events. It learned the unimportant with the important, the Herald-Brunonia feud, and chapel, and the distribution system. outlet for development was widening. The Pi Lam grey flannel-blue serge feud, the Kappa Sig pinning of Esther Williams, and the Beta mock wedding were characteristic of future fun. The new loock came to the Brown campus. Flattop added its new look, one shghtly incongruous with the longer skirts. The educational discoveries of the class were not limited to the realm of text books, with poker, bridge, beer, and weekends at other schools gradually Riding high on the last trolley.
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