Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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l this fuss over water? In the same vein so was Dick Gage, again holding his class's top office, even though O0'Donnell's Cloth- ing Store supported Jim Mullaney. Other hints for the future were the political victeries of Handman and Anderson. Mentioning victories, ocne's mind returns to ath- letics for that was a winning year. Art Bartlett won the Ne w England shot put championship; with Cres- well sparkling, behind Kozak and Mahoney, the Brown cagers downed Holy Cross and Dartmouth in two spectacular upsets; Dick Phillips captured the NAAU high jump crown. The Narragansett La- crosse Club itself in its sophomore year scored an upset win over previcusly undefeated Worcester Poly. Bigmoments and little-today there is no Observ- er; there are still the travel experiences of JimDon- aldson. There are still the memories of 400 momen- tarily staunch sophomores crowded into Froebel Hall for the most gala beer party of them all. There was the professional touch football team from Edwards- Hopkins, and perhaps of longest remembered conse- quence the Harvard jinx: sport after sport-no vic- tory-then the hockey team again-this time with Priestly-Harvard was at last defeated. At last and at first, ayear of firsts-the first shell to appear on the Seekonk for a period of 74 years was lowered as the Brown Rowing Association began the evidences of that slow growth-evidences else- where: on the columns of the Widener Library, on the streets that Friday, Black Friday-gloom and no parties-spring brought back weekends and a new outlook-new outlooks for many freshmen become fraternity men, a wider college view-rushing from another angle-maturity, progress. And sports again: the baseball team features the It was Condon's kick, remember? 0 for 2nice try though. pitching of sophomore Bill Hayes, outstanding against Columbia and Dartmouth-Al Gauthier at bat-Gil Borjeson gains hammer throw recognition -sailing and lacrosse become respected competitors. Recognition for Brown: the trackmen win the New England title-Milt Brier, breaststroker for the Bruin swimmers, is named for honorable mention on the all-American team-quarterback Finn gains all- Eastern honors, and football guard John Chernak is one of the sophomore nation-wide selections. Change-the road toward the Brown of today: comprehensive exams reinstated, old notebooks leave the files-themore important change: the two year plan to reduce the student body by 1500, the gut course slowly disappearing-a course critique is planned, and improved student government is ef- fected under a new Cammarian Club constitution- two-thirds of the student body goes to the campus polls to vote, andthe Brotcit Daily Herald carries the editorial title, Exit Apathy? The campus answered, Yes . Growth was not to be denied.

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g I N SOPHOMORE YEAR - eiassof 1951 w ; n A i i Growth, always gradual, marked the year with its slow approach toward normalcy. That second lap, 1945-1949, was one of setback as well as advance. Faunce House was modernized, work on the refec- tory began, maid service was reduced, and football cuts were disallowed. On the rebound from the latter, no cut days were abolished, and Mr . Rockefeller pre- sented the university with his conditional 400,000 dollars. Official chairs were tilted back ancther notch. A little ground was cut in the vicinity of the Brown Jug. From the sophomore's viewpoint the year was an important one: a rigid Vigilance Committee enforced freshman hazing competently, so well that enough spirit was engendered in the frosh to produce the second consecutive flag rush defeat for the Class of 24 Harvard retaliationfalse alarm. 1951. Sports also were in the air, and the sophomore contributions were of great moment. Hill, Frankenbach, Chernak-names to recall on the gridiron-to be Jjoined by Mahoney, Altieri, Kozak-Brown over Princeton and hysteria every- where, thanks to the fabulous Condon toe. Ups and downs: the Kodiac bear is presented to the school for an increase in football fervor, and Norm lacuele is lost for the season. Dave Michael teams with brother Gray to spark the soccer and wrestling teams; Win Wilson continues swimming success. Sports, yes, but not alone. An excellent Sock and Buskin all-Trish season opened with Dyer and Dono- van playing various leads; Dyer and UHan brought out the winning Brownbrokers show, and Masters and Wood kept Brunonia improving. And around the campus there were little notes of things to come-Mr . Jewett became Recorder, before the Connecticut game the football team boasted the nation's leading pass defense, the Thayer St. school disappeared, and following Dewey's smiling speech in Providence, President Truman was re-elected.

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Twelve-fifteen. JUNIOR YEAR Class of 1951 This year and one more-time only for achieve- ment perhaps, but mixed with the correct ingredient: those good times that fade slowly into memory. The year gave promise of a perfect blend. The military and employment problems were heard only faintly through the noise of cheers and the quiet tones of appreciation of many jobs well done. A college of 4300 students saw the advent of President Wriston's movable door, watched the old house move slowly up Thayer St., walked through the spring mud of refectory construction, thrilled, complained, waited, achieved. Another nine months added their quota of growth to the already rising progression. Fraternity and col- lege averages rose, another successful sports year was in evidence, dormitories got mixed parties. And on the other hand there was no smile in University Hall as the $10,000 Knight Collection of stamps disap- peared from its glass case in the Hay . Sports never die, but some near-collapse thrills were provided in 1949-1950. Trailing 26-7, an in- spired Bruin eleven turned rout into victory over Colgate to the tune of 41-26; the soccermen upset national champion Connecticut. Revenge was in the air - hockeymen, and behind Priestley, Sennott, 26 Gubbins, pinned two stunningll e Nassau Tiger whose roar on the gridiron was somewhat sub- dued by Dick Contino's accordion. A year for teams and individual, the latter a junior class monopoly-football: Chernak, Hill, Powers- the team beat Harvard for the first time in eleven yearsthe after the game Boston Tea Party left the impression of victory forever sure-memories-bas- ketball: Mahoney, Kozak, Creswell-if that was not enough for Harvard, the hockey victories added em- phasis, and added the Ivy League title while the swimmers were taking the New England champion- ship. Priestley and Whiston are named honorable mention All-American, Mahoney, brilliant through the season, gains a berth on the Look New England All Star team. Dave Michael stll undefeatedWin Wilson with two firsts against Dartmouth-cham- pions Borjeson, Phillips-soccer goalie Scheffer given second string All-American-freshman harriers tops in New England-victory and defeat and victory again. The small and the large, the bitter and the sweet- the third sex in the paramecium, the increased board and general fee-the largest deficit ever-the acety- lene torch to the Van Wickle gates-Wriston bela- bors John L. Lewis-Eleanor Roosevelt tells 1,400