Bryant University - Ledger Yearbook (Smithfield, RI)

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Above: W. Cain, P. Lindia, M. Holmes, A. Fleu- rant, and J, Brown in A Shot-Gun Wedding . Upper Right: T. Flanagan, A. Shubert, Mr. Rich- ards, M. l-lalpern, and H. Roiff as The Bryant Quiz Kids . Right: First Row, left to right: J. Newell and L. Malmgren. Second Row: D. Davis, M, Belleville, l-l, Palojarvi, D. Altman, S. Morse, L. Kida, and G. Weaver in The Gay Nineties . STUNT NlGl-lT Seniors of i943 will always remember happily Stunt Night , one of the gayest events of the college year, given for the benefit of the Bryant Service Club. Stunt Night was held in Bryant Auditorium on May l4, with all the sororities, fraternities and the Bryant Service Club participating. After weeks of hectic preparation, and with many alumni and friends of the student body present to encourage us, a program of skits and satires, all in a lighter vein, was offered to the admiring audience. lvlany of the skits lampooned our in- structors as well as our classmates, but every- body took it good-naturedly and there were times when the audience simplyrhowled with laughter. lt was a d-rn good show, if we do say it ourselves. We hadn't realized how much talent was left on the campus. Sigma Iota Chi won the S25 War Bond prize for thebest stunt, their offering being A Radio Satire , written by Beatrice lVlcCrudden. Other acts on the program were: Rosie the Riveter , presented by Kappa Delta Kappa, A Comedy of Errors , by Beta Sigma Gamma, The Opera- tion , by Sigma Lambda Pi, The Gay Nineties Revue , by Sigma Lambda Theta, The Bryant Quiz Kids , given by the Bryant Service Club, A Shot Gun Wedding , by Phi Sigma Nu, Ju- lius Caesar A La Bryant , by Tau Epsilon, and That Was No Lady , by Beta Sigma Chi. Seventy-one

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Seventy First Row, left to right: L. Gavitt, B. LaBossiere, N. Morenk, P, Chytilo, M. Walsh, and D. Quartarolli, Secoigd Raw: M. Maggiacomo, R. Dery, T. Lefebvre, R. Kessel, A. Shubert, J. Scott, M. Bucolo, and L. ipo a. Third Row: P. Lynch, L. Gotsell, P. Shurtleff, A. Gardiner, R. Keenan, B. Waterhouse, and C. Cook, Fourth Row: M. Brown, M. Wheeler, I. Dimond, M. Boice, l-l. Lackey, R. Kwochka, and E. Lahdenpera. Fifth Row: E. Kriger, F. Cohen, M, Kovner, T. Jacobson, C, l-lalligan, S. Zacharia, A, Blackway, H, Gursky, and J. Brown. Sixth Row: M, l-lolmes, A. Killerjian, B, Adelman, J. LaRussa, C. Gilfix, D. Mullen, and Miss Blaney. BRYANT SERVICE CLUB The Bryant Service Club is an organization OF Bryant men and women FOR Bry- ant alumni in the Service of our country. The club was organized on March 29, 1942 and met with immediate enthusiasm, The purpose of the Club is to send cigarettes, candy, cookies, knitted articles and let- ters to Bryant alumni in the Service, and to sell War Stamps and Bonds, To camps all over the country and to battlefronts of many foreign lands have gone lettersand packages telling our alumni that we remember them gratefully. From those camps and battlefronts have come hundreds of letters of appreciation. The Bryant Service Club has entailed a great deal of work-seeking addresses of the Bryant men in the Service, making the many, many changes in these addresses, following up letters and packages, writing hundreds of V Mail letters by hand, and mimeographing, addressing, stamping thousands of others, buying, wrapping, weigh- ing, zoning, stamping, hundreds of pounds of candy, ordering thousands of packages of cigarettes and making sure the packages go to the correct addresses, knitting dozens of sweaters, socks, helmets and scarfs and routing them not only to those alumni who have expressed a preference for knitted articles but to those known to be in cold outposts or doing duty on the frozen seas, selling thousands of war stamps and bonds and making careful reports of sales records, planning ways and means of securing money with which to buy the things sent to our fighting men, to make every penny count and without wasteful expenses-these are but a few of the things which have taken time and the unceasing effort of the committees. Seniors who have given unstintedly and unselfishly of themselves to make the Bryant Service Club a success will leave behind them a sacred duty to Undergraduates to carry on unflaggingly the work of the greatest little club in the history of Bryant -or any other College.

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Seventy-two First Row, lett to right: L. Kirker, L. Malmgren, C. Ware, P. Chytilo, M. Walsh, and J, Newell. Second Row: E. Linke, R, Kessel, L. Trudell, B. Waterhouse, B. McCrudden, B. Burnham, L. Gotsell, E. Finney, and M. Harrington. Third Row: J. Batista, D. Binney, Mr. l-landy, P. Simpson, L. Stachowicz, and D. Medley. QRCHESTRA AND GLEE CLUB As in the past, the orchestra once again proved to be a talented and successful group under the capable guidance of Professor Ralph S. l-landy. The tirst appearance ot this orchestra early in l942 consisted ot a well-sized group of musical minded students. Throughout the year, however, various branches ot the Service have deprived them ot the musical talents of Phil Cornell, Tommy Dunn, l-larold l-larris, and Herbert Goldstein, yet the orchestra strived hard to continue its many fine orchestral arrangements. To make up in part tor the loss ot various members ot the orchestra, a glee club was formed this year. Made up mostly ot secretarial students, their lilting voices were a treat to the ear and we are looking forward to hearing better and bigger things ot them as they grow. Throughout the year, the student body has appreciated the enlightened rendi- tions ot these two organizations and their successful attempts in providing us with entertainment at the assemblies.