Cooper Union College - Cable Yearbook (New York, NY)

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GRADUATES' 'T T AIphabeTicaIly second, buT TirsT in popuIariTy among The IvI.E.'s is Charlie Caccamo. His clever mimicry is a reIieT Trom dull IecTures. His abiIiTy To memorize characTerisTics makes him one oT The schooI's hoT'iazz experTs. His dancing however is sTilI oT The smooTh vinTage oT ISOO. Charlie, a STaTe scholarship man, is noTed Tor his clever and coordinaTed reporTs. In one oT his serious momenTs he engineered The M.E. ChrisTmas dinner and bowled The boys righT inTo The guTTers. gk Jack Farmer is The shrimp oT The class in weighT buf will Take on any six-TooTer muscling in on his women. He's sTricTIy an ouTdoor man, Tinding hiking and advenTuring his TavoriTe hobbies: having a special Technique oT quibbling over minor poinTs and Then showing Them imporTanT by referring To Am. M. 8: F. He probably is one oT The besT cusTomers oT lv1cSorIey's Ale House and The oTher local Taverns. Fencing appeals To him IaTeIy, Thar is, since The admission oT The Treshman ArT School Iassies. 5925 Howie KuT1eIman is The eTTiciency experT oT The class. He has The knack oT Turning ouT a second draTT The TirsT Time and The Tinished producT is concise, accuraTe and neaT. His quieT and eTTecTive abiIiTy enabled him To serve as manager oT The Inferclass BaskeTbaIl TournamenT. His inTeresTs varied Trom phoTography in his early years To music and roller skafing in his IaTer years. Howie is an acTive member OT The Newman Club. 59 The TiTle oT The youngesT person in The class goes To Ed LichTenI::erg. He is easy-going, pracTicaI, and level-headed, buT geTs burned up when he has To sTay up until IO:3O p.m. doing homework. IT seems he preTers sharpie girls aIThough he can neiTher shag a lick nor lick a shag himseIT. ECI is a good hand wiTh a car. He is The mosT erraTic bowler This side oT Hell GaTe, wearing Tive guTTers aT Radio CiTy in a one nighT sTand-show ThaT medal, Ed. 3 Brain TrusTer of The M.E.'s is Dan Russ. He is The sTandard bearer oT The class, seTTing The pace Tor The resT oT The Tellows. His Tine schoIasTic record is shown by The TacT That he has held The Emil Schweinburg scholarship Tor Tour years as well as a STaTe scholarship. In his junior year he was Treasurer oT The A.S.M.E. sTudenT branch and was unanimously eIecTed chairman in This IasT year. OuTside oT school Danny swings iT on The accordion. 3 Full OT energy and good humor is WaI+ Vignini who always speaks in The vernacular. WaIT does noT allow school To inTerTere wiTh exTra-curricular acTiviTies. He is manager oT The RiTIe Club and a member oT The Newman Club, The Fencing Club, The Camera Club and The A.S.M.E. He likes TasT music and can hold his own wiTh The sharpiesT oT The iiTTer-bugs. M INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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EH DU TES BrooklyniTe Harry Robbins is acknowledged by his classmaTes To be a man wiTh a hair-Trigger wiT and a really aTTable personaliTy. Small buT well-builT, and older Than he looks, Harry perTorms The work OT Three men. NoT only has he done well in school buT he is also a Tree-lance phoTographer and a guiTar player wiTh several dance bands. He has also served on The sTaTT OT The Pioneer and in various class oTTices. 56 Royes Salmon showed amaz- ing abiliTy in The UniT OperaTions Lab. One oT his simple accompIishmenTs was To simulTaneously Take care oT Three manomeTers and six co-eds who had wandered in Trom The adioining arT rooms. His high scholasTic record, which he mainTains wiTh no apparenT eTTorT earned him membership in The MAO. He has also shown TalenT in Tencing, boxing, dancing, and chess, parTicipaTing acTiveIy in These aTTairs, Royes is an avid hockey Tan as well as an enThusiasTic model airplane builder. M Karl Scheller combines a miqh+y Trame wiTh a mighTy brain. His Trame is used Tor bouTs wiTh his Teuding lab parTner, Harry Messingerq his brain is used in achieving scholarships loT which he has held Twol. Karl was elecTed To membership in The MAO in his senior year. He was copy ediTor oT The Freshman Bible as well as a sTaTT member OT The Cable. He has also parTicipaTed in The A.I.Ch.E., The PriesTley Technical SocieTy, The Music Club and The Dancing Club. GE One oT our principal memories oT Phil Tobias is ThaT oT him aT his besT-dispersing some well-chosen wise-cracks, which serve To enliven an oTherwise dull lecTure. He is well known Tor his parTnership wiTh Harry Robbins. This parTnership has passed Through numerous lab courses and sessions of working ouT problems wiThouT losing Their characTerisTic sense oT humor, His acTiviTies include The A.I.Ch.E., The Music Club, The PriesTley Technical SocieTy and The Dancing Club. R Small and busTling Murray WeinTraub is one oT Cooper's conspicuous poliTicians. He has been business manager and assisTanT ediTor oT The Pioneer, Treasurer OT The BlankeT Fee CommiTTee, and business manager oT The Freshman Bible. DespiTe The press oT These posiTions, he Tound Time To belong To The A.I.Ch.E., Lambda Tau, The PriesTley Technical SocieTy, and The MaTh Club, In his earlier years aT Cooper Union, Murray held a Schweinburg lwhich he laTer relinquishedl and a STaTe scholarship. Joe Black is an M.E. who can Take To The Teachers like a college presidenT-and make Them like iT. He is recognized as our ambassador aT large. He is an experT on I93O Fords: and his reserved exTerior To The conTrary, he can beaT ouT one oT The meanesT hoT pianos in school. He has paid his way Through college by playing ouT nighTs, and has made our pasT ChrisTmas dinners inTo a TesTival oT song and Floy-Floy. ing INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

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INSTITUTE Ii AD ATE5 James M. Allaire has been vice-presidenT oT The A.S.C.E., assisTanT manager oT The baskeTball squad, and has obTained an enviable record in class. Jim has Tound Time Tor occasional excursions inTo The realm oT big land, allegedly, somewhaT shadyl business. IT is Teared, however, ThaT owing To lasT year's operaTions in The second hand book markeT conducTed aT The expense oT cerTain Junior C.E.'s, his repuTaTion may sTand in The way oT any sweeping success in business. A When iT comes To personal eTTiciency There are Tew ThaT can compare wiTh Johnny Fiala. For insTance, iT has long been his habiT To Take a couple oT nighTs OTT every week and sTill geT as much done as everyone else. In Cooper The 53-54' TraTerniTy, The Newman Club and The A.S.C.E. have all proTiTed by his abiliTy To boTh lead and cooperaTe. His scholarship won him membership in The MAO. 59 KeiTh Halliday has proved himselT To be TorernosT oT The presenT C.E.'s by reason oT The speed and neaTness which is characTerisTic oT his work. Away Trom school, his inTeresTs are diversiTied. He has spenT some oT his spare Time building ship models and indulging in soccer. His secreT ambiTion is To play The bagpipe, and in preparaTion Tor This he is pracTicing on some weird wind insTrurnenT which is probably easier To play Than To describe. GE Seymour LesTer possesses a shock oT curly hair and The knack OT beaTing The arm oT his chair as if he were pounding on an imaginary drum. He is exacT and puncTual wiTh his homework and cooperaTive Seymour, a bushy Tellow, used To play Tennis during The summer in The Alps unTil his arm-chair calisThenics during The winTer exhausTed is To own a yachT. R Due To The TacT ThaT To a high degree. him. His ambiTion PeTer Sagonas spenT much Time on exTra-curricular acTiviTies, being presidenT oT The A.A. and on The Annual Dance CommiTTee, he became capable oT inking a sTrucTural design pIaTe beTween gulps oT a sandwich and wriTing an E.E. reporT, while bringing his plaTe up To The insTrucTor. To Top iT all, he organized 'The Camera Club and obTained The dark room. Needless To say, he Took picTures oT The preTTy arT school lassies, while waiTing Tor The curves lThe reporT's oT coursel To dry. if Meyer SIoTkin was usually The only Tellow in The class To compleTe The Social Philosophy assignmenTs. This was because The nighT before he had had To read someThing while waiTing To O.K. prooT as pro- ducTion manager oT The Pioneer. He was also secreTary oT The lDay Techl Senior Class, and Treasurer oT The DramaTic Club. He enioys a show on SaTurday nighT, The radio when wriTing reporTs, and phoTography. His ambiTion is To work as engineer amid The beauTylsl oT Honolulu, M OF TECHNOLOGY - CIVIL ENGINEERING