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

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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

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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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GRADUATES A graduaTing Civil Engineer, Sol Tannenbaum is ideally equipped To enTer inTo his chosen profession. As business manager oT The Pioneer, despiTe The meagre Tunds aIIoTTed him by The BIankeT Fee CommiTTee, he has managed To Turn ouT a Tine newspaper. This may noT sound very diTTicuIT, acTuaIly iT requires noT only managerial abiliTy, buT Tor some oT The economies, such as cuTTing The aIloTTed supper-money oT The sTaTT, iT requires Tearlessness as well. SoI's hobbies are blondes, bruneTTes, and redheads. H Saul Aronow is conspicu- ous Through his maThemaTicaI abiIiTy. IT was a sighT never To be TorgoTTen, To see Saul insTrucT The enTire IvIaTh DeparTmenT in VecTor Analysis, The Topic oT his Honors Course. He is ediTor-in-chieT of The Pioneer, presidenT oT The Iv1aTh Club, and vice-presidenT of The A.I.E.E. Saul is always accompanied by a big, blank, mysTerious Trunk, which he calls a brieT-case. ITs conTenTs are a mysTery even To Saul. One expIoraTory Trip Through iT was Toiled by The lack oT Time, A John Gruol is a devoTee oT ThaT Type oT degeneraTe cacophony called swing. Johnny Takes exTreme deIighT in discovering anoTher person's misTakes. He siTs quieTly, giving no exTernaI evidence oT his menTaI alerTness, buT aT The TirsT slip, Mr. Gruol ineviTabIy discovers The error. Johnny is one of Those Tellows wiTh The abiliTy To break down a problem To iTs TundamenTaIs. He can even explain The meaning oT some swing Tune TiTIes. Cropper WhiTney Holland, commonly known as C.W., is The class Ambassador oT Good Will. His ready smile and Tacile wiT smooThIy eliminaTe any inTer-sTudenT TricTion. He is aTTecTionaTeIy aTTached To a black Tedora, a parTicuIarIy evil- smelling brand OT cough drops, and The A,I.E.E. over which he presides. C.W. also lives in New Jersey. He has occupied The same easy chair in Dr. PeTerson's philosophy class aT every session unTil, now, his righTs To iT are undispuTed. R Ruben Kazarian has The good TorTune To live wiThin walking disTance of Cooper Union. For This reason he always makes his classes by The skin oT his TeeTh. Kazen, as he was originally and permanenTIy chrisTened by ProTessor Ball, has exceIIenT laboraTory Technique. His peT peeve is The varying value oT The Edison D.C. volTage, wiTh which his neighborhood is supplied. He will TrequenTIy measure The lab volTage and say, Oh, my gosh, look aT THAT OVERVCLTAG-E. 59 MiITon A. LipTon has Three main inTeresTs in IiTe: people, music, and generaTing sTaTions. The TirsT keeps him busy inTerview- ing people Tor The Pioneer. He engages Them in Triendly conversaTion and analyzes Their characTer. Is There a person in Cooper who has noT heard him whisTle BeeThoven's FiTTh Symphony compIeTe? The very walls anTicipaTe his morning concerTs, daily, excepT Sunday, when he is in a nasTy mood. According To Lippy, Diesels are Tops as prime movers in small generaTing sTaTions. ing INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - ELECTRICAL E NGINEERING