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

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The group was divided into five sections, and the fellows got to know their own section pretty well. Suppose then, we look into the life and history of a few of these sections and see just what makes the Freshmen Engineers tick. IfVhen Registration Day arrived and all the freshmen joy- fully awaited the beginning of their first day of college life, an event took place that is destined to go down in history. The elite of the group, the mental and physical genii, demanded that they be put in one class. Thus, Section I was born. Variety is the spice of life may well be chosen as their motto, for a more widely contrasted group cannot be found any- where. Charles Tonsils Blaut does his best to prove that good things come in small packages. VVhen Charley whispers, the walls vibrate. Edward Arthurs, a 200-pound bruiser, is certain that the teachers are out to break him. Eddie is particularly wary of Prof. Hollinger and once said He won't get the best of me as they picked him up from the gym floor. Erwin F. Conrad, the Answer Man, delights no one as he rattles off the value of Pi to 32 decimal places or gives the atomic num- ber of every known element. Quite naturally, even a group of such high caliber as this one has a few recognized leaders. Richard Bemis, the drafting pro, promises to continue as the pace setter of the Engineering Drawing class and Paul Burri is likely to continue to astound Prof. Eastham with his mathematical ability. I-Iere we have just a few of the students who have spread the fame of Section I throughout the school. It is certain that they can be relied upon to continue their good work and make full use oftheir exceptional talent. ' lf it's talent you're looking for, you don't have to look any further. YVC have plenty of it here in Section II. Georgie I-Iolfner isn't a professional magician but he is always ready with a new card trick when things slow down. Our basketball quintet, Norman Feldman, Bill Goldstein, Morty Hausner, Bob Reece and Ed I-Iilzinger burn up the court during practice ses- sions so you can imagine how they would play in a real game. Bill Haflin, our star runner, flashed by the mile mark in 5:32. Flashbulbs Goodman always has his candid handy, insuring a perpetual smile from all our instructors. Art Frank and Rudy Hohenberg are the two draftsmen in the class. They can be always depended on to turn out masterpieces of the pencil- pusher's art. Sherlock Holmes Hallock is an ex-piano player. I-le can't play in school though, because he is used to having a glass of beer on the piano while he is playing-for the correct vibrations, of course. Bill Evers, Herb Davison, and Charley

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Heidengren are three of the potential ElL's in the group. They all have some hair-raising experiences in store for them. Lenny Green, who commutes from jersey, just became the heir to a brand new constitution, while the other ex-G.I.'s who live in N, Y. got a 35250 bonus-he's looking for an open man-hole- but if it's a comedian you're after, you'll Hnd it in the shape of Jerry I-Ieilweil, a dainty 200 pounder, who never refuses a butt. Wliexi offering any one of them a job, just say Dave sent me. Section V is in full agreement with the theory of segrega- tion of genii as propounded by Section I. This agreement arises from the fact that the fellows who are most certainly destined for success were all put into one section. CThe fact that the last names of the fellows in Section V all begin with letters between S and Z is merely an alphabetical coincidencej Imagine, if you can, being a part of this seething, bubbling cauldron of mental and physical activity. Picture yourself in the presence of men like Meyer Miken Zonis, owner of the finest collection of Henry Morgan's jokes ever to set your ear drums vibrating. Mike's real talent lies in the Held of making people laugh and he is here at the Cooper Union pursuing a course in Chemical Engineering in his spare time. A character who is perhaps l10t as bright as the rest but who, nevertheless, makes an interesting psychological study is Mel Smith. In the interests of fellows like himself who detest letter writing, Mel, together with Mr. Caldiero, is inaugurating a campaign to have letters of resignation to the Dean mimeo- graphed. Vlfell, there you have them, the richer, the poorer, the bet- ter and the worse, and whom alphabetical chance and good fellowship have joined together-let no man pull them asunder.