Cornell University - Cornellian Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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112 A L Kenneth julie, President of Wlliard Straight I-Iall, 1950-1951 o 1fVillard Straight Hall, a pioneer among student unions, and the gift of lfVillard Straight, '01, who asked only that it make Cornell a more human place, celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary Decem- ber 12-16 with a Christmas-time Open House. Along with the Yuletide celebration, the Straight scheduled the Foreign Student Reception welcoming foreign students to Cornell. Facilities including the University Theatre, VVVBR, and the Browsing Library, enable the Straight to meet the demands of its ten thousand members, the student body, who play an all-important role at the Straight. Nowhere is the importance of this student body felt more strongly than in the governing groups -the Board of Managers and the student committees. ILL RD STRAIGHT H LL BOARD Ol' MANAGERS: T011 Row: Bruce Gray, john Ruppert, Professor Xvhite, Rolf Frisch, Doris Baird, Earl Zion, Mr. Yvluting Russell Ryon. Bottom Row: Nancy Koehler, Russell Ross, Miss Steinman, Mr. Collin, Kenneth jalle, james Diefender- fCl Vvinified Ruskin, Della Krause. Those Absent: Professor Atwood. :sm H

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See you at the Straight, l'Z30H-yOLl,VC said this millions of times-and you've been there millions of times, too, reviving yourself after 2-4:30 labs, or attending meetings in the East Lounge, North Room, and Activities Rooms downstairs. That ten o'clock dead hour really would be dead if you coulcln't discuss politics and talk shop over collee and the new lat doughnuts in the Straight Ivy Room, or pour your vocabulary out another chan- nel-the Crossword Puzzle .... And you can't imagine what students in the pre-Straight era did with their growling stomachs those gloomy mornings they over- slept. Ping-pong in the game room has entertained, candy from the Straight Desk has invigorated, the Browsing Libe has educated you painlessly. You've seen the dance concerts and art exhibits, heard Beethoven in the music room. You've made yourself at home in the Straight .... D

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CO-CI-IAIRMEN: Top Row: Gayle Raymond, Andrew Patterson, jane Heitcainp, Rex Finley, Patricia Gunderson, Dorothy Glover, Mary Burnett, joan Boffa, james Wade, Beatrice Furnas, Reginald Rice, William Noyes, Thomas Settle, William Coley, Frank Richter, Raymond Erickson. Bottom Row: Phyllis Ganders, janet Raleigh, Harriet Scannell, jean Anderson, Kenneth Jaffe, Mr. Collin, james Diefender- fer, Miss Steinman, Mrs. Kirkendall, Mrs. Mawhinney. See you at the Straight -the password to a quarter-century of dances, ten o'clock coffee, bridge games, Sunday afternoon concerts, ping-pong, bil- liards, hairents, and the Candlelight Room. l 17