Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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.2; tea: I. remweeteeer'e x-tet-Hw tnupsrmtv W551? meme, 1. 35.12;; .11.er4 THE SENIIJB CLASS Secretm' Mounts and Prentice: CLEMEN'IS When the Class DE 1949 began to assemble, fer many of its. members as early as 1943, the College was a military camp, whose few civilian Students were overshadowed by the Army contingent, and whose customary sueial and euitural activity was cut short by restrictions. For many of the Class, there have been only three normal years, these since the war. These years, tee, were aHlietecl with the pressing tnndititjns 0f pest-war education. The war proved to he a maturing experience for its veterans, but it led to :1 hiatus in certain phases uf their develnpment, particularly many that mean much in peacetime living. One of the moat dangerous aspeets. euf this unbalanced maturity was a. cynical and biase attitude picked up from the general materialism 0f wartime, 51nd from tentttet with a meed prevalent in the tinned Services. This attitude within the student body, plus certain other unstable elements within the Culiege, has done much tn make the pott-war years difheult tines ft51' Hamilton. But with the arrival iii a new president on the Hill, the Class herpes to see the end of these static years. It is in the past year that the ebb ef the cycle has bren reached, and then a realization of Dlll' faiiihgs achieved. In this realization lie the nuclei both of what the Seniors have contributed to Hamilton, and what 1:11:33! take away with them. Fur with the awareness of deficiencies eume curative measures. These have taken the form ofmtivements to restore a healthy, wholedhearted interest in all phases ellF Hamilton life; and a renewed idealism, of which one example is a serious attempt to combat discrimination in fraternities and elsewhere in the College. The Class has learned, and hopes to pass em to the rest of the student body that a college is no: n'ierelj.r an education, but a society, closely integrated, and that one comes to the Hill to partake of all that it hat: to offer, to abterb something ef the pattern of eul- tute fer whieh it stands, and to leave a mark upon the generations of Hamilton men to follow. It is: here that we mature, for it is here that the mind and the spirit are brought to full flower, nourished by the btst and most weli-rtiunded diet. The Class ef1949 feund two memorable class leaders in Phil Breaks and Bob Clements. With Phil the then Juniors haeame rebelling 49ers; with Bob they became the leading and respceted members tif the Community. Both these men there largely in the record made by the Class ef1949. 20 .-- ?Airll- l.-:' -'I IL- I ?- - - : ...'.l1r 1'51,- - 1ch ELL walk. .re- 12:?er -JI'.'.'. '.if:-!i-li?r.3-e T'- ' - + --u. .--p:-nl.--.-,.'-hu:: ;

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- 1-. 5ENIIJH5.... BRUCE RELYMOND ABRAMS Rome 1'31 The Ma'ur has left his mark on cam us-a series drnuncll, green divots. Known also or his 5 ring moods. athletic nonchalante, and Saratoga ide- away. Hi h priest of certain gentlemanly utsuits fur Chi 1951'. he wiIl be missed. A disil usinned engineer, the Maiur will make some cuntern a more human hahbit hutch, Charlatans; WHC; lnterfraternity Council 4 JOHN AIDYSIUS ACKER, jR. Pelham Manor With able assistance from Ginnty. John's Student days have hem eminentlyr successfui' As the soli- tary student in Mt. Ristine's Anglu-Saxtm euurse, he fulfilled the pttwerh nf Marl: ankins and the lag. and was thaps the t'unhp.r Hamiltnnian to wear out exacry 1?; cars in climbin College Hill. With Rufus by his side. he has er: a familiar hgure and extremely likable petsunahty at college. Track 2, 3, 4 1949 21 JOHN ROLLINS ADAMS West Rmthury, Mats. John, of the analytical mind and the New England accent was a man with a small circle of intensely loyal friends- After spending the evening behind the Back Ruum counter, he hked to retreat to Car- negie and discuss philusu h 01' Mr. Ewing's eon.- cepriun 0F leadershi til t 2 small htmrs uf the morning. He too hi 5 Fair m be :1 Jendet-Fin the field of creative writing. During Club 3; International Relations Ciub 3 ROBE RT ROLL! NS ADA MS West Rnxhury, M355. T RE A carefree land from the land of the proper Homm- iang, Bub strummed his bass thruu 11 four years uf college life. cuntributing tu Hami ttm's musical culture. With scarce! a hint of remurse at the lass of the auburn-heit damsel from Russell Sage, the ever-friendly Mr. Adams turned his :3 ea In greenm' Pasmres and urher campuses, and ac ieved the distlnctiml uf hein the tmlfgr Hamilttmian ever :0 iHI'PCll'I: the mumps ?tnm CHIEUCIVEFE. WHC 3