Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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SEATED: (left to right) Berk, Bishop. Stewart, Halse, Hughes. Polansky, Mather, Williamson, kar- ris. Demuth. Schofield STANDING: Chilton. Benowitz. Printz, Small. Wilson, Slanziani, Cassedy, Paris CLASS Sherwood Halse Charles Hughes Robert Mather OF 1950 Gilbert Small Donald Williamson Stuart Wilson CL Donald Bramante Walter Ferris OF 1952 Burton Polansky Joseph Stanziani CLASS Olio Berk Marshall Cassedy Robert Denuti.li OF 1951 John Paris Randolph Schofield CLASS OF 1953 Fheodore Miller Sheldon Saltman Thornton Smallwood Robert Bishop Donald Chilton Michael Print IN 1 FRFRA I FRN1 FV COUNCIL NEUTRAL, BODY I'M Richard Baker Arthur Stewart William Brach Richard Brnowii

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BOARD OF CONTROL Mather, Vice-President; Hughes. President: P(density, Secretary- T reasurer “It is impossible to l now the spirit, and the wisdom, and the will of any man, until he stands out, pioneer as ruler and law- giver. .Sophocles. A ntigone A representative student governing body, the Hobart Hoard of Control is responsible for the coordination ol all campus activ- ities, for the supervision of student funds, and for the admission of new organizations on the campus. 1'his year the Board co- operated in the organization of the Neutral Body into dormitory units, l'he Fire Control Committee of the Board recommended the installation of the new lire alarm equipment in Medbery and Geneva Halls, and has organized a lire drill system in all dormi- tories. The Board’s three ollicers have been serving as members of the Dean’s Advisory Committee, which deals with general student problems. The President of the Board ol Control is automatically President of the Hobart Student Body, and is authorized to speak for the students in public relations. ah it In 11 ng (lass elections: link, Ptdnnskx. Stun .itini, Schofield

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Classes . . . AND IN RETROSPECT . . . Everyone was convinced that those hulks floating in the mud would sink as soon as the tide came in, but the administration assured us that the barracks were well anchored and the piles of lumber were for walls, not. for a floating drydock. We all kept in great shape — continual- ly lugging our blankets and trunks from one place to another while they finished our “suites . The football season was pulled out of the fire by an upset victory over Rochester, but only after a rather indescreet elephant had unceremoniously expressed his (or her) opinion of our record during the half at the Union game. The Class of ’50 got here just in lime to help celebrate Hobart s 125lh anniversary, topped off by graduation exercises attended by many notables, including Mrs. Franklin 1). Roosevelt. The Little Theatre experimented with three one-act plays, including “Where the Cross is Made . Presi- dent John Milton Potter's death was sincerely fell by all, though we had only been on the campus a few months. The Coordinate Courses, which he had fathered, were for the first year introduced as the framework of Hobart s liberal education, and carried on under Acting President Durfee.