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

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A college education at Hobart means many things. It means registration and exam periods, pledge pins and Phi Beta Kappa, Spring Weekend and a date at Terry’s. Here are those things we have seen done and have done. This has been our “Hobart Educa- tion”. INSTRUCTION The G. I. enrollment began to drop in our freshman class but there were still a lot of vets left. . . We were hardly settled when an ex- history prof from Columbia, Dr. Alan W. Brown, was inaugurated as Hobart’s 17th president. . . As tail-enders on Sophomore 15- hour Western Civ, we just about froze our ears off listening to Brooks Otis sneeze his way through the eschaton during John L. Lewis’ Coal Miners strike. . . Things began to look bad for the Class of ’52 as the Korean War rode full tilt into our Junior Year. . . “Draft”. “1-A”, and local boards” became as personal as a body blow. . . And we got just plain scared... Some of us, like Bill Preston, en- listed, others of us like Mickey McMahon and Don Beverly were recalled and got an expense- paid trip to Pusan. . . Most of us just hung on and tried to figure out Kant. . . Thinks looked better in our Senior Year and the Air Force put an R.O.T.C. unit in one of the old bar- racks. . . Some of us like Dave Mooney and Jack Ashworth had hopes fora commission. . . All of us seemed to have three chances; grad- uate school, O.C.S., or just plain camp. 32

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FRONT ROW: (left to right) L. Highmore, B. Williams, P. Levinson, K. Lawton, D. Mitchell, W. Strain, D. Schnabel, D. Beverly. SECOND ROW: J. Swensoti, N. Schecter, A. Davis, H. Friedman, J. Ford, E. Walters, A. Frazer, C. Cummings JUNIORS FRONT ROW: (left to right) T. Lennox, R. Pritchard, W. Kessler, H. Ward, . Tuttle, T. Maxcy, G. Gorton, D. Burnett, I). Fero. SECOND ROW: . Lassiter, S. Arvantides, G. Greschler, M. Blaheslee, E. Voss, J. Lister, T. Lassoe, R. Sul tar, S. Finestone, J. Green. THIRD ROW: P. Mac A lenan, W. Howard, R. Colgan, B. Lafjerly, D. Bierau, A. Morris, J. Molitor, H. Kallman, D. Bristol, F. Sylvester 31

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SENIORS PROGRESSION As Frosh, we went wild in class elections with monkeys in the Union and air-borne propagan- da... Three Hobart Seniors took over the old cafeteria to form A.L.S.. . . As Sophs we began to shine as our class sponsored a Frosh-Soph Brawl, a Spring Field Day with its Hobart Jug, and a big- beer party at Hoboes Point, all for the price of a 50c tax. . . The Forward Program for a new Chem building got started, but very slowly.. . The Board tried hard to organize the dorms, but. . . Barracks D shone alone as they beat the fraternity softball champions. . . Willie Smith snatched one Charles Hughes during Homecoming Weekend... The Hobarteers sang most mellow Coney Island Baby”. . . And the 'SB's started their famous Va- riety Shows. . . As Juniors, we saw Chip O’Connor create his Statesmen... A new chaplain. . . And a Hobart Alumnus got a Stalin Peace Prize. . . When we got to the Senior homestretch, the pledge date finally got pushed back to midyear. . . Everybody began to cat in Hunk's Hash House”... And some of us got to live in the gold-encrusted New Dorms. . . And a few of us finally passed the Qua Is. . . INAUGURAL - “The Howard Man from Columbia’ 33 MANPOWER SHORTAGE - ???