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

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1 9 5 SENIORS OFFICERS - Prints, lMichels, II .. Murker, I.: l ord. . Four years ago 194 lreshinen came lo Hobart College for an educa- tion. By the end of their sophomore year this group of 194 had dwindled considerably and the remaining souls had several good reasons for be- lieving that they would not graduate. The reasons were: 1) the Korean War, 2) the fact that they didn’t get very high marks, and 3) they were out of beer money too often. By the end of their Senior year the only thing that could hold them was the fact that they weren’t getting very high marks. Looking back on it all now, many things stand out for this sobered crew as they prepare to leave. As always, the things that stand out most are the crazy, wild times which the older generation attributes to a phase that all students must go through. But others things also stand out. . .The Personalities. . . The Men...The Honorific . . . The Active. . .The So- cial. . .The Athletic. .. 30

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9 5 4 Taking the quals - again . . . Might go out for the team . . . I need a car . . . I feel lost without gym . . . What’s a good three hour gut course ?. . . I got a car . . . A little Golden Ch ill time . . . These Freshmen are cocky as hell . . . Married ?. Married ! - Hell no . . . Dig that crazy Herald . . . Hunks - Eat what ?. . . Dad — Send $‘M). pay dues and stuff . . . 'Dis is duh besht Shrping Weekend I ever been to” ... I gave her a hard time yesterday . . . He has some nerve - a C—. Who wants to take honors anyway ?. . . Maybe 111 join a club-next year . . . Say, I’m a Senior next year. Boy, Tempus sure does fugit . . . OFFICERS - Pizzarra, iXortz, Butler, Ford JUNIORS 29

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THE PERSONALITIES In September, Hobart had 194 different per- sonalities but by the time November rolled around, we were jtist freshmen... On Fall Weekend we drank beer and ignored Martha Graham... the Herald Editor went on Religi- ous probation... ex-Pres. Murray Bartlett and Bishop Rheinheimer died the same day. . .Gov. Dewey was booed in Geneva. . .As Sophs, Dorn Gregory Dix fought it out with the HLA Dept, on foundations of the Church. . .The Seniors gave the school a white elephant named A gay- entah... Dr. Alexander got a Guggeheim. . . Barron and a chic ken named Omar wowed ’em in “14ie Silver Whistle”. . And Spike Garnish came to Hobart. . . As Juniors we saw Micky Mc- Mahon come back from Korea... Nana. Grif- fiths clog, die... But as Seniors, Brooks Otis went to Rome and most of us went to New York for Thanksgiving (there were classes however). THE MEN We got the right to take off our Irosh lies at the Frosh-Soph Brawl but we were si ill fresh- men... two guys named Saltman and Sutton started “College Daze”. . . we had to go to chapel once a week (new rule, we heard). . .got ordered off the newly-seeded Alumni Field. . .and lost the Frosh-Soph Field day. . .As Sophs, we saw the Columbia Lions beat our outclassed States- men 42-12 at Baker Field... Phi Sig came to campus. . Phi Tail was founded. . .We got a new chaplain. . .and those of us in Orange Key prayed our way through Fall Weekend . . In our Junior Year, we guessed we’d last it out even though the Korean War was going full tilt. . . didn’t get the chance at AFRO EC. . .some of us like Lennox. Lassoe, Coffin, and Fletcher got a crack at officers’ bars in the Navy and Marine Corps. . . thought we weren’t getting a fair shake at the cafeteria. . .and watched two guys named Sutton and Suape keep up the Hobart lacrosse tradition in our Senior year. “Few ml il ti I inns Are So Well Effui t ietl The Scientific Method Home UV .v Xot Iiuilt in n Dux