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

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Aciioitiet, At a tender age, we were disillusioned by rushing functions, but missed Chet Halley’s experimental “Haven”. . .anyway, we did- n't miss the Soph-sponsored Variety Show and the infamous “chorus line”... As Sophs the Board imposed second term pledging and the Little Theatre “lit up the sky”. . . Hobart revitalized as Herald went broke paying for new equipments, and looked like a newspaper... We stayed to watch Paul Berkowsky take “Rumpelstiltskin” to 10,000 kids. . . From back-room whispers emerged “The Pot”. . .Schola put Beetho- ven’s Ninth to music...The Herald turned to the black as it is read, and we make a resolution about puns... As seniors, the Dublin Players came, saw, and con- quered, but dialect left us confused... WEOS listeners discover they have been hearing WGVA, as inefficiency shakes sta- tion which promptly shakes manager. . . 550 parents come to live in the shadow of their youths. . .Afterwards, the Student Union remains empty.. . P RENTS 32

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P'UHfted.diatt We went to Columbia and felt humility, but we got a new chaplain, and a new frater- nity—Phi Tail. . .Passion moved some” to a Franklin, but Franklin and “some” were re- moved . . . We heard of Quals, and the For- ward Program, Hunks, Keuka and ihe cool sounds of the Hobarteers, in “Coney Island Baby . . .As Sophs, we watched the remnants of the barracks being taken away, and moved into the new modern dorms—no closets. . . ALS moved and we stopped throwing things at the waiters; no more waiters. . .As Juniors, Anderson, Tiger and Evangelista ran the ROTC. with some help. . .As Seniors high- way moves Phi Phi’s to Sig Chi house and Sig Chi goes to Nash. . .with panty raids a thing of the past we finally get girl cheer leaders at Fall Weekend, but snow gets Fall Weekend as major Festivities arc called off. . .Board of Control pushes officer election proposal... Ping Pong disappears from ihe N.S.U., and we look to grad school or the service. .. oLlo+ta u)ic Our high school honors rested lightly on our heads as we were one—the freshmen. . . We were given the honor of wearing the ties as Frosh, but we disdained. . .The college curriculum was approbated by the Episcopal Church...A Hobart Alumnus got a Stalin Peace Prize . . . Marg Mead explained to naive Frosh the causes of Anglo-American babies during WW II. . .we were shoved into HLA with the Sophs. . .As Juniors. . .tuition was made to ascend, Griff was elected prexy of the N.Y. Collegiate Drama Association . . . Hobart got . 40,000. . .We read Bellamy Partridge’s “Salad Days” about Hobart. . .Eddie Tryon coached the best football team since the ’30’s, and we saw Bill Lee’s article in the Hartford Courant about Ed and Red Grange. . .Prof. George Calingaert finally got the lead out of his gas... Morton, Bruno make Little All- American. . .Alumni Frank C. Moore resigns as Lt. Governor, leaving the Wicks-Dewey controversy in his wake.

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Social We rapidly learned the Greek letters and their significance, but were amazed by the Holiday and Clipper. . .Gamma Sigma finally went Beta Sigma Tan... Nobody liked Ray McKinley at Spring- Weekend, but it really didn’t matter. . .As Sophs, Phi Tati added Kappa to its name and got old KA house...most of us thought nostalgically about the Sig Phi toga party, and Kashong’s was quiet. . . We lasted through bigger and better, or wetter” Spring Weekends as the Herald put it. with two bands in the Union, and a 65 piece band on the Quad... Our Senior year brought the college officials to worry about the wobblers in Geneva . . IPG shackled by the Board in an attempt to decide fraternity matters. . .The Horrid parody of the Herald send us home for Christmas in a raunchy” mood, hut eight Social Science students form a society—Pi Gamma Mu. . . Athletic Myths of Satterley's henhawk” shot and la- crosse thrilled us as Frosh, but a fair Tryon led football team was disappointed at Columbia... Garnish, the well-liked NBA ref, built better than average basketball and baseball teams, but lacrosse with De Mulh, Sutton and our own John Snape. again led the way as our top sport. . .The NCAA let Frosh play varsity sports and Sonny Wilson a freshman from Geneva, broke some varsity scoring records. Hank Rosenberg and Lee Leti ia lead la- crosse team to a great season, and Snape leads the scoring. . .As Seniors. Butts, Nick. Tiger and Cap- tain Olney lead Hobart to its best grid record since '37 with the help of Morton, Bruno, Angel 1 Tttr- oski. and Smith. . Basketball team is romped by Cornell, but later defeats Colgate and Buffalo for a great season... Soccer sees the light as a varsity- sport, and the yachters and skiers get oil to a flying start. . . 33