Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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The story of our Class, the Class of 1954, is the story of a group which comes to an institution and grows with it, finding that its growth becomes part of the past of the institution, becomes part of the present, and helps to foretell the future. The dawn of our day here at Lehigh, Freshman Week, has receded quietly into the past. We can recall the fervor and the excitement, the anticipation and the hope with which we entered this week of orien- tation and familiarization. Lehigh was a mysteri- ous new place to most of us, with uncounted mys- teries to discover, vast possibilities to explore and a wealth of promises to fulfill. Our strangeness merged into a regular routine our settlor the end mm

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Buildinsjs and Walks as our first semester rolled along. Buildings and walks now became commonplace. Dorm bull ses- sions, fraternity rushing and our first encounter with a Houseparty are memories which we shall never forget. During the football season we reacted enthusiastically and clamoringly to such encoun- ters as those against Dartmouth, Rutgers, and Laf- ayette. We fell right into the Old Lehigh Spirit by uniting to defeat Lafayette ' s frosh in the tra- ditional tug-o-war contest. The victory gave us the right to relegate our dinks for use only on the rainy days ahead. All this culminated in the first undefeated football season in Lehigh ' s history and an extra day in our Thanksgiving vacation. The year moved onward : some of us made fra- ternity affiliations, some strengthened ties in the dorms. In the winter we witnessed a spectacle new to most of us, Lehigh wrestling. A packed, cheer- thundering Grace Hall became an integral part of our view of the Lehigh scene. As Spring moved onto the campus, we elected our first slate of Class officers. The sophomore leaders elected were: Phil Bvrnes, president; Ron Madison, vice-president; Dick Snyder, secretary, and John Cable, treasurer. Phil entered the service before he was able to as- sume office and Ron stepped into the president ' s job with George Lcmmon taking over the func- tions of vice-president. With our sophomore year we became aware of Lehigh in a light different from that of our first year. Although experimentation was not finished and final decisions were not completely made, most of us chose our major field of study. Entire depart- ments of the University became broader person- alities to us; educational and graduate opportuni- ties became more clear-cut. With our initial year of apprenticeship behind us, varsity competition in athletics became attainable. W T e watched many classmates attain positions of prominence on Le- high teams. 22