Long Island University at Brooklyn - Sound Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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gmmw ail university functions. The very first Var- sity Dance, honoring the teams representing Long Island, was planned and operated by Forty-oners. The tribe-rnernber chiefly re- sponsible was Andrew N. Borno, who saw that it grew bigger and better each year. We have had three of 'em so far. A follow- the-tearn campaign was put into action when Forty-oners started the annual occur- rence of trips to see their teams in action in off parts of the country. Our football and basketball squads were among the very first in the country to fly to games. In other words, de Biackboid is on de wing. 'iiiyi;i;n-:4;;n1:ad'asizimlgmmr idn' Iii: v I The class had its share of Just Plain Prize Winners too. Some of our dialec- ticians, meaning one Ikkie Feigeirnan, won commendation from Waiter Winchell for their particularly adroit manipulation of Wincheilisms, a contribution to the English . . . , language of no small worth. V 1 V f ' ' .i Namasm one expec- 1:113:83! h . 'i . .1, 5.55430. 3 Other prize winners were Pauline Aug- Senior officers above are Catherine McCor- . lera for her plan to remodel the college mick, president; Lewis Sheldon, Vice-presi- eHortsicr:?-'9:E '1'? 5M Yard into a park-like campus, and Herb dent; NW Gruder, secretary; and Anne But W341 7'3 1: : g . . . . Grabowsm, treasurer. t After, who took first prize in a national d0 1t... advertising campaign for midget radios. ThereiSCZE 11mg: . 2 ing for their contributions of permanent thatnosucceet: :3 - worth to the university. Fraternities and - .. top. Intte :11: 1 y : y sororitles added power and resti e to the - i . 1nto the next three ears, tern . . . p g ciudm he 3:3 1:: Y pered Of flourishing GreeK letter world. 9 ' course, by added wisdom and experience. tendcnt 31 ice K9751! bit This situation brought forth a rash of new When the Forty-oners metamorphosed Pennsylvazz :e 51 San Clubs and other permanent innovations. into Iun-y-ers, they found that they had 131mm? V333 m . -- placed members in many high and exalted I :g. , fnlw5. t 3' '- v 4'? O 1' As a whole, the class was the first ever to continue the frosh spirit of enthusiasm ' . wusbec$4mmnh , posrtions, Andy N, of the Borno becoming meal, a; L Among the new clubs that were formed, the American History and Government So- iC.'..d:; 7.15 n a ciety and Publicity Unlimited are outstand- i editor of the newspaper. Again the Forty- oners made a Famous First by holding the first Junv-y-er Promenade and thereby set- ting a happy precedent. Topping this, in the class' senior year, Seawanhaka itself won new and greater laurels by being awarded All-American rating in the Associated Collegiate Press. The editors were Forty-oners Irving Feigel- man and Arnold Hano. Other Forty-oners holding important positions on the staff included Sheriey Abrams, Ethel Shohet, Andy Borno, and Herb Rothman. Led by Forty-oners, the football team, between games in a pretty tough schedule, donated their blood to Britain, naturally .. , n4 .. u gin; ruin:

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ing Seawanhaka to take up an anti-map- making campaign, which over a period of years has been more or less successful. It came to pass in the Year One of the Age of the McCormick Reaper twho thrash- ed all other candidatest, Kate, that the Forty-oners under the generalship of Shet- don the Soph who was vice-president, were beaten by football playing Ringers, mas- querading CtS..,FTmh Men. Our Kate was the first Island woman to win the class presidency, She also was the first Islander to hold that office for three terms, even anticipating President Roosevelt. it he other class officer was secretary-treasurer Ethel Shohet. The Passing of the Pigskin was mourned so loudly that, at the instigation of the Forty-oners, they were again given a sect of priests called Varsity, who worshipped the great god Bat, yclept Foot au, whose high priest is Clair B. Many Forty-oners were stars on the football team from then on. Dolly King made most of the All- American selections the next year. King, by the way, was the first Islander to make the grade. His teammate John, of the never-say-die Yengos, was the first Islander to play on a varsity team and hold a high student government office Forty-oners were the mainstay of the rugby team when 11 gained second place in the Eastern Rugby League, beating Princeton, Yale, Cornell, and yielding only to Harvard the Champion. Forty-oners on the basketball team garnered two national championships eanother Famous First. Placing on basket? ball AH-Americans were Ossie Shechtman, Bill King, Si LobeHo, Maxie Shart, and Butch Schwartz. Forty-oners organized the first rifle team in school history, and kept it going even though they hadn't one ritle. Nor were the fairer Forty-oners idle. They organized the first girls' intercollegiate basketball team at LI. and completed a very tough sched- ule in true Island spirit. Their spirit was unbroken and so was their streak, but you can't win all the time. In the realm of side-line activities, Forty- oners organized the first band to play at

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25:5 TIM- :r. ttce-prest- 3' 3:: Ame :: petzment the first grid stars in the country to do so. Class officers in the junior year, not to mention Kate again, were vice-president Lou Sheldon and secretary Frances Kru- Vand. The first two, reelected in their senior year, plus new secretary Al Gruder went on to plan a senior prom to top their junior prom. Class night stood out mainly because it did not harp on the well-known idiosyncrasies of faculty members, a cause celebre with other c1ass nights. Chalk up another pioneering first. Due chiefly to the efforts of Forty-oners, Student Council! headed by Forty-oners John Yengo and Fran Kruvand, passed a resolution recommending service awards for extracurricular activity, presented at graduation to the most active seniors. Now it is HAve Atque Vale tEnglish translationeGet to hell outa' herel. Naturally, as Long Islanders, we of Forty- one expect lowerclassmen to better our efforts for a greater Long Island University. But frankly, we don't see how they can do it . There is one achievement of the Forty-oners that no succeeding class will ever be ab1e to top. In the opinion of everyone present, in- cluding the faculty and the checkroom at- tendant at the Keystone Room of the Hotel Pennsylvania, the 1941 Senior Prom was unanimously voted Utops in hops. The room was beautiful and exactly the right size. The meal, including turkey and all the fixings, was delicious. The nine-piece orchestra was so good even the skeptics were satisfied. One hundred and twenty-six people had a wonderful time rhumba-ing, waltzing, jitter- bugging, conga-ing and Farmer-in-the-Dell- ing. All the boys looked simply wonderfule in fact, Eddie Elkins' mother told him he looked like a gentleman; all the girls looked beautiful. Everybody enjoyed Sheldon and Gruder's kaleidoscope of four years at school. Those two worked so hard for the prom they're still in a daze. The favors, gold keys in- scribed with the university seal and the class numerals, for both boys and girls, couldn't have been more appropriate. Dave Schwartz started with a bang by winning $220 at Ben Bernie's L.1.U.ededicated program just before the prom. George Bock, by popular request, gave out with his prize-winning stories and started the crowd off on a terrific evening that wound up for most of the celebrants early the next morning. As a matter of fact, I'Lover Bock turned up at the baseball game the next afternoon wearing his tux and a derby hat. Dot Ludwig champagned at Leon and Eddie's, Ethel Shohet saw a strip-tease act for the first time in her life at the same place, Andy Borno had a $2.50 steak sandwich, Fran Kruvand, Sy Greenbaum, Sheldon, Gruder and their dates indulged in hamburgerseeand so on and on. To be trite but truthful, the night of May 2, 1941 can't help going down in Long Island University history as the mostwsupply your own adjectiveswprom ever. . v Muiaf.'f 'uuuq.ffl. -G. 7--.. . ??....tL-Vquvnkf-ug:f;-u.gy-snt..;- -s..r...-'j-...Th-ncrn-mffna r-u..r.-f-ju.;;-:-- . .;.;:-w..':f. m - . s: .. ,,