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--flr •T KObhKI I ALl ' l ' , I ' r.iiJtiil DONALD SAUTER, TreMurer JAMi:,s HHALV, r ,t- ' ,,.w.A« IGNATUS OBRIBN, Seneu, l K. ,
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Class of 1950 WITH the entrance upon the College of the Class of 19 10, a new era dawned upon the Manhattan scene. The influence of the veteran had extended in a mighty thrust, for fully two-thuds of the horde of new- comers had been members of the armed forces. The first visible effect on the traditions of the college as a result of the vast majority of ' eterans in this incommg class was the complete cc)llapse of the age-old custom of hazmt;. The handful ot young sophomores, eat er for blood, were unable to cc)pe ' Ith the vast swarms of completely mditterent, mature freshmen. In deference to the size of the class the Sophomore Vigilantes had cut the hazing period to two weeks, but before three days had passed, the fond traditum had died a quiet, miserable death. Another trreat chancre broutjht about by the Class of 19 0 became evident when m No ' ember, election-time armed. The sub- dued, reser ed life of the Quadrangle was disrupted by bell-ringers, sandwich men, loudspeakers blasting martial music, political speakers on the Chapel steps and myriads of posters proclaiming the irtues of arious candidates. No election in Manhattan ' s mem- ory had e er brought out such a hustle for political power. When the due processes of democracy had been fulfilled the frosh dis- covered Bob Talty, Jim Healy, Ignatius O ' Brien, Don Sauter, and Patrick McKeown at their helm. On the shoulders of these li e men rested the responsibility of leading this, the largest class in Manfiattan ' s history. When January brought the semester ex- aminations, Engineers and Artsmen, eterans and non- ets became brothers under the skin when they started treading the common ground of uncertainty, expectancy, and fear. By the time e eryone had come through these mid-year exams safely, the freshmen found themselves stalwart members of a mul- titude of organizations ranging from the Radio Club to the Track Team. With new blood from the huge freshman class playing an important part, a new and italized life seemed to have been injected into Manhat- tan ' s numerous athletic teams. A serious con- tender for national honors for a lontr time, the basketball team was comprised solely of freshmen and sophomores. Another remarkable chantie in Manhat- tan ' s life came to the fore on the social level, in which immediate and certain success be- came assured of e ' ery social exent on the campus. The hearty support of the Freshman class guaranteed a full house for the En- gineers, the Sophomores, the fraternities who held numeroLis dances and socials throughout the city. For us, howe er, the overwhelming success of the year was our own Spring Dance, the Frosh Hop. Held on May 2, in one of the city ' s largest and sumptuous ball- rooms, the Main Ballroom of the Hotel Pennsyhania, an o ' erflow crowd made the dance an even greater success than an en- thusiastic Hop Committee had hoped for. A year made famous by unorthodox changes in collegiate life was brought on largely by the Class of 19 0. Their en- thusiastic entrance into scholastic life whilst eliminating the frnolities of a passing age injected into Manhattan a new spirit that might well be termed the spirit of the times — Time is Wasting, the business afoot is the seeking of knowledge. 142
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