Philadelphia University - Analysis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE SUPHGMORE CLASS LAST ROW FIRST, LEFT T0 RIGHT--ROW l: Sliefler, Farrell, Tomko, Kuehn, Spring, Grifo, Gujy, Scanlan. ROW 2: Penna, Brillstein, Markowitz, Jerome, Holweger, Firsching, Putinier, Marion, Martus, Senechal, Haigh, Delfries, Combs, Lukas, Winslow, Collins. ROW 3: Watson, Lizut, Frey, Neg, Weinstock, Folgeman, Koenig, Leshin, Mansfield, Merrill, Armenante, Qualman, Beucus, Willenkin, K. Watson, Reynolds, Nelson, Kassan. ROW 4: Foulkes, Becker, Grossman, August, Hogg, Sutcliffe, Geiger, Filmyer, Kern, Weiss, Klar, Salz, Solnik, Eckstein, Becker, Rich. ROW 5: Millard, Kirsch, Ryan, Gosch, Kreutzer, Croucher, Crandall, Forman, Turner, McLaughlin, Hinterleiter, Booz, Scott, Baxter, Menache, McClain, Siegal, Thomas Rodway. ROW 6: Werber, Pribble, Hennessey, Fishman, Silverman, Prince, DeSimone, Jarmak, Chiralli, Levine, Karlin, McAllister, Howard, Pilzer, Rockway, Welsh, Campbell, Leary Witthohn. ROW 7: Lyons, Gluckstern, Fricke, Funk, Kirk, Harrigan, lzenberg, Cohen, Alexander, Kupferman, Margolis, Teille, Haftel, Raltz, Pfeffer, Kaplan, L. Siegel, Stein. s September, 1946, caused a stir at Phila- delphia Textile Institute such as had never heen seen in the school's sixty-three years of weaving out learned men in the art of tex- tiles. A freshman class one hundred thirty- five strong, by far the largest in history, descended on the school's registering officers to sign away their lives in three or four year courses-the pent up demand accumulated through the war years had finally come to a head! A large majority of these eager knowl- edge seekers were battle hardened fwell, anyway, War weary! ex-G.l.'s ready to take advantage of their well-deserved educational benefits and plunge into the strange cata- eomhs of study. There were many married men in the hunch, some of them fathers, a host of young fellows still holding out from the clutches of the opposite sex, and several others getting along in years, hut, all had the determination to learn as much as they could in their chosen field. lflh, yes, in case you

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The .luniors are a class which collectively has peered into nearly every corner of the earth. With all this traveling came knowl- edge and finesse that is not traditional with College Juniors. In Dr. Tumbelstonls words: Wllhis is a Salt and Pepper erewfl They are greatly endowed with a sense of humor and are strong competitors in all fields. With them, life is interesting and intense, relaxing and humorous. It was in the fall of 1940 when some of our members first enrolled in P.T.l. Others came in 1941, '42, '43, '44, and '45, Finally, we have collected ourselves together again, picking up where we left off when we were called to the Service. Because of our past history, we realize that our individual tasks in preparing for the future are most im- portant. Accordingly, this is a hard-working class-anxious to be up and about, full of plans and hopes. Let's take a look. Ours is not a provincial crew. Interna- tional flavor is blended in by lads from Mexico, Canada, France, and of all places- Brooklyn. With the walls of P.T.l. bulging to the bursting point, we sometimes wonder what keeps them up when the one man HGang is loose . . . Even Mr. France is in awe of Joe Doneganls endless noise and chatter . . . DiSanto with Hoffner in a corner telling sea stories . . . Elwell's look of sweet innocence and pleading 'gWho me ?', . . . Harvey f'Pappy Steinman's expanded chest-all of these are enough to tear any wall down. Dabek contributed with mln France 1 am ze arteestw . . . Bill Levin with those flashing store teeth . . . Haltman's and Howie Cole's cue work causing moans and groans . . . Saltiel and Nader arguing in Spanish . And Zane's f'Don't you think that-I? . Osborne getting a little work out of Klett . . Allen, Dunning and Landon, the Hatboro threesome . . . The walls creak and crack . . . Anita Zenscn going in for stink bombs in a big way . . . Doris Edzwald doing the work of two men plus her own . . . Kuehn and the Grand Old Army team . . . Filmcyer trying to explain anything . . . Kessler with no tie and no shave and Gertrude Stcin's Wllherc is no sky, why . . . Safir, glasses of black, wit of gold . . . Pearlman and the effect of the wo1'd Quiz, Debonair mainlincr Johnny Akers . . . Round bottom From . . . Big A1 Garhlik bouncing the opposition around the court . . . Loeb telling those awful jokes . . . Spring's every sentence ending in a Canadian HAH . . . Mutchler calling plays on the South Campus . . . Manheim explaining to Pro- fessor Theel the Wave Theory-silly boy! . . . Ross Peffall explaining Jacquard to Bernie Nelson as if he knew it . . . Kluge complaining that his baby cries at night . . . Bill Booth, the Granddaddy of the class, en- tering in 1940 . . . Fred lbach, tall, dark and quiet . . . Fred Hofmann, getting fatter and fatter . . . HCasual', Silverman and his Bo- hemians . . . 6'Noisy Noyes . . . Colandrea talking ten times too loudly. Goldman, our Sports Ed. and Export . . . Bloom disagreeing with Mr. Lawrence . . Turk being fed charcoal by Mr. Foltz . . . The walls must surely fall-maybe we will graduate from the new building. Though the future is as unknown as one of those dished out in G'Qual., these are the lads who will meet it fair and square. They have behind them a brilliant past. At pres- ent, they are fortifying themselves. They say thanks to the faculty and others who help them in their task, and they give warning of our coming.

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were never near enough to see them, l can't forget our three illustrious co-eds the office records show they're here.I Almost two-thirds of these freshman were seeking the coveted shingle of a degree in textile-engineering-a four year course in- stituted back in l94l, but which, for obvious reasons, never received the impetus it de- served until the present sophomore class pro- vided it with the big push. Now We are all convinced the degree is here to stay, and more power to the men who are out to get it. Then there is thc other group of thirty-five 111en, the diploma boys, who cannot wait that extra year before stepping into their ten thousand dollar jobs, and who keep chanting to them- selves, i'Textiles, textiles, just give us tex- tiles. They're gettin' 'em! Last, but not least, let us not forget 'flohnniew Naalfs tnvlfhat have l got this period--two lectures or three? b pride and joy-his fourteen knit- ters. This is the first all knitting course established in the country. tTherc eouldn't be another one like it.QI Here's wishing the best of luck to Professor Naab and his stu- dents-keep knitting the gals those kind of sweaters, fellais! When you pass a classroom and hear the shouts of MTurk, Turk!37 from the class, don't be alarmed, thatis just Burt's way of volun- teering for some job the prof. doesn't want to do. If that was a Chem class, when Prof. Foltz started to explain some complicated organic formula, you could depend on Dave Herrick to help them out by quipping, 'Lctls start out with apples. He has plenty of rooters. If you happen to be one of those who have the courage to brave the smoke of PTl's Den of lniquityf' misnamed the HClub- room, you will be amazed at the goings-on. lt's a safe bet that a character by the name of Willenkin will be yelling Winners. 4l've got Wvinners! This never fails to get a rise out of the other eight or ten Willie Hoppe's ahead of him. The MTwo Musketeers, Frick and Collins, will be there swinging pool sticks at each other after one of them made a beautiful five ball combination on the 'feightw with only fourteen other balls on the table. W'hat's so humorous? Not everyone can make a shot like that. Count on Larry Karlin and Herb Levine to have a firm position be- hind a couple of cues. They're planning on applying their textile knowledge and ope11- ing up a poolhall of their own after gradua- tion. We wish them the best of luck in such an honorable establishment!! All eyes are peeled for Rafe Rashkin and Danny Duhl when they get near a pool table. Their iner- most enjoyment is holding up a game for many a minute while the pool playe1's go into tantrums hunting high and low for the '4Cue- ball. Where is it? Naturally it's snugly resting in one of their pockets. Such practical humor is enjoyed immensely by all con- cerned. Rest assured the unassuming lf?Qt Kenny Wfatson will always pick the right psychological moment, when 'GBuzz-Bomb Reynolds draws a bead on a ball, to yell, Shoot stick! This is always a big help to anyone's game. 'LScratch Sceneshall will give out with the word, too. There's one pool player who really takes the game seriously, though. That's John Fry-it's his reducing exercise. Wfho uses the L'Bridge more than anyone else in the school? None other than Sam Scozzari. t'Big Sam would be lost without it. Un your way out, stop at the first table, and you'll see Bert Lyons playing for dear life in a game Leensored by Mr. Hughes! ball. What we all want to know is -how he 'holds on to that gal friend of his who is actually a co-ed in this seemingly non-co- educational school Ask a prof. sometime what he gets when he calls Klauber or Glauber. That's easy- two ul-lere's. Along a similar vein, we're finally getting the Gross twins fPete and Rcpete are their names fi straightened out, but some fellows donit help matters any when they deliberately call them by the opposite name. fBy the way, which is whiehffb Who's that coming back to school on Wednesday when he had just left the Thursday before? Why, it's h'Long Weekend Riley! His dog had puppies! Now that a non PTI student reader knows so very little about the history of our beloved sophomore class, space tells us to draw to a close. To those of you fortunate enough not to be mentioned in this Hhistoryf' it's not that you a1'e lacking in character- we could say plenty about you, too.