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Front: Fred Sondern, Joseph Allgaier, Cas Cetnarow- ski, Walter Dierickx. Seated: Prof. D. Vitrogan, Fa- culty Adviser, Frank Terranova, Anthony Rendino, Pat Churchill. Standing: Frank Santasier, Gerald Gulotta, Harold Wiberg, Caryl Cole, Toby O'Mara, Ilse Kuhnle, Irwin Samuels, Shirley Hamm, Dan Garshman, Pat Bechtold, Frank Broadhurst, Lois Meyer, Rudy Lorenz. Senior Class Council The Senior Class Council consists of An- thony Rendino, President, Frank Terranova, Vice-President and Patricia Churchill, Sec- retary-Treasurer, elected representatives from each senior section, and Professor David Vitrogan, Faculty Advisor. Its function is to determine and guide class activities and to keep the seniors informed of the many stu- dent government plans. At the first meeting, the President out- lined a broad plan for the Senior year which served as a guide for activities. This plan called for a beer party in conjunction with the Winter Festival, Senior Day, the Senior Prom and diplomas for wives and husbands of the graduates. A dance for mid-year grad- uates, “Grad Drag”, has set a precedent for succeeding classes to follow. The beer party, supervised by Frank Ter- ranova, was a gay affair. Spirits were high in the Men’s Club that night of the Winter Festival and beer was abundant. The only regrets were expressed when closing time came around. The Senior Day committee, headed by Harold Wiberg, has planned a class boat ride and picnic to Bear Mountain. This group has a day of activities planned which includes sports, entertainment, and contests. The boat ride and picnic will be part of the commence- ment week activities which also include the Prom, Senior Day, Commencement and Mr. Pratt’s reception for seniors. Also, additional degrees will be presented to the wives and husbands of the graduates. Toby O’Mara and Frank Santasier are to be complimented for their work in this novel endeavor. Much of the success of the class activities can be traced to Jerry Gulotta, whose small group had the responsibility for publicizing them. Caryl Cole, Joe Ryan and numerous other seniors have actively assisted the Class Council, but the 694 seniors are ultimately to be credited with any success the Council has achieved. Without their unfailing sup- port, all plans and activities would have been wasted, Early in October of 1949, the Prom com- mittee, under the chairmanship of Paul Nap- oli, set about securing the class of ’50 the best prom. The first task of getting a hotel was accomplished by a group from the Coun- cil which combined business and pleasure by getting itself invited to a cocktail party that evening. For this reason, all estimates had to be rechecked since “bubble water” and numbers don’t mix. By mid-April the mo- mentus task of selecting the band, theme, and entertainers was completed with amazing enthusiasm. All that is necessary for success is the turnout of the anticipated 750 guests. A vote of thanks is also due the Admin- istrative Council, the Office of Student Life, and the Faculty for their inspiration and en- couragement. Now, as we square our collective shoulders and prepare to go out into the cruel, cruel, business world, a tear appears. Never again will we be happy, idealistic students trying to find new ways to avoid doing home- work. An era in our lives is gone, never to return again (another tear ...) Farewell, Pratt Institute!
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Seated: Miss Stephenson, Bob Phelan, Joe Ryan, Dot Johnson. Standing: John Sargeant, Ralph Burnley, Mike Miake, Charles Canniff, Gerald Gulotta, Shirley Sarkissian, Jim Reidy, Fred Hasert, Barbara Jacques, Bob Anderson, Caryl Cole, Tom Rock, Al Amato, Jim Lunny, Ben Pratt, Chic Dicamillo. Student Executive Board These representatives from all Class Coun- cils and Standing Committees meet each Monday afternoon to discuss and report on the fate of the nation (i.e., Pratt Institute). As can be seen by the intelligent look on the above encased faces, the past, present, and future of our Student Government is in com- petent hands. Your Student Executive Board spends endless hours of constant deliberation, investigation, and decision. There are always enough sides present for many a lively argu- ment about the policy and program situation in the various schools. All statements are required to have well-founded proof behind them; all requests must be substantiated by deliberated reasoning. Wow! This all sounds pretty cold and very official—that’s what it’s supposed to be. But on the other hand, you won't find one of the above who would want to trade jobs even with Mr. Pratt himself. These students have, and always will have, a mighty job on their hands—and they love it! The weightier the problem, the more we exert ourselves to solve it. The more minute the problem, the more careful consideration it is given. The officers of this board consist of the President, Vice-President, and Secretary- Treasurer of the Student Government Asso- ciation; they appear respectively above: Joe Ryan, Bob Phelan, and Dot Johnson. These three are responsible for the exact planning of agenda of all meetings, and are empowered to speak for the entire student body when meeting with any “outside” or “inside” groups about the school and about the city. The gentleman who usually drops the biggest bomb-shell on our otherwise peaceful meetings is Jim Lunny, Chairman of the Fi- nance Committee. Most of the budget re- quests are logical and very appropriate, but when one club asked for funds to send their president’s mother-in-law to Florida, that was too much! It seems that her interference at home was lowering the effectiveness of his activity about the school. A vote was taken and it was decided that an extended trip to Ebbets Field would serve the same purpose. This Board has handled many notable under- takings. The black eyes and bruised knuckles bear bitter testimony of the vigor which was thrown into the resulting discussions. (Ed. note: the above picture was taken before the meeting started.) On the more serious side of the picture, Bob Phelan moved that the students them- selves be allowed to decide on the allocation of the funds made at this year’s April Show- ers. An overall vote was taken—we now have an official Student Scholarship and Loan Fund set up for those who need it. Joe Ryan asked for a report of the Activity Awards Committee on the Seniors, which is elsewhere in this book. We might note here that all pictures and names which you see in that section were decided upon by a committee consisting entirely of underclassmen and fa- culty. Since all of the seniors shown above won’t be around next year (see the tears in their eyes?) many suggestions have been made regarding future objectives. After a radio- TV combination has been placed in all rooms with a capacity of 100 or more, it was decided that an automatic weight-reducing machine and hair-restorer apparatus be placed in all faculty meeting rooms. Please, Miss Stephenson, put down that club! When all is said and done, we find that the SEB did its job. With the cooperation of the Class Councils, good healthy policies and programs were never wanting.
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