Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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To the Class of 1950 A former dean of our schools used to introduce each graduating class as “the best class we ever had”, This sentence repeated year after year caused amuse- ment and became a by-word. I feel that in addressing the Class of 1950 I can at least say that we have never had a better class. You have done a remarkably fine job, both scholastically and in student activities, and Pratt Institute is proud of your achievment. For your recollection in future years, of the friend- ships with students and faculty, the ups and downs of your experiences in your two to four years here, Pratt- onia with its pictures and captions provides a means. My best wishes to you all. Charles Pratt President

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Learn the truth that we may be freer to develop ourselves in the best possible ways. Learn the need for goodwill among men that we may cooperate. Learn the means of cooperation.— DR. ARTHUR H. COMPTON With pride, we acknowledge our part in advancing the spirit of all-Institute unity during these years at Pratt. Our achievements were not the work of a few, nor were they the separate works of individual groups, but the combined endeavor of artist, engineer, and home economist—of students and faculty working in harmony of interest and purpose. If all of us have acquired any one mutual characteristic during our years at Pratt Insti tute, we believe that it is this spirit of oneness As we lead our various lives as members of modern society, we shall be able to help achieve a new and larger unity in the world.

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PRATTONIA STAFF Co-Editors-in-Chief : Sherwin Feingold and Frank Golino Business Manager: Frank Santasier Art Directors: Charles Gregoire and Robert Baxter Literary Editor: Ronald Macht School Editors: Art, Marshall Meyers; Engineering, Nicholas Kerzner; Home Economics, Caryl Cole; Tanning, Eugene Marcus, Photography Editor: Frank McLaughlin Activities Editor: Earl Feder Sports Editor: Edward Ramik Sports Staff: Tom ‘Guendel, Joe Petrino, Jo Wade. Art Staff: Thomas Courtos, George Tscherny, Mathew Roberts, Homer Lefkort, Michael Smollin, Peter Evangelides, Jack Goodford, Albert Siringo, Rudy Urias, Robert Mac Pher- son. Literary Staff: Mario Forte, William Donovan, Harold Wiberg, Robert Johnson, Ramon Casaprima, Dan Weinstein, Walter Kirk, Joseph Viola Jr., Shirley Hamm, Warren Forbes, James Joanou, Fred Hasert, Marcia Hamm, Joan Bartels, Mary Lynch, Gladys Walsh, Richard Fuchs), James Drossos, Albert Geraci, John Kuhn, Thomas Lawless, Abbott Brown, Photography Staff: George Pysh, Richard Hofacker Faculty Advisors: Dr. George A. Finch, Mr. Thomas Ruzicka, Mr. Holman J. Swinney.