Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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STUDENT BODY George Kupferschmid, President Y„ and I are reaching another milestone on the highway of life. To all of us, Convocation will mark an especially important step in our formal education. Whatever special meaning it may have for each one of you, it is pleasant to realize that events cast their shadows before them. May your Convocation be an indication of future success, and may your appreciation and respect for the Institute grow as your life here passes from reality into retrospect. 29

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CLASSES ith a slight increase in enrollment over last year's figures, an- other school year brings to the end the schooling careers of many and the beginning of others. Enrollment this year for the day school was approximately 877 students. In addition to this there were 77 special students, bringing this total above the 900 mark, an unprecedented figure in the history of the Institute. About 236 Seniors will be graduated this year. The school year just completed at the Institute has certainly been successful for all concerned, both in the fulfillment of educational requirements and the enjoyment received through the various social and athletic activities. Congratulations should be in order for the members of the Senior Class, who during their school years at the Institute have proved them- selves hard-workers and have engineered several of the school’s most successful projects, and social events. They will long be remembered for the things they have accomplished while here and our only hope is that success will be an assured factor in the future for all of them. The Junior and Freshmen classes, which outnumber the Senior class are also proving themselves to be an ambitious and cooperative group. Already they have been responsible for numerous activities in the social calendar in addition to upholding the traditions of the In- stitute. 28

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CLASS of 194 1 The class of L941 is recording its final acts on the pages of Time with but one regret—that the years spent at the Institute have passed too swiftly. Our first year found us looking and listening to the upperclassmen, but in 1940 we came of age, and sponsored our first big dance, the Junior Prom. The Sagamore Hotel’s Starlight Roof was the scene of the dance. This year, the class held a 'Gay Nineties” party in the Bevier Gal- lery. Flora-dora girls, Barber-shop quartets, and Seniors only” were the order of the evening. At the Sagamore on March 22, we had our formal Dinner Dance. The last social event to be sponsored by the class is the Senior Ball, which is to be held in the Masonic Ballroom. An extra-smooth band and a roomy floor guarantee its success. Convocation will take place on May 17. Then, with our experience at the Institute behind us, we set forth on a new career, the course of which is controlled by ourselves and by Destiny, and hidden within the pages of time. 30