Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Standing — Longstaff, Breux, Badgley Seated — Bergstrom, Whitney, Cooper RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE OLLEGE days with their overflowing round of events studies and activities seem all too often to rob us of the contact with the deeper spiritual concerns of life which are really the undercurrents that permeate and ultimately determine our worth to ourselves and to our fellowmen. This group of earnest fellow students has done much during the past busy weeks to help us find a worthwhile pause in which to revitalize and redirect our efforts. The Sunday morning meditation and fellowship periods with helpful words from those of wider experience have been of real worth to many Springfield men. The colleges of New England stand out in the eyes of the thoughtful student world through their joint cooperation in the outstanding Student Christian Movement of New England. Through our Religious Committee our campus has kept in touch with this moving force which is helping students to face economic and social issues with an enlightened spiritual viewpoint that promises to be the most successful attack upon our present world crisis. We look with justifiable pride to the leadership of this group of Springfield men. 22

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GLEE CLUB |T is a proven fact that our college men are not one-sided in their ap- preciation of life and one of the outstanding examples of their versa- tility is the maintaining of the high standard of the Glee Club. Each year the ever popular leader Madame Jackson has an increasingly difficult task in the selection of the Glee Club from the abundance of talent offered. This year s incoming Freshman class proved of unusual merit, and more than filled the gap left by the graduating Seniors. Alumni, students and friends of the college have come to expect great things of our vocalists and this year’s performances have added to their enthu- siastic support. Strong in all departments, the Glee Club has acquitted itself well, both at home and in the many delightful trips that have fallen to their lot. Mastering a wide variety of selections from Bach ' ' to Wagon Train”, and with excellent rendering of college songs, they have given us every reason to be proud of them and we look forward to even greater per- formances in the future. The Glee Club has appeared in a number of concerts throughout Massachusetts and several of the surrounding states. It gave an excellent home performance on February 22nd, when it was heard by the local people for the first time this year. S 1

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Front Row — Dibble, Alexander, Planitzer, Professor Mohler, Kay, Naik, Lu, Das Second Row — Bermudes, Tenney, Hall, Leong, Wolff, Szabo, Siriany, Sortikopolis, Ricciardi, Moyer Back Row — Nelson, Noble, Banks, Sanborn, Curtis, Hackney, Lingren, Neimark, Oermann COSMOPOLITAN CLUB |F Springfield College did no other thing, it would be unique in its con- tribution to international goodwi II. For many, many years it has en- couraged students from all parts of the globe to come to Springfield and accept the unusual offerings of this college in the field of Physical and Character education. Almost all of these students have returned to their native homes abroad to disseminate the wisdom absorbed at the feet of their Alma Mater. But that is not all! Not only do they profit by contacts with the American people and institutions, but also bring to our campus new ideas and new viewpoints, which help us to understand them, their country and their problems. During the past fifty years, over two hundred such students, mostly selected men from forty-three different countries, have come to Springfield College. To adjust these men from abroad to their new environment, to bring them in intimate contact with each other, and with American students and others, thus enabling the utmost value to be derived from their pres- ence, is no trivial matter. Under the able guidance of Dr. Mohler, the Cosmopolitan Club endeavours to promote friendly and understanding relationships. 23