Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Back Row — Sampson, Van Korb, Kopf, Dain, Greider, Asquith Second Row — O’Neill, Bascoin, English, Finley First Row — Mantor, Chapman, Bohlinger, Moyer, Queenan MAROON KEY SOCIETY HE history of this society is quite interesting and it shows what a great value the society has. Some of the members of one of the varsity teams were visiting Dartmouth College and were shown around the cam- pus by members of the Green Key Society”. When the fellows came back to Springfield they thought it would be a good idea to start a similar society, and have it act in the same capacity. Ihey also realized the necessity for some sort of society to take charge of the many athletic teams that pay visits to the Springfield College campus. With this idea in mind, the Maroon Key Society was formed. The men who are elected to this society must be able to devote time and energy to their work. Real praise is due the officers of this society and also to the untiring efforts of the members in accomplishing every little task placed before them. Let’s hope that they will always take their work seriously and realize what a great part they are playing in college work. The tasks and favors they complete for friends that come to Springfield will long be remembered by them when others have forgotten these good deeds. 24

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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

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landing — Lippitt, Almgren, Cassells, Longstaff, Clark Sealed — Noonan, Abihider, Wasem, Burr, Hatton The International Relations Club o N our campus at Springfield this past year, a group of students formed a new organization, the International Relations Club. Keenly aware o f the value of international harmony, they have taken this oppor- tunity to meet together to discuss, evaluate, and organize an enlightened attitude on the many ramifications that national issues have in the retarding and advancing of world peace and cooperation among the nations. Acknowledging the part played by Springfield students in the past years in the participation at the Model League of Nations and at the various International Relations Club conferences, Springfield College accepted an invitation tendered it to send one of its students to preside at one of the three round table conferences among the leading universi- ties and colleges of New England. To the ch arge that colleges are usually concerned only with theoretical abstractions and are entirely w ithdrawn from the pale of the practical everyday world, Springfield College offers this organization where stu- dents may come to an understanding about the international problems of the moment. 25