Suffolk University Law School - Lex Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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George Kirwin scored a big hit as Sheridan Whiteside in the dramatic production, The Man Who Came to Dinner and Pyramid Clubs were driv- ing the country wild. How did you make out in that deal? Remember that craze? Shades of the roaring twenties. In May, Betty Humphreys appeared at the Meadows with Vaughan Monroe and other co-ed beauties. Dick Stukas won the Hearst oratorical con- test on May 3rd, and went to New York for the finals. Dick was up against the best in New York, and it was a great Suffolk victory when he came in second. Other events of this great year were the Sportsters' Dance in April, then the class dance, the NSA Festival, the Esplanade Picnic, the IRC Banquet, and the Iunior-Senior Ball, held on May 13th with Al Navarro and Ruby New- man's orchestra at the Hotel Somerset. It was in September of 1949 that Dean Munce was appointed as the new University Dean. There was talk of an S.U. football team and sports were picking up fast at the school. The Debating Club had finished a terrific season of seventy-five debates with another tough season in the offing. At last the year that we had all worked so hard for had finally come about. Graduation was just around the corner. and we looked for a great social and academic year. Mike Linquata was elected senior class president after a very close race, Phil Sullivan president of the Student Council, and the annual Thanksgiving Dance was held at the Hotel Statler, Georgian Room. Who's Who honored eleven of our class when they named Dick Adleman, Paul Buchanan, Lydia Corso, Tom Devlin, R. H. Fitzgerald, David B. Green, loe Nathenson, Lenny O'Hare, Homer Sage, Phil Sullivan, Paul Thornton, and Werner Weinstock. For the first time at Suffolk we had a hockey team we could yell about. Under Dave Perkins and Charlie Law the team ran a very good season with a 4-2-2 record. A big headline of the year was the announcement that the University could grant Masters' Degrees in the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Iournalism, and Business Administration. The Dramatic Club presented a Christmas Pageant titled, When the Chimes Ring. Edgar Stephen DeForest, age 7, son of our director of student affairs was a surprise star in the production. Bertha was a big hit and starred Francis Balukonis, Greg Finn, Iohn Clements, and Betty Iackson. The next event of a crowded year was a Talent Show produced by Manny Strauss, a CBA sophomore. The show brought out a lot of dormant talent and was won by lim McCarthy, a Law School baritone. Remember Dave Saliba, Charlie Ayers, Greg Finn, and our new band? A band was a treat at Suffolk.

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The year 1948 saw birth of a new club at Suffolk, the Radio Workshop. under the direction of Mr. Richard Strunsky, Iournalism instructor. The club aired a show every Saturday at one o'clock over station W.V.O.M. Among the guests interviewed were Mr. Arthur Fiedler, Pops conductor: Mr. lackie Cooper, stage star: the Honorable Paul A. Dever, Governor of Massachusetts: Miss Iucly Valentine, vocalist-wife of Suffolk alumnus Sherman Feller, and then Mr. Martin Wolfson and Miss Iuanita Hall appeared together as members of the cast of South Pacific. Remember South Pacific ? Did you see it in 1949? If you did you were very fortunate. It was in 1948 that fourteen members of the senior class were picked to appear in Who's Who in American Colleges. In February of that year the Varsity Club held a Blue and Gold Sportsters' Dance at the Hotel Bradford with Bob Dennis' Band. Beatrice Fuller was picked Miss Suffolk by a group of judges that included the popular Larry Green, lack Edwards, and Al. Capp. At this time the Glee Club made its appearance. There was a Look for a Book dance held in the library for the Reverend Ioseph A. Robinson, who was trying to raise reading matter for State Prison inmates. Remember how the admission price was one book ? The grind was now over and the summer session was here. This was an opportunity for those students who had entered late to catch up with their class. Did you last through the hot summer? September of 1948 held a few surprises. Suffolk had two foreign students from Arabia and Palestine. Miss lane Wyman received a certificate of merit from Suffolk for Iohnny Belinda, and the Iournal predicted her Oscar as it later predicted the political Oscar for Truman and Dever. The third annual Thanksgiving Dance was held in the Imperial Ball- room of the Hotel Statler. Freddy Guerra and his orchestra played while more than 500 students and their dates danced. Charlie's Aunt was the comedy hit of the season and starred Ioe Valcour and Ierry Noonan, class of '49. The year 1949 saw many improvements. With two years' of academic credits behind us, college seemed to hold promise. All the old doubts seemed to vanish, and we were fairly certain that the next two years would pass some- what easier. New instructors caused discussion and comment, and before long the routine that started in September was no longer new. V.A. check trouble was common, but it generally straightened itself out. Books were still running out before you had your allotted number, and it was still difficult to meet exam schedules. Betty Humphreys was chosen Miss Suffolk for 1949. Suffolk had a celebrity for that show in the personage of Iohnny Iohnston, popular MGM star who was appearing at the Cval Room of the Copley Plaza. Saponaro was eliminating all competition in the billiards tournament, and Edward Keough was voted as New England NSA secretary.

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Then there was the new lunch counter in the Recreation Hall. Boy, what a change that was. Headlines for February blared the Law School victory of Lawrence O'Donnell, who became president of the Law School Class of '50 by a majority. There was a good deal of discussion about this time as to whether or not there would be a Ioint Law School-University Year Book, and the issue was finally decided in favor of a joint book and the committee was elected. Iames Peipgras drew up the Constitution, rings were ordered, and there was a mad dash to finance the Year Book. The Press Club was born and I. Wise, a Biology student, was honored as one of the country's top Biology Majors. Ted Williams was made an honorary member of the Suffolk Varsity Club at a ceremony at the New England Sportsman's Show. The Hotel Bradford was chosen as the site for the Sportsters' Dance, and student teaching was at its peak. The Debating Team defeated Wilkes and N.Y.U. at the National Tournament at Boston University. At this time there came the Popularity Contest. This was something new for Suffolk University. Formerly the queen was selected by a group of invited judges, but the 1950 queen was selected by the student body in a two day election. Once again the contest was a sparkling affair with a new and improved band to herald the new queen, Gilda Corso. It was a great time and Gilda made a beautiful queen. While all this was going on the Dramatic Club was in rehearsal for the Hasty Heart presented on March 23 and 24, starring Paul Murphy, Mike Marmer, and Betty Iackson. It was a great year it was a great four years. These were only the highlights. In addition to this we all have our own memories, our friends, contacts, accomplishments. Would you have it changed? I doubt it. This history is bound to be inadequate, but if we have brought back just a touch of nostalgia, our job is well done.