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

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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.

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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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Zo f 1. INSIDE if 'tr -ttf at V, nmrsusn muanm rdf to ' . l Y: 1 I Q it , Q Q ' BY PAUL THORNTON Greetings from Inside S.U. It is difficult to realize that this is the last time that I will greet you from this column. Writing this column has been a great source of pleasure and it has been a lot of fun getting to know you students through this media. I hope that it has helped many of you to get acquainted as well. Parting words are always hard to express, and are probably better left unsaid: there- fore, without any more fuss, let's look back upon our undergrad activities. Old Shoes and Rice, Dept.: There was a time when this Dept. flourished, but later it seemed to slow down. Many romances took place during our stay at S.U., and in a lot of cases, both parties to the romance were S.U. lads and lassies. From these romances came the marriages of Mary MacDonald and Bill McGrath, Carolyn Cifu and lim Wells, and Helen Schribman and Dr. Curran. The actual number of students who entered S.U. single, and emerged with wedding bands, is too numerous for accuracy, but we recall Iohn McManus, lack Pollis, lohn Delahanty, Harry McKee, Grace Mackey, Bob Devin, Elaine Weinberg and Natalie Chambers, as well as yours truly. Hail To The Queen, Dept.: We have watched the crowning of three Queens at S.U., an activity which has become an annual event. Alumni, Dept.: We have been given every reason to be proud of our Alumni, and look forward to being equally as proud of many of you. The No. 1 Alumnus of course, is Iohn B. Hynes, present Mayor of Boston. Changes at S.U., Dept.: There have been many changes in the faculty and administration at S.U. We remember our sorrow at seeing some of the familiar faces missing, but soon realized that we were working our way towards a greater University. Do you remember names such as: Blackman, Crawford, McCaffery, Chamberlain, Kopff, Hanson, Savage, Strunsky and Simms. The greatest surprises of all came in administrative appointments of President Burse and Dean Munce, who have never relaxed one moment, in their pursuit of bigger and better advancement for your University. Your Suffolk Iournal, Dept.: Practically an entire new staff took over the publishing of the Suffolk Iournal in an attempt to give you an outstanding publication. Under the capable leadership of loe's, Cullinane and Nathenson, Bob Devin, we feel that the aim was ac- complished. Leadership Is In Evidence, Dept.: Everything has not been a bed of roses and we can be thank- ful that we were blessed with many capable leaders, who got behind movements with a vig- or, and were responsible for many of our successes. Fellows like lack Clancy, Manny Strauss, Phil Sullivan, Tom Devlin, Lenny O'Hare, Mike Linquata and Bob Devin. The same may be said of the Law School where Larry O'Donnell, lack Malone, Ed Masterrnan, Bud Barrett and others, could always be counted upon. We Doff Our Hats, Dept.: To the many successful ventures that have been entered upon dur- ing our stay at S.U., and to those who made them possible. Much of our activities have gone to further the name and fame of S.U. To the S.U. Debating Club, to the Suffolk lour- nal, to the Hockey Team, to the Variety Shows, and to the Dramatic Workshop who have re- peated successes in: The Animal Kingdom, Beyond The Horizon, The Man Who Came To Dinner, Bertha The Beautiful Typewriter Girl, and their greatest triumph, The Hasty Heart. We Are Proud Of, Dept.: We are proud to be listed as members of this class. We feel that student spirit and co-operation is manifested in this class. We are glad that such contro- versial issues, such as the Yearbook problem, arose during our stay at S.U., so that the spirit and co-operation could prove itself.