Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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the unity of a history-the history of the Class of '63, really the story of Syracuse University in 1963 and for- ever. We came to the Hill, 2400 strong, the largest entering class since veter- ans swelled post-vvar Syracuse. We lived in dorm study rooms and tem- porary quarters at Collendale, even while our future campus homes were rising from piles of lumber and brick. After a tumultuous orientation Week, we Woke one morning, full fledged col- lege students at last! It was official. Now we had ID cards and no longer had to Wear our beanies daily. We even had a slogan: M63 is right in step, vve're the class that's got the pep!

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Noondays at Syracuse were meas- ured to the Crouse chimes playing Deep in the Heart of Texas in antici- pation of the coming Cotton Bowl. And Syracuse, we soon found, is deep in the heart of the snow belt. At Syra- cuse a winter is more than a meteoro- logical phenomenon-it's a state of mind! That year with the first snow- fall came moans of regret that we weren't attending the University of Miami, and a few of our classmates went so far as to transfer to that south- ern institution. Came Parents Weekend and we as- sured our mothers this college life is great and they need worry about us no more. We had left the nest, our lives now revolved about a new and still strange pole. The placards said Hi Mom and we were learning the new life of the gridiron. Before our surprised and happy eyes the nation began to acclaim the mighty Orange. We rolled over Kansas, Navy, Holy Cross and on No- vember 4 a banner head screamed in triumph, Number One! Piety Tops UPI Ratings! Nobody could stop us then. A week later the Lambert Trophy was in the bag as we walked over Penn State to the top of Eastern college football. The AP followed UPI and the whole nation knew what we had been saying for weeks.