University of Bridgeport - Wistarian Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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sim iicifvf, mor: THE 'gf' 4 Club, an exclusive service organizafion composed of selecfed sfu- denfs, sponsored by fhe local chapfer of fhe Kiawanis lnfernafional. was infroduced fo fhe universify fhis year. The organizafion elecfed Bob Moran as ifs firsf presidenf. Members of Circle K - fogefher wifh sfudenfs. from Women's House Governmenf, fhe deparfmenf of journalism. and fhe Scribe - parficipafed in fhe Unifed Fund's Goldfish Bowl , a newsroom demonsfrafion held for fwo weeks af fhe D. M. Read Company. The growing College of Nursing ac- quired a building of ifs own fhis year. The faculfy. reinforced by several new members, happily moved info fhe pale pink Monroe Hall, braced fheir desks againsf fhe walls fo offsef fhe slanfing floors. and began dreaming of a brick building of our own some- day . Only a few sfalwarf sporfs fans braved a drenching down- pour fo wifness fhe firsf foofball game of fhe season againsf New Haven Sfafe Teacher's College. The onlookers affribufed our feam's loss fo fhe weafher and adjourned fo a posf game parfy af Lenny's Wagon Wheel. Progress in ofher deparfmenfs offsef fhev inifial defeaf on 'rhe field. The music deparfmenf organized a jazz work- shop, a new marching band, and a concerf band under fhe direcfion of Raymond Sfewarf. who joined fhe faculfy This year. The jazz workshop adopfed an abandoned sfable, which had housed fhe horses of P. T. Barnum, for ifs headquarfers. and each Wednesday evening fhe aspiring musicians convened fo develop fheir fledgling falenfs under fhe guidance of Mr. Sfewarf. Virus ECHO descended on campus during fhe early fall. leveling sfudenfs and faculfy in- discriminafely. and counfer-balancing fhe exhilarafing effecf of brighf. brisk, aufumn weafher. The lnfer-frafernify Council granfed BERT B DAVIS LINCOLN COUEC T10

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Each oT us who spenT The year I958- I959 here aT The UniversiTy oT BridgeporT will carry away wiTh him diTTerenT memo- ries, Tor each oT us noTices only Those Things which impinge on his paTTerns oT liTe. So iT -is ThaT To mosT oT us, someThing as minuTe as a damp, earTh-scenTed spring breeze, a shell salvaged Trom a winTer- ravaged shore, an A paper will mean more To us Than a proTessor's new docTor- aTe, The addiTion oT a new building To The campus. or a vicTory Tor a sTudenT organi- zaTion. YeT our very presence here made us a parT oT This insTiTuTion. In as much as whaT we gained or losT here will re- main embedded in ourselves all our lives, This insTiTuTion has become a parT of our- selves. This arTicle is wriTTen in The hope ThaT iT may provide us wiTh a beTTer under- sTanding oT whaT our school is ThaT iT may Turnish us wiTh some iusTiTiable pride in The insTiTuTion oT which we are a parT. The rain rolling in Trom Long Island Sound, shrouding The campus in gloom mosT oT Freshman week, heighTened The confusion oT The purple capped newcomers. Bewilder- ed, beraggled Treshmen, rallied by Their spiriTed guides, Toured The campus and en- dured The many social TuncTions planned Tor Them by The Freshman Week CommiTTee during The summer. The Freshman Ball cul- minaTed wellcome-week, and Those Treshmen who sTill had sTrengTh enough To aTTend iT saw I-larrieT ZiTron oT The Bronx, lovely ad- vocaTe oT The bouTTanT hair-do chosen Freshman Queen. EnrollmenT reached a new heighT This year, as did conTusion during re- gisTraTion. Following The minor havoc oT Freshman W'eek and regisTraTion, sTudenTs welcomed a chance To seTTle down To The comparaTive peace oT classes. BrighT OcTober broughT a bursT oT ac- TiviTy To campus. FaculTy and sTudenTs alilce had noT yeT seTTled inTo The comTorTable, sTeady mold oT acTiviTies which paTTerned The laTer monThs. The clear, colorful days of early Tall seemed indicaTive oT explora- Tion and experimenTaTion. The Circle K

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recognifion fo lofa Delfa Pi, lafesf addifion fo fhe male Greek Leffer groups. The men of l.D.P. recognizable by fheir affracfive olive drab suifs, face a year of probafion before final accepfance. Dr. Joseph Roucek of fhe Universify's polifical science and sociology deparfmenfs received fhe honor of being named a corresponding member of fhe Acadamie Di Mediferraneo. Professor Hasan F. Zandy. fhis year received an honorary Ph.D. from fhe lvlinisfer of Educafion and fhe chief of fhe Deparfmenf of Advanced Edu- cafion in lran. The degree, which had been conferred on Dr. Zandy five years ago in recognifion of his research concerning a new x-ray specfomefer, came fo lighf only fhis year. Dr. Harold J. Fine, a psychologisf, began conducfing weekly group meefings wifh sfu- denfs who professed a desire for help in overcoming fheir emofional problems. The Universify Adminisfrafion displayed an acfive infer- esf in sfudenf welfare by following fhe example of many larger schools which have engaged such help for fheir sfudenfs. Donna Long became fhe l958 Homecoming Queen af Alpha Gamma Phi's Sword and Shield dance, which began fhe Homecoming Weekend fesfivifies. The gray November skies failed fo dim fhe color- ful parade held Safurday affernoon. The Kappa Befa Rho viking ship. manned by sfalwarf K.B.R. sailors. sailed fo vicfory in fhe floaf confesf which gave frafernify and sororify members a chance fo manifesf fheir arfisfic imaginafion and fo display fheir creafive ingenuify. Haven Hall won fhe dorm decorafing confesf for ifs spirifed display feafuring a U.B. angel poised friumphanf over a New Haven Teach- er's devil. Af The pep rally held before fhe game wifh New Haven, which was played Safurday nighf, our cheerleaders and 'rhe Bridgeporf