University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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CLASS ADVISER Mrs. Josephine L. Russell, Advisor to the Class of 1 937

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CLASS ADVISERS MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF 1937: M Y connections with the Class of 1937 have been pleasurable and absorbing. Nothing will ever take the place of the innumerable coun- sels I have had with Jim Wright and many members ol Thirty-Seven during which times class, college, and personal problems were widely dis- cussed. It will he impossible lor me to forget the committee meetings Herm Anderson called for the brash Banquet; the excitement Johnny Messina underwent for the Soph Hop: the exhausting conferences with Len Hibbits for the biggest Prom Rhode Island State ever sponsored; the man; y lamps nl midnight ml Ralph look M.i n.inl Kopl.m liarlii Miller and ileen Kelley burned for the BEACON; the proud feeling I exf jerienced when the 1937 Sachems were tapped and when many members of the class were elected to Phi Kappa Phi; the exhilaration the spectacular football victory over Providence College caused and then the sinking realization that Jake Robertshaw. our ace Bobby Mudge. Jim Wright. Johnny Messina. I .ou I ) lorio. I led Ml ( orlliy. and l ew Allen would not pla lor Rhody again; the efforts Whiz Cowell and Elsie Brindle exerted to show Beaver that State could play hockey: the heavy basketball burden Grace O’Connor and Gert Cooper carried during the longest season the girls ever had: the honor Bill Rowe brought to the college when he placed in the Olympics; the hours we spent in the bleachers watching Ed Fay and Mel Entin put the baseball team in the limelight and watching Johnny Taylor and Bill Andrews break the tape for Rhody: the honor Helen Baclawski received when she was selected co-ed colonel at Mil Ball: the admiration Martha McCormick rightly deserved as student government president and debate leader; the hilarity and contusion George Potter, with Jerry Sullivan ' s aid. maintained holding his post as Mayor of Kingston; the serious plannings Joe Callaghan made lor Class Day: the time and effort Herm Anderson gave to make this Grist and the Senior Dance the best in years; and the thrill we all felt when we heard the results of the Senior elections and congratulated Jim Wright on his fourth year as president of the Class. Johnny Hannah and Rameses . . . Leo Hofingerand plays . . . Jim Eastwood and Senior Class rings . . . Angie 1 rovata and operettas . . . Betty Townend and scholarship awards . . . Betty Cashman and committee meetings and Grist photographs . . . Jack Casey and the Frosh Bible. . . . 1 hese all stand out as brighter touches of color in my four year picture of the Class of 1 hirty-Seven. Underlying these daubs of color is the substantial undertone of numerous other people and events, not a whit less permanent for all the brightness. In fact, it is this background that will insure the permanence and color of this composite memory painting. And I like to think of the whole picture, for half the fun in life comes from reminiscing upon the events which bring people together with other people. Josephine L. Russell -10-

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TABLE of CONTENTS THE COLLEGE FACULTY STUDENT BODY ATHLETICS SOCIAL GROUPS FEATURES ACTIVITIES ADVERTISEMENTS - 12-