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

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tisi, Elvis Angelo, Pfc., U. S. A Killed in Auto Accident Camp Rapid, S. D., September 12, 1943 ★ ★ ★ KNIGHT, EARL, S SGT. U.S.A.MED.C. KRUEGER, HAROLD, U.S.A. KUDLACIK, LOUIS, U.S.A. A.C. LANPHEAR, CLAYTON, U.S.A. LIBER ATI, EUGENE, U.S.A. LIGUORI, ALPHONSE, U.S.A.A.C. LINEHAN, JOHN, U.S.A. LITWIN. ALFRED, PVT. U.S.A. LOMBARDI, NICHOLAS, TVT. U.S.A. LONG, SYLVESTER, LT. U.S.A.A.F. LOVETT, JAMES, LT. U.S.A. INFANTRY LOWE, HAROLD, U.S.A.A.F. Mcelroy, francis, u.s.n.a.c. MAlCKER, ALLEN, U.S.A.A.F. MADDELENA, HAROLD, U.S.A. MANNING, DAVID, U.S.A. MARASCO, RALPH, Sl C N.T.S. MASON, ARTHUR, PFC. U.S.A. INFANTRY MASTERSON, STEVEN, U.S.A. MEDAS, JOSEPH, CPL. U.S.A. MEDEIROS, ARTHUR, U.S.A. MESROBIAN, JOHN, U.S.A. MILLER, ALAN, U.S.A. INFANTRY MILLER, ROBERT. U.S.N.T.S. MORSE, RICHARD, U.S.A. MORSILLI, FREDERICK, LT. U.S.A.A.F. MULCAHY, WILLIAM, U.S.A. OGDEN, WILFRED, U.S.A.A.F. OPDYKE, GEORGE. U.S.A. ORTLEVA, ROBERT, PFC. ARMY PASOONE, DONATO, LT. U.S.A. PERRY, GEORGE, LT. U.S.A. PETTENGILL, ARNOLD, LT. U.S.A. FIELD ART PHILLIPS. CHARLES, LT. U.S.M.C.R. PIGNATARO, JAMES, U.S.N. PIRANI, JOHN, LT. U.S.A.A.F. PLATT, RONALD, LT. U.S.A. POULOS, PANOS, U.S.A.A.C. PROCTOR, DONALD, LT. U.S.A.A.F. PYNE. JAMES. SGT IT s M r RECORDS, HENRY, ENSIGN U.S.M.M. ROBBINS, DONALD, N.A.C.C. ROBERTS, JOHN, LT. U.S.A.A.F. ROBINSON, JOHN, PVT. U.S.A. ROCCIOLO, JOHN, U.S.A. ROCK, JOSEPH. PFC. U.S.A. ROMANO, JOHN, A.S.N.R. ROSSI, FRANK, LT. U.S.A.A.F. ROSSI, LOUIS, M1DSII. U.S.N.R. RUSK, JOHN, U.S.A.A.F. RUSSELL, WILLIAM, LT. U.S.A.A.F. SALTER, WARREN, PVT. U.S.A. SAMARAS, NICHOLAS, U.S.A.A.C. SANATORO, SEBAST1ANO, U.S.A. SARRA, FRANK, U. A.ATF. SCHOCK, CHARLES, U.S.M.M. SCOTT, ROBERT, U.S.A.A.F.M.D. SELBY, CHARLES, U.S.A. SILVESTRI, ANTHONY, U.S.A. SIMMON, JAMES, U.S.A. SMITH, LINWOOD, U.S.A. SMITH, RICHARD, H. A. S 2 U.S.N.R. SPARKS, MOSES, U.S.N.R. SPENCER, ANDREW, U.S.A. STEAD, DEXTER, 3 C A.M.M. STELLITANO, JOHN, U.S.A. STICKNEY, ALDEN, U.S.A. STOTT, CHESTER, LT. U.S.A. INFANTRY SUDDARD, THEODORE, S2 C U.S.N.T S SUNIIIN, ROGER, U.S.A.A.F. SZYMKOWICZ, RAYMOND, PVT. U.S.A. INF THOMAS, WHEATON, PVT. U.S.A. INFANTRY TOPAZIO. ATTILLIO, PFC. T.V.A. TRAYNER, ALBERT, O.C.S., U.S.A. WALES, THAYER, LT. U.S.A. INFANTRY W ' ATSON, WILLIAM, U.S.A.A.F. W r EINER, LLOYD, U.S.N. WTHTAKER, WILLIAM, LT. U.S.A. WILBOUR, CHAMPLIN. C.M., M.M. WILLARD, KENNETH, U.S.A.A.F. WILSON, JAMES, U.S.A.A.F. WTtIGHT, FRANK, U.S.A. WYNNE, RICHARD, MIDSH. ANNAPOLIS ZALKIND, PHILIP, PVT. S.C.S.U. WOMEN EATOUGH, VIRGINIA, SC3 C WEAVES TIMMONS, PHYLLIS BANFIELD, T3 C WAVES We are sorry this list is incomplete, but we have no record of the whereabouts of the other boys who were in the original class of 1945.

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ANDREWS, EARL IIAROLD, U.S.A. ANTONIO, CAZEMIRO, ENSIGN U. S. NAVY ANTOSIA. PETER PAUL, PEC. U.S.A. ATKINSON, WALTER, LT. U.S.A.A.F. BACON. OSMER, A S NAVY V-12 BARDSLEY. GEORGE, M1DS1I. U.S.M.M. BARNEY, FRED. PFC. U.S.A.A.F. BARRAT, JOSEPH, A S NAVY V-12 BARRAT, ROBERT. PVT. U.S.A.A.C. BARRIE, CARL, LT. U.S.A. BEAVER, EDGAR, FL. OFFICER, U.S.A.A.F BECKMAN, CARL, LT. U.S.A. BELL, WILLIAM, U.S.A. BENNETT, RUSSELL, U.S.A. BLAKE, ROGER, U.S.A.A.C. BLANCHETTE, ALFRED, PVT. U.S.A.A.F. BOARDMAN, EASTWOOD, U.S.N. BODEN, HERBERT, Sl C, U.S.N. BRADY, JAMES, LT. U.S.A.A.F. BRESETTE, WALTER, PVT. U.S.A.A.F BROWN. ROY, LT. U.S.A.A.C. BULLOCK, GEORGE, U.S.N. BURDICK, EDWARD, LT. U.S.A.A.F. BURGESS, LOUIS, PVT. U.S.A. FIELD ARTILLERY BURKHARDT, KENNETH, PVT. U.S.A.A.F. BYRON. PERCIVAL, U.S.A.A.F. CAFPUCCIO, PATRICK, U.S.N. CARD, HAROLD, LT. U.S.A.A.F. CARROCCIA, JOHN, U.S.A.A.F. CASHMAN. DANIEL, U.S.A.A.F. CHACE, LEONARD, CPL. U.S.A.A.F. CLARK. FRANCES, GM1 C U.S.N. COHEN, DONALD, U.S.A. COLLINS, JAMES, U.S.A. COLLINS, JOHN, CFL. U.S.A. COOKE. WALTER, PVT. U.S.A. COONEY. JAMES, A C U.S.N.R. COULAHAN, JOHN, CADET W T EST POINT CRANDALL. WILLIAM, CADET M. M CRESSEY, CHARLES, 1ST LT. U.S.A.A.F. CROIN, NEAL. U.S.N.A.C. CROSSLEY. JOHN, PVT. U.S.A. CROWELL, FREDERICK. U.S.A.A.F. CURRAND. WILLIAM, PVT. U.S.A. CUTE, DONALD, LT. U.S.A. INFANTRY DAHL, EDWARD, LT. U.S.A.A.F. DAVIS, GORDAN, O.C.S. MARINES DEMAINE, ANDREW. ENSIGN U.S.N. DE SISTA, AMERIZO, U.S.N. DE SISTO, THOMAS. U.S.A. DEXTER. OWEN, Sl C N.T.S. DE YOUNG, ROBERT, PVT. U.S.A. Un iftemoriam J ★ ★ ★ DIXON, CLARK, U.S.A. DINWOODIE, ROLFE, U.S.A.A.F. DOHERTY, JAMES, SGT. U.S.A.A.F. DOHRING. GEORGE, SGT. U.S.A.A.F. DONABEDIAN, HAROLD, U.S.A. DOYLE, MALCOLM, MIDSH. ANNAPOLIS DRING, ROBERT, PVT. U.S.M.C. DUGGAN, WILLIAM, LT. U.S.A. FAGAN, THOMAS. S2 C A.M.M. FARNUM, MARK, LT. U.S.A. FEIN STEIN, SAUL SAMUEL. U.S.A.A.F. FERRA, THOMAS Sl C R. M. C. FLYNN, JOHN, CPL. U.S.A. FRANCES, ARTHUR, U.S.N. FREEMAN. EDGAR, ENSIGN, U.S.N.R. FREIBERG. JEROME. PVT. U.S.A.A.F. FURTADO, EMANUEL, U.S.A. GADBOIS, ROBERT, CADET U.S.N. GALE, RICHARD, S2 C U.S.N. GERTZ, RAYMOND. ENSIGN U.S.N.R. GIBNEY, LAWRENCE, LT. U.S.A.A.F. GILBERT, WALTER, LT. U.S.A.C. GLADUE, RAYMOND, U.S.A. GREENIIALGH, EDGAR. TFC. U.S.A. INFANTRY HALL, SAMUEL, U.S.A. IIANNA, ROBERT, 1ST I,T. U.S.A.A.F. HENLEY, CHANDLER, PFC. U.S.A. HERSEY, CHARLES, U.S.A. HILDEBRAND, GEORGE, 1ST. LT. U.S.A. A F HIMEON. HAROLD, S SGT. U.S.A. HOLBURN, HUGH, PVT. U.S.A.A.C.R. HOULE, OMER. 0 C U.S.A. HULL, FRANK, U.S.A. HUNT, WILLIAM, PVT. U.S.A. INFANTRY I JAASKELA, EUGENE, O C U.S.A. JOHNSTON, CHARLES, PVT. U.S.A. KAIN, JOHN, U.S.A. KAPOWICH, JOHN, U.S.A. KELLS. ROBERT, M SGT. U.S.A.A.C. KENERLEBER, ALFRED, CPL. U.S.A.A.C, KIVLIN, JOSEPH, ENSIGN, U.S.N.R. KLEIN. NORMAN, S3 C U.S.N.A.C. KNIGHT. CHARLES, MIDSH. U.S.N.

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Days of Our Years: Class History Rhode Island Stale, we pledge our Loyalty, The Class of Nineteen Forty-five A class song .... sung in September, 1941, by four hundred and fifty fresh- men. Yes, we were freshmen, green and innocent and enthusiastic. For a long time the word “college” had held a peculiar fascination for us. We had imagined that college life consisted of four years which were an entity of life in themselves. College was a world of its own; the outside world simply ceased to exist. And so we came in September and sang our song in September. It was our song; we would sing it for four years, and in June, 1945, we would re- ceive our diplomas and sing our song for the last time, together. Little did we dream then of what the next four years had in store for the Class of For- ty-five. We give the best we have to offer, To keep her glorious name alive . . That first year, as an actual part of Rhody’s student body of twelve hun- dred, w r e were proud to give all that we could. The girls started in with a bang- up stunt night at which Dean Gilbert, the freshman of the faculty, stole the show. We chose Miss Mary A. Reilly as out class adviser, and elected Carl Beckman, President; Dorothea Dahl- quist, Vice President; Champlin Wil- bour, Treasurer; Jeanne Freeman, Sec- retary, and Gordon Davis, Social Chair- man. The Class of Forty-five had a fin- ger in almost -every organization on campus. We went out for sports . . . freshman football, basketball, baseball, and we remember such names as Aid- rich, Miller, Dahl, Topazio, Davis, Don- abedian, Wilbour, Bennett. . . . Our own cheerleaders, Carl Beckman, Owen Dex- ter, and Dee Dahlquist, followed the team and kept us rooting. None of our girls made Varsity teams that year but they made records ... all of them . . . Browning, Angell, Anthony, Freeman, Jones, Whitaker, Pingree and E. Martin. That was a year to remember. A year of real college life. There was no moment of rest. Event followed event . . . Vic dances on Friday nights . . . Homecoming week-end and the fair at Rodman . . . State celebrating its fif- tieth anniversary . . . the Aggie Bawl . . . football games . . . particularly our victory over Connecticut, and our boys took their caps off . . . fraternity and sorority rushing . . . State’s stealing the Brown bear . . . bonfire rallies and snake lines . . . Slide Rule Strut . . . Rhode Island’s victory over Fordham in the Garden . . . Soph Hop and Junior Prom and our own Frosh Frolic. Yes, event followed event. Our own events over which the outside world had no control. On December 7, 1941, our college life began to change. We didn’t realize it then, but the troubles of the outside world became our trou- bles. It was war, all right, but “war” was just a word to us then. We didn’t think of it in terms of diminished enroll- ments, of our own boys in uniform, be- ing killed, of rationed gas and food and clothing, of soldiers on our campus. We kept on living a normal life until May; then they talked of a word called “ac- celeration,” and of first semester and second semester students. In June the graduating R. 0. T. C. officers did not look for jobs; they went directly into the Infantry or the Air Corps. “Acceleration” materialized. Most of the Junior and Senior classes went to school that next summer, and our class was divided for the first time. All our engineers and a few girls stayed in school that June; the rest of us went home to a summer of rest or work. In September we came back as first semester Sophomores; those others of our class were in their second semester. We found things fairly normal, but there was an intangible “something” there which made college life that year different from the first. Many boys, even our own, had left school to join the Army or the Navy, and a Rhody Roll Call was an added feature in the Beacon. - §{ 20