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

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SPORTS PARADE Despite the decreased enrollment and the difficulties interfering with nor- mal athletic programs during the year, interest in sports has never lagged on our campus. Football and baseball were discontinued for two seasons, as they need abundant manpower, but basketball, track, cross-country, and intramural contests have kept our name alive on the sports pages of the East. During our class’ stay at Rhody, our teams have fought in Boston, Providence. New York, Philadelphia, and Buffalo . , . and at Cassino, Tarawa, Normandy, and Leyte ! Our victories are too numerous to detail here, but a resume of the sports calendar for 1945 will illustrate the caliber of Rhode Island men. Let their records stand side by side with the battle stars of our veterans, and let us pay homage to their achievements.

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Memories reshman Week “Long Ago and Par Away” freshman Ribbons “The Wearing of the Green” event oi A.S.T.P, “There’s Something About a Soldier” During blackout am raid drills . . . “Two Cigarettes in the Dark” S tudyin S ■ Night and Day” Back to Classes “Some Monday Morning” iem Labs “There’s Gonna Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” Ranger’s smells . . Till the End of Time” jorge Shop in Bliss Hall Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” Zoology . 4 - “Take a Peek” Florence Sternbach in organic chem lab “I don’t want to set the world on fire” Madonna Sheehan and physics - . “No can do” a ' j 1S Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative” Answers to exams S T wish I knew” Exam time “Stormy weather” r a - mg 8 o clock classes “Eight o’clock jump” p l at 10:00 a . m. ...... “No letter today” as etbah ... “A tisket, a tasket, a blue and white basket” Juke box m little caf “Put a nickel in the slot” ' . eah ' e S lisd Surrey without a fringe on top” in y cres , . . , . - , “How deep is the ocean” Kingston station “Waiting for the train to come in” Kingston weather “Walking in the rain” or “Let it snow, let it snow” 1 Tea for two” M am and ° + ee ’ S ; “One meat ball” and “Beer barrel polka” Manpower situation in college years . “They’re either too young or too old” senior Week “I’d do it all over again” lost-graduation . “On the sunny side of the street” Class reunion -Meet me in St. Louis” gles “American patrol” t lass of February ' 46 “Ta!k of the town” Professor DeWolf « My idea] » Food at the caf . . “Mrs. Murphy ' s chowder” Bacteriology lab “I wuv a wabbit” End of bull sessions Four o’clock in the morning” Bruce Fog well . « M y hero” Doris Bidden Gloria Goodwin, Elinor “The five cabeHeros” Ncwmarker, Janice Phinnev and Fran Sticklev . fSZSS ' “ Praise the Lord - • Ballermo at Nursery School . Andy’s cab service “Taking a chance” uu a McQuaid “When Irish eyes are smiling” - 4 30

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HEY, GUV: i T ' S SEAL Charlie mack ay barney 8URK6 SULLIVAN A TEAM OF SUSS WALKED THRU THE- BOSTONIANS FOR THE FINAL SCORE “IORR ISSEY ' S PASSES TO CURTIS CONSTITUTED THE TERRIERS ' BEST OFFENSE vewto scored on an Qi yard run but IT WAS NULLIFIED by ft CLIPPING ILL KRAMER WAS OUTSTANDING IN THE STATE LINE PRETTIEST PLAY OF THE FRAY = SCAT BACK FROM SAUGATUCK WHO PACKED TH5 RAMS TQ VICTORY OVER eqston university 50-0 THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING TO REMIND ONE OF WARNER KEANEY IN THE RAM EFFORTS TO MAKE CONVERSIONS RODERICK TO WIKSER TO JONES FOR A YARDS FOOTBALL The Rams, idle since 1942, came spoil- ta neon sly to life as the 1945 season be- gan. With a group of quickly trained vet- erans and undergraduates, they defeated the University of Maine after a hard fought game. Coming from behind at the half, a brilliant 58-yard run back by Elliot Johnson and -a 25-yard field goal by Joe Ventetuolo enabled the Rams to make a successful return to the gridiron, and set up a hard won 10-7 victory over the hus- ky Maine team. Our second game with Rutgers Uni- versity proved we were over our heads, as we tasted defeat, 39-7, The third and last game was at King- ston with Boston University. Inspired by a host of Rhode Island rooters, many of whom were seeing the Rams in action for the first time, they proved able to dish it out as well as absorb punish- merit. Every man on the squad helped to build up the grand score of R, L 30, B. U, 0! Slim Roderick proved to be R body ' s aerial artist in this game, Ilis passes, combined with brilliant footwork of Elliot Johnson, sewed up this game. Three of our players made honorable mention on the All-New England team. They were Sel Vento, Roderick- and Na- higian. The brief but successful return of the pre-war spirit and fight on the gridiron gives promise for future Rhode Island football teams.