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CLASS OFFICERS Dick, Phil, Jack, P.J., and Les (Jxistoryi of the Glass of iggo Part i—Preamble, or . . . Let’s be honest, Abe. Two score and five months ago the committee on admissions brought forth upon this campus a new class, relieved of liberty and meditating on the proposition that all men are, deflated, equal. Ever since, we have been engaged in a semi-civil war, testing whether that class, or any class so bereaved and so desecrated, could long endure. . . . The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, and it will probably never understand what we have done here. But, for posterity, and anyone else who might be interested, let us delve now into the bygone and review the four frantic years of the Class of 1950. Part 2—The History It all began as October, 1946, had just about completely vanished. Then, 238 eager neophytes first put their noses to the grindstone, soon to learn the wisdom of the motto, “Illegitimus non Carborundum.” Some, with less durable probosci, found the grind too much and left our ranks along the
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way. But replacements filled many of the gaps, so that as we at last lift our eyes and diplomas to the world at large, we see that 238 matriculants yielded, in our case, 197 graduates, for an apparent survivorship of about 82.8 percent. After the brief “Orientation Period’’, which was Oriental indeed to most of us, we Fifty-ites found ourselves active in the business of being Fresh¬ men. Very soon we were able to demonstrate our ingenuity by producing a stellar show for the Tech Carnival. Ably led by Phil Stanier and Rollie Bedard, a large cast did a takeoff on the Henry Morgan radio program to score an easy victory over the uninspired Sophs. The rope pull ended in a draw—indeed, the rope seemed never to have felt real draw before; it broke three times before everyone’s patience followed suit. In the ensuing melee our classmate from Athens was noticed gaily striding toward Institute Pond with a hapless, helpless Sophomore under each arm. Class elections that year placed in office jack Brierly as President; Walt Keyl, Vice-President; Tom Stack, Secretary; Dud DeCarli, Treasurer; Ed Judd, Tech Council Representative; and Hank Baker, Historian. Jack Brierly was awarded the Sktdl Trophy, with George Barna receiving Honor¬ able Mention. Bill Codings on the varsity team, and George Barna, Gerry Fleit, and Jack Adams with the Jayvees, made early basketball debuts. Bill Bowen and Bill Brown joined the Tech mermen, while on the spring track team were Subbiah Muthiah, Charlie Tidball, George Barna, Jack Adams, Bill Brown, and Bart Hastings. Freshmen on the baseball team were Ross Chapin, Paul May, Don Thompson, and Hal Schmucki. The Sophomore year saw our numbers increase from 211 at the outset of the first term to 244 at the start of the second. This year we elected as our officers Jack Brierly, President; “Pee-Jay’’ Brown, Vice-President; Bruce Bailey, Secretary; Paul May, Treasurer; and Bob Atherton and Walt Keyl, Tech Council Representatives. Our second rope-pull looked like a breeze for the first ten minutes, but as the first freshman was ankle-deep in the putrid waters of the Pond, the wind changed, Lady Fortune and heaven knows who else lent the frosh a helping hand, and we experienced our first and last trial by mire. The sophomore-freshman football game was also almost completely ours. The frosh were out played, out-passed, out-gained, and out-classed. Their only forte was in points scored. They won, 12-0. However, in soccer it was
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