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THE YALE BANNER, VOLUME CXIII Contents 1953-1954, A REVIEW OF THE YEAR HONORS, COLLEGES, Berkeley Branford Calhoun Davenport Jonathan Edwards Pierson Saybrook Silliman Timothy Dwight Trumbull 42 47 52 57 62 67 72 77 82 87 6 17 41 FRESHMEN, A YALE ANTHOLOGY, FRATERNITIES, SPORTS, ACTIVITIES, 93 113 129 149 193 The Yale Banner Publications, of 165 Elm Street, New Haven, Conn., also pub- lishes the Freshman Register, The Yale Telephone Directory, Tlie Freshman Mag- azine, The Parents Magazine, The Eli Book, and Going Places. The Yale Banner has been published since 1841. Hi ,a A Review of the Year 1953-1954 () Yalf ' s 7500 students (including 1000 veterans), returning to school in September called for a large-scale readjustment. Changes had been wrouglit over the summer months, and there were new faces, new buildings, and new policies on the Yale scene. Whether the intangibles had been tampered witli remained to be seen; but it was a safe bet that Yale, like the Mississippi, would keep riglit on rolling along. To begin with, the college guard system, so long a campus fixture, had been virtualK ' ahoiislu ' d. This economy move met with con- siderable criticism in the early fall, but grad- ually the Yale communib,- seemed to realize that there really uasn ' t much to guartl, or to guard against, after all. The eighty-year tradi- tion of Tap Day had been abolished, as had been the two-year experiment of the Ford Scholars. The summer months hail seen Yale figure frtniuently in the nation ' s press. The oceano- graphic expedition in which five Yale scientists had participated, returning after a three month, 2000 mile fishing expedition off the coast of South America, interested scholars and sportsmen alike. In the process of gather- ing data concerning undersea life, the scien- tists had fought aiu! killed a giant manta, taken the temperatme of a 792 pound black marlin while the big game fish still thrashed in the sea, and captured a fish so primiti e that it had yet to master the fine art of breath- ing under water. The Universit)- had awarded seven honorary degrees, among them a Doctor of Letters to James Thurber, creator of a whole gallery of real but incredible people and a world of almost human animals, for his sense of the incongruous. This award to a champion of the wisely absent mind and the secret life seemed strangely comforting at a graduation ceronion ' in which 174 seniors received, along —continued un page 8 Jl r. ' TB ' mgnii The Manana III, one of the boats of Yale ' s ocvanographic expedition off the South Amer- ican coast gathering undersea data. Burt Peck, 1954, stands inspection at Otis Air Force base on Cape Cod, one of the more pleasant R.O.T.C. encampments. Other units went to Mitchell AFB on Long Island and the base at Rome, N.Y. While Air Force camp was only four weeks long, the Army demanded six weeks of its men at the artillery school at Fort Sill, and the Navy required a long cruise for its N. R.O.T.C. juniors. With cold war ten- sions, half the graduating class was in some sort of reserve unit. Berkeley outing on College weekend at Deer Lake Camp. This is typical of the college outings which took place in May. Marshall Waddell, 1954, was one of the mem- bers of the expedition to the Near East con- ducted by Yale students during the summer. Yale ' s new Art Gallery which was dedicated in November of 1954. It houses classrooms and offices, a galler ' , and the new Graphic Arts department. Archi- tects were Louis Kahn, of Phil- adelphia and Douglas Orr, of New Haven. The building boasts some of the most modern design to date at Yale and in New Ha- ven. with their diplomas, commissions in the armed services. Senator Robert A. Taft had died; Professor Wendell C. Bennett, Chairman of the Depart- ment of Anthropology, had suffered a heart seizure while swimming and had drowned. The alumni had donated a record-breaking $1,021,832 to an eternally soliciting University; and seven undergraduates had made a lengthy tour of the Near East, studying Egypt and the Arab-Israel problem. The Peabody Museum ' s famous mural, The Age of the Reptiles, had appeared in Life, and there was an acute housing shortage to be dealt with in Ne ' Haven. The Physics Department had a new linear accelerator; the new addition to the Art Gal- — continued on page 10 The newest addition for the Yale-New Haven Medical Center is to be the Edward S. Uarkness Memorial Hall, a residential unit of the School of Medicine. Construc- tion is slated to be completed by September, 1955. firr: ' .I ' : ' ' !. • PERSONALITIES Dr. Douglas Knight, assistant professor of English wlio was named President of Law- rence College, replacing Harvard ' s new pres- ident. Coach Jordan ()li ar, who k ' ll the loothall team to a good season although howing to Dartmouth and Har ard. Richard C Lee, head of the Yale News Bu- reau, who was the suceessfid Democratic can- tlidate for the New Ihu ' en maxor ' s office. I W housing shortage to l)i dealt itli in New Haven. The Plnsics Department had a new linear accelerator; the new aildition to the Art Gal- lery was rising daily on the corner ol ( hai)el and York. Reuben A. Holden was the new Secretar ' of the Uni ersity, .Norman S. Buck new Assistant Provost. Four college masters had left and four new ones had taken their places; antl Clarence .MiMidel! had been called from retirement to be . etiiin Director of Athletics. The last word of the summer, however, was left to Dr. Leon F. Whitney, Yale pathologist, who confirmed in his All About Parakeets what the .American male had long believed: When you teach a female (parakeet) to talk she is no longer any good for lovemaking. Before the school year was a week old, the educational bombshell of the half-eentiuy exploded full forei ' on the Yale campus. The President ' s Committee on General Education published recommendations for a sweeping revision of the first two years of imdergraduate curricula, advocating what approached a com- plete break with tradition. Suggesting two plans, one drastic, the other transitional, the report also touched upon possible speedup for abler students, the placing of extracurricu- lar activities in their proper perspective, a pro- posed new college calendar, and in general aroused a storm of controversy. Those who called it, as did the News, a Griswold Revolu- tion seemed to overlook the fact that it was patterned in many ways after systems which had operated successfully at Oxford and at the Uni ersity of Chicago imder Robert Hutchins. Police cracked down on unauthorized parking and many automobile owners arrived on the street to find their cars being towed iiway. The two hundredth anni ersary —continued Shelby Pruett stopped on the Yale 40 during the first period of the Yale-Dartmouth fiasco, the first major setback to the team during the season. 10 II I Mk mm I) ' ot Jonathan FAhvaids biitli was celebrated by lectuios and exhibits. Dr. Samuel M. Brovvnell, Pri ' sident of New Ha en State Teachers Col- lege and professor of educational adnunistra- tion at Yale, was appointed United States CoTuniissioner of Education. His brother: U.S. Attorne -General Herbert Hrownell. Mugging episodes continued at an alarming rate; the Yale Charities Drive announced a goal of $33,410; and Navy slaughtered Princeton by a score of 65-7. The Har ard Band, en route to New York Cit - for the Harvard-Columbia game, stopped in New Haven long enough to give sleeping Elis an unanticipated two-hour serenade. The time (2:30 a.m.) and the music (loud) caused considerable consternation among the local gendarmes (with the exception of one Anthon - Matteo, an ofl-dut) ' patrolman who, obviously intoxicated, protested when his fel- low policemen tried to establish order). For their troubles, the Cantab musicians were ar- raigned and fined for disturbing the peace. Annoiuicement of the projected construction —continued Two employees of the Taft Hotel during the winter long strike. The hotel allegedly used Yale students as scabs. When a strike of photoengravers suspended New York newspapers, the Yale News dis- tributed a special edition in New York ' s Grand Central Station. Part of the winter ' s news are the parties which form a major part of Yale extracurricular life. Shown here are William Coke, 1954, and date. .£m . 11 New Haven cops enjoy, as always, ticket giv- ing. Fralernifv life went on as iisiia Due to Ringside Restaurant agitation such vi ' iidois as (, ' liris C ()l()ml)() found lluMnselvcs oiclcrccl oil streets in tlie Yale area. of a new hotel gave pleasure to those who would benefit b it; and the mayoralty, ' victory of Richard C. Lee, Yale ' s director of public relations, met with widespread approval. But despair darkened the campus as a hitherto un- beaten Blue football team ent down to an ignominious 32-0 defeat at the hands of Dart- mouth, and Frankie and Jimmy (beloved street vendors) were banned from the streets by city ordinance. The new Art Gallery and Design Center, one of the most advanced-design structures on an American college campus, was dedicat- ed in impressive ceremonies. Incorporating many radically new features, the Gallery aimed at the whole man. Dr. Douglas M. Knight, assistant professor of English, was named President of Lawrence College, replac- ing Dr. Nathan Pusey, new President of Har- vard. In a unique first, Pusey was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws bv Yale. Yale and Princeton announced the topic of their annual humorous debate, Resolved: that the Kinsey Report is a compliment to the American Woman ; and a group of Princeton undergraduates were arrested, fined, and pun- ished for painting orange P ' s and Tigers on several buildings on fraternity row. For the first time in five years, all forty-eight states were represented at Y ' ale, as Peter Jackson en- tered from Nevada. The French department announced the use of a tape-recorder in ex- aminations. The University published the notes of Soci- ology Professor Ra inonil Kennedy, murdeii ' d in Indonesia in 1950. The notes gave valual)le information on the explosive problems which 12 concerned Iiulonesia after W ' wrld War II, but ga e no inkling of who had assassinated Jnngle Jim Kennedy, or why. A two-hour variety show marked tlie delmt of WYBC-T ' , the only student-owned and operated tele ision outlet in the United States. The cost of the show: twenty-five dollars. Louis M. Rabinowitz, New York City indus- trialist and philanthropist, made two impor- tant and generous gifts to Yale: a collection of Renaissance paintings to the Yale Art Gal- lery, and a collection of si.xteenth-century rare Hebrew books to the Yale Library. In as thrilling a game as any of the specta- tors at Palmer Stadium had ever witnessed, Yale defeated Princeton, 26-24. On the short end of a 17-0 score at half-time, the Elis rallied to overtake and triumph over the Tigers in a last-minute spurt. With visions of the Big Three title dancing merrily in their heads, the eleven met Harvard the following week in the Yale Bo ' l before 65,000 fans. The Cantabs won, 13-0, throwing the Big Three into a tie. Thome Shugart was named Captain of the 1955 football team. President A. Whitne - Griswold ' s annual report to the alumni struck at the lack of preparation of college students. Griswold at- tributed the situation to teacher and material shortages and saw in it an educational crisis. Unless we mend our rotten pilings, he said, there is acute danger of a cultural setback. An old tradition got a new lease on life as Delaney Kiputh, son of famous Yale swimming coach Bob Kiputh, was appointed to take over the job of athletic director. Four Yale students were among thirt -two named as Rhodes —continued VYBC swallowed up Trunibull-TV and began to produce shows every Tuesday night, mak- ing it the first student owned and operated TV station in the countrj ' . Feature production of the Yale Shakespeare Festival was The Merry Wives of Windsor, which appeared on TV ' . 13 Scholars, and P. Cameron DeVore was the recipient nf the two-year Clare College Schol- arship. Dick Steadman and Roger Hansen were elected Secretar - and Treasurer, respec- tivel -, of the Class of 1955. After 59 years, Yale reaped the benefits of a $2.50.000 bequest, made by Richard Ely in a u ill made in 1894. A gift of .S2,7.5(),0(){) from the Commonwealth Foundation made possible the beginning of construction on a dormitory- for the Yale Medical School. In a new handbook, The Teaching of For- eign Languages in the Elementary School, Dr. Theodore Andersson, Yale language ex- pert, stated that between the ages of four and six, children can learn to speak several lan- guages, mixing them at will, without slowing their grasp of the mother tongue. The New York Cit - newspaper strike left Yale, as well as New York, in a limbo of noninformation and misinformation. Leaping into the breach, the Yale Daily News rushed ten thousand copies of the OCD into the news-starved me- With the coming of snow, the inevitable oc- curred, a snowball riot. The policeman (above) has just been hit by a missile sent from Durfee, and the townie (below, left) is re- covering from a ball in the mouth received when she stepped too near to the action. The results were arrests, social probation for the whole school, and a flock of broken windows. The dim iew of the affair taken by the Deans office did not seem to be shared by the school as a whole, and the News heartib- condemned the social jirobation action. 14 tropolis for distribution at Times Sfiiiart- and the Yalt C:iul). Cliristinas ac ' ation caine and went, and hardly seemed as if it Iiad come at all. Return- ing students were saddened by news of the deatli, on Christmas e e, of Dr. Ralph Linton, Sterling Professor of AnthropologN ' . .-Vnother death, that of Dr. Leo F. Rettger, shocked the camjius. Dr. Rettger, noted bacteriologist, committed suiciile; meanwhile, in Hartford, thirt -five miles away, the Connecticut Poul- tryman . ssociation, unaware of his death, was citing liim for his work in poultry disease. The Glee Club announced a European tour planned for the summer, scheduling twent ' appearances; and the Timothy D wight Skate Club flooded the T.D. courtyard to build a veritable winter wonderland. Noted evangelist Br%an Creen came to Yale to give a series of sermons, sponsored by the University Chris- tian Mission; Elsy Morgan led the Eli basket- ball team to a 60-58 win over Dartmouth; and the March of Dimes gave Yale a $150,000 grant for polio research. W. 11. . ndcn was awartleil the 195.3 Boiling- en Pri .c- in Poetry, and Harry Shulman was appointed Dean of the Yale Law School. The strike against the Taft Hotel went on . . . and on . . . and on; and scab was scrawled across the Taft ' s front in large, black letters. The Political Science department announced a large-scale reorganization, dropping the de- partmental divisions. After many years of toying with the idea, the presidents of eight eastern universities banded together to create a formal Ivy Group. Following a poll of the student body, the Athletic Association voted to move undergrad- uates back to the shady side of the Bowl. Plans for the Franklin Project were revealed, receiving nation-wide attention, and the pub- lication of several of President Griswold ' s es- says was announced. A somewhat weird note was struck by Dr. Joseph Ashbrook of the Yale Observatory, who announced his calculation of the length —continued David Baillie, 1954, became in- volved with t vo townies and a sugar shaker in the United Res- taurant on Prom weekend. The unfortunate Baillie suffered a blow to his dignit} ' as he walked about campus with a broken nose. 1 i .... J 1 15 of the Martian day; and by the Yale Medical School, which was given a tissue 1 ophilizer, an intricate apparatus designed to prepare human arteries, bones, and skin for indefinite storage. Plans for greater cooperation, and joint building activity, were announced by the Yale Medical School and the Grace-New Haven Hospital. At the ver) ' site of the notorious Ice Cream Riot, another student outburst occurred; once again it involved white, cold material— but this time it was snow. An estimated 1500 Yale, Hillhouse, and Wilbur Cross students barred two downtown blocks to traffic; a policeman suffered a slight injury; a truck driver went to the hospital with nervous prostration after a snowball broke a window in his vehicle; and a Wilbur Cross sophomore had her face washed with snow liy a Yale student during the height of the fray— with the result of one lost tooth. The blame for the spontaneous Elm Street Uprising was laid on pre-e.xam steam. The result of the riot was an unex- pectedly harsh punishment: a three-week so- cial probation on the University. The ten students who were arrested got off with light fines, but the deans read the riot act to the student body, promising penalties up to and including dismissal, in the event of future demonstrations. The Yale Shakespeare Festival centered around plays, exhibits, and lectures, and was featured by a production of The Merry Wives of Windsor over nation-wide television. The play, which was presented on Omnibus, was spoken in what Professor Helge Kokeritz, after intensive study, claimed to be the original Shakespearean pronunciation. A heated con- troversy over allocations ( Should freshmen be allowed to apply for the college of their choice? ) involved the student body (which ' oted overwhelmingly for the present sys- tem ) and the masters ( ' ho split almost evenly on the issue). Yale ' s oldest became her newest, as Con- necticut Hall, home of Nathan Hale and other notables in the Yale past, was rebuilt and re- stored. Wally Kilrea scored three goals as the Eli hockey team tied the Harvard sextet in a thriller, 3-3. One of the more amusing epi- sodes in many years was the case of the Eco- nomics instructor, who— as an illustration of practical stock market operations— invested his own and his students ' money in a Canadian oil company. At last report, the instructor was selling his stock— at a loss. Pictured here is the Economics instructor who gave his class a demonstration in applied stock market theory. 16 -JL ,: I ' i ' H- I was honors 17 iili PHI BETA KAPPA OFFICERS OF UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTER George Alonzo Jacoby, Jr. RiCARDO Arias William Everett Brown Richard Theodore Gallen RiCHAiu) Palil Novick President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Officer-at-Large INITIATED JUNE 1953 Class of 1953 Arnold J. Bai Richard Elihu Bettigole Peter Walter Brengel Daniel Arthur Don James Frederick Garner Leon-Francois Hoffmann Donald Kaye Gordon Maurice Koota Alfred Charles Proulx David Allan Reed Edward William Sloan III Jan Vladimir Tumlir Marten Herman Alexander Van Heuven INITIATED DECEMBER 195 3 Class of 1954 Charles William Berger David Bkhliner Newton Lynn Bowers, Jr. Hendon Cm hh TT MvHON William Cononttz Paul Cameron DiA iri: Harry Edward Dunkelberger, Jr. George Lewis Frear, Jr. Richard Theodore Gallen Barry Balch Galton Philip Benja hn Heymann Franklin Daniel Konigsberg 18 !i Alpha of Connecticut Elias Nicholas Kulukundis Lee Thomas McCallum Decatur Howard Miller III Ralph Joseph Moore Richard Paul Novick William Thomas Reddy, Jr. Edward Harris Scheibler Michael Severin Charles Arthur Slanetz Phillip Dean Swanson Charles Edward Townsend David Richard Widrow Joseph Paul Wierzbinski HI William Henderson Willcox Gray Williams, Jr. INITIATED MARCH 19 54 Class of 1954 Harry William Alter Ralph Raymond Berggren Robert Frederick Calman Donald Shepley Cheney, Jr. Cecil Hammond Coggins Andrew Peter Da ts ' iLLiAM Simmons Dickson Robert Jay Engelman Richard Hyde Hiers William Hope Jarrett II William Carl Kellogg Robert George Kleckner Steven Jay Kumble Benjamin Barry Landu Roger Lee Mason David Edward Post Lindh Frank Bryant Mallory John Henry Miller Gaius Barrett Rich IV Lathrop Ellicott Roberts Peter Guy Roll Roger Sherman George Link Spaeth Walter Martin Stuhr, Jr. David Edwards Techter John Alfred Michael Terry Ronald Norman Vance Joseph Michael Walsh, Jr. Albert Duncan Whitaker Willliam Jay Willis WiLLRICH INITIATED DECEMBER 195 3 Class of 1955 Stephen Elliot DeForest Jan Gunther Deutsch James Patrick Griffin Garry Eugene Haupt John Stephen Lkw Eldred Dean Mundth Alan Richard Novak Ulo Lembit Sinberg Henry Sears Sizer Lamt ence Lewis Weiss 19 flock row: Goldberg, Bergler, Price, Ford, Goellner, Aguilor. Second row: Lin burn, Dedrick, Frozer, Isherwood, Malm, Adiutori, Shulman. Fronf row: Fritts Von Horn, Friouf, Piersall, Dronoff, Schultz, Lamb. i Tau Beta Pi Engineerhig Honor Society FALL TERM OFFICERS Josliiui Simon DraiiofF Ralph Wesley Picrsall Jr. Robert Frank Meditz Robert James Schultz Richard Linley ' aii Horn Jr. John Beecher F riauf C harh s han W ' urstcr Jr. President Vice-President Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Assistant Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Cataloguer 20 SPRING TERM OFFICERS Charles Ixan Wurster Jr. President Ralph Wesley Piersall Jr. Vice-President Richard Linley ' an Horn Jr. Recording Secretary Robert L le Dedrick ' 55 Corresponding Secretary Thomas Edward Woodward Assistant Corresponding Secretary John Beecher Friauf Treasurer Robert James Schultz Cataloguer MEMBERS Eugene Frank Adiutori Manuel Thomas Aguilar Walter Harold Bergler Robert Knapp Boyle Robert Lyle Dedrick ' 55 Joshua Simon Dranoff Robert George Ford James Robert Frazer ' 55 John Beecher Friauf Alan Justin Fritts Allan Richard Goellner Edwin Allen Goldberg William Stocking Gould HI Thomas Wells Hall H Charles Ivan Charles Splaine Isherwood William Malcolm Jacobs Elliott Smith Lamb Robert John Light Michael Richard Linburn Duane Siguard Malm Robert Frank Meditz Ralph Wesley Piersall Jr. Ross Edward Price Robert James Schultz Ronald Anthony Shulman Richard Joseph Sylvester Richard Linley Van Horn Jr. Thomas Edward Woodward Wurster Jr. INITIATED MARCH 5, 195 3 Class of 1933 Peter Lawrence Bottone Roberto Crispulo Goizueta Anthon ' James Panico Roger Lawrence Selsam Benjamin Lansing Boyd TenEyck 21 Skull and Bones 22 founded in 1832 Harby Bryner Benninghoff TiLGHMAN Boyd Evans Joseph Sebastian Fortunato Arthur Rossa Giesen Jr. Richard Cammann Gifford Richard Hyde Hiers Walter Charles Kilrea Jr. Russell William Meyer Jr. Thruston Ballard Morton Jr. Richard Frank Polich Ross Edward Price Robert Gordon Reponen Allan Aloysius Ryan III Spencer Jason Schnaitter Edmltjo Braxton Thornton 23 r fl! « , fflti dHPtruAMS ' ' r3?6 j r Vii JK , . ' 1 , grr-vrrT;; ;,;,(ii,|i;.T,T ■■ ;i|. Scroll and Key founded in 1842 James Edward Anthony DwiGHT Bartholomew John Christian Bjorn Robert Arthur Bryan Cecil Hammond Coggins Warden Dil worth Guilford Dudley III Harry Edward Dunkelberger Jr. Joseph Henry Head Jr. Philip Benjamin Heymann Standish Meacham Jr. Edward James Molloy Philip Chapin Nolen Robert Upjohn Redpath HI Frank Anson Smith 25 26 CBi ,■ :i iu. ' .x: : .: ■ -■.Ti. ' .iirit! ? ' . i HHK ! fM l n- ! iM Lt HH «KHHir-fHV;tn--; ' ' ' ' . - ■ ' ■■ - -!;i ' i ' .-- t i ' '   ' k ' i ' ' - tJi-i-;? ' ' ' Berzelius founded in 1848 Da id Louelwyn Bankeb Clark Bridgman Jr. Benjamin Temple Brown Jr. William Everett Bromn Jr. Donald Knight Clif ford Jr. William Gaston Coke Jr. James Bailey Laughlin James Kenneth McDonald William Ker Muir Jr. Robert Keyes Poole Russell Seaman Reynolds Jr. Richard Brotherton Schreiber George Gaddis Smith Daniel Newell Swisher Kenneth Stanford Welch Martin Taylor Whitmer 27 !ll! 1% Book and Snake founded in 1863 William Emmons Aull John Welburn Brown Jr. Waldo Hayward Brown Williamson Day William Corson Ellis Ho ' EY Thomas Freeman Jr. William Sydnor Gilbreath III James Alexander Greer II Richard E. Harris Elmore Amrhein Kindel Jr. Nicholas Blair LeRoy Louis Frederick Polk Jh. Donald Peabody Ross Jr. Bradford Paine Shaw James Thompson 29 J1 Wolfs Head founded in 188S Harris John Ashton Patrick Farrell Grossman Paul Cameron DeVore Christopher Allen Forster Lewis Paul James Jr. Gordon Lang Jr. Henry Allen Mali John Starkey McCarthy Bruce Erwin Meacham Edward Glancy Moran Jr. Kenneth Gray Reynolds Jr. JosiAH Marn ' el Scott RuTGER Morse Smith Mason Willrich William Wrigley 31 Elihu . . ■ ■ ' ■M  '  MHUt ; r y q- . Y yvyTgt yy T y%f founded in 1903 Artemas Holmes Crimmins Jr. Simpson Bobo Dean II Conard Cecil Fowkes Jr. Paul Cooksey Grider Jr. John Daniel Hawke Jr. ' ILLIAM Scott Hopewell Robert Graff Merrick Jr. Michael Miller Peter Black Mulloney Owen Haydn Owens Jr. Hector Peart Prud ' homme Hubert Shelby Pruett Jr. Edward Leigh Quinn Gardner Dudley Shepard George Link Spaeth 33 Back row: Reedy, Meacham, Arios, Jacoby, Hopewell, Fortunate, Kilrea. Front row: Sheppard, Reed, Hiers, Dean, Meyer, Light, Clifford, Brown, ill Socle row: Bell, Polich, Heymonn, Smith, Benninghoff, Poutiatine, Quinn, Thornton. Front row: Molloy, Head, Livingston, Arndt, Downey, Dunkleberger. 1 Aurelian Honor Society FOUNDED 1915 William Everett Brown, Jr. Robert Arthltr Bryan Donald Knight Clifford, Jr. Simpson Bobo Dean, 2nd Joseph Fortunato Richard Hyde Hiers William Scott Hopewell George Alonzo Jacoby, Jr. Walter Charles Kilrea, Jr. Robert John Light Standish Meacham, Jr. Russell William Meyer, Jr. Joseph Wayne Reed, Jr. William Thomas Reed, Jr. Gardner Dudley Shepard Torch Honor Society FOUNDED 1910 Willis Chapman Arndt Richard Treenwood Bell Harry Bryner Benninghoff William Fr. ncis Downey Harry Edward Dunkel- BERGER, Jr. Joseph Henry Head, Jr. Philip Benjamin Heymann Robert Lewis Livingstone Edward James Molloy RicH. RD Frank Polich Ivan Serge Poutiatine Ross Edward Price Edward Leigh Quinn George Gaddis Smith Edmund Braxton Thornton 35 Senior Class Council William K. Muir Richard G. Bell Wales Craven Edward J. Molloy Robert A. Bryan Joseph H. Head Jr. Edmund B. Thornton James E. Anthony John H. Hill Harry B. Benninghoff Vance B. Field John A. Franciscus Secretary Treasurer Berkeley Branford Calhoun Davenport Jonathan Edwards Pierson Saybrook Silliman Timothy D wight Trumhull Bacfr row: Craven, Anthony, Benninghoff, Bryan, Franciscus, Thornton, Heod. Front row: Hill, Field, Muir, Bell, Molloy. 36 ■.wtrrr Senior Prom Committee John P. Cleary Arthur L. Armitage John C. Bjorn Jean F. B. Cattier Christopher A. Forster Richard H. Hughes Robert R. Lemire Mansfield A. Lyon, Jr. Charles Neave Richard L. Thornburgh Chairman Pierson Branford Timotliy Dwight Trumbull Calhoun Berkeley Jonathan Edwards Saybrook Davenport Front row: Lemire, Hughes, Cleary, Cattier, Thornburgh. Bock row: Neove, Armitage, lyon, Bjorn. ffl . iH|P? r M v ij ? jJI IRvilAJ 1 1 Ej Ir Par ' liiJ I mo ' v fBp f ™ 1 .j i HREwiw StfL, ' ' lf ♦ _q. y- i y : . ' ' WB 1 wMk • v tSSPBHI HBHt- Sm 37 V Undergraduate Affairs Committee Dean Harold B. Whiteman, Jr. Jean F. B. Cattier Cecil H. Coggins Wales Craven Christopher S. Forster Arthur R. Giesen Charles Neave Robert K. Poole Robert U. Redpath Richard B. Schreiber Linwood R. Starbird Chairman Timothij Dwigjit Silliman Berkeley Trumbull Davenport Saybrook Tier son Calhoun Bran ford Jonathan Edwards Class of 1957 Stephen H. Ackerman Roger D. Hansen Back row: Mitchell, Schreiber, Coggins, Forster, Giesen, Wassermon. front row: Craven, Poole, Whiteman, Starbird, Cattier. 38 ♦iii miiimtiuttrt ilthM 3TT niin:j-!iiiu: n ; ••.: :-«t:i- ( ' ■.. ' ►nutin-v .-itiir- •: !- ' •■ -?■ ' Junior Prom Committee Roger A. Hansen Guy T. BoiujERS Byron C. Campbell Clifford DeW. Castle III William L. Donegan C. Grady Green Robert A. Johnson Donald P. Scott Thorne M. Shugart Charles F. Van Doren Chairman Jonathan Edwards Berkeley Davenport Trumhtdl Timothy Dwight Silliman Calhoun Branford Pierson Front row; Borders, Campbell, Hansen, Johnson, Green. Back row; Donegan, Scott, Shugart, Castle. 39 ■  — — : J- ■ I :,!| • t,r), ,f )., Ellis, Hull, SchifF, Hughes, Hickey ,,.,( ,,,,-, Thebaud, Hunter, Abbe, Gow, Wahlers, Lawson, Phelps, Lang. Front row; W. Ellis, Jackson, Corbett, Major Goodwin, Day, Shoemaker, Woodward. The Arnold Air Society The Arnold Air Society is a national, honor- ary organization of advanced students in the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps. General H. H. Arnold authorized the use of his name in December of 1947, and the organ- ization received official acceptance by the United States Air Force on April 6, 1948. During the year 1949, the Arnold Air Society became a national organization consisting of squadrons at twenty imiversities and colleges. The first National Conclave was held at Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 4, 1950 and has been followed annually by National Conclaves in various areas of the country. This year, the Conclave to which the Yale S(]uadron will send at least two representatives will be held in April in Nebraska. At present, there are si. Arnold Air Society areas subordinate to the national headquarters and squadrons at 147 colleges and universities throughout the country. The members of the Arnold Air So- ciety can be identified by the blue and gold fourrag6res which is worn on the left shoulder of the Air Force uniform. The activities of the Society, during its first few years on the Yale campus, have been mainly organizational. The present academic year, however, has witnessed the branching out of these activities into two main functions: the discussion of the program of the . ir Force Reserve Officers Training Corps and the sub- mission of any suggestions to the Department, and the education of the members along lines pertinent to the Air Force through stimulating lectures by guest speakers. At the time of writing, the Society has been honored by talks from such men as Mr. Graybill, expert on the subject of flying saucers, and Dr. Harold Lam- port, pioneer in the field of human stresses endured during flight. This year, under the able leadership of Donald Corbett, the Arnold Air Society has made vast strides toward an attainment of the goals set by our National Chapter. The foun- dation has been securely laid for tlie advance- ment of future delegations. 40 ' • ' !i! .■; ' , ' ,T.- colleg BERKELEY COLLEGE 42 :■ t ' ljtl-; BERKELEY COLLEGE is named for Bishop George Berkeley of Cloyne, Ireland, one of Yale ' s first benefactors. In 1732 he conveyed his farm to the College to es- tablish graduate scholarships, and a val- uable collection of books for the College Library. Unperturbed by columnists crying a plague on both your houses and insensate freshmen preferring monoliths for homes, Berkeley la)s claim to more distinctions than any of the rest of Yale ' s residential units. Situated at al- most the exact center of the campus, the college naturally enough is the center of campus activit) ' . First in alphabetical listing, she is just as naturally first in undergraduate vigor. There is no getting around the fact that Berkeley is pervaded by a unique energy and initiative. The handiest representative of the spirit of action that is Berkeley ' s is probably her master, Uncle Tom Mendenhall. Well- known as a member of every University com- mittee extant, T. C. as well possesses the fac- ult ' of wearing corduroy pants with an elan that somehow escapes most college masters. THOMAS C. MENDENHALL II, Master Bounded by such landmarks as Yale Station, a big building which is reported to be a librar -, the Student Appointment Bmeau, and (Ugh!) Calhoun College, Berkeley is auto- matically the scene of all campus happenings of any significance. Snowball riots invariably take place at her gates; muggings occur at her back door; Harvard Bands stand between her at 3 a.m. and play selections from Liszt. Not content, however, with the constant stream of occurrences that is here through the rigid intramural determinism stemming from her physical location, Berkeley enhances her natural advantages with taste, talent, and ingenuity. To be truly active, a college must have active undergraduates. This is incontro- vertible. And so among the ranks of Berkeley ' s residents we find Yale ' s most energetic stu- dents. To augment the number of fascinating events that draw crowds to her portals, Berk- eley ' s lively inhabitants initiated the first annual Grub Street Mug Memorial Football Game. The Mug, a handsome artifact dredged up from the very depths of the Archipelago, now stands as an emblem of perpetual ani- mosity between Berkeley and her neighbor, (Ugh!) Calhoun. As might be expected, an insuperable combination of Mitre Phi Bete ' s and G. W. ' s slaughtered a similarly formed insufferable group of Senators, 6-0. Led by Al Fritts, Bill Jarrett, and Newt Bowers, and coached by Bob McCullough, the minions of the old Bishop intercepted one of their op- 43 ponents ' inoif iiit ' pt passes to change seeing victory into actual victory. Although several monstrous attempts to retrieve the Mug by guile and treachery, were made during the course of the year, the Mug is now secure, resting beneath some nondescript debris in the Master ' s study. Disdaining the proletarian snowball fight that materialized at their step, Berkeley aris- tocrats arranged a more exclusive, by-inven- tion-only, riot w ithin their own walls. A deadly draw was the result of three hours ' dogged warfare between the natural opponents, the north and the south. A subsidiary effect was some minor breakage, including either 56 or 57 windows. Such monumental efforts as this are everlasting testimony to the spontaneous vitality in the souls of Berkeley men. But then there are more formal examples of this vitality, the enumeration of which al- most defies human capacity. Dominant in Uni- versity affairs, Berkeley surpasses the rest in the amount and calibre of inter-college efforts. Berkeley groups so excel in their endeavors that they are often invited to display their talents outside the college. And when this is unfeasible, those from outside the college come to Berkeley. This sort of pre-eminence was well demonstrated in the case of the Har- vard dance, which was so well-attended by alien undergraduates that several Berkeley residents and their dates were found dancing in the scjuash courts. At least they said they were dancing. Strangeh ' enough, credit for the success of this (huK(- must be given to a comparative nonentit) ' — somebody named Tom Hathcote. But it just goes to show you, even Berkeley ' s nonentities, few as they are, excel wlien they put their minds to it. Performances by the Berkeley Players al- ways see a great influx of outsiders, who come to bask in the histrionic perfection of the Mitre actors. The perlorma nces of Bob Hock, Ben- nett Wood, Mike Severin, Bob Casto, Bill W ' illcox. and the rest as always were uniformly cxcclleut in both of this year ' s presentations, P ramus and Thisbe (from A Midsummer Night ' s Dream ) and Dekker ' s Shoemaker ' s il()li(la . Indicative of the (juality of per- lorniaiuc maintained by these in-college thes- pians is the fact that Hock and Wood were l) )th ui() ing spirits in the Yale Dramat, as was Mark DoUard. The Bisiiop ' s Devils, under the direction of Jim McNeely and featuring Brad Heming vay, 44 ;:i, ;ii:i:iti! Dave Evans, Eric Moore, Bill Bertini, and Bob Mitchell, were much in demand to perform at extra-Berkeley functions. Begun strictly as a college group, the Devils have burgeoned into an established Yale singing aggregation —although still maintaining their status as Berkeley ' s own. Other Berkeley emissaries to the outside world were the Berkeley Debaters, operating this year under the aegis of Al Fritts. Berkeley orators included Andy Debicki, Put Hauworth, Marv Schulman, John Doeringer, and Neal Allen. Long known as the home of captains, Berkeley came up with three more this year. Bob Wahlers was honored with the leadership of the varsit} ' baseball team. While Spence Schnaitter was called upon to head the varsit ' basketballers. Bill Downey captained the wrestling squad. Bob Lcmire was outstanding in his play for the football team this fall, es- pecially so in the Temple game, and Gav Robertson and Jim Manney distinguished themselves by their work on the varsity hockey team. Bill Focrster was a proficient performer for the lacrosse team, and Charlie Workman performed for the tennis team. Ken Nelson joined fellow-Mitre Downey among the wrest- lers, while Lew James managed to star for the soccer team and be PBK at the same time . Schnaitter and Lemire doubled in brass as members of the master ' s council, which had Dodson, Reedy, and Bartholomew as its other senior members. It is to the council that Berke- ley members owe their consumption of benefits 45 peculiarly Berkeley ' s. Ex-officio members were senior aides Tuck Craven, Bill Willcox, and Ron Busch. Tlie council helped keep in opera- tion the unique functions for which the college is known. Among these are the Berkeley Press, operated by Ben Duggar; the Woodshop, op- erated by Dick Sylvester; the Music Room, where the famous coffee hour is held; the pool room, run, oddly enough, by Wendy Smith; and Fred Clapp ' s snack bar. The snack bar was the scene of several WYBC-TV show- ings, which were run by Bcrkeleyite Andy Vladimir. YBC aficianados also applauded the performance of J. J. Stoll in a recorded se ssion of jazz with J. J. There is a spirit, an initiative, an energ ' which Berkeley possesses. It is hard to trace it to its ultimate sources. Tom Mendenhall is certainly one. The students are another. In the upshot it may be found to be the fact that Berkeley is a good cross-section of imder- graduate life. It is a sound college. It does not knock itself out tr% ' ing to be fashionable or shoe. Its members have diversified interests, and consequently the college shows diversified activities: a Phi Bete football game, a bridge tournament or a pool tournament, voluntary seminars, and big dances. It ' s a college where undergraduate life is a lot of fun. A college activity, ' is not engaged in because it is the thing to do ; rather, it is something a student does because he wants to do it. The encouragement and sincere interest of the master is invaluable in begetting concurring qualities in the students. Those who graduate this year can look back on their life at Yale, and they can remember what an integral part of Bright College Years were their work, their play, and their friends during their three years in Berkeley. —Mcdford S. Evans 46 BRADFORD COLLEGE NORMAN S. BUCK, Master Tlic abolition of Tap Day has now brought about thf compli ' te inviolalMlit}- for Branford court, and seldom does a human foot tread upon its green expanse; but otherwise, the College continues much as before. The past year has seemed a bit quieter than last, but explosive activities have been lurking below this placid epidermis. During the Fall, there developed an earth-shaking controversy be- tween the forces of the Right, the Branford Council, and those of the Left led by Gene Van Voorhis and the perennially powerful Tower Bulletin. The dispute occurred over the question, Should the Harkucss To er gar- goyles be ()l)ligcd to pa - their entertainment assessments? ' an ' oorhis finally resigned, abject () -er his failure to relieve his car ' ( d con- stituents of their responsibility-. Tiger Kulp has brought in a new editorial regime of less contro ' ersial leanings and precise efficiency. The outgoing editor ' s comment: ' ir bonus semper diseipulus est. On tlie traditional front. Dean Buck, Bran- ford ' s benevolent despot, continued to rule over all recalcitrant elements with his usual imperturl)abilit . Mrs. Buck ( Tlie Ceorgia I ' each ) also coutinuiil to ama .c the incoming Sophomores with lur know ledge of the most intimate details of their in(li idual pasts, and to brighten generalK the li ( ' s of all the res- idents with her wainith and lnnuor. BRANFORD COLLEGE takes its name from the town where ten Connecticut Congregational ministers met in 1701 and founded the Collegiate School which became Yale. It comprises the buildings in the southern half of the Memorial Quadrangle. The Branford Hamlets presented at the Christmas banquet (a feast of noble gastro- nomical proportions) The Misdirected Billet- Doux, starring such prominent Thespians as Al Buehman, Walt Varenka, and Dick Greg- ory. The production was enhanced by Buch- man ' s spirited attempts at timiing the play into a strip tease during his passionate love scene ' ith Gregory, when timely action by stage- hands prevented his dress from departing his person. Dick Murphy and Al VVormser led the Debating Team to a series of brilliant victor- ies over JE and Hillhouse High School on such timely questions as Resolved, that a woman 48 makes the best wife, ( the negative side being abh ' liekl up by Boh Saunders and Dave St. Clair). The affirmative, upheld by Messrs. Mor- ris, Eagle, Addiss, and Armstrong, issued a joint statement after their side ' s defeat at the hands of JE. Our faith in tlie rightness of our cause will stand fast in the face of the jibes of the world. The Branford Council successfully de- fended, as always, the morals of the men of Branford during the violent attack by the Northern Invaders on Mountain Day. Presi- dent Bjorn had the added task of dealing with an inner-Council mutiny led by Dick Lom- bardi and Terr} ' Moore. Bjorn ' s statement after locking the mutineers in the Harkness Tower is typical of the high moral level of our admin- istration. When they ' re older and become fathers, the ' ' II see the whole thing in its tnie light. Council member Schreiber, who de- parted our midst for matrimonial reasons, was quoted as saying, Poor, mixed-up kids. The Council ' s most commendable action is at this writing being put into effect. A plan for closer Faculty-undergraduate relations through in- formal beer parties and dinners for students and Fellows has been set forth and promises to fill a very unnecessary gap in the present college system. The Yale Charities Drive in Branford had the same successes and disappointments which marked the whole university. Roily Smith, by such shrewd publicity measures as having the Yale-Princeton Game movies shown in the Snack Bar, achieved profits of record-breaking proportions in that establishment. Manager Smith fought tootli and nail witli Dining Hall Supervisor for the Branford appetite, but the latter was helped in her field by the very welcome re-introduction of china plates. Murray Buttner achieved much local fame by his rabid sponsorship of A.M.A.C. ( The After Midnight Athletic Club ), which held contests of all types and varieties in the Third court. Also in the fields of amateur athletics, Willie ( Eric, the White ) Arndt, who trains on corprolites washed down with kerosene, an- nounced that he would be holding lessons for skiing experts for the rest of the winter sea- son. Other Branfordites also made news. John Balch was arrested for loitering near a sign on a parkway siding. The sign? Balch Satis- fies. One of John ' s roommates, named Shu- gart, undid all the former ' s hard work by bring- ing the College a thoroughly praiseworthy honor. Lest Branford acquire a reputation from Thome ' s election of being solely athletic, Dick Steadman brought about the desired balance by being elected Secretaiy of the Class of 1955. Hugh Ravenscroft outdid himself in his efforts to promidgate The Society for the Encouragement of Shower Singing. Also in the field of vocal histrionics, John Carr is re- ported to have picked up a fan club as a result of his participation on the recent Yale Glee Club Christmas Tour. Gorgeous George Ja- coby led the fencers to ever greater triumphs with his celebrated parry and thrust. Dave Bowen brought fresh honors by being elected Commodore of Vice by the Yale Corinthian Club. Asked to describe the emotional aspects of the sport, old Tar Bowen said, It ' s the sting of the spray in a Sou ' Western; the . . . the ... It proved too much for him. Harvard Weekend in Branford was a time of spirited alcoholic endeavors, but the atmos- phere, it could be said, was not one of the drowning of sorrows. The clean-living Bran- fordites welcomed the last of such extrava- ganzas, and as with most of Yale, the Princeton Game of the previous Saturday seemed to have taken from the crowd a large measure of its enthusiasms. The victory over the Tigers re- sulted in the reassembling of a large part of Palmer Stadium in the rooms of jubilant spec- 49 niw i ! ! Mii-i . r amMiMimM, tators, Walt Pincus alone claiming the entire West Section. The athletic year thus far lias been a great success, largely clue to the efforts of George l ock ' em and sock ' em Fetherston. George provided the example for all devotees of Sweat and Toil; his manipulation of the squash and tennis tournaments was designed to encourage the beginners at these worthy sports by system- atically forcing all the seeded players to knock each other out during the first two rounds. With a true spirit of athletic de-em- phasis he commented, The pros have no place in our system. In other displays by College notables, Ed Molloy conscripted into his ser- vice during the Fall three Nubian Slaves, Bill Stout, Frank Smith, and Bill Hopewell (the lattermost an off-campus nati c bearer), who in tlu interests of Yale football bore him aloft from class to water closet. Lee Beshar, whose choice of shirts has brought the great un- washed to his service and financial solvency to High Style, Inc., has inaugurated a widely- adopted practice of darkroom sports. Temple Brown has been energetically perfecting his snow plow on the wintrj ' slopes of Northern peaks, where such other enthusiasts as CHiris Rubber Jacket Parker have usually joined him. The onslaught of the advocation of social segregation (as exemplified by the communal living arrangement of a group of sixteen of last year ' s seniors) has been repulsed in Branford, and a spirit of equalit ' pervades. Classes still tend to eat by classes, and room- mates with roommates, but the over-all aims of the college system are still accomplished. The huge hand of Chief . ide Hal Chase has extended over almost all of Branford life, abb ' assisted by Fingers John Madden and Nigel MacEwan. Such triumphant social events as Dartmouth and Harvard Weekends and the forthcoming Junior Prom and College Week- end festivities are the residt of the close co- operation between this worthy group and the Supreme Council of Branford Soviets. Master Daguerreotypist Jim MacGrath and his min- ions, Joel Kstes and Henry Heikkinen, have been constantly show ' ering the College with their printed offerings. Social Probation failed to dismay the Branford clean livers. Dick Hiers alone defied the Dean ' s order by the sim- ple expedient of getting himself married. Ace Mickey J. Barklay has inaugurated a plan for periodic excursions by a select group of Natin-e Firsters to the Briarcliff Nhiseum of Natural History. On one of his recent trips of merc ' . Bill Brown was arrested for reckless 50 -MM i uii::ti!;i!ii:;i and liti -( ' iiilaiii;i ' riiii; riilinsj; ot his hitxtlc. In conc-lnsion. the spirit ot tlic dopartiiit!; Brantord senior is oni of restrained Init t;en- iiinely felt enthusiasm. It is a bond of Io aIt which has been allowed to grow and niatnri ' without exeessive fanaticism. In Hranford tlie Sophomore, Junior, and Senior is allowed to carr - on as he pleases; he is not forced into things; the College can be his place to eat and sleep, or it can become the focal point of his interests. With time a feeling of deep at- tachment emerges. The College holds its mem- bers by leaving them free. There is noticeably absent any particular stratum or type of Yale man; all interests are noticeabh ' present. This represents an advanced stage in the develop- ment of the College system. Branford affords an integral part of undergraduate life, but does so without pushing. The feeling of affection and loyalt) ' which holds its members, and espe- cially its seniors, is built upon three years of open opportimity. Branford ' s 1953 Football team was one of the most successful in the history of the Col- lege. Seven straight opponents fell before the powerful Blue and Gold. Branford was re- presented on the All-College Team by quarter- back Seymour and tackles Fetherston and Budge Atterbur -. The Branford Soccer Team also brought home an Inter-College Championship by win- ning seven games and tieing two. Captain Jim McCrath again led his Basket- ball team to a successful season with the help of Seniors Burt Peck, Bob Barton, Ralph Tucker, Ed Chainski, and Dick Grimm. Other Winter sports were led by Dave Cohen, B basketball; John Steggall and Ron Murray, hockey; Chad Nelson, swimming; Jim Car- bone, handball; and Hal Starr, squash. The Branford Baseball team found itself hampered by the loss of its pitching staff, and depended upon the fielding and hitting of in- fielders Ed Chainski, Bill Stout, Jim McGrath, Rid Carroll, outfielders Charlie Drumney and Burt Peck, and catcher Dave Cohen. —Ogden D. Miller, Jr. ' T :- , r % ft fe ., t V f V V - w 5 • I I ■ k ■ tjpl 1 ■ - : S - ■  ' m 51 CALHOUN COLLEGE i I 52 irii .rti  « r ;Mi It  ■  •■ K K M t [ v ni .( K;t ♦?« Much that was new and much tliat uas old is to be found in this last year at Calhoun. Traditions long established and sometimes vague as to beginning flourished alongside innovations that no earlier year had witnessed. The class of 1954 felt it had come of age, for it had been around for quite a while, as classes go, learning and living the lives of ' Hounmen, jealously protecting and encouraging the cus- toms that had seemed novel three years ago. But there was a sea of new faces to be en- countered in the halls and about the court- yard, and this class of 1956 as as new and different as all classes that had gone before, eager to do what should be done, but ex- pressing a novelty- it felt it deserved. Trolley Night, founded in the years when Calhoun rang with the bells of streetcars rumbling along College and Elm Streets, at- tempted to acquaint the new and remind the old of what might lie ahead. There were beer and pretzels; there were short talks by the football coach, the master, the chief aide; there were introductions and reminiscences; and there was singing, led by juniors Bob Doran and John Ingersoll, new Whifts Russ Reynolds and T Coleman, Glee Club man- CALHOUN COLLEGE is named to honor the statesman, John Caldwell Calhoun, 1804. For many years he represented the State of South Carolina in the House and Senate. He was Secretary of War, then Vice-President, and fmally Secretary of State. ager Bob Ki ' lly, Ailc ' Cat Norm Burger, and Russ Coddard, back from an extended stay in Europe. As the football weekends piled one upon another the sopliomores began to find niches in the life of Calhoun. The Dartmouth dinner- tlance was a gri ' at success, but the college seemed to outdo itself the weekend of the Harvard game. Dick Hughes and Horse Moran spent feverish nights with Dr. Schroeder care- fulK ' mixing the fametl punch that would high- light the dance that Saturday, and despite riunors to the contrary, after their sampling of the product enough was left to insure the success of the party. Many upperclassmen were easting inquisitive if not shocked glances at that odd couple on the dance floor, afraid that the boy might be a sophomore in the ' Houn, but all were relieved to find that this amorous pair were no kin to Yale, let alone Calhoun. The changes in the dining hall led many of us to hope that a real revolution had taken place and that our meals would be vastly im- proved. There was a new dietitian, Mrs. But- ton, to oversee a slightly changed staff; there were fancy china plates instead of those war surplus metal tra ' s that so effectively cooled all hot dishes and melted ice cream; there was no longer the need to sign checks in order to eat— but despite these encouraging innova- tions, the food itself remained traditionally mediocre. The meals of 1954 bore a startling JOHN C. SCHROEDER, Master 53 resemblance to those of 1950, and for all we knew to those of 1930. One bright note to be found at dinner time, however, was Carter Strickler, a Calhoun tradition in himself, for we could always very pleasantK ' kill an eve- ning by merely sitting down at the table with Strick. Many were the nights that Edna had to blink the lights to remind Carter, Blaster Bryan, Jerry Dougan, and others that 7:30 was approaching and that their conversation might best be continued elsewhere. With Pete Phelps as its driving force. Entry A moved into the spotlight to present The Fireman ' s Flame at the annual Christmas party. This musical melodrama dealt with the complexities of high finance, the confusions of lost sons, the rivalries of 1890 volunteer fire departments, and the frustrations of a spotti ' d fire house dog. The audience was ki ' pt in a good humor between acts with beer served by Phi! Mathias, Razor Walker, and other mustachioed waiters. Bevies of beautiful, high- stepping chorus girls brought whistles and cheers from the more rowdy spectators, al- though some thouglit tliosc lasses on stage bore striking resemblance to IIouti men Jerry Lu, eml)erger, Bill Goering, Jerry Felder, and Dan Cunningham. A heart-rending old mother was played by Bob Cow with a warmth of feeling that was rivaled onh ' by the evil machinations of Ken Byck as the evil villain. After the curtain had rung down on the last act Skinny Gilford emerged as jolly St. Nick, distributing presents to many of those in attendance, ably assisted by helpers John Farrell and Martin ' s V. O. Bob Mason was given a bottle of peroxide with some reference to his modeling career in New York; Dan Case, accused of spending too much time on academic matters, was made a gift of a real live girl in order to put his time to better use; and a senior from the second floor of G Entry was given a huge pictiu ' c of Marihn Monroe and a copy of Muscle Builder. w ith the instructions to become aeciuainted with fields of endeavor that had formerly been h)ii ' ign to liiin. There was some confusion as to who would get the baby carriage, but George Schumann finally accepted in place of Don Olson, who had been married only a lew weeks earlier. Tlu ' old and the ni ' w were also oceup ing much of our spare time this year, for the old standby bridge and novelties Scrabble and Quad had many devoted followers. Dr. Schroe- der might agree, at least for Scrabble, for i t was rumored that he spent many an evening vainly trying to win a game from Mrs. Schroe- der. As for Quad, ! tlie middle of tlie year Cy Pesek and Mike Birt had huge plans for mak- ing a fortune liy peddling it to engineers and scienci ' majors. 54 r-r-wifi But athletics meant more than just varsity or college competition. The Good Guys — Best Guys tradition remained strong in the upper reaches of G Entry. This year the Best Guys Internationale, led by such stal- warts as Best Guy Banker, Willing Guy Warner, and Wonderful Guy Wight, were able once more to prove to the world that they truly were the best as they trounced the Good Guys in the annual touch game the morning of the Harvard game. At the same time a new rivalry had sprung up and another historic football game was taking place on Cross campus. Dr. Scluoeder and Mr. Men- denhall were presented with the Grub Mug, to be awarded each year to the college that does best in the annual Herkelcy-CJalhoun athletic scries. The competition was kicked off by a football game that featured the Men of Distinction of each college— those who were Phi Bete, Tau Bete, or General Warning. Coach Clauswitz Emerson did his best with a pajama-suited, myopic crew that was ap- parently handling a football for the first time, but even the heroic efforts of scatback Tom Woodward weren ' t enough to prevent a 7-0 loss. If the jockular activities of the Calhoun Senators occupied much of our time, they still did not overshadow intellectual and cultural efforts of all kinds. Jack Wahlquist piloted a debating team that acquitted itself well at every chance. Ted Nicklaus and Duane Malm were among the most successful in verbal battles. Another popular academic activity was Mr. Walker ' s discussion group on finance and banking. The response was so great that some consideration was given to having two sections instead of the usual one. The high- light of the cultural season in Calhoun, how- ever, was the annual Shakesperean play that year after year drew rave notices from critics all over the country. The year before, Twelfth Night had been a great success, what with Bill Berger and Dick Sassoon carrying their word duels out into the streets of New Haven 55 after each peifomiance. Maiv Karp and Dick Gross were a pair of outstanding performers that were to be counted on in 1954 ' s produc- tion. Chief Aide Jim EUis, Librarian Dick Dillen- beck, and Office Manager Dave Baker ran a smoothly operated aide staff that handled its jobs well and made life a little more pleasant for the entire college. The new task of sitting in the guard ' s office during the day was not as popular as working for secretary Patty Newman in the office, hut aides Walt Schifl and Bill Dickinson knew a good thing when they had it, and no complaints were to be heard ... In the elections that seemed to be popping up every week or so, Calhoun chose: UAC-l oh Redpath; Class Council, 1954- Bob Br)an; Junior Prom— Don Scott; Class Council, 1955-Nat Reed and Jim Coker; Cal- houn Council— Cy Pesek, Ken Welch, Pete Tomei, Bruce Dennen, Craig Farrow, and Don Scott. Marriage nia ' lie soincwliat ol a tradition, but for many of the boys in the lloun it prom- ised to be a genuinely diflerent experience. Clark Bridgman, Kent Peterson, and Bill Aull were among those married over the suninier, while Curt Wood, Chuck Waite, Bob Brink, John Morley, and Ray Walker were a few of those who were waiting at least until tlic end of the school year. Tradition and innovation . . . Trolley Night, the Calhoun self confidence, the Players, the Christmas Party— these are present every year to give to the college a character and per- sonality of its own. New faces, new ideas, G and C-D Entries ' replacement of E as the home of ambitious seniors. The Grub Mug— these are some of the new elements that make this year different from the last. The Class of 1957 would come into a college much like the one that greeted the class of 1956, but it would also differ in a number of ways. The same Dr. Schroeder would reside over the same build- ing, but each year would see additions and changes that would add to and make even richer the traditions of yesterday. —Harry Edward Dunkelburger, Jr. I V 56 DAVENPORT COLLEGE jut 57 TirnrTTTT ' Tr DANIEL MERRIMAN, Masier A list of Davenport activities would merely confuse the issue ... if there is an issue. Five years ago when this statement was made, there was no doubt as to its validity. Casual was the term generally used to describe the attitude of Hybrids toward their College. Five years later, however, there is an issue. And casual has taken on a new meaning in the old context. This is not to say that everything has changed. To the outlatulers of the other col- leges, Davenport proljalily looks the same as always. Our Georgio-gothic design stands firm; lower court and upper court still mean something more than geogi-aphic loca- tion; and Pierson is still pacing the upkeep on the clock whicli liclps regulate our existence. As usual, the College had more than its share of campus ni ' ws-makers. There ' s Di.xie Bell, class treasurer, head of the charities drive, and last year ' s winner of the Francis Gordon Hrown Prize for tiic outstanding jimior; there ' s W ' alK Kilrea, Leigh Quinn, and most of the rest of the hockey team; there ' s track captain Mike Stanley, soccer captain Mase Wilhich, and crew captain Ken Rcjnolds; there ' s Larr Kcno, the (liniinuti c speedster who made tlie juni[5 Ironi tlie l)a fii|i()rt toucli team to tlie varsity ' grid scpiad in one short week; there ' s Joe Head ol the News, and Bill Coke of tlie Banner. Tlie list is far from being complete. -Mso as usual, the Master anil leliows were DAVENPORT COLLEGE commemorates the Reverend John Davenport, one of the founders of New Haven Colony in 1638 and a constant advocate of the establish- ment of a college in the Colony. in the campus limelight. Mr. and Mrs. Mer- riman participated in an oceanographic ex- pedition to South America. Professor Kokeritz finished his much-heralded book on Shake- spearean pronunciation. Professor Pottle ' s Boswell factory produced another vokune, and Professor Labaree announced plans for es- tablishing a Benjamin Franklin assembly line. Mr. Lovett left to become Master of Pierson, and Mr. Holden was named secretary of the University. Dean Wiggin, besides holding down a spot on the College squash team, gar- nered new publicity ' as a snow ball riot-buster. On a more local level, Messrs. Farrell and Wiggin continued their series of successful beer parties. And two new faces were seen in the College: graduates Dick Brown and Sam Babbit returned as executive aides. Professor Tinker, who came through a serious operation with flying colors, a dded another to his now- traditional series of readings at the Christmas part ' . . 11 these things, however, were as usual, r i f 58 TKTTr and seemt ' d quite congruent witli the ll biid accomplishments of previous ears. It was in the College itself where change was apparent —where studied casiialness w as deposed by a new spirit of cooperation. If a keynote was needed for the cliange, it was pro ided in ample measure by the lewd libations of College weekend. Bob O ' Conneli and Jack Curtin planned the affair, a colossal field da - in the upper court. Prophets of doom were adamant; cognizant of Tra- ditional apathy to such universal in-college functions, the ' said it would never succeed, that the lower court would not participate, that the upper court would not be interested. But it did succeed. The College turned out en masse, and class teams were formed for sack races, for pie-eating contests, for egg-throwing contests (which Frank Stanle - and date won handily— with the help of a hard-boiled egg. ) A traditional Hybrid skill in party-giving had found a more universal outlet, and we had undergone an exercise in something called college spirit. If further proof was needed, it came dur- ing the strike of University employees. Some- one suggested that the lawns need mowing. The response as an impromptu field day, and the fact that the grass got clipped was in- cidental. Focal points for the change were seniors Pete Giesen and Bo Polk. UAC representative Giesin was jack-of-all-trades. He chaired the entertainment committee— a rather inspired group which put over a fine series of parties. With the help of fellow Fritz Liebert he led the rejuvenated Hybrid Herald— a. monthly tabloid whose college spirit was barely checked t ©J by journalistic finesse. Bo coached the Hybrid gridders— an aggregation whose collective spirit certainly wasn ' t measured by the num- ber of games won. Little Bo Polk and His Flock of Young Folk became a familiar sight in the upper court during the fall. Pierson won the coveted tortoise— but just barely. The entertainment committee earned plau- dits for its efforts. College Weekend was just the beginning. Tripping gaily through the autumn leaves, the committee announced its second all-inclusive season pass— Twice the parties for half the cost, and sold an amazing number. Dinner dances were held Dartmouth, Harvard, and Prom Weekends to the complete satisfaction of all concerned. The champagne punch gained the praise of discriminating Hy- brid tipplers, and the Red Coats left nothing to be desired in dance music. Some people came just to escape the maelstrom of fraternity row, but they all stayed in the dining hall until the last note was played— and then remained to help move the furniture back in place. The fall season also produced a number of memorable room parties. Dave Ellis, Bill Coke, Jim Hamilton, and Sam Yonce spiced up Dart- mouth weekend, and Hal McLean and Charlie Bullock served champagne at a simultaneous affair. Also notable were the frequent full punch bowls on the cottage. Charlie Good- vear, Phil Zeidman, Tom Keim, et al, let out all the stops for an ultra-successful Hallo weenie party. But the most impressive private party was one which soon involved most of Yale College and earned pictorial cov- erage in the News. Some individuals probably did go to Mount Tom, but, happily, most Smithies confonnt-d, and Northampton arrived i 59 one bright fall afternoon— their final objective being the lower court. Dave McCullough, Bill Butler, Pete Meyer, Rich Haskel, and John Dodge disbursed, can by can, an absurd num- ber of cases of warm beer, but it really wasn ' t necessary. A rather dilapidated piano was the stage for an even more dilapidated little shoe- shine boy, who put on a one man song-and- dance routine which delighted the crowd. Bob Easton and Mike Stanley tried to repeat the act on the second floor ledge, but they weren ' t half so graceful. Everybody threw pennies to the voimg performer— and then spied a new target. Some Southern jingoist had unfurled a Confederate flag from a terrace, and the beer cans flew. The whole affair lasted well into the evening— at least until the Smithies had found escorts and the beer had disappeared. There were many other lighter-side occur- rences. Mike Stanley nearly precipitated a riot as he came to Sunday dinner in bright red pants. Dick Thornburgh tried to surprise Ginny in Boston— just when she was trying to accomplish the same thing to him in New Ha- ven. Consternation was universal until they finally found each other the ne.xt day. Paddle- ball was still packing crowds into the lower court. What the Dean ' s office termed irre- sistible snow brought a large-scale snow- ball fight. Hybrids were miffed as a motley group of freshmen snow-ballers put them all on social probation— they had been so busy firing at each other and repelling a group of invaders from liranford that tlu - hadn ' t even known about the larger battle. The administration of the college saw some new twists. On the aide staff, co-chief aides Jack Curtin and Cam De ' ore ' ere paralleled by co-athletic aides Terry and Larry Maguire. Bob Engleman soloed as librarian, but that didn ' t prevent him from installing a new check- out system that revolutionized library effi- ciency. Steve Kumble put the same initiative into running the snack bar— though breakfast- in-bed never quite caught on. In the office, Miss D still managed to keep tabs on all and sundry —and put up with numerous requests to pro- vide living space for weekend dates. The big- gest change was at the front gate. Joe and George, who must be classified more as friends than as guards, reluctantly left the College due to an o erall economy drive. George re- - ? 9 ? f ? ? I 5. H, ?. ? M M f . 60 ' ..■ [ f.: . tiirnod for the Dartmouth dinner dance, and received an engraved cigarette box from the Master. A tie with the past had been broken. Another year in Davenport had passed, and to state that any revohitions had taken place would miss the point. The College has firm traditions, and they wen- maintained. The Master continued his policy of hiisscz-fairc in College activities. Rut changes had come— Ihbrids seemed to look at the (College activ- ities through new eyes. Many felt that a new era, marked b ' more vigourous interest in Davenport acti ities, hatl begun. While the laisscz-fairc atmosphere of Davenport College rarely contributes cham- pionship athletic teams, it instills in the intra- mural program a note of enjoyable amateur- ism; and there is alwa s present the exception that proves the rule. The fall season was not too successful from a won-lost or Tyng Cup point of view. The football team coached b ' Bo Polk was better than its 2—4 record indicates. T.D. and Say- brook were easy victories but the J. E. and Pierson losses were bitter pills to swallow. D ' port spark plugs honored by All League mention were Nick Carter, Charlie Ferrari and Capt. Jack Letts— other dependables were the Maguire twins, Spence Letts, Charley Goodyear and Bill Schrader at ends; John Wallace, Jack Curtin, Pink Pig Zeldman, Pete Goldsmith, and Capt. Letts at tackles; Rich Haskel, Art Mori, Max Dickinson and Charlie Coleman at guards; Harvey Black and Harvey Bcnatovich at center. Touch and soccer teams compiled medi- ocre records below .500. Fred P ' rank and Jay Winokui captained the touch squad which drew support from Lord, Douglas, Gilbert, Lepple- meir, Franz, Larry Reno of Princeton football fame, and Sanford. Coach John Adams and Capt. Jack Dav)- had a good s(iuad in soccer —when all participants would condescend to appear on the same day, which unhappily wasn ' t the general nde. Winter sports highlighted by the strongest hockey squad in years, and a fine array of veteran and rookie talent on the hardwood looks a little more promising than the show- ing of D ' port fall athletics. The hockey team under Coach Dick Harris, loaded with material from all three upperclasses won its first en- counter, S-L from Silliman. Senior squad members are Ben Mr. Zero Chapman, Harris, Ken Reynolds, Brooks Robinson and Jack Letts. Junior and soph talent bolster this senior nucleus. The perennially weak basketball team has been strengthened by precocious sophomore material that includes Jack Logan, Silence Letts, Fred Zappala, and Pete Bartlett. These boys team with vets Polk, Frank, Winohur, De ' alois and T. Maguire, and are at .500 with a 2-2 record at this date. Baron Bell ' s B squad has been quite erratic but may live up to their expectations. An up and down, sometimes on, sometimes off handball squad is made up of fellow NLitt Walton, Ferrari, Schrader, Haskel and Gold- smith. _p. Cameron Deoore 61 JONATHAN EDWARDS COLLEGE ' •• r: ' : -t-— rt- - - — -  - r-T-T-  f n '  ' ' isiittttii Mart - calls it Jonathan Edwards ' busiest oar in a long, long time. It all started last September. With the Korean armistice, draft worries were smaller. There were fewer cam- pus guards. Fred was somewhere around Bcrkele ; Marty had the gate in the evenings except when Doc substituted for him. In the dining hall, the College applauded the demise of the dog trays, cursed the slow- moving line, stole an extra slice of raisin bread, and stared at Jack Frost ' s Yukon beard. Jonathan Edwards himself was born 250 years ago. The College was already twenty. To celebrate the double anniversary. President Griswold, retiring Master French, and Master Brown gave a dinner for the College at which JE ' s mace was formally transferred from its t entA ' - ear owner, Robert French, to Profes- sor Brown, the newcomer to the Master ' s house. A new element on the scene was the tvvo black scotties. Tana and Vanity, who, ignoring the ndes on social probation, sniffed FRANK E. BROWN, Masfer their way about the courtyard witli all license. The animals are good friends of the imdei- graduates and miss them during the holidays. Pro Lyon in early January asked Tana how her vacation had been. The answer: Ruff! JE men entertained more visiting lovelies during the 1953 football season than in many years. There were the College parties, the Jamboree on Dartmouth weekend, and those two dinner-dances. Bill Bradshaw ' s orchestra provided the music, while the Common Room fund provided the gin for the Harvard Week- end soiree. Private, or rather semi-private, parties came into their own last fall on a larger scale than ever. For Mountain Day, Robbie Robbins sent 150 invitations to Smith. Peck Hayne ' s recipe of gin, vodka, tequilla, and ice satisfied the thirst of the 150 Smithies in 706. Frank Tay- lor ' s room after the Dartmouth game was com- plete with bartender, accordion player, and standing room only. Perhaps the biggest of all was the Harvard consolation party on the top two floors of entry E with Messrs. Frost, JONATHAN EDWARDS COLLEGE hon- ors the famous theologian and philoso- pher who graduated from Yale in 1720. The college includes Dickinson and Wheelock Halls, named in memory of the first presidents of Princeton and Dart- mouth. 63 Drayton, Kirkbride, ct al, et al. There was the night that Pete Shears emceed the movies at the Princeton game. To his audi- ence, the most liumorons aspect of the evening was Pete ' s referring to himself in the third person— That boy can really nm. After Thanksgi ing vacation, the College settled down a little. Ed Thornton ' s High Table Committee sparked the drive for more senior dinners. Then came the Master ' s tra- ditional Christmas party. Every guest had to bring an ornament for the tree. Even a piece of glass tubing from the chem lab was hung with care. Breaking the monotony of January came snow, snow-balling for some, social probation tor all, and a few budding ' an i) kc beards among the less inhil)ited JE indi idualists. The jesters were oil to a busy season, re- inforced witli .Soplioinore talent in Pigott, Stevenson, Tossberg, and Weber. Under the baton of Jim Kirkliam, the four-year old group added many outside engagements to its intra- mural schedule. JE welcomed Mrs. Browns initiation ol a new custom ; the Wednesday evening coffee break, (. olonel SulJiNan ' s Sunday morning sherry parties increased contact between the residents and Eeliows of the College. The new system of using bursary students ill the guard ' s office seemed to lie working out all right, except for the tiiiu- wlicii Tim Tossberg was discovered feet on desk, cap over eyes, asleep. As a result of a poll conducted last year, the College installed a ping-pong table on the balcony of the squash court. There were rumors of a basketball hoop to come as a further deemphasis of squash professionalism. The JE debaters, advised by the Colonel and coached by varsityman Tom Moore, puttered along at about par for the course. Fall-term president Lin Starbird noted that the new ruling of no wine at the meetings seemed to adversely effect the spirits of the group. Chief of the JE cut-ups was Carl Kopp, who one evenins found an inebriated woman sitting on the curb in front of the Taft. I don ' t belie e it; it isn ' t possible, he exclaimed, looking from the bewildered and sore-footed woman to the windows of the hotel high above. Naturally, a crowd gathered. Mission accom- plisiuxl, Kopp withdrew. 64 -TTTTTTTTTnTTTr™ TiTTiTnnnrj nr Tlie )E residents who have won positions of high honor throughout the University are many. Among tliem are the chairman of the Record, the managing editor of the News, the presidents of Dwiglit Hall and Yale Key, not to mention the spooks, scholars, athletes, es- thetes, and countless board members. There were the dances, the Jamboree, the Baroque music concert, the Apollo Glee Club visit, and the Paul Draper dancing exhibition. On the schedule, in addition to the Spring outing, is a proposed Equinoctial Fertility cel- ebration for mid-March. The Gilbert and Sullivan Society, after last Spring ' s Princess Ida contemplates the pro- duction of The Devil and Daniel Webster. After four years, the Jonathan Edwards sun- dial was restored to its commanding if be- fogged position in the courtyard. Back from summer vacations, spent from one coast to the other, came several thousand Yalies. Among these were the elite few, the Spider athletes who were to give their all for JE in the competition for the Tyng Trophy. Soon after their arrival, the nucleus of Jun- iors and Seniors worked hard to recniit re- placements to fill the positions left by the athletic class of ' 53. The Sopliomores re- sponded with wonderful spirit to furnish a large proportion of all the Big Green teams for this year. More than half of the tackle football team was composed of the class of ' 56. With this .manpower added to the nucleus of Seniors and Juniors— Bobbins, Gannon, Hopkins, Werner, Fazzone, and Shomburg— the Spiders looked forward to a stellar season. Unfortunately, the scoring threat of the squad was not equal 65 I i.lHHIfl !! ;!! !b fJrfbh ' -JW-Mkl rfmt;: , to its brilliant defensive play, and JE finished the regular season in third place in the South League. A last minute 6-0 victory over Say- brook highlighted the season for the Spiders, leaving them with a taste of victory and a rec- ord of 2-3. JE ' s soccer aggregation turned out the most successful record of the Fall season, finisliing in fourth place. The spirit of this team was manifested not only in the field, but also in the numerous pre- and postgame celebrations. All Spiders will remember the leadership of Foster, Ross, Wheeler, and Kliment in both of these fields. The team surged to a 5-1-1 record early in the season, then faltered and lost the last two games, thereby losing its chance for tlie iTiter-College title. The success of the soccer team was partially offset by the unfortunate record of the touch football ti ' am, which played a spirited, altliougli somewhat outclassed, style of ball. A record was set, liowever, when Calhoun eked out a 66-12 victory, the widest margin in inter- College competition. The Fall season was hardh ' o ' er before practice and competition for positions on tlie basketball, hockey, and other Winter teams was under way. The A league basketball team looked es- pecially good in its pre-season games, and hopes ran high for a successful year. Here again, a predominantly Sophomore squad showed that it had the ability to finish well up 66 in the top bracket. Returning veterans Kopp, Brown, and Coach Werner worked out ' ell as the nucleus for the seven Sophomores on the squad. At this mid-season roundup, the team has lost two games by one point each but has won three games decisively. The other Winter season teams show eciual promise. Hockey, with returning lettermen Strain, Hickcy, and Shepard, handball, and scjuash should be especially strong. JE athletes are looking forward to the Spring sports season which, it is hoped, will ] ' )ro ' e as rewarding as it has in the past. Base- ball has seven returning lettermen including Pruett, Werner, Shears, and pitchers Strain and Ilemmcrt, and the team should he among the top ti ' ams in the competition for the baseball champion.ship. -Peter W. Gariciu A j ' 1l ' - $ii . U .: PIERSON COLLEGE 67 THE REV. SIDNEY LOVETT, Masfer The year 1953-1954, beginning with the spring of ' 53, brought Pierson a new master, a flood of academic activities, social inno- vations, and a dixieland jazz band. It also, with a strangely sweeping stroke of fate, deprived the college of three of its most noted and worthy fellows. Master Sidney Lovett bestowed upon the college what retiring Gordon Haight called a great human sympathy, and Lovett says of the job, It ' s good if you don ' t inhale. He wants to spend even more time on specifically master ' s activities than he was able this year. Between Lovett and the college coinicil. Pier- son was graced with l)lanket social tickets and a relief of guestcard rcciuirements. A total of 223 students in 18 seminars attended classes PIERSON COLLEGE bears the name of the Reverend Abraham Pierson of Killing- worth, Connecticut, first rector of the Collegiate School (1701-7). held in the college this year. Those whose loss was felt so keenly were Andrew Nh jrehouse, Wendell C. Bennet, and Ralph Linton. Their deaths occurred respec- tively in spring, summer, and winter. They were men widely known and deeply respected, in the college and out of it. The three sophomore tutorials were this year numbered among the total of 18 Pierson courses, all of which took us further in the direction of academic integration into the col- lege system. Two Phi Bet ' s among us were Phil Heymann and Gray Williams. Movie shorts (including the new Yale mo- vie) in addition to Al Dundes Five, provided substantial non-liquid attraction at beer par- ties. Members of the college first became aware of this musical group when the primitive eu- phonies of embryonic practice sessions filled the Quad on an occasional evening. Q iality of performance improved, however, with John Eaton (of Branford), Jim Suavely, and Bob C;hild as additional regulars. The fifth man, on the drums, varied quite constantly. Particularlv significant personalities were, apart from official ranks, Festus O. Adebenojo, Col. Richard Gimbel, and spatz tan John Talbot. Adebenojo is the first native of Nigeria ever to become a student at Yale and is, to all appearance, pleased with the prospect. He studied in a government school in Nigeria, at- tended Howard University for several months, then came to Yale as a member of the class of 1956. Col. Gimbel, known for one of the lar- gest collections of Dickersonia, was always good for a bull session on aeronautics, and on just about anything else for that matter. He has been made Curator of Aeronautical Liter- ature at the Sterling Library. Talbot is one of those pleasing enigmas that occasionally graces so staid an institution as this. Widely recognized for his love of clean sport, he has been known to challenge with pistol or rapier any man who disputed his knowledge of sports history ' s minutiae. Routine but nonetheless important and sa- vory events were last spring ' s college weekend and the dance on Dartmouth weekend last fall. At the springtime fracas the Telephone (by Menotti) was disconnected, as Mrs. Haight put it, in favor of an Evening of Gilbert and Sullivan, auspiciously directed by D ' Oyly Carte professionals Radley Flynn and Ella Hol- man. both of whom also did some singing in the performances. Eddie Wittstein perfomied at the dance on Saturday night; it was a warm, pleasant evening highly conducive to the con- sumption of gin long-drinks. There was— as there always seems to be— an undercurrent of competition between those behind the bar and those in front of it: a waiter ' s coat white is ineluctably seen swaying on the floor dance by c ' ening ' s end. Gordon Sweet ' s farm was once more the scene of pastoral revelry— sheep without shepherds; and tlicij did set before them meat and wine . . . Sunbathing was the main occupation of some of us during those months, and one mild even- ing muttering crowds and sinister dashing figures indicated that the new Tap Day was at hand. That was a good idea someone had about eliminating the crowd spectacle of former days-at least the crowds were smaller and more of a nature to resist disappointment, containing friends and associated as they did. Screams from the upper stories, and erratic clapping or titters were at least the only sounds to be heard, while small bombs had in olden times been the order of the day. Mountain Day in Pierson was pretty much of a fiasco this year, probably due to the en- ticing, barbaric quahty of sound issuing from Davenport ' s lower quad. The Dartmouth and Christmas parties, however, were enthusias- tically attended. The former boasted the lar- gest number of slaves ever to show at a Pier- son mi. ed function and the refreshments com- pensated adequately for those whose spiritual essence was not approximately whipped up by the game that afternoon. At the Cliristmas af- fair the crowd was enormous, the wine was plentiful, and songs appropriate to the season were conducted by Rev. Burton MacLean with many wavings of the good right arm. The col- lege funn man, minus his usual milliner}- acou- trement but extensively decorated with red and white, passed out sundries to those deemed worthy of our communal notice. Yes it was, indubitably, Robert Louie Livingstone inside the stuffings. Social pro in February was greeted with universal and derisive chuckles, but there was 69 nevertheless a sort of pall cast over the col- lege by the absence of something peculiarh- necessary to the proper functioning of the Ivy League gentleman. An unscheduled but not-to-be-forgotten event as the Harvard week-end fray spon- sored by the Slave Quarters elite. There was at this occasion a delightful flavor of the dreamy past, as music from the white-brick- wrought-iron balcon ' mingled with happy laughter from the imbibers in the patio. Dr. Lovett kept order from beneath a bobby ' s hel- met, perliaps acquired at some long-gone frolic in London town— perhaps. The supply of punch ran out just in time to save the old-world at- mosphere from raucous industrial annihila- tion. Missed trotting into the dining hall after Wednesday evening martinis, were Joel Dor- ius and Franklin Baumer, both of whom were devoting the year off for study and writing— Dorius in England and Baumer in his Pierson office. Father Murray ' s medieval wisdom was also absent this year, while Haight and William C. DeVane were studying abroad on Guggen- heim fellowships. DeVane was working on Browning, Haight on George Eliot. Robert Frost, however, made his usual springtime pil- grimage to Pierson, with wares like Chaucer ' s Pardoner. Said Frost, among other things, I once had it (skepticism) but soon gave it up — —hope for the bitter and despairing. One new Fellow took up residence in Pierson this year— Harrison Pemberton, instructor in philos- ophy. Two heavy snows buried the quad and made the Slave Quarters picturesque— one be- fore Christmas, and one shortly afterward. In- stead of throwing many little snowballs in January, some slaves built a couple of mon- sters together out in the quad. Presumably they started with the idea of a snowman but were soon abashed b ' their own youthfulness and turned to the more manly activity of snow- balling from behind snow barriers. In any case the remnants of their labor persisted long after spring had come and gone several times I - « f • ' K 3 1 tt  i « 9 « a- i ft ' f V ? Si t N ' U 70 ■ ' - ' : (luring; the winter months— a meteorological function, incidently, aimed appurenth ' with special care at the irritable Yale student. The Pierson Shicc led a soniew hat precarious existence from its spring emergence at tlie hands of Fred Bannerot, to the all-night group effort of Homer Bahhidge, Howie Brenner, and Tony Howartli in the fall. The Slave ' s appear- ance was suilden and unpredictable. Howarth, aide in charge of the Pierson Press, has, with his assistants, done some excellent work this year, including a book-printing of Ezra Stiles ' Plan of a University, a tribute to Gordon S. Haight. This little volume was submitted by Fellow Alvin Eiseniuan to the American Insti- tute of Graphic Arts in New York, for the ' best ten books ' competition. Last April Howard Boatwright directed the playing of a program made up entirely of Norman Lockwood compositions— Lockwood being then a part-time resident of Pierson. We were represented on the Junior and Sen- ior prom committees by Charlie Van Doren and Art Armitage, respectively. Bob Poole spoke for Pierson in the UAC, while Jim An- thony headed the local, college advisory coun- cil. Howie Brenner was chief aide. A new cover for the pool table and an extended T ' aerial were items considered affirmatively by the college council during the year. Although Pierson lost executi e inHuence on the News, with the end of Gaddis Smith ' s reign, most of the other significant extra-cur- ricular activities were guided by slaves: Jim Boorsch heading WYBC, managing editor Stephen Sandy of the JJl, Dick Worsnop, a managing editor of the Record, David Calleo leading the PU, and Livingstone at the head of Torch. Eight Pierson men sang with the Glee Club-two with the Whiffs. Tiiose wIk) declined the joys of celibacy for the more permanent arrangement of connu- bial bliss, were six this year— two of them already fathers. —Benjamin T. Hopkins, II 71 V SAYBROOK COLLEGE 72 :L nL iMt ' _ :■[ ' ■► : { ■• ' ! ■: ' . iiH ?-. ' ! ' ' ' ' . Mr: lUimriTimrr SAYBROOK COLLEGE is named for the Connecticut town which was the seat of the Collegiate School until it was removed to New Haven in 1716. The college oc- cupies the northern half of the Memorial Quadrangle. The executive hierarcln ' of Saybrook Col- lege is headed b ' that enl ightened and benevolent despot, Duke Henning. To men- tion our college master without mentioning in the same breath Saybrook ' s first lady, Alison Henning, would border on blasphemy. Indeed, there isn ' t one member of Saybrook who hasn ' t at one time or another enjoyed cocktails with the Hennings. Perhaps the most influential personality in the college government is the Saybrook ver- sion of Harry Hopkins, Rena VVilmot, the master ' s secretary, pride, and joy. The legis- lative branch of the Saybrook government is administered by the college council under the leadership of Charlie Neave. Bobo Dean, Pim Epler, and John Mill, have also made their influence felt in this governing body. Orders uere enforced b ' the two campus guards. Bob Janike and Tom Boshea. The press, in the fomi of the college newspaper, The Seal, was edited by journalists Lee Miller and Rod Wood. As we learned in elementary political sci- ence, the gove rnment exists for the people. The Saybrook masses are heterogeneous and include several important personages. Morgan, Billy, and Cammie Henning are the centers of attraction for all Sa ' brook ' s young men. In the dining hall ' era was picked as the girl uith whom we ' d most like to be marooned in the fellows ' lounge. She was followed closely in the voting by Gladys, Margaret, and Lucy. Ma Ta lor managed to perform the highly difficult task of feeding 313 hungr - mouths three times daily. Other important members of the Saybrook populace are her resident fellows Grant Robley, James Roohan, John Logan, and Rupert W ' ildt. BASIL D. HENNING, Master The Saybrook Social Season got off to a fast start with the Columbia Dinner Dance. A fall peak was cjuickly accomplished, with the Dartmouth and Harvard affairs coming as one-two punches after the initial onslaught. The pre-Christmas festivities were brought to a h ead in a musical revue called Turtle in the Hearse, staged by the Saybrook Players. This production included a fine musical parody of that old melodrama, The Ghost Train, starring Nikki Barrangcr, Dave Lloyd, Nick Probst, John Owen, Andy Euston, Jay Levine, and Bob Peck. In the bleak greyness of the winter the Quartet Concert provided a sun-drenched break. Despite social probation a special dis- ,v . ' tA ' ' W I  f ffi m pensation from the Dean was obtained, and the Magpipes, led by AHson Henning, warbled for an appreciative all-male audience. The WhifFs, Duke ' s Men, a host of outside per- fomiers, and Mr. Ilenning, performing in his inimitable fashion, led the parade in the an- nual singorama. The Junior Prom followed on the heels of the Quartet Concert, only three weeks separat- ing the events. Our own Roger Hansen was named chairman of Yale ' s leading social event. and Saybrook prepared itself for a great influx of young maidens. Well-tanned from southern exposures and refreshed by a week off, we returned from spring vacation and immediately turned our thoughts to the impending College Weekend festivities. We made our annual migration to Camp Clearview, where we played Softball and were served hot dogs and beer by bar- tenders who apparently consumctl more than they handed out. The Seals managed to haul down their share of honors in the academic field. Hobo Dean was one of two undergraduates to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. Nhron C()no itz, l ick (iallen, Frank Konigsherg, Ed Scheihler. (Charlie Townsend, Dick Widrow, and Ron Sinbcrg all were elected to I ' hi 15eta Kappa, while in the Engineering School Tom Mall, Hill Jacobs, Ralph Piersall, Bob Schultz, Manny Aguilar. anil Gont ' AiUutori mack ' ' I au Beta Pi. ' In tlie extra-curricular field Boh Haws, lk)l) Martin, and Bill McKini held executive posi- tions on Yale ' s afternoon daily. Joe Reed was chairman of the Dramat and headed a group of Sayhrook representatives which in- cluded Art Birsh and John Owen. Bobo Dean, Don Cheney, and Ed Scheibler lent their minds to the Yale Literar - Magazine. Sam . ntupit, Frank Konigsberg. and Dick Walken were the funny guys who were partK ' respon- sible for the Yale Record. Dave Hunter, Nick Pea ' , Walt Farrier, and Paul Stanley harmon- ized in the Yale Glee Club. Charlie Neave per- formed as Popocatepel for the Whiffenpoofs, and Jim Monde handled arrangements for the Augmented Seven. Mike Armstrong and Jack Kindel played host to visiting teams while working for the Yale Key. Dave Hoppe, Roger Redden, and Bruce Phillips helped Tony Nevin, president of the Yale Cinema, in the support of one of Yale ' s favorite pastimes, the flick. The Haunt Club, an organization for the advancement of another one of Yale ' s favorite pastimes, drinking, boasted three Seals, including Hutch Hutchinson. At the other extreme, the Undergraduate Deacons elected Gordon Lang, Jack Bo er, and Jack . -M Ij w f ' - f ' ? ' I  f W-f • f , f -tvfrx-V ? 75 i:x;aaQQcua Kiiidel. WYBC included Bob Caiman, Walt Farrier, and Carleton Loucks in its ranks. Our class council representative was John Hill, who made sure that Saybrook contributed its share to the Class Day exercises. Bobo Dean was named class orator, and Don Cheney was selected to write the Ivy Ode. Joe Grimes was IFC president during the fall temi and then retired, only to be succeeded by another ' Brookman, Hig Gould. The 1953-54 season spelled rebuilding in most sports for the Seals, since last June ' s graduation took the nucleii of the major sports of football, basketball, and baseball, not to mention key men from most of the other scjuads. The Fall season found the Brook with Captain Al Gunn and other veterans Frank Demcak, Carl ' an Winter, Ron Sindberg, and Dick George returning from the ' 52 season. Since there were so few of last year ' s men re- turning, the coaches Bob Ward and Bob Busch had a real job of recruitment on their hands and were lucky to find boys like Chape Nolen, Don Gray, Dave Boies, Kris Keggi, and Dick Tully to bolster their ranks. With this nucleus. the Seals played some close games but could not seem to register a win. Tlien in the final game of the year with Harvard ' s Adams House, reputedly one of Harvard ' s best teams, the Brook played the redeeming game of the season by scoring a 7-7 tie and a great moral victory. The Touch Football team faired much as did its big brothers, the tackle team; and the Soccer team, led by Rogger Redden, and John Bingliam, had a creditable fifty-fifty record. —P. Chapin Nolen mm SILLTMAN COLLEGE 1 •v. • • -• ■,. ■ If ' :rmr t ' i ' i H ■ 1 tja nlPI d 1l W ■ -: yf r ,;:t II I itl l ' -- TT ffWWl TW •...:,r|lJU mMmihMikiihiMs mM-b LUTHERM. NOSS, Masfer The Class of 1954 was the last class in Silli- inan College to see the end of an old order and the beginning of a new one. From the erratic idealism of Mr. Greene, the adminis- tration was shifted into the cooly efficient hands of Mr. Noss. Tlie change was felt quite strongly. But Sillinian is a College of con- trasts: persons, majors, attitudes, and archi- tectm e. These contrasts have made Silliman unicjue and outstanding in the Yale scene. C hange and contrast have been the themes of 1953-54. SILLIMAN COLLEGE carries the name of Benjamin Silliman, B.A. 1796, Professor of Chemistry and Geology from 1802 to 1853. To form this college in 1940 the Vanderbilt-Scientific Halls and Byers Hall were remodeled and additions built. Mr. Greene left and Mr. Noss came and conquered. New secretaries filled the posi- tions of old ones. New aides replaced the old ones. The class of 1953 vacated and the class of 1956 moved in. But there are the mundane and commonplace occurrences in all the Col- leges. What was it that made the change in Silliman so evident? The Silliman organ, formerly the Salaman- der, became the Sillimascope. Morgue Har- ris, Bill Faurot, and Jerry Adelson have been responsible in the main for keeping this sheet going and for racking their brains before the deadline in all night frantics. Hut Silliman would not be the same without its paper. The Student Council is flourishing still, re- newed with igor and a new constitution. This council, one of Mr. Greene ' s innovations, and a successful one, proved to the College the at- tractiveness of a liberal, democratic govern- ment. At the helm now is Joe Burnett as President, assisted by Charlie Gill as Secre- tary. The Student Coimcil sponsors all of Silli- 78 iti4 nt M f :Mi ' ( tt Mtt rtfiti iKrt Ui} ' at!tt ;r wr T? JT;r fXii. man ' s social activities (when tlic university l)ig-l«)ys are nt)t meddling) and this year has provided the residents of Silliman with a din- ner dance o er the Dartmouth weekend whicli was nothing less than a crashing success. Anil just to show that they, the members of the Student Council, are not unaware of the eco- nomic (actors which insure stable govern- ment, the Social Card had again been rein- stitnted to defray the expenses of such vital necessities as covering the pool table, re- placing pings and pongs, buying hquor, etc., while in a social vein, it might be wise to mention that many of the students can, quite independently, provide for themselves some expansive blasts. IIar ard weekend saw Eric Godfrey, Denny Warner, Russ Shelton, et al, as hosts of a cocktail party replete with Fish- house Punch and Delaney Glen ' s jazz band. Bill Faurot, assisted by his roommates Morgue Harris and G. G. Montgomery (of San Mateo prominence) and the boys across the hall, Dan Stricklcr, Chink . mes, and Jerry .Vdelson found more excuses for spontaneous blasts than most people can find for imspon- taneous ones. Of course, with drink goes the topic food. Some might argue this, but it is a generalh- accepted theory. The barn in which we all eat, called the Silliman Dining Room, saw little change in personnel. Miss Van Cleve is now assisted by a new dietitian. Miss ' an de Stadt, and we are all eating the same things we have eaten since we came to Yale. The smiling face of Greg is gone behind the steam trays, how- 79 liL.J-ifl!:. ever, and none of iis have been able to culti- vate Morgan to the point uliere he gives us larger meat portions. Cele and Mary, brogues and cheer, are there most of the week. It is amazing that Cele knows most of the numbers of the students. Perhaps she has been taking Dr. Bruno Furst ' s mnemonics course on the sly! Silliman is fortunate to have among its Fel- lows some of the finest teachers and scholars in Yale University. There are seventeen full professors among tlie tliirt) ' Fellows, which speaks well for Silliman in tlie context of a uni ersit ' where promotion polic ' is slow. Mr. Robert Penn Warren, who divides his time bet ' eeu the Drama School and the English Department, is completing his third year as a Fellow of Silliman College. His work as an author speaks for itself. His work as a teacher gains each year in student admiration. Pro- fessor Pope, Mr. Sewall, Mr. Wimsatt. and Mr. Williams represent the English Depart- ment. Yales noted historian Professor Ralph E. Turner is also on the Silliman roster of Fellows. There are far too many Fellows to enumerate, but their function cannot be over- looked. The Silliman Fellows ' Workshop is famous University-wise. On occasional Mon- day nights, one Fellow gives a lecture and leads a discussion on his field or vocation. It is this sort of faculty-student relationship for which the Fellows are appointed. Silliman seems to be exploiting the opportimities. 80 where does Silliman rank on the UniversiW scene? We have contributed our share to the general good of the University. Two sports captains, Joe Fortunato and John Cleary, numerous athletes— Mike Lotz, Harry Ben- ninghofF. Charlie Johnson— and a score of others big enough to fill Silliman ' s gvTn and possibly even Elmo. We still rank high in Phi Betes, Dwight Hall members, musicians, and just plain Manders. Many of us did not apply for Silliman way back in Freshmen year. Many of us regretted that we had been put into Silliman. But most of us now would not have it any other way. The spirit of Silliman, the contrasts of Silli- man, the men of Silliman have become a real and vital thing in all of us. Each day we realize that we are fortunate to be members of this community which is large enough to be free and small enough to be comfortable. Here in Silliman we can gain some part of what we came to Yale to acquire, we can learn tolerance, and we can achieve a breadth of intellect. English majors can sit and discuss the problems of life with engineers, poets can find good friends in architects. It is a com- munity where there is a level of common inter- est—our existence together. —Edward W. Blair 81 au QQciutma TIMOTHY DW IGHT COLLEGE rt-iin ; nnrrai iijiHW! THOMAS G. BERGIN, Master Fall saw the Social Activities Committee with its super-salesmen Bob Denncy and Hal Douglas, headed by Chairman Tom Tuttle, canvassing the College for the needed capital for the year. Billfolds opened, weary after the onslaught of a thousand agency men, and cash appeared for the weekends soon to follow. The Columbia football game w eekend dinner dance came too soon for many, was a blessing to most, and introduced the dubious creation of puncli-producers John Friauf, Dick Van Horn, and Cluick ' urster. No one knew the source of tlie mixing bowl (laundry tubs don ' t create pretty images); nevertheless, the following event saw none of the golden liquid remaining. Dartmouth ' s Milk Punch party on Sunday afternoon, with singing groups cor- ralled by Wick Van Heuven, fulfilled the ancient tradition, as did the Harvard Late Dance. TD ' ers, accustomed to an austere dance atmosphere, were startled b ' the artistry of Bob Mercer ' s decoration committee. Those in- volved forgot the anguish and work involved, basked in the compliments and did what came naturally. They hoped a new standard had been set; the trailitional Tom Chase poster seemed fittingly accompanied. Social activity led the way to College ac- tivity ' such as the customary Fall Dinner and Parties for the new sophomore class. The re- cipe for the affair as concocted by Jean Cat- tier ' s Student-Fellows Committee, called for the skillful blending of sojihomores, seniors, TIMOTHY DWIGHT COLLEGE is named to honor two presidents of Yale— Tim- othy Dwight, B.A. 1769, eighth president (1795-1817), and his grandson Timothy Dwight, B.A. 1849, twelfth president (1886-99). and Fellows. After a seasoning of sherry, avidly consumed by sophomores such as Fred Perrv and Lanv Desola, the group descended to the TD dining hall for the familiar meal and a new, entertaining welcome from Mr. Bergin, portent of humor to come. Sly looks by Vance Field and Company indicated their enjoy- ment of the affair. And why not, the Mott Woolley Council was donating an extra-four- fifths or two of sherry from their licjuor cabinet. After financial recuperation from the Sopho- more Party, the Mott Woolley Council ambled on to bigger things under the firm, if some- times over an.xious, hand of Chairman Doug Putman. The Council was faced not only by tlie problem of spending its $1,000 annual in- come, but by the crisis of an additional $1,000 gift. For one man to spend money is a pleas- ine, but for seven to agree to spend on the same item is almost a miracle. The invisible hand of the College ' s mighty potentate, Mr. Bergin, brought order out of chaos— the gift went to redecorating the Ahmini Guest Suite. Future alumni heaved a sigh of relief as Coun- cil members Bob Ely and Rog Herdman labored to bring the plan to fruition. The College cheered, rubbed its eyes in disbelief, and prepared to enjoy the T ' set, which after months of discussion and careful considera- tion b ' members Irv Jensen, Karl Fleischmann and Dick Van Horn, issued fortli as the Coun- cil ' s major project. TD ' s vigorous newspaper, the Tonii Crier, started the year with the distinction of having been voted the best College newspaper. As if to prove its continued virility, the Crier 83 i; swarmed to the attack of its ancient rival, vinder the leadership of editors John Gill and Irv Doxsee. Readers smiled; the situation was normal. It had been this way for years. The special Parent ' s Day issue was followed by the Christmas issue; assistant editors Dick Druss, Don Eddy and Dick Fenn had done a good job. College opinion on the paper ' s value was divided; philosopher Hendon Chubb confided little interest in it. He was biased though, he never read it. Inevitably, the Christmas season surprised Timothy Dwight. Prexy residents heading for dinner foimd colored lights, wreaths and pine trees in the process of combination by the stalwart Aides, Neil Friets, Jack Booker, and Jim Arnold. Booming out upon the court ' ard for the second year came Room 161 1 ' s choice of Christmas carols. They seemed well on the wav to becoming a fixture in the College. In a college long known for the excellence of its Christmas parties, the arrival of the holidav season ' as warmly welcomed— the warmth was only partially manufactured. Nor were the members disappointed, for the Christmas party fulfilled their expectations, thanks to the generosit) ' of the members of the T.D. Dramat, Glee Club and Aide Staff and the financial assistance of the Mott Wool- ley Council ... its contribution, port, savored lovingly by those taught true discrimination abroad (for junior year), Phil Swanson, Pat McGrady and John Larkin. Fenno Heath gamely led the Glee Club, expanded for the I ii moment far beyoiul the loyal few which iii- eliided John Lew and Bill Fanissey— their rendition, igorous and unrestrained. All chuckled when Jenny Bergin ' s soprano rose in solo above the voices of the congregation in a songfest of Christmas Carols; brought down the house. Wally Langlois illustrat( d again the wit and savoir-faire that had made him a sought after companion at events rang- ing from beer brawls to Sociology seminars. Joe Wennik, Bob Cavanagh, Bob Wyker and Karl Fleischmann, danced the Can-Can witli abandon, if not skill, worthy of the Follies Bergere. On loan from the Music School, Dino Colburn showed amazing versatility in roles from French siren (Wally gripped his chair) to English lady. But the people who made the play a success were, like the ones who made the College a success, the ones who worked unnoticed and unknown because they en- joyed working and being a part. Back from vacation, all was not revelry; the prospect of term exams interrupted those perpetually Smith or Vassar bound— the stream was diverted in the direction of the labs up the hill, the boys in 1676-Pete Loft, George Wislar, and Arnie Green— changed the poker game to even, ' other night, the Snack Bar Corporation paid extra dividends to its entre- preneurs as e.xam pressure mounted (Dick Cravens satisfied his appetite for grilled cheese sandwiches being pushed by operator Nick Quinn; business manager Harry VoUrath was jubilant), Bruce Jones and Ralph Berggren H tfi Wf f j M OH y Vt v I g Z had to postpone their usual game of squash, and there were fewer notices for rides on the board under the arch, a trusted barometer of social activity. Even the pall of c.xams failed to deter the ambitious in the TD community when un- seasonable weather (for the present Yale gen- eration) hit New Haven. Dick Dillon and a faithful group of helpers, Parker J ohnstone, Jean Cattier, Bob Jackson and others, un- corked the grandest scheme the College had seen in many a year— a skating rink in the courtyard. Skates were sharpened, informal hockey games sent pucks in every direction. Bill Tate spun his smooth way around the ice to the strains of the Skater ' s Waltz, and Sam Morse bypassed all in a furious circular pace. Social probation wounded no one ' s feel- ings; the courtyard was exempt from the ruling and TD bathed in a multitude of wom- :  f 5 « S 1 § « Mi? fuj r,! M. ii. ' Mj M l. !f ? ? t I rif f S f ? ? f ? I? t ?li;; 85 an hood— an oasis in a land barren of femi- ninity. All agreed; this was the life and this the place to live it. Throughout the year, Timothv- Dwight ' s more thought provoking activities continued to function with their small but faithful follow- ing. Forum President Ralph Moore and Vice- President George Langworthy secured inter- esting speakers— so interesting that on one occasion enthusiasts Jan Deutsch, Duncan Kidd and one or two others cornered and cajoled the speaker until 3:00 a.m. T.D. ' s quest for knowledge was not to be denied. Resident Chubb Fellow Don Stokes and visit- ing Chubb Fellows like Admiral Leslie C. Stevens were backbones of the Forum. For those who needed extra inducement, there debate with the Hillhouse girls; they were scared! As T.D. Junior Prom representative, Grady Green prepared for the big event, T.D. men laid their last hasty ground work and prayed that all would be well; but spring was on the way, what the hell. A winter of unaccustomed snow and cold made Florida the spring vaca- tion mecca of many chilled T.D. pilgrims. When they returned, spring had arrived, so they did their best to save those fast fleeting tans acquired in the southland. It was futile, but the courtyard sunbathing cult at least banished thoughts of study and brought thoughts of Spring, Weekend, and for the Seniors, their prom and graduation. The an- nual frosh beer party served to welcome the was the inevitable wine. Some Prexies pre- ferred to talk instead of listen and T.D. ' s De- bate Team Chairman Dune Whitaker assured them a chance. Incstiniabli ' logic issuing forth from experts like Fred Crews and Les Ultan assured the team of a creditable record, with major preparation devoted exclusively to the incoming members and provided an excuse for the Tang Trophy Team to engage in time trials and begin what the uninitiated would call training. Gib Cornw ell tlid his best to instruct the novices in his incomparable chug-a-lug style. Those who failed, stag- gered to their rooms; the remainder collapsed after yeomanlike service. The T.D. aggregate had the makings of a team. Another excellent terrace pi ' rlormance ol the T.D. Dramat was the climax of Spring Weekend. The year drew to a close. Seniors U aving had en]o ' ed their stay in the casual suburbia. The rest saw in Timothy Dwight tiie growing spirit exemplified in the skating rink; tlu ' y were anxious to return . . . alter a suininer ' s rest. —Cluirh ' s I. Wiirstcr, Jr. —Richard L. Van Horn, Jr. 86 TRUMBULL COLLEGE 87 r ii TRUMBULL COLLEGE was erected from funds given by the trustees of the estate of John W. Sterling, B.A. 1864. Its name honors Jonathan Trumbull, LL.D. 1779, governor of Connecticut during the War of the Revolution. Returning from vacation Trumbullites were startled by the many changes which had oc- curred over the summer. Foremost was the loss of Miss Taylor, Joe, and Lil, all of whom were sadly missed, for they had always been toler- ant, cheerfid and kind when the patience of lesser people would have been worn thin. A second change was the plentiful lack of furni- ture and belongings from many rooms. The service bureau quoted a low figure while the News claimed that everything but the plumb- ing had been removed. The truth seemed to lie somewhere in between. Some stolen arti- cles were discovered where they had been left by sheepish owners but many others have JOHN S. NICHOLAS, Masfer yet to be recovered. After accusations had been hurled around by all, sanity was restored and the University promised to keep a stricter watch during the summer. The ban which had formerly existed against physical exertion in the center court was lifted by default the first week of the fall term and some of Dr. Nicholas ' more frustrated athletes began romping there. Calls poured in daily from the library demanding that whoever was throwing footballs against the reading room windows should bring that activity to a halt. This did not stop the touch games in the Bull Bowl, however, which became especially pop- ular on weekends and on Mountain Day when there was a mi.xed audience to vatch the per- formance. When the unofiicial standings were finally arrived at none were siuprised to see that Charley Dean Temple ' s crew had swept up the marbles while Hands Sudler and com- pany were also-rans. For those less athletically minded, there were the usual weekend parties coincident with each Satmday ' s Game of the Week. These varied in size from twosomes to the m riad numbers present in the Penthouse on Dartmouth Weekend, and in Entry H s Game Room after the Harvard debacle. Very popidar were the weekend dinner dances when we found the monastic dining liall elaborately tiansformed, both by colored lights and lovely ()ini n. Of a more restful nature were the weekly teas which the gracious Mrs. Nicholas 88 provided after the football season had ended. Her living room became the warm Thursday afternoon refuge for many Tnmibullites after their tedious R.O.T.C. drills. Harr - Mahoney ' s breakfast club made life bearable at 7:4.5 in the morning, or at least as bearable as an institution breakfast could be at that time. Harry ' s cheerful face was not necessary, however, to coimter-balance the wonderful Trinnbull Christmas and Birthday parties which Miss Taft served up so well. ' hile on the subject of food, the snack bar continues to run smoothh ' under Paul Searles and his side-kick Barry Rich. A real labor of love was done over Christmas by Skeeter Ellis who knocked out an entire wall to en- large and improve Searles ' beanery and with the acquisition of a ping-pong table and a revamped television set, reservations were almost necessary to get a hamburger. Ping- pong became every Trumbullian ' s forte and there were murmurs that even if we couldn ' t beat Pierson in hockey we would trim them in table tennis. The squash courts, which had been the mother to television at Yale, reverted to their original but less glamorous role when Octopus Incorporated in the fonu of WYBC swallowed up Trumbull ' s offspring. Thus Rusty Peacock, whose deadly dreams of setting up a network to rival N.B.C., had to content himself with belting opponents in inter-college boxing. For the first time in four years New Haven had a heav - snow fall providing great oppor- tunity ' for winter sports within the city limits. Most prominent among these was a riotous snow ball fight which, although it did nothing to ciiliancc Yale ' s prestige, got Art Espy ' s pic- ture in Life for the second time and left all till rest of Yale Station warriors envious. Some .ulxinturous souls found out it was much easier to skate down Elm street for their mail than walking and this was the order of the day until someone put a patch of ashes and once again Trumbull was forced to return to the more conventional method of pedestrian travel. Actually college life varies little from year to year, only the personalities change, the events are mostly similar. To us therefore, the people we have met and have come to like- not only for themselves but for the later bus- iness contacts and material favors they can benefit us with will be long remembered. With this in mind we feel the following notations mav simimarize this vear at Tnmibull. jL We shall not forget: Walt Barnett ' s constant battle to preserve the integrity of the Trum- bull library from some of the more light-fin- gered residents . . . Marv Miller ' s tact and kindly consideration, which was surpassed only by his desire to make the Class Gift Fund a success by his gentle manner of soliciting money and soliciting solicitors to solicit . . . our unhappiness at losing Paul Gimbel due to overzealous monitors under Yale ' s antiquated cut system . . . Tnimbnll ' s large role in pro- viding the Icadcrsliip of tlic ' alc Air Force R.O.T.C. under the command of Colonel Day Elmer Johnson ' s smooth and efficient work as Trumbull ' s chief aide . . . Camp Wilson ' s stellar track performance in Pott s court here it took nearly the whole student body to run liim to earth . . . John Franciscus ' honesty, pro ed b - his not winning all the elections he supervised . . . Matthew Bromwell ' s reticence in divulging his vital statistics to the Senior Class Book. For those of ou who are wonder- ing, Matthew lives at 800 North Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, Illinois, and at Yale was prominent in Cougar Hocke ' , and captained the Trumbull Flick Team . . . Phil Durand ' s appearance as Santa Claus and his rendition of a diluted but very funn ' version of Tear It Down which even got fel- lows ' wives into tlie act . . . Pete Freeman ' s uncanny ability to win at the track, especially when Mike ' s horses were running . . . Chris Forster, who was ' ery busy doing God knows what, and whose long hours in the library were rewarded by many frien dships if not grades . . . Mrs. Sperling, whose helpfulness and un- derstanding under what were often tr ing con- ditions was a marvel to all, and much appreci- ated. Finally, no article on Trumbull could be complete without trying to appraise the part Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas play in the life of the college. Both have taken an interest in each individual member of the college, an accom- plishment whicli. i-onsidering tlie number iii- 90 t f (k-trkrkrM«rtntitif WUir trifl TmTf 1 volved, is tiiiK aina .ing. At a university tlu- size of Yale it is onl - too easy for the iiidivicliial to become lost, but Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas, through their personal attention to the mem- bers of Trumbull have attempted, aiul, we believe have succeeded, in making us feel that we are a real part of the college. Trumbull College, disphuing much sjiirit and a good percentage of participation, maiK ' its best start of the fall season in recent years. Sparked b - Jim Plecas, the football team dropped TD in the opener. Although this was its only ■ictor •, the team fought a deter- mined battle against league winner, Silliman, losing 13-7 after leading most of the game. A superior Berkeley team, stopping the Bulls on its own goal, went on to win 12-0. Co- Captains Bob Katz and Rusty Peacock were outstanding players all season for Trumbull. Jim Plecas as placed on the All College sec- ond team. In other fall sports Trumbull fin- ished second in touch football and fifth in soccer. Dean Temple and Bob Davis took part in both sports. The touch football team, after inflicting champion Berkeley with its only de- feat, closed out an exceptional season by trouncing Princeton ' s Terrace Club 36-12. With a firm grip on fifth place in the Tyng cup standing, Trumbull got off to a slow start in the winter season. Definite weaknesses ap- peared in B basketball, swimming and scjuash. On the strong side the A basketball team provided the highlight of the basketball season. A well balanced Bull team, seven men scoring five points each, upset Berkeley, last years imdefeated champion, 36-35. It was the Mitres ' first defeat in two ' ears. The league remained wide open as Trimibull handed Cal- houn a 36-33 defeat. In other winter sports the outlook was also encouraging. Last year ' s heav ' weight wrestling champion. Bob Stovall, again headed Trumbull ' s card. Jim Plecas and Rusty Peacock were the Trumbull hopefids for boxing honors. With holdovers Dean Temple, Captain Grant Beadle, Scotty Bromwell and Chic Treadway, the hockey team showed great promise. Trumbidl ' s handball team jumped into the league lead with the help of visiting fellow Mr. Frank Finger. —Warden Diluorth —John B. Rogers 91 MMWSiiSHMMdMmJJ. Yale Communities Charities Drive The 1954 Charities Drive gave approxi- mately $31,000 to twelve educational and local charities. By her generous contribution, Yale once again demonstrated that she is keenly alive to the needs of those less fortunate. The Committee naturally was gratified that it could turn over such a substantial amount to the Ijeneficiaries of the Drive. But, even on a higher plane it had made a significant contribution. This was in the all-important, though nebulous, area of equating means with ends. How was it possible to campaign ac- tively for funds without becoming overly zealous and vitiating the spirit of charity? The Committee answered this question by making several important innovations. For tlie Freshmen entry-way talks were initiated to actjuaint tlicm with the purposes of the Drive. Faculty solicitation was given over to the more professionally organized United Fimd. The traditional kickoff banciuet was admitted to be a dramatic opening but also a needless expense. It was rejilaced by small alter-diuuer get-togethers for coffee and sherry within the colleges. And furthermore, solicitors were strongly disco iraged from using high-pressure tactics. It was the conviction of this year ' s Com- mittee that the achievement of the goal con- stituted only a secondary aim. More important were honest contributions and one hundred per cent participation. The spirit of the Drive was reflected in its personnel. Chairman Dick Bell ' s tireless energy accounted in large part for the Drive ' s success. His Committee included, among others Temple Brown, Secretary; Gordon Lang, Treasurer; Bill Ellis, Captain Coordinator; Dick Suisman. Statistician; Bill McKim, Publicity- Manager; Peter Banker, Off-Campus Coordinator; and David Banker, Banquet Chairman. The col- lege captains contributed an ecjualh ' notable service, aided by a large number of Charities Drive representatives throughout the campus. Committee member or college captain. Junior or Senior, everyone worked together indus- triously and effectively. It was this group that made a conscious effort to infuse the spirit of charity into the workaday problems of raising money. In doing so, it made more sincere Yale ' s response to the needs of education and communitv. 92 f 4? f Vf nnf WW :Usfi ' :fi?nvr freshmen m. r[ ' s; ( .a- - ■ ?s T - -- i ' ■( . Wi w l . m- ' : Lt ; ' Ol •v.. r-jf i ' • :. .- t4 i4 ?t 1 « i .- «f asa ' zWe The Class of 1957 It was almost a year ago when over nine hun- dred greenhorn students marclied througli the arch of Phelps Gate and got their first look at what was to introduce them to college life. The Old Campus is somewhat of a dismal look- ing place in which to start on what is expected to be a colorful four year stint, but the fresh- men were, for the most part, much too busy in those first few days to take much notice of their local environment. It was not hard to spot a freshman then. They all looked green, and eager campus sales- men swooped down upon the helpless class of •57 with a ' aricious cunning. Slowly, however, the general confusion and bewilderment passed away. The class of ' 57 began to find its way around without the use of the prover- bial Freshman Bible, the Eli Book. Buildings became more than just masses of stone, and salesmen began to meet resistance. By the time that the first football game brought week- end virility to the Yale scene, the freshmen had begun to act and feel like old timers. The football season passed quickly, as it always does, and the yearlings found that social life on the Old Campus was cjuite re- stricted. The Freshman Office tried to help out with sterile mixer dances designed to break the monotony of education. Smith, Vassar, Connecticut College, and the Master ' s School in Dobbs Ferry, New York were all blessed with the presence of the freshman hordes, but even these informal affairs seemed to offer very little of the renowned extracurricular so- cial activities with which college life is sup- posed to be blest. 95 :,-::::;:i ' :i::!?:-:-MI!l l y;.;l!;;]U=. WWppWBBWppii However, these slight diversions caught up with some members of the class when mid- term exams and grades were posted, putting a damper on any recreation that might have been forthcoming. The Dartmouth and Har- vard dances were the first outbursts of ac- tion which the freshmen could really call their own, but there was again that feeling of restriction. The Iron Curtain of education was lifted for a long Christmas vacation, but the free- dom was short lived, and upon their return freshmen were beset by the fears of term ex- aminations and the morose image of pink books. There were more than a few freshmen who imagined that they were destined to ma- jor in freshman courses. Most of them pulled through, however, and the second term started lethargically, very much different from the first. Aside from preoccupation with the opposite sex the major interfere nce with scholastic achievements came from athletics. Almost a tliird of the freshman class turned out for soccer and football in the fall, and those that made these teams compiled an amazing record. Winter sports were also well attended, and altliough the teams did not achieve the outstanding success of their seasonal pre- decessors, most of them did manage to win more than they lost. The swimming team, per usual, extended the unblemislied freshman swimming victory string well into the cen- tury mark. Those who didn ' t make the teams could usualK ' be found out on the Old (- ' ampus plac- ing football or baseball in an kind of weather. The recjuired g ni perioils pro idi ' d further exercise, and many freshmen entlcd tlieir ath- letic careers as soon as boily buikling was terminated. At tlie beginning of Mareli eanie the highly touted Freshman Prom, the acme of the Old Campus social eak-ndar. W ' oolsey Hall, -oided of concert crowds and dn ' speakers, became tlie scene of the gala affair. The dance and the very expensive weekend were quit) ' suc- cessful. ' Hie .Spring came, and the rains came, and .Spring fe ' er seemed to run rampant through- out the whole school. Bv now the Class of BrrT rTvTi T yiTi « ■nt!i!. ' ,i: ' 57 had learned citlu-r to liatc or like Vale ' s way of life, and in general they were look- ing forward to the eoming years as iipper- elassmen. Many of them had reeled through eight week heeling periods and were now members of various eampus organizations. All knew the exact location of the six local flick liouses and frequented these with reckless abandon. They knew, too, which liquor stores didn ' t ask any questions and how to get into the fraternity houses, despite the fact that they were forbidden to enter. Life was not all beer and bubble. Exams still had to be taken, and courses had to be passed. But the college had taken on a mean- ing different from that of the first few weeks which had predicated pure drudgery. Now the first ear has been completed. The upperclassmen can no longer spot a member of the Class of ' 57 by his bewildered appear- ance. The Class of ' 57, it is true, did not cre- ate much of an impression on the staid, old University, either collectively or individually. But then neither has any other class. The men of ' 57 have seen the last of daily football games on the not-so-greensward of the Old Campus. They have been to their last posture classes for the swaxbacked, and have isited for the last time Dwight Hall, Conn- ecticut Hall, and the extremities of the Yale Bow] which were generously granted to them by the AA. Some had managed to make their presence felt by having private interviews with the deans, and this group, approximately ten percent of the class, found that these in- terviews more frequently than not ended in general warning. The class had discovered that the gates sur- lounding the Old Campus were more than just decorations, and this was probably the last freshman class that would ever be involved in a riot which would receive nation-wide publi- city ' . Whatever its role in Yale history might be, the Class of ' 57 had managed to make a very creditable start. Not all its members had yet answered the question as to why they were here, but they were all aware that they had definitely joined the collegiate masses, and come hell or high water they intended to make the most out of their four years at Yale. 97 ' ' TT T Tn T TinTTTTiIiSTTKTTTtr ' T ' T??? ' The New Look For ' 57 The nanu- Old Campus is a classic mas- terpiece of New England understatement, and many freshmen have suffered from shock upon first seeing this gray, battered area which is to be their home for a full year. Noting that the general air of the Old Campus lent itself ratlier ri adily to moods of despondency, dis- gust, or general displeasure, the University de- cided to make a change. This decision was aided somewhat by a large grant of money from the Old Dominion Foundation headed In- Paul Mellon. Yale class of 1929. To the casual observer, Connecticut Hall looked far safer and more inhabitable than any of the otiier freshman dorms, but the two hundred year old beams and walls were sag- ging antl the upper stories had been closed off for several years. Thus, with monev in its pocket and union labor, when not on strike, at its disposal, the University charged into the renovation of Connecticut Hall. A solid fence was constructed around the ancient edifice, supposedly to protect stu- dents from falling missiles but more likely to protect honest workmen from erring Yalies. Contractors Spence, White, and Prentice, fresh from their renovation of the White House, started in to work late in January of 1953. The building is expected to be completed in March 1954. When all is said and done, the basement will have been converted into a campus liead- quarters for freshmen who live off campus. A lounge with lockers will adorn one end, while a snack bar without lockers will grace the other. The first floor will have a Freshman Read- ing Room and Library, while the central sec- tion of the second and third floors will be used as faculty meeting rooms, two stories high— (something about hot air). The top story will have t vo study-bedroom suites for visiting scholars, and the rooms at both ends of the building on all four floors will be employed as either faculty studies or sem- inar rooms. Connecticut Hall was built in 1752 to ac- comodate increasing student enrollment at that time, and the money was raised by the Connecticut Colonial Assembly. The building came close to demolition in 1903 when it was suggested that it be torn down to make room for a new campus building program. Students and alumni united to preserve the old brick structure. OTTT I! : . 4 ' I M ALEXANDER BANNEROT Freshman Activities For the first time in almost five years a class entered tliis University iintroul)led by prob- lems of draft and insecurity which had plagued the classes from ' 49 to ' 52. The ROTC ' s were not besieged with hordes of freshmen seeking to legitimately dodge the draft, and the outlook for the year seemed good from the start. Associate Professor of English Richard B. Sewall warned the Class of ' 57, in a Freshman Week address, to avoid cam- pus jargon and academic vor- tex in seeking a definition of education to guide their col- lege careers. He maintained that social climbing and prestige seeking big-wheelism are almost sure death to education in any meaningful sense. The Class of ' 57 heeded Mr. Sewall ' s warning in part, but they were by no means dormant. Heeling competitions were well attended by those who in one way or another hoped to achieve some degree of big-wheelism, and social activities provided diversion from the drudgery of evenday academic living. The football season gave the freshmen a chance to demonstrate their abilities as hosts. ACKERMAN and few of them failed to take advantage of it. Parties raged on the Old Campus, and three mixer dances along with the Harvard and Dartmouth dances gave the Class of ' 57 a steady diet of recreation. The winter season saw a dearth of such activit) ' , and general frustration and restrained psychological drives found their outlet in snowballs. Snowballing first brought about the destruction of most of the glass globes on the Old C a m pus, and ended in the snowball riot in Januar ' . After exams the freshmen exercised their right of fran- chise and select- ed Steve Acker- man and Roger Hansen to repre- sent them on the UAC. At the same time Howard Gillis, Henry Hulshizer, Vern Loucks, Louis DeLuca, Mike O ' Hearn, Pete Smith. Walt Alexander, Wallace Ritchie, Ed Robin- son, Palmer Bannerot, Tony Bingham and Phil Pillsbury were selected for tlie Freshman Prom Committee. The Freshman Prom proved to be a stellar attraction as more than a thousand people gathered in Woolsey Hall to dance to the music of Harry Marchand and Lester Lanin. 35; HANSEN A lOUCKS O ' HEARN %0 ' ' 0- lSk40 ' i K • BOTTOM ROW: MacLean, Clayton, Lemmo (Librarian), Smith (President), Frontz (Director), Rand (Manager), Reisner (Asst. Manager), Polen, Mellon. SECOND ROW: Somerville, Gambotese, Hewett, Franciscus, Owen, Barclay, Deters, Ayer, Zimmerman, Conte, Kramer, Clarke. THIRD ROW: Rossen, Kendrick, McArthur, Wittenberg, Mortin, Morrell, Bouscaren, Banner, Conlon, Wilson, Snyder. FOURTH ROW: Jerman, Sand- voss, Flogg, MocKinnon, Brunjes, MocKenroth, Volz, King, Hughes, Taylor, Carlsen, Hobort. FIFTH ROW: Hall, Melhorn, Cannetl, Blair, Carson, Thompson, Coulter, Armstrong, Hall, Goethner, Reimann. THE GLEE CLUB As usual a large number of candidates turned out for the Freshman Glee Club, and the Club mades its initial appearance under Director Arthur Frantz at the Freshman Christmas Banquet. The Club also appeared at the University Christian Mission at Dwight Hall, and Miss Hewitt ' s Classes. A sell-out Freslunan Prom Concert highlighted the win- ter schedule, and in the Spring the group traveled to the Dwight and Westover Schools, Rosemary Hall, Lauralton Hall, and concluded with the annual Jamboree Concert. THE CHORUS The eighth year of the Chorus ' existence saw its members traveling to Northampton, the Spense school, and the Brearly School, as well as making appearances at the Christmas Carol program of the Freshman Banquet and at the Glee Club Jamboree. Robert Conant in his first year as Director of the Freshman Chorus continued with the policy of maintaining the club ' s large scope of musical and social acti- vities. FRONT ROW: Hopkins, Argall, Krogh, Notz (Manager), Richords A. (President), Conant (Director), Howard (Librarian), Hollydoy, Sargent, Kovel. SECOND ROW; Colgate, Smith, Ludwig, Edelstein, Vincent, Mars, Cronin, Mitchell, Tracey, Sheinboum. THIRD ROW: Dunckel, Jones, Wedemeyer, Leinenweber, Wendt, Sulzer, Vion, Fornum, Stevenson. FOURTH ROW: Seymour, Strosburger, Almond, Baker, Weymouth, Brewster, Corr, Ryon, Sacks. FIFTH ROW: Goller, Scoville, Thomas, Beer, Hiers, Brown, Wood, Richards P., Freeman, Jackson. © O. miiiiiimi ATHLETICS The smallest freshman class since the pre- war era did not seem to presage any outstand- ing athletic abilities; yet, the Class of ' 57 looked forward to bright prospects for the im- pending campaigns. This was a ' ear which foretold sharp, hard competition for the cov- eted births on yearling teams, and in retro- spect, with the year barely half finished, the picture had become suddenly very bright. It appears now as though the year will end with a definite preponderance of figures in the win columns, and varsity prospects for the next years seem very promising. Football One of the outstanding teams of the fall season was the yearly football team which managed to pull easily through an undefeated season. Early in the fall, after the first two games had been safely tucked away, cub mentor Gib Holgate claimed that he had an excellent squad with which to work and for- casted that some of his boys would be filling varsit ' positions next year. By the end of the season his forecast seemed to be quite accurate. The team rolled up almost three times as many points offensively as they relinquished on the defensive side. Starting with an i mpres- sive 33-14 victory over Columbia, the Bull- pups continued to steamroll over Cornell, Brown, and Dartmouth by scores of 20-7, 26-7, and 13-6 respectively. By the time that the Big Three merry-go-round appeared on the schedule, there was little doubt as to the capa- bilities of the team. Princeton fell before the powerful aggre- gation by a 35-14 score, and the stage was set for the grand finale with Harvard. A crowd of some 3,000 gathered at Anthony Thompson Field to watch the Bullpups pre- sent Gib Holgate with an unsullied 6-0-0 mark for 1953. There was never much doubt about the outcome of the game, although Harvard looked at first as though it might hold its own. Yale scored the first time it got the ball, and Harvard quickly retaliated, but the cubs shifted into high gear, and the Cantabs never 103 BALK HOW: Wngley iTraineri, Allison iMgr.l, V. Loucks, Perns, Joh, McClelland, Eukland, Jones, Sharp, lawyer, bob, Peters, Downey, Moblel Moneymaker, Grimes, Rubin, Weymouth, Laux, Therrien, Gergen, Moeller, Ward, Marshall, Moke!, Mork. SECOND ROW: Leisure, D. Loucks, Hul sicker, Ackerman, Chittenden, Frembgen, Murphee, Von Mauer, McGill, Demeo, Hoffman, Thomas (c), Trippe, Smith, Lilore, Sheffield, Griffith, Correl Curry, Hanks, Jensen, Mulligan. FIRST ROW: Ryland, Owseichik, Loud, Peet, Bagdasarian, Ryan, Eades, Neumark, Riter, Thompson, Myers, Butlej Mongillo, Moshburn, Kellogg, Reusch, Lopata, Jones. did catch up. The final gun caught Harvard on the very short end of a 33-13 score. The ' 57 football team was rich in material, boasting three highly capable quarterbacks in Dean Loucks, Charlie Peet, and Don Grif- fith, an all-stater from West Virginia. Speed- sters Al Ward and Denny McGill filled in at the halfback spots, with Joe Mark alternating at left half. All three halfbacks broke into the scoring column early in the season. Charging from the fullback position was two hundred pound Steve Ackerman, and Bob Corry and John Eades backed him up. The freshman line was as formidable a group as ain ' freshman team has offered in Yale histor ' . Averaging two liimdred and five pounds, and having excellent depth, the line always managed to keep the opposition well under control. John Owseichik, a converted fullback, held the center position. Dick Money- maker, Dave Sawyer, and Phil Weymouth provided capable replacements for Owseichik. Captain Bide Thomas and Rod Correll started in the tackle slots, with Ed Reusch, Curt Chit- tendon, and John Himsickcr seeing a good deal of action as substitutes. Remie Smith and Bob Moble ' were the guards, and Fred Laux, Paul Lopata, and Vern Loucks divided up the end duties. There were no individual stars who could hv singled out and lauded on this freshman team. According to Gib Ilolgate. It was a BACK ROW: Fleissner, Capro, Masters, Cooke, Bonnerot, Notz, King, Somerville, Irish (Mgr). SECOND ROW- Chop- man, Wilson (Coach), Munn, Morris, Doxsee, Gignoux, Hall, Lundington, Kulleseld, Elwell, Cook, Crafts, Lewis. FRONT ROW: Davis, Ogden, Maxim, Poinier, Williams, Pelletreou, Niekamp, Nyberg, Nicholls, Witler. : f «- ' ! 1 A ■ ' ' «. ft 9 t a] O ? 7 ' i ' ig is T K ' L. , « ' «4 n Ml Ik ' i 1 ■ cc ' soccf« 1 , ■ip mi iii •1 J f ' f CCEP I ccr !BnnnWr.H!!!lM!yL ' !!.MI!irrT ' nF-: ' !l ' :::!;i;i: ' ' ri! ! ;i!i, ' ;;,n! ' t 2a ' o%r ii T wwk ■ u.:r% '  J ' ! w- 1 t 1 1 Hg 1 ' J f 1 m combination of real spirit and determination along with coordinated effort by the whole freshman squad which brought about our un- defeated season. The entire team was a ver ' fine competitive group and will certainly be heard from in the future. The Class of ' 57 should well be proud of its team. Soccer Not to be outdone by their football breth- ren, Coach Al Wilson ' s freshman soccer squad swept through an unprecedented un- defeated, untied season. The team, like the football team, boasted excellent material and good depth from the start. The skill and co- ordination of the team established a record which no other freshman soccer squad in Yale history has managed to achieve. By the end of the first five games, the cubs had scored eighteen points, while they had limited their opponents to one lone goal. By the time they had their ninth victory and an unblemished season ' s record, the team had scored twenty-seven times to their opponents five. The team inherited the whole halfback line from Andover, including Captain Bob Pellet- reau, John Poinier, and Fred Wilhams, all of whom were capable of kicking the long ball and playing extremely well as a unit. Pel- letreau managed to score several times with kicks from his halfback spot. Jim King and Bill Hall were firmly en- trenched in the fullback positions, while Mul- ler Davis and Tim Brown shared the goalie ' s duties. The line was particularly strong. Stu Lewis teamed up with Lars KuUeseid, the team ' s high scorer, and Palmer Bannerot to provide a powerful scoring trio on the right side. Agile Mike Cooke, from Kingston, Ja- maica, and Hi Maxim gave the left side of the line an equally impressive offensive punch. The impressive array of talent which graced this year ' s yearling soccer team will un- doubtedly be seen on the varsit) ' field next year. Basketball Freshman basketball coach Ed Brown, for- mer Little All-American guard from Arnold College, had a fairly small sized squad this ) ' ear, but the team made up for its size with a fast-breaking, hard driving, defensive brand of basketball. In their first three starts the cub hoopsters easily downed Leicester Junior College, 91-75; a pick-up Berkeley team, 63- 39; and Brown, 77-6.3. After exams, the team continued its winning wa) ' s by trouncing Hop- kin ' s Grammar School 72-55. The hard, fast play was further enhanced b ' some ver ' ac- curate shooting ability, especially on the part of Captain Ed Robinson. Ted Kurtz, Gordon Philpott, Stu Miller, Jim Plecas, Dick Curran, and Glenn Loucks all saw a good deal of ac- tion on the squad which seemed well on its way to improving upon the record of the ' 56 team which compiled a 7—4 record, averaging almost seventy points per game. BACK ROW: Karp (Mgr), Maffly, Massey, Jones, Levine, Westcott, Brown (Coach). SECOND ROW: Grimes, Finn, Kuriz, Downey, Kulleseid, Bab. FRONT ROW: Curran, Froman, Loucks, Robin- son (Copt.), Philpott, Plecas, Therrien. fl p P f ' d ' Mi 106 ir; ' ' ' !S! ' JW! :nj«:K! ' : ' ;-;. ' ' :: ■ BACK ROW: Schneider (Trainer), Poinier, Crumpacker, Parsons, Colgate, Brady, Bullwtnkel, Greenwcy (Manager), McNeil (Coach). SECOND ROW: Kel- logg, Arniell, Browne, Hyatt, Van Alen, Pillsbury, Kenefick, Conn. FRONT ROW.- Rfan, Chen- ey, Tyson, Kahle (Copt.), Herlon, Case, Bourqutn. BACK ROV ; Johnson, Joh, R. Jones, Vincent, Brunjes, O ' Don- nell (Coach). FRONT ROW: Nich- olls, I. Jones, Hepner, Damuth, Maderer, Graham, Jackson. BACK ROW: Goldstein (Mgr.), Fisher, Smith, Mann, Hockstader, Bodkin, Skillmon tCooch). FRONT ROW: Wilson, Russell, Meyer (Capt.), Skillman, Fleissner. 107 j J M rc r fi Fourth row: Burke (coach), Hinrichs, Chinnery, Kelly, Douglas, Minton, Graham (mgr.), Curtis, Brenton, Wallace, Dfckson, McKechnie, Bitting, Benenson, Dahlin (ass ' t.). Third row; Rospond, Conkey, Adams, Sharp, Davies, Foltz, Wrean, Carlisle, Roberts, Phillips, Wiley. Second row; Hulshizer, Leand, Ellison, Aubrey, Robinson, Armstrong, Miller, R. Fleming, Cornwell, Shuttack. Front row: Young, Hearst, Myler, H. Fleming, Erickson, Chadduck, Heimlich, Wardweil, Lowe, Rosenstein. Swimming Because Yale is noted for its swimming teams, there is seldom much excitement over an outstanding freshman group. The ' 57 con- tingent did manage, however, to garner a good deal of attention this year. Coach Harry Burke, cautiously pointing out early in the season that teams were not made on paper, ventured to comment that the freshman swimming team had the best prospects since the fabled class of ' 53 produced the Three M ' s, Dick Sheff, and Dick Thoman. In the meets held so far, the team has lived up to this prognostication, and there seems to be little doubt tliat the Class of ' 57 will produce another undefeated swimming team, extending the freshman natators ' skein well into the century mark. Headed by former Olympic competitor, Australian Rex Aubrey, a champion fift ' and hundred yard freestiile sprinter, the team pre- sents a fonnidable array of talent including sprinters Dan Cornwall, Dave Armstrong, and Henry Hulshizer, and backstrokers Bill Flem- ing, Paul Tiand, and Bill (Chinnery. Breast- strokers Walt Benenson, Bill Miller, and Junius Brenton, along with divers Jack Erickson and Bill Chadduck comprise the remainder of this powerful aggregation. « i; 108 BACK ROW; Ruggar (Mgr.), Wedemeyer, Holman, La Vin, Bogert, Robertson, Dodge, Ritchie, Greaves, Keaton, Waltuch, Grasson (Coach). FRONT ROW: Bellis, Chrisler, Goering (Capt.), Smith, Gray, Cuartes, Dean. The power-laden team has completeK ' crushed hapless teams from the local New- Haven High Schools, and in their first inter- collegiate meet the cubs had no trouble at all subduing Springfield College 68-7. Wrestling The freshman wrestling season started itii a large turnout of enthusiastic candidates, but there were no outstanding contenders at any of the weight divisions. The team met no competition until after Christmas vacation, but when they had completed their first match the outlook for a good season was excellent. In trouncing Columbia 28-7, Steve Jackson at 130, Don Damouth, 157, Charlie Maderer, 177, and heavyweight Ken Jones all managed to pin their Columbia opponents. Phil Hcp- pner at 137 and Ian Jones at 167 also posted impressive wins for the team. Despite the fact that only one contest had been completed, the freshman wrestling squad looked as though it might possibly be able to emulate the football, soccer, and swimming records. Hockey Faced with a new, imtested scjuad, fresh- man hockey coach Don McNeil could not hope to achieve as outstanding a record as some of the other freshman teams had comi iled. De- spite good spirit and fine team pla ' , the cub skaters never seemed to get completely on the winning trail. In their opening game the fresh- man hockey players looked promising as they downed Choate 2-1. Then Brown over- powered the team 6-4, and the Taft School upset them rather badly 4-1. With the rest of the Ivy schedule left to play, the outlook for the team was rather hazy. However, good var- sity material seemed to be e.xistent in the steady, hard playing of Pierre Bourcjuin, Curt Ryan, Mike Kenefick, and Ben Case. Captain Julian Kahle proved to be a stellar defense- man. Fencing It is still too early to write much about the freshman fencing team. Coach Robert Grasson has always managed, however, to produce good swordsmen, and his freshman teams have long held Big Three honors. Despite a heart- breaking 14-13 loss to the Hopkins Grammar School, Coach Grasson could look forward to a winning season. In most cases, fencing is a completely new sport for all freshman partici- pants, and with the season barely under wa ' , Mike Dodge, Phil Wedemeyer, and George Bellis, all winners in both the epee and foils divisions, looked good enough to make Gras- son ' s hopes come true. SqiMsli Like the fencing team, the freshman squash team has not yet seen enough action to allow a full prognosis of its capabilities. The cubs looked very impressive in a 9-0 win o ' er . mherst, but the tide turned as the Haverford School handed them a surprising 4-.3 defeat. Later, Choate defeated the cubs, again by a 4-3 score. Captain Ed Meyer in the number one position, Erwin Fleissner, Tim Wislon, Al Ilockstader, Larry Bodkin, Ken Mann, and (lonnic Fisher all look promising. 109 i, 4 ' N H ' ,i ' .! .!inr.Hl!!!«« ' .K!!! ' W!o ' i!l! ' i ' i!- ' !i ' ' ■i; ! ! ,ii ' , ■:. ' (■■ The Freshman Promenade i ! r.! ' .BIir.Rll!!!«UlW!l! ' .H!Jiiil! ' i ' :lll. ' ' M ' ' ' ' ' A Yale Anthology i The intellectual energtj and creativity of the Yale student is frequently directed to activities which lie outside the scope of the classroom. The News, the Record, the Dramat, the Lit, and numerous other extra-curricular activities ivc the tindcrp,raduate an opportunity to exercise his abilities in a manner which the curriculum of study by and large does not offer. Whatever the motivation to participate in these organizations, a motivation which has been severely criti- cized in recent years, it is sufficient to attract a large portion of the student body; and the influence of these groups makes itself felt in virtually every aspect of the undergraduate life. On these pages the Yale Banner Publications present a selection of the best work done by these groups during 1953. The choices were made by the officers of the organizations included; we regret that space limitations prevent us from including a ivider selection. THE YALE RECORD A JIGGKR OF WRV, by Kenneth McDonaU, 1954 The other day, an acquaintance of ours mentioned to us that he had spotted an excellent specimen of the typical Yale man recently. This, of course, caught our interest, and we decided to interview this person be- fore he disappeared into some typical activity. It took a while to find our man, but we finally cornered him in a small bar on 52nd street. We sat down by him, and introduced ourself. He gnmted, and we bought him a drink. In a few moments, by maintaining a stolid si- lence, we had won his confidence. ' Tou on the Record? he asked, finally. We told him that in point of fact, we were. Then say something funny. He snickered, and threw down his drink. We knew for certain, now, that he was typical. Subtly, we waited our chance to inject a few probing questions into the conversation, in order to test his reactions. However, he insisted on telling us, in considerable de- tail, about the date he had just left. The activities he described were per- 113 r M! F? THE YALE RECORD haps too personal for our taste, but we sat it out, using the time to good advantage in cataloging his attire: gray tweed jacket, side vents, no trace of shoulder padding; blue oxford shirt, pin collar; green foulard tie, slightly stained; trousers charcoal flannel, of course; and shoes bluchers, dark cordo- van; somewhat disheveled, but obviously very tidy when he set out. We were aroused from this idle survey when our subject stood up suddenly and lurched across the room. When he returned in a few moments, we took the chance to initiate the conversation. We asked why he had come to Yale. Well, all the guys from St. Vitus ' come down to New Haven, and ... he paused a moment, meditating, ... and, well, my old man went here. Classmate of one of the birds in the Admissions office. We went on to ask him what he thought of the President ' s Report. Good thing, he mused, lot of good stuff in it. Yale needs a lot of working over. Shouldn ' t change it much, of course. In a moment, however, he mentioned that he had not actually read the report, but had heard a great deal about it. Since he had mentioned his prep school, we thought it logical to ask how well his preparatory training had held up at Yale. Never really thought much of it, he answered, beckoning for another round of drinks, But, the old place was pretty good to me. Used to smoke after lights, and some Sundays we could steal the Headmaster ' s car. Damned good school. Attempting to avoid too inquisitive a tone, we casually asked him if his school friends had formed any sort of clique at Yale. Not at all, he replied, we are all pretty democratic. Had to make our own beds and all that at St. Vitus ' . Three of us still room together, but we took in another guy, from Exeter, and he fits in fine. He looked up proudly. And I know a number of guys who went to high school. The obvious next question would be on the Yale hierarchy, or prestige ladder, so we asked about this. Gesturing with his left hand, as he mopped up a spilled scotch with his right, he continued, ' Tou don ' t have to be a jock, or heel some damned or- ganization, to get ahead at Yale. Just gotta be a good guy. He gulped his drink and lighted a cigarette. I joined Dwight Hall, of course, and I would like to get in the Elizabethan Club, since you have to be good all around to really make a name. But hell, anybody can get along O.K. if they don ' t get too worked up. About this time, it struck us that we hadn ' t questioned him on his in- tellectual interests. We had to wait to do this, since he excused himself again, somewhat noisily. I get a lot out of my courses, he told us when he eased himself down at the table again. Some of them are pretty bad, of course, but a couple of them really give me a boot. Ever take Beecham ' s English course? he asked. We said we hadn ' t. Well, he tells tremendous dirty jokes, he chortled and choked on his drink. After coughing, he went on, Took this date in to hear him Fri- day, and she really laughed. The guy ' s a real character. It came out that he is a .sociology major, but would have preferred to major in religion. His father had objected, however, to the pink tinge of the subject matter. 114 BB!P.i!l ' .l ' .!l!!lS!lJlBn! ' n!«lH!MlH!JJ.I.!.. ' .::!. ' r:in).,. ' .i,.. THE YALE RECORD There were, of course, a number of other topics on which vc would have liked to have questioned him, but we realized that we hadn ' t much time to catch the 2:13 back to New Haven. So, with regret, we got up to leave. Damned good to see you, he said, rising to shake hands, and drop in for a drink an) ' old time. We thanked him, and hurried off for a cab. We didn ' t see him again for almost a week, when we bumped into liim in Yale Station. We said hello, and he looked at us in stony silence. We congratulated ourself again on having found such a perfect specimen. By Jeremy Dole, 1955, from DAILY THEMES (no title) I was walking through the basement of Saybrook College, going quickly past a white-bricked wall where discarded magazines were heaped in a loose, musty pile, when I heard the violin. Good God, I thought, that weenie Brownell is at it again. He practiced down there in the basement in a little room where cleaning supplies were kept because his roommates couldn ' t stand his playing. I went over to the door of the room, standing beneath the maze of water and steam pipes which twisted and curled overhead, and knocked sharply on the door. The thin, scratching notes stopped and after a moment Brownell opened the door. Why, hello, he said. He looked surprised. I was practicing my violin. ' Tou ' re kidding, I said. I went in and closed the door behind me. I sat down on a rickety green table next to a pile of Walpak toilet paper, and said, Well, go ahead. Maestro, let ' s hear something. Brownell was a tall, thin collection of long bones and taut skin. His black hair was crew-cut, and his young face had deep hollows beneath the high cheekbones. He gently picked up his violin and the bow, and said, What would you like? I don ' t know, I said. ' Tou name it. Schumann ' s ' Traumerei, ' he said in a low voice. He tucked the violin under his chin and closed his eyes and started to play, his right hand sweeping the bow and the fingers of his left jabbing stiffly onto the strings. He swayed a little as he played. The violin wailed .shrilly like he was sawing it on an exposed nerve, but Brownell didn ' t seem to notice how bad it sounded. After a while I couldn ' t take it any longer. Sweet Jesus, I told him, that ' s awful. What are you trv ' ing to prove? He didn ' t get mad at all. He just smiled and said, I enjoy it. Someday I ' ll really be able to play. I doubt it, I said. Look, Brownell, you ' re missing an awful lot. It ' s right under your nose but you don ' t see it. You better come out of your shell. Then I left. Maybe I was a little strong, but someone had to set him straight. 115 T!T ' ?P ?!?Wffpp!! THE YALE RECORD I . It ' s out of the question; the expression is merehj a figure of speech! COMMENT THE NEW ANTINOMY: CHRISTIANITY vs. SOCIALISM by M. Stanton Evans. 1955 There is a great deal of discussion among modern thinkers concerning two great plans for Hving— Christianity and SociaHsm. ' Separately they are con- stant sources of argument, bewilderment, and confusion; brought together they complicate these elements of antagonism into the principal antinomy of our age. The importance of each today in Western Civilization can hardly be denied; for a societ ' oriented to the values and moral precepts of Chris- tianity is fast adopting the political and economic credos of Socialism. Car- ried to its logical conclusion this process— an attempted integration of the new pragmatic values of Socialism with the established conceptual standards of Christianity— should instill into our civilization an unparalleled and uni- 116 COMMENT versal schizophrenia. Its effects will be a conflict in beliefs, and— owing to the sei ' ming finalit ' of the Socialist state once it has been allowed to obtain, ant! tt) the manner in which human beings adapt themselves as the situation demands— the ultimate loss of Christian ideals. ' hether or not one is a Christian, it will be readih ' admitted that all we judge as good or bad is evaluated within a (Christian frame of reference. Consequently it is evident that most people considering this problem would acknowledge the loss of Christian ideals to be a very bad thing. It is to those who so believe that this article is addressed. While most persons asked to evaluate the present question would judge the loss of Christian ideals to be a bad thing, however, very few seem to believe that the crescent state of the Socialist ideology portends such a loss. On the contrary ' , there is a prevalent school of thought that maintains not only that Socialism and Christianity ' can conceivably continue to co-exist, but that the ends of the two plans are the same— that the adoption of a Socialist system will further the aims of Western Civilization ' s dominant rehgion, as set forth by Christ Himself. The growing tendency towards central State ownership is often laid at the doorstep of modern-day social and economic conditions. Today ' s legis- lators have achieved a stage of enlightenment which has made them con- scious of the demands of the masses. At least this is the most frequent analysis offered by the academicians— political scientists, economists, and philosophers. The crises of modern living necessitate ever-increasing gov- ernment controls, to insure stability and security, as well as a square shake for the little people. The adjustment between freedom and compulsion, between the rights of the individuals and the community, must ... be a matter of changing needs and conditions, - and furthermore. To deny public authority such powers means to deny the State the right and the instruments for the promotion of the social welfare of its citizens. . . . to attempt a return to pure laissez-faire, to reduce the State to its old minimum functions of ta.xgatherer, policeman and panoplied protector, is really a rejection of the whole trend of modern civilization. Increasing centralization has come to be viewed as inevitable by many who both approve and disapprove; and this view is perhaps correct. But be this as it may, there seems to be no actual realization of what the advent of Socialism entails. Opponents of growing control, as well as its protagonists, have neglected the full import of the trend. They point either to its relatively practical success in Sweden, or to its relatively practical failure in England, and center their arguments around the tangible factors of eco- nomics, politics, and sociology. But the conceptual impact of Socialism upon the Christian values of Western Civilization has in general been ignored; and it should not be. As any student who has become, through the rigors of CC 10a, relatively conversant with the funeral oration of Pericles might surmise, the relinquishing of a whole system of values augurs the fall of the civilization oriented to those values. It may be argued that the replacement of Westeni Civilization as we know it would be a good thing. I do not intend to debate this point; rather I direct my remarks to the afore-mentioned group— which I believe to be a large one —interested in maintaining the traditional Christian standards by which we 117 COMMENT i I li ' l live. At present the pragmatic values of Socialism and the ethical ideals of Chris- tianity are in a state of uneasy co-existence. Because they now manage to achieve a sort of dual allegiance from mankind, the tendency has devel- oped to consider them as for the most part unconflicting, if not completely compatible— that is, if and when the question is considered at all. The acceptance of the transitory co-existence of Christianity and Socialism, by those who have perceived the conjunction of the two ideologies, has spawned a school of thought which maintains that their ends are identical. This school contends that the practical application of Socialist principles for- wards the cherished values of the Christian foundations of our civilization. Such an argument, once articulately propounded and sufficiently widespread, will find many adherents, since in its quasi-integration of the disparate systems it will furnish that much sought-after essence, peace of mind. With- out deprecating peace of mind, I believe that it should not exist where there is due cause for concern and dismay. For anyone who would not like to see the disintegration of Christian values there is now such cause. Those who argue that Socialism forwards the ideals of Christianity assume in general the following tack: The Great Commandment tells us to Love the Lord thy Cod with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as thyself. And furthermore, Christianit) ' teaches us that all men are equal before God. Therefore, since Socialism tends to level men economically, it furthers at least one half of the Great Commandment, fostering equality and teaching people to love their neighbors. Not only that, but it will be recalled that Christ instructed the rich man to sell all he had and give the income to the poor. Since Socialism gives uni- versal application to the principle of distributing the wealth of the rich among the poor, what could be more obvious than that Socialism implements the Kingdom of Christ upon the earth? This is on the surface a cogent and seemingly logical line of reasoning. Yet it is demonstrably casuistic and specious. The Christian ethical system is not primarily concerned with economic equalit} ' , nor with the well-being of men upon the earth; rather it is concerned with the soul, and— like all ethical systems— with the intent of an action more than the results. We now have a variation upon the presently much-belabored topic of the ends and the means. Did Christ tell the rich man to sell his goods and give the income to the poor with the principle of distributing the wealth in mind? I don ' t think He did. Christ was concerned with the spiritual well-being of the rich man. The salvation of his soul was far more important an accomplishment than ameliorating the status of the poor who benefited by his divinely-inspired largess. Christ was addressing an individual— all individuals— and saying Concern yourself witli tlie Kingdom of God, and not with earthly riches. Give all you have to your fellow man, and follow me. His main intent was to awaken man to the necessity of foregoing secular pleasures in order to gain inilividual salvation. This is to be ilone by worshipping God and by observing the Kantian Categorical Imperative of treating every man as an end in himself- by loving th ' neighbor as thyself. Christ was addressing tlie iinliviihial; He was not addressing a legislature and saying Pass laws which will compel nieu to si ' ll all they have and 118 !!!i!.l.!i ' !:R!irW!!!«UiH!!ll ' !o.l.!.i ' : ' r;r; ' : ' -!r COMMENT give the income to the poor. True, the chstrihiition of wealth is consequent from Christ ' s original command; but it is a distribution springing from the volition of the individual, not from the compulsion of the State. He did not tell us to take from our fellow man to give to our other fellow men. Robin Hood would have made a good Socialist, but a poor Christian. The Socialist outlook reverses the obvious intent of Christ ' s instruction. It gives primacy to the effect of selling and giving, and completely neglects the all-important element of the love, good intent, and spiritual godliness which should foster the selling and giving. The gift without the giver is bare, and in this case obviates the true meaning of teachings of Christian love and equality. Socialism does not further Christianity, but instead amplifies a by-product of Christian love as a goal to replace that love. The reversal and obfuscation of our set of values is consequent. Thus it may be concluded that the adoption of Socialist practices will pejoratively affect Christian ideals as they are related to and govern our civilization. Christianity ' and Socialism are not compatible; they are unalterably op- p)osed, and as one becomes increasingly crescent, the other must become cor- respondingly cadent. Except for the small sect of Latter Day Saints, Christian teachings are based upon doctrine of original sin. i. c, Man is basically evil and can be saved from his own evilness only by the grace and mercy of God. Socialism, Communism, and welfare-statism— all systems contending that man is perfectible and capable of being legislated into goodness— deny the doctrine of original sin. They believe that man is basically good and corrupted by circumstance, rather than that he is basically evil and perfect- ible only by God. In its very foundation Socialism denies the basis of Christian belief— the love and saving power of God, and man ' s dependence upon Him. Under Socialism God will be an adjunct to the State, or at best, a separate entity uruelated to the State by any fundamental ties. A true Christian cannot accept this. While modern ideas of tolerance successfully prevent demands for Church rule, the Christian must believe that his government is based upon the principles of his ideology. Since Socialism and all theories of collectivism deny the basis of Chris- tianity; since in its most salient ramifications it obscures the goal of Chris- tianity; and since it in no way tends toward the actual advancement of Christian ideals or behefs, every Christian should receive with alarm the political scientists ' reports concerning the dawn of the new age of the masses. He should consider well the import of pronunciamentos that the advent of Socialism is inevitable, or that circumstances make increasing government control and welfare legislation absolutely necessary. For if these things are to come whether we like it or not— as the experts tell us— then the departure of Christian civilization is as ineluctable as their advent. ' i.e., the great body of political theory which acl ocates centraHzed government controls; e.vtensive welfare legislation; the penalizing of property-owners, beneficiaries, and persons with substantial incomes; state ownership of utilities, industry, transportation, com- munications, (to varying degrees) etc. ' W. Friedman, Legal Theory, p. 449. ' Ibid., p. 458. ' Ibid., quoted from Allen. Latv and Orders, p. 279. 119 YALE DAILY NEWS i I THE TIME, THE PLACE, THE MAN by James C. Thomson, 1953 . . . the American people have seldom in their history been offered the chance to vote for a presidential candidate more ideally qualified for the staggering responsibilities of the job and more keenly aware of the crucial issues of the time. That candidate is Adlai Stevenson. A figure unique on the American political scene, he is the incarnation of the independent man . . . his searching, Lincolnesque concern for the best interest of the nation as a whole. He has shown his unswerving faith in the intelligence and reason of the American people by talking issues to them . . . He has refrained from the tiresome and insulting manufacture of political platitudes, from skill and coarse appeal to mass emotions and mob cravings. He has lifted American political oratory back to Wilsonian heights of in- tellect, perception, and brilliance. He has awakened in the people their gift for laughter and their sense that the world, though mad, is not invincible. And in doing these things, Adlai Stevenson has kept faith with the high principles of his liberal democratic credo. For he is patently a man who would rather be right than president. . . . What has become of the Great Crusade, still-born at the Republican Convention in Chicago? . . . The American people, frustrated by cold war, Korea, and corruption, craved a new and dynamic administration . . . They craved a new leader who could personify the nation ' s aspirations, give direction to their achieve- ment, and give voice to their expression. They saw such a figure in General Eisenhower . . . Yet the voice, the ideas, the command somehow fell short of the preconception. He has soiled himself with the petty bargains of cynical politics. He has turned his back on the independent. He has, incredibly enough, surrendered to Robert A. Taft on the Senator ' s own brazenly dictated terms. He has com- promised his principles with the witch-hunters and the character assassins . . . He has wrung the poisoned hand of Joe McCarthy ... He has liatl to embrace publieh ' the venomous William Jenner. His addresses have been substanceless; he has evaded issues and logic, revealed in emotionalism and slogans. What manner of Crusade is this? What manner of Crusader? It is, rather, an increasingly gloomy farce. For the truth is that the General has gradually come to resemble a man who would rather be president than right . . . There is danger in this farce. There is imminent traged - not oiil - for the General but for the American people. For the men who have bought off the Crusader are the very men who shall rule the legislative bodies of our government in the event of a Republican victorx . . . T]ie - bring with them all the trappings of catastrophe. . . . Those who would treat our government in this perilous tiiiu ' as an instrument for training irresponsible men and an irresponsible part in the lessons of responsibility are placing party iiealth above national and inter- national health. They are toying with disaster. 120 THE YALE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ON A SUMMER NIGHT hij Daniel Lindleij, 1955 I 121 I . jii. ' jjmrrfrf mm n by James Suits, 1954, from DAILY THHMHS (no title) On this particular night I walked in the Big Door of my fraternit ' house, (it was a special front door, very tall, and supposed to be very classic), and was introduced to my blind date, and had sat down to talk a little with her, all before I had hardly even looked at her. And what a shock when I finally did look at her. Christ, she was ugly. I looked at some of my fraternity brothers, then at the dance floor, and getting up all my courage I looked again at her sitting beside me. Her hair was nice, I ' ll admit, long and yellow; but that beak, my God; it was like Cyrano, whose nose marched on before him by a quarter of an hour. And that little, nervous, twitching smile of hers. It seemed to shift from one side of her face to the other. It was horrible. An immense nose and a shifty smile mounted on a pimply face that was fastened above a skinny, telephone- pole shaped body. This was undoubtedly the blindest blind date anybody ever had. Anyway, I finally said, Want to dance? I couldn ' t think of anything else to say, but she said she wanted to dance o.k., and so we walked over to the dance floor, and I angled her over towards the darkest corner. I have to admit that she had a real nice voice, though. She said, This is a wonderful dance, Ben. You are very nice to take me. Being over in the dark corner and everything, her voice sounded real good. And she said that so nice. I said, Nice to have you here, too. That might be the world ' s biggest lie, so right away I said, Hell of a nice dance we ' re having, don ' t you think? She said, Ben, I wish you wouldn ' t swear. But listen, Ben. Tell me, what do men think is most important in a woman? I guess my jaw dropped or something, because she said right away, I guess that sounds a little strange to you, but being at Saint Agnes ' I haven ' t been out with boys too much and I just thought I ' d ask, that ' s all. I said, Sure, I know. Looks and personality, I guess. Which comes first, Ben? Looks, I guess. And as soon as I said that, she clutched my shoulder with her left hand, and honest to God, she looked as if she was going to cry or something. So I said, Of course, that isn ' t always true. It depends a lot on the boy. They ' re all different. All she said was, Oh, and she still looked bad. Christ, how stupid can one guy get. I began to feel lousy myself. She was getting hard to dance with, because she wasn ' t keeping up with the music, or moving much at all. So I sat her down and went to get a drink for her. On the way over to the bar, one of ni ' pals stopped nie and asked me how my blind date was, and I said, ' She ' s a damn nice kid. Then he said, You don ' t mean that mess over in tlu ' corner there, do you, Ben? And I looked over at her sitting there and saiil, Oh her. Why didn ' t you say so. No, no. She ' s awful. He slapped nie on the shoulder and said as he walked away, You poor sap. I looked aronnil at all the couples laughing and dancing and drinking; and I saw the Big Door of the fraternity house, and I figured that maybe 1 could just sneak out the door and go to a movie or something, and then not havt ' to chalk the evening up as a complete loss. 122 1 I started toward the Big Door, and just then 1 bumped smack into Bill and Sue. They were old friends of mine, and so we had to talk awhile, and they had me come up to tiie bar with tiiem, and we had a round of Martinis. And then we had another round. From where I was standing I could just barely see my date once in awhile through the crowd. I don ' t think she saw me. 1 couldn ' t see anyone sitting beside her talking to her, but somebody was giving her drinks, because everytime I looked over at her I saw that she had a drink in her hand and that she was drinking it. I guess I kind of forgot about her after awhile, talking to Bill and Sue and e erything. We had about three martinis at the bar, when I heard this commotion over in the direction of where my date had been sitting. There uas a small group of boys and girls, who had stopped dancing, gathered in a sort of ring around somebody who was talking pretty loud. The voice or voices were hard to hear from where we were because of the orchestra music. Bill said that it was probably some drunk hot-shot shooting off his mouth, and so we didn ' t pay any more attention. Suddenly, the orchestra came to the end of the piece it had been playing, and a shrill, almost hysterical voice pierced the room. It sounded very dif- ferent from the nice, sweet, soft voice that I had talked with over in the corner awhile ago, but it was unquestionably the same voice. More people were going over and gathering around, and Bill and Sue and I walked over and stood on the outside of the group. And I saw a skinny little hand clutch- ing a high-ball glass waving above the heads of the crowd, and heard a voice scream out, God damn it. It was real strange— nobody said anything, and nobody moved. I pushed my wa} ' through the crowd up to the edge of the circle where I could see her. She was standing up, with that big nose of hers waving that damn whisky glass around and staring at everyone one-by-one in the front row. . nd suddenly, she shreiked again: God damn it . . . It ' s a hell of a nice dance we ' re having . . . and you ' re a hell of a nice bunch of people . . . God damn it . . . You ' re all real . . . And she laughed out loud, and then said, Real real. And she laughed again, harder. And nobody said a word. Just then, Pete Mitchell, one of my brothers, stepped out and grabbed her flailing hand and put his other hand around her waist and began to lead her out of the room into the little foyer near the front door. Somebody got the musicians to start playing again, and the crowd broke up and things started to get normal again. All except for me. I hurried toward the foyer to catch up with them, and I felt that I was getting the chills. . nd my hands were getting all sweaty. It was right there that this feeling that I want to tell you about started to take hold. I put my hand on her shoulder, and there were tears on her face, and she was sobbing pretty violently. She looked up at me, and didn ' t say anything, but just looked away again. Pete had gotten her coat, and I put it on her, and we walked together out through the Big Door of the fraternity into the darkness. I had my ami around her, and she was still crying a little, and she started to talk. I didn ' t say anything, and she mumbled out in a steady stream, as we walked, things like, I couldn ' t seem to help myself, and Ben, where were you? and Ben, I only had two drinks, and That guy bumped my arm, and he looked at me as if should have apologized. . . . She went on like that, sort of as if she wasn ' t talking to anybody in partic- ular, and everv once in a while she would sob a little. DAILY THEMES 123 TiiniTynT ' TTT ' ,!!,y.,!lJliM yi|L .j!lllL.|iJ DAILY THEMES And while we were walking along the dark street like that, with her talking and everything, this strange, real strange feeling that had come over me kept getting stronger. It was sort of like I wanted to take her and wrap her up in a nice warm, soft blanket, and take her in my arms like you hold a little baby, and carry her up about three hundred feet above the ground and walk on a soft cloud with her in my arms, and ha e lots of sunlight around, and point out nice things down below on earth, and have her smile, and have her meet my friends up there, not my real friends, but friends that would like her and play with her, and she would laugh and laugh. YALE-PRINCETON GAME, 1953 t m (Ed MoUoij Passii g) YALE DAILY NEWS RiclumI Elbredit, 1955 YALE DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION ft THE YALE ANIMAL -music from the Yale Dramatic Association production in Mai . 1953.  ■ Pf 1= T OH WEI:E IjOOKIHa , LOaK- - ING FOR THE m m Xkif: AN T- |j[. - I HAL, T T r g t ZBZ • « ? • b FOR A MALE WI A YALE t • •• ' ED —I -GRffi:, s g p ff fe =F : =,(= o9 MsiiE SgE i ±fe at cr •  •  Till T=F LOOKING, =g £. ' 1 ;. ,0( K --ING, FOR , THE I J J J YAj mm •rM jn F i t CAN HE HERE THE HELL BE 1 = = l ' ' i: 1 ] T n ROVAL BRAND 125 btj Douglas Adamson, 1955, from DAILY THEMES (no title) Where ' d you get the fish, Haldey? Simon leaned against the rotten piling of the abandoned wharf. He scraped his left shoe back and forth on the soot-blackened wooden platform. From the jainter. It ' s a carp. He swung the fish menacingly at Simon. Simon stepped away and pushed his white palms out at Haldey in defense. Simon Perkins, you is afraid of this fish! Haldey jiggled the carp on the knotted string. I is not. He ran at Haldey but Haldey repulsed him by swinging the carp at him again. Why ' d the jainter give it to you? Simon asked. ' Cause I know him. And ' cause carp is only for niggers. He said so. He said white folks don ' t eat carp. He hung the string with the carp up on a rusty spike that protruded from the piling. C ' mon, let ' s go see if he caught any more. Simon stood still. He looked at the janitor sitting on the old green chair out at the end of the wharf. How you know him? He lives in my house. C ' mon, ain ' t you coming? No. Simon wrapped his arms around the piling in back of him. He stuck his fingers in the chinks that were knocked out of it and in the holes that had once held bolts. He don ' t live in your house, Simon said slowly. Yes he do. He lives on the ground floor next to the yard with all the cans. He ' s got a big dog in the yard. C ' mon, let ' s go see if he got any more carp. Uh-uh. Simon swung back and forth in front of the piling. There ' s lots of white folks live in my house, he said. They got telyvishun. He stopped swinging and looked at Haldey. We got telyvishun too. Haldey put the carp down on the wharf and rubbed his toes on its white belly. You ain ' t got a telyvishun. Simon didn ' t answer. He bent down and began pullling the loose elastic threads out of the top of his faded green sock. Haldey watched him pull the elastic out of his sock and then tie his red shoe-laces. Can I look at your telyvishun if I give ' ou this carp? Mebbe. They followed the old janitor off the wharf and watched him walk up the street toward town. Haldey screwed his brown tliumb around in his nose and then held the lump of black mucus on his thumbnail before Simon. See that. OO that ' s a big booger, Haldey! Yeah. C ' mon. They walked through the alleys, taking the route with the most puddles and fences that they had mapped out. Haldey dragged the carp through the puddles. Your carp ' s all muddy, Simon said, stopping a little My from the con- crete steps in front of the apartment house. It don ' t matter. Got to clean it anyway. He looked up at the foiuth floor windows with the sooty curtains blowing out of them where he knew Simon lived. Can I watch your television? Nope. It ' s too near supper-time. Simon dug his heel into the dirt sidewalk. I got to go, Haldey. ill 126 r.! ' . ' !l ' .!5!ir.Br!!!l!U ' H! l ' F!i; : ' ! ' ; ' - ' : ' ' ' ' DAILY THEMES Well, can I tomorrow? Haldoy held the fish suspended on the string and traced lines in the dirt with its tail-fin. Mebbe. YALE DAILY NEWS EIGHT YEAR G.O.P. RULE ENDS QUIETLY by Peter Alegi, 1956, and Andrew S. Denipsey, 1956 At fi:03 last night Harr ' Birne ' , GOP Town Chaimian, told the tense crowd at Republican Headquarters on Chapel Street that Bill will win by at least two-and-a-half thousand. Thirty seconds later, the 21st Ward, a Celentano stronghold, reported that Lee was the leader, 880 to 819. and the Democratic surge was on. Five minutes later, with the Lee trend well-established, quiet reigned among the GOP. The Mayor, a cigarette burning dangerously low in the comer of his mouth, faithfully kept the score, ward by ward. Meanwhile in the Democratic office, a small crowd seemed quietly confident from the very start. Dick Lee wasn ' t there, and the squad manning the tally board went about its work calmly and efficiently. The pretty bnmette in charge of the phones at Celentano ' s HQ copied down the totals from the 17th Ward and then said philosophically to the ward chairman at the other end, You never quite can tell. Some people are funny. A tally was posted giving Lee the 12th. Immediately shouts of No, no we won that! arose. And a recheck showed that to be so, but there was no cheer for the new total. The pall of defeat had already seeped into the smoke-filled room, and it seemed just a matter of time. At 6:25 the GOP leaders, except the Mayor, gave up the ghost when the usually Republican 30th went to Lee. With seven wards left, all eyes turned towards the Mayor, expecting him to concede, but he just kept tabulating the scores on his little pad. The Democratic headquarters began to fill up as the size of the victory became apparent. When the 17th Ward went to Lee by an almost 2-1 margin, the crowd started to cheer the results. But still the whole atmosphere was restrained even in victory. There were congratulations all around, the Town Chairman thanking the workers, and the formalities that end a campaign were fulfilled. At 6:42 the last report came in, a tabulation showed Lee the victor, and the Mayor conceded. A man with a microphone asked for comment, and Celentano said: My congratulations to Mr. Lee. I do not think that it is customan,- for the defeated candidate to make any comments upon the results, so I shall not. The Democrats finalK ' decided to act like a winning party, and the word got around that Dick was going on T ' . A caravan of cars pointed toward the station; when they arrived, found a winner ' s reception await- ing them. While the Mayor-elect was before the cameras, his supporters retired to the rear of the studios where free setups were being served by three bartenders, while the organi.st played It ' s Been a Long, Long Time. 127 MODEL OF THEATER: from (I chiss project in tlic Yale Scliool of Architecture Kenneth McDonald is a member of the class of 1954, lives in Jonathan Edwards College, and is the chairman of the 1954 Ydlc Record. Jeremy Dole is a member of the class of 1955, lives in Saybrook Col- lege, and is the chairman-elect of the 1955 Yale Record. Bradford Shaw is a member of the class of 1954 and lives in Branford College. He is managing editor of the 1954 Yale Record and is on the art staff of the Yale Banner. Medford Stanton Evans is a member of the class of 1955 and resides in Berkeley College; he is managing editor of Comment and feature editor of the Yale Daily News. James C. Thomson, 1953, was a resident of Silliman College and chair- man of the Yale Daily News. Daniel Lindley, a member of the class of 1955, lives in Silliman College and is on the photography stall of tlie Yale Daily News. James Suits, 1954, is a resident of Pierson College. Richard Elbrecht, 1955, lives in Timothy Dwight College and is on the pliotograpln- staff of the Yale Daily News. Douglas Adamson, a member of the class of 1955, is a resident of Saybrook College. Peter Alegi and Andrew Dempsey, members of the class of 1956, are on the editorial staff of the Yale Daily News. They live in Saybrook and Branford Colleges, respectively. 128 fraternities 129 ■ f- -- N ife m li- - ' : . f. ' •■ « f -j ' i III ' f u w S l;: ? i ;ii - - v ' W ' S a r-i ■«S c-. ' v; t. . . rnes H??  •« -v. jff-,S - ■•. .- . 1 r i ' f %M! ■ fe C- iWffil St. Anthony Hall final society founded in 1869 J. A. Allard W. C. Amdt D. E. Baker R. G. Bell E. W. Blair E. T. Blake S. W. Blodgett Jr. M. Capiat! J. B. Carter D. B. Christie P. R. Coughlan J. P. Cowles M. W. Cushman J. H. Denison III W. F. Downey ' . M. Dunstan G. J. Ellis Jr. W. Emery III P. T. Faulkner V. B. Field J. W. Flanders Jr. A. L. Francisco Jr. C. J. Green Jr. J. P. Harrison Jr. T. A. Henderson J. H. Hill J. W. Hinkley IV H. T. Knight L. H. Lapham R. E. Lombardi E. B. McKee Jr. T. L. McLane M. R. Marron M. V. Mello O. D. Miller Jr. M. Millikan F. C. Mitchell C. W. Parker R. Piatt Jr. I. S. Poutiatine N. E. Ransick Jr. J. T. Robertson B. Robinson Jr. J. K. Ross Jr. I. D. Russell J. A. H. Shober B. D. Shoemaker D. C. Sperling R. B. Wagner M. Wallop J. H. Williams E. L. Wilson G. C. Wilson III H. C. Wood III 131 . J:y;:;: F Beta Theta Pi founded in 1892 132 rrmai aaauutm m 1954 M. F. Aimstronj;, R. A. Harbco, E. M. Birt, J. Boyer, R. Brittiiigham, E. W. Cluipin, W. G. Coke Jr., T. C. Coleman, J. D. C:iiitin Jr., J. R. Davy, W. Day. P. C. Devon-, j. ' . Dishiiow Jr., J. R. Dunlop, D. S. Ellis, P. Y. Epler Jr., W. W. Everett III, R. Gilder Jr., R. C. Glowacki, VV. W. Grant, R. A. Graves, A. M. Gunn, R. E. Harris, R. H. Hughes, R. N. Johnson, T. J. Keefe Jr., W. C. Kilrea Jr., J. E. McGrath, R. W. Meyer Jr., J. G. Newsome Jr., E. J. Nowaczek, W. P. Offenbacher, O. H. Owens Jr., M. Palmer, C. P. Pesek Jr., J. M. Pollak, F. C. Royer Jr., B. P. Shaw. P. Sinks, M. C. Stanley, R. C. Strain, D. N. Swisher, W. S. Thom, B. alentine, M. X ' ernon Jr., R. G. Wahlers, M. Willrich 1955 N. R. Allenby, H. M. Benatovich, J. A. Brecken- ridge, R. L. Bullard, G. A. Crowell Jr., C. J. Curtis, L. F. d ' Almeida, J. H. Doak Jr., R. W. Driscoll, J. E. Eckelberry, A. S. Englander, P. F. Franz, F. Friedler Jr., H. C. Friedmann, F. Gardner, G. W. Goodyear l D. Gregg III, F. B. Hard Jr., J. H. Heed, F. M. Henry, D. N. Hoadley, J. M. Hogg, W. B. Holding, J. C. Ingersoll Jr., E. M. Johnston Jr., H. H. Jones, R. A. Kapelson, E. S. Kaplan, C. A. Krause III, E. C. Lawson, L. H. McCagg, D. H. McKnew Jr., B. R. Monick, H. A. Morgan, H. F. Park III, C. E. Peterson, N. H. Prothers, P. H. Quackenbush II, T. O. Raney, L. R. Reno, E. H. Sandford, W. C. Schrader, R. C. Steadman, T. F. Tuttle, J. E. Wengert, K. W. Wheelock, J. F. Wisner 1956 D. W. Alexander, E. Boasberg HI, W. . Crowdus II, G. L. Davis, W. K. Doggett Jr., J. P. Donald, J. L. Downey, E. B. duPont, C. J. Dyke, G. N. Forker, D. A. Gordon, F. J. Henderson, R. L. Herndon II, R. W. Hollander, J. G. Hudson, P. G. Kohler. C. S. Miller, R. T. Page, J. L. Parsons, W. M. Roberts III, C. W. Runnette III, R. W. Sagebiel, T. ' . Scott III, R. F. Shapiro, W. B. Stevens Jr., J. W. Studt, R. S. Tully i!Hf ' titj T xj ntiLit -un.: m. I I  f t t ! I- f A f t t  c - ' •■ ?f. -V Chi Phi founded in 1S98 1? 134 1954 D. D. Berman, R. J. Blankfein, R. B. Borden, E. D. Bransome Jr., J. L. Cardoza, C. B. Converse, C. E. Crowley Jr.. M. K. Dickinson, D. K. Dodd, H. H. Earnhart, P. R. Fazzone, D. A. Gray Jr., H. M. Hille, W. J. C. Hoffner, L. P. James Jr., G. Kaufman, A. W. Laisy, B. A. Langmuir II, A. E. Lawrence, J. S. McCarthy, J. C. McGlone, B. E. Meacham, J. D. Meader, W. R. Murray, E. M. O ' Brien, M. E. Pinto, J. W. Roberts, J. N. Scales, B. T. Se mour, M. R. Speclit, W. N. Sweet Jr., F. W. Terry Jr., R. C. Todd Jr., C. B. Wagoner Jr., L. R. Walken, R. O. Ward, G. M. Weiss, R. V. Whelan Jr., A. A. T. Wickersham 1955 G. S. R. Braley, R. N. Brower, M. L. Cole, M. M. Conroy, R. S. Craig, C. F. Ellis, E. W. Flynn, F. B. Foster III, R. W. Franken- heimer, L. A. Frost Jr., D. W. Grainger Jr., H. G. Guidotti Jr., F. D. Hemmert, P. R. Hoffman, W. A. Kern, P. R. Kerrigan, A. A. Lane Jr., A. R. Lantiez, R. O. Law III, J. C. Lawson, H. Lynch Jr., J. P. Marinan, L. E. .Miller Jr., E. P. Najarian, T. G. O ' Brien, H. O. Postlewait, J. E. Pratt, J. D. Prokop, K. C. Scott Jr., C. A. Wangman 1956 B. P. Anderson, R. M. Anderson, K. G. Boardman, E. H. Brede, M. E. Carey, J. Cheston, W. B. Day II, A. W. Grahame Jr., R. E. P. Hendrick, D. G. Kehow, G. F. Linderman, E. D. McCarthy, J. W. Packard, 11. E. Rowen Jr., R. Scobey, O. K. Shannon III, M. A. Smith III, H. Southworth Jr., G. L. Unhoch Jr., D. L. White ? !1W.fl!.!li;iitSi;t ' iT.!U ' .i.i.iiR:ir.Bn!i!i]«.MM-H;c.;. :.;■..... .■. - ••• Chi Psi founded ill 1S4S 1954 L. C. Bentley, W. W. Blair III, C. Bridgman Jr., H. M. Brinkerhoff III, P. L. Dawson, T. W. Heenan, H. H. IIofFman, E. Hoopes IV, E. Johnstone, J. B. Laiighlin, A. R. Lewis, A. A. Lucier, J. O. McClellan, F. B. McKown Jr., J. W. Meader Jr., E. Mendoza, J. G. Mitchell, J. M. Obando, G. A. Poole IV, S. B. Purdy, F. B. Robinson, W. L. Ross II, D. M. Seymour, N. Spear III, E. D. Stone Jr., W. D. Waldron Jr., D. C. Wynn 1955 D. R. Adams, H. D. Barclay, W. H. Barton, J. T. Boorsch, B. W. U. Gate, R. A. Gomeau Jr., R. deR. Craignnle, J. D. Growley, G. W. Gutting Jr., M. G. DeLand, G. M. Eliot, J. B. M. Frohling, W. A. Fry, G. G. Gillespie, E. N. Giobbe, J. J. Glasser, E. J. M. Godfrey, D. H. Graham, R. M. Heller, A. J. Hettinger III, F. R. Husted, P. W. Jeffris, J. W. Kearns Jr., H. A. Kugeler Jr., G. F. MacKenzie, W. N. Mallory, A. S. Meister, E. F. Molyneu. Jr., K. Murchison Jr., J. R. O ' Brien, A. G. Pettit, L. S. Pinover Jr., R. M. Foley, R. C. Quinlan, J. H. Quinn III, R. T. Richardson, D. W. Robotham, C. W. Rowley, R. G. Stabler, R. L. Stovall, R. F. Thompson Jr., G. W. Toti, J. W. astola, C. D. Ward 1956 L. F. Bishop, E. S. Gheney, J. L. Denby, G. R. Denker, E. J. Dudensing, A. L. Goodman Jr., S. P. Kolachov, W. P. Laughlin, R. B. Mac- Donald, F. W. Morris IV, G. A. Mueller, I. E. Phillips, T. R. Robb, A. S. Rudolph, H. Segalas, P. H. Shattuck, R. E. Streeter, N. J. Sullivan III, T. ' ennum Jr., G. E. Welles III, J. R. Williamson Jr. i u: ? ' i. .•-- 3 T. rrarrrr ? WW l. I. :!r1. ' .!U !:.r !!i lHU.flJVir!Eu-i r( ' !V.--.i«KH.H iK ' TMHn tltK-,Bre;i ' ,«TIH! ! ,HH«m«J joiuulcti in ISii 138 ;!l!-.!li.ilr.r.r.iT.r.i.r.R;.jiRii. ' i!«« ' Hi! ' M, Delta Kappa Epsilon 1954 H. J. Ashton. W. E. Aull. . C. Banker, V. L. Bernhard, R. K. Boyle, B. T. Brown Jr., J. B. Brown Jr., J. W. Browii Jr., T.H.M. Cornell, J. W. Dougan, J. A. Franciscus, R. C. Gifford, W. S. Gilbreath III, P. C. Grider Jr., E. A. Horsch Jr., V. M. Hutchinson, F. W. Jackson, H. B. Johnson, E. A. Kindel Jr., R. A. Lemire, C. T. McGuire, L. McGuire, W. H. McKim, R. G. Merrick, W. F. D. Merrifield, J. W. M. Monde, E. G. Moran Jr., J. C:. Morley, T. B. Morton Jr., P. C. Nolen, R. F. Polich, L. F. Polk Jr., W. W. Prentiss, H. S. Pruett Jr., 1 . W. Hichev Jr., J. B. Rogers III, J. E. Rose Jr., A. A. Ryan III, J. E. H. Sherry, T. B. Swartz, G. A. Shutt, !• ' . A. Smith, J. Thompson, E. B. Thornton, A. L. Toole, W. A. Tucker Jr., T. H. Warner, W. Wrigley 1955 M. P. Aldrich Jr., F. J. Allison, J. C. Andrews, J. A. Appleton Jr., J. L. Armstrong III, H. C. Atterbury Jr., J. B. Balch, A. P. Browne Jr., L. T. Bryan Jr., C. K. Burke, W. R. Butler Jr., B. C. Campbell, J. J. H. Carey, P. O. Crisp, R. W. Doran, N. B. Durfee jr., T. B. Eastman, R. L. Easton Jr., C. S. Farrow, C. C. Ferenbach, G. E. Fulton Jr., R. D. Callaway, R. N. George, G. H. B. Gould, C. G. Green, R. W. Haskel, W. H. Hawkins, R. A. Hetherington Jr., S. B. Jones Jr., W. M. S. Lee, B. K. Lloyd, L. W. MacQuarrie Jr., M. A. May Jr., J. H. Micliael, P. S. Meyer. P. B. Newman III, G. W. Norton III, A. J. Ostheimer IV, J. M. Phillips, G. S. K. I ider, F. O. Robertshaw, K. S. Robson, R. S. Saint, T. M. Shugart, K. W. Strand Jr., R. B. Sutherland, F. B. Thompson Jr., R. C. Nance, W. R. Wood Jr., J. D. Work, T. O. Ziebold 1956 C. B. Blair, H. D. Banks, E. G. Barkwill, P. H. Bartlett, P. B. Bartlett, J. D. Bishop, T. Bradley, G. W. Chapman Jr., W. W. Colville, J. B. Daniels, M. A. Everett, D. Falvey Jr., C. P. Hayne, D. C. Horton Jr., S. E. Hunter HI, J. A. Kern, W. T. Kilbourne II, W. P. Lovejoy, T. R. Malloy, J. P. McCafiFrey, C. J. P. McCarthy III, J. E. McGregor, J. P. Menton, J. S. Niles III, W. J. Peniston, G. B. Prince Jr., D. S. Pruett, J. M. Rae, W. T. Ray Jr., A. G. Scherer III, C. S. Simonds, G. A. Stoddart, P. A. Tomei, W. R. Trippe III, E. B. Wall, J. K. WaUace Jr., C. P. West Jr. P (fit S . . ' yvvv ' ♦i I-V .. The Fence Club 1954 D. L. Banker, P. A. Banker, ]. G. Beadle III, W. H. Black, O. T. Bradley Jr., M. S. Bromwell Jr., R. O. Carey, B. G. Chapman III, D. K. Clifford Jr., W. Craven, A. H. Oimmins Jr., W. C. Ellis, G. P. Eusti.s, T. B. Evans, C. A. Forster, P. B. Freeman, P. A. Gimbel G. M. Grosvenor, J. C. Hamilton Jr., J. H. Head Jr., R. H. Hill, E. F. Hirsch, R. C. Hodgkins, C. A. Howard, P. B. McLaughlin, P. dcF. Millard, W. A. Ransom jr., R. U. Redpath III, R. S. Reynolds Jr., G. D. Robertson, F. P. Rockwell, D. P. Ross Jr., J. D. Scott Jr., W. G. T. Shedd Jr., R. M. Smith, J. C. Stephenson, D. L. Stocker Jr., C. D. Temple, R. L. Thornhurgh, C. T. Treadway III, C. G. Watson, R. Q. White Jr., D. E. Wight Jr., T. O. Williams, S. McC. Yonce 1955 C. N. Barrett, B. Bayne, J. B. Bell Jr., B. Boardman, C. R. Bourland Jr., H. L. Brooks Jr., A. Brown Jr., M. C. Candee Jr., D. H. Carter, J. M. Cooper Jr., S. W. Cragin Jr., R. K. Crippen, M. McA. DeCamp, T. E. Donnelley II, K. M. Donovan, C. K. Doolittle, A. A. duPont, S. O. English Jr., W. H. Fenn IV, R. W. Goss II, J. C. Green- way III, J. B. Hightower, P. L. Kampf, G. D. Kimball, J. Limbocker Jr., E. M. Lundell III, T. McCance Jr., D. G. McCullough, N. S. McEwan, F. K. Maassen, B. R. Metcalfe, G. G. Montgomery Jr., A. Prud ' homme, N. Reed, J. B. Rhinclander, B. W. Riggs, P. H. Stehli, J. H. Stein, G. Storm, W. L. Strong III, C. Sudler III, C. M. Taylor, J. i . Whipple Jr., A. D. Williams Jr. 1956 E. L. Barlow, C. T. Bingham Jr., J. M. Brown III, W. M. Cushman Jr., J. A. M. Douglas, J. R. Fell Jr., R. R. Fox, C. F. Gill Jr., J. N. Hafner, G. S. Hodgkins, J. B. Horton, T. C. Jamieson Jr., C. P. Lord, H. P. McLaughlin Jr., W. B. Mosle Jr., C. R. Omana, L. H. Payne, J. P. Phair, S. N. Phelps Jr., J. M. Rae, P. B. F. Randolph, S. Bobbins Jr., T. E. Robinson, J. B. Speed, C. N. Spofford, P. C. Stearns, M. fhoman, E. C. Vare, C. H. C. Wight !■ ■ r SVI H ■ if p j 1 1 - 4 SR f JI H T ' ' ' tl k1 tMi Aillt l l ■ • HL al 1 ■ H ■ B 1 Im r M U- ' ViAMKfl l !?■ 1 1 j 1 r J ■ t v- s 1 I H BC 1 H Urn ■ ■■ Hb t Hl I If 1 ' ■ rl M i w Phi Gamma Delta founded in 1848 .rA. 142 i : ' ;!IWlr.i! ' .ildl 1954 S. M. Abrams Jr., M. II. . tkiiison jr., E. G. Bamford. R. K. Barton, J. M. Burt III, W. M. Buttner, W. V. Caiman, J. K. Cannon, E. L. Chainski Jr., D. G. Corhett Jr., R. R. Fagen, D. G. Gibliens, J. A. Greer II, J. A. Grimes Jr., R. S. Grimm, J. D. Hawke Jr., W. J. Hicke - III, W. W. Hoppin Jr., R. V. Huil, I. F. Jensen Jr., W. J. Letts, P. S. Loft, A. H. Lombard, C. E. McKenncy, U. R. McNally, R. A. Maxwell Jr., R. H. Miller, R. J. New-man, VV. H. Pincus, R. C. Bobbins, S. J. Schnaittcr, J. H. Snyder Jr., F. E. Taylor, E. B. Tracy, K. Turner, J. W. White, G. R. Wislar, T. E. Woodward, T. II. York 1955 A. D. Baldwin II, H. N. Rlaek Jr., G. O. de Labry, J. R. Elli.s, J. C. Este.s, D. R. Evans, G. F. Fehr, J. R. Fleming, E. Y. Fulton, J. D. Furman Jr., W. B. Goodwin, J. E. Ha nes, D. N. Hobson, F. D. Hudson, H. G. Hyamn, H. H. H. Jones, J. D. Kirkland, A. D. Leahy Jr., J. E. Linck Jr., F. K. Lutz, L. E. Madson, W. E. Medford Jr., A. P. Murrah Jr., S. E. O ' Gorman, R. Olson, W. F. Pease Jr., P. B. Phelps, R. N. Quinn Jr., B. G. Ragen, W. Randol Jr., P. R. Sawers, P. D. Searle.s, R. Siedenburg, R. S. Smith, J. W. Stcggall, G. P. Tille ' , J. M. ' alles, T. E. an Gorder, V. A. Weber Jr., M. C. Yellin. B. T. Young 1956 H. H. Blundin, N. I. Crowther Jr., C;. B. Cunningham, R. G. Dull, C. S. Johnson, P. A. La Riviere, J. S. Letts, W. B. Long, J. C. Meeth Jr., H. L. Parker Jr., C. N. Ross, P. B. StuU Jr., W. Tatlock, W. H. Watkins, H. H. Weicker, G. L. Wright Jr. m St Elmo Society founded in 1889 iBWiWMl 1954 J. A. Albanese Jr., J. E. Antlioii ' , A. L. Armitagc, R. M. Behrens, H. B. Benninghoff, R. A. Bryan, N. A. Burger, J. P. Cleary, L. Z. Cooper, G. G. Cornwell III, J. A. Creatura, P. F. Grossman, A. J. Dempsey, V. R. Faiirot, G. A. Ferrari, G. C:. Fcthcrston, J. Fortunato. R. Gait, B. T. Hemingway. W. S. Hopewell, C. B. Johnson. J. W. Jones, R. A. Krantz Jr., G. Lang Jr., N. B. LeRoy, H. A. Mali, R. H. Mead, E. J. Molloy, L. T. McCallum. C:. Neave, R. G. Neville, D. S. Pike, R. K. Poole, E. L. Quinn, J. A. Ralston, S. C. Sandzen Jr.. P. Shears Jr.. G. D. Shepard, A. J. Stock III, W. E. Stout, E. K. Swigart, J. P. Talbot, J. J. Taylor 1955 F. L. Barker III, J. J. Beni, D. B. Boies, K. R. Brink Jr., W. G. Buss Jr., S. D. Byron, M. A. Casey Jr., C. D. C;astle III, C. Coreili, W. D. Cunningham Jr., R. E. Davis, J. Doughan, D. B. Ford Jr., B. R. Foster III, C. P. A. Frankenthal, J. D. Gibb, J. S. Gill, J. C. Goodale, R. H. Govv, S. S. Gurney, R. D. Guzeman, R. A. Hansen. A. J. Hruska, J. P. Isaacs, R. D. Jackson Jr., R. A. Johnson, J. M. Johnston III, J. D. Kousi, C. E. Lanphier. J. M. Lu.xemburger, P. H. Mathias, R. B. Mayor, R. K. Molinet, F. E. Moore Jr., S. R. Murray, W. L. Xorton, D. A. Pegg, L. M. Pollack, R. H. Raskind, W. L. Schiff, D. P. Scott, J. R. Siphron, H. S. Spitzer, 1 . S. Thompson. H. G. Thresher, D-H. Townsend, C. H. Upson III, H. C. Upson, R. C. Walker, R. W. Webb 1956 R. A. Anderson, P. L. Battista Jr., O. J. Bizzozero Jr., R. M. Catlin III, M. Fenton Jr., R. P. Foote Jr.. E. C. Hall Jr.. D. S. Ingalls Jr.. C. B. Lunsford Jr., J. J. McNamara, A. A. Orr, H. H. Porter Jr., P. S. Tarasovic, W. F. Wieiand, W. B. ' iniams, C. A. Wurtele H ij ff T 11 V ' r ' f } ' ' ' ' -, ' V r ' V : ; A i Aj ,. 1 ' SBM- .JiH V J - ■■  ' WT , - ' . ■ D. ' . ' 1 _ ™ ll ■ ' « ■.«?■ ' ■• ,-a?? P ' . _ — li -.- Mm I «i Mil : ! K It • • - - 11 MM! lit. • K iiji j • -; T..v, ; _ 1 . [ll flBH ■ - Ih ■ idiiifl H ryfe ■■ Zeta Psi founded in 1888 1954 G. Adelson. L. Ames. S. N. Antupit, C. W. Bardeen, C. S. Bullock Jr., C. P. Coleman, W. F. Dater Jr., S. B. Dean II, C. F. Dewey, J. D. Dibble, V. Dihvorth, G. Dudley III, P. R. duPont, N. H. Farnham, H. T. Freeman Jr., A. F. French, A. C. Frost, D. D. Gries, M. H. Harris Jr., R. D. Haws, B. T. Hopkins II. H. O. MacLean Jr., R. A. Martin, S. Meacham Jr., R. W. Mellon, M. E. Miller, M. Miller, S. T. Miller III, H. P. Prud ' homme. A. I. Puchner, D. T. Putnam. K. G. Reynolds Jr.. J. V. P. Ritchey III, J. B. Rogers, P. N. Smith, D. B. Strickler Jr., E. M. Thomas, P. H. Town.scnd Jr., J. A. van Beuren, C. M. Waite, M. T. Whitmer, H. H. Williams III, C. R. Wood II, L. K. Wroth 1955 C. R. Barrett Jr., G. C. Brooke Jr., J. E. Carpenter, H. L. C:au]kiiis II, E. Davis. D. A. Devendorf, J. W. Dodge, N. S. Farrell, J. F. Foster II, E. R. Frisch, R. Gachot, D. A. Gallun, D. Glen, W. E. Goodman IV, C. S. Guggenheimer II, J. A. Hastings, F. R. Hemker, A. C. Herzig, J. .S. Howard, K. A. Ives Jr., J. McC. Johnstone. J. D. Kelly, J. H. Kerr, R. E. Kipka, T. W. Lamb, H. F. J. Loudon, W. S. Mayer, H. K. Norian, A. H. Perry, J. M. iPinney, F. Reid III, S. Reynolds, J. S. Rogers, J. Sherman, R. D. Stone, R. V. Stout, D. T. Uehling, C. F. Van Doren, H. H. Wende Jr., W. W. White Jr., E. P. Whittemore, F. W. Wilson, G. C. Wilson Jr., P. B. Wilson, F. S. Wood Jr., R. S. Yates 1956 F. M. Alger III. N. H. Bayard, H. E. Bilkey Jr.. H. C. Bjorkman, P. W. Buckwalter, R. C. Bullard, T. Cooley, B. Davis, R. J. Eckart Jr., C B. Esselstyn Jr., T. N. Foster, J. B. Eraser, T. H. Frentzel, J. F. Horn II, M. Howard III. R. F. Jones, A. H. Ladd III. W. B. Lammert Jr., R. A. MacLean. A. C. May, J. R. Meadows Jr., L. H. .Murch, W. S. Reid, E. C. Richards, E. S. Ruffin III. D. B. Smith. B. A. Stem Jr., R. B. Wheeler, W. Zimmerman WI BB V V V QBoa m Interfraternity Council John S. McCarthy president Joseph A. Grimes Jr. secretary Joseph M. Cooper Jr. Randolph Galt George H. B. Gould William N. Mallory Ivan S. Poutiatine Fergus Reid III Daniel N. Swisher Chi Phi Phi Gamma Delta Fence Club St. Elmo Delta Kappa Epsilon Chi Psi St. Anthony Hall Zeta Psi Beta Theta Pi Back row; Mallor , Reid, Cooper, Go Gr uld. Front ro mes, Swisher v: Gait, Poutiatine, J . S. McCorthy, ' ' o r P M Ikil fej kiMi Nil n jH ' 9 1 IP JJ ▼ f w ftk ■ V - 8 w T ifc 1 JV H |B9B V m3 .H ' • jdB _  148 athletics 149 RnH «HHS TIGER UPSE T HIGHLIGHTS SEASON 1953 was a year of contrast for the Eli foot- hall team. The one-platoon system, a flock of injuries, and— so it sometimes seemed— the ciissedness of fate all combined to give Bull- dog fans an interesting, frustrating, but gen- erally successful season. The frustration came early. Yale hopes went down with Ed Molloy in a pre-season scrim- mage, and it seemed that the stellar senior quarterback ' s injured knee would never mend. It also seemed as if the offense would never get rolling, and altliough the Blue started off with three quick victories, there were obvious weaknesses. These became apparent as Yale scored only once in its next three games, a heartbreaking trio that included two ties and ended with a stunning defeat at the hands of Dartmouth. U { there was still time for success. Al- though few of those who walked slowK ' out of the Bowl on October 31 could have thought so. tlie team had a potential of courage and ability it had hartlly utilized thus far. After a warm-up win over Temple, Coach Jordan {)li ar s men traveled to Princeton. There, in a game which no one who saw or heard it will ever forget, the Blue ended si. years of Tiger victories witli a terrific second half surge that left pla i ' rs and spectators alike ph si- callv e.xhansteii. Joseph Fortunate, 1954, Captain George A. Shutt, 1954, Monoger Jordon Oliver, Cooch After that came Har ard and a chance for tlie Big Tliree title, but as 65,0t)() fans nearly filled the Bowl, the battered Yale squad gave all it had left and was found wanting. That, in a nutshell, was tlie season. A 5- 3-3 record, a three-w ay tie in the Big Three, the low and high spots. But it leaves out much that ent to make Yale football exciting in 1953. There was the growing tension caused by Molloy ' s injury— a tension which liroke w ith an ear-splitting, heart-warming chi ' er as tiu ' little quarterback trotted onto the fii-ld in the second quarter against Princeton. There was the Larry Beuo story, with the happy ending no one tlared believe it couitl have. There was the crowd which spcmtaneously gathereil to nu ' et the S(iuad at the station after the Princeton game, and ( oaeh ()li ar saying that his only regret about the ictory was that he was not a Yak ' man too. And lest it be thought that all the thrills of the year were wrapped up in the Princeton contest, mention should be niatle of the tiny gathering which went out in the cold and 150 Brink is chased by Harvard snow to the Tt ' inple game and came away with a reaffirmation of faith in the team and its spirit. There were other things, big and httlc, wliich made the season unique, but perhaps it would be best to leave each fan to remem- ber them for himself and to go on with a game-by-game rundown of the year. UConn furnished the opposition for the opener in the Bowl. For nearly three periods the Bulldogs had a game on their hands, but the Huskies faded badly in the last quarter. In spite of the score, Yale failed to impress, and three interceptions of UConn passes late in the game were all that allowed the Elis to roll up the final 32-0 count. Jerry Jones scored the first touchdown of the season on a 42-yard end sweep early in the first period. The Blue line held Connecticut to .57 yards rushing and it was apparent that the defense, at least, was going to thrive on one-platoon ball. Brown came next, and the odd-year-even- ear jinx was broken at last as Yale finally rang up an odd year victory, 13-0. The Elis struck late in the first period after a fine punt b - Shelby Pruett liatl put Brown deep in its own territory. The Bruins fumbled on the 35 and nine plays later Jones drove over for what proved to be the winning score. There were some tense moments later, as the Bruins drove to the Yale eight, following a fumble in the third quarter, but the Bulldog defense iield. A 32 yard pass from Jim Lopez to Frank Smith in the fourth quarter gave the Blue its second TD. Lopez, pla ing in his second game as first-string quarterback showed signs of improvement. The line, sparked by Dick Polich and Harry Benninghoff, was again out- standing, and Brown could only get 87 yards on the ground. Band spells Eli (HIM. % - 1 ,.,,, Since Brow n had been rated fairly high in pre-season reports, and Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, and Dartmouth had shown very little up to that time, hopes began to run high on the campus. Some optimists even went so far as to predict that If we get by Columbia, we ' ll go all the way. But for the first thirtv minutes it looked as Mathias in action Handsome Dan promenades rj Attempted theft — i. - - -r ' I Molloy throws at Princeton if Yale wasn ' t going to get by Columbia. The Lions, relying almost exclusively on their run- ning attack, rammed through the previously invincible Blue line for a first period score and held on to a 7-0 lead throughout the first half as the inept Eli offense fumbled and fizzled. The second half was a different story, however, as Yale caught fire for the first time all season. Columbia wasn ' t going anywhere, and the Blue ' s ground attack was biting off large chunks on almost every try. That old Yale bugaboo, fumbleitis, kept the score down, but Captain Joe Forunato finally scored the winning TD on a surprising catch as Lopez ' s pass bounced out of the hands of the Lion ' s Dick Carr. It was Forimato ' s first score in Yale varsity football. Ne.xt the team traveled to Cornell, where it gave the Big Red ' s homecoming crowd a convincing demonstration of how defensive football should be pla ed— and how offensive football shouldn ' t. Five Eli fumbles gave Cornell every opportunity ' to score. Four times the Ithicans were within Yale ' s ten yard line. Yet each time the Blue line held them back. Halfway through the third quarter, Dick Meade raced .55 yards for what looked like a Cornell score, but the officials ruled that he had been knocked out of bounds on the eight. That saved the day for Yale, for although a last minute passing drive carried the Blue to the Cornell 17, the game ended in an old- fashioned scoreless tie. It was more of the same ne. t week against Colgate in the Bowl. This time it was Yale who carried the ball into scoring territory time after time only to be turned back by fumbles and a determined Red Raider line. f Downfjeld action Although the Elis outstatisticked the visitors in all departments, Colgate ' s Dick Lalla put on a fine show of brainy spht-T quarterbacking and by the end of the game, Blue partisans were frantically hoping he wouldn ' t hit with just one more pass or a tricky option play. Fortunately he didn ' t, but Yale was jolted with a 7-7 tie. After this one everyone realizeil that the Dartmouth game would be tough in spite of the Indians 0-5 record. Hut no one knew how tough until a dazed and disbelieving Yale left the field on the short end of a 32-0 count. The Indians took advantage of si.x Yale fumbles and displayed a passing attack that left the Elis completely bewildered. They gained almost at will and outplayed the Blue in every department. Still the Bulldogs came out for the second half with a determination reminiscent of the C olumbia game. They drove quickly into Green territory and briefly fanned Eli hopes as they trailed only 13-0 at the time. i3ut the drive petered out, and from there on the game was a nightmare witli only a few fans rouaiin ' ng till the bitter I ' ud. For the 3,500 fans who braved tlu- damp, chilly weather tiic ne. t week end, the Temple game began as a repi-at of the Dartmouth de- bacle. After the Elis failed to capitali i ' on an early scoring chance, the Owls came back to cover 87 yards in 20 pla s, only one on a I ass, and take an earh ' 6-0 k ' atl. But Yale was not to be denied, and with Pete Shears and Connie Corelli spearheading the attack, the Bulldogs gained a 7-6 advantage at half- time. Then, early in the second half, Corelli turned in the longest run of 1953 with a 50 yard dash around end for the second TD. After that it was all Yale. Final score: Yale 32— Temple 6. One of the most important happenings in the Temple game was over in the first ten seconds. A new end, number 88, started the game, outran all the defenders and Bob Brink ' s pass too, and then retired to the bench for the rest of the game. It was hardly an auspi- cious beginning for a football career, but it was enough to set fans speculating and hoping for great things to come. The new end was Larry Reno, Yale ' s crack sprinter. He had volunteered for the team in the hope that his speed might enable him to help out in spot passing situations. Reno spent most of his practice time loping under Mol- loy ' s passes, and the big question was whether Yale could use the now no longer secret weapon and, if Yale did, whether it would work. But Princeton seemed bent on making any questions about the use of Reno purely aca- demic. The Tigers blasted to a 17-0 lead in the first half at Palmer Stadium with Royce Flippin leading the way. Yale looked bad, weak on offense and befuddled on defense. Then with httle more than a minute left in the half, number 18, Ed Mollov trotted onto the field. The roar that went up from the Yale side of the field must have been a shock to Prince- ton rooters. They had no way of knowing that Molloy was more than just a star passer and ({uarterback. But for the Yale backers, Molloy must have been a symbol of hope. The cheer for him never actually stopped until the end of the half. All the little quarterback actual!) ' did was to complete two out of five passes and have the Elis knocking at the Princeton goal line as time ran out. But that was enough. The team knew it could move against Princeton, it had seen the man it had waited for all year in action, and it was reach ' to go. 01i ar didn ' t need to give his men a halftime oration, ant! he didn ' t, but tiiey came out a changed team. Evervone knows the storv of that second 154 half. How Princeton didn ' t get to nm a pla from scrimmage in the tliinl ciuartcr. How Brink quarterbacked tlie team to two toucli- downs, one by liiniself and one by Shears. And how Lopez, nmning as he hadn ' t all season put the team in front on a sneak play which caught the Tigers completel - off guard. But all that might not have been enough. Flippin got away for an Orange and Black marker, and Yale trailed 24-20. The game came down to the last minute that way. Then the Elis got the ball on their own 45. Lopez faded to pass, and it was none other than Reno who caught the ball on the 12. Yale had to win now or spoil the drama of the whole game. One play later the Bulldogs were home free as Bob Poole caught Lopez ' s pass on the five and drove relentlessly into the end zone. Now Yale had a crack at the Big Three title. But the Princeton victory had taken its toll. Lopez, Shears, Pruett, and Jim Arm- strong were all badly injured, and the team taei ' d ilaiN ' artl with little more than determi- nation. It wasn ' t quite enough. Dick Clasby closed out his varsity career with a versatile displa of running and passing that sparked the Can- tabs to a 13-0 victory. John Culver proved to be the best fullback Yale faced all year as he lilasted the highly rated Blue line for 91 yards in 16 carries. The game could only have been anti-elima. after the week before, and the smaze that filled the sky contributed further to the sluggish mood of most of the contest. The Eli ' s loss threw the Big Three into an enigmatic three-way tie and ended the season on a note of frustration, but the warm glow of the Princeton victory still filled the air. At the post season banquet the team elected Thorne Shugart, junior guard to captain the 1954 squad. With an imdefeated freshman squad coming up, and many key veterans re- turning, prospects looked good for a better season in 1954. BACK ROW: Reno, Johnson, Coker, J. Armstrong, Phillips, Hawkins. THIRD ROW: Benninghof?, Doughon, Brink, Hansen, Killam, Campbell. SECOND ROW: Shutt, Shulman, Mathias, Corelli, Ashton, Galloway, Prentiss, M. Armstrong. FRONT ROW: Pruett, Le- mire, Poole, Shugart, Fortunoto, Polich, Shears, Hopewell. eer Ike veat ®| S% isfi Q«i 1 . •7L42 3| 72 75 U . . ' v- - 7f ¥ fi. ■ ii iiiiiiMii im ggg ff P f ' ' ' TiiiTiffnT nnnnc Fitbt of Iwo agaiiibl Conntchcut FIRST MAJOR Y FOR SOCCER TEAM For tlif first time in its history, the Yale soccer team liad a major Y to crown its efforts in 1953, but for tlie first time in his career as a varsity coach. Jack Marshall saw his Yale proteges record a losing season. The gap between pre-season hopes and the mark posted by the squad (a disappointing 4-6-1) was spelled out b ' the loss of all but five of the 1952 starting line-up. The result was a spirited but inexperienced team which rarely found the spark it needed. The season opened auspiciously as the hooters defeated a strong Navy aggregation, 2-1. Blanked for almost two periods, the Elis erupted tor two ([uick scores and tlien held on tenaciously to stave off the naval barrage. The offensive showing left much to be di ' sired, as Navy dominated most of the play, but the team revealed a virtually impregnable defense which was to constitute its cliicf strength in coming weeks. Particularly outstanding for the Blue were Whit MacQuarrie and agile sophomore goalie Pete Bartlett. The Yale S(|ua(l next took the field against a sub-par Brown team, and emerged triumph- ant, 2-0. Team play in general showed marked improvement as MaeQuarrie and (Charlie Oinana were effective against the Bruins, but play was ])unctuated by repeatedly missed scoring oppoitunilies. An Army s(juad, Ivy Mason Willrlch, 1954, Captain Peter Maytham, 1954, Manager John Marshall, Coach Peter Maytham, manager League champions for two years, met a Yale team whieli would not accept defeat and was held to a 1-1 tii ' in a hard fought, well-played contest. Omana ' s goal with twe] (- minutes gone in the final (quarter paved the wa ' to a tremendous finish, and a rock-solid ilefense held off ' the Black Knights ' frantic scoring efforts for two oNertime periods. The Cornell game rcxi-ajt-d a glaring weak- ness which was to i lague tlie efforts of tlu ' hooters for the remainder of tiie season: the 156 n .- liTiti anntm i n lack of an I ' lli ' ctivc scoring puncli. A taster, more aggressive, more accurate Big Red team took tlu measure of the Blue, 4-0, as Yale got off to a slow start and was never able to generate an offense. The disastrous mid-season slump which the Cornell clash foreshadowed saw tlie Yale team drop five games in as many starts. In a fast, tense contest tiie hooters pla ed well, but poor shooting on the part of the Elis enabled ' esleyan to triumph, 2-1. The only Yale score came at 8:10 of the final period as a Wally Everett-Bob Dennen-Pete Kohler series of passes smashed in the solitary point for the Blue. In the Springfield encounter, Yale con- trolled the ball during most of the game, but again the inability to score left the team short of victory, this time by a count of 1-0. The long kicking of Captain Mase Willrich and the consistent efforts of holler-guy George Spaeth at left halfback gave the squad oflen- si ' e and defensive strength; and the play of Brazilian terror BACK ROW: Tyson, B. Dennen, Johnston, Wood, Taylor, J. Dennen, Rose, Choi Onn. SECOND ROW: Marshall, Omono, Carey, Borlow, Godfrey, Howson, Biggs, Thompson, Maythom. FRONT ROW: Porter, Hirsch, Ransom, Willrich, MacQuorrie, Spaeth, Everett. 157 JMIIIH Illllllllllllllllllllll Ev Rose, Alex Taylor and Bruce Dennen was also noteworthy. A slippery field, a mud-coated ball, and a series of unfortunate breaks, all combined with a powerful Trinit ' opposition to defeat the hooters, 4-1. John Treadway scored Yale ' s only goal, and Trinit ' ' s fast, alert line proved more than a match for the team. Starting fast, the Blue scored first against Pennsylvania, but a questionable penalty call and the ensuing kick erased the Yale lead. The Quakers went on to win the contest, 3-1, as the Blue re- peatedly failed to take advantage of scoring opportunities. A re ' amped forward line and the excellent play of Willrich, Spaeth, and MacQuarrie broke the team ' s lengthening losing streak against the University of Connecticut, 2-0. Four sophomores started in the front line, and MacQuarrie turned in liis best performance of the year. The spirit which characterized the team ' s play was even more e ident against Princeton, but the Elis scoring thiiists were repeatedly thwarted b ' the brilliant Tiger goalie and captain, Nick Angell. The sole Nassau score was tallied on a wide angle shot; Yale dominated throughout, only to be halted by the fantastic saves of Angell. The final score: a heart-breaking 1-0. Climaxing this comeback, the Blue hooters downed Harvard 3-0 in the season finale. Tak- ing early command with a first period goal by MacQuarrie, the team clinched the game ' ith final period tallies by Eddie Barlow and Kohler. The defensive play was again impres- sive, and the offensive efforts of the entire team were of the highest quality displayed all year. The game was a gratifying conclusion to a not entirely satisfactorv season. Boot from the corner 158 CLEARY LEADS HARRIERS TO 6-1 MARK Despite the loss of 1952 stars Rollie Garo- falo and Bob Stevens, the 1953 cross-country team recorded a highly successful season. The harriers lost only one meet in seven starts, posting an unblemished mark on the home course. In the season ' s opener the Blue trounced the University ' of Connecticut, 19-43. Winning si. of the first seven places, the team was paced by junior Martin Duckworth and John Meader. Coach Bob Giegenback was pleased by the showing of the squad, and in the Brown encounter his optimism proved to be well- founded. Captain John Clear - and Duckworth tied for first place, with Joe Albanese and Eric Seiff also placing, as the squad defeated the Bniins. Meader, Seiff, and Albanese once again figured in the scoring as the team took to the 4.5 mile Yale golf course and triumphed over Columbia ' s Lions. The harriers ' only defeat of the year came at the hands of Cornell, as the Big Red won, 26-29. Duckworth, Cleary and Meader crossed the finish Une third, fourth, and fifth, respec- tively. The same trio tied for first to lead Yale to a surprise win in the first triangular meet of the year. In a cold, windy drizzle, the final John P. Cleary, 1954, Capfain James Poindexter, 1954, Manager Robert Giegengack, Cooch score read: Yale 21, Manhattan 47, Fordham 59. The annual Yale-Harvard-Princeton meet saw the Elis take top honors and regain the Malcolm Main Trophy. Cleary and Duckworth paced the victors, finishing in a dead heat, and the team ' s depth made itself felt as Meader and Mike Stanley also tallied. Yale tallied 20 points. Harvard 41, and the Tigers 70. In three inches of snow and a driving bliz- zard, the Blue finished third in the fourteenth annual Ileptagonal, but the following week the harriers regained their form against Massa- chusetts State, Yankee Conference champions. Captain Cleary ran the best race of his col- lege career, smashing the course record in 24:07:3, and the entire squad turned in a top- notch performance to close out the season with an 18-38 decision. 159 - im •y • - ■•- -f.- f ' ; ' ' i!r ' ' fi ' ' i «;¥ :«:;. r ;- -- -V ♦. ' S.: ' ■• i r? :M i r M v: iiM? ' v!y m f: J m- % ' I u. i V«l -._;_, _tf£ JU sj!-,.« FIVE 4 th IN IVY LEAGUE PLAY Tlio 1953-54 basketball season, thougli it contained some elements of both despair and hope, can best be described as mediocre. The team met and lost to some of the best com- binations the East had to offer, it suffered the worst ileteat a Vale ( [uintet has absorbed since the war. and it put together a four-game win- ning streak in midseason that had some fans talking hopefully of second place in the EIBL. But these high and low points do not char- acterize the season as a whole. Handicapped by injuries and scholastic difficulties, the team faltered badly at the start, braced up as the second semester started, and finally came through with a 12-14 mark and a 4th place League finish. The season started ominously with an SO- TS loss to Hofstra. The Elis opened at home with an 80-64 ' in over Springfield, but three straight losses to UConn, Fordham, and Navy, put their record at 1-4 before the League cam- paign had started. Still, looking back, the surprise was not that the team lost, but that it did as well as it did. UConn, Fordham, and Navy emerged as three of the top fives in the countr , and Yale had Spencer Schnaifter, 1954, Capfo n Gordon Long, Jr., 1954, Monoger Howard Hobson, Coach battled the Huskies and Middies on close terms in their home gyms. Besides, there was a material problem. Vet- erans Jim Plecas and Blair LeRoy were out for academic reasons, and Elsy Morgan, the ex-freshman flash, hadn ' t yet learned the var- sity ' s style of play. So Coach Howard Hobson had to build his team around Captain Spence Schnaitter and Frank Dcmcak, and keep al- tering the rest of the lineup, trying to find the best combination. Dave Hobson, Mike Yellin, Jay Dishnow, Chuck Ross, Kearny Strand, and Bill Tatlock all figured in starting lineups. Ross and Tat- lock were sophomores, and the other four, al- though lettermen, had had little varsity ex- perience. Still, the Blue opened the EIBL season with a victory over Brown, 77-69, in Payne Whitney. Then the club went out on the Big Red ' s Buncom battles Ell Frank Demcak for rebound L3 ? r «? m ' 1, r.r ' - A-.. ' 20 54 if il road for its Christmas tour, and returned with bad news. It wasn ' t only that the team had lost four games, including League encounters with Penn and Cornell, while defeating only Mar- quette. Schnaitter had been hurt, and the next few games were to show how badly the team needed him. One bright spot was the showing of Morgan, who had broken into the lineup against Syracuse and scored 25 points against Penn. The quintet came back from vacation and promptly beat Dartmouth 60-58 in a League game. But then the Schnaitter-less squad played host to Penn with disastrous results. The Quakers completely outclassed Yale as they rolled to an 83-48 triumph, handing the Blue its worst defeat since the war. It was the last home game of the first s e- mester, and the many fans who came away from it resolving to see no more missed some of the best ball the five played. For, after a loss at Harvard, Schnaitter returned, and the beginning of the new term brought back Plecas and LeRoy. What was literally a new team took the Payne Whitney floor for the game against Army, January 30. Hobson and Morgan were finally set at the guarils, Schnaitter was back ] For Neuritis or Neuralgic BACK ROW: Ross, West, Wall, Morgon, H., Tatlock, Ensley. SECOND ROW: Freeman (asst. manager), Olson, Hobson, Strand, Yellin, Morgan, E., Fitzsimmons {trainer). FRONT ROW: Long (monoger), LeRoy, Plecas, Schnaitter, Demcak, Dishnow, Hobson (coach). m ' AS (L t Basketboll Ballet in the center spot, and Demcak and Ross were at forwards. The combination paid oflF, 83-71, and gave promise of better things to come. The metamorphosis of the team was com- pleted February 3 at Brown when Plecas took over Ross ' forward spot. He scored 19 points to lead the club to a 74-66 victor ' . Then came a convincing 74-55 defeat of Cokimbia, and an 84-74 win over Dartmouth to run the Ehs win streak to four, and their EIBL record to 5-4. The Holy Cross game was a foregone con- clusion. The Crusaders were too much for the Bulldogs, and witli tlie G in packed with a noisy pro-Cross crowd, the team collapsed, 87-57. Still shaken by this loss, thi ' club moved back into League play against Cornell and there was some optimistic talk of going on to take second place. The Big Red quickly put a stop to that, winning 76-59, in a foul- filled game that found the Elis ' shooting eyes way off. Cornell went on to win the title, beat- ing Princeton in the play-off. Then came a heartbreaking, last second, 59- 57 loss to the fast-improving Tigers. Trinity provided comic relief by bringing down some pigeons and bantam roosters and a team that put up quite a battle before succumbing, 75- 66. But Princeton beat the Bulldogs again, 73- 68, at Princeton. A home win over Rhode Island followed, and then Schnaitter, Demcak, Plecas, LeRoy, and Dishnow made their Payne Whitney fare- well a successful one, beating Harvard, 77-63, with an impressive second-half comeback. In the season ' s finale, the Bulldogs clinched fourth place as they won over Columbia, 66- 64 in an overtime thriller in New York. Schnaitter, Demcak, and Plecas were the mainstays of the club. Hobson came in for much criticism, but his play at guard was just as often brilhant as otherwise. Morgan trailed off badly toward the end of the season and Ross moved up into his place. LeRoy and Strand were the top reserves, with few others seeing much action after the lineup jelled in the second semester. Demcak, Morgan, and Cornell HARVARD TIES END TITLE HOPES Building around a nucleus of veterans and and a sophomore goalie, Coach Murry Mur- doch ' s Yale hockey team skated to a cre- ditable 11-5-3 record in season play and a second place finish in Pentagonal standings. Paced by Captain VVally Kilrea, the Blue waxed hot and cold throughout the course of the year but managed to put together the right plays at the right time to rank as a major contender in an exciting league race. One very bright gleam in Coach Murdoch ' s eye for next year is, of course, goalie George Scherer, who, in his first year of varsity competition, turned in two shut-outs and four one-goal contests. Fla nking Kilrea, who was elected to the front line of the all-Eastern hockey team, were Leigh Quinn at right wing, and Dix Pike at the other forward position. Having played to- gether for three years on the same line, this combination of speed, accuracy, and ability developed into what was considered one of the Walter Kilrea, 1954, Captain Christopher Forster, 1954, Manager Murray Murdoch, Coach finest lines in the East. Supporting the Blue ' s offensive attack were George Brooke, Gavin Robertson, and Dave Ingalls of the second line and Jim Goodale, Pete Crisp, John Akers, Jim Manny and Bruce Monick alternating on the third line. Unquestionably unsung and very much underrated were the Bulldog ' s hard working defense men: Hig Gould, Sam Yonce, Haydn Owens, and Ken MacKenzie. Time and time again, these defenders constanth ' turned back an enemy attack and kept pressure off Goalie Scherer. The work of these four was especially noticeable during the tighter games, when they thwarted opponents ' advances with great regularity, and passed accurately to ini- tiate their own offensive attack. Scherer turns away Cantab attack 164 Quinn shoots, Pike rebounds Assuring Yale of a fine start for next year are sophomores MacKenzie and Scherer, who established excellent records for themselves this season. Both show great promise and should develop into standout performers in the coming seasons. Initiating the season with a highly unofficial game against the Alumni, the sextet then jour- neyed to Northwestern and eked out a close 3-2 overtime victory. Early season jitters were overcome against Boston University in the next try as Yale romped 7-0. The crest of the victor) ' wave was abruptly broken by R.P.I, in a disheartening encounter. Leading 2-1 at the end of the second period, the team ' s offense and defense stalled sufficiently to enable R.P.I, to tally three goals in the final period, and hand Yale its first defeat of the season. After bowing to St. Lawrence 6-4 and trouncing Clarkson 6-1 in non-league contests, Yale took the ice in a Hep tagonal contest against Brown in the Providence Arena, where the Blue suffered their worst defeat of the sea- son, 8-2. Bouncing back against Middlebury, the team, led by W ' ally Kilrca and George Brooke, who netted five goals between them, pounded out an 8-2 victory. Brooke ' s name again hit the headlines with an overtime goal as the Elis, out for revenge, reversed their previous humiliation at the hands of Brown b ' humblinc; Tlie Bruins, 3-2. Travelling to Princeton for a return match with the Tigers, Yale started slowly enabling Princeton to gain a 2-0 advantage. Quinn and Ingalls came through well in the clutch with goals and the game ended in an indecisive tie. In the battle of goalies, Torrey of Princeton was credited with 41 saves and Scherer boasted an even 30. A school with the imposing name of Amer- ican International College was the tenth win Two on one 165 mmmg ■mm Kilreo scores with one second to go in first period on the Eli Schedule as Kilrea and Quinn led the squad to an easy 8-1 triumph. Then three days later on the 27th of Febru- ary, Yale and Harvard played before a capacity Junior Prom crowd at the New Haven Arena to a 3-3 tie. Leading a highly-favored Crimson squad midway through the third period, Yale allowed Ed Mrkonvich, burly Harvard de- fenseman to net the tying goal on a hard screen shot into the lower right hand corner of the net. A sudden-death overtime period saw neither team able to score the decisive marker. Playing his final game on home ice, Captain Kilrea was brilliant in scoring all of Yale ' s goals, besides playing an outstanding defensive game. Harvard ' s sophomore sensa- tion Bill Cleary counted twice and gave warn- ing that he would be causing the Elis much BACK ROW: Forster (monoger), Wrigley {trainer), Cotlin, Gould, Ingolls, Brooke, Moclcenzie, Crisp, Murdoch (cooch). SECOND ROW: Scherer, Rider, Goodale, Monick, McKee, Akers, Horton, Upson, Whelan. FRON7 ROW: Yonce, Owens, Quinn, Kilrea, Pike, Robertson, Manny. I Guardians of the Gates trouble in the future. With tlie defense relaxing somewhat after the Harvard encounter, the Bulldogs came out on the long end of a wild game with Providence College. Of the seventeen goals scored in the contest, Yale managed to lay claim to ten to cop their last victory of the season. High man for Yale was Quinn, who totaled five points on three accurate shots and two assists. Murdoch ' s team closed out the year with a 5-5 tie with Harvard at Boston Garden. Trailing 3-5 with half of the third period hav- ing elapsed, Brooke and Ingalls clima.xed a late onslaught by the Yale six with unassisted goals to count the t ing markers. Ingalls ' goal was registered with only one minute and eleven seconds remaining in the game. The Massachusetts Blue Law prevented an over- time. Captain Wally Ki : Kilrea ' s scoring attempt foiled by Harvard goalie Hathaway I • I I I Donovan on the way SWIMMERS ' STREAK REACHES 113 Faced with the loss of the three M ' s Sheff, Thoman, et al of the 1953 National Champions, the swimming team might well have seen its ten year all-winning streak dis- appear into defeat. But a new powerhouse emerged led by Captain Ken Welch, Martin Smith, Kerry Donovan, and sophomore Sandy Gideonse. The swimmers had imusual overall depth, their closest competition came in the Kenneth Welch, 1954, Captain Richard Picard, 1954, Manager Robert J. Kiputh, Coach inter-scjuad meet, and the victory skein reached 112 straight. Coach Bob Kiputh ' s face rela.xed into ob- vious smiles as his charges wrecked Fordham ' s hopes, 74-10. After only three days of post- vacation practice, the bulldogs took eNer - first place and all but one second position, missing a clean sweep in the dive. Times were not e. - ceptional, but Donoxan ' s 50.6 100-yard free- style augured well for things to come. Brown Peck Hayne Dives Mexican Hayride 168 •nTT:i;acTBw.a J HIM provided the Elis witli their !()2nd straight conquest. Altliougli the visitors iinproNfcl ' 1 points on ForiUiani ' s slio in;4. tliey eould ne er come very close. Da ' e IJriseo, Bruin sjirint star, won the 5()-yar(l trei ' st le luit lell to Cideonse in tlie hunched. X ' ietories !))• Sahiii Uobbins in tlie nuxlle ' , ' i ' leli in ihv dive, and Ken Schmelling in the 200 )ard breaststroke paved tlic way for the BUie. The last aggregation to post a win against the Elis in dual meet competition. Army ' s Cadets, offered little opposition to tlie current Yale team, falling 65-19. Taking particular pleasure in its annual revenge, the team raced to nine out of ten first places. Welch topped one hundred in the dive lor the first time, ac- cmnulating a 106.65 total, and Donovan broke the Academy pool mark with a 50.7 100- yard freestyle. Springfield, boasting two of the East ' s top performers in Co-Captains Bill Yorzyk and Jack Mayers, suffered a similar fate. Although the score was a more moderate 59-26, the issue was never in doubt as Coach Kiputh opened up with his strength for the first time. Cideonse, swimming a magnificent 1:32.5 individual medley, downed Mayers with a new pool mark. Mart ' Smith edged Yorzyk in the 20 freestyle by inches, Dick Curtiss and John Schaeffer triumphed in the 50 and 200 ard breaststroke, respectively. Undefeated in Ivy League competition, the Dartmouth Indians could do no better than a 53-31 loss in their home pool. Star breast- stroker Dennis O ' Conner was a double victor, taking both the 200 v ' ard event and sharing medley honors with Tony duPont and Mac Aldrich. Welch topped his prexious high with 110.55 points in tiie di e. while Donovan set another of his pool records, this time at 22.7. The Water (Carnival provided no new records, but there were plenty of thrills; Cideonse cap- tured the special 100 yard match race and re- corded a 49.6 in vain as the Freshman swam a va ' with a new National record in the 400 yard freestyle relay. Five meets in ten days were ne. t, but the crowded schedule hatl little effect on per- formance. ' ictories number 106 through 110 followed in close succession. A weak Columbia squad was first to fall, although many of the regulars were rested for Na ' y. New names re- sulted in familiar wins, with John Fleming, Ed Munhall, John Thomas, Ken Abbe, and Ed Haves all victorious. Nor did Navy pose the expected threat, as the varsity returned their best performances, timewise, of the year. A combination of Cideonse, O ' Conner, and Don- ovan streaked to a 2:54.5 medley relay, Welch and Jack Whitfield were one-two in the dive, O ' Conner ' s 2:21.8 breaststroke established a new Yale record for that event, and a fast improving Aldrich turned in a 52.3 100 yard freestyle. Slack of the Middies interrupted the Yale parade with his individual medley win. Colgate offered something of a surprise with four first places and a relay triumph, but Don- ovan, Welch, O ' Conner, and Co. had too much depth. Yale took all but one second place; the 49-36 final score was no indication of the rela- ti e strength of the two teams. At Wesley an, the Blue again took every first place on the way to a 67-17 margin. Penn and the University of duPont in, Curtiss off in the relay i Captain Ken Welch Conn, became victims 109 and 110, leading up to the crucial Big Three series with Princeton and an unbeaten Harvard squad. Swimming at the Tiger ' s Dillion pool, the mermen submerged a weak Princeton aggrega- tion, 60-24. The EHs took seven of ten first places to coast home. Welch ' s spectacular 121.36 total in the three meter dive was one of the season ' s outstanding performances. Don- ovan, Mark Thoman, and Dick Carey led the way to a freest) ' le swamp, while Princeton won both the backstroke and the breaststroke. Gideonse, who had not competed in the former all year, added to his claim as one of the world ' s most versatile swimmers with a second place finish in the 200 yard backstroke. March 13th, the quest for number 113 straight, and an imdefeated Harvard team loomed as a large hurdle for Kiputh ' s men, but the result was another overwhelming Blue victory, 59-25. Donovan was a double « inner in the sprints, Sandy Gideonse edged Crimson star Dave Hawkins in the individual medley, and Captain Ken Welch again ran up an im- posing point total in the dive. In post-season competition, the Elis continued their Eastern Intercollegiate dominance, and although they could finish no better than third in the NCAA ' S, they formed the nucleus of a strong New Ha- ven Swim Club, the National AAU winner. SACK ROW: Phair, Moses, Smith, Crews, Aldrich, Schmelling, Schacht, Picard {Manager), Denny, Berenblum, Robbins, Felder, Donovan, Searie. THIRD ROW: Gustofson, Greene, Lammert, Howes, Niles, Gideonse, Thoman, DuPont, Sturtevont. SECOND ROW; Burnett, Wood, Carey, Schaefer, Curtiss, Welch (Coptoin), Bransome, O ' Connor, Ryan, Abbe, Bowers. FRONT ROW: Mun- hall, Fleming, Roessler, Freeman, Elk, Borders, MacDiormid, McLaughlin, Thomas. i! ELIS COP BIG THREE HONORS A veteran wrestling team, composed pri- marily of juniors and seniors, brought the Elis an extremely creditable 8-3 record during the 1953-1954 wrestling season. This record was accomplished despite the fact that the grap- plers were without the services of Captain Bill Downey, who is considered one of the finest wrestlers in the East and one of the outstand- ing matmen in recent Yale history. At the outset of the season, Coach John- ny O ' Donnell, entering his tenth year as Yale wrestling mentor, could count on filling six of the eight varsit) ' positions with experienced men. Only sophomore Rog Hinkson and junior Bob Stovall were newcomers to the grunt and groan profession. In the opening meet of the season, Yale sur- prised even its most enthusiastic fans by up- setting Springfield. The fired-up Yale squad, taking revenge for the drubbing which Spring- field had given them in the past three seasons, demonstrated the value of experience in up- ending the New England Intercollegiate Champions 14-11. Bob Theriault, Rollie Mo- linet, Bob White, and John Kousi all deci- sioned their opponents, and Rog Hinkson drew as the Eli matmen made their debut an aus- picious one. Rutgers provided little competi- tion in the second encounter, and the Bulldogs walked away with a decisive, but unimpres- sive, 15-9 victory. The Lions of Columbia brought a highly touted scjuad down to New- Haven and provided Yale spectators with one of the season ' s best matches. In copping their Hastings working for takedown William Downey, 1954, Capfain Peter Freeman, 1954, Manager John O ' Donnell, Coach third straight victory the Eli grapplers looked veiy impressive. Theriault and Bob Mead started the afternoon off on the right foot by taking decisions in the 123 and 130 pound classes. Rog Hinkson at 167 and John Kousi at 177 also brought home decisions, but it was Bob White who provided the greatest thrill of the afternoon and iced the match. White was pitted against Columbia ' s finest, Harry Scott, who was undefeated in thirt -one straight col- legiate and high school matches. Bob ended the fast and furious match by putting Scott ' s shoulders to the mat late in the second period, and Yale went on to a 17-11 victory. The wrestling team continued to distin- guish itself during the vacations as Bob Mead took a fourth place in the Wilkes College Copt. Downey 171 Tourney. Following vacation, riding the crest of a three meet winning streak, the wrestlers met the three strongest opponents of the sea- son, and the season ' s record was evened out. Against the perennial powerhouse of the Black Knights of West Point the Elis went down to defeat on the short end of a 16-13 score. De- cisions by Theriault and White, a draw by Mead, and John Kousi ' s pin were not enough to halt the Army. Yale fared no better against the Pitt contingent, and the Pennsylvanians scored a complete rout in handing the Elis their worst defeat of the season. White was the lone Eli to hit the scoring column, and the best he could salvage was a tie as Pitt swept to a 23-2 slaughter. The ne.xt defeat, and the last of the season, came at the hands of the ever powerful squad from Lehigh. O ' Don- nell switched his line-up in an attempt to sal- vage this one, but to no avail. Ken Nelson wrestled at 137; Don Reilly moved perman- ently into the heavyweight slot; and Dick Pol- ich, a veteran from the ' 52- ' 53 sqiuid, wrestled at 177. The men from Bethlehem proved too powerful, however, and Yale went down in de- feat for the third straight time, 21-11. Back on the winning trail once again the Bulldog matmen overcame a strong Hofstra contingent 18-13. The ne.xt week with Captain Bill Downey back in action for the first time Yale squeezed out a 14-11 victory over Penn, and Brown was victimized in a 20-14 troun- cing. Entering Big Three competition the Elis looked like favorites to walk awny with the honors. And they did. Princeton, sans National champion Brad Glass, fell before the grapplers 18-12. Theriault, White, Kousi, and Worth Da id. wrestling his first match of the season, all garnered decisions, while both Mead and Molinet tied their opponents. In the season ' s finale, the Elis copped Big Three honors by crushing an im wtent Har- vard team 15-9. Decisive wins in the first two bouts by Theriault and Mead gave Yale an early 6-0 lead. In the next matches White and Molinet doubled the Eli score, but Harvard then produced two victories. With the score 12-6 John Kousi iced the contest by decisioning Harvard ' s once beaten Ken Culbert, and with its eighth victory secure, the Eli wrestling team ended one of their finest seasons in many years. BACK ROW: O ' Donnell (coach), Kousy, Hastings {assl. coach), Jackson, Stovall, Freeman (monoger), Riley. FRONT ROW: Hinkson, Theriault, Mead, Downey, Abdelnoor, Molinet, Foley (trainer). White. S t ' ' 1 YALF YALE valb I aleW : 4 - - k 172 J LEFT TO RIGHT: Langworthy {manager), Paegle, Shoemaker, Cohen, Jacoby, Carlson, GoerJng, Williams, Addiss, Collar, Torchia, Keggi, Sutton, Zuckerman, Grosson (coach); Not Presen — Tongring, Murray, Stearns. TWO ALL-AMERICANS PACE BLUE Paced by All-Americans Bill Goering and George Jacoby, the 1954 fencers recorded an exceptional season, finishing with a six win- three loss mark. The season ' s opener saw the Blue swamp an inept Fordham squad, 24-3. Coach Al Gras- son mo ' ed Jacoby from the epee to the foil division, and the towering Eli responded with three wins, one of them without a touch being scored against him. Previewing things to come, the saber team managed to blank its op- ponents, 9-0. Saber again proved the strong division for the Bulldogs against an experienced Saltus- McBurney Club of New York. Goering, Jim Addiss, and versatile Jules Cohen combined to administer a 6-3 defeat to the jiolders of the no ice championship. Amateur Fencers League of America, but the New Yorkers turned the tables in foil and epee, tallying a 15-12 victor) ' . The Blue reljounded to win their second of the season with a 16-11 margin over CCNY. Four Eli fencers shut out their opponents, Jacoby accounting for three points in the epee, Goering in the saber, and Kris Heggi and Dawson Shoemaker in the foil, . t Philadel- phia, Penn ' s defending NC. . champions proved too strong for the Blue; Goering lost William Goering, 1954, Captain George Langworthy, 1954, Manager Albert J. Grasson, Jr., Coach his first bout of the year, and Jacoby ' s absence made itself felt in a 7-2 epee loss. Columbia handed the team its worst defeat of the year. In an abrupt about face, the team swept to four consecutive successes, interrupted onlv by its second place finish in the Pentagonals. Rutgers fell, 16-11, with little trouble, setting the stage for one of the most dramatic tourna- ments in history. Hopelessly trailing Princeton, Army, and favored Navy at the end of the epee division, the Blue squad caught fire and just missed stealing the Pentagonal champion- ship. Yale won both the foil and saber titles; and . ddiss, Zuckerman, and Goering finished an imprecedented 1-2-3 in the saber. A 20-7 margin was the order of the day against Trinit ' . Princeton pro ed stiffer op- position, leading in the early stages of the match, but victories by Jacoby and . nd - Torcliia gave the Elis a slender 14-13 edge. Tile foils squad won eight of nine matches to lead the way over Harvard, culminating a season which saw the development of a great many first-rate fencers at Yale. 173 vffn Back row. Dowd, Haerle, Adams, Cushman, Labine, Hunter, Chemlen, T Sgt. J. Smith- coach. Front row: Captain: Woodward, Manager: Thebaud. I Air Force Rifle Team After a record of 52 won and 6 lost last season, hopes were high for the Air Force Rifle Team this year. But hecause of the cut in the size of the AFROTC, only three men out of seven returned tliis fall, making it neces- sary to train several interested ne comers in the fine points of target shooting. High scorer Dave Hunter and Captain Tom Woodward, both seniors, and Manager Mike Thebaud, a junior, made up the nucleus of the team. Sophomore Healy Do ' d and freshman Charlie Cushman, Pete Hearje, Hoi Labine, Leon Chemlen, Steve (Colgate, and Siebert Adams comiirised the new members. On December 5 a team made up of Hunter, Woodward, Thebaud, Dowd, and Cushman fired in the William Uan(lol]i]i Hearst National AKHOI ' C Match. They placed second in Area A, which includes all of New England, and fifty-second in the nation. All the dual meets this year have been postal matches. In the Fall Term the record was 4 wins and 11 losses. Much improvement has been evident in the second term. The team has won 4 of the 6 matches fired to date. There are 14 matches left on the schedule, and from all indications the team should compile a much better record in these. The course of fire for the Air Force team consists of 10 shots in each of the four posi- tions: prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing, for a possible score of 400. The top score of the year, 388, was shot by Hunter, whose average for the first term was 381. Averages of the others in the top five were: Woodward, 376; Thebaud, 368; Cushman, 356; Dowd, 34S. k SACK ROW: Perry, Anderson, Swartllng, Thcbaud, Garlock, Lockhart, Booker, Dowd. FRONT ROW. Captain: Hunter, Manager: Woodward. VARSITY RIFLE TEAM The continuous efforts of Captain Dave Hunter and Manager Tom Woodward, three year members of the organization, contributed largely to the success of the 1953 Rifle Team. More competitors were engaged and more competitive postal matches replaced almost entirely the shoulder-to-shoulder meets. The result was an excellent year. In dual matches, the Elis compiled a re- spectable 16-9 win and loss record. In their key contests, they beat Princeton twice, and split with Harvard, each team winning one. Season ' s end found them tied for third place in the Southern Division of the New England College Rifle League. Following league com- petition, the marksmen participated in several tournaments, including the MIT Invitationals, and Intercollegiate Sectionals at Kingspoint, Long Island. In the latter, freshman Roger Cogswell placed second in the individual standings, while the team took eighth in a field of twenty three. They also placed second in the Collegiate Division of the Connecticut State Match. Captain Hunter for the second year led the riflemen posting a 283 average while Manager David A. Hunter, Jr., 1954, Captain Thomas E. Woodward, 1954, Manager Woodward followed with 278. Completing their third years with tlie team, both won major Y ' s. Other lettermen were John Lockhart, next year ' s captain. Jack Booker who is future man- ager, Dick Swartling, and Dick Perry. Next year ' s prospects are brightest ever with a large number of lettennen returning. Prob- ably the greatest single boost to the club was the addition of a freshman team which extends a broader base of contact to the Yale campus, and is an ideal medium through which to re- cruit new members. It will certainly boost the yearly turnout which has been small in the past. The frosh finished their initial season with a 4-2 record, and developed some of the best sharp.shooters on the Yale firing range. The success of this group assures its continu- ance, and it is a healthy inspiration for new riflemen. In addition, the varsity club will seek more University sponsorship and aid in liopes of obtaining a coach, cheaper ammuni- tion, and other advantages which are due a campus team. 175 ' ' W ' WPfpBBPll mmmmm RACQUETMEN WIN 10, LOSE 3 Playing a tough thirteen game schedule, the 1953 stjiiash team emerged with a very creditable ten won and three lost record. The racquetmen started the season in a blaze of glory, winning their first seven matches— against Trinity, Amherst, Navy, M.I.T., Adel- phi, Pennsylvania, and Williams. Of these seven, three (Trinity, Adelphi and Pennsyl- vania ) were by scores of nine to nothing. The streak was highlighted by a 5-4 victory over Navy, which was considered to be one of the best teams in the nation. Yale ' s winning ways were abruptly halted on the tenth of February when Army eked out a 5-4 win on the West Point courts. The only other losses of the season were suffered at the hands of Princeton, 5-4, and Harvard, this year ' s national cham- pion, 7-2. Like the Army match, the Prince- ton contest was not decided until the very last match of the afternoon. David Workman, 1954, Capiain Joel Smilow, 1954, Manager John Skillman, Coach Fred Gardner and Warren Zimmerman were this year ' s number one and two men. Brooks Ragen, who was elected captain of the 1954-5 team, Jim Laughlin, Captain Dave Workman, Jim McClellan, Al Englander, Tom Cornell, and Phil Nelson also saw regular action. Of special note were the records compiled by Workman and McClellan, each of whom lost only one match during the season. Those who also saw action this year were Ned Vare, Bob Easton, Barry Seymour, Dave Seifer, and War- ren Ransom. BACK ROW: Smilow, (manager), Zimmerman, Ragen, Englander, Vare, Skillman (coach). FRONT ROW; McClellan, Cornell, Workman, (capfoin), Laughlin, Gardner. 176 POLO TEAM DROPS ONE IN SEASON Although hampered by the loss of six men from the previous year, and the return of only one regular player, Captain Malcolm Wallop, the 1954 squad mounted for itself a most re- spectable record, losing only one intercollegi- ate game during the scheduled season. The Blue malletmen opened their season with the somewhat violent subduing of Vir- ginia by a score of 21-5, with Wallop break- ing a Yale record by connecting seven of his day ' s twelve goals in one seven and a half min- ute period. The next week, however, found Yale on the close but short end of a 22-17 score against Farmington. Yale ' s Co-coaches Frank Butterworth and Al Marenholz shared the Malcolm Wallop, 1954, Captain John Hill, 1954, Manager Howard H. Leach, Cooch honors for Farmington with ten goals apiece, while Wallop again led Yale with si. goals. During the next two games, Yale slipped into a slump, losing to s(iuadron A of New York 17-7 and traveling to Ithaca only to be set back 26-10. Yale ' s Junior Varsity, however, thor- oughly enjoyed the afternoon back in New Haven by downing a weak Georgetown team 18-7. After this Yale ' s spirit rose as they trounced ' irginia again 28-5 and went on to overcome the Alumni 12-10, with Ivan Poutia- tine adding eight individual goals to his rec- ord. Drawing Virginia and Stanford in the quar- ter and semi-finals of the National Intercolle- giate tournament held in the Squadron A Armory of New York Cit % Yale downed the much improved Cavaliers for the third time, but only by a score of 11-8, and came from behind in the closing minutes to win over a strong Stanford trio 10-8, to win their way into the finals. The defending champions failed, hou ' ever, to retain the cherished cup for an- other year, ielding to a rough and cowboy- hooting New Mexico Military Institute 14-3. Back row: Poutiatine, Williams, Wallop (Captain). Front row.- Dennison, Barclay, Hettinger, Lutz, Hil CREW RECORD POOR, SPIRIT HIGH An excited New London crowd witnessed Harvard ' s oarsmen sweep to victory over the Yale shell in the 101 st anniversary of the nation ' s oldest intercollegiate crew event. The favored Crimson crew chalked up the third hest time ever recorded over the fom-mile course— a sparkling 20:09.0, with the Bulldogs trailing at 20:20.0. In the Blue defeat, the team showed no second-rateness, coming up with its best effort of the season. The Elis had a well-conditioned boat, but her opponents capitalized on imusu- ally superlative material. Captain Ed Cross- man and his oarsmen battled their ' a - to an unspectacular one and four record. The first battle of the blades saw the Klis facing an all-wiuuing, national and Olympic champion Navy aggregation. The sting of a four-length loss was eased 1) ' the knowledge that the sailors, minus only the coxswain from the gold-medal Helsinki contingent of 1952, were probabK ' the best team in the world. Pulling against a slight headwind, the Yale team opened at :i long 39 against the Middies ' Edgar Grossman, 1953, Capfain J. Lee O ' Nan II, 1953, A anoger James Rathschmidt, Coach 43, but once under way, Navy left no doubts as to which was the better shell. Settling down to a powerftd 29 strokes a minut( they opened a four-length lead and coasted to a fifteen second victory at the cud of the one and three- (juarter miles. The Elis, hurt by the loss of regidar luunber two oar Jim Campbell, were never in competition. In spite of the defeat on the Severn. Jim Rathschmidt hazarded a prophecy that his crew would sweep both Columliia and Penn in the Blaekwi ' ll Cuji regatta on May 2. Whether it was due t o his pra er or to the t pieal New Haven weather which prevailed, Hathschmidt pro ed to be correct, as the Elis registered their initial trimnph. Ten thousand cheering spectators watched Columbia make I, 178 Portage Flying Start its bid with three-quarters of a mile to go, cutting a Yale lead to a length. The Blue turned on the steam to answer the challenge, sprinting to finish a full three-quarters of a length in front of the Columbia eight, with Penn another deck behind. Yale time was 6:10.5, Columbia recorded 6:13.5, and Penn. 6:1S.0. The fire that carried the Yale boat to their first place mark in the Black ell Cup race fizzled out in the next contest at Derby. Cor- nell, one of the East ' s top crews, out-raced Princeton and a near exhausted Bulldog crew. Stork Sanford ' s invaders blazed to a 38 start, which gave them a quarter-length on Prince- ton, a margin they never lost. The Blue were spaced a full length behind the leaders and lost ground .steadily until the final three- quarters of a mile when they upped the stroke to thirty-five in a vain attempt to overhaul the A Well-stocked Boat House bts jd teen iiee- isof were ,Jini tliis Penn ,yi othe laileii. ,eEb make 179 iWWt| 1 leaders. The umpire signalled Cornell ' s time to be a healthy 9:45.2, as compared with Princeton ' s 9:51.0 and Yale ' s 9:54.4. The Bulldogs had been seeded fourth for the 2,000 meter Eastern Association of Row- ing Colleges Sprint Championships. E.xperts predicted that the defending champion NavA ' combination would retain its fonn to take the event with Cornell and Princeton finishing second and third. The Eli varsity was elimi- nated in the first heat, and the Potomac yielded to the power-laden Navy shell. The middies cruised past the finish flags in 6:08.6, while Wisconsin, Cornell, Columbia, and Penn finished the Capitol city race in second, third, fourth, and fifth respectively. Yale struggles were not without color. Stroke Phil Grover possessed a keen sense of the de quoi necessary for a well-coordinated push. The members of the varsity crew gave outstanding support to Captain Eddie Cross- man. But it was not sufficient to raise Yale into a decent position in the win column. The Evil Eye Sfondmg— Grover, Wight, Reynolds, Shipley, Sperling, Mali, Campbell, Grossman (Captain), Kneeling— Porter, Cox. --1 180 ■) Grossman, Bow; McKenzie, 2; Jones, 3; Shedd, 4; Carrick, 5; Durand, 6; Newton, 7; Tittman, Stroke; Burt, Coxswain. 150 POUND CREW The 1953 season saw the entry of the second 150-pound coach in as many years. Arthur Gil- creast relieved Mr. Waldo Johnston who last year had generously offered his coaching serv- ices despite his duties as Secretary of the Alumni Board. Mr. Gilcreast, a member of the 150-pound crew of 1952, proved an in- valuable aid to the lightweights. The first race, the traditional meet with Kent, was held on the one mile course at Kent. The Yale eight won in the fast time of 4:39.5 in what pro ed to be Yale ' s only victory of the season. The ne.xt meet was not until the 25th of April when the light veights took part in the Blackwell Cup Regatta which included Penn- sylvania and Columbia on Penn ' s course on the Schuylkill River. Yale lost her chance of victory when the number five oarsman caught a crab and was thrown out of the shell, allow- ing Perm to row over the Henley course to an easy victor ' with the time of 7:05. The ne.xt week-end was the first real tost for the Yale eight as they faced the crews of Harvard and Princeton nn their own course on the Housatonic River at Derby. The prize was the traditional Goldthwaite Cup, a trophy which had been donated in 1922 with the hope of increasing interest in lightweight rowing. A strong Princeton crew took first with the time of 6:45.6 followed by Yale and Harvard in that order to boost their number of victories since the 1922 initiation of the series to seven. Harvard, however, remains in the lead with twelve victories and Yale in second with nine. May 16th saw the Yale crews taking part in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Regatta which was held on Princeton ' s Lake Carnegie. The lightweight crews were com- peting for the coveted Joseph Wright Trophy wliich Yale had won only twice since 193S. Although the Yale lightweights were not able to upset the strong Princeton crew, they fin- ished in second place with M.I.T. in third and Harvard in fourth. In defeating the Elis, the powerful Princeton crew broke the old Lake Carnegie course record of 6:40.8 which had been set by Princeton in the 1942 Wright Trophy championships and established their new record of 6:40.5. 181 TRACKMEN SHINE IN HEPTAGONALS The 1953 Yale Track team saw their twent) ' - one meet indoor streak snapped, but managed to take both the Big Three indoor title and score an impressive win in the Spring Hepta- gonals. Weaknesses in the middle and long dis- tance events, uncovered during the winter, dimmed prospects for the spring, but the po- tential was there. Coach Bob Giegengack had a nucleus of veterans— Captain Phil Swett, Mike Stanley, Ross Price, Jack Meader, and Joe Albanese to name a few— and a fine crop of sophomores. The sophomores, sprinters Hank Thresher and Larry Reno, broad jumper Dick Goss, pole vaulter Jack Donegan, weight man Stew Thomson, javelin thrower Bill Flan- ders, and others, proved more than able to carry their share of the load, and the team went on to a successful spring which included a 2-1 dual meet record, a win over Oxford-Cam- bridge, and above all, the Heptagonal Cham- pionship. The season opened with a triangular meet against Navy and Penn at Annapolis, where the underdog Elis finished second to the Middies. Mike Stanley, troubled by a foot injury throughout the indoor campaign, returned to Philip Swett, 1953, Capfain Edwin Meese, 1953, Manager Robert Giegengack, Cooc i action, taking a second in the mile. The meet also marked the varsity debut of sophomore sprinter Henry Thresher, who won both the 100- and the 220-yard dashes. Stew Thomson took first in the shot put with a heave of 51 ' 6 , the best Yale effort of the year, and also won the discus. Following the Navy-Penn engagement, the team served notice of its continued improve- ment by swamping Dartmouth, 103-.37, in the opening dual meet of the season at De Witt Cuyler Field. Tluesher again starred for the Blue. He broke the 220 record, setting a new mark of 20.9, and sped through the 100 in 9.8. Behind Thresher, the whole squad oper- ated at top eiBciency to take 13 of 16 first places and devastate the visitors. The same weekend, a Yale mile relay team composed of Joe Albanese, Jack Meader, Thresher, and Ross Price, traveled to the Penn relays, losing to Cornell by a scant two jards Up and Over Barrier Race in the Heptagonal event. The Elis ' time was a fast 3:17.5. Despite taking eight first places and tieing for a ninth, the squad lost a squeaker to Prince- ton, 72-68, at Tigertown. A last minute tri- umph in the high hurdles gave the Tigers the meet after the lead had see-sawed back and forth through most of a cold, muddy afternoon. Don Lanoue and Art Timmins gave their best performances of the year, tieing for first in the high jump at 5 ' 10 . Witli College Weekend came a decisive 82 2 3-57 2 3 decision over Harvard which ended the spring dual meet campaign on a winning note. Stanley set the pace for the team by winning his first mile of the )ear in the opening event of the afternoon. Joe Albanese and RoUie Garofalo finished second and third respectively, to sweep the event and give the Blue an early lead which it never lost. Thresher took both dashes as usual. His time of 20.8 in Stanley was tired Lorry Reno Outsprints Cornell the 220 was his best perfonnance of the year, but was not allowed as an official record be- cause of a high following wind. Bill Flanders ' 180 ' 11 toss of the javelin stood out, as did Thomson ' s double win in the shot and discus. Price came through to win the 440 in one of the most exciting races of the } ' ear. The Cantabs ' Alan Jackson came out of the chute a good five yards ahead of Price, but the Austrahan star steadily narrowed the gap until the two were even up going into the final turn. Then with a well timed burst on the final straightaway. Price nipped Jackson by two yards at the tape. The clima. of the season came with the Heptagonal meet the following week. The meet figured as a sLx-way battle among Columbia, Cornell, Penn, Army, Harvard, and Yale but finally narrowed down to a duel between the Bulldogs and defending champion Arm ' . With Yale leading, 42-37, the outcome of the meet Weight Man 183 ttOnooiSQnrKi crrm nw.fw.nr-iiq vH ' S hinged on the Blue ' s beating Army in their heat of the mile relay. Albanese led off and opened a substantial lead, with Meader, Thresher, and Price ending the Cadets ' chance to repeat. Balance and depth paid off for the Blue, for despite the slim total of four firsts, they managed to score in 13 of the 16 events. Thresher won the 100; Thomson and Jack Don- egan took the discus and pole vault respec- tively, and Captain Swctt surprised with a 163 ' 11 win in the hammer throw. Behind these first came an array of other scorers who boosted the Bulldog total to 50. Second place Army finished with 38M. Reno was the unsung hero of the meet. The speedy sophomore, who had performed in the shadow of Thresher all year, almost caught his teammate in the 100, but had to settle for second. He went on to score a fifth in the low hurdles, and run a leg on the second-place sprint relay team. With the Heptagonal title under its belt, the team talked hopefully of an IC4A title, but the hopes proved vain. A powerful Man- hattan squad won handily, and Yale had to be content with only one champion. Stanley, giving his best performance of the year, won the 880 in 1:53.4. Who Won? In the final event of tlic 1953 campaign, the trackmen joined with Army, Penn, and Cornell to face Oxford and Cambridge in an inter- national meet held at Philadelphia ' s Franklin Field. The meet marked the first visit of the English teams here since 1949 and culminated nearly six months of planning. The combined Yale-Army squad defeated the visitors ' com- bined team, 9-6, in a meet in which only first places ' ere counted. Thresher again took both sprints, and Thomson copped both the shot and the discus. Front Row, Seated, (Left to Right)— Duckworth, Franz, Lanoue, Albanese. Second Row.- Price, Garo- fa!o, Stanley, Swett iCapfain), Timmons, Seiff. Third Row: Miller {Winter Monoger), Seymour, Goss, Durfee, Brown, Mott, Porter. Fourth Row.- Donegan, Reno, Thresher, Galloway, Abele, Thomson. Fifth Row: Ryan {Field Cooch), Meader, Miller, Work, Weaver, Meese (Monoger) and Giegengock (Cooch). ■w SOPHOMORES AID DIAMOND PICTURE Bob Davis ' s no-hitter against Cornell, the first trip abroad for a Yale baseball team in IS years, and second place in both KIBL and Big Three standings highlighted the Elis ' 1953 baseball season. After a shak - early start, the team found itself midwa ' through the cam- paign and went on to compile a creditable 13-7 record. As pre-season practice got underway, pros- pects appeared bright. Coach Ethan Allen had a small nucleus of veterans headed by Captain Bob Brown, and a stellar group of sophomores up from the imdefeated freshman team of 1952. On paper, the team ' s batting was strong, and the pitching, with sophomore Davis joining veterans Chris Emerson, Skeeter Ellis, and John Bjorn looked more than adequate. The big question mark was behind the plate, where Mickey Chasanoff had been forced out of ac- tion by mononucleosis, but Jim Rowe and Dave Reed were ready to fill the gap. Before the team left on its spring trip to the Domini- can Republic, some sports writers were al- ready comparing it to the grea t 1947 squad which Frank Quinn had pitched into the NC. A semifinals. Few signs of this greatness were apparent on the trip. A 20-man squad made the jaunt in conjunction with Cornell, and played a si.x game schedule with Cornell, the University of Santo Domingo, and the Dominican All-Stars furnishing the opposition. The Blue trounced Cornell twice, S— 4 and 11-0, and tied another game with the Big Red, S-S. The team drop- ped all three of its games with the South .Americans, blowing a si.x-run lead in one game against the University of Santo Domingo, and showed some rather sloppy fielding. On the bright side, Davis pitched 11 scoreless in- nings, Phil Nhithias slugged two homers, and Hugo Guidotti batted at a .400 clip. Returning to New Haven, the Bulldogs faced their opener against NYU. Davis started on the mound, with five other sophomores in the opening lineup. Mathias was at third. Bill Schifino at short, Joe Johnson at second, Ray Walker in center, and Guidotti in right. Robert G. Brown, 1953, Capfain Robert P. Cowell, 1953, Monager Ethan Allen, Coach Base Knock Brown in left, Jim Plecas on first and Reed behind the plate were the only veterans. Allen had to call on one more veteran before the victory was safely in the record books. Davis started poorly and departed in the fourth, trailing 3-1. Bjorn shut out the Violets the rest of the way, and with Mathias, Brown, and Plecas leading the attack, Yale won, 8-3. After the opening win, the Elis began to run into the inconsistency that was to plague The Sailors lost, 7-6 185 mm them all through the early part of the season. When the pitching and defense were good, tlie batters didn ' t produce, and when the batters connected, the defense would fall apart. Five Blue errors gave Springfield a 7—4 victory in the next game, which was followed by a night- marish 10-10 tie with Penn. Four errors and 14 walks featured this one, which dragged on until darkness forced a halt in the tenth. This discouraging Ivy opener was offset by a win at Navy in the next league game. Skeeter Ellis won, 7-6, in a sterling relief performance. The defense tightened, committing only one error, anil the hitters reached the Middies for lo hits as Rowe drove in three runs. But trouble returned against Amherst and Fordham. The Lord Jeffs capitalized on a wild pitch and an error to win 4-1, and the Rams pounded Bjorn as tlu ' rolled to a 10-7 tri- umph. Then came Davis ' s no-hitter. Tlie Elis ' sophomore started poorly against Cornell at Ithaca, walking two men in the first inning. Then he pricked the blood blister on his pitching hand with a pin and locked himself in a tight pitcher ' s duel with the Big Red ' s Dou Unbckanut. Then in the fifth, Da is him- self started the winning ralK ' with a long single. He went to seeonil on a sacrifice and scoretl on Wahlers ' single to left. That was |i A siTiriati r.r ' .H F Pitcher Bob Davis Could Hit Too all Davis needed, but Yale pushed across two more runs before this inning was over, to lead 3-0. And that was the final score as Davis bore down all the way. He walked eight, but he stiTick out eight, and only four batters got as far as second. It would be a great story to sa - that this was the spark which ignited the team and sent it off on its ten-game streak, but two more losses went into the books before the Elis finally got straightened out. Trinity pounded them, 13-8, and Davis lost in relief at Brown, 10-9. All through these first nine games, Allen had juggled his lineup like a Casey Stengel, looking for the right combination. Finalh ' , just before the Army game, he came up with the lineup that was to go on through the rest of the season almost unchanged. John Scinto led off and played left field. Brown batting second, played first. Numbers three, four, and five in the order were center fielder W ' ahlers, right fielder Guidotti, and third baseman Mathias re- spectiveh ' . Either Reed or Rowe caught and batted si.xth, with Ray Walker at second and Schifino at short finishing up the order. The Bulldogs breezed through the ne.xt three games. Army fell, 8-6, thanks to six unearned runs and a good relief job by Ellis. Then Da is stopped Columbia, 9-2. and Bjorn, Bill Hickey and Chuck Pease combined to de- feat Holy Cross, 5-1. Then Princeton set them down, .5-0. in an important league game played on College Weekend. Dick Emerv held Yale to one hit, while his Tiger teammates took advantage of five Eli miscues to pile up their lead. After this loss, the Blue was off on its long- est win streak of the year. UConn succumbed in a non-league game, 9 . Then the Ehs moved into a second place Ivy league tie by beating Dartmouth, 4—2, behind Davis. Three convincing wins over Wesleyan, the Quonset Flyers, and Equitable Life at Hartford fol- lowed before the climactic games with Prince- ton and Harvard. Davis pitched the Princeton game, and won it, 2-1, on a neat five-hitter. He fanned six. The Bulldogs wasted no time in taking the lead, making their winning ralh ' in the third. Brown, Wahlers, and Guidotti, all singled to load the bases. Brown scored on Mathias ' long fly, and Rowe singled in what proved to be the winning riui a moment later. The Harvard game at Commencement proved to be a real thriller. Leading 4-1 going into the top of the ninth, the Elis saw their lead blasted as Ellis and Bjorn gave up four runs to the Cantabs. Emerson finally came in to stem the tide, but the damage had been done and Yale trailed, .5-4. In the home half of the nintli, the Blue tied the score on three straight singles. Then with two on and two out, Rowe stepped up and clouted a three- run lionier that meant the ball game. . 4-2 loss to Princeton in its last outing spoiled the team ' s hopes of an EIBL champion- s hip. Yale ' s old nemesis, Emer ' , pitched for the Tigers, and four unearned runs sent Davis down to defeat. 187 - - =.«H Wl M UHll  ri. LOSS TO PRINCETON MARS 7-3 RECORD 1953 saw Army, R.P.I., and Princeton con- tinue to prove a thorn in the side of Yale lacrosse. Like its predecessors the Bulldog aggregation was unable to defeat its three major opponents but the team managed to compile a creditable seven won, three lost record. After a week of practice imder the spring sun, the Elis faced off with R.P.L in a con- trolled scrimmage at West Palm Beach. A curious crowd of close to 5,000 spectators watched lacrosse introduced to Florida, but the debut was an inauspicious one for the Blue, who trailed, 6-5, at the final whistle. Returning to the north, Yale wreaked re- venge on an inept C.C.N.Y. aggregation, rout- ing the New Yorkers, 21-2, at Lewisohn Field. A 3-2 score in the first quarter proved no forecast of things to come, as Ames Thompson threw in five goals and Bill Mapel contributed six assists to bring the count to 17-2 at the three-quarters mark. Although the action was far from smooth, nine Elis tallied to make things easy for goalie Pete Parker. Hofstra and Penn fell by almost identical scores, with the sophomore attack of Bob Sutherland and Bruce Lloyd combining with Thompson, Mapel, and Young to down the Dutchmen, 9-2, in the first encounter. Against Penn, Parker ran the lengtli of the field to score, besides holding the opposition to a two goal total. At Clarden Cit ' , Long Island, Edwin G. Torrance, 1953, Captain John M. Roberts, 1953, Manoger William Harkness, Coach Digging foi it the team overpowered Adelphi, 10-2, for their fourth straight. Five game totals showed Yale with fifty-five goals scored and a total of only 14 against them. The string was abruptly snapped as Arm ' and R.P.L successively triumphed over the Blue. Playing at West Point, the Elis held down the score in the first half but were out- run by the better conditioned cadets in the second, suffering a 13-6 defeat. The loss was the thirteenth straight at the hands of West Point. R.P.L proved equally rugged, and the team found themselves on the short end of a 10-6 count. Coach Ned Harkness of the visitors maintained his non-losing trailition over brother Bill Harkness of tlie Blue; despite Dartmouth missed this one, and the game Attack . . and Defense an early lead the Elis were again oiitscored in the second half. Boasting an unbeaten, high-scoring record, Williams had high hopes of an upset, but they were nidely jolted, 11-4, in a game marked by 19 penalties. Thompson continued his pro- lific scoring with five goals, while Bill Duncan tallied two to assure the squad ' s fifth win. Three days later a strong Princeton aggrega- tion edged the stubmen 11-6, as Bo Willis of the Tigers fired five markers into the nets. The visitors built up a seven-one lead at half- time; a five goal Yale surge in the third and fourth periods proved spectacular but useless. Bill Duncan provided the spark as the Elis rebounded to defeat Dartmouth, 13-5. An- other five goal rally in the final period clinched ' ictory number six, and number seven fol- lowed as Harvard was crushed, 11-7, in the season ' s finale at Cambridge. Pick-off Ploy Front row: William A. R. Harkness (cooc i), Arthur King, Richard Reid, William Duncan, Edwin Torrance (coptoin), William Mapel, Peter Parker, Ames Thompson, Allan Flynn. Second row; Hugh Young, Peter Meyer, Thomas Eastman, James Ostheimer, Robert Sutherland, Rutger Smith, John Taylor. Third row. William Ellis, John White, Richard Polich, Howard Jones, John Bell, Bruce Lloyd. Fourth row: John Roberts (monoger), Fred Mitchell, Daniel Wight, Robert Merrick, Warden Dilworth, Roger Hansen, Frank Foley ((roiner). H? I7i t Back row: Cootes (Mgr.), Pollack, Workman, Dessner, Bass, English, Skillman (cooch). Front Row. Seymour, Ten Eyck, Raskind, Blodgett, Moloney, Englonder, Seifer. RASKIND, ENGLANDER LEAD SQUAD Despite a pair of last minute, one point losses to Princeton and Harvard, the tennis team returned to the heights of 1951 ' s na- tionally ranked squad, compiling a fine ten win-three loss record. Sparked by sophomores Dick Raskind and Al Englander, consistent winners during the year, Yale won eight straight before bowing to powerful North Car- olina, 2-7. Ex- Yale and Harvard captains proved no match for the current Elis, and the Seventh Regiment tennis club went down 8-1, in the season ' s first outdoor event. Raskind led a sweep of the singles, defeating former NYU ace Dick Thompson 5-7, 6-4, 6-0. Columbia and Wesleyan brought a pair of easy shutouts; in the latter match, the visitors could win only one set of a 9-0 deluge. Amherst pre- sented more formidable opposition; Englander playing at number one, succumbed to Lord Jeff ' s unbeaten Barry Sclilacher but Captain Hank Blodgett, Raskind, and Ben Ten Eyck won convincingh ' to assure a ( -;3 Blue triumpli. The East ' s leading team of 1952, Dartmouth, faced a new Yale lineup, and came off on the short end of a 9-0 shutout. At Brown, the Blue applied their second straight whitewash job, and followed it with a strong win over Navy, high-ranked power which had lost only to Princeton. Army saw an unusual score of 6)2- 2)2 recorded, but little else— Raskind, Eng- lander and ,S;un i ' nglish scored to make for Henry Blodgett, 1953, Captain Dudley Coates, 1953, Manager John Skillman, Coach a split in the doubles. After a postponement of the scheduled Miami match, the Blue met its sternest test of the year. In the first of three matches in four days North Carolina ended the un- beaten skein, routing Yale, 7-2. Raskind, play- ing in the number one spot, downed Deal Sylvia, Southern Conference champion, and Englander followed with a victory, but the visitors captured the rest of the singles and made a clean sweep of the doubles. Hope was momentarily restored as Penn fc ll, 9-0, setting the stage for the crucial Princeton engage- ment, but the Blue fell just short of an upset. Playing magnificent tennis, Raskind upended Tiger Pablo Eisenberg and English downed Ed Daily. But a heartbreaking 5-7, 9-7, 6-4 loss in tlie third doubles endi ' il Yak ' chances of Eastern sujiremacN . Despite Raskind ' s first loss of the year to Williams Dick Squires, the Bulldogs posted a 5-2 win. However, they wer( unable to sub- due Harvard and dropped both a regulation ELTA series, 4—5, and ;ui extended Big 3 match, 7-8. 190 GOLFERS TAKE BIG THREE LAURELS Coach Jot ' Sulli an, optimistic ahoiit his team ' s cliaiiccs, provcil an cxct ' Uciit proplict as tlic golfers went iinbeateTi, captuiiiig hotli the Big Three and the Eastern Intercollegiate Championship. After spring practice at both I ' inehurst and Florida, the Blue swept to a 7-0 opener against Connecticut. Ernie Lundell, at number one, was an easy winner, while Miirra ' Vernon shot a sparkling 33 on the front nine. Peren- nialK- strong Holy Cross was the next victim, falling by a 6-1 count. At Wesleyan, the team had little difficulty in posting its second shutout and third consec- utive victory, 7-0. ' ernon, Roger Hember, George Wislar, and Kilrea eased by their op- ponents, but Fehr was held to a two and one win. Pinning Princeton with its worst defeat in many years, the red-hot Elis flattened their Big Three rivals, 7-0. Vernon, Fehr, and Wislar won decisively, procuring the interscholastic meeting between the two squads. Walter C. Kilrea, 1954, Capfain Edward N. Wise, 1953, Manager Joseph Sullivan, Coach Sienna provided the Blue with its fifth straight win, falling 6-1. Doug Stevens and Bob Barton posted seven and six triumphs as ide margins were the order of the day; Kilrea proved to be the only loser when his opponent knocked in a birdie on the eighteenth. Revenging themselves for a fourth place finish in 1952, the team became Eastern In- tercollegiate champions with a low total of 599, an average of less than 75 for eight rounds at Princeton. Russ Meyer, George Wislar, and Fehr gained places in the sixteen man individ- ual championship. Carried to the twenty-first hole, in the finals, Fehr dropped a six-foot putt to defeat Rod Eaken of Penn State. Ending an unbeaten season, the team downed Harvard to clinch Big Three laurels. Front row: Joe Sullivan (coach), George Wislar, Russell Meyer, Wally Kilrea (capfain), Gerald Fehr, Arnold Lipman, Douglas Stevens. Bacfc row: Edmund Wise (manoger), Richard Harris (.fresh- man manager), Ernest Lundell, Murray Vernon, Roger Hemker, Robert Barton. HwoFiORmnani YALE KEY The Yale Key, although a relative newcomer to the campus, has rapidly made a place for itself. Its function is to meet visiting teams and act as a semi-official host of the University. The extent of a Key member ' s duties varies widely, depending on the nature of his assign- ment. Often time allows a member to do little more than conduct a team from the railroad station to its scheduled event. On other occa- sions, a member may spend an entire day with a team, giving them a conducted tour of Yale, arranging free passes to local theaters and extending any other courtesy that might make a visitor ' s stay more pleasant. Members of the Key are selected in the spring of their sophomore year. Each resi- dential college elects two representatives and each fraternity, publication, or other extra- curricular activity elects one member. The officers of the group consist of the President, who arranges most of the Key ' s functions and defines its policy, the Chairman of the Board of Assignments, who assigns members their teams, and the Secretary-Treas- luer, who keeps an eye on the finances. It is most essential that the finances be watched quite carefully, since enough must be on hand at the end of the year to allow the Key members to enjoy one of two semi- annual banquets. These banquets are among the prime reasons wh) ' membership in the Key is a rather highly valued position; the most important reason being, of course, serv- ice to the University. Actually, the social func- tions of the Key are of great importance in giving the organization the fine group spirit it has. The Key is daily finding opportunities to be of assistance to the University and to the branches of the athletic department wishing to make use of its services. Its members feel that the task it performs is indispensable since it supplements the extension of official Uni- versity courtesy. Bacfe row; Shober, Krause, Gould, Brooke, Miller, Davis, Hothcote, Hamburger. Second row; Work, Ragen, Nelson, Uhler, Leahy, Reno, Young, Sossoon, Dubin. Front row; Hightower, Pratt, O ' Brien, Crisp, Thornton, Shepord, Kaplan, Gurney, Costte. 1 192 IDC- fin )irit )be the activities £ mmv ' -- 193 Heeler s Party 7 1 Banner Darkroom Messrs. Bowen and Kipko in Conference If: The Yale Banner Publications A what! screeched business manager Dee, You spent what on this eraser? A quarter, replied Joel Hunter, nervously pulling at his foulard tie. I really didn ' t mean to be a spendthrift, Joel went on to explain. Dee started to overcome his tsvitching and wiped the red-flecked foam from his lips. Damn you! Damn you! he sobbed. How can you spend money like that? At this moment, the inner office door vibrated under the powerful fist of Neal McLaughlan, the Yale Banner ' s first official photographer in several years. Joel opened the door to let Neal in. I have a bill from Davenport Photo Shop for $32.56, Neal said, holding forth a yellow invoice to Tom. Dee looked wildly about, thrashing his anns in the air. They ' ll all be gone, he croaked, the profits, the profits. Plunging his fist into the desk, he pulled out a small revolver which had been purchased at a cut rate gun shop after much deliberation. Bang! went the pistol as Tom Dee, business manager, jammed the barrel into his mouth and released the trigger. His throat spattered all over the room, hitting Bo Foster in the eye. I have a plan, shouted Ron Murray, as he rushed into the room, the cast on his broken leg bumping along the floor. We ' ll make a plan for the funeral. I ' ll draw up the diagram for the positions in which the guests should stand. 195 [UJBWHir.rmctKHKnnr.nT-.KatsHvg rlJ. ' lr ' - ' lH I Kaplan checking circulation PARENT ' S Editor Parker Well draw up a plan for the gravedigging. How about some publicitv ' ? Some posters? he asked. I ' ll build the coffin, chirped in Chris Par- ker, walking in with J. J. Stoll. And I ' ll play some hymns on the wash- board as we march out to the cemetery, added J. J. May his soul rest in peace, intoned Bill Coke, finishing up the memorial service in the little white mausoleum near the tomb. Looking around, he asked whether anyone had opinions on the matter or suggestions to add. Seeing that all was calm and hushed, he dipped the linotype slug into the delicately carved vessel in front of him, and sprinkled some holy printer ' s ink on Tom ' s bloody corpse and the assembled crowd. Esto Perpetua! he chanted. Esto Perpetua! the crowd chanted back. Neal Allen, Jim Haynes, Frank Moore, and Bill Scarle, the pallbearers, lifted the coffin upon their broad backs, and they bore it out of the little building into the yard itself. There must be a better way to do this, commented Phil Zeidman, straining at his leash, but what the hell! Once beside the grave, the pallbearers set down the coffin and proceeded to lou ' er it into the ground. Bob Kipka and John Little, two members recently returned from the jimgles of Congress Avenue, took up spades and shov- eled the dirt into the grave, filling it up. Back at the office, everybody assembled to toast Tom ' s soul bon vo age on its trip to the happy hunting ground. Ed Dear, mi.xmaster Managing Editor and Vice-Chairman on business trip m  -• ' « ' •: par excellence, combiiu ' d some six or seven various spirits into a piuich, cackling, Brew, cauldron, brew. But before Ed luul a chance to adil the neu- tralizer, Mike Linburn. with a greedy look in his watering e ' es, rushed in where angels fear to tread and thrust his face into the punch bucket, sucking up the amber liquid with his mouth. He reeled back, screaming and panting as the liquid seared his flesh, and collapsetl in a quivering heap onto the floor. The acid ac- tion continued to take its terrible toll, and soon there was hardly anything left except a little piece of cloth from his jacket which a hungry moth gobbled up as it swooped down from its perch on Bill Waldron ' s shoulder. In the meantime, several juniors, realizing tliat the regime as tottering and corrupt, were beginning to form a conspiracy aimed at sav- ing the Banner from months of despotic rule. Look at Coke, said John Sherman as he pulled Eddie Kaplan and Tony Mayer into a comer. I think he will try to get the revelling crowd to offer him the chairmanship for life. I guess we ' ll have to do him in, mused Tony, and we had better get Dear too; he might make some inflammatory speeches or something. ' 57 team running an issue While the rest of the board was swarming around the floor; dipping their faces into the neutralized punch; and congratulating them- selves for having recovered the Freshman Reg- ister and for having started the Yale Parent, the conspirators drew out their knives. They banded around Coke and Dear and proceeded to plunge their daggers into the dnmken bodies. Dear dropped dead. As Eddie thrust the last blow into Coke ' s side, the old chairman gasped in pain, Et tu, Kaplan! The new board was in. FRONT ROW: Porker, Waldron, Dear, Coke, Dee Murray, Linburn. SfCOND ROW; Hostetier, McLaugliian, Smith, Moore F., McCarthy, Don, Haynes, Bowen, Cravens. THIRD ROW.- Hirsch, Little, Hunter, Allen, Kaplan, Foster, Touber. FOURTH ROW: Stoll, Mayer, Zeldman, Sherman, Moore R., Kipko. o 9 Q .■o. a t % ' . ' IU..M.; - - itlUl.r,:! ' ' ' I I FIFTH ROW (left to right): Gray, Grab, Benzel, Silliman, Putney, Curtiss D., Long, Heikkinen, Yingling, Speed, Jomieson, Colleton. FOURTH ROW: May, Dawson, Payne, Boorch, Stevens, Rowen, Tucker, Dewey, Krause, Finston, O ' Brien. THIRD ROW: Massy, Olson, Sheppord, Gutwillig, Abramson, Cohen, White, Grayson, Robert Johnson, Ahrens, Keim, Scheinfeld. SECOND ROW: Curtiss R., Darling S., Vladimir, Usher, Cunningham, Smilow, Loffer, Godfrey, Farrier, Muench, Eagle, Peacock, Jonis. FRONT ROW: Thomas, Gilder, Clifford, Whitmer, Zimmermonn, Day. ABSENT: Baker, Barlow, Barton, Bryan, Caiman, Conroy, Daly, Dana, Darling D., Dickerson, Dieterly, Dougan, Dunkel, Ellis, Estes, Goldman, Hansen, Harris, Hawke, Hoskins J., Hoskins W. L., Reid, Johnson, Keefe, Kellogg, Kroloff, Ladd, Leavenworth, Levy, Lindermon, Loucks, Mello, Papas, Pegg, Pinto, Rees, Ritchey, Sond- ford, Sherwood, Singer, Woite, Wrigley. Yale Broadcasting Company I Donald K. Clifford, Chairman Martin T. Whitmer, Business Manager Edward M. Thomas, Program Director C. Williamson Day, Public Relations Director James V. Ritchey, Secretary RiCHAKD Gilder, Vice Chairman Robert E. Zimmerman, Technical Director SENIOR MEMBERS David Baker Robert Caiman Jervis T. Cunninf ham Richmond II. Curtiss Jerome W. Dougan Donald F. Eagle David S. Ellis Walter H. Farrier Eric J. M. Godfrey L. Kay Hansen Richard E. Harris John D. Hawke John II. Hoskins Jay Janis Thomas J. Keefe Willis C. Kellogg William G. Laffer Allien T. Leavenworth Carleton F. Loucks Mark Mello John R. Muench Arthiu- L. Peacock Ronald Singer Joel E. Smilow William R. Usher Andrew N. Vladimir Charles M. Waite William Wrigley 198 tt 111 ' i ) ' )• « Itll ' M ' t l tWWV The bell for round one, last February, rang with an ominous note. We first suspected trouble when a STARDUST request was re- ceived from a Bridgeport listener. Then there were those in the Graduate School who pre- ferred just NBC to both NBC and WYBC simultaneously. First thing we knew those little men from Washington were scurrying around, diabolical machinerv ' strapped to their backs, uttering a strange jargon through clenched teeth. Occasionally a recognizable word such as overradiation or band spread fell upon our ears. The problem was simple: reduce power or leave the air. Since one prac- tically amounted to the other there was noth- ing to do but head subterranean and doctor up the transmission lines. Zimmie ' s crew set to work. Then one day Phidipides Yingling burst in with news of victory under Wright Hall. Gasping on the floor he told of a severed section of co-a. and, withdrawing said object from his tunic expired gently in Martin ' s arms. With the rupture repaired the situation was greatly improved: power down, reception up, FCC out of town. Midst all the excitement Studio No. 4 sud- denly sprung up under the capable hands of % I if • ,- ' 199 • rwrr imtm 200 carpenter Tcil Ma ' , ami the recording room became a reality. Cinemogul Jim Sherwood, with the eollalniratioii o( many, finally com- pleted the .station ' s halt-hour ilocumentary film This Is College Radio. Operating on a liberal expen.se account, Da e Baker hawki ' d Y. LE SINGS in all the more fashionable spas at Poughkeepsic and Northampton, providing much needed revenue. Jerry Cunningham and Jack Muench gained the admiration of us all by tlieir steady, always reliable work in busi- ness and continuity, and Stardusters LafFer, Eagle, Loueks, Hansen, Thomas and Baker gathered fans by the hundreds. Then, like The Beast From 20,000 Fath- oms , television rose from the Trmnbidl squash court to stalk the corridors of Hendrie Hall, and devour the station bank account. After two months of negotiations and much soid searching on our part, television moved to 165 Elm, from squash court to basement. In taking on T ' we got little more than a box of assorted junk, a few ideas, and, of course Andy Vladimir and crew. But that turned out to be enough. The old camera, a World ' s Fair antique, had long since rolled over on its back and breathed its last, so with a bor- rowed one the first show went on the air, and WYBC;-T ' became the first stutk-ut owned and operated television station in the countiy. The camera problem still remained. Undis- mayed, ' ladimir and Peacock set out for New York, returning in the fall with a brand new camera and a pat on the head from Sponsor magazine. The first show of the year was a gala affair with many notables from the TV wo rld present. Favorable reviews in the na- tion ' s press and a gift of some props from WNBT helped us get imder way, and ere long a weekly program schedule was initiated. Thomas ' BEST LECTURE series, starring the renown of the University ' talking in their particular fields, soon met with approval. The Sports Department, too, had a weekly oflFer- ing. Telt vision at Yale was, as one coliminist summed it up, like a bride ' s trousseau: some- thing old, something new, something bor- rowed, something blue. Although wooed by big business, the IVY ' Network successfully maintained its integrity and continues to be owned and operated as well as directly controlled by the member stations. Credit for shrewd maneuvering goes to Jay Janis and Greg Dawson. The conven- tion at Dartmouth this vear was considerablv 201 enlivened b ' local inebriates Thomas and Gilder. The year saw many changes in addition to those already mentioned. The Technical De- partment got us back on the air. An improved personnel policy headed the Program Depart- ment ' s agenda, and soon we were one big bed of happy, if not so silent, clams. Thomas ' Department, feeling, as did we all, a height- ened sense of universit ' responsibility, began casting about for ways to add positively to the community. The New Haven election was again covered as in past years, and t ' o new shows, The Forum of the Air and the Best Lecture series were inaugurated. Under Bill Day, the Public Relations De- partment rose to previously unknown heights. Merchandising displays appeared, alumni correspondence resumed, display windows appeared, and the station narrowly averted mortgaging by the Southern New England Telephone Company. Bill ' s telethon (by phone) failed to produce a Prom date; it succeeded only in aggravating Martin ' s ulcers. Nevertheless, quick work by Bill saved the day (and the face) when the FCC threatened to put us off the air. The very deep sense of loss we all felt over the passing of Mrs. Clark during the summer was alleviated some ' hat by the shining face of Nora Owens who greeted us on our return. Obie ' s face was shining too, but for a different reason. The paucity of heelers was felt everywhere, and WYBC was no e.xception. Alarming as this was, we all knew it to be a healthy sign, a sign that people were increasingly placing first things first, that extra-curricular activities were beginning (albeit in a small way) to take a back seat behind the University ' s more legitimate, intellectual activities. .Analogous to the heeler situation was a shift in station polic . The extensive self-examina- tion brought about by the acKent of television led us to a position where we felt a greater proportion of our energies should be directed toward the ideal of community ' service. Cer- tainly, information and entertainment are an integral part of radio, but in a community ' de- voted to education we felt we could and should be of service in furthering the attain- ment of that primary goal. In so far as college radio can develop serious and educational broadcasting it can contribute to the industry ' as well as to the university community. So long as this type of development takes place WYBC will continue to be the fastest grow- ing organization on campus. ,V. i8JRlai!!, ' :i!Wii: : ' . ' ' • I Ell? A U ' ftrrrrr BACK HOW: Harris, Crimmins, McKim, Newman, Freeman, Heenan, Corn. SECOND ROW; Dudley, Chapin, DeVore, Adelson, Redpath, Sherry, Nolen, Horned, Novak, Meacham. FRONT ROW: Martin, Arndt, Smith, Head, Haws. G. Gaddis Smith, Chairman i Willis Chapman Arndt, Business Manager Joseph Henry Head, Jr., Managing Editor Robert Alan Martin, Advertising Manager Robert Dunn Haws, Sports Editor William Huston McKim, Asst. Business Manager David Baily Harned, Feature Editor Hovey Thomas Freeman, Jr., Feature Manager Standish Meacham, Jr., Vice Chairman John Ernest Horwath Sherry, Circulation Manager Joseph Edward Corn, Jr., Asst. Managing Editor Laurence Saunders Newman, Jr., Asst. Sports Editor Guilford Dudley III, Secretary Gerald Adelson Artemas H. Crimmins, Jr. SENIOR EDITORS Morgan H. Harris, Jr. Thomas W. Heenan Elliott David Novak, Photographic Editor P. Chapin Nolen Robert U. Redpatli III 203 Oldest College Daily A .T first it was hard to realize we were taking over. The hallowed names of Buckley, Steadman, and Thomson still rang strongly across the cami us, and there seemed to be little room for newcomers to crowd in. Ours was a board with new hopes and ideas, but as we opened our term of office, we eyed the high plane of journalism set by our predeces- sors and wondered if we could ever match it. This was no false modesty. We began doggedly, and, with a determination that rocked the editors emeritus, we started out by renovating the old rooms with new coats of paint. Unfortunately, our color scheme trans- formed the managing editor ' s office into a hall of darkness, but such was our pride that we didn ' t change it back until 1953 had been safely graduated. There were many other changes to be made, and most of them centered about Willis Arndt and the business department. Scvcnftj-fivc had long since come out for the nation, and The Republican sun broke through Iron fist of the moneymoguls now the OCD moneymoguls had to tear around and soothe advertisers bled white by the boys of ' 53. The rallying cr} ' was percent- age, and whenever the ads of a single issue dipped below the mandatory 60 per cent mark, there was a weeping and a wailing do ' nstairs that couldn ' t be stopped. Showing dangerous tendencies of becoming a most successful business manager, Willis pulled off one of the biggest financial deals in News history late in the spring when he worked out the sale of our printing presses to Ray Johnson Company. In mid-summer Eastern Press moved out to a new location, and with that accomplished the News returned to its old status as master in its own house. Just as Willis kept an iron fist poisi ' d to smack down any editorial extravaganzas, so Bob Martin maintained an ever- ready palm to collect any and all ad ' ertising contrilnitioiis. Bob was our ucKcrtising nian- agi ' r, uikI in tliis capacity he stimulated an c er-steady flow of ads ami dollar bills with a devotion wliicli was indeed remarkable. The otiu-r greats and near- greats in the financial hicr- ariln- were Bill McKim, assist- ant business manager, Ilovey I ' rceman, feature manager, and John Sherr , circulation iiiaiiager and two-time sports ri ' iiorti-r. Tlicsc, then, were 204 ijit..!in! ri; ' .« i;ii.) i ' i.i.ii ' the boys who kept the Ncics soincwhcre in tlic black and maintained ns as a going concern. Upstairs in the editorial offices we broke with tradition in two notewortliy ways. First of all, onr chairman was a family man with a son and heir already gunning for his posi- tion. Second, he was an Eisenhower supporter. Showing a mild-mannered Republican liber- alism that literally breathed new life through the News, George Gaddis Smith set his colors flying at an earh ' date. Two days after the term had started, the editorial page bannered a ringing editorial entitled The Sun Breaks Through, and there Gaddis loudly applauded Ike ' s brilliant and clear-headed program as outlined in the State of the Union message. This was an abrupt about-face for the News, a long-awaited answer to years of Democratic entrenchment in the chairman ' s office, but the liberalism which expressed itself that day in February was to waver in months to come. The 1952 presidential campaign was over, to be sure, but the nation ' s political battlefields were far from silent. Joe McCarthy was on the march. Politically Gaddis kept pace with Ike all spring long, but the fall semester found him changing his step. In the middle of October McCarthy ' s sleuthing talents exhibited at Fort Monmouth won a certain amount of praise which surprised liberal readers. ' When the persistent and tireless senator renewed At 60 per cent, the rallymen rejoiced his frontal attacks on Harvard three weeks later, though, he ran into a withering series of verbal broadsides, including one from the News. Gaddis rounded otit 1953 by slashing at Ike for the handling of the controversial White case, but before he was out of office, two term-ending editorials revealed a revival of faith in Eisenliower Republicanism. Most of the editorial comment, however, was leveled at an ever-changing Yale scene. The Netcs was shocked at the preposterous lifting of the daytime college guards, but for Charles Sanford Company this was only a beginning. Two months later Yale decided upon a moderate cutback on scholarship aid, and with that development Gaddis tnnnpeted that the all-consuming economy drive had gone too far. And when it was learned in September that Eli undergraduates had lost possessions valued in the thousands of dollars because of inadequate summer protection, a furious Neivs laid the blame directly on the doorstep of a penny-wise, poimd-foolish University. Some issues scored highly on the Smith ap- plause meter— namely, Yale ' s side in the union-University dispute; the plan for more tutorials; the AA ' s new, modified policies imder Clare Mendell; and New Haven ' s first Democratic mayor in nine years, ex-Yale News Bureau chief Dick Lee. On the educational front Gaddis suggested a new current-affairs course for Yale ( Problems of an Atomic Age ) , then lambasted the cut system ( a tangle of sense- less rules ) and the hour test ( a needless institu- tion and the bane of count- less undergrad- uates ). A 1 t h o u g h these s u g g e s - tions never bore fruit, Gaddis and indeed the w h o 1 e 1954 board were grat- ified when an 205 A professional touch Points, always points A monthly pep talk editorial appeal to the Class of ' 57 for a new Yale mascot resulted in frenzied freshman ac- tion and a bouncing baby bulldog in time for the Harvard football game. Working with Caddis and running another big part of the News show was Managing Edi- tor Joe Head. This was our answer to John Koch, for Joe was every inch a professional and one of a very few who kept the News on an even keel. He entered his year of power with a mass of books, ideas, and initiative; and before he was through, the paper had a brand new look about it. The format was cleaner and more concise, the copy was not so stereo- typed, and the ME ' s traditional phobia against s ports appearing on the front page had disappeared. Technically, Joe ' s most startling in- novation came in September when he borrowed a page from a Cin- cinnati style book and had all our vertical column lines whited out permanently. In policy matters Joe brought a greater sense ot stability to the News pages, and rarely was he caught without a good lead, . mong his great stories were the reconstruction of Connecticut Hall, the Stahn obituary, the de- mise of Tap Day, New Haven ' s new 450-room Sheraton hotel plan, the Frankie-and-Jimmy vending controversy, and a running series of town-gown skirmishes, riots, and University edicts. But there was one edict which rankled, and that was Yale ' s hold on Neivs scoops. The Bob Hall resignation stor - had to be held up, as was DeLaney Kiputh ' s appointment and a number of other big stories the News had dug up on its own. Unofficially a high-level agree- ment had been made. But when the Univer- sity forgot to ban the news on Douglas Knight ' s appointment to Lawrence College, Joe proud- 206 i!!T« li: ! i l ' 26-24 and a bottle of Scotch 1 splashed it across the front page. The Uni- versit - hitclied at tliat, but Joe came back with an editorial lashing Yale ' s concept of an ever- subservient Ncics. Shortly thereafter he slapped off a special New York City edition of the News and shipped it down when the big town was struck by its celebrated paper black- out in December. This as Joe Head at his very best. Sports likewise thrived under the 1954 re- gime. For a short time Dick ' aleriani ' s shadow hung over the desk, but as Bob Haws and Larry Newman opened up a close and com- prehensive year in sports, that shadow grad- ually faded away. Columns blossomed out with increasing frequency— not only the time- worn Down the Field but also an upstart Speaking of Sports, which experienced a short and colorful career. This was a year of success for Yale teams, and that success couldn ' t help but bubble over onto the sports pages of the Ncics. Volumes of prose and even poetry flowed in endless streams from their typewriters, for theirs was a job of urgent enthusiasm. Bob followed a successful hockey team and later a varsity crew that didn ' t cjuite live up to pre- season hopes. Then it was that football took over the sports spotlight, and as Yale varsity hopes spiraled, plummeted, and danced around from week to week, this t osome hung on for dear life and kept writing. They lashed the chuckleheads who predicted an unbeaten season after two victories and suffered at Cornell, Colgate, and Dartmouth; but the crowning touch to the season was destined lor Palmer Stadium. , s Holi I ' ooic iuuglit across tlir goal line to score Yale ' s fourth and wimiiiig TD auaiust I ' rinceton, the two sports joined ail Old iUuc high up in the press bo.x and i)o]islic(i off an excess bottle of Scotch. Then tliey wa.xed enthusiastic. But these were only some of the many in- di iduals who made up the Ncics under 1954. On the editorial page ' ice-Chairman Stan Meaeham cut loose w ith a w himsical, cjuer ing ci)lniiin entitled The Yale Log — an inno- cent little touring guide which carricxl its readers all over the campus from the post office to the art gallery to Peabody Museum and back. Also occupying an equal place of For Speaking Of Sports , a toucfi of ' Time ' honor was Joe Bachelder ' s Dimwitticus, a piece which weekly chewed up some tidbit of Yale under the guise of satire. Rounding out the columns were Kin Wroth ' s Au Courant and Roger Redden ' s Screen Sketches. Elsewhere on the paper there was Assistant Managing Editor Ed Corn, as faithful an edi- tor as the Neus ever had. Here again was a person devoted to the paper— so much so that he continually placed its general wel- fare well before his own. Another board officer was Feature Editor Dave Harned. Dave ' s greatest contribution to the News was his prolific work with the March of Time bovs who came tromping into the Britton Hadden building, mussed up our schedule for weeks, and finally produced a moninnental film which ever one, save the Newsmen, seemed to see. Last on the officer list was Secretary Gil Dudley, whose name will be forever remem- bered for his sensational Yale Hope Mission 207  -.v story back in our third comp days. Gil per- formed the arduous task of keeping tab on the heelers, arranging editors ' work schedules, and tallying all the heeler score sheets every nine weeks or so. And he did it all without the last- minute frenzy which sometimes characterized our predecessors. We also had a small group of faithful senior editors, and theirs was the thankless job of overseeing the issues on a day-to-day basis. They fought deadlines, sparred with late heelers and editors alike, and battled vari- typists, head setters, and paste-up artists in a never-ending nightly stiiiggle. They were our ECO ' s. Headed by Hovey Harris, a renowned writer and wrestler in his own right, they in- cluded Gerry Adelson, Tony Crimmins, Tom Heenan, Chape Nolen, and Bob Redpath. Some of them rose to considerable heights of writing, too. Tony had his name immorta- lized in Life Magazine when he by-lined the Charlie Yeager story. Chape, flushed from the business department just before we took office, had the guts to come out for the edi- torial half, and before he was through, he had produced a monumental page spread on Yale ' s financial status. Bob was a second authority on the finer points of crew, and in the spring he helped stroke the sweep-swinging News eight to a sensational two-length victory over a Yale Record crew at Derby. Now the year of power is little more than a memory. You look back upon the frenzied months, and then (as the Record parodied it) you suddenly crumple up inside like a paper ball. You cry, but you ' re not ashamed. No, by God, you ' re not ashamed. You ' re proud. The News . . . the Netvs . . . It ' s a cheer echoing across the playing field of your life. Come on, gang, we ' ll get ' em . . . Come on. Dud, come on, Stan, well show ' em how the OCD does it. And then you ' re not sad any more. You ' re just empty inside. You pull out your last story and you file it. You slap your last heeler across the face, hard and clean like a good block, and you walk out the door for the very last time. The whistle has blown, the score is posted, the game is over. 208 J BACK ROW: Bnckbauer, Meech, Ames, Prindiville, Claster, Worsnop, Walken. FRONT ROW: Antupit, Chose, Shaw, MacDonald, Mott, Sulsman, Katz. Yale RecQh FOUNDGD I872 AD ' S ' ' ' H J. Kenneth McDonald, Chairman Judd D. Mott, Business Manager Robert S. Katz, Circulation Manager Bradford P. Shaw, Managing Editor Lincoln Ames, Co-Treasurer Richard Suisman, Advertising Manager Jacques A. Prindiville, Co-Treasurer Thomas S. Chase, Art Editor Samuel N. Antupit, Publicity Manager Richard L. Worsnop, Feature Editor BUSINESS ASSOCIATES J. B. Bell Jr. F. E. Bunts D. S. Claster C. P. Coleman T. Donnelley II C. J. Dyke P. C. Dyke C. C. Ferenbach F. Friedler F. D. Konigsberg T. Krevit H. F. J. Loudon E. M. Lundoll W. G. Martin I. E. Phillips S. K. Raker D. B. Strickler T. F. Tuttle L. R. ' alken J. N. Whipple EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES C. G. Brickbauer C. Harris J. J. Burke R. C. Childs J. H. Dole R. D. Gitlitz S. T. Meech J. T. Robertson L. R. Walken W. W. Wilbourne E. W. Zimmerman 209 ■ imttf Hii isn fmmw nc rKi-vu n i.. . . ifJii I JZf ' .TT ' T ! p -faliillNs « 5MMW1. fALK,l S4 URllAL DAnlMK Ml (; ;|M; tTTACK «tinnivCH l ri-.---1?- l)RG,VM tn in IMKI CANC.STKRS I -7.3- Labfir,! , , I ncovers Inaidioii! ] I IrmpoDfiblf f coQiiKirfcii Aimed at Din ' retliting Tf MMk..— . f ' retltman to •-—-•—.— jftun •Record ' .tnniifrtar- Pan Hork Kprfnl OCn Thrfi Virdi: . I ' All was quiet in the Record offices on the third floor of grubby Hendrie Hall. The West Hartford Hot-Licks had folded their instru- ments and silently staggered away; scattered pretzels, puddles of vodka, and Circulation Manager lay on the floor in mute testimony to earlier, more carefree hours. Of all the rev- ellers who had come to the 1954 Board ' s Farewell Festival, only the 1954 Board itself remained, slumped in various positions of nostalgic dissipation. Old Owl didn ' t show, Chairman said softly, putting into words the painful thought that was uppermost in all their minds. Old Owl didn ' t make his farewell address like he should have. Tradition has not been sus- tained. Maybe he doesn ' t care anymore, Manag- ing Editor said thickly, as he downed the last of his Picon and Grenadine Cocktail. Maybe he doesn ' t care that everybody else left in a huff when he didn ' t come to our part ' . Our last party. Managing Editor began to sob quietly. Stiff upper, lad, consoled Publicity Man- ager. Owl ' s fair in love and war, he added, but his heart wasn ' t in it. Circulation Man- ager grunted, and rolled over on the floor. After all, mused Business Manager, trying hard to be practical, he ' s eighty-two years Alert Record foils News outhouse theft %■ ' ■ 1- ' !iHti:t: ' . ' .fU«J ta ' i j tuanmniun Yale Record yd (6 cSrSI Yale Recon old. lie (.oukl ha e forgotten, you know. . dvertising Manager lifted his head with an effort. All I can say, he mumbled, is that it ' s a sad commentary on the American way of free enterprise when the vested interests . . . the vested interests . . . His voice trailed off, and he sagged back, staring into space. Chairman gazed disconsolately at the care- fully-wrapped package of Egyptian Deities whicli lay upon his desk. You might think. he said brusquely, that he ' d have the god- dam courtesy to pick up his goddam present. You just might think it. Eight dollars and thirty-three cents, ' said Business Manager, arching his eye-brows sig- nificantly. They all fell silent, thinking about it. Next door a tuba player began to practice his scales, but nobody said a word. That ' s how bad they all felt. Suddenly the door to the Record offices banged open. There in the doorway, swaying slighth- and blinking his great bloodshot eyes, stood Old Owl. Old Owl! shouted the 1954 Board. Thunderation! bellowed Old Owl. Where is everyone? The gay glittering crowd? The joie de vivre? On to the Taft! he shouted, and fell flat on his beak. You ' re late, Art Editor said pointedly, helping Old Owl to his feet. Everyone else has gone home. I was unavoidably detained, replied Old Owl in a dignified voice, as he delicately re- moved a pretzel from his tartan cummerbund. I was preparing m ' Farewell Epic Poem. He flapped unsteadily into the room, and landed heavily upon his favorite perch on top of the safe. Old Owl adjusted liis horn-rimmed pince- nez, and removed a stained manuscript from his tattersall vest. Clearing his throat, he began to read: Sing, O muse, of these Record men Whose like will n ' er be seen again; fcfflOfc T Sing of the beer blasts, buff and booze; Sing of the Record— and to hell with the News. Strike your heavenly harp with song. And tell of a gang that could do no wrong: For in their mill of iik creation They put the pub in publication. Sing, O celestial spirit rare . . . Old Owl paused and squinted at his manu- script. I can ' t make the rest of it out, he said. Anyway it ' s all first-rate stuff. There was a moment of emotional silence. Managing Editor was cr ' ing again. We thought you didn ' t care any more, he said at last. Care? said Old Owl gruffly, ruffling his feathers. Of course I care. You ' re all m ' boys, aren ' t you? It was a fine year. It was pretty good, wasn ' t it? said Feature Editor, looking up. Damn right, assented Chairman. There was Milton Caniff and Miss U.S.A. and the Rheingold Kidnapping Case. Chairman was beginning to look happy. Managing Editor was on his feet. Don ' t forget the Great News Hoa.x and the Girlie Issue and the Tale parody! he shouted. And Seven Point Fi e and the Derby crew race and prom and football weekends! cried Advertising Manager, tossing an empt} ' beer can into the air. Publicity Manager waved his arms above his head. Nine friendly issues! he shouted hoarsely. For only two seventv-five! Old Owl opened the safe and produced an unopened magnum of Cutty Sark. Gentle- men, he said, the drinks are on me. There was a shout of general acclaim. New Chairman got up off the floor, and led the 1954 Board in a chorus of Who Put Old Hark- ness Tower in Mrs. Murphy ' s Whiskey Sour? while Old Owl poured the drinks. Tradition had been sustained. 211 Fronf row: Herzig, Williams, Wood, Reed, Fowkes, Dollard, Warfel. Second row: Irish, Salzer, Foster, Fillom, Pottle, Adorns, Fitzgerald, Owen, Mueller. Third row: Hock, Howarth, Probst, Prud ' homme, Leach, D ' Almeido, Benotovitch, Heller. Fourth row; Tirrell, Moulton, Zietlow, Carstens, Chatfield, Wells, Zimmerman. Yale Dramatic Association Joseph W. Reed Conrad C. Fowkes Bennett T. Wood Mark Dollard President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Thomas O. WilHams Alan C. Herzig Ronald M. Holloway William B. Warfel Production Manager Business Manager Publicity Manager Technical Director 1955 BOARD Samuel H. Pottle William B. Warfel John II. Owen Hugo F. J. Loudon President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer David A. Schettler William H. Bennethum Schuyler C. Wells Anthony J. Howarth Thomas W. Irish Technical Director Production Manager Stage Manager Business Manager Publicity Manager 212 ..v.:i-:! : „ The Yale Dramatic Association had what it would like to think was its ideal season this year: a classic, a modern play, and a musical. The 1954 Board opened its term of office with the first undergraduate musical in several years— written, directed and executed entirely by members of the Dramat. As is the custom with musicals, most of it was devised in the final two weeks of production, and the details were added in a rather slapdash manner. For a change, however, we were perfectly happy to be termed delightfully amateur, for it was the enthusiasm of the undergraduate amateurs that saved this one. The Yale Animal was a the Freshman One-Acts, producing the best three undergraduate-written plays, of seven- teen scripts submitted. The prizes awarded to these by audience vote were: 1st, Monkey in the Courthouse by Robert Hock, ' 54; 2nd, The Princess by Aubrey Goodman, ' 56; 3rd, Winter Son, by John Mueller, ' 56. We voted in May of 1953 to present a pro- duction of Shakespeare ' s Tlic Tempest for our Prom Show in the winter. Suddenly, we dis- covered ourselves in the midst of a Shakes- peare Festival, involving the English Depart- ment, the Drama School, and English-as- Shakespeare-spoke-it. Little daunted by the shot in the arm to the collective ego of the organization. For the Harvard weekend, we came up with Too True to Be Good, a Bernard Shaw political extravaganza which had long since been given up for dead. The weekend-trotters found the Shaw wit still ali c and kicking. Too True ' s burglar-preacher, nurse-countess, and heiress-Joan of Arc may have been un- known Shaw, but they proved themselves to be good Shaw, through and through. The week after Too True, we plunged into imposing celebration, we went ahead with our original plans, which in ()I ed a slight)) ' dif- ferent slant of the Bard ' s work: we presented Tlie Tempest as a piece of science-fiction. Just what we addeil to tlie F ' estival is still being debated, but we felt we luul accomplished Dramat ' s purpose well, by once more provid- ing a show-place for tii( undergraduate artist, entertainment wliieii our audience might not otlierwise see, and CMJoynient which the mem- bers of the group migiit not otherwise have. 214 ■i«i ::; «8P 1 ■f V: V . A - Calleo, Adams, Mulloney, Goldstein, Dean, Christman. Yale Political Union This year the activities of tlie PoHtical Union liave attract( (l an increasing amonnt of attention from the rest of tlie campus. During the fall term, president Frederick Goldstein, 1955, hrouglit a numlx-r of nationalh ' promi- nent guest speakers to New Haven. Congress- man Kenneth Keating, R., N.Y., presented his plan for limiting (Congressional incjuiries. Many were impressed by his moderation and common sense, and he was successful in win- ning the debate. Oscar (. ' hapman. President Truman ' s Secretarv of the Interior, attacked 216 the Eisenhower public power policies in a packed meeting. After a lengthy and often heated debate, his resolution was carried, al- though by a narrow margin. The Israeli Ambassador to the U.N., Abba Eban, spoke in favor of a resolution condemn- ing Arab obstructionism to peace in the Near East. His arguments, however, were success- fully countered in the ensuing floor debate and the resolution was defeated. The Union also voted against recognizing Red China and decided that it did not favor a return to New Deal-Fair Deal policies. The Coldstein administration was also re- sponsiiile for the introduction and passage of a number of amendments to the Union Con- stitution. Qualifications for membership in parties were made less rigid and the Treas- urer ' s term of office was extended from one to two terms. In addition, the members readopted the old svstem of nomination for Union office I by parties, rather than exckisively by petition. The tenn came to a close uitli the elections. A Conservative-Liberal coalition slate, headed by David P. Calleo, 1955, was swept into office by a large majority. ' . The coalition candidates argued that the time had come for a re-evalu- ation of the purpose and organization of the Union. The new president declared that the P.U. was primarily a debating society and not a lecture series and announced a new policy of having regular meetings every other week. A Resolutions Committee was named to study and recommend changes in rules for floor de- bate. Out of the meetings of this Committee ha ' e come some re olutionar) ' new systems which are being tried as experiments. The Union ' s three parties have entered the term with new vigor. There is evidence of an increasing desire for research and preparation in floor debate. The parties have started an intensive membership drive. This activity has been spurred by the appearance of a group hich is seeking to form a new, ultra-conserv- ative party. The new administration has seemingly in- fused new life into the Political Union. Many of the proposed changes have brought about much discussion among the members and in the pages of the YuIc Dailtj News. It is still too early to tell just what kind of Union will emerge from the ministrations of President Calico ' s reform administration. At any rate, it has called up a healthy spirit of interest and participation which, in itself, can go a long way in maintaining the Union as the center of undergraduate political discussion at Yale. FIRST ROW (left to right): Hardy, Clark, Hunter, Bartholomew (Historian), Reynolds (President), Heath (Director), Kelly (Manager), Smith (Publicity Manager), Flanders (Stage Manager), Miller (Librarian), Phillips (Librarian), Adams. SECOND ROW: Lew Evans, Embleton, Colenback, Eng lander, McLane, Burger, Von Heuven, Selig, Grow, Farrier, Eddy, Gulliver, Pittmon. THIRD ROW: Schroeder, Evans, Low, Coleman, Martin, Eustls, Young, Peay, Park, Bulkley, Craven, Robertshow, Thompson, Noto. FOURTH ROW: Reponen, Siphron, Coughlon, Griswold, O ' Gormon, Pease, McNeeley, Miller, E. Stanley, Steggall, Ritchey, Thorne, Hull. FIFTH ROW: McCogg, Norton, Kirkbride, Hill, Hudson, Downey, P. Stanley, Carr, Brown, Townsend, Putsch, Baillie, Ravenscroft, Stein. YALE GLEE CLUB Fenno Heath, Director Russell S. Reynolds Jr., President Robert H. Kelly, Muiuigcr D. Richard Smith, Publicity Manager Dwight Bartholomew, Historian The annual Christmas ' acation tour was a gnielhng affair of seven one night stands in Glen Cove, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Audiences were large and appreciative and the applause meter often worked overtime, particularly after the Switzer Boy yodelling combination of Burger, to Craven to Thorne. The alumni red carpet was everywhere. There was always a party following the evening concert, the most lavish occur- ring in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis where most people were too e.xhausted to appreciate a noble effort by the Krey Packing Company. Each day was a complete cycle of travel (see cut), concert, party and a little sleep. Along the way there were some rather interesting occurrences. In Buffalo the Glee Club stepped off the risers at intermission and the audience was treated to the sight of a pair of shiny, black, patent leather pumps which remained isolated on the top riser. The mystery of this curious event has yet to be solved although it is often referred to as the Shoes Eustis Incident. A steady diet of turkey dinners, a lunchtime performance for a fascinating assembly of deadpan Iloosier Rotarians, the sporting of blue ribbons across the chests of the ego-starved back row boys, the pause that refreshed after Northern Lights and a boisterous Christmas party in St. Louis were other characteristics of the memorable Christmas trip. The Junior Prom concert in February was the first real effort of the new term. In March the CJlee ( lub joined with the Smith (;k ' e Club ami the New Haven S inphon - Orchestra in giving a magnificent performance of Israel In Eg pt. It was a rewarding experience for all the months of preparation which went before it. The annual Spring Jamboree and the Coniinencc- ment concert in June rounded out the regular schedule. 218 .iiiM QT .iiaosntsa THE CHRISTMAS TRIP Singing: Some Parties: And Very Little Sleep L 4 c U SIXTH EUROPEAN TOUR The first European concert tour since the summer of 1949 and the Yale Glee Club histor - began in Holland with a concert at Amsterdam. Twenty other performances were given at The Hague and Utrecht in Holland; at Bruxelles and Maastricht in Belgium; Paris, France; at Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland; at Frieburg, Heidelburg, Stuttgart and Munich in Germany; at Lon- don, Cambridg e, Glasgow and Etlinburgh in England and finally at the famous Llangollen Festival in Wales. The Munich and Llangollen festivals were international aflairs at which many of the world ' s finest choruses had a chance to trade songs with each other. Yale Glee Club singing in Copenhagen during the UM9 I ' juopcan tour i iii anr. nrt FENNO HEATH If you had been at one of the parties at which the Yale Glee Club was entertained this year, and had looked over the group as they joined in the festivities; or, if you had taken a glance at a volley ball game in a Cincinnati club during Christmas vacation, you probably would have ondered where the club ' s director had gone. He was right there— but you would not have noticed him in the group because he is not much older than the singers themselves. This is why the glee club is so confident of its future— Fenno Heath is young and will be with the club for a long time. His maturity, however, is especially apparent in his work as director of the Yale Glee Club. Fenno came to his new job with an impressive background. While he was in the army, he organized and conducted various army chorases. At Yale, in the class of 1949M, he was the only undergraduate to ever conduct the Apollo Glee Club. In 1952 he was appointed Assistant Director of the Yale Glee Club and served in that capacity ' until Marshall Bartholomew retired in 1953. Before he became Director, Fenno Heath had already conducted the Yale Glee Club in many principal cities and in New York ' s Carnegie Hall as well. One cannot single out certain characteristics in Fenno ' s accomplishments and say that they in particular assure a good glee club. The members of the Yale Glee Club already feel a devotion and a loyalty to Fenno for all he has given them this year. Any feeling of uncertainty, on or off the stage, is immediately dismissed by his understanding and his expressive smile. Many who see him working almost constantly in his office and at rehearsals do not realize that he is able to spend a great deal of time in furthering other musical activities. His work in the Music School, as well as his participation as a fellow of Timothy Dwight College and in University activities in general, pro ide for him a broad basis on which ho develops the spirit of Yale singing. It is Fenno Heath ' s total personalit ' , as it is reflected throughout the Yale Glee Club, which is respon- sible for the club ' s success this year. He has put himself at the level of the undergraduate and still retained the utmost respect of each individual. In every sense of the word, he has assured the Yale Glee Club of many future years of harmony. 221 tuumnnnmvnnr.: i FIRST ROW (left to right): Knight, Carter, Jump, Kingsbury, Earnhart (President), Westermon (Director), Soderberg (Manager), Moorhead, Gill, Terry, Reichenboch. SECOND ROW: Irish, Donald, Allee, McCarthy, Larkin, Riggins, Linnett, Dowd, Wieland, Pierce, Mines, Price. THIRD ROW: Faulkner, Kipler, Page, Lud- wigron, Everett, Rice, Frazier, Lamar, McMullen, Gossals, Randolph, Partnoy, Miller C. M. FOURTH ROW: Wyker, Bartlett, McKelvey, Tolliver, Marshall, Taliaferro, Marshall, Blackburn, Pryor, Reid, Randol, Sinclair, Parker, Miller M. FIFTH ROW: Oarlock, Eichorn, Brood, Hutchins, Back, Cochran, Taylor, Beemsterboer, Fisher, Ruffin, Smith. APOLLO GLEE CLUB Clayton J. Westerman, Director H. Harlan Earnhart, President Roger H. Soderberg, Maiw ' icr The Apollo Glee Club has performed this year under the leadership of a new conductor, Mr. Clayton Westerman, whose abilities were proved by the high c(iiality club which he brought forth. He set a precedent by organizing The .Apollo Nhulrigals and will tour Europe this summer with the Yale Glee Club as assistant director. Maintaining the high glee club standards peculiar to Yale, the si.xty-thrce voices performed full concerts at New Haven; Weston, Conn.; Willimantic, Conn.; and Massapequa, Long Island. The first joint concert with Miss Porter ' s School for girls initiated a more genuine spirit, and ensuing concerts with Bradford Junior (killege. Smith, and House in the Pines unfurled to produce fine song, light hearts, and dancing. In addition the club sang in Battell Chapel, Jonathan Edwards, and the annual Glee Club Jamboree. 1 222 IHIRD KO ' . ' . . floch.nan, Solzer, Socolow, McCaitney, Gondos. SECOND ROW: Levine, Schooley, King, Barrie, Soley, Dunlop. FRONT ROW: Hoffman, Katz, Klee, Douglas, Feibel, Malm. Yale Scientific Magazine The first issue of this year ' s Yale Scientific Magazine hit the newsstands and post office boxes all over the countr ' displaying a color cover and a new format. New life had been injected into the traditionally conservative publication. The key man in this change was WAK, or more specifically Werner Klee, Chairman of the 1953-1954 board. It was largely through his guidance that this conservative radicalism was accomplished. Many of his sleepless nights were interrupted by, Why not have ever ' other line of type nm upside down? or Allow us to print the titles at the end of the articles, please. Caught equally as much between tradition and new design was Hal Douglass, Man- aging Editor, who met the challenge with in- spiration. Earl MacCormac and Bob Soley accomplished the old task of securing print- able material with great finesse. Bebe Salzer and Jud King remained hard at work putting new flavor into the format with equal success. The Business Department was headed by Stan Katz, Business Manager, with able as- sistance from Bob Hoffman and John Dunlop. Conservatism, which seems still to be an at- tribute of the financial phase of magazine publishing, was the watchword here. The radical approach proved most success- ful in the Public Relations Department under the control of Jim Feibel, Vice-Chairman; Julian Fleischman and Jay Levine— all of whom maintained beer in the refrigerator and the Magazine ' s good name on campus. The Scientific has managed to retain its high standard of technical material and to present its articles in a clear and pleasant manner which any layman can understand and enjoy. This year ' s board may well be proud of the blending of new and old which it has fostered. 223 ,)U«  !ii) H«tHHilW  Vl 0« «KHHOaOOOO{I«] BACK ROW; Moore, Dillon, Mr. Osterweis. FRONT ROW: DeVore, Oddleifson, Dean. Yale Debating Society One of tlie aims of the University Debating Association is to give a large number of men at Yale an opportunity to debate in varsity competition. This year the squad numbers thirty men, each of whom is assured of par- ticipation in at least one contest. The program is under the able leadership of Professor Rollin G. Osterweis, Director of Debating and Public Speaking at Yale, who, for many seasons, has given invaluable forensic instruction to a large number of men and who has also produced a large number of outstanding teams. The officers of the Association this )car are: Peter Oddleifson, President; Simpson Bobo Dean, ' icc President; P. ( ameron DeVore, Member at Large; Thomas Moore, Secretary; and Richard Dillon, Manager. This year, in addition to our yearly home and home debates witli Harvard, Williams, Amherst, Columbia and Brown, we partici- pated in the annual humorous dcljatc with Princeton. This vear Yale dcfenilctl the affirma- tive of the question, Resolved : That the 1953 Kinsey Report Is a Compliment to the Ameri- can Woman, and won 3-0. On February 12th we will debate with a visiting team from India on the question Resolved That Guaranteed Equality is Essential to the Success of Dem- ocracy, and later in the month two members of the varsit}- squad will travel to 15oston for the annual Boston Invitational Tournament on the national topic of Free Trade. As in past years the season will come to a close with the Yale-Harvard-Princeton Triangular De- bate, followed by the banquet where the Yale debator experiences that unique and over- whelming combination of brandy, speeches and Osterweis cigars. Membership in the Debating Association ;it Yale not only means lasting friendships for the indisiihial, it also develops his ability as a public speaker and gives him preparation for his responsibilities in the future. 224 BACK ROW: Howarth, Stone, Deon, Davis. FRONT ROW: Wilhelm, Gilder, Lee, Cheney, Hunter. Yale Literary Magazine In 1821 the founders of Chi Delta Theta Literan ' Society ' stated in their constitution that the aim of the Society shall be to foster the cause of the Muse at the Universit} ' . After a fifteen year wait, they decided to go into action and print a magazine. Since that time contemporaries have been describing the death throes of what has proven to be the healthiest college publication in the country. Critics on all sides say either that the old lady in bro vn is too experimental and arty or that she is much too conventional and derriere garde. At times both statements have been true, but for the most part she has taken a middle path, publishing the best of what is being written on the Yale scene, whether experimental or conventional. This past year, under the direction of Chair- man John Lee, the Lit has supplied the Yale community, ' with both kinds of writing, favor- ing the non-conformist form whenever pos- sible. Morton Lebeck has provided stories and poems which might be described as unusual (especially the stoPt ' about the man who ate babies), and Rob Gather, Saul Braun, R. T. Perkins, and W. S. Byler have contributed stories and poems of a sort not to be found in other magazines. In a more standard vein have been the stories of Wallace Hopkins, David Hamed (under the nom de plume Thomas Minor), Samuel Babbitt, and Caddis Smith, although no one would call these stereo- typed. Dick Gilder, business manager, got the magazine on firm financial footing after the almo.st disastrous casualness of previous boards; Andy Davis, managing editor, kept the readers of the enlarged end paper section happy; and J. W. Hunter was available for oracular consultations occasionally. The old lady kept from tottering, and it looks as if the oldest monthly in America will continue for some time to come. 225 a H uti HM«!)W iHfMKK HHnt«inoa«xi ' ; BACK ROW: Uns worth, Knowlton, Stewart, Siphron, Minus, Crowley, Heyer, Bryan. SECOND ROW: Dietrich, Bunnell, McKnew, Krcnz, Black, Woodward, Ely, Kincaid. FRONT ROW: Malm, Oddleifson, Clark, Hiers, Thornton, Brown, Beggs, Lang, Rev. Maclean. Dwight Hall Dwight Hall denotes far more than an or- nate building on the Old Campus, which serves as a convenient meeting place for com- mittees and as a spot for freshman relaxation. Dwight Hall, as the Yale Universit ' Christian Association, is a community of fellowship and service, expressing the Christian concern of the Yale undergraduate. This concern mani- fests itself in many activities within Dwight Hall with worship in Church and in Noonday Chapel forming the focal point . The Cabinet- composed of the olliccrs, chairman of campus and commimity groups, and representatives from denominational organizations— forms the coordinating and unifying body within Dwight Hall. Because of the Cabinet ' s wide experi- ence and representation the olficers this year sought to put greater emphasis on study and discussion in this assembly. Under the general topic of Christ and Culture anil with the assistance of guest speakers it examined the role of Christ in the imiversit) ' , in the com- munity, and in personal life. The work of Dwight Hall breaks do n into several areas. One of these is carried on b ' the Community Council, led by Dick Hiers this year. This council involves the Yale stu- dent in work in the New Haven communit)-, with bo ' s in the Y and the many Boy ' s clubs, and with the underprivileged men at the Hope Mission. Also in its scope the Yale man aids in hospital work as an orderly at Grace-Nc ' Haven or at Middleton in a newly formed group under joint sponsorship with the Hillel Foundation, . nother area of invoKement is the Campus Council, this year directed b ' Bill Brown. Here the Freshman committee has done an able job in introducing the new Yale man to the religious opportunities at Yale. He finds that he may join a discussion group guided by a divinity student and later in his career may participate in a Home Seminar 226 witli a member of the faculty. Now in its second year Criterion, the Association ' s pub- hcation. lias estalsHshed itself as an organ of Christian perspective on campus. A special issue this past fall featured comment on the President ' s Report on General Education. Along with the Church of Christ at Yale, Dwight Hall brought Canon Bn.an Green Expert technical advice to Battell for the annual Mission in February. His inspiring talks stirred many and helped some do business with God. Dwight Hall also has made an efiFort to co- ordinate its work with other Christian organ- izations. Before Christmas the denominational groups and the Association joined in produc- ing Dorothy Sayer ' s play, Man Born to be a King. In February they again cooperated in a service observing the World Student Day of Prayer. On the intercollegiate level many members attended the Life of the Church and Northfield Conferences sponsored by the Student Christian Movement in New England. Thus in the short length of another year did Dwight Hall continue in the tradition begun in the 1800 ' s. President Ed Thornton provid- ed able direction and the Reverend Burton MacLean much needed advice. At the Y aiei has fale .He 227 BACK ROW: Arias, Father O ' Brien, Boyle. FRONT ROW: Horsch, Byrolly, Addiss. The More Club On Park Street opposite Davenport College stands a modern, red -brick building with a tall, white steeple. This is the Chapel of St. Thomas More and More House Library and Auditorium— the center of Catholic life at Yale. Here the Chaplain, Father Edwin B. O ' Brien, 1931, has conferences with individual students every day of the week. Here the .stu- dents come to daily and Sunday masses, con- fession, special Lenten devotions. Rosary each afternoon, and, most important of all, private visits during the day for a few, quiet moments of meditation and prayer. The purpose of the More Club is to inte- grate faith with secular knowledge to produce the Christian gentleman. The intellectual needs of the students arc constantly being cared for, and this year has been particularly fruitful. Throughout the year a series of lec- (ures was given in More House Auditorium by such distinguished speakers as John Cogley, editor of Commonweal, Father John Sheerin, editor of Tlw Catholic World, and Father Martin D ' . rcy, S.J., former Provincial of the English Jesuits and Master of Campion Hall, 0- ford. During the second term eight differ- ent study groups met weekly, each under the direction of Father O ' Brien or a Catholic member of the Yale faculty who is a specialist in his field. These groups covered such sub- jects as history, philosopliy, art, anthropology, sociology, and, of course, religion and Scrip- ture. The More House Library is always avail- able to students and provides an excellent collection of books vital to a sound, balanced education. Tlic officers of The More Club are Bruce BnioIK, Ricardo Arias, James Addiss, and Robert Boyle. 228 Back row: Ultan, Kulp, Mindell, Kaplan, Kranz, Kover. Front row: Scherr, Rabbi J. Gumbiner, Kroloff, Conovitz, Perlman, Joseph, Hess. The Hillel Foundation Generally speaking, while we of American heritage place a high premium on individual initiative, by and large we tend to place equal value on cooperative spirit. It is the pride of the B ' nai B ' rith Hillel Foundation at Yale that it embodies a rich combination of both these factors. Cooperative spirit is most apparent in the friendly way in which the Cabinet meetings are conducted. Here any member may and does say what he feels and there is, moreover, every encouragement for the free exchange of opinion. To illustrate the factor of the initiative, some of Hillel ' s highlights during the past year ma - be reviewed. The Chanukah service planned by Bob Hess and the Religious Committee was an inspiring climax to Hillel ' s Sabbath services through 1953. Professor Sewall ' s sermon on the theme that faith— no matter whether Jewish or Chris- tian—manifests itself in similar acts of cou- rageousness brilliantly captured the Chanukah spirit. Then, there is Mel Perlman ' s work. Mel, in addition to ably conducting a class in Israeli folk dancing, has contributed much to- ward vitalizing Hillel, and consequently much toward distinguishing the administration under President Myron Conovitz. Leslie Ultan ' s perseverance in the task of obtaining Forum speakers has born rich fruit. For among the speakers presented were such notables as Yale ' s Professors Weiss and Chris- tian, Dr. S. H. Bergmann of the University of Jerusalem, and Arthur Liveran, Israeli delegate to the U.N. But no account of Hillel can neglect men- tion of its director. For Rabbi Gumbiner figures in virtually every phase of Hillel ' s program, and is, in fact, the nucleus of the Foundation. ParticularK ' memorable were the Sunday brunches provided by Rabbi and Mrs. Gumbiner during the fall. 229 BACK ROW: Tom McLovers McLane, Russ Let ' s Bef Reynolds, Bob Where Jup Reponen, Dick Indian Gifford, Hugh Quoth-the Rovenscroft, Peter Rum on ' Coca Coughlon, Dave Kiss an ' T Ellis. FRONT ROW: Tom Hada Coleman, Bob Excess Bulkley, Charlie Popo Neave, Oak Pitchpipe Thorne, Jim Rags to Ritchey, Bruce Please To Meacham. ' • PW,1 • t The WhifFenpoofs Zorch! squawkt ' tl tlic W ' hiffenpoof, let ' s make a round sound! And so they did, from St. Louis to Bermuda— with a sliort l)ut sweet stop over in Dayton. It all started at Rags to ' s house in the heat of sunny Conncx ' tieut. But soon, having had a day or so of restful classes, the round of football weekends began. Weekh ' purges with the Chlorophyll Cup kept them in the athletic form they dis- played against the Nasty Nassoons— a Princetonian aggregation. Paul Dikson, T ' mogul, discovered that Let ' s Bef came from Greenwich after all and wrested from their unrehearsed lips Pitehpipe ' s prize medley. Zorch! said he, would you rather sing Silent Night in unison? And then they tore it down in Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Boston, with numerous dances and parties in the bargain. Finally Kiss an ' T put back on his coat after his torrid version of the old madrigal From Those Tables, Down, Down, Down and Skinny said, Zorch, the year ' s gone fast! They all agreed. Jimmy gave them tlie Chlorophyll Cup and they signed off for the last time. rStriti- ; m f II BACK ROW: O ' Gorman, Franciscus, Market, Eustis, Craven. FRONT ROW: Siphron, Upson, French, Burger, Miller. The Alley Cats Despite the loss of four key men to the Whiffenpoofs, the Alley Cats continued to stand out among Yale ' s vocally pregnant dur- ing 1953-1954. The group in its fourth year offered an unusually diverse repertoire in- cluding a clever Tea for Two — I ' ve Got You Under My Skin combination and an arrangement of Maybe You ' ll Be There with a Final Crescendo Which One Cat Termed ' Cool as the Frost on a Champagne Glass. ' Tho Cats also sang a number of spirituals including Dixie, as well as Jennie with a vibrant solo by second tenor George Eustice who emulated Johnnie Ray with his carefully suggestive gesticulations. Other more serious offerings included Adam ' s Rib which made many a Smithie S(Hiinn in calculated embar- rassment and a set of commercials which ad- vertised everything from body deodorants to tasty puddings. John Franciscns ' solo on Ajax earned him acclaim far and wide. Week-end Willie, an original by leader Al French, rounded out a highly entertaining repertoire. The group no longer serenaded captive audiences as it had in 19.52 at the Connecticut Women ' s Prison, but entertained voluntary listeners everywhere from the Apawamis Club in Rye to the Taboo in Palm Beach. The first tenor section was composed of seniors Norm Burger, The Wacky Waiki- kian, and Don Payne as well as junior Pipes Upson whose high C threatened the suprem- acy of vocal moguls including Lily Pons. Useless Eustice, Wales Craven, and Joe Well Ainta that Bad News Siphron com- prised the melodious second tenor contingent, while Oggie Miller and Morgan The Gorgon Harris held down the baritone parts. The potent bass section included Bill Flanders, Bob Market, Scott O ' Gorman, and Money Bags John Franciscus, the business manager. Al French who founded the Eight Flats in 1950, from whom the .Mley Cats evolved in 1951, completed his final year as the group ' s leader. In four years he established a singing group which had rivalled Yale ' s best. 232 wnnniifi i MWtM MMWVWM WllWMH Tlio Bakor ' s Dozon Ijiouglit iiuuu ' new songs and new faces to its first concert in the fall at Wc-lleslo -. Little Kinir Gulliver, Doiiglimit, Potts PortiT, and (loconut in- corporated a niieleus (if six old menihers and seven new into a group which had its most successful season in recent years. Sawrbones Bullard, Alsy Hovdc, Hair- less Stewart, Ghoullixer, and Potts, who had been singing together since freshman year, along with Blackie Blake were all that were left of the group of the year before. After studying the problem seriously it was decided that a little more yeast was needed to get a rise out of the audience. Bill Porter wrote several new arrangements and accom- plished a great blend in the new group. Solo- ists appeared overnight in the form of Tooo Young, Ladies John Embleton, Silent Knight, renowned yodeller and nose-strummer, and the inimitable headshaking Goucho Gordon. The success of the initial concert gave good indications of tlu ' coming season. Engage- nu ' nts followed in tlie usual manner during i()oti)all season hati-rnity parties, with more songs being added to (lie repertoire. Goncerts after the footiiall st ' ason blossomed into many pleasant surprises at Smith, Dartmouth Garni- val, Princeton, a trip to Bridgeport where Eliot Lawrence provided the background, and New York and Philadelphia deb parties. As the spring rolled around plans had been made for spring vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and a continuation of the rounds of the women ' s colleges. News-weak Rindlaud, Bolivar Holding, and Little Richard Gregory sat back and relaxed at the spring dinner and recalled that the daily rehearsals were well worth the time —and the Baker ' s Dozen looked back on a very enjoyable season. The Baker ' s Dozen BACK ROW: Rindlaub, Hovde, Gordon, Knight, Bloke, Holding. FRONT ROW: Emble- ton, Bullard, Porter, Gulliver, Gregory, Stewart, Young. 233 As the first term opened we of the Jesters found ourselves still under strength. Eleventh- hour try-outs and the Jesters of ' 54 were the result; though yet imtried we took some pride in ourselves. Kirkham, for e.xample, thought the group was homofresnic ; there seemed to be a good blend, too. The big test came in the form of the JE Jamboree, the first competitive song-fest of the year. As the program got under way, debut jitters were high, but some 40 songs and 150 pitchers of beer later we knew e could an- ticipate a big year. Jobs came fast; Harvard Weekend, North Haven, WYBC-TV. the Smith and Holyoke house-parties that rainy, stag December week end. During the holidays we closed our ranks and the first half of our musical being at a YMCA reception in Penn Station; blissfully unaware of the old adage suggesting that sleeping canines be left reclining, we outdid commuter trains and muffled snores in draw- ing occasional applause and manifest curiosity. The post-exam period netted us the oppor- timity to sing at the local golf emporium, and saw us in preparation for the Chi Phi fest, Meriden, a Jester weekend, and College Week- end. Somewhat resigned to the seeming inevita- bility of the appearance of the final-chord sixth, we tackled our two other major prob- lems with much bravado and some success. These included the rhythmaticalK ' epileptic impulses of Kirkham as he sang, and the spo- radic appearances of Brownell, appearances tlictated only by moon phases. In retrospect we can look back on a year that saw us assume a musical versatility that fell short only of our enthusiasm. It was primarily significant however as a psychiatric phenomenon, in that a group of distinctly divergent personalities were able to blend with equal social and musical com- patibility. Of these psychological oddities, Pro, Al, Hank, Bob, Pete, and Kirk go the way of all graduates in June, leaving a little bit of tradition and hopes for equal success next year. The JEsters BACK ROW: irownell, Drayton, Lyon, K Werner, Foster, rkhom, Clarke. Pigott, Tossber FRONT ROW: Stevenson, Gavian, g, Weber. d r S m ■S ■ £ 1 n ki M ik H- 1 1 1 ' f 1 t ' f ' m f - tt ' f 1 ' ■ y r ,£-: ii Ja v ]i IM i 1 I 1 - 1 1 S A i . y - U ■ ' k ■ - ! 234 K - ' - r Doran, Gardner, ingersoU, McCagg, Hinkley, Richards, Brown, A., Stein, Robertshow, Brown, W., Randolph, Doak. The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus It wasn ' t long after the start of the year that a vigorous effort was made to change the name of the group to the Society of Bacchus. The sober-minded will of the majority prevailed, however, after it was decided that, if Orpheus were abandoned, Bacchus might have to be paid for. Thus the historic blend was main- tained for another year despite the objec- tions of those with a taste for the pure bond. The advent of television to the Yale campus brought a new medium for chords. Singing twice in the basement of Hendrie Hall the O B ' s had a taste of performing before an unseen audience and modernizing a com- mercial which has since proved handy as a filler at such diverse places as Fairfield, Briar- cliff and the Roosevelt Grill. Other songs which have a habit of finding their way into the program are such never dying numbers as Frankie and Johnnie, ' St. Louis, and Ran- dolph ' s Chattanooga. The addition of Ran- dolph ' s talents to the Society make the out- look for the future extremely bright. With only five new members to initiate into the rigors of vocalizing, though many more to be just initiated, the Society got off to a fast start under the tutelage of J. Orpheus IngersoU. So fast, in fact, that after the week- end that encompassed an engagement in New York on Thursday, in New Haven on Friday, at Vassar on Saturda ' , and back in New York on Sunday, even Bacchus was worn out, and all singing was cancelled for the next two weeks. Aside from the laryngitic bit of over- exertion, the year lurched its casual wa - from crisis to song and, if Robertshaw will ever be on time, the O B ' s will sing again. 235 With a repertoire of passionate love songs, the Mad Hatters started the season off by singing to many mothers at a Branford entry party. The only trouble was the mothers were mothers. But it at least gave the groaners a start out on the right foot. Not long after Chi Phi put in its bid to hear the mellow men. Ever ' one was pleasantly surprised, and the Hatters were asked back many times during the course of the year. One of the high spots of the fall was when the Hatters sang at Manhattanville College. An amazing incidental is that they were all sober. However Sherwood forget a tu.x Anderson conveniently forgot his coat and had to borrow a blue blazer 5 sizes too large. Another memorable occasion was when the 12 sang at the Roosevelt Grill. This time Don revolving door Hudson was well behaved. Also Lester Lanin certainly was nice to pay for all those drinks! After mid-year exams the Hatters began to have many more engagements around the Yale Campus. Yes, we know you boys spe- cialize in away concerts, but after all give the Frosh a break. So they sang at the Connecti- cut Hall snack bar dedication where Ernie Be Bop Dowd insisted on adding his usual Brubeck touch. At other mid-winter engage- ments John each time I hold somebody new Patton and Larry ' ou knew just what I was there for Miller appeared extremely casual by singing to individual women in the audi- ence. However, Larry was advised not to get undressed after that. At a Smith engagement John dropped both his oars Steggall and Bob gonna name him Hendrick both got their laugh only they never figured out if it was with them or at them. Chad I can ' t sing any higher Nelson and Henry casual 5 ' s Hille succeeded in pound- ing the aiTangements into their heads— even some new ones, and by spring the group was, in one member ' s estimation, in perfect condition for an alcoholic night. Ken let ' s get this learned Hines and Dick bum, bum, bum, Specht managed to hold down their parts extremely well, and Scott I ' ve got to get this chord changed O ' Gorman finally got it. The Mad Hatters Second row: Patton, Hudson, Hendrick, Miller, Steggal, O ' Gorman, Specht. Fronf row: Hines, Anderson, Hille, Nelson, Dowd. 236 3M ' 54 JOHN FLICKS CLEARY JOSEPH NOSE ALBANESE HARRY HEAD BENNINGHOFF EDWARD SQUIRREL BAMFORD JOSEPH BUTCH FORTUNATO HARRY GOLDBERG GOLDEN JOHN HAWK CREATURA CHARLES BRONCO JOHNSON ' 55 ALLAN WEENIE HRUSKA HENRY BOOT THRESHER 237 CESTA Y PELOTA ANDONOOUl GREGORIO qu;ntana ARANA GUILLERMO RUIZ BARRUTI GNAC 0 ECHEVERRIA ERDOZA MARfO SARASOLA MUGARTUGU UGARTECHEA i 238 w Alpha Chi Sigma i{ Profess onal Chemistry Fraternity Edmund Abdelnoor Sam Andreades Donald J. Casey Donald B. Christie Ronald F. Cieciuch Jerome T. Combs William C. Conkling Charles B. Danidson Robert L. Dedrick James T. Destefano Joshua Dranoff Horace B. Faber Allan D. Foster Robert A. Fox Joel E. Freedman William A. Goering William J. Harvie Paul R. Hoffman William T. Hussey William M. Jacobs William B. Jones Robert S. Katz William F. Kenney Lauren J. Kiest Werner A. Klee Stanley T. Lamar A. Charles Laws Robert T. McWade, Jr. Kenneth E. Madsen George R. Marr Eldred D. Mundth Dantd Richman Charles C. Rose Douglas J. Scalapino Walter F. Schlegel Theodore F. Schomburg Ronald A. Shulman Phillip D. Swanson Reynal de St. M. Thebaud Carl B. Van Winter Donald L. Webster John W. White Rodney D. Wood Harold K. Work, Jr. John D. Work Leslie M. Wrigley Thomas O. Ziebold ft ft ft ft . . - • iW ' lI ,9 wiflR  - OFFICERS Frederick D. Grave, 191 IS President Charles M. Bakewell. 1905 Vice-President Laurence G. Tighe, 1916 Treasurer Garlos F. Stoddard Jr., 1926 Secretary Mory ' s Association BOARD OF GOVERNORS To serve until 1955 ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE Graham F. Thompson, WOTS Burnside Winslow, 1904 Allcrton F. Brooks, 1911S Reuben A. Holden, 1940 To serve until 1956 J. Frederick Baker, 1909 Arthur L. C:orl)in Jr., 1923 Robert A. Hall, 19;3() Stanley S. Trotman, 1934S To serve until 1957 J. Frederick Baker, 1909 Chairman Richard C. Carroll, 1932 Deane Keller, 1923 HOUSE COMMITTEE Edwin F. Blair, 1921 Francis W. Bronson, 1922 Carroll C. Hincks, 1911 Laurence G. Tighe, 1916 Stanley S. Trotman, 1934S Chairman Arthur L. Corbin Jr., 1923 Allerton F. Brooks, 191 IS 240 HWIW —— — —— ' BACK ROW: Rev. Maclean, Smith, Carr, Brown, Gill, Beggs, Rev. Lovett. SECOND ROW: Hiers, Stuhr, Boyer, Schaefer, Kindel, Thornton, Bell, Towner. FRONT ROW: Oddlelf- son, Meyer, Block, Muir, Coggins, Ely, Kelly. Undergraduate Deacons University Choir EE lis 241 nTann;TiTi ;ii..--ii - .- ' - —- Keith Wilson this year continued his de- velopment of the Yale Band into an organiza- tion of the highest musical qualit} ' . Under his supervision, an enthusiastic group of students reached new heights of musicianship and popularity. In its half-time entertainment, the Football Band, under Bob Cecil ' s direction, captured the imagination and often the imdivided at- tention of the Bowl. To get the season off to a flying start, the Band presented a parody of Dragnet, the famous television detective story. In an attempt to prevent sunburn of the eyeballs, the 122 bandsmen donned blue and white caps, setting off a minor under- graduate crisis. For the final game with Harvard, the Band imported Arthur Godfrey (alias Alan Brown, Bridgeport announcer) who auditioned Julius LaRhubarb, recently unemployed virtuoso, in his rendition of E Cimipari! Julius (Dave Sweetkind) failed to replace Pete Sawers as drum major. He lacked humility. Football season over, the Band reorganized into the Winter Sports Band and the Yale Concert Band. The former group, under the direction of Bob Cecil, caught on at the hockey and basketball games with its hot renditions of High Societ ' , London Blues, and other dixieland numbers. Keith Wilson ' s most serious musical efforts were directed to the Concert Band and the highlight of the season was its Sunday after- noon performance in Woolsey Hall. Surpass- ing the high standards set the previous year and before a record audience, an impressive musical organization presented works by Mozart, Beethoven, Ibert, Respighi, Proko- fieff, Howland, and ' aughn Williams. Perhaps the most popular event on the Band ' s calendar is the pops concert series on Cross Campus each spring. After a perform- ance on Class Day, the Band finished its season by leading the commencement proces- sion to the Old Campus and providing enter- tainment at the graduation ceremonies there. Yale Band Keith Wilson, Conductor Robert Cecil, Assistant Conductor Elmer W. Johnson, 1954, President C. William Berger, 1954, Publicity Manager Edwin S. Weaver, 1954, Business Manager m V. i r;t.ui::  Ot:m; t:t fl Yale Sports Car Club Incorporated Roy Kiesling Jr., President Fred Farwell, Vice President E. M. Bull, Secretary S. Lee Miller, Treasurer David B. Coggins Allan I. Ludw ' ig Albert C. Barclay Jr. Robert T. Achor Clark B. Hamilton Philip W. McKee Tonv Leidner David D. Carrington VV. Paul Thomp.son John Krosnoff Jr. Geoffrey B. Harrison Lewis R. Robinson David D. Douglas John S. Whinston . rnold William P. Loving Edmund Peter Smith C. E. O.xford Jr. Ale, S. Rudolph Ralph B. Bristol Jr. Philip T. Kittredge George F. Sawyer Jr. W. Jones Arthur M. Cottrell HI Kenneth B. Skinner Bob Thompson Michael H. Bell Sanford Hohauser Thomas J. Charlton Edwin Dean 243 lU ;.T ' .1 XlltktMVtU. lH{ C-tMltlCnt:Ct:COOUBUUUVU-irv .nt nnnnrMU ••i ' IN If one dug through the waste-basket outside the darkroom, he might find old pictures of a Yale riot, the date last fall, or a beautiful architectural shot of Harkness tower. The basket in the studio might turn up a few burnt-out photo-floods, crumpled slips from a film pack, or a bit of Kleenex with lipstick from some model. Maybe even a beer can. Which all goes to prove that the life of the Photographic Society member is one mad whirl of parties, models and riots. Of course, there are the field trips, the all-night sessions in the darkroom, and the Wednesday night lectures and demonstrations. But it is the Yale competition in the fall, and the Ivy League contest in the spring that make every good member a sterling stalwart of the Dean ' s Team. Yale Photographic Society BACK ROW: Hollander, Rea, Schuize, Berggren. FRONT ROW: Hartwell, Killam, Lesher, Pierce. r wmmmm ioaaa jHilfinwJiriffirMi ! BACK ROW: Crowell, Howland, Plaut. SECOND ROW: Trumbull, Gage (secretary) Lundquist (president). Fox (treasurer) DeForest, Lesher. FRONT ROW: Verber, Noyce, Towie, Olson. Outing Club Lundquist gets breakfast in bed Embarking upon its twenty-first year, the Yale Outing Club offered a broad and ambi- tious program of activity to its members. During the fall, YOC initiates slipped away to the Club ' s own cabin near Norfolk, Conn., for introductory trips, while members reblazcd trails to Lake George for canoeing, to Smith and Conn. College for square dancing, to Wheaton for fun, and to Old Lyme, Conn, for the YOC-sponsored fall engineering camp. After Christmas, coed trips to the cabin and ski weekends to nearby Mohawk or more re- mote slopes prepped members for the YOC ' s annual lOCA ski carnival at Pico Peak, Rut- land, Vt., an action-packed weekend of racing, serious and novelty; square dancing; skating; and good times, for old pros and novices alike. Springtime activities afforded opportimities for camping, bicycling, square-dancing, sail- ing, and another engineering camp. With the approach of another year ' s end, Outing Clubbers regretfully released affable Bob Lundquist from his presidential duties and ' eep Charlie Laws, our capable trip- meister, and extended a rousing vote of thanks. Singing during Bi-Annuo! Engine Camp trip ot Old Lyme r« r nvfiTTr ri ' T We began on a wet and dismal evening in the fall of 1952, when eight hardy souls wheezed out a wondrous B flat chord. Early in our history- we left the shelter of the Brood; and, bearing the name of our patron noble- man, have become known from the Hotel Roosevelt to Skidmore, from The Row to Bennington. Into each life some rain must fall, but we have set precipitation records. On difficult weekends it has been found that the first tenors were capable only of baritone. Our soloists have shown a marked proclivity for singing in original keys, and occasionally break into a piercing soprano. Deviations from the original pitch have caused some strange and disbelieving e.xpressions on the faces of the basses; and a pie-eyed pitchpipe has a charm all his own. Harmony, a fiendish weapon in the hands of Walt Farrier, has been made to resound in anything from two to seventeen parts. With twelve voices this is a bit difficult, but the effect is shattering. This year five founders leave the fold. No chord was sacred to Crazy Ransom or Dance Riggs. The exodus of The Tree Stanley will ruin our claim to the tallest bass The Duke ' s Men section at Yale. Defying censorsliip, we men- tion the contril)utions of Seventii Round Sindberg to the most memorable Midnight Ride on record. To these, and especially to our revered Monk Farrier, we lift a glass or six in fond adieu. To our posterity we leave: seven tired voices, a scratchy recording of the TBC-TV theme, and an appropriately monotone pitch- pipe. Through these hallowed halls will con- tinue to ring the cry of our tortiu ed tenors: LOWER THE PITCH. The spirit and the malady will linger on. BACK ROW: Sindberg, Van Heuven, Stanley, Pork, Durfee. FRONT ROW- Ransom, Cochran, Thompson, Farrier, Towie, Riggs, Hard. 246 BACK ROW: Martin, Bull, Downey, Pease, Englander. FRONT ROW; Bullock, Clark, Sloan, Evans, Selig. The Spizzwinks (?) For the Winks of ' 54, rebuilt from a nucleus of two returning lettermen, it was a great year. Honey Chile Downey perfected his car-to-car woman chasing technique to the amazement of Parkway traffic. J. Rocket Evans established a non-stop record to Providence which will, in all probabilit)-, never be broken. Edward Whoops Sloan hit the highest note ever re- corded at a jamboree. Flats Selig contributed his good-natured criticism and his famous car, the Spinnning Jenny. J. Love Child Martin established a world ' s fence-straddling record (one foot in Saratoga Springs and the other following the call of duty). Foghorn Eng- lander disgraced the honor of the group by be- ing faithful to Simone; this insult was ex- punged from the record by the peccadillos of Walt Pease, the Feegee Kid. R. Bull was ob- served to hold a beer can to four consecutive hours (the same one?), and John Passion Flower Clark provided a gracious senior ' s wisdom and sophistication. The whole group wishes to express its thanks to the contribution of C. Chuckles Bullock, namely Sue Barbour, who we all agree is a luscious girl. The group feels that Yale will never again see the likes of this fabulous crew. And as the sun sinks over the bars and the dance floors, over the tweedy boys and the misty girls, we hear one last 13-part chord (by a ten-man group)— the Spizzwinks(?) of 1954 are finishing their last encore. Long live 1955. 247 M T i -STSTiTi : r T r.TlT s jvTVfvi (ff tt 14 •f rmn nruu loovMitM j p m The Augmented Seven For the Augmented Seven of 1954, the Fall Term was a difficult period of rebuilding. Lost through graduation were seven of last year ' s members, and three of the new recruits were forced to drop out in November. Nevertheless the group was able to perform a fairly active schedule, which included a banquet at the Hartford Yale Club and an appearance on New Haven ' s television station, WNHC. Tlie winter season saw the A-7 return to form once more, as some of the newly acquired talent began to blossom forth. The rich bass of Froggy Townsend pleased many an ear, as did the solo voice of George Forker, who sang I wanna Get Married as if he really meant it. Andy Wheeler and Nick Peay continued to share the solo spotlight as they have done for many years, and the Calypso numbers, which have come to be an Augmented Se ' en trade mark, featured Tim Prentice on the guitar, accompanied by Jim Pigott. One of the highlights of the winter season was a hectic weekend which included engage- ments at Wellesley, Connecticut College, and Pine Manor. Jim Monde wore out tliree pitch- pipes during the nine appearances made, but all agreed that it was well worth it. BACK ROW: Meade, Sharp, Prentiss, Wheeler, Hull. FRONT ROW- Vennum, Forker, Peay, Monde, Piggot, Townsend. 248 BACK ROW: Kepler, Jackson, Hutchins, Saperstein, Poge. FRONT ROW: Johnson, Irlth, Allen, Reichenboch, Hightower. Ambystomians The Bishop ' s Devils BACK ROW: Riggins, Nelson, Bertini, Manny, Austin, Scheinfeld. FRONT ROW: Heming- way, Nelson, McNeeley, Mitchell, Evans, Moore. 249 :TT;TTnT7r;nnrHlmTTWWTMin ll1« w M n  ' « «m H?rF H!.!.ii:i;.!citi;iit:ia:Ti.j.wr m im. M wmmm Under the continuing presidency of Al Dempsey, Yale Aviation experienced a year of some up and downs. A decided lack of interest in cross country flying forced the club to sell the Cessna 140, which had been purchased in the spring of 1953 with the help of a graduating member. Since emphasis seemed to be on flight train- ing, an old Piper J-3 was bought and an avi- ation school in upstate Connecticut undertook to rebuild the aircraft from scratch. The addi- tion of this new plane promised to make up in part for the loss of the Cessna which was a plane in exceptionally good condition. The club ' s second training plane, an Aeronca, saw so much service that it required a recovering in late spring after Usher Aviation s fabric testor showed the wing fabric to be rapidly deteriorating. During the summer, individual members logged a large number of flying hours. Al Dempsey served as a flying instructor at New Haven airport, and Jim Evans took the Cessna on a long trip South. Unfortimately, cross country trips dwindled to almost nothing dur- ing the school year. In the month of April a new drive was launched designed to bring neu ' blood to the club and revive fiying interest on campus. Bill Day served as vice president and Dave Acton proved to be a very careful treasurer. First row: Day, Dempsey, Acton, Dear. Second row; Coggins, Witte, R. McAllester, C. McAllester, Terry, Laity, Thompson. Third row: McGregor, lipman, Greenway, Heeb- ner, Hershey, Doter. I BACK ROW: Goldstein, Esterly, Clubb, de Tramont, Weiss, Hallworth. FRONT ROW: Lundquist, Addis, Dewey, Wroth, Palmer, Purdy. The Jared Eliot Associates Pi Sigma Alpha BACK ROW: Carroll, Sherman, Bramwell, Lindh, Dee, Barnett, FRONT ROW: Frear, Posey, Gavian, Dillenbeck, Cottier, Kinney, Alter. 251 BACK ROW; R. G. 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