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DAVENPORT COLLEGE Daniel Merriman, Master

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the fact that these groups never broke down, and that is just too bad. The centripetal character of Yale activities carried away our time and interests and replaced the college with one of the most enjoyable and expen- sive dorms ever built. Calhoun, like every other college, had a de- bating association. It was reserved for people who want to develop their public speaking potentialities, certainly an important goal in life. Ken Thompson and Jack Wahlquist up- held the honor of the ' Houn. Ray Walker, Don Olsen, and Bob Brink departed from the college to enjoy their own particular brands of connubial bliss. We didn ' t see nearly enough of these three couples. One of the most ex- clusive of the Yale clubs was propagated during our three years. It has no officers, no heeling comps, and only two members. Somewhere in the tower, George Mer- rill, and Jo Elder are convened. This is in contradiction to the club of the many which is firmly ensconced in front of the ' Houn TV set. Officers are, tuner, Bill Emerson; commen- tator, Bill I ' in ' r-..ii: mediator of volume disputes, Bill Emerson; historian, Wild Bill Emerson. It now becomes the rather doleful task to investigate the college ' s social morale. With Craig Farrow at the helm of the social com- mittee there is very little one can say. Three members of the college (two in Phi Bete, the other in Tau Bete) never had a date: Dan Case, Doug Scalapino, and Dick Koplow are the offenders. There were many opportuni- ties for calm recreation in the college; and it was not hard to amuse your dates. We had pool, ping pong, and two squash courts. The Calhoun flick set carried on, unaf- fected by anything more profound than the rationale for hold-overs at the College. Brad Bayne, George Braley, Jim Prokop, and John Grossman have excelled in this field of human endeavor. The Calhoun Sinfo- nia, a new organization this year devoted to the joys of music and the body, was formed to bring a broader social outlook to the college. This disintegration is our class ' contribution to Calhoun College. I ' m disappointed, but not enough to quote The Wash-land. John C. Farrell : «

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IT is always a sad occasion to lose an old friend, and residents of Davenport were indeed saddened to learn of the retirement of Miss Eleanor Diefendorf upon their re- turn from summer vacation. For eighteen years the secretary to the Master, Miss D. as she came to be known many years ago, made countless friends among students from the Class of ' 36 to the Class of ' 56. Miss D ' s more than able successor is Mrs. Robert Barendsen. Mrs. B, as she was immediately tagged by members of the junior and senior classes, made an instant hit with all the stu- dents and has performed such Herculean tasks as preparing the Davenport Directory — with flawless accuracy. Davenport welcomes her and hopes she will be around for many years to come. The spring of ' 54 saw many events in Davenport worthy of comment. The sweet taste of victory blessed the Davenport hockey team from the beginning to the end of the season, from their initial conquest of Calhoun by a score of 3-0 to their rousing triumph over Dudley House of Harvard, 8-2. The bas- ketball team didn ' t fare quite so well, finish- ing the season with a 4-10 record. The B team did better with an 8-6 season total, which gained it fifth place in the intercollege standings. Swimming, squash, and softhall saw IVporters in seventh, crew and tennis teams took sixth, and the baseball team took fifth place with a 4-3 record. Events on the Entertainment Committee program included a dinner-dance on Junior Prom weekend and the ever-popular College Weekend. Despite the inclement weather on Sunday afternoon, which forced the cancella- tion of the picnic on Professor Sizer ' s farm, there were many who held that College Weekend was the most enjoyable weekend of the entire year. Even though some people thought the genuine, authentic, one-hundred per cent pure Spanish Moss which was strewn about the court was mattress stuffing, the En- tertainment Committee deserves a great deal of credit. If one had to sing the praises of Daven- port ' s Class of ' 55 in even more than tele- graphic brevity, one word would easily suf- fice: Scholarship. Members of this class have been winning honors since they came to Davenport as sophomores, and their record stands with the best in the entire history of the College. At the head of the list stands the name of Jim Griffin. Jim, a Scholar of the House his senior year, has the highest under- graduate average in Yale, is (logically) presi- dent of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and is the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship. Of the ten students who were elected Phi Beta Kappa their junior year, four were 60