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h) ]n n Y K ()l I IK ON a sunny day in September K int lulu jTospcxtivc Dmk Stover and Frank Mcrri- wells 1)1 ' the Class of IV6I wandered through Phelps Gateway onto a preen and peaceful Old Campus. It did not take lonp for some to dis- cover that the pur| oscs of the considerate and courte« us upperclassmen who sat behind their tables or roamed through the dormitories were not altogether altruistic. The ori ;inal naivrtc faded cfuickly in the whirl of mcxiinp the chal- k-npcs. academic and stxial. of that first week. Soon the upperclassmen were drifting back, care- frcx- and rested after a summer away from the pressures of academic life. We returned to hnd that Oak Strc-et had piven way to the Connector ( it tcx)k some time to find out just w hat it did connect) and a number of construction projects. In the colleges we found sh ny new beds, a foot longer and with real maftrc-sses. A further sur- prise awaited us at the dining halls, where we found that the milk supply was now unlimited, though the glasses had somehow shrunk in size and we were not allowed to take more than one of tiitin at a lime. Letters from the college mas- ters over the summer had Ic-ssened the slunk of the new rule demanding that coals and ties be wurn to all meals, but not all were reconcilc-il to It. Howt-ver. after a few weeks most agrtxd that they didn ' t really mmd this new step toward civilization. The beginning of classes sewn ob scured these matters, as we settlc-d down to tin rcs|X)nsibilities of the year ahead. There were several noticeable changes on ilu academic scene. Visiting Cambridge professiir Dc-nnis Brogan reinvigorated the Political Science Department, suffering from the loss of several ke)- members wlu) left Yale for other positions. Maynard Mack, returning to his ShakcN|xare Ic-c- ture ctjurse. attracted several hundred students, engineering as well as Fnglish majors. The early days of classc s bridged the gap between summer frc-edom and the pressure of the first hour tests and packers. Gradually we were drawn once more into academic concerns, but not so exclusively that we lost touch with the pace of events in the outside world. The Little Rfxk crisis drew