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mm m 1' i>: i'S. 9 r '-V.'SS i i . ■ \ M ! i : • * . '•4$M m . tk rn t;> s I 9 WISTARIAN | ! I: ' 1 -* '■>. "• ' A • vV'-io'r s'.'"i'.^/'-^: ';>> TA V-' V'.: 'i*fvA 3$g mm«pi ■filllll®:-v ■>-. 'jS’V v' v -V •• 'f I i 1 Wistarian 1959 University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Connecticut Staff r \ i! ; Editor Charles S. Huestis Assistant Editor John B. Stewart, III V;. :«***. ^ : Art Editor Robert Stumpek i. ! • Copy Editor Sally Ann Podufaly T, - & ■ i — . Advisor Victor Swain I *» Art Advisor Sybil Wilson > I- •t els \} M U»-T«ip»^9 I •t. •? = . ‘ V . • • .. • - - • t i t ■ 5 •, -----------I — v .... P L: r ■ «« m "" > N. / «' i ■. L 'KH A ,-iii 1 : V T vV i =U ■ ’ \ 5 tsrThe title of this article, slightly altered, I becomes the keyword of our generation. ' nForward. The word itself connotes the rest- 04 0 less undercurrent that has intensified man's recent advancement. We are now riding a crest of inventive achievement. New \rs ideas have spurred manufacture and trans­ portation. Very recently men have begun to muster their frail strength and utilize their intelligence to probe the mysteries of the universe. Gropingly, steadily, man continues to extend his mastery over the elements. The world we are about to enter is brilliant, tense, and challenging; it is a place where new achievements and new dangers are born simultaneously. During this time of explosive advances, we here at the University have lived exact- ly the same collegiate pattern which our predecessors lived years ago. We studied untii daybreak; then fortified with black coffcwe went doggedly to class to be tested: v/e shelved our books in favor of the bj.ketball games, "bull" sessions, or do* when the threat of mental combat was loss imminent; we spent countless hours discussing the administration, the world situation, the faculty, our classmates. Dur­ ing our metamophosis from adolescence to adults we shed coats of innocence, arrog- ance and superficial independence, re- spectively. Finally, as the time for gradu­ ation grew near, we grew sentimental and mistily fond of the place we had alternate­ ly libeled, boasted of, and complained about for four years. All this happened just as it had years ago. This book is more than a link between our future and the secure and comfortable past. It is reminder of what we will be striving to maintain. College — all the study, companionable striving, and silly customs that are an integral part of that institution — is a segment of our Ameri- can way of life which is not a mythical, intangible thing — an abstract term but a co mposite of all the ordinary daily rou- tine things our people do. Fraternity dances; examinations; the slow, patient cul­ tivation of the mind; the steady trickle of nutrients to the intellect; all are vital to the health of our people and our na- tion. So long as these seemingly mundane occurences are free to happen unmolested, our country will be able to provide men with the abilities to harness successfully the new powers they engender. The pic­ I O tures in this book, then, represent more ; . than the pleasant memories of each of us; S3 I 67053 they represent the way of life it is our N duty and our honor to preserve. / i ’/ ■! ( ; ;1 ! U- , i *. '1 There are men whose abilities to mold and nurture industry mark them as giants in American busi­ ness. There are men who, prompted by love of mankind, share unselfishly those resources which they pos­ D sess in greater abundance than their fellows. Such men are knov/n as philanthropists. Both of these defi­ nitions are exemplified by Mr. Charles A. Dana. When the new science building rises to grace our campus, its existence will be due largely to the foresight of this man. The auditorium which is to be a E part of the building will owe its existence to the business man with the idea that the University need­ ed a place where students might hear lectures or, more important, participate in religious services. D Mr. Dana's varied and extensive career illustrates his character. In his youth Mr. Dana attended the Cutler School and Columbia University where he received his B. A. and M. A. degrees in law. His early career in corporation law led to a position on the staff of the New York District Attorney. For three I terms Mr. Dana served as a prominent Republican on the New York State Legislature. His career in politics culminated in his serving as campaign manager for Theodore Roosevelt. As one might expect of a broad-minded, vigorous person, Mr. Dana's interests cover a broad scope, While young lawyer he spent his vacations working as a cowhand on a Mexican ranch which he now owns. Mr. Dana's present business affiliations include the Dana Corporation, of which he is president, and many other corporations in this country, Canada, England, and France, which necessitate his-traveling at least twice the distance around the equator each year. Age and experience have sharpened Mr. Dana's ability and heightened his achievements; just last year the University of Toledo awarded him an honorary degree for his ability to organize new industries. Mr. Dana is primarily a business man. He considers his II i. onage of the University an investment — an investment in youth and in a stronger nation. With sight — that same foresight that has enabled him to amass a business empire — Mr. Dana saw that ; facilities of the University soon would be in greater demand and that a new science building would in­ cise opportunities for many. He has remarked that all successful businesses succeed because of good ganization. He believes, as do the students, that the University has an exemplary organization in its ustees, administrators, and faculty. He has placed his confidence in the organization; confidence that •'hose of us who are leaving will do credit to the University by succeeding in our chosen fields; that those of us who remain will continue to utilize to the best of our ability the opportunities for betterment that we find here. N It is in appreciation of this trust-that this book is dedicated to Charles A. Dana. A r f- ■ i? , I Each of us who spent the year 1958- 1959 here at the University of Bridgeport will carry away with him different memo­ ries, for each of us notices only those things which impinge on his patterns of life. So it -is that to most of us, something as minute as a damp, earth-scented spring breeze, shell salvaged from a winter- ravaged shore, an "A" paper will mean more to us than a professor's new doctor­ ate, the addition of a new building to the campus, or a victory for a student organi­ zation. Yet our very presence here made us a parr of this institution. In as much as v. i we gained or lost here will re- v?dded in ourselves all our lives, Ihis I. ion has become part of our- elves article is written in the hope ' provide us with a better under- tanc f what our school is that it may urmsr. with some justifiable pride in the institu; ;n of which we are a part. The rain rolling in from Long Island Sound, shrouding the campus in gloom most of Freshman week, heightened the confusion of the purple capped newcomers. Bewilder­ ed, beraggled freshmen, rallied by their spirited guides, toured the campus and en­ dured the many social functions planned for them by the Freshman Week Committee during the summer. The Freshman Ball cul­ minated wellcome-week, and those freshmen who still had strength enough to attend it saw Flarriet Zitron of the Bronx, lovely ad­ vocate of the bouffant hair-do chosen •:v: WSI Freshman Queen. Enrollment reached a new S • height this year, as did confusion during re­ 1 gistration. Following the minor havoc of Freshman Week and registration, students welcomed a chance to settle down to the comparative peace of classes. Bright October brought a burst of ac­ tivity to campus. Faculty and students alike had not yet settled into the comfortable, steady mold of activities which patterned the later months. The clear, colorful days of early fall seemed indicative of explora­ tion and experimentation. The Circle K ;,[Lf( TION.) won THE ’ROBERT R DAVIS • V Jr : G ? « .1 - i ; t; rr-; a game s Wagon Wheel. Progress in other departments offset the initial defeat on the field. The music department organized a jazz work- shop, a new marching band, and a concert band under the direction of Raymond Stewart, who joined the faculty this year. The f jazz workshop adopted an abandoned stable, which had housed the horses of P. T. Barnum, for its headquarters, and each Wednesday evening the aspiring musicians convened to develop their fledgling I talents under the guidance of Mr. Stewart. Virus ECHO descended on campus during the early fall, leveling students and faculty in- i i discriminately, and counter-balancing the exhilarating effect of -( bright, brisk, autumn weather. The Inter-fraternity Council granted 1= ish ■ recognition to lota Delta Pi, latest addition to the male Greek Letter groups. The men of I.D.P. recognizable by their attractive olive drab suits, face a year of probation before final acceptance. Dr. Joseph Roucek of the University's political science and sociology departments received the honor of being named a corresponding member of the Acadamie Di Mediterraneo. Professor Hasan F. Zandy, this year received an honorary Ph.D.

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