Trinity College Trinity College Digital Repository Trinity Publications (Newspapers, Yearbooks, Trinity Tatler (1954 - 1959) Catalogs, etc.) Winter 1956 The Trinity Tatler, Winter 1956 Trinity College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tatler Recommended Citation Trinity College, "The Trinity Tatler, Winter 1956" (1956). Trinity Tatler (1954 - 1959). 3. https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tatler/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Trinity Publications (Newspapers, Yearbooks, Catalogs, etc.) at Trinity College Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Trinity Tatler (1954 - 1959) by an authorized administrator of Trinity College Digital Repository. J_ . f .. ... ,.. mtnttr mcmlltt Hew roalV times has it Perhaps,!) now and later.~~ this been said that College is the issue of the Trinitt Tatler w.i.ll happiest time of a man! s life? bring back some ofhese laded P rhaps this is so because it is memories., at this time that the capacity f r enjoying life is greatest and The Tatler has been written a s~e t irresponsibilit.y is and edited bY the students of strong enough to banish cares English 203 9 Introduction to which would9 otherwise11 spoil Writing for PublicationG Much much f the pleasureo credit and thanks are in order for Messrso Parker,p Williams~ ·It. T'.i!.ll alway~ be a joy and Hartford, and the staff of to leok back upon College Life the Public Relations Offic 1 far in later years but perhaps it was their cooperation and time Wii.ll dull these memories help which makes this publication and. make them less clear o possibleo EDITORIAL BOARD Walter Ce Shannon Ecfitor-in-Chief Neil "Me"' DB\f THE TRINITY TATLER Robert A., Shaw Art Editors Volume I Winter, 1956 No., 1 EDITORIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS ASSOCIATES Do M. c-ardwell Editorial By W. C. Shannon 1 E., L., Mortimer Pipl Pipl w., 0., Richards By D.M. Cardwell 3 H. H., Orenstein Verno:ra Street By w.o. Richards 4 N., M., Day To New Trinity Brown Baggers B., C., Headle By H.H. Orenstein S., N. Bowen Back When By B.C. Headle 6 R., M. Stevenson The First Janitor J. P., Miller By N.M. Day 8 D., N. Spear Parasites Profuse By E.Lo Mortimer 9 w., J., Zito Fire, Fire Everywhere! w.. F., Morrison By W. C. Shanncm 11 Meet Mr. Klimczak _By W.F. Morrison 12 "Pigskin Parade at Trinity• By D.N. Spear 13 Meet Frankie Carle By R.M. Stevenson, Jr., 14 St., Patrick' s Day, 1905 13,- S.N. Bowen 15 "Cap 11 By J.P. Miller 18 White Rats in a Test Tube By W., J. Zito 19 Pip£ Pip1 1 Neath the elms the learned men lie sprawled Trin seniors» mighty~ fallen. Commencement weekj) though formal thought, Is more like jolly brawling. •Tis pity as we watch them there To see fine Harris tweed And flannel of imported make Pressed close 1 gainst campus weed. Long have their eager minds divined The splendor of the Muse. Read Aristophanes and laughed; Enjoyed the Trojan ruse. They've fought with stout Napoleon, Saw Caesar to his grave; And lauded all the ancient greats, Round coffee at the "Cave.n Their genteelness is gilded now True connoisseurs all. Who drank "White Horsett so furtively Must now for "Glen Grant" call. The high school lass with baton bright Once loved - "But sir» be muml" The Vassar and .the Holyoke dame Must play the fife and drum. Ah1 waitl A stir. A. sigh. A groan. Then one _among them cries, •Letts off ~ merr.r~ white-shoed lads; There's gin at Delta Phi•s.• Yes~ off they go with song and laugh In quest of added spree. God~ st~ their academic heads From harsh reality. V~RfNOM ST~ - [~lF ..-: WoOe RllC~ A~ D$ Saturd~ night on Vernon Street Just as the first division of the during a partyless winter weekend "flick squad" returns, the "health can be a very dull and miserable club" gathers its number for the time for the few disallusioned nightly pilgrimage to A.C. souls who feel compelled to remain Petersen's Dairy.. One of the there and study o Good intentions returning moviegoers nearly goes depart as, one by one, the more along with the milkshake men, but realistic fraternity members begin is saved from such a cruel fate by their off-campi ventures.. The a trio heading toward the Heublein. remaining few then begin discussion A very 11 shoe" and proper pair of various methods of relaxing take off for an evening of Orange for that "short break before Blossoms and Ogden at the Adajian getting down to the business at Room .. handott Back at the ranch, the pennyless A quick glance at a newspaper ones are exercising the pool and evolves into a detailed survey of ping pong tables, not to mention the "flick sheet,n the focal point of the beer cooler. A sole TV addict collegiate interest in contemporary is draped over the back of an over­ art and literature. nrt•ll be great stuffed armchair amid a clutter of for us to knock off a bit and we crushed beer cans. Suddenly ., .. • won•t lose much time at all if we the phone ringsl Nothing really catch the early show o We can finim unusual. One of the clan has made off this stuff in half the time a slight error in the proqess of when we come back". Hurry up boys, parking his vehicle and requires aid Saturd~ night brings out a in extricating it from a flowerbed. horde of frivilous people Who have Just which flowerbed and how it no intention of doing anything all happened were not made too constructive.. Those parking spaces clear, but a rescue party immed­ will be hard to find.. Don•t forget iately begins the search equipped to take along a few tins to quench with the usual hastily collected your thirst on that long, grueling bail fund. drive along Washington Street .. Gradually the house quiets down Let•s not forget the boys in the as the industrious students put card roomo They've just completed away their bottles, cans and play­ a lengthy bull session condemning things, and one by one retire. the evils of •• flicking"; completed Somewhere down the hall someone it in favor of adjourning to ''Joe's" mutters something about not exactly or the "Birdn for a steak sandvnch feeling like going to chapel next and a few lagers.. Who can blame them morning ..... then silence. Thus, if they spend an hour or two friends, as they say in the movies, watching the Canadians tromp the we take leave of another "study Rangers in Madison Squard Garden via night" on Vernon Street.. Worrlerful barside TV once they get there? what creative thinking is fostered within the time-honored and ivy­ covered walls of old Trino -4- B~ :Bo..~ ~~ ~a__. hJ H (')J@Jn s trJ1rrv Youvv got a problem, Brown­ These new ideas that you encounter Bagger. At least, I hope you have, daily are probably common talk among because if you havenvt you're not them., Not so with you, Brawn-Bagger. getting your moneyss worth out of You 1 re going to have a pretty rough old Coll., Trin. Sane., rtos going to time of it when you go hone and tell show itself.P but probably not for a your dad that you're ·thinking of while. The problem is that you•re becoming a Latin teacher for the getting a liberal education! satisfaction of it., He'll pro­ That's a problem? · Indeed it is. bably tell you that you're in Unconsciously probably, but none college spending some $4000 or more the less drastically, you1re and some four years ef your life for changing, Brown-Bagger, and it's the purpose ·or learning something probab~ going to cause arguments worthwhile - like how to make a buck. all around., Maybe these arguments You figure college is the same will be with mater and pater. as high-school as far as yeu are M~be they'll be with your one and concerned. After all, you're home only. As a matter of fact, chances every night; you go back a.trl forth are that you 111 shed your high­ to school every day. Yes, you school sweetheart before ver.y long. think it•s like high school, but All this will happen and more unless it•s not .and the sooner you realize 1.). Your folks are college grads it.P the better. 2.,) Your girl is a college student. If you're a B.s. boy, you're not The arguments with your folks :may likely to .have this problem., That's be about nearly anything. As for what most BoSe boys tell me. your girl, chances are that they'll Their education here seems to be a be because of lack of common interests. sort of extenuation of previous Why all this hubub? Because knowledge. The B.A., boy, now.P you•re changing, Brown-Bagger., that 1 s a different story. If you Every d~ you are associating with get anything more out of History men on the top rung of the ladder 101-102 than a few dates and events, of education. Every day you are and you should .P you' 11 grasp a whele being exposed to new ideas. Every new slant on life, yours in d~ you're growing little by little particular and those in general., until suddenly you feel that you're What I vm saying .P Brown-Bagger, a completely different person than is that you're going to be a very you were a scant few months ago.