Triple Cities College 1948 Yearbook (Endicott, NY) - Full Access - HTML5 format

-- July, and by October 1 the College opened. with 957 students enrolled. A resident faculty of 55 members was assembled under the deanship of Dr. Glenn G. Bartle, formerly of the University of Kansas City, and a full scale program of freshman and sophomore classes was offered. Many remember those early days of the 1946 Fall Semester. Classes were held in the pavilion and clubhouse in En-Joie park, while the temporary buildings were being completed. When they were opened, the first few weeks were spen~ in huddling around coal stoves and listening to lec– tures. However, the central heating unit was com– pleted, the students and faculty thawed out, and Triple Cities College was firmly established. As soon as students and faculty were settled down in their new environ– ment, dubs and social groups were organized, and in December, the United Student Government was formed, with Ed Ba– kerman as the first pres– ident. During the 10