I don’t even know if Day Hall is still there, as I haven’t been back since graduation in 1975, but I will always chuckle about our dorm–then the first to go co-ed by rooms on the floor. (I actually made the bathrooms co-ed because of my laziness–not wanting to weave all the way down the other end of the hall to use the women’s restroom). There were some real characters on our floor, one in particular I remember. His name was Ben and he was an engineering major. Strange guy, but funny! Anyway, I don’t remember if he did this for grins or a school project, but he constructed a life-size, lifelike “Frankenstein” dummy, complete with green face and bolts in the neck. For entertainment one night, we all brought out chairs by the elevator, and freshly popped popcorn. We turned off all the lights in the room. He positioned the dummy against one of the elevators, pressed the button and ran back to enjoy the show. The reaction when the elevator would open was priceless. I don’t think I’ve ever, to this day, laughed so hard in my life, as we watched  the elevator riders’ shocked faces and heard shrieks, screams and gasps as poor Franky fell forward helplessly, sometimes into some unsuspecting victim’s arms. We’re just lucky no one  suffered a heart attack or long-term related elevator phobias!

I remember many fun nights sliding down the hill around the water tower in Thornden Park on food service trays. I believe the technical name for the sport was “traying.” I wonder if they still do that? The was a bump in the middle of the hill that often caused one to fall off the tray and slide the rest of the way down the hill (basically) on one’s rear end! Happy Reunion - Class of 1972

“We’re the Class of ‘72. We’re the greatest at SU!”

Beanies. Pig Book. Placard Cheeering.

Convocation at Manley Field House “Applaud the man in the “Columbus” suit.

The only class to have had three Chancellors: Tolley, Corbally, Eggers

Archbold Stadium with Coach Ben Schwartzwalder and #44

Manley Field House with Greg “Kid” Kohls

MStreet.Cosmos.Varsity.The Orange. Jabberwocky.Parietal Hours.Goon Squad. Dingleman and Ralph James.

Only ONE Hewhouse Building. WAER’s prefab studios behind Carnegie Library.

Freshman dorm Watson: “East 2, (Expletive deleted) you!”

Mystery Meat. Waterfights. Panty Raids.SYRCUS.

MONY building lights: white (snow)/yellow (rain).

Dellplain: 1st (official)

co-ed campus dorm.

Student protests at the Administration Bldg.

Kent State. School Closes early sophomore year and students are sent home.

Janice Joplin at the Onondaga War Memorial.

THIS IS THE DAWNING OF THE ‘AGE OF AQUARIUS’…

One of my first memories was our class song: “We’re the class of ‘72, we’re the greatest at SU.”

Other random memories:

Separate men’s and women’s dorms, placard cheering at Archbold, spending lots of time at the WAER Quonset hut, the last draft lottery, Cambodia, Kent State, the student strike, the Dingelman, water fights, students I met who remain my friends 35 years later, Cosmos, M Street, Mt. Olympus, and some of the best years of my life were at SU.

Most favorite memories are those from ConCan (the former Continental Can Company warehouse on Water St., now gone, that housed the sculpture studios ). Rodger Mack’s Friday night “pours” –the coffee pot that was never really cleaned — the Halloween (and many other) parties there — Maybe everyone was glad to move, in later years, to the new facilities, but Rodger Mack was the heart and soul of ConCan; his attitude, his relaxed approach, helped to make it the place I felt the most comfortable, the most myself, the most part of something wonderful. I hope I never forget it.

When I arrived at SU Freshman year, in 1972, I was greeted by upper classmen affectionately called…The Goon Squad. These students helped unpack my car, guided me to my room, and provided a warm welcome. I later learned that The Goon Squad was a longstanding SU tradition. Of course, I volunteered and enjoyed participating. We used to have a show –a hilarious musical satire–every homecoming weekend. It was great fun. Has this wonderful tradition continued? I never hear anything about The Goon Squad or their show.