Harpur College 1965 Yearbook (Binghamton, NY) - Full Access

Farewell to the Oa i Tea Room, to the skunks, to the punks from Union-Endicott, to the Main Street Bar and Grill, to James Dormitory and the Colonial Building. All the e had been stitches in the great fabric, nay, the tapestry of early T.C.C. - Harpur life. It i a story then, of humble beginning of defeats and triumphs over adversity - a time of testing for the embryonic liberal arts center. The pioneers who went out of this school, the vet who sought an education might easily feel out-of-place in the school of today, but can we condescend to them for that? They endured years of shodine s and kept a rather grim place alive. If there i a moral le on to be learned from this hi tory, it i that man cannot only endure but prevail, over skunks freezing cold, banging pipes blaring bands, and town dwarfs - not only to get an education but to build omething. Our predeces or gave more than they took and if Harpur i a school without a tradition, it i not a chool without a past. The End