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

BACK Row: Mr. Perry, Jim O'Connell, Frances Brees, Raymeta Chaffee, She! Davis, Dr. Albert. FRONT Row : Joe Meyers, Conrad Ellner, Bernie Tinkleman. P1·esident ·····················----·----------------·- AL BoRNSTEIN Vice-P,-esidmt ----------·-·---·················· JOSEPH MEYERS Program Chairma,z .......................... FRANCES BREES Secretary ............................................ RALPH FOREST Treasurer --·--·-···--·-····-······ --·-·-····· RAYMETA CHAFFEE Faculty Advisors .................. DR. SIDNEY P. ALBERT .AND MR. ORVAL PERRY 90 Students of Aristotle, Plato, Descartes, Perry, and Albert who wished to air their own philosophical views as well as discuss philosophical questions per– taining to religion, science, art, and politics, gathered for the first time on the evening of November 26, 1947. A rap of the gavel and the Philosophy Club was a reality. Discussions led by such students as Conrad EIJ– ner and Frances Brees were fuel for the philosophical flames of the clubmembers. Controversial questions turned out to be highly enlightening, and the real heydays came when Dr. Piper of Syracuse came south to speak to the club on "Religion Values." He was folJowed by Mr. Dayan, also an instructor on " the Hill," who spoke on the much discussed subject of "Existentialism." TCC's own Dr. Brown addressed the club on "Shakespeare and Philosophy." Club members ended the year with a much broader interpretation of the elements which deter– mine the varied philosophies of the world.