Class of 1944 oration members during class day exercises
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Members of the Class of 1944, who delivered the traditional orations during Class Day exercises the day before their graduation, pose outside with two other students. From left are Lee Elda Filios (Class Vice President, Ivy oration), Robert Morrison Stewart (Hatchet oration), Norman M. Bornstein (Class oration), James Patrick Coffey (Senate President, '45), Douglas Williams Hosmer (Class President, Class of 1944), Irving Eaton "Nick" Nichols (Class treasurer, Campus oration), Raymond Howard Hollis (Pipe oration), and Pauline Willett Bell (who wrote and presented the Class Ode). Photo provided by Joseph Bornstein (Class of 1944), who left the University briefly to fight in the war then returned to graduate in 1947.
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