"The Hoot" First-Year Issue, Stand-Up Night and More!
/The First-Year Issue is Here
Yale: The Next Generation has begun! Students are picking out classes, tricking out dorm rooms, reconnecting with friends (and, we guess, rekindling last year’s feuds too). This issue—designed to lure unsuspecting students into the feathery clutches of Owl— focuses on the first-year experience, all with that unmistakable Record charm.
Have You RSVP’d for Stand-Up Night?
Our 5th Annual Yale Record Stand-Up Night at The Yale Club of New York City is just around the corner! Join us on September 20th at 7:30 PM for an evening filled with laughter and camaraderie. Our students are eager to hit the stage and deliver a laugh-packed show you won’t want to miss.
Enjoy complimentary wine and cheese as you reconnect with fellow alums. After the show, we’ll head to John’s Times Square for what we confidently claim is the best pizza in New York. Space is limited, so RSVP here to secure your spot. We can’t wait to see you there!
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From the Archives: The Ludlow J. Sachs award (1957-1960)
Ludlow J. Sachs, presumably. Art by D. Watson.
In the February 1957 Yale Record, manager-impresario Robert S. Rosefsky '57 inaugurated the short-lived but memorable Ludlow J. Sachs award, to be given at the annual banquet to the most deserving Yale Recordzik for "indolence, sloth and lechery." Bob asked me to do a sketch and to inscribe a toilet seat as a momento for the honoree.
The awards were prescient. Each of the awardees from 1957 to 1960 went on to extraordinary careers, worthy of more mention that a newsletter can properly include, but for a sampler, look at the extraordinary work of the 1957 honoree, Wil Riemann '57, a still active sculptor (and medalled oarsman) www.williamreimann.com. The "ironic icons" of the late, great pop artist William G. Anthony '58 are epochal, an example included in our 150th Anniversary Special Issue (get down your copy and look at pages 68 and 69). You'll also see a brilliant "ballade" by Evan B. Weisman '59 on page 55 — to properly appreciate, read it out loud in the shower. Joe Mathewson '60 followed his year as 1960 Chair with a career as an editor at The New Yorker, and perhaps of all awardees, most faithfully practiced the qualities exemplified by the Sachs award.
I don't know if the award tradition continued into the 1960s. If YOU are a Ludlow J. Sachs awardee whom I have neglected, please get off your throne and make yourself known.
–D. Watson '59. Yale Record Hysterical Archivist
