{"id":62625,"date":"2012-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/memories-of-old-rhody-vivid-for-100-year-old-couple\/"},"modified":"2012-01-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T00:00:00","slug":"memories-of-old-rhody-vivid-for-100-year-old-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/01\/memories-of-old-rhody-vivid-for-100-year-old-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of old Rhody vivid for 100-year-old couple"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cNQt08mWHmI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 January 11, 2012 \u2013 <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nShe remembers climbing the tower in Davis Hall to ring the bell after a Rhody football victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tHe remembers that \u201calmost no one had a car, and so when you were dropped off in September, you didn\u2019t get home until the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tBut what Elizabeth (Rodger) and J. Albert Newton Jr. remember most is the beauty and intimate feel of the Kingston campus of Rhode Island State College (now 溏心vlog免费B站) in the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tElizabeth, now 100 years old, and Albert 99 and three-quarters, have memories of their college days that are as fresh as any senior who graduated last spring from 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tNow residents of Horizon Bay in East Providence, the two grew up and met in Pawtucket, swam for Pawtucket (now Tolman) High School, and spent what they call the best years of their lives on the Kingston campus.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cI would walk around town, and take in just how picturesque the area was,\u201d said Elizabeth, who still proudly displays her framed varsity letter certificate, and a photo of Albert and her wearing her varsity letter sweater. She was honored for scoring 150 points from 1929 through 1933 with the Rhode Island State College women\u2019s basketball team. She also played field hockey at what the couple affectionately calls \u201cstate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tElizabeth, who earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in 1933 in business education, and Albert, who earned his degree in 1935 in general science, recalled their graduation days. Albert graduated a few years later because he took some time off and attended prep school. Albert said there were only 600 to 700 students in the entire college at the time, with only 180 in the senior class of 1935, so there was no trouble fitting everyone in 800-seat Edwards Hall for commencement.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIt was a time when freshmen wore beanies, and Rhody students cheered for the Rams against Providence College in football and basketball. It was also a time when women students were required to be back in their residences by 7 p.m. or face sanctions. Students were also on campus until June, so they organized their schedules to make room for frequent runs to the Narragansett beaches.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe couple spoke with pride about their great-granddaughters, Lindsay and Lauren, who graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站. Lindsay studied in Australia as part of the study-abroad program.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAsked if they could imagine studying overseas as part of their college programs, Albert respond, \u201cOh God, no. To go to another state even, was unusual. There was no transportation. You can\u2019t imagine what it was like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/Newtons.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" align=\"right\"\/>Plus, the country was still in the grip of the Great Depression.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cWell, you couldn\u2019t replace or reproduce what we had down there, because it was so small. And all that\u2019s different today. You did the best you could to find out what to do, but I didn\u2019t have any trouble doing that,\u201d he said with a smile and a pat of Elizabeth\u2019s leg. In March, the couple will have been married for 75 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cI had been chasing her since we were 12 years old,\u201d said the former member of the college Glee Club and fraternity brother of Beta Phi, now Phi Gamma Delta.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tBoth have great memories of watching legendary coach Frank Keaney\u2019s teams play their \u201cfirehorse\u201d brand of basketball in Rodman Hall. Albert said the 1,500-seat arena was always full and noisy.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cKeaney was something,\u201d Albert said. \u201cHe coached football, basketball and baseball and taught all the freshmen chemistry courses. He was a very entertaining teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tElizabeth, who played basketball for Keaney\u2019s wife, Winifred, remembered a far different game for women. She played a position called side center, during an era when the women were restricted to certain sections of the court.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cShe was very good and very quick,\u201d Albert said of Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAs far as what remains important about the Rhode Island State\/溏心vlog免费B站 experience, the couple had a few brief, but valuable observations.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cI would say friendship and learning to live with others would be most important,\u201d Elizabeth said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cI received a quality education. 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