{"id":87,"date":"2010-01-15T23:36:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T04:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldrit.com\/?p=87"},"modified":"2010-07-20T21:12:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T01:12:42","slug":"the-smell-is-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldrit.com\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"The Smell is Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s likely that when others look back on their<\/span> college campus, the classrooms and the stairs and hallways, their first thought probably isn’t the smell.\u00a0 But at RIT two competing odors from two critical graphic arts processes moved from opposite ends of the\u00a0 building meeting somewhere in the middle.<\/p>\n

The smell of fountain solution and the smell of photographic fixer wound through the concrete halls of the Photography and Graphics Arts Building.\u00a0 The top (4th) floor was photography.\u00a0 The smell of fixer, or sodium thiosulfate, or hypo was the critical step in photography that allowed you to turn on the lights and fix the image.\u00a0 It “fixed” the image and stopped development… and smelled.<\/p>\n

The basement, where the bookstore was, held the school’s in house printing department.\u00a0 It was here that rows of offset machines\u00a0 were lined up, running notices, calendars, brochures and thousands of other things for the RIT.\u00a0 Printing students worked there day and night as employees to RIT, in part time jobs.\u00a0 That’s where the fountain solution smell was coming from.\u00a0 Fountain solution adheres to a rubber blanket that the plate has transferred the ink to and fills in the spots where the ink isn’t.\u00a0 So fountain solution at the opposite end of the building was doing its critical part in the offset printing process… and smelling too.<\/p>\n

Over the noise and the smell a group of fraternity guys had a deal with the school.\u00a0 They could print their own work, if they supplied the paper, after hours.\u00a0 So each of the fraternities created their own marketing material to enlist pledges in the Fall.\u00a0 One of these publications was Leaders on Campus.\u00a0 For five consecutive years one fraternity held the title Mr. Campus.\u00a0 This is the printed piece:<\/p>\n

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Mr. Campus --1960 - Bill Turri, 1961 - Jo Wimmer, 1964 - Don Gaeta, 1962 - John Absalom, and 1963 - Jim Williams All from Theta Xi.<\/p><\/div>\n

And these were the brothers of Theta Xi 1964-65:<\/p>\n

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Bob Adamson, Ray Baker, Dave Buckholtz, Dave Christman<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Mat

Mat Chrzaszcz, Earl Cook, Dick Dodge, Ian Duff<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tom

Tom Frahm, Dave Gallahue, Don Gaeta, Frank Geraci<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Phil

Phil Giammatto, Dave Gregory, Jim Halliday, Bob Honegger<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Kingsley

Kingsley Jackson, Wayne Jackson, Les Kadel, Gunnar Klinga<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Dick

Dick Kubala, Mike Lofton, Norm MacEachern, Dick Mendrala<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Doug

Doug Michalske, Bruce Miller, John Mitchel, Marty Muszak<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Ron

Ron Palmer, Chuck Pooler, Cecil Previdi, Bob Przewlocki<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Dick

Dick Rank, Leon Richardson, John Reitzammer, Gary Ritchel<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jorge

Jorge Rivas, Mike Sandel, Don Simonini, Phil Skidmore<\/p><\/div>\n

\"John

John Snyder, Leigh Stewart, Joe Ventura, Jeff Vollers<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sheldon

Sheldon Wermes, John Petrosky, Jerry Wilhelm, Jim Totten<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pete

Pete Consol, Dick Grazino, Ted Peck, Jerry Dungy<\/p><\/div>\n

Old RIT was created by Third Act Films<\/a>, who produce video biography<\/a> and commissioned documentary<\/a> productions.<\/p>\n

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