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Vol. 51, No. 1 ALFRED, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1963 Phone 587-5402

From the president...

Greetings to Students:

It is always a privilege for me at the beginning of a new college year to extend personal and official greetings to new and returning students. The faculties and administrative offi- cers of the University join me in saying that we are pleased to see you and that we are looking forward to a happy and profitable year.

Alfred University is a progressive enterprise. The new buildings and facilities which have come in recent years tell only a part of the story. Of greatest significance is the growth which has taken place in the academic life of the University.

Alfred's teaching staff is dedicated to,the task of providing

¡educational programs of the highest quality and each year brings a revision of courses and curricula, new teaching tech- niques, and more exacting standards. The University is alert to the needs of a changing society and is prepared to move into a future of ever-increasing service and usefulness.

You who are Alfred's present-day students will find out- standing opportunities on the campus for intellectual growth and the development of those qualities which are character- istic of well-educated men and women.

I hope this will be a good year for each of you.

M. Ellis Drake President

Promise her anything ...

but take her to the CC

Basic ideals, firm leadership led to Alfred's academic rise

I'll meet you at the center lor coffee."

This is tlie familiar cry heard on campus when friends want to get together. From 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. on weekdays and 1 a.m. ofl weekends, the Oampus Center is

"the spot" for congregating students to relax and have a friendly chat. Situated in the center of the campus, its paths are crossed daily by students seeking refresh- ment, a good bridge game, or per.

haps, for the culturally minded, one of the many sponsored lectures given by noted speakers.

Entering the center, one usually goes to the cafeteria where food of all sorts-/¡an be purchas.

ied, including that late night snack or early breakfast before a morn- ing class. The decor provides at friendly atmoshpere which, although informal, is suitable for a talk with a professor over a cup of coffee.

Directly opposite the cafeteria is the Parents' Lounge. With its modern,, comfortable furniture, it is an ideal spot to do some last minute studying or read a maga.

zine. Here lalso, ai;e held all- campus dances, and the showing

Blue Key and Hazing

Blue Key will once again utilize Vigilantes, 35 members of the sophomore class, as official hazers of the class of 1967. Vigilantes were last seen on campus as part of the hazing program in 1960.

'Mike Stephens, president of Blue Key, said that hazing will last until the Oct. 5 football game with Union College. He added, however, that "if we do not win this game, it will last until Homecoming."'

During the hazing period, freshmen are required to wear their beanies at all times between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., unless inside a building. Handbooks must be carried and name-tags worn during the same hours.

Blue Key, national honor society for men, is In charge of the hazing program.

of movies twice a week. At the rear of the lounge is the T.V.

room.

Several meeting rooms for clubs, organizations and speakers, and the .Music Room, which pro.

vides la quiet spot to listen to any desired record, are found up- stairs.

For those who enjoy a little relaxation during the day, the recreation room contains a juke (box, ping pong tables, and pin ball machines, and ia also the scene of informal diances. The 'exhibit room features various art

displays and students' work, and Hfear it are situated the 4ark room, and student publication offices, the Fiat and Kanakadela.

Freshmen arrive, orientation week activities begin

Approximately 400 freshman and transfer students arrived last weekend to begin a round of orientation sessions including an informal get-together, a general con- vocation, tests, a banquet, movie, and dance. The entering class of aoout 380 freshmen includes 145 women.

President M. Ellis Drake ad- dressed the incoming students for the first time Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., during a General Con- vocation in Ade Hall. During a reception immediately afterward, freshmen and their parents had an opportunity to meet with de- partmental chairmen.

Dr. Finla G. Crawford, chair- man of the Bdard of Trustees, was a special guest speaker during the "Introduction to the Uni- versity" program in Alumni Hall.

Tests, a faculty panel discus- sion, meetings with the deans, a banquet, and a dance occupied the freshmen yesterday.

A "Meet the Coaches' program including separate meetings for men and women this afternoon will be followed by a pep rally.

Freshmen will register tomorrow and attend their first classes Thursday.

Other events of the Orientation

"Week will include a pep rally Friday evening at 7:30 before the Alfred-Cortland football game Sat- urday. Auditions for chorus, band, and orchestra are scheduled Satur- day in Howell Hall and a post game dance will be held in the parking lot at the center of the campus or, in case of rain, in the Men's Gymnasium.

Efforts of presidents traced from 'Boss' Kenyon to present

by William J. O'Connor The "spirit of Alfred Univer- sity" might be compared to a systematically derived mathemat- ical formula. The unkown quantity in each generation of the Uni- versity's existence remains the means of acquiring adequate financial support for the survival of its improved standards. The variable, but known quantities, have been (1) a basic DEDICA- TION of faculty and administration to give the highest quality education possible to young men and women of all faiths and ge- netic origins; (2) a DETERMIN- ATION to replace the retired professors with the same breed of eminénce and dedication; (3) a PIONEERING or CREATIVE and or EXPERIMENTAL outlook com- bining dedication with determin- aiton to try new and better meth- ods of teaching, and to contribute to new knowledge in many dis- ciplines and ultimately to improve society; (4) a basic FAITH in God and belief that their pioneering is under his direction;

(5) and the continuing ingredient of RESPONSIBILITY of the student and alumnus to return to his alma mater the benefits of his knowledge, his moral and financial support; for in each generation of the University's history, many of the major achieve- ments have come from such sourc- es or from their influence on friends in a position to help.

William Colgrove "Boss" Kenyon (1875-1867) ,

"Boss" Kenyon became Alfred University's first president when Governor John King of the State

Village merchants wait to serve university population

Main Street, Alfred, may not resemble New York City's Broad- way, but on or nelar it there are a host of merchants waiting to serve the University population and cater to the needs of the students.

Perhaps the first places irish- men will find themselves are in the two village restaurants (not including the Campus Center Caf.

eteria). Both the Alfred Lunch (which is under new manage, ment) land the Collegiate are open all day and into the night, and offer decent food at reasonable prices. They are located on Main Street, in the heart of town.

Books, Books, Books In a few days members of the Class of 1967 will venture to the (bookstores to pick up those Civ.

iliza/tion and other textbooks they'll need to complete the year.

Alfred has two bookstores, the Box of Books, operated by Miss Hazel Humphreys, and the College Book Store, run by Ed Crandall.

In addiltion to texttbooks, both shops stock review books, and the College Book Store has a fine

Alfred's Main Street selection of paperbacks. The latter

can ibe found on Main Street ad- joining Crandall's Jewelers, and /the Box of Books is on West University just off Main Street.

A large variety of merchandise may be purchased at the Kampus Kave, Bostwicks, and Crandall's has a large selection of watches and jewelry, while Bostwick's features girls' clothing and the Kave has a supply of men's wearing

apparel. The Kave is also the Western Union agent in Alfred.

There are two grocery stores in the village: Jacox Food Mart and Glover Grocery. There is also a hardware store (located above the pool hall entrance on Church St.) and a drug store, as well as Mrs. Perry's Bakery, [which is somewhat north of the post of.

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of New York signed the bill ot March 2&, €857, creating Alfred University, with a college of Lib»

eral Arts and a Theological Sem- inary. Kenyon had been principal of the Academy which grew from__the Select School of 1836 and provided the equivalent of secondary education with emphasis on teaching:

Jonathan Allen (1867-1892) Among the marked changes in ourriculikr revisions were the addition of an experimental busi- ness education, military tactics, the first summer school (1877), and fine arts. The library found its first permanent home and hon- orary alumnus Melville Dewley was instrumental in installing the Dewey Decimal System in the University Library.

The yeaT 1886 saw the organization of the Alfred University Alumni Association, spurred on by eager graduates, and the student adoption of Royal Purple and Gold as the University colors.

All of this enthusiasm spilled over into the first official college cry for Alfred University in 1888.

Alpheus Burdick Kenyon (1892- 1893): Served or an interim period until Alfred E. Main (1893- 1895) was appointed:

Main's reign was plagued with financial difficulties, an enroll- ment slump, faculty turnover, and a retrenchment in curricular offerings. A bright spot shone through in the leadership of the physics department with its interest in meteorology, and its success in bringing the first tele-

phone line to campus. **

Booth Colwell Davis (1895-1933) (1895-1933)

Innovations, growth, revolution, eminent flaculty, student government, building construction, financial support, accreditation, nation-wide recognition, and a spirit of pride and enthusiasm marked ithe period of University leadership under "Prexy" Davis. In the

twenties, many Alfred "Greats"

of this generation joined the faculty: Seidlin in mathematics, and physics (and wrestling), later Dean of the Graduate School;

Mrs. Seidlin in pianoforte; Drake in History; McLane in Physical Education; Merritt in Engineer- ing; Rice in Chemistry; Camp- bell in Engineering; Scholes in Glass, et al.

Student life and organizations took on new strength and deter, mination. The Alfred Monthly ot 1898 ibecame the Fiat Lux (1913) adopting the University motto

"Let There Be Light." Student government took on new meaning.

The honor system system was adopted, the Student Senate formed (1907), 'College Women's Or- ganization (1913) begun, the students voted to ladopt the name

"Saxons" for athletic teams.

The Alumni Association was re- organized in 1924, the 'Original School of Clayworking and Ceram- ics (1900) elevated to full college status (1932) with Dean Holmes appointed, graduate work author-

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PAGE FOUR FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1963

E d i t o r i a l J . y

The editors and staff members of the FIAT LUX wel- come the Class of 1967 to the Alfred University campus, con- gratulate you on your acceptance, and hope that most will call themselves alumni four years from now.

What you achive during the next four years depends in large part upon the individual—academic, social, and ex- tra-curricular opportunities are numerous, but it is the in- dividual who must seek them out, divide his time according- ly, and then proceed to gather the benefits.

The educational experience at a college or university is not confined to classrooms and textbooks; if it is, the uni- versity community—students, faculty, and administration alike —will suffer a creeping stagnation. It is important to the health of any university that its students take an active,

¡serious interest in the school as a whole, and not retire ino an academic and social cloisture which takes little or no notice of events shaping the future of the entire university. During the coming year, as in past years, such events will take place and it will be youp responsibility to be aware of them and if necessary, to question them.

Recent years at Alfred have witnessed the opening of two dormitories and a dining hall, the division of the College of Liberal Arts into upper and lower units, the introduction of comprehensive exams for liberal arts students, major cur riculum changes in many departments, and the closing of a sorority house—all events which affect in some way the lives of every student

What are some of the topics which we believe will inter«

est you in the future? They include progress on the con struction of a new infirmary, developments among the fra ternities and sororities, promotion of better athletic facili ties, and the possible adoption of a tri-semester program.

How will you, as new students at Alfred, learn of and possibly question these developments? Normally, through two organizations-the FIAT LUX, whose task it is to bring cam- pus events to the students' attention, and the Student Sen- ate, where students have the opportunity, through their rep- resentatives, to express formal opinion on campus issues Both of these organizations must have the interest and sup- port of a substantial number of students if they are to func- tion properly.

It is customary for each new class to show a good deal of spirit during the first few weeks on campus, when class unity against Blue Key and the vigilantes is apt to become all-im- portant. Unfortunately it is also customary for this spirit to lessen as the semester progresses and, for many students, to disappear completely.

Alfred University is not a great academic institution, but

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administration alone are not enough to make it better; among our students a constant spirit for education is needed, a constant discon- tent with the status quo, a constant searching for improve- ment It is these "constants" which must motivate he Class

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Campus Pulse

by Jim Place

Question~Do you feel there is any significance in wearing your bean- ies?

Joyce Baird — Nurse

I feel t h e y make us bow to the upper classmen. They are good because they set us a- part.

- Engineer T h e y a r e a good tradition and give more meaning to college.

Vivian Kalker — L.A.

The beanies help tell the freshmen from the upper classmen. I feel they are - a g o o d thing.

Engineer

I feel that the hats a r e good for school spirit.

I like the tradition iand it is this that aided my chance of school.

Dorothy Mariifor — L.A.

The beanies show that we are f r o s h and by them we , identify o u r - selves. It ena- bles us to obtain am from the upper classmen.

Elaine Bishop — Design

( I think they are f u n n y ibut they do aid us in obtain i n g help.

It is our pleasure to welcome the class of '67 on behalf of the Student Senate, and to briefly mention a few words about your student governing body. Many of you were as- sociated with, perhaps presided over, a student council, Sen- ate, or student governing body of some type in your respec- tive high schools. Here at Alfred, most of you will find that the Senate operates with a greater degree of freedom and sense of independence than was the case with your previous student government experience. This of course greatly en- hances the educational value of our endeavors in self gov- ernment.

One of the major rewards of serving on or working with your Student Senate, is, in the words of its preamble, "to pro- vide the means whereby students may gain experience and training in responsible political participation and community leadership . . . The Senate will thus present students with an opportunity to guide and influence their lives at the Univer*

sity in keeping with the best traditions of the democratic creed."

The Student Senate is the "official voice" of the student body of Alfred University. Every student belongs to at least one organization, or has means via class officers whereby he is represented in the senate. Furthermore, any student is free to attend Senate meetings, where he can personally express his opinion. We thus feel confident we can continue to be the effective student body voice.

The Senate, with is various committees is a very active body. We help with the work and planning that goes into the execution of your orientation week program. For example, your student advisor was supplied through Senate machinery!

The ID cards you will receive are also the products of Senate action. We also Are represented on the cultural council which sponsors numerous entertaining cultural presentations through- out the year. The Senate is instrumental in the execution of two of the biggest occasions of the year at Alfred, Homecom- ing and Moving Up Day. The newly formed National-Inter- national Affairs Committee which works through the Senate is perhaps the most vigorous and exciting committee we have.

You will soon learn much more about this extremely interest- ing committee and its various undertakings. These are merely a sampling of the many Senate activities and functions.

Later on this year the Senate plans to again sponsor a

•fun filled weekend of skiing for experts and beginners alike.

We also plan to continue with our inexpensive transportation service for the New York Gity area students at vacation breaks.

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They are fun- ny and don't really help relations •with upper classmen.

I don't like them!

PI DELT

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WSG reports ...

The Women's Student Government Association on Alfred's cammpus is the organization that helps to determine the rules governing the women students here. Membership in this group consists of all women on campus, with a legislative body con- sisting of elected representatives and known as the WSG Council, and a judicial branch made up of seven senior women known as the Senior Court. Council meetings are held every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Student Offices of the Cam- pus Center, and anyone who is interested in attending is en- couraged to do so.

The rules established each year are found in the WSG Handbook published by the Council. This year the handbook has been revised and contains several innovations. All women on campus are given a copy of this handbook early in the fall so that they are aware of any change in the rules and regu- lations.

However, regulation of rules is not the WSG's sole pur- pose, but rather, it also exists to serve the women on campus in any way possible. During the past few years, WSG has sponsored a Big Sister Program for freshman women This begins in the summer and continues after the women arrive on campus in September with a "Big Sister Party" in Howell Hall.

The WSG Calendar for 1963-64 has many activities schedul-

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and perhps lectures with SNANYS These events re planned for all women on campus and will need everyone's support for their success. Any suggestions for additional activities will be welcomed by the Council

Since Alfred's WSG is part of a national organization, j

Intercollegiate Association of Women Students, much can be

gained from this group to enrich our women students' college

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College of Ceramics begins its 64th year

by John F. McMahon The College of Ceramics began it» 64th year with a registration ol approximately 400 undergraduate and 50 graduate students.

Registration is not significantly different from the registration in 1962-63 but it is worthy of note ithat the College found it necessary to close registration in the graduate programs early in the Spring of '63.

Forty teachers, two more than last year, will be offering more than 150 courses and will be in- volved in research relative to the many phases of ceramics. They and the students will have avail, able to them numerous pieces of new equipment including: a second electron microscope, a mass spectrograph, and a Panphot microscope.

Two new facilities will be available for the first time, a new r e . search building for graduate research and a computer center.

The new research building will not only provide laboratory and office space for a number of students working on their doctoral theses, but will also provide space for the work of an electronics specialist, a technical glass lower, and an instrument maker. The computer center will give breadth to research and to all the educa.

Itional programs. The computer center will be one of the best and will be supervised and directed by a competent staff.

The College will offer programs

John F. McMahon heading to ,the Bachelor's and

Master's degrees in Ceramic En- gineering, Ceramic Technology, Glass Technology, and Ceramic Design as well as a program leading to the Ph.,D. degree. Although there will be certain significant changes in course offerings, there will be no major changes in any of the curriculums. Continued and increased emphasis will be given to basic courses and provision has been made to permit students to elect subjects from a broader range of non.technical electives.

The College invites all to visit its facilities and those who have not had the opportunity to visit the new research building or the computer center should plan to do so.

D. C. PECK

WELCOMES THE CLASS of '67 Along with the Returning

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by I. Vernette Grau Dean, School of Nursing The School of Nursing of Al- fred University offers a basic edu.

cation in nursing, leading to a Bachelor of Science degree.

Approximately one half of the courses taken by the students is in the field of Liberal Arts. These courses are studied on campus during the freshman and senior years, and include work in biol- ogy, chemistry, English, sociolo- gy and psychology. During the senior year students have an opportunity also to choose electives,

Which represent a broad selection from many departments of the College of Liberal Arts.

Six Basic Field«

Because of the nature of the nursing course, much of the curri.

culum is conducted in hospitals and health agencies. Our students have experience in the six basic

• fields of nursing—medical nursing, surgical nursing, pediatrics, obstetrics, psychiatry and public health. This gives the students the opportunity to put into practice in a real situation the know, ledge skills of nursing, as they acquire them in a progressive learning situation.

Psychiatric nursing is taught at Willard State Hospital. For their public health field experience the students are assigned to the Be- partmnt of Health of Monroe County. The other courses are taught at Syracuse Memorial Hos- pital. In each of these agencies Alfred University has its own fac.

ulty members who are specialists in their fields to direct the students' learning.

Advanced Study As In any basic program of study, we do not prepare specialists.

Our graduates are ready to as- sume positions immediately upon graduation, and are qualified, a f . ter reasonable experience, to be promoted to more responsiibl positions in nursing. Howver, for positions of leadership and broad

responsibility in the complex field of nursing, advanced study in some special area is essential.

Our graduates are prepared to study for advanced degrees at the master's or doctor's level in the area of their choice, which may be supervision, teaching, administration, etc.

Nursing is rich with opportunities for an interesting career. It must be emphasized that to quali.

fy for such opportunities, today's nurse must have a sound back- ground of specialized education.

Freedom of exploration is key to liberal arts

Dr. John W. GustacL was Dean of the College of Libereal Arts from I960 to 1963. He is present-

ly at New College in Florida.

by John W. Gustad To understand the nature and purpose of the College of Liberal Arts, it is necessary to understand liberal education. Quite literally, this is education intended to liber- ate the student, to se him free in the broadest sense of that word.

It is also intended to prepare the student to function effectively as a citizen in a free society. There is no such thing as a free society without free citizens—and vice versa.

¡Liberal education rests, further, on the old assumption that, "The unexamined life is not worth liv.

inlg." To be free, the individual must examine and understand the world around him. Such an examination must necessarily in elude both the past.and present,

for perspective is an essential In*

gredient of understanding.

One way to look at liberal education is to look at its content.

Although the classical trivium.

and quadrivium have undergone many changes, with new disciples being added and old ones drop, ping out, most liberal arts col- leges still provide basic instruc- tion in the natural sciences (including mathematics), the social sciences and the humanities. T h e attempt is made to provide students with the opportunity to acquire both breadth of knowledge;

as well as depth. At Alfred, t h e first two years, the lower divia.

ion years, are concerned primarily with breadth, with acquainting the student with a wide range of ideas in all three of the major areas. In the upper division, t h e junior and senior years, the em-

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PAGE FOUR FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1963

How to succeed without really trying

by B. U. Stout

I spent a happy Freshman jrear a t Alfred University back about 1948. I had such a good time that I want to pass on to new Fresh- m e n some of the successful ways i n which I made the most of that year.

During the first few days at college you will be given tests and people will talk to you and try t o give you quite a spiel about m a k i n g the most of yourself and BO on. Don't pay too much attention to this. Smebody will be appointed to be your advisor. He

•will probably be a rather oldish person, probably 36 or 40, not

¡really modern like us up-and- coming young people are. He will tell you how to have a definite place in which you will study and how it is best to study alone a n d how it is best not to be dis- tracted by music or too much conversation and all that.

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But you will find out how much happier you will be if you don't pay much mind t o all that sort of stuff. If you want to study in some other fellow's room with t h e radio going or in the music room where you can have a good

accompaniment of the sort of musnic you like, you will find t h a t you'll enjoy it a great deal more than being alone.

Also you will gain a good deal by Just talking to the other Fresh-

men. They have the same up-and- coming ideas that you have about things. It isn't really necessary

•to study every day. The main thing is to iget ready for quizzes which are usually announced a day or so ahead so t h a t you will htaive time to get ready for them by cracking the book on the night before. In this way you will have (things fresh in your mind ready for the test. You don't expect to

•remember the stuff very long anyway, and most of the stuff they hand out to you will never do you any good in later life either.

Sometimes you may do bad on a quiz or two. But the reason for that is that the professor will spring stuff on you that you hadn't boned up on the night before. This unfairness on the part of the faculty makes a few un- happy experiences. But these little incidents will be lost sight of because of the f u n you'll be having otherwise.

At the end of the first semester I had a letter from the Dean saying that I . was on condition.

I didn't know the word but Ij could see that he really liked me so I didn't pay any attention. For some reason though the registrar made me change some courses for the second semester but that was alright. I was just as much bored with one subject as another so it didn't matter. They will give you- a lot of queer things that you are supposed to study.

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Civ Analyzed

For instance there is Civ. In that course you will hear lectures by one professor or another. They will t r y to tell you about how the Greeks got so far so good, and what philosophers thought they knew, and who was emperor and who fought the battles and who invented constitutions and all that sort of stuff. That's all .dead and gone and w h y they wanted to rack it up and tell It to us is more than I can understand. Also we had to write papers. Now I learned to write a long time ago and I can write pretty good, just the way I talk, but what I wrote always came back with a lot of red pencil marks and stuff all over it as though I was expected to look at those marks and find out that I had done something wrong. I never pade much attention to what they scribbled oh my papers, because I don't intend to be a novel- ist or a newspaper man anyway.

Another thing they handed to us was mathematics. Now anybody knows that you're not going to use a lot of those crazy equa- tions and calculations full of Greek letters and symbmols and stuff that a person isn't going to want afterward as we all know.

I always could figure pretty good so I managed without working very hard to get along with the mathematics fairly well although I had a real contempt for it.

Extracurricular Activities I don't need to describe some of the other courses that I don't remember much about. It's enough to say that they did interfere quite a lot with the fun I was having with the fellows and girls, going to parties, being invited to the fraternity houses and things like that. It was fun going to the football and basketball games too.

I'm a big fellow and the coaches thought I ought to go and try to make the Freshman teams, but I knew better. I wasn't going to knock myself out to practice land practice and maybe come up with a bumped head or a twisted knee, that I saw Bome of the other fellows limping around with. So I though that was for the birds and let It alone.

Another way to have a happy year is to get all the sleep you can. The clucks ait the registrar's

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WELCOME

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to "the Friendly Campus"

office will probably give you some 8 o'clock classes, which you can cut quite a few times if you're careful to explain just why you couldn't be there. Some of the professors are real good about this. They know that you're just a growing boy or girl and that you need to have your rest. Don't bother about breakfast. That's for these food-fad folks or else for people that have something to say. Yu can always get over to the Center for a snack between classes and if that makes you late, you can fix that up too if you're smart.

Early Vacations Vacations are happy times when you can get away from the grind.

It is best to arrange for a ride with somebody that has no classes about the second day before vacation starts and then you can make a real case for your advisor or your professor and take off

early. That will give you more time to tell the kids back home what a smooth place college is and what a big shot you are get.

t i n g to be among the boys and girls in your class.

Above all things don't read too much. If you do you will clut- ter up your mind with a lot of stuff that you don't want to know in the first place and that you'll never remember very long anyway. You can spend the time much /more happily in bull sessions.

There you will find some real conversation with fellows who know about the things that you're interested in. On the other hand the professors never talk about the space age or going to Mara and how the football Giants are

^getting along or the Knickerbock- er basketball players. Those are the important things that make up our life. It's too bad that we

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Welcome Students

Complete Shopping Center

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Big Elms Restaurant

196 Seneca Street — Hornell

THE SRrti&F FOODS for Tour Home-Cooked Supper

Phone 1-324-9790

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Personnel deans concerned with non-academic activities on campus

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Student personnel deans are concerned with everything non- aoademic in nature regarding student life on the campus and in the residences.

They are primaily responsible for housing, counseling, discipline, ijlacemelnt, advising of ïoreign students, fraternity - administration relations, and other person- Ìbiitriiwtej frpfiit

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The student personnel staff consists of Paul F. Powers, dean of students, Barbara A. Bechtell, associate dean of students, and Williaim Clark,, assistant dean of students.

Dean Powers has general responsibility for the supervision of students and principal responsibility for personnel work with men studests.

Dean Bechtell has primary responsibility for women students in the University.

Dean Clark advises with the operation and activities of the Campus Center, working with the Campus Center Board and the Campus Center Board of Gover- nors.

Dean Powers' and Dean Bech- tell's offices are in Greene Hall, located on Main Street. Dean Clark's office is in the CampuS Center. All three deans are available for counseling at any time.

(Continued from Page Four) have to have handed out a lot of stuff about ancients and above all about mathematics people. Ev_

ery smart man knows that computer« are gong to do all the cal- culating for us and anybody who itries to fill his héad with meth- ods of making calculations real, ly has a hole in it.

I didn't go back again because I thought it would be a good idea to step out and get ia job so that I could have more spending money than dad was ready to cough up. I got a job alright. The first man I worked for had just about the same sort of old-fashioned ideas that the faculty people had and we parted company. After two or three other jobs that I quit for the same reason, I went to work as a filling station at-

Frosh Hours

Permissions for freshma^n women are 10:30 p.m. tonight and 10:00 p.m. tomorrow. Regular permissions begin Thursday.

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tendant. This suits me perfectly.

The figuring is easy because the pump or cash register does most of it. I eee lots of people from all over this state and other states. I get to drive other people's cars besides the jalopy I bought for myself. When quit, ting times comes, I am really

through for the day with nothing to worry about until the next

•day's work begin«. I don't have all the money I want, but I have enough to have a good time. T h a t is what really counts, and that i s what counts in a college year.

Good luck to you, take it cool;

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Jacox Market

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Alfred University Freshmen

All of us at CRANDALLS' extend our welcome to you. We congratulate you and hope that we may contribute to a pleasant and fruitful four years for you at Alfred.

You will have a few days to look our town over before classes start. Please feel free to visit our two stores. We have at your disposal the books and special supplies needed to take care of the modern college student.

Most of our merchandise is on a self-service basis. We have friendly clerks who will take care of your many requests.

Listed below you will find a few of the hundreds of items on display in our store.

SPIRAL NOTEBOOKS BRIEF CASES

ART NEEDS FILM BANNERS

TEXTBOOKS BEST SELLERS SCIENCE BOOKS

ART PRINTS RECORDS

PENS TYPING PAPER

SLIDE RULES PHOTO SUPPLIES

COLLEGE PETS

DESK SETS STATIONERY DRAFTING SUPPLIES

STUDIO CARDS JEWELRY

WATCHES FLASHBULBS

NOTEBOOKS CAMERAS COLLEGE RINGS QUALITY PAPERBACKS

GAMES SCIENCE FICTION CHILDREN'S BOOKS

PICTURE FRAMES BOOK RACKS HARDCOVERS

COOK BOOKS BOOK COVERS

The Friendly Shopping Center

E. W. Crandall & Son

College Book Store and

Main Street Alfred, New York

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PAGE FOUR FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1963

History of Alfred traced Alfred merchants Gustad

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(Continued from Page 1) ized, and St. Pat made his first appearance on campus.

Paul E. Titsworth (1933) Before his untimely death, he expressed an interest in good teaching and inaugurated a committee on improved teaching chaired by Dr. Joseph Seidlin.

J. N. Norwood (1933-1945)

"J. N." brought modern concepts of administrative staffing for improved academic and student services. The "new breed" of flac- fulty wre bringing hnoors to Al- fred University again in this dec.

ade—H. O. Burdick in physiology and Seidlin elected as Fellow of t h e American Association for the Advancement of Science. Co-direc- tor of the new (1936) Ceramic Experiment Station, John McMa- ihon '23, brought exclamations of

"amazing" from professionals for ihis work in ceramic research.

Plagued with depression brob- lems, the University offered courses tuition-free to unemployed alumni; the Alumni Association took on new vigor; student par.

ticipation in self-goverment took

¡new strides and the Radio Club obtained license WLHK, putting the University on the air. The Alfred University Glee Club under the exuberant leadership of

(CarilWnneur) Ray W i n g a t e spread the University name and fame from California to Maine.

Football Coach Alex Yunevich brought the Saxons to national attention which brought a quota-

tion in the Chicago Tribune:.

" . . . good old Alfred . . . the itop team in the entire country Is Alfred . . " Cross country and track under James McLane won plaudits, and women's athletics directed by Lavinia Creighton was second among eastern schools in the National Archery Tourna- ment. Alfred's fame was highlight- ed with the establishment of the- graduate division, the ceramic exhibit at the New York World's Fai'S, the establishment of the Cadet Nurse corps (forerunner of the School of Nursing), and ten students were selected for the na.

tional puhliWition "Who's Who Among Students in American Col- leges and Universities."

Jack E. Walters (1945-1948) Walters tackled the task of planning for the post.war boom.

Accommodations were miraculous- ly secur:d and prepared for r e . turning veterans in the Saxon Heights apartments and dormitories and 35 trailers for the area around Men'a Gymnasium. Finan- cial acumen shone in thé lappoint- jmenjt of Edward Lebohner aa Treasurer.. In, 1948 the Alfred Uni.

yersity research Foundation "was established, aimed at strengthen- ing the undergraduate and graduate educational programs with emphasis on the research method a s an integral pairt of science and engineering offerings. The first project was the study of radioac- tive isotopes through at contract?

with the Atamic Energy Commis- sion followed by the now famous research activities in high tem- perature materials developed for the Air Force. In 1947, the graduate school received full status.

M. Ellis Drake (1948- ) In ithe thirties a promising young educator, Dean Drake, had prophesied that the University's f u t u r e would depend upon an eminent faculty, research oriented, afrid the library;, academic and social facilities that went with a great University. A glance at the faculty appointments and contin- ual ability to place salaries above ithe national average since 1948, recognition of the contributions of the University nationally and Internationally, the construction of eleven major buildings worth

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plant when he became president, ull status for th School of Nurs.

ing, show Dr. Drake's leadership ability. Alfred University has been recognized for the number of male liberal a r t s graduates be- coming Ph. D.s in a quantity suf- ficient to place A.U. 38th in the nation and 6th in New York State in the production of scholars.

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Thus, Class of 1967, you are the inheritors of over a century of dedicated service to mankind, of pioneering to make society bet.

ter. Good luck. We hope to help you prepare to become the inno- vators, the leaders and the back- ers of the Alfrd Univrsity of the future. May it retain its place among the top universities of the nation.

"Alfred is a friendly cam- pus." Remember to say "Hel- lo."

(Continued From Page One) cializes in making cakes for special occasions. Alfred also has four barber shops, two in the middle of town and two f u r t h e r toward Alfred Station.

Back to the Beanpot There are several other estab- lishments in the Village of Alfred.

There is the Citizens National Bank, in which students may open checking accounts, and there is the Alfred Mutual Savings and Lola®, Association, which offers students the opportunity to open savings accounts. Glidden Galler-' ies features a r t work and other attractive items for gifts, etc., and Jan's Beauty Salon is equipped to fix those feminine hair styles for the big weekends. One of Alfred's newest businesses is t h Beanpot, which spcializes in late evening sandwiches and drinks. Alfred's Bill Benjamins will try to fix and supply almost anythinlg.

There are two automatic laun- dries in the Alfred area. One is in back of the Alfred Lunch, and the other is located on Route 244 (between Alfred and Alfred Sta- tion. The latter is also equipped with new dryrcleaning machines.

The only regular cleaners in Al- fred is West's Cleaners on Church Street. However, two other laun.

derers and dry cleaners, Loohn'e

•and Pappas Bros., usually have dorm representatives (as does:

West's) who pick up and deliver at leiast twice a week.

Finally there are several gaso- line and service stations in the vicinity. There is a Texaco station, an Atlantic station, a Sin.

clair station, and ja Mobilgas sta-

(iCon'tdnued from P a g e 3) phasis is on depth, on attaining as great a mastery as possible of some specialized field of study.

Through this combination of breadth and depth, through a care- f u l and critcal examination of ideas of the past and the present, the liberal arts student who takes full advantage of his opportuni.

ties achieves the ability to t h i n k freely and creatively. Through his college years he lives constantly with the "habitual vision of great- ness."

tion. In addition, the Sinclair station has a grocery shop that sells most foods, and the others have candy or ice cream available.

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Welcome Frosh

Glad to See You Upperclassmen Back Feel Free to Come in and

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HITCHCOCK'S Pharmacy

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