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Vol. 49, No. 7 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1961, ALFRED, NEW YORK Phone 5402
$1.8 Million Job
Construction Begins On New Men's Dormitories
Controversial Film Criticized As An "Insult To Intelligence"
Alfred University has begun construction of two men's
dormitories and a dining hall which will cost $1,750,000 and ^
e x p r e B 8 d d a b o u t m m mare expected to reach completion by early 1963. /'Operation Abolition' alter it was The dormitories are being erected on sites beside a new slhown at last Thursday's assem-
"Crude," "Inept," and "a bar-]rays the tacts as they happened, room brawl" are a few of the opin
and still un-named road built dur- ing the past summer parallel to the main campus street and high- er up the hillside. The dormitor- ies will be built aibove the new iroad facing the valley and the dining hall will be built at the i a r end of the men's residence Quadrangle overlooking the football and track fields. The dining hall
Craig Speaks To Ceramic Society On Refractories
iMr. James Craig, vice-president of Canadian Refractories, L/td.,
gave a lecture on basic refractor- ies last Wednesday evening to the Student Branch of the American Ceramic Society.
Mr. Craig explained briefly what basic refractories are, their uses, and what their compositions en- tail.
Basic refractory materials are ceramic products resistant to ther- mal shook and are highly resis- tant to 'corrosion. They are used in the manufacture of kilns and hearths for production of steel, glass, nickel and several other pro- ducts.
A series of slides were shown il- lustrating the various uses of re- fractory materials in industry. Sev- eral slides were concerned with the construction of kilns in a nickel plant in upper Manitoba. Others showed the laying of magnesia brick in a rotary kiln of another Canadian plant.
A second series of slides cen- tered about the microscopic study of refractory materials and thp ef- fect of corrosion upon brick. The slides showed the attack of high temperatures on iron and other corrosive material of brick.
One of the best refractory ma- terials now on the market is a chromium - magnesium brick, Mr.
Craig explained.
Mr. 'Craig is a graduate of 'the University of Saskatchewan and is prominent in ceramics. His re- search was instrumental in devel- oping the world's finest non-spoil- ing brick. He is a member of the Canadian Ceramic Society of which he served as vice-president in 1948.
At the beginning of the program, the Varsity Seven sang a selec- tion of songs. After Mr. Craig's lecture, coffee was served.
Dean Approves Rules Revision
The Women's Student Govern- ment passed a motion on Oct. 31, granting senior permission hours to those women who have comple- ted six semesters of college or 9i0 academic hours of Liberal Arts or 110 hour of Ceramics.
It was stipulated that two main summer sessions are equivalent to one semester. The motion, approv ed by the Dean of Women Miss Barbara A. Bechtell is retroactive to this past September.
This regulation replaces the one
bly program.
| The film, which was produced by the House Committee on Un- i American Activities to point out ' the dangers of the communist
"conspiracy", is billed as docu- linking the new road to State
will be located within the curve Street, which runs in front of three existing men's dormitories.
The University originally had ex-
pected to start construction early m e n t a r y pr0 0f that the communists in the summer but expanded its i n 9 p l r e d the student roits in San building plans after receiving a F T a n c i B O O l n May, 1960, and also loan of' $1,084,000 from the feder- t h a t t h e communists are behind a big campaign to <a!bolish the
broke out at about 11 p.m., seems I al Housing and Home Finance
asency. !'Committee.
After opening bids on the triple 1 Many people and organizations construction project, the Univer- have claimed that the film is real- siity sought and won a supplemen- iy a misrepresentation of the facts tal loan of $311,000. Available because it is not all inclusive and funds will make up the difference is not the correct time sequence, in total cost, including equipment, was edited, but that it still port-
The Men's dormitories will be of Georgian architecture similar to the present residence halls. Each will be of reinforced concrete and brick construction four and one- half stories high and will house 96 men in 48 rooms on the top three floors. The first floor will include an office, the house mo- ther's suite, student lounge, card room, laundry room equipped with automatic washers and dryers and s t o r a g e space as do the present buildings. Additional features will include a large typing room on each residence floor, a TV room,
ping pong room, and canteen room equipped with soft drink, coffee, sandwich and candy vending ma- chines on the first floor.
T h e dining hall also will be of Georgian architecture fronted with a broad flagstone terrace bordered b y a low railing. The main part of the building will be two stories high and a smaller section at the back will contain three floors. The front entrance will open into a large lounge three steps below the level of a long lobby leading to entrances at each end of the build ing.
At either side of the main lounge, smaller lounges will open
onto stairways to the second floor dining area which will aocommo-
(See Men's Dorms Page 4)
TWO VIEWPOINTS
National Student Association Coordinator John Gutierrez intro- duced the film to the assembly. He noted that all the controversy sur- rounding hte film boiled down to two viewpoints, the "communist"
viewpoint and the "American (HUAC)" viewpoint. He reported that the N.S.A. feels a student should ask himself two questions alfter seeing the pid/ure. These are, should e be forced to ans- wer questions about our political beliefs, and aren't we old enough to decide for ourselves what our political beliefs should be and if we are or aren't "being duped by the communist.
The faculty members who view- ed the film all seemed to agree
Hallowe'en Hubbub
Tech Students Riot in Alfred Deans, Police Prevent Trouble
¡Last Tuesday night, October 31, at the University, but left when approximately two hundred men asiked to do so
students from the State Agricul- .started out for the women's dor- tural and Technical Institute ere- mitories at the University, but ated a disturbance in the village j w e r e s en t back to their own cam- of Alfred. The disturbance which p U g b y the Alfred Police to have originated in the Ag-Tech'
freshman men's dormitory, Rob- inson-Champ lain, where a room jamming contest was taking place.
The room-jamming broke up when one of . the men fainted. Still in high spirits the men left the dor- mitory and proceeded to Brooikside, one of the women's dormitories at the Ag-Tech, where the action be- gan.
The pranksters did the follow- ing:
(illegally entered two women's dormitories on the Ag-Tech cam- p u s
"brought a sheep, a rooster, and a chicken into these dormitories
made a human ladder up the side of Alpha Beta Chi, an Ag- Tech sorority, and hung from the rooftop
surrounded the men's dormitories
rocked the police car
I proceeded to Pi Nu Bpsilon, an Aig Tf<oh sorority, buit were dis- couraged from entering the house by a grouip of Delta Sigma men Serious trouble was prevented froxri occurring by Mr. Vincent Trotta Dean of Men at the Ag- Tech, Mr. Paul F. Powers, Dean of Men at the University and the Alfred Police all of whom were on the scene.
Several of the women's residenc- es. at the University were im- mediately informed of the situa- tion. The two dormitory head re- sidents along with the counselors, remained on duty until the village returned to normalcy.
The following day, Dean Powers sent letters to the men's residen- ces at the University, complimen- ting the men on their mature be- havior during .the distrubance.
AU Varsity 7 Rehearses For Upstate Junket
'Members of the Varsity 7 who went on a singing tour of up-state New York last week are, from left
s t a t e d i n t h e 1961 62 W J S . G . H a n d - to right, Row 1—Dr. M. LeMon, K. Adams, D. Middleton, F Guthrie; Row 2—H Hopkins, S. Parisella,
book. B. Vanech, D. Hetherly.
on one point: the film was an in suit to the intelligence of the view- er and probably tended to per pre- judice him against the Committee.
BAR ROOM BRAWL
Dr. Engelmann said that, "Thar«
is no reason to disbelieve that the real riotous aspects of the film were spanked by real Communists however, the stnulggle against Communism is ill-served by pre- senting a picture of a bar-room brawl between Congress and Com- munists." ,
When asked whether the Com- mittee might (be in violation of the First Amendment to the Constitu- tion, Mr. Pearce replied, "There is a real Communist threat becase by definition a Communist is a person who wants to undermine the country. We must give up part of our freedom at a certain time in order to retain it and this time starts when the freedom we en- joy becomes a threat to itself.
Dr. Bernstein stated in summing up his views, "The picture was inept as a report crude as a film, bold propagandist in its points of view and tends to defame the pro- per role of protest in a democra- tic society by students who a r e learning to be citizens." He argued that in essence the film said if you do not protest you are "all American" and if you do protest you are either a Communist ,or you are being duped by the Com- munists. He feel» that the country should and must protect itself but that it must also protect the in nocent and if the HUOA does not do this it is wrong.
"Guilty until proven- innocent as in the Inquisition", was one of Dr.
Cox's main Objections. He does not oppose the iCommittee . being empowered but until the time that they are empowered they are vio- lating our traditions.
"If the CIA cannot handle the Communsts in America then we should replace them with a group which can."
A more elaborate discussion of
"Operation Abolition" along with another showing of the film will be conducted at t h e Campus Cen- ter .Tuesday night a t 7:30.
Housemom Says Nix To Elections
Freshman class elections were not held in Bartlett Dormitory on Friday Nov. 3, as scheduled. Mrs.
Elizabeth Houghton, Head Resi-
• ! dent of Bartlett refused to bermit Steve Gordon Vice-President of the Student Senate, to conduct the elections during the lunch hour because there was too much con- fusion in the dining room.
After both parties had consul- ted Mr. Paul F. Powers, Dean of Men, it was decided that the elec- tions would be held a t noon on
Monday Nov. 6.
Bulletin
The following have been elected Freshman Class Officers:
President, William D. Vanech;
Mens Vice-Preslden, F. Reld De- Nyse; Womens Vice-President, Lucille L. Mozzochl; Secretary, Carole J Kornlsh; Treasurer, C. Klhm Richardson.
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PAGE FOUR THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1961
An Editorial
If nothing else, "Operation Abolition" has succeeded in making people talk. Our campus "sleepers" have, to a certain degree, come out of their slumbers long enough to acknow ledge the existence of a controversial issue; an issue that, for a change, is not confined to the University surroundings. Heads perk up at the mention of "Operation Abolition." "HUAC"
is no longer though of as a foreign expression (or to the semi- eophisticated, a cousin of UNIVAC).
Relatively speaking, the campus is alive; a new awareness has come over us. We now share something with the outside world. Yes, Alfred has at last joined ranks with the other in- stitution of higher learning; Alfred has seen "Operation Aboli- tion.''
But there is' a HLore basic reason for this new interest than just the satisfftctidfi comes with the knowledge that we're
doing what other colleges "do. That lies in the nature of the film itself. „. „
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Certainly, "Operation Abolition" isn't a good movie, there is no plot, no continuity, no order. Technically, the splicing is a hodge podge job, the sound is warbled, and often the char- acters are blurred. The narrator sometimes gets a scene or two ahead of itself.
Yet the film makes use of the most basic principle of pro- paganda technique — appeal to the emotions. And there are Tery few among us who can resist such an appeal. The movie leans so far to one side, however that it drives as many people to the opposite extreme as it enlists in its cause, much to the probable chagrin of Representative Walter.
What does the movie consist of? It starts out with a dire warning from Chairman Walter, and rapidly proceeds to a maze of unrelated scenes that include the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner", the forcible rejection of witnesses from the hearing room, spraying of student demonstrators with fire hoses and dragging them down a flight of wet stairs, and the taut form of an elderly police officer who suffered a "stroke".
The failure of the ' 'known communist" leaders to cooperate on the witness stand was dramatically embellished in the movie;
the viewers were able to see Archie Brown removed from the hearing room not once, but three times. And every now and then the southern drawl of the S.F. sub-committee chairman was rudely interrupted by Brown's pleas for his "threatened"
family, which in turn were interrupted by the sub-committee counsel, who was then drowned out by the crowd. The merry- go-round kept going around, too.
The narrator turned in a creditable performance. His voice, always a step ahead of the scene, was keyed to the wild excite- ment, and his solemn advice to listen to and watch the com- munists in action was omnipresent. Who once forgot of the
"communist conspiracy" while viewing the film? The back- ground music was also typical of the turmoil — TV melodrama couldn't have done better.
How many viewers left the assembly convinced that se- veral hundred California students were agitating for the Com- munist Cause is not known. How many left feeling that the communist danger is a terribly real danger to our existence, and how many left believing that HUAC ought to be abolished is equally unknown. It is just unfortunate that it took a sloppy, sprawling, base, anti-intellectual collection of flics to bring about the thinking and discussion that, at least temporarily, are now flourishing on campus.
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"I'm A l f r e d Sophomore and I'd be glad to igbiow you a- round. I'm very w o r l d l y . I've been here for a year already and I know everything there is to know aibout this place. That's Alumni Hall over t h e r e . "
"It's pretty old, isn't It?"
"Yeah. You'll .be having Civ. lec- tures there a t eight o'clock if you decide to come here."
"The catalog didn't say anything aibout evening classes."
'No, it's eight o'clock in the morning."
'Eight o'clock?"
'Yeah, eight o'clock. It'® not so bad. Once you get up there you can go back to sleep."
Oh. Why are you looking, through those binoculars?"
•I'm looking for South Hall.
There it is! You wanna, see it?"
huh?"
"Yeah, pretty far."
"That's the Steinheim over there."
Gee, it looks pretty old too.
What do they teach there?"
"Oh, all sorts of interesting things."
The new building is the Cam- pus Center. I eat there most of the time."
"Don't you eat in the dorm?
"Omce in a while. Let's walk to- ward the dorm." .
, . . later . . .
"This Is Allen Lab, the Ibio building."
What's that thing in back of it?"
"Allen Lab Annex."
"They teach in that cheesef>ox?"
"Yes, believe it or n o t "
"The big building on the right belongs to the Stat« Tech and up there's Cannon HaJL That's where live. Come on, Fll show you my room."
. . . later . . Say, this goes pretty cool."
Yeah, it's pretty good as dorms go. All the rooms are the same<
so you can get a pretty good idea of what to expect"
(See Home Page 4)
Be Silent, Or Be Communist?
by Robert Johnson
Free speech and the right to criticize always have been ideals basic to American life, yet the reaction to criticism adopted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities is in direct conflict with t
hese ideals. Its reaction to criticism of the film
"Operation Abolition" demonstrates this fact.
The supposedly unbiased introduction to "Abolition" by John Gutierrez at last Thursday's Assembly was a typical ex- ample of the HTJCA's reasoning. Mr. Gutierrez, like the HCUA, admitted the existence of only two viewpoints — that of the Communists and that of the Committee. These, however, are not two viewpoints, as the latter is merely the way in whic
hthe HCUA regards all criticism of its operations. As Mr. Gutierrez's introduction presented only this viewpoint, it was hardly un- biased. If Mr. Gutierrez will please note.- many people do not approve of the Committee's over-extension of power, its devel- opment into an extra-legal body, its opinion that all opponents are Communists — these people are not Communists, or at least are not aware of the fact. Think Mr. Gutierrez — by your in- troductory remarks you have labelled as Communists many Al- fred University faculty members and students. There is another position on the HCUA and "Abolition", one which you should be informed existes.
Many people, as firmly American as any supporters of t
he Committee, believe it has generated a wrong atmosphere.—
one that automatically envelops all called before it in a Red mist. This is in direct contradiction to American tradition of
"innocent until proven guilty." The HCUA cannot, by the na- ture of its members, distinguish between those using the Fifth Amendment to hide real Communist affiliations, and those do- ing so because they believe that no Americans should be forced to admit personal political beliefs. The Committee fails to admit that defense of a principle can exist. In pursuit of a few elu- sive Communists, the HCUA disregards the many innocents t&at fall victim to its operations.
"Operation Abolition/' itself, is a propaganda success — vivid scenes of rioting students in conflict with officers of the law convey to many viewers the belief that all students opposed to the HCUA have been duped by Communist infiltrators.
Viewing "Abolition" in the vacuum that many do, this is the normal conclusion people draw.
Student riots of the San Francisco nature cannot be con- doned, but the HCUA has these riots to stigmatize all future student demonstrations in an attempt to deny to all the right to criticize its actions. The presence of Communists at t
he riots is not proof that plans for the original demonstrations were formulated by them.
"Operation Abolition" would deny to all college students the right to voice an opinion contrary to that of the Committee.
This, Mr. Gutierrez, must never happen; yet, this is the con- dition your "unbiased" introduction would establish if it were accepted as fact. Fortunately for America, not everyone has been duped by "Abolition." To many, freedom to criticize is still worth defending.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1961 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PAGE THREE
Don't Read This But...
a ripped dress adds to the excitement, doesn't it sister?
"they're rioting in Alfred."
we made two radio stations . . . aren't we great?
we hear that one student was expelled from Ag-Tech last week . . . striptease, anyone?
love me, love my sheep.
just what were those 25 D.S. paddles supposedly "protect- ing?"
falling down a flight of stairs does something to one's dig- nity.
belated bon voyage, E.H. . . . hurry back, we miss you!
mucklucks are waterproof.
Lambda Chi won the battle, but not the war.
what's with this candlelight bit, Uncle Johnny?
speaking of candles, seems like many of them burned out Friday night.
interesting week-end, wasn't it?
Niagara Falls is so nice this time of year, rushing, rushing, rushing,
congratulations to the "Majority of One" cast, missed George Washington and Martha at the dance, it's not true, F.G. . . . we're not planning a riot,
we always try to please . . . Mrs. Houghton finally made front page.
we were shocked at the mass exodus at the assembly . . . many of us were looking forward to hearing Steve Gordon speak.
since someone is expecting to see a reference to telephone bills in the column this week, we won't say a word.
why did Ag-Tech's Shirley refuse to speak to a Fiat re- porter?
reminder: have coffee with the "WAC representative to- morrow at 3 p.m. at R.OT.C. Headquarters.
which member of Red 2 shot Captain Milani?
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Campus Pulse
by Karen Amsterdam
Question: What is your opinion of the film "Oper- ation Abolition"?
Sharon Rosenthal, Rockaway Beach
Soph, LA
T h e picture was poorly pre-
sented. The in tiroduction, b y John Gutierrez, .committed the fallacy of "false dilemma" by limiting the possible interpretations to two; that of the Communists and that of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The film itself was full of logical inconsistencies. It made use of appeals to pity and false general- izations, and assumed that slander of the individual would discount his viewpoint. I am not passing judgment on the Committee it- self but I think that the film was badly documented and edited, and did nothing to further belief in the Committee's work. It was a poor attempt at propaganda.
Ronald Norgren Jamestown, Fr., Cer.
I thought that t h e film was very good, be- cause it was in- dicative of the
p r o b l e m a t hand. I agree that there was wrong on both sides. I don't believe that the stu dents were wrong in roiting; it showed immaturity and gullibility.
A good solution would be to give the Committee real judicial power.
However the questions the Com- mittee asks should be more straightforward, should give a fair analysis of the persons being questioned.
Linda Kaplan, Belle Harbor LA
That film was an insult to the .intelligence of a college stu- dent and, there- if fore, worked at
cross - purposes to its original intention. It resorts to every propaganda tactic men- tioned in my textbook thereby em- ploying the methods that the Com- mittee supposedly deplores. No facts in favor of the Committee were mentioned; it was implied that the Communists are against it, so we must be for it. The stu- dents picketed for valid reasons;
whether it was perpetrated by
"Communists" is irrelevant to the moral and constitutional issues in- volved.
Gerhard Schmidt, Germany Fr., Eng.
When I saw the .picture for the first time I
w a s shocked that something
like this could happen in the United States. It is hard from the film, to know what to believe and what not to believe. I don't know too much aJbout this committee, so I c a n t say whether the film is right or not. Those students really did- n't know what they were doing.
However it seems to me that the committee does more wrong than good with its tactics.
Band Officers
The Alfred University Con cert Band, directed by Mr. Ric- hard Lanshe, 'has elected the following officers for the 1961-62 school year: Ted Jones presi- dent; John Nash, vice-president;
and Florence Rice (secretary- treasurer.
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POVERTY CAN BE FUN
It is no disgrace to be poor. It is an error, but it is no disgraoe.
So if your purse is empty, do not skulk and brood and hide your head in shame. Stand tall. Admit your poverty. Admit it freely and frankly and all kinds of good things will happen to you. Take, for instance, the case of Blossom Sigafoos.
Blossom, an impecunious freshman at an Eastern girls' college, was smart as a whip and round as a dumpling, and scarcely a day went by when she didn't get invited to a party weekend at one of the nearby men's schools. But Blossom never accepted. She did not have the rail fare; she did not have the clothes. Weekend after weekend, while her classmates went frolicking, Blossom sat alone, saved from utter despair only by her pack of Mariboros, for even an exchequer as slim as Blossom's can afford the joys of Marlboro—joys far beyond their paltry price: rich, mellow tobaccos, lovingly cured and carefully packed, and an exclusive selectrate filter. Croesua himself could not buy a better cigarette I
However, Marlboro's most passionate admirers—among whose number I am paid to count myself—would not claim that Marlboro can entirely replace love and romance, and Blossom grew steadily moroser.
M
mktThen one day came a phone call from an intelligent sopho- more named Tom O'Shanter at a nearby men's college. "Blos- som," said Tom, "I want you to come down next week for the- barley festival, and I won't take no for an answer."
"No," said Blossom.
"Foolish girl," said Tom gently. "I know why you refuse?
me. It is because you are poor, isn't it?"
"Yes," said Blossom.
"I will send you a railroad ticket," said Tom. "Also a hard- boiled egg in case you get hungry on the train."
"But I have nothing to wear," said Blossom.
Tom replied, "I will send you one suit of cashmere, two gowns of lace, three slacks of velvet, four shoes of calf, five socks of nylon, and a partridge in a pear tree."
"That is most kind," said Blossom, "but I fear I cannot dance and enjoy myself while back home my poor lame brother Tiny Tim lies abed."
"Send him to Mayo Brothers and put it on my tab,*" said Tom.
"You are terribly decent," said Blossom, "but I cannot come to your party because all the other girls at the party will be from rich, distinguished families, and my father is but a humble woodcutter."
"I will buy him Yosemite," said Tom.
"You have a great heart," said Blossom. "Hold the phone while I ask our wise and kindly old Dean of Women whether it is proper for me to accept all these gifts."
She went forthwith and asked the Dean of Women, and the Dean of Women laid her wise and kindly old hand on Blossom's cheek and said,- "Child, let not false pride rob you of happiness.
Accept these gifts from Tom."
"Oh, bless you, Wise and Kindly," breathed Blossom, dropping grateful tears into the Dean's reticule. "I must run and tell Tom."
"Yes, run, child," said the Dean, a smile wrinkling her wise and kindly old eyes. "And ask him has he got an older brother."
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PAGE FOUR THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1961
WAC Arrives To Talk Army With AU Girls
Major Margaret E. Dougherty, 'Selection Officer for the United States Women's Army Corps, will Visit the Alfred campus on Wed- nesday, NOT. 8.
Personal interviews 'With inter- ested women students will be held to discuss the apportunities avail- able to college graduates in the Women's Army Ooftps.
According to Major Doughtery, the need for qualified women in the military has increased consid- erably.
Qualified women with ibatccal- laureate degrees may be selected to receive a direct a/ppointment as lieutenant in the WAC.
Students in their junior year of college are offered the additional opportunity of a paid four week summer training program design- ed to orient and familiarize them with military life. These women are under no obligation to apply for a commission upon graduation.
All appointments with Major Dougherty are to be made at RiO- TC heaJdquarters. .
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"I don't mean to be a wise-guy or anything but are all the rooms this messy?"
"Pretty much."
"Don't they ever have inspec- tions ?"
"Yeah, every Monday. We clean lip the place during lunch hour be- Sore the holiaemather comes around."
"Wait's that?"
"Oh! That's our kitchen; hot;
plate, immersion heater, cooler, and everything^ It's all illegal.
That's the beauty of it."
"Are all the' rooms painted that awful green?"
"Yeah. It's supposed to have a soothing psychological effect. Puts you to sleep when you should be studying."
"What's that white stuff on the curtains ?"
"Just shaving cream from last' night's fight."
"Oh."
"Can you get any sort of a s n a c k in the dorm?"
"You can get sodia or candy
"when the machines are working, T>ut that's pretty rare."
"Is there a telephone around
"here?"
"Yes. There's one phone for the whole dorm. K you want me to, I'll teach you how to put nickels in it -amd make the operator think
"•they're quarters."
"Well, not right now. I have to get back to Greene Hall for my interview. Thanks anyway."
"You'll like it here."
"I'll bet!"
Men's Dorms
Of, By, and For
by Justin Scbidman
The main order of business at the last meeting of the Student Senate was the approv- al of club approciations. In the past this action has been a mere formality and the only real action taken has been the cutting of requested funds to make the appropriations more realistic.
This year, however, the question of appropriations and how much each club is really entitled to has become a question of great importance. Many groups, realizing that their requests would be cut, submitted unrealistic or, if you prefer, padded budgets. To rectify this situation, Senate President Zoldan held a meeting with club presidents in order to eliminate these excesses, reduce waste, and bring better programs to the cam-
pus. , This meeting brought about several important changes
in the club program on this campus. Realistic budgets were and are now being submitted (these include operation expens- es, special speakers of limited appeal to the specific clubs, etc.) Any extra funds available for club use will be allocateed for speakers of campus appeal. A major question concerning cultural activities on campus has been the role of the Campus Center Board. This group has stated that they will sponsor speakers of campus-wide appeal if requested to do so. They will not, or cannot, however, sponsor activities. This leaves many groups with the problem of swallowing their own personal pride and turning speakers who rightfully belong to them over to the Center for sponsorship.
The Senate conducted itself admirably and fairly in this matter. The only real question which remains is whether or not the Campus Center Board is doing the same.
Swarthmore Exchange
A motion was passed to have Alfred participate in a stu- dent exchange program with Swarthmore College early next semester. Several Alfred students will have the opportunity to go to Swarthmore, attend classes, and generally view campus life for a week. In exchange an equal number of students from Swarthmore will come to Alfred at that time.
Rev. Charles Kalisky of the American Board of Missions to the Jews will speak on "Israel and the Fullfilling of Prophecy", on Saturday, Nov.
11 from 7:45 throgh 8:45 p.m., and Sunday Nov.
12 at 2:30 p.m., at the Gothic. All are welcome.
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(Continued from Page 1) date 700 people at a banquet or will seat 500 students during daily operation as a cafeteria.
On the first floor at the rear of the building will be receiving and meat preparation and storage fa- cilities, employee locker rooms and a bake shop. On the third floor will be offices for the manager of dormitories and dining halls, a test- ing and sampling kitchen and the fan room, boiler room and air con- ditioning room.
After completion of the new fa- cilities, the present men's dining room in Bartlett dormitory will be renovated providing six additional rooms housing IS students, and TV, ping pong and canteen rooms.
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Creditable Performance Given Of Well-worn "Comical" Play
by Robert
"A Majority of One" which w as
presented by the Alfred University Footllght Club, as most of you it seems did not know, proved to be a melodramatic rendering of well- worn, innocuous, liberal slogans hidden under the guise of "com- edy".
The play proved to have more suds than a soap opera and yet the dirty linen the play hung out never quite got clean, but what can one expect with all t i e dust raised toy the excavation of Ebbets Field which even Mrs. Jacoby recognize^
as a sad thing. This fact, is, indeed, the most profound jn the whole play. What is Brooklyn without the Dogers, and what is the "Ma- jority of One without Gertrude Beijgi Everyone will say, "well, how could we get Gertrude Berg for the part?" It's true, we can't!
She happens to be a freshman some place else at the moment.
The Footllght Club did a credit- able job with the materials at its disposal i.e. the play, the stage, and the audience, none of which
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Sarah Calvelli as Mrs. Jacoby made a laudable attempt at trying to hold together the dialect and mannerisms of a rather complex, highly theatrical character, while Bob Klein as Koichi Asano, who is a cross between a Samurai and a Madison Avenue huckster, was able to bring his own personality into the character adding to It a bit of life.
The characters portrayed by El- len Yuska and Dick Dienst while not being the most complex char- acters in theater literature were nevertheless portrayed with a great deal of charm and understanding.
Steven Snow as Eddie the house boy, while playing a low comic character, was the highlight of the evening.
The sum total of personal per- formance does not make a play.
The ablest directing and hours of rehearsing do not mean success.
It is the printed word rightly in- terprete which gives life and en- durance to a play. When the words fail so fails the play.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1961 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PAGE FIVE
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
Anyone can see that the movie '^Operation Abolition" has been a g e r m of dynamic force with nation- Vide schisms and extremes t h a t divide thought like the Civil W a r divided states over extreme con- victions. T h e movie is an unyield- ing, unifaxsrifiicinig, o n e s i d e d at- tempt to distort reality for pur- poses of conveying a message.
But l e t us here a t Alfred not arm ourselves with words of rational- isation, speech of the demagogue, is for us r a t h e r as students living a n d thoughts molded of steel. It In a n environment where we can s e e both sides of the problem to benefit by this history-making ex- perience. It is now oar duty not t o defend to the hilt tout to ques- tion until w e know.
W h a t is "Operation Abolition?"
W h e r e are its roots? W h a t is the background? W h o a r e the gladia- t o r s p Who is the center?
iQn May 12-14, 19G0, the House Un-American Activities Committee was conducting investigations con-
jat cerning alleged Communist affila-
tions. Area college political or- ganizations felt t h a t it was neces- sary in some manner to draw PUBLIC ATTENTION to the f a c t
that basic American liberties were | between Alfred and Colgate being tampered with. The fact Hamilton, the teams had to battle that just ten years before in the the elements as well as each oth- same city over one hundred a r e a ' e r , with Alfred beating Colgate's cpllege .professors a n d teachers ! frosh, 24-34, and beating the var- werè brought in to a n s w e r . similar, 24-33.
questions gave impetus to their i sity, 24-33.
planned demonstration. It s e e m s ' With a terrific down pour
Harriers Extend Skein; Trip Red
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Raiders' Varsity and Frosli in Rain
that they planned to m a s s outside afternoon the course was slippery of the City Hall, picket and mild-land wet. Dan Speck nevertheless ly demonstrate within the confines Iran a fine race over the five-mile Of the law. varsity course, a8 he finished in
Area TV stations came to film I the time of 27:18.4. If the wea- t h e demonstrations for news-reel ther had been better, Dan might publication. A short while after,
Fulton Lewis 'III, along with one or two other people, h a d all film of the demonstration subpoenaed.
Almost secretly, and apparently in order to cover up the editing agent, i the films were collected, clipped, spliced, and rearranged.
by Bill Stutman jand Wilder took second and third,Swanson, Rogter Wilcox and Curt:
Last Saturday, in a dual meet ¡for Colgate followed by Bob Lew- Crawford. ' Colgate captured f i f t h kowicz, Tim Germain and D e n n y a n d sixth but" Bob Vollk and Gary Newfberry of Alfred, Smith of Col- Gilbert finished seventh a n d eighth- gate was seventh and Bob Tweady
was the fifth finisher for Alfred.
Tweady was the recipient of the
"Golden Award" this week for his performance.
The frosh course was three miles long and Cloach DiCamillo was afraid that his junior harriers un- accustomed to the length—Alfred's course is under three miles—would not be able to m u s t e r sufficient strength to k e e p up with Colgate.
Such was not the case however.
Colgate's Hall took first, but w a s said here. F r a n w<as ibeaten by a followed by Saxon h a r i e r s F r a n , T o r o n t o harrier.
all
very well have broken the course recordi of |26:50,6 held 'by Joe Francelio of Syracuse. Barnshaw
to clinch the race.
A completely drenched Joe Di- Camillo was very happy with t h e
Colgate meet. Neat Saturday morn- ing the teams travel to Harpur, for the annual N. Y S. Small College
¡Meet Buffalo S t a t e and Roberts Wesleyan will be the teams to beat.
My apologies to F r a n S-wanson.
Little Stewairt Kettz of B u f f a l o did not get his revenge last week art Canftius as was mistakenly
It is an unequivocal f a c t t h a t this House Committee hag distort-
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ed the truth. This h a s been vali- dated by admisission of people re- sponsible for the movie's produc- I tion.
I Immediately, I thought it was a
• horrendous calamity t h a t a repre- sentative organ of the American people could engage in such an undertaking. In addition, the film's connotation will be. propagandized under Communist aegis throughout the world for many years to come.
For these two reasons the results w a r r a n t serious evaluation.
Acknowledging ¡this, ,we m u s t ask now if there are not greater issues $*volved h e r e thjat may have made tt necessary for a sacri- fice to be made by Fulton Lewis, Rep. Walter, and the others.
Throughout the country ,w(hen t h i s movie has been shown, college s t u d e n t s have laughed a t the ob-
vious slanting, have hissed at Rep- resentative Walter. Others feel t h a t the HTIAC needs much more power t o cope with Communist«, but the Communists have >been the power behind the scenes Inciting people to eliminate this Committee be- cause it is un-American t o demand answers to oar political affilia- tions.
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E a c h side h a s forced the other against a wall to preclude reason.
The connotations suggested about each other force dogmatic ration- alization.
As I implied in my introduction, the real issues a r e too dymamic for the possible answers lie in ex- tremes. W e don't know to what de- gree Communism h a s been and will continue to be an undermining factor of traditioal American val- ues. W e don't know to w h a t degree, in order to safeguard these values, we can permit people to exercise complete freedom of speech and political association.
On side claims that HOUA must be abolished to protect our free- doms. The other side «laims in
order to protect our freedom HOUA should have unlimited power. Our
freedom is at stake. I don't have the answer. Do you?
Stephen J. Gordon
Young Republicans
There will be a meeting of the Young Republicans Club at 8 p.m. en Nov. 8 in Room "A" of the Campus Center. Everyone Is Invited.
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B O S T W I C K S
Intramurals
by Rosenberg, Plesser, Boar
Action in the intnamural foot- ball league was sparse this week, due to several forfiets.
Last Saturday Tau Del't played Cannon. A safety in the f i r s t half was the deciding factor in an 8-6 victory for Tau Celt. Don Klaban intercepted a pass in the end zone.
While trying to run it out he w a s tagged by Steve Arvan thus caus- ing a safety. Tau Delt scored ear- ly in the second half and Cannon retaliated one half later. E v e n though it was a tight scoring game Tau Delt completely domin- a t e d the ball.
The Tau Delt passing offense Was bogged down because of m u d and fog consequently Klan Alpine won 25-13. Klan outmianeuvered Tau Delta Phi with dotfble rever- ses in the backfieM, executed b y Green and 'Fry. T h e game w a s played without a clock because of a mental lapse on the part of t h e officials. If intramurals a r e to r e - mata a serious endeavor such oc- curences should not be the n o r m .
T h e Greasies forfieted them- selves out of the league by for- fiets to Lambda Chi and Phi E p l
T h i s Saturday a t 9:45, Lamfedau Chi faces Tau Delt. T a u Delt i«u not strong enough to m a t c h t h e - efforts of MaxjDonald and Eaton-.
Lambda Chi by 13. A t 11 K a p p a . Psi plays Delta Sig. K a p p a P s i hasn't showed much this y e a r ex- cept for the hard blocking of Riok.;
Denton. Delta Sig by 32.
The football standings a t BTFC-
sent are: ,
P h i Bp , W Delta Sig 6-1 Lambda Chi ' ; . 4-2
Klan Alpine 4-4 Tan Delt 3-3 Cannon 3-3
1-5 1-7
Running Bears 1-7 This includes all games played
by the •-Running B e a r s a n d t h e Greasies who h a d t w o forfiets a n d thus removed themselves from t h e league. All remaining games of these teams a r e forfeits.
In bowling this weék: Barressi took over f i r s t place by b e a t i n g L a m b d a Chi, 3-1. In other m a t c h e s this week Delta Sig beat K a p p a Psi 3-1; P h i Bp beat Canon 3-1;
and Radies beat Klan 4-0.
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Intramural Volleyball
There will be a meeting at the Men's gym on Monday Nov. 13th at 7 p.m. of all groups planning to participate in the round roblrt intramural volleyball t o u r n a - m e n t All entrant« must present an eight dollar registration f e e at this time to be considered.
The intramural 7 board picture will also be taken at this meet- ing.
PAGE SIX THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1961
Saxons Gain Upset Victory Over Ithaca 14-7;
Meet Upsala Saturday in Last Game of Season
by Bob Oarcangelo
The Alfred Saxons claimed their fifth victory of the season Sat- urday at Ithaca College. The vic- tory can toe summed up in one word: hitting. This is by f a r the hardest hitting the Saxons have done all year. As a result, the- Ith- aca backs were separated from the hall seven times and Alfred recovered six fumfbles.
The Saxon line played tremen- dous ball opening huge, holes in the Bom'ber'a line while the hacks led by Richie Falcigno (back of the game) ran harder than they have run all year. Moe Keasler was picked as lineman and sopho- more of the game because of his end play, recovering of tiwo fum- bles, and scoring the winning touchdown. However, this was definitely an inspired team vic- tory.
Alfred received the opening kickoff and proceeded to drive 78 yards for a score with Tom MacVittie going over from the four yard line. Dave Lrntsic kick- ed the extra point and Alfred led 7-0. This was a drive In true Ohio iS'baite fashion, strictly a I ground aflfair with the hacks j
grinding it out at four and five yards a clip. However late in the second quarter, Ithaca drove 85 yards in 16 plays with Karas scor- ing on a sneaik from t h e one; the kick for the point a f t e r was good The score at the half was 7-7.
The second half began with Al- fred kicking to Ithaca and the 'battle of the defenses ibegan. Al- f r e d controlled the ball most of the time as they recovered five Ith- aca fumbles in this half. In the middle of the third period, Kessler intercepted a pitch out and scored what was to be the winning touch- down. Lutsic's kick for the point was good and Alfred led 14-7. The Saxons, controlled the ball throug- out most of 'the fourth quarter.
The game ended with Alfred hav- ing a first down and goal to go on the Bomber's seven yard line.
EXTRA POINTS — Coach Yune- vich happier than I've seen him .all year . . . Bob H a r t showed a lot of poise and called an excel- lent game '. . . Joe Renwick looks like he is going to be a fine half- back . . . Jiust for the record, Quiaa, Macholz, Hart, Kessler, Block, and MacVititie also recov- ered fumbles . . . The interior line gave up only 78 yards rushing which is proof that Lundquist, Quinn, Pfeiffer, Block and Zoldan w e r e doing their usual fine job . . . An extra pat on the back for Alex Zoldan who played the entire game w-'th aa injured shoulder.
Score by Quarters
•Alfred 7 0 ' 7 0 - 1 4 Ithaca 0 7 0 0 — 7
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