News—
Fall Festival Issue. Read about the exhibits, dance and surprises plan- ned for this week. You can still get
tickets. See page 1.
FIAT LUX Features—We've got them on ceramics,
movies, the steam plant, the niimeo- graph office, the Gothic and the Wee Playhouse. At least one should ap- pear on page 2.
VOL. XXXVII, Xo. 8 TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1950, ALFRED. NEW YORK Telephone 27-F-12
Dorm Building To Commence
Despite Cost
Some Contracts" Awarded In Million Dollar Project
Construction of seven new dor- mitories on campus (or state students is scheduled to begin soon.
The New York State College Dor- mitory Authority has decided to go ahead with the Alfred project this fall, regardless of the spiral in the cost of building materials. Bids from
•contractors have been received and opened. Some of the contracts have been awarded. It is expected that the
<;ost of the project will amount to over one million dollars.
Construction costs will be advanced by the State Dormitory Authority.
They will be repaid out of income from rentals over a period of years.
The general supervision of the dorms will be under their authority, but the actual administration of the facilities will be left largely to the University administrative staff.
Seven buildings with a total ac- comodation for 420 students will be erected north of Bartlett Dorm. Five
•of the dorms will house men, and two, -women. Each unit will hold 60 stu- dents. The Men's dorms will be con- nected to form one group of buildings.
Women's residences will be similarly constructed and on an adjacent lot.
The 40' x 80' fireproof buildings, modern and functional in design will liave brick facings to harmonize witto other campus buildings.. Space will be provided for lounges, receptions, card games, trunks and head residences.
Small kitchens for parties will be lo- cated in the buildings, but no dining facilities will be included. Students will be expected to use existing dining rooms and cafeterias until a separate dining hall can be constructed at a later date.
College of Ceramics and Ag-Tech students will live in the new dorms, but it is planned to integrate them in- to the total oampusi picture to avoid segregation of state students.
After completion of the dorms it is expected that all students will be re- quired to live in University and Ag- Tech housing. This would include sororities and fraternities.
4PO To Give One Turkey To One Student At Trot
The Gobbler will get you if you don't get it.
At least that will be the situa- tion next Tuesday night as Alpha Phi Omega sponsors it's annual Turkey Trot.
According to William Schaffer '51, the live turkey will be given away as a door prize. "Somebody's mother is sure going to be sur- prised," Schaffer remarked.
The Trot will be held from 9 to 12 at South Hall. Admission and band will be announced next week. Tickets may be purchased at the door.
Sororities: Rush Senior ISurses And Transfers
Formal rushing season for senior nurses and transfers is being held this week.
All of the sororities are hold- ing rush dinners Monday through Thursday. Rushees will sign pre- ferential slips 5 p.m. Sunday at Physics Hall. A silence period will follow until pledging Mon- day night.
Typist Returns
Cortez Peters
Snappy Chappy
Festival Feature:
Champion Typist
Cortez W. Peters, world's champion speed and accuracy typist, will award the prizes in the high school speed typing contest on Nov. 16 sponsored by the Ag-Tech business department in conjunction with the school's fourth annual Fall Festival to be held Thurs- day and Friday, Nov. 16 and 17.
Mr. Peters, who types at the rate of 141 words per minute, will give three demonstrations of h.is unique skill a±
3 p. m. and 8 p. m. on Thursday in Davis Gym and at 10:30 a. m. on Fri- day in the Institute's gymnasium. The demonstration on Thursday evening will be part of the open house for vis- itors unable to attend the festival at other times.
In addition to his speed typing dem- onstration, Mr. Peters also will type from dictation while blindfolded and wearing mitten, do a tap dance on the keys to the accompaniment of music, and type from copy while reciting a humorous poem. His demonstration will also include a review of correct typing techniques.
Mr. Peters holds several World's Championship titles in typing, among which are the /title for accuracy when he made a score of 99% at the rate of 141 five-letter words per minute over a duration of one hour. He recently annexed the World's Championship for speed on a portable typewriter.
Senior Engineers Make Plant Trip
A group of 41 senior ceramic en- gineering students returned to the campus Saturday after a tour of plants in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Wash- ington, D. C.
The students' left Alfred on Novem- ber 5th, accompanied by Professors Robert M. Campbell and Willard J.
Sutton, engineering department of the College of Ceramics.
Among the many plants visited on the annual senior trip were the Penn- sylvania Pulverizing Co., Mapleton, Pa.; General Refractories Co., Mt.
Union, Pa.; Harbison-Walker Refrac- tories Co. at Mt. Union, Pa. and Balti- more, Md.; Bethlehem Steel Co. (Spar- rows Point Plant), Baltimore, Md.;
Washington Brick Co., Muirkirk, Md.
and the Office of the Bureau of Stand- ards, Washington, D. C.
Fall Festival To Start Thursday With Displays, Tours Of Exhibits
Social Psychologist To Lecture Tonight At AAUP Meeting
Dr. Launer F. Carter, Associate Pro- fessor of Social Psychology at the University of Rochester, will be the guest speaker at an open meeting of the Alfred University chapter of the American Association of Univers-ity Professors tonight.
His address will be on "The AAUP's Role in Problems Facing the Teaching Profession." The meeting will be held in the lecture room of Physics Hall, starting at 8 p. m.
In as much as Dr. Carter is a past president of the University of Roch- ter chapter, as well as a widely known psychologist; the meeting will be open to all faculty, faculty wives and stu- dents interested in college teaching.
Dr. Carter holds degrees from both the University of Washington and Princeton University, and served as a major in the AAF during the last war. He edited the report on "Navi- gator Training" and is the author of numerous articles in the field of Social Psychology.
Profs Represent Alfred
Glenn Leathersich, faculty member of Ag-Tech's business department, will represent the Institute at the annual College Day of the Otsego County vo- cational and extension board to be held on Thursday, Nov. l'6, in Oneonta.
Kanakadea Editor To Burn Bookeasy Because Fiat Errs
The burning of the Bookeasy will take place Thursday, Diana Seligman, Kanakadea picture editor announced this week. "Since the Fiat refused to tell Seniors that they should have had their picture retakes Thursday, we see no reason for tolerating the books they used to keep in their office," Miss Selig- man declared.
Students who still have a chance to rescue their books include Lee An- drews, Betty Jane Amberg, Dorothy Brion, Dick Bliss, Rogers Baker, Eve- lyn Dobson, Dan Finneran, Douglas Freitag, Jack Fromm, Beverly Golfer, John Ging and Bill Gallow.
Not to mention Margaret Kelly, Marilyn Jeffrey, Eleanor Johnson, Judy Leondar, Brad Kinsman, Jim McFarland, David Perkins, Ed Pfister, Jim Quaekenbush, Rosalie Peskin, H.
Pechanick, Phyllis Parks, James Stuhl, Janis Swain, Bob Thurnau, Sylvia Mackie, Lois Waechter, and that's all.
The Bookeasy is also plagued with about a dozen books which do not own any people. "If your name is not listed here and you have books on deposit, please come in and help the fools who run this so called Bookeasy to get squared away so they can turn their corporation over to Alpha Phi Omega,"
Miss Seligman gasped.
Miss Seligman pointed out that stu- dents may either retrieve books or leave them in for the second semester.
They may also be sold although Miss Seligman pointed out that the price list received had been termed "disap- pointing."
To Hold Special Mass
Aspecial mass will be held Sun- day at 9 a.m. in Kenyon Chapel in memory of Robert Lyons AT.
Lyons was killed in an automo- bile accident Saturday morning.
Ummm-Um! And One Is A Queen
The Harvest Ball Queen will be a blonde this yenr.
The five attractive candidates for the title to be bestrowed at the dance scheduled Friday night all have locks shaded from golden to honey blonde hues.
They are Eileen Mesenkopf, Shirley Henry, Gloria DePuy, Adelaide Hume, and Jane Swenson. They were selected
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this week by the vote of the student body from a list of 12 original candi-
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Shirley and Adelaide, seniors in the Horticulture department, are members of the Hortus Club, an organization affiliated with their majors. Eileen who is studying Sales is a member of fthe Commerce Club. Jane and Gloria are enrolled in the Secretarial and Ac-
counting departments, respectively, and are also members of the Commerce Club. All candidates listed sports as their main interests.
The coronation ceremony will high- light the Harvest Ball which will be staged from 9:30 p. m. to 1:30 a. m.
In the Men's Gym. Blue Barron and his orchestra will play for dancing.
—photo by Gignac
Frozen Food Department To Be AT Feature
$250 Scholarship To Be Prize Of Pie Contest
The frozen foods division of Ag-Tech will be the featured department at this year's Fall Festival. All exhibits, dis- plays, and demonstrations staged by this department and contributing in- dustries will be in the Ag-Tech gym- nasium.
As part of the two-day program, the department will sponsor the final judg- ing of the frozen apple pie contest, the first prize t o be a $250 scholarship to Ag-Tech or an International Harvester Home Freezer. Baking and judging of the pies will take place at the exhibit area.
Frozen Foods students have prepared charts to show the equipment used in the processing of peas from the tender- ometer, which measures the quality, to the actual eqiupment used in the freezing process. These charts will be supplemented by actual equipment, such as the tenderometer, blancher, dry cleaner, and separator, which
grades peas.
Students will also make analyses of meats, fruits, and vegetables to demon- strate the techniques for controlling the quality of food during processing.
Of special interest to people who process their own foods for freezing will be a demonstration of actual pro- cessing of fruits, vegetables and meats for home freezing. Visitors will re- ceive samples of these materials upon request.
When guests become hungry or thirsty, they may stroll over to the booths where frozen orange juice and cookies with topping will be served.
The United States Department of Agriculture will display a miniature distribution center for frozen foods, complete with scale model trucks and storage facilities.
Other departments1 from the Institute are cooperating to help tell the story of frozen foods. The business depart- ment will display forms used in locker plant operation, the animal husbandry department will demonstrate meat cut- ting for freezing, the poultry depart- ment will maintain en exhibit of pro- cessing poultry for freezing, and the refrigeration department will contrib- ute a display of the cooling and freez- ing parts of the frozen foods story.
Robert Lyons Killed In Auto Crash Saturday
An Ag-Tech student was killed and another was seriously injured early Saturday morning in an automobile accident on the Alfred-Almond Road.
Robert Lyons was killed instantly when his car skidded off the left side of the road and struck a tree. Riding with him was George Ortolano who suffered injuries of the face and arms and possible internal injuries. He was reported ta be in fair condition in the St. James Hospital in Hornell Satur- day. He was treated by Doctor George Taylor of Hornell.
The crash occurred just before 2 a. m. on a straight stretch of highway in front of the Alfred-Almond Central School. According to state police and the coroner who investigated, the car probably skidded on the greasy snow covered pavement and struck the tree sideways. The hood of the car was found 75 feet in front of the crash.
Ortoiano said he tried to flag down passing cars but failed. He returned to the wreck and passed out. The ac- cident was not discovered until 4:30 a. m. when Trooper Raymond Slade of Wayland happened to pass by.
Slade, who was on vacation, notified troopers J. H. Shaver of Hornell and G. J. Schusler of Wellsville.
Coroner George Batt of Angelica said Lyons probably died instantly of a crushed skull. He had also suffered a fractured thigh.
Lyons was a senior in Ag-Tech majoring in power. A member of Psi Delta Omega, he was a member of the Alfred varsity basket ball team last year and was also a member of the Ag-Tech men's glee club. Ortolano is a freshman majoring in frozen foods.
Clayton Besch, Lyons' roommate last year, said the pair attended a par- ty at Wheaton House Friday with Psi Delt members. Lyons and Ortolano left the party at about 11:30 p. m. with no indication of where they were going.
It was later revealed that Lyons and Ortolano had coffee and hamburgers at
"Tops Diner" in Hornell some time after one a. m.
Tests taken at the Angelica funeral home and at St. James Hospital show- ed that neither man had been drinking alcohalic beverages.
Speaks Thursday
Harvest Ball To End Two Day Festival
Displays, exhibits and demonstrations by 15 major departments of instruction and contributing industries will highlight the theme or"
"Advancement Through Technical Training" at Ag-Tech's fourth an- nual Fall Festival to be held Thursday and Friday.
All exhibit areas will be open Thurs- day, "Youth and Educators Day" and Friday, "Parents and Industry Day."
Residents of Alfred and vicinity will have an opportunity to tour the ex- hibits on Thursday evening from 7 to 10 p. m. during the open house. Trans- portation will be provided to all de- partments of the school.
The frozen ioods department, fea- tured at this year's festival, has been assigned the Ag-Tech gymnasium where there will be exhibits of the growing, processing freezing, control- ling, and retailing of fruits, vegetables and meats.
Of special interest to campus person- nel will be the Camera Club exhibit, scheduled for the Ag-Tech main build- ing. This exhibit includes campus shots, as well as a display of pictures collected by Director Paul B. Orvis while he was in Europe as agricultural coordinator under the Marshall Plan.
An Eastman Kodak photograph exhibit in color, and black and white prints will also be on display.
Also in the main building will be
Festival Schedule
Thursday, November 16 Youth and Educators Day 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.—Tour of Exhibits 10 a.m.—High School Student Convo-
cation—Alumni Hall 12 — Counselors Luncheon — Parish
House—(by inviation only) 12 Business Luncheon — Faculty Dining Room — (by invita- tion only)
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.—Conseling at areas of interest
7 p.m. - 10 p.m:—Tour of Exhibits Friday, November 17 Parents and Industry Day 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.—Tour of Exhibits 12 — Industrial Luncheon — Parish
House—(by invitation only) 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.—Tour of Exhibits 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. — HARVEST BALL — Semi-Formal, by ticket only — Men's Gym.
BLUE BARRON'S OR- CHESTRA—$4.20 per couple exhibits by the clinical laboratory tech- nology department, the electrical pow- er laboratory and the poultry and ag- ronomy department. Visitors to the clinical laboratory will have an op- portunity to observe demonstrations in blood counting, diagnosis of 'anemias and techniques in ascertaining basal metabolism. The agronomy department will have an interesting display of New York State fruit varieties.
The radio communications depart- ment display located over the Univer- sity bank, will acquaint visitors with television receiving and testing, photo relays and controls, electronic tubes, and microwave equipment. New elec- tronic devices will be exhibited, among them, an electronic dust collector for
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Dr. L. L. Jarvie
Dean Of Two Year Colleges To Speak At Dinner Thursday
Dr. L. L. Jarvie, Executive Dean of two-year* institutes and community col- leges of the State University of New- York, will be the principal speaker at an educators luncheon to be held Thursday, in the Parish House, in con- junction with the Ag-Tech's Fall Fes- tival.
Dr. Jarvie was associated with the Rochester Institute of Technology a s director of educational research from 193-7 to 1942, when he left to enter the armed forces as a lieutenant colonel.
Upon his discharge in 1946, he joined the New York State Department of Education as an associate commis- sioner. He was appointed to the State University upon its inception in 1949.
Dr. Jarvie has gained renown in the field of education for his work in the development of technical institutes and
programs of adult education.
The luncheon on Thursday will be one of two such affairs taking place during the two-day festival. The sec- ond will be held for industrial leaders on Friday when Paul B. Orvis, Ag-Tech director, will be the principal speaker.
Don Berger wonders if Cortez Peters still has his sleeping mask.
Footlight Club Does Something Different; "Pinocchio" Praised
By Frank Bredell
Leave it to the Footlight Club to come up with something dif- ferent every time. Last year they presented three one act plays, two musicals, a farce and a tragical history. Now they have contrasted the line up with a children's play, "Pinocchio."
Under the direction of Profs. C.
Duryea Smith and Ronald Brown, the club did its usual fine job in the pro- duction. Deserving special praise, I feel, is Sergio Dello Strologo. Not only did he design the very appropriate cos- tumes and masks, but he also took a part in the play after the regular char- acter of Candlewick was taken ill, a i week before the production.
Speaking of costumes, weren't you intrigued with the pendulum action of the fox's tail in the fourth scene?
The falcon and the three doctors were also very suggestive and well done, I thought.
Undoubtedly the most interesting bit of costuming was the quick change done by Pinocchio, played by Herb Cohen, as he slept under a blanket in the last scene. Frankly, the audience expected him to emerge as a boy in- stead of a puppet, but they weren't ready to see the old Pinocchio clothes and make up gone. It was a novel and difficult trick to do on the stage and pleased the younger members of the audience especially, maybe some of the "sophisticates" too.
The costumes, of course, would have meant nothing without good actors.
Herb Cohen made an excellent Pinoc- chio because of his diminutive size and correct movement. When toe was supposed to be awkward in the first scene he wae very awkward; and. when
he was supposed to be graceful in the other scenes, he was like a dancer.
Fire eater seemed to be a natural part for Bob Burns and he did it jus- tice in the third scene when he was a show barker. I must admit, though, that the first scene between Fire Eat- er and Geppetto was more stilted and not quite natural enough.
The scenes in the land of Boobies and inside the mile long dog-fish, I thought, were the most lively of t h e play and most enjoyed by the audience.
The land of Boobies was described in idyllic terms as a boys paradise of free ice cream and candy and no school. Balloons suspended from the ceiling and the sequence of Pinocchio chasing a balloon gave a colorful and carefree attitude to the action.
Probably the loud snoring of the dogfish in the next scene was its most novel and best feature. But the bare ribs for scenery and the subdued light, some of it only candle light, made the scene very effective.
I suppose the story wa s originally written to teach children a moral—if they don't behave they will turn into long nosed puppets or something of the sort, and will go through the har- rowing experiences of Pinocchio. Ob- viously college students didn't go to learn about the moral, they went to enjoy themselves—and they did.
PAGE T W O THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N E W YORK TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1950
IFC Replies Letters To The Editor
Ed. Note: The Inter-Fraternity Council has been granted edi- torial space to reply to editorials on the rushing system which appear- ed in the October 10 and 24 issues.
Since, who is chosen to become a fraternity member has such a momentous effect on our society, the Inter-fraternity Council feels that it is important to clear up any misunderstandings concerning our rushing system. The stated purpose of a past editorial, Cider Cir- cuit II," was to examine the rushing system used by the social frater- nities at Alfred. It is the opinion of the Liter-fraternity Council that certain statements of that editorial, in general and in part, are er- roneously applied to the extent that council will attempt to clear up the misapplications. ,
We have spent much time and effort in developing a rushing system which is both fair to the rushees and to the fraternities, in that there is a minimum amount of dirty rushing in comparison to the systems used on other campuses.
It is common sense that the fraternities should get to know the rushees as well as possible before they pledge them. Therefore, a gen- nine effort is made by the fraternities to get acquainted with the rushees not only at the rush parties and dinners, but also by meeting them and observing their actions in classes and on campus.
No one can deny that some individuals may judge a rushee by his hands or smile; however, to apply this to fraternities in general - is outrageous.
xA concerted effort is made to put the rushees at their ease to en- able them to express their real personalities. Contrary to the editorial, the rushees are encouraged to make their opinions known and to dis- cuss any topic freely without jeopardizing their chance of becoming a member.
On preferential night, the fraternity men make a special effort to do a good job. After all, the results of this one night will decide the future of the fraternity. Every fraternity devotes its entire at- tention and sufficient time to the consideration of each individual rushee. No significant factors are left undiscussed; however, no pi- cayune points are permitted to prejudice the fraternity.
Possibilities of second semester rushing have been hashed and re-hashed to the extent that they don't warrant mentioning here.
One of the main ambitions of the Inter-fraternity Council is to develop and maintain a rushing system which will be both fair to the rushee and the fraternity. Constructive criticism towards this end is always welcome.
THE INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL
No Christmas Money
Have you done any Christmas shopping yet?
Neither has anyone else, but you had better do some during Thanksgiving vacation unless you want to do it in the Christmas Eve hubbub.
Take a look at the Christmas vacation schedule and you'll see what we mean. Vacation starts on the 2^nd of December which means if you live on the olhcr side of the hill you may not even get home for Santa Claus.
Maybe more important is that you won't be able to help Uncle Sam peddle the mail before Christmas, or help someone buy a lace shawl for his dear Aunt Susy. Adding two negatives we end with no Christmas jobs and no Christmas iribney.
Oh sure, we'll get the first week" of January to make up for get- ting out so late, but what good is the vacation then? All our friends from other colleges will have gone back to the grind.
Maybe the idea is that students will stay home that week and do all their term papers. This is the only logical reason we can see for 'this delayed vacation, and that one doesn't have much appeal. Come on faculty—give us a better deal next year. FB
Jack Burdick Disapproves Of Overburdened
Collgetowns
It is so hard to get writers for the
"College Town" column that you must keep hitting us over the head with these Ivy League Philip Wylies? (Ed.
Note: Yes.) Why this superfluity of sociological song-and-dance men? It seems to me that these scatter-gun scribles are not so observant that they could not be replaced by a mediocre
"March of Time," or so analytical that they are more useful than an average grade comptometer. And, as artists—
this last "College Town" was not too far removed from "Opus 21" which was not too far removed from the writing on the wall of a place we don't mention in polite society.
The cartel of Webb, Calabrese, Fin- neran and Wylie seems to be laboring under a burden. They want to make us think.
Well, dear me! Isn't that just too too considerate of them. What if the Poor Ignorant Human that is the star of their little weekly soap opera can not think? What if it gives him a headache?
WCF and W would, no doubt, rather have a person be a second-rate thinker than a top-notch mechanic, despite the fact that the chair they sit in to write their blasts against PIH was made by the mechanic. It must be noticed that it is not the non-thinkers that have made a mess of the world. It is the people who have thought things over I enough to be sure that their race or
| government or religion is right who I are willing to kill other people to prove it. Joe (ignorant human) Smith is perfectly willing to go on reading
"L'il Abner" and let the rifles rust away.
So look, Messrs. WCF and W: Lay off, will you? We know the world Is in a mess. It does not show very much of your vaunted thinking ability to be able to see it Is. Nor does it show a great deal of logical ability to insult us and then excuse yourself by say- ing "I wanted to make you think."
That isn't good psychology. If we want to think, we will, and about what it pleases us to think about, whether it be jazz, relativity or girls. Conversly, if we don't want to think, we won't.
Why not save the Fiat's paper, your time and our temper by just leaving us alone? That will promote a lot more of the amicability you want than all your ill-mannered, intrusive crusading.
Jack Burdick
World War III?
The United Nations is taking the most crucial action of its career.
While the U. N. hears the defense of Red China and while the Chinese are shooting guys who didn't have enough money to go to college, the experts are contenting themselves with pointing out that while this is serious, it by no mean indicates the beginning of any- thing more than a localized war.
But in crossing the border, the Communists must be aware of the seriousness of their act. They must be aware of the fact that it could be the kindling point for World War III.
Is this then, the beginning of World War III? It certainly looks like it. We agreed, at the time of the decision to ignore the 38th par- allel, that if the Chinese ever decided to cross the border, it would be tantamount to starting a full scale war. Now that it has happened, there seems to be no reason to change that opinion
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But there is hope. You can't say the situation is hopeless when the United States and Russia vote on the same side. If it happens that the U. N. can solve this question, the pendulum may finally begin to swing the other way. The prestige of the United Nations would soar.
If the U. N. fails, we won't haVe another War to end Wars. It will be a War to end everything.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1950
Fiat Lux
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BDiTOT-iR-CBiir, Matthew Melko '61; BUSINESS MANAGER, William Spangenberg '61:
MANAGING EDITOR, Frank Bredell '52; NEWS. Beverly Callahen '62; ASSISTANT NEWS, Daniel Finneran '63; AO-TBCH, Barbara Welssner AT; SPORTS, Marvin Klsenberg '63: SOCIETY, Helen Gardner '61; PROOF, William Brlson "61; AD- TERTISINO, Harry Blatt '63: ASSISTANT BUSINESS, Robert Owens '62; CIRCU- LATION, Georgia Smith '62; EXCHANGE, Lillian Falcone '62: PHOTOGRAPHY, Paul Glgnac '63
BtTArr MEMBERS : Boris Astrachan '63, Nell August '52, William Flagg AT, Zebble Friedman '53. William Gallow '51, Alma Gluck '53, Thomas Hopson AT, Arthur Hyroan '02, Caryl Levy '62. Jean McGraw '52. James Quackenbush '51, James Rldgeway '52, Barbara Shackson '52, Barbara Schroder '62, Norman Shoenfeld 'SI, 1 Enth Tall '52.
Movie Time Table
Wednesday, "Tillie's Punctured Ro- mance." Charlie Chaplain, Marie Dres- sier, and Slim Summerville; also "50 Years Before Your Eyes" and two car- toons. Feature at 8:4.6 and 10:11 p. m.
Shows at 7 and 9:25 p. m.
Friday, double feature "Curtain Call at Cactus Creek." Donald O'Con- nor, iGale Storm. Walter Brennan. Vin- cent Price, and Eve Arden; also "The White Tower" at 8:36 only. "Creek"
at 7:10 and 10:24 p. m. Last complete show at 8:36 p. m.
Saturday, "My Friend Irma Goes West." Marie Wilson as Irma. John Lund, Corinne Calvet, Diana Lynn, Dean Martini, and Jerry Lewis; also selected shorts. Feature at 7:54 and 10:19 p. m. Shows at 7 and 9:25 p. m.
Festival
(Continued from page 1) use in the household and industrial plants.
The industrial laboratories will have a large variety of exhibits and demon- strations to acquaint guests with the type of work carried on by students in the industrial program.
Among these exhibits will be a vis- ual demonstration of the operation of a refrigerator unit; demonstrations in the servicing of home appliances, tool sharpening, physical testing of struc- tural materials, diesel engine power testing by dynamometer, operation of a 403 H. P. General Motors Diesel En- gine and welding; as well as displays of radiant heating, air conditioning equipment, and a model diesel train.
The farm barns will be open during the festival where the animal hus- bandry department will maintain ex- hibits of artificial breeding, mastitis control, b».ef cattle and feeds.
Visitors to the dairy building will have an opportunity to observe the milk bottling process, aswell as manu- facturing in the dairy industry.
The business department will pre- sent displays in the fields of retailing, advertising, secretarial practice and salesmanship. Thursday, the business department is sponsoring a speed typ- ing contest for high school students from Western New York. First prize will be a Royal Portable Typewriter.
A unique feature of this year's flori- culture exhibit will be a display, en- titled "Wedding Day." Other exhibits include gravel culture of plants, soil testing, and landscaping home grounds.
Motion pictures, strip films and brief Informal talks by the students and faculty will supplement the displays, exhibits and demonstrations.
The Ag-Tech Men's Glee Club, di- rected by Olin Johnson of the Institute faculty, will present a concert on Thurs- day evening in conjunction with the open house from 7 to 10 p. m.
Objects D'art Paintings Make Artistic House
Profs Fosdick, Nelson Do Interior Decorating
If you ever happen to stray down beyond the Terra Cotta and wander into a small, low white house, you will be surprised at the artistic ver- satility of its occupant. You will see lovely colored glass objects d'art, mournful little statuettes, bright, gaily colored pottery, and paintings which have forever captured an idea on canvas.
Before you become too amazed at this tremendous display of talent, you will discover that not one, but two artists have shared in the decorative appeal of their home. They are Miss Clara Nelson, drawing instructor, and Miss Marion Fosdick, assistant pro- fssor of design at the College of Cer- amics.
Behind the house, in a little out- building, is Miss Fosdick's domain where she works in her few moments of spare time. There are some finish- ed pots and others in the cold kiln waiting to be fired in mute indication of their potentialities. At the Cer- amic College Miss Fosdick reigns amidst the insistent hammering of drills and the damp, earthy smell of pottery. From here, she has taken some of her students' work home to add to its charm and distinction. Her main interest lies in sculpture; she enjoys teaching it because in doing so, she can work through people, she says.
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In order to visit Miss Nelson's work shop, you would have to drive to a picturesque old farm house high in the hills northeast of Alfred. It is the abode of an artist rather than that of a teacher. Her paintings, brushes and easels are the sole decorations, which serve to change the aspect of the place from a farmer's home to an artist's retreat.
The building, which nearly leans over a sharp drop to the valley below, affords an inspiring view of tawny autumn colors and pastoral meadows.
Miss Nelson has been a drawing in- structor at Alfred since 1920. Ever since childhood, when she would
"design" houses for her uncle, she has possessed an avid interest in art. She feels that she gains much more by teaching it than by producing alone, enriched by her pupils' individualism, mistakes and style.
Miss Nelson has done portraits, mostly of children, still life studies and landscapes. There are two paint- ings of Letchworth Park, in which she has expressed the eternal battle between the impassive cliffs, water and trees.
In the house where Miss Fosdick and Miss Nelson live in town, the manifestations of their two personali- ties meet and converge. Paintings, glassware, and statuettes stand side by side, complimenting instead of de- tracting from each other.
And of course, there is Jock, the Scotty dog, who has attended so many classes in ceramic design and draw- ing that he has all but earned his master's degree.
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On Naming Babies
Here's a little problem that may not be particularly timely in view of the present war situation, but until wars completely destroy everybody, we'll still have to worry about it. Judging by the names you see in a college cata- alogue, some people haven't worried to much. Maybe the sociology depart- ment can be persuaded to toss in a lecture on the topic in the courtship and marriage course.
Let's say you have a baby. Never mind how you got It, you won't have to explain that for several years. But because of a quirk in Society, it is expedient that you label each one of these babies as they come along so that they are distinguishable from other babies. Great care should be taken in doing this, or the kid will go through life with a distinct psycho- logical handicap. Here, then, are a few principles as listed by the world's only recognized self appointed authority on baby labeling:
One Syllable
In the first place, don't forget that no matter what you name the kid people are going to abbreviate it. In fact, when they are in a hurry, they will want to cut it down to one syll- able. That is to say, while the cus- tomary sobriquet for Penelope is Pen- ny, you've got to be prepared to ac- cept Penn, which of course may easily be confused with a fluid writing in- strument, a state, or a place where they keep pork chops.
Because of this one syllable ten- dency, you've got to avoid one syllable names, like George, Rex or Guy. Since people can't mutilate them, they aban- don them. It's people named Guy that end up being called after some physi- cal characteristic like "Jug Ear" or
"No Nose." If he's got no characteri- stics he'll end up "Stinky."
No Murgatroid
Now for hevaen's sake, stay away from fancy middle names. Victor Mur- gatroid won't do. Suppose his friends ever find out his name is Murgatroid?
And suppose he wants to use his mid- dle name some time. It looks good to be J. William Somebody, but J. Mur- gatroid? No matter how usable the first name is, it is sensible to give the owner a choice. In fact, if possible, it might be well to let him pick his own middle name.
Common monikers like John and Mary are no good either. They lead i to all kinds of confusion in school and I make the kid a non-entity when hisi name appears on a Job application form.
Don't name the kid after Pop. He'll develope schizophrenia trying to de- cide whether to put the Jr. on checks and mother will have conniptions try- ing to distinguish between big Am- brose and little Ambrose.
Well What Then?
Oh, just one thing more. If your
By Tain O'Klem
Campus Calendar
TUESDAY Fiat—7 p. m., Fiat Office
Intramural Board—7:15 p. m., Men's Gym
AT Student Council—7 p. m., Ag- Tecn Building
Student Senate—7:30 p. m., Physics Hall
Outing Club—7:30. Kenyon Hall AAUP—8 p. m., Physics Hall
WEDNESDAY Band—7 p. m., Ag-Tech Lounge French Clul>—Social Hall
First Aid Class—7 p1. m., South Hall THURSDAY
See page one for Festival Schedule Frosh Class—11 a. m., Alumni Hall ACS—Keramos film—4:30 p. m.,
Physics Hall,
Chem. Club—7:30 p. m.. Allen Lab FRIDAY
Vesper Service—7 p. m., V i l l a g e Church
Jewish Services—7 p. m., Kenyon Hall
SATURDAY Hillel—1:30 p. m., Social Hall AOC OUTING
Sigma Chi House Dance Campus Union Party
SUNDAY
Catholic Masses—9 and 10:30 a. m., Kenyon Chapel
Union University Serivces—11 a. m., Village Church
Did Willy prick a dilly?
International Club—-3 p. m., Social Hall
Music Hour—4:30 p. m., Social Hall Episcopal Services—4:30 p. m.,
Gothic
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RFA—7:30 p. m.. Social Hall MONDAY
Spanish Club—Kenyon Hall Faculty Meeting—Social Hall
happens to be Lincoln, don't name the kid Abe. Can't you see him in later life being stopped for speeding and t h e cop saying all right wise guy what's your name and him saying in a small cracked voice, Abraham Lincoln? You can see what complexes a kid like that could develope.
This doesn't leave many names, does it? But a good usable name that isn't too common is the best thing no mat- ter what your uncle Oglethorpe thinks.
In this list you can include Herbert, Douglas, Edward or Susan, Nancy or even Beverly and Lillian if you get desperate.
Really the simplist thing to do would be to number a baby as you would a lab specimen.. Why not? We do It to cars. For instance, the four- teenth baby born this year In Saxon Heights might be named 14AU50NY.
The 50 being the year of birth and NY being the state. That, of course, would only be the kid's signature.
You'd call him 14 for short.
Two Sides
This really belongs on Pablo's page, but after his prediction on the Phil- lies, he deserves to have something stolen from him.
The football season is over now, but it's hard to forget that first game of the year when it snowed during the last quarter. And remember that one in '49 when it was colder than a banker's heart? That's hard to take when the crisp fall afternoons are idea!
for football.
There are other reasons why It would be better to play the games in the afternoon. The electric bill, for instance, would be down considerably.
And while attendance would be off somewhat, the difference could be made up in the publicity that would accrue. New York papers can't even carry the score of Alfred games and the area Sunday papers get only t h e bare essentials.
If games were scheduled in the afternoon, the number and variety of teams that Alfred would be able to schedule would materially increase.
Lots of teams are not enthusiastic a- bout having to pay an over night WIT when they can play an afternoon game and get back the same day.
On the other side of the fence a r e the students who are looking for a cheap date, and the fellows who would rather play intramural than watch varsity football in the afternoon.
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Why not try an afternoon game next year, just to see how it works out?
By Helen Gardner
Lost And Found
LOST—Brown leather key case con- taining keys. Return to Saul Noren, Eggleton House.
LOST—Friday, pair of shell rimmed glasses in brown case. Return to Fiat Office.
LOST—Copy of "Proper Study of Mankind" by Stuart Chase.
FOUND—Pair of women's grey fab-1 ric gloves, brown leather tobacco j pouch, red leather change purse, be- i longing to Wilma Rice, copy of "Wes- tern Civilization" by Burns.
FOUND—Various pencils and pens, string of pearls, small child's blue LOST—Drafting set owned by Bill McHenry, lost in Union Thursday.
LOST—Motteld gray fountain owned
Infirmary Notes
Guesting in the infirmary this week were James Sherman '53, Joyce Trevor '54. Sylvia Lapp '54, Barbara-Dawley AT, Lewis Marks '54, David Taeler '54, and Velma Snyder AT.
Have you gotten your Fall Festival ticket yet?
by Cyrus Bryant of Almond, lost Mon- day. Return articles to Fiat Office.
FOUND—These articles will be sent up to the Registrar's office. Silk scarf, navy mittens, gray fabric gloves. Bio lab kit, two pairs of pearl beads, silver ear ring, keys and key ring, tobacco, pouch, change purse, rosary in silver mesh bag, red leather change purse, a copy of Burns which does not be- long to the Bookeasy.
Alfred students wore their usual attire only more so to the Junior dance Friday night. Brad Kinsman '52, who was chosen Hobo king, and a few other fortunate be- ings will probably have their pictures in the Hobo News so be watching for It.
Joel Zneimer woke up in time to tell me that Kappa Nu had a coffee and cake party Saturday night. "Red" En- gelmann and Mr. and Mrs. Simpson were there. Barton Spratt was a dinner guest at K. N. Sunday.
Guess Al Baxter never got up but I found out about Lambda Chi's candle- light party Saturday night anyway.
And every one must have heard their pledges serenading late Monday night after tapping.
Friday PI celebrated Carol Nichols' birthday and Saturday the Castle had a party for her. Carol is a last year's Castle girl so they let her do the dishes so she'd feel at home. Guests at the party were Marge Sergant and Midge Tenbrook who came from Brockport as a two-woman team to play hockey.
Evidently snow doesn't faze them. Rita Howard, from New York, who is visit- ing Ruth Smith '52 was there, too.
Monday Rosemary Raymond '52 was at the Castle for dinner and a kitchen shower.
Delta Sig didn't have a party this week end. The traveling secretary was there. 'Nuff said.
Beta Sig had pre-New Year's Eve party number two Friday at the Rod and Gun Club. Robin Hood was there.
Theta Gamma had Wood House for dinner Wednesday night. Games and
entertainment with Don Lester as master of ceremonies followed. They seem to make that boy work awfully hard.
Theta Gamma had another party In honor of Bob Wilson. This one was at the Moonlit Rendezvous Saturday night.
Theta Chi had Psi D. up for dinner Wednesday night and an impromtu party followed. They entertained Dean and Mrs. Gertz for dinner Sunday and Ellen and Casey entertained them.
My apologies to Omicron because I wrote their their news on the back of Ruth Vail's house duty list and she carelessly lost it. They did have Pi for dessert last week and some guests this week end.
Marie Perotta '50 was at Sigma this week end and Ginny Downing '53, Mary Ruth Williams '53 and Pauline Schulmeister were at Pi.
Sunday dinner guests at Pi were Mr. and Mrs. Al 'Carsons and Helen Breher Warren. Sigma didn't have any because they had to cook their own dinner. Dr. Wingate and Dr. Whltford were at Kappa Psi for dinner.
Joe Katz is theoh so proud father of a baby boy, Ray David, born last Tuesday.
Ag-Tech students who hare left school for the service are Carl Adams, William Bennett, Allen Day, and Wes- ley Rouse for the army, Donald Van Son for the air force, John Flore and Donald Stewart for the navy and Wil- liam Strickland for' the marines. Uni- versity students are Edward Decker (but I hear he's back), William Dick, Bruce Doane, Carleton Gillette, and John McKenna, army, and Richard Chase and Ross Robbins, marines. The Fiat would appreciate it if someone would let us know where they are and how they're doing.
THERAVING'REPORTER
By Ruth Vail
Two years ago the students held frequent jam ses- sions in the Union.
Saturday the sec- ond one for this year r o c k e d the Union. Judging by the number of peo- ple who a r r i v e d early and stayed late, it was a tre- mendous success. Some of the com- ments I overheard were:
Lee Marcus '52: "Armand can real- ly tan the hides!"
Frank Quinn '52: "There should be more of them with all the other talent- ed guys on campus."
Al Silkin '52: "Red hot—good jitter- buggin!"
Barb Shackson '52: "My f i r s t thought is Keep Our Union Clean."
Ed Heifer '52: "Next time they have a jam session let's have enough chairs to sit on."
Lois Griffin AT: "I loved it. I wish I hadn't missed the first one."
O'B '54: "Bop City has come to Al- fred."
Village Buys New Black Chevrolet For Police Use
If you are in the habit of break- Ing the traffic laws, you'd better be on the lookout for a new police car.
The Alfred Village Board author- ized the purchase last Monday of a 1950 Chevrolet sedan for use by Chief John Dixon. Black Is the new color and replaces the more easily spotted red 1948 Ford.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1950 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PAGE THREE
Campus Extra By Lil
Explosive editorials make their way cals attract attention and desirous of into Catholic College newspapers from
time to time. T H E VOICE from St.
Francis College, Brooklyn, hits a new high with this recent one entitled "Ed- jicated People:"
" As a result of the increased em- phasis on higher education, a value has been placed upon it which makes it nothing short of a national fetish.
This has engendered an unprecedented rush of students to colleges from all
•walks of life and all grades of intel- lectual aptitude.
"However, this mass processing of college-trained youths is bound to re- sult in a few defective products. It is true that they are a minority but it Is also true that their influence is widely felt. These pseudo-intellectual enobe, after a few months in a course, become self-appointed authorities in that field of knowledge and to the dis- may of more humble students insist upon letting the world know just how stupid it is. The become "edjicated and in so doing become so "superior to others they avoid them with open scorn.
"These sophists, knowing that radi-
to them is just an more evolved than
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being the center of attraction, embrace some wayward philosophy. This done—
with all the zeal of converts'—the "ed- jicated ones" attempt to both shock and impress humanity." . . . . : .
" . . . . I g n o r i n g all intuitive know- ledge and denying the validity of any arguments contrary to their own they develop what they call "my own phil- osophy of life." It is the bastard off- spring of a distorted marriage of philosophic-scientific untruths adding up to a life of self-satisfying lust and greed Man,
animal slightly
others and hence only slightly su- perior. As an animal, he is subject only to animal laws. There is no right and no wrong, only pleasure and apin.
"We can't do much about other col- leges but here at St. Francis you and I can ostracize any person who con- tradicts his training in this regard.
Tolerance for them is wrong. Ignore the radical and his very reason for be- ing radical is lost. He can no longer be the center of attraction and that almost kills the ones I know "
The words "ostracize" and "toler- ance. . . .is wrong" are a little too pain- ful for us to accept. Keeping in mind the conservatism to be encountered in Catholic publications, we still criticize the dogmatic attitude of this editori- alist. His facts about "pseudo-intellec- tual snobs" are not without justifica- tion but his panacea springs from a muddy brain.
These "defective products," because they are a minority group, deserve the privileges demanded by the few- in-number. Education, liberal or not, is assimilated by each individual in the light, of past experience. Catholic edi- toralists would, do well t o look deeper into the minds of these students before rashly condemning them.
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"The Sig Eps of Oregon State Col- lege have a new nomination for the meanest man in the world. For a few meals last week, the frat boys juggled their water glasses and salt shakers while holding the dinner table on their knees. Some sneaky character had stolen all the table legs." This was an anonymous donation to the Exchange box.
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ESSO FARM NEWS reveals that
"a record crop of 44,550,000 turkeys is expected to be raised this year, 6%
more than last year." Think of the acres of white meat! The stacks of feathers1! The truckloads of end- products!
Inter-Frat Ball Committee Opens Bids On Food Stand
Bids are being accepted by the Inter- fraternity Council from any individual or organization on campus who is in- terested in operating the refreshment concession at the Inter-fraternity Ball.
The Ball is to be held at Men's Gymnatium, Thursday, December 21.
Interested persons should call either Robert Kassell at Kappa Nu or John Botti at Theta Gamma as soon as possible.
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Student Senate May Sponsor Work Agency
Establishing a student employment agency at Alfred was the main topic of discussion at the Senate meeting Tuesday.
President Paul Baker said the idea had been proposed before without ac- tion being taken. The employment ser- vice would act as an agency between students and people of the village who need to employ help.
Dean of Men Fred H. Gertz told the Senate that the offices of the dean of men and dean of women are now hand- ling employment between students and people of Alfred. Dean Gertz said," We figure the people who really want to work .will come to us, and the faculty members and townspeople contact us when they want work done."
Senators were instructed to discuss the plan in house meetiDgs to deter- mine student opinion.
Rablner also reported that his com- mittee had Investigated "charges of inadequacies" at the infirmary. After a "complete and thorough investiga- tion," Rabiner recommended that the charges be dismissed.
Raising student fees to give ad- ditional support to the Library, the Kanakadea and the Fiat were also dis- cussed by the Senate. Charles Rabiner, chairman of the committee to investi- gate the need of raising fees, proposed that the students vote whether to add three dollars to the amount of fees now paid, one dollar t o go to each the Kanakadea, the Fiat and for a special student fund to purchase library books.
A-student vote on the matter would not affect Ag-Tech students, Baker ex- plained.
Rabiner's motTon, was postponed and the Senate recommended that repre- sentatives from each group to receive additional money by the proposal be invited to attend next week's Senate meeting in order to answer questions raised on the subject.
President Baker announced that stu- dent groups are wanted to volunteer for entertainment programs to be given at t h e Allegany County Home.
Groups or individuals who are inter- ested were asked to contact Baker.
Further Senate businese included discussion of the chairs stolen from the Student Union and hunting regulations in Alfred and on Pine Hill.
Dean Burdick To Speak
Dean H. O. Burdick will speak on
"Chemical Reactions in the Human Body" at the meeting of the American Chemical Society at 7:30 p. m. in Al- len Lab. lecture hall, Thursday.
Other topics to be discussed include:
"Chemistry of the Blood," "Chemical Reactions in the Muscles" and Hu- man Reactions." All persons interested are invited to attend.
Clubs Must Get Building Assignments From Dean
All clubs and organizations desir- ing to use University buildings are now required to get permission from the Dean of Men. This was announced this week by Dean Fred Gertz, who said, "This is an attempt to coordi- nate the assigning of rooms. All the clubs need to do to procure a room is see me and my office will do the rest."
Events already listed on the social calendar are assumed to be clear and do not need to be checked through the office, the dean said.
Joe Valvo Elected Head Of Ag-Tech Senior Class
Joe Valvo emerged victorious in the race for the Ag-Tech senior class presi-
dency, Fred Rosenberg was1 elected president of the junior class, and Robert Erickson was voted freshman class president.
Elections for the minor offices will be held at future class meetings.
This car pool is not a new idea. It was anticipated by the motor pool of 1949.
Administration Heats Campus With 1100 H P
By Frank Bredell
There's more to heating a university than shoveling coal.
In fact in the new steam plant near- ing completion at Alfred Univresity no one will shovel coal. "We could put the firemen in white suits," Uni- versity Treasurer E. K. Lebohner jokes.
The new plant being built here by the L. C. Whitford Construction Com- pany of Wellsville and the John W.
Danforth Company of Buffalo will cost about $140,000. It was designed by heating engineer Raymond Glynn of Elmira and architect Carl Ade of Rochester. Housing three gas fired boilers, it is expected to be in opera- tion by mid December.
The new plant replaces a smaller one built on the same site in 1917 and housing two coal burning boilers. It was to have been replaced in 1944, but the work was hindered until this year.
"We couldn't have waited much longer to replace it or it would have fallen down," Mr. Lebohner said of the building.
He confided how the walls had been braced last year when over ambitious stock piling of coal had bulged in a wall. "In fact, the only good part of the old plant was the chimney, and we even repaired and strengthened that."
Inside the new brick builc'ing coils of wire still dangle from the electric outlets, and twisted pipes litter the floor. Pipes of a new 450 horse power boiler stand naked waiting for work- men to clothe them with insulation and refractory bricks this week.
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In the meantime the University buildings are being heated with two reconditioned gas burning boilers. All three boilers will combine to supply over 1100 horse power, more than the University will use despite its build- ing program.
"Of course this is operating at 200%
of capacity," Mr. Lebohner pointed out, but for some unknown reason boilers operate most efficiently at that rate."
Nothing will be left to chance in the new system. Every kind of gadget available will be used to tell the fire- man the steam pressure, boiler tem- perature, water level, steam demand from each building and whatever else he wants to know.
He won't have much work to do and even if he falls asleep on the job there won't be any danger of an ac- cident. When something needs atten- tion a whistle will blow to wake him up, Mr. Lebohner related.
At present there are only a few pres- sure and water gauges and a board of instruments which control the heat in each building on the campus. By just consulting a chart on this board the fireman knows, for instance that he is to turn on the steam full in Alumni Hall for the movies on Friday and Saturday night. He can find out that he only needs to heat the infirmary for two hours at a time. The instru- ments betray with lights the amount of steam going to each building.
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The fireman doesn't just turn on the heat when he feels like it though. A thermostat in each building can auto- matically tell him when heat is need- ed, how much and for how long a time.
The wind is even taken into account in- figuring the amount of steam need- ed. "Of course the system isn't perfect, because people leave windows open and' radiators on and it gets the thermo- stat confused," Mr. Lebohner said.
"As a rule students are unconscious of the heating plant, even when one of the boilers fails and we have to crimp along on one while it is being fixed. One time a boiler broke and had to be shut down; just a s it was re- stored to operation its sister heater failed," Mr. Lebohner related.
Such troubles are taken as part of the day's work by James Neeley, fore- man of the plant which employ five other firemen who continually stand guard over the system. In fact the fore- man once said he wished people would complain about the heat more often so he would know how much steam to put into the lines.
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Theology Middlers Attend Fall Council
Don Sanford and Duane Davis, Theology Middlers, represented the School of Theology at the Fall Council Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Region of the Interseminary Movement in Westminister, Maryland, over the week end.
The schedule and agenda for the meeting included proposed adoption of a Regional Constitution, the elec- tion of a Regional secretary, discus- sion of Inter-Communion at Confer- ences, and the planning of the Region- al Conference to be held March 15-17, at Virginia Union Theological Sem- inary, Richmond, Virginia.
First Aid Instruction Open To All Students
Students interested in tearing apart roommates are urged to enroll in the Red Cross First Aid Course and learn to put them back together. The classes are scheduled for Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 p. m. in room 6 at South Hall and they are expected to continue about twelve weeks.
Including instruction in the treat- ment of shock, fractures and radiation, the course will cover both standard and advanced first aid.
Car Pool To Let Students Leave Town More Often
A "share-the-ride car pool has been organized recently for the benefit of all students who make frequent week- end trips from Alfred to other cities.
Anyone with a car who wishes t o have available space filled for such trips, as well as anyone who is con- templating a weekend trip and would like a ride, may register their names with Miss B. J. Daniel, Ag-Tech l i - brarian, who will then arrange for t h e placing of applicants.
Miss Daniel, sponsor of this coopera- tive plan,- has stated that the Institute will not assume responsibility for i t .
RFA To Feature Dr. Rood
The philosophy behind the Seventh Day Baptist Church will be explained Stmday evening at the RFA forum.
Dr. Wayne Rood will discuss t h e principles of the church for the benefit of non-members. The Forum begins a t 7:30 in Social Hall.
Don't miss the exhibits at the Fall Festival. University students can find out what they teach in Ag-Tech.
Might even learn something.
