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Student Box HolderVOL. XXII FIAT LUX, JANUARY 15, 3935, ALFRED, N. Y. No. 13
Fiat, Yearbook Announce Plan
Of Cooperation With Merchants
Will Give Certificates of Identification To Comply- ing Merchants
Affects Two Cities Hornell - Wellsville Store-
keepers Join In Mutual Aid Campaign
By the certificate you shall know them!
In effect that introduces a new policy of the Fiat Lux and the Kana- kadea, Alfred University publications,
•which calls for co-operation of the 6tudent body. It means a fair shake for the merchants who advertise in these publications and consequently for the students.
A large number of merchants in Hor-
•nell and Wellsville have over a period of years unhesitatingly used the columns of this newspaper and the year book for advertising purposes.
It is only fair then that when Alfred students seek ,to purchase that they should <patronize the merchants who patronize the student publications.
In the past it has been somewhat of a miss-and-hit proposition. With the introduction of this new policy such will no longer foe true. The stu- dents will know where to purchase by the certificates.
These certificates will be placed on the windows of the merchants in Hornell and Wellsville who use Alfred campus publications fior advertising purposes. The certificates will be placed consiP'picously, so it will not be difficult to recognize what estab- lishments to ipatronize.
The business managers of student publications believe that the co-oper- ation between merchants and students in the past has foeen good, but that it needs stimulation. Any lack of co- operation on the part of the students has been due to over sight, they feel and to make it possible for the stu- dents to know what business estab-,
lishments to support the certificates!™1^ c a mPu s interested in keeping ' active in scouting will be afforded the opportunity, George Kauffman, instruc-
Student Analyzes "Certain Phases" of College Educational System
Alfred Student Clashes With Hornell Transient
In the next issue of the Fiat Lux is a discussion of the federal transient relief system, written by Sidney Sancomb '36, and therein lies a tale.
Sancomb wrote a similar arti- cle recently for a newspaper in Hornell, where there is located one of the best equipped tran- sient 'bureaus in the state.
Certain remarks in Sancomb's article were taken to reflect on the Hornell 'bureau, and one John Wed el, a transient at that institution, took the Alfred stu- dent to task in a fiery "letter to the editor".
'If you toured the country as a lark with your accommoda- tions provided by the govern- ment, you are liable to prosecu- tion for obtaining federal aid under false pretenses," Wedel announced.
Sancomb's reply was terse.
Explaining that his trip was no lark, but an honest search for work, he added:
"I wouldn't advertise the good qualities of the Hornell bureau if I were you. You might get kill- ed in the ibums' rush!"
New Fraternity Planned For
Alfred Campus
Organization Will Permit Scouts And Scouters Op- portunity To Maintain Activity In Field, Kauff- man Says
Scouts and scouters of Alfred Uni- are being brought into play.
Only reliable business concerns are
asked to advertise in Alfred publica- tor o f t h e 'Plhysics department, an- tions. This is highly advantageous to
Alfred students, because 'by following the advertising in campus journals
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Chaplain Lists Sermons For This Week's Chapel
Chaplain James C. McLeod has been giving some very interesting and worth while chapel talks. The theme
that he chose on Friday was: "If a n y ,t h e c a mPu s- man will deny himself, let him take I M a ny c o l l e
up his cross and follow Me."
nounced today.
Mr. Kauffman has been in communi- cation with the National Honorary Scouting Fraternity, the Alpha Phi Omega. He is now seeking students of the campus who are interested in becoming members of this organiz- ation.
If there is sufficient response to the movement there will be a chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega established on
He especially stressed that there is
students have been active in scout work and it is felt that there are a large number on Al- not only self-denial in church work Fred's campus that would like to keep but in every walk of life. In artists,
scientists, dancers, musicians, ex- and men in all enterprises, self-denial
determined their success.
Even though it took years of disci-
in touch with scouting.
The scout fraternity was organized a number of years ago for this pur- pose—to keep college men in touch with the scout world and the great pline and moments of boredom and j work it
weariness, they did it for a corrup-'America. is doing for the youth of table crime.
Their self-denial was for service sake, to buy what they desired, to purchase for themselves a corruptable crime, but if we take up our crosses
The fraternity active chapters.
lias more than 30 Many leading col- leges and universities of the United States are members. It is recognized and approved by the National Coun- and follow God we will be practicing c ii 0{ Boy Scouts of America as an self-denial for an incorruptable crime.; (Continued on page two)
Students Discuss Economics
At "New Type" Frat Smoker
James Truslow Adams once said in reference to conversation by college students, "Never once did I hear the slightest mention of literature, art, economics or national affairs consid- ered at all seriously, or anthing ex-
Chemical Progress Going Forward, Dr. Saunders
Tells Hornell Group
"In 1830 there were only 52 known cept business, sport or politics." Had j elements with no formulas and today Mr. Adams been present at the
smoker given by Kappa and attended by representatives by the other fraternities on the campus, he might have modified his statement.
James' O. McLeod and Processor E. B. McNatt, both lent an air of au- thority to the discussion. Their first
there are 92 known elements, com- pletion of the atomic table and about 300,000 compounds in existence," Dr.
Paul Saunders, head of Alfred Uni- versity's chemistry department told members of the Hornell High School Science Club at Hornell, Thursday.
Under the title "Historical Rambl- topic was the Townsend Plan, closely j ings in Chemistry for the Past Cen-
Criticism of Forcing Students Into Iron-clad Curriculum Features Opinion on Progress in Universities
(Because it is believed that in this article, faculty and students alike, may derive a vast amount of food for thought, if viewed as it is intended—in the impersonal and without reflection upon any personality, this article is being published. It was written by an Alfred University student, who says, "I may have been radical, inconsiderate and biased, but I hope at least that by being so, I have stirred thoughts and quickened spirits. I trust that I shall be for- given for any ignorance, but do not apologize for attempting to say what I
believe is right.''—Editor's Note.)
The students who read the Fiat Lux for December 11 noted the headlines, "Educator Has Faith In Youth". Let us reverse that and put it in the interrogative, "Has Youth Faith in The Educator"?
I wonder? When the contemplating youth of today considers his col- lege education, a number of questions come to his mind. Whether we consider them subjectively or objectively, they will still remain to be answered intelligibly. May I herein be permitted to call you at- tention to some of these questions and the attitude of at least a few students toward hem.
Curriculum Defective?
Did you ever ask yourself why you are attending college as a student; teaching as a professor; or maintaining a school as an ad- ministrator? What is the purpose of education, its idealistic purpose, its realistic purpose? Are the primary defects found in the curriculum?
Are the qualifications for entrance and graduation perfect? What, if any, official recognition should be given a student who has only completed part of a four year course?
Of the 25% of high school graduates who enter college, more than 62.5% fail to complete their college course. Is this number too high; if so, whose fault is it? When a university accepts money from a student, does the contract entail any definite responsibility on the part of the university to see the student through?
These are only a few of the questions which constantly arise in the minds of students today. They can hardly be set aside much longer.
It has been said that the chief function of a university, "is the conservation, the advancement and the dissemination of knowledge".
The more modern critics disagree with this definition. They have many theories, but all of them admit frankly that the purpose, what- ever it may toe, is far from being realized. If President Lowell of Har- vard exaggerated a little when he said some years ago that "a uni- versity is a place where nothing useful is taught," surely he exagge- rated on the right side. Deplorably little has been isaid regarding the specific analysis and realistic evaluations of post-secondary education, and what has been said on the purposes of college eduction is essenti- ally aspirational.
Yes, education, especially college education, is a concept of which everyone lias a different idea. We are continually grouping; we have positive desires, ibut we know not how or where to find the goal of those desires. Our education supposedly is intended to aid us in our search for the ultimates of happiness and success in the grati- fication of our cultural, scientific and spiritual desires—yet our edu- cational system itself is disappointing in all of these.
Is it any wonder then, that' we students engender some particular skepticisms in regard bo our college training? For example: Is there any real justification for the fairly general prescription of a con- siderable range of seemingly liberal studies in early college years for students who1, probably, will specialize later in professional vo- cational courses, or who will enter fields which they must learn after college years? We may also ask the question, whether or not all attempts to make the same courses serve the ends of both liberal and pre-profesisional educations largely defeat the purposes of both?
Rubber Stamped Graduates
When the average student enters college he is pushed into a course unless he has the stamina to withstand the onslaught of our despotic dictators of currieulums. He is put through the mill and comes out of the machine with a rrtbber stamp marked "AB'\lor
"BS" with all the rights and privileges appertaining thereunto.
It is like giving him a street car ticket and telling him he can go any place the car goes and no further. If he wants to get off the beaten path he will have to get out and walk.
In many colleges the registrar's office is maintaining a "hands- off" policy respecting the selection of subjects, leaving this to the student with the aid of a faculty advisor. It is true of many liberal
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F I N A L E X A M I N A T I O N S First Semester 1934^-1935
Date Wednesday
Jan. 23
Thursday Jan. 24
Friday Jan. 25
Monday Jan. 28
Tuesday Jan. 29
Wednesday Jan. 30 Thursday Jan. 31
Friday Feb. 1
8:30-11:30 A. M.
T. Th.
8 o'clock classes English 1
All sections Education 1
(both sections) English 2
(all sections) Indus. Mech. 1 and 3
(all sections) M. W. F.
9 o'clock classes Mathematics 1, la
(all sections) Mathematics 3 (all sections) Spanish 1
(all sections) Spanish 2
(all sections) German 1
(all sections) German 2
(all sections) Physics 1
(both sections) Chemistry 6
T.11:30 o'clock classes
T. Th.
9 o'clock classes
2:00-5:00 P. M.
All 2:45
o'clock classes.
M. W. F.
8 o'clock classes Ceramics 103
(both sections)
•Chemistry A Chemistry 1
(all sections) Chemistry 2
(all sections) M. W. F.
11:30 o'clock classes M. W. F.
10:30 o'clock classes Mineralogy
Indus. Mech. 6a
M. W. F.
1:45 o'clock classes T. Th.
10:30 o'clock classes T. Th.
1:45 o'clock classes French 3
(both sections) Indus. Mech. 6
associated with Upton Sinclair's E. P.; tury," Dr. Saunders traced the de- I C By it every dependent person velopment of this science,
over the age of sixty would be given i He stated that in 1830 there were I -J (Continued on page two) 1 (Continued on page four)
Gentle Kanakadea Is Roaring Torrent Now
The student stood and gazed at the merely moist creek bed and laughed a hearty laugh.
This wretched gully with its stagnant pools, this was the roaring Kanakadea! His mock- ing laugh echoed along the bank, starting like a ripple that deepens with the onward rush of a mighty stream. It was the only sound that came as a sul- len reminder of brilliant days gone by.
A new year and new life came.
The student stood in the same spot and gazed again. From below came the ripple, then the deafening roar, but it was not the echo of his laughter. Up- ward leaped a muddy gush of water that flung back the sneer and issued a challenge. The stream sprite, so long dormant, had chafed under the ridicule until its overheated mind had melted the snow and caused great tears to pour out. The tears gathered strength as they flowed, urged on by the snow from the hills. Bitterness had brought the Kanakadea to roar- ing life.
Rabbi To Talk On Nazi Topic
In Assembly
Eabbi P. S. Bernstein Of Eochester To Discuss
"Hitler's Germany" Fol- lowing Visit In Germany
Robbi P. S. Bernstein of B'reth Kodesh Temple, Rochester, will be the speaker at assembly Tlwsday. He will speak on "Hitler's Geimany".
He is well qualified for this topic and will have some new first-hand slants on the subject as he traveled in Germany three months this sum- mer.
For the past year he has been lecturing in central and western New York about world problems, particul-
, . _, ... . . , • I chairman of the open house exhi- arly about Germany as it is today.' , .i ; .. „,.__,„ TT._,i,_. _„ „,..
Last fall he wrote a number of articles for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Rabbi Bernstein's lectures have at- tracted particular comment from the standpoint that he, a Jew, asserts that war, nationalism, and intolerance are contrary to Christian ideals.
"How can you, as a Christian, Christian, reconcile the continual world-wide strife and hatred with the ideals you profess as a follower of
Ceramic School Plans Underway
Early For 1935 St. Pat's Fete
William Butler Heads Gen-, eral Committee in Charge of Annual Festival
Date Still Undecided May Engage Leading Or-
chestra For St. Patrick's Ball
Like a forecast of spring, the third annual St. Patrick's Festival was in preparation this week, with nine com- mittees already appointed and plans started for the picturesque ceremony.
While the date for the annual pa- geant and social affair has not been determined definitely, the committee in charge plans to stage the events on either March 13 and 14, or March 15 and 16.
The festival is held annually to pay tribute to the patron saint of ceram- ists. Included on the program will be the crowning of "St. Pat" and the festival queen. "St. Pat" will be chos- en within a few weeks by popular vote. The name of the person elected will not be announced until the crown- ing. The queen will be selected in similar manner a few weeks before the pageant is staged.
At the formal ball which is a part of the program, a large number of ceramists are expected to attend. In- vitations are being mailed. The com- mittee plans to obtain the services of a nationally known orchestra.
Assisting William Butler, general chairman, are Charles Riley of Hor- nell, chairman of the parade and assembly; William Mason of Yonkers, chairman of the formal ball; Joseph Sarandria of West New York, N. J.;
John Reimer of Hamburg, manager of advertising; James Knapp of Avoca, student treasurer; Phillip Adessa of j Cortland, chairman of the tea dance;
Andrew Fedor of Franklin, N. J., bition; Charles Hopkins of Olean, publicity director; Kenneth Greene of Alfred, director of the play and mo- rtion pictures.
New Medical Plan
"To Be Introduced"
Christ?" is the key-note of the peace lecture he delivered at Hornell earlier this year.
Rabbi Bernstein was heard on that occasion by President J. Nelson Nor- wood, former Dean I. A. Conroe, and several Alfred students at his Hornell lecture, which was the first occasion on which a Jewish rabbi ever spoke in a Christian church there.
A veteran of the wona war, Babbi Bernstein was infused with patriotism
Socialized distribution of medical aid will replace the present plan some time in the future, Professor H. O.
Burdick told members of the Forensic Society Wednesday evening.
His topic was "Socialized Medicine".
He pointed out that as the situation is now each person pays the physician directly. Many persons with variable salaries are not able to pay much for the services of their physician. Con- sequently the wealthly people have to pay a great deal more in order to cover their own expenses and those of the poorer people.
According to the proposed socialized plan of medicine each individual pays when the war started, he admits, but taxes and can get any kind of medi- the sight of death in its most grusome J cal attention he needs. The doctors form on the battlefields of France | would be paid by the government and laid the foundation of an active paci- j everyone would be given proper medi- fism. cal care.
Burditt Writes Theater History For National Dramatic Magazine
N. B. There are special examination periods for the following courses:
Ceramics 103; Chemistry A, 1, 2, 6; Education 1; English 1, 2; French 3;
German 1, 2; Industrial Mechanics 1, 3, 6, 6a; Mathematics 1, la, 3;
• For adjustment of conflicts confer with the Registrar.
Song Evolution Described By Vocalist In Assembly
Harold R. Beeston and his accom- panist, Halsey Stevens, presented a program on the history of the modern song in the recent regular assembly.
He explained how the modern song originated, tracing its history back through the ages. He sang songs of war times, Indian lyrics, Negro spirit- uals, and cowboy tun'es.
He sang "Tentin' on the Old Camp Ground," "All Day on the Prairie,"
"Old Folks at Home," "There's a Long, Long, Trail A-Winding,"
j "Smiles," "From the Land of the Sky Blue Water," "Noon and Night," and
j "Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride".
Mr. Stevens played a group of his- torical dance selections.
"In my estimation the Little Theater movement has progressed far beyond the stage of fad or idea."
So states Professor W. M. Burditt, faculty advisor of the New York Alpha Chapter at Alfred University, in an article on the Little Theatre in the November issue of "The Cue,"
the official magazine of the national honorary dramatics fraternity, Theta Alpha Phi.
Prof. Burditt surveys the Little Theater movement stating: It reached the United States in 1911-12, when three were established: Little Theater of Maurice Brown, Chicago, 111.; Mrs.
Lyman Gales' Toy Theater, Boston, Mass.; and Winthrop Ames', Little Theater, New York City. At tha present time there are about 35 well established Little Theaters, according
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December 12, 9134 Editor of The "Fiat Lux"
Dear Sir:—•
I noted in last week's Fiat in the Inquiring Reporter that a reply was made, "In my opinion at present the Purple Key is merely an inactive1 honorary organization. Immediately folowing its organization some pro- gress was shown; now few visible evi- dence of its activity can be seen."
I wonder if this isn't more or less true of all of the organizations of the campus. Last night I attended three (supposed) meetings. The first was, as far as having the president there j Was concerned, and a little ..talking done. Another the president failed to turn up and only one other of the ten members turned up 'beside myself. In the third one they discussed what they had planned to do, but had fallen thru. The point that I am trying to make clear is that all of these organizations, either at the beginning of the year or later said: "We are going places this year. Nothing was accomplished last year, and we must this year." Where do they go this year?—Right where they did last year; NO WHERE.
I suppose that you are reversing the question and saying, What do you do?
Nothing is my answer—in some cases, and others I try. Let me explain what I mean by this last statement. When I say nothing, I mean nothing. I attend all of these meetings and hear these pep talks.—I am powerless—I am not at the head of any of these organizations and so I cannot give orders to the memlbers as to what they should do.
When I say try, I do and many times over.—I go to the ones in charge and ask what I should do and they say:
"Oh there's nothing to do—or—I will see you later about it." I ask several times, and it is the same answer;
consequently I never get any where.
To me it seems that there must be something wrong with the heads of the organizations. After they PREACH they are done—. I move that they PRACTICE what they preach, and give the others something to do: And, if they don't turn over the goods, and haven't a good excuse
•—bounce them. So I say to you, in authority, make your sheet? more im- pervious, for in this exhortation lies the complete success of the winds be- hind the full-spread sails ideas.
"Just a Soph"
"Private Lessons" with Hal LeRoy and Dawn O'Day is a beautiful ro- mance in a distinctive style. "The Wrong, Wrong Trial" is "a riot of laughs with Block and Sully as old- time Westerners. These complete the evening's entertainment for Saturday.
STUDENT ANALYZES PHASES
OF COLLEGE EDUCATION SYSTEM
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arts colleges that the prerequisite courses for the professions are concentrated in the fields most closely connected with these pro- fessions. President Lowell expressed an opinion held by many stu- dents when he said, "for many, perhaps for most, young Americans professional training had better begin at the close of secondary in- struction."
The departments of Chemistry, English, Philosophy, Matematics, and other subject-matter departments should discontinue making their untested allegations that in some magical respects, courses in these sulbjects will contribute essentially toward the future success of the young Americans who are striving toward leadership in the vocations. It is hard to believe that it is essential for a student to take a course which is not in 'his pre-professional field. We will admit that these subjects are attributes; the only question is, are they essential? Proof of this is that 'both. Lord Macaulay and Har- vard's President Eliot said that, "they could not pass the simplest examination in Algebra." President Jordan of Stanford University, said that he had a boy, "so deficient in English as to make gradua- tion a matter of doubt." His name was Herbert Hoover. Is this proof not conclusive enough that many of the curricular demands are unessential to success in education?
If any sulbject is not essential, not indispensable or inelectable then it should 'be placed among the electives; it has no place in a compulsory curriculum.
Individual Should Be Considered
In our mad rush to manufacture brains we often forget, that al- though this is the machine age, there is still such a thing as personal liberty and personal initiative. Some colleges, notaibly Chicago Uni- versity, have recognized that education is not an impersonal thing, but more essentially a personal consideration. These far-sighted in- stitutions see the great possibilities of permitting students to develop along lines, where their greatest need is, and where the student most desires to work. It is incredible to think of the number of lives which are ruined, wasted and despoiled, simply because the policy of some of our schools refuses to permit the consideration of in- dividuals, either in the selection of courses, or in the development of those courses selected.
Dean Chauncy S. Baucher of Chicago's college of arts believes that the class room should exist not only to teach the student, but also to find out what the individual student needs most and help him to fill this need. This can never -be done so long as we continue our blanket applications in th& delivery of subject matter. For instance:
many students in English have certain inhibitions which they must overcome, but when their individual needs are let fall because the teacher makes the class function as a unit, they do not improve materially. Our professors should realize, and the sooner the better, that to permit a student to get away from class room routine, and concentrate where his need is greatest, is the only way out of stagnation in their classes.
'Prohably students criticize the classroom procedure more than any one other phase ©f college life. This is not to be wondered at, especially- when we see how some classes are carried on. A success- ful business man once said that "colleges were fine places for young people to hide from reality. The average classroom is so far re- moved from the facts of life, from the wheels, of industry, that it takes the average student half his life to get away from the theories of his -books and professors with academic minds."
Our educational leaders might well subject themselves to prac- tical self education in -pedagogical openmindedness. Can they con- vince themselves that probably large -portions of opinions held, and practices followed, in higher education still rests excessively on tra- ditional foundations.
-Some of our classrooms are the essence of practicability while others reek with the unreal; they have an ideal, 'but they fail to attain it because they have not properly evaluated the facts. Our system must come down to earth before it can help us with the fundamental problems of every day life. What we need in our colleges today are more men who have the albility to see the sensible application of knowledge in a matter of fact way, rather than a group of intellectu- als whose minds are limited "by the walls of a classroom.
Too many feel that they are qualified to tell the students how to prepare for a life which they have only viewed from a distance.
We do not take a dogmatic stand when we say this. Perhaps no better group of men could be found to guide the youth of today than our professors and administrators, but sometimes we wonder if they are honest with themselves? Intellectual integrity is something which should not only be confined to subject matter, but spread all over the campus.
Seldom, if ever, does a college paper reflect the thought of many young people who never reach the door of the campus, but we can- not overlook the potentialities within this group, nor can we dis- regard completely those who, for some reason or other, fail to gradu- ate from college. Those who do complete their college course are only a small proportion of our population. In a democratic country this may seem to be unreasonable, and therefore, the educator can- not neglect to consider what dispensation should be made of the needs of this group.
It has been said that knowledge is not for the few, not even for the many, but for the whole population. The damage to the nation by letting into our colleges young people whom the faculty considers unfit, cannot be counted by faculty to be a menace to society. The danger is partly to professional ease and partly to the vicious intent of preserving a layer of superior, so called intellectual persons, call- ing themselves alumni.
Sieve—or—Service?
Some of our colleges are more like filtration plants than they are places of learning and lucky or unlucky is the student who filters through. We would not deny them the right of reasonable selectivity, but we cannot help calling attention to some of the defects in the method they employ. One of the most prominent of these is the failure to consider individuals. The entrance rules are established tor all comers. We have read of an old pufblic librarian of Dijon who became so full of the duty of ,promotin'g the reading of solid works, that he turned away all the wouldjbe readers of non-classical books. He gradu- ally grew sure that only the classics should be read. He refused , access to all other books. Then he was put in an asylum. We can hardly say there is such a trend today but if the educated person continues to remain in such a diminishing minority, there may be a general revolt against intellectuality by the masses who are de- prived of equal opportunity.
Suppose that public hospitals should select only those wbo< were most likely to respond to treatment, or the priest concern himself with those souls most easily saved, or the Y. M. C. A. and the Boy Scouts take in only the best. What kind of a world would we have in the future? It has been said that "the university has begged its money on the ground of being a civic church, a tree of life for the healing of a nation". We wonder if it has lived up to this claim?
Private institutions who receive their endowments from generous donors may want their money devoted to those who have the least need for the tutorial physician. But the State institutions, which tax the public for their funds, are responsible to a different group. The state university is an inherent part of democracy. When it is set up, the old theory of an aristocracy of brains goes into the limbo. The hospital's business is to care for the sick; the "welfare society's to guard the needy; the state's to cherish every citizen.
Men from every part of our nation and from every walk of life, have come out for the open door in education. William Lewis, Frank Boynton, President Roosevelt, and many others, including the Na- tional Education Association, have demanded that universities "stop slaughtering the freshmen and share with the public schools the task of making bricks out of straw". Our universities are obligated to share the responsibilities for all youth; they cannot sidestep their burden, for eventually it will catch up to them.
Education is a grave problem and it confronts the student as well as the administrator. What can we suggest? Would we be so bold as to ask the captains of commerce and industry, of law and medicine, of church and farm, to come into the classrooms and re- model our professorial minds? Would we bring our intellectual labor- atories to a common ground? Need we make our education applic- able to the facts of life or foster a parallelism between campus and office? Would we presume to suggest that those subjects which are difficult and inhilbitive, and not directly essential, be removed from the compulsory curriculum of the individual student, and that he find his own course in the field closest to his heart? Would it be asking too much to let the curriculum fit the1 student instead of fitting the student to the curriculum?
Is the average student so incompetent that he could not find his proper sphere if he were left to the dictates of his own conscience and the advice of his dean? Most young people of college age are out in the world earning their bread and butter and making their own.
decisions. It is not showing much faith in the student to say he is incompetent to do the same in college.
Perhaps some day there will be no blanket application of rules, which will place the new student in a rut at the beginning of his college career. Some colleges have already done away with general compusory courses. In many institutions they have resorted to the
"tutorial" and "honors" systems to make up for staff and class de- ficiencies. Some universities are making vocational-cultural experi- ments (Antioch) and some are abolishing formal class work (Chicago U.), which in themselves are masterful and brave steps in the progress of education.
System Stifles Initiative
That mythical great American student, that carefree, optomistic ever hopeful, playful character of college drama, enters college with a pioneering spirit of perserverence; a determined, do or die attitude, the fire to carry on, to create and recreate—a positive attitude! What happens? He makes his exit, sometimes -before graduation, a nega- tive, disillusioned, disheartened, confounded and sometimes a broken young man. He may have spent four years of social happiness, but all to often he thinks of it as four years of unsatisfactory work in subjects which he did not like, or which harrassed and irked his soul and deadened his spirit. He is no longer a creator; he knows all the theories >but none of the facts. His desire to further his own inclinations and develop his interests in line with his greatest at- tributes has been stifled by a system which has taken him out of his own realm and put him in some one else's shoes. He has learned how to cram for his weekly quiz but he hasn't a comprehensive idea a/bout anything. He is worried constantly a'bout his rating, the stand- ard for which has been set by some self appointed judge of his intellect.
The springtime of life is the most potential season of human development. If this period of growth is clogged or stunted by a discouraging or inhibiting process, then harvest time will not fill the coffers of this world's' goods with fully matured grains of humanity.
When our system is changed it should be a system which will be con- structive and at the same time enticing to the student and attractively interesting to future generations, with a just opportunity for all.
If we must become destructive in order to progress then let us tear down the old and destroy it. If it is only a renovation or a remodeling that our system requires, let us clean house now and stop our fiddling around while the "Rome" of the future burns, for the greatest enemy of progress is stagnation.
If we have an unquenchable desire, if we want more than any- thing else to make or lives count, then we will work for progress in education. We should not touck the administrator but help him. Some of us 'believe that intellectual integrity still exists in the classroom and out of it. We hope sincerely that our educators here and else- where will face these problems with a brutal frankness which has characterized the pioneering spirit which early pervaded this land of freedom. May we not, however, live by precedent alone but climb to greater heights through our willingness to discard our pet theories, our hand me down system, and plow a new furrow in the untrampled future which will yield a harvest of a better world to live in.
After all is said and done, even if our college education isn't of much practical value, except in certain fields, the student who is a"ble to conquor it should be a .tetter man, and in all probability will be a greater success in life. If a cultural background is of any benefit either in a practical way or from the point of view of personal satis- faction, (and perhaps we must admit in the final analysis that it may (be 'both, though to what extent we cannot say), then it is well worth the effort^and money expended.
It may be delbata'ble whether I am justified in my stand for a
"new deal" in education, but whether it is imcompatable with the views of others or not is of comparative unimportance; the important matter is the mere existence on the campus of a demand for a better system widespread enough to modify, perhaps decisively, our collegiate in- stitutions. There is no denying that it must come. Eventually the growth of this demand is bound to reach a magnitude great enough and significant enough to force the change. It does seem to me that it is already possible to prophesy the beginnings of this next advance.
Plan Fraternity
(Continued from page one) honorary organization for college men, who have been or are scouts or scouters.
Mr. Kauffman is attempting to make a survey of the sentiment on.
the campus. Those interested in establishment of a chapter on this campus may communicate With him by mail, stating name, rank in scout- ing and where affiliated before coming to Alfred. Also, those interested in learning more about the fraternity may do so by approaching Mr. Kauff- man.
Students Talk
Over Economics
(Continued from page one) two hundred dollars a month provided that he spends all of it in one month.
The main criticism of the plan was the sales taxes, which are the means pro- vided for raising the necessary money, would hamper trade and be a burden, on the low wage-earner.
The government plan for unemploy- ment insurance considers a reserve fund to 'be distributed among the un- employed in time of depression. Two- thirds of the fund is to be contributed by the employers, one-third by em- ployees. Howard Olsen pointed out a loophole by asking, "Wrhat would be done with the huge sum when it was collected? Would it be allowed to lay dormant?" Investment in govern- ment bonds, which are both liquid and sound, was the only preferred so- lution to this question. Professor Mc- Natt pointed out that it is hardly probable that a suitaible fund could be accumulated to take care of a major crisis.
The discussion wandered to the in- creased public debt and its effect on credit. Professor McNatt said that not so alarming was the thirty-four billion dollar public debt which we will have by 1936, as is the danger of constantly increasing this sum.
Time moved rapdily and words flew swiftly. Many raised voice in praise and in hope that others would catch this spark and continue discussions suitaible to college students.
Men's Shop Conducts
Big Clearance Sale
Special consideration will be given students and faculty of Alfred Uni- versity at the 15th annual clearar sale of Murray Steven's Men's Sh which opened today in Hornell, "
Stevens said Saturday. He has
#22,500 stock of merchandise of si overcoats, topcoats and other wear that has Ibeen cut from 35 to 50 per- cent. His store is located on Ganis- teo street across from the Tribune- Times and on Broadway across from the Elk's Club.
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Burditt Writes
AT THE MAJESTIC
A program of four outstanding feat- ures will be shown at the Majestic Theater in Hornell during the week starting tomorrow and lasting through next Tuesday. "The Secret Bride,"
with Barbara Stanwyck plays Wed- ' nesday and Thursday, while on Fri- I Miss Dorothy F. Eggert, a fresh- d ay a n d Saturday there is a double H l S t o r V im a n n e r e la st fall, was married Dec. feature, "Romance In Manhattan,"
(Continued from page one) in Footlights
18th to Mr. Jackson Smith Shultz.' with Ginger Rogers and Francis Mr. Shultz is a guide in the Adiron- Lederer and "Father Brown, Detec- to Mr. MacGowan
Across America.
Expressing his views of the move- ment, Prof. Burditt, wrote:
"The origin of the Little Theater is in the desire for artistic expression \ JI]
found in every normal human being.
It is an answer to a need.
"Its purpose is to answer this call for self-expression-writing, acting, constructing. In my opinion, its pur- pose is not to attack and deride the commercial theater, but to build an interest which will demand greater developments in our drama and
^theaters. I think both can flourish side by side.
"It has been accomplished, may I say, the formation of a widespread interest in better drama. It has brought good drama to many people, who, otherwise, could not have seen it.
"In my estimation the Little Thea- ter movement has progressed far be- yond the stage of fad or idea Practically all the larger universities today offer courses in playwriting.
"These courses come in direct answer to the demand of high schools j for teachers equipped to direct plays in high school.
"Considering the period over which they have been operating, America Little Theaters have and are doing things."
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Mrs. Wilcox, assistant Infirmary nurse, has returned to her post after three months absence.
Martha Cameron and Joyce Wan- maker, seriously ill before vacation, have resumed participation in Brick activities.
Mary Keppen, Mrs. Cortelyou and Major Lampman are the most recent patients in the Infirmary.
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Sororities Give Winter Formals
Pi Alpha Pi's annual winter formal took place last Saturday night a t So- cial Hall. Russ White's orchestra helped to make t h e occasion success- ful. The many guests included were:
Saxone Ward, Vera Western, Ernestine and Bernadine Barry, Dorothea Dun- ton, Helen Root, Esie Mae Hall, Doris Coates, and Aerolene Albee.
The were chaperoned by: Professor and Mrs. McNatt, Coach and Mrs. Mc- Lane, Dean and Mrs. Holmes, Mrs.
Camp, and Miss Larkin.
Slight refreshments were' served during intermission.
Sigma Chi Nu danced to t h e rhythm of the Ramblers at their annual winter formal held a t their house, Sat- urday night. Prior to the dance they enjoyed a formal dinner a t tSocial Hall. They were chaperoned toy Dr.
and Mrs. Nease, Dr. and Mrs. Seid- lin, Mrs. Ellis, and Mrs. Saunders.
Jane Hawk, Kay Davis, and Margaret Place were the included guests.
Theta Chi Has 1 5 th Birthday
Toasts, characterizing the aims of the sorority, were the feature of the 15th annual Birthday Banquet of Theta Theta Chi held at the house Saturday evening, which was largely attended by alumni, honorary and active members.
The program opened with the din- ner which was immediately followed by toasts, depicting t h e various phases of the life of the sorority.
Each phase represented a book, in- cluding the divisions, drama, humor and romance.
Miss Ruth Whitford, '26, was toast- mistress. The Misses Mary Brown Allen, Marion Clements, Margaret Barvian and Imogene Hummel, pre- sented the various devisions.
Co-chairmen in charge of the ban- quet were the Misses Elizabeth Hallen- beck and Thelma Bates.
Announce Plan
Of Cooperation
(Continued from page one) the students will know where their money will he wisely spent.
Charles D. Henderson, business manager of the Kanakadea and adver- tising manager of t h e Fiat Lux, who is behind this policy, and who has been in direct contact with Hornell and Wellsville merchants for the past two years states:
"For the past two years I have been soliciting advertising for either t h e Fiat or the Kanakadea and am in a position to know the sentiment of the merchants and business men of both Hornell and Wellsville. Unfortunately it has not' always been favorable. A condition of this kind no matter how minor it may be is deplorable to any school, and its existence can easily be removed toy the co-operation of each and every student.
"In order to eliminate this feeling on the part of those1, who perhaps righteously maintain it, the business staff of t h e Kanakadea and the Fiat, have inaugurated a plan which they hope will prove itself worthwhile.
"The plan is as follows: each mer- chant subscribing to advertise in either the Fiat or the Kanakadea will be given a certificate to display in his window. This certificate is to act as a guide to students when making purchases. The certificate will denote that t h e merchant has co-operated with the students in making possible their publications and is a worthy sup- porter of Alfred activities. A fac- simile of this certificate appears in the Fiat.
"In return for his suppor vie- are asking students of Alfred University to patronize these merchants when they are doing shopping. It will in- flict no hardship on anyone to walk into t h e store displaying t h e certi- ficate and at the same time will as- sist greatly in restoring a better spirit of friendship [between student and merchant.
"Let us as students of Alfred Uni- versity c,o-operate in this move to establish co-operation, build up a steadfast rfiendship, which will re- main in succeeding years, and prove to ourselves as well as others, that we a r e capable of playing t h e game and are grateful as a body to those who support us."
SPOTLIGHTS
Gay, lilting songs, the ace hits of 1934; hilarious comedy by the campus cut-ups; romance by Lanny Ross and Helen Mack; cheers for the beautiful girls who are something to cheer about
That's college life as pictured in
"College Rhythm" which is being shown by Alfred Cooperative Pictures Thursday night from 7 until 11 in Alumni Hall.
Headliners who parade across the screen in "College Rhythm" are Joe Penner (wanna buy a duck?), Lanny Ross, Jack Oakie, Helen Mack, Lyda Roberti, Mary Brian, George Barbee and the "All-American Co-eds!"
The "Old Bugler", a Chic Sale com- edy; "Mickey's Gala Premiere", with the long tailed friend of millions of
movie fans, Mickey Mouse; and a newsreel—these are the side-dishes for the evening's show.
The type of picture changes with Saturday night's performance, as the Cooperative show plays "Marie Gal- ante" starring Kettie Galian, a new French star. The plot is crammed with action.
"Marie Galante" has been described j by one critic as "one of the most vivid
! and interesting of Secret Service i stories." The story deals with the
| trials of a French girl who is taken to Panama against her will.
To Begin Series
Of Chapel Talks
During the week of Jan.' 14, Chap- lain McLeod deals with the general subject, "Our Deepening Faith". On Monday he spoke on the topic: "Does College Strengthen One's Religion?"
Today he began a series of three talks on "Beliefs That Matter". This morning the subject was "I Believe in Man"; Wednesday will be, "I Be- lieve in God", Thursday, "I Believe in Truth". Friday's talk will be a dis- cussion of the subject: "What Makes a College Christian?"
Faculty Members Recover From Attacks of Illness
Among the members of the faculty who are convalescing from illness are Professor Albert Ringo of the Lan- guage Department and Dr. Lloyd Wat- son, Director of Research.
Professor Ringo has returned to his ! home from the Arnold Ogden Memor-' ial Hospital, Elmira, where he under-:
went an operation during Christmas >
vacation. He resumed his duties as) Professor of Spanish, yesterday.
Dr. Lloyd Watson is confined to the
The Brick is planning a radio party for Friday night, Jan. IS, in Social Hall. The girls a r e buying a large numiber of new records to be used when the radio fails.
Miss Frances Douglas, president of the Brick, will not return to the campus until the 'beginning of next semester. It is hoped that by then, she will have fully recovered from her illness.
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French patriots sold thousands or tons of cynanide to the Germans dur- ing the war, shipping via Italy until 1915, then via Switzerland.
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REPORTER
juestion: "In your opinion are ternities a necessity at Alfred?
)EAN ALFRED WHITFORD says,
"I would not say that fraternities are an absolute necessity at Alfred, but they are greatly desirable in that they provide satisfactory housing for congenial groups of men. Probably the chief reason for the introduction of social fraternities into Alfred life was the need of more and better liv- ing conditions for the increasing stu- dent body. If fraternities were to be abolished in Alfred now, t h e Univer- sity would be greatly embarrassed by the lack of suitable rooming and eat- ing places for the men."
EVELYN ZEILER, a senior says,
"Not only are fraternal organizations not a necessity at Alfred but a detri- mental factor in community life. To my mind an organization which con- siders itself 'best' next to nothing—is a hot-bed of nationalism. On a cam- pus as small as ours, dormitories would toe much better they would not albolish t h e forming of eliques.
Although they would bring about a more comradely spirit among these groups."
OLAF LUNDBERG, a senior, be- lieves that fraternities are a needless expense and are causes for ill-feeling on the campus of a small college.
They may readily be classed as a luxury rather than a necessity.
ED BREWSTER, a junior, thinks that fraternities at Alfred are not a necessity, but that they can be a dis- tinct asset to any college. Fratern- ities go far in making the type of col- lege life that a prospective student desires. However, Alfred existed be- fore such organizations and could now benefit greatly if there was a better feeling among, and a more united effort of, these groups for the welfare of our university.
FRANCIS McANDREWS, a junior, believes that the common opinion of the administration seems to be that Alfred would progress faster without fraternities on the campus. The fact remains, however, that the stu- dents acquire something from fratern- al relationships which is not gained elsewhere in his college career. May- be "frats" are not a necessity but surely they are a benefit.
METRO MICKRITZ, a freshman says, "The abolition of fraternities in Alfred would create a deeper and greater school spirit. This condition would only be possible if more dorm- itories were erected. Friendship, the appreciation for the property of others, and a unified movement would replace the cliques and common rivalry among the fraternities."
ROBERT BRUNNS, a freshman, be- lieves fraternities to be a necessity!
because they provide the answer to the rooming problems which may face. Fraternities are apparently re- sponsible for many friendships that probably would not otherwise be acquired. Fraternal friendships will help in later life also.
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