Forum Presents Cornelia Otis Skinner Tonight

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Students Sleep, Spend

Students slept more hours, spent thousands of dollars, attended many parties and dances and made a few resolutions during the Holiday Sea- son. Story is on page 4.

THE FIAT LUX

Student Netvspaper of Alfred University

Postoffice Renovated

A vastly different postoffice greeted students at their return to campus last week-end. Additional boxes were installed and all locks were changed.

Read the story on page 4.

VOL. XXVIII NO. 14 TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941, ALFRED, N. Y.

Office phone: 29-Y-lll

Student Box Holder

New Play Tryouts Held

Twenty-nine students will be cast this week in roles of the

"Family Portrait" as result of tryouts which will be concluded tomorrow afternoon.

The play, to be presented by the Footlight Club and Theta Alpha Phi,

•will be directed by Professor C. Dur- yea Smith III of the speeoh and dra- matic production department. No date has been set for the production, but it will undoubtedly be given in )ate February or early March.

Family Portrait, a Broadway suc- cess by Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan, is a story concerning the life of the family of Jesus.

Exam Schedule Released By Registrar's Office

Conflicts on the examination schedule, according to an an- nouncement by Registrar Waldo A. Titsworth, should be reported to his office not later than tomor- row.

Review days are scheduled for Mon- day and Tuesday of next week and will be followed by the opening of the examination period on the next day.

Special examination periods for the i following courses are listed and stu- i dents should note these changes.

Business 13 and 33; Ceramics' 103, 105, 113, and 121; Chemistry 1, 5, 11, 71, and 77; Education 31, 51 and 71;

Final tryouts for the Footlight Club production, "Family Por- trait," will be held in Alumni Hall, Wednesday afternoon from three to six o'clock. All students of the Univesity and the Agricul- tural School are eligible regard- less of previous experience.

In addition to acting there is also opportunity for students in- terested in stagecraft, lighting, costuming or make-up.

Past productions of the Footlight

€lub and Theta Alpha Pi include "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder; "The In- spector-General" by Gogol; "What Every Woman Knows" by James Bar- rie; and "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis.

Sorority Rushing Starts

The Greek women of the three sororities will begin formal rush- ing of the freshman and transfer women immediately following the semester vacation.

The open season will include din- ners and Friday night parties arrang- ed' by the Intersorority Council. Si- lent period will begin following the last Sunday dinner and will last until bids have been accepted on Tuesday.

Article V of the constitution of the Intersorority Council states in part:

Sec. 1. A Rushee is defined as meaning a Freshman woman or trans- fer.

Sec. 2. Rushing season: (a)

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There shall be a closed period of the first semester. At the end of this time rushing shall be done in an open period, (b) Open period shall be the first two weeks of the second semes- ter . . . . (e) Open season' shall in- clude entertainment, with expense, at the house, to be arranged by the council during the closed season.

Instructions concerning bidding and pledging are included in Article VI of the council constitution as printed in the Frosh Handbook.

English 1, 13 and 21; French 1 and 21; German 1; History 1; Industrial Mechanics 1, 3 and 31; Mathematics 3, 5, 15 and 71; Mineralogy; Music 5;

Petrography 1; Physics 5, 11, 31 and 41; Psychology 11; Public Speaking 1; Sociology 31 and 41; and Spanish 1.

Instructors will arrange for the times of the following examinations or any other examinations not includ- ed in this

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schedule:

All tutorial courses irrespective, of department, Biology 120; Business and Secretarial 11, 31, 35 and 51; Chem- istry 120; English 65, Industrial Me- chanics 11 and 27, Latin 80, Physics 37 and 38, Public Speaking 13 and 35, Spanish 31.

EXAMINATION SCHEDULE

First Semester 1940-1941 DATE | 9:00 A. M. - 12:00 P. M.

Wednesday January 22

Thursday January 23 Friday January 24

Monday January 27 Tuesday January 28

* Wednesday January 29 Thursday January 30 Friday January 31

T. Th. 8 o'clock classes Chemistry 71

English 1 (all sections) English 13

Sociology 41

Mathematics 3 (both sections) Mathematics 5 (all sections) Mathematics 15 (all sections) Ceramics 121

History 1 (both sections) Industrial Mechanics 1

(all sections) Ceramics 113

English 21 (both sections) German 1 (all sections) Chemistry 77

French 21 (both sections) Physics 5 (both sections) Physics 11 (both sections) Spanish 1 (both sections) M. W. F. 9 o'clock classes Ceramics 105

T. Th. 10 o'clock classes Sociology 31

M. W. F. 1:45 o'clock classes German 11 (section .1)

2:00 P. M. - 5:00 P. M.

M. W F. 8 o'clock classes Business 13

Ceramics 103 (both sections) Physics 31

Education 51 (both sections) Education 71

Industrial Machanics 3 and 31 Speech 1 (both sections M. W. F. 11:30 o'clock classes German 11 (sections 2 and 3)

Chemistry 1

Chemistry 5 (both sections) Chemistry 11 (all sections) Psychology 11

M. W. F. 10 o'clock classes Business 33

Education 31 French 1

Mineralogy (both sections) T. Th. 9 o'clock classes Mathematics 71

Petrography 1 Physics 41

T. 11:30 o'clock classes T. Th. 1:45 o'clock classes Music 5

Student Draftees Urged To Report To Registrar

A - call requesting information re- garding students who have received draft questionnaires and have been classified has been received from the National Committee on Education and Defense. This committee is spon- sored by the American Council on Education.

This information is being obtained from colleges throughout the country and will be used in support of legis- lation now pending before Congress for the passage of a bill providing for deferment of all college students from military service until after gradua- tion.

Since this is a matter of great in- terest to the individual student con- cerned as well as to the University,

Photo Course Added 2nd Semester

Camera enthusiasts will wel- come the addition of a three hour course in photography to be con- ducted by Dr. Alfred T. Goble of the physics department, for the first time next semester, it was re- vealed today by the Registrar's Office.

The course will be limited to not more than 16 students, each of whom must be equipped with his own camera and enlarger. There will be (two hours of lecture on Tuesday and Thursday at 9 o'clock, while hours will be arranged for a laboratory period.

Use will be made of the dark room in Physics Hall in connection with this course.

The purpose of the course, accord- ing to Dr. Goble, will be to teach the fundamentals of photography, rather j than to produce finished photog-

raphers, as one semester is too short a time in which to acquire proficiency in the field.

A study will be made of cameras, enlargers, developers, films, and

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papers. Experimentation will be con- ' ducted and some assignments made,

but much will be left to the choice of the individual.

Kanakadea Leases j Contract To

DuBois Press

DuBois Press in Rochester has again received the printing contract for the Kanakadea, announced Seymour Barr '41 today.

This year a letter press process, using a tri-metal plate instead of the usual copper plate will be employed.

In former years, the book has been printed by the off-set process.

RECEIVES MATH POSITION

Esther Gent '40 has obtained a position as instructor in mathematics and science at Roselleville High School, a part of the Albany School

all men who have received question- naires or who will receive them in the future are asked to give this informa- tion to the Registrar—draft number, address of local board, and classifica- tion of local board.

IS SECRETARY NOW

Esther Davis '39, graduate of the college secretarial course at the Ro- chester Business Institute, 'has ob- tained a position with the Eastman Kodak Company at Rochester.

CAMPUS CURTS

INDIES MEET TOMORROW At 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening the Independents will hold a meeting in Room 2 of the Green Block. President Arthur Petri '42 has requested the atten- dance of all members of the organ- ization.

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CAMPUS JOBS AVAILABLE All men interested in obtaining positions with summer camps are asked to register with Dean M. Ellis Drake.

This should be done so that when calls come in for such jobs, Dean Drake will have access to those in- terested.

Noted Diseuse to Give Solo Dramatic Sketches

Tonight at 8:15 in Alumni Hall, Cornelia Otis Skinner, famous actress, author, and radio artist, will present a varied program of her original solo dramatic sketches. For a number of years she has been so successful as author, producer, and sole performer of her dramas that she has held unchallenged the title of "the greatest single attraction of the American theatre".

TO DISCUSS BURMA ROAD

Actual conditions along the Burma Road will be described and illustrated by the Reverend Cleon Green at the Ag School Assembly Friday morning at 11 o'clock. For H years Reverend Green teas a missionary in China.

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TO DISCUSS FRENCH THEATRE

The French Theatre will be dis- cussed at the monthly meeting of the French Club at Social Hall Wednesday evening at 8:15 o'clock. Harold John- son '41 is in charge of the program.

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TO HOLD MEETING

St. Pat's board will hold a meeting Thursday at 7:00 P. M. in the Cer- amic lounge, as announced by Jack Haecker '41.

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FIAT MEETS WEDNESDAY The Fiat Lux staff will meet in the Fiat Office in Burdick Hall, Wed- nesday evening at seven o'clock.

Dairy Building Sees Changes

Students returning from vacation found many changes in the Dairy Building of the Ag School.

The most drastic change was the shifting of Prof. E. Myers' office to another part of the building, and the conversion of the old office into a bottle washing room. A bottle washer with a capacity of fifty cases per hour was purchased and installed in the old office.

This room takes care of the wash- ing of the bottles, milk cans, steri- lization. This change is only one of many. The salesroom has been made smaller in order to further consoli- dation and to provide a more con- venient workroom. This operation has made the dairy laboratory larger, and has also made possible the in- stallation of new equipment.

A new incubator has been added, and the NYA boys have built a cheese starter cabinet for the Dairy Manufacturing students. In addition to these changes, the whole Dairy building is being repainted.

Cornelia Otis Skinner

.Noted actress, author, and radio artist, will present a program of solo dramatic sketches for third Forum of the season.

CAA Students Take X-Country Flying Trips

Five CAA students have taken their cfoss-eountry flights, four of them having completed their solo cross-country trip.

Mario Carota '41, Haik Kavookjian*

'42, Bert Richmond '41, and Richard Humphrey '41, as the most advanced students, are the soloists, while Albert Ripley '41 has just' completed his duo.

Jack Pryor, flying instructor, be- lieves that seven or eight of the air- men will have completed their course in a week if the weather remains favorable. The rest, he hopes, will be through by midi-February, although the deadline was originally set for the end of February.

Applications for Civilian Pilot train- ing courses for next term are accepted already. The new term is expected to begin as soon as all first-term stu- dents have completed their course.

ATTEND MEETINGS

President J. Nelson Norwood left Thursday to attend to University busi- ness and denominational business in Plainfield,, New Jersey, over the week- end. Dean and Mrs. A. J. C. Bond will be in attendance at the same meetings in Plainfield.

INFORMATION PLEASE:

Library Desk Now Information Desk

Kieran, Adams and Levant of Information Please fame would find Ifcmple use for their knowledge if they spent even one day behind the desk of the Alfred Carnegie Library.

A liberal arts junior, after talk- ing to the Librarian, Miss Ruth Greene, has come to the conclu- sion that scarecly a day goes by that some humorous or strange inquiry is not presented. "Some of the questions asked certainly are unusual," Miss Greene says,

"but we can almost always supply the desired information and it makes our work very interesting."

Requests Are Unusual

"Take, for example," this stu- dent says, "the case of the stu- dent who wanted to know, had to know in fact, the telephone n u m b e r of our Republican friend. Wendell Willkie. It was necessary to procure this num-

ber as a part of the student's initiation into one of the fraterni- ties. A New York City Telephone Directory was put into use and the number found without much further difficulty, to the great re- lief of the pledge, I'm sure.

"One especially foresighted in- dividual demanded to know on what day Easter will fall in 1950.

Demand Data .

"Another query was that of West Point Cadet measurements.

Someone wanted to see a picture of the New York State Seal. Data on the percentage of population in the United States served by public water supply was request- ed, as well as the election returns by states in 1936.

"We may wonder why in the world such knowledge should be valuable, but of course, to the per- son wanting it, it is. With per- fect faith and unconcern he or she turns to the library for aid, and it is a tribute to that organization that he does so.

Ask Many Questions

"Forthwith are presented some of the other questions that have been ,asked recently: a list of the Nobel winners in chemistry from 1901 to the present; map showing the principal oil fields in the United States; material of the unknown Soldier; Who were the Master-Singers? In what book does the character of Mrs. Ara- belle Transome appear? Who are the members of the Federal Loan Bank Board? What are the qualifications for voting in Vir- ginia? How does one apply for a Rhodes Scholarship? A list of all women's organizations in the United States, legends of garden flowers, and many others.

"And then there was the blase

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individual who approached the desk and wanted to know, "When do the trains leave for New York?" But Miss Greene only smiles and says that it's fun and they don't mind being considered a general information bureau."

Daughter of the famous and beloved actor. Otis Skinner, she was so well- known that she had great difficulty in getting a start on the stage and was compelled to create her own dramatic medium. Although she has appeared in full-length solo dramas in the past, her program tonight will made up of a variety of short sketches, humorous, pathetic, tender, and satirical in turn.

Creates Illusion

Although she is the only person on the stage, the other purely imaginary characters in her little dramas are brought to life so vividly that the audience is completely carried away by the illusion.

There is perhaps no exact name for her unique art. The word "mono- logist" having proven unsatisfactory, critics have fallen back on such terms as "ljnono-actress" and "diseuse" to describe her dramatic portrayals.

Studied In Paris

Starting at the age of 15 as Lady Macbeth in a school production of Shakespeare's tragedy, Miss Skinner studied dramatic art intensively in Paris and then returned to this country to make her way in the theatre.

She has appeared on the stage in nearly every state of the Union, in addition to tours of Canada, the West Indies, South America, and Europe.

Aside from her great accomplish- ments in the theatre, her articles ap- pear often in the magazines and she is the author of several popular books, including "Tiny Garments," "Excuse It, Please!" and "Dithers and Jitters".

Footlight Club Holds Initiation

Footlight Club officers were elected and thirty-one new mem- bers were initiated at a meeting Wednesday evening in Alumni Hall.

Betty Tim Kaiser '41 was. elected president; Harold Johnson '41, vice- president;'Eleanor Cole '41, secretary;

Margaret Aylor '43, historian; Paul Pettit '42 business manager; Stanton Langworthy '42 sergeant-at-arms

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; and William Warr, Jr., '41 publicity man- ager.

Prof. C. Duryea Smith, III, of the speech and dramatic production de- partment, appointed heads of the various departments aa follows: Glenn Mudge '40, stage manager; Norman Em den '41, lighting manager; Gwen Hill '41 and William Warr, Jr., '41, make-up co-chairmen; and Patricia Cragg '43, costume manager.

The new Club members* are Joan- Arnold '42, Margaret Aylor '43, Betty Baldridge '42, Frank Bukowski '41, Eleanor Cole '41, Patricia Cragg '43, Arthur Crapsey '42, Norman Emden '41, Coulson Hageman '42, Harold Johnson '41, Kenneth Kleinman '42, and Courtney Lawson '42.

Lee Linhoff '43, Henry Meckoskle '42, Jean Merritt '42, Paul Pettie '42, Frank Pistek '41, Al Regenbrecht '48, August Roeder '41, Bertram Rosenson '42, Ruth Rogers '43, Norman Ruder- man '43, Irving SatteL '41, Louise Schaffirt '41, William Schuster '43, Muriel Strong '43, Charles Taylor '43, Mary Walker '43, William Warr, Jr.

'41, Sherman Watson '43, and Donald Wattles '43.

Agonies Scripts Due Friday

With several scripts still in prepar-

ation, the committee for the selection

of an "Agonies of 1941" script has de-

cided to extend the time limit to Fri-

day noon

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PAGE TWO THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N. Y. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941

The Fiat Lux Rockne defense traps Campus Camera

Student Weekly Newspaper of Alfred University

Published every Tuesday of the school year by a student ttaff. Offices on ground floor of Burdick Hall. Entered as lecond-class matter October 9, ISIS, at the postofflce In Alfred, N. ¥., under Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription tt.50 yearly.

Member of the Intercollegiate Newspaper Association of the Middle Atlantic States and Associated Collegiate Press.

Represented for national advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc., hZO Madison Ave., New York City, N. Y.

SOPHIA PERRY Editor-in-Chief

GEORGE V. WARD Business Manager

BOARD OP EDITORS : Don Wattles, sports; Jane Colberg, society ; Alan Parks, editoral page ; Eric Schirokauer, NYSA.

COPY DESK: Audrey Place, Moe Cohen, George Hyams, Nor- man Ruderman.

REPORTERS : Al Friedlander, Rhoda Ungar, William Parry, Mary Walker, Peggy Olney, Courtney Lawson, Louis San- tucci, Joseph Gorman, Ernie Nadelstein, Irv Sattrell, Robert Moebus '43, Louis Tomassetti '42, Adele Harms '42, Raymond Dry 44, Jean Tucker '44, Robert Williams '44, Harvey Robil- lard '44, Loren Manchester '44, Jean Liehtenberg '44, Wilma Stever '42, Kathryn Kirchhoff '42, Eileen Murphy '42, Maurice J. Smith '42, Mathilda Nojelm '42, Paul Timmel "42.

BUSINESS STAFF—Advertising Manager, Edwin Szybillo '42.

Circulation Manager, Sally Jane Morris ' 4 2 ; Secretary, Bea- trice Nash ' 4 2 ; Alumni Circulation, Carl Kahn ' 4 3 ; Staff Members, Carole Sheldon '41, Cliff Reader '43, Eugenie Reb '43, Rachel Peterson '43, Margaret Ames '43, Jean Gates '44, Wil- liam Cottrell '44, George Adam* •»*

Wanted: better conduct

The fact that there are to be no assemblies until the beginning of the new semester sug- gests to us that this might be a good time to wash the old slate clean and begin anew.

No one can deny that the late arrival of students, freshmen and sophomores, in particu- lar, for assembly produces considerable noise and creates a general impression of disorder and carelessness. Just what impression would an outsider have of Alfred University if the school were to be judged by the conduct in the as- semblies ?

Probably the major reason why students come to assembly late is that they like to go to the post office and get their mail before as- sembly. We do not think they are to be con- demned for this practice. Many students are relatively close to the pdktoffice at the conclusion of the ten o'clock class, probably much closer than they would be after they arrived at Alumni Hall. Another point, too, in favor of their going to the postoffice first is that Alumni Hall is cen- trally located in regard to the various campus living quarters. Inhabitants of the Brick and Bartlett, worst offenders since they have to sit in assigned seats in the front of the auditorium, are very near to their residences when in Alumni Hall.

As for the rest of the campus, carelessness may be a major cause of tardiness. The fact remains, however, that students like to go to the postoffice before assembly, and the result is a noisy, disorderly opening of assembly. We are not trying to reform students, but in our appeal for better conducted assemblies, we wonder if students might make a special effort to be punctual. Ten minutes should be time enough.

If the administration were to make a ruling that students who were not in Alumni Hall by that time be barred from assembly for that day, and, therefore, receive cuts for non-attendance, assembly could begin promptly and there would be no late-comers to interfere with the procedure of the program. It might be possible that the Student Senate would be willing to cooperate in this project by stationing students whose duty will be to close^ie doors at eleven o'clock promptly and adflfl • t o e thereafter.

In conjunction^wflw our plea, we would like to urge that the rising of the students at the beginning of the hour be more unified.

Perhaps just the fact that everyone would be present on time would eliminate this problem, but in case it didn't, we suggest that the dim- ming of the lights might be an appropriate signal.

Our ambition is better conducted assem- blies and with your cooperation, we can have them.

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Minds matter most

Possibly a better-late-than-never argument justifies the extension of our New Year's wishes to the entire campus at this time. In a more serious vein, however, it might be well to con- sider what 1941 may mean in Alfred.

If we were going to speak about New Year's Resolutions for 1941 (and we're not), we might tell you that you should study hard for the exams which are coming soon, that you should make the most of all your opportunities here, that you should keep in mind the fact that this year, like the one which has just passed, will be filled with national crisis. We promise, how- ever, not to talk of resolutions, but we would like to leave this as our message.

In the days which are to come, filled as they will be with great tragedy, remember that edu- cation, the intangible that has been greatly revered for many centuries, will be not only of great worth but will be one of the few things that will endure.

Consider for a moment what defense means to you. With the intensity of defense programs all about, each should have a reasonably clear ' conception of the meaning of defense. But with the intensity of these emergency measures comes avoiding of all personal definitions.

Admirals and generals will make the defi- nitions which count. "What they coiisider to be defense battles will be fought as such. Civilian ideas will be given the traditional respect ac- corded to a buck

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private's.

Thousands of these buck privates will be men who not so long ago declared they would bear arms only in the event our nation were invaded. Some are learning army manoeuvers on skiis to protect the sanctity of our mountain ranges, while their service brothers are being transferred to the new third fleet (which can be recalled to the Great Lakes in time of need).

The Revolutionary War was the first and last war of defense our armies fought; today we maintain defense forces in the Canal Zone and on island possessions alone. The Navy Day is- sue of Life pointed out that the U. S. NaVy has absolutely no strategy or training for defensive actions.

Alarmists infer aggression towards the U. S.

in the Battle of England. They tell us to as- sume our country is on a blitzkrieg check-list.

This is the excuse being offered now for con- tinuous forcing moves which may terminate in actual U. S. aggression. Diplomatic actions re- ceive public notice first as news flashes ordinar- ily, but it is a perfectly normal patriotic re- action to accept these official actions, regardless of our international views. Thus ideas are ef- fectively changed by the need for loyal approval of state decisions.

Hitler will ieither continue to ignore, as far as military action goes, what he oratorically considers war acts, or he may be forced to answer action with action. In either , event, none of the millions eager to defend their coun- try will ever realize that aspiration. A Knute Rockne defense which scores international touch- downs can be justified, but only by a trapping of ideals. Mass frustration is ahead when the trap, instead of the aspiration, is realized; and that is the greatest tragedy.—A, P.

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, ^A library, oddity at Washington State Col- lege is the "smallest Bible in the world".

The tiny volume—only one and one-half inches long and a half-inch thick — contains the full text of both Old and New Testaments.

So small is the print that the Bible is equipped with a miniature magnifying glass flitted into the back of the binding.

The Bible is a replica of the family Bible of William Shakespeare, which is preserved in

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the Shakespeare memorial at Stratford-on-Avon.

The Bible also contains a facsimile of Shake- speare's family records.—ACP

College TOWN-

BY THE EDITORS

"How to cure a cough" in one easy lesson was demonstrated last week by the Ag School's Senior Class President, Herb Bense, assisted by interventionist Senator Fritz Seegart.

With no evil intentions, on the contrary his only aim being to relieve the tortured throat of his boss, Seegart most diplomatically indi- cated an unlabelled bottle containing a non-de- script fluid, as a possible means to achieve such aim.

Herb, blindly confiding in the medical knowledge of his educated friend and not real- izing the fallacy of human ingenuity, poured himself out a goodly measure of the obscure liquid. But the liquid was not destined to reach the digestive tract of the President, who had sud- denly and unexpectedly turned into a foun- tain '

When Herb told us this, enjoyable episode last week, he wasn't quite sure whether he en- gulfed cough syrup or shaving lotion.—Mystery number one, we think.

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In line with the various war relief funds now established Moe Cohen and James Hollings- worth announce a fund for the relief of starving mice in Burdick Hall. This has been a severe winter on our poor furred-friends and all aid will be cheerfully accepted in Room 24 Burdick Hall or at the various centers about the Campus.

Senator Ipswitch underwrites this fine cam- paign and voices his assurance that all contri- butions will move through the proper channels to their destination; none of the donations will find their way to enemy camps is the further assurance of the two man committee in charge of:

"WAR RELIEF FOR STARVING MICE IN BURDICK HALL".

CHICAGO, IN 1935 TO.ST ED 499 SUOCESSIVE FREE

THROWS / 4 0 0 0 SPECTATORS WTCHED

HIM PERFORM THE FEAT.

EACH YEAR.

THE PLEDGES OF KAPPA PHI

LAMBDA AT WEST- MINSTER CPLLE6E^r

ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE S O

6ALL0NS OF • APPLE-BUTTER/

BUCKSHOT

THERE ARE 9 9 COLLE&ES

146 COLLEGES FOR. WOMEN AND 4 2 4 GO-ED INSTITUTIONS I N THE U S . INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL, NEGRO JUNIOR AND NORMAL SCHOOLS THE TOTAL IS 1.709.

Dorms, sororities hold Stocks in social life

By Jane Colberg

Trading is heavy on the local dance exchange these two weeks, with the two dormitories and the three sororities as chief stock-holders. Dating is steady, and everyone has a share in the fun!

Sigma Chi Nu sorority's Winter 'Formal Saturday evening at Social Hall opened the market. Dinner by candlelight, an innovation for winter formats, was served at 6:30 o'clock and dancing to the music of Johnny Harris and his Buffalo band followed later in the evening.

' Among the guests were Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Seidlin, Miss Lydia Conover, Miss Ruth Stanton, and Dr. and Mrs. G. Stewart Nease.

Gwendolyn Hill '42 was a guest from Theta Theta Chi sorority and Marjorie Russell '42 from Pi Alpha Pi. Social chairman, Alice Schry- ver '42, was assisted by Claudia Wheeler '41, Ruth Lang '41 and Sally Jane Morris '^2.

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Theta Theta Chi Sorority will entertain at its winter informal next Friday evening with a sleigh ride, followed by dancing to the house sound Eystem. Betty Tim Kaiser '41 is chairman of the affair.

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Delta Sigma Phi held formal in- itiation at 11 o'clock Sunday morn- ing for Lewis Raynor '4%, Gilbert Brinnier '43, Bob Burton '42, Frank Cermak '43, Bob Todd '42, Jack Wall '4$, and Patrick Selese '43.

The initiation was followed by a, formal dinner. Ed Schleiter '41, and Harold Weaver '42 were in charge.

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"Red" Dyteman '39 and John Bryan '39 were week-end guests of Kappa Psi Upsilon.

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Theta Gamma fraternity enter- tained at dinner Sunday for Direc- tor and Mrs. Paul Orvis.

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Pi Alpha Pi sorority will hold its annual Winter Formal Saturday evening at Social Hall. Music for dancing will be furnished by Andy Grillo and his band. Faculty guests will be Prof, and Mrs. W. M. Bur- ditt, Prof, and Mrs. Burdet Crofoot, Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Rice, and Miss Nelle Saunders.

Marjorie Russell '42, Social Chair- man, is chairman of the dance.

SOCIAL NEW YEAR

The Student Life Committee (has just released the Social Calendar for the

winter and spring of 1941.

It follows:

Jan. 14

17

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18

Exams

Feb. 8

8 8 11 15 15 15 22 28 Mar. 1

1 1 3-7 10-11 15 20-21

22 28 Apr. 12 12 12 18 19 26

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Theta Chi Informal Bartlett Dance

Pi Alpha Winter Formal Lambda Chi Pledge Dance Delta Sig Pledge Dance Kappa Psi Pledge Dance AUCA Movie

Klan Pledge Dance Kappa Delta Pledge Dance Kappa Nu Pledge Dance Intersorority Ball

WSG Dance

Pi Alpha Pledge Dance Sigma Chi Pledge Dance Theta Chi Pledge Dance French Week

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Freshman-Sophomore Parties (Junior Dance)

St. Pat's

Pi Alpha Birthday Banquet

Spring Vacation Klan Open House Kappa Psi Open House Delta Sig Open House Lambda Chi Open House Newman Club

Brick Formal

initia- 2:30

Klan Alpine jfcjfa formal tion Sunday aVHrnoon a o'clock for Elton Gamble ' Dave Armant '42.

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Theta Gamma fraternity will entertain Friday evening with a novel poverty dance from 8-11 o'clock.

Faculty guests will be Prof, and Mrs. T. A. Parish, Prof, and Mrs.

Win. Harrison, and Prof, and Mrs.

Robert Brooks.

Harry Gass, chairman, will have as his committee Dan Mulane, Fritz Seegert and Charles Conine.

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Klan Alpine had as its guests Sunday, Merle Parker '40 and Charles Casamo '40.

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Charles "Cecil" McNeilly was honored last Wednesday evening at a birthday party at Kappa Delta fraternity.

The full moon shining in all its splendor provided the inspiration for the Brick's Winter Semi-Formal Saturday evening from 8-12 o'clock.

Deep blue crepe paper, silver stars and streamers, and laughling yel- low moons created a moonlit atmo- sphere. Highlight of the decora- tions was a huge silver comet su- spended from the stairs.

Faculty guests were Prof, and Mrs. W. M. Burditt. Dean and Mrs.

M. Ellis Drake, Prof, and Mrs. K.

B. Floyd, Mrs. Vida Titsworth, and Dean Dora K. Degen.

Co-chairmen Pat Cvagg '43 and Rhoda Large '44 were

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assisted by Rachel Peterson '^B. Caroline Cap- per '44. Janet Austin '4B, Glena Jagger '43, and Margaret Aylor '4$.

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Bartlett dormitory will celebrate Saturday evening from 8-12 o'clock with a sleigh ride and dance.

Sleighs will ^J^rt from the Brick and return later to Bartlett for dancing and refreshments.

Faculty guests will include Prof, and Mrs. K. O. Myrvaagnes, Prof, and Mrs. C. Duiyea Smith III, Dean Dora K. Degen and Mrs. Charles Burdett.

The committee of Mervin Rob- erts, social chairman, will include Jack Powell '44, Tom Knapp, Bill Cottrell '44, and John Busch '44.

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Thelma House '38 was the week- end guest of Theta Theta Chi sorority. Adelaide Kelly '37, also came back for the week-end.

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Kappa Delta fraternity enter- tained at dinner Thursday evening for Frank Bukowski '41 of Theta Gama.

The engagement of Rosemary

BEYOND THE

Valley

By George Hyams

It was Cain who said, "Am I my brother's keeper?'' And for this sin he was banished from the com- pany of his fellows. He was the first of the world isolationists.

—Heywood Broun Mis. Roosevelt was very much disturbed over the failure of the Republican members to applaud the President's address to Congress.

The time to really be disturbed is when the Democrats stop applaud- ing.

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A Chinese newspaper has come to the conclusion that the United States Navy is 322 times superior to Japan's. The mathematics was based upon the amount spent or to be spent by both countries for new vessels. It would seem that the sons of Nippon just haven't got the yen to outbuild us.

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/Leland Stanford MacPhail, prexy of the Brooklyn Dodgers lias been named chairman of the Brooklyn chapter of the Committee to De- fend America by Aiding the Allies.

Next he will try to convince F. D.

R. that a portion of that 17 bil- lion should be given to the Dodgers to bolster their defenses in order to repeal the invasion of those

"Reds" next summer.

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The defense bill, which gives the President power to give all aid to Britain, was, by concidence, Bill No. 1776. The last time 1776 got into the news we weren't par- ticularly anxious to have anything to do with England.

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Speaking of seventy sixes: the 77th Congress took over last week after the longest continuous session in the history of the United States.

Despite the repeated Presidential hints to adjourn, the members in- sisted upon remaining in Washing- ton. Even the President had to admire the "spirit of 76".

WSSF GROWS

WSSF contributions to date total

$22.85, raised largely at the pre- vacation meeting with Ruth Strong.

Donations have been received since from a small group of stu- dents, and a campus-wide acquain- tance with the WSSF aims is plan- ned for the second semester by the AUCA-YWCA.

STUDENTS CAN TALK

Inauguration of a Student Forum following each Sunday-morning service of the Union University- Church is promised for the first Sunday of the second semester.

The Forum will list a speaker who will outline or define the theme and present views as a lead for the open discussion. Closing time has been set at 12:45 o'clock.

MOVIE TIME TABLE

Thursday—"Third Finger, Left hand" plus "The Draft," a March of Time. Shows at 7:00 and 9:30 with feature at 7:54 and 10:24.

Friday and Satuday—"Too Many Girls" and "Blondie Plays Cupid".

Shows at 6:50 and 9:20.

NEXT WEEK

Thursday—"City for Conquest,"

with Cagney and Sheridan. Com- plete shows at 7:00 and 9:27.

Friday — "Knute Rockne All- American," plus a March of Time and "Information Please". Shows at 7:00 and 9:33 with feature at 7:55 and 10:28.

The New Yorker eulogized Dr.

Clyde Fisher for six pages running in a recent issue. The astron- omical Dr. Fisher cleared the akiea for us in assembly last year.

Did you hear Vincent Sheean when he appeared on Information Please as guest expert two weeks back?

Of the 62 men on the University of Minnesota football squad, 59 are Minnesotans.

Hallenbeck '39, former president of Theta Theta Chi, to Herbert Missien '39, has recently been an- nounced.

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The engagement of Frances Polan '42 to David Clarke '41 was announced by the former's parents recently.

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Guests at Sigma Chi this week-

end were Madeline Short '40, Mar-

garet Lawrence '40, Jane Uffert

'40 and Jayne Sennate '43.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N. Y. PAGE THREE

Varsity to Engage Hartwick in Return Game, Frosh Face Cook

Saxon Win Streak Blasted by Ithacans ™ ^A ™ ^T * ^T ^ r* ⁿ ^ ⁿ m,\ rive Looks

Hauth High Scorer for The Tussle

Ithaca College's basketball ma- chine just wasn't going to be re- fused a victory Saturday night.

It wasn't.

The Cayugans invaded the Al- fred University campus over the week-end and played havoc with the Saxons' win streak which they were frying to push up to three straight.

The_y did it the hard way—but they had an easy time of it toward the end.

They built up an 18-13 halftime edge, bolted away to a 29-15 edge after the second half began, withstood a determined, futile ten point rally staged by the anxious Saxons and walked away with a 40-33 win, their second in three days.

Everything was shot by the Cay- ugans in their win, and everything dropped into the nets. Pacing the sharp-shooting attack was diminutive but greased-lightning Urse, forward, who totaled 11 points.

Only bright spot for Alfred was tall, langer-shank Bllie Hauth, sophomore center from Niagara Falls who took high scoring honors' for the evening with five goals and two fouls for a 12 point total.

Frank (Pike) Trigilio accounted for eleven more of Alfred's points.

Alfred's only serious bid for the game came in the second half when,

•with a 14 point edge hanging over them, they staged a quick-silver-like rally to pull within four points of the Ithacans, 29-25.

The Saxons are working out today and tomorrow for Wednesday night's date with Hartwick College at One- onta.

The summary:

Alfred (33) G F T Pardee, If 0

Young 0 Jolley 0 Holtink 0 Rhodes 0 Johnson, rf 3 Hautb, c 5 Gamble, lg 1 Humphrey 0 Trigilio, rgg .' 4 Totals 13 Ithaca (40) G Laurel, If 2 Urso, rf 3 lngerson, c 2 B. Carlton 3 Baker, rg 2 Cbarbonneau, rg 1 Willover 2 Totals 15 Officials : Swartwood, Todd.

01

00 10 122 0 11 F2

5I 11 00

115 75 24 10 40

Johnson Heads Frosh Scoring

With Ludey Johnson showing the way toward the basket, the Purple and Gold yearlings are now well on their way to the most successful season ever enjoyed by any Frosh squad.

Packed with power, and led by the dependable Johnson, the Frosh have

•won two games and lost one. The only defeat came in the hands of the powerful Niagara Frosh who took the measure of the Saxons by a scant three points.

The scoring record:

SPORT SHOTS—

—^—— by Bob Moebus

Old Man Illness has claimed another one, Don Wattles, ^ hence the necessity for stringing along with a substitute for the regular sports ed. and columnist, which in any sport is sometimes fatal to the team—so may it be to the newspaper. . . .Don is sick with a cold.... well wishes from this column to his. . . . Played a Nice Game Dept.: — Orchids (from Winchell) to Ellie Hauth for his sterling performance in Saturday night's tilt with Ithaca for the first few minutes the score stood Hauth 7, Ithaca 4. . . .Also con- grats to "Pike" Trigilio. Bo John- son, and Willie Gamble. . . .Un- known to many, Willie left a sick bed in the Infirmary to be in uniform and play against Ithaca....

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It happened in the Gym: Coach Alex Yunevich wasn't playing his usual game of basketball the other afternoon, and afterwards, when asked about his sudden de- cline from brilliancy, he counter- ed with a tale about having dreamed the night before that he had sprained his ankle. He then proceeded to tell us that when he woke up the following morning his ankle hurt him terribly, and that it had been O. K. when he went to bed. That reminds us of the dream we had where we were eating shredded wheat all night, and then awoke to find the mat- tress all chewed u p . . . It's ok coach, we believe you!

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Snow brings winter sports, and winter sports bring skiers, skaters, and lovers of speed and breath-taking toboggoon runs. , . . Alfred has snow, and winter sports enthusiasts . . . . put the two together, and the logical con- clusion is a Winter Sports Carni- val Dartmouth has them, what about Alfred having one?

. . . . Student senate please take note Also Blue Key, Ski Club, and faculty. . . . .

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We see where Prexy Stoneham of the N. Y. Giants unbiasedly predicts that his Jints will win the pennant in 1941... .wanna

bet? We noticed that Bob

Whitwood wasn't in uniform the other night against Ithaca College, and then heard rumor that he had quit the squad because he was too busy academically... .he was sorely missed, and perhaps he will reconsider his decision... .we hope s o . . . . I visited at Hofstra during vacation' and they are still talk- ing about "Bo" Johnson's six second touchdown last fall against the Dutchmen. . . .The sports staff as well as the University are sorry to see Frank Lobaugh, Frosh football coach and Ceramics prof, leave... .many of his Frosh have graduated to the varsity and made good with a big bang... .namely Jerry Schwartz, Kola Kipp, Cliff Clay, and others... .his record here was good, and we wish him success wherever he may g o . . . .

Player Games Johnson 3 Kiilakowicl] 3 Altken 3 Kainakaris 3 Jawarski 3 Herbert 3 Worthing 2 Fabcock 2 lloore 3 Fistek 2 Busch 2 Oatman 1

Total

Points 2263 1817 68 45 21 00 146

Ag Assembly Hears Autograph Collecter

Edwin A. Rowlands, acclaimed America's foremost autograph collec- tor by the Saturday Evening Post, Time, Look, and Coronet, spoke at the Ag School assembly Friday.

,In the pursuit of his interesting and unusual hobby, he has traveled from coast to coast and- obtained the auto- graphs of such outstanding personages as Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, Albert Einstein, Walt Dis- ney, and Katherine Cornell.

COON'S

CORNER S T O R E

for

Q u a l i t y a n d Q u a n t i t y

Aggies Lose Hard Fight

Battling the Cobleskill Aggies I on even terms for the first three periods, the Alfred Aggies final- ly succumbed to a last period drive by the visitors and lost by a 43-34 score, last Friday night j in the College Gym. ,

j Bill Gravey, CobleskilPs sharp- shooting guard, was high scorer '; of the game with 13 points.

One Point Margin

After , being on the defensive for the first quarter and tailing by an 11-4 count, the Saxon Aggies put on the pressure in the second period to close the margin to a one point de- ficit, 15-14 at half time.

Gene Moyer who sparked the second period drive continued his accurate shooting, and by the end of the third

! chucker, the battle was all tied up

| at 25-25.

Substitutes Aid Visitors Prom that point, Cobleskill's string of fresh substitutes rapidly aided the

; tiring home team in dropping too far behind to catch the visitors.

The box score:

Cobleskill Aggies (43) i Bailey, if i 3 i Sidla'ks 0

! Nichols, rf 2

\ Hen'g's'n 0 Dargush, c 5 i Whitb'ck 0 Garvey. lg 6 Dworsky 1

| Hicks 0

| Kuk'ski, rg 1 : Robison 0

| Buscemi .' 0 Donnnm 0

FIAT LUX SPORTS

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941

Grapplers to Open With Mechanics

Wrestling Mentor

Starting with the toughest opening meet in-years, the Alfred University wrestlers enter the In- tercollegiate grappling w a r s against the strong Rochester Me- chanics Institute matmen next Saturday evening at seven o'clock in the college gym.

Boasting a strong veteran team, the grapplers from Rochester invade Al- fed to continue the winning ways established last year when they took the measure of the Saxon squad by a 19-13 score.

Starting Line-Up Announced

The tentative starting line-up will include Ciampa in the 121 lb. class, LeBlanc in the 128 lb. class, Luce wrestling at 136 lbs., Haik Kavook- jian in the 155 lb. class, Miner in the 165 lb." class, Hurley wrestling at 175 lbs., and the heavyweights represented by Mike Greene, last year's star.

The Alfred representative in the 145 lb. class has not yet been decided, and won't be until later in the week.

Veterans May Lead

Royce Luce, Mike Greene, and Haik Kavookjian are expected to lead Al- fred's bid for victory. Kavookjian, stalwart of last year's mat squad, can be looked for to give a fine account of his prowess on the mat, as can Greene and Luce, all veterans.

Coach Alex Yunevich expects that 9! the outcome of the match will depend upon Alfred's strength to match the invaders in the 121, 145, and 155 lb.

classes.

Totals 18 7 43 Alfred Aggies (34)

Moyer, If 5 1 11 McNeilly 0 0 0 Seegart, rf 2 3 7 Sipple 0 0 0 Bense, c 1 4 6 Allen, lg 2 0 4 Squillaee 2 0 4 Eggleton, rg 1 0 2 Bricson 0 0 0

The wrestling match will preceed the Frosh basketball game against Cook Academy, a team which they have already trounced earlier in the season.

Allen Suffers Attack, Now Convalescing

C. Loomis Allen, Plant Manager and Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee of the Board of Trustees, suf- fered a serious heart attack while in New York City sometime ago on Uni- versity business.

He was brought to his home in Al- fred, where he has been confined since the beginning' of the holiday season.

He is slowly recovering from the attack.

George A. Bunnell is temporarily carrying the business of the Plant Manager's office.

Totals 13 8 34

Saxonette Sports

The Juniors defeated the sopho- mores 13-11 in the women's inter- class basketball league game at South Hall, Wednesday evening.

Mildred Pivetz '42 was high scorer, making eight points for the junior team. Betty Baldridge was* captain of the junior team, Muriel Strong of the sophomores.

Anne Bastow injured her ankle in the first half of the game and was taken to the Infirmary.

Officials for the game were Miss La- vinia Creighton', Jean Gates '44, and Laura Polan '44.

Aggie Squad Lists Games

With the valuable experience of two games behind them, the Ag School basketball team is looking forward to their next con- test with Niagara Extension at Rochester, January 25.

The Aggies dropped their opener to Mansfield Teachers, 29-35, and ended on the short end of 43-34 count in their last game with Cobleskill, Fri-

Art School Receives Commercial Pottery

Prof. Charles- Harder of the ceramic art department, recently announced that he has received some samples of commercial pottery from the Haw- kinson Pottery Co.

Three Alfred graduates- of the class of '40 were instrumental in sending the pieces— Stanley Ballard, Joseph Cutrona, and Bruce Gilbert.

The pieces are at present in Prof.

Harder's office^.

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DANCE

Round and Square Alfred Grange Hall Wednesday Evening

Jan. 22, 1941

Admission — 25c per person

Magazines 157 Main St.

Sundaes and Sodas Hornell

N. Y.

COOK'S

Kirsten — Kaywoodie Graybow Pipes

Cigars and Tobacco Billiards

PHILCO RADIO Sales & Service

When Looking for the B E S T Come To

F. B. PECK CO.

113 Main St., Hornell 1

day night.

Other

Jan.

Feb.

M a r 24

8 11 18 22 7 8

games listed are:

Jamestown Extension at Alfred

Brockport Normal, Brockport Jamestown Extension at

Jamestown

Niagara Extension, Alfred Canton Agriculture, Canton

Queens College, Flushing Farmingdale Agriculture at Farmingdale

Fifteea Electrical seniors from the Ag School, accompanied by three instructors', attended a convention of the American Institute of Electrical Engi neers at Cornell recently.

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Juniors Tie In Local

Archery Meet

June Chisholm and Arnold Johnson, juniors, placed first in the all-college archery tournament held at the gym Saturday morning. Second place went to sophomores Lois Creighton and Ellie Hauth.

The tournament was- made up of four ends at 40 yards, and eight ends at thirty yards. Kay Kastner '41,

To Second Indian Win

Hitting the road again, the Saxon varsity basketball team will attempt to bring the season's record up to .500 again when they travel to Oneonta on Saturday to meet the Hartwick five on their court.

This game is the second of the hQme series with the Hartwick court- men, the first having been won by Alfred by a 39-31 count.

Have Six Stars

Thus far this season the Purple and Gold cagers have been finding trouble in getting rolling. Potentially they are the best outfit to wear the school colors in recent years, boasting stars such\ as "Bo" Johnson, Ellie Hauth, Willie Gamble, Russ Pardee, Todi Rhodes, and Pike Trigilio.

in recent contests, however, inabil- ity to start and continue a determined bombardment of the opponents hoop has thwarted their, efforts in compil- ing a winning season.

Coach Dan Minnick hopes that perhaps the Hartwick game will start the Alfred cagers qff on the right foot toward a long string of victories which will enable the varsity five to show the season on the black side of the victory-defeat ledger.

Frosh To Meet Cooke

While their big brothers are en- gaging Hartwick, the Saxon Frosh will again attempt to overwhelm a not too strong Cooke Academy five on the home court, the game starting immediately after the Alfred-Ro- chester Mechanics Institute wrestling match.

Having already taken the margin archery manager, acted as Lady Para- m *u n ' i ,. „

. . . off .the Cooke cagers, the Greenies ex- mount for the tourney.

Past Victories

Hartwick, Rochester Beaten by Saxon

Basketeers

Finally finding the range after two consecutive defeats, the Al- fred Saxon five evened the record count for 1940 by beating Hart- wick and the University of Ro- chester in the final two games of the old year.

With Pike Trigilio leading the way with 15 points, Alfred opened their home season by defeating Hartwick 39-31. At Rochester it was again Trigilio who showed the boys the way home as Alfred eked out a close verdict over the powerful U of R five, 39-37.

pect little trouble in again subduing the Prep school boys. The score of the first game between the two teams this season was overwhelmingly in.

favor of the yearlings, 65-16.

Trio Lead Frosh

Ludey Johnson, Andy Kulakowictu

| and Al Aitken are again expected to lead the Frosh to a decisive victory- over the visiting five.

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