GOACH COX NOT RETURNING NEXT YEAR

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VOL. XXIV FIAT LUX, MAY 4, 1937, ALFRED, N. Y. No. 25

Plans To Enter Dental School;

Successor To Be Chosen By Trustees Next Month

Several Candidates Being Considered By Athletic Heads

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Head Coach John Kenneth Cox, for two years varsity football and basketball mentor at Alfred University, this week resigned his coaching position to enter Dental School in the fall, and left Alfred University without a varsity football coach for 1937.

In a meeting with President J. Nel- son Norwood and Director of Ath- letics James A. McLane, Coach Cox stated his reasons for failing to re- new his unwritten coaching agree- ment. No definite action in procuring a new football coach will be taken until the Board of Trustees meet here in June, but meanwhile the athletic department and university will con- sider several prospects for the position.

Cox came here in the fall of 1935 to fill the shoes of John "Ghost" Gal- loway, a '30 classmate of his at Col- gate University. Galloway left on leave of absence to coach basketball and freshman football at Colgate and has remained at his alma mater. He has renewed his contract with Col- gate for-1937-38.

In a formal letter of farewell to Alfred students and faculty, Coach Cox expressed his reasons for leaving, that he "wished to fulfill a life's ambition in the profession of dentistry."

Cox has been handicapped in the development of varsity football teams in 1935 and 1936 by lack of material, injuries, and heavy schedules. He had -been working with a promising group of freshman footballers and promises for a successful 1937 season are very good because of this development under Cox.

Basketball, under Cox has been successful, although football was his chosen sport. In 1935-36 the team won 9 and lost 9, and in 1936-37 it won 9 and lost 6.

Spring football has been planned for this spring, but the idea has been abandoned since Cox's resignation.

Cox expressed his willingness to coach spring sessions, but the difficulty of adopting a new coach's style in the fall caused the idea to fall through.

Pre-season practice will start early in September under the new coach.

Blue Key Elects New Officers

In a meeting held Sunday evening, the Blue Key elected its officers for next year and picked the new members, who will be tapped by the national honorary fraternity at a future assembly.

The identity of the new members will be withheld, but the newly elected officers are:

President—John Albright

Vice-President—iMarney Friedman Secretary—Desmond Teague Treasurer—Bert Lynn

The retiring officers are Russ Buch- holz, President; Dick Vrabcak, Vice- Bresident; Oliver Young, Secretary;

Ben Racusin, Treasurer. The last ac- tivity of the retiring officers will be the direction of the Blue Key in its work on Interscholastic Day and Mov- ing-Up Day.

Women's Glee Club To Broadcast

The Women's Glee Club of Alfred University will sing over station WESG, at the Mark Twain Hotel, Elmira, Thursday evening from 7:15 to 7:45 in the regular bi-weekly Al- fred University radio broadcast.

The Glee Club, directed toy Mrs.

John R. Spicer, will leave Alfred at 4:15 p. m.

Included on the program will be a winter series, and special arrange- ments of the Alma Mater and "Sum- mertime," as arranged by Ahvagene Bond.

After the broadcast the Glee Club will have dinner in Elmira.

Text Of Cox's Statement:

Students and Faculty of Alfred:

I am leaving Alfred University this spring for the fulfillment of my life's ambition, dentistry. In my two years as head coach of football and basketball here I have received the hearty cooperation of all of you in.an attempt to build up Alfred's athletic teams.

My relationship with you on the playing field, the bench, and the campus, has been of value to me and I am exceedingly sorry to leave you at this time, but I feel that the continuance of my studies in dental school is the best thing for me and will help me to the realization of my chosen profession.

A coaching life is an unstable one from year to year. My dreams of a settled life in a community, with a home of my own and a steady, regular profession could never be complleted in the coaching profession, and for the better- ment of myself and for the best interests of those with whom I have come in contact I heartily think it is best for me to leave.

My resignation may leave Al- fred University footbal in rather a muddled state. I am going to do the best I can in assisting in the procuring of a new coach, greater calibre than I could pos- sibly be, and I want to assure the football men that everything I have done or could have done for them will be continued in my absence.

I am leaving with the hope that you will hold me in friendly acquaintance even after my de- parture, and that the official sev- erance of our relations will do nothing to hinder our personal friendships.

Signed,

John K. Cox

Tefft '14 Elected A.C.S. Treasurer

C. Forrest Tefft

Mr. C. Forrest Tefft, A. U. '14, has recently been elected treasurer of the American Ceramic Society. Mr. Tefft, General Manager of the Claycraft Company of Columbus, Ohio, who was graduated from the ceramic engineer- ing department was instrumental in organizing the Alfred Student Branch of the American Ceramic Society.

In college, Forrest Tefft was a member of several football, basketball and baseball teams and an active partici- pant in campus affairs. Since gradu- ation he has been a prominent member of the American Ceramic Society and of the Alfred Ceramic Alumni group. His son, Phillip, matriculated at Alfred two years ago, but was forced to leave college due to illness.

Mr. Tefft is the first Alfred graduate or instructor to hold a major office in the American Ceramic Society since the secretaryship of the late Dr.

Charles Fergus Binns, fifteen years ago.

In 1925, Mr. Tefft aided in the estab- lishment of the alumni fund which provides the annual award of the Dr.

Charles Fergus Binns Medal for ex- cellence in Ceramic Art. This award commemorates Dr. Binns' 25 years of distinguished service to Alfred Uni- versity.

W.S.G. To Elect New President

Margaret A. Rielley and Betty Jane Crandall will be candidates for president of the Women's Student Govern- ment in a second ballot at a meeting of all W.S.G women at Physic Hall tonight at 7:30.

Misses Reilley, Crandall and Lois Burdett were voted on at a meeting last Tuesday, but the voted showed no majority for either Reilley or Crandall. Since they were the highest two in the vote, they will up for a final vote tonight.

Grace R. Sherwood, Elizabeth M.

Snyder, and Maria J. Zubiller were elected Brick representatives for next year. Elizabeth M. Thompson will represent the Outsiders, Norma O.

Witschieben will represent Pi Alpha Pi, Kathryn E. Borman will represent Sgma Chi Nu, and Irma F. Komfort will represent Theta Theta Chi.

Nine Ceramics Seniors Have Jobs Promised

Nine seniors in the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred Uni- versity have secured positions in the ceramic and glass industries and several more have favorable openings, Dean M. E. Holmes announced today.

The positions open to young cer- ammic graduates are larger in num- ber than they have been for the past five years, Dean Holmee said. Sev- eral have had their positions since March.

Seniors now employed and their em- ployers are as follows:

Edward Kunzman, Titanium Alloy Manufacturing Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y.

Russell Buchholz, United Feldspar iCorp., New York City Karl Sandmeyer, Ferro Enamel Corp.,

Celeland, Ohio

Daniel W. Kocher, North American Refractories Co., Mt. Union, Walter Blundred, Onondaga PotteryPa.

Company, Syracuse, N. Y.

Raymond Pape, Crane Company, Chicago, 111.

Robert Hall, High School, Savona, N. Y.

Roland Tucker, Trenton Potteries, Trenton; N. J.

Andrew Mauro, Olean Glass Company, Olean, N. Y.

These seniors have favorable ne- gotiations under way: George 3.

Gregory, Charles E. Alden, Stanley C.

Orr, Thomas Valdes, Oliver W. Young, Robert E. Skinner, Francis E. Rug- gles and Robert S. Harding.

Seniors To Hold Formal Ball

Friday Evening

The Senior Ball, the last formal and only closed dance of the class of '37, will be held in the High School Gymnasium, Friday evening from 8 until 12.

Symbolic decorations portraying Freshmen, Senior, and honorary degrees are being prepared under the supervision of Jean Williams.

Curtey Johnson's orchestra will provide the musical entertainment.

Samuel Scholes, chairman of the committee, ia being assisted by Ben- jamin Racusin, Richard Vrabcak, Maurice Allen, Marion Phillips, Aileen Broich, and Ellen Sherwood.

As 'Shadow' Enters As Though From The Dead

Robert Beers David Veit

Barbara Corsaw Victor Burdick

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Winterset' Goes Into Last Rehearsals;

Performances Monday And Tuesday

With the placing of tickets on sale at Ellis' Drug Store, "Winterset"

enters the final stages of production.

Stage settings and special effects are completed, and the actors are preparing for dress rehearsals.

Business Manager Jack Merriam, who also has a leading role as the gangster Trock, has visited schools and individuals in many surrounding communities, and is making a con- certed drive to bring a large audience from outside Alfred for next Monday and Tuesday evenings, along with the student audience.

Frank Park, assisted by William Dermody and John Miller, has completed the entire stage setup, including the construction of the "rocks", the "bridgehead", "apartment house", and the "shack".

Entire setting, lighting, and sound effects, were put into coordination last evening at rehearsal. This was the first time that all elements of the staging had been used.

Costuming a Problem

All costuming has been completed under the direction of Barbara Palmi- ter. The special problem of the costuming for "Winterset" has been a matter of proper emphasis and character-portrayal of the various actors.

In the low-lighting scheme for the play, Miss Palmiter has had a problem of making each costume distinct- ly individual. Because the color of the lights being used is of greater importance than in any other play yet attempted here, she has had to be concerned also with the color of materials in each costume.

For Victor Burdick, playing the leading role of Mio, she has chosen a yellow shirt and brownish clothes to accent him as the central figure.

The lighting will emphasize Burdick, and also the leading female character, Miriamne, played Monday night by Barbara Corsaw and Tuesday by Dawn Kamakaris.

Difficulty not Apparent Certain lights "kill" certain colors, or tend to bring out certain qualities, so that Miss Palmiter has had a com- plex problem of costuming to solve, although the amount of work required will be apparent only to a discerning eye.

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Reappointed At 76

John J. Merrill

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Jake' Merrill Again Tax Commissioner

The Hon. John J. Merrill 'S4, Tax Commissioner of the State of New York, was reappointed to office last week by Governor Herbert Lehman, an honorary Alfred alumnus of the class of 1934.

Mr. Merrill is vice-president of the Board of Trustees of Alfred Univer- sity and president of the University Corporation. It was he who donated the property for the athletic field now named in his honor, Merrill Field, and he has been active in encourag- ing athletic activities at Alfred.

An excerpt from an editorial in the Hornell Tribune illustrates the esteem in which he is held by those outside Alfred:

"Aged 76 and in office since 1918, Tax Commission

stance at least which ought to be brought to the attention of officials in Washington. It might have some influence on their attitude towards old men on the Supreme Court.

Appointed in 1918 toy Governor Whitman, Mr. Merrill has served as

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What The Critics Have To Say About 'Winterset'

" . . . I have a strong and chronic hope that the theatre of this country will outgrow the phase of journalistic social comment and reach occasionally into the upper air of poetic tragedy.

I believe with Goeth that dramatic poetry is man's greatest achievement on this earth so far."

Maxwell Anderson in his intro- duction to "Winterset."

" . . . It is probably the greatest compliment t^at could be pair the theatre—an unintentional compliment no doubt—that makes a narrow- minded man rise up violently against a play that has stirred too deeply, emotions or desires or ideas he pre- fers to remain in ignorance of: or, to put it more accurately, that makes him rebel against the theatre's power

to give him a vicarious experience that he is not vigorous or wise or honest enough to endure."

Theatre Arts /Magazine, editorial

" . . . Scenery as a rule seems to me to be too definite. It should possess powerful atmosphere but little detail."

Robert Edmond Jones, stage de- signer.

" . . . The lines (of 'Winterset') should be fairly shouted. The words are rude, blunt and defiant. The ideas are cogent and modern. By comparison with 'Winterset,' journey- man drama has a pettiness that is almost contemptible . . . ! 'Winterset' ought to be, not an incident, but an event in the theatre."

Brooks Atkinson, New York

Herald Tribune drama critic.

" . . . I believe we are forgetting the art of imagining things in the theatre.

My belief in the greater scope of the stage (as opposed to the screen) rests on the basic thesis that what is implied is of far greater importance than what is shown."

Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor now in "The Amazing Dr.

Clitterhouse."

" . . . Taking for his theme a living issue Mr. Anderson has given it per- spective, passion and philosophy . . . In telling a story of crime and murder under an East River pierhead he ex- humes some of 'the ancient evil of the earth'.

Brooks Atkinson, New York Herald Tribune drama critic.

Baschnagel, Delta Sig, President Of Senate

Ray Baschnagel, representing Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, was elected president of the Student Senate for 1937-38 at the first mmeeting of the new Senate last Wednesday night.

Robert Eiseline of Kappa Psi Up- silon, who was defeated for the presi- dency by a single vote, was elected vice-president by a substantial majority.

Other officers elected were Martha Kyle of Pi Alpha Pi, secretary; and Leonard Lernowitz of Kappa Nu, treasurer.

Other Members

Other Student Senate members are Marion Streeter, Theta Kappa Nu;

Roy Dunbar, Klan Alpine; Margery Mclntosh, Theta Theta Chi; Nelda*

Randall, Sigma Chi- Nu; Edward Creagh, non-fraternity; and Alberta Heidel, non-sorority.

Both the old and the new Senate participated in the election, except in the vote for president, which was given to the new group exclusively when a tie vote resulted for Basch- nagel and Eiseline.

George Gregory, retiring president, read plans for a Moving-Up Day which he said combined the better features of plans in operation at several other colleges.

This program will be described in detail ,in the next issue of The Fiat Lux.

Meeting Tommorrow Night After the Senate oath of office had been administered to the new members, Baschnagel took the president's chair and listened to suggestions from members of the retiring group.

Several matters remain for consid- eration by the new Senate before the close of the term. These will be considered at a special meeting tomorrow night.

Before the joint meeting the old Senate prepared lists of nominees for campus offices and made tentative plans for supervising the election in Thursday's assem'bly.

High School Actors To Present Plays Here This Week

Taking time out from their work preparing for "Winterset," Alfred dramatists will play host to the anr nual High School Play and Public Speaking Festival Thursday afternoon and evening, May 6.

Four high schools from this area, Friendship, Salamanca, . Nunda, and Albion, will compete in the play festival under the direction of Barbara Corsaw, an officer of Theta Alpha Phi and the Footlight Club.

The two dramatics organizations are sponsoring the annual festival, in conjunction with the Interscholastic Track and Field Meet on Friday.

Production staff for the plays, in- cludes John Albright, staging; Frank Park, lighting; Helen Shipman, pro- perties; Jean Williams, make-up.

Two pl-ays will be presented in the afternoon. Friendship is1 first on the list, with a play, "The March Heir"

by Babett Hughes at 3 o'clock in Alumni Hall.

At 3:45, Salamanca High School will present "Far, Far Away" by Phil- ip Johnson, following which will be the directors' conference and student tour of the campus.

The girls' speaking contest will be held in the afternoon/ With the afternoon schedule cleared up, all high school visitors will attend a dinner at Social Hall at 5:30.

A color film of the pageant will be a feature of the dinner, and will be run off by Couselor to Prospective Students, John Reed Spicer.

The dramatics and public speaking will be resumed again in the evening.

At 7:30, Nunda High School will offer

"Undertow" by Anne Weatherly, and at 8:15, Albion High School will present "Dad", by Paul Moffett.

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Welcome Our Guests

With the revival of Alfred's Annual Interscholastics Day this week-end, there comes to the students of this university an unique opportunity to interest prospective students in the Saxon institution.

The hundreds of high school students from communities in our vicin- ity will be critically surveying our campus and ourselves as they near the time when they shall be choosing a college for furthering their education.

There is no better advertisement for Alfred than to have us treat these prospective students with the courteous hospitality due them. Committees have spent weeks in preparing an elaborate and entertaining program for our guests but our work is just beginning.

The committees' work will be nullified unless we make a conscious effort to insure that the stay of these high school students in Alfred is as pleasant as possible.

Alfred's fraternities and sororities will find an unrivalled opportunity for pre-season rushing when our visitors convene here.

From the multitude of students coming, there will be many who will apply for admission to Alfred. The impression that a fraternity or sorority makes on them will linger and, if good, will pay dividends in good will next year.

We owe it to our university, to our fraternities and to ourselves to give our welcome newcomers a taste of contemporary college life.

Let's make them really welcome!

Spotlights

MAID OF SALEM—Wednesday and Friday, May 5 and 7.

Starring: Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.

Turning back the pages of history nearly three centuries, we find the stage set for the fanatical belief and persecutions of the Salem witchcraft scare.

Beginning with the false accusation of a negro servant, a child arouses the colony to a mad frenzy of super- stitious fear of the hated "witches".

The thing sweeps the little settle- ment like a plague, finally involving the heroine, Claudette Colbert, in a net of deception and hatred condemn- ing her to death.

The drama has force and fire, is well cast, 'and promises fine entertainment.

Ted Husing, giving a sporting quiz;

Vincent Lopez, and Popeye finish the bill.

ONE IN A MILLION—Saturday, May 8.

Starring: Sonja Henie, Jean Hersholt, Don Ameche and Adolph Menjou.

Introducing a new star, Sonja Henie. this picture furnishes a fine background for Miss Hennie's skat- ing prowess. Built around the theme of a former Olympic champion who wants his daughter to repeat his triumphs, the struggles of the pair for success have made an excellent picture.

Cab Galloway and his orchestra and

"I Only Have Eyes For You," are the short attractions.

Campus Camera

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To The New Senate

The new Student Senate which took office last Wednesday evening can do little better than profit by the example of its pre- decessor in at least two important respects^

1. Adopt the same progressive attitude that enabled the last Senate to abolish freshman rules and to make plans for the first safe-and-sane Moving-TJp Day.

2. Adopt an entirely different point of view from the last Senate with respect to secrecy of meetings.

The recent Senate shrouded its doings so carefully that it might have been fomenting a revolution for all the students knew about it.

Often the only news that reached students either directly or through The Fiat Lux was that which leaked out without the Senate's knowledge.

It must not be forgotten by the new Senators that they are representatives of the students, responsible to the students, and have no reason to keep their activities to themselves.

Let's You And Him Fight

No sensible underclassman cares to parade down Main Street without any clothes on. No underclassman above the moron grade cares to have his legs broken or his eardrums punctured. So it would seem that this year there will be no brawling between the freshmen and sophomores on Moving-Up Day.

For the present freshman is the one that rebelled successfully against frosh rules on the grounds that they served no good purpose and were out of date, and the same complaints certainly apply to the general assault and battery that used to ouccur about this time of year. «

The present sophomores have no interest in starting a riot, either, at least not if they remember the injuries and other un- pleasant accompaniments of their fracas last year. Besides, there are some exceedingly husky young men in the freshman class.

In short, we can see no possible excuse for the freshman and sophomores fighting with each other this year unless they are gullible enough to be persuaded by some under-developed upper- classmen who want to see someone else get walloped.

If any such let's-you-and-him-fight boys come around this year, we recommend that they be treated as the freshmen and sophomores treated their tormentors last year—with forcible bathing in the Kanakadea.

Editor, Fiat Lux Dear Sir:

It was with considerable interest that I noticed earlier this year the abolition of Freshman rules on the campus and the attempted substitu- tion therefore of a spirit of upholding tradition. As to the success of the latter part of the program I can only say that I have noted very few green caps in evidence recently, chapel doors are seldom held open nor are there any other evidences of the tra- ditional freshman class.

It is not my purpose, however, to deal in this letter with the attitude of Freshmen as such. It is one of the oldest of Alfred campus- traditions that concerns me at the moment. That is the one that bans smoking on the campus. To me there has always been something particularly appropri- ate in this rule. And I say this as an ardent pipe smoker myself. I am not inveighing against the use of tobacco itself, I could not consistently do so.

Blut to me, as. to many another Alfred graduate, one of the charms of campus life was the fact that smoking on the University grounds simply did not take place.

Such is not the case today. While it is not a common sight to see a student walking across the campus with a cigarett or pipe in his mouth, this sight is no longer as rare as it should be. Only recently I saw a student walk up to assembly—to the very doors of one of the buildings most steeped in tradition on the campus—

smoking a pipe. To me, this seemed almost a sacrilige. And I know there are others who feel the same.

If we are attempting to maintain Al- fred traditions, let us by all means maintain this one.

Incidentally, my understanding of the action of the Student Senate in the situation which arose earlier in the year was a rescinding of the Fresh- man rules. If you will look in your

"Frosh Bible", you will notice that it says " . . . . and all University students including students of the N.Y.

S.A. and A.H.S. are prohibited from smoking on the campus". If then, my understanding is correct, this rule has never been rescinded and is still ostensibly in force. Why not enforce it?

I hope that you will find this matter of sufficient interest to call it to the attention of the student body through your columns.

Yours very truly,

"Old Grad."

To break the tension before a recent examination, a Miami University professor joshed the boys a little.

After passing out the questions he said:

"Gentlemen, this examination will be conducted on the honor system.

Please take places three seats apart in alternate rows."

Dcn't Forget

"Winterset"

IN Z5 YEARS' HA? CARRIED MORE THAN 1750,000 STUDENTS AS PASSENGERS" ON HIS1

BUS LINE FROM GREENVILLEv TEXAS', TO WESLEY J . C. FOUR MILES' DISTANT. HLT

PRESENT BUS1 HAS BEEN DRIVEN OVER.

600,000 MILES' WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT/

Play ''Winterset' Said Better

Than Movie

With a chronic fear of producing a "work of art," the movies have left only the barest skeleton in transpos- ing "Winterset" from the stage to the screen.

Those who have seen the movie version of "Winterset" have been in- troduced only to a melodrama, but the play is more powerful, since the movies have eliminated almosit every element which makes "Winterset"

one of the highest points yet reached by American drama.

"Winterset" is the story of a young man seeking revenge for the electrocu- tion of his father for a murder ha did not commit. In his search for truth, he meets with the great forces of injustice and in the struggle which follows, the truth is crushed.

Mio, seeking to clear his father's name of the murder for which he was electrocuted thirteen years before, comes to the end of his trail beneath an East River pierhead, where he finds the man he wants.

There, on a cold December evening, Mio finds the two gangsters who committed the murder; the eye-wit- ness whose testimony would have saved the condemned man; and the judge who handed down the death sentence.

Mio wrings the truth from the mouth of the guilty man, but before he can spread the truth to cear his father's name, the forces of injustice again rise and crush him to destroy the truth he knows.

Maxwell Andersson has succeeded in his attempt to use the poetic tragedy for a contemporary subject.

It is the first time in the history of the drama, that poetic tragedy has been written about contemporary life.

COLLEGE WORLD

Even burglar alarms don't do any good if brothers in the house cry

"wolf". At least, that is what members of the Chi Phi fraternity at the University of California learned.

The alarm was installed a few days after the radio of Douglas Gardiner had been stolen from his room.

Not long ago, the warning bell ran.n early in the morning, and pajama- clad men, armed with paddles, knives and baseball bats, charged down from the third floor sleeping quarters.

"Don't shoot," cried- familiar voices, and two brothers scrambled to their feet from the floor, admitting that they had cried "wolf".

As soon as all the fellows had gone back to bed and quieted down, the alarm rang a second and third time.

"Aw, to hell with 'em," mumbled most of the sleepy brethren, and they turned over in bed—all but Gardiner, who didn't want to be a two-time victim. He tore down the stairs three at a jump, reaching the ground floor in time to see a shadowy figure flit across the street and leap into a wait- ing car.

Occupants of second floor' rooms found their wallets lightened by $25.

After dinner stories are a special- ty of Jacob G. Lipman, dean of the agricultural college at Rutgers Uni- versity. In one he gave recently in New York, he re-defined persons con- nected with higher education:

"A professor—Casts imitation pearls before real swine.

A dean—Not smart enough to be a professor but too smart to be a college president.

Student Senate Bans Moving-up Fighting

In a move to prevent personal injuries and public damage which have been precipitated by frosh-soph fights in the past, the Student Senate this week called in the Blue Key, Varsity A and Phi Psi Omega to conduct an organized sports program between the freshman and sophomore men on Moving-Up Day, Thursday, May 13.

Declaring that the fights were out- moded with the passing of the "rah- rah" days and declaring the vindic- tiveness of the fights, the Senate called special meetings of frosh and soph classes this week and proposed the sports program. Reaction of the classes was divided but the tendency seemed to favor the change.

Complete details of the program, to include contests for a trophy for the winning class, will be announced next week, President George Gregory of the Senate said today.

Champion's Lungs Are World's Best

Cambridge, Mass,— (ACP)—Lungs with efficiency greater than those of any man ever tested belong to Don Lash, Indiana University's sensation- al two-mile runner.

This claim was made by Dr. D. B.

Dill of the Harvard University fatigue laboratory at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

In tests, Dr. Dill found that, while running, the Indiana star has an oxygen intake 50 per cent greater than the average man and nearly that much more than three other out- standing American milers—Cunning- ham, Venzke, and San Romani.

While running at his two-mile pace, Lash is capable of taking in three liters of oxygen a minute.

Unlimited Cuts

Helps Bright Student

Rochester, N. Y. (ACP) When lectures proved too dry to satisfy his thirst for knowledge, Seth Shaver, a junior at the University of Rochester, decided to do something unconveniion- al.

Because he figured he could learn much more by doing private research and reading, Shaver asked for an unlimited "cut" permission. Two pro- fessors, taking into account his high grades, excused him from all lectures.

For more than a month, he has attended classes only to take regular ex- aminations of the courses and has passed them all with plenty to spare.

A president—Not good enough to be a professor but too good to be a dean.

An alumnus—One who holds the president and faculty responsible for the success of the football team.

A trustee—One who has nightmares about endowments."

(By Associated Collegiate Press) A twisted story about his pant3 earned a Southern Methodist Univer- sity freshman a pardon for cutting his mathematics quiz section.

When he came to class the next day, the professor questioned him to find out why he had skipped.

"I have gym just before math," ex- plained the alibi-er. "Tuesday I was in such a hurry to get dressed in time for class that poked my foor through the seat of my pants."

Don't Forget

"Winterset"

Social Notes

Campus Doings as Reported

By Kay Borman

(Society Editor)

Junior Prom decorators were busy.

Being a mere Sophomomre, I would- n't know—but, something was up for the Juniors were still down at the gym late Saturday afternoon. They started Friday evening. Next year we 'So>phs will be busy.

With the blue ceiling, miles of wrapping paper, and lights the gym was astonishing. The wrapping was pleated on the walls, two panels with indirect lights were placed on either side of the gym, and a center glow was achieved by putting still more lights inside a tall central column.

It was the real stuff, tooj you know,

"new Japanese," as designed by Har- old Reiger and Frances Scott.

•Curley Johnson is showing that ha has a band to get excited about. In- cidentally this dance completed his first season at Alfred University.

That "Three-fold" selection of suits with the courtesy of Sam Repsher and Jim Hodnett brought men in white ties and tails, mess jackets, gabardine and sport suits.

The girls had a four-fold selection.

Cotton prints, like those of Janey Pollard and Leen Broich; laces and nets, like those of Dot Wilson and Ruth Crawford; crepes, as on Marge Mclntosh and Pat Bemis; and chif- fons, as worn by Bobby Suter and Marty Kyle added to the variety of the show.

College men came with everything from girls from home to someone else's campus date.

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Seidlin, Prof, and Mrs. Frank E. Lobaugh, Prof, and Mrs. John R. Spicer, Prof El- bert Ringo, Prof, and Mrs. Wendell M. Burdett, and Dean and Mrs. M.

Ellis Drake chaperoned the party.

Mud Baumann and Mary Keppen, Pi Alpha, Tommy Fisher, Delta Sig, and Red Dykeman, Kappa Psi were in town for the week-end. I The Senior Ball next Friday night, with decorations by Jean Williams, should be tops in the season. Black and white streamers in serpentine mixture will give a slight Sing Sing effect to the ceiling of the High School Gym.

A procession of Freshmen (hats and black ties, too) marching along the side wall, will have to compete with a line of Seniors (in caps and gowns), which will add dignity to the opposite wall. Honoray degrees will be por- trayed on the side of ths stage by certain dignitaries.

Theta Kappa Nu Saturday evening has planned a buffet supper at the house with dancing at Cuba Lake.

Curley Johnson will be there with all the boys, as well as Dr. and Mrs. G.

Stewart Nease and Prof, and Mrs. E.

Fritjaf Hildebrand. Chuck Mourhes3, Stan Orr, Pee Wee Mammell, and Don Hallenbeck are supervising the party.

When the French Club turned back a few years Wednesday evening some extraordinary characters appeared on the campus. Four tramps (including several well-known campus figures) to house maids, children, the quints, and some, shepherdesses appeared sang, and disappeared.

The hungry sorority girls wander- ing around the campus early Satur- day morning (we know you didn't see them) had not yet attended the 9-12 o'clock May Breakfast at Pi Al- pha. Those who were out before breakfast were well rewarded with pancakes and sausages, and dough- nuts and coffee.

Invitations are being sent for the tea next Sunday afternoon at Sigma Chi Nu in honor of the faculty.

Are you Hornelling any of these Spring week-ends? Be certain you're right in a Spring print or a Tween- the-season chiffon. Blue, red earth, green, beige, black, and the pastels are always correct. There are those who do and those who don't wear hats. That's up to you. Corn-husk straws are smart; starched white pique bonnets are coming in. Sand- als, of course, are the thing. Toea and heels must be exposed, but ankles and arches are wrapped in gabardine, calf, and patent leathers. Don't car- ry an envelope bag with a kerchief matching your print dress tied to make a handle, or a plain leather pouch unless you're proud of your capitalistic tendencies.

Teacher Starts At Top

Theodore Knapp, Liberal Arts '37, is starting at the top in the teaching profession. On his second assign- ment in practice teaching Knapp is acting as principal of Greenwood High School during the illness of the regular principal, Lewis Abel, A. U. '35.

Knapp has been concentrating on the administrative end of teaching While at Alfred. During his freshman year he was enrolled in the College of Ceramics. He is a native of Avoca.

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SIDE UNES

Sephton To Scott In Record Relay

Congratulations to Coach Cox for what we think is one of the smartest moves of his career—

getting out of the coaching racket.

Coaching at a small school, where football is not a highly developed business machine, is a thankless job.

The coach is behind the eight ball.

A losing team makes a goat of the coach. Should you crop up with some material and put out a pretty fair team, it will be hard to schedule the same opponents and you are forced

•to move into stronger competition.

Unless you are financially able to cope with the resources of this stronger class, you will once again be- come a looser. You can't win!

So, congratulations and the best of luck. We're sorry to see you go—

but we think you're making a wise move.

Bartlett Dorm is the surprise team of the sofbball circuit. They showed tremendous power as they won three straight to keep right up with the Randy Boys, the defending champions and favorites. And what is more, they are confident of their ability to trim the Randies. So confident that Steve Capasso states, "We'll trim the Ran- dies and we're willing to bet wo do".

Take it away, Randies.

Dan Minnick's appointment as instructor of physical education, in which capacity he will assist in coaching football, basketball and track, was a wise move. You'll have to go a long way before you meet up with a man whose experience and knowledge of sports covers so wide a field.

Howard Sephton passes the baton to Walt Scott as they set a new Alfred mark for the 4/5 mile relay, Scott juggled but held onto the stick immedi- ately after this picture was taken by Jon Canolesio.

Trackmen Trim Cortland 912-3; 391-3 Outdoor Interclass Meet Saturday

Saxons Annex 12 of 15 First Places As Cortland Is Swamped; Sephton and Arkin Double Winners

Phil "Paunchy" Corbman is our (and his own) nomination for Al- fred's forgotten man. First of all—

Phil was forced to sleep, on a cot on the R.P.I, football trip last fall. In his own words, "All the subs got beds, but a star like me had to sleep on a cot". Then in the matter of spring football write-ups—Corbman, one of the two senior lettermen to return next year was omitted by the Fiat staff.

But to top it all off—after working hard all year—when the time came for the awards to be passed o u t - poor Corbman was forgotten. What had happened? The governing board had awarded him his letter, but when the shingles were passed out at the athletic banquet, he was the victim of a slight ommission. "Orphan" Corb- man has still not received his shingle!

Coach McLane is having trouble with some of his freshmen track men.

Many are ineligible. But, as one of the frosh trackaters put it, "Mac's still got Dauenhauer and he can probably give Cook Academy some pretty stiff opposition all by himself".

If you'll examine the background

in the Cortland Meet cut, you'll notice Bookie Willie Green (hand at side of mouth) laying the odds on the boys.

You'll also notice former Sports Edi- tor and Sideliner John Dougherty right next to Willie, probably check- ing on the odds. And we're sure you won't miss the pulchritudinous Sax- on femininity scattered hither and yon about the pioture.

Educator Explains Interview Technique

Philadelphia, Pa. — (ACP) — Many seniors qualified to hold positions fail to land them because they bungle the first interview with their might-have- been employer.

For this reason, Dr. Clarence E.

Clewell, director of the University of Pennsylvania's placement service, and his assistants advise seniors what not to say:

"I am willing to accept any job you offer me.

"Explain what you have done, can do, and want to do. Should the question of salary arise, do not respond

that you are willing to work for practically nothing, for the employer will judge you worthy of no more.

State the minimum wage acceptable."

Some other suggestions for over- coming negative impressions ars these:

"Sincerity, modesty and good mat- rers are most essential. Avoid personal inquiries and crude curiosity, such as attempting to read correspond- ence or other papers lying on the interviewer's desk, listening to his telephone conversation or interrupt- ing another speaker.

Taking 12 out of 15 places, and monopolizing the track events, the Saxon track and field men defeated Cortland 91 2/3-39 1/3 in the first meet held at Merrill Field since 1935.

Alfred took a commanding lead as soon as the gun was fired starting the mile race. Running easily against no competition, the cindermen went into a 9-0 lead as Perkins, Knapp and Hughes finished in that order.

The quartermile, won by Maynard Jones in the new Merrill Field recoct!

time of 52.6 featured a dual between Jim Hodnett and Jones.

Howard Sephton, sprint star of the Saxons, was victorious in both tiie 7 00 and 220 yard dashes. Once again .Alfred took the runner up position as Fleischman took second in the 100, I'nd Hodnett trailed Sephton in the furlong.

Cortland ( broke up our first place monoply when McCoy and Mitchell led Ray Baschnagel to the tape in the 110 high hurdles. Ray avenged his defeat later in the aiternoon, beating Mills and Mitchell of Cortland in the 220 low hurdles.

One, two and three, for Alfred was the order in the half mile. Scoti led Perkins and Barrecca across the line in a fine 2:8.6. Lennie Dauenhauer left his marks with a 4 second handicap but almost managed to catch his future varsity brother—his time was a little over 2:4.

Although awarded only 9 points, five Saxon shirts were over the line in the 2 mile affair before a Cortland entry had finished. Hughes led the quintet of distance runners in the fine time of 10 minutes 30 seconds. With no opposition from Cortland, he paced Keefe, Dora, Knapp and Hodge.

Sandy Arkin joined Sephton as the double winners of the day; taking the shot and discus. Brownell placed second to Arkin in the shot put and third in the discus.

Joe St. Lawrence, Cortland's one man track and field team took the javelin with a toss of 164 feet 2 inches.

In addition, he placed second in the broad jump and high jump, third in the 100 yard dash, and ran a leg on the losing relay.

Young, Alfred vaulter, captured the pole vault, soarding 10 feet 2* inches into the ozone. Frank Park won the high jump with a fine leap of 5 feet 8 inches and barely missed a record attempt on his third try.

A relay composed of Hodnett, Seph- ton, Scott and Jones, turned in the best performance of the day, defeat- ing Cortland's quartet in the new record time of 2 minutes 45 seconds, shattering the old mark of 2:47.2 for the 4/5 mile.

Summary:

100 yards—Sephton (A), Fleischman (A), St. Lawrence (C). 10.6.

220 yaras—Sephton (A), Hodnett (A), Hathcxway (C). 24.3.

440 yards—Jones (A), Hodnett (A), Raycheff (C). 52.6.

mile—Scott (A), Perkins (A), Bar- recca (A). 2:8.6.

Mile—Perkins (A), Knapp (A), Hughes (A). 4:52.4.

2 miles—Hughes, Keefe, Dorn (A).

10:30.5.

120 high—McCoy (C), Mitchell (C), Bachnagel (A). 16.9.

Baschnagel (A). 16.9.

Mitchell (C). 28.8.

Broad jump—Stone (C), St. Lawrence (C), Zurer (A). 20 feet 9 inches.

High jump—Park (A), St. Lawrence (C), Majeske (A). 5 feet 8 inches.

Shot put—Arkin (A), Brownell (A), Stone (C). 40 feet 4 inches.

Outdoor Interclass Track Meet Saturday; Brownell Out of Hurdles and Jumps Because of Injured leg

Alfred's annual outdoor interclass track meet will be held at Merril Field Saturday. It is expected that the out door spectacle will surpass the indoor meet, which was annexed by the sophomores, due to the better condition of the athletes.

The sophomores will be handicapped by the absence of Dick Browneii from the running and jumping events.

Brownell, high scorer in the indoor meet, is suffering from a leg injury and will be confined to the weight events. This will be a serious blow tc the sophomore's chances as Brow- nell had been counted on in the broad jump and low hurdles.

The juniors will be strengthened by the return of Buzzy Keefe to the cinderpath. Buzzy was out of the indoor interclass with a wrenched ankle, but will be running the dis-

tances for the juniors along with team mate Bo'b Hughes.

The two-mile event should be one of the highlights of the afternoon.

Andy Kellogg and Bob Hughes will again fight it out for the distance supremacy. The strong field will include Buzzy Keefe, Lee Hodge and Bill Knapp.

The half-mile will be another dog battle with Walt Scott, Lennie Dauen- hauer, Lyle Perkins and Russ Barrec- ca running. Scott won the indoor in terclass half-mile, but neither Dauen- hauer or Perkins competed.

300 Schoolboys Compete At Merrill Field Friday

Some 300 or more athletes representing 30 high schools in the vicin- ity will converge on Merrill Field, Friday for the Twenty-Eighth Annual Alfred Interscholastic Track and Field Meet.

Bradford High School, of Bradford, Pa., is the defending champion, having annexed the last meet, held in 1935. There was no meet last year due to the condition of Merrill Field after the flood of two summers ago.

The track program will climax an interscholastic program which in- cludes public speaking and dramatic contests. The schools will be com- peting for the three trophies, shown in the Ellis window, and the individual winners will receive Alfred Interscho- lastic Medals.

The leading competitors for Brad- ford's crown are Corning Free Academy, Corning North Side, Hor nell High, Salamanca and Wellsville.

Other schools entered are Albion, Andover, Belfast, Bolivar, Belmont, Caledonia, Canisteo, Cattaragus, Dans- ville, East Aurora, Depew. Falconer, Friendship, Gowanda, Limestone, Naples, LeRoy, Olean, Prattsburg, Portville, Silver Creek and Alfred.

Stock-judging Contest Friday At Ag School

Stock judging contests will be held for Future Farmers and High School Agriculture Students at the New New York State School of Agriculture barns Friday morning at 10 o'clock as part of the annual Interscholastic Day at Alfred University.

The contests are expected to at- tract 200 students. They will be under the supervision of Director Paul Orvis and Prof. George Robinson of the Ag School here.

Last year the judging contests were held, although there was no Inter- scholastic Track and Field meet because of the condition of Merrill Field.

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Discus—Arkin (A), Faller (C), Brow- nell (A). 116 feet.

Javelin—St. Lawrence (C), Young (A), Sharpe (C). 164 feet 2 inches.

Pole vault—Young (A), Stone (C);

Majeske (A), DeLong (C), Ra- cusin (A) tie for third. 10 feet 2 inches.

4/5 mile relay—Hodnett, Sephton, Scott and Jones (A). 2 minutes 45 seconds.

Tag Day Nets Alfred Independents $35

The tag day run last week by the Alfred club proved a successful ven- ture, netting a profit of $35. Manager Willie Green wishes to thank the students, faculty, and townspeople for their fine support. The entire squad were particularly appreciative of Coach McLane's fine cooperation. He gave the team a practice diamond at Merrill Field and proved a great help in securing equipment.

Alfred's Independent Baseball team inaugurated its season with an 11-3 victory over a nine representing An- dover on Tuesday afternoon. Mossien and Glynn divided the mound chores and gave but three hits, while Alfred found Joyce and Schreckengost for 10 bingles. Since Andover was ex- tremely weak on the mound Professor Donald Schreckengost, Coach of the Alfred nine, pitched the last five inn- ings for them. /

Coach Schreckengost has ordered a hard week of practice for the base- ballers as he anticipates a really tough game on Sunday, when the lo- cals invade Wellsville to battle the Sinclair Oilers. In view of the fine support the team has been given and the large turnout at Andover on Sun- day, a large crowd is expected at Tul- lar Field for the game. The admission will be only 25c.

Andover

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McGill, 2 3 1 2 Andrus, r. f 3 0 0 R. Scott, 1. f 3 0 0 H. Lehman, s. s . 3 0 1 R. Joyce, 1 3 0 0 D. Joyce, p 0 0 0 Schreckengost 2 0 0 B. Lehman, 3 1 0 0 Hardy 2 0 0 Alderson, c 3 1 0 B. Scott, c. f 2 1 1

New Coach

Bartlett And Randies Tie For Softball Lead

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BILLIARD PARLOR

(down town meeting place) Cigars, Cigarettes

Magazines, Candy

D. C. PECK, Prop.

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This is your last class formal.

Be sure your girl has a "James 1 Corsage" as a remembrance of 1 this event. |

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149 Main St., Hornell, N. Y. Phone 591

John Dougherty, Campus Agent

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As the Softball tournament swung into the second week of competition, the Randolph Boys and the team representing Bartlett Dormitory were tied for first place with three vic- tories and no defeats.

Norm Schachter, manager of the league appointed Willie Green and Leo Diamond as head umpires. He also announced that there would be a play off at the end of the season, resembling the one used in the Inter- national League. In order to keep an active interest in tourney play until the end of the season, he decided that the first four teams would battle it out for the crown in the said play offs. '

Results of games:

Bartlett Dorm. 21, Rosebush Block 9; Randy Boys 34, Klan Alpine 0;

Randy Boys 7, Rosebush Block 6:

Sherwood Flies 13, Delta Sig 9; Bur- dick Hall 20, Kappa Nu 14; Randy Boys 9, Theta Nu 8; Rosebush Block 11, Burdick Hall 2; Bartlett Dorm.

37, Sherwood Flies 13; Sherwood Flies 20, Kappa Nu 17.

Schedule for the week:

Today—Kappa Nu-Kappa Psi; Rose- bush Block-Klan Alpine Wednesday — Bartlett Dorm. Delta

Sig; Randy Boys-Kappa Psi Thursday—Kappa Nu-Theta Nu; Ran-

dy Boy.siSherwood Flies Friday Bartlett Dorm.-Burdick Hall;

Delta -Sig-Kappa Psi

Saturday — Klan Alpine-Theta Nu;

Rosetmsh Block-Kappa Nu There may be no connection in items but in the 1937 Summer Session catalogue of the University of Wiscon- sin under "courses for Men and Wo- men," the first course listed is "So- cial Dancing" and the second, "First Aid to the Injured".

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ALFRED COFFEE SHOP

Luncheon 50c Dinner 70c Sunday Dinner $1.00 Sunday night Suppers

5:30 to 7 P. M 50c

UNIVERSITY BANK 2% on

Time Deposits

Alfred New York

Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Co.

Minnick Appointed Assistant Coach For Next Year

Dan Minnick, Alfred '30, one of the greatest athletes ever to wear the Saxon colors, has 'been appointed instructor in physical education for next year, pending the approval of the trustees.

Minnick will assume the duties of assistant coach in football, basketball and track. In the event that the new head coach to succeed Coach Cox is not a basketball man, there is a pos- sibility that Minnick may coach varsity basketball next year.

Minnick's athletic career has included experience in basketball, track, cross country and football. He played three years of varsity basketball for Alfred, and in his senior years was co-captain of the team. In track, too, he earned his Varsity A for three straight years, and in cross country for two years.

In his senior year. Minnick reported for football instead of cross country, although he was captain-elect of the hill and dalers that year. He had played three years of high school football, but an injury prevented him from playing for Alfred. Last year, he was named most valuable athlete.

Minnick coached the Aggise in basketball this year, and despite th>5 fact that his charges were green and had no regular court, they finished the i season with a record of seven wins and seven losses.

Buffalo Tennis Meet Postponed Indefinitely

Tennis men will not meet Buffalo this Friday as scheduled, due to tha adverse weather conditions, which prevented Coach Russell's charges from getting any practice at all on the outdoor courts. The new date has not as yet been set.

The racketmen have been doing some work indoors. However, Coach Russell has not selected a starting team, for, in his opinion, the outdoor game is quite different from the indoor game.

Coach Russell would like to cancel the Cornell match, because he does not think the squad go.od enough for such competition yet. If this is done, the tennis men will play only a two- match schedule this year.

Russell is well qualified to coach tennis, as he held the Maine interscholastic doubles title when he attended the Durham High School. He did not find the time to play collegiate tennis, but managed to enter a good many tournaments in which he triumphed a goodly portion of the times.

GOACH COX NOT RETURNING NEXT YEAR - AURA

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