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VOL. XXIV FIAT LUX, DECEMBER 8, 1936, ALFRED, N. Y. No. 10

Politics, Love In Play

Tomorrow

Now, with politics eclipsed only by love and romance as the major topic of collegiate interest, the Footlight Club and Theta Alpha Phi are present- ing a timely comedy concerning love and politics.

T,rue to the French tradition, love comes ahead of politics in "The Art of Being Bored" by Edouard Pailleron, which will be staged at Alumni Hall at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening.

A burlesque on the "too-too" polite highbrows of society will be the subject of the three-act play, which depicts the artificiality of society in general.

With the stage sets and the costumes designed to illustrate 19th Cen- tury French aristocracy, this will be one of the first genuine period plays presented here.

"The Art of Being Bored" has been compared with such modern political dramas as "Of Thee I Sing" and

"First Lady," which likewise are co-

1 mentaries on the contemporary political scene.

In portraying the people of 19th Century French society, the large cast will have a difficult job to act bored to the proper degree.

There is Lucy, the English iceberg afloat in France.

And Bellac, the sought-after man-of- the-hour whose lectures on love are popular.

And Madame de Ceran who has the idea that she controls the granting of political positions.

And La Duchesse whose real interest is a sentimental attachment for young lovers.

Directed by Miss Mary K. Rogers and assistant director Ruth Eldredge, the cast includes Ruth Bronson, Al- berta Heidel, Beatrice Collins, Mar- garet Chester, Maurice Allen, Alvin Berneuther, Cameron Paulin, Isadore Leventon, Albert Groth, George Scan- nell, Alphonse Kirsch, Sanford Arkin, Benjamin Racusin, Donald Totten, Stuart Thomas, Thelma House, "Vir- ginia Latta, Joyce Wanmaker, Marion Jacox, and Winifred Winikus.

Richard Thomas is stage designer for the production. The production staff is John Albright, stage manager;

Randolph Webb, lighting manager;

Phyllis Burkle, property manager;

Margaret Winfield, costume manager;

and Jean Williams, makeup manager.

I Has Given Liquid Air Demonstration 520 Times

Saunders Finishes Tenth Year Of Educational Program Series

Offer Special Forum Price

Forum tickets for the remaining four numbers on the season's program may now be purchased for $2.00, it was announced Sunday by John D.

Young, chairman of the Forum Com- mittee. Those numbers yet to be heard are: Rockwell Kent, famous author, illustrator and traveller; Miss Margaret Speaks, featured soprano of

Ten years of liquid air and oxygen demonstrations is the record of Dr.

Paul C. Saunders, head of the Depart- ment of Chemistry at Alfred, Univer- sity.

Dr. Saunders gave his first demonstration before the student body of Alfred University in Firemens Hall, Oct. 14, 1926. The next one was Feb. 11, 1934.

During these 10 years Dr. Saunders has given 520 demonstrations on the average of one a week. These included 372 given before high schools, 55 Rotary Club, 28 Church Societies and Lodges, 20 Kiwanis Clubs, 16 Col- leges, 13 special programs, 9 Ex- change Clubs, and seven Lions Clubs.

Of these 520 demonstrations only 62 have been repeats. At present Dr.

Saunders continually has requests to repeat his Liquid Oxygen Demonstra- tion all over the country.

Liquid oxygen recently ha.s been Dr.

Saunders' demonstration subject. He has found it more convenient to handle than liquid air, which he had used for many years.

Senate Buying False Ceiling For Gym Dance

A false ceiling of 650 square yard of cheesecloth, tomething new in the way of decorations and possibly a permanent feature of Alfred dances from this time on, will feature the Interfraternity ball, formal fun feat for the Greek letter men on Alfred University's campus, at the gymnasium, Thursday evening, Dec. 17.

The committees for the dance, headed by Russell Buchholz, general chairman, and Walter Blundred, president of the Greek letter council, have ordered the false ceiling, and pending the approval of the Student Senate, the decoration will become permanent property of that organization.

The ceiling is being purchased by the Council and the Ceramic Festival committees, in conjunction with the Senate with the/understanding that the Firestone radio "program- Lowell !t h e S e n a t e s h a 1 1 r e n t t h e u's e o f

Thomas, the highest paid radio com-' decoration for any and all student mentator in the country; and a de-,

bate between Private Harold Peat j and General Smedley D. Butler.

The reason for reducing the price of season tickets was given by chairman Young. "There are still almost

$400 yet to be raised and this is our only chance," he said.

A large and interested audience heard Captain Henry Landau, British Intelligence operator during the war, disclose the workings of the foreign spy system in the forum's first program last week.

Captain Landau did not romanticize espionage as a profession. He con- fined his disclosures to matter of fact methods of technique. He asserted that it was necessary for European countries to build an effective counter- spy system during peace time to be prepared for war. In an open forum

•discussion after 'his lecture. Captain Landau answered questions from the the audience about codes and individual spies.

Rockwell Kent, whose woodcuts have made him one of the most prominent of contemporary artists, will address the Forum in the next program on Jan. 12. He is now chief of the art staff of the Saturday Evening Post. Mr. Kent's wide travels have given him material for several books about the North which have enjoyed best seller circulation.

i dances to reimburse the Senate for its purchase. All that wants now, it is said, is a formal vote of approval by the Senate.

With a basketball game scheduled for the gymsnasium the night before the dance, the ceiling will greatly facilitate decoration a'nd present a uniform appearance heretofore un- known in gym dances, according to informed committee sources.

Arrangements are nearing comple- tion, meanwhile, for the Monte Carlo hall of favors, from which each wo- man at the dance will take away a gift. Committees are more heartily endorsing their orchestra choice, Curly Johnson and his band from Elmira.

These Liquid Air Demonstrations have been given in 12 states which include New York, Pennsylvania, Nevt Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio.

At least 150,000 people have witness- ed the demonstration and the largest single audience that saw the demonstration was 2,500 at Scranton Tech- nical High School, Scranton, Pa.

Over 5,000 students have seen the demonstration in one day. There have been audiences ranging from 1200-1500, which included Jamestown High School, Elmira High School and Elmira Academy.

The longest single trip that Dr.

Saunders has taken was 1800 miles in the summer of 1935, when he visited 16 service clubs. He has shown as many as four demonstrations in one day. He schedules three or four long trips every summer.

Service clubs visited include: Buf- falo, Rochester, Syracuse, Watertown, Auburn, Utica, Plattsburg, Amster- dam, Troy, Binghamton, Elmira, Hor- nell, Corning, NewBurgh, Poughkeep- sie, Scranton, Philadelphia, Canden, Wilmington, Reading, Allentown, Easton, Butler, Bridgeport, Worcester, Springfield.

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Eginton Gives Teacher Qualities

Kappa Nu Establishes Library

A good sense of humor, a code of moral ethics, a modern scientific viewpoint, and a balanced personality and emotional control today were included in 15 qualifications for a high school teacher, as set down by Dr.

Daniel P. Eginton, head of the Depart- ment of Education at Alfred Univer- sity.

Good health, the ability to make friends, the desire and capacity to keep on growing are among the other outstanding requirements in Dr. Egin- ton's list, said to be the first of its kind in the field of pedagogy.

The work was done by Dr. Eginton in his capacity as chairman of a Com- mittee on Teacher Guidance, recently appointed by Dean Alfred E. Whit- ford of the College of Liberal Arts.

- Though the suggestions are primarily for those preparing for the teaching field, Dr. Eginton emphasized they are "the essential foundation for any profession". / P a r t of his suggestions follow:

1. A code of moral ethics

Good health with an abundance of physical vitality

I. Q. of at least 110

Balanced personality and emotion al control

Pleasant effective voice Ability to make friends A good sense of humor

Willingness and capacity to work hard

9. Capacity and desire to work with others

Modern, scientific points of view on all social, economic, and political questions and on sex, ] ligion, delinquincy, war

Rich background of experiences Varied interests

A comprehension of the nature of growth and development

Outstanding leadership capacity in special field

Deside and capacity to keep on growing and changing with, the new developments and move- ments in education and society

Establishing a library of its own, Phi chapter of Kappa Nu fraternity here has started a program of expan- sion along new lines.

A nucleus of good books and magazines on widely varied subjects has been put in the chapter room, which has been set aside as a library and reading room.

Enthusiastic support of the project is being evidenced, and a long-range plan for enlarging the selection of books has been started.

The room, which formerly served as a ping-pong and recreation room, will now be converted into the library.

More than 15 different magazines are on the list already, and more are scheduled. The library has a score of good books given or loaned by members.

Alexander Nadel is chairman of the committee of the new plan to organize a fraternity library.

Plans are also under way for the re- decoration of the library and addition of facilities such as chairs, bookcases and lights. Leonard Rubenstein is in charge of this portion of the library development.

Topics in. which the library is already getting books, include science, education, politics, economics, education, philosophy, are, literature, and industry, as well as a supply of fiction and popular reading of various types.

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Announces Decision

Higher Index Required For Graduation Under Faculty's New System

The faculty, by unanimous vote, has adopted a new system of scholastic indices, more liberal for freshmen but more rigid for other students, it was announced today by Dean A. B. Whit- ford of the College of Liberal Arts.

These indices eligibility rules become effective with the class of 1941 and all subsequent classes.

The principal change is that every senior must have a cumu- lative index of 1.00 at the end of the first semester of the final year in order to be graduated the following June.

• There will be no more "unclassified"

students. Except in extreme cases any student whose cumulative index at the end of a semester of the sophomore, Junior or senior year, falls below the minimum index required, will be put on probation during the next semester.

If he attains the index required for the next semester, he may continue his work; if not, he will be required to withdraw.

A student who is dropped at the end of a probationary period may re- turn after an absence of one semester, for another final chance.

If he so returns, he will have the same classification and will be required to attain the same cumulative index as when he was dropped.

(Thus a sophomore, returning after a semester's absence, may not be classifield as a junior as though he had progressed at the same rate as the class with which he entered college.)

The new index requirements are a s follows:

Freshman Year

First semester—No definite index Second semester"—0.20

The first high mass to be celebrated in Alfred will be sung at the Catholic Christmas Service in the Gothic at 10 o'clock Sunday njorning. Three members of the St. Bonaventure Semi- nary will chant the mass while the head of the music department at St.

Bonaventure plays the organ. Rev.

Hyacinth Barnhardt, pastor of the chapel, will preside.

Mrs. S. R. Scholes will sing the Ave Maria as a feature of the service.

The chapel will be decorated to represent the scene of the nativity.

The Sunday School class under the direction of Miss Barbara Suter has made several clay figures which will form the center of the decorations.

A Protestant worship service, fourth in a series of presentations by the YWCA, will feature chapel service Wednesday.

The service incorporating special Protestant forms, will be led by Bar- bara Corsaw. Dawn Kamakaris will give a reading and the University quartet will be featured in two numbers.

Next chapel program by the YWCA will be Catholic.

Dr. Joseph Seidlin. will lead a discussion next Sunday evening.

'Indiscreet Kiss Gave Alfred Its Start'-—Norwood

A man kissed a girl in church, President J. Nelson Norwood told a surprised Founders Day assembly and then Alfred University really got started.

In a reminiscent mood, the Pres- ident abandoned his text for a few minutes to relate some hither- to unmentioned college lore.

A hundred years ago, he said, there were two schools in Alfred—

a "select" school and a singing school.

The select school, which was to become Alfred University, met in an upper room of a village house.

The singers, for want of a more appropriate place, met in the village church.

There had been much apposi- tion to the use of a dedicated meeting-house for a frivolous pur- pose, and it burst forth in a tor- rent one day when a man kissed a girl singer in front of the entire company.

The singing school was invited to seek new quarters. It happen- ed that the select school was too crowded that year, so the organ- izations joined forces and built a small wooden structure to house them both.

On moving in the select school changed its name to Alfred Aca- demy. It continued to grow until in 1857 it was granted a university charter.

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Blue Key Plans Ski Race After Christmas

Crystallizing Alfred's potential winter sports possibilities into a definite program, the Blue Key, national men's honor fraternity, today announced plans for a cross country ski-race over Alfred's snowy hills and dales sometime

cation.

after Christmas va- A three or four mile course will be mapped for the event, which will be open to all budding followers of the pine-slab sport at Alfred University.

Richard Vrabcak, vice president of the Blue Key, is laying out the course.

An individual prize will go to the winner of the race and a team prize to the fraternity or outsider group

#hich places five men in the7 highest rank. Teams will be limited to six men.

Meanwhile work is progressing on the ice skating rink behind the gym.

Hindered by heavy snowfalls last week, workmen Saturday cleared off the rink and are waiting till the ground is in solid enough condition to flood. Harry Greene, superintend- ent of grounds and buildings at the University, will direct the flooding and a hired workman will be in active charge of the work.

Recognizing that students have used haphazard ski-runs on the campus for many years and seeing the definite need for organized winter athletics, the Key is pushing forward its plans for a cross country run. The event is another of the organization's plans for a broad program of snow sports at Alfred University.

Indoor athletics, with intramural basketball at present the major interest, were pushed forward this week as fraternities and independent groups organized their court squads for the pending opening of the tournament.

Sophomore Year First semester—0.40 Second semester—'0.60

Junior Year First semester—0.80 Second semester—1.00

Senior Year First semester—1.00 Second semester—1.00

"In general," Dean Whitford ex- plained, "freshmen will be given the year to make good. Only ip the case of a very low and inexcusably bad record will a freshman be dropped at the end of the first semester.

"But at the end of the freshman year those whose indices are below 0.00 will be dropped. Others whose indices are from 0.00 to 0.20 will be put on probation until the end of the next semester, and will be required to make an index of 0.40. The summer session may be used to attain this re- sult."

This step is the second in five years to raise Alfred's scholastic requirements.

Old English Motif For Christmas Sale

Students To Have Candlelight Service

Christmas in music—with the hymns and carols of the Yuletide the feature of the program—will be the theme of the annual Candlelight service by the University students, the candlelight service will be led by Mrs. R. F.

Reynolds, choir director.

A processional with candles to the music om "Adeste Fideles" will bring listeners into the spirit of Yuletide.

The singing of carols, old and new, to the flicker and flutter of candlelight will feature the service.

A recessional will close the ser-

Medieval England and its guilds, its shops, its taverns, and it. carols—

will be brought back to life on the Alfred University camp'us Friday afternoon at the annual Ceramic Guild sale of pottery products in the new Ceramic building.

A carol procession will tour the building at three o'clock to open the activities. The carolers will pass along the halls which will be shops where pottery will be on sale, to the English Inn where an inn-keeper, Old English style, will greet his customers and sell tea and hot punch.

This year's sale of pottery, which will include pottery thrown on the wheel and hand-made pieces, will not be large, since the Guild Socety has intended to stress quality rather than quantity in its work.

A large number of invitations have been sent out to distant parts, and a large number of people are expected to attend.

The sale will last until five o'clock.

Cornell Enrollment Well Distributed

Ithaca, N. Y.-(ACP)—Cornell Uni- versity's record enrollment this year has gratified university authorities for three reasons.

Analysis shows that an increased number of children of Cornell graduates have registered, there is a broader national distribution of students, and there are more students vice, which is scheduled for 7.30. from foreign countries.

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Dean Dexter S. Kimball of Cornell University in writing of morals and manners says;

"I am always disturbed when a freshman comes into my office with his little cap on his head and a cigarette in his mouth. I am disturbed when he reappears as a senior, ha

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on head and pipe in mouth, having made no progress in good manners but like Omar of old coming 'out the selfsame door wherein he went'."

There are many more aspects of education that a college bred person must' acquire beyond the mere dictates of his curriculum.

Unfortunately, however, many men are going through college al- most entirely neglecting their requirements in courtesy. >,

This deficiency in their education becomes apparent during our assembly programs when guest speakers, lingering backstage before making th^ir entrance, hear the uproar which usually pro- ceeds the program. This expression of lack of manners is seldom deliberate. More often it results from the tradition of inter-class rivalry. This rivalry, however, must have no place in our college assembly. Our speakers frequently travel great distances to ad- dress us. They are entitled to courteous attention. Won't you give it to them?

SPOTLITES

By Sam Sverdlik

' Winterset' Tryouts Set For Sunday

Getting under motion with the most difficult play to be attempted here, Miss Mary K. Rogers has announced that tryouts for "Winterset," a three- act tragedy by Maxwell Anderson, will be held next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Alumni Hall.

A large group of aspiring actors are expected to turn out to try for parts in the famous play which was outstanding on Broadway last season and is now being produced in motion picture form.

All designs for the stage settings must be submitted to Miss Rogers by Friday, December 11, so that action can be plotted before the cast starts rehearsals.

The entire staff of actors and stage workers will concentrate on the play continuously for three months, and the play will probably be presented some time during March.

Department heads of Theta Alpha Phi and the Footlight Club will select two candidates for each production manager, stage manager, lighting manager, costumes, makeup, pro- perties, and the rest.

One of these two candidates will be chosen for each position. The selection will be based on experience and ability.

There is a possibility that two sets of actors will be chosen to perform in

WINTER T H O U G H T S — By Janet Rogers

The day is awakened by soft flurries of snow,

Which the solitary pines await with up-lifted arms.

Ski suits parade gaily about t h e campus

To the accompaniment, of snow-balls.

Night brings gleeful skiers

To the gentle slopes of Steinheim Hill, And the town often rings

With the clamor of sleigh-bells.

Bobsleds race swiftly from Jericho Hill,

Scudding softly toward the town And dreams of a coming vacation.

A skunk which had made its home in a drain pipe of Fiske hall on the campus of Wichita University vigor- ously aired its protest at toeing forcibly ejected. The janitor rejoices that the drain-pipe is on the outside of the building.

the leading roles for "Winterset," al- though it has not yet been definitely decided.

The five leading roles might have two sets of actors, one for each production of the play. This will be de- I termined before tryouts next Sunday.

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There's big doings at Alfred this week. By big doings we mean that there a r e plenty of things with which one may while away one's time.

The first program of import is the second attempt of the Footlight Club.

This attempt is presented Wednes- day night, and is the comedy, "The Art of Being Bored," by Pailleron.

Authoritative sources reveal there has been much work done on the part of all branches of production. The staging of this play required pome remarkable feats on the part of the set designer and will require some- thing similar to a dissappearance act on the pairt of the stage crew.

The cast of this production furnish us with some interesting sidelights.

The first fact t h a t is rather impressive is the cast's index; from what we previously called our authoritative source we have learned that the index for the entire cast is about 1.5. Not bad, considering that there are about four Freshmen and some Seniors on the cast.

Ken Lomas has returned to the foot- lights once again and should be good from all indications. I. Leventon, who has been doing all of footlight work thus far back-stage as a makeup art- ist now tries his hand on the boards and will appear as Francois.

The cinema furnishes us with two very nice little pictures. The first, which appears on Thursday, Dec. 10, is "These Three". This picture con- cerns itself primarily with Mariam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, and Joel Me- Crea. That's how it get's its name These Three. Merle and Mariam are two ambitious college graduates who set out to establish themselves in this world.

During the progress of their as- sault against this world they encounter Joel McCrea. Thus we have estab- lished contact between the three and now all that is necessary is complications.—These complications are furnished by a cluster. of talented child actresses who do admirable bits of acting. Without any restraint, ' this picture is certainly worth a Senior rating and we don't begrudge* it any compliments that it may get.

However, we feel that this picture should not be seen by impressionable Freshmen.

The closing program of the week is another one of those football pictures. This one is very appropriately titled "Rose Bowl," for, believe it or not, it takes place at some point in its action in the Rose Bowl. This picture is presented Saturday, Dec. 12.

Its cast includes such muscle men as Buster Crabbe, Tom Brown and that not too muscular but rather funny Mr. B. Baker. There isn't much any- one can say about vthese football pictures other than old Westeastern always beats State Tech A & M PDQ in the final minutes of the game. This picture and all those like it don't rate a Freshman standing we'll simply call it a PrepjSchool.

Nomadic Linguist Rode Rails Seeking Teaching Position

Last Wednesday Alfred's quiet campus was visited by a character who might well have stepped from the pages of fiction.

Students described him as having a long waxed mustache, dark hair reach- ing to his shoulders, dark skin, an odd had with ear flaps and an old dark coat.

Entering the "Collegiate"^ he took out an onion and a can of meat which he opened, proceeding to dine. Quiz- zed by the students, he replied that he was a linguist, speaking Spanish, En- glish and French and had come to Al- fred to get a position.

He succeeded in interviewing Pres- ident Norwood, Registrar Titsworth, and Professor Ringo. Already well convinced of inability to secure a job, he asked for money to get out of town since he "didn't like this country."

When refused money he threatened suicide. According to Professor Rin- go, he was born in Key West, one parent French and the other Spanish.

He had been out of a job for four years after teaching in Berlitz, New York City.

Believing the extraordinary inter- view well worth his while, Prof. Rin- go. donated a dollar to the cause which helped speed the guest toward Buf- falo via Olean.

Quoting the Hornell Tribune of Dec.

2:

"A talented linguist in search of em- ployment landed in jail here late yes- terday afternoon on a charge of illegal train riding. He is Charles B. Talley- rand, 50, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Arraigned before Judge Acton M.

Hill in City Court this morning, Tal- leyrand said he was enroute in Alfred.

Sentence was suspended.

Talleyrand was arrested by Sergeant Thomas Collins of the Erie Police when discovered riging 'blind baggage' on the Erie Limited. The defendant said he had come all the way from New York and was going to Alfred.

Questioned by Judge Hill, Talley- rand said he had taught Spanish and French in a university in Washington, D. C, for many years, but lost out during the depression. For some time he did private tutoring. He also exhibit- ed a letter of recommendation from an official at the University of Minnesota.

Creagh And Lynn Speak And Debate

Indiana university (has received approval on a PWA project calling for the construction of a new school of education and laboratory. The total cost of the project has been placed at $858,000.

Edward >F. Creagh and Bert M.

Lynn, both '38, represented Alfred University at a pre-college conference Saturday at Cortland. Nine other New York State colleges and universities also sent delegates.

Creagh spoke on student publica- tions, which he said puovided almost the only practical application of the theories of journalism and composi- tion as taught in the classroom.

Colleges, he said, supply the "background" necessary for specialization in any field, but in journalism especial- ly. "College gives a road-map," he said, "but the student must trace his own route".

Lynn upheld the excellence of the small co-educational college in a spirited and unscheduled debate with delegates from Cornell, Colgate, Rensselaer, Hamilton, Hobart, William Smith, Elmira, Rochester, and Syra- cuse.

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Editor's Note—This is the first in a series of news items prepared and written by aspiring journalists of Alfred's Colleg- ate centers—college extension courses which entitle the studen to first and second year credits.. . The contribution this week is from Jamestown Collegiate Center.

Jamestown College Center Basket- ball Team coached by Paul Halbert started its season auspiciously by defeating the Jamestown Business Col- lege by a score of 15 to 9 in a game played in the Senior High School gymnasium. Twelve members of the College Center's large squad saw action in the contest and prospects are bright for a successful season. Ber- dine, Seekins, and Morse were high scorers for the victors with Ounick and Markello making the most points for the losers. The local College athletes will shortly engage the Dunkirk College Center Team.

Howes Speaks Before Club Our supervisor, Dr. R. F. Howes, was the speaker at a recent meeting of the Lions Club. His topic was

"Larger Powers for the New America".

Brandeis Debaters Under Way Organization of a debating society has been-completed by the receipt of a letter from Supreme Court Justice Brandeis authorizing the use of his name in connection with the under- taking. The debaters will call themselves the Brandeis Club. Oflicers are: Everett Hagberg, president; and Nancy La Boria, secretary-treasurer.

Other members are Earl Minckler, Robert Rhoades, Donald Reslink,. and LeRoy Barkstrom. The group will be under the direction of Dr. Howes, one-time coach of debating squads at Bucknell University, where his teams achieved a remarkable success.

Thespians Present Farce The Thespians, College Center dramatic society, staged a one act play in the Masonic Temple. The production, a farce entitled, "The Bride and Groom," was ably enacted by a cast consisting of Mary Louise

Clark, Jean Anderson, Ethel Carlson, William Boerst, Dan Rubini, Elbert Nelson, and Clarence Berdine. Re- freshments were served the audience after the production. The play was arranged and directed by Mary Rashid, Kathryn Rashid, and N. Paul La Barbara.

Center Newspaper in Debut The first issue of the Jamestown College Center student publication, The Broadcaster, has just been published. It will be published monthly and will contain both humorous and more serious material, recording the various school activities and present- ing original student literary composi- tions. There are 35 people on the staff directed by the following department heads:

Editor in chief, Claribel Lindquist;

Associate editors, LeRoy Barkstrom and Glenn Engel; Art editor, Doria McKay; Literary editor, Dorothy Ferguson; News editor, Margaret La Boria; Activities editor, Durwood Hartley; Joke editor, Edith Hanks;

Business manager, Gorden Swanson;

Advertising manager, N. Paul La Barbara; Circulation and Exchange editor, Donald Reslink. Production costs will be met through the advertising sale to local merchants and by the sale of subscriptions to members of the student body and others.

Kappa Nu Plans Library

(Continued from page one) While the library is still in its form- ative period, the fraternity is confident that the new step will add a vital interest in fraternity life, along with the social and fraternal program.

In recent recommendations for the improvement of fraternity life on college campuses of America, heads of outstanding colleges and universities recently commented on the apparent lack of library facilities within fraternities. This point has been brought up in the consideration of Kappa Nil's plan. »

When the library is completely furnished, it will be a comfortable, restful room with plenty of reading material and good lights for reading.

The color scheme and decorations will contribute to the atmosphere and comfort, according to designer Ruben- stein.

Saunders Ends Decade Of Liquid Air Lecturers

(Continued from page one) Dr. Saunders two most outstanding competitors are Elliot James, who operates on a lyceum circuit in the East and who demonstrated liquid air at the World's Fair at Chicago; and Dr. Cady, head of the Chemistry De- partment at the University of Kansas.

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FIAT LUX, DECEMBER 8, 1936, ALFRED, N. Y. Page Three

COURTMEN TAKE ALUMNI 54-14, CORNELL NEXT

BOARD VOTES 56 VARSITY,

FROSH AWARDS

24 Varsity A's, 32 Class Numerals Awarded Saxon Varsity and Frosh Athletes

Twenty-four Varsity A's and thirty- two class numerals were awarded to Saxon athletes by the Men's Athletic Governing Board at a recent meeting.

Varsity football men who were voted letters are Joe Majeske, Mike Far- gione, Ben Racusin, Jud Gustin, Phil Corbman, Bob Hall, Dick Brownell, Nick Oberhanick, Dick Thomas, Andy Mauro, John Barvian, Walt Gardner, Dick Martin, Bob Bleakley, Desmond Teague, and Ed Kunzman, Manager.

Varsity A's were awarded to cross country men, Bob Hughes, Ross Daw- son, Buzzy Keefe, Russ Barreca, Lyle Perkins, Al Dorn, and to Managers Bob Skinner and Russ Buchholz.

The governing board is composed of Coaches IMcLane, Cox, McLeod, and Lobaugh; Managers Skinner, Buchholz, Kunzman, Racusin, and Davis; President Nick Oberhanick, Sam Scholes and Alumni Representa- tive Robert Campbell. John F. Me- Mahon, Alfred '23, now Assistant Pro- fessor connected with the Ceramic Station was elected to the post of Alumni Representative on the board.

Class numerals were awarded to the following:

Cross Country—Len Dauenhauer, Andy Kellogg, Cliff Snow, Chris Pat- lotta, Charles Casamo, Leslie Doy, Vaughn Davis, Robert Wade.

Track—Dick Martin '39.

Football—Bob Shane, Harold Rouff, Dick Callista, Robert Eschbach, Har- old Edleson, Bill Riley, Phillips Gree- man, Mike Corbman, Art Argyros, Fred Vollmer, Floyd Oliva, Mike Rat- chuk, Larry Bizet, Bob Glynn, Walt Johnson, Marcello Rollery, John Hal- pin, Al Thomas, Daniel Freed, Rich- ard Dlugozima, Stanley Gutheinz, Winton Green, Robert Standing.

Martin Dykeman was elected Var- sity Cross Country Manager for next year, and Carl Swanson, Frosh Man- ager. John Albright was named Var- sity Football Manager and Al Nutt, Frosh Manager for 1937. Warren Felter named Interscholast.ic Track Meet Manager.

Veterans Schachter, Shoemaker, and Oberhanick a r e the "Three Aces" in Coach Cox's hand as he bids for a high ranking in the 1936-37 court deal.

Intramural Basketball Starts This Week As

Thirteen Teams Enter

Over one 'hundred men on thirteen teams will take part in the Blue Key sponsored Intramural Basketball League, which is the first item on the 1936-37 Alfred "sports for all" program.

The Blue Key, which so successful- ly reorganized and ran last year's Intramural League, h a s turned over the management of the League this year to the newly formed Intramural Board. John Barvian has been elected President of the Board.

The cup, which is now in possession

Topper And

Brundage Assist Coach Seidlin

The 1936-37 edition of the Saxon mat team map possibly be lacking in material and experience, but it is certain that it will not be lacking in coaching. For Coach Seidlin is groom- ing his fortyjfive grapplers with the aid of two former Alfred mat stars, Phil Brundage and Sam Topper.

Coach Seidlin is in charge of the afternoon practice sessions, and Brundage and Topper are teaching the whys and wherefores of wrestling' in the evenings.

The forty-five men who are working out daily a r e : Sheheen, Weidman, Schops, McLure, Scholes,' Moore, Whitmore, DeLong, Argyros, Turck, Lerman, Alty, Streeter, Molyneux, Stanislaw, iDavidson, Jones, Kirsch, Alden, Lomas, Paquin, Perry, Bissell, Grossman. Masters, Tracy, Tate, Sloane, Beers, Tinker, Mathewson, Samuelson, O'Neill, Blankenhorn, Chess, Nyman, Dick Thomas, Dave Thomas, Dyer, Bosco, Gilbo, Tucker, Spiro, Gu'tiherinz, and Kalan.

Dribble-ettes

Oberhanick and Shoemaker were "on," Saturday nite—

Schachter didn't try many—

but I'll bet he had the best batting average—Buckley look- ed smooth—three former Saxon captains, Ken Nichols, Don Fen- ner, and Dan Minnick, played for the Alumni—the Cornell starters will include — Capt.

Tom Rich, six-two—Bob Mc- Donald, six-one—Carleton Wil- son, six-five—Gus Dauner, six- two—and little Rudy Doering, five-eleven — probable A l f r e d starters Schachter, Shoemaker, Oberhanick, Buckley, and — your guess is as good as mine—

HARRIERS AGAIN ELECT HUGHES CAPTAIN TEAM

of Delta Sig, will be the prize for which the teams will aim. Last year, Delta Sig nosed out Kappa Nu in the playoffs to become the first team to have a leg on the new cup. The first team which wins the cup three times will keep t h e cup permanently.

The teams entered in this year's league are the Zips, the Faculty, the Randy iBoys, and two teams each from Delta Sig, Kappa Psi, Theta Nu, Klan Alpine, and Kappa Nu.

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Robert J. Hughes '38 of Syracuse was re-elected Captain of the Alfred cross country team at a meeting of the squad, held last Friday.

Hughes, 'Captain of the 1936 team which recently completed ' a most!

successful season will lead a 1937, outfit which is expected to be one of the strongest in Saxon cross country history.

Bob is the youngest of the Hughes clan which has made Alfred athletic history. Brother Pat captained the 1931 cross country team and Brother Bill was a varsity football man and Track Manager last year. However, Bob has already eclipsed the records of both.

In his freshman year, Hughes earned his numerals in both track and cross country. As a sophomore he won Varsity A's in track and cross country, and now, as a junior, he has again earned his letter in cross country and been elected to the captaincy of the team.

Frosh Trim

Jayvees 34-14 In Opener

The Fross courtmen opened their season with a win Saturday night, as they defeated the Jayvees 34-14, in a sluggish one-sided prelim to the Var- sity-Alumni affair.

Four minutes and forty seconds of playing time had elapsed before the Jayvees finally broke the scoring ice on a long shot by Smigrod. The Frosh retaliated with goals by Ienczenski and Bucher to lead 4-2 at the quarter.

The start of the second quarter saw CoaGh McLane substitute an entire Frosh team which lost little time in going off on a scoring spree. Riley, Corbman, Edleson, Greenman, and Snow looked smooth as they ran the Frosh lead up to 17-4 at the half.

In the second half, the Frosh continued a t the same pace and were never in danger of losing their lead.

Glynn, Edleson, Snow, Riley, and Corbman led the Frosh scoring, and Proe, Smigrod, and Vance divided the Jayvee honors.

Frosh—34 FG FP TP Ienczewski, rf 1 0 2 Snow 2 0 4 Fossesseca, If 1 0 2 Glynn 2 2 6 Corbman 2 0 4 Ryan, c 1 0 2 Greenman 1 0 2 Rollery, rg 0 1 1 Edleson 2 1 5 Polan 0 0 0

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SAXONS INVADE LAIR OF BIG RED FIVE, SATURDAY

Coxmen Make First Invasion of Foreign Fields At Ithaca This Saturday

Alfred University's gold clad courtmen invade the lair of the Big Red of. Cornell University this Saturday at Ithaca, where they will attempt to break a Cornell jinx which 'has extended to every field of Saxon sport.

Never, at least in modern times, has an Alfred team defeated a Cor- nell team. However, the Alfred- Cornell basketball series has produced some close games. In 1930, Cornell won 32-28. In 1931, the Saxons went down by two points, 36-34. 1932 saw Cornell overcome a 19-16 Saxon lead at half-time with a strong finish to win 32-24. And in last year's thriller the Big Red power, trailing by six points with three minutes to play, staged a Merriwellian rally to win by a field goal in the last twenty seconds of play. The final score was 36-34.

Coach John K. Cox will be relying in his three veteran aces, Norm Schaoter, high scorer last year, Nick Oberhanick, agressive forward, and Bob Shoemaker, shifty fioorman, to bring home a victory over the Cor- nellians. In addition to this nucleus, Coach Cox has Buzzy Keefe, Ken Vance, and Ray Buckley, who are battling for the remaining guard post, and Don Vredenburgh, Dick Brownell, and Sandy Arkin, center candidates.

Others who make up Coach Cox's varsity and jayvee squads are Ken Getman, Joe Majeske, Mike Farigone, Clayton Vance, Joe Proe, George Vin- cent, Seymour Smigrod, Lyle Perkins, and Cran Cowles.

Football star Richard Thomas is going John Barrymore in dramatics classes, we hear.

Bucher, Ig 1 0 2 Riley 1 2 4 Totals 14 6 34 Jayvees—14 FG FP T P

Proe, rf 2 0 4 Perkins, If 1 0 2 Henshfield, c 0 0 0 Vance, rg. 2 0 4 Smigrod, Ig 2 0 4 Vincent 0 0 0 Totals 7 0 14

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Plucky Alumni Five Bows To Fast Varsity Attack Led by Shoe- maker and Oberhanick

Coach John \K. Cox's Saxon bas- keteers open their season auspiciously Saturday night a t the gym, as they rolled up 54 points to snow under a plucky, but unconditioned Alumni five by a 54-14 score.

The Varsity lost little time getting their high scoring attack functioning.

Shoemaker dropped a long shot for the first score of the game after torty seconds of play. However, "Tubby"

Potter, the Alumni's spacious center evened the score as he netted one after a nice pass from Minnick. The Varsity again took the lead, which they never relinguished, on two goals each by Schachter and Shoemaker.

From this point on Oberhanick led the Saxon attack which ran up 22 points to the Alumni's 11 at half- time.

The comparative conditions of the two teams was clearly evidenced in the second half, as the fast Varsity pace began to tell on the Old Boys.

Oberhanick and Shoemaker then went on a scoring rampage which, with the able assistance of Schachter, Buckley, and Keefe, enabled the Var- sity to roll up a 54-14 final score.

Alfred—54 FG FP TP Schachter, rf 3 0 6 Brownell 1 0 2 Arkin 1 0 2 Oberhanick, If-c 7 1 15 Vredenburgh, c 1 0 2 Shoemaker, rg 7 0 14 Getman 1 0 2 Majeske 0 0 0 Buckley, lg.-lf 4 0 8 Vance 0 0 0 Fargione 0 0 0 Keefe 1 1 3 Totals 26 2 54 Alumni—14 FG FP T P Dickens, rf 0 1 1 Nichols, If 1 0 2 Potter, c 2 2 6 Fenner, rg 2 0 4 Minnick, Ig. . . 7 0 1 1

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Page Four FIAT LUX, DECEMBER 8, 1936, ALFRED, N. Y.

Two Get Honorary Degrees At 101 st Founders' Day--Silverman Is Speaker

Says Youth Should Build Better World

Alfred University honored its founders and celebrated its 100th birthday last Thursday.

As a memorial to the founders, the 101st Founders Day were dignified and impressive, but as a birthday celebration it was only an anti-climax to the five-day Cen- tennial last June.

The program opened shortly after 11 a. m. with an academic procession of faculty, guests, and seniors, the last-named in caps and gowns for the first time.

Degrees Conferred

Principal speaker was Dr. Alex- ander Silverman, head of the chemistry department of the University of Pittsburgh, who received the doctor of science degree. Dr. Paul C. Saund- ers, professor of chemistry in Alfred, cited him for the degree.

Another honorary degree, doctor of laws, was awarded to Christopher Mollenhauer of Brooklyn, banker and a regent of the University of the State of New York. He was presented by Dr. Daniel P. Egintori, head of the Alfred department of education.

Dr. Silverman, after mentioning his acquaintance with Dr. Saunders and other Alfred men, first reviewed modern accomplishments in the natural sciences.

He said in part:

"Young people today are fortunate in being able to help build a better world through science.

"In a world with more than enough natural resources to house, nourish, and cLothe its inhabitants, there must be no hunger or unemployment.

"Yours is the privilege of building a better world, with jobs and leisure for all—a more wholsesome and interesting leisure."

Gives Warning

He warned that technological progress must be put to proper use lest it become harmful, mentioning war gases as a perversion of the original intention of science.

"The alibi was offered," he said,

Gets Honorary D.Sc.

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In answer to skeptics:

President Norwood did go around the campus Founders Day eve with William C. Kenyon's original lantern.

He visited the fraternities, sororities, and the ihree dorms, according the most reliable source on presidential doings.

So Alfred does have a new trad- dition.

The lantern-carrying started some 70 years ago when Kenyon, first president, used to make the rounds of men's -residences at night to see his boys were safely in bed. *

The lantern which he carried on his nightly prowls was pre- served by Mrs. Kenyon, who gave it to President-Emeritus Boothe C. Davis. This summer, Dr. Davis gave it to President Norwood.

Some publicity-minded alumnus suggested that the president re- vive the old custom and on every Pounders Day eve visit all student residence carrying the lantern.

So he did and so he will. He made the trip in his automobile this time, his one concession to 1936. You can't blame him, because it was cold and snowing.

There was publicity in abundance, some of it more picturesque than the facts warranted, but that was no fault of the department of publicity, which having fulfilled a request from the Inter- national News Sea-vice for complete details, expects a story on the "tucking-in" ceremony in News-Week magazine, out late this week.

Williams Giving Dancing Lessons

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In cooperation with Miss Lavinia E.

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'Social dancing at the nail has been changed to Tuesday and Thursday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock and the Friday night dancing will continue at the hours of 8 to 10.

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