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Attend Alfred's first Organ Assem- bly this Thursday. See page one for
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To experience "Death In A Foxhole"
read the feature on page two.
VOL. XXXI, NO. 22 — TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1944, ALFRED, N. Y. Telephone 29-Y-lll STUDENT BOX HOLDER
Fellowship Plans Careers Conference For Sunday, April 16
Students From 25 Schools Will Investigate, Discuss Many Vocational Fields
Approximately twenty-five nearby high schools have been invited to attend "Frontiers of the Future," a Careers Conference, to be sponsored here by the ACF on Sunday, April 16, from 3:00 to 8:30 p.m.
The conference is for all high school students from the tenth grade through the post-graduatte year for the pur- pose of helping to answer the ques- tion, "Where do we go from here?"
Assembly and registration will take place at 3:00 p.m. From 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. discussion groups will be lead by professionally successful men and
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women in and near Alfred. Hosts
•will be students with majors in cor- responding fields.
Included in the program will be dis- cussions on Agriculture, Commerce,
•Creative Arts: music, handcraft, drama, fine arts and creative writing,
«nd Medicine and allied fields.
Pre-induction education, Nursing, Teaching, Engineering and Law and Government are also listed for dis- cussion.
A special discussion group, Coun- selling for Careers, will be open to adults, ministers, teachers, youth lead- ers and parents.
From 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. guests are free to do as they please. At 6:00 p.m. there will be a supper served by the University during which student talks will be featured on "College Out- side the Classroom".
Some form of recreation is being planned until 7:30 p.m. when the speech, "Youth and the Frontiers of the Future," will conclude the pro- gram.
Several University students visited surrounding high schools during Spring Vacation and explained the purpose of the conference. Following are the towns in which they spoke:
,Shirley Lane '47, Belmont; Corinne Herrick '47, Bolivar; Paul Cook '45, Bath; Doris Comfort '46, Canisteo;
Eleanor Chapin '44, Whitesville; Helen Dreher '45, Wellsville; Hannah Saund- ers '47, Alfred-Almond; Mable Stubbs N.C., Cuba; Coreene Chapman.'46, Genesee, Penna.
Among the towns Invited to the Career Conference are Wellsville, Scio, Allentown, Belmont, Cuba, Friend- ship, Bolivar, Whitesville, Andover, Al- fred-Almond, Hornell, Dansville, Ark- port, Avoca, Bath, Canisteo, Green- wood, Angelica, Rushford, Belfast, and Genesee, Penna.
Helen Dreher '45, first vice-president of the Alfred Christian Fellowship, is acting as general chairman.
Jewish Military Students To Observe Passover
Over Thousand Alfred Alumni Now In Service
Present records of the Alumni office at Alfred University show that about 1260 former students are now in the armed' services. Six faculty members on leave are in some phase of active service with the armed forces.
Of the 1250 students, over 800 at- tended either the College of Liberal Arts or the College of Ceramics; over 400 attended the Agricultural and Technical' Institute.
Alfred alumni are serving in such far-away places and such varied capa- acities as the following: married cou- ple in North African Base Hospital;
married couple in Red Cross work in the "war zone"; marine surgeon; with Quartermaster's' Corps; as Army Air Transport Pilot with air transport command on India-Burma-China route;
transport pilot India-Arabia area; as instructor in North African flight training center; instructor in Naviga- tion school in Texas; with Engineer Corps in Persian Gulf Service Com- mand. One 4-F joined the Ambulance Driver Corps. ,
New WSG Council Elects Officers
Officers for the new WSG council were chosen at its meeting Tuesday night, March 28. Vice President is Ruth Weitz '45. Secretary, Coreene Chapman '46, and Treasurer, Doris Comfort '46.
The president oi the council, Mar- garet Long '45, was elected by the members of WSG before the spring recess. New representatives1 on the council who attended the meeting were Edna Jane McBride '46 from Kappa Cottage, Coreene Chapman- '46 from Pi Alpha and1 Doris Comfort '46 from Sigma Chi. The other representatives include Ruth Weitz '45 from Theta Chi, Theone Allen '45 from the Annex, Esther Burdick '45 from the Castle.
Military students' who wish to ob- serve the Jewish Passover Saturday evening, April 8, will be taken in bus- es to a nearby town for the Passover Sedar. Reservations must be in at the chaplain's" office by 1:30 p. m. to- morrow. I
This service is being made possible with the cooperation of the Army- Navy Service Division of the Jewish Welfare Board. Regular students who are interested should contact Chaplain Genne.
Or. Seidlin Appears on Panel Dr. Seidlin appeared on a panel disu
cussion last Tuesday with Principal Cooke of Hornell High School. They discussed the Regents examinations, their values and shortcomings.
Theone Allen New Latin Club Head
Theone Allen '45 was elected pres ident of the Latin Club at a meeting held at the home of Dr. Stewart G.
Nease recently. Other officers chosen were Phyllis Anne Murphy '46, vice- president and Enda Jane McBride '46, secretary-treasurer.
The members also decided not to have the annual banquet of the Latin Club this year.
Easter Cantata on Saturday
On Saturday April 8 at 11:00 a.m.
the Seventh Day Baptist Choir will present the Easter Cantata "From Cross to Crown." The Choir will be assisted by student soloists and Dr.
Ray W. Wingate will direct and pre- side at the organ.
Dr. Ray W. Wingate
Assembly This Week Features Organ Recital
Dr. Ray W. Wingate will give an organ recital at the Assembly Program to be held this Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 in the Village Church. This will be the first time that the organ in the church has been used for an assembly pro- gram..
Since the assembly falls in Holy Week, a program of music appropriate to this season has been arranged. Dr.
Wingate's Carillon Concerts on Friday and Sunday will also be in keeping with the Easter Season.
The program Thursday night will consist of the following selections:
March of the Holy Grail from PARSI- FAL-Wagner; The Bells of St. Anne de Beupre-Russell; La Cathedrale En- gloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral)- De- bussy; Ariosio-Baeh and1 Kamennoi- Ostrow by Rubinstein.
Students attending the Assembly will be required to sign slips at the door so that attendance may be taken.
Lt. Gordon Weaver Killed In Airplane Crash Over Italy
The War Department has informed Mrs. Sara Weaver of Olean, N. Y. of the death of her son, Second Lieuten- ant Gordon Weaver ex '43 who was killed in an airplane crash over Italy February 19. H© was a navigator ia Army Air Forces.
Lt. Weaver entered the service one year ago. He was a graduate of Olean High School and attended Alfred Uni- versity. Besides his mother, Weaver is survived by a brother, Second Lieuten- ant Harold Weaver, a meteorologist in the Army Air Forces.
Four Churches Plan Special Easter Worship
Easter morning, April 9, the S. D. B. Christian Endeavor So- ciety and the ACF will jointly sponsor a Sunrise Service on Pine Hill. People who wish to attend will meet at 6:00 a.m. in front of Alumni Hall.
Rev. Rex Zweibel of the School of Theology will direct the devotional service and a special Easter message will be delivered by Rev. Albert Rogers of the Alfred Station S.D.B.
Church. Following the service re- fresments will be served at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Crandall and a hymn sing will be led by Rev. Rogers.
Other Easter services will include the Episcopal Holy Communion in the Gothic Chapel at 9:00, Roman Catho- lic Mass in Kenyon Hall at 11:00, and the University Church service at 11:00 with special music by the choir and soloists.
The ACF will sponsor an open house at Social Hall during the afternoon.
There will be no Sunday evening forum.
Ceramic Groups Outline Plans For Project
Dean M. E. Holmes, committee of
"Survey and Tests of Ceramic Raw Material" met last Wednesday in Al- bany to outline the new project that is to be started this week in the Cer- amic Experiment Station.
This committee represents the State Department of Commerce, the State Geological Survey, the Education De- partment and the Ceramic College.
Mr. William B. Crandall has been employed to do this project which will entail going over the state, surveying deposits and making tests from the material found to determine what can be made with each of the raw mater- ials.
The results of the survey will be compiled in a book, which will be made available to manufacturers. A special appropriation has been obtained to finance this work, and the approp- riation is supplemented by another from the State Geological Survey.
Ceramist Visits New York
Mrs. Vivika Timiriasieff of the Cer- amic School spent several days in New York City recently.
Twenty-four Ceramic Students On Annual Plant Trip
Twenty-four members of the Ceramic School juniors, seniors and faculty left here Sunday morning to attend the annual meet- ing of the American Ceramic Society being held in Pittsburgh this week.
Professors C. R. Amberg, J. F. Mac- Mahon and S. R. Scholes have papers to present at this meeting while other members of the faculty belong to com- mittees that meet there.
Those attending the conference are Miss Marion Fosdick, Prof. Don Sch- rekengost, Prof. Charles Harder, Jeanne McCormick '44, Minnie Negoro '44, Nancy Wickham, Alexander Giam- pietro.
Juniors who are on the plant trip are Gloria Burchell, Paul Cook, Doris Coutant, Isobel Dobson, Elizabeth Fay, Marilyn Fitzroy, Jeanne Hauth, Bea- trice Jackson, Grace Kobernus, Mar- jorie Muenzenmaier, Rita Sargen, Hel- en Sims and Francine Robbins.
In connection with the convention
the annual banquet of the Alfred Cer- amic Alumni Association is being held in Pittsburgh today. This meeting is in honor of the honorary alumni of the college. Among the people attending are Mr. W. H. Reid, Director of fin- ance, and Prof. John Reed Spicer, Ex- ecutive Secretary of the Alumni Asso- ciation. Dean Major E. Holmes and Walter Murch were in charge of ar- rangements for this meeting.
Besides attending the lectures at the conference the students will visit the Homer Laughlin Pottery Company at East Liverpool, Ohio; a pottery com<
pany at Newcastle, Penna., the Pitts- burgh Plate Glass Company and var ious museums in Pittsburg.
Houghton College Choir To Present
Concert Here Saturday
Chorus Composed of Women's Voices, To Give Program
Of Special Easter Music
The Houghton College Choir will present the traditional Easter Eve Concert Saturday evening, April 8, at the Village Church under the sponsorship of the Alfred Christian Fellowship. The Choir is un- der the direction of Caro M. Carapetyan.
This outstanding choir off Western New York, selected on a competitive basis from a student body of 380, de- votes itself exclusively to the presen- tation of sacred music. It is noted for its spiritual sincerity and distinctively professional attitude.
This year the Choir is composed of women's voices. In working up' tteeir program the all-girl choir has obtained
Isabel Smith Elected Sigma Chi President
Isabel Smith '45 was elected president of Sigma Chi Nu at a meeting of the sorority last Mon- day night. She is active in the Pootlight Club and is a student in the Business School.
Other Sigma Chi officers are: vice- president, Marjorie Muenzenmaier '45;
secretary, Roberta Bliss; '45; treas- urer, Grace Kobernuss '45; senior bus- iness manager, Harriet Norton1 '45;
junior business manager, Frances Bo- vee '46, rushing chairman, Martha Miner '46; Intersorority Council mem- ber, Elaine Locke '46; WSG represen- tative, Doris Comfort '46; Senator, Jean Hauth '45; critic, Elaine Locke '46; historian, Gladys Heebner '46;
chaplain, Peggy Long '45; alumni cor- respondent, Joyce Soyars '45; and pianist, Carolyn Torry '46.
Nominations were held last week by Pi Alpha and Theta Chi, and the officers are to be elected this week.
Liberal Arts Sophs Must Decide Majors
Sophomores in the Liberal Arts College received letters' and question- naires from Dean Alfred E. Whitford last week instructing them to decide on their major course of study, and to get in touch with the head of the department in which they wish to major.
The questionnaires which they re- ceived must be filled out and returned to Dean Whitford before April 21.
Those who have not yet decided on their major are asked to see Dean Whitford and discuss it with him.
ERC Moves To Brick;
Lieutenants Leave
The ERC is now the only Army unit left on the Alfred campus. They have been transferred from Bartlett Dorm- itory to the Brick, replacing the ASTP unit there.
Major Angell also announced that Corporal Weber, Pvt. Young, of the cadre, and Lieutenants Aldrich and Speicher were recently transferred from Alfred.
Mrs. Seidlin Appears As Soloist
Professor Ada Becker Seidlin ap- peared as guest soloist at the annual concert of the Appolo Club in Wells- ville, March 30 and SI. The Club, a men's choral society, presented its con- cert in the David A. Howe Public Li- brary.
some unusual choral effects' which promise to make this> an outstanding musical treat. High points of the con- cert Saturday night will be a double chorus by Randall Thompson and1 an original composition by the conductor.
The choir features' compositions written by some of the greatest com- posers from Palestrina to F. Melius Christiansen. These fall generally into three classes: Russian, Jewish and Christian music. Some compositions of each class will be sung at this concert.
Giopulos, Imke, Swanson To Fill Staff Positions
Kalope Giopulos '46 was elected editor-in-chief of the Fiat Lux for the year 1944-45 at a combined meeting of the editorial and busi- ness staffs last Tuesday evening.
Gordon Swanson' r45 and Gladys Impke '46 were chosen to fill the pos- itions of managing editor and busin- ess manager respectively for the com- ing year.
Miss Giopulos, who replaces Helea Dreher '45, was previously newsi editor.
Swanson, who will assume the duties of Roberta Bliss '45, has been an ac- tive member of the staff for the past year and) worked on the Alfred exten- sion publication previous to that. Misa Impke, who steps into the position left vacant by Mary Lou Jeffrey '44, was the former advertising manager.
Minor positions on both the editor- ial and business staffs were filled at the last meeting of the staff before vacation. Corinne Herrick '47 will take over the news desk with Phyllis Mur- phy '46 as her assistant. Genevieve Mezey '46, former society editor waa chosen feature editor. Shirley Lane '47 will succeed Miss Mezey. Renee Suchora '47 was reelected sports ed- itor.
Doris Comfort, former circulation manager will be the secretary to the editors for the coming year. Ada Eg- bert '46 succeeds her and Martha Min- er '46 and Carolyn Torrey '46 were elected to the respective positions of advertising manager and alumni cir- culation manager.
New staff members will assume their duties immediately. A recogni- tion meeting at which time awards and shingles will be presented by the retiring officers will take place later this month.
PAGE TWO THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N. Y. TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1944
THE FIAT LUX
Alfred University's Student Paper
Published every Tuesday nf the Hi-hnnl year by a student ttaff. Entered as second-class matter October 9, 191S, at the post-office in Alfred, N. Y., under Act of March S, 1879.
Subscription t2.50 yearly.
Member of the Intercolle- giate Newspaper Association of the Middle Atlantic States Press.
Represented for national advertising by National Ad- vertising service, Inc., 240 Madison Avenue, New York City, N. Y.
Editor-in-Chief KALOPE GIOPULOS '46
Managing'Editor Business Manager GORDON SWANSON '45 GLADYS IMKE '46 ASSISTANT EDITORS BUSINESS STAFF
NEWS Corrine Herrick '47 CIRCULATION MANAGER
ASS'T NEWS Phyllis Murphy '46 Ada Egbert '46 SPORT Renee Suchora j'47 ADVERTISING MANAGER
SOCIETY Shirley Lane '47 Martha Miner '46 FEATURE Genevieve Mezey '46 ALUMNI CIRCULATION
SECRETARY Doris Comfort '46 Carolyn Torrey '46 REPORTERS : Bloise Burdlck '47. Emma Btmlick '45, Esther Burdick '45, Betty Lou Fontaine '46, Herbert McKlnetry '47. Nathalie Pernikoff '47, -David Powell '47, Julianne Sanford '47. Wilma White '46.
PROOF READER : Cynthia Leban '46. •
BUSINESS STAFF MEMBERS : Editli Foster '47, Gladys Heebner '46, Dorrit Last '46, Jean Moore '46
TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1944
It Will Be Worth It
As we editors take over our new positions, we find ourselves ex- periencing a trace of the same feelings we felt as Freshmen—those
dubious, inconfident and confused feelings with which we were then perpetually confronted when making decisions concerning our future.
Assuming our new responsibilities, we now face the problems of the Fiat in the same uncertain manner. We wonder whether our staff will be larger or smaller. We wonder what effect the war will have on us.
Just exactly what form this publication will take next year, we do not know. But we do know that it will continue—that it must con- tinue in order to do justice to you and to itself by pffering a place for you to voice your opinion, by acting as a chronicle and forecaster of the events which you want to know and remember, by embodying
the spirit of you—the students, faculty and administration.
And the Fiat will change—not drastically or in a, revolutionary manner—but in a rather natural way adjusting itself to new condi- tions here on campus. And through this change we will attempt to maintain the same high standards established by the editors of the last and of previous years who through the presentation of unbiased facts have endeavored to keep you informed about University activ- ity and to keep you thinking about current problems.
Yes, the road of our future is not an easy one. Even now on cam- pus we observe that because of the war enrollment has decreased, fewer courses are being offered, extra-curricular activity has been curtailed; we realize that if we can survive this crisis our efforts to keep the Fiat going until it can assume its rightful position in the post-war world will have been justly rewarded.
In This Sign
"In Hoc Signo Vinces," in this sign you conquer—It's the motto on a popular brand of cigarettes. I looked at it last Sunday after- noon and on that same afternoon I heard a choir singing the familiar phrase, "Praise Him Who Cometh to Bring Us Salvation."
Sqmehow, just then I felt for the first time that it was Holy Week and Easter was but seven days away. I thought for a moment of the day which had once meant colored eggs, chocolate bunnys and hidden baskets; which at another time had meant white robed choirs and yellow daffodils turned rainbow colored by sun shine through stained glass; which also had meant new hats and white gloves and a crowded church.
I thought, too, of the stories I had known since childhood—
stories of the Last Supper, Gethsemane, the Crucifiction, the visits to the. tomb and the Resurrection. And I wondered just what Easter would be like this year and just what it would mean.
It will be harder this year to find Easter bunnys. Tiny children may not know that they existed for this business of war leaves little time for delightful fantasy. The new hats will only point out more strongly the presence of the olive drab and the navy blue for the churches will be crowded with service men. White robed choirs will find it more difficult to sing, "Oh, Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" for they will know the sting of death themselves and will see it round about them. Those stories will appear in a new light this Easter when grief and anxiety are so close to the heart of every person.
As we bow our heads in prayer for those who are dying that we may live, we will be more conscious than ever before of the Christ who died on the cross to bring us salvation. We will see that cross as a sign through which he conquered and we will know that through it we too can conquer. War, destruction, death, will lose themselves in its shadows and we will raise our heads to sing, "Christ the Lord Is Risen Again, Alleluiah."
Editor's Mail Bag
Editor, Fiat Lux:
It's been a long time since I've written anything for the Fiat, 16 months to be exact. I've been going to write for a long time, and for a long time I've put off doing so.
It was really swell to get back to Alfred at Christmas time and see so many familiar faces that I hadn't seen since December, 1942. Outwardly, the campus and its aspects have changed greatly, but the old friendly spirit is still there. I thought that perhaps there I might get away from the army, only to see uniforms all over the place and to hear that very familiar "hut- twoing" of cadets on Main Street.
Chuck Hoffman ex-'45, has returned to camp after several months on Kis- ka, and he and I have spent long hours talking about the good old days back at A. U.—both wishing that we were back there. Right now, Chuck and I are the only two holding the fort for Alfred at Camp Hale.
Keep the Fiat coming! As long as the stage coaches and Pony Express keep making it up to these rugged peaks where the Mountain Troops are stationed, I'll keep reading it eagerly—
even if I do know very few of the students now mentioned.
Sincerely, Sgt. Dick Wilson
Death In A Foxhole
The warm 10am of Rendova's damp jungle presses firmly against the small of my back, and streams of prespira- tion run down my forehead, stinging my eyes, and tasting salty. I gaze ab- sent-mindedly at the batttered butt of my Garand, wondering if I will ever take it home, with me, or if I will rot in the slime of some jungle swamp.
Reflections come thick and fast when one is alone in the grip of nature's ear-shattering silence. Alone—but there is a mottled green helmet pro- truding over the fallen log to the left, and the click of a Garand's breech bolt reveals another to the right. I am alone, though. Alone to the mercy of my wildest fears, alone to face the reality of death.
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The chatter of the monkeys in their high retreats reassure one that death is not too imminent; they remind me of a Ladies' Aid meeting at our church
—home. I rub my sweaty palms on my grimy trousers, and tighten my grip on the Garand. I see the green helmet on my left raise itself; a match flickers feebly in the dimness of the undergrowth. Soon a puff of bluish-white smoke drifts over it. I reach for my cigarettes, following ex- ample. The close air is rent by the scream of a .25. The helmet disap- pears. Again there is silence. I put my cigarettes back in my pocket, and watch the thin, curly, wisp of smoke drift from above the log.
I crouch deeper in the foxhole, and think of that last night—at the Cafe Rouge—the smoke filled room—Jimmy Dorsey playing "Green Eyes". I wonder if she's thinking of me now, as she said she would. I wipe my lips, as if to brush away my unuttered thoughts. My eyes are watering now
—the perspiration.
In front of me only the green wall of entangled undergrowth, and the eyes I know are watching for me to reveal myself. I reach forward to remove a clot of mud from my front sight. With a whip-like crack, a handful of dark earth is hurled into my eyes. I fall back in my foxhole, clutching my eyes, trying to remove the dirt that blinds them.
I relax now, with my eyes still smarting. The silence is punctuated
Campus Camera- (ACP)
FOOTBALL FACTS-
1919, THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WON ITS FIRST GAME' 144-0 AMD LOST THE NEXT 55'Q/
D IRON MEN OF 1926 WENT THROUGH 6 MAJOR GAMES WITHOUT A SIMGLE SUBSTITUTION.
<$M.FINCKE OF YALE WAS ALL-AMERICAN TWICE, Ar YEAR?
APART - IN 1896 AND 19OCV
WOMANS
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA A GIRL MAY BEGIN HER EDUCATION A T 3 IN T H E HOME ECONOMICS
NURSERY SCHOOL, CON- TINUE IN KINDERGARTEN,
ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL 6EADES AT THE DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL,
RECEIVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN COLLEGE, THEN
GO O N I N A GRADUATE COURSE, A N D —
L E A V E THE
BUY WA& BONDS;
THE SOCIAL SWING
#y Shirley Lane
Piremajiis Hall was the scene of a very hilarious Gay Nineties Dance on Saturday night. The dance was sponsored by the Indepen- dents. Gay wall decorations featuring cancan girls and a barber shop quartet transformed the hall into an effective Gay Nineties scene.
There was round and square danc- ing from 8 til 12 with music for the square dancing furnished by Cynthia Leban '46 and David Powell '47 with David Weinrib '47 calling. The Palm- er sound system provided the music for round dancing.
For entertainment a very amusing skit called "The Lamp Went Out" or
"They Had Blackouts Then, Too." was presented with Doris Coutant '45 as Buttercup Sue, Douglas Case '45 as Grandma Ulcer, Paul Cook '45, Vitalis Veneer, and Edgar Abramson '46 as One Nostril Pier Pont. Added varieties were Mae Barrus '46 as ballerina, Mar- garet Harper '47 as Tillian Busse the soubrette, Robert Bragman as the bar- ber shop quartet, and Jean MacDon- ald '46 appeared in a pantomime as Sour Puss Sue.
Chaperones were Dr. and Mrs. Har- old O. Boraas, Prof, and Mrs. John E.
Whitcraft, Dr. and Mrs. K. O. Myrvaag- nes, Prof, and Mrs. Leland E. Williams and' Prof, and Mrs. W. C. Hinkle.
Refreshments of punch and dough- nuts were served.
Jean MacDonald' '46 was general chairman of the dance with David Weinrib in charge of entertainment, Rita Sargen '45, decorations, Jewell Karpell '47, refreshments, Paul Cook '45, advertising and Roy McCormick '47, tickets.
Theta Chi held formal initiation ser- vices for Mrs. Hazel Harvey, Ruth Ann Weitz '45, and Marilyn Searles '47, on Monday night. The honoraries at- tended and coffee and cookies were served as refreshments.
Not to completely break the tradi- tion of the annual St. Pat's dance, Kappa Psi held a St. Pat's dance on Thursday, March 26. Decorations were the customary green and white for St. Patrick's day and the Campus Cheers furnished the music for danc- ing from 9 til 12. Dr. and Mrs. K. O.
Myrvaagnes, Dr. and Mrs. S. R. Scholes and Prof, and Mrs. W. Varick Nevins, III were chaperons. Paul Meissner '47, as chairman of the dance, was assis- ted by Fred Clark '47 and Bob Wight- man '47.
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Never does a vacation come to Al- fred without someone's getting mar- ried. Our spring vacation proved no exception. Louise Hoyt, N.C., was marriel to William N. Karn, former A.S.T.P. student here in Baltimore, Md., on March 16.
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Brookside held a combination wed- ding and birthday party on Thursday night for Louise Hoyt Karn and Doris Higbee. The festivity included a mock wedding in honor of the new bride and refreshments of ice cream, birthday cake and cookies were served.
with the high pitched scream of that i Due to the fact that spring vacation sniper's .25. I seem to realize now,
it is clear to me for the first time, that it is not going to hurt to die.
The next time, yes, the next time.
I will wait quietly, for I am alone now—no longer the helmet, no longer the click of the breech.
alone now.
Yes, I am
The state public library at Lenin- grad, Russia, recently received a ship- ment of books from the University of
California.
was such a short time ago, there was not much social activity at the houses last week. Theta Chi entertained Rita Haberman '47, at dinner on Tuesday night and Margaret Aylor '43, dined at Pi Alpha, Wednesday night.
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Pfc. Guy Hartman '43 and Shirley Baldwin Hartman ex '44 were guests at Kappa Psi and Sigma Chi respec- tively for a few days last week. They were dinner guests at Kappa Psi Wed*- nesday night.
On Words
Words, millions and millions of words all about us make the very air hum with their clamor! Think how many are used everyday, how many are wasted, how many are used over and over only to be discarded in a few months time. Words — queer things, pitiful things. The most mis- used and the most neglected things in this civilized world, yet no one could get along without them—they are in- dispensable.
Do you ever thinR of words, as words, not as a medium for express- ing thoughts, not as a background for the threads of a conversational tapes- try, not strung together like clothes on a line but as individuals, complete in themselves?
distinctive look.
Some even have a When you gaze at
a word intently, do you ever notice how like itself it looks? Lou say it's not surprising, but it is. Humans look like themselves, humans have person- ality, but do words? They do. So dominated by the thoughts they ex- press are they, that little notice is ever taken of them, themselves. Quiz- zical. . .bubbling. . .write them down, look at them in print. Don't they look quizzical, bubbling? Some words, not all, but some, look exactly as they are, such as gloomy, flamboyant and especially laugh and yawn. Words like these do have personality.
Not the words with conotations, not the words that bring thought, but the individual words with enough strength to attract notice by their intrinsic value, words that have the power to jump out of the printed page.
Not the sound words, the olfactory, the visionary words, not those depend- ing on the physical sensations of hear- ing, smelling and seeing, such as plop!
or bang, .".sweet, dank, spicy. . .sunny, dreary, but just the little words—
merry, jinx, gloomy—words that are able to stand alone—scribble, com- fortable, daze. Maybe it's because we
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Alfredians In The Service
Sgt. Malcolm Olsen ex-'46, visited the campus just before spring vaca- tion. Mai has been stationed at the Army Air Base at Fairfield, California, as a control tower operator. This twenty day leave is the first he has had in 15 months. "The campus looks pretty good to me, especially Klan,"
said Mai, "and I certainly intend to come back after the war."
Ens. Robert Starr '42, was home on leave two weeks ago. Bob is being transferred from Key West to the Submarine Chaser Training School in Miami.
, Lt. Harry H. Barnes is with the 495th' Hdq. Fighter Training Group in England.
The Fiat received a V mail from Pvt.
James Hollingsworth, who is assis- tant mail clerk with the 129th Infantry, A. P. O. San Francisco.
Pvt. Don Bemis was shipped from the 10th T.S.S. at Lowry Field, Colo., to Ft. Logan, Colo., and then given a New York A. P. O. number.
A/S LeRoy Greenspan ex-'44, and A/S Robert R. Bowman '43, are at the U. S. N. R. Pre-Midshipmen's School at Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Cpl. Mortimer Friedman ex-'44, was shipped from Lakelard, Fla., to Head- quarter, 410th Bombardment Group (L), A. P. O. New York.
Sgt. Robert Humphrey '42 is a war- rant officer in a camp in Italy. Bob is living with Dave Thomas '41 now—
they used to room together at Alfred.
A/C William Pelton was moved from A. A. F. P. S. at Bainbridge, Georgia, to Turner Field in Albany, Georgia.
Gerald H. White ex-'45, graduated from Columbus Army Air Field near Columbus, Mississippi, on March 12.
He received the wings of a flying of- ficer and commission as a second lieu- tenant. Lt. White has attended flying schools at Arcadia, Florida, and Cout- land, Alabama.
Lt. Howard L. Barnes was shipped with the 309th Bomb. Group from Columbia, South Carolina, to an em- barkment center in New York.
In a letter to the Alumni Office Adrienne F. Owre '40, who is now a lieutenant (j.g.), in the Waves, informs them that she gets a great deal of enjoyment from the Alumni Bulletin which she receives. Occasion- ally she sees Irene Pearson '41, who is also in the Waves as a lieutenant (j.g.). Lt. Awre is located at Staten Island.
Jerry Schwartz ex-'44, recently re- ceived his commission as 2nd lieuten- ant in the Marines at Quantico, Va.
He will remain at Quantico in the R. O. C. for an additional period of training.
Off The Wire (ACP)
Women dentists', as scarce now as women welders were before Pearl Har- bor, will appear in the future in ever- increasing numbers, Professor Charles W. Creaser, chairman of the pre-medi- oal and pre-dental committee a t Wayne university, predicts.
University ,of California has estab- lished a record of putting 50,000 stu- dents through war courses in 21 months.
The late Gov. Luren D. Dickensoa of Michigan left bequests of $2,000 to Bob Jones College Cleveland, Tenn., and Huntington (Ind.) college. Taylor University, Upland, Ind., and Whea- ton (ill.) College received $500 each.
Gifts and grant* totaling $26,366 were accepted for the University of Wisconsin at a recent meeting of the board of regents.
Movie Time Table
Wednesday, April 5—"Desert Song", starring Dennis Morgan and Irene Manning. Shows at 7:00 and 9:19.
Feature at 7:43 and 10:02.
Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8—"Destination Tokyo" with Cary Grant and John Garfield. Shows at 6:55 and 9:30. Feature at 7:15 and 9:50.
TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1944 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N. Y. PAGE THREE
Eleven Graduate From Ag-Tech Institute
President Norwood $peaks, Presents Diplomas At Commencement
A special commencement-reception was given for eleven Ag- Tech students Friday, March 24 in the library of the Institute. Pres- ident J. N. Norwood, the guest speaker, presented the diplomas and certificates.
Six students received two-year dip- lomas: William Feinberg, Brooklyn, in Dairy Industry; Richard Franken, New York City, in Agronomy; William Hueg, Jr., Oak Hill, in Animal Husban- dry; Burt Levine, Mount Vernon, in Poultry; Eleanor Strahen, Friendship, in Floriculture; and Sheryl Wilbur, Mechanicville, in Soil Conservation.
' Five students received certificates for completing a six-month emergency course. They were Leslie Gowdy, Al- lentown, who finished a course in Rad- io, Marion Landon, Canisteo, in Lab- oratory Technology, Roland Perry, Fishkill, in Radio, and Leah Schwen- dler, Dansville, and Doris Hare, Phelps, both of whom completed course in Laboratory Technology.
Refreshments were served after the commencement with Mrs. Hinkle, Mrs.
Parish, and Mrs. Orvis acting as host- esses.
Women At Work
In the still of the night (that is, about 6:30 a.m.) on week-end mornings, some Alfred students are actually up and busy. Yes, before dawn one may hear,the rustle of stiff aprons at Delta Sig as girls prepare for the big day ahead of them. Or Brookside may re- sound with frantic whispers in a search for hair nets or shears. Even the Castle may be in a scene of chaos as a few girls grope around in the dark, trying not to wake the lazy girls who sleep that late in the morning, but succeeding only in bumping into the noisiest furniture.
Seven-thirty finds them rushing to the appointted gas station, scrambling into a station wagon—each one the absolute epitome of a poised and effici- ent nurse. On arriving at Hornell, they unfold each other from the tight- ly packed group, enter the hospital, and wait for their assignments for the day.
One girl starts out very energetical- ly thinking about the meager eight or nine hours ahead of her before she can find out whether that all important letter came today or not. As the day wears on, she wilts and the last half- hour seems ten times as long as the eight hours she faced at the beginning.
Another girl, completely absorbed in her work, is startled to find an old man t<tying to flirt with her. Of course, such things must be ignored and in this case, she doesn't mind.
But it isn't all as simple as this.
The nurses have to do things that aren't any fun, things that are tiring and revolting. Most of them enjoy it however, even though it is hard work.
They come home at night tired, but usually happy with the feeling of hav- ing learned something more about nursing and about people.
Infirmary Treats Two
J-eanette Carlanzo '47 and Jean, Bar- ber '46 were recent patients at Claw- son Infirmary. Miss' Carlanzo suffered a sprained ankle and Miss Barber was treated for a cold.
Salt Lake City—(ACP)—Senior me- chanical engineering students at the University of Utah are finding plenty of opportunities to apply their educa- tion to practical engineering prob- lems.
Wartime priorities have created shortages of new engineering equip- ment and replacement parts at the school. Yet the presence of new and improved equipment in the laborai tories attests the practicability of the training received and the ingenuity of the students.
Women To Apply For Athletic Board Positions
On the bulletin board in the girls' gym is posted1 a paper for the signing up of managers for various sports.
These sports consist of Hockey, Archery, Fencing, Basketball, Minor Sports, Point Recorder, Badminton, Softball, Publicity, Tennis and Skiing.
Those wishing to be a manager must sign their names before April 15. The WAG board will meet to vote on the prospective managers.
Gilbert and Sullivan Feature at Music Hour
"Pirates of Penzance" from Gilbert and Sullivan was the feature of Sun- day's Music Hour from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Social Hall.
Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lowenstein were in charge of the program. Copies of the libretto were distributed to facili- tate understanding of the selections.
Food For Thought
The following poem was found in THE LINK, a magazine published by the National Council of Service Men's Christian League for servicemen. Its author is Melvin B. Tolson, its title
"Rendezvous with America". ' A blind man said,
"Look at the kikes."
And I saw
Rosenwald sowing the deeds of cul- ture in the Black Belt.
Michelson measuring the odysseys of invisible worlds,
Brandeis opening the eyes of the blind to the Constitution, Boas translating the oneness of
mankind.
A blind man said,
"Look at the dagos."
And I saw
La Guardia shaping the cosmos of pyramided Manhattan,
Brumidi verving the Capitol fres- coes of "Washington at York- town,"
Oaruso scaling the Alpine ranges of drama with the staff of song, Toscanini enchanting earthward the
music of the spheres.
A blind said,
"Look at the chinks."
And I saw
Lin Yutang crying the World Chart- er in the white man's wilderness, Dr. Chen charting the voyages of bacteria in the Lilly Laboratories, Lu Cong weaving plant-tapastries in the Department of Agriculture, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek interpret- ing the Orient and the Occident.
A blind man said,
"Look at the Niggers."
And I saw
Black Sampson mowing down Hes- sians with a scythe at Brandy- wine,
Marian Anderson. 1>ewitching conti- nents with the talisman of art, Douglas hurling phillippics of free-
dom from tombstones.
Private Brook® dying at the feet of MacArthur in Bataan.
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WAVES Teach Navy Pilots Gunnery
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WAVES operate synthetic gunnery training devices — not actual aircraft machine guns — but this girl is finding out what the real thing is like. Hundreds of'Navy fliers who today are
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I The Navy needs — and needs now — thousands of girls for i exciting, as well as prosaic, jobs with the WAVES. Information' I is available at any Navy Recruiting Station or Office of Naval
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A. C P.'a Correspondent Reports bom Washington
More than a year ago, the government said it needed immediate training of college women to meet the demands of war. As more men go into the armed forces, the need grows for women in various types of war service. Here are the up-to-date stories of important vacancies for women today—vacancies which the government is try- ing hard to fill. i
In time of war, the armed forces have the first claim upon men and wo- men alike. But the response of Amer- ican women to the call of the armed forces has been, on the whole, a some- what sad one. Thousands of addition- al recruits are needed, and some of them, in terms of the womahpower supply and demand, must come from our colleges.
The WAC has reported that on Jan- uary 1, 1944, its strength was 62,859 officers and enlisted women. Line that up against the authorized strength of the WAC—200,000 women, many ot whom are required for overseas* ser- vice.
If you don't want to go overseas, you can still release another person for it. Recently the WAC 'has been recruit- ing for specific station assignments permitting candidates to apply for a specific job on the basis of their pre- vious experience. Qualified college wo- men who enlist in the WAC have a good chance to become officers and to continue working in their major field at a place of their own choosing.
The WAVES still need additional officer candidates, who will be re- cruited from civilian life. WAVE pre- sent strength is nearly 50,000 women.
It's expected to reach 100,000 by the end of this year.
The Navy is now selecting college graduates more on the basis of their ability to do certain jobs than on the basis of general personal qualifica- tions. Although the jobs for which per-
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At present the WAVES greatest needs are for aerologists, mathema- ticians, physicists, instructors in 4air navigation, supply corps officers and officers for medical research.
The SPARS prefer college graduates with at least three years of work ex- perience. College women who worked before entering school and during sum mer vacations can help to fill SPAR openings for lawyers, pay and supply officers, communications, ordnance and personnel officers.
Maybe you want to be a MARINE.
That branch of the service is recruit>
ing officer candidates to work as spec- ialists in various fields or as general duty officers.
Remember—enlistment in the arm- ed forces adds up to more than patrio- tic service. You will receive the same benefits as our men in. the armed for- ces. A bill is now in Congress to pro- vide for veterans who meet certain standards' a year of education at gov- ernment expense. If this particular bill, which is sponsored by Senator
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Intercollegiate Archery Bout Is Completed
Seventeen Alfred women have gained positions on the Intercol- legiate Archery teams which are competing in the National Mid- winter Tournament. Hazel Ghith- rie '44, is the campus high scorer with a ten end count of 506.
Intercollegiate Archery Tournament
1944.
February 28-Marcn 4 H. Guthrie
J. Moore B. Van Gorder K. Carson E. Burdick
March 6- March 11 H. Guthrie J. Moore D. Coutant K. Carson
Hits 60 60>
60 60 60 240 60 60' 60 60
Score 502 462 460 452 452 1876 506 484 466 448 240 1094 Second Team
Team. Score for Tournament 720 February 28-March 4
5680
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K. Carson E, Burdick E. Burdick D. Coutant W. Tjefft
March 6-March 11 E. Burdick B. VanGorder ' M. McDermott C. Peake
March 13-March 17 J. Moore
W. Tefft E. Burdick E. Burdick
60 60 59 60 60 239 60 60 60 59 239 60 60 60 60 240-
Team Score for Tournament 718 Third Team:
February 28-March 4 A. Egbert
J. Karpel I. Hughes G. Pol an
March 6-March 11 G. Polan
E. Burdick J. Karpel L. Raptis
March 12-March 17 G. Polan
C. Peake M. Stubbs V. Dunbar
60 60 60 59 23d 60 60 60
240 60 59 60' 60
452 452 43>5 432 414 1733
436 436 432 421 1725
452 444 438 438 1772 5230
412 412 40O 397 1621 418
X412 412 410 16&2
422 421 414 412 239 1669 Team Score for Tournament 718 4942 Last year, 1943, Alfred placed fourth nationally in Class C. The University of Connecticut were the winners.
The individual record went to Frances Seehan at the University of Connecticut with 60 hits and a score of 520. The Alfred record went to
Activities Of The WSSF
The World Student Service Fund is one of the principal or- ganizations to which the Alfred CCC contributes.
Following is a communication from the WSSF telling what it is doing itt nee<ly countries:
More than 3'0i,0OO refugees have flooded into Italy during the past few months, according to the World Stud- ent Service Fund, the student war re- lief agency which is related to the Na- tional War Fund. Most of the refugees • are anti-Fascfet Italians, and: there are also thousands of Yugoslavs and Greeks, as well as numbers of escaped!
British prisoners of war formerly held in Italy.
"Two thousand1 of this great influx of refugees are students," writes t h e World Student Service Fund. "They are eager to take up their studnea again while they are in Switzerland.
Tims they will be equipped to play their part as leaders in the reconstruc- tion of their own countries after the war."
The Swiss authorities have placed!
the Italians in work camps where they do useful work which pays in part for their board and keep. At the same time the authorities recognize the special needs of the student group. They have placed them in special "university
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camps" where the World Student Ser- vice Fund's administering committee in Geneva lhas 'organized academic work. Classes are carried on by pro- fessors from the Swiss universities who voluntarily give their services.
"It must be remembered," the World Student Service Fund writes "that many of the Italian students are able to read and1 study whatever they wish, in a free university set-up, for the first time in their careers." The help from the World Student Service Fund pro- vides books, study materials and some laboratory equipment for the univer- sity camps.
The Yugoslav students number 250;
and the Greeks 40. For both, individ- ual admission into the Swiss univer- sities has been arranged. The Swiss educational1 authorities recognize the World Student Service Fund's commit- tee as the accrediting agency for these students who have entered the.
country without university transcripts or records of any kind. Fees, books, and study materials are provided) by the WSSF at approximately $8.00 per month per student.
The significance of the training of such key persons has already been demonstrated through the Polish in- ternees in Switzerland whom the WSS F's committee has been helping for
(Continued on page four) Hazel Guthrie with 60 hits and a score of 512.
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