FIAT LUX
VOL. 49, NO. 18 TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1956, ALFRED, NEW YORK Telephone 5402
Lyons New FIAT Editor;
Editorial Board Chosen
Staff members look over the shoulders of outgoing editor Larry Elkin (right) and incoming editor Nate Lyons, as changeover takes place.
This issue of the FIAT is the first under the staff which will be responsible for the publication for the coming year.
Succeding Larry Elkin as editor-in-chief is Nathan Lyons, an English major from Forest Hills, Long Island. Before taking over the leadership of the paper Nate was managing editor as well as
photographer.
An Air Force veteran, he worked on service publications and in public relations. Nate served with the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Kinpo. At Alfred he has bean work- ing for the public relations and public information office in the capacity of photographer.
The new editor is past vice presi- dent of the Footlight Club and is ac- tive with the Alfred Review. Before going into service Nate was connect- ed with the FIAT since his enroll- ment in '49.
Judy Dryer continues in her capacity as managing editor. A biology major from Brooklyn, and an officer of Al- pha Kappa Omicron, Judy will be starting her fourth year with the FIAT. She is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, the women's honor society and Pi Delta Epsilon the na- tional journalism fraternity.
Moving into the co-managing edi- tor position is Marv Bell, a junior from Center Moriches, Long Island.
Marv will be starting his third year with the paper, and moves up from the news editor's position. Besides his work with the paper he is pub- licity director of the Student Senate, a member of the drum and bugle corps and is historian of Tau Delta Phi fraternity.
Sophomore Bob Linn steps up from the position of assistant news edi- tor to the news editor's position. Com- ing from the Bronx, Bob's extra cur- ricular activities include membership in the drum and bugle corps and the union board. Bob is in the design school.
Starting his fourth year as head of the sports department in the edi- tor's chair is Allen Siegel, a political science major from Brooklyn. Some of his other activities include mem- bership in the MAGB, vice-president of Alpha Phi Omega, varsity basket- ball manager and sports writer for the Campus Caravan radio show. Al is also a member of Pi Delta Epsilon.
On the business side of the paper Al Glasgold moves up from advertis- ing manager to business manager re- senior. Al is Brooklyn.
Engelmann Article Gets Publication
An article on policy-making in a Canadian political party by Dr. Freder- ick C. Engelmann, Assistant Profes- sor in History and Political Science at the University, will appear in the May issue of the "Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science."
Dr. Engelmann's article is entitled
"Membership Participation in Policy- Making in the OCF." The CCF in Canada means the Cooperative Com- monwealth Federation of Canada.
The CCF is a socialist farmer-la- bor party in Canada .according to Dr.
Engelmann. His article deals with the role of lay members of the party in acting through local, provincial and national organizations in helping to determine the policy of the CCF.
Business Club
Mr. Kohnke, secretary of the Hor- nell Chamber of Commerce spoke to the Business Club on Thursday night.
"The functions of a Chamber of Com- merce were discussed."
The next meeting will be held on Thursday. April 26 at 7:30 p.m. Mr.
Spanish Week Starts With
Talks, Pinata
"El Circulo Iberoamericano" the Spanish Club of the department of romance languages, has announced the celebration of the Spanish Week to be held from Sunday, April 22, to Friday, April 27.
The program is open to every stu- dent and faculty member on campus, as well as townspeople.
The highlights of the Spanish Week program are:
Sunday
Opening the week with a carillon concert played by Dr. Ray Wingate at the usual hour in the spring sched- ule.
At 4 p.m. in Howell Hall Dr. Lyman Judson, assistant to the president, will speak on the subject "Focus on Latin America." No doubt, this talk will be exceptionally interesting and profita- ble to all due to the backgrounds of the speaker. Dr. Judson, formerly chief of the visual education section of the Pan American Union, office of the General Secretariat of the Organiza- tion of the American States, spent five years in Latin America producing and directing documentary sound films in natural colors. He is co-author, with Mrs. Judson, of the four volumes "The Judson Guides to Latin Amercia," pub- lished by Harper and Bothers.
At 5:30 p.m. radio station WWHG of Hbrnell will broadcast a panel dis- cussion by American and Spanish American students.
The All Campus Band, under the di- rection of Anthony Cappadonia, will play Latin American selections in the concert to be held at 8:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall.
Monday
T. J. Gartland of the Creole Petrol- eum Corporation of New York City, will give a talk on Venezuela illustrat- ed by slides and a film, at 8:00 p.m. in Physics Hall.
Tuesday
There will be a coffee hour (Hora del tinto) in the Union for faculty and administration at 10:00 a.m. and again at 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs. Ehrenrich of Hornell will show slides of Mexico at 7:30 p.
m. at Kenyon Hall.
Thursday
Open House at Howell Hall at 8:00 p.m. where "Chocolate con Churros"
will be served and Spanish music play- ed.
Friday
A Pinata party for children 7 to 10 years old at Kenyon Hall at 4:00 p.m.
There will be movies, songs, games and refreshments.
The Spanish Week will close its ac- tivities with a second carillon concert played by Dr. Wingate.
During the week there will be ex- hibitions and displays in the Carnegie Library and in some of the store win- dows in the business section of the vil- lage. Spanish and Spanish-American Arcangelie, head of the U.S. Unem-1 music will be played at the Union ployment ^Bureau of Htornell will speak. 1 lounge.
Top Honors To Alfred Artists;
L. Rhodes, D. March Acclaimed
Two Alfred artists have won highest awards in the 22nd annual Western New York Exhibition, which will continue on display during most of the month of April, at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo.
The Alfred artists winning acclaim are Lillyan Rhodes, who
was awarded the Menno Alexander
Bunnell On Year Leave For PhD;
Hedstrom Takes Admissions Post
Director of Admissions Kevin P. Bunnell, on the left talks over school policies with Philip J. Hedstrom who will become Acting Director of Admissions for the coming school year.
Eta Mu Alpha Taps Members
Eta Mu Alpha, the national scho- lastic honor society will hold an ini- tiation and dinner at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday evening in Howell Hall.
Dr. Drake and Dean Marshall will be the principal speakers at the af- fair and Dr. Frederick C. Engelmann of the political science department will serve as toastmaster.
Established in 1924, the Alfred chap- ter was active until 1943 when war forced its suspension along with most student activities.
Eight seniors and one junior will be initiated. The eight are Mrs. Alberta Ormsby Brown, Mary Carmichael, Sal- ly Green, Nancy Noyes, Jerry Slater, Marian Sutton, Jay Yedvab and Shel- don Zwickle. The member of the jun- ior class to gain membership is Ruth Leisman.
Eligible for membership are juniors in the upper two per cent of their Li- beral Arts class after five semesters.
Seniors must be in the upper five per cent of their class after seven terms.
The nine new members were elect- ed into th society by the Alumni Coun- cil of Eta Mu Alpha in February. The council is composed of President Drake and Dean Marshall, members of Phi Beta Kappa, residing in Alfred and other members of Eta Mu Alpha also living in the area. Dr. Drake was instrumental in founding the organi- zation in 1924.
Psychology Club Meets
At 7:30 Thursday evening, April 19, the Psychology Club will con- vene. Dr. White will present a demonstration of neurosis and therapy in the white rat. All who are interested are invited to at- tend the meeting.
Reeb Memorial Prize of $100 for her distinctive textured stoneware "Shore Bird," and Donald March, a
Tuckman as his assistant. Chet is | from Great Neck, Long Island and is a member of Kappa Nu as is Al. Mr.
Tuckman hails from Brooklyn.
Steve Cohen is the new circulation manager taking over from the gradu- Bting Howie Mendes. He is a member of the track squad and is treasurer of Kappa Nu. Steve comes from Belle- ville, N. J.
As is tradition on the FIAT the senior members of the paper complete the full cycle and step down to the positions of reporters and staff mem- bers for the remainder of the year on the masthead.
Cohen Gets Lead In Arena Play
Under the direction of Jim Leonard the Alfred University Footlight Club started rehearsals of Elmer Rice's "The Adding Machine" an arena production which will be their contribution to the Arts Festival.
"The Adding Machine" expressionis- tically reveals the slave character of Mr. Zero, played by David Cohen, a white collar worker married to both a disillusioned, domineering woman, played by Barbara Schwartz, and a dry, empty, meaningless life.
Zero, after twenty-five years at the same job. is notified by his boss, James Chase, that he is to be replaced by an adding machine. The shock causes an eruption of his latent ani- mal energy and he kills the boss.
From this point Zero reverts to his former self but in the capacity of a
water color, a boldly stated brush work, entitled "Anatomy Lessen."
The well-known sculptor, Lillyan Rhodes, is the wife of Daniel Rhodes, associate professor of design in the College of Ceramics.
Other Alfred artists whose works are included among the 101 pieces selected by the jury from among 1300 works of art submitted by artists all over western New York are Charles Littler, a graduate assistant in the College of Ceramics, whose entry is an oil painting entitled "Interior" and Harold Goldstein, whose oil painting is entitled "In a Garden."
The works of the two winning ar- tists from Alfred were included in a list of only 20 top awards made by the jury.
murderer. He is sentenced to death and moves to the graveyard, where he meets Shrdlu played by Gene Lewis, a man who desires to be punished that he may be expiated from his sin, to the Elysian Fields, where he re-en- counters his former clerk, Daisy, play- ed by Joan Harnett. Oppressed by the loose morality of the place Z.TO chos- es to leave. Hie involves himself fur- ther.
The set. designed by John Wood, utilizes the linear stage. On a nine by thirty-six foot stage, placed between two bleacher stands, the tragedy of Zero unfolds. The impotence of people caught between the poles of an exis- tance they can only guess the meaning of, lends tiself to the linear approach.
From Helen Clark's interpretation of Judy O'Grady, a girl whose morals are
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Dems, GOP Mock Confabs Ready To Go
During this coming summer, the Republican and Democratic National Committees will hold conventions for the purpose of nominating presiden- tial candidates. Colleges all over the country are holding mock conventions at which time candidates will be cho- sen for these two offices.
Alfred University will hold its con- ventions during this week and next.
The Reublican Convention will be held the evening of April 26, and at 8:00 this Thursday evening in Alumni Hall, the mock Democratic Nominating Con- vention will take place.
The convention will open with a welcome address by Democratic Na- tional Chairman Dave Cohen. After his salutations, Jerry Slater will de- liver the keynote address and then turn the platform over to Sid Landau, who is permanent chairman of the convention. His remarks will include a reading of the convention rules. In relation to this part of the official program. Dr. Engelmann will serve as Parliamentarian.
Nominating for presidential candi- dates will begin with a roll call of the states and territories represented at the convention. The states which will be called in alphabetical order, will either make a nomination, includ- ing a nominating speech, second a nomination, pass, or yield to another state for the purpose of nominating a candidate. After each nomination, there will be a demonstration held for the
All this is preliminary to the cast- ing of the first ballot, which will take place at the conclusion of the nomina- tions. It is expected that all candi- dates nominated will receive some support on this first ballot. Recesses will be called after each ballot in or- der that delegates can consolidate their forces and reach important de- cisions concerning the nominations.
The choice of a candidate for presi- dent will, for the most part, depend upon the research done by those work- ing on the convention. Attitudes and conditions in each represented state were observe dand recorded by the delegates for the purposes of authenti- city and a logical selection of a can- didate.
Each state represented will have the amount of votes actually assigned to it by the Democratic National Com- mittee. This number is roughly equal to twice the number of senators and representatives from the state. Candi- dates must receive a majority of all votes cast to obtain the nomination.
After a presidential candidate is nominated, the same procedure will be applied for the purpose of nominat- ing and balloting for a vice-presiden- tial candidate. It is epecxted that less time will be involved for this nomina- tion. After the vice-presidential nom- ination. Jerry Slater will deliver an acceptance speech for whoever is nom- inated.
Kevin P. Bunnell, director at Alfred for the past three years, has been granted a leave of absence to complete his doctorate studies in the administration of higher education at, Columbia University.
As of August 1 Alfred University will have a new director of admissions.
In making this announcement last | — - — — — week Dr. M. Ellis Drake, president, i pects to finish his courses and start named the present assistant director | work on his doctorate thesis. Th»
of admissions, Philip J. Hedstrom, as I general subject of the thesis is some- his successor. i thing with which the director has Mr. Bunnell. who came to Alfred I lla.d a S°?d d?a l °* experience, "The five years ago as an English instruc-
tor, will begin his course work at the Columbia University Summer School immediately. After two years at Al-
April
fred he assumed the position he now holds as director of admissions.
A graduate of the University of Rochester, Mr. Bunnell received his master of arts and teaching degree from Harvard University.
During the year in which he will be away from the campus Bunnell ex-
Martha Schlamme Sings Folk Songs
24, At Alumni
Martha Schlamme, Viennese soprano, will be the final performer on the Forum schedule this year, she will appear at Alumni Hall at 8:15 Tuesday, April 24.
Miss Schlamme was a featured sing- er on the B.B.C. network in England and one of the most popular perform- ers at the Players Theatre in London.
In this country her New York Town Hall recitals were completely sold out and highly acclaimed by the audience and music critics.
Her repertoire includes folksongs from Europe as well as North Amer- ica.
In a review of one of her recitals the New York Times had this to say,
" . . . A capacity audience laughed, applauded and enjoyed itself immense- ly."
Adaptability of Colleges to Increased Enrollments." While at Columbia he will study under Dr. Karl Bigelow, chairman of the department of high- er education, and will serve as his as- sistant.
His successor, Mr. Hedstrom, pres- ently the acting director of admis- sions, is an Alfred graduate. A psy- chology major, he received his B.A.
degree here three years ago.
Upon graduation from Alfred Mr.
Hedstrom, a World War II Air Force veteran, was associated with the Jamestown Mutual Insurance Com- pany of Jamestown. From this posi- tion he returned to Alfred in the ca- pacity of assistant to Mr. Bunnell. He has served as assistant director of ad- i missions for two years,
born I A member of Kappa Psi Upsilon fra- ternity Philip Hedstrom is a member of the New York State Counsellors As- sociation, the National Vocational Gui- dance ssociation and American Person- nel and Guidance Association.
O'Neill's Play English Club's Next Discussion
Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journ- ey into Night" will be the work under consideration in the second of the cur- rent series of English Club discus- sions of recently published works by American and British authors. The
meeting will be he.d Friday afternoon £ • * * * at 4:30 in room 12, Alumni Hall.
Board Publishes Athletic Rules For All AU Men
Coach James . McLane has just sent excerpts from the Athletic Governing Board Constitution covering eligibility for men students participating in inter- collegiate athletics.
Section 7, on eligibility reads:
(a) The faculty of Alfred University will determine the eligibility of stu- dents participating in intercollegiate sports.
(b) In order to be eligible to play on intercolligiate athletic teams a student must be reguarly enrolled in Alfred University and must take a minimum of twelve semester hours per term, doing full work in a regular course as defined in the curriculum.
(cj No student transfering from an- other college or university shall par-
Fiat Welcomes Freshmen
This issue of the F I A T has been selected by the Admissions Of- fice to be sent to the Incoming members of the class of 1960. The staff of the F I A T would like to take this opportunity to be the first to extend a welcoming hand.
Linda Napolin, who will lead Fri- day's discussion said, "The publica- tion of "Long Day's Journey into Night" is an event for which every- one interested in American drama and literature has been waiting. The fact i that the play is. autobiographical and reveals so much about the family back- ground out of which one of our great- est playwrites grew alone is enough to make its appearance exciting."
The laudatory reviews with which the critics greeted the Stockholm pro- duction of "The Long Day's Journey"
the impatience with which the Amer- ican reading public has been awaiting publication.
Due to certain stipulations in O'Neill's will it does not appear like- ly that there will be an American production in the forseeable future.
Friday's meeting, a s all English Club meetings, will be an open one. Faculty and students are cordially invited to attend.
tendance for one full academic year.
(d) No student shall participate in intercollegiate games for more than four years in the aggregate, and any member of the team who plays in any does thereby participate in athletics for the year.
General regulations covering par- ticipation in sports is as follows.
The coach shall provide written ex- cuses for all authorized absences due to participation in off-campus con- tests..
No body of students exceeding four in number (two in basketball) shall take part in contests taking place off unless approved by the Athle- tic Governing Board.
Note: Permission may be granted in certain isntances by the Director of Athletics providing a faculty repre- sentative is in charge of the group.
The Eastern College Athletic Con- ference Regulation is as follows: Stu- dents will be declared ineligible if they participate in ANY outside athletic competition or activity without specif- ic advance permission from the Direc- tor of Athletics. This Includes all vaca- i tion periods Including summer.
PAGE TWO THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1956
Farewell
No more irate readers who didn't get their papers, no more loyal club members who didn't get their two-week old club news printed, no more of that "Thursday-night-lack-of-copy" sickness, no more searching for elusive reporters who didn't get their assign- ment in, no more moaning and groaning on Monday morning be-
Students View Political Campaign Issues
For The Democrats
by Jerry Slater
In the forthcoming presidential campaign, regardless of who the , ' , i
8, „ „ .,. , . Democratic candidate may be, we are likely to see another category cause there isn't enough copy, no more running to Wellsville to get * ' .
J.
r t l ' oriHorl +« tho trarlitinnal luciips nt t r i r f i c n arm Hnmpst.lp nn li>v • the
euts made — at least not for us - - the editor and the parting mem- j bers of the staff.
The new editor and his staff inherit all the inborn frustrations ,
t h eresponsibilities and powers of his
added to the traditional issues of foreign and domestic policy: the personal health of the president. Integrally bound up with this will be the Democratic argument that the president has abdicated from and headaches but along with it a lot of fun and satisfaction when office.
the FIAT comes out the way it should. They'll find that they will be with foreign
tion has failed to sufficiently identify , . . . , . , . , . lion nas ianea 10 sumcienuy laenuiy
all of it hard work and a lot of time but nevertheless j
i t g e U w i t h t h e A g e ofAsia, Africa, and the Middle East,Nationalism. In
powerful forces have been unleashed:
after hundreds of years of Western colonialism, eloquent leaders have come forward to draw out channel the latent resentment and hatred of the
T
j ed, and ill-clothed peoples of the East.
• real service to the campus, be on the inside of brewing news, work- : cuss the two other issues.
ine with something that is never stagnant but always changing and First, the Eisenhower Administra- demanding -
worthwhile.
We have elected what we believe to be the best editorial "Staff possible. This change should not effect the basic policy of the FIAT, which is to cover the news of the entire campus, publicize worth- while projects and make suggestions for the improvement of Alfred University.
Looking back we feel that we have lived up to our policy as j
stated in the first paper of the year Avhich read in part, "To bo I to these movements; we have not.
a leader in campus thought and action, to be a leader in campus j
standards and to be a follower of fine journalistic standards." We | are our traditional friends and allies;
have made our bid for student support of the Campus Chest and es- pecially the World University Service, we have stated our position
on the segregation problem, we have run a special safety issue and i
I n g f a i l u r e T n i s i s n o tan opinion but have given space to all candidates running for office and have tried | a proven fact; Indonesia, Burma,
to wake up student interest in the people who will represent them
in their government. We have tried to speak the minds of a large | Secondly, the Eisenhower Adminis- segment of the student body'without being relegated to the position i tration has. failed abysmally to deal
° J ~ ° * I with the* rpr»pnr rhflTlffp in tartlPR of
of mouthpiece only.
Each year the new editorial staff start their terms in office with a great deal of enthusiasm. Many new ideas that have started to jell in the past few months are being readied for use in the near future.
We hope that this new staff spreads their enthusiasm to all the members of the paper.
The FIAT has been steadily progressing in the past years — it still has a long way to go. It is up to the new editors and staff to help it get to the top. The paper is left in good hands. Good luck and one last word of advice — stock up on aspirins.
L. E.
1 but nevertheless we must convince them—as Roosevelt convinced Britain about India—that resistance to nation- alism is doomed to utter and humiliat- Rgypt, Ceylon and Cyprus bear grim witness.
Impressions After An Accident
by Bruce Jackson
On March 26th at about 11:00 p.m., several Alfred students assisted in extracting four seriously injured per- sons from an overturned car located in a field just west of the Almond Dam at the intersection of the Hornell- Almond and Arkport-Almond roads.
The car was completely demolished.
Inside, two girls, both students from Alfred Tech and two Hornell men were buried under the front and rear seats.
All were scattered about like damp clothes on a dryer.
One boy was thrown half out of the car and was removed immediately.
The other boy was buried under the front seat with a broken leg, internal injuries and concussion.
The most seriously injured, a girl, was buried in the back seat. She was unconscious.
With the arrival of three Hornell ambulances and State Police from the North Hornell substation, the girls were removed from the wreck.
Witnesses assisting the police gave their impressions of the wreck.
The roof, resting on the ground, was covered with blood and refuse. Gas
•was leaking from the tank and oil
•was spilling from ruptured lines.
It was impossible to separate the remaining three victims from the
•wreck until the seats were removed.
After the seats were removed a truck equipped with torches had been called and went to work.
Stretchers were available for three of the victims while the fourth had
with the recent change in tactics of the Soviet Union. With the death of Stalin and the consolidation of the atomic stalemate, Russia has changed from a policy of militarism and blus- ter to smiles and subtlety. Nine years ago, one of the great thinkers of our time—George Kennan, then Director of the Policy-Planning Division of the
| State Department—evolved the policy of "containment"—the meeting of force with force, of military threat with military preparedness. The policy was successful, so successful that the ( Soviet Union has abandoned the tac- tics that made it necessary. But the Eisenhower Administration has not responded to the new Soviet policy as the Truman Administration responded to the old one. You cannot fight trade offers with military alliances; you can- not meet Soviet support for underde- veloped coutnries with pious platitudes expressing our "friendship" for all, to be carried to the emergency ambu- our aid to none. An imaginative and
lance. ' far-reaching economic Bold New Pro-
A second car had been knocked 80 ! gram is urgently needed.
feet from the point of contact with the speeding car, which caromed into the field.
Thirdly, the Eisenhower Administra- tion, happily excluding the President The occupant of the second car was ' h i m s e l f. n a« suffered from recurrent slightly injured.
Bruce Jackson is not a reporter. He was a witness.
The most powerful comment we could make on this would be a picture.
The girl who was buried under the back seat is still in critical condition.
Maybe if we wanted to make a more powerful comment we could tell how the girl's parents received the news.
attacks of hoof-in-mouth disease. The prime carrier has been Secretary of State Dulles, but Vice-President Nixon and various Republican Congressmen have done their bit for The Team as well. First, Chiang Kai-Chek was "un- leashed;" but when poor Chiang show- ed signs of taking this seriously he was promptly releashed. (To pacify him we threw him a bone—if the Chi- But there is no need to make any i
n e s eCommunists should attack Que- ' moy and Matsu he has our definite
comment.
Bruce Jackson who is not a report- er has given us the picture, and all that is left now is to clean up the de bris so the road will be clear. But his picture remains. And the picture the Interne in the ambulance holds, and the receiving doctor, and the mo- ther, and the witnesses and the picture the driver of the second automobile, who was "slightly injured" holds re- mains. The picture cannot be erased nor should it be underlined.
It is a picture of ruptured oil lines dripping on the bright red pavement In the night.
It is a picture of twisted bodies en- meshed in Iron.
It Is a picture that requires no com- ment. —Ed.
support, maybe.) Next, Dulles formu- lated the policy of "massive retali- ation" to any new Communist military action. But the Communists attacked Indochina and our retaliation was quite puny, in fact it was non-existent.
Then Dulles warned the French that if they did not ratify the European Defenfee Communiity, we would be forced into an "agonizing reappraisal"
of our basic policy in Europe. The French did not ratify the E.D.C., but there was no agonizing reappraisal.
True, our lack of an alternate policy to the E.D.C. did cause Mr. Dulles much agony, but this was not what he had in mind. Then came the Dulles remark on Goa. in which he lent sup- port by implication to the Portuguese in their fight with India over the tiny enclave on the Indian coast. The Goan issue is one that the Indians are deep- ly emotionally and intellectually con- cerned with: thus in one swoop, Dul- les threw away what was left of the good-will that a Democratic Ambas- sador—Chester Bowles—has so pains- takingly built. Finally, the colossal blunder of them all—the magazine in
For The Republicans
by Henry D. Cass
I once had the pleasure of seeing two Japanese dancers portray dueling samurai on the stage. They moved with stylized economy, with an impressive clatter of swords, with a silence punctuated per- fectly by hideous war cries and well-timed grunts.
When the duel was over, however, the two participants smiled,
bowed in their peculiar oriental fash- ion, and moved off effortlessly. No blood had flowed, no toll in fingers, arms or heads had been exacted, and as the curtain fell, one felt simultan- eously relieved and cheated that their beautiful battle had come, at last, to nothing — nothing more than noise and skillful movement.
There are those who would compare our campaigning political parties to dancing samurai, engaged in a cere- monial election battle, replete with clattering invective, artifical issues and skillful but meaningless strategy.
These parties are to them devoid of
So our basic quarrel with the Demo- crats is not so often what he changes, but the way he goes about changing it. The Democratic cart, to us, seems all too often put squarely before tho Democratic horse. The millions are spent, the thinking all too often done afterwards. The hogs are butchered, the men all too often stand on line for bread. We cannot ignore, in all fairness, the contributions of Demo- cratic legislators over the past twenty years. Yet, we frequently forget the fact known by any cursory student of American politics, namely that to be- come law the greater part of this legis- lation had to have bi-partisan support.
basic difference; machines that disa-! Republicanism has not opposed pro- gree with each other for no other rea- gress in the last twenty years. It has son than that a number of voters ex- sought to instill sanity in change.
pect them to.
If this is the case, these articles Mr.
Slater and I are engaged in writing, are rather useless exercises in rhetor- ic, artificial pieces, dealing with an
permanence in progress.
As these words are read a thousand contradictions in fact, may slip into the reader's mind. To these, I have but one defense. The principle behind artificial subject — an election issue. [Republicanism, Progressive Conserva- I am moved then, in this election year
discussion of campaign issues, to how he brought the United Nations to
the "brink of war" three times—in In- dochina, Formosa, and South Korea—
and then personally extricated us. Be- sides being a gross misstatement of fact, it was horrible diplomacy.
Throughout the world, the Soviet Un- ion is convincing the uncommitted peoples of its burning desire for peace, as opposed to the machinations of war- mongering American capitalists. How nice of Mr. Dulles to supply them with additional material. These and other oral monstrosities—followed by weak
sic differences, some variated orien- tation, between my party, the Repub-
tism, is just that, a principle, an ideal.
In subsequent articles I hope to illus- trate how this generally-held Repub- lican belief has. affected specific party stands on various campaign issues.
lican and Mr. Slaters party, the Dem- \However, because the Republican par ty is a party composed of very human ocratic.
Republicanism is an amorphous thing. The Republicanism of an Iowa farmer shoulder high in corn he can't sell, is a different brand of Re- publicanism from that of the subur- ban "man in the grey flannel suit,"
and a still different Republicanism
beings, I cannot say it is an ideal always or perfectly practiced. Yet I can and do submit that progressive conservatism is the general motivating philosophy behind Republican action, and that it represents the very cor- nerstone of our beliefs.
from that of the small town druggest, j In the past, certain "liberals" have turned for the moment, county chair-
man. Yet, as wide a spectrum as they and unconvincing "clarifications"— I m*y cover, they are united in that have alarmed and disgusted our allies '. spectrum by one guiding principle —
political moderation, or if you will.
as well as the neutrals. Only the Com- munists have benefited.
Finally the Elsenhower Administra- tion has evolved firm and unambigu- ous policies to meet existing problems (witness the current Arab-Israel cri- sis) and has failed to foresee new ones. And on this count the President is not exempt. In fact, he is primarily responsible, thanks to his amazing lack of knowledge of important day- to-day developments in the interna- tional sphere. Add to this Dulles' jun- keteering and one can well see why Assistant Secretaries of State, Asso- ciate Secretaries of State and Under Secretaries of State have been forced to make hasty and ill-conceived poli- cies to meet crisis after crisis, only to be countermanded a few days la- ter. We have presented to the world a picture of confusion and chaos, va- cillation and contradiction. Only the President and Secretary of State can make basic policy decisions. To do this they must be in Washington, not in Atlanta or Duck Island. They must be studying the problems, not playing golf or catching airplanes.
progressive conservatism.
Progressive conservatism, in our own age, has been called many things,
"Eisenhower Republicanism," "Middle- of-the-Roadism" and "the tenuous phil- osophy of timorous men." Yet. it is rarely well defined, even by its ex- ponents. As a political philosophy, pro- gressive conservatism deals with the rate, rather than the kind of political development. In other words, it does not oppose change or innovation per se, rather it opposes only that change or innovation that is ill-considered, because of haste or political expedien- cy. Republicanism, then, seeks to be progressive in the sense that it knows that political organism, government, must change with social conditions or risk atrophy and death. Nevertheless, it remains conservative in the sense that it asserts this change must be made with caution, with a realization that the administration of government changes the course of human life and event — with the humility, the con- servatism that must come from this realization.
found pleasure in calling Republican- ism a synonym for reaction, or dis- missing its ideas as fit only for those of "fearful mind." The terms, caution, efficiency and prudence have become
"dirty words," for the liberal, fit alone for the vocabulary of the spine- less, the fence-sitter. Yet, the phil- osophy embodied in these terms may still be the key to the political health of the nation. In an age that could well turn to a few political homilies, let me risk Hobbes' famous statement on prudence —
"Prudence is a presumption of the future contracted from the experience of the past."
An old mule skinner, who never read Hobbes, but made daily trips ov- er the most dangerous trails in the Rockies showed his Republicanism, when asked why he never had had an accident on the trail. "I watch where I'm going'." he said. Republicanism too, watches where it's going.
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In subsequent weeks, we shall dis- cuss the views of the columnator at my left, those gunny sacks of political woe, called campaign issues, and a phenomenon dear to our heart, Young Republicanism.
H. D. C.
Social Workshop Develops Campus Issues Are Viewed
The University Personnel Committee which is made up faculty and students met regularly during the first semester of this year;
and, among other subjects, discussed the social situation on the Alfred campus.
Many phases of the social picture came under discussion; and
as a result, plans developed for an ex- perimental social events workshop made up of representatives from the fraternities and sororities. The first of these was held March 1 with about 37 people participating, including fra- ternity and sorority officers, honorary advisors and members of the Personnel Committee.
The campus social picture was held up to the light and animated discus- sion developed over the use or mis- use of alcoholic beverages; planned versus unplanned parties; the partici- pation and responsibility of chaper- ones at campus parties; and the need for more all-campus affairs as well as a continued effort to increase a strong University spirit.
This experimental meeting was so successful that a date was set for a second workshop and a committee sug- gested to work out an agenda.
March 14, twenty-^ight representa- tives met at Howell Hall to discuss further the campus social picture. A suggestion for an all-campus picnic wns viewed from many angles and con- sidered possible but difficult to carry out successfully; nor was it considered the chief function of this workshop to plan and carry out specific social events, but rather to set the pattern for social activities on campus, pos- sibly to devise a program of func- tions for the college year with the workshop group serving as coordina- tor and providing leadership where necessary.
The need for more active interest and participation in fraternity and
sorority affairs by the faculty honor- ary members, was treated at some length. It was agreed before adjourn- ment that the co-chairmen should elect a committee to formulate purposes for the workshop and prepare an agenda for a future meeting.
The enthusiastic participation in these workshop discussions by all members was most gratifying to the
AU Steamrolls Model UN;
Committee Gets Two On
by Lane
The election of the four man Con- tinuation Committee of the Model United Nations is a long process. Slips of paper are passed around the Indiana State Teacher's College auditorium.
400 students must elect two students to this powerful committee while al- most 100 teachers must elect two faculty members. It is Friday, March 30 and the voting in the auditorium is one of the last acts this model UN will perform. For three days now they have been through two plenary ses- sions, committee meetings, and cau- cuses.
The Continuation Committee of the Model United Nations is responsible for the general coordination of the entire activity. This is the committee that determines the country a University will represent at the next Assembly, which will be held at Princeton, com- mittees and selection of agenda.
Finally the votes are collected.
Alfred University representing Iraq and Yemen is one of the Universities which await the results.
Of the four people elected to the C.
C.U.N.. two are from Alfred. The stu- dent Raja Ajluni from Jordan, and Professor .David Leach as faculty rep- resentative.
In addition to our powerful show- ing in this section, Alfred was members of the Personnel Committee I singled out for another honor at the who introduced the idea as an exper-
iment.
Because these initial workshops have been successful, the committee
is now at work on ways in which to broaden their scope.
Young GOP Meets
The Younq Republican Club will meet toniqht at 8:00 p.m.. at Delta Sigma Phi. All members are requested to bring an interested guest. Refreshments will be serv- ed.
start of the Assembly. Jenny Gobert, from Alfred, was chosen chairman of committee four, ad hoc. Committee four is the group that handled the question of Atomic energy and dis- armament. Irv Schwartzman and Art Unger were the Alfred representatives in this thirteen man committee.
Following the election of the C.C.
UN., Eleanor Roosevelt addressed the Assembly. She spoke on the respon- sibility of the American citizen to the United Nations.
The Indiana State Teachers College is in Pennsylvania and immediately following the last day of classes be- fore spring recess Raja Ajluni, Sol Schwartz. Iry Schwartzman, and An- gola Zegarelli. the Alfred students rep- resenting Iraq along with Ernip La- and Sid T,nndau represented Alfred I Follette, Art Unger, Bruce Elkin. and at a planning meeting for the Citizens ' Marion Sutton. the Alfred represen-
Clearing House
On Saturday. Anri' 14, Dr. Fngel- mnnn Df-an Marshall, Raiah Ailuni.
e TTouso. This meeting was held in conjunction with that Univer- sity's mock political conventions.
tntives of Yemen headed to the I.S.
T.C. campus.
The complete Alfred representa- The Citizen Clearing House is an Hon included Dave Cohen and Jerry organization dedicated to the greater j Sinter who did an admirable job in awareness of college students to pre-committee work , and Spence American political life. Young, delegate at large. Dr. Freder-
ick C. Engelmann was faculty mem- ber in charge and professor Daniel B. Sass served as advisor to the Al- fred delegation.
Dr. Engelmana, Dave Cohen, and Jerry Slater instituted was known to the Assembly for his work as host when Alfred held the convention here two years ago.
Jerry Slater who circulated a reso- lution concerning suggestions for fu- ture references received a vote of thanks from the Assembly. One of the points stressed in the Slater sponsored resolution was the importance of the importance of schools staying in character throughout the conference.
There were three plenary sessions of the Assembly, a full day of com- mittee meetings, several hours of cau- cus and guest speakers. There was a dance Thursday night for the students on the Indiana State campus.
Student
Outlook
by Marv Bell
Every undergraduate student reg- ularly enrolled in an accredited four- year college or university in the Unit- e dStates is eligible to compete in the current "brand retailing college essay contest," which closes Monday, May 21st, 1956. The first-prize winner will co pa $1,000 one-year tuition scholar- ship and other prizes and honors will also be" awarded.
Further data and entry blanks are available from Dean Gertz's office.
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The U. S. Civil Service Commission has announced that engineers are needed for employment in the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabmaa. Start- ing salaries range from $4,345 to 11,610 3 year. The optional fields of work include aeronautical, chemical, elec- trical, electronics, industrial, mechani- cal, and ordnance engineering. To qualify, applicants must have had ap- propriate college study or pertinent engineering experience. Applications will be accepted until further notice, and may be obtained, along with fur- I ther information, from the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D.
C.
Literary Review To Publish Soon
The members of the Alfred Review editorial board, consisting of Linda Napolin, Pat Miller, Nathan Lyons and Melvyn Millman, have announced that the Alfred Review, to be publish- ed the first week in May, is expected to be the most ambitious literary en- terprise in the history of Alfred Uni versity.
For the past few weeks the editors have been carefully evaluting student contributions, planning design and lay-out and preparing manuscripts for the printer. To date forty students have contributed over 2O0 literary se- lections for consideration by the Re- view staff, and from these the editors have accepted six short stories, four essays and about twenty-five poems.
Some of the selections already ac- cepted by the Review include short stories by Ellen Lipsey, Linda Napol- in, Carole Silver and Bud Kass, and essays by Bert Katz, George Kokis, Miss Hazel Humphreys and Pro. My- ron Sibley. Bert Katz's essay is an ap- preciation of Pablo Picasso, an effort to locate Picasso's genius in the rich and colorful context of his native Spain, while "A Gothic Tale" by Miss Humphreys tells with sharp wit and geniality the story behind the moving of the Gothic Cliappel from the Alfred University campus. Another essay ac- cepted by the editors is George Kokis'
"Hamlet," which measures the course
| of the author's intellectual growth in ten widely different interpretations of Shakespeare's tragedy, from Kokis' first encounter with "Hamlet" in grammar school to his tenth reading
of the play in civilization at Alfred University. Sample: "Maybe its chief value lies in the fact that its mystery invokes men into self-questioning, causes men to look closely at their own problems and, perhaps most im- portant of all, helps them to under- stand the seemingly unprovoked and often cruel action that others com- mit." George Kokis is a freshman.
Professor Sibley's article, "The Na- ture of Freedom," is a close scrutiny into the philsophical tenets of spiritu- al and secular individualism. His es- say is original provacitive, yet re- laved. Sample: "Our actual exper- ience is a clutter of varied loyalties in which we gamble for fulfillment — finding, finally, that no absolute is ul- timately absolute; they are all man- made satellites, not of earth, to be sure, but not of heaven either."
In no previous year have the editor*
of the Alfred Review received such a volume and variety of poems. One of the most exciting discoveries in poe- try is Nathan McMahon, whose poetry reveals astonishing vocal range and sensitivity to language. His work shows a remarkable variety of tone:
"S alem" ("The witch I got for Christ- mas Wasn't even done"), a pensive quietude in "Elegy For My Father"
("It happened When the'leaves had turned To farewell colors"), a grim irony in "The Commuter" ("I saw my- self among the dead"), and finally, something of the tactile reach and whimsical fairy-power of Dylan Thom- as in "The Dance of a Mourning Child" ("Tear-Soft, Petal Face"). Oth- er poems already accepted were con- tributed by Bettejane Knight, Linda Napolin, Stanley Harris, Barbara Strauss, Miss Elsie Binns and Ann Holmes.
Fiat Lux
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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1956
STAFF
EDITOR IN Niite Lyons
CO-MANAOING EDITORS BTJBINE88 MANAGER Marv Bell, Judj Dryer Al Glatgold
' SPORTS KDITOR — Allen Slegel
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1956 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PAGE THREE
by Judy Dryer
Do you think it's safe to say now that spring has finally come to Alfred? I guess you can never assume that, but you cant deny that with the recent abundance of picnics and Bermuda shorts, it sure looks like it.
Delta Sig was the only fraternity not having a party last
weekend. The reason was that the bouse was occupied with informal ini- tiation Friday night and formal Ini- tiation Sunday.
Kappa Nu had a "Bermuda shorts"
party Saturday night — although from the looks of the KN'obby KNees on campus all week, you can hardly say that the wearing of Bermudas was confined to Saturday night. Dr. Bern- stein was put to work a t the party.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan were chaperones.
KN had house elections before Easter and the new officers are: Charlie Ait, president; Bob Sak, vice president;
Jerry Reicher, secretary; Steve Cohen, treasurer; Norm Helm, steward; Stan Ren, house manager; Howie Jarolmari, social chairman.
Last weekend was alumni weekend for Kappa Psi. This was their first annual get-together, and the begin- ning of the formation of an alumni as- sociation. First on the schedule for the weekend was a stag get-together Saturday afternoon. Saturday night, thr-re was a party at the house for alumni, their wives, members and their dates. A formal banquet was held Sunday afternoon in Howell Hall. Re- sults of Kappa Psi's elections a r e : RichaTd Van Maaren, president; Ernid Taylor, vice president; El wood Haus- ler, recording secretary; Howie Pe-
Senate Scope
The new slate of Student Senate of- ficers is: president, Erf Porter; vice president, Jack Scholls; secretary, Barbara Warren; treasurer, Georgia Jones; National Student Association representative, Fran Tatnall; and pub- licity director, Marv Bell.
A campus bulletin board is being considered for permanent establish- ment, probably in the vicinity of Green secretary Dave Rochford, W.O.S.R. !H a l 1- F i n a l Pl a n s regarding this pro-
J ' | posed student convenience are yet to
terson, treasurer;
house manager;
chancellor; Fred
Chuck Marvin, Steve Saunders, Luhrs, athletic chairman; Dick Engle, corresponding
Nancy Beers, of Theta Chi, is en- gaged to Jim Monroe, of Kappa "Psi.
Word has also come in that two ex- editors of the FIAT are now indulg- ing in "boxing."
Omicron's spring formal was held last Friday night at the Hornell Mooee Club. The Thompsons and the Thom- ases chaperoned. The pledges put on a dandy little skit, entitled, "The Town vs. Judy Dryer." ThankB a lot, pledgee, for sentencing me to life in the Gold- fish Bowl. The next day, Saturday, was Hell Day, and the pledges were rudely awakened early in the morn- ing to work. Formal initiation was held Sunday and pledges became mem- bers. Last Wedniesday night, Lambda Chi came to AKiO for dessert. Congrat- ulations to Joyce Lilley on going steady with Dixon Stevens, a member of the "Pelton Knights."
Klan had a Bowery party Saturday night, chaperoned by the Kruzases and the Reigerts. Sam Hulbert and Linda Treiling, a freshman from the Brick, are pinned. Jane Britting, of Sigma Chi, is engaged to Dave Brison. Zelma Tousley, also of Sigma, and George Meyer are engaged. Klan's election results are: Marv Krinsky, president;
Phil Enzie, vice president; Sam Hul- bert, secretary; Don Nelson, treasur- er; Jim Kenyon, house manager; Joe Finlayson, steward; Bob Sullivan, so- cial chairman.
be made.
Erf Porter, Senate president, and Fran Tatnall, Senate National Student Association Representative, attended the New York State Intercollegiate Mock Senate at Albany Friday, April 13, through Sunday, April 15. Over thirty New York State colleges gather- ed in the Assembly Chambers at the State Capitol to debate and enact le- gislative bills of a contemporary na- ture.
A reminder: All Student Senate
Nurses' Conference
Dean I. Vernette Grau, of the School of Nursing attended a conference of the Visiting Nurse Association in Scranton, Pa. AU students affiliating there presented their family care stu- dies a t the conference.
On April 11, Dean Grau participated in a career day program a t Cowan- esque Valley Joint School in West- field, Pa. She represented the field of collegiate nursing education.
Going to church is a good habit for every individual to cultivate, and it
is a good idea for the churches t o cultivate every individual.
"Adding Machine"
(Continued from Page One) really no questions, to Larry Elkin's mechanical policeman "The Adding Machine" adds up.
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Lambda Chi went to the Ledges for \ meetings are OPEN MEETINGS! Any a steak roast Saturday afternoon. The j and all^ interested ^on-voting students Milanis and the McNeillys chaper- "
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drey Johnson, who graduated from Ag- | 7 p.m. on the second floor of Physics Tech last year. Arden Davis is going j Hall,
steady with Barb Van Arsdale, of Dobson House. Mrs. McCormick is new house mother of Lambda Chi.
For those of you who don't al- ready know, Tau Delt is now occupy- ing part of Rosebush Dorm. Saturday night they had a housewarming party to celebrate. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Milli- man chaperoned. Walt Kline has a
"new car," a '47 Buick convertible, and it runs.
Pi Alpha's election results are: Dee Parker, president; 01 Longuil, vice president; Shirley Erickson, secre- tary; Barb Titus, house manager; Di Smith, social treasurer; Dotty Frey, social chairman; Ellen Lipsey, house manager. Mrs. Rabe is back a t Pi again, after her illness. Judy Rosen-
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Filling In
The lower campus of Alfred on the southeastern corner of University Place and Main Street in Alfred is presently in the process of being fill- ed in.
The filling in is being done for drainage purposes, according to Presi- dent Drake and also as part of the general beautification of the Univer- sity campus.
"The lower part of tne campus has been in definite need of attention,"
said President Drake, "and tne filled in portion will eventually add to the desired effect."
The work is being done according to ans prepared by Harry Boone, land-
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Sigma Chi had their spring formal last Friday night at the Hornell Coun- try Club. Music was provided by Al Rawady's band. Chaperones were Mr.
and Mrs. McWilliams, Dr. and Mrs.
Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Truman, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Collins, and Mrs.
Almy. Mary Brown is engaged to Ro- ger Stocum, of Andover. Joan Murphy and Joyce Emmick were at Sigma for the weekend. Sunday dinner guests
•were Dr. and Mrs. Ben Crandall, Dr.
and Mrs. Nease and Miss Binns.
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