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VOL. XXIV FIAT LUX, MAY 11, 1937, ALFRED, N. Y. No. 26

First New-type Moving-up Day Thursday; Assembly In Morning, Athletic Contests In Afternoon

Extensive plans have been made by the Student Senate in cooperation with the Blue Key for a safe and eane Moving-Up Day, Thursday.

Proceedings will start with the usual Thursday morning assembly.

Seating will be changed, however, each class being moved back one section, leaving the front rows for the Seniors. The assembly will consist of singing Alfred songs, tapping to honorary societies, presentation of Senior cane to new Senior president by George Gregory, award of litera- ture prizes, and an address by Ray Baschnagel, new president of the Stu- dent Senate.

After assembly the three lower classes will line up from Alumni Hall to Kenyon, on each side of the walk, while the Seniors file down.

In the afternoon there will be no classes. Prosh-soph softball games, for both men and women, will occupy the afternoon, beginning at 2:30, on athletic field and- high school dia- monds. An 18-inch trophy will he awarded to the winner of the men's game, given on the condition there is no fighting. If the frosh win the trophy, they will defend it against next year's frosh. If the sophs win, it will be placed in competition again next year.

In the evening there will be an all- college dance in the gym, with Al Ivler's orchestra. Admission will be ten cents.

Members of the faculty and administration have sincerely expressed the wish there be no fighting this year, to prevent damage to property, person and clothes, and to prevent ill-feeling.

Two Spring Formals This Week-end

Klan Alpine and Kappa Psi Upsilon fraternities will entertain their dates at Spring Formals this week-end.

Curley Johnson's orchestra will play for dancing at the Hornell Country Club for the Klan men, Saturday evening.

Robert Skinner, chairman of the dance, will be assisted by Malcom Coston and Louis Santomieri.

Dr. and Mrs. Murray J. Rice, Dr.

and Mrs. Joseph Seidlin, Dean and Mrs. Major E. Holmes, and Prof, and Mrs. Charles R. Amberg will be the faculty guests.

Kappa 'Psites" will dance to the music of Art Wexel's orchestra at the Dansville Hotel, Saturday evening.

John Albright, dance chairman, will be assisted by Donald Faulkner and James Tate.

Dr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Scholes and Chaiplain and Mrs. James C.

McLeod will be guests of the fraternity for the evening. Faculty members who are expected to attend will be: Prof, and Mrs. Austin D. Bond, Prof, and Mrs. Wendell M. Burditt, Prof, and Mrs. Kaspar O. Myrvaagnes, Prof. Elbert Ringo, Dr. and Mrs. Fred W. Ross, Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Camp- bell, Prof, and Mrs. Ray W. Wingate, and Dean Alfred E. Whitford.

Y WC A To Hold Afternoon Tea

Crandall Hall's picturesque grounds will provide a setting for the Y.W.C.A.

Silver Tea and Garden Party to be held there next Friday afternoon from three to five o'clock.

Sring music, solos, trios and several selections by the Girl's Glee Club will furnish entertainment. No admission will be charged but guests are free to give what they wish. Pro- ceeds will help send Y.W.C.A. members to Silver Bay, the Eastern State's conference on Lake George.

Alberta Heidel and Mary Hoyt are in charge of the tea, assisted by Rene Riehtmyer, Mildred Wesp, Nelda Ran- dall, Elizabeth Benz, Eleanor Drake, Grace Sherwood, Nellie Bond, Ruth Gosch and Betty Jane Crandall.

Correction

It was incorrectly stated in last week's Fiat Lux that Martha Kyle of Pi Alpha Pi was elected secretary of the Student Senate. Mar- gery Mclntosh of Theta Theta Chi was voted to that office.

Presentation Of Cup To Be Highlight Of Blue Key Dance

An 18^inch cup that looks for all the world like solid gold will be presented either to the freshmen or to the sophomores, depend- ing on which wins the Moving- Up Day athletic contests, at the Blue Key's Moving-Up Dance in the gym, Thursday at 8 p. m.

The dance is all-college and admission, in couples or stag, is 10 cents a. person. Al Ivler's nine- piece campus orchestra will play and there will be special novelty acts. Bert Lynn is chairman.

Faculty guests will be Dr. and Mrs. Murray J. Rice, Dr. and Mrs Joseph Seidlin, Chaplain and Mrs.

J. C. McLeod, Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Lobaugh, Dr. and Mrs. M.

Ellis Drake, Mrs. Dara K. Degen, Miss Nellie Saunders, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Amberg.

Newman Club Initiates

Large Class

Election of Robert Hughes as president of 1937-38 and initiation of 36 new members and 8 honorary members featured the Newman Club meeting at Social Hall, Wednesday evening.

Other officers are: First vice-president, Eugene Keefe; second vice- president, Raymond Buckley; secretary, Barbara Suter; treasurer, Samuel Repsher; historian, Herbert Mossien.

Initiation was conducted by Presi- dent Raymond Pape. Rev. Hyacinth Barnhardt introduced the speaker of the evening, Rev. Valentine Long of St. Bonaventure. After the address Dr. Barnhardt introduced the new honorary members: Mrs. and Mrs. Ger- ald E. Lewis. Mrs. Paul Orvis, Mr.

and Mrs. John MaMahon, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hoey of Alfred and Miss Pearl Claire of Alfred Station.

Eleanor Wisniski was re-appointed the Newman Club's official organist.

Barbara Suter and Rosemary Hall- enbeck sang at the start of the program.

These new members were initiated:

Robert F. Shoemaker, Raymond A.

Baschnagel, Anelo D. Bosco, Robert L. Brownell, Richard L. Callista, Jon E. Canolesio, Mary E. Cook, Edward F. Creagh, Leonard G. Dauenhauer, D. Moresca, Stephen P. Day, Walter Dlugozima, William C. Drohan, Mary B. Eberl, Michael F. Fargione, Alice M. Flannigan, Samuel A. Fossaceca, Robert B. Glynn, Richard A. Haecker, John W. Hatpin, Alphonse, J. Kirsch, Herbert J. Mossien, James O'Neill, Jr., Nicholas Oberhanick, Anna C.

Pakula, Michael Ratchuk, William T.

Riley, Marcello Rollery, Sebastian Santomieri, George Scannell, Charles W. Shoemaker, Montgomery J. Shoe- maker, Lillian D. Sweeney, Donald F.

Totten, Christine Shuchowsy, Robert

Leaders For Next Year Chosen In Week Of Elections

Officers for campus organiza- tions during 1937-38 were chosen last week in a rush of campaign- ing, vote-swapping, and one or two postponements of elections until enough voters could get around to make contests possible.

Following is the most complete list of new officers available early Tuesday:

Only One Class Picks Officers

Freshmen, sophomores and juniors met Thursday morning after assembly to elect officers for 1937-38, and ended in a general muddle with only the Class of 1940 successful in picking its leaders for next year.

Charles Spiro was re-elected president of the Class of 1940, with Alice Flannigan, vice-president; Eleanor Drake, secretary; and William Fel- lows, treasurer.

Through a mistake in listing the candidates or a mistake in printing the lists, John Barvian, husky senior footballer, was paid an unusual tribute when his name was listed as one of the women candidate for president of the class of 1939. His name was confused with that of Kay Borman, who with Winnie Winikus, Norma Witschieben, and Barbara Bliss had been duly nominated for the position.

Because of the mistake in the bal- lots and the small number present at the meeting, the votes were thrown out and sophomores were scheduled to vote Monday afternoon at 1:30 in Alumni Hall to vote again.

Only a dozen juniors attended the meeting of the class of 1939, and the vovte was postponed to a later date.

Creagh Editor Of Fiat Lux

Edward F. Creagh, associate editor of the Fiat Lux, will succeed Stanley C. Orr as editor next week. Creagh was elected to the post last Tuesday night in a meeting of the staff of the Fiat Lux. i

Succeeding Miss Doris Hann as business manager of the publication will be Miss Eleanor Wisniski and Bernard Spiro who will act as co- business managers for the nest year.

Miss Wisniski will take complete charge of circulation while Spiro will govern. advertising policies.

Other members of the executive board of the Fiat who were elected to their offices at the last meeting include: John Dougherty, associate editor; Raymond Zurer, news editor;

Arthur Grenwald, sport editor; Kay Borman, society editor; Constance Brown and Sam Sverdlik, co-editors of features. Leonard Lernowitz was appointed to the position of the editoral desk and Jon Canolesio to the post of photographic editor.

Creagh's past experience has admir- ably equipped him to fill the post of editor. For three years he has work- ed on the staff of the weekly each in a succeedingly more responsible position. His professional journalism

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Fraternities, Sororities Pick New Officers, Five Announce Results

Three fraternities and two sororities elected officers for 1937-38 at meetings Monday, May 3.

Pi Alpha, Theta Nu and Klan Al- pine were scheduled to choose their leaders last night.

James Hodnett was elected president of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity.

Montgomery Shoemaker is vice-president; Walter Scott, secretary; Henry Bangert, treasurer and social chairman; Jud Gustin, sergeant-at-arms;

Raymond Baschnagel, Student Senate representative; John Norwood, historian; John Dougherty, corresponding secretary and chaplain; Bangert and Hodnett, interfraternity council representatives.

John Albright was chosen president of Kappa Psi Upsilon. Other officers are: Metro Mickritz, vice-president;

Stuart Thomas, secretary; Harold Myers, treasurer and chancellor;

James Tate, WSOR; Richard Bar- rows and Albright, Interfraternity council representatives; Robert Eise-

| line, Student Senate representative;

Robert Corey, corresponding secretary.

"Robert Sloane is president of Kappa Nu for the coming year. David Veit is vice-president; Irving Hirschfeld, secretary;' George Kaplan, treasurer;

Leonard Lernowitz, Student Senate representative; Sloane and Al Cohen, Interfraternity Council representatives.

President of Theta Theta Chi sorority is Barbara Suter. Other officers:

Bernadine Eberl, chaplain; Frances Scott, secretary; Adelaide Kelly, treasurer; Jane Pollard, corresponding secretary; Thelma House, entertainment chairman; Margery Mcln- tost and Irma Komfort, intersorority council representatives; Margery Mc- lntosh, Student Senate representative.

Margaret Reilley is president of Sigma Chi Nu sorority. Vice-president is Ruth Crawford; Kay Borman, treasurer; Nelda Randall, secretary and Student Senate representative;

and Dorothy Wilson, Intersorority council representative.

More Flexible And Individual;

24-Hour Major But No Minor

Approving a sweeping revision of the entire curriculum of the College of Liberal Arts, the faculty of that college voted last Tues- day to accept the recommendations of the Committee on Curri- culum Revision which has been working on the problem for more than two years. Spokesman and chairman of the committee, Dean A. E. Whitford. pointed out the essential features of the plan in an interview Sunday.

Most important aspect of the plan which will affect all Liberal Arts students beginning with the class of 1941 is an individually planned curriculum for each student, designed- as far as possible, to meet his specific problems. Of only slightly less importance will be an introduction of a wide number of fields of study into the freshman and sophomore years but with less exacting require- ments and the promotion of advanced specialization in the junior and senior years with stiffer requirements for the major.

In preparing the

Committee Chairman

DR. A. E. WHITFORD

Y W Officers Visit Letchworth Park

Following the election of next year's officers, the old and new Y.W.C.A.

cabinet last week-end at Letchworth Park made plans for next year.

Each member of the cabinet discussed his department with Katherine Duffield, field secretary of the national Y.W.C.A. and a leader in the New York State Stundent C h r i s t i a n Movement. Plans include more elaborate programs with outside speakers, college "sings", a unique publicity campaign and monthly parties.

Officers for next year are: Mary Hoyt, president; Betty Jane Crandall, vice-president; Elizabeth Benz, secretary; Grace Sherwood, treasurer;

Nelda Randall, Mildred Wesp, Alberta Heidel, program chairmen; Eleanor Drake, publicity chairman.

Others at the annual "Retreat"

were Miss Eva Ford and Miss Lavinia Creighton, faculty advisors for the Y.W.C.A., Nellie Bond, Rene Richt- myer and Harriet Saunders.

Radium May Make Honey Bee Harmless

By shooting radium-rays /through queen bees, Dr. Lloyd R. Watson, of Alfred University, hopes to produce a stingless variety.

If this summer's experiments should lead to the secret of a new kind of bee, a kind that will have only harmless stingers or lack them entirely, the United States can become a country of stingless bees by 1940, he said.

In the trial and error experiments, Dr. Watson will expose fertile queen bees to radium in hopes that their offspring may develop stinger peculiar- ities.

"We see no reason why it can't be done," said the Alfred professor. "We may have to try as many as 10,000 times but by iradiating every fertile bee that comes through our labora- tory, we hope sooner or later to stum- ble across stingless offspring."

SENIORS IMPORTANT

NOTICE

All Seniors will please wear their caps and gowns to the Moving-Up Day assembly pro- gram Thursday morning.

preparing the report, the committee had in mind the following ad- ditional guiding principles: simplic- ity of requirements; flexibility in their application; the encouragement of independent scholarship and high achievement in the student's field of specialization; and the raising of the scholastic standards of the entire College of Liberal Arts. The committee emphasized in its report that the plan was not necessarily final but that it was one which would lend itself to progressive changes.

Latin Not Required

One notable change in the simpli- fied entrance requirements is that Latin is no longer specifically required of entrants. The foreign language requirements may hen-ceforth be met by offering not less than two units of either Latin, Greek, French, Ger- man, Spanish or Italian.

Before his junior year, each student will be required to choose a major study. This will generally be limited to one department of instruction and will constitute the major portion of his field of specialization. A mini- mum of 36 semester hours will be required for the field of specialization of which 24 must be devoted to his major study. The remaining 12 hours may be chosen either in the major study or in some related field. Note- worthy is the fact that only grades of C or higher will be accepted in courses used to satisfy the requirements of the major study.

Tutorial Work Emphasized Strong emphasis has been placed on the advantages of tutorial work.

Students who show enthusiasm and aptitude for this type of program will be encouraged to engage in individual and independent research under the guidance of a faculty member. Credit for tutorial work will depend on the amount of work done but usually it will be two hours per semester.

Requirements for departmental honors will be considerably more rigid than in the past. To be eligible for these honors,- a graduate must have successfully completed at least four semester hours under the tutorial plan, passed a comprehensive exami- nation in his field of specialization and attained a cumulative index of 2.20 in the course of his major field.

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Pigeons Carry News Of Athletic Team To Home School

A new way of conveying scores to the hometown was initiated by Waterloo at Merrill Field, Friday morning. Bill Shenks, who came with the team brought two carrier pigeons to relay the messages to Waterloo.

Carrying the pigeons about in a steel case, he would secure one and by means of a rubber band fasten the message to the pigeon's leg. The younger pigeon circled the field to get his bearings and then rapidly flew northward. The second flew upward and immedi- ately to the north.

This is the first time the team has used the carrier pigeons.

They must be carefully trained from short distances after being kept in their coop for several months. It probably took them about twenty minutes, if not less, to reach home. When they ar- rive at the coop, the door snaps a u t o m a t i c a l l y behind them.

Secured thus, their message can be read.

Rochester Editor To Speak at

Fiat Lux Dinner

Fiat Lux will hold its 14th annual banquet at 6:30, Wednesday evening.

May 12, in Social Hall.

This year the affair will be formal for women and informal for men.

The banquet is open to all members of the staff and the following invited guest: Mr. Frank Crumb, editor of the "Alfred Sun," Dorothy Saunders, editor of last year's "Fiat Lux," and the publication committee composed of Dean Alfred E. Whitford, Dean Dora K. Degen, Dean and Mrs. M.

Ellis Drake, Dean and Mrs. Major B.

Holmes, Chaplain and Mrs. James C.

McLeod, Prof, and Mrs. L. Ray Polan, and Miss Marion L. Fosdick.

The guest speaker will be Mr. L. R.

Blanchard, Managing Editor of the Rochester Times-Union.

As is customary, keys and certifi- cates of merit will be awarded. There will also be a prize of $5.00 for the.

best work on the editoral and business staffs.

Stanley Orr, Doris Hann, and Kath- ryn Borman are in charge of the banquet.

Two New Actors In ^? Winterset' Tonight

"Winterset" will go into its second night of production by Theta Alpha Phi and the Footlight Club tonight at 8:15 p. m., at Alumni Hall, with two changes in the cast and with promises for a large attendance.

Jack Merriam, business manager, said today that advance ticket sales for the second night of the play were even better than those of Monday night.

Merriam will replace Maynard Noble in the part of Trock, the gangster chieftain whose crime precipitated the series of events that is "Winter- set," and Dawn Kamakaris will take the part of Miriamne, female lead played last night by Barbara Corsaw.

The four actors had been working on the two parts all during rehearsals under the plan of one performance by each Trock and each Miriamne.

The play has been in production for five months, under the direction of Miss Mary K. Rogers, head of the Dramatic and Public Speaking departments. Frank Park is stage manager and is responsible for the thunder, lightning, and effective light- ing which make the play realistic.

The stage setting, designed by David Veit, has been built around the theme of • atmosphere more than realism.

President To Speak At Library Opening

At the opening ceremonies, Wells- ville's new David A. Howe Memorial Library, Dr. J. Nelson Norwood will deliver the dedication address Thurs- day afternoon, May 13, at 2:00 o'clock.

On Saturday afternoon at 2:00, there will be a joint meeting of li- brarians and teachers from all parts of Western New York. Present at this meeting will be Dr. Irwin A. Conroe, former Dean of Men at Alfred Uni- versity and now Associate Commis- sioner of Higher Education of New York State.

The new half million dollar struc- ture endowed by the West Almond philanthropist after whom it is named, will be one of the finest small town libraries in the country. More than 6000 new books have been added to augment the collection of the old Wellsville Public Library.

New Rushing Rules

Proposed changes in the rules for rushing men to fraternities on the Al- fred campus, submitted to the five fraternities last night, will be voted on at a special Interfraternity cil meeting this afternoon at Sig.

Election of officers for 1937-3 will be held, Walt Blundred, president, said today.

The rules were discussed at ing Wednesday night.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF STANLEY C. ORR ASSOCIATE EDITOR EDWARD F. CREAGH ASSISTANT EDITORS:

News John Dougherty Sports Raymond Zurer Features Mary Hoyt Makeup Edward Creagh Staff Photographer Jon Canolesio Editorial Desk John D. Young Society Kathryn Borman Reporters: , \

Constance Brown, George Hill, Betsy Ryder, Mildred Wesp, Susie Kohl, Jack Eagan, Arthur Greenwald, Samuel Sverdlik, Janet Rogers, Richard

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Cox Resigns

In the resignation of John Cox, as head coach of Inter-collegiate Athletics, Alfred is losing a vital force for athletic progress. It will be difficult to find a successor of similar personal qualities and coaching ability to replace him.

Through his efforts has been formed the nucleus of a real working unit for future athletic contests. He has virtually put football in a position where it can begin to fight equally on the gridiron. He has kept up the morale of a fighting team under great duress.

We of Alfred want to see John Cox succeed in whatever he will, but we cannot help but feel the loss of his presence on our coaching staff. His influence on the character of the individual players combined with his inherent feeling of determination, will be hard to match in a successor.

A "Liberal" Curriculum

Decided changes for the better in the scope and interest of the work of the liberal arts college are apparent today with release of the curriculum revisions by Dr. A. E. Whitford's committee.

Two most important points, the wider introduction to liberal arts knowledge in freshman and sophomore years and the greater speci- alization in work toward a major in junior and senior years, can- not be overly stressed.

One special feature, the new tutorial work as. a more efficient honors course, will bring opportunity for upperclassmen to special- ize in their departments, to do the individual research and inde- pendent study which will be needed in the world of work. No liberal arts upperclassmen with a genuine inclination toward his field should miss this chance.

There will of course be opportunity for change and progress in this new curriculum, and it should come naturally and as a result of need. Now it is the duty of the administration and college to seek a broadening in courses of study, an enlargement of depart- ments, more opportunity for specialization. Congratulations, com- mittee, and may you keep up the good work.

ON THE AVENUE—Thursday and Friday, May 13 and 14.

Starring: Songster Dick Powell, Mareleine Carroll, Alice Paye, and the Ritz Brothers.

Another of the rollicking Powell musicals, ON THE AVENUE is greatly aided toward success by a lively, well-connected romance between Miss Carroll and Mr. Powell. The plot is clear-cut and the routine parts of the revue are cleverly woven into the fabric of the theme.

Irving Berlin's matchless lyrics are the basis of the six songs, three of which are familar to Alfrad's audience: "This Year's Kisses," "You're Laughing At Me" and "I've Got My Love To Keep Warm". The charm and lilt of these numbers are, in themselves, enough to keep any audience interested.

The March of Time, a Ted Husing sport short, and a Popeye cartoon are the other items on the bill for this evening.

CRAIG'S WIFE—Saturday evening, May 15.

Starring: John Boles, Billie Burke, and Rosalind Russell.

Adapted from the Pultizer prize winning play, this intese character drama adhers closely to the original story. The story is of a woman, who married for security instead of love, and paid the price in a broken, soli- tary old age.

Rosiland Russell playing the part of Mrs. Craig does a superb piece of work in her sincere portrayal of the calculating, selfish woman who put respectability before the welfare of her family. John Boles and Billie Burke make a fine supporting cast.

The stuttering Porky Pig endeavors to win a bull-fight, but has a change of heart and forfeits the money. The Three Stooges are also present with their usual bag of tricks.

Campus Camera

BLIND LAW STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HITCH-HIKED 3 4 0 0 MILES"1

LAST 5UMMER. FROM CALIF- ORNIA TO NEW YORK IM 33 DAYS1.' Hlf ONLY COMPANION WAS1 M I A , HI? 5MEPARD DOG'

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• THING? OF LIFE • •

On Retiring

The time for the inevitable succession of editors has arrived and I'm about to be thrown out of a job. With the next issue, a far more competent man than I could ever have been takes over my office. That man is Edward F. Creagh.

It is, however, with considerable reluctance that I surrender my position. My associations withe The Fiat Lux have been proud ones and pleasant. The enjoyment I have derived from working on this paper has compensated me to a great degree for the many hours I have devoted to it. The friends I have made among the staff members will not soon be forgotten. To this efficient and industrious staff I must honestly attribute the success of The Fiat for this past year.

I have no qualms about the ability of my successor. There is no person in college better equipped than he to become editor of The Fiat Lux. I have the comfortable assurance that as my re- tirement becomes effective, The Fiat will continue to prosper and display marked improvement.

Stanley C. Orr

COLLEGE WORLD

The Z-man at the University of Minnesota got more than he expected when he ran this add in the Minnesota Daily:

Wanted—Girl for fraternity party tjSaturday. Blonde, 5 feet 5 inches, god-looking, good dancer. Gl. 2133,

|orters phoned Gladstone 2133

|md again in an attempt to get down on the Z-man, but the

busy.

was sort of nice looking" was the girl who took the ad could

And the Z-man got his girl. "They kept the telephone pretty hot," he ad- mitted, and complimented The Daily for getting out and reaching the public.

"I've found out that girls in Minne- sota are more skeptical than girls in Montana. I had a hard time con- vincing some of them it wasn't a gag. They just called up to⁽ shoot the bull a while. ' I'm always willing to do that, of course, but I was really sincere about getting a date for the party. Everything's fixed up now, though," he said.

"Hope you have a nice time," put in the reporter.

"Yeah, I think I will—she's got a

car."

Ramblings

Shades of my Aunt Letitia's grand- mother! If I swallow any more ashes or pick any more soot out of the butter they'll use me to strike matches on.

What? Oh. That's so. You weren't along. Well, ten or eleven of us spent the week-end at Letchworth Park The place with the cliffs. Put 12 girls in two cabins, add two chaperons and three roast chickens and you have a bang-up week-end.

I'll never forget seeing Nellie coming down the hill, wearing some one else's slacks, some one else's socks and with her hair in pig-tails. "Well, I didn't come prepared—"

Did you ever explore a cave that was so cold there was ice in it in the summer-time? We did. We crawl- ed on our hands and knees along a slippery, muddy ledge, shere cliffs on one side and a bottomless abyss on the other. Well, anyway—it was eight or nine feet. The cave was so dark we had to carry flashlights in order to clamber over the rocks.

Grace slipped and became intimately acquainted with a pile of mud.

Bats hung in friezes along the walls.

Have you ever held one? Queer little mouse-like things with big ears. They have a scared little squeak and their mouths are lined with funny baby- teeth. They cling,to you with prickly rat-hands and their wings are as fine as silk. I wanted one but my room- mate objected—

Speaking of roommates, a night in a camp brings anything but sleep.

You know these beds built in layers?

We didn't have enough blankets to go around so two of them were made up together. Every time one of us went after a mosquito bite the other three thoutht they were crossing the English Channel.

It's fun when you're on top and the ones below start getting playful.

Sort of like sitting on a beehive.

Only worse. Bees can't pull off blankets or wield a ping-pong paddle.

Nor can they throw marsh-mallows.

The mistake came when we discover- ed that some of them had been roasted. Did you ever step, bare-footed, on a roasted marshmallow? It's fun picking them out of the sheets, too.

Food. Onions and jam and pickles and—you guessed it. Hot dogs. No one knew when meals left off and lunches began. Combinations, appeared that would make a cast-iron con- stitution curl up and recite "Trees".

One of the chaperons ate a sandwich of toasted marshmallows and bacon.

Right in broad daylight.

Say. Let me give you some advice.

If you forget grease for cooking, don't try to bake your eggs. The damn things explode. And if you prick them the inside boils out. You pick them out of your hair either way.

And try to wash greasy dishes in ice-water with no soap—play hostess to a visiting delegation of black flies—eat charcoal and drink ashes—

gee, but it was swell, just the same I'm going to take my mother-in-law over next week. Why don't you take it up as a project?

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Diary Gives Expose On Faculty Diners

From the Diary of a Former Waitress . . . .In the right hand corner of the dining room was a large table which everyone at the Coffee Shop called the "Boys Table". This was rather strange for at the head of the table a bald headed man took his place.

I found that this man of quiet mien wias £>r. Russell, Prof, of History in the college, hailing from Maine.

Strange I had not noticed his eastern accent! Across from Bill Brown sat a gentleman in his late twenties, well mannered, courteous and very decisive in giving his orders. While he appears self-interested his manner was not egotistical. Bill Brown calls him

"Schrecky" for short. Camay Soap can lay no claim on the blond artist's complexion for carrots, buttered or otherwise, are the sole tribute to the cause. He never lets them pass by.

Lamb or Pish never appeal to him.

Chair number four was filled by a man who possessed a few more birth- days than the character previous. He wears a checkered coat, coronation blue trousers and a purple kerchief in

•his upper coat pocket which I believe is more show than blow. He appears rather indifferent and nothing on the menu seems to appeal to him. I learned that he is Daniel P. Eginton, head of the Educational Department and personality promoter.

Another frequenter of the Shop is a tall, well groomed boy, who is very fussy about his food. The Sax- onian lists him as one of the best dressed men on the campus, better known as Gilbert Betts. Regardless of his likes and dislikes Gilbert's manners were always the best. Every Sunday night his fancy turned toward the fair sex and a table for two in the corner was always taken by Gil- bert and his affinity.

Prof. Wingate and his wife occasion- ally dropped in for a meal. It usually took anywhere from fifteen to twenty minutes to obtain the Wingate's order. Prof. Wingate would have a short chat with each and every lady in the dining room, finally setting down beside his wife, who had been waiting with the patience of "Job".

Nevertheless the "Musical Man" and his sweet wife are pleasing customers.

The art world presents us with two more clients, Miss Fosdick, a lovely dreamy character who wears well with each an|i all. Her companion, Miss Nelson, who appeared her op- posite in every respect possessed a face expressive of love for the beautiful. She always contented herself with a paper or magazine while Miss Fosdick finished her soup with a man- nerism that made you feel it was good to the last drop. Perfect har- mony seemed to exist between these two individuals.

Miss Ford, the French teacher usually at every day with Miss Creighton, her inseparable. Miss Ford always has the same nice smile.

Her beautiful dark eyes and her sleek coiffure impressed me greatly.

Miss Creighton was just as agreeable as her companion. She possessed a good appetite and always knew just what she wanted to eat, which is a trait uncommon to her sex.

There seems to be a vacant chair at the "Boys Table". I fear Dr.

Eginton, "The Count," is dining else- where in search of stronger coffee.

However, Dean Whitford has joined the ranks. Black tea with lemon is this dignified man's favorite drink It usually takes two pots of the beverage to satisfy his thirst. Ser- ing him has been real enjoyment Bill Brown is just as fond of horse radish as ever. In your greatest rush he always apologetically tells you

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The Brick Alfred, New York May 7, 1937 To the Editor of The Fiat Lux:

We submit this letter for the con- sideration of the student body of Al- fred University:

The Freshman class, as a class, does not control, and has little to say about the choice of nominees for its class officers.

Nominees are chosen at fraternity, sorority, and outsider's meetings where few freshmen are present—

in other words, upper classmen choose our nominees.

Pledges are an unclassified group, being barred from the meetings of fraternities, sororities and outsiders.

The majority of the frosh class are stil pledges.

There is already enough rivalry among fraternities, sororities and outsiders without bringing it into our class elections.

It has been said that the class of 1940 has no class spirit. But class spirit develops from interest. How can we be interested in something in which we have so little voice?

We, the Brick Frosh. girls, present our suggestions to remedy this situa- tion:

(1) A mass meeting of the freshman class to nominate and elect their officers; said meeting to be held at a previously desig- nated time and place.

(2) A mass meeting to choose a nominating committee to select our nominees; said nominees to be voted on at a future class meeting.

The Brick Frosh Girls The amount of nose Ohio State Uni- versity students put into their voices can now be determined by the "nas- alty indicator" in the phonetics labor- atory of Derby Hall.

De Pauw University keeps a 12,000- ton reserve of coal in the event that mine-strikes will cut off the fuel supply.

never to hurry but to bring it as quickly as possible During my stay here, I have never been able to polish the silver highly enough to the approval of Prof. Schreckengost.

What a discouragement to spend all morning cleaning silver and to find this gentleman rubbing each and every spoon with his napkin Dr.

itussell maintains his pleasant smile until an "off color" story. Then this ligh minded man's blush is rather startling.

Social Notes

Campus Doings as Reported

By Kay Borman

(Society Editor)

Scintillating Seniors danced a formal farewell to Alfred University at their annual ball Friday evening.

"Sweet Leilani," as played by Curley Johnson's orchestra, rivaled Bing Cros- by's best in the Collegiate. During intermission the class of '37 practiced the songs for their step-singing rites to be held this spring.

The three sororities entertained their Seniors and escorts at dinner parties before the dance. A surprise supper party, arranged by Barbara Palmiter, was given the six Seniors and their dales at Sigma Chi. Purple and yellow colors were carried out in the table mats, flowers, and candles.

Jean and Ray Burkley were honored at the Theta Chi Senior banquet in Wellsville. The members of the grad- uating class presented the couple with a wedding gift. Have you seen it?

Pi Alpha Seniors entertained their dates at dinner before the dance.

Theta Nu's buffet supper at the house Saturday evening was a regal affair. The few campus co-eds, who attended, were far out numbered by out-of-towners.

At Cuba Lake, Curley Johnson featured "Sweet Leilani," "Star Dust,"

and the "Sweatheart of Theta Kappa Nu". During intermission the co-eds were lined along one side of the hall facing their dates. Tickets with numbers corresponding to surprise boxes were handed to all those present. Numbers were called by Chuck Mourhess and Don Hallenbeck. Book- ends, lamps, compacts, desk sets, cigarette lighters, bracelets, and key cases all stamped with the Theta Nu seal of approval were a few of the many gifts. Margery Mclntosh, in the final drawing, was the winner of a gold and pearl evening bag, the grand prize.

Helen of Troy's elopment with Menelaus was well talked over in the Latin Club play by Ruth Craw- ford, Rosemary Hallenbeck, Martha Kyle, Marion Immediato, and Peg Reilly. The annual picnic at the Ledges will be held on Sunday, May 23. Dr. Nease has promised to furnish the kindling. Other necessities will be supplied by Betty Snyder.

With Spring here, and Summer just around the corner, cotton and silk class dresses become a problem to the least clothes conscious co-ed.

From the press and the store pre- views we would suggest pique, linen and rayon prints. Flowers, "polker dots," realism, and surrealism prints are being shown. Colors range from the everlasting black and white, to pastels, and South Sea brilliants.

High or low necklines, slim puffs, or straight sleeves, swing, paneled, or shirred skirts, bows, zippers, and flowers are found in this season's styles.

If you weathered the winter by add- a few extra pounds, stay away from the prints, wear vertival stripes, long lines, dark colors, and no short jackets. One of the New York stores has designed a new version of the ever-useful shirtwaist style. One center pleat in the skirt, cuff-links on the short sleeves, studs, and a boyr at the neck are the distinguishing features of this dress. Believe it or not, but one New Yorker ownes fifty- three copies of this dress.

On the theory that students will talk more freely in class if they are better acquainted, psychology instruc- tor Elwood Senderling of Ohio State University threw an "ice-breaking"

tea dance recently.

Recent revelations show that a dozen University of Alabama students became six sets of man and wife during the Christmas vacation.

Femmes at Augustena College, S. D.f

sell mimeographed "reputations" of fellows as they are doped out at their date-hashing sessions.

Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, share the honors of "On The Avenue

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LINES

We could say that this is our

"swan song," or that this is our

"farewell appearance," or that we are "giving up the ghost". But we won't use any of these rather hackneyed phrases. We'll mere- ly say "So long".

Our successor as Sports Editor and Sideline columnist is none other than that fanatical sports addict, Bookie Willie Green, who is registered in the University as Arthur Greenwald, but whom most ow you know under his sporting and dating alias.

It takes a sports fanatic to make a good sports editor. We are only mildly fanatical. But Willie eats, sleeps, and studies sports. He prac- tically lives at the gym and field.

And so we think Willie will give you the best sports page the Fiat has ever had. Take it away, Willie, and lots of luck to you.

One thing gripes us. In our brief career as Sports Editor, we had only one big story, only one event that That was Coach Cox's -and we were scooped on

Trackmen Leave For Middle Atlantic States Conference Meet On Thursday

Coach McLane To Take Twelve Men To Gettysburg For Competition With Sixteen Other Colleges—Saxons Tied For Fifth Last Year

Saxon track and field men will leave Thursday for Gettysburg, Penn- sylvania, where they will take part in the Middle Atlantic States Confer- ence Meet.

Varsity Track Coach James A. Mc- Lane will probably take twelve men down to compete against the cinder- men of the seventeen entering col- leges. The men who are most likely to go are:

Captain Howard Sephton—100, 220 Maynard Jones—440

Jim Hodnett—220,440 iBob Hughes—2 miles

Frank Parks—high jump, 110 hurdles

Walter Scott—880

Sandy Arkin—shot put, discus Russ Barrecca—880

Dick Brownell—shot put, discus, javelin

Buzzy Keefe—2 miles

Joe Majeske—pole vault, high jump, broad jump

Lyle Perkins—mile Bill Knapp—mile

In last year's Middle Atlantic meet, the Saxons tied for fifth. The win- ner and probable favorite for this year was Rutgers University, which garnered 38 points. The seventeen schools entered in this year's com- petition are Alfred, Bucknell, Dela- ware, Dickinson, Drexel, Franklin and Marshall, Gettysburg, Haverford, was outside the pale routine sports j Juniata, Lafayette, Lehigh, Muhlen- coverage.

resignation- that.

The gory details of the sad joural- istic failure are as follows. Coach Cox was approached on Sunday night for a spring football story for Tues- day's issue. He could give us no story, but promised a story for next week's issue. We had an idea that

burg, Rutgers, St. Joseph's, Swarth- more, Urinus, and Washington.

Maynard Jones and Bob Hughes are the only Alfred place men in last year's meet who will run again this year. Jones took fifth in the 440 last year. Bob Hughes took third place in the two mile last year and will be competing against the same two men, who beat him out last year, in this something was up, but since the y

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On Wednesday the news leaked out and half the campus knew of it. By the time the Fiat printed the story on the following Tuesday, the scoop , ~ , , was as "cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes".

"We wuz robbed." No, not Joe Jacobs this time, but the junior track- men say so in connection with their loss of the outdoor interclass meet.

The 38ers claim that they should be awarded five points for the 440 since Jimmy Hodnett was the only man who showed up for the start. They claim five more for a relay victory since they were willing to run the relay and no other class had a team ready. But Coach McLane ruled that no/ relay had been scheduled and that Hodnett had run the 100 instead of the 440, and so that evened things up.

But the juniors still think they "wuz robbed".

A new star was uncovered in Ed

"Gramps" Wallace, sophomore sprint- er and broad jumper, who leaped 21 feet lVz inches in Saturday's inter- class meet. Wallace took third place in the indoor interclass broad jump, but had not been practicing very dili- gently at it since. He is the brother of Newell Wallace, star Saxon sprint- er of a few years ago, who is co- holder of the 100, 220, and 440 records.

Hash—Joe Majeske's pole vault and broad jump performance in the out- door meet is evidence of his come- back—Lennie Dauenhauer's kid bro- ther and several other Syracuse track- men were in town las week-end and witnessed the interclass—that lithe Indian boy who won the pole vault in the interscholastics is only a sopho- more in high school—Buzzy Keefe's Yonkers accent was very much in evidence Friday—especially when he announced "Woarsoar"—Perkins and Dauenhauer looked beautiful in the mile Saturday—Hodnett's 23.9 in the 220 was very fast for the Alfred track—Bartlett and the Randies ought to put on a great show this week as they meet in softball—the time for the half-mile relay as a Niagara inter- class was 2:46—our relay combina- tion could run 4/5 of a mile in faster time.

Intramural Tennis Tourney Starts This Week

Racketmen who will represent Al- fred in the match with Buffalo, which has been postponed to May 18, will be selected by Coach Russell on the basis of their showing in the intra- I mural tourney, which started yester-

day.

The Buffalo match will be played on the Alfred courts and will con- sist of five singles and two doubles matches. Coach Russell's plan is to use the four semi-finalists in the in- tramural tourney as the^ backbone of the team.

Entrants in the intramural tourney are: Ira Stark, Dighton Polan, Jack Feuerstein, Carl Andrews, Bob Sloane, Jack Eagan, Charles Casamo, Al Fein berg, Paul Slawter, Bill Knapp, Al Sheheen, Bob Shoemaker, Norm Schachter, Bill Fellows, Dick Vrabcak, and Irv Chess.

Bartlett And Randys Meet On Saturday

Gettysburg

Coach McLane leads his trackmen to Gettysburg this week-end for the Middle Atlantics.

Sophomores Again Take Interclass Track Meet

The sophomore class retained the interclass track and field title by a thrilling last minute finish at Mer- rill Field, Saturday. The juniors were leading the sophs by 5 points as the last event, the broad jump, began. Wallace's first and Majeske's second brought victory instead of de- feat to the class of '39 by three points, 46-43.

By far the outstanding performance of the day was the thrilling encount- er between the two coming cross country stars, Dauenhauer and Per-

Frosh Trackmen Meet Cook Friday

Another week of softball still show- ed the Randy Boys and Bartlett Dormitory at the head of the loop.

Both teams have scored four wins and are undefeated.

Supremacy on the pitching mound seems to be the reason for the show- ing of the two teams. Bob Glynn, Bartlett twirler, and Lloyd Smith, of the Randolph Boys, are two really standout chuckers in the league.

The rivals will face each other on Saturday, and the winner will in all probability go ahead to take the cup.

Schedule: Monday, Randolph Boys- Burdick Hall, Rosebush-Klan Alpine.

Tuesday, Sherwood Flies-Burdick Hall, Kappa Nu-Theta Nu. Wednesday, Bartlett Dormitory- Burdick Hall, Theta Nu- Klan Alpine. Thursday, no games scheduled-Moving-Up Day.

Friday, Randolph Boys-Sherwood Flies, Klan Alpine-Delta Sig. Satur- day 10:30, Randolph Boys-Bartlett Dormitory, Burdick Hall-Klan Alpine.

1:30, Sherwood Flies-Theta Nu, Kap- pa Psi- Kappa Nu. 3:30, Rosebush-

the freshman to the tape in the ex- j ceptional time of 4:34.1. This time has only been bettered once on the Merrill track when in 1932, Oldfield ran the 5 laps in 4:34 flat.

Another record was almost estab- lished in the high jump. Parks had clinched first place with a leap of 5 feet 7 inches, and attempted the new record height 5:10. Unsuccessful on his three official tries, he cleared the bar on his fourth attempt. In reality, therefore, Parks set an un- official record of 5 feet 10 inches. In addition to his victory in the high jump, Parks scored a surprise upset win over Baschnagel in the 110 yards high hurdles.

The only other double winner of the day was Jim Hodnett, who scored in both the sprints, running a 10.4 100 yard dash and a 23.4 220 yard dash.

100 yard dash: Hodnett (3), Zurer (2), Wallace (2). 10.4.

220 yard dash: Hodnett (3), Zurer (2), Catrona (1). 23.4.

880 yards: Scott (3), Dfluenhauer (1), Barrecca (2). 2:04.6.

1 mile: Perkins (2), Dauenhauer (1), Knapp (2). 4:34.1.

2 miles: Hughes (3), Keefe(3), Dorn (3). 10:15.

110 yards high hurdles: Parks (3), Baschnagel (3). 17.6.

220 yards low hurdles: Baschnagel (3), Pallotta (1), Scott (3). 29.5.

Shot put: Arkin (2), Bosco (1), Brownell (2). 40 feet 1% inches.

Discus: Brownell (2), Arkin (2), Gardner (2). 112 feet 9% inches.

Javelin: Young (4), Doy (1), Brow- nell (2). 151 feet 6V

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Broad jump: Wallace (2), Ma- jeske (2), Pallotta (1). 21 feet 1 in.

High jump: Parks (3). Majeske (2), Young (4). 5 feet 7 inches.

Pole vault: Majeske (2), Young (4), Racusin (4). 10 feet 8 inches.

Team scores: Sophomores, 46;

Juniors, 43; Frosh, 17; Seniors, 10.

Bradford Annexes Interscholastic Meet Before Large Crowd

Bradford High School took the 28th annual interscholastic track meet with 38% points for the second con- secutive time before a crowd of 500.

Grella of Waterloo was awarded the cup for individual scoring, as he gar- nered 11 points, scoring a first in the broad jump, a second in the 220 yard dash, and a fourth in the 100 yard dash. In addition to taking home the school trophy, Bradford also won the relay cup.

The meet was a two team affair al- most all the way, but the superior power of Bradford enabled them to win over an unexpectedly strong Wellsville squad.

The • only meet record was set by Clements of Franklinville, who out- distanced a strong % mile field win- ning in the fine time of 2 minutes 2.4 seconds.

The Alfred University relay com- posed of Sephton, Hodnett, Scott, and Jones broke their weekold record for the 4/5 mile relay in an exhibition race.

Running at an average of four 40 second laps, the Saxons covered the distance in 2 minutes 40.8 seconds.

100 yards: Moore, East Aurora;

Barber, Bath; Bassett, Waterloo;

Grella, Waterloo; Browning, Wells- ville. 10.6.

220 yards: Moore, East Aurora;

Grella, Waterloo; Cannon, Attica; Ad- dington, East Aurora; Taylor, Brad- ford. 24.4.

440 yards: Ryan, Bradford; Oxley, Bradford; Wilson, Wellsville; Doran, Waterloo; Barone, Silver Creek. 54.2.

880 yards: Clements, Franklin- ville; Ewell, Corning North Side;

Denton, Hornell; Finson, Bradford;

Lauzze, Wellsville. 2:02.4. (New in- terscholastic record).

One mile: Clark, Silver Creek;

Cronin, Olean, Guilford, Friendship;

Havens, Hornell; Dodd, Hornell.

4:48.8.

220 yards low hurdles: Ryan, Brad- ford; Haley, Bath; Bob, Hornell;

Jones, Wellsville; Forman, Hornell.

28.4. Shot put: Green, Salamanca; Saw- yer, Wellsville; Simmons, Bradford;

Canisteo; Kinney, Corning North Side. 44 feet 1% inches.

Discus. Sawyer, Wellsville; Kin- ney, Corning North Side; Bicknell, Hornell; Green, Salamanca; Walters.

Bradford. 109 feet 314 inches.

Javelin: Wise, Bradford; Jamison, Silver Creek; Zawacki, Bradford;

Simmons, Bradford; Sawyer, Wells- ville. 152 feet 8% inches.

Broad jump: Grella, Waterloo, Richarson, Bolivar; Hungerford, Wellsville; Killian, Wellsville; Mooris, Warsaw. 20 feet 11% inches.

High jump: Richardson, Bolivar;

McEachern, Wellsville; Stewart, Can- isteo; tie for fourth, Bob. Hornell;

Thompson, Bradford; James, Painted Post. 5 feet 6% inches.

Pole vault: Oldshield, Salamanca;

H,ungerford, Wellsville; Emerson, Bath; Ankin, East Aurora; Saverljn, Bradford. 10 feet 10 inches.

•Relay, 4,/5-mile: Bradford; War- saw; Wellsville; Corning North Side;

Silver Creek. 2:51.5.

Team scores: Bradford, 38%;

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Silver Creek, 10; Bolivar, 9; Canisteo, 5; Olean, 4; Friendship, 3; Attica, 3;

Painted Post, 1.

Eleven Saxon Women To Take Part In Wells College Play Day Saturday

Archery, Tennis, and Golf Feature Day's Competition For Women—Cornell, Ehnira, William Smith, Syracuse, Wells, and Alfred Represented

Wells

Women's Coach Creighton leads her charges to Wells College for the an- nual Invitation Play Day, Saturday.

Independents Drop Close Game To Sinclair Oil

Alfred's Independents lost to the Sinclair Oilers at Wellsville on Sun- day, although outhitting their rivals.

A bad first inning gave the Oilers all their runs and enabled them to win 3-0.

It was one man, Herb Mossien, Al- fred moundsman, against the entire Sinclair squad. Mossien permitted three runs and as many hits in the initial inning, and allowed three more, shutting out the opposition, the rest of the way.

The Alfred baseballers had great chances for victory in any one of the last six innings, getting two men on in each of them, but the much needed base knock never came through.

St. Bonaventure will be the host of the locals on Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m.

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Eleven of Alfred's fair warriors will leave early Saturday morning for Wells College, where they will be the guests of the latter college at the second annual Playday between Cor- nell, Elmira, William-Smith, Syracuse, Wells and Alfred.

Three sports, archery, golf, and tennis will be the fields open for com- petition. A team of three archers will uphold Alfred's 'color in the sport of Sherwood forest. A singles and a doubles team will compete for Al- fred on the tennis courts, and four golfers will wend their ways around the green links.

Dawn Kamakaris, class of 1940, will be Alfred's chief mainstay in the singles competition. At the present time she is Alfred's outstanding wo- man player. She will be supported by Grace Sherwood, a junior, new to this field, and an unknown quanitity.

Virginia Robinson, sophomore, who has a fine style of play, and Anna Pakula, another freshman who shows promise of fine playing, will play for (Alfred on the doubles court.

On the golf links will be Ana Scholes, senior, Joyce Wanmaker, junior, Anne Christian, freshman, and a fourth yet to be selected. These people, all experienced golfers should turn in some good scores. At the archery targets will be Marion Jacox, Elizabeth Benz and one yet to be selected.

Nearly all of this group of competi- tors are veterans of other Playdays and should, therefore know the rounds and be able to put in some good licks for the alma mater.

Frosh trackmen will launch their season this Friday afternoon at 2:30, when they hook up with the invad- ing Cook Academy cindermen at Mer- rill Feld.

The annual running of this event ] | has become a fixture in Alfred track history with the honors pretty even- ly divided between the Frosh and Cook.

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Applications For Coach Being Considered

Applications for the head coaching position, left vacant by Coach Cox's resignation two weeks ago, have beea received by Director of Athletics James A. McLane, but no decision will be reached until all applications have been received and complete con- sideration of the applicants made.

Coach McLane has stated that num- erous applications have come from successful high school and college coaches. However, before anyone can definitely be chosen, he must be confirmed by a vote of the trustees of the University. Thus, it is im- probable that any definite announce*

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Elections

(Continued from page one) experience has been the widest of any student now at Alfred and has included reporting and correspondent work for Rochester, Olean, Elmira, Syracuse, Buffalo and Hornell papers as well as extensive work for the As- sociated Press. He has acted as assistant to Prof. W. M. Burditt in the University Publicity Department.

Margaret Reilley Heads W.S.G.

Margaret Reilley '38 was elected to succeed Alice Matson as president of the Women's Student Government a t a mass meeting of women students Tuesday evening in Physics Hall.

Miss Reilley has been Sigma Chi Nu's junior representative on the W.S.G. this year, was vice-president and acted as president in the ab- sence of Miss Matson.

The new president and council will take office formally at the first meeting of the council after Moving-Up Day. Others who will serve on the council are: Kathryn Borman, Sigma Chi; Norma Witschieben, Pi Alpha;

Irma Komfort, Theta Chi; Elizabeth Thompson, Outsiders; Eleanor Wis- niski, Brick President; Maria Zubill- er, Elizabeth Snyder and Grace Sher- wood, Brick representatives.

The retiring council members are:

Alice Matson, Betty Jane Crandall, Ruth Wilson, Georgia Grow, Helen Kruger, Alberta Heidel and Grace Sherwood.

The two councils will collaborate in several meetings before school closes for the purpose of revising and improving the social regulations of women.

Hughes Elected A. A. President

Robert Hughes, '38, was elected president of the Athletic Association (or 1937-38 in a general student vote in assembly Thursday morning.

Hughes, captain of cross country in 1936 and captain-elect for 1937, also is track star in mile and two-mile.

He succeeds Nick Oberhanick.

Richard Thomas '38, varsity wrest- ler and football tackle, was elected secretary. He succeeds Sam Scholes.

Hughes also was elected representative to the Student Life committee, governing body of campus social affairs.

Prof. Donald Schreckengost and Prof. H. O. Burdick were chosen faculty representatives.

Jud Gustin Becomes Ceramic Official

Jud Gustin '38, honor student in ceramic engineering, was elected president of the American Ceramic Society, Tuesday evening at a meeting in the Ceramic building lounge.

He succeeds Edward Kunzman.

Rodney Jones was named vice-president; Joyce Wanmaker, treasurer; and

Desmond Teague, secretary.

The Ceramic Guild art group, elected Harold Riegger president at a meeting Wednesday evening. Vice- president is David Veit; secretary is Mary Ofoer, and treasurer is Helen Kruger. The Guild is planning a picnic soon.

Hedden AUCA Head

Walter Hedden '39, was elected president of the Alfred University Christian Association for 1937-38, to succeed Benjamin Racusin at a meeting of the A.U.C.A., Sunday evening.

John Albright '38, as vice-president and Robert Woodruff '39, as secretary-

treasurer are the other officers.

Hitch-hiker W. W. Westbrook, a student at Louisiana State Univer- sity, got quicker service than he expected. Four airplane salesmen pick- ed him up, took him to the airport and whisked him to New Orleans in 20 minutes.

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Field Scout Executive

ELMO F. RANDOLPH . . . w h o was appointed last week to the position of Field Scout Executive of the Steuben Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. He is1 a student in the School of Theology.

Co-eds Demand Corsages

Threatening to use their parking- power if the student administrative assembly rules against wearing corsages at formal affairs, co-eds at the University of Western Ontario are ready to plop into theeir chairs for a sit-down/strike.

"Down With Flowers for Madanneo- iselle!" petitioned the men to the student administrative assembly. But the women are countering with an "I Won't Dance" attitude and declare that they'd rather stay home than attend a formal without a corsage.

Schreckengost Serving Again On Student Life

Elected to the post of student representative of the Student Life Com- mittee was Robert Hughes '38. Facul- :y members elected in the all-college elections last Thursday are: Profes- sors H. O. Burdick and Donald Schreckengost. Schreckengost is serving his second successive term on this committee.

Cellist To Play At Glee Club Concert

Mrs. Mary Bond Lewis, cellist of Plainfield, N. J., will be the guest artist at the first home concert of the Women's Glee Club, Sunday night at eight o'clock at Social Hall. Mrs.

Lewis is the sister of Mrs. John Reed Spicer, director of the Women's Glee Club.

The Glee Club had its first important public appearance last Thursday night when it sang over station WESG of Elmira.

The program of the concert Sun- day night will consist of songs that will interest and appeal to a college audience. No admission will be charged at the concert but a silver collection will be taken to help pur- chase new music for next year's club.

New Hobart Course Analyzes War

Geneva, N. Y.—(ACP)—To get behind the complexion of war and re- veal its underlying causes is the purpose of the new course, "War and Peace," which will be added to the curriculum of Hobart and William Smith Colleges next year.

The course will offer a scientific scrutiny of the cultural factors, the economic conditions and nationalistic politics which frequently lead to arm- ed strife, announced Dr. William Al- fred Eddy, president.

"War and Peace" will be elective to juniors in competing their four-year study of citizenship required of students at both colleges who are working for their Bachelor's degree.

How provoking incidents cause war or may be prevented from causing war will be studied. Examples such as the assassination of Archduke Fer- dinand at Sarajevo, the invasion of Manchuria and Ethiopia and foreign intervention in Spain will be considered.

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Five High Schools Attend Annual Dramatic Contest

Scholastic talent in the drama was exhibited Thursday afternoon and evening at the annual high school play tournament in Alumni Hall, spon- sored by Theta Alpha Phi and the Footlight Club. Five high schools competed.

Friendship Central School opened the festival in the afternoon with

"The March Heir" by Babette Hughes.

Outstanding among the six characters were Mrs. Judd, played by Madeline Barrett, and Marion, played by Bar- bara Middaugh.

Salamanca was next with a mystery play, "Far, Fary Away," cast with six girls. The >play had its setting in a kitchen in Kensington, England.

Penny, played by Jane Ford, is ac- cused of stealing, but clears herself with clever detecting.

After a tour of the campus and dinner in Social Hall, the plays resumed in the evening with "Undertow," by Anne Weatherly, and presented by Nunda High School.

The cast, including nine girls, took this difficult play and handled it ad- mirably. Commendable was the character work done by Sarah DePuy, in the part of Abbey Blackwell.

The plot revolved around Abby de- claring her younger sister insane for selfish reasons. The sister was saved by one of the neighbors.

"Dad," toy Paul Moffett and presented by Albion High School, brought out good characterization by Lavern Fancher, who played the part of Dad. He spoke in a thin treble and walked like a man of 70.

"The Locked Chest" by John Mase- field, presented by Dansville High,

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finished the program. The play held the interest of the audience through- out. It concerned a man who betry- ed his wife's cousin to a Russian nobleman for three pieces of silver.

In the end he suffered when the traitor's wife.

Directors of the plays were: Nun- da, Bernard A. Gere; Salamanca, Miss Esther McCabe; Dansville, Miss Emma M. Freytay, and Albion, Claire Williams. Barbara Corsaw was director of the tournament and John Albright, stage manager.

Final Trip

For Male Glee Club

The Alfred University Male Glee Club will take its last 1936-37 trip next Friday, May 14, according to Director Wingate, giving four con- certs. Friendship High School at 9 A. M., Cuba High School at 11 A. M., dinner in Olean 12:30, Olean High School at 2 P. M. and Portville High School at 3:15.

Plans are being made to broadcast the Olean High School program from the auditorium of the High School.

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New Curriculum

(Continued from page one) Honors will be awarded only in the field of major specialization.

No Credit For Activities A varied program of activities will be offered to give the student an opportunity for developing talents and leisure time interests. This program will include musical organizations both instrumental and vocal, work on student publications and participation in dramatics and debating. No academic credit will be given for these as has been done for some of them in the past for it is the faculty's opinion that it is a more normal basis for the student to pursue them for the sake o£

interest and pleasure rather than for the sake of credit.

Underclassmen May Be Affected It is hoped that the members of the classes of 1939 and 1940, who are now in school may be able to partici- pate in the plan in their junior and' senior years.

A pamphlet containing the committee's report and its interpretation will probably be issued before commence- ment.

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