Discusses Gold Situation
Prof. C. Edward Galbreath discussed the gold problem in an address de- livered to the faculty Monday night.
Read a summary of his speech on
page 4.
THE FIAT LUX
Student Netvspaper of Alfred University ,
Discusses Old Situation
In a letter to the editor, President J.
Nelson Norwood lauds this year's St.
Pat's Festival. His comments may be found on the editorial page.
VOL. XXVIII NO. 23 MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1941, ALFRED, N. Y. Office phone: 29-T-lll Student Box Holdet
Senate Announces Primary Elections Thursday, Friday
587 Eligible Voters May Cast Seven Votes Each; Absentee Ballots To Be Accepted
Democracy at work this week will determine the nominees who will be in the running for final elections next week.
Primary voting will be held Thursday and Friday in the Kana- kadea office of Burdick Hall this week to determine those candidates who will be ballotted for finals later. Freshmen and sophomores must vote between 1:00-5:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, while juniors and seniors must vote between 1:00-5:30, Friday afternoon.
Students Choose Seven Students voting this week will have a voice in the election of seven camp- us officers for next year: President of Student Senate, student represen- tative of Student Life Committee, two faculty members for Student Life Com- mittee, vice-chairman and secretary of Athletic Governing Board, presi- dent, vice-president, secretary and treasurer of the respective classes.
If each student on campus who is eligible to vote does vote, there will be a total of 4,109 votes cast. Each student voting will cast seven of these.
New Senators Listed
The eleven new Senators who are eligible for the Presidency of the Student Senate follow: Douglas Beals, Barbara Hill, Cliff Reader, Helen Crawford, Robert Todd, Paul Pettit, Ralph Rhodes, Betty Jane Curry, Alfred Austin, Sophia Perry, Arthur Petri. The two Senators who receive the most votes in the pri- mary election will be voted on again in the final election.
Other nominations for the campus offices follow:
Student Life Committee (Vote for one)—
Robert Burton, Audrey Place, Leon Lippoff, Betty Stangl, John Ray, Stan- ton Langworthy, Richard Peck, Mari- lynn Burch, Kenneth Kleinman.
Faculty Nominations for Student Life Committee (Pick out two)—
Prof. H. O. Burdick, Prof. Donald Schreckengost, Dr. Willis C. Russell, Dr. Murray J. Rice, Prof. C. W. Mer- ritt, Prof. Gilbert Mohr, Prof. W.
Varick Nevins, III, Dr. Everett E.
Lund, Prof. J. E. Whitcraft, Prof. C.
Duryea Smith, III, Prof. A. Burdet (Continued on page four)
Movie, Tag Day, Dance, Makeup Band Drive
This Week
Intensive campaigning for the new band uniforms will begin with the special movie, "Night Train," on Tues- day night and will continue until Fri- day, May 2.
"Night Train," chosen as one of the ten best films of the year, starts Rex Harrison and Margaret Lockwood in a story of suspense and action.
Shows will be given at 7:00 and 9:26 with additional short subjects.
Wednesday, April 23, has been set aside by the band as a tag day, thus bringing the band campaign to each student on campus.
As a conclusion to the ten day cam- paign, the band yill sponsor an in- formal dance at the college gym- nasium on Friday, May 2, from 8 to 12.
Prominent campus organizations are already aiding the band in their pro- ject. The Blue Key has backed the organization from the start and the W. S. G. and the Fiat Lux have added their support.
One of the new uniforms was model- ed by Johnny Kirchner '43, in assem- bly on Thursday.
Band members will canvass the campus for donations during the time from April 23 to May 2. A thermo- meter will be placed in a conspicious place on campus to record the sum ob- tained by the Band from day to day.
Donations may be given to James Lynch '41 and Arnold Livingston '44 at Bartlett, or to Sophia Perry '42, Fiat Lux, or Sherman Watson '43, president of the Band.
Scholar, Historian To Address Campus
Dr. William James Durant, re- garded as one of the greatest of America's philosophers and his- torians, will be presented by the Alfred University Forum as the final program of its 1940-41 series on Monday evening, April 28, in Alumni Hall. Dr. Durant will lecture at 8:15 on the subject, "A Blueprint for a Better America".
In this address Dr. Durant will offer specific recommendations, involving neither a change in human nature nor a sudden Utopia,
modern problems.
for meeting our He will touch on
To Speak
Dr. Will Duraut
various phases of our life, including the physical, biological, moral, econom- ic, and political.
A noted American scholar for many years, Will Durant first came to the attention of the general public when his "Story of Philosophy" became popular. This one book ahone has sold nearly 3,000,000 copies; but he is also well-known for "Transitions," "The Mansions of Philosophy," and "Adven- tures in Genius".
Writing History
Since about 1930, Dr. Durant lias been engaged in writing a history of civilization in five monumental volumes. Of these, two have already appeared: "Our Oriental Heritage"
and "The Life of Greece". The volume on which he is now working, "Caesar and Christ," will be published in 1945.
The fourth and fifth volumes, which will bring the series up to the present, are to be called "The Age of Faith"
and "The Age of Reason".
As in his works on philosophy, the aim of these tremendous historical works is to give the reader a better perspective on history and to make him see various eras as unified wholes.
This, of course, requires a colossal amount of lengthy research and con- centrated effort on the part of Dr.
Durant.
Has Popular Appeal
Dr. Durant learned the art of mak- ing difficult subjects appeal to popular audiences while he was for 13 years director of the Labor Temple School
(Continued on page three)
Pres. Norwood
Makes First <
Donation To Band
New Senators To Speak At Political Rally
President J. Nelson Norwood (right) is shown giving Sherman Watson '43, President of the Band, the first contribution in the drive for funds for band uniforms which opens tomorrow night. Happy Arnie Livingston '44, who is head of the campaign, looks on.
Presidential Candidates To Present Policies, Platforms in Effort
To Secure Leadership of Students
"What may happen at the Political Rally to be held in Alumni Hall, tonight at 7:30 o'clock, is unpredictable.
A program of speakers has been slated, but Senate President Charles Rosenberg says, "Anything goes". Fraternities and sororities have agreed to postpone their house meetings until the following night so that there will be nothing on campus to interfere with a 100% attendance of the student body at the Rally.
The 11 new Senators who were
Senate Introduces Contest In Annual Step Singing
The traditional Movhtg-Up Day step-singing will receive a face lifting this year.
Without wiping out old tradi- tions, new interest is to be added by giving the entire University participation. The s o n g s will commence on Thursday, May 8, at 7:00 o'clock. Any student who is interested will be allowed to sing according to the rule of the con- test.
In the past the senior class has been grouped on the steps of Kenyon Me- morial Hall to sing the classical songs of Alfred; one by one the seniors would leave their places to be re- placed by the junior class. The juniors would then do the serenading. -
Fine Tradition Broken This is a fine old tradition which should not be broken. The Senate, however, at its last meeting deplored
the fact that attendance has been steadily on the decline. In order to prevent the possibility of step-singing entirely fading from the campus the new move has been started.
Any group may now be represented by its chosen few who will sing a limited length of time. After all groups have had their sing the senior class will then go up on the steps to ultimately be replaced by the juniors.
The judges will pick the best group singing and reward them with a trophy which will be presented at the moving-up day dance which will fol- low the singing.
Rules Follow The rules of the contest are:
1. No more than ten persons may comprise any one competing group.
2. Five minutes or two selections will be allowed to each group.
3. The decision will be made by a committee of faculty judges.
4. Selections must be traditional or classical.
VOCATION AID TALK SLATED
THURSDAY
Under the direction of Dr. Ben R. Crandall, vocational counselor at Alfred University, students will meet Paul B. Smith, district super- intendent, Division of Placement and Unemployment Insurance, New York State Employment Service, in Physics Hall, Thursday
"night at 7:00 o'clock.
In the afternoon Mr. Smith will meet Dr. Ben Crandall and represent- atives of various divisions of the Uni- versity in a preliminary discussion' of employment.
Dr. Crandall is inviting in par- ticular students not specifically pro- vided with an employment service by the University but all students inter- ested in employment are welcome at the evening meeting, 7:00. A teachers placement bureau is directed by Dr.
Joseph Seidlin. Students in the col- lege of Ceramics and in the School of Agriculture are assisted by those divisions of the University in finding employment, but they also are wel- come to meet Mr. Smith.
5. Entries must be registered be- fore noon of Saturday, May. 3, with either James Wygant or George Ward, to whom any inquiries may also be addressed.
UNION UNIVERSITY CHOIR:
Represents Eleven Denominations
Eleven religious denominations are represented by the 50 members of the University University Church choir.
University Church choir. These a r e : Baptist, Christian Science, Congrega- tional, Dutch Reform, Epsicopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian.
Seventh Day Baptist, Unitarian, and Universalist.
Members of the choir pictured above are, left to right: First row: Carolyn Saspar '44, Mrs. Alva Strong, Arlene Rouget '44, Carolyn Howe '*i, Elaine Richtmyer '41, Mrs. Charles Roberts, Engenie Reb '43, Beatrice Nash '42,
Helen Belovsky '44; Second row: Ada Becker Seidlin, organist, Barbara Bloss '41, Janet Howell '41, Irene Pearson^ '41, Barbara Hill '42, Jeanne Sherman '44, Rhoda Ungar '43, Jean- ette Torrey '43, Mrs. Samuel Scholes, director.
Third row: Mary Johnston '43, Mar- garet Ames '43, Claribel Babcock '44, Eleanor Jensen '43, Anne Bastow '43, Betty Day '44, Anne Polk '44, Gilbert Mohr, Elmer Willard, Edgar Bates '44, William Warr, Jr. '41, Guy Hart- man '43, Hoyt Mason '42; Last row: John Ray '42, Robert Rice,
'42, Grant Merriman '44, Prof. Wen- dell Burditt, Donald Hardy.
Other members of the choir not pictured above are Olivia Bussell '44, Judith Clausen '42, Betty Tim Kaiser '41, Lucille Pink '43, Marcia Wiley '44, Marion Barber '42, Ellen Barnes '42, Eleanor Cole '41, Peg Humphrey '41, Jean Millspaugh '41, Dorothy Pertain '41. Forrest Burnham, Prof. Kenneth Floyd, William Sprague '44, John Tiftickjian '44, Robert Barnes '42, Richard Humphrey '41, Franklin Mor- ley '41, Heinz Rodies '43, Dr. S. R.
Scholes and Eugene Speakman '44.
elected to the campus governing body- by campus groups early last week will speak presenting their platforms, policies or reasons why they would make good Senate presidents. Presi*
dent Rosenberg will introduce these eleven new Senators as speakers;
Douglas Beals, Barbara Hill, Clifford Reader, Helen Crawford, Robert Todd, Paul Pettit, Ralph Rhodes, Betty Jane Curry, Alfred Austin, Sophia Perry, and Arthur Petri.
Styled After National Event Supporters of any particular Sena- tor are urged to come to the rally i a a body carrying signs stating their favorite. The rally, according to t h e Senate, will be conducted in a manner similar to the national conventions for selecting presidential candidates.
Individual Senators have been given permission to use any devices they wish in their campaigns. They have, it is said, even been given permission:
to use all trees and buildings on campus with the exception of the President's Office for signs and other pertinent information which they would like to dispense to the student public.
Students Have Upper Hand This year students have the upper hand in the election of Student Sen- ate president. This system of popular election was inaugurated last spring after popular request.
In previous years, the members' of the new Senate elected their own president. This newly organized dem- ocratic system needs the support ot the entire student body to make it really effective.
Rally Concerns Entire Campus This political rally, one of the few events which concerns the whole- campus, will be followed by primary
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To Conduct Conference Wednesday
Beginning with the regular assem- bly on Wednesday morning, the fifth annual Human Relations Conference will be inaugurated on campus on t h e general theme, "Marriage and The Home".
Dr. Margaret Mead, who will lead the conference, is a leading anthrop- ologist and assistant curator of ethno- logy at the American Museum of Na- tural History in New York City. She comes to Alfred well qualified to lead discussions and to conduct forum sessions of the all- important subject of marriage.
At two o'clock in the afternoon in Kenyon Hall, Dr. Mead will speak on
"Marriage Forms and Personality"
and will conduct a discussion group afterward. Invitations have been sent to certain members of the facul- ty and student body for this meeting, but anyone interested from a profes- sional standpoint is welcome to attend.
Dr. Mead's speech on "Marriage as a Human Invention,'' to be given in Alumni Hall in the evening, will be open to the whole campus and will also be followed by a forum session.
Last year's conference, conducted by Dr. Vernon Nash on the subject of his "Union Now" plan was enthusi- astically received by students and faculty alike and his proposals aroused reverberation over the entire campus.
Because the assembly is being held on Wednesday, regular 11:30 Wednes- day classes will be held on Thursday at the same time.
PAGE TWO THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N. Y. MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1941
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MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1941 MANAGING BOARD Sophia Perry, Editor-in-Chief George V; Ward, Business Manager Audrey Place, News
Don Wattles, Sports Jane Colberg, Society
BOARD OF EDITORS
Louise Santucci, NYSA Norman Ruderman, Make-up Moe Cohen, Proof-reader REPORTERS
Al Frieldander '41, George Hyams '43, Mary Walker '43, Peggy Olney '41, Courtney Lawson '42, Joseph Gorman '41, Ernie Nadelstein '41, Robert Moebus '43, Louis Tomassetti '42, Adele Harms '42, Raymond Dry '44, Robert Williams '44, Harvey Robillard '44, Loren Manchester '44, Jean Lichtenberg '44, Kath- ryn Kirchhoff '42, Eileen Murphy '42,'Maurice J. Smith '42, Mathilda Nojeim '42, George Cornwell '44, Paul Pettit '42, Bob Burdick '42, Joan Arnold '42, Alice Schryver '42, Muriel Strong '43, Jack Powell '44, Jeanne Sherman '44, Arnold Livingston '44, George Valentine '44.
BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Manager, Edwin Szybillo '42
Circulation Manager, Sally Jane Morris '42 / Secretary, Beatrice Nash '42
Alumni Circulation, Carl Kahn '41
Advertising Circulation, Cliff Reader '42 Jean Gates '44, William Cottrell '44, Al Rosenstein '43, Hazel Guthrie '44
Mary Lou Jeffrey '44
By Popular Consent
When the second annual Political Rally is held tonight in Alumni Hall, the lid will certainly be off the campus election pot. From then on, everything goes since a democratic system is now in order. Aspir- ants for Presidency of the Student Senate will make speeches pre- senting platforms and policies. Students will hear what each has to say and will be able to make a comparison of what each individual has to offer.
The students will choose their leaders since the old system of the election of Senate President by the Senate was discarded by popular request last year and the new system, now in effect, was used in last year's election for the first time.
The new privilege of popular election should be used as a sound, effective means of voting your favorite) candidate into office. Remem- ber, too, in this popular election that the people that are chosen, the people you vote for, are the people who are going to be in key positions in campus affairs for the coming year. For that reason, vote wisely, not with favoritism or_ in the spirit of bargaining or ex- change in terms of campus politics.
Action Needed
Tomorrow night the University Band will officially open its campaign to raise funds for band uniforms. Throughout the week the organization is sponsoring a movie, is holding a prolonged tag day program and a dance. The uniform campaign which is backed by the Blue Key and has the Cooperation of The Fiat Lux , deserves the cooperation of other groups on campus as well as the cooperation of all individuals on campus.
This year Alfred University students and faculty have been asked to support many projects and to contribute to many causes,
"World Student Service Fund, for instance. Certainly the project of uniforming the local band should receive as much consideration as any of the past campaigns.
It cannot be denied that the proposed campaign is a wise one, since the demonstration of the uniform tentatively chosen f&r the band was so well received in Assembly, Thursday. Probably no one questions the worth of the campaign, but the point is that every stu- dent must accept his responsibility in making it a success.
Tuberculosis?
A significant announcement concerning the health of Alfred Uni- versity students now and in the future was made in Assembly, Thurs- day. That announcement is the statement made about the Tuber- culosis Test Day which will be held on the University Campus about May 7. This program which will be conducted by the School Physi- cian in cooperation with the Public Health Nurses of Allegany County will attempt to find any students who have tuberculosis and do not know it.
This program is in keeping with the trend in the past two years to test college students for the disease. Authorities have pointed out that very little time is required for simple skin test which tells the story. It is administered one day and has to be read about forty-eight hours later. In the case of possible positive reactions, X-rays must follow to determine whether the patient really has the disease. After the preliminary tests, some will react positively but will not have the disease and the only sure way of separating those who do have it from those who do not is by the X-ray. A chest clinic may be held here on the campus later or it is possible that students who have reacted positively will be taken to a near-by hospital for X-ray.
Students who are not of age will have to have the permission of parents to take the skin test. They may receive this permission by securing blanks from Dr: A. E. McGuire and then having them sent home to be signed.
This program is a simple and effective means whereby students of Alfred University may know for certain that they do or do not have the disease. Every student should take advantage of this op- portunity since tuberculosis is much easier to cure in early stages than in the advanced states.
MUSIC
The departments of politics and government of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore colleges have announced a joint series of public lectures dealing with "economic, legal and institutional foundations of the next peace".
•In The Air
Campus Camera
By Bob Burdicfi
Taking a ,tip from Nostradamus, we are making a prediction: look for Claude Thornhill's band to be in the top brackets inside of a year. The airways .of N.B.C. Blue are graced by this great band from the famous Glen Island Casino at New Rochelle. A great deal is offered by this exception- al organization. Claude Thornhill, be- sides playing very interesting piano solos, makes wonderful arrangements for his excellent orchestra. Those of you who have heard Jimmy Dorsey's version of "Areet" will be somewhat surprised to hear Claude's arrange- ment in minor, and played in a semi- slow tempo, like a blues.
Probably the most outstanding fea- ture of the band is the clarinet en- semble which plays important parts in many of the orchestrations. The wonderful tone and flawless technique of the ensemble is exhibited as it in- terprets Thornhill's scorings of such numbers as "Traumerei", Brahms'
"Fifth Hungarian Dance", and "Sun- rise on a Guinea Farm". This latter composition is one of Thornhill's contributions to modern descriptive music.
Solo work is not neglected, artists on clarinet, trumpet, tenor sax, and trombone frequently offering their variations. In addition to interceding occasionally with light, tasteful im- provisations, the mastro exhibits his artistry in the beautifully arranged semi-concert piece in four-four, "The Butterfly".
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Benny Goodman has recently aug- mented his orchestra, taking from Artie Show's band pianist John Guarneri, and trumpeter Billy Butter- field.. This builds up Benny's trumpet section to a four man group, excluding Cootie Williams who plays only on specials.
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The "Forgotten Man" of Swingdom is back on the air in Chicago at the Hotel Sherman. Yessir, Jan Savitt, with a better band, it seems, than he has previously had. As a result of better arranging and probable per- sonnel changes, Savitt has smoothed down the rough edges. Tenor sax, trombone, and trumpet soloists are, of course, very good in both technique and improvising ability. However, we miss the horn player who formerly blasted out wild, but very thrilling solos. Savitt's own composition, "It Must Be Love", as sung by Alan De- Witt, sounds as if it will soon be a top tune.
Editor's Mailbag
Editor, Fiat Lux:
I was very sorry to be away from Alfred during the two days of the St.
Pat's Festival this year. It was the first I had missed since the event was inaugurated by Dean M. E. Holmes when he became Dean of the College of Ceramics. By all reports coming from students, faculty, and adminis- trative officers the festival this year from the first appearance of St. Pat (Alden J. Smith '41) to the last dance at the grand ball, was a success, and in general quite worthy of an institu- tion of higher learning.
The annual event is so interesting and so valuable in so many ways that to learn of Its success this year was very gratifying. The Open House, for example, brings to the College hun- dreds of young people who see it in operation and > on exhibition at no other time. Many of them learn what ceramics really is and1 something of the opportunities in that field.
I wish to extend my congratulations and thanks to all who had a part in making the festival a success.
J. Nelson Norwood President
Students
Are Gadabouts This Weekend
When one says the word "conven- tion" usually one thinks of the Ameri- can Legion, but when one says the word these days, one thinks immedi- ately of the Alfred University students.
There are no less than five conven- tions which Alfred students and facul- ty are planning to attend this week- end.
Members of the Fiat staff will at- tend the Intercollegiate Newspaper As- sociation Convention, Bethlehem, Pa., the dramatic students will attend the Theta Alpha Phi Convention at Ithaca, Bill Woods '43 will represent the AUCA at conference of Christian As- soiations at Columbia University, the Forensic Society will go to Rochester to attend the New York State De- baters' Convention. In addition mem- bers of the Newman Club will attend
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Annual Brick Dance Opens Spring Formal Season Sat.
By Jane Colberg Society Editor
The gala 1941 spring formal season will get off to an early start as the Brick makes merry at its annual spring ball this week-end.
A fairyland of flowers, trees, and sprightly nymphs will provide inspiration for dancers Saturday evening from 8-12 o'clock.
Rhythmic melodies for dancing will be furnished by Andy Grillo and his band.
Faculty guests will include Mrs.
Vida Titsworth, Miss Nelle Saunders and Dr. and Mrs. Arlie McGuire.
Co-chairmen Margaret Aylor '43 and Caroline Casper '44 will be assisted by Mary Lou Jeffrey '44, Nettie Ann Rapp '42, Marcia Wiley '44, Caroline Howe '44, Marguerite Carlson '42, Jean Tucker '44, Janet Austin '42, and Rachael Peterson '42,
Orange crate benches, newspaper curtains, old clothes, and clever signs lent atmosphere to Theta Gamma's poverty dance Saturday evening from 8-11 o'clock. Refreshments of ice cream and chocolate chip cookies were served.
Faculty guests not mentioned last week were Prof, and Mrs. Lloyd Rob- inson.
Harry Gass and Fritz Seegert were in charge of the dance.
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Larry Richardson's versatile band from Ithaca provided varied music for dancing from 9:00-1:00 o'clock at the Senior Ball Saturday evening, when Seniors and off-campus guests re- newed acquaintance in a royal blue and white gymnasium. Pink, blue, and white spotlights added a bit of color to the scene. "Alfred Univer- sity, Class of 1941", silhouetted in blue letters against a white paper back- ground, greeted guests as they came down the stairs. Refreshments of ice cold punch and cookies were served throughout the evening. The entire faculty were invited as guests. The committee was composed of Frank Maxwell, Morris Musgrave, Frances Fish, and Elaine Richtmyer.
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Kappa Delta fraternity entertained at a birthday party Thursday eve- ning for Johnny Paladino and Bill Hurd.
Kappa Psi Upsilon Will hold open house Friday from 8-11 o'clock. Music will be by the home sound system.
Faculty guests will include Prof, and Mrs. Elbert W. Ringo and Prof, and Mrs. K. 0. Myrvaagnes. Chairman Pete Keenan '41 will be assisted by Jimmy Lippke '43
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Lambda Chi Alpha entertained at an Open House Friday evening from 8-11 o'clock. Dancing was to the music of the house sound system and refreshments of soft drinks and cheese and crackers were served. Faculty guests included Prof, and Mrs. Don Schreckengost, Dr. and Mrs. G. Stew- art Nease, Prof, and Mrs. C. Duryea Smith, III, and Dr. and Mrs. Arlie Mc- Guire. The committee consisted of Bob Timke '43, Bob Moebus '43, and Carl Heesler '43.
a meeting of the Newman Federation in Syracuse.
During the course of the week the Men's Glee Club will take a two-day trip and on Thursday the track team will leave for Selinsgrove, Pa., where they will compete against Susque- hanna University.
In other words, Alfred University is taking to the road this week and week-end. Who will look after the home fires?
Theta Chi celebrated its annual birthday banquet at the house Satur- day evening at 6:00 o'clock. Toast-, mistress was Mrs. Harold Boraas.
Margaret Latta '41, chairman, was assisted by Judy Clausen '42 and Gwen Hill '41.
Week-end guests at Delta Sigma Phi were: Bob Swick ex-'42, Bill Swick, Niagara Falls; Bob Laurence ex-'42, Gloversville; and Steve Ward '32, Elmira.
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Weekend guests at Theta Theta Chi Sorority included Edith Wilson ex-42, Frances Scott '39, Nancy Burchfleld, Brockport; Peg Kitridge, Neiv York;
Gloria Deverling, Elmira.
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Pi Alpha Pi sorority will hold its annual Inter-Sorority breakfast from 8:30-10:30 o'clock for all sorority members, pledges, and Senior women of the Independent group. On Sunday morning from 8:30-10:30 o'clock the annual Faculty breakfast will be held.
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Sigma,'Chi Nu sorority held a for- mal initiation service Sunday after- noon at 5:30 o'clock, followed by a buffet supper. Informal initiation had been held Friday evening. New members of the sorority are: Jean Merritt '40', Eleanor Jensen '42, Rachel Peterson '41, Ruth Butler '43, Jayne Sennate '42,
garet Gibbo
Marcia Wiley '44, Mar- '44, Jean Tucker '44, Marian Mason '44, Carolyn Casper '44, and Doris Dascomb '44.
BEYOND THE
Valley
By George Hyams
My way of joking is telling the truth. That is the funniest joke in the world. —George Bernard Shaw
Great news for the Italians! Their army captured a town on the Yugo slavia border. But even the Phillies win a game once in a while.
Heinrich Himmler has decreed that Germans, must cease dancing. Is he afraid that the exercise afforded by practice of the terpsichorean art will increase German appetites?
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At least the Yugoslavs are able to tell themselves that it was a brave little gesture that their nation made.
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The Danish Government has voided the little treaty that its Minister and the State Department cooked up con- cerning Greenland. Hitler and the State Department can't see eye to eye on that situation.
Mungo turned in a four inning job against the Yanks last Saturday. Re- sults: 1 run; 2 hits; 6 strikeouts;
Brooklyn backers beaming. Also the Dodger-Yank games looked like a pre- view of next fall's World Series.
DREAMS and SWORDS
'All books are either dreams or sioords,
You can cut, or you can drug, icith words." —Amy Lowell
UP AT THE VILLA By W. Somerset Maugham Definitely in the field of "light"
reading is Somerset Maugham's latest book, "Up At The Villa". It is not a deep book in the least, it has no moral—it is just a delightful tale of the young widow who lived at the villa—the kind of story you read on warm summer evenings.
The villa was on a hill overlooking Florence in a lovely Tuscan back- ground, and Mary Panton, a beautiful widow of thirty, lived there with her servants. And this is the tale of Mary and the three men who centered in her life during a few days in June.
There was Mark, the Austrian violinist — Mark, young, passionate, who porshiped Mary as a goddess.
There was Edgar, newly appointed Governor of Bengal, an older man with wealth and position. And there was Rowley, gay, irresponsible Row- ley whome none trusted, but whome everyone loved.
To Mary came the task of deciding among the three, but an unexpected tragedy in the villa one night solved her problem for her.
It has no involved plot, this story, no searching study of character—in fact, it is difficult to believe that It's author also wrote such powerful books as "Of Human Bandage" and
"The Letter". But for those who read for pleasure alone, "Up At The Villa" will pass away two hours in a delightful way.—A. J. P.
"TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CHINESE"
Caught as we are in the pres- sure of sensational flay-to-day events, we ought occasionally to turn our thoughts to some of those things which are quiet and beau- tiful and eternal. Thus we are able to get a better perspective on life and what it means and per- haps to gain new strength for the future.
Recently in this column there was reviewed an evidently absorbing and informative book on present-day China. It seems to me just as essen- tial to consider the other side of the picture: What does the ancient Chin- ese civilization have to offer u»T What part of it is enduring? What can we learn from the Oriental sages and poets?
Over twenty years ago Arthur Waley's "Translations from the Chin- ese" was first brought before the pub- lic. This- year it has been re-issued in a new and decidedly colorful ed- ition, which is a delight to the eye as well as to the mind. The delicate brush drawings and gorgeous waters color paintings by Cyrus LeRoy Bald- ridge harmonize with the poetry and add to it. Even the paper on which the book is printed is intended to simulate that of old China.
Most of the translations are of poems. But even the prose has a curious poetic quality. And do not be perturbed by the fact that this is Chinese literature, some of it written as much as twenty-four centuries ago.
For the English of Arthur Waley ia beautiful and perfectly comprehen- sible, barring a few grammatical slips; and the poetry itself is timeless.
There is a tender and quiet frined- liness about these poets and their writings. Their humor does not be- come boisterous; their passion is not turbulent; their pathos does not get hysterical. And their understatement is exquisitely exact.
You are an unusual person indeed if you do nofflnd some of your own experiences mirrored in these lovely Chinese pieces. You will find, too, things of which you never have dreamed. A volume of this sort la truly one to broaden ,fhe mind and the heart.
In reviewing a book of poems, one is usually obliged to quote particular- ly noteworthy passages. Here per- haps1 one excerpt from these transla- tions will suffice: "Man's life lived within this world is like the sojourn- ing of a hurried traveler. A cup of wine together will make us glad, and a little friendship is no little matter."
—C. B. L.
MOVIE TIME TABLE Tuesday—Night Train with Mar- garet Lockwood and Rex Harrison.
Shows at 7:00 and 9:26 with feature at 7:53 and 10:19. Season tickets not acceptable. Thursday—Hudson's Bay with Paul Muni. Shows at 7:00 and 9:28 with feature at 7:53 and 10:21 Friday and Saturday—Gone With the Wind with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. One show only at 7:40. Sea- son tickets not acceptable.
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1941 FIAT LUX, ALFI Y. PAGE THREE
Spikemen Prep For Relays and Susquehanna * * * * * *
Klansmen Measure Lambdas Twice In Intramural Trophy Finals
^ , 1 1 # MpT^npinPTi S *%i i i ivu+ u«^iw,^o Lawton Stars For Winners
Waddling
Along Sports Row-
By Don Wattles
Today is graduation day—
accompanied by a funeral of great import to all who are ac- customed to glance down the extreme left hand column of the Fiat's Page 3. Today we graduate from here to Pages 1 and 4, and wail requiems over
" W a d d l i n g Along Sports.
Row". We reason that no one else will ever have use for such a title and forthwith bury it.
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Being of what we consider fairly sound mind and in complete con- trol of what few senses we were endowed with when senses were passed out back in 1918, we here- by set fortn our last win and tes- tament.
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Item No. 1—To edit a sports page of any worth whatsoever re- quires much cooperation from the coaching staff, and we leave to it our thanks for that cooperation and for tolerance when we failed to hold up our end.in the rush to make a deadline.
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Item No. 2—To our successor, Bob Moebus, we leave some ad- vice. First, find yourself a sports staff. It's a handy thing to have when you want a week-end off to go fishing. Second, a screwy title for your column helps a lot.
Something like, "Rambling the Sports Ramparts with Robert,"
gives people the idea that you don't care either. Also, we be- queath to you our regular readers, all three of them, and may you have few losing teams to write about. Last fall was a sports writer's paradise around here with that football team.
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Item No. 3—To Moe Cohen, of- fice manager, we leave the privi- lege of cleaning out a year's ac- cumulation of old box-scores, ex- changes, clippings, etc., from this desk. Plan to spend at least one week-end on this job.
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Item No. 4—To Trumie at the Sun Office we leave that block that says "Fiat Lux Sports". After all the trouble it gave him, we figure he probably would like to make a watch-fob of it, or something.
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Item No. 5—To our three read- ers, namely, Home, Roommate, and The Girl Friend, we leave thanks for pretending to like these columns. Who did you think you were fooling, anyway?
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Item No. 6 (the last)—To the sports staff in general we leave the "Wattles Thesaurus of Saxon Synonyms" which includes names like Purple and Gold Warriors, Purple and Gold Warriors, Mc- Lanemen, Yunevichmen, Minnick- men, Saxon Warriors, Purple and Gold Avalanche, courtsters, net- sters, matsters, gridders, grunt- and-groaners, bill - and - dalers, spikemen, D'Artagnans, celluloid pursuers, etc., etc. This comes in handy when writing either stories or heads.
And with the writing of "30" to this we wish you good luck.
Political Rally
elections Thursday and Friday of this week. Voting may be done in the Kanakadea Office of Burdick Hall.
Freshmen and sophomores are request- ed to vote Thursday anytime between 1:00 o'clock and 5:30 while juniors and seniors are expected to vote Fri- day afternoon between the same hours.
The two Senators who receive the most votes in the primary election.
will vie for the campus honor until the final election which will be held the Thursday and Friday of the fol- lowing week in Firemens Hall.
There, the voting machine will be used;
New and old Senators are to meet at 7:00 o'clock in Physics Hall be- fore the rally, and they will proceed to Alumni Hall from there.
Softball Dollar!
McLanemen Set For
Dual Win
Spiked-shod Saxons have plenty of competition scheduled for them
this week-end—the first since they Any and all tens wishing to edged Rochester University almost enter • softball competition this a month ago. spring are requested to get in On Thursday morning a six-man touch with Intramural official Lou Tomassetti at Delta Sigma Phi with a dollar in one hand and a list of team members in the other
The Board urges that this action* be taken at once in order that the season may be launched at the earliest pos sible date. Thus far indications point to a registration of about ten outfits from independent and Greek houses on campus.
The field will be wide open and a new champion will be crowned at the end of May with last year's champs, the Ellis Elephants, organized under a new title, the Alfred All-Stars, and playing independent ball.
The schedule will be posted in the post-office this week. The majority of the contests will be run off after- noons at 3:45 and 4:45 o'clock.
squad leaves by automobile for Phila- delphia to meet the cream of eastern track squads at the Penn Relays.
Captain Frank Morley, Joe Kelly, Frank Heasley, Rog Marks and Ev Leahy will accompany Coach McLane to compete in the Middle Atlantics Re- day event to be staged Friday after- noon.
Greene To Compete
Also competing at the Relays will be burly Mike Greene in the shot event where he will face such per- formers as Georgetown's Al Blozis, world's champ in the event. If the relay team makes as good a showing in the Middle Atlantics race as is pre- dicted for them, they will stay on to compete further on Saturday after noon.
In the meantime, the rest of the squad leaves Alfred on Saturday morning for Selinsgrove, Pa., where they will meet Susquehanna Univer- sity in a dual tilt. The tentative en- try list is as follows:
Dashes—Kelly, Leahy
Mile—Morley, Hall, Gamble, Daiber 800—Hall, Daiber, Morley
2 mile—Nordquist, Tuttle Hurdles—Smith, Morales 440—Heasley, Marks Pole Vault—Mooney
Broad jump—Kelly, Leahy, Van Houten High jump—Van Houten, Hoitlnk Shop put—Greene, Repert, Schwartz Javelin—Carota, Glinsky
Discus—Repert, Greene, Schwartz
Placed Tenth
Last year Mike Greene placed 10th in the shot event at the Relays, and barely failed to qualify in the finals of the discus. His shot distance was 41 feet 10 inches. Already this year he has hurled the steel ball beyond that indoors, and with two weeks of out- door practice in his system is expect- ed to make
Friday.
Dropped batons and poor starts kept the relay team from even coming close in their competition. This year's team will not carry the handicap of no outdoor practice as did last sea- son's four, and. will be out to vindi- cate the loss.
a much better showing
College Credit For CAA Course Is Possible
Meeting with the coordinators of CAA Pilot Training courses in 31 other colleges from 13 north- eastern states, Prof. W. B. Harri- son, coordinator of the local course brought back further possibilities of credit hours for the program as well as for a secondary course here this summer.
The meeting, which was held at the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City, April 11-12, was called by Dr. D. H.
Brown, coordinator of the' course at University of Baltimore.
Organization of the group was for the purpose of a better understanding between the various schools and the government and for academic improve- ment of our ground school course.
College Credit Discussed Among the subjects discussed was the matter of allowing college credit for the course.
At present, Dr. J. Nelson Norwood has a committee investigating means whereby credit may be granted to those in the course. Dr. Titsworth is chairman of this committee.
In preparation for the proposed secondary course here this summer.
Jack Pryor, with the aid of the City of Horn ell, is making an addition to the hanger at the airport to provide classroom and machine shop space for teaching the secondary program.
To Be Completed In May It is expected that the ground school work of the present course jnll be completed by May 15, and flying time by graduation.
Among the special events of the meeting was a sight-seeing tour over the city in one of United Airlines new 21-passenger transport planes.
A $20,000 steel storage building is now being used by Iowa State col- lege for books seldom used or kept for exchange purposes.
Saxonette...
Sports
———— By Muriel Strong
The bell rang and the game ended with a score of 19-11. The All-Alfred Freshman team had de- feated the All-Alfred Varsity, and the upperclasmen came to recog- nize the class of '44 as the top- notch women's basketball players of this season.
Basketball
The "frosh" team was almost identi- cal with that of the intra-mural champion team, the Brick II, and their teamwork clicked just as beautifully as ever. The upperclassmen were no less fast than their opponents, but were handicapped by not having played together before.
The line-up was:
Varsity Freshmen Ann Bastow Laura Polanrf.
Mildred Piv'etz Trill ThomasIf.
Betty Baldridge Rhoda Largeef Ruth Rogers Peg Hopkinsrg.
gally Morris Jean Gatesle- I eg.
Gail Rasbach Norma Stockwell Peg Ohlander
Net Pairings Slated For Week End
Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock has been set as the dead- ,line for entries into the tennis play-offs, announced Coach Alex Yunevich, today.
Said Coach Yunevich, "We are ex- tending the date to Thursday because we feel that there are many more fel lows on campus who would like to enter. Also, there are some who have reported at the gym to sign up and didn't because they failed to find me in my office. I would like to make it clear that there will be a list posted at the post office and another at the gym where anyone may post his name without seeing me".
The pairings will be drawn> from a hat with on attempt at seeding next week-end and will be announced on these pages a week from today.
Matches will have to be played off as soon as possible and the results report- ed to Yunevich. On May 24 the four finalists and one semi-finalist will journey to Niagara University to en- gage the Purple Eagles in an inter collegiate match.
In 39-28, 30-21 Victories
Still intact after two teeth-jarring play-off tilts in the Intra- mural basketball finals was the undefeated record of Klan Alpine's ace court five which walked off with the champion's trophy for the second year in a row.
subs.
Elizabeth Litchfield Muriel Strong
The women's basketball season end- ed Tuesday evening with a game be- tween Sigma Chi and the NYA women.
The score was 28-5 in favor of Sigma Chi. At the end of the first half the
"Aggies" were ahead, but in the sec- ond half Don Chapin and Betty Bald- ridge of Sigma Chi acquired their
"shooting eyes" and chalked up 22 points between them.
The line-up was:
NYA Ellen Barnes rf.
Phyl Czajkowski Terry DiFranceseo Laura Berry Ethel Griffin Lynn Baldwin
If.
cf rg.
eg- subs.
Sigma Chi Don Chapin Jane Tooke Betty Baldrige Ruth Rogers Margaret Ames Sally Morris Rose Horbal
Theta Chi forfeited to the Brick II team thus making the latter the un- defeated and untied intramural cham- pions. In second place with one de- feat, came Sigma Chi. Next in order were Pi Alpha, Theta Chi, Brick I, and NYA.
Badminton
The intra-mural badminton tourna- ment seems to be carrying over into the tennis season somewhat to the confusion of several tennis-badminton fans.
This past week Gail Rasbach and
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Muriel Strong of the Pi Alpha II team defeeated Rhoda Ungar and Lucille Pink of Theta Chi II in a two game match, 15-6, 15-3.
2-15, 15-10, 15-8, were the scores by which Eloise Bassett and June Chish- olm of Pi Alpha I were defeated by Lois Creighton and Kay Kastner of Sigma Chi I.
Tonight Theta Chi's aces, Betty Tim Kaiser and Janet Howell will match
"orces with Brick I'a members, Esther Miller and Millie Pivetz.
Tuesday evening Jean Gates and 'Skippy" Jensen of Brick II will make an effort to bat down the birdies of Rhoda Ungar and Lucille Pink of Theta Chi II.
The Alfred Badminton Club has in- vited the Canisteo Badminton Club lere for a tournament to be held on Wednesday evening, April 23, at the
;ym.
Tennis
A tennis tournament will be started at the beginning of next week. It is open to women only.
W. A. G. B. Banquet
The date of the Women's Athletic Governing Board Banquet has been set for Thursday, May 15.
Softball
With the coming of warm weather comes also the softball season and judging from first appearances it looks as though the freshman team would come through with flying colors on the baseball diamond as easily as they did on the basketball court.
They are a husky group with plenty of pep and you just can't beat them.
In the first game of the, season last Saturday they
women 31-0. defeated the NYA United States Naval academy's regiment of midshipmen, numbering 2,601, is the largest since World War days.
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THINGS FOR GIRLS SCHOOL SUPPLIES Also NOVELTIES and NECESSITIES
It was Big Bill Lawton all the way for the Klansmen as Lambda Chi Al- pha's quintet battled with all-out basketball but dropped both contests, 39-28 and 30-21. Lawton piled up a total of 25 markers in the two games to lead in the scoring department, and was in there setting up nearly every other Klan bucket.
Leads Losing Fight
Lanky Bob Sinclair led a losing fight for the Lambdas, racking up a 16-point total over the distance, and was followed by Klan's George Kel- logg with 12.
Tuesday night's set-to saw the Klansmen draw away into an early first-quarter lead, holding their op- ponents to three foul points, and en- joying a 19-6 margin at the half-way mark. The Lambdas closed fast but were unable to overcome the Klan lead before the final whistle.
Klan Wins By Final Scoring On Wednesday night Lambda Chi came back with one intent—to tie the count up at one apiece and' make a third game necessary. But the Klan outfit had other ideas. The State- Streeteirs iforged into a first-period lead and stayed out in front until a minute before the half when Law- ton's two successive nets pulled Klan into a 16-13 lead.
The last chukker was the most hec- tic seen on the gym floor since the Allegheny-Varsity tilt last winter.
Busiest man on the floor was Referee Pike Trigilio whose whistle shrilled constantly for fouls and held balls.
With but a minute remaining and only two points separating the teams Klansmen Lloyd Mason, George Kel- logg and Bob Robinson caged quick double-deckers and Bill Lawton con- verted a foul to cinch the game, series and trophy for Klan.
The box-scores:
1st Game
Klan Alpine
2nd Game
Klan Alpine B
Lloyd Mason 3 0F P Lawson Mason 3 0 Smith 3 l Armant 1 0 Robinson 0 1 Lawton 6 1 Kellogg 2 0 Wattles 0 0
181 4 Totals 18 3
Lambda Chi Alpha Miller 1 2B P Mlllerman 0 0 Tucker 1 0 Ploetz 0 1 Moebus 1 2 Sinclair 6 0 Timke 2 1
89
124
Totals 11 6 28
Lloyd Mason 3 Lawson Mason 0 Kellogg 4 Armant 0 Lawton 5 Smith 0 Robinson 2 Lamba Chi Alpha Miller . . 2B Tucker 0 Timke 3 Ploetz 1 Moebus 2 Milliman 0 Sinclair 1
F0 00 02 00
F1 00 00 20
- T6 08 120 04
T5 0
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24 40
Totals 9 21
Informs Students Of Summer Work
Miss Martha Ann Keen, Mount Holyoke '38, field representative of the American Friends Service Com- mittee, spoke briefly about the work of the committee in assembly Thurs- day morning and met with a group of students later in the day to discuss the work.
Miss Keen came to Alfred to inform the students of the summer student work which the Committee sponsors1. The two projects are work camps in various parts of the country and a ten-day institute of international' re- lations to be held at Cornell Univer- sity from August 1-10.
Any students' who wish to know more about the opportunities offered by Miss Keen and her organization may do so by seeing Chaplain Wil- liam H. Genn6.
Will Durant
Continued from page One in New York City. Here also he began the writing on philosophic and histor- ical subjects for which he is now famous.
Supplementing his extensive study and research in America have been two trips around the world and many visits to Europe. He has also travel- d across the United States some 30 times.
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