THE FIAT LUX
Student Newspaper of Alfred University
VOL. XXVIIi NO. 13 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1940, ALFRED, N. Y.
Office phone : 29-Y.-111Student Box Holder
Agonies Deadline Extended
Several scripts are being written for the "Agonies of 1941,' Mrs. S. R.
Scholes, director of the Ag School's Men and Women's Glee Club, has announced, but none have been turned in yet.
As the deadline previously set for the scripts falls on the date school re- convenes, Mrs. Scholes reports that the scripts must be in by Wednesday, January 8, instead of on Monday.
The prize of $50 will be awarded to the script which best carries parts for the orchestra, the swing band, and the Men and Women's Glee Club. The play should not require too much rehearsing.
Judges of the best play, which will be presented some time after the Easter Vacation, are Mrs. S. R.
Scholes, Director, Paul B. Orvis, and Prof. C. Duryea Smith III.
U.S. Is Next Objective, Says Sheean
"The present war is a conflict of world outlooks, world systems, not of have and have-nots" de- clared Vincent Sheean, world commentator, in speaking on ttie Forum program Tuesday evening in Alumni Hall.
Mr. Sheean believes, "it is inevit- able , that the United States be in- volved in the war, that we are al- ready in it in a certain sense with our semi-defense and semi-mobiliza- tion. As the only remaining democ- racy he believes that we will be the next objective of Hitler in his at- tempt to make the German race su- preme.
That the war will be a long one Mr. Sheean is convinced, though he believes the English will have a 60-40 chance of beating off the German in- vasion which he prophecies will come in the spring.
In a private interview Mr. Sheean expressed the opinion that the early training of Americans is partly re- sponsible for the cynical outlook pre- valent throughout the nation today.
People have not been taught faith In democracy.
OFFERING DANCE ABLE MUSIC
JOHNNY McGEE and TIDDLY-WINKS
Strange Life In Australia To Be Assembly Program
"People do not stand on the top of their heads nor do they have to hang on trees to keep from fall- ing off the earth in Australia,"
says Greenwood Adams who will speak in assembly, Thursday, at 11:00 o'clock, in Alumni Hall, on the topic "Australia".
Mr. Adams will also speak to the students of the Agricultural School in their assembly at nine oclock on Thursday.
Birds that cannot fly, the many pouch carrying animals, the unique lizards which are extinct everywhere else in the world, trees with their bark on the inside, the original live teddy-bears and countless other novel features of the strange life in the smallest continent will be described.
CAMPUS CURTS
LEAVES FOR COAST Mrs. Minna Stubbs, coordinator of the girls' NYA center, left Saturday for Los Angeles, Calif., where she will visit her brother, K. C. Hovey.
She will return to Alfred following the Christmas vacation.
Miss Phyllis Czajkowski, business instructor in the Ag School, is tak- ing Mrs. Stubbs' place during her absence.
Steel Man Discusses Use of Refractories
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INTERFRAT COUNCIL MEETS "V Members of the Interfraternity Council will meet at Delta Sigma Phi tonight at 7:15 o'clock to make final preparations for the Interfraternity Ball. Carl Kahn '41 urges all mem- bers to be present for the meeting is very important.
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MAKES APPROPRIATION Ten dollars for new records for the Social Hall were appropriated by the Student Senate at a meeting Wednesday. Committees were also appointed for the standardization of the Senior Athletic Awards.
Pigskin Fest Is Possible
An all-campus celebration for the undefeated football team is I being planned for Thursday, Jan-
uary 16, and will be held if the various campus organizations co- operate.
Sponsored jointly by the Intersor- ority Council and the Interfraternity Council, the affair would consist of a dinner at the gym open to all Uni- versity and Ag School students fol- lowed by informal dancing.
The program would probably in- clude also informal speeches and the presentation of football awards.
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INFIRMARY TREATS FOUR Only underclassmen were treated at the infirmary last week, Edward Saulis and Warren Mortiz, freshmen;
and Patricia Gragg and, Seioert App, sophomores.
• * * LEAVES FOR FLORIDA Dean A. E. Whitford has left Al- fred for Florida, where he will re- main until the second semester, fol- lowing the advice of his physician.
Vacation Church Services Listed
Sunday services of the Union Uni- versity Church will be held in the Gothic Chapel during the college holi-
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days. These will be family services since there will be no church school held during this* time.
A committee made up of represent- atives of the University Church and the Seventh Day Baptist Church is being organized to supervise the aid of needy residents of the community, not only at Christmas time, but throughout the year.
Keramos Initiates 16 Upperclassmen;
Rice Officiates
Eight seniors and eight juniors were initiated into Keramos honor fraternity at a dinner held in the Evergreen Tea Room in Wells- ville, Thursday evening.
The students initiated are as fol- lows: Seniors: Alfred Ploetz, John Breitenstein, Edward Gehrke, Roy Hardenbrook, Lloyd Mason, Leo Schifferli, Cranson Shelly, Milton Tuttle; Juniors: M. Douglas Beals;
Button Baker, Robert Daws, Elton Gamble, George Kellogg, James Pro- kopec, Ralph Rhodes and Seward Wooley.
Dr. M. J. Rice, head of the ceramic chemistry department was Master of I Ceremonies. The initiates were wel- comed by Jack Haecker '41. Keramos President. Rhodes spoke for the initiates.
"In the steel industry, the cer- amic engineer's problem is to pro- duce cleaner and better steel with less expenditure for refractories,"
said H. N. Kraner. of the Beth- lehem Steel Company, when he dis- cussed, "Refractory Problems in the Ceramic Industry," at the American Ceramic Society meet- ing, Wednesday evening in the Ceramic Lounge.
Mr. Kraner graduated from Ohio State in 1921. Since then he has been employed by the Western Elec- tric Company, Cohart Refractories Company and the Electrical Porce- lain Company. At present'he directs all ceramic work for Bethlehem Steel.
Discusses Refractories Mr. Kraner furtner stated, "The steel industry uses 60 per-cent of all the refractories produced in the United States. Open hearth furnaces use more than half of these refrac- tories.
"Per ton of steel produced the ex- penditure for refractories is about one dollar, of which, 65 cents is spent on the open hearth furnace and five cents is spent on the blast furnaces
The remainder is absorbed in the cost of maintaining the ceramic struc- tures on the production line."
Compile Book List * At the business meeting, held be- fore Mr. Kraner's speech, Joseph Shapiro '41 and John Breitenstein '41, committee for the purchase of books for the Ceramic Library announced that a list of books has been com- piled and has been approved by the faculty members consulted. Kenneth Keinman '42, made a motion that sixty dollars be appropriated for the purchase of these books. The mo- tion was carried unanimously.
John Breitenstein '41, moved that the officers of the Alfred A.C.S., and the editor of The Alfred Engineer be given keys. This motion was also carried unanimously.
Interfrat Ball Thursday, JohnnyMcGeeBandtoPlay
From the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn to the campus of Alfred University come Johnny McGee and his seventeen piece band Thurs- day night bringing sweet daneeable music to the 200 couples who will gather at the college gym for the annual Interfraternity Ball.
McGee's band which is now on tour playing for many winter formals at colleges throughout the nation feat- ures 12 musicians and 5 vocalists.
The Tiddly-Winks and Alan Gerard, romantic tenor, who likes to sing popular tunes better than the classic- al numbers.
From nine to- two, Thursday night,
Registration Schedule Announced
for the second begin Tuesday,
^Registration semester will
January 7, and will continue through Friday, January 17. The Registrar's; office will be open each day at ten o'clock, though no reg- istering will be done during chapel period.
Registration days for the various classes are:
Freshman and specials: ^Liberal Arts, Tuesday, Jan. 7; Ceramics, Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Juniors: L. A., Thursday, Jan. 9;
Cer., Friday, Jan. 10.
Seniors: L. A., Monday and Tues- day, January 13-14; Cer., Wednesday, Jan. 15. '
Sophomores: L. A., Thursday, Jan.
16; Cer., Friday, Jan. 17.
local fraternity men and their guests will listen to McGee's sweet cornet and will spend an evening dancing in a "Magic Ballroom".
Chaperones Named
Many faculty men and their wivea will also attend the Ball in the capac- ity of chaperones, namely Prof, and Mrs. J. E. Whitcraft, Prof, and Mrs.
L. L. Lowenstein, Prof, and Mrs. C.
D. Smith III, Prof, and Mrs. A. B.
Crofoot, Prof, and Mrs. A. E. Me»
Guire.
Others are Prof, and Mrs. K. O.
Myrvaagnes, Prof, and Mrs. W. M.
Burditt, Dr. and Mrs. M. E. Drake.
Prof, and Mrs. G. S. Nease and Dr.
and Mrs. M. J. Rice.
Other guests will include two men from each of the Ag School fraternt*
ties.
Preparations for this ball have been supervised this year by Edward Schleiter '41, general chairman. Carl Changes in registration (without re- K a n n >41> p r e s i d e n t o £ interfraternity ceiving W for dropping a course)
must be made by one week after classes begin, not later than 5 P. M.
on Wednesday, February 12, 1941.
Failure to register on the appointed day or to make payment of semester bills before February 4, or absence from class on the first day of the semester will be considered late regis- tration and subject to a fee of five dollars.
A pageant of the Christmas story in song will be given at the Spanish Club Christmas party this evening at Social Hall at 8 o'clock.
"Noel en Provence" is the program planned for the French Club's Christ- mas party, Wednesday night, at 8 o'clock at Social Hall.
Modern Youth 'Expression Dominated'
To Represent
Alfred at Vacation Church Meeting
R. Douglas Manning '42 will repre- sent Alfred University at the Inter- Church Student Conference to be held at North Central College, Naper- ville, 111., from December 27 to 31.
The conference is being held under the auspices of the National Com- mission of University Work of the Council of Church Boards of Educa- tion and will be attended by over two hundred college students from all states in the union.
Manning is active in the A.U.C.A.
and is a member of the Executive Board of the Union University Church.
That modern youth are domi- nated by expressions is the opinion of one of the Alfred students.
After considerable observation this student has concluded that nowadays a friendship will prove lasting if a person can tolerate his companion's favorite word. It is no longer a ques- tion of "love me, love my dog"; we think in terms of "love me, love my expression".
"See Man Is Prominent Most prominent among these slaves to words is the "see" man. He is a talkative person; he delights especi- ally in telling stories. He begins,
"Once there were two men," and then he tacks on, "see?" From that mo- ment until he finishes the sad tale, the unfortunate listener is crushed be- neath a mass of "Sees".
The "you know" enthusiast has the same approach. After the first two
statements in his conversation, he starts asking his patient friend, "You know?" This question descends like a bolt from the blue; there was no forewarning, and no explanation fol- lows. What can the startled man do but stand there, helplessly nodding his head?
Begins On New Breath The most surprising of these ex- pression lovers is the charming, young girl who puts her "all" into a pro- longed "ummmmm". She always be- gins on a new breath, building up to a final climax which causes her fasci- nated admirer to dodge in order that he may escape the force of that last
"mm". She opens her eyes until they seem twice their normal size.
A passer-by usually looks twice to see that the situation is well in hand.
The pessimistic members of this word-slave class emphasize their views by remarking that everything
is "gloppy". The lunch they had at noon was "gloppy"; the weather is
"gloppy". What do they mean? A word like that can never be defined.
It can be applied to anything that has a dismal or disagreeable aspect.
Speaks In Affirmative
Finally, there is the "you said it"
man. He always speaks in the affirm- ative, or he says nothing at all. After two other persons have been talking intelligently for several seconds, this happy little soul, with a peculiarly en- lightened expression on his face, con- tributes his "you said it". This kills a conversation as thoroughly as any command of "be quiet".
We walk with these people; we talk with them, study with them, and even live with them. Why do they persist in overlooking innocent words? Per- haps they are the causes for God's having put a few expressionless in- dividuals upon this earth.
Dytman Speaks In State Meet At Kingston
Ag School representative at the Annual State Speaking Contest held Thursday evening in Kings- ton, was John Dytman '41 with a speech entitled "Agriculture's Newest Conscript".
The contest was held in connection with the New York State Grange meeting. Competing were representa- tives from the six New York State Schools of Agriculture at Delhi, Farmingdale, Morrisville, Cobleskill, Canton and Alfred.
Philip McMahon placed first for Delhi, while Dytman did not place at all. The first two winners were awarded gold and silver medals, re- spectively, while the other competi- tors received bronze medals.
Dytman was accompanied by Prof.
T. A. Parish, faculty adviser, and by runner-up Edward Poshadel '41, who was eliminated here last Monday competing against Dytman.
Dytman's speech was concerned with the latest advances in apicul- ture, emphasizing Dr. L. R. Watson's development of an artificial insemina- tion method for queen-bees.
Council and Cliff Reader '42, Council Secretary, were assistants.
Contract Band
The Band Committee was composed of Schleiter and Kahn, while James Wygant '41 and Jack Haecker '41 had charge of decorations.
Permission has been granted tor those attending the Ball to leave the>
dance floor for intermission if they check out when they leave and check in when they return.
Indies Enter Competition For Trophy
Independents will be consider- ed in scholarship competition for the faculty scholarship trophy this semester as the result of a faculty decision Thursday after- noon.
The request of the Independent group was granted with two rpserva- tions.
The faculty vote authorized the Registrar to include the Independent Women and the Independent Men as single groups providing that the mem- bership in the Independents be volun- tary and that the number of men I and the numDer oi women be ap- proximately the same as the fratern- ity and sorority averages.
Sixteen Days Of Xmas Scheduled
Christmas vacation starts Fri- day morning at 10 ' o'clock.
Classes will be resumed on Janu- ary 6, 1941, at 8 A. M. Any cuts on Thursday or on Jan. 6, will re- sult in the loss of one credit-hour for the semester in the course in which the absence occurs, unless excused by either the Dean of Women or the Dean of Men.
A representative of the Erie Railroad will be in Kanakadea Hall on Thursday afternoon from 1 to 5 o'clock to discuss train ar- rangements with students.
It will also be possible at this time to purchase tickets for bus transportation into Hornell on Friday morning.
Special Carillon Concerts Listed For Vacation
Carillon concerts will be played every Friday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:00 o'clock and every Sunday after- noon from 3:00 > to 4:00 o'clock dur- ing Christmas vacation.
Special concerts will be given on Christmas Eve from 11:45 to 12:15, Christmas Day from 3:00 to 4:00, and on New Year's Eve from mid- night to 12:15 A. M. On Christmas Eve, Social Hall will be open for visitors, and refreshments will be served.
Argosy Awards Printing Job
Setting January 15 as the deadline for the first thirty pages of the Ar- gosy, editor Irving Sattell '42, an- nounced that the DuBois Printing Company has been,awarded the bid this year, and that all of the year- book, except the inserts, will be print- ed in letterpress.
Several students have signified so far their intention to work on the photographic staff.
PAGE TWO THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N. Y. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1940
The Fiat Lux
Student Weekly Newspaper of Alfred University Published every Tuesday of the school year by a student staff. Offices on ground floor of Burdick Hall. Entered as second-class matter October 9, 191S, at the postoffice In Alfred, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription tt.SO yearly.
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BOARD OF EDITORS : Don Wattles, sports; Jane Colberg, society ; Alan Parks, editoral page; Eric Schirokauer, NYSA.
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REPORTERS : Al Frledlander, Rhoda Ungar, William Parry, Mary Walker, Pegty Olney, Courtney Lawson, Louis San- tuccl, Joseph Gorman, Ernie Nadelsteln, Irv Sattrell, Robert Moebus '43, Louis Tomassetti '42, Adele Harms '42, Raymond Dry 44, Jean Tucker '44, Robert Williams '44, Harvey Robil- lard '44, Loren Manchester '44, Jean Lichtenberg '44, WHma Stever '42, Kathryn Kirehhoff '42, Eileen Murphy '42, Maurice J. Smith '42, Mathilda Nojelm '42, Paul Timmel '42.
BUSINESS STAFF—Advertising Manager, Edwin Szyblllo '42.
Circulation Manager, Sally Jane Morris ' 4 2 ; Secretary, Bea- trice Nash ' 4 2 ; Alumni Circulation, Carl Kahn ' 4 3 : Staff Members, Carole Sheldon '41, Cliff Reader '43, Eugenie Reb '43, Rachel Peterson '4*3, Margaret Ames '43, Jean Gates '44, Wil- liam Cottrell '44, George Adanu 44
United States can help self by aiding Britain
(Editor's note—This article was originally submit- ted as a letter to the editor. The method of approach seemed to justify its use in the editorial columns of the Fiat Lux this week and so it is with the permission of the author that we print the article in this manner.)
There is an old saying to the effect that our hindsight is apt to be more sound than our fore- sight. Which means that it is easier to see what policy one should have adopted after the results have been observed than it was to determine in advance what policy to adopt before any re- sults had occurred. By the same token, it is very easy for one to sit back twenty years after the event and criticise the decisions someone else took at that time and which don't seem to have worked out as anticipated.
I have never been a subscriber to Hitler's thesis that Versailles was a vicious document drawn up by a group of vindictive and selfish conquers determined to crush the spirit of a vanquished peoples and a t ' t h e s a m e time con- solidate their own ill-gotten gain. This is not to say that the Versailles treaty was perfect.
No human document is. Even our own much vaunted Constitution has been amended twenty- .pne times. But to blame Versailles for all-that has happened since is as unjust as to blame our Constitution for our own economic depression of the past eleven years. While selfish interests were at work during the conference, that treaty was an honest and sincere effort on the part of a world tired of fighting to set up a just inter- national society. That it failed in accomplish- ing this result is more our fault than any one else's.
Hade we been willing to cooperate, I firmly believe the holocaust that is now raging in Europe would not have occurred. Those nations which accepted the Treaty and the League of Nations in good faith would not be lying under the heel of a man whose avowed purpose is to mete to the rest of the world the treatment that HE CLAIMS the Allies accorded Germany in 1919, or desperately striving to stem the savage assaults of his modern war machine.. Either the creation of that machine would have been im- possible or the other nations, not relying on promises, would have been better prepared for the assault when it came.
All of which is inspired by the editorial in last week's issueof the Fiat. While this editorial reveals some real thought on the subject, it over- looks some of the vital factors involved in the situation. Nor is the reasoning too sound when exposed to cold analysis. Among its other fal- lacies there are too many unsupported state- ments and assertions of personal opinion which are open to challenge. To say, for example, that "The coming to power of the German war machine is a direct result of the senseless pol- icies pursued by Britain.... That (Britain's) imperialistic government... .h!as caused moVe war than any two other governments" definite- ly call for proof—none of which is offered. Be- sides that, it is clearly avoiding the issue as to whether we shotild make loans to Britain.
The main issue, obviously, is whether we should lend support to England's war aims. A strong subsidiary issue is whether we believe that our own\ safety and the continuity of de- mocracy in the world are dependent on the suc- cess of British arms. Of course subsidiary to that issue is the one as to whether we retain our faith and belief in the value and importance of the democratic form of government.
None of these issues is definitely met in the editorial in question. I can conceive of genuine American patriots answering the first sub-issue in the negative. Thus we have those isolationist ostriches who insist on burying their heads in the sand and' saying "Let's have nothing to do with Europe". Whether we will or no, however, we cannot help being affected by what goes on in Europe, and a final Hitler victory would constitute a definite threat to our way and standard of living, i America is not a com- • pletely self-contained nation and Hitler's ideas
of economics if successful could not help but af- fect us insofar as we are dependent upon com- merce with the rest of the world. I have my own belief as to the possible military threat to us if Hitler is successful, but that is frankly opinion. Not my exclusive opinion, however.
As to the second sub-issue, 1 think no true American can have any doubt. To be sure there are those living among us who would substitute some other form of social organization for the democratic system, but we still have too much of the blood that came over from Europe in the seventeenth century, that fought our Revolu- tion to a successful conclusion, and that was genuinely stirred twenty-two years ago to cast lightly aside our way of life. In spite of the cynicism that was spread throughout this coun- try during the t.wenties and thirties of the cur- rent century, I have never felt that we were sold into the conflict of 1917 to save the invest- ments of Wall Street and the Empire of Britain.
At that time there were two psychologies affect- ing political thinking, or as Sheean said the other evening, two "views of life','. One of these beliefs held that government exists to serve the governed, that governments derive "their just . powers from the consent of the governed," to quote the Declaration of Independence. The other belief was that peoples existed for the benefit of the state, at that time represented by divinely ordained, hereditary rulers. The lat- ter group threatened to superimpose their way of thinking on the former, and we as one of the largest democracies finally went to the defense of our ideals and beliefs.
Finally, an armistice was signed, and this armistice lasted for about twenty years—during which time the "divine state" group was al- lowed to recoup its strength while the other group, our group, devoted its attention to other problems. Toward the end of the armistice, sporadic attacks were made by the state group, and finally the same group definitely broke the armistice by assuming suzerainty over several of the weaker states that were of our faith. So today we have merely a continuation of the same conflict, drawn along the same lines even though the hereditary leaders are no longer in the picture.
I firmly believe, and here again I advance my personal opinion—not evidence, that the de- mocracies are .willing to go their own way and let the others do the same. This cannot be said, however, of the others. They apparently recog- nize that the mere existence of democracies threatens their existence from within. There- fore, to assume their own perpetuity, they feel impelled to impose their beliefs on the rest of the world'. And thus we have the recurring war between the two psychologies.
If we grant all this, there seems to be but one answer to the main issue. If we believe in democracy, and if we believe that success for Hitler against England constitutes a real threat to us in America, then it plainly behooves us tb do ALL IN OUR POWER to stop Hitler. I agree with Sheean that if we advance two bil- lion dollars to England to prosecute the war it will have to be an ultimate gift and not a loan.
But is two billioif too much to pay for the pres- ervation of democracy in the world and.conse- quently in our own country?—especially when somebody else is doing the actual fighting?
A. B. GROOFOOT
Campus Camera
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Clinton Buehlman, Buffalo's early morning humorist (?), read a letter last week from an Alfred student telling of the recent poll conduct- ed by the Fiat. The letter informed Buehlman that although many students said they listened to his program, they did not necessarily enjoy his sometimes successful, sometimes not, at- tempts at entertaining his listeners. Where upon "yours truly Buehlly" commented that ap- parently students at Alfred cotild write Eng- lish—perhaps they can read too!
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Just before every trans-Atlantic broadcast from Europe, Columbia's foreign correspondents have a clear cue channel which gives them a few priceless minutes of private conversation with the home office. This chit-chat is general- ly used by the correspondents to inform them- selves of new American attitudes on important questions, a valuable background for their re- porting.
The other evening, Matt Gordon, CBS news editor in New York, was startled when Larry Lesueur, CBS London correspondent, used his cue channel time to ask: "Which is the best football team in the country?" "Who's going to the Rose Bowl?" Probably noticing the sur- prise in Gordon's voice, Lesueur explained:
"I'm not asking for myself. The fellows in the American Eagle squadron of the it.A.F. asked me to find out for them."
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Social notes:
Interfrat Ball overshadows events for coming week
By Jane Interfraternity Ball, Thurs- day evening will bring pre- Christmas festivities on campus to an eventful close and, at the same time, will give socialities something to remember while they are growing a new crop of grey hairs over mid-year exams in January.
A blue and silver dreamland will provide the setting for Johnny Mc- Gee, his trumpet, and his orches- tra. Silver streamers attached to the blue false ceiling, blue and silver pillars, and silver leaves, icicles and bells will harmonize with the " s w e e t danceable"
rhythms which seem to be this band's speciality. Deep, deep blue will provide the background for the various booths of the five fratern- ities. Dancing will be from 9-2 o'clock and punch and cookies will be served as refreshment.
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Kappa Delta's Christmas dinner for members will be held tomor- row evening at the fraternity house.
Blond Santa Claus, Metzger, will be on hand by the Christmas tree to help in the exchanging of gifts.
Among the guests will be Prof. K.
B. Floyd. Don Emens, social chair- man, is in charge of the party.
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Santa Claus came in his air- plane to visit Lambda Chi Alpha, Sunday evening, between the hours of 9-11 at the Christmas party given by the fraternity for its honoraries, members, and pledges.
Monday afternoon at 3:30 he en- cored his 'visit—this time (at a party given by the fraternity for the children of the first, second, and third grades of the Alfred- Almond Central School. Gifts ex- changed the evening before were presented to the children by St.
Nick. Ed Ehrenrich '41, was chair- man of the joint affair.
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The good St. Nick paid an early visit to Theta Gamma fraternity Friday evening and surprised guests with novelty presents, among which was a gift from the members to the fraternity house mother, Mrs. William Paquin, who is giving up her position this week.
A Christmas tree and decorations of pine boughs, lights, and icicles added atmosphere to the setting.
Dancing was to the music of the house sound system and refresh- ments of cocoa and cookies were served.
Ken Wenea '41, Kappa Delta, was a guest at the dance.
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Freshmen women were kept busy at Sigma Chi sorority Saturday af- ternoon from 3-5 o'clock with a puppet show, fortune telling, relay races, and dancing. Refreshments of hot dogs and coffee were served.
Co-chairmen Janie Reb '4$ and Margaret Ames '43 were assisted by Alice Schryver '42, Betty Bald- ridge '42 and Jane Lawrence '43.
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Kappa Nu held open house for the faculty and the other frater- nities on campus Saturday eve- ning from 8-11 o'clock. Refresh- ments consisting of cider and doughnuts were served.
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Bob Ayres '40 was the guest of Kappa Psi Upsilon last Saturday.
Stuart Thomas '40 will be a guest for the Interfraternity Ball, Thursday.
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Sigma Chi Nu held Christmas open house Friday evening from 8-11 o'clock for members, pledges, and their dates. Dancing was to the house sound system and gifts were exchanged. Cocoa and cookies were served as refreshments.
In addition to those faculty guests whosce names were given last week were Mr. and Mrs. Ward Tooke.
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Merle Parker '40, Charles Casamo '40, Bernhard Gentsch '40, and Stan Stanislaw '40 will be the guests of Klan Alpine, Thursday.
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Theta Theta Chi entertained at dinner Sunday for Chaplain and Mrs. William Genne.
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Betty Jean Baith, Rochester, and Jean Maxwell, Minoa, will be guests at Sigma Chi for the Inter- fraternity Ball.
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Pi Alpha Pi sorority held its annual formal Christmas dinner at the house Monday evening. Deco- rations in the form of pine-branches, cornucopiae, red candles, and place- cards representing petite angels were designed by Cleo Crawford '42 and Jane Wilson '43.
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Bob Hunt '42 was pledged to Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity last week.
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June Chisholm '4% was formally initiated into Pi Alpha Pi sorority, Monday evening, December ninth.
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Peggy Kaiser ex-'43 will be a guest at Theta Theta Chi sorority, Thursday.
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Anna Pakula '40, Betsy Ryder '40, Betty Curtis '40, Doris Hess and Betty Huryck, Buffalo; Jean Falmsby, Rochester; will be among the Interf lateral tv guests at Pi Al- pha, Thursday.
"At college, if you have lived right, you have found enough learn- ing to make you humble, enough friendship to make your hearts large and warm, enough culture to teach you the refinement of sim- plicity, enough wisdom to keep you sweet in poverty and temperate in wealth. Here you have learned to see great and small in their true relation, to look at both sides of a question, to respect the point of view of every honest man or wo- man, and to recognize the point of view that differs most widely from your own. Here you have found the democracy that excludes neither rich nor poor, and the quick sympathy that listens to all, and helps by the very listening. Here too, it may be at the end of a long struggle you have seen if only in transient glimpses — that after doubt comes reverence, after anxiety peace, after faintness cour- age, and that of weakness we are made strong. Suffer these*
glimpses to become an abiding rision, and you have the supreme joy of life." '
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By George Hyams
Man lives by the tradition of the past, in the hope of the future, but makes his decisions in the presnt
The Republic of San Marino, situ- ated in Northern Italy, (32 miles square and 14,000 population) de- clares the rumor false that she has declared war against England.
That takes a great load off Eng- land's mind.
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Mussolini must want his troops home for Christmas.
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Marshall Petain has ousted L'a- val from his Cabinet, replacing him with ex-premier Flandin. A glance at the past performances of these men indicates that the old man has decided that France should have a dose of arsenic instead of cyanide.
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A Dies inspired committee is now busily engaged in a "Red" hunt amongst the faculty members of Brooklyn College. The committee is doing an excellent job in its ef- forts to destroy academic freedom and democracy.
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In New Mexico, a young man was given alO-year term in prison be- cause he was found to be a mem- ber of the Communist Party. To secure a conviction, officials dug up a statute passed in 1919. They de- cided that the Communist Party wanted to overthrow the United States government. These men, too, want to save democracy by de- stroying it.
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THE PARIS-SOIR (printed in Pierre Laval's printing .shop) and the Action-Francaise have saluted the efforts of the R.A.F despite German domination and govern- mental dictatorship. These little things serve to make one realize that not all the Frenchmen in France have surrendered their minds as well as their bodies to Hitler.
6 Not Enough 9
Says Student Of Assembly
Last Thursday's assembly featured an informal piano pro- gram played by Professor Ada Becker Seidlin of
]the Univer- sity faculty. Her selections were well-chosen and played with excellent finish.
The principal failing was that there were not enough of them. In- deed, this assembly was far more satisfying than most of the import- ed musical programs which have been our lot in the past.
In spite of the handicap of an injured finger, Mrs. Seidlin. dealt very creditably with the work of three different composers: Chopin, Debussy, and Liszt. To these she added an encore, the familiar C- Sharp Minor Prelude of Rachmani- nov, which she played with ad- mirable restraint.
Of the two Chopin numbers, the sentimental E-Flat Nocturne was the more familiar. This Mrs. Seid- lin played with the proper lack of mushiness.
The second group consisted of four pieces by Claude Debussy. Of these, "R6flets dans 1 Eau" was particularly commendable. T h e misty, smothered quality of Debus- sy's music was most satisfactorily brought out here.
In her final Liszt group, Mrs.
Seidlin had the opportunity of demonstrating the full range of her piano technique. Clarity, delicacy, percision, and brilliance were all in evidence.—C. B. L.
MOVIE TIME TABLE Wednesday and T h u r s d a y :
"Strike Up The Band" with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Shows at 7:00 and 9:40 with feature at 7:45 and 10:25.
Saturday: "Young People" and
"Dr. Kildare Goes Home". Shows at 6:50 and 9:27; with Young at 6:50 and 9:32; Kildare at 8.09 and 10:51.
OFFERS APOLOGY Sigma Chi Nu deeply regrets Its recent unintentional infringement of a rule of the Intersorority Coun- cil an\l will accept any penalty im- posed by the Council.
KENT MAKES DEBUT Arthur Kent, who appeared re- cently on the University Forum program* made his debut in the V^-'jpolitan Opear, Thursday eve- ning, in the opera, Samson and Delilah.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1940 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N. Y. PAGE THREE
4 Saxons Named On 'All' Squad
Absorbtion of a thirty-nine point trouncing ai the hands of Alfred's great 1940 grid eleven last November 9, evidently ihstill- ed a feeling of respect into the pigskin men of Iiartwick College.
Last week the Indians got together and elected an all-opponent team for the season. As might be expected, Alfred was recognized in four places.
Walter (Bo) Johnson, who ran wild against the Iroquois, was elected to the first team at left halfback; and Mearl (Mike) Greene was unanimous choice for right tackle.
Included on the honorable mention list were Frank (Pike)) Trigilio at right half; and diminuitive Stan Gutheinz at left end. Gutheinz star- red in the scoring column at Hart- wick when he slipped through the Indian eleven on an end-around from the 12 yard line and scored standing up.
Waddling
Along Sports Row • • By Don Wattles
Hartwick, RBI Cage Squads Here Tonight
Rochester, Ithaca Loom As Saxon Foes
Tonight, two days before school closes down for Christmas vaca- tion, Alfred's Purple and Gold hardwood quintet will attempt to present Coach Danny Minnick with his first Christmas gift—a win over Hartwick College.
Still seeking their first win of the m a d e u t w o i n a row, trimming the
Sports Editor, Fiat Lux , Alfred University
Dear Sir:
In last week's issue of the
"Fiat" I noticed in a write-up' on the sports page an article
covering Alfred's 1941 foot- ball schedule. It mentioned opening the season with Rut- gers, and that Alfred had never before played Rutgers in football.
If you will check the records, you •will find that we opened Rut- gers' football season at New Brunswick, in September, 1925.
Rutgers led by a 7-3 score up to the last five minutes of the game.
They scored on a recovered punt fumbled by aur quarterback, for their touchdown. Yours truly kicked a field-goal from the 35 yard line for Alfred's 3 points.
Alfred had a small, light squad.
In those last five minutes, 9 of our 11 starters were removed from the game with injuries. Result was that Rutgers scored two more touchdowns in five minutes to win the game 19-3.
Rutgers had a rougn, tough out- fit. Ozzie Nelson, incidentally, was a scrub back on that team.
Now he's leading a band.
The year before, 1924, Rutgers was crowned as the best in the east with Hazel of their squad
• named an All-American.
I'm sure the records will prove all I've written.
Sincerely,
Lawrence E. Lobaugh, '27.
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The above was received this week and occasioned a look at the Fiat of December 3. The Rutgers article stated that the Connecticut team replaces Cort- land Normal on our schedule as only newcomer. The implication was that Rutgers is the only new-
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Purple Eagle Squads Down Saxon Varsity, Yearlings
Niagara University's powerful | Outscored only in the foul- high-scoring quintet shook off a
Saxon first-half hold, and surged forward to victory by a 43-28 score Tuesday evening at Ni- agara's St. Vincent Gymnasium.
The Purple Eagles, playing their second game of the current season
season the Saxons engage Hartwick this evening, opening the home basketball schedule at the gym. The game is scheduled to get under way at 8 o'clock, with the freshman meeting Rochester Business Institute in the preliminary at 6:30 o'clock.
Hartwick Looks Good
The Indians size up as a strong out- fit this year, with six veterans from They will line up with Jackie Wells, Lilliputian set-shot artist, at right forward; Doc Holley at left forward;
200 pound footballer Joe Casey at center; and Ray McMillan and Dan Martuscello at guards.
Casey has compiled an enviable record in his two years with the Iro- quois. His point-per-game average is seven points. Martuscello was the leading scorer of the outfit last year.
Alfred's starting -quintet will be chosen from Capt. Walter Johnson, Frank Trigilio, Ellie Hauth, Johnny Young, Bob Humphrey, Russ Pardee, Bob Whitwood, and Ralph Rhodes.
R.B.I. Has Experience Rochester Business Institute will doubtless prove to be tough compe- tition for the frosh. Two ex-college i players spark the business school
| team and are expected to show the
! greenies plenty of trouble.
Saturday night the Varsity travels to Rochester to meet Rochester Uni- versity for their last contest before January 11, after the Christmas re- cess.
On January 11, Ithaca College comes to Alfred for the first game of 1941.
Purple and Gold before a packed, shouting home crowd of 1000 fans.
Eagles Stymied First Half The High-flying Eagles with a tall, fast-passing, swift-moving offensive hit an air-pocket in the first half and stalled. The Saxons played tight de- fensive ball and with Johnny Young, Frank (Pike) Trigilio, Walter (Bo) i Johnson, Bob Whitwood, and Ellie Hauth playing almost the entire half, kept pace with t*heir favored rivals and closed the half four points in the rear, 18-14.
The second half was a different
^story. "Taps" Gallagher's boys, led by Jim McGuire, Nick Grunzweig, and Dan' DeSantis, answered the roaring chant of the crowd and in less than five minutes rolled up 15 points be- fore the Saxons again broke into the scoring column.
The much-publicized Gallaghermen play one more home game before starting east to meet such teams as Cornell and City College of New York.
With an experienced, talented fifteen-
conversion department Alfred's fast freshman cage squad staged a last-ditch rally against their brethren of Niagara University, Tuesday evening, and fell short by only four points.
Ludie Johnston again led the year- lings in the scoring column as he clicked for 24 points in sparking the last half surge that saw the Greenies make up a 21 point deficit, and come within an ace of passing the junior Eagles.
NYSA Stopped, 36-29 In Initial Cage Start
By Joe Gorman
First start of the season proved unsuccessful for the NYSA hardwood squad Saturday evening at the gym as a speedy Mans- field Teaehers quintet took the measure of the Aggies to a 36-29 tune.
Fritz Seegert df the home team sank six two-pointers from the floor and six fouj shots to lead the scor- ing with 18 points as the Ag team vainly tried to surmount the lead which Mansfield assumed from the first.
Half-time score showed the Teach-
10th at the gym when they meet the Cobleskill Aggies.
The box^score Moyer, rfNYSA Seegert, If Bouse, c McNeilly E rg
and
Each quintet marked up 21 double- , e ].g o u t i n f r o n t b y a g,i m t w ( J p o i n t g
deckers from the floor, but Niagara
| held the edge in foul conversions with 10 out of 18 as compared to the Saxon total of six out of nine.
The home team we^t into the lead from the starting gun to cash in for 17 points in the first quarter. ' At the end of this period Alfred had seven. The half score saw the Ni- agara team out in front by 21 points on the long end of a 39-18 count.
NIAGARA U'ROSH G F T Gasparovie, rf 8 4 19 E. Powell 1 0 2 Derkasch, If 2 1 5 J. Powell 0 0 0 Schmid, c 3 0 6 McCarthy 1 0 2 Fulham, rg 3 0 6 Cullen, lg 2 2 6 Orlowski 1 3 5
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Niagara looms as one of the most powerful teams on the eastern coast.
Sheridan Injured
For the Saxons Trigilio, Johnson and Hauth were the leading scorers, accounting for 21 points, while Young was outstanding defensively.
Niagara's ace forward Jim Sheridan will be lost to the squad for the next month. He was injured severely in the last period when he lost balance after tallying on a one-handed, pivot shot and landed on his head. It was The preliminary game that night will feared the he suffered a slight con- find the green-lidders stacking up
against Syracuse Business School.
comer to last season's schedule.
We were both right, and we were both wrong Mr. Lobaugh, and thanks for the story.
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Moravian College was recently honored by a visit from that man from Oklahoma, Sac and Fox Jim Thorpe. The college paper report- ed that Thorpe spoke a few words during his speech in his native
"Satin Fox" tongue.... And then there was the mournful young wrestler who thpoke with a lifchp and always beat his opponents with a thigh.. .Our sincere apolo- gies to the Intramural Weasels for likening them to a wrestling team. They really play a fine game of football....
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The Eagles' win margin came for the most part on foul conversions as they sank 11 to Alfred's two. The game marked the second defeat for the Saxons who are following the most difficult court schedule in re- cent years.
The box-score and summary:
ALFRED VARSITY G F T WWtwood,' If 1 0 2 Rhodes, r 1 0 2 Hauth 3 0 6 Johnson, c 4 1 9 Trigilio, rg 3 0 6 Humphrey 0 0 0 Young, lg i 1 3 Pardee 0 0 0
Totals r .13 28.
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Totals 21 10 52 ALFRED FROSH G F T Johnston, rf .-. 11 2 24 Knmakaris . 2 0 4 Aitken, If .'. . 3 0 6 Kulakowich, c 3 1 7 Jaworski, rg 1 3 4 Moore 0 0 0 Herbert, lg 1 0 2 Totals* 21 6 48 NIAGARA 17 39 43 52 ALFRED . . . . 9 18 35 48 Referee, Met. University of Rochester NIAGARA VARSITY G F T Sheridan, If 2 0 4 Brown 0 2 2 DeSantis. rf 2 5 9 Iafalla 2 0 4 Slabak. c 1 0 2 Grunzweig 4 0 8 Kane 0 0 0 Owens, rg 1 . 0 0 0 Campbell 0 0 0 MeGuire, lg 5 3 13 Laffen 0 1 1 Regan 0 0 0 Totals 16 11 43
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as they led 12-10, but as the second half advanced the visitors gradually increased their lead to a seven-point advantage. Captain Johnny Eggleton played a fine floor game for the Ag outfit.
The next game for the NYSA team comes on Friday evening, January
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6T 181 0O 22 Totals 10 9 29 MANSFIELD G F T Scurpon, rf 4 3 11 Crawley 0 o O MacDonaUl, If 3 0 6 Stavskv 2 0 4 Frenchko, <• 1 1 3 JacobsoD 2 2 6 Price, rg 1 0 2 Cunningham 0 0 0 Donne, lg 1 2 4, Butsavage 0 0 O
Totals 14 8 36
Five Contests Mark Campus Cage Card
Five Intramural games this week changed and pretty well crystallized the standings for the first half of the season.
Delta Sig, the Ellis Elephants and Kappa Psi were the busy teams, each played two games. Delta Sig met Klan Alpine in the key game of the week with the Klansmen barely eke- ing out a three point victory 24-21, to remain in sole possession of first place.
In the Delta's other game they tripped the Weasels 21-9 to stay alont in second spot in the standings.
Kappa Psi showed a distinct rever- sal of form in dropping twice, once to Lambda Chi 18-16, and once to the Ellis Elephants 37-31. The Elephants
dropped to the Toppers 19-30 to go into a tie with Lambda Chi for third place.
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reindeer has had his day,"
says the well-known Mr. Claus;
getting just as modern as the college crowd this year—I'm going by Greyhound and really enjoy my trip."
That's a break for the old fellow who's always giving everybody else a break. Like you, hell enjoy the warmth and comfort and friendliness of a Super-Coach trip.
Perhaps you'll meet him on your way home for the Holidays—anyway you'll think there's a Santa Claus around somewhere when you figure out how tnnch you save going by Greyhound.
Merry Christmas!
