THE FIAT LUX - AURA - Alfred University

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Liabilities?

• CHAPLAIN MCLEOD labelled fraternities and sororities as "moral and religious liabili- ties" in his Chapel talk last Friday while discussing the pending sorority pledging.

Editorially, the FIAT LUX is of a different mind. ' A review of the Chaplain's talk Is to be found on page one while the stand that the FIAT has taken on the issue is to be found on page two.

THE FIAT LUX Official News Organ of Alfred University

You Can't Fool

H i r s c h e y - M u c h !

Callista Pulls A Fast One;

A New Deal For Romance—

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Vol. XXVI. No. 16. Z-444 FIAT LUX, FEBRUARY 21, 1939, ALFRED, N Y. Student Box Holder

Chaplain Hits At Greek Groups In Chapel Talk;

Calls Them 'Liabilities'

• S P E A K I N G a s t h e d e a d l i n e f o r s o r o r i t y p l e d g i n g a p p r o a c h e s , Chap- l a i n J a m e s C. McLeod a t t a c k e d " f r a - t e r n i t i e s a n d s o r o r i t i e s a s m o r e of a m o r a l a n d r e l i g i o u s liability t h a n a n a s s e t , " in a chapel a d d r e s s F r i d a y m o r n i n g .

C h a p l a i n McLeod advised f r e s h m a n women 1 w h o a r e being r u s h e d by s o r o r i t i e s t o : first, secure i n f o r m a t i o n a n d be s u r e of y o u r f a c t s ; second, t a k e counsel w i t h p e r s o n s of e x p e r i e n c e ; t h i r d , choose w i t h absolute c a n d o r and unselfishness.

H e briefly listed t h e good p o i n t s a b o u t j o i n i n g a s o r o r i t y a s follows,

" I t will g i v e you a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o a s s o c i a t e w i t h people w h o a r e like- m i n d e d ; t o develop, s t r o n g , u l t i m a t e f r i e n d s h i p s w h i c h will l a s t well be- y o n d college; it m a y help you t o develop high, p e r s o n a l a n d social i d e a l s ; a n d l a s t l y — t h e only good reason f o r t h e i r e x i s t e n c e h e r e — i t w i l l g i v e you a h o m e a w a y f r o m h o m e and a n a l u m n i c o n t a c t a n d place to go w h e n you return, fas a n a l u m n a . "

D i s a d v a n t a g e s h e listed a s follows:

" S o r o r i t i e s a n d f r a t e r n i t i e s a l i k e h a v e a n e x c l u s i v e n e s s w h i c h s o m e t i m e s becomes s n o b b i s h n e s s ; t h e y h a v e a sel- fishness w h i c h m a y s e e k to w i n every- t h i n g f o r o n e ' s s o r o r i t y a t t h e cost of t e m p o r a r y or p e r m a n e n t h a r m t o o t h e r s ; you m a y follow in t h e groove a n d p l a c e p e r s o n a l a n d s o r o r i t y ad- v a n t a g e above t h e i n t e r e s t s of A l f r e d U n i v e r s i t y ; a n d in s p i t e of all t h e t a n g i b l e s t a t i s t i c s availahle—it does tiHil&'iurts eiaiiou^o ( n t w i w f v r ^ ^ uvea cost m o r e — d o n ' t k i d y o u r s e l f — t h e social a c t i v i t i e s , the J j e e p i n g up w i t h t h e s i s t e r s — i n t a s t e s aneHcfress—all t h e s e t h i n g s will add u p l a t e r t o m o r e expense. And a n o t h e r d i s a d v a n t a g e is t h a t m a n y h a v e s u f f e r e d in sororities f r o m h a b i t s not conducive t o good health or to a h i g h t y p e of citizenship."

"As t h e c h a p l a i n of t h e college a n d concerned w i t h t h e religious l i f e of the campus, f r a t e r n i t i e s a n d s o r o r i t i e s are, generally s p e a k i n g , m o r e of a moral and religious liability t h a n a n asset. T h e i r politics, t h e i r caste spirit, t h e i r m i n i m i z i n g of t h e c h u r c h , t h e i r s u b s e r v i e n c e a t t i m e s t o a n un- wholesome a l u m n i influence, a n d most of all to a f a l s e scale of social values which they i m p r e s s upon t h e s t u d e n t body, m a k e t h e m a® a w h o l e o f t i m e s a d e m o r a l i z i n g influence a n d even a vicious element i n college life. T h e r e a r e exceptions in e v e r y s t u d e n t gene- r a t i o n but w h e n a f r a t e r n i t y m a n or a s o r o r i t y w o m a n becomes a s p i r i t u a l leader of a college c a m p u s it i s a t r i b u t e t o t h e i r p e r s o n a l c h a r a c t e r .

" F i n a l l y , b e a r in m i n d t h a t t h e only reason s o r o r i t i e s s t a r t e d h e r e w a s t o solve a h o u s i n g problem a n d t h e basic reason t h e y h a v e c o n t i n u e d i s t h a t t h e problem h a s increased r a t h e r t h a n d i m i n i s h e d . If we h a d t w o m o r e d o r m i t o r i e s a s l a r g e a n d a s a d e q u a t e as t h e Brick, we would h a v e a h o u s e plan. T h e best colleges f o r w o m e n h a v e no s o r o r i t i e s a n d m a n y of t h e coed i n s t i t u t i o n s h a v e v o t e d t h e m out of existence."

200 Men Hear First A.U.C.A.

Lecture

• OVER 200 M E N crowded into t h e Allen L a b o r a t o r y l e c t u r e room, Sun- d a y night, to listen to P r o f e s s o r H.

O. B u r d i c k p r e s e n t a l e c t u r e , " T h e Biological A s p e c t s of M a r r i a g e " . T h i s is t h e first of a S u n d a y n i g h t s e r i e s ,

" P r o b l e m s of Modern A m e r i c a , " u n d e r t h e s p o n s o r s h i p of t h e A.U.C.A.

P r o f e s s o r B u r d i c k pointed o u t t h a t t h e biology t e a c h e r is b e t t e r fitted t o cope with e e x e d u c a t i o n t h a n a n y of t h e o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s of i n s t r u c - tion. H e d e v e l o p e d t h e a d v a n c e s in s e x e d u c a t i o n f r o m t h e p r u d e r y of a f e w d e c a d e s ago t o t h e m o d e r n college c o u r s e t r e n d . Finally, h e ex- plained t h e m e c h a n i c s of t h e m a l e a n d f e m a l e r e p r o d u c t i v e s y s t e m .

T h e d e t a i l e d , y e t v e r y lucid l e c t u r e w a s i n t e r s p e r s e d with o c c a s i o n a l h u m o r o u s allusions, which w e r e well received by t h e a u d i e n c e . P r o f e s s o r B u r d i c k will c o n t i n u e tlhe s e r i e s n e x t S u n d a y n i g h t a t 8 o'clock in t h e l a r g e l e c t u r e room of t h e Allen Lab- o r a t o r y .

Economics Head Initiated Into Delta Sigma Phi

• DR. RAYMOND H. L O U N S B U R Y , p r o f e s s o r of economics, 'wa® f o r m a l l y i n i t i a t e d i n t o A l p h a Z e t a c h a p t e r of Delta Sigima P h i f r a t e r n i t y S u n d a y .

Dr. L o u n s b u r y , a g r a d u a t e of Wes- leyan U n i v e r s i t y , who holds a Ph.D.

f r o m Cornell, c a m e t o A l f r e d a s h e a d of t h e d e p a r t m e n t of e c o n o m i c s in 1937.

Also initiated S u n d a y wa« W i l l i a m B. Ohenault, J r . '40, of Wellsville, a tra/nsfer f r o m Rice I n s t i t u t e .

R e c e n t l y H e n r y Banigert '39 w a s in- stalled a s v i c e - p r e s i d e n t of D e l t a Sig, s u c c e e d i n g M o n t g o m e r y S h o e m a k e r ex-'39, a n d W i l l i a m K n a p p '39 w a s in- stalled a s s e c r e t a r y , s u c c e e d i n g Ban- g e r t . R o b e r t O'Neill '40 is t h e n e w social c h a i r m a n of D e l t a Sig, a n d Richard Saanuelson '39, is t h e n e w house m a n a g e r .

Keramos Group Elects Seven

New Members

• K L A N A L P I N E " a c t e d a s h o s t to K e r a m o u s ' h o n o r a r y c e r a m i c engine- e r i n g group, T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g w h e n a m e e t i n g w a s held to elect n e w m e m b e r s t o tihe society. N e w mem- b e r s a r e a s f o l l o w s : R o b e r t P e r r y '39, M o n r o e Veazie '39, W i l l i a m K u n e s '40, W i l l i a m D r o h a n '40, N o r m a n Ken- d a l l '40, S t a n l e y S t a n i s l a y '40, and H o l l i s S a u n d e r s '40. A t a l k on organ- ic p l a s t i c s w a s g i v e n by Donald T u c k e r '39. T h i s w a s followed 'by a g e n e r a l d i s c u s s i o n of plastics.

Everything Set For Footlight Play Monday

• W I T H SPLENDID STAGING and unusual sound effects, "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis, will "happen here" next Monday evening at 8:15 in

A l u m n i Hall.

T h e theane of the play is principally a r e - a s s e r t a t i o n of t h e A m e r i c a n rights, d e m o c r a c y a n d g e n e r a l s c h e m e of t h i n g s . It is built aixiund D o r e m u s J e s s u p , a s m a l l N e w E n g l a n d town n e w s p a p e r editor. I t is a s s u m e d .that t h e c o u n t r y , t h r o u g h politics, is put u n d e r a d i c t a t o r s h i p . T h e r e a c t i o n Is p o r t r a y e d by t h e i n c i d e n t s in t h e lives of t h o s e living in t h e s m a l l t o w n . T h e play, of s e r i o u s n a t u r e , h a s a r a t h e r u n u s u a l e n d i n g b u t gives one a c h e e r f u l o u t l o o k f o r t h e 'best. It is t i m e d f o r t h e p r e s e n t o r n e v e r .

'This play, first in "book fonm, 'has b e e n p r o d u c e d b y d i f f e r e n t F e d e r a l T h e a t e r g r o u p s a s well a s toy ama- t e u r s . It is i n t e r e s t i n g to n o t t h a t S i n c l a i r L e w i s t h e a u t h o r , played t h e l e a d i n g r o l e w h e n it w a s produced l a s t s u m m e r by t h e S o u t h S h o r e play- e r s a t t h e T o w n Hall, Oohasset, M a s s a c h u s e t t s .

'39, will t a k e t h e J e s s u p . T h e c a s t M a y n a r d Noble

l e a d a s D o r e m u s follows :

D o i m e u s J e s s u p .

Houses Asked To Enter Floats In St. Pat Parade

• FRATERNITIES, sororities, dor- mitories and independent groups today were requested to enter floats in the parade which will open the Seventh Annual St. Pat- rick's Festival Thursday morning, March 16.

Herbert Mossien '39, parade and assembly chairman, announ- ced that the floats this year may have any theme desired by the entering group, and that the floats will be judged by a faculty committee on a basis of quality and originality.

In past years floats- have been restricted to the ceramic theme, but it w a s felt by the Festival Board that an extension of the scope of the t h e m e s would pro- vide a better representation of floats.

A plaque will be awarded to the group presenting the best float.

The parade will start at 10:30 on North Main Street and will pro- ceed to University street and thence to Alumni Hall, where St.

Patrick will make his speech.

Greeks To Vote On Second

Term Rushing

Board Announces Eleven Candidates For St. Pat Queen

'Citadel' Showing Tonight

• A. U. C. A. h a s s e c u r e d " T h e Cita- del," t h e " b e s t p i c t u r e of 1938" and is s h o w i n g it a t a b e n e f i t p e r f o r m a n c e t o n i g h t . T h e t i c k e t s a r e twenty-five c e n t s e a c h a n d m a y b e s e c u r e d a t t h e door.

H. O. B u r d i c k p r e s e n t e d t h e biological aspecfls of m a r r i a g e b e f o r e a g r o u p of i n t e r e s t e d m e n S u n d a y in A l l e n L a b o r a t o r y a t 8:00 p. m. Chap- l a i n McLeod w a s a l s o p r e s e n t to give t h e religious a n d s p i r i t u a l a s p e c t s

w h e r e e v e r 'they •seemed p e r t i n e n t .

Hell

Delta Sig, Kappa Psi Pledges Went Thru

It Last Week

• H E L L W E E K is o v e r f o r Delta Sig a n d K a p p a P s i pledges." N e o p h y t e s h a v e c a s t oil t h e i r u n d e r w e a r a la b u r l a p a n d ,have once m o r e r e s u m e d t h e i r n o r m a l s t a t u s .

T h e C o l l e g i a t e t o o k q u i t e a beating d u r i n g t h e p a s t w e e k . Am i n v e n t o r y w a s t a k e n w h i c h included t h e a r e a of t h e Collegiate i n s q u a r e h o t dogs and t h e n u m b e r of pieces of g u m left by i n d i v i d u a l s of t h e c a m p u s . One f r a t e r n i t y s t a g e d a p e a n u t r a c e which w a s r u n in t h r e e h e a t s .

S o r o r i t y h o u s e s h a v e c e a s e d to ans- w e r q u e s t i o n s w.hich could be classed a s p e r s o n a l . T h e t i t l e " H o n o r a b l e S i r " 'has b e e n d r o p p e d a n d " H i Fel- l o w s " s u b s t i t u t e d in i t s place. P l e d g e s m a y n o w s l e e p u n t i l 7:30 i n t h e morning. P l e d g e s w h o h a v e b e e n paddled politely b u t firmly h a v e p u t t h e i r pine b o a r d s a w a y a n d h a v e c e a s e d t o eat off f r o m m a n t l e s . Quiet h a s once m o r e e n v e l o p e d t h e c a m p u s .

. M a y n a r d Noble M a r y Greenliilll, d a u g h t e r of J e s s u p . .

J e a n V a n S t r e i n F o w l e r Green'hill, M a r y ' s h u s b a n d . . iirrn:.. ;—T-. .

vv i m a m o-'ci Lxiu\±y David Greehill, t h e i r spin

B e v e r l y Butterfield}"" 1 S h a d Ledue, h i r e d m a n , C o r p o officer

W a y n e Hood F r a n k Tasbrougfa, m a n u f a c t u r e r

J o h n H a l l o c k E. Stwan, c o m m i s s i o n e r

G-lidden Pa/rker G. F a l c k , college g r a d u a t e

Douglas B e a l s H e n r y Veeder, Mirs. V e d d e r , n e i g h b o r s

T h a d d e u s Clark, B e t t y T i m K a i s e r C l a r e n c e T u b b s , d r u g g i s t

J o e D a u c h y Don Wilgus, p r i n t s h o p f o r e m a n . . . . G e o r g e F e l d n e r

• SECOND S E M E S T E R f r a t e r n i t y r u s h i n g will be voted uipon t o m o r r o w n i g h t when t h e I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y Coun- c i l * m e e t s . Two y e a r s a g o t h e s a m e c o n t r o v e r s y c a m e up a n d w a s voted

«3 has CffliifiU Ero.vJaioiis w e r e made, h o w e v e r , t o begin r u s h -

gt, a m o n t h l a t e r t h a n in p r e v i o u s

Hobart College Debaters Here Tomorrow

• H O B A R T C O L L E G E will o p p o s e t h e A l f r e d d e b a t e r s t o m o r r o w a f t e r n o o n a t 3 o'clock a t t h e Social H a l l i n t h e first i n t e r c o l l e g i a t e d e b a t e of t h e sea- son f o r Alfred. T h e topic will b e : R e s o l v e d ; T h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s s h o u l d a d o p t a s y s t e m of socialized medicine, m a k i n g a v a i l a b l e to a l l c o m p l e t e m e d i c a l c a r e a t public ex- p e n s e .

Glenn A l t y '40, a n d J o h n H a l l o c k '42, will r e p r e s e n t A l f r e d a n d uphold t h e affirmative. F o l l o w i n g t h e c u s t o m e r y p r o c e d u r e of l a t e y e a r s , no decision will b e r e n d e r e d .

E a c h s i d e will give t w o t e n m i n u t e s p e e c h e s a n d will h a v e t w o five m i n u t e r e b u t t a l periods. All s t u d e n t s a r e invited t o a t t e n d .

•Henry B a n g e r t '39, p r e s i d e n t of the*

i n t e r f r a t e r n i t y Council, is s t r o n g l y i n f a v o r of t h è p r o p o s e d c h a n g e . ''It will," s a y s B a n g e r t , " e l i m i n a t e m a n y

•wrong choices a n d p a r t i c a l l y all de- p l e d g i n g : "

Lillian Sweeney Elected Latin Club President

• H O L D I N G its r e g u l a r meeting, t h e L a t i n Club m e t a t T h e t a Chi s o r o r i t y house, T u e s d a y n i g h t . T h e principal b u s i n e s s of t h e g r o u p w a s to elect a n e w p r e s i d e n t to t a k e t h e place of e x - p r e s i d e n t Marion I m m e d i a t e , who did n o t r e t u r n to college this s e m e s t e r , a n d to s e l e c t t h e n e w m e m b e r s f o r t h e club f r o m t h e f r e s h m a n class.

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Lillian S w e e n e y '40, w a s chosen p r e s i d e n t by t h e g r o u p ; Madeline S h o r t '40, v i c e - p r e s i d e n t ; a n d Berna- d i n e E b e r l '39, s e c r e b a r y - t r e a s u r e r . Fulfilling t h e qualifications of h a v i n g

Board Quiet On St. Pat Selection

• ONE OF THE 33 senior cer- amic engineers and glass tech- nologists is racking his brain to- day for quips and cracks to in- clude in his St. Patrick's speech

f o r t h e c e r a m i c f e s t i v a l a s s e m b l y which will b e .held T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g , M a r c h 16.

T h e i d e n t i t y of t h i s pseudo-St. P a t - r i c k is k n o w n o n l y t o t h e f e s t i v a l b o a r d m e m b e r s . H e w a s e l e c t e d a t a m e e t i n g of t h e e n t i r e s e n i o r e n g i n e e r - ing c l a s s l a s t w e e k .

H e will play t h e r o l e w h i c h h a s b e e n t a k e n i n r e c e n t y e a r s by B e r t Lynn, J a c k M e r r i a m , iMajor L a m p m a n a n d Gilbert Smigrod. H e will m a k e h i s a p p e a r a n c e in s o m e n o v e l f a s h i o n T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g , M a f C h 16, j u s t i n t i m e to lead t h e St. P a t ' s p a r a d e t o A l u m n i Hall. In p r e v i o u s y e a r s St.

P a l h a s come in a coffin, via t h e Good Ship Half-Moon, a n d in o t h e r u n u s u a l w a y s .

" S t . P a t r i c k " will r e i g n o v e r t h e a s s e m b l y , t o s s i n g h i s b a r b e d wittic- i s m s a t s t u d e n t s a n d f a c u l t y , a n d tapping s e n i o r e n g i n e e r s , f a c u l t y .mem- b e r s a n d i n d u s t r i a l m e n i n t o t h e Royal O r d e r of t h e K n i g h t s of S t . P a t r i c k , .i JBacih, kuisrht-elect j u u s k e i t h e r a n s w e r a q u e s t i o n p r o p o s e d H i y St. P a t or k i s s -the B l a r n e y S t o n e .

T h r o u g h J o e P r o e , f e s t i v a l b o a r d chairman., S t . P a t t o d a y r e q u e s t e d a l l f r o s h m e n t o p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e p a r a d e which o p e n s t h e c e l e b r a t i o n a n d t o c a r r y "sliillalahs". T h e shillalah, s a y s W e b s t e r , is " a n o a k e n cud'gel u s e d by I r i s h m e n , a n d g e t s its n a m e f r o m t h e f o r e s t of Shillalah, f a m o u s f o r i t s oaks."

St. P a t did n o t s p e c i f y t h a t t h e c l u b s c a r r i e d by t h e f r o s h b e o a k e n , but h e h o p e s to s e e a t l e a s t t h r e e - s c o r e h u s k y f r e s h m e n m a r c h i n g in t h e p a r a d e w i t h s h i l l a l a h s o n t h e i r s h o u l d e r s .

Rushing

Ends Today

• ELEVEN CO-EDS—six seniors and five juniors—were elected a s candidates for the crown of Seventh Annual St. Patrick's Festival Queen last Thursday in

a s t u d e n t body v o t e in a s s e m b l y , i t w a s a n n o u n c e d t o d a y b y t h e c e r a m i e f e s t i v a l board.

T h e c a n d i d a t e s , l i s t e d a l p h a b e t i c a l - ly, a r e : t

K a y B o r m a n , B e a t r i c e Collins, F r a n c e s DeWitt, B l a n c h e Field, Rose- m a r y H a l l e n b e c k , T h e l m a House, Bet- s e y Ryder, M a d e l i n e S'hort, M a r g a r e t Smith, N o r m a W i t s c h i e b e n , M o n a W r i g h t .

T h e q u e e n will b e s e l e c t e d f r o m t h e s e 11 c a n d i d a t e s a t a l a t e r d a t e . S'he will be c r o w n e d Q u e e n of t h e F e s t i v a l a t « o r o n a t i o n c e r e m o n i e s j u s t b e f o r e i n t e r m i s s i o n a t t h e -formal b a l l w h i c h c l i m a x t h e two-day f e s t i v a l Fri- d a y evening, March! 17. T h e o t h e r 10 c a n d i d a t e s will a c t a s a t t e n d a n t s t o t h e Queen.

T h e 1939 q u e e n will be t h e s e v e n t h i n a line of A l f r e d U n i v e r s i t y co-ed t o r u l e o v e r a c e r a m i c f e s t i v a l . T h e first St. P a t ' s Q u e e n rwas E l s i e Bon- net, in 1933; t h e n c a m e H e l e n P a l m e r in 1934, A d e l a i d e B o r t o n in 1935, A g n e s Broich in 1936, R u t h W i l s o n in 1937 a n d L o i s B u r d e t t i n 1938.

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• T O N I G H T M A R K S t h e e n d i n g of a n i n t e n s i v e period of s o r o r i t y r u s h - ing. F o r t h e t w o week period, r u s h e e s h a v e b e e n i n v i t e d t o d i n e a t t h e v a r i - ous h o u s e s o n T u e s d a y , W e d n e s d a y , t a k e n o n e y e a r of L a t i n a n d 'having a n d T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g s a n d o n Sun- b e e n in t h e c o l l e g e f o r o n e s e m e s t e r ,

t h e f o l l o w i n g w e r e voted in a s m e m - b e r s of t h e c l u b : H e l e n C r a w f o r d '42, A u d r e y P l a c e '42, R i c h a r d L e w i s '41, M a r j o r i e E i s s '42, E l e a n o r Driscoll '41, J e a n M e r r i t t '42, a n d Doris Simp- son. '41.

d a y noon.

T o m o r r o w will b e a d a y of s i l e n c e . Silence m a y b e defined a s m e r e l y s a y - ing "Hello". C a r d s will b e s e n t o u t tomorrow, a n d i n t h e evening, t h e r u s h e e s will m e e t to sign t h e i r pre- f e r e n t i a l slips.

Ag Students Attend Meet

• E L E V E N A G R I C U L T U R A L STU- D e n t s a t t e n d e d t h e F a r m a n d H o m e W e e k c o n v e n t i o n a t t h e Cornell Uni- v e r s i t y l a s t week.

T h e r e w e r e m a n y i n t e r e s t i n g ex- h i b i t s a n d d e m o n s t r a t i o n s i n f a r m i n g a n d economics. T h e e s t i m a t e d 20,000 visitors l i s t e n e d t o a well r o u n d e d p r o g r a m of l e c t u r e s a n d a t t e n d e d m a n y j u d g i n g c o n t e s t s .

Of t h e m o r e d i s t i n g u i s h e d visitors a n d s p e a k e r s w e r e Mrs. F r a n k l i n D.

Roosevelt; Governor H e r b e r t H. Leh- m a n ; Dr. E d m o n d Day, P r e s i d e n t of Cornell U n i v e r s i t y ; D e a n H a g a o of t h e N e w York S t a t e V e t e r i n a r i a n Col- l e g e ; F . B. Morrison, a u t h o r of " F e e d s a n d F e e d i n g " ; P r o f . E. L. Wortihen, a u t h o r of " F a r m Soils," a t e x t used by t h e Ag s t u d e n t s .

A g e n e r a l a c t i v e p r o g r a m w a s ar- r a n g e d f o r e a c h e v e n i n g i n c l u d i n g the Cornell-Colgate b a s k e t b a l l g a m e Tues- d a y evening.

French Week Celebration To Begin Next Sunday

• T H E F I R S T W E E K in March, f r o m F e b r u a r y 26 to M a r c h 4, will b e cele- b r a t e d a s F r e n c h W ß e k b y A l f r e d ' s F r e n c h D e p a r t m e n t . Ttye • t h e m e of the c e l e b r a t i o n will be " F r e n c h Civil- ization in A m e r i c a , " w i t h p a r t i c u l a r e m p h a s i s on G a s p e s i e a n d N e w Or- leans.

A special carillon r e c i t a l of F r e n c h songs o n S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n , F e b r u a r y 26, will o p e n t h e w e e k ' s a c t i v i t i e s .

W e d n e s d a y evening, M a r c h 1, t h e d r a m a t i c F r e n c h film "Mayerling,"

s t a r r i n g C h a r l e s B o y e r a n d Danielle Darrieux, will be shown in A l u m n i Hall.

T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g a b a n q u e t will b e given a t t h e Coffee S h o p f o r all members of t h e F r e n c h C l u b , a n d f o r t h o s e s t u d e n t s w h o r e c e i v e d a n A in F r e n c h . Guests will i n c l u d e Dr. J o h n C h a r l e s from t h e A l f r e d E x t e n s i o n a t J a m e s - town, M i s s M a r y W a l t e r s f r o m Wells- ville H i g h School, M r s . A n d e r s o n a n d Madame J e a n n i n e (from Hornell.

E v e r y a f t e r n o o n a t f o u r o'clock t h e r e will be a s a l e of g o u t e r s ( F r e n c h p a s t r y ) a t t h e Box of Books.

Monday, T u e s d a y , a n d W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n s a t 4:30, p i c t u r e s a n d slides will be s h o w n i n K e n y o n Hall.

E x p o s i t i o n s o n F r e n c h life and civil- ization in A m e r i c a will be in t h e li- b r a r y , Miss C o a t ' s s t o r e , a n d K e n y o n Hall.

F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n a hike, in which all p a r t i c i p a t e in s i n g i n g F r e n c h songs,

will b r i n g t h e w e e k ' s f e s t i v i t i e s t o a close.

T h e f o l l o w i n g a r e on t h e c o m m i t - t e e s : R e b b e c c a Vail '40, A n n e m a r i e L u s t i g '40, M a r g a r e t L a w r e n c e '40, R a c h e l S a u n d e r s '39, Ooncetta R u s s o '39, J e a n M i l l s p a u g h '41, J a n e Col- b e r g '41, B e r n a d i n e E b e r l '39, P e g g y Olney '41, A g n e s B e n j a m i n '39, T o n y Cimlno '40, R o n a l d Bald '39, W i l l i a m D e r m o d y '39, A d r i e n n e O w r e '40, Wal- t e r Robinson '42.

Brief s k e t c h e s of t h e c a n d i d a t e s an<t t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s follow:

K a y Bonman, l i b e r a l a r t s s e n i o r , p r e s i d e n t of S i g m a Chi N u , F o r u m C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n , S t u d e n t L i f e C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n , F i a t L u x So- ciety E d i t o r , f o r m e r W. S. G. s e c r e - t a r y .

B e a t r i c e Collins, l i b e r a l a r t s senior, social c h a i r m a n of T h e t a T h e t a Chi, s e c r e t a r y of S t u d e n t S e n a t e , s e c r e t a r y of s e n i o r class.

F r a n c e s D e W i t t , Ceramic a r t j u n i o r , m e m b e r of T h e t a T h e t a Chi, C e r a m i c Guild.

B l a n c h e Field, c e r a m i c a r t j u n i o r , p r e s i d e n t of t h e Brick, p r e s i d e n t of jiinior c l a s s , W . S. G. r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , I n d e p e n d e n t s ' executive board.

R o s e m a r y H a l l e n b e c k , liberal a r t s senior, p r e s i d e n t of T h e t a T h e t a Chi, e d i t o r of Saxonian, t r e a s u r e r of T h e t a A l p h a P h i a n d F o o t l i g h t Club, presi- d e n t of Spanish' Club.

T h e l m a House, c e r a m i c a r t s e n i o r , h o u s e m a n a g e r of T h e t a T h e t a Chi, F o r u m C o m m i t t e e , choir,

a t h l e t i c s .

B e t s e y R y d e r , c e r a m i c a r t j u n i o r , a l u m n i s e c r e t a r y of P h i A l p h a P i , F i a t L u x r e p o r t e r , C e r a m i c Guild.

M a d e l i n e S h o r t , liberal a r t s j u n i o r , m e m b e r of S i g m a Chi Nu, W. S. G.

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e .

M a r g a r e t S m i t h , l i b e r a l a r t s j u n i o r , t r a n s f e r f r o m N i a g a r a U n i v e r s i t y Ex- t e n s i o n in R o c h e s t e r .

N o r m a W i t s c h i e b e n , l i b e r a l a r t a s e n i o r , s o r o r i t y t r e a s u r e r of P i A l p h a Pi, p r e s i d e n t of W . S. G., choir, liter- a r y e d i t o r of K a n a k a d e a .

Mona Wrigiht, c e r a m i c a r t s e n i o r , a l u m n i c o r r e s p o n d e n t of Sigima Chi Nu, S t u d e n t S e n a t e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e . C e r a m i c Guild.

w o m e n s

Dean Drake To Discuss Changing Governments

• CHANGING G O V E R N M E N T S will be t h e topic of a t a l k by D e a n M. E . Drake, t o m o r r o w nigth, a t t h e m e e t - i n g of t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l R e l a t i o n s Club. T h e m e e t i n g will be h e l d a t 8 o'clock i n R o o m 3 of K a n a k a d e a Hall. All i n t e r e s t e d a r e invited t o

attend.

Festival Ball Band To Be Seen In Movie

• MAL H A L L E T T ' S O R C H E S T R A will be s e e n a n d h e a r d i n A s s e m b l y , T h u r s d a y , i n one of a s e r i e s of m o v i e s h o r t s . A l s o o n t h e p r o g r a m will b e t h e l a t e s t i s s u e of t h e M a r c h Of T i m e .

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Page Two F I A T LUX, FEBRUARY 21, 1939, A L F R E D , N. Y.

T h e F i a t L u x

Official N e w s Organ 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, 1913, at the postoffice in Alfred, N. Y. under Act of March 3, 1879.. Subscription ti.SO yearly.

Member of the Intercollegiate Newspaper Association of the Middle Atlantic States and Associated Collegiate Press.

Represented for national advertising by National Advertis- ing Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave., New York City, N. Y.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF . John L. Dougherty, Jr.

B U S I N E S S MANAGER Bernard Spiro

ASSOCIATE EDITOR , . Owre

S T A F F EDITORS:

NEWS Ray Zurer '40 MAKEUP Jack B. Moore '42 ASSISTANT NEWS .' Margaret Olnev '41 SPORTS Robert Corey '39 AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL Joseph Cvwinski '40 SOCIETY Kay Borman '30 CERAMIC COLLEGE Susie Kolil '40 HEAD PROOFREADER Margaret Chester '39 B U S I N E S S S T A F F :

ADVERTISING MANAGER William Drohan LOCAL ADVERTISING George Ward CIRCULATION MANAGER Ogareta Ehret ALUMNI CIRCULATION Robert Ayresr ADVERTISING CIRCULATION . . Carole Sheldon '41 SECRETARY Marjorle Eiss '42 SOLICITORS—Rita Hussong '42. Edwin Szybillo '42,

Sol Dambowlc '42, William Parry '42

REPORTERS : Betsy Ryder '40, Mildred Wesp '40, Eliza- beth Curtis '40, Rebecca Vail '40, Marguerite Carpenter '40, Ruth Davie '39, Jane Colberg '41, W. Blewett Chenault '41, Audrey Place '42. A1 Dyer '39, Virginia Engbers '40, John Daggett '41. Sophia Perry '42. Alan Parks '42, James Tim- mens '42, William Landis '42, Malcolm Beals '42, Betsy Obrig '42. Joe Bogardus '42. John Hallock '42.

SPORTS REPORTERS: Isadore Goldenberg '39, Jack Haecker '41, A1 Friedlander '41, Ernie Nadelstein '41, James Scholes '42.

AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL REPORTERS : John Sciortino '39, Richard Wilcoxx '39, Anthony Macellaro '39. Frank .Petaccia '40. LeRoy Wilson '40, Louise Lansing '40, Jose-

phine Simeone '40

TUESDAY, F E B R U A R Y 21, 1939

An untimely message

• A N E W NOTE was injected into the hustle and bustle of sorority rushing last week when Chaplain J a m e s C. McLeod told a chapel audience t h a t "fraternities and sororities, gen- erally speaking, are more of a moral and re- ligious liability t h a n an asset." I t was a well-timed speech if it was intended to raise honest doubts in the minds of undecided fresh- man women and to stimulate them to think clearly and to make their decisions wisey. If, however, it was the first step in a

movement t o w a r d abolishing sororities in f a v o r of living groups £||d 4ormitorie?

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Our f r e s h i n W V o m ^ n lta^e h a d a semester to decide whether or not they w a n t to join a sonority; their problem this week is to decide which one. The implication t h a t the Greek groups are demoralizing a n d anti-religious—

an implication which we r e f u s e to believe is true—merely confuses the issue and adds a note of f e a r to the already-coxifused minds of the f r e s h m a n women.

There are many a t t e m p t s to f a t h o m the reasons f o r this generation's a p p a r e n t lack of religious interest. This is t h e first time we have heard the buck passed to f r a t e r n i t i e s and sororities. Chaplain McLeod stated t h a t many persons abandoned church-going because of razing f r o m their brothers and sisters. W e feel t h a t statement u n t r u e or valueless. Bro- therhood and sisterhood in its highest sense allows the individual to follow his own re- ligious pursuits and express his own individual will; there is no attempt to coerce the b r o t h e r to go to church or to stay away f r o m church.

A n d if this generation is so wishy-washy t h a t its religion will not stand the test of scoffing, its religion is not worth bothering with.

The accusation t h a t sororities have

" h a b i t s not conducive to good health or to a high type of citizenship" is no more t r u e of sororities t h a n of women in any of "the best colleges f o r women which have no sororities.'' The statement is not only too general b u t is capable of many interpretations and needs clarification.

The big point at issue, however, is not the t r u t h or falsehood of these statements, b u t the time at which they come. Their appearance so soon before pledging creates the impression t h a t w h a t was said is absolutely true, and al- lows these same freshmen, who need clear thinking more t h a n anything d u r i n g the try- ing days of rushing, no time to consider clear- ly the charges and other possible explanations.

You have a r i g h t to say it, chaplain, b u t say- ing it a t this time loo"ks like an a t t e m p t to throw a wrench in the machinery and wreck the whole system, not an a t t e m p t to advise the individual how to choose. The way to abolish sororities is not to convince f r e s h m a n women t h a t sororities are bad f o r their religion and their morals. Until a better prospect of liv- ing and social conditions is in the offing, we who desire the best living conditions and the best social leadership must cling to these Gfreek groups.

Honoring St. Patrick

• F I F T E E N HUNDRED Y E A R S AGO a de- vout Catholic converted the Emerald Isle to Christianity, drove the snakes out of Erin,

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and introduced ceramic a r t s and c r a f t s to the people of the land. Next month, Alfred's stu- dents will honor St. P a t r i c k as the patron of engineering, and especially ceramic engineer- ing. The traditional " W e a r i n g of the Green,"

the St. P a t ' s speech and tapping of senior en- gineers into the Royal Order of the Knights of St. Patrick, the carrying of shillalahs—all these will help to build up the festive spirit which will rule Alfred for two days.

The 1939 St. P a t r i c k ' s Festival Board is doing a fine job in planning the celebration to honor the patron saint. The selection of Mai Hallett and his orchestra to play f o r the formal ball has met with the general acclaim of the student body. This week the 11 candidates f o r the crown of Festival Queen were chosen by student vote in a democratic fashion.

Parade, assembly, movie, tea dance, open house and variety show plans are moving ahead. F o r the first time in the history of A l f r e d dances, professional decorators have been hired to convert the college gymnasium into the height of festive halls.

The rest of the story lies in the hands of the student body. The board needs the co- operation of every student in working up festival enthusiasm and getting a ticket f o r the festival. With your help, we'll give St.

P a t a royal welcome March 16 and 17. *

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C o l l e g e T O W N -

Hirschey names a drummer Callista puts one over

Two embarrassed freshmen

BY THE EDITORS

• L E F T Y H I R S C H F E L D , the jitterbugging president of Kappa Nu, is a renowned swing- band fan. He can tell you the middle name of every first trumpeter in Harlem or a t the F a m o u s Door. His cousin leads one of thè

h o t t e s t o r c h e s t r a s . H i s r e c o r d c o l l e c t i o n r u n s t h e g a m u t f r o m E l l a F i t z g e r a l d t o F a t s W a l l e r . So w h e n H i r s c h e y m a k e s a m u s i c a l c o m m e n t , i t ' s t a k e n . a s s t r a i g h t s t u f f . y,, * ! T h e o t h e r d a y H i r a c h a n d ¡his g a n g w e r e hud- ^ d i e d a r o u n d t h e K N r a d i o t w i r l i n g t h e d i a l w h e n a n a n n o u n c e d d r u m m e r b e g a n b e a t i n g itv o u t . K i r s c h

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w e n t on to p o i n t o u t t h e l i t t l e units' of s t y l e , J h a t * m a k e C h i c k W e b b t h é k i n g of t h e d r u m s . T h é g a n g f

g a t h e r e d a r o u n d f o r t h e d r u m s e s s i o n w h e n s u d d e n l y ' t h e m u s i c s t o p p e d a n d t h e a n n o u n c e r s a i d , ...

" Y o u h a v e been, l i s t e n i n g t o a p r o g r a m of na-- t i v e m u s i c b y t h e A f r i c a n U b a n g i t r i b e , p l a y i n g f r o m M a d i s o n S q u a r e G a r d e n i n N e w Y o r k C i t y . "

W a s L e f t y ' s iface r e d !

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» W E T H O U G H T Dick Callista '40 w a s strictly a m u s c l e man, a husky football guard w h o let some- body e l s e call t h e s i g n a l s . But t h i s w e e k Callista definitely established h i m s e l f a s a brainy guy. Bill

Landis, a ceramic art f r e s h m a n , and Callista and s o m e others w e r e playing in t h e s n o w on t h e Brick Lawn Saturday afternoon w h e n a little s n o w sculp- turing w a s s u g g e s t e d . "What'll w e make" w a s Landis' query. Callista s u g g e s t e d a sphinx and t h e b o y s assiduously w e n t to work, with Dick rolling up the s n o w and Bill doing t h e sculpturing. T h e .finish- ed product w a s a v e r i t a b l e work of art.

W h e r e does Cailista's brain c o m e in? Well, Dick is a Delta Sig pledge and Bill is a T h e t a Nu pledge. And t h e Delta Sig symbol is t h e Sphinx.

And Landis worked t w o hours producing a Delta Sig Sphinx without knowing it. Callista is still laughing.

» S L U G G E R R E E D , m u s c l e m a n of t h e j u n i o r en- g i n e e r i n g c l a s s , h a s a n e w n i c k n a m e — " P u l l - t h e - s h a d e " R e e d . W h i l e Dr. M u r r a y J. R i c e w a s in- v o l v e d in a d e e p d i s c u s s i o n of t h e p r o b l e m s of phys- i c a l c h e m i s t r y i n a l e c t u r e t h e o t h e r m o r n i n g , h e a s k e d if a n y o n e h a d a n y question's. R e e d b u r s t o u t w i t h , " W i l l s o m e o n e p l e a s e p u l l t h a t s h a d e d o w n ? "

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• E M B A R R A S S E D S T U D E N T S of t h e w e e k w e r e G l o r i a D r a k e '42 a n d B e t t y S t a n g l '42, w h o strolled n o n c h a l a n t l y i n t o t h e a l l - m a l e c l a s s i n m o n e y and b a n k i n g F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n l o o k i n g f o r P r o f . Burditt, w h o s e office a d j o i n s t h e l e c t u r e r o o m . T h e y had ' b e e n u r g e d i n t o t h e r o o m o n t h e a s s u r a n c e s of a c o u p l e of t h e t a r d y imoney a n d b a n k e r s t h a t i t was a l l r i g h t to go in. Gloria, «nonplussed a t finding the, d o o r locked, t u r n e d t o t h e p r o f e s s o r a n d d e m a n d e d ,

" A r e t h e y k i d d i n g m e ? I t h i n k w e ' v e b e e n f r a m e d ! " * • *

• S C I E N C E m a r c h e s o n ! D r . W . M. Mansion, in- v e n t o r of t h e o r i g i n a l l i e - d e t e c t o r , h a s i n v e n t e d a n e w g a d g e t w h i c h i s g u a r a n t e e d t o s h o w :

1. W h e t h e r a h u s b a n d i s in love w i t h h i s wife, a n d if not, w h y n o t .

2. W h e t h e r t h e s u b j e c t m a r r i e d f o r love or m o n e y .

3. W h e t h e r t h e love, if a n y , i s b a s e d o n h i g h e r e m o t i o n s o r j u s t p l a i n p a s s i o n .

B y t e s t i n g a c o m b i n a t i o n of blood p r e s s u r e and b r e a t h i n g , s a y s t h e D r e x e l T r i a n g l e , t h e m a c h i n e c a n t e l l w h e t h e r a s u b j e c t is t e l l i n g t h e t r u t h or l y i n g I t l o o k s l i k e a n e w e r a i n r o m a n c e ; poker f a c e s a n d p a s s i o n a t e l o v e s p e e c h e s will go b y the b o a r d a s t h e s u s p i c i o u s d a m s e l h i t c h e s a m e c h a n i c a l .gadget t o y o u r l e f t a r m a n d s a y s , " Y o u ' r e a liar, d e a r ! " A l f r e d b e i n g a s s e c l u d e d a s it is, w e un- l u c k y m a l e s w h o will be t h e v i c t i m s of s u c h a n in- v e n t i o n a r e (hoping t h a t o u r c l o i s t e r e d w a l l s will p r o t e c t u s f r o m t h i s a d v a n c e Of s c i e n c e .

SOCIAL NOTES

FROM OUNS U TO NO/EME&R4. 1785»

ONSRBEIN UNIV.

HAD ÔJT1W0 FAC- ULTY DEATHS DURING

A 60-YEAR PERIOD.

Raw meat and barley meal

Theos Bernard plans to go back to land of Tibetans

• THEO8 BERNAT7!. Forum lec- turer Wednesday night, was ushered into the Collegiate after his talk by Chaplain J. C. McLeod.

He was engaged in an impromptu conversation by several Alfred stu- dents. John Daggett '41, Fiat re- porter, set down the following re- marks. which Mr. Bernard made during the discussion. The quotes are not direct, but give the general text of Mr. Bernard's remark.

I'll h a v e a b o w l of s h r e d d e d w h e a t a n d a b o t t l e of m i l k — i t ' s a h a b b i t I ' v e g o t t e n i n t o — e a t i t e v e r y n i g h t . Did I a c t u a l l y e a t t h e n a t i v e r a w m e a t a n d b a r l e y m e a l qf T i b e t ? Y e s , a n d e n j o y e d i t too. I l e a r n e d t o l i k e r a w m e a t f r o m e a t i n g j e r k y , b a r k Arizona,;«

w h e n I w a s y o u n g . B u t t e r e d t e a ? ' T h a t ' s ' ^ f a v o r i t e bgyer&ge of t h e T i b e t a n s . " ^ t f é J H i S n ^ p 'a h u n k at t e a — i t l o o k s l i k e a h u n g of b l a c k c h e w i n g t o b a c c o — a n d a d d .rancid b u t t e r — t h e o l d e r t h e b e t t e r — a n d d r i n k t h é v i l e s m e l l i n g m i x t u r e s e v e r a l t i m e s a d a y .

W h i t e m e n in T i b e t ? No, t h e y k e e p t h e m o u t . T h e y h a v e s e e n t h a t w h e r e v e r t h e w h i t e m a n g o e s , a n a r m y s o o n f o l l o w s . T i b e t is p r o b a b l y t h e o n l y p l a c e i n t h e w o r l d t h a t n e v e r k n e w of o u r g r e a t d e p r e s s i o n . T h e y d o n ' t h a v e d e p r e s s i o n s . Yes, t h e y .have m a n y b e g g a r s , s o d o w e h a v e m a n y un- e m p l o y e d . B u t b e g g i n g i n T i b e t i s a p r o f e s s i o n , a 'sort of a c a s t e . I t p l e a s e s t h e d e i t y f o r t h e r i c h to g i v e , t h e r e f o r e .there m u s t b e s o m e o n e to g i v e t o — s o i t w o r k s b o t h w a y s . And t h e r e w a s o n e p o o r b e g g a r .who s a v e d u p his a l m s u n t i l , o n t h e d a y of a r e l i g i o u s c e r e m o n y , h e g a v e e a c h of 2,000 L a m a s a ¡fraction of a c e n t a p i e c e .

T h e p i c t u r e , " L o s t H o r i z o n , "

a c h i e v e d a r e m a r k a b l e s i m i l a r i t y t o t h e a p p r o a c h t o t h e . m o n a s t a r i e s of T i b e t i n i t s c o n c e p t i o n of t h e e n t r a n c e t o t h e b e a u t i f u l S h a n g r i - L a . T h e t r a v e l l e r c r o s s e s a v a s t ' p l a i n a t a v e r y .high e l e v a t i o n — a cold w i n d a l w a y s s w e e p s a c r o s s t h e p a r m a n a n t l y i c y t e r r a i n — a t a n y m o m e n t a g r e a t b l i z z a r d m a y d e s c e n d u p o n h i m c a u s i n g c e r t a i n d e a t h if h e i s still o u t o n , t h e p l a t e a u — a n d finally h e c o m e s i n t o a s t r i k i n g l y b e a u t i f u l c o u n t r y w i t h f r a g r a n t flowers, a b u n d a n t v e g e t a - t i o n , a n d c o m f o r t a b l e s u r r o u n d - i n g s .

M y b a c k g r o u n d ? I s t a r t e d o u t to b e c o m e a M e t h o d i s t M i n i s t e r , b u t I l i k e d t h i n k i n g b e t t e r t h a n b e l i e v i n g w i t h o u t t h i n k i n g , s o I b e c a m e a . s t u d e n t of p h i l o s o p h y . If a n y o t h e r m a n b a s a t h o u g h t o r i d e a w h i c h I d o n ' t k n o w a b o u t I w a n t to l e a r n a l l I c a n a b o u t it.

T h e E a s t e r n e r s a r e m u c h v a s t e r a n d d e e p e r t h i n k e r s t h a n w e a r e . T h e y s p e n d y e a r s c o n c e n t r a t i n g o n o n e s i n g l e t h i n g — w e h a v e to h a v e a v a c a t i o n e v e r y t h r e e m o n t h s . Boy, s o m e s h r e d d e d w h e a t a n d m i l k , p l e a s e . My c o l l e g e activi- t i e s ? I w e n t t h r o u g h c o l l e g e w a s h - i n g d i s h e s . A n d I p l a y e d f o o t b a l l , r a n c r o s s - c o u n t r y , s w a m , a n d d i d t h e 100 i n 10. I u s e d t o g e t u p a t g a . m . i n o r d e r to w a s h d i s h e s a n d s w i m a m i l e b e f o r e c l a s s e s .

Y e s , I ' m g o i n g b a c k t o T i b e t . I ' m g o i n g to w a l k a c r o s s A s i a f r o m R u s s i a t o C h i n a . I'll s t a r t i n a b o u t 'two y e a r s if a w a r d o e s n ' t

i n t e r f e r e .'before t h e n . No, I d o n ' t m e a n a w a r i n t h e f a r e a s t , I m e a n a F r e n c h , G e r m a n , E n g l i s h , I t a l i a n , R u s s i a n w a r . I will t a k e a b o u t five y e a r s t o c o m p l e t e m y w o r k — you c a n c o m e a l o n g if y o u w a n t to.

Anti-fascist play actors live their parts backstage

By Bill Landis

Fiat Staff Reporter

• CORiPO S O L D I E R S a n d o f f i c e r s s t r e a m i n a n d o u t of t h e Corpo bar- r a c k s d u r i n g r e h e a r s a l s of t h e

play, " I t C a n ' t H a p p e n h e r e " . Sev- e r n ! m i l i t a r i s t i c m e m b e r s o t t h e _

c a s t h a v e fixed u p a ' B a r r a c k w i t h a l l t h e t r i m m i n g s i n .the d r e s s i n g r o o m 6 t A l u m n i w a n .

P r o p a g a n d a g a l o r e h a n g s on t h e w a l l s , b u t i t is a v e r y o d d t y p e of p r o p a g a n d a , a s w h o w o u l d w a n t t o j o i n a n a r m y When t h e p o s t e r s s h o w n o t h i n g b u t s i g n s of d e a t h a n d g o r e ? A l a r g e p o s t e r , f o r in- s t a n c e , r e a d s t h a t , C o r p o s M a k e M e n " ; b u t t h e p i c t u r e s p a s t e d o n t h e p o s t e r s h o w w o u n d e d s o l d i e r s a n d a v e r y u n c o n v i n c i n g c e m e t e r y of d i l a p i d a t e d w o o d e n c r o s s e s .

T h e p i c t u r e of t h e Oonpos' idol, S e n a t o r W i n d r i p , s u s p i c i o u s l y re- s e m b l e s a n h a l b i t u a l i n e b r i a t e . T h e m o s t p o p u l a r n u r s e w i t h t h e a r m y , N o r e n c e F l i g h t i n g a l e , is a d i z z y b l o n d a n d b e r p i c t u r e is f o r e m o s t , in t h e o p i n i o n of t h e i m a g i n a t i v e c a s t .

Burr biography excellent story of man, period

• " A P R O F L I G A T E . . . a volup- t u a r y . . . a s t r u e a C a t i l i n e a s e v e r m e t in s e c r e t c o n c l a v e . "

T h a t w a s A l e x a n d e r H a m i l t o n ' s s c a t h i n g d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e m a n w h o s o u g h t t o u s u r p t h e g o v e r n - m e n t of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i n t h e e l e c t i o n of 1800 a n d w h o l a t e r d r e a m e d of h i m s e l f a s E m p e r o r of a n a t i o n s t r e t c h i n g f r o m t h e Mis- s i s s i p p i V a l l e y t o M e x i c o City, T e x a s a n d C a l i f o r n i a . R e c o m - m e n d e d t o h i s t o r y s t u d e n t s , " A a r o n B u r r , t h e P r o u d P r e t e n d e r " H a r - p e r s , w a s w r i t t e n in 1937 by H o l m e s A l e x a n d e r .

A l e x a n d e r m a k e s n o a t t e m p t t o w h i t e w a s h t h e s c a r l e t r e c o r d of t h i s m u c h - d i s c u s s e d h i s t o r i c a l figure. H e p o r t r a y s h i m a s t h e p e r s o n i f i c a t i o n of t h e F r e e S p i r i t d e s c r i b e d 50 y e a r s l a t e r by F r i e d - r i c k N i e t z s c h e in " T h e W i l l t o P o w e r . " B u r r lived by this- a p h o r i s m : " G r e a t s o u l s h a v e s m a l l u s e f o r l i t t l e m o r a l s " . W h e n h e s a i d , " I a m n o t a t r a i t o r ; I a m n o t a m u r d e r ; I a m n o t a l i b e r t i n e , " h e could s a y it t r u t h f u l l y w i t h o u t at- t e m p t i n g t o d e n y t h e f a c t s , be- c a u s e h e d e n i e d t h e i m p l i c a t i o n t h a t p l o t t i n g a r e b e l l i o n , k i l l i n g a n e n e m y , e n j o y i n g a w o m a n w e r e m a t t e r s of R i g h t o r W r o n g .

B u r r w a s a m a n of t r e m e n d o u s e n e r g y a n d a c t i v i t y . A b r i l l i a n t l a w y e r w h o w a s f e a r e d b y j u d g e s a n d o p p o n e n t s a l i k e , B u r r ' s h o b b y w a s t h e e d u c a t i o n of h i s c h i l d r e n . I n t h i s b i o g r a p h y , A l e x a n d e r fol-

Brick hearts' party popular;

Delta Sig plans informal dance

BY BECKY VAIL

• BRICK S W E E T H E A R T S en- tertained their dates at a semi- formal dance S a t u r d a y night.

In keeping with the Valentine theme "Key To My H e a r t "

l a p e l p i n s w e r e g i v e n a s f a v o r s . A r e d a n d g o l d c o l o r s c h e m e w a s c a r r i e d o u t i n t h e d a n c e p r o g r a m s a n d i n t h e s t r e a m e r s , b a l l o o n s , a n d h e a r t m o t t o e s w h i c h t r i m m e d t h e h a l l s .

H i g h l i g h t of t h e p a r t y w a s t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t t h a t B e t t y S t a n g l .had b e e n c h o s e n a s M i s s V a l e n - t i n e .

Palmer*® S o u n d S y s t e m f u r n i s h - ed t h e m u s i c . R e f r e s h m e n t s of p u n c h a n d c o o k i e s w e r e s e r v e d .

F a c u l t y g u e s t s ' w e r e D e a n a n d M r s . M. E l l i s D r a k e , P r o f , a n d M r s . A l f r e d B. O r o f o o t , P r o f , a n d M r s . J o h n T. M c M a h o n , D e a n D o r a K . D e g e n a n d M r s . V i d a S. T i t s w o r t h .

P e g g y i B r u c k n e r '41, "was g e n e r a l c h a i r m a n . S h e w a s a s s i s t e d b y K a y F r a n c i s '42, B e t t y S t a n g l '42, .Shirly P r i s k '42, E l a i n e R i c h t m y e r '41, H a r r i e t K l e e s '42, .Myra W h i t - n e y '42, a n d K a y K a s t n e r '41. >

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• DELTA SIGMA PHI f r a t e r n i t y will hold an informal dance a t t h e c h a p t e r h o u s e Friday evening, Feb- ruary 24.

Robert O'Neill '40, is chairman of t h e affair and is a s s i s t e d by Floyd Oliva '40. T h e y are planning s o m e t h i n g novel in the w a y of in- formal d a n c e s and e x p e c t to an- nounce t h e i r plans for s e t t i n g s and c o s t u m e s In a day or so.

S o m e 35 members, pledges and g u e s t s are e x p e c t e d to attend, w i t h their dates.

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• V A L E N T I N E ' S DAY a ls o cele- brated a t a n o t h e r girls' dormitory.

T h e N Y A g i r l s held a n informai party for their o w n m e m b e r s o T u e s d a y night. . -. . _ ... •... Ji ^J

N o r m a W i t e o h i e b e n '39, w a s a d i n n e r .guest a t t h e N Y A r e s i d e n c e o n W e d n e s d a y .

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• R H Y T H M A N D R O M A N C E h a v e m a d e t h e T u e s d a y n i g h t d a n c i n g c l a s s ¡a p o p u l a r p a s t i m e .

U n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n o f iMiss J u l i a R y a n b o t h t h e b e g i n n i n g a n d a d - v a n c e d p u p i l s 'have l e a r n e d n o t o n l y t h e f u n d a m e n t a l s t e p s b u t a l s o t h e S h a g , L a m b e t h W a l k a n d N e w College S w i n g . T h e S h a g s t i l l r e m a i n s t h e m o s t p o p u l a r s t e p w i t h t h e d a n c e r s .

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• PI A L P H A PI sorority entertain- ed Miss Marian Fosdlck at dinner on W e d n e s d a y . On Friday e v e n i n g t h e sorority entertained Mrs. A l e x J. Yunevich, Mrs. C. Major Lamp- man and Margaret Cudworth '37.

Mrs. John Reed S p i c e r and N e l l i e Bond '38, w e r e Sunday d i n n e r g u e s t s .

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• A D E L A I D E K E L L E Y '38 a n d R u t h W i l s o n '37, w e r e w e e k - e n d g u e s t s a t T h e t a T h e t a Chi s o r o r i t y . O t h e r a l u m n a e e n t e r t a i n e d d u r i n g t h e w e e k w e r e M a r j o r i e M a c i n t o s h '38, a n d L o i s B u r d e t t '38.

l o w s t h e boy on w h o m t h e rod w a s s p a r e d , t h r o u g h h i s a d v e n t u r e s i n e d u c a t i o n a n d r e l i g i o n a n d t h e R e v o l u t i o n a r y W a r , t h r o u g h h i s t r y i n g m e n t a l p e r i o d w h e n M r s . T h e o d o s i a P r é v o s t b e c a m e h i s s a v i o r a n d h i s w i f e , t h r o u g h h i s t u r b u l e n t c a r e e r i n politics, duel- ling, a n d s c h e m i n g .

A l e x a n d e r p r e s e n t s p a r a l l e l v e r - s i o n s of t h e c o n t r o v e r s i a l e l e c t i o n of 1800, w h e n B u r r a n d J e f f e r s o n a n d B u r r , p u r p o r t e d l y r u n n i n g f o r p r e s i d e n t a n d v i c e - p r e s i d e n t , e a c h r e c e i v e d t h e s a m e n u m b e r of v o t e s , a n d B u r r a t t e m p t e d t o get t h e p r e s i d e n c y f o r h i m s e l f . T h e s e t w o c h a p t e r s a l o n e a r e w o r t h t h e r e a d - i n g of t h e book.

F o i h i s t o r i c a l b a c k g r o u n d m a - t e r i a l , f o r e n t e r t a i n i n g r e a d i n g a b o u t a n i n t e r e s t i n g p e r i o d i n o u r n a t i o n a l life, f o r t h e s t o r y of a m a n a p a r t f r o m h i s t i m e , w h o s e l i f e w a s a s t r u g g l e b e t w e e n r o m a n t i c f a n t a s y a n d p r a c t i c a l deeds, t h i s b i o g r a p h y of B u r r is w o r t h y of at- t e n t i o n . — J L D .

• B I L L B R O W N S A Y S : W h e n y o u b u y a d r i n k a t a s o d a f o u n t a i n , d o y o u h a v e i t c h a r g e d ?

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• P R E S I D E N T N O R W O O D con- v e r t e d a t i m e - w o r n cliche i n t o a n a p l l y - t u r n e d p h r a s e t h e o t h e r d a y .

" W e m a d e i t , " h e s a i d , " b y t h e E p i d e r m i s of o u r m o l a r s . "