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Wednesday tomorrow changing to Thursday late tomorrow night. Fri-
day possible later in the week.
FIAT Or ]VReligious Emphasis Week: Theof—
churches have tried about everything except swinging half-doors.
VOL. XXXVII. Xo. 15
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1951, ALFRED, NEW YORKTelephone 'J7-F-12
Strings Attached
Andres Segovia
Concert Guitarist Andres Segovia
Coming to Forum
A concert guitarist, Andres Segovia,
•will be featured in the season's fourth forum Sunday and Monday evenings.
"Currently on his eighth consecutive American tour, the "world's greatest guitarist" is a native of Granada. The forum will begin at at 8:15 p. m.
Mr. Segovia's concert will feature selections by Bach and his classic con- temporaries in addition to works dedi- cated to the guitarist by modern com- posers. His program will be concluded t>y a group of Spanish compositions.
Recently returned from an extensive six month tour of Europe and South Ameirca, Sagovia currently is working, between recitals, on two books. The first is a volume on the esthetics of music, the second is his autobiography.
Segovia made his first concert ap- pearance at the age of 14 in his native city. In 1928 he made his American debut. Since then his reputation has increased until Virgil Thompson, Her- ald Tribune critic commented: "There is no guitar but the Spanish guitar, and Andres Segovia is its prophet!"
The master of the figure eight box has concertized in Europe, North and South' Ameirca, Africa and Asia. One of the first concert guitar artists, Segovia was self taught. In his travels he has picked up a string of press clippings longer than a German read- ing assignment on a Saturday night.
Included in the program are "Suite in D" by de Vise* "Sonatina" by Giuliani; "Theme and Variation" by
"Prelude and Bourree," by Bach;
Andante and Minueto". by Haydn;
Canzonetta, by Mendelssohn and other selections by Torroba, Turina, Villa Lobos and Albeniz.
Choir Rehearses Lent Program;
Plans Show
To highlight the Lenten activities o£
the Union University Church, the choir w"l represent Stainer's "Cruci- fixion."
The program will be presented at 7:30 p. m. Sunday, March 4 in the Village Church under the direction of Mrs. S. R. Scholes.
"There will be many soloists," Mrs.
Scholes told the Fiat Sunday. Among them will be Ed Morley, tenor; Wil- liam Webster, bass and John "Peck, alto. Mrs. Ben Crump and John Beh- renberg will play the organ. Other soloists wil be listed next week Mrs.
Scholes said.
She added that although the choir is open to anyone, there is a definite need of tenors to replace those who*
have recently entered the service.
The choir is also planning a variety show to be presented sometime in April for the benefit of the church.
Townspeople and students will also take part. "Right now we have enough material for three shows," Mrs. Scholes said. However there are places open in the audience.
WSG Simplifies Council System
The Women's Student Government has issued a report on house councils this week. It will clarify duties of these councils which have special pow- ers, especially that of doling out cam- puses for late owls.
Katherine Cretekos, president of W S G said, "Council membership and meeting schedules in the women's residences have varied in the past.
This report is meant to effect uni- formity for all house councils."
According to this report, house councils will meet once a week and will be composed of the WSG repre- sentative, and house president and vice president only. Housemothers may attend meetings.
Another innovation will be "assign- ing campuses immediately following the council meeting, in successive or- der with exceptions made on nights on which there is a forum, house dance, home athletic game or one of the five campus balls."
Talk by Bella To Conclude Religion Week
Union University Church Urges Lenten Attendance
"Let's Go to Church."
Those were the words used by stu- dent representatives of the Union Uni- versity Church in urging all students to attend church during Lent.
They reminded students that we are now celebrating Religious Emphasis Week on the campus. Although it is not a part of the week's activities, the Union University Church will give communion at Sunday's 11 a. m. ser- vice in the Village Church. This was announced by Rev. LeRoy Moser.
The Religious Emphasis Week pro gram, sponsored by the RFA, is center- ing around three events. Chaplain Sibley will speak on "Coordinates in Human Measurement" in his regular chapel service at noon tomorrow in Kenyon Chapel. In announcing his topic the chaplain said he will try to find "an objective measure of the pro- gress civilization has made."
Prof. Salvatore Bella, of the eco- nomics department will speak at a special voluntary assembly at 11 a. m.
Thursday in Alumni Hall. He will at- tempt, to sum up man's progress and find his place in the world as the twentieth century moves into its sec- ond half.
Sunday and Monday evenings Uni- versity and Ag-Tech faculty members led informal discussion groups at cam- pus residence units on the general theme of the Religious Emphasis Week observance, "Where are we at mid- century?"
Sunday evening discussions were held at women's houses. Ag-Tech Di- rector met the Institute women at Wheaton House, Prof. Melvin Bern- stein was at Theta Chi, Dean H. O.
Burdick at Sigma Chi. Chaplain Sibley at Pi Alpha, Prof. Galway Kinnell at the Castle, Prof. Roland Warren at Omicron and Mrs. Myron Sibley at the Brick.
Last night Dean John McMahon spoke at Delta Sig, Prof. Marion Voss at Kappa Psi, Prof Frederick Engle- mann at Klan Alpine, Instructor War- ren Bouck at Psi Delt. Dean T. A.
Parish at Theta Gamma, Dean Burdick at Lambda Chi, Chaplain Sibley at Bartlett, Prof. Bernstein at Beta Sig and Instructor Nathan Platt at Kappa Nu.
Woody Herman Named Band
We Don't Know
Change to Dial Still Mystery
Don't take our word for it, but the changeover to dial phones is supposed to take place either Friday or Wednes- day, Feb. 28.
Wm. Harrison Jr. said Sunday that he and the chief installer would check yesterday and would try to set a defi- nite date for the changeover. He said that it probably would not take place this week.
The changeover will be the most radical change in the operation of the telephone company here since its in- ception in 1897.
All the dial phones have been in- stalled and most of the connections have been made on the lines. Central office equipment is installed in the new office behind Greene Hall and is being readied this week for opera- tion.
New phone books are being printed at the Sun Publishing Co. and will be distributed this week.
Speak Inna Tube
A. U. Radio Show Seeking Talent
Try outs for "Calling the Campus"
will again be held at 7:30 p. m. Thurs- day in the Union Lounge, Ruth Smith announced in a couple thousand words.
"The part we are trying to fill,"
Smitty explained, "is being done at present by Andy Ippolito. It requires some digging, but what it amounts to is telling an interesting tale about Alfred's history. What we'd like is to have those w.ho wish to try out prepare a script of about 4-0 lines for reading. Ralph Kruger of WWHG, 1320 on your dial, will be here and it's a wonderful opportunity for kids who are interested in radio work.
"Lucifer Frump is being played by Francis Xavier O'Brien," Ruth admit- ted, "and the Watta Dish role went to Nancy Reynolds. These were the parts for which the kids tried out last week."
"Furthermore," Ruth added as she disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Bookeasy Gets Light Response
Says Chairman
"Response to the Bookeasy has been weak, p"obably due to the lack of ad- vertising," Ralph Spaulding, chairman, said Saturday. "In order to be success- ful it is necessary to have a maximum of student participation," he added.
He'reported that 123 books had been received by the Easy since Jan. 10 and 43 have been sold for a total of
$82.15. Checks for all sales have been mailed, Spaulding said.
Owners of tbooks for which there is little chance* of sale will be notified to claim the hooks, he said. He added that there are many good reference books in the Easy and a list will soon be posted.
The Bookeasy, located in the west end of the Union Annex, will be open from noon until 1 p. m. daily through- out the remainder of the semester. It, is operated by Alpha Phi Omega.
Spaulding praised the members of Alpha Phi Omega "who gave generous, ly of their time and energy" to man- ning the cooperative bookshop. He named the following APO members:
Don Armstrong, Assistant Chairman Harry Blatt, Harvey Cole, William Flagg, Charles Kenyon, Glen Kirsch, Harry Link, Mert Pierce and Thomas Thomas.
Sophomores Name Election Chairman
Sophomores who wish to run in their class election should get signa- tures from 25 supporters on a petition which must be presented by March 1.
The petitions should be returned to Bob Double who was elected chairman of the election committee at a class meeting Sunday, Feb. 1. Elections will be held in accordance with Student Senate regulations.
The social committee headed by Neil O'Brien is making plans for a pre- Moving-Up Day dance.
Nifty Fifty
Gents to Cast, Ballots Today
For Pattie's Festival Queen
Ilave'you voted yet for St. Pat's queen?
Hurry, hurry; only two more hours (if it's 12:30 p. m. now) in which to east your ballot for one of the University or AT senior girls.
Members of St. Pat's Board are now stationed in the Union lounge supervising the voting of all male students—that's where all the
noise is coming from.
From the five girls receiving the most votes in the all campus election the St. Pat's Board wilK elect the queen.
Phil O'Hessinger, co-chairman of the Board, declares, "We don't want to make any rash promises but while you rush into the lounge to vote for the queen today, a true green member of the St. Pat's Board will stand by with a blowtorch to keep your coffee warm. Special rates for tea-drinkers."
In order to base the judging of St.
Pat's float on a definite-standard, the Board will institute a point system this year. The floats wil be evaluated on the following basis: 20 points for design, 20 for crowd appeal, 30 for workmanship and 30 for originality.
Another innovation will be the award- ing of two identical trophies, one for the best float from a men's residence and one for the best from a women's.
Not only are elections being held today, but also tickets are being sold in the lounge. You can buy your tic- kets now from regular looking guys;
if you wait a week or two, you can buy them from the guys with the green hats, green bow ties and the weird beards.
University Senior Class To Meet on Thursday
The senior class will meet Thurs- day at 11 a.m. in Kenyon Chapel.
"Orders for graduation announce- ments have to be in by March 1st.
Please make it a point to attend,"
pleaded a class spokesman this week.
St. Pat's Queen of the 1950 week- end was beautiful Barbara Theurer, a student in the ceramic design depart- ment. Who will be next to wear the hand blown green glass crown?
Costumes for 'Twelfth Night'
Are Authentic
By Audrey Wallace
The cast of "Twelfth Night," Shake- spearean comedy to be presented at the St. Pat's festival, will be dressed in authenic Elizabethan costumes, ac- cording to Prof. Ronald Browns di- rector.
The costuming will dress the char- acters in clothes suited to the period and will aid in identifying the char- acters, Mr. Brown pointed out. Accord- ing to styles of the period, higher class women wore elaborate full skirt- ed costumes fashioned with square necklines and leg of mutton sleeves and affected the small cap worn by Queen Elizabeth.
No less elaborate, a Sir Walter Raleigh type garb was worn by the gentlemen, complete with short, flared velvet coats, short pants a^nd long stockings. A white neck ruff and plum- ed hat completed their costume.
One of the most important tasks of the designer Rosemary Lax, was to study historical books to gain an in- sight into the motifs and materials used during the Elizabethan period.
Before starting the designs, the cos- tume designer as well as the costume mistress Joy Miars and" her crew head- ed by Eleanor Johnson were requested to read the play for enjoyment. A cos- tume designer must consider the set- ting and work carefully with the set designer. She should visualize to some extent the effect of light on materials, remembering that the characters will appear in groups on the stage and these group pictures must be pleasing from the standpoint of color and de- sign.
After the designs are completed, the -designer meets with the costume mis- tress and discusses materials and con- struction of costumes. Then the cos- tume mistress and her crew measure the aQtors, c ut patterns and dye ma- terials, working closely with the di- rector. The costumer must think in terms of available material at a rea- sonable cost. Prof. Brown explained that the renting of costumes for
"Twelfth Night" would cost about $2-00.
"Costuming, as well as any other phase of play production, is an en- semble job and it is necessary for each department to work together," the di- rector stressed. The costumer is con- stantly fitting parts of the costumes on the actors' and seeing them under lights and on stage at rehearsal. After the costumes are completed, two full costume rehearsals are held, with necessary corrections made after the first.
A costume mistress must be a good pattern cutter and seamstress and have a good eye for transferring the feeling of design into the finished costume, no easy trick.
Air Force ROTC Wins Appoval by
Student Majority
Considerably more than three- quarters of the students enrolled within the University have indi- cated a desire to see an Air Force ROTC unit established in Alfred.
With less than 10 percent of all students not yet polled the results ran 48%, strongly in favor of per- manently establishing such a unit here; 3 1 % in favor of its estab- lishment; 10% opposed and 1 1 % indifferent.
Regarding the establishment of such a unit here only as long as the present emergency shall con- tinue, 5 1 % strongly favored its establishment, 33.5% favored its establishment, 5.5% were In op- position, and 10% were indifferent.
The poll was taken in fullfill- ment of the requirements for es- tablishing such a unit in a col- lege, and the results have been
"gratifying to the administration,"
according to Dean Fred Gertz.
Did you see that bar being trans- ported on a wagon Saturday morning?
Never heard of a bar going on the wagon.
Easter Concert
Rehearsals Begin
Mixed chorus rehearsals for an Easter Concert to be presented in the Village Church Sunday, March 11 at S p. m. are being he.ld in Social Hall on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8: 15 p. m.
Choral work to be presented will include Fa^ire's "Requiem" for so- prano and barytone solos, chorus, or- chestra and organ selections. The group is also working on- Braham's
"Requiem" to be sung at a later date.
Byron Emerson, organist of radio station WWHG in Hornell, will render organ selections at the Easter pro- gram.
Herdsman
Eugene O'Shultz of the St. Pat's Board Finally Lets Secret Out of Bag
"We Woodn't keep ye in suspense any longer, lasses ami laddies,"
members of the St. Pat's board announced just before deadline time,
"it'll be Woody Herman!" The announcement was followed by an Irish jig, the throwing of hats into the air and general pandimonium.
Gene O'Schulz, newspaper publicity director, had to climb up on a chair to make his voice heard* above the ruckus. "Oh it's to be a great St. Pat's this year," he exclaimed, "wait'll you hear that clarinet! Woody Herman and the Herd, (he was reading from a publicity folder now) "Caldonia",
"Bijou", "Apple Honey", "Surrender"
and 'Happiness is Just A Thing Called Joe" are but a few of the long to ba remembered Herman hits.
After being voted the "Nation's Number One Band" in five nation wide polls in 1945, Herman and his orchestra were presented at Carnegie Hall in New York in a concert of modern American music. Woody form- ed a new band in 1947 and signed with Capital, for whom he has been play- ing ever since.
An accomplished musician since the age of nine, Woody Herman is recog- nized as an outstanding exponent of modern jazz. He is also known, how- ever, to switch to classical music, and his performance of "Ebony Concerto"
received a general acclaimation from the critics.
Vocalists performing with the Her- man band include, Dolly Huston, Conti Condoli, Buddy Wise, Sunny Igoe and Bob Graf.
Bernstein Will Review ''The Wall" on Friday
Prof. Melvin Bernstein will re- view "The Wall" by John Her- shey at Hillel meeting Friday eve- ning. The meeting, open to every- one, will begin at 7 p.m. in South Hall. Last week Prof. Bernstein reviewed "Across the River and Into to Trees" at the Workshop meeting.
William Harrison Renominated as
Mayor of Alfred
Bedridden William B. Harrison Sr.
received word yesterday that he had been nominated to succeed himself as mayor of Alfred.
The mayor who has served two terms of two years each got the word at Bethesda Hospital, Hornell, where he is a patient following an appendectomy Friday.
Only 22 people attended the village caucus Saturday evening in Firemen's Hall which nominated the mayor, two trustees and a- police justice. Nomina- tion is tantamount to election.
Also nominated to succeed them- selves as village trustees were James McLane who has served one two year term, and Robert Campbell who was elected to a one year term last year to fill a vacancy.
Nominated for a Sour year term as police justice was James Evans. Wil- liam Bassett has held the position for several years. The caucus voted to send a letter to Mr. Bassett in recognition of his long service.
Woody Herman
Rushing Nears End of Cycle
With Dinners
Formal sorority rushing season is ,now in full swing with dinners being held this week. Preferential slips will be signed at Physics Hall immediately following open house at all the soro- rities "on Sunday, Feb. 25. Pledging will take place the following night.
The rushees have been urged to make more than one choice.
The climax of the rushing season is the Intersorority Ball, which will take place March 2 in the Ag-Tech gym.
Featured will be Johnny Gabriel and his orchestra. The chairman of the dance committee appointed by Jean Hunt, president of the council are:
Dotty Brion, chairman; Janis For- mont, decoration; Steve Hume, music;
Nancy Kelsey, programs; Isabel Ellis, refreshments; Mary Lou Utter, Clean- up.
AT Senior Women Plan forSemiFormal
Plans for the. Ag-Tech seniors' an- nual spring dance were discussed at a meeting of all Ag-Tech women last Thursday. Scheduled to be held Friday evening, April 27 in the Ag-Tech gym, the affair will be semi-formal and will feature the music of an orchestra, whose name has not yet been disclosed.
Donna Wheaton, president of the Ag/Tech Girls Council, appointed the following committee chairmen: invita- lions, Marjorie Boldt; music, Anne Bunting; programs, Ginnie Warn- shuis; decorations, Betsy Loveland;
publicity, Shirley Henry. Nancy Tuck- er was named general chairman for the dance. Everyone was asked to as- sist in decorating.
We Know You Won't Believe This But-Black Knight
Was Stolen Again
It Wasn't the Original Anyway Says Shaw
The saga of the photographers and the Black Knight came to a ludicrous end, exactly three months after it all began. And the Black Knight is not the Black Knight.
"It's a long story," Art Hymap, own- er of^he reclaimed warrior reported Friday morning. "I took the Knight into Hornell Thursday and showed it to Dana Shaw, who has seen it many times before. He looked it over and ruled that it wasn't the genuine article, but he said that it was pretty good facimile, obviously intended to repre- sent the original."
Did Hyman have the pseudo knight with him?
"That's the part you aren't going to believe," Hyman said. "You see, I had some other business in Hornell, and I wasn't going to carry that thing with me. So I left it in the front seat of my car. While I was gone someone made off with it.
"The joke is on them, as far as I'm concerned, because we don't, want it anyway, if It isn't the real thing.
And for my part, I'm just as glad it wasn't the Black Knight. Now I can sleep nights without worrying about some screwball sophomore breaking in- to the trunk of my car."
Found three month's ago under the Lower Steam Plant Falls, the bogus knight was brought into the Fiat of- fice and stolen from Paul Gignac ('53) Fiat photography editor by Hyman, who is Kanakadea photography editor.
The story was reported in the Fiat and protests began to roll in from all over the campus as several versions of the true fate of the Knight were compiled. The knight dropped out of sight for a month and then Hyman returned with a picture of his prize possessipn which he took after repaint- ing it.
The original Black Knight dates back to 1908 when several seniors re- putedly destroyed a smudgy black stove which had long choked students in the Brick where history classes once were held. The Knight, which stood as a 10 inch figure on top of the stove was salvaged and passed on to the class of 1910 as the "Iron Knight of Even Numbers".
The Knight rolled through the years, gathering no moss but plenty of tradi- tion, until 1939 when it (or what might already have been a duplicate) disappeared from circulation and tradi- tional Knight Fights.
As for Hyman's Knight, he doesn't know where it went and he doesn't care. "I guess you could call it the
"Wotta Knight" because ft gave me such a headache," Art concluded.
PAGE T W O THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, N E W YORK TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1951
Poison Ivv
Hooray.
This unsolicited cheer comes to you as a result of the news that the, lost Black Knight is still lost. We needed it like an ice skater needs salt tablets. \
You've probably heard it said that things aren't like they used to be. They don't uphold tradition like they used to in 19 aught some- thing or other. Well good.
Last year the barn burned down. This year the return of the Black Knight was thwarted. Maybe we can establish a tradition of knocking over a few more traditional chesnuts, say one a year.
Two which ought to go are the inane prexy's pool fight and the disconcerting "Hello" tradition. This business of exchanging a
"mumpli" for an "unh" every time you pass someone has got to stop sometime.
Tradition, like ivy, is supposed to hold together the walls of an institution. But like ivy, you can get entangled in it and have your progress stopped. Tradition, to put it bluntly, is too traditional.
Things have come to a sorry state when we have to depend on a piece of stove pipe to help us together. Why, the Black Knight couldn't even hold itself together.
Letters To The Editor
Ed. Note: The Fiat received a letter this week which was un- signed. While the editors publish every letter received from students and faculty members, they will not do so without knowledge of the writer's identity. At the writer's request, a signature may be with- held.
There are no figures available, but it seems that there are more students interested in taking books out of the Bookeasy than in bring- ing them in. That is to say, you are more interested in saving money than in making it. A two way proposition, the Easy requires that books be brought in before they be sold.
It's too late this semester to do much about it, but rather than take your books home this year, leave them here. The worse thing that can happen to you is that you'll be lifted to another tax bracket.
Ssshhhh
A word on the Carnival.
The amazing coincidence of having winter weather in February helped make it the best of the four the AOC has produced. But there is an alarming tendency to\uard secrecy which ought to be* curbed.
Included in the upper echelon hush-hush were the identity of the queen, where she was going to be chosen, when she was going to be chosen, how she was going to be chosen, who was going to do the choosing and who was going to judge the snow sculptures on what basis.
It stands to reason that the more secrets you have, the less impact each one of them is going to make when exposed. And the way the trend is going, it looks like eventually some publicity committee is going to succeed in hiding the existance'bf its gala affair all together.
There have been distant rumblings about trees which are being left attached to signs long after the signs have had any significance.
It isn't likely that the rumblings will never materialize into anything more formidable, but, as a matter of good business, it just doesn't make good publicity for you to leave them up for weeks after what- ever was was.
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Dish Wish
Another explanation to the flying saucer mystery was offered this week by Dr. Urner Liddel, chief of the nuclear physics branch of the office of Naval Research. It seems that the saucers in reality are plastic balloons sent up to record data on cosmic rays.
Most mysteries have no solution but this one seems to have dozens of them. Commenting on this latest solution, the Herald Tribune says,
"assuming Dr. Liddel's explanation to be the correct one, its off hand issuance does not say much for service liaison or for a policy of foster- ing public understanding. Flying saucers may furnish good material for radio comedians; they also have produced alarm and disquietude.
If there is some rational story behind them, the government ought to have told it long ago. It benefits no one to have unexplained ghosts haunting the skies." ,
Fiddlesticks and bubblegum. What this country needs is some alarm and disquietude. Good for i the flying saucers and may they continue to baffle the scientists and editorial writers. And if they ever are identified, let's hope they don't turn out to" be anything as common as balloons, rocket ships from Mars, or mass psychological maladjustments.
%Why can't they really be just plain old flying saucers ?
Answer the Question-—
Get Free Chesterfields
Alfred's Chesterfield representative is still trying to give away cigarettes.
His latest gimick is a telephone quiz.
Here is the scoop: He cal's five peo- ple a night, picking their names at random from the directory. If the peo- ple can answer the question asked, they will each receive two packs of cigarettes—Chesters, of course.
If the question is not answered the two packs v/ill be added to those to be given away the next night.
Movie Time Table
"Wednesday, "Macbeth!" Orson Wel- les; selected shorts. Feature at 7:58, 10:21. Shows at 7, and 9:33.
Friday, double feature—'"Tripoli"—
Maureen O'Hara, John Payne; also
"Two Flags West." with Joe Cotton, Linda Darnell, Jeff Chandler, Cornel Wilde. "Flags" at 8:45 only. "Tripoli"
at 7:10 and 10:27.
Saturday, "Destination Moon." Five shorts; "Moon" at 8:01, and 10:31.
Shows at 7, and 9:30.
Campus Calendar
TUESDAY Fiat—7 p. m., Fiat Office
AT Student Council—7 p. m., Ag- Tech Building
Sorority rushing dinners
Student Senate—7:30 p. m., Physics Hall
Zeno Club—8:15 p. m., Physics Hall WEDNESDAY
Sorority rushing dinners French Clul>—Social Hall
THURSDAY Sorority rushing dinners
FRIDAY Sorority rushing dinners Lambda Chi smoker Sophomore dance
Wheaton—Theta Gamma party SATURDAY
Home Basketball—8:15 p. m., Men's Gym
Wrestling ' Campus Union dance after game
SUNDAY
Catholic Masses—9 and 10:30 a. m., Kenyon Chapel
Union University Services—11 a. m., Village Church
Sorority rushing; final open houses, 3-5 p. m.
Music Hour—4:30 p. m., Social Hall RFA—7:30 p. m., Social Hall Forum—8:15" p.m., Alumni Hall
MONDAY Spanish Club—Kenyon Hall Forum—8:15 p. m., Alumni Hall
Buzz Me Miss Blue!
Operators Say Alfred Will Miss Old System
Bill O'Connor was pointing out this week that for some time ,now, New York State has forbidden college application forms to re- quest prospective students to send a picture.
Looking around at Alfred students, you can see that most of them weren't admitted becuase of their faces. But, speaking of colleges in general, it's a break for the kids coming in that their fortune no long- er depends on their faces, but they white, black or Saxon purple.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1951
Fiat Lux
Alfred University's Student Newspaper
p»w*»»e* Tuesday of the Bchool year by a student staff. Entered as second-
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STAFF
EDITOR, Matthew Melko : BuaiNMS MANAGER, Robert Owens; MANAGING EDITOR, Frank Bredell; EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. William Spangenberg; NEWS, Beverly Callahan- ASSISTANT NEWS, Lil Falcone; AG-TECH, Barbara Weissner; SPORTS, Marvin Eisen- berg; SOCIETV. Helen Gardner ; PROOF, William Brison : ADVERTISINO, Harry Blatt;
CIRCULATION, Georgia Smith; PHOTOGRAPHY, Paul Glgnac.
STAFF MEMBERS : Margaret Anderson, Boris Astrachan, Neil August, Janet Black, Ralph Calabrese. Jean Copp, Duane Davis, Pamela Davis, Dawn Elkin, Ann Friedman Zebbia Friedman, William Gallow, Vincent Gazzetta. Georgia Hafner, Nancy Hill- house, Bruce Jackson. Renate LeRoi, Myron Marcus, Ned Martin, Sol Mayer Barbara Mezey, Arbuta Mingle, Marguerite Nettleton, George Newsome, Sol Noren, Nancy Reynolds, Ann Saunders, Norman Schoenteld, Martha Shelton, Marion Smith Marv
By Lillian Falcone
The- life of a small town switch- board operator is often amusing; but here it has been more so.
"We have to be magicians. . . .people ask us what movies are playing in Wellsville, what time the local buses leave, what day it is, how to run a Singer Sewing machine every- thing!" said Bernice Pierce on the early afternoon shift. She turned to her partner at the small switchboard office, located on the corner of Main and Church streets, and they remini- sced about other incidents that have taken place over Alfred wires.
"Remember when New Work called and wanted the white house behind the big Brick one on Main Street?"
"Yes, and remember when we had to send the policeman over to 104 to make the boys at Bartlett Dormitory answer the phone? They usually sense that it may be long distance and are too lazy to chase after the students!"
Betty Beyea, head operator, said later that the Alfred system with its
"Waiting. . .Are you waiting?" method of finding clear lines rather than the use of lights switching on is confusing to students, professors and townspeo- ple.
"We think it's so funny when call- ers are rattled by it. And they also do not understand that with our system, they can't hear us ringihg their num- ber. They usually insist that they don't hear it and oftentimes they urge us to ring harder why, we only have one tone to ring!"
' When the newly formed Allegany Telephone Company completes its cut- over from the switchboard system to the new dial phones, these operators will be relieved of their duties. Long distance calls will be taken care of by Hornell operators.
"Its going to be a disadvantage for Alfred," said Ethelyn Shaw on the afternoon shift. "Local operators know all the people in town, where they live and, usually, what they are doing.
We can accomplish a lot of little tasks for people that they will miss."
She recalled the many emergency calls tfiat come thru long distance and require knowledge of "which is the nearest phone?"
And the lack of local operators have served in local emergencies. During a fire last spring on the' Earl Brown farm in Alfred, operators were able to round up aid while Mr. Brown left the phone to rescue his horses.
"Why," laughed one of the opera- tors, "what will the long distance operator do when someone asks for Goose Pasture? Aside from the switch- board operators, few people remember off hand that Goose Pasture is located near Alfred Station."
The switchboard operators agreed that despite i the continuous pressure during rush hours, they had enjoyed working on the soon-to-be replaced system here. "People are so funny,"
I they laughed.
Lost and Found
There seemed to be little activity in the Fiat lost and found department this week.
LOST—Parker 51 pen with gold cap, belongs to Ann Fuller, Box 1.
FOUND—A coin purse filled with money—dollar bills and change. This was found in the Fiat office of all places. Name on purse is Genuine Pig- skin. See Frank Bredell, but don't wait too long.
BOTH: Our circulation department is still waiting for someone to bring in the Buick that fits the key we have in the L and F drawer.
MORE LOST—Jack Kemper found a bunch of keys, one of which fits a Plymouth. Bring in the car. Also, Roni LeRoy lost a blue fountain pen.
Bring this to the office.
Infirmary Notes
Freshmen swamped the infirmary with sick calls this week. As a result of the Winter Carnival or Alfred's unusual weather. Residents were James Behrenberg, Beverly Havens, Anthony Gizzi, Robert Pond, and Gil- bert Rupert.
teld, Martha Shelton, Marion Smith Mary
Elizabeth Steele, Ray Swoish. Janet Swahson, Margaret Tharaldsen, Joyce Trevor, I A ,o n c er t auitarist' This w e not Lewis Marx, Fred Katnac, John Denaro, Ruth Vail, Audrey Wallace, William Webb. L , « BUltar.St? This w e got
Carothers Speaks To ACS Gathering About Opportunities
By Duane Davis
"The Ceramic industry offers great opportunities to the alert college- trained engineer," Richard B. Caroth- ers, president' of H. C. Spinks Clay Company, Inc. Paris, Tennessee, told Alfred members of the American Cer- amic Society, Thursday evening.
"Just as there is no substitute for fire in ceramics, there is no substitute for the spirit of youthful ambition,"
Mr. Carothers said. "Competition is growing in ceramics, and as a result, there is opportunity for the trained engineer to prove himself."
A retired rancher from Kentucky, Mr. Carothers received a Bachelor of Science degree at Iowa State College, and is a captain in the Naval Reserve.
He became manager of the H. C. Spinks Clay Company in 1923, and is now president of that corporation. A mem- ber of the American Ceramic Society, he has held important offices in its organization.
Mr. Carothers pointed out the growth in all industrial fields in re- cent years has influenced ceramics and forced it to become better. "The threat of plastics to ceramics means opportunities for the man that has training in ceramic engineering. Com- petition within the industry in fields of sanitary ware, dinnerware, tile, and art is forcing companies to improve their products. As one company finds a cheaper or quicker method of opera- tion, the other plants must find im- provements. To accomplish this, they must call on the engineer who has methods that can help."
As an, example of changing trends, Mr. Carothers cited his own industry.
"When I went into the clay business, we had three problems; to get the or- der, to get it in the freight car, and to get the money. All our work was done by hand methods. It's much more complicated today. Each shipment of clay that is sold has a chemical analy- sis of content. We cooperate with lab- oratory experiments and reports for our customers. We couldn't be in the clay business today if it weren't for ceramic engineers."
"There are many ways a young man can overcome the obstacles he meets,"
the speaker emphasized. "Success is in the winning, and in the pleasure and satisfaction he gets in seeing a job well done. The ability to get along will bring an engineer his position."
Mr. Carothers expressed confidence in the engineering course at the New York State College of Ceramics at Al- fred University. "I have courage and confidence in the future when I see the kind of training youth are receiv- ing at Alfred," he concluded.
Lambda Chi Elects Armond Beaudoin
Armond Beaudoin was named presi- dent of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at an election January 15.
Other officers elected were: John Stubbs, vice-president; Carl Peterson, secretary; James White, treasurer;
Arthur Lochner, rushing chairman;
Fred Kalber, social chairman; Stanley Waugh, assistant treasurer; Bill Web- ster, head steward; Barry Bradford, Interfraternity Council representative;
Willard Sutton, director of ritual; and John Johnson, house manager.
College Town
A Persian Invades Greece Last Tuesday night an unwelcome male visitor stole into what would have been a cloistered meeting of the WSG—Women's Student Government, that is.
The WS<* meets in Dr. Nease's office where a picture of the ruins of the Acropolis and the busts of great Greek and Roman orators cast an atmosphere of fig leaves and olive branches. Into this classical atmosphere stalked a Persian, as welcome as a Carthaginian in Rome.
Two parties hold sway ill the WSG, the Athenians and the Spartans. Solon of Chi, the head of the solemn body was the first to speak after the minor business had been swept aside.
"It seems something has to be done about the women comfng in drunk, especially at the Brick," said the Great Greek sagely. The words fell like drops of acid on the floor.
A Spartan rose to add to the ac- qusation, "I hear men have even had to carry girls to their rooms after they have partaken of too much of the nectar of the gods."
By now even the peace loving Athe- nians were becoming aroused and the Spartans were incensed. "Send the girl to the great goddess Hera in the Greene Clad Hall," raged a Spartan.
"No." answered an Athenian from the Brick temple. *Send her first to the lesser goddesses of the Hall Coun- cil," she said. The party line quickly formed, the Spartans standing in favor of harshness, the Athenians more inclined1 to, leniency.
Despite the efforts of the great com- promiser, Pericles, the god of war, Ares, held sway.
Just as the shorter winded law- makers were running out of breath, a representative from a hill top Castle sent up another cloud of war smoke.
"Should we sign in girls to see if they are ebsotted?" (They must have used that word in Greece, too.)
An Athenian, expert at law, took the lead, "Well, it would be violating the honor system if we did that and any- way how could you tell if a girl was ebsotted?"
"Smell her breath," answered a Spartan.
"No!" howled an Athenian. "That isn't fair to those who drink straight alcohol. You can't smell that."
"Another Spartan chimed in, "May- be we can give them the sobriety test when they come in. That would be fair to every one but of course would take all night."
• At this point Aeschines, the great orator, stood up. The room became tomblike. The great one's voice echoed through the chamber. "I suggest we do nothing."
The crowd cheered at the novel solu- tion and Venus stood up waving an olive branch and placed a garland on the head of Aeschines.
Abolish the Hours?
But another great smokepot was about to take fire. An Athenian from Sigma, always great reformers, set off the fireworks. "I propose we abolish closing hours after Moving-Up Day,"
she said.
By Brecdlc
A shudder went through the regal chamber as they felt the distant but fiery breath of Artemis from t h e throne room of the Brick. But a brave and warlike Spartan took up the mace.
"I think we should get rid of all hours after Moving-Up Day," she declared.
Pandemonin-m reigned until Athena quieted the mob. "Do you think w e should try anything like this?" t h e cautious Solon ventured. "Artemis and Hera wouldn't like it."
"Well?" questioned a tight Spartan from Wheatonia. She brandished a mace and nearly lopped off the head of a nearby Athenian.
"Maybe we could vote to abolish all hours and then when Hera and Art- emis object we could compromise on just getting rid of the senior's hours.'*
said a scheming Athenian.
"Solon pondered in a classic pose, but the Spartans were ready for battle.
"No!" one from the war colony of Omi- cron exclaimed. "Sack the Brick home of Artemis, take the reign of the war chariot. The high goddesses be damn- ed."
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Venus quickly grabbed the olive- branch and tapped the incensed Spar- tan. At once she wilted, and once more Aeschines, the great orator arose. As before the lawmakers became silent in awe of her formidible figure. ,
"I think we should take direct ac- tion on this," she said." But those of us who are not seniors don't care a- bout abolishing hours for seniors be- cause we'll be slitting our own throats.
And there aren't enough seniors here to force an open rebellion or a peace- ful settlements," she continued. " F o r that reason I recommend we drop t h e whole matter."
This declaration was greeted with enthusiastic exclamations of "Viva la Venus and the singing of "Parthenon, the Gem of the Acropolis."
Out, Out Damned Persian
"And now to the" trials of the of- fenders of our holy code of la*," said a Spartan with a gleamish look in h e r eye.
"Wait!" screamed Ares, the god of war. That Persian will have to leave, this is serious and holy business and he can't hear it."
The Persian argued, he pleaded, he even tried to make a corrupt bargain all to no avail. Solon handed down the decree—he must get out. It was bad enough that a Persian should attend, but he certainly must not hear t h e ' defendents open their souls to t h e benign judges of the WSG.
The Persian still resisted, but was ultimately forced from the chamber where he met the defendents cringing in the hall outside awaiting the sum- mon of the high court. "We stayed out late," cried one. "Do you suppose it will be the death penalty or will they merely cut off the ears?"
The Persian confessed that the high, tribunal was in a warlike mood, but they had said nothing of the possible punishments before they had tossed him out. And so he left the —
Glory that was Greece, The grandeur that was Rome.
Last Call for Printz
A few pictures are still available in the office of the dean of women.
Students are urged to drop in anytime to rent them for the semester. If they are not rented during the next few days, they will be stored.
Junior Class will Meet
The junior class w i l l meet at 11 a.m. Thursday in Physics Hall to nomi- nate officers for next year. A class gift will also be discussed.
By Jean Copp and Both fellows and gals have been making hourly trips to the post of- fice this past week to collect their many Valentines. Cupid gave several parties this week end.
The Student Nurses, down at Cor- ning, gave a wonderful dance Friday night at the Corning Country Club.
Many of our Nurses attended the dance.
Klan Alpine gave a Valentine party Friday night. All the gals received red carnations as favors. Guests were Eugene Holman and Dr. Frank Dai- per. Also on Valentines' day Klan celebrated four birthdays; Barden Conroe, Mrs. Rice, Thomas Barresi, and George Crouchly. Any boys who want a voluptuous date just call Fred Gibbs.
Lambda Chi also gave a Valentine party Friday night. Sunday dinner guests were Dean and Mrs. Gerta, Mr. and Mrs. DeForest Truman and Mr. William Brown.
Delta Sig gave a party after game Saturday night with B. Martin as a guest.
Bob Bagnall, Bdb Singleton, and Jim Murphy went into the service.
Flash Bung West, 75V2 is back!!!!!
January 23, Beta Sigma Psi held a pledge dance. The pledges procured Gypsy Rose Lee and her girls for the nightclub preview of 1951. The affair was held in the Ag-Tech lounge.
Pledge Dan Kirk left for the service during intercession.
Ray Neilson, inspired by St. Valen- tine, gave Dottie Coleman an engage- ment ring.
Theta Gamma had an informa: birth- day party for John Botti. Quote-good time had by all-unquote. More people
Marne Tharaldsen
pinned!—Sparky Campbell and Janet Carl also Bob Fowler and Ann Bra- gotta.
Another pledge dance was held Fri- day night at the Ag-Tech lounge by Kappa Psi. The pledges gave a skit and Al Riwady provided the music.
They had an open house on Saturday and Sunday and were hosts at dinner to Professor and Mrs. Ogden and Nan- cy Kelly.
Pi Alpha had Mary Ruth Williams and Ginny Downing, both nurses at Corning, as week end guests.
Cupid has again reared his "far from ugly head." Dixie Sayer and1
Frank Manice were married on Feb.
3 and the engagements of Peg Grif- fith to Rudy Lohmeyer, Gwen Lord1
to Bernie Kelly, and Mary Jane Arn- old to Dave Ridenour harve been an- nounced, i
Theta Chi had guests for the Winter Carnival week end also. They were Cherie Jova, Elaine Beborfeld and Joan Christmas. Carol Blankheit is now pinned to Clayton Besch and Eleanor Hall is engaged to Phil Mor- rison.
Sunday Dinner guests at Sigma Chi were Chickie Ballman, Louise Moore, and Nancy Stearns. Lorna Buchanan, a nurse at Corning, was their week end guest. Flash! Bev Callahan and Hal Wright are pinned.
Omicron celebrated the birthdays of Violet Burry last Sunday, and Jackie Newton, Monday, with parties. There was\ an informal initiation of two Ag- Tech girls, Ann Bunting and Shirley Henry. Dean Beeman and her son were guests at dinner, Sunday.
United Press released—Beth Golem- ba, one of the new freshman, has a niece with a tooth!
By Ruth Vail
Local merchants have n o t i c e d a great decrease in the sale of razor blades and a com- parable increase in the sale of cold cream. The reason is obviously the growth of the St.
Pat's w h i s k e r s which started last week. Since the girls are the martyrs of the cause, I decided to ask them
"What do you think of the beard grow- ing tradition?"
Jean McGraw, "You're asking me?"
Barbara Parson. "The appearance is fine BUT "
Skyt Taylor, "I think they're fine.
Now will you please go away and leave me alone?"
"Boots" Vargo, "They all look like Abraham Lincoln to me."
Rita Negri, "Just between you and me, some of them will never grow a beard in months and months."
"Honey" Reich, "It is a cute idea but it looks as if some of them never wash, Really!"
Carol Nichols, "I can't see much sense in it, But if they are having fun it is okay with me."
Lois Firesteln, "I think the fellows should carry jars of cold cream for the girls." •
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1951 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PAGE THREE
Ag-Tech Gets More Money in State Budget for New Building
Governor Thomas Dcwey's new budget includes $1,142,100 to sup- plement the previous appropriation of $357,900 for the construction of a new Ag-Tech industrial laboratory building.
The stat.' department of Public Works is completing the revision of its plans, so that the building can be bid after April 1st.
The building should be under construction by early summer. The
only possible foreseen interference might be the restrictions placed by the federal government on steel alloca- tions. Although this might cause some delay, construction will proceed, Di- rector Paul Orvis said this week. The
Future Emeritus
fire-proof brick building will be located in the parking space between Lambda Chi and Bartlett.
It will be a U-shaped unit measuring 240 feet across the front with wings of 280 feet by 155 feet, and containing 104,000 square feet of floor space.-
The industrial laboratory building will contain 19, classrooms; 11 labora- tories including physics, chemistry, bacteriology laboratories, electrical power and radio laboratories, and lab- oratory technology; five shops includ- ing heating, air conditioning, refriger- ating, machine, and building construc- tion; two drafting rooms; faculty of- fices; student lounges; and faculty smoking rooms,
The new building will afford the centralization of many scattered lab- oratories and shops. The machine, re- frigerating and heating shops will be moved from their present site in the Ag-Tech barns which then will be used for expanded programs in rural engineering.
Chemical technology, electrical pow- er and freshman electrical laboratories
•will be moved to ffhe main Ag-Tech building. The radio and drafting labs
•will be also moved from their present quarters [n the bank building.
Fellowships
Now Available Through, AEC
Approximately 250 predoctorial fel- lowships in the physical and biological sciences are available for the 1951-52 fiscal year through the Oak Ridge In- stitute of Nuclear Studies, which is administering the program for the Atomic Energy Commission.
The predoctoral fellowships provide a basic stipend of $1600, with incre- ments of $500 if married and $250 per child, not exceeding two in number.
Additional allowance will be made for travel to the place of study and for college or university tuition.
To qualify for a fellowship, a can- didate must plan research so related to atomic energy as to justify a pre- sumption that upon completion of his studies, he will be especially suited for employment by the AEC or one of its contractors.
Application forms and other infor- mation may be obtained from deans of medical and graduate schools and heads of university science depart- ments or may be obtained directly from the Oak Ridge Institute of Nu- clear Studies at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Dean of Women Compiles Job Info
It's not too early to begin thinking about what you'll be doing next sum- mer.
In response to a questionnaire issued recently by Dean of Women Cecile Beeman, 92 women have returned in- formation on their former summer jobs.
A summer job directory of 102 posi- tions has been compiled from the in- formation and is on file in the dean's office under five main categories: re- creational, hotel and waitress, secre- tarial and clerical, hospital and mis- cellaneous.
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Ag-Teeh Elects
Guidance Committee
An advisory committee has been elected from the guidance sections of the central western, western, and southern 'zones of the State Teachers Association to work with Ag-Tech ad- ministrators and faculty, Director Paul B. Orvis announced recently.
The guidance committee will play a vital part in determining such school policies as admissions, curriculum re- vision, cooperative work programs, and testing programs to prevent overlap- ping or duplication of tests by the high schools and the Institute.
Commenting upon the role of this committee, Director of Student Per- sonnel Milo Van Hall said that the inception of this committee marks the beginning of an awareness on the part of high school counselors that they must better understand the needs and programs of institutions of higher learning if they are to best serve youth, as well as an awareness on the part of institutions of higher learning that they must better understand the problems of high schools.
It is planned that this committee will meet with administrative and fac- ulty personnel from the state school at least twice a year.
Prof. Beajs to Talk on Magic Squares Tonight
Squares have been invited to hear Prof. Ralph Beals talk about other squares, magic ones at that.
He will talk on "Magic Squares" at tonight's meeting of the Zeno Club to be held at 8:15 p. m. in room 20, Physics Hall.
Since Les Shershoff isn't here to remind us any more we'll say of our own accord that refreshments will be served after the meeting.
The political pot began to boil this week as Senate President Paul Baker announced an election to pick a suc- cessor to himself. In Ag-Tech the pot is boiling even faster as Student Coun- cil candidates wWI appear in the In stitute assembly next Tuesday.
Eight players on the Alfred squad divided 77 points in ah almost equit- able manner. Haven't they ever heard of Communism?
Juniors Must Offer Petitions
For Election
Juniors, who have served one year on the Student Senate, get a signed petition of 25 names if you want to run for Senate president. Petitions should be mailed to Carl Meade, chair- man of the Senate's election commit- tee.
Three students Val Cushlng, Stan Higgens and Dave Pixley have already been nominated by the Senate, and all junior senators are eligible for nomination.
As nearly as the Fiat can determine these students are eligible for the presidency: Joe Amdur, Bardon Con- roe, Joan Disch, Alyce Kalabza, Herb Larish, Dorothy Mulligan, Fred Rosen- berg, George Welch, and William White.
The Ag-Tech election assembly will be held Feb. 27, and on March 1 l o r the University. Elections for class and senate offices will be held March 2.
The Senate is at present investi- gating the possibilities of a student
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Goodhousekeeping OK's University
"Good Housekeeping" Magazine has again listed Alfred University in its third annual report on small colleges that are "earnestly recommended" to readers.
The report appears in the February issue of the magazine, now on newstands. It includes 125 selected small colleges in the United States, chosen by the "Good Housekeeping"
staff with the assistance of an AC- visory Committee consisting of three distinguished educators.
To be considered for the "Good Housekeeping" survey, a college must be independent, must have an enroll- ment not exceeding 1,500 full-time stu- dents and must offer room, board and tuition not exceeding $1,200 annually.
The colleges meeting th«se specifi- cations were "carefully and objective- ly screened". Factors that were con- sidered included adequacy of endow- ment, investment value of buildings and grounds, and strength of faculty as evidenced by profession member- ship and advanced degrees. Also con- sidered were library facilities and the percentage of students continuing with graduate work.
American's Help Saves Future In Italy for Ceramic Artist
Coming Sports Schedule
Tuesday, February 20 Frosh basketball—Alfred vs. Hobart,
7 p. m., at Geneva.
Varsity basketball—Alfred vs. Ho- bart, 8:30 p. m., at Geneva.
Saturday, February 24 Skiing—Alfred vs. Cortland, 1:30
p. m., at Alfred.
Wrestling—Alfred vs. St. "Lawrence, 3 p. m., at Alfred.
Varsity basketball—Alfred vs. Clark- son, 8; 15 p. m., a t Alfred Indoor Track—I. C. A. A. A. A., 8:30
p. m., New York City.
activities exchange program. Such a program, proposed by students in other schools would' facilitate the ex-
change of Glee Clubs, Intramural teams, and the like.
Paul Baker, senate president, an- nounced that a^Moving-Up Day com- mittee has been formed, consisting of class presidents, and the presidents of Blue Key, APO and the IFC.
Italy nearly lost its top ceramic artist, Guido Gambone, about a year ago, acording to the Associated Press.
The 41-year-old artisan was all set to emigrate to Brazil in search of better working conditions when a young American art-lover happened a- long and changed his whole future.
Gambone. a poor, one-legged cer- amist who never had a spare penny, was struggling along in his specialized art in a cramped dirt-floor shed near Naples. He was convinced Italy held no future for him and was about to accept an offer from a ceramic factory in San Paolo, Brazil. He even had his passport.
At that time, late 1949. a former Har- vard man named Leslie White heard about Gamboge. The 31-year-old Bos- tonian visited • the artist in his tiny one-man "factory" at Vietri sul Mare, next door to Salerno.
"Look," White said, "don't go to Brazil. Stay here and do your work.
If I can get you set up in a decent place to work will you stay in Italy?"
Gambone said he would. White went to work, enlisted a few friends, and among them they gathered enough money to set the artist up in a mod- ern factory in Florence.
And there today for the first time in his life, Gambone is fashioning his delicate a r t under reasonable circum- stances—and according t o most critics, he's the hottest thing since the ancient Greeks.
Guido Gambone, dark-complexioned
man with a small black mustache, was born in 1909 in the little town of Montella in Avellino province just north of Salerno in southern Italy.
From his earliest childhood he want- ed to paint. But his father was dead against it. So, at 15, Guido ran away Irom home and worked as an appren- tice in a small ceramic shop.
When he was 25 he lost his right, leg in a motorcycle accident.
But he never deserted his chosen field and is today, one of the few if not the only ranking ceramist who creates his entire product, from puro clay to the finished work of a r t a s displayed in the shops and on museum tables.
At the Brooklyn Museum of Art, he is the only artist who has a whole room devoted to his work.
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