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Major Puckett Reassigned To
Ft. McClellan Chemical Corps.
Major Charles D. Puckett, chairman
of the department of military
science and tactics, has been reassigned
to the U.S. Army Chemical
Corps Training Command.
Majoir Puckett, who is a West
Point graduate and holds a degree
in physics from Georgia Tech, will
serve as an instructor with the
Army's First Radiological Safety
Training Unit at Fort MoClellan,
Alabama. He is to report by November
7 to begin a three-year assignment.
As an instructor, at Fort McClellan,
Major Puckett will assist in
the training of officers and enlisted
men in the use and operation
of radiological detection instruments.
In 1948, Major Puckett was
a member of the second class to
•complete the training program at
the Navy Radiological School located
at Treasure's Island, California.
The school is open to Army,
Navy and Air Force personnel.
Major Charles D. Puckett
President M. Ellis Drake reported
that the Army has not yet named
Major Puckett's successor to j
the ROTC post here.
H M p m n M l p i
Campus Drive To
Feature Contest
This week will mark the beginning
of the Annual Campus Chest
Drive.
The drive which is organized for
the various charities in this area, is
sponsored by the Student Senate.
Collection boxes will be placed in
each residence.
The main feoture of the Campus
Chest Drive is the annual Ugly
Man Contest organized by APO.
Each male residence is asked to
enter a candidate.
Photographs of the contestants
are placed in the Student Union.
Jars for collecting the money are
placed in front of their pictures,
for each cent dropped into the jars
one vote is registered. At the end
of the contest, the man with the
most money is declared Alfred's
Ugly Man.
The winner is presented with a
crown during one of the spring assemblies.
FIAT LUX
Vol. 45, No. 6 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, ALFRED, NEW YORK Phone 5402
Many-Splintered Lovers
No Longer Any Problem
The administration, always with
the best inteirest of the student
body at heart, has had the footbridge
between South Main Street
and the Brick Dorm removed and
has authorized the Li C. Whitford
Co. to start construction of a new
one. t
Mr. Edward K. Lebohner, University
treasurer, told (this reporter
that although the underpinnings of
the bridge were still solid, the railings
were shaky and the administration
was fearful lest too many
réclining moon-gazers would meet
with disaster. Although many of us
will miss the old bridge with its
shagging bark and penciled hearts,
It is consoling to know that in the
future, couples will be able to
dream secure against sturdy redwood
beams. Nor will their romance
•end in splinters as was previously
apt to happen. The new bridge
•with a foundation of steel and 'concrete
wil have a blacktopped walk
but its most appealing feature will
be its rustic railings of hewn redwood.
Pew of us are aware, moreover,
of the historical Interest of this
particular bridge site. Through
his research President.Emeritus
J. Nelson Norwood, author of "Fiat
Lux" has uncovered some pertinent
facts. In 1878 the first footbridge
to oross the Kanakpdea at
Boy Scouts Witness
Geology Exhibition
October Is National Geology
month for the Boy Scouts of America.
Alfred participated in the nationwide
program of education by
holding a geology exhibit in the
basement of Kenyon Hall.
Two BSA Councils, comprised
of scouts from Olean to Dansville,
attended the exhibit which was
visited by over 100 people. Others
interested in geology, including
some professional geologists also
attended.
The most valuable display was
a set of about 10 glass replicas of
crystal forms. Made in Switzerland
they demonstrated the crystal
•structure of certain substances
which occur in nature.
By Judy Fairbank
this point was constructed. It was
a good-looking bridge of ornamental
stone. In the spring of 1903 it was
damaged by a heavy flood and repairs
had to be made.
The bridge stood Until the spring
of 1945 when a terrific thaw produced
flood conditions that washed
it out. That same fall newly inaugurated
president of the University
Dr. J. Edward Walters organized a
body of students and faculty members,
one of whom was Dr. Samuel
Scholes, Sr. This group built the
bridge ¿that stood until this year.
The new bridge is expected to
reach completion in about a month.
Meanwhile, those of you wbo aire
inconvenienced may be happy to
hear that the possibility Qf a gondola
service on the Kanakadea is
being rumored. Purely hear-say but
then, who knows?
Lab Labours Lost;
Well, Just Moved
On October 23, the inorganic
chemistry classes moved into Myers
Hall, the new science building.
It is expected that organic chemistry,
qualitative analysis, and
nursing chemistry labs will he
ready" within a week.
At present, only the geology
classes p.re\ using any of the lecture
rooms.
Future plans for Allen Lab, which
had housed the chemistry department,
include remodeling it for the
biology department. This, in part,
would consist of enlarging the hall
and building and adding a wing on
the south-east corner to house a
terrarium, animal house, and greenhouse.
FOOTBALL POLL
The Saxons will play Brockport
Saturday night regardless
of who wirfs today . . . but
vote anyway!
Game time is 8:15 p.m.;
polls are open all day.
Delta Sigmi Phi Cleared
Of IFC Rushing Charge
By Steve Chaleff
For the first time in AU history,
a formal charge of difty rushing
was lodged with the Interfraternity
Council. The case was tried on October
18 by a tribunal especially
formed for the purpose, and the
defendant fraternity, Delta Sigma
Phi, was adjudged free of guilt.
During thé testimony, it was r&
vealed that on October 12 a first
year student (whose name is being
withheld to avoid embarrassment)
attended Delta Sig's Homecoming
party. He was noticed by some of
the Delta Sig brothers and asked
to leave. The freshman did not
leave, however, and was seen by a
member of another fraternity who
was visiting Delta Sig. Since the
complaint of two rival fraternities
Is required to lodge a grievance concerning
dirty rushing, the visiting
fraternity member asked a brother
of a third organization to act as
1 the second plaintiff. The two jointly
submitted their complaint to the
IFC.
In the testimony submitted by
the freshman, he admitted that he
had been asked to leave the house
by some of the brothers and accept*
ed full responsibility for his aot.
Consequently, Delta Sig was not
penalized.
The freshman, however, will not
be allowed to pledge a fraternity
this year, nor will he be permitted
ot attend any fraternal social functions
this year. Any Infraction ol
the IFC rules for the rushing sea«
son by a first year student is punishable
by denying the offender
the privilege of joining in any fraternal
functions for an entire year.
If a fraternity is found guilty of
breaking these rules, it may be fined
$50.
Alfred's Newman Club Honors
The Reverend Gerald McMinn
The Reverend Gerald McMinn, for the past sixteen years in order
O.F.M., Vice President of St. Bon- io say Mass on Sundays and Holy
aventure University, and former Days for the benefit of Catholic
Newman Club chaplain, was honor- students on the two Alfred camed
Sunday morning by Catholic stupuses. The former Newman Club
dents from Alfred University and chaplain has participated in many
the Ag-Tech Institute.
other student activities and just
Thé Newman Club members paid recently retired from his chaplain's
tribute to Father McMinn in ap- duties when the Diocese of Bufpreciation
for his many years of falo assigned Rev. Bernard L. Za-
active service with a Communion kzrewski as Catholic Chaplain for
breakfast served in Howell Hall Alfred University and the State In-
following Mass held in Kenyon Chastitute.pel. Ron Perquin, Newman Club A native of Butler, New Jersey,
president presided at the breakfast, Father McMinn has been a Francis-
whose guests included Dr. M. Ellis can priest since 1920. He joined the
Drake and Paul B. Orvis, Institute faculty of St. Bonaventure Univer-
Director.
sity in December of that year and
Father McMinn has travelled the was (named vice-president in 1921,
45 mile route from Olean to Alfred I a position he »till holds.
Controversial 'Crucible 5
Hints Modern Parallels
Arthur Miller's "The Crucible,"
which has gone into rehearsal for
production by the Footlight Club
sometime before Thanksgiving, has
an impressive history.
After the epochal success of his
"•Death of a Salesman'' (which
ran in New York from February,
Sherman Burdick, Oldest Alumnus
Dies After Long Service to School
On October 28, the University's
oldest living alumnus, David
"Sherm" Burdick, died at the age
of 97.
"Sherm,"' as he was known to
his friends, was honored last June
on . the occasion of his 75th anniversary
as a graduate. One of the
twelve members of the class of
1882, he was presented by the Alumni
Association with a special citation
commemorating the event.
Mr. Burdick, who became a member
of the Board of Trustees in
1902, was named secretary in 1915
and held this post until his retirement
last year. As a result of the
54 years he devoted to the Board,
he was made an honorary trustee.
A life-long member of the Republican
Party, Mr. Burdick contribut-
1949, to October, 1950, and won both
the Pulitzer Prize and the New
York Drama Critics' Circle Award),
Arthur Miller did not bring forth
another new play until "The Crucible."
The opening of "The Crucible"
was, therefore, one of the
most expectantly awaited events
of the 1952-53 theatre season.
Would the author of "Death of a
Salesman" be able to match, or
even top, the brilliance of that
compassionate play?
In an interview given just before
the New York opening of "The
Crucible," Miller said that the idea
of writing a play about the Salem
witch-hunts had come to him "a
long time" before. Interest in the
play was so high jthat announcements
that first one actor and then
another had been engaged for ita
c a s t—weeks before rehearsals
were due to begin—were in the
nature of announcements of a
president-elect or choices for his
cabinet.
David Sherman Burdick
ed many years to the people of AI- organize and remained a part ownfred
and Allegany County. At the er of the Atlas Gravel and Sand
turn of the century, he was super-
Corporation of Alfred. He also bevisor
from the Town of Alfred and
in 1903 began a 27-year term as * ame herd of the Alfred NY STAGING
During rehearsals there were
some rumors of collisions between
Miller and the redoubtable Jed Harris,
who was directing the play, but
Harris Completed his job. Toward
the end of the New York run, however,
when a dwindling public necessitated
a reduction of runningcosts,
the play was re-staged by
he reached the age of 90, "Sherm" Miller himself to fit into a simpler
conducted his own insurance busi- scenic plan and to reduce the cast
ness. I somewhat—and Miller subsequent-
Mr. Burdick's death occurred in ly announced that he would thence-
Telephone Horaell's Bethesda Hospital. He forward, always stage his plays
Allegany County Treasurer. He Company and was a past president had been 'taken there following a himself. Only thus, he was quoted
concluded his county duties in 1930. of the University Bank in Alfred, tall in his home which resulted in as saying could he convey their
David Burdick also contributed now a part of Citizens National a broken hip. He is survived by his original Intent.
to Alfred's business life: he helped Bank in Wellsville. Until 1950, when wife, Kezia Crocker Burdick.
(Continued on page four)

PAGS FOUR THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1957
From the Editor . . .
Semantic Suffocation, etc. . .
Oh well . . see where an editorial writer for the University of
Utah's Daily Utah Chronicle was attacked, in regard to his stand of segregation,
with an argument that sounded something like this:
"Since when should a business establishment be dictated to? In a
sense they should have the right to hang up a sign . . . Your 'survey'
indicated only one thing. That most establishments use that constitutional
right of living and working as they wish . . . Write your editorials
about something you know about . . ."
"Constitutional right of li v ing and working as they please." That's
a pretty potent phrase. "Constitution" . . . that implies thé constitution
of the United States of America, I take it. Maybe this letrer-writer
should read it. It would seem that he wants to write his own. He'll
have to if he expects to interpret it as profnoting discrimination.
It seems to me that the definition of democracy has become unimportant
to Americans in the light of big cars, big moviehouses, big
courts and big jails.
The real battle going on in the world today is not with Communism
or Russia. It is one of definition and is being fought within the confines
of our own nation: on college campuses, in front of high schools,
on buses, before congressional committees . . .
You don't need an ICBM to win a war, but you'll never have a
democracy with legal segregation.
MHB
Letters to the Editor, Box 754
Student Outlook
J}y Kathy O'Donnell
TEACHER EXAMINATIONS
On Saturday, February 15, 1958,
the National Teacher Examinations
will be given at 260 testing centers
throughout the country. These examinations
include tests in professional
information, general culture,
English expression, non-verbal
reasoning and optional examinations
which indicate proficiency
in the subject to be

TUESDAY, NOVEMBR 5, 1957 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORE PAGE THREE
Indiana U. Presents Doctorate
To Pulos for Education Study
William L. Pulos, associate professor
of psychology, has added
-the doctor of education degree to
his record, following the successful
completion of graduate work at
Indiana University.
Dr. Pulos, who holds h.a. and m.
8 degrees, performed all undergraduate
and graduate study in
his native state, Indiana'. He receiyed
a b.a. degree in 1946 from Anderson
College and an m.s. from
Butler University in 1947.
After serving aa a counselor at
ucation and psychology. He was
named chairman of the psychology
department in 1953 and is director
of school psychology training. He
has also supervised the University's
practice teaching program.
Dr. Pulos holds memberships in
such professional organizations as
the American Association of University
Professors, American Personnel
and Guidance Association,
American Psychological Association,
and the New York State Counselors
Association. He served for
Indiana Uiversity for a year, Dr. three years as executive secretary
Pulos Joined the Alfred faculty in ' of the Southern Tier School Study
1949 as assistant professor of ed- ! Council until 1953.
Burdicks Recount
Europe Vacation
(Continued from page two)
friendliness of the people. Hot tenberg
Ober Tauber has two walls
and continues the medieval tradition
of the night watchman. Here,
the housewives and old men can
usually be seen leaning out of the
windows of the colorful houses
which line 'both sides of the marrow,
winding cobblestone streets.
In the small towns in the south,
the men were seen wearing liederhosen
(leather pants handed down
irom father to son; the dirtier the
better) held up by embroidered suspenders.
The Burdicks also enjoyed
their many trips on the busy,
swift-flowing Rhine River. They
noted that there is still evidence
of war throughout the country, especially
in the old imperial city of
Mainz.
Mrs. Burdick, in concluding her
remarks about the unforgettable
vacation, expressed the hope that
many Alfred students, through exchange
programs, would have the
opportunity of experiencing such
a trip, and in so doing cement
friendly relations between ourselves
and the European peoples.
Calendar
Tuesday
""Student Senate
W.S.G. ^
Varsity "A" Club at gym
Thursday
Assembly
American Ceramic Society
A.P.O.
Newman Club
Saturday
"Football—Brockport
Cross Country—New York State
Meet
Sunday
A.U.CA.
Monday
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claim these articles, inquire
at the office in Bartlett.
New Administration
The results of last week's
freshman elections are as follows:
president, Richard
Gross; vice-president, Eleanor
Ormsby; secretary, Jeannie Ciplijauskas;
treasurer, Andrea
Rawady.
Professor Robert M. Campbell,
chairman of the department of ceramic
engineering returned last
week after representing 12 engineering
collegs in upper New York
State and Ontario at the. annual
fall meeting of the American Society
for Engineering Education
held in New York City.
Also in the) ceramics department,
Dr- Van Derek Frechette, professor
of ceramic technology, delivered
tfce. key address at a meeting of.
the Southern Tier Technological
Society last week in Johnson City.
Dr. Frechette spoke on the topic,
"Ceramics Through the Microscope.''
RELIGION COUNCIL
Dr. Homer C. Wilkins,' professor
of physics, was chosen the new,
chairman of the Central committee
of the National Council on Religion
In Higher Education.
Dr. Wilkins will serve as chairman
for one year. He was elected
a member of the committee last
January for a period of three
years.
THEOLOGY TALK
Dr. Alfred J. Gross, professor of
theology, recently addressed a
meeting of the Fellowship of Chris
tian Education at Silver Lake, N.Y.
He spoke on the topic, "Scientific
Approach in Teaching Religion."
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AMERICAN STUDIES
Dr. M: Bernstein and Dr, T. Klit-
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meeting of the American Studies
Association of New York held at
Wells College in Aurora, New York
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TEACHERS
Dr. Joseph Seidlin, dean of the
graduate school, attended the annual
meeting of the Council on
Cooperation in Teacher Education
last week in Chicago.
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PAGS FOUR THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1957
Juana Türkei of Quito
Says NY Is "So-o-o Big"
Juana's facility^ iwlth languages
is due, at least in part, to her
experience in international living;
she was born in Poland, lived five
years in Bale, Switzerland, and for
the past ten yeairs has lived in
University Club News
By Bonnie Gross
- One of the new arrivals to the.'Quito with her parents. This is her
Alfred campus is a diminutive, first visit to our country, and
dark-haired, dark-eyed miss with a when asked her opinion of Amer-
tiny, freckled nose . that crinkles ica, Juana replied only that it is
when she smiles.
"So-o-o big." She felt that she
What distinguishes this fresh- eould not falrl BADMINTON CLUB
M£THODISTGROUP active program is planned for fu-
The Badminton Club will meet November 1 thru 3, members of
ture meetings which are to be held
each Sunday afternoon from 2:30 the Methodist Group attended a
every .two weeks. All interested
to 6:15 p.m. Racquets and birds are New York State Methodist Move-
students are invited to attend.
available, but participants must ment conference at Camp Caso-
BUSINES8 CLUB
bring their own sneakers. All are wsfsco. The theme of the copference At its first meeting last week
welcome.
was "Religious Experiences." The the Business Club held elections,
SENATE
following members attended this for (this year's officers. Co-chairmen
The greater portion of Tuesday's
conference: Gail Kelts, A1 Baker, for the year are Ron Anderson and
talk about the
y Senate meeting was taken up by
Maryellen Harrington, Philip Liiu, Richard Engle. Mary Cavanaugh is
United States because as yet she
man from the other members of
elections. Every year, a member of
David Mattison, Walter Sadler. Lyle secretary and Eric Gillette, treas-
has seen only New York City and
the class of 1961 (besides the fact
each class is elected to serve on
Slack, Yien Koo Wang ,and Sandy urer*
Alfred, but she did admit that of
that she speaks five languages,
•it'h Treasurer'® 'Commijttee. Tthis
Zimmerman.
The club also set up its commit-
the two, she preferred Alfred's calm-
which is quite unusual in itself) is
committee decides the amount of On November 17, the meeting will tees and elected chairmen to theirer,
less noisy, less hectic atmos-
that she has been in America only
the Senate's funds to-be apportion- be a hymn service at 7 p.m., featurheads.phere. two months, having arrived on
ed to the different campus organiing hymns written by Charles Wes- Membership is.opn to all students
August 15 in New York City from Juana related that the school syszations.
Elected for 'this year are ley.
in the School of Business and to 'all.
Quito, Ecuador.
tem in Gquador differed greatly Tom Pohidas, Freshman class;
PSYCHOLOGY
those who are interested in a busi-
Juana Turkel, for that is her
from that in America There, child- Dorothy Schwaegler, Sophomore On November 14, John Merica, ness program.
name, graduated from high school ren attend a year of kindergarten, class; Warren Smith, Junior class; the County Psychologist will speak
in Quito last July and came to the six years of primary school, and and Diana Smith, Senior class.
AOC
to the Psychology Club. His topic
TJhlted States a month later. After six years of high school. Students
Arnie Miller and Bob 'Rath were
will be " Atypical School Children At the October 29 meeting of the
graduation from Alfred, where she spend seven hours a day at school,
chosen as the Senate's representa-
and the Role of the School Psy- Alfred Outing Club president Marty
is matriculating In the College of and their curriculum includes many tives to the Men's Athletic Govchologist."
The, Club will meet in Innet announced that there will be
Liberal Arts, Juana intends to fur- subjects which Americans do not erning Board.
Room 1, South Hall at 7:30 p.m. j
a regional meeting of the Intercolther
her education at ail interpre- take until college; among the lat-
"kefreshments will be served after |
President of the Senate, Jim
legiate Outing Club Association on.
ters' school before becoming an inter are formal course^ in psychol-
the meeting.
Sproul, spoke of ..the forthcoming
terpreter at the United Nations.
November 8, 9 and 10 at Penn State.
ogy and philosophy. Another dif- Campus Chest Drive and remind-
LUTHERAN CLUB
This is, of course, a natural voca-
President Innet stated that a delference
is that last year Juana was ed the houses to choose their candi- The newly formed Lutheran Club
tion for her to pursue, in view Of
taking thirteen subjects in her dates for the 'annual Ugly Man had its first meeting Sunday, Noegation from Alfred plans to at-
the fact that she can already
final year of high school.
Contest.
vember 3, 1957 in Alumni Hall. An tend.
speak Polish, French, German,
English, and Spanish and hopes to
learn Hebrew.
"Crucible" Charts
Impressive Course
¿Continued from page one?
"The Crucible'" opened in New
York, January 22, 1953, and was
greeted by a massive ovation on its
opening night, which included nineteen
curtain calls at the end. All
the major critics who had expected
that Miller might use the story of
tie Salem witch-hunts to make too
pointed a parallel about contemporary
"investigations" took pains
to praise the play as a drama that
most praiseworthily avoided direct
parallels.
CONTROVERSIAL PLAY
But it was impossible not to associate
his story about a mass hysteria
in 1692 with the uproar over
political heresies in the headlines
of the day. Therefore, the play became
not only an item of great interest,
because it was the first
new work by the author of the unforgettable
"Death of a Salesman,"
but also a subject of great controversy
because of its theme. It was
without doubt the most talked
about, argued-about, fought-about
play in mans seasons.
"The Crucible" has won the Antoinette
Perry Prize and also the
Donaldson Award (bestowed by the
vote of all the actors, writers, designers,
directors, and other theatrical
folk of Broadway).
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What young people are doing at General Electric
Young engineer
pioneers new ways
to use x-ray
A new x-ray inspection system which intensi-
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brightness and transmits it to a conventional
TV screen has been developed recently by
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One of the principal men who developed x-ray
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Department in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Jacobs' Work Is Important, Responsible
As an electronics specialist, Dr. Jacobs' work
in the past has been devoted to the study of
photoconductors—substances whose properties
change under the influence of radiation — and
the use of x-ray in industrial inspection. This
in turn led to his development of the x-ray-
sensitive camera tube used in TVX.
His present administrative duties with the
Advanced Development Lab allow him more
time for teaching others what he has learned.
He now teaches the second-year graduate course
at Northwestern in vacuum-tube networks, and
has recendy been named McKay Visiting Pro-
fessor for 1957 by the University of California
at Berkeley, where he will give a two-week
series of lectures on photoco-iduction.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBR 5, 1957 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PACE FIVE
Experience and Service
Are a Man Named Milt
Have you ever wondered who is
responsible for the beauty of Merrill
Field? Milt Emerson, Mainten-
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Milt Emerson
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ance Engineer of athletic facilities
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Mr. Emerson can remember the
days when the grass was mowed
by horse-drawn mowers. Milt, witnessed
the erection of Howell Social
Hall and Bartlett Dormitory.
He can lay claim to heing the first
man to spend a night in that dormitory;
His duties vary with the multiphased
Alfred atheltic program. He
is in attendance at all University
social functions.
A resident of Alfred Station, Milt
Emerson spends his leisure with
his family, a family including Mrs.
Emerson and three daughters. His
oldest daughter; Rose Mary, has
graduated from Fredonia State
Teachers College, and it at present
pursuing her career. Mrs. Emerson
is also associated with the University,
being employed in the capacity
of cook at the newly acquired
Tau Delta Phi Fraternity house.
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Freshman singles went to Miss
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PAGS FOUR THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1957
Aces High Over Saxons'King, 18-13
As Jupiter Showers Wrath on Time
It took Jupiter Pluvius, a heavy
linee and Father Time to knock
the Saxons off last Saturday at
American International, 18-13.
A torrential downpour struck AIC
Park ten minutes before game time,
and twenty minutes later most of
the damage had been done.
After taking the opening kickoff
on their own 20, halfbacks Bob
Mtercik and Nick Riga along with
fullback George Daley toted the
hall ten times for the opening
ps from PS:
Warriors Leave Buffalo Bill —
Reason? Bulls Grow Too Much
I by Pete Shapiro
FIAT LUX Sports Editor
Five Year Plan, Buffalo Style
"... who bring you this broadcast in appreciation of the University
of Buffalo's expanding athletic program." Just as this phrase ends
each broadcast of the Bull's nine football games during the year, so are
the facts behind it-the main reason why the 35 game Alfred-Buffalo
.series wás called to a close two Saturdays ago.
UB's Chancellor has already placed emphasis upon athletics; he has
predicted that Buffalo will be playing big-time football within five
yaars.
It is our personal opinion that UB's "five-year-plan" will not be
realized by then. However, this is not important; the University's problems
will lie mainly in scheduling, even after they achieve a team that
can rank with Colgate, Syracuse and other "big-time" area teams.
Football's Frustrating Favoritism
Unfortunately, the general feeling on this campus is one of contempt
for this effort on Buffalo's behalf. Such sentiments orignate
largely from slanted football coverage in Buffalo papers and frustrating
favoritism by WBEN commentators.
If we go behind the glaring headlines and the gloating announcing,
•we find that:
1—The University has the facilities at present—and the finances
i for further expansion—that can support a big-time football team.
2—The University's students, alumni and trustees have shown the
interest that can support a big-time football team.
3—The "Queen City," the best sports town in the state including
this columnist's home town of New York, deserves and can support a
big-tin« football team.
Another common misconception is that Buffalo dumped Alfred because
of the loss of prestige that accompanies losing to a small college
i team.
Not to Do and Die, but to Reason Why
" Again we find this completely contradictory to fact. Alfred's Director
of Athletics, Jim McLane, went on record in a half-time interview
at the Buffalo game with the reasons for the termination:
The Saxons dropped Buffalo in recognition of the Bulls' program
of expansion; it is impossible for Alfred to keep pace with UB because
oi finances, location, support and student body size.
This does not represent negative thinking in any way, nor is it
am admission of defeat. The athletic department realizes it can't compete
with Buffalo; at the same time it is anxious to continue to present
3» Alfred the same good brand of football that fans deserve and are
-accustomed to. . •
And so comes the parting of ways; within several generations of
coBege life the two schools will be presenting entirely diverse athletic
programs to its students and area fans.
Gone will be perhaps the most continually good football competi-
tion either college could expect.
But now that conditions have changed this is no longer possible;
Üeresfto the success of both teams.
Special to the FIAT LUX
touchdown, which came at the five
minute mark. Riga went over from
the 5.
The Saxons took over on their
own 24 yard line, and on fourth
down Jimmy Hartnett fumbled a
pass from center in punt formation
and had to run the ball to his
own 28. Three plays later the Aves
capitalized to score their second
touchdown. Scoring the TD was
Mercik from 12 yards out.
Haaaaaaaaäaaaaallelujah ! ! !
Make Hey-Hey While You Can
Practice sessions for all those
students, male and female, who are
interested in becoming cheerleaders
will start tomorrow at 7 p.m. in
the Women's Gym at South Hall.
The complete schedule is as follows:
November 6 7-8
7 7-8
8 1:15 - 2 :15
13 7-8
14 7-8
15 1:1G - 2:15
20 7 -8
21 7-8
22 7 -8
Degree of experience does not
matter: new students on campus
aré advised that an entirely new
squad is chosen for the basketball
season of this school year and thè
football season of next year. The
tryout date is Monday, November
25 at 7:15 p.m.
At this point Hartnett put on
a one-man show for the Saxons.
On third down the quarterback
from Elmira raced through tackle
and continued straight up the center
of the field for 73 yards and a
touchdown, with key blocks being
thrown by Joe Yannuzzi and John
Farnan.
The fourth quarter saw the Warriors
climax a 14 play drive covering
85 yards when Hartnett went
over from one yard out with 4:20
left in the game. Setting up the tally
were four long passes from Hart,
nett to Talarico, Cechini and two
to Farnan.
Alfred recovered the ensuing on-
One of the Last Few . . .
Harriers Prep for NYS Meet
With Win Over Union, 22-37
Alfred's harriers made their fin- Joe DiCamillo took first for Al-
al competitive preparations for
this week's New York State Championship
Meet when they met Union
College on Terra Cotta filed last
Saturday. The score was 22-37, the
Tuttlemen victorious.
side kickoft on tlie AIC 49, and attempted
four passes to try to turn
defeat into victory. The Saxons
failed, but gained a reprieve as
they once again received possession
with 1:50 left in the game on
the AIC 41.
After failing to connect on three
plays, a 40 yard pass from Hartnett
bo Cechini on the 2 yard line was
¡broken up and victory went to AIC
as Father Time interceded.
li'lAT pnoto Dy crowDar)
Saxons Ai Feather and Dick DeMott team up to bring, down Buffalo
back Bob Muscarella during the final game of the Alfred-UB
series. — ' ' 1 " w-i-"^-—•"»'•""—•»•-H««"»' f •.! > : >
The Bulls' 15-0 victory marked the first time in 52 consecutive
games that the Warrior» failed to score. It was the first Buffalo win
over Alfred since 1951.
fred, finishing a full minute ahead
of his nearest opponent. His winning
time was 22:26.2, with Tom
Hoffman of Union and Dave Wilcox
taking the next two places.
Saturday's meet was the final dual
event on the harrier's schedule.
Sid Miles Winding Up Career
At Merrill Field for 10 Years
Got the time? Sid Miles does—at
least he does every Saturday night.
Sid is the official timekeeper at
every Alfred home football game.
He has guided the hands around the
electric clock at the south end of
Merrill Field since it was installed
in 1945.
But Sid's been around here a lot
longer than that; 20 years longer
to be exact. In 1926 Mr. Miles, fresh
from Ithaca College, became head
of the physical education department
at Wellsville High School.
Hie has held that capacity for 32
years.
Since he started at Wellsville,
Mr. Miles has officiated both school
and collegiate sports. In 32 years of
officiated Sid has refere^d an
average of four football games a
week for the ten week season. That
comes to approximately 1200 football
games.
Of course his officiating is not
limited to football. He refs soccer,
basketball and any other sport in
the area that needs officiating. He
has coached basketball and track
for 25 of the 30 years respectively.
Reminiscing, Sid recalls the 1927
Alfred-Buffalo game as the one
which stands out most clearly in
his mind. "That game," he said,
''was played in a sea of mud and
ended without any score." As a
matter of fact Alfred's "Scoreless
Wonders" failed to tally a single
point in eight contests.
By Jay Henis
Still more amazing is the fact
that our record that year was one
win against seven defeats. In the
final game of the season, Amherst
won by a >19-0 score, but the game
was forfeited to Alfred because of
an ineligible player on Amherst's
squad.
What game does he remember as
the best he ever saw Alfred play?
"That would be the 1951 AU-St.
Lawrence game. Both teams were
undefeated that year but Alfred
won by a whopping margin." The
score oi that game was 45-7.
Mr. Miles has worked around football
fields long enough to be a good
judge of their conditions. It is his
considered Opinion that Merrill
Field is now one of the best kept
and conditioned small college fields
in the east.
Mr. Miles told us this was not the
situation before Terra Cotta Field
was constructed in 1940; Before
then the teams used to both play
and practice at Merrill Field, and
when it rained before a game It
would get pretty muddy. Terra Cotta
in the spring is very often just
what Merrill Field used to be like
when it Was wet.
There is a long Alfred tradition
in Mr. Miles' family. His wife, a
local Wellsville girl, has four brothers,
all of whom attended Alfred.
And—you guessed it—they all played
football. Sid himself got his
DiCamillo and Sweet
Alfred now has a 3-0 record in this
competition, having bowled over
Buffalo 23-33 last Wednesday and
downed Cortland in the season opener.
Two other scheduled meets
were knocked off -the card by flu.
Illness is continuing to harry
cross-country teams in the area.
Union College was severely understrength
coming into the dual meet.
And a lot of Alfred's chances this
Saturday at the championships lie
with Ljarry Sweet, who is still
feeling the effects of the bug and
finished fifth against Union.
However, individual honors will
in all probability still be carried
off by the Purple and Gold. DiCamillo
will be running into competition
only it Sweet has re-conditioned
sufficiently.
masters degree at Alfred and has
a nephew who is now attending the
University.
Well that's Sid Miles. He's been
around for three decades and has
been running the electric tick-tock
for better than one of them. Once
Sid Miles
upon a time there was a timekeeper
who was up on time.
And : when you check the final
score against Brockport this Saturday,
give a thought to the pleasant
gentleman who' the only one
that can bring the game to a close
—and on time.