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lïieuw Amsterdam Trio<br />
Alumni Hall<br />
Tonight, 8 P.M. FIAT<br />
Vol. 50, No. 5<br />
LUX "The<br />
WHO IS THIS? For story on this fantastic man, see page 2.<br />
ALFRED, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962<br />
¥ Wvt/O«-'<br />
Matchmaker"<br />
Alumni Hall<br />
Saturday Night<br />
Phone 5402<br />
<strong>Alfred</strong> Senate Sends Letters<br />
Supporting Meredith to Miss.<br />
Student Senate voted last week to send letters in the name of the <strong>Alfred</strong> student body to<br />
James Meredith, Governor Ross Barnett, and the president of the student government at the Uni-<br />
versity of Mississippi.<br />
College Students Voice<br />
Support for Meredith<br />
by Harriet Fain<br />
Students of <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
are not alone in their action concerning<br />
James Meredith's enrollment<br />
at the Univeristy of Mississippi.<br />
Letters, telegrams, postcards,<br />
and-rallies demonstrated the concern<br />
of American college students.<br />
The Executive Board of 1 City<br />
<strong>University</strong>, composed of student<br />
council presidents of the four New<br />
York City colleges, Bent a letter<br />
to the president of the student<br />
government of the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Several Years' Struggle Ends<br />
Sectarianism Issue Ends As<br />
Clauses Disappear on Campus<br />
by Jim Place<br />
On October 2, 1962, the <strong>Alfred</strong> chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha announced to the Student<br />
Senate that it had droped its restrictive clause after deliberations held at the national convention<br />
during the summer. Thus sectarian fraternities on the <strong>Alfred</strong> campus came to an<br />
end.<br />
President M. Ellis Drake, in a<br />
statement prepared for the FIAT<br />
LUX, hailed the Lambda Chi action<br />
ias a "most significant step."<br />
Dr. Drake declared that the "action<br />
is particularly pleasing to the<br />
faculties and administrative officers<br />
of <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong> because<br />
It has been taken by the fraternity<br />
itself and is in accord with<br />
onr announced position that the<br />
local problem 'can best be solved<br />
through action taken by the fraternities<br />
themselves'."<br />
The Lambda Chi announcement<br />
climaxed several years of discussion,<br />
political fighting, confusion and<br />
misunderstanding over the entire<br />
issue of discriminatory fraternities.<br />
Although only three years ago half<br />
of <strong>Alfred</strong>'s six fraternities chose<br />
new members on a restrictive basis,<br />
all of them succeeded in work-<br />
ing for the elimination of this<br />
practice. How has this transition<br />
come about?<br />
National Fraternities Banned<br />
Early in 1953, the FIAT LUX<br />
reported that the State <strong>University</strong><br />
of New York banned national fraternities<br />
and sororities from establishing<br />
1 chapters on its campuses.<br />
President Drake issued a statement<br />
at this time to the effect that <strong>Alfred</strong><br />
agreed with the State decision<br />
and that it was in complete harmony<br />
with the anti-discriminatory<br />
policies of <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
On Jan. 12, 1954, it was announced<br />
that the Ag-Tech chapter of the<br />
American Association of <strong>University</strong><br />
Professors had lodged an officiel<br />
protest with the State <strong>University</strong><br />
because they felt 1) the ruling<br />
was an infringement upon the<br />
personal liberty of the individual,<br />
Phoenix Theatre Actors To<br />
Present Wilder's 'Matchmaker<br />
The Phoenix Theatre, under the<br />
auspices of the New York State<br />
Council on the Arts, will present<br />
Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker"<br />
in Alumni Hall on October<br />
20.<br />
Directed by Harold Prince, Wilder's<br />
farce about a tight-fisted Yonkers<br />
Merchant of the '80's' in search<br />
of a wife, and of a scheming lady<br />
matchmaker who blows out every<br />
match she gets until she herself Is<br />
made the conquering flame, is much<br />
too genteel to fold, it has people<br />
bouncing out of trapdoors, squeezing<br />
into closets, hiding under tables,<br />
enooping behind screens; It has<br />
identities mistaken and pursed mislaid,<br />
boys dressing as girls and<br />
cab drivers looped with drink.<br />
The Phoenix Theatre was founded<br />
by T. Edward Hambleton and<br />
Norris Houghton in 1953'; since<br />
then they have established it as<br />
a permanent institution. Mr. Houghton<br />
is a Princeton graduate; he<br />
studied theatre abroad for a year<br />
on a Guggenheim Fellowship and<br />
was a member of the <strong>University</strong><br />
Players. During the 40's' he helped<br />
found Theatre Incorporated<br />
which brought the Old Vic Company<br />
to the United States for the<br />
first time. He produced "Pygmalion",<br />
directed "MacBeth," and both<br />
produced and directed "Billy Budd."<br />
He was formerly a lecturer on<br />
drama at Princeton Columbia College<br />
and is now Adjunct Professot<br />
of Drama at Barnard College.<br />
The Phoenix's other Co-Managing<br />
Director, T. Edward Hambleton,<br />
is a graduate of the Drama School<br />
(Continued on Page 5)<br />
2) it did not guarantee the elimin<br />
ation of discriminatory practices,<br />
3) it deprived the fraternities and<br />
sororities of private property with<br />
•out due process of law.<br />
The first reaction to the issue<br />
came in the Feb. 17, 1953 issue of<br />
the FIAT LUX in the form of an<br />
editorial entitled "Charity" by Dorothy<br />
Sachs. It concerned the pledging<br />
of a non-aryan to the Williams<br />
College chapter of Phi Delta Theta,<br />
(Continued on Page 5)<br />
Mississippi asking "Where is the<br />
voice of the students of Mississippi?"<br />
The letter implored the Mississippi<br />
student body to accept Meredith<br />
on the basis of his academic<br />
ability. It also challenged the students<br />
to speak out against Governor<br />
Ross Barnett.<br />
It went on to refer to the recent<br />
riots over James Meredith Case<br />
as not only trespassing upon the<br />
rights of on© student, "Ultimately,<br />
it threatens government by law<br />
and therefore the rights of all students.<br />
If the university should be<br />
closed, the rights of the students<br />
of Mississippi would be immediately<br />
challenged."<br />
Hunter College<br />
Bronx Student Council of Hunter<br />
College has sent letters to the<br />
president of the <strong>University</strong> of Mississippi's<br />
student body, the Mississippi<br />
State Legislature, and the<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Mississippi administration<br />
condemning their ac-<br />
Nieuw Amsterdam TrioToPlay<br />
Chamber Music Here Tonight<br />
The Nieuw Amsterdam Trio, a<br />
chamber music group which has<br />
been touring the United States for<br />
several years, will give a public concert<br />
at <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong> tonight<br />
at 8 p.m., in Alumni Hall under<br />
the auspices of the Cultural Council<br />
of <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
The trio will play movements<br />
from Mozart's Opus No. 3 in E Major,<br />
from Beethoven's Opus 70, No.<br />
1 in D Major, and from Brahm's<br />
Opus 87, in C major. Members of<br />
the musical group are Edith Mocsanyi,<br />
pianist, .Joseph Rabushka,<br />
violinist and Jascha Bernstein, celpigt.<br />
Edith Mocsanyi is a native of Vienna.<br />
She graduated from the master<br />
class of the Viennese Academy<br />
of Music under the world famous<br />
pianist Emll von Saner, and later<br />
studied with Leonie Gombrich. She<br />
toured extensively throughout Eu-<br />
rope and the Near East as the<br />
pianist of the Koffman Trio, the<br />
Georg Steiner Trio, and the 'cello-piano<br />
due she had with Ernst<br />
Newmann. She has performed in<br />
the United States as a soloist, and<br />
^.s the pianist of many leading<br />
chmber music organizations.<br />
Joseph Rbushka, a pupil of Ra<br />
phael Bronstein, made his debut<br />
at the age of 14 In Town Hall.<br />
Three years later he gave his first<br />
solo recital at Carnegie Hall, followed<br />
bl recitals and appearances<br />
as soloist with various symphony<br />
orchestras in New York and other<br />
major cities. He has toured extensively<br />
in England and Europe.<br />
Jascha Bernstein, a native of<br />
Lithuania, studied under Prof, von<br />
Glehn at the Moscow Conservatory,<br />
and later with Prof. Julius<br />
Klengel in Leipzig. He then toured<br />
Europe as a recitalist and as soloist<br />
with major orchestras, among<br />
them the Israel Philharmonic under<br />
Artmro Toscanlni who urged<br />
him to come to the United States.<br />
Tickets for the concert are on<br />
sale at Koskie Music Co. in Hornell,<br />
Fred D Rice Music House<br />
in Wellsvllle, and at the Campus<br />
Center in <strong>Alfred</strong>. Admission for<br />
the general public Is $2.50. The<br />
concert is free to <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
students as one of several<br />
events partially financed by a Student<br />
Senate grant. Faculty may<br />
attend on season tickets or general<br />
admission.<br />
Meredith is the 29 year old Air<br />
Force veteran whose attempts to<br />
enroll at the <strong>University</strong> of Mississippi<br />
were blocked by Governor<br />
Barnett until President Kennedy<br />
ordered federal troops into the<br />
state.<br />
The letters express the concern<br />
of <strong>Alfred</strong> students with the recent<br />
violence and defiance of federal<br />
law in Mississippi, and called upon<br />
both Barnett and the student<br />
government to meet their responsibilities.<br />
The letter to Meredith himself<br />
declared that the student body<br />
of <strong>Alfred</strong> was in full "support of<br />
your courageous efforts."<br />
tions. They also sent a letter to<br />
The Senate action followed the<br />
request of President Fred Silverstein<br />
that <strong>Alfred</strong>'s students show<br />
that they are aware of and interested<br />
in events of national and international<br />
significance, and to do<br />
so by sending messages to those involved<br />
in the latest struggle over<br />
desegregation. An original motion<br />
by Ralph Strauss that the Senate<br />
send letters to Gov. Barnett, the<br />
student body president, and the<br />
<strong>University</strong> president was passed,<br />
but at a special session Wednesday<br />
night the Senate voted to send<br />
a letter to Meredith himself rather<br />
th;an to he <strong>University</strong> President.<br />
Following are the texts of the<br />
James Meredith prasing his per- i three letters:<br />
severance and urging its continu- To James Meredith:<br />
ance.<br />
"We, the student body of <strong>Alfred</strong><br />
Swarthmore's Student Council <strong>University</strong>, are aware of and In<br />
sent a letter to James Meredith support of your courages effort«<br />
supoprting his efforts to enroll at to obtain an education and would<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Mississippi. The like to extend to you our full sup-<br />
Council also sent a letter to the port for your success In this en-<br />
president of the <strong>University</strong> of Misdeavor."sissippi's<br />
student body urging stu-<br />
To Governor Barnett:<br />
dent leaders to attempt to main-<br />
"We, the students of <strong>Alfred</strong> Unitain<br />
order and sanity among the<br />
versity, are aware of the radical<br />
Mississippi students. Enclosed with<br />
changes In your state's social<br />
each letter was a copy of the Stu<br />
structor which the events of the<br />
(Continued on Page 5)<br />
past weeks have underscored.<br />
We urge you to uphold federal<br />
law In the best interest of the<br />
United States of America. We hope<br />
that the registration and enrollment<br />
of Mr. Meredith will be<br />
peacefully accepted by all concerned<br />
without further violence;"<br />
To U. of Miss. Student Body<br />
President:<br />
"We, the students of <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
are aware that you are faced<br />
with a critical problem at your<br />
<strong>University</strong>. In view of the threat<br />
of further violence involving the<br />
enrollment of James Meredith, we<br />
urge you to show competent leadership<br />
and set an example by welcoming<br />
Mr. Meredith as a member<br />
of your student body.<br />
We hope that the problem will<br />
be resolved peacefully for the best<br />
interests of all Involved."<br />
All three letters were signed<br />
"STUDENT SENATE, <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong>."<br />
Print Collection<br />
<strong>Alfred</strong> has over 75 prints for<br />
rental to students, faculty, and<br />
staff for the school year. A moderate<br />
fee is charged for both semesters<br />
for both modern anr old<br />
prl nts.<br />
This collection is stored at the<br />
Campus Center and may be seen<br />
by asking at the Campus Center<br />
desk.
PAGE EIGHT THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962<br />
Have You Seen Everything?<br />
Probably Not "Dirty John's'<br />
by Jqel Karasik<br />
Even afer spending a relatively<br />
abort time in '<strong>Alfred</strong>, one gets the<br />
impression that he's seen all that's<br />
worth seeing in the area. This,<br />
however, is a misleading conception,<br />
especially if one has never<br />
seen "Dirty John's".<br />
"Dirty John's" is an endearing,<br />
if not literal term, which describes<br />
a business establishment which is<br />
something between a junk shop<br />
and an antique shop. Judging from<br />
the prices, it is probably closer<br />
to the latter.<br />
'It is situated between <strong>Alfred</strong> and:<br />
Hornell off on the road to Angelica.<br />
As one approaches it on the<br />
one lane county road winding<br />
through the rolling farmlands of<br />
Allegany County, one wonders Just<br />
what type of place this is going<br />
to be. Whatever you are thinking,<br />
you are wrong! Even after seeing<br />
it, "Dirty John's" defies description,<br />
and to imagine it without seeing<br />
it is almost impossible.<br />
Discription 'Difficult<br />
Trying to describe "Dirty John's"<br />
is like trying to describe the United<br />
States to a foreigner; it is just too<br />
complex, and the only thing you<br />
can do is resort to enumerating<br />
particulars. For one thing, "Dirty<br />
John's" is big. It is contained in<br />
a number of buildings on hundreds<br />
• of square feet of land. Trying to<br />
see it all in one afternoon gives<br />
one the same feeling of futility<br />
that one get's attempting to cover<br />
the entire M'useum of Natural History<br />
in a single day.<br />
And "Dirty John's" is complex;<br />
diversified, yet still cohesive. Just<br />
knowing the story behind every object<br />
there would make one an authority<br />
on western New York culture<br />
for the past 200 years. John<br />
has everything— books, magazines,<br />
lamps, farm equipment, bicycles,<br />
coaches, buttons, stuffed animals,<br />
clothes, license plates, dinnerware,<br />
carburetors, vacuum cleaners, cars,<br />
coffins, fossils, and even an authentic<br />
(so he says) skeleton of tihe<br />
first man to be hung in the county.<br />
The list is infinite, and a story<br />
goes with each article.<br />
Gun Collection<br />
One of John's most prized possessions<br />
is his gun collection. He<br />
can tell you about it, but he can't<br />
show it to you. That's because it's<br />
kept on the second floor of his<br />
house, and there is so much "stuff"<br />
piled in front of it that it would<br />
take you all day to get to the<br />
guns. The guns, which number<br />
about 350. are muskets and flintlocks<br />
which go back almost 200<br />
years. John claims that he was<br />
offered |12,500 for the lot by a<br />
passing antique dealer a number<br />
of years ago.<br />
John also takes great pride in<br />
Only a strong person is able to<br />
rise above his surroundings. Most<br />
don't.<br />
Elmer Rice<br />
JOHN'S HOUSE with 10 tons of stuff upstairs.<br />
'Automation' Topic Of Annual<br />
Ceramics?Association Meeting<br />
Members of the Ceramic Association<br />
of New York will hear talks<br />
on "Automation in the Ceramic Industry"<br />
during their 29th Annual<br />
Meeting on October 19 at State <strong>University</strong><br />
of New York College of<br />
Ceramics at <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
A special guest speaker will be<br />
William L. Swager of the Department<br />
of Economics and Information<br />
Research at Battelle Memorial Institute,<br />
Columbus, Ohio. He will<br />
addrestf the luncheon and business<br />
meeting in Howell Hall.<br />
Robert E. Gould of Buffalo, President<br />
of Buffalo China Company<br />
and President of the state Ceramic<br />
Association, will open the meeting.<br />
Glass Co., Elmira, will serve as<br />
chairman during the morning and<br />
^afternoon program sessions in<br />
Binns-Merrill Hall.<br />
The subject of "Flexible Automation"<br />
will be discussed by H.<br />
W. Nidenberg of United Fleximation<br />
Corp., Inc., Schenectady, at<br />
the opening session at 9:50 a.m.<br />
"New Whiteware Equipment" will<br />
be described by A. J. Wahl, President<br />
of A. J. Wahl, Inc., of Brocton,<br />
N. Y.<br />
William A. Fergusan, Assistant<br />
Company, Niagara Falls, will speak<br />
at
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PAGE THREE<br />
Social, Academic Honor<br />
Systems Are Examined<br />
This is the second in a series of<br />
article/a on college honor systems.<br />
Jjost week's article was concerned<br />
with just what an honor sys-<br />
Itern is. This week we turn our attention<br />
to the divisions of an honor<br />
system and how 1such a system<br />
might work.<br />
For the most part, all honor systems<br />
can be classified into three<br />
main categories: academic, social,<br />
or a combination of these two.<br />
An academic honor system covers<br />
only those matters which concern<br />
the student's scholastic affairs. This<br />
would include such regulations as<br />
«heating on exams, plagiarism, borrowing<br />
books from the library, and<br />
In some cases cutting classes.<br />
All non-scholastic aspects of the<br />
student's life would be covered by<br />
a social honor system. This system<br />
usually entails coverage of specific<br />
elements such as drinking, smoking,<br />
cars, living unit rules, signing in<br />
Assembly<br />
A Junior Class Show will be<br />
given at Thursday's assembly.<br />
All freshmen and sophomores<br />
must attend.<br />
Attention Seniors<br />
A Senior class picture will be<br />
taken at Susan Howell Half,<br />
Wednesday, Oct 17 at 12:50<br />
p.m., weather permitting. Caps<br />
and gowns are required.<br />
and out, assembly attendance, fraternity<br />
and sorority rushing, etc.<br />
How an Honor System Works<br />
An effective honor system involves<br />
judicial system of some sort.<br />
(Continued on Page 6)<br />
Potter Resigns<br />
SenatePosition<br />
George Potter resigned from his<br />
position as treasurer of the Student<br />
Senate last Tuesday night.<br />
Dissatisfied with a decision of the<br />
Executive Council to send messages<br />
to Mississippi — see story,<br />
page 1) and discouraged by his<br />
lack of influence in Senate affaire,<br />
Potter decided that he could no<br />
longer work in harmony with the<br />
other members of the council.'<br />
•He stated that his personal views<br />
do not conform with those of the<br />
"starry-eyed" idealists representative<br />
of the majority at the present<br />
time.. He also stated that he<br />
feels that he can fight for his beliefs<br />
better on the "outside." His<br />
last word to the silent group of<br />
representatives was an ominous<br />
"peace"—then he left the room.<br />
Ball Vanech, class of '65, was<br />
elected to succeed Potter as Treasurer<br />
of the Student Senate. .Vanech<br />
is a brother of Klan Alpine and<br />
a member of the Varsity 7. He<br />
' was president of his freshman<br />
class.<br />
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W.S.G. Plans<br />
62-63 Program<br />
In an effort to establish closer<br />
relations between <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
women and to acquaint the class of<br />
1966 with the activities of the Women's<br />
Student Government chapter<br />
on the campus, the representative<br />
council has organied a series of<br />
events for the coming year which<br />
will be open to participation to all<br />
interested women.<br />
The first of these is the Big and<br />
Little Sister party to be held on<br />
Oct. 17 in Howell Hall from 7:45 to<br />
9:45 p.m. This activity is a continuation<br />
of the Big Sister Program<br />
launched earlier this summer to aid<br />
freshman women as they begin their<br />
life at <strong>Alfred</strong>. The agenda includes<br />
a skit, fashion show, and general<br />
'teab" to make the girls feel more<br />
at home.<br />
November 10 is the date set for<br />
a field day which W.S.G. is sponsoring<br />
in cooperation with W.A.G.B.<br />
The schedule of activities is being<br />
planned in order to accommodate<br />
anyone interested in good<br />
healthy fun. Relay races, a softball<br />
and a cage ball game are a few<br />
take place between the frosh girls<br />
and the upperclass women.<br />
On the same date, several members<br />
of the representative council<br />
will attend a statewide convention<br />
of the Intercollegiate Association<br />
State Teacher's College. The I.A:<br />
W.S. is a national organisation<br />
concerned with the coordination of<br />
the goals of college women. The<br />
conference Willi, afford the delegates<br />
with the opportunity to present<br />
problems from their respective<br />
schools and discuss with others,<br />
ways to improve the role of<br />
the college women on campus.<br />
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<strong>Alfred</strong>'s Great<br />
Jonathan Allen Honored<br />
At Charter Convocation<br />
Jonathan Allen is <strong>Alfred</strong>'s Great<br />
for 1962. He was honored at the<br />
CharterDay-Opeining Colltege Convocation<br />
in an address given by<br />
Rev. Albert N. Rogers, Dean of<br />
the School of Theology.<br />
A student of Oberlin College,<br />
Ohio, and <strong>Alfred</strong>, Jonathan Allen<br />
was invited to join the <strong>Alfred</strong> faculty<br />
after teaching at the Milton<br />
Academy in Wisconsin. Allen studied<br />
a year at Harvard <strong>University</strong><br />
and a term at Andover Theological<br />
Seminary. Appointed acting,/PrasjLdent<br />
in 1865, he sssumed the full<br />
responsibility of the office upon<br />
the d'aath of William Colgro^e<br />
Kenyon, the first president" of the<br />
Select iSchool.<br />
As the second president, Allen's<br />
administration lasted a quarter<br />
•century, from 1867 to 1892. His<br />
activities included instituting the<br />
departments of physics and geology,<br />
history and political science.<br />
He built the Steinheim, where geolo'gical<br />
Specimens colMcted from<br />
his journeys were displayed, and<br />
raised funds for the Kenyon Mem-<br />
orial Hall, which w)as erected<br />
where the Campus Center now<br />
stands. President Allen enhanced<br />
the campus' cultural and academ*<br />
\ ic situation and in 1857 wad instrumental<br />
in obtaining the <strong>Alfred</strong><br />
| <strong>University</strong> Charter from the New<br />
' York State Legislature.<br />
Besides mathematics, biology<br />
and botany, Jonathan Allen, who<br />
was greatly interested in the sciences<br />
of teaching, taught Greek,<br />
i ILatln, logic, theology, homiletict<br />
' and elocution.<br />
President Allen supported the<br />
lyceums cultural influences In student<br />
life. He invited Julia Ward<br />
Howe, Susan B. Anthony and Emerson<br />
to the campus.<br />
Jonathan Allen died on September<br />
21, 1892; his home stood where<br />
the Carillon is presently located.<br />
Third in the series [of <strong>Alfred</strong>'s<br />
greats, Allen is peceded by William<br />
Colgrove Kenyon, the first president<br />
of the Select School, and<br />
Booth C. Davis, One of Allen's students,<br />
who became the fourth president<br />
and second in this series.<br />
Dr. Carroll V. Newsom Speaks<br />
At Charter Day Convocation<br />
"Every age has had distinctive<br />
problems presented to its men and<br />
women. These still exist today,"<br />
stated Dr. iCarroll V. Newsom,<br />
guest speaker at tht annual Charter<br />
Day-<strong>Open</strong>ing College Convocation.<br />
Dr. Newsom's speech entitled<br />
"Responsibilities and Opportunities"<br />
brought to the audience a<br />
comparison of developments in his<br />
college days and those of today;<br />
he stressed the fact that although<br />
each age has its problems, the<br />
present solutions are no more difficult<br />
than earlier ones.<br />
Concerning man's responsibilities,<br />
Dr. Newsom said that each<br />
person possesses distinct potentials<br />
and that "man must learn to<br />
take pride in the distinction that<br />
each has a different potential."<br />
General tests, "can only give a<br />
general notion of one's abilities,"<br />
he added.<br />
JUST ARRIVED<br />
Shipment of Kilts<br />
Bonny Doon, Alder Knee Sox<br />
Classic Cardigan Sweaters<br />
Petti Pants & Slips<br />
Wool Bermuda Shorts<br />
BOSTWICK'S<br />
8 lb Dry-cleaning<br />
1 gallon Prestone Anti-freeze<br />
2.00<br />
2.40<br />
Total $3.00<br />
IT'S NO MISTAKE IN ADDITION<br />
IT'S A SPECIAL AT:<br />
SHORTS NORGE VILLAGE<br />
Phone 8056<br />
Each person is responsible for<br />
discovering his own potential. This<br />
can be done by thinking, introspection,<br />
and trial and error. After<br />
discovery of a person'« potential,<br />
it is that individual's responsibility<br />
to develop it. "All assignments<br />
o be carried out to their<br />
best, must be assigned to people<br />
of distinct abilities."<br />
Dr. Newsom went- on to say that<br />
it is most important to understand<br />
other cultures. "We must not assume<br />
that we are unique or that<br />
we have all the answers." Problems<br />
of civilization constantly<br />
grow, but for each generation they<br />
are no more difficult. We must assume<br />
that our civilization will<br />
survive and prosper only to the<br />
extent of solving these problems.<br />
"It is essential that a solution be<br />
made if we are to prosper."<br />
"We must combat the idea of<br />
college as a hothouse for western<br />
gentlemen." It is imperative to<br />
think in a provacative and purposeful<br />
manner. Quoting from the<br />
China Mall of Hong Kong, Dr. Newsom<br />
read that we have a dire need<br />
for leadership and that a disciplined<br />
mind need not be a/fraid of<br />
responsibility.<br />
Dr. Newsom is presently senior<br />
vice president of Prentice-Hall,<br />
Inc., publishing firm.<br />
Dr. Dennis New<br />
Language Prof.<br />
Dr. William D. Dennis is the new<br />
associate professor of foreign<br />
languages at <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
A native of 'Salem, Mass., Dr.<br />
Dennis earned his B.S. degree in<br />
three years at Harvard <strong>University</strong>.<br />
He later received his MA. from<br />
Boston <strong>University</strong>. Dr.. Dennis has<br />
also studied at Columbia <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Harvard, Middlebury College,<br />
the Sorbonne in Paris, and in 1954<br />
the <strong>University</strong> of Minnesota on a<br />
Ford Foundation Grant. Boston<br />
<strong>University</strong> gave him his Ph. D. degree<br />
in 1955.<br />
Dr. Dennis' teaching career began<br />
in 1946 at Emerson School for<br />
Boys. Since then he has taught<br />
in public high schools, the <strong>University</strong><br />
of Massachusetts, and Iowa<br />
Wesleyan College.<br />
Dr. Dennis is pleased with the<br />
facilities at <strong>Alfred</strong>, especially the<br />
language laboratory. He finds the<br />
students "courteous, friendly, and<br />
interested in their work."
PAGE EIGHT THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962<br />
Editorials...<br />
Action taken by the Student Senate last Tuesday in sending<br />
a letter of support to James Meredith was a vital and necessary<br />
step in creating student interest and opinion on issues wihch,<br />
wlhile not directly affecting ther lives, will shape the future<br />
moral and political climate of the United States.<br />
Mississippians may choose to wave Confederate battle flags<br />
and shout the slogans of states'Jrights, but these are relics and<br />
•logans of the past—they will not solve the problems of the present<br />
and future. States certainly have certain legal rights, but<br />
these can never be allowed to supercede the rights of the nation<br />
as a whole, even when direct intervention by the Federal Government<br />
becomes a necessity. Some Southern communities find<br />
it difficult to believe, but there are not 50 sovereign states in<br />
this union; there is one sovereign Federal Government and 50<br />
states owing allegiance to that government. Any other idea of<br />
government for this country died in 1865.<br />
In direct contrast to the Mississippi racial situation is that<br />
existing in Tanganyika. Where the Negro currently rules, so<br />
also rules relative racial cooperation in achieving stable government<br />
and in working for the country's future. Tankanyika's<br />
leading citizen, Julius Nyerere, has not shouted for the removal<br />
of all whites from the country, but instead has realized that the<br />
talents of British civil service workers are necessary if his country<br />
is to prosper. And the British are generally willing to cooperate<br />
for a better Tanganyika. Alone, neither race could perform<br />
the task; together there is every possibility they will succeed.<br />
Admittedly, the calm in Tanganyika does not exist in all<br />
other African nations, but it does prove that when both races<br />
are willing to cooperate, harmony can be achieved. Investigation<br />
will show that in most nations where violence between races has<br />
occurred, an effort was made to force the Negro to accept<br />
second-class citizenship; to prevent him from occupying important<br />
government positions. Violence decreases in direct proportion<br />
to the amount of cooperation and trust offered.<br />
If the above pattern can be followed successfully in other<br />
nations, can it not be adopted and followed also in the United<br />
States? Certainly there is no easy way to erase a centuries old<br />
social system in the South, but an effort must be made, and if<br />
all other means fail, then force must be used to insure equal<br />
opportunity for all. It is Utopian to claim that all men are equal,<br />
but it is not Utopian to insist that everyone must have an equal<br />
chance to prove his ability. The United States must be patient<br />
with the problems of the South, but it cannot be patient forever.<br />
• • • • •<br />
Finally, a few comments on President Silverstein's method<br />
of conducting Senate meetings. We cannot help but wonder of<br />
affirmative leadership would not give more direction and purpose<br />
to the Senate. Silverstein seems to feel it necessary to offer<br />
several apologies for every motion he approves and supports.<br />
It is impossible to keep all of the people happy all of the time—<br />
why try f<br />
R. J.<br />
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<strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong>'s Student Newspaper<br />
<strong>Alfred</strong>, New York, Tuesday, October 16, 1962<br />
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF — RONALD BERGER<br />
MANAGING EDITOR — ROBERT JOHNSON<br />
ASSOCIATE EDITOR — RANDA BERG<br />
ASSISTANT TO THE * * EDITOR • • • • — HARRIET FAIN<br />
News Eldtor — Carol Jaeger<br />
Associate News Editor — Rosemary Broccoli<br />
Feature Editor — Lin Bessett<br />
Copy Eldtor — Carol Neustadt<br />
Sports Editor — Joe Rosenberg<br />
Proof Editor — Carol Steinhäuser<br />
Photography Editor Carl Spoerer<br />
Business Manager — Yvonne Small<br />
Advertising Manager — Alan Mandel<br />
Circulation Managers — Vlckl Klein, Sue Martin<br />
NEWS STAFF<br />
B. Breillng, P. Brewster<br />
FEATURE STAFF<br />
K. Amsterdam, J. Karaslk, S. Skeates<br />
SPORTS STAFF<br />
D. Barrls, F. Cuneo, D. Gremberg, J. Higgins, J. Karlln, M. Kosser, H. Landau,<br />
E. Mandell, D. Place, R. Plesser, J. Wanderman, B. Waterhouse<br />
Copy — K. Jordan<br />
Cartoonist — R. Strauss<br />
Campus<br />
Pulse<br />
by Karen Amsterdam<br />
Question: What do you<br />
think of dating between<br />
members of different<br />
faiths? Does religion influence<br />
your own choice of<br />
dates?<br />
George Potter, Newark, N.Y.,<br />
Sr., LA<br />
The God of<br />
the Judeo-Chrls-<br />
11 a n tradition<br />
Is represented<br />
ias the epitome<br />
°f perfect love.<br />
Any religion or<br />
religious conviction that negates a<br />
natural affection has decay within<br />
Us basic tenets. v '<br />
Barbara Tripp, Penn Yan, N.Y.,<br />
Soph., LA<br />
I honestly don't think that it<br />
tmakes any difference. All religions<br />
are basically the same, with only a<br />
few variations. Why limit yourself<br />
to only one faith? It's simply being<br />
narrow-minded.<br />
Justin Schulman, Merrick,<br />
Sr., Ceramics<br />
Religion has<br />
never been the<br />
determining factor<br />
in my choice<br />
of dates. As far<br />
as dating between<br />
different<br />
faith iS concerned, I believe that<br />
there is nothing wrong with it either<br />
socially, ethically or morally.<br />
However, In the event that circumstances<br />
go beyond the dating stage,<br />
there may be serious problems<br />
which must be settled before a<br />
sound permanent relationship can<br />
be established.<br />
Kathleen Kupferer, Croton-on-<br />
Hudson, N.Y., Fr., Nurs.<br />
It doesn't bot<br />
h er me. It<br />
broadens your<br />
experience, and<br />
you can learn<br />
q u it e a bit.<br />
Sometimes it's<br />
fun to have an argument about It.<br />
What I definitely don't like is when<br />
a guy tries to force his religion<br />
on you, telling you it's the one and<br />
only.<br />
Charles Sherman, Horseheads,<br />
N.Y., Fr.,LA<br />
I can't see any<br />
reason why this<br />
should affect a<br />
person's dating,<br />
but if the persons<br />
involved<br />
fit should become<br />
serious, for sosial reasons beyond<br />
their control—what people outside<br />
might think—the unwritten laws'<br />
of society, trouble would develop.<br />
For our own good, it's wise to keep<br />
that in mind. Otherwise, there's<br />
nothing wrong. After all, you cannot<br />
first ask what their religions<br />
are before you meet people.<br />
Perci Lobb, Massapequa, L. I.,<br />
I think that<br />
interfaith dating<br />
is permissible<br />
while in college,<br />
but I don't believe<br />
that intermarriage<br />
is too<br />
good an idea.<br />
Therefore, if I were to become serioutf<br />
with anyone, he would have to<br />
be of my own faith.<br />
I. D. Cards<br />
I. D. cards have arrived in the<br />
Personell Deans' office. Residents<br />
of sororities, fraternities, and<br />
dormitories will receive their<br />
cards through their Head Resident.<br />
Those students not residing<br />
In the above residences can<br />
pick up their card at Dean of<br />
Men's office begining Wednesday,<br />
Oct. 17.<br />
From the Chair<br />
.by Fred Silverstein<br />
Due to the nature of changes in communication that the past<br />
fifty years have brought,- it is no longer possible to live in our<br />
society and not be concerned and interested in what is happening<br />
elsewhere in -the world. It is thus virtually impossible to divorce<br />
one's self from the major occurrences such as reaently<br />
transpired in Oxford, Mississippi.<br />
This is a situation which affects all of us, especially since<br />
we are students. The registration of James Meredith in the <strong>University</strong><br />
of Mississippi was a major break-through in the walls of<br />
academic segregation in the deep South. Mr. Meredith's enrollment<br />
was in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling and<br />
should have been accepted peacefully.<br />
Many people are well aware of the problems due to the existing<br />
southern social structure which this registration has caused.<br />
In the same light it is also true that southerners have been<br />
confronted with some social problems which citizens of the<br />
North have never faced. However, neither of these factors lessens<br />
to any degree the seriousness of the actions taken in barring<br />
Mr. Meredith's registration. The state of Mississippi had no<br />
right to contest the federal court ruling nor were they just in<br />
permitting the violence to materialize. This violence resulted in<br />
the deaths of two persons, the injury to several hundred others,<br />
and put Mr. Meredith's life in danger several times.<br />
This is the type of problem that the students of <strong>Alfred</strong><br />
should be concerned about. The violation of academic freedom<br />
directly relates to our lives as students and citizens of the<br />
United States of America. At the laslt Senate meeting the issue<br />
was discussed and the Senate decided to send three letters to<br />
Mississippi. The first letter was to James Meredith, declaring<br />
our encouragement and support for hm in his endeavors to become<br />
an accepted student at the <strong>University</strong> of Mississippi. The<br />
other two letters were to Governor Barnett and the President<br />
of the student body at the <strong>University</strong> requesting their cooperation<br />
and peaceful acceptance of federal law.<br />
These letters may not be directly instrumental in changing<br />
their feelings toward Mr. Meredith, but it makes them aware of<br />
the fact thatt people outside of Mississippi are aware of the<br />
problems in the South and are concerned about their solution.<br />
The letter to James Meredith is intended to convey to him the<br />
fact tht he does not stand alone in his struggle for recognition<br />
and equality.<br />
Who was playing "Hide and Seek" at Theta on Friday night?<br />
Why is C. F. called "Ducis"?<br />
B.G.—What is the epistemological reason for the "Speed of the<br />
Elevator"?<br />
Pi Alpha has been having unusual results from spaghetti recently.<br />
In Rome do as the Romans! Is that what happened in Naples<br />
this weekend?<br />
Is it true that Antonina Rocca will be our next Convocation<br />
speaker?<br />
Who lost their blue panties on Greene Hall's door—and whose<br />
pink ones were on the telephone pole?<br />
S. B., did you and L. M. enjoy the "Falls"?<br />
It is very hard to take shorthand in French, K. K. ?<br />
Beastie returned very suddenly to L. K. Who is responsible for<br />
that?<br />
It J. "T." M. going to get lavaliered soon? Which one will be<br />
the lucky one ?<br />
What attraction does the "Capitol" hold for B. G. and D. C.?<br />
K. J. K. has the makings of a good teacher.<br />
Social Synopsis<br />
Pinned:<br />
Margie Rex, '64, Sigma—Jon Rasweiler<br />
Lee Pearson '64—Dick Bedner<br />
Bill Nevins '63, Zappa Psi—Cindy Nead '64<br />
Mike McMahon '64, Kappa Psi—Cheryl '65, Pi Alpha<br />
Phil Stillman '64, Elan—Nancy Howes '65<br />
Nick Ferreri '64, Klan—Rosette Giambono '63, ABX<br />
Jed Denton '64, Klan—Patrica Wojie<br />
Lavaliered:<br />
Andrea Altemus '62—John Ruf. Maxon '65, Phi Bp<br />
Engaged:<br />
Ann Perkins—Wayne Anderson, Klan<br />
Ellen Wolfson '63—Alan Willsey '63, Klan
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PAGE THREE<br />
Fraternity Sectarianism Traced<br />
(Continued from Page 1)<br />
•which contained an Aryan membership<br />
clause in its constitution.<br />
This resulted in the suspension of<br />
the chapter from its national affiliate.<br />
Miss Sachs indicated approval<br />
of the local chapter's action.<br />
Senate Opposes Segregation<br />
The entire problem of segregation<br />
was brought to the fore in<br />
early 1956, when the Student Senate<br />
sent a message to the administration<br />
of the <strong>University</strong> of Alabama,<br />
which had just admitted its<br />
¡first negro' student amidst student<br />
rioting. The message declared that<br />
"We believe that every individual<br />
regardless of race, creed, or religion<br />
possesses equal educational<br />
as well as religious and legal rights.<br />
In accordance with our beliefs, we<br />
are definitely opposed to racial segregation<br />
in any form."<br />
All levels of discrimination were<br />
further discussed in FlAT-sponsored<br />
forums during the fall semester<br />
of 1956. This was followed by a<br />
Joint Student Senate and faculty<br />
meeting in late November. FIAT<br />
editor Nathan Lyons asked the faculty<br />
what had been done to carry<br />
out the Administration's pledge to<br />
elemlnate sectarianism on the camputf<br />
and to redefine their stand.<br />
In an editorial of Dec. 4, Mr. Lyons<br />
asked, "What Does ATI Stand<br />
For?" He emphasized that he was<br />
not asking for an administrative<br />
«diet because he still felt that "the<br />
ideal solution would be a response<br />
through the student body."<br />
In May, 1957, the specific question<br />
of fraternity discrimination<br />
on campus broke out again, and in<br />
a FIAT extra, the problem was<br />
thoroughly discussed. Most faculty<br />
members felt the administration<br />
was taking the proper step when<br />
President Drake Issued a statement<br />
which declared that the "faculty<br />
and administration of <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
are opposed to discriminatory<br />
clauses which control fraternity<br />
membership." The statement<br />
announced that the fraternities<br />
would be expected to "work toward<br />
the elimination of discriminatory<br />
Campuses<br />
(Continued from Page 1)<br />
dent Council's Rights resolution,<br />
passed a year and'a half ago.<br />
Boston <strong>University</strong><br />
The president of Boston <strong>University</strong>'s<br />
Student-Faculty Assembly,<br />
Robert Levy sent a statement to<br />
the students of the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Mississippi.<br />
"We cannot help feeling shameful<br />
at being called your fellow<br />
Americans."<br />
"We hope you will realize that<br />
as Americans we must strive for<br />
the goals and ideals on which this<br />
country was founded."<br />
He added, "We hope that the<br />
black eye which you have given<br />
the college population of America<br />
can be whitewashed."<br />
Boston <strong>University</strong> also sent a<br />
telegrom to Mrs. James Meredith<br />
stating, "We at Boston <strong>University</strong><br />
send you our support and encouragement.<br />
The telegram contained<br />
signatures of 1,221 <strong>University</strong> students.<br />
Protest rallies for James Meredith<br />
were held at City Colelge<br />
(New York City) and Columbia<br />
<strong>University</strong>.<br />
The rally at City College was<br />
addressed by Dr. Buell Gallagher,<br />
president of the College. Dr. Gallagher<br />
denounced the instigators<br />
of the violence on the <strong>University</strong><br />
of Mississippi campus, and stated<br />
that he is certain that "27 Staff (9 a.m. to<br />
Sunday Oct. 28<br />
Monday Oct 29<br />
Tuesday Oct. 30<br />
Rockefeller<br />
2 p.m.)<br />
Staff (10 a.m. to<br />
5 p.m.)<br />
Rodies, Castle,<br />
Sìgma Chi N1.00 on Saturday afternoon<br />
at 2:3® and general admission<br />
on Saturday evening will be<br />
$1.50. Students with entertainment<br />
books will be admitted free of<br />
charge.<br />
This is the second consecutive<br />
year the Phoenix Theatre will perform<br />
at <strong>Alfred</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Last,<br />
fall the acting company put on theimmortal<br />
Shakespearean tragedy,.<br />
"Hamlet."<br />
On Campus with<br />
MœÔhalman<br />
(Author of "I Wan a Teen-age Dwarf," "The Many<br />
Loves of Dobie Gillie," etc.)<br />
HAPPINESS CAN'T BUY MONEY<br />
Can education bring happiness?<br />
This is a question that in recent years has caused much<br />
lively debate and several hundred stabbings among American<br />
college professors. Some contend that if a student's intellect<br />
is sufficiently aroused, happiness will automatically follow.<br />
Others say that to concentrate on the intellect and ignore the<br />
rest of the personality can only lead to misery.<br />
I myself favor the second view, and I offer in evidence the<br />
well-known case of Agathe Fusco.<br />
Agathe, a forestry major, never got anything less than a<br />
straight "A", was awarded her B.T. (Bachelor of Trees) in<br />
only two years, her M.S.B. (Master of Sap and Bark) in only<br />
three, and her D.B.C. (Doctor of Blight and Cutworms) in<br />
only four.<br />
Academic glory was hers. Her intellect was the envy of<br />
every intellect fan on campus. But was she happy? The<br />
answer, alas, was no. Agathe—she knew not •why—was miserable,<br />
so miserable, in fact, that one day while walking across<br />
campus, she was suddenly so overcome with melancholy that<br />
she flang herself, weeping, upon the Btatue of the Founder.<br />
By and by a liberal arts major named R. Twinkle Plenty came,<br />
by with his yoyo. He noted Agathe's condition. "How ccaate<br />
you're so unhappy, hey?" said R. Twinkle.<br />
"Suppose you tell me, you dumb old liberal arts major, 1<br />
replied Agathe peevishly.<br />
Miliiir<br />
^myoa-aeK^^ciMrtlbotv'd^elieT*<br />
"All right, I will," said R. Twinkle. "You are unhappy for<br />
two reasons. First, because you have been so busy stuffing<br />
your intellect that you have gone and starved your psyche. I've<br />
got nothing against learning, mind you, but a person oughtn't<br />
to neglect the pleasant, gentle amenities of life—the fun<br />
things. Have you, for instance, ever been to a dance?" *<br />
Agathe shook her head.<br />
"Have you ever watched a sunset? Written a poem? Smoked<br />
a Marlboro Cigarette?"<br />
Agathe shook her head.<br />
"Well,<br />
we'll fix that right now!" said R. Twinkle and gave her •<br />
a Marlboro and struck a match.<br />
v She puffed, and then for the first time in twelve or fifteen<br />
years, she smiled. "Wow!" she cried. "Marlboroe are a fun thing!<br />
What flavor! What filter! What pack or box! What a lot to<br />
like! From now on I will smoke Marlboros, and never have<br />
another unhappy day!"<br />
"Hold!" said<br />
R. Twinkle. "Marlboros alone will not solve<br />
your problem—only half of it. Remember I said there were<br />
two things making you unhappy?"<br />
"Oh, yeah," said Agathe. "What's the other one?"<br />
"How long have you had that bear trap on your foot?"<br />
said R. Twinkle.<br />
"I stepped on it during a field trip in my freshman year,'?<br />
said Agathe. "I keep meaning to have it taken off."<br />
"Allow me," said R. Twinkle and removed it.<br />
"Land sakes, what a relief!" said Agathe, now totally happy,<br />
and took R. Twinkle's hand and led him to a Marlboro vendor's<br />
and then to a justice of the peace.<br />
Today Agathe is a perfectly fulfilled woman, both intellectwise<br />
and personalitywise. She lives in a darling split-level<br />
house with R. Twinkle and their 17 children, and she still keeps<br />
busy in the forestry game. Only last month, in fact, she became<br />
Consultant on Sawdust to the American Butchers Guild, she<br />
was named an Honorary Sequoia by the park commissioner of<br />
Las Vegas, and she published a best-selling book called I was<br />
a Slippery Elm for the FBI. © 1962 Max Sbulmu<br />
The makers of Marlboro are pleased that Agathe is finally<br />
out of the woods—and so will you be if your goal is smoking<br />
pleasure. Just try a Marlboro.
PAGE EIGHT THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962<br />
Honor System<br />
(Continued from Page 3)<br />
The clearest method of demonstrating<br />
the mechanics of an honor system<br />
Is to concentrate on its Judicial<br />
aspects. This will also reveal many<br />
other factors including: 1) by what<br />
procedure a case reaches the honor<br />
court, 2) what standards or rules<br />
Of honor have been violated, and 3)<br />
what factors are taken into' consideration<br />
in determining the guilt or<br />
Innocence of the accused.<br />
College A Is a non-sectarian institution.<br />
It has a judicial branch of<br />
student government which consists<br />
of seven elected members (two<br />
sophomores', three juniors, two seniors):<br />
1. Offenses failure to fulfill assembly<br />
requirements by one assembly.<br />
Rules Students are required to attend<br />
half of the aggregate number<br />
of assemblies each Semester.<br />
Penalty: Attend two extra assem<br />
biles next semester.<br />
2. Offenses Two juniors smoking<br />
In their rooms.<br />
Rule: No smoking in rooms exthose<br />
specified.<br />
Background: Both girls seemed to<br />
Indicate a generally indifferent attitude<br />
toward the honor code. At<br />
the same time, they were not antagonistic.<br />
The board felt that their attitude<br />
might be the result of living<br />
Wider rather ineffective honor system<br />
In preparatory school. Because<br />
of the grav'ty of the offense, a<br />
strict penalty was in order.<br />
Penalty: Three weeks ©ampusing.<br />
College B's honor system is divided<br />
into two equal branches, the<br />
academic honor system" and the social<br />
honor system. The academic<br />
Infringements are dealt with by a<br />
>board composed of four faculty<br />
members (including the Dean of<br />
Students and the College Physician)<br />
and three students. The social<br />
violations are considered by a board<br />
of eight students representing the<br />
different classes. The student who<br />
haS infringed upon- the social honor<br />
system comes before the board<br />
himself, with his house president,<br />
and explains the reasons for the offense.<br />
Then there iS questioning and<br />
conversation as the board points<br />
out the reasons for the rules and<br />
the individual responsibility under<br />
the honor system. The offender of<br />
•the academic honor system usually<br />
does not apoear before the board,<br />
•often because he is in a rather agitnti-rf<br />
if ate. Therefore, the chairman<br />
of the honor board, a student, talks<br />
to him at length and presents his<br />
ca=p to the board.<br />
The following illustrates the procedure<br />
taken by this school in reaction<br />
to violations of the academic<br />
lionor system:<br />
1. Thirteen library books not<br />
signed out from the college library<br />
were found in a student's room.<br />
They had been taken over the period<br />
of the freshman year through<br />
the senior year.<br />
2. Any book taken from the library<br />
must be signed out with the<br />
student's full name and class.<br />
• 3. The student, a senior, gave<br />
her own testimony to the chairman<br />
ini<br />
of the honor board, who represented<br />
her to the rest of the board. She<br />
was extremely frank, admitting openly<br />
her actions. She had not really<br />
thought of It as dishonest. No<br />
one else had been Inconvenienced<br />
as there were many copies of some,<br />
and others were rarely taken out.<br />
4. The chairman spoke:<br />
a. to a professor who knew her<br />
well, about her general honesty,<br />
her personality, and her<br />
outlook on life.<br />
b. to her house president, for her<br />
house citizenship.<br />
c. to the head of the group with<br />
which she Spent her Junior<br />
year abroad, for her citizenship<br />
there.<br />
d. to the vocational office for her<br />
summer Job recommendation.<br />
6. She suddenly realized the magnitude<br />
of her action, and in spending<br />
a good deal of time with the<br />
chairman of the board, came to understand<br />
herself and her way of<br />
life far more thoroughly.<br />
6. The board considered grades,<br />
{attitude, pressures, the student's<br />
future life, and the college community<br />
in general.<br />
7. The student asked to leave the<br />
college immediately to see a psychiatrist.<br />
She asked to be given the<br />
opportunity of readmisslon, as early<br />
as her psychiatrist thought advisable.<br />
The following is an example of<br />
an offense against the social honor<br />
system at the same college:<br />
1. The offender was sent to' the<br />
board for being late three times<br />
and for not doing the jobs In the<br />
house. All students in this college<br />
are required to work once a week.<br />
2. The offender being a freshman,<br />
the board tried to explain the necessity<br />
for each student playing her<br />
part in the academic community,<br />
and the responsibilities which the<br />
honor System places on each person.<br />
3. The penalty imposed was seven<br />
days of oampusing and three trips<br />
of taking reserve books from the<br />
library to the students in the infirmary.<br />
Besides handling cases against<br />
the Honor Code, the Board of College<br />
E "strives to prevent breaches<br />
of honor before they occur, by reminders<br />
to the student body such<br />
as posters, assembly talks and notices<br />
of the Board's meetings." Violations<br />
of both social and academic<br />
natures were noted during the period<br />
of observation, but we have chosen<br />
to present only one of the academic<br />
cases here.<br />
1. Academic Honor — Examinations<br />
and Quizzes.<br />
2. Sophomores, four, no previous<br />
offense.<br />
3. Reported by a member of the<br />
class who witnessed the offense.<br />
4. Case — the four girls, when<br />
told of a pop-quiz, opened their<br />
notes and studied while the questions<br />
were put on the board. They<br />
assured the Board that they did not<br />
look at the questions while studying,<br />
and thus didn't consider it<br />
cheating, asd so didn't report it as<br />
such. Now they see the unfairness<br />
to' the remainder of the class, who<br />
did not have the advantage of a<br />
last-minute look at their notes.<br />
5. Decision — The offenders<br />
agreed that the Instructor should<br />
be Informed of their action so she<br />
could grade accordingly. It was recommended<br />
that in the future they<br />
consider such actions to be covered<br />
by the Honor Code.<br />
The Judiciary Committee In this<br />
school functions separately from<br />
the Student Council. It Is composed<br />
of two representatives from, the<br />
senior, Junior and sophomore classes,<br />
and one freshman, elected after<br />
the first semester. The Chairman<br />
of the Judicial Committee has a<br />
seat on the Student Council.<br />
The case chosen from the report<br />
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Offeiise: Two girls reported by<br />
dormmates for smoking in their<br />
room.<br />
Rule: There is not adequate protection<br />
from fire In the old-fashioned<br />
dormitories: therefore, girls are<br />
not allowed to smoke In their<br />
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Background: Both girls spoke before<br />
the Board and said they didn't<br />
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the way in which it worked. Their<br />
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was that they were mad at the other<br />
girls in the dorm. They were<br />
"testing" the mutual responsibility<br />
phase of the system by not report-1<br />
lng themselves within forty-eight<br />
hours after the violation occurred.<br />
Their dormmates did not report<br />
them, so mutual responsibility did<br />
come into effect. Their attitude toward<br />
the Honor System was very<br />
negative. They felt that they were<br />
"forced"' to smoke in their room<br />
when they wanted to study. They<br />
seemed to blame their violation<br />
completely upon others. During the<br />
Board's discussion of this cjase,<br />
they considered the seriousness of<br />
the violation (fire hazard) and the<br />
poor attitude of the girls.<br />
Penalty: The penalty decided upon<br />
was social discipline for a period<br />
of two weeks and confidential probation<br />
for second semester.<br />
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composed of eight Students and six<br />
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK PAGE THREE<br />
Frosh Win <strong>Open</strong>er 32-13;<br />
Little Saxons Impressive<br />
Hobart Preview<br />
Coach Alex Yoinevich's <strong>Alfred</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> football squad meets<br />
Hobart College this Saturday at<br />
Merrill Filed. The contest, <strong>Alfred</strong>'s<br />
Homecoming game, kick off will<br />
be at 2:00 p.m.<br />
Coaching the Statesmen . is J.<br />
Edward Tryon who brings a 0-3<br />
record to the <strong>Alfred</strong> contest. Tryon<br />
has installed a novelty of sorts,<br />
two independent backfields which<br />
Toronto Tops<br />
Kidd Wins By<br />
<strong>Alfred</strong>'s young Cross Country<br />
team journeyed to Toronto Saturday,<br />
and was handed its second<br />
setback of the season, a 20-39 decision<br />
to Toronto as the Torontomen<br />
captured four of the first five<br />
places.<br />
Sensational Bruce Kidd led the<br />
Harriers 20-39;<br />
Quarter Mile<br />
and Bob Lewkowicz, who wound up><br />
sixth and seventh; respectively.<br />
Toronto was Simply too much,<br />
for the - inexperienced Saxons, who<br />
are running with four sophomores<br />
on the travelling team. It should<br />
be remembered, however, that Toronto<br />
is not governor .by NCAA rules.<br />
by Jerry Nover<br />
'On a crisp and cool Saturday afternoon,<br />
the <strong>Alfred</strong> Saxons liter-,<br />
alyy overran the Rochester Freshman<br />
team. Although the game<br />
showed signs of sloppiness, both<br />
teams fought extremely hard<br />
throughout the game.<br />
From the outset of the game, i<br />
<strong>Alfred</strong> was in complete control.'<br />
With tl)e strong passing arm of<br />
Don S'agalla and the great running<br />
game of Tom Quinn, <strong>Alfred</strong> piled.<br />
up the score. Quinn ran excellent- j<br />
ly all afternoon. 'He gained about |<br />
150 yards. Other standouts on the<br />
team were Bob Scharmach, Doug<br />
Printy, John Blosie, and Charlie!<br />
Kuhstoss. I<br />
In the first quarter the Saxons 1<br />
chester controlled the hall most of<br />
the second quarter, the strong Saxon<br />
line would not let inside the 26<br />
yard line.<br />
In the sceond half with <strong>Alfred</strong><br />
in complete control, 'Head Coach<br />
William McAlee used his personnel<br />
This means that fifth year stu-<br />
very librally. Not until the fourth will alternate as units. Leading the I victors as he romped over the ruggdents, graduate students, as well<br />
quarter did Rochester penitrate the offense is quarterback Terry Culed 4.7 mile High Park Course in as first year transfer students are<br />
<strong>Alfred</strong> goal line. On a whole the len, who will be aided by backs ,22:33 seconds to finish a full quar- all eligible to compete for them.<br />
Saxons were just to much for Ro- Bill Maroon, Pete Smith and Clarter mile ahead of his second place According to Head Coach Cliff<br />
chester to contend to handle. The ence McKee. Bill Ferris quarter- teammate.<br />
DuBreil, this was the final meet<br />
final score was <strong>Alfred</strong> 32, U of R backs the other unit. Both will re-<br />
14.<br />
ceive line protection from Charlie<br />
Sophomore work-horse Roger between Toronto and <strong>Alfred</strong>.<br />
The future for this season's Cloughen (240), Pete Guliek (231)<br />
Wilcox copped <strong>Alfred</strong>'s only place The Saxons will take to the<br />
freshman football team looks as .and Frank Schroeder ('240).<br />
in the first five as he finished pathways once more tomorrow as<br />
third, running a short 70 seconds Roberts Wesleyan invades and the<br />
good as it has been for many The Saxons' hopes for a success- behind Kidd. Also running well Saxons look for their seasons sec-<br />
years.<br />
ful Homecoming will rest on the for the Saxons were Tim Germain ond victory.<br />
Coach McAlee said after the i shoulders of backs Joes Renwick,<br />
game, "I was 100% pleased with I Bob Demert, Joe Yount and soph<br />
took ladvantage of the IT of R the squad and the game. We made sensation Bill Baker. Yunevioh Hewson Intramural Net King;<br />
fumble and led by Qninn and Bob | some mistakes that might have ' will be aiming for career victory<br />
Codispoti scored the fir?t touch-! hurt us against another team, but 1102. ? Lambda Chi Gains InFallPlay<br />
down of the game. The extra point ] I was very pleased."<br />
was no good and <strong>Alfred</strong> led 6-0.<br />
I herst, N.Y.; sec.-treas., Fred Mc-<br />
by Ed Mandell and Jay Wanderman<br />
Seven plays later <strong>Alfred</strong> had ini<br />
Mann, Junior, Hilton, iN.Y.; Execu- Another exciting season of Fall with the field. Bob Baker and Jay<br />
creased Its lead to 13-0. The cli- Rifle Team tive Officer, M/Sgt. Roland Gim- intramural sports as A. U. has Smith proved to be the two best<br />
max to this drive was a spectacu- The Varsity Rifle Team officers mill, <strong>Alfred</strong> R.OJT.C. ; Faculty Ad- darwn to a close. This years com- players in the tournament. In the<br />
1<br />
lar 68 yard gallop the fabulous Tom for the 1962-1963 season are: Team visor, Capt ¡Marvin Shiro, <strong>Alfred</strong> petition was marked by excellent singles (tourney Baker defeated<br />
Quinn. The first quarter ended captain and president, 'Donald Rei- I R.O.T.C.<br />
talent as well as keen interest. Smith in the finals. In the doubles<br />
with the score <strong>Alfred</strong> 13 TJ of R 0. mer, Junior, Gettysburg, Pa.; vice Other varsity members include: The most spirited of all the tourney Baker and Smith combin-<br />
A Rochester fumble led to Al- president, and publicity agent, Ri- James Buckley, Mike McMahon, sports undoutotable was football. ed to defeat Nemeth and Baron<br />
fred's next score. Although Rochard Staiman, Sophomore, Am- David Finfer, Vincent Spade, James<br />
The six-man association crown for the championship.<br />
Lynck, Carl Zahler, Kent Collins,<br />
was taken by Klan Alpine. Klan's 'Next Monday there will be a<br />
Thomas Smith, Carl Spoerer, Jeff<br />
record was six victories agafnt no meeting of the intramural board<br />
Liebowitz, Wally Lewis, Donald<br />
defeats. The climax of excitment for the purpose of Registering the<br />
Howig.<br />
Dr. Eugene Lemmer<br />
came in the last game of the sea volleyball and handball tournason<br />
when Klan defeated previous-<br />
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On the green courts lying adja-' Frosh BB Tryouts<br />
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The tourney was dominated toy •tarts today at 4:15. Tryouta<br />
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Chiuch Hewson defeated John Kar- a tthe same time in the Men'a<br />
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PAGE EIGHT THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962<br />
Saxons Take Third Straight;<br />
Down Favored Larries 22-16<br />
That Friday evening, <strong>Alfred</strong>'s<br />
ballplayers sweated it out in the<br />
sweltering rooms of an Ogdensburg<br />
Hotel, but the next afternoon<br />
it was the Saxons who generiated<br />
most of the heat in winning<br />
ft well-played ball game, 22-16.<br />
At two o'clock on a perfect football<br />
afternoon, Joe Renwick took<br />
the St. Lawrence kickoff and nan it<br />
back to the <strong>Alfred</strong> 26. On the ten<br />
succeeding plays, the Purple and<br />
Gold moved the ball 54 yards down<br />
to the St. Lawrence 21. As usual,<br />
all the yardage was on the ground<br />
and almost all of it was made inside<br />
tackles.<br />
On second down and six yards<br />
to go, Renwick rolled out around<br />
right end and fought his way<br />
down to the St. Lawrence one. On<br />
the next play, he sneaked over for<br />
the touchdown. The two-point conversion<br />
was good on a Renwick<br />
to Baker pass.<br />
As is the Saxon habit, <strong>Alfred</strong><br />
couldn't move the ball at all for<br />
the rest of the half while St.<br />
Lawrence piled up thirteen first<br />
downs in a succession of unsuccessful<br />
attempts to tie up the ball<br />
Same. The Saxon defense appeared<br />
to be incapable of stopping the<br />
Larries' power sweeps around end<br />
and outside tackle, yet Mssrs. Herold,<br />
Orsley, Hilt. Wirtz, Quinn,<br />
Place and Kessler managed to hold<br />
St. Lafrence had out-rushed Alline<br />
until midway through the second<br />
period.<br />
Behind some of %e best blocking<br />
.«een this ye,ar, the Larries moved<br />
*66 yards on eleven plays with Jeff<br />
Johns scoring the TD from five<br />
y)ards out. Th)e two-