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Vol. XVIII. No. 3. 232 UNDERGRADUATE NEWSPAPER OF CITY COLLEGE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1955.

oed Robbed, ]njured. Near outh Campus

Mrs. Ar lene Li t tman , a s tudent the College, was bea ten and

)bbed of $95 last Tuesday /ening as she was walk ing along onvent Avenue . , Mrs. L i t t m a n told Police that

ie a t tacker came from behind id seized her by the throat . He agged h e r into an alley, kicked

sr repea ted ly in the abdomen, d made off wi th her purse . She is being t rea ted for a scalp ound and bruises at Knicker -

• o c k e r Hospital whe re her condi-the s c ^ n j s given as "fair."

Mrs. L i t tman is a Day Session udent but is t ak ing one course

the evening. I t was on he r ay h o m e from this course at >:30 P M t h a t the mugging oc-ired. Mrs. L i t t m a n is p r egnan t and now confined to the Columbia

resbyterian hospi ta l for an "in­f i n i t e per iod of t ime." He r alp wound is of such a na tu r e

to requ i re five s t i tches. The doctors a re not sure he the r or no t Mrs. L i t tman will se he r child. Althougli t he area w h e r e the tack took place is wel l l ighted id wel l guarded, no one saw

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Finley S tuden t Center .

Reject Plan to Link College With New Police Academy

TIIC Requests Removal From Center to Harris

The Technology Intersociety and In ter f ra tern i ty Counci l (TIIC) will request today the use of Townsend Harr is Hal l for thdir Thursday even ing Tech Leadersh ip Deve lopment P r o g r a m meet ings . They had been scheduled to meet^ 1 — — in the John H. Finley S tuden t

A proposal to establish a police "West Point" at the College was rejected Thursday by the Board of Estimate.

After the decision, President Buell G. Gallagher said that a -^relationship with the Police >

'reexamination" of our

Center . An earl ier reques t of TIIC to

hold their r egu la r organizat ional meet ings at Townsend Harr is was denied by Dean of Adminis t ra t ion Leslie W. Eng le r on the grounds tha t "a l l s t uden t activities must t ake place at t he S tuden t Cen­ter."

Townsend Har r i s Hal l is need­ed for the meet ings , according to Herb Geissler, pres ident of TIIC, because of the need for a large room hav ing a s tage and at least seventy five chairs wi th

e incident and could come to : wr i t ing surfaces. r aid. At this t ime, Geissler says,

'enter Opening Has Spurred nterest in SG, Seys Prexy

"Many more s tuden ts than in the past, are applying for S tuden t overnment posi t ions," Gloria Kingsley, Pres ident of S tudent Coun-1, said last F r iday . "The s tuden t s interest in school affairs has ;en a w a k e n e d w i t h the open * — g of the S tuden t Center , " ie cont inued. "They feel tha t .ey nowT h a v e a voice in t?he ^ministration." Miss Kingsley s ta ted tha t the udent G o v e r n m e n t needs and ants m a n y more s tudents for e m a n y var ious SG agencies id commit tees . Among those cntioned hy the SG Pres ident e the Board of Managers of the udent Center , the Social Func -'"s Agency, the Facili t ies, eency. the In te rna t iona l Agency Itudent Exchange and the World niversity Service), Educat ional radices Agency, and the Legal

i Agency. oe De Maios, Cha i rman of the •' Session Board of Managers ,

treed wi th Miss Kingsley when

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there a re no facilities in the Stu­dent Cen te r which could meet the needs of the P r o g r a m .

"No bui ld ing is perfect ly de­signed for every necessi ty ," Geis­sler said, "and I see no reason for using an inadequa te room in the Center when t h e r e are ade­qua t e facilities e l sewhere on the Campus . "

TI IC has received clearance from the Evening Session Regis­t rar ' s Office to use t he Hall on Thur sday evenings. F ina l approv­al, however , must h e g ran ted by-Dean Engler .

If TIIC cannot use Townsend Harr is Hall , they will a t t emp t to get the Chapel or a n o t h e r large room in the Cen te r for their p rogram's meet ings .

The first session of the pro­g ram will be held October 6, wi th John Bonforte, Director of the J o b P lacemen t Bureau , and Geissler expected to be the speakers.

Hold ing the P r o g r a m meetings at the S tudent Center will not appreciably affect in tegra t ion be­tween the Technology School and the Liberal Arts Schools, Geis­sler believes, because du r ing the hours which the P r o g r a m will be held, the re is not m u c h other student acitvi ty at the Center .

The only way to he lp in tegra te ! he schools, according to Geissler, is to h a v e a social p rog ram that

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Academy, would be necessary, since the College will no longer have any physical connection with if.

The proposed Academy would have been affiliated wi th the Baruch Center .

A previous proposal by the Board called for an expans ion of the Baruch Center, which would have included the Police Acad­emy.

Budge t Director A b r a h a m D. Beame had made the r ecommend-

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Luncheon Set To Spark City $ $ Campaign

The City College F u n d will hold a luncheon mee t ing at the Vanderbi l t Hotel tomorrow a t 12:30 PM. Tne purpose of the meet ing is to launch the fall cam­paign for funds.

P a r t of the money collected as a resul t of the campaign will go to Lamber t House, Baruch Center House Plan. T h e City College Fund had promised L a m b e r t House a $15,000 opera t ion budge t each year.

Among the top a lumni who will a t tend the luncheon, is Dr . Morton W. Gotschal l (Dean of Liberal Arts) , t h e president of the Alumni Association.

The City College F u n d h a s a l ­ready contr ibuted $200,000 to r e ­habi l i ta te t he J o h n H. F in ley S tudent Cente r .

Pres i Buell G. Gallaglher Re examination Needed

ation to build the separa te bui ld­ing on City owned land for -$4,-458,000. The construct ion, for the expans ion of the Baruch C e n t e r would h a v e cost $12,273,000. How­ever, th is budget would h a v e in­cluded an increase of facilities for t he College.

"The failure of the Board of Es t imate to recognize the need for ins t ruct ional facilities o ther

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f t ex tbooks in many a t the College and

hange o pa r tmen t s f- move to the South Campus

responsible for the drop in f-s at the Used Book Exchange.

cording to Fred Cappola, Man-of the U B E Last spr ing, the

"^k Exchange took in twice as "^vy bocks and m a d e twice as '^ch money.

-Schedule •"e UBE, ope ra t i ng in the r.A Ballroom, at t he J o h n H. ey S tuden t Center , will be ^ Thur sdays from 12 PM to

r*M. The schedule for the o ther .vs will be p repared and posted tside of the Ballroom in a

• w days . N o c la ims wil l be nored after N o v e m b e r 15.

Gloria Kingsley Interest Aicakens

i h e stated tha t h e believed that j there would be a sha rp increase i of s tudent activit ies in a co-| curricii lar p rogram as the John |H. Finley S tuden t Center s w u n g into full operat ion.

Postnates. .. • The J o b P l a c e m e n ! Bureau

has moved its offices to Room 118 and 119, F in ley Student Center. Hbe Bureau tries to find jobs for both undergrad­uates and graduate studeatfe.

• F ra te rn i t i es waniin«r any of House P l a n ' s old fu rn i tu re free, should contact Mr. Darid Newton (Associate Director of Student Center) in Room 152. Finley Student Center.

Former Fulbrighi Professor Will Advise Education Society

Dr. Helen C. Lahey (Education) will speak to the Educat ion Society on '-The P r e v e l a n t Conditions in t he Austr ian S ta te Teache r Ins t i tu t ions / ' on Thursday , September 29, at 12:30 PM in 210 Klapper

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Driving Class To Start Soon

Courses in dr iv ing for s tudents at the College will be given by

I the Fo rdham School of Driving, [s tar t ing on or about Oct. 6 Two j courses a r e scheduled, for hydro-mat ic and s tandard shift. In the ; United S ta tes Information Service

I hydromat ic course, t he re are six w h l , e i n A u s l r i a A t t h e s a m e

hours of dr iv ing and four hours .. j of lecture. T h e course in s tandard i t , m e s h e w a 5 a f o r e ^ n c o r r e s -j shift offers ten hours of dr iving P ^ ^ e n t for the Boston "'Pilot." I anrd four hours of lec ture . The ! ProZ L a h e y has recent ly wr i t t en

| Professor Lahey received a j Fu lbr igh t Award for the fiscal ( year 1.954-55 to lecture at t 'hc! Univers i ty of Vienna on Ameri -1 can educat ion. Dr. Lahey is the | first Amer ican woman professor ] to occupy that position. She has now been invited to lecture at f the Univers i ty of Salzberg.

Dr. Lahey was a guest of the

Aust r ian Governmen t and the

-ost .is $23 for hydromat ic and $38 for shift. S tuden ts can <;Sn u p for t h e course in room 151 John H. Finley S tuden t Center dur ing hours to be posted scon outs ide the office.

a book titled "Ten Years of Teacher Education."

On the s ame program Professor Samuel Everett. (Education), will lecture on "British Secondary Educat icn ."

Hillel to Start Forum Series On Thursday

Hillel will s ta r t its series of Fall forums this Thursday at 12:30 PM in Hillel House at 475 West 141st St reet .

Thursday ' s p rog ram will be "An American S tuden t in Israel ." Among the speakers scheduled to appear a re : Doris Lang, new Hil­lel Pres ident ; Abe Bernstein, for­mer Pres ident of Hillel and for­mer Student Council Secre tary; Bill Rosenbaum, Nat ional Pres i ­dent of the Intercol legiate Zion­ist Organizat ion and Bever ly Fischer, Pres ident of the S tuden t Zionist Organizat ion, who wil l speak on the feeling of an Amer­ican J e w living in a Jewish s tate .

Hillel has also announced its schedule of class and discussion groups for the Fall t e rm:

Tuesday—12 noon—Elemen­tary Hebrew group.

Tuesday — l PM — Choral grou-p for vocally ta lented s tu ­dents .

Tuesday — 2 PM — Social Dance instruction.

Tuesday — 4 P M — Studen t Zionist Organizat ion discus­sions.

Wednesday—1 PM—Curren t versions of Juda i sm. The latest t rend in Juda ism on the college campus and communi ty : Neo-Orthodoxy. Conservat ism, Re-constructional ism and Reform.

Friday—11 AM—History of the Talmudic period.

Friday—12 noon—Introduc­tion to Jewish religions.

Friday—1 PM—Oneg S h a b -b a t

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. . . Lest We Forget Unless the Student Faculty Committee on Student Af­

fairs overrules itself on the decision requiring all clubs to submit full membership lists the ruling will stand. If this occurs, once again SFCSA will have been succeeful in thwart­ing the will of the majority of the student body.

The membership ruling, however, is only one aspect of the way in which ten people—five students (only two of whom are directly elected) and five faculty members—have been able for years to make a mockery out of the concept of real student government at the College. How many students, we wonder, realize the enormous power SFCSA wields over all student activities at the College? But fewer probably remember or are aware that only a year ago a committee appointed by President Gallagher and composed of both students and members of the faculty recommended that SFCSA be abolished. This Presidential Committee asked that student government be granted a real opportunity to function and that the power of SFCSA to initiate rulings as well as to overrule any action taken by Council be done away with.

Basically, the Presidential Committee proposed that SC be given the power to initiate action and that a student-faculty appeals board be established with no power to legis­late but with the right to review any step taken by Council, if complaints were made. Such a governmental structure would have been similar to the federal system of checks and balances.

Afte^. much discussion and hesitation, the plan, as formed originally, was scrapped and SFCSA remained un­changed, except for having its faculty members appointed to serve for staggered terms.

But although a year has passed, the crying need for reforms in student government remains unchanged. Essen­tially the proponents of the status quo contend that college students are not ready to conduct their own affairs com­petently and that any major alteration in the present setup is unwarranted.

But why shouldn't students be capable of conducting their own affairs? Whether they like it or not, after grad­uation, they will have to enter society and accept a more important status.

We believe that the meaningless role Council has been forced to accept only increases the chances of having un­qualified people run and get elected to SC positions. If Council were a more effective and meaningful body, that did not have to constantly look, over its shoulder and won­der what SFCSA would do, then more responsible and ma­ture students would be willing to devote their time and energy to making the term student government synonomous with achievement, rather than a well worn cliche.

Unfortunately, most of the students who had fought so hard for reforms have been graduated, while others seem to have forgotten. The main burden now lies on the lower classmen who will be at the College for the years to come. But the leaders of SC, most of whom have witnessed the inadequacies of the present system, must also press for the abolition of SFCSA, and for other much needed changes. A year is mttch loo short an interval to forget bow dose the concept* of effeetrwe student . government came to beoonring A *e*lity here.

Manhattonville Relics Grace Odd Corners

By PAUL WEISSLER The building and the grass are

not the only "sights" on the South Campus. The Marvhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, former owners of the South Cam­pus, left many relics behind.

To the side of the Park Gym­nasium, resting on pieces of de­cayed wood, is an outdoor incin­erator. Kenneth G. Fleming (Building and Grounds), face­tiously suggested that the incin­erator be used for barbecues, but the nearly petrified ashes in it would preclude that possibility.

In between Downer Hall and the John H. Finley Student Center stands a brokendown greenhouse. Although unfit for use at present, Mr. Fleming said that it would soon be re­paired and given to the Biology Department.

An outdoor grotto, once used for religious ceremonies by the former owners, is situated to the left and rear of the Finley Stu­dent Center. Enclosed by a wall of stone, the grotto once held a religious statue.

A short walk down the path from the grotto stands a rickety open hut that was formerly used as a place to meditate by the nuns who lived here. It will be torn down as soon as construction is begun on the building that will take its place—the Morris Raphael Cohen Library.

A few steps to the right of the hut is a solid stone table, circular in shape and supported by a short round column. Placed around the ground surrounding the table, equally distant from each other are large stones. While they might 'have been used -for seats, it is unlikely, since two of the stones nearly come to a point.

A small statue of a nude wo­man stands perched on a rock at the end of the road. The brok­en right leg reveals its plaster construction. Any possibility that it was the property of the nuns was dispelled by Mr. Fleming, who recalls that it was disposed of by the Art Department.

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than those of the curriculum formerly provided for police," said President Gallagher, "'ser-iouS*/ raises the question w'hether it will be feasible to develop the budding educational affiliation between the Police Ac iemy and the Baruc'h SchooL"

In favor of the approved plan, Mr. Beame argued that the phys­ical affiliation of the Baruch Center and the Police Academy would cause duplication of facili­ties, and therefore the affiliation "does not appear too vital."

Tne President claimed that while the action of the Board will provide welcome and need- j ed- relief for the Police Academy j from its present "unconscionable" f quarters, its program would not j be expanded. t

Food & Foto. • • Photography and food have never been known to mix, bi

they soon will be at the Clarinet luncheonette on Amsterda Avenue opposite Goethals Hall.

The eatery is sponsoring a photography contest open to both Day and Evening Session students and intends, displayu all entries until Dec. .16, the closing date of the contest. Photi graphs of all sizes, either color or black and white are eligib for the $5, $3, and $2 prizes.

The contest will be judged by Mr. Jofhn C. Orr (Art) an all entries should be brought to the luncheonette.

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will never be the Battlefiel Austeriitz it was - in my beard days. It has also helped to develop poise while g( about in public. Except for occasional child who cries 'S;

Certain bushy growths at the College have not been stu by the coming of Autumn. The new semester has added Mr. In Branman (Speech) and Professor Edward Penn (English) to beard-growing movement among^ the College's faculty.

They join such long-time whisker-wearers as Professors Mark Brunswick (Music), William Crane (English), Henry Uipde-grove (Electrical Engineering) and Mr. John Matthews (Speech).

The newest beard fanciers had different reasons to give for their switch to beards. Professor Penn began his while revising his notes for a drama course he is giving this semester. He felt that the whiskers would add decor to the various characterizations, he taught. The beard flourished, 'his colleagues reactions were encour­aging, and unless the cost of maintaining it is too prohibitive, it will remain. According to- Pro­fessor Penn: "If I should give it up in the future it will only be because the "underhead" is too high."

Mr. B r a n m a n also began his beard at the beginning of the summer. When asked if his wife objected to the new growth, he said that it was at his wife's sug­gestion that he had begun it. The beard served as an identify­ing factor during registration when hundreds of students were able to view Mr. Branman at his tally-table.

Professor Brunswick started his beard at the age of 23 in Vienna. He had a siege of grippe and influenza and so was unable to shave for a week. Upon re­covering he went to the barber who praised the growth and im­plored him to keep it. He has, all these years but not for vanity's sake.

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Claus' at me, people hardly t notice at all."

A secluded summer on M< Bend Lake in Maine was the petus for Profes-sor Crs goatee, moustache. Ten years he had grown a beard and w it came time to shave it off left the goatee on, just for : ** But he found he liked it an< has remained a steady fixt ever since. He says, howe that he might just shave it with, the same whimsey

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Naturall Every weekend Doris Lang turns in her microscope fo

monkey-wrench. After peering through microscopes all week, Lang, an upper serfior and bacteriology major at the College, si her lab coat, dons a monkey-suit, *•

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and gets comfortable under the hood of any car that might need servicing.

And she's no novice in the world of motors and mechanics. "I began at the age of seven, "she asserted proudly. "My father is a mechanic, and when I was a child., he gave me flats to fix, to keep out of mischief," she said.

She was generally promoted to the more complex class of occa­sional grease-monkey. Three years ago. her father's assistant left suddenly, and an experienced mechanic was needed. So Doris took off her high4ieeled shoes and went to. work. "I've been there ever since," she says.

Of course a grease-monkey's job is decidedly more messy than the laborttory, but it provides her with several humorous experi­ences. . * Passers-by look twice, Xeung men are inspired to create n e # lines in .asking for a date,.

marks such as: "You'll make sd guy a good husband," and don't you come out with me fix my car," are examples of creative powers she inspires| the young drivers of today, passes don't faze her. On contrary, she says she enj them.

In addition to her mechanj abilities, Doris is an avid dan^ and holds the distinction of president of Hillel.

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society, is wctnng dance strudors for Cha Cha to be bald later thai term. Tlnrtenti interested sbould mil their naxnaa ID the mant at Studani X*ie, 152, Ffetar Stedt

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en to sp lay J The City College s tudent is t radi t ional ly a g r u b r a t h e r t han a t. Phot autterfly. Unders ized and l imp, he plods th rough the weary rounds

eligib oi a college wi thout frills or fun. After his years of deprivat ion, he startled to feel grass under his feet.

The above g r i m charac ter iza t ion is a composi te opinion of The Saturday Even ing Post , t he College's Hyg iene Depar tmen t , ,and the New York Times. T h e magazine once r a n an art icle oiv the College

• • iescribing i t s neve r -end ing toil. The d e p a r t m e n t has sadly concluded V l l L h a t t * i e i n a l e an ima l he re is a phys ica l wreck , and the Times is • I I I thrilled by the new campus . As far as I 'm concerned, only the Hy

jiene staff has any case at a l l . F re shman who q u a k e at t he scholastic prospects ahead can be

p j ^ | * e a s s u r e d . A good m a n y of us who have near ly wangled a diploma P ^ ^ l lave done so by shee r cunning and perseverance . We have figured

)ut to the most complex odds h o w m a n y cuts can be taken in a >iven class before t h e professor will seek revenge. We know jus t low long a t e rm paiper may be delayed and how m a n y weeks of the t e rm can slide by before a text book is bought , let alone studied.

I h a v e k n o w n s tudents w h o took all the i r notes o n b i t s of crumpled paper found in the i r pockets , and w h o never saw t h e m again. The re h a v e been others who took the i r first peek a l a book the n ight before t he i r final, fortified only b y No-Doz, cigaret tes ,

in rea l ly despe ra t e cases—bourbon. Legions exist at the College for w h o m classes a r e an annoying

ntrusion in the i r rea l life here—the newspaper , the S tuden t Gov­ernment, or gu i ta r -p lay ing in t he cafeteria. These people, even when forced to class, sit t he re furt ively des igning layouts or d ream ng up political coups. (The gu i ta r -p layers seemingly never do go to class.)

C i ty College s tuden t s , however s lovenly in the i r habi ts , h a v e many means of camouflage. A fr iend of mine w a s neve r seen in t h e orr idors wi thou t h u g e pi les of books o n e i the r a r m and a harrassed li t ter in her eye . S h e babb led feverishly about t h e papers sttre adn ' t done , t he thousand chapte rs ye t to b e read , t h e projects not farted. Off she l umbe red , a lways to t h e s ame des t ina t ion—the rmy Hal l l ib rary . The re , she found compat r io t s also moan ing about

he massive labors scheduled . They t a lked it over for severa l hours , ent ou t for coffee to keep t h e m k e e n for t h e w o r k they h.ad to o, came back, med i t a t ed some more , a n d e n d e d a typical d a y by oing home, w o r n , o u t by t he moun ta in s of w o r k ahead .

So m u c h for t h e Sa tu rday Even ing Post . As for the dazzling rospects "offered by t h e South Campus , I have my doubts . The old ne seemed to ha rmonize be t t e r wi th t he spiri t of t h e school. We nreconstructed upper -c lassmen have t ende r memor ies of A r m y all, even if it looked l ike a workhouse ou t of Dickens or Char les ddams.

Pres iden t Ga l lagher took a p a r t i n g shot at A r m y when h e iescribed a Professor be ing t rans fe r red out of i ts sub-basement as a "mole b l inking as i t emerged in to t he sunl ight ." Well , I don' t . know how much n e w vi ta l i ty the t eache r can soak u p in Manha t -tanville. I noticed two elder ly profs t he o ther day, t ro t t ing from the South to t he N o r t h Campus . One t u r n e d to t he o the r and puffed, "I never realized w h a t a long pul l this would be ." A n d he didn ' t look revital ized.

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t for ^ a t e ' < * a m P-ha i red a n d half-dressed, wi l l n o w b e s h o w n t h e e r ro r of their w a y s .

That ' s the only consolat ion I can t h i n k of for t he South campus , a l though I admire grass as m u c h as anyone . F o r one thing, the Finley Center is no subs t i tu te for Ma in as t he si te for co-curr icular

leasures. E v e n r o m a n c e could f lourish there—if n o t in Kni t t l e ounge, a t least on th£ wonderful ly accessible St. Nicholas Ter race .

(By the wa£, congratula t ions , J a y and Mimi.) Things a r e par t icu la r -y tough now for us vic t imized newspape r worke r s . I n o u r small ,

but compact , office in Main, w e w e r e a t t he h u b of t he school. If we needed a l a s t -minu te in terview, or a bi te to eat, w e could s tep

randly down the hal l and get it. S t u d e n t Counci l poli t icians floated y ready at hand, w h i l e t he Deans 'had few avenues of escape. N b w

-ve are marooned on top of the ghost ly S tuden t Center^ Each t r ip ut is a safari, and only our own voices echo in t he hal ls at n igh t -

Stil l , even w i t h t h e n e w campus , t h e Col lege wi l l undoubted ly eep i ts shabby, j aun ty , p iecemeal w a y s . T h e gu i ta r i s t s wi l l h o w l oik mus ic in t h e n e w cafeteria, t h e s tuden t leaders wil l concoct ntr igues in t he n e w ha l l s , a n d t h e s t u d e n t s wi l l con t inue to be appi ly s lothful—while p resen t ing t o t h e wor ld t h e p ic tu re of ard-pressed scholars .

Re Prof. Knickerbocker The wr i te r of the following let­

te r is a professor in the Depar t ­men t of Romance Languages, the Depa r tmen t former ly presided over by Professor Knickerbocker , and was one of the. four ini t iators of the action against the then Chai rman which lasted from 1945 to 1952 in its publ ic phases, with hang-overs still persist ing.

In the Observa t ion Post of Sep-t ember 22, 1955, is a story on the re t i rement of Wil l iam E. Knick­erbocker as a professor in the College. The s tory contains two

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Knickerbocker ' s r e t i r ement be­came effective th is month when he reached the m a n d a t o r y re t i re ­m e n t age of 70. This is mislead­ing. While i t is t r u e tha t Knick­erbocker m a d e 'his r e t i r ement ef­fective, h e did so by 'his own act. The fact is t ha t h e did not have to r e t i r e a t th i s t ime. He could have cont inued in service and was expected to cont inue his work at t he College un t i l Sep­t ember la 1956, ano the r academic year . He was ac tua l ly p rogram­med for classes for the present* n e w term, bu t ev ident ly decided to re t i re as t h e t e r m ]3egan on Sep tember 19 of th i s year .

The story fu r the r s ta tes tha t "Prof. Knickerbocker was later exonera ted of all charges brought against h im by bo th the Board of Higher Educat ion and the Sta te Commissioner of Educat ion." *

In just ice to t he S ta te Com­missioner, n o w dead, and for the sake of accura te history, it should be pointed ou t t h a t Knickerbock­er w a s not exonera ted by the S ta t e Commiss ioner of Education. In fact, t he case as presented to the local board was not l i t igated before. . t he S ta te Commissioner. W h a t happened was this :

In 1948, two of m y colleagues and co-complainants a g a i n s t Knickerbocker , whose n a m e s Knickerbocker had caused to be removed from the Depar tmen t ' s promotion recommendat ions , be­gan an action before the Sta te Commissioner.

The relief asked for was an order directed agains t t he Board of Higher Educat ion to file charges agains t Knickerbocker and the holding of a tr ial on such charges for conduct unbecoming before the S t a t e Commissioner.

The Commissioner did not see fit to do this, b u t his failure to act and his decision were far from being an exonera t ion of Professor Knickerbocker .

Actually, t h e Board and the Alumni had such g r e a t reason to credi t the case agains t Knicker­bocker tha t h e w a s asked to wi th-d r a w from the Cha i rmansh ip of the Depar tment^ wh ich h e did in

Memories of Army Hall Gone With the Students

By MICHAEL SPIELMAN A r m y Hall, hav ing been shorn of its s tudents , is losing its d u ­

bious spendors as well . T h e Lounge , once filled wi th pool tables, p ing pong tables, a n d

other i tems of en te r t a inment , i s ^ ——— • becoming a waste land. Chief among the vandals is Dean J a m e s S. Peace (Student Life), who led in the auct ioning off, last Thur s ­day, of the now unused i tems in the Lounge.

Sponsored by the In te r -Fra te rn ­ity Council last Thursday , most of the buyers were fraterni t ies , who were in teres ted in adding to thei r House furnishings. How­ever, the re was also f requent bid­ding by individuals .

One of the most 'hotly contested i t e m s w a s , unders tandab ly enough, a love seat. Upon its sale, Mr. Phi l l ip Bruns te t t e r (Student Life^ who was conduct ing the Auct ion at tha t point , promised the w i n n i n g F ra t e rn i ty tha t they-would be seeing much of h im.

S ta r t ing bids that w e r e asked* were very low. Pool tables were-sold for $25, p ing pong tables for $5, and chairs for as l i t t le as 25 cents .

Some of t he other objects of in teres t auct ioned off w e r e a big bass d rum, a football, an ice pick, and m a n y chairs, sofas, and tables .

The total money tha t w a s m a d e at last Thursday ' s session is $130. All of it, p lus wha t will be made on this Thursday from 12:30 P M to 2 P M in the A r m y Hal l Lounge, will be tu rned over to

the S tudent Center ' s opera t ing budget .

Many t ime-honored objects a r e still left and s tudents are u rged to put in their bids. They should

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be warned, though, that D e a n Peace, w'ho has also been bidding, has 'had a whole week to con tem­pla te the merchandise . A t t h e first session he m a d e severa l a c ­knowledged "k i l l s" by s n e a k i n g in bids when his opponents w e r e off guard. After one mis take i n bidding however , he was h e a r d to mut ter , " the idea is to w a i t ; you'l l get 'em for a nickle af ter­wards . "

8,000 Studants in Backyard Leave Gallaghers Undaunted

' B y DEBI WEISSTEIN

A backya rd full of 8,000 s tuden ts does not bo the r Mrs. Buel l G. Gal lagher .

"My house is somet imes mis t aken for Steigli tz Hall, "cont inues Mrs . Ga l l agher , " s tuden ts d rop in, b u t one wishes the re were m o r e w h o would come. The door is-*" — —

always open and we enjoy hav- ^ r home as "visi tors migh t d r o p

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ing visi tors."

T h e Pres ident ' s wife, w h o lives w i t h h e r husband in t h e Ga te House nea r t he 133rd S t ree t en­t r ance on the South C a m p u s , en­joys t ak ing a b r eak in h e r house­hold tasks to look ou t of the w i n d o w at the s tudents s t rol l ing by .

The G a t e House was n a m e d by fne Gal laghers . T h e y began l iv ing the re in 1952 w h e n Dr. Ga l lagher became P re s iden t of t h e College. About* 100 yea r s ago the house was t he h o m e of the m a n w h o baked the b read for

in any m i n u t e . "

Mrs. Ga l l agher is active in several ne ighborhood organiza­t ions . She is a director a t t he Manha t t anv i l l e Neighbor h o o d Center , The Morningside C o m ­m u n i t y Cen te r and the E m m a Ransom House of the YWCA. S h e likes to come to the F r i d a y Afternoon Teas to pour t he t e a and talk wi th the s tudents .

A t night , t he Gallaghers a r e usual ly busy w i t h the mee t ings and dinners conriected wi th t h e College. When they stay a t h o m e , t hey spend the evening quie t ly .

the gir ls a t the Manha t t anv i l l e w a t c h i n g television and p l ay ing College of the Sacred Heart . . ! cr ibbage.

W h e n ' t h e Gal laghers took over j ^ p r e f e r l i v i n g o n t h e c a m _ the house, formerly used by th ree i p u S j » s a v s M r s G a l I a g h e r > . ^ p n e s t s of t h e Manha t t anv i l l e j c a u s e i t g i v e s m e t h e o p p o r t u n i t

school, t hey rep laced t h e two [ t o s h a r e i n C o l i e g e ] i f e _ i t m a k e s

wash tubs s t and ing m t h e k i tchen | m e f e e l c I o s e r t o t h e s t u d e n t s

w i t h m o d e m e q u i p m e n t inc luding ; aj^j f a c u }ty " a d i shwasher , wash ing mach ine ' — - — - . a n d dryer . T h e Monsignor 's bed- , _ _ M ^ t room was conver ted in to a l iving )m. MmW-s • • • r oom w i t h etchings on t h e wal ls and Chippenda le chai rs placed a round t h e room. T h e res t of the decora t ion is based oh the objects d ' a r t t h a t t h e Gal laghers h a v e picked u p on the i r t rave ls to India , E u r o p e and the N e a r E a s t

Mrs. Ga l lagher feels l ike she is l iv ing in the country . As soon as the South Campus is landscaped.

(Continued from Page One} will a t t ract engineers , r a ther t h a n to force them to come to t h e Center . Engineers have very li t­t le leisure t ime, he said, and t h e social program mus t have d r a w ­ing power to b r ing them down to the Center.

Another problem facing T I IC was discussed a t their first o r -she w a n t s to p l an t a ga rden . She „ - " ^ " ^ - . " « « ™ «**

* > ^ . • rt^ t L „ K w J . o f ^ T gamzatKmal meet ing of the s em-shops a t the ne ighborhood Safe­w a y w i t h h e r o w n car t . T h e Gal laghers e a t s imply w i t h Mrs . Ga l l aghe r doing all t he cooking. _ Siacfcs a n d swea te rs a r e her favori te household ga rb . She • e v e r swaBes^a heusedress arourid

es ter last Thursday . The four s o ­cial fraternities in the TBKT nSay have to comply wi th a D e p a r t ­men t of S tuden t Life ru l ing tfcat a l l social f raterni t ies oe t h e c a m -P**5, "ww*. belpn* to the. latesFrt-ternity Council. * . . _...-.'•• ^

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Boaters Crush Community College W-0, As Koutsantanou Tallies Five

By BERT ROSENTHAL Ignoring playing and weather conditions fit only for horses considered expert "mudders," the Beavers booters

blasted an anemic New York City Community College, 10-0, in a pre-season exhibition tilt, last Saturday, in rain-sod­den Lewisohn Stadium. I t was a wonderful afternoon for the team, and particularly for All-lilet center forward, Johnny Koutsantanou* Koouts, in-O- ~—~ — — his first sc r immage of t he season, tu rned in a wh i r lwind performance, by scoring five goals and assisting on two ©thers. Both the team score and Kouts ' individual contributions would have set school s tandards had this been a regular ly scheduled contest.

Wolfgang "Wolf" Wostl and Morris "Mois'he" Hocherman w i t h two goals apiece, and Vahe J o r ­dan with one tally, accounted for the remainder of the St. Nicholas Heights scoring.

The Beavers , defending Metro­politan soccer titlists, were ev­erything a championship team should be in the first half, de­spite the intermittent torrential downpours , which made the field a quagmire . They were the pe r ­petual aggressors and cont inual ­ly hounded the visiting de­fense, especially goalie Oscar Zellers, with repeated thrusts .

Koutsan tanou registered the first City goal at 7:45 of the open­ing quar te r on a p ic ture pass play star ted by inside r ight Billy Amhei t e r , who relayed to Hoch­erman and on to Kouts, who beat goalie Zellers cleanly.

Hocherman notched his first marker at 12:30 of the ini t ial stanza. Techman center forward Pete Rouzier had deflected a shot

Fenten Start Mk; Rugged Season Looms

With a new emphasis on con­ditioning, the St. N i c h o l a s Heights swordsmen inaugura ted their Fall pract ice sessions last Fr iday and Saturday.

Friday's meet ing was devoted to track work which coach Ed­ward Lucia believes was the rea­son for the success of Columbia University fencers, 1954 and 1955 National Intercollegiate fencing champions.

Heavily h i t by graduat ion losses, the squad faces a vast r e ­building program for their rug­ged eight opponent schedule. which includes Massachusetts In­st i tute of Technology (MIT), a j new advsrsary . The foil division ! was str ipped of three of its best i men with the graduation of Au- i brey Seeman, Eastern Intercol- | Ifgiate Foil champion and Al l Gordon, and the ineligibilitv of i Charles Piperno. Only captain j Mort Giasser re turns along with j junior Paul Tannenbaum and -n- ' experienced sophomore S t a n j Hochman.

In the epee competition, the Peavers will be represented by t'hree veteran competitors Norm ! Zafman. Jonas Ulenas and Joel j Wolfe. Zafman. Wolfe and P iper -no .cap tured the American Fenc - I ing League novice team cham- j pionsnip last season, and Zafman. \ Ulenas and Ancile Maiden, who graduated last February , com­bined to g r a b the junior epee championship at the same meet .

The sabre division lost capta in Dick Susco through graduation, j but re tains number two and th ree ! men, Marty Wertlieb and Elliot ; Mills. Newcomers Manny Fein- i berg and Mitchell Rosen are ex- j pected to help out the sabrexnen. j

by Wostl s t ra ight to Hocherman who was s tanding in front of the goalmouth and quickly booted it home. The Beavers were not long in regaining their scoring touch after a sudden shower in ter rupt­ed play a minute later, as " John ­ny K." dr ibbled down the left side unmolested and outfeinted Zellers at 15:13.

Three more Lavender marke r s in the second quar t e r upped their halftime lead to 6-0. Koutsan­tanou scored on a faceoff k ick twenty feet in front of the Tech goal at 2:50, Hocherman counter­ed on a pass from Jordan at 12:25 and the latter tallied five minutes hence on a pass from Kouts.

The Beavers b roke away quick-

Johnny Koutsantanou Stars in Exhibition Fray

ly after intermission. Koutsan­tanou, taking a pass from sopho­more Lucien Zarnowsky in­creased t'he Lavender lead to 7-0 at 3:47 of the third period. The Blue 'n' Gold defense then stif­fened and thwar ted t'he City of­fense for the remainder of the session.

At 6:25 of the final s tanza, Koutsan tanou deflected co-cap­tain Eddie Trunk ' s shot past Zel­lers for the Beavers eighth goal. Wostl, second high scorer last season, finally got into the scor­ing parade wi th two goals at 11:25 and 13:13. Koutsantanou was credited with an assist on the first and Jordan on tb^ sec­ond, thus concluding the mas­sacre.

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Spor t Xot«fc$

• This Saturday's home sc cer opener, originally sched uled for 1:30 PM has unde) gone a l ime change and wi]

start at 11:30 AM.

• The College's hoop schc ule has also been slightly n vamped. The home conies with Brooklyn and Queen scheduled for Saturday, Fell ruary 11 and Saturday, Felj ruary 25 retpectively, ha\ been resciheduled for the pr<| ceding Friday nights.

• Herschel Nissenson. foil mer soccer goalie and Ol Sports Editor, is currenlll working for International Ne\ Service.

• Dave Nourok, 1954 exoi country co-captain, and ja reel pieni (among the first eighi ol a Dr. Jonas Stalk scholarship is now attending the Colic of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University.

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