Tower
Tribune
Vol. 2, No. 16
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
December 14, 1970
TWENTY-FIVE GROUPS competed in this year’s Holid:
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on Dec. 6. Sigma Tau
jay Sing
Beta took the first place trophy with “‘Rudolfo Il Reino Di Nasa Rosa’, arranged by
their songleader Steve Hirsch, and “Alleluia Amen’’. Second and third prizes were
taken by Gamma Kappa Phi and Friends and Livingston Tower. STB's enthusiasm also
garnered the Chairman’s Trophy. The winners repeated their songs at the reception
which followed in the Campus Center. Chairmen for the event were Linda Pierson and
Susan Schweizer.
Senate Approves Six Proposals;
Hears Parking, Calendar Reports
All proposals brought before the
Senate at its meeting last Monday were
passed except one. A proposal from the
Undergraduate Academic Council to
establish a “double major” option for
undergraduates was referred back to the
council for further study.
One of the bills authorizes qualified
doctoral students to take graduate
$150,000 Grant
A grant of $150,000 has been re-
ceived from the Pinkerton Foundation,
New York, to support a visiting professor-
ship at the university’s School of Criminal
Justice for a period of three years begin-
ning in September 1971. The position to
be supported will be known as the Robert
A. Pinkerton Visiting Professorship in
Criminal Justice.
Mr. Pinkerton, who was chairman of
the board and chief executive officer of
Pinkerton’s, Inc., established the founda-
tion in 1966. Its primary purpose is to
direct its energies, talents, and funds to-
ward the prevention and elimination of
crime and juvenile delinquency. One way
it seeks to accomplish its purpose is by
creating chairs or scholarships in schools,
universities, colleges or other institutions
for the purpose of studying, analyzing,
and understanding the causes and origins
of crime, and to develop the means of
combatting or eliminating them in
society.
Dean Richard A. Myren said that the
rotating visiting professor supported by
the grant will enrich the school’s program
by teaching an advanced seminar in a spe-
cialized field, serving as a resource person
in seminars taught by other faculty mem-
bers, and presenting formal colloquia to
the SUNYA community. The school’s
faculty will seek an individual noted for
his research and teaching on crime-related
problems.
courses at Albany Law School of Union
University for resident credit. Another
specifies membership of five graduate
students on the Graduate Academic
Council, two of whom shall be Senators.
The third calls upon the faculty to extend
provisions for student membership on the
Senate until July, 1972.
Senate approved in principle the
granting of annual awards for outstanding
teaching performance by members of the
SUNYA faculty. The Personnel Policies
Council was charged with recommending
procedures for implementing such
awards. Another bill provides for
departments to notify faculty being
considered for continuing appointments
of their decision 90 days prior to
notification of a university decision.
A third bill urges that inequities in
retirement fund benefits and faculty
salaries be remedied as soon as possible. It
lists the inequities and requests that the
resolution be transmitted to the SUNY
Central Administration and to
organizations seeking to represent the
professional staff in collective bargaining.
Senate endorsed an Environmental
Decisions Committee which has been
established by President Benezet to
recommend policy for land use and
facilities development on campus. It also
expressed little criticism of the 1971-72
academic calendar presented for its
information by the administration. The
calendar provides for suspension of
classes during the Jewish High Holy Days.
John Buckhoff, Jr., director of the
physical plant, reported that about 4,100
cars are currently on campus at any one
time. Parking spaces available total 4,302,
but virtually no one uses the two lots off
the east perimeter road or the lot near the
Gymnasium. To encourage use of those
lots next semester, uptown shuttle buses
will circle the campus every 7-10 minutes.
Treatment Plant to Check
Pollution of Patroon Creek
The pollution of Patroon Creek by
university sewage could be eliminated by
the spring of 1972. A recent letter from
Gerald C. McDonald, director of the
Albany County Sewer District, to John F.
Buckhoff, Jr., director of SUNYA’s
physical plant, outlines county plans for
construction of an interceptor to remove
waste discharges from the creek.
Currently, untreated sewage from the
northern half of campus flows into
Patroon Creek and, ultimately, to the
Hudson River. The southern half of cam-
pus discharges its sewage into the City of
Albany closed sewer system, which termi-
nates at the present treatment plant in
the Port of Albany. That facility is seri-
ously insufficient and a new South Treat-
ment Plant, as well as a North Treatment
Plant, is expected to be ready by the end
of 1972.
December 18 is the deadline for bids
on the construction of the interceptor
system. If a satisfactory bid from a single *
contractor is received for the entire proj-
ect, a contract should be awarded in
January; 1971. Based on that schedule, a
major portion of the interceptor is ex-
pected to be operable by the spring of
1972.
Until the North Treatment Plant is
completed in late 1972, sewage would
not be treated, but neither would it be
discharged into Patroon Creek, which
now is the equivalent of an open sewer.
Mr. Buckhoff noted that the inter-
ceptor and treatment plants would not
involve any cost to the university. Fur-
thermore, it would take at least as long
(18 months) for the university to take
previously discussed steps to re-direct all
its sewage southward to the city system.
Such action would be a considerable ex-
pense for which there currently is no
money available. Therefore, the univer-
sity is deferring any action on campus at
this time, pending the progress of the
county interceptor.
Area PYE (Protect Your Environ-
ment) clubs, including SUNYA members,
have been in the vanguard of a movement
to clean up Patroon Creek. Hopefully, the
interceptor and treatment plants will rec-
tify the situation caused by Tobin Pack-
ing, the university, and other polluters of
the creek.
SUPA/A Meeting
On Wednesday
Election of officers for the next cal-
endar year and the fourth quarterly mem-
bership meeting are scheduled for
Wednesday by the State University Pro-
fessional Association at Albany
(SUPA/A). Polls will be open from 7:30
a.m. to 7 p.m. in the west elevator lobby
on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center.
The membership meeting will begin at 12
noon in the CC Assembly Hall.
Leila Moore as candidate for presi-
dent and Robert Gibson as candidate for
secretary are running unopposed. Nomi-
nees. for vice-president are Alice Corbin
and John Morgan and for treasurer, Mary
Curtis and Roy Elk. Ten directors will be
selected from among 26 nominees.
In the running for director are Ralph
Beisler, Hollis Blodgett, Thomas
Burnette, Robert Conway, Alfred
Dascher, Clifford Duell, Robert
Fairbanks, John Haggerty, Rodney Hart,
Harvey Huth, Harry Kolker, Edith Leet,
Robert McFarland, Judy Miller, Anthony
Pasciuto, Gary Pelton, Pat Rudd, Mary
Ruhl, Joel True, James Utermark, Grant
VanPatten, Edward Vetosky, James
Volkwein, Paul Ward, John Watson, and
Donald Whitlock.
On the agenda for the membership
meeting is an amendment to the associa-
tion’s by-laws. The amendment would
provide for the election of a delegate to
represent the association on the governing
board of state-wide SUPA.
United Fund Contributions Increase;
Planning Begins for 1971 Canvass
A report to the president from
Charles F. Stokes, coordinator for the
All-University United Fund/Joint Appeal
canvass, reveals total contributions of
$34,487 as of Nov. 25. The contributions
came from 852 individuals for an average
of $40.48 per person.
The total exceeds the goal set for the
university, $32,487, as well as the total
for last year’s canvass, $29,978. Even so,
the report expressed disappointment, for
the number of contributors was a minor-
ity of the 2,200 faculty and staff who
were actively solicited. Also, the average
per person contribution was almost a dol-
lar less than last year.
Suggestions from this year’s United
Fund Board for next year’s campaign em-
phasized early planning and more effec-
tive use of personnel data. It recom-
mended that next year’s coordinator and
board members be appointed immedi-
ately and that more person-to-person vis-
itation and solicitation be done, with less
use of letters and mailings.
Student contributions were limited
to a small profit from a motion picture
evening. The board noted that most stu-
dents are non-residents and therefore less
interested in the Albany campaign, but
suggested a possible tie-in with the stu-
dents enrolled in the academic communi-
ty service program working with the
Volunteer Bureau.
Serving on the board with Dr. Stokes
were Bette Herzog, executive assistant;
Roy Klages, faculty chairman; Seth Spell-
man, administrative chairman; Edward
VanDenburgh, university services chair-
man; Robert Cooley, auxiliary services
chairman; Ralph Greenberg, student
chairman; and Gail Wilson, treasurer.
Facilities Set
Recess Hours
The Campus Center, the Mohawk
Campus, and the university shuttle buses
will be on revised schedules during the
winter recess. The Campus Center will be
open 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Dec. 23; 8 a.m.
to 2 p.m., Dec. 24; closed Dec. 25-27;
open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dec. 28-30; 8 a.m.
to 2 p.m., Dec. 31; closed Jan. 1-3; open
8 am. to 5 p.m., Jan. 4-8; closed Jan.
9-10; open 8 a.m, to 5 p.m., Jan. 11-15;9
a.m, to 11 p.m,, Jan. 16; and 9 a.m. to 12
midnight, Jan. 17. Regular hours will
resume on Jan. 18. Individual facilities
within the Campus Center will be open in
accordance with the schedule at the CC
information desk.
The Mohawk Campus will be closed
from Dec. 24 through Jan. 1. At all other
times from now through March 14, 1971,
the Snack Bar will be open Fridays, 12
noon to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 12 noon to
4:30 p.m.; and Sundays, 1:30 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. Tobogganing will be available
at 50 cents per hour on Fridays, 1-4 p.m.;
Saturdays and Sundays, 12 noon to 4:30
p.m.
The downtown shuttle bus runs will
cut back to one per hour during the
recess. A bus will leave the circle at 10
minutes after the hour and will leave
Draper Hall at 20 minutes of the hour.
Beginning second semester, on Jan. 18,
campus busses will be making three trips
an hour.
PYE Club to Collect
Paper for Recycling
The recycling committee of
SUNYA’s PYE club has formulated a plan
for the separate collection of waste paper
on campus and the re-use of the paper.
According to PYE, recycling paper “re-
lieves the over consumption of raw mate-
rials, reduces industrial pollution, and al-
leviates the problem of waste disposal.”
Presently, all university trash ends up
in a land fill. Beginning second semester,
all podium buildings will have separate re-
ceptacles for paper only and a paper com-
pany will collect the. waste paper and use
it to make more paper. Thus, only non-
paper waste will go to the land fill.
University custodians have agreed to
keep paper separate from other waste; the
cooperation of all university personnel is
being sought in this project. Specific in-
formation on receptacle locations will be
forthcoming from PYE.
SUNY Presidents
The creation of a Council of Presi-
dents has been announced by Ernest L.
Boyer, chancellor of State University of
New York. Made up of 16 administrators,
the council will seek to improve commu-
nications between the central staff and
the 70 SUNY campuses.
The new body will meet monthly
and serve as an advisory group on univer-
sity-wide policy matters and proposed
programs. The 16 members, Chancellor
Boyer said, will assume a liaison role with
the chief administrative officers on other
SUNY campuses so that the council’s pol-
icy recommendations are drawn from the
entire state system.
Representing the four State Univer-
sity centers will be Robert L. Ketter of
Buffalo and John S. Toll of Stony Brook.
For the university colleges, the chancellor
designated E. K. Fretwell, Jr., of Buffalo,
Abbott Kaplan of Purchase, Robert W.
Edna MacAffer
Council Seen
In Liaison Role
Mrs. Kenneth §S. MacAffer, of
Menands, an alumna of New York State
Teachers College, forerunner of State
University of New York at Albany, is
completing her second nine-year term on
the University Council. While in college
she was president of the Senior Class and
a member of MYSKANIA and Psi
Gamma.
Mrs. MacAffer, wife of the late
Supreme Court Justice, expressed her
view of University Council responsibility
in the following statement: “My concept
of a University Council member’s role is
that he should be a representative-at-large
between the University and the commu-
nity — sensitive to the growth and needs
of the institution and an interpreter of
community reaction.”
She continued, “We are friendly crit-
ics when necessary, but staunch support-
ers of administrative and student policies
when presented as measures to further
the best interests of all concerned. We are
a listening post or sounding board ready
to serve in any capacity to attain the goal
of higher education which our University
expresses on its seal, ‘Let each become all
he is capable of being’.”
Mrs. MacAffer long has been inter-
ested in community activities. She is a
director of the Legislative Women’s Club
of Albany, a member of the executive
committee of the Theatre Alumni Associ-
ation of Albany, and a trustee of the First
Presbyterian Church. Other memberships
include the Monday Musical Club, the
Albany Institute of History and Art, and
the National Commission on Crime and
Delinquency. She also is on the board of
directors of the Kelley Foundation.
Mrs. MacAffer did graduate work at
Middlebury College, New York Univer-
sity, American Academy of Dramatic
Arts, and Washington College of Music.
Council Forms
MacVittie of Geneseo, and James E. Per-
due of Oswego.
Other council members are Lewis W.
Bluemle of the Upstate Medical Center in
Syracuse, David C. Knapp of the College
of Human Ecology at Cornell University,
Edward E. Palmer of the College of For-
estry at Syracuse University, David H.
Huntington and Charles W. Laffin of the
agricultural and technical colleges at
Alfred and Farmingdale, respectively.
From the community colleges, mem-
bers include James Fitzgibbons of Hud-
son Valley, Ernest Notar of Niagara,
James E. Shenton of Erie, Seymour
Eskow of Rockland, and James A.
Colston of Bronx Community College.
Chancellor Boyer will chair meetings
of the council and Murray H. Block, dep-
uty to the chancellor for campus rela-
tions, has executive staff responsibilities.
Generally, council membership will con-
tinue for two years.
Campus Opinion
PATROON ROOM TIPS
An abhorrent situation exists at one
of Albany’s exclusive restaurants that is
progressively undermining service and dis-
tupting morale to the extent that correc-
tive measures are deemed imperative. This
situation is the neglect of gratuities to the
serving staff of SUNYA’s Patroon Room
Restaurant. Waiters and waitresses, stu-
dents and professionals alike, are required
to serve lunch and dinner in return for
remuneration far below that of inferior
restaurants.
The blame for this injustice must be
assigned both to the Food Service man-
agement and to the SUNYA faculty: The
former for its laxity in publicizing the
overruling of former Pres. Collins’ “no
tipping’’ edict, and the latter for blandly
ignoring the change in policy.
It is well-known to most diners out
that commensurate wages paid by restau-
rant management to serving staffs would
augment meal prices considerably with-
out regard to quality of service. Many res-
taurants add a percentage of the bill for
gratuities, a practice, however, that re-
moves the incentive to good service. For
presumably the size of the tip reflects the
quality of the service.
Thus the appalling habit of a minor-
ity of diners who neglect this gratuity
completely is universally frowned upon in
commercial restaurants. Yet at the
Patroon Room, which is a profit-making
establishment, the vast majority of
SUNYA faculty members are guilty of
Nanyang Sends
History Teacher
Professor Slametuljana, a distin-
guished Indonesian scholar, will be at Al-
bany next semester as an exchange pro-
fessor from Nanyang University. During
his visit he will give a course in the Histo-
ty of Modern Indonesia since the 18th
century and will offer a few special lec-
tures and seminars.
A philologist and historian who has
written extensively in those fields, Profes-
sor Slametuljana is currently writing pri-
marily in the field of modern Indonesian
history. He is a native of Java and is espe-
cially interested in Javanese culture and
history. He himself fought in the post-
1945 wars against the Dutch and partici-
pated in the development of the Indo-
nesian language.
At Nanyang University, Professor
Slametuljana is a visiting professor in the
Malay Studies Department. He has also
been Dean of the Faculty of Arts in the
University of Indonesia in Jakarta and
Vice-Rektor (president) of a private uni-
versity in Jakarta.
Albany’s exchange professor at Nan-
yang is Hak Lee of the School of Busi-
ness. Martha Egelston, history, is also in
residence there.
‘Who’s Who’ Notable
Two new editions of nationally rec-
ognized reference works will include biog-
raphical data on William G. Short, assist-
ant professor of education and supervisor
of Spanish in the Milne School.
For the third successive term Dr.
Short’s biography will appear in the
1970-71 edition of Who’s Who (South
and Southwest, with Notables in Mexico)
and for the first time in Leaders in
Education.
His biography has also appeared in
the Dictionary of International Biogra-
phy, a London publication including
biographies from 120 countries.
just such an abusive custom, while on the
other hand, non-professional workers, fel-
low students, as well as campus visitors,
dining there, reflect their appreciation of
good service by tipping adequately. The
misguided notion, insinuated by President
Collins, of a “coop” faculty dining room
“owned” by its members is untenable
since the Patroon Room is operated by
the Faculty-Student Association for the
convenience of everyone on campus.
The Patroon Room is an attractive,
well-run dining room. The food is excel-
lent and the prices are low. Yet the fac-
ulty demands perfect service from the
serving staff at the latter’s expense. No
tipping. The result is that many students
who possess a talent for this gruelling
work seek jobs in outside restaurants to
pay for their tuition, room, and board;
those without adequate transportation
who have sought the convenience of work
on campus in the Patroon Room are com-
pelled to put in overtime or to take sec-
ond jobs in order to stay in school.
A lamentable, if predictable, deterio-
ration of this unhealthy situation has
been encountered by many students serv-
ing in the Patroon Room who are “tem-
porarily” out of favor with their bosses.
Among the regular guests dining at the
Patroon Room, the non-tippers are
known to the management who inveri-
ably place them at tables serviced by
those waiters and waitresses who have in-
curred its wrath (for whatever reason). It
is therefore possible that a student may
serve a week or longer for nothing more
than the minimum hourly wage.
It is urged that the entire problem be
alleviated in the near future, that Patroon
Room guests have the decency to tip in
accordance with the quality of service
they receive, as they would normally do
in any commercial restaurant.
Name Submitted
Editor’s Note: Malcolm Corbiey, director
of Food Service, confirms that tipping is
permitted during both the noon and eve-
ning meals at the Patroon Room. He
noted that while the administration does
not officially encourage tipping, tips are
helpful to the student workers.
The Tower Tribune welcomes re-
sponse to this column or expressions of
opinion on any area of campus concern.
Columns should be typewritten, 500
words or less, and must be signed. Submit
to AD 235.
Courses in English
Offered for Aliens
Daytime and evening non-credit
courses in English for Speakers of Other
Languages (ESOL) will be offered next
semester by the College of General Stud-
ies. The daytime course will be on the
intermediate level and will meet on Mon-
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays from Jan.
25 to May 7, 12-2 p.m. Fee for the course
is $30 for 42 sessions. Emphasis will be
on conversation, grammar, pronunciation,
reading, writing, vocabulary building, and
language laboratory practice.
An advanced level course for non-
native speakers will be given in the eve-
nings on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednes-
days, and Thursdays from Jan. 18 to
March 26. Second term dates for’ the
ESOL course will be March 29-June 11.
Each term of the evening course will have
40 sessions and the registration fee is $40.
Further information may be ob-
tained from the College of General Stud-
ies, AD 239. Early registration is advised,
as enrollment will be limited.
New Publication
Seeks Approval
Of Budget Funds
Communications Commission of
Central Council has approved a budget of
$15,074 for the publication of “Sweet
Fire”, edited by Jack Schwarz, by a 7-2
vote. Next, the budget will go before the
finance committee and, if approved, to
Central Council.
The publication, in newspaper for-
mat, made its first appearance in Novem-
ber with the aid of private funds. A sec-
ond issue now is underway with the help
of $300, from income funds, approved by
Communications Commission for the
purpose.
Publishers are members of a newly-
formed group on campus, reported to
number about 15, called the Sweet Fire
Tribe. The group’s purpose is described in
its constitution as the publishing of a reg-
ular newspaper to educate and inform the
campus community.
The proposed budget calls for 13 is-
sues averaging 28 pages and 7,500 copies
per issue. Items include technical work,
production and printing, $14,000; pho-
tography, $250; Liberation News Service,
$400; publicity, $24; distribution and
transportation, $150; and bookkeeping,
office supplies, and telephone costs,
$250.
Features in the first issue, which sells
for 15 cents a copy, include one on recog-
nition of narcotics agents, and an article
by Timothy Leary written after his es-
cape from prison with the aid of the
Weatherman Underground.
In other recent action by the Com-
munications Commission, the publica-
tion, “L’Humaniste” was deactivated, and
“Parsec”, a science-fiction publication,
was reactivated. “Blacksphemy”, a poetry
publication, has received Central Council
approval for an appropriation of $1,075
for a revolving fund from which subse-
quent issues will be funded. Of the first
issue, 1,500 copies were sold at $1 each.
Central Council has endorsed the
Indian Quadrangle room rate reduction
proposal as passed by the Living Area Af-
fairs Commission. Sought from the Dor-
mitory Authority is reduction in the
room rates for the current academic year,
citing 11 categories of complaints. The
endorsement will go to the Student
Affairs Council.
Among constitutions recently ap-
proved by the Constitution Committee
are those of the SUNYA Camera Club,
New Republican Front, Albany State
Drum and Bugle Corps, 5300 Switch-
board, and Riding Club. The purpose of
the instrumental group is to provide
marching and musical entertainment for
athletic and university events as well as
for the surrounding Albany community.
AN ARCHITECT'S
AN EXPERIMENTAL BALLOON
is being readied as an
location is the Atmospheric
instrument platform for atmospheric electrical studies. The Station at Flagstaff, Arizona.
ASRC Conducts Round-the-World Research
by Vincent J. Schaefer, Director
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
The Atmospheric Sciences Research
Center is deeply involved in basic and ap-
plied research related to environmental
problems. Since the atmosphere is of
global dimensions, a proper understand-
ing of it as it contacts and flows over New
York State involves studies locally as well
as in other parts of the world.
During the past year, using funds re-
ceived from various federal agencies, staff
members of ASRC and graduate students
of the Department of Atmospheric Sci-
ence conducted research in a number of
interesting places. These studies ranged
from comparative studies of the intense
snowstorms which form over and to the
lee of Lakes Erie and Ontario with similar
storms which move off the Japanese Sea
and with deep snow nearly smother the
villages and cities of northern Japan.
Other studies ranged from measure-
ments and observations at a lightning ob-
servatory in Switzerland, on the seacoast
of the island of Oahu in Hawaii, in the
wilderness of Yellowstone Park, and the
Navajo Indian Reservation, to observa-
tions at sea in cooperation with faculty
and students of the Maritime College who
have cooperated with us for a number of
years.
Previous to and following the month
of April, ASRC personnel and area stu-
dents were very actively involved in a co-
operative project with the Northeastern
Environmental Council, termed Project
HYE. This resulted in the most detailed
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REPRESENTATION of the ASRC research tower on the summi
of Whiteface Mountain. The structure houses atmospheric displays for tourists as well
as laboratory and housing space for researchers and fire observers.
pollution survey of a regional area ever
conducted.
With the help of local citizens, nearly
5000 sedimentation slides were placed
throughout the Capital District area and
subsequently evaluated for air pollution
intensity. The results were of great value.
Based on the success of this venture,
ASRC personnel have now been invited
to inaugurate experimental studies in five
other areas of the United States.
During the past year, ASRC estab-
lished a new field station on the shore of
Lake George and the long delayed sum-
mit observatory on top of Whiteface
Mountain was completed and will now be
used for storm studies.
A network of monitoring stations is
being established in the Adirondacks to
measure precipitation, air quality levels
and similar atmospheric parameters. This
will supplement a comprehensive long-
range study of the Five Rivers Area now
in the planning stage involving a survey
and action program related to the region
drained by the Hudson, Mohawk, Sacan-
daga, Schoharie and Hoosic Rivers. It is
hoped that faculty and students from all
units of SUNYA can be interested in this
proposed activity.
Serendipity Hall, an innovative teach-
ing device developed by members of
ASRC, is now in great demand. For the
past three months it has been a major ex-
hibit at the Pacific Science Center in Seat-
tle. Previously it was highly popular at
the annual meeting of AAAS in Boston,
at a national conference of naturalists in
Pennsylvania, as the central exhibit at the
Centennial Celebration of the U.S. Weath-
er Bureau at the Colonie Center and at-
our Campus Center during Earth Day.
When not away, it is a major attraction at
our Experimental Laboratory at the
Schenectady Airport to the many bus
loads of students who visit our facilities
from area schools.
The Whiteface Mt. Science Lectures
sponsored by ASRC are now attended by
200 or more persons each week during
the summer and are taxing the accommo-
dations at our Field Station. A similar se-
ries has now been started at Lake George.
The foregoing are only a portion of
the activities conducted during the past
year by the ASRC.
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SMOKE TRACING TECHNIQUES are used in making wind flow studies on Whiteface
Mountain in the Northern Adirondacks, an ASRC field station site.
On the Student Side
SUNYA in Santa Land
Like most small children I grew up
believing that Christmas was Santa Claus’
birthday. But around the age of eight, my
faithful mother told me the facts about it
all.
“Now Richard dear, there is no Santa
Claus.”
“Well, then, whose birthday is it?”
“R. H. Macy’s,” Mom replied.
Well, I never really knew if she was
putting me on or not, so I always make it
a habit to visit old Santa in order to make
sure all the trails have been covered. I had
a free moment last Saturday, so I took a
hike over to Colonie Shopping Center to
tell Santa that I had been a great kid (no
busts) and that I wanted my hallway
back.
There was quite a line by the old
man, and it seemed that the crowd
around him was getting older all the time.
Campus Exchange
FOR RENT: Apartment in New York
City over the holidays, by night or week.
Call 482-7710...... 2-bedroom modular
home to sublet, completely furnished,
utilities, 30 minutes from SUNYA, avail-
able January to June, 1971; $120 per
month. Call 966-8236.
FOR SALE: 3-bedroom split level house,
2 baths, new kitchen, family room, fin-
ished laundry room, 1% size garage,
double width driveway, aluminum siding,
3-zone hw gas heat, low taxes, FHA
approved, 5 minutes from SUNYA. Call
Harry Raymond, 7-4643 or at home,
Film, 4 X 5, 25 sheets
per pkg: Tri-X, 4 pkg, $8; Plus-X, 3 pkg,
$6; Panatomic, 2 pkg, $4; Commercial, 1
pkg, $2; Contrast process, 2 pkg, $4; also
Polaroid, 12 sheets per pkg, 3 pkg,
$10.50; also 7 Wratten gelatin filters,
$5.60. Call Bill, 472-3609 after 3
Pilace. 1970 MGB, excellent condi-
tion, $2300. Call 439-3560 after 6
ee ae ae Bing and Grondal 1970
Christmas collector plates, $7.50. Call
869-6953. .....Exercycle, motorized
exercise bike, excellent condition. Call
Mrs. Perlman, IV 9-3065 after 6
PMegers Admiral black and white TV,
19” screen, good working condition,
UHF antenna; $25. Call K. Rankin,
7-4901 or at home, 785-4486. ..... 1963
Oldsmobile 88, full power, good condi-
tion, studded snow tires; $350. Call Mrs.
Wachs, 472-6720 or at home,
489-7123...... 1964 Falcon convertible,
snow tires; $130. Call V. Valentine,
7-4643.
WANTED: Ride from Schenectady to
SUNYA, daily or occasionally. Call Susan
Shafarzek, 7-8586 or at home, 372-8064.
more events...
TUESDAY - Final exams, through Dec.
22:
FRIDAY - Annual Faculty-Staff
Christmas Party, Faculty-Student
Association, CC Ballroom, 6:30 p.m.
DEC. 23 - Residence halls close, 10 a.m.
JAN. 16 - Registration, Saturday and Eve-
ning Classes.
JAN. 17 - Residence halls open, 9 a.m.
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First in line was good old John
Henighan, who asked Santa for a brand
new James Bond 007 spy kit, complete
with camera, long hair, and bell bottoms.
John Kaufman then presented his
demands. “Claus,” he said, “I need a
cause, and you better fix me up with one
or else...” John left in a hurry, right
after filling out the order form for the
$14.98 8 X 10 color glossy of him sitting
on Santa’s lap.
President Benezet was very polite,
choosing to stand and not wear out
Santa’s knee. He asked for a national day
care center, located in the Mohave Desert.
It was at this point that Dave
Neufeld and Bob Iseman got into a hassle.
It seems that poor old Dave was putting a
quarter in Santa’s Charity Chimney when
Iseman demanded to know if it was Stu-
dent Tax money. A court case ensued.
Peter Haley resumed the flow onto
Santa’s throne. “I want a colder ice box
for the scrambled eggs. Last week they
were actually hot one day.”
Now it was my turn. But the inevita-
ble “Santa’s lunchtime, be back in an
hour” sign went up, and I was stuck. I got
mad and stormed into the tent located
right behind the old man’s throne.
Well, I'd like to inform all of you
who are looking for Gerry Wagner, try
Santa Land at Colonie, Monday through
Friday, 8-4, Happy Holidays!
Rich Rini
‘Round the Campus
Four SUNYA nursing students, Karen Doin, Susan Dunton, Debbi Huni, and Lisa
Rutkowski have returned from a weekend in Pensacola, Fla., where they were guests
of the U. S. Navy Nurse Corps. They were among 60 nursing students from the
northeast area who toured the Naval Hospital at Pensacola, the Aerospace Research
Institute, and the aircraft carrier, the U. S. S. Lexington. ..A collection of photo-
graphs by Tom Murphy, art major, will be on exhibit in a one-man show at the
Number 7 Gallery on Caroline Street in Saratoga beginning Dec. 27. . .There will be a
Campus Forum on Wednesday at 2:30 in the Patroon Lounge. . Just out is the first
issue of “The Helderberg Review”, a scholarly journal devoted to the humanistic study
of public affairs and published by the Graduate School of Public Affairs. W. Wesley
McDonald is editor. Free copies may be obtained from GSPA, Draper Hall, where
articles currently are being solicited for the spring edition. . Getting underway tonight
at Saratoga Springs will be the first management development program of the new
Great Dane Cagers to Compete
In Two Holiday Tournaments
Varsity basketball will be the only
team in action over intersession, The
cagers will compete in the Capital District
Tournament here, Dec. 28 and 29, and in
the Pocono Classic at East Stroudsburg,
Pa., Jan. 4-6. They also have games sched-
uled at Hartwick, Jan. 13, and at Hobart,
Jan. 15.
The local tourney is in its 10th year
and Albany will be seeking its fourth
straight championship and seventh over-
all. Last season, the Great Danes upset
RPI in the title game, 68-56, as Jim
Masterson held All-East Randy Brown to
10 points.
Union and Siena will open the 1970
event at 6:30, Dec. 28, followed by an
Albany-RPI re-match at 8:15. The losers
will play at 6:30 and the winners at 8:15
the following evening. Tickets are avail-
able at the main office of the Physical
Education Building.
The most prolific scorer in area
basketball, Union’s 5-7 Jim Tedisco, will
be back. He broke four tourney records
last year, including points in a game (42)
and tournament (69). He averaged 29.6
on the season, eight in the nation among
College Division players; was named
ECAC Sophomore of the Year; and
gained several All-American honors.
Masterson and Tedisco were chosen
to last year’s All-Tournament Team,
along with MVP Jack Jordan of Albany.
The other selectees have graduated, but
among the newcomers who should pro-
vide plenty of excitement is Siena’s high-
scoring sophomore, Fred Shear.
The field appears well-balanced with
no clear favorite. The four participants
are natural rivals and anything could
happen.
At East Stroudsburg, the Danes prob-
ably will encounter the toughest tourney
competition in their basketball history.
Their first round opponent will be St.
Francis of Brooklyn, a University Divi-
Union's Jim Tedisco
sion school. Other teams in the event in-
clude Buffalo State, 20-5 a year ago and
fourth in the NCAA finals; Scranton,
15-8; King’s (Pa.); Dickinson; Moravian;
and East Stroudsburg. Top individual
stars include Buffalo State’s Randy Smith
and Scranton’s Gene Mumford.
State Institute for Governmental Execu-
tives. Although affiliated with SUNYA,
the institute is a separate entity governed
by a director and a council of 15 mem-
bers. . .Under the sponsorship of the Cen-
ter for Inter-American Studies, three
courses in Puerto Rican literature, Puerto
Rican culture, and the urban Puerto
Rican family will be offered during the
spring semester. Interested students may
register on registration day, Jan. 18, at
the Inter-American Studies desk in the
Gymnasium. . .The Community Relations
Office is preparing a revised edition of the
SUNYA “Speaker’s Bureau” handbook.
The date for the return of information
forms has been extended to Dec.
18. ..Next semester there will be an un-
usual opportunity for highly motivated
students to devote an entire semester to
independent study and modular courses
covering a wide variety of environmental
topics and issues under course number
A&S 301. Richard Brown, PH 213, has
details...The public is invited to come
and go throughout the Beethoven celebra-
tion “play-in” Wednesday from 11 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the
PAC Recital Hall...The popular tours
and demonstrations for high school stu-
dents at the Computing Center will con-
tinue during the winter recess.
Faculty Notes
JACK BULLOFF, science, presented a
paper entitled, “Prospective Photosensiti-
zation of Photopolymerization Systems”
at the regional technical conference of
the Society of Plastics Engineers, Ellen-
ville, N.Y., in October. A longer version
of the paper will be published.
NORMAN GREENFELD, psychology, is
co-author of an article, “A Comparison of
the Characteristics of Junior High School
Students,” which appeared in the Journal
of Genetic Psychology, 1970.
JOSEPH ZACEK, history, contributed a
chapter, “Metternich’s Censors: The Case
of Palacky” to a book entitled The Czech
Renascence of the 19th Century pub-
lished by University of Toronto Press. He
is the author of a book, Palacky: The His-
torian as Scholar and Nationalist, pub-
lished by The Hague: Mouton. He also
presented a paper, “In Search of a Past:
19th Century Bohemia” to the American
Historical Association, Pacific Coast
Branch, in September in Portland, Ore.
JOSEPH ZIMMERMAN, GSPA, spoke on
“Political Alienation and the Electoral
System” at the National Conference on
Government in Portland, Oregon in Au-
gust. He also addressed the Portland Met-
ropolitan Study Commission on the sub-
ject of local government reorganization.
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