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ALBANY 3, NEW YORK
SEPTEMBER 18, 1964
VOL.L.NO.19
Fall Semester 1
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ITS A LONG EIGHT MILES to Albany (insert photo of road sign) from the Country Squire motel where
some men ate living quadrupled in overcrowded rooms.
Dr. Pettitto Keynote Convocation
Dr, Paul Bruce Pettit, chairman
of the Department of Speech and
Dramatic Arts al SUNYA will be the
keynote speaker at the All-Univer-
sity Convocation this afternoon at
1:30 p.in, in Page Hall.
President Collins will introduce
Dr. Pettit who will speak on the
tople of the "University in the
Modern World.??
Dr, Pettit is returning to the
speak of experiences
University Convocation
today in Pag
aeeewil
at
University tl Il after a year’s
stay in Cypr d Greece, fils
speech will be related to his ex-
periences of this past year.
Directed National Theatre
Until the Greek-Turkish confiict
made his work impossible, Dr. Pet-
tit was serving as American ad~
visor and director of the Greek-
Cypriot National Theatre in Nicosia,
received his appointment
through the Fulbright grant program
at the proposal of the United States
State Department,
While in Cyprus, Dr, Pettit’s rep-
utation spread to Syria, where he
was invited to study and reorganize
the National Theatre in Damascus,
‘This past summer Dr, Pettit was
studying East European theatre
through a Research Foundation
grant
Convocation Begins Yeor
Dr, Pettit's speech marks the
120th ANl-University Convocation.
It is the offictal and traditional
beginning of the academte yea
‘The student body 1s convened in tts
entirely for the first time in the
President to Greet Frosh Tonight
Over 1100 freshmen will be ‘or-
mally introduced to campus officiols
this evening during the annual Pres-
ident's Reception, The event will
take place in Brubacter Lower
Lounge veginning at 6:00 p.
Members of MYSKANIA will serve
as hosts and hostesses for the
evening, and will greet the fresh=
men at the lounge entrance. Each
frosh will then be Introduced to
the member's of the receiving line,
In past years Big Brothers and
Sisters made the introductions,
‘The recelving Hine will inclide
the 1968 Class Guardians, Patricia
Fasano and Edward Wolner; Pres-
ident and Mrs, Evan R, Collins;
Dean and Mrs, David Hartley; Dea
and Mrs, Clifton Thornos and Arsh
Johnaton, President of Student Asso
clation,
Freshmen will be received ac-
cording to the first letter of thetr
last name at the following times:
8:00-8:30 pam
8:30-9:00 pam,
9:00-9:30 prim
9:30-10:00 pam.
Formal dress 1s requested for
the occasion, witch all freshmen
are urged to attend, Dark sults
Women »
hats, gloves, and heels,
‘The Reception ts being given un-
der the coordination of the Unt-
varsity Center Association, Sandy
Cushman and Robert O'Pray are
co-chairmen for the event,
, himself as
manner of ancient rites,
The speaker has the traditional
duty of setting the academic tone
for the approaching semesters. He
stresses the {iaportance of serious~
ness ax applied to academic en-
deavors,
From the convocation, each pa
Uicipating student goes out to meet
the challenges of a new semester
or an entirely new college career.
Sees Record Enrollment at State
2 600Students Housed in Motels
Delays in Building Unexplained
Record-shattering enrollments, plus unclear tie-
ups in dormitory construction, combined three weeks
ago to force the University to house 600 students in
Albany area motels, The University had planned to
locate these 600 in new campus dormitories this
semester, but construction was delayed so that the
three new buildings will not
be ready for occupancy un-
til mid-November.
The cost of this resettle-
ment is being borne by the
State University Emer-
gency Fund.
Decisions Delayed Campus
According to Mr, Clifton C, Flat-
her, Administration Director of the
Dormitory Authority, under whose
auspices the new dorm complexes
ave being built, the initial delays in
the building of the dorms lay in
complex inter-related decisions.
Other contractorsare responsible
for various otter stages and parts
of the total campus, In some cases
their work interfered with that of
the Dormitory Authority, anddelays
up to three weeks resulted.
Slow downs in getting shop ma-
terials approved and unusual sit
tions such as compacting the soll on
the site were also cited as.delays,
Over all this, there has been a
shortage of electrical works which
resulted in a tie-up in all the other
inter-related trates.
Flather stressed the fact that
balhtag the second dormitory com-
he problems occurring during
the building of the first have teen
taken into account, and in many in
stances, newer and faster inethods
have been employed. This complex
is currently ahead of schedule,
Four Motels Rented
Four motels have been rented at
cost of approximately $1800 daily
Until the complexes are sufficiently
completed and livable.
‘Two hundred women are now living
tn the Thruway Motel on Washington
Avenue, and {wo hundred more are
in the Town House Motel on Route
20. One hundred twenty-six men
are in the Country Squire Motel
and seventy-four are in Governor's
Motel.
The adinintstration has managed
to arrange this temporary housing,
putting original roommates (o-
gether.
Both the Country Squire and Gov-
ernor’s Motels have eating facili-
ties for breakfast right onthe prem=
ses.
‘The women in the Town House will
eat breakfast inthe Hot Shoppes near
them, and those in the Thruway will
eat ai the State Campus Office Bulld~
ing cafeteria,
All of the 600 students will be
transported to the State Office Bulld~
ing cafeteria for dinner, None of
these students are to have dinner
at either Brubacher or Alden-Wa=
terbury dining halls in case they
happen to be at the Residence Quad=
rangle
Bus Schedule in Operotion
An extensive bus schedule has
been devised to transport those
continued on p, 7
Gould Assumes Presidency of University
Plans Improvement in, Public Relations
Dr. Samuel _B, Gould’ oftictally
took office on September 1 as pres~
ident of the State University of
New York, He ends a 20-month
vacancy in the office created when
Dr. Thomas H, Hamilton resigned
to assume the presidency of the
University of Hawail.
Dr. Gould plans to spend the
first year acquainting himself with
the system of 59 units and €8,000
full-time students which ts now
under his jurtsdiction. He also in-
tends to make a complete study of
staff organization, filling only those
vacancies which are absolutely nec~
essary.
Plons for Decontralization
In expressing his plans for lead~
ership, be indicated that ‘general
decentralization is the path we will
probably fullow.”” ‘A great state
university will emerge from the
nits able to go on their own,!” he
declared.
Dr, Gould believes that a lack
of information, or misinformation
about the university system has
‘esulted in a general underrating
by the public, He therefore sees
becoming an ‘inter
preter for the university”? ~ spread~
ing information, and improving its
public mage.
Graduated from Bates College in
Maine, Dr, Gould received his M.A,
from New York University in 1930,
He taught English in New England
high schools, and worked for a time
for the New England Telephone and
Telegraph Co.
After serving as lieutenant com-
erin the Navy during the wal
he went to Boston University where
he establi:sied a department of com-
munication arts.
In 1954 he became president of
Antioch College in Ohio, where he
served five years. He then became
chancellor of the University of Call-
fornia at Santa Barbara, When ap-
puinted by university trustees last
June, he was president of the Ed-
ueational Broadcasting Corporation
in New York City.
Dr, Samuel Gould
Dr. Gould has received two hon-
orary doctorate of laws degrees,
One was awarded iim by Bates in
1957, the other by Wilberforce Unt-
versity in 1960,
A series of bills passed by the
1964 New York State Legislature
has been cited as a contributing
factor in ending the vacancy in the
sidential office,
Foremost among these was a bill
ralsing the salary from $28,000 to
$40,000 a year. Dr. Gould will also
Fecetve $10,000 for expenses and
the use of a’house and a car, Other
ills cleared away some of the red
tape which has surrounded the office,
Financial Independence
‘The president now has more power
in handling pay raises and promo-
Uons for the staff, University funds
will be apportioned ina lump sum,
making it possible for him to use
money where {is most needed,
In cbnnection with this greater
financial Independence, the Legis-
Jature voted to remove the pro-
vision which required that the Board
of Education approve the SUNY bud-
get.
Dr, Gould commented that the
legislative changes have made
At possible to build (his Into the
kind of unified state university that
New York should have,"*
year. the word around campus: was transition.
This year {t looks as if the word will be inconven-
| tence, Now, faced withthe actual physical shift of
campuses, we are beginning to realize the tremen-
dous number of details and circumstances which must
be reckoned with —.in advance as much as possible,
‘and day to day as necessary.
‘The delay in New Campus construction, forcing 600
students to spend the first few weeks of the semester
in motels, {s, of course, the major example of the
inconvenience of transition,
That these students are being accommodated with
as much provision for normal campus life as possible
is a tribute to the rapid and consciencious work of
many members‘of our University community.
The University was given only three weeks notice
that the New Campus would not be ready. Although
they did forsee this situation and began planning,
they could not go ahead with concrete arrangements
until the official notice came. Since then officials
have made every effort to forsee the needs of those
in motels.
Providing transportation for 600 students to classes,
meals, and activities was itself a major undertaking,
yet this was only one aspect of the problem, Every-
thing from study to laundry facilities has to be taken
into consideration,
In-all plans officials have worked with the idea of
keeping students together as much as‘possible with
those they had chosen as roommates,
Many of the plans which have been made may prove
inoperable in practice, This remains to be seen. The
responsibility of everyone at this time is to give as
little criticism and as much cooperation as possible.
Several of the men students have already shown this
cooperation by coming back to the University early to
help move furniture, Many others have worked long
hours to have things ready when school opened,
With a lot of understanding on everyone's part, the
{nconvenience of transition will soon be overshadowed
by the dynamic life of the University at work,
Failure Unexplained
At the present time the reasons behind the failure
to complete the new dormitories are about as clear
as a new campus dust storm, It does seem evident,
however, that the State Dormitory Authority was
caught by a deadly combination of poor planning, and
weak, if not incompetent, management.
The Dormitory Authority has been in business for
quite some time, and presently has 143 buildings
either in construction or in the planning stages. It
thus seems incredible that it could do such a poor
job in its own back yard, while successfully com-
Pleting buildings all over the State,
There were no strikes involved in the delays, only
unexpected tie-ups, conflicts with other construction
on the new campus, and shortages of skilled workers,
according to a representative of the Dormitory Auth-
ority. The key word here is unexpected, Why were
these problems unexpected? Why wasn’t there better
planning?
We want to know the answer, as we suspect do
most of our fellow students. We expect to find these
answers, In the meantime we hope we aren’t being
given another line when we are told the second dor-
mitory complex is now ahead of schedule,
Welcome Frosh
Welcome, freshmen, We are glad to have you as
part of our student body, By now you have probably
been told many times that you are the largest, most
well-equipped, and most select group ever to enter
the ranks of Albany State, This is true, And we are
expecting many things of you,
You have come at a difficult time for our Univer-
sity. We are in the midst of radical changes in the
physical, academic, and social structures of our in-
stitution, We are looking to the future, trying to de-
cide whether to nreserve or discard the traditions
of the past, and living with a mixture of hoth,
Yet in another way you are fortunate to be here
during the University’s adolescence, You will have a
large part in making the decisions which will govern
the future, You will not have the stability of a well-
ordered and time-honored way of life, but you will
have the challenge of trying out the new ways of life
and determining which ones work,
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Orientation Program Invaluable
The Summer Planning Conference is
one of the most worthwhile programs
ever inaugurated at State, Held for the
first time this past summer, it provided
the most realistic look at college life
ever given to an incoming freshman
class at the University.
The Conference represented an almost
complete departure from the old methods
of frosh orientation, It represented a
departure in terms of spirit as well as
events,
The principle vehicle of orientation
in the past, Frosh Weekend, was com-
pletely outclassed by this new, fresh
approach to the problem,
Whereas Frosh Weekend was cus-
tomarily devoted to a good time for
all, with only a few hints at academics,
this summer program pulled no punches
in preparing the frosh for the work in-
volved in getting a college education,
Academic advisement and group dis-
cussions took up a good part of the pro-
gram, They were the real heart of each
two day session, and provided the frosh
with an invaluable store of knowledge
about the University.
Student counselors and academic ad-
visors went out of their way many
times to help the frosh and always
treated them as mature young people,
The welcome was as warm and frank
as it was helpful.
Perhaps, however, the finest aspect
of the entire program was that so much
individual treatment was given to the
frosh, who were made to feel like they
really mattered, rather than just another
member of a nameless herd.
At this juncture in the University’s
history, when students are addressed
by their student number when congrat-
ulated by the administration for making
Dean’s List, it is nice to know that at
least at the beginning of their college
careers, students are being made to
feel like people,
We wish to especially compliment
Dean Neil Brown for the outstanding
manner in which he and his student
assistants carried off the program. The
work involved was tremendous, but the
results added up to even more than the
sum of the parts.
The program was carried off with
imagination and skill from its conception
more than a year ago to the final prod-
uct. It marked a very definite high point
in the University’s attempts to meet the
challenges of expansion,
Because of it, the Class of '68 will
benefit immeasurably this year; and so
too will the University,
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
SEPTEMBER 18, 1964
PAGE 3”
Summer Program Introduces 1170 Frosh to State -
Series of 10 Two-Day Sessions
Begins Transition to College Life
THE LENGTHENING SHADOWS on a ccol summer's eve bathe
a newly arrived group of frosh entering Draper Hall for the first
time as college students,
Fall Events to
Round Out
Frosh Orientation Schedule
Continuing where the Suminer
Planning Conference left off, a new
Fall Orientation Program {s under-
way for the Class of '68,
This series of events places its
emphasis on introducing State's
newest students to the traditions
and soclal life of the University,
unlike the summer program whose
emphasis was on academic orien-
tation,
‘These fall events will fill the
gap created by the ending of the
Rivalry tradition at the Univer-
sity. They will attempt to bring
all four classes Into contact with
each other during this period,
Condlelight Ceremony
The Fall Orientation bogan last
Monday night with the Song Fest on
Dorm Field and Candlelight Cere-
mony in Page Hall and will conclude
Octutor 17 with Parent’s Day.
Monrlay"s ceremonies in Page wit~
nessed ‘he official acceptance and
welcoming of the frosh into the
University community by Dr. Evan
R. Collins, President of the Uni-
versity.
‘The first meeting of the frosh
unit came Tuesday, as they
introduced (o their Class
Guarstian wy and Ed Wol-
ner. A Fashion highlighted
*this first meeting.
Mix or King Kong
‘The first mixer of the year was
held on Dorm Field that night, giv-
thelr first opportunity
each other and upper
‘an informal basis.
For thuse who preferred movies
to dancing, “King Kong" was pre~
sented the same evening in Page
Hall.
Wednesday the frosh were intro-
duced to student activities on can
pus with Activities Day on Dort
Field, Most of the organizations o}
‘campus were represented. Enter-
tainment was provided by the Dra-
matics Couneil, and music by State's
‘all-male singing group, the Statos-
men,
‘The 120th AN-University Convo-
cation will be held in Page Hall at
1:30 p.m. today, and will be high-
lighted by an address by Dr, Paul
B, Pettit. His topic will be ‘The
University in the Modern World.”
‘The orientation will continue to-
night with the President's Recep=
tion for freshmen in Brubacher
Lower Lounge. The reception line
will be headed by President and
Mrs, Collins, and will include other
members of the administration and
student leaders.
Two folk concerts, featuring the
Gaslight Singers, Carolyn Hester,
and Mike Sottle in Page #lall to-
morrow night will round out the
weekend,
Bonfire
's meeting of the
Sept, 25
Universi
‘The second c
year will be held F
at 1:25 p.in, in Page
At 8:00 pun, the University Bon-
fire will Le lit on University Field,
marking the beginning of the 1964
soccer season,
Alt tour classes will participate
tn this event in an effort (o foster
united University spirit.
The following evening, the All-
University Mixer will be staged in
Alden-Waterbury Dining — Root
Dress for the affair will be form:
The following Saturday will wit
4 new event, University
sing the workable ele~
ments of Rivalry, tls event is being
organized by all four classes and
will consist mainly of athletic com=
petitions,
Groek Program
On October 9 the Class will be
introduced to the Greek community
at State with a program presented
by Interfraternity - Intersorority
Council in Page Hall. This will be
the first early step, prior to For-
mal Rush next semester,
The Fall Orientation will con-
clude with Parents’ Day on Satur+
day, October 17,
by William Colgan
“It sure is impressive, but it’s got
a long way to go,’’’said the frosh, as
he and a group of his fellows got their
first long look at the rapidly-rising new
campus that is the State University of
New York at Albany.
The frosh and 1170 more like him
in the Class of '68 were the first stu-
dents at the University to be oriented
to their new environment by the bold,
precedent-breaking experiment that was
the Summer Planning Conference,
Held in ten separate sessions over
the summer, groups of a hundred to
120 frosh were given an almost com-
pletely different induction to life at
State than had been traditionally given
at Frosh Weekends in the past.
Academic Emphasis
The Summer Planning Conference dif-
fered in one key aspect from the old
methods of frosh orientation — its em-
phasis, and consequently its methods,
was placed upon a sober look at the
problems and the realities of getting a
college education,
Academic advisement, orientation, and
preparation was the order of the day for
the Yellow Jackets as they went through
two days of well-coordinated actiyities,
all calculated to make them better stu-
dents and better members of the Uni-
versity community in September.
The program presented differed al-
most entirely from previous frosh or-
ientations. A reading test, appointments
with academic advisors, group discus~
sions with student advisors, meetings
with the financial and medical offices
if needed, replaced the trip to Thacher,
the “Beanie Ball,”’ the impromptu skits,
and much, much more.
According to Dean Neil Brown, Co-
ordinator of the Summer Orientation, the
real keys to the program were the op-
oportunities for individual academic ad~
visement and for coed group discussions
with knowledgeable upperclassmen,
The frosh themselves were nearly
unanimous in agreeing with Dean Brown
that these were the most important and
most helpful parts of the orientation
program.
Each frosh was assigned to an indi-
vidual academic advisor, usually a grad-
uate student; to sit down and work out a
svhedule compatible with his major,
These student academic advisors will
serve in this capacity until the individual
in his care graduates from the Univer~
sity College,
Group Discussions
The University also hired six students
to serve as group leaders for the frosh
during their two day stay. It was through
these six, via group discussions, that
the frosh received a.wealth of practical
information about life at State, These
students were also responsible for seeing
the frosh through the various stages of
the program.
Most frosh praised the work of these
students, citing the knowledge andfrank-
ness they brought to the jobas important
aspects in the success of the group dis-
cussions,
The six students were Arthur John-
ston, Richard Stenard, William Bate,
JoAnne Sobik, Maureen Glasheen, and
Nancy Baumann, A seventh student, Rob-
ert Fairbanks, served as assistant to
Dean Brown throughout the program,
As one frosh put it, ‘Without our
upperclass advisors, I think we would
have been all pretty lost these past few
days,’’
(continued on page 6)
ean wont Maz
THE CAUSE AND THE RESULT ore pictured together as a few rifled record 1170 new frovh
get their first look at the new campus rising to ogcommodate t
inds of their fellows.
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GROUP
Bate,
were invaluabl,
DISCUSSIONS, here led by Williom
READING TESTS were administered to trosh by the Counseling
Service on their first day at Stat.
Program Co-ordinator,
Dean Brown Sees Frosh Attitudes,
Program Itself as Excellent Signs
by Deon Neil Brown
Coordinator Summer Conference
‘The recently completed Summer
Planning Conference, a ‘new-look’?
in the orientation of freshmen en-
tering the State University of New
York at Albany, has been an enjoy~
able experience for all staff mem=
bers,
Each of the ten groups of fresh~
men with whom wo worked was
unique, yet we may rolate certain
basle observations as we survey
the entering class as a whole,
Confidence in Future
It gave us confidence in the future
of "Albany State’ as the freshmen
Spoke of their pride in and enx
thustasi for our University — not
only as it presently exists, but also
what it 48 to become in the months
and yeurs ahead,
We were very much impressed
by the attitude of our new students
as they aleplayed their willingness
to accept the disudvantages along
with the advantages of our Univer-
sity's growth,
This bespeaks to ua a maturity
on the part of the Class of '68
which will help to guarantee the
further growth of our University,
in spirit as well as physical plant,
We observed with pleasure the
maturity of their thoughts and values
4s we discussed the freedoms and
concomitant responsibilities of Uni.
versity Life,
University Project
‘The Summer Planning Confer-
ence represents a University com-
munity project in the fullest sense
of the meaning,
Students, teaching faculty, and
administrative faculty participated
in the formulation, execution, and
the evaluation of this new venture,
This close working relationship,
appljed to the many projects of this
Particular decade In the Univer-
sity’s growth, will serve to benetit
to the greatest-possible ektent this
academic community,
Challenges Important
It ts such ventures as the Sum-
mer Planning Conference which are
true test of the University's
abilities to meet the challenges and
the future it has prepared for Itself,
Judging trom the unqualified suc
cess of this program, the Univers
sity 18 well on its way to meeting
these new commitinents,
; Realistic Look at Challenges
Summer or not, arrival is still
hectic,
Orientation Progra
Keyed to Five Aims
The Summer Planning Conference was
built around fulfilling five basic aims to
aid the orientation of the Class of ’68
to life at State, As stated by Dean Neil
‘Brown, Coordinator of the Summer Con-
ference, these purposes were
(1) To acquaint the frosh with student
life at the University.
(2) To meet their permanent academic
advisors.
(3) To plan a full program for first
semester,
(4) To project with academic advisors
future program leading towards fulfill-
ment of degree requirements.
(5) To accomplish the steps of pre-
registration,
A moment
tour of Albany,
Sip err
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Dean Neil Brown
Summer Coordinator
Noncy Boumonn
Student Counselor
pouse in whirlwind
DEAN HARTLEY greeted the
frosh with a talk.
of Universi
ACADEMIC ADVISOR Suzanne Murphy gives open
ing talk to frosh before consulting with them
y .)
Pisa
porents of the newly arrived
Student Advisor Agree on Success
Counselor Stresses Need, Importance
For Sensible Summer Orientation
by Noney Baumonn
A Frosh Weekend might be ade-
Quate for a State Teachers College’
with @ freshmen class of seven
hundred plus students, but such a
Program does not meet the needs
of a University whose entering
freshmen class numbers over 1190,
We have increasingly academi-
cally oriented University where a
Student’s success 1s partially de-
Pendent on {justment to Uni-
versity living.
Only when a freshman ts aware
of what the University offers can
he set goals that are both realistic
and broad,
Plenies and dances emphasizes
only @ facet of University life, An
orientation program of a more sor-
fous nature was weeded to reflect
@ more complete picture of Uni~
versity Ife,
Pave Way
It needed to make freshinen aware
of the opportunities avaliable at the
University and (o help pave the way
for thelr adjustment to University
Me by suggesting problems they
might face and possible ways to
Solve these problems,
With this in mind, » committee
of ‘students and faculty met last
Spring and developed a new or-
lentation program, The plan bes
came 2 reality this summer and
was dubbed by most +
Coe ‘@ tromendous
The Student Advisors of the Suin-
mer Planning Conference heartily
agreed,
During the summer months, over
1100 freshmen attended one ot the
ten sessions of the Summer Plan-
ning Conference.
Before their arrival, they were
mailed pamphlets which descritad
University services such as finan-
clal alds, counseling and health
services. As a result, each fresti-
man’s schedule included the gen-
eral activities of the Summer Plan-
hing Conference plus appotutinents
with the special services they re
quested,
Individual Treotment
One of the most {important parts
of the freshman program was the
freshman'’s individual appointinent
with an academic advisor {rom the
University College.
Another important part of the
conference was the small grout
discussions held in the evening.
‘The role of the individual in de-
termining his own success and the
Fesponsibilities that accompany the
freedoms of University Life were
Stressed, Most freshinen foun the
Conference very Helpful and looked
forward to their return
‘The Summer Planning Conference
has given these freshmen a more
Tealistic picture of University Life
and a better understanding of (he
individual's role in determining the
Outcome of his collegiate exper-
fence,
ly Replaces
STUDENT COUNSELOR Arthur Johnston guides frosh on two
hour bus trip of Albany and the new campus.
PANORAMIC VIEW of Albony was provided for frosh with trip
to observation deck of Alfred E. Smith Building.
mag?
~~
THE FIRST LOOK at dormitory food con be an unnerving exp:
PIC ture shows, most frosh quickly adjusted to Walden cuisine,
as Coor
ted F rosh Weekend
THE OPENING CONVOCATION speech was delivered to each group by Dean Neil Brown, who
ator for the Summer Conference.
Intensive Year of Committee Work
Evolves into Summer Orientation °
by Steve Curti
The well-organized orientation
program which greeted the members
of the Class of ’68 this past summer
was the product of much planning
and thought for well over a year.
It was with MYSKANIA of 1963
that the first long look at the tra-
ditional Frosh Weekend and Rivalry
was taken, It was felt that the rapid
expansion of the University would
soon, if it had not already, make
these programs obsolete.
Committee Formed
A committee was established un-
der Deau Neil C, Brown, who was
to eventually become co-ordinator
of the Summer Conference, to study
the rapidly changing situation,
Originally the committee was not
charged with devising an entirely
new system of orientation; tts main
Purpose was to make recommenda-
tons to improve upon the already
existing programs,
As the committee became deeper
involved in the problems of frosh
orientation, however, it rapidly be-
came apparent that’a new, more
effective program was needed If
the needs of the University and the
freshmen themselves were to be
met.
Old Programs Faulty
Objections to Frosh Weekend and
Rivalry centered around the facts
that freshmen were herded around
too much and not given enough indi-
vidual attention and that not enough
emphasis was placed on the
demic aspects of University life.
In the words of une committee
member it was a matter of now
Providing a slice of life, not the
spice of life,”
The Frosh Orientation Committee
as it logically enough came to bo
called was chaired by Dean Brown,
The committee was comprised of
adininistrators and students alike,
his committee meeting some-
times as a whole, but more often
as sub-groups, worked throughout
the last academic year to devise a
workable and beneficial orientation
Program for the svon-to-come Yel-
low Jackets,
‘The result was the inclusion of
much new material (mainly with an
academic emplasis) in the frosh
orientation program, and the divi-
sion of the program into summer
and fall units,
‘Administrative Members
Administrative members of the
committee included Dr, David Hart
ley, Dean of Students, Dr, Ellen
Stokes, Dean of Women, Dr. Clifton
‘Thorne, Dean of the University Col
lege, Miss Barbara Burkhart, and
David Valle.
Student members were Arthur
Johnston, David Gagnier, Maggie
Mansion, Norm Stewart, Ann Quar~
tararo, Steven Curtl, Gary Splel-
mann, and Maureen Glasheen, All
these students were highly Involved
in the activities of the University,
As part of its work the Frosh
Orientation Committee established
a Fall Orientation Committee
chatred by Gagnier to devise a pro-
grain to supplement the work done
{n the Summer Planning Conference,
New Event
The program this group developed
included a brand new event, the
All-University Field Day, and mod-
{fications of past events such as
the Convocation, the Beanie Ball,
Activitles Day, and the All-Uni-
versity Reception,
Members of this committee were
Miss Burkhart, and students Mary
Lewis, Anne Digney, Steve Curti,
Stan Kerpel, and Kathy Brown,
ORIENTATION COMMITTEE at work earlier in the year, Sitting
counter clockwis
ton, and Dean Thorne,
Gary Spielman, Gary Petre, David Gagnier,
Norm Stewart, Dean Srown, Sue Murphy, Rick Genero, Art Johns:
n
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—
(continued from poge 3) ‘appeal to those frosh who had just
Despite its heavy emphast had thelr first dormitory meal an
Summer Orlentation Program was hour before.
tot davoted entirely to the academic
problems of University
For the frosh a special bus tour, "een wara™ pat aaseust the
a very spectal physical fitness test, $70 rm ae tae thus
fand the chance for informal dances svmiding the big jam up: that char~
dorm fiek
el vollayiedl eee om ' acterized freshman registration in
wore also provided. paepeong
ite Priof to this, the frosh were able
The bus tour, which included a {0 conult with their, academic
up a sched
trip to the trop of the Alfred E, Visors in onde
Smith butlding, gave the frosh @ .
quick two-hour look (if traffic was
right) at the old campus and ane
hhexes and more Amportantly at the Free Time
work on the new campus. Despite the number of important
Most of the important bulldings programs that were carried out dur-
tn the elty were polnted out by the ing each group's two-day stay,
student advisors, inconjunction with scheduling was such that the frosh
fone friendly bus drive who made it had a substantial amount of free
4 habit to shaw what he affectionate- time in which to acquaint themselves
ly termed “O*Heany's Oasis.” with the University.
‘The physteal fitness test, ad- Shopping sprees in the CO-OP,
ministered by Coach Joseph Garcia, volleyball games, walks around the
was not one of the more popular campus, or a coke in the Student
Aspects. of the program with the Union helped to fill these hours,
frosh. The tests consisted of seven It was also a time for the frosh
events designed to test the speed, to get to know the people who will
reflexes, and conditioning of each be thelr classmates for the next
of the frosh, four y
sisthe State you know will be better, bigger,
bape enjoyable than the State of old. You are
there,
You know, Joe, after ti
to go to confe
rs.
Somehow the prospect of running All In all, the Summer Planning
tbls ‘omer Vm going vigorous 50-yard dashes, straining Conference did all it could to pro-
ions and spend about an hour jong-unused muscles in chin ups, vide the almed for “Slice of life,
and just plain straining, did not not spice of life” at State,
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1904 PAGE,
fh p Forces WSUA Off Air Fro osh Receive Beanies at Ceremony
Period of Two Weeks
talerety Radio, Station WEUA
me ay
-¢ of the station's control bos
ii keep it off the air for at le ot
o weeks.
‘The station will begin installing
few board and other equipment
quickly as possible.
'WSUA normally broadcasts at 640
yacycles over a closed circuit
n inthe Residence Quadrangle,
‘The mishap Tuesday was not the
ter it might have been,’? ac-
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY
00 p.in, = Happy Difference
Part I
20 p.m. ~ Happy Difference
Part
1:00 a.m. ~ Sign-off
THURSDAY
690 p.m. — Happy Difference
rt T
1:90 p.m. — Commerical Fotk
Music
9:00 p.m, — Sounds of Broadway
Re p.m, — Senate Closeup
1:00 p.m, — Happy Difference
Part It
1,00 a.m, — Sign-off
FRIDAY
4:00 p.m. — Happy Difference
Part Il
9,00 p.m. ~ Insanity Incorporated
1:00 a.m, = Sign-off
600 in Motels
iudents living in motels to Draper,
ind the Residence Quadrangle. Sev-
feral Albany ‘Traction Company
buses will be running during the
petk times, which include early
morning and late afternoon,
At other times throughout the
day there will be regular and steady
service. The schedule has been set
vp in such a way as to prevent other
students from catching the bus out
to the new campus.
‘The administration has asked the
student body to refrain from riding
EARN MONEY
in your spare time
after classes
ABC Auto
Driving School
438-0853
185 N. Allen St.
(bet, + Washington& Central Aves.)
Re nes Gere ety
cording to Duane White, Station
Manager, ‘“since WSUA had planned
to replace the old, outmoded board
in the near future,”
The station presently has over
$3000 in its current budget for
capital improvements in its equip=
ment,
When the Station resumes broad-
casting, it will follow a format con-
sisting largely of popular music
and rock and roll,
Next semester, the station plans
to begin. broadcasting to the new
‘campus quadrangle,
WSUA September Schedule
SATURDAY
11;00 a.m, — Campus Beat — Live
from the Union
2:00 p.m, ~ Oldies
00 p.m. — Top Forty Countdown
P.m, ~ The World of Jazz
200 p.m. + Happy Difference
Part I
1:00 a.m, ~ Sign-off
SUNDAY
a.m, ~ Music of the Past,
“The 30's & 40's"?
1;00 p.m, — Music of the Masters
(Classical)
5:00 p.m, — The World of Folk
Music
6:00 p.m, — The World of Folk
Music, Part IT
8:00 p.in, ~ Eye on the Campus
9:00 p.m, ~ Complete Broadway
Show
11:00 p.m. — Happy Difference
Part I
1;00 a.m, — Sign-off
these buses at least for the time
being, so that they can accurately
Judge the number of buses they need
to run at various Umes during the
day,
Screening Process
At each stop the students will
elther all be let off or all picked
up, This will facilitate a screen
Ing out process be used hy the
driver
In case of emergency, the school
vas purchased (wo busses, At times
these will be put in service alon
with the other Transit buses
All the students living in the
motels are at least doubled, and
in some cases are quadrupled, Al-
though conditions are crowed, es=
pecially {n the case of closet space,
the University: has made provision
to sture (runks, suiteases and other
luggage untlt the new dorm com-
plexes are ready for occupancy
Right now it 1s planned to move
the men into the new dorms in
about six weeks. Women will not
be moved in willl everything ts
completed.
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Tomorrow evening at
‘again at 9:00 p.m, Page Hall wl
be the scene of the All University
Concert. The concert is entitled
“The World of Folk’? and will fea-
ture the Gaslight Singers, Carolyn
Hester, and Mike Settle.
The Gaslight Singers, composed
of three.men, Earl Zimmerman, Al
Alcabes, and Jeff Hyman and Martha
Velez, are all college student
‘They have appeared all over New
York and other cities at night-
clubs generally featuring folkesing-
Ang groups,
Two Solo Artists
Along with the Gaslight Singers,
Curolyn Hester and Mike Settle are
appearing.
Carolyn Hester has performed at
several colleges throughout the
country and in nightclubs featuring
folk artists, She has been seen on
television and has released several
albums,
TRADITIONAL SYMBOL of verdont frosh is distributed ot Con-
dlelight ceremony Monday.
Singing the traditional ‘Follow Ed Wolne:
the Gleam’ torch song, the class Wolner made it clear to the frosh
of 1968 filed into Page Hall, where that they were to wear theirbeanies — Mike Settle is a solo artist who
the Beanie Induction Ceremony took @ll days 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except ajso composes for other folk groups,
place Monday evening. Sundays and intheir residence halls, He, too, has appeared in several
‘At 8:30 p.m. President Evan R, They accepted their fate with the
Collins lit the torches of the four usual groaus and complaints of ight nightclubs and on television and at
academic deans, signaling thelight {i _and rulnation of bouffant hair- Fo), Festivals around the country,
{ng of the freshmen’s candles, dos.
As the Yellow Jackets streamed Johnston congratulated the class Tickets In Perlstyle
Into Page, {t appeared that there 0% the number of scholarship win- Tickets for the concert can ba
Wouldn't be enough beanies, but the "ers, class presidents, editors of purchased in the Lower Peristyle
real problem was seating the 1180 Newspapers and yearbooks among
students. The side aisles and back the Yellow Jackets, He then closed yntj) 4:00 p,m. today. If they are
provided sufficient standing space, the Induction Ceremony with an ad- not sold out by this time, the tickets
Dr. Walter M, Schultze, the Dean monition that the sophomores were wii) be on sale at the door tomorrow
of Admission, offered the students coming, night.
as candidates for admission to Pres~
itnatyinoastawras:,"" Statesmen, D&A, Mark
President Collins also explained
the significance of the torch and a
candles used, The ceremony sym- Wi ad da
wits! icnaerste-en Activities Day Wednesday
of learning"’ and the ‘procession of
Knowledge!’ from high schooltocol- Gyo, twenty campusorganizations _““At the present time, the enthu-
Tee. sohuston, PresidentorStudent Were represented at the annual slasm displayed by the new Joiners
‘4 lion Welcomed the Activities Day held Wednesday on is at a high level. In order for any
ssociation, then welcomed the Dorm ‘Field, From 2:00 organization to function satisfac
thetr beanies, Johnsonpresentedthe 2% again rom torily throughout the year, this en-
white and gold class banner to the members of each OEE ee ce en pe
Mee ae itn Pat Fasane and 4 hand 10 answer questions and ‘‘A club may be proud toannounce
— encourage students to join that it has 100 members, but this
Both {restimenand upperclassmen same club is not so proud to an-
jm were offered activities to appeal to nounce that it has only 26 workers,
Cub Classes Begin sy sciecs: tose ects? “Rretrer i order tor an ores
Heations, athletics and religious zation to'run smoothly, it needs
Groups Were represented. Students entiustastic workers,
Two Cub Classes will be tield Wore able to indicate their pref- “Any student who signs up to
during the next week to instruct Cronces, and will be cuntacted by Nelp an organization should will-
those interested in jolning the staff tai vidual organizations, * ingly accept duties and respon:
of the Albany’ Student Press. The ““nuring both sessions, special per= bilities that are assigned to him,
first class will meet nd) ‘ormances were given by the Dra If a student does his Job to the
night at 7:30 pant. tn Brubacher’ rages Council and by the States- best of his ability, and if he has
Hall. men, all-male chorus. Put enough effort into the job, it
The classes will be taught DY “Editor's Note: The following is will most probably turn out suc~
William CAlgan. Executive Editor | crotement from Eleanor Diener cessfully. Being responsible for a
of i eat seen aitia ee 10 chairman of Activities Doy. “Job well done’’ is a wonderful
Clef of the paper during Uh feeling,
64 sehwol year, “Those students who were able Don’t become a joiner, but do
Only baste introductory iwforma> ty attend Activitier May on Wednes= pecome a helper. Many students
tiv will be given al these classes, day should by now .ealize that there tnd that by helping soine elub and
ss that students may “become 1 are vast opportunities In extra- yy’ becoming part of a worthwhile
volved with actual work onthepaper curricular activities open (o all thelr stay: at State 1s
Bs soot as possible, Therefore, students with varying interests and more enjoyable Why don’t you, the
the secon and fina class will beatles, Class of '68, find out fo)
held on Monday night at 7:80 pan. And those students who were
4 Brubacher unable to attend Activities Day TRYOUTS
All freshman who expressed aN should realize the importance of Dr. Faustus
Page Hall
interest ui the ASP on Activities (alking to upperclassmen, ot rend=
Day, as Well as any Inlerested uP- {ig some of the iunerous material
September 21-23
pereiassines, are sked to attend tanded out to students about the
bof the Cub Classes, activities on eainpus,
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Following up its outstanding 8-1-1 season ve
the golf team placed ninth inthe 1964.N.C.A.A. College
Division Golf Championships held in Springfield, Mis:
souri last June 9, 10, and 11, Fred Maurer and Mike
Bayus turned in the best scores of Albany’s four man
contingent, which also included Doug Morgan and Stan
Rosen,
Since this tournament
took place after the close
of the spring term, the re-
sults are being presented
in thia issue.
‘The tournament was slated to be
‘a 72 hole medal play competition,
However, the final 18 holes of play
were suspended after they had been
rained out for two straight days,
holes’ of he" teal oma ‘shen te
rain caused the postponement of
further play. Coach Richard Sauers
noted the team’s disappointment
when the tournament was halted
after 54 holes and those nine holes
discounted: “The team was having
its best round; Maurer had a 34,
Bayus 36, Morgan 39, and Rosen 39,
“We had an excellent chance to
improve our standing had the rain
not caused the cancellation of the
final 18 holes,’ Sauers sald. The
team’s three-round total was 945.
Southern Ilinols University took
first place honors with 886,
Maurer had rounds of 77, 77,
‘and 72 for a total of 226 on the
Mike Boyus
Competes at NCAA
par 72 course. ‘The suspension
of the last 18 holes wasparticilarly
tough for Maurer because he had
chance to be one of the top ten
finishers,” Sauers said, These ten
golfters were eligible to participate
in the N.C.A,A. University Division
Championships in Denver, Colorado
on June 15.
Bayus turned in rounds of 75, 80
and 79 for a 234 total. Morgan shot
for a 249 total,
Twenty-Seven Schools Entered
Altogether there were 27 schools,
representing 13 states, competing
in the tournament, Thirteen schools
entered full four man teams. South-
“State Beta Show Improvement
As 12 Lettermen Strengthen Team
Rounding out its first full week of practice, the varsity soccer team has had its.
largest turnout of players in several years. Over thirty men are competing for the
eleven starting positions on the squad. Graduation losses having been minimal, the
booters have twelve returning lettermen, along with last year’s freshmen and
several transfer students, Lou Ospina and Fred Rawe are the co-captains for the
forthcoming season,
The
west Missouri State College was the
host school,
Evaluating the team’s perform-
ance, Sauers said that he was very
proud of {ts showing in the tourna~
‘ment and the overall season record.
He praised the tournament’s organ-
{zation “It was a very well-run
affair,” he sald, Sauers added, ‘this
tournament was probably the great-
est experience of this four's gol!
Ang careers,”
POR
ASP
KER IK Sorts
Former Ped Wrestling Champion
Places Third in Olympic Trials
Former Albany State wrestling star, Clem Crow ’62,
barely missed gaining a place on the 1964 United States
Olympic Team when he finished third in the Olympic
trials held August 27-28 at the World's Fair. Only the
first two men in each weight class qualified for the
Olympics, which will be held in Japan next month,
Competing in the 125 1/2
The Lynne Line on Sports
If one was to approach soccer coach Joe Garcia in
the closing seconds of a game in which his team held
an 8-0 lead and askhim whathis team’s chances were,
he would be apt to say: “I think we have a fair chance
pound weight class, Crow
was pitted against out-
standing competition; the
two men who finished ahead
of him are both former,
NCAA champions,
Crow, who compiled an undefeated
dual meet record in 1961 en route
to capturing the 4-I Tournament
championship in the 180-pound
of pulling this game out.’’ Thus, our enthusiasm about
the booter’s prospects for the impending season was
not dulled when Coach Garcia said that it’s too early
to tell about the team’s chances,
We feel that the soccer team is vastly improved
‘over last season, First of all, the large turnout of
Players has created a situation where there is great
competition for starting positions, Last year, with
only sixteen men out, the hustle and desire of the
Players left much to be desired, Team depth will be
another strong point; Garcia will be able to turn to
his bench for strong replacements, something he
could not do last year,
Maurice Tsododo and Dick Szymanski, up from the
frosh team, are valuable additions, Len Bergen and
Szymanski have worked very well at fullback and
Garcia, who last year was forced to play only a four-
man offensive line, in order to have three fullhacks,
will probably he able to play a five-man line this
season,
Prognostication Department
We're choosing the Yankees to win the pennant in
the American League and the Phillies in the National
League, The Yankees will win the World Series in
six games; the Bronx Bombers will bom) Philadel-
phia’s ace pitcher Jim Bunning
weight class, was under a disad~
vantage in the trials because Olymn-
pic style 1s Greco-Roman with which
he has had limited experience.
In Greco-Roman wrestling the
contestants are not permitted to
use their legs or touch the other
man’s legs, whereas in American
wrestling there are no such liml-
tations,
Clem Crow
Crow 1s teaching math at Sewan-
hava High School in Long Island,
Ho 1s assisting the wrestling coach
but he cannot be paid to coach
wrestling because he would then
lose lis amateur status, He has
beon wrestling for the New York
Athletic Club for the past few years,
MAURICE TSODODO makes nifty move to side while maintain-
ing his balance in practice session.
Coach Joseph Garcia ex-
pects the team to improve
upon last season’s 3-7 rec-
ord. The experience of the
veterans combined with the
team’s added depth should
be the keys to its improve-
ment.
Maurice Tsododo, the leading
scorer for the freshman team last
year, has been very impressive in
the early workouts, Offensive vet-
erans are Udo Guddat, Joe Pro-
copio, Ed Wolner, and Ospina.
selection last
season, and Len Bergen appear to
‘be the strongest defensemen, Rawe
will probably hold down one of the
halfback slots. Bergen will most
likely play fullback,
Dick Szymanski, winner of the
freshman athlete of the year award
last year, has displayed consider-
able talent at fullback in the team’s
early practices, Other defensive
veterans are Larry Hurley, Anton
Salecker, Pete Schroeck, Tom Flan-
agan and Marty Miller,
RETURNING LETTERMAN Larry Hurley moves in quickly to
receive pass in practice,
NOTICES
AMIA elections
AMIA elections of new officers
will be held all day today in the
peristyles,
rosh Soccer
Any freshinen Interested in going
out for the frosh soccer team should
contact Mr. William Sehifflein, The
frosh team practices daily at’ 3:30
on the fleld_opposite Sayles Hall,
ross-Country
Any freshmen interested in par-
Ulcipating in frosh cross-country
should contact Mr. Keith Munsey in
Robin Annex.
AMIA Football
AMIA's regular football league
and the 150 pounds and under league
will begin play within the next two
weeks, Any questions pertaining to
AMIA.' should be ‘referred to Mr.
Robert Burlingame in Robin Annex,
Mike Conley, Bill Haas, and Mal-
colm Provost, along with Tsododo
and Szymanski, are up from last
year’s freshman squad,
Four Tronsfers Working Out
‘Transfer students working out
with the team are Bob MeOdare and
Laurence Othelro from Cobleskill,
and Martin Fallon from Monroe
Community College. Jay Moore, who
transferred from Syracuse last year
is now eligible to play for Stat
Coach Garcia stresses that all
positions are still open, “I'm
juggling players around trying to
find out what they can and cannot
do," Garcia sald.
‘The schedule has three teams
the Peds did not meet last
Brooklyn College, New Haven,
and Montclair are the additions.
Bridgeport, Oswego, and Geneseo
have been dropped from the sched-
ule for the coming season,
The Voic
SOUND ’64
e of Music
at the 640 spot
Greater Society?|
Pstcaaial.S STUDENT PRESS,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1964
“All the Modern Conveniences Senate Session Marked
ue J
IDJUSTMENT TO MOTEL LIVING hos taken many forms. Laun-
ry facili
coed has had to go primitive. S
tails
s are non-existent at the Thruway Motel, so this pert
pages 6 and 7 for complete de-
ASP Begins Fund Campaign
For Support of Foster Child
Graciela Garcia, the foster child sponsored by the
Albany Student Press receives assistance in the form
of clothes, medical attention, food and cash for the
twelve m ynth period beginning December 1963, She is
@eing supported through the gifts of faculty and stu-
dents
This year the ASP will
again sponsor 1 child
through the Foster Parents
Plan, As in the previous
drive, the ASP is counting
on support by the memhers
of the University,
During the year 1
have been recelved from Graciela
A usually thanking her “foster par
ents!” for thelr help in supplying
the otherwise unattainable
sary items for ber daily 1
Money for Brothers
Many times the cash assistance
git Is given (0 the Garcia family
has to be spent on one or another
of Graciela’s brothers and sisters,
The letters are written in Span-
Ish and retranslated into English,
Graciela is nine years old and so
has been attending a Colombian
public school for two years. The
schoo) yeur lor Coluinbia ehiidren
begins in February and ends in the
middle of November,
Although almost one-third of Bo-
gata, the clty in which Graciela
lives, exists in poverty, it ts nec
sary for all those who attend school
to pay for books, uniforms, school
bus service and school supplies,
Opportunity Rote for Schooling
Graciela has included mention of
these expenses in several of her
letters. Crowded conditions and the
general iack of trained teachers,
make an opportunity to go to school
an appreciable one, This idew has
been expressed many times by our
foster child,
Anyone who wishes to write to
her should bring the communication
{o the ASP office in Brubacher,
From there, the letter will be sent
to Graciela’ through the offices of
the Foster Parents Pland,
Editor's Note: Below is o repro-
duction of we which Grociels
has sent to us recently. They deal
with importont dolly events in the
life of @ poor 1d girk
living In Colombia today.
Deur Foster Parents;
In company with my parents I greet
(continved on page 2)
To Encourage Political
“We're looking forward to a very academic buildings, to use the as-
profitable year,”" saidStudent Asso- sembly halls and quadrangle for
clation President Arthur Johnston, meetings and rallies, and to use
‘as he opened the fall session of the
1964 Senate Wednesday night. Inre~
viewing the events of the past semes=
ter he remarked, ‘It was one of the
most financially responsible years
Student Association has seen,’?
Among other announcements,
Johnston gave the schedule of hours
for extra study rooms in Draper
Hall, The four rooms will be open
until 10 p, m, Mondays through
‘Thursdays, and until 5 p,m, on
Friday:
Rooms 137 and 149 will be open
nm, when classes are not
there. Room 141 will open
at 6 p.m. on Mondays, 6:15 p.m,
and 4:30 p.m, Wednes-
‘ough Fridays, Room 146
open at 3:30 p,m, Mondays,
Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m, Wed-
and 6 p.m, Thursdays and
nesdays,
Fridays.
Political Resolution
‘The major piece of formal busi-
hess was a resolution introduced
by Senator Gene Tobey, and passed
unantinously:
“Be st resolved tha
“This year 1964, being a year
of Presidential election, and in o1
der to acquaint students with the
it 1s proper that par-
tisan student committees be formed,
the Stude
such groups to form,
“We ‘grant to such groups the
right to organize, to circulate pe=
Uitions in lower halls of the main
Assoclation encourages #5
the facilities of the dittoand mimeo~
graph room,
“Tt is understood that these
groups shall not Le allowed to so-
Heit gor funds, require donations,
or ca}ry on as a group any finan-
clal business, and that they shall
be terminated on or by the fourth
of November, 1964,”
Mt was made clear that Senate
would not allow student groups con=
nected with the national political
Parties (o solicit or use campus
facilities as describd above,
Replacement Elections
Also in regard to polities, it was
announced that replacement elec-
tions would have to be held for
three offices, ‘The resignations of
Steven Curti, Miss Maureen Gla-
sheen, and James Constantino have
created vacancies in (wo Senate
seats and the Sophomore Vice Pre:
Adency, respectively. No further ac
tion was taken,
‘The winner inlast year's replace~
ment election for a 67 Senate seat,
Laur Kurz, was sworn in,
New 5, A, Office
Pertaining to organizational mat-
ters, Johnston announced that the
tudent Assuciation vftice 1s now
located in the back half of the room,
shared with the University Center
Association, His office hours will
be announced later,
Two ad hoc committees were
dissolved and a Ways and Means
Committee established, ‘Senators
by Resolve
Interest
Art Johnston
Profitable Yea
Robert Gable, Kenneth Darmer, John
Gleason, Janiet Shuba, sand Michael
Purdy Were appointed to it, The
committee will facilitate the intro-
duction and passage of bills,
Senator Pat Green was recom~
mended (o Senate to head the Solict~
{ations Commission, and Senator
Vera Kominowsk! {oestablish Who's
Who election procedures,
Dippikitl Trip
Although Johnston warned, “You
might have to walk the last five
les?" Senate agreed to make an
inspection trip to the student-owned
Camp Dippikill sometiine In Octo
der
The meeting was then adjourned,
Second Dorm Complex on Schedule
CONSTRUCTION on th id dormit I
CONSTRUCTION on the second dormitory complex ix currently
According to the scheduled bulld- sion of this university,
ing of the new campus dormitory More optimism 1s directed to-
complexes by the Dormitory Author- wards the second stage of the build-
ity, the second complex is already ing plan. So far, the second group
well under way, of 6 units are to be ready next
It has Leen planped to have both Septerhber, These units comprise
complexes finished within a short three units of the Residence Quad-
{ime of each other to allow students rangle, The balance of the Dormi-
to make a more complete transition tory units are planned for use in
to the new campus, September of 1966,
Progress Report As far as the first complex 1s
A current progress report on concerned, the men now living in
Varlous aspects of the campus has motels should be moved onto the
been given to Colonel Walter Tis~ new campus by the middle of next
dale, Plant Planner for the expen month,
In those doriis soon to be used,
several rooms are completely fin=
ished, These include led floors,
drapes, and other detail trim, Two
more units housing 100 students
each are being cleaned up for use
by next semester.
Eigin academic tuildings are now
under construction and will be com=
pleted by September 1965, There has
been a little difficulty in completion,
but the contractors hope to be on
schedule,
Academic Schedule
‘The second set of academic bulld=
ings is schedulet for completion by
September 1966,
All the unfinished work Is cure
rently fenced off from the parts
under construction
A central Commissary is almost
completed. It is interesting in that
Mt contains an intricate system of
electric tracks to bring in the meat
and vegetables. ‘There is a separate
department for meat, vegetables,
and fish, The commissary also cone
tains a bakery in which everything
but bread will be baked and dis-
tributed to the dining halls,
Unit Dining Halls
Each group of four units, housing
approximately 600 students, will
contain its own dining facilith
One parking lot is available for
1,200 cars, Another lot for the sane
number of cars will be completed by
next September. That will be lo»
cated fairly near the dorms,
To alleviate the sand and dust
problem, top soll and white pine
trees will be set in along Washinge
ton Avenue,
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