Kean University Kean Digital Learning Commons Reflector 1950s Reflector 10-6-1958 The Reflector, Vol. 1, No. 3, October 6, 1958 Newark State College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/reflector_1950s Recommended Citation Newark State College, "The Reflector, Vol. 1, No. 3, October 6, 1958" (1958). Reflector 1950s. 110. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/reflector_1950s/110 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Reflector at Kean Digital Learning Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Reflector 1950s by an authorized administrator of Kean Digital Learning Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. -eetor Volume Ill NEWARK STATE COLLEGE, UNION, NEW JERSEY October 6, 1958 Oops!! Newark State Introduces Excuse our slip. The RE- FLECT.OR would like to correct on error in the lost issue that caused some small furor. As oil sophs know by now, Public lecture Series lost week's scheduled soph meeting was, in reality, o junior In honor of the formal dedica­ meeting. Another junior meet­ tion of its new campus in Union, Newark State College is offering ing will be held Tuesday ot a series of four free public lec­ 8:30 A.M. in tfie little Theatre. tures on the general theme, "The This time it's for reoll Intellectual and the Democratic Public." The first of these lectures will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 8:00 p.m., in the Little Theater Sigma Theta of the College Center building. At that time, Mr. James Downes, Professor of Education at New­ Reorganizes ark State and a councilman in Florham Park, will speak on The bonds of brotherhood were "The Mucker Pose: Is Democracy strengthened last week as Sigma Opposed to Intellectualism?" A Theta Chi fraternity held its first lecture will be presented on each meeting of the year. The first succeeding Wednesday_in October item of business was the election at the same hour and place. of officers which produced the On October 15, Dr. Herbert Mc­ following results: President, Vin­ Davitt, Superintendent of Schools cent Mistretta; Vice President. CUNers EN MASSE: Stude nts from 70 American colleges Korea, Burma, in South Orange-Maplewood, will Indio, Indonesia, Turkey, Iron a nd Japan attended conference. speak on "The Education of In­ George Hopkins; Secretary, Cur­ tellectuals: The Public Schools tis Jackson. and the Gifted Child." On October To start the year off with a 22, Mr. Richard Fink, Associate real bang. several committees P r ofessor of Education at New­ were formed to handle various Li~ek, Pilavakis, Magin at Finch ark State and a resident of South areas of activity. Plans for the pledging of new members were Plainfield will speak on "The also discussed. Junior, Bill Vin­ Shelley Lissck, Tina ·Pllavakis, and Gail Magin represented Radical Perception: The Task of NCS at the CCUS National Conference at Finch College on June Intellectualism and Its Dangers." ('ente, was instrumental in get­ 15-22. The Collegiate Council of the United Nations' purpose in On October 29, Dr. David G. Scan­ ting this group started. holding this conference was to train national officers to orient lon, Professor of International students to the inner workings of the U.N. Education at Teachers College, Representatives of 70 colleges Columbia University, formerly a in the United States and foreign member of the Newark State students participated in the daily faculty and a resident of Summit, Doctorate Awarded seminars which were visited by NJEA Pushes Raise will conclude the series when he resource people from the United speaks on "The New Dimension One of the first awardings of a Nations. Foreign ambassadors of Intellectual Responsibility: Doctorate ever to be made in a freely aired their feelings about New Jersey teachers will press The Challenge of Cross•Cultural the UN and stated their positions this year for those who teach at Learnings." New Jersey State College took in the current international prob­ place at the Dedication ceremony New Jersey's public colleges. The The public is invited to attend. lems. Eleanor Roosevelt, Norman New Jersey Education Associa­ A note addressed to Mr. Richard of N.S.C. on October 4. The de­ Thomas and Norman Cousins Fink, Newark State College, gree of Doctor of Letters was were among the notables who tion will send representatives to Union, New Jersey, will reserve conferred on Mr. Norman Cous­ spoke to the students. state education department and as many seats as desired. Mr. The highlight of the conference ins, editor of the Saturday Re­ legislative budget hearings to Fink may also be reached at was a portrayal of a model Secur­ urge salary improvements for ELizabeth 4-5900 for reserva• view. ity Council. Our representatives tions. A portion of 100 seats have will introduce this to Newark the the faculties at Rutgers, New­ been allotted to students. Re­ State in the middle of November ark College of Engineering, and serve yours by placing form be­ and students of the college will the six State Colleges. low in Mr. Fink's box. discuss the topic of "Indirect International Week Aggression in Lebanon." Tina Pilavakis, NSC represen­ tative, was appointed State Postponed Chairman of CCUN and Shelli Lissek, senior, ls acting as co­ Although this week following chairman. Shelli's trip to the con­ Reservation For Lecture Series Dedication Day was to have as its ference was paid for by one of theme, "International Week," Dr. the four national scholarships an- Lenore Vaughn Eames reports nually awarded. that the scheduled events must be postponed until the end of April. No Classes Oct. 10 Name .................................................................... ..... ..... , ........ ... Due to the meeting called by This Friday, October 10, no col­ the Soviet Union at Geneva, our lege classes will be held. Dedica­ principal speaker, unfortunately, tion was to be held on Friday would not have been able to at­ originally, but in order for some tend. In addition, the Japanese parents to attend, it was sched­ C::hildren's Art Exhibit and the uled for last Saturday. All stu­ No. of Seats .... U.N. Art Exhibit are not avail­ dents should have attended and able at the present time. These signed the Dedication register, will be presented at another time thus excusing them from this Fri­ during the year. day's classes. • R E F L E C T O R October 6, 1958 Art Offers New Treasures By JOAN JAFFE THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON Since the acquiring of a cultural background is an integral part The Reflector would like to take this opportunity to tip its of college life, It is the intention of this periodic column to acquaint editorial hat to Miss Josephine Jackson frosh, for her most compli­ the student with various art museums and their current exhibits. This mentary article about Newark State in the September 25 issue of first article will be devoted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New Jersey Afro-American. located at Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street, N.Y.C. With literary excellence, Miss Jackson's piece, "How Does A The Metropolitan has come a long way since its modest begin- Freshman Feel On Registration Day At College?" depicted the college 1;1ings1 in a rented hou~e, back in 1870. Bi' 1880 the Museum had moved in such endearing terms that even a veteran Newark Stater had to into its present location, where today 1t contains the largest collec­ take another look around. Newark State and family will always trY tion of the arts of ancient Assyria, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near to measure up to the image you have painted ot us, Miss Jackson. East, Europe, and the United States, in the Western Hemisphere. The austere and somewhat cluttered appearance of its exhibition halls was ch~nged, when in the early 1950's an extensive program of what Director James J. Rorimer calls "humanization" was begun. YOU ARE THE LIFE! The nearly completed results of this program can be witnessed today As Newark State College grows, we !Ind changes small and large by the Museum's light, airy, and tastefuUy arranged galleries. taking place before our very eyes. lncreased enrollment, new faculty The rear of the first floor is devoted to the arts of the medieval members. additional curriculums and new lounge turniture are just period, including many fine examples of tapestries. To the right can a few of the physical changes. But more important is the mental be found a collection of Egyptian art objects, while to the extreme changes that are occuring. New faculty and students present dif­ left is the most fan~astic Grecian-styled restaurant (designed by ferent and varied perceptions and philosophies, a wider range oi Dorothy Draper), built around a fish pond upon which delighted personal interests and tastes and a greater demand on the facilities mythological figures prance. of this college. The front half of the second The "Reflector" has realized the needs of the students and has floor is occupied by the arts of tried to remedy the situation by becoming a weekly paper. As one of Look To The Ladies! the eastern civilizations of the the most important medias of communication on campus, the paper world, and a few special gal­ must keep the pace of the college to properly inform the students By ESTELLE WEINER of their college life. leries where exhibits are held Well girls, we have the de­ from time to time. The main at­ However, as the name Reflector implies, the college paper is signers on our side this year. The solely dependent on you, the students, for not only organizing and styles are varied, and we can traction of the Museum are its administering the paper, but for providing the inspiration and choose the hemlines we like, plus many picture galleries located in achievements which are reflected through this publication.