Staten Island Communil'y College © S.I.C.C. .No. 6 VOL. IX MARCH 2, 1965 Fight to Save S.I. Green Belt CCNY $40 Million Complex Planned Bus Controversy By Eugene Kahn President Gallagher of City Col- On Januai-y 6th the City Planning Commission opened lege recently announced a $40 mil- Brooklyn B.P. Asks for Rerouting a hearing to determine the fate of Girl Scout Camp, High lion project that would add four Rock. The fifty-six acre camp is situated in the middle of new buildings and allow for 4,000 New support to reroute the Verrazaiio Bridge Bus Route Staten Island's green belt. Protest had been raised when the additional undergraduate students R-7 was r€>cently received from Brooklyn Boi^ough President Girl Scouts tried to sell their camp to a private realtor for at the exix^nse of Lewisohn Sta- Abe Stark. The'borough president seeks to extend the route residential development. At the hearing fourteen speakers dium, The Complex will be erected into Brooklyn because it would provide "a convenience and supported Borough President Albert Maniscalco's pi-oposal on the present site occupietl by substantial timesaver for most Staten Island i-esidents who Lewisohn at Convent Avenue and are employed in doumtown and mid-town Manhattan." to create a public park out of the camp. West 138th Street. It will include The bus now ojjerating across a Natural Science Building (biol- the Verrazano Bridge (R-T) makes ogy, chemistry, physics) with a Science Library; a Physical Edu- 21 stops in Staten Island and foui cation building which will include in Brooklyn. It runs from Clove a basketball court and an Olympic Lakes Park in Staten Island to the size swimming pool. Basketball 95th Street Station of the BMT bleachers will seat some 3,000 .spec- Fourth Avenue line in Fort Hamil- tators; a Humanities and Social ton, Brooklyn. Last month, the Science Building vxhich will have Transit Authority cut ten trips a some lecture halls that will seat day from the run because there 300 students. Other features of the were a thousand fewei- riders than complex will include a new cafe- had been anticipated. This is be- teria, a theater seating 400, offices cause commutei's find the Manhat- for faculty and an underground tan ferry route faster and cheaiwr parking lot for GOO automobiles. to u.se. In addition, a three acre plaza Richmond Borough Presiflent Al- j which will begin at curb level at bert Maniscalco had asked for anj Amsterdam Avenue will cross Con- express bus between Staten Island vent Avenue with 16 feet of clear- and the Battery while the bridge ance. The undei'ground facilities was being constructed, but his GREEN BELT: Shaded areas on map are green belts that are being will be under the plaza, while plan was rejected by the Transit fought for by residents of the Annadale-Huguenot area. The system sports, concerts, and ROTC activi- Authority. Stark's plan is pres- ties can be conducted above. The ently being examined by the TA. ABE STARK: Wants express bus of loops and feeder streets are designed to keep traffic out of the plaza will be grass-covered and Stark told TA Chairman Joseph to Brooklyn Borough Hall residential areas. landscaped and will be versatile to E. O'Grady, "I feel confident that addition to two required layover Last December 18th, the Board swiftly in its action: "To wait support a number of activities. For a route with one pick-up point each points, could be established with (Continued on Page 4) of Estimate approved a zoning would be to lose thi-s spot of beau- in Staten Island and Brooklyn, in an attractive fai*e. A layover point amendment to put greater build- ty. To lose this park would be an could easily be found in Downtown ing restrictions on privately o\vned injustice." Brooklyn adjacent to all subway lines." lands in the same ai'ca. If the Tlie chainnan of the Girl Scouts Planning Commission approves the Volunteers Committee, a resident A "Knowledge Factory?" The Transit Authority will only camp's pui'chase, it will be a final of West Brighton, spoke for his operate i)us route if there is a triumph for Mr. Maniscalco, who group: "We have a prime inter- need and a growth potential. Cer- has been trying for ten years to est in the preservation of the site The Berkeley Affair tainly everyone agrees that the preserve the heart of Staten Is- as a park, conservation and recre- by Douglas Korves potential for growth in Staten Is- land's green acres. ational area for the benefit of all The University of California comprises an educational enterprise land is there. As a result of the Camp High Rock, east of Mora- the people of this city." He added of 71,000 full-time students and 120,000 more in extension courses. With bridge, there has been a building vian Cemetery is situated in an (Continued on Page 3) an exjx^cted per annum budget of $657,000,000, of which over half com- boom and population explosion. In area the Borough President called, prises federal aid, the university seem a model of success. Recent events future years, one bus route be- "... the most unique, the most tween the bdi-oughs may not be beautiful in the whole metropolitan Dolphin Dates enough. area." This is the tract of wooded But while th(> Transit Authority hjghkmds that runs across the Art k it s Due Published delays, other forces are taking the center of the Island, and encom- March 12 • March 18 initiative. The Dolminico Bus Co. passes thousands of acres. Much March 28 April 1 of this land is forest, publicly .Ap^il 27 April 30 See DOI.IMIIN Editorial owned :uk1 operated as parks. The -May 7 • May 21 on i>age 2. c
1 Friday, March 25. 1966 Page 2 THE DOLPHIN Chancellor The Dolpliin Bowker Sfaten Island Community College In a rccent interview Dr. Gus- VOL. IX—No. 6 MARCH 1965 tavG Ro.senl)erg, Ciiairman of the " Member of the M^ropolitan Press Association I^oarcl of Higher E d u c a t, i o n, F)()inted to the year Dr. Bowker Id-ior-h-Chief " . .. "bART Dl GIOVANNI has lioen in his post as a period Monagmg Editor WILLIAM M. DUGAN of rapid development and suc- E.,ecutlve Editor WILLIAM C. PHILLIPS # cessful achievement. "The City ASSISTANT EDITORS University has made unusual Barbara Kasdin, Yvet+e Stobnitsky, Douglas Korves, Eugene Kahn j strides forward this last year PHOTOGRAPHY under the Chancellor's guidance," Basil Asciut+o, Louis Lesser he said. "The concept of soi-vice SPORTS to this urban community and to Allan Livingstone .David Breslauer tlie Slate of New Yoi'k has ani- STAFF: Roger Meyers, Steven Goldberg, JoAnn Polistena, Leonard Fornnan, Alan Farb, Arthur Chigas, Hov/ard Friedman. mated the selection and addition of Ph.D. seciuc.nces, of which wa Faculty Advisor Theodore F. Simms now have nine, as well as the A bl-monfhiy sfudenf puhllcafion supported by SICC Assn., Inc. fees and strengthening of our Master's pro- disfribufed fo day and evening students. grams. Several more doctoral pro- A striu'lurc on lli<> new (•ami>"'< '»<' romplrtcd hy Fall '()(> grams are organized for offering Editorial; when funds are available. "In the months since Dr. Where Art Thou? Bowker came to the City Univers- ity, we have opened two ,new com- War on the College It is neither the privilege, nor the responsibility of the munity colleges; a third commun- Dolphin to write the S.A. column. The Student Association ity college, once under a separate has fought long and hard to have a column designated for board of trustees, has joined the Vegetable its exclusive and unedited use. They have been assigned a fac- City University; a new four-year ulty advisor, who has the responsibility for the grammar and police college has been approved Freshmen are usually asked to write an English theme content. in principle by the board; a Mastei; on "Why I am going to college?" Although the theme is ini- Having demanded the privilege of speaking out without Plan for the university covering tially boring to the freshmen, it is a question that is continu- any editing by the Dolphin, the student government must j ^ ^years has'been coni- ally asked of college students. One finds that the average per- now shoulder the responsibility that goes with this privilege, i ^ ^ ; f^-eshmen have been son with no college education, looks upon college as some that of producing one fifteen inch column every issue. This i i • ^^ ^^r existing colleges; amazing machine which turns out "tomorrow's leaders". But responsibility cannot be sloughed off on the editors ot the j ^^^^ ^^^ launched the College college students, according to the notion, must stay in line. Dolphin. , , r^' -J . i niscoverv Program to find ways of They must question neither theory nor practice. They must As a result of this, while the article that the President | developing talent simply be good, orthodox vegetables cultivated for some mys- of the S.A. asked an editor of the Dolphin to write is m this students, terious "Great Society," But the role of the student is to learn. issue, it cannot be entitled the "S.A. Column" because it was j J' I + K,, fU^ Tlnl^ihhi "The young people ot tne ^Aiy The most impo .'tant part of the learning process is the i and not by a member of the Senate, \ and State of New York have m exchange of ideas in a free atmosphere. At some colleges like i The City University of New York Berkeley, the students have the problem of achieving a ' increasing opportunity to prepare free speech atmosphere for the exchange of ideas. SICC has themselves for many high caliber the problem that there are few student ideas to exchange. S. A. Constitution, When posts now unoccupied for lack of SICC professor has remarked,, "The students aC.Ct ^LX^C^X.Staten , Much diligence has gone into the new Student Associa- adequately prepared personnel. Isiand would nS" demonstrate'as^did^ Man tion Constitution. Ruling documents require much time and Programs of urban research ai^e Free Speech Movement at Berkeley because they haven't the thought. The various Student Association committees in- in process that will be of lasting faintest idea of what is going on among collegians outside volved in the monumentnl task of drafting such a document benefit to our citizens. The rich Staten Island or Brooklyn, or if they do, they don't know have spent much time on the matter. The creation of the resources ot the , what to do about it." world took a little less than a week. We hope that final dis- leges and the six position of this matter of the constitution can be taken care leges o—f ^hy—e university The excuse from students is that SICC does not provide of in a slightly shorter time. Otherwise, another flood of im- operation are being used to the the proper atmosphere for academic pursuit, that the facili- provisation of the rules can only inundate student affairs at full' in all university develop- ties are limited, and cramped. Indeed, this may be so, but the S. I. C. C. for another semester. ments." facilities of the college have nothing to do with the agility of the mind. College aims at the cultivation of the mind; a need for classroom or lounge space has nothing to do with be- ing aware of great ideas working in a society. n The basic function of college in society is to provide a i forum to stimulate academic and social inquiry. When stu- cyLetters to 3^he Sditor dents come out of a vegetable state for a reputable cause, like the Berkeley free speech furor, they are demonstrating in- telligent response to a poorly conceived administrative rul- Ed. Com. This letter iras sub- their laws solely to assert their sociation has alienated student ing concerning the Bancroft Strip. mitted before Dress Regukiiions I own importance. good will. The methods used to enforce the In a recent television program, "Carol for Another had been repealed. With the insti- In this instance, the Student As- tulidn of a new set of Dyess Regu- sociation has acted so childishly rules are thoroughly infuriating. Christmas," the message Rod Serling attempted to convey Must we perpetuate the paternal- was that people must be involved in life to live rather than lations, ice asked Mr. Kahn whether that my suspicions are'readily con- exist. Becoming "involved" is probably the most important he wished his letter reprinted un- firmed. The claim that we must istic condition of high school and aspect of college. What, then, can be done to increase the der the riixinnstances. He felt that be accepted by the business com- junior high school? sense of "engagement" at Staten Island Community College? his central points remained valid. munity of St. George is ridiculous. I have taken time to write, not A start might be to get the New York Times habit and to Dear Editor, St. George is a business area, a because I like wearing my turtle- agitate for more outside speakers who will bring the "issues" For six yeai's, in junior and residential area, and an educational neck on the outside of my hooded to Bay Street and St. Mark's Place, senior higii school, I submitted to area, of which we are an important sweatshirt, but because there is a a tedious l)arrago of regulations. part. Any area that contains a principle involved. If the Student I was unable to complain because Court House, a Coast Guard base, Association is permitted to dictate high school was compulsory; by two high schools, a pool hall, a arbitrary regulations for dress, Welcome, Mr. Stark! law, I hail to comply with rules. college, a municii)al parking lot, a what will happen when' there is I looked forward to college as a Iheatre, can certainly tolerate dif- an attempt to enforce a code of The DoljMn congratulates Brooklyn Borough President i-elease from petty and unnecessary i'erent kinds of dress. conduct. Public opinion must be Abe Stark on his recent stand on the Verrazano Bridge bus conlrols. In fact, high school teach- The Dress Regulations serve only tested occasionally. A- case for route. R-7. Mr. Stark proposes an express bus, an extension ers c>ftcn warned classes of which as an insult to the maturity of dress regulations must still b« of tlie R-7 route, into Brooklyn, which would- terminate at I was a meml)cr that, once in col- the student body. People as a rule made. Borough Hall. This proposed route is all very fine because lege, sludcnts would no longer cc.nform readily to the standards Eugene Kahn sH :lt * it would t ie in with Bi'ooklyn downtown subways and would 1)0 watched over. of society, but when they are Dear l^ditor allow more commuters to use the Verrazano Bridge to Staten To state my case bluntly, I am forced or even threatened to obey Island. Discipline is something you learn sick and tired of petty, unimport- rules set by others when there during your formative years. It is ant regulations, usually set by has been no significant breach of The Dolphin feels that this is only half the solution, how- unbelicveable that college students petty-minded students. I am in col- acceptable norms for dress, they ever. The other, and probably more important half, is to have to be reminded not to talk lege now, and 1 consider myself become indignant and feel 'in- have the bus rerouted north to St. George in Staten Island. among themselves while a lec- matiu'o enough to di'ess to my own timulaied. Tliis is exactly what is If we combine our ])roposal with B.P. Stark's, we have, in ture is in session. Even more sur- taste. I am hesitant to submit to haijpening at S.I.C.C. The Studeni effect, a Borough Hall-Boi'ough Hall bus route! This should prising is the uttex' nonsense that satisfy evei-yono: Staten Islanders, Brooklynites, and the people whose autliority I have little Association could have created goes on in class, around campus, Transit Authority (which presently reports that R-7 buses cause to respect. Based on my own more good will by asking students and in the library. University life are practically empty). All this would entail a change in the exporiences, I ha\'e come to dis- to maintain a respectable appear- is supposed to develop an atmos- route of the Bay Street Bus in Staten Island so that it would trust student governments, and ance. By saying that students must phere for learning. Has S.I.C.C. go over the bridge to Brooklyn Borough Hall, Increased com- susi>ect that they establish them- do so and, they will be fined if failed? I am not referring to a muter use and satisfaction can be guaranteed. selves, their constitutions, and they do not obey, the Student As- (Continued on Page 4) March 2, 1965 THE DOLPHIN Page 3 Registration: Student Profile: New Campus Report Berkeley Lily Zyskowicz fi.v Douglas Korvrs (Continued troni Pa^*' I ) Mad House by Howard Fricdnian All consti'uction on Ihc new campus has been halted ovo- the winter By Arthur Chijjas Blue eyed Lily Zyskowicz is our months. This i)lanned re(;css results fi'om the impi-acticality of working The two outstanding leaders of 'A mad house," "idiocy," "V)adly Student Association's lovely re- in freezing weather and the effect of sevei-e cold on the setting concrete this mo\emcnl arc Mario Savio and organized," "it stinks": these are cording secretary. Born in Tabora, and other i)hases of constlaiction. At present, the site consists of forty Michael Rossman. These individuals acres which include: mounds of topsoil, e.xcavations, wooded patches, some or the more descriptive terms Tanganyika, Lily 'Bertha Victoria Glossina Zyskowicz was the daugh- consti'uction materials, two trailers, and an inoperable outhotise. repi-esent a nvjve of the Americaa used by some of the new entering? ter of Polish l)orn English civil To the uninformed, there appears collegian to mold the university freshmen in their second term of graph ica grading and landscap- servants. In Tabora Lily learned to I to be little completed on the ground around the student, ratiier than ing. battling the day long registration sr)cak the native language of Swa- level. It was pointed out by New around the econom.w ;)rf)blem. In a survey of the fresh- hili, which is a combination of York City architn(;t Anthony Or- In regard to Phase I, the city i-ci)resenlali\e stated that all the Michael Pa)ssman is a first year men in English 22H, I found tliat Afi-ican and Arabic. lando, that over one million dollars malluMTiatic.s gradualo studcMil who In 1951 Miss has been invested on the site as of main ciecti'ical wiring has been in- the majority, and j)robal)ly the stallcMl and several thousand feet of Zyskowicz and this date. The majority of this sum boli(>\-os that llio "niulIivcrsily" is whole class iiad an unfavorable the main di'aini)ii)e have Iteen famil.v moVed to so (.l)('(Iie!it 1() Ihc cconomy and tho consensus about the handling of the buried. The main campus i-oad has London and by been laid and the greater part of socict.N' that il cannot trul.\ orlu- registration week just completed, 1958 had settled contouring and top<)graj)hy is com- cale und('i'gra(!uates. February S!h through 12th. in Far Rocka- l)]ctcd. As soon as the weather pei'- The Ihcnic^ the Free Spcech Some of the students found their way. Queens. registrat ion took a little less time mits and the gr(jun(l thaws, the top Mox'cmcnt ;is pi'csented by Mr. Miss Zyskowicz, soil will )0 spread over the alhletic tiian last semester's, but this oc- 1 Rossman is, "We are lr.\in,g 1o d u e t o h e r field. There are also c c r t a i n ciirred only when their last name travels has acquired an accent bring tho human element l)ack I)Cgan with a letter near the begin- gi'oves of trees that have been de-' which at best, can be called "Inter- signaled to remain. The.se beach | inb) our odu(-alion. . It is pro- ning of the alphabet. Last semester national." and hickory trees will add a I'ustic ducing nea11.\ turned c()mi)onent.'3 the exact opposite was true since Lily, when asked how she be- atmosphere, which sets off by the order of registration started at came involved in student govern- for the big machine outside, not the last "letter of the alphabet. the modern architecture of t he individual, thinking i)eoi)le." Like ment replied, "Unfortunately-draft- buildings. Though it did go somewhat faster, ed." When questioned further, she many campus leaders, xVIiciiael Ross- most students felt that it still was Phase II involves the construc- man tries to clog the machine, by pointed out that the S.A. solicits tion of the main buildings of the not adequately handled for the picketing for civil rights, and by most of its active members campus. Construction of these large number of students register- attacking the House Committee on "through our own personal friends buildings will commence when ing. The poor timing instituted by and acquaintances." This situation Un-American Activities, and capi- the staff allowed only twenty weather permits work to resume. results from lack of student re- tal punishment. Mr. Rossman be- mintes for each group to register. Included in Phase II are the Science sponse, when .called upon to take lieves, in spite of arests and sus.- . This created a crowded, noisy place MFDHOLE: Althouf-h the Ad- and Technolo.gy Building; the Aca- an active role in the S.A. Miss Zys- pension from Berkeley, that these which defeated the purpose of n.iiivistration claini.s the campus demic Building and Health and Arts kowicz is very disappointed with hastening and simplifying registra- is due to opei^ in 1966, construc- Building. The latter structure will actions will help to dis.solve the the lack of qualified senators and tion work accomplished makes tion. It was felt that the system contain the students' dining room. | alien feelings between administra- overall spirit in the school. .should be changed. There was poor that date very doubtful. which will be octagonal with clear- tion and student, .organization and slow movement at Miss Zyskowicz spoke enthusi- story windows and a cii'cular., undu- Among the .\'oung everywhere is Ihe Bursar's desk where the stu- astically when comparing past lating wave-like roof. Mr. Orlando this sense of alienation that turns dent fees were to be paid. The president Gil Martin to Pat laco- explained that this interesting con- even affluence and security of the bazzo, "With Pat we are trying to tight spaces encountered in the Crete construction will replace the college education into a worthless make order out of disorder." Lily I room which was set aside for fill- origial rectangularly-planned din- prize. An awareness of this alien also has .?reat confidence in Mr. ing our program cards (in tripli- ing room. He pointed out further feeling has built up opposition at cate), should be widened. The Messman, as the new S.A. faculty advisor. that the three buildings will be Berkeley. students find it quite confusing connected by gla.ss enclosed breeze- ^he )-elease to this pent up oppo- and unnerving when classes are Besides devoting hours to the ways. These breezeways will en- j sition occurred on Sept. 30, when closing all around them, and they S.A., Lily spends many of her able the. students to pass from Mario Savio, chairman of the Cam- must struggle to find a suitable weekends cheering our teams to building to building without going pus Friends of S.N.C.C. civil rights program. Many a student has come victory as a member of the S.I.C.C. outside. The buildings of Phase II group and dominating figure in the out of that room looking as if he Cheerleaders. Lily wishes more arc scheduled for completion and F.S.M., was summoned to the or she was in a free-for-all, and students would come to games to occupancy in Fall of 1966. dean's office for "overt political still with his or her problem un- show supoprt for our teams ("and Those who believe that the campus action" on campus. "Would all of resolved. When the student's prob- see my legs"). will open its doors by Septeml^er you," he asked, "follow us into lem is finally resolved, his program If Lily Bertha Victoria Glossina 1966 seem overly optimistic. Al- Sproul Hall in a show of solidarity looks like a checkerboard. It is Zyskowicz is not enough name for though construction on Phase II a.gainst these unjust rules?" apparent that it is all right if you you, you may call her Peter will proceed at a faster clip than At 3 P.M. Savio led 300 students know what coui^ses you want, but Brooks. Peter Brooks is her profes- has been spent in development of Phase I, there still remains to be into the hall, where they staged a those who do know are in the mi- sional stage name. Like her brother the area desi,gnated as Phase I. completed nine million dollars of nority. The whole system of this Gil, who is a professional comedian, Phase I, which Mr. Orlando hopes construction. Given the fact that it twelve hour sit-in and challenged school's registration is clearly-in Lily desires a career as a humorist. to be completed by this fall, in- took over a year to finish the exist- the deans to punish them. need of revision, As one student so Lily, in this pursuit, regularly at- cludes installation of underground ing work, September 1967 is a . When Savio was suspended, the aptly put it, in an interview with tends the Comedy Workshop. electrical, gas and water mains, more realistic date for completion student body )-eacted by mass dis- me. "The whole system is fouled parking lot and roads, and topo- of our new canjpus. obedience. The next day a sus- up," and another merely said es and divert through traffic. I^ended student was arrested for "bleeeck." The Staten Island Committee on trespassing and illegal political ac- Open Lands and the S.I. Demo- tion when he returned to Bancroft cratic Association are interested Don't Read It! Watch It! Strip. Immediately several hundred in retaining the natural features of students surrounded the car in the land. They wish to stop the Beginning on the week of February 17, WNEW-TV which the student was detained. Green Belt channel 5 will present the great plays of The Repertory Thea- trend of close-ranked, uniform The incident resulted in a large (Continued from Page 1) houses which members say, "con- ter. The series will be presented every Wednesday night at nine o'clock. demonstration in which the 3,000 that since the nearest Girl Scout tain the seeds of future blight." students did not intend to disperse Camp was in Putnam county, the Though old maps show a pattern William Butler Years' "Calvary" George Bernard Shaw's "How He Lied To Her until the administration removed camp might be reopened by Scout of streets, most of them have nev- all restrictions on free speech. officials. er been opened. Unlike that older Husband" Samuel Beckett's "Act Without Word II" Whatever are the resulting de- A spokesman for the Staten Is- system, the proposed plan would cisions of the Berkeley Administra- incorporate existing slopes and Norman Cor win's "Rivalry" Jand lAlental Health Society en- tion, it is faced with answering a use green areas for parks and Sean O'Casey's "Bedtime Story" dorsed the park as an effective basic, unanswered question of stu- playgrounds, we'd have no objec- Harold Pinter's "The Dumb VVaiter" recreational means of preventing dents, "What is an eckication for?" cielinquency and mental illness. tions. Richard B. Sheridan's "St. Patrick's Day" Moliere's Local feeling toward the plan "The Forced Marriage" The Planning Commission re- August Strindberg's "The Creditors" f'Crved decision on the matter, moved from favorable to complete William Saroyan's "The Beautiful Peopole" pending further study. However, opposition. This was caused largely Henry. James' "The Best in The Jungle" •i"r(jm the enthusiastic support by misinformation. The plan called Anton Chekhov's "A Wedding" SELF DEFENSE shown for this program, it is likely Luigi Pirandello's "Chee-Chee" and "The Man an ounce of protection lhat City Hall will approve the for Federal aid under a seldom used community replanning au- With the Flower in his is worth a pound of cure park acquisition. Mouth" Elsewhere on Staten Island two thorization. Without this aid, the Euripides' "Trojan Women" GET IN SHAPE cost of the project to the city f:tizen groups are fighting to save Millard Lampell's "The Lonesome Train" with courses in: a proposal for the Annadale-Huge- would be too high. A fear of fed- with music by Earl Robinson not area. The City Planning Com- eral surveillance stirred the area ludo, Karate, Jiu Jitsu mission conceived of a pilot-pro- against the plan. "In the begin- ject' for an area of 2 square miles complete facilities ukmg the south shore of Staten Is- ning it sounded good to us," said ail expert black-belf land, bordered by Wolfes Pond a local homeowner," but then came Staff Needed Park, Amboy lload and Arden the specter of reginientation. There Freshmen, both upper and lower, especially those interested INSTRUCTORS ^-ve. In the. plan the old gridiron was a fear of the unkonwn and in joui'nalism, your student newspaper can use you. Come to £ I>(>lphiii meeting in room 404, 50 Bay Street, during the Thursday MIDWOOD JUDO pattern of streets was substiuted we couldn't get any clearcut an- system of loops and cul-de- club hours (12 noon to 2 P.M.). Four out of six editorial positions -^acs (like one-ended streets). Such swers. But if they could guaran- will be vacated in June. If you can write and are willing to work, CENTER, INC. on arrangement would ]:>ermit tee us there would be no . . . strings you might be elected to fill one of them. 1113 AVE. J Brooklyn more variety in placement of hous- attached to the Federal funds — Page 4 THE DOLPHIN Thursday, November 18, I96S More Lettors Theatrical Workshop g ^ News (<:oiitinued frtmi Pa^e 2) The Theatrical workshop is in oaiiipus but the general behavior the process of organizing a per- of the student-body and the facul- formance of "One Way Pendulum," Progress Report:! Sports News ty! It i? ama/ing the amount of Our difficulties include a lack of By I>lvinBstom> Jiiul Breslauer sufficient funds for props and cos- garbage the teachers put up with Opportunity for a Ite^inning j anct the students are confronted tumes, a problem securing an ade- with. It is appalling to witness the quate stage and having the work- During inter.session, S.I.C.C.'s' oxcessive cheating during exams shop's constitution approved by a Student As.sociation Pmsident, Record^ Broken and what is tolerated. "WE are College committee. Vice-President, three Senators, and the elite' of the nation? "WE shall The following students are in- j the E.xecutive Editor of the Dolphin Community Streak Spurts To Eight make the future? What has hap- volved in the production; Jim attended a leadership conference pened to real ihtellectualism? Block. John Gobinski, Louise Salva, organized by Region I of C.I.S.G.A., The arrival of the spring semester has little hampered the winnmg Whore is the essence of an educa- Silvia Pelascini, Janie Friedman, and financed by its member tion? Do you desire to be involved ways of the "dribbling Dolphins." Surviving admirably the mid-yeai. Bruce Sucher, Judy Duncan, Bob schools. This conference, which was cuts (due to probation), the hoopsters have increased their victories to with a movement toward progress Gosling, Linda Holland, Connie held at the Hudson Guild Farm fifteen. or complacently accept the status O'Lenick, Ronald Cliffa, Frank quo. I want action, reform, change Minore, Owen McGuigan, JoAmi from February 12 to 14, 1965, and The high point of this season has been the victory (67-62) over om* and improvement. If we are aware, Polistena, and William Werely, our was intended to prepare junior col- island rivals, the Wagner College Freshmen. The game was played on let us work towards betteiTnent director, Miss Barbara Koenig, is lege leaders for the state-wide January 16, the day of the fierce blizzard. Because of the snow many of now! faculty advisor. leadership conference to be held at the S.I.C.C. players did not arrive until the game was well in progress, but a complete team effort insured the victory. Hank Lam lead the Outraged student Grossinger's. Present at the fann We are still seeking behind-the- scoring with sixteen points. scenes assistants. Any student in- were Staten Island, Suffolk, West- With the exception of the Wagner game, all other teams during this Dear Editor, terested in such work should apply chester, Nassau. Queens, Bronx, joyful streach have presented little opposition to our fearsome twelve. I would like at this time to com- to Miss Koenig, whose office is in Manhattan and New York Com- In the last eight games coach Sweet's men have scored better than one mend Mr. Hart and the College 12 Boro Hall. munity Colleges, with the addition hundred points four times. Book Store staff for their con- Chorus siderable efficiency. A time-saving of Fashion Institute. However, the With only three games left to play, coach Sweet is hoping for art The choriLs is now behig fonned improvement to say the least. leadership conference did much invitation to the regional championship to be held at Orange County under the aegis of Miss Diane The library may now be used ex- Community College. Maserjian. All students who are more than prepai-e students for the clusively for QUIET study. statewide convention. It taught Lily Zyskowicz. interested in singing should con- tact Miss Masei'jian whose office good techniques for group discus- Dear PJditor is in 12 Boro Hall. sion which can and will be applied This term the progi-amming de- Bartlett Riuijjers to make S.I.C.C.'s Senate a more Intra-Murals partment of S.I.C.C. did an ex- The College ROTC military so- effective legislative body. The next-to-last round of the basketball intra-murals took place ceedingly poor job of scheduling ciety, Bartlett Rangers, plans an The oix}ning address was de- on February 18, at 12:o'clock in Cromwell Center. Competing in the classes. Many students go to school active semester. Plans include livered by Dean Hoffman of Hof- tournament were the Ali Bobba's Hoopsters, Spoilers, Viking.s and from dawn till dusk four days a bivouacs and trips to military in- stra Univei'sity. He discussed types Brooklyns, playing against the Lucky 5's, Ram Chargers, Seahawks, week and have only one class the stallations or places of military in-! of false leaders and methods of Trojans, and V.G.'s Forearms i-esfjectively. fifth. Since the instructors teach teres t. i good leadership. The next morning Currently in the lead are the Luck 5's and the Spoilers; both only four days, why )nust most of A recent amendment to the B/R there was a film entitled, "Eleven posting 4-0 records. The two teams with the best i-ecords will nieet for them have the same free day? Constitution allows men who are Basic Principles of Group Discus- the championship on February 27. The contest will take place beford Even worse, many students are presently attending the college that sion." After the film students com- the regularly scheduled meeting between S.I.C.C. and Fashion Institu^ forced to take courses during the are involved or have been involved pared the techniques described at Prall Junior High School. 11 Clove Lakes Place, Staten Island. All evening session for the courses with the military other than Ai'my, with the practices of our owrn students are invited to attend the intra-mural championship and the that were closed out, or did may join the society as associate student government. Then came a last S.I.C.C. game of the season. , not fit into their program. Many members. For more details on this, role playing session, in which lead- students were anxious to take come to a meeting in room 303, at ers were presented with the prob- courses in which there were only 1300 hours on Thui'sdays. lem of trying to organize a group one or two classes. Consequently Dolphin House to discuss and take action on a classes are greatly overcrowded. issue. The problem: each member Thanks The Dolphin House began its There must be some reason why The cheerleaders would like at this time to show our appreciation "rush period" for new members on of the group, exclusive of the chair- we cannot know the names of the to the administration and the athletic department for allowing us to g« Sunday, February 21, 1965. Per- man, was acting the role of .some instructors before we register for sort of troublemaker. to Kingston and South Fallsburg on the weekend of February 12. their classes? There should be sons who are interested in becom- ing members of this House Plan That evening the movie, "Life The trip was not only enjoyable but also successful. We once mors upper classmen available for the enjoyed cheering the Dolphins to victory. assistance of incoming freshman. may attend the rush meetings on Boat" was shown. Then we dis- the next two Sundays. The Grand cussed the roles of the characters Although the basketball season is coming to an end, we invite aM By the time these students register, students and faculty to exhibit school spirit and boost our team t9 most of the courses are closed out Open House, to which all members in it. Sunday morning the accom- 1965 fame. . and eveiything is in utter con of the faculty and students will be plishments of the conference were fusion. Certainly this serious pi'ob- invited, is scheduled for Saturday evaluated. lem needs drastic action taken be- evening, March 6, 1965. Also on fore Autumn. For many of us, it the list of proposed activities for took quite a while to recuperate this .semester are: a Hawaiian Golf from this trying ex|)ericnce. party on March 20, the Foster CCNY Child Drive to begin on March 22, Alice Fuchs and Japanese Easter and Passover Parties during April. At a recent Complex IHmf Editor: Masquerade Party held at the Dol- (('()ntijui«'d from Page 1) The Freedom Schools are in I phin House, Miss Ann Merlino of i example, a mobile outdoor stage desperate need of materials. If the Dept. of Science acted as host- I will replace the stage at Levvisohn. you have any texts, stationery, ess and judge. First prize was Bleachers, likewise, can be instaled typewriters, mimeograph machines, won by Sandra Kronhaus and Peter for sports events. pens and pencils or any other use- Russo. ful articles, please l)ring them to Newly elected officers of the I Also slated for demolition is i Klappcr Hall upon which site a school in ori3er to he sent to the Dolphin House are: L. Forman, j "Commons" Building will be erect- Smith. president; P. Russo, Vice-presi- i cd. The Education Department You can bring articles to head- dent; R. Goldstein, treasurer; L. which presently occupies the build- quarters at 224 W. 4th Street, be- Gottlieb, secretary; and S. Metz- ing will move across the street for December 15, from S-ll P.M. ger and M. Weinberger, social di- The problem of the Negro is (Convent Avenue) to the High rectors. The Dolphin House, which School of Music and Art Build- •ivr not onl>- in Mississijipi but here. aims to make a social organization Do your part as a student, a citi- ing which is being vacated for available to the students of SICC, facilities at Lincoln Center. zen and a humanitarian. is located at 1113 Avenue J., in The first meeting of the Golf Team, inider the guidance of Prof. Joann Polistena Brooklyn. Although the project is a te.sti- Ferguson, took place on Thursday Feb. IS, at Cromwell Center mony to our technological age, a This year something new has been added to facilitate the training landmark will he last. Lewisohn of the golfers. Prof. Ferguson has acquired a net, which he hopes to fairs and poi'haps to join the ROTC i Stadium is a landmark in New set up at Cromwell Center. The memliers of the squad may actually Join ROTC itself. : York City, due to the events that practice their drives by hitting the Vjall into the net. By seeing how « By Stev<'n G<»I