OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Volume 37 Rochester, N. Y., April 13, 1962 No. 21 Limeliters Jam Ritter-Clark Gym; Murray, Trimble Winners Brenda Romball Named 'Miss RIT' Radiating the verve, elan and and created a lively rapport be- folksy intellectualism that have tween the performers and their In Student Council Elections become their trademark and audience. made them top attractions on The highlight of the evening today's musical scene, The Lime- was probably the saga of Holly- liters whirled into the Ritter- wood actress Vikki Dougan, Clark gym Sunday night last and whose name, among other things, treated the spirited audience of attracted considerable attention 1,100 to what may well be the not too long ago when she ap- event of the year at RIT. peared in public in a virtually In two fast-paced hours, they backless dress—as Dr. Gottlieb presented a panorama of songs put it, "a dress so low in back that ranged from the romantic that it revealed a new cleavage." quality of an Irish ballad to the The song, addressed to Miss rousing strains of John Henry. Dougan, made of her an unusual Between the halves of the pro- though in this case quite un- gram, Brenda Romball, a senior derstandable request: "Please in the School of Business Ad- turn your back on me." ministration, was crowned as Before The Limeliters sang Miss RIT of 1962. She was pre- their second Irish number of sented with a trophy cup by Bob the evening, Dr. Gottlieb pro- Jankowski, editor-in-chief of the claimed that "as a sop to the Reporter, and had a garland Israeli folk-dancers (you know placed on her head by Student how intense they can get)," he Council President Larry Albert- would re-title the song the Molly son. Malone Hora. The hora is the Jack Trickey, the Reporter's most popular of the dances of promotion manager and chairman Israel. of the Miss RIT contest, in- Yarbrough sang several solos, troduced the six candidates and including The Lass From the their escorts and then announced Low Country and When I First Brenda as the winner of the Came to This Land. Institute-wide poll. "This election is one of the Hassilev was featured in an The Limeliters, stringing to- biggest moments in my life. item about some monks who suc- gether a variegated melange of The student body's confidence in cumb to temptations of a de- tunes and ditties, still retained ACS Student Affiliates Tour me as evidenced by my election cidedly secular nature. a continuity through the mad-cap, is really gratifying. I hope to be often Rabelaisian commentary Dr. Gottlieb's portrayal of a able to prove myself worthy of interspersed throughout the pro- lecherous old man who pleads Kodak Chemistry Laboratories this confidence." gram by bassist Louis Gottlieb. with a young miss to "Have Such was the reaction of His two companions, guitarist some Madeira, m'deah!" was At a meeting on Thursday ciples of operation and uses of George Murray (Photo 3) upon greeted with enthusiastic ap- Mar. 29, the RIT Student Affili- some of the instruments to be Glenn Yarbrough and banjoist- learning Wednesday night that he plause and cheers, as was every ate Chapter of the American observed in the labs including guitarist Alex Hassilev, also had been victorious in his quest joined in on the fun. other number on the program. Chemical Society was treated to an electron microscope, infrared The crowd's response never a special tour of the chemistry meter and a gas chromatograph. for the presidency of Student As an example, Dr. Gottlieb lagged, and the trio was called research laboratories of Eastman The group of 30 students was Council. Murray received the (he has a Ph.D. in Musicology) Kodak Company. then broken down into smaller back for two encores. news at the victory party held described the ballad of the The ACS Chapter, after assem- groups for a tour of the labs Whistling Gypsy as "a song about The Limeliters, who record in the Ritskeller. For the past for RCA Victor, have three disks bling in the main lobby of the with members of the research a girl and a questionable young recreation building at Kodak year, he has been serving as man about whom little is known, currently on the market--The staff as guides. The type of work Slightly Fabulous Limeliters, To- Park, was taken by a special done in the individual labs was Council vice president. except that he could sure-as-hell bus to the building housing the night: In Person and Sing Out! explained by the personnel of Proposals expected to take ef- whistle." research labs. Their appearance here on each lab. fect during the Murray admini- Dr. Gottlieb also threw in The group was welcomed in campus was arranged by the assorted witticisms that, while the auditorium with an address The visit to Kodak was con- stration include: Students' Association. Bill Fer- having no relationship whatever by Mr. W. Van Dusen. Dr. D. cluded with a brief lecture and Re-establishment of Inter-Or- guson, chairman of the Social to the trio's musical offerings, Stewart then presented a brief demonstration in the auditorium Division, made the opening in- ganizational Council, made up nevertheless provided sparks of lecture explaining the basic prin- on color photography. humor that embellished the show troduction. of the vice-presidents of all campus groups, to serve as an Graduates Reap Newman Club Hosts evaluating and planning body; creation of a two-party political Honor Harvest Annual RAA Dinner system at RIT; initiation of a RIT students with outstanding student referendum plan on ma- scholastic records may graduate The Religious Activities Asso- jor proposals. with honors in one of three ciation dinner, conducted by New- "I'm certainly glad to see classifications: Honors, High man Club this quarter, will be student support so strongly be- Honors, or Highest Honors. held on Sunday, Apr. 15, in the hind us and I hope it will re- The requirement for graduation McComber room of the RIT main so in the future. We will with Highest Honors is a cumu- Chapel. A meal of spaghetti and sincerely try to do our best." lative grade-point average of 3.7 meat balls will begin at 6:30 p.m. This statement by Russ Trim- or over. High Honors requires A speaker is anticipated for the ble (Elec 3) reflected his feel- a minimum grade-point average event. ings on his election to the office of 3.500 and 3.250 is the minimum Tickets, at $1 per person, can of vice president of Student for Graduation with Honors. be purchased from any officer Council. The grade-point averages are of Newman Club. The two winners were cheered figured on a cumulative basis up All are invited for a treat from by the crowd in the Ritskeller, to and including the winter quar- the expert Italian chef, Gincent which gathers every year for a ter of the final year, in either Camino. victory party at which the re- the Associate or Baccalaureate sults of the contests to determine program. In the case of students will be based on five or more the new leaders of Student Coun- The Limelighters perform at Ritter-Clark Gym (David Nance) with advanced standing, the GPA quarters of work at the Institute. cil are announced. Page 2 • RIT REPORTER • April 13, 1962 A Loss of Liberty EDITORIALS Jerry Rice Gentlemen: There is a movement afoot in limit to the number of targets The Library acknowledges with the city of Rochester and else- the censors want to attack. undying gratitude the dignified where which, if successful, will Even if one were to admit Congratulations, Brenda! publicity in the current issue of cost all of us a Constitutionally that smut ought to be elimi- the Ripsnorter. guaranteed right and privilege. nated from our literature, who The staff of the Reporter would like to extend its per- As usual, fame is tinged with This movement — the anti-smut then shall decide what consti- sonal congratulations to Brenda Romball for being honored slight disappointment: it is so campaign — can conceivably des- tutes pornography? easy to misspell a name such troy or contribute to the des- Is nudity pornographic? Then as the students' choice for Miss RIT. as truction of freedom of the press we must destroy the Venus de From all of us up here in the Tower, "Congratulations!" Yours very truly, in America. Milo, Michelangelo's David, Ro- Admittedly, the intention of the din's Thinker, and works of Ru- Lucinda O'Cornwinchelle campaign has merits. There bens, Titian, Botticelli and other Applause at the Ritter-Clark... The Ripsnorter referred to our exists on the magazine racks a great artists. librarian as just "Mrs. Cornwin- great deal of "literature" whose Are illicit sexual relations of themselves pornographic? Then chelle," for which we "0"' her sole purpose is to titiliate the Sunday's performance here of the Limeliters will impressionable mind and pan- we must eliminate much of an apology. -Ed. have to go down as one of the social highlights in RIT's his- der to man's baser instincts. Ad- Shakespeare, Proust, Joyce, Sten- tory. The three gentlemen who composed the trio were well mittedly, there are certain in- dhal, Balzac, Ibsen and O'Neill dividuals — youths and adults— from our libraries. received and proved their acclaim by providing a show we who are unduly influenced by Are four-letter words harmful? can term as more than "slightly fabulous." what they read and see.