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next AL [ W J R e c k ’s week ^aw ienticut tc 00 p *— A L ’S iX c* UJ a <J. o “Lawrence-land’s Greatest Family Newspaper" c> J 13 (U Ui c* a 3 VOL. 77. NUMBER 16 LAWRENCE COLLEGE. APPLETON. WIS. Saturday, Febraury 8. 1958** Oi •'* r* i* • v> Petition Refused By ti> Ui K night, Loom er Cf o T Faculty; Referred To O VO Spark R. L. C. w o Standing Committee () (0 BY PETE NEGRONIDA Decision-Making Pointed Up As <-*■ The recent student petition concerning a pre-examin- tion reading period was denied by the faculty in its last for mal meeting of the semester just completed. “The main rea Union of Ethics And Religion son for the refusal,” stated Dean Marshall Hulbert (who presented the petition for the Committee on Administra Lawrence returned from its semester vacation this past tion), “was that there was no time to act on it.” week to be met by “Religion and Ethics,” the theme of this “The faculty does not op year’s Religion-in-Life Conference. Running from President Douglas M. Knight’s opening address pose a reading period per se,” last Monday night to the coffee-hour following the final address of he continued, “but it wanted Show Train Dr. Bernard M. Loomer on Wednesday evening, the conference en to look into it further before joyed one lively and well-attended session after another. taking action.” The reading CHRONOLOGY and Sage Halls, the fraternity period issue was turned over Ready To Go Film Classics will start its new Following Knight’s kickoff quadrangle, and the Art Center. to an already-functioning ad semester with the Best Foreign speech, the conference got into Many of these informal and per ministration committee, and Plans for the show train to Chi Film of 1955, "Two Cents' Worth high-gear with Dr. Loomer’s sonalized discussions lasted into wili be reported back in a few cago have been completed by the of Hope”, an Italian Comedy. The Convocation address on Tuesday. the early hours of Wednesday months. Sunset Players. Due to the fact film will be shown Saturday and The President entertained the morning. Hubert stressed that the issue that "Long Day’s Journey Into Sunday eveninugs at 6:30 and conference leaders at lunch, aft Following a morning devoted will be obscured for the next Night” has been scheduled to 8:30 in the Art Center. er which the afternoon spotlight to recoperating lost strength, the year by the fact that a week-end close Feb. 17, the evening’s per In order to make the showings was taken by four topic discus conference returned to action comes between the last class of formance will be MarcCl Marceau. more convenient and suitable to sions, covering ethics in the aca Wednesday afternoon with the me semester and the beginning This is the only change in the students' weekend schedules. Film demic society, in law and justice, "Ethics of Sex" topic discussion, of the examination period. “This original plans. Classics has abolished Sunday af in the world of business, and in significantly the best-attended does not, however, preclude the "My Fair Lady" is the attrac ternoon showings for the films the personal life. session of the week. possibility of a modified reading tion scheduled for the afternoon, scheduled after the spring vaca Tuesday evening saw the Uni Vesper services led by Metho period being adopted next year with dinner between shows. The tion. and scheduled instead Sat on Lounge filled for the general dist Dr. Ralph T. Alton at the or the year after.” cost of $23.80 includes the two urday night showings as well as panel discussion, moderated by All Saints Episcopal Church, and In reference lo the second part shows, the train, and dinner. Sunday nights. Some Friday night Dr. E. Graham Waring of the Loomer’s closing speech wrote (no assignments during the last Money must be in at the business showings are scheduled for films Religion department. The panel finis to the R. L. C. agenda on two days of classes), ihe Dean office by February 12. so that any prior to spring vacation. included Loomer, Dr. Carl Well Wednesday evening. stated that he had called lo the tickets not used can be returned • * * * man of Lawrence’s Philosophy * TOPICS to the theatre. department, Elmer H. Jennings Throughout its three-day life, attention of the faculty an old Interested in curling, ice that When money is paid at the of of Thilmany Pulp & Paper Co., college rule stipulating that no is! There wili be an all-college the conference placed emphasis on fice, each person will be given a and Dr. H. Shelby Lee, pastor of the seemingly paradoxical rela tests be given in the last week Bonspiel which is to be held from receipt. At the train the tickets the First Congregational Church tionship between the doctrines of before exams. The rule has been 1 until 11 p.m. on Saturday, Feb will be distributed to those going. of Appleton. the Christian faith and the mor on the books for years, but hasn't ruary 8th at the Appleton Curl The train leaves A ppleton at 7:30 After a brief respite, the con ality of ethical systems. been followed in all cases. ing Club. The competing rinks a.m. February 12. The return ference leaders took over on dor Dr. Loomer, the conference’s To say that the student peti are being led by the following: train leaves Chicago at 11:20, and mitory discussions, which were main speaker, pointed up the tion accomplished nothing is far Molserly, Rhodes, B. Ruf, Pink in the event that the show is not held in Brokaw, Ormsby, Colman, Continued on Page Five from the truth. To say, on the erton, F. Ruf, and Collins. other hand, that it achieved its out in time to be at the station * * * • purpose is premature. As of now, by that time, the train will be Ralph Marlow Line, one of the it is too early to tell. held. foremost authorities on the work of renowned arehietect Louis Henri Sullivan, will give an illus trated lecture on Sullivan and his New Faces Of ’58 pioneering in the building of sky scrapers on Sunday, February 9, at 3:00 p.m. in the Art Center. Deans Release New Probation • * • * Figures, Semester Turnover Thursday, February 13, at 6:30 p. m. the Choral Society will be BY JUDITH LARSEN gin rehearsals in the Recital Hall With the end of the semester 125 students have had ad of the Conservatory for a spe ministrative decisions on probation status. Of these, thirty- cial Lenten program. Attendance four were glad to receive a letter from the Deans indicating is required. The service will be their removal from probation. However, 14 students were given on March 23rd in the Cha put on academic probation and 10 were continued in this pel. status. Another 13 students were put on final pro and 4 were ETHICS OF SEX, last Wednesday afternoon's topic discussion, was continued. the best attended of any R. L. C. session. Pictured on the panel Also, 18 Lawrentians were advised to withdraw and two were (from the left) are Sara Steele. R. L. C. chairman; Dr. Harold dismissed from the college. At this time last year forty-four were Schneider, Anthropology department; Dr. Bernard M. Loomer, Uni removed from probation, and 157 had received probation letters J-Board Puts versity of Chicago Divinity School; Mrs. W. P. Gilbert, Biology de from the Deans. partment; and Chuck Fisher, conference co-ordinator. (Russ Dashow Fifty-one people left Lawrence Callahan. One of the new stu Photo) at semester's end this year, as dents is entering as a freshman - Freshman On compared to a turnover of 38 Tom Fairchild, and 4 are trans last year. Of these, seven were fers from other schools: Jane mid-year graduates, and seven Baker, Fond du Lac; Heidi Welt- Social Pro Freshman Studies left to get married. Twelve left mer, Milwaukee; Karla Struck because of academic difficulties, Thiensville; and Sue Ringrose The Judicial Board met last 10 for health reasons, 6 on ac M enom inie. M onday to consider the case of a count of financial reasons, Last year Law rentians had 20 Lawrence freshman who was Divides Into New transferred to other schools, and new students at the mid-year to arrested by the Appleton Police 2 were suspended. get acquainted with compared on Thursday, Ja n u a ry 30, on a Altogether, there were 26 men with 10 this year. charge of disorderly conduct. In the last analysis, these fi Experimental Groups and 25 women leaving. In the Due to the fact that the student freshman class, 13 men and 4 gures show that about the same was a first offender as well as a A NEW SYSTEM OF DIVIDED continued, “will place the stu women left, 5 and 12 in the sop number of students received pro freshman, he was allowed to re CLASSES has been adopted on dents in a class-situation which homore class, 2 and 8 in the bation action, but more students main in school. He was placed on an experimental basis by the will enable them to go more deep junior class and 6 and 1 in the transferred and there was a de social probation, however, and Freshman Studies staff, and it ly than usual into the material senior class respectively. crease in the number coming to will be unable to become a greek went into effect last week.