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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Campus Archives University of Maine Publications Fall 10-14-1948 Maine Campus October 14 1948 Maine Campus Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus Repository Citation Staff, Maine Campus, "Maine Campus October 14 1948" (1948). Maine Campus Archives. 2819. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainecampus/2819 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Campus Archives by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1,11,r , 1918 nbers eting erested students meeting of the THE MAINE CAMPUS inday evening, upstairs MCA Published Weekly by the Students of the University of Maine Vol. L Z 265 ()rotto, Maine. October ii, 1918 Number -1 Page Ore) Committees Hell Week day, a complete with Mr. Bruce Bar hours. It's Named By Abolished By ill remain open rdays excluded, hours Sunday Senate Fraternity Plan School Holiday Alpha Gamma Rho For mrve Bank November 6 'Adopts Greek Week At its second meeting of the year Dispelling the common belief that Tuesday night, the General Senate Hell Week is a hard tradition to up- began plans for having a school holiday root, members of Alpha Gamma Rho on the day of the Bowdoin game, have decided to abolish Hell Week in 1 named members to seven committees, favor of Greek Week. voted to change the hours of the Snack vomen will Carl H. Estes, fraternity president, Bar in Carnegie Hall. and heard a re- ianking in- pointed out this week that the national port from Ralph Barnett on a recent fraternity favors a constructive pro- 1 and help- joint meeting of the student govern- gram of pledge-training, which elimi- progress. ment of the four Maine Colleges. .eflected by nates Hell Week with its fagging. An official request must be t, which sub- paddling and hazing. is mitted to the Administration concern- Estes declared that his fraternity !stablishing ing the holiday, but on the basis of past has found that discipline and unity can g• years this is considered only a for- be easily maintained without the in- mality. It was revealed that a special formal initiation of Hell train to Brunswick for the game can- Week. He pointed out that a member not be obtained unless a sufficiently who gets out of line immediately "sees the large group is certain to use it. Tickets light" when he realizes that the house for the trip will be put on sale as soon is united against him. any as possible, and special buses will be Disciplinary provided if enough tickets are not sold —Newhall Photo measures of this kind, he asserted, have to insure a special train. Senior Residents—Left to right: Priscilla Thomas, Miriam Kochakian. Lois Nicholson, Doris Vollmer, Julia Shores. been more effective, lasuisass Cur- because, unlike the results of Hell - Snack Bar Schedule Week, grudges are not doubled, but It was decided that the hours for forgotten. the Snack Bar in Carnegie Hall will Dr. Friedrich Miss Betty Reid Estes said that upperclass members be changed as follows: Monday-Fri- 'Frosh Lassies of Alpha Gamma Rho did not cling to day, 8 a.m. to 10:15 p.m.; Saturday, Will Address the belief that new pledges should 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 9 to 11 a.m. Mothered By Of Vet's Office undergo the same treatment that they and 7 to 10:15 p.m. Assembly Convalescing had received. Instead, they arrived at James McBrady, chairman of the 'Big Sisters' the unanimous conclusion that Hell committee on the cheering contest, an- Carl Friedrich, a member of Week caused Dr. J. Freshman girls Miss Betty Reid, secretary of the more trouble and adverse nounced that the deadline for entry here at the Uni- the faculty of the Graduate School of Veterans' Education publicity than it was worth. in the contest will be noon Saturday. versity of Maine, unfamiliar with the Office, is re- Public Administration at Harvard All applications should be addressed campus, its traditions, and mysteries, ported to be recovering very rapidly since 1938, will be the speaker at an to the "Cheering Committee," 00 will once again have the opportunity from an appendectomy which she un- Hauck Attends Office of the Dean of assembly on Friday morning, October Men. to take their troubles, problems, and derwent a week ago yesterday at the 22. New Vice President questions to their "big sisters," the Eastern Maine General Hospital. Dr. Friedrich, who was born in Installation James Elliot was elected vice-presi- Senior No attempt has been made to fill Leipzig, Germany, came to the United Residents. dent of the Senate to replace William the gap left by President Arthur A. Hauck attended 1922. He attended the univer- The Residents are in good scholastic Miss Reid's absence, Hopkins who resigned because of States in the formal installation of Dwight D. Frankfurt, and Vi- standing and have been leaders in ex- but Lloyd Pike, training officer of the pressure from other duties. sities of Marburg, Eisenhower as thirteenth President of enna and received his Ph.D. from tracurricular activities. They are a con- Veterans' Administration, has stated Columbia The students named to the various University yesterday. Heidelberg in 1925. Harvard gave him tact between the Dean of Women and that he will spend more The committees, subject to each individual's time on cam- installation ceremony, the first A.M. degree in 1941. Freshman women. They live with the an honorary pus in an effort to handle the of its kind at Columbia since Nicholas acceptance of the appointment, are as Freshmen and act as advisers in help- regular During 1943-46 Dr. Friedrich was Murray Butler was installed in 1902. follows: ing to introduce the girls to college flow of veterans' business carried on director of the School of Overseas Ad- was attended by presidents and repre- Citizenship Committee: James El- life. by the office. ministration. He was governmental sentatives of 310 American and 34 liott, chairman; Charles Libby, Joseph adviser to the Office of Military Gov- The Senior Residents this year are Miss Reid, who received a B.A. foreign colleges and universities. Murray, Anna Onge, Jr., St. Janice ernment during 1946 and 1947. Doris Vollmer and Priscilla Thomas degree in psychology from the Uni- Crane. in East versity Dr. Friedrich is the author of sev- Hall; Lois Nicholson and in 1941, has been connected Good Will Chest Committee: A.1- Miriam Kochakian in West with the Veterans' Editorial Board eral books on politics and administra- Hall; and Education staff thony Papadopoulos, Clair Chamber- Julia Shores in the Elms. itice latest being a work entitled 1945. lain, Roger Sullivan, Valerie Estey, tion, the To Direct Needle "American Experiences in Military Arthur Clark, Emily Smaha, Roberta Government in World War II," pub- The Pine Needle, Maine's quarterly Johnson, Anna St. Onge, Joan Lind- lished in 1947. magazine, has announced a new edi- gren. [—Let's End Hell Week torial policy for the coming year. Assembly Committee: Margaret Under the new plan Richard Sprague, Hanks, Barbara Richardson, Evan Students Seek Jobs The issue has again come up, and now is the time to expound Samuel Jones. and Ray Cudahy will Johnson, Robert Campana. thoroughly the subject of Hell NVeek versus Greek Week and attempt act as an editorial board, considering Publications Committee: Martha To Balance Budgets all policies an examination of all that is involved. collectively. Coles, Patricia Simmons, Lawrence While making Applications for work received at this switch, the Pine Jenness, Donald Spiller. Now that Alpha Gamma Rho has set the pace by officially Needle has added a the University's Placement Bureau in- nonfiction depart- Social Affairs Committee: Alan abolishing Hell Week with a unanimous vote, the time seems right ment which will carry in its first issue. dicate that many students are having Mersky, William Creighton, Kathleen for a full discussion of that adolescent tradition. October 25, "Report on the Student Kennedy, Robert some difficulty in making both ends Gascoigne, Jean Cun- Fraternity pranks originating from Hell Week Committees have Senate," "How Do You Rate Prof.," ningham, Nancy Hyde. meet. received a lot adverse and other articles. NSA Committee: Martin Fehlan, The Placement Bureau reports that of publicity and have caused many complaints Ungurd Fehlan, Burt DeFrees, Fred students are looking for part-time work from various quarters. These shellback pranks, harmlessly started, at manual labor, baby-sitting, house- have Libby, Dwight Demerritt, William become a nuisance and a problem because of the possibility of The Campus '7 eishes to thank Powers, Joanne Josselyn, Eva Burgess, work, painting, carpentry, gardening, harm and injury, not only to participants, but to nonparticipants 1, its readers for the many cons- I George Brountas, Richard Leclair, office work and typing, and putting on as well. Himents on last tueek's story storm windows. Charlotte Alex, Margaret Mollison, It was resolved at the National Interfraternity about Martin Hagopian. Don Grace Murray, Virginia Kennedy. Conference in i The Bureau has also received many 1946, that : Gross, who wrote the story, will Student Union Building Plans applcations from students' wives seek- be spotted in the Campus "With the earnest conviction that the with Committee: Willard Nisbet, Jr., Don- ing full-time employment, and urges national fraternity system more feature stories in the weeks ald Spil ler, Robert Capers, Mark anyone interested in employing these offers a valuable contribution to the campuses of America, the Con- to route.