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Connecticut Daily Campus Sewing Storrs Since 1896 VOL. CXVl, NO. 60 STORKS. CONNECTICUT THURSDAY. DECLMKEK 13, 1962 Yale Paper Prints NY Times Articles The Yale Daily News read like a miniature edition >f the New York Times yesterday. The 12-page tabloid size paper carried Times editorials and .stories by Times byliners. A spokesman for the campus daily said the News would continue to publish Times copy as long as the newspaper strike in New York City continues or until the News discon- tinues publication itself next week for lite Christmas vacation. The Yale newspaper said that it heard that the New York Times was making i11> copy available to the news and possibly other college newspapers in the New York area. A spokesman said that upon hearing this the News decided to take the initiative and accept the offer. Although the paper is printing Times material, it has not discontinued its policy of printing local news. Helps Out The spokesman for the pa- UCONN PUP BAM): Sixteen men and The group plays at home basketball Raines to Provost Waugh per said that many of the two women makes ii|> this voluntary student or- promote spirit and loyalty. (Campus Photo) ganization which was started four years ago. Yale men have subscriptions States Reasons to the Times, and the News took this project lip to help Uconn's Voluntary Pep Band For Return Date them out during the strike. Mr. Albert E. Waugh, Provost! He said that very few sub- of Uconn, stated yesterday that scribe to the local papers, and the schools present policy ot ; lh.|t most are ..quite happy openning school on Jan. 2. thus Helps Promote Viewers Spirit forcing students to return on with the idea. New Year's Day. is a result of a Stunt "If anyone wants to see what real school sp irit is. sit in our corner." These are the words of Student Senate petition a few years ago. At that time it was About 1,000 copies of Mon- one of Uconn's most active and enterprising organi zations-the pep band. Started four years ago by Ted day's Yale newspaper were Gannutz of Sousa House, present leader, it plays at all home basketball games, providing mostly music tlie policy to keep the university in Dixieland and march strains. The eighteen member band, composed of sixteen men and two women, open until a few days before distributed at ('.rand Central was initiated as a student voluntary organization and remains so. Members are chosen on the basis Christmas. However, the student and in Wall Street. The dis- body protested and asked to be tribution was described KB a of musical ability, school loyalty and spirit, and desire. released at an earlier date. After vacation these enthusias- stunt, and a Yale spokesman and University Agrees said that presently they were •f T y. Y O a 1 i '■'' energetic musicians will The University agreed to the be sporting new blazers, pur- students' wishes and moved the not sure if other editions Uconn Fre-Law Students chased with the proceeds from vacation date back to include a would be sent to New York. j three band-sponsored dances last full week before the holiday. This The circulation of the News basketball seaason. This vear the action forced the school to 0|>eii is about 3.200 and the spokes- Attend Forum In Boston band has expanded its repertoire shortly after New Year's because man said that the circulation considerably with some new jazz' of the 17H day limit imposed on would not be increased l>e- On Saturday. Decembers, the gested that a special law teaohei numbers SUch as ..Mapk> Leaf the vacation period. "We have Prelaw club at the University serve as a counselor to the pre* I Rag," "HlgS Society," and "The I the shortest number of school eause of the project. of onnecticut attended a Prc-law law students when applying to. Wolverine Blues." and is now days possible for an accredited Forum at Boston College. Some law schools. Under the present I planning to sponsor another post- 'school," Mr. Waugh commented. one hundred and thirt>-five dele- counselor system, the i ! game dance soon. This situation will occur, the Prom Chairman gates, representing over forty col- The most important goal of the Provost went on further to ex- Interviews lor Chairman ol Icges and universities, attended preferred to work Those students pep band is to generate excite- plain, only in the years when the Avatar Fiat will he liehi Intending to do graduate work in ment and spirit in the Uconn school o|>cns on Sept. 17 or Sept. the week of January 7-11. All this forum. the counselor's respective field, ••Win. should Attend" rooters, while enjoyment is a sec- 23 which is. on the average, twice interested Juniors are request- not with pre-law students. ondary factor. Band members are every seven years. ed to leave their mimes. cam Many programs and discussions Concluding Mr. William Bruce endowed with a great deal of Mr. Waugh also said that stu- |Mis addresses, and telephone of concern to pre-law students enumerated the opportunities for talent enhanced by great interest, dents who don't wish to i"eturn lawyers. According to Mr. Bruce, numbers at the III B control w ere h e I d. To initiate the pro- which encourages rtiem to try to on New Year's Day. may wait desk. gram, Mr. Frank Waiver gave a a great demand exists (Or law- bring out similar qualities in the and try to return early on Jan. 2. dissertation on "Who Should At- yers. It seems that there is only tend Law School?" He stated that a slight increase in the number in asking yourself about attend- of graduate law students from ing law school, the prOOSSS of self- twenty years ago. compared with selection is best for judging suit- a large increase in population. He ability. Among the criteria used also commented that the starting in the self-selection process, he salaries of lawyers was high, commented on intelligence, per- citing that in New "York, a min- sonality, and personal objectives imum salary of $9000 yearly is as necessary lor the law student. paid to lawyers after the first fif- Foremost. Mr. Waiver stressed teen months o f employment. the intellectual skills, especially "But," he acknowledged, "law- those involving linguistic arrange- yers tend to be rugged individual- ments, vocabulary, and the impel- ists About 10'< of the lawyers ling desire to express oneself practicing law were by them- creatively and meaningfully. He seleves." also mentioned that the ability to Wbrldng Op|>ortuiiities evaluate in terms of abstraction, fact, personalities, and environ- Mr. Bruce related that the working opportunities for the ments was a necessary prere- Federal government were almost quisite for the aspiring lawyer. inexhaustable. Giving just some Fault Or liberal Art* examples, he cited tlte need for I Mr. Thaddeus Seymour from lawyers in the Atomic Energy Dartmouth College discussed Commission, the Department of what he considered to be a basic Agriculture, the Air Force, and fault inherent in the Liberal Arts the Department of Justice. He program for the pre-law student also emphasized that only those at the undergraduate level. He students with the highest grades asserted that ideally the Liberal could hope to become law teach- Arts program is supposed to pio- are. vide a wide anil varied contact As the culmination of llie pio- witii many subjects for the stu- gram.. a Moot Court was held. dent. But, the pre-law student Is Law students from Boston Col- caught In the dilemma of speoial lege were the dei ndants and Wedmtsdiiy tlv I nivrrsity t horns and singing of "Bach Magnificat." Ike I *>(l Vol.»» ization, which has filtered today, Holy Cross students were ins Choral (iroiip added a.-i liaruioniiis note lo the Ohoraa oflered "Out of the Cradle' and four even Into the Liberal Arts School. prosecution in an exciting murder Christmas festivities at I conn. The highlight of Slovak SMIgS and other selections (Cammu As a remedy, Mr. Seymour BUg- trial. Uie concert vv.us UV Community Choral Society Fuoto— Scaletcber) PAGE TWO CONNECTICUT DATLY CAMPUS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, W62 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: Council meetings or Senate meetings. Connecticut "Who needs student government? What Very rarely do they ask questions or bring another election! I'm not going to vote up ideas to their student senators. There again." The whole thing's a farce. The maybe some who do this but this number re-election is the best thing that ever hap- is very small and is also very disappoint- pened to student government." So went the ing. People point to the fact there is noth- Daily Campus comments following the announcement ing wrong with this attitude because the last week of the decision by the Student same disinterest exists on the national and Senate to have a re-election of the class state level. But we cannot compare our officers. I for one agree that the Senate government and elections to those. We are was right in chosing this course of action. a segment of the population which has I would not want to hold any office when more education, the awareness of the the slightest doubt existed that any dis- many problems which face us, and a erepencies had taken place in voting pro- chance to do something about it Therefore THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1962 cedures, either working for me or against our student government should be a lot me.