Who Goes Here? Fractured? Depressed?
ARE ENCOURAGED TO AT- THE FRESHMAN CLASS TEND AS THE EVENT MARKS tOUNCIL HAS SCHEDULED AN ONE STEP FURTHER TOWARDS OPEN HOUSE FROM 8:30-11 PM DORM DATING, DATES ARE SDNDAV, MAY 5. FRESHMEN NOT NECESSARY.
Vol. XCII No. 23 THE ALLEGHENY COLLEGE CAMPUS May 2, 19S6 Who Goes Fractured? Depressed? A freshman fractures Ms leg Dickinson and few other colleges. will serve as chairman. Since and is rushed to the hospital. Now, most colleges have some it is assumed that these men Here? A depressed student is encour- student- staffed program of this may be fairly well known to the aged to seek the help necessary kind, with varying degrees of student body, background infor- Mr. Victor Zack, Director of to develop more self confidence. training. A number of Alle- mation is furnished briefly for Admissions, explained the ad- A high school gang is gotten gheny's graduates have received only the new student counselors, missions procedure here to a out of the college's dormitories, helpful stipends from universi- listed below. large group of interested faculty A destructive student is led to ties such as Cornell, Yale, Col- Only one new counselor could and students at Wednesday's face himself and to take respon- gate, Purdue, and Indiana for be selected for every four men Chapel in Carr Hall. sibility for property damage. A using their experience in univer- who applied. These new coun- Mr. Zack began by distribu- freshman rejected by a frater- sity residence work. In all col- selors, chosen by the current ting samples of the material nity is encouraged to realize leges, freshman year marks the group, are: William Barr, a the Admissions Committee has that there are other outlets for greatest attrition. But through Junior from Betliesda, Md., ma- lor each applicant. This con- his capacities. These and other trained upperclassmen, such as joring in Math; Michael Bender, sisted of general information on situations daily call upon the the student counselors, Alle- a Junior, from Erie, Pa., ma- fourteen nameless students cho- resourcefulness of the student gheny devotes special attention joring in Math; Steven Benson, sen from last year's freshman counselors. toward freshmen's hitting their a Junior, from Warren, Pa., class, plus specific information Every year, without fanfare, strides. majoring in Math; Paul Bielo- tour from this group. He this .group aims at assisting The twelve old counselors who wicz, a Junior, from Auburn, then elaborated on the activi- freshmen to develop their own will be continuing next year are: N.Y., majoring in Political Sci- ties of the committee with this resources constructively, so as John Aldrich, Bob Appleyard, ence; Steven Boaz, a Junior, material. to become more educated, self- John Bogniard, Jim Bradley, Jim from Orange, Ohio, major un- Each applicant's folder is read directing persons. Fullerton, Steve Groff, John Gun- decided; Gregory Brown, a Jun- three times before a decision The Allegheny student coun- selman, Chuck Henderson, Ron is reached. The first reading seling program began in 1952 Jones, Bob Stephens, Jim Stover, FRACTURED Is for a non-academic evalua- and was followed, in part, by and Pete Tesche. Jim Stover continued, page 4 tion (hobbies, extra-curricular activities, awards and honors WHO continued, page 4
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Social Events Chairman wherever you are, pick ELECTIONS '68 * there with him, talking to him •k-k-k RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE irfrk as I would any one of iry friends up a telephone. or having him buy me lunch, It is something very hard for Govenor Nelson A. Rocke- in this project. He will be ex- It was all true and it was hap- me to believe, and sometimes feller's proposal for a massive pected to comment on the items pe.iing to me. I took pictures I question the circumstances of ten-year, 150 billion dollar ur- in his program which are in with him, and took pictures of the entire affair - but it is ban construction program "to accord with the aims of the him at work. He was magnificant true. I do not think twice about save and rebuild the cities of Reverend Ralph F. Abernathy, to watch, let alone stimulating picking up a telephone, dialing a our nation," will be a major successor to the late Reverend to listen to. number, and speaking to Bill topic of discussion when the New Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as I suppose that if it weren't Cosby - to the 'Wonderfulness' York Republican appears as the president of the Southern Chris- for his secretary, Mariette BUtr, of his entire self. guest on the ABC News radio tian Leadership Conference, to all of these things would never paul ross program, "Issues and Answers" aid the nation's poor, and to spur have taken place. She took naive Sunday. Mav 5- Tnte program anti-poverty legislation ill Con- little me under her wings, and Man's Child will be heard on WARC from gress. did everything in her power to 9:35 to 10:00 P.M. next Sunday. This "Issues and Answers" bring me enjoyment. As a matter I fear, in many ways, the age is part of the ABC News' series of fact, she even took me home we are approaching. It is an Interviewed by ABC news cor- "Race to the White House." For to her house for dinner, where age filled with uncertainty, and respondent Lou Cioffi and ABC all the up-to-the-minute reports we discussed her boss, and read though that itself is not bad, News Urban Affairs Correspon- during this election year, keep many letters that had beea seat it cannot help but give the con- dent Jim Burnes, Governor tuned to the American Infor- to him, regarding his work. cerned some sense of apprehen- Rockefeller will be asked to ex- mation Radio Network, for five She confirmed my beliefs, and sion. No longer is man free plain what "wide range of In- minutes of the latest news on the gave me greater insight into this to determine his own destiny, centives" he would use to at- hour, every hour, on WARC, man. Mariette is quite a gal; but to a large extent, he has tract private capital to invest Meadville, Pa., 90.3 FM. always on the go, doing about fallen victim to his own cre- ten things at once, yet doing each ation-the machine, Everyone expertly. naturally suspects and fears that I left these people in which they do not understand, California, and weat home. After be that in their fellow man, little attention to man's "sin- I had been home for three days, or In man's environment. Yet cerity" and his concepts of good I received a letter from them the highest product of man's and evil. The large metal boxes saying that they were looking for ingenuity, his child the machine, filled with streams of jumbled me, and that they had wanted to may in fact, be that which wires and beaming lights care take me out for a farewell lunch. hurls the last shovelful of dirt little for existentialism, human I was amazed. Amazed at the over man's long decaying mind, suffering, and God. It continues thought that these two people The machine, whose mother Is though, to produce a rash of state- were thinking about me.- Who bolts and wires, and whose father ments tnat are suoject only to was I? I was not at all important, is man, is the offspring of a the morality which man has in- jected as information. While just a common, ordinary, every- peculiar age— when everything old is being torn down and re- man supplies the biased infor- day person. Maybe that was mation, the machine calmly the reason. placed by something rather fog- gy. utters its newest decision, and I hurt my back playing base- with man's help, proceeds to cor- ball here at Allegheny, and he Man will never reach the level rect the mistakes it has made. and his secretary sent me of his machine-not now or ever flowers; he invited my brother again. His machine is running The Innocent machine suffers and I to his hotel suite to meet so far ahead of him, without not in the error of simple arith- , his parents; he sent me record philosophy or morals, that it metic, but In the confusing mor- ality of man. Therefore, if the albums; his secretary arranged is questionable whether man will ever match the accuracy, least machine is granted the ability for me to have a job working to act and react at fantastic with him - any young man's of all the speed with which his machine operates. speeds, while storing countless most glorious dream; he enter- volumes of information, can it tained my parents when they In many ways, chough, the not then create its own thought recently visited Las Vagas; he machine is more fortunate than process, using man's mechanics gave me alvlce for Dental School. frail humans. While man sits and materials as a base, and It all started innocently with a by and ponders his fate and the inevitably produce its own mora- picture I drew of him, and has fate of his machine, his product lity? blossomed into a friendship,, without hesitation, quickly types A.S.G, is a powerful organ- out its new orders, and pays Citizens shriek at the thought of the centralized computers used for census and tax pur- editor: suzi kindervatter composition: steve smith, greg poses, and indeed, their fear managing editor: bill mckay smith, Jackie knobloch, judy gal- is not based on the "Big Broth- news editor: les ziskind lagher, linda higgens, cindy sher- er" concept alone. It is, rather, feature editor: ann greenwald rie, chris hobbie, ruth irwin a time for concern when the sports editor: tyler rich cathy artis, peg darragh, billie machine, by either the juris- advertising: dick jeltsch mccoy, cris dingle, happy kin- diction granted it by man or that composition: bill schmidt ney, carol sleight, karen wal- which it assumes itself, eval- karen patterson ker, carol weber, julie klaas, uates all information available, bev holland phylis north, denny siple, cam and produces a list of poten- publication: Jed miller ayres, nancy jones, betsy tribe, tially unfit or dangerous mem- photography: henry narducci carol estriah, Hnda beresik, bob bers of society, The information news, features, sports: kris plyler, sally leska, louise bur- IS available , and while it is grapes, sharyn lenhart, barb bu- rell, kathie krumm, dawn vroo- entirely within the grasp of a tala, al kramer, linda hayes, man, kris kabatpaldawson, cathy machine to project probable paul gleason, pete tesche, linda osterwise profits for large corporations, sims, jim cowden, barb riley, by four giant walls, and a stee. circulation: jack marshall, ralph so therefore, why is it not cap- covering. Man's labor-saving lyn tepel, nancy pickerel, karen olson, bob mcmillan, linda bere- able of diagnosing a source of schreiber, phil langdon, al osch- device may, in fact, be that sik, linda higgens, frank palen conflict within society and those which predicts the time of his enbein, sue fry, karin arenzten, behind it? pam hardy, chris hobbie, jon publishing: bill weiland, jim he- death, orders his coffin, and Sherman, dick boston, bill win- witt, jim teryy, bill romanyshyn, While man swelters in the heat regulates the payments so that gert, dale radcliffe, stew hill, jim cowden, lyn sandel, cam of the midday sun, his invention all funeral expenses are paid by linda beresik, lennie Sylvester ayres. basks in air-conditioned luxury, the appointed day. transportation: steve folcher in a noisy solitude surrounded _b. francis r THE ALLEGHENY COLLEGE CAMPUS May 2, 1968 "Brook's Girls"
When the twenty freshmen trips became particularly girls living in Brooks attended hazardous when snow was on the fraternity teas at the begin- the ground and sei/aral 'high- ning of the year, the inevitable spirited* freshmen guys used us Correction: Deadline for sum- The Annual Charity Ball, spon- question was, 'Well, how do you for target practice. mer school for Alleghenians is sored by the Ladies Advisory like living in Brooks?' None The second complaint I have not May 3. Students may pre- Committee and the Hospital Aux- of us really knew. People told is a very important one. There register during May or register iliary of Meadville City Hospital, is of many advantages and others seems to be a lack of unity or on June 17 for the first session will be held at the Beach Club told us of disadvantages. For feeling between the freshmen and July 22 for the second. and Cafeteria, Conneaut Lake quite a while the Brook's fresh- girls in South and in Brooks. Park on May 25, 1968. Two or- men couldn't decide. As a matter of fact, the twenty chestras have been engaged, Now I think we can say that of us in Brooks, until recently, In recognition of Mother's Day, Chuck Hornstein and Barney tiere are both good points and knew very few of the girls at CARE'S Pittsburgh Office has McGlade. Dancing will be from iad ones. Some of the good South. Time has helped the launched a special Mother's Day nine to one with dress optional. ones are that all the action takes situation but it is still not solved. campaign to send packages to The Theme will be "Up and place at Brooks; sororities, run- On the whole, I think that homeless, hungry children over- Away Ball." The proceeds from outs, serenades, etc... Also, the 'Brook's girls' are quite seas. this dance will be used toward It's been very nice because we've content and enjoy living where Contributions of $1.00 or more, "The Building Fund," Tickets jotten to know a lot of upper- we do. For most of us, the together with your mother's may be obtained at both Wirt class girls. Living with them advantages far outweigh the dis- name and address, should be Drugstores, Jack's Pharmacy lias given us a'more objective advantages and though we sent to CARE, Kauimann's, Hunter News, The House of view of college experience that complain, we're satisfied. Pittsburgh, pa. 15219. CARE will Music, the information desk at extends far beyond our fresh- -debbi thornton send a special announcement the Hospital and at the door. man year. There are always card to your mother, and a people to whom we can turn 27-pound food package will be advice, people with more Redecoration sent to a needy child. experience in this way of life Last Saturday members of the In order that the cards will Wanted; workers for College nan we have yet gained. Don H. Blyth Squadron of the arrive in time for Mother's Day, Union Desk, two hours in the When Rush week rolled around Arnold Air Society redecorated all orders should be in by May 6. mornings. Contact Nik Tressler not only knew an awful lot the Cadet Lounge of the Detach- or leave name and phone and of the sorority women, but had ment Headquarters in Bentley available time at C=U.. Desk. satisfactory knowledge of what Hall. " Look ahead to the 25th of May!" sororities do and the amount of The cadets installed wood There will be a Bousson over- lime spent working for them, panelling on portions of the walls night with Grove City on Satur- Academically too, living with and painted other sections, day, May 25th. All are welcome, art ipperclass women has proven Much time is spent by Corps Sunday afternoon: all-college 0 be an advantage Tiiere aa»'o members in the lounge doing picnic. Sign-up in the CU by ways been kids around who work for the Corps and for ROTC May 20th. Activities will be Supplies id taken certain courses and courses. The lounge contains softball, volleyball, hiking, easels, brushes, sketch pads, iiew the professors. the detachment library along with fishing, etc. On the negative side there oil colors, acrylic colors, pas- the Corps files. tels, water colors, complete ire only two arguements. The line of accessories. •rst, and not a very important is that meals are in South DANIEL'S FRAME when the weather is poor JACK'S AND ART SHOP 1 is inconvenient to have to 958 Market St 337-6241 'rave monsoons or wear boots meals in mid-April. The DRUGS Store Hours: Daily 8 ajn. to 10 p.m. STAMP IT! Sundays — Hour* 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. IT'S THE RAGE REGULAR COL MODEL 285 Chestnut Street Ph. 336-1113 ANY S 3 LINE TEXT tm n» fimrt INDESTRUCTIBLE METAL LEGE POCKET RUBBER STAMP. >/4" x 2". »nd. check or money order. Be <»re to include your Zip Code. No K*t»ge or handling charged. Add Wles tax. Pr°mpt shipment. SatMactlofiGuarantecd GIRLS THE MOPP CO. *• 0. B