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Happy Valentine's Day February 14 Finallv Long Awaited Rathskellar Opens Today at noon, a new told that the Bryant College offer sandwiches and other phase of Bryant's growth community that arc over 21 food for sale. He stated that will begin. OUf Ralhskellar years old or their 21 year the goals of the RathskelJar will open for student use. It old and over guest.<;. The will be to make a small is another step in the restricting of younger profit and still keep the increasing amount of students is not done for prices reasonable for the freedom and responsibilit.y selfish reason, but done in students. that the students of Bryant accordance ode As things stand now. the are assuming. Island • \\' that Kuvem hours for the Rathskel The Over 21 Club, as it is s lln/o! of all'ohollC' \\ be Oe)(ible, de~ din..: called is to be managed and beV("f3~W" on lh demand d usag~ controlled by ARA. th Budwieser and lo'a1stat1 that it ~E" fat e fir,;l fto" wl'1·k~ ThiS eo·k. same company that runs 0 r will be available on Lap for however. The RathskeUar as seen In It. atioll all John M"\\'T}' cafeteria and snack bar. e 20 cents a glass or $1.25 for it Will lx' opened a<; Collows: Road. actual, day to day working a 60 oz. pitchfi'r. Potato Sunday throulZh Thursday of the club will be done by chips and pretzels will be 4,00 p.m. 11,00 p.m. the Servitium Club. In offere<! for sale also. ~tr. Campus Committee discussing policy witl) Mr. Babbitt stated that in the Friday and Saturday Peter Babbitt, of ARA I was future he hopes to l:X' able to Noon 'till :00 a.m. Makes Ponds Saf e The Campus Utilization placed around pond A Coll ege Officials Give Mayor Th e Chair Committee ha.... made a and 's expected around pond Dr. Harry F. Ev Wednesday to prE'sent affection and estet>m in recommendation whlCh h8!l B ortly. The senate has President, and Dr. Jo ph Mayor John A. Cummings which th(> Mayor is ht>ld been passed by the V iCE> hased shovels and H. Hagan, Vice President with a Bryant College hy the Bryant aJumni. President oC Student Affalr~ ms for cl eaning snow for Public Affairs at Alumni Chair for his Mayor Cummings was and the President of thp of the ice. Students who Bryant College, visited the office. This presentation graduated from Bryant Col1e~p. for spec1floo use of w to do this may pick up the ponds. Reflecting pond implements from the Woonsocket City Hall, was made ti a mark of the Continued on p~ 6 A (closest to the donmt(Jf! I\.' R.A. on the first floor of compln) 15 to be USC' for Oorm 7. Students must sign Homecoming Queen Cree .kating only. Reflecting or the tools and return pond B 15 10 be wed for them to Dorm 7 when they hockey only The ..-qUilt are finished. The was made after ccmpliull maintenence department tJy studE-nta and..t a f y and Dean Kurtz are working prPCAut!on. on the problem of fl ooding It. should al~(1 bt, ot.oo the ice and should begin as that tem porary II ng has soon as the ice is clear. Vfl~ nfine's DflY From Lupercfl/ifl custom of sending year. ",,,".ntines" or love The Roman festival of tokens usually the LupercaJia came on anonymous, to one's February 15, and it was a beloved "valentine" had time of considerable most probably only an license when young men accidental connection clad in goatskins ran with St. Valentine and through Rome striking owed its origin rather to women with thongs of the conventional medievaJ goatskin-and thus (lhe belief. held generally in belief was) making the England and France. that women capable of bearing it was at the start of the children. There is little second fortnight of the but the dale to connect second month that the the Lupercalia with our birds began to mate. modern Valentine's Day. T he o r igin oC the The custom oC sending observance of this day is valentines to the favorite a ltogether uncertain. developed. These were Equally vague are the originally simple. When circumstances that led to the post offices were its connection with St. established and postal Valeniine. Among the rales were reduced the many interesting folk mail was crowded with customs of medieval the sweet messages every France and England was a year. The stores offered gathering of the young them in various designs people on St. Valentine's and at various prices. eve. Names were drawn Comic valentines, some of b y chance from a which were coarse and receptacle, the person vulgar, cou l d be whose name was on a slip purchased for a cent. In becoming the " valentine" the early part of the photo by Kennet h Kopper l o r sweetheart of the 01 p. ( r I.h.,. An.lt , 'nl1 " ; unedoPe Page 2 THE ARCHWAY February 11, 1972 , VIEWPOINT Editorial How Far Have We Come Yearly Maintenance Review Since Providence? It seems that every year at this time the ARCHWAY launches another By Richard S. Woolf attack on the Maintenance Department, and, although we do not wish to be As a prime result of our move to Smithfield, the Bryant repetitive, occurrances over the last fe w weeks have pointed out that it is time for some "constructive criticism". Coll ege community has been catapulted into an ultra· modem environment utilizing several phases of Two weeks ago damage was done to Block A of the Unistructure by water from heating coils on the roof. We do not blame Maintenance solely for the advanced technology. The architecture is hailed as an damage which they had no control over (we must congratulate them on rhis engineering feat. The heating, air-conditioning system is thought to be the best in cli mate control. one speedy dean-up operation), however it was learned that the alarm control pa nel ill their office was turned off and the incident may not have However, at the beginning of this second semester on been as bad if it were o n and the malfunction of the heating coils co r ­ the Tupper Campus. it would be wise to devote a moment rected promptly. or two to reflecting on the past events which have brought Next comes the consideration of the sidewalks after the last two snow us to our lofty position in the college community. storms. It's great seeing the Jeeps with plow attachments out cleaning early in the morning, but nothing was done about what the plows left behind until Contrary to popular belief. we have not escaped the numerous complaints were lodged and even then, a thorough sanding job ugly spector of vandalism. It has reared its unsightly face wasn 't accomplished. It was evident that since sand was being blown away in more than once this past semester. Domitories which are the high winds that some faster acting product should have been used - like open twenty-four hours a day lend themselves quite well salt. to pranksters who tore down light fixtures off the ceilings Then there came the closing of the pool the beginning of this week, when in the game room of Dormitory One. (I guess they chose I someone in MAINTENANCE shut the filters for the weekend. because it is situated such that the vandals could make a To these can be added the parking problem which has been art of Mr. speedy retreat.) In the same dorm, vandals have forced the Walter Smith's domain in the past. It was evident from the first day back removal of vending machines owned by a local company. that the students will only keep fi re lanes clear and stay out of unmarked Rowe vending took a great deal of guff before they areas through towing. I have been assured that cars wiU he towed shortly to decided to remove them for good. They were broken into aUeviate the problem, but when is shordy? After 2 or 3 cars have bccn several times , and each time Rowe used heavier padlocks, damaged. And what about night towing? The lots arc evcn worse AFTER 6 yet it was to no avail. than before. One may also add the general condition of the unistructure and dorms to Theivery is another problem which has merely taken up the already [00 large list of Maintenance goofs. Windows haven't been a new residence. Much as these new living quarters aid cleaned properl ):'. nor have Ooors, and why does it takc five men to move a vandals on their rounds. so do the suite arrangements. A desk from an office to rhe basemenc. few weeks ago, t was asked to distribute news of interest I once saw a report on the college which stated that Mr. Smith was doing a to new members of a budding organ ization. As 1 FANTASTIC job with what he had to work with o n the o ld campus, but proceeded to deliver these not~s, 1 found approximately that was there and we're now here. I don't wish to sound like I'm three-quarters of the suites wide open with no one in their discriminating because of age but maybe younger men arc needed (or many rooms, let alone the lounges.

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