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Vol. LXXX, No. 7 BATES COLLEGE, LEWISTON, MAINE, NOVEMBER 11. 1953 By Subscription Announce Election Plans, Dorm Discussion Groups Conference Brings Final freshman election plans" were made known at last Wednes- Hampton, Goldovsky day's. Student Council meeting' Bates Members held in Roger Williams hall. Following nominations for class Attend Camden Opera Experts officers, which will he taken from OC Conference the floor after Chapel Monday, Will Give Views Nov. 1 . will come primaries on Several Hates Outing Club mem- On Music World Friday. Nov. 20 to cut candidates bers attended the Outing Club con- down to two for hoth the officers ference held at the Snow Bowl in By Marjorie Connell and the Stu-C representatives. Camden last.weekend. Rose Bampton, noted concert and Then final elections will be held Colby made arrangements for the 1 pera star, will be featured in the in Cha-e hall on Monday, Nov. -'•> event at which 53 students rcprc- third session of the Theater and from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. sented Nasson, Gorhani, Wcstbrook, Music Arts Conference at 7:3(1 p.m. Colby> Washington State, and Bates. tomorrow. November 12, in the Return Petitions Friday Nasson will sponsor the event next Chapel, Dr. John R. Willis will Petitions for those interested in year. serve a- discussion leader. the Council post were handed out The group established a corre- Miss Bampton. who was born in Monday, and must he returned, spondence system between the schools Cleveland, received her musical complete with 20 frosh men's sig- in order to help each other with training at the Curtis Institute of natures, by Friday. No freshman lems. Meetings, square dancing, Music in Philadelphia. In addition is allowed to use his name for more games, social dancing, and good food to her operatic appearances with the than two signatures. (turkey!) comprised the majority of Metropolitan Opera Company, she- activities. Sunday morning the group Council members will go to climbed a mountain. has also appeared in the concert, men's dormitories tonight to lead Exchange Club Ideas radio, and television fields. Her de- discussions of various campus The representatives exchanged and hut was made in "La Gioconda." problems. The first such sessions formulated ideas concerning various "The Musical Theatre" will be were held last May under the aspects of outing clubs, including the discussion topic of Boris Goldov- present Council and found each carnival prospects and new menus for Frosh Women Become sky. weil-known musicll expert, at S'.u-C member assigned to ;> dormj mountain climbs, ti/i- fourth program or the series OJI The system will be much the Possibilities of overnight mountain Tuesday, November 17. Prof. D. ¥•* same this year, with two leaders climbs and ski trips were discussed. Official Bates Students Robei t Smith, Director of Music. for each group. Many other colleges are already en- Will preside as chairman and dis- Freshman women pledged alle- A background of familiar Bates The assignments arc as follows: joying these overnight trips. cussion leader. giance to the honor system and songs was provided by Professor Miss Helen Briwa accompanied the Best known to a large audience Bardwell — Charles Calcagni met the members of the Student Smith as the freshman women Bates group which included Audrey for h i I intermission program, and Richard Melville Government Board at the annual marched up to the platform, two Bardos, Eleanor Fainsot, Gail Mo- "Opera News on the Air," a regular John Bertram —• Arnold Fickett Freshman Installation service held by two. to sign the student Gov- lander, Carol Magnuson. Jeffrey feat,ire of the Metrrpolitan Opera and Robert MacAfee in the Chapel at 7 p. m. Sunday. ernment Constitution. It is in this Freeman, Ruth Tuggey, Sylvia (Continued on page two) Mitchell — Leverett Campbell Moore, Reid Pepin and Nancy Under the direction of Ruth Has- ceremony that the freshman wo- and John Toomey Wilkes from the New England klns, the service was led by Stu- men become official members of the (Continued on page two) Baptist hospital. G President Carolyn Snow. Bates student body. "Big Sisters" Physics Profs Attend of the freshman women were urged to attend, as well as any U-Conn. Conference Sadies Soon Stalk Eligible Escorts upperclassmen who were inter- Members of the physics depart- ested. ment spent the week end at a The women's dormitories have meeting of the New England For Annual Campus Dogpatch Ball nominated three freshman women, division of the American Physics By Connie Manion accept the first call that they re- For those couples >vho wish to one of whom will he elected as Society at the University of Con- Run for the tur.np patches, ceive. The climax of the Sadie "git hitched", "Marryin' Sam" will freshman representative to Stu- necticut in Storrs. men! Them gals aren't far be Hawkins race will cone Saturday be ready. Wedding rings and blue dent Government. The nominees Dr. Karl S Woodcock thead of hind! night when the gals finally pick slips will be 'provided. are Jean Dickson, candidate from the department). Prof. Carroll P. Refresh With Kickapoo Hast Parker and Cheney; Mary The Sadie Hawkins race will up their dates for the dance. Tra- Bailey and Mr. Richard W. Samp- Staudenmayer, West Parker, Milli- begin in earnest Thursday evening ditional corsages of limp vege- "Hairless Joe" and the "Injun" son left By automobile Friday noon ken and Whitticr; and Barbara after 9 when the girls call the fel- tables or lollipops will be in or- have been working on some sheet and spent the night in Williman- Prince. Frye, Hacker. Wilson, and lows for dance date;, Fvach giri der for the boys. cake and kickapoo joy juice to tic. Conn. They attended meetings Chase. will be given a number by Stu-G. Square Dance In Gym serve in between dances that all the following day, after having Schedule Committee Meeting When she calls hei L'il Amur, The dance is to be held front 8- night, The Chase Hall Commit run into the year's first snow for A meeting of heads of commit- all she can tell him is that she is 11:45 p. m. in the Alumni Gym. tee is i;t charge of the dance. El- tin- second time in as many re- len DcSantis is handling the pub- tees for the Student Government Sadie Hawkins number such and Howie Davidson of Wiscasset, cent trips to the Conference. Formal Banquet has been sched- such. The hoys are supposed to Maine will supply the records and licity. Harold Hunter will present Lecturers were present from uled. Joan Davidson and I.auralyn calls for square dancing. a skit Friday morning after the Rell Telephone and Brookha chapel in front of Hathorn. Watson have been named as co- veil laboratories. The outstanding Admission charges will vary ac- In charge of posters are Jill chairman of the affair, with Patri- paper, according to both Dr Winter Prevents cording to the size boy each gir! Parr, Diane West, and Gail Mo- cia Heldman in charge of enter- Woodcock and Prof. Bailey, w.i brings across the finish line. The lander. Helen Anderson is heading tainment. Other committee chair- given on transitor- by Dr. Ray- OC Open House charge is three cents an inch for the refreshment committee. men are Ruth Haskins, decora- mond L Wallace. Jr., of Bell. Mak- The Bates Outing Club has discon- the boy's waist line. However, Hunter and Gilbert Grimes are tions; Susan Ordway and Beverly ing use the new space and power tinued open houses at Thorncrag don't despair if your man is a bit in charge of the ticket sales. Bev- Haines, invitations: and Jean saving electronic replacements for Cabin until the spring season. chubby — the maximum charge erly Dennison is handling the Geary, clean-up. the vacuum tube he picked up i The cabin will not be open Sunday will be $1.00. prizes, and Robert Brown is Announce Open House previously taped audible signal afternoons unless previously ar- Dress Dogpatch Style planning the music. A Rand Hall open house for un- and obtained reproduction which. ranged. Any group interested in going Couples are expected to dress Please Wear Sneakers derclass women on Monday, No- in Dr. Woodcock's words, was to Thorncrag before spring should in dungarees or Dogpatch cos- All couples arc asked , to wear vember 16, has been announced by- "just wonderful." see Frank Hine or Marianne Web- tumes. (See L'il Abner for ideas'.) sneakers in order to protect tho. Rand president Ellen DeSantis. The afternoon session featured ber for details. Prizes will be awarded during the gym floor. The fellows are espe- Senior women will be in their a talk by Retiring President Con- During the fall many enjoyed the evening for the best costumes. cially urged to get their sneakers rooms between 6 and 7 p.m. and stant of Trinity College. Several good food and fun at the Thorncrag The gym will be decorated with from their lockers beforehand as underclass women are invited to recent Ba.es graduates and pro- open houses. The spring season will posters from each norm. These the locker section wiil be closed wander through the dormitory to fessors were present at the Con- commence when the weather permits. will also be judged for prizes. that evening. see what it looks like. ference. TWO THE BATES STUDENT, NOVEMBER 11, 1953 'The Importance Of Being Earnest" "Official Bates Student' WVBC Gives BBC Play WVBC will present Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Bein) Libby Fund Has Earnest" next Sunday. The pro- 3 Cash Awards gram is a British Broadcasting Corporation transcription starring For Best Orations John Gielgud. The time will be from 9-10:30 Among the prizes Riven at Bates in p.m. after the program of classical various aspects of speech and debate music from 7-9 o'clock. The regu- arc three presented annually to the lar broadcasting time was extend- Bates Oratorical Contest winners. ed especially for this play so that Prizes of $40, $25, and $15 are awarded from the Charles Sumncr it would not conflict with other ac- l.ibby Memorial fund to those plac- tivities and more people could ing first, second, and third respec- hear it. tively. BBC makes such broadcast Original orations at least eight min- available to college stations as utes in length are required of the well as commercial station- all participants. To qualify for the final over the country. The transcrip- competition in which there will be six speakers, the contestant must try tions are of some of the best out in Room .500, Pettigrew, at 4 p. m. shows broadcast as BBC "Third Tuesday Nov. 24. Programme" material. The "Third Freshman woman signs Stu-G constitution before members of the Board at Installation service in Prof. Brooks Quimby has an- Programme is noted for music, nounced that the final contest will be drama, and educational talks of Chapel Sunday, thus becoming an official member of the student body. PHOTO BY BRYANT held at 7 p. m. Tuesday. Dec. 1. high quality. WVBC will broadcast a drama- Calendar tization of {Catherine Mansfield's Robinson Players Put "Dial M" "The Daughters of the Late Thursday Colonel" and Molierc's "Tartuffc" Bates Peace Study Croup meet- on Dec. 2 and Dec. 6 respective- Through Final Pre-Curtain Paces ing. CA office, 4:15 p.m. ly. There will also be two By Mary Kay Rudolph I lost door keys and secret letters. make impossible the so called "per- Theatre and Music Arts Con- Christmas plays in December. ference. Rose Hampton. Chap- It's almost herel Do you have Is she being blackmailed or are fect murder." el. 7:30 p. m. your ticket? — your passport?—I you being deceived? Watch care- Who Knows Solution? Reception for Rose Bampton, the number to "Dial M for Mur- fully: don't miss a thing! Are you still watch 'ig carefully? Women's Union. 8:30 p.m. Stu-C Reveals der"? After many weeks of prep- Have you ever been watched as Are you watching the handbag? — aration by all involved, the curtain if by someone who owned and shoes? Are you paying attention to Friday Election System, i> about to go up on Broadway's controlled you — by someone who the details? Will you be able to Debate Clinic, Hathorn and current smash-hit, the "who's- knew your every move and come forth with the correct solu- Pettigrew, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Discussion Crew going-to-be-blamed-for-it'' thriller. thought? Perhaps Lesgate could tion by the end of the second act? Citizenship Lab, Sen. John Ken- (Continued i from page one) , From the moment you're seated tell you a bit about su-h a circum- No cne else has been able to, ycu nedy. Pettigrew lecture hall, Roger B'll and Smith Middle — and the house . lights' dim you'll stance:' he' seems quite versed iir know! There's only one way to 4-5:30 p.m. John Hojhoulis and Richard wonder — throughout the three such affairs. He also appears to find out — Grab your ticket and Bates-Bowdoiu debate, Petti- Weber action-filled acts, as you go down have an affinity for such things as "Dial M for Murder." Hathorn steps after the last cur- knotted scarves. grew lecture hall, 7-9:30 p.m. Smiths North and South — Er- tain call, when you go to bed, and Everything Has Its Price nest Ern and Robert Sharaf. Saturday when you wake up the next morn- The most important thing, Tony Conference W'AA Play-day, Colby and Take To Woods ing. Yes. you'll wonder how the tells the audience, is "to know (Continued from page one) Maine, Rand gym, WLB, The first frosh work trip was author of "Dial M" ever conceived what you want to pay for. Every- Saturday afternoon broadcasts. Cage, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. announced for Saturday in the of such an unusual plot with its thing has its own price ... I usually Goldovsky is a pianist, conductor, Sadie Hawkins dance, Alumni Stanton Tlird Sanctuary. The fresh, unexpected quirks. get what I want." Does he — us- and lecturer. Trained in piano at gym, 8-11:45 p.m. freshmen will join with the Out- Claims 52 Murders ually? Aren't there always some Moi-cow. Berlin, and Budapest, he Monday ing Club in a general clean-up Max Halliday. portrayed by exceptions to the rule? Maybe graduated in orchestral conducting campaign under the guidance of re- Richard Melville, in the opening not! You'll wonder, however, at Frosh nominations for class of- from the Curtis Institute in Phila- scene claims to have killed 52 men what he could have seen in the ficers, Chapel, 9-9:30 a.m. tired Prof. George E. Ramsdell. delphia. A resident of Boston, he John Hoahoulis and Arnold in the past year. Motives? — fear, "pub" to alter his plans and you'll now heads the piano department of Rand open house for underclass Fickett were appointed to help the jealousy, revenge, protection? Per- also be puzzled as to why the pref- the Longy School of Music, Cam- women, 6-7 p. m. Chapel conference committee. haps all! As the plot thickens, one erence for stockings to scarves. bridge, he supervises the Opera Tuesday They will join the Stu-G and CA. might easily lose sight of the calm, The entrance of Dwight Harvie school of the New England Con- Theatre and Music Arts Confer- in passing out programs at collected Max, but don't you. as the slow-witted but faithful ii.- servatory of Music: he is in charge ence, Boris Goldovsky, Chap- Wednesday services. Every person in this play is spector adds to the suspen-eful ol the musical opera department ai el, 8-10 p.m. The policy of minimizing the important, even Lesgate. (Or is his movement of the play considerably. the Berkshire Music Center; and he ine-cutting problem remains un- name Adams?) , Nevertheless, Max points out that is artistic director of the New Eng- Wednesday, Nov. 18 changed, and Stu-C police action Another person to watch close- "The crime's the thing; forget the land Opera Theater. Dial M for Murder, Hathorn, at noon and night meals will con- ly is the polished Tony Wendice detection." Yes, there's a periect Tickets for the Conference series 7:30 p.m. tinue. The Council will also con- (Meline a la British accent). You murder, he admits, but only on will also include admission to the tinue to see that coats are left in will want to know just what he has paper. In real life 'lungs don't presentation of "Dial M for Mur- their proper place in Chase hall planned for Lesgate (William Dav- go as planned — and Max is der" by the Robinson Players Nov. Chapel Schedule during meal time. enport). What use does he have right! Little things like radio pro- 18-21. This production will be the for an old pair of gloves and a grams, empty paste tubes, scrap- fifth and last of the Conference Friday cane? Why must he continually books — such things will always series, Sen. John Kennedy Notice take out his white handkerchief? I'c'rhaps these two strangers have Monday Because of Armistice Day, Nov. STRAND 11, printers at the Auburn Free something in common, or per- Music, Prof. D. Robert Smith Press had a legal holiday and con- haps they aren't strangers. EMPIRE Wednesday, Nov. 18 THEATRE sequently this week's issue of the Patricia Heldman. taking the part To be announced TH EATRE STUDENT could not be distri- of the nerve-wracked, hysterical Wed., Thurs. Nov. 11, 12 buted until Thursday. Margot, becomes all mixed up with "SON OF BELLE STARR" John Drake Wednesday-Saturday Nov. 11-14 WAA Schedule Community Theatre Ritz Theatre "AFFAIR With A STRANGER" Jean Simmons . . Victor Mature 'Take The High Today Wed., Thurs. Nov. 11, 12 Wed., Thurs. Nov. 11, 12 "NEVER LET ME GO" Fri., Sat. Nov. 13, 14 Board meeting, Women's Union, "Scandal At Scourie" - Tech. Ground" Greer Garson - Walter Pidgeon Clark Gable, Gene Tierney "THE GLORY BRIGADE" "CITY OF BAD MEN" RICHARD WIDMARK 7 p. m. "Pancho Villa Returns" Victor Mature Dale Robertson . . Jeanne Crain KARL MALDEN Thursday Fri., Sat. Nov. 13, 14 Fri., Sat. Nov. 13, 14 "ROAR OF THE CROWD" 'Sunny Side of the Street'-Tech. "MASTER OF BALLANTRAE'V Badminton, Rand gym, 4-5 p. m. Howard Duff Sunday-Tuesday Frankie Lane Errol Flynn Nov. 15-17 Saturday "Cattle Town" SLIGHT CASE OF LARCENY Sun., Mon., Tues.^ Nov. 15, 16, 17 Bates - Colby - Maine Play Day Dennis Morgan Mickey Rooney Sun., Mon., Tues. Nov. 15, 16, 17 "THE ACTRESS" "The Little Boy Sun., Mon., Tues. Nov. IS, 16, 17 here, 10:30-4 p. m. "SINS OF JEZEBEL" Spencer Tracy . . Jean Simmons "Desert Song" - Tech. Paulette Goddard Lost" Tuesday Kathryn Grayson - Gordon MacRae "THE GREAT JESSE JAMES" "YANK IN THE R. A. F." BING CROSBY Badminton, Rand gym, 4-5 p. m. "Wild Stallion" - Color All-Star Cast Tyrone Power . . Betty Grable *7 THE BATES STUDENT, NOVEMBER 11, 1953 THREE U. S. Sen. John Kennedy Debate League Athens College To Be On Campus Nov. 13 Sponsors Clinic The Bates Debating League will Cream Of Student Crop U. S. Sen. John Kennedy land Slept." he served three terms sponsor a discussion contest and (D-Mass.) and probably the only in the House of Representatives debate clinic on campus Friday, By Dr. Roy P. Fairfield member of thai legislative body to after a post-war career as corres- Nov. 13. Any Maine school which What about the boys at Athens College? be described as, "Nature Boy pondent for the International News is a league member is entitled to with an Ivy League Polish" will Service. send four participating representa- Well, they come from both wealthy and poverty-stricken fami- be on car.iipus Friday, sponsored Appealing strongly for Massa- tives to seven panels. The big fea- lies, but in general, they are the intellectual aristocrats of Greece. jointly by the Political Union and chusetts' ferftinine vote in what ture of the debate clinic will be an Since eight times as many apply as are enrolled, the college can the Citizenship Laboratory. developed into one of the most intercollegiate debate between select the cream of the crop. About one-fifth of the fellows live Defeating former Sen. Henry dynamic secondary battles of the Bates and Bowdoin on the sub in the dormitory, the rest commute from Athens and surrounding Cabot Lodge last year by 69,060 1952 elections, he conducted a suc- ject, "Resolved: that the Presi- territory. votes while Massachusetts went cessful family type "tea party" dent of the United States sliouH Republican in both the presidential campaign against the more ex- he elected by direct vote of the More than 50 per cent have may be explained in two ways. and gubernatorial races, he has perienced Lodge. people." 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Your journal is to be com- Make A Federal Case Of It? mended for its diligence in re- Final outcome of this episode, Do you know what it's like to live in a small town? You By Carol Anderson porting my nocturnal activities. The story you are about to read front page balanced, make-up edi- should, for Bates is. a small town. However, for the sake of accu- is true. Only the ribbon has been tor unbalanced. Transferred to In a small town, people work together during the week and racy, an idea which is vital to changed to protect the typewriter. psychiatry. • enjoy recreation together on week -ends when they don't work. good journalism, I would like My name is Sunday Afternoon. 3:28 P.M.: Sports Editor (chew- Is this being done at Bates? to point out an error which oc- I'm a newspaperman working out Xag on pencil and scratching head): curred in your "Pipeline" of the Bates Publishing Association "Hope there are lots of ads this Aside from big week «nds — such as, Back-to-Bates, Carnival, column of November 4. office. News, that's my business. week, Boss. Not enough material Mayoralty and the big dances—there are very few in which Bates The "sephulchral voice" Nov. 8, 2:06 P. M.: Reporter to fill up my pages." College as a whole ourticipates. The big activities highlight the emoted over the campus at 1:17 with late story stumbles acioss Sunday: "Who do you think year, justifiably so, and most of the social life of the college is a.m., not 2:00. in the morning. the threshhold of the office. you're working for, the Bowdoin Orient? Go talk to the advertising pointed towards them. Far be it for me to disturb the Reporter: "Sorry it's so late. •lumber of students at 2 a.m. Boss. I got involved with a Cultch department" Study, Steady, Samba, Society even for the verse of the Im- assignment." Sr.orts Editor: "Can't, Boss. We But on ordinary Saturday nights, the student body is divided mortal Bard. Sunday: "Aha, lost in the aren't speaking because I cut out Yours sincerely, Clouds, eh? Twenty lashes!" one of their ads last week." into the studiers; the steady couples who find delight in nearly "The Phantom" 2:36 P.M.: Copy-reader, writing Sunday: "Aha, anti-social, eh? anything; small groups of students who pass the time card play- P. S. Rcme'iiber: somewhere, madly, hands in finished master- Twenty lashes!" ing or in similar activities; and those who attempt to maintain somehow, sometime, soon, piece with an audible sigh. 4:18 P.M.: Head-line Writer campus social mingling at the weekly informal campus functions, "The Phantom" will strike Sunday: "How many words (making 30th attempt to write a namely. Chase Hall dances and related activities. again! has it got?" 19-unit headline) : "I can't do it. Copy-reader: "All I get out of Boss. It keeps coming out either Perhaps some students would rather study, sit off in a corner it is 200, Boss." 16, or 21." with their "steadies" or play cards, but most would not. This Sunday: "But we need 2$0. The Sunday: "What's the matter, editorial is for those people who wish to maintain campus activi- facts, ma'm, we just want to get already. You dumb, or something? ties during the weeks nothing special is scheduled. the faots." Let me do it. No trouble at all." • p"iPE-U»ii\ Copy-reader: "There aren't 280 Head-line Writer: "So you're a Small College Problems words worth of facts here, Boss." one-man newspaper. What do you Sunday: "Wordsworth, ch? need a staff for?" At Bates, the small town atmosphere presents the following Many thanks to our sepulchral Stealing my thesis topic eh? Sunda\: "Aha. quitting, eh? problems: voiced friend for his commendable Twenty lashes!" Twenty lashes!" concern with journalistic accuracy. First, outside of the movies and a few town spots which have 3:14 P. M.: Make-up Editor 4:58: Author of this masterpiece, Henceforth greater care will be become Mcccas of student interest, there are few places in Lewis- Scrutinizes the front page make typing at 60 words per: taken in timetabling his nocturna- ton where student groups can go for a Saturday nieht good time. up sheet. Author: "Where is this going prowls. While our ghostly appari Make-up Editor: "Shall »ve to go, Boss?" Second, there is the almost absurd fact that a couple seen lion showed good taste in choosing have it balanced or unbalanced this Sunday: "Thought we'd put it together one night is practically engaged henceforth. From a "Macbeth" passages for his dra- week. Boss?" on the back page. You know, to coed's point of view, if she wants to go out, she must practically matic, venture, it is hoped that in his future literary dissertations he Sunday: "Can't do cither. Got fill in." go steady in order to get dates. She is regarded as so-and-so's to be half and half. Three pictures will give due recognition to such Author: "Back Page? Back to print." property because she dated so-and-so the week-end before. From campus favorites as Ogden Nash, Paae? i sweat tni« thing for an Make-up Editor (beginning to the male point of view, he may find it embarrassing to ask an- Kinsey and Spillane. hour and the guy says Back Page' liable incoherently): "Not three Twenty lashes!" other girl out the next Saturday night since he confronts being During Saturday's game a pictures, Boss. Anything but three Outcome of this episode: The regarded as an utter cad for not continuing to date the girl he slightly inebriated football fan pictures! We haven't got room funeral will be held down at the did the preceding week. — of obvious Colby descent — for three pictures." Aub-irn Free Press underneath the Third,■ Bates has voluntarily decided against fraternities. In attempted to entertain the Sunday: "Aha, insubordination, I linotype. Friends are asked to omit eh? Twenty lashes!" I flowers. place of fraternities, which arc founded upon fellowship. Bates Bobcat followers with his ver- must substitute all-cimpus social events at which fraternization sion of how to lead cheers, a is the keynote. band, or anything that would "The. Deserted Village" follow him. When his enthu- siam got a little out of hand, In the past few years, the ordinary Saturday night on campus 'im 5irar one of the male cheerleaders (Founded in 1873) has resembled a mortuary. So few have attended Chase Hall asked him to leave, where- EDITORIAL STAFF dances this year that it is almost wasted time keeping the hall upon another spirited celebrater EDITOR-IN-CHIEF open. The Den has been deserted. Where is everybody and what Peter Knapp '54 staggered up to the cheer do they want? These are questions thrust upon the Chase Hall MANAGING EDITOR SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR leader protesting, "You can't John Leonard '54 Lois Johnson '54 committee. tell my friend where to go, ASSOCIATE EDITORS Is Chase Hall the answer? Or must something else take its Arthur Parker '54 Constance Manion '54 Carol Anderson *54 can't you see he's drunk?" place? Record dances very quickly lose interest. CO-NEWS EDITORS The committee has undertaken this problem by mixing up When you drive into a "no Ruth Haskins '55 Nancy Cole '55 parking" area anything can hap- ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORS its activities. One of the plans is the Sadie Hawkins dance, in- pen as Bob Lucas discovered Sat- Sybil Benton '56 Mary Kay Rudolph '56 augurated to give impetus to the sagging society of the interim urday night. Bob parked his car FEATURE EDITOR Louis Rose 'S4 week ends. But Sadie Hawkins, successful as it has been in the in the back of a private parking ASST FEATURE EDITORS Audrey Bardos '54, Janice Todd '54 past, fills only one weeks end out of many. lot next to the Empire Theater. SPORTS EDITOR Roger Schmutx '54 The CA has stepped into the breach with its Films committee When he returned after the movie MAKE-UP EDITOR Elizabeth Grasso *56 lie found his car locked in behind which presented "Bicycle Thief" last Saturday night. This may STAFF CARTOONISTS a big iron gate. How was the walk Susan Ordway '55 Walter Reuling '54 be one answer, but more programs are needed. ♦ home, Bob? Gerald Tompkins '54 Bruce Brainerd '56 Complain or Cooperate? Charlie Calcagni went all out in STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER What is the answer? The lack of exciting Saturday nights rallying the Garnet supporters at Richard Bryant '56 the Colby game. Results: a won- cannot be blamed on the faculty and the idministra>ion, nor on News Staff Reporters derful display of Bates spirit, a Class of 1954: Glenn Carson, Phyllis Sawyer, Janet Raymond the Chase Hall committee. In a small town, everyone must coop- Monday afternoon visit to the in- Class of 1955: Sylvia Hanson erate. It seems many students are willing to sit back and complain firmary for throat medication, and Class of 1956: Eleanor BriH, Betty-Ann Morse, Loe Anne Kimball, without offering solutions. a falsetto voiced Charlie Calcagni, Diana Cosimini, Marjorie Connell Are there any solutions? We think so, but the support of Three upperclassmen anx- Class of 1957: Carol Ellms, Jack Towse, Robert Harlow the student body is necessary. iously awaited the arrival of a Feature Staff Marilyn Monroe pin-up. When Lawrence Evans '56 Cristol Schwarz '56 Louise Sweeney '55 Suggestions Invited the plain wrapped package ar- Madeline Travers '57 Barbara Hough '55 Donald Gochberg '55 First, suggestions for Saturday night activities could be given rived, the recipient buried it Marni Field '55 Rony Kolesnikoff '57 Jacquie Gillis '57 to the Chase Hall committee, which would be willing to accept beneath his notebooks and Sports Staff made his way back to his and consider them. Suggestions in the form of letters to the Norman Sadovitz '55 Robert Lucas '56 Ed Dailey '57 room. Once there he locked editor are also welcomed by the STUDENT. the door and began slowly un- BUSINESS STAFF Second, coeducational groups without predetermined dates ravelling the giant six feet high I BUSINESS MANAGER William Laird '54 could get together to empty the dorms of""students wanting to by two feet wide pin-up. Local Advertising Manager National Advertising Manager go out Saturday nights but who do not have dates. Various ac- Working from the ankles up Arthur Paton '55 Roy Craven '54 he feared the worst, but fortu- tivities could be planned to suit all concerned. CIRCULATION MANAGER nately Marilyn was sporting a Dorothy Boyce '55 Saturday nights can be enlivened if we all cooperate. It is brief but adequate bikini. A Faculty Consultant — John C. Donovan the small town atmosphere at Bates which gives us either an ad- later motion to burn the pic- PuMahedweekly at Chaae Hall, Bates College. during- the college year. Tal. vantage or disadvantage over larger schools, according to how ture was defeated by a 2 to 1 4-8JI1 (Sundayi only). Printed at the Auburn Free Pre*., OS Main Street. Auburn. Entered aa mond-claag mattar at the TjawUton Post Office Jan. M, we work together. vote. IBIS, under the act or Ifar. 8. 18TB. A member of the AasocUted Collegiate Press. SI THE BATES STUDENT, NOVEMBER 11, 1953 FIVE Coeds And Capp Combine In Orphanages Children Find A To Give "Sadie" Her Day By Jacqueline Gillis and fathom tin' coed number code. World Short On Toys And Love Rony Kolesnikoff The Face Behind The Number By Lynn Travers Attention, all shy, bachelor- with the introduction, "This i; Saturday night, dressed in ap- Vacation in two weeks — freedom in just 14 days! "These are minded Bates men. An enemy at- propriate Dogpateh style, tin.' Vvette, the littlest one." But the times that try men's souls" as any Bates bobcat meowing tack featuring the commercial de- excited conquerors will get a when you lift the littlest one into sires of the Al Capp enterprises brief, hesitant peek at the insides plaintively about too much homework, hour writtens and "insti- your lap she begins to weep, combined with the Bates coeds' of the mysterious inner sanctum tutionalized" cooking in the dining halls will agree. A sure cure snuggles up closer and pleads ill perennial hunger for love and se- in which the men live. After the for these symptoms of stir-craziness is a visit to the sprawling five lisping French for a kiss. curity is scheduled to open at 9 -hock of discovering the face be- story brick building east of campus and just in sight of J.B. Only (he older children s-pt ;:l p. m. tomorrow evening. The only hind the number, the helpless English. All enjoy hearing college A winding driveway, lined with pines leads to the Hospice alarm signal given will be a per- males, also dressed in acceptable French -i- bursts of hilarious gig- Marcotte where 120 cute potential co-eds live, play and go to sistent ringing of the telephone. Dogpateh fashion, will be marched gles from even the youngest tes- Potent Coalition off to the gym. school all year round. Church bells and Ilathorn toll in the dis- tify. '1 he children are fascinated All communiques regarding the Lovely corsages of leaves and tance, and placid nuns walk about the wide lawns of this unique by lipstick which many have never expected attack have referred to it vegetables will adorn the prison- institution where nobody ever complains. seen before. They run to show as Sadie Hawkins Day. According ers; a few more fortunate ones the visitor their own personal Patter And Prattle to reports and past experience, the will be honored with ingenuitive iety of resounding "Marcotte treasures — little pictures and attack strategy is fairly conven- corsages of skunk cabbage — a Serene and tranquil-looking on hellos" to the visitor would make pieces of ribbon. tional having been used annually favorite Dogpateh delicacy. the outside the Hos-pice — an or- 1'rexy's "hair" curl with envy. Common Band on the Bates campus since 1947 At the big dance admission phanage for girls rivals a fresh- As they are unused to seeing In the winter the little girls when it was first instituted as the charge will be determined by the man rally for activity within. The strangers the aproned little giris spend most of their time in the result of a coalition between the size of the boy's waist, at the rate wide corridors, spacious dormitor- will usually hang back shyly un- spacious playroom playing with Al Capp advertising forces and of three cents an inch. ies and dining halls of this mod til the Quimby of the group val- ihiW families donated to the or- coeds anxious to avoid spinster- One Day In Dogpateh ern institution clatter with the iantly steps forward and in care- phanage. Almost all the toys arc hood. Besides having originated to patter of busy little feet and even fully precise English makes :i owned in common and the older The attack begins Thursday give a fairer social twist to the busier little tongues. little speech to the effect that "we girls who are usually more quie! night and culminates in the Alum- boy ask girl date privilege, Sadie A large playground well- arc so glad to have you here -- and subdued, display an almost ni Gym where the prisoners of Hawkins Day has an important equipped with swings, slides and please, we hope you will come selfless devotion toward the war will gather for their eventual historical basis. It seems that in a swimming pool swarms with again, many times!" Although younger ones who are lovably fate. Between Thursday and Sat- Dogpateh, Tennessee, Hepzibah prattling children from 4 to 16 they receive excellent care the boisterous and totally unspoiled. urday night the prospective prison- Hawkins, an influential citizen, had years old on pleasant afternoons. children are starved for individual Meals are served in a cheerful er will be subjected to mounting a daughter, Sadie, whom he des- The number, volume and spontan attention and affection. The three dining hall which like the other mental tortures resulting from the paired of ever marrying off. Tired rooms in the institution contains hidden identity of his captor who of helping his poor daughter to furniture scaled down to child's will be known only by number. get a man, Old Hepzibah planned size. An awesome array of medi- Subversive Retaliation a race. cines on each table greets the According to the best social He rounded up all the single children as they march into the customs and mores, backed up by men of the little Dogpateh com- hall. After a long grace recited dire threats of subversive retalia- munity and when he fired his rifle, in unison and evening prayers, tne tion, all Bates men are required all the eligibles had to start run- little girls line up for their daily to accept the first coed invitation ning. Seconds later the hungry ration of vitamins, cod-liver oil via the phone to the Sadie Haw- unmarried spinsters were set and cough medicine. loose. If the lucky girl was able kins shindig. The conquerors also Dinner although "good and to drag her man across the finish have their worries in this battle. wholesome" does not even ap- The girls have to contend with line before sundown, "Marrying proach Commons superior quali- -■ -A other .conniving females who may Sam", the local preacher, simply ty. An average meal consists of have similar indiscreet designs drawled "he's your'n" and they potatoes, a slice of cheese, choco- upon a certain worthy bachelor were hitched for life. late milk and cookies for dessert. Times have changed and though specimen. Toast and butter is served between From Thursday to Saturday Sadie Hawkins Day does not al- meals. ways mean a one-way trip to the night, there will be the usual col- Classes run from kindergarten lection of puzzled and inquisitive altar, it can mean a lot of fun to eighth grade. They are conduct- for everyone, including those males on campus who, despite all ed generally in French although men brave and smart enough to the advantages and intricacies of English lessors are given. Class- On a lonely day, a coloring book for higher math and the laws of answer the phone when it rings rooms are bright with religious tomorrow night. probability will be unable to company pictures, calendars, chalk draw- ings, and autumn leaves. Mottos and four year olds especially in every room stress loyalty to crowd about the visitor, and beg WVBC Program Schedule God and country. to be hugged. Thcv may taice Wednesday, Nov. 11 9:15-9:30—Novelty Nook Monday, Nov. 16 turns sitting in your lap. Grave Little Barristers 9-10:00—Classical Music (Sura Goose) 9-9:30—Masterworks of France Children attend school dressed "The Littlest One" (Bob Damon) 9:30-10—Top Ten 9:30-9:45—Betty Grasso in uniform — somber black smocks 10-10:30—Bobby Brown (Wayne Crooker; 9:45-10—News Analysis One baby of three with fly- witii long sleeves, white collars 10:30-11—Bill Millard 10-10:15—Sports (Roger Schmutz) (Larry Evans) away dark ringlets and big pen- and cuffs, and long black stock- Thursday, Nov. 12 10:15-10:30—Songs of France 10-10:30—Jazztime (Pete Kadetsky) sive brown eyes stands pale and ings. Briefcases make them look 9:9:30—Music in the Night 10:30-11—Just Thirty Minutes 10:30-11—Disc quiet outside the pushing throng. like grave little barristers as they (Clark and Collier) (Ginny Kedor) Her companions lead her forward (Continued on page six) 9:30-9:45—Disc (Lynn) Tuesday, Nov. 17 Saturday, Nov. 14 9-9:30—Mental Hour 9:45-10—News Analysis (Wylhe) Invisible Marking at 10:00-10:30—Pet; Packard 10-12:00—Saturday Night Date (Barrows and Gillette) 10:30-10:45—Journey with Joan Sunday, Nov. 15 9:30-10—Norm Sadovitz Clark's Drug Store Judkins Laundry, Inc. (Hodgkins) 7-9:00—Classical Music 10-10:15—Piano (Paul Steinberg) GEORGE W. TUFTS, Mgr. 10:45-11—Piano (Dick Short) 9:00-10:30— "The Importance of 10:15-10:30—Ken Saunders DRUGS CHEMICALS High Quality Friday, Nov. 13 Being Earnest" 10:30-10:45—Rube Cholakian 9-0:15—Sin (Dave Wyllie, (BBC Transcription) 10:45-11—Your Gal BIOLOGICALS Dry Cleaning
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Mrs Mildred Mahoney, chairman her work with the commission, she is of the Massachusetts Commission an actve member of several civic By Sybil Benton school of religion of Howard Uni- groups in Winchester, Mass. versity, and has been active in the Against Discrimination, will be the Do you know what the church is, The purpose of the Citizenship Lab- National Council ol Churches. The Outing Clubbers guest speaker at the Citizenship Lab- and your relationship with the oratory, inaugurated two years ago third keynote speaker, Dr. Ruth oratory next Thursday. Mrs. Ma- church? Do you fully understand honey will address the student body by Dr. Donovan, assistant professor Isabel Seabury will speak :.bout Prep For Winter your own denominational faith? Are in Chapel Friday. of government at Bates, is to bring "You and the Church" at the clos- you aware of your place in the life Mountain Climb Mrs. Mahoney is the wife of John the students into contact with peo- of the church? ing service. She is a world travel- Ever climb Mount Katahdin in Mahoney, a retired professor of edu- ple experienced in meeting civic If not, you will probably be one er, seeking to give students t'le in- the winter? He-e's your chance. cation at Boston University. Besides problems outside the academic world. of the first to register to attend a sights of her travels. Dr. Seabuiv Under the sponsorship of the The course provides students with an conference at Harvard Square, Cam- is Educational Secretary of the M.I.T. Outing club, an annual Orphanages opportunity* for discussion with gov- bridge, Mass. Even those who have American Board of Commissioners outing to Maine's largest moun- ernmental leaders on a local, state, studied about these questions a great for Foreign Missions. (Continued from page five) tain is held during Thanksgiving and national level. deal, will be aware of the opportuni- Centered a bout these three march solemnly from class to vacation for those hardy souls Included among the guests of the ties this conference offers. For these speeches will be panel discussions class, School lasts eight hours a who don't mind the prospect of Citizenship Laboratory this fall have questions, plus many Others, will DC and denominational meetings. In day and studies are of the ut- climbing in the snow. Thanksgiv- been Bradford Hutchins. chairman answered at the conference, "The addition to the keynote speakers most importance to most of the ing dinner is cooked in the bunk- of the Republican State committee; Life of the Church," which will be there will be a number of promi- children. After being graduated house at the public camping Miss Lucia Cormier, Democratic Na- held on December 4-6. nent denominational leaders, in- from the eighth grade most of the camping grounds at Katahdin and tional commitleewoman; Mrs. Elea- cluding Bishop Gerald Kennedy, girls leave. A few may continue to Student Planned Sessions the group spend?: the rest of the nor Roosevelt; and Senator John F. Dr. Henry Smith Leiper, the Rev. live at the orphanage while they Students, recognizing the need time in outdoor activities. Kennedy, the junior senator from Roger Blanchard, Dr. Kenneth work their way through Lewiston for such opportunities have been Last year, about 30 students went Massachusetts. Reeves, and Dr. Bryant Sharp. High School. planning this conference for over on the trip, most of them Bates the Roman Catholic Church start- a year. They realize that they Hospitality And Opportunity coeds. Judith Angell, Silvia Moore, Hospice Marcotte is self-sup- ed the orphanage in an attempt tc must meet church leaders, discuss This conference will be the op- and Marjorie Harbeck from the porting and contains its own in- keep the homeless children of the ideas with others, and understand portunity of a life-time for college Boston area attended. This year, firmary, chapel and auditorium. section from being sent to prison their own denominations in relation students. It is designed specifical- however, a larger group plans to Appropriate movies, such as ly and only for college students, for minor crimes. to others before they can really attend from \L I. T., Amherst "Cheaper by the Dozen" and appreciate their faith. The confer- and a conference such as this ;- Mount Holyoke, and Bates. "I Was a Communist for the In the.early days of Healy's his- ence has been designed to meet all held only once during a college "The Vehicle" FBI" are shown every other tory, boys up to 15 could seek these needs. career. Starting Wedrtsday, Nov. 25, week. asylum. Children are now released The three keynote speakers are The Bates Christian Association Bates mountaineers will meet the Many of the children have one at 12 and delinquents are no long- prominent people in the religious feels that many students will want M.I.T. entourage at Brunswick and parent -- usually unable to support er accepted. Only four of the field. The opening address on Fri- to go to this conference which is proceed to Katahdin via "the ve- them — and they are allowed to youngsters now at the asylum are go home on weekends. orphans as all the others have at *\ day evening wil! be by Dr. W. A. sponsored by the New England hicle," a double-decked machine '^ Visser't Hooft, who is General Christian Movement. The confer- resembling a renovated moving Healy Is Counterpart least one legal guardian. Secretary of the World Council of ence is open to all college students, van. Healy Asylum at 81 Ash street One hundred ten boys work and Churches. "What Is The Church?" and any one may attend. The dorm Arriving at the campsite Thurs- in Lewiston is the male counter- play behind the black iron fence will be his topic. At the conference representatives have further in- day, the group will spend Friday part of Hospice Marcotte. Al- surrounding Healy. A little patch banquet on SaMrday, Dr. Benja- formation concerning the confer and Saturday ouulors and return though smaller and older than the of grass at the front of the in- min E. Mays will 9peak about ence. Sunday. Those wishing to make the Hospice the weatherbeaten brick stitution is almost hidden by the "The Faith of the Church". Dr. According to Esther Ham, C. A. tup should contact Miss Angell or house seems to tower over its sign warning children to "keep Mays is a Bates graduate and is Secretary, "I know this confer- Miss Harbeck. The cost, including slum neighborhood. Since 1895, off". now the president of Morchouse ence will prove to be an unfor- $5 for transportation and $1 for Healy has sheltered "unwanted" Tires In Place Of Toys r College in Atlanta, Georgia. He gettable experience for all who Thanksgiving dinner, will not ex- boys of all sizes, colors and re- There is no grass in the play was formerly the dean of the attend." ceed $10. ligions. A Dominican priest of (Continued on page ten)
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k^. ^s THE BATES STUDENT, NOVEMBER 11, 1953 SEVEN How Sadies Snag Snoozing Swains One of the high spot* of the year (for Bates gals), Sadie Hawkins Day, bane of bache- Release Music, Lecture Program lors, is with us again. On this 1 page, the STUDENT presents For "Evening With Rose Bampton scenes from past Dogpatch Prof. D. Robert Smith has announced the order of events for Days. 'An Evening With Rose Bampton," the third performance in the Bates College-Lewiston-Auburn Theatre and Music Arts Confer- ence. The program will be in five parts. Music Notes I Prof. D. Robert Smith went to American Folk Songs arr. Tom Scott Boston Tuesday to purchase the Salangadou (Creole Lament) tape recording machine which will Soldier, Soldier, Will You Marry Me (Colonial Courtin' Tune) be used in taping the proposed The Gallows Tree (Kentucky Mountain Ballad) L-P record this year. Wailie, Wailie (North Carolina Lonesome Tune) The tape recorder will be placed Sing Song Kitty (Appalachian Play-Party Tune) in a specially-constructed "control II room" in the Gannett rehearsal Comments on a Singer's Career room, along with the college's rec ord library. III Tacea la notte (from "II Trovatore") Verdi Pianos have been placed in the Elsas Traum (from "Lohengrin") Wagner rehearsal rooms in Pettigrew and Divinite's du Styx (from "Alceste") Gluck have been tuned for student use INTERMISSION while the building is open, daily IV from 9 a. m. - 10:45 p. m. Miranda Richard Hageman The Daisies Samuel Barbebr Bass-Baritone Lee Cass, who On the Seashore of Endless Worlds ...... John Alden Carpenter will appear as soloist with the Eternal Life Olive Dungan Choral society Sunday, Dec. 13, in the music department's production V of Handel's '"Messiah", was sched- Questions and Answers uled to have his Town Hall debut Mr. Stevenson Barrett will be accompanist, and a short reception in New York City Wednesday. in the Women's Union for Miss Bampton will follow the program.
The 25-piece orchestra which will accompany the Choral society, Marrta' Sam hitches up onwillin' Bales man to onlikely femail. has been practicing Wednesday nights and is slated to rehearse with the singers Monday night.
Boris Goldovsky, who will ap- pear here Tuesday, directs a tour- ing opera company in addition to his other duties. Goldovsky has re- cently published a book, "Accents on Opera," and has made an L-P record of comments on opera.
Discuss Bates Policy "What current attitudes and practices at Bates had best be re- considered," was the topic of a discussion by the American Asso- ciation of University Professors at 7 p. m. Monday in the Chase Hall lounge. Prof. Arthur Freedman, associa- tion vice-president, led the group at the first meeting of the year in Sociable Sadie hawls p'or onfortunate, makin sure she gits Sattidy the critical discussion of current nite date. problems and policies. "TTT. ....:." ■ .
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W *4 * Local selekshuns fur tippical Dogpatch karac'.erz pose to have pitchers took by STUDENT Pack gathers fur peepul's cherce of sootable "Wolf-gal." furtografur. • ' EIGHT THE BATES STUDENT, NOVEMBER 11, 1953 WAA News Frosh Topple Hebron To 7 By Nancy Cole ^ CROWS NEST Fourteen girls were chosen Finish Yeai Undefeated Wednesday night by the WAA By Roger Schmutz board to participate in the play By Ed Dailey ing the ball from mid-field to the day with Maine and Colby which The Bates freshmen finished Hebron 36. On the next series of A four year cycle .came to a rather bitter end at exactly 4:02 will be held here Saturday froi.i their seasonal play unbeaten last downs the Bobkittens scored to last Saturday afternoon. For the Seniors present, the final gun 10:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. Those rep- Friday by outclassing Hebron take an early 6-0 lead, the tally of the Colby-Bates game marked the end of the last inter-collegiate resenting Bates are Louise Baker, Academy to the tune of 21-12. coming on a 34 yard pass play football contest they would witness as undergraduates at Bates Madeleine Beaulieu, Marjorie Brian Flynn tallied all three of the from Martin to Flynn. Southwick College. Weary, soaked to the skin by the steady down pour-and Connell, Marjorie Harbeck, Ju- Bobkittens' touchdowns on pass- made good the extra point. naturally disappointed, they began the long trek back to Lcwiston. dith Larkin, Jane Lippincott, es thrown by "Chuckin" Bob Mar- Hebron wasted no time in re- Elizabeth McLcod, Dawn Mau- tin. The other three Bobkitten taliating after receiving the kick- To some, it simply meant going home after another ball sert, Nancy Mills, Sylvia Moore, points were accounted for by Dick off. A long pass play from Kinnal- game. To others, however, the game was almost symoblic of Catherine Parker, Vivian Ton.- Southwick on conversions.' Hebron ly to Fcnlason set up the touch- much of the gridiron action of Bates teams during their four alty, and Dorcas Turner. scored twice in the first half, but down. O'Leary smashed over from years at Bates. In the first place, the contest was a losing Registration is at 10:30 a. m. n was blanked by the Garnet defense the one yard line for the score. in the second half. The extra point attempt was one. Since the fall of 1950 when this year's senior class put the Women's Locker Building wit;* Frosh Score On Aerial blocked. The other Hebron score in their first official appearance on the Bates campus, Bobcat volleyball being played in thi cage from 11 to 12 a. m. Lund, It was perfect football weather came a few minutes later as Pinch football teams have engaged in 3/ games, including nine in will be served to all those partici as the frosh took the field' in quest intercepted one of Martin's flat state series action. pating at noontime in Fiske Ilium of their victory at Hebron. First passes and raced 57 yards to pay- Hall, and a movie will be showi, period play was well balanced, but dirt. The conversion attempt was All told, the four teams which represented the college during in Rand at 1 p, m. From 1:30 t' with a well co-ordinated ground wide. Minutes later, a counter- that period won four games and tied two others for a .138 win- 3:45 p. m., teams will play alter and aerial attack, the Garnet attack by the Bobkittens moved to ning average. In state play, the figures are even more disheart- nate games of field hockey am yearlings were able to draw first within 15 yards of the goal, but ening with the Bobcats having come out on the long end of the badminton on Rand field, aftci blood. Toward the end of the the clock halted the drive as the score only once to register a .111 percentage. And that's all that which refreshments will be serve, period Jim McCrath made a nice half ended. can go on the right side of the ledger in the record books for in WLB. catch of Southwick's aerial bring- (Continued on page ten) Bates football teams in the past four years. In case of rain, Softball and re Another almost symbolic factor in Saturday's game was con- lays in the Cage will substitute fui 'Manhattan' Shirts and Sportswear cerned not so much with the fact that the club lost, but rather in the field hockey and badminton Are Featured At the way that they lost it. Time and again during the last four The rest of the program wili run autumns. Bates teams have played ball games right up to the hilt as scheduled regardless of the FRANK'S STORE FOR MEN only to lose them because of one bad play, one bad call or one weather. bad break. The Hofstra game this year which included all three 205 Main Street Lewiston, Maine of these is all-too-fresh in the memory of those on the campus to Alternate Sports Scheduled necessitate belaboring this point. The primary purpose of piaj day is to give girls interested it Despite all the extraneous weather factors which might athletics at the three largest Maim seem to make the Colby game a different situation, the game colleges a chance to get together Seen on every campus boiled down to the same old story, the club played well compare notes: and have fun. Al. enough to win, but somehow, just didn't. Why? There ap- those attending Saturday will plaj pear to be only two possibilities in this situation. One has both field hockey and badmintoi been discussed previously in this series and consequently can on teams composed of people fron receive the cursory dismissal it deserves. No one who saw the all three schools. from MAINE to U. C. L A. squad struggle through the mud and rain Saturday can ac- Special interest will be displayed cuse them of quitting. Just to play a game under the con- in field hockey because of the re ditions which prevailed at Seauerns Field, conditions that were cent field hockey clinic held at Col bad enough to cause an all-time high of collegiate cancella- by college. Joan Smith is genera tions along the eastern seaboard, should be more than suffi- chair-nan for all events and wil cient proof of this. be assisted by various members ol The only other logical explanation would then appear to be the board. that Bates was facing a superior team and was lucky even to New Sports Season Here come out as close as it did. In this particular instance, however, The early winter sports season is this answer is no better than the first. Colby wasn't any better now underway here on campus un- than Bates; if anything, the Mules weren't as good as their rivals der the direction of Alice Arace. and yet, they won. How can this be explained? It's not a simple Badminton will be played on Tues- question, no matter how you look at it. However, there does days and Thursdays in Rand gym appear to be one possible solution which could have some im- from 4 to 5 p. m. Bowling, ping- portant ramifications if it were taken seriously by those who should pong, and pool hours will be an- be vitally concerned with the situation. nounced later. These three sports No, Bates wasn't up against a superior team last Satur- are on a rign-up basis with bad minton the only scheduled sport. day, that seems fairly certain. But what about by far the Joan Smith will have active great majority of the other 30 Saturday afternoons which have charge of badminton, and Made- found Bates College teams on a gridiron. To be sure, they leine Beaulieu will supervise the weren't completely outclassed in all those games, not even sign-ups for bowling. Some revi- in all those they lost. But on at least 20 occasions, the only sions in the bowling program are planned, and badminton will be right the Bobcats had to be on the field was purely con- At last, a sportshirt made for run in a ladder tournament style tractual. sports. It'slightenough, warm if enough i;irls are interested. enough, full enough, tough And on at least 15 of those afternoons the team turned in at enough. Yet, because it's least as good a game as could be expected, often doing far better Congratulations Manhattan tailored it's smart than anyone had any real right to hope they could. Half time enough to win a scholarship. on a well usually found the club right in the thick of the battle and filled It's made of versatile, wash- with determination that, come the second half, they would go played season able gabardine . . . and it out and win the game even considering the odds. Spirit and de- to the Bates belongs in your wardrobe. termination can only carry a club so far, however, and are only Long sleeves... pick stitched partial counters for talent and manpower. Ask any psychologist football team pockets and collar, and comes how long "an individual can have a basic goal frustrated before it in more colors than Fall. will have an effect of one kind or other on that particular in- $5.95 dividual. Certainly not for four years. COOPER'S SeepARSMRE today—at your A college is supposed to help develop "the whole man." Sabattus Street nearest Manhattan dealer's. 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I think not. What do you think? 01953, THE MANHATTAN SHIRT CO.. 4 44 MADISON AVENUE. NE W YOIK, N. Yi Ss- THE BATES STUDENT, NOVEMBER 11, 1953 NINE Bates' Spirit Undampened /. B. Captures 'Cats Drop Finale To As Colby Crowd Crumps Football Crown J. B. emerged as champion of the Colby, In Rain, 13-12 By Ruth Haskins Bates students, undaunted by the intramural touch football league ast Friday by defeating a power Saturday morning at Bates the sheets of ice on the bleachers, flipped By Bob Lucas out of trouble, the Bobcats found ful Smith South team 12-6. In this main concerns of those who planned them over and sat on the relatively By losing Saturday at Colby themselves unable to pick up a battle of undefeated clubs, the vic- to go to Colby was what would be dry side. Icicles hanging from the by a score of 13-12, the Bates first down, and Chumbook kicked tors took an early one touchdown the best thing to wear in such terrible team bench were an object of inter- Bol>cats ended up the State to the Colby 19. weather and how to get from Ha- est to several frosh coeds, as were lead, only to have the Smith ag- Series play in the cellar with a Bates Scores Again gregation storm back to tie the thorn to the Den without a sled. the towels carried by the muddy record of 0-3. Playing in a freez- On Colby's third scrimmage players. contest at 6-6. J. B. rapidly retal- ing rain (before only a handful of play the wet ball slipped loose and Dinner at a Colby dorm found ev- iated with its second score and Larry Hubbard jumped on it, giv- eryone making rather casual plans to When the cavalcade of Bates cars spectators, most of whom were then held on grimly to post its ing Bates the ball with first and. find a radio in someone's room and and buses reached the field and the from Bates), both teams gave an well-earned victory. ten on the Colby eighteen. With hear the broadcast — providing no crowd was unloaded, everyone was exhibition of football worthy of a Earlier in the playoff schedule, two spread formation passes by one cancelled the game in the mean- amazed, as they sloshed to the stands, championship game rather than to find empty bleachers confronting South bad won the right to play Chumbook gujng incomplete the time. a battle to decide fourth place. them on the opposite side of the field. in the finals by way of a forfeit The first blood of the game was Bobcats, playing the law of av- What's That Noise? After the first quarter a group clad win over Smith North. J. B., on drawn by the Colby Mules in the erages, tried the identical play for Those crossing the campus on May- in red, blue, or yellow slickers pro- the other hand, had to battle to second period after a first period the third consecutive time, and this flower Hill when the enterprising vided the only bright spot in the Col- reach the championship round as of punt exchanges from all over time Chumbook hit Morton in the Bates band was giving out its first by stands. This handful of loyal root- their first semi-final game with the field, and an ineffective field end zone, giving the freezing, wet rendition of "Go, go, you Bobcat" ers had the undivided attention of the Smith Middle ended in a hard- goal attempt by Ralph Froio. The Bates fans a short-lived jubilance noted some very startled expressions desperate cheerleaders. fought 6-6 tie. In a replay held two play started with a Bob Chum watching the scoreboard tally six on the faces of wandering Colbyites. Good Cheerers Never Die days later, the J. B. club turned book quick-kick from bis own 22 more for Bates and shooting the Most claimed that it could not be the on a good display of power to de- Led by Charles Caleagni and the sailing out of bounds on the Bates Garnet into the lead 12-6. The ex- Colby band and wondered who was feat ti'eir stubborn rivals, 24-12. cheerleaders, the Bates section moved 38. From the 38, Colby tried two tra-point attempt failed to click Intramu'als continued with making all the noise. up and down the field with the team. line smashes for a total of six as Chumbook tried to run the ball The news that four buses of foot- their good exciting ball game.-. One overly-enthusiatic coed got so vards, but on the third play, Don over, Froio's leg having been in- ball enthusiasts from Bates had ar- near the goal line on the field that a This year, with few exceptions, the Lake faded back and hit Charlie jured earlier. rived — band, cheerleaders, and all — watchful policeman asked her to leagues were well matched and the Windhorst with a spot pass on the Chumbook. sailed the Bates floored our hosts. They explained that stand back and avoid distracting the games well played. Some peop'e 20. Windhorst then went over kick-off down to the Colby 22, Colby spirit this year had been on the players. might be surprised at the enthusi- standing up, with Colby scoring where Shecrin, hesitating momen- downgrade, and that it was very like- Some of the freshman women who asm and d'termination with which on their only pass completion of tarily to find the handle of the ly that Bates would outnumber and toured Colby dorms during half time these games arc played. the day out of four attempts. A water logged ball picked it up, certainly outshout them at the game. commented very favorably on the Tony Kugeman should be prais- successful placement kick by Bob Followed some fine interference Who's All Wet? friendly hospitality of the Colby wo- ed for his work on intrainurals. l'e Shcerin provided the margin of down the middle of the field, and lias ,)ut a lot of time into making So it was that while Colby fans men. The soggily-dressed girls re- victory when in two attempts, the took off on a beautiful 78 yard intrainurals a success, and from glued an ear to the radio in the dorm, (Continued on page ten) Bobcats found themselves unable jaunt for the final Colby touch- this vantage point, it looks like he's to get a point after touchdown. down, to make the score 13-12. doing a good job. Bobcats Rush Back For the next 15 minutes, Bates Alaking Plans For Basketball Bob Atwater, who performed tried unsuccessfully to get a drive Intramural basketball gain; as very well in place of the injured started. Then with but forty sec- much attention as football, if not Dave Higgins, took the ensuing onds remaining in the game, the more. Tony, who has already start- kickoff on his own 33 and carried Bobcats found themselves in pos- ed working on the hoopsters, is up to the 40. From here Morton session of the ball on their own starling to make out the schedules smashed through the line for 40. A Colby penalty on the first He has requested that the eight yards, an Atwater to Hub- play set the ball up to the 45 with managers make a list of the ball bard pass went incomplete, and the clock stopped. On the next players so that the- games might Atwater carried to the Colby 46 play, Atwater faded back to the start as soon as possible. on a fake pass. thirty and let fly with a long, sail- Last year, Roger Bill took the At this point the Bobcats went ing pass which found its mark in basketball laurels as they finished into their spread formation and the arms of Herb Morton, sur- the season with an enviable rec- Chumbook sailed a long, beautiful rounded by three Colby men.
ord, and also, a victory in the play- J pass jnto the arms of Atwater Morton Stopped Short Of Goal offs. This year, as yet, little is who had sneaked behind the Col- From the twenty where he known as to the potential strength by secondary and ran the rest of caught the ball, fifty yards from of any intramural Organization. the way for the score. The im- where Atwater had thrown it, There are quite a few good basket- portant conversion attempt by Morton barged through two ball players on campus who do n .t Froio failed to rise above the would-be tacklers down to the ten participate in varsity or freshman cross-bar and the scoreboard stood yard line. Attempting to lose athletics, and we should have a Colby 7-Bates 6. the third and only other Colbyite, good season. The second half opened with Morton poured on all his steam In closing, we might review for Bates receiving the ball on their but it wasn't quite enough. The you the object of intramural sports own 20 and driving down to the third defenseman, Maurice Mat- Although it is nice to win, that is Colbyy 14 on a series of short hieu, dove in a desperation at- not the primary objective of intra- charges, mostly by Herb Morton, tempt, catching Morton's ankle inurals. The thing most important who totaled almost 100 yards with one hand and bringing him is to give tne student a chance to gained rushing. However, Colby's down about five yards short of be a sportsman. Not necessarily an Shecrin intercepted a Chumbook the goal line. The clock had run athlete — just a sportsman. There's pass on the 10, killing the Bobcat out while the play was in motion, a difference. scoring threat. After Colby punted and thus the Bobcats dropped an- other heartbreaker. One of the tough breaks Bates "COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE" suffered came in the third period, when Bob Chumbook, victim of a vicious cross-body block injured his left knee and had to be carried LEWISTON TRUST CO. from the game by stretcher. GREYHOUND Statistics-wise the game was just as close as the score indi- Heap Big Bargain for Everybody LEWISTON - MAINE cated, with Colby getting the edge Going Home for Thanksgiving! in net yard running, 138-109, while Bates in six out of 18 pass SPECIAL STUDENT BUSSES FROM We Solicit The Business Of Bates Students completions picked up 149 yards to Colby's 32. CAMPUS, WED., NOV. 25 LEAVE AFTER CLASSES TO BOSTON (Park Sq. and So. Station) DRY CLEANSING FRIEND'S RESTAURANT HARTFORD and ALL POINTS SERVICE Notice: Hartford Special Return Trip Leaves Hartford at 2:00 P.M. 40 Walnut Street Watch Bulletin Boards For Ticket Sales Date • Mail Reservation Cards Now . . . 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A 29 yard Men at the University of Chicago and its method of student selec- ber tires may make remarkable vuke "late leave" and stay up un- pass to l'lynii followed by a short Scho.il of Law. spoke to the Bates iiuii. playthings for boys who have til 9 or 9:30. toss to McGrath set up the Gar- Barristers Sunday evening in the never known better but they really Electrifying Experience Boys Well-Behaved nets second touchdown from the Chase Hall Lounge. don't resemble too much — and In his talk, Mr. Lucas stated Discipline is strict and most of 15 yard line. Martin's pitch to Mr. Luca*, a graduate of the can't quite take the place of tri- that Chicago Law School is on the tne boys art quiet and extrcm • y Flyim in the end zone climaxed University of Vi ginia Law cycles and footballs, marbles and upgrade. It has always been a well-behaved One little crippled the drive. School, and presently working for tops. good school, he said, but it is now >oy who lives in the tenement nex» After receiving the kickoff, the his Doctorate at Columbia Law Babies of 4-7 live in a special becoming an "electrifying" acad- to the asylum confided that hr Hebron eleven found themselves School, gave a summary of the section of the asylum. Children en- emic experience. Mr. Lucas went "liked the asylum kids because pitted against a staunch Bobkitten history of the Chicago Law ter school at 6, are taught their on to say that the case-book they are never allowed to play too defense. The Prep-schoolers relin- ■lessons both in French and Eng- method is the one primarily used rough — and they always have quished the cow-hide by punting lish. As at Marcottc the children in teaching. In the first year, the something to eat." He wouldn't out of trouble, The Garnet took Spirit Undampened usually "learn" English only after four required courses are divided like to live it Healy though — over on the Hebron 42, and shortly (Continued from page nine) they have had it in school. into four quarters with exams "They lock the big kids up at later Martin threw to Flynn, who turned to the field, however, to aid coming at the end of each quarter. "Old" boys (over 7) rise at 6 a.m. scampered into the end zone for in singing such appropriate numbers night." Resembles Bates - to go to Mass three tinfes a week. the final tally. as "I Love the Sttnshine of Your Despite l!'e obvious lack of free- In the question period that fol- School begins at 8:20 and continue.^ In toppling Hebron, the frosh Smile" before play resumed. dom the boys are happy and well- lowed, Mr. Lucas said that the ma- until a fifteen-minute recess at 10. completed the season with two Distinguishing numbers on the jer- ratisfied. Most have never known jor benefit of his school resembles The boys then return to classes and wins and a tie in three contests, seys of the brown team and the any other life while to a few o-li- that of Bates in that the enroll- work until 11:10. Before lunch mott including a 7-0 win over Bridgton bluish-brown team was too much for ers institutional life is a distinct ment has been kept small. This of the children take singing les- and a 6-6 tie with Colby. all concerned, but the crowd's faith improvement over their former sons. in the team was undampened down to promotes better orientation and School begins again at 1:45 p.m., poverty-stricken condition. to send students every day this the final second. student-faculty relations. continues until .? when there is an- In past years C.A. has sent Bate-. year. Just what the weatherman would Mr. Lucas finished by telling other 15-minute break. Boys may students, to Healy one day a week Mate- students may also tike have to conjure up to down the spirit the Barristers that Chicago Law play outside in good weather f-om to play with the children from 4-5 children "out for the afternoon" of Bates rooters at a football game School automatically accepts any 4-5. in the afternoon. Although few with permission from the Asylum is almost impossible to imagine af- Bates, student selected to fill the Compulsory study hour is froir have volunteered so far C.A. hopes director. ter Saturday's never-say-die display. Bates scholarship there each year. CHOICE OF YOU RICA FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR
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