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BHE Gives Meister BCC Emeritus Honor President Meister's long career in public educational service has been filled with many awards and honors pay- ing tribute -to these services which were so ably perform- ed . In recogntion of his count- less community activities, beneficial to education and scholarship, President Meis- ter has been awarded still another honor. The Board of Higher Education has be- stowed upon Dr . Meister the title of PRESIDENT EMERI- TUS. Dr. Meister continued, The President was award- "There is too great an empha- ed this title at a meeting of sis in public thinking on the the Board of Higher Educa- liberal arts education as the tion held on January 24, 1966 . only higher education . It is a In an interview following the form of status seeking. Ca- award, Dr . Meister said, "The reer programs are not termi- importance of general educa- nal in any sense . Our . studies tion included as, a basic core have shown that many grad- in our career programs stems uates of the career curricu- from the fact that technolo- lum continue their studies on gies are changing so rapidly a part-time basis, upgrading that work in the community Dr . Morris Meister receiving a gift at the graduation dinner . The their knowledge while on the presentation is being made by Louis Ligouri, President of the BCC colleges must not be entirely job." Alumni Association . Further information in the next Communicator. on a vocational level. The college attempts to give the stu - -dents basic principles which Dr. Snow's enable young people to adapt Tauber Now Dean-In- themselves to evolving tech- New Post Dr . Robert Snow, formerly of niques." Syracuse University, is now the new Director of the Evening and Charge, Heads College Extension Division of BCC . Dr. Day - Evening Snow is directly responsible for the On January 24, 1966, Dean Abraham Tauber, Educational Services for the stu- ed as the Acting President of Bronx Community College . dent who attends classes after 5 Starting with the spring semester, Dr. Tauber will serve as Plan Dances PM . When asked what he thought of The Evening -Session Student the Dean In Charge ; the term lasting from Feb. 1, 1966 to BCC now that he has been appoint- Council has announced plans for August 31, 1966, or until such time when the Board of Higher ed to this high position, he said, a freshman social, to be called "The "I came to BCC because I have Education elects a successor for President Meister . Red Velvet Snowball (Valentines) Dean Tauber, commenting on his heard that it is a place where all Dance ." . This dance is also supos- new position of acting president : students are considered worthy of paths that we set forth in the sed to cover the Washington's "I consider it a great privilege the very best instructional service college . The leadership in this col- Birthday holiday. The date for the responsibility, and a challenge to that the faculty can provide . I have lege has always stressed team- social event is Friday, February join the faculty in continuing the been told that the College staff is work between the faculty and the 18, 1966, at 8 PM . work that we have been doing un- committed to helping everyone who The dance will feature a rock- administration in the best interests comes here to learn - not just the der President Meister's able lead- and-roll band, the suggested group ership. We hope to continue in the e of the students of the college ." `brains' but the people like myself is called The Killers, who are part that the faculty can provide . I have of the Meyer Davis Orchestra . Also been assured that this holds true featured will be a group of girls whether the student is full-time or from Pi Epsilon Pi, running a "Kiss part-time, matriculated or non- for a Quarter" booth, proceeds go- matriculated . It better be true, or ing to the Heart Fund . sions of orientation so that they I'm going to walk out ." The admission will be free and The mid-year Freshmen Orienta- can help themselves . We want the He has found the staff very the dress is semiformal . No girls tion Program got underway Fri- students to feel free at anytime to friendly and he stated that he "is with slacks or men without sports day, January 28, with a general seek guidance from anyone from amazed at how patient the stu- jackets will be allowed entrance . meeting of all incoming freshmen . Freshmen Orientation . We also dents are during the tiresome reg- The student Freshmen Orientation urge them to consult their faculty There will be no exception to the istration ." Society provided a group of sen- advisors, as these counselors are rule. Dr. Snow is married, has two The day session student council iors to act as big brothers and big the students' best friends ." sons, one of whom is now attend- will also sponsor 'a freshman so- sisters to the newcomers at BCC . The Society was set up for a ing Syracuse University where he cial The Society itself is under the number of services . Many clubs ob- . The date for theirs will be himself received his Ph .D. He has direction of Al Greene, Day Coun- tain members through the So- February 11, 1966. The dance will served for six years previous to begin at 8 PM, dress casual . cil ' President, and Bob Baram, ciety's meetings which encourage this appointment as the Admin- Chairman of the Society. Mr . Ba- greater student participation in all For the day session dance, :buses istrator of Continuing Education ram expressed his objectives and activities . Present plans call for will run from the Nursing Center at Syracuse University . purposes for the Society and ad- representatives of all clubs plus to the Main Building at 7 :30 . & Dr . Snow is occupying Room 1-30, ded, "We try to help them, but student council to speak to students 8:30 and return later in the eve- near the Business Office, this was they must he willing to attend ses- (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) ning to the Center. formerly Dean Tauber's office . Forum 7 SPIRITUS MUNDI LETTERS TO THE EDITOR By essay reese

...... The views expressed in the following column are those of the author _ and are not necessarily COMMUNICATOR editorial policy . COMMENDATION Riding up to Bronx Community, I found myself seated next to a To the Editor of copy of the Daily News. Unobtrusively I picked this thing up . It was THE COMMUNICATOR I would like to take the time or probably one of the truly enjoyable moments of my intersession . Turning to page one (It had been turned to the Yonkers' charts), I to commend Mr. Byrne Bullpen- stein at this time for his pertinent was struck by the wonderfully bland headline, "Candy Lawyers say article on the right to keep an Three Lied," with the sub-headline reading, "Charge Coersion of Wit- bear firearms . I have known Byrne nesses ." At a glance, the reader would presume that some candy manu- for over two years now and bar facturer was on trial and the prosecution had managed, somehow, to always found him to be a comp( coerse some witnesses (perhaps those with a sweet tooth) . In small tent and trustworthyindividual. type, below the headline, it read, "story on page 3 ." The most likely Many of the members of the rifle reason for the small type was that the story on page 3 was not much club are my good personal friend of a story. In reality, some lady (Candace Mossler) and her nephew and it is my belief that the act (Melvin), who had been previously indicted for first degree body dis- vities of their club should not b posal, were making a last ditch effort to avoid having their case go criticized by "certain individuals to trial . This, with a battle going on in Viet Nam (some call it war), who know nothing about stringing was, in the opinion of the publishers of this newspaper, the most press- a guitar ;thus, why should the ing and important story of the day . know about constitutional right Below this story, another headline read, "Sex, Booze and Cops Probe (for the United States Constitution Gets Hotter ." This was surprising to see as this is usualy the type which I respect, gives an America of things one would expect to see in the New York Times . Now this citizen the right to keep and bear headline can be interpreted in a number of ways . First, it is reasonable arms) . The "anti-rifle club types to assume that where one finds sex and booze together, it is also rea- are the same people who criticize sonable to assume that certain things will get kind of hot . When the a club charter but never would at cops arrive on the scene, the heat becomes unbearable . tend a meeting of that same club On page two, a headline read, "War in Heavens? We Have Answer ." even when they were personally This seems to imply that some place in the religious atmosphere of the asked to do so by the club presi- world there is a questionable balance of power . It also leads the reader dent . Yes, even ill this wonderful to believe that the Daily News has submitted to the Vatican a righteous nation of opportunity for all they settlement . Reading further, one discovers that the article has no re- are those who would deny another ligious bearing whatsoever but is a rather objective story accusing the the rights that are theirs under Russians (indirectly, of course) of planning our country's demise by constitutional law due to their un- means of orbital atomic bombs . It states that we are now prepared for . Remember, toe limited ignorace that eventuality by means of a ultra-secret defense command etched that the rifle is not the "deadly into some mountain range in Colorado . They emphasize the weight of weapon ." The person who uses it the doors in this defense complex (thirty tons each) which I guess is is the one who must answer to the meant to scare any would-be assailants away and is a blurb for the powers that be for improper use . Pope Paul has stated that he frowns upon war or any Let us not condemn a fine, respect steel industry able, intelligent club due to a few and all sorts, and perhaps they fear some kind of reprisals from those crackpots who, unfortunately, inha- supernatural beings in the sky . bit the earth : Another point of in Also, there was an article on the divorce of a restaurateur from his terest is that I enjoy folk music wife after twenty-eight years . As they put it, the marriage was "not all folk music . I would never only on the rocks but also kaput ." This is an excellent example of say- dream of bringing a folk singe ing something succinctly without mincing any words . down to the level of an Elvis Pres- Then, of course, there is the type of headline which likens inanimate ley; the critics, therefore, should objects to people, "Snow lets city off lightly . . . ." This raises the ob- not try to subvert the rifle club vious question, "Was the city ever on snow?" I know for a fact that down to the level of a Lee Harvey there are plenty of addicts in the city, but I sincerely doubt if any of Oswald . them are on snow . I next turned to what the editors of the News call Respectfully, the "Editorial Page." This kept me in stitches from 125th Street to Robert A . Baram, 183rd . President, Young Under the headline of "Bombs Away," the News emphatically en- Conservatives dorsed a decision on the part of LBJ to resume bombing of North Viet- nam. They call his decision to institute a pause, a mistake . That would DISGUSTED mean that the pacifist demonstrators are not the only ones who are Pear Sir : doubting the ability of LBJ to administrate his government . They then After reading your review of the suggest "And how about using our big B-52s this time?" Yolk Talent Show I find it neces- With the riotous lead-in of "And speaking of mistakes-," they pro- nary to take pen in hand . Acrid( ceeded to cut the throat of HST (Truman) on the basis of his decision from questioning your formal all( not to invade Red China and placed the blame for their recent economic informal musical training, you) and nuclear progress on his decisions . Then, as if this is not ludicrous background and understanding of enough, they said, in an effort to get LBJ to bomb Red China, and I folk music and musicians in par- QUOTE, "If President Johnson wants to rank in history with George titular, your ability as a critic an( Washington and Abraham Lincoln as a savior of big country, we think your ability to express yourself here is his chance of a lifetime ." By doing this, the Daily News' editors well in written form . I question show- their willingness to stop the war and themselves - for good . your ability to compile ccorrect in- They ask the President to give Chiang Kai-shek the "green light for formation . ." In saying this, the To begin with, the Folk Singing his long-planned attack to retake the mainland Daily News admits that Lyndon Baines Johnson is in complete control Club is under the joint advisor . of practically every possible major decision that takes place in the non- ,hip of Mr. Rogal and Mr . Heller . It's a good thing that they are not in control of J . Next, a song the Cathy Noonan Communist word Trio sang was Dona Dona, and not Edgar Hoover . nona Nona Nona . Mr . Elliot Short This, coming from a paper with "more than twice the circulation of e, is employed by the Hunter Col • any other paper in America," is to be commended for stretching the lege Book Store and is not from : U .S . Constitution to the point where it is as widely interpreted as the City College . Finally, Mr . Heller Bible . On one hand they declare the protests against the war unconsti- sang with his wife and his wife'! tutional and that the demonstrators should be shot for treason, and on brother, not his brother . the other hand they call the President's "peace offensive" a "flop ." There is much more to be said They produce what is probably the only newspaper besides the National against your immature and preten- . Enquirer which state editorial opinions in the news articles . tious review. I let the review speak for itself. Applying tine criteria thing pleased or displeased you that you have established for criti- personally rather than saying it pops! cism, e .g . polished voice, instru- was a success or a flop . You should Last issue we published an article ment virtuosity, etc ., one would also learn to distinguish between or the work study program . At have to conclude that performances, point by point listing of criticism that time, we forgot to mention by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, of performers which is _basically that Mrs . Jeanne Walsh is in charge Bob Dylan and scores of other reporting and being able to discuss of that particular program . We are performers have all been flops . the high and low points of a per- sorry we forgot you, Mr's . Walsh. Assuming that you are seriously formance which then is good criti- concerned with being able to write cism . mature criticism, you would do well Yours truly, to first understand the artistic Richard F. Heller Time on your hands . Let the form, material, purpose and intend- Bronx Community College ed level of a performance before Biology Department COMMUNICATOR take it off . judging its worth and to say some- (Continued on Page 3, Col . 1)

Anyone interested in joining any extracurricular activities should Forum 7 apply in Rooms 5-22 and BM4 . To (Continued .from Page 2, Col. 4) work on these activties a 2 .00 in- . dex is required . A. L . Rides Again Your Executive Committee now Editor : consists of Al Greene, President, The ENGLISH DEPARTMENT will sponsor classes For the past few weeks, Forum who has been Assembly Represen- to prepare Seven had been devoted to a child- tative from XKE, the Pledgemaster BCC students for the CCNY School of Education English Exam . Clas- ish name-calling campaign run by of XKE, and is the present cap- iliterates and hack writers ; among tain of the BCC Bowling Team ; ses will be held on February 16, 17 and 24, in Room 3-5 at 12 :30 PM . those idiots were a few COMMU- Dave Iskowitz, Vice President, who NICATOR staff members whom I has been the Junior Representative The CCNY School of Education thought were sane - not anymore . in the Assembly ; Steve Smith, written English Exam will be given I am in favor of ending this fool's Treasurer, who was the first Mas- at BCC on March 3, 1966 . The test game with - a caustic farewell poem, ter Frater of XKE ; Susanne Fried, will be one of the admission re- which, as usual, I dare you to print . Recording Secretary, who was the quirements for entering that branch Disgustedly, Assembly Representative for the of CCNY . The time and room num- Arthur E. Loring John F . Kennedy Human Rela- ber will be announced by the En- tions Society and the secretary of glish Office, Room 2-14 . RETORT TO THE, CRITICS that organization ; Condon Brown, Corresponding Secretary, who was Prof. Robert Clarke, of the By Arthur Loring chairman of the IOC last term ; Chemistry Department, has re- Damned fool 1, could never see Geraldine Quinn, Liaison to nurs- quested all his students to write to That a vulture ing who is the President of the him. His address can be obtained Without culture Proctors Council at the nursing from Dr. Atlas' Office, Room 4-6 . Flew into my sepulchre center ; Ellen Loebel, Liaison to The COMMUNICATOR is in To pick my brain evening, who is the President of All blood drain - need of Typists, Reporters, Photog- the PET sorority ; Neil Silver, Liai- raphers, Proof Readers, etc . If you Mere shell son to Judiciary, who was the past Angel fell have an interest in Journalism and Master Frater of XKE and was some extra time ; stop into Rm . Damned to hell! ; the first chairman of the IFSC RM4 . Curse the insanity! Danny Berkowitz, IOC chairman who was a member of the Elections Heartless world - Committee ; Arlene Ornstein, Con- That life of masques stitutional Committee Chairman, And hypocritical kindness who also held that position last Flagrantly displayed term . The Liaison to the Assembly Have astronauts Only when festivity is near . has not yet been appointed . We are The flower of humanity looking forward to working with made pilots old hat? Blooms late in December you. But (lies too soon - Suffocated by weeds, Executive Committee Weeds of hatred. Spring, 1966

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. BREMEN produced by PANDRO S Y GREEN by GU FOS . . . (Continued from Page 1, Col . 3) Dr. Rosenstock at the group meetings. Encourage- KENNEDY SOCIETY HOLDS ment is also provided for member- At New BCC ship in the area of intramural sports activities . A WORKSHOP WEEKEND Grants Post The Society provides a chance for ,ion. The theory sessions gave gen- ciety to take a long critical look a Dr. Morton Rosenstock, Head the students to learn from tare mis- The John Fitzgerald Kennedy con- eral explanations for the techni- itself, determine where it had beer Librarian at the college, was re- takes of previous student, . The junction with Student Council, held ques used in the "D" sessions and where it is now, and how it might po t cently appointed by President Meis- Society will not attempt to soleo a workshop in Group Dynamics "T" groups . ssibly direct its actions in the ter to the position of "BCC Co- their problems for them . They will Sensitivity at Camp Isabella The general meetings coordinated future . The members of the Socited saw that there are definite ordinator of Federal Grants and however, provide a source of coun-sel. on the student-friend level Friedman in Canaan, Connecticut, all the other activities of the con- Projects." His primary function from Friday, January 21st, to Tues-day,. January 25th ference . All the participants were responsibilities for each member t will be to funnel information on The group plans to continue reg- present at these sessions and the live up to . These responsibilities funds made available to BCC to the ular meetings throughout the I appropriate individuals and depart- Conferences of the Human Rela- various activities and problems of are now being thought out an semester. ments. tions Society, by their very spe- the Kennedy Society were discus- will be dealt with at the next fen cial nature, have broad, eclectic, sed. meeting of the Human Relation In December, of last year, Dr . and individual purposes . The pur- The association groups consisted Society. The group appears to b Rosenstock attended a conference Laurels . . . pose of the January 21st confer- of at least one member of each D at a very high point . It seems that in Washington, D.C., sponsored by (Continued from Page 1, Col . 1) ence was designed to help the in- or T unit. -The association groups the Society is ready to answer r the American Council on Educa- dividual become more sensitive to found out how each group was question that was asked at a see- tion. The conference dealt with the all for the cost of $30 .00. The big- and aware of his own motivations operating and discussed similarities sion of the conference . The ques- pew federal legislation and how it gest hits of the weekend remained1 and the motivations- of the people and differences that the various tion is, "If not now, then when? will affect higher education . Some the lounge and skiing . around him . Another aim of the units had. The answer is forthcoming - an, of the programs which have been Adding to the run of schedule(I conference was to help the in- The conference allowed the So- crucial. in the planning stages are now events were a number of individual dividual better understand the in- nearing the point of operation. parties thrown by such groups as teraction of people within a group . Among these are Operation Giant- ZIP, KPT and XKE, as well as Step, the Plastics Technology Cur- publications and council groups . The weekend included diagnostic riculum, the television classes plan- sessions, task groups, association ned for the Nursing Center stu- An unexpected ending to the ad- groups, theory sessions and general dents, the FM Radio Station, a venture was provided by the last meetings. The "D" groups (diag- program in Micro-Electronics, and minutem scramble to get the busess nostic sessions) were aimed at bet- the addition of many new pieces back to New York, on Sunday, be- ter understanding the process of of basic equipment . fore the blizzard closed the Thru- the interaction within a group Dr. Rosenstock received his B .A. way. through group experience and an- from Harvard University, and his alysis . M .A ., M.S., and Ph .D. from Co- The "T" groups are designed to lumbia. He has previously been in Commencement . . . show the members that with a con- the library service at Brooklyn arid (Continued from Page 1, Col . 1) scious effort the most correct solu- Queens Colleges . He has recently tion to a problem or the imme- Fad a book published by the Wayne Student Government president Jo- diate group goal can he achieved State _.University _Press, _Louis seph Mazza . quickly and efficiently using the Marshall, Defender of Jewish The various prizes were award- structure of the "T" (task) group Rights. ed by Deans Tauber, Silverman concept. His preliminary plans are to take and Thompson, with the presenta- The skill sessions through par- advantage of the Higher Education tion of the class gift, a stereo set, ticipation and observation, provided Act of 1965 which provide for Re- being made by Joseph Mazza, Pres- an opportunity to develop the skills search Projects, Library Aid, and ident of the Day Student Council . required for effective group opera- Community Service Programs .

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BOWLING 0 p A PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN NEWS a a Five Keglers bowled in the Re- gion Fifteen Tournament of Col- p p PHARMACY leges on January 15, 1966 . The offers young men tournament was held in Poughkeep- and women sie at the Mardi-Bob Lanes . Al B exceptional Greene, Ted Ringger, Robert Si- opportunities mon, Robert Uram, and Robert for Won left on Friday evening with public service Coach Whelan and returned Sat- and urday night . Q D self-fulfillment Ted Ringger was high man with 0 THE B . S. IN PHARMACY is a door- an average of 183 .4. Al Greene opener to security and a prosperous wasn't far behind with a 283 aver- p future with professional status in a age. • field offering many versatile careers : 0 Retail and Hospital Pharmacy • Phar- Farmingdale took first place in maceutical Research and Control the tournament . One of their Bowl- Drug Distribution • Civil Service ers threw a 605 series for three q Public Health Services • Food and games. • Drug Administration • Veterans Administration . Although BCC placed ninth in Theta Chapter National Fraternity, Inc. the entire competition, all who par- q THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE OF PHARMACY ticipated felt that the trip was • offers a comprehensive course de- successful . Farmingdale and Penn- 0 signed to prepare students for the All 'Interested Pledges Contact: practice of Pharmacy and for all sylvania County took part in the allied fields. It provides excellent tournament, although not members q • professional training and a well- of the Metropolitan Community 0 rounded collegiate life . College Bowling League ., These JULIUS ROBINSON - PR 3-5328 Write or teams are now contemplating mem- q Phone For bership in the league . • Our, Bulletin of Information 0 or • An Applica- tion Form A counseling • Interview q ALAN LEDERMAN - LONG ISLAND with Dean For anyone who does not agree 0 GAR 5-2748 Arthur G . Zupko with the amount of advertisements UNIVERSITY in this newspaper let it be known, q or B'KLYN COLLEGE of PHARMACY for the first time in the history of 600 lafayette A,e • Brooklyn 16, N Y. the COMMUNICATOR an issue 0 0 FOUNDED 1886 MAin 2-4040 was printed at a profit to the stu- STUDENT COUNCIL LETTER BOX dents . q ------... 4L' S root

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kinds of cars all in one place . . . at your Chevrolet dealer's CHEVROLET • CHEVELLE • CHEVY II . CORVAIR • CORVETTE Miff sexy I A CLIFF'S NOTES, INC. Bethany Station, Lincoln, Nebr . 68505 1 with Where TheBy Ann DreschGirls Are (By the author of "Rally Round the Flag, Boys!", To your unsuspecting girls who registered for GH 1 with the thought that a I/2 credit course is a whiz "Dobie Gillis," etc .) -rots of ruck . Some of you remnants of the tomboy stage or thletically inclined persons will not find it difficult, but for those sit-at-home-than-walk females, there may be a problem . I speak not as an authority on physical education, but as a survivor of one semester of GH 1. At a typical first class, various looks range from anticipation to I-don't-want-to-do-this-but-I-have-to . ROOMMATES : THEIR CAUSE AND CURE A description of what will be expected from each student is given and gradually the idea comes to mind that maybe you're registered for a endurance course of a future Olympics team . The supposedly inducing You'd think that with all the progress we have made in phrase, "think of the condition you'll be in at the end of this course," does not bring to mind a picture the education game, somebody would have found a cure of robust health, but aching backs, tight muscles and knocking knees . for roommates by now . But no . Roommates remain as big Some of you may have heard "Chicken Fat" sung by Robert Preston . For those of you who haven't, a problem today as they were when Ethan -Mather founded the first American college . it's a record that definitely will not make the hit parade, but is intended to help us shake in time with (Contrary to popular belief, Harvard was not the first . the music . When I say shake, I don't mean the frug, monkey, etc ., but exercise . As the song goes on, one Mr. Mather started his institution some 100 years earlier . wonders if Preston will ever stop for breath so you can do likewise . Suddenly he quiets and twenty odd And quite an institution it was, let me tell you ! Mr. Mather exhausted, bodies thud to the floor . But, wait ; there's still more to come . Further limbering up exercises built schools of liberal arts, fine arts, dentistry and tan- including pushups, situps, squat thrusts, etc ., follow. By the time this is over we have a group that looks ning. He built a lacrosse stadium that seated 200,000 . like candidates for a nursing home . Everywhere on campus was emblazoned the stirring Latin The Royal Canadian Air Force has come up with exercise plans for physical fitness which amounts to motto CAVE MUSSI-"Watch out for moose ." The stu- twelve minutes homemade torture a day dent union contained a bowling alley, a weighing ma- . Once you have mastered these exercises it is unboudtedly true chine, and a sixteen-chair barber shop .) -that you will feel better mentally, and physically, you will have a stronger heart, will be able to cope (It was this last feature-the barber shop-that, alas, with physical stress and withstand fatigue longer than unfit persons . What they fail to mention is brought Mr. Mather's college to an early end . The student what takes place when you start these exercises . You are more fatigued than usual, you walk around body, being drawn chiefly from the nearby countryside, slightly bent, you are so hungry that you eat two helpings of all the `wrong' foods, and collapse into was composed almost entirely of Pequot and Iroquois In- bed a specimen of physical fitness! dians who, alas, had no need of a barber shop . They Meanwhile, back at the gym you have advanced to such wonders as the mats, parallel bars, horse and braided the hair on top of their heads, and as for the hair on balance beam . The mats are the basic equipment used and allow for such things as the forward roll, their faces, they had none . The barber, Tremblatt Follicle the inch-worm, and the seal walk by name, grew so depressed staring day after day at 16 emp- . Being best seal walker in the class is really a boost to your ego ; ty chairs that one day his mind gave way. Seizing his vibra- you slip across the floor looking like some sort of an idiot . The short and long crab are not animals on the tor, he ran outside and shook the entire campus till it crum- beach, but routines on the parallel bars . Here you helpessly find your legs have gone in opposite direc- bled to dust . This later became known as Pickett's Charge .) tions, (you by the way are upside down), trying to figure out how the heck to-get right side up . The But I digress . We were exploring ways for you and your balance beam, approximately two inch wide and seven feet long, is not to test the sobriety of the roommate to stop hating each other. This is admittedly students . If this was the case the number of intoxicated persons would outnumber those who could difficult but not impossible if you will both bend a bit, `walk a straight line .' Seriously, as the name implies this is for balance, and the trick is to look straight give a little . ahead, arms outstretched on either side, and try not to trip over your feet I remember, for example, my own college days (Berlitz . If this fails you can always '08) . My roommate was, I think you will allow, even less fall, but then your spotters are there to catch you . This is to protect you, but sometimes it doesn't work agreeable than most . He was a Tibetan named Ringading and all three of you fall (it's friendlier that way) . The trampoline is really fun. The kill bounce is whose native customs, while indisputably colorful, were what is supposed to make you stop . I say supposed to, because it doesn't always work . With arms wav- not entirely endearing . Mark you, I didn't mind so much ing, knees knocking-instead of locking, you stand there, momentarily, before collapsing in a heap . , the gong he struck on the hour or the string of firecrack- Stumbling away from the trampoline we come upon the horse . This instrument is for jumping feet first, ers he set off on the half hour . I didn't even mind that he though many try head first, but don't worry, you can always depend on your spotters? singed chicken feathers every dusk and daybreak . What I mind was that he singed them in my hat . The grand finale of these two hours is the ten minute run . (You need this like fifty more push ups), did all you want to do at this point is to lie down and maybe never get up, but no, we must run . The bright side of this (if there is a bright side) is that we have music to run to . Fast run, slow run, walk, slow run, fast run, walk . . . By this time your voice is cracking, dehydration is setting in, fatigue has chang- ed to numbness . So ends another GH 1 class . For you girls who are taking GH 1, 1 hope this gives you a little insight into what awaits you in our Gym . For those of you who happen to see some poor soul limp up the stairs, or painfully and slowly bend to pick something up, be a little sympathetic ; your turn will come. BCC Volleyball ABORA'S SONG To be fair, he was not totally taken with some of my Season Starts . I The BCC Women's Volleyball habits either-especially my hobby of collecting water Today, had no jars at the time, so I just had to stack the water as always, people, in general, have a tendency to talk a lot Team played its first match of the any-old-where . and say absolutely nothing . What they are striving for is a method of season on Wednesday, February Well, sir, things grew steadily cooler between Ringa- communicating with their fellow man, but they are having a hard time 9 in the Nursing Center Gym . ding and me, and they might actually have gotten ugly doing it . Most people try to solve this problem by taking speech or Their opponent was a team of had we not each happened to receive a package from home vocabulary improving courses . nurses from Montefiore Hospital one day . Ringading opened his package, paused, smiled Unfortunately, they are not concentrating on the means which they in the Bronx. shyly at me, and offered me a gift . "Thank you," I said . "What is it?" have at their disposal, nonverbal communications. This is the least BCC, under the direction of "Yak butter," he said . "You put it in your hair . In Ti- thought about yet one of the most important methods . Can you imag- coach, Mrs . Altman, won the match betan we call it gree see kidstuff." ine an official in a football game trying to give a call wtihout the use in two games 15-2, and 15-2 . "Well now, that's mighty friendly," I said and offered him of signals? It would be almost impossible to continue the game . Yet In arranging a schedule, they are a gift from my package . "Now you must have one of mine ." this type of nonverbal communications is but a minor part of the great trying to meet other Community "Thank you," he said . "What is this called?" "Personna Stainless Steel Razor Blades," I said . Whole, a whole which envelopes a vast span of emotions and ideas . College teams in the New York City area . Miss Joann Primus ' "I will try one at once," he said . And did . The emotions expressed call also be of a, broad scope . It could mean "Wowdow!" he cried . "Never have I had such a smooth, security to a young boy having his father place his hand on his shoul- team captain, announced that close, comfortable shave!" der, or it may mean an inner satisfaction to that same child to have matches have been arranged for "Ah, but the best is yet!" I cried . "For you will get his dog wag his tail at him . BCC with Queensboro CC on March many, many smooth, close, comfortable shaves from your Your own state of being can be communicated without saying a word . 5, and 16 and also a BCC alumni Personna Blade-each one nearly as smooth, close, and Have you ever noticed your facial expressions are different when you're team on February 21 . Other match- comfortable as the first!" es are being planned and the dates "Wowdow!" he cried . tired or wide awake, when you feel elated or depressed? There is a "Moreover," I cried, "Personna Blades come both in difference which is noticeable to everyone else, and which acts as a will be announced shortly . Double Edge style and Injector style!" safety valve or a danger signal telling others what mode of action, to Any students interested in volley- "Sort of makes a man feel humble," he said . take . ball should contact Mrs. Altman in "Yes," I said . There are many things inferred when nonverbal communications are Room BM-8, as there are still open- We were both silent then, not trusting ourselves to used . I think it would be easier to list a very few methods of transmit- ings . speak . Silently we clasped hands, friends at last, and I am proud to say that Ringading and I remain friends to this ing ideas and let you think about each meaning : day. We exchange cards each Christmas and firecrackers A handshake each Fourth of July. A wave to a friend or no wave at all © 1966, Max Shuiman A girl smiling at a boy The makers of Personna@ Stainless Steel Blades who sponsor A boy smiling back this column-sometimes nervously-are also the makers of The look on a child's face after receiving a gift Burma Shave .@ Burma Shave soaks rings around any other lather and is available in regular or menthol. Be kind to your The look on the person's face who gave the gift kisser; try some soon. The expression of anyone who has seen the effects of war The expression of devastation on everyone coming out of the Chemis- try final . Announcement Somewhere along the line we must open our eyes further to hear The new members of your stu- the other people, to hear their fellow men cry and laugh, and to be able to share these emotions in good times, and to help them when the go- dent government would like to ing gets rough . The JFK Human Relations Society makes a stab at thank all of you for your support getting the members to communicate with others, but no organization and cooperation . We hope that you Can, alone, achieve the goal - understanding between men . To achieve will continue to help us for the this, we must all try to understand and communicate as individuals . rest of the semester . If anyone in- . And we must all ask ourselves the questions : terested in student government And how many years must one man have would like to join a committee or Before he can hear people cry? work in student government, don't Is the answer blowing in the wind or is it in our laps? hesitate to come up to Room 5-22