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Bates College SCARAB The aB tes Student Archives and Special Collections 12-11-1957 The aB tes Student - volume 84 number 10 - December 11, 1957 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student Recommended Citation Bates College, "The aB tes Student - volume 84 number 10 - December 11, 1957" (1957). The Bates Student. 1280. http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student/1280 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aB tes Student by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 73 Hates Student By Subscription Vol. LXXXIV, No. 10 BATES COLLEGE, LEWISTON. MAINE, DECEMBER 11, 1957 MIRROR Editors Complete Dedication, Senior Section Torch Relay Opens Yearbook editors MacCrae Miner and Muriel Wolloff an- nounce that by the end of the week the first half of the Olympic Competition Mirror will be in the hands of the printer. Editors Jane Anderson, Anno i Carnival Events Include Outing, Ridley, Peter Ailing, Paul Gas- Jazz Concert, Meddiebempsters tonguay, John Carbone, and Wil- liam MacKinnon have been By ANNE RIDLEY working with the photographers The Bates College Campus will be the scene of Winter through the fall to complete the Olympics. 1958" Carnival weekend, a mc unusual and dedication, the faculty section, colorful four days.J *—of another; unparalleled„ . , and, un-„„ and the senior section. The unique events, all of common event. 'Sugaring-off," a Make Changes which are tied in with the theme, New Engiand and especially a and never before enjoyed by ' . tradition, will take place There have been quite a few ski area Bates students, will begin Thurs- Friday afternoon. This consists of changes in the format this year. day, January 30, with the light- foiling maple syrup over a fire When the yearbook comes out ing of the torch by Governor and spreading it out on snow, an in the spring, it will be bound in Edmund S. Muskic. area having been roped off for a new style cover. Carry Torch this purpose. Additional refresh- This is in keeping with the Also, there has been a change ments will also be available. tradition of the ancient Greek Foreign Skiers Appear in photographers. The editors and present-day commencement Evening entertainment in Chase have engaged the Harvard Studio of the Olympics. The torch will Hall will consist of faculty skits of Boston to do the camera be carried from Augusta by a re-, i j g by two newly-organ- Carnival preparations occupy attention of OC Council mem- and s ng n work. lay team and arrive on campus j ized campus groups, bers Ben Getchell, Sylvia Soehle, and Marilyn Miller. while the parade is going on. Saturday offers more unusual Photograph Carnival Events (Photo by Atwood) The parade will be made up of j evcnts A ski exhibition and sla- Senior portraits, taken at the members of the four competing i lom demonstration, by a member beginning of the year, are being countries and will feature an un- j of the Swiss Olympic team and I delivered today. The two editors precedented array of costumes I an internationally known Aus- from the different countries, \ ^ke place on Mt. plan to begin taking candids for Increased Cost Of Living trian skier win along with bands and floats. : rjavid. the activities section after vaca- Forces Tuition Fee Hike Light Bowl Of Fire j pian Carnival Dance tion. Prior to the beginning of the A jazz concert, followed by ser- Photographers will be on cam- Another increase in tuition, ef- ers have made these increases ice show, the bowl of fire will be enadmg of the dormitories is pus to record all Carnival events. fective in September 1958, was necessary President Phillips ex- lit, signifying the actual begin-; pIanried for Saturday afternoon, plained. ning of Carnival. The ice show, .. Twilight," the semi- announced Monday by President 0)ympian will also feature "foreign bands" | formaI daneei win take plact. Charles F. Phillips. The $800 tui- Tuition rates would be much Syracuse Prof higher without the many gifts and exciting entertainment. j g^m^y evening in the gym. tion fee and the $650 cost of to Bates from alumni and friends Co-chairmen Barbara Madsen The band will be ann0unced and Lawrence Beer have also en-1 | j board and room represent an of the college. a er Gives Series Of increase of $75 in outlay per stu- gaged for Thursday evening the I The Sunday outingi set for Seek Proper Salary Level Meddiebempsters from Bowdoin, dent. j February 2. will be at Camden Phy*rsics Lectures "The financial support of a widely-known and very popu- i this year and will prove appeal- This year's increase will add i Bates College by its alumni, cor- lar choral group. A song fest will ing to all. whether indoor or out- Prof. Peter Bergmann, physics $60,000 to the school's budget. follow. professor at Syracuse University • porations, and friends has made door enthusiast. It is to be un- Since 1950 increase amounting to Hold "Sugaring-Off" and a specialist in relativity, will ! it possible for us to maintain rel- derstood that this is not just a $455 represent the college's at- On Friday the faculty-student be the guest speaker at several atively low tuition rates and, at ski trip. There are toboggan tempt to adjust its income to the football game will take place, events on the Bates campus this the same time, to raise faculty runs, an ice skating pond, a rising cost of living. Even with followed by snow games in the week. He is spending four days salaries," he concluded. ski run, ping pong, and several these ups in expenditures, Bates afternoon. A trophy will be here as a visiting lecturer under Although faculty salaries here other attractions. still maintains a position in awarded at this time to the coun- Offer Price Reduction the sponsorship of the American are said to have doubled in the the lowest-cost-bracket among try amassing the highest total of '• past 15 to 20 years, the trustees, Something that will appeal to Institute of Physics. northern colleges. points from the competitive ; acting on the recommendation of all, especially the male side of Professor Bergmann's lecture events. Living Expenses Increase [ the president feel that further campus, is the decrease in the series opened with a discussion Rand Field will be the scene i increase is necessary. amount of tickets from $5.25 last of the role of physics in science "The continuing upswing in year and $5.75 the year before, to at the monthly meeting of the the national cost of living and I Includes Campus Maintenance a surprising $4.50. which will in- science clubs last evening. the ever present need to increase i The salaries were low to begin Carolers Gather clude all the extraordinary the salaries of our college teach- Discusses Relativity I with and have not yet reached For Annual Sing events of the weekend. He will address the Physics the proper level. Top men in Other events in keeping with Colloquium at 4 p. m. this after- fessor Bergmann will discuss I their fields are now getting On Friday Night the theme include a film, a mas- ndbn in Room 25, Carnegie Sci- "Einstein's Ideas on Relativity" $15,000 to $20,000 for college querade dance, a dance contest, ence Building, on "Relativity for the benefit of junior and se- teaching. The average professor's The Christian Association is an open house in the Women's and Quanta." The meeting is nior Cultural Heritage students. salary, however, is an insignifi- sponsoring its annual program of Union, and an open house at cant one when compared to the Christmas caroling Friday even- open to the public. The lecture will be given in the Thorncrag. Filene Room. Pettigrew Hall. salaries after graduation of the ing. Carolers will assemble at Incorporate Suggestions At 11:20 a.m. tomorrow, Pro- men and women they train. 6:30 p.m. in the Chase Hall ball- The co-chairmen have spent Encourage Attendance One must remember that tui- room. much time planning the events is not compulsory, Bach Concert Attendance tion represents the over-all costs They will then divide into and incorporating all suggestions but "Cultch" students are ad- for operating the campus as well groups, visiting the homes of var- (Continued on page two) Bernard Piche, organist of vised to attend as the lecture as instructional expenses. ious professors and friends. They St. Peter's and St. Paul's concerns a subject which is in- will return to the campus about Church, will present a con- cluded in Cultural Heritage 402. 8 p. m. Mirror cert of Bach organ music at Professor Bergmann's final Plans Open House Seniors are reminded to 4 p. m. tomorrow in the speech will, be given Friday Don't Forget CA has also planned an infor- pick up their class pictures morning during the regular mal open house in the Chase Hall by 3 p. m. today in the base- church. The concert, which Friday and Saturday of : Lounge following the caroling Chapel program. At that time ment of Roger Williams Hall. will constitute Cultural Heri- he will attempt to answer the this week and January 3 and • program. The open house will The balance of each stu- tage mass lecture for the question, "What Is Modern 4 are all no-cut days! Periods j run simultaneously with the seniors, is open to all inter- Physics?" in .layman's terminol- Saturday will be shortened; "Silver Bells" dance and will dent's bill must be paid at ested students.