Connecticut Daily Campus Strom? Storrt Since 1896 VOL. LXVIII, NO. 117 STQRRS, CONNECTICUT TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1964 For JFK And Posterity: West Campus District Selected For New Dorm By SUE CRONIN area will be in the center, sur- Using the "T" analogy, the bot- A new residence hall complex rounded by student rooms. Twt> tom part of the "T" will serve consisting of four seven-story resi- such cores on each floor will break salads, desserts, etc. to two groups dence halls and a central dining hall up each floor unit into two rela- that will bring their trays to its will be built near West Campus tively small groups of 20 students outside. The top of the "T* will on the corner of Hillside and Gil- each. serve the hot meals. bert Roads. The combined core space on Milk, coffee, and tea will be ob- Simmer Cohen, director of Res- each floor will provide lounge area, tained after students go through idence Housing, said that it is hoped service room, storage space, and a the whole serving line, thus elim- that ground will b» broken in room for ironing. inating congestion. November and that two of the units Each living unit will hav; two One such "T' will be located at will be completed by February, elevators, one opening onto the each end of the dining hall with the 1966. lounge on the second floor, the kitchen in the middle. The kitchen Co-ed other opening toward the front of will be son constructed that stu- Each of the housing units will the building. Stairs will be located dents will be able to see their have room for 220 students and at each end of the building. food being prepared. JOHN PERUGINI. (RIGHT) PRESIDENT Of Sigma Al- present plans are that the complex The four living units will be lo- Another feature planned will be pha Epsilon, and Ron Massey of Chi Phi hand a check to ASG will be co-ed. A unit will be seven cated in a 180 degree arc around a conveyor belt that brings the stories tall, housing students on five the dining hall. trays back to the dish room. President Anne McKinnon. College students in Connecticut have and a half floors, with the re- set their sights on a $7,500 target as their collective contribution Modern Dining The State of Connecticut selects maining one and a half stories for The dining hall will have sev- the architect for all such Univer- to a national campaign to help finance a John F. Kennedy Library various purposes. eral modern features. One is a sity buildings, and the State will on the banks of the Charles River in Boston. Any house on cam- Half of the ground floor will be new way of serving. Instead of just also supervise construction, after completely open so that people can pus wishing to make a contribution may do so at the Student one long line where diners must which the University will take over walk through. In this part of the wait to b served, there will be two the buildings. Union control desk from May 4-May 15, JFK — Memorial Li- building the second floor will be "T~ shaped serving areas which The houses now located in the brary Collection Week. supported on columns. The rest of can serve four groups of people at area where the new complex will the first floor will have a laundry a time. be built will be torn down. room, study room, recreation and hobby facilities, a trunk storage Two Departments Unite area, a linen exchange room, a mail room with mailbox for each Aaron Copland To Speak resident, and a two-story lobby. To Present "Music Man Student rooms will begin on the second floor, half of which will At Fine Arts Colloquium "The Music Man," the big rol- Tommy Djilas," and Zaneeta house 20 students. The rest of the licking musical of the American Shinn." second floor will have the reception Aaron Copland, one af the na- best orchestral work of 1846-47. Midwest, will be presented by the "Mayor Shinn" the Mayor of office, the residence counslor's tion's leading modern compossers. Mr. Copland, who was born in University of Connecticut's Depart- River City, Iowa, where the play apartment, a room for the dorm's will help the University of Connec- Brooklyn, is also composer of num- ments of Theater and Music, start- lakes place is played by graduate student government, and a lounge ticut observe its 25th year as a erous pieces for ballet, opera and ing Thursday, May 7 and continu- student James Curtan. Others in the which looks on to the lobby from University on May 6, when he de- motion pictures. ing through May 16. cast are Janet Linley (Ethel Tof the floor below. livers an address at the Von der In addition to his creative con- The UConn production of the flemier), Sara Davis (Mrs. Paroo). Core Plan Mehden Recital Hall at 8:15 p.m. tributions. Mr. Copland has been Meredith Willson hit will be staged and Valerie Schor (Eulalie Mac- The rest of the floors will be or- Scheduled to participate in a active as a teacher and author. in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theater, Kecknie Shinn) ganized on a core plan. The service School of Fine Arts Colloquium. Since the Berkshire Music Center with shows each evening at 8 p.m., Mr. Copland plans to air his views was established in 1940. he has except May 10 when a 2:30 p.m. on "New Trends in Contemporary been chairman of the faculty and Sunday matinee is scheduled. Music." The Fine Arts Colloquium head of the Cosmopolitan Dept. A company of more than 60 stu- Fraternity Rush Program is one of a series of special events He has lectured on contemporary dents — including singers, dancers planned by UConn during the peri- music extensively in many countries od May 1-9 to mark its Silver Anni- and musicians — has been recruited and for 10 years was lecturer on to present the musical, which is the Ends, 153 Accept Bids versary. music at the New School for Social The distinguished guest lecturer, Research at New York City. In final major production of the ley Grazy. Thomas Lengyel. Sergei. One hundred and fifty three men who made major contributions to 1951-52 he lectured at Harvird UConn academic season. have accepted bids from nineteen Pavlovs, Sherwood Potter, Charles Based largely on the composer's the music literature of the world, is University. UConn frarternities culminating the Tienken, Howard Silkman. and creator of more than 30 works for boyhood adventures in Iowa, the Mr. Copland is author of "What 1964 Spring Rush program. Frederic Sweeny. orchestra. He won the New York musical projects a romantic view Theta Xi: Louis Barbesino, Rich- to Listen for in Music." "Our New The new pledges, who will be Music Critics Circle Award for the of the Midwest as it was shortly ard Di Pentima, James Gebryel. Music," and "Music and Imagina- initiated next fall are: tion." and the subject of two bi- after the turn of the century. ALPHA ZETA OMEGA: Jon Henry Figlewski, William Fox, Jo- Assistant Professor seph W McAnneny, James Lee SW To Be ographies. In 1956 he received an Gold, Jim Healy and Tom Marti- honorary degree from Princeton. Theatrical director is Assistant chek. Morgan, and Robert W. Schaefer: Professor, Naffe Katter, of the De- Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Vincent He owns a Pulitzer prize. an Beta Sigma Gamma: Peter Cav- Best Ever partment of Theater. Assisting as DiMartin, Allan Gregory, Lee "Oscar." and the Gold Medal for agnaro, George Em6nd. John Gaj- choreographer is Lawrence Berger Grief, Frederick Jones and Albert Senior Week, heralded as the Mu«ic of the American Academy da, Kenneth Golden, George Hath- "Bigger and Better SW' will fea- of Arts and Letters. an instructor of the Theater staff. away. Bruce Humiston, William Reinhart. Supervising the musical phase of the Sigma Chi Alpha: Lawrence Cor- White and the famous Bo Diddley. Johnson, Anthony Langhi, John production is Assistant Professor coran, Sam DePietro Jonathan ture the great folk artist Josh Dedications Montaque, Philly Morrow. William Dresser, James Elliott. Andrew F. These two will highlight the Gard- Allan Gillespie, UConn director of Mussen, Ira Scott. Barry Shapiro. bands. M argon is, John Pierne Jr., Thomas ner Lake Picnic scheduled for Postponed Lorin Smith and Nate Williams. June 4. The Theater Department had run Alpha Epsilon Pi: Bruce Bernard. Rubbo and Robert M. Smith. Sigma Phi Epsilon: Robert A Mi Other festivities planned for the Dedications of two new build- into a snag over a nag for the Martin Berdinka, Sydney Epstein. no, Wes Bialosuknia William Byx- week include the Senior Prom. ings, scheduled for this week, have musical. The staging for the show Leon Field, Martin Krulewitz, Ira no. Wes Bialosuknia William Byx- June 3, and a trip set for June 5 been postponed. The addition to^the calls for a real horse to pull the Lipman, Lewis Platt and David bee, Dennis Dallman. Gary Harri- which the Senior Week Committee Wilbur Cross Library was tc be ded- famous Wells Fargo wagon across Cosland. the stage. But the College of Agri- son John Marshall. Donald Morris- proclaims will be "the most spec- icated May 9 while Brien Mc- culture had only two mares which Alpha Gamma Rho: Michael sey, William O'Connor. Roger Perry tacular event of the year". The Mahon Hall was scheduled for May Coaley, Urho Haapala, David Hib- fit the description and both are Alan Wengell.