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VOL. LXXXV, No. 25 ALLEGHENY COLLEGE, MEADVILLE, PA. Friday, May 11, 1962 ROTC DEPT. DONATES FLAGPOLE ASG Begins Rear Admiral Davidson To Speak Reorganization The first two meetings of the At Commencement Exercises new ASG administration have been Rear Admiral John F. Davidson, Superintendent of the concerned with organization of the U.S. Naval Academy, will speak at Commencement exercises various ASG committees and state- on Monday, June 4, at 10 a.m. on the south lawn of Bently ments of aims and policies. Hall. This event, followed by a buffet luncheon in South Hall AUC at the May 1 meeting ap- at noon will bring Commencement Weekend for the Class of proved the Publications Board rec- '62 to a close. ommendation of Jim Israelson and A new addition to the week's activities this year will be Richard Pevear as co-editors of the the Senior Class Banquet on Friday, June 1. Seniors will be Literary Magazine for next year. guests of the Alumni Association at the Iroquois Club at Con- Their editorships will provide an neaut Lake for an afternoon of swimming and a faculty-senior equal balance of fiction and non- softball game followed by a formal banquet at 8 p.m. with gift lilllillll fiction. guest speaker Robert S. Bates, co-owner and editor of The Three members of College Court Meadville Tribune, a member of the Class of 1933, and a trus- ill! iiiiiiiii were elected from the senior AUC tee. representatives at the May 8 meet- According to Philip M. Benja- ing. They are Powell Arms, John Fulbright Grants min, chairman of the faculty com- mmmw-m mmmi Bugbee and Kathy Davis. mencement committee, events will The Executive Board recommen- Offered for '63-'64 get underway Saturday morning dation of Joan Ruffing as new ASG with a coffee hour in the College Fulbright scholarships for study treasurer with John Brancato as her Union for faculty, seniors, alumni, abroad in 1963-64 are available to assistant was approved by the Coun- and friends. over 800 American graduate stu- cil. dents. Allegheny students should The annual alumni luncheon will The following committee chair- contact Dr. Wayne R. Merrick, Al- be held at the field with Allegheny men were also approved: Academic legheny Fullbright Advisor, for in- pitted against the University of Affairs, Betsy Donelson; Religious formation; applications will be ac- Pittsburgh. Phi Beta Kappa will Activities, Don Coffey; Cultural cepted until Nov. 1, 1962. hold its annual meeting at 2:45 in H. P. Way raises "Stars and Stripes" donated by Allegheny Air Service Affairs, Jerry Evans; Traffic Com- the Treasure Room of Reis Li- Department Monday. mittee, Spencer Watson. Carol Wrobbel, '62, a Political brary. An American Flag was first raised at 10:30 a.m., Mon- Spencer Watson presented a pro- Science - History major, has been Howard G. Gibbs, 1941, Director day, May 7, on the new flagpole near Bentley and Brooks posal for a new parking lot to be granted a Fulbright Scholarship for of Program Services for the Boys' Halls by Athletic Director H. P. Way, who has favored the located behind Caflisch between next year to study political science Club of America, will speak at the erection of a flagpole for a number of years. Peach Alley and George Street be- at the University of Punjab, in Pak- President's Dinner at 6 p.m. in A gift of the Department of Air Science, the flagpole, low the tennis courts. A student istan. South Hall. Seniors, alumni par- which together with the 12 ft. by 8 ft. all-weather nylon flag lot with a maximum of 70 cars Since 1949, about 10,000 Ameri- ents and friends are welcome to cost $500, is the first one in the history of the college to be would be constructed this summer. cans have studied abroad under make reservations for the dinner. located outside the athletic area. The flagpole on Montgomery The Traffic Committee would bor- various programs now covered by In the evening the Playshop will Gym has not been used in a number of years since the tower row the necessary money, over $8,- the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961.present Jean Anouilh's "Becket," is unsafe. 500, from the college on an 8-10 Among them were Trusy Bauer, and the Commencement Dance Col. Herbert L. Fleischer has worked during his four year note to be repaid from revenue sponsored by the Senior Class will year tenure to have a flag flown near the administration build- from registration fees and fines. be held at Brooks. ing as "a symbol of democracy." Although the flag is a gift The proposal in the form of a rec- Independents Elect The Rev. Charles B. Ketcham, of the Department, the flag is the college's and will be handled ommendation to the Board of Trus- exclusively by college personnel, he added. College Chaplain, will deliver the tees will be voted on at the next AUC Representatives Baccalaureate Sermon at services The pole was installed by Mr. Wilbor Kraft, head of the AUC meeting. The matter would (Continued on Page 6) Maintenance Department, on a knoll chosen by the Planning then be considered by the Trustees One hundred and fifty Indepen- Committee of the Board of Trustees. at their meeting, May 19. dents recently met to elect ASG representatives. The meeting was AUC also heard a final report Class Day Convocation called to order by Mike Bavar, In- (Continued on Page 5) dependent chairman, who announc- 318 Endorse Nashville Sit-ins ed the 18 nominees for the posi- Slated For May 16 A statement signed by 318 faculty and students was sent Allegheny Adds tions. Committees to coordinate The annual Class Day Convoca- Saturday, May 5, to Richard Momeyer, Peter Schwartz and the next year's social activities and tion will be held Wednesday, May three other Fisk students involved in the February 10 sit-in at 14 To Faculty intramural sports program were also 16, at 11 a.m. in the David Mead Cross Keys Restaurant in Nashville, Tenn., and in the current formed. Field House. case in Davidson County Court. by Marian Arnold The 1962-63 school term will see The five representatives to ASG This convocation is to feature an Accompanying these letters of sit-in, held at Cross Keys Restau- thirteen new faculty members on are John Jones, Sally Johnston, address by the valedictorian of the moral support was a contribution of than hun- Allegheny's staff; 11 of these four- Hank Drucker, Stan Czech and senior class, the presentation of var- $63 for token financial support of dreds of others that have been teen have already been hired, and Lewish Fisher. John Jones is Pro- ious awards, and the presentation Nashville C hr i s ti a n Leadership staged." three of these are additions. A pre- duction Coordinator for the Alle- of the 1962 Kaldron. The Ladder Council, the group of Nashville cler- vious Campus article has publicized gheny Radio Station and acted as Oration will be given by Reese gymen who have backed the student Momeyer continues "the indict- the promising qualifications of Mr. supervising director for a period Flannery, president of the class of non-violent demonstrations. It isment may stem from District At- S. Edwards, professor of the new this winter. Jones, a member of 1962, and the response will be by this organization which is suport- torney Harry Nichols' sincere desire Classic Department. the Class of '65, is a drama major Taft Weaver, president of the class ing the students in their case to test the legality of three state Dr. Richard E. Madtes, Associ- and has appeared in several one-act of 1963. Moving-Up exercises will which has been postponed and will laws, principally the one concerning ate Professor of English at State (Continued on Page 4) be directed by Curt Fee. come to trial on Monday, May 21. a businessman's right to choose his customers even though he may be University College in New Platz, The five students were arrested N.Y., will be an addition to the ex- on February 10, when the two white open to the 'public'." Momeyer stated that "if we lose in this case panding English department. Dr. and three Negro students attended Madtes received his A.B. at Alle- a segregated restaurant. Arrested on which comes to trial May 21, and at this point I would not want to gheny in 1948, his M.A. at Cornell a law concerning conspiracy in res- in 1949 and his Ph.D. at Columbia traint of trade, the students elected predict the outcome either way, the case will be appealed." in 1961. He has been teaching at to remain in jail over the weekend. State University College since Released on Monday, Febuary 12, At Allegheny support for the stu- 1949 and is a member of Phi Beta Momeyer, Schwartz and other stu- dents was generated by a group of Kappa. dents have continued to attend over thirty faculty and students Another addition to the staff and classes at Fisk regularly. who met Wednesday, May 2, ina member of Phi Beta Kappa will In a surprise move on March 5, response to a letter to the editor in be Dr. Jonathan E. Helmreich, As- Davidson County Grand Jury in- the April 27 issue of the Campus sistant Professor of History. Dr. dicted the five students. In a letter and to the morning's-chapel sermon Helmreich received his A.B. at to the editor received Wednesday, by Dr. Devor. drew the analogy Amherst in 19S8, his M.A.