HOMECOMING DANCE SUPPORT THE OUTING TUESDAY NEXT SATURDAY FUN FOR ALL VOL~U~M~E~X=X=X=I=X==========================~S~PR~I~N~G~F~IE~L~D=C~O~LL~E~G~E=,~S~PR~I=N~G~F~IE~L~D=,=M=A=S~S~. ,=F~R~I~D=A~y =,~O~C~T~O~B~ER~I~2 ==/~~=========================N=u=m=b=e==r2 Campaign Started For Reduction Placement Meeting On Tuesday, 23rd Student Sponsorship Plan Of Bus Fares For Students The first Senior Placement meeting Students at American International College and Spl'ingfield College this past will be held on Tuesday, October 23, Is New Slant: For Gift:s at 8 :00 in room 100, it was recently , ek started the ball rolling on a drive to obtain from the Massachusetts De­ In an endeavor to improve further the quality of the education given to " ertment of Public Utilities the same reduced buS' fare now charged high announced by Howal'd MacMullen of the Placement Office. tudent at pringfield, the alumni and Trustee of the College, under the pahool students in Springfield. leader hip of a group of interested persons, during Commencement weekend, sC Last week the student government body at AIC approved a seTies of re olu­ This initial get together will be to set about to create a plan whereby funds could be l'aised to support such an fons pTesented by Leonard Blum present the opening picture on place­ improved program. The final product of this endeavor is' what is known as ,;hich called for general S'tudent peti- Alden S1.ree1. To 8.e ment and seniors will be given their the "Student Sponsorship Plan." fonin g to the Department of Public ~ ~ registration papers then. Although Jtilities. Last night Blum appeared attendance is not compulsory it is "It is of vast importance," said vital to those who are interested in College Vice-President Francis C. befo re the Springfield student council Completed Soon Oakley, "that each and every student and urged that t~ey too back the pe- placement, Mr. MacMullen pointed titioning campaign. The fate of out. here be familiar with this plan. Not Alden Street is' now in the proce s Blu m s effort was not known at press This will be the fiI'st of five such only will it have an effect upon their of getting the "new look." The street education, but their knowledge and timc. meetings this term. The other dates THE ACTION AT AIC was prompt- department workmen have been are set for the thirtieth of this month, a is'tance in it can be of great help working on tne construction of the in making it the ucce it has the ed I Y the latest boost in passenger November sixth and thirteenth, and rate, which the Department of Pub­ street for somj3 time now. Widening December fourth. W ol'kshop periods potential of being. Their helping to lic Utilities gl'anted the , local bus of the street, new curbing stones, are being planned in connection \\'ith explain the plan to intere ted persons sewer system, all metal street lights, in their home town can be a tremen­ con T l ny this past summer. The pe­ the meetings. tition calls upon the commission to and a new surface are among the im­ dou contributing factor." provements being made. It the extension of the high school BULLETINS . GOI G ON T explain the " tu­ ate to full-time college students F . Dudley Chaffee, Assistant Busi­ dent Spon orship Pla n," Vice-Presi­ t..<:' Springfield area on the grounds ness Manager and Superintendent of Draft Problems dent Oakley tate, "The first and t it has always been the practice Buildings and Grounds at Springfield Students seeking advice to prob­ ba ic principle of the plan i the ac­ te Commonwealth of Massachu­ College, stated last Fr~day that the lems concerning the draft, re erv ceptance of the fact that Spl'ingfield to encourage education in this completion of Alden Street is set for or other military problem should ee College has a continuing obligation . This policy is reflected in the this fall. It had been previously an­ Wayne Doss on any Monday, Wed­ to give it student an education that action of allowing high school nounced that it would be done in time ne day or Friday (not including holi­ i upported by more than juS't what nts to ride the busses at reduced for the first home football game. days) at 2 :30 p. m. in room 39 of the the tudent pays in tuition. Twenty per cent more ha been cho en as the Due to the lack of materials the com­ Admini tration Building. "Student" Photo 'm pointed out that the cash fare pletion has been prolonged. The Street Vice Pre ident .• minimum to be added from other Student who cannot because of sources annually to the tuition paid t ,e busseS' is now fifteen cents for Department and telephone company Franci C. Oakley or , zone ticket and two tokens for are waiting for curbing stones and scheduling difficulty, see Mr. Do by our students and their parents. q arter. Under the reduced rate underground cable at the present time. during these hour should contact This is to be our first goal regardless Miss Guertin in the Dean' office and of the tuition rate or the temporary charged high school students, MR. CHAFFEE said, "The street make an appointment. tate of the budget in any particular l'1.reS are ten tickets for 62 cents, has been widened one foot. The trees Council Outlines Plan year. After allowance is made for the r 6 2 cents each per fare, a saving of on the north side of the street have VA Checks income from our endowment, the fig­ ra t lcally one-third. been taken up and reset on the south To Squelch Peddlin9 Tl E AIC REPRESENTATIVE fur­ Professor Frank Warren has been ure to be obtained from other sources side of the street. Every effort was appointed Special Adviser to veterans becomes $60 per student for 1951-52. tated if the meaS'Ure was to made to save the b:g trees in front In an effort to protect the student­ ;e any sort of- success it would who are facing acute financial prob­ body from small time swindlers and Under the Student Sponsorship Plan of the housing region, but due to the lems growing out of delays in receipt the Alumni Fund will be rai ed as in the concerted backing of all in­ layout of the water system under­ hordes of salesmen, as well as pro­ ed student groups. He laid great of V. A. checks. All such students tecting the campus retail outlets, the previou years but the proceed will ground it was not possible to save should be referred to him. be counted toward the total Student 1.sis upon the fact that a large them." tudent council went about setting up I qr of signatures would have to He will hold office hours in Room 11 a "concession code." Although this Sponsor hip goal, along with the con­ " ached to the petition if it was Parking on the street will be the (Mr. Markarian's office), Administra­ was done some years ago and is prob­ tributions from YMCA' and non­ }, ve any weight before the state same as before. Parallel parking on tion Building, as follows: Mondays, ably familiar to some students, the alumni friends. Those who can afford ] les commission. south side and no parking on the 9 :00 to 12:00 noon; Wednesdays, student council has requested that the to give $60 will be designated "Stu­ (Continued on Page 4) north side. The improvements of the 12 :30 to 2 :30 p. m.; Thursdays, 9 :00 basis for the code be published in or­ dent Sponsors." (Continued on Pl'.ge 1) to 12:00 noon. der that the entire student body "The 'econd prindl'le of the plan o rnalism Series might be acquainted with it. is that because of the community The code compels all salesmen, service l-endered by Springfield grad­ Sf dent' Project both student and non-student, to first uates throughout the world, this Col­ 'ing to improve the quality of obtain permission from the student lege has a unique right to look to in­ n nalism as well as to provide council before attempting to sell any dividuals in the communities from terested student with the oppor- product on campus. All approved which our students come for sponsor­ t of exploring the field "The concessionaires and salesmen should ship of each student enrolled from ~ fi eld Student" is sponsoring a carry with them a slip signifying (Continued on Page 2) ,er of evening lectures featuring council approval. This slip, in the lapermen from The Springfield case of students from the College, • the local moming paper. will merely be student activity cards Grad Applications Due first such lecture took place stamped on the back side. 10nday evening at 7 :30 o'clock, "IT IS IMPORTANT," said coun­ By November 1 'm 55 atop Wood's Hall. The cil repre entative, Lou MacNeill '52, All students interested in taking the "r was Ed TenBroeck, a member "that studentS' ask every peddler for Graduate Record Examinations must ~ Union news staff who recently this proof of student council approv­ have their applications into the Grad­ up the post of head of the Col­ al. Otherwise, they are encouraging uate Office by November 1.