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No. 25 BATES COLLEGE, LEWISTON, MAINE, MAY 22, 1946 Price: Fifteen Cents Edward Dunn, Norman Temple Reopen Bates International Debating Policy Bates College will sponsor its fourth trans-oceanic debat- Girls' Dorms Offer ing trip next fall when two student debaters, Edward Dunn, Tomorrow Is Opening Night Northampton, Mass., and Norman Temple, Rahway, N. J., will compete with teams in Scotland and England, it was announced Variety Of Rooms today by Professor Brooks Quimby, head of the Speech Depart- For New Robinson Production The housing situation on the ment and Director of Debate at Bates. girls' side ofi campus has been Tomorrow finds the curtain ris-" The trip, which was arranged with the assistance of the In- ing on the opening night of "Dis- solved by the taking over of Par- ker, The houses will hold about ternational Institute of Education, New York City, will begin raeli", which the Robinson Players in October when the team will travel to Scotland, then south are presenting for a three-night run the same number of girls next in the Little Theatre. There will be year. The STUDENT gives you to England,, finally returning to Bates some time in November. two repeat performances at com- here the statistics on rooms in Exact dates will have to be determined by the transporation I mencement for, alumni and friends Rand, Parker, and the houses. * facilities available. of graduating students. The National Union of Students In spite of numerous obstacles Rand of the Universities and Colleges of (such as a transportation strike), the Hand Hall will open its portals Ivy Day Committee England and Wales has arranged costume and stage crew promise a to all the seniors it can hold. Sec- for the Bates team to meet the brilliant and artistic producton. The ond semester seniors who, of University of London Union; the only result of the strike is that all course, will never have another op- Names Speakers Union of University College, Not- "makable" articles were made batk- portunity to live in Rand, will have Returning to the traditional plan tingham; University Men'si Union, stage of the Little Theatre. choice. Next in line of preference of having Ivy Day on the after- Manchester; Guild of Undergrad- This week has been spent in cos- will be pairs of senior.- neither of noon of Last Chapel ,the Junior uates, Birmingham; and Leed's tume and makeup rehearsals in or- whom have lived in Rand. Then class will present its Ivy Day pro- University Union. The Unions of der that the cast might become fa- there will be a chance given to a gram at 2:00 o'clock on the after- Cambridge University and Oxflord miliar with their strange, period pair of seniors, out of whom has noon of June 7. Under the supervi- University have also extended an outfits, wigs and grease paint. The lived in Rand before. Last, if there sion of Jane Blossom, general chair- invitation to the Bates debaters, lighting crew has been experiment- is any more room, will be a sen- man and Miss Lydia Frank, ciass to Scotland, where they have been ing with lighting effects, and the ior and a second semester junior. advisor, the following committee invited to remain for three weeks, stage crew with quick-set changes. Rand has forty double* rooms. chairmen are beginning their plans: they will debate with the Unions The cast, after" weeks of resear- Music, Arjene Crosson; publicity, of Edinburgh University, Glasgow Parker Barbara Aldrich; programs, Mildred University, Aberdeen University, sals, are ready for the opening night MURIEL STEWART, makeup artist, inspects her handiwork, tomorrow. Each one is almost living Mr.' Ross is going to have, Par- Mateer; cap and gowns and march- St. Andrews University, and the his part — to such an extent that as EDWARD TYLER prepares for his role as Disraeli, a fa- ker Hall made as attractive as pos- ing, Camille Carlson; ushers,' Char- University College of Dundee. The Tiro Tyler's friends (Tim is playing sible for next year. East Parker lotte Bridgham; invitations, Edith Students' Representative Council mous British prime minister, in the forthcoming production by the lead, Disraeli) find themselves can house fifty students with eight Hary; mechanics, Lester Davis; of Scotland will arrange the Itin- calling him "Dis" instead of Tim. the Robinson Players Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this on the first floor and fourteen on class plaque and ivy, Jean Ro&e- erary in that country. quist. The entire cast is as follows: Dis- each of the other three floors. A list of questions concerning week. Miss Stewart also plays the role of Hildggarde in the raeli, Tim Tyler; Clarissa, Marion West Parker offers the same ar- The speakers of the afternoon international relations and affairs Ryon; Charles, Bert Smith; Pro- play. rangements. The fourth floors ofi are: Welcome, Ray Hobbs; oration, will be submitted to the foreign bert, Jim Cronin; Mrs. Travers, Vi- both halls have seven doubles. On Norman Temple; toastmaster, Traf- teams later for their selection. vienne Sikora; Lady Beaconsfield, the second and third floors of each, ton Mendall; toasts, to the faculty, Dunn, the son of Mr. Edward L. Alice McDonald; the Duke of Glas- there are a couple of triples and a (Continued on page four) Dune, 146 Hinckley street, North- tonbury, Irving Davis; the Duch- room for four. There will be a re- ampton, Mass., is a graduate of ess, Mary Stanley; Hildegarde, Mu- Campus Sees Mayoralty ception room in each hall also. Northampton High School, where riel Stewart; Hugh Meyers, Louis Dr. Alfred W. Painter he was on the debating team and Caterine; Faljambe, Norman Jor- Houses participated in the state tourney. dan; Potter, Robert • Gumb; the Contests Back This Year Hacker House will hold 23 stu- Joins Bates Faculty One of twelve New England fresh- Footman, Emery Flavin; and the man scholarship winners, Dunn en- dents with a double on the first President Charles F. Phillips to- Butler, John McCune. One of '.he highlights of every college year previous to the tered Bates in the fall of 1940 and floor; 2 doubles, 2 triples, and a day announced the appointment of For those who have not season was elected to the varsity debating war was the election of a Mayor of the Campus. Now that col- single on the second; and 2 dou- Dr. Alfred W. Painter, currently as- tickets ,a few tickets are still avail- squad and the Speakers Bureau. life is slowly returning to normal, the mayoralty campaign will bles and a possibility of a four- sociated with the Department of Re- able in the bookstore. some on the third. He won the scholarship prize for once again get underway this year opening on May 30th. ligion at the University of Chicago, Cheney House holds 43 students as Instructor of Religion at Bates. the highest-ranking freshman that year and was consistenUy named Bates college has had mayor- in 21 doubles and one single. A native of Seattle, Wash., Dr. alty campaigns for several years, Milliken House contains 27 stu- to the Dean's List for scholarship Colby College Is Host Painter graduated from Linfield proficiency. Elected to Phi Beta being carried on each year in a dents with a chance for 12 dou- Cbllege, McMinnville, Ore., in Ivy Hop Promises Kappa when he was a Junior, he very successful manner. They have bles and a single. Of course, there 19.38. Following his graduate work To Student Conference was also chosen a member of Delta Colby College, May 18-19, 1946 been-an event to which students are proctors and a faculty resident at the University of Chicago he was Sigma Rho. He returned to Bates Prof. Herber Newman welcomed Much Fun For All have looked forward with great that make the total in all the granted the degree of Ph.D. in the test March after serving nearly the representatives of Episcopal anticipation. From the opening houses. field of religion in 1945. He has been (Continued on page four) students In Bates College, Colby Plans for the Ivy Hop are in or- day, to the night of the nig bon- Whittier House has 21 students Director of the Chapel Union and College, Gorham Teachers College der it was announced today by the fire when inauguration of the. new with 7 doubles and 7 singles. of the Interrdiurch Council at Chi- and the University of Maine. He committee chairmen, Trafton Men- Mayor took place, the campaigns Wilson House has 10 doubles, 2 cago and has worked for several stressed the role of the Episcopal dall and Mary Meyer. It will be were always met with enthusiasm of which are arranged as a suite years as religious adviser for stu- Calendar of Events held in the Alumni Gym from 8-12, Church as the point of contact be- and a display of energetic school for four. dents. Thursday, May 23—Tennis and is open to the entire campups.