(tattwttnrt iatlg CamjntH Serving Storrs Since 1896 /yp VOL. LXXI NO. 1 STORRS, CONNECTICUT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1966 Pres. Babbidge Welcomes You By Demanding Pursuit of Excellence In a warm and eloquent wel- Concerning recent student Looking into the future of the come to the Class of 1970, Thur- unrest, as witnessed in Berkley, University of Connecticut, from a sday night In the Field House, Babbidge said, "it signals the "modest but proud past," Babb- University President Homer D. fact that we are at one of those idge described the days to come Babbidge urged both students and crossroads In the history of Am- as "exciting, almost beyond faculty onward to the common erican higher education, when a comprehension." pursuit of excel lance. major cultural adjustment is He added that the problem of "The University of Connecti- called for. Significant adapta- that future, however awesome cut is a little understood and in- tions of both the technique and they may now appear, "will yield sufficiently understood ins fit- substance of Instruction are to common constructive effort fully known by the people of the needed, If the experience of a over time." That effort, he con- State, and even by Its own stu- collegiate education Is to comm- cluded, must be carried on with ONE CAN SEE THAT THEY are already well-represented. The dents and staff. It is, like any and the respect of a rising gen- "mutual respect." It must be a bats go off to a freshman-Infested Band at Thursday night's rally In human creation, Imperfect and eration." common quest for excellence. the Field House. uneven. But It is better than most Connecticut residents real- ize; it is better by far. than an UC Husky Band Makes historically neglectful public has any reason to expect It to be; ParkingSpace Pressures and at its peaks, It will equal the best anywhere." Successful Premiere Likening the University's Result In Rule Changes During their first evening at college, ninety per cent will never growth to that of its newly arri- the University, thousands of touch their horns again. This is ved freshmen, Pres. Babbidge Recent changes In the Univer- grows and the percentage of stu- Freshmen were Introduced to one one reason why the University described both as "rapid" and sity traffic and parking regula- dents owning cars Increases. of the school's largest and finest "vigorous," and added that tions will be strictly enforced Parking registration will take Bands are engaged all summer place in the Field House Monday, student organizations, the UConn long in an extensive campaign to school and students are current- this year, according to Assistant Husky Marching Band. The recruit Freshmen. This year the ly experiencing growing pains of Dean of Men Robert Miller, September 19, for commuters marching Huskies made their campaign began with a set of both a physical and lntelletual Supervisor of University parking. and graduate students; Tuesday, premiere appearance of the sea- green extracurricular activities nature. Traffic in the central area of September 20, for seniors and son at the Freshman Convocation forms which were issued by the He continued, "This Is a cru- campus will be restricted from juniors; and Wednesday, Septem- >n Thursday. Marching, playing, Dean of Students' office. Every cial time for Universities in gen- 8:30 to 3:30. The only traffic per- ber 21, for sophomores over dnd singing, the Band gave the form was checked and every eral, simply because University mitted beyond the information twenty-one and others. The re- new students their first taste of Freshman instrumentalist re- students are, in significant num- booths on campus will be faculty, striction on cars for freshmen the unique entertainment style ceived his initial invitation to bers, questioning its quality, Its staff, and authorized visitors. and sophomores living In Uni- that has brought high fame and Join the University Bands. Integrity, and most of all, its Extended and additional park- versity residences continues. prestige to the Connecticut musi- Those who followed through relevance." ing lots are under way. The "R" The annual registration fee is cians. ultimately arrived on campus lot, west of the Fraternity Quad- $10, and an insurance policy Is Bands have been a part of the Sunday, September 11, to parti- rangle, Is being extended, and will required. Lots will be checked University for many decades, but cipate In the annual Pre-Season eventually handle much of the stu- for unregistered cars beginning their modern history begins In Drill. One of the Marching dent parking. A new lot Is under Monday, September 26. 1953, when the first game was Band's greatest traditions, pre- construction in West campus, in played In Memorial Stadium. The season Drill is a week of in- the orchard near the stadium, and TreasureFou nd present Director of university tensive rehearsals and marching is intended for students of Brlen Bands, Allan E. Gillespie, arriv- practice combined with many so- McMahon and the new Alumni in Bookstore ed in 1956. Under Mr. Glllespie's cial functions sponsored by the Center. These students will be in tne Book Store, buried be- enthusiastic, yet considerate Council, KKY, and TBS. This assigned to the South Campus hind copies of "VOODOO,"some- leadership, Marching Band mem- year's activities included a mix- Parking Area, and later re- body at M.I.T.'s idea of a Joke, bership has nearly doubled, and er, a dance, a theater party assign' *{ vhen the new lot Is com- handy UConn key chains, and many inprovements have raised (through the courtesy of the Col- pleted. pencils and pens of every color, the Band to Its position as lead- lege Theater), and a picnic. ThaTrH-ersity has also ac- are two stacks of magazines con- er and chief Innovator among On the drill field, the Frosh quired ' -mer Brown's" lot taining some of the best original marching bands in the East. The met and mastered the many which t jrmerly privately writing to come out of any Huskies were the first band east maneuvers they will perform operated. ■ io an increased university. of the Hudson to do pattern during the season, such as 270- need for additional parking space. The magazine Is "The Float- marching. The marching band degree spins, scissors steps, With the exception of the gar- ing Opera," a new undergraduate assistantships for graduate stu- plnwheel and minstrel turns — ages, which the University has literary magazine put out by the dents have produced fine young and of corse the famous not acquired, all cars in "Far- University of Connecticut. Spon- directors in New England and the "prance - on" step that opens mer Brown's" will have to be sored by the Associated Student Midwest, out of the Marching every pre-game show. The class President Babbidge properly registered. This lot Government and edited by Aaron Band has grown the Husky Pep of 1970 proved itself to be one will be used primarily by com- Rutherford ni, the first issue Band, one of the most famous of the fastest learning classes culatlng that the Marching Ba/id muting students. appeared last May and another basketball bands in America. An in the Marching Band's history. hopes to present an indoor con- Much of this expansion is necessary because new buildings will be published this Fall. Independent residence hall, the Many students who had never cert featuring a nationally pro- Its contents — poetry, trans- John Philip Sousa House, was marched before turned Into vet- minent Jazz artist. are planned to replace some of the old parking areas. (For example lations, short stories, a "T.V. established in 1961 for the use eran performers by the second When the Marching Band Spectacular," and Illustrations- of male bandsmen, m 1963 the or third day of rehearsals. The entered the Field House Thurs- the construction planned near the Life Sciences Building). are held together by a magnifi- Marching Band first wore their rapidity with which a determined day evening, it was the second cent blue and green cover that style-setting uniforms, especial- person can learn to march was largest band in the history of These changes were dis- cussed last spring by student looks like Spring. If you're ly designed for them by the ost- emphasized by Mr. Gillespie at the University, with about 128 particularly observant you'll find wald Company of New York. This the Freshman Convocation. It was members, when it left the Field leaders and administrators who concluded that It would be most the magazine in the Book Store year, Connecticut Is introducing not too late, he pointed out, for House, it was by far the largest, and can buy it for a quarter. the Drum Corps influence to the any Interested musician to con- having gained eleven immediate reasonable to restrict the move- naton's school bands. sult him directly and Join the responses to Mr. Glllespie's ap- ment of traffic and parking in the Anyone may submit work for One aspect of the Marching Band, peal. Further additions are anti- central campus area. The Inten- the fall Issue. The office is also Band which IS most gratifying Those who do are promised cipated. These would allow a unit tion is that a student's car buried and it's next to room 204 to its members is its strong an exciting, rewarding season. of 128 men, plus alternates —an assigned to a lot will remain In in the union. So if you write student government Led by Pre- This year the Band will play at ideal number, since it can be that lot unless the student Is or draw submit something.