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I \sr *Bafes Stuunt Vol. LXXXIV, No. 4 BATES COLLEGE, LEWISTON, MAINE, OCTOBER 16, 1957 By Subscription Friday Assembly Opens WUS Drive Co-Chairmen Emphasize Japan College Dedicates New Buildings As Recipient For Current Drive Friday morning's chapel, with This year co-chairmen Cather- Ambrose Short, regional secre- ine Jarvis and George Pickering At Back-To-Bates Convocation tary, speaking, will inaugurate arc placing a new emphasis on the 1957 World University Ser- Japan. The need all over the Far President Of Antioch Addresses vice drive. From 'October 18 to East is great. November 8, Christian Associa- Students are handicapped by Dedicatory Assembly In Chapel tion dormitory representatives poverty, widespread tuberculosis will be contacting each student and other diseases. In Japan no Pettigrew Hall and the new years on the faculty of Boston on campus to explain WUS and less than one among every 25 to women's dormitory will be for- University, the last three as as- its aims. 35 students i s suffering from mally dedicated at a Dedicatory sistant to President Harold C. WUS is the only drive on TB. Convocation at 10 a. m. October Case and as director of univer- University Accepts Few 26 in the Chapel, a feature of sity development. campus authorized by the Ad- Back-to-Bates Weekend. ministration to collect money. It Out of about 250,000 students He has also taught in West is an international voluntary wishing to enter universities Also on the program will be Hartford, Conn., and has served agency which operates a pro- (Continued on page five) the awarding of honorary de- as head of the Brookline, Mass., gram of material assistance and grees to several outstanding in- public schools speech arts de- international education to aid dividuals and an address by partment. students all over the world. A tlan tic A wards Samuel B. Gould, '30, president Serves As Naval Officer Money collected is distributed of Antioch College, Yellow Creative Writing President Gould served as an both for rehabilitation and re- Springs, Ohio. officer in the Navy during World lief. Participate In Service War II, concluding his period of Talent At Bates Help Students Help Themselves A representative of each of service as aide and flag secre- "David Hume: The Gentle tary to Admiral Arthur W. Rad- It is international, interde- Skeptic," by Eugene Peters '57, the components of the Bates nominational, inter-racial, and College constituency will par- ford, and received several cita- has been awarded fourth place tions for service. He is a lieuten- I strictly non-political. Students in the essay division of the 1956- ticipate in the service of dedica- Gould all over the world believe that tion. ant commander in the United 1957 Atlantic writing contest States Naval Reserve. in a common effort on their part for college students. Two other Representing the trustees will terpendence of men rather than to help students help them- Bates students received recogni- be Dr. William B. Skelton, '92, He has received recognition as in orthodoxy and denomination- selves, they will also be build- tion for their entries. chairman of the board of the an educator and has consistently alism. ing bridges of understanding. stressed the importance of adult Richard Dole '58, was also Central Maine Power Company President Gould is a member Last year the $1,203.70 col- education and of the responsibil- among the top 20 essayists. His and a Lewiston attorney; the of several educators' committees, lected was just short of the set ity of the college for the gen- "Economic Ethics" was awarded faculty, Dr. William H. Sawyer, including the Committee of goal. The money was divided in eral life enrichment of those who an honorable mention. Madeline Jr., '13, professor of biology; the Academic Freedom and Tenure three parts, with one-third going alumni, David A. Nichols, '42, live nearby. of the Association of American Travers' "Ishmael Discovers to Athens College, Greece, for Queequek" was rated as a professor of the Bates Alumni Respects Teachers Colleges. scholarships; one-third to Jamia Association and a Camden He has a deep respect for May Obtain Tickets "Merit" essay and given special Millia, India; and one-third to comment. lawyer. teachers and looks for the spirit- Classes will be dismissed at the general fund maintained for Participate In Composition Course Represent Bales Constituency ual core of knowledge in the in- (Continued on page three) emergency relief. All three students were tak- The students, Karen E. Dill, ing the advanced composition '58, Student Government presi- course under Prof. Robert G. dent; the parents, the Rev. Rich- Senator Smith Asserts Views Berkelman when the essays were ard A. Frye, '27, pastor of the written. Church of Christ, Greensboro, The contest has three major Vt.; and the public, the Honor- At Initial Conference Tomorrow divisions: essays, short story, able Edmund S. Muskie, '36, gov- and poetry. Competition is open ernor of the State of Maine. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith,* ♦of all candidates for all offices only to students enrolled in rec- Coram Library, Hedge Labora- (R-Me.), the first of four well-[ in Maine. ognized college composition known personalities participating tory, Smith Hall, and Men's Serves On Committees courses. In the essay division Memorial Commons were dedi- in the 1957 Bates College Fall alone, there were 206 entries During her political career cated in a similar ceremony in Conference, will speak at 8 p. m. submitted by students in 85 col- in Washington, Maine's Lady November 1950. tomorrow in the Chapel. leges. Senator has served on 11 Senate The Conference, sixth in a Appraises Grants and House committees, and has States Award Ratings series, is an attempt to bring in- The principal speaker, Presi- drawn presidential commenda- The essays, stories, and poems dent Samuel B. Gould of An- teresting speakers and entertain- tion for her work on the Naval winning prizes are chosen by the ers to the Bates Campus. Spon- tioch, received his M.A. degree Affairs Committee. contest judges from the top 20 soring the four programs are from New York University in papers in each division. Honor- Bates College and several Lew- In the past 14 years, Senator 1936. He has also studied at Ox- able Mention is awarded to the iston-Auburn organizations. Smith has received honorary de- papers in the top 20 groups fol- ford, Cambridge, and Harvard grees from 26 colleges and uni- universities. Has Varied Career lowing the first five or six most versities. successful entries. Prior to becoming Antioch's Tomorrow's speaker is espe- Wins Recognition The papers next in rank to the president in 1954, he was senior cially well-known to Maine res- top 20 papers were marked associate in the New York idents. A native of Skowhegan, Her outstanding political work "Merit." There were 20 essays in management firm of Cresap, Senator Smith began her event- has been recognized by many or- this classification. McCormick and Paget, where he ful career as a teacher, but soon ganizations. She has been voted was engaged in an appraisal of left education for the business Woman of the Year in Politics Judges Comment On Essays grants made by the Fund for world, serving successively as a by the Associated Press four Commenting on the prize-win- times. In 1955 the Gallup Poll ning essays, the judges felt that Adult Education. telephone, newspaper, and wool- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith President Gould spent six en company executive. rated her as the Fourth Most (Continued on page eight) Admired Woman in the World. For more than five years she House of Representatives in Senator Smith has made nu- Riders was a nationally syndicated col- Washington. umnist. merous trips throughout the Mirror Photos CA has suggested that Senator Smith served in the world, and is considered one Emerges In Politics The Mirror editors an- students with cart who House until 1949 when she was of America's most effective am- nounce that proofs of senior would be willing to give peo- Senator Smith began her po- elected to the Senate, thus be- bassadors of good will. For sev- portraits will be received in- ple on their way to church litical career as a member of coming the first woman to serve eral years she ha? been men- dividually in the mail with- a ride drive by Rand Hall at the Maine State Republican in Doth houses of Congress. In tioned as a possible candidate in the next ten days. Orders approximately 10:15 a. m. Committee. Following this in her re-eiection to the Senate in for the Vice Presidency of the will be taken by the photog- Sundays. 1940 she was elected to the 1954, she was the top vote-getter United States. raphers later this fall. 'cvlr TWO THE BATES STUDENT, OCTOBER 16, 1957 Harrington Stresses Need Chairman Lists Editorial Board Prepares For Strengthening Of U.N. Final Dates For Winter Issue Of "Garnet" Four Concerts be given to any member of the By Howie Kunreuther to create a police force to see The editorial board of the editorial board.