A l l ) am pghtre VOLUME NO. 46 ISSUE 3 U N IV E R SIT Y OF N E W H AM PSH IR E, D U R H AM , N. H. — Feb. 23, 1956 PRICE — SEVEN CENTS INTRAMURALS Enthusiastic Participation In Carnival Pi Kappa Alpha Cops Events Makes Weekend A Success The thirty-fifth annual Winter Carnival at UNH can be termed 1956 Basketball Title a huge success. Almost every event planned by the Outing Club By Mary Emanuel Campus Chest Aids was attended by a capacity audience, after thorough advance publici­ ty- v “Pike” Big Red hoopsters knocked off Acacia Fraternity 60-55 The Carnival opened with a movie “Scotch on the Rocks” high­ before a large and enthusiastic crowd. Marty Brown was high scorer Negro College Fund lighting the program at the Franklin Theater early Thursday night. with 26 tallies for the winners and Big Jim Walker paced the losers Campus Chest, which makes its annual There was standing room only. After the with 22 points. Alexander Hall notched the third place honors by drive April 7-14, is presenting the hasic movie, a torchlight parade led the way to forfeit win over East-West. idea of eleven national and regional or­ the front of T-Hall where President ganizations. In April, small chests will Eldon L. Johnson installed Miss Betty PiKA got off to a fast start with Marty Brown hitting for be placed in each dorm and a large chest Ann Clark as Winter Carnival Queen at fabulous 19-point total in the first half. These 19 tallies plus Big in front of T-Hall in hopes that the stu­ the site of the central snow sculpture. John Quick’s rebounding gave the Big dents and faculty will contribute to it. Following the parade and installation Red a 33-24 halftime advantage. The All the dorm chests will be emptied into ceremonies, a jazz concert featuring both third stanza was all Acacia with Quick the large chest. An even percentage of vocal and instrumental groups was held at Mozart Festival on the bench burdened with 4 fouls. the donations will be given to each or­ New Hampshire Hall. Groups featured Acacia controlled the rebounds and scored ganization. Celebrities will visit the Uni­ were the Bowdoin Meddiebempsters, the 21 points to “ Pike’s” 11. This gave the versity and some contests are being con­ Dartmouth Injunaires, Walt Jackson’s To Celebrate Black and Gold a 45-44 advantage at the sidered. Plans are yet indefinite. Blues and Rhythmn Kings, Ray La- three-quarter mark. Quick came back in The United Negro College Fund is Couture and his International Dixieland for the final canto and scored 9 points appealing to many citizens of the United Band, and the Bowdoin Emanons whose Artist’s Birth even with his 4-foul anchor. The blister States for support in helping them estab­ progressive jazz most seemed to please a crowd of about a thousand. U N H ’s A Mozart Festival commemorating ing pace was too much for last year’: lish scholarships and better colleges for champs, and at the final whistle PiKA Salamanders were unable to appear due the 200th anniversary of the birth of negroes. had a 5-point lead and the 1956 crown to three cases of laryngitis. Mozart is being 'sponsored by the Nothing is more pitiful than seeing a This victory was extra sweet for “ Pike’ Sports events included in Friday’s pro­ Music Department and the Concerts child dying of cancer. The Motion Pic­ because they were last year’s perennial gram were a varsity basketball game and Lectures committee throughout ture Industry became the first Children’s best man and the Bridgegroom role feels which was won by the University of the second semester. Festivals hon­ Cancer Research Foundation after taking much nicer, huh Pikes? Carnival Queen Betty Ann Clark is Maine, and a freshman hockey game oring this composer are being held this pictures of the Children’s Hospital in Qualifying Action shown here accepting congratulations which was won by Boston University, year all over the world in such cities as Boston. nutting the only tarnish on the entire London, Paris, Vienna, and Moscow. Acacia marched into the finals by from President Eldon L. Johnson soundly thumping Alexander Hall, 54- What does the Jimmy Fund do? It weekend. On campus, a series of Sunday evening during the coronation ceremonies at 22. All five of the Acacia starting team makes possible necessary care without Naturally, the social event highlighting concerts, which are free and open to last week’s Carnival Ball. After being charge for_ cancer-stricken children. It the weekend was the Carnival Ball Friday- the public, and the Spring Concert on hit the double figures in the scoring col- chosen by a vote of the male popula­ "mn. Briar Cook and Lou Lovelace paced helps families that cannot afford these night. Vin Capone’s band proved to be April 18 will all feature Mozart’s tion at UNH , Miss Clark and her the losers with 8 points each. expenses. It is run annually by the Motion an excellent dance orchestra, and the music. Picture Industry, the Boston Braves, and aides reigned over the many and ex­ special lighting effects swirled 28 differ­ Second Sunday Concert PiKA had to battle all the way with East-West dormitory to earn their final the Varsity Club of New England along citing events of the 35th UNH Winter ent color combinations around the four The second of these Sunday evening berth. “ Pike” led at halftime, but Bob with the National Cancer Institute. Carnival. hundred couples. concerts will be presented by advanced Bettencourt and Dave Wein pulled the Saturday’s program featured ski events students of the music department on dorm men into a 2-point lead with three which took place in spite of a driving February 26 at 8 p.m. in Murkland minutes left. Then Marty Brown took snow storm, recreational skating at the Auditorium. The program will include over, and the Big Red had a 4-point Fatigue, Overcutting, Low Morale Batchelder Rink, and a program of Pops Sonata in B Flat, K. 378, for Violin edge, 47-43 ,at the final whistle. music by the Concert Choir. Also on the and Piano played by violinist Richard social program were the fraternity house Evarts, ’57, and pianist David Wood, Accompany Ten-Day Rush Period parties; featuring many themes, and a ’57, and Duo in B Flat, K. 424, for Parliament Member Speaks Valentine Dance at the Notch. Violin and Viola performed by Pat Kenneth Lindsay, member of the Brit The Panhellenic Council has taken steps toward a constructive The Ice Show scheduled to take place Ellis, junior violinist, and Richard ish Parliament and authority on inter evaluation of the new rushing system used last fall. At a work­ that night had to be called off because Evarts, violist. Caryl Slanetz, sopho­ national relations and education, spoke of snow. Although the show was sup- more, and Dave Wood will play So­ last Monday evening in Murkland Audi­ shop held on Saturday, February 11, Panhellenic members, sorority nosed to be rescheduled for Sunday night, nata in D, K. 448, for T w o Pianos. torium. A member of parliament for 17 officers, and faculty advisers got together to discuss the pros and three of the featured skaters were unable Mozart, as Prof. Donald E. Steele years, Mr. Lindsay has considerably in­ to appear at that time, so it was decided of the Department of Music says, is fluenced education in Britain and served cons of the ten day rush system, and to plan for next year’s rush to try to arrange a show with the same “one of the most prolific geniuses in as an independent representative of Brit period. performers sometime before the skating music who has ever lived.” In ish Universities. Faculty Speak Out rink closes, possibly within the next two Mozart’s 35 year life time he composed or three weeks. Piano Emerges 626 substantial works. These include Dean McKoane opened the meeting with a presentation of A concert by the nationally known operas, such as “Don Giovanni,” “The Mr. Steele tells us that “it was University Concert Choir on Saturday Magic Flute,” “The Abduction from during M ozart’s time that the piano faculty reactions to the new rush system. Questionnaires concerning afternoon was well attended in spite of the Harem,” and “The Marriage of emerged as the favorite keyboard in­ the poor weather, proving that Carnival rushing were sent to certain members of the faculty and staff in soirit was.higher than ever this year. Figarro,” 17 piano sonatas, 27 piano strument to supercede the harpischord December; the faculty were asked to ob- concertos, 41 symphonies, church period. Therefore it is correct to say serve and comment upon the physical con music, various seranades and diverti­ that Mozart composed for the piano. dition of the students during rushing, and mento for all sorts of orchestral com­ As part of our festival, Mozart’s upon the effect of rushing upon the girls’ IFC Cracks The Rushing Whip; binations, many string quartets, violin comic opera, “Bastien and Bastienne academic performance. Dean McKoane and piano sonatas, trios, and songs. was presented on. Jan. 18-19. On revealed at the meeting that the faculty Mozart, who played the violin and March 4 the Great Bay Little Sym­ were violently against the new system. piano, was born in Salzburg, Austria Three Fraternities Face Action phony, featuring Margarete Blickle, They deplored the low morale of the v in 1756.