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Volee of €bm Student Itodly ^ XXX - No. 3 UNDERGRADUATE NEWSPAPER OF CITY COLLEGE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1961 ee Therapy ... 'sychotte? Join OP and feel at home. Sit around with our editor- •hief (Bellevue. Mayvue, Dixmont) and write for the paper. OP sessfcs 475 (count em) 475 head-shrinkers. Come to Room 336 ley, join our staff, and confess your problems, sins, p.etty-thefts grand thefts), and anything else that might bother your whither- little heads. Exec. Grants Hillel me To File Constitution motion which recommends that Hillel be granted a two- k extension of the deadline for filing club constitutions passed by the SG Executive Committee Friday after- Tech. Construction Is Discontinued; Structure Abandoned By Contractors By TIM BROWN A prime contractor for the College's Technology building has stopped operations for the second time in six months, it was announced by Acting President Harry N. Uivlin at his press conference Thursday. . The president said that work fr ; " "" """ "7 - •"" - " ~ had stopped September 8t.h. l. ulier lust week Student Coun- unanimously adopted Exec's .nmendation that Hillel file a Litution. A resolution was also ; ed at that time which would fee allocations, supplies, and use of College facilities to which failed to file constitu- with the Department of Stu- Life by October 13. These ts ami privileges would be re- ?d when a constitution was presentatives of Hillel argued re the Exec that they could have a constitution adequately a red for the mid-October due TJie-docurosot ha^jto. bej5uli-_ ed for approval to the national i Brith organization in Wash- on, D. C, they said. ie club members asked that [date be extended until Novem- 11.• guing in support of the reso- >n, SG President Irwin Pronin that "Hillel, through the peg- -,>*: the student press has been st into a position of contro- y. It is uncomfortable to be a 1 . 1 KM- because of pressure on all Unusual Situation i<- President contended that i a resolution should be passed only this one group because of unusual situation. "They j fifteen years of minutes to j K." he held, and were "not j -,• of the fact that their new ] •.- were unconstitut : onaI." f >pf>ssing this view, Leonai-d j htinger, Council repi-esenta- ; His ! "hunch" was that the contractor had left the job because "it wasn't ; preferable." A statement issued Friday by , Thomas Frouge, president of the j Frouge Corporation, the contrac- j tor involved, charged that the ; Board of Higher Education (BHE) \ was "totally incompetent" in its i function as "general "contractor." Frouge has been described.as a "prime contractor for the archi- | tectural trades", with other "prime ! contractors" providing plumbing, * electrical, and other work. It is the : function of the Architectural and i Engineering Unit of the BHE to coordinate these contractors in the completion of various phases of the job. The company has charged that ; the board failed in this respect. j and that this "made any submitted | schedules useless." •>•*£: szo SG President Irwin Pronin Supports Resolution tive of the Class of '02, asserted that "they still have a few weeks and nothing stops them from, amending it [once the constitutfon is handed in]. Let it get its con- stitution in by Octo||er 13 to get its money." The motion was passed in favor of^Hillel by a 4-2-1 vote. Council will take up the recommendation at its meeting tomorrow. The Student Zionist Organiza- tion will have Avaid Yaffe, Is- rael's counsel in New York, speak on "Israel's Relations with the New African States" at Hillel House Thursday at 12:30 PM. Mr. Yaffe, who also is direc- tor of Israel's Office of Informa- tion, will discuss the effect of Israel's economic and technical aid . on the young African countries. " Hillel House is located at 475 West 140 Street. Tests Hinder Lustig Tells Peace, SANE Exec. Group dorses Wagner Wagner layor Robert F. endorsed by the Execu- Committee of the Cd- •; By BARBARA SCHWARTZBAUM The Soviet resumption of nuclear testing has not only been "a terrible setback" for the cause of disarmament an' world peace, it has worsened the already "ugly mood" of the American people, Dr. Harrys Lustig (Physics) said Thurs- day. Speaking" before the College's Committee for a Sane Nuclear Rolicy, Dr. Lustig chai-ged that the Soviet move had only added mo- mentum to a US magazine and 'S Young Democratic Club newspaper campaign to convince people that if all they do is buiM Thursday. he Mayor's running mates, ah am Beame for Comptrolter, 1 Screvane for President of C*ty Council, an<I Edward ley for Borough President of hattan also receivied the back- of the Young Democrats. student organization ~e<J its vigorous support to T* Wagner and his ticket. > ncude fcludent participation >e csfcTrpa^n. a little fallout shelter we can go ahead with a nuclear war. "It is a tragic fact of life in this country today," he said," that views not terribly different from those of the John Birch Society are ac- cepted b(F our people." Dr. Lustig characterized US newspaper reports that the Soviet testing was not a danger to heaHh as "utterly aaeodacicoa" Any ad- dition to fallout will within five deaths from leukemia and an in- crease in genetically damaged children, he said. The mood of the people is that heyve been "pushed around ' ionj •nough and have to take a stand Dr. Lustig stated. Presiden Kennedy's "tough talk 7 ' bears s heavy responsibility for this atti- tude, he asserted. A right wing military cliqur fearful of US superiority in nu- clear weapons and information at- tained by U-2 aerial reconnaisancc, vas cited by Dr. Lustig as being "his guess" for the Soviet resump- tion of nuclear testing. Dr. Lustig stated that a recog- nition by America of its reduced role in world affairs combined with an ameHontion of "oppressive" features in Soviet society would 'achieve world peace. Stslp The new Technology Building, as pictured by its designers, will not be readi-'foruse until next September. AciSardjyntiy'to a press xelease is- sued with Frouge's statement, the contractor ceased work on Septem- l>er 8, declaring the board in de- fault of contract. """' the B H E , i n " tu rn, Th ursd ay evening declared Frouge in default for construction delays, and for attemptiipg to use unauthorized materials on the job; The company had declared the board in. default once before, on April 28th, 1961, the release states. "Delinquent payments for Febru- ary, March and April, owed the Frouge Corporation totalled $619,- 000. Claims for work carried out over and above the contract re- quirements totalled $685,000," it claims. On- May 10, the statement con- tinues, a meeting was held "at which time a memorandum of "tgreement was drawn," in which the "Board agreed to: bring delinquent payments up to date; • call in an impartial engineer to i-eview the Frouge claims for compensation, and set up a special meeting to draw up a special change order." A change order i^ an agreement by a party in a contract to pay additional sums of money for work done other than that specified in the original contract. September Opening Following this meeting, the statement adds, work was re- sumed, and continued until Sep- tember 8. At this time, the com- pany had not as yet received BHE compliance with the May 10 agreement, and could no longer continue operations. It was stated by the company that work on the building is now ninety per cent complete. A revised estimate issued by BHE spokesmen gave the comple- tion date for the building as next September. The last estimate gave the spring semester as the opening- date. biim Series Since the middle of last week a huge swastika has been hang- ing in the Finley lobby. An ac- c o m p a n y i n g announcement heralds the first film. "Profes- sor Mamlock." in the Board oC Manager's Fall Film Series. This 1938 Russian version of Friedrich Wolfs play was made by German refugee*. It strongly denoances the Nazi's Jewish policy. It will he shown tomor- row and Thorsday at 3 PM in R«om 3 t l <«lM>n and a t $ PM in Room 217 Finley. Admission is free. Other Sims in the series w- elvde J«sef v*»o Strrnbers's ~M•rocc•»' , with MarUw Dietrich (Oetaber S, ») and A If Shahergs "Read to* Heaven- (Octafcer 25. »)-
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Volee of €bm Student Itodly ^

XXX - No. 3 UNDERGRADUATE NEWSPAPER OF CITY COLLEGE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1961

ee Therapy . . . 'sychotte? Join OP and feel at home. Sit around with our editor-•hief (Bellevue. Mayvue, Dixmont) and write for the paper. OP sessfcs 475 (count em) 475 head-shrinkers. Come to Room 336 ley, join our staff, and confess your problems, sins, p.etty-thefts grand thefts) , and anything else tha t might bother your whither-

little heads.

Exec. Grants Hillel me To File Constitution motion which recommends that Hillel be granted a two-

k extension of the deadline for filing club constitutions passed by the SG Executive Committee Friday after-

Tech. Construction Is Discontinued; Structure Abandoned By Contractors

By TIM BROWN

A prime contractor for the College's Technology building has stopped operations for the second time in six months, it was announced by Acting President Harry N. Uivlin at his press conference Thursday. .

The president said tha t work fr ; " "" """ "7 - •"" - " ~ had stopped September 8t.h.

l .

ul ier lust week Student Coun-unanimously adopted Exec's .nmendation t ha t Hillel file a Litution. A resolution was also ; ed at tha t time which would

fee allocations, supplies, and use of College facilities to

which failed to file constitu-with the Depar tment of Stu-Life by October 13. These

ts ami privileges would be re-?d when a constitution was

presentatives of Hillel argued re the Exec tha t they could have a constitution adequately a red for the mid-October due

TJie-docurosot ha^jto. bej5uli-_ ed for approval to the national i Brith organization in Wash-

on, D. C , they said. ie club members asked tha t

[date be extended until Novem-11.•

guing in support of the reso->n, SG President Irwin Pronin that "Hillel, through the peg--,>*: the student press has been st into a position of contro-y. It is uncomfortable to be a 1.1 KM- because of pressure on all

Unusual Situation

i<- President contended tha t i a resolution should be passed only this one group because of

unusual situation. "They j fifteen years of minutes to j

K." he held, and were "not j -,• of the fact t ha t their new ] •.- were unconsti tut :onaI." f >pf>ssing this view, Leonai-d j htinger, Council repi-esenta- ;

His ! "hunch" was t ha t the contractor had left the job because "it wasn' t ; preferable."

A statement issued Friday by , Thomas Frouge, president of the j Frouge Corporation, the contrac- j tor involved, charged tha t the ; Board of Higher Education ( B H E ) \ was "totally incompetent" in its i function as "general "contractor."

Frouge has been described.as a "prime contractor for the archi-

| tectural t rades" , with other "prime ! contractors" providing plumbing, * electrical, and other work. It is the : function of the Architectural and i Engineering Uni t of the B H E to coordinate these contractors in the completion of various phases of the job.

The company has charged that ; the board failed in this respect. j and that this "made any submitted | schedules useless."

•>•*£:

szo SG President Irwin Pronin

Supports Resolution

tive of the Class of '02, asserted tha t "they still have a few weeks and nothing stops them from, amending i t [once the constitutfon is handed i n ] . Let i t get its con­sti tution in by Octo||er 13 to get i ts money."

The motion was passed in favor of^Hillel by a 4-2-1 vote. Council will take up the recommendation a t its meeting tomorrow.

The Student Zionist Organiza­tion will have Avaid Yaffe, Is­rael's counsel in New York, speak on "Israel 's Relations with the New African S ta tes" a t Hillel House Thursday at 12:30 PM.

Mr. Yaffe, who also is direc­tor of Israel 's Office of Informa­tion, will discuss the effect of Israel 's economic and technical aid . on the young African countries. "

Hillel House is located at 475 West 140 Street .

Tests Hinder Lustig Tells

Peace, SANE

Exec. Group dorses Wagner

Wagner layor Robert F. endorsed by the Execu-Committee of the Cd-

•; By BARBARA SCHWARTZBAUM

The Soviet resumption of nuclear testing has not only been "a terrible setback" for the cause of disarmament an' world peace, it has worsened the already "ugly mood" of the American people, Dr. Harrys Lustig (Physics) said Thurs­day.

Speaking" before the College's Committee for a Sane Nuclear Rolicy, Dr. Lust ig chai-ged t ha t the Soviet move had only added mo­mentum to a U S magazine and

'S Y o u n g D e m o c r a t i c C l u b newspaper campaign to convince people tha t if all they do is buiM Thursday.

he Mayor's runn ing mates , ah am Beame for Comptrolter, 1 Screvane for President of

C*ty Council, an<I E d w a r d ley for Borough President of hat tan also receivied the back-of the Young Democrats.

s t u d e n t organization ~e<J its vigorous support to

T* Wagner and his ticket. > ncude fcludent part icipation >e csfcTrpa^n.

a little fallout shelter we can go ahead with a nuclear war.

" I t is a t rag ic fact of life in this country today," he said," t ha t views not terribly different from those of the John Birch Society a re ac­cepted b(F our people."

Dr. Lust ig characterized U S newspaper repor ts t h a t the Soviet tes t ing w a s not a danger to heaHh a s "u t te r ly aaeodacicoa" Any ad­dition to fallout will within five

deaths from leukemia and an in­crease in genetically damaged children, he said.

The mood of the people is t ha t heyve been "pushed around ' ionj •nough and have to take a stand

D r . L u s t i g s t a t e d . P r e s i d e n Kennedy's " tough talk7 ' bears s heavy responsibility for this a t t i ­tude, he asserted.

A right wing mil i tary cliqur fearful of US superiori ty in nu­clear weapons and information a t ­tained by U-2 aerial reconnaisancc, vas cited by Dr. Lust ig as being "his guess" for the Soviet resump­tion of nuclear test ing.

Dr. Lust ig stated t h a t a recog­nition by America of i ts reduced role in world affairs combined with an ameHont ion of "oppressive" features in Soviet society would

'achieve world peace.

Stslp

The new Technology Building, as pictured by i ts designers, will not be r e a d i - ' f o r u s e until next September.

AciSardjyntiy'to a press xelease is­sued with Frouge's statement, the contractor ceased work on Septem-l>er 8, declaring the board in de­fault of contract. """'' t h e B H E, i n " tu rn, Th ursd ay evening declared Frouge in default for construction delays, and for attemptiipg to use unauthorized materials on the job;

The company had declared the board in. default once before, on April 28th, 1961, the release s tates . "Delinquent payments for Febru­ary, March and April, owed the Frouge Corporation totalled $619,-000. Claims for work carried out over and above the contract re­quirements totalled $685,000," it claims.

On- May 10, the s tatement con­tinues, a meeting was held "a t which time a memorandum of "tgreement was drawn," in which the "Board agreed to :

• br ing delinquent payments up to da te ;

• call in an impartial engineer

to i-eview the Frouge claims for compensation, and

• set up a special meeting to draw up a special change order."

A change order i^ an agreement by a par ty in a contract to pay additional sums of money for work done other than tha t specified in the original contract .

September Opening

Following this meeting, the statement adds, work was re­sumed, and continued until Sep­tember 8. At this time, the com­pany had not as yet received BHE compliance with the May 10 agreement, and could no longer continue operations.

I t was stated by the company tha t work on the building is now ninety per cent complete.

A revised est imate issued by BHE spokesmen gave the comple­tion date for the building as next September. The last estimate gave the spr ing semester as the opening-date.

biim Series Since the middle of last week

a huge swastika has been hang­ing in the Finley lobby. An ac-c o m p a n y i n g announcement heralds the first film. "Profes­sor Mamlock." in the Board oC Manager 's Fall Film Series.

This 1938 Russian version of Friedrich Wol f s play was made by German refugee*. I t strongly denoances the Nazi's Jewish policy. It will he shown tomor­row and Thorsday at 3 PM in R«om 3 t l <«lM>n and a t $ PM in Room 217 Finley. Admission is free.

Other Sims in the series w-elvde J«sef v*»o S t r rnbers ' s ~M•rocc•»', with M a r U w Dietrich (Oetaber S, » ) and A If Shahe rgs "Read to* Heaven- (Octafcer 25. » ) -

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Pnge 2 OBSERVATION POST

QBSEKVATEO. )*Kfm*'

BAKBAKA KABINOWITZ Assooiiite Editor

GRACE FISCHKR

Nfcws Editor

LOUISE MONTAG Pimineh.s Manajrer

MANAGING BOARD UKNKK COHEN

Edittii-iri-Chief RITA GOLDBERG

Associate Editor

BARBARA SCHWARTZHA JM Features Editor

LARRY BORTSTEIN Spoils Editor

ASSOCIATE BOARD

TIM BROWN Copy Editor

ROBERT GOLD PbotoRruphy Editor

BARBARA BROWN Assistant News Editor

DAVE ROTHCHILD Circulation Manager

JOfc LOWIN Copy Editor

MICHAEL GERSHOWn Ex chant"" Z><*'<AT

ytVTWS DErARTMENT: Ella EhrlicK. Ed Marston. Bob NVlMin FEATURES DEPARTMENT: I^na Hahn. Fran Pelly PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF: Larry Weissmann FACULTY ADVISER: Prof. Leo Hamalian (English)

The Editorial Poliaj of Observation Post 'ut determined hp a major­ity vote of the Managing Board and Barbara Brown, Tim Brown, xmd Lena Hahn.

Yes, Virginia... The students a t the College have been promised a new

technology building for almost a decade. Granted, progress has been made. No longer is there a huge crater- at the corner of Convent Avenue and 140 Street. Instead, we see a nearly completed green and white edifice surrounded by gravel side­walks. Now we are told that construction has ceased because of charges and countercharges of default on the-part of the contractor and the Board of Higher Education.

Perhaps it is t r i te to insist tha t an institution of higher education cannot flourish successfully withoiit the proper facilities. We regret tha t the students at one' of the nation's top engineering schools must continue to seek their training -in archaic facilities, while the technicalities of business law come into play.

The entire episode is difficult to understand, but it does seem evident tha t the blame rests partially with the endless red tape procedures employed by agencies of the municipal government.

When an educational group ventures into t h e w$rl& of Jsasi-ness and employs the services of private corporations, they must be prepared to act in the same capacity as a private institution. This, however, is something for which we can­not hope. Red tape will remain one of the characteristics of municipal college administration.

Perhaps it is not too optimistic to hope tha t tecHnology Students of the Class of '93 will be able to use the "new" tech­nology building t o its full advantage. Hopefully, the con­struction will not be outmoded by the time the blueprints are actually transformed into a finished edifice.

Fans Wanted The dearth of student fans in attendance at last Satur­

day's baseball doubleheader a t Fordham was realizaition enough that apathy is making rapid gains in sports interest a t the College.

Unlike some institutions at the Collegse, the athletic teams are always open to public view and comment. Teams practice daily in Lewisohn Stadium, a site where many College stu­dents have sweated blood, and <*nmtiess others shed it. The gyms are occupied these days by aspirants to the wrestling, fencing, and the other teams with which Dr. Arthur Desbrey, Faculty Manager of Athletics, has created the largest sports

Hillel'* Head Replies

Dear Editor: Your editorial of September 27,

1961, entitled ' 'Discriiinnatian Here", makes several serious ac-.tusations. Unfortunately, since your reasoning: is based on rncor-rect information, your conclusions are erroneous. Please allow me to

} clarify. Your issue of September 21,

19«1 quoted me inaccurately as saying "We define ourselves as a community." I said t ha t ' 'Hillel is a Jewish Student Community." On the basis of this misquotation, your recent editorial s tates that Hillel is "a cultural organization according to its president." 1 specifically stated tha t religion, culture and history are some of the concerns of the Jewish Com­munity on the City College campus. We do not say t ha t any one of these aspects takes precedence over any other.

"Yet those who wish to join," you continue incorrectly, "have to sign an affirmation of their own 'identification' with the Jewish people." A resolution passed by Hillel Council in May 1061 s ta ted: Ann City College student may af­filiate with Hillel by (a) affirming his identification with the Jewish People and the Jewish Student Community and (b) assuming the obligation to pay the five dollars ($5.00) assessment. Any student who does not choose to affirm his identification wi th the Jewish People may, nevertheless, associate himself/herself with Hillel by making a five dollar ($5:00) bi­ennial contribution for such pur­pose." No questions a re asked as to rfeligion or ethnic or racial background! We make no check. Our assumption is t h a t each stu­dent makes t h e decision in accord­ance with his own conscience.

Hillel is dedicated to . . . . . . the intellectual, social and

character development of t h e individual s tuden t ;

. . . deepening the student 's under­standing of Jewish life and values; . '. helping the student to volun­t a ry commitment to a Jewish way of life;

. . . creation of a Jewish student and adult community that will live up to the best t radit ional and contemporary insights. An affirmation of identification

with the Jewish People constitutes the minimal expression of belong­ing to the Jewish People. I t is not a "religious tes t ." I t need not be a religious act. You write "Organi­zations, student and otherwise, do have ifae inherent r igh t to 'pretect ' themselves. But th i s protection can only iacJade safety for t h e #?oals and aims of the organization. The

there is a clause in said char ter bar r ing discrimination against any applicant for membership or office in the organization because of race, color, religious belief or non-belief, na tura l origin, sex or politi­cal beliefs except in the case of sex with regard to fraternit ies and sororities and in the case of re­ligious belief with regard to re­ligious organizations."

Although Hillel does not fit into any of the listed categories, cer­tainly the spiri t if not the letter, of the law was meant to include a Jewish Community on the cam­pus.

Very sincerely yours, Leanore Lieblein

Hillel President

To Tell the Truth

Dear Edi tor : In your last issue of Observation.

Post, dated Wednesday Septem­ber 27th you carried a story wri t ­ten by Miss Ba rba ra Brown about the five month delay in the dis­tribution of Microcosm '61. You based your story and, in par t icu­lar, your conclusions on statements made by act ing editor of Micro­cosm 'nl, Richard Lewis.

Lewis' slanderous s tatements , which appeared in this story and for which you must bfe held re­sponsible for having printed, im­pugned my chariacter and ability. Quite obviously, you made no at­tempt to contact me so as to get my side of the story. This shock­ing display of irresponsible re­porting, and the generally biased tone of your brand of journalism, once again reinforces my convic­tion t ha t your newspaper, being neither responsible nor responsive to the wishes and needs of the stu­dent body, has no place on our campus as a student publication wholly subsidized by student fees.

I look forward to a conscientious effort on the p a r t of your staff aimed a t ra is ing the journalist ic s tandards of your paper. Unti l such t ime as this may be acheived, I have no choice but to remain firm in my stated convictions.

As to the subject mat te r in the story itself, much confusion has existed since the middle of the fall 1960 term concerning the publica­tion, contents, and personalities of Microcosm 'Ol. I shall a t tempt , a t this t ime, to offer a brief and con­cise explanation of the surrept i ­tious actions surrounding my sud­den dismissal as editor-in-chief of Microcosm '(il two terms ago. I hope this will permanent ly clear up the fonf«sion which has exist­ed for such a long time.

Around mid-semester, fall I960, two section editors initially tried to cause my removal f rom t h e edi­torship of Micrwo&rr rtil. These

group can ask its members to sub- j persons were motivated by the in­scribe to its principles and make | s t m c t for self-survival. They had

progrram of any school in the Metropolitan area. With the ad- \ t h i s a 1^5 for membership and \ be^ enable to meet staff dead-vent of each new term, Beaver athletes beg-in the grueling ; for holding office." I am pleased to | i^es (which I had established to self-sacrifice which leads—to what ? Playing, as well as prac­ticing before negligible numbers of students, reputed to be interested in activities .undertaken by the College community.

Numbered among the handful of spectators at the afore­mentioned doubleheader were parents, cousins, brothers, etc., of the players, many of whom had to come from distant points of the city. It is certainly a most unfortunate situa­tion tha t the Fordham Road—Concourse sector of the Bronx, emment Constitution to permit

relevant qualifications for

indicate HiUel's agreement with this statement. Our only qualifica­tions for oflk-e a r e of the relevant, na ture your editorial describes. They do not constitute a "religious test!"

It was, no doubt, the intent of the framers of the Student Gov-

which provides so much of the College population, should '^f* , r

A . T^ . * . . . , , 1 office when thev stated tha t "No have been so unrepi^sented. It us just as unfortunate tha t . 0 7 W i r i i z a t k m a l chllTteT s h a l , ^ a p . t he entire student body should feel the efforts of its athletes p rove<i by ^ Executive Commit-8* WWUlUiy *f ttwir attention. t tee or by Student Council unless

precede, by several weeks, our printer 's deadlines) , and fur ther refused to forward to me what­ever mater ia ls they had in the i r possession. When I permitted a one-week extension of t ime with the proviso tha t these editors either "produce" or be dismisj»edr

they seraed upon the length of the few days to t r y to gain support for my removal as editor, bas ing their charges on claims tha t I had failed t o meet p r in te r ' s deadfitres. j which were really "well over five

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 19(

next weekly board mc •esented with a lett<

addressed to Dean J. S. Peat which 1 was requested to sij The letter s tated tha t I was : signing my position as yearbo editor because of my heavy ac demic burden. When I refused sign this letter, a heated deb ensued. Richard Lewis, th sports "editor, initially hesitated supporting my removal. He joir the conspirators when lie was p* suaded tha t he would be the lo cal choice to succeed- me as edit of the publication.

In a v i r tua l "gang-up small group met secretly with 1 Sonde, then president of the sen class ( '61), and convinced h that my removal was necessary insure publication of the yo book. Sonde, never one to miss opportunity, seized upon the s gestion, and proceeded to make removal "official." Sonde and I h been involved, for the preced: two months, in a dispute over contents of the college yearboi here, finally, Sonde was able claim victory over me by caus my removal!!

I appealed Sonde's action SFCSA. This body failed to c duct a full investigation and he ing, proceeding instead to d my appeal immediately tha t sa day, mainly because one spec faculty representat ive was una to stay on at the meeting and clared tha t he wps unable to tend additional meetings to ( tinue the appeal case. At SFCSA meeting, I testified in own defense, while Sonde and tain other editors of Microcosw urged t ha t my appeal be deni How can any deliberate body rive a t a reasonable and just cision merely on the testimony opposing par t ies in a case without investigation or corro ra t ing testimony by anyone eli

Disgusted wi th the shabby tre ment I had received be* SFCSA, I refused to carry my peal to GFCSA, realizing thai period of staff inaction might T> cause delay in the publication the yearbook, and convinced I would ul t imately be vindicated the charges levied against me.

With the f racas a t an end, S de, Lewis, and company, hav "washed each other 's hands," w able to proceed with the publi tion of the yearbook, t h e time December 1960. Now, over n months later, I am again accu of being responsible for Mi cosm's troubles.

An interes t ing sidelight to confusion was illuminated in Campus editorial, dated Janu 4 th, 1961, which followed SFCS denial of my appeal : . "We q« tioned five of t he people who knowledge of and were invd in Bren*s removal. Four of th refused to comment because 1 would ' r a t h e r not hur t F r e d / only one willing to talk about the mat te r was Bren." In reti pect, t he implications which t editorial suggested about the c duct of those four pebple sho be very clear. Why did the f refuse to comment on the mat choosing instead to cover up matter with "sympathy for Frc

Acting editor Lewis accused in your September 2?th story, "irresponsibili ty" and of hav assembled only a temporary which he claimed subsequer placed him a t a disadvantage w he assumed the editorship. As

1 the t rue facts, Lewis well kn

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iY, OCTOBER 3, 1961

Iters . • . OBSERVATION POST

to remove the editor-in-chief of the college yearbook, which in it­self endangered the publication of the book, and secondly in lacking the courage to contact me for ad-

.. . . , vice and aid in assembling the re-ber, ex<:ladiny editors! Lewis j maining sections of the Yearbook, the one who acted h responsi- I While Lewis lacked experience in Hirst in joining an alliance I assembling a yearbook, and spe

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|he inherited a Microcosm '(il which exceeded-25 people in

O&Camjws with

{Author of "I Was a Teen-age Dwarf," "The Many Lovee of Dobie Gilli*," etc.)

THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME It happens every day. A young man goes off to college, leaving lis home town sweetheart with- vows of eternal love, and then be finds that he has outgrown her. What, in such cases, is the lonorable thing to do?

Well sir, you can do what Hock Sigafoos did. . When Rock left Cut and Shoot, Pa., he said to his sweetheart, simple country lass named Tess d' Urbevilles, " M y dear,

hough I am far away in college, I will love you always. I will [ever look at another girl. If I do, may my eyeballs parch and other, may my viscera writhe like adders, may the moths get fiy new tweed jacket!"

Then he clutched Tess to his bosom and planted a final kiss Lpon her fragrant young skull and went away, meaning with all |is heart to be faithful.

But on the very first day of college he met a coed named fata Morgana, a girl of such sophistication, such poise, such woir-faire as ftoek had never beheld. She spoke knowingly of 'ranz Kafka, she hummed Mozart, she smoked Marllwros.

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l>w, Rock didn't know Franz Kafka from Pancho VHI%_or Jozart from James K. Polk, but Marlboros he knew full well,

knew that anyone who smoked Marlboros was modern and Ivanced and as studded with b ra in^as . a ham with cloves. bod sense tells yon tha t you can' t beat Marlboro's exclusive lectrate filter, and you never could beat Marlboro's fine flavor. iiis Rock knew.

ISo all day he followed Fata around campus and listened to her k about Franz Kafka, and then in the evening he went back the dormitory and found this letter from his home town

freetheartTess:

Dear Rock, Us kids had a keen time yesterday. We went down to the

•pond and caught some frogs. I caught the most of anybody. Tften tre. hitched ride* on trucks and did lots of nutey stuff tike that.. Well, I tmtst close tunc because I got to wkitetoash the fenre.

Your friend, Tess

P.S.—I can do my Htda Hoop 3,000 times.

fell sir, Rock thougbt about Tess and then he thought rot Fata and then a great sadness fell upon him. Suddenly

I knew he had outgrown young, innocent Tess; his heart now [longed to smart, sophisticated Fata.

<ock, being above all things honorable, returned forthwith [his home town and walked u p to Tess and Idoked her in the

and said manlily, " I do not love yon any more. I love a named Fata Morgana. Yo« can hit roe in the stomach with

[your might if you like." JThat rs okay, hey," said Tess amiably. " I don ' t love you •her. I found a new boy." 'What is his name?" asked Rock.

f" Franz Kafka," said Tess. [A splendid fellow," said Rock and shook Tess's hand, and

have remained good friends to this day. In fact, Rode and ta often double-date with Franz and Tess and have heaps «l

Franz can do the Hula Hoop 6,000 times. • (Ml Wn Sbohm

* * * trlboro, in the kin§-&ze m>ft pmck mnd fawmm* Aip-tap

(« sold mnd enjoyed in eli 56 States. And tiaf-sfee un-PhiUp Mourn Cemmmmder, made of •mwrfr jMtiavf

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cifically in publishing Microeosm '<>1, he was awai^e of my involve­ment not only in Microeo&m^ 'til but also in the publication of Microcosm UiO, when 1 served as Associate Editor.

As late as last July, barely two of the yearbook. Can I be blamed mentioned to me t h a t Lewis, still lacked approximately 100 pages

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Freedom Rider

North Carolina authorities were charged by a speaker here Thursday with the frame-up of Kobert Williams, the

to the yearbook. Can I be blamed editor, of a leading North Carolina integrationist weekly. for this? What was Lewis doing-between December t9(i0 and July '(U, the period during- which he served as editor-in-chief? i

As to my competence as chief editor of M'wrocosm '01, I offer the following little-known informa­t ion: during; the two-day senior registrat ion period last fall 1960, the staff, under my personal di­rection and using a sales cam­paign which I had personally map­ped out, sold more subscriptions to the college yearbook than had been sold to Microcomn '60 during the ent i re length of the previous years efforts.

As editor-in-chief of Microcosm '(il, I formally established a six member editorial board to assist me in the direction of the publica­tion and to serve as policy-makers for the yearbook. My aim was to achieve g rea te r democratization in

| Mr. David Morton, a Freedom Rider, stated tha t Williams, charged with kidnaping a couple, had brought the pair into his house to protect them from an irate mob.

Morton, a former student a t the \ University of Minnesota, related the day 's events which culminated in the incident leading- to the kid­naping charge as he spoke be­fore the College's E. V. Debs Club.

Dur ing a peaceful week long demonstrat ion in front of the Monroe, N. C. courthouse, picket-ers were constantly harassed by a mob of "white racists ," according to Morton. "I have heard of no case yet where someone on a picket line was hit from the front," he declared.

On a Sunday, said Morton, the mood of the mob was part icular ly hostile so the picketers decided to decision-making with reference to » ^ « « ^ " « PicKewrs aecwect to

thp nnhhWinr , l e a v e b y c a b - S o m e o f t h e Picketers the publication. left, and while the others were

^ Fred Bren, wait ing to leave, a car drove up. former editor-in-chief f People entered, but as the car was

Microcosm '61 j leaving the police stopped it.

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"A gun was found on the seat of the car, and .so the police claim- ' ed tha t they were carry ing con- ;

cealed weapons and arrested them/ ' :

declared Morton. He fur ther main- • tained that several other picketers went to the police station to seek protective custody.

"Later that evening," related Morton, "a white couple drove through the Negro community.'* The car was stopped, and because* the mob was still angry over the events of the afternoon. Williams "brought the couple into his house to protect them.

Morton recalled tha t there have been repeated th rea t s on Williams' life, and af ter th is incident the FBI had issued "essentially A shoot-on-sight" type of wanted circular for his a r r e s t He said tha t three other people a re being held as accomplices to the kidnap­ing, and face life hrriprisonment. -

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In which young American intel­lectuals, professionals and stu­dents : Discuss values and goals; apply their t ra in ing to significant social problems; Debate proposals Included in the c u n e n t issue:

A history df a desegration fight in The Case of County Seat.

Any Glory in the Beat way to satori?

Is there a s tudent movement? U.S. policy toward Cuba. A theory of why and how our

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Nine Loses 2 to Rams;! DiB-Bound For Army?

By LARRY BORTSTEIN Baseball coach Al DiBernardo received an invitation from

the federal government last Wednesday to join sundry other Army reservists at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Mon­day, Oct. 30. "

Although the 25-year old coach j isn ' t wha t "one would call pa r t i - j cularly elated over this invite, any more performances like Sa tu rday ' s : twin losses to Fordham, and the j French Foreign Legion may not be I far enough away.

The Beavers, so promising in a t;-l defeat of Hunter only the f week before, r e n e g e d at Jack \ Coffey Field to the tune of 18-2 . and 8-0 shellackings a t the hands ; of the Rams. I

DiBernardo, who for the past j three years has been a member of the Army Active Reserve, still may be granted a deferment from the one additional year of active serv­ice now required under recent federal legislation.

Actually, the blond coach, who is also teaching eight required physical education classes, three < electives, and a health education section, has a more press ing rea­son for wanting to stay here.

The 11)58 graduate of the Col­lege is working on his doctoral thesis as par t of the requirement for the Ph.D. in physical education.

So, it 's possible tha t his request for permanent deferment which he filed Fr iday may be granted .

If not, the College's athletic overseers will have to search for a replacement to coach the team next spring.

DiBernardo, who coafhed the freshman team two years ago, as­sumed the varsi ty reins last year from Dr. Jbhn LaPlace.

His first varsi ty team last year hobbled to a 2-9 league re­cord, and with five of last year 's s t a r t e r s gone, Sa turday ' s lineups were sprinkled with sophomores as j well as juniors who saw only j limited action last spr ing. denies of loose play, left the issue

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OBSERVATION POST TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 19

Alumni Still First in Sentimen The Greek amphitheater appearance of Lewisohn Stadium was an ironic setting tor t

College-Alumni soccer exhibition Saturday. j So they shall not have played in vain, "the glory that was theirs" once .again thnl [the hearts of Beaver specta-^ t o r s . When the f inal gun sounded no one seemed to know or care that the varsity defeated the Alumni, 3-1.

I t w a s n a m e s l i k e M a r c o

Wachter, Billy Sund, Heinz Min

me scoring was initiated by Henry Windischmann of the varsi ty at 5:55 of the first period.

Billy Sund, one of the all-time College grea ts , then evened the score ' for the Alumni at 16:45 of the same frame.

At the 7 minute mark of the sec-nerop, and Gabe Schlisser, once ond stanza, Mike Pesce put the cur-more united on the same team, , rent squad of Coach H a r r y Karlin tha t provided the excitement of : ahead for keeps, the day. i The scoring terminated in the

Just for the record, however, I last period when the Alumni's Saul

Fein, the coach of the JV sqi a t tempting to kick the ball to own goalie, accidentally passe< by him.

I t was several minutes bef the color finally came back to p Saul 's cheeks.

For those at the game, thrills and memories were pie ful. For both squads the day filled with mutual warmth respect.

—Kopit, Pogi

Coach Al DiBernardo 7,s- He Leaving?

three singles were mustered by the Beavers off senior Ram fire-ballers Don W o o d s and Bill Schramm.

Artie Goldmer spanked two solid finales, anil soph recruit Marty Antonelli, in center field, collected the other safety.

Vin Calfapietra and Mike Gren-nan, both newcomers, -shared the pitching and similar control dif­ficulties.

Veterans Howie Friedman and Murray Steinfink worked the morn­ing game, which got under way

;a t 11. j Fr iedman, in part icular , was ! coming in too high with his delive­ries and had had a shaky 3 % in­nings, yielding eight hits.

J im Mackin, Fordham's big , s t rong r i g h t - h a n d e d newcomer, struck out 12 Beavers, Which com­bined wi th seven official Beaver errors and innumerable other evi

But Fordham's more experien Ranjs, under coach Dan Rinaldo, turned on the extra-base power | C C N Y

and loosed three hard throwers on ; FORDHAM the punch-less Lavender.

The Beavers managed to hold the i r own in both g-ames until the th i rd inning. Then pitching and defense joined together in falling apa r t — the offense never got s ta r ted .

In the second game, held to seven innings by league "rule, only

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FRIEDMAN. Steinfink (4) and FrazMtta, Hei-nandez (7) , E i s (8)

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linr-rra 16) CALFAPIETRA. Crennan (4) and Her­

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