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VOL. XIII, No. 2.—SIX PAGES. PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, PROVIDENCE, R. I., OCTOBER 11, 1950 10 CENTS A COPY

Barristers To Hold Tryouts; Announce New Debate Topic

Expansion of the club through an increased number of debates and the induction of new members was the twofold aim announced for the Bar-risters, varsity debating club, by Pres-ident, John O'Donnell, at its organ-izational meeting, October 4.

Eleven new members were received. These men were assigned tryout dates this week in which their forensic abilities might be assessed by a com-mittee consisting of the moderator, Mr. O'Donnell, and William McMahon, vice-president.

In order to prepare for impending debates with Boston University, Amer-ican International, Rhode Island State. Boston College, and Merrimac, vet-eran debaters were assigned this year's intercollegiate debating topic: "Re-solved that the non-Communist nations should form an international union."

Mr. O'Donnell and Mr. McMahon. co-chairmen of the Forensics Chair of the New England Branch of the N.F.C.C.S. have announced that they will begin, with the aid of the Barris-ters, a program of help in debating and public speaking for member col-leges. This program will take the form of printed material, personal advice, and practice debates.

O C T O B E R D E V O T I O N S A T T H E G R O T T O

M a s s — 8:00 a. m . — M o n d a y t h r o u g h S a t u r d a y .

R o s a r y and B e n e d i c t i o n — 1:00 p. m . and 8:00 p.m. — M o n d a y t h r o u g h Fr iday .

Fighting Communism

James J. Maker , '52, a d d s h i s s i g n a t u r e to the F r e e d o m Scro l l , u n d e r t h e direct ion of Gera ld A l e x a n d e r , '51, a c t i n g c h a i r m a n of t h e S t u d e n t Con-gress O r d n a n c e c o m m i t t e e , w h o is l e a d i n g the Crusade for F r e e d o m o n campus. W a i t i n g the ir t u r n s to s i g n the Scro l l are R o b e r t D o y l e , '52, and

W i l l i a m B u n t i n g , '52.

P. C. Enrollment Drops to 1730, A Decrease of 195

Providence College's undergraduate enrollment is now 1730, a drop of 195 from that of last year, according to figures released recently by the office of the registrar.

The Junior class comprises the larg-est group this year, with 465 students. Last year the Freshmen, with an en-rollment of 550, topped all classes.

This year 's Senior class numbers 410, compared to 405 last year. The 465 Juniors constitute an increase of 35 over last year's 430.

The Sophomore class is 458. a drop of 82 from last year's 540; and the Fresh-man class shows the greatest decrease —397 as compared to 550 last year, a loss of 153 students.

Of the 430 Junior students in 1949-50 20 f i i i ea to re turn to school as Seniors this year, due to employment, deficiencies f»nd draf t calls. Of 540 Sophomores of '49-'50, 75 failed to re-turn as Juniors, while iast year 's Freshman Ciass showed 4r.e greatest loss in personnel, 92 of the 55.0 in the original class failing to re;urn

Glee Club Plans Ambitious Schedule

The Glee Club is looking forward to what will be its most ambitious schedule to date. In addition to the usual joint concerts with some of leading women's colleges of New Eng-land, this year it anticipates making an appearance in New York City.

In addition it hopes to inaugurate here a Christmas Concert to which •there will be no admission charge.

Another innovation will be the pro-motion of a quartet competition, open to all members of the student body with an award to be made to the best. The possibility of associating the win-ning quartet with the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbership Quartet Singing in Amer-ica is under investigation. Membership would of course qualify a quartet to enter the national competition of this organization.

The first concert of the season is tentatively scheduled for November 5 with Salve Regina College of New-port. It will be held at Bay View, in East Providence.

Many new additions are being added to the Club's repetoire, one of the

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Injured P.C. Student In Good Condition

The condition of Robert H. Perry, the Providence College student who was injured last Saturday in an auto-mobile accident, was announced as good yesterday by Rhode Island Hos-pital officials.

Perry, a pre-dental student from Johnston, R. I., was riding with three other youths from whom he had ac-cepted a ride home, when the car crashed against a retaining wall on Manton Avenue and overturned.

He suffered fractures of both legs besides other minor abrasions. The other youths, all unknown to Perry, suffered only minor injuries.

Hospital officials when reached yes-terday declared that Perry 's general condition was good and that the frac-tures were mending satisfactorily. But as to how long he would be in the hospital they were uncertain. It would depend, they stated, on how quickly the bones of the leg mend.

Thirty-Four Candidates Compete in Class Elections Sophs Ballot Monday; Juniors, Tuesday; Seniors,

Wednesday

Thirty-four senior, junior and sophomore candidates for class office addressed their respective class assemblies conducted this morning by the Student Congress Ways and Means com-mittee. Nominations closed yesterday afternoon.

Sophomore elections will be con-ducted on Monday, Junior elections on Tuesday, and Senior elections on Wed-nesday. Time: 9 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. Place: Auditorium of Harkins Hall.

The Sophomore Class has the largest field of candidates, with five men run-ning for the presidency, and a total of fourteen nominees.

Seniors running for the office of president are Francis J. "Skip" Mc-Gurkin, of East Hartford, Joseph P. McGee, of Providence, and Norbert J. Crouchley, also of Providence. Vice-presidential candidates are William R. Curley, of New Haven, Edward J. Mooney, of Attleboro, Mass., and Fran-cis Pelligrino, of Westerly, R. I.

Juniors running for the office of president are: Robert P. Connelly, of New Haven, Conn., and John O'Don-nell, of Cranston, R. I.

Sophomores running for office of president are: James Cardono, of Paw-tucket, Charles F. "Red" Banfield, of Washington, D. C., Henry A. Lupien, Providence, Alfred A. Lamy, of Provi-dence, and Edwin D. Smith, of Fall River, Mass.

Seniors running for the office of secretary are: William J. Sherry, of Hackettstown, N. J., and Robert Gen-tile, of Providence, R. I. Seniors run-ning for the office of treasurer are John F. Bresnahan, Jr., of Pittsfield, Mass., Robert O. Doherty, of Cam-bridge, Mass., Francis B. Conley, of Pawtucket, and Edward G. Poirier, of Providence. Juniors running for the office of vice-president are: Joseph R. Chaisson, of New Bedford, Mass., and George E. Murphy of Rumford, R. I. For Treasurer: Albert F. Pfister, of West Haven, Conn., and William E. Bunting, Jr., of Hingham, Mass. For secretary: Walter Faulkner, of Ham-den,, Conn., Donald E. Neddy, of Mil-ton, Mass., and William McMahon of Pawtucket. Sophomores running for the office of vice-president are: An-thony R. Berretto, of Bristol, R. I., J . Charles Cronan, of Waterbury, Conn., Raymond Ajami, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Robert D. Nani, of Providence.

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College Quarterly Seeks New Talent For Depleted Staff

Material is now being accepted for the November issue of the Alembic. Owing to last June 's graduation and withdrawals from the College, the staff of the College l i terary quarterly is greatly depleted and very much in need of new men to fill the shoes of those graduated or did not re turn this fall. Anyone desiring to write for the Alembic is requested to get in touch with one of the present staff mem-bers: Harry Vayo, "Mike" Hartung, Ray D' Ambrosio, Bill Plummer or Fr. R. D. Reilly; or to drop his contribu-tion into the Cowl Box located in the second rotunda, Harkins Hall, as soon as possible.

Regarding the kind of material suit-able for publication in the Alembic, anything that is of a literary nature is acceptable. Short stories, essays on any subject, poetry, verse, book re-views, literary criticism, all are apt material. The only requisite is that material submitted for the considera-tion of the staff have some semblance of style. It goes without saying that nothing of an indecent nature will be tolerated.

The members of the present Sopho-more Class have all wri t ten themes which they turned in last year as English assignments. The members of the present Junior Class have written familiar essays and short stories. From this large amount of material there surely must be at least a few pieces worthy of the attention of the College as a whole. The Freshman and Senior classes, of course, a re not excluded from this invitation.

For the benefit of interested Fresh-men, there is a limited number of back issues of the Alembic available at the Student Congress Office. They may be obtained at any time while they last.

Senior Candidates

P i c t u r e d a b o v e are s o m e of the S e n i o r cand ida te s for c lass off ice . Top. l e f t to r ight: Joe M c G e e , Ed M o o n e y , B i l l S h e r r y , Frank Conley . Bot tom: J o h n B r e s n a h a n , Jr., N o r b e r t J . C r o u c h l e y , and W i l l i a m R. Cur ley .

Freedom Pledge Signed by 6 5 0 P. C. Students to Date

Fr. Slavin Gives Full Endorsement

After four school days on campus the nation-wide Crusade for Freedom today was still adding signatures to the Freedom Pledge and receiving voluntary contributions for the expansion of Radio Free Europe, sponsored by the Crusade. So far an esti-mated 650, still under 40% of the total enrollment, had signed the Freedom Scrolls.

Gerald Alexander. '51. acting chair-man of the Student Congress ord-ranee committee, and a group which in -hides members of the Congress and afiliated units, are leading the cam-paign for signatures and voluntary Cc ltributions. A table has been set U] near the bulletin boards in Har-ki is Hall to receive signatures and si )ply information. A labeled box for c< ltributions has been placed near tr ? cash register in the cafeteria.

Scrolls, pamphlets, and posters were n :eived here last week f rom the Na-

<nal Committee for a Free Europe, r c., in New York, which is sponsor-

ing the Crusade. The campus group has added a thermometer in Harkins Hall which will show day-by-day re-sults of the campaign.

The Crusade, a popular movement headed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, who is national chairman, has as its goal tiie liberation of the people of the Iron Curtain countries. On its Nation-al Council is a long list of private citizens, including General Eisenhow-er who opened the Crusade last month in a network radio address,

William I. Green, former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, publisher Hen-ry R. Luce, Eddie Rickenbacker, Philip Murray, and Harold Stassen.

In a communication to the Student Congress the Very Rev. Robert J. Slavin, O.P., college president, gave hi full endorsement and urged sup-pi t by the student body.

^he Declaration of Freedom attest-ec to by the signers reads:

I believe in the sacredness and dig-ni y of the individual.

I believe that all men derive the rij ht to freedom equally f rom God.

I pledge to resist aggression and t/ anny wherever they appear on

I am proud to enlist in the Cru-sile for Freedom.

'I am proud to help make the Freedom Bell possible, to be a sign-er of this Declaration of Freedom, to

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2 THE COWL. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1950

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This Latest Crusade Less than two weeks hence, on October 24,

United Nations Day, the Freedom Shrine will be dedicated in Berlin. There, in the very realm of a modern anti-God empire, in the midst of its intellectual, moral, and material director-ates the Freedom Bell will ring a message from the American people. A symbol, true. But the symbol of a most concrete privilege enjoyed, though usually taken for granted, by us.

The symbol itself, as a mat ter of fact, will be more than just that; for permanently em-bodied in the base of the shrine will be the signatures of millions of Americans among them 1,730, we hope, representing our total enrollment—gathered on the Freedom Scrolls. Each name will stand for an individual's belief "in the sacredness and dignity of the indi-vidual". "that all men derive the right to free-dom equ dly from God", and will be his pledge to resist aggression and tyranny wherever they appear on ear th" . So, for once at least, we will have pau- rd a few moments and been wit-nesses to our liberty and the similar r ights of all men. •

Direct voluntary contributions—including ours—in this Crusade for Freedom will have paid for the shrine and for the expansion of Radio Free Europe, which, as the slogan has it, is a people-to-people communication with the captive satellite nations, free of govern-ment protocol in its dissemination of t ru th . In thus augmenting the governnient-to-people Voice of America. Radio Free Europe will counteract the lies, well known to us, propagat-ed against our way of life by utilizing the voices of exiled leaders such as Mikolajczyk of Poland and Dirrarov of Roumania, the com-munist-banned folk music, literature, religion, and history of the Eastern countries, and the pealing of the Freedom Bell, fur ther concretiz-ing the bronze symbol.

How fitting, too. that the bell should ring from Berlin, itself partly in Russian hands and the last outpost of the free West. How fi t t ing that the shrine should be erected by the Amer-ican people in what is still the ethnic capital of our late enemies, who. as we well know, too often in the past have been complete slaves to their own exaggerated national pride. They, also, though the planners of the Crusade may never have envisaged this at all—must be freed—from themselves, as fully as much as the Iron Curtain countries must be freed from a foreign ideology.

Freedom is basic and fundamental under more than one aspect. Resting, as it does, in God. it is dependent upon adherence to t ru th and realities, whether they be racial, political, or otherwise. Other movements have restricted themselves to particular phases, but this latest of Crusades is in the vast and powerful realm of ideas and embraces a universally shared concept.

The leaders of the Crusade for Freedom are distinguished Americans and it has come to our campus with the personal commendation of Father Slavin. We. too. would paraphrase Lincoln, as does the Feedom Bell. "That this world under God shall have a new birth of freedom."

Literary Column

By William Plummer. '51

Harpers Centennial I neve r realized the re was so much

to bust les unt i l I s aw an old adver t i se-men t for them in the Centenn ia l issue of Harpe r ' s magazine. T h r e e examples of those e x t r a o r d i n a r y contrapt ions , wi th which our dea r g r a n d m a s were won t to emphas ize thei r a b u n d a n t charms, were shown. The first , called s imply "XXL." was adver t i sed as being a "Lace Covered Bra ided Wire Bust le Very l ight . Beau t i fu l in shape and durab le , Made of Pla ted Steel Wire. Ex t r a F ine Tr immings . " The second, yclept "The Lady Washing-ton". was rea l ly a dilly. A d j u s t a b l e so that it could be w o r n " N a r r o w or Wide" it was " m a d e of the f inest p la ted steel wi re in to a Torsion Spr ing, which gives it great durabi l -i ty." The th i rd . "The Cindere l la . " was made of f ine blue t empered watch spr ing steel especially for ladies de-s i r ing a small bus t l e "or for misses." Uphol te red fore and af t t he lady of

1887 was something to see. I can onl j wonder tha t our g r and fa the r s , whe would have objec ted s t renuous ly t( fa lse bot toms in beer glasses, took them for g ran ted in thei r wives.

Harper ' s , one of the f ine old maga zines which g rew wi th the count ry ha. devoted this October issue to a cen tennia t celebrat ion. One ar t ic le , "Thi Big Change. ' ' by F rede r i ck Lewi Allen, t races the changes in America] l i fe f rom Ante-Bel lum days to th< present , a change f r o m an agrariai economy to an indust r ia l one with, a is usual in any change, c o r r e s p o n d s losses and gains. " T h e Age of Taste, by Russel l Lyngs, and i l lus t ra ted b; S te inberg , t races the ups and downs o taste through those decades when "th midd le class was on its own." Througl all s tages of the p ic turesque, througl the b r o w n g ravy Will iam Morri period, th rough the so well remem bered "Queen A n n e " to the "Ear l

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The Right to Vote Every right has a corresponding duty. As disciples of St. Thomas we know this to

be true. Yet in regard to the most basic of all American rights—the right to vote—we ignore it. Often, especially in minor elections, we con-sider our basic right as a privilege and not as a duty. But, of course, our duty remains the same whether the election be for the highest office in the land or for president of the senior class.

In the past, elections have been sadly neg-lected by the student body. Last year less than 7 0 o f the upperclassmen voted for their class officers. Only 37^ voted in the Congress elections and in the balloting for Congress officers only 371 votes were cast.

These figures are indeed indicative of the poor light in which elections have been considered by the student body. It reveals clearly that P. C. students have shirked their duty.

But next week—Monday for Sophomores, Tuesday for Juniors, and Wednesday for Seniors—we have a chance to redeem our-selves for the poor showing in past elections. This time it is hoped obligations will be ful-filled—for they ARE obligations.

Uncle Sam Beckons Because the world situation is what it is

many students of draft age have been notified of induction or are expecting to be inducted sometime in the future. It is not necessary to go into the reasons for this. We live in an age of transition, a time of uncertainty and unrest and we realize that, however lamentable com-pulsory training may be, however unnatural it may seem, it is an answer to the present problem of defense.

The government is not unreasonable. Realizing how serious it is to take years of men's lives for military purposes, to deter them from their chosen professions with a re-sultant loss to them and, in time, to our coun-try, the government has specified that any student pursuing a full time course of studies who is ordered to report for induction shall have his induction postponed "(a) until the end of such academic year or (b) until he ceases satisfactorily to pursue such a course of instruction, whichever is the earlier."

As limited as the choice may be, there is a choice, which should be an incentive to study. Many are thus enabled to complete their courses; others, having completed their present year, will have that much less to do on their return. Whatever the case, it would be a mis-take for anyone concerned not to apply him-self.

These are serious times and we cannot ex-pect to be spared the necessity of taking an active part in present affairs. The United States has a leading position in the world which places a responsibility on each of us. By doing what is expected of us as well as possible, we do our share.

Extra Curricular Activities A college man's education is not confined

to the classroom. The acquisition of a fund of formal knowledge is only the beginning of wisdom. High scholastic standards are most praiseworthy, but they are only an indication of intellectual capacity. The true sage is he who shares his learning and his talents with others. He is a three dimensional personality, possessing depth of character, mental breadth, and a viewpoint which encompasses the whole world of intellectual and cultural life.

Extra curricular campus activities afford us the opportunity to develop our personalities as well as our minds. Through them we make new friends, acquire new interests; we learn how to work harmoniously with others, how to assume and discharge responsibilities. These activities are an integral part of our education for they prepare us for the demands which society will make upon us later on.

A variety of organizations here at Provi-dence College provide every student with the opportunity to participate in some extra curric-ular interest. There are the social functions of the respective classes; the Glee Club and Dramatic organizations; the Publications, in-cluding the COWL, the ALEMBIC, and the VERITAS; the Barristers; Language and Science Clubs; the Friars Club and other hon-orary groups; the Regional Clubs; the Reli-gious organizations; the intra-mural sports, and numerous other functional groups which solicit membership. Consequently everyone should affiliate himself with one or more of these campus activities.

The intangible quality known as COLLEGE SPIRIT will flourish only to the degree in which all of us contribute our mite of interest and enthusiasm. Therefore we should resolve to become active members of some campus activitv . . . Todav.

Campus Calendar

Wednesday. Oct. 11, 1930—Soph Class Assembly Presentation of Candidal! for Class Elections.

Wednesday. Oct. 11. 1930—Junior Class Assembly for Class Elections. Wednesday. Oct. 11. 11:30—Senior Class Assembly for Class Elections. Wednesday. Oct. 11, 8:00 p. m.—Meeting of Kent County Club in the Dugoi

of Eddie's Cafe, East Greenwich. Wednesday. Oct. II. 8:00 p. m.—Meeting of the New Haven Club at Oates

Tavern. Thursday. Oct. 12—Holiday, all classes suspended. Monday. Oct 16—Soph Class Election. Polls open 9:00 a. m„ cloee at 1:30 p. I Tuesday. Oct. 15—Junior Class Elections. Polls open 9:0« a. m„ close 1:30 p. m. Wednesday. Oct. 18— Senior Class Elections. Polls open 9:00 a. m . close 1:30 p. m.

Election Notes

A Statement of policy by the Senior Security Party:

Joe McGee, cand ida te for pres ident : Ed Mooney, cand ida te for vice-presi-dent ; Bill She r ry , cand ida te for sec-re ta ry ; F r a n k Conley, cand ida te for t r easure r . To our fe l low m e m b e r s of the Senior

Class: Gen t l emen : Once again you a r e called upon to

m a k e a choice in elect ing the fou r men who will lead our class for the coming year . This year ' s choice, how-ever , will be by f a r the most im-por t an t you have made since coming to P rov idence College; fo r the success or f a i lu re of this f inal , long-awai ted year depends solely on your discern-men t in e lec t ing men not only will ing, but qualified to accept the m a n y re-sponsibil i t ies off ices entai l .

Accordingly, we th ink it eminen t ly f i t t ing and p r o p e r to set before you.

our classmates, the s t a t emen t of ou policy which follows. We hope tha hav ing read it carefu l ly , you wi agree wi th us in deciding tha t w a re the men fo r the job.

We believe tha t the p r i m a r y fun< tion of class off icers is to se rve thos who elect them. With this in mind, w pledge ourselves to consult you an to respect your wishes in all mattei pe r ta in ing to the we l f a r e of t h e cla^ as a whole; especial ly r ega rd ing th Class Gi f t to the College and the Con mencemen t Ball. We f u r t h e r pledg ourse lves to do all in our power 1 correc t any inequi t ies which migl ar ise dur ing our t e n u r e of office. Vi will not be re legated to the positic of being seen and n e v e r hea rd . Thes w e feel , a r e the only promises whic can, in all honesty, be m a d e by an] one at this t ime To sum up, then, ot p la t fo rm is s imply this: we believ

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Kent Club Greets Frosh With Party

The K e n t C o u n t y C l u b wi l l w e l -come F r e s h m e n a n d o t h e r n e w m e m -bars t o n i g h t in t h e D u g o u t a t E d d i e ' s Cafe, G r e e n w i c h a v e n u e , A p p o n a u g Freshmen, n e w s t u d e n t s , a n d n e w res-idents of W a r w i c k . C o v e n t r y . E a s t Greenwich. W e s t G r e e n w i c h , or W e s t Warwick h a v e b e e n i n v i t e d .

Tour o f f i c e r s , a socia l c o m m i tee . a*d a p u b l i c i t y c o m m i t t e e w i l l b e e.ected. S e v e r a l o t h e r c o m m i t t e e s alI b e a p p o i n t e d .

A l t h o u g h t o n i g h t ' s w i l l b e t h e c l u b ' s firit o f f i c i a l g a t h e r i n g of t h e c u r r e n t -:rool y e a r , an i n f o r m a l t e s t i m o n i a l j.tiner w a s h e l d las t m o n t h a t t h e Slow Boa t , in C o v e n t r y , to h o n o r t w o members c a l l e d to a c t i v e d u t y a n d a third. R o b e r t A. F l y n n . '50. soc ia l c o m -mittee c o - c h a i r m a n , c a l l e d b y t h e Army.

The r e s e r v i s t s w e r e L t . R a y m o n d Levesque. U S M . '50, soc ia l c o m m i t t e e co-chairman, w h o r e c e i v e d h i s c o m -mit d o n u p o n g r a d u a t i n g in J u n e , a n d Pfc H e n r y Q u i n n , '52. Q u i n n w a s a n ecu ca t ion m a j o r .

1 he Rev . J o s e p h M. S h e r e r , O P., ii l ub m o d e r a t o r .

5 1 i c u m b e n t o f f i c e r s a r e B e r n a r d Archambaul t , '51, v i c e p r e s i d e n t , Jo-seph C. A n d r e w s , '52, s e c r e t a r y , a n d Victor E l l i son , '52, t r e a s u r e r . G u y Geffroy, '52. is p u b l i c i t y d i r e c t o r .

JUNIOR V E R I D A M E S 1 he J u n i o r V e r i d a m e s h e l d t h e i r

< I . jfir;t d a n c e of t h e c u r r e n t soc ia l s ea -ion las t F r i d a y n i g h t in H a r k i n s Hal l ,

a-Music w a s f u r n i s h e d b y t h e L e o n a r d Brothers B a n d . M o r e t h a n 200 p e o p l e

n\vere in a t t e n d a n c e

A L E M B I C NOTICE

A l e m b i c dead l ine October 20. L e a v e contr ibut ions in Cowl m a i l b o x .

Camera Club Meets Next Wednesday

T h e P r o v i d e n c e Col lege Camera Club wi l l hold its init ial m e e t i n g of the year nex t W e d n e s d a y night at 7:30 p. m. in the s tudent lounge of Har-kins Hall, it w a s announced yes ter -day by Walter Little, pres ident of the club.

Bes ides a bus iness m e e t i n g at which x v i ce -pres ident to succeed Char le Moan, w h o w e n t into the A r m e d Serv ices , w i l l be e lected , an interest-ing l ec ture wi l l be g iven by the Rev. Wi l l iam Clark. O.P., moderator of the club. Fr. Clark wi l l s h o w and discuss s l ides taken on his trip to the Vat ican last s u m m e r .

All m e m b e r s of the s t u d e n t body w h o are interested in photography are inv i ted to attend.

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most outs tanding of w h i c h is an e x -cept iona l ly f i n e arrangement of "Bali Hai."

T h e turnout for m e m b e r s h i p was e x c e l l e n t and a l though the n u m b e r must soon be tr immed to the standard size of s i x ty vo ices there is st i l l room for a n y o n e of except iona l talent. Pro-f i c i ency in reading mus ic is e spec ia l ly desired.

Laziness Greatest Hazard for Profs

N e w York. N, Y.—( I P . ) — O u t l i n -ing the faults of co l lege teaching, Dr. O r d w a y Tead. Chairman of the Board of Higher Educat ion of N e w York City, approached the subject re-cent ly from the aspects of the person-al i ty and phi losophy of the teacher, the methods of instruct ion current ly used in col leges , and the nature of learning.

Col lege teachers, he declared, should guard against what he termed their "greatest occupat ional hazard, lazi-

ness." He advocated "a sharp dis t inc-tion b e t w e e n hours of work and hours of le isure" of co l l ege teachers by pro-v id ing them with o f f i ce s a w a y from their homes .

He deplored the fact that, in the conduct of classes, the major i ty of co l l ege teachers "are pr imari ly talk-ers." Dr. Tead said, "They mere ly tell others. T h e y are sure that co l l ege teaching is the teacher tel l ing. T h e y d i spense words and more words . It s o m e t i m e s s e e m s as if m a n y co l lege c lasses are conducted on the premise that the pr int ing press and the m i m e o -graph machine are non-ex i s tent .

Y o u n g e r co l lege teachers, he re-marked, c o m m o n l y h a v e the fa i l ing of "trying to imitate their favori te pro-fessor, wi th l i t t le or no thought g iven to the a ims of educat ion or the meth-ods by w h i c h these a ims may be reached."

Dr. Tead assai led w h a t he descr ibed as "the pass ion for objec t iv i ty and a kind of in te l l ec tua l neutral i ty" w h i c h s o m e co l lege teachers adopt. "Fai lure to real ize that t w o dist inct but sup-p l e m e n t a r y a ims should be he ld in v i e w seems the reason for this att i-tude," he declared. "It is sure ly bet ter educat ion for the teacher to admit

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Harvest — Italian Style

Peasants l ike these, s h o w n above grouped around their communal com bine, are the ones at w h o m the Ital ian Communis t s are a iming their ideological lances. This photo was made by the author during the course of h is p i lgr image.

Extent of Communist Europe Told By P. C. Student Pilgrim

The Author of the following ar-

ticle during the past summer took

part in a Holy Year pilgrimage

through France, Germany, and Italy,

This is the first in a series of ar-

ticles representing his views on

Europe as it is today. This report

deals with Communism.

A. W. Gel fuso . '52 W h e n an Amer ican travels in

Europe he is part icularly impressed by the ex tent of C o m m u n i s m among the poorer classes. T h e Communis t party, as w e p i lgr ims s a w it in Amer-ica, was someth ing to w h i c h a f e w crackpots , w h o had m o n e y to was te and sought notoriety, subscribed. But in Europe it s e e m s to be the ordinary man on the street w h o has taken it as his standard. This is e spec ia l ly true in Italy, w h e r e u n e m p l o y m e n t and na-t ional dissat is fact ion run rampant. It is from these u n e m p l o y e d masses that C o m m u n i s m d r a w s its greatest f o l l ow-ing.

Communis t propaganda in Europe is based on t w o main themes—div id ing the wea l th and preserving peace. Right af ter the outbreak of the Korean war Italian ci t ies w e r e plastered wi th pos-ters purport ing to te l l "The Truth About Korea," s h o w i n g pictures of w o m e n and chi ldren f l ee ing from "the

planes of the aggress ive Amer ican Im-perialists." Other posters had a bril-l iant red bomb against a black back-ground wi th the caption: "Atom B o m b —Made in U. S. A." emblazoned across the front. Whi le attacking the Uni ted States the Communis t s paint a p icture of S o v i e t Russia as the nest of the pro-verbial dove.

We pi lgr ims had our own special formula for determining if a person were a Communist . It was very s imple —all w e had to do was say someth ing fool ish. If the subject reacted wi th that "Ah, these Americans ," smile , he was all right; if he mere ly stared w i th a disgusted look on his face, h e was a Communist .

In R o m e w e l ived at a tourist cen-ter w h i c h w a s located very close to the district party headquarters . Dur-ing the day the C o m m i e s w o u l d f lock to our buses peddl ing rosaries and other re l ig ious articles. At night they would attend m e e t i n g s and l isten to speakers condemn re l ig ion and the Amer ican capitalists. T h e S u n d a y morning w e l e f t R o m e w e were greeted by s igns on our church wal l urging us not to m a k e war on Russia and to subscr ibe to the S t o c k h o l m Pact.

To us these act ions symbol ized the unscrupulousness of the ideo logy which, f r o m my observations, is f irm-ly rooted in the soi l of Europe.

THE COWL, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1950

Friar Co-Captains VARSITY BASKETBALL PRACTICE TO BEGIN IN HARKINS THIS AFTERNOON

By Charlie Sakany Today Coach Vin Cuddy will make a call for all upperclassmen

who wish to try for a berth on the varsity basketball squad. Amongst those reporting will be 15 lettermfn from last year's team and several members of the past Freshman aggregation.

For the first two weeks the C o a c h , will concentrate on conditioning with indoor drills limited to about one hour a day. Actual basketball practice will begin on or about the 25th of October

The club promises to be strong both offensively and defensively, and to accomplish this Cuddy is striving for at least a 207. defensive improvement This check alone will make the squad a formidable opponent for the toughest on the schedule.

Co-captains Sam Nissel, Ray Garcia, and Frank Pelligrino will lead the Black and White during the coming season. These hustling cagers will have in their command such outstand-ing hoopaters as Jim Schlimm, Ray Korbusieski, Jerry Lembo, and Ronnie Gagnon. The past season saw the rangy Schlimm break Ted McConnon's scoring record by dropping in a total of 357 points.

The Friars will also receive a boost with the addition of more height in the person of 6' 5" Bob Prendegast. This big fellow has a f ine hook shot and also a better than average set.

Even with all these favorable fac-tors the season will be rough. P. C. will engage Boston College who will probably be tops in the New England section, and also Holy Cross who ranks with the best in the country. They will meet also strong opposition from such improved clubs as St. An-selm's, Colby, Springfield, and the University of Mass Then there is R, I. S., who on their home court could complicate things for C. C. N. Y.

Frosh Harriers Win Opener Vs. La Salle

By John Salesses Starting off their season in f ine

style, the Providence College Fresh-men cross-country team turned back the La Salle Academy harriers on the latter's home course last Saturday, 116-31

Chris Lohner of St. Benedicts, New Jersey, led the field by 100 yards as he crossed the finish line. His winning time was 13 minutes and 32 seconds.

Bill Hennigan and Omar Thido-deau came in second and third respec-tively for the junior P. C. hill and dalers.

The La Salle contingent was led by the Conde Brothers. Bob and Dick, who placed fourth and fifth.

The other point-getters for Provi-dence were Gerald Absi, who ran eighth and Tom Farrell. twelfth.

Although the Friar frosh were minus the services of Bill Newman, who did not run because of a foot ail-

INTRAMURAL HORSESHOES

It was announced by in t ra -mura l d i rec tor La r ry Drew tha t a horseshoe pi tching t ou r namen t will be conducted soon. All s tu-dents in teres ted should visit the a th le t ic office and confer with Mr. Drew about en t rance into the sport .

Hope High Defeated By Frosh CC Squad

Monday afternoon at four o'clock the freshman cross-country squad of Providence College defeated the var-sity team of Hope High over the P. C. cross-country course. The score was 17-41 (Low score wins) .

Four of the Friars crossed the finish line in a dead heat to tie for first place. They are Lohner, Henni-gan, Thibodeau, and Newman. The fifth point-scorer for P. C. was Absi who finished in seventh.

Over the two-and-one-half-mile course the quartet crossed the finish line in the show time of 17 minutes and 45 seconds, about 100 yards ahead of Devoe who led the Hope harriers in f ifth spot.

The other Hope scorers were: De-Leone, Brown. Pierce, and Alvez.

P. C. track mentor, Harry Coates, was quite pleased with the showing made by the squad as a unit.

ment, the Freshmen turned in an ex-cellent job in defeating La Salle, probably the best high school cross-country team in the state and one of the better in New England La Salle was previously the victor over the Brown University Freshman team.

Under the tutelage of Coach Harry Coates. the Friar Frosh show capabUi-ties of being one of the top freshmen harrier teams in New England and probably will be among the better out-fits in the East.

Box Score

P. C. F rosh La Salle

Chr i s Lohner 1 Bob Conde 4 Bill Hennigan 2 Dick Conde 5 O m a r Thibodeau 3 Bob Car r igan 6 Gera ld Absi 8 Ed Smi th 7 Tom Far re l l 12 Tom Conboy 9

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PROVIDENCE COLLEGE Varsity Basketball Schedule

1950 - 1 9 5 1 necember 2—Assumption College Worcester. Mass. December 6—American International College Providence December 9—Fairfield University Providence December 16—Colby College Providence January 9—Boston College Boston Arena January II—St. Anselm's College Manchester. N. H. January 13—Springfield College Providence January 15—American International Cotlege Springfield, Mass. January 18—Rhode Island State College R. I. Auditorium January 54—St. Anselm's College Providence January 26—Fairfield University Bridgeport Armory February 9—Colby College Waterville. Maine February 14—Brown University Marvel Gymnasium February 17—Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Providence February 19—Upsala College Providence February 21—Bowdoin College Providence February 24—Springfield College Springfield, Mass February 28—Rhode Island State College Kingston March 3—Holy Cross College Worcester. Mass. March 5—University of Massachusetts Boston Garden March 7—Clark University Providence March 10—Brown University Providence (Marvel Gym.)

Friar Folio by Bob Flanagan

BASKETBALL SCHEDULE . . . The Rev. Aloysius B. Begley.

O.P.. a th le t ic d i rec tor of the College, has released the 1950-1951 basketba l l schedule. Of the 22 games slated for the season. 11 are to be played as home games for the Fr iars . As com-pared to last season's ca lendar , th i s year ' s l ineup fares qu i t e f avorab ly in respect to the s t r eng th of the op-position. All but two of the 15 P. C. r ivals are old f r i ends to the Fr ia rs . The Univers i ty of Massachuset ts and Bowdoin College are t h e newcomers .

On the evening of Dec. 2 the Providence College baske teers will engage thei r t radi t ional opening game opponents . Assumpt ion Col-lege of Worcester Mass. Amer ican In te rna t iona l College of Spr ingf ie ld Mass. will invade Mount P leasant Gym Dec. 6 to do bat t le wi th the Cuddymen . This will be the f i rs t occasion for the F r i a r f ans to catch a gl impse of the aggregat ion which Coach Vin Cuddy is call ing out this a f t e rnoon .

Other notable contests on the card for the season inc lude the Rhode Island S ta te game at the R. I. Audi-tor ium, J a n . 18. This a f f a i r is a mus t for all baske tba l l fans not only of P rov idence College but for all spor t en thus ias ts in the s t a t e of Rhode Island. No one can possibly forge t last season 's Aud i to r ium engagement . The F r i a r s proved themselves equal to the task of upset by edging the vaun ted Rams by the score of 59-57.

The C u d d y m e n t ravel to Boston Jan . 9 w h e r e they will mee t the p o w e r f u l Eagles of Boston College, who are ra ted about tops in New England for this season. One of the f inal h ighl ights of the year , the Holy Cross encounter , will fal l on March 3. This is one game w h e n the F r i a r s real ly w a n t to be on the i r toes. Last year the Crusaders unmerc i fu l l y d rubbed them by 26 points.

These are t h e more spec tacu la r games f r o m t h e pre-season s tandpoint , bu t let us not forge t the e x t r a tough opposit ion which is expec ted f r o m such clubs as Brown. Spr ingf ie ld , St. Anselm's , R.P.I., and Colby. S P I K E AND SHOE . . .

Keep an eye on this f r e shmen cross-country team. Under the tu te lage of Ha r ry Coates, this ta lented group is not going to be bea ten by any mediocre ha r r i e r squad. This c lub is championsh ip bound.

INTRAMURALS . . . It has a lways been the policy of the

COWL to stress not only the academic phase of school l i fe but to accentua te also the ex t ra cur r icu la r act ivi t ies promoted for the advan tage of the s tudent . In this case we should l ike to emphas ize i n t r amura l athletics.

As a special par t of the a thlet ic j p rogram he re at P. C., i n t r amura l

spor ts a re car r ied on very ex ten -sively. It is the desire of the a th -letic depa r tmen t tha t a ma jo r i t y of the s tudent body will par t ic ipa te in the leagues. Varsi ty sports, of course, dominate the a tmosphere of athlet ics in college, but i n t r amura l s are not given the impetus they de-serve. Par t ic ipat ion in sports is a medium for a more balanced school life and an oppor tun i ty for the s tu-

( dent to "keep in shape" the easy way .

Under the direct ion of La r ry Drew, Providence of fers a var ied p rogram in par t ic ipat ion sports. In the very near f u t u r e the touch footbal l leagues will be unde r way. Dur ing the w in t e r months basketbal l will p rovide the en-te r t a inment . and when the spr ing wea the r rolls a round softbal l will t ake the precedence. P lans for volleyball , p ing pong, and o ther activities a re also being p lanned.

FROSH MANAGERS All freshmen interested in be-

coming student managers for the freshmen basketball team, are asked to see Father Begley in the athletic office as soon as possible.

Facing a 22-game schedule , the leaders of the 1950-51 P rovidence Col-lege basketba l l team tak ing the floor for pract ice this a f t e rnoon . The Fr ia r co-capta ins are: (Left to Right ) : Sam Nissel. of St. Mary . Pennsyl-van ia ; F r a n k Pel l igr ino, of Wester ly , R. I., and Ray Garcia , of Newport. R. I.

Nissel, Pelligrino, Garcia Vie For Triple Threat Year

By Gil Cipr iano There is an old supers t i t ion about it

being bad luck to light th ree cig-are t tes wi th one match. Coach Vin Cuddy will be a t t empt ing to pul l someth ing of fo rm reversa l as he sets out to ignite one basketba l l team wi th t h r ee captains. His spa rkp lug tr io for this ven tu re will consist of Sam Nissel. F r a n k Pel l igr ino and Ray Garcia, all seniors w h o h a v e spent th ree years to-ge ther and two as regulars of the F r i a r ' s cour t forces. This t r ip le com-binat ion will also f o r m the f i r s t t r i -capta ins in P rov idence College's bas-ke tba l l his tory.

In the election of these leaders for the 1950-51 campaigns, the F r i a r s couldn ' t ask for a be t te r set of players , who, in addi t ion to thei r ind iv idua l court skill have displayed an all a round abil i ty on the baske tba l l f loor such as shooting, ba l l -handl ing and defens ive work .

F r a n k Pel l igr ino, tal lest of the t r io at 6' 2", has been the defens ive giant of the team. The Wester ly "whiz k id" has been an ideal backboard c learer on the F r i a r qu in te t as well as being the possessor of a good one hand shot F r a n k , who g radua ted f rom Wester ly High, one of the pe renn ia l baseball powers in Rhode Island schoolboy cir-cles, has consistent ly demons t ra ted the spir i t and f inesse at P. C. so well known in Wester ly athletes .

Intramurals By Charlie Entwistle

Yesterday a f t e rnoon m a r k e d the opening of this season's touch footbal l schedule. U n d e r the d i rec t ion of La r -ry Drew, i n t r a m u r a l director , t he teams will compete for the college title. The champs will then, as in the past, meet the winning squad f r o m Brown.

Now that all en t r ies a re closed, the league is composed of n ine teams, in-cluding La Salle. the de fend ing champs. Games will be played on Tuesday and Thur sday a f t e rnoons by a r r a n g e m e n t of the team cap-tains. The re will be two divisions, one s tar t ing a t twelve noon and t h e other at one o'clock.

Two pe r t i nen t ru les concerning the t eams are as follows: Any n u m -ber of men may comprise a roster , but only e leven awards will be m a d e to the championship team. Second-ly. o a man has competed fo r one t t _ n , he is ineligible to com-pe te for any o ther team.

Last year ' s champs, La Salle, st i l l boast ing a s t rong club, opened the cu r ren t campaign by opposing Sr. Science I. Ano the r s t rong club, t h e Discards, paced by the i r a l l - round, threa t . La r ry De Pa lma, should p ro -vide qui te a chal lenge to the de-fending champs. All in all, it should be a banne r season, with lady luck playing her pa r t in a f ew upsets, so best of luck to al l squads.

Rhode Island can boast a two-thirj ma jo r i ty of the capta incy with Rj Garcia f rom Rogers high in Newport Rogers, which has a facul ty in turnii out a f ine set of cagers each year , co t r ibuted an except iona l p laymak and ba l l -handle r in Garc ia who h played both fo rward and guard in l\ years of vars i ty compet i t ion. Li season Ray was a regu la r forwai but this yea r Cuddy anticipal swi tching the N e w p o r t e r back guard .

Sam Nissel, t he thi rd man, ne t s k e no back seat to e i ther of t fo rmer two w h e n talk is centered seeking basketbal l expendables . Mary's, Pennsylvania , has become vi r tua l "mus t " in P. C.'s ta lent hi for the best in cage mater ia l and Si takes a seniori ty ra t ing among 1 pr ize baske tba l le r s plucked f rom t Keys tone ins t i tu t ion by Providence College. The o thers a re Tom Bat and J i m Schl imm. who are junic Nissel. who has an unor thodox sho he appears to be going away f rom I basket when he shoots—has been ( of the s teadiest poin t p roducers the squad. Last yea r he was out several games, once wi th a brol f inger and the o ther t ime with a h< in ju ry . This yea r he ' s r igh t and r ing to go.

Martin To Call Out Freshmen Monday

By Phil Griffin There ' s good news for all poten

Ralph Beards and George Mikans the f r e shman class. You don ' t have keep your ta lent h idden any lon| Ba ketbal l prac t ice s t a r t s at t he ginning of next week.

Coach Hal Mar t in has checked jumbled f r e s h m a n schedule and set a prac t ice t ime Next Monday ernoon the frosh men to r will meet candidates. Also, t he schedu le of ponents is incomplete, but that will be ironed out in d u e time.

Natura l ly , the call i j out for and all to a t tend cour t sessions, f rosh play an imposing n u m b e r encoun te r s against p r e p school college compet i t ion and the experie gained is invaluable . The year l ings the vars i ty ' s f a r m team, so to spi and na tu ra l ly a good showing in y f irst yea r will mean a crack al vars i ty spor t nex t yea r

Eve rybody s tar ts out with a cl •!a:e in f r e s h m a n ball The re are le t te r w inne r s to contend with the next fe l lew is no be t te r than unti l he proves otherwise .

Coach Mar t in is looking for si good boys to improve on last ye mediocre record. Vars i ty mentor . Cuddy will be wa tch ing the fi too. That ' s w h e r e his f u t u r e s ta r s born.

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THE C O W L , W E D N E S D A Y , O C T O B E R 11. 1950 5

Roving Reporter

(By George Sullivan. '52) In her Survey of Labor Economics,

Peterson states that approximately wenty-nine million women repre-lenting twenty-two per cent of the otal population of the nation are lousewives. Assuming the statistics o be true, your reporter proceeds to ie theory that the prolific produc-ion of mechanical aids to labor is «r se equivalent to the destruction if that mode of labor and its replace-

ment by another form. Every auto-mobile produced displaces the neces-

ty of one or more work animals. Moving ahead to the topic at hand, one notices each day some new me-chanical gadget for use in the home; such things as automatic washers, au-tomatic ironers, toasters, etc. The age-old tasks of women, those of making clothes, preparing foods, educating children, etc.. are now accomplished bf virtue of factories, canneries, and s hools. Absurd, perhaps, but it is pos-s ble. due to increased and more in-g ?nious facets of mechanical produc-t jn, that the marriage of today may t i extinct in the future, the female jc the species having been replaced t r some intriguing machine. I hazard t answer my own question. No, men : e a persuasive argument in favor of . amen. I would, however, hesitate to • iy just why. What, intangible as it r iust be. does woman have to offer to c ian in so enduring a tradition as marriage?

William McMahon. '52. single: Bacon is quoted as saying that a wife is a man's mistress in youth, companion in middle age. and nurse in old age. However, for a single man. as yet unscathed by the battle of marital "bliss", it is far better to be non-

committal. William Pyne, '51, married: A wife

strengthens a man in his pursuit of the fulfillment of his ideals and his goal in life and gives him more rea-son for striving to be successful.

Larry Marra. '52, single: Bacon said that women are hostages to success, but history has shown that many great men would not have achieved their stature in life had it not been for the encouragement and inspiration of a woman.

Charles Smith. '51, single: A wife gives a man aid in pursuing his edu-cation. By having a wife, a man knows that he has to make good or else suf-fer the consequences.

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For treasurer: Lewis C. Ferretti, of Sagamore. Mass.. Richard H. Johnson, of Providence. William H. O'Neill, of Providence, and Leon Mosczynski of East Douglas, Mass. For secretary: John B. Casey, of Edgewood, R. I.. Charles Schlegel. of New Haven, Conn., and Adelard J. Labonte, of Providence.

Literary . . . (Continued from Page 2)

American" of the twenties, when every spinning wheel had a parlor, down to what is rather indefinitely called "Modern," Americans have had taste, most of it bad. Also among the many fine articles and stories in this centennial issue is a short story, "A Name for the City," by William Faulk-

ner. A curious bit of folklore from th< old Natchez country, a region whicl Faulkner knows well, it is a masterlj example of the art of story telling.

The illustrations, taken from th< collection of those which have ap peared in Harper's over the pas hundred years, will delight the stu dents of Americana.

SIGN THE FREEDOM PLEDGE

D e a n ' s List a Blessing, Ade lph i S t u d e n t s Learn

Garden City, N. Y.—(I.P.)—An un-limited cuts system for students on the Dean's List at Adelphi College has been unanimously approved by the college faculty, effective immedi-ately. The Dean's List includes those students whose work during the two semesters of the preceding regular college year has averaged 2.5 or above. The list is announced at the begin-ning of each colege year.

According to the new policy, Dean's List students shall have no limit placed upon the number of absences from any class. However, this permis-sion for unlimited cuts shall in no case be reason for the repetition of any part of the work for the benefit of the absentee.

Any announced tests, exams, or other exercises missed will be con-sidered failures for that particular exercise. In any case of prolonged absence due to illness or other un-avoidable causes, however, the student may petition the Academic Standards Committee through the Director of Student Personnel for permission to make up the work without penalty.

Election . . . (Continued from Page 2)

that by pulling together and by intel-ligently working out whatever prob-lems confront us during the year the Class of 1951 can and will be the best in the history of the College. If we, the Class of 1951, can make the Col-lege as proud of us as we are of the College, our job will have been suc-cessful. To this ideal we dedicate our-selves.

(Signed) Joe McGee Ed Mooney Bill Sherry Frank Conley

Joe McGee. candidate for president, is an arts student concentrating in Social Science. He is a native of Prov-idence and a graduate of La Salle Academy. Joe's dad is an alumnus of the college and was head football coach at P. C. from 1934 to 1937

Ed Mooney, candidate for vice-pres-ident, is a graduate of Coyle High, Taunton, and lives in North Attleboro. He plays varsity baseball and basket-ball and is a member of the Mono-gram Club and the Carolyn Club.

Bill Sherry, candidate for secretary, came to P. C. after graduating from the Hackettstown (NJ.) High School. Bill is captain of the varsity track team, He is treasurer of the Monogram Club and a member of the Carolyn Club.

Frank Conley, candidate for treas-urer, is majoring in Business Admin-istration. He is a graduate of St. Raphael's Academy and lives in Paw-tucket. In his Junior year, Frank was elected Class Treasurer. He has served on several dance committees and is a member of the Pyramid Players and the Blackstone Valley Club.

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE

THE COWL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1950

Engineer Shortage Seen by Miss. Sta te

State College. Miss. — (I.P.)—A shortage of engineers, rather than a shortage of jobs tor engineers, is the prospect during the next ten years, according to Dr. Harold Flinsch, dean of the School of En-gineering at Mississippi State Col-, lege.

Dean Flinsch calls attention to a recent report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This report estimates the I average annual demand for engineer-ing graduates around 17,500 during I the early part of the 1950-60 decade, rising to 22,000 a year by 1960.

However, Dean Flinsch points out that a recent survey by the Engin-eers Joint Council, indicates that ap-proximately 35,000 engineers have act-ually been placed in jobs during the past year. The act that the actual placements were approximately twice the 17,500 estimate of the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates a discrep-ancy.

"Perhaps this discrepancy can best be explained by the Bureau's empha-sis on actual engineering jobs, where-as engineers are increasingly in de-mand for jobs that are not pr imari ly engineering, but in which engineer-ing training is an asset," Dean Flinsch said.

"There is a growing tendency for employers to recruit men with en-gineering training for jobs which

SYMPATHY The Cowl extends its sympathy

to the following: George F. Tierney, '52, on the

death of his father. Roland E. Berard, '52, on the

death of his father. Richard P. Resnisky, '54, and

Andrew T. Resnisky, '53, on the death of their fa ther .

Rev. Joseph M. Sherer, O.P., on the death of his fa ther .

Woonsocket Club Meets All members of the Woonsocket

Club a re requested to attend a very important meeting, to be held at the Round-House Club on East School Street, in Woonsocket, on Wednesday, October 11, at eight o'clock.

If you have no transportat ion to the Round-House Club, contact any one of your officers—Bob Rock, Len San Souci, Harry Daigle, J im Emidy—and transportat ion will be provided for you.

Plans will be made for a com-munion-breakfast , a hay-ride, and an informal dance. It is imperat ive that all old. and new members attend to make these affa i rs a great success.

A new feature this year, will be the distribution of membership cards to all bona f ide members who have paid their dues for the 1950-1951 season.

have not in the past been considered engineering jobs, but for which an engineering background is becoming more and more useful."

Blackstone Valley Club The Blackstone Valley Club held

its first party-meeting of the school year last Monday evening, October 9, at the Loggia Roma Hall in Paw-tucket.

The meeting served as an introduc-tion of officers—Paul Sherlock, John Grimes, Russ Black and Ted Casey —to the club members.

Ken McGreevy, Bob Tougas and Frank McCabe head a committee for the forthcoming Harvest dance to be held by the club on October 31. They will have Bernard Boyd. John Mc-Intyre, Francis Martin, James Thorpe. Bob Hines and Robert Deasy assisting them in staging the affair .

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that, at the least, he is animated by a passion for truth-seeking.

"Education is for use," he asserted. "It is to enable students to cope with the problem situations of conduct and of aspiration. Neither ex t reme indoc-trination nor a complete non-commit-talism is the desired prescription." He fu r the r warned that college teachers are not safe in assuming that "the desire to learn is spontaneously gen-eral and dominant." To ignore the problem of the student 's desire to learn, he said, is "failing to take ac-count of the pr imary condition of carrying learning on to completion.

"For many teachers, a searching un-derstanding of the learning process would have to mean a complete re-vamping of their methods of dealing with subject mat ter and with their students."

NO CLASSES Classes are suspended tomor-

row, October 12, due to the Co-lumbus Day holiday.

Humanities Stressed At Princeton Univ.

Princeton, N. J.— ( IP . )—For the first t ime in many years Princeton University students are spending more class-room hours studying th* hu-manities than the social sciences. The resul ts of a recent survey of under-graduate selections revealed that the humanit ies enrollment has increased f rom 32.8 per cent to 41 per cent in a year and a half. The social sci-ences have dropped off f rom 36.5 per cent to 33 per cent. The pure sci-ences have declined from 30.7 per cent to 26 per cent.

Courses in American civilization, Near Eastern studies, and creative writing, which, along with philoso-phy, religion, English, music and art, are included among the humanities, have all experienced increased enroll-ment.

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have my name included as a perma-nent par t of the Freedom Shrine in Berlin, and to join with the millions of men and women throughout the world who hold the cause of freedom sacred."

The symbolic bronze Freedom Bell has toured leading American cities, in-cluding Providence before the start of the academic year. Dedication cere-monies will take place in Berlin, Oc-tober 24, United Nations Day.

Names of all the signers of the schools will be included in the base of the bell.

Radio Free Europe began broadcast-1 ing f rom a t ransmit ter near Frank-fort, Germany, Ju ly 14 of this year. It is now broadcasting six hours a day, seven days a week with native language broadcasts in Czechoslo-vakian. Hungarian, Roumanian, Po-lish and Bulgarian.

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