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82, NO. 13
January 16, 1961
PHILLips AcAiDEMY, ANDovEii, MASS.
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Congress Bible Class Makes Survey
dent
wriesChrtrReligion Defined By Several
estigates Fik~ Leading World Personalities
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Cari.Dsu esN d
For Poetic Frivolity
in a well-organized ant colony. He
yHarold Stults
Iprsino
h niiulsinr
ByMri uemn
oWre
John Ciardi, a noted poet, a discussed the poem both in term
ms prta
eif
hsqeto
Whti eiin
on critic, the Poetry Editor of the of its iieaning and its frivolity. He
ra'sfu-geessay
has been asked thousands-of times Vn
Saturday Review and a Professor felt that the meaning of this poem
ontitution of the P.A. Student through the centuries. Naturally, Inmmortality.
- Mr. Bradford commented that of English at Rugters University, could not be limited to any specific
es is slated for a complete since religion basically revolves
situation, but that it should be exin this term President John around the individual, no two der most f the definitions were very
in nat~ire, probably be-teddoinlealpacs-hr
Butler announced recently. Al- fntosaexclylifrnopractical
the individual becomes less imrh etinng
uc o th eis-:two individuals think alike. -When cause those who wrote ,.therm
that the organization as it
.,prant
Wontent, the congressmen plan the religion class of James A. T4eached their present positions by
n
ooy
eue
poiditha
rap the present cumbersome
eue
di-ntatatclny
Bradford,, Pastor of the Free being practical.
tand start afresh.
lines frojif' "Departmental"
-'these.
Senator Barry Goldwater of AriChurch n Andover and Instructor
rthe new document to become inReligion at Phillips Academy, zoawrote that "Religion cnbetoilsrefiviy.Tsein,
an ant's funeral:
~"'describe
1it must be approved by the failed to secure-a common defini- many things to many men, but I
i
oet
i epe
G rn
en
otiko
iea
nt Congress, by the faculty, tion of religion because of the va- lk
homtae o
sepl.
"Gabi him
it ofmn a bein
by two-thirds of the student riety of individual concepts, they like of thnk
-Wrap
him for shrou na~tl
ths
deide' o witetoseveral of the preme Being, of doing everything
Somtim
ermthene
i withichori,. ~n
"t
nal
itton, containing-clhanges in world's leading personalities for in my daily life)- within my power,
Dr. Ciardi thought it siing~ that
matters as the number of stu- their definitions. Of course, the de to keep His commanments." Mr.~
a grown man spend hs time~in'
in the congress or the number finitions of these' famous people Bradford pointed out the practi-_at'
th dtisof
moecality of this statement as wellavetn
ngress elections 'a year, will weeunderstood t be
ti'ugetoreret
rin THE PHILLIPIAN so that aiuthoritative than those submitted one written by Vernon Law, therlbu
reve to recreatey
funeerbutthi
dns may make an informed by the class. In a rather success- -Mormon pitcher of' the Pittsburg
anperienc (even anmimis
mn.The faculty will receive ful effort to receive definitions Pirates. "I feel that my religion isne
one)c and puetsi nooefomi
M of the new constitution, in fr'om those persons who would re- very dear to me as it takes cae of
tolanets.usslye
U~bsig
mail, Butler hopes this whole present society-at-large, the class my piritual and temporal needs
"'ure il be completed by the wrote to people from all walks of . . . The moral teachings help to Poet John Ciardi speaks in Assembly. of Sirn Ronande, as aou slayper
~~life
from politicians to "beat- make -me better-conditioned], phY- discussed poetry at n mrous small he attempted to show the relationthis term.
form and moral meanthrprospective dionT Bu-niks."1 Respon~ses to the study sically and the spiritual teachings meetings here last week in addition hpten
reviewing the complaints ranged from Eleanor Roosevelt's guide me and inspire me to do MY -t -!~peaking in assembly Wednesday ing. It was said that Roland could
a Sarecen in half with one
thought that "religion is the ex- best in a fair, honest, and humble morning. Throughout his visit he
Continued on Page Four)
stressed the importance of what he: sweep of his sword. According to
way as an athlete."
Perhaps the most important re- calls frivolity or the play instinct,! Dr. Ciardi,' Roland was - admired
sult of the entire undertaking was in poetry. This frivolity includes! less as a Christian than as-a rogue.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~the'
finding that Most -of the defi- rhythnm, form and irony and de- "God," he said, "was served once
*
nitions ~~~~~~contained phras~s common pends upon the skill of the poet, the Sarecen's head was split." But
10
skeb
I
V~~~~~t~it.'E3 to every religion. Mr. Bradford He said that frivolity, not mean- oandsfet comeledbfo h
±~~ ~ociety
ofhs-rtoeibtisklly
week the Asia Society is 1956 he has been the- director of felt that this finding. strengthened ing, is the, life-blood of poetry.
In assembly, he read and dis-1 cleaving the entire Sar~cen into
rig the visit of one of the the Harvard-Yenching Institute . the - idea that all - religions are
Dr Reischaur is well-known as basically the same in the belief in cussed several poems which he con- two equal parts, although this extra
famous
eperts o te Fa
was if anyrthing moralrnthusiasm.
historian, and compiler: that-God is a concept common to all sidered more appropriate for teen-exet
ne
Dr.
a an author,
Dr. Edwin 0. Reischaur.
aur was born in Tokyo in Among his work areSelected Jap- Of them. Cardinal Cushing said age students than the patriotic and ly wrong. Like~ise Mr. Ciardi
he son of American mission- anese Texts for University tu- that "Religion," signifying a union nostalgic verse that is usually pre- thinks that skill is more necessary
He received his A.B. at Ober- dents, 3 vols. (with Serge Elis- of man with God or a binding of seated in high schools. Among these to good poetry than meaning. "I
Ieein 1931, and his A.M. seeff), 1942 and 1947; Elementary man to God, is concerned with the was Robert Frost's "(Departmen- I like meaning," he said,- "but you
tal," which is a description of life! cannot substitute meaning for
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radin 1932. He went, Jalpanese for College Studen~ts
fer
teasebyh"ridt
as a student to France,1 (with Serge Elisseeff and Yosh1
cAfrif the amenin of frilito
In
and China on a Harvard-lI iashi), 1944; Japan, Pa st and
thesesehhaeh-ussPt.weees
IEngihE
ng fellowship from 1933 tolPresent, 1946; The United Statea
whussih gives-a
cried itese that
romn 1933 to 1935 he was aand Japan, revised edition, 1957;
at the University of Paris. Translation from Early Japanesecrbdiasttwhhgvea
life and emotion, and which
An
938 inuto2wre
he re giteatu1951 (witJe
reader toexperience someoehY
-causes
Lieaue
wt
s an
istructratar
than merely be told
Ihow to pronounced the fictitious thing, arather
By Langdon G. Wright
D AiTh
his PhD. 19 39. Iner17erolia, 1955; Enin's:A
about
it.
He said that irony, which
"Dr.
Fraud
of
Australia"
Three years ago, when we were name
ivhis D.itt93. OrIn97 e61crd of55a Pilginmsaerto he
1955;ae
-t Ehn- Juniors, we were perusing the quickly and unflinchingly, so it is frivolous, is in almost every
Reordof aPil
d atOberin
hi D.itt
Bulletin for announcements would sound like "Dr. Freud of human activity and* will therefore
in Search othLaDaily
influence the work of any ercePe summer of 1941 he served Inim's Travels in T'ang China, 1955. of importance and interested. We Austria."
Most important, we had a god, tive poet. However, he warned -that
were puzzled by a notice which proor research analyst at the
By Donald Engvall
antiquated and much-amendz
-
Fcut
snguished Eastern Expert
(~~~~~ruest ins
T a
Ex
er
O rganizes Lower D ebators
epartment and from 1942. to
tthe War Department. He
-chairman of the Japan-
17
ulclaimed the first meeting of the timne. We debated as often as we ironic humor' should not be conLb
~
Earnest Group of Serious Thinkers, wished, enjoyed the company of our fused with the~ belly-laugh, which
G
ubIJI
Science.
the year we continued classmates, and relished the dry he associates with the ape. He addwe
S risThroughout
Book
Sale
~~~I'
d
Book
owing its anual cleanout.
-
YY-i-B
Show Ffiwjn
notice announcements pertaining
Seisto~~~to
the activities- of the EGST.
andspeia as-5
to
From
the 1945
director.
By Fitzgerald Bramwell
he worked at the'office of
"You shouldn't expect, the latest
sern Affairs, State Departadvancements in photographic techecame an associate professor niques," said Mr. Brass in referEastern'Languages at Har- ence to a series of films to be shown
om1946 tto. 1950, and pro- by the Science Club, "but rather,
from 1950 to 1956.. From try to comprehend the' principles
1956 he was president of presented."
Beginning January 24, and every
Eastern Association. Since
Tuesday thereafter, the Science
the AudioClub will present -in
Visual room twenty to thirty
toedreitr
poem
The next year, we discovered
that EGST was the brand name
of an organization devoted to giving lower middlers a chance to debate. The group had been established by Mr. Harford W. H. Powel,
one of the most colorful characters
in Bulfinch Hall ("The Old Curiosity Shop"). We joined Mr. Powel's
group, that year divided into two
sections known as the Cynics and
Lo-Phi's, and soon discovered that
minute films, -to be shown during the traits which
!the 4:13 period and directly after powel to his -tudents
wit and outspoken comments of
Mr. Powel..
Last year, serious illness forced
Mr. Powel, to retire from the-P.A.
faculty. The operation of his Lower
debating society was-curtailed. Last
week, though, we came across an
announcement that the topic "Red
Riding Hood is Un-American"
would be debated that evening at1
59 Salem Street. Thaf, we said,
surely' the work of Mr. Pecl.
Procrastinating only a few dy,
we wandered out to Salem Stee-
endeared - Mr. to see how things were going. Mr.
(he once asstacks, the Oliver Wendell Isupper, describing nuclear physics, signed his class an essay which was
from the fundamental concepts of to include the sentence " 'Take
esLibrary is holding its
~oal Old Book Sale, start- atomic structure of the splitting of your hand off my knee,' said the
Duchesi as she spat reflectively
is -afternoon and lasting Iteatom-nuclear fission.
next Monday. Features l Admission will be free to the five- into the fire"). Also enlivened his
film series, since,"tIe purpose of debating group. In the course of
the books displayed will
t o give-!science 'the year we debated such topics as:
h
ceceCu
wned duplicates an th
eof gifts including one coin- ito everyone wh60 wantK, it'-', said The' World is Flat; The Moon is
-'
Made of Green Cheese; and Scrooge
lu president- Steve Hobson.
st of Shakespeare. Beeausce
of them are now out of IDiscussiong - on nuclear physics McDuck is Un-American. F ro0
the
Mr. Powel we learned not onlyer-u
and Ernestftcnqe-fdbtngw
valuable
by- J. J. Thompson
the dnsstarting
books will betheir
whose discovre
own 'Rutherford,
the election an~r atomic composition e'd also how to make phony-statistins. The funds received
rokedthe
amoden oundtios ofsciecetics and quotations sound legitiusedto prchae
matte. For example, we learned
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for the Copley Wing.
ed, "no ape ever chuckled."
In answer to questions, he coinmented that the rhythm of Haiku'
poetry is not suited to English and
that he considered Carl Sandburg
a journalist, not a oet. He said
that Sandburg's poetry was nothing but cliches.
Wednesday evening at --Abbott
Stevens house, he read some of his
own poetry to a gathering of tudents and members o fthe -English
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--a a ir
ir
nn aa ee
Powel, slouched jauntily in a wheelchair, informed us - that was exMr
ustsYNaiJr
tremely gratified with the way
ustus
eogi
apieris
r.e
of M.At
things were going. Twenty-three
tlantaMisGeorgiae anhbudeboys had expressed interest in deto-be Mis Margaret Mass.uanl
bating which, considering that he
lobM.and, Mrs.YPaul
daghe
has no more contact with the school,
Yof
Mlasn
ofedin
lbnyh middl
a satisfying turnout. In addition
June this year. Mr. Napier gradto the Red Riding. g ood topic,
"Man is What He Eats" and "Two I-uated from Jefferson Davis High
elynUiest
Sho n
and Two is Four" had also been
the after
Yale
an
lohpsto
he
informed
debated.
Furthermore,
next year
Graduate School attend
apl
sw
ee about to
hi yar hee aateachingefo
leave, some of his prodigies had -iiin English. Miss Mashburn is
ready exhibited considerable skill
in the use of phony quotations. -1 presently a senior at Mt. Holyolke.
.
Janhuary 16, 1
The Phillipian
Pace2
Revising The~~~~o Howrdnorhmto'elhoeinl
middle of the term on an
oPethmen h
Ever since the present systexa ofrearhgehe
Honor Roll standing with extra days added on to otherwise impossible weekend, the morale boost gain'vacations and weekends was instituted, objections ed from the break in routine may result in better
een raised to it with varying degrees of work later.
have
-- But, even admitting the desirability of material
Tehemence. These became so strong that two Years
ifclismnindaoeGeneral
rcia
readte
the
review
to
ago the Faculty formed a committee
several proposals put
We have heard~~~~Sports
11 remain.
situation. Although no, substantive conclusions--were
ng~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One is to throw
them-t
eliminate
to
effort
an
in
-forth
these:
where
advanced
arguments
the
reached,
a philosophical
plane, -the pro- out te present system entirely and to allow each
First of, all, on a piospia
priety of excusing the best boys from classes was -Honor Rll boy ten extra cuts instead, on the assumpti1nthat he would -use the extra time for readdiscussed. If the purpose of the Honor Rolist
in or for some worthwhile project. On the basis
asked,
was
it
build up regard for high scholarship,
ecape stdyig betheschool's highest oforyrsobevtnofAdertunsw
shoud frm
w
thents
escape beAnovr
should
from studyingfuryeas'obsrvtio
are inclined to doubt the validity of this assumption,
reward? Is not excellence its own reward?
Several pract ical objdctions were also considered. but perhaps the suggestion is worth looking into.
For one thing, the late: return of so many boys after
A much better idea would be to allow' Honor
vacations prevents teach'ers from starting new work
boys the option of taking. more weekends, say
Roll
one
at
least
for
announcements
important
making
or
and sometimes several days at the beginning of the 4-6 per term for underclassmen and 8-10 for seniors,
instead of extending one of the present 2 or 3. This
term. Also, es ically in the winter and spring, when
there are so many'-open weekends, a teacher can plan, while reducing the number of missed classes,
never be sure of a full class on Fridays and Satur- would seem to discriminate even more than the pre.days, and so can-not schedule tests at the logical end sent system against out-of-state boys, Unltil it is realof a week's work. Finally, the present system favors ized that they could use some of the excuses for
boys 'who live near by, since mid-term weekends, going into Boston. Indeed, we have never understood
-however much extended, are economically unfeas- - why Andover does not take better advantage of the
many cultural opportunities inherent in being sq
-able- for those who live outside the Northeast.
Strong as these objections are, we believe that near a big city. All that would be need~d is a comn*Hnor
th~prsextollsysem s no wihou meit. mittee of the Student Congress to. keep track of comTtirning again to philosophical considerations, we ing plays, operas, symphonies, and even athletic
Agree that ideally excellence ought to be its own re- events, put up posters, sell tickets, and -arrange
ward, and indeed it does become so as one approaches transportation. We are sure that its efforts wouldthe frontiers of knowledge, as in scientific research be well rewarded.
Ili general, we believe that the school should recreative writing. But much of what is taught at -or
Andover, indispensable as it may be as a founda- gard- Honor Holl standing not just as a specific
tion. is rather unexciting in itself, so that any, extra achievement to be met with a specified reward, but
inducemnent for a student to do his best is all to the rather as a good indication that a boy has little trougood. Nor should we be overly disturbed that this -ble doing Andover work and can therefore lie relievedincentive takes the form of excuse from classes, of some of the restrictions as to weekends, studyHonor Roll boys are presumibly intelligent enough
1Adoted
ropo ~A dopt
Proposal
hours, and class attendance designed for thlose who
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ounds, drinking and the, like is a, his date during the -Saturday night--'amember
the judicious mvewaorrdby
necessity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~However,
~~4-f
of the faculty to remove his arm
'
from around the girl's shoulders.
The reason, presumably, was that
he was not being a gentleman. Yet
the only possible criterion for a
The Sidelines
gentleman is a changing one -On
.
r
that of his day and society. For example: during the time when the
but several generations of students still very limited, freedom allowed Phillips brothe'rs were founding
RED SMITH
colamnadwmnby
scranyamv-pe
have graduated while wie - waited upecase
oa
n
a
rpshos
scranyamve
for the map of Europe to be settled upe ase
at any distance less
who danced
airl lare sm mint in the-right direction.
inestig
befoe
Instead of making my usual attempt to mould the week's a
amslntweebhsuaa investing
fatrimentalaMovesutha
before
reproah if, a e th year' in the world of Andover athletics into one large semi-palatab
an tom'
trietal coes tomid
But
a floor stand model.
-in
We now plan to use the money various actions taken of late by the prom, here or anywhere else, one I shall thrust upon the, reader a welter of facts and anecdo
our January sale of old books faculty which add unnecessarily to~ saw light between a dancing couple, should amply demonstrate the carnival-like nature of the win
-from
gloe. Ithinkyourthe burden of rules and tend to e knew that they had been program here. . .at the swimming pool, the end of the weekbr
for amoden
a comedy of errors. Faithful managers Frank O'Brien and
Andover students less suite fighting.
nterstedin hw -make
- rederswillbe
Wright had labored long to get the hundredg to tags on the
Not Public
we shall use the funds; I know -to the "Great end and real busi-,
The balcony of a movie theatre ladder arranged in correct order on the nail-studded, porcu
the faculty and studen ts who come* ness of living" in general and col'to, -the sale will be interested in
:is not considered public. For a boy board over which Joel Slotnikoff casually flung his towel.
browsing and buying and building lege in particular.
of these is the list of rules! to -have his arm around a girl in
~~One
libraries.
vmtebad
prsofiatELIZABETH EADES, posted for behavior in the Corn-1Isuch semi-privacy, as long as the it a fwscnsltr according tolti~fple
their
an eyewitness report... .in the club
mons. Some of these rules are so girl is willing, of course, is an ac- all but six tags
Librarian
implied by gentlemanly cepted sign of aff'eetion, not carnal- next day the best of theBlacks and-Greens scrambled up on the
-obviously
Librarian
off down the pool. Deciding
conduct that they need no reitera- ity. For a faculty member, to in- blocks, heard thYe~ugii, and headed
tion; others are just restricting for terfere with such a state of thiiigs of- them ro'lled forward a litl4 too soon, coabh McClement
To the editors -,o the PHILLIPIAN: Ino particular reason. An example is not only an intrustion of an out- whistle to stop -lthn. They churned on. He fired his gun on. An eager swimmer di
-.- The colleges 'complain that prep of, the first category is the rule n~oded puritanism where it is com- in rapid succession. They churned
nce'esatn
n
tptesimr
uncalled for, it is also an M~eett
graduates are much - more against throwing food in the dining -pletely
- chool
n ookd¶esatn
tptesimr
ubjet ~halls. Far from -having any posi- affront to the girl who is, accord- M~cett
tofin
likey thenscles
isciltfind ateonefor sujtemtortive vralue, the unnecessary state- ing to the Blue Book, "1also a guest his hand and into the pool. Bedlam reigned, but if all's well
Worcester took care of things.
'diceiofine kcin or nterha ment of this rule has two negative of the Headma'ster and faculty." well, Saturday's meet -,with
beside the wasting of It is telling her that her morals Lemkin was off his high-jump form in Friday's track meet,
their high school equivalents. The efets reason is obvious: the high school paper. One, it gives birth to~a ten- are too loose, for, -after all, she get no higher than 5' 5", good enough for a second-place ti
boy;- living at home and with plenty dency to lob a bar of butter just has allowed the boy to put his arm the activities were over and nearly everyone had left the
the bar
of time and room to make mistakes to spite the rule; and, two, al- around her. If such enforedment sauntered down to talk to Steve. The lanky leapief-set
rady o bal hi outthough this rule is a trivial ex- must be made at all, it should be and backed Off, then rushed, jumped and landed on his ha
-andparets
leads to the feeling that made with great discretion and plush, foam-rubber-filled box which has replaced the oldof trouble, has an opportunity to aml.it
ad to ome t term college is a place where one can preferably afterwards, since, if
experient
lob his rolls across the room. The they -had remained in this position sawdust pits. The bar qjiivered and stayed up . . .the MIT
n-tem
co
wxithesuc thngs asdt nig
stits expo s to gisnan free- latter category is typified by the for the remaining half-hour of the -basketball team lost to the Blue by 20 points, but their scarlet
repe- Iban on noisemakers for thevenders movie, even-if they were wrong, with a stark "Technology" blazoned boldly atcross their brazen
heirspn
t
domn oxposuen.We
were almost enough to blind the apposition. . .when the visiting
hasp in the lobby. It is impossible for the sky would not have fallen.
the
toWolege
scool oygeet
If such unnecessary rules and Saturday's JV basketball game--.Ldescribed by the sports sb
shdlthes freeds colye dering this writer to find any reason for
uner it. The noise does not carry into unnecessary enforcements could be "Harmon Hall School," by trainer Jake Bronk as "a local tavern
the tumefreandohs n
stanidable although unfortunate the dining halls;' the commons at minimized, perhaps there would be and- by an unknown student as "some semi-pro team from the
A-club hoopsters
tendency to try to drin]; all the meal time is not likely to be visited fewer "Yale" incidents and less oddly enough failed to materializei-a bunch of
ed fromn'the stands and proceeded tgive the Andoe seon
orld n oneby important dignitarces. Even if friction within Andover itself.
the
the i liuor
Tom I. EVSLIN '61thruhlcig..wdcaeonfrWiisaAaem
is some reason for this Ye~~~~~~~there
swallow.Boston Glob6 that Dave Kennedy's national prep butterfly
of this is unavoidable if stricton aulei simpl notie iifte.
- PNrt
no more; one Williston flash having undercut, it by .4 second
aesfie.P
ol
there are to be prep schools at all. IlyBlei
h 0ad1
colrcrsi
hahdotpe
tamt
nterupted
Date
nor
time
is
neither
Since there
h 0ad10
colrcrsi
hahdotpe
Another recent incident is oneI To the Editor of TE PHILLIPIAN: tamt
rom- 40 boys in the smal space
But Willision
22.5.
t tle events, the former in a remarkable
LIINhspie
H
fti
nocmn
-. f-nuiiu
o ormaerahrexlsv
indication of
an
16
points,
by
only
Hotchkiss)
(over
meet
the
for mistakes, a strict set f rules1 rules. A week or so ago, an Andover self in the past on its original
depth whiiclx might well spell victory for the Blue on Februa
(Continued on Page Four)governing wandering off school student sitting in the balcony with I.
f THEPHILLPLAN application of these rules can do
the Eitor
HEPILPA:much to relieve - the need for an
,To th'dtro
The Library staff agrees with explosion once they~are lifted.
Fred Goff's proposal that a new Andover has: don(~ this in some
globe be bought for the Copley ways. The cut system is a good
-.
Wing. A small -table model of a preparation for similar, if more
modern globe has long been in the extensive, institutions -of this kind
Oliver Wendell Holmes Library; in college. The increased, although
a
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Goranary
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Tomn Bray~on, scoring 25 points,
the Andover varsity basket~~~~~~~~~pacedl
ball quintet to an 81-60 rout of the
By
place
Gordan
by Hardy
Worcester's
second Forlc.yWretrsFi
Captain Cy Hornsby splashed to
rAcademy's swimming team
htjust as well have stayed a win in the backstroke with a time
elast Saturday as the over- of 1:01.7, his brest of the year,
ering Andover Varsity ran up vwhile Tomu.-Pollock gave Andover
r sweeps ad took both relays anodier -1-2- taking second place.j
Pete Winship found himself in
crumnping the Worcester team,
0. Cy Hornsby, Stu Davis, and a our lap duel with Worcester's
--Mahoney were outstanding in Teiry Tuttle in the 100-yard
I breaststroke, but Tuttle outstretchoverall rout.
ill Vincent and Pete Preston ed Winship on the last stroke.
Andover off to a good start, Lower Frank Steyvens copped third.
Hank Stone and junior Hardy
ng first and third respectively
the 50-yard freestyle.- Mike Phippen added another eight points
estook "Moose" Hackett by to the Andover score with the third
se, edging him out in the 100- sweep of the afternoon in the 100yard freestyle. d btterfly.
Dan Mahoney topped theI 70
avis took an early
we
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i-h20-yard freestyle and mark for the second tim&; of the
ed
up-wining by half a lap. season as he and Pierre Kleiber
Vincnt ws nosed out of a omprised the fourth sweep, bringIing PA's point' total to 48, and
-breaks
clinching the meet.
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dAcademy, Holderness School, Dan 'Mahoney decided to stop div-P
Hebron Academy. I.U.A. won ing for a few minutes and joined
372 points. The Blue, with Paul Kinnear, Bill Johnson and Pete
lagged behind, Gould nd host Preston in winning the last race
erness. Coach Best said that of the day, the 200-yard freestyle
schools form the toughest relay.
etition the team will meet
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h togBu
cin'ained the tallcr M.I.T. squad
while winning their second congame.
.secutive
Playmakers Moonves and Kingston combined with center Bernie
Boone to grab the-lead for Andover
The
i during the second -,quarter.
spdedy Blue offense opened the lead
much as 13 points, but' on the
strength of Red forward John
Downie's shooting, the Engineers
cut it to six, makting thescore 33127 at the half.
explosive fourth quarter saw
~e
'li Blue clinch the match a fastby the composite first and
the
units
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eight free throws for 22 points.
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to an 82-72 win at Bowdoin.
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third consecutive victory
was sparked by stronp~defense, lejl
eneBoe
h eonigo
and the sharp-shooting of Bob Halt
By Dick Bell
held in the Cage.
By Thomas M. Anderson, Jr
Saturday, January 14 - Spark- and Tom Brayton, who combined
In the shot, George Houpis unWednesday, January 11 - Coinprep-school for 33 p3oints. Netting one-thiud of
bining victories in the field events limbered his massive muscles and ed by the number
and sprints with strong running in let fly a magnificent heave of fifty- squash player in the nation, Choate their floor shots, the Andover
the longer distances, the P.A. var- four feet, one half inch for a new school edged out the Andover Var- quintet held a six br seven point
margin tFioughout most of the consity 43.
sity trackmien got off to a rousing Cage record.
In the number 1 rank, Maurice test.
Friday, February-1-8 .7- Friday
start this winter by soundly thumping Huntington and Governor Dumn- the thirteenth proved a lucky day Hecksher of Choate, who' recently Desinite the usual slow start which
49-33-6, in a t-school meet for Andover's track team, as the placed first in a national junior has nagued the team this season,
Sorotamen romped to their second squash tournament, defeated Pete 'he P.A. five managed to build up a
triumph of the season, swamping Svastich, who placed fourth in the seven point lead which quickly
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Fred Vanderbilt, the number 2 as Bowdoin ended the first period
76 2/3 - 26 1/3.
Tm Phelps started the Blue off man at Choate, defeated Ed Cox, with, five straight poimifs, making
leading Dave 15-10, 15-7, 15-10, to. givyeChoate a the score 17-15 in Andoverls favor.on the right ft,
In the second canto Boone btnd Halt
Quattrone and Dennis Holahan to 2-0 initial lead.
By Fitzgerald Bramwell.
By John Kane
Mike Cohen, however, snapped controlled the defensive, boards,
e a sweep in the 45 yard hurdles.
ensaJnay1
by'
uraJanuary 14 -Led
Andy Cahiners found the going a the P.A. losing streak by coming feeding the ball to Brayton, George
Smoyer and Jack Mar- I WdeaJnur11-Ld
5Bill
Andover's hockey squad de- by two crucial second'-period goals bit rougher in the 50 yard dash, as from bvhind, 10-15, 15-9, 15-12, 15- Andrews, and Bill Kingston on fast
'by Lower Jack Morrison, the An- he barely managed to eke out a 7, to reduce Choate's lead to one breaks. Bbwdoin's Smith, however,
Bowdon,6-2
Despte
match. But the Blue's Mike Rosati scored 15 points in the first half,
erformance, the Blue held adover hockey sextet broke the Har- iictory over B.U.'s Horton.
Andover once again pened the dropped 3 games to Peckham, 14-16, to keep his team within ten points
d edge over the Maine school. yard Freshmen's 6-0 victory record,
of the Andover hoopsters, makinz
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gawhen h
er rammed in two goals for Iholding the Crimson to a 4-4 tie.
In slots 5 and 6, Andover took the score at the end of the first
a
ga n byrsn
last year's Adovr ta ro lChuplace an entry in' the %mile, As a
sists
by las year' Andovr star"Chun-result, it was little more than a two matches, Mal Rogers o v er half 42-33.'
ists.
Holt hit for nine points in the
ore tod ed routine practice for Jim Wessner, Liberman, and Jim Payne over
y
ettslaped ino
the game
over opene
third quarter as Kingston and Mike
oedwho outran-his teammates to capm Vanderhorst.
ntomr
g two goals in the first thredeavt lpe
Lower Bob Stevens and Choate's Moonves continued to press the
the event
esof play. Morrison led ffth peid30-ture
Although George Houpis wasn't Bliss split the first four games, Bowdoin five.. Captain Kingston
oring at 2:36 with a quick Early in the second period the Blue
tthe left corner of-Ae nets struck back for three goal tying quite up o his record-breaking but Bliss came through strong to ended the period with a free throw
hoate the that made the score 61-53, Andover
seconds later, Smoyer got the game. With five minutes to go form of two days previous, he had win 15-7, and give
ahead. A fired-up Bowdoin team
ston a lead pass from or- in the second period, the Blue may- little trouble taking the shot with match.
charged onto the court in- the last~
Bowdoin came back at 537 ied ahead, as Morrison skated a toss of 51' 1~"
tTagh
seen
perod..Im&.n
Ron Filoon took a pass from around behind the cage, and passed
stihtn
so e
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liver and scored. The Polar the puck to Steven~, who dribbled
Bobh DieMaie
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tied the score when a long in and scored.
The team. Moonves triggered off a scorSaturday, January 14 But, the Frosh tied the score in
r
b
Bruce Torbell bounced
varsity wrestling team de- ing splurge that gave Andover a
past Dex Newton in the the third period. -Andover
feated MIT by a score of 26-7. The fourteen-point lead in the last
Neither team was able to score
ergoal. Jobe Stevens finishP.A. squad showed some unexpect- minute of the game, as he hit for
minute sudden-death
scoring at 12:05 after taking in the 7
ed strength, winning five out of eight points on three lay-ups and a
pass from Morrison. This overtime.
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Wednesday, January 11
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the giant slalom, Durrance
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The Phillipimn
Student Congress Letter: USIA
(Continued from Page One)
against the Saturday night movies,
The suggestion for the use of 16mm
movies in place of the present
35mim has been taken under careful
consideration, and representative
Stephen A. Most '61 has been examining all possibilities of such
Janiuary 16, 196
involved, had. If Andover is at all
Iinterested in the fair, then it seems
to me that it is interested in the
fair through the eyes of its own
students. THE PHILLIP1AM is (and
I hope will remain) a student newspaper, not a refugee camp for
USIA propoganda.
After the first introductory paraRoBERT TmrvERs, 61
movies. A final decision on the
C lna.H
are* inteeted, perhaps, in experi-
(Continued from Page Two)
writing apd reporting, stressiuig the
ideas of Andover's students. I. was
thus heartily- disappointed in its
Write-up of the Berlin fair, in which
three Andover students participatd
,<e~~aeA
P.
for-word quote from a USIAre
lease. Unfortunately, the author
fald
t acknowedgeo ha quthe
giigu
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htt
writing and wisdom was his own.
Even more unfortunately, however, USIA's release did not cntain the type of writing and wigdom which interests Andover tudents. Andover is totally uninterf
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about one of its own exhibits; we dent for the more difficult conceptsi
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(Continud from Page One)
ae fetu
sentatog
The relatively simple 1`&a5 presentdd in the lead film of the series
will acquaint the novice with- the
structure. of the atonmind the basic
idea of nuclear physics. The grad-1
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movies should, come early this term. graphs,, the article was a word-
Also this term the Student Con-gress,
in cooperation with Mr. Clift,
is running the Dorm Singing Contest. Within several days, notice
announcing its start, the rules, and
singing units will be placed by
representatives in their respective
dormitories.
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homage that must be paid to God
by .man, through his acknowledg-'
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ment of God's inflinte majesty and
through his obedience, love and
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as in the one by David Ben-Gurion,
-Prine Minister of Israel, here areideas e~ommiofi to every religion.
-Ben-Gurion wrote "that Man is a
-pdrtner with the creator nd a
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partner in world creation, that he
is responsible for himself and for
allrmen ... Immoitality exists only!ADOE
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partner in the 'ALL' which is the'
a statementSc
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sugch as this one reflects Mr. Bradford's belief that all religions are
based upon common concepts.
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worship of God." In this definition,'
'ONE.' "Ceitainly
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Department. He described writing
*poetry as an act of skill much like,
*pole-vaulting and ~aid that a poet
could not be aware of all that was
going on as he wrote.
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He met with students again on
Thursday morning in Bulfinch.
_Hesaidthatobscrityin
Hal.
poetry was justified, but the unD
Andover
lo
D arym ple Ol Co ,nc
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intelligibleness was not. He said
that poetry was intended to make
the reader have an experience in-
Pharmacy
stead of reading about it and that
often these experiences are obscure
and difficult to understand. For
this reason the must sometimes be
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