OBSERVATIOliJqST Buell Gallagher, New Chy College President,
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OBSERVATIOliJqST Buell Gallagher, New Chy College President,
OBSERVATIOliJqST VOt Wt NO. ». UN06RGRADUATE NEWSPAPER OF CONY" MONDAY. SEPTEMBK 22. I9S2. Buell Gallagher, New Chy College Presiden To Address Students in Great Hall Rally By Hal Cherry Dr. BueU Gallagher, newly elected president of the College, plans to introduce himself to the student body at a program in Great Hall, tentatively jMuled for Thursday, October 9th, at 12:30 P.M. The program, suggested by an OP reporter, will be coeponsored by Observation Post, Campos, and atsdent Council. President Gallagher was elected to the $18,000-a-year post on June 16th by the Board of Higher Education and took office on September M. He. succeeds Dr. Harry N. Wright, who reached the mandatory retirement age of seventy during the summer. The election of President Gallagher ended over a year's search by the Board of Higher Education, which had considered more than 100 persons <*for the position. Among thoce*given tentative offers were Ralph Bunche and David E. Lillienthal both of whom declined. In an interview with Oboervalion Post, President Gallagher stated that his educational philosophy is one of action rather than wordy generalities, and that By Joe Marcus it :s based upon democratic and Professor Raymond F. PurceU was appointed new chairman of the Hygiene Department over the ethical values. "I'm much closer to the ideas, of John Dewey and Saner, replacing Frank S. Lloyd in one o; the biggest athletic shakeups in the history of City Col- William H. Kilpatrick than any lege. Betiring President Harry N. Wright \vh<> .-mnnunt .-d -ho removal of Lloyd stated that this change other schools of thought" he said. •mm made "in line with our pol-* icy of revamping and modifying i years as the College's basketball Against Loyalty Oaths Dr. Hairy H. VrighS oar athletic program". coach, Nat Holman has been The new president was asked Ex CoUef* PreMmt | granted a year's sabbatical leave. his opinion of loyalty oaths for tHhwr, developments saw Prof. teachers. He replied that "no one The formal inauguration of the . Bobby. Sand ha* be§n dropped Sqfr Winograd relieved as Fac1 who is a loyal American should [ president has not yet been planfrom the staff of the Economics otty Manager of Athletics and resent making a voluntary statened. President Gallagher dej Department His status in the HyBatty Sand, removed as Assisment of loyalty" but he "could clared that he very much wants i giene Department is undecided at taa* Basketball Coach. 1 see no reason for singling out the "student participation in plannthe present time. He is on the ftofessor Lloyd was offered a teaching profession for special reing and carrying out the inauguj payroll but has not been assign < u i r e m s n t s o f teadung position in the Hygiene ed. Baseball Coach Sol Mishkin,' l loyally." Pres. ration." Department which be accepted. Soccer Coach Werner Rothschild, | Gallagher doubts the value of In 1931 he became minister of ftdfcjum- PurceU has been teachand Assistant Lacross Coach! s u c h o a t h s s i n c e " a dislnyal per- ^ FiTSt Congregational Church ing at City College for the past George Baron all received letters s o n w o u I d hardly hesitate to add- i n Pasgai^ New Jersey. He left 4l years. He had been expected telling them not to expect l e - j t h c c r i m e o f Penunr to the al-i the church in 1933 to become t» take a leaye of absence but appointment to their respective ready contemplated crime of; pre$iaent of Talladega College, waf persuaded to stay on by reTalladega, Alabama, a liberal arts jobs. The College's reason for this treason." tnaig President Wright. The President said that he • college for Negroes, action was that it could no long"would not knowingly hire a per-j Dr. Gallagher has long been b dismissing Sam Winograd, er afford to pay coaching salaries son who was committed to faj interested in the problems of NeDr. Wright stated that his decito non-faculty members. Dr. scism or communism. In bothigroes in the United States. He «at to remove him was based on In a recent development the ReKeved of Duties cases they are persons whose j Yiis doctorate thesis at the "consideration that an offiW r o t e Hygiene Department announced a # whose work was so intim- and we have appreciated the that Werner Rothschild will be minds are closed . . . I regard' Teachers College, Columbia UniaMw associated with the system commendable cooperation which, reappointed as Hesd Soccer them as unfit to tsach in any versity. in 1939 on "American (CoKtimt** on Pa9e Tfcr««> *£fc produced the evil in our you have given to the College! Coach. Dave Polansky, Corn- country but a totalitarian one." • JflPttic record should not con- administration during various j merce Center Basketball Coach, tiase hi such a position of re- phases of the investigation of the! was selected as Head Varsity apaisibility, as we inaugurate our basketball scandaL" Basketball "* * '" " Coach, " •ew athletic policy built along II) (See After thirty-three consecutive • • M y different lines". Presi- Purcell Heads Hygiene Department As Result of Big Athletic Shakeup Bus Crash Injures Students Wnght added, "This action 1 based upon any suggestion f&ctency in the manager's In fact, we recognize the record which he had as an efficient adroinistratbe past" Dr. Wright in to Dr. Winograd, said, *egard yoaar entire adminisArmy Hall has been declared unfit for occupancy by city au<* this responsibility as thorities, and as a result tbete will be no donnitocy life on the Golbeen motivated by comfer the It5£-S3 academic year. Sleeping quarters are kyalty to tbe City College. ^available in Manhattanville but no funds in the City to ****** them. Two hundred of the two hundred and fifty students normally livimg in Army HaB have been in substitute quarters in A City College bus cnaitatwtng fourteen slurp. I the neighborhood by the Depart-! 1* crashed near Donby, Vermont on August r v * * - ^imente«St«den»LiJereomi«a*- : fieWtriRc«nttm.Tliedhiv«rloundtlmtte Cp,,e * ^ mg agency. ; gear shift or the brakes. He Army HaB has been used byigaing nwr aclifl thirty yart City CMlese for domirtory and? Leo Ganx, a graduating senkwv had his ^hrfjH^uni space sance the end «f! prints of the otlwr students who lifted the m ' World War Two. TW Department* prims of the other ! oC Hensmg and Bnikhngs coma*-? tured arm. Dan Gelher, ndtlor of i e n the «-year^ld VirtorianlOthaa GoUic Structw* a fire hazard., front rorth of j Some of the boys have angagid 1^ ^ Thrmt iagainst the College. The Calliji as m»urt -i Army Hat Dorms Slut Down; MaabuttQaviUelbtAvQikbk J«in4»P*;r taking Geology the last daqr ef the unable to week the Mondsy» Sspranngf 22* IvSS* IHf OBSERVATION POST F«fs iwn Soles Boomisg ot UBI;Start Fair PrUa Deal k Give*, Stopped 11th. Hm MUt 9 t Drill HaB watt by n the track, o^nad bf 1U Elk Trans. Coiqpanf, up tha toward Convent Ava. As ha stopped for a red liflhl his Mar onto beohe as did hi* •iiMtgswcr brafen. Start startad soUiat downhill aud than turnad bis truck towaai tha wall s i DriU Hal crashiog with such iosca that a sachou of tha wall was torn out. Start rseaivad tMataaant fee shonldar and facia! injuria*. Sept WCouoaWaetiiis Addressed by Galkgker StitfWt Council heW an unprecedented pre-semester Operation Boot &le Is goirif oh in ftdl swiiit in Mtk reereat»ofr meeting on Wednesday Sept 10, in order to set up Us varied uige of Army Halt This is the eighth semester that the Used Book working branches and to hear the traditional opening re. • change is in existence. The main function of the organization is ' " . nive students a fair price deal-* marks of the College president.* the buying and selling of their | conclusion of this semester's work Dr. Buell H Gallagher. • xt books. Shelaon Halpern, who < the entire loan will be repaid. President Gallagher gave a the manager of this term's During the first week, of this short address in which he defined ' BE reports that the book sales]term the Used Book Exchange the functions and aims of student .-<- going better than was previ-; doors wil! be open from 9:00 AMgovernment and the responsibilnsly expected and this year may j 6:45 PM. ities of the students toward it and <«• the best in the history of thef _ ^ _ _ _ _ ^ their school Dr. Gallagher declared that student government • •iganization. is an opportunity to learn citiTemp+rmrg Demm During the past two weeks the zenship, and that we must learn Used Book Exchange handled beit in order to be able to practice tween 8.500 and 9.500 books and ThsohoM has anpoiatad Dr. it in the outside world. He stated an estimated $15,000. Before the Gaorgo B. Spits, Jr. to sarva a* that it is the responsibility of Kxchange closes it is expected to daaa of students temporarily. the students to respond to their handle at least $25,000. Spits, who raplaeas Dr. Harold opportunities and participate in Business has been so good that was Lans's the important activities of their > he organization has been able to college. When these people parpay one-half of the $300 loan Laos was damotad to assistK flagpole rally to be held this ticipate and resolve their differanted last year by the Student ant professor of Carman aftar 1 Thursday, Sept. 25th. wil! openjences by compromising not their ouncil. It is hoped that at the attacks «• his political views activities for the College's FDR ideals but their stand and agree Harry Pollak by the Queens County Ameri- Young Democratic club. on that which will be for the H etc SC Treat. can Legiou. the Catholic War The College Council of the (good of the greatest number, we Veterans, and others. Harry R. Pollak was elected to Youth Division of the Democratic! have democracy in action. ReTheohaldL attar interviewing State Committee will sponsor a j spect for minority groups is fun- the vacated post of Treasurer. thirty candidates and reoehriag Political Institute on Tuesday, j damental as is minority respect Alefn Chabot, Herb Viebrock, at least three dadensiooa. has Sept. 23rd and Thursday, Sept. j for the common good. Prof. and Manny Solon were elected to been unable to find a perma- 25th at 7:30 P.M. at the Groverj Buckvar, faculty advisor, also th« Membership Committee, AlCleveland Democratic Club, 21 j spoke, welcoming our new presi- lan Bard to the Executive Corndent and echoing his sentiments.' mittee. East 75th Street. College Dems To Begin With Flagpole Rally College Gets Mhattaavilk Keys at Last The keys of Manhattanville .••••re officially turned ovei to <'ity College on the afternoon of Sept. 12, 1952 by the nuns of the College of the Sacred Heart in • simple ceremony in front of the main hall at Manhattanville. Dr. Harry N. Wright, retired i-resident of City College, accpted the keys as a synbol of ;>->sses9ion of the eighteen and-ar.ilf acre t-ampus from th* Rev• :<'nd Mother Htrlcn Fitzpatrick •lather Superior of the religiou-i• i i.stitution. Dr. Wright then • tided the keys to Dr. Buell G. • • illagher, thp new College presint. This ceremony was attendby the leaving nuns, members the College's faculty, the stunt government and nlurnni. After the ceremony. Mother i t/.patrick told Dr. Gallagher. I hope the neighborhood will be' ' good to you as it has been tu | Ii Rooms to Let! Atinctively Furnished ROOM for Rent PRfCR RKASONABLX PIUVATB HOMC Vn W««* 14 tut Street - Apt. tO TANYA SHAPIRO VO. S 1038 99th 4k Riverside Drive v*ly MMM wrth hot awt cold water >«» cl<<wt<i. kttdwn prlvitccn, »^Blnvrntt Wtttroooi. PATRONIZE Joha^s Citf Gollcse BnrbrrSbop 4 Bnrfoen No Waiting] !l616 AMSTERDAM AVE. ARMY HALL CAN1KN AMI tn IwnB FJnL S T U D E N T S ! -Write a Lucky Strike jingle!-] H0 bOX tops! NO ENTRY BLANKS! K'S 635?/ Just write a 4-liiie jinzle based OR the fact that LUCKIES ARE MADE i E T T E R ¥ 0 TASTE BETTER!* Here's your chance to make yourself $25. Just write a 4-line Lucky Strike jiagle, based on the fact tliat Luddes are madb better to taste better* Then, if we select your jingle, well pay you for the right to use it. together with your name, in Lucky Strike advertising.., probably in this paper. Read the sample jmdes on this pace. Then get the gang together, Ixeak out the rhyming dictionary, and start writing. It's fact And we're buying jincks by the busbd! Hint—it you can sing your jingk. it's a food ode? Hint—OK WOK jiagfcs yon write, the uoey you have a chance of making. Hint— besurctoreadalltheimtructkiaat WPWW THE OtSOVATlON POST f llWr—***+* r««» NSA Elects New National Officers; Delegates Opposed to UMT, Batista Bf Hail DiaaschiU nr^wJS J H S ^ . 9k J^'^a!D^utm awtlaimatiop, Richard Murphy of the Univereity of North Carolina. was elected aijEth a " f J ! * 8 4 * * " "«*»* SK»dMt» Aiwoeiatinn at N S A s fifth annual student omurvss at the University of Indiana, August 18th-27th. • Alao elected to national office'f w e » : Leonid. Wileex. U n i v e r , ! ^ j ^ , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ President; Janet Welsch. Smith for Educational Affairs. The last Vi S ^Student J ! ?Affairs; ^ S V™*"*} ekcUd an the **'*** second for Steven Voy- n«ned baUot, was when Joseph , Clancy,, kovitch, Fordham College. NaSoodak (Physics)i Louis tional Vice President for Stu- CCNY Student Council Presil&ui and Abram Taffal (Bo- dent Government; Avrea Ingram, dent, rejected attempts to draft I^M* Innguagas); and Arthur of the Harvard Graduate School, him for the office. Speaking to : those who were supporting the Ml (Studanl Ufa). reelected as National Vice Presi- •draft", Clancy slated that he »dent for International Affairs; felt that his job as president of, the Student Council was one1 which required all of his time and energy. Another City College student who declined nomination for national office was Hugh Schwartz of the Evening Session. ChairJ. Joseph L Clancy. Jr. man of the Metropolitan New Delegate* to NSA Cougreee The Progressive Party-American Labor Party candidate York Region of NSA. fir the Presidency and the ALP candidate for New York's Tan-Day Maralhon nist dominated International try. Concerned with the theory senatorial seat will speak in Great Hall, Thursday, October Elections climaxed a ten-day Union of Students' invitation to and practice of college newspa- • 2 pending approval by the Stu- "marathon", which resembled an a so-called "Unity Meeting" in pers and the role of the editor as dent Faculty Committee on international rather than a na- Bucharest, Rumania; affirmation a student leader, the meeting had tional conference of students; of their support of the principle the support of editors of leading School Affairs. The College's Young Progress- youths from Holland, Switzer- of Federal FEPC. and rejection dailies and weeklies of the Asives of America last week an- land, West Germany, India, Iran, of the proposed Universal Mili- sociated Collegiate Press. Outstanding figures in the field of nounced plans for the appearance the PhiUippines, Cuba, and many tary Training program. newspaperwork, including Mr. Editors' Coafasanc* of Vincent Hallinan, presidential other nations addressed the conFred Hackenger, education editor candidate and Corliss Lamont, gress, and participated in dis- The congress was preceded by of the New York Herald Tribune, cussions. a four-day College Newspaper candidate for the Senate. Editor's conference and a similar addressed the conference. The five hundred delegates and SFCSA would have to hold an alternates, who represented eight Student Body Presidents' confer- The "Editors" conference was followed by the Second Annual emergency meeting to consider hundred thousand American col- ence, both sponsored by NSA. this new request lege students, were also ad- The College Newspaper Edi- Student Body Presidents meeting. Halliman, the l a w y e r who dressed by such outstanding per- tors' conference was held in an- This meeting dealt especially came out of retirement to defend sonalities as: Mr. Pierre Fran- swer to requests for such a meet- with the problems of student Harry Bridges, west-coast labor cois, Director of UNESCO; Mr. ing by editors all over the coun- body leaders on the campus. leader, was recently released Patrick M. Murphy, Director of from prison where he served a the American Civil Liberties six-month term for contempt of Union; and Phillip Willkie, son (Cemt*tm*4 from Fu#e Omej t tenance. He felt that it would court. of the late Wendell Willkie and improvements before it may be necessary for these dormitorLamont is a teacher of philos- member of the Indiana State ies to be* self-supporting, and ophy at Columbia University, Legislature. Mr. Willkie was a again be used as a dormitory. charge sufficient fees to cover and is the editor of an anthol- participant in a lively debate on Since the building will be razed heat, light and janitorial services. To Speak Sere ogy of poe|ry "Man Answers the coming presidential elections. in the Spring to make way for a The Student Council Affairs Death". His opponent was Mr. Dudley playground, the investment is not Committee has announced the Whitecotten, a representative of considered worthwhile. holding of open hearings on the the "Young Democrats". fOmHmmvd frem Pm§e One/ dormitory question during the The dorms in Manhattanville. Formal speeches, however, first week of the term. School Cane and the Negro College." formerly used by the female stuwere wily a minor part of the ~ * a •ktspresident of the Nacongress. The major portion of dents, need overhauling, the mo- Affairs wiU try to determine the Assodathm for the Adtime at the Congress, whose ney for which is sought by Stu- campus demand for dormitory of Colored People. theme was, "The Student and the dent Council as part of the New space, and will then hand the isJ k . Gallagher and his wife are Crisis in Education", was devoted York City, 1953 capital budget sue over to the SC Legislative *j"*»fat the gate house in to framing NSA's policy for the Hearings on the budget will be committee. The Legislative Committee deals with city authori•••"ftattville, near 133rd Street coming year. Some of the more held in November. ties, and wiU represent the stuJJConvent Avenue. He hopes important resolutions follow: Dean Engler has stated that if dents at City HaB when the Col• n Manhattanville will be condemnation of Gen. Batista for the dorms are set up it wiB be lege's request for funds * * fcr comnlete uss by the his restriction of student rights virtually impossible to up m the capital budget in Cuba; rejection of the commu-' municipal funds for their tLimz ^^\Z^Z^SvZZZ htend to Have Hallinan, lament for Great Rally Army Hall Slant Dnwn Callagher... L&tter* AVOID-LONG-LINES TEXTBOOKS NEW AT LOWEST P R I C E S ! mmd Better M M * 1*r Ymmr USMI T«rth««fcgl CASH ON THE SPOT! ART n DRAFTING • GYM AND SCHOOL SUPPUES • BCAM REVEW AIDS • TRANSLATIONS STUDENT OUTLINE NOTES FILM 1 HLM PRINTING • CCNY BANNERS PHOTOSTATS • > r LIFE $4.00 . TME $&*# SUBSCKIPHONS ( * E.TOCTOftSUDB RULES - fMJ* OM* •*•«• - *«•» COLLEGE OUTLINES BLUE HUNTING • • BEAVER STUDENTS' SHOP W * AMSIEMMM AVENUE NOTARY PUBLIC |OTvl^MW » i ^ W l i CRQ l ^ v ^ H JWB^waJ THE ommt AIION 22. IWt. pocr #•>! ADVICE TO FRESHMEN WMAGM690*!* i y Irv Cohan. *. just As the passage of time may well prove, the . hman year is the moat difficult time in col* -•.-• This is so essentially because, in the majorANBV Wa aa» ' •• of cases, transition must ha made. It it in the ftotniw Bdltor time by with •king of this transition that previously acquired, ASSOCIATE aOAtD • '<Jdy study habits begin to show at the aaami, •• .•? an absence of a feeling of personal responsiExtra-curricular activities are an integral and Casgr i.iity loads to floundering end lethargy in indispensable part of college life. They lose their AdnttAD* value; however, when they are permitted to ocA4vtft*ac cupy a disproportionate part of your time. These STAFF I worthwhile activities, like many wonder drugs, First, it ia aaeaasary that yon reeo^iae this become toxic when taken to excess. Don't hesi- NEWS STAFP: Pwl 6t«*9«t. Kd O-cry. MeXteSe £•*•*_*«* *J»«Nr. SMy . nportant fact: the burden of learning is no tonger tate to participate, but at this early stage of the KohM. 8«md Urgs. UoM«d immer. UoMid ShaeMt. Lz Roau. H*^ "ii the instructor but instead, weighs squarely on collage game it is best to indulge mildly. St«m. the shoulders of tha leamar—your shoulders. The FEATURES STAFF: N«il Oiwdiita. Morrsy Etomtein. Ma«*r»d Utr.tor. T«d StM Wackar. Pktt Wotcoff. T«| If you are confronted with a problem, there JOMS. J«v 6. S«mtky. ROM* Sfcumsfcy. instructor expects you to pursue knowledge, Uewttrnt. 8M Bin>b«i»m. rather than the opposite practice, which is stand- are people att the college who are interested in SK>RTS STAFF: LM D»fler. SUva MsrbvrQ. H««cW NisMMon. helping you solve it. whether it deals with acaard at the elementary and high school levels.* BUSINESS STAFF: Ingrid Finland. demic difficulties, financial embarassments, a job, When you thoroughbly assimilate this concept. FACULTY APVISttS or even trouble with a boy or girl friend. The half tha battle will have been wen. Department of Student Life (120 Main) is connAVMONnr. reacau. If classworfc is to be of any value to you. you cerned with the activities and problems of all m. vonauwAM ••:ust keep paee with the instructor. At the abaence students, while the Freshman Advisory CommitBditortaJ PoUcy ie determlmeS 1* the Mandoimo • : direct pressure, from him it is very easy to fall tee (Army Hall 39A> has been set up to deal with untti the Board of DirecUrre hoe been eeteeted. t - hind and, as a result, you may find yourself the problems of freshmen specifically. These are a frantic struggle to complete the term's work. two places where you can always find a friend This publication k supported by shtdw* hm. Kv< n if the work Is completed, it is of little lasting when in need of one. • iue because not much is retained after oram-, The keys to success in college, then, are evaluflung for an exam. ation, planning; and organization. Every phase of The kay weed in studying is college life is important and each has its place. not jus* of your studies bat of Know the place and importance of each phase Nothina should be left to chance or and budget your time and energy accordingly. vised schadnMng. Too should see to it thai This is by no meant the only road to sucGoing all out to establiish House Plan as a creative as well as daily patten is oatahHahed ia which cess, but rather pari of a path to . a social institution, David Newton, Director of House Plan anphase of your eellege activity is provided foe. and effidaacy in solving tha unique nounced today that the expected 1200 entering freshmen and old This should iadude a defiaita amount of of cottage hi*. ' *house planners would find new additions to tike Student Houses. RegtetratioB . • . . « B y Besides the rejuvenated Rumpus room and the new juke box, house planners will find a new face at the Assistant Director's desk. Miss Lee Kroman, Assistan Director of House Plan since All males must upon reaching 1947 is leaving and will be suctheir eighteenth birthday register ceeded by Mr. Jerome Gold, the at their nearest draft board. StuDirector of the Evening Session dents can also apply for the SeHouse Plan. Mr. Newton expressed lective Service Student Deferment Test at the same time. regret at the departure of Miss Korman but also praises Mr. Shortly after you register for Gold as a capable and wonderful the draft, you will receive a replacement. Questionnaire. Complete the section on student status and/or In addition to the regular Frosh ROTC. Open House, Sept. 22 to Oct. 20 If you receive a 1-A classificaand the Welcome Back Dance, tion report within ten days to Saturday nite, Sept. 27, House Bm. 208 Main and request that a Plan with the assistance of the form 109 be sent to your local Camp Marion Committee is planboard. If you are in the ROTC ning a House Plan -Camping and eligible, ask that form 44 be Weekend. sent. Beginning October 7, the StuThe next step may possibly be dent Houses will initiate the Stuart Clarksoa a physical examination, and if Vet Admtimietrmtor House Plan Film Festival featurfound acceptable, you will reing American and foreign films, ceive an order to report for inincluding hits such as. "The duction together with a cancellaRoosevelt Story". "The Baker's tion of such older, and a new W i f e " (French). " T o r m e n t " classification of 1-S(C> to the end (Swedish) and a host of other exof your academic year Tikis decellent films to be shown every ferment isftiandatory.At the end Tuesday afternoon. of this period the board will review your case. At such time, if Kcqnomy has come to city col- yon do not receive a further de• • Gone are the days when ferment, you have the right to a lules of recitations carpeted hearing and appeal, hall floors and the street outIf you receive a 2-S dassifica>. No more wiU these pamph^tkm, ts be used as shoe wipers* w i n - | » _ , yon «» _should . . * • . write to i . B o w l w , , h m o n e n i wdeanen,andspitbaUmateri-r*** *th* ** siHumtma »«* expiration and request an ex A new policy went into effect tension until gtaduathm, far gradBy Pawl t a t y this term. Hereafter, all uate school, or employment m an is Students returning to DriU Four ROTC instrnctocs have in US. I Infantry. 1st Lt. Horatio fees must be paid before the Ball wiB find that a number of left the college. Capt. Aquehno Hoggard, a Korean vet, wiU teach student ia awarded a If you have been made during has returned to registrar's office, MS. L Another new arrival is A hole b punched in the ; The new honor sys- U . Goochnan has been returned Sgt John Bookless, who served the Forces < 3rd making it - i n •ililt ftr tem will ga into effect; several to inactive duty and has lesumed withTth Army H. Q. in Geraaay. d.'nts to » wiU be his teaching dutaee in the New - S.-dulfc been added aw anas wffl be Yertc school system, and two of According to Mr. Pkayne of the directive applying to en- the enlisted men have been re- to the R< gistrae's office; this new patocy Small wiU be applied. of The latter are Sgts. For the first time in the hisand Curtin. both of aU of the coOef* ROIC an been sent to the Far cede witt be ecforaed. Tins Sgt. Mastrierani served code, af^roved last spring by a overseas during the last war, and of the members of the ad- has taught at City anwe t*4f. cocpsv deals with cheating The new faces in the DriU Hall itions and is similar to include three officers and three feet at West Point 1st U . Norman It alatos that a student aiding a graduate of West* on an exaonnatMn who recently returned I equal gnHt with the per- front Germany win teach MA n j Infantry. 1st Lt. James Walk, an* (this man just watt ha an fail to HoasefilaaGetting Ready For "Creative"Semester Detailed Dope Qa Tie Draft; Deferment Dongs Described '13c Saved Is 13c Made Regbfr NewFaces, Physicals, & HonorSystem Featured by ROTC Course This Term CimbNMem Sf OBSERVATIOl&fiiT K-^y: SAUAGHet SUttlfiMEMT A Close-up: f^d^fBt G a l l a g h e r was ^ ^ to leant about a hade JJ7 t o the President's office. Dfcde* leads to a hack stairJ J me and of which leads to The Freshman President, Buell Gordon Gallagher to the sidewalk. ftm arited whether fids stair(m vs* used aa a means of iMMb ^tw«gfc** laughingly tfd aou Ha insistod that the grifCMe was used to bring lud ^ to the faculty room affairs am held By Jerry Rosea and Jerry Lndwig Buell Gordon Gallagher, CCNY'S illustrious freshman, can't quite be called a "Jack-of-an-yrades," but his background is varied enough to qualify him for the titie of "Jack-of-many-trades." His is the background of a man who has been active both in and out of education. He is a man whose reputation is one of liberal, tolerant thought. He has been called a man of ideals and a man of action. Stadeat VIPs Get Behind The President—BueU Gallagher Gallagher The eopoimtwtent of Buell O. Gatkf^r to the preeidencg of thia i: tthfeheeraieed coneiderabte hope \ ni epocnJetion among the student >' U&. Beprtnted below are the opm- • ] im of student "leaden" em the; i , Vice I tUak it would be very diffi0$ to find a better man. He noas willing and able to let dahpts have a share in govemag the College. He has respect ik the individual. It's a wonderMguag. Qdme Schwarta, Ex-Ti . ef Student CoundU ' Btfe a very dynamic person. Bft charming, eager, and willing niesra about students at CCNY, dlof which makes for very good eat- Ptesident Gallagher is a very fnd man. He is bound to do fMd for the College, •anan J. Cohan. Mantrnj Edi•WiOP. Ks obout time this school had tfiesident who is not ovsrburby age, introversion, preand overbearing adminassistants. Gallagher is greatest thing to hit City since Grand Slam. ent Gallagher impresses •* as being the student's version da college president. He seems •Smg to listen to and weigh * tbades of student thinking. Ih. Gallagher is bringing a ^ y refreshing personafity to the * • of president of Crty Col*^- His frank approach and to deal with students;, go far in promoting a'« relationship between stu-" faculty, and Data on Dr. Buel Galoghor's Predecesors of City CoOege. He foMows a Dr. BwH a OaUagher is the seventh have held the past befote IMB. of diffcrest ootlooks srd «f the "Free Oft JaMaiy 27, ttttl Dr. Ike MS men'of the first fintdaon He enOed the the nary man, Gomel Atenaader & to the very threshold of the depression, when, m ItgT, Dr. can be givento}Webb, a civil war rredenfli B. the masses . • controlled • - .|led the collect not bv the privfltged few. but by iaing of «henew cenmiy. Under the John H. Fmley. a New York possibly the hictocy ef the college. Many ed Webster.durimt theiTnaas edrtoc, assumed the fl»cts ap-(to ISIS. ) Sidney E. the yean from I S t l led He is an ordained minister of the Congregational Church; an artful phrasemaker: "I ant prejudiced against fascism and against communism, but beyond that. I am prejudiced against practically all forms of prejudice.*' Or "a college ought not to stand as an academic sentinel defending its traditions. It ought to be, as it is increasingly becoming, a working part of the community, reaching to where the people are," he said. President Gallagher, by his record, has long been a champion of the rights of minorir ties. He feds so strongly about n e e intolerance that for a decade he and his fan*' ily lived in the heart of (be deep south refusing to conform to the Jim Crow lawn. These liberal leanings have found expression through, unong other fhannrts, his wotk as National Vice-prear lent of the NAACP (Nationtl Association for the Advancement of Colored People). He has written three books on the subject of race relations: "Color and Conscience: The Irrepressible .nflict"; -Portrait of a PU. . im: A Search for the Chrisr; Way in Race Relatione"; : 1 American Caste and the - -rro Coflege." Gallagher had a brief whirl •htics in IMS. He was then r:ng ethics at the Pacific •«,] of Religion in California, •. i was persuaded by the urg.^s of local labor and liberal • aders to run for Congress. Running as a supporter of the Fair Deal program, he was defeated in a close race. Dr. Gallagher comes now from Washington Where he recently resigned his post as Assistant U. S. CoaaaniMiMwr of TMt OllilVATION K>$T at. Mtt freshman President-Continued ascending to the Presidency of tional interest American techhis wcceseori, and although only nical superiority depends on the City College. :• young man of forty when he maximum use of trained perPresident Gallagher, Who mar.' < ame President of the College, sonnel, he believes. ried a former campus classmate '...> ten year reign was the moat He also recognises the vajue of in 1827, has two children, IfaryeL j -rogressive and enlightening that Federal scholarshipa to enable a junior at Oberlin College, and the College had ever enjoyed up those qualified to have more easy Barbara, who is a high school u, that time. access to higher education. senior. There Is every reason to beHe stand* firmly for the tights : • ve that Dr. Gallagher has the of teachers to express their poAs President of one of the litical opinions. Those in the •tine potential that Pinley poslargest colleges in the world. Dr. teaching profession should have . ssed when he stood on this Gallagher has some very definite the same rights in such matters .-.milar threshold of office. ideas on what a college should as all other voters, he b e l i e v g ^ Gallagher, President at fortyrepresent and what its position tight, is one of the comparatively Dr. Gallagher's record seems to should be in the community. younger men to hold that office; show that he has the background A great school such as City and experience for thia job. Finley, at forty, was the youngCollege should, he believes, -have i st. By coincidence, Fin'ey also But what do the majority of tentacles everywhere." It should the students expect from their •as an author of note, had a vatouch the lives of everyone in the President? What are the require* : •tly of interests and activities, community in some way. nd held a position similar to iments they feel must be met? A school such as ours, with a Perhaps the following are a few toat which Dr. Gallagher has renon-resident student body, pre- | of the questions they would like • ntly resigned as Commissioner sents a special opportunity in Dr. answered: • • Education. An interesting sideGallagher's opinion. He feels it is j • Will he be popular with stu-:ht is that at age 29, when Galimperative that "each student ; dents and faculty? I >uher was inaugurated as Presifeel a sense of partkipaMon and j aWill his rulings be .nist? • :• nt of Talladega College, in belonging.** Alabama, it was Finley who • Will he recognize the rights Commenting further on college 'of all student groups? :: ;tde the inaugural speech, at! (.JHater's request. j problems. Dr. Gallagher asserted j • Will he work tor the further that he does not plan any drastic enlightenment and advancement But more important, the simchanges or revisions in the pres- of the College? .:ar:ty between the two extends ent procedure. As he phrasfd it: -If into their respective per• WiU he enhance the reputa"There may be a few colleges tion of the College? nalities. Dr. Gallagher, as his both college and community. One During the period of his presirecord clearly indicates, has a entrance opened on the campus, dency at the Alabama school, he with difficult problems where a • Will he guide us with a flair for getting things accomp- and the other opened on one of managed to continue his studies, drastic surgical approach would steady, yet unobtrusive hand' II hed, and as was Finley, he can the main streets of the town. The and in 193d he received a Doctor be helpful. But in most cases I • Will he be more than a figi>v quite dogmatic at times when Negro student at the college and of Philosophy degree from Co- think an institution must be al- urehead and less than an auhe believes that a certain thing the white townsman used the lumbia University. In 1943, Ober- lowed to develop * naturally in thoritarian? should be done. same entrances. There was no lin (Ohio) College awarded him terms of its own past, its unique • WiU hs be able to gxba the "back door** which would have the degree of Doctor of Divinity. needs, and its relation to the respect and* cooperation of the Past Record As the thesis for his doctorate larger community." Board of Trustees and the PresiGallagher, hailed in the Metro- meant segregation. His efforts also at the Pacific at Columbia, Mr. Gallagher wrote Above all. Dr. Gallagher is of dents of the other three Munipolitan press when he was an"American Caste and the Negro the firm opinion that "the disnounced as the Board of Higher School of Religion in California College" based on his experience tinction between town and gown cipal Colleges? where he taught after leaving Can Gallagher come through? Education's choice for this presiat Talladega, the first of the must be broken down, and the In his own words: T h i s is the dency, is a man of personal Talladega, further indicate that three books Dr. Gallagher wrote college must lead the way. Edtiling I've been getting ready for charm and his colorful back- he is a man of tolerant beliefs. on race relations. ucation has got to come out of its aU my life." ground should mors than stir the The Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, is a post- "Color and Conscience: The Ir- ivory tower and be an active interest of the students. graduate institution for advanced repressible ConfUct," which was force in all parts of community One respect in which the new religious training. Although a previously quoted from, was pub- life." President's background is very Congregationdlist himself. Dr. lished in 1946 by. Harper & Brosw, "I think City College can play {Continued from Preceding Page) definitely of interest is his earnGallagher's classes at the school and went through three print- a great role in making New York ROTC. charges of communism <st and unceasing fight against the community it can and should and anti-semitism being hurled represented all religious sects, ings. racial bigotry and intolerance. As be." from the various Protestant deat the coUege, and censorship of In 1946, Dr. Gallagher also the New York Times said in a nominations to rabbi's and Greek student publications. It was these wrote a fictional work on the ap• vcent editorial, he acquired his Orthodox clergymen. President Gallagher, since takcritical issues that led to the plication of Christian ideals. This color-blind" attitude at TallaDr. Gallagher's etforts and acing office, has been questioned eventual resignation of Rcbinson book was not a novel, but rather dega, a small Negro college in complishments both at Talladega on many of the controversial isNelson P. Mead, then chaira collection of simulated clipAlabama, where Gallagher was sues of the day. and at the Pacific School show pings, editorials, and brief writ man of the history depertment President from 1933-1M3. that he is a man of high ideals, a On loyalty oaths, his position is was appointed acting president ings woven together. "Portrait of When Dr. Gallagher accepted I man who will stand up for a that the loyal citizen should not of the college in 1336, but rea Pilgrim: A Search for the the invitation to go to Talladega, : principle and who will practice hesitate to take such an oath, but signed in 1941 to return to his Christian Way in Race Relahi addressed himself to the role his own sermon. "compulsory oaths are ineffective teaching duties. tions," sold 70,000 copies and was which a Negro college had to The Board of Higher Educawidely used as a study book in because one who already conplay in a segregated rural comtemplates the high crime of tion then appointed a math proProtestant churches throughout munity. Ha came to the conclu- ! Bom in Rankin, Illinois, the treason would scarcely hesitate to fessor, Harry N. Wright to the the country. sion "that the basic task of an son of a Congregational minister, add the minor crime of perjury." acting presidency, still ponderall-Negro college was to work it- {much of Dr. Gallagher's youth After leaving Talladega in 1943, ing a permanent man lor the Dr. Gallagher has taken a self out of exist-'nee by trans- ! was spent in parsonages in Mon- and spending the interim years job. stand opposing the use of labels forming the society around it." jtana? North Dakota and Minne- as Professor of Christian Ethics The rest of the story is known. Later, Dr. Gallagher, as a re- sota. He attended Carleton Col- at the Pacific School of Religion, for libel and the methods of SenIt stretches over a period ot world ator Joseph R. McCarthy, Repubsult of his added experiences in j leg". Northfield, Minnesota, where Dr. Gallagher joined the United war. a quest for unity, and above lican of Wisconsin. • Xpgro college, and after further i he received his Bachelor of Arts States Office of Education in 1949 aU—peace. Today President Galand he resigned his most recent He approves of draft deferorving the cancer of bigotry. degree in 1925. lagher takes over the "experifame to further conclusions. As j Dr. Gallagher later studied at position as Assistant U. & Com- ments for college students. caUment" from President WrigbL thefn necessary in the naso forcefully wrote in his \ the Union Theological Seminary, missioner of Education tSoioc and Conscience: The and in 192t was awarded the Irrepresfble Conflict": * Bachelor of Divinity degree from "The necessity of social at lion school. He was, upon his should be clear without argu- graduation from the Seminary, ment. No matter how much the ordained as a minister in the individual here and there may Congregational Church, thereby wish to live by the Christian following in the footsteps of his ethic, he cannot freely do so in father. •he present American caste sysHe studied at the London ? m. He is prevented and inhibit- School of Economics in 1930. and : at every turn by the patterns from 1931-1933 he was minister • • •:' segregation, the laws and cus- of the Pint Congregational} •• ms and pressures of his society, Church in Passaic X?w Jersey. \ and the w wit ml ihncr tensions The years between 1933 and nd tears which fntstrate his ef- , 1943 w r e spent at Talladega, the forts and weaken his purposes." young minister having left the. He believes that the "dual job pulpit in order to assume th^j .>f education and of social engi- presidency of the small Alabnma! neering is mach more than ser- college. It was at Talladega, as Ticntatog and preachment and we have mentaon^d, that Dr. Gal>ok writme. It is high minded. lagher took such in increasing innoemk pecscnal commitment. terest in the piobhinjw of the : :.w wMe and fearless social ac- Negro, and where ha formulated ' .Ml." * many of his iiberal ideas. Dr. GaUagber did mant than When he became president of A .'3te in correcting this soda! the all-Negro college, he said: "I < •v . 1 . At Talladega, be raised do it becau-e I will have an opAir": :nds and built a hbtnry to sen— portunity to live what I preach.*" t WIU if to K e y Fit? Dmtm . . . y^frfrp—** t t HH THE OKERVATION POST B u d GraBcicik^p By WaHar R. Porget. ^•f* PurceU Replaces Lloyd; Krakower Hew Supervisor Two men with a total offifty-nixyean of servioe to the CoUege have reeently been ap» pointed to two of the higheat poaitious in the Department of Hygiene, thoae of Oiainnntf and Supervisor of Hygiene classes. Professor Raymond P. PuroeU, new Chainwan of tha j * mm looked soberly out of the window, his pale blue eyes mti to thought behind his gold rimmed glasses. His thumb •atlsvly back and forth across his lower lip as his forehead ^ k M i p deep thought ffear, fatigue, and futility is the prevailing temper of our time.' Bedded quickly in his chair and leaned forward to emphasize £ foint t h e hope for the world is transmuting these words into a t^Om i* 1 * Ua w o r l d t**0* * n d Pcosperity. The UJf. is far km pstfsrt it ia to be supported, used, and improved. It ia gs best agency we have for the job that has to ha done." He icflected for a moment, offered a cigarette to the reporter, j^cgatinued. I f c UN. has given us what the League of Nations should have. B* ve did at San Francisco is what we should have done at VergBuWe are like the man who is always missing his bus. We must fcsfaat we have to do now, not what we should have done twenty If we realize what we have to do in order to insure ja& there is hope for us. If we think the job is done, there is 4 Department has been teaching here for forty-one years, while Processor Hyman Krakower has been a member of the faculty since 1930, excepting a six-year break during which he was affiliated with Townsend Harris High School. Professor Krakower's new assignment is to the job previously held by Colonel PurceU. The new Chairman has no immediate plans for bettering and enlarging his department. "Right now" he said in an interview with the Observation Post several days ago "I have no plans, other than getting the department off to a good semester. Well jurt attend to our knitt" twos our first meeting with the newly appointed President. ing." The Colonel indicated that . b€s not stand on ceremony" were his first words as we waited he would like to enlarge the inbiteroomadjoining bis office. He had come out to greet us and tramural program at the Colleger rier«into his office. Before we knew it, we were sitting comas soon as possible. For this, he tohMy en the sofa, accepting a cigarette. His words soon became will need more money with vhich to operate, and therefore MR art more meaningful. We facetiously asked why he smoked ;he plans are only very tentative Kotda'king-sized cigarette. ai this time. "Yea get more for your money" he answered, a boyish smih One change that wiU be put oaaeg his sensitive face. When he smiles, his chin,- square ami into effect immediately is the ininvt, stems to jut out even more than it actuaUy does. stallation of the entire women's A prepared list of questions was almost forgotten as he easily Hygiene program in the gymnafKcd hem one topic into another. We were discussing Academic sium at Manhattanville. btedoai and freedom of speech. Professor PurceU began at the Thsre is no ahsolnto rfeht" ho said. "Every right has with CoUege as an Assistant Tutor, it mm rasponsihitity." Ha singlod out Senator McCarthy. "By receiving $400 for the job. "Even •Mriaatiag tha character of other people, McCarthy is irrain 1910 it wasn't much money," naadhly using tha right of freedom of speech." Each wosd was laughed the Colonel. "In the sumpondered and dalivesed with candor. "This is a man mer we used to seD shoes. Some F. Pnreefl m thought to oussalves, as ha sat there with ques» of the boys worked in the wheat New Department Seed firad at him. From time to tune his easy smile puncfields of Kawas, while othern slaved m the coal mines." <E£Note. Now he spends his suaa^ of today live a more complex life than they did twenty msrs slaving in Colorado.) he remarked, in answer to our question, "And in that Professor PurceU attended seretheir Uves are more difficult" He closed his eyes momeneral colleges as an undergradwfa% tbialnng deeply. ate, among them New York UniTtm wants to possess his own souL He wants peace. Personal versity, Oswego State Normal ntniy can come by flight from the complexities of life today." CoUege, Harvard College, and the Befawnedfor a second. "That's the coward's way out—an empty at. Ihe important thing," and here he leaned forward again, "the Dr. Arthur Des Grey, newly color photography, and hopes to United States Army School for appointed Faculty Manager of get some of his shots printed in Officers. He also studied at apntrnt thing is to maintain poise in the midst of battle." Teachers College of Columbia Be took out his naU-file and concentrated on removing a speck Athletics here at tho college and professional magazines. Howard Spohr, affectionately University. He spent two years (ftrtfrotn his naiL We asked him his first impressions of City known as "Chippy," has been in the army in World War one, Wtagfc He was quick to answer, his sincerity manifesting itaelf in with the college since 1938 rising from a second lieutenancy <••? wnd be uttered. an Administrative Assistant to to the rank of captain. He became "We need all kinds of schools", he said "We need Ivy League the Athletic Association. Taking a fuU Colonel during World War "hd* private schools, and municipal coUeges. City CoUege takes a five year stretch in the army, IL hpheenot in competition with other kinds of colleges, but in comhe was a lieutenant colonel from The Colonel and Mrs. Purctfl with itself—to be its own best." 194! t'. 1945. are the proud parents of a sen tobanoitber boastful nor apologetic with respect to A N vv Yorker, he attended and a daughter. Wexeoogaisa that NYU ;..".•-: was a star member of Associate Professor Hyman a. We dowt hawa to prove that we Krakower has been affiliated do not jseld to the danro of ottaar with the CoUege since 193d. In os JMUBHRB coaaoatwaBB OHSV CSBHBS ©» sflBtisoBtfy* ".36 he left for six years to be•rkaned bade in his chair, smoothing his slightly enriy brown ome Super visor ef Hygiene Ac* * • » gaae wandered slowly over to the window and the street t vitiss at tha Townsend Harris ^•f- The traditions of high scholarship and integrity here mean High SchooL He returned in 194t *»nehasw enough to do at City College if we succeed in canyand has been a member of the ^f htwanl the traditions of a great inheritance." Department of ffeeenally." and a tone of pride gently tempered with humility since. He is a graduate of New j y h f e his voice, "pesaonaUy, I wouldn't trade jobs with any other York Univenity. * * * resident in the country." He lit a cigarette. "I wish we all •» ftrt way—students, faculty and administration." Pes Grey ami "Chippy' New Sports Managers # • » • • w « edsed if he had any immediate, specific plans for the better • • * * the college. 1 nly on my colleagues among students and faculty to wort J * • » » t h a t we can best caeiy out the job for which we are here. r * * 1 * one anm can wreck this college, no one man can, by ^ y da very mucfa. We must all work together." •edbewsed the many problems that arise during the . • * Wtoester. DiiVereaces of opinion on important subjects have students and administration, between faculty of students. is' is not B ear one his assistant, Mr. Howard Spohr, can hardly be called to the field of sports. Dr. Des Grey, who has been teaching Hygiene at City CoUege for the past twenty-five years and holds the position of ant profesaot in the Hygiene Department, competed in trade and the track swimming while an ate at New York Univenity. A hunting enthusiast, the War) Department anarded ,u— -"*•* - ' War Service Award in He recently entitled -Camping—A G and enjoys athletic Or. Dea Grey dabfees in Moods* THE OBSttVAHON POST 22. 1962. m^mm^^mt Rvt DejwrtmeBfs Chone Chairmen; NewDeoo of Educotfep MATH chairman of the City Philosophy sen n of eftbeHygiMe to the of fhre den new Dean ef SOCIOLOGY "I'm delighted to be back at the college after so many years, and feel quite proud to return aa a chairman," declared Professor Charles H. Page, newly appointed head of the Sociology Department. Professor Page, who is no stranger to City CoUege having taught here twice before, was bqm in Tonawanda, a small town m New York State. He received his BA from the University of Illinois in 19S1. and his PhD. from Columbia in 1939. He had been teaching at Smith College for the past six years when he received word of his appointment as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at City College. He r e p l a c e s Professor Burt Aginsky, who retired at the end of last semester to begin a sabattieal leave. PHILOSOPHY "To develop. broaJen. and clarify the student's thinking on the fundamental perennial problems which underlie aU the sciences and social sciences is the fundamental purpose of philosophy in a Liberal Arts college such as our own," said Dr. Jienry Magid, new ly, no college does better w<*k ig electrical engineering. This « aU tested to by the number of grad. ..uate students at MXt who did their undergradugte wotfc at City." he said. - i>;- George W. Gamaoo. who placed Prof. Hubert as the new Or. Magid received hit Bache-| ,i.airman of the Math Departtor's in Coluadria in 193(0 and bis< ment, baa taught at various PhD. in 1940, also at Columbia.! schools aad^voUeges throughout He spent four years in the Army, the United States. DBAFTING attaining the rank of Captain. After receiving his degree at Previous to that. Dr. Magid had Alfred N. Appelby, for thirty taught at Brooklyn CoUege. Princeton he taught part time at two years a teacher in tto DraftThe Case School ot Applied Sci- ing Dept., has replaced Prof. When asked about any advice ence and Arts and at Princeton. George C. Awtenreith as Chairhe might have for students inBefore coming to City College in man of the Department. terested in Philosophy. Dr. Ma1937, where he presently holds A member of the American Asgid pointed out that as a vocathe position of Associate ftrofes- sociation of University Professors, tion, the field was limited to col><ir, he taught at De Witt Clinton and the American Society of lege teaching. "However" he High School and at Lehigh Uni- Electrical Engineers, he devotes continued. "Social Science, Hisversity. much of his spare time to retory, and Literature majors When asked if any changes wiU search in the field of structural would do weU to minor in Philosbe made in the Department, Gar- geology. ophy if they wish to derive maxrison replied, "I don't see any imum value from their studies. changes in any of the policies of MECH. ENGINEERING "Dr. Magid also advised studsnts the Math Department at the pres- George A. Guerdon. Associate not to take Philo 1 in their FreshProfessor of Mechanical Engisr ent time." man year but to wait a few seSeplaeed . . . He is married and lives in New eering, has succeeded Professor mesters until they have the propat City College began in 1924 York City with his wife and Gustave J. Bischoff as chairman er educational background to alof the Mechanical Engineering when he became a tutor in the daughter. low them to derive maximum Dept. Prof Guerdan, who reDepartment of Education. In 1941 value.from the course. he was aopointed Director of the ELEC. ENGINEERING ceived a Bachelor of Mechanicd The Electrical Engineering De- Engineering degree "with disCollege's Educational Clinic. EDUCATION I partm»nt has a new chairman. tinction" from Stevens Institute In addition to his work here. Professor Harold H. Abelson Professor Abelson has also taught Prof. Henry Hansteen. He re- of Technology, in 1925, has be .-a has been named Dean of the in Summer sessions at the Uni- places the old Department head, a member of the department for School of Education. He succeeds versities of Colorado and Cornell, Harold Wolf. A graduate of the past sixteen years. Before teaching at CCNY, ProDean Egbert Turner who retired and at Hunter CoUege. For the Brooklyn Polytech. the new EE last June to begin a sabbatical past four years be has been pre- chairman took his Masters and fessor Guerdan was a member of leave. senting a course at the New Doctorate in physics at Columbia. the engineering faculty of his Al"Professionally and scholastic- ima Mater for six years. Professdk- Abelson's Ion* career I School for Social Research. , GRAND OPENING THE j t i m n t m S T A R T HH» W t n n n t u i t NEW COMPLETE COURSE in preparation for the coming ejoam&aations /or BMG&LAK UCBN8B a* IN ELEMENTABY SCHOOLS . — l i c e — No. 1 NEW CAMPUS GRIDDLE " It ;: Pee*ie*Hense, 7 Easl 15*Street (Nr.E'way),N. 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But where does that leave the CCNY Community, which is so sorely lacking in material proof of its own existence? Sleeping quarters exist in Manhattanville, but the money to maintain them is yet to be appropriated by the City of New York. The 250 people who regularly roomed on the campus are forced to seek private rooms in the neighborhood or return borne because of high rents. With them go our one answer to the charge of "subway colleges." Our attraction for athletes ban been dimmed enough by the new athletic policy and now shattered by the absence of any place on campus for a ball player to sleep. It seems strange, that the Fire Department will allow students to attend classes in a fire-trap and not room in it It's the old story of the richest city in the world failing to provide more than a bare minimum for one of its most essential services, education. Dormitory living at Army Hall provided the core of extra-curricular campus life. Many of the people who were able to live in the low cost rooms, and thus avoid long trips from the outskirts of the city, now have to drop out of school. Manhattanville is still merely a promise and the Student Union Building exists only as a model decorating the Alumni House. It is definitely a set back to the feeling of a home away from home and general school spirit which are unfortunately so fk president should be a leader, a policy, a man who is looked up to and respected In the wake of the recent shakeup in the Hy- tenuous here. Our only outlook is a pessimistic one since' ftk students. He should not bt>a powrless giene Department, in which those men who were funds for the overhaul and maintenance of existafigucewithout substance and guts. closely associated with the formation of athletic, Jke president should be an impartial judge who ^ partjeulariy basketball, policy have lost their ing Manhattanville dorms is dependent upon to all areas of student opinion before former positions, it is curious that Nat Holman municipal funds, the majority of which will end up in faulty sewers. We have no other answer to a decision. He should not be swayed has seenfitto take a year's leave of absaice. As basketball coach, and Supervisor of Coaches but nevertheless, we mourn the passing of dormiitgnwp or an individual's reputation, but let he certainly had something to do with the athletic tory lif e. rfcrfB decide the case. \ 3fe president should maintain good public re- situation at the college. Surely, in view of the tf this to be done by releasing all reports* reassignment of Professors Lloyd and Winograd, f QUtJ^U Rf^t^HMStiTf^lt inot playing cat and mouse with the press. and the reliering ofBobby Sand[from his coach^ ^' mercifully changed,' m Ho,m ade should insure academic freedom f ^ L *•: ^ ***%?*<£*' ^|f its meeting time from Friday to Wednesday. We tit College. By academic freedom we mean 0^^^t^J0qUUfy\^Le0mSL *£ hope that along with this innovation, will come l{i) students should not be discriminated n*m^m^I^ Z^ZJ?* a change in attitude ftom one of piocnistinating because of political beliefs, (2) profes- way, then it is perfectly permissible for lum to iaameMaeB t o sincere concern f o r stud^t prob. sboold not be discriminated against because take his leave, and resume his coadung duties ^ ^ beliefs, as long as it does not interfere upon his retura. Too often in the past we have discovered ^ their elassroom teaching, (3) students However, a formidable obstacle which c<mfronts ^ ^ i m i n e r e e d te a parfi^entary embroglio allowed to hear speakers of their choice us in reaching a decision as to the needs for, and dsi^MA t o ^ ^ the 8esgion laat ^ t h e ^ y •ili»ake up their own minds on the issues. merits^t' ^ f ^ S f S ^ ^ S ^ SI morning. Too often, also, have we seen agendas tfesune time he should not let the political facts. Early in 1951 the Board of Higher Educa- f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ {w ^ *••*» take advantage of these principles. cation created a committee to »»ves*gate •tW^ entire meeting to run its course. ^presKientahouM bo progressive, in that he tics at the college. This *ovegrew directly out p e r l i a p 6 Council's languor is a result of the Itereceptive to new educational theories, of the disclosure that some CCNY players had ^ ^ doled ^ ^ iindcp ^ ^ Chartep "%ds«f instructing .nd student participation •wcepted bribes tofixbaseball games. The com- 1ever ^ B l athe fromthecumut i o Banswer, S t ^pertapsit we thinksuffers the withering away of ^tteaflWrs of the iireitution. He should not be mittee issued a report With the disclosure that ^ ^ Ukmm of past representatives. WhatBrooklyn's student government is handwriting we want a tough, honest and enlight6 iy tradition. so™ marks of certain athletes had been altered once more asked toeligibility, investigate athletics at was the on the wall for us, since nobody there seems to so as to insure their the committee of course, that the standards we college. This was in the fall of 1951. miss it very much. '«*merated are very high and would be difThings are looking up with this term's body Almost a year has passed, but the committee's tteIwe up to, even if someone tried to do so. report is still closed to the public having already met prior to the start of the after listening to Dr. Gallagher adFor the first time in the history of CCNY, the semester, something quite unprecedented. OP, 'the Freshman Assembly and later. Student students are paying a compulsory athletic fee. Coancfl's severest critic, wiU be on hand, anxious and __ having spoken to In additiontoother interests in the athletic pro- to applaud every move we think worthy of n representative pariiaaeent of thatiTwilliiveuptoinis^ifiiotaii; gram, the statorts now have a material owe We that we have listed. ^ ^ have arighttotawwwhat to been, and agoing * w * not be disappointed in onr on in the gygiene Dyittmwt^ IT the shakeup mtbe Department» dae to the we woold like to congratolate Dr. findings of the Miit This year's crop of cnl|y large, as robust and as fresh an ever. We • k** right to know why aak that they provide freely of their vitality, We hope, also, that his fre*~ which is yettohe modified by the ever forward atlMNBeatOty ef the Jwiortand Senaov* and the'alight of the Sophomores. We are ^ ' K4he T ^presidency L t a n w of nf City Citv College. crni^* «»»«l touch whwh won for him the respect of tie offer our congratulation* and beet the administration and the affection of the students. Prof. PurceU proved to be a friend when tort, long and snccegsful stay. one was needed and a capable counselor when (frUfffba* takes on a job with numerous advice was sought _ end difficulties. Ths athletic situation, inherited an athletic situation jM^Hnieotal shake-ups, the budget—these .The . h. Colonel . b.o t ht mhas ,, ited ^STSmU the complex problems with T f * « * de!icate-one which ? the ! new imaar will have to grapple. demands a great deal of foresight and patience. AMT prexy wiu nave to grapple, Ia the year* thai be baa been faculty advjuor to ^tflMMredo not know too much about Dr. What we have heard has been en- the Observation Post, he has shown an abundant but we have not seen him in action; supply of both these essential qualities. With IttotTtfter aU, is the only valid criterion on these factors in mind, we know that this situation will be clearly and honestly resolved. It is not an to judge & man. obligation, but rather a recognition of his perhowever, have our concepts of what a merit which has prompted the writing of \ ot a coUege, City College to be exact, sonal this editorial. I aid should not be. fepraident should be a man who represents If his appointment heralds a new era of above\Cdk&, is a part of it, and fights in its inter- board dealings in athletics, then this phase of Be should not be a docilefigureheadfor the college life will ceasetobe punctuated with the painful pangs of past unhappy memories. Under 1 d Higher Education. Prof. PuroelTs administration, integrity will be should be a man who stands on kiga tso feet, is firm in his opinions and ideas the by-word in the Department of Hygiene. He comes to this new post armed with the l^eaks freely—and from the heart We do tnst a politician, a smooth talker, a fence above, traits and supplemented by a record of tt'm general, someone who evades the issues. forty-one years of faithful service to the College Ihefttsident should have his door open to the and to the community behind him. ; and to their problems. He should not be That he is qualified, no one can dispute; that a figure apart and above from the he will succeed, there is no doubt dilemmas that beset the College and its MniormuUion, Plem#e owthe Raymond F. Pvcel, of the Ojgfene De- af the a chnnce to hope they take advaatace of for a few IML YOU CAN SAVE BY BUYING GOOD USED BOOKS AT BARNES & NOBLE Correct editions always*-at savings of 30% to 4 0 % NEW BOOKS ARE AVAIIAB1E AT CASH DISCOUNTS CONVERT YOUR OLD TEXTBOOKS INTO CASH AT B&N Highest prices are paid for those books you may never use again. Sell them now before time makes them worthless! COME &O064 ** TO BARNES & HOBLE, INC America's largest textbook dealer 5Hi AVENUE and I M STREET. NEW YORK tt no. mt OKHWAIKM tea 1 Along The Sidelines 109a Bavaa Polaeskr, VMfeRepk<tNet,B«bbiA RethsdM ReappoiateJ Setter Head By Hatschal Missaasan .WMi Ed Uptoi— Dave Polansky, fo^ner coach of the Commerce Center hoopsters. has been appointed to the post of vanity baaketbaU conch for the 1952-'53 aeaaon, H wan announced by ProfesHi up i»att in any field is selOom fired. One who has been in MM* «9t quite consistently must save face at any cost. If he sor Raymond P. PurceU, Chairman of the Hygiene Department. jT^nnir^ sense, he realizes when the time has come to • At the same time, Werner Rothschild was renamed as soc-—i4 that his presence is no longer deemed desirable by his cer coach, and George Wolfe was ^ j » is usually asked to submit his resignation. Only if he given over tha reigns of the nhe dumped uncerimoniously out into the cold, cruet world frosch dribblers. -^Memployed; a very ignoble fate for a man of great stature. With the exception of Roths4Mr wnfe only as a last resort is he fired. child, the appointments were •^%. • * • made to fill the posts left open B* lbs graal and near great in the educational field are by the recent shakeup in the Hy- with still anothar peida-sahraging device, the sabbatigiene Department, by Nat Holman's decision to take a year's — _ - - Tbe individual leave* the school far six months, or a •^ j m w n a ^ taking a well earned vacation, and then slip* leave of absence. jfcfY ant ef the picture as soon as he is out of the puMic Rothschild, along with Sol Mishkin, baseball coach, and freshman lacrosse mentor George It»a curious coincidence that at a time when his underlings Baron, had been advised not to ilaHMricers are being demoted at a rate faster than that at which expect reappointment, because fcDodfns 0 ° dissipate a five game lead, Nat Holman has decided they are non-faculty personnel. bake *t|ip to Europe. No decision will be made on the 1 * • * Mat Holman (above) reappointment of the latter two* until sometime nent year. (Misanly. we would say that Mr. Holman will return after Dave Polaaaky (sight) ef absence and once mote lead the hoop team, at the The posts of assistant basket 011(901119 and incoming Hoop Mentor* ball and baseball coach, as wel j*trflbe«»-'S« as that of leader of the freshmai hoopsters were vacated by Bobi tie doubt, however, that NM will be back. Not because there by Sand, who is still 00 the Col•sir stigma attached to his name. For there isn't. He will not lege Payroll, although he has no gtpmfara much more heart-rending reason. He would be lonebeen assigned to any duties. an at City College, the school with which he has been associated trtfaBty-three years. Dr. Lloyd and Dr. Winograd are still in the Rothschild returns to the tean tpae Department, but no longer hold down their old posts. that he piloted to the Met ChamMkf Sand's status at CCNY is very much in doubt. At any rate, As adept at drillmg teeth ayfr pionship last year. His team com-1 piled an 8-1 record last year, bu kvfll probably not be returned to his coaching duties. How, then, odd we even think cf returning the old mentor to his former post, he is at handling a foil. Dr. Dan- but this Summer he represented lost several key men, and Roths K he would be surrounded by a sea of strange faces. No, no!! iel Bukantz was one of the six the United States in the'Fencing i child will have his work cut ou le cannot do this to him. even though we lose one of the best representatives of City College at Foils event, for the second con- tor him if he hopes to match las secutive time. year's mark. '. SperviiDr; of Coaches that this school has ever had. Helsinki this summer. Dr. Bukantz was able to make i Polansky inherits a team thatj One of the greatest athletes in many observations while at the! the history of the Lavender, he is Olympics. With regard to thej won but eight out of ninetee presently practicing Dentistry, Russians he said, "They were as games last season. However th team has suffered only one I friendly as any other group, and during the off-season, Jerry GoldJ their competitors were very well and has a better chance of devel^j behaved. I believe that they oping into a well knit unit thi made a very good record for year: themselves". Daniel also stated Professor PurceU, newly ap that the Olympic Games are very pointed chairman of the Hygien important for world peace. He Department said that there wil added however that the emphasis be no drastic change in the cur of the Olympics should be placed! riculum of the Department. Hi Soccer again marks the open- soley on sports, and not on politi- aim will be to enlarge the intra ing of a new year here at the cal matters. —Marcus mural schedule. college. The team will take on the Alumni, September 27. The Beavers can only improve on last years' record in one way—by having a perfect record: In compiling a brilliant Bobby Sand D»- Frank S. Lloyd 8-1 mark, (losing only to RutAffected by Hggiene Shakeup gers) last years* edition of the Cwws rymnby soccer team swept through their la, we can aae poor, lejecfted Nat Hotaaa walking slowly Coach Harold Anson Bruce is opposition to win the Metropolivafte wellbMSen uthwav that leads to tbe very hopeful that this season's tan Championships. by a garden of gently edition of the City College Cross Winning the title this year, Country team will be one of the ia the old however, should prove slightly most powerful squads ever astbe more difficult. Graduation has sembled here at tbe College. Tbe Ua been a crippling factor in reduc- main core of last year's team that of the ing the team's offense. Such star compiled a record of five victories I tbe performers as Billy Galan, Uri and three defeats will return. Simiri, J^e Penabad, and Edozie Gold, colorful piaymelter isbQ, no matter what we may think of tbe man, we cannot Ekwunife are ariong those lost fetsbQ, s tea with a few blase phrases. In thirty-three years* he has to the team through graduation. win have lb* Ma 1 Johnny Koutsantanou is ineligible • » * e p impression upon tbe College. Ike figoes tell only a saaD past of Iba *awy. Ws lemma, •dor varsi^p competition this year. —at»-i<* ttt j wba» diuppinj «•» i s m * * " * * J But on the credit side of the ledge* is the return of last years' two co-captains. Pinky Pincxower. and Poly Fbnlkandntes, and jmany other veterans. & • 4t • 4 Dp picture and he resigns "voluntarily." If he does not feUsman Dan Bakaati Tops At Fencing aad Dental Work Booters Open "52 Campaign This Saturday SPORTS PREVIEW * * * * Holman does no*, belong at City CoUege anymore He y w f c Ibe last vestige of a period in the CoUefe's history that wi i^** 1 1 * WW to forget. AH tbe others wbe had anythiaff to do |fc 1 "***fccmauon of atMetic policy leading «* to MM have been jyafcUdi man, wbo spent H&ly-tlnee years of bis 1 * at City J J y d t o s w * fit m with tbe ih.unpbim of ad 2 l . , k * - K* Holman win always be a big-time ^ • n e p b w e for him at CCNY emymere. Best i* Sport* T H i OtSERVATION POCT Page Twefce ALLAGARQO AND WE OLYMPICS TOO Six Beavers in Olympics; Wittenberg 2nd on Mats WresHer Honk Wittenberg Opposed to Team Scormt City College was well i«presented at the recent Olympic Games It is a rarity when one can point to an individual and say th* at Helsinki, Finland. No less than six participants from this College j he suffered a comedown by ONLY copping four out of five Otympj made the trip with the United States Olympic Team. v.-restling matches, to finish second in the individual competiUaa Five members of the United'*' it is rarer still, when this can be* —— _ " States Fencing Squad were peted on the United States epee :«.d about an ex-City College performer in the latter type « which gained the quarter man. In fact it can only be said sport must go through a mud coached by the present varsity squad finals in the Olympic touma-, >f one CCNY Grad, Henry Wit- more harrowing grind. bead of City CoUege, Mr. James meat, while the others were unberg. Montague. Ifcey were Dr. Daniel members of the Foils Squad As for the future. Hank plan, Bukantz, who competed for City which also reached the quarter City's only former Olympic to stay in shape, and possibly # Champion (he won in 1948), Hen- out for the Olympic team in ISM College in 1938 and won the In- finals. Bukantz was able to reach ry feels that the stress on the If he does, CCNY can be sure o 4ereolk<giate Title that same sea-1 the quarter finals of the iftdividunationalistic aspect of the Games having one representative wh son; Albert Axelrod. who cap- al Foil Championship, is a distortion of their original will do the Lavender proud. tamed the 1948 squad that cap- Probably no other City College i purpose. It leads to such things tured the Eastern and National j competiu>r b ^ t f j di$tinguished as subsidization of athletes by inChampionships; N a t L u b e l l . *u:.Mi$J&m3 \JA,<* &&i dividual countries, which alters member of the Beaver team of more than Hank Wittenberg, who the amateur nature of the games. 1937; Hal Goldsmith, a member gained second place in the Free(right) Hal Goldsmith, after compst. of last year's team; and Jimmy style Wrestling Light Heavywith Augusta Eaglas ef the He criticized the ease with ing in tbe 1952 Olympics at Strauch, winner of the National weight Championship by winning which Gold Medals may be ob- Helsinki was assigned to the at HsWnkL Epee Title in 1943. Strauch comtained by performers in team Sixth Infantry Begiment st four out of five bouts. games. Hank said, "A player who turned m Berlin. 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