Long Island University at Brooklyn - Sound Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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J A nm :J it ' f 'Writ -fy, ,,f-' M6 ,..J- fef fjt6flm pxgldtfl ,Hip of 3 with 'fied' ff A, ,U .A tile Y .fgtze V1 ,iw Then. too. you remember the resignation of the original Chairman. Ira Greifer, and the election of Iames A. Rogers to the seat. A new group of officials have just been elected to office and starting next semester they will allocate funds and have a great deal to say on the over-all activities of the students. lt is unfortunate that you will not be in the University to appreciate this new innovation but the old bromide about time and tide tand Graduation, you hopeb has found its mark, The other new innovation, or lack of one, was the Metropolitan basketball scene sans LlU repre- sentation. lt seemed odd when you read the papers or attended the Garden games that LIU was not branded across the chests of some of the players. You remember how, in the past, you went to the games and cheered your head off every time an- other point was added to the University score. You looked forward to the bull-sessions concerning the best players and teams in the city and, no matter who was designated to the top slot, LIU always ranked 'way up there. However, last year's l'fix took care of all of that. This semester there was no yelling and write- ups. The LIU banner no longer hung from the rafters in Madison Square Garden and the old section was occupied with fans from other schools. instead of a powerful Varsity squad the University depended on a Iayvee team instead. ltwas made up of players who were either freshmen or sophomores and, al- though you realized that it was not good school spirit, you never attended any of the games. Where, in past years the corridor in front of the Bursar's office was filled with students hoping to purchase tickets, this year it was conspicuously empty. There was no such a thing as a discount book and there was no reason to have National lnvitation Tourna- ment hopes. You believed, however, that the Ad- ministration did the right thing in banning the sport. lt would remove the illusion from outsiders that LlU was a basketball factory after-all and no matter what happened the court game must go on. You would not hear the slurs that so often filled you: ears in the past and all the critics would be forced to admit their rnisinterpretations, Such words would fall upon you with the greatest delight. For next season the Administration announced that, once again, there would be no Varsity basket- ball game. This will include the banning of the layvee squad as well. There was some adverse criticism to this but most of the undergraduates took it in stride without balking. This attitude was very gratifying to you. Other events pass through your memory very quickly and you do not ponder on them for any length of time. You remember the time you went to a frat dance fthe name escapes youi and the great time that you had. lt was a lot of fun being some- where with your fellow students besides school and you planned on attending similar events in the future. Although the Workshop Theater presented only one play, they performed in their usual fine manner and it was disappointing that you could not see more of their work. The Readers' Club likewise put on some very pleasing performances and you real- ized that the acting groups in the University are quite talented. lf and when the University purchases a theater to house future performances you wonder how these groups can help but build a reputation well known throughout the city, if not the nation. You hang the calendar back upon the wall. You start to walk away slowly and firmly decide that all in all it was a good year. There were moments when you felt like pulling your hair out or thought that an injustice was being done, but these were only petty incidents amongst the great strides for- ward. l952 will always be remembered for the official opening of the Paramount building, the starting of classes on the Davies Estate at Oyster Bay. the passing away of Dr. Metcalfe and the ratification of a Student Constitution. But most of all it will always be remembered as your senior year. -if-

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two very intportant facts. First, l.fr, Knowles was brought in from the outside and he undoubtedly' brought with a wealth of new ideas. Since the ideas of those connected with a University for any length of time tend to go stale, lffr. Knowles thoughts, like a shot in the arm, would undoubtedly benefit the students greatly. The other underlying reason, so important, stems from the fact that the new director of students is only 25 years of age. For this reason he is likely to have a greater understanding of student prob- lems since it was not too long ago that he himself encountered many of these same difficulties. Also since he is of a closer age to the student he will You drag on your cigarette and your thoughts turn to the student activities. A wry smile creases your features now, because outside of the normal functions there were only two new innovations that touched the population of the University directly. The more important of these revolved around the ratification of a Constitution and the formation of a Student Council. For almost four years the stu- dent did not have a voice in how their affairs should be run. A group picked from practically all the or- ganizations was formed to compile a document that would let the students obtain their objective. After probably act more syrnpathetically and bend over backwards in order to aid the student. However there was one piece of news concern- ing the departure of one of the faculty which made you a little depressed-the death of Prof. William Shannon, Music department chairman. Prof. Shan- non's passing came suddenly. He suffered a para- lytic stroke and within a weeks time he succumbed. ' 'iifij T f . '4 . 'L Prof. Shannon was known as a regular guy. He was always willing to discuss problems with the student and exhibited a profound interest in the University, At the time that LTU was movina from the Sclierrrierhorn street building he was fran- tically soarciiiria for adequate auarters for his de- rartrrrerit. lt was then that he told us the 'inside :2tor', f cf r.-.fliy tire University did not purchase the iircclzlyri rf'-.nxxaffiziy llusic. As he spoke you could mrsily' deft-ct his disiiri-gioiritrrierit and it was easy for you to 1l!l1lv'f'Sl'fII1Lfl how the golfing he hqd by mg lfuszc di-g 1:1111 t it tips site I ,ist have blot-,ui tgiyj HIT- -Q working very diligently for four months, the Com- mittee proved that they were very capable of handl- ing the job, As soon as the document was completed the big question was whether or not the students would ratify it. Seawanhakot came out against it, claiming that there were too many questionable points. The two main objections the paper had were that the proposed constitution opened the way for censoring the press and that the Committee who formulated the document should not be allowed to become the Interim Student Council with all power of the Constitution given to it. The Committee retaliated by claiming that the new document would not censure the paper and that it should be allowed to become the lnterim Council in order to run the elections and to explain the workings of the Constitution to the first group of elected officials. The students in voting however, disagreed with Seawanhaka and the new constitution was ratified. This was the greatest step forward that the student body made as a whole since Dr. Metcalfe declared the last student elections null and void in fxfay l949.

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