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

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ALVIN C W BAHNSEN Faculty Advxsor AB Umverslty ot Pennsylvanta 1935 AM Harvard 1939 H1story mstructor Un1vers1ty of Pennsylvama 1941 44 LIU representattve to Conference o Amerlcan Forelgn Pol1cy Colgate Un1vers1ty 1950 51 Moderator Colleg1ate Forum ot the A1r 1947 49 Amerlcan I-I1stor1cal Assoc1at1on Speakers Re search Comm1ttee for UN Member of Theta Chl fraternlty Candldate tor Ph D at Urnverstty ol Pennsylvan1a MARION BRAHM sen1or Sc1ence mayor Chancellor Slgma Omega Ph1 soror1ty Pres ldent Pan Hellen1c Counc1l Secretary Lancet So CIGIY Womens Adv1sory Comm1ttee Anaphy Opt1mates ERNESTO CASTILLO sen1or 21 Chemls try major Tau Epsllon traternlty member Newman Club Greek Soc1ety Member of Chemlcal Soc1ety Pres1dent of Inter Fratermty Counc1l 1951 EKEIEKWU DALLAH sen1or Chemls try ma1or Pres1dent Student Chrlstlan Assoc1at1on Secretary Internat1onal Relatlons Club From N gerla West Atrlca Plans to attend Medlcal School HELEN EEIN sen1or 19 Educatton major V1ce Pres1dent Island House Plan Athena Educa t1on Honor SOCIGIY Readers Workshop Educat1on Soc1ety Women s Advtsory Comm1ttee Sen1or Prom Comm1ttee HY GEWANTER sen1or 4 Veteran Chemtstry ma1or Optlmates Pres1dent Chemlcal Soc1ety Vtce Pres1dent Lancet Ench1r1d1on Engl1sh Honor Soc1ety Eps1lon Alpha Pht Chatrman Semor Prom Comm1ttee Pres1dent Lancet Secretary lunlor Class Secretary Blology Honor Soc1ety Pres1dent Inter Fratermty Counc1l Pres1dent Alpha Mu S1gma Inter nat1onal Relat1ons Club PHYLIS GOLDNER sen1or 20 Educatlon maJor VICE Pres1dent Pan Hellen1c Chancellor Iota Alpha P1 Sorortty Secretary Educatlon Soc1ety Womens Advtsory Comm1ttee Sen1or Prom Com m1ttee CARL PRANCHINA sen1or SY chology mayor Veteran Internat1onal Relatlons Club Counc1l Alpha Ph1 Delta transfer student from Champlam College NORMAN HOROWITZ sen1or 22 Educa t1on ma1or Pres1dent Iuntor Class 1950 Vlce Prest dent Inter Pratermty Counc1l Ph1 Beta Mu Educa t1on and Phys1cal Educat1on SOCISIIGS Constttuttonal Comm1ttee 1950 IOAN MORTON sen1or Psychology malor Secretary Psychology Honor Soc1ety Secre tary Psychology Soc1ety Testmg and Advtsement Plans to take graduate Work 1n Cl1n1cal Psychology IAMES A ROGERS semor ECIUCCI t1onal Psychology malor Veteran Vlce Pres1dent Psychology Soc1ety Opttmates Athena Educatton Honor Soc1ety Psychology Honor Soc1ety Newman Club Educatton Soc1ety T I 1 -' . ' 51 rl ' ...20... ' -v. - ...23..- l- Rllgl' , ' ' . l- IRA GREIFER...senior...2'0...Pre-Med.major. A '...23...P- ' l ' ...22.., . ' ...26... - ' 'I - . I -j.:-.I h'rtt'

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,.,.........-..-Jr IN late November of 1951 a meeting was held by Deans Hudson and deBarritt to discuss the formation of a new constitution for the students of LIU. Leading students in all the school's organizations were asked to attend. LIU had been without a constitution for two years and a previous constitutional committee had failed to formulate one due to the apathy of its members. lt was decided at this meeting that 12 students would be elected to a new committee to attempt, once again, the drawing-up of a new constitution. The 12 students selected were chosen on the basis of their leadership, dependability and experience in constitutional work. One of the first duties of the committee was to select a Faculty Advisor. Clt was deemed advisable that two be chosenl. Mr. Henry Adrian and Mr. Alvin Bahnsen, instructors in the History depart- ment, were selected and agreed to accept the dual position. From that point, the committee moved fast, hold- ing two and sometimes three meetings a weekg each meeting lasting anywhere from one to three hours. The committee appointed lra Greifer as Chairman and Phyllis Goldner as Secretary. Divided into sub- committees, each section worked on one particular phase of the constitution. Within a period of three months the Committee, with the full co-operation of the college, was within two weeks of finishing its task. Only the final cor- rections had to be made before presenting it to the students for ratification. On March 12, 1952 the following article appeared in Seawanhaka, weekly newspaper of LlU: The day for the establishment of Student Govemment at LIU is almost here. The Constitution Committee has turned its com- pleted document over to the English depart- ment for literary suggestions and to Dean Hudson for administrative approval. As soon as approval is received from the Ad- ministration a time will be set for the stu- dents to vote on ratification of the Constitu- tion and its by-laws. The Constitutional Committeemen Few students realize the amount of time and work which the Committee has put into the writing of this new Constitution. It re- veiwed the constitutions of other University Student Governments in the New York area and then proceeded to draw up a form of govemment which was applicable to LIU. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Committee's work was the spirit of com- promise which pervaded in spite of per- sonal preiudices and interests. The goals of the Committee was to devise a Constitution which would best repr-esent the student body and work for the best interests of all the students and the University. That is why the Student Council will represent the entire student body through the r-egular Council members. No club. organization or group within the University will be represented di- rectly as such in the Student Government Association: yet the rights and privileges of all organizations are protected under the Constitution and By-Laws. Another aspect of the Constitution Com- mittee worth noting is the fact that no one member claims credit for the Committee's accomplishments. Each and every member made his or her contribution both as to con- tent and form of the finished document. Both Faculty Advisors, Messrs. Henry Adrian and Alvin C. W. Bahns-en. have nothing but the highest admiration and praise for the display of initiative, construc- tive contributions and cooperation which each member brought to the Committee. They have worked together as a team and believe the Constitution reflects that spirit . . The members of this Committee are: HENRY ADRIAN . . . Faculty Advisor . . . BA Marietta College, 1941. LL.B School of Law, Colum- bia, 1943. MA Columbia, 1948. Former associate counsel of Gwinn and Pell law firm, New York City, 1943-'45. Member of Pi Kappa Delta, national forensic fraternity. Moderator of LIU forum, 1950. Candidate for Ph. D. at NYU. Thirty-six c ,4 titled iligf' flu s1.lZ.,,W: f 10 .,, llfftu' 4:4334 'gfbnfbg' 3 .1 wwf ' gi-l' I r rl , 'dBi5'?5gs.U cttw -Q 'H-:J WMC 1'l twig W in CJJ U4 . . -ie.: milf li:-93351 mir: UL'- Wmi 51 ii ? -- -v iff? .'i..,-1- ' Hrs Sri? M3 35953. . Pail:-1 lf--r : ia... ....... s .. .. . 4.1- ,..... .. lf! 34 we Cixi ,,. . GCIQE Lis. Y x -s A ' V 5' N-nv. . H U-AA., llllfs fits: Clif 31171: VT ...Jun QCQ5 rl .Q QQ, ff- . 1 L ,Cds ' . liflflllli IH.: I - -.u. tm Mc. 1: L H. his.-32-S Llltgdlg . -.uh .H-.A ass' l0RN Shri l'PSi'l5- Pma . .N :- Q ,N l A F' its My tc-it H 't- 'lil 9,537 S Hliirsgl DJ rife?- N51

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THE English department of LIU has accumu- lated a formidable record of achievements dur- ing the past four years. Both in group and in individual undertakings, the faculty of this act- ive department has brought immeasurable prestige to the University. One of their most notable achievements, the inauguration of Enchiridion, an honor society for students of literature, was an enterprise to which many members of the English depart- ment contributed. From the time of its incep- tion early in 1950, Enchiridion instituted a dy- namic program that was geared toward ad- vancing the standards of English literature. After inducting its first members-a mere handful of English majors who were able to meet the high standards of the society fwhich are a 2.5 average in 24 credits of Englishl- Enchiridion held a public symposium. The topic chosen for discussion was The Value of Psychoanalysis in Literary Criticism. Assum- ing the position that psychoanalysis could be put to effective use by the critic were Mr. Howard justin, formerly an instructor of Eng- lish at LIU, and Arnold Friedman, graduate as- sistant in English. Mr. Willard Maas, also of the English department, and Louis Karnpf, past editor of Review, took the negative view. Pre- siding over the forum-which was marked by heated rebuttals from both sides - was Dr. Francesco Cordasco, the popular Associate Professor of English and an authority on Vel- lum Iunius-whose lost letters attacking King George of England he discovered for LIU. Cedric Malin, who upon graduation became the director of LIU's evening division, and is now an English Instructor at the Hicksville branch, suggested the formation of an English honor society. With the aid of the department, he helped to make the idea become a reality. As the founder of the organization, Malin re- mains as its permanent president ex officio. Dr. Cordasco, who contributed the name to the society Can appropriate one, since Henchirid- ios in Greek means: to view something from a raised vantage point or a particular perspec- tivel has performed ably as Faculty Advisor, Eli Barry is the elected President, while Donald O'Shea, Leonard Kent, Arnold Friedman and Al Serling serve as Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary and Historian. Foster The Literateurs Enchiridion is proud to number among its members some of the nation's outstanding poets, novelists, critics and educators. Gilbert Highet and Mark Van Doren of Columbia Uni- versity, and Harry Levin of Harvard are but a few. Frequent acclaim has been tendered vari- ous members of the English department for their research in numerous branches of litera- ture. Dr. Cordasco received recognition for the unearthing of the Iunius papers, Prof. Iames R. Foster, chairman of the department, was given the Monograph award by the Modern Lan- guage Association for his History of the Pre- Romantic Novel in England, published in l949. Mr. Willard Maas is presently lecturing in Ire- land on a poetry grant from a noted founda- tion. During the course of their advanced studies many of the instructors in the English depart- ment have undertaken worthwhile projects in literature. Mr. Arthur Buckley-to whom Eng- lish majors will forever be indebted for his penetrating interpretations of esoteric literary works-is studying for his Doctorate at Boston University and completing a criticism of Mel- ville's Piazza Tales. Prof. joseph Shiffman re- ceived his Doctor of Philosophy degree from NYU for his study of the speeches and writings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Mr. Robert Spec- tor has had published an essay on Smollet's diction in Word Study magazine. iii .' 4 lf an mf 1' wif .sw swf. ME wwf w-'ffm cr-iff: maxi 0:22 msgs mi 'Ik I lfiiflig mm Siren rm-,E Us Fm Uniting fr?-yi j -LW sz WB: gh ME M tbl 'M