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

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T HE WAC serves as hostess during the intermis- sion of all plays produced by our Workshop Theater. The WAC is public-spirited. lt has always been instrumental in the success of the University's Send- A-Child-to-Camp and Christmas Drives. lt has al- ways found her at work in all the important munci- pal drives. A freshman woman student owes much to the WAC, which welcomes her on the opening day of college and throughout the first year helps her to undertake successfully the transition between high school and college. The Women's Advisory Committee was organized some ten years ago with a two-fold purpose. The first-to give every woman student in the University an opportunity to develop and to demonstrate her abilities, and to co-ordinate these abilities for the en- richment of university life as a whole. The second-to secure a diversified group of wom- en students whose advice and cooperation might be called upon in the planning of all matters concerned wholly or primarily with the women students of the University. The membership is elastic: two representatives from each sorority and house plan, together with representatives from departmental and other socie- ties. Any woman student may attend he meetings, held every two weeks. The WAC is an active and highly valuable organ- ization. There are certain responsibilities and privileges which clearly fall within its scope: the planning and the management of the Welcome Teas, held every semester for the new women stu- dents, and of the Teas given annually in honor of the mothers of LIU freshmen. W A O 111 C 11 v S cle Burrill Pan-Hellenic Council, originally known as lnter- Sorority Council, was concieved at LIU in 1928. The Council is a union of those sororities within the Uni- versity which have successfully fulfilled the high standards of admission. The Council works toward certain specific goals: encouraging friendly relations among the various women's groups: stimulating interest in extra-cur- ricular activities: regulating the formation of new sororities: enforcing regulations conceming rush- ing, pledging and initiating new members in in- dividual sororities: establishing and maintaining friendly relations with other colleges in the metro- politan area: and working in close cooperation with the Inter-Fraternity Council. c jc i V :i t i G C .. The members of the Council are proud of their war record. They adopted and supported a war orphan, sent food packages and clothing to the destitute peoples of Europe and aided in the British War Drive. An inter-sorority scholarship award is presented annually to the sorority that has achieved the high- est scholastic average for the previous year. The members of Pan-Hellenic are active in nu- merous college activities and many committees are composed of Pan-Hellenic members. The Pan-I-lellenic Tea is a semi-annual event. lt is the traditional medium of acguainting the fresh- man with the three University sororities now func- tioning on campus. Forty-four IN gepteli her CUPGCH ties Ol UU' iviw Ol ll' sepfifflle H major Iellf lem. lt WC Menordhf The Mei with muiu disseiriirlff ples andll ing betwe llie got qnimously to bring tl lo the not underslar grams so similuritie society hi lt is hc active co between universit Sltllltljng ln the ir these C0 l79fIC6ll1l

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Ogical :ation f next n the clude 1 this epre- pm- Psy- ivity uate has bers iese the in- iled be the in- the it he el- ,ps a of ce ne id is IDVCIIOIOQ y lrlllllllf buciutv The Graduate tudents THE Graduate School of LIU Was launched in February of l95O, primarily to enable students to prepare for educational service. Thus, the initial pro- gram provided for led to a Master of Arts degree and required at least 407, of the Work to be con- centrated in Education. Courses were offered in Elementary and Secondary Education, English, His- tory and Psychology. ln September, l95U, courses in Retailing leading to the Master of Science degree Were added and the Master of Arts degree made available in dis- tributive education. ln February, l95l, graduate Work was also in- stituted at the Oyster Bay branch of the University. In September of that year, Graduate work in Accountancy leading to the degree of Master of Science was inaurgurated. ln addition, the progress of the graduate work offered in English, History and Psychology had been so satisfactory as to Warrant provision for curricula leading to the Degree of Master of Arts in each of these departments per se. Indeed, the Graduate Division had developed so fully that the authorities of the University saw fit to designate this branch of the University in itself as a separate school. The type of courses offered, the quality of the instruction, the caliber of the faculty and the stan- dards for graduate study prescribed by the Gradu- ate School Committee, have been of such high merit as to attract many students who completed their undergraduate Work in colleges and universities throughout the United States. With the occupation of the new quarters on the Flatbush avenue extension by the University, the graduate program has been enchanced consid- erably by the provision of a separate Graduate Library on the llth floor and, when the second floor is completed, additional graduate research facilities in Psychology will be added. lt has been satisfying, indeed, for the Administra- tion of the Graduate School to be petitioned by the first recipients of the Masters degree to consider the further extension of the graduate program to provide also for doctoral studies even if the University is not yet ready to consider such expansion. Forty-three

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D gf might be mfemed lflliltives ter with fl' Socie ieellllgg I t Ofgfm- fs and Pei the 'elcome .en stu. mor of eir :rdf lite -sh d h. e t Wom- IN September of l95l Dean Mildred deBarritt, in her capacity as Directress of Extra-Curricular Activi- ties at LIU, became distressed by the growing inac- tivity of the University's religious groups. She held separate meetings with representatives of the three major religious faiths in order to discuss this prob- lem. lt Was as a result of these meetings that the Menorah Society was reorganized later that month. The Menorah Society is comprised of students With mutual interests in Iewish culture and in the dissemination of information concerning the princi- ples and traditions of Iudaism, to promote good feel- ing between faiths. The goals of the society, as established and un- animously agreed upon at the first meeting, Were: to bring the ideal and beliefs of traditional Iudaism to the notice of the students of LIU, to increase their understanding of this group, to foster inter-faith pro- grams so people of different faiths will realize the similarities inherent in, and the differences modem society has imposed upon, all religions. lt is hoped that the Menorah Society will be an active contributor to the advancement of tolerance between sects. The reputation of LIU as a liberal university has been built on a foundation of under- standing and respect of all groups for one another. ln the universal perspective it is also hoped that these contributions will lead to a world that is peaceful and free of bigotry. Forty-five 'Il 5,0110 ll FAIL The Religious Clubs 'll C