Queens College - Silhouette Yearbook (Queens, NY)

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-- wgs-qi?-gggzffs,-,Kx,u1r'rSi':2'15iXSyX'S+rTS-x?Erb?TEEYFY !5 Q' Clgf!f45 'f f' Starr, mayoralty candidates speak at QC . , . Dr. Kurt Sachs, world renowned musicologist, new Music Department lecturer . , . Dr. David forgets a fact . . . Registrar Knag returns from navy . . . QC Victory Carnival features food, Dime A Dance, and white elephant booth . . . November, 1945 . . . International Students' Day celebrated at Queens . . . SAO presents free show- ing of How Green Was My Valley . . . Gertz turns operation of Book Store back to college, co-op book store debated . . . Bus strike hits Queens, eager students get to school anyway- by hook, crook Cof fingerj, or taxi . , . Doc Withers believes state should support city col- leges . . . December, 1945 . . . Intercollegiate Committee on Atomic Energy formed to educate students and increase interest in atomic energy . . . Vet Organization affiliates with VO of other New York City colleges . . . Extension Office asks help in securing rooms for foreign students . . . Student Council investigates discrimination by sororities, frats, sets up pressure table to fi- nance Anti-Bilbo Drive . . . Compulsory Mili- tary Training? asks Inquiring Reporter. Student opinion divided , . . Co-eds cheer return of pre- war Saturday night date . . . SC survey reveals student's desire for revision of Science Survey course . . . 25W of QC votes, freshmen cast most ballots . . . Edit suggests interfaith organization . . . Traditional Messiah presentation lauded . . . January, 1946 . . . Holloway, Haywood pre- sent program on Whitman . . . Use polls to guide education, says Roper . . . Edit urges bet- ter guidance for concentration choice, laments over seniors unable to pass concentration through inadequate course preparation . . . February, 1946 . . . Dr. Lenz appointed Director of Student Ac- tivities . . . Referendum held on co-op book store . . . Registration continues despite fuel shortage and heatless buildings . . . Freshman Handbook prepared by Committee on Traditions and Ad- justments helps orient new class . . . Queens College Orchestral Society formed, open to com- munity as well as students and college staff . . . Dr. Klapper tells freshmen Queens College has only one rule: no smoking except in I Building . . . March, 1946 . . . QC seeks Quonset huts to provide additional classroom space . . . Brother- hood rally sponsored by all campus religious or- ganizations . . . Bill proposes state aid for teacher- training in NYC, endorsed by Board of Educa- tion . . . SC opens drive to clear up caf con- gestion, ultimate aim: everyone sitting while eat- ing . . . Edit requests silence in library with XVe don't want another rule . . . Profs agree that vets raise general level of discussion, intelligent spirit contagious . . . QC Debating Society opposes NYU on State U . . . SC condemns ten cent fare . . . Rally supporting UNO held on campus . . . Mischa Mishakoff, concert master of NBC Sym- phony Orchestra, guest conductor of QC Sym- phony . . . Sample drilling made near B Building for new Library Building ffive years earlyj , . . April, 1946 . . . Broadcasters present first show in caf: Chiquita Banana . . . 100 freshmen attend shuttle-term semester for 12 weeks and 12 credits, classes from 2 to 6 p.m .... AVC char- tered by SC, 9-8 Council vote denies AYD charter application . . . Five students represent QC at model UN conference in Easton, Pa .... UN Assembly site seen from our campus, news- men surprised that spectators' seats at UN all filled by young people . . . Birbeck College, London, beams broadcast to QC on UN.. .pre- war spirit back at IFC Carnival . . . Council finally approves House Plan charter . . . Flour shortage curtails use of bread in caf . . . May, 1946 . . . Overflow demand necessitates two nights for Parent's Institute . . . Instruction periods in various individual sports initiated for benefit of students, staff, and faculty by Phys. Ed. Dept .... Profs Ball and Pratt begin Guggenheim studies . . . Dr. Klapper inducted into CCNY Sigma Alpha . . . Dust Bowl wisecrack: To copy from one book is to plagiarize, to copy from five books is a term paper . . . Playshop's Squaring The Circle a successful presentation . . . Profs think ex-CvI's more mature than girls . . . Could it be that vets are older?,' Co-eds ask . , . Hudson River boatride planned . . . Soc. 15 study exposes QC stereotypes for college students: most pic- tured Co-eds as attractive, wearing sweaters, skirts, . , -Y -

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CLASS February, 1945 . . , Five percent increase in registration, frosh girls top men 5 to 1 . . . 5140 plans free afternoon movies, dances . . . 35W of student body votes, new Student Council includes three male representatives . . . Dr. Sheldon, of the English Department, testifies before FTC on advertising slogans . . . Crown advises freshmen on winning friends and impressing profs: knit in class, cut each class at least once a week . . . VA plans for returning veteran publicized, guarantee to send veteran back to class in 24 hours . . . Gertz contract for operation of Book Store extend- ed . . . COC endorses Wallace for cabinet post . . . QC ad-opts French college . . . Ruth Marra and Doc Shaftel see the preacher . . . Crown edit says, One of the most important jobs girls of our generation must assume is learning how to treat the homecoming vet , advises college to organize series of lectures, preferably by psychologists, doc- tors, army officials, and sociologists, orienting us to problems that will arise . . . Styles change with war's end-western clothes, bolero suits, daring evening dresses replaced by sweetheart neckline and long, full skirt . . . Students request a second activity hour . . . March, 1945 , . . B'nai B'rith makes 351500 presentation to the library . . . Queens-Nassau Bus Co. requests students form lines at Flushing and Jamaica bus stops, asked about QC bus queues, joe Machlis says: 'lt,s all so simple, that's why Queens College never thought of it . . . Cadet Nurses bid farewell, 14 vets return . . . Student Council approves charter of new monthly mag, Form, urges incorparation of Negro history into existing CC courses . . . You can call me 'Sir' now,,' says Marvin Mills on receiving lieutenant's bars . . . Religious clubs sponsor series of talks on Dunbarton Oaks . . . Book drive on, to supply QC's adopted college with texts . . . Experimental psych class tests appeal of perfume ads . . . Third series of QC radio forums begin over WNYC . . . Crown laments lack of interest in Student Council mem- bers . . . April, 1945 . . , Mn Sigfnn, Alpha Omega win trophies in first annual Song Fest . . . QC profs deliver lectures to Fort Totten hospital- ized soldiers, keep them informed on current events . . . Plans made for celebration of VE Day . . . QC faculty and wives participate in Friday Musicale . . . Memorial Assembly at QC pays tribute to Franklin Delano Roosevelt . . . Rally held in support of San Francisco parley . . . Reporter discovers answer to mystery Roof Scuttle , not corridor for scuttling from one side HISTORY of building to other on third floor, but firemalfs entrance to roof . . , Hechenbleikner illustrates Anno Knreninn for Random House . . , Mayor La Guardia speaks to Poli. Sci. class . . . May, 1945 , , , 310,000 goal in War Bond Drive . . , First annual Parent's Day introduces parents to QC . . . Council denies charter for House Plan . . . no summer session . . . Playshop gives four one-act plays . . . Dr. Rosenthal demonstrates hypnosis in psych class . . . SS Queen Victory, tanker named after QC launched, Crown cau- tiously states: Either Lt. George Spitz or Clarence Day, Romance Languages instructor, represented the college . , . Students answer Inquiring Re- porter: school spirit can be increased with more social activity, dorms on campus . . . Sociology survey bares interesting facts on reading habits: freshmen read most books, amount of reading done shows little correlation with grades . . . Chairman of Student Council Elections Committee requests parties, campaigning, so students will know candidates . . . September, 1945 . . . New, more efficient system speeds registration of pros- pective June V49 grads, enrollment reaches 17503 still five girls to every man . . . Harvard plans to adopt curriculum similar to ours . . . Extension Division courses to include Russian, Portuguese, CC . . . Library displays foreign handicraft, con- tributions from faculty and students . . . Sweaters worn tucked in, wide belts featured . . . October, 1945 . . . QC, best example of city college un- bossed by politicians and clubhouse loafers, stat6S Mayor La Guardia . . . Dr. Pinson heads new educational program for displaced personsin Eu- rope . . . Crown wins top rating in national com- petition, Associated Collegiate judges say, AH excellent paper . . . one which would seem to result from the interests of the students plus fine supervision . . . Newbold Morris and Mark

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saddle shoes . . . Hechenbleikner says, AK is O, , . . September, 1946 . . . Seven wooden buildings up, temporarily alleviate space shortage . . . Dr. Klapper appointed to State U Commis- sion . . . Most students interviewed favor com- parative religion courses at QC . . . Sloppy JOCS and dirty saddles are finally 0z1i,' antique jewelry, wide belts the style, men continue to wear service khaki and blues on campus . . . October, 1946 . . . Queens asked to participate in UN WClCOIT1C . . . K Building opens . , . At last! Men pre- dominate in lower classes, total ratio of men to women is 1 to lw . . . Council of Religious Clubs plans to coordinate all major religious functions . . . Dick Houpert questions function of Student Council, asks for new constitution . . . Crown advises on how to do the town on less than one dollar . . . Inquiring Reporter questions stu- dents on need for football team, most feel it would awaken school spirit . . . Card players asked to leave caf . . . AYD- campaigns for Council recognition . . . Klapper announces desire to limit registration till more adequate facilities are provided . . . QC students welcome UN to City . . . Student-Faculty Committee on Student Affairs gives House Plan official recognition . . . QC organizes drive to aid needy in Europe, Com- mittee On Food For Europe formed . . . Novem- ber, 1946 . . . Political candidates speak on elec- tion issues at first AVC rally . . . Edits a ain 8 request more SC action, silence in the library . . . George Lott, student magician, offers S1000 to anyone who can prove his ability to read minds . . . AYD denies Communist ties . . . West Point Psychology at Queens . . . colonels students of receives Association of American Universities t ra in - - g after only four years inspection, represents ,-,. - - -e f-.1-9 -r - in ,s--- ,, .9 4-,.-.'ff3.-:rung-:5.,,.,,,, ,, ,A , -'-f-- 4 ' highest standard of achievement for Americ a college . . . Vets rally for subsistence faise H Eddie Polk, Ioan Attinson, King, Queen of Cam. Pug , , , William Shuman, President of Iulliafd speaks at QC . . . Third party movement discugsefi at Poli. Sci. Club meeting . . . Klapper Oppgses groups with outside political affiliations on Cam- pus . . . Council bans AYD . . . In address at CCNY conference on education, Dr. Klapper cagls for revision of liberal arts colleges, deplores fact that 50W leave colleges before graduation Caf serves turkey dinner for 45 cent 5... 'F f. - - -- - Crown cheers end of QC Dark Age and social renaissance, men back en masse . . . QC host fo Intercollegiate Conference on NYC affairS5 Stu' dents portray officials from Board of Estimate and City Council, agenda includes ten cent fare, col- lective bargaining, right to strike, and traf15P0f' tation problems . . . Ham Fish, Norman Thomas, and M. L. Burkhead debate question, ls our present American policy directed toward world peace? . . . C0f112fer,120i12f magazine and Young Student's Political Action Committee chartered . . . Arthur Garfield Hays talks on Austm Ma' honey Bill treating discrimination in NY5 ' ' ' WWRL PlaYs music required for LLA COIUP-B Witliers predicts formation of third party bY1a if within four, five years . . . CC Comp' Schedue D, students question value of comprehensive? - December, 1946 . . . Student Council Qandldatet asked to make public statements Ofl lmpoitiint student issues . . . SC holds referendum OH Join SAO, Crozwz fee . . . Turkish studer1fS d In exhibit in Upper Lounge, ancient and mo C set UP