Queens College - Silhouette Yearbook (Queens, NY)

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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

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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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f .-1. 1 - . snr-rsiwamkxiooQ+wFzfHWY!W Y7' '7 4 'I 6' Turkey shown . . . Traditional Bear Mountain jaunt comes off . . . Messiah, Christmas presen- tation, played before full house . . . Hedda Gabbler given by Playshop . . . QC Co-eds be- come seamstresses, expend skill styling simple Sack dresses . . . January, 1947 . . . City Plan- ning Commission bluepencils College Science Building out of budget . . . 25W vote in SC elec- tion , . . QC Music Department participates in American Music Festival with four programs on WNYC . . . Vet's grades show marked improve- ment since war . . . Student-Faculty Activities Committee dismisses Antidote Party's claim of student incompetence . . . Caf expands, moves into Lower Lounge, Book Store moves to L Build- ing . . , Mr. Knag promises new, speedier system of registration . . . Local press battles with QC over AYD issue . . . Dean Lenz visited by dele- gations of students and community leaders pro- testing SC revocation of AYD charter . . . Faculty requests standard procedure for charter revocation . . . Two QC'ers ski to school as Big Snow prevents movement of motor vehicles . . . Professor Delieno, alias Prof. Haywood, convulses Henry Morgan audience . . . March, 1947 . . . Hillel presents annual carnival, 16 campus or- ganizations participate . . . Herb Hauer receives good citizenship award from Masons . . . Mr. Marcson, survey consultant to American Council on Education, reveals his study found textbooks prejudiced by omission rather than actual dis- tortion . . . Turkish and Iranian students arrive at QC to study English . . . April, 1947 . . . Play- shop presents Skin of Our Teeth' '... AVC fights for extension of summer school to all, holds forum on academic freedom, Connally op- poses attacks on civil liberties , . . Dorothy Raimo elected President of February '49 class . . . Fac- ulty favors AYD ban 55-42 . . . Charter granted to Sigma Alpba, Honor-Service Society . . . Cam- pus Coalition formed at convention . . . English Department announces installation of guillotine for use on plagiarists . . . May, 1947 . . . Col- lege war dead honored by QC Choral Society . . . QC shocked as Democratic Leader Roe requests resignation of President Klapper and Dean Lenz because of their refusal to admit public to Faculty meeting when vote taken on AYD issue, SC votes unanimously to back Faculty and to condemn in- terference in Administration, Council, or Faculty decisions . . . Don Bruckner, Chairman, announces formation of Student Party, new platform, and slate . . . The Greal Gatsby and Bleak Home, required readings for September Language, Lit- erature, and Arts Comp, CC Comp scheduled, students question value of comprehensives . . . Annual carnival receipts go to Dean's Fund . . . Drs. Alewyn, Hexter, and Hempel, receive Gug- genheim Fellowships to continue research , . . SAO Memorial Dance features McFarland Twins and Professor Haywood's vocal burlesques from Henry Morgan show . . . In near record vote of HW, Campus Coalition wins 20 Council seats . . . September, 1947 . . . Dr. Kiely becomes Acting President as Dr, Klapper starts six months college tour, Dr. Whittaker, Acting Dean of Faculty . . . SAO levies compulsory one dollar charge as general fee raised to five dollars . . . Bob Salmons new court mentor . . . Three QC vets return from summer study abroad . . . Oc- tober, 1947 . . . Dr. Rivlin appointed Director