Queens College - Silhouette Yearbook (Queens, NY)

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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

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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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,li of Graduate Studies as plans made for Graduate School of Education . . . Begin construction of four temporary buildings, including gym . . . Council urges BHE to reject Schultz Amendment . . . New York National Student Association holds first conference . . . Sigfna Alpha holds first meeting . . . Average custodial salary to drop from 3535 to S23 unless BHE votes bonus perma- nent . . . QC now ten years old, restoration of funds for Science Building urged at ceremonies . . . Rabbi Stephen Wise addresses overflow crowd in auditorium . . . QC'ers enjoy change of scenery as busses detour on Kissena Blvd .... Dr. Robert Goldwater of the Art Department named Editor of Magazine of Art . . . Dean Lenz replies to community attacks on his opposition to Schultz Amendment on Administrative grounds . . . AVD Forum, first televised QC program . . . Field events, picnic, and community sing sched- uled for Jamboree Day . . . November, 1947 , , , 1100 students sign petition and Council estab- lishes Committee supporting Lenz as Dean seeks S100,000 in libel suit against Long Iflancl Daily Proxy and Star journal . . . Senator Claude Pepper, in exclusive Crown statement advocates American financial aid to further world peace . . . Pnl Tan Alplrafj- March of Dimes Follies, first QC gmail fetlr Sh0W . . . Everett Lloyd, French instructor, dies suddenly . . . Board of Estimate grants 32,600,000 for Science Building , , , Peers and Peris finish successful run of HMS Pinafore Agbliecelnbef, 1947 . . . SC condemns Faculty 2111, ratifies NSA Constitution . . . Student A -'aa.f.-:mf-2-1'v:1r.?':ff-'if4eS,-'f - ...f-...ai --- '-- - .. ,,,..,.,,-,,.,, ad- ,,. . . . OO Party splits on AYD . . . Seventh annual formance of Messiah at jamaica High Per- Outing Club forms . . . Council candidatesjaind party platforms listed . . . February, 1948' Crown edit welcomes Rafnparl to the field . i Faculty Council, composed of President, Deans' Registrar, Bursar, and three delegates from eacli department of school replaces full Faculty in fun, ning school . . . Pesident Klapper extends 5511001 study till September . . . Pipe anal Bowlif John Bradley Memorial Fund award presented to Li. brary . . . Howard Fast of The Best Years of Our Lives, speaks to record crowd at QC , , U Reaclelii' and W1'ife1'f, new journal, gives notes on QC Library acquisitions, exhibits, etc., XQQ, a collection of works by QC authors contains more than 150 books and 350 articles . . . Council re- quests review of its power as result of Faculty's decision to override SC on AYD issue . . . In- tercollegiate Roundup on WINS conceived by Ed Cooperstein . . . Four works by QC Music students aired over WNYC . . . March, 1948 . . . Place- ment Director, George Davenel writes a series of articles for Varfify magazine, first: How To Get A job And Hold It . . . QC favored for downstate State U .... QC's Peg McLean, Table Tennis Champion, plays at Radio City Music Hall . . . Kinsey Report debated in Rampart . . . Rathaus cantata, O luvenes, commemorating QC's tenth anniversary, performed by Choral So- ciety . , . SC grants charter to Students for Wal- lace, sets up temporary Emergency Committee on Palestine . . . QC exhibits Negro Art in con- junction with Negro History Week . . . Needle-