Queens College - Silhouette Yearbook (Queens, NY)

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man, PCA, and Walpin, ADA, debate merits of third party movement . . . QC joins Student In- tercollegiate Education Council . , . Music De- partment plans for participation in NYC Golden Jubilee Celebration . . . Cfozwz, broke, comes out in mimeo form, clothes styles also have New Look as women cover from head to toes . . . SC convenes at 6 p.m. to allow for longer meetings, first evening session lasts over three hours . . . Phi Beia Kappa sends representatives to examine QC's qualifications for admittance, Library, qual- ity of student publications, achievements of Fac- ulty and Alumni studied, results to be known by '49 . . . President Klapper resigns to resume teach- ing . . . April, 1948 . . . Summer session assured for all QC'ers , . . Rathaus compositions per- formed at Times Hall . . . SC sponsors NSA Rally . . . QC delegates again sent to Model UN, UN world peace hope, says Lenz . . . Senior Reading Exams soon, prospective seniors question value of comprehensives . . , Joseph Shuster, solo- ist with QC Orchestra . . . Dr. Razran awarded Guggenheim Fellowship . . . AYD charter ap- proved by SC, 17-2 . . , Classes dismissed as Radar Tower burns, Ramparf prints exclusive pix . . . May, 1948 . . . Elmo Roper discusses opinion polls, evaluates presidential candidates at QC . . . 506k students vote: CC takes 14 seats, QC Lib- erals 11. Student Party 3 , . . 440k vote, new Student Constitution, calling for Student Body President, ratified . . . Varsity Show, first since war, satirizes student life, a huge success . . . Hauer heads Sigma Alpha . . . Kevin O'Sullivan, College baritone, wins Arthur Godfrey Talent Show program . , . Three one-act operas presented by QC Opera Workshop . . . Crown benefit con- cert features chamber music ensemble . . . Many fund-raising benefits enable Crown to resume printed form . . . Marion Horowitz's wood en- graving best entry in art exhibit . , . Young Democrats receive charter . . . Dr. Spencer, popu- lar Psych. Professor, resigns to teach at West Point . . . Ann Birstein wins Dodd Mead Fellow- ship and publication for novel to be called, The Fra!! of H21 G00a'1ze5f . . . September, 1948 . . . Chris Makatura heads Council . . . State law bars college and university discrimination . . . Lack of water supply renders new gym useless . . . Klap- per awarded honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, made President Emeritus of QC, hrst President Emeritus of a city college . . . Initiate first grad courses in education . . . Students quizzed on CCNY Knickerbocker-Davis issue . . . Senior Reading exams scheduled, seniors question value of comprehensives . . . October, 1948 . . . Use of new gym and K extension a probability for this semester , . . Over three million finally granted for new Science Building . . . Ralph Gillen elect- ed President of June '49 class . . . Eleventh Founders' Day Celebration followed by Sports Jamboree . . . Students receive ballots for refer- endum on newspaper subscription plan . . . Coun- cil night session debates thought contrOl', . . . Qualifications for college president outlined on Crown battle page . . . June 49'ers pick seven for Silbozfeffe edit board . . . November, 1948 . . . Myron Lipton stars in The Man Who Came To Dinner . . . February grads promenade at Ritz 101 11 11 11 il 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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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-

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Carlton , . . Campus organizations fight discrimi- nation at jamaica Y . . . Townsend T. BrCWSfCf wins playwright fellowship . . . December, 1.948 . . . Spectacular performance of Mikado g1VCI1 by QC'ers . . , February grads question value of Comprehensives . . . January, 1949 . . . Grads scurry to finish last papers, feast on steak at Senior Dinner . . . Yearbook staff plods through snow to work on book . . . Kissena Blvd. broken up by new water main for gym . . . February, 1949 . - - Hopes for opening of new gym expressed by Mr. Garvey . . . Intersession Ed. class declared a suc- cess , . . New, more efficient system speeds regis- tration . . . QC Liberals take 19 Council seatsi CC, 6, and Independents, 35. Bob Davidson elected first Student Body,President under new Consti- tution . . . Playshop gives three, one-acters . . . One Special For Docf' QC Broadcasters' pres- entation over WWRL . . . 249 Grads receive diplomas, QC Scholars of February class: Fabian Bernstein, Beula Eistenstadt, Rita Kaplin, Herbert Ranschberg, and Wallace Zuckerman . . . Pyramid Art Exhibit held in Upper Lounge . . . Professor john Williamson mourned . . . SAQ Campusreel presented, soundtrack ,breaks down and Irene johnson introduced as Len Ellinport . . . March, 1949 . . , Professor Barse Miller's paintings shown in Little Gallery . . . Bunny Kroll writes new Varsity Show . . . Bids out for construction of Science Building, completed by 1950? . . . Varon- Melrose song published, hit of Varsity Show , . . Registration peak of 3131 students, ratio of men to women almost equal, 320 vets . . . QC member of newly formed small college basketball tourney . . . Rally protests action of Mayor and local poli- ticians in BHE choice of College prexy . , . The Obstinate Quaker, by Frank Norwood, first origi- nal QC script to be aired, presented over station WWRL on Broadcasters' new Air Theatre series . . . Gillen, Hochman, among those present at Model UN General Assembly at Rutgers U .... Survey reveals that two out of five students work part-time, average S11 per week . . . Jim Ahearn represents QC at Tournament of Orators spon- sored by fozzrmzl Americazn . . , Peggy McLean ping-ponging way across Europe . . . Leveling work begun on new tennis courts to replace those condemned for Science Building . . . April, 1949 . . . Young Republicans, United World Federalists chartered , . . QC Opera Workshop presents Down In the Valley. with Michael Basile and Jacqui Adams in leading roles, experiment a huge success, Kurt 'Weill and playwright Maxwell An- i 102 -3,4 'WWFZ-'Q '2:E HM Top-Two Siamese students perform intricate native dance spring Folk Festival held at Queens College. Bottom-Members of folk dancing classes participate in Few demonstrating dances of many nations. du val bl' lfpXB0f0: t Gund for lim fm Fermi X - -- -. , , L-- , , . - -- Q- ' h L , K '- - . - V . - ,X . - . X