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New Haven cops enjoy, as always, ticket giv- ing. Fralernifv life went on as iisiia Due to Ringside Restaurant agitation such vi ' iidois as (, ' liris C ()l()ml)() found lluMnselvcs oiclcrccl oil streets in tlie Yale area. of a new hotel gave pleasure to those who would benefit b it; and the mayoralty, ' victory of Richard C. Lee, Yale ' s director of public relations, met with widespread approval. But despair darkened the campus as a hitherto un- beaten Blue football team ent down to an ignominious 32-0 defeat at the hands of Dart- mouth, and Frankie and Jimmy (beloved street vendors) were banned from the streets by city ordinance. The new Art Gallery and Design Center, one of the most advanced-design structures on an American college campus, was dedicat- ed in impressive ceremonies. Incorporating many radically new features, the Gallery aimed at the whole man. Dr. Douglas M. Knight, assistant professor of English, was named President of Lawrence College, replac- ing Dr. Nathan Pusey, new President of Har- vard. In a unique first, Pusey was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws bv Yale. Yale and Princeton announced the topic of their annual humorous debate, Resolved: that the Kinsey Report is a compliment to the American Woman ; and a group of Princeton undergraduates were arrested, fined, and pun- ished for painting orange P ' s and Tigers on several buildings on fraternity row. For the first time in five years, all forty-eight states were represented at Y ' ale, as Peter Jackson en- tered from Nevada. The French department announced the use of a tape-recorder in ex- aminations. The University published the notes of Soci- ology Professor Ra inonil Kennedy, murdeii ' d in Indonesia in 1950. The notes gave valual)le information on the explosive problems which 12

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I) ' ot Jonathan FAhvaids biitli was celebrated by lectuios and exhibits. Dr. Samuel M. Brovvnell, Pri ' sident of New Ha en State Teachers Col- lege and professor of educational adnunistra- tion at Yale, was appointed United States CoTuniissioner of Education. His brother: U.S. Attorne -General Herbert Hrownell. Mugging episodes continued at an alarming rate; the Yale Charities Drive announced a goal of $33,410; and Navy slaughtered Princeton by a score of 65-7. The Har ard Band, en route to New York Cit - for the Harvard-Columbia game, stopped in New Haven long enough to give sleeping Elis an unanticipated two-hour serenade. The time (2:30 a.m.) and the music (loud) caused considerable consternation among the local gendarmes (with the exception of one Anthon - Matteo, an ofl-dut) ' patrolman who, obviously intoxicated, protested when his fel- low policemen tried to establish order). For their troubles, the Cantab musicians were ar- raigned and fined for disturbing the peace. Annoiuicement of the projected construction —continued Two employees of the Taft Hotel during the winter long strike. The hotel allegedly used Yale students as scabs. When a strike of photoengravers suspended New York newspapers, the Yale News dis- tributed a special edition in New York ' s Grand Central Station. Part of the winter ' s news are the parties which form a major part of Yale extracurricular life. Shown here are William Coke, 1954, and date. .£m . 11

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concerned Iiulonesia after W ' wrld War II, but ga e no inkling of who had assassinated Jnngle Jim Kennedy, or why. A two-hour variety show marked tlie delmt of WYBC-T ' , the only student-owned and operated tele ision outlet in the United States. The cost of the show: twenty-five dollars. Louis M. Rabinowitz, New York City indus- trialist and philanthropist, made two impor- tant and generous gifts to Yale: a collection of Renaissance paintings to the Yale Art Gal- lery, and a collection of si.xteenth-century rare Hebrew books to the Yale Library. In as thrilling a game as any of the specta- tors at Palmer Stadium had ever witnessed, Yale defeated Princeton, 26-24. On the short end of a 17-0 score at half-time, the Elis rallied to overtake and triumph over the Tigers in a last-minute spurt. With visions of the Big Three title dancing merrily in their heads, the eleven met Harvard the following week in the Yale Bo ' l before 65,000 fans. The Cantabs won, 13-0, throwing the Big Three into a tie. Thome Shugart was named Captain of the 1955 football team. President A. Whitne - Griswold ' s annual report to the alumni struck at the lack of preparation of college students. Griswold at- tributed the situation to teacher and material shortages and saw in it an educational crisis. Unless we mend our rotten pilings, he said, there is acute danger of a cultural setback. An old tradition got a new lease on life as Delaney Kiputh, son of famous Yale swimming coach Bob Kiputh, was appointed to take over the job of athletic director. Four Yale students were among thirt -two named as Rhodes —continued VYBC swallowed up Trunibull-TV and began to produce shows every Tuesday night, mak- ing it the first student owned and operated TV station in the countrj ' . Feature production of the Yale Shakespeare Festival was The Merry Wives of Windsor, which appeared on TV ' . 13