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YEAR IN REVIEW

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1936-1937 IT all began on September 13, 1956, as the class of i960, some 1033 strong, descended on New Haven. After registration and the shock of the first look at dusty rooms and board-like beds, they settled down to making friends, en- during endless hours of tests, greeting the Rhein- gold girls, and inventing ingenious excuses to ward off the ubiquitous salesmen. An immediate controversy arose over the fact that ten Freshmen would be forced to live off campus; however, by devious and unknown methods, the necessary space was eventually found. By the next week the rest of us had arrived. We were greeted by changes on all sides. William Dunham, Jr. was named as J.E. ' s new master, and the Dramat had a new director in Nikos Psacharopolous. Mr. Bergin returned to T.D. after a semester in Italy, and Mr. Driver was again spellbinding his Po- litical Science classes. Heading toward the Co-Op to purchase books, we noted the completion of the spacious addition and new store. The New Haven Police Department, in a generous mood, had given Jerry his own private parking place and announced a reduction in fines. There were academic changes, too. Seniors were deprived of their jealously-guarded right to be excused from final exams in their majors. All of us winced at the thought of three and one half hour exams, and the Nei rs attacked the new policy as im- practical and distasteful. The Eli football team, strengthened by many returning lettermen, opened the season on Sep- tember 29, with a win over the University of Connecticut. The enthusiasm at this victory was mild in comparison to the emotions aroused that same week by an announcement from one of the deans that women would soon be admitted to Yale. A campaign to Keep Yale Male was established, while Neirs headlines blared out the question, Will women emasculate Yale? Such speculation was quickly brought to a halt by President Griswold ' s announcement that the deans were nowhere near deciding the question. Reluctantly — but not too reluctantly — we resigned ourselves to the long trek between New Haven and points north. Meanwhile, a record number of upperclassmen, influenced by the administration ' s new policy of closed fraternity parties, began a two week period of rushing. The Campus Police, on the job as usual, caught five thieves in one day. There was enough music to please everyone. Ella Fitzgerald and Norman Granz stopped off for a brief visit at Cutler ' s, and Judy Holliday delighted capacity audiences at the Shubert in Bells are Ringing. Other audiences in Woolsey Hall heard Brahms and Beethoven by Brieff, Scrkin, and Von Kara- jan. Much of the important news at Yale this fall centered around the national election, a subject n ' s new hnckey rink uiiis nfipyoval of Yale community.