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SjturJ.iy jjleniouns brought bill .1 singit ' dis.ippoi ilmeiil. ovcrsliadowed, however, by the ancient and hon- orable (?) bladderball contest, in whicli the be- bop BANNER board triumphantly maintained an undefeated record by trouncing the moguls of the Record, News, and W YBC. Fires galore marked the first week of Novem- ber. The quick work of a Chi Phi pledge avoided serious damage to York Hall; a fire in the base- ment of Wright Hall sent feathers flying and pillows burning to the tune of $5,000. Silliman College announced a contest for the wisest invest- ment of $100,000 — in theory only. Handsome Dan became a national celebrity as his picture adorned the cover of Spoils lllnstraleci . With the long-awaited approval for the UAC ' s recommen- dation to allow the use of refrigerators in college Parc,!l D.iy l„,i,ul m.nn .il ihc Boul rooms, the newspapers were filled v ith ads from appliance stores. Berkeley residents staged a meal boycott to protest the inedible food and poor dining hall policies. For those seeking something more in entertainment than Tempest in the Flesh, ( Was she a sinner ... or slave to her desires? ) the Shubert offered a brilliant produc- tion of Eugene O ' Neil ' s autobiographical drama, Long Day ' s Journey Into Night, in which Bradford Dillman, a former Dramat president, played O ' Neil ' s counterpart. If the fall season had been pointing toward one particular event, it was the Princeton game. Beat Princeton signs began to appear the Mon- day before the game and increased both in quan- tity and cleverness throughout the week. Even though Princeton was spelled wrong on some of them it didn ' t matter; for a new sense of spirit and pride in Yale had descended on the campus. A rally on the Old Campus attracted 2,000 undergraduates who heard Coach Jordan Olivar and Captain Mike Owseichik voice their confidence in a Yale victory. Finally, on Novem- ber 17, a crowd of orange-and-black-jacketed Princetonians saw their team bow 42-20, to a Yale team playing as it never had before. The week end also marked the Glee Club ' s first ap- pc.irance of the season, while the Dramat opened its season with the highly acclaimed production of Christopher Fry ' s, The Lady ' s Not jor B rn- jiii . The Yale-Princeton debate, Resolved: That a good woman would put up a better cam- paign than the losing presidential candidate

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whidi demonstrated our interest in politics if not always our good manners. Perhaps the most no- table, and certainly the most disastrous, political event was the visit of Adlai Stevenson. The en- thusiasm shown by state Democratic leaders in Woolsey Hall was swiftly brought to a halt by a largely pro-Eisenhower mob outside, whose re- ception was something less than cordial. The New York Times described the rudeness of our resident political scientists and Time ran a picture and story of the event. A visit by Ike was a possibility which never materialized, but Vice- President Nixon came in his place to deliver a B. .? -;« «,? ni .iiu.lher u c,i brief talk, this time on the green. Our attention turned to state and local politics as well. Robert Giaimo and Albert Cretella, candidates for con- gressmen from New Haven, appeared before various student and city groups, as did Senators Bush and Kennedy and Governor Ribicoff. The John Dewey Society discussed the economic issues of the campaign, while the Political Union con- sidered Ike or Adlai in ' 56. ' ' , the decision going to the former. A student poll in early November indicated an Eisenhower landslide, the results of which were borne out by similar surveys at Har- vard and Princeton. A landslide it was, and the next day the Co-Op offered all Stevenson books at half price. But there was more to the Yale scene this fall. The Charities Drive announced and reached its goal of $35,000, due to the efforts of hard-work- ing canvassers. The Yale Corporation proudly revealed a surplus of $17,140 for the preceding year, and at the same time plans were annonnced for a million-dollar women ' s dormitory to be located on Temple Street. Our attentions turned They hii iighl urdey out aj chaos. to the international situation as visitmg Professor Hans Morganthau joined with Yale ' s Professors Rudin and Sharpe in presenting a forum on The Real Issues Behind the Suez Crisis. Granville Hicks, noted literary critic, spoke to a large audience on The Predicament of the Serious Novelist; eight members of the Class of I960 faced the predicament of the suspended Freshmen as a result of their water bomb raids on Elm Street pedestrians. Iry Magazine, a publication planned by Yale students and designed for all Ivy League schools, made its initial appearance to mixed critical comment. After a brief and stormy existence as a subsidiary of the News. Ivy branched out with offices of its own in Hendrie Hall. Another budding publication, «- wi e Eli. subtitled How to Get on at Yale, quietly appeared on the news stands, promising a future installment titled, I Was a Stoolie for the UAC. The News, meanwhile, discovered the existence of a New York firm which was writing papers for Yale men at the rate of H c per word. A large crowd of parents was saluted at half-time of the Colgate game, but Eli hopes for an unde- feated season were dashed as the Red Raiders squeezed through with a 14-6 victory. Un- daunted Yale came back the following week to score a in over Dartmouth. This victory was

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went thri)ui;h as planned; but a complaint from the N.S.P.C.A. thwarted the etTlorts of tlie Pier- son Sty Stompers and the Trumhull Fiyadores to establish a new Pig Day. Yet in a week in which Beat Princeton was the universal byword, perhaps the most significant event had notliing to do with football or tigers, but with wars and freedom. On November 13, a dramatic rally was held at Woolsey Hall to pledge support to the students of Hungary who ■erc engaged in a heroic struggle for freedom from their Communist oppressors. After listening to the appeals of Deans DeVane and Rostow, Prii- fessor Scully, and Andre Schiffrin, campus or- ganizations and individual students contributed over $3,000 to aid the cause of freedom in Hun- gary. The newly-formed Committee for Yale Emergency Aid to Hungarian Students admin- istered the funds and was instrumental in or- ganizing similar movements in colleges and universities throughout the country. The Univer- sity announced plans to allocate scholarship funds and bursary jobs to qualified Hungarian stu- dents, and many of us participated in a program to teach English to Hungarian refugees. By these actions, we showed that the new spirit which had invaded Yale extended not only to campus activi- ties, but to world problems as well. Before we knew it, our newly-restored Thanks- giving vacation was here. Some of us headed south for New York and the Biltmore, while others traveled to Boston to witness Yale ' s vic- tory over Harvard, clinching for the Elis the first formal Ivy League championship. Jordan Olivar was named New England ' s Coach of the Year: Ouseichik charms croud at Princeton pep rally... Denny McGill and Paul Lopata were named to the all-East first team. Just to complete a win- ning season, the J V ' s finished with an unde- feated record, and the soccer team ' s victory over Harvard assured them first place in the Ivy League. At the same time in far-off Australia another Yale team won for itself the respect and admiration of people throughout the world. Our crew, defeated in the first race, staged a miracu- lous comeback in the next two encounters to win a gold medal for the Lfnited States. and student support brought spirit and victory.