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TG Sweetheart Chosen
Reporter
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Volume 33 Rochester, N.Y., January 30, 1959 Number 10
SNOWBALL SWEETHEART—Miss Gail Harrington (Ret 1) reigns
as Theta Gamma Sweetheart of 1959. Miss Harrington received
her crown from Pat Morrow, 1958 sweetheart at the Saturday
night festivities of Winter Weekend.
(Conboy Photo)
Miss Gail Harrington (Ret 1),
was crowned as queen at the
9th annual Theta Gamma Snowball.
Runner up for Sweetheart
was Miss Jean Fisher (BA 2).
Following the crowning of the
queen she was serenaded by the
brothers of Theta Gamma. Miss
Harrington is also a member of
the public relations staff for
the Reporter.
The highly successful weekend
started Friday evening with the
Snowblast which was held at the
Reporter to Sponsor
'Miss RIT' Campaign
Hot on the heels of the Reporter's recent dust-disturbing
proclamation (the Reporter has gone weekly), RIT's answer to
Pravda has come up with another first magnitude announcement.
Mr. Campus is going to have a rival.
Somewhere in the candle-lit
corridors of ye ole Institute some
young lass will gain immortal
fame as RIT's first "Miss RIT."
Sponsored by the Institute's most
progressive organization, the
(completely unbiased) Reporter
will conduct a school wide contest
to determine what young
co-ed is RIT's most likeable lass.
Arrangements for managing the
contest will be handled by the
Reporter's public relations staff.
On the initial ballot, any student
may nominate any candidate,
including former queens,
provided that 1) said candidate
Conclave, Food
Planned by Hillel
Conventions, food and speakers
adorn the agenda for future
Hillel functions at RIT. Hal
Goodman, the president of Hillel
said, "This year Hillel has decided
to emphasize the social
aspects of our program in addition
to standard cultural ideas."
Future conventions will take
place at Oswego and another at
Kingston, Ontario. The latter will
be held at Queens College on
Feb. 6 and 7. The convention
will be attended by Hillels from
throughout the United States and
Canada. Mutual problems and
betterment of each individual
Hillel will be the main topics
of discussion.
Food will be the main topic
at the annual Lox and Bagel
Brunch to be held on Feb. 8 at
noon. This meal is the highlight
of the year for it provides a
chance for members to get together
over good food and discuss
questions and problems that
they may have.
Speaking to the group Feb. 3
will be Rabbi Gordon from Elmira,
New York. Other events
coming up are dances and combined
affairs with RBI and also
the U of R.
813 Club. Featured Friday evening
was the John Thyson quartet,
and Mona.
The Snowball was held at the
Sheraton Hotel in the Starlight
Ballroom, where approximately
250 couples attended the dance.
Music was provided by the seven
piece orchestra of Joe Bennett.
The climax of the weekend
was a closed party for the
brothers with the sisters of
Alpha Psi.
is a girl, and 2) said girl is
unmarried. After the initial balloting
which will take place
during the week of Feb. 2, all
votes will be tabulated and the
seven girls with the highest
number of nominations will vie
for the top honor.
A second ballot will be held
during the week of Feb. 16,
urging all students to vote for
one of the seven finalists. All
balloting will be in front of Room
E-125 in the Eastman Building
during the noon hour. A student
may vote by simply writing his
or her choice on a piece of
paper and depositing it in the
box in front of Room E-125. A
student association card will be
needed.
On Feb. 13, the seven candidates
selected on the initial ballot
will appear in the Reporter,
and the winner of the contest,
the first "Miss RIT," will grace
a full-page color cover Reporter
during the month of March.
Retailing Group Names
Miss Edwina Hogadone
First Woman President
Miss Edwina B. Hogadone, the
head of RIT's Retailing Department,
became the first woman
ever elected president of the
American Collegiate Retailing
Association at the association's
annual business meeting held at
New York University's School of
Retailing on Friday, Jan. 16.
Miss Hogadone assumed office
immediately. Other officers of
the association elected at the
annual meeting were: vice president,
Dr. Albert Smith, dean of
the graduate school of retailing,
Univ. of Pittsburgh; secretary,
Ralph Rush, director of the
School of Distribution, William
and Mary College; and treasurer,
Charles Whalen, chairman of the
department of retailing, Univ. of
Dayton.
Proposed Loan Fund
Voted Down by Council
At Monday's Meeting
In a heated legislative battle,
Student Council voted down an
effort by its executive committee
to use part of the surplus fund
for a student loan fund. The
action took place at Council's
meeting last Monday, Jan. 26.
During the course of the meeting,
a vote was taken on the
issue three times, with the results
differing each time. A roll
call vote of 24-20 finally defeated
the motion.
The executive committee, under
the direction of President
Kay Finley, presented the proposal
for establishing a loan fund
to Council. The proposal in short
consisted of three areas which
would determine the eligibility,
application and repayment of
loans made to students.
Eligibility would have been
on the basis of Student Association
membership, a 2.0 cumulative
average, a recommendation
by the department head, college
board exams and a financial
statement. Only upperclassmen
were to have been eligible.
All mechanics of application
would have been in the hands of
the comptroller and his office.
Repayment would be made on
the basis of three percent interest
per year on the unpaid
balance, not to start until six
months after graduation. A minimum
of 20 percent could be
repaid each year, and no more
than five years could be taken
for payment.
Most opposition to the proposed
loan fund came from the
Council members who either felt
that sponsoring such a fund was
not the duty of Council and that
the administration could adequately
take care of all needs,
or who considered the risk of
loaning out the money too great.
They also felt that the money
should be left in the surplus fund
to be used in the future -for
furnishing a student union when
it is built.
The first vote by show of
hands resulted in a defeat for
the motion 21-17. At the request
of Arthur Gardner, Council vicepresident,
a revote was made,
which resulted in a tie vote of
19-19. In order to break the tie,
a rollcall vote was taken, the
first count of which was 21-21.
Challenging this count, some
Council members asked for a
recount, which resulted in the
final 24-20 count.
This is the second in a series of reports
on the leadership conference held last
December by Student Council. It deals
with the report of the discussion group on
the topic of organizational coordination.
One representative from every
class in every department for
every 40 students is elected to
Council each year. The present
size is approximately 60 members.
Weekly attendance is comparatively
good, ranging from
40-50 members. The Senate is
comprised of one member from
every department, and serves as
the Election Board of Control.
The necessary committees are
set up each year. These include
the legislative and financial, publicity
and advertising, student
affairs (handles the parking lot),
and the social division which
handles Spring Weekend.
During the discussion periods
many criticisms were brought
forth: 1 Members of Council do
not effectively inform their constituents
of pertinent information
from Council meetings. 2 The
duties of representatives are not
clearly defined each year. 3 The
elections of representatives are
Skaters' Delight
Rochester Host to
Ice Championships
When terms such as edges, senior pairs, novice, and compulsory
dances are mentioned to most persons, they probably
prove somewhat mystifying. But to over 20,000 others throughout
the United States, these are some of the all important determinants
of skill and facility in a wonderful, fascinating sport. This
difficult, exacting, and exciting sport is figure skating.
The United States Figure Skating
Association (USFSA), governing
all amateur figure skating
throughout the United States,
holds its National Championships
Competition each year.
For the first time in the 41
competitions, Rochester will be
host to the event, which is being
sponsored jointly by the Genesee
Figure Skating Club, Inc. and
the Rochester Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
This will bring the world's
finest skaters to Rochester, for
the United States participants
have taken most events in both
the Olympics and the World
Championships for a number
of years.
The really exciting part of this
event to RIT students is that
the judging will take place at
Forensic Society
Invited to Tourney
An invitational debate tournament
at Notre Dame University
has been added to this year's
Forensic Society's debate schedule.
This tournament will be held
March 6-7 for debaters from
the U. S. and Canada.
Two of the varsity debaters,
Bob Kohler and Kay Finley,
will represent RIT in the six
round tournament.
The national topic, "Resolved:
that the further development of
nuclear weapons should be prohibited
by international agreement,"
will be discussed. The
rounds of debate are unique in
that teams are composed of two,
rather than the usual four people
and the participants do not know
before whether they will take
the affirmative or negative side.
Both cases must, therefore be
prepared and studied.
After the final round, there
will be run-offs for those with
the highest scores. These people
will be further narrowed down
to determine the winners of the
tournament.
often poorly handled. 4 There is
poor communication between the
Council and the entire student
body.
In view of these criticisms,
many suggestions were offered:
1 The Council representative
should meet regularly with the
people he represents in his department.
An alternate suggestion
is that members report
Council business in their classes
the following morning. However,
it may be noted that this plan
was ineffective last year.
2 A Representative's duties
should be outlined after he is
elected with special attention
paid to the freshman members.
Perhaps a program of training
should be required for all representatives
followed by some sort
of a qualifications test.
3 Some specific requirements
for representative elections that
must be adhered to should be
inaugerated.
4 To facilitate reading of the
entire minutes, a synopsis of
all important Council business
the Rochester War Memorial—
and the Ritter-Clark rink. This
brings an occurrence of national
importance right onto campus,
which should be of interest to
the many skating fans in the
student body.
For the rest of the students
who know little about the sport,
a brief explanaion may be necessary.
The object of the USFSA
is "to improve, encourage, and
advance amateur figure skating
in all its branches."
It strives to promote good
sportsmanship, keep skating free
from commercialism, and protect
the amateur status of its
members. In regard to the latter
item, all competitors are either
individual members or part of
a club membership in USFSA.
An interesting sidelight to this
is that all judges, officials, and
personnel connected with the
Nationals give of their time and
effort without any compensation,
solely from love of the sport.
There are three classes of
judging; individual skating, pair
skating, and ice dancing.
Individual skating falls into two
catagories; compulsory figures
and free skating. The first catagory
consists of the mastery of
"school figures" which are determined
by rules and divided into
eight tests. There is a total of
69 figures to master. The judges
mark this catagory, consisting of
60 percent of the skater's final
score, on such things as accuracy
of tracings on the ice, the size
and symmetry of the circles, the
absence of wobbles, and grace.
The second catagory is a creative,
personal interpretation of
music using unspecified movements
over the ice. This is the
spectacular part of individual
skating where jumps, spins, spirals,
and pirouettes are the only
means by which the skater expresses
his individuality. Scoring
here is based on difficulty, variety,
harmonious composition of
program, and manner of performance
in execution.
Continued on Page 7
Report on Leadership Conference Presented;
Organizational Coordination Topic Discussed
should be easily accessible to the
students. Fliers posted in a container
would be easier to read
than one notice on the departmental
bulletin boards.
While discussing the basic
'structure of the Council, various
opinions were expressed: 1 Council
should be composed of departmental
representatives as
opposed to organizational or any
other type or representation.
2 The budget should still be
handled through Student Council
instead of through Inter-org Council
as someone proposed. (At
that meeting of Inter-org of
Dec. 9, 1958 a motion stating
that Inter-org should handle the
organizational budget was defeated
by the members of the
Inter-org Council.)
3 Many persons feel that Student
Council is too large to run
efficiently. There is considerable
controversy over this point.
4 Through the Student Council,
some sort of seminar program
should be made available to the
students similar to other schools.