Download PDF - University of Rochester Libraries

ROCHESTER ALUMNI REVIEW 127
I[ CAMPUS CRISPS II
Despite undergraduate protests, college
was closed for the Easter recess from Saturday
noon, April 16th, to Monday, April
25th. The protests, strangely enough,
were not against the recess but against
its brevity, freely signed petitions having
been submitted to the faculty asking that
the recess begin two days earlier. Inasmuch
as a springtime longing for more
leisure seemed to be the only compelling
motive behind the petitions, they were not
heeded. The weather man provided variety
for the vacation period by furnishing a
temperature varying from 83 degrees in
the shade to about 30.
A loophole has been created in the physical
exclusiveness of the campus. In order
to preserve some of the contour of the terrain,
as well as the campus vegetation, it
was thought necessary about a year ago to
close most gates permanently, including the
small foot gate back of Kendrick Hall.
When that objectionable barrier recently
disappeared for the second time, mysteriously
and completely, the administration
came to the conclusion that the students
really wanted to get into the campus at
that point and decided not only to leave it
open but to put in a walk.
The Associated Dramatics Club gave
its second successful performance in the
Little Theater on April 1st, when it presented
"Meet the Wife," a three-act farcecomedy.
Interest in dramatics is growing
steadily on t'he campus, and at several meetings
of the association one-act plays have
been produced for the entertainment and
criticism of the mem'bers and their friends.
The new University Band demonstrated
that it is a real musical organization, when
it gave its first concert in Kilbourn Hall
on April 9th. Thirty-five musicians, under
the able direction of Sherman A. Clute,
rendered an ambitious program, including
such numbers as the "Sextet" from "Lucia
de Lammermoor" and selections from
Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Grieg. Tickets
were distributed free to college and
Eastman School students and their friends.
Prince street is rampant with Hellenes.
Five of the eight fraternities are now
housed on that thoroughfare, Theta Chi
having rented and moved into the former
Burke home during the last of March.
That handsome house, at 43 Prince Street,
is admiralJly adapted to the purpose. Theta
Chi, antedated by Phi Epsilon and Phothepian,
was formerly located at 13 Upton
Park, which house it still owns.
Eleven men and seven women, the largest
delegation in recent years, were elected
to membership in Phi Beta Kappa in
March. The men included Justin J.
Doyle, Jacques R. Hammond, Russell J.
Hawes, Ronald W. P. King, Harold M.
Millott, Benjamin E. Pape, H. Sylvester
Partridge, Stacy E. Statius, Diran Tomboulian
and Charles W. Upton, all of '27,
and Ralph S. Bates, '28.
Members of the sophomore class met in
Mount Hope Cemetery for their class
banquet in the late afternoon of Tuesday,
M'arch 15th, but the banquet itself was
given a better atmospheric setting at the
Hotel Richmond, Batavia, later in the evening.
As the truculent frosh headed toward
Canandaigua to break it up, the affair
was a complete success.
Sub-Freshman Day on March 4th was
almost overwhelmingly successful, at least
in attendance. Approximately 175 high
school seniors from the local schools and
towns in Western N ew York visited the
campus during the day, were entertained
at the d ifferen t fraterni ty houses and at
the commons for luncheon and taken to
the Eastman Theatre in the afternoon. A
dinner was given in their honor in the
Alumni Gymnasium at 6 o'clock, after
which they attended the thrilling ba ketball
game with Colgate as guests of the
management.
Arthur H. Moehlman, '28, was recently
elected president of the University Y. M.
C. A. for the coming year. The "Y" was
represented by ten delegates at the State
Student Conference held in Dansville early
in April.