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Skidmore News
Volume Thirty-five SKIDMORE COLLEGE, SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., OCTOBER 8, 1959 Number Three
NURSING MAJORS
SEE PAGE 5
"AS WE GO TO PRESS"
SEE PAGE 2
Frosh Parents Meet At October Weekend
Skidmore’s freshman orientation program will expand even further on Oct. 25-26 to include the parents, as well as the members of the Class of 1963.
Commenting on the proposed “Freshman Parents’ Week-end,” Pres. Val H. Wilson said: “We feel the orientation of parents to Skidmore is part of the education of their daughters.”
Designed to acquaint parents with Skidmore administration, faculty, curriculum, and campus, the tone for this two-day program will be set through a panel discussion by Pres. Wilson, Dean Norma MacRury, and Dean Jean M. Slocum.
The faculty and administration planning “Freshman Parents’ Week-end” have also included riding and modern dance demonstrations, departmental open houses; a College Chorus Concert. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and the Deans of the college will personally welcome parents at an informal reception in Moore Hall living room.
Two hundred and twenty families have already accepted their invitations to the weekend. One of the many highlights of their visit will be a dinner for parents and daughters as the guests of the college. This will be followed by a music and drama program in College Hall.
Sunday morning will feature a special Freshman Chapel service. Canon George A. Palmer, father of Gwyneth Palmer ’63, of Ogdensburg, N.Y., will be the speaker.
All parents will register at their daughter’s dormitories.
Faculty - Student Efforts Merged
Faculty-Student Work Week, scheduled for Oct. 19-24, is the first money raising project to be sponsored by the Campus Community Chest Committee this year.
Formerly known as the Fellowship Fund, the Committee is organized to conduct drives and collect funds for various charities. The Faculty-Student Work Week not only adds to the Committee’s treasury, but also provides an opportunity for faculty and students to work together on a more informal basis.
Students interested in working for a faculty member during the week may sign up in the mailroom on Oct. 12, 13, and 14. They will receive 75 cents per hour to be donated toward the fund.
25th Alumnae Council Discusses Future Plans
The 25th Alumnae Council, with an attendance of 100 Skidmore graduates, met at Skidmore last week-end, Oct. 2-4.
A general session of the Council, presided over by the Alumnae Association president, Mrs. Carroll L. Shartle of Worthington, Ohio, was conducted Friday night in the Language Center. The Council, made up of association officers, class and club representatives, is informed on the year’s program and coordinates the work of committees and units.
Among the speakers for the evening were Miss Mary Collins, an alumnae trustee; Mrs. Judd Grey, treasurer; Mrs. Michael Sweeney, chairman of research; and Mrs. Douglas Williams, executive secretary of the Association.
The topics taken up at the session ranged from fund-raising plans to a June reunion program, and included other issues such as class and club organization and financial records.
The Saratoga County Alumnae Club is represented by Miss Patricia A. Sullivan.
Malino Directs Chapel Service
[photograph]
Rabbi Jerome R. Malino
Rabbi Jerome R. Malino, Chapel speaker for next Thursday, Oct. 15, has been very active as a religious and educational leader in Danbury, Conn. He will deliver a sermon entitled “'The Validity of the Moral Law.”
For many years, Rabbi Malino has been an active contributor to Danbury’s community affairs. Presently serving as spiritual leader of the United Jewish Center, he is also President of the Danbury Concert Association, as well as Chaplain at the Federal Correctional Institution. Rabbi Malino has been a member of the Executive Board of the Danbury chapter of the Red Cross and President of the Danbury Board of Education.
Rabbi Malino’s education has been extensive. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the College of the City of New York in 1931. In 1935, he was ordained Rabbi at the Jewish Institute of Religion, where he also received the degree of Master of Hebrew Literature.
Recently, Rabbi Malino has returned from a year of study and travel in Europe and Israel. He plans to take a group of members from his congregation back to Israel in April, 1960.
In addition to serving his own community, Rabbi Malino has participated in national and state religious affairs.
Rabbi Malino will also speak at the first meeting of the Interfaith Club, on the topic, “What Is a Jew?” Oct. 15, 7 p.m. in the Recreation Center. The meeting is open to all members of the college community. Refreshments will be served.
New Professors Discuss Impressions of Skidmore
By Jackie Merriam
[photograph]
New Faculty: Muriel Swain, Beverly Becker, Thomas Paley.
“Skidmore girls? They are interested and friendly.”
“Bibs? I would be lost without them,” commented Miss Beverly Becker, an attractive Wellesley graduate who is now a new Instructor in Physical Education.
Miss Becker is a native of Paterson, New Jersey. She spent a year at Temple University in Philadelphia after graduating from Wellesley College in 1951 and received her M.E.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1954. Since then, Miss Becker has taught at the University of Nebraska and at Mount Holyoke College.
Skiing, tennis, and travel are among Miss Becker’s favorite interests. Someday she hopes to work with gymnastics for about six months in one of the Scandinavian countries. “I think it is a good idea that Skidmore girls can choose Phys. Ed. as a major subject. At Mount Holyoke, there is no such major.”
Slightly out of breath, Miss Muriel Swain entered her office after her weekly bouncing session with the new trampoline. Miss Swain, the new Assistant Professor of Physical Education, claims to be “enjoying Skidmore thoroughly.”
Born in Willoughby, Ohio, Miss Swain, received her B.S. degree from Kent State University in Ohio, and her M.E.D. from the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina. Later, she became an Instructor of Health and Education at Lake Erie College in Plainsville, Ohio. Before coming to Skidmore this fall, Miss Swain was head of the swimming department at Mount Holyoke from 1955-1959.
Mr. Hiren Ghose, born in Patna, India, is the new Assistant Professor of Chemistry. He received his B.S. degree in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics from B.N. College in Patna, and his M.S. in Organic Chemistry from Patna University. This summer, Mr. Ghose completed work on his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at Montana State College.
Outside of the scientific realm,
(Continued on page six)
Clubs Under NSA Plan Displays, Tea For Introductions
Club programs, under the supervision of Charlotte Smiley, Vice Chairman of Activities of NSA, have been planned for Wednesday, Oct. 14. 'These programs are designed to give all students opportunities to meet the officers and members of the various clubs.
Pegasus, Skidmore’s English Club, will introduce the members of the English faculty, as well as Club members and officers at a tea in the English House living room, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Joy Holtzman, president, has stated that any student is eligible for membership in Pegasus, no matter what her major department.
Nancy Strong, President of the Business Club, has announced that the Club will sponsor a coffee in the Recreation Center from 4 to 6 p.m. The members of the business department and Business Club will be the hosts at this gathering.
The International Relations Club, under the direction of Nancy Howard, president, will sponsor a Japanese-style tea at
7 p.m. in the Language Center.
The staff of Folio, Skidmore’s literary and art magazine, will describe their publication’s aims at a coffee in Moore Hall after dinner. Kay Carmel, the editor, has reported that the 1959-60 staff will be on hand to discuss the types of contributions that Folio will accept.
Senate Convenes; Plans Year Ahead
A discussion of parliamentary procedure opened the first Student Senate meeting for 1959-1960 last Monday night. Beginning with a general debate on the process of legislation in student affairs, dorm presidents began the annual consideration of every day problems in campus life.
Representatives from the Executive Board brought up the tradition of “dressing” for every Wednesday night dinner. Members of the Senate were asked to discuss the tradition in their dorms and bring back arguments “for or against.”
Leslie Knight presented a plan for house organization, stressing the importance of the dorm as the basic unit of campus life. This year, special meetings with house presidents will center around the specific problems in dormitory life.
Periclean States Plans; Talks, Study Projects
[photograph]
Periclean Additions: Zefi Bechk, Shirleen Wong, Lynn McNamara, Jeanne Guenard.
The new members of Periclean, Skidmore’s Honor Society have been recently announced by Marilee Karins, President of the Society. They are Zefi Bechk ’60, Jeanne Guenard ’61, Lynn McNamara ’61, and Shirleen Wong ’61.
Periclean has been working on a tentative plan for the academic year of 1959-60. Marilee has released some information concerning these plans.
One of the outstanding events of the year will be the spring speaker. Periclean hopes to arrange for a speaker whose primary field of interest will be that of science. In the past, Marilee states, this area has been sorely neglected in the general cultural program.
This year’s spring program, unlike those of the past, will be open to the entire college community, not just the honor students. This innovation is in line with the comparatively new philosophy of Periclean, the aim of which is the further integration of the Society with the college campus, inclusive of faculty, students, and administration.
Periclean is also planning a program which will entail advancing student interest in Folio, Skidmore’s annual literary and art publication. They hope to encourage student interest and participation.
The institution of a summer reading program for entering freshmen is also on Periclean’s list of “hopefuls”. The program will include a wide variety of books to be used as references for different fields which are further encountered by the freshmen in their academic studies at Skidmore.
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| Title | October 8, 1959 |
| Date | October 08 1959 |
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| Transcript | Skidmore News Volume Thirty-five SKIDMORE COLLEGE, SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., OCTOBER 8, 1959 Number Three NURSING MAJORS SEE PAGE 5 "AS WE GO TO PRESS" SEE PAGE 2 Frosh Parents Meet At October Weekend Skidmore’s freshman orientation program will expand even further on Oct. 25-26 to include the parents, as well as the members of the Class of 1963. Commenting on the proposed “Freshman Parents’ Week-end,” Pres. Val H. Wilson said: “We feel the orientation of parents to Skidmore is part of the education of their daughters.” Designed to acquaint parents with Skidmore administration, faculty, curriculum, and campus, the tone for this two-day program will be set through a panel discussion by Pres. Wilson, Dean Norma MacRury, and Dean Jean M. Slocum. The faculty and administration planning “Freshman Parents’ Week-end” have also included riding and modern dance demonstrations, departmental open houses; a College Chorus Concert. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and the Deans of the college will personally welcome parents at an informal reception in Moore Hall living room. Two hundred and twenty families have already accepted their invitations to the weekend. One of the many highlights of their visit will be a dinner for parents and daughters as the guests of the college. This will be followed by a music and drama program in College Hall. Sunday morning will feature a special Freshman Chapel service. Canon George A. Palmer, father of Gwyneth Palmer ’63, of Ogdensburg, N.Y., will be the speaker. All parents will register at their daughter’s dormitories. Faculty - Student Efforts Merged Faculty-Student Work Week, scheduled for Oct. 19-24, is the first money raising project to be sponsored by the Campus Community Chest Committee this year. Formerly known as the Fellowship Fund, the Committee is organized to conduct drives and collect funds for various charities. The Faculty-Student Work Week not only adds to the Committee’s treasury, but also provides an opportunity for faculty and students to work together on a more informal basis. Students interested in working for a faculty member during the week may sign up in the mailroom on Oct. 12, 13, and 14. They will receive 75 cents per hour to be donated toward the fund. 25th Alumnae Council Discusses Future Plans The 25th Alumnae Council, with an attendance of 100 Skidmore graduates, met at Skidmore last week-end, Oct. 2-4. A general session of the Council, presided over by the Alumnae Association president, Mrs. Carroll L. Shartle of Worthington, Ohio, was conducted Friday night in the Language Center. The Council, made up of association officers, class and club representatives, is informed on the year’s program and coordinates the work of committees and units. Among the speakers for the evening were Miss Mary Collins, an alumnae trustee; Mrs. Judd Grey, treasurer; Mrs. Michael Sweeney, chairman of research; and Mrs. Douglas Williams, executive secretary of the Association. The topics taken up at the session ranged from fund-raising plans to a June reunion program, and included other issues such as class and club organization and financial records. The Saratoga County Alumnae Club is represented by Miss Patricia A. Sullivan. Malino Directs Chapel Service [photograph] Rabbi Jerome R. Malino Rabbi Jerome R. Malino, Chapel speaker for next Thursday, Oct. 15, has been very active as a religious and educational leader in Danbury, Conn. He will deliver a sermon entitled “'The Validity of the Moral Law.” For many years, Rabbi Malino has been an active contributor to Danbury’s community affairs. Presently serving as spiritual leader of the United Jewish Center, he is also President of the Danbury Concert Association, as well as Chaplain at the Federal Correctional Institution. Rabbi Malino has been a member of the Executive Board of the Danbury chapter of the Red Cross and President of the Danbury Board of Education. Rabbi Malino’s education has been extensive. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the College of the City of New York in 1931. In 1935, he was ordained Rabbi at the Jewish Institute of Religion, where he also received the degree of Master of Hebrew Literature. Recently, Rabbi Malino has returned from a year of study and travel in Europe and Israel. He plans to take a group of members from his congregation back to Israel in April, 1960. In addition to serving his own community, Rabbi Malino has participated in national and state religious affairs. Rabbi Malino will also speak at the first meeting of the Interfaith Club, on the topic, “What Is a Jew?” Oct. 15, 7 p.m. in the Recreation Center. The meeting is open to all members of the college community. Refreshments will be served. New Professors Discuss Impressions of Skidmore By Jackie Merriam [photograph] New Faculty: Muriel Swain, Beverly Becker, Thomas Paley. “Skidmore girls? They are interested and friendly.” “Bibs? I would be lost without them,” commented Miss Beverly Becker, an attractive Wellesley graduate who is now a new Instructor in Physical Education. Miss Becker is a native of Paterson, New Jersey. She spent a year at Temple University in Philadelphia after graduating from Wellesley College in 1951 and received her M.E.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1954. Since then, Miss Becker has taught at the University of Nebraska and at Mount Holyoke College. Skiing, tennis, and travel are among Miss Becker’s favorite interests. Someday she hopes to work with gymnastics for about six months in one of the Scandinavian countries. “I think it is a good idea that Skidmore girls can choose Phys. Ed. as a major subject. At Mount Holyoke, there is no such major.” Slightly out of breath, Miss Muriel Swain entered her office after her weekly bouncing session with the new trampoline. Miss Swain, the new Assistant Professor of Physical Education, claims to be “enjoying Skidmore thoroughly.” Born in Willoughby, Ohio, Miss Swain, received her B.S. degree from Kent State University in Ohio, and her M.E.D. from the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina. Later, she became an Instructor of Health and Education at Lake Erie College in Plainsville, Ohio. Before coming to Skidmore this fall, Miss Swain was head of the swimming department at Mount Holyoke from 1955-1959. Mr. Hiren Ghose, born in Patna, India, is the new Assistant Professor of Chemistry. He received his B.S. degree in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics from B.N. College in Patna, and his M.S. in Organic Chemistry from Patna University. This summer, Mr. Ghose completed work on his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at Montana State College. Outside of the scientific realm, (Continued on page six) Clubs Under NSA Plan Displays, Tea For Introductions Club programs, under the supervision of Charlotte Smiley, Vice Chairman of Activities of NSA, have been planned for Wednesday, Oct. 14. 'These programs are designed to give all students opportunities to meet the officers and members of the various clubs. Pegasus, Skidmore’s English Club, will introduce the members of the English faculty, as well as Club members and officers at a tea in the English House living room, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Joy Holtzman, president, has stated that any student is eligible for membership in Pegasus, no matter what her major department. Nancy Strong, President of the Business Club, has announced that the Club will sponsor a coffee in the Recreation Center from 4 to 6 p.m. The members of the business department and Business Club will be the hosts at this gathering. The International Relations Club, under the direction of Nancy Howard, president, will sponsor a Japanese-style tea at 7 p.m. in the Language Center. The staff of Folio, Skidmore’s literary and art magazine, will describe their publication’s aims at a coffee in Moore Hall after dinner. Kay Carmel, the editor, has reported that the 1959-60 staff will be on hand to discuss the types of contributions that Folio will accept. Senate Convenes; Plans Year Ahead A discussion of parliamentary procedure opened the first Student Senate meeting for 1959-1960 last Monday night. Beginning with a general debate on the process of legislation in student affairs, dorm presidents began the annual consideration of every day problems in campus life. Representatives from the Executive Board brought up the tradition of “dressing” for every Wednesday night dinner. Members of the Senate were asked to discuss the tradition in their dorms and bring back arguments “for or against.” Leslie Knight presented a plan for house organization, stressing the importance of the dorm as the basic unit of campus life. This year, special meetings with house presidents will center around the specific problems in dormitory life. Periclean States Plans; Talks, Study Projects [photograph] Periclean Additions: Zefi Bechk, Shirleen Wong, Lynn McNamara, Jeanne Guenard. The new members of Periclean, Skidmore’s Honor Society have been recently announced by Marilee Karins, President of the Society. They are Zefi Bechk ’60, Jeanne Guenard ’61, Lynn McNamara ’61, and Shirleen Wong ’61. Periclean has been working on a tentative plan for the academic year of 1959-60. Marilee has released some information concerning these plans. One of the outstanding events of the year will be the spring speaker. Periclean hopes to arrange for a speaker whose primary field of interest will be that of science. In the past, Marilee states, this area has been sorely neglected in the general cultural program. This year’s spring program, unlike those of the past, will be open to the entire college community, not just the honor students. This innovation is in line with the comparatively new philosophy of Periclean, the aim of which is the further integration of the Society with the college campus, inclusive of faculty, students, and administration. Periclean is also planning a program which will entail advancing student interest in Folio, Skidmore’s annual literary and art publication. They hope to encourage student interest and participation. The institution of a summer reading program for entering freshmen is also on Periclean’s list of “hopefuls”. The program will include a wide variety of books to be used as references for different fields which are further encountered by the freshmen in their academic studies at Skidmore. |
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