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Skidmore News
Volume Thirty-one SKIDMORE COLLEGE, SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1956 Number Fifteen
Vapnek Named Editor-in-Chief For ’56-’57 Joseph, Rosenfeld Complete Triumvirate
Joseph Manages
An English major from Pelham, New York, Carol Joseph tries to read a book a week, has an inner compulsion to be an archeologist, and hopes to attend the Columbia School of Journalism after graduation from Skidmore.
All these literary and creative aspirations were the result of a third grade teacher named Mrs. Arduser, who introduced the principles of poetry writing into almost every phase of learning. One of Carol’s first poems, “The Tree’s Good Morning” appeared in a school publication called First Flight. As an avocation, Carol tried the piano and the flute, but not with as much success as she had with the written word. Carol worked on the Pel Pen, the Junior High School paper for two years and was one of the sixteen chosen from a journalism class in Senior High School to put out their paper called the Pel Mel. Her Senior year saw her on the literary staff of the Yearbook.
After High School, Carol spent an exciting summer buried under adding machines and payrolls at Hearst Publications. The next summer saw her battling the same anti-intellectual procedures at Fire Island. A few faux pas like considering the circular file the waste basket did not result in her being asked back. The next summer, however, Carol went to the University of Oslo Summer School. She took courses in Norwegian Language, Art, and Literature. There were 200 Americans at the University all of whom got together to put out a yearbook called the Ambassador .... you guessed it! Our girl was co-editor. The theme of the yearbook was the
reciprocal impact of Norway and America. A professor at the university wrote the American aspect, and Collins Strong, U. S. Ambassador, wrote the influence of Norway on America.
If she could go back in history Carol would like to be a handmaiden to an Egyptian Pharoah, which ties in with her interest in archeology, or a participant in the French Revolution. The latter indicates Carol’s liking for the controversial and exciting. In taking sides in a debate Carol would rather argue for the thing she believes in.
Carol’s triple mates, Wyman and Howard, provide stimulating meterial for the last statement. As for future endeavor it says in very small and wavering print that a New York City newspaper fills the stage.
Vapnek Edits News
To travel around the world as a correspondent, to acquire another degree, to land a job on Life Magazine and to be a homemaker supreme are all among the wealth of ambitions possessed by our new Editor, Ada Vapnek. “Of course, I took a few education courses just in case.” Considering her tremendously wide interests and deep absorption in any project at hand, Ada is quite likely to achieve these and many other goals. A casual perfectionist in everything from personal appearance to commas inside quotation marks, she describes herself “as the picture of organized confusion.”
Monticello, New York, Ada’s home town was the scene of her first literary endeavors. She was, among other things, Feature Editor of the high school paper, Editor of the yearbook, and rather impressively, Editor of the Latin Magazine. Add Co-Editor of the Skidmore Handbook and Copy Editor of the Skidmore News to this list and it becomes evident that she brings a good amount of experience and technical know-how to her new job. In high school aside from editorializing, Ada also belonged to the Student Council and Honor Society, made her first and last public appearance as a vocalist singing, “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?” and helped lead Monticello cheers. Somehow, the cheerleading was accomplished even though Ada considers her athletic prowess nil. Champion or not, she has appeared on TV with her golf instructor and played in a foursome with Sid Caesar and Peter Lind Hayes, whom she found charming. This tinge of the theatrical may be a holdover from the days when she was in Lillian Helman’s Children’s Hour. Besides enjoying the golf links in the summer, Ada has been a telephone operator in Monticello. Following tradition, she stayed at her post through the long and trying hours of last year’s flood.
The Vapnek family is comprised of Ada’s big-little brother named Danny, her father who is a rod & reel enthusiast and her mother, known for outstanding apple pie. There is also a cat dubbed Tarz because he’s black all over and “the car that I don’t have” a wonderful ’33 Ford complete with chrome engine owned by Danny.
Ada, with a consuming interest in books, quite naturally majors in English, belongs to the Library Committee and works in Bookmark.
Just as unnaturally, she is the Fire Captain of her dorm. Perhaps Ada’s greatest accomplishment in this direction occurred when she sent all of the unsuspecting mem-
Continued on Page Four
Carol Joseph [photograph]
Ada Vapnek [photograph]
Rosenfeld to Assist
Lynn, Managing Editor of the News for next year, has been a faithful member of the staff since her freshman year. She began by cleaning the ash trays and headlining. Later she was given the slight honor of writing notices of movies. After that she progressed to writing features and she was put on the copy staff in recognition of her fine writing ability.
This past year, Lynn has served as Feature Editor, a position in which she has become known for her interesting and unusual interviews with various interesting people of Saratoga. One of her most enlightening interviews led to a scoop on the Saratogian. When Lynn and her cohort Carol talked with the mayor, he told them about plans for a hotel in the park which had not yet been mentioned in the paper. When this was later written up in the Saratogian, the News was given credit for having already published the information.
Besides devoting many hours a week to the News, Lynn has been active in Omnibus. Recently, she has been in charge of the publicity for the seminar plays. She is also on the planning committee of Business Club.
At present, Lynn is a member of the Mademoiselle College Board on which she has won honorable mention for her first assignment.
Lynn attended high school at the Barnard School for Girls in New York City. In her senior year she was named “Barnard girl of the year.”
She has spent several summers as a camp counselor at various summer camps. Last summer she worked in a resident buying office where she says she had a chance to put theory into practise. However she “almost got an ulcer in the process.”
Lynn claims that she has had a number of unsuccessful hobbies.
She collected fish which died, stamps the glue of which came off, and cocktail mixers which bent. She also tried knitting socks but gave up. Now she just reads.
With Lynn to fill out the big three of the News we can predict nothing but success for the paper next year.
Lynn Rosenfeld [photograph]
MARGI BISHOP HEADS BUSINESS Lyn Pyle To Become Advertising Manager
Margi Bishop is the third consecutive history major to be named business manager of the NEWS. Margi’s clear way of thinking, her sound judgment, and her versatility will enable her to excel at both. After graduation, however, Margi will forego business for history. Her plans include graduate school and teaching history, or teaching history and then graduate work or both at once.
Margi comes from Larchmont, N.Y. but divides her summers between Watch Hill, Rhode Island and Lake George. Although Margi enjoys both tennis and skiing, her favorite sport is sailing. In the winter she goes frostbiting (sailing in the cold, cold weather) at the Larchmont Yacht Club. This sounds delightful as long as you don’t fall in, and according to Margi she’s only done that twice.
Her two great ambitions are to sail around the world and raise show dogs. Margi has visited The Yankee, a boat that takes young people for a sail around the world fn eighteen months for $4,000. Margi would love to crew for her if she ever has the time. As for raising show dogs, that is far in the future, although her knowledge of dogs matches her knowledge of boats.
In a more practical vein, Margi told us her interest in history and children stems back to her early childhood. She has quite a bit of experience with children, working as a governess for one summer and in a playground for two.
At Skidmore, Margi has been active on the NEWS. She was a staff reporter and during the past year has acted as associate copy editor. She will be the first business manager to be chosen from the literary staff, bringing to the business staff a thorough over-all knowledge of the paper.
Aside from the NEWS, Margi has been quite active in AA and Outing Club. She planned the fall IOCA day and will be in charge of the AA Spring Playday. She is also a member of AA Executive Board.
Margi’s serene countenance covers an active mind; behind her calm manner rests great energy. Her versatility speaks for itself in her long line of interests from boats to history. NEWS is pleased to salute their new business manager.
Lyn Pyle, Advertising Manager
After two years of very capable work with the Advertising Staff of the News, Lyn Pyle has become Advertising Manager. An English major with imagination and a winning way, Lyn will efficiently handle the important position of soliciting and writing advertisements for the paper.
Lyn comes to Skidmore from Summit, New Jersey, where she was almost as busy in high school activities as she has been here at College. Outside of contributing to News, Lyn has kept busy with singing, with both the Freshman and College Choruses, and this year, with the Sonneteers for whom she sings the lead part.
A mainstay of the Agency Committee, Lyn can often be found in the booth in the mailroom, captivating us into purchasing brand new Skidmore blazers. She has also helped with weekend committees, and found time to participate in the programs of the Psychology, Omnibus and Pegasus clubs. A popular Big Sister, she is known to many freshmen, and upperclassmen alike.
When she is not hard at work in the English House, acting as Mr. Bolton’s assistant, Lyn can be found preparing and departing for weekends in Hanover, a spot of which she has grown very fond within the last three years.
A ready hand with the adjectives at the regular Monday night ad sessions in which the weekly advertisements for the News are concocted, Lyn will most certainly carry out her responsibilities with finesse, and we wish her very good luck as the new Advertising Manager.
Margi Bishop [photograph]
Lyn Pyle [photograph]
Announcing News Staff
Editor-in-chief - Ada Vapnek
Managing Editors - Carol Joseph Lynn Rosenfeld
Business Manager - Margi Bishop
Advertising Manager - Lyn Pyle
Feature Editor - Joan Benninger
News Editor - Polly Wittenberg
Literary Editor - Myrna Umansky
Copy Editors - Bobs Shoemaker Ann Ferguson
Program Editor - Barbara Rees
Circulation Manager - Lesley Holmes
Art Editor - Jane Kelly
Photography Editor - Joan Bowles
A. A. Representative - Ellen Stewart
Exchange Editor - Margot Cahn
NEWS Welcomes:
Sandra Bauhan 1958
Joyce Burstein 1959
Dorothy Dodd 1957
Sue Hoffman 1959
Gail Joseph 1959
Audrey Malkary 1958
as members of the staff.
News Staff Entertains
This afternoon at the Worden Inn an announcement was made of the editorial staff of the NEWS for 1956-1957. Each present editor announced her own successor and presented her with a corsage. Attending the party in honor of the new staff were Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Baker, Mr. Fred Eaton, Editor of the Saratogian, and Mr. and Mrs. William F. Martin along with the editorial, literary and business staffs.
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| Title | March 7, 1956 |
| Date | March 07 1956 |
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| Transcript | Skidmore News Volume Thirty-one SKIDMORE COLLEGE, SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1956 Number Fifteen Vapnek Named Editor-in-Chief For ’56-’57 Joseph, Rosenfeld Complete Triumvirate Joseph Manages An English major from Pelham, New York, Carol Joseph tries to read a book a week, has an inner compulsion to be an archeologist, and hopes to attend the Columbia School of Journalism after graduation from Skidmore. All these literary and creative aspirations were the result of a third grade teacher named Mrs. Arduser, who introduced the principles of poetry writing into almost every phase of learning. One of Carol’s first poems, “The Tree’s Good Morning” appeared in a school publication called First Flight. As an avocation, Carol tried the piano and the flute, but not with as much success as she had with the written word. Carol worked on the Pel Pen, the Junior High School paper for two years and was one of the sixteen chosen from a journalism class in Senior High School to put out their paper called the Pel Mel. Her Senior year saw her on the literary staff of the Yearbook. After High School, Carol spent an exciting summer buried under adding machines and payrolls at Hearst Publications. The next summer saw her battling the same anti-intellectual procedures at Fire Island. A few faux pas like considering the circular file the waste basket did not result in her being asked back. The next summer, however, Carol went to the University of Oslo Summer School. She took courses in Norwegian Language, Art, and Literature. There were 200 Americans at the University all of whom got together to put out a yearbook called the Ambassador .... you guessed it! Our girl was co-editor. The theme of the yearbook was the reciprocal impact of Norway and America. A professor at the university wrote the American aspect, and Collins Strong, U. S. Ambassador, wrote the influence of Norway on America. If she could go back in history Carol would like to be a handmaiden to an Egyptian Pharoah, which ties in with her interest in archeology, or a participant in the French Revolution. The latter indicates Carol’s liking for the controversial and exciting. In taking sides in a debate Carol would rather argue for the thing she believes in. Carol’s triple mates, Wyman and Howard, provide stimulating meterial for the last statement. As for future endeavor it says in very small and wavering print that a New York City newspaper fills the stage. Vapnek Edits News To travel around the world as a correspondent, to acquire another degree, to land a job on Life Magazine and to be a homemaker supreme are all among the wealth of ambitions possessed by our new Editor, Ada Vapnek. “Of course, I took a few education courses just in case.” Considering her tremendously wide interests and deep absorption in any project at hand, Ada is quite likely to achieve these and many other goals. A casual perfectionist in everything from personal appearance to commas inside quotation marks, she describes herself “as the picture of organized confusion.” Monticello, New York, Ada’s home town was the scene of her first literary endeavors. She was, among other things, Feature Editor of the high school paper, Editor of the yearbook, and rather impressively, Editor of the Latin Magazine. Add Co-Editor of the Skidmore Handbook and Copy Editor of the Skidmore News to this list and it becomes evident that she brings a good amount of experience and technical know-how to her new job. In high school aside from editorializing, Ada also belonged to the Student Council and Honor Society, made her first and last public appearance as a vocalist singing, “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?” and helped lead Monticello cheers. Somehow, the cheerleading was accomplished even though Ada considers her athletic prowess nil. Champion or not, she has appeared on TV with her golf instructor and played in a foursome with Sid Caesar and Peter Lind Hayes, whom she found charming. This tinge of the theatrical may be a holdover from the days when she was in Lillian Helman’s Children’s Hour. Besides enjoying the golf links in the summer, Ada has been a telephone operator in Monticello. Following tradition, she stayed at her post through the long and trying hours of last year’s flood. The Vapnek family is comprised of Ada’s big-little brother named Danny, her father who is a rod & reel enthusiast and her mother, known for outstanding apple pie. There is also a cat dubbed Tarz because he’s black all over and “the car that I don’t have” a wonderful ’33 Ford complete with chrome engine owned by Danny. Ada, with a consuming interest in books, quite naturally majors in English, belongs to the Library Committee and works in Bookmark. Just as unnaturally, she is the Fire Captain of her dorm. Perhaps Ada’s greatest accomplishment in this direction occurred when she sent all of the unsuspecting mem- Continued on Page Four Carol Joseph [photograph] Ada Vapnek [photograph] Rosenfeld to Assist Lynn, Managing Editor of the News for next year, has been a faithful member of the staff since her freshman year. She began by cleaning the ash trays and headlining. Later she was given the slight honor of writing notices of movies. After that she progressed to writing features and she was put on the copy staff in recognition of her fine writing ability. This past year, Lynn has served as Feature Editor, a position in which she has become known for her interesting and unusual interviews with various interesting people of Saratoga. One of her most enlightening interviews led to a scoop on the Saratogian. When Lynn and her cohort Carol talked with the mayor, he told them about plans for a hotel in the park which had not yet been mentioned in the paper. When this was later written up in the Saratogian, the News was given credit for having already published the information. Besides devoting many hours a week to the News, Lynn has been active in Omnibus. Recently, she has been in charge of the publicity for the seminar plays. She is also on the planning committee of Business Club. At present, Lynn is a member of the Mademoiselle College Board on which she has won honorable mention for her first assignment. Lynn attended high school at the Barnard School for Girls in New York City. In her senior year she was named “Barnard girl of the year.” She has spent several summers as a camp counselor at various summer camps. Last summer she worked in a resident buying office where she says she had a chance to put theory into practise. However she “almost got an ulcer in the process.” Lynn claims that she has had a number of unsuccessful hobbies. She collected fish which died, stamps the glue of which came off, and cocktail mixers which bent. She also tried knitting socks but gave up. Now she just reads. With Lynn to fill out the big three of the News we can predict nothing but success for the paper next year. Lynn Rosenfeld [photograph] MARGI BISHOP HEADS BUSINESS Lyn Pyle To Become Advertising Manager Margi Bishop is the third consecutive history major to be named business manager of the NEWS. Margi’s clear way of thinking, her sound judgment, and her versatility will enable her to excel at both. After graduation, however, Margi will forego business for history. Her plans include graduate school and teaching history, or teaching history and then graduate work or both at once. Margi comes from Larchmont, N.Y. but divides her summers between Watch Hill, Rhode Island and Lake George. Although Margi enjoys both tennis and skiing, her favorite sport is sailing. In the winter she goes frostbiting (sailing in the cold, cold weather) at the Larchmont Yacht Club. This sounds delightful as long as you don’t fall in, and according to Margi she’s only done that twice. Her two great ambitions are to sail around the world and raise show dogs. Margi has visited The Yankee, a boat that takes young people for a sail around the world fn eighteen months for $4,000. Margi would love to crew for her if she ever has the time. As for raising show dogs, that is far in the future, although her knowledge of dogs matches her knowledge of boats. In a more practical vein, Margi told us her interest in history and children stems back to her early childhood. She has quite a bit of experience with children, working as a governess for one summer and in a playground for two. At Skidmore, Margi has been active on the NEWS. She was a staff reporter and during the past year has acted as associate copy editor. She will be the first business manager to be chosen from the literary staff, bringing to the business staff a thorough over-all knowledge of the paper. Aside from the NEWS, Margi has been quite active in AA and Outing Club. She planned the fall IOCA day and will be in charge of the AA Spring Playday. She is also a member of AA Executive Board. Margi’s serene countenance covers an active mind; behind her calm manner rests great energy. Her versatility speaks for itself in her long line of interests from boats to history. NEWS is pleased to salute their new business manager. Lyn Pyle, Advertising Manager After two years of very capable work with the Advertising Staff of the News, Lyn Pyle has become Advertising Manager. An English major with imagination and a winning way, Lyn will efficiently handle the important position of soliciting and writing advertisements for the paper. Lyn comes to Skidmore from Summit, New Jersey, where she was almost as busy in high school activities as she has been here at College. Outside of contributing to News, Lyn has kept busy with singing, with both the Freshman and College Choruses, and this year, with the Sonneteers for whom she sings the lead part. A mainstay of the Agency Committee, Lyn can often be found in the booth in the mailroom, captivating us into purchasing brand new Skidmore blazers. She has also helped with weekend committees, and found time to participate in the programs of the Psychology, Omnibus and Pegasus clubs. A popular Big Sister, she is known to many freshmen, and upperclassmen alike. When she is not hard at work in the English House, acting as Mr. Bolton’s assistant, Lyn can be found preparing and departing for weekends in Hanover, a spot of which she has grown very fond within the last three years. A ready hand with the adjectives at the regular Monday night ad sessions in which the weekly advertisements for the News are concocted, Lyn will most certainly carry out her responsibilities with finesse, and we wish her very good luck as the new Advertising Manager. Margi Bishop [photograph] Lyn Pyle [photograph] Announcing News Staff Editor-in-chief - Ada Vapnek Managing Editors - Carol Joseph Lynn Rosenfeld Business Manager - Margi Bishop Advertising Manager - Lyn Pyle Feature Editor - Joan Benninger News Editor - Polly Wittenberg Literary Editor - Myrna Umansky Copy Editors - Bobs Shoemaker Ann Ferguson Program Editor - Barbara Rees Circulation Manager - Lesley Holmes Art Editor - Jane Kelly Photography Editor - Joan Bowles A. A. Representative - Ellen Stewart Exchange Editor - Margot Cahn NEWS Welcomes: Sandra Bauhan 1958 Joyce Burstein 1959 Dorothy Dodd 1957 Sue Hoffman 1959 Gail Joseph 1959 Audrey Malkary 1958 as members of the staff. News Staff Entertains This afternoon at the Worden Inn an announcement was made of the editorial staff of the NEWS for 1956-1957. Each present editor announced her own successor and presented her with a corsage. Attending the party in honor of the new staff were Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Baker, Mr. Fred Eaton, Editor of the Saratogian, and Mr. and Mrs. William F. Martin along with the editorial, literary and business staffs. |
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