FEBRUARY, 1949
Monday, February 7
Last Thursday, in what is expected to be Princeton's last midwinter graduation,
274 degrees were awarded, including 217 bachelors of arts, 49 bachelors of
science in engineering and eight associates in arts. Another 73 degrees were
awarded to men who completed their degree requirements in August.
The commencement speaker was Frederick Osborne '10, U. S. representative on the
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. He decried national rivalries in
developing atomic weapons.
Emerson Dickman, former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, has been named head
coach of the varsity baseball team.
Tickets for the March 4th Junior Prom go on sale today at the University store.
A library of more than 2,000 volumes has been given to Princeton by Arthur W.
Butler '92. The collection will be housed as a unit in Firestone Library.
All men eligible for election to clubs must register this Wednesday and Thursday
at 305 Nassau Hall. At registration each man must decide whether he will stand for
election as an individual or as a member of an ironbound. Open House will be held
Thursday, Friday, and Sunday evenings, February 17, 18, 19. All eligibles are urged
to take advantage of this time to visit as many clubs as possible. The actual Bicker
Week will be from February 21 through February 26. This is the only time an official
bid can be offered or accepted.
Numbered cards will be issued to all the clubs on Monday, February 21st at 7:30.
These cards will constitute formal bids when issued to eligibles by the clubs.
When an eligible registers a card at 305 Nassau Hall he becomes a member of the
club which issued him the bid. An eligible may accept a card from another club,
but only if he surrenders a previously issued card to the club representative
issuing the later bid. Cards may be exchanged by an eligible any number of times,
but eligibles are forbidden to hold more than one card at any time.
On Wednesday, February 23, all cards issued to eligibles must be returned to
Nassau Hall for registration. Any card held by an eligible after noon of this day
will no longer be binding on the club. There will then be a period of a day and a
half in which no cards will be issued. During this time a complete check of the
progress of the election can be made.
On Thursday, February 24, another set of cards will be issued to the clubs at 7:00
and another period of issuing and registering bids will take place. All these cards
must be returned to Nassau Hall by noon on Saturday, February 26. This is the
official end of the bicker period and any cards held after this date will not be
binding.
Parking meters will soon be installed in Princeton.
A Letter to Three Wives, starring Jeanne Crain, Anne Southern, Linda Darnell,
Kirk Douglas and Paul Douglas, is playing at the Playhouse.
During the vacation Tiger teams recorded 14 wins, 7 losses and 1 tie.
Varsity basketball lost to Rutgers 48-44, lost to Georgetown 68-60, and lost to
Yale 74-48. Eli Tony Lavelli scored 40 points to set personal, Yale and EIL
records.
Varsity hockey defeated Hamilton 2-1, lost to Boston U. 10-0, lost to Boston
College 5-2, and snapped Clarkson Tech's 4 game win streak 7-3.
The varsity swimmers defeated Syracuse 45-40, defeated Temple 42-33, and defeated
Columbia 66-9.
The track team lost to Yale 79-30. '51ers placing first were Bob Snable and Bill
Swearer as part of the one mile relay team and high jumper Bob Belknap.
The all-'51 polo team defeated Georgetown 19-2. Randy Tucker scored 7 goals, Phil
Fanning and Mike Mahoney 5 each, and Phil Matter scored twice in the second half.
Varsity wrestling tied Penn when Red Finney captured a three-point decision in the
last match.
Varsity squash edged Navy 5-4.
Varsity fencing defeated Temple 15-12>
Tuesday, February 8
A statewide convention of United World Federalist college and school chapters
will be conducted by the Princeton UFW chapter on March 19.
The smash-hit Triangle show, "All in Favor", will be presented again during Alumni
Day. Alumni will also see the first showing of the documentary film, "Princeton".
Tonight an old debating rivalry will continue as Princeton's Varsity Debate Panel,
represented by John Sharon '49 and Allen Dulles '51, will defend the affirmative
on the proposition "Resolved, that the Marshall Plan is making a substantial con-
tribution to Europe's recovery" in a debate with the University of California.
The Third Century Campaign's drive for $550,000 in expendable funds for faculty
salaries has raised $531,191.82 to date.
The Theatre Intime is rehearsing Shaw's "Heartbreak House" to be presented on
March 4, the night of the Junior Prom. Robert Yaeger '51 will portray Mangan.
There will be a meeting tonight at 8 of all club eligibles in Alexander Hall.
The purpose is to discuss plans for the coming bicker session and answer any
last minute questions.
Six $2,000 fellowships for advanced study at either Princeton or California
Institute of Technology in the fields of rocket and jet propulsion have been
established by the Guggenheim Foundation.
Registrar Howard Stepp last night condemned the actions of "a few thoughtless
individuals" in tearing down the marks posted in Alexander Hall.
Wednesday, February 9
Last night the Princeton debate team defeated University of California.
The final pre-bicker period meeting was held last night in Alexander Hall before
a small gathering of about 200 eligibles. Interclub President Vernon Geddy said
that on Thursday, February 17 the clubs will be open from 7:30 to 10:00 and from
7:30 to 9:00 on Friday and Sunday. He reminded eligibles that they are not allowed
on Prospect Street or in the clubs except during the open house periods; no parties
may be given for eligibles by the clubs, either in the clubs or on the campus; and
committments are not binding until the cards are issued.
The second elective course in the senior year was reinstated as a requirement for
the A.B. degree. The second elective was reinstated largely to enable students in
the R.O.T.C. programs to take the required R.O.T.C. course and still
have an elective in their schedules.
In an effort to encourage undergraduate writing and general theatrical work, the
Theatre Intime has inaugurated a play-writing contest which will last for the next
year, climaxed by a $50 prize for the best play.
The Nassau Sovereign will begin its spring competition next week with a meeting
in the Senior Room of the Nassau Tavern.
The Winter Sports issue of the Princeton Tiger made its appearance yesterday,
featuring a biginner's reminiscences of life on skis, a satirical view of the
coming bicker period, and a huge cartoon interpretation of the "sliding scale"
system.
Junior Prom tickets go on sale in the U-Store this morning.
The cagers will play Columbia tonight in Dillon Gymn, while the fencers will duel
Haverford and the squash team will meet Penn this afternoon.
Thursday, February 10
Dean Godolphin announced yesterday that only 29 men were dropped from the Univers-
ity for scholastic deficiency. The IBM machines in Nassau Hall which record the
grades have speeded up the process of averaging each student's grades. These
machines print the records of a complete class on a continuous roll of paper.
The Tigertones will hold tryouts today and tomorrow from 4:30 to 6 in Murray-Dodge
to fill three vacancies. Having already visited Vassar, the group are scheduled
to perform at Bryn Mawr, Smith and Mt. Holyoke.
The first overall renovation of the U-Store in twenty years has been completed at
a cost of $72,300.
Today is the last day in which eligibles may register their desire to join a club.
Yesterday Dean Godolphin announced that limited car permission will be granted to
all undergraduates for the weekend of the Junior Prom. Cars will be permitted in
Princeton between noon on Friday, March 4, and 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 6.
No car may be taken out of the Borough of Princeton between 7 p.m. Friday and
8 a.m. Saturday, and 7 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday, except to make train
connections for guests at Princeton Junction.
All undergraduates must return their guests to their respective places of resi-
dence for this weekend before 4 a.m., Saturday, March 5, and before 2 a.m. on
Sunday, March 6.
No undergraduate may drive a car between the hours of 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. Saturday,
and between the hours of 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Sunday.
Yenching University, an indirect beneficiary of Princeton's Campus Fund drive dur-
ing the fall term, now lies within Communist-occupied territory. Thus far the
Communists have not interfered with the Univerity's work.
Three of the East's leading skating clubs will participate in the Princeton Ice
Carnival on March 18 and 19. The carnival was last held in 1941.
The Princeton Summer Camp needs undergraduates as councilors next summer. There
will be a meeting for those interested tonight at 7:30 in Murray-Dodge.
John Hite will deliver his first public lecture of this term at 7:30 tonight
in 124 Dickinson.
Last night Columbia defeated the Tiger cagers 57-50 in overtime, the fencers
defeated Haverford 14-13.
Friday, February 11
Houseparties have been set for the weekend of May 7. Competition for dates will
be stiff since Yale is holding Derby Day on the same weekend. Car rules are
expected to be about the same as for Junior Prom weekend.
Princeton's part in a nationwide program to unify Protestant churches will be
brought out at a Student Christian Association forum on the theme: "No Time
for Division" at 8 Sunday evening in Murray-Dodge. David Lowry '51 said that
the forum will inform students of the progress of church unification.
An effort is underway to reactivate the Pre-Med Society, which has been inactive
since 1936. There are 382 pre-med students now enrolled.
Monday, February 14
The University Band will open its first post-war concert season with a performance
at Vassar on Saturday, February 19.
Fifteen Bulgarian ministers of the Evangelical Church were indicted Thursday by
the public prosecutor in Sofia on charges of espionage and "irregular political
connection" with members of United States and British political missions.
Professor Cyril Black was alleged to have been one of the contacts.
John Hite, instructor of English, center of an academic controversy in the spring
of 1948, will not have his contract renewed beyond this term.
Clark Myers, WPRU publicity representative, announced a newly organized staff,
improved facilities and an expanded schedule. Roby Harrington is Program Director,
assisted by Charles Wulfing. The station will be on the air from 4:30 p.m. to
1:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. The station now has a catalogue of over 4,000
records.
Tickets for the Junior Prom will definitely go on sale today at 10:00 a.m. in the
U-Store. Prices are $8.40 per couple and $7.20 stag.
Cornell handed varsity basketball its fifth straight defeat and dropped the Tigers
to fourth in the EIL, 59-44. The team played without ineligible Mike Kearn.
The swimmers lost to Army 43-32, the fencers lost to Army 15-12, polo lost to
Williams 11-10, the squash team blanked MIT 9-0. In track, Princeton finished
second to Army but beat Harvard at West Point, and the pistol team defeated
the Seventh Regiment Armory team 1381-1349.
In the day's most dramatic sports event Reddy Finney gained a 4-0 decision in the
final match to give Princeton wrestlers a 14-14 tie. The tie broke heavily favored
Navy's string of 50 consecutive wins.
Tuesday, February 15
Junior Prom tickets finally went on sale yesterday and 210 were sold. Tommy Dorsey
and Hank Durell will provide the music, with Dorsey contracted to play 45 minutes
out of every hour. The Dillon Gymn will be decorated in a south seas style.
Representative Vito Marcantonio (ALP, NY> will speak at Whig-Clio either Wednesday
or Thursday of next week, Roger MacBride, newly elected president of Whig-Clio's
Public Affairs Forum, announced last night. The speech is scheduled for Thursday,
but since that is the first night of the second calling period of Bicker Week
MacBride has asked Marcantonio to change the date to Wednesday.
In a public statement released yesterday John HIte says he will fight his dismissal.
He says he was improperly dismissed for "violating a trust" by bringing an academic
issue (the PHD controversy) before the student body.
Colonial Club has elected 20 faculty men associate members of the club. Those
elected are entitled to full use of club facilities for a year, with meals at
guest rates. Those elected were nominated from the floor at a special meeting.
"How well is the club system working?" will be the topic of a Liberal Union
roundtable discussion at 8 over WPRU tonight.
The Advertising Forum will hold its Spring term organizing meeting tonight at 8
in the Cabinet Room of Murray-Dodge.
Baritone Herbert Strauss '51 will perform tonight at 9 in the Music Room of Murray
Dodge as part of Orange Key Campus Center Recital Committee's first program of its
1949 series.
In a sweeping reorganization of WPRU the following members of 1951 have been
appointed to key positions:
Engineering supervisor: A. L. Dyer, J. S. Mays, E. M. Towbes.
Senior staff technician: O. Eckstein.
Senior staff engineer: L. M. Stapp.
Associate staff technician: H. LaViers, W. B. Anderson.
Associate staff engineer: G. F. Darden, W. D. Dupre, R. E. Eddy, G. W. Eighmy,
E. E. Hastings, S. M. Neely, H. A. Petersen, G. W. Thompson, J. E. Timberlake,
B. F. Weems,
Senior staff announcer: A. Folli.
Staff announcer: L. M. Stapp, W. W. Couch.
Associate staff announcers: E. W. Lewis, J. E. Brassill, G. F. Darden, R. N.
Akeley, L. Emanuel, E. M. Courier.
The University boxing tournament will begin March 7.
Wednesday, February 16
Nearly every aspect of the club system was hashed over last on WPRU's forum. The
first issue was the failure of the clubs to admit all eligibles. Professor
Willard Thorpe asked how that could be justified "when relatively speaking, the
non-member is deprived of all campus social life?" Vernon Geddy, chairman of
the Interclub Committee, answered that the present club facilities just won't
accommodate all eligibles. He pointed out the pre-war record showed 100 per cent
membership, when enrollment was smaller.
The Triangle Club's "All In Favor" will be televised over WNBT this Saturday
night. It will be the first time that a college show has been specifically con-
tracted for a television program.
A $1,000 prize trip to England has been opened to Princeton students for the first
time by the English-Speaking Union for the best essay on strengthening ties be-
tween English-speaking people.
Tonight at 9 on WPRU Roby Harrington will interview John Hite concerning his up-
coming release in June.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will operate special coaches on its Trailblazer to Chi-
cago and its Jeffersonian to St. Louis on Friday, April 1, to accommodate Prince-
tonian travel at the beginning of spring vacation. Both trains will make special
stops at Princeton Junction.
The Princeton Outing Club, along with similar groups from Smith and Vassar, will
journey to the Juniper Hill Inn for skiing at Mt. Ascutney, Vermont.
Undergraduates will have the opportunity to see the documentary "Princeton" on
Thursday, February 24.
The pistol team defeated Cornell 1293-1259 by mail. John Frederick led the way
with a score of 271 out of 300
Today's Daily Princetonian contains a special Bryn Mawr supplement pub-
lished in connection with the annual Bryn Mawr Freshman show.
Thursday, February 17
The 1949 Bicker Period begins tonight at 7:30 when the seventeen clubs hold the
first of three open houses. About 800 eligibles are expected to visit Prospect
Street. Two additional open houses will be held Friday and Sunday nights.
The following editorial appeared in today's Daily Princetonian:
THE BICKER PERIOD
As clubs throw their doors open to eligibles tonight and formal bicker machinery
is set in motion, we think certain factors inherent in the situation need em-
phasis.
Although the bicker period is never easy on any one, we think that the new sys-
tem as devised by the Interclub Committee puts the eligible in an essentially
favorable bargaining position. This is as it should be, for it is the eligible
who undergoes the most strain and who has the most at stake in a bicker.
But with that bargaining position comes a new responsibility. It will be up to
the eligibles to practice that responsibility with discretion if the machinery is
to succeed. This means that he will have to play the rules of the game--accepting
cards from clubs which he really wants to enter, for instance, and then promptly
turning in such a card when and if a better offer comes along.
If the clubs are in an essentially weaker bargaining position, however, a tre-
mendous responsibility still rests with them. Foremost among their responsibilities,
we believe, should be the admittance of the greatest possible number of eligibles.
Only if club membership is as all-inclusive as possible are the club themselves ful-
filling their social obligation at Princeton.
We hope to see both clubs and eligibles operate the bicker machinery with good sense
and with a spirit of mutual cooperation. If that spirit prevails, we look for this
year's bicker to be the most democratic and successful thus far practiced at
Princeton.
The following poem appeared on today's editorial page of the Princetonian:
ELEGY
The clapper tolls the knell of parting day;
The lonely student wanders o'er the lea;
An instructor outward plods his weary way
And leaves the student to the PHD.
Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight
And all the air a solemn stillness holds
Save where the stirring voice of Mr. Hite
Breaks through the dusty academic molds.
For us no more his searching zeal shall burn;
No more can we in evening lecture sit;
His thought-provoking speech not to return,
Nor brilliant precept echo with his wit.
Let not legation mock his useful work,
His friendly warmth, his single-handed fight;
Nor literary grandeur cast a smirk
Upon the sinking cause of Mr. Hite.
The boast of written word, the pomp of type
And all that volumes, all that ink ere gave
Presents no course as pleasantly as Hite
Now teaching on his academic grave.
Nor you ye proud impute to him that fault
If memory o'er his desk no books can raise;
Whose talk will even liven up the Balt
Leaves us his personality for praise.
Can starried praise or animated fight
Save him from burned-out tubes and shocking volts?
Can humor's voice assist him in his plight
And spare him all the radioman's jolts?
One morn will miss him in the customed place
Along the street and near his favorite hall.
One more will come, nor will we see his face,
Nor talk with him, nor hear his footsteps fall.
THE EPITAPH
High his ideals and his soul sincere
His students send him now a recompense
By giving all the aid they can--a cheer
For him, soon to be named in the past tense.
No further seek his merits to declaim
Or draw his frailites to the common sight
But here lament the parting of that name,
That fascinating person, JOHN B. HITE.
D. P. Billington '49
The swimming team's second string swept first and second in every event in de-
feating Lafayette 68-7. The squash team defeated Haverford 5-1.
Friday, February 18
Prospect Street saw the greatest amount of activity since this fall's football
weekends last night when some 800 eligibles took advantage of the opportunity
afforded them by the open houses of the clubs to see and be seen. Both the clubs
and the eligibles seemed satisfied with the new system. Open house will be held
again tonight and Sunday night.
The Orange Key will again this spring sponsor barber shop quartet competition.
The finals will be held in May on a date to be announced.
Following a seven-year period of wartime inactivity, the Class of 1876 Memorial
Prize Debate will be revived on Tuesday afternoon in Whig Hall as representatives
of the four classes vie for the prize. Peter Spruance will represent 1951. The
cash prize this year will be $125.
Mrs. Harold Dodds will draw the winning ticket next Tuesday night as the Daily
Princetonian bids farewell to its famous Crosley between halves of the Yale
basketball game in Dillon Gymn. Tickets for the drawing are on sale for 50 cents,
with the proceeds going to the Third Century Fund.
Today's Daily Princetonian includes a special Bermuda supplement.
Monday, February 21
Bicker Period enters its final phase tonight when bids are given out by the clubs
to selected eligibles. Cards representing bids will be given out from 7:30
tonight to Wednesday noon. Accepted bids must be registered at 305 Nassau Hall by
noon Wednesday, after which time they are void. Cards will again be given out
from 7:30 Thursday evening until noon Saturday, by which time they must again be
registered at Nassau Hall.
Vernon Geddy revealed last night that a survey of clubs indicated room for 750
new members, less than the number of new members taken last year. The smaller
number is due to smaller graduating classes in February and last June.
The Glee Club will make an eleven day swing through the South beginning March
31. It will also participate in three singfests with Goucher College, Bryn Mawr
and Sarah Lawrence.
The Campus Center Committee of the Orange Key will conduct its annual photo con-
test between February 28 and March 5, it was announced by Howard Parks, commit-
tee chairman. Cash prizes will be awarded.
The varsity cagers broke their losing streak by defeating Dartmouth 44-39.
Cornell defeated the pistol team 1227-1222. John Frederick again led the Tigers.
with a score of 284 out of 300.
Harvard pucksters defeated Princeton 5-3.
The swim team defeated Navy 44-31.
The wrestlers defeated Yale 20-6. Tony Orser and Red Finney won matches.
The fencing team defeated Harvard 15-12 for fifth straight win.
The squash team defeated Harvard 5-4.
Intercollegiate polo champion Miami U. defeated the Tigers 9-5. Phil Fanning scored
3 goals while Randy Tucker and Mike Mahoney scored one each.
Tuesday, February 22
Some 2,000 alumni are expected on campus today to participate in Alumni Day.
Powers model Jane Werner will replace Mrs. Dodds as the drawer of the winning
ticket for the Daily Princetonian Crosley tonight during the Yale game.
The Third Century Campaign will receive $2,383.25 from students who donated their
U-Store rebate checks.
15 years ago in the Daily Princetonian: The administration had begun crack-
ing down on some professors' "gut" courses. One teacher said in refusing to comply,
"This has always been a gentleman's course, it still is and always will be."
20 years ago: Students were rebelling against compulsory chapel by "coughing down"
guest speakers at the Sunday services.
Tiger Club and Brown Hall lead in the over-all intramural standings.
From a high of 3,500 in th fall of 1947, University enrollment is slowly falling to
what registrar Howard Stepp termed "a post-war norm". Enrolllment is now 3,244 and
is expected to decrease to 3,100 for 1949-50, and 2,900 or less for 1950-51. Wheth-
er this actually represents the sought-after "norm" is impossible to say in the
face of such imponderables as the draft. Members of the administration generally
agree, however, that enrollment will never again under normal circumstances drop as
low as the pre-war average of 2,400.
The University Store is selling gray flannel suits for $50.
Wednesday, February 23
The Third Century Campaign to raise funds for faculty salaries has raised $538,012,
to date, it was announced yesterday at the Alumni Day meeting. The raffle of the
Daily Princetonian Crosley contributed $400 of that total.
John Hite yesterday announced that he will fight his release from the University
at the next general meeting of the Faculty on March 7. The controversy has now
been reported in yesterday's New York Times.
The Pre-Medical Society will hold its first general meeting tonight in McCosh.
In the biggest upset of the year in the EIL, Princeton cagers beat Yale 47-45. Ed
Reed contributed 6 points.
In the 12th annual Polar Bear Meet the Tiger field and track team defeated Penn and
Columbia.
The hockey team lost to Yale 6-1.
The fencing team defeated Yale 15-12.
The squash team lost to Yale 6-3>
Thursday, February 24
As of yesterday noon, when the first of two bidding sessions closed, 76.7% of the
present eligibles had accepted invitations to join clubs. Of the 636 eligibles who
have accepted bids, 620 are second term sophomores. The other 16 men have been
eligible in at least one previous bicker period. These figures are not conclusive
since there is still from Thursday night until Saturday noon for more bids to be
given out. Almost all the clubs are at least considering giving out more bids ac-
cording to Dean Godolphin. Tentative trends show that a slightly greater percentage
of scholarship men have accepted bids than those who do not hold scholarships.
Also, the number of men who are in ironbounds and have accepted a bid in a club
is higher than that of the men who registered as singles. Out of the total regist-
ration, 27% were ironbounds.
The Orange Key will conduct the campus Red Cross drive in March.
Ronald Cracas was elected president of Whig-Clio's Debate Panel, and John Addison
treasurer in elections last night.
On behalf of the 150 to 200 visitors who weekly enter the University Chapel during
the evening, Dean Donald Aldrich has instituted evening prayer four times a week
and a once-a-week evening organ recital, both will be continued through Lent.
ELEGY TO MR. HITE NO. 2
O, Mr. Hite, before you leap
To Lethe's darkest night, so deep--
Lift your unlighted torch, and pause,--
Your martyrdom still lacks a cause.
What injury to friends accrued,
When late your lease was not renewed,
And you and they cried, "Why this blow??"
True martyrs should their own cross know.
But now yours is a tragic lot,
For what was really wrong was not
Just what you did (and let's admit it)
But just the senseless way you did it.
As poems seek out pleasant rhyme
To join with reason in good time.
Now students have to seek new light,
For rhyme, not reason, goes with Hite.
Donald J. Young '45
In today's editorial the Daily Princetonian finds fault with the bicker card
system. According to the editorial "One of the facts which has emerged from seeing
the system practiced is that few clubs are willing to tender any but final and ir-
revocable bids. Therefore, formal bids were issued long before the cards were act-
ually given out, and eligibles who reneged when presented a card were considered to
have broken a pledge." The editorial concluded "At any rate, though it is ideally,
sound, the card system did not prove the panacea for the bicker problem at Prince-
ton."
The box lacrosse team defeated Rutgers 11-2. Don Hahn led the Tigers with 6 goals.
The Princeton rifle team lost to Rutgers 1346-1142.
Key and Seal is leading club intramural bowling, and Cottage leads squash.
"We were psychologically up for the game" said a slightly bewildered Tony Lavelli
in the Yale dressing room after the Princeton-Eli fray, "but the over-all Princeton
defense was just too much for us." His team had just lost its first game after 12
straight wins, it had relinquished first place in EIL standings to Columbia and he
had been held to just two field goals.
Friday, February 25
Tickets for the Junior Prom next Friday night will be limited to 1,200, with 600
already sold. Undergraduates are urged to visit the Princetonian offices to
list their dates' names and schools. The names of undergraduates and their dates
will be printed in the nation's second oldest college daily the weekend of the Prom.
The Daily Princetonian will pay 5 cents per copy for any issues of the
"Prince" published in the five week period between January 5 and February 8. These
papers are desperately needed for bound volumes and for filing purposes.
Vernon Geddy has reminded club eligibles that Sophomores not taken during the cur-
rent bicker are not free agents until next fall. Only eligibles who have been
through more than one bicker are free agents.
Key and Seal has elected seven faculty members as associate members.
The University Glee Club will perform at Goucher College tomorrow night.
Today's lead editorial in the Daily Princetonian follows:
THE CLUBS' DUTY
The 76.7 figure of eligibles receiving bids during the first period of the bicker
is unusually low. And it is the hope of this paper and many others concerned with
the successful functioning of the club system, that the number of accepted eligibles
will be considerably larger by the close of the second card period tomorrow at noon.
It is understood that the entire problem is a complicated one and that there are
plenty of plausible reasons to be cited by each club for its reluctance to take in
more men. But there has been little evidence that the clubs have really felt a res-
ponsibility to extend their sections beyond normal limits.
While the clubs are independent of the University, they do serve as the sole social
center for upperclassmen and traditionally have taken a much higher percentage of
of those desiring to join. Not getting in a club is a different thing from not get-
ting in a fraternity, where a bare 30 or 40 percent of undergraduates are members.
Moreover, it is not unlikely that the clubs are losing as much as the eligibles by
sticking fast to superficial and often over-rigid standards of determining what a
man should be to qualify for this or that club.
We urge the clubs to let a spirit of mutual responsibility replace the spirit of
inter-club rivalry in these final days of the spring election period and to take in
as many additional members as is humanly possible.
Forty years ago in the "Prince": A new architectural plan for the campus called for
the removal of Dod Hall.
Monday, February 28
Final Spring Bicker figures indicate that of the 740 registered sophomores 643,
or 86.9% accepted bids. During the second period of bidding, which was from Thurs-
evening to Saturday noon, only 32 acceptances were registered at Nassau Hall; 9
from men who had been eligible in previous bickers, and 23 sophomores. One factor
which held down the number of men accepted was the need by some clubs to cut down
their membership due to overcrowding. The smallest club next year will have over
70 men while before the war a club with a membership of more than 45 was considered
large.
Company H, 114th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey National Guard, has openings for 20
enlisted men and two officers. The Company, which drills in the Lawrenceville
armory, presently has 20 Princeton undergraduates as members, and hopes more
students will apply. A private receives $2.66 for each drill, or $163.68 per year.
The campus Red Cross drive starts Wednesday.
John Addison and Ronald Cracas, representing the Debate Panel of Princeton, de-
feated a duo from Smith College by a 3-0 margin
"Command Decision" with Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Brian Donlevy and Van John-
son is playing at the Playhouse. "Slave Ship" with Mickey Rooney, Wallace Beery
and Warner Baxter is playing at the Garden.
The varsity hockey team upset Yale by a 6-1 margin. Chuck Weeden and Cab Woodward
eached scored one goal and Don Mathey scored twice.
The varsity baseball team begins practice this afternoon.
The polo team lost to Cornell 11-5
Princeton's Big Three champion fencing team defeated Columbia 15-12.
The varsity wrestling team defeated Harvard 24-8 to win the Big Three crown. Dale
Longaker clinched the meet with a 6-2 decision.
The varsity cagers defeated West Point 47-42.
Harvard swimmers edged Princeton 39.36.
The track team could score only 4 points in the ICAAAA Indoor Track and Field Meet
held in Madison Square Garden.
Return to Fifty Years Ago
Return to home page