JUNE, 1949

Wednesday, June 1

Twenty-seven undergraduate organizations, either by vote of their officers or of

their entire membership, have gone on record in a statement released yesterday

pledging that their respective groups will guarantee "equal opportunities" to any

Negroes admitted to the University. The statement also applauded the stated

University policy of giving "equal consideration" to Negro applicants and approved

"the efforts of campus organizations to encourage qualified Negroes to apply."

Head Proctor Mike Kopliner has decided to not seek the postmastership of Princeton.

Professor Henry Smyth '18 was formally sworn in as a member of the Atomic Energy

Commission.

The Princeton Alumni Weakly, a parody issue by the Tiger, hits the

newstands today.

Dean Godolphin yesterday released the final regulations concerning club parties for

next fall. The regulations are the result of the controversy between the Graduate

Interclub Committee and the Undergraduate Interclub Committee. The official regu-

lations follow:

(1) Parties will be allowed on the Dartmouth weekend with dance and dormitory pri-

vileges extended to all clubs.

(2) Each club will be allowed to have parties with dormitory privileges on any

other two weekends that it chooses, but dance privileges will be given for Satur-

day night only.

(3) For each club there shall be two weekends with no dormitory or dance pri-

vileges. One of these must be the Yale weekend unless the boards of governors of at

least 7 clubs recommend otherwise.

(4) Apart from these regulations, the usual provisions of the Gentlemen's Agreement

for the use of facilities will be in effect.

The Undergraduate Interclub Committee insisted on the rule that least seven clubs

must be open on the Yale weekend since, if only a few were open, they would be

over-crowded. As of now, fewer than seven clubs have received permission from their

graduate boards to be open, so the Yale weekend will be a closed weekend. That

situation could change between now and next fall.

A new Mountaineering Club is now organizing. Several members, led by Peter Brown

and Robert Brooke, are planning to climb the Grand Tetons this summer.

The lightweight crew will defend the Thames Cup which it won in the Henley regatta

last year. The regatta will last four days, beginning on June 28. Broadus Bailey,

Chip Fawcett and Bob MacKennan are included in the crew.

Varsity track 6-inch P's were awarded to R. Akeley, R. Belknap, E. Davis, D.

Fleming, J. Gorter, F. Hubbard, C. Jacob, R. Snable, R. Snedeker, D. Snyder,

W. Swearer, R. Wittreich, K. Rauschert and P. Hungerford. Three-inch numerals were

awarded to H. Donan, L. Edge, B. McAlpin, G. Price, K. Schnebly, H. Siedler, S.

Stone, R. Thornton and S. Weiland.

Four-inch P's for lacrosse were awarded to G. Carey, W. Crane, C. Gilbert,

T. Gould, D. Hahn, M. Mahoney, J. Mead, H. Owen, R. Peters, R. Shaw and R. Tucker.

A four-inch P for golf was awarded to J. Donahower, and 3-inch numerals were award-

ed to R. Agee, A. Hewitt and L. Stapp.

Peter Spruance and Robert Rafner will head up the Princeton delegation to the

national convention of the Students for Democratic Action to be held at Ohio State,

June 17 to 19.

All dormitory rooms will be closed for the summer on June 24 through August 27. All

moving must be accomplished by that date.

All Naval Science students may stencil their cruise gear this week in the

open air gym. Transportation arrangements for the summer cruises are not yet

complete.

Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend, with Betty Grable and Cesar Romero, is

playing at the Playhouse. The Paleface, with Bob Hope and Jane Russell, is

at the Garden.

Thursday, June 2

The combined track teams of Princeton and Cornell will meet the combined track

teams of Oxford and Cambridge in Palmer Stadium on Sunday. The British team in-

cludes Roger Bannister, one of the outstanding milers of recent years.

President Dodds plans to appoint a joint committee of undergraduates, trustees,

faculty and alumni to consider undergraduate life as it relates to social and

extra-curricular activities.

Head Proctor Mike Kopliner warns that all bikes found in halls and cellars of

dorms during the summer will be picked up and turned over to the Student Bicycle

Agency.

"Fossils from Firestone" will be the keynote of a special exhibition in the Natural

History Museum in Guyot Hall during Commencement Weekend.

Friday, June 3

The baseball team will face Yale in a non-league game tomorrow, and again on June

11 in a league game. Victory on June 11 would assure Princeton of a tie for first

in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League.

WPRU plans a complete rearrangement and expansion of its facilities over the

summer vacation.

Alumni Reunions begin Thursday, June 9, and end on Sunday, June 12.

The varsity tennis team took second place in the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis

League behind Cornell.

Any undergraduate participating in summer athletics will jeopardize his eligibil-

ity if he does not previously secure approval from the Director of Athetics.

Veterans are advised that under the terms of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of

1944, World War II veterans have until July 25, 1949 or two years after their

discharge, which ever is later, to collect unemployment benefits under that Act.

The Registrar's office advises that final term marks will be sent through the mail

the last week of June.

Undergraduates now in attendence will register on Saturday, September 19. Classes

start on Monday, September 21.

With this issue, the Daily Princetonian completes publication for the year.

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