OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Vol. 38 Rochester 8, N.Y., October 5, 1962 No. 2

TIME OUT FOR FUN—Marybeth Sholze and Joseph Antell, members of RIT's new Freshmanclass take time off for a bite to eat during the activities at the Freshman Daze picnic.

(Photo by Ken Spencer/

Student Council OfficiallyBegins '62-63 School Year

With the tap of his gavel, President Russ Trimble openedthe first full meeting of Student Council for the 1962-63year. "One of the primary purposes of the first meeting",said Trimble, "was the nomination and election of the VicePresident of Student Council and the Division of Organiza-tional Affairs Head. With these positions filled, Councilcould officially begin its many undertakings."

The elections of Dan McGilli-

Sigma Pi Aids 'Alienation' ThemeOf Forthcoming Lecture Series

SeriesDooley FundCommunicationsTo Be StressedIn Conference

Four members of the RITfaculty will be featured speakersat the 19th annual Democrat andChronicle and Times-Union Schol-astic Editors' Conference to beheld tomorrow at the SheratonHotel.

Prof. Hector H. Sutherland andAsst. Prof. Alfred F. Horton ofthe School of Printing will speakon reporting methods and tech-niques, and printing and makeupfor high school newspapers andyearbooks. Robert A. Ohl, assist.ant professor in the School ofPhotography will speak on photo-journalism.

Gene E. DePrez, artist-designer with the new Instruc-tional Resources Laboratory andformer editor-in-chief of the MTReporter will discuss problemsof recruiting and training staffsof high school student publica-tions.

Also included on the programwill be Peter B. Hickey, managerof the Times-Union photo depart-ment. Mr. Hickey will presentan illustrated report on his re-cent trip to the Soviet Union.

In charge of the day-long con-ference will be Ira C. Sapozink,director of promotion and publicrelateion for the Rochester Times-Union.

Sigma Pi Fraternity will spon-sor a benefit party and dancetomorrow night at the Eagle'sClub, 22 N. Washington St. Aband will provide music from 8until 12:30.

Admission will be $1.00 perperson with free refreshmentsprovided.

Proceeds will go to the ThomasA. Dolley Fund. This fund, es-tablished in memory of the lateDr. Dooley, continues his workamong the people of SoutheastAsia.

The benefit was organizedthrough the aid of Mrs. BrentArcher. Mrs. Archer is the wifeof RIT faculty member and SigmaPi brother, H. Brent Archer.

Modern Jazz ElectsOfficers Plan Program

At a candlelight meeting Sept.27 the Modern Jazz Societyelected new officers.

The cabinet consists of RickBurrier Pr 3, President; BobKeough Ph3, Vice president;Steve Stechna Ret 3, Treasurer;and Roger Mertin Ph2, Secretary.

Objectives of the Society werere-vamped and plans made foran open meeting. The "NewLook" of MJS in part consists ofan emphatic interest not only injazz music and performers, buta broader appreciation of music

Due to wide interest in lastyear's "Faculty Forums," theRIT faculty will present a seriesof lectures, debates, and paneldiscussions on the theme "Alien-ation."

The word "Alienation" is usedto describe the loss of identity,loss of values, and loss of co-herence in our modern world. Thepros and cons of "Alienation"will be explored in the fields ofthe humanities and the arts, thenatural, social and behavioralsciences, and the technical areas.

Some titles include: "What isModern Art?", "Scientific Free-dom and the Community," and"Is God Obsolete?", a panel dis-cussion by a modernist, a con-servative, an existentialist, ahumorist, and an agnostic.

The programs will usually beheld on the first and third Tues-days of each month at 4 p.m.in Bevier 102, and on the fourthThursday of each month at 8 p.m.in Eastman 125.

Students, faculty, and the gen-eral public are cordially invited.

The series is under the leader-ship of Professors Robin Brooks,Frank Cllement, and Joseph Scha-fer, all of the College of GeneralStudies.

in categories other than jazz.The first open meeting will

come Monday, Oct 8 at 7:30 p.m.Announcements will be placedin mail folders.

cuddy as vice president of Stu-

dent Council and John Snyder as

division head of Organizational

Affairs completed the Student

Council Executive Committee of

Don Lehmbeck—International Af-

fairs; John Walther—Publicity

and Public Relations; Mike Volk-

hard—Social; Joe Wimmer—Cam-

pus Activities and Student Coun-

cil secretary Kitty Corti.

"In order to function more effi-

ciently Carol Romball will be

serving as corresponding secre-

tary and Bill Wing as publicity

chairman", said President Trim-

ble. He further added, "In com-

ing weeks I will be appointing a

financial secretary to keep more

up-to-date and accurate records

of our expenses and allocations.

With these added personnel, who

undoubtedly will do a fine job,

Student Council should be able tofunction as a more efficient or-

ganization."

Of the 41 persons who should

have been present at the meeting,

only 27 had made an appearance

by the close of the meeting. Al-though vacancies still exist, the

total number was only a fraction

of full membership.

Katherine A. Corti, a studentat RIT was a participant in the17th annual National StudentLeadership Institute on the UnitedNations sponsored by the Col-legiate Council for the United Na-tions.

The Institute brought togethermore than 250 college studentleaders from all sections of theUnited States for a week long in-tensive study of the United Na-tions, June 16-23, at UN Head-quarters and Sarah LawrenceCollege.

The participants had the uniqueopportunity to meet with UN del-egates, secretariat members, andother experts in the field of in-ternational affairs.

Commenting on this conferenceMiss Corti said, "I only wish RIThad been better represented sothat others could have experienc-ed the Institutes' program.

Kappa Sigma KappaBecomes Theta Xi

In the middle of August 1962

at the annual convention in De-

troit, Mich. the accredited chap-ters of Kappa Sigma Kappamerged with Theta Xi fraternityto form a new fraternity calledTheta Xi.

Into the merger each groupcarried its best parts and theproduct was a larger, signifi-cantly better fraternity. All thosein attendance at the convention,including both the accredited andunaccredited chapters, were incomplete agreement on the mer-ger since it was highly advan-tageous.

As a result of this conventionthe former Kappa Sigma KappaNew York Beta chapter is nowthe Kappa Mu chapter of ThetaXi here on the RIT campus. Nowas a member of National Inter-fraternity Council, Theta Xi, Kap-pa Mu has improved itself inter-nally and externally.

The new Theta Xi has seventy-five chapters and four colonies.Kappa Mu chapter at RIT be-came the sixty-ninth chapter infollowing with the chapter desig-nations.

Theta Xi oginated at Rens-selaer Polytechnic Institute onApril 29, 1864.

"I feel that the Collegiate Coun-cil for United Nations has a tre-mendous program to offer. In co-operation with the InternationalAffairs Club on our campus, I be-lieve that the CCUN should be es-tablished as an organization tostimulate RIT by encouraging thestudents to take a definite interestin world affairs through theUnited Nations."

The Institute is held under theauspices of the Collegiate Councilfor the United Nations, a nationalstudent organization working topromote a better understandingof the United Nations.

The Council has officially ac-credited non-governmental statusat the United Nations and at theUnited States Mission to the UN.

It is the college affiliate of theAmerican Association for theUnited Nations and a member ofthe United States Committee forthe United Nations.

Corti Urges UN Participation

New Men On CampusWe welcome Theta Xi to the RIT fraternity system with

We will be looking to TX for an expanded program of cha-

purpose of the Greek tradition which has developed here.

the hope that its prestige and strength will add to the overall

rity and service to the Institute and the surrounding com-

munity along with a more intense effort to build sound

character in the minds of its members.

The value of TX or any fraternity or sorority on our cam-

pus can only be measured in terms of the good that it does

for the school and the individual member. Social develop-

ment, whether it comes with the aid of parties such as the

excellent one given recently by a sorority or by working

together to improve a house or a campus, is a necessary part

of education for life in our modern world.

To the creeds of the fraternities and sororities we add the

challenge of a better campus on which Greeks will grow andbetter themselves.

Operation Orientation SuccessfulCongratulations are in order for the committees that were

responsible for this year's very successful Freshman Daze.

Based on past Freshman Daze programs many of us have

seen, this one was well organized and well attended.

A point not easy to overlook was the added enthusiasm

that prevailed during this year's activity. Open houses—

being tried for the first time—were especially well-received.

A big "thank you" is due those people 'who devoted their

time to make this year's orientation program an excellentone.

Memo From the Editor's DeskIt is our policy to request that all letters to the editor be

no more than 250 words in length and have content worthyof publication.

Any letter received that is longer than this will be re-

turned for re-writing. Three things to keep in mind when

writing your letter are: clarity, brevity and fact.

To maintain an efficient operation, deadlines will bestrictly adhered to. All letters must be in by 8 a. m. Monday,

following the issue you are concerned with. A folder across

from E-125 and a mailbox next to the telephone on the main

floor of the Eastman building are there for your convenience.

- If you feel you have a point to prove or a suggestion tomake, why not drop us a line?

Through the TURNSTILE John Snyder

• RIT REPORTER • October 5, 1962Page 2

General Admission: Here we goagain! DO started it off in finestyle. SC almost finished it. Foryou freshmen who missed numberone, be sure to attend the firstSat. "Blast" which Sig Pi is hold-ing tomorrow . . . Some more ad-vice—plan now to attend the bigweekends at RIT. First one isnext week. Don't wait till ticketsales for a weekend start andthen say: "Gee, I can't afford it!"Social life is half of college life. . . Rumblings on campus hintwe may have Lionel Hamptonand Smothers Bros. at RIT thisquarter. Due to attendance lastSat., however, the first "rum-

bling" might die out. Social Div.

just can't afford to lose $1200 on

one affair. I feel that Mr. Hamp-

ton cannot only break even, but

show a very good profit and

hope Mike will reconsider.

What's What with Who's Whoor is Mr. Campus a nobody? Not

one of the last three Mr. Campus-

Letters toThe Editor.. •

Dear Editor:A comment was made by Mr.

Snyder in the Freshman Issueabout Delta Sigma Pi possibly be-coming a social fraternity. Wewould like to explain our positionfor Mr. Snyder's benefit and any-one else who is thinking alongthese lines.

Delta Sigma Pi is an Interna-tional Professional Commerce andBusiness Administration Frater-nity. We have 115 active under-graduate chapters in North Amer-ica. The aims and goals of theFraternity are spelled out quiteclearly in the preamble to ourconstitution, which serves as ourguide in all endeaveors. The pur-pose states: "Delta Sigma Pi isa professional fraternity organ-ized to foster the study of busi-ness in universities; to encouragescholarship, social activity andthe association of students fortheir mutual advancement by re-search and practice; to promotecloser affiliation between thecommercial world and studentsof commerce, and to further ahigher standard of commercialethics and culture and the civicand commercial welfare of thecommunity."

Although we do engage in alimited number of social events,it is not our purpose to ever be-come or compete with a socialfraternity. We do not mean toconnote adversiity to thesegroups. As a matter of fact, wehave active members who are al-so social fraternity men. Our pro-gram includes professional meet-ings and we require a minimumgrade point average of 2.5. Fur-ther, it is not unusual on manycampuses that professional fra-ternities have houses. It just hap-pens that we are the first one atRIT.

We are thankful for the publici-ty given us by Mr. Snyder in his"social" column. However, wehope that any such future pub-licity will not attempt to identifyus with social fraternities, butwill allow us to retain our pres-ent status.

Sincerely yours,The Executive CommitteeEpsilon Lambda ofDelta Sigma Pi

es (campii?) is listed in Who'sWho. I find it hard to believethat the most active guys inschool, who have received thehighest male non-academic hon-or, are not "worthy" of being solisted.

Don't forget Monday is the lastday for the SC free ticket contest.Just drop an idea for a new SCactivity in the suggestion box.The 17 best get tickets for theCommunity Players productionThree Men on a Horse. The com-edy is being presented Oct. 11-17.

Caught sneaking through theturnstile: Westminster Abbey willhave an entrant for the upcomingchess tourney . . . as soon as theyteach him how to play . . . Amonkey in a fraternity house!Well, anyway, he doesn't take upmuch space on top of the shower!. . . Who was Geo M? .. . Therewill be a meeting of the Soph-omore Slump Club in the Pine

Lounge Sat. nite . . . LeadershipConference will be Oct. 20 (Ihope) . . Parent's Weekend isset for Oct 27, 28, 29.

Oliver Cool Award of the Weekgoes to Abby Gesner for a "rip-ping" good time at PT.

Greek Gate: It looks like myinformation about Phi U wasincorrect. As to my source, well,"Old DO's never die, they justturn to Theta Xi" . . . Congratu-lations, girls . . . I understandDSP will hold its first party, ahousewarming, as soon as pos-sible (Yes, I read their letter)

. .. Look for the return of GreekTalk, possibly next issue . . .IFC has finally taken a maturestand with Weekend open-rushing.ISC should also stop playinggames. What good are rules noone follows?

Nostalgia: Gamma Phi, KappaSigma Kappa, Rho Tau, ThetaGamma.

Victor Gruen, who regards himself as an environmental architect, has created anew 18-story building in downtown Rochester, N. Y. It is the city's first - sky-scraper - in thirty years. The Midtown Tower, as it is called, is significant in thatit is part of and symbolizes Midtown Plaza, a newly completed seven and onehalf acre downtown retail-business center opened this spring. Midtown Plaza,planned and designed by Victor Gruen Associates, is intended as Rochester's solu-tion to a pressing urban problem of national proportion: preserving the innervitality of our cities. The beautifully enclosed mall, with its exciting -town

square" concept, has now become the rendezvous point for the city. MidtownPlaza is the first private downtown revitalization project actually completed andwas undertaken by "competing" but cooperating home owned retailers, theMcCurdy & Co. department store and the B. Forman Co. specialty store, with agarage and street improvements contributed by the public. Some of Mr. Gruen'simaginative concepts of urban renewal, about which he has written in this issueof Matrix, were utilized in this project and have been an important influence onboth the American and international scenes. The Gruen story, describing his lifeand work, is featured in the January 1962 issue of Fortune: "An Architect of

Environments." As the Rochester Institute of Technology is on the threshold of plan-ning for its new "environment," these ideas should be most timely and stimulating.

he would then, as he grew up, design what wenow have in New York, in Boston and in ourother large city centers: gigantic pipes in theform of highways, freeways, toll roads andparkways, all converging on a little spotcalled downtown and, there, emptying into acrisscross pattern of pipeline streets androads, which he would then deign to assignfor the use of private cars, stop and go buses,stop and go taxis, trucks, pushcarts and evenpeople. In a praiseworthy effort to make thingsmore interesting, he would introduce into thispipeline traffic system items like ''Dig We Must"people, construction crews, parked and

double parked vehicles of all description, assortedholes in the pavement and occasional but con-siderable rain and snowfall.

Coming from the heart of one of these sys-tems to a recent New York television show,a highly respected real estate developer de-fended the man-made mess and said that allefforts to separate machines from men weredoomed to failure because deep in humannature there was inherent the desire to drivea car and drive it right to the door of one'splace of business.

Now we know that if everybody were allow-ed to do what he wishes, nobody could dowhat he wants. If, for example, everybodywished to reach, by car, one of Manhattan'sgreat department stores -- let us say. Macy's --that store would have to have 40,000 doorsstrung along a frontage of 40 miles. If thatwere to prove impractical, and if it were a-greed that people would have to walk just alittle bit, one could arrange a parking lotwhich would have to cover 33 city blocks.

Now, what would Gimbel's say to that !On the same television program a well

known suburban builder also said that heliked Manhattan because whenever he camein from the suburbs he enjoyed the hustle andbustle What he calls hustle and bustle ap-

pears, to those whose residence and livelihoodare not in the suburbs, as frustration.

Another statement was then made by theNew York City Traffic Commissioner, Mr.T.T.Wiley, a traffic engineer by profession, to theeffect that "no city has ever died from toomuch traffic but many have deteriorated be-cause of too little."

You may be surprised when I admit that Iaccept Mr. Wiley's statement as true, but Idiffer with him only with respect to the correctmeaning of the term "traffic." Traffic, accord-ing to the dictionary, means movement. As it isunderstood in connection with transportation, itmeans movement of people and goods.

The streets of our downtown areas are,therefore, not filled with traffic; they are justfilled with vehicles and represent a crawlingmess of parking lots of record size.

Thus, taken in the proper context, his state-ment, that cities with too littletraffic are known to deterior-ate, indeed can spell a seri-ous threat to urbia. If wecannot create more traffic—that is, a faster and moreconvenient movement ofpeople and goods—thephysical, economic and cul-tural life of our cities is injeopardy.

What is the solution? Ifour efforts to create a betterhuman environment are tobe successful, we must first ofall know what we want andwhere we are going and aplanning philosophy suitableto the second half of the20th Century must be clearlyoutlined. Let me take a stepin this direction and presentten major tenets, which Ibelieve are useful for an en-vironmental planning philos-ophy in a free democraticsociety:

1. We must aim to createnew or transform existingenvironments in a mannerwhich will assure the greatestpossible freedom of expres-

sion and life fulfillment for each individual,preventing, however, interference of individualactions with attainment of the over-all goal.

2. We must employ boldness, single-minded-ness and discipline in creating a basic frame-work for the physical and sociological organi-zation of the man-made or man-influencedenvironment.

3. We must design this strong framework insuch a manner that it should constitute a lawfulover-all order within which the greatest pos-sible flowering of variety, diversity, individualityand the closest obtainable of all human expres-sions will be feasible.

4. Taking fully into account the steadilygrowing mechanization of utilitarian functionsand the threat of increasing interference ofsuch mechanization with truly human expres-sions, we must strive for a maximal physicalseparation between utilitarian service functions,including all types of transportation, on the onehand, and all predominantly human activitieson the other.

5. In contrast, we must strive to reduce thoseseparations within the human sector of theover-all environment which, through zoninglaws, we had to impose on ourselves during anearlier stage of industrial development, when

smoke belching factories had to be widely sep-arated from living areas. We should activelyencourage the speeding up of technologicalimprovements so that, even to a greater degreethan is the case today, we are enabled toarrange places of work, places of residenceand places of cultural, educational, civic andrecreational activities in close proximity.

6. In full recognition of the magnitude of thedouble squeeze, which the population explo-sion on the one hand and the growing spaceneeds of technology on the other exercise onthe supply of basic environmental resources,namely, land, water and air, we must devisemeasures which will stop urban, suburban andindustrial sprawl, which will organize all landuses within defined areas and preserve be-tween them natural growth, agricultural landand landscaped areas for recreational uses.

7. Our planning must strive to stop the pol-lution of water, air and land.

8. Because of our increased space needs andour decreasing land supply, we must replacecentrifugal growth, which eats up land at analarming rate, with centripetal inner growthwithin strictly defined boundaries.

9. All our planning thought must be guidedby motivations which jealously guard againstthe destruction of all significant values createdby past generations, or which Nature has givenus.10. We must organize our over-all environ-

ment so that it will reflect the original intentionof creating machines to serve us as slaves in the -most unobtrusive and undisturbing manner pos-sible, at no time allowing them to endanger,harass and inconvenience their human masters.

These tenets have guided my own work fora long time. I believe they can form the basisof a planning philosophy suitable to guide usall through the complexities arising out of ourencounters with architectural solutions to en-vironmental problems. They are applicable tothe design of new communities; new cities orsatellite towns; regional and metropolitanplanning; the transformation of existing citiesor portions of cities and particularly city cores;the planning of our industrial developments,our college and university communities, andour complex communication systems. The tenetspoint to ideals toward which we must strive.

WHOA! If the famous Paul Revere rode today, heand his horse would be brought to a standstill in thedowntown streets of Boston by a strange congestion ofautomobiles and pedestrians and a confusion of trafficsigns. He would have to sound a newly justified alarm,warning of a swift invasion by land of the automobile.

Many thanks to the School of Printing for their cooperation.

Linotype composition by Vernon Abbott and Edward Lazarus.

Hand composition by Assistant Professor Andrew V. Johnson.

October 5, 1962 • RIT REPORTER • Page 7

2nd Annual Alumni Weekend NearsThis year the 2nd Annual Al-

umni Weekend has been scheduledby the Alumni Association forOct. 26, 27, and 28.

Alumni are invited to returnto campus and view the changingfaces of RIT . . . past, present,and future.

As an Alum, you'll quickly re-cognize the changing faces ofRIT. This is an ideal time tojoin in on the excitement. Let'selebrate the changes together.

Remember those bull sessionsthat seemed to cut so deeplyinto study time? Or the madcramming for exams? The neverending deadlines for papers andpropects that you thought youcould never meet? How insignifi-cant they seem now—how realthey were at the time.

Department and school reun-ion will provide an exciting way

to recapture these memories thatone so closely associates withhis school years. Make your res-ervations now.

One of the events being plannedto make your alumni weekendexciting is the special bus tourof the new campus site. You willbe able to view this beautiful1200 acres first hand.

With the assistance of the in-formation presented by the speak-ers at the noon luncheon, it willtake but a little imagination tovisualize the magnificent newbuildings that will be taking shapewithin the next few years.

Living today requires an activeparticipation into the understand-ing of our policies, our problems,our dreams and our expectations.It is for this reason that a vitalpart of your alumni weekend willbe seminars designed to stimulate

your thinking and broaden yourimagination.

Some of the speakers you mayalready know for many of themare graduates. To each has comethe responsibilities accorded to aperson of leadership and capa-bility.

They will present their mes-sage to you in the modern atmos-phere of 50 Main West, RIT'snewly-modernized seven storybuilding in downtown Rochester.

The ideal environs (containingthe most modern ideas and equip-ment in visual aids and presen-tations) will provide a settingfor your seminars that will be anexperience you will not want tomiss.

Be sure to mark your calendarwith a memo to attend.

Pitchmen Score

Victory Over Utica

Despite Muddy FieldLast Saturday afternoon, on a

rain swept, muddy field RIT'ssoccer team downed Utica Col-lege by the score of 4-1.

RIT controlled the ball almostcompletely for the first periodof play but were unable to scoreuntil about halfway through theperiod. It was Ronnie Palmer, thesophomore right wing who bootedin the first goal, with assists go-ing to Bob Davenport and BillSahmel.

Utica evened the score 1-1 min-utes later however when the RITteam was caught by suprise ona fast break.

Late, in the third period RITfinally started to put the pressureon the weak Utica team. EnosMakwasi, who played an out-standing game, scored the secondgoal for RIT unassisted.

The third RIT goal went toBill Sahmel early in the fourthand final period, when Bill bootedit in on a corner kick in front ofthe Utica goal.

Co-captain Dick Casanzio putin the final RIT goal about half-way through the final quarter.This goal came on a penalty kickby Dick and he was unassignedon the play.

Wrestling TeamsLack Heavyweights

This year's varsity grapplerswill be headed by Jerry Hekt-menek, last year's 177 pounder.Coach Carl Fuller has announcedthat there will be a meeting ofall freshmen and varsity candi-dates in the wrestling room inthe gym, Monday October 8th at5:15. Mr. Fuller is particularlyinterested in men who can quali-fy for the heavyweight positionson both squads. The class in-cludes anyone who weighs 191lbs., or more. A freshman mana-ger is also needed.

Help!!The drastic plea which heads

this paragraph is one whichcomes from the basketball coach,Lou Alexander. In an interviewMr. Alexander stressed the factthat this was all that this year'ssquad needs, help from the stu-dent body to fill the gaps left bydropouts, scholastic probation,drafties, and ineligibilities.

Three of last year's outstandingfreshman cagers became inelig-ible for play this year when theywere unable to transfer fromtwo year to the five year pro-pram. Two other starters are outof the world of sports due to theAir Force and scholastic pro-bation and of last year's varsityonly a scattered few remain.

If you have any experiencewhatsoever in the field of basket-ball, you are urged to attend theOctober ... 15th meeting—freshmenand varsity—in the gym at 5:15.

THERE MAY BE A SPOT FORYOU!

Golfers TakeTourney 2nd

Last week, our linkmen camein second out of eight teams, at atournament held in Buffalo. TheUniversity of Buffalo edged outour Tigers by the scant marginof 2 strokes. Jerry Abel, how-ever, was capable of capturingtop honors as the best golfer ofthe day by leading all other en-tries with a 78.

Tomorrow, at Drumlin's GolfCourse in Syracuse, the EasternCollege Athletic Conference GolfTournament qualifying rounds willbe held. Coach "Buffalo" BobKlos has high hopes for this tour-ney and a first place.