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Spring 1957

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SPRING ISSUE LEWISTON, MP. cNE

The .follow.:i.ng lines were wr ~ .tt en by Dr . Fa i rfi eld , BAt es Out. in ~ Club a:iv::'scl" =.'or n:"ne y~ars .

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":'h 6 ~ ,'1 ~E(h:: 3 of <l co P .e ga (': u,rr.r .. us js t,he r e::",l'}i.:; i, c aR~-lip p.x~.et ing between -~.h9 peon: e oQ~:!.pr i s i ng i ·'j (' A:r..rt it i s my s ir.c e ::'Bzt be l i e f t hat the Ollting '~ l:lU h aG d on~ mt.c l-t +·0 fo st e r g t:rt,;.i nu reJ.c.t.i o :'1sh:"p s h(.r-e a t- B3.t 0 S .. . " ny "'E;! : p:i DE; ,;,c i '"l i t iat.e t h e r:ampu 8 Pela .... i onc:; COI"..11.:.~ t e~ .. by in\! i.tlng f a r: ,:..! ty !l1'?~!lttbrs t;c a ttend i t s f1111Ctio:1 s gr3.i .:' ~ ~ b:: w,)rl:in6 :.n co · .. operr.t ion with ct.hnx· si.:;'.ulE'nc. or gan :-.. r at.:!.O}"l5 , by ~t~"" }_bgJ':' Tl {-; ~c i"l'Js, i Il+,c:"r: t;!e s ? irit of -1 ~ T'1-:" CI acy i n -:;' lL e ·w3e}._.l y meeting s ,. a1:(( by ' '"Ie.n y u t.h~r l'lea!1 th. . ! f eel

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'1?u t:1~se 'In_'J r.3."~ g1. ... aJ\\& ": ~ J,. th !'}n~.s f or t.:1e WCl.:ty ir. s i .:;t-.ts ;-;. hot:.:·- l~~fe~ To ' ;hc sa l c fc ;J tha:1~:=; , +-,oc t 'l :ld good 1'.1.:: 1-: in t-,hE' IiIain t. erl:::nc t' ~)f " !; ~prit (. e corps jl1 high s t .::.nc.'.ar ds of sE;lf-e~7aluatic. n ., Cird t,ll€: A";,J J)i,J .a cn i E;' : r a il& 'lJe " \f€ j u.st beg1ID t v conquer the: Evej'ests~

A LOOK P.~ NEXT YSAR' S O. C.

Pr esiden t II • • Jim ~ust·in V. Poo" .. Kcn Ly;:;d e SecC. Q 0 oKay J ..Jht.sOll Tr eas . It. ~ Bco r b :r.ipds~n

Board : Hik!!.La~d Tr ; J?2 Fred Zeigler and J )ar Engel s

Ca r:l"li ~:al ~=lrry Beer'aildBarb Madsen

WI NTER CARNIVAL 1957

Held on January 31st . and Feb. 1, 2, and 3rd, the Wint er Carnival this year wa s a success due mainly to the long and careful planning of co-chairmen, Kay Johnson and Ken Lynde . Th~s article is a bird' s- eye view of events that weekend. (A very i maginative bird wrote ito)

In a small Himalayan village called Shangri-La , a Bates crew participated in t he annual Wint er Car nival f estival during t he fir s t weekend i n February.

The beautiful queen, Sally Smith , es corted by her court, was crowned in the midst of the tra­diti onal dance of the skating vi llage girl s .

On the cold and snowy mountain ran ges t he daredevil young people vi ed with each ot her in feat s of skill and courage. They tore r ecklessly down the steep hills on skis and skooters. They defended their genera:t_i on against the rough and rugged fa culty who· proved formidabl e opposition until the umpi re not iced an outfi eld Math Prof . sneaking off to hi s car .

The weekend passed qui ckl y. The happy visit ors modeled snow sculptures , i nc l udi ng a bl oody dr agon, a gr een octopus , and Elvis Presley strummi ng his guitar . A f rost bitten crew r egai ned circula­tion with some "cool" j azz . The entir e village came toget her on Saturday night i n t he i r best attire to dance to the mus i c of Herbert and Ba chel dor. They dan ced in t he Karakal Courtyard adjoi ning t he pal ace , in t he mi ddl e of the snowy Karakal mounta ins~ As a l ast f ling t he more hardened of the outdoors t ype stumbl ed blinking out int o t he slopes of Jackson t o spend the day ski i ng .

A happy and r el axed Bat esy crew returned t o its campus . The snow changed t o r a i n as t he pr of s poured f orth new assignments, "And when it rains , it pours . n

I'~le I i ":. t, ~e b.il'a "·~f\ l,C!l .. ~1. liJ a ~:vr the pr e .. ~cd i:lg e r -:"i :.:.\ e W ... ~ R !<aJ Johns0n,

1957 SPRI NG SPRUCE- UP

Spr uce-Up seemed doomed. The weather had been touch and ·go f or weeks (as what Maine weather isn't? ) and now three hectic days before the glorious event, we wer~ wading our way through f ive i nche s of new snow. But, on Thurs~~ ~y ~ worries evaporated with the snow, and Friday April 12 dawned warm

.and dry. Snow shoveis were agai n put in mothballs and r akes wor e brought out of hibernation.

In an attempt to add variet y t o the usual Spruce-Up pr ogram and t o arous e pr e-work enthusiasm f or this waning we ekend event, co­chairmen Mar gie Harbeck and Dave Har per took a gambl e and extended the schedule to i nclude a Friday morning chapel program and fire~ side song fes t t hat ni ght . Very well received despi te the compul­sory attendance, Bil l Br i ggs, i nt r i guing fol ksongster and head of t he Sugarloaf ski school , yodeled and sang through a wide var i et y of folk songs in chapel .

A t ot a l of nearl y a hundred st udent s and faculty members gat hered ar ound the fire in Chase Hall Friday night for thr ee informal hours of group Singing l ed by Bill Br iggs . (Note : having a fire i n Chase Hall on a week ni ght set a precedent.) A most ent husiastic response to t hi s affair ~ uni que t o Bates~ was heard ~ and several rather ltun_Bate ~· " n

songs r esulted. It wa s t hj " pre­Spr uce- Up warm up , combi ned with Joan Engel s and Ben Getchel !' s eye-catching publiCity, t he ' .. was r esponsibl e f or t he good tur .lout on Sat urday.

Saturday: a perfect day for sprucing- up--brisk and a bit breezy. After a frant i c mor.l ing of trying t o round up last minut e t ransportat ion to work areas ~ and t yi ng ot her l oose ends toget her somehow--mi raculous l y--the parade got under way . Geor ge Picker ing

1<ep1;-6]>i.rit;· high··and Ov.!%' 100 workers "jumped on the hay wagorttt

as it rolled around campus. Bruce Perry organi zed the group

of workers staying on campus and distributed several to each of fifteen faculty homes, with Mark Schwarz and George Pickering in charge . No one complained of a lack of work , or of refreshments , both supplied by the professors , despite the fact the O. C. snacks werenlt able to catch up with most of them .

Arriving at Thorncrag well jostled, but jolly , after a rough ride by hayrack, a small but industrious crew led by OrG Higgins, Mr . Wait , and several other Stanton Bird Club members , and Alan Kaplan and Bob Raphael , made some much needed improvements in the area. An old trail was cleared and re ­blazed from t he plateau down toward the beaver brook, and two or three other trails were worked on. Also , the cabin area was spruced - up , the fireplaces raked and cleaned up, and road drainage i mproved& A welcome sight was Barb Madsen 's car loaded with punch and cooki es .

The greatest attraction of the day proved to be far - off , mysteri­

l:>US Sabattus cabin , where fifty or sixty "eager beavers!' finally arrived via an efficient , impromptu shutt le system of cars~ Under Dave Lemieux ' s supervision a mast erpiece of an engineering project developed: a sturdy bridge of split l ogs span­ning the stream across the trail. Do zens of sophi sticated college students could be seen wallowing happily in mud up to their knees .

Other project. at Sabattus of real note were the sinking of a tile pipe in the spring under Al Ziegle~ l s direction; a good deal of trail t rimming and blazing both above and below the cabin

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Lee Larson and Ben Getch. 1; and Jody Perley's supervision of clean­ing and caulking up the cabin itself. The only casualties of the afternoon occurred when five workers were trampled to death in the stampede for refreshments br ought in Jim Dustin' s "Dustmobile. l!

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All in ·all , everyone with enough gumption to COlne O,lt f',n-i flex a few muscles , returned t) campus quite exhausted but wel~ satisfied and 3 geod deal happj.el .

Taking advantage of a special concession of the administration ,. about twenty worker s exchar.~ed di ning rooms and enj0yed .~ .. 't> er co- ed . Those worker s " .. ho . ,·d a little energy left (and a LQt who didn 't ) managed to reap th .. . ' r reward: a choice of the C A. movie ¥ ·t;.!1e Engi i sh corn€:dy ",.>randy for the Parsont~ or for the more ambitious , square danc ing i n Chase Hall to the lively calling 0f Bill Ryall, ••• or both . In any e-,'ent , this wa s a perfect topping off to a well enjoyed , unique \</eekend .

To sum up: Spruce- Up was an exhausing success .

- --- -Dave Harper

SABATTUS CABIN

The Bates O. C" Cabins and Trails divi sion, maintai ns two l og cabins for the use of students.· One of these is located about a mile to the left on the Sabattus­Monmouth road which crossed Route 202 out of Sabattus . The cabin, built near the top of one of the highest paints in thi 5 area, ha·s -a fireplace , two beds and a s leep­ing-lofta Overnight chaperoned trips (blue slips necessary , of course) may be held there . Prof . Wait's ecoiogy class has USed the cabin to provide access t r: ~ he wildlife of the area , and i u the fall and spring students ce~ make use of it to escape these t'nmetimer confining "halls of ivy." ! f one is ambitious and has a free after­noon (who does?) a partially developed ski trail on the "estern side of the mountain is good for an afternoon bi ke ride--or for the more energetic , a day's walk.

-----Jody Perley

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BALDPATE

I '~ \'J8.5 a rather hazy morning ('In t ho J.9c.h of O~tober when we staJ."'-ccd off from Commons for BA1':\"Q(lte Mtl' I don t t know what hns ha~pened to the great Bat es outdoor enthusiasm of the past, h~t only twenty-eight s t udents s igned up for this trip. With the e::ception of a few seniors ; Sally Smith and Mary Lou Townley, who finally went on a Bat es mcuntain ~l imb , all the others wer e vigorous but inexperienced Freshmen. The crew was divided i nt o fast and slow gr oups which ke!=r:; qUite close togethe r on the way up, Although it vras slightly ha zy at t he top, it wa s a beauti­ful day and quit e warm. There was no snow I sleet or wind, just . the excitement of following the white bl azed trail down , in place of the bloody trail that Miss Chescbro and Dr. Fairfield had followed four years previously. Comi ng down we stopped to admire a chattering brook and especially the flu'lle . All made t·he downward trip saf ely to end a perfect day .

----·-Judy Svirsky

SADDLEBACK

On a beautiful September morning 42 students gathered in f r ont· of Rand tc leave for Saddle­back. This w~s a very small trip considering the 130 students who made the trek four years previ­ously_ The crew was divided into the traditional fast and s l ow gr oups for convenient climbing purposes and everyone shot forth with true Outing Club vigor. Jim Dustin and Ben Getchell should be getting Boy Scout badges , or rather the Wm . Re id Pepin , Jr . award for t he extra miles they covered t r aveling between the speed demons .nd the straggler s , .see ing that everyone kept on the right path. ~fter courageously tackling many fal se peaks we reached t he f inal s wnmit, 4116 ft . above sea l evel. ['here was a slight breeze at the ~op but nothing serious--no one

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prolTi.d.ed ntop t. he i:'I0;.:nta i n , Mo'';ne: Nature 3.C '!CJT.rr.orl ~,t, ec us 'io:i.t i a spring whlch was enjoyed b:- a-/ery-' one, especj.al17 some of '.:.h( :rn["j'" , men who haC. devour3d t.~:eir . ,r a nt1 ... -s hours earlier . On!) ~ .a d (".PT oac:ued me rather patheti ca~.:r..y and ;: sk~d if ther e t'lere any more lunc--9S,_ Frantically I said~ tt No ~ di :"/l 't you get one?" II Oh yes , n he r epli.ei. "I at e that one t~o hocr's agf) ~ I thought N'e gOG another O!le nowvu I hated GO disillusion him but ••• The foliagE: n"3G really at its best so that the vi p.~' from the top was breath- t nking . Everyone got down safely with no mishaps to roar an excellent trip, - --- -Judy Svirsky

TUCKERMAN'S RAVINE

On Sunday, April 14, the Bates cats made TRACKS up into Tucker­man ' s Ravine . Thirty-four people , including Prof. and Mrs. Re id and Profo To P . Wrj.gh~ made the ascent to the littl e hearlwcdl mid strong winds and snOl;>" Unf0r'~'ln e.tely the mountain was fogged in and a view of the ravine was only a.ffc,~ded our climbers just before t b:)1 s t arted down~ The mar!i sl' ~: ·s on the mountain thoug~t the i l.: u:l of jus t walking up was quIte t'~ larious and the r ed beret s And sun :::lasses worn by several m~r.1b er 3 of :;le Bat es crew were v.1..e\'Jad r a l.hl'.':' dimly by sever al frGst bit:t€ '1 skier s. A fet·/ skier's who lc~ ughed too hard found themselves i~ a friendl~r snowball j;' i ght whil...'!.1 ended in e. ·truce due to t.he f act tha t we were S()2.~ :: , ne; W~T.: .. 0 .. '1. t.he whole it was a beautiful t rip and our climbers enjoyed t he blue i ee at Cascade Fa ]_ l s" Running down­hill soar. t urned to rolling , due to the icy t r 6ilo I t is hoped by all who attended, that a trip to Washi ngton will be made a yearly function of the Bates O. C.

-----Joan Engels

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NEW FRESHMEN MEMBERS

Heat her Taurel--Fr od Turner Jan BAker--Bruce Mcmning Sara Chat'terton- - ,Toe Ol.i ve r Judy Stcrnbaoh- -Bcb Co,-nell Martha Cha3e~, - (,h::l.l'j i e Cook Ri t a ilontlay-,- Gave Ndlson

CALENDAR

'-lay 4 &. 5--0 , C. Advance- - Hel d at C:n.t.rl18 Leaders camp in Dougl as , Mnj ne o M&y 19··- Pophan: Beach

The Maine A. T. r. . hel d a meeting on th0 Bat es ca~pus on April 28. I t, f eat,W' 'SJ an af~ernoon meet ing anci ail evening il:'l1.strat.ed :i..ect.ure by Marion Bracsnaw.

BEMIS WORK TRIP

October 13 dawned as a fai r ly average day- -weathp,r- wise ann St.turday-wisep At noon we - -Dr . Faj,rfi~ld , Prof. Fjelstu..d , (new Physics prof oJ ) Jo~n E .. '!.gE:ls , Dave Heesl·:3r ~ a:1d myse~fr· - st.arted cut and by Z; 3J wer~ on t he Ap,~l~clUan 'frail suut h of B~Iil~ s MI.i..- n~dr A:1C1Cve~:: Maine . ?l:.er'3 ,"e m.et", Louis Ka.zempa , Dave. Harrer, and Fred Ze~.gl~l·v TIle few sC!3.ct,ered ra~ drops d:"d n0~ .. c:.3.m~en our sr>iri't.~ . Dr . Fairfield and Mr . Fjelsco1d wl~lcted hE>fty (\xes to cl~ar ~he f~rst ~lcwdown . W~ foJlc'l/.3a a i:I('\un t air. s '.;reem al ong , ~r (. ~s ad it HOar ..;he r em&jns of a .to .. j:'I€' _'" loggir.g 5 Lli C' s . t.ten c' .:&. rrbc1 U? fjhrou~h hardwoods and L n ;c 8'/ Ar gr rwi:: c 'Ju :!~ try;) M')re b~(',·.-d('MTt [, W..!l"t~ he f't. ed , }Jushed " tu !" s€'i 2nd .::r.Gr:?<~ ct Els iri (.: cl ~aring ch I;) t_"' l;:t il. to 1,h3 E~Lcpnant M~ . lA~-.lI" ... ::Jf)t,o A:t t.he :'eaCl- ·to we met }, 2. l1yd ~ .i..e.gg , M& i "1e buiJP- , who had p.::.d .... o,l ~ .n h is Chal.H S:l.W to clear out t;1 ~ bi t;s{:>! S";ll:llpS . fJft~ :..'" an a Pl.'et .i.z:~ng Ifi0b.l 0::'" t<sef ste\1, t~b. s .lnQ harr.tit s , we sat around t~e cd!':1l?fir~ ~. nJ ~p.lked wi t~l our boots smouldering in fjh~ flames . Thp. next mo:cn:i.ng n<.;t 'too early- ­we ha1 ble.q,i<:fClst and .:limted to the top of ~emis , working on the

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t ra i l wit h Fl oyd ' s saw. Mr ~ Fjelst ad and Dave cleaN!d. ".. ' · ~.Toan clipped " and TIro Fairf ie-ld· ChOPPEH' trees Q F:ioyd and I Marked t,h6 trail ahead c.l earing out brush ar..r r ot'Cen l ogso At th3 t.op of the mountain ~'i.:! assenbled for 1'U..T).ch , mashed san(l."t."ic:19ti and me l~ ~· ".L chocolate bars . We .~"",t. In ~,· · -· traj ·. down one s~_d e froI!' th ~ to~ '.r/here Loui s ~ trail ended .. -~ 'l'ten . rough a t~1 i.d: a~E'a of 1Jl..)'..\jl)\ .f's .: 'I'r~~Tl we 1'o:lov.r~d th-e r. .i.r <3 :-1 ~·Y ~l · ~ €o'l trail unt.i~'. we met ~o:li s , ~- "ed , and D~ v 2 c.]. ce. r i '16 f r'cr,j the oppos:'t€ d:.r€'ot .. V .. Jn I(t f1t 1.9.[;-:-. , SUCC S&S in j(' i '.1::"llg a:1c. fi::-u h i ng this ·Grai 1.. B3.::1-: we all ".'1E:m t t;o tre l~; Il ·"t.O fer P. "ta::'. fart.lt' and fortii"': ca~L.H· s 1'01' t !1 H ~T l? (.own. We piled into onr cars nu?pily for "Cl:ie rije baCK to t i .. f::; cJ..vilized '.'1orld... _ ,o _ • • _J:)rJy Perley

C.\NOE TRIP : MILLIKEN STYLE

Ten lively Mi.~lken girls , br aved the rigors of an early spring C3noe trip, Apr~l 14. OUr gree~lr.g ~G the str~dm--ten Mitchell me:! wra?pej in bl'lnkets on t~V;! ro3d sid,,=···- n.Jw we felt ~ol,jo \'!e quickly sh0veu off. ThE> ~""j.r;>les seo:;ntca l ~l:e wav€; ~ anti the \'Ii.r~d i:1P,de om inct.c.·or fa ces tingle ".;ith i ts Apr .. ;.] i ( H'. 8;~SIt but l,01e paddl~d cn~ under br~rigesJ aroune cunrefi ~ ann finally irlt.0 t\e ice­l aden Celd stream<:.- r! lJTtbliap; cut on S"'l J].'£! wa f ed on S.3mJw:' ; r. , 9 ,

donuts 11 oranges , &nd Spru( <: ... ·up pun C ~h I ~ 51IC\i<3d a 1:~. t wh !.le we were est.in~ , tut it could .'::1\o e be e!". ";~IE' 8L!.. ~z8:r~1 <'f ~R8o 'f'he afternocn !)acsei 9 s ::l. ng:i.ng h i.d paddlinge Io'amishud for a :'· .·.re we sturr.blr:u sr.'i .f f'ly out of th . .,: ca noet . warming cUl'sel ves on the f~ '''st f eeble fl aiTIes . An dined 0 . ' hot dogs , beans , and cocoa befor e star t"5.ng cut )o 2.b~r.doning the fire for tile r:ad·Ue horde . With a few tie-ups in bullrushes , a call on a beaver ' s home, and nearly frozen hand s , all was a success .

- - ---Pat Carmichael

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