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ADVICE  WANTED
VChat-s the deal on advisers?
This question was indirectly re-raised by
students in connection with pre-regjstration,
concluded just before the Christmas vacation.
Some students, first of all, say they arc
satisfied and have ample advice on their
programs. Many students, however, are dis¬
satisfied and say that whereas some advisers
have 100 advisees, others have only two or
three students to advise. Many claim their
advisers arc too hard to see and that, when
nade. the advil
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little time scheduled to give adequate advice.
A few students have complained they don't
know what "adviser" means, hinting that the
faculty members to whom they are assigned
arc more nearly dictators and effectively re¬
move any choice by the student in sched¬
uling "electives."
Whether or not these complaints are justi¬
fied, they represent student opinion and are
worthy of investigating. And here are some
By BILL MACE
Recently I spent an hour watching a Mari
Montez jungle picture. While still under the
influence of this opiate, I went home and
' wrote a film scenario. The name of this pro¬
duction is, "Kiss the Belgian Off My Congo'"
or "Mozambique, Madagascar and You."
The picture opens as Kenya Kolony (Maria
Mtmtiv.) is doing a trilial dance in the village
square. She is accompanied by the weird
of native reed instruments and a 300 piece
i hestra hidden behind a clui— ~*
jungle ferns. h
As her dance comes to a climax, Lester
Transit, an American engineer, played by
Nigel Bruce, enters on the shoulders of i
Rhodesian pigmy (Barry Fitzgerald).
Kenya is instantly attracted to the dash¬
ing figure of Transit but before she can fling
herself into his .inns and end the picture, a
tribe of frenzied extras sweep thru the town,
crying their ancient African war chant, "Urk"
which, when translated means, "Yon can'
end the Masted picture here, we haven't been
Kenya is carried away by the savages and
brought before the mysterious tribal chief.
Kenya deduces he is not a native because of
his strange manners, his size and the car¬
nation in the lapel of his tuxedo.
The chief is instantly taken by Kenya's
beauty but before he can remove his mask
and declare his love. U'.-ter Transit rides in¬
to ramp-on the shoulders of the f
pygmy, played by Mickey Rooney. (NOTE:
Harry I-'it.-gerald read the scenario and de¬
cided Bing Crosby was calling him).
The pigmy raises Transit's hand and the
hero points 111-, linger" at the masked chief.
In a voice quivering with emotion he says,
"Kenya, that man is . . . " at this point a
husky native claps his hand over Transit's
big mouth and he is hauled away to the burn¬
ing stake. Kenya must now make her choice.
Burn with Lester Transit or marry the mask-
etl chieftain.
The picture closes as Kenya fondles Lest¬
er's ashes, and the chief, who is in reality the
exiled King of Greece (Roddy McDowell)
dies of African coryza.
That leaves Kenya Kolony, the Rhodes¬
ian pigmy and 2,000 un-paid extras. Kenya
marries the pigmy, and becomes Mrs. Rho¬
desian, the 2.000 extras form a republic and
borrow $12,000,000 from the U.S. and so
what if it does stink? It's in technicolor-
it doesn't have to be good.
Some faculty advisers hav
of work. Consider, for a myt
the head of a large departmen
ing 12 units and who series o
three faculty
i. How can that adviser be expect¬
ed to advise ADEQUATELY 40 or 50 or
70 students?
And then there are the students who won't
take advice when they can get it. Last year
10 per cent of the student body answered the
question, "How many times between Sep¬
tember and April did you confer with your
adviser?" Thirty-eight per cent of the stu¬
dents questioned said they hadn't conferred
The question, however, did not leave room
for the students to qualify their answers by
the possible statement that they had TRIED
to see their advisers but had not been able to
do so. At any rate, 62 per cent of the students
had teen their advisers.
Lists in the office of the dean of students
back up some of the complaints of students.
These lists show that distribution of students
among advisers is terrifically unequal. It's a
fair guess that this situation exists chiefly
because some department heads prefer to do
all the advising within their departments.
This is satisfactory only if such advisers
have adequate time to devote to advising,
and they do not in some cases.
One function of the office of the dean of
students is to coordinate and act as a central
point for all advising. This office, working
with the departments, has succeeded in dis¬
solving the problem in a few departments and
in reducing it in others. But in some depart¬
ments the problem—and it is a problem to
students—still exists.
Whether it exists because of unintended
lack of cooperation, mere indifference, or
opposition to change, increased cooperation
with the dean of students' office would prob¬
ably remove inadequate advising. It certainly
would improve the quality and the results of
advising for those students who want and
need it.
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Varsity Cage Team
VVins 3 Out Of 4
In Holiday Games
By ART MABGOSIAN
,„tr> the yuletide season with a record of three wins
{f™ io°-es   Coach Dutch Warmerdanvs fast breaking
^."■"Vnintct took three out of four games, and twice
""f fhe school Veering record for a single game
bro   season record six wins and six losses.
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Bullpups Out For 6th
Straight Win Tonight
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, ,„ „ne season opener for both teams,
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