PAGE EIGHT Whiskers Caused War—Hoogenboom Chin Civil By DICK LEIGHTON The 100-year-old question of "What Really Caused the. Civil War?" has finally been an swered—and the man to get the credit for the answer is Dr. Ari Hoogenhoom, assist ant professor of history. In an article in the current Wisconsin Magazine of History, Hoogenboom comes to the con clusion that the whole thing was started by beards. "War is caused by the aggressive spirit in men and nations," he says. "and beards provided the aggressiveness that brought on the Ci War." Even on campus, Hoogenboom says, men with beards are defi nitely more aggressive than their clean-cut classmates. He also agrees that the dropping of the shaving requirement in ROTC would make our future military leaders more ferocious. "Historians have neglected the impact of a beard upon the per sonality of a hitherto beardless in dividual," Hoogenboom candidly points out. "Cover a receding chin and eczema with a beaver and the possessor tries to lick every man in the house," he said. The United States was a clean shaven nation before the late 1850's, Hoogenboom said. The founding fathers were beardless and all the presidents from Wash ington to Buchanan were shorn- Indian Artifacts Being Displayed In Pollee 19brary Arrowheads, spearheads, axes, hoes and tomahawks are all part of the exhibit of North American Indian artifacts now on display at the Pattee Library. Pensonally collected by Ste phen Hyatt, graduate student in rural sociology and agricultural economics. over the past 20 years, the artifacts come from all parts of the United States. Hyatt has found implements along the coast of Maine, the plains of Oklahoma, Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, Long Island and the states of Washington; Kentucky and Texas among other places. While stationed at Fort Ben ning. Ga.. when he was in the army. Hyatt found arrowheads, old implements of warfare, right on the ground being used to prac tice modern warfare. Also prized by Hyatt are the trade tomahawks, so named be cause they were made by the white man to trade in exchange for furs. Today they are also quite scarce because, being made of metal, many rusted and wore out, Hyatt said. While looking for Indian arti facts, Hyatt has also found but tons, bullets, cannonballs and other items of historical interest at the sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. An amusing sidelight of his experiences is that when asking owners of private land if he may search for Indian relics, Hyatt has often encountered people who are suspicious and believe he's really looking for gold or uranium. Sigma Tau to Hold Meeting Sigma Tau, honorary engineer ing fraternity, will hold its first meeting, of the semester at 7 to night at Alpha Epsilon Pi, Refreshments will he served aft er the meeting. factory authorized VOLKSWAGEN Sales Parts Service $1624.00 WYNO SALES CO. 1960 E. 3rd St.. Williamsport chinned, but by 1857 the bushy look-was so popular that Harper's "Man About Town" asserted he could judge a man's character by the cut of his beard. "After the election of 1860. remaining hope for peace dis appeared when a previously clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln raised a beard in order to lead I the country to war," according I to Hoogenboom. "Chin wreathes" actually affected the quality of Civil War leaders." Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S., Grant and William T. Sherman owe their martial merits to their whiskers, according to Hoogenboom._George B. McClel lan, with the disadvantage of hav ing only a moustache, "was con spicuously unaggressive." If he had had a beard "the South would have been defeated in 1862." Hoogenboom sajd he fir s t thought of his hair-in•cheek idea when walking to an early class. He had just read Aldous Huxley's "Antic Hay," in which the hero, a rather shy type, dons an artificial beard and becomes an aggressive lover. In the contemporary vein, Hoogenboom points out that "the key to harmonious relations with Cuba is shaving, not sugar. When asked if there was any signifi cance to President Kennedy's shock of hair and Premier Khru shchev's lack of hair, Hoogen boom replied that he was a beard man, not a toupee man. Jazz Workshop Set for Sunday The jazz club is sponsoring its second svorkShop of the semester at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in 117 Car negie. Featured guest at the workshop will be Bill Schupert, jazz com mentator for radio station WGBI, Scranton. He will talk on the ele ments of jazz and of a jazz fan. Also present will be Bruce Mitchell, artist in residence at Bucknell University. Mitchell has been called one of the finest jazz pictorialists in the country by the noted jazz critic, Leonard Fea ther. He will show and discuss some of his pictures, including those he has done of Ray Charles, jazz pianist. The program also will include the Kenny Kuhnes Quartet with guest artist Dave Atkinson on the vibes. The Penn State Folklore Society will sing early blues from the history of jazz. Every one on campus interested in jazz may attend. Florida has more lakes than any other state. FAMOUS LOCK'S RESTAURANT • DUNCAN-HINES APPROVED* Victorian Room Exclusive & Elegant Ballroom Local Indian Decor Lounge Col. 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The project, presently emerging from the piles of wood, debris and mud which accompanies all con struction, has several features which are not found in any other residence hall. Included in the project are four residence halls and one dining hall. Two more residence halls will be built later when there is a need for more housing. The four dorms are connected to each other and to the dining hall by covered walkways which form a portico in the center. There is also a broad pavement running diagonally to the dining hall which will not be covered. - All buildings feature precast concrete columns built specifical ly for this project. Perpendicular to these vertical columns are smaller ones which form an ex ten d e d frame-like structure around each set of two windows. Because this type of structure is being used, the buildings will 'have coffered ceilings with re cessed panels. This produces a waffle-like effect, entirely new for residence halls. The first floor of each dorm ex tends 8 feet over the ground floor and is supported by the ce ment columns, making a covered walkway around each building. According to Otto Mueller, di rector of housing, two halls will be used for women and two for men. LP Completes Activity Report The Lion's Paw report requested by the University Senate Com mittee on Student Affairs last fall, has been completed and submitted to the Senate Subcommittee for Organizational Control, accord ing to Alex Black, chairman of the subcommittee, The Subcommittee on Organ izational Control will consider the report tomorrow afternoon and direct any comments or recom mendations to the Student Affairs ICommittee for further consider ation. Monroe Newman, chairman of the Student Affairs . Committee, asked for this report last fall after his special investigation com mittee exonerated Lion's Paw from charges leveled against it. These charges stated that Lion's Paw, as an organization had exerted undue influence or at tempted to manipulate student affairs during 1959-1960. Criticism, Analysis Lag Behind Art Criticism is always slow in catching up with art, accord ing to James S. Ackerman, professor of art and architecture at Harvard University, who - spoke at the Graduate Lecture Series Tuesday night. Abstract art is not well-analyzed and criticised today, Ackerman said. "We in atomic times, are apt to be impartial to modern art and to criticize it alone on a separate standard," he added. If each art were approached dif ferently, Ackerman said, art would be reduced to relativism and, as a result, would have no point. Ackernian commented that he regarded art as a dialogue between painting and observer. The art expresses something, and the receiver is not expected to be simply a sponge but an active agent, he said. Observ ing a modern painting involves creative effort on the part of the observer and it is the cri tic's job to aid this observation, Ackerman said. Modern . art, he commented, in spite of its apparent separation from so-called conventional art, reflects and emphasizes previous art. In Ackerman's words, "Twen tieth century eyes have been formed by twentieth century art." An observer of art is influenced by previous paintings he has seen, just as an artist, painting an ab stract, is unavoidably influenced by previous abstracts he has YOU Get the Same Courteous ATTE"' ON that CAVE MEN have been getting ever since the opening of this popular spot. Our "take out" service is known as one of the fastest in town. No waiting just your order and in seconds you're on your way again with your favorite beverages and snacks. Be a CAVE MAN , .. stop in today! 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