Bee, 1944-12-22

              the bee new york state's greatest college weekly z-460 volume 25 c 4 8 buffalo n y friday december 22 1944 number 11 business ad christmas party huge success truth or consequences show was the surprise of the evening the school of business admin istration reports a new high in successful parties their christ mas affair on friday december 15 was a scene of fun for all the party opened with bridge and many other tyipes of games for those who do not enjoy bridge there was dancing to a nickelor dian immediately after the games had lost their appeal the group joined in a community sing they sang all the traditional christmas carols with great gusto then the refreshments were served this was actually only the be ginning of the fun the surprise of the evening was the truth or consequence show it was so ar ranged that a student would com pete with a member of the fac ulty surprisingly enough the fac ulty was on the losing side mr summers was obliged to eat an entire pie because of his failure to answer his question when mr mcgary missed hie question he found he had to look for the smallest shoe at the party dean puffer also lost and had to recite the business administration poem while chewing crackers lastly dean froman had to purchase one dinner at deco and bring it back to the party as a climax to the affair mr buerger and rocco se taro engaged in a contest to see who could first don a set of wom en's clothing the party ended on this hilarious note the following students are to be congratulated for their work in organizing a successful party carlton moe general chairman ruth schwendler publicity chair man elaine culkowski barbara peterson sally patterson and linda ricker freshmen girls give lovely holiday tea on tuesday december 19 a christmas tea was given by the freshmen girls for the upperclass women the music room in hayes hall was gaily decorated with festive holiday decorations tea and cookies were served from 3:30 to 5:30 june ulrich vice-president of the freshman class acted as host ess and received the guests at the door marilyn sparks freshman caramba fiesta es ocasion magnified from all appearances and com ments the inter-american youth fiesta was a huge success the pinata which was the surprise of the evening turned the inter national institute into a shambles each girl was given two chances to try to break it open but donald lubick and hildebrand nicosia were the only people pres ent with sufficient strength following this a collection of records supplied music for all ipresent hildebrand nicosia then led the group in the coki-coke which is a south american ver sion of the game many have played in their youth but with more bumps he ateo led the singing ot cosadas or spanish christmas carols among other songs eung tuesday evening were la cucaracha alia en el rancho grande and siboney fred bellinger led the conga line in true bellinger fashion the aguinaldos bags of candy and nuts proved the most popu lar of the varied refreshments the tequila mexican for zombie drunk by donald lubick destroyed season's greetings dr earl j mcgrath returns to u b after 26 months in the united states navy dr earl j mcgrath has returned to the university of buffalo and resumed his position as dean of administrator chan cellor samuel p capen announced today dean mcgrath who as a den tenant commander was in charge of all the navy's off-duty educa tion a program in which 300,000 students participated under his direction a hobo won't work if he won't work he'e a politician if he's a politician he gives away cigars if he gives away cigars he lights them for you if he lights them for you he's a cigar lighter if he is a cigar lighter he won't work and if he won't work he's a tramp norton union will close f&i the christmas holidays on fri lay december 22 at 6 p m it will reopen on tuesday january 2 at 9 a m glee club orchestra give joint program on wednesday december 20 the tinal convocation of this se mester was held in hayes audi torium at that time the student body wae privileged to hear a musical program by the univer sity of buffalo orchestra and glee club under the direction of the guest conductor wallace van lier the yuletide season domi nated the ttieme of the program which began with a specially ar ranged medley of christmas carols iby the orchestra immediately fol lowing this the students gave vent to their holiday spirits by joining in with the orchestra and singing o come all ye faithful the highlight of the program was the first public appearance this year of the women's glee club and mixed chorus their selections included under the silver star festal day snow legend and the sleigh which was met with the wholehearted approval of the students the final selection the trum pet song was performed by the mixed chorus with a piano duet accompaniment by lola and kath erine creteos hit numbers a-plenty in about face cadet show and dance provide entertaining evening about pace the first presen tation to be attempted by any of the cadets stationed at u h , waa a huge success the hayes audi torium was crowded to the doors last saturday night and every one enjoyed the show tremen dously the cadets made several changes in the army show and some of the best skits were origi nal one that went over especially well with the cadets though not fully appreciated by the civilians was the skit on life at norton hall the men outdid themselves in the satire on their officers but it was meant of course only tn fun another big hit was the fol lies presented by the chorus headed by pvts arlow bauer and bourne it was a lively dance number burlesquing that ' popular hit of the gay nineties the can can a chorus of nrteen sang two new songs composed by cadet lieutenant joe kahn — ' 1-ights out and the air cadet march the u b orchestra partici pated in the show under ihe direc tion of set roscoe hungington this was his last endeavor in connection with the unit since he has been moved to a new post the cadets wish him the best ot luck in his new assignment the show was followed by fen equally successful dance the cadets proved their skill in pro viding a very entertaining eve ning and u b ntudents are hoping that there will be another cadet shew in the near future bleed u.b campaign fails to meet quota the opportunity was presented to the students of the university of buffalo to give their blood that another might live the bleed u b campaign started three weeks ago every day without fall a student was posted at the en trance of norton union to take the names of volunteers there are enrolled at this university one thousand students despite thte fact the goal was set at one-hun dred twenty-five pints or blood certainly that is n ot a high aim at the close of the campaign one r continued on page 4 ft g~ea mtcmm-m i ess55sw«vi-*wai '