Bee, 1949-04-08

              the bee z-460 volume 29 buffalo n y friday april 8 1949 number 22 hgj*o4 masquers present smash hit again whelan elected board president baynes member oi executive board undoubtedly one of the strangest circumstances to arise in the history of the board of managers elections was the tie vote obtained by robert whelan and fred baynes for president of th board each candidate after full results had been tabulated a week ago last wed nesday had received 272 votes in the same election albert szymanski was elected vice president and pora brtoglio secretary the tie vote therefore meant that the final decision would rest with tbe board of managers last tuesday evening the board met to decide the tie vote and to install its recently elected mem bers upon a motion by herbert constantino former member of the mrd and passed by a vote of 8-6 election was left up to the comers since it was felt that the new board should have a say in the election of their own offi cers miss haas also made a mo tion which was accepted that the defeated candidate for the presi dency b the student representa tive on the executive beard rob ert whelan waa the successful candidate other members of the executive board are the officer of the board ot managers the dean of women miss macdohald the director of norton union miss haas and the faculty representa tive mr kebel the purpose of this group is to decide the agenda for future board of manager meet k a new board was then install id after a secret ballot robert an was given the president's by the former president al syzmanski the gavel as mr anski explained has a special meaning since it is made of the original scaffolding of norton tin ion the meeting ended with the slnsing of the alma mater water pageant in gym pool to star cinderella the i'eca and various members |. of the women's gym service class ' «• will present a water pageant in clark memorial gymnasium fool audi 30 mid 21 this water classic i 111 be entitled water cinderella and will feature lois ham betty fir joan mayer val vreeland ly sohillo bather kratcer ifar pfutienreuter and others in ing acts and synchronised swim ming formations complete with ignlng of the alma mater '- for you water shy guys and gals who haven't seen the pool yet this i is an excellent opportunity not only to view its beauty but also to see > the water rippled by the graceful movements of u b.'s lovely mer maids admission will be 75 cents per person and tickets may be ob l tained from any of the physical education women or from the table in norton union lobby due to the limited seating capacity of i \ the pool the sale of tickets will be limited this will be a new approach to an old fairy tale and the first time i in the history of u b that some thing ot this sort will be offered so if you want to drown those no easter vacation blues think of "' the new pool and let the girls car ry you away to the land ot once 1 upon a time don't forget — buy your tickets early ace honors nsa student groups madison wis march 5 — the united states national student as sociation nsa was today notiflerl that it has been voted to associate membership in the american coun cil of education nsa is the only student organ ization to hold membership in the council which has been influential in the shaping of american educa tion policies and practices during the past 30 years nsa was also inited to send a representative to the council's an nual meeting in washington d.c on may 6 and 7 representing more than 800,000 students in 281 colleges and univer sities in the united states nsa is also the only student organization which has been granted member ship in the national education as sociation and the u s commission for unesco robert s smith nsa's represen tative on unesco was recently elected to the executive committee ot that body salt and peppers form junior squad to enliven spirit last tuesday afternoon the salt and peppers formulated plans for the creation of a junior cheerlead lng squad this squad is being formed in addition to the regular rroup for the purpose of gaining experience after one year they will be absorbed into the main body upon graduation of these members their duties will con sist of leading cheera at the fresh men football and basketball games assisting at rallies and helping the salt and peppers to draft poll«y and administrative measures plans are being made now u devote some time this summer to develop new cheers and method which it is expected will promote more school spirit then has been observed in the past a consider able amount of research will be necessary to carry out thig pro gram and the cheerleader hope to be able to present a lively pro gram next fall important all student who are interested in trying out for the cheerleaders are requested to leave their names and addresses in the salt and pepper box at norton counter before monday april 18 applications of freshmen and soph omores will be given preference over others however anyone who is vitally interested may apply practice will begin shortly after all the names have been received also at the last meeting the new officers for next fall were elected jack tylee is president tom hinckley is vice president captain cf the cheerleaders and publicity director pick hainer is treasurer and muriel maranville is secretary norton to miss the smiling face of jeanne glass no longer will our irumpy grace the halls of ye olde norton union mrs jeanne olass has re signed her position as program co ordinator jeanne has now taken up the hobby of studying the hab its of migrating birds sometime in july she will be particularly in terested in a huge white bird that make a strange habit of building his nest on chimney tops jeanne has been very popular ever since her arrival three years ago and will be sorely mlsspd mrs oail hotelllng will take over the position until july 1 after which someone yet to he announc ed will permanently assume the position unique story of hubbard family portrayed in norton aud tonight once again t.i h s invincible blue masquers are bringing top notch entertainment to their enthusiastic audiences through the un tiring efforts of the cast committees and director leo jones their superb production of lillian hellman's anothor part of the forest is well worth the attention of students faculty and local playgoers alike this play a sardonic comedy takes place in the post-civil war period the setting is truly outstanding - in successfully creating the effect of the elaborate living room of a southern mansion of the civil war period the illusion of carbing in the woodwork and the rich appear ance of the furniture and proper ties cause a feeling of harmony throughout the play sally schillo's performance as beautiful regina hubbard deserves much attention her unusually beautiful costumes and her succesn in suggesting a southern drawl are gaining her muoh audience recog nition retina's ability to influence her father marcus hubbard played by ralph friedman prevails through out the plat marcus brutal frank ness in the first two acts exempli fies how it was possible for him to make the war an extremely profitable situation marcus hubbard-'s lack of under standing of his neurotic wife la vlnia ably played by orian ward does much in the molding of each of their characters her acting caused to audience to feel great pity for her certainly it is not difficult to imagine the plight of a wife and mother whose family has seemingly turned against her chris o'connor's forceful per formance as john bagtry keglna's somewhat bitter lover showed con siderable versatility his abrupt rhaiiki's ill character under various conditions add much to the play ben the elder son of the hub bard's is portrayed in a well shad ed manner by b murray little his strong character is evidenced i throughout the play in the role of ben's jroungw brother oscar harold litkind pives an excellent performance | his main thought in life seems to | be the fact that he is deeply and | sincerely in love with a frivolous young prostitute lutirette whose part is played by llla morris the confused character of llirdie bagtry a sister of heginu'h lover john is superbly portrayed by annual concert features three musical groups the 28th annual home concert to be staged on april 22 at 8:0 p.m at kleinhans muilu hall prom ises to be for the third consecutive year a complete sellout and an even more memorable event than befor tickets for the concert alone ate 75 cents apiece while tickets to in clude admission to both the con cert and the ball to be held after ward are 2.75 a couple music for the ball to be provided by dave cheskln's orchestra will last un til 1:00 a.m this year for the first time in the history of the affair all three u b musical organizations will appear on the same program the i i band 80 strong under the direction of john krestlc conduc tor of the buffalo bills band the i b symphony orchestra under the baton of jan wolanek noted conductor of the buffalo civic or chestra and the men's lee club of 70 voices under the leader-snip of wallace vanl.ler jieud of tlie u it mimic department win each i rovide a program of wonderful listening russell bw&ln general manager of the home concert and of the men's ilee club disclosed thai air last year's concert only standing loom remained available to late ticket purchasers and with the yet more extensive program scheduled for this year a similar state of af fair is anticipated you don't want to miss this event so insure yourself and your date of an mi forgetable evening by purchasing your ticket right away continued on page 8 column 5 ( see another i j part of the i i forest | | tonight i notice to sophomores in the college of arts and sciences we are scheduling a meeting of sophomore students to ex plain hi tutorial system and certain opportunities available to them through the personnel office will you please attend one oi the following sessions in hajrei auditorium tuesday april 1 at u:so i'.m or tuesday april t at 1:80 i'm due to the kaster holidays next week thero will he no bee published on good friday muy we of the hkk staff take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy raster easter recess cafeteria will close wednes day april 13 at 3 p.m norton union will close at 10 p.m and will reopen monday april is in sympathy it is with greatest sympathy that the bee must relate the sudden demise of roger a strief who would have graduat ed from the university of buf falo this june this catastro phe occurred when roger fell while washing windows a veteran he was married and the father of a two month old child during the past two years mr strief a chemistry major had served as a student assist ant in the chemistry depart ment very well liked by the staff and students bis death will be a great loss to all who knew him 1 no bee ! 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