Bee, 1942-03-13

              the bee 460 volume 22 *@*> 4 « buffalo n y frl march 13 1942 number 16 committee plans auditions for fred allen program entries already have started to come in for the contest to de termine the university of buf falo's most talented undergradu ate who will appear with fred allen on the texaco star theater over the columbia network sun day evening april 12 march 21 has been set as the deadline for entires and all stu dents with talent in any of the audible arts are urged to get their applications in at once the en tries are being received in mr robert parke's office norton hall the university's auditions will be conducted during the week of march 23 with the finalists to be heard over station wgr friday march 27 the winner will be chosen from among the finalists by student vote in addition to an appearance on the allen show the winner will have all expenses paid and will 200 plus other prizes many of the university's stu dent organizations — fraternities 1 sororities etc — have indicated their intention to have members take part in the auditions the winner is sure to give his or her organization a plug on the net work show to search for talent pan hell council banquet will be held next monday on monday march 16 1942 the pan-hellenic society will hold its annual banquet at katherine lawr ence's tea room on delaware avenue speaker of the eve i ning will be miss anne mcllhen ney of the buffalo courier-express i who will discuss her experiences i in hollywood among the guests will be dean lillias macdonald miss emma ► deters miss margaret holmes i and the women members of the university faculty the main event of the evening will be the presentation of the silver punch bowl traditional award to the sorority with the \ highest scholastic average the punch bowl is the gift of the j organization of university wo men to promote high scholarship * mong sorority women mrs mildred roesser passive president of the phi psi sorority which won the bowl last year 1 , will pre sent it to this year's winners sne purpose of the dinner is create a stronger bond among ority women all of whom are invited to attend miss phyllis matheis president of pan-hellenic and miss grace vice-president are in s;e of the affair e dinner which will begin at p m will cost % 75 a plate newmanites sponsor annual lenten retreat reverend donald cleary chap lain of the cornell newman club the largest newman chapter in the world will conduct thc fifth annual retreat for catholic stu dents of the university of buf falo and state teachers college the retreat began last evening and will continue tonight and to morrow evening at the blessed sacrament chapel of st joseph's new cathedral at 7:45 p m a solemn high mass will be celebrated by bishop duffy on sunday morning at 9:30 this will be followed by breakfast which will be served in the cathedral hall mayor joseph kelly and justice charles desmond of the court of appeals will . be guest speaker3 at the breakfast dean julian park dean of the college of arts and sciences will represent the university of buffalo and dr harry rockwell president of state teachers college will repre sent the latter institution a reception for father cleary was held by the newman club in the blue room of norton hall on march 12 john o'connor is in charge of arrangements for the retreat among those assisting him are marguerite poorten ethel solly james kelly and harry gerbacki air raid defense now organized on u b campus the university of buffalo cam pus has been completely organ ized for air raid defense and ac cording to robert parke campus i warden will soon be ready to cope with any form of air attack or attempt at sabotage following a comprehensive sur vey of all the campus units air raid shelters have been deter mined in each building the num ber of people on each floor in each building during each hour of the day has been recorded to make certain the shelters will provide ample facilities at any particular time each person on the campus has been notified of the shelters in all buildings so he will know of the nearest one during an emergency unless there is need for eva cuation we will never have to move people from one building to another during attack mr parke explained in most of the build ings the corridors are the safest shelters except on the top floors in the biology and physics build ings however the basements are the best shelters but for those two exceptions we will keep people out of basements during an air raid because of the danger of poison gas the biology and physics basements have sufficient outlets to obviate that danger each shelter will be posted with prizes will be offered at stunt night march 28 march 28 at 8:00 p m all you guys and girls can show your skill at the annual stunt night it will be a saturday night of fun laughs oh and even some thrills maybe all the frater nities and sororities and the other organizations are urged to take part spike dombrowski is chair man and is especially anxious to have everybody participate so that this stunt night will be the best as yet definite plans have not been made concerning prizes but they will be very worthwhile it is rumored that defense stamps will be given to the organization exhibiting the best showmanship and providing the heartiest laughs a large committee representing all of the active groups on cam pus is working harti to given everyone a good time campus co-eds prepare for gala reverse dance plans are rapidly being formu lated for that gala topsy-turvy af fair the reverse dance to be held this year on friday march 20 in norton hall from 10 to 2 marion domedion pat corcoran co-chair men have announced that a st patrick's day theme will be car ried out their committee in cludes jeanne jerge guests martha webster decorations ora mae francis orchestra pegglilee purcell refreshments jane pow ell publicity the music for this upside-down afair will be furnished again this year by the white knights if past proceedure is any cri terion everyone attending will have a super time for the girls will call for their dates bringing them beautiful onion corsages open the doors and wonder of wonders — pay the bill the men on campus are warned that this last assertion is not mere hearsay and they are advised to reply in the affirmative when the girls offer to pay the freight on them for the evening perhaps for a few weeks the fellows will find their dates easier on the pocketbook it wouldn't be sur prising after the girls find out what a super date costs only girls with norton union cards will be admitted stag if de buftalonian to collect pictures of campus everyone loves to see someone else caught in an embarrassing moment everyone loves to have a laugh on someone else the staff of this year's bigger and better buffalonian aims to please it will do its best to gratify this natural instinct in addition to several other features new and traditional the buffalon ian will devote many pages of the already enlarged edition to cam pus snaps included in this super edition will be over hi hundred snapshots of campus per sonalities depicting various phases of college life dignified and other wise these photos may include candid shots of the moving up day parade sorority house party pictures snaps taken at school dances pictures of u b athletes in action or any shot concerned with campus profs problems or pupils this new addition should in crease circulation for everyone will want to see these pictures some will buy out of curiosity others will buy out of fear virginia mccausland who is in charge of this feature urges everyone to cooperate by bringing any interesting shots he may have to her by monday march 23 staff heads for this year's buf falonian are editor phyllis ma theis business manager grace prlmas secretary norman chas sin walking delegate richard lane managing editor aline bo rowiak senior editor helen lytle activities charlotte georgi circulation betty hein ike photography ruth king ad vertising harry gerbacki feat ure marg pooi'ten copy norma coley and interviews john o connor students may subscribe to the butfalonian by contacting any of the following salesmen val na dolinskl simon jacob ruth brendel don gardiner ed stev ens elmer prank leo bylenok betty wollschlager grace primag irene rosenblatt rita kaiser marie tropman virginia mccaus land louis manzella jack dust man belle farrar and richard zimmerman continued on page 2 , continued on pac 4 reverse dance friday evening march 20 group pictures for the buffalonian will be taken next week in norton auditorium follow ing is the schedule of appointments monday march 16 wednesday march 18 12:30 theta chi 10:30 kappa psi 12:45 chi omega 10:45 sigma kappa 1:00 alpha gamma 11:00 sigma delta tau delta 11.15 w a a 1:15 phi psi 4:20 bee tuesday march 17 4:30 buffalonian 12:30 board of thursday march 19 managers 12:30 interfraternity 12:45 sigma alpha council rho 12:45 blue masquers 1:00 beta chi epsilon 1:00 block b 1:15 pan-hellenic 1:30 kappa delta psi 4:30 zeta tau 1 45 alpha kappa psi 4:45 debate 2:00 newman club tennis and fencing team pictures will be taken on thursday at 4:15 and 4:30 in the gym scribblers prize reminder deadline for entries — april first name of writer should be placed in envelope attached to paper submitted students in the college of arts and sciences who expect degrees in february or june 1943 are requested to make an appointment with miss deters immediately to discuss their remaining requirements for the degree , buy defense bonds and stamps