Spectrum, 1953-12-11

              the u of u spectrum remember the silver ball december 18 get your ticket varsity review auditions to be held dec 14 2-4 p.m and on dec 15 1-3 p.m official student publication of the university of buffalo volume 4 j^g buffalo n y fri dec 11 1953 number 11 wilde's earnest well done by blue masquers by george landon it goes without saying that os 1 car wilde is master of the draw ing-room farce and the impor tance of being earnest is the epi tome of his art the plot while secondary to the dialogue is clever enough to stand repetition earnest in the city and jack in the country worthing is guardian of cecily cardew lover of gwendolen fairfax and deliver er of the majority of the lines algernon moncrieff is nephew to lady bracknell cousin to gwen dolen lover of cecily and bon vivant extraordinaire don't let i this confuse you for the plot is i never anything but an excuse for dialogue robert kidney as jack is sur prising at all times a coverman he acts with sufficient sophistica tion to be silently bored but not enough to be dull his lines are delivered with distaste and el oquence the scenes with alger non are the liveliest in the produc tion algernon stephen orlando is not as convincing as we would like perhaps because his lines were delivered too quickly and somewhat reflectingly mary jane shosho has irjjain capen hall dedication this week-end future building progrum is announced by university officials plans have been submitted to the university council proposing the construction of 15 new buildings to be constructed on campus at a cost of more than 12,000,000.00 and are to be completed in the distant future deemed most urgent on the prior ity list by chancellor mcconnell are a proposed 1,200,000 physics building and three new residence halls each housing 149 students dr mcconnell however indicated that the priorities would be set by the university council i other phases in the development campaign include construction of buildings to allow for larger class room and office space a center for fine arts and new additions to the engineering and science buildings some of the more long range plans include the construction of a 250 bed campus hospital and two j auditorium with a capacity of 750 i and 200 respectively among the more imminent additions to the me j dical building is space to house a i center for studying heart disease i continued on page 61 27,000 persons to visit campus for celebration dedication exercises for the new schools of medicine and dentistry building samuel p capen hall will take place on friday and sat urday december 11 and 12 some 27,000 physicians dentists anil alumni in the western n y area have been invited to the events all of which will be held on the i university campus and will in clude symposiums on medical and dental projects a panel discussion i on oral surgery conducted tours through the new building lunch eons and the dedication dinner to be held friday evening at 6:30 the dinner will be highlighted with a speech by state senator walter j mahoney majority leader of the senate and future lieutenant gov ernor of the state of new york dr samuel p capen chancellor emeritus of the university of buf falo will be the guest of honor at the actual dedication ceremony to be held friday morning at 10:00 distinguished physicians and dentists from various institutions throughout the country including the u of 8 will give lectures in their respective fields at the sched uled symposiums among these are dr charles h best of-the univer sity of toronto who is the co discoverer of insulin and a nobel prize winner and dr robin r a coombs who has journeyed from the university of cambridge eng land especially for this occasion the first structure of the uni versity was constructed at main and virginia at a cost of 15,000.00 and served as the medical school which was at that time the only school of the university the sec ond building was opened in 1893 at main and high at a cost of a total of 147,275.00 and was heralded as a most magnificent structure samuel p capen hall a 4,500 000.00 structure was completed and opened for classes this fall as a symbol of progress of the uni versity of buffalo which was first founded when buffalo was a city of 40,000 guided tours through the new building will be conducted on sun day from 2 until 6 p.m and will be open to any interested students one mixed lounge slightly misused its chairs are slashed and usually littered with clothing its floors are scarred deeply — yet the mixed lounge is only one month old ! when the mixed lounge was opened it boasted a new inlaid floor and redone chairs through the carelessness of university of buffalo students this work has been undone the room was supplied with stand-type ash trays — several of the tray units have disappeared at a cost of 9.00 per unit some of the missing units have been recovered they were found in refuse barrels the reason for their dis appearance — there is none on more than one occasion lunches and waste baskets have been emptied on the floor of the mixed lounge scrap paper and cigarette stubs all but cover the floor of the lounge which has been provided with more ash trays than any other room in norton union a series of complaints have issued from the treatment of the janitorial staff in the mixed lounge on one occasion a man working on a ladder was seriously endangered by the horseplay of students who persisted in shaking the ladder this certainly is no laughing matter in the course of their work the janitorial staff has met with little respect and much abuse this is certainly no compliment to the student body of this university to attest to the seriousness of this matter it has been referred to the house committee of norton union for im mediate action in the past such situations have presented themselves once a fine of 10 cents was levied on articles of clothing left unchecked in norton this can be done again the lounge could be closed the spectrum would not like to see this action taken — • only as a last resort should condi tions warrant this measure we will demand it ! one of the more serious matters in connection with the mixed lounge is the conduct of the students using it it has rules for silver ball contest how many people will attend the silver ball of 53 to be held in the statler balroom dec 18 from 10 p.m until 2 a.m students of the university may win two cartons of chesterfield ci garettes by placing their name ad dress and guess on the baek of an empty package of chesterfields en tries are to be deposited at the silver ball box at norton union candy counter the winner of the contest will be announced in the spectrum following the silver ball last year's silver ball had a to tal attendance of over 500 couples the profits of the silver ball are used in norton union the buddy morrow orchestra will be featured at the silver ball o 1953 tickets at 4.00 per couple may he ohtained from any one of several salesmen or at the silver ball ticket booth in the lobby of norton union continued on page 2 continued on page 21 1953-54 student directory is now on sale