Spectrum, 1954-10-08

              coffee hour at 3 o'clock today the u of b spectrum official student publication of the university of buffalo volume 5 emu buffalo n y fri oct 8 1954 number 3 if you are interested in writing apply at spectrum office on tuesday or wednesday u of california announces the appointment of dr mcconnell dr thomas r mcconnell one of the country's foremost educa tors has been appointed professor of education on the berkeley cam pus university of california dean william a brownell of the school of education has announced dr mcconnell comes to the ber keley campus from the university of buffalo where he was chancellor since 1950 since july and dur ing the current semester he is a member of a special survey com mittee to study the needs of cali fornia in higher education the long-range project is sponsored jointly by the university of cali fornia and the state department of education under legislation enacted in 1947 prior to assuming the chancel lorship at the university of buf falo dr mcconnell served on the faculties of cornell college mt vernon lowa and of the univer sity of minnesota during his aca demic career of almost thirty years at the university of min nesota he taught in the fields of education and psychology since 1932 and was dean of the college of science literature and the arts 1944-50 his career as an educa tor began in 1925 at cornell col lege his alma mater and from where he received an honorary ll.d degree in 1949 mr mccon nell also holds an honorary doctor of literature degree from syracuse university in 1952 dr mcconnell has been chair man or a member of numerous na tional committees including presi dent truman's commission on higher education 1946-48 chair man board of directors of the national society for the study of education 1948-49 u s state de partment delegate unesco con ference on higher education uni versity of utrecht netherlands 1948 chairman board of trustees of the educational testing service 1953-54 and a member of the edu cational policies commission 1947 1951 students flop at arts convocation by jim engelhardt 2 of arts and science students attend convocation in hayes hall to greet chancellor-elect furnas in the history of the university of buffalo this will be designated as an era of expansion and progress the period during which important firsts that all progress must bring were initiated on tuesday october 5 1954 at 11 30 a.m an importan first was attempted and aborted ! ! in an unprecedented move dr heindel dean of the col f'li'kf of arts and sciences calle a convocation of the entire college dean heindel new to the univer sity of buffalo and with grea hopes for its future felt that sue a convocation would prove bene ficial to both himself and the stu dents of his college of the tota enrollment of the college of art and sciences which now stands a 1400 only 30 students attended th convocation the meeting was held in havea auditorium which in the near future will be converted into much needed classroom space mr beat ty of the music department openec the convocation by leading the group in the singing of the alma ater he was accompanied by r giles on the organ dr heindel continued the pro ram with a welcome address to e students and the faculty after which the respective heads of the departments comprising the col lege of arts and sciences were in troduced the first guest speaker of the convocation was professor emeri tus albert philip saigh who was affiliated with the university de partment of chemistry from 1895 until 1952 professor emeritus saigh commented on his early days at the university when it wa comprised of only one building containing the medical dental and pharmacy schools in the succeed ing years the city alms infirmary was purchased and is now known hayes hall following mr saigh's commen ary chancellor f"urnas was official introduced to the studenty body 0 in number chancellor fur s spoke informally of his past hletic career and stated his in est in the university of buffalo rogram of athletics he declared hat our education is in essence teach us how to live and re nded that we have to develop de in it r heindel proposed to the as mblage the formation of a stu nt council for the college of arts d sciences he declared that ch a council would closely co erate with him and handle im tant functions as well as call vocations at which the entire lege would be present by j reiter chancellor furnas chairman elected for november 12 kampus karnival last tuesday the organizational meeting for the third annual kam pus karnival to be held on novem ber 12 1954 was held with the elections of chairmen for the vari ous committees they are carol fleischer and elfriede ilsanker general chairmen peg treat tick ets bill enslee finance dolores klein wus publicity bob kager jim engelhardt campus and oft campus publicity respectively will breden clean up jean provenso faculty invitations ike orloff lay out pat finleon arrangements and karen krull secretary the kampus karnival should prove to be even more successful with these able chairmen and with ihe support of the student body norton union's program committee starts membership drive the program committee of nor ton union offers the student six different committees in which his talents may be displayed these are mixer music tournament dance publicity and visual arts the work of these committees is just getting . under way and mem bership is still open to join any of these committees the interested student should ob tain from the social director's of fice norton 252 a membership ap plication fill it out and return it to the same office additional in formation may be obtained at the social director's office upper classmen as well as freshmen must fill out applications in order to be eligible for membership the dead line for submission for applica tions is october 15 any openings occurring in committees during the semester will be open only to freshmen and transfer students the program committee extends its invitation to join in on the work — ■ and the fun by j reitbr dr furnas greets faculty alpha kappa psi fraternity celebrates its 51st founders day on tuesday october 6th alpha kappa psi fraternity celebrated its 51st founders day in norton union cafeteria alpha kappa psi was founded at new york univer sity in 1904 since that time the fraternity has grown to over 85 college chapters in the united states and canada the local chapter beta lota dates back to 1931 when the ex isting local fraternity chi alpha tau was accepted by the grand chapter of alpha kappa psi on this campus the local chap ter participates not only in pro fessional activities to which it is dedicated but also in social activi ties athletics and norton union leadership activities the alumni in the area presently numbering over 500 have their own chapter and participate with the collegiate chapter in many functions dr w calkins leaves spectrum dr wendell calkins faculty ad viser to the spectrum for the past two years has tendered his resig nation effective this friday he has found that his increased re search and personal business will not permit him to continue as fac ulty adviser dr calkins will long be remem bered by the members of the spec trum for his friendship understand ing and advice it is hoped that sometime in the future he may again find it possible to advise us until that time best wishes from us all the greek ball at kleinhans tonight by 808 blake the i.f.c ball better known to all fraternity and sorority people on campus as the greek ball will be held this friday night every year the ball has been highlighted with fraternity parties before and after the dance this year's will be no exception kleinhans music hall will be the decorated dancing salon in which eddie diem's illustrative orchestra will play for the enjoyment of all those that attend the dress is semi-formal and i understand that this year's i.f.c ball will have a predominance of students in suits so if you don't have a tux don't let it hold you back from attending this excellent affair tickets have been given to the fraternities and a few will be on sale in norton union at 4o per couple general chairman don brockle hurst and ticket chairman jim donlon expect a capacity 500 couples to turn out at 10:00 p.m on friday octo ber bth will begin the greek ball and we hope to see you there applications for silver ball today at the norton candy counter or in the social director's office norton em no 252 you may obtain an application for the 1954 silver ball committee only students who have partici pated in the program committee or the program sub-committees including dance mixer visual arts music publicity or tourna ment are eligible to apply applications will be accepted during the week of october 8 to continued on page fi the initial meeting of the in ternational relations club will be a tray supper at 5:30 p.m thursday october 14 in din ins room d all full-time stu dents are welcome foreign stu jents and faculty members are also especially invited to at tend