Spectrum, 1954-10-29

              the u of b spectrum spectrum would like editorial writers and cartoonists i.f.c sing november 17th at 7:30 p m official student publication of the university of buffalo volume 5 a^^o buffalo n y fri oct 29 1954 number 6 freshman parents activities begin saturday at 11 by fred nordin the final plans for freshman parents day were completed at a meeting of the parents day com mittee held monday a program designed to keep activities moving throughout the day has been set up it is as follows 11:00 — registration of parents 11:00 — laying of cornerstone for new dorm michael hall tour of dorms and campus 11:30 — cafeteria opens tours are still conducted so parents enter cafeteria in small groups 2:00 — divisional gatherings 4:00 — coffee hour 5:00 — cafeteria opens 8:15 — football game one of the highlights of the afternoon will be the divisional gatherings at these meetings deans of the various schools will talk to parents and students on various points among those cov ered will be an introduction to col lege life as compared to high school and a discussion of the importance i of advanced education these meet ings are designed to better acquaint parents with u.b an opportunity will be provided to meet chancellor and mrs fur nas at the coffee hour at 4:00 this will be of an informal nature and will provide a chance for parents ■ and students to relax a bit after the activities of the day although the program is primar i ily designed for parent participa tion those students whose parents , cannot attend are urged to attend , anyway 1 to end the day a mass turnout 1 at the u.8.-alfred football game t at civic stadium is planned game t time is 8:15 i tom rosinski buffalonian editor freshman committee announces officers and plans for future during orientation week the freshman class organized its rep resentative steering committee at the first class meeting sixty mem bers of the student body were elected by their respective schools of the sixty members twenty were elected to the freshmen steering committee this selective body of twenty members includes the chair men of the standing committees and also the four elected officers of the class these officers include chairman jim schleuss secretary nancy lindbloom liaisons hank owen and paul snyder jean jen kins pete brucker roy alden margaret roughhead bill casilio and tom bradley will assist the of ficers committee chairman for parents day are jeff van son joan morrison benita levitch carol wilde sue brunstead na talie bluman madeline klein and kathryn russelle the first project of the year is the fourth annual parent's day saturday october 30th november 2nd the freshman class is sponsoring a convocation hour dr edward jones guest speaker will discuss examinations their meaning and the proper prep aration for them the meeting will be open to all university students — pholo by j kkitkit your freshman committee commission set up to study the korean veteran and public law 550 the united states national stu dent association on mandates from its members set up a commission to study the korean vet and pub lic law 650 the commission's findings were that under the provisions of the new law the percentage of veterans taking advantage of the g.i bill of rights has decreased in many quarters it was felt that the method of payment is a major fac tor in keeping down the number of vets enrolled at college the association of american colleges reports a high rate of drop out for veterans because of financial problems as a result of its find ' ings n.s.a adopted the following resolution the 7th annual national stu dent congress expresses its sup port of a law which would allow in addition to payments presently provided for in p.l 650 a sum equalling 60 per cent of the tuition cost of the school to be paid directly to the institution of the veteran's choice the congress further di rects the officers of the association to support such a provision if a bill to this effect is introduced into congress should such a bill not be forthcoming the congress goes on record as favoring similar mnm9m clark gymnasium to be scene of november 12 kampus karnival profits for campus barrel kampus karnival plans are well under way according to chairmen carol fleischer and fritzi ilsanker it will be held november 12 from 8 to 12 in clark gymnasium funds raised by this function will be turned over to the campus barrel for the world university service and integrate campus activities it is sponsored by the student chris tian association organizations on campus will set up booths on the mid-way and two prizes will be given to the winning booths one for the most unique booth and the ether for the booth that is most closely related to the theme this year's there is it's a small world plans have been announced by several organizations alpha sigma phi will operate a gambling wheel for aspiring jim brady's theta chi fraternity will repeat last year's successful dunk-em booth anyone wishing to provide his or her physical strength can pound away at pi lambda tau's hammer booth blue masquer's booth will feature a balloon shaving contest they plan to coat balloons with shaving lather which will then be shaved by those handy with a razor theta chi sorority will raffle a puppy additional booths will be an nounced in a later issue of the spectrum visual arts hold photo contest on nov 8 to 16 the visual arts committee will sponsor a photo contest during the week of november 8 to 12 the contest will take place in the mil lard fillmore lounge of norton union only daytime students who are carrying twelve hours or more are eligible to enter there is no limit as to the number of photos a con testant may submit the four cate gories of pictures are 1 children and animals 2 sports and ac tion 3 still life 4 adults and portraits the sizes of the photos must be 8 by 10 or 5 by 7 applications for entrance may be obtained at the candy counter in norton union photos must be submitted by november 3rd before 4 p.m at the social director's,of fice or at the candy counter prizes will be awarded for the best photographs chairman olive dorman stated that off campus judges will be selected in order to prevent biased evaluation of the photos students for democratic action interested in gaining members by fred nordin democratic action while in college a new group on campus that is , introduced the group to ideas of seeking university recognition as j the s.d.a she explained that it an official club on campus is the was a junior member of the na students for democratic action tional group americans for dem group this group whose main aim ocratic action a constitutional is political action and discussion committee was also selected for should be of interest to those who the purpose of drawing up a club are politically minded particularly constitution the results of their students of law school work were presented at their meet under dr tauber their advisor ing this tues and passed the the group has held one organiza group now consists of approxi tional on tues oct 19 at this mately 30 members and welcomes meeting mrs charles grailcourt anyone interested in local politics a former member of students for of a liberal nature ugly try this are you the ugliest if so maybe you should be running for ugly man in alpha phi omega's forthcoming con test all organizations are in vited to choose an individual either from their own organiza tion or from the faculty etc as an ugly man candidate during the week of november lst-16th jars with the organization's name and their candidate will be set up in the main lobby of norton union everyone may vote by placing a penny for each vote in the various organiza tions jar even if you're not ugly vote for your candidate the winner will receive a beau tiful ugly man mug the pro ceeds will be given entirely to the university of buffalo cam pus barrel drive last year ninety dollars was given to the drive so gang let's get behind your candidate and vote last year's winner was bruce baust of theta chi buffalonian introduces new point four program thomas rosinski editor the staff of the buffalonian undergraduate yearbook of the university announces a new point four program the four issues essentially proposed by this innovation are the composition of a better yearbook an improved organi zation of the staff an increase in the prestige of staff mem bers and the accumulation of a greater profit i to improve the annual a new section highlights of the year will be added each important uni versity event such as the silver ball homecoming winter carni val stunt night kampus karni val and junior prom will have a page reserved a new artistic technique in the 1955 edition geo metric design will be featured the staff members of the 1955 buffalonian are editor-in-chief — thomas rosin ski business mgr — joseph spoon associate editor — russ spoto assistant editor — pat ahem circulation manager — bob blake advertising editor — john lauria rewrite editor — jan nitsch copy editor — shirley fitzsinger division editor — harry metcalf art editor — pat finleon co-photo editors philip d'an jelo and norm haas co-publicity editors — ron hanna md jim ely co-organization editors — jim iiley and pete dudek dorm editor — carman scarpino r.o.t.c editor — denny spo aric sr picture editor — jan nitsch layout editor — joanne trifts lauser attention reporters there will be a meeting of the news staff tuesday november 2 at 1:00 p.m in the spectrum of fice attendance at the meeting is required all those not attending will be dropped from the staff