Spectrum, 1955-02-11

              the u of b spectrum square dance february 11 norton aud 10-11 doug wingert orchestra official student publication of the university of buffalo volume 5 «^*@ buffalo n y fri feb 11 1955 number 14 wanted junior prom salesmen february 15 at 5:15 west room bus ad greets area pupils for career day the school of business admin istration of the university of buf falo had occasion last tuesday feb 8 to entertain and inform a group of public and parochial high school students from buffalo and erie county the program was called career in retailing day and was sponsored by the amer ican college retailing association an organization of retailing de partments of colleges across the nation called the national retail ing association the group toured the following stores on tuesday morning adam meldrum and anderson co j n adam and co l l berger inc flint and kent wm hengerers co kleinhans co oppenheim col lins and co j c penney co sat tler's and sears and roebuck and co the high school students also toured the university campus and attended a coffee hour in norton at 4 p.m the coffee hour and tour was arranged by the univer sity admissions counseling office the afternoon program com menced at 2:00 p.m with an intro duction by miss g s graham chairman of the department of retailing at the university of buf falo then dr c furnas chan cellor and dr harold m sommers dean of the school of business administration welcomed the group on behalf of the university and the school of business ad ministration respectively at 2:30 p.m the group heard guest speaker mr irving levick member of the board of directors of the cham by norm corah james engelhardt indian republic observance held an indian republic day celebra tion was held at the university of buffalo saturday february 3 at 30 p.m in norton auditorium the program was directed by dr piyare lai jain instructor in phy sics in the college of arts and sciences according to dr jain who is a native of india this was the first time the signing of the indian con stitution has even been observed in buffalo dr gordon klopf dean of stu dents state university of new york college for teachers was the principal speaker his topic was understanding india today dr jain presented an indian dance and also showed two movies indian independent and memo ries of marwar there was also an exhibit of indian articles col lected by various ub faculty mem bers on their trips to indian dr jain plans to return to india this spring and enter the education field there he has been in the united states for five year last year's editor steps down after three years on staff by jim riley since the age of eleven jim engelhardt has been associated with newspapers in one way or an other his first paper was the one sheet edition of his boy scout troop he went on from there to become editor of both riverside high school's monthlies while in high school jim was the recipient of the roger v hor ton award as the outstanding junior he holds three american legion awards for public speak ing and has made trips to new york syracuse and albany to take part in debates jim has been connected with the spectrum since his first day at the university . he upset all pre cedent by being elected managing editor while a freshman and editor-in-chief in his sophomore year under his editorship the spec trum has grown from a four-page sheet to the ten or twelve page paper that we have today the spectrum is a paper that the uni versity as well as jim engelhardt can be proud of in his three years at the uni versity jim has been affiliated with every major and most of the minor activities on campus his creative ability and willingness to work has made him an asset to the paper and to the school congratulations on a job well done monte carlo mix-up coming friday french riviera chosen for theme a little bit of the french riviera will be brought to norton union by the mixer committee at the monte carlo mix-up on february 18 9-12 the entire first floor including the mixed lounge and lobby will be covered with gambling tables play money will be given out at the door when the admission price of 25 per couple or per person is paid fortunes can be built up to spend on the 100 worth of prizes such as comical plush grumpy dogs i which stand 17 high jumbo honey and polar bears standing 29 high other cuddly bears around 15 high and giant sleepy dogs with | floppy ears for those who have not amassed a great fortune there will be prizes such as bobbing fur monkeys hawaiian leis derby hats china head canes and nose blowers even if you do not have any money left you have a chance to win the big raffle prize for holding the lucky norton union number so don't forget your norton union cards bill contiguglia chairman of the gambling casino has let it slip that the house is going to be generous and the patrons will be loaded with prizes when your luck at the gaming tables turns sour you can escape to the dancing in the audi torium if this does not suit you the snack bar decorated with white table cloths and black candles with dice around the holders will be open for refreshments which will add to the monte-carlo atmosphere bob flockhardt chairman of the affair has stated that this will be the mixer committee's big affair for the semester other people helping on the committee are door dorothy swagler clean-up rocky cupolo publicity arlene hoffman gambling casino chair man bill contiguglia decorations natalie bummer and special ar rangements sheila frank so bring your quarter and luck to the monte-carlo mixup and you will be rewarded richly 55 winter carnival the best ever held the snow sculpturing contest sponsored by sitzmarkers was one of the highlights of the university of buffalo's 55 winter carnival acclaimed by students as the best ever held the thruway plaza at harlem and walden was transformed into a miniature sun valley work on the snow structures got away to a slow start tuesday eve ning and it looked as if there would be no contest the near zero weather was probably one discour aging factor however wednes day evening found many groups actively working on their assigned structures the competitive field still looked small but after thurs day evening the mounds of snow began to take shape many groups worked all thursday night and tha results were worthwhile at one end of the parking lot tha old covered bridge was found as built by alpha kappa psi and tha frosh comm phi psi's construc tion men went to work on a cha teau which was adorned by shrubs and cardboard windows alpha sig and beta sigma rho worked together on another chateau which was distinguished by coal and tla cans around the frame work a blue buffalo made by sigma alpha mu and dgts comm sat shivering in the midst of this further down the line theta chi fraternity and beta phi sigma presented the trail creek cabin made to resemble a log cabin by dying it brown at one end of the cabin was a realistic stona chimney which was topped witi dry ice to create smoke a chateau was also built by beta sigma tau and kappa sigma kappa fraterni ties chi omega and alpha gamma delta sororities featured a swim ming pool complete with blu water frozen of course a frosted swimming board pine trees and a female swimmer in a bathing suit judging saturday night of the snow king and queen was held on the frozen pool winners wera barry schultz and nancy lind bloom two brown horses pulling a well frozen sleigh was made by the sigma kap's and the frosh phar macy class the horses faced a dr furnas again appointed to serve on aircraft panel among the appointments to twenty-eight technical committees and sub-committees of the national advisory committee for aeronau tics for the year 1955 is the re appointment of dr clifford c fur nas chancellor of the university of buffalo dr furnas will again serve on the committee on air craft construction in the conduct of its business which is scientific laboratory re search in aeronautics the main committee of the naca is assisted in the determination and coordina tion of research programs by more than 400 specialists whose collec tive talents represent leadership in virtually every branch of the phy sical sciences these men who are serving their country in a personal and pro fessional capacity without compen sation are selected because of their technical ability experience and leadership in a special field they provide material assistance in the consideration of problems related to their technical fields review re search in progress both at naca laboratories and in other organi zations recommend research pro jects to be undertaken and assist in the coordination of research programs arts and science elections scheduled tentatively feb 25 in norton union class elections for the college of arts and sciences are scheduled for friday feb 25 in norton union application blanks for prospec tive candidates will be available at the norton union candy coun ter monday feb 14 full-time students of the college of arts and sciences carrying an average of c or better are eligible for office under the rules established for the election by the committee on organizations for the student coun cil of the college of arts and sci ences the offices to be included in the election will be president vice president and secretary in an unprecedented move the com mittee has announced that there will be no mass campaigns allowed in the arts election instead all candidates will be required to post their pictures and platforms with the spectrum which will publish them previous to the election the exact date of the election will ba announced in the next issue of the spectrum the proposed election is the first step in the lons range plan of or ganization for the college of arts and sciences the committee plans to hold elections for the col lege of arts and sciences council in march members of the com mittee include mary ann sacca mondo jan jakiel derrick byrd don brockelhurst julie ulashie and jim engelhardt the com mittee has urged all members of the college of arts and sciences to actively support the coming elections continued on page 9 continued on page 12