Spectrum, 1955-05-06

              the u.b spectrum buffalo n y fri may 6 1955 m volume 5 number 24 m.u.d 1955 1:00 p.m on sunday as part of the m.u.d weekend a picnic for all students will be held sunday at chestnut ridge park starting at 1 p.m and continuing until the park closes the afternoon will be taken up with games and tournaments for those students who do not know where the park is the map below shows the route others will be avail able at the candy counter in norton if you find it diffi cult to read maps there will be signs posted from orch ard park to the site to direct you for the athletes football and baseball equipment will be supplied tennis courts also will be available a number of less-athletic tournaments have been planned there will be a pie-throwing contest three-legged race balancing race glass of beer placed on the head balloon throwing contest filled with water and a paper roll race prizes will be awarded to those who win the various contests everyone must supply his own refreshments they can be bought at the park if desired • tom heanle chairman says an unprecedented success is anticipated for the annu moving up day ceremonies tomorrow according to to heanle general chairman it will he th hio-n-est t best m.u.d weekend ever tom declares there are two rea sons for optimism tom says first the weatherman has promised us the bes in weather that buf falo can give and sec ondly this committee was one of the finest that i have evei worked with every member seemed to be inspired by the others work and as a result m.u.d 55 will be re membered for a long time tom is a music major in the school of arts and science from lockport he is the director 01 me vrn urum corps a group which has held the state championship for the past two years besides the m.u.d chairmanship tom is general chair man of orientation for next fall chairman of the student public relations committee and president of phi kappa psi fraternity when he finishes school tom expects to go in teach ing and to continue playing with his own combo 9:45 a.m tomorrow chancellor clifford c furnas acting as the honorary grand marshal will lead the 1955 m.u.d parade of 18 floats starting at 9:45 a.m tomorrow at memorial audi torium the parade will proceed up main street to the university included in the parade will be two bands two drum corps and two drill teams — the university of buffalo afrotc band and drill team the buffalo state band and girls drill team and the rainbow raiders drum corps the parade will move slowly to tupper avenue yhere the marching units will fall out the parade will arrive on campus at 11 where the bands fall in again and will pass in front of the reviewing stand set up in he guest area in front of lockwood library the deans and the queen will be in the first division of the parade the queen and her court will ride in the queen's float built by alpha phi omega the floats will be divided into three divisions — fra ternity sorority and independent with a trophy to be given to the best in each division there will also be an award for the best over-all float in the parade judging will occur at three locations which the judges pick at random ' mayor steven pankow has issued a proclamation to the city of buffalo concerning moving-up-day stating that it is fitting and appropriate that our citizens demon strate that buffalo is the city of good neighbors and that they show their pride in the university of buffalo by participating in the diversified program which should be of general city-wide interest mud awards at 12:30 p.m the annual presentation of m.u.d awards will take place in clark gym at 12:30 p.m saturday the cere mony will be opened by the afrotc band playing the alma mater and the posting of the colors the program will formally begin with a welcome by tom haenle general chairman jack getman will emcee the program which includes the crowning of the campus sweetheart by chancellor furnas and a short speech by charles perdival jr the m.u.d chairman for 1946 the awards to be presented are board of managers scholarships by sal corrallo student union awards senior keys junior scrolls organizational awards blue masquers buffalonian spectrum camera club etc and student council awards engineering student council esub dgts etc by joe peperone freshman activity award by fran perkowski chi omega social science prize by marilyn culkowski program committee award and parade awards by don brocklehurst the program will be closed with the singing of the alma mater 9-1 at clark gym an old fashioned walk is the theme for tomorrow night's moving up day dance in clark gym canada's benny louis and his orchestra will supply the music from 9 until 1 billed as the glenn miller of canada his is the first band to cross the border since guy lombardo 25 years ago many college proms such as mcmasters queens and the univ of toronto have been played by this band under the chairmanship of ed weeks clark gym will be decorated with real trees park benches and street lamps to create the spring mood atmosphere sponsored by the dance committee the m.u.d dance is under the chairmanship of cathy girvin the rest of the committee includes publicity elaine webb door carl ramberg faculty invitations elaine salvo tickets fritzi ilsanker letters joan bates checking jan holser refreshments elaine schwartz orchestra john allen tickets are on sale in norton union and will be also sold at the door yearbook due mon may 16 a new section entitled highlights of the year will be the main feature of the 1955 buffalonian which will go on sale monday may 16 in norton lobby among highlights included are silver ball jun ior prom board of managers election ifc sing stunt night winter carni val and parents day the cost of this year's book is 6 if there is a down pay ment the open sale price is 7 the presentation dinner the first of its kind will be held next tuesday evening at the park lane the dinner is to reward those who have in some way influenced the production of the book those who have deen mviiea can de aiviaeo into four categories the administration who have given their authority to pro duce the book representatives of the various companies which manufacture the book editors of previous buffa lonians for every yearbook is built on the foundations of the preceding yearbooks and buffalonian staff who pro duced the book among those in attendance will be chancellor furnas wfathfrjf/f \ ¥ i / % 111 i i \ jl/j sj^^p special to the spectrum kj i jui from barney wiggin s/jf the weather wilt be warm fttzf - and sunny for the whole ffl m i i^^'v weekend with a high of jn j j^i f*^ar*ound 7 degrees and a low y?*o ' / \ ff of 40 degrees in the ' att d^*ii a m \ evening and early morning f fc ( ft ftr [ ' q1 course we might get a iv |\)» o\lf 1 tittle rain or a cold spell i \|] m i wg^t ' and the possibility of snow £\ ' qjfejy is not out of ttie question | y«^vt c we will have weatjier for the anyway 1955 m u d program friday 12:00 noon — moving up day parade movies 1948-1949 norton auditorium 1:00-2:30 — coffee hour millard fillmore lounge saturday 10:00 a m — moving up day parade grand marshal chancellor clifford c furnas 12:30 p m — presentation of awards clark gym 2:00 p m — sweetheart luncheon norton union dining rooms 9:00 p m — moving up day dance featuring benny lolus and orchestra clark gym sunday 12:00 noon — all university picnic sports tournaments prizes chestnut ridge park map to grandmotherjs house vt go