Spectrum, 1951-05-18

              the spectrum official student publication of the university of buffalo volume 1 _*@*. « buffalo n y friday may 18 1951 number 19 moving up day parade highlights phi psi sigma kap and engineers win with sheik swan and skeleton a total of more than thirty deco rated vehicles made their way down main street last saturday morning to the tune of say it with music in one of the most elaborate and colorful moving up day parades ub has seen for many years the members of the distinguished board of judges which reviewed the parade three times before mak ing a final decision were miss elizabeth bondeson personnel manager of flint and kent's mr paul gleason manager w t grant co mr harry w whitney jr assistant advertising man ager kleinhans co the gymnasium which was the scene of the convocation due to the anticipation of a rainy day was crowded with anxious students and guests who awaited the judges de cision announcement of the winners of the float competition came late in the program when bob bensman chairman of parade awards re vealed that phi kappa psi's sheik of araby with its seven horses and fifteen slaves had won first prize in the overall parade the swan song from lohengrin ably depicted by sigma kappa sorority copped second prize third place went to the school of engineering for its clever portrayal of dry bones following sigma kappa in the fsorority division were alpha gam ma delta's nutcracker suite which took second prize and toy land which was handled by theta chi sorority the fourteen fraternities in the parade were separated into two di visions phi kappa psi winner of the first fraternity division was followed by alpha sigma phi's anchors aweigh and sigma alpha nu's halls of ivy the list of winners in the second fraternity group was headed by beta sigma tau's little spanish town this was followed by kappa sigma kappa's beetlebaum and beta sigma psi's somebody's rocking my dreamboat second and third place winners respectively heading the list of winners in the division of schools and organiza tions was the engineer's dry bones angels of mercy as pre sented by the school of nursing took second place the newman club's over the rainbow was third place winner in this division the phi psi's also topped the list of winners in the car division lor their brightly painted plaid car in which were seated five people im personating general eisenhower his family and acquaintance i president truman kappa sigma i kappa for crime commission and i sigma alpha nu for its 1928 rolls royce were second and third place | winners in this division big senior party to climax crammed calendar of events glen casino is scene of blowout tickets still available in norton no baccalaureate at 105th commencement to be held june 13 the university of buffalo will hold its 105th annual comencement wednesday morning june 13 at 10:30 o'clock in kleinhans music hall the address will be deliv ered by chancellor t raymond mcconnell the baccalaureate previously held on the sunday prior to gradu ation will be eliminated as a se parate exercise this year and will be combined with the commence ment under a new policy this also will be the procedure for fu ture years beginning in 1952 it is planned to have the june com mencement on sunday the change was devised by a committee on commencement proce dure headed by dean paul e mohn of the school of engineering and was approved by the dean's coun cil there will be no change in the february 22 commencement plans another innovation this year will involve the awarding of honors to the graduates the names of the recipients will be announced from the stage by the deans of the vari ous divisions previously the hon ors merely have appeared in the printed program _ this year's senior party is shap ing up as the best yet on the evening of june 11 the entire glen casino will be turned over to the frolicsome mob from the north main street campus the members of the senior class eagerly await ing this last blowout before the big blowup are promising great time to all attending tickets are now on sale to the public and may be purchased from one of the sales men seen scurrying here and there or from the booth set up in norton lobby harry altman proprietor of yon casino has set up a stupendous show for the college crowd frankie rapp familiar to those on campus who saw tony bennett here will m c a fine show of 25 people that will include many popular per sonalities of course in view of the occasion there will be a pro gram of group singing which should help all erstwhile carusos and andersons to test their vocal cords for those who like to trip the light fantastic there will be dancing to the musical stylings of gino bono and moe balsom this is the last chance for a big blast before it's all over so let's see everybody down there for a rip roaring bang-up affair recipients of graduate assistantships in physics pictured above are left to right stanley t sekula thomas g eck and donald hock many awards given at mud a fine crowd was on hand to view the impressive convocation held in the gymnasium early last saturday afternoon opening the ceremonies was the crowning of the campus sweetheart miss joy vann by the honorary grand mar shal general ronald g brock of the u s army after some gen eral greetings by kenneth g hel frich general chairman of mov ing-up day 1951 the gavel was given by james coughlin presi dent of the senior class of the school of business administration and representing the entire senior body to bud upper vice president of the junior class of the school of education and representing the en tire junior body chancellor t raymond mecon nell and others presented various awards to those individuals who have proven themselves in various aspects of non-athletic endeavor the wards presented on moving up day and their recipients are student activity keys norton union gold theodore w breach roger p mcneill a kenneth pye leonard swagler silver shirley allen c daniel carlßon robert h lupton kenneth k newton carlton k nicholson charles e pugh harvey l resnick i emanuel s salemi ann l sidoni gene smith the above keys were awarded to seniors only the following juniors were presented scrolls in recogni tion of their services to the union : donald j holzman dolores jarecke kenneth j knepflar john j keller sylvia l zielinski nanette nelson german club gold keys melvin n bass walter f godshaw blue masquers gold keys sally a schillo john sharpe debate club gold key charles p jamieson silver key a kenneth pye student directory gold key roger p mcneill silver key nancy j sheehan bus ad student council silver james coughlin charles e pugh seniors earn assistantships three seniors in the physics de partment of the university of buf falo have received assistantships in graduate schools at other uni versities for next year all three will be graduated from u.b in june the recipients of the graduate assistantships are thomas g eck 446 winspear ave columbia university donald hock 136 rumbold ave n tonawanda texas a & m stanley t sekula 2410 cuda back ave niagara falls cornell university mr eck is a graduate of am herst central high school where he was a member of the national honor society he has been a stu dent assistant in lhe u.b physics department for two years mr hock is a graduate of north tonawanda high school where he was a member of the national honor society and a winner of the r.p.i medal he is active in the twin city symphony mr sekula who is a graduate of niagara falls high school spent two years in the u s navy during world war 11 while at the university he was elected to phi beta kappa continued on page 8