Spectrum, 1956-02-17

              the spectrum #? complete am pus overage number h i volume 6 c^s university of buffalo friday february 17 1956 spectrum cut possible 4 or 5 issues may be all this term a financial crisis facing the spectrum due to a lack of lo cal advertising was disclosed last week in an emergency meeting of the financial com mittee of the student board of managers with jack pen hollow editor-publisher and norm klein treasurer miss dorothy haas and john wong of norton union also attended the meeting a review of the financial situa tion showed that under the pres ent advertising set-up there is only enough money to publish four or five more issues of the spectrum ten were originally scheduled it was explained that advertising from local merchants is at a low point and that more must be ob tained if the spectrum is to con tinue it was also pointed out that the fund of about 2,100 provided from the student activities fund by the board of managers is not sufficient to meet the regular week ly expenses of the paper it was decided that a special cam paign would be launched in an ef fort to obtain more local advertis ing and that student volunteers would be asked to aid in the drive the finance committee of the board pointed out that the spec trum a year ago required a con siderable additional grant from the board and that it has been a con tinuing problem over the years therefore it was agreed that the survival of the spectrum be left to the students dependent on their willingness to help with the local ad campaign under the direction of tony bartholomew newly-ap pointed advertising manager and norm klein treasurer appointments made to spectrum posts at a special meeting of the publications committee of the board of managers last tuesday evening the following appointments were made to positions on the spectrum : jack penhollow editor publisher ; jan nitsch editor elect ; dave malinov business manager and ed weeks managing edi tor these appointments were the result of an emergency action by the publications committee under the chairman ship of tony potenza jack penhollow will serve in the<s — — until i that i jan immediately m the duties this office i new system the edi 1 a experience i the editor i before over the of i alleviate i the con 1 new when he first i ed weeks the i handbook mem 1 the the i assume the duties i by i a the i who as ad i manager after the resig i nation jacque now i take over the staff dave i i sophomore the of i arts bi i the committee had i given the power to make ap i the the i the terms office some i the major positions on the spec i as the issue i semester very i for the to oper i these key positions vacant i had i a a month i over the and i the on the spec i the meeting the i board the appoint i ments the committee were pre i for for some i reason the they i study the of i spectrum the board i come up further i the commit i i tee by a unanimous vote decided i i that emergency be i jack penhollow editor publisher jan nitsch editor-elect dave malinov business manager üb's chess club wins double shot league record 1-1 ub's chess club scored two vic tories in three days last saturday seven members traveled to penn state and tamed the nittany lions in their den 4i-2 g mauer f fink and h selib won d fisher c nepok roeff and s haber drew and e pokornowski was defeated this match was nationally rated by the united states chess federation monday evening the bulls played host to linde air products cor poration in an industrial league match winning by the score of 5j-1j mauer fink selib pokor nowski and nepokroeff won fisher drew and haber lost the win evened ub's record in the league at 1-1 staff needed to get local advertising in order for the spectrum to exist it must rely on a certain percentage of local advertising due to the fact that the work of the business staff has rested on too few stu dents a sufficient amount of local advertising has not been obtained at the present rate the spectrum funds will be exhausted after the next four or five issues the spectrum needs your help the advertising staff must be built up this is a serious problem fellow students and deserves your serious consideration local advertising must be solicited and can be obtained by an effort on your part a study has been made about this problem and without your help it cannot be solved students the spectrum is your paper ; it is your voice on campus ; don't let it down a campaign for local advertising is being conducted if you have time and are willing to donate it to a good cause come into the spectrum office and say you would like to help out you will be given assignments and instructions the future of the student publication at ub depends upon your immediate action board petitions available now deadline feb 24 the election committee of nor ton union again requests any stu dents who do not have norton union cards or who failed to sign the signature sheets at the time of registration to do so as soon as possible in the assistant director office petitions for candidates runnin for the board of managers can be obtained in the assistant direc's office today through feb 24 the candidates must sign for these pe titions at this time there will be an orientation meeting for all candidates on feb 25 from 1:30 p.m to 4:30 u.m in norton hall roll call will be taken and at this time candidates will submit their petitions in person any violation of the above will be referred to the board of managers by the election committee asking permission to withdraw that can didate from the running we also cordially invite any can didates to the board meetings which will be held tuesday feb 21 and tuesday march 6 at 7 p.m in the board room draft exam set for april the selective service qualifica tion test will be administered here on campus in mid-april all men students desiring exemption from the draft should plan to take this test application blanks should be picked up now since the deadline for filing these is march 5th ap plications are now available in the i office of the dean of students 192 1 hayes hall i bus ad banquet wed feb 29 the bus ad student faculty banquet is feb 29th at the buf falo launch club on grand island tickets may be purchased from any student council member this banquet is being run by tht student council every business student is invited to attend contact a student council mem ber if you need transportation to grand island sprc will present good news on march 9 10 ub's musical extravaganza of the year good news will be pre sented march 9th and 10th by the students public relations com mittee the show written by hen derson desylva and schwab will start a precedent this year by going on the road for a number of ap pearances the story revolves around tom marlow don balasky the typi cal college athlete who is flunking astronomy at tait university pal fran perkowski his current girl induces her shy cousin connie connie baldoni to tutor tom eventually tom assisted by bob by ed rausch wins the big foot ball game as well as the heart of sweet innocent connie highlights of the show include the dancing chorus and several standards from the world of musk . . . the best things in life aw free lucky in love varsitj drag and the title tune goo news as of today rehearsals are go ing full force and the tension is high as all are awaiting the good news . . . good news is here