Spectrum, 1958-11-14

              the spectrum complete ompus overage volume 9 university of buffalo friday november 14 1958 no 8 oscar at stake tonight in stunt night contest the limelight shifts from hol lywood u s a to norton hall to night for the 195s premier perform ance of the nor ton union mix c r committee's annual stunt nite the stage is set and the lights will be dimmed for the two performances at 7:15 and 9:15 lights camer as ! action will be the cue for eleven organiza hons who will be competing for the oscar these groups are alpha phi delta beta sigma rho chi omega cooke hall kappa sigma kappa micheal hall phi kappa psi phi zeta chi tau kappa epsi long theta chi fraternity and theta chi sorority who will be the lucky winners perhaps strep throats will take the place of asian flu rumor has it that television and broadway hits ;, 1 highlight some of the acts the audience may also observe latest methods in medical research co-chairmen for this spectacular event are dave roble and bruce seidberg sub-chairman are caro lyn creed judges shirley fruth publicity brenda nagel timing roy farnham monitors frank car berry lighting and stage maija dusults dressing rooms janet cooperman applications and re hearsals kay milks tickets ellie goller programs audrey schneid er tryout and betty palerma cof fee hour tickets are now on sale in nor ton lobbj next to the big ? for boc they may also be purchased at the door the night of the per formance =- sale of beer at football games under consideration of senate will the sale of beer at ub home football games become a reality ather than a student daydream the student senatetias assigned he investigation of this possibility o the student welfare committee ii will be the job of this group to xam i n c any student concern health safety food facilities and ervice which is not covered by ther senate committees consumption of liquor at the foot all games has become a problem hlch the senate welfare commlt se is preparing to solve if the ommittee'e findings prove that the sale of beer will be beneficial to all roncerned robert kolken commit tee president will present the re port to the senate if accepted he senate will recommend the re port to the faculty for final consid eration it is ijored by some that the sale of beer at games will reduce the cases of inebriety since the amount of hard liquor brought in by fans would decrease this is one ques ion i lie student welfare committee must consider before it is able to decide on an affirmative or negative eport on campus drinking acheson hall stone laid last monday tho cornerstone for he new chemistry building was id to climax formal dedication ererrtonies the 1,850,000 build up will now be known as the k.1 ard goodrich acheson hall of hemistry named after the lata dward g acheson founder of the arborundum company of niagara alls in his remarks at the corner tone ceremony for the new chem ry building chancellor clifford c urrias pointed out that the uni versity of buffalo has long been ipplylng the niagara frontier with ' high percentage of professional rsonnel especially in the areas " medicine dentistry pharmacy law he said it is expected that i and more the university will up its efforts to provide u u-educated and trained person continued on page 7 photo by audio visual dr furnas at ceremony report cites furnas aims growth of ub educational opportunity tor the intellectual middle class of the population was pledged thus week by chancellor furnas in his annual report to the council of the university some degree of higher educa tion has become almost essential for those who are destined to rest in the middle grude of performance as for the intellectual elite he stated dr furnas asserted that as a non-sectarian non-tax sup ported urban university the university of buffalo will con tinue to assume the responsi bility of developing and foster ing a program of education re search and pubic service that will aid the individual and the community in their respective roles as integral parts of the natons and the world dr furnas said that in view of the growing rate of young people demanding opportunities for high er education the university has established a university college this new division of the univer sity provides academic programs and services for all freshmen and sophomore day-time undergraduate students who either desire to pur sue a four-year baccalaureate de gree program or those who desire to pursue a two-year terminal pro gram earning an associate degree to implement this program of academic service the university's program for progress was initiated during the past year the primary goal is 9,600,001 for educational faculty salaries and educational facilities visual evidence of the drive is the baird music building the sher man hall for medical research dedicated last month and the new chemistry building now under construction the impressive physical growth of the university was described in the treasurer's report to the council which showed that the assets of the corporation have risen from 12,648,265 in 1938 to 19,078,889 in 1948 and now to 52,558,964 at the end of the fiscal year just reported this expansion of educational facilities has had its price in rising costs and during the same year the university operated at a deficit of 2g3,035.41 board to attend 3-day conference norton union already the scene of most of the activity on campus may receive an even greater boost as a result of the annual region ii conference of the association of college unions • at the conference to he held at the university of rochester and brock port state teachers college nov 16-18 ub will be represented by dorothy haas john okoniewski ann hicks and david marsh of the norton staff as well as velda cas telli gloria mccurdy flo cohen ron gestwicki and dorcas demunn from the student body poor publicity blamed for apathy in election by anthony drake student apathy exhibited during the recent arts & sci ences council election has aroused some controversy the spectrum looking further into the causes of a situation in which only 105 students voted for an unopposed slate of of ficers finds many reasons given the first is that there is a tragic lack of student interest it has been suggested that it might not be a bad idea for the student body to get the lead out of its collective feet and support campus activities there is however another side to this argument letters to the kditor have suggested that the campaign was inadequately publi cized despite the tact that post ers were placed on campus and an nouncements run in the spectrum some students it seems never got the word on the election and many did not know ot the tiling deadline for candidates one explanation was offered by sal lauricella president of the senior class when he in formed us that candidates were limited to 5 for campaign ex penses it is his belief that the campaign definitely was not adequately publicized of course inadequate publicity is not the only factor ai great deal of the c harm of voting is lost when only one slate of candidates is run ning the other possibility which students have suggested is that the fault lies with student gov ernment itself if it doesn't do anything what purpose is there in getting worked up over an election ?" and in regard to the a & s of ficers they have a tendency to make a splash arond election time and then disappear like a flock of agoraphobic ground hogs for the re mainder of the term the function of the a & s coun cil is supposedly to act as liaison between the students and the dean but acting dean milton albrecht said they haven't come to his of fice for the past two years they are also supposed to act as administrators for the furtherance of campus organizations but miss dorothy haas director of norton union said they haven't worked with her in the past two years either tom horsey president of the student senate was asked what the exact function of the a & s council was and he said he wasn"t sure nor was dean albrecht nor miss haas nor are students when asked what specifically were the duties of the a & s coun cils dr albrecht said in some respects i don't really know the recent councils have never invited me to work with them one unction which the council did perform was the presentation of the frontier award for a local person contributing to internation al understanding last year the award was not presented because it was never brought up dr albrecht said i feel the student council should have taken the responsibility for bringing up the subject of the award by the time i realized it had not been provided for it was too late to do so sal lauricella when asked wheth er he thought the student body would be any the worse off with out a student council as the mat ter now stands replied i do not feel they would be any worse off now — but i hope for a change in the future what is the hope for the future sal said he hopes to institute a new program we will organize cooperation with the dean and act as liaison between him and the students we also hope to stimu late cooperation between clubs on campus such as the language clubs we intend to do something on this present council to prove our capability to the school there are of course difficulties entailed in this as dr albrecht pointed out other divisions of the university are more homogen eous in a & s we lind a great varety of different interests and it is difficlt for a council to devel op coordinated plan ted procas presdent of the junior class said i would like to see more meetings held in my division i would also like to see the student coun il work to support new clubs i feel that more direct commun ication with students in a & s will increase the attendance at the next election "' he added beth mauley president of the freshman class said i blame the election entirely on the lack of publicity no one came to the candidates meet ing because of this lack of pub licity beth also remarked that she felt discussing arts election beth marsley tom dorsey and ted procas right continued on page 5