Spectrum, 1960-09-30

              the university of buffalo spectrum new additions campus classified page 8 senate sentiment page 5 new additions the spectrum asks page 4 talking jazz page 5 volume 11 buffalo new york friday september 30 1960 no 2 fraternities offered housing dean outlines plans at ifc meeting by jack e freedman richard a siggelkow dean of students speaking to the interfraternity council tuesday evening offered plans for fraternity housing which could make dormitory-style dwellings available to fraternities by 1962 the large enrollment and expected increase in resident population at ub is making this proposed housing project possible the dean said the individual fraternity houses of the six pillar variety he added are neither feasible for this university with such a shortage of land nor consistent with the current trend of the nation's colleges it appears that fraternities must now decide whether to accept this proposal or to gamble on the uni versity obtaining the golf course and having enough room to build individual houses it should be noted however that it is not like ly that ub will acquire the golf course in the near future nor is it definite that individual houses would be built even if the land were obtained with the program now outlined fraternities are asked to decide within the week to adopt the hous ing proposal or take their chance on an uncertain future stumbling along with a few six-man living dwellings and many small apart ments for their members the proposed dwellings would be four-story walkup vertical units although they would be connected each fraternity would have a priv ate entrance and complete privacy from the group next door each unit wpuld house 30-35 men and extra facilities would include a private dining room single rooms for chapter presi dents house managers and house mothers basements for parties and living quarters ar ranged in the form of two room suites each sharing a private bathroom these structures will he modern living units well designed good looking and completely financed by the university fraternities will not incur any building costs nor be required to pay for any of the in terior furnishings if they so de sire however they may furnish interiors themselves at their own cost they will then own the fur nishings and take them with them it and when their groups should leave the dorms it this is done however certain standards for good living must be upheld and the resident advisor a fraternity man in grauate school would recommend when furnishings must be changed approximately 3000 will be required as a breakage fee from each fraternity the fee will only be used to pay for break age in the dorms throughout the year this system of pay ment is similar to the current laboratory breakage deposit of vvfiich the unusued portion is returned at the end of each year in reply to the ever present ques tion of drinking in fraternity hous es dr siggelkow said that we will be conforming with the na tional pattern that prohibits drink inn in fraternity housing units this is similar to our rule present ly in effect that drinking is not permitted in residence halls or fraternity housing quarters off the campus the cost of living in these ultra exclusive units will be about 40 a year more than the present cost of dorm living food will be served family style by a caterer chosen by the university it is not out of the question however to have the fraternities choose their own caterers after things get rolling and ub pays off some of the debts which will be incurred from construction of the units fraternities how ever may bring in added spices to the meals and can arrange special dishes and services with the cate*rfer since some fraternities may have trouble tilling :!. r > beds with out-of town students it is hoped that they will bring in some of their city members to live on campus for short periods of time the dean explained that this is a wonderful way for the city students to absorb some of the campus college life this would be a large step in the righl direction of bridging the gap between both commuting and resi dent students this is the closest that fraterni ties have come to housing in 40 years fraternity nationals and alumni have been informed of the situation and are now in close con tact with their local chapters the administration is looking at similar systems at other univer sities and hopes to send people to inspect these schools all that is deeded is the decision of the frat ernities which is expected to come in the early part of uext week richard a siggelkow dean of students open stack policy set by library the new plira.se at the lockwood erne-hal library is open stacks his is the system that has been iaugurated during the summer and ill face its real test when the gular year is again under way the iiurpo.se of the open stack olicy is to give the student the pportunlt.y to go into the stack toms and select his own books in ling this he will have a chance i browse around and may be able > find a book that he did not con ider while looking in the card al alogue to aid the students there will i a library assistant on each floor n the stack rooms also there will ie an expanded reference system this new policy holds only for he main reading room not for the serve room the library has also provided au vira study area in the periodical room other areas are the exhibi tion room the reserve room and he main reading room the library will now be open on sunday this met with such great approval last year that the sunday hours will be from 2 to 10 pm the regular sched ule will be from 8 am to 10 pm daily and 9 am to 5 pm on saturday and the sunday hours besides lockwood memorial li j brary there are libraries in the 1 engineering chemistry medical-1 dental physics music and the health-science buildings we welcome suggestions for the improvement of our services states dr silverman the director of lockwood write me a letter and sign it so i'll be able to inform you of the steps that have been taken work is rushed to finish new dorm by thanksgiving loodyear hall is the name of that fall structure behind the tower dorm that is steadily nearing com pletion when it is finished it will lie tie home of 500 women resident students but until that time comes the 1550 üb-dormites will have to nake some adjustments delayed for six weeks because of t labor strike the present day of hoped-to-be the week-end before * mipletion of the new dorm is thanksgiving by the first of october three floors will be finished and about 180 men will temporarily move into the dorm the reason that this is being done is for the fact that these first three floors will not be fully completed millie electrical and plumbing ik will have to be done while ths men are in occupance and it is felt that the men can make the idjustment more quickly from the very beginning of the school year 200 male freshmen have been house off campus they are living in the homes of members of the faculty friends of the faculty and people in the near area who have volunteered a room in their home for a few weeks those who are off campus were randomly chos en x once goodyear is opened the girls will be moving into come of the finest women's residents halls in the country they will have such convenience as private tele phones bathroom for every four girls different paint and tile in every room laundry room and kitch en on each floor and many other extras the upperclass girls will also occupy mac donald hall all year round john okoniewsk-i the director of food and housing pointed out the situation in regard to roommates no student preference for room mate has been honored when the new dorm is opened and the per manent room appjoint.men.ts are made then we will honor the re quests that were made for room mates news writing course started to train spectrum staffers the spectrum this year under guidance of editor jack e feedman and advisor homer baker have begun an liirservice lining course for all those who want to learn how to write while forking on the paper file course is called in-service i raining rather than journalism lu se it attempts to combine 1 assroom theory with actual re homer isaker of the buffalo eve news teaches the course on days at 4 : so and has associate 1 ' trudi oenco as his assistant to date 40 freshmen have signed up and have attended th e first class many of them iv e had previous experience 3,1 high school publications and yearbooks others have had no former experience and just w ant to learn ssignmenta were given out last v to this group of novice re we have found says editor brandt that some write and some can't hilt all [ ' keen interest in newspaper i 7 a d are intent on learning editor freedman said thai the need for such a course has lons been evident instead of increasing the staff over tile years with b future goal of a semi-weekly spec trum the stair had been dwindling and interest waning \ r ow witli last year's veterans hack and the new increment of freshmen from the course the paper has been revitalized and semi weekly issues are onoe again a hopeful goal for the future homer baker course teacher hecklers stir interest at 1st debate session last thursday sept 22 the uni versity's debate society held its first coffee hour of the new season featured for the evening was a new first for the society and the campus a cross-examination a heckling - type debate lasting an hour gave the audience a positive scintillating experience alter a brief welcome by presi dent les foschio vice-president dick key took the gayer as chair man the debate was conducted according to parliamentary rules with two speakers mr foschio as affirmative and dick erbe as nega tive it was soon apparent from his affirmative-flavored rulings that the chairman was not so im partial after all for this he was revoked by the audience and apol ogies were made the speeches were made oil the resolution that the u.s should adopt a program of compulsory health insurance for all citizens they elicited hot cross-fire between audience and speakers mrs janet e potter varsity coach then addressed the group with greetings and hopes that more such debates would follow for the benefit of the entire campus mrs potter stressed that with student and administrative cooperation ub could readily become a strong rival with top ivy league schools for eastern debate supremacy she also pointed out that whereas debate is a necessary tool for preserving our democracy it requires effort on the l part of students and public from which genuine rewards of speaking ability poise self-reliance and a nimble wit can be derived william a baker new assistant coach was introduced and stated that it would be his job to dispel the myth that debate is beyond the reach of the majority as the novice coach he promised all who partici pated as great a satisfaction as the varsity members receive from debate one hour of credit is given if desired each semester for debate participation the meetings will be held thurs 3:30 in crosby janet e potter debate team advisor take off your dinks the baby bulls found and the freshmen have been officially initi aled into the class of 1964 the last cine stated qq to the club elite the place where erudite meet and so marguarite kowalski and urn re scroger went merrily on their way to the back of the fac ulty club and found the baby bull both these freshmen will be in scribed on the baby bull plaque on display in norton nioti applications are due tues for med-dent scholarships applications to tnti the examt lion will be hi-bl opt 17 stipend uri ijtsed on financial ability and range from f3oo to 1000 a year for any materia to be included m the paper must be in the spectrum office or box outside no later than 1:00 pm on the tuesday preceding the publica tion