The Griffin: volume 04, issue 02 - Oct. 9, 1936

              Ray
Ryan
Guest Writer
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Make it a College Retreat"
Vol. IV, No. 2
CANISIUS COLLEGE,    BUFFALO, N. Y.
October 9, 1936
Fr. McGRATH of AURIESVILLE TO CONDUCT RETREAT
COLLEGE DRAMATISTS SELECT "LIGHTS OUT"
TENTATIVE CAST CHOSEN FOR ANNUAL OFFERING; MANY STUDENTS TRY OUT FOR PARTS
With this issue, J. Murray Con¬ roy, President of the Dramatic So¬ ciety announces the play selected for the college's annual presentation in January. At the same time Mr. Arthur R. McGratty, S.J., director of dramatic activities .it the school, publishes the names of the men whom he has selected as the tentative cast for the school show.
"Lights Out," a modern mystery play from the pen of Philip Ivers, New York playwright, has been chosen by Mr. McGratty as this year's offering. "After wading through a goodly number of plays," the director explained, "and in view of the restrictions of time, facilities, and expense which we must consider, the officers of the Dramatic Society and myself d"'-' Jc^ on Ivers' work as
best sultr' . i'4BlbH?P°^'^' -^'^ ^^^ world loves a fatfiiian arifl^ll.thc world loves n pla5gif^t-is..^„blend of. thrills, suspense, j^hd smart com' H., Wc are confldenfithat.we have,foi?Hd- just such a play 'as "-Lights .Out." Those who know the play arc'un¬ animous In believing that it provides a more exciting evening in the theatre than 'Seven Keys To Baldpate' which was so successful Last year." ;,^—larist _seasot»,—as -former students will recall, dramatics at the college took a new lease on life under the impetus provided by Mr. Cyril Kretz, .graduated manager of the Society, with the aid of a small group of Thespians headed by Michael Har¬ rington and Murray Conroy.
The success of "Seven Keys" was attested to by the One-Act Play Con¬ test presented by the four classes in May. This contest, held in the school theatre at Mou f Saint Joseph's, broke with the tradition of running the plays and relying upon the added attraction of a dance which followed for support. The Contest was a great success and played before an audience which Included standees.
Perhaps the best indication of the school's reawakened interest in drama¬ tics, Mr. McGratty pointed out, was the great number of students trying out this year for parts in the annual play. Whereas last year the try-outs in October brought out less than ten,
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WIN TO FEAM
AAiirniBTr ninroT
bULLLUIAlL UlliLi)!
With this issue of The Griffix, students of Canisius College will ajTain begin reading Collegiate Digest, The Griffin's picture magazine, regularly each week.
Featuring a new style of editorial presentation, Collegiate Digest this year will bring to our readers com¬ plete pictorial news of events of In¬ terest and importance on the nation's campuses, gathered for its editors by more than 300 regular correspon- ilciits and the ace photographers of t'lc world's leading newspicturc agencies.
Discarding the formal and stilted style of picture presentation, Collegi¬ ate Digest will present picture news of important and unusual develop- "icnts in education, science, extra¬ curricular activities, sports, faculty and student projects, and the hun¬ dreds of other activities that make up tlie college community. And the stories concerning the events pictured will be concise and complete, leaving "0 doubt in the mind of the reader IS to their actual Interest and im¬ portance.
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RECTOR SPEAKS AT HOLY GHOST MASS
Fr.   Sweeney   Indicates   Catholic
Views on Education and
Liberal Thought
"You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." These words were the keynote of the ad-
COLl[GEN.Y.fl.LiST LIMiejO BGHTV
Fr.  Martin,  Director,  Completes Assignment of Students
—Cdurlemj Buffalo Evening News REV. JAMES-P. SV^EENE'r;-S.J.      "
"Canisius College not only protects tlie right of teacher and research •worker lo explore new fields of knov.-ledge but it claims the right lo protect the student, the community and the institution itself from doc¬ trines thai are evidently false."
dress delivered by the Very Rev. James P. Sweeney, S. J., President of Canisius College, to the student body assembled for the annual Mass of the Holy Ghost. The Mass was cele¬ brated in St. Vincent de Paul's Church on the morning of September 28th, with Rev. Edward Dooley, S. J., acting as Celebrant, Rev. Ray- iiioiid J. H. Keiuiedy, S. J., as Dc.i- con and Rev. Charles Coolahan, S. J., as Sub-Deacon.
The purpose of this Mass, which is said at the beginning of every school year, Is to seek Inspiration and light from the Holy Ghost for the students' year of studies and activi¬ ties.
The complete text of Father Rec¬ tor's speech will be found on page 2.
SENIOR SODALISTS PLAN YEAR'S WORK
Reports on summer activities and a discussion of the year's plans marked the first inccting of the Senior So¬ dality last Friday evening. Convened for the first time under its new sched¬ ule of bi-monthly evening meetings, the members received the reports of Messrs. Kovalcik, Werth and Gian on the National Sodality convention in St. Louis and Summer School in New York City.
The projected plan intended to broaden the base of activities within the Sodality was presented for dis¬ cussion. Under this plan the group as a whole would meet for roll call, reports of officers, and discussion of affairs of common interest. Then it would divide into sections based on the main interests of the members. These sections would be called the Literature, Apostolic, Eucharistic and Mission Committees.
According to this plan, a Sodalist of literary tendencies would join the Literature Committee . where he could express himself in the Writers GuilJ—a group whose aim would be (Continued on page four)
According to the Associated Col¬ legiate Press Bulletins, an extensive increase In student aid under the NYA will be granted this year. Un¬ limited praise and a minimum of criti¬ cism have brought authorities to realize that this Is' one activity which has already proven its worth.
Father Martin, head of the NYA department at Canisius College, has announced that a full quota of 72 workers are active in various branches of the school. The number of em¬ ployed students Is based on 12 per¬ cent of the total number of resident students enrolled In the college as of October, 1934. But, Inasmuch as no allowance has been made for an in¬ crease In registration, the present number of workers is the same as last year. The Increasing demand for fi¬ nancial assistance has made necessary the exerclsliig. of'e:xtreme care In se- lectine-the.. workers'. Before they ^'i|ei5i?;i^ccepted, the students haci to file ah •applipadbii^!-prepared by. Fath^. Sweencyi Presldent^of Canisius Col¬ lege;.i',, ¦ ,-••" ;¦'¦''": ", I'iv.Those in most urgent need of oiit-' side-aid were selected, their"Scholastic record being used as a norm. The student workers have been assigned to various posts, Including work In the LibTaryT'Scrence and Hlstory'df partments and a few other branches. In the library the workers do desk work, filing, checking and printing. In Science they assist in research work, filing of data and preparation of reports. The same work Is ap¬ plied in the History Department.
The full period of work embraces nine months, with fifty hours of work required each month. The salary is $15 per month. Although 72 work¬ ers comprise the quota, it has been possible this year, according to Fr. Martin, to have an additional eight students .assisted by the NYA.
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E SET FOR OCTOBER 16
Hotel Lafayette Scene of Annual
Affair;   iChairman   Werth
Selects Committees
Friday evening, Oct. 16, is the date on which the Freshmen of Canisius will be officially introduced to the social life of the College. On this day in the 'Ballroom of Hotel Lafayette occurs the traditional Senior-Fresh¬ men Dance. Mr. Ben Werth has been named Chairman of this annual affair and assures the student body that this year's dance will far surpass previous offerings.
The music for dancing will be furnished by Don Hackett and his orchestra. This same band played at the Moving-Up Day Dance last May and proved very popular. The ser¬ vices of a talented girl vocalist have also been secured for tiie evening.
The price of tickets if bougiit in advance Is $1.50, and if purch.ised at the door will be $1.75.
In regard to this first dance of the season, Mr. AVerth said: "Wc have ijurposely kept the price of admission at a minimum in order to assure the alttendance of every Freshman. As an additional. Incentive to come to the ' affair, we offer a free ticket to any- bnVwho sells s&f-tlckcts. I urge the Frosh ndt-to^jssjthi^ inaugural dance-f ofjour saiip^ie^Jwnvliis we have made -cxtensrffirTjl^tfe'tu |fel|;%e:K''^aV6"a'|' very enjoyab^ evening dii the 16tK. The Frosh, of course,'''kVj^that'thc rules are suspended for this occasion."
The proceeds from the Senior- Freshman Dance will furnish the Class of '37 with a financial start In their efforts to put out an Azuwur on a par with last year's excellent edition.
The complete committees follow:
Music—Richard J. Anthony.
Tickets—James Hurley, Edward Lohan.
Publicity—Paul Sullivan, Peter Travers.
NORTH AMERICAN MARTYRS TO BE TOPIC OF RETREAT
SESSION WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 13, WITH THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
8UPT.1 SCHOOLS
Dr.    Bapst    Started    Career    as
Teacher at Canisius College
and Canisius High School
There is another eminent Canisius College graduate now connected with the Board of Education.    He is Dr.
South Park, Canisius Lead
in Freshman Enrollment
ST. JOE'S COLLEGIATE, BENNETT, GROVER CLEVELAND, AND HUTCHINSON WELL REPRESENTED
South Park Public High School leads the Canisius College freshmen en¬ rollment figures, released this week by the Dean's Office, with a total of 40 representatives scattered throughout the Arts, Science, Business, Pre-Lcgal and Pre-Medical courses.
Second on the list Is Canisius High School, with 26 members enrolled, while St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, with 21, captured third pl;icc. Sixteen of Canisius High's total are enrolled in the Arts course, the largest single enrollment in one course by any high school.
Bennett High School with 20 representatives, Grover Cleveland with 19, and Hutchinson Central with 15, follow the three leaders.
Complete enrollments in all courses, from the official records of the Col¬ lege, follow:
Science    Prc-Medical   Pre-Legal 6 7 5
School Arts
South Park   10
Canisius _. 16 4
St. Joe's     5 5
Bennett     2 7
Grover Clv'd ...   3 5
Hutchinson     4 4
East  -    2 5
Lafayette     2 5
Masten       1 1.
Lackawanna 	
Kenmore   3
Collegiate Ctr  1
Lockport  1
Tech    1
O. L. V _    1 2
Riverside     2 1
St. Mary's    2
1
1
2
1
Business 12
5
10 10
2
3
3
4
2
3
2
1
3
1
Total
40
26
21
20
19
15
14
13
7
5
5
5
5
4
4
6
4
¦ Schools enrolling 3: Niagara Falls, Depew, Tonawanda.
Schools enrolling 2: Little Seminary, Hornell, Attica, Amherst, St. Francis, West Seneca, Lancaster, Aquinas.
Schools enrolling 1: Silver Creek, Batavia, Hamburg, Rockhurst, Frankfort, Neuman, North Tonawanda, Leo High, Athens, KIbler, Bolivar, Loyola, Leroy, State Teachers, St. Philips, St. Mary's Academy, Jordon, Johnstown, King's Park, Griffith, Fredonia, LaSalle, Hurst's Business School, East Aurora.
' —Courleiy Sufalo Evening Newt. . DR. ROBERT T. BAPST.
•RobTt 'T.  Bapst, one- of- the-foro-^^
niusr of rhc City's educators and now Supcriiitcndcnt of Schools, who was gr.iduatcd from Canisius with the degree of B. A. in 1900. At the end of the following year he received his Master's Degree.
Following his gra<luatioii, Dr. Bapst taught at Catu'sius College and also at the liigii School during three different periods. The first, from 1901 to 1908, he taught Mathematics and English at tlic College and Physiology at the High School. In 1920 he returned to Canisius Col¬ lege and taught Latin for two years. From 1926 to 1931 he again returned to teach Philosophy of Education and Ethics in the Extension Course.
The Initial step towards his jircs-
cnt position came in 1908 when Dr.
Bapst   was   appointed   principal    of
School 35.   Wiiilc South Park High
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MENDEL CLUB WILL HEAR DR. ELLIOTT
The Mendel Club will once more have the pleasure of listening to John J. Elliott, B. S., M. D., at the regu¬ lar meeting Monday, October 12, at 8:00 o'clock in room 25. Dr. Elliott received his B. S. degree from Can¬ isius College and his M. D. from the University of Buffalo Medical School. He has been an active alumnus of the college and h.is always manifested a keen interest In all Its .ictivlties. Last year Dr, Elliott joined the faculty staff, teaching Histology and Path¬ ology. This year, in addition to these courses, he will also instruct a class in Sociology which deals with Medical essentials for Social Workers.
Old members will undoubtedly re¬ call Dr. Elliott's astounding dis¬ closures last year when he addressed the club with his unique topic "Be¬ lieve It or Not In Medicine." Here he offered highly scientific explana¬ tions for such things as twins, the DIonnc Quintuplets, monstrosities and. the like. He also introduced a most lovable character Little Gussie. It is believed that Gus will again greet us with more of his ad- venltires. The public as well as friends are cordially invited.
Next week will again be retreat week at Canisius. The announce¬ ment has been made that the retreat master will be Rev. John J. Mc¬ Grath, S.J. Father McGrath is the Assistant Director of the Shrine of North American Martyrs at Auries- ville, N. Y. He Is an active member of the Jesuit Mission Band and has done missionary work In all the Eastern states. Missionary and Re¬ treat work is his special field.   ;
The retreat will begin Thursday morning following the Columbus Day holiday. "The North American Martyrs" will be one of the main topics of Father McGrath's lectures^ They will start with man's fiiiula-'\ menial purpose in life, namely to praise, reverence and serve God through the proper use of all crea¬ tures. It will take In the considera¬ tion of sin, death and judgment, as well as the positive building up of Christian character according to the Divine Model, Christ.
Each day of the Retreat will be¬ gin with the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Miiss. During the (lay the Retreatants splciaKinsti* of 'the* niormi^ ¦'^Spfmpi TcaO^ cess period tljcjinen-wu ¦Cliiipei for fcwIMtfi^r-mirKOsary. The ilay will end with Benediction.
l-'athcr McGrath is a former teacher at Fordham Prcj) and Gon¬ zaga High School. He comes to Canisius to give the retreat following his recent stay In St. Louis, where he gave a course of sermons on the North American Martyrs. On this subject he is a known authority, hav¬ ing written topics for many mag.v ziiies, including a pamphlet entitled "A Novena of the Martyrs." He spends each Suniiiier at Aurlesvllle meeting the pilgrims to the Shrine and giving sermons.
The schedule for the Retreat is: 8:4,5—Mass 9:30—Mrcakfast
10:00—Instruction
11:0()—Spiritual Reading
11:3()—Instruction
12:00—Lunch 1:00—Rosary 1 :I5—Instruction and Ik'iiediction
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EDITOR TO ADDRESS NEWLY FORMED GOILD
The newly formed Library Guild wishes to announce that the Rev. Francis X. Talbot, S. J., has been en¬ gaged for the first of a series of LI-. brary Lectures.
Father Talbot Is Editor of "Amer¬ ica" and the originator of the Catho¬ lic Book Club. He has also distin¬ guished himself in the activities of the Catholic Poetry Society. Tlie title of his lecture Is "A Catholic Editor Looks at the World."
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesd;iy evening, October 14th, eight-thirty P. M. and is open to all members. An enthusi.istic gathering of thirty women met last Friday evening for the purpose of organiza¬ tion. They also voted that each member would have the privilege of bringing a guest. A fee of one dol¬ lar will be charged non-members to help defray Initial expenses. This fee may be applied towards membership.
Students Interested in meeting Father Talbot will have the oppor¬ tunity of doing so Wednesday after¬ noon, in the Library, after the close of retreat services.
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