The Griffin: volume 04, issue 03 - Oct. 23, 1936

              Ipommerce Club Dance, Hotel
VbL ly, No. 3
CANISRJS COLLEGE,    BUFFALO, N. Y.
October 23, 1936
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COMMERCE CLUB DANGE SET FOR NOVEMBER 2
STATLER TERRACE ROOM IS AGAIN TO BE SCENE OF THE FIRST OF THE CLUB'S TWO DANCES
For the date of the first of the two annual dances, the Commerce Club has chosen November 2. This is Elec¬ tion Eve, the night prior to the politi¬ cal battle at the polls. .Those attend¬ ing the dance, will do,a little pre-elec¬ tion battling on the sunken floor of the beautiful Terrace Room of the Hotel ¦ Statler. This same straggling will he ' accompanied   by  .rniisic,, played   by Gene Regan.g.nd"His Orchestra. The hole in the pocket will amount to One - dollar seventy-five, pre-sale.
Mr. Joseph Cook, Junior Business, is'the Chairman of the dance. His supporting committees are:
Publicity Committee — Chairman Paul Strassberger, assisted by Paul Batt, James McDonnell, Edward Burke, Alan Mack.
Floor Committee — Chairman Thomas Edwards, assisted by Jack H. Hausle, Daniel Lynch, John Peer, John McHenry, Gene Lawler, Paul Lenehan.
Music Committee—Chairman Rob¬ ert Schwartz, assisted by Dick Wolk- er, Francis McKernon, Ferdinand Raeder, Tom. Donovan. - Tic-kct Committee-^Chairman Robert Hogan, assisted by Clayton Barth, William Schaddock, Martin ^lemming, James Batt, Frank Ken¬ nedy, Charles McCabe, Frank Hyatt, and Charles Butchart.
On Thursday, the eighth of Octo¬ ber, the Commerce Club held its an¬ nual Initiation Smoker at the West Side Cricket Club. It was well at¬ tended by the old and new members. The. honorary guests were Father O'Malley, Dean of the College, and. Father Kennedy. The purpose of the smoker was to acquaint the new members and to organize actively for the season.
Last night the first oflicial "Address Meeting" was held. The guest speak¬ er 'was Mr. George Toles, Financial Editor of the Buffalo Times. Mr, Toles is an alumnus of the College and an honorary member of the Com¬ merce Club, His address dealt with the financial conditions of Buffalo and Buffalo businesses.
Senior Academia tLiecis urncers
At the meeting of the Senior Aca¬ demia last Monday evening an open floor discussion Was held on the ques¬ tion: "Resolved: That President Roosevelt should be re-elected." The discussion from the floor was led by Mr. William Flynn who upheld the policies of President Roosevelt and by Mr. Buswell Roberts who spoke for the negative side. All the mem¬ bers of the Academia took advantage of the opportunity to air their opin¬ ions on the respective candidates and a spirited discussion ensued.
The following candidates gave their trial speeches and were accepted as members of the Academia: Messrs, Ball, Baumet, FItzgibbons, Tessey- man and.White.
Of particular interest and import-, ance to the membere was the an¬ nouncement by Mn Edward Barrett- Debate Coach of the Academia, of the first semester schedule of the so¬ ciety. He- also announced that plans were under way to contact various colleges, preparatory to arranging a schedule of,debates-for the debate trip during the Easter holidays recess.
The election of officers was one of the features of the meeting on Oc-
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EDITOR or AMERICr
The first of a series of library lec¬ tures, sponsored by the Canisius Col¬ lege..Library, Guild/ w-a's^'de-li^ered Wednesday evening, October 14thi' by the Rev, Francis Talbot, S.J., editor of "America." The speaker expressed himself as being highly pleased with the response of his listeners, who were members and pro¬ spective members of the Guild and also the college faculty.'
Father Talbot's lecture was largely a discussion of his publication "Amer¬ ica"—Its personnel and Its • policies. He stateid that the first purpose of "America" was to advance Catholicity In this country, and that this was the constant aim of the staff consist¬ ing of himself, and seven associate editors.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the lecture was the editor's descrip¬ tion of his associates, their personal¬ ities, and their complete competence in their respective fields. Although these men have varying personalities they all have a common characteristic, naipely, a capacity for analysis and evaluation of news.
The editor stated that the publica¬ tion "Never straddles an issue but rather establishes its policies at the outset." Father Talbot further stated, "We do not know everything but we must write what we do know boldly." In this connection he men¬ tioned the Spanish crisis and justified "America's" stand on the question.
That the first lecture meeting was a success was quite evident In the open forum, following the formal talk. In thexourse of this discussion. Father Talbot expressed the opifflon that, were it not for the leakage in the Church, the Catholics in the country would number soitte fifty or sixty mil¬ lion rather than the present number of twenty-t\vo million.'
Others who expressed th^Mviews were the Reverend Fathefl^pjinedy and Frisch of the College Faculty and Mr. Julian O'Connor of Niagara Falls. Mr. O'Connor suggested that it would be wise for "America" to give more space to Economics and that Father Coughlin's theories were important enough to warrant more discusssion. . ,   '
Before introdlicing the speaker Fatheti^i Bouwhuis, .1 Director,, an- nouieed that the; .Rev. Walter G. Suiters, S.J., head of the Psychol¬ ogy Department of Fordham Univer¬ sity, would speak here Thursday eve¬ ning, November.'12th. "Facts and Fancies of Adolescents," is the sub¬ ject of his lecttire.
Seniai-Frosh Hop Proves Successful
A crowdf of well over 300 happy couples jammed the Ballroom of Hotel Lafayette Friday evening,. Oc¬ tober 16, to appropriately usher in the social seasorf' of the College. The occasion w^ the Senlor-Freshmjin Dance, a traditional affair given iro introduce the Frosh to the social lye ^'f Canisius, -ij,,
• Don Hackett and his Orchestri furnished the music for dancing and I feminine vocalist pleased the throng, with a number of popular selections.1
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CHORISTERS COMPETE FOR PRIZT AWARDS
Prosram Set tor Tuesdtiy, October 27, on Lafayette Stage
GLEE CLUB MEMBERS WHO BROADCAST .OVER WGR TUESDAY
Left to right—top-row: Jack Meyers, Louis O'Brien, James QuinlivahS Frank Hayden, Timothy Burke, James M. Rooney, John Mattina, Edward McDonough, John Quinlan; middle row: R^vV, .Edward'Dooley, S. J., Moderator, Mur¬ ray Conroy, Thomas Griffin, George Manhardt, Eugene Rooney, Joseph Mattina, Aiphonse Zielinski, Gregory McKinnon, George Becker; bottom row: Joseph Maxwell, William "Tesseymanji James Batt, Peter Zanghi, Joseph P. Kerr, Jack Calandra, Paul Vanderbles, Robert Miller, Jack Hausle. ^'-,_
Junior "Beat Bona" Smoker,^ Rallyf Set for C>ctober M
On October 30th, the Junior Class will run their first football "smoker" of the season. The reason for hold¬ ing It on October 30th instead of the 31st, the night before the game. Is to avoid any conflict with other Hal¬ lowe'en doings.
Michael Harrington and William Shaddock have been appointed chair¬ men of the entertainment. They promise an excellent bill, including a magic show by Bill Wahl, boxing and wrestling bouts, and musical enter¬ tainers. One of the feature events of the evening will be the 'feudin' bat¬ tle between Jimmy Lanz, the Mighty Mite, and Joe Dudzick, the Lanky Link.;
An effort is being made to have
.one of the leading sports announcers
of the city at the smoker to interview
the athletic notables of the College. From the entertainment point of view, this promises to be one of the best ever held at Canisius.
- Walter Steffan and Paul Batt are in charge of the parade which will precede the smoker. They have ap¬ pointed the following to assist them: Messrs. Burns, Rozek and Gian of Senior, Wahl, Hummel and Staple- ton of Junior, Batt, Hogan and Eg¬ gleston in Sophomore, Kelsey, Kelly, Gratton and Zielinski of Freshman. These men will hold a meeting to¬ day, Friday, at 12:30 In Room 4.
A prize of two tickets to the game will be given for the best decorated car In the parade. The parade starts from City Hall October 30, at 7:30 proceeding out to the Gym.
An Appeal for Missing Issues
Members of the Griflin staff have been busy during the past three weeks gathering together loose Issues of the Griffin and The Canisian, the pioneer predecessor of the'Griffin, for bind¬ ing. With the help of Stan Wilhoff, ex-editor of the Griffin; Michael Menza, Clayton Barth, and Michael Gian they have been able to send one complete file of the Griffin to the binder's. Another, which will be pre¬ sented to the Library, is now in pro¬ cess of completion, but quite a few numbers are missing. An attempt is being made, likewise, to gather* to¬ gether all the issues of The Canisian, since the office has no permanent file of'the pioneering five-year newspaper started by the Commerce Club. The following list of needed numbers is published in the hope tliat our readers
Quarterly Staff Announces Plans
On November 4 the first Issue of The Canisius Qua,rterly will appear, presenting to the student body an en¬ tirely new type of publication, fea¬ tured by changes generally accepted in the most prominent college - publica¬ tions of today. The size of the pages will be larger that that of last year; the cover design will be a new blend (Continued on page four)
win be able to supply them: The Canisian: Vol. I, No, 2; Vol,
II, No,'s 19,26; Vol, III, No,'s 1,9;
Vol, IV, No,'s 1, 9, '0, '1, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25;
Vol. V, No,'s 1, 2, The Griffin: Vol. I,   No.'s 7, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; Vol. II, No,'s
1,2,4,5, 10, 12, 14, 15; Vol, III,
No.'s6, 14,
SCHEDULE OF THE SENIOR ACADEMIA FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER
October 27.   Tryouts for the purpose of selecting the teams that will participate in the Niagara and St, Thomas debates,
November 25.   Tryouts for the Oratorical contest. : December 3.   Radio debate with Niagara University over either Sta¬ tion WGR or Station WKBW on the questions "Resolved: That Congress should be empowered to fix maximum hours and miniinum wages in industry."
December 10.   Debate with St. Thomas College of Scranton, Pa,, on the question: "Resolved; That Congress should be empowered
to fix maximum hours and minimum wages in industry."
January 5.   Oratorical Contest.
On Tuesday morning, October 13, the annual student, retreat opened with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Father John J. McGrath, S.J., Assis¬ tant Director of the Shrine of North American Martyrs at Aurlesyille, N. Y., and an active member of the Jesuit Mission Band, conducted the retreat.
"The North American Martyrs" was one of the main topics of Father McGrath's lectures. They started with man's fundamental purpose in life, namely to praise, reverence and serve God through the proper use of all creatures. The retreat also took Into consideration sin, death and judg¬ ment, as well as the positive building up of Christian character according to the Divine Model, Christ. -
Each day of the Retreat began with the celebration of Mass. During the day the Retreatants heard three spe¬ cial Instructions and a special part of the morning was set aside 'for spiritual readings. After the noon recess pe¬ riod the men gathered In the Chapel for recitation of the Rosary and Ben¬ ediction,
While upperclassmen were attend¬ ing the Senior Retreat, the freshmen, due to the unprecedented enrollment, attended a special retreat in the gym¬ nasium, conducted by the Rev, Ray¬ mond J, H, Kennedy, S,J. ¦ "There are millions," Father Ken¬ nedy said, "who know not whither they are headed, but that docs not prevent them from heading toward man's common end. That end is God, and all our actions either help or hin¬ der us in attaining that goal,"
In his numerous talb, Father Ken¬ nedy touched oh three of the Last Ends of Man, Death, Heaven and Hell. Spiritqal readings included the life of Father Isaac Jogues,
The retreat closed Friday morning, October 16, with Mass and Benedic¬ tion followed by a breakfast in the gymnasium.
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Canisius College Glee Club will make its first iippearance of the .season on the stage of the New Lafayette Theatre Tuesday evening, October 27th. They will take part in tho Koolmotor Song Festival, which will be broadcast over Station WGR, 9:05 to 9:30 p, m.
The Canisius songsters will be the last group to sln^ in the weekly ccn- test for Choral Societies ' staited August 11th by the Western New York Koolmotor distributors and dealers. To date, about ten glee clubs h.nve participated, the Cathedral Sing¬ ers of St. Paul's thus far ranking in first place, the Railway Express Glee Club In second, and the Jackson Glee Club in third.
The Canisius men will render two selections, a four-part song, "In Pic- ardy," and the Yale Glee Club's "The Bulldog Song." The following members of the Glee Club, under the direction of Mr. William H. Daven¬ port, will sing at the Lafayette:* M. Conroy, T. Griffin, J, Batt, T, Flem¬ ming, J, Hausle, L. La Mantia, J. Mack, E. Thompson, N, Kinmaitin, R, Miller, C. Webb, R, Meyers J E.v *.•.,¦..' Baetzhold, W. Irwin, J, MaxvV'ell, JI Jos, Mattind, John Mattina, Ji Quin- m Ian, J. Stuijm, C. Hayden, F, Mc¬ KInnon, T, Burke, C, Considjine, J. McDonough, D, Morey, J. KA-r, W." Tesseyman, P, Vanderbles, A, Zie¬ linski, John Rooney, J. Lander, W. Mottl, W. L. O'Brien, J. Quinlivan, Jas. M. Rooney, Jerry Kovalcik, E. LcszczynskI, S. Zimbel, G. Becker, J, Calandra.
At the conclusion of the contest the organization credited with the greatest number of votes will receive as first prize a silver loving cup and $100 In cash. The second prize of¬ fered Is $50. Selection of the winners will be determined by the listening audience, who may obtain ballots at Koolmotor Service Stations. All votes must be entered by Saturday night, October 31, either at Koolmotor Serv¬ ice Stations or sent by mail to Station WGR, at the Rand Building,
In announcing Canisius' entry into the contest, Father Edward Dooley, S, J,, the Glee Club Moderator, re¬ vealed that plans for the future in¬ clude a Christmas Carol concert to be given probably over WGR during the Yuletide season; and later in the winter a joint concert with tho Naz¬ areth College Glee Club at some local hotel,      '
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The campaign to raise funds for publishing'this year's edition of the Azuwur, college yearbook, is under way, but due to mailing laws which prohibit the publishing of information about a rafflf,.the Griffin cannot di¬ vulge any naws of the Azuwur's cam¬ paign in these columns.
Suffice it to say, the Azuwur staff is using the same procedure for secur-
Prof. Ed. Barrett Wins Public Debate
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At the morning assembly of the student body of University of Buffalo held in Norton Hall on Wednesday, October^, Mr, Edward J, Barrett, Jr,, of the Canisius Faculty engaged in a public debate with Mr. John J, Coffey, on the subject: "Relative Merits of the Democratic and Re¬ publican Parties," Dr. John T, Hor- ton, assistant professor of History and Government at the University, acted as chairman and introduced Mr. Barrett as a "representative of Ca¬ nisius,"
On the strength of the speeches of Mr. Barrett and Mr. Coffey, a vote taken by ballots after the debate showed the following rtsults
Roosevelt—86.
Landon—73.
Huey Long—1.
Browser—3.
Lemke—3.
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