The Griffin: volume 07, issue 14 - May 17, 1940

              Vol. 7. No.  14
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CANISIUS COLLEGE, BUFFALO. NEW YORK
May  17,   1940
ANISIANS TO VOTE AT TEN THIS MORNING
Council Head Ballot Lists Six Students Close Race Predicted
Half-Dozen    Prominent    Juniors Fight Today .for Post
Richard P. Fahey, chairman of the election committee, has announced that six candidates will vie for the olfice of President .of the Student Council. The entire student body will cast their votes at 10 A, M, in their respective rooms. The winner will be announced after the elections at 12:30.
Nominee's Merits
In the belief that, before marking their all-important ballots, the stu¬ dents should consider eacli nominee on his merits, the Griffin presents the following candidates and their quali¬ fications in alphabetical order:
HENRY J. BAKER — Mr. Baker, when interviewed by the Griffin reporter, would make no def¬ inite statement.
GEORGE W. FOLEY—Mem¬ ber of Griffin staff, 1 yr.; Editor, I yr.; Member of the Bards and Boards, 3 yrs.; Gold medal for best actor in One-Act Play Contest, 1938; Member of Sodality, 3 yrs,; Member of the Freshman Academia; Member of the Senior Academia, 2 yrs,, vice- president, 1 yr,; Member of Inter¬ collegiate Debate Team, 2 yrs.; Winner of Oratorical Contest, 1939;
Manager of Junior ?rgin: ¦Mcnr.bGri
Senior Given Forest Ranger Appointment
"Buck" Mathews to Ride Again
In National Park; Secretary of
Interior Press
The Griffin learned today that Charles J. Mathews, well-known . Senior, and for¬ mer Sports editor of the Griffin, has been ap¬ pointed to the position of For¬ est Ranger in Yellowstone Na¬ tional Park. Mr. Mathews re¬ ceived notifica¬ tion of his ap- Charles J. Mathews pointment from the United States Department of the Interior. He was appointed to the position by Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes.
First Canisius Student Mathews is the first Canisius stu¬ dent ever to receive a Ranger post from the Government. By virtue of his appointment he will become a member of the band of men whose job it is to police and protect one of the world's most scenic spots. His job vvill be to act as a law-enforce¬ ment and fire-protection officer.
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MOViNG-U
8:45 A.M.- 9:30 A.M..
10:00 A.M.-
10:30 A.M.-
12:00 A.M,-
2:00 P.M.-
3:00 P.M.-
P DAY SCHEDULE
—Mass. -Breakfast.
—Elections.
—Parade starts.
—Dinner.
-Faculty and Jun¬ iors'   Softball
game. -Football scrim-
mage.
New Building Dedicated; Bishop Warns Against Science Over-Emphasis
Honorary    Degrees    Conferred; Anniversary Honored
Balloting To Precede Floal-Stadded Parade
PRIZES WILL BE  AWARDED  BEST  DECORATED  TRUCKS AND CARS; LUNCHEON TO FOLLOW
of I, R. G.;^*2 yr:-,; vice-president, 1 yr.; Member of the Strohaver Science Club, 1 yr,; Member of the Camera Club, 1 yr.; Member of the Blue and Gold Club, 2 yrs.; Mem¬ ber of Suaraquin Circle, 1 yr.; Con¬ testant in Prize Debate, 2 yrs,
EDWARD J. O'CONNELL— Member of the Chemistry Club, 2 yrs,; Member of Strohaver Science Club, 3 yrs.; Intramural sports; Junior Prom committee. .
JOHN M. PHELPS—Member of tlie I. R. C, 2 yrs,; president, 1 yr,; Member of the Senior Aca¬ demia, 2 yrs.; Member of the Fresh¬ man Academia; Member of the So¬ dality, 2 yrs,; Associate Editor of the Quarterly, 2 yrs,; Chairman of the Reception Committee for the Junior.Prom; Member of the Stu¬ dent Council, 1 yr.; treasurer, 1 yr.
WILLIAM J. ROSE—Member of the Commerce Club, 3 yrs,; Mem¬ ber of the Sodality, 1 yr,; Member of the Glee Club, 3 yrs,;  secretary,
1 yr.; Member of the Bards and Boards, 3 yrs.; Secretary of. the Junior Class;   Manager of Boxing,
2 yrs.; Contestant in One-Act Plays,
2 yrs,; co-winner of medal for best acting for 1939; Intra-mural sports,
3 years; Member of Sophomore and Junior Dance Committees,
BRUNO J. ZWOLINSKI— President of the Junior CLiss: Mem¬ ber of the Student Council, 1 yr;; Member of the Strohaver Science Club, 3 yrs.; secretary-treasurer, 1 yr,; vice-president, 1 yr,; Member of Chemistry Club, 2 yrs,; student di¬ rector, 1 yr.; winner of the Oliver Cabana, Jr., Medal for Freshman Physics, Chemistry, English and Apologetics; winner of Jacob Lang Medal for highest standing in the Sophomore General Science; Prem¬ ium for highest standing in Fresh¬ man Mathematics; Premium for iiighest standing in Calculus; Chair¬ man of Niagara Rally Parade,
National Park rangers have full police powers, Canisian visitors to the park next summer will find Mr. Mathews, a gun-carrying Ranger, patrolling the Park on horseback.
Mr. Mathews will leave for Yel¬ lowstone in mid June to take over the position.
Commerce Club Releases Ballot List
Commerce Club men will be faced with an imposing list of nomi¬ nees when they go to the polls to select their new officers this morn¬ ing. The official list of nominees, released to The Griffin by the elec¬ tion committee of the club, contains the names of students all well-known to Canisians.
The Commerce Club will not use the system of blanket nominations employed by many organizations. A definite group of nominees was se¬ lected for each office.
Presidential Race
The club's presidential race vvill see a hot contest, with Seniors the participants. Candidates for the post include William Dowd, Joseph Scbreenan and James McDonald. The vice-presidential contest in¬ cludes John Wick, William Farrell and Warren Cross,
The post of secretary and treas¬ urer'will be contended for by Sen¬ iors and Juniors. The noininees in¬ clude Arthur Peterson, Leo Wolf- rand, Richard Burke and William Domedion.
The manner in which class nomi¬ nations and elections are to be held this year is not exactly similar to the procedure which was followed on Moving-Up Day, 1939. The Stu¬ dent Council has reverted to the old method of having four nominations for each of the four class offices. This means that approximately forty-eight of the most popular and most de¬ serving men of Canisius will be chosen to act as administrators for their respective classes. One name in each group of four will be checked and the man receiving the most votes froni that group will receive the office under which the name appears.
Seniors
The officers of the incoming Senior Class will, be chosen from the follow¬ ing candidates:
President: William Dowd, Ken¬ neth-Gerold'and CharleTSellers.
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Burns,  John   Cass,  George  Eagan and John Martin,
Secretary: Frank Bologna, Al¬ bert Pepe, George Trumm and Jacob Wick.
Treasurer: Patrick Coppola, Richard Egan, Leo Lyons and Ar¬ thur Peterson,
Junior
Class
incoming
Nominations   for   the Junior Class include:
President: Charles Burke, Paul Juenker, Thomas Dalton and Fran¬ cis Phelan,
Vice-President: Leon Gauchat, Richard Cawl, William Farrell and Keyran Hooley.
Secretary: Glenn Austin, Francis Winkler, Rudolph Empric and Keh- ren Gleason,
Treasurer: Michael Culligan, Francis Haley, John Klein and Ger¬ ald Van de Water,
Sophomores
The incoming Sophomore Class will choose their officers from the following, list:
President: Warren Cross, Paul Hanley, Joseph O'Connell and George Schreiner,
CLASS ELECTIONS (Continued on page 4, col. 7)
Science is but a part of human knowledge and cannot satisfy all needs of tnan. Bishop John A. Duffy declared last Sund.iy at the dedica¬ tion of the Horiin-O'Donnell science hall, and added a warning against overestimation of the viilue of science as a cure for all the ills of humanity.
Despite overcast skies and threat of rain, approximately fifteen hun¬ dred persons attended the ceremonies at Canisius Villa. The event com¬ memorated the 400th anniversary of the confirmation of the Society of Jesus by Pope Paul III in 1540.
Honorary Degrees The program .was highlighted by the conferring of four honorary de¬ grees by the Very Reverend Francis A. O'Malley, S.J., president of Can¬ isius. Degrees of doctor of laws were bestowed on the Very Reverend Thomas F. Plassman, O.F.M., pres¬ ident of St. Bonaventure College, the very Reverend Joseph M. Noonan, CM., president of Niagara Univer¬ sity, and the Reverend Michael J. Ahern, S.J., head of the department of geology at Weston College and former president of Canisius. A doctor of science degree was con- 4epred--'ap(ffi-D4:-.-»,Ajiiadeus-WilUam. Grabau, professor of paleontology at National University, Peiping, China.
Jesuit Education System Father Plassman, delivering prin¬ cipal address, paid tribute to educa¬ tional achievements of the Jesuits. "Have our educators not made a fatal mistake that, while pretending to have solved the riddle of the uni¬ verse in the scientist's laboratory, they committed the graver error of solving the riddle of man and man¬ kind with the same mechanical devices?"
Tribute to the memories of the late Marian A, Horan and Dr. William J. O'Donnell, whose benefactions made possible the science hall, was paid by Father O'Malley.
Procession
Exercises were opened with an ac¬ ademic procession from the college building down Hughes Avenue to the Villa. In the procession were civic leaders, local educators, clergy, nuns and faculty, alumni and students of Canisius, in addition to the college band and the Knights of St. John,
Prominent guests included: The Very Reverend James P. Sweeney, S.J., provincial of the New York and Maryland Jesuit Province; Dr. Rob¬ ert T. Bapst, superintendent of schools; Mayor Thomas L. Holling; Chancellor Samuel P. Capen of the University of Buffalo; and many other local notables.
Kelly Garners One-Act Play^ Story Awards
Quarterly,   National  Competition
Honors Go to Canisius Man;
Dooley Takes Laurel
ACADEMIA
Last minute flash from the Senior Academia nominating assembly lists as candidates the Messrs, Foley, Burns, Bologna, Rast, Herman, Zielinski, Em¬ piric, Farrell, Juenker, Phelps, Burns, Sciolino, Austin and Cotter,
Vincentian Society Posts Nominees
Today the St. Vincent de Paul society will elect its governing body for next year. The nominations held last week for officers resulted in the automatic election of George Quiii- lan for president. He was the only nominee for the office.
Candidates The candidates for vice-president are Daniel Hurley and Martin Mur- rett. Joseph Dumansky, John Mas- terson, and Nicholas Higner are the contestants for secretary. For treas¬ urer John Masterson and Francis Mulvey were nominated.
Sodality-Head Nominees Announced; Last Talk Features J. lEdmund Kelly
Today, immediately after Class elections, the annual elections of the Sodality of Our Blessed Lady will be held. Nominations were held on Wednesday, May 8. The following candidates were nominated.
Prefect', Thomas Lohan, Leo E, Lyons, Clement Schwanekamp and Alphonse Zielinski,
Secretary: Richard Burke, Felix Centofanti and James Murphy,
Treasurer', Leon Gauchat, Fran¬ cis Herbach and John Schueckler.
During the past scholastic year, the Sodality has had one of its most suc¬ cessful programs enjoyed under the Golden Dome, This success has been due to the untiring efforts of Rever¬ end Vincent de Paul Hayes, S.J.,
Moderator of the Sodality, John Murphy, retiring Prefect, and to all the officers who helped make this year a real Sodality year.
Last Talk
Wednesday last, the Sodality clo.sed its activities with the second in the series of Vocational Talks sponsored jointly by the Sodality and Student Council, The speaker was Mr. J. Edmund Kelly, A.B,, LL,B, Mr. Kelly spoke on "The essentials needed for the practice of law" and "The future of law". Mr, Kelly's talk was well received by the student body which was very interested in the concise and practical facts pre¬ sented by him.
Edmund J, Kelly, '40, was several dollars richer tod.ty as a result of victories in national and local play and short story competition.    Early in the week, Reverend Theodore J. Cunnion, S,J,, announced that Mr. Kelly h.id been selected as the winner of the Canisius Quarterly's annual one-act play contest, carrying a ten dollar    prize. Yesterday the Reverend Daniel   A, Lord,   S.J„ notified  M r. Kelly that ,      .    „ „ "Breath of
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selected as first prize winner in the national one-act play contest, spon¬ sored by the Queen's Work, St. Louis. The victory in the national contest netted Mr. K!elly a prize of fifty dollars.
Story Sold
In addition to his victories in the playwriting field, Mr. Kelly also had the satisfaction of seeing his short story, "Drama in Sawdust," receive first honorable mention in the Queen's PFork national short story contest. Mr. Kelly reaped profits again, and sold the story to the Queen's Work ior a substantial fee.
Contest Nationwide
In announcing the victory, Ftither Lord stated that the purpose of the two literary contests was to discover young Catholic writers with literary ability. The competition was na¬ tion-wide, and W.1S open to students in all Catholic and non-sectarian colleges and universities. Father Lord stated that response to the con¬ test was very gratifying, and indica¬ tive of a great amount of literary talent among young Catholics,
Publication Both "Breath of Life" and "Drama in Sawdust" will appear in the Queen's Work next fall, Mr, Kelly's play concerns the crux in the life of Isaac Jogues, North Ameri¬ can Jesuit martyr, "Drama in Saw¬ dust" is a story of love and intrigue under the big top. It appeared in the Quarterly last year. "Bre.tth of Life" will appear in the next issue of the Quarterly, Mr. Kelly's plays have won first prize in the Quarterly contest for the past four years.
Fellowship For Dooley Roger B, Dooley, atiother member of the Senior class, also received a signal honor last week, Mr, Dooley vvill receive a fellowship in Engllsli to Catholic University. He has been an outstanding student during his four years here at Canisius and was ; Editor of the Quarterly this year.
At ten o'clock today, immediately after breakfast, elections for the var¬ ious class offices and officers of the school organizations will be held. B.nllots will be cast in the home rooms.
Varying Systems The Student Council election has reverted to the old system of separate elections for each office, A number of organizations will make use, how¬ ever, of the proportional system, whereby, out of a panel of nominees, the one whose name appears on the most ballots will be elected. Still others are using the point system by which the candidate receiving the highest number of points is elected.
Parade At ten-thirty the gala parade with its colorfully decorated cars and clarion-clear horns gets away to a flying start. Decorated trucb and cars hiive been entered by the various clubs, classes, and individual students. The best class float vvill receive a prize of $5,00. There are three prizes for the best club and individual floats as well as for the best decorated cars. First prize vvill be $5,00, the second will be $3.00, and the third prize $2,00,
Route
The-routo -of the- parado,- ao - an nounced in the last issue of The Grif¬ fin, will be up Hughes Jivenue to Jef¬ ferson, thence to Main street over East Delavan. The cars will pro¬ ceed down Main street to Court, around Niagara Square, out Dela¬ ware to DeLavan and back to the
school. ,.;'
Dinner On the return of the parade, din¬ ner will be served at 12:30. After the speeches, the results of the elec¬ tions will be announced, awards will be presented, and the lucky winners will receive their parade prizes.
Closed Dances The Faculty and Juniors, during the .nctivitics of the d.ty, will play a spectacular softball game. Tonight brings the grand finale in the form of the Junior Moviiig-Up Day Dance at the Wan.ikah Country Club and the Freshman closed dance at the Launch Club.
TICKETS READY
for
LUNCHEON
Sophs Capture Prize Debate
Sweeping the forensic field for the second time in two months Jiimcs L. R.nst and Joseph J, Herman garnered the CoFlins Memorial award in the annual Prize Debate held on May 6, defeating Leo R. Futia and George W, Foley, An enthusiastic audience applauded the debate in Hutchinson Central auditorium.
Tradition
Upholding the negative of the question, "Resolved: That Roosevelt Should Have a Third Term," the winning team demanded recognition of a 150-year tradition and the neces¬ sity that a democr.itic government dispense with personalized govern¬ ment.
Judges
The judges were Mr. Richard J. O'Connor, Instructor of Classics, St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Miss Ruth E, Pitt, Coach of Debate, East High School, and Mr, William J. Klass, Instructor of English, Seneca Vocational School,
A straw ballot collected among the large audience, however, acclaimed Roosevelt for another four-year term of office. George E. Schreiner, pres¬ ident of the Campion Debating So¬ ciety, was chairman.