The Griffin: volume 20, issue 06 - Dec. 5, 1952

              "Detective Story" Opens Season!
THE PLAY'S THE THING! —by Harasty
fim Harmon, Dan Lenahan, Chet Glica, and John Resetarits in a heated scene from tonight's Little Theatre production, "Detective Story."
Footlights Shine Tonight; L.T. Plays "Detective"
By J.  FRANK DREA
The climax of over two months of long, hard re¬ hearsals will be reached tonight at exactly 8:30, when the curtain goes up on the Little Theatre production of
Sidney  Kinglcy's   ' ' Detective	
advising and coaching each member of the cast.
Detective Story." The play will run through December 14 in the Delavan Audi¬ torium.
Although the action requires a compact and simple setting, the plot deals with the complexities of a motley crew of characters who parade through the portals of a New York police precinct in the course of a normal day.
When first presented on Broad¬ way, the play was an immediate success, and had a long run. Its screen counterpart from Holly¬ wood also won the praise of critics.
The long rehearsals were neces¬ sitated   because   of   the   confusion
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Walter Barrett, director of the Little Theatre, gives Jim Harmon and Bar¬ bara Sharpe a bit of advice during a "Detective Story" rehearsal.
that is a normal part of everyday life in a police station, and the fact that a number of characters needed a lot of practise in the mayhem they perform, so as to achieve realism without doing their victims permanent harm.
Director Walter Barrett has worked tirelessly to perfect the production. From his rehearsal seat in the center of the auditorium, he was constantly on the alert, patiently
Jim Harmon has the male lead as the hard boiled, crime hating De¬ tective McLeod, a role played by Ralph Bellamy on the Broadway stage, and Kirk Douglas in the movie version. Al Resetarits will play the part of Detective Brody.
The top female leads have Bar¬ bara Sharpe cast as Mrs. McLeod, and Mary Joan Hasset as Susan.
Bill Sullivan, familiar to Cani¬ sius students as Publicity Director of the College, goes back to an old and familiar post as a police lieutenant.
The large cast includes a number of experienced Little Theatre veterans as well as a group of new¬ comers who are treading the boards for the first time.
Tom Healy and his stage crew and the construction crew headed by Frank Pluta have been working equally as hard as the actors in an effort to bring to Little Theatre audiences a realistic performance. Charley Ryan is in charge of the lighting.
Area Colleges Send Delegates to Confab
Delegates from ten area coll e g e s will attend a regional council meeting of
the National Federation of Catholic College Students, which will be held in the main student lounge to¬ morrow, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
At this meeting Canisius dele¬ gates Sal Messina, Layton Waters, Dick Cisek, Tom Pera and Pete Nadolney will submit for approval by the council an application for a regional Commission on Industrial Relations.
The commission would have as its aim the fostering of an active interest among area colleges in industrial relations.
Colleges expected to attend the meeting include: D'Youville, Gan¬ non, LeMoyne, Mercyhurst, Naza¬ reth, Niagara, Rosary Hill, St. Bon¬ aventure and Villa Maria.
Vol. XX, No. 6
CANISIUS COLLEGE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
December 5,  1952
Seminary Drive Concludes Here; Memorial Sought
Today marks the effec¬ tive close of the drive for the Jesuit Seminary Build¬ ing Fund. While the goal of 2.4 million has not been reached, much good has been accom¬ plished, many new friends discov¬ ered.
Here at Canisius College a large number of students set a fast pace by giving of their summer earnings. As of press time, the total raised had reached $13,000, over 50% of the quota.
Canisius spirit will be an actual part of the new seminary to be built at Shrub Oak, New York. Father Morris, S.J., local director of the drive, is now investigating the choice of memorials that can be endowed by the donations the students  themselves have pledged.
Since it will be a student memorial, student pledges only will be considered for the Cani¬ sius Memorial. The memorial may take the form of a community room or small chapel with prop¬ erly inscribed plaque, a lasting tribute to student loyalty and generosity.
In the category of group dona¬ tions, the Strohaver Science Club has pledged its share of the pro¬ ceeds from the highly successful Harvest  Ball,  while  the  Campion
The movie "The Greater Glory" —the making of a Jesuit—will be shown on WBEN-TV this Sunday at 10:30 A.M.
Debating Society pledged one hun¬ dred twenty-five dollars from dances to be held this year and next. The Quintilian Club promised three shares and Freshman B pledged the returns from their "Bounce" held at the Villa. At the drive's inception The Griffin presented Father Mor¬ ris with a check for one hundred fifty dollars.
Sophomore A is still well ahead of the field. The leading classes follow in this order:
Sophomore    A....$1744 or 367%
Junior   F $1920 or 144.5%
Senior   F $637 or 127.4%
Sophomore   C...$504 or 109.5% Junior year as a whole seems to be the most consistent, with a per¬ centage at press time of 90.2%.
Other years have the following percentages: Sophomore, 68.9%; Senior, 57.6% and Freshman, 12.9%.
The faculty, student body and the Griffin extend deepest sympathy to Jerome Schmidt, Sophomore Sci¬ ence, on the death of his father.
From the President's Desk
The generosity of our students and their relatives and friends in their contributions to the Jesuit Seminary Building Fund impels me to use this corner of the Griffin to express publicly our gratitude. Some few have not yet given in their subscriptions, but we are sure they will do so before our appeal ends Monday evening. If it were not a physical impossibility, I wish that I could thank- each of you personally.
Your gifts will have an effect not merely on what may seem to you a faraway seminary and a rather vague abstraction, "The New York Province," but directly on Canisius College. Without the new seminary, there would be no Jesuits to staff our College in years to come. With it,—through your gifts, therefore,—Canisius can, under God's Providence, iook onward to a long future of working for Him.
May our Lord and His Blessed Mother bless all of you for your charity and generosity.
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Irv Shire to Lead Holly Hop Rhythms
Tickets for the Holly Hop, annual Christmas dance sponsored by the Senior Class, will go on sale next Tuesday.
The near formal dance will be held in the Mary Seton Room of Kleinhans Music Hall on Friday, December 26. The advance sale, which ends on December 19, offers tickets at $3.50. Tickets will sell at the door for $3-90. Music will be supplied by Irv Shire and his orchestra.
The evening will be high¬ lighted by the tapping of faculty and students newly elected to the DiGamma Honor Society.
Hank Reiser is Chairman, with Ed O'Neil as Co-chairman of the dance. Tickets may be purchased from committeemen: Dick Thompson, Dan Marcinkowski, Emile Truchon, Charles Massaro, Jack Luthringer, Dave Evans, Bill Grande, Frank Sullivan, Don Warner, Tom O'Brien, Charles Salter, Jack Zahm, Bob Rung, Bob Hartmeyer, Jack McCracken and Bill Schottke.
Campions Oppose LeMoyne Team
Activity has been the key word for the Campion de¬ baters. Last night, Decem¬ ber 4, a pair of debates on the current high school topic were argued with the Canisius High School team. Ed Culliton and Henry Jabczinski defended the affirmative for the Freshmen while the nega¬ tive was handled by Jim Webster and Frank Gillen.
On Saturday, December 13, the Frosh debaters will send two teams to Syracuse to meet Le Moyne on the question of the Fair Employ¬ ment Law. The affirmative will con¬ sist of Tom Downing and Ed DeSa, while Ed Taubert and Tom Cuddihy will   make   up   the   negative   side.
Cartesian Philosophy Aired At Latest Aquinas Academy
Richard L. Uscbold of Senior Science discussed views of Rene "The Father of Modern Philosophy" Descartes on the subjects of substance, body and soul, and animal
nature,   during   a  meeting   of  the
Aquinas Academy last Wednesday. Mr. Uschold followed his presenta¬ tion with a critique on the basic tenets of Cartesian philosophy, con¬ cluded by an open floor discussion. On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, acting - Secretary Fred Griffen gave a brief summary of the life of Descartes, of his times, and an objective criticism of the Cartesian approach of doubt to the  investigation   of  philosophical
truth.
The discussion heatedly re¬ volved about the starting point of Descartes' philosophy: "Cogito ergo sum," or "I think, therefore I am," and the vicious circle of reasoning to the existence of a Supreme Being.
Previous meetings this year have centered about the topics of "Lib¬ erty vs. License," "Martin Luther" and "John Calvin."