The Griffin: volume 18, issue 11 - Feb. 23, 1951

              GRIFFIN
Vol. XVIII, No. 11
CANISIUS COLLEGE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Februarv 23,  1951
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Cast Prepares for Opening of 'Othello'
By MATT ORESKOVIC
Two men carrying thick copies of Hardin and Craig's "Complete Works of Shakespeare" labor up the inclined approaches of the Delavan Division,  as  an  automobile
 _    ,,,,„,     bucks   to   a   stop   in   front   of   a
white-washed door step. The stairs are taken two at a time and the group enters the building, where a dark Little Theatre and bare stage await the arriving cast. Automatically the black volumes are opened to "Othello, the Moor of Venice" and a rehearsal begins.
Quick Lunch
Lines are read, re-read, cor¬ rected and read again; words arc- pronounced, corrected and pro¬ nounced again; consonants crack, vowels are lengthened and "r's" are softened. Texts suddenly are dotted with tick marks, lines and marginal notations. By 10:15 a tired crew files out of the Delavan Building to go home and get some much-needed rest.
After  classes  the  next  day,  a
quick   lunch  at  home  and  some
work on memorization, the long
trip back to school, and the same
tnrn? routine starts again.   Such is the
\^UIJJO life   of   this   year,s   cast   of   the
Little Theatre's "Othello." Time is growing short and soon March 9, the opening date, will be here, and then, prestissimo, March 18 and the final curtain.
Three members from last year's Little Theatre production of "Hamlet" are in this year's cast: Ellen Larson will play "the gentle Desdemona"; Horace Bellanca the "enraged father," Brabantio; the present writer "(God bless the mark!)   his  Moorship."
Familiar Faces
Dick Wagner, who last ap¬ peared in Moliere's "The Miser," returns to play "honest, honest, Iago." Ronnie Becht, the simple constable from "The Inspector General," will round out the bill of familiar faces as Roderigo.
Marjorie Hughes, an accom¬ plished actress, will play Iago's wife,   Emelia,   and   a   newcomer,
HIS  MOORSHIP
Matt Oreskovic plays the title role in the Little Theatre's forth¬ coming production of Othello.
Marine Offers Ratings To Graduates
New Draft Regulations Defined by Hershey
New regulations intended to clarify the draft status of college students Mere issued on February 13 by General Hershey. draft director.
Previous regulations enabled college students (even after ordered to report for physical examination) to enlist
. ,s j ,x       during the last month of the cur-
\ rent school year and at the same
time    designate    the    service    of their choice.
The  new  Selective  Service   re- ;" lease   defines   this   procedure   as
follows:
(1) Before school closes a stu- p' dent must make a written applica¬ tion to his local draft board that his induction order be canceled because he intends to enlist in one of the military services.
(2) He must give written notice, specifying the service he will join.
(3) The draft board, upon re¬ ceiving the written application, can cancel any existing induction order and postpone the student's induction until 30 days after the end of the school term.
(4) The student will have 30 davs after the end of school to visit military recruiting offices and sign up for active duty. If the student fails to do so by the end of the extra 30-day postpone¬ ment period, the draft board can issue a new induction order.
(5) The student cannot obtain any further postponement of his induction if the service of his choice is unable to accept him.
AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM
Erected this week on the North side oj the Science Hall was the Charles Keck statue of Saint Isaac fogues. It is an exact duplication of the monument which the State unveiled on the shore of Lake George in 1936.
Marine Major G. S. Allen, area officer procurement chief, has of¬ fered students of Canisius Col¬ lege the opportunity of obtaining commissions in the U. S. Marine Corps via the Leathernecks' Pla¬ toon Leaders Class program.
Under this training, a Canisius student would be commissioned a Marine 2nd Lieutenant upon graduation with a baccalaureate degree, provided he had com¬ pleted two six-week summer en¬ campments at Quantico, Virginia.
Students who enter this pro¬ gram must be (1) over 18 and less than 25 years of age on July 1 of the year of graduation; (2) physically qualified; and (3) in good standing scholastically.
Interested undergraduates should contact Major Allen im¬ mediately at Room 405, Post Office Building, Swan and Ellicott Streets, or see him in the Senior Lounge when he visits the cam¬ pus on March 19 and 20.
Volunteers to aid in taking the census in the parish entrusted to their care are now being sought by the St. Vincent dePaul Society. Anyone interested should contact Dick Mattimore, Junior class president.
Betty Heroney, will complete the feminine roles as Bianca.
Vince O'Neil and John Cooney impressed all hands at rehearsals by superb readings and have been cast as the Duke of Venice and Cassio, respectively. Jack Joyce, "whose name is great in mouths of wisest censure," will play "worthy"  Mantano.
Steward King, from our local video outlet, WBEN-TV, has started construction of the set. "Monumental alabaster" pillars will convert the theatre into a rich Venetian setting. Costuming will surpass anything seen locally and, all in all, the ten-day run will  be  profitable  entertainment.
Our century has seen only one professional offering of "Othello," and that during the last decade. Margaret Webster directed Paul Robeson in the title role and Jose Ferrer sparkled as a brisk Iago.
Former Canisius President Succumbs to Heart Attack
The faculty, student body and the Griffin extend their deep¬ est sympathy and prayers to Daniel Hojnicki, Freshman Pre- Dental, on the death of his father.
FatherTimothyJ. Coughlin, S.J., president of Canisius College from 1941
to 1947, died suddenly Tuesday night, February 13, of a heart at¬ tack. He had been stationed for the past year at the Loyola Retreat House at Morristown, N. J.
Coming from St. Peter's College, Jersey City, where he had been dean of the School of Business, Father Coughlin took over the presidency of Canisius during very troubled times. Due to the war, enrollment had dropped to a new record low, but Father Coughlin's firm guidance kept the College functioning successfully and look¬ ing ahead to the return of normal
times. After the war, he showed keen interest in veterans' education, and through his untiring efforts Canisius saw its facilities expanded by the addition of Dewey Hall in 1946, and the former Sisters Hos¬ pital, now the Delavan Division, in 1947.
Besides his educational activi¬ ties, Father Coughlin was also well- known for his interest in civic affairs. The extent of his influ¬ ence was well attested by the many messages of sympathy received, and by tributes paid him in the columns of local newspapers and in the records of the Common Council.
Section at Canisius Certified by A. I. P.
On February 19, the Physics Department of Canisius College was notified that the Canisius Student Section had been  approved  and accepted as  a member of the
American  Institute of Physics,  a     	
national organization.
Last October the College Physics Department received a letter from Dr. Henry A. Borton, director of the A.I.P., inviting the physics majors of Canisius to form a stu¬ dent section of that organization. With the approval of the Depart¬ ment and the Dean, an organiza¬ tion was formed under the direc¬ tion of Mr. R. Allen Hunt, and a constitution was drafted and approved.
The organization now consists of 16 Junior and Senior physics majors with the following offic¬ ers: John H. Wittman, president; Raymond F. Missert, vice-presi¬ dent; Thomas P. Glynn, secre¬ tary; and Walter J. Young, treasurer.
National Rating
General regulations for A.LP. Student Sections include: (1) The section must be located in a four- year (or more) degree-granting college or university of recog¬ nized standing approved by the appropriate regional or national accrediting agencies; (2) The Physics Department must have a record of having given, over a period of not less than four years, sufficient courses in physics to constitute a "major" or its equiva¬ lent in this field. This major is defined as one including a mini¬ mum   of   22   semester   hours   in
physics, of which at least eight require calculus as a pre-requisite.
Each member of this section will receive Physics Today, a non¬ technical journal of the A.LP. Meetings will be held in con¬ junction with the seminar every Wednesday in Room S25, at which gatherings talks will be given by students on Senior projects. When necessary, sup¬ plementary meetings will be held in the evening.
It is hoped that through this organization a greater interest in the various fields of physics will be fostered.
Budenz to Lecture On Reds in U. S.
" 'Men without Faces' Com¬ munist Conspiracy in the U.S.A." is the subject for the lecture of Louis F. Budenz which will be presented February 25 under the auspices of the Edmund Campion Society of Canisius College. The lecture will begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Lafayette Hotel. Admission is one dollar, and tickets may be purchased at the College or at Denton, Cottier & Daniels.
Mr. Budenz is the former edi¬ tor of the Communist Daily Worker, and was also a govern¬ ment witness in the trial of Ger- hart Eisler.