The Griffin: volume 07, issue 02 - Oct. 20, 1939

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ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
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Vol. 7, No. 2
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CANISIUS COLLEGE. BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Library Guild Plans Series Lectures
October 20,   1939
Rev. Andrew Bouwhub Addresses
Canisius Literary Group; Plans
For Winter Announced
Last Wednesday evening, the Li¬ brary Guild of Canisius College opened its fourth season with a lec¬ ture by the Reverend Andrew L. Bouwhuis, S.J., librarian of the col¬ lege. In his talk on "Recent Books," Father Bouwhuis gave reviews of a miniber of books that have been pub¬ lished within the last few months, and made some suggestions for Fall reading.
Announce Series
A leaflet released by the Guild an¬ nounces a series of ten lectures, run¬ ning from October through May, featuring prominent members of the faculty on a wide variety of subjects.
All exhibit of over 100 biological specimens in the library is now at¬ tracting widespread attention. The exhibit was prepared from specimens collected by Richard W. Egan of the Junior class, who spent the summer at Wood's Hole, Mass.
Mrs. Josephine Carroll, wife of the late John J. Carroll, Canisius '12, former president of the Alumni Association, donated to the library 90 volumes from her husband's collec¬ tion.
To designate such memorial bene¬ factions a special Canisius bookplate lias been designed for the library. The Carroll collection vvill be the first to be so memorialized.
Keim, Miller Head Thanksgiving Hop
The' appointment of co-chairmen for the Thanksgiving Night dance, sponsored jointly by the Commerce Club and the Glee Club, w.as an¬ nounced this week by Jerome E. Kaber, head of the Commercemen, and John W. iVIeyers, president of the singers. The two men named to take charge of the affair are George A. Keim and Robert J. Miller, both of the Senior class.
On November 23
Since Turkey Day has been moved .1 week .ahead this year, the annual social classic vvill be held on No¬ vember 23. The gathering place vvill be the btiUroom of the Hotel Statler.
This will be the third consecutive year that Canisians have enjoyed Thanksgiving night together. Last year, the affair was piloted by the Commerce Clubbers in the same set¬ ting, and two years ago, the Glee Club played host to throngs of merry¬ makers in the Terrace Room of the Statler.
Ihe naming of committees and other details of the dance have not iis yet been announced.
Limited Number of Staff Posts on "Griffin" Open
A limited number of writers are still eligible for staff posi¬ tions on The Griffin, the editors announced this morning. Students vvho did not take the competitive exam last week, and are still desirous of writing for this paper, m:iy submit a sample news story or feature story to a present staff member any time next week. New additions to the st.aff vvill be announced in the next issue of The Griffin.
Sodality Opens Drive For Peace
Students   Make   Daily   Visits   In New Chapel of GKir Lady
The first milestone in its program was definitely marked out Last week by the Sodality of Our Lady. An especially selected Guard of Honor will, each day, pay three visits to the Blessed Sacrament as a mark of devotion and as an incentive to the entire student body to join in the world-wide "Pilgrimage for Peace." The Sodality aims to propagate the Catholic view that "peace in the world depends ultimately on God."
Attendance at the 8:00 o'clock Mass each morning and frequent reception of Holy Communion has already been pledged by a large num¬ ber of students, according to the Sodality   moderator.     The   student
one decade of the Rosary once a day, — "to pray for peace in^ the true atmosphere of peace, the newly com¬ pleted Chapel of Our Lady." The simply beautiful room that replace? the dismantled Peter Canisus Chapel is decorated in soft tones, with a motif of rich blue, and will accom¬ modate eighty-five persons.
Niagara, U. B. To Oppose Canisius In Major Debates
Academia Group Schedules Try¬ outs for Monday, October 23; To Meet Eastern Colleges
Niagara University and the Uni¬ versity of Buffalo are expected to play important roles in the fiscal sea¬ son's intercollegiate debate program, it W!is revealed at last Monday's meeting of the Senior Academia. Out¬ standing item of the evening's busi¬ ness was the Hrst report of Richard Fahey, manager of debate, who an¬ nounced that the annual "expedition" of the Academia debate squad will cover sections of New England, New York City and vicinity, and New Jersey. Prospective opponents for the season's roster include Holy Cross, Boston College, Misericordia College, New Rochelle, Fordhjim, Manhattan and Loyola.
Tryouts for the intercollegiate-de¬ bate squad will be conducted by the group's moderator on Monday, Octo¬ ber 23, in Room 25, at 8 -.00 o'clock. The topic which all contestants will accept is the affirmative of the ques¬ tion. Resolved: That the United States should retain the Arms Em¬ bargo. All members of the Senior Academia are eligible.
IRC sponsors Discussion On U. S. Neutrality
Will Take Part in Annual Lake Erie  Regional Student Peace Meet to Be Held at D'Youville
Schramm Explains Basis For Hiring
Council To Run ''Americ^'Poll
Canisius students will participate in a national Catholic collegiate poll to be held next Wednesday, under the supervision of the members of the Student Council, it was announced today.
Sponsored by the America maga¬ zine, a Jesuit publication, the poll vvill seek to determine the attitude of the Catholic college student re¬ garding a possible future war. The exact text of the poll sheets could not be learned at press time.
Joseph Talty, Robert Sullivan, and John Meyers were named to the committee Avhich will supervise the collection and tabulation of the voting.
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Last Wednesday evening, in the Horan-O'Donnel Science Hall, the members of the Chemistry Club heard Mr. Arthur T. Schramm, a Canisius College graduate, now As¬ sistant Supervisor in Analytical Chemistry at the National Aniline & Chemical Co., Inc., tell "Why and How Chemists are Hired."
Interviews Students
Mr. Schramm interviewed "Wil¬ liam L. Tefft, Joseph Carmody and Richard J. Herdlein, members of the club, who were acting as prospective applicants for a position in a large industri.il chemical Labomtory. He asked typical questions and later pointed out the good or bad im¬ pressions eiich applicant had niiide. After this, Mr. Schramm pointed out that he would h.ave picked Mr. Herd¬ lein for the posirion, and the stu¬ dents present expressed their own opinions on paper. He remarked in conclusion, "The fruits of a success¬ ful education evidence themselves, not as a mere collection of innumer- jible facts, but in the form of a gen¬ eral aptitude, by which an individual can direct his .abilities along the un¬ familiar channels which he encoun¬ ters as he gains industrial experi¬ ence."
The first meeting of the Interna¬ tional Relations Club of Canisius College was an outstanding success, new members numbering approxi- miitely 30. On Wednesday, October 11, the IRC met and after a brief business meeting, sponsored a dis¬ cussion on "American Neutmlity." Dr. Paul Conroy, moderator, led the discussion.
To Meet With State Plans are under way whereby the Canisius IRC will meet vvith State Teachers College and the Univer¬ sity of Buffalo later in the season. Moreover, since the IRC represents Canisius College as a peace organi¬ zation, the club expects to take a rather large part in a conference of the Lake Erie Regional Student Peace Federarion, to be held at D'Youville College during the Christmas holidays.
Invitations Received
Invitations have already been re¬ ceived by the club requesting at¬ tendance at a conference of Interna¬ tional Relations Clubs at New Bruns¬ wick, N. J., during early December. Invitation also was extended to the club which would give a representa¬ tive at this conference the oppor¬ tunity either to participate in, or to lead general discussions on topics of interniitioniil import. The Inter- "iiatlSn ai' Jtei!irtro'ns~Cui 6s^fi'icli"vv'oTfra" meet at New Brunswick, are all af¬ filiated with the Carnegie Founda¬ tion.
Very Reverend James P. Sweeney, S.J.
Mendelmen Hear Egan Give Talk
On Monday, October 16, in Room 15, the first meeting of the Mendel Club of the 1939-'40 season was held. Mr. Richard W. Egan, a student in¬ structor in Biology, and an officer of the club, spoke on the Marine Bio¬ logical Laboratory at Wood's Hole, Maine.
Slides Used in Talk
Mr. Egan illustrated his lecture with motion pictures and projected slides in black and white and in color, which he took .at the laboratory dur¬ ing the past summer. He not only told of the work and play at the L<ab, but also delivered some interest¬ ing sidelights on Marine-Zoology,
The club will meet again in the s.ame room on October 30, at 8:00 P. M., to hear a lecture on scien¬ tific crime detection by Mr. James Barrett, B.S., of the Buffalo Police Department. All interested are in¬ vited to attend.
To Present Lecture
I'he Camera Club will present a lecture for all photographers next Wednesday at 9:45 A. M., in Room ''• The subject will be "An Intro¬ duction to Photogriiphy," and will i^over such fundamentals as develop- '"!? and printing in theory jis well .as "1 practice.
Ihc first contest and exhibition of the club will be held soon. The sub- JKt of this competition is to be the I'cw Horan-O'Donnel Science Build- '"g. and photographs of either the inside or the outside are .acceptable. Further details vvill be published in a '•tter issue of The Griffin,
The faculty and student body join m expressing their sympa¬ thy to Professor Thomas E. Harney on the death of his father and to Richard J. Herd¬ lein, '40,, on the death of his mother.
Bandg Student Activities Bulletin Compiled
In answer to the requests of many Canisius men, The Griffin is pub¬ lishing a pocket-size buUerin with complete facts and figures concerning Canisius student organizarions. The schedule below is intended as a handy
aid for bewildered scholars who have joined, or vvill wish to join, an extra¬ curricular group.
Special notice is called to the names of organizations followed by the    qualification,    "all    students."
Moderators and their committees have the privilege of laying down special requirements which must be satisfied by candidates before their ad¬ mission. Any unforeseen revisions to be posted on the bulletin board.
ORGANIZATION
Sodality of Our Lady St. Vincent de Paul Society Senior Debating Society Tlie Griffin Bards and Boards Glee Club
Mendel Club (Science) Strohaver Science Club International Relations Club Camera Club Chemistry Club ' Commerce Club Blue and Gold Club
MEETING TIME
1st and 3rd Wednesday, 9:45 A. M. Friday 12:30 P.M. Every other Monday, 8:00 P. M. Deadline every other Monday See bulletin board Thursday, 7:30 P.M. Every other Monday, 8:00 P. M. Every other Wednesday, 9 AS A. M. Every other Wednesday, 2:00 P. M. Every other Wednesday, 9:45 A. M. Every other Wednesday, 8:00 P. M. 2nd and 3rd Wednesday, 9:45 A. M. Every Wednesday, 12:30 P.M.
PLACE
Room 15 and Chapel
Student Councilor's Room (2nd fl.)
Room 25
Oftice, 4th floor, room 31
New location being arranged
Room 15
Room 15
Room S
Room 7
Room S20
.Room 4
Room 7
ELIGIBLES
All Students All Students Sophs, Juniors, Seniors All Students All Students All Students All Students All Students All Students All Students "All Students All Students Membership closed
Former President Named Provincial
Fr. Sweeney to Have Jurisdiction Over Schools in 8 States
Very Reverend James P. Sweeney, S.J., former president of Canisius College, has been appointed Provin¬ cial of the New York-Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, the Reverend Anthony J. Bleicher, S.J., assistant to the Provincial, announced last week.
The appointment was made by the Reverend Father General of the So¬ ciety of Jesus, Very Reverend Father Vladimir Ledochovvski, S.J., of Rome. Father Sweeney succeeds Very Reverend Joseph A. Murphy, S.J., who had been appointed to the office  of , Provincial   on  August   28,
Reared in Buffalo Father Sweeney assumes his new position not quite two years after he was named for the office of Vice- Provincial of the New York-Mary¬ land Province. On November 8, 1937, when President of Canisius College, he was removed to the new¬ ly-created Vice-Provincial's post and to assist Father Murphy in exercising jurisdiction over the Province.
Under Father Sweeney's jurisdic¬ tion as Provincial will be an area that extends over eight states from New York to North Carolina. It includes two universities, Fordham and Georgetown; i\\e. colleges, in¬ cluding Canisius, eleven high schools, three retreat houses, two novitiates, and four houses of study.
T h e Province also comprises eleven city churches, nine rural par¬ ishes, and five attached missions in Maryl.'uul. Members of the Jesuit order serving in the Province total 1,512. Included are 655 priests, 692 schoLastics, and 165 brothers.
Graduated From Canisius
Father Sweeney, the only Buffalo man ever to become president of Canisius, w.as born in Attica, but spent his boyhood in Buffalo. He w<as graduated from Canisius High School in 1910, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Can¬ isius College in 1914.
It was in 1927 that Father Sweeney first becimc associated with the Canisius faculty. He taught philosophy and sociology for six years. Following this he did special research work in sociology at Fordham Uni¬ versity in New York City.
Appointed President
In April, 1935, hc wtis appointed .acting president of Canisius College, and on August 24 of that year, he assumed the presidency.
During the short time th.at Father Sweeney .administered at Canisius, the institution made many progres¬ sive strides. He took an active part in the development of the college li¬ brary, and in the establishment of a publicity department. He intro¬ duced a new program of intra-mural sports, and developed the graduate department.    His inllucnce was in-
Chem Group Applies For Council Berth
Method   of   Freshman   Elections
Revised by Council; Fahey,
Healy, Talty Cite Plans
The formulation of a Social Calen¬ dar for the year, the adoption of a new method for the freshman elec¬ tions, and the consideration of a new organization for membership were the highlights of the recent meetings of the Student Council, held in Room 15 on CX-tober 9 and 16.
Orgaiu'zed last December 13, the Chemistry Club, represented by Dr. Austin V. Signeur and the student president, submitted official applic.v tion for membership in the Council, in the form of charter and constitu¬ tion as prescribed in Section 11, Article III, of the Constitution. Jerome Faber, head of the commit¬ tee investigating the application, delivered a recommendation that the Club be not considered for member¬ ship until the second semester, at which time they will be eligible for a Council seat.
Healy Delivers Report James He.aly, chairman of .the Social Calendar committee, an; nounced that the Rector's office has approveil the calendar submitted by the Council, and that the final soci.al schedule is practically completed for the year.
Richard Fahey was placed in charge of the freshman elections, the date of which is not as yet definite. After cojisi^derafile discussi(ju,„J.o,stink. "Talty liibved" that' 20" names would be nominated at a freshman class meeting, following which an immedi¬ ate vote would be held to decide the eight highest men. From this list of nominees, the four officers will be elected.
Freshmen will be instructed to vote for any four men, and those receiving the four highest totals vvill win the coveted posts.
Zimbel Named Parliamentarian Seymore Zimbel w.as named Parlia¬ mentarian for the Council to advise members on points of parliamentary procedure.
FATHER SWEENEY \       {Continued on page 4, col. 3)
Healy Names Staff
To The Griffin today, James G. Healy, editor-in-chief of The Azu¬ ivur, announced that plans for the 1940 yearbook were beginning to take shape already. Hc also an¬ nounced several appointments to the staff.
Richard I'. Fahey holds the im¬ portant post of business manager. Sports editor is Charles J. Mathews, vvho holds this same position on the staff of The Griffin, Clement F. Schubert is staff photographer.
Other Positions
Other positions on the staff are be¬ ing held open until further notice. The position of .advertising manager will be filled by the Senior securing the most ads in the first week of the advertising campaign.
Pictures of the Senior students will be taken for The Azuwur beginning Monday. ( The editor requests the cooperation of all the Seniors in this task.
At Education Meet
Reverend Francis A. O'Malley, S.J., Ph.D. and Reverend John P. O'SulIivan, S.J., returned recently from Lake Mohonk, where they attteiided the annual meeting of the American Association of Universities and Colleges in the State of New York.
Representatives of the various institutions in the State met to discuss current educational problems. The main point stressed at the Convention wasthc responsibility of the colleges to society in the production of better students.
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