The Griffin: volume 17, issue 02 - Oct. 7, 1949

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-   Hofmeister
AZUWUR EDITORS: R. SEXTON, L. BAUMAN, J. D. SCHLAERTH, AND J. DREW.   T. STAPLETON UNABLE TO ATTEND.
"More personality and less formality"
'More Personality' Say Experienced Editors
"More personality and less formality" will feature the 1950 edition of the Canisius College yearbook, The Azu¬ wur. This was revealed by the new Editor-in-Chief, J. Don Schlaerth, former Griffin head, who will be assisted
by five other Senior editors, all World War II servicemen.
They include: Leo Bauman, pho¬ tographic editor, Bob Sexton, sports editor, Bob Farrell, literary editor, Joe Drew, advertising manager and Tom Stapleton, business manager. A circulation manager will not be chosen until mid-year. However, the circulation staff will be listed with the other new staffs below.
The new editors all have had previous experience in the vari¬ ous fields connected with the for¬ mation of a yearbook. Bauman, a Chemistry Science major, served as an official Navy photographer and has done considerable work in commercial photography as well as making it a hobby.
Experienced Writers
Sexton, an Economics major, one of two married editors, formerly played on the Canisius football squad besides editing his high school yearbook. Farrell, a Math, major, wrote for a daily Army pub¬ lication in Germany, and was con¬ nected with the literary staff of the Kensington high school yearbook.
Drew, a Business Ad. student, and the other married Senior, was on the advertising staff of the Griffin for two years, and last year was student manager of the department. Stapleton, also a business student, who saw Army service in Japan, will handle the finances of The Azuwur.
Staff
Senior Staff Members of the 1950 Azuwur are:
Photo: E. Hammer, J. Geary, J. Lanigan, O. Lambrix, D. and E. Rahill, R. Schindler, A. Lorenzetti, F. X. Duffy, J. Murphy, S. Caito, W. Reilly, E. Hetzelt, J. Hite.
Circulation: D. Comerford, R. Nenno, R. Fawls, N. Merinello, R. Foley, L. Crowley, R. Wyszynski, P. Murray, T. Burns, J. Giangreco.
Sports: H. Willis, J. Lucy, F. Lucca, F. Drexelius, D. Kane, T. McGowan, W. Mulflur, E. Baritot, D. Moynihan, R. Cannon, K. Wop¬ perer, M. and R. Schaus, D. Ho- nan.
Literary: R. Sinclair, J. McCar¬ thy, J. McHenry, R. Muscato, J. D'Amato, R. Pesch, R. Carballada.
Advertising: R. Schelbe, G. Cul- hane, J. McFarland, C. Tautkus.
Applications still being accepted
for the
Horseback Riding Club
Glee Club Sets Formal Dance At Park Lane
The Glee Club will hold its annual dance on Friday, October 14, at the Park Lane. It will be a strictly formal affair, restricted ex¬ clusively to members of the Club. A distinctive feature of the dance this year is that the Glee- Clubbers themselves have voted to abolish the ancient custom of flow¬ ers for their dates. Price of admis¬ sion is $3.00, payable at the Student Counsellor's office.
The officers of the organization will form the committee in charge. They are: Thomas R. Hess, Vin¬ cent J. Cronin, Jr., Charles C. Szczepanski, Glenn G. Mysliwiec, and Thomas E. LeRoy.
CC Host to WNY Sodality
Canisius College was host to the Western New York Sodality Union during their business meeting of last Sunday. Sodality officers from Canisius, D'Youville, and Rosary Hill colleges attended, as well as representatives from Our Lady of Victory, Mercy and Sisters' hos¬ pitals, Buffalo State Teachers' Col¬ lege, and St. Bonaventure's.
Plans were discussed for the forthcoming production of "Mar¬ riage Follies," a musical comedy by Father Daniel A. Lord, S.J. Business and Production Commit¬ tees were formed and the job of staging the play fell to Canisius. Tryouts for the principal singing roles have been completed and the roles will be assigned in the near future. Various skits and choral numbers have been assigned to dif¬ ferent colleges in the area.
In the course of the session a "Day of Recollection" was sched¬ uled for this semester; the details of this program are to be worked out at the monthly prefect meet¬ ings. It was also decided that the "Day of Catholic Leadership" pro¬ gram, customarily conducted on a Sunday, would be trimmed down to week-day evening size.
GRIFFIN
Vol. XVII, No. 2
CANISIUS COLLEGE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
October 7, 1949
For the Chapel Fund . . .
Alumni-Backed Concert Features Norb Winkler
Norbert Winkler, Canisius '4<2, will be the featured artist in the tenth Annual Concert presented by Canisius College at Kleinhans Music Hall on October 19. Mr. Winkler is in his final vear of
School of Music well on his way
in Rochester and to a fine concert career. He has appeared as guest soloist with the Canisius College Glee Club and with other local choral groups. Assisting Mr. Wink¬ ler will be Miss Gretchen Rhoads, soprano, and Mr. Thaddeus Bier¬ nat, accompanist.
This year's concert is being sponsored by the Alumni with the assistance of the Alumnae, the Canisian Society, the Alumni Sodality, and the Campion So¬ ciety. The Concert Committee in¬ cludes members of each of these societies as well as student repre¬ sentatives of both day and eve¬ ning sessions of the College.
Proceeds for Chapel
Howard Willis and Daniel Com¬ erford of the Senior year, and Miss Dorothy Suchan, Miss Agnes Woz- niak and Miss Catherine Yax, of the Tekakwitha Club, are the stu¬ dent committee members.
In an attempt to encourage wider student interest in the concert, a student rate of $1.20 per ticket has been set, and plans have been completed for dancing after the concert to the music of Les Erlen¬ bach's orchestra.
The proceeds of the concert will be applied to the Memorial Chapel Fund. Next spring, it is hoped ground will be broken for the Me¬ morial Chapel, which for long has been the hope and dream of Cani¬ sius men. The concert and its cause are both worthy of our interest and support.
Tri-Beta Members Join Christophers
Father (ames Keller's inspired work, "The Christopher Move¬ ment," has spread its influence and seized a foothold at Canisius Col¬ lege. With the encouragement of Father John A. Frisch, S.J., mod¬ erator of the Tri-Beta Club, thirty members have elected to enroll as Christophers. It is expected that in the near future even more mem¬ bers of the Tri-Beta will desire to join the movement.
A series of lectures given by prominent men of science will be sponsored by the Tri-Beta during the coming scholastic year. The first speaker will be Dr. William J. Orr, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, Uni¬ versity of Buffalo. Doctor Orr's topic will be, "What the Specialty of Pediatrics Has Done in Saving Lives the Last Few Years." This lecture will be given on October 19 at 8:00 P.M. in the main build¬ ing on the Canisius Campus.
training at the Eastman
JUNIOR CLASS STAG
Tonight - 8:30
Boreal Hall
Jefferson and Glenwood
(five blocks from school)
DAILY MASS
STUDENT CHAPEL
7:30 A.M.
Cym Jammed for Back-to-Campus Hop
The pet project of the Griffin Staff for the past so many months has sud¬ denly become its pride and joy. After many grueling hours  of  figure  switching,
adding, subtracting and carrying, Joe D'Amato, chief accountant for the Griffin Back-To Campus Dance, has issued a statement of gross pro¬ fits, amounting to a little over one hundred dollars. Yessiree! That's what the smiles have been for.
But now for the facts! About two hundred couples, drawn by the music of Eddie Flowers and the promises of a gala night back at the campus, crowded the gymna¬ sium, and from all the comments which have been pouring into this office, everyone had his fill of en¬ joyment.
The dance, first of its kind on the campus, and first of the social season, enabled many of the lower classmen to acquaint themselves with the social life of the college. A great social and financial suc¬ cess, the dance made room for much speculation as to future dances of the same kind.
Curriculum Offers Greater Selection
Canisius College contin¬ ues to grow. Again this year students are presented with a wider selection in their choice of a major sub¬ ject. Eight members of the
Junior class have grasped the hand of opportunity offered to them and are now enrolled as Spanish majors. This course embraces twenty-four semester hours of work in the Jun¬ ior and Senior years. Its prere¬ quisite is Spanish 5-6. Mr. Aubin, who teaches the Spanish majors, mentions that many fields are open to these students, among which are teaching, the export-import trade, and foreign service.
Also, the Latin major course, which was only on a tentative plane last year, has now regained its rightful place which it held before the war. There are now four Jun¬ iors and two Seniors enrolled as Latin majors.
Delegates Attend NFCCS Council
Delegates from ten area schools attended the Lake Erie Region X F C C S council meeting which con¬ vened at Niagara Univer¬ sity on  Saturday,  October
1. The schools represented were Canisius, Niagara, St. Bonaventure, Gannon, LeMoyne, DYouville, Rosary Hill, Mercyhurst, Nazareth and Villa Maria. The Very Rever¬ end Francis L. Meade, CM., Presi¬ dent of Niagara University, wel¬ comed the delegates.
After the welcoming address, Mr. Robert Lannigan, Chairman of the region and Miss Ruth Maiers, Executive Secretary of the NFCCS, explained the fundamental objec¬ tives of the organization. The aim of the organization, they said, was the development of leaders in the lay apostolate. They stressed the importance of making known to the students of the various colleges the aims and machinery of the NFCCS.
Officers Elected
Main points of the afternoon program were discussions of the Regional Reparation Plan and the part which the Lake Erie Region would undertake in the Overseas Program of the NFCCS. Also dur¬ ing the afternoon session, Miss Edith Flanagan of DYouville was elected Vice-chairman in charge of Commissions, Mr. Ronald Fox of LeMoyne, Treasurer, and William Hazelton of Niagara, Press and Publicity representative for the re¬ gion.
Meeting Dec. 5
Rosary Hill College was selected as the meeting place for the next meeting, December 5, and Mercy¬ hurst as the February meeting place. Niagara University was chosen for the site of the Regional Congress in the spring.
Delegates from Canisius at the meeting were Father F. P. Roth¬ lauf, S.J. and Messrs. John Cala- nan, J. Patrick Cotter, John Hen¬ nig, Richard Mattimore, Richard Murphy, Hugh O'Neil, Raymond Sinclair, and J. B. Walsh.
Initial Meeting Well Attended
At the initial meeting of the Reparation Society, 860 students crowded into the Auditorium for nocturnal devotions in honor of the Blessed Virgin. The total from each year was: 2 56 Seniors, 177 Juniors, 197 Sophomores, and 214 Freshmen.
Father Raymond Anable, S.J., Moderator, commended this as an encouraging display of Catholic Action, and urged that such devo¬ tion continue throughout the rest of the school year. This month's attendance brings the aggregate number of Canisius students who have attended Nocturnal Adoration to 9167.