The Griffin: volume 18, issue 08 - Jan. 12, 1951

              Capital Reports ROTC for Canisius
News dispatches from Washington this week report that Canisius is one of 33 colleges in 22 states which are scheduled bv the armed services to conduct an R.O.T.C.
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Alumni Sponsor Raffle of Car
The Canisius College Alumni Association will give away a 1951 Studebaker at the Canisius - Niag¬ ara basketball game on Saturday, March 3. Proceeds from the raffle will be used to: (1) donate the main altar to the new collegiate chapel of Christ the King, and (2), to defray the expenses of the 1951 Block "C" Dinner which will honor the Canisius athletes.
Raffle books are ten dollars each and the seller receives three dollars plus a chance for a $250 bonus that goes to the seller of the win¬ ning ticket. If a student disposes of six ten-dollar books, he will be given a student ticket on the Feb¬ ruary basketball excursion to New York City. These excursion tickets are worth $26. Raffle books may be procured in Father Diehl's of¬ fice in the Main Building or in Father O'Brien's office in the Del¬ avan Division.
The Honorable Christy J. Bus- caglia, '29, Surrogate of Erie County and general chairman of the excur¬ sion, anticipates a turnout of 300 alumni and their friends.
Frosh Oratorical Tryout Date Set
Tryouts for those who are in¬ terested in entering the Fifth An¬ nual Freshman Oratorical Con¬ test, are scheduled for February 6 and 8. The six orators who are selected will deliver speeches of ten to fifteen minutes' duration on various aspects of a general topic to be announced in the Griffin later. This contest will be held on April 20 in the Little Theatre and the winner will receive the Father Joseph E. Schieder Medal.
Applicants must prepare a three to five minute, memorized speech. Tryouts will be in Room 215 of the Main Building from 1:15-2:00 p.m. on the days mentioned above. For any additional information, Mr. James A. McKeough, S.J., may be consulted.
unit on campus. The report comes as no great surprise, inasmuch as the armed service inspectors who visited Canisius last fall were high¬ ly pleased with the college's facil¬ ities.
Unfortunately, up to Griffin press time, no official notification has been received from Washington at the Reverend President's office, and it is thus far impossible to give either confirmation of the news dis¬ patches, or details of the program, if and when it is established at Canisius. A report will be made as soon as the facts of the situa¬ tion are cleared up.
Hobby Show To Encourage Student Skills
Canisius men with a hobby will have a chance to display their art at a hobby show which will take place February 23 and 24 in the Delavan Division.
All who are interested are re¬ quested to notify Father Francis X. O'Brien, S.J., as soon as pos¬ sible, both as to their hobby and the articles which they wish to enter, so that final arrangements can be made.
Vol. XVIII, No. 8
CANISIUS COLLEGE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
January   12,   1951
Jack Joyce New Editor-in-Chief As Staff Editors Take Offices
NEW EDITORS OF THE GRIFFIN
Left  to   right:    fack   Cavagnaro,   Geot
Bob Biesinger, Dave Zimpfer, Bernie Hess.  Seated:  Jack Joyce
—photo by Mahar e  Donadoni,   Don   Spring
Tonight's NFCCS Dance Benefits Overseas Program
A $25 first prize offered to encourage enter the show.
has   been students   to
Tonight, from 8:30 to midnight scene of another  informal  dance auspices of the Lake Erie region
the Villa will he the this one under the the NFCCS.   Ad-
Try the Crystal Ball At the Country Club
By PETE CAVARETTA and TERRY GORZYNSKI
As  we gaze  into  our  crystal  ball,  we  see  one  date stand out above all others - - the evening of January 24,
1951. On this evening it will come to pass that the first
off-campus,
semi-formal affair to be sponsored in many a year by Evening Division students will be presented. The sponsoring groups are the Tekakwitha Club and the Men's  Organization.
To those of you who cannot re¬ main with us any farther than the end of this paragraph, note well the following information. The name of our dance is contained in   the   sixth   and   seventh   words
COMMITTEE  HEADS PLAN CRYSTAL BALL —photo by Szulczewski
Left  to   right:   fean   Gaul in,   Ruth   Moran, Eugene   Collins,   Pete
Cavaretta,   fohn   Eagan,   Joan   Cummings, Mary   Ann   Manning, Lorrine Poivloivski.
of the above paragraph, and if you haven't cheated and skipped some, you have found the date in the next line. From the hours of 9 to 1, the Grover Cleveland Country Club will be privileged to play host to Sammy Fanara's orchestra. Sammy is one of the few local band leaders who have received national recognition on the Horace Heidt talent show.
Fantastic as it may seem, the tariff will be only $3 per couple!
Complete bar service will be available for those who wish it. During intermission a prince and princess will be chosen to lead the grand march of the ball.
All Welcome
A cordial invitation is extended to students of the day school. Tickets may be purchased on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12:45 to 1:10 near the Senior Room of the Main Build¬ ing; in the Delavan Division they will be available during the same period on Tuesdays and Fridays at the Main Street entrance. The bookstore will have tickets at all times. For the convenience of evening students, there will be tickets on sale at a table in the main foyer every evening at the hours of 4, 6, and 8:30.
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mission is $.75 per person; pro¬ ceeds going to the Federation's Overseas Service Program.
It is a stag dance—the first held here in many a moon (but you can bring the ball and chain if you wish). Music will be furnished by Jack Joyce and his new "Time to Rejoice" combo.
Sponsored jointly by D'You¬ ville, Rosary Hill, Niagara, St. Bonaventure and Canisius, stu¬ dents from all five schools are welcome. Students of Mercyhurst, Nazareth and Villa Maria have also been invited, as well as mem¬ bers of the student nursing pro¬ gram here at Canisius.
The Overseas Service Program aims to send money abroad to aid student relief in Europe.
Informal Senior Snapshots New 'Azuwur' Feature
"Senior Informals" will be the title of pages 84 and 85 in the 1951 Azuwur. They will contain photographs of the present Senior class in their summer occupations and vacations. Any Senior who has either a print or negative of himself or other Seniors is re¬ quested to paper-clip his name and ethics class on the face of the picture and turn it in at Room 3, Dewey Hall.
Bob Doyle, editor of the year¬ book's photography staff, has scheduled a party for his staff in Room 1 of Dewey Hall. Enter¬ tainment and refreshments are promised.
Jack Joyce, Junior Arts student, has been chosen to succeed    Barry    Shay    as
Editor-in-Chief of the Griffin, Canisius College bi-weekly student newspaper.
Jack and his new staff of editors will be formally installed at the annual Griffin banquet to be held in the Chinese Room of the Park Lane Restaurant on January 31.
The new editors are as follows: News, Bob Biesinger; Sports, Don Spring; Make-Up, George Dona¬ doni; Business, Dave Zimpfer; Circulation, Jack Cavagnaro; Ex- change, Bernie Hess. Tom Fitz¬ simons has been chosen as Asso¬ ciate Editor.
the   men   who   will Griffin's    affairs    for
These   are handle    the
1951-2, heaven and Uncle Sam willing. If these editors do remain for a full term, it is still a safe bet that the present staff will be sadly depleted by next fall (or even earlier). Consequently students with a desire to work on the paper, especially Sophomores and Fresh¬ men, are encouraged to apply at the Griff in Office or to contact one of the above editors.
Cuts Excused For Excursion
Reservations for the CCNY-Canisius excursion to Madison Square Garden must be made by Monday, January 15. According to Ed Fox, student chairman of the project, a down payment of $5 constitutes the registration fee.
The excursion leaves Central Terminal at 8 a.m. on February 15, and arrives in New York City at 4:30 p.m. At 8 p.m. the first half of the double header brings Niagara against St. John's; Cani¬ sius meets City College in the sec¬ ond game. It is important for everyone to bring his student athletic book since it must be shown for admission to the game.
Excused cuts are being allowed by the Registrar's office for that Thursday and Friday, thus grant¬ ing an extended week-end to any¬ one who would like to remain in New York.
HAPPY EXAMS!