The Griffin: volume 21, issue 06 - Dec. 4, 1953

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Vol. XXI, No. 6
CANISIUS COLLEGE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
December 4,  1953
Oratory Finals Set for Monday
The finals of the annual
Canisius Oratorical Contest will be held next Monday after¬ noon in the student Lounge with five students participating. The students who survived the elimi¬ nation tryouts and will take part in the finals are Bill Buyers, Bob Casey, Bill Ragan, Sal Messina, and Francis Kramer, a student nurse and the first girl ever to enter the contest.
The finals topic will be the same as that in the tryouts, "Twelve Years After," a develop¬ ment of the theme of the changes that have taken place in the world since Dec. 7, 1941, the day of the world-shaking attack on Pearl Harbor, exactly twelve years before this oratorical con¬ test.
The winner will be awarded the Zindeman medal. Judges for the tryouts will be Father An¬ drew L. Bouwhuis, S.J.; Father Robert F. Grewen, S.J., and Mr. Walter J. Barrett.
Phone Campaign Spurs Reparation
An intensive telephone campaign   was  carried   out
last week in an effort to remind every Junior enrolled in the Reparation Society that tonight is nocturnal adoration  night.
Andrew Hammerl, Norman Corda and Bob Jarnot were ac¬ tive in organizing the telephone campaign.
Father Joseph Roth, S.J., mod¬ erator of the Reparation Society, reports the national director of the society, Father John Ryan, S.J., has sent a report on the Canisius program to every Jesuit House in the country.
The report which will be re¬ ceived by about 200 Jesuit com¬ munities was sent in hope others might follow the example set here. This program was sug¬ gested by a request for informa¬ tion recently forwarded by Ford¬ ham.
Canisian Guild To Hold Party
The annual Christmas Party of the Canisian Guild will take place Tuesday evening at 9:00 o'clock in the Student Lounge. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph   W.   Dolan   are   chairmen.
A Santa Claus and a Christmas Tree will be part of the decora¬ tions. Gifts brought by members of the parents' organization of the college will be distributed to or¬ phanages in the area.
Father Paul J. Gampp, S.J., in¬ structor in Theology and modera¬ tor of the parents' group, will be the principal speaker. His talk will concern the meaning of the true- Christmas spirit.
PRACTICE  SESSION —by Halm
Director Robert Schulz leads the College choral group during re¬ hearsal. The Glee Club is currently preparing for its annual Christ¬ mas concert series.
Tickets Now on Sale For Collegiate Dance
Tickets are now on sale for the first Intercollegiate Catholic Dance, which will he held on Friday evening, Decemher 11, in the Knights of Columbus Auditorium. Representatives of the five area Catholic Colleges are collaborating in sponsoring the stag dance.
Price of admission is seventy-five cents. Tickets may be purchased in both Main and Delavan bookstores and from the following committee representatives: Maureen Kelly, Mary Ann Gordon, Joe Bissonette, Fred Floss, Dick Gessert, Ray Naber and Ami Inglisa in the Main Building, and Frank Busteed and Don O'Connor in the Delavan Division.
A number of tickets will be reserved for the door sale. Since the capacity of the Auditorium is limited,    the   committee   advises
students   to   obtain   their   tickets during the advance sale.
The dance is restricted to mem¬ bers of the five sponsoring schools. Those purchasing tickets at the door will be asked to furnish proof identifying them with their respec¬ tive schools.
At a recent committee meeting Father John B. O'Malley, chaplain at Rosary Hill College, was selected as faculty advisor of the dance com¬ mittee. He will act as moderator at all future meetings.
If the project proves successful, the committee hopes to stage a similar affair early next Spring.
Thespians Delight Audience With Standout Performances
By   JIM   KANE
The Canisius Little Theatre, always to he counted upon for a fine performance, seems to have outdone itself in its current production of "The Hasty Heart."
The reality of the plot is en¬ hanced not only by excellent performances by all the members of the cast, but also by the clever casting of the players, each of whom seems to be cut out for his own particular part.
Balanced
The play itself is a well balanced combination of comedy and heart¬ warming drama. The setting is a British hospital in Southeastern Asia sometime during World War II.
Bill Hasset, sporting a well- practiced Scots accent, is out¬ standing as the emotionally con¬ fused and pathetic Lachlen Mac- Lachlen, a Highlander doomed to die as a result of wounds re¬ ceived in battle.
Diane Cammarata does an excel¬ lent job as Sister Margaret, the angel of kindness and charity in the
midst  of  the wise-cracking,  jovial group of recuperating patients.
Chief sources of the play's sparkling humor are Tommy and Yank, played by Joseph Danahy and James Healy. Donald Strikes does an admirable job in the diffi¬ cult role of Blossom, the African tribesman who neither speaks nor understands   English.
Impressive performances were also rendered by James Harmon, as Digger, and Herbert Sweeney, as Kiwi. Ronald Chmiel, as the Brit¬ ish colonel and Timothy Shee¬ han, as an orderly, round out the fine cast.
Tickets are still available in the Delavan Bookstore and Main cafeteria. The play will run through Sunday in the Delavan Division Playhouse.
Songsters Greet Yule With Concert Series
The   126-voiee   Canisius   College   Glee   Club   will present its annual Christmas Concert Sunday. Dee. 13 in the Mary Seaton Room of Kleinhans Music Hall. The   program   for   the   concert
includes "We Wish You A Merry Christmas," Arcadelt's ''Ave Maria," "Two Kings," "Glory to God," "Winter Song," "White- Christmas," "Carol of the Bells," "Sleigh Ride," "Silent Night," "Adeste Fideles," "Angels from the Realms of Glory," "Serenade in the Snow." The closing selection will be "Great and Glorious."
Soloists appearing with the group are Norbert Gazda, Eugene A. Gabalski and Justyn Miller. Gazda will sing "Carol of the Birds." Gabalski will render "The Birthday of a King" and a piano solo will be played by Miller. Thomas Caulfield and Richard Nowak will sing a duet, "Adeste Fideles."
To prepare for this concert and a series of thirteen other appear¬ ances, the organization is rehearsing every Tuesday night in the Student Lounge. Director Robert Schulz and Accompanist Roy Wilhelm have predicted this year will see the best concerts yet given by the Glee- Club.
Radio
Beginning with last Sunday's two appearances, the club will be kept busy until after Christmas. Included is an already tape-re¬ corded concert for broadcast over Radio Station WBEN at a date- sometime  this month.
Included in the concert series are visits to Veterans Hospital, Mercy Hospital, St. Francis Home, Gardenville; St. Anthony's Home, Hamburg; Good Shepherd Con¬ vent, St. Mary of the Angels Home, Williamsville; Catholic- Association for the Blind; Thru- way Plaza; Mt. St. Mary's Acade¬ my, Kenmore and a brief concert in the Student Lounge.
For the Christmas Concert each Glee Club member will be given six tickets free. The concert, whose expenses are borne by the Club itself, is designed as a special per¬ formance for parents and friends of members.
AcademiaTops Bona in Debate
The Academia s w e p t four debates against St. Bonaventure in Olean last Tuesday. Two pairs of teams were involved, one varsity and the other novice.
Debating for the veteran squad were affirmatives Ami Inglisa and Larry Mattar and negatives Hank Jabczynski and Sal Messina. The novice team included Tom Cud- dihy and Joe Brown, affirmatives, and Eb Culliton and John Meyers, negatives.
Tomorrow the Academia will send two teams to Geneseo State- Teachers College to represent Cani¬ sius in a tournament. Frank Gillen and Bill Ragan will take the affirm¬ ative side of the Free Trade topic with Hank Jabczynski and Sal Mes¬ sina handling the negative aspect of the issue.
A debate scheduled for tonight against Cornell University in the Student Lounge was cancelled by Cornell at the last minute.
Cage Pep Rally In Lounge Today
A "Beat Syracuse!" pep rally will be held in the Student Lounge today immediately following fourth period classes. The rally will be brief to allow students time for lunch.
Members of the Griff basketball team are the honored guests. Coach Joe Curran will deliver a short message to the student body.
Don Moffat and Jerry Large will receive awards in recognition of their being chosen as Athletes of the Month during October and November   respectively.
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HASTY  HEART —by  Harasty
A scene from the Little Theatre's production "The Hasty Heart." The play will run through Sunday evening in the Delavan Division Playhouse.