The Griffin: volume 18, issue 13 - Apr. 13, 1951

              GLEE CLUB AT PERRYSBURG
Robert  Schulz directs  Gleesters in  warmup  for  25th  Anniversary Concert.
Glee Club Prepares For "Operation 25"
By ROBERT BIESINGER and DICK NOWAK
"Operation 25" will become a reality on April 27. when the College Glee Club will present its Silver Anniversary
Concert at  Kleinhans Music Hall.    The concert  itself,
composed of a very diversified pro¬ gram, will begin at 8:30 p.m., and will be followed by dancing in the Mary Seaton Room. Les Erlenbach's orchestra will furnish the music for the dancing.
Consisting of several outstand¬ ing classical pieces, the program is also balanced with several re¬ freshing popular numbers. Repre¬ sented among the classical works are two of Beethoven's master¬ pieces, his "Hallelujah Chorus" and the "Prisoners' Chorus" from "Fidelio." The Gregorian "Mag¬ nificat," and Stahl's "Sing Joyfully to God" are also on the program. Among the more popular pieces to be presented are the Fred Waring arrangement of "Dry Bones," and the ever-popular "Whispering."
Warmup Concerts
The soloists for the evening will be William M. Meissner, III, sing¬ ing, "I Hear You Calling Me," and Robert M. Priore, presenting "The Green-Eyed Dragon." Al¬ fred Boyd, Jr., will accompany the soloists.
The Club has worked hard on the music and performed very well in its recent concerts given at the St. Francis Home in Gar- denville, Sisters' Hospital School of Nursing, and the J. N. Adam Memorial Hospital in Perrysburg.
The musical quality of the or¬ ganization was excellent in these appearances, showing the pains¬ taking guidence of Director Robert Schulz. He has injected an en¬ thusiasm into this well-trained body which, coupled with the talent of the Club and a well-chosen pro¬ gram, promises to produce one of the best concerts ever witnessed by the  Club.
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Alumni-Senior Breakfast Set
The Senior Class and the Alumni will hold a joint Communion    breakfast   on
Sunday, April 29. Tom Ferraro has been selected as the student chair¬ man of the affair, while Mr. James Oddy, '28, is the alumni chairman. Mass will be celebrated at St. Michael's on Washington St. by Father Raymond Schouten, S.J., at 9:00 a.m. Father Philip Carroll, S.J., will deliver the sermon. This will be followed by breakfast in the ballroom of the Hotel Statler.
Student Chairman Tom Fer¬ raro has appointed Gerry Fornes in the Administration Building, and Sebastian Miano in the Dela¬ van Division, as student captains for the promotion of the event. Senior Class president, Ed Fox, and Alumni president, Mr. J. J. Haggerty, are honorary chairmen.
Admission is two dollars a per¬ son and Seniors are requested to make this payment to either of the student-alumni representatives in each philosophy section.
Frosh Orators Vie for Award
On Friday, April 20, at 8:00 p.m., in the Little Theatre, Dela¬ van Division, the fifth annual Freshman Oratorical Contest will be held. Richard F. Griffin will act as chairman for the event, which is under the moderation of Mr. James A. McKeough, S.J.
The speakers will compete for the Father Joseph E. Schieder Award for excellence in Fresh¬ man oratory and will be judged on the presentation as well as the structure of their speeches.
The contestants and the titles of their speeches are as follows: Ronald J. Becht, "Christian Chal¬ lenge"; John J. Carney, "John Henry Cardinal Newman"; John P. Grimaldi, "Father Joseph Dam- ien, Apostle of the Lepers"; Sal- vatore J. Messena, "Alfred E. Smith"; Richard R. Romanowski, "The Great  Lovers."
Friday, the 13th, Superstitions Defied by Dauntless Dancers
By CLYDE LESNORSMORFUL
The publicity that has been im¬ pinging upon you as you stroll through Canisius halls, heralds the Superstition Dance, the first post- Easter informal, to be held at the Villa  this  evening.
Early this week, Dance Chairman Mike Avanzato announced the com¬ pletion of arrangements calculated to provide "a bewitching evening for all who attend." Dick Ols¬ zewski, in charge of ticket sales, has advised us that tickets are available from all members of the
Math Club, the sponsoring organi¬ zation.    The usual refreshments for
the  dancers  will  be  furnished  by Bob  Ivory.
Publicity, built around the superstitious associations of Friday the thirteenth, was handled by John Amico. Dancing will com¬ mence at 8:30 p.m., to music furnished by the "Five Notes."
If by some chance you have not purchased your tickets as yet, re¬ member, don't be too superstitious to get them at the door tonight. The price will still be $1.20 per couple, and the only restriction is —no black cats or groups of 13 will   be  allowed.
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Vol. XVIII, No.  13
CANISIUS COLLEGE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
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April  13,  1951
Self Service "Sale Is Library's New Edition
By JACK JOYCE
Once again, our library staff has adopted the modern touch. This afternoon in the library, a "self-service book sale"  will  be opened  for the students.   A   special rack
adjacent   to   the   charge   desk  wil
CHAIRMAN
Tom Ferraro is chairman for the forthcoming joint Communion Breakfast of the Alumni Asso¬ ciation and the present Senior Class.
NFCCS Convenes At Nazareth College
"The Role of the Catholic Col¬ lege Student and His Parish," will be the theme of the annual Con¬ gress of the Lake Erie Region of the National Federation of Catholic College Students, which will be held Saturday, April 14, at Naza¬ reth College, Rochester, New York. Students from the ten schools in the region including Canisius have been invited to attend the Con¬ gress.
contain volumes which are offered for purchase at ten cents a tome. Select any book you want and make your payment in the box provided for this.
All the books consist of titles secured from various sources by the library and not deemed as necessary additions to the library's resources for one reason or another. Also, some are duplicates which are no longer in such great de¬ mand.
Students should be careful to observe that the sale procedure applies only to those books placed on the special "sale" rack, and regardless of the individual's pur¬ chasing power, the supply does not include the regular library collection. However, the sale will not be supervised, as the library trusts to the honor of its custom¬ ers. As a necessary corollary of this "non - intervention" policy,
Life of Roaring '20's Theme of Dooley Novel
A new novel tentatively titled "The Best of Times," by Mr. Roger B. Dooley of the Canisius English Depart¬ ment, author of "Less Than the Angels" and "Days Beyond Recall," will be published-
late in 1951 by Doubleday and rampant bootlegging led to every Company, the writer revealed re- other form of corruption, "The cently on his return from New Best of Times" deals with the un- York, where final contracts were u s u a 1 problem faced by an signed. Largest publishing house estranged husband and wife, both in the trade, Doubleday is the Catholic, when both are strongly sponsor of the Literary Guild and tempted by the standards of the several other book clubs, as well day to divorce and remarry outside as owner of the Doubleday chain the Church. Manners, morals, of book stores. songs, dances, books, plays, movies,
While all the characters in the politics and all the other details new book figured in "Days Beyond that made the atmosphere of the Recall," Mr. Dooley says that this roaring '20's what they were, are is not a sequel, and can be read reflected as faithfully as were those independently of the other. Set of an earlier era in "Days Beyond in the Buffalo of the 1920's, when     Recall."
neither will the librarians referee any arguments arising between or among eager book collectors who desire the same book.
Also, considerable material will be given away "free" today. This material consists of pamphlets, re¬ print material, etc., which the li¬ brary receives from time to time and does not need for its collection. This material will be placed on a table outside the library entrance. Help yourself!
Little Theatre Elects Officers
Tino Bellanca was elected presi¬ dent of the Little Theatre at the final meeting of this organization last Sunday evening, April 8. Others elected to office were Charles Salter, vice-president; Tom Knorr, secretary; Bill Cotter, treas¬ urer; and Chet Glica, historian. Also, plans were made for a sum¬ mer party, and preparations for entering a float in the Moving-Up- Day parade were discussed.
Before the business meeting, the movie version of "Hamlet" was shown. The entire staff of St. Mary's Infant Home were invited to the showing, due to the fact that through an oversight, they had never been invited to a Little Thea¬ tre performance (even though these are the good nuns that are located next to the Delavan Division). The error is due to the fact that they are listed in the phone book as an institution rather than under the usual "Sister Superior" head¬ ing.