The Griffin: volume 24, issue 08 - Feb. 1, 1957

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VOL. XXIV—No. 8
Canisius College, Buffalo, New York
February  1,  1957
Brunning Named To Head Editorial Staff
By GEORGE PEARCE
Gerald Brunning, a Junior English major in the Arts curriculum, has been appointed to succeed Mike Collins as Editor-in-chief of the Griffin. Brunning served as News editor for the past year, and prior to holding that post was
a  member of the Features staff.     	
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The appointment was an¬ nounced at the annual Griffin Awards Banquet held January 23 in the College cafeteria.
Other administrative po- gitions    listed    are:    David Collins, News editor;  Paul Dommer,   Makeup    editor; Carl Zakrzewski, Copy edi¬ tor;   Lorenzo   Gurreri,   Ex¬ change      editor;      Thomas Ferjier,    Circulation    man¬ ager,   and    Michael    Doug¬ herty,  Features  Editor. It was also announced by Col¬ lins that Neil Stievater and Rob¬ ert Gareis would continue in the capacities   of   Sports   editor   and Business manager, respectively.
The new editors are Juniors, with the exception of Collins, Dommer, Dougherty and Gurreri, who are Sophomores.
The first issue under the new editors will be published on Feb. IS.
In addition to serving as a for¬ mal installation for the new edi¬ torial staff, the banquet was a tribute to the retiring members of the outgoing editorial board. In addition to Collins, they are: Ray .'\damek. Makeup; Russ Scribner, Copy; Terry Murphy, Circula¬ tion; and Wally Webdale, Ex¬ change.
Griffin keys for two or more years of service to the paper were awarded to Col¬ lins, Brunning, Stievater, Adamek, Scribner, Mur¬ phy, Webdale, Joe Mc¬ Guire,   Sibby   Fasanello,
Ron Nowak, Fred Cieslak, Ed Willick, Jack Zaidel and Joe Keohane.
Bill Mazer, play-by-play an¬ nouncer of Canisius basketball games, was guest speaker at the banquet. The WGR sportscaster held the rapt attention of the for¬ ty journalists in attendance for well over an hour. During much of the talk Mazer answered ques¬ tions from the floor.
Freishmeii Caist Votes
Today, the election of a new slate of Freshman Class officers is being held in the
Student Council Office. The polls will close at 3:30 this afternoon.
The procedure for submitting a ballot consists in giving five points for the office of president, four and three for the two vice- presidents, two for secretary, and one for the choice of the position of treasurer.
The candidates for office are as follows: Patrick Bodkin, Ha¬ rold Brand, James Campagna, Dennis Dundon, Anthony Guiz- zotti, John Kirsch.
Joseph Laughlin, David Mc¬ Laughhn, William Maguire, Ar¬ thur Tomczak, and Peter Zalew¬ ski.
John Castro, Student Council Chairman of Elections, will con¬ duct the balloting with the aid of Peter Conroy, Robert Hickey, and William Lyons.
Fair Lady At Concert
The Glee Club finished an exhaustive first semester tour with three concerts on December  16. The first was
held at the St. Francis Home for the .A.ged in Williamsville, the sec¬ ond at the Erie County Home for the Aged in Wende and the third at the Catholic Association for the  Blind here  in  Buffalo.
Last Sunday, January  27,  the officers of the Club met to initiate plans for the annual Spring Con¬ cert and dance which will be held on Friday April 26, at Kleinhans M,usic Hall.   This concert will be the  highlight of a spring season which will be opened on February 14 with a concert and dance at Rosary   Hill   College.    This   will mark the first appearance of the club at Rosary Hill in four years. Other concerts in the still incomplete spring schedule will be given at Mercy Hos¬ pital,    Mount    St.    Mary's, Mercyhurst College in Erie, St.  Mary of the Angels in Williamsville, and the Buf¬ falo Veterans' Hospital. The Glee Club began rehearsals last week with a four song medley from   the  hit  musical  "My   Fair Lady,"  which  will  form  the nu¬ cleus of their spring repertoire.
New El'dhorial  Board
Standing  I.   to   r.:   P.   Dommer,  R.   Gareis,  M.   Dougherty,   N. Stievater, D. Collins, C. Zakreweski.   Seated: G. Brunning.
Members Rewarded
A new group of extra¬ curricular merit awards was inaugurated    recently   when
nine Griffin staffers received the first annual "Griffin Editor's Award" at the yearly banquet.
The awards, instituted by Edi¬ tor-in-chief   Mike   Collins,   were given to the writers of  the  best stories throughout  the year. Certificates   were   pre¬ sented to John Zaidel, out¬ standing   newsfeature;   Ke¬ vin O'Neill, outstanding feature; Terry Murphy and Joe   McGuire,   outstanding humor columns; Paul Wea¬ ver,   outstanding   sports story;    Ron    Nowak,    out¬ standing    newsfeature (sports)    and   Ed   Willick, outstanding  sports  feature. News   editor   Jerry   Brunning and sports editor Neil Stievater, because of "their many and varied contributions"  to  the newspaper, were   given   citations   for   "out- standing journalistic achieve¬ ment."
Bill Mazer, guest speaker at the annual Griffin dinner, was presented with a special award for "outstanding sports report¬ ing (radio)".
LES ELGART—Prom Bandleader
Music Of Elgart At Junior Prom
By JERRY BRUNNING
When it comes to dance bands, there are few today that can be named more popular or pleasing than Les El- gart's. Yet it is this same Les Elgart and his band who will make this year's Junior Prom well worth its price.
"Sophisticated    S w i n g,"    the     	
brand of progressive but not rad¬ ical music which Les Elgart has made famous, will be the order of the evening when the "trumpet¬ ers' trumpeter" takes over the band stand at the March 1 Ju¬ nior Prom.
This sophisticated swing has pleased thousands both at live performances, at famous night spots and through the medium of Columbia records. Those who are fortunate enough to come to the Prom can look forward to hear¬ ing the Elgart arrangements of such tunes as "I Never Knew," "I'll See You In My Dreams," "Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me?," and "I Don't Know Why."
Elgart defines his "So¬ phisticated Swing" as mu¬ sic with "a good solid beat; divorced from the shackles of yesterday's music. Its two beat interpretations are conceived for dancing, but its harmonies and counter points are aimed at the ears of a musically discrim¬ inating and discerning gen¬ eration."
That the Elgart band has proved popular with collegiate audiences is shown by a glance at the group's recent performances. R.P.I., Duquesne, Trinity Col¬ lege, Fordham, Ohio, Connecticut and Boston Universities have all enjoyed Elgart at recent dances. The band features the trumpet of Elgart himself while the lead sax is that of his younger brother Larry. The elder Elgart earned the title of "the trumpet players' trumpet player" before he formed his own band, while playing with Bunny Berigan.
After his tour with Berigan, Elgart played with such greats as Charlie Spivak, Harry James and Woody Herman.
In 1947 Elgart decided to try his own wings. It was at this time that Les started his original band which   included   Bill   Finegan, Ralph Flannagan and Nelson Rid¬ dle with Lisa Kirk as vocalist. Besides the feature of the "big  name"  band,  the  Ju¬ nior Class this year offers a  corsage,  a  novelty  favor and    incidentals,    for    the price of a  ticket.  The  ad¬ mission price has been set by the Prom committee at .$9.00,   tbe   same   tab   as charged for the past three years.
Seniors Plan Lenten Retreat
Seniors will have the op¬ portunity to derive great spiritual    benefit    during
Holy Week this year by attend¬ ing a closed retreat from April 18 to 20. It has been planned to hold the retreat at the Jesuit Re¬ treat House in Hamilton, Ontario.
The charge for the retreat will be twenty dollars per person, which each student may pay in installments prior to the retreat.
All Seniors interested in at¬ tending this retreat are asked to contact the representative who has been appointed in each Ethics section, as soon as pos¬ sible. These are: Section A, Her¬ man Geraci; Section B, Charles McAuHffe; Section C, James Dunn; Section D, Joseph Dow¬ dell, and Section E, Angelo Tona. In indicating his desire to attend the retreat, each Senior is also asked to inform the rep¬ resentative of any preference he may have in the choice of a re¬ treat-master.