The Griffin: volume 22, issue 11 - Feb. 25, 1955

              CANISIUS ACCEPTS NCAA BID
First NCAA Bid Won; Students Greet Victors
Never before, in the history of Canisius College have the Golden Griffins flown towards and reached the objective of every college basketball team in the nation — the glory and grandeur of haskethall heights — a post season
tournament — national  acknow"
Vol. XXII—NO.  11
Canisius College, Buffalo,  New  York
Feb.  25,   1955
edgement   of   a   successful   cam¬ paign.
Displaying tlie spirit and fight, intangibles which were present even through the "dark days" of last season, a determined Canisius cage contingent has won a berth in the nation's largest major college tournament on the strength of their 14-4 record and their dazzling triumph over \'illa- nova.
This year marks the first time   a   Canisius   team   lias ever been  invited to  parti¬ cipate in tbe N.C.A.A.  and only   tbe   second   time   that a   Blue   and   Gold   quintet has   participated   in   a   na¬ tional   ])ost-season   tourney. The other time was in 1944 when a Griffin club played in tbe N.I.T., being elimin¬ ated  in  tbe opening  round by Oklahoma A&M. Shortly    after    accepting    the much   coveted   bid,   Canisius  was notified   that   its   opening   round opponent would be the New Eng- lang   Champion   whom   they   will face    in    New    York's    Madison Square  Garden  on  Alarch  Sth. If     successful      in      this initial encounter,  tbe team then   will   travel   to   Phila¬ delphia    on    the   eleventh, and    if   again   triumphant, play    once    more    on    the twelfth.
The finals of tbeN.C.A.A. will be held in Kansas on tbe 18tb and 19tli of March, tbe winner, of course, being crowned the national champion.
Joining the Griffs as at-large teams in the tourney are Mar¬ quette and Villanova. ^Marquette is currently working on a rather lengthy winning streak and \'illa-
ndva. although soundly trounced by the Griffins, is a team that is capable of rising to astronomical heights as is evidenced by their two wins over North Carolina State.
STUDENTS   RALLY
Cheers, songs and general hysteria reigned in the waiting room of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad terminal last Thursday as appro.ximately ISO loyal Griffin fans, all loyal stu¬ dents of the college, welcomed the arrival of the Canisius College basketball team from Philadelphia, following the Griffins' savage as¬ sault on highly ranked Mllanova.
Tbe j)urely spontaneous welcome to the victorious team was organized less than one hour before the train from Philadelphia was due to arrive in Buf¬ falo and was one of the greatest manifestations of College spirit in Canisius liistory.
Upon the train's arrival, the crowd streamed through onto the platform, assembling around the Griffs' train coach cheering wildly as the team members and coaches stepped off. Cameras flashed as the crowd waved such signs as: "Welcome Team," "Go, Go, Go," and "NCAA, Here We Cornel"
A spontaneous rally was held in the Student Lounge, during which Capt. Bob Adams expressed his gratitude on behalf of the entire team for the welcome accorded  it.
The students then paraded out of the Lounge in a .semi-conga line, which snaked its way throughout the first two floors of the building.
Fr. Gillis To Give Lecture
Father James M. Gillis, C.S.P. of New York City will deliver the seventh    annual
Lenten lecture to be sponsored by the Edmund Campion Society of Canisius College on March 6th at Kleinhans Music Hall.
Father Gillis, formerly editor of The Catholic World, author of the na¬ tionally syndicated column '¦What's Right With the \*> orld" and speaker since 1930 on the Catholic Hour radio program will talk on '"World Unity — Ideal and Real."
Author of seven books and a contributor to the Catholic Ency¬ clopedia Father Gillis has been the recipient of honorary doctor¬ ates from five universities. He has also been elected to membership in the outstanding Catholic Liter- asy Society in America, The Acad¬ emy of Living Catholic Authors.
Debators To Oppose U. B.
In preperation for its heavy   March   schedule,   the
.Academia tomorrow will send two teams to participate in the Uni¬ versity of Buffalo tournament. The U. B. Tourney is the Acade¬ mia's third major tournament this year.
Sporting an excellent rec¬ ord of 27 wins and 8 loses, tbe teams of Charles Scibet¬ ta and Larry Mattar debat¬ ing negatively and John ^leyers and Marty Rauch, affirmative will represent Canisius.
Scheduled for March are three major tournaments including trips to Brooklyn. Syracuse and Wash¬ ington plus a panal discussion with Rosary Hill College and a engagement with D'Youville Col¬ lege.
Yeah Team . . . .  ! by wertz
This is the mob which found its way from the Lehigh  Valley
Terminal  to  the  Canisius  Student  Lounge  after welcoming  the Griffins, after their Philadelphia trip.
SYRACUSE EXCURSION
$5.50 .
DUE FEB. 28!
Just the Facts ....
Father   Bouwhuis,   Librarian,   submits   an Father Morris, Dean of the College.
by Wertz
evaluation   report   to
Facts On Evaluating Association Learned
- By MARTIN  RAUCH
Your newspaper sent a reporter to interview Father Bouwhuis. the librarian of Canisius College, and the Chair¬ man of the Self-Evaluation Program. Your reporter was in¬ structed to get the pertinent facts
about the visit of the representa¬ tives of the ^fiddle States Asso¬ ciation, March 2-5.
Question: Father, what is the Middle States .Association and what does it try to do?
Ansicer: This organiza¬ tion is a free, cooperative membership organization of colleges and high schools in the area extending from New York to Maryland. These institutions are band¬ ed   together   to   help   each
other to improve their teaching, make their ad¬ ministration more effective and economical, to protect the name of higher educa¬ tion, and to give the public some assurance of the qual¬ ity of the scholastic work done by tbe member insti¬ tutions. Question:    How  does  a  school
get into this organization?
.Answer:    The   officials  of   the
school apply to the Middle States (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1)
Thesipiaiisi Tci Pre§ieiit ^Cray Fedttra^. 'Hope'
Tim Sheehan and Fred Conascenti are off to Syracuse to bring hack the laurels from the Intra - Province Jesuit One  Act  Play   Festival.     The   contest   takes   place  in  the
Le   Moyne   College   Auditorium	
Saturday, February 26th.
A   Premier  of  tbe  'Gray Fedora'   was   given   to   the Little    Theater    Group    at their   meeting   last   Friday night  and  the  opinion was unanimous  that  Tim  Shee¬ han, who carries the burden of the play, did an excellent job in ])utting the sophisti¬ cated  idea across. The  Little  Theater  group  has been  rather  busy since  February first,   working   on   the   one   act play   and   rehearsing   Patrick Hamilton's   'Rope'   at   the   same time.    The   cast   for   'Rope'   lists Suzanne  Spencer as Leila.  Mary Calabro as Mrs. Debenham, Russ Sciabner as Sabot. Charles Shaver
and F>ed Conascenti. as Brandon and  Granillo. the murderers.
Hank Buczkowski is Sir Johnstone Kentley, father of the murdered boy, Charles McAuliffe is Ken¬ neth Raglan and Timothy Sheehan is Rupert, the Pro¬ fessor who analyses the re¬ actions of the two murder¬ ers and comes to the accur¬ ate conclusion of what they have done. The play is sus¬ penseful with an odd twist — how will tbe murderers give themselves away and how will they be detected?
Opening date is Friday, March 18.