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Croils Says, \No One Has Broupht Up duttweiler Wins, Question oi Dormitories to Council *‘No one has actually brought up the question of a dormi tory to the Council. The Council till now has not questioned the need of a dormitory,” said Comptroller Gieorge D. Crofts ■when interviewed by the ARGUS. Mr. Crofts pointed out that he was sure that the Council would give consideration to the need for a dormitory on the campus. “Every one of us wants a dormitory,” he said. When asked the procedure* the students should follow in presenting their case for a dor mitory to th e Council, the Comptroller advised gathering full information on the situa tion and then presenting it to Beyer Elected, Jaffee Appointed Norton Auditorium To Be Used As Lunch Room; Hilk To Be Sold ton Union who in turn would present it to the. Council via Chancellor Capen. The ARGUS pointed out to the Comptroller that the stu*i dents felt that they should^ have a voice in the manage ment of the Book Store and the Cafeteria. “I don’t know wheth er the University would want to share the running of these,” he answered. Mr. Crofts said that these were financial orga nizations arid as such the Univ ersity is fully 'responsible for them.'’“A final'TIecisien on this would have to come from the Committee on CJerieral Admi nistration,” th e University Comptroller said' “The Book Store and Cafe teria are run on a non-profit basis,” Mr. Crofts said. He con tinued, saying that this does not mean that some months there-is not a profit nor that in other months that there is hot a-deficit but that both or ganizations a r e r u n so that there is no profit on the ave rage. When asked if the ARGUS could publish a profit-and-loss statement for the Book Store and Cafeteria, Mr. Crofts said that he would be in favor of the publication of such a state ment for an average month. However, the final permission would have to come from the Committee on General Admi nistration. Mr. Crofts agreed to ask the Committee at its next meeting for permission to Iriiblish such a statement. UNExhibj[|Nowal Museum of Science The future of the entire world depends on the success of the United Nations. Individ- ual help toward that success can be had only from an edu cated and well-informed pub lic. . During January “KnoW your United Nations” month will be observed throughout the City of Buffalo and the Counties of the Niagara Frontier. The Vis ual Information Section of the United Nations has prepared a comprehensive and interest ing exhibit now on display in the Buffalo Museuiri of Science throughout the month of Jan uary. ■ Mayor Bernard J. Dowd has called upon the citizens of Buf falo to devote themselves dur- this period to a study of t>« UN so that the individual may_ Permission has been' granted to use the Auditorium of Norton Union as a lunch room for those bringing lunches, it “Winner Take All” is an old. was announced at the Board pf Managers meeting last Thurs- saying. It’s also a radio program. evening. Starting about February 16, milk will be sold in „ , .. . the Auditorium to those bringing their lunches. The price of Furthermore it is e^ctly what' one-third of a quart. Miss Dorothea C. Duttweiler, ipjjg Constitution of the NSA was ratified by the' Board assistant professor in the ^ h o o l at jts meeting and it was announced that UB had placed a ’ ‘ ' \ ~ bid for the New York state NSA regioMl conference scheduled for March 13 and 14;\CDrnell is also binding for the conference. Other business included the approval of^the budget for the Junior Prom, and the -setting of a tenative date for the elec- of Education, did when she ap- pe'ared on that program dur ing the recent holiday vacation. Among Miss Duttweiler’s winings were a 21 jewfel wrist watch, a $100 certificate good for men's clothing accessories, n,nd an aluminunv dinette set, Scholasti.c commitments prompted her return to Buffalo and withdrawal from the radio show without being beaten. Otherwise she might very well be there yet. UB Prof. Charles J. Beyer, head of the Department of Romance Languages was elected chair man of the discussion group on seventeenth century French literature at the recent meeting of the Modern Language Asso ciation of America, in Detroit; Pros and Cons On UHT Staled tion of the Board of Managers ___ for March 16 and 17. One of the bills On the agenda Jones, President of the of the present session of Con-j^”®^*^’ announced that new gress is H. R. 4278, a house biil M'S^ts were being installed at that grew out of the Report of Law School and that per- Dr. Louis L. Jaffe was re cently appointed to the dean- become aware of his personal ship of the Law School. He re- responsibilities in helping to support this program for world peace. Keller To Address Radio Playhouse Fred Keller, program direct or of station WBEN, will add ress a meeting of the Radio Playhouse, and other interest ed students, at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 14 in the East Room. The protninant Buffalo lec turer, radio actor and instruct or will speak on radio drama tics. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Murray Wolfe, president of the club, emphasized the need of radio .script writers. Scripts must be a dramatization of some event in Buffalo history. They should be written for a half-hour program or about 26 page.'j of double-spaced typing. CSCO ORGANIZED ON UB CAMPUS RECENTLY Formation of a Christmas Sci ence College Organization at the University of Buffalo was announced by Emanuel Peter Paxhia, president of the orga nization. ■The aim of this group, which has been recognized by the principal universities in the United States, is to present an opportunity for the student body, members of the faculty and personnel of the University, to attend Christian Science meetings on the campus. Meet ings are held in Norton Union every Tuesday at 4:30 P. M. Periodicals will be available and pertinent literature on Christian Science may be found in Lockwood Memorial Library. placed Judge Philip Halpern who resigned to ascend the Su preme Court Bench to which he was recently elected. the President’s Advisory Com mission on Universal Military Training, May 29, 1947. In short, the bill provides that all men upon reaching the age of 18 must spend 12 months in the Armed Forces. A necent investigation made by the ,U. S. National Student mission had been granted to turn an area behind Norton into a skating rink. Explaining that the Consti tution of Norton Union had previously been misinterpreted, the Board asked Meyer J. Ah- gott to resign as Business Man ager from one of the two pa- Association reveale<i the rkthfer! pnra. The Constituition states shocking fact that. very little' that no one may hoik the posi- information has been released | Business MaTOger in to the individual student con- more than one catnpus activity. cerning the arguments' pro and con on the subject should the United States adopt a system of Universal Military Training. To further knowledge and discus sion on this most vital of Amer ican problems, the ARGUS is printing these arguments for , , _ enlightenment of U B students. so the ARGUS is not taking a stand for or against Universal Militarji Training at this time. The Report of the President’s Commission gave- affirmative support to UMT on the basis of many arguments. Proceeding from the belief that, “as long as there is a |erlous conflict of interest and ideology between any of the most powerful com ponents of the United Nations, there is always a possible FORMS READY AT REGISTRAR’S OFF. C u r r'ently registered students in t^e College of Arts' and lienees, the School of Education and the Graduate- School of Arts and Sciences should pick-up second semester regudration material at the Register’s Office, Hayes 201, in accordance with the following sche dule: Monday, January 12, Graduate students, Seniors a n d Juniors; Thursday, January 15, Sophomores; and Monday, January 19, Freshmen, unclassified and part-time students. Jaffe is a nationally noted auth ority on administrative law The new dean has been a member of the UB law faculty for 11 years, serving as professor of law. Judge Halpern will co«n- titnue as professor of law in the School. UB Dr. Edith R. Schneckenburg- er, assistant professor of Ma thematics, was elected Associate Secretary of the Mathematical Association of America Jat its recent annual meeting, profes sor Harry M. Gehman of the UB Math Department, b^an his fiive-year term as S^retary- Treasurer at this meeting. UH ; Representing the Dei)artment of Christian Social Relations, of the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Dean Niles Carpenter of the University of Buffalo School of Social Work attended a three- Silverman Tells Why To Bead Great Books One way to face the com-) plex problems of the modern world is to read the great books of 100 or 1000 or perhaps of 2000 years ago. Dr. Oscar A- Silverman, professor of Eng- - lish at the 'University of Buf- ‘ falo, declares in an article in the current issue of the Wilson Bulletin. Why read the great books?’* asked Dr, Silverman. Here'.s his answer. “The intelligent adult's greatest need is to grow up sufficiently fo be strong enough to face the realities of his world. One way to achieve danger that even a minor action'such an end is to read the might be the spark which would! great writings of the past and ignite a world conflagration,” j to discuss them with other the Commission expressed its adults not os archaeology but belief in the necessity for uni-1 as reality. Problems are not versal training for the United solved, but in working with States. To this argument the his teachers — the books them- foes of UMT reply that our top selves — the reader may come political and military leaders to recognize the permanency do not seem to be nearly as active in strengthening the UN as they are In getting a univer sal training law. The Report goes on to staite that military,^ weakness is a tional Justice and Goodwill of the Federal Council of Churches in Philadelphia. Dean Carpenter has been a ~ missi a Just and Durable Peace bf the Federal Council of Churches of Christ im America sijKe the organization of that body early in the war.. The work of the Commission has recently been merged into that of the Depart ment of International Justice and Goodwill. I point out the absolute evid ence that the Axis Powers went to War because of the un-‘ preparedness of France, Eng land, and the-United States. We of the dilemmas which he and his changing world must face.’* The bulletin also contains - articles by Dr. Nathaniel Can tor, head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Buffalo, and Mrs. Helen Huguenor Ly man, in charge of the Great Books Discussion Groups of the Buffalo Public Library. Switzerland have had universal training for many yeans with excellent results and no wars.’’ UMT’s foes counter argument Kith the statement that the ..Section of a huge Aiherican military power wiU only,result result in the ropitition “of Jy in tl T?!ontinuk8 on Page 4) Mrs. Osbonnie Talks Mrs. Dora W. Osbourne . t will address a meeting of this ;P jjjg .Veteran Student Wives’ Club lo be held Monday, January 19, at 7:45 pm, in the West Room of Norton Union.
