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VOL. n NOVEMBER ‘i, A 1948 BUFFALO, NEW YORK No. 4 Celebrities Support Fraternity Which Backs Equality of Races Admitting Women to Be Hot Topic at Columbus Convention Thanksgiving Weekend By EDWARD SPECTOR Members of Beta S i ^ a Tau, the nation’s first intercultural Greek-letter fraternity, will assemble at Columbus, Ohio during the Thanksgiving recess to complete the f\aternity’s organization. Hailed by George S. Schuyler in “The Worid Today,’’ a column in the Pitts burgh Courier, as “another advance on the road to democracy,” the fraternity has been backed by such prominent Americans as Senator- Elect Hubert Humphrey (D. Minn.), Meivyn Douglas, Branch Rickey, and others. 'Such prominent national publications as the New York Times and The Nation have seen fit to run- articles report.'ng its. progress. At least one of its members already has gained world fame He is Harrison Diilard, an Olympic goid medal winner and a member of the Baldwin-Wallace chapter. < The constitution of Beta Sigma Tau bars discrimination as to race, nationality and religion and is represented on this campus by the fraternity formerly known Omega Phi Delta. Beta Signaa Tau members feel deeply about the issues of racial and religious pre judice. Statements such as the fol lowing accurately state the an tithesis of Beta Sigma Tau’s be lief: “Now, I submit that it is axiomatic that in a democracy i is the privilege of every man to form a voluntary group or society for any legitimate purpose and that group is the sole judge of its own membership qualifications and restrictions.” J. Strom Thur mond’s platform? The argument” of Southern lawyers in the famous Supreme Court cases which tried to justify the denial of the ballot to the Negro? No. Nothing as dangerous and sinister. Simply a bald statement of principle ex tracted fromthe report of the National Ijiterfraternity Council and dated N^ember 25, 1947. And further from the same re port: “I, for one, will fight to de fend . . . the democratic right of any man or group of men to form a fraternity or other association with any membership restriction or qualification that they . . . may see fit to impose:—a fraternity of blacks for blacks, of whites for whites, of Jews for Jews, of Gen tiles for Gentiles, . . .” B.S.T. members merely add the logical extension of this argument: —of Americans for Americans. They do not share Mr. Chairman’s belief that the foes of discrimina tion are all Communists, woolly headed liberals, or at tjhe best de luded intellectuals, or his convic tion that the supporters of his irrational doctrine are being demo cratic or American when they exercise the discrimination. What particularly alarms BST is that the National Interfraternity Coun cil-js supported by 56 fraternities of the college level. From this level the vast majority of Ameri can leaders in all walks of life must be drawn. ’They also fear the extension of this doctrine to “other associations” for BST members have no way of knowing what is meant by other associations. As to their- reception on this campus. Beta Sigma Tau has no complaints except that they are highly perturbed over the peculiar response of some of the students of certain minority groups to (Continued on Page 4, Column 3) Two Old Bachelors Open Date Bureau Two geniuses on campus, name ly Elarl McHugh and Herb Wilkov have the amazing' revelation that what this campus needs is a date bureau. For a slight fee they wir ^arantee for each male registrant a wonderful hunk of women and each female a wonderful hunk of man or, half your money back, They have set up an elaborate classification system and a poten tial supply with State Teacher and our own School of Nursing to provide our staunch male student body with companionship that only the female of the human species can provide. Needless to say, UB co-eds applicants are first choice. One of “them there” informal polls has been taken and the con census favors the date bureau. Whether the same characters that poll wet and act dry will partici pate is a poll of another character. Naturally, in all new promo tions, problems arise, but Earl and Herb feel m if it’s worth a go. The demand is there, the big prob lem is to make it, effective. Local Paper In for Criticism by YPA The UB Chapter of Young Pro gressives of America has schedul ed its next meeting for Tuesday ^ Nov. 23 at 3:30 p.m. Speakers will discuss “Buffalo Evening News: Piu-tisan or Objective?” At a recent meeting of YPA a lengthy period of self-criticism and evaluation of the organization, purposes and function of YPA was conducted. All present spoke and aired their grievances. At this meeting the term of of fice of the YPA executive board expired' and a temporary board was created to carry out policy and to prepare for a permanent election of officers at a latter, maeting. ’The following persons were ap pointed as the temporary officers: Mort Rubinow, Chairman; Phyllis Hedrick, Marty Birnbaum, Alec Saliman, Lois Wladis, Eugene Kaplan and Marsha Hellner. Profiles To Come “So we pick prpfs and not courses. How do we go about this?” That is the reaction the Argus has received from its publi cation of an-article proposing that the greatest benefit may be de rived by the students by selecting the better profs during their stay on campus. In order to clear the air, the Argus now ii^ the process of plan ning a comprehensive survey student opinion which, in its final form,, will constitute a complete Instructor Rating Guide. During the next two weeks the Argus will conduct a preliminary survey in ordei to iruiF uut~^the mechanical problems of such an undertaking. Mimeographed forms win be distributed in a few select ed classes to determine student opinion of the instructors involved Answers will be listed in mul tiple choice form, the student be ing asked to check the one answer most applicable. From the results, once they have been carefully checked and tabulated, a profile will emerge and a rating will be established, The Argus is anxious to receive questions for use on this poll and reassures the students that their names will no^be used. Health Office Lists Phys Exam Dates Of approximately 6,000 students who were scheduled to be examin ed at the regular times a number totaling nearly 700 were de linquent. For these people make up exams will be held Mon. and Tues., Nov. 22 and 23. Male stu dents will be examined on these dates and are asked to report at the entrance to the Boy’s gym at 1:30 p.m.; female students will be examined on Tues., Nov. 23 only and are asked to report at the health Office, Room 317, in the Girl’s Gym. . “This is absolutely the last call for physical examinations,” said Mrs. M. Richardson of the Health Office. “Unfortunately many stu dents look upon the physical ex aminations as a nuisance. We have, however, uncovered 1,500 instances of students with medical condi tions of which they were unaware and which needed definite medi cal attention,” she added. ’The Health Office stressed that this i^ the final notice of make-up physical exams; students who fail to report face suspension from classes for an indefinite period unless they can demonstrate that their absence was warranted. Box I n Bee: “No BEE Next Week.” ARGUS comment: Gad, what a relief. 1 PUT UP . . . OR SHUT UP “Russia” will be topic under dis cussion at the next meeting of the Political Issues Club on Wednes day afternoon in the West Room of Norton Hall. Marty Fried will begin the meet ing, with a ^ o r t expostulation of his views on the subject. It is hoped that a lively discussion will follow. Since many students on campus are known to have set ideas on this country, this meeting of the club offers them .a chance to convince or be convinced. “Skin Of Our Teeth” Now In Production To Be Presented By The Blue Masquers Comedy to Open December 1 and Run Four Days; Jones Directs; Lavetti and Ertis- chek Have Leads; $800 Budget As a sign of their constant growth, the Blue Masquers this year have assumed the massive task of producing Thorton Wilder’s herculeap play, The Skin of Our UB Junior Jaeckles Running for Office Young Republicans on the UB campus are well represented in the list of candidates for office during the coming year in the Young Men’s Republican Club of Erie County, Inc. No less than nine of the our embryo politicians are on the list. Leading the group for the office of city vice-president is Charles T. Hansen, president of .thd UB Vet’s Club. Earl Horohoe is one of the candidates for Assist. Treasurer while Arthur R. Kirby is running for Recording Secretary. Candidate for Corresponding Secretary is Rudolph Schneider. “Our purpose is to give young leaders a chance to work within the Republican Party,” said Mr. Hansen today. “We are working harder than ever now to prove that 22 million people who voted Republican in the last election Can not be wrong.” Other UB students who are can didates for the positions of direc tors are: Joseph Kessler, Chris topher Ross, ' Clarence Heider, Thomas R. Hinckley and Kenneth Malick. Proceeds of Dance To Aid Palestine All proceeds from the Palestine Benefit Dance at the Hotel Buf falo Ballroom Saturday evening will go to Materials for Palestine Inc. Backed by Kappa Nu fratern ity, the ball is expected to be one of the largest charity balls ever to be supported by a fraternal group. Materials for Palestine Inc. is a non- profit organization which, helps to supply Food and clothing to Palestine. Other groups on the UB campus supporting the dance are Hillel, Beta Sigma Rho and Delta Sigma Tau. Dancing begins at 9 o’clock. Tickets, priced at $2.40, can be purchased from any Kappa Nu member or at the table in Norton Lobby. 21 Give Up Holiday To Avoid Classwork More than 21 students will take 48 anticipatory exams during Thanksgiving recess, in 19 differ ent subjects. The exams will be held on Friday and Saturday, No vember 26 and 27. Only those stu dents with a quality point average of 1.7 or a freshman with a regent average of 82% may take these examinations. ’Dig purpose of the examinations is to allow above average students to get credit for course without attending classes. Teeth. The play will be presented for four days, instead of the usual three, on December 1, 2, 3, and 4, in Norton Auditorium. The play, an unusual comedy masterfully combining the hilari ous and the profound, calls for a large cast and intricate, flexible set. Mr. Leo Jones, the newest member of the Speech Department, will direct, with Warren Robinson in charge of production. Robinson, president of the Blue Masquers, was also production manager of last year’s Heaven Can Wait, and appeared as Mr. Jordan in the same play. His hrst assistant in production will be Mort Morrison. Vilma Lavetti appears as Sabina, the part Talullah Bankhead had in the original play. Vilma had the leading feminine role, Ann, in last y ^ ’s Heaven Can Wait; and play ed Electra in The Flies. In the role of Mr. Antrobus, the universal man, is Rudy Ertischek, whom we’ve seen before as Aegisthus in The Flies and the business man in Outward Bound. Orian. “George” Ward, Mrs. Farnsworth in Heaven Can Wait, is Mrs. Antrobus, and the two children, Sally and Henry, are Miriam Lanesman and Chris O’Connor. It’s Miriam’s first part with the Masquers, but Chris has appeared as the first messenger in Heaven Can Wait and the drunken student in The Male Animal. There are three other important speaking roles, Lois Swedos as the Fortune Teller, Ken Malick (Max Levene in Heaven Can Wait) as the Stage Manager, and H. Morton Morris (the Judge in Out- ward Bound) supplies the Voice of the Announcer. Ten extras round out the cast. Production of the play began in the second week of October, with a scheduled budget of $800.00, con trasted with thfe $450.00 usually al lotted. Rehearsal has resolved into a Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday affair, while Droduction problems are unravel ed every night of the week. Production difficulties in ’The Skin of Our Teeth are enormous. Although there are only two main sets, the set must disintegrate in the first act and rematerialize in the third. Producer Robinson wel comes all suggestions. ’The audi ence itself enters the action of the second act, since it is made to feel it is part of a world-wide “Mam malian Convention” in Atlantic City, where every species of mam mal is represented. Pat Hammond has charge of Props, with Warren Robinson, Bill Daniels, and Jim Keuchle con structing the scenery. Painting of sets will be done by Ed Bisone and Chris O’Connor. Ed Bisone is the man'who’ll make with the sound effects and Blob Smithers is chief electrician. Bernard Frankie has charge of make-up, while cos- tumej are being whipped up under Janet Kelsch’s direction. (Continued oW Page 4 , Column 2)
