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Attend I. F. C. Sports Banquet K now Your Board Candidates VOL. II BUFFALO, NEW YORK MARCH 14, 1949 No. 14 New Transcript Info Asked for The Registrar’s office, as a result of the high number of recent gra duates and expected June gradu ates, is faced with a problem that can be solved only through the co operation of the students. The specific problem relates to the mailing by the Registrar, of transcripts and other documents which are required by transfer students and graduates who are applying for fellowships, assistant- ships, or for graduate school in other universities. In the past, the student has filled out a regular form for this service, designating merely what he wants sent, and where. A great drawback was the absence of a space in the form for the deadline date of ac ceptance of the school applied for. The office in many of these cases was faced with the decision of temporarily delaying the mailing until all marks and degrees could be entered or the alternative of mailing out transcripts which con tained “incompletes” and _ which lacked degrees. In these doubtful cases, this crucial information was expected momentarily and, there fore, the Registrar felt justified in holding those transcripts on which an early deadline date was net specified. This course of action contained an element of danger in that the Registrar had no knowledge of the earlier deadlines of some of the schools, and violations were pos sible. In order that the situation be corrected, the Registrar’s office will print a new form, containing a space for school deadlines. All students making use of the tran script service, must, in die future, specify the school deadline, and whether the transcript is to be mailed as is, or held for further enterings. The Office requires that the stu dent requesting a transcript allow a minimum of seven days notice. \In extreme cases,” Miss Deters stated, “the Office would make special efforts to speed the serv ice.” Miss Deters also ei^pressed die desire that all students who felt that their aplications were af fected by mailing delays should visit her and discuss the problem. Dr. Truman to Lecture Here Dr. David Truman, Professor of Political Science at Williams Col lege, will lecture at UB during the 2nd summer session. Dr. Truman formerly, taught at Harvard and Cornell, and at present, in addition to teadiing at Williams, is on the Princeton Committee to Investi gate and Analyze the Gallup Poll. ’This noted educator received a PJH.D. in political science at the University of Chicago, and was in strumental in the reorganization of the Dept, of Agriculture during the Roosevelt Administration. Dr. Truman will teach courses in . European Government an d Public Administration in the ses sion commencing on July 5. Retail Club Hears Grocery Head Talk Mr. Robert Herron, Personnel Director of the Loblaw Super markets, last Tuesday gave an in formal talk to the members of the UB Retailing Club. Mr. Herron spoke of the placement opportuni ties offered by the Loblaw trainee program. “Food retailing is no longer a lowly profession,” he said. “The Loblaw Corporation considers its trainees not as grocery clerks but as potential’managers,” he told his listeners. , Informing the Retail Club that his company has opened up 17 new markets in the past year and that further expansion is contemplated, Mr. Herron said that this growth is attributable not only to success ful merchandising policies, “but to its active interest in its employees.\ Beard Makes Genius Brain Boys Dazzle In case anyone hasn’t noticed, Paul Flierl’s moustache is no longer with him. Last year a beard, now this. Incidentally, Flierl took the law aptitude test and scored a mere 724 out of a possible 750 which should place him somewhere between 99 44/100 and 100 of those taking the test. ’The score is probably one of the highest in the books. Earl McHugh, who also ran, did little worse. He scored a mere 640 on the test, which places him in the 94th percentile. Robert Berner, a whiz when it comes to skewed curves, has just been appointed assistant dean of Millard Fillmore. Incidentally, if you ever happen to amble into the Bus. Ad. Office, Berner’s name can be found on a plaque which says he was the hottest potato in the school. Mert Ertell is also on that list which just shows that whether you’re rich or poor, it’s nice to have brains. Religious Week Designated ’The period of March 21-26 has been designated as Religious Em phasis Week on the UB Campus, and the theme which has been selected is “The Student's Reli gious Responsibility in the Modem World.” The Executive Committee, which includes the heads of the various religious groups on Campus, has planned an interesting program. Miss Rhoda Thomas, traveling secretary for the World Student Service Fund, will speak in Nor ton Auditorium on Monday, March 2t at l:30*pjn. t .,, On Wednesday, March 23, at the same time and place, two films will be shown, \This Is Their Story^ and “The Way of Peace.” On Friday, March 25, also at the same time and place, a group of speakers will be presented under the sponsorship of The National Conference of Christians and Jews. During the week a special book display will be held at Ae Lock- wood Memorial Library. The next meeting of the Execu tive Committee will be held on Ihursday, March 17, at 4:30 pjn. in Eng. 22L Numbers Talk At Math Meeting The UB Math Club will play host to high school students at their next meeting, which will be hold on Thursday March 17 at 7:30 P.M. in Norton Auditorium. An informative program has been planned, and will include talks on: 1. Compass-alone Constructions 2. Mathematical Curiosities 3. Diophantus Solves An Algebra Problem 4. Geometric Approach To Some Algebraic Expressions Refreshments will be served and all who are interested are invited ^o attend. OPEN LETTER TO THE CHANCELLOR AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The establishment of the G.I. Bill of Rights helped to open the door for a new era in intercollegiate athletics at the University of Buffalo. . No longer were the coaches of our various teams forced to scrape the bottom of the bairel for material. Instead of the usual 25 or 30 candidates for football, 75 to 100 aspirants were fighting for positions. Players were cut from the squad who ordinarily would have been stars on pre-war UB teams. In basketball as well as in several of the lesser publicized sports, the case was identical, . , The same situation was rampant in all universities throughout the country, but UB, owing perhaps to its urban location and expanding athletic facilities, fared better than most of the other schools. As a con sequence the UB teams began to administer one-sided beatings to opponents who formerly had de feated them with regularity. This was especially true in football, and colleges such as Bethany and Ho bart, realizing they Were no longer in UB’s class, refused to re schedule UB, when their present contracts expired. The peak of post war veteran enrollment is past and the coming years will see a gradual drop in the number of capable candidates fo r varsity athletic positions. Therefore, the University must choose at this time whether the teams shall be helped to maintain their high competitive caliber or be allowed to lapse into pre-war mediocrity. Athletics can be made to pay, and it is time that the authorities of this school should awaken to this fact. UB has at is disposal a stadium far larger than those of schools such as Colgate, Cornell, Syracuse and Brown, just to men tion a few. In addition, we have in this city one of the finest and largest basketball arenas in the country. Next year the University of Niagara will have completed the construction of their own arena, and consequently many of their basketball games, which were for merly played in the Memorial Auditorium will be moved to Ni agara Falls. This will leave vacancies iri the auditorium basketball schedule, which UB should be able to fill if it can field a team equal in ability to those of the “Little Three.” It should be noted in passing that CCNY, with its ex tremely high academic standards, realized a profit of $50,000 from participating in basketball double- headers at Madison Square Garden last year. Subsidization is tbe only answer if UB is to achieve a recognized position in tbe field of intercol legiate Athletics. Scholastically. UB is admittedly in a select group and there is no valid reason why a similar reputation should not be achieved in athletics without the slightest prostitution of scholastic principles. The UB athletic teams enjoy three basic sources of income at the present time. 1. Levy on students ($12.50 a year). 2. Guarantees from teams which UB plays away from home. 3. (Jate reciepts. .After the coaches have submit ted their proposed budgets, the (Continued on Page 3, Column 3) Space Travel Subject for Talk The fifth meeting of the Gradu ate Mathematics Club will be held on Tuesday, March 15, at 3:30 p.m. in the West Club Room of Norton Hall. Mr. Herbert B. Hilton will speak on the topic: “An Analysis of Pro jectile Flights in the Gravitational Field Surrounding the Earth.” The meeting is open to all graduate students who are inter ested. As usual, tea will be served. Playhouse to Ask UB Radio Opinion If approached by an eager bea ver with a questionnaire in his hand and a “would you mind if I ask you a few questions” look in his eye, don’t take it for granted that he’s a psych major. He may be a Radio Playhouse poll-taker. This organization of campus radio addicts is conducting its annual poll this week to get an idea of how the UB student feels about radio. The campus’ favorite local radio personality, as determined by the poll, will be honored at a dinner given by the group at a later date. Quotas have been assign^ to members of the group, bas«|d on itotal Jenrollment figures broken down according to sex, class, school and military service. The poll can be of great interest and help, not only to the Radio Playhouse, but to local radio sta tions as well, if you, as a UB student, give the pollsters a few minutes of your time when ap proached. So give us a hand, or should we say, lend an ear. House-Buyiuff Info Available to Vets Copies of a new pamphlet, “For the Home-Buying Veteran,” de scribing the various types of Gov ernment assistance available to home-buying veterans of World War II, may now be seen at the Buffalo Area Rent Office, 12 North Division Street, it was announced today by Area Rent Director George J. Summers. Mr. Summers said that it carries information about the veterans emergency housing program and outlines the steps a World War II veteran may take in filing com plaints with the rent office about violations of the law concerning priority-built houses or about non-observance of veterans pref erence in connection with new homes built for sale or for rent. “Because of the limited supply of this pamphlet, it will not be possible to distribute copies,” Mr. Sbmmers explained, “but it may be seen al the rent office and at the Buffalo Public and Grosvenor Libraries. Additional copies .are available through the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, 25, D. C. at 5 cents each, Mr. Summers said. Open House Planned for Gym The University of Buffalo will dedicate its new swimming pool, plus the squash and handball courts, at an open house in Clark Memorial Gymnasium on Monday evening, March 21. From 7 to 9 o’clock, the new facilities and the various gymnasia and other part.s of the building will be open to all who want to see newest develop ments in athletic equipment. Jim Peele, director of athletics, announced that a complete pro gram would be in operation for the open house, during which games, matches and demonstra tion will be carried on in the various facilities. Steel City Alumni Establi^ UB Fund The Lackawanna-UB Club has established a scholarship fund, under which one student will be chosen each year from any high school in Lackawanna for a year of instruction at the University of Buffalo. TTie fund will amount to at least $500.00 a year and the students chosen will be determined through competitive examinations admini stered by the Lackawanna-UB Scholarship F\md Committee. Like M. U. D. in Your Eyes? Playhouse on WBEN Seek Tyro Actors UB’s Radio Playhouse can be heard over radio station WBEN on March 11, 18, 25 and April 2 at 7:45 P.M. in another all student Written and acted pqblic service series. The Playhouse will present lour 15 minute presentations designed to portray some aspect of the life of the Goodwill Industries. Potential radio actors are cor dially invited by the Radio Play house to attend their meeting in the Norton East Room, Wednesday at 4:30 pjn. At that time try-outs will be conducted- for the new radio series.
