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IViday, February 20,1948 TH E BUFFALO BEE PAGE THREE To Choose Candidates; Student Bd. of M^rs. A nom inating committee m eet ing will be held Thursday, Feb. 26 a t 4:00 P.M. to select those candi dates to be elected to the Board of Managers. The committee Is composed of two senior memoers of each stu dent council who are not Interested In election to the Board of Mana gers. two faculty members, in ex- oftlcio capacity, and senior mem bers of the Board of Managers not Interested in being reelected. In order to insure any possible oversight, provision has been made for any student seeking nom ination for a position on the Board of M anagers to submit In writing his name and qualifications to the student council of his school. Forms showing the information re quired about a prospective nominee must be used in subm itting the name to the student council and these v.'ill be available in the of fice of the Director of Norton Union. The deadline for these blanks will be March 4 at which time the next meeting will take place. A driver Is needed for a child attending the U. B. Nur sery School. The youngster lives at 7 Coburg St., and must be at U. B. by 9:00 A.M., and must be taken home at noon. Anyone Interested In this work may contact Mr. Norton Putter at the above address, or by phone at PA 9471. ATTENTION ALL BEE STAFF MEMBERS There will be a meeting of the entire BEE Staff on Thurs day evening, February 26 at 7:30 in the East Club room of Norton Union. Among other Important m at ters the newly elected officers for the coming year will be In troduced and constitutional re visions will be considered. Essay Contest Prize To Be A European Trip The Swedish American Line, in commemorating its Swedish Pion eer Centennial this year, is spon soring an essay contest -which has acquired nation-wide interest. The contest features as its first and sec ond prizes an eight-week and six- week all expense trip to Scandin avia in the summer of 1948. Three groups of contestants are judged separately with one category open exclusively to 'college undergradu ates. Each category offers the same number of awards. The title of the essay, \The In fluence of Swedish Settlers on a Community or Region” has created a steadily growing interest and de mand for books on immigration and the Influence of early settlers on American culture. Complete con test rules are now available in the BEE office for anyone interested in competing for the \opportunity of a lifetime\ to travel in luxury and see Scandinavia in comfort. U.B. Granted Aid For Inter-Frat Council Hank: \My chem istry prof just hanged himself.\ Dick: \Did you cut him down?\ Hank: \Oh no, he wasn’t dead yet.\ Philosophy Voinme By Professor Farber The Rockefeller Foundation in New York today announced a grant-in-aid of 33500 to the Univer sity of Buffalo for the development of a volume on current trends in philosophy in the United States and France. Dr. Marvin Farber, head of the Philosophy Department of U. B. will be editor of the volume and will be charged with the responsi bility of selecting a group of rep resentative philosophers in both countries to join in the co-opera tive venture. Each philosopher will be asked to contribute a chapter on some phase of current philoso phical trends, such as idealism, materialism, existentialism, social philosophy, etc. Preparation of the volume 1s expected to require a year. The idea for the project originat ed in a series of philosophical con ferences last September and Octo ber in Paris. Brussels, and Geneva. Dr. Farber attended the confer ences on invitation of the Rocke feller Foundation. It Sounded That Way Susan's mother had been advised to try a brand of oatmeal pack aged by a company in Scotland. When the parcel arrived Susan, aided by her mother, read the slo gan on the box — \The Backbone of a Scot.” “W hat's a Scot?\ she inquired. H er mother explained. Susan paused questioningly. \Do they kill one just specially?\ she asked. Holds Annual Dance The annual Inter - Fraternity Dance will be held tonight from 10 P.M. to 2 A.M. in the Niagara Room of the Hotel Statler, Music will be provided by Sandy Kulick and his orchestra, and tickets are on sale within each fraternity for $2.40. The dance is formal, and all fra ternity men will be expected to conform. General chairman of the dance is John W hite of Beta Sigma Rho Fraternity. Superstition Survey Conducted At Iowa S. If a black cat crosses your path or you walk under a ladder you'll have bad luck. Those are two of the more com mon superstitions among Iowa State College students according to a survey conducted by Joe M. Bohle, sociology instructor, and Ruth Patterson, sociology senior. The survey was conducted to find the prevailing superstitions among students. The students in terviewed were asked to name the four superstitions that they were he most familiar with and those superstitions that they followed. Besides the black cat and walk ing under the ladder the survey showed that breaking a mirror, crossing the zodiac in Memorial Union and three people on one match were superstitions that the students were the must familiar with. Seventy-six different super- Open House at Norton To Acquaint Students With All Its Facilities On Friday, February 27 from S to 12 P.M. the doors of Norton Un ion will be thrown open to the Stu dent Body to acquaint them with the activities and facilities avail able. For those who can't live with out music a program of the latest musical comedies will be presented in the Music Room. There will b« bingo games with prizes (abso lutely free) in the card room. Talk ing about free, all the heavy eaters can cash in on free refreshm e n ts served as long ns they last. ^ Several movies of the U. B. foot-'a ball games will take place In the East room while across the hall a slight of hand expert will perform the incredible and unbelievable be fore your eyes. In the game room in the basement, (or the challeng ers of lady luck, wheels of fortune will spin. During the entire evening lausie by Ed Granger nine piece orches tra will swing out with danceabis rhythms for all. Lee Jones has promised to bo on hand to lead a few songs durin.g intermission. For a full evenin.q of pleasure at tend Norton's Open House. Gome stag or with a date—but coime. stltions were mentioned by those Interviewed, Only 20 percent of the students- interviewed followed superstitious. Ill general, nen were no*. super stitious as women. —f ourtesy of Associated Collegiate Press M g J • • * W V isA . • • is Monies ER MONIKE pipes^ r , J l I has one cigarettes - . ..j.. When itcomes to me to “Camels are my e yn\- ^ e r belore.' “1 , , i . h smohem „h y more pe P y o » ^ vC M M B S Wlnilon S*’\” ■ - . ' %