The Aquinas 1956-05-09

              ACTION .SWEEPS .CAMPUS;
FLYNN . BEATS McHUCiH BY 1 , - I '
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WE STOLE
THE RAM
"HAM ON RYE"
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VOL. XXIV - No. 20 University of Scranton Scranton, Pennsylvania
SOC CLUB
BLOOD DRIVE
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MAY 9. 1956
Plans are also being made for a
reception of new members on May
13, as well as for an outing at McMullen's
Grove on May 20. The
presidents of the various college
organizations will be invited to attend
the outing.
Also featured will be the presentation
of club keys to two-year members
of the organization.
lowed to then take the written exam
on a full-credit basis,
The entire oral exam period for
each student who has qualified will
last fifteen minutes, with material
being taken from thesis sheets distributed
to the students at the beginning
of the semester.
Tom Conway; outgoing president,
will serve as toastmaster for the
dinner, with Harold Swift and Mr.
Roche acting as co-chairmen.
Mr. Frank Cimini is Spanish Club
moderator.
Officers to be installed include:
president, Jim O'Brien; vice-president,
John Roche; secretary, Louis
Auriemma, and treasurer, Jim Needham.
Sodality ~ tD Sponsor 'Queen's Btlll';
Hotel Jermyn Site 01 Dance Friday
In honor of Mary, Queen of Novitiate, tomorrow. Departure will
Heaven and Earth, the Sodality of be at 9 a,m., after Mass in St.
Our Lady will sponsor their first Ignatius Chapel at 8:05 a.m.
Queen's Ball Friday from 9 p.m. to
1 a.m. in the Hotel Jermyn.
The dance is closed to Swordsmen
and will be semi-formal. However,
members have been asked- to wear
white dinner jackets, if possible.
The Sodalists will journey to
Wernersville, the site of the" Jesuit
Actual scheduling for the- students
who hav.e qualified for the orals has
been posted on the bulletin boards,
according to the Rev. Edward
Sponga, SJ, head of th Philosophy
Department.
Father Sponga 'also stated that a
change has been made in marking
procedure for those not taking_ the
orals. Where previously the highest
mark possible oJ;! a written exam
was to have been an 85, full credit
will now be given to the written
exams as well as the orals, "Since
we were unable to develop a suitable
method of grading the written
exams on an 85% scale, a student
now making a 100 in the written
exams will be given full credit for
that grade and so on down the line,"
he said.
Father Sponga also added that if
a student taking the orals fails to
make at least a 77, he will be al-
Student Action yesterday was swept into power as 12 out of 15 Action candidates emerged victorious
in the battle for next year's class offices. James F. Flynn, underdog in the fight for the presidency of the
senior class, led the Action bandwagon as he aced out the incumbent Tom McHugh by one vote. 97-96.
Observers heralded the election as a smashing debut for the two-party system at the University as
-85.4% of the eligible voters cast ballots. Individual class participation was as follows: Seniors, 93.6%;
Juniors. 79.6%, and Sophomores, 87.6%.
Student Action took every office with the exception of senior class vice-president, sophomore vicepresident
and senior alternate. The victorious party was strongest in the voting for next year's junior
class officers, where Action candidates were elected by a vote of almost four to one.
I The battle for the senior class .presidency was the most heated of ·Ph-' 'hOI the entire campaign, Student Action candidates yesterday afternoon I GSOp Y ra 5 hailed the one-vote win as a great moral victory also, since McHugh, B - Wd d- a three~year incumbent as class president, was their most formidable
egln e DeS 0ri fO~t was evident that many voters split their ballots rather than
Ch - M k· voting a straight-party ticket, since ange In or Ing 0 ' Frank Germ~in, ~rogress,ive candi-
The oral exam system adopted L YOLANS SLATE date for senlOr vlce~presldent; Bob
this ye~r by the Philosophy Depart- Stiepock, Progressive candidate for
ment will be put into action next DINNER TONIGHT soph~more vice-pre~ident, ~nd Tony
Wednesday as the Senior philoso~ MantlOne, Progresslve aspIrant for
phers match wits with the examin- Newly elected officers of the senior alternate, were successful in
ing boards, The following Wednes- Spanish Club will be installed at a their bids for office.
day, the Juniors will begin the dinner meeting this evening at 7 According to figures released to
exams. - o'clock at Cimini's in Hyde Park The Aquinas by Dave St. Ledger,
chairman of the Student Council
election committee, the following is
a class by class breakdown of yesterday's
voting:
The Senior Class presidency went
to Flynn, who defeated McHugh,
97-96. Frank Germain, Progressive,
beat Joe Lantolf, 107-85, in the race
for vice-presidenL-Student
Action took the secretary
and treasurer posts as Tom Walsh,
social science, beat Tom Walsh,
physics, 101-92, and Ray Reed
downed incumbent Jim Davey, 10588.
The Progressive candidate, Tony
Mantione, scored 98-89 over Rocco
Policare for senior alternate,
Student Action scored a clean
sweep for next year's junior class
offices, including the alternate post
for which stan Kennedy was unopposed.
John Rafalko became class
president by a vote of 126-33 over
Jim O'Malley.
The vice-presidency went to
Charles Volpe, who beat Tom Olto-rik,
124-35, M. J. Stirna defeated
Jerry DaVies, 121-38, in the battle
for secretary. John Roche downed
Roger Kemple in the treasurer's
race, 107-52.
Jerry Walsh, Student ACtion,
downed Stan Lattoz, 120-57, to become
next year's sophomore president,
The Progressives took the
vice-presidency of the class as Bob
Stiepock defeated Bernard Harding,
95-82.
Student Action won the offices of
secretary and treasurer as Bob
Morgan beat Dave Kemple, 107-68,'
and Gene Orr defeated ,incumbent
Ted Ferraro, 129-47. John Rafferty,
A dinner Tuesday evening at
Stanton's, Taylor, and election
of next year's officers at its
final meeting of the year will
close out activities for this
year's Student Council.
The nomination and election
of officers will take place at
next Thursday's meeting of the
Council. According to the Council
constitution, a member of
next year's Senior Class will be
elected president; next year's
Junior Class, vice-president, and
next year's Sophomore Class,
secretary, with the treasurer
being chosen at large.
DINNER, ELECTIONS
ON COUNCIL AGENDA
JIM flYNN CASTS HIS BALLOT • • • Student Action Wins 12 Offices
• • • MAYBE THEONE THAT DID IT As 850/0 of Voters Trek to Polls
By Joe DiNicola and Bill Keisling III
The race is on in earnest to complete construction of the new
University science building for the 1956 Fall term.
The structure is fast taking shape on the corner of Linden St, and
Monroe Ave., but the question is, is it taking shape fast enough to
meet the scheduled opening of classes on September 17?
Last week workmen began placing pipes and ducjs in the wall
cavities of the building. In all there
are 18 laboratories plus classrooms
and, other facilities which must be
provided· with inlets or outlets for
fater, gas. compressed air, "electricity
and waste,
Science Building Construction
A.ming for September Finish
The 18 laboratories are located
throughout the four floors of the
science wonderland. The labs include:
Communications, physics research,
materials testing, fluid dynamics,
electrical, mechanical, elementary
physics, radium and isotope
storage, comparative anatomy, bacteriology,
general biology, biological
research, inorganic chemistry, analytical
chemistry; special chemistry,
organic and physical chemistry.
1- Studi~s and transmitters o~ radio
station WUSV-FM will be situated
on' the top floor of the building.
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