Bee, 1930-02-14

              the bee university of buffalo february 14 1930 no 15 vol 10 dr alfred zimmern to speak at fenton foundation lecture democracy is topic of director of geneva school professor alfred zimmern director nf the geneva school of international studies will lecture on the future of democracy at the grosvenor library tuesday and wednesday eve nings february 18 and 19 at 8:15 under the auspices of the fenton foundation the lectures are free and university members and general public are cordially invited the fenton foundation m bringing professor zimmern to buffalo intro duces a figure not only of interna tional importance but of peculiar lo cal interest because of his connection with the university of buffalo through the geneva school of inter national studies our university is the only american school affiliated with the geneva school of which mr zimmern is director and he has shown his sincere friendship by visiting u b whenever he has been m this coun try in addition to his post as direc tor of the geneva school of interna tional studies professor zimmern holds the position of deputy director of the international institute of in tellectual co-operation league of nations he has written a number of books on governmental and poli tical subjects among them the greek commonwealth america and democracy learning and leader ship and the third british em pire use of proceeds from card party quickly decided members of cap and gown senior women's honorary society were host esses to the alumnae at a most successful card party m the women's lounge on january 25th a large group of interested graduates attend ed and spent the afternoon playing bridge dean mac donald and the members of cap and gown received the guests tea was served at five clock winifred stanley president of cap and gown society gave a short talk welcoming the guests ami announced that the card party is to lipcome an annual affair because of its great success the proceeds of the card party will '«• used to refurbish the women's lounge a room which affords great pleasure to the entire university cap and gown members wish to thank those who attended this first card party and helped to make it such a success dr meiklejohn to feature mid year convocation the annual mid-year convocation anil commencement will take place saturday morning february 22 m the edmund hayes hall auditorium the program will feature dr alex ander meiklejohn who is m charge of the experimental college at the uni versity of wisconsin or meiklejohn will discuss recent experiments m modern college organ ization including wisconsin as well as other colleges this topic should prove interesting to all a greater number of students than usual will receive degrees at the mid year commencement exercises can didates will be announced later mem bers of the council deans and heads of secondary institutions of the city will be seated on the platform they as well as the faculty will appear m colorful academic costumes new men discussed at meeting of bison head last friday the senior men's hon orary society bison head met at the alumni club plans were discussed for the tapping of the new members at the junior prom next friday it was decided that the tapping would take place directly after the junior dance arrangements were also begun for the annual dance given m honor of the basketball team john s allan of the law school will be the general chairman he will be assisted by frank dressier melvin weig delano rice and walter murphy the dance will probably be held on march 21 it is planned to engage a well-known orchestra for the occasion and every effort will be made to make this the biggest dance ever m honor of the best team buffalo has ever had relations club discuss league of nations the international relations club held a most interesting meeting m the government documents room of the grosvenor library last thursday eve ning two seniors m the arts col lege debated on the advisability of american entrance into the league of nations melvin weig declared that the ef continued on page 3 column i junior week festivities to begin next wednesday q/»>^/«v /*\, tr^*v r t^r r t^'\t^'\r r g informal social events featured by tea dance melody boys to furnish music for occasion each year junior week brings with it a host of brilliant and unforget table events the tea dance which occupies the limelight of informal so cial events of the week will be held on wednesday february 19th from four until seven-thirty and both the place and the orchestra which have been secured are ideal the alumni club will be opened for this date and plans are being made for a novel arrangement of both dancing and bridge the committee may well boast of both excellent taste and good for tune m securing the melody boys to furnish the music tea bridge danc ing and a full three hours and a half of rare fun and sociability are in cluded m the admission fee of seventy-five cents so secure your tickets as soon as possible elaborate plans have been formulated to assure a good time for everyone at one of the most successful all-university affairs that any junior class has ever sponsored roe fulkerson noted writer humorously entertains students advises student to think not talk about himself koe fulkerson a former buffalonian and writer of the hotel stenogra pher m the buffalo evening news addressed the student body at the convocation wednesday he was a st entertaining speaker keeping a iily line of jokes all through his lecture especially appropriate was is remark about the late students aggling m one by one person ality was his subject and much could ined from his talk i be trouble with things as they id is that there are too many left handed people m right-hande-d places ne of your chief thoughts should about yourself and your adjust to this world it is impossible > success without a definite plan ; !| l a definite goal m mind today's siness is a battle of personalities spend our money with pleasing people a pleasing personality is a gift from god it is something that can and should be cultivated tin cash value of a human being is ninety-eight cents the body m its weight of gold should earn two thou sand dollars a year the difference between the value of the human body and the actual earnings is due to per sonality we must remember that a bore is a person who talks about him self when you want to talk about yourself cut that perpendicular pro noun i out of your vocabulary the people who stand out are not the peo ple who talk about themselves your smile has a great deal to do with your personality no matter what your lot or position m life may be if you have a smile use it with a dynamic personality and a powerful voice mr fulkerson showed how to make the most of a life by the extensive use of a smile and a devel oped personality campus calendar q«yw\i/ww ww w\j/ww wwwww wo friday feb 14 4:15 p m — faculty meeting arts — women's lounge 7:00 p m — bios club — women's lounge saturday feb 15 — basketball game hobart at gen eva sunday feb 16 — 3:30 p.m chess club — gemma building monday feb 17 — sorority and fraternity night tuesday feb 18 8:15 p m — cincinnati symphony or chestra elmwood music hall wednesday feb 19 — 1:00-7:30 p m junior tea dance — alumni club eohippus — women's lounge 8:30 p.m basketball game clark son at buffalo thursday feb 20 fi:00 p m junior banquet 8:00 p.m junior frolic — audi torium 1 friday feb 21 10:00 p m.-3:00 a m — junior prom — statler ballroom dean gregory abandons school to travel south the pharmacy chieftain dean gregory has abandoned his post m foster hall he is literally playing hookey for the first time m my life that i can remember outside of youthful escapades he reported with not the least remorse or shame i'm running away from school all the way to florida the dean expects to travel by way of cincinnati visiting the theory and practice school there next to take m historic battlefields of chattanooga at atlanta to renew his memories of the famous war song and later to join his sister a retired teacher of hutchinson high school at bradden ton florida with fishing and bowling he shall keep fit bon voyage dean gregory men's glee club to entertain at third college tea the third college tea of the season at the first presbyterian church given for students of the university of buffalo and of the state teachers college will be held sunday evening february 23rd the men's glee club of the university will present a pro gram of music at the five o'clock community vesper preceding the tea and dr edward a steiner of grin nell college grinnell lowa will dis cuss the question is america grow ing up at the tea dr steiner will answer questions from the students he is frequently referred to as the great authority on the immigrant and one of the most attractive fig ures on the americal social platform his keen sense of humor always en livens every question period he con ducts several years ago dr steiner was the guest and speaker at a col lege tea and on that occasion all stu dents spontaneously rose to their feet cheering dr steiner at the close of the evening g m f society elects officers next wednesday convocation hour wednesday feb ruary lit will be reserved for student organization meetings it is the pur pose of the student council to give over one period a month for such meetings the g m f society will hold election of officers at this time further announcements will be placed on the bulletin board junior frolic to follow banquet next thursday thursday at 6 p m the juniors will attend a banquet before being enter tained along with the other classes at the junior frolic m edmund hayes hall the frolic will afford that long hoped for opportunity of seeing one's friends exhibit their abilities this will be amateur night for buffalo stu dents and a riot of fun is promised the junior banquet a strictly class affair will be held at weinert's on thursday february 20th at 6 p m a chicken dinner at 1.00 a plate will be served at the tea room on main street just beyond bailey ave nue and a real reunion will follow the l.oo ticket for the dinner will admit juniors to the frolic so with this bargain m view save thursday february 20th and get m line midnight party is planned at little theatre junior week activities are definitely planned and anticipations for a glor ious week of post-exam hilarity will be amply realized the theatre party committee has exceeded all precedent to secure the little theatre for a private midnight show february 22 after the basketball dance the in comparable greta and the noble lars hanson are billed to appear on the silver sheet assuring unusual enter tainment how do you get m well seniors you are admitted free and will be given admission cards we juniors are necessarily forced to scrape up another dollar at this trying period to appear the gracious hosts of the evening as planned each junior boy is to take a senior girl and each junior girl a senior boy to make this a real upper class event get your dates juniors for the climax of the peppiest junior week new york school offers fellowships professor carpenter of the depart ment of sociology has received a no tice from the new york school of social work announcing fellowships m that institution for the coming year the fellowships amount to con siderable sums m certain instances and afford students intending to enter social work a favorable opportunity continued on page 3 column 3 dan murphy will supply music for prom at statler then on friday february 21 everyone is assured of a marvelous time at the annual junior prom m the statler ballroom may we remind you once more of the intriguing decora tions the favors and the orchestra which is the best ever — dan murphy and his musical skippers novel specialty acts will be featured be tween dances the prom music will be broadcast from 11:30 to 12:30 the new members of bison head will be tapped during a special junior dance shortly before intermission by the old members frank dressier joseph dempsey louis farris max farrow henry lenz thomas moran walter murphy del rice myron rob erts arthur ungerer melvin weig and john allan the committee which has been working out the details of this super prom consists of walter s behrens chairman and fred metzger den tistry virgil heck and jerome con ley medicine percy cohen ami leo kennedy law grant 0 duke an l howard l wright pharmacy ber tha a allies anil william gulbran sen business administration joseph abeles marjorie branch ruth ('. cul liton kenneth h eckhert florence e mcmath waring a shaw and edward r slemer arts ami sciences dr f j.montrose tells students what he expects from a druggist professor monell attends meeting of pharmacists perhaps it is on the wings of heomes or by impetus of the rela tively speedy times that the phar macists start the mechanical routine of school activities several days earlier and get into things the im portance they are assuming is becom ing noticeable in fact they cannot contain their importance within the walls of their vulnerable mansion foster hall but the first time m the history of tho pharmacy school a class now holds its session m the edmund hayes building pharmacy is spreading m more senses than one tuesday evening february it the second monthly sen ior class dinner was held at al mond's dr frank j montrose dig | nified the affair with a desertation on what i like about drug stores at one of the sessions tuesday aft ernoon mr c e marvin salesman of the berton dickinson and company spoke on the manufacture and sale of clinical thermometers at various times throughout the term speakers will be secured to present information of definite value to these prospective pharmacists a further attempt at improvement was the secret of professor monell's visit to new york last week to attend the meeting of the officers ami chair man of committees of the new york pharmaceutical association mr moncll capacitated as chairman of the committee of pharmaceutical econ omics while m the metropolis he visited several schools of pbarmac . observing their methods and tech nique hats off to the pharmics they're stepping right along continued on page 4 column 1 support junior week the prom