Bee, 1923-03-01

              the bee no 19 vol 11l university of buffalo march 1 1923 baron korff 1,200 gifts feature convocation devlin welcomes chancellor in name of student body dr capen answers most eloquently alumni marches the present students of he university of buffalo have ome upon the the scene just as the university is taking an unprecedented step forward we have a most extraordinary public backing and it is now ip to the students to build the university on a new scale with a new unity in these short butmosttaste fully-chosen words did chanc ellor samuel p capen accept the first formal words of wel come from the student body at the university day celebra tion held at the teck theater 3n thursday morning the chancellor's words came as an answer to a most powerful and eloquent address by thomas f devlin of the ju nior law class who was chos m the spokesman of the en tire student body one of the features of the convo cation was the chancellor's announce ment of sifts to the university to talling 1.20(1 two were prizes of 100 each presented by james piatt white the first will he awarded in the name of mr white's father james i'enlield white and will go to thq student in the college of arts and sciences who writes the beat essay on the topic the causes and re sults of the civil war the second gift was made in the name of his grandfather james piatt white for mer medical school professor and will go to the student in the medical col lege who has the liesi average in gynecology randolph mc.niitt bestows 1.0(10 lift the third award was from mr randolph mcnutt a staunch friend of the university and will he used for equipment in the physical labora tory a five-minute ovation follow ed the announcement of mr mcnutt s most generous gift in his address chancellor capen mentioned the first inaugural address ot the man whose anniversary was celebrated upon university day washington's address is a most ex traordinary document slated the chancellor although it was exces sively ponderous and full of rhetoric and contained no discussion of cur rent issues still it has gone down into history because of the two ideas which it contained washington's address extolled bjr chancellor first because he did not wish to hecome president of the united states and secondly because he did not want a salary if he did accept thai posi tion tliis speech furnishes a most fruitful text for university students wahington always emphasized tin idea of service most of the public papers of that period dealt with rights and that was natural la-cause th rights of the people had recently been invaded hut washington dealt with service and i think that offers tin opproprlate text for students today there was tt time when persona went to universities for the sake of individual advancement that has slowly but surely been displaced and university students tire learning more the lesson of service which washing ton emphasized the chancellor likewise mentioned the pledge which is taken by the students of the un iversity of oregon and commended it to the attention of v i students devlin kills position of spokesman must brilliantly in welcoming the chancellor upon behalf of the students mr devlin said in part chancellor capen opposes national school system dr capen in an address bo fore tlhe annual convention ol the department of superin tendence of the national edu cation association in clevel and march ist opposed the consolidation of the 48 school systems the united states does not need and should not have an national system of public schools said dr ca pen the convention undoubtedly will reject the proposal oi president harding to create a department of education and welfare the majority of opinions expressed yesterday would indicate that the sterl ing-owner hill will he endors ed in his address the chancel lor pointed out that the streiifrth of american educ.i tion lies chiefly in its diver sity its flexibility and it freedom chess club soon to announce schedule tourna ment is basis for choosing team chess is keeping in the foreground because of the enthusiasm which the members of the chess club have man btosted president podolin told tho bee reporter that the schedule of in tercollegiate matches is not complete hut it is hoped that a definite sched ule can soon be announced unex liected difficulties have been met w-ith but the tinier of the ( ltcss club lias not been dampened so many uni versities tire not placing chess teams in the field this year that the pro gram of intercollegiate matches is still not in final form however un iversities prominent in chess are be ing booked among buffalo's pros pective opponents tire canisius cor nell alfred and pittsburgh the team that will represent the university of buffalo is now being selected a tournament in which the members of the chess club are now engttged will be the means of choos ing the personnel of the team cor the first intercollegiate meet the tournament competition will be main tained throughout the beacon how ever and the team selected for the first match may thus he changed de pendent upon the ability of the play er to retain his position in tourna ment play by means of this contin ual competition the varsity will be composed of the best players who will always be in the best condition through constant practice the chess club wishes to emphn-size the rule that no candidate can even hope for a place on the team unless he partlci plates in the tournament dr john 1 jarretson is faculty ad visor of the chess club and to his un tiring efforts and work are due the rules and regulations governing the tournament lit qarretson was also instrumental in having chess recog nized as tin important student activi ty the regular meetings of the chess cluh are held every friday night tit townsend hall one does not have to know how to play chess to become a member of the club the chess club welcomes anyone who takes an interest in the mental contests that chess affords more students are urged to come out to the meetings the greater the number the stonger the club and the more formidable the varsity team federated alumni hold dinner on university day establishment of evening courses which will lead to university degrees was announced by chancellor capen in his address at the annual dinner of the federated alumni thursday evening at the statler hotel these evening courses will be es tablished at the beginning of the next fall term the work will be of uni versity grade these courses many of which will parallel the day cours es will be credited toward degrees the first developments in the ev ening courses will he in commerce and business administration the un iversity will also offer work in the fundamental branches of the college of college of arts and sciences chancellor capen also announces that the university is aegotlating for a director who has had vasl exper ience anil who enjoys a national rep utation as an administrator of even ing courses alumni ft all departments of the university attended this dinner at the speakers table sat dr julian l'mk baron serge kuril chancellor capen mrs caper dr gregory dr hoot lie davis of alfred university mr i i williams president of the federal alumni and mrs williams dining the dinner 800 loyal alumni were merrily singing songs — to both their alma mater and to their father land two delegates dr i.loyd b leland and mr morey c bartholont eu were elected to the athletic coun cil dr gregory dean of school of pharmacy was tonstmaster chan cellor capen expressed his pleasure in meeting the alumni ns a whole dr bonthe davis of alfred uni versity gave a stirring address on washington stating that the united states was too noble in its culture to sit still in isolation dancing followed the dinner dean macdonald at conferences dean mcdonald dean of women of the university of buffalo is spending this week attending several confer ences at the various colleges the most important will probably he the conferen f the deans of women to lie held at cleveland february 26 and 27 on thursday february s dean mcdonald will he the guest of the faculty of oberlin college the re mainder of the week will be spent at the university of akron and the uni versity of cincinnati drastic measures regarding college rules and regulations will he discuss ed at these conferences dean lie donald hopes to bring back to the university of buffalo only the most modern of ideas prudent to the col lege world of today for cleaner spouts colleges in new england have formed an intercollegiate athletic as sociation for the purpose of formu lating set titles as regards intercol legiate athletic composition the move is one towards better and more impartial athletic contests u b calendar thursday march ist 1928 8:00 p m debate club meeting at townsend hall friday march ml ims 8:00 p m chess club meeting at townsend hall 9:00 p m sophomore hop at hotel statler monday march ,">, 19-8 8:00 p m all frat night tuesday march 6 1928 6:15 p m i b club at central y.m.c.a 7:30 p m glee club rehearsal 8:00 p m bee staff meeting debate club meeting at townsend hall members new or old must attend tonight emotional speaking will be in or der this evening at the regular meet ing of the debate dub at townsend hall according to the program com mit tec further details have not been divulged hut an interesting time is in store for any student who cares to attend president hovey sends out a call to each and every member of the debate club to turn out to night for a real rousing meeting a few business matters of more than ordinary importance will proba bly come in for their share od discus sion affiliation with a national or ganization of debating clubs has been urged as the proper step in keeping with the a bat ing activities of the university in fact invitations from some of the larger organizations have been received and action is wuting upon this meeting therefore it is imperative that the attendance to night should be little short of 100 it has been suggested that nc newed interest could best he obtained by a debate between the law school and the arts college in which the varsity men do not take part more over the valuable training which such a debate would afford would undoubtedly be of great assistance in preparing material for future varsity combinations the debate club conducts a cam paign for membership from its first meeting in september to its last meeting in may any prospective members need not wait till next year merely because there is a varsity team already selected now is the time to get into the game if you de sire to make the next team a de bate club to be truly effective must have a largo and active membership vortl while discussions under such conditions lake on a spirit and an interest which make meetings events long looked forward to accomplishing the impossible college news service the regularity with which we con clude that further advances in a par ticular field are impossible seems equalled only by the regularity with which events prove that we are of too limited vision says dr w r whit ney director of the research labor - atoriea of the general electrical com pany and it seems til ways to he those who have the fullest opportun ity to know who are the most lim ited in view for example the well known amer ican astronomer simon newcomb once declared the demonstration that no possible combination of known substances known forms of machin ery and known forms of force can he united in jl practicable machine by which men shall fly long distances through the air seems to the writer as complete as it is possible for the demonstration of any physical pact to he but let us discover a sub stance a hundred times as strong ns steel and with that some form of force hitherto unsuspected which will enable us to utilize this strength or let tis discover some way of reversing the law of gravitation so that mat ter may be repelled by the earth in stead of attracted — then we may have a flying machine but we have every reason to believe that more in genious contrivances with our pres ent means and forms of force will he as vein in the future ae they have been in the paat u b women's club the l b women's chili held their meeting last night at townsend hall miss rhoda harris recently return ed f i om work in poland spoke to the girls olive standart and margaret holmes arts had charge of the sup per the next meeting will be held on wednesday march ist at 8:30 p m borah look to your laurels the co-eds it west virginia uni versity have formed a debating team the subject of their next discussion will he the allied debt question they intend to challenge anyone and everyone incidentally have you ever heard of a woman being the loser > ( iitfitt if il an pag two i subscribe to the iris boost the bison