Bee, 1922-11-02

              the bee vol 11l university of buffalo november 2 1922 no 6 dedication of foster hall marks new era for u b by daniel katz first public appearance of chancellor samuel capen the cold wintry october afternoon of last friday had no dampening effect upon the enthusiasm of the host of digni taries and loyal u of b supporters who gathered to parti cipate m the memorable occasion of the dedication of foster hall the culmination of this epoch-making event a most momentous one m the history of the university of buffalo was the initial public appearance of the university's new chancellor dr samuel p capen the dedication ceremonies directly followed the proces sion of the visiting notables who were guarded on either side by the undergraduates of the university at the termina tion of the outdoor exercises the academic procession repair ed to the foster hall where it was addressed by dr edgar f smith and dr edwin e slosson v\lhen the procession which in cluded the inaugural committee the university council the distinguished visitors from other colleges the deans professors instructors lecturers and students gathered about the plat form directly adjoining foster hall rabbi louis j kopald pronounced the invocation walter p cooke acting chancellor m dedicating fos ter hall briefly pointed out the sig nificance of the princely gift of mr foster and his family at the con clusion of this address mr oooke de livered the keys of foster hall to chancellor-elect samuel p capen who accepted theim to behalf of the university dr capen presented m a dignified and scholarly manner the action and inter-action between the buildings and the university proper which results m that undefinable thing that we call atmosphere thus although the buildings are merely the place of the university there grows up about them the traditions so dear to the hearts of all true sons and daughters of the alma mater after dr capen's inspiring address the reverend murray s howland de livered the benediction in the foster hall auditorium ex ercises which followed the formal de dication acting chancellor walter p cooke regretted the necessity of limiting the number of students both at the dedication and the inaugura tion lack of room was the only reason such limitations were neces sary mr cooke explained dr edgar f smith extended the greetings of the american chemical society of which he is president on what he termed a red letter day m the history of tj b not only is buf falo indebted to mr foster for wis magnificent gift but the chemists of the united states and even of the world also owe thanks to mr foster dr smith stated in explaining the reason for the formal dedication dr smith declared that m back of this ceremony there lies an ideal and that this dear old custom marked another dot on the broad map of civilization the innuendoes against science have been swept aside by the joys and comforts which science carries to man this foremost chemist held the other speakers of national note was dr edwin h slosson who is the author of creative chemistry he delighted as well as instructed his audience by the brilliant fashion of his address the subject of which was chemical research as a construc tive service dr slosson pointed out man's dependence upon the lower forms of life thus man must ask the snail for a handout and clothe the woman he loves with the excretions of a worm democracy owes much to chemistry since the royal purple which once only kings could attain is now accessible to the masses to illustrate the tremendous forces of nature that could be used to aid man dr slosson cited the example of niagara falls the water that flows over niagara falls unharnessed is a waste of 30,000 an hour translat ing this amount into food and cloth ing the speaker forcefully brought home the folly and amount of that waste yet this is insignificant m comparison with the energy of an ordinary sunny day which we oan not as yet utilize even though the little green leaves can manufacture food from it necessary to man dr slosson closed by leaving his audience with the thought that foster hall is a temple of research dedicated to dis covering the secrets of nature for the advancement of the human race pharmacy frosh name officers john albiston heads class plan weiner roast pharmacy college freshmen recent ly elected the following officers for the year president john albiston vice-pres ident walter murphy secretary alice schnieder treasurer earl heio bison representative william stamus iris representative william wegmay bee representative john o harsch marshal ewing organ oheer laader charles benderson at a meeting of pharmacy frosh wednesday afternoon it was decided to hold a weiner roast m the near fu ture the time and place to be decided by a committee of three to be appoint ed judging by the enthusiasm shown at the meeting a good crowd will turn out tentative plans are to have the roast at williamsville glen but the committee may have a different opin ion come on l'rosh let's go universities in east ban transfer abuse following is an article that will in terest students of the u b it has been taken from an exchange the call of the east may not ap peal so strongly to some athletes m the future announcement has been made by a special committee consist ing of doctor angell of tale doctor lowell of harvard and doctor hib bon of princeton that the following rules were agreed upon by the three schools at a recent meeting student transferring from some other college or university will not be eligible for any sport m which he represented his previous school pre-season football prac tice will be restricted to a week or ten days before college opens the finances of self-supporting students participating m athletics will be subject to the most care ful scrutiny no post-season games or games involving long expensive trips will be permitted dr capen visions frontier university chancellor assumes new duties frontier university says n y times foster hall formally dedicated from the new york times the state of new york has now a frontier higher educational fortress m the university of buffalo within the last two or three years many millions have been raised for it locally and yesterday a new president was instal led once there was a chain of mil itary forts stretching from the hud son and along the mohawk westward to niagara cities have grown from many of these forts and m every large center there has sprung up at least one higher educational institution col lege or university new york city poughkecpsie the capital district in cluding albany schenectady and troy the utica district syracuse rochester and buffalo these insti tutions are the new fortresses of dem ocracy nearly 90 per cent of the popula tion of the state and almost as large a percentage of its wealth are to be found within a narrow strip extend ing but a few miles on each side of the hudson the mohawk and the barge canal from the ocean to lake erie eight or nine tenths of the young men and women of the state are thus within easy reach of a col lege or university — nearly one-tenth of the youth of college age m the united states if dr capen's programme is to be carried out the university of buffalo is to be a frontier university m more than a geographical sense despite the fact that all higher institutions of learning are overcrowded he predicts that the american college of arts and sciences will die unless regenerated it will disappear by decimation into professional dlivihions but dr ca pen does not anticipate death he hopes at any rate for regeneration through job analysis he proposes that the same means be used to de termine the content of courses for those going toward professions and other occupations which college stu dents enter as was employed by ar tisans during the war he would have the colleges not only prepare the young man more specifically for his job but find for him the necessary motivation nevertheless one who knows dr capen's educational ideals knows that he would not subordinate the man to the job but m prepar ing the student for the highest job — chancellor capen inaugurated — imposing ceremonies at teck by corinda gage college heads tender greetings this day marks the realization of many dreams thus walter platte cooke chairman of the university council characterized the day of days m the history of the university of buffalo at nine o'clock the time set for the opening of the doors there was a goodly crowd at the teck theatre and the seats were quickly filled by those fortunate enough to have obtained seats forming at the grosvenor library the delegates and fac ulty of the university led by dr capen and walter p cooke proceeded to the teck approximately one hundred delegates from as many colleges and universities were in cluded m the procession the invocation was pronounced by the right reverend charles henry brent bishop of western new york dr brent represented harvard uni versity at the inauguration introductory address mr walter p cooke gave the in troductory address in stating the importance of the day as the day of the inauguration of dr samuel paul capen for whom we all hold such high hopes mr cooke reviewed briefly the history of the university the university of buffalo was founded 75 years ago by a group of men who decided that the knowledge they possessed should be shared by others for three quarters of a cen tury without endowment and at times without buildings and equip ment but with the support of the citizens of this community the uni versity of buffalo has flourished to dr capen he presented the keys and seal of the university and ex tended sincere greetings on behalf of the university council mr cooke addressed dr capen m this wise we presented you dr capen an institution of high ideals we be lieve we are presenting you with an opportunity an opportunity for great service we place m your custody the physical properties of the unj versdty we trust to you our tra ditionfi knowing hat you will care for them the university of buffalo is to be congratulated that dr ca pen is a thorough educator in a few simple words character ized by their tone of sincerity dr cajxm responded i accept with full realization of the honor and respon sibility and i will render the best services of which i am capable addresses of greeting dr wlillis k gregory dean of the college of pharmacy gave the first speech of welcome to dr cupen he quoted elihu root as having said high character is most to lie sought and valued above all other things on behalf of the faculty of the uni versity dr gregory said the fac ulty of the university welcomes you most heartily to all its privileges and its rewards i pledge you the un qualified loyalty of the faculty for the alumni with marked enthusiasm dr charles cary of the class of 75 de livered his greeting from the alumni on behalf of the alumni i open wide my arms to greet you your respon sibility will lie the control of the de partments already organized you will create departments these de the beginning of a new era chancellor capen receives keys o t foster hall from walter f cooke at dedication ceremony courtesy of m buffalo comnu continued on page 2 continued on pa<je 4 frats send news keep tabs on bee ads