Bee, 1922-06-09

              full list of graduates commencement issue the bee vol ii no 22 university of buffalo june 9 1922 223 grads receive diplomas blackburn is graduate manager bishop brent gives baccalaureate sermon arts and science to move into u b home in the fall eight lecture rooms to be used in foster hall build ing six more on faculty contracts let for rooms 1o house physics and biology registrar george crofts makes following announce ments the college of arts and sci ences will next fall move from townsend hall on niagara square to the university campus at university heights instruction for students in arts and sciences will be given in eia-ht of the lecture rooms in foster hall and in a physics and biology laboratory which will be completed during the summer contracts let some time ago one of the smaller buildings belonging to the county was damaged by fire contracts were let yesterday for the remodeling of this building adding one story to its height and equipping it for use by september it will house the physics and biology laboratories and will con tain fivelecture rooms for these courses and for other courses in arts n"d sciences when a new bu'ldlng for arts and sciences is obtained t.h present structure will be used exclu sively for physics and bioloey to meet the increased attendance in the college next fall six teachers have been added to the faculty there will be an assistant-orofessor of french and an instructor e-'ch in economies and government p°ycn olo*v maehemattcs english and bi ology what they have not in mr gavit's fourth article on col leges there is a significant paragraph which says president lowell of har vard university was most eloquent and most intense when he talked to me a little while ago about the ab surditv of judging the education of a college graduate by the number of credits he had-certificates of buttons pushed says harvard crimson edi torially the test of a college product is not what has he done but what has he become if the true test is whether a man has devedoped or not ; while in cortege if the college product is in the tang igle form of human charactei and ser vice as chancellor brow of new york university recently said then it is possible to draw some conclusions concerning the much-discussed extra curriculum activities someone re marked not long ago that a g ad l e turns to see classmates not to fresh his memory if any oi horace mr gavit says that the s tuden s becom ing depends on the kind of men he comes in contact with . • • . it is possible then to see some jus tification of such activities in i them one is constantly thrown in towhwltt men of similar interests contact easy not so easy is it to develop abiding friendships when the highest pitch of emotion must come utu books that may be a better way but it is more difficult most have not sufficient appreciation so they sees contact elsewhere the unft .. tun lm part is that often usually thej ao not know what they have mt . moving ip day was big time for u b folks moving-up day was ushered into university life at u b for the first time this year and a signal success the great occasion proved to be teck theater was the scene of the newest college celebration and a throng of a thousand students gath ered to witness the exercises which marked the transition period when the seniors began the retirement process from active office in the life of the uni versity irving b templeton was in charge of the arrangements and acted as chairman his enthusiasm in that office giving the gathering a considerable infusion of the pep needed to make matters of the kind go with the req uisite swing the cheer leaders who had to make triple encores will vouch for this the programme was a lengthy but not tiring one the occasion was be un with a march by the students in comic costume from niagara square a suitable rendezvous for the arts and law contingents the parade was a great success followed the making of many speeches in the old theater precincts with cheers that echoed and reechoed in countless salvos from all the college groups stirring speeches were given not able the splendid addresses by dean jones and dean alden both these fine speakers received a great ovation when they spoke up for the encourage ment of sensible athletics for the uni versity dr alden struck a happy note when he said he thought at first when he heard of the occasion that as it was so close to may 1 — moving-up day had some mystic connection with moving cut day contact with the real thing however convinced him that moving up day was an occasion to be en couraged and he expressed himself as right for it dr jones dispelled the notion that the medical college was against ath letic development in the college he said facts were the contrary the new activities leaders were in troduced and the retiring ones bade their farewells announcements were made and a big time closed with music by u b orchestra flappers flappers though they've panned you and in certain places banned you we still think you are the dandy kids in your nifty coats of tweed you sure look smart indeed and we've got to hand it to your flapper lids they hammer at you daily and yet you trip on gaily with an i should worry attitude loud they shout because you use a little powder and some rouge in a manner very blatant almost rude they are ever busy plotting to stop you from fox-trotting and they say your skirts should be much longer yet in spite of all this knocking fellows to your shrine are flocking indicating that your vogue is get ting stronger with your suits of periwinkle and your flashing eyes that twinkle you certainly fill us with delight and we know that we'd be weary in a world quite dark and dreary if ever you should vanish frcm our sight varsity news blackburn to be graduate head of athletics at u b selected after conference on condition of athletic finances will control expenses 7,000 unpaid bills to be liqui dated coming year william j blackburn assis tant treasurer of the univer sity will be graduate manager of university athletics during the next academic year during the past month sev eral conferences on university atheltic finances have been held by a g bartholomew and george d crofts representing the council of the university with dr nelson w strohm o r the athletic council and irvine r templetom of the commit tee on student activities decide on blackburn as a result of these conferences mr blackburn was asked to serve as graduate manager expenses of the athletic teams wil hereafi er be incurred only by the graduate manager the unpaid bills of the athletic as sociation today aggregate 7,000 , it is expected that all of these obli gaticms will be ' iidated durirg tin coming year y w c a closes successful ye&i anna katherine grefn speaks at last meeting during the school year perhaps nc organization has progressed in such a variety of ways as has the y w c a at the beginning of the year fifty members were enrolled representing all the colleges of the university at no other time was there such a cer tainty of uniting the girls from the various colleges as at the suppers and meetings held each tuesday night the place of meeting alternated be tween the central y w c a and the biology laboratory at townsend hall after the suppers extremely inter esting meetings were held at which such nrted speakers as mrs osgood holland and prof goetz were present miss cheesebrough was always a wel comed and enjoyed helpmate and at times prof and mrs shadle joined heartily in the affairs as a sort of post-climax came the supper last tuesday night there was an exceptionally large number of girls present and the guests included miss cheesebrough prof and mrs shadle mrs moore miss brown and miss flagg mrs charles rohlfs anna katharine greene read a most interesting story which was all the more appreciated because the greater part of the theme was true at the business meeting immedi ately following the supper it was decided that a delegate should be sent to the silver bay conference to be held the latter part of june this will be the first time that u of b has been thus represented and it marks an important step in the development of a greater university and an aid to the boost buffalo campaign which u b should be carrying out to the best of its ability 22 class hears famous war chaplain in solemn service trinity church by seb naples delaware avenue was transformed into a college campus on the afternoon of june 4th when two hundred and twenty-six members of the graduating classes of the university of buffalo bedecked in academic caps and gowns marched to trinity epis copal church to attend the baccalaureate services of the year 1922 a beautiful precedent was established this year when for the first time in the history of the univer sity the baccalaureate was held in a church this precedent a worthy and fitting one turned out to be a wonderful success as can be attested by the large number who attended the dignified services effective beautiful procession the avenue was the scene of one of the most beautiful college campus effects — when the senior classes wear ing their graduation dress with dig nified demeanor go to hear the words of wisdom and advice attendant on the baccalaureate the senior law class assembled at the law school in west eagle street and later marched to townsend hall where they joined the graduating classes of the five other colleges of the university — medical dental chemistry pharmacy and arts the day was a typical roseate june sunday — the brightness of the day in a colorful contrast to the black gowns and mortarboards of the seniors the stillness of the beautiful sabbath was unbroken — it seemed that the world paused and watched for a moment as the splendid body of young men and w men on the thresholds of their ea reers inarched up the well-shaded avenue brent the famous when the seniors arrived at trin ; ity episcopal church they were privi ■ leged in hearing the words of wisdom in the baccalaureate sermon of the rt i reverend bishop charles h brent episcopal bishop and famous war chaplain there at the church were the deans of all the colleges and many members of the faculty the pews of the large church were filled to capacity by un ' dei-graduates and the friends and fam dies of the graduates a large choir | of truly beautiful voices sang solemn hymns starting with america the large audience joining in the song in the front pews of the church the graduates with the members of the faculty were seated while in the rear seats sat the rest of the gathering harmonious voices of the church choir lent a tinge of sad beauty to the bishop brent continued on page 2 ' let us be leaders let's grow with u s carry a torch root for u b *