Bee, 1938-02-11

              the bee university of buffelo volume 18 h$*"4 ii buffalo n y friday february 11 1938 price five cents number 17 dance marks norton birthday student union to celebrate founding in gala style faculty and student leaders hail benefits of late chancellor's munificence norton union which mr robert parke its di rector calls a milestone in the growth of the influ ence of many organized student activities of the uni versity at large will celebrate its fourth anniversary tonight in the auditorium from 10 until 2 with danc ing and refreshments which will include a gigantic birthday cake bearing four candles i previous anniversary orchestras claire hoffman's monte carlo band tone marlow prominent at many large eastern college dances and han searl's commodores will be followed this year by peck's bad boys — a peppy gathering that sidney mccroskey general chair man of the norton birthday ball says is definitely on its way up chancellor capen who cut the elaborate birthday cakes at the first two anniversaries and dr lemon who cut the cake at the last will pass the traditional cere mony this year over dr julian w park dean of the college of arts and sciences as has been the practice of previ ous years all norton hall facilities including game room billiards pool ping pong cards checkers chess and shuffle board will be open and free to the guests sidney mccroskey has done his best to reach and if possible to climax the traditional standard of norton union anniversaries which mr parke defines as being the height of the program of social events that norton union spon sors speaking of the value of norton union to students mr robert winegar b s bus 34 its first president summed up what he be lieved to be the purposes of the new student union as follows to promote a spirit of fellowship among the students to foster the social phases of university life to co-operate in maintaining the in tellectual ideals of the university to heighten the prestige of the col lege campus within the community and to be responsible for the ad ministration of norton union dr a b lemon one of the main sparkplugs promoting student ac tivities for many years preceedfng orton union said that these objectives are being achieved none can deny but it is a good thing to pause once a year to take in ventory of accomplishments and in spire a new group of leaders with their responsibilities that is the chief purpose of the annual birth day party its significance increases with its number every student should have a part in it mr william g cook b s 27 alumni secretary when asked for junior prom committee signs jack denny top-line favorite radio band will supply music at 17th annual prom committee selects denny over frank dailey jan i savitt duke ellington and cab calloway faculty i adviser pleased by choice fl famed from coast to coast for the smoth-f lowing i rhythms of his distinctive orchestra jack denny i comes to the u b junior prom at the hotel statler m i'rnmh his broadway network h arrangements h radio b waas ':< i by faculty harold h committee h chairman morley the name denny is syn-h ii vilnius the in liltinr i dance he nu b his i many walter magic ■ broadcasts over the nfic h from the ritzy liny i in canada h the mounl fl denny was to i his orchestra to new york i an on h the tlx'h the or i chestra was an sensation the society ac i denny as their favorite i dance during his long h the jack i his were on h radio network i over both i the networks i a at i casino in new york i where folies i show was making its first i again he h denny orchestra a tri i the dance mu i the suave their ii in playing the folies ber fl show in a seven fl broadway's fl internationally famous theatre res fl the when denny brings his fa h mous orchestra to the b i devotees hear see h same has en h popularity for the fl is rising to new h made by the fl organization be fl made available by prom com fl m it tee early they may i the norton lobby fl jack denny and his orchestra who have been signed to play at the prom february 25 program listed for next term norton activities increase as fourth year begins the fourth anniversary dance tonight will inaugurate the spring program of social events arranged by norton union the student bridge and ping pong tournaments the reverse dance and moving-up day exer cises are only a few of the events which will furnish diversion for the union members in addition to these there will be a faculty bridge tournament the annual ac tivities dinner the annual art ex hibition and a series of interesting fireside talks cecil pearl will be chairman of the student bridge tournament ralph chapman will have charge of the ping-pong tournament the art exhibition which will include the work of the special students of the university who attend the al castor oil now held beauty aid youth's bugaboo seen valuable as face cream and even as lipstick castor oil long a bugaboo of youth now fb an aid to feminine beauty dr george w piero uni versity scientist recently announc ed after three yearh of research young women who ten years ago viewed the approach of a cas tor oil bottle in mother's hand with anything but thoughts of beauty soon will be using castor oil van ishing cream castor oil cold cream and even castor oil lipstick he predicted dr piero a professor in the pharmacy school said he had dis covered the new beauty aids by passing hydrogen through castor oil in the presence of a catalyst and obtaining hydrogenated cas ' thr same treatment has been co-eds protest after-date food men say late snack can not be eaten grace fully embattled coeds at the unlver sity of alabama are hurling the charge of stinginess at the men on the campus they think they have good rea son since they recently learned that the university supply store where food and drinks are sold has one of its biggest crowds of the day immediately after 10:45 p m when the men must return their dates to dormitories or sor ority houses that means but one thing to them their fond young romeos are simply waiting to buy refresh ments until they have only one mouth instead of two to feed the boys insist that they aren't trying to save money on the girls but that they like a late-evening snack and there are some dishes a gentleman can't eat gracefully in the presence of a lady to play at norton's fourth birthday party pictured above are peck's bad boys downttate musical aggregation which hai been signed to play at the norton birthday party tonight the members of the orchestra reading from left to right are sam baudlne alva mathews keith miller frank cast harold knowlton jack peck the leader george sledger frank denlson dave falvy ray bruno and chad wilcox prom queen nominees picked by ballot judges to select queen from five highest in voting ballots for selection of the 1938 prom queen appear in this week's bee voting will continue until saturday and the choice of the queen from the five highest will be made the night of the prom a nationally famous orchestra leader jack denny leader of the prom orchestra and a popular lo cal maestro will select the queen nominations will be limited to only juniors and seniors the girl chosen as queen will receive a cup from b x e fraternity and ar arm bouquet from the bee in previous years under the method of choosing the queen the leader of the prom orchestra selected several girls from the dan cers at the prom the queen was finally chosen from these last year however the old custom of choosing the nominees by popular ballot was revived the girls nomi nated were june henry virginia whiting evelyn robinson carol seltz mary jane smith dorothy sharpe and grace eddy virginia whiting attractive member of theta chi sorority was the junior girl chosen as queen by rudy vallee carol seltz and mary jane smith were chosen as her at tendants convocation feature lecture on cancer an illustrated lecture about cancer which will poin out the symptoms of the disease will be given at the next weekly convo cation in norton hall auditorium next wednesday morning milder the auspices of the division of cancer control of the state department of health according to louis c kress in structor of surgery in the univer sity medical school this is a timely subject which is getting much publicity at the present time in new york state since cancer knows no age and can be found at any time during life this lec ture with its accompanying illus trative slides should be of espe cial interest to university stu dents bison head to tap members at prom men's honorary society to recognize contri butions to the university selection of male students for membership in bison head junior men's honorary society will take place shortly after midnight on february 25 at the junior prom the proceedings will take place as in former years in the form of a tapping ceremony during the grand march after the tapping all new members will assemble on the platform in the ballroom phil wels med 40 will deliver a speech welcoming and congratulat ing the newly-selected juniors and the prom queen will pin a ribbon on each man bison head was established in the spring of 19*3 to give recogni tion to those men who have en hanced the traditions of the uni versity selections are made not solely on the basis of athletic prow ess nor are they matle solely in recognition of advanced scholar ship • members are chosen be cause they have made outstanding and meritorious contributions to the university concerning the policies of the organization in connection with the coming ceremony robert o swa dos prominent member of bison head said it is hoped that when the tapping ceremony is completed at the junioir prom deserving men will have been given some recogni tion for the time and energy they havo given to the university according to charles calder se lected from last year's junior class of the dental school bison head selections are made purely on merit from our point of view ap proximately eight men are chosen whom we think worthy of the honor the names of those men who were chosen last year and the masquers go on air for drama week tryouts for radio pre sentation to be held tomorrow as part of the celebration of na tional drama week from february 13 to 30 blue masquers campus dramatic organization will pre sent a 15-minute radio skit over station wgr at 9:30 o'clock next friday night production director herbert c rico of the buffalo broadcasting corporation extended an invitation to robert o swados president of masquers for members of the uni versity dramatic group to partici pate in the celebration try-outs for parts in the radio play will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the bbc studio all members of both blue and white masquers are eligible to try out for roles law library augmented by sidway collection dean francis shea of the school of law announced today that the library of the school has been im measurably improved and strength ened by the gift of the late frank st john sidway mr sldway left to the school his complete law library consisting of over 1,000 volumes of reports and important texts the books are to be appro priately marked and set up as a memorial collection in the library > of the law school frosh - sophs sponsor dance at a recent meeting of all the sophomore and freshman class of flclers of the schools of pharmacy arts and business administration in the auditorium of norton hall plans for the most spectacular frosh-soph dance ever staged on the campus were discussed officers decided that this dance should embody considerable col lege spirit and endow this spirit throughout buffalo lightweight girls were favored by the commit tee and it was decided that all girls under 110 pounds be given a price reduction of lc per pound below 110 pounds on the purchase price of their tickets walter h willoughby president of the arts sophomore class and chairman of the dance committee issued a blanket invitation to everyone to join the committee all extra profits from this dance will go towards the alumni fund for the swimming pool of the clark memorial gymnasium new bison to have stories prom issue featuring literary supplement on sale february 22 a special , prom issue of the bison will appear on campus tues day morning february 22 it was announced today for the govern ing board of the university humor magazine by editor harold feld man the bison which will appear on the twenty-second ot this month said feldman will be an other attempt to change the pol icy of our magazine to fill the de sires of the greatest number of studentb the prom issue will contain a new literary department of the type that was so popular a few years ago he said and will mod ify the current policy of an all picture all-humor periodical two governing board promo tions were also announced by feldman these included the elec tion of marcia brown arts 40 as feature editor and hildred thau arts 40 as publicity director helen schroeer talented al bright freshman is engaged in drawing the cover of the next issue of the bison and latest prediction as to the selection of the prom queen will be covered in the typi cal bison style geological meeting the university of buffalo geo logical society will hold a meeting on tuesday march 1 at 8:15 p m in crosby hall on the university campus mr irving g reimann curator of geology at the buffalo museum of science will speak on observa i ions on local paleon tology moving pictures of the society's three-day field trip into northern ontario last april wilt also be shown tlio meeting will be open to the public without charge preceding the meeting members of the society plan to have dinner in norton hall continued on page 4 continued on page 4 continued on page 4 continued on page 4 governing board meeting friday 12:30 prom queen ballot i hereby nominate as my choice for queen of the 1938 junior prom signed school class ballots muat be deposited in the vote box at norton union lobby counter before 2:30 saturday february 12 the ave nominees receiving the highest totals will be eligible to par tlclpate in the selection of the prom queen during the grand march february 25 notice effective immediately the bee-bison joint circulation campaign will be discontinued an increase in advertising com mitments for the second semes ter makes it possible for the bee to resume its former pol icy of distribution refunds for all holders of blue books will be available at the bee office next wednesday during the con vocation period from 11:10 a.m to 12 noon and from 12:65 to 1:35 p m only get your prom ticket now !