Bee, 1929-11-08

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly vol 10 university of buffalo november 8 1929 no 7 hiram invades bison camp for battle tomorrow dr white addresses honors society on modern russia advanced view of the soviet nation depicted the russian revolution of 1017 is the most significant social epic since the paleolithic age and in russia of today some of men's noblest dreams from the time of aristotle have been realized on an institutional basis said dr white in his talk to the honors group friday afternoon no vember 1 the russian people freed from the shackles of supernaturalism and economic exploitation have the truly international point of view the general outlook is humanistic not as in europe and america one of clan organization dr white during his eight weeks stay in russia last summer talked with all classes and types of people and was able to give his audience a glimpse of existing conditions the economic change is terrific though simple the ruling classes have been driven out and the workers are in command their motto is those who work will eat one-time palaces of nobility are now rest homes hospitals or nurseries factories are owned by the state and managed by workers the profits of industry are put back into equipment used to further in dustrialize the country or to pay for public improvements contrary to popular beliefs com munism does not as yet exist in rus sia state-capitalism or the dicta torship of the proletariat might be used to describe the political situa tion communist farty the communist party is a direct outgrowth of revolution when the czarist regime collapsed in 1917 ke ivnski found himself the leader in russia he was succeeded by the bolshevik headed by lenin the most significant individual for the history of civilization in the last 1,000 years — a man who not only took advantage of the opportunities granted him to use his great talents qualities and virtues but also made opportunities the bolsheviki then possessed them selves of the soviets or councils now there is one party in russia — the communist party it is a rela tively small organization about one adult out of twenty is a member there is no dictator at its head mere ly a secretary dictatorship in rus sia is of the people only those who display special abilities and are well recommended are admitted these men must sacrifice their leisure time to the party and none of them re ceives over 125 per month anti-religious movement the anti-religious movement is one of the most honest intelligent and vigorous developments in russia continued dr white that this peo ple has thrown off supernaturalism or religion and demonstrated its abil ity to live on a large scale in a ra tional sane manner shows the plas ticity of human beings they have ca pacity for freedom and independence is well as for servility an anti-religious institution in moscow indicates the first movement of a government since the stone age to separate itself from a psychosis of the dark ages in this museum exhibits show the growth of chris tianity from pagan beliefs and the activities of the church in russia one significant display is composed f a little box containing supposed wood of the cross and a ledger kept by monks of the monastery from v hich tons of this wood was sold each year the people are not forbidden to worship their churches must be blue and white gridders out to hang up fourth victory bulls work hard for final game at rotary field j with the long island game safely tucked away the bisons are planning to bring its total of victories to five at the expense of hiram and hobart the blue and white will oppose hiram at rotary field at 2:30 to morrow afternoon journeying to gen eva the following week to meet ho bart the hiram game marks the last appearance of u b in buffalo and is expected to draw a large crowd as it will show the bisons at their full strength and with the seasoning of five contests the bulls have worked steadily during the past week drilling on plays passing punting and breaking up opponent's attack on wednesday the men were given a two hour session of blocking and tackling because little is known of the strength of the hiram contingent coach lee is taking no chances and is working the squad at full tilt hiram from the reports available has scored only one victory getting at 32-19 decision over capital and absorbing beatings from case bald win-wallace and akron the visitors are reputed to have a strong and heavy line which will be a tough assignment for the bison forward wall looking beyond tomorrow's contest the hobart game looms as one of the most promising games of the year hobart has not been impressive in its starts to date but it has a light team with lots of fight which will be sure to work its hardest to avoid a defeat at buffalo's hands the genevans will undoubtedly bank everything on this game many buf falonians are planning to accompany the team and help to inspire the bisons to a victory over the purple as a fitting climax to the season dr boynton will speak at first y club meeting the u b y club will hold its first regular meeting open to all men students of the university on tues day evening november 12 from 6:15 to 7:30 p m at central branch y m c a dr boynton will be the speaker if any of his former renditions can constitute a criterion for judgment you'll enjoy his talk freshmen especially are urged to attend as well as upper classmen all faculty men will be welcome at any of our meetings beans — 35c — a cup or 2 of coffee and you will see you there freshmen dents to enjoy annual feed at hotel buffalo the freshmen of the dental school will have a banquet in the dutch grill room of the hotel buffalo on tuesday evening november 12th at seven o'clock the well-known arthur strom will be the toastmaster at this annual banquet the following members of the faculty will be speakers dean daniel squire dr g e youngburg dr r r humphreys dr w j atwell dr h chernoff dr g edwards dr j o ralls dr w d langley this banquet is an annual affair of the dental school and does much to promote a spirit of good will among the students of this school it is the duty as well as the privilege of every freshman dent to attend tin pan parade to promote spirit for hiram game the big tin pan parade starts sat urday at two o'clock from hayes hall amid the din of weird music pro duced by the kitchen variety of in struments mouth organs jews harps guitars automobile horns plain vocal accompaniment and every other kind of musical device known to civilized man a motly procession of students clad in the oldest clothes that they daic admit owning girls as well as men looking as poor as they really are will tramp over to rotary field to lend enthusiasm to the crowd which will watch the game the stu dent council is sponsoring this pep gathering and has reserved places in the stands for the gang campus calendar q ar"'ll/n*r , sj a/'-n tsvssv f f ssy va/sjy /^ / ss/^«v svo friday nov 8 — 7:00 p m bison head meeting alumni club north street 8:00 p m biology club women's lounge 9:00 p m alpha gamma delta dance grover cleveland club house saturday nov 9 — 2:00 p m tin pan parade forms at hayes hall 2:30 p m football hiram col lege rotary field 12:00 p m rushing ends sunday nov 10 — 6:15 p m college tea first pres byterian church north and rich mond monday nov 11 — 7:15 p m orchestra rehearsal women's lounge tuesday nov 12 — 6:15 p m u b y club meet ing central y m c a 7:00 p m frosh dent banquet dutch grill hotel buffalo wednesday nov 13 — 7:30 p m german club women's lounge 7:30 p m blue masquers wo men's lounge bios club will receive award won in parade this evening at eight o'clock in the women's lounge the bios club ex pects to entertain a full house of fac ulty members and students with an unusual and diversified program following a short business meeting dr kumro will present the award captured by this club in the recent university parade miss d fineburg will read a paper on snakes mr i knoblock one on insectivorous plants after each of which there will follow general dis cussion the lighter part of the program will be a skit entitled the scientific version of romeo and juliet to be presented by the members it is a hilarious piece of biological import as well as of uproarious humor an evening of rare fun is promised all who attend it shouldn't be missed association of registrars meet monday the officers of the ameri can association of college registrars held an extra session on the campus miss deters registrar of the univer sity is second vice-president of the organization panhellenic announces pledging lists after strenuous rushing campaign after a successful rushing season the sororities of the college of arts and sciences take pleasure in an nouncing the following pledges sigma kappa alpha beta chapter of sigma kap pa announces the pledging of mali elizabeth georgi b a vassar 2 constance reynolds 31 marian mortson 32 betty donovan 33 plans are being made for the an nual thanksgiving dance november 27th pi kappa phi pi kappa phi wishes to announce the pledging of louise wilson and and charlotte houck with deepest regret pi kappa phi announces the death of helen sider class of 1925 on saturday november 2 1929 theta chi theta chi announces the pledging of the following girls on wednesday evening november 6th betty baker evelyn bancroft isabel beaver mar ian beckstein jean calkins norma deuel frances emerson esther gib son edna glair helen huguenor janet lund elizabeth maurer mari jane mcconnell margaret mcleod doris miller mary louise nice flor ence smith alpha gamma delta alpha gamma sorority announces the pledging of the following girls on tuesday november 6th evelyn an thony ethel braun catharine brown betty flynn ethelyn hamscher katharine healy helen heinrich kathryn kincade virginia mayer jacoba mensonides edith roosa ruth rope irma wagner ruth mcconkey zeta tau zeta tau sorority announces the pledging of the following girls on tuesday november 6 natalie muel ler alice shyne bernadette shyne elinor winegar eleanor poppenberg phi psi phi psi sorority wishes to announce the pledging of mildred beitz thel ma davenport doris mackay mar garet gould and fern rydef on tues day evening november sth sigma delta tau sigma delta tau announces the pledging of the following girls on tuesday november 6th eva brick of shanghai china hazel fisher annette katz mildred kirschenbaum helen simon roma stein pauline wallens plans under way for bison head football dance bison head the university honor ary society for senior men held its first meeting of the year at the alumni club last friday bison head members are chosen each year by the outgoing seniors from the junior class these men are chosen because they are outstanding in the field of student activities each year bison head sponsors a formal football dance in honor of the team plans for this dance were discussed at the meeting and delano rice was appointed chair man in charge the committee has already commenced active work in preparing for this first big formal dance of the year assembly period to be used for class meetings the regular convocation half-hour on wednesday november 13 will be given to class meetings the fresh men class will meet in the auditorium for nomination of permanent officers room numbers and subjects to be dis cussed for other classes will be posted on the bulletin board there will be no convocation crowd enjoys weekly meeting of philosophy club u b philosophy club the most unique organization on the campus enjoyed a very stimulating and bene ficial evening on october 30th the women's lounge was well filled with the devotees of philosophic specula tion mr a ricciuti's opening paper on bertrand russell with its occasional genial humorosities was provocative of lengthy discussion and general good feeling mr eckstein then read his remark able paper to a breathless audience presenting the world from a phys icist's point of view it was a master piece of science the way in which mr eckstein met all arguments was admirable and indicated his extensive knowledge in his field the final paper of the evening was that of mr gordon a very thorough exposition of the problem of reality it evoked discussion that seemed des tined to last far into the night university members are urged to attend these meetings of the philoso large crowd at assembly enjoys snappy program the convocation of last wednesday was one of the most interesting in the history of the school the musical part of the program was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who attended the eldyn singers introduced by dr thurber sang three selections the applause of the audience showed that the efforts of these singers were deeply appreciated mr charles sliger with his accom panist mr hampdon played several popular pieces on the accordion these were warm and how after much applause for the other numbers he performed admirably with a mouth organ and demonstrated his ability as a singer les ailinger one of our football coaches spoke enthusiastically about the improved spirit of the student body his suggestions in regard to student cheering at games will un doubtedly produce a favorable effect the rah rah boys our cheer leaders introduced several new cheers these cheers were certainly appreciated by the students this was shown by their oral response to the efforts of these boys if the stu dent body cheers as well at games as it did in convocation wednesday the teams will have student support enough to push themselves to victory the tin pan idea for saturday's game ough to promote the spirit to a con siderable extent it will if the stu dents support it this last part of the program was in charge of the student council an unusually large number of stu dents attended this assembly a large crowd makes an assembly better this was demonstrated wednesday keep it up continued on page 2 column 2 continued on page 3 column 3 humble hiram tin pan parade bison head meeting friday november 8 alumni club 7 p m