Bee, 1934-02-16

              the bee volume 14 the largest college newspaper m western new york university of buffalo february 16 1934 no 17 norton union opens feb 26 3-day program will cele brate event stunt nite dance follow dedication for weeks he obstreperous mon sters working on norton hall have disturbed the solemnity of class lec tures for weeks the almost finished edifice has been gazed at with an ticipation by a student body weary of exams — and today comes the announcement that norton hall will be officcially opened monday feb ruary 26 the program committee after de liberation i is concluded that since the crutch of time bears more weight than hercules prudence de mands that it take more time to ar range its program this is the chief reason why the opening of the stu dent union has been delayed longer than generully expected by the stu det body at a meeting of the board of managers monday evening a tenta tive program was formulated the celebration is to start with a par ade of all activities to end a norton hnll the keys to the building will then be presented to mr bartholo mew the head of the university council by a member of the norton family mr bartholomew will trans fer them to chancellor capen who in turn will present them to bob winegar chairman of the board of managers from four to six on op ening dafcr the women's athlqtic association women's club bison head and cap and gown will spon sor a tea tuesday at noon a catered lunch eon wil be served from four to six the student council will give a tea-dance for tuesday evening a novel affair called a student mixor is scheduled the gaiety of this af fair augmented by the tunes of two orchestras will culminate in the pre sentation of student stunts and or ganization performances wednesday afternoon there is to bo a concert by the buffalo sym phony orchestra and the final touch to this gala celebration will be the formal dance in the evening at this same meeting the board of managers decided to extend the priveleges of norton hall to the down-town schools despite the fact that the professional students will not be charged the norton hall fee until their tuition is due women debate seton college wednesday february 7 buf falo's women debaters tangled with seton hall college in a non-decision contest before buffalo's debate club the manner in which the de bate was carried on reflected great credit upon both teams however some of the more pugnacious listen ers were disappointed that the con troversial subject was handed with out an outbreak of fireworks ruth freeman and doris krein heder speaking for buffalo main tained that the essential features of the nra should be made perma nent it was pointed out that the nra is simply the culmination or recognition of the powerful eco nomic social and political forces that require us to bring our govern ment into lino with the modern spirit the world economic collaspe was the end of the laissez-faire sys tem for the laissez-faire weaknesses brought about the crash no one would now urge return to a system proven to be so completely inade quate for today recognition of this failure brought about the nra so much has been accomplished that the united stains cannot retrace its steps and restore the former condi tion of unlimited opportunity that involed governmental sanction of piratical methods in business seton , hall1 representatives roseanna bininger and margaret o'mara stated that the nra — the product of america's hysteria — continued on page 4 column 7 eckhert heads committee for the 1934 prom well the junior prom is here are you ready for it there are many students that have woked hard to make this affair a success and much credit should be given them first of all a hearty thanks should be given to kenneth h eckhert chairman mary powell secretary and lester s kelloge faculty advis or their task has not been an easy one and they have done it well then we must thank the different committees chairman and members they are publicity — richard ball chairman charles dicbold mary kline john garner and ray bun shaw tickets marshall stoll chair man george eckhert clayton weig arthur rauscher leon jehlc rob ert millonzi and john garner pa trons — rich jean mille mary klein the committee for the orchestra is headed by robert millonzi and consists of charles diebold and ray bunshaw favors — mary klein chairman jean miller leon jehle george eckhert ; decorations — rob ert ruh chairman henry spiller juan mille william tiernan print ing — henry spiller chairman wil liam tiernan and marshall stoll prom chairman kenneth eckhert ann conn elected pres sigma kappa alpha beta of sigma kappa sor ority announces the election of the following officers on monday feb ruary 5 president ann conn ; vice presi dent mary klein treasurer ruth snow rec secretary nun rnovllon co secretary freda schauroth tri angle correspondence josephine pond lornii knibb was elected sen ior pan-hellenic delegate for sigma kappa almost every business establish ment in lincoln nebraska has at least one student from the uni versity of nebraska bison head taps during grand march tonight is the night i after long weekß of waiting the junior prom is here and with it bison head society once more steps into prominence composed of the outstanding senior men of the various schools of the university thia society each year gives distinction to certain junior men have participated m extra-cur riclur activities to the benefit of themselves and the school the con stitution of the society states that ten men may be tapped each year but we shall not know until tonicht how many will be tapped this year the traditional grand march will take place at twelve-thirty and will be led by the chairman and the mem bers of the junior prom committee and their partners during the march the present members of bison head society will come onto the floor m twos and will tap the mem bers of next year's society after the march the new men will be con ducted to the stage where mr ed ward siemor president will speak on the significance and purpose of the society after this each new mem ber will bo presented to him and he will mention some of the outstand ing activities m which the new mem ber has participated photographers from tho various newspapers will al so be pesent to record tho event for posterity mr siemer president of the so ciety tells us that the new men will be chosen primarily on the basis of their outstanding participation m extra-curricular activities person ality will also be a deciding factor the student body is awaiting anx iously the answer to the enigma as to who is to be chosen publications board hears constitution a meeting of the publications board was held friday february 9 william sawyer editor of the new bison submitted the tentative con stitution to the board and it was subjected o much revision ithe constitution committee was then in strducted to incorporate the sugges tions and to submit the complete constitution at the next meeting dr scofield resigned as faculty advisor of the publications board because of lack of time to devote to this office he wanted to use more of his time for research work the resignation will take effect at the time the present s a c dis bands richard ball brought up the ques tion of the continuity of the staffs of publications he suggested that some system should be worked out whereby succession to tftaff posi tions would more efficiently and equitably brought about blue masquers present r.u.r on march 9,10 ■ the cast for the blue masquers production of r u r on march 9 and 10 is harry domin — edward braunich sulla a to bo teas — audrey days man marius : a robot mark binkley helena glory — hfelen peters dr gjall chrirl dwfyer mr fabry — john murphy dr hallmeistr shar|es penfold mr alquist — jack nelson consul busman—^stanley nixon nana — edythe horowitz radius a robot otto hempel helena a robo ess — betty ma loney primus a rob t — robert san born the cast is now rehearsing daily they aro all working hard and by the ninth of march will have put m enough hours to make nra gnash its hair and tear its teeth the settings are nearly com pleted they will be the most strik ing and the most elaborate set the masquers have ever attempted mr travis the club coach designed them and various members of tho club mider the superv.sion of leon jehle executed them r u r is without a doubt the most nmbitious produci-on the mas duers have ever staged and all signs indicate that it will be the most suc cessful one clemence dane speaks on writer-reader last wednesday evening at the twentieth century club buffalo brought to its public clemence dane one of our most successful modern authoress the fenton foundation which has aided the city in its cultural strides for lomo time made this possible clemence dane is well known in literary circles and was greeted by an enthuaiastic gathering among whom were many university stu dents her topic was the writer and reader in a most original beginning she compared the rela tions between student and professor reader and writer husband and wife academic literary and domestic — repesentatives she points out that while some authors feel superior to their public they are in truth do pendent upon them not only for livelihood but for meritorious sanc tion as well she cited one case where a friend of hers told her that he had finished a book no one hnd read it as yet and to miss dane this signified incompletion some ar tists she stated consider their work living while in the process of pro duction and dead immediately upon freddie rich to play at junior prom tonight noted maestro herewithßand got early start playing in nickelodeon after school at twelve he had a job in a sec ond avenue nickelodeon playing ten hour stretches after an exhaust ing day at school and at thirty-six '. fe e — ie — a-sth»«wi*£uwcewdft*«tor-com posor such a transition needs no little explaining born in warshaw freddie rich was brought to ameri ca while still very young he grew up on new york's east side attend ing its public schools and excelling in track and as a member of the glee club busy with these activ ities there was little time to prac tice the piano his father a com poser sought to chastise him and 1 locked the piano saying that he had to choose between music and sports 1 freddie chose to run away in fact 1 three times he left town to explore parts unknown in and around bos ; ton albany and san francisco hav ■ ing found that home was the best : place after all freddie settled down to his piano lessons once more and won a damrosch scholarship entitl ing him to instruction in harmony counterpoint and composition he made his debut at the waco theatre at the age of eleven where , he played typical indian music at • the appropriate time and the wed ' ding march for effective fade-outs consequently ho felt few tiualma when he undertook a vaudeville tour including n the major citiei from new york to san franeiso at the conclusion of the circuit rich became musical director for such stars as eva tanguay marie dress ier lou fields and numerous schu bert productions deciding to settle down in man hattan once more he made his de but as a dance maestro at the astor remaining until 1928 when he took his band on a tour of europe cul minating with a command perform ance before the king and queen of england the end of the year found fred die in new york again this time as one of the principal conductors for the columbia broadcasting sys ' tern presenting as many as sixteen programs a week two of his out standing broadcasts are the col umbians on tuesdays at 8:00 p nut ' e.s.t and the georgie jessel pro gram an hour and a half later as a composer he has to his cred it two very successful numbers ' animal crackers and on the riviera his most recent work de scribes phases of modern kfe sr>en ■ and hoard from his penthouse apart ■ ment high above park avenue rich plays tonight freddie rich adventures of a prom couple betty looked and seriously into the full length mirror at last she decided that the hours of plucking curling manicuring und fussing had not been waster her bracelets glit tered as she turned around to ink spect the back of her gown for the last time she was very pleased with the gown which fitted perfect ly and reached just to the toes of her tiny slippers a little too tiny to be comfortable the dress was certainly worth all the work that she had directed upon pupa the door bell rang and the an ticipated corsage arrived who but jack would have thought of sending an orchid i she thought first of the envious girls at the prom then of the big hit that she was going to make with freddie rich and lastly how sweet jack was to send the little note for your wonderful smile an orchid to you certainly that was originality to t ha nth de gree soon the door bell rang again which reminded her that jaok woild already be weary from his search for his studs and the hard work of chiseling the family car after fussing around for twenty more minutes she went slowly down the stairs and posed for just a sec ond on the bottom step eo jack would be sure to be impressed the usual greeting being over they started out the door and the first words were all set jack patting his hip he said you bet to himself he said i hope she goes easy i only have a fifth they arrived at the statler at 10:45 a nice time to arrive at any dance which starts it 10 and were soon dancing to the idyllic music a pnt on the shoulder and they were es corted to a fourth floor room and there was a girl with a dress just like betty's things imoved rappid^y some one passed out — a dance exchanged — another room — another brand — more into actions — and then the grand march jack was tapped for bison head move uiuui betty realized that it is more fun to go to the prom with someone who is very popular at three the music stopped betty and jack looked at each other — where had the time gone i seemed that they had just gotten there the only evidences of the passing of time was the accumulated lipstick on jack's shirt front and the dull ache in betty's toes from the too tight slippers to child's then and for some food but they weren't hungry at least they couldn't eat the eggs — hours later betty took off her slippers and practically crawled up the stairs what a night it had been grand next morning neither betty nor jack could name more than ten pco pie who had been to the prom and betty couldn't even remember what jack's old girl friend had worn another successful prom for u of b and another whole year to plan for another — a bigger and better prom bigger favots and a better or chesta or visa v«rsa chancellor deans and faculty in receiving line the committee of the 1934 jun ior prom announces a tentative list of those who will be in receiving line on the evening of friday feb ruary 16th mr and mrs a glenni bartho lomew dr and mrs samuel p cap en mr and mrs george d crofts dean and mrs edward w koch dr.sind mrs a bertram lemon dean and mrs carlos c alden dean and mrs daniel h squire dean and mrs julian park mr and mrs lester s kcrrogg dean flpid mrs l o cummings dean lillias m macdonald mr and mrs lewis a froman mr and mrs robert parke mr and mrs william g unfotunately fm of these peo ple will not be able to attend the occasion due to previous engage tformal invitations were also ex tended to the members of the uni versity council the following list includes vari ous prominent members of buffalo society who will act as patrons and i patronesses for the prom : dr and mrs james 0 rails dr j graham edward dr and mrs al fred h noehren dr and mrs geroge w thorn dr john j elli ott dr allen r long dr and mrs frederick j parmenter dr doug las i arnold dr and mrs robert p dobbie dr and mrs lester s i knapp dr and mrs john f fair i bairn dr and mrs thew wright in ml mrs bernard g wakcfield dr august hengerer dr and mrs edwa'rd f mimmach dr and mrs 1 } it'll d quinby dr any mrs charles d quinby dr and mrs 1 1 charles a pankow dr and mrs james j ailinger dr edward j , doran dr and mrs harold f , meese mr and mrs homer w , widener dr and mrs edmund d i mcgarry dr and mrs charles s tippetts dr and mrs martin a , brumbaugh mr and mrs livermore dr and mrs harold g hewitt miss eileen adamson dr and mrs william a . i bonner dr daniel b leary dr \ and mrs charles h keone mr and ' j mrs thomas f morgan dr and mrs reginald pegrum dr carle ion f scofield mr and mrs oscar silvcrman mr stanley d travis dr and mrs milton h woodburn 1 dr and mrs albert n jorgensen miss adelle h land mr and mrs philip halpern mr and mrs frank adsit bull mr and mrs francis e bagot mr and mrs justin c mor kan mr and mrs samuel b bots r i ford mr roswell p rosengren seniors notice all seniors who have not yet had interviews with miss fairbairn con cerning applications fojr positions are requested to make appointments in the personnel office immedi ately mr moran would like to see all | senior men before february 21 today in your wee k uad mbout freddie rich 1 prom news 1 norton program 1 editorial comment 2 rosengren lecture 3 u b beats alfred 3 music club 2 soap box 3 knowledge 2 i continued on pago 3 column 7 continued on page 2 prom music will be broadcast over wkiiw 11:30-12:00 o'clock when a feller needs a friend placed on the market a year ago this pipe 4sfc«i mixture made many friends before it had f^'s a line of advertising aged in the wood for rv h years . . . briggs is mellow packed with jz2 m flavor biteless won't you try a tin and let '&'" jj genial briggs speak for i tself ? v kmt factory fresh j^^s hj|^^2\i*^^bj i ....... i;,,m t o i i nili.ht 1 avoid the rush cet to the prom before the grand march