Bee, 1934-01-12

              the bee the largest college newspaper in western new york volume 14 university of buffalo , january 12 1934 no 14 bus ad faculty honored two receive federal posts dean clarence marsh wiudirecjtcxc ■ educational work dr clarence s marsh dean of the school of business administra tion left on friday december 29 for washington where he has assumed his duties as director of educational work for the civilian conservation corps news of dr marsh's appointment was made through dr george s zuk the commissioner of education at washington was received with great satisfaction in buffalo educational circles dr marsh is one of the out standing educational figures in amer ica and is eminently fitted for this position in his new capacity he will organize and plan educational work for the reforestation camps of which there are nine regional divi sions in various parts of the united states there are five thousand ap pointments under dr marsh for all of which he is indirectly responsible the problems with which he will deal are problems of adult education and concern men from the ages of six teen to twenty-two dr marsh's ap pointment will extend through to april first and may possibly be ex tended until october first while in washington dr marsh is staying at the cosmos club we wish to congratulate miss martha gooddett of the business ad office who is organizing dr marsh's wash ington office in the position of exec utive secretary dr epstein appointed . to position on advisory statistical committee doctor ralph c epstein will soon leave to become a member of the committee of governmental statistics at the rockefeller foundation whose offices are in the new com merce building of the u s departs ment of commerce in washington while not officially a committee of the u s government the group is organized to give advice to various statistical bureaus and several ex ecutive departments concerning the continuity of data adequacy of the present materials and the value of various proposals to enlarge the fact-finding activities of the gov ernment dr epstein has been chosen for the position because of his national reputation in the field of economics where he has published several books one about the automobile industry one on the statistics of corporations compiled from governmental records for the use of research workers and one that has not been published yet about the profits of american cor porations it will be the only thing of its kind when published by the national bureau of economic re search dr epstein will complete his pres ent semester of teaching before he leaves which will probably be around the fifteenth of the month he is the second man to go from here dean marsh having left a while ago and is now in charge of the c c c i.ducational program many important and prominent men have served as members of this committee dr epstein is well qualified to follow them and to ade quately execute his duties on the committee he has had a widely varied academic career as stated in the front of the of ficialr u b cata log b a columbia university m a ph d t harvard university formerly cost accountant and in dustrial engineer gerard graham and company industrial en gineers chicago instructor in economics northwestern univer sity editorial work and economic research a w shaw company publishers chicago james savage scholar in economics frederic sheldon traveling fellow in econ omics and tutor in the division of history government and econo mics harvard university professor vail appointed to state post word was recently received by professor curtis c d vail assist ant professor of german of his ap pointment to the new york state committee for accrediting teachers in german professor vail who is the author of basic german word lists now a part of the official state syllabus for high schools will prepare the written examinations which are given three times a year by the state of new york to all prospective teach ers of german dr william h price is the only other member of this committee dr price is the supervisor of modern languages for the university of the state of new york the secretary of the state examinations board dr george m wiley made the ap pointment important announcement au applications for fellowships and scholarships must be sent to the authorities of the various schools bo fore march 1 it is advisable that seniors begin considering the lists in the personnel office immediately blue and white debaters invade niagara university on monday evening january 15 the men's varsity debating team will debate niagara university at niagara on the subject resolved that the principal features of the national re covery act be extended beyond the two-year period laid down for it in its provisions buffalo's team is composed of ed ward robinson charles penfold and godfrey wende robinson is the only members who was on the varsity team last year hut both pendold and wende have seen service on fresh man sophomore and high school teams niagara is said to have one of the best teams in the east and the contest promises to be very in teresting thiß is the first men's intercollegiate debate of the season and it is hoped that it will be well attended dr kerr the coach as well as the debaters would like to see a good representation from buf falo niagara is only an hour's drive from here and who can think of a cheaper and more profitable evening than going to the debate we all want to know more about our oawn economic system and there new music club meets today program to be presented this afternoon the new music club which was organized about a month ago will hold its first reg ularly organized meeting and present a program of student talent for all who have an interest in the kind of work that the club will promote for those who have forgotten the article explaining the reason for or ganizing thiß club a few facts would be pertinent the first action in bringing such a group together came from the faculty the idea being to exploit the student talent which is at present a strictly private matter each student going his own way in the field of music with no chance to compare notes with other students with the same interest dean mac donald planned the first meeting which was a fine start toward the clubs objective officers were elected dent class of 33 sets mark u b professional students rate high in state all practicing last year's graduating class in dentistry at the university has set a new record receiving passing grades on 222 of the 223 separate examina tion papers written last spring for the new york state board this fact was revealed monday in a letter from minor j terry secretary of the new york state board of dental examiners i want to congratulate you upon the success of your stud ents in these examinations he said as the record is a very enviable one only one student of 37 in the class failed in a single subject and a re examination in this subject was later taken and passed indeed evejny last graduate is now engaged in practice this asserts dr daniel h squire dean of the school is an other record which few other col leges in the university can equal after four years of depression under the plan which has operated at the univrseity since 1923 train ing in tho basic medical subjects which constitute about half of the modern dental curriculum is all giv en in the school of medicine by the medical faculty itself without this fundamental work in the medi cal school our record of the past year would simply not have been possible dean squire insists if we give credit where credit is due a very large part of the glory justly goes to the faculty of the school of medicine eminent writers among our faculty in the world of books the faculty of the university of buffalo has made many contributions dr riegel has recently revised his book indus trial chemistry and it has won the favdr of the american library as sociation and is recommended as the best book of its kind dr perry has had two books pub lished the first duchess of new castle and her husband as figures in literary history and the comic spirit in restoration dreams he has also edited the taming of the shrew in the yale shakespeare edi tion dr epstein has written a text book in economics entitled supplemetary reading in enocomtcs and a book entitled the automobile industry its economic and commercial devel opment dr hector has written an intro ductory physica text and principles of modern radio receiving a laboratory guid ein zoology has been prepared by dr shadle and dr cartledge has written introduc tory theoretical cnemistry dr leary has written living and learning a philosophy of educa tion modern psychology normal and abnormal and that mind of yours h ehas also had several pamphlets on psychology published dr sy has written a great number of pamphlets most of them on the subject of food chemistry dr bidwell has written in con juction with j i falconer the history of agriculture in northern u s 1620-1860 he has also writ ten several pamphlets dr tippetts has written in collaboration with dr livermore a text business organ continued on page 5 column 5 junior prom committee formulating plans the junior prom committee held a meeting last friday afternoon al though the members didn't come to any final decisions they discussed the different suitable orchestras which they might engage and also made plans for decorations do your best for us committee we're all behind you here's to the best ju nior prom that u b has ever had i margaret barton gains position on s u board i board discusses applicants for norton hall margaret barton was elected secretary of the board of man agers of the student union for the remainder of the school year at the meeting of the board held in the council reom of the chancellor's office last friday afternoon mr robert winegar delegate to the re cent convention presented many use ful suggestions to the board and also reported that a list of eleven formal candidates who applied to the board of governor for t|ie position of director of norton hall had been referred to the board of managers prior to the meeting this group has been asked to review the list and present recommendations however it was made known that the board of managers has no electing power in this matter they were discussed and carefully considered as to their suitability for the position the meeting was adjourned after a un animous vote of thanks was taken to chancellor capen for his gener osity in assuming responsibility for the transportation of the convention delegates convocation plans of freshmen mark university progress as we glance over the events of the past month there are certain definite stepping stones in the pro gress of our univor^ty this year as never before we are faced with changes which greatly affect the future of our organization the freshmen noble class of 37 have endeavored to adjust themselves to college life in its complex entirety we must admit they have proved promising and more than willing to give their best they have discovered that what this place needs is co-op eration and spirit but they did not keep this revelation to themselves and speak of it in hushed whispers and pray fervently that they might attend some other college more prominent in the public eye instead they took it upon themselves to in still some of their freshness and vigor into a school which they desired to support and be proud to call it al ma mater that is the origin of the freshmen convocations many at tended and from the applause and enthusiasm displayed we gather that these trials were a welcome diver sion the challenge has been of continued on page 6 column 4 joseph tregor wins an award for pharmacy joseph tregor was awraded the sigma alpha phi cup for scholarship at a convocation of the pharmacy classes and faculty monday dec 18 dean gregory made the presentation of the beautiful bronze cup a cup is given each year by the sigma alpha phi honorary society to the senior pharmacy student whose name appears on the freshman and the junior honor roll in case that more than one name appears twice it is given to the one having the high est average the sigma alpha phi society of which mr tregor is a member was founded for the purpose of stimulat ing a greater interest in scholastic standing it is composed of those students who have the equivalent of a b average up to the last half of their junior year mr tregor has one of the finest scholastic records ever attained in the school of pharmacy and is to be congratulated upon winning this awrd as dean gregory pointed out in presenting the cup the knowledge and satisfaction acquired in being able to win this honor should mean more than the cup itself mr robert parke is union director appointed yesterday by the board of governors after long session here is the news every one bas been waiting for mr robert parke has lit'cn appointed director of norton union the appointment was announced yesterday evening following a meet ing of the board of governors in the office of chacellor capen at the meeting several of the most like ly candidates were personally inter viewed after which the board made its choice mr parke is a graduate of an tioch college ohio and has since leaving there had a very wide ex perience in dealing both with things and with people the board was much impressed with the personal ity and record of the newly appoint ed director and made its decision on that basis at the meeting the board of gov ernors elector robert winegar sec retary thursday afternoon at a meeting of the executive committee of the board of managers mr winegar ap pointed charles dwyer as chairman of the rooms committee for the union and warns that all organiza tions in the university wishing space either permanent or temporary must apply immediately the petition should be addressed to mr dwyer and must contain a statement of what is wanted and the reasons race prejudices flare up at convention from the national student's fed eration of america convention which was held in washington during the holidays comes an interesting story of race prejudice being overcome by the broad-mindedness of real south ern ladies and gentlemen at the convention were three ne gro delegates two of whom were from howard university at wash ington the southern delegates had come to the convention with the un derstanding that they would partici pate only in the business sessions and take no part in the'social events at the first ball which was held in a room simiar to the terrace room of the statler the negro dele gates came with their girls and be gan to dance the southern men and women began to gather on the terrace and start a hubbub the men tagged all the girls from the southern colleges who were still on the floor and took them over to join their crowd they refused to dance while the negroes were on the floor it looked as though there was going to be a riot and the cops were called in when things began to quiet down some of the students from the northern colleges tried to make them today in your wee giead cmout n s f a convention 1 whither washington 2 wrestlinp 3 marsh leaves 1 epstein appointed 1 queen bee 6 rhodes scholarship 1 morality and social ethics dr morris r cohen .... 1 faculty contributes to literature 1 n.s.f.a body discusses problems and activities ball dwyer represent u b at convention held in washington delegates representing u b at a convention of of the national federation of students of america held at the mayflower ho tel washington d c from decem ber 26 to january 1 were charles h dwyer and richard s ball they were sent to participate in this union of 200 students representing schools from all sections of the united states by the s a c and the stu dent council the purpose of the n s e a is to facilitate the exchange of student opinion in national and international affairs and of their opinions in re gard to campus problems such as honor systems elections urban uni versities with a campus life like that of u 8 financial problems of both university and student positions both inside and outside the univer sity obtained for the student by the institution the problem of school publications was discussed and in fact almost any problem the student desired to stress student problems since most of the students seemed not to be interested in national and international affairs it was voted at one of the plenary meetings that at future conventions more stress be placed upon student problems it was observed that regarding curri culum and faculty and administra tive regulation uf student life u b is very fortunate as compared with other schools in the majority of ahooli — whoso delegates w ere con tacted during the convention it was noted that the domineering attitude on the part of the administrative staff served one benefiticial purpose at least from the short time point of view namely lo consolidate the stu dent body into a feeling of oneness however from the long time point of view it is better for the individual student to learn to take rosponsibil itl into his hands in the matter of censorship smoking drinking re tiring etc the convention had a chance to observe a racial problem involving some of the southern dele gates toward some negroes who also attended the chairman of the con vention was robert marcus a stu dent at american university wash ington d c dwyer senior president arts school prominent in campus activities charles dwyer senior class-presi dent of the arts college began his four years with the idea that col lege meant courses upon finding mr dwyer unhurriedly and genially concluding the details of wednes day's really successful convocation program we find that his concep tions have changed he confesses that he would not lift a hand against conferences every week and that his freshman year devoted to courses was a wash-out studying is necessary continued charlie redeeming himself when one is active in activities he is apt to overlook studying the obser vation of his classmates however would indicate that charie is not one of those who has overlooked this phase of the life of a student al though he appears to work no har der than the rest of his co-mates we have yet to see him caught on a fair question mr dwyer has been doing his tutorial work in govern ment charlie strongly contradicts the opinion that fraternities are essen tial to social life he declared that he has never felt any lack of such an organization in the four years that he has been on the campus knowing charlie and the scope of his interests causes one to wonder whether the fraternities are not more isolated than the individuals outside of them his interests are numer ous and his circle of friends is un limited he is the business manager of blue m««hwi"«j «* opgmnwtm-n which he entered in his sophomore year and of which he was the trea surer last year he is the president of student council and a member of s a c the board of managers of the new student union and in ternational relations club in his freshman year he was inactive in j such groups but he believes con clusively that all freshmen should be urged to take part in at least one activity this year's freshman class is wide awake he remarked after a pause that fact is one of the principal reasons for the ostens ible improvement in tbe student body another is the anticipation of norton hall and then there had to be a rebound after the flat ness of last year dr m r cohen lecturer for fenton foundation first lecture topic crime punishment crime and punishment was dis cussed by dr morris r cohen mon day evening at the twentieth cen tury club he believes that crime is not caused by mental deficiency or glandular disturbances as is claimed by many present-day psychologists mental deficiency is not even a gen eral characteristic in criminals dr cohen professor of philosophy at the college of the city of new york and a prominent philosopher declared that reformatory measures are not successful although we be lieve that all should be educated re form education will not be successful until psychologists and educators know how to reform and readjust criminals the deterrent theory of punish ment the effect of the punishment on others is also unsuccessful crime goes on notwithstanding all the punishments which have been in flicted certain philosophers believe that thiß theory is immoral for no man should be used as a means to advance civilization at present dr cohen stated there is a growing opposition to the same punishment for all crimes committed the law should deal more with the third lecture on morality social ethics x dr morris r cohen professor of philosophy at the college of the city of new york will deliver the third of a series of free public lectures for which he has been engaged by the university of buffalo fenton found ation on friday january 12 at 8:30 p m in the twentieth century club at 505 delaware aveue his subject will be morality and social ethics born in russia in 1880 dr cohen came to the united states when he was twelve years old he attended the college of the city of new york from which in 1000 he received his b s degree he later attended harvard and in 1006 received his ph.d degree in addition to his work at the new york institution dr cohen has taught at st john's college johns hopkins the university of chicago harvard and yale he organized the conference on legal and social philosophy and is a member of the executive commit tee of the international congress of philosophy dr cohen has written two books reason and nature and law and the social order he also edited the modern legal philosophy ser ies continued on page 6 column ') continued on page g column ') continued on page 5 column s)fl continued on page 5 column 3 continued on pago 5 column 4 i continued on page 6 column 2 continued on page 5 column 4 w btb».bbbw».>-»..b.»b1...b \ dr morris r cohen to present third f of fenton foundation lectures to f night at 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