Bee, 1933-11-17

              the bee the university of buffalo weekly volume 14 university of buffalo november 17 1933 n0.9 announce results of senior college elections dwyer 18 president oticr officers equally prominent in many activities after a long period of mysterious silence the results of tbe elections of the senior cubb of the college of arte and sciences are ready for publication the new officers are president — charles dwyer vice-president — frances stephan secretary — helen relmann treasurer — william sawyer marahalls ruth lane and ralph weeger these officers seem exceptionally well choßen and it is to be expected that with such leaders the senior class will do things in a big way this year all of the officers have figured promin ently in student activities during their years at the university charles dwyer has been active as chairman of the pub lications board president of the stu dent activities council and as business manager of blue masquers frances stephan is known for her work with the women's club the women's ath letic association on the junior prom committee last year and in cap and gown helen relmann who has work ed as assistant news editor for the bee on directory as manager of archery as president of pi kappa phi sorority as junior class officer last year and as a member of cap and gown is also well suited to the responsibilities of her position as managing editor for the bee on the publications board on the s a c and on the iris william sawyer has also distinguished himself the two marshalls are also prominent people ruth lane a member of cap and gown is known for her work on the s a c on the directory and on the buffalonian ralph weeger is an outstanding member or the men's glee club which he directed at the home concert last year of the german club and has also become known for the violin recitals which he has given here at school publication board to meet publications board will meet nov 19 at 5:00 p m at the home of dr scofleld 196 st james place stuuents wanted fdr checkers at dall games are you worried about next year's tuition is your date money suffering from a fit of consumption is your christmas fund a sinking fund don't fret — consult the personnel depart ment and all out an application for part-time employment at present there is a position open in exchange for a room or if you prefer selling christmas cards yield a good re muneration several such positions are now available two boys are wanted preferably sophomores to handle the check room concession at the basket-ball games town tidings the magazine of buf falo and western new york offers to both men and women students of tbe university of buffalo an unusual op portunity to"make a substantial cash income on part time work they will furnish definite leads and instructions work is approximately three hours per day further information is obtainable at the personnel office french honor dean park por distinguished service in the held of franco-american relations dr julian park dean ot the college of arts and sciences of the university ot buftalo was designated chevalier in the legion of honor saturday evening left to right prof auguste desclos paris associate director of the national office of french universities dr francis s fronczak buffalo health commissioner and a member of the legion of honor dr park paul j speyser french consular agent in buffalo c pascal franchot former consular agent and louis a fischer honorary president of les amis de la france the award was presented at a dinner of les amis de la france at the town club 806 delaware avenue swift law instructor elected to judgeship the university of buffalo law school shares a most important honor as a result of the recent election par ton swift one of its instructors and a distinguished practising atorney was elected to a seat on the bench of the supreme court of the eighth judicial district for many years mr swift has served the university in a doctoral capacity having taught a course in medical jurisprudence at the medicul school and instructed young prospective law yers in the law on the subject of domestic relations law students will be happy to know that mr swift through arrangements made by dean alden will continue to teach at the law school mr swift was born in cuba new york in 1876 during his boyhood his family moved to buffalo where his father h j swift practised law he was educated in local high bchonls and is a graduate of cornell uni versity where he was affiliated with zeta psi fraternity after complotlug his college course in 1898 he read law in his father's office he was ad mltted to the bar in 1900 practising alone for several years later the firm of swift gratwick meredith and i potter was formed from 1920 to 1923 he served in the state senate mr swift has been active in local political i circles being affiliated with the re publican party ever since theodore roosevlt'b first presidential campaign mr swift has also been active in local fraternal organizations he is a member of the saturn cub of um buffalo tennis and squash club u mason and belongs to county state and american bar associations we wish to congratulate mr swift and the university of buffalo law school on this election parton swift french honor dean julian park dr julian park dean of the col lege of arts and sciences waß pre sented with the cross of the legion of honor on saturday night at a din ner given by les amis de la france at the town club mr paul j speyser french consul in buffalo made the presentation the award was given to the dean for his distinguished ser vices to the french government citing dr park's record as a friend of france c pascal franchot former french consul here and likewise form er president of les amis de la france recalled that dr park had ■ replaced him as consular agent when mr fran chot went to france during the world war he also called attention to dean park's scholastic studies of the french language and his numerous articles calculated to promote amity between the two republics he then presented mr speyser who conferred the honor upon dr park in a brief speech dr park called upon mr speyser to convey his ex pression of appreciation to the french government dr francis e fronczak oldest holder of the decoration in buf falo extended congratulations to dr park others present at the * ceremonies were dr samuel p capen chancellor of the university of buffalo and mrs capen dr harry w rockwell head of buffalo state teachers college and mrs rockwell and justice charles b sears after the ceremony professor auguste desclos associate director of the national office of french uni , verßltfes in charge of student ex changes gave a lecture on the artistic life of paris richard s ball assumes duties as bee editor the staff of the bee wishes to an nounce several changes in the govern ing board roland benzow who lias been editor-ln-chtef of the bee for the past year and a halt has resigned ric hard ball has been elected as the new tbe ■ position manag h ing editor lirh previously occupied h now be byh the i copy edi i tor is rutb h freeman former h news editor has re 1 from this pos 1 in the future i she the help of i mary to be dent biographies which will appear in the bee each week marjorie johnson has been elected news editor eleanor lawson will occupy th position of fea ture editor left vacant by the news editor in the future there will be several new columns appearing weekly in the bee the stylus will appear regularly and is temporarily being handled by talman vanarsdale the editorship for this column has not yet been de flnitely decided there will also be a column devoted to social economic political controversy which will be handled by helen relmann assistant news editor she will be aided by letn leonard richard ball || our campus f>ets this is not to be a dissertation upon the inmates of this our institu tion on the contrary it is an attempt lo excite a litle interest in the experi mental lahoratory better known as the animal house of the biology de partment it was established in ijt2 and has been under the supervision of dr shadle the head of the biology department ever since inside its un impressive gray walls there have been assembled not the rare but the more common of our small wild ani mals the most numerous of which are rabbits duchess is a black and white fe male rabbit who once suffered a broken leg she has fully recovered now and is anticipating dreamy eyed what wlnchell terms a blessed event little molly cotton tall is another headllner among the rabbits her bmall size and great dark eyes belie her rebellious heart molly is from the ozark mountains and was quite un used to a cage when she first arrived during the first night in order to let off a little steam molly skinned her cell-mate alive nice going molly charlie he ferret is kept as a good example of a killer the tufts of hi victims gray fur in his cage add to his vicious appearance the ground bogs are called dad grumpy and little charlie the latter is very affectionate only the other morning he asked dr shadle for something ot remember him by — and took a piece of his thumb the two porcupines big feilar and little feilar have a weakness for graham bread little feilar is quite tame and may be coaxed to sit upon your sleeve pin cushion and all while he eats his bread the sacket kitty ( skunk to you re flects in a retired corner upon the bitterness of life although he is a new arrival and still pretty scared it is all too evident that he does not like people dual control provided student union organization complete council approves g a committee ratifies report on norton union modifies certain provisions students have majority on board of managers governors to control finances the following reports are those of the student union committee and the university council respectively the council's final ratification was se cured on tuesday morning at a meeting of the council's committee on general administration at a meeting one week ago today the chancellor brought before the s a c committee the revisions which the councu wished to make after an exhaustive discussion of the proposed amendments the chancellor took the committee's opinion on each change back to the council where satisfactory conciliations were reached the appointment to the first board ot managers will be made by the chancellor the early part of next week to the chancellor your committee appointed to consider the problems of organization and management which the completion of norton hall bring to the univer sity begb to submit its suggestions and recommendations the committee does not intend this report to be final it representa the results of five months of continuous study and discussion ot the problems involved including con sultation with officers faculty the students of the university and is submitted for your perusal at this time with the hopes that you may point out the direc tion in which you wish us to pursue further study of the problems at the very outset of our work we found that the organization of a student union and a consideration of the relationship of that union to norton hall necessitated a rather complete survey of student activities as they new exist this has proved enlightening and interesting to the members of the committee and accounts for the fact that some of our recommendations may appear more directly concerned with student activities than with norton hall we believe however that the coming of norton hall as a student re creational center about which all activities must be integrated makes inevit able as well as desirable the taking of an inventory of our existing student organizations with the hope of improvement wherever possible to those of us who have been working in and with student activities it has been growing more and more apparent that the various organizations of students have grown up somewhat independently without thought of interrelationship without clearly defined functions and responsibilities and without uniformity in those matters where uniformity is desirable e.g the handling of financial matters we feel this to be an opportune moment for the drawing up of a comprehensive scheme under which all activities may operate with entire freedom but with the knowledge that they are part of a greater and well integrated university activities program your committee has been handicapped from the start by the absence of any information whatsoever as to source and amount of money which the university can apply to the equipment and maintenance of norton hall where our report is inadequate on matters of finance seeming to deal in vague generalities it is not because of any desire to avoid these problems on the contrary we wished to consider them and hope we may be given the oppor tunity to do so just as boon as any information is available throughout our discussion we have conceived of norton hall as a building belonging to the council of the university and subject to their gen eral administration but a building devoted entirely and without restriction other than those which the financial condition of the university necessitates to service — the service of the student this we believe to have been the de sire ot former chancellor norton when he wrote it is my wish to have this building used ab a club refectory and place of rest and recreation for the day students attending the unlverstiy when not actually engaged in the class lec ture rooms of the university this too we believe to be the conception of a student union building in all institutions where such a building exiats our first and fundamental recommendation therefore — one which it is perhaps superfluous to express is that informed and represen tative students and members of the faculty who are ac quainted with and interested in the social cultural and intellectual recreational activities of the students be consulted in every matter pertaining to norton hall which may arise between now and the time the governing board described below or one similarly comprised as sumes its duties the recommendations and suggestions we are submitting fall into two major categories first those concerned with the student union an organization of the students of the university as distinguished from the stu dent union building second thobe concerned w i y progress narks record of retiring editor benzow roland benzow has retired as editor-in-chief of the bee thus writing finis to the editorial career of the most progressive editor the bee has ; ever had since he is to be at the law school this year mr benzow felt that he could not do justice to hi heavy schedule and his bee work at the same time richard ball who has been managing editor for the past year is exceptionally well suited to take up the reins surrendered by the former editor the bee profited during mr ben zow's period as editor-in-chief from his independent thinking his persis tance and his executive ability not only was he active on campus in the bee position but in a great many other student activities as well he has served as assistant manager of football president of bohippus club assistant manager of debate vice president of beta chi bpsllon fra ternity treasurer of student council marshall ot„the senior class as well as being active in the philosophy club track the directory the s a c com mittee the publications board the norton hall committee and the anti war committee under mr benzow the bee has be come more active in arousing student comment on the football situation fraternities jobs for students and tho athletic fee new columns have be come regular features and the weekly has undergone a general all-around improvement it is to be hoped that the organization which he set up will continue to function in the same ef flclent way under its new leader who has given such excellent indications of having the same qualities that made the career of the former editor-in-chief so.ucces.fu roland r benzow continued on page 2 t > iiii there will be a verv import ant meeting of all report ers in the bee office on mon day november 20th at 12:46 ■ ' special union issue read report beginning on paqe four it concerns you "