Bee, 1933-10-06

              the bee the university of buffalo weekly volume 14 univer8ity of buffalo october 8 1933 no 3 near completion of student union recalls foresight of chancellor norton seated behind a modest desk in his unpretentious study in the year of 1907 1b a scholarly lawyer on first glance his mannerisms seem awk ward but an observer of great per spicacity can discern immediately that under that maladroit manner lies a rare combination of philosophical nature and a gotillebian luve of truth hla head is bent over a pile of papers und indefatigueably he goes over them again and again suddenly he lifts his eyes and as he does ho the lonely haunted look 1h replaced by one of reverential gratitude which comes only on the realization of an ideal no observer can now mistake the man he is charles p norton vice chan cellor of the university of buffalo and his accounts have just reached the 54,300 mark necessary to purchase the 106 acres on main street which the county had previously used for the county almb house for many years now the possibility of adding a college of arts and science to the university of buffalo had been debated by the university council the majority r the council however like the community felt it lo be jiml a noble educator's vision since financial obligations necessary to lta realization seemed far too oner ous to obtain by popular subscription charles p norton nevertheless with the same faith in the future which forced him to accept the vice chan cellorship in 1906 when no one else would take it felt confident that the object could be accomplished thiib with the aid of the new members of the council john lord o'brfan ed ward michael aud carleton sprague mr norton finally brought the coun cil to caat aside its own project that of buying a block or two around the medical or dental schools and to pur chase instead the 150 acres on main street to allow for future expansion as time went on so j-.i c-i'ul were the members of the cuuncil to mr norton for his foresight and his per sistence in arguing in favor of the muln street site that in the words of one of the members they then and there removed from mr norton the last lingering vice he had and he was made chancellor uut chancellor's troubles were by no means over realizing that unless the question as to whether the col lege be a privately endowed one or heftier the city should contribute to its expense was bettled immediately he would have obtained a pyrrhic vic tory he appealed to the board of al dermen mr norton proposed to them that in return for 76,000 the city could award 300 scholarships in the future college inasmuch us the pro posal lacked political expediency at the time it was defeated for two years discouragement blocked the university growth final ly in 1913 the american medical as sociation ruled that unless one year of preliminary college work was re | quired for entrance into medical , school the university would lose itb ! claas a rating an impromptu faculty was immediately gathered together and a semblance of a course in arts and sciences was offered not only to pre-medlcs but to others who had faith in the university the fact that these new courses could meet only in the few classrooms available in the dental and medical buildings was called to the attention of the women'b educational and indus trial union the women's union in 1915 offered to the university its four slory building on niagara square with the provision that the university should in a year raise 100,000 for the endowment of the future college on february 22 1916 this condition was more than fulfilled when the family of the late seymour h knox gave 250 000 in hifl memory to the university chancellor norton lived to see iiib ideal realized he lived long enough to wield the silver bpade in the virgin campus in june 1920 he died on july 11 1923 with the conviction that his hope had been fully realized and that the university was not to remain a university of taoliued professional schools but was to become a union of colleges as lndestruuable as justice believed the union of the 48 states to be norton hall the student union will symbolize and crown the achievements of chancellor norton it is a living monument to his indefatigable efforts to form a more perfect union dr swisher's letter tells of interesting travel experiences iitle to dean gregory and wile describes life on range r note pecial permission of dean greg r the school of pharmacy and dr margaret swisher professor of chem istry at the university of buffalo tho bee is printing a most interesting letter which dr gregory received from dr swisher this summer it deals with experiences that many of us have rea/s joyed dr swisher whose home is in colorado took a trip this summer with her ister ethel and the latter'b iiub band dan she describes in this letter a typical phase of western life but we'll let her speak tor herself hotchklss colorado august 9 1933 dew dean gregory and louise i hare been intending to write all summer but i didn't brink my typewrit er home and i don't like this long-hand i went on a trip two weeks ago and wish you could have been along my sister's husband had about three hun dred sheep to move from the ranch to one of the herds on the range he wanted to know if edith and i would care to go along for equipment we carried two bed rolls a tent stove food and cooking utensils two pack animals and our three riding horses the one pack ani mal was a beautiful big mule named pork his team mate beans btayed home mules are smart and pork was no exception when dan would start to tighten the cinch pork would take a deep breath and begin to swell up when he couldn't hold his breath any longer dan would be able to tight en the cinch when everything was put on the pack saddle pork would groan and moan as if he were being killed as long as he was packed and any ot 11 ■ were around he would groan the first day we started late and only went from one ranch to the next and stayed that night in one^of tho cabins cont in next week's bee panhellenic offers new service realizing the great need of the fiesh men women for a combination of con fidential ailvlhor and counsellor pan hellenlc the intprborortty council is offering a new srrvlce to puzzled freshmen and has placed a question box in dean macdonald's office in which may he placed any questions pertaining to rushing pledging and anything else connected with borori tles the questions which may he unsigned will be answered by the panhellenlc council and then will he read aloud to the freshmen at a meeting called for that purpose any questions may be asked — and i bey may be personal if that is what is puzzling the girl so freshmen don't be hesitant in asking whether it is true that all the alpha alpha alphas smoke all the time or the beta's do nothing but guzzle beer at meetings or the delta's are nothing but rah-rah girls etc put them on paper and take them to the dean's office fair and truthful answers are guaranteed all freshmen and entering women who have not received a panhellenlc guide are askt'd to procure their copy at dean macdonald'a office at once these booklets which • contain an ex planation of panhellenlc a list of the sororities — their members history and financial obligations and the rushing and pledge rules as set up and enforced by panhellenlc whether or not considering joining a sorority each new member should have one of these guides and should get one at once cap and gown to give luncheon cap and gown senior honorary so cii ty announces that its first luncheon meeting will he held thursday octo ber 12 at 12:30 iu ihe women's lounge cap and iowii is composed of last year's seven outstanding juniorb sally diebold kuth freeman ruth lane frances slephall margaret bar lull helen peters and helen reimaiib sally diebuld is executing the powers f president while ruth lane is in charge ot secretarial and treasury af fairs the cap and gown society should be of special interest to freshmen girl3 as each year this organization presents i ring to the outstanding freshman kill at the university mary klein was the recipient of this distinctive honor last year s a c to select prom chairman upon merit the s a c will this year elect the junior prom chairman on the babls of petitions submitted by ihose desiring to be considered such petitions should contain a complete statement of all the factors which the candidate believes qualify him for the position e.r experience plans etc petitions must be in the hands of the 8 a c chairman dr carleton scnnelrt 103 science hall by noon on tuesday october 17 popular teck liddle players open season james w ltddle who presented tbp teck players in eleven very success ful stock productions is again at the teck the fall theatre season opened aus piciously with the return oc the liddle players who were here eleven weeks last spring this group aroused more > enthusiasm than any him 11 tar company in buffalo in several years the lid ' die players are continuing their esta ' blished policy of offering recent and current new york productions at very low prices although produced by ex perienced artists summing up last season's results the courier-express said the more one 3 1 es of this company the more one feels the urge to set down to amaze nit ut as to how such performances can be ppuvided-for at the prices the at ' tention to production details will bear l comparison with any 3.30 show the buffalo tinn-b writes they are more ' competent than any one had a right ' to expect the principals of the com pany last year are strengthened this year by the addition of more able artists david rounds katheryn olv jney and robert perry last year's favorites rosiland russell elaine temple hugh buckler and dennis jurney are back the productions are again under he able direction of john clarke and hugh buckler ' evening performance at 8:30 ma ' tinee wednesday and saturday at ' 2:30 ' ] the weekly university calendar friday october 6 8:00 a m bee staff breakfast in women's lounge 6:16-7:00 p m athletic council meeting in women's lounge 8:00 p m school of education re ception in women's lounge kappa alpha psi smoker monday octohbr 9 fraternity and sorority rushing he gins 9:00 p m mr moran speaker in the women's lounge wkdnksday october 11 10:30 a m freshmen elections in e h h auditorium 8:30 p m fenton foundation lec ture at twentieth century club thursday october 12 8:00 p m blue masquers meeting in the women's lounge friday october 13 beta phi sigma dance rushing bill cook with verse glorifies freshmen caps bill cook now alumni secretary was editor in chief of the bee back in 1926-1927 perhaps he doesn't want it generally known that he wrote edi torial on the seventy-ninth com mencement the faculty reception senior week the enviable record of the girl's debate team 1 and such like the year previous bill was managing editor and wrote a eolumu the hy ena's lair which had a piece 1 think worth a reprint the little blue cap so this is it — my freshman cap the symbol of my low degree at least that's what that college chup of ann's said it would mean to me he said i'd be ashamed of it like dressing in a jail-bird's suit i'd be the butt of campus wit he's got his cap on ain't he cute but gosh i don't know why i shouldn't stand it if the others can it's worth it ; honest now who wouldn't just to be a college man and don't forget another year my chance comes for some other worm he'll pass me by in awe and fear i'll crack my joke and watch him squirm but wear it until then i will with more or less pretend dread through fire or flood through heat or chill this cap stays right upon my head frosh are warned to pay no atten tion to the stetson ads in the bee adv frosh election postponed sophs juniors elect the student council announces that freshman elections have been post poned until wednesday october 11 during convocation period in the au ditorium of edmund hayes hall the change of date was ne»vs!»ary because of a meeting of frruhmen girls called by dean macdonald fur wednesday october 4 sopohmore and junior nominations will also be held wednesday october 11 during the convocation period in hayes hall rooms 239 and 243 res pectively elections \> ill be held octo ber 18 at which time notices will be posted in the front hall it is hoped that everyone will turn out to insure satisfactory representative elections senior elections will be held later in the year probably by mall as in pre vious years u of b graduates secure teaching jobs despite depression the gloomy aspect of jobless grad uates equipped for teaching is rapidly changing to one of hopefulnebs tli announcements of permanent city ap pointments includes 19 university n buffalo graduates the following re ceived jobs pauline tome — grover cleveland marguerite hanne — south park isabelle corcoran — grover cleveland ruth gulhton lafayette margaret kocsis — east prudence veatch — riverside clara marquardt — grover cleveland lillian sugarman — east irving geib — lafayette j weyand south park john hallahan — grover cleveland alfred naish east donald kumro — east margaret wilkinson riverside frank drebbler — grover cleveland grace teeier—riverslde lloyd miller riverside several permanent substitute ap pointmenth were made from this uni versity among whom were marion gil bert at riverside and fred rope at orchard park the list of appointments outside of buffalo is far from complete but the following art included margaret door amherst betty mauor pike keith hill—pike burdell cotton pike fighting bulls drop contest to niagara after dropping their opening grid iron battle to niagara to the tune of 28-0 the buffalo bulls journey to hamilton tomorrow seeking their first victory of the season the game will be played at clinton n y the home of hamilton college despite the fine efforts of the bulls in holding tbe big niagara eleven to a ninme touchdown in the first half the purple eagles combined a fast run ning attack with aerial manoeuvres in die final half to score three times a 30-yard pabs from ziggy pelczynski to sammy pusaterl provided the only iirsi down registered by the bulls the sturdy defense put up by niagara was enough to hold buffalo in check throughout the afternoon shel hecker's boys scored their first touchdown after a sustained march of 60 yards the niagara backs ripping gaping holes in the u.b line on its touchdown trek went over from the one-yard stripe for the first score of the game they chalked up two scores in the third quarter the first coming after a steady march from the bison 40-yard mark tom mcnally husky niagara quarterback who made plenty of trouble for the bulls and johnny godfrey buffalo boy were instru mental in the purple scoring the third touchdown was of the sensational order ziggy pelczynski flipped a pass intended for the waiting arms of pussy but the speedy kantak purple back speared the pigskin and raced through a host of would-be tacklers to score standing up after his 60-yard dash niagara completed the scoring for the afternoon late in the last quarter their aerial and running at tack had the bulls bewildered and a short pass from the 10-yard mark mc nally to mcmahon accounted for the - fourth six-pointer charley crumllsh i another buffalo boy took care of the i point-scoring after touchdown by boot t ing the pigekln over the bar after each i of the four scores i the bulls one scoring threat was to no avail as they lost the ball on downs i after taking the leather on niagara's i 30-yard line stan zuk had previously i kicked to the two yard stripe and the ■ ball was promptly returned to the 31 i on one of godfrey's punts but the bulls were unable to start a sustained i chargu and their hopes of a score went up into smoke , capt bob rich varsity center i was stationed in the backfield on the : defense johnny rappole playing his first game in a v;irsily uniform was a bulwark of defense in the for ward wall as he time and again broke up niagara's thrusts with his deadly tackling pelszynski and pusaterl turn ed in fine defensive work at their backfield posts sammy on one oc casion punting and then tackling the receiver to draw a round of applause from the stands in his short stay in the game stan zuk out-kicked the great godfrey who is noted for his booting ability summary of the game follows niagara buffalo ryan le le service lynch it it moody kunego lg lg donatelll silver c c rich marshall rg rg rappole crotty rt rt bellinger crumlish re re seubert mcnally qb qb pelczynskl mcmahon lhb lhb williams kantak rhb rhb pusateri godfrey fb fb zuk niagara 7 0 14 7 — 28 buffalo 0 0 0 0—0 business administration class elections seniors president — milton kuinpf vice president — margaret barton secretary—william weyer treasurer — harold wtedeman student board — william hamilton lawarence hoffman howard evert marshal william hamilton juniors president marshall stoll vice president robert rich secretary — bucord bellinger treasurer — edward mayle student board pending sophomores president — john olson vice president richard case secretary — donald driscoll treasurer — john clark student board — merlin luther rip hard case freshmen president — robert brown other offices pending dr pratt compares harvard with u b harvard btudents are much like those of the university of buffalo said dr julius pratt of the history department upon his return trom a bummer of teaching at harvard uni versity some are very excellent students and some try to get by with the minimum amount ot work they too range all the way from a plus to bminus students the widner library where dr pratt spent much of his time proved to be excellent for work in americun his tory dr pratt's field one unique fac tor about this discovered by him was that quite remarkable dusting 1b per formed he was able to work there all day without necessity of cleaning his hands — quite a distinctive feature in libraries while teaching dr pratt enjoyed seeing a little of new england a lit tle of the mountains and a little of the coast dr dolley bats flies while experimenting at u of b while all youse guys and youse gals are changing your schedules and adapting yourselves to the new term's work the tadpoles are changing color and drones flies are adapting them selves to life dr dolley is starting his seventh year of research in hlb third floor lab in biology after teaching at randolph-macon dr dol ley came to the university in 1925 when the campus was composed of two buildings and hayes hall was still a hospital since then he has had numerous articles published in the scientific monthly physiologi cal zoology journal of experimental zoology and many other other per iodicals at present ho is working on three experiments and is being as sisted by clara kingdon george phil lies w j brown and c c hassett one of the problems to be solved is whether or not a hormone is produced when the eye is light-adapted a num ber of tadpoles are observed as they react lo a light after they have been kept in a dark room in about thirty minutes the tadpoleh change from a dark greenish color to a light brow nish red the university would be delighted and dr dolley would be overjoyed if he found a new hormone but as yet only a little has been learn ed and no predicions can be made about the practical use of such a sub stance from tadpoles the interest changes to drone hies which look very much like honey-bees but have much better manners they do not sting nor buzz and accommodate biologists by stay ing uwake during cold weather these hies are dr dolley'a best friends but since a new generation replaces the old every few months names cannot be supplied rapidly enough so each and every fly is named eristalls te nax the object of the experiment is lo find whether or not light striking the eye starts a photo-chemical pro cebs in which several complex chemi cul substances are involved in a re action of some kind the drone fly is adapted to this experiment since light reacts in a positive manner on the fly and it is compelled towards the light the i ii ni!.i m <■!! i ,> i processes in drone flies and human beings are the same dr dolley says that experiments with colors will be performed later by means of light fillers the third experiment deals with the reactions caused by the senses in the presence of chemical substances the i drone files have ne\er been ubed be fore because of the simple reason that they were hard to find and could not be kept alive in the laboratory dr dolley has found that they can sur vive on the pollen of the california poppy and great p^.lns are taken to given them this pollen mixed with sugar and to keep plenty of water in the cages since the flies are at tracted by light they follow it from hide to side as it is moved cont on page four z 1 fenton lecture wednesday 8:30 p m twentieth century club look over our new j rotogravure section in this issue