Bee, 1933-05-19

              the bee the univenity of buffalo weekly vol 13 no 30 university of buffalo may 19 1933 dr frank hartman awarded medal for cortin research u b professor highly praised for his scientific remedy tuesday evening dr frank a hart man was awarded the jacob v sehoell k<i|if medal awarded annually by the western new york section of the amer ican chemical socle-ty for outstanding hciiilcal aohtevement dr i la rl man is professor of physiology at the medical school of the university the medal hearing an engraving of the donor was awarded in recognition of dr hartman's work in the isolation of curt in remedy for addison's disease dr hartman introduced by chancell or capen who lauded highly his work a held probahly equivalent to that disclosed by the dlloovery of insulin has been open«l up by our colleague's research he declared the scientific world has been quick to recognize the importance of this achievement our satisfaction is enhanced by our convic tion that he represents not in his achievements alone hut also in his char acter what we would wish the man of science always to be i wish to express indebtedness to my many associates without whom it would have l>een impossible to carry on the research dr hartman responded after receiving tile lnedal from john f williams jr chairman of the sec tion my interest in the ardeiral glands dates frni 1014 it has continued with varied intensity sln<>e dr hartman liegan bis address in which he discuss ed the function of oortln hormone ex tracted from the cortex of the adrenal gland he pointed out how the substance eombats lowered resistence how it aids in th operation of the circulatory di gestive and nervous systems of the ihml.v which are affected by addlsons disease and cortical insufficiency women's debate team victorious once innrp the women's debate team chalk up b victory last satur iluy afternoon ruth freeman and doris kreinheder again proved their metnl l>y winning a unanimous deci sion oppohing the question resolved that the interallied war lx<l>ts be cancelled the misses helen ayres and mary lou robinson of blmlra college de fended the subject with the contention tliat the united states is morally bound to cancel the d«-l>ts that europe is not nhle to pay und that trade of tho united stn'es would suffer if nn attempt were mnde to force kiuope to pay the buffalo team not only answered these arguments hut nj('"d several new ones against cancellation they argued that cancellation if any should be contingent upon economic world con ditions that cancellation alone could not lift the present burden ; that the i s is willing to receive payment and would in do way lie injured in so do ing this was the forensic meet of the women's team this year previously the same question was debated with col gate md syracuse both contests how ever were non-declslon senior dinner dance at wanaka june 14 again the wanakah country 01 will im the icene or the lust affair for the senior class for 1033 the imstoin in the past has liwn to hold the senior dinner dance upon the night of commencement exercises the occasion will ik hel<l on the 14th of june the night of graduation as in the past dinner will be re stricted to seniors and their dates however the dunce following will be open to all the price per couple for dinner and dancing will be 2.75 th-ise wishing furfher details may inquire from lattlmer ford chairman and roy harris bus ad carl ver nier pharmacy william ford med john wollenberg taw and henry lane dent co-chairman blue masquers will hold annual dinner on saturday may 20 bhie masquers annual banquet will k held saturday mu.v 20 at lorauo'a retfaurant bach member is allowed to bring a guest at a meeting held in the women's lounge thursday evening may 11 blue masquers elected the following officers for the coming year : president louise lownle vice president john murphy business manager charles dvvyer treasurer ijeon jelile recordiiik secretary hel en ivters ; corresponding secretary bllnbetb hazel executive committee sally dlebold and bdwurd braunlich the following white masquers were accepted as blue masquers : kllcn nicholsen clara kingdon richard ball audrey dayman otto heinplc josephine i'ound hazel sclmicssler frieda sclmuroth edith horowitz noruia lee t janet jibson charles strobel awarded sherk memorial prize the mathematics club of the uni versity if buffalo announce the award of the wilfred h sherk memorial prlie to mr charles f mtrobel of « milllivlit avenue for his piper entitl ed : axioms and postulates mr btrobel u sophomore in the college of arts i'lid scieiuvs of the university is a graduate of the technical high s<->ico | the slierk prize founded in honor of the late professor sherk for many years head of the mathematics depart ment of the university is awarded an nually to the undergraduate student in the tniversity of buffalo who lias sub uillted the l>est iper in any branch of mathematics pure or applied the election if officers of the mathe matics club for the coming year has resulted in the election of mr strol>el as president miss ix)iß plummer as vice president and miss genevieve grotjan as secretary-treasurer student athletic association elects as the result of the lialloting mon day the following men were elected to the student athletic amociation charter ward dental school presi dent lames kinie medical school secre tary edward sterner law school vice president the president and secretary will lie members of the athletic council dean gregory will chaperon pharmics on trip to detroit on monday june 5 dr willis «. gregory widely known dean of the university of buffalo school of phar macy will chaperon his twenty-sixth annual spring l>oat trip to detroit away monday the group will spend monday night on the lake tuesday and wednesday in detroit mid will return to buffalo on thursday june 8 minimum expenses will ik io.no a person for the entire round trip of three days dean gregory slates and this will include all tnin*i>ohation chaws a stateroom on the boat hotel meau and the sightseeing tours in detroit special prices anil guest pri vileges alone make it possible to keep the price down to such a low figure this year dean on-gory announces tliat the school extends i cordial in vitation to any alumnus and to any practicing pharmacist in western new york to go along for the outing the cost will be kept low and all in the profession are welcome whether they buve ever made the trip in-fore or not while in detroit the group will be the guests of the parke-davls labora tories frosh camp staff at chestnut ridge plans will be blade for next year the 103.1 frosh camp staff under the direction of howie evert nd bub wlnegar got well under way hist week at its first meeting men attending last year's camp are prominent on this year's staff mike maluku george ste ph in jack clark jack olson dick case and angle l'etrakos having pledg ed their support john mcoreery director of last year's iunp has offered some valuable suggestions we hope he will stay with us on the staff faculty memlh-rs ap proached so far have lieen enthusiastic and willing to help tomorrow the stuff will nii^t for a steak dinner at chestnut ridge everybody interested in the camp in men's chili or in just having a good time had better sign up with howie or hob today trans|ku*tatlon will lie ar ranged for those without cars tliis year we would like to have more students prominent in activities at tending tlie camp in the fall better come around tomorrow and find out more about this up and coming activity student council elections held the student council elections for each of the classes in the arts college bave ikh'h held dulrng the l»a»t week the next year sophomore and the next year junior repersenta lives were elect ed on may 10 and the seniors on may it the following are ><> he on the council seniors to ik ruth ijine charles payer and adal bert fleiwlnuan juniors to ilie juanita clark leicester cuthbert murk biukley sophomores to be margaret josselyn robert storms dick terry scholarship tests held for entrants school of business holds com petition for 1,000 award competitive examinations for ten scholarships worth a total of 1000 to freshmen entering the u of b school of business administration were given saturday morning may 13 from i 00 to 12:00 in the competition were 57 student fom 12 huffulo and neighbor ing high schools twenty of this group were girls chosen along with the 37 boys as qualified to compete for honors in business administration here is striking evidence of the growing interest of women in executive careers bays c s marsh dean of the behoof while most of the stu dents 111 business administration are men still the proportion of girls has iieen slowly increasing these examinations are intended to help us discover those who are best qualified to carry hie business admin istration course according to the of ficial statemen of purpose given by dr percy w bidwell professor of e<-ono mies and head of the committee on kxaliiinations a combined score will l>e added for each student according to his grades in t».ich of the four parts of the examina tion these part are 1 an essay 2 a test of interest 3 a test of reasoning ability 4 a test of information for part 1 contestants were permit ted to choose any of the following sub jects the bank holiday gasoline en gine should the 11 s join great brit ain in declaring an embargo on the shipment of anns and munitions to japan the american newspaper the chain store and the independent mer chant mrs robillard founder of cap and gown interviewed one of the most charming women rluit oiu would imagine is mrs jessie <\ roblllrord the founder ami first president of the university of hnffulo'h women's honorary society cap and sown mrs lliibllbi nl is nt present a member of the faculty of the niagara kails high school a leacher of history and civics the students interests iinrt difficult ies are her own and she extends the greatest confidence and friendly advice to all who come to bee ami dip into her great store of experience and knowledge mrs u<i«>lllard expressed much con corn because she was n.sked for an interview she declared that she had lit tle time for them since her time was very much taken up b ier profession but she smiled and said that since the interview helped her to recall the happy memories of the university of buffalo she would lie glad to eontrlmte what ever she could the very mention of the university of buffalo brought a broad happy smile to her face oh yes the university of buffalo she declared tan i ever forget it those were the four most glorious years of my life the profes sors students and cxtra-euitichliir acti vities were so interesting and helpful she continued only the other day i was looking over a numlier of papers — class votes and term papers from the university it was a genuine pleasure to reread them and glance at the mar gins to the comments writen upon them by the different professors — comments i as interesting and delightful as they were helpful all of these pilimts took i me back to the old days at the unl ■ versify and the good time that i had ' there mrs kobillard mentioned especially ) dr sine and professor gootz who coo ) trlbiited so much to her happy recollec • tions at the university the finest honor that the university i conferred upon me was that of making - me president of cap and gown here mrs koblllard paused and smiled ra diating i he happy thoughts that she had for her alma m'jiter cap and clown was founded in the year 1024 she added and we of the graduating class had ilwiroly time to make a constitution and get out the seeds were sown in fertile soil however and at the present time we see mani fest the ripe fruits in an organization for the honoring of all-round university women to the question of why cop and gown was founded mrs hobillard re plied the girls at the university felt that they wanted to have a place where rhey could meet they also fit that they were somewhat neglected along those lines a.s a rt»siut they got a petition for the founding of such an orpiiiizlulon peeling themselves in need of some supiwrt they came to me asking for help and support and offer ing me mciniicrshlp the advantage of such an organization in the university was immeasurable and this was realized by both students and faculty the hon orary society cap and gown was the result of tills interest mrs liohillard did not remember the exact constitution and by-laws that were drawn up she expressed deep regret that she did not have them to offer she did sjh'ak very appreciatively about dr olive i^ester who was on of the founder and first menjlx-rs in regard to membership in the club mrs uobiihid remarked people eligible were not only to he good stu dents but all-round gooil students not ln>ok worms necessarily but must have ood academic standing as well as the respect of the group it is remarkable she concluded the great strides that liave been made in the organization since its founding ■ nearly ten years ago although the first president didn't know how many members the society now included she ■ l>erieved there must be a great many ; flue young women who are doing much i for the service and progress of man ■ kind sixth honorary degree l.l.d conferred on chancellor capen business students put arts luminaries to shame with great show of enthusiasm with grief-stricken forms the stud ent body of the college of arts and sci ences wend their way about the verdant campus no longer do thpy strut about arrogantly the gleam of pride nnd superiority in their eyes is replaced by the crest-fallen look of intense disillus ionment arts is king no more this rather pitiful yet entlmsistic dis placement from the throne was accomp lished when the school of business ad ministration railed a convocation at 10:80 wednesday and received an al most unanimous student response the cmmx'itiioii rocked mil tcrnujtty and the height of enjoyment was reached when the profs enthusiastically all solved the students of all guilt in con nection with various pranks professor stunner excused the placing of the goose in his office while professor tippetts jocutarily dismissed any apprehension of anger for pulling n lawn mower on his desk dean marsh inducted the senior class into the alumni association john mi creery president of the class in an swering the induction said the sen iors are grateful to the faculty for their allowance and the aid they have given tse seniors they are grateful for the fact that they could attend so lilier al and progressive a university the recessional of the senior class was followed by the movlng-up of classes ill which each class took the seats vacated by the next higher class mr robert rope 82 the president of the alumni association welcomed the seniors to the nliimni group the mem bers of the senior lass of the school of business are v enoch k duttweil er a frehsev 1 frlck ('. joodsale i grass h jriswold w harris v isaac w jameson 1 k johnston w lewis k mayer j mcoreery b mey er j morrell p rich 1 roberta m hose ('. schoeuborn k schults b shyne 0 rhrhiin a webener 11 will iams 1 wilson anil f stevens university of pennsylvania honors other leading educators the university of pennsylvania con ferred the honorary degree of doctor of laws on dr kimiiel p cupen chancell or of the university of buffalo at a convocation of university council was held on the pennsylvania campus at 2.30 thursday afternoon the convocation formed part of a program of special exercises celebrating half a century of dental progress at the university of pennsylvania it was followed liy a dinner thursday night at which tile speakers included chan cellor oapen president thomas s iates of the university of pennsyl vania nnd dr i#roy m s miner dean of the dentnl school of harvard uni versity in addition to honoring dr capen at the convocation the university confer red the honorary degree of doctor of science upon dr miner of harvard dr ilerliert s jennings professor of zoolo gy at johns hopkins university dr john v menhon orthodonlst of phila delphia ; dr milo hellman orthodonist of new york city and dr charles r turner dean of the school of den tistry at pennsylvania preceding the conferlng of the de grees addresses were delivered by dr jennings and by surgeon general hugh s cuiumings of the united states pub lic health service who holds an honor ary degree from the university of pennsylvania chancellor capen who received the degree of doctor of philosophy from the graduate school at pennsylvania in 1902 discussed dental education in his a.ldress thursday niirhi dk samuel i capon dean macdonald entertains women to discuss plans t discuss plans for activities next year ih-an maedonald is entertaining the leaders in various field at lunch eon saturday may 20 at the collage club the following kliis holding ma jor positions in activities have been invited to represent : alpha gamma delta prances ste phmii i'hi l'si bath peteres phi sigma sigma helen malsel sigma kappa betty knikht theta obi loulße l/iwn le zeta tan mary bo hamm sii in.'i alpha tau janel snkiriii'k pi kappa phi helen keiuiann women's athletic aaodfltion frances btephan ; ranhellenic margaret barton debate butb freeman ; hlue masquers louise lownie bee kutli freeman • qlee chili marion martin pharmacy kutli mckee iris alice link freshmen betty wahl sophomores mary powell juniors helen peters vacation plans of faculty varied adamson sauerlander t o spend time in europe reid to speak at hague now that summer is really just ar ound the corner and thoughts turn to vacation plans — by doing a little snoop ing we found that we envy some of our faculty who are going abroad miss ailamsou has a trip to ireland to look forward to she is planning on leaving immediately when summer ses sion is over and will go her home in eamanagn in north ireland where she will stay until the latter part of sep tember mrs sauerlander is going to germany where she will spend most of her lime si inlying at the university of munich dr ueid as we nil know has been honored with an invitation to speak at the academy of international law at the hague her subject will be international servitudes she will leave late in june dr heid has also been invited by the polish kovernnient to visit poland long enough to study the question of the polish corridor several members of our faculty are planning to work toward their doctor's degree mr megrath will go to the uni versity of chicago for this purpose while mr kurtz will engage in research work in the congressional library at new haven dr denkinger is again going to mid dlcbury college where he will tench u course in french literature of rhe sev enteenth century madame wli.vte will study at middelbury in the held of ro mance languages dr fiehmau is plan ning to attend a convention of the am erican mathematical society in chicago daring he hitter part of june of j course lie will also lake part in world fair chancellor capcn will go to his summer home in northern maine to en joy a well deserved vacation rest mr 1 11 o hewitt upon being questioned claimed tlmt he would be doing nothing exciting hut further interrogation re ' vealed that he will spend the summer nit his summer home at ilallaway buy near point albino canada when we asked elmer tropmiu if he would help us out with information con cerning faculty vacation plans he re plied oh i'm going to be in buffalo " i thank you too much sti i.km.s v i tifc college of arts and sciences today marks the dose of the reg istration period for those who plan to attend the college next year a tote fee will be in effect beginning saturday may 20 see you next fall j last issue this year ■ k