Bee, 1933-04-07

              the bee the university of buffalo weekly vol 13 university of buffalo april 7 1933 no 24 kleis assistant teacher physics at yale this year received b a et u b continues studies in field ol magnetism mr john d klels of hamburg n y graduate student at the university of buffalo college of arts and sciences has just ben notified of his appoint ment to a teaching asslstantship in physics at yale university for next year mr klels graduated from hamburg high school in 1928 and now holds his b a degree from the university of buffalo his new appointment will cov er all expenses of a year of graduate work at yale where he will continue his study of magnetism at the pres ent time mr klels is engaged in a spe cial study of what happens in a piece of metal when magnetized hoping to clear up present knowledge of various effects produced by magnetic action mr klels is the latest of a number of graduate students in physics who have taken their earlier work at the univer sity of buffalo according to professor edward j moore head of the depart ment of physics nine of these stu dents have held fellowships or assist antablps at other universities in recent years which enabled them to pay their expenses there annual home concert glee clubs april 21 this year the first friday after easter falls on april 21 this date has always been set aside for the home concert this twelfth annual affair presented by the combined glee clubs will feature not only their own pro gram but also dancing from 10 til 2 to the compelling tempos of the century orchestra traditionally cap and gown senior women's honorary society will tag the junior women who have proved them selves worthy of this distinction the concert begins at 8:16 in the statler ballroom tickets are 1.00 reserved seats may be had at 1.60 tax free frat boxes may be secur ed as usual buy your tickets at the door or from any member of either club new blue masquers display talents last thursday evening marcl 30 the white masquers presented an ex cerpt from ferenc molnar's comedy the play's the tiling for the bene fit of blue masquers in their club-room in crosby hall the prologue was spoken by audrey dayman and the cast included norma lee edward rob inson richard ball otto hempel and henry rockwell the blue masquers were gratified by the display of talent among their new fellow-members and hopefully anticipate the carrying on of rjhelr splendid work dr boynton advises sopoinores about the tutorial arts college sophomores who are candidates for the bachelor of arts degree on graduation to enter the sen ior college under the provisions of the tutorial plan are required to apply to some department or two allied de partments on or before april 17 for acceptance as a tutorial student for the next two years blank forms on which the application should be made may be obtained from miss o'day e h h 177 dr richard a boynton chairman of the tutorial committee especially em phasizes the importance of the follow tag points to sophomores : 1 by the end of the current academic year you must have completed 04 sem ester hours of regular course work of which at least 60 per cent must be grade c or better if you fall short of this you are expected to make it up in the summer session following your sophomore year exceptional cases should be referred to the tutorial com mitte which has power to act subject to approval by the faculty 2 before choosing j'our field of con centration your future vocation should be taken into account for advice on this and other matters you are urged to make an appointment with the per sonnel office the period prior to april 17 is reserved for sophomore inter views and it will be to your advantage to apply early 3 if you are an average student you would do well to have in mind a second choice as provided on the blank then if the department of your first choice cannot accept you and you are accepted by another department it will still be possible to do most of your course work in the senior college in the department of your first choice t as a rule after your application has been accepted you will have an opportunity to confer with the chair man of your chosen deportment or departments or with a tutor appointed by him as to your program of courses and tutorial work for the next two years while the program agreed upon may be only tentative it should be of material help to you in tbe spring regis tration this will take place between april 17 and may 13 and it is essential that you should participate in it 5 if you need further guidance or if any feature of the tutorial plan re quires further explanation dr boyn ton will be glad to confer with you in his office 181 e h h on monday wednesday or friday morning between 10:30 and 12:00 o'clock or any week day afternoon except tuesday and sat urday between 2 15 and 3 15 o'clock sigma kappa gives next tea danee isigma kappa is sponsoring the next tea dance to be given in the women's lounge on wednesday april 12 at the usual hour from four to six they promise us a snappy orchestra and an extra in the line of food all for mere ly twenty-five cents per person criminology class pays visit to erie county penitentiary the students in mr j bramer's class in crlmnology were given the unusual treat of a tour through the erie county penitentiary in millgrove near alden last tuesday evening warden elsaesser made it possible for the students to visit with a guide the women's prison the dining room the bakery the men's prison and he sollary confinement cells the penitentiary students learned receives only mlsdeamenants of whom sixty at the time of their visit were women the prison is kept emaculate ly clean by the women inmates and the major portion of the remaining work that has to be done in the institution such as cooking baking and tailoring is also performed by the inmates the bakery turns out thousands of loaves of bread each day with which it sup plies the erie county home and the lodging house at niesl time the prisoners enter the dining room each with bis own cup and are served cafeteria style pork and beans with macaroni on fridays are prominent in the diet regulubion uniforms the students noticed consist of gray trousers and blue shirts at 8:00 p m the cell doors are lock ed and at 9 00 p m lights are put out bach cell is sanitarily equipped in most miklern fashion hospital facilities with a visiting doctor and a druggist are on hand in case of medical needs or emergencies for those who violate prison regula tions there is the hard bench of the solitary confinement cell when the criminology class wept through there was only two violators in this depart ment ol the jail serving anywhere from 1 to 15 days on a diet of bread and water 1 the transition at this point to war deb elsesser's home wbere a delicious dinner was served by mrs blsesser to the visiting studenta brought the trip to a delightful close women's debate team wins again the university of buffalo women's debate tcani was again triumphant over the team from mather college of western reserve university in a return debate held last friday afternoon in the women's lounge the subject un der dicsusslon was resolved : that 00 per cent of all state and local taxes be derived from sources other than tangible property the affirmative of the question was supported by repre sentatives from western reserve while the negative was upheld by tn buf falo team debating for the university f were the misses betty townsend doris krelnheder and josephine pound the major contention of the affirma tive team was that a redistribution of the tax burden is necessary since in comes not tangible property are a fair and jest measure of the individual's capacity to pay in arguing for the present system the negative team maintained that tangible items are foir sound and stable base for state and local taxes that intangible items are already sufficiently burdened at the hands of the federal government ; that the income tax and general sales taxes are unfair and unproductive forms of taxation they also arc for local units of government and a redistribution of the burden would only result in a clum sy overlapping of taxes which would tend to enhance the difficulties of the present tux situation rather than al leviate them professor charles tlppetts presided at the debate while father keagan of canisius college denn cutherlne reed of state teachers and dr de monde also of state teachers college acted us judges after the debate the teams were entertained at dinner at the home of dr helen held coach of the uni versity of buffalo teum after which an informal party was held for the men's and women's teams at the home of miss ruth freeman manager of women's debute war debt debate the much discussed question of war debts will be debated on monday evening april jo by the women's team of the university of buffalo and the women's team of syracuse university the university of buffalo will argue in favor of cancellation the buffalo debaters will lie kuth freeman mary klein and frances wblttaker the debate will be held at the grosvenor library at seven forty-five all inter ested students are invited to attend the debate promises to be unusually interesting since it is on a timely sub ject and is being bandied by a wide awake efficient team s a c meeting s a 0 will meet tuesday april 18 at 4:00 p m in the women's lounge the purpose of this meeting is tc hear a proposed amendment to thr constitution but the meeting will be thrown open to all matters of business in order to clear up certain things be fore the dinner in may this meetlnf is very important everyone is urged to attend u b women's glee club in four-cornered meet the women's glee club contest of western new york colleges and nor mal schools will be held at state teachers college 1300 elmwood ave nue this evening friday april 7 at 8:30 this contest is sponsored by the new york state federation of music clubs whose president is mrs etta hamilton morris and has as its ob jective the fostering of local contests whloh it is hoped will develop into national contests in the near future bach of the four clubs competing will sing may night by brahms and an other contest song of their own choice besides the contest songs each club is to present two other numbers and the whole ensemble of 226 voices will sing the year's at the spring by h h beach under the direction of miss spier and the new york state fed eration hymn directed by mrs mor ris while the judges ballots are being counted the university of buffalo women's glee club under the direction of mr j mark ward has had a busy time fulfilling extensive concert engage ments and holding extra rehearsals in preparation for this contest they have achieved marked improvement during the course of the season and mr ward will tell you that the ma terial was excellent to begin with so that they will offer stiff competition tonight to fredonlo rochester and state teachers college the first two are outstanding music schools with irst rate gleo clubs state teachers college too has a formid able record having won the regional state contest two years ago hearty student support will un doubtedly augment the poise of our glee club and will be appreciated by its members you may obtain tickets from any one of the participants for tblrty flvo cents honor fraternity enrolls 10 d.b men intercollegiate conference honorary fraternity announces ten new members elected from the university of bufalo who will be tapped and formally pre sented with keys and insignia at the intercollegiate ball and frolic april 29 louis gregory cornell university secretary of the fraternity announced the names of the ten men they are roland benzow arts howard evert business ; sidney gibson dental james klme medical milton kumpf bn«l ness wlliajn sawyer arts edward siemer law robert rich business chester ward dental ; robert winegar business th»ae men will racedve their awards nt the intercollegiate ball and frolic which takes place this year in the roof garden ball room of the moose hall the committee has engaged the entire two upper floors including the glass covered roof garden delegations from fourteen other col leges will be represented at this elab orate affair including many fraternity leaders athletic coaches and prominent out-of-town collegians ralph krelnbeder arts has been announced as the bufalo chairman for the ball he will announce other fea tures of the program in future lssnues of the bee commoners club elects officers at the last meeting of the commoners officers were elected for the coming year as follows edward slemer president arthur raucher vice president ; robert i mil lonzl secretary ; lattlmer h ford treasurer tlu commoners represented in the bison head honorary society are sle mer ford mlllontl and cleland who will head the party of commoners to attend the annual basketball dance this evening we wish to remind you that the en tire basketball team called the bisons are commoners and that this team composed of pryor harrington dautch malanowicz and schrag in 1b29-1930 won the conference championship in an undefeated season — the commoner dent students entrance exams all students planning to enter the school of dentistry of the university of buffalo in 1033 wul be required to pre sent evidence of having tried an apti tude test such a test will be held on friday april 7th in edmund hayes h«ill j30 at 3:00 o'clock the fee is one dollar and is payable in advance at the bursar's office the receipt should l>e presented to the examiner since this examination will form an additional criterion in the selection of dental students and since this date has been designated as the only time at wbtch the examination will be offered it is imperative that you be present bee elections at a meeting of the governing board of the bee held tuesday april 3 the following were elected copy editor vincent scheldt assist ant ut ws cdmors helen redimann and helen olson enigmatic betty donovan interviewed for memoirs bettj donovan — of course you knuw her — everyone knows her — a prominent senior — having served as circulation manager of the iris managing edi tor of the bison editor of the hand book book editor of the direc tory member of s a c and of cap and gown the university's honorary sorority noble say sigma kappas independent posseslng splendid execu tive ability and that rare rare quality described best us brief nnd to the point — thut quality so highly extolled by professors und so missed by stu dents brief and to the point are her inswers — the greatest changes while in college — tremendous loss of ac ivlty and spirit around school loss f bison and iris everybody studies no one goes over to deco's to drink coffee anymore u b sororities oh none com pare with sigma kappa !" u b activ ities going down activities need support from the administration more than they do from the students altho student support is terrible yes she's an english major and loves the subject — the only subject in which to major next year she plans to teach and to work in a high school library her future career — oh that is nil planned out tco betty ex pects to work a few years and then to marry the ideal man intelli gent good-looking brown eyes brown hair found him we're not sure betty just looks on and smiles at our lnqulsltlveness thoronbhly enjoying our baffled expression a tantalizing enigma we call her bisonhead basketball dance tonight new low rate prevails for honorary club hop at grover cleveland on friday evening april 7 the gro ver cleveland club house wtl be the scene of what promises to be one of the year's best dances of course we don't have to tell you that this la the bison head basketball dance which is being given in honor of the players on i the iiasketball team all of these play ers including such well known men as stoll powell peuicano walters hoff mann smith fineman and myers will be the guests of honor tlie orchestra chosen for this affair the georgians halls from east au rora anyone who happened to be lis tening in on wkbw last sunday after noon about four-thirty can tell you that we're due for some good music the nice part of it is that with all these attractions beer too might make its legal appearance on this date need we say more ! tickets for this dance are being sold at the amazingly low price of one dol lar and ten cents a couple it is in teresting to note that this is the lowest price ever offered by bison head so ciety for any of their dances but after all even the bison must concede some thing to the depression in case yon haven't your tickets yet you still have time they may he obtained from members of the commit tee in charge ohet ward kenneth bckhert and george miller other who are selling tickets are henry nor ton roland benzow lattkaer ford matt hose fiauk j}r**i\et sumuol lieberman elmer tropman and robert oeland committee on norton union is appointed chancellor samuel p capen has ap pointed the following persons to serve on the norm hall committee : dr kel logg dean macdonald dr jorgenson mr moran richard ball roland ben zow john mccreery irma wagner oarl vernier mr tropman and dr sco fleld the committee will be extremely glad to receive sugestlons from the students and faculty pertaining to norton hall winegar announces sale of unclaimed year books bob winegar newly elected editor of the iris announces that beginning next wednesday the unclaimed yearbooks for last year will be on sale tbey who paid two dollars down can secure their copy of the iris upon further payment of 2.00 this means a saving of 1.00 at the same time the 1931-32 iris will in on display the new staff sol icits any criticism or constructive sug gestions in hopes that they can thereby publish an even better yearbook of course the out-door air is better for us just pity the poor boys in the stuffy barn ! we can walk swim ride borsolwick roller-skate etc sour grapes 101's again prove superior to the former bisons 31-27 displaying the form that brought them the 32-'33 y league champion ship the 101 basketball team downed the buffalo bisons 31-27 at the elm wood music hall tuesday night the vkttory marked the second win for the 101 five over the former u b stars the bisons got off to a 3-0 lead but this was short-lived once the big guns for the 101's got their eyes on the nets poor casting from the foul line kept the bisons from taking the lead on a few occasions the former conference champs rallied near the end of the half ibolng on the long end of a 11-9 score but th lot's put the skids on this scor ing outburst and went ahead to lend at the half-way mark 16-11 coming back strongly the bisons tied up the old ball game at 16 all and dis played some of the speed that made them a feared aggregation in collegiate circles tommy syracuse kept the fans on the edge of their seats in this half with lis spectacular heaves from mid court taking the lead 21-17 the 101 five did not relinquish their advantage although one of tommy's shots brought the bisons within a point of knotting the count when it stood 23-19 in favor of the victors syracuse and molanowlez starred for the former bulls while nell o'donnell high scorer for the evening took down oont on page 4 col 1 bart house string quartet on april 10 the hart house string quartette welt-known group of musicians wbo gave a concert at the university last december will present another pro gram on next monday april 10 at 10 30 a m in the women's lounge of hayes hall it has been aranged to have bis second concert in the morning in order to make it possible for a num ber of students to attend a dlssap polntlugly small number appeared at the december concert which was held in the afternoon and it is hoped that many students will take advanage of this second opporunity to hear the hart house string quartette the wednesday schedule of late classes adjusted according to the time occupied by the concert will be in ef fect on monday and on wednesday the 12th the ordinary schedule will be fol lowed the price of tickets has been rea sonably placed at twenty-five cents so that all music-loving students should find l possible to attend while the program which is to be posted shortly will not be of a distinctly popular na ture it wil consist of selections of par ticular appeal to students both the faculty and students aro urged to avail themselves of the unusual opportunity of hearing such an organization as the hart house string quartette at such a reasonable price cont on puge 4 col 1 if w sigma kappa tea dance wednesday 1 " t ' bison head dance tonight n — "