Bee, 1933-03-24

              the university of buffalo weekly university of buffalo margh 24 1933 no 22 vol 13 dr kellogg named to aid dean marsh mr lester s tt.enagg instructor in statistics at the university of buffalo school of business administration has been appointed to the position of as sistant dean of the school according to an announcement made by chancellor samuel p capen mr kemogg's ap pointment is to become effective at once dr capen stated and is made to care for the increased administration duties which the growth of this division of the university has brought about dean kellogg holds the degrees of b a and m a from northwestern uni versity where after his graduation he was assistant to the director of per sonnel anil instructor in economics while an undergraduate in north western mr kellogg was prominent in extra-curricular affairs as well as currl eular a member of phi kappa psi fraternity he was treasurer and later president of the alpha chapter in il linois during undergraduate days he was president of the student y m c a and an officer in other prominent student organizations including the university student council in 1027 he was appointed by dean r a kent of northwestern as a member of the undergraduate committee on curricu lum and teaching after leaving northwestern mr kel o&g became i research assistant at the university in 1020 to participate in a number of price surveys in which the department of economics was en gaged here he was associated with dr henry schultz formerly a fellow in dr kare pearson's blometrlc labora tory in london under dr schultz mr kellogg spent three years studying as an advanced student in mathematics and economics at the university of chicago at chicago he was elected president of the graduate students or ganiaaimon in economics and business in business mr kellogg has had a variety of practical experiences from the time of his graduation from high school at the age of fourteen till he martleulated at northwestern in 1023 he worked at forming in the account ing department of a bank the first national bank in harvey illinois later receiving charge of saving and com mercial account ledgers and as an ac countant in the general auditing depart met of the illinois central railroad where he worked from 1021 until 1023 experience of this type makes mr kel logg especially suited to deal with his new admlnistratlve tasks men's club speaker dr fred hall will address the men's club next thursday march 23 at 12 15 at the university church the topic has not as yet been announced but if addresses of previous speakers are any criteria this one will also meet with student approval everyone is cordially invited to attend a luncheon will be served for 30c philosophy papers evoke discussion symbolic over old logic weakening of family influence seen at the last philosophy olub meeting two papers were given by members of the organization mr marvin chodor ow bad an excellent paper on sym tiolie logic mr joseph molten read n paper on the role and function of the family in plato and aristotle which provoked much discussion mr chodorow showed some of the advantages of symbolic logic over the more cumbersome traditional logic he demonstrated some of the advances which haw been made in the method of simplified notation by use of the black board he explained the proposi tional he used bertrand russell's ■ theory of types to show how paradoxes may ix solved and illustrated his ex planation by solving several well-known paradoxes mr mollen spoke on the revolutionary idea which plato held in regard to the family and compared them with the more conservative ideas of aristotle mr molien said that many of our present conceptions of the family are traceable to either plato or aristotle he • believes however that the present ten ■ dencj is towards the platonic family • he mentioned as one substantiating ' fa the growth of compulsory state ciiikvm i'm an.l the rise of experimental schools he did not prophesy the doom of family life but he did say that the weakening of the family influence is unmistakable many of the ideas expressed hi the papers evoked spirited discussion danger lurks in abrupt liberation of phillipines after holding the i'hilllpine islands for thirty-four years against the wishes of their leaders we have no moral right to cut them adrift suddenly with out adequate provision for their wel fare and without being sure that the people understand the probable conse i|uen<es of independent among these possibilities is absorption by japan this was the theme of a lecture on the problem of the phillipines by dr julius pratt of the history depart ment at 8:15 p si monday march 18 in the auditorium o>f townsend hall 25 niagara square the outstanding feature of prof pratt's lecture was its completeness dean gregory reports on pharmacy conference dean gregory of the school of phar macy went to philadelphia last week to attend the antnuvl convention of the second district of the nntionnl associa tion of boards of pharmacy the con vention was held march 13 and 14 in the hotel pennsylvania it was attend ed by state pharmacy board members and college professors from six states of new york new jersey pennsylvan ia delaware maryland and the district of columbia wmch comprise the second district of the association wednesday morning the two chair men one of whom represented the state board members while the other repre sented the schools gave addresses of welcome committees were also ap pointed monday afternoon was devot ed to the reading of papers the major ity of which were on the subjects of examination methods and teaching methods a very interesting paper was presented by dr a b lemon of the university of buffalo dr lemon discussed various types of examinations with their respective paper aroused so much interest that a formal resolution was passed in which dr lemon was requested to prepare a second paper indicating which of these types of examinations would best ap ply to the subjects in board of phar macy examinations dr lemon will read this paper at the convention next year which will be held in baltimore another interesting pnper was read by a mieml)er of the board from wash ington he gave statistics on state pharmacy board examinations pointing out that out of six states one state , licensed one pharmacist annually for every eight drug stores the other five ranged very closely with one 11 ( censed pharmacist far every tenth and eleventh drug store each year monday evening a complimentary dinner was served at the philadelphia college of pharmacy invitations were issued to nil attendants at the convention and their wives another short session was held tuesday morning at which more papers were read and various commit tees reported tuesday at noon the convention adjourned tea dance to be held this afternoon the stage is set for a wow of a par ty at the tea dance this afternoon of eours you'll want to be there let's put a boycott on the library from four to six th committee has prepared an ideal program ray cook who put in such a good performance ait the joint evening of entertainment by blue masquers and the glee clubs will 9ing or man riv er acompanied at the piano by ray johnston this feature will add greatly to the entertainment furnished by bob winkler's orchestra and the refresh ments committee dean lillian macdonald miss anne marie sauerlander dr carleton sco field and mr earl mcgrath have been invited as guests don't forget today in the women's lounge from 4-0 p m no tickets have been issued the tax is 25c per capita betty roesenbaum declared ail around student our lialls of learning ring with her name — betty rosenlbnnin news editor on the bee betty rosenbauin in cap and gown betty rosenuaum in so cial science club betty hosenbaum in the anti-w«r movement betty rosen baum on the chancellor's roll of honor and betty rosenbnum on the fresh 1 maii hnskdtbull scholarship trophy team — yes she's one and the same per son it's almost unbelievable isn't it let's find out what four years of col lege life have done for this marvelous all-around student college has brought the development in me of a philosophy of life — the sub stance of which i had never known nor been in contact with before it has opened up for me fields of development and interest which would i am sure have remained blind alleys outside of college i have gained also a feeling of self-reliance a feeling of competence and one of the most important maxims that college has given me is the neces sity and desirability of taking life easy of avoiding the destructive mad scramble after nothing and of follow ing a well-regulated plan of living one of her secrets to success exams — well thanks to the com monsensical views of some of my profs i have come to accept exams as chal lenging games rather than as vicious experiences about which one becomes emotioially disturbed even the final comprehensive holds no terror for me !" but from the twinkle in her eye we suspect that her fingers are crossed if you were given a million dollars what would you do we ask and here's her answer — why daydream cont on page 2 col 3 bison head dance set for april 4th on fi-uiny april 4 bison head sen ior honorary society will stage its annual dance in tribute to the basket ball team and tts members the affair which is informal is being held this year at the grover cleveland ballroom in grover cleveland park adjoining the campus the georgians an eight piece orchestra of outstanding ability will furnish the music — versatile music snuggy and smooth ; take your choice art powell coach of the tenm and the boys are to be the guests of honor durinu the evening from 0 til 1 all i b will be there will u b the tax 1.10 date op concert set the glee clubs of the university of buffulo announce the date of their an nunl home concent as friday evening april 21 in the ballroom of the hotel stutler i | kentucky students present program play depicts typical moun taineer fued one teacher taught that the world w round not because he believed it but because the state low required it these are the conditions prevalent in th kentucky mounalns previous to the founding of the oaney creek school situated in knobt county in the eastern part of kentucky the school was es anllshed about 16 years ago by mrs alice lloyd of boston the 10 young men and women who presented a unique program during con \ m jiinu last wednesday morning repre sented this pioneer school of about 400 students ranging from grammar school thru high school and junior college so great has been the influence of this school that 15 other similar schools have been organized in this region in terest in the work has been stimulated by the friendly yearly excursions of a few of the students into various parts of the country the play presented by the group last wednesday concerned the typical moun ain feud this was followed by sev eral short talks by members of the group who explained the work which is being done to advance the people of this section of the country several of die students who have been able to attend the university of kentucky have pledged themselves to return to their homes and help advance this splendid undertaking hen debaters will meet pittsburg u the men's varsity detmte team are today entertaining a team from the university of pittsburgh the two teams will clash on the question resol ved : that the u s should agree to the cancellation of the international war debts burton it pomplum and kd liimnl leone will take up the cudgels in defense of the affirmative ralph o krelnheder will officiate at the micro phone in the capacity of chairman this debate will be braodcast from wbbr this afternoon march 24th at 3 o'clock arrangements for the de balte with pittsburgh were made by manager roy a hock glee club goes to east aurora the glee clubs bath men's and wo men's are conducting n publicizing campaign for the university and as part of their program the following out-omown concerts have been sched uled tho women's glee club will sing nt aiuherst high school friday march 24 the men's glee olub will present two concerts on friday march 31 the first is at east aurora high school at 10:30 a m ; the second at orchard park high school ait 1:15 p m houdini reveals nagic secrets masters of conjuring and sleight-of hand always have delighted la expos ing the tricks of magic according to the late harry houdini america's famous magician m;tn of the celebrated tricks and effects of conjuring and magle are hun dreds of years old as each great maglcinn added some new improve ment to the trick he told how be did it with each generation came a larger public the explanations only seemed to whet the appetite for more how houdini got his name many people have wondered about the origin of the unusual name of houdini adopted by the great mngi clan of our own age it was because of bis great admira tion for robert-houdin the brilliant french wizard of tb nineteenth cen tury that houdini took the name meaning like houdin — the compli cont on page 3 col 4 strong tennis team faces tough schedule council to authorize the awarding of letters to tennis players at the coming meeting of the athletic council action will probably be taken authorizing the award of letters for participation in tennla this is tie third season in which the university of buffalo has been represented by a team and the second season of recog nition as a minor sport the inaugura tion of tennis as a recognized sport at the university was largely due to the interest of prof harold taylor who formerly taught here and is now at the university of michigan the award of letters for participation will increase the attractiveness of this branch of sport to undergraduates and greatly in crease the interest of the student body a very satisfactory schedule will be presented to the council for approval including the following games which are already arranged for and in addi tion negotiations are under way for a match with syracuse university the dates are as follows : april 15 — hobart college at buffalo april 19 buffalo state teachers col lege at buffalo april 22--cornell university at itha oa april 20 canisius at buffalo may 3 alfred university at alfred may 10 ibuffalo state teachers col lege at buffalo may 13 — hobart college at geneva may 20 alfred university at bur may 24 — predonia state teachers college at buffalo the match with cornell university will prcbably be played indoors mr kenneth f mayer undergradu tc manager afnted that the prospects for a good team this year are bright four members of the 1032 team are still in college and eligible to play hock wertz coleman and oidmnn and murray smith nowak and o'shaugb nessy are expected to report all of them are good players and ought to add considerable strength to the team this year we are looking for additional candidates however because the sched ule this year is a hard one and we can easily use four or five go«0 men some of the matches will require six singles and two doubles so that there will be ample opportunity for candidates cont on page 2 col 0 attempt to meet world war debt causes depression dr charles s tippetts professor of economics made his contribution to the university of buffalo lecture series on monday evening march 20 in town send hall he spoke on reparations and war debts he saj's that attempts to make repa ration and war debt payments in the face of tremendous obstacles was one of the causes of the present depression the effects of these payments were postponed for several years toy our large loans abroad following the war when however our investments abroad decreased greatly in 1029 owing to the rush of surplus funds into the stock market the evil effects of war debt payment began to appear reparations and war debts cannot be treated separately professor tlppetts believes that out right cancellation would promote busi ness recovery in the debtor and credit or nations at once and that our high tariff is a definite obstacle to the col lection of the debts play day at state next wednesday everything is ready for the play day with state teachers college on next wednesday from 4:00 the fol lowing events have been arranged — four basketball games one volley-hall mime ping.j>ong from 4 to 6 30 and swimming from 4:00 to 6:30 after the afternoon events a meal will be served in the state cafeteria the price is 25 cents as an aifiter-dlnner finale arrangement has been made for musical entertainment by male quartet an abies show and lum act the events are to begin at 4 00 p m at state gym those wishing the eats and evening entertainment can purchase tickets from kumpf olson camper le hy or pritchard all tickets must be pur chased on or before march 27th if the fellows participating do not intend to stay for the evening no tlcneits are necessary all the faculty are cordially invited by dean newman of state teachers college this is the first play day — it is up to the students to make it successful — be there combined glee clubs to present program next wednesday during convocation i hour the men's and women's glee < clubs will present an attractive program i of entertainment solos are to be given i by members of the clubs other fea tures of the program await further notice ] girls debate tean from cleveland on friday march 31 betty town send doris kreinheder and josephine pound will debate western reserve on the question : resolved : 50 per cent of the state and local taxes should be derived from sources other than tangible property the debate will take place in the womens lounge at 3:30 p m with dr tlppetts presiding g reynard speaks on ways of the etcher tonight's lecture on the fenton foundation will he given toy grant reynard american pntnter-etcher mr reynard's subject will be the ways of the etcher and in the course of hls lecture he will make a complete etching from tbe bare copper plate to the finished print mr reynolds lecture has the fresh improvised quality of an actual visit in his studio he talks in a most un stilted way not only of his medium but of the unusual and interesting con tacts nnd influences upon which his art is imili an early training in music study during wide travels throughout the united states paris london st ives in the theatre at symphony con ceits sketching rachmaninoff kous bevltzky toscanlnl working experi ences at the mncdowell colony ; friend ships with edwin arlington robinson will gather and many other writers all these things bring to mr reynard's lectures a broad appealing and happy fusion of life music and art mr reynard's etchings appear in per manent collections in the metropolitan mil mil of art new york the fogg museum of art harvard university the library of congress washington d c the new york public library and in the private collections of mrs edward mncdowell edwin arlington robinson thornton wilder dubose heynard dr serge koussevitsky ar turo toscaninl etc they are exhibited in the national academy of design new york the philadelphia print club the chicago art institute the los an geles museum the high museum of art atlanta georgia the cleveland museum sweet briar college virginia and the library of congress washing ton d c this lecture will take place tonight friday march 24th at 8:30 p m in the twentieth conury club 595 dela ware avenue you and your friends are cordially invited to be present u**u <»»»♦»♦♦♦«♦« i i 1 1 1 1 «♦«»»♦ | i j i i i m i : : glee clubs at convocation i j ■ wednesday x * *■■ "^* - 4iinnihiinihiimim»»»»4«*<nm :: tea dance today ii ■': 4 to 6 p m ii ' 4*4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»»«| «»»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦«