Bee, 1929-09-27

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly university of buffalo september 27 1929 vol 10 mk9 no i the lockwood memorial library chancellor capen presides at 84th convocation university turns out en-masse for opening convocation honored traditions elaborated by dr capen the opening convocation of the eighty-fourth year of the university of buffalo was held at 10:30 wednes day morning september 25th in the auditorium of edmund hayes hall the students remained standing while the faculty entered making an im pressive showing in academic robes dr boynton pronounced the invoca tion this was followed by the sing ing of two verses of america by the assembly chancellor capen in a short ad dress to the students dwelt upon the age and meaning of the university of buffalo and of universities in gen eral this year marks the 84th year of the existence of the university of buffalo — quite a respectable antiquity in the annals of american universi ties the university has gathered more momentum with every year in the last decade — its vitality has in creased materially this condition is normal in the life of the average uni versity the institution contrary to the course of most human institutions grows stronger with age universi ties have lasted about 1,000 years and continue to make progress the personality of a university also grows stronger with age each university has its peculiar character istics the students and intelligent supporters of an institution determine its personality although physical en vironment has its effect as well chancellor capen next summarized his opinion of the conception of the founders of the university of buffalo as to the purpose of a university it should be a place single mindedly devoted to the promotion of intellec tual life leadership in the modern world is more and more an intellec tual leadership which should be fos tered by the university the university should sponsor a spirit of free inquiry — independence of thought and expression each in dividual therein is responsible for his work opinions and expressions the spirit of the university should be primarily creative not imitative lastly the university and its members are trustees of all they pos sess and can acquire for public good dental school successfully inaugurates 40 week plan faculty expresses favorably for the innovation the new forty week plan as pro mulgated by dean squire of the school of dentistry has been in effect since july of the current year this innovation provides for a 3-year course of instruction in dentistry each year being divided into eleven week periods with two week vacations between each quarter upon being interviewed at the close of the first quarter of the course the instructors at the dental school expressed opinions very favorable to this child of the sagacity of dean squire dr k w groh declared himself very much for it — in the first place because it is a great advantage to the student by cutting a year off the course making it of four years length rather than five as in the past the greatest advantage however he said is the continuity of instruc tion there being no lapse from study in the summer rather is there an uninterrupted linking of the technique acquired in the laboratory with the practical experience attained in the infirmary dr cutler in his office at the dev ereaux professional building ex pressed his manifest approval and confidence in the innovation by term ing it the thing dr quinby in the same building called it a great thing it chops a year off school training which the student rapidly makes up when in pal nrart'-ce he brought up the question of whether the health of the student will hold out for 3 straight years considering the fact how ever that dean squire has arranged classes to be out at 3:30 giving ample opportunity for recreation there should be no risk to the students health yes and dr quinby smiled even though it does mean more work for the instructor too it will be satisfactory to the majority of students and i am very much for it.'i dr robert conn applied the progl matic test to what he called a finf idea i it's working we have receiv i no complaints the work is fasti i more is being accomplished in l i time everybody seems satisfied 1 sure frosh pharmics get fast start for big year the pharmacy school near neia bor of the college of arts and sil ences opened the year with an orieft ation course for the first time a a convocation j r lee spoke and lie student activities were represenljd this marks a new era in pharmic |, ; - tivities which have been rather je glected ■ considerate person have not sg lected to see that the freshmenlre ceive their meed of attention tleir generosity is amazing phara c y freshmen will be given three inm\i gence tests cheer up frosh pejtmps they will add the scores together besides these three tests a nfedical examination will be given whifih by the way requires no diligent prepara tion / to add generosity to generosity a new dispensary for the dispensing 0 f prescriptions alone is to be available for this year's frosh and uppjrclass men 1929-1930 is to be al hum dinger year for pharmacy f interfrat council organizes work for the year t ie interfraternity council was or gan zed in 1925 for the purpose of crei ing a better spirit of fellowship am ng the different fraternities on carr pus promoting school activities developing a greater school spirit and fellowship and lastly but most im portant developing and raising the standard of scholarship btach year the council sponsors the interfraternity basketball league in addition to promoting all other activ ithu the winner last year was kappa n i meetings are held bi-monthly at the alumni club faculty cooperation anil advice is insured through the competent criticisms of dr jones and dr hewitt for the ensuing year the following men were named as officers : president ray feldman b s r vice-presidents — w aring shaw bxe treasurer — william keene b * 2 hacti fraternity has one junior and one senior representative but each group is limited to one vote the revised rushing rules prohibit rushing of freshman for the first month of school this measure has been taken in order to allow the freshman time to become acclimated to the school all men not freshmen aie open to rushing at any time there will also be no pledges carried o er from last year through letters and college papers the council keeps in touch with the newest ideas in other colleges and puts them into practice here it is a member of the national interfra ternity council women's glee club offers attractions the girls glee club has an enviable | record of accomplishments under the careful supervision of j mark ward the director and a succession of able student managers it has pro gressed rapidly members of the club well remember the musical sketch for purina at the statler the many off-campus pro grams the home concert of the com bined glee clubs and the farewell supper at the consistory as the climax of a most enjoyable year the real attraction of a musical or ganization however lies in the oppor tunities which it offers for those who are gifted with the ability to sing to get together and form friendships of a lasting nature while they are receiv ing valuable voice culture and giving pleasure to others by their joint efforts truly work was never more delightful than in its guise of singing frosh girls who are interested in glee club should read the bee care fully for announcements of the try outs which will take place in the early fall endowment drive headquarters in walbridge building beginning on october 17th and con tinuing until october 29th the uni versity of buffalo endowment drive will occupy the attention of the uni versity together with the whole city plans have been going forward all year and the personnel of the organ ization which will place the drive be fore the people of buffalo has now been practically completed walter p cooke long a steadfast friend and worker for the university is chair man of this 5,000,000 endowment fund campaign three-fifths of this sum will be spent upon actual devel opment on the campus the construc tion of a new heating plant and gym nasium and the remodeling of the old county home into a satisfactory university building in the medical and dental schools the development of necessary projects more classroom space needed equipment and addi tions to the faculty the remaining 2,000,000 will be set aside as an en dowment fund as the annual income from endowment at present is less than 175,000 the headquarters for the drive will be located on the first floor of the walbridge building at franklin and court streets surely the eighty-third year of the university holds much of glorious promise student council makes extensive plans for year wednesday directly after convoca tion the arts and business ad stu dent council held its first meeting the meeting was called to order by the president frank dressier the roll was taken and the minutes of the last meeting read the first busi ness to be considered was the election of a treasurer for the ensuing year john fraser was chosen to fill this office it was also decided that the rule requiring a majority vote for election applied to student council as well as class elections the result of this decision will be that the office of vice-president will have to be voted upon next wednesday the two can frosh darlings delightfully entertained at tea special to the bee fred and frcderica the freshmen were entertained at tea yesterday afternoon by the sis — 800m — bah club of the university in the new gymnasium freddie the freshman was smart in a blue and white pee cap fred erica looked stunning in her fresh man bib and carried an arm bouquet of teddy bears the receiving line consisted of the usual or rather the unusual deans and the rah-rah officers of the sis — 800m — bah club green tea was served with animal crackers as a side issue fred and frederica were disori ented into the ways and means of the university by a select group of the faculty dean bark delivered himself of a magnificent piece of ora tory in his rendition of robert benchley's what college did for me such suggestions as conven tional flower gardens and impromptu sketches in free hand and foot of the persistent prof's bald spot were gratefully received by the two guests as decorations for their notebook pages professor fangs then arose and proceeded to read in his own inim itable way the scripture lesson from the first chapter of genesis the very reverend fangs informed the two dear little freshmen that god was the first tailor as he made clothes for adam and eve teh - tch professor ferry instructed fred and frederica in the art of bicycling on the high-wheel cycle which he had so successfully propellered thru eng land this summer professor billiard bunner gave a lesson on how to shoot stuffed wildcats he also complimented the refreshment committee on their fore sight to provide animal crackers he related the thrilling tale of how an imal crackers had saved him from starvation while he was marooned for a week on a desert isle during the summer dr bones gave a talk on how to study but this was considered so unimportant that the tea adjourned in the middle of his exhortations with the singing of the alma pater aims and purposes of pan hellenic outlined the pan hellenic association of the university of buafflo was organ ized first for the purpose of maintain ing on a high plane fraternity life and inter-fraternity relationship sec ond for co-operating with college au thorities in their efforts to maintain high scholastic standards and third to create a forum for the discussion of questions of interest both to the college and the fraternity world in 1928 the pan hellenic council joined the intercollegiate pan hellenic council of urban universities in order that it might more fully carry out its fundamental purposes suzanne bing ham theta chi and estelle goldberg phi sigma sigma were sent by the council to represent it at the confer ence held in pittsburg the girls came back with new ideas regarding organization rushing and relations of the council to freshmen in 1929 evelyn fraser phi psi and miriam cristall phi sigma sigma were sent to represent the university of buffalo at the conference held in cincinnati this conference served as a stimulus for bettering and enlarging the aims and ideas of our own council last year a series of teas was given by pan hellenic for the purpose of better acquainting sorority girls with the members of the freshman class and of strengthening interfraternity relations this year it is the sincere hope of the organization to do even better than it has in past years in carrying out the objective that has been upper most from the beginning frosh issue of bison out friday the incoming freshman class has already gained such heights of dis tinction and prestige that a special issue of the bison has been named after them the frosh num ber brought to press under the watch ful eye of tom moran editor will be out today after a strenuous summer spent in collecting the best jokes evolved by collegiate minds every coach biffy lee to speak at student pep meeting wednesday the first student assembly of the year will be held on wednesday october 2 at 10:30 a m in the audi torium in hayes hall the program is being planned by the student coun cil and portends to be of especial in terest to the students of the entire university coach biffy lee will be the principal speaker and will tell us something about our team and football that we can ill afford to miss the talk by biffy will be followed by a short period of singing and cheering several old university songs will be revived at this meeting which should add greatly to the pep and spirit of the occasion it is expected that a great many students of the professional schools will also turn out for this pep assembly regular reporters appointed to the bee staff there have been four upperclass men appointed to regular positions as reported on the bee staff there are openings for four more upper classmen and three freshmen on this staff tryouts will continue over a period of four weeks everyone in terested in this phase of the weekly paper work should report to winifred stanley and attend the meeting of all candidates monday at 12:20 in ehh 190 there are also openings on the make-up and copy staff all those in terested in make-up see kenneth eck hert and report next wednesday night to the kenworthy printing co 45 n division street at 8 p m those in terested in copy reading and correct ing should consult lester lopez as to openings in this field continued on page 2 column 5 continued on page 2 column 4 continued on page 3 col 2 subscribe to the bee frosh caps men — women through the co-operation of s a c frosh caps will be sold by the student council on the campus friday and for a short time there after get yours at the bee office price 1.00 build for buffalo all candidates for repor r s on the bee staff must be presef t at a meeting monday in room 90 at 12:30 o'clock i this applies to upperclaslnen as well as frosh i