Bee, 1932-11-11

              the bee the university of buffalo weekly university of buffalo november n 1932 no 8 vol 13 fay contrasts french american literature literary success in france much more enduring in his lecture thursday evening pro fessor fay discussed the renown of paul bourget as typical of a certain sort of french literary success in america he said literary life is a sort of music that accompanies the drama of life but always stays in the wings in france literary life is the play itself it holds the undisputed cen ter of the stage what is more french literature foretells social and political movements of the next quarter of a cen tury the french revolution was carried on in literature from 1750 to 1780 the restoration was accomplished by chat eaubriand between 1805 and 1812 and a student of literature could have fore told the formation of the republic as early as 1860 literature has also an actual exchange value in england an author's success is very agreeable like eating honey or looking at a beautiful picture but it is difficult to exchange honey or a painting for the daily necessi ties of life in france literary prestige is ready money it may be used to ac quire political importance or a rich and pretty wife or a position as a teacher french literary success differs from the american in that while the french author must fight and fight in order to receive a short paragraph of recogni tion and the american is given long write-upß in all tho papers the hard earned success of the french author is much more lasting than the fleeting pop ularity of the american m fay said that he would devote his remaining lectures to bourget gide maurois valery and the group of young authors as possessors each of a different kind of literary success the period between 1870 and 1880 the decade following the french defeat was one of discouragement and of dar ing a period of reaction which is reflect ed in the naturalism of the era in its re ligious mysticism and in its society such was the period in which bourget matured young authors are always in demand by the society women of paris beauti ful but dumb duchesses must receive in telligent people in their drawing rooms unfortunately young authors are often rather badly mannered since bourget was extremely well mannered and made friends very easily he was soon received in many salons in spite of the fact that regular meeting of sigma xi club the university of buffalo sigma xi club composed of members of sigma xi a national honorary scientific fraternity held its first meeting and dinner at the campus edge restaurant wednesday november 9 at 6:30 p.m professor shadle the after dinner speaker related some experiences in europe a general program was held in room 239 in edmund hayes hall at 8 p.m ten minute speeches were delivered by the following the study of eye movement dr c f scofield study on the chemistry of cholcscrol dr j o balls recent investigations on the foundations of geometry dr h m ochman the etiology of influ enza ' ' dr c o lathrop ' ' limnological studies on the philippine lakes dr w l tressler some recently dis covered reactions involving hydrocar bons auditorium broadcasting demonstration dr g l hector dis cussion followed each presentation dr curtius in buffalo dr and mrs julius curtius and their bon klaus arrived in buffalo tuesday afternoon from chicago escorted by miss eileen adamson the curtius family visited the broadcasting station and the courier-express build ing on tuesday night and niagara falls on wednesday they were astounded by the efficiency and facilities of the form er and by the beauty and force of the falls dr and mrs curtius left for new vork on wednesday evening directly after the lecture and plan to return to germany early in december their bon will remain in america until august 1933 maunz says nurmi very shy at olympics i the noxt point of interest on our trip around the village was the fire depart , nient two fire trucks were housed in a i specially-constructed fire-house in ' which were quartered the firemen so as to be available at all times the ameri can olympic shield was emblazoned on their tin hats i along the way at intervals were bath j houses fitted out to meet the require ments of all kinds of baths from turk , ißh to an ordinary american shower bath the finns bath-house was con . strutted partly of brick so that the . stenin rooms would hold the intense heat required the finnish steam bath con sists of sitting in this room and breath ing through a bunch of a special kind of leaves to protect the respiratory organs these leaves jvere also used for rubbing the body when a smarting resulted from the steaming masseurs later rubbed tho athletes with olive oil frequently in passing the german bath-house we noted the use of a differ ent technique from that employed by the finns their steam rooms were con structed of a compressed paper and wood composition which was waterproof and incidentally soundproof equal to wood one inch in thickness with genuine ger man ingenuity they cut holes about ten inches square in the outside wall of their steam room and pushed planks through the openings so that they could rest their heads fanned by the cool breezes and at the same time observe what was going on outside while their i bodies sweltered within it certainly was much of a burlesque to watch the ger mans in heated debates in their native language unable to use their hands for expressing themselves ample facilities for shower tub-baths or rubdowns were installed in each bath house efficient philippino attendants and professional masseurs cared for the ath letes on a run around the village we were sure to sight at least one of the 1g pic turesque cowboys on horseback guard ing the outside barbed wire fence around the village seasoned veterans of tho plains they could recount tales that might well be put into print for those who enjoy western thrills and adven tures many of these men were doubled for such actors as will rogers william s hart and tom mix in dangerous roles ' they were high in praise of the movie stars for whom they doubled their dex terity in horsemanship was later proved at a rodeo given for the benefit of the athletes at the cowboy encampment within the village of thoso who took advantage of tho privacy of training in the village was paavo nurmi known to the sporting world as the phantom finn shortly be fore fi o'clock each morning he sped swiftly over the roadways while most ' everyone else was still deep in slumber uncertain of his fate until the last mo , mentj when ho was finally and definitely barred for professionalizing amateur ath letics he elected to keep in shape to capture another olympic crown so timid and retiring was nurmi that [ he was seldom seen away from the fin nish quarters however on one occasion . we saw him entering a waiting limousine . in which were several foreign movie stars en route to a hollywood party to be continued pharmacy seniors have volunteered for tutorial work it might be of interest to the various schools on the campus that the phar macy seniors have volunteered to do tutorial work the plan which has evolved is that those seniors in phar macy desiring more intricate work for their own benefit will study under sev eral of the pharmacy professors the amazing part of the situation is that these students arc not doing the work for special degrees we congratulate them for such splen did initiative and wish them the best of success syracuse frosh are swamped by fast baby bulls szur jackson and berst star university of buffalo's powerful freshman eleven swept to its fifth straight victory of the season conquor ing syracuse frosh 13-(i last saturday before the year's biggest crowd at ro tary field smashing their way through the orange defense for touchdowns in the second and third periods tho baby bulls took their rightful place as tho strongest plebe eleven ever to wear the blue syracuse the prc-gamc favorites were outplayed throughout having to rely on newman s long punts to pull them out of danger several times tho first period saw a punting duel between szur of buffalo and newman of syracuse a penalty ngainst the orange at the beginning of the second quarter forced them to kick from behind their own goal line the big buffalo forward wall rushed the kick and the ball was downed on the 20-yard line szur dashed to the two-yard marker on the next play and jackson carried the ball over crys ler kicked the point syracuse s only touchdown came in like manner in the same period szur forced to kick on his one-yard line got off a poor punt which carried only to the 30-yard marker at this point syracuse showed its only offensive attack of the afternoon newman and friedman car ried the ball to the three-yard line on off tackle smashes and friedman plunged over mammoser's try for the extra point was blocked by jack clinton the second buffalo score came early in the third quarter berst who played his best game of the year saturday re covered a syracuse fumble on the 28 yard line jackson led the march to tho four-yard marked and pelczynski carried it over crysler's kick was low on two more occasions the baby bulls penetrated deep into orange territory but were unable to score in the last period a great chance to score arose when speed-boy jackson broke through to block a syracuse punt his seventh of the present season to place the ball on the 30-yard line the syracuse line braced however and then they kicked out of danger the game ended with the syra cuse backs throwing pass after pass in a futile attempt to score line-up u b frosh syracuse frosh rappole le le crebischer si'ick it it jontos mazuca lg lg hennessey besantz c c van horn clinton rg rg oehlcr berst rt rt shale petrokas re re griffith cryslcr qb qb mammoser szur lhb lhb best pelczynski rhb rhb newman jackson fb fb friedman substitutions — buffalo — ebberts for pelczynski nolan for rappole lambrosc for nolan dimmick for clinton officials — referee timlin umpire motzer head linesman igguldon institute gives folk festival at state teachers the international institute is an or ganizntion that has taken an active in terest in tho cultural life of the city of buffalo it counts among its members many of the students of the university who nrc representative of the several ra cial groups found in our midst on wed nesday of next week november 9 at 8:30 o'clock the institute is presenting u folk festival in the auditorium of htate teachers college some of our own students are participating in a pro gram of scenes staged by nine different national groups and report inlicatcd that the event will be a colorful one tickets may be obtained from dean macdonald hartman at rochester gerhard hartman a graduate from u b laat june has entered a course of training for hospital administration and will start to work shortly as an appren tice in strong memorial hospital koch ester n y the field of hospital admin istration is rapidly becoming a new pro fession for college graduates zona gale novelist leads discussion on modern literature zona gale will lead the discussion at the college tea to be given at the first presbyterian church next sunday eve ning november 13 immediately after the 5 o'clock community vesper service at which she will speak on the subject some tendencies in modern litera ture the tea is for students of the university of buffalo and of the state teachers ' college a complimctitary supper precedes the discussion miss gale is an internationally known novelist a pulitzer prize winner a play wright and a magazine contributor her insight into human minds and hearts and her superb craftsmanship make her writ ings a delight she began her career on staffs of milwaukee newspapers and later became affiliated with the new york world she contributes frequently to such magazines as the atlantic monthly the yale review and harp er s for many years miss gale has been a member of the board of kegents of the university of wisconsin among her well known books are ' ' miss lulu bett ' ' faint perfume peace in friend ship village bridal pond yellow gentians and blue ' ' and her latest book magna is to appear in the forthcom ing issues of harper's miss gale is an experienced lecturer and has groat abil ty and charm doctor surdam gives course on tax procedures income and franchise tax procedure a new course at the university of buf falo evening session opened monday october 31 at edmund hayes hall the course which is to e givca l>y dr a e surdam of amer-surdam co will meet once each week for 12 weeks the course will be open to all high school graduates and to all others who are 21 years of age or over class lec tures and discussions will explore all the salient features of the federal revenue act of 1932 with particular reference to the resulting changes in income tax pro cedure together with their applications according to professor norman burton head of the department of accounting dr a e surdam the instructor was for several years a member of the in come tax department of the bureau of internal revenue as auditor and agent in-chargc for the past 13 years he has been in pract ice as public accountant and tax consultant student conference committee convenes bob winegar chairman on thursday evening november 3 the student conference committee met at townsend hall to make arrangements for the international problems and stu dent responsibility conference which will be held at the university of buffalo february 17th and 18th mr raymond sweetman of new york city addressed the committee and gave many helpful suggestions for the program robert winegar the chairman pre sided and betty coleman acted as secre tary frances stcphan was elected co chairman and the following committees were rippointed program committee — robert winegar john clark howard evert raymond cook dorothy helsdon rita diebold helen peters arrangement committee — burris tay lor helen reimann dorothy lenz mar garet barton comprehensive exams surveyed by jones the now developments in adult educa tion in the outstanding universities in the united states will be presented by dean marsh and a report of the new comprehensive examinations given by dr e 8 jonca at the nineteenth annual convention of the association of urban universities the group is convening at washington university in st louis thursday and friday november 3 and 4 dean marsh is the national secretary of the organization social science club to join no-war movement students and professors to participate now that the political battle has safely joined its predecessors in the vivid pages of history the social sci ence club has undertaken a project that in the opinion of its members is des tined to make such an impression on the history of the university that no amount of eradication can obscure it on tues day november 22 at 8 p m a local conference to which all student organ izations and individual students at the university as well as representatives from canisius d'youville and buffalo state teachers college have been in vited will meet to support the national student anti-war congress to be held in chicago during the christmas vaca tion the social science club desirous of popularizing the national congress has asked each organization to elect two delegates to attend this local conference and to cooperate with the other partici pating organizations in order not to exclude those organizations or those groups of individual students who are still skeptical about officially affiliating with the movement the social science club has provided for those groups to send two observers who are to report back to their organizations before future action is taken the national student anti-war con gress is the result of the world congress against war that was held last summer at amsterdam holland under the lead ership of such distinguished men as henri barbusse bomain holland pro fessor albert einstein sherwood ander son and maxim gorki at this world conference it was proposed to hold an anti-war congress of students in the united states for this express purpose an~ac'.ii k xnumßlee t atneticsn stu dents and professors was set up among these are edmund stevens columbia chairman sherwood anderson profes sor corliss la mont columbia profes sor h j muller university of texas keed harris formerly editor of the columbia spectator margaret bailey of new york university joseph cohen of brooklyn college and norman spitzer of cornell since the university of buffalo con ference is strictly non-partisan it is the privilege of all who entertain the belief that the war danger must be combatted regardless on what grounds they base their opposition to participate in this organized protest agninst war professor gehman president of a.a.u.p tho buffalo branch of the american association of university professors held its first meeting of the year in tho women's lounge friday evening octo ber 28 after a successful year the administration of the local branch passed from dr a b lemon retiring president to professor harry m gehman the new president professor h w post suc ceeds professor w h bonner as secre tary to the organization this associa tion is looking forward to another active year during the past year membership increased by twenty-five per cent there by earning special attention from na tional headquarters in his last speech as president of the association dr lemon traced the his tory of the organization and dwelt briefly on the activities of the past year and plans for the future concerning the history dr lemon said the american association of university professors was founded in 1915 for the purpose of fostering among college and university teachers just such professional self-con sciousness as is the objective of tho american bar association and the american medical association for their spective memberships the list of landing national committees immedi ately suggests the scope of the work of tho association the interests of the national body run all the way from pro fessional ethics and public relations through various phases of education to the very personal matters of pensions bhnuftiest academic freedom and ten ure the 11,000 members of this asso ciation through their representatives on the national council and at the annual meeting cannot but exert a healthy in fluence upon the purposes and ideals of our profession concerning the activi ties of the association dr lemon said during the past year attention has been given to increasing the membership of the local chapter to broadening our social contacts with sister institutions to contributing to our cultural tastes and to cooperation with the national body in its study of teaching methods it is recommended that each of these types of activity be continued while we succeeded in increasing our member ship by twenty-five per cent last year thereby earning special mention in the bulletin there are still a number of eligibles on the campus our present membership numbers sixty-three with an ambitious program this number could and should bo increased to one hundred the university of rochester chapter is ready to meet with us at a convenient time a repetition of last year's meet ing with tho faculty of state teaehors college might well be considered tho new survey of teaching methods should supply us with provocative material for months to come it is recommended that another sym posium on research be held some time during the year it is further recom mended that a committee be appointed to investigate the possibility of securing private or semi-private quarters on or near the campus where noon luncheons may be served daily and where members of the faculty may congregate for a few moments of relaxation and social con tact during tho luncheon period topics for debate selected at n y debate congress at the now york state debate con gross which was held at albany it was decided that the topics for state debates be selected from the following 1 resolved that at least 50 per cent of all state and local revenues should be derived from sources other than tan gible property 2 resolved that international peace is impossible under a capitalistic eco nomic system 3 resolved that in the present state of world affairs dictatorship is prefer able to democracy 4 resolved that the united states should readjust the tariff by reciprocal treaties social science club elects officers at a meeting of the social science club hold tuesday november 8 the following officers were elected chairman — david adams secretary — helen olson treasurer — max frey an arrangements committee composed of witold boguesewski morris blinkoff and helen olson was appointed tho purpose of the social science club is to study social problems objec tively the immediate objective with which the club is concerning itself is to make the u b anti-war congress to be held in edmund hayes hall november 22 a success blue masquers to play outward bound at a meeting held in the women's lounge thursday evening november 10th blue masquers discussed the busi ness end of sutton vane's play out ward bound which they plan to pre sent about the middle of december at the studio school of the theatre be hearsals are in progress with very inten sive work on the part of the cast con sisting of henry rockwell helen peters charles dwyer john murphy edward braunlich alra badger samuel lieber man erma perry and seymour abeles gordon hayes is working on the set which is to be of his own design continued on page three last call for bee money members of the student body who are indebted to the bee on pnrtial subscription plans of any sort are requested to pay up in full as soon as possible miss helen stock circula tion mannger will be in edmund hayes front hall to receive your bal ance varsity play hobart i #~ — — — _. there wiu be a meeting of the s.a.c in h 239 at 4 p m today