Bee, 1929-02-01

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly university of buffalo february 1 1929 no 15 vol 9 band box boys to furnish music at junior prom entire faculty and student body mourn loss of professor sherk dr sherk has enviable record as pedagogue known as leader in eastern educational fields the faculty of the university of fluffalo suffers an irreparable loss in the untimely death of professor wil fred h sherk head of the mathema tics department of the arts college on sunday january 27th professor shi rk held a high place in the esteem 0f every member of the university both faculty and student body to the university and the city of buffalo his passing marks the close of a great educational career and the loss of a splendid citizen and to the student body his death is a disaster the loss of an understanding teacher and a kind friend professor sherk who was born in ontario 1873 came to buffalo where he attended old central high school winning high honors following his graduation from oberlin college and a year's teaching at bechtoell college in akron he became an instructor in mathematics at lafayette high school captain calvert k mellen eulogized professor sherk as one of the finest teachers and most admir able men ever to be a member of la fayette's faculty when the arts college of the uni versity of buffalo was inaugurated in 1913 professor sherk volunteered to teach during the hours not required at lafayette in 1918 at the request of the university profesor sherk re signed as a high school teacher and became head of the mathematics de partment of the university his in terest in the arts college did not end with the department of which he was head for professor sherk was a mem ber of the faculty executive commit tee chairman of the honors group in 1927-28 and was a member of the athletic council as well his bound less enthusiasm and hearty co-opera tion were inspirational to the stu dents as chairman of the committee on financial aid to students professor sherk gave generously of his time and thought in the field of major mathematics professor sherk was well known act ing as president of the mathematics teacher's association of the middle states and maryland for two years altogether mr sherk was one of the hading men on the college faculty hean julian park expressed the heart felt sorrow of the university in com menting upon the death of his col league his genuineness was unmis takable permeating his unexcelled grasp of his subject was his human ity said dean park an editorial in one ft the leading buffalo papers commended the up instructions given those who fail first semester notice to students in college of arts and sciences and school of busi ness administration students who receive a grade of f in any course are automatically drop ped from the course except in the cases of hygiene and physical educa tion which all students are required 1 carry throughout the year regard -- of the grade earned students in ln '' college of arts and sciences re ceiving a grade of f for the first semester of science 101-2 are expect i to continue the course during the ' r d semester students who re ceive a failing grade in these courses for the first semester will be required to repeat only the work of the first dniester football captain will be announced at prom at the recent meeting of the ath letic council of the university the following players were awarded block b's for successful participation in football during the 1928 season be it noted that the requirements for this insignia have been markedly raised that the men receiving their letters are greatly deserving of praise and that the number of lettermen is de cidedly less than for the 1927 season when 25 awards were made arts joseph red abeles irwin baby-face altman tom beautiful moran earle bust-em ridall ed lazy siemer pharmacy gerald toothless slade business administration de lano big-shot rice dentistry emmett whitey dewitt thomas slow jelly eugene bow-legs north arthur boot-em ungerer medicine john oh doctor gabbey anderson andy vickers men's club hosts to women the u b men's club will play host to the women's club on tuesday february 5 at 6:00 p m at the cen tral y m c a this supper the girls provided so successfully that the latter decided to reciprocate sim ilar occasions in other years have yielded much enjoyment in spite of the fact that the men usually con tains the indespensable and ever-pres ent bean we wondered at first whether the men expected to try to compete with the girls in a culinary way but since this is not the case it seems to be safe to partake of the meal the guests will reserve judgement until after the affair the price of the sup per will be thirty-five cents which ought not to be prohibitive even for co-eds blue and white hopes to repeat former victories over clarkson tonight the bisons wind up the first half of their basketball schedule in an encounter with clarkson tech at the elmwood music hall as a preliminary to the varsity game the freshmen will engage the nichols school team last year the bulls registered twice over the visitors winning handily in both encounters however clarkson has a more experienced team this year and will attempt to overthrow the regime of the blue and white the buffalo quint now free from the weight of impending exams is plan ning to step out and again take the measure of its rivals all of the men on the squad are in good condition and recent practice sessions have been in the nature of hard workouts to get them back into first class playing form consider able attention has been given to the art of foul shooting to avert a repeti tion of the loss of a game due to in ability to cage free throws fast passing cutting and co-ordination of plays were also given their usual con sideration the team is now in a po sition to make use of the experience it has gained from previous encoun ters and should go after the potsdam aggregation like a veteran outfit the freshman team has chalked up a fine record in its games to date and is planning to add another win to its tally by downing the nichols prep sters i his preliminary attraction should be only slightly less interest ing than the varsity game although the recent losses have been somewhat disappointing in the face of early season success the bisons are out to even things up with a string of victories they need the backing of every loyal u b sup porter if the players realize that the student body the alumni and admin istration are solidly behind them and interested in what the team is doing it will be much easier for them to give that little extra bit of fight and grit which often means the difference between a win and a loss get be hind your team wilfred h sherk biology club meets tonight there will be a meeting of the bio logy club next friday night feb ruary ist at 8 o'clock in the men's lounge room at the medical school speakers dr f e emery — metabolism of protozoa mr j i evans — capillary re action in mammalian muscle dr w l dolley the rate of dark adaptation in the eye of erista lis tenax students are invited to attend bison head's choice of new members expectantly awaited attractive favors snappy comic acts are added features big surprises in store for dancers says committee next friday night the university will make merry at the junior prom music such as you never heard be fore will be furnished by the manhat tan band box boys one of the snap piest dance orchestra in the east this band consisting of twelve pieces is well known and listed among their other big engagements of the year are the hobart prom and the michigan prom there are several singers and soloists in the band who will offer fea ture numbers throughout the evening the statler ballroom will be at tractively decorated for the accasion and the committee has planned several surprises that may take your breath away there will be dances and comedy skits during the interval of dancing in fact everything has been provided for that will help to make the affair an eventful one very attractive and useful favors will be given to every blushing co-ed in attendance you'll be pleasantly surprised when you see them they are just what you've always wanted perhaps the greatest event of the evening will occur during the inter mission at 12:30 at this time bison head the senior men's honorary so ciety will tap those outstanding mem bers of junior class who in its opinion are leaders in the activities of the class this custom has been in vogue for the last few years and is looked forward to with much anticipation john s allen and his committee have worked hard to make the prom a big success they promise every one a wonderful time the members of committee assisting john allen are myron roberte walter murphy miss marion cummings arthur unger miss ruth a glynn miss luzerna mcclintock miss ruth v dewlitt frank j dressier frederick kelly melvin j werg hugh wild delano j rice and cyril kavanagh tickets are now on sale by juniors in all the colleges if you would get yours early it would prove a great help to the committee john s allan girls play hosts to men at next honors meeting the honors group will be served a beverage imported from cathay in celebration of the decoration of the room under the direction of a com mittee of the girls friday february 1 at 4:15 p m some of the pleas ure of the aroma of the afternoon tea will be removed by the distressing knowledge that each member is ex pected to contribute fifty cents as his share of the expense of decorating intellectual tone will be supplied by the reading of papers to the group by evelyn fraser on some psycholo gical effect of music and robert moest on popular ballads dr boynton it is expected will contrive to prevent this portion of the program from becoming of secondary import ance it is hoped that no one will be sufficiently incapacitated to get lost on the way home men's glee club makes final cut starting feb 5 following the examination period the next rehearsal of the men's glee club will be held at the central y next tuesday february 5 promptly at 7:30 the director expects all men to report for successive rehearsals new songs are being rehearsed and absence of any member materially re tards the progress of the club the men whose names are listed are eligible for individual trials in the final cut aplin berkhausen caine chase marvin cohen ray cohen cummings dempsey desmon dolce dunn finkelstein gay healy huber judd kuhn lederman leventhal marsh messing miner naisch priebe rob son shapiro shaw stratton tumiel williams and zackheim all mem bers presented in preceeding concerts must be memorized tests will be given from any of these songs select ed at random by the director and must be sung without aid or accom paniment by the candidate a short sketch of concerts for the next few months is as follows february 12 — convocation men's and women's glee club contest february 15 — michigan avenue branch y m c a march — kawanis club march ii — central presbyterian church men's brotherhood march 21 radio broadcast wgr april s—home5 — home concert april 11 12 13 trip may 2 rotary club final arrangements for other con cert will be completed shortly and the list will include several appear ances in nearby towns with a possi bility of an additional trip tea dance ushers in events of junior week i there are only two days left be i fore the biggest and best junior week is ushered in with the novel tea dance at jack hendry's on tuesday febru ary sth the dancing begins at 4 o'clock and the briarcliffe orchestra will play admission is by tag — have you bought yours yet the sale of tags ends on monday so if you haven't already bought one buy now from any member of the junior class on wednesday february 6 the juniors will entertain the seniors at a theater party at the buffalo where a special section has been reserved for them every senior will receive a ticket for this event at the begin ning of the week the annual junior banquet will be held at the parke lane apartments on the thursday of junior week the feature of the evening will be a talk by mr francis h bangs the committee for junior week under the direction of frances joyce has been working hard to make it a uccess those assisting her are viola stanfield miriam cristall film frazer alfred wetter and frank dressier continued on page 2 column 2 continued on page _, column _) inter-fraternity council meeting wednesday february 6 alumni club 8 p m fampu c ] j calendar w j 0 tt/wwwww ww ww ww w w w w w w0 friday february 1 — 4:15 — honors group meeting girls will serve tea 7:3o basketball games u b vs clarkson prelim — u b frosh vs nichols monday february 4 — tag day junior week 4:15 — girls glee club practice au ditorium 5:30 — pan-hellenic dinner soror ity and fraternity night tuesday february 5 — 4:00 — tea dance — jack hendry's 4:30 — girls swimming at bennett 6:3o u b men's club entertains women's club at central y b:oo men's glee club wednesday february 6 — 12:20 — senior class meeting in e h h 3:oo senior theater party at shea's buffalo thursday february 7 — 6:30 — junior banquet friday february 8 — junior prom