Bee, 1929-01-11

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly vot9 university of buffalo january ii 1929 no 14 prom and tea dance to be highlights of junior week tea dance a big attraction of gala junior week — i briarcliffe orchestra to furnish music at jack hendry's the junior tea dance the special feature of junior week will be held at lack hendry's tuesday afternoon lh tea dance an innovation m junior week activities is attracting considerable attention and promises to be a real gala affair the briarcliffe orchestra has been eng ■ ■ il to furnish the music for the ng which will begin at 4 re fri liinents will be served about 5 p m other features of junior week will lie the junior senior theatre party and the junior banquet the banquet will be held at the park lane apart ments mr bangs will be the prin cipal speaker of the evening dean macdonald and dean park will be guests of the class the juniors are going to take the seniors to the buf falo theater on wednesday afternoon everyone is assured a wonderful time hthe prom that super affair of the diversity will conclude the week of estivities s a c meeting the regular meeting of s a c was held tuesday evening at the alumni club on north street dr rankow presided and absences due to illness prevented a quorum until the joint meeting mr mcgerry read the min utes and acted as secretary in the absence of mr laidlaw the following reports were given social committee and dramatics dean mcdonald financial report dr benton junior prom john allen senior dance jack schamel bison head elections jack schamel bee frank dressier dr burton gave notice of the new vouchers and statements for money which will be used by the various managers and treasurers he also stated he wished to see students in such positions prom ticket organiza tion was discussed and the orchestra and arrangements accepted new york state pharm convention draws dean gregory everybody is attending conven iens so i'm going too said dean gregory as he made known his inten tion to attend the state board of pharmacy convention m new york monday january 14 during his stay at the metropolis he will also attend the state pharmacy council meeting tuesday january 15 the state board of pharmacy is primarily concerned with the adminis tration and violation if pharmacy law while the state pharmacy coun cil emphasizes educational require nents and schools of pharmacy of the state dean gregory will take an active part m the convention by presenting two reports as a member of a com mittee trying to bring about uniform terminology in the school of phar ""> bulletins he will bring to the '"'" his proposal of uniform nomen clature his other report has to do th the confusing differences m handbook eleven of 1927 and hand 1 k twelve of 1928 issued by the department of education these two harmacy handbooks published one " ; " apart vary so considerably on it l points that our pharmacy rep •' ntative deems it a topic worthy ' discussion fr-s-h-i-h '!■ !■ m..|..|..|..h"1"1"h"m"m-h glee club in annual song fest at mt st joseph's specialty numbers enhance brilliant program on thursday evening the men's glee club made its fifth annual ap pearance at mt st joseph's academy the singers were in good condition after a two weeks rest and followed the director intelligently new fea tures supplemented an already inter esting program last night's addi tions included a new chorus by the club the initial appearance of the varsity quartet and saxophone solos played by maurice lutwack the re sponsive audience greeted the singers and soloists warmly frequently re calling them this concert has now become traditional and the cordialty and receptiveness of this audience is equalled by few in the acquaintances of the glee club the contest between the men's and women's glee clubs is scheduled for the convocation period on february 12th much interest is shown in this event rules regarding judges choice of songs and presentation are those which apply to state inter-collegiate contests the judges will be an nounced before the contest promin ent local musicians will compose the quartet trials are being held tues day night at rehearsal periods every member is expected to attend re hearsals being promptly an import ant announcement will be made in the next issue of the bee no rehearsal tuesday january 15 variety of snappy articles feature alumni news the alumni association has just published the second news of the year and undoubtedly the best since the magazine has been started in this 61 page book we find a host of editorials on varied topics among which is a plea for athletic scholar ships we read that miss deters the new university registrar is be ginning her new work that a faculty council dinner was held that the glee clubs have a strenuous program and that the y m c a is doing great work at u b the first of a series of very inter esting articles on rare books by a local collector thomas lockwood at torney and member of the university council first editions gave color to a library and mr lockwood says this will some day belong to the univers ity when the proper housing space is provided dr moore has written an article on graduate study and judge harris has contributed one on earning and learning another story on oppor tunities m engineering has been written by mr c e harrington as sistant professor of mathematics another feature is what has gone before or some highlights m the history of our university buildings the evolution of the law buildings and of townsend hall is portrayed the book is filled with interesting bits of university news and includes an organization chart of the alumni | association of the university c ampus calendar 0 w w*w w w w ww ww ww ww w w w w0 friday january 11 — 1 00 p m girls basketball prac tice 4:00 p m honors meeting dr kerr speaker 8:30 p m basketball game—col gate vs u b at hamilton saturday january 12 — 8:30 p.m basketball game—ham ilton vs u b at clinton monday january 14 — 4:3o girls glee club sororities and fraternities night tuesday january 15 — 8:30 p m basketball game—nia gara vs u 8 elmwood music hall wednesday january 16 — mid-year examinations begin wednesday january 30 — second semester begins 1:00 p m girls basketball ro tary gym thursday january 31 — 8:30 p.m basketball game—roch ester vs u b at rochester friday february 1 — basketball game — clarkson vs u 8 elmwood music hall monday february 4 — 4-9 — junior week 6:00 p m — panhellenic supper women's lounge tuesday february 5 tea dance jack hendry's 2700 main street wednesday february 6 — 12:30 p m women's club lounge friday february 8 — 10:00 p m-3 a m junior prom hotel statler dr jones to offer single semester course next term a course on occupational analysis will be offered by the phychology department during the second semes ter it is open with one hour credit to those men who are interested m discussions and readings m the var ious vocations and m an analysis of the problems of these vocations class will be conducted by doctor jones meetings are to be held once a week on wednesday at 1:15 a course m occupational analysis was offered for the first time last year and attracted a considerable number of students a change of emphases is to be made this year which will undoubtedly increase its attraction and value there will be fewer lectures by outsiders and more group discussions with particular at tention to readings interviews will be held with people actually m the field of each vocation in this man ner the growing body of information on the values and changes m the different occupations will be investi gated for purposes of convenience the course m occupational alalysis is included m the psychology depart ment as psychology 210 strictly speaking it is not a psychology course its nature and the manner m which it is to be conducted make it distinct from any department therefore there is no psychology pre-requisite this will permit all students to attend who are inter ested the course hopes to achieve a double result it is particularly de signed to offer suggestions to men m the sophomore class who are still m doubt as to which occupations they should follow it also offers the opportunity for advanced students to become more fully acquainted with the field of vocational guidance and personnel m the high schools — a field which is enjoying healthy growth and promises to be an attractive one for college graduates manhattan band box boys to feature biggest junior prom prominent juniors to be tapped by bison head society the greatest dance of them all the junior prom will be held m the hotel statler ballroom friday feb ruary 8 the committee headed by john allen has completed the ar rangements and everything is set for the big event the committee has been very for tunate this year m securing the man hattan band box boys to furnish the music this snappy twelve piece unit has made a name far and wide for the calibre of their dance music they are constantly m demand at college dances and m their home town new york among other places where they will play this season are the hobart junior prom and the michigan prom numbered among the personnel of the band are two famous piano players and several well known feature art ists the main feature of the evening will be the tapping of its new mem bers by bison head each year this organization composed of the out standing members of the senior classes of the university chooses this occasion to make known its choice of juniors for membership the fol lowing year the present members of this honorary society are jack schamel louis farris walter stro man frederick stoesser maxwell lockie leonard brisdel morris opler and lynn wallace the tapping will occur during the intermission which will be around 12.30 very attractive and novel favors have been purchased and will be pre sented to every young lady m attend ance these souvenirs are not only very pleasing but will also prove very useful no girl can really afford to be without one the committee has moved heaven and earth to make this prom success ful all indications point to the big gest and best affair the university has ever had don't miss this oppor tunity for a grand and glorious eve ning — remember dancing from 10 to 3 modern russia to be topic at next fenton lecture speaker intimately acquainted with russian politics the next fenton foundation lec ture will take place on wednesday january 16 at 8:15 p m m the gros venor library sir bernard pares di rector of the school of slavonic studios at the university of london will speak on present day russia the lecture will include the highlights of modern russian history to date sir bernard pares is well able to handle this vast subject because of many years of residence m russia he has been personally acquainted with the political leaders during the years 1904-1919 having regularly attended the sessions of the duma having been granted the permission to live with any regiment he chose he spent the years 1915 and 1916 with the russian army sir bernard pares traveled thru siberia after having been m close surveillance of the early months of the revolution he is now actively engaged as editor of the rus sian review and of the slavanic re view and has published several books on russian history literature and life the speaker it is evident is espe cially qualified to give an unbiased and authoritative view of his sub ject the university welcomes this eminent scholar all lectures on the fenton foundation are open to the general public without restriction or fee members of the foreign policy association and of other somewhat similar organizations are especially invited evening science courses to be offered to public the buffalo society of natural sci ences together with the board of ed ucation is presenting to the public evening courses in science the first series is from january 14 to april 13 the second from april 15 to june 8 the courses are to consist of 12 lec tures in the new buffalo museum of science in humboldt park popular subjects will be given by well quali fied instructors the complete sch edule is as follows winter term january 11 — april 13 nature lore for boy scout leaders mondays 7:45-<j::so ancient man and his civilizations tuesdays 7:45-!t:00 animals in relation to their kn vironment tuesdays 7:45-!):.'io nature lore for girl scout lead em wednesdays 7:45-9:80 conservation of our natural tie sources thursdays 7:45-!):.'s0 nature lore for woodcraft league and camp fire girl leaders thurs days 7:45-»:30 the friendly stars thursdays 7:15 radio construction and repair thursdays 7:45-'j:30 nature craftiwork saturdays 7:15 mr gardiner hump and william h long will teach the nature lore and craftiwork courses which are armed to fill a long felt need among leaden of outdoor groups both men are cornell graduates with a host of ex perience famed kedroff quartet to appear in near future the kedroff quartet the noted group of russian singers will pre sent an hour's program of sacred music at the community vesper serv ice of the first presbyterian church the circle next sunday afternoon january 13th at 5 o'clock the quar tet is composed of n n kedroff bar itone its leader and founder former ly professor in the imperial conserv atory of petrograd c n kedroff basso formerly professor in the ol of musical technique petro i i k denissoff first tenor and ''. kasakoff second tenor both of imperial opera of petrograd the ea arc nut only of unusual fine ity with a typical russian bass leep range and richness of tone they blend in a singularly felicit manner aving been acclaimed with such success in europe and in the united states the quartet needs no introduc tion tn buffalo since its first appe 11 ance here about a year ago it has continued on page 3 column 4 i tcuutiuueil ou page o l-uiuimi . no bee the iser will not be published on january 18 and 25 on ac count of mid-year examinations fraternity basketball ; ; the fraternity basketball ; ; league will be organized direct • • ly after mid-years if your fra !! ternity wishes to enter a team ; \ get in touch with tom moran • • immediately £ all managers and treasurers j of the various student activities f um e s a c report to dr | benton k h h 193 hhh-+4~hh-i"i"i"i-i-h-h-h-;'4-i