Bee, 1928-05-18

              the bee vol 8 university of buffalo may 18 1928 no 30 1928 summer session offers liberal schedule prominent faculty to conduct classes in many subjects education and music courses approved by state the 1928 summer session of the university of buffalo will open july 2 and close august 10 offerings for this year have been greatly extended and there will be a faculty of over fifty members some of whom are be ing brought from other institutions courses are being offered m art edu ction arts and sciences libraiy science business administration music mill pro-professional work for the undergraduate college stu ileuts there is a wide choice of elec lives on the schedule which includes art astronomy biology chemistry edu riitiun psychology english french german history mathematics music physics sociology public speaking anil dramatics and speech some able and experienced instructors have been pro cured for the art and music courses i well as for many others four teen courses m six different fields are riven for those interested in business administration and commercial teach irs training the library science course for school librarians and for those who are completing the one year course for a iliploma is offered under the direction of dr a h shearer aud is approved by the state extension division all the courses m education lead ing toward a new york state college graduation provisional certificate will be offered m the summer session the courses required by the state to qual ify us a teacher of special classes will also be offered including an oppor tunity to do practice teaching m the held a number of new courses espe dally m junior and senior high school holds for teachers supervisors and ad ministrators of school work the music course offered meets the requirements of the new york stato . department of education leading to a , music supervisor's certificate an art course also is presented lending to a , certificate for art teachers and super j visors upon completion of 12 semester ] credit hours of work in the pre-professional group ana , lomy and bio-chemistry are given for ( the medical and dental students dr ellis to deliver address at eighty first commencement lhe speaker at the eighty first com cncot it will lie dr a caswell ellis lircctor of cleveland college western reservo university dr ellis received ho degree of a b from the university "' ninth carolina m 1804 and the de sfee of ph d from clark university '" 1897 from 1897 to 1903 he was mjtltant professor of padogogy and as wcmto professor of science and art of dii'-at inn ; professor of philosophy of nation 1903 to 1908 and director epartmont of extension university of texas 1908-1916 1,1 caswell is a member of phi beta ' vl l'l«i the author of monographs and ttgazine articles concerning investiga iis m child phychology and educa '! administration and joint author fundamentals of farming and pnrin life personnel office urges reporting of conflicts lhe personnel department urges all ')'"> find conflicts m their schedules lii 1,11 out and hand m conflict forms if conflict forma are handed ill e particular course it is very thai the time of the course will tnged so that all who wish will enthusiastic alumni reunion planned by former graduate parade and speeches to complete days program the second annual rounion of the alumni of the university of buffalo is heing planned with enthusiasm by the old and young grads the pro gram announcod by the chairman henry ailsit bull will take place on the campus june 5 and tho new build ing kilmunil hayes hall will he one of the main attractions although the meeting will not lie m the auditorium unless the weather inteil'eres with flic present plans aiming the speakers will he dr a caswell ellis director of cleveland col lege western reserve university who gives the commencement address that morning ami walter piatt cooke known to the university anil the city as holder of the chancellor's medal ami as chairman of the arbitral tribunal of interpretation under the dawes plan immediately following the commence ment exorcises at the elmwood music hall tho members if the class of hus will be brought as the guests of the alumni to the campus luncheon will lie served at noon music aud enter tainment will be provided and plenty iif linn fur the grails to greet old friends i'iie annual alumni parade will form at 2 o'clock and headed by a band and the university colors will march around the campus according to the five-year plan the classes attending will be 1928 lol'.'l iiii.s 1913 1908 1903 1888 1883 and as far back as there are alumni living there will be a program of speeches following the parade which will be snappy anil short with dr richard w boynton president of the alumni as sociation mr henry adsit bull dr j a bertram lemon secretary treasurer ' ami others prominent m alumni affairs mi the platform the committee m charge of the re union are mr bull chairman cassoty dr harry m weed dr charles a pankow john t horton dr kichard | w boynton dr a bertram lemon ' john e mcnaniara and william g cook henry lenz elected editor-in-chief of iris for 1929 iris contains many good pictures of city edifices the 1928 iris has sailed into port this year on time the color scheme of blue and silver is especially attrac tive and the marine sketches carry out this year's theme this year's hall of fame includes dean gregory dr debbie and dr strohm a good view ot the new city hall as well as ed mund hayes hall are included the book is dedicated to the greater city of buffalo the price is 5.50 if you buy it now and 3.00 if you have al ready subscribed the new stall members are chairman of iris board chas n velgel editor-in-chief henry lens book kditor esther v hill business manager ralph elliott senior editor kathryn mayor classes editor viola stanfield athletics editor norris miner organization editor allso cowles fraternities editor eileen o'malley activities editor margaret y johnston feature editor grace e keller circulation manager photographer manager and advertising manager will lie selected by next year's editor interfraternity council elects next year's officers ed carroll lauds past work of council the i ntei fraternity council of the university of buffalo closed a very successful season by electing officers for the ensuing year the officers are thomas moran president marvin cohen vice-president irving hyinan secretary harvey slocum treasurer dr h g hewitt faculty adviser ed carroll the outgoing president spoke of the accomplishments of the council notably the admission of the local council into the interfruternity council of the east dr hewitt m a summary of the work of the coun cil thanked the members for their co operation he said that the biggest step that of organization was com pleted and that m the future the council should prove to be very suc cessful in the discussion for the welfare of the council it was emphasized that all fraternities should be members of the council for their own and for the gen eral good fraternities at the pro fessional schools are especially urgod to join those fraternities that de sire to join the council should com municate with the president or sec retary of the council at the arts col lege 3438 main street the dues are 5.00 per year the secretary also asks that each fraternity send to him its correct address so that all com munications may be properly delivered the present members of the council are delta chi kappa delta psi beta phi sigma beta sigma rho omicron alpha tau beta chi epsilon sigma kappa nu beta phi rho sigma alpha mv alpha beta phi phi lambda kappa rho pi phi alpha omega rospocl fully submitted irving hyinan see buffalo graduates receive academic awards from yale scholarships granted in psychology and languages an announcement was made on fri day may llth by officials of the glad uato school that two buffalo students both graduates of the university of buffalo had shared m academic awards for next year at yale university mr samuel yochelson who received his bachelor of science degree m llll'li from the university of buffalo and his master of arts degree a year later was given a yale university fellowship for research m psychology mr yochelson for the past two years has been a mem ber of the psychology department of the university of buffalo a vale university scholarship for re search m romance languages was re ceived by mr joseph hoffman who re ceived the bachelor of arts degree from the university of buffalo m 1927 and who has been doing graduate work here this past year campus calendar monday may 21 to tuesday may 29 — final examinations wednesday may lll memorial day recess sunday june i — baccalaureate sunday tuesday june 5 — eighty-first commencement exercises at elmw 1 music hall noon — second annual alumni be union on campus past chancellors praised in march alumni news plans for alumni day are given by dr henry a bull remedies suggested for the football situation the march issue of the university of buffalo alumni news is filled with articles of vital concern not only to those who have graduated but as well to the present student body of the uni versity editorial comment deals with the coming reunion of alumni the foot ball situation besides the announce ment of several gifts received by the ttniverslty from its friends mr henry adsit bull who is len oral chairman of alumni day this year outlines the plana for this function dr boynton and dr lemon who devote time and effort to the consolidation of the alumni are ox-orlicia members of the committee everything has been carefully planned to exceed even the success of last year's reunion when the campus overflowed with enthusiastic graduates through the pages of alumni news the reader becomes acquainted with the learned men who have helped the uni versity grow the chancellors mr john t horton instructor m history and government has written a history of these men which appears m the alumni magazine in the march issue chan oellors bissell iorhani and charles phelps norton are given the praise they so justly merit chancellor norton was the donor of the chancellor's medal which is awarded each year for flu purpose of personifying civic pa triotism and vivifying public service m the eyes of the citizens of buffalo athletics take up much of the atten tion of writers m the news aboli tionist vs rotont lonist " is the title of an article by gordon hague a member id the athletic council the faults m the football situation which are so well-know ii are mentioned and sug gestions are made for their remedy dr charles keene professor of hy giene and physical education stresses the need for better athletic equipment m what price qymnaslumf a most amusing account is presented of the reported death of dr byron pierce a graduate of the university of buffalo in the first issue of the year the alumni news printed comment on the death of dr pierce a letter was soon received from the subject of the death notice dr pierce called the notice greatly exaggerated parts of his letter were as follows i was much interested m an article m your issue of the news of october ist espe cially m the heading where my de cease is announced 1 may say thai i am very much alive and do my daily dozen although not with the elasticity and grace that characterized my move ments m the gym of the old canan daigua academy m 1856 needless to say the editors of the alumni news are very happy that the notice was ' ' exaggerated ' ' dr richard boynton writes of the gratitude that alumni should show since a university training opens windows m us to the many-sidedness of life to the opportunities of life to the possi bilities of life as no other single infill em an or does chancellor capen m endorsing the alumni organization makes his cum meiit the alumni association of the ltnivcrsity of buffalo is a new organi zation but it has already shown great vitality perhaps the strongest most c mondable and niosl note worthy evidence of this vitality is the alumni news philosophy dept inaugurates class in idealism professor rice to give advanced spanish course philosophy 201-202 introductory survey first semester introduction to ethics a consideration of the principles of hu man conduct followed by the applica tion of those principles to problems ut individual living and of social relations second semester introduction to phil osophy a survey of the chief problems men have fouml in their systematic thinking about life and society and the methods they have devised for in terpreting those problems credit six semester hours i0 j i-:i04 logic and scientific method first semester the essentials of logic deductive and inductive second som ester application of logic to some out standing problems of science and phi osophy credit six semester hours 405-400 present philosophical ten dencies a thorough discussion of con temporary trends in philosophy chiefly naturalism idealism pragmatism anil realism with special reference to their value as systematic outlooks upon the world and with emphasis upon a recon ciliation between the scientific and the religious interests of man credit lii semester hours 409-410 idealism a survey of lead ing types of philosophical idealism in the eighteenth and nineteenth sen tlilies reading of the sources and writ ten reports to be presented to the group for comment and criticism pro-requi site philosophy 801-302 credit six semester hours 411-412 symbolic logic a study of the algebra of logic and the structure of deductive systems including appli cations to tin 1 fundamental concepts of mathematics open to undor-graduatet i with special permission pre-requisite i philisophy 303-304 credit six semester spanish mi mi supervised spanish pro l'es>oi rico will offer a course in su pervised spanish corresponding to a fourth year in that subject and carry ing six bemester hours credit this ourse may be taken by superior stu lents wlio have had three years of col rye spanish or four years of spanish before entrance 318 the mind of primitive man itudy of the psychic life of preliterate peoples does the mentality of pre ideate peoples differ from that of faculty entertains students receiving higher degrees dr m metcalf to be principal speaker of event the faculty of the university of buffalo will be hosts to the students re ceiving higher degrees this year mem bers of the graduating class who will continue their studies and members of the faculty who will lie on leave of absence for further study next year the dinner will take place at 6:30 on may l'lst dr maynard m metcalf of balti more research professor of zoology at johns hopkins university and secretary of the international committee on the knforcement of research m colleges will lie the principal speaker his ad dress will in phases of college re search ' chancellor capen will preside and the speaker will be adellieit p moot of the state board of regents aud dr harry yv rockwell president of the buffalo state tcai hois college continued on page i col 4 on account of the ex jj jj aminations there will j | be no issue of the bee jj jj until june 5 m»mniinntmmnummmi""'""<"'"hmim l l