Bee, 1949-10-14

              the bee z-460 volume 30 number 4 p^p 48 buffalo n y friday october 14 1949 schintzius endres resnik elected new law school opens j.l o'brian guest speaker one of the year's highlights wilk take place next friday oct 21 at which time there will be an open house at tj b.'s new law school the event which will be conducted jointly by the university and erie county bar association will be held from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m in the library the beautiful new build ing will act as the legal center for the association the principle part of the pro gram will be an address by mr john lord o'brian one of u b.'s most outstanding alumni there will also be remarks by chancellor capen and by dean jaffe of the law school john hinderson pres ident of the erie county bar as sociation will also speak john lord o'brien graduated from u b law school in 1898 he had previously received his a.b degree from harvard in 1896 and was conferred with honorary doctor of law degree from that school in 1946 mr lord is a former member of the university of buffalo council and an honor ary member of phi beta kappa he also holds a doctor of law degree from hobart which he re ceived in 1916 he was conferred with the same degree from syra cuse university in 1938 also in that year he was the republican nominee for the new york state senate in 1940 he received the univer sity of buffalo chancellor's medal in april of that year mr o'brian nominated thomas e dewey for the presidency of the united states he received his doctor of law from brooklyn institute in june 1942 brown university pre sented him with an honorary doc tor of law's degree in february 1945 he was also a member of the board of regents of the state of new york for several years john lord o'brian has held many high government offices un i der five presidents from theodore i roosevelt through harry s tru man in september 1946 mr o i brian was awarded the medal for i merit by persident truman for l his aid in the successful and i speedy conclusion of world war i ii in 1947 he was named chair i man of the army-navy flying pay i board to investigate the justiflca ( tion of flight pay after world i war i mr o'brian was the sue . tessful counsel in the t.v.a suit he is also a former counsel of the i war production board i he is now a prominent attorney i both in buffalo and washington i splitting his services between the t two cities t the university of buffalo is cer ! tainly proud of mr john lord o ei'ian it is hoped that he can be i industrial jobs becoming popular among students work in the industrial relations and personnel fields is rapidly be coming one of the more popular vocational choices made by uni versity of buffalo students in a recent survey of undergraduate preferences 12 out of every 100 students listed work in the field as one of their first three choices and 6 out of every 100 made it their first preference the fields have been growing rapidly in size and importance over the past decade — although no precise figures are available it is estimated that there are now over 100,000 persons in the united states engaged in various phases of industrial relations and person nel work and the increase in num bers is expected to continue about 15 percent ot the total is assumed to hold positions involving more than routine duties of a clerical nature not only are the fields growing but they are being upgraded as well over 60 percent of a group of personnel managers surveyed in the personnel journal had some college training with courses in psychology economics and per sonnel administration designated as the most desirable and useful in spite of the growth of the fields the employment outlook in them is considered to be relatively unfavorable recent surveys by private and governmental agencies report widespread surpluses of ex perienced personnel and the northwestern insurance company's 1949 report on college placement revealed that considerable difficul ty was being experienced by college graduates interested in personnel work in securing employment in the field experienced workers are available because of the emphasis placed on personnel activities dur ing wartime and the large numbers of individuals recruited to perform the^work with a return to more normal and competitive conditions cutbacks resulted and the person nel worker in many cases became a casualty this condition is true of the western new york area and it is expected to continue the sup ply of applicants may be greater than the supply of jobs for some time to come in spite of the rising trend of employment in the field as a whole on the other hand however it 1 should be noted that the field it i here's the lady who supervises norton's doings one of the key people on the u b campus is miss dorothy haas director of norton union miss haas familiarly known as dottie is the person responsible for the intricate system of activi ties which stem from norton un ion a graduate of lafayette high school miss haas entered the school of business administration at u b conscious of the import ance of extra-curricular activities in college life she became a mem ber and later vice-president of the junior class chairman of the freshman-junior sisters commit tee and a member of cap and gown she graduated from u b in 1932 at the present time miss haas belongs to the american as sociation of university women after graduation from college miss haas worked in an insurance office until norton union was com pleted then she became secre tary to robert parke director of the union in 1940 she was made assistant director and in 1943 she became acting director in the ab sence of mr parke who went into war work jan 194g found miss haas director of the union it was during this period that the army air corps infiltrated the union then consisted of a lounge in hayes 201 which is now the registrar's office since the war and the tremendous increase in student enrollment miss haas job has become increasingly difficult and demanding at present nor ton union in spite of bulging walls fuctions smoothly under her guidance and that of her assist ants not to be weaned by the respon sibilities of directing activities for hundreds of students miss haas energetically pursues her hobbies miss dorothy haas director of norton union a c representatives draw big student vote qi the newly formed athletic coun cil of the university of buffalo will soon begin its work the council's chief function will be to determine the athletic policies of the school certainly a great responsibility the elections held on tuesday and wednesday of this week have resulted in the following men chosen at large representing the entire university bob schintzius jim endres har vey resnik the complete results of the other student members of the council have not yet been tabulat ed one member is elected from the basketball team one from foot ball and one from minor sports the football representative is not yet decided the others are basketball bill needham min or sports edward muto the athletic council is also to be made up of the members of the faculty committee on athlet ics plus six alumni of the univer sity the following men are the selected alumni harold f muse d.d.s 24 g norris miner 8.a 27 m.d 32 robert e rich b.s bus 35 g thomas ganim 8.5 24 l.0.8 27 j frederick painton b.s med 27 m.d 27 robert c san born l.l.8 39 the election of tuesday and wednesday in which eighteen candidates competed received an excellent turnout there was a to tal of 1,909 votes cast an unex pectedly large number the elec tion was comparitively close with several of the candidates in com petition for the honor of top three now that you the student body have elected a group of students to represent you in the athletic af fairs of u 8 get behind them and give the support they need public relation recently formed as intermediary i a public relations committee has been formed this year as a middle man between the board of mana gers the student committees and the student body the following is the first report to be submitted to the board of managers and the student body the national student associa tion nsa headed by robert loewer had its first meeting sep tember 28th reports were sub mitted concerning the illinois na tional convention the nsa plans to undertake the following projects in the coming year purchase cards symphony form national art debate league drama ex change d p student exchange photo contest and possibly opera a separate sub-committee will be established for the sale of pur chase cards elections of treasur er purchase card chairman social chairman and secretary will take place at the next meeting under the house committee headed by warren robinson the inter-fraternity council was grant ed the use of the veterans office it has carried on a small scale campaign attempting greater neat ness in and around norton union and has met with success the amherst theatre wated to place advertising in norton union — per mission refused the knee-high bottling company wanted to place a pop dispenser in norton — per mission refused because facilities are already adequate kleenex wanted to place a dispenser in nor ton — that also was refused the bookstore committee has not had a meeting as yet henry rose the chairman will have a meeting as soon as mrs elliot can attend the dormitory committee head ed by don frankenstein is send ing out questionnaires to all out of-town students for a concesus of opiion concerning living facilities the first meeting of the finance committee headed by fred baynes will be held next week the cafeteria committee head ed by al szymanski came to the conclusion that nothing can be done about the crowded conditions of the cafeteria and the snack bar at the present time because facil ities are not adequate the cafe teria is built to handle 200 people and is handling over 300 an hour the snack bar is built to handle 175 and is handling over 250 how albright welcomes student membership although the albright art gal lory is open to the public the ex hibits are more enjoyable if one has a student membership cost ing three dollars this membership entitles a member to the follow ing free admission to social af fairs exhibition previews and concerts free copies of gallery notes a forty per cent reduction on all gallery publications and re productions is obtained upon pres entation of a membership card the membership fee of three dol lars should be sent to member ship secretary albright art gal lery 1285 elmwood avenue buf falo 22 new york continued on page 5 column 5 continued on page 5 column 3 continued on page 7 column 5 continued on page 4 column 5 u.b beat } alfred j the fight for the heavyweight boxing championship between john l sullivan and jake kilrain in 1889 was fought with bare knuck les and lasted 75 rounds pep rally tonight j