Bee, 1928-03-16

              the bee vol 8 unlverslty of buffalo march 16 1928 no 22 contest for new songs and cheers closes march 24 substantial prizes to be offered for best offerings send paper to the bee 189 edmund hayes hall students get busy and enter the big cheer and song contest now being con ducted by the uke try your hand at some cheers and some songs senel them in anil win a prize the contest closes march 24th and in assembly on march 27th the winning compositions will be presented to the students now is the time to think about these things for next ye'ar new songs are needed for assemblies and for the games as well as new cheers one of the big gest assets to school spirit would be some new cheers which the stuelents would like anil cheer in earnest there are many students whu are capable of composing cheers and songs and with the added incentive of a very appreci able prize many contributions shuulel be forthcoming a special assembly has been arranged to try out these in novations ami only through the co-op eration of every student can this be made a successful day mr ward has consented to write music for all the poems which are sub ; mitteel as possible songs songs of any type will be accepted ami appro priate music written for them r bison head honors basketeers at dance music furnished by snappy briar cliffe orchestra powell trophy to be presented to best foul shooter tonight at the urover cleveland clubhouse bison head honors the bas ketball squael with a dance this is tho second annual basketball dance given by this society tonight is the last time that the team will be together as a unit for lou brizdle hy bass and gus stoesser will bo missing from the ranks when next year's team takes the floor this year ihe boys played good ball auel came thru the season successfully although they did not win every game they played a brand of basketball that was highly commendable anil won a moral victory for themselves the feature of the evening will be the presentation of the powell trophy to the winner of the foul shooting con test this award will be made by art powell the coach of the team to the member of the squad who has main tained the highest average in foul shooting throughout the season dancing starts at 9 o'clock anil con tinues until 1 music will be fur nished by the snappy briar cliffe or chestra under the direction of tho tal ented billy atwell bison to distribute celebrity number tuesday march 20 next tuesday will be ono of the most eventful days in the history of bison a celebrity number will be of fered to the public and it certainly is a celebrity number too the cover design is a print of erma hnrrreyer the winner of the university of liuffalo's famous most beautiful co-ed contest the celebrity nutn ber also contains photographs of cal coolidge and al smith who need no in t induction and milt gross well known intoonist and creator of nize baby there are groups of writers actors nnd actresses whose faces are familiar to everyone 1 , and pictures of dancers who are at present playing in popular r-liows the celebrity number is full of new and original jokes anil has in all 60 pages distribution will begin on tues day march 20th in hayes hall basketball title goes to kappa nu fraternity the fraternity basketball leagues a d the inter-class leagues wound up he season wednesday night nt the ro lary gymnasium kappa nu the leaders of league a nanexed the title in the fraternity ague by defeating alpha beta pi the winners of league b the game ended with the score 31 to 12 in favor of kappa nu ihe leaders in both leagues came rough the season without a defeat to their records but it remained for kappa nu to come through the play !' with a clear slate in league a "' chi epsilon losing but one game narle the kappa teamwork hard to ntaln tho load while sigma alpha v '' in league b lost only to alpha beta pi dr sy stresses value of hobbies to undergraduates scotty plays alma mater on bag pipes for u b club the u b club came buck with a bang tuesday night after its short re cess with a brnnil new meal the 1 fel lows were filled with pie a la inoele garnishee with real ice cream anil beans boston baked beans the kind that melts in your mouth instead of hiring waitresses tn wait on the boys the cabinet did tho wailing themselves and put the difference into tho meal what rr meal it was an experiment and it worked next tuesday the speaker will be eoswell rosengren on the subject new lamps for old a discussion of the relation of muedi of our modem law to the codes of babylon on sat urelay march 24 the club is planning a week-end trip to the y m c a camp near angola on the lake shore with as many men as can go ex penses will be light consisting only of transportation and food und a good time will be had in two elnys of rough lag it anyone interested see a mem ber of the cabinet tuesday at i o'clock some of the fel lows are me'cting for a eliscussion group on the relation of science to religion these groups treating such topics ns has religion a place with the coming of science will be very interesting ami quite appropriate in this lonton season come to the v at 5:00 o'clock on tuesday anil see win martin last tueselay the speaker ur sy of thi school of arts and sciences spoke on the value to the student of a hobby something to take his ininil off his work for a time indeed it is surpris ing how many people do not know how tn use the spare time they have or steal scotty gave us something new and different when he rendered the alma mater on the bagpipes and dr sy commenting on this reached his climax with the remark that the man who invented the bagpipes had as queer an ielea of music as the man who invented near beer had of dis tance dr jones wishes to consult students about future plans dr tone's is very desirous to talk with the sophomore men about their fu ture plans and vocations the sopho more year is a break in the stuelent's life as many go to the professional school it is therefore advisable to con sult with the personnel office fresh men and juniors are also advised to come for consultation the freshmen will benefit greatly from such a con ference as they will discuss their ma jor course of change or the possibility satisfactory the personnel office is open to all times to these who wish to use it practice possible if new course is adopted members or prospective members of the 1928 football squad who will be first year medical or dental students will be interested in the proposed sum mer course in anatomy by taking such a course the student would have his afternoons free next fall for the entire football season this would remove the objection usually held against first year students in these schools participating in football detroit symphony to give concert at elmwood music hall the detroit symphony will give a concert at the elmwood music hall tuesday evening march 20 at 8:15 willi ossip gabrilowitsch conducting this is the second last concert of tho series the last being the cleveland orchestra which will be here thursday april 26 student tickets can be ob tained in dean macdonalel s office for 8(1 cents campus calendar friday march 16 — 2:80 p m — women's basketball tournamont rotary gym 8:00 p m — boxing and wrestling practice for men rotary gym bioo p m — women's debate uni versity nf liuffalo vs syracuse uni versity auditorium grosvenor li brary moilday march hl 1:00 p m — women's basketball and tennis practice rotary gym 4:15 p m women's glee club au ditorium edmund hayes hall 4:30 p m — boxing and wrestling practice for men rotary gym sor orities and fraternities night tuesday march 20 — 11:30 a m — student-faculty assem bly auditorium edmund hayes hall 3:15 p m — boxing am wrestling practice for men rotary gym 8:15 i m detroit symphony or chestra concert elmwood music hall wednesday march 21 l:il(l p m — women's basketball ami tennis practice rotary gym 4:15 p m — women's swimming ben nett high school 8:00 p m — boxing and wrestling practice for men rotary gym thursday march 22 — 3:15 p m — boxing anil wrestling practicefor men rotary gym women's debate team will encounter syracuse tonight the misses miller sparberg stanley to represent u b protection of capital in foreign countries subject on friday march 16 the women's elebating team of the university meets the women's team of syracuse univer sity the question is kesolved that the united states shall cease to protect capital invested in foreign lands except after a formal declaration of war the negative side of the question will be upheld by the syracuse team which is composed of ruth freeman gladys church and pauline columns grace brown and mary mckinon are tho al ternates gertrude ablobo is the man ager nnd mr stockwell is the team's coach on buffalo's team which will defend the affirmative side are buth miller gertrude b stanley clarice sparberg and betty slater alternate mr john horton is tho coach miss fredia segiworth the industrial secretary of the y w 0 a miss may sickmon the chief deputy clerk of the united states district court of western new york and mr george c macphail of the manufacturers and traders trust company are the judges dr carlos alden the dean of the law school will preside this is the last debate of tho year therefore it is imperative that you eeiine out and support the team which has been working extremely hard you all wish the team success but this is not enough it needs your support on march 16 there is also tho bison head dance however you can bring your girl to the debate first and you will enjoy tho dance much more after if you know that you have dono your pari toward helping the women's de bating team toward victory the debate will bo held at the gros venor library at 8 o'clock on friday march 16 miss g e johnson to again produce the little theater mr stanley travis will assist in play development miss gertrude e johnson associate professor of speech anel dramatics at the university of wisconsin has been secured to give courses in the univer sity of buffalo 1928 summer session it is expected that many students will take advantage of the opportunity to elect courses with this widely known specialist in this field miss johnson has been a member of the department at wisconsin for the past 17 years and has had experience on tho faculties of many other colleges and universities she is a member of the national com mittee on plays of tho national coun cil of teachers of english vice presi elent of national collegiate players advisory editor of the players maga zine she is the author of choosing a play modern literature for oral interpretation and dialects for oral interpretation she will give courses in effective speaking interpre tive beading anil play production there will also be uuusual opportun ity for students in the summer session to participate in the production of lit tle theater plays for it is planned to have a number of informal interpreta tions and productions and possibly one or two three-act plays may be produced students in miss johnson's classes nnd other students of the summer session who are interested in the drama are eligible to take part in tho plays mr stanley travis of the english depart ment who was a member of the mc phail little theater players of minne apolis for a year will co-operate with li>s johnson and have immediate charge of the production of the plays mr travis has just recently completed ten nights of playing in the studio i school of the thi'ater at utica and i elmwood it is hoped that there will i be a new nucleus for the development i of plays at the beginning of tho sum i me r session from those who have had i some experience with the blue i masquers or other regular students of h lire college interested in the drama b s a c discusses senior ball at monthly meeting standardized rings suggested for university the monthly meeting of s a c was held march 13 at the alumni club dr pankow presided at the faculty and joint sessions and john mahoney at the student meeting john schamel turned in the final re port on the prom it was financially successful to the extent of over a hun dred and twenty dollars the report was rcferrerl to dr hector s a c auditor mr mahoney opened the discussion eonoorning a senior ball the matter was referred to the social committee headed by dean macdonald everett flinchbaugh was elected by the arts school to be chairman of the ball if the committee decides in the affirma tive edmund farris reported on tho finan cial condition of the bison he also brought up the question of standardized rings for the university it is the opin ion of the s a c that it is entirely a student affair to be arranged among them candidates for b a to receive credit for music courses summer session offers 30 different art courses at the last meeting of the faculty of the college it wrrs voted to allow under graduate students working for the b a degree to elect a maximum of 16 semester credit hours of work in the fields of music and art provided the courses are approved by the dean whilo certain credit has in rare in stances been allowed previously in mu sic and art toward this degree no defin ite action on the part of the faculty has previously been taken students who are interested in either music or art will have an opportunity of consider able choice of electives in either music or art in the coming summer session as 30 courses in music and eight in art will be offered this is the first sum r session in whieh these courses have been offered honors group to meet friday march 16 there will be a meeting of the honors group on friday march 10 at 4:15 p ir in the honors morn edmund hayes hull mr charles abbott instructor tn english will speak on student i ifc at oxford