Bee, 1928-03-02

              the bee no 20 vol 8 univeesity of buffalo march 2 1928 dr harry w laidler speaks at weekly convocation present competitive system considered very wasteful industrial democracy subject of vivid lecture dr harry w lnidler of the league of industrial democracy told the stu dents of the work of the league in a short talk tuesday morning at convoca tion every ago presents its challenge said dr laidler the last 150 years have scon great advance in political democracy for the challenge of the 19th century was that of political dem ocracy accompanying this challenge was that of industrial democracy the struggle of the common people to con rtol their industrial life still goes on in the time of tho craft guilds a labor er could become a master and owner of a business with the coming of steam there came more and more complex or ganization centralization increases true there has been a diffusion of ownership of stock to employes but it hus not been sufficient to control votes in corpora tions the problom before the american people today is this whether the means of production transportation etc should bo controlled by capital or the mass of tho people this can be an swered in ony one way labor unions have begun the social organization of formerly private enterprises tho present competitive system is wasteful industrial democracy believes the distribution of wealth as it exists unjust but that the owner class is giv ing way to the manager class this shows the upward evolution of indus try — functionless classes disappear an other fault in present day industry is the lack of opportunity for self expres sion of tho worker study of these trands of thought and action in industry is necessary for the advancement of efficiency for the con servation of human energy and the promotion of greater freedom and brotherhood for the masses alumni association holds card party the alumni association of the uni versity of buffalo is giving a card party at the alumni club 147 north st sat urday afternoon march 3 at 2:30 i clock miss marion macdonald of the 1926 class is chairman of the com mittee and misses helen delaney trace hcacock catherine jung char lotte macalcer and mrs annabelle i'uulds are serving on it refreshments will be sorved and the tickets are scv enty-five cents chemistry club to meet in girls room the next meeting of the club will bo held wednesday march 7 at 8 p m in the new girls room in edmund hayes hall the club has been very fortunate in securing mr fred vin cents an airship designer with the cur uss airship corp mr vincent has arranged a very interesting illustrated talk on the current subject of avia on its progress in the future amuse ments and refreshments will follow the talk all ace aspirants are invited chancellor capen to address honors group the honors group will meet today at 1 ; 15 p m in the honors room edmund h iyes hall 292 the value of an rt education is the subject to be iscussed by chancellor capen at this ting every member of the group ls urged to be present freshmen students of law school unite to feast at banqu buffalo athletic club to be scene of dinner threatening to prove the falsity of the barnum circus claim of the great est show on earth the freshman law committee headed by joe lojacnno is going forward with plans assuring the fact that the present freshman banquet will be the best of all time in casting about for a place to hold this stupendous affair such places as broadway auditorium madison square garden elmwood music hall and the yankee stadium have been considered but the final decision was that the ban quet will be held at the buffalo ath letic club there on monday evening march 12 at 7 o'clock tho class will hold its first banquet invitations have been sent to such notables as calvin coolidgc charles lindbergh babe huth george itemus gilds gray and clarence dai row so far none have declined there will also be n goodly representation of the faculty of the law school and an assemblage of speakers a few surprises are promised by the committee and this scribe cannot bo tray their confidence just wait till march 12 men's debate team ready to penetrate west for three weeks to encounter marietta college tomorrow evening due to an accident the men's debate team composed of edward j carroll morris e opler and melvin j weig was delayed a week and were forced to cancel several debates in west virginia and kentucky the team is now however on its long awaited journey and tonight has its first debate of the trip encounter ing marietta college at marietta ohio from marietta the team proceeds west ward debating various colleges until they reach saint louis and carthage from saint louis the route goes north ward to milwaukee and from milwau kee into canada going to chicago from canada and thence back to mich igan and ohio the team will end up in cleveland where they have their last debate not only colleges of these various cities have been arranged to debate the u of b team but also several of the extreme western teams will be met at a half way point if our team is success ful this is the most extensive trip ever planned by any organization of u of b and it is made possible only through the untiring efforts of ed car roll who has not only arranged debates but also has secured speaking engage ments to help defray the expenses as manager of the men's team ed has is sued a challenge through the speaker the official forensic magazine of tau kappa alpha to debate any two-man team in this country there are sev eral questions which will be debated the one used most being resolved that the united states government should cease to protect by armed force capital invested in foreign lands except after a formal declaration of war the following is a complete and cor rect schedule march 3 — marietta college marietta ohio march 4 — open to challenges march s—open5 — open to challenges march 6 — ohio wesleyan delaware ohio grover cleveland clubhouse scene of big dance bison head entertains at informal affair the biggest informal dance of the year is scheduled for friday march 16 at the grover cleveland clubhouse it is given in honor of the basketball squad under the auspices of bison head society it hus long been the custom for bison head to honor the football squad at their football dance last year the basketball squad was honored at the first basketball dance the affair was such a success that it was decided to make this dance a regular event the bison head basketball dance gives a chance to the students of show ing the squad members just how much they appreciate what has been done this year on the court it also affords an opportunity for a real informal good time the briar cliffe orchestra has been secured to furnish the music this com bination is a group of artists who grew up with jazz and know how to play it they always have a treat in store for the dancers don t forget march hi is the bison head basketbull dance make your date early dancing is from 9 until 1 and the charge is only 2 tickets can be secured from tiny one of the bison head members china and the modern world to be discussed dr edward h hume will speak on china and the modern world ut the community vesper service of the first presbyterian church next sunday after noon dr hume former president of the college of yale in china achieved what has been declared by competent authorities to be the most successful case of co-operation between chinese and foreigners he will speak of chinu s traditional attitude toward social political and religions of what the west has done by its invasion and of the resultant story of today campus calendar friday march 2 — 1:00 p m — women's bnsketbnll prac tice rotary gym 4:15p.m — honors group meeting tho value of an arts educa tion chancellor capen honors room edmund hayes hall saturday march 3 — 8:30 p m basketball u of b vs colgate elmwood music hall monday march 5 — 1:00 p m — women's basketball prac tice rotary gym 4:15p.m — women's glee club prac tice auditorium edmund hayes hall 4:30 p.m — basketball for men ro tary gym sororities and fraternities night tuesday march g — 11:30 a.m — student assembly audi torium edmund hayes hall 3:15 p.m — boxing and wrestling for men rotary gym 4:30 p.m — faculty lecture has democracy failed in america richard tcmpleton auditorium grosvcnor library 7:00 p.m — block b dinner ball room hotel statler wednesday march 7 — 1:00 p m — women's basketball prac tice rotary gym 4:15 p m — women's swimming ben nett high school thursday march 8 — 3:15 p.m — boxing and wrestling for men rotary gym block b dinner to be headlight for next week dr a alonzo stagg world known grid mentor is speaker dr dobie and committee ready to entertain 800 guests dr dobbie and his committee have prepared to take care of eight hundred guests at tho second annual block b dinner which takes place on tuesday march 6 at 7 o'clock in the ballroom of the hotel statler the principle at traction of tho evening will bo tho speaker dr a alonzo stagg nation ally renowned grid coach and athletic authority of tho university of chicago tho committee could not have chosen a better or more capable man to ad dress the gathering of the students faculty alumni and friends of the uni versity of buffalo although dr stagg will occupy the spotlight for a time the members of tho football and basketball teams will replace him when the time comes for the letters and numerals to be present unfortunately perhaps the co-eds will be absent but everyone else will at tend especially those students who have argued so valuably against the abolition of football when that ques tion was before tho public notice now is the time for all those talkative but inactive backers of athletics to come forward and to show thoir apprecia tion of what the members of these teams have done for them and for the university the committee has made arrange ments to have speciul tables for frater nities clubs or any other organizations which may wish to attend in a body tickets may be procured from tho com mittee from members of the football team or from dr dobbie tho aim of those making arrangements is to make this banquet the equal or if possible better than last yoar's most successful affair the committee in charge consists of dr dobbie chairman bruno schutke ker john quinlan arnold neumann hy bass art ungerer dr a b lem on dr e f mimmack dr nelson w strohm dr nelson g russell gordon a hague william g cook dr charles h keene william j blackburn dr william v traus edward g schau rath john e mncnamura dr j gal vin woodworth morey c bartholomew louis karris john w greenwood and henry adsit bull medic students hold luncheon in student room sigma phi sorority acta as hostess at novel occasion for the first time in the history of the medical school the medics ate at home ' ' tho hostesses on this occasion were members of the sigma phi medi cal sorority the students ' room on the second floor of the building was arranged as a cafeteria and effectively decorated in rod and white the menu consisted of home made pork and beans hot dogs with all the trimmings sandwiches coffee and milk but the piece do re sistance was the home made cakes and pies the feed began about 12 o clock and continued for an hour when due to lack of supplies it died down however no one was sent away hungry for the hos tesses provided enough for all ueports from the sorority announce a financial and social success because of the hearty response of tho students an other home made meal is promised in the future the nu sigma phi sorority wishes to express its thanks to those who respond ed so generously and helped to make the occasion such a success dr edward jones suggests system for marking exams plans to help furnish active incentive for students dr edward jones presented at the honors meeting last friday an original scheme of marking designed to be help ful to the student the principal idea was that a mark is of little help to the student because it does not carry with it the comments in the instructors upon which he has based the mark students may continue in the same er rors or may even have reason to be lieve that their work is iu certain res pects quite satisfactory when some timely indication of shortcomings might make possible decided improvements working toward the solution of this problem dr jones suggests that the most important term papers of a stu dent during junior and senior years be more specifically criticized and per haps criticized by more than one per son dr jones has drawn a tentative list of points to be commented on and he hopes by working from this to make progress toward a marking system which will be helpful to the student more of an incentive to him the sug gested program of the detailed marking of a paper follows the following impressions are made 1 the organization of material a you have organized your data notes and thinking excellent ' ly well rather carelessly very poorly b your organization and arrange ment seem to be decidedly orig inal fairly independent mostly a duplication of other works 2 the content of what you have ab orbed from the literature is un usually extensive fairly complete inadequate the number of sources consulted is ; very satisfactory adequate rather i inadequate i 3 my impression is that the notes you ] have taken in preparation for this i paper were very completo and well < balanced usually though not always well chosen rather scrappy and in complete only including tho simpler c and more superficial points i tryouts for women's debate team successful a very successful tryout for the women s debate team was held friday february 24 the women wdio will meet syracuse in buffalo on march 16 are clarice sparberg gertrude stanley ruth miller and elizabeth slator al ternate because of the defeat suffer ed by the women at buckncll they are putting forth a determined effort to down syracuse reserve that date march 16 — to come out to support your team watch the bee for further announcement two useful leaflets issued to freshmen how to read more rapidly and note taking are tho titles of two extremely useful leaflets issued recent ly by the office of personnel research these leaflets will bo given to fresh men and sophomore students and to upperclassmen upon request the re sults of tests given to u of b students to determine their average spood of reading are included in the first pam phlet both subjects are discussed in an interesting manner and are worthy of careful reading dr jones announces a lecture by dr koch of the medical school on thurs day morning march 8 at 11:30 in hayes 278 dr koch will discuss the subject of medicino as an occupation continued on page 2 continued on page 2 col 4 continued on page 3 eol 1