Bee, 1949-02-11

              the bee buffalo n y friday february 11 1949 z-460 yplymfi 29 suitvwim mm number is band plans soiree musicale with concert-dance program one of the bright spots of theri urrent social season will he pro vided by the concert and dance of the combined university of buffalo and amherst central high school bands on monday feb 21 in kleinhans music hall at 8:15 b.m this occasion offers an ex cellent opportunity to support the band for all profits will be devot ed to a fund allocated for the pur chase of uniforms for this organi atlon tickets are priced at 20 • person and are now on sale the program will be under the direction of john spine krestic who in his short term at u 8 has developed the musical aggr gction here to the point where it is recognized as one of the outstand ing bands in western n y mr istic who also serves as director the bands of the buffalo bills herst central high school and hie tonawanda post of the amer ican legion has prepared a show that is sure to delight all who at tend the musical portion of the eve ning will feature everything from beethoven to bop with marches ftnd novelties interspersed one of the featured performers of the evening will be paul powell u b student who formerly played with jan savltt's orchestra who will present a cornet solo titled boy meets horn the trumpet trio paul powell don mastrangelo and gordon fisher will play the ree jacks omedy will be furnished by rious members of the ensemble jn their version of an evening at the minstrel show with all the features of an old-time minstrel performance following the two hour concert there will be three hours of dancing in the mary sea ton room to the music of song etylist eddie granger and his or chestra your support of this concert will be deeply apreciated by the u b band which has not been able to ecure school funds for the pur chase of uniforms since the crea tion of the organization three years ago organized under the leadership of student-director ger jd marx and five charter mem bers the band has grown to the point where uniforms are absolute ay essential to its continued com petition with the musical groups mt other area colleges engineering panel to air problems a new system of panel discus wons.to aid in the solution of problems encountered by students to the field of electrical engineer tog has been instituted by the electrical engineering society of buffalo to be conducted under the supervision of professor a t ba lint.of u b the first student faculty panel meeting will be held co friday feb 18 u.b delegation to participate in mock un session a delegation from u b will be among the 200 representatives from 40 colleges attending the twenty-second annual model gen eral assembly on international re lations which will meet march 30 to april 1 at rutgers university new brunswic,k n j the assem bly is sponsored by the american association for the united nations in cooperation with the participat ing schools current world problems will oc cupy the three days of plenary sessions and committee meetings with each college delegation rep resenting a different un member nation dr waldo chamberlin of new york university will be confer ence advisor for the assembly the secretary - general for the meeting will be raymond f betts senior at rutgers and elwyn dav ies of haverford college is slated for the presidency of the assem bly earlier sessions revolved around league of nations problems rut gers the state university of new jersey played host to the model league assembly in 1938 while last year's conference took place at cornell university campus debating team snatches syracuse win hillery bradford and gerald rosenthal of the u b debating society soundly defeated syracuse university foes in a judged de bate last saturday morning at syr acuse the u b pair argued the affirmative side of the national de bate topic dealing with federal aid to education hamilton college forfeited its scheduled encounter with the u b team that afternoon houghton college cancelled an oregon style debate set for last monday due to illness of a team member this news disappointed local debaters since the oregon style calls for cross-examination between the opposing teams and was to be the first time the u b squad engaged in this type debate mr daniel gray once a top in ter-collegiate debater is the ad visor and coach of the u b group under his excellent guidance and in practicing principals of argu mentation u b debaters glean valuable experience from partici pation in the society member ship is still open and those stu dents desirous of joining are cor dially invited to attend the mon t^.l!a 8 t rn roon 1 ! neetinga £ n "' rennes university honors chancellor an honorary degree ot doctor honoris causa has been conferred by the university of rennes in france upon chancellor samuel p capen of the university of buffalo with the degree the university of rennes isued a lengthy citation detailing chancellor capen's dis tinguished record in american higher education his teaching ca reer and his numerous publica tions the citation also noted the chancelor's invitation in 1938 to prof lucien wolff now dean and rector of the academy of rennes to come to the university of buf falo for a year on the mrs jo seph t jones foundation this was a first bridge thrown between the universities of buf falo and of rennes the citation stated rennes is happy to tight en today these bonds by conferr ing the degree ot doctor horonis causa upon professor capen chancellor of the university of buffalo she has wished thus to honor in him not only the eminent philoeogist but the men who have devoted their professional ac tivity to the organinatlon of high er kducation in the great ameri can repflbllc this degree was , actually con ferred at rennes on last novem ber 29 in the absence of dr cap en the diploma insignia and cita tion were accepted by the cultur al attache of the american embas sy at paris they have been for warded to the chancellor this is dr capen's eleventh hon orary degree previously he had been cited by lafayette college university of chicago university of pennsylvania mcmaster uni versity syracuse university al fred university tufts college ho bart college clark university and george washington univer sity i.v.c.f emphasizes foreign missions inter-varsity christian fellow ship has designated february as a month of missionary emphasis to promote a genuine interest and serious consideration of foreign missions there will be a dinner party on tuesday feb 15 at buf falo bible institute with the for eign missions fellowship chapter there the after-dinner speaker will be rev karl goldberg di rector of the hebrew mission talking on missions anyone in terested in this work is cordially invited to attend on feb 22 rev richard felber will present hlb views on the need fn missionary service in cuba by the showing of slides taken while serving on this field an important part of this mis sionary program calls for support of this work through the prayers of the participants each monday wednesday and friday at 8:30 a.m in hayes 324 ivcfers meet for niayer on behalf of christian activities the world over gala open house at norton happy time planned for all ' once again the norton unioa program committee is sponsoring its semi-annual open house the evening's events will be pre sented tonight from 9 p.m intll 1 a.m at norton union the onlf admission required is one nortoa union card per person or couplet jack bradigau chairman of tna open house assures everyone whether they come stag or drag that they wll have plenty to keep tliem busy and have a wonderful time highlighting the entertainment will be dancing to the smooth music of johnny oiian and his or chestra dora bertoglio la head ing a committee to bring you com munity singing in the lobby dur ing the course of the evening s regardless of whether you are a poor johnny one note join i and you'll have a lot of fun it you should feel inclined towar the cinema movies will be showa m the west room by bob glass son j » kskola chairman ot tna frames committee announces that the game room m the basement will be open to all who wish to participate among these gamea are ping pong pool billiards and shuffleboard bingo will again b played m the card room on tha third floor of norton with valu able prizes going to the winners attain the admission is absolutely free — merely sit down and col lect your winnings to top tha evening off refreshments will he served by k<l wullner and his committee we sincerely hope that every one especially the new freshmen will attempt to come just leava your wallet home and come pre pared for plenty ot fun survey reveals enrollment drop now decreasing for the third successive year the nation's college and univer sity enrollments have climbed to a new peak releasing enrollment figures furnished substantially all of the 1,800 institutions of higher education in the united states the u.s office of education revealed that enrollments this fall increas ed by over 72,000 students over last year despite a drop of 100 000 in number of veterans enroll ed total enrollment in all colleges and universities is 2,410,000 this year of this number 486,267 are studying at 20 institutions these twenty institutions enroll 20 per cent of all college students in the united states the rate of student drop-out is slowing down according to the survey this is indicated by the greater holding power ot colleges despite fewer freshmen students and a scaled-down veteran enroll ment last year's freshmen en rollment stood at 593,000 this year only 569.000 freshmen are reported veterans who formed about half of the nation's college student body in 1947 account for only 42 percent of the total enrollment in 1948 delaware florida mary land and new mexico are the only states showing increase in the number of veteran students this year greatest drop in veterans enrollments came at the junior college level approximately 50 percent of the veterans are enroll ed in 131 of the country's largest universities men still outnumber women al most 3 to 1 in the nation's col leges the proportion of women students has changed little this year over last fall the s to 1 ratio holds in the large universi ties although it goes down to slightly less than 2 to 1 in liberal arts colleges and is more nearly 1 to 1 in teachers colleges the proportion of women freshmen is slightly hlgher'in 1948 than it was in 1947 in all types of institutions the survey reveals remedial english classes offered the attention of students la remedial work in english is called to a new section starting this se mester all remedial classes be gin the week of february 16 at follows section j — monday and friday 12:30 — engineering 32 mr spears section k — monday and friday — 1:30 - hayes 112 mr holbers section f — tuesday and thiir day — 9 jo — engineering 14 mr holberg new section section q — tuesday and thura day — 3:30 — crosby 221 mr spears students may select the most convenient section and report the third week of the semester in addition to those sent to these classes for communications prao tice any campus students wha need drillwork in the mechanic of the language are invited to at tend the subject offers no cola lege credit and no fee is charged for further information consult mr spears of the english ucparta ruent in crosby hi continued on page 3 column l the buffalo public library has a large music collection which in cludes 48,000 titles m sheet music and 1,400 orchestrated title in cluding 35,000 parts join the march or dimes make-up examinations make-up examinations begin march 7 applications togeth er with the fees or medical ex cuses must be filed in the uni versity registrar's office not later than feb 14 prom tickets now on sale