Bee, 1928-02-03

              the bee no 15 university of buffalo february 3 1928 vol 8 mr john t horton speaks at grosvenor library john adams and the british commonwealth subject of lecture empire held together by allegiance to king mr john t horton was heard on tuesday afternoon january 81 at 4:30 o'clock at the grosvenor library in ih ninth of the faculty lecture series of the season his subject john vdams and the british commonwealth i xations was very ably and com prehensively dealt with it must lie admitted said mr horton that both george washing ton and john adams have played their part i founding the british common wealth of nations the pint of wash ington is so speetacular as to require little notice that of adams more sub lli and more constructive the twentieth century british em pire bbs been built up upon the basis of the ideas of john adams as set forth in the middle of the eighteenth century of course it must be recog nized that the british empire is des potic and tyrannical in some sections british control in india may be viewed it belt as benevolently despotic at its worst a cruelly tyrannical but this is only half the picture only half the empire the other half may be con sidered as the greatest establishment nf political liberty that the world has ever seen the parts of the empire are bound cine to another by the frailest of bonds the principle tie is that of allegiance in the king not in his poiltiud as king of groat britain but as practically king of canada of ireland etc the elt'governing dominion and the irish free state have beoamo to all intents iml purposes kingdoms in the same sense that great britain is a kingdom the status of the dominions may h hummed up in the declaration of the last imperial conference they are au tonomous units within the british em pire equal in status in no way or subordinate one to the other in any aspect of their extreme domestic af fairs united by a common allegiance i the hritish crown nnd freely asso linteil as members of the british com monwealth of nations in the eighteenth century respon sible english statesmen entertained a in less liberal theory of empire they hold that the colonies owed allegiance 111i 11 the british lords and commons thi is only natural for when in eng land the soveiignty which was the mrs george barrel's german club party postponed one month because of unforeseen circumstances mrs george barrell has postponed her party for the german flub until some time in march we shall therefore have ;! regular meeting if the elub on wed nesday evening february bth in the music room of the groivenor library ! " a quarter of eight following the business meeting prof seliauroth will rive nn illustrated talk on weimar inn interesting places near weimar '■ are also planning to have an exhibit "' etchings of erfurt and other inter rating articles from the thuringian dis trict we hope to have a musical pro rram also this will be the only meet i the gorman club in the month 1 february aa february 82 is culver " t day and there will be no meeting " ! the club on that day now that the mid-year examinations are over there hould be a perfect attendance of mem ts on february 8 everybody out li use i lie german club picture for the tris '''■'' be taken sometime in february watch the bulletin boards and the bee 1111 further notice junior arts students anxiously await annual junior week members of fair sex to sell customary tags for frolic junior week this year begins febru ary 15 and ends february 22 this per iod in which the juniors are in the lime light has been shifted by the s a c in order to avoid the crush of activity which conies at the end of the school year when junior week immediately pre cedes senior week the juniors of the arts college under the direction of eddie farris have been planning for this period of festivity for some time the officers have made final plans and appointed committees it is certain that this year's celebration will surpass any other in the history of junior week in our university on wednesday february 15 a peppy class meeting is to be held at which the formal opening of the week will be made the next day thursday will find all the charming young ladies of the third year selling the customary tags it might be well to add that the support of the students is needed hero these tags are admittance tickets for the junior frolic to be held friday even ing at 8:15 in the school auditorium a gilt-edged program of fun and enter tainment is being arranged under the direction of general chairman eddie farris among the features to be presented will be b vitale magician marguerete hanne soloist grace keller dancer clarence oblctz pianist paul williams banjoist harold walker dancer a play by the blue masquers and music by the u of b berenaders saturday night the juniors will at tend the alfred game in a band and special cheers will be arranged the junior banquet is to be held on monday february 20 this is always a very enjoyable occasion and is some thing that is remembered as a high spot by every graduate as a climax of the week the prom will be held on tuesday february 21 at hotel statler girl's glee club presents concert at community house the girls glee club expelled in a short conceit for the university women on friday lanunry 28 at the lafayette community house in a small room and crowded the voices of fifty girls sang six songs in two groups of three bortha layman gave a piano solo the girls sang the smith the brownies the young dancers swing low sweet chariot bells of st mary's waters of minnetonka mr ward is to be congratulated on this concert which though brief gave good evidence of advance and careful training the girls have a concert on february 9th and one later over the radio bison head basketball dance set for march 16 the bison head organization at a recent meeting decided that the an nual basketball dance be held on march lti charles veigel was elected as chairman details will be announced later honors group will discuss elimination of unfit on friday a general meeting of the honors group will be held in the honors room edmund hayes hall on friday febru ary 10 at 4:15 p m professor niles carpenter ph.d of the department of sociology will speak on the elimina tion of the unfit members of the group may consult wiggani s the fruit of the family tree on the open shelves in the library by vote of the honors committee attendance at these group meetings is required of junior honors students and is optional with senior honors students the address will be followed by a discussion richard w boynton chairman pictures for iris to be taken soon at white's studios group and individual senior photos are being taken during the first four weeks of february at white's studios 928 main st senior medics are re quested to appear at the studio be tween february 2nd and 9th senior dents between the 3th and bth senior law between the th and 15th senior pharmics between the 15th and 20th and senior arts between the 20th anil 25th class fraternity sorority anil club pictures will be taken at hours appointed by the various presidents the studio will be at the students constant disposal daily from 9 a m until 5 p m pictures will be taken later than 5 p m by appointment photos will also be taken on sundays the prices are group pictures 28.00 individual pictures $ xim songsters of two schools going to give concert northampton mass ip — for the third time the glee clubs of smith col lege and dartmouth college united this week in a concert given here the clubs gave a number of selections singly and then combined for a final number campuc calendar friday february 3 — l:no p m — women's basketball practice rotary gym saturday february 4 — fees for socond semester in the day school due sunday february 5 — r>:00 p m community vesper ser vice first presbytorian church the circle can democracy be made efficient by dr william bennett munro college tea im mediately following the service monday february 6 — 1:00 p m — women's basketball practice rotary gym 1:1)0 p m — women's glee club prac tice girls room foster hall 4:30 p m — basketball for men stu dents rotary gym sororities and fraternities night tuesday february 7 — 1 p m — boxing and wrestling for men rotary gym 4:.'!0 p m faculty lecture the problem child ballard 1 bow en grosvenor library auditorium 6:30 i m — u b club meeting cen tral v m c a 7:.'u p m — men s glee club practice central y m c a wednesday february 8 — 1:00 p m — women's basketball practice rotary gym 4:1 p m — women's swimming ben nett high school thursday february 9 — 3:15 p m boxing and wrestling for men junior prom slated for statler ballroom feb 21 jack schamel medic student named general chairman music to be furnished by hobart seneca serenaders one of the outstanding social events of the year is alway the junior prom so it is at all colleges but at univer sity of buffalo it is one of the very few social affairs of the entire university anil therefore assumes a position of spe cial prominence this year it is to be held on the night of february 21 the junior classes of the university are in charge of the event jack schamel was appointed general chair man by the s a c and under his able leadership the affair is sure to be a suc cess aiding him are eddie farris in charge of mu.sk lima lester in charge of favors arthur paudor in charge of tickets and frank meyers ed soucie eddie farris herb schwartz and bcil page in charge of advertising the prom is to be held this year in the ballroom of the statler hotel to furnish music for the dancing the ho bart seneca serenadcra have been se cured this ten-piece orchestra has just completed a six-month engagement in germany and on returning to this coun try are in great demand everywhere eddie farris has scored a great success in securing this popular and much sought after organization no decision has as yet been reached as to favors but miss lester in charge of that matter assures us that they will ba unusually attractive this year to make possible a function of this sort the hearty cooperation of the stu dent body is necessary financially the prom is a big undertaking and unless the students are behind it to a limn it becomes well nigh impossible to meet the huge expense incurred so get be hind your junior prom and make it a huge success men's glee club to enter contest at rochester feb 11 many preparatory concerts will be given locally the men's glee club has now reached a point where it is prepared to give excellent concerts on february 11th they will go to rochester to sing in a contest with five other colleges namely hobart rochester syracuse union and bemsallear this is to be the interactional tryouts for the na tional intercollegiate glee club con test in new york in order to prepare for this event the men are practicing every day at noon and every other night concerts have been arranged to precede the contest at the hamburg show house a full evening's program will be given ana if the boys come back in good shape they will go to ro chester on saturday on march 2nd the v b serenade under the direc tion of irving schactel and the club will go to avon to sing under the auspices of the parent-teachers association ex tensive advertising is being carried on in surrounding towns and a full house is guaranteed contrary to the precedent of other years the club comprises only 22 men the motto this year has been quality and not quantity only those men who are qualified with a good voice and a knowledge of music have been selected to represent the school in singing with all the concerts which precede the home concert at the stat ler on april 13th as a background the concert will certainly be one to estab lish a precedent in finished music and extensive repertoire on february 22nd when the edward haves hall will be dedicated the glee club will offer several fitting numbers in the program » girl's debate team to meet forensic stars of bucknell tin girls debate team will moot the bueknell team at buekncll february 16 it is the second debate of the year and the team for the cornell debate will continue except that elizabeth slater may have to resign iis the result of illness her place will be taken by gertrude stanley the alternate the others of the team are clarice spur berg and ethel hose the question is that of armed inter vent inn to protect investments the i h girls uphold this intervention which is the opposite to their former stand with cornell this means that the advantages are really against our team — the unfavorable side of the ques tion the loss of setting of the case and the last rebuttal if our team preserves its spotless record in this debate they will truly prove themselves keen de baters students voice opinion by retaining r 0 t c madison wis ip — the undergrad uates at the university of wisconsin are in favor of retaining the local b o t c unit according to a ballot taken by the daily cardinal student daily which favored its abolishment the cardinal returns indicated that out of 522 who signed the ballots 473 favored retaining the military unit the cardinal had a plank in its plat form for a better wisconsin asking for the abolishment of the r o t c and as a result of the vote this plank was removed convinced that too many young students attend colleges ithaca n v by cornell daily sun and i p — i am thoroughly con vinccil h l mencken told a repre sentative il the cornell daily sun that too many young americans are now going to college and that their presence is greatly impeding the work of the colleges certainly it should be possible to devise some scheme to weed out the unlit mencken is essentially opposed to the college for purposes of intellectual education with nathan hi holds that its greatest benefits are social he did not go to college himself though he was an excellent scholar obtaining high averages in almost every subject he is particularly interested in medi cine and chemistry and was graduated with honors from the baltimore poly technical institute in 1890 there are many things about college life how ever that interest mencken mr mencken remarked the military training idea seems to me absurd i see no reason why the college student should be conscripted and not the youug man outside another aspect of colleges that inter ests mr mencken is the discrepancies used between the organization policies in this country and those abroad hi seems to believe that for americans the present system of organized classes and lectures and recitations is better than the tutorial system used abroad the american system it seems th me he says is better for ameri cans than the oxford system it is obviously more in accord with the habits of mind of our people although he declares his familiarity with college life to be slight he lays certainly the attendance of graduate continued on page 2 col 4 continued on pajto 3 col 1 .::::::::::::::::::::: i ::;:::::::::::::::;;;;;;;:;;:;£ notice all students desiring to enter jj j|j new courses or change their jj ii schedule must do so not later jj j than saturday of this week