Bee, 1928-01-20

              the bee no 14 vol 8 university of buffalo january 20 1928 john kendrick bangs is topic of faculty lecture noted journalist writes many poems andhumerous works harper's and munsey's weeklys claim him as editor mr francis h bangs assistant pro fessor of english at the university of buffalo presented the faculty lecture uf the week ut tho jrosvonor library tuesday afternoon january 17 at 1:30 ii is subject was john ken hick hangs humorist and editor of the do s ' ' liilin kendrick bangs was born in vuiiki'is in 1862 his grandfather fol lowed the independent ways of his uthor ancestors and was one of the founders of the methodist church in america and editor of a well-known church paper his father was an emi nent lawyer who became president of tho bar association in new york in 1883 the first contribution made by the humorist was at the age of seven at the age of nine he moved to new york where ho attended private schools and excelled the class in composition al though his other studies were not as high mr hangs attended columbia uni versity where he became editor of the columbia paper his wit in writing gained renown fur the paper although lhe sometimes brutal satire attacked other colleges severely while at col lege he was founder of the press as sociation and elected president during his career john kendrick bangs contributed a great deal to life which was founded in 1883 among his works were clever uttacks on political leaders aud parties of the time his subtle humor was shown in his poems itiiiny day at windsor and " in and out and illustrations of v'hal calis thenics were shown in uia poetry during the years 1884-1888 he was as iate editor of life at the age of 2 mr bangs joined the staff of harper's periodical which had as some of its editors george cur tis and william dean howells how ever he contributed to all the import ant magazines including puck century mid seribners l-'or six months he was editor of munsey's weekly which in 1891 led to the beginning of cheaper journalism in 1800 he delivered his first public lecture in albany which was mil successful in 1918 he ice lured there again and was received with great enthusiasm and apprecia tion john kendrick hangs wrote many i his and stories or children the little elf-man and tiddlo-do-wink pales were some of liis contributions lis boarding house fables was also a il success and was widely read in 1893 mr bangs was defeated in the election for mayor of yonkors and thereupon lie published an entertain no book on thee weeks in politics tn november 1898 us best known book ii houseboat on the styx was pub lished which within a month became the third best seller in buffalo and 1 hicago and received like success in other places twenty editions have ' n ina.le in london va editor of tho literary departments ! many magazines including promi nent women's magazines mr bangs '"'<] important work from 1899 to 800 mr hangs was editor of harper's weekly which was the leading journal '■ the country it was not the cheap of magazine common today but 1 bigh grade of literature ho also tiibuted somewhat to the atlantic monthly especially when he wrote of a more serious nature showing • philosophy of life professor bangs in conclusion told story of one of the greatest trl 9 given his father at a banquet i of mark twain america's ng humorist on his 70th birthday : bangs gave a remarkable poem in inter-fraternity council discusses basketball rules ten points included in final set of by-laws the intel-fraternity council at a recent meeting discussod inter-frater nity basketball the following rules were finally agreed upon and aie tin rules which all teams in the league will be bound to i—all1 — all fraternities general and pro fessional shall be eligible to compete 2 — only men who are bona fide stu dents of u 8 carrying a complete schedule of courses and who is eligible for extra-curricular activity shall bo eligible to play 3 — men belonging to more than one fraternity i.e general and profession al shall be eligible to play with but one and having once played with that fraternity can play with that one only i — only bona fide members of n fra ternity including the pledges shall be eligible to represent that fraternity in play ~> — men playing with the varsity squad shall be ineligible to play i — there shall lie a board of arbitra tion composed of three men from three different fraternities whose duty it shall be to decide on appointment of officials 7 — a secretary shall be appointod by the physical education ofiice whose duty it shall be to receive protests and to take care of all communications with the approval of the board b—protests8 — protests must be filed with the secretary within 4s hours after the scheduled contest !) tennis must be on the floor ready to play within 10 minutes of scheduled time forfeiting on non-appearance if neither team appears both arc given a loss 10 — in the evoni that two teams wish to postpone their scheduled game by mutual consent they may do so pro vided notice is given to the secretary 4s hours before scheduled game some facts about cancer is topic of alumni lecture the lift li of a series of radio talks given by the faculty and prominent alumni of u of b was broadcast from station wgh saturday evening at 7.30 dr burton i simpson director of state institute fur study of malignant disease buffalo x y gave a most interesting talk on some facts about cancer in u very interesting way he told of the most common causes of cancer and the surest means of pre vention cancer it not an incurable disease as is suppnsed by ninny per suns liut if recognized iii it curly stages can readily in cured the lea son that the disease often gains such great headway is because its early stages are accompanied by no pain a symptom which doos not occur until later stages if cancer in the begin ning had the pain of a toothache no one would die of cancer as a prop er means of protection against cancer dr simpson recommends a yearly physical examination of all persons past ii years of age by having such an examination the liist stages of can cer as well as other chronic diseases may be detected and the proper means of cure may be promptly instituted thus the direful sequence of these dis eases may be avoided ' praise of the noted humorist winn he had finished mark twain was deep ly touched ami with tears in his eves gave the tribute that's nut grief bangs that's envy athletic council awards letters to twenty-six men twenty-six men weie granted block b letters for football for the fall sea son of l!fl!7 coach russ carrick the football committee under direction of dr nelson w strohm and the athletic council all approved the list given be low among the twenty six men awarded letters are three veterans eddie far ris fronky meyers and arty ungerer captain nf this last season farris played quarterback meyers at end and ungerer halfback on the offense and fullback on the defense the bee takes this opportunity to offer congratulations tan the letter men of the 1927 season c ahiiinn a benedetto w cnino i dew'itt s drumsta k j farnor e farris k fl inchbiiugh m lle/.en s goldstein t jolloy c johns man ager w kriiciner 1 mahoney b mai.ly 1 mnrntta f minella f myers t moran i morrison c oblotz a hotter j schamel h siiiallenberg a ungerer h yowinkle new cheerleaders to be elected on university day s.a.c make up set of rules and take charge a special meeting of the student body was called tuesday by john mn honey chairman of s a c for the purpose nf discussing the cheerleader situat inn mr li'nwe one of the present cheer leaders expressed objection to all arti cle in a iccent issue ill which the pros enl system nf choosing cheerleaders was attacked much argument follow ed the outcome of which was the resig nation of mr rowe after the niagara gaine a motion expressing the grati tude nf the student body for his un tiring efforts in the past three years was passed by the group suggestions were called for by the chairman as to the remedy of the sit uation the final outcome of the dis cussion was that the election of cheer leaders should be done at a student gathering under the direction of the s a c this organization will draw up a set of rules to govern the election it was decided that tryouts will be held nil university day score of u.b vocal artists to make trip to rochester tn win the men's ilee club is going to rochester february 11 to win as a participant in the section inter collegiate glee club contest the home organization has taken its place with the best clubs in the state during the six veins nf its existence the goal of these singers lias been such a contest as this now the slogan of the club is on in new york " the final selections have been made ami twenty one men will n-picsent u li at rochestor these men will be notified as to rehearsals concerts will be given february 7 at hamburg feb ruary ii at lafayette baptist church nnd th ntcst at rochester on feb ruary 11 the attendance of all final choice men is required at these con ceits and pit ling rehearsals white studios to take iris photographs soon each group will have scheduled time to appear much material is already in to work on the iris staff wishes to congratulate the various groups and students who have sent in their material for the 1928 year book those who continue lo put this matter oil until the last minute are making it hard for the staff and for themselves last minute write ups are invariably poor and this re sects nn the group also any delay naturally extends lhe date of publica tion as announced in the january olh is sue of the bee the photographers for the 11)28 iris are to be taken during february a schedule of appointments is being arranged and each group is asked to notify us when they will have their picture takeu address all com iiniiiicatinns to kalph elliott cure of ails college who has charge of photog raphy the photos will be taken by the white studios of new york the location of the studio will be announced in the separate colleges watch the bulletin boards undoubtedly the studio will be located around allen and delaware as iu previous years the separate schools will go to the photographers at different times for the individual pic tures the following dates have hi-en fixed medical school february 1-5 dental school — february 5-0 law school february 9-14 school of pharmacy february 15*20 arts college february 20-24 college of business administration february 20-24 please plan to go during your own period there will be no period of grace this year concerning group pictures we sug gest that the various groups go to the photographer during that period assign ed to the college in which they arc registered in this way the senior members of the groups may have their individual pictures taken at tho same time — thus killing two birds with one stone ' ' the pliies are as follows a — senior individuals 3.00 2.00 of this goes tn the iris tn put the sen iors picture and wiitcup in the book and 1 goee to the photographer h — group pictures the same as in previous years namely twenty-five dol l-iis 25.00 seel ion li of course does not include any group which is financed by the school i.e athletics 8 a c etc also exceptions are made of the classes in previous years the junior sophomore and frosh classes had their pictures takeu by a photographer who charged them for this sen ice naturally in the contract with white studio the iris ar ranged in have these pictures takeu free nf chargo providing tin classes ap pear at the studio tn have them taken dtherwise a class must hire a photog raphor to make up a glassy print and have it sent tn us the iris feels that i hey have accomplished something by doing this fnr it saves each class ii round 3.00 men debaters win and lose in trip to n.y.u and fordham tryouts to be held soon for two man team for western trip having defeated one of the strongest teams in the east namely new york university the u b debating team tuesday night returned from its four day tour to new york the other de bate staged with the fordham cham pions ended in t'avnr of the latter the decision of the judges being two to one tho proposition debated was bosolved that the united states should cease tn protect by armed force american investments in foreign lands except alter formal declaration of war " the buffalo team managed by ed ward j carroll and coached by air john horton was jcomposod of morris e oplor melvin j weig nnd a irv ing milch these men defeated the x y u aggregation on friday even ing several hours after their arrival in the city because of the fact that judges had not been provided for the team was forced to submit to the rath er unreliable decision of the audience their victory was therefore more com mendable than one of the ordinary type because they succeeded in bring ing the new york audience to their sirle this debate unit its result duly pensates lor the defeat buffalo suf fered at the hands of n y u last year the fordham unit which defeated buffalo was notably strong in its rhet oric and brilliancy in speaking it was perhaps this fact alone which caused the decision to be adverse to u b since the buffalo team was by far the superior nn the basis of argument during the next few weeks after ex aminations tryouts will be held for i hose candidates who wish to be mem bers of the two-man team which in vades the west in march having gone through two of its hardest contests in fair style lhe university of buffalo bids lair to show itself as an instifu tion having one of the strongest teams in the country this year women's glee club soon to give first concert of season the women's ilee club is giving the first concert of the season before the regular meeting of the american association of university women on the evening of january 27th the dub will give a program of three groups of songs with solo numbers by bertha clayman and marguerite han no there will be another conceri in two weeks with a radio program to follow if feasible later in the season other concerts an being arranged and the manager will bo glad to consider any requests for programs a special rehearsal lias been called i'm tin afternoon nf friday january l'7 at 4:30 i m for the concert which is tn begin at 8:00 i m this is a very important rehearsal and will count for attendance records university officials attend convention chancellor capen and dean park at tended the annual meeting last week at atlantic city of the association of a i hun colleges dr park was ro appointed a member of the commission on fnculty and student scholarship of which the chairman is president ay l lotto of swarthmore college medical student lectures to students mr e dean babbage scholar stu dent statesman gave a very interest ing lectin ■ before the members of the south hymn high school faculty and students on the value of latin to an academic education mr bab bage is a student in the medical bchool ill buffalo and returned to his ■ haunt and scenes of his boyh give this inspiring talk notice there will be no issue of the bee next week out of respect for the midyears copy due for the next issue of february 3 on jan uary 31