Argus, 1950-09-25

              argys vol rv buffalo new york september 25 1950 mcconnell speaks to freshmen academic endeavor stressed in convocation speech the thing of first significance in your fife at the university is your academic program said chancellor thomas raymond mcconnell in a speech to-the entering students of the university at the orientation week con vocation in the clarke memorial gymnasium on monday morning september 18 at 10:30 o'clock dr mcconnell newly chosen chancellor of the uni versity of buffalo emphasized the necessity for the student to exert the greater part of his energy towards scholastic goals there is no good substitute for substantial scholastic achievement warned chancellor mcconnell if you fail to put first things first you are almost certain to be dis appointed when employers select graduates for appoint || ment i social experience was said by i chancellor mcconnell to be the i secondary aspect of the student i life at the university the chan i cellor made special note that he i was not referring to parties the i number of dates the student has i clubs committees or the such but i rather to the number of persons i the student will come to know i whose company will bring stimu i lus and enjoyment i chancellor mcconnell continued i by saying one of the most un i fortunate things that can happen i to you is to confine your social i contacts to people very much like i yourself in background in inter i ests in ideas i concerning the planning of the ■ students educational program i chancellor mcconnell is of the i opinion that although there is a i need for specialization there is i also need for the student to see the specialties in a broad pattern of social relationship it is also the purpose of the university said chancellor mc connell to make clear the con ditions and responsibilities of free dom to foster an efficient and adaptable mind and to encourage the cultivtion that inevitably char acterizes a truly educted person the subject of freedom was dis cussed by chancellor mcconnell in which he asserted that our free doms such as intellectual freedom in the university are never safe and in periods of danger and hys teria like the present are particu larly insecure chancellor mcconnell believes that more intelligence more integ rity and heightened sense of re sponsibility should be the goal of the student and if the student does not grow in those qualities of houi'ht and action he and the university have failed university of buffalo sets up central deferment committee it is of the greatest importance for the long-range success of the defense mobilization program that specially qualified students be permitted to complete their college education before induction into the armed forces chan cellor t raymond mcconnell of the university of buffalo stated today in announcing the appointment of a central university committee to handle deferment problems the new committee will be under the chairmanship of dean harold m somers of the school of business admini stration it will centralize deferment policies and proce dures of all 14 divisions of the university and will co operate with draft boards for the deferment or postpone ment of induction of any student chancellor mcconnell pointed out that draft boards are author-h ized to consider stu dents the lliitch the has a full-^b course col-h or institu-h 2 the college the complctedh year a full-timem course ll<:iih the standinpm the upper halfh the 3 the isf iedh the normally requiredh arrangements that he fully in-h a course in-h a universityh learninph the academic year the also pvo-h a who actually may have in postponed chancellor mc-m apply to stu-h theh merely to the sci provisions been for some time n the the buffalo will the boards the which they may use a decision any student the new uniform procedures for the speedy handling requests for con any also will offi have on the latest the oper-|h the the committee will be concerned any with respect to the faculty members reserve offi faculty members may be engaged graduate work the armed forces have been delay the to indi one of specifically listed consideration in this respect bus ad student killed by stock car on sept 3 robert c o'hearn 18 a fresh man student in the sphool of busi ness administration was killed in lockport on sept 3 when a stock car racer went out of control and crashed through a fence striking him as he was working on a friend's car a member of beta chi epsilon fraternity mr o'hearn was a resident of kenmore and a gradu ate of kenmore high school he is survived by his parents mr and mrs clement o'hearn and a sister catherine public library offers services a treasure house of information and service — that's the buffalo public library whose 700,000 books and staff of skilled librarians can help you to make better grades one of the fifteen largest public ibraries in the us the bpl rep resents a library tradition 104 years aid in addition to the central li brary on lafayette square in downtown buffalo there are 17 branch libraries through which you can request books there are two keys to effective use of the bpl learn how to use the catalogs and get acquainted with the special departments at the central library you will find two catalogs both arranged alphabetically by authors subjects and titles the one on the first floor is a complete index of all bpl books available for loan outside the li brary material most in demand for home use can be obtained in the circulation department on the first floor where some 300,000 books are available in both open and closed stacks on the open shelves alone aer about 60,000 of the newest and most popular books to your left as you enter the circulation department is the readers bureau where special ad visory service is given at the far end of the room is the entrance to the discussion group department which conducts various public for ums and discussion group pro grams including the popular great books groups on the second floor will be mfc offers new courses three hundred courses in a wide variety of fields will be offered by millard fillmore college the eve ning division of the university of buffalo this fall thirty-six of these will be given for the first time this year dean john a beane disclosed f hat the large majority of classes in millard fillmore college will be conducted this year aon the uni versity campus because of the tremendous enrollment and the large number of classes and sec tions he said it has been neces sary to transfer many of our courses to the campus instead of holding them in townsend hall downtown it is an imperative change and we hope the men and women who take these courses will bear with us in making the plan successful in order to cope with the possible oroblem of additional transporta tion time we are scheduling class as on the campus 20 minutes later than downtown among the courses to be given this year for the first time by the ' university and their instructors are physical-instrumental chemis try for graduate students by dr george goldfinger standard american pronunciation by dr elda o baumann introduction to radio by william r rich gov ernment of france and italy by dr john c adams introduction to public administration by rob ert h stern history of the the ater by mrs ellen w kling and speech of the ' handicapped child by dr katherine f thorn elementary italian conversa tion by mrs antonia s vella development of journalism and press freedom by eugene h gutekunst elementary polish by leonard nowicki russian conversation by dr olga p fer red and social aspects of city planning and housing by sey mour stillman ferrous metallurgy by robert e shaffer metallography labo ratory by mr shaffer electro nic applications by donald e yost theory of elastic stability by dean beane transients in the linear systems by prof frederic p fischer and antenna sys tems by peter h sawitz bud millane recovering rapidly j vaughan c bud millane president of the norton union board of managers and member of san fraternity is reported to be making swift progress toward re covery in buffalo general hospi tal after being burned severely in an accident this past summer al though dr stockton kimball of the university of of buffalo medi cal school has assured millane that his acceptance in medical school will be valid for next year there is great hope that bud will have recovered sufficiently in or jer to enroll this year ub studies proposal for radio station a committee to explore the pos sibilities of establishing an fm adio station for the university will be appointed by chancellor mcconnell in the near future it was learned by the argus today dean claude e puffer of the school of business administration who is expected to work closely with dean paul e mohn of the school of engineering . will be hairman of the committee the station will be operated by the school of engineering and the committee will decide whether the station will be used in the engi neering bulding on campus the purpose of the station will be to train students majoring in radio studies and also to serve the community by providing educa tional and cultural outlets hereto fore not available to the listening public other schools throughout the area will benefit by the proposed station according to dr mccon nell formerly dean of the college of science literature and arts at minnesota which operates station kuom an am outlet with several studios the pro posed station would cost about 55,000 of which 4,000 would be spent for transmitting equipment continued on page 4 col 5 continued on page 2 col 5 chancellor meconnell courtesy of buffalo evening news a good habit read the argus u.b vs niagara ' ■ im ■■ i ■ oct 7 notice argus staff members there will be a general meeting of all argus staff members on wednesday september 2t at 3:30 in the argus office students in terested in joining the argus staff are invited to attend there will be an election of staff officers during the meeting mem bers are requested not to bring their choir-books and yo-yos