Argus, 1950-04-03

              argus vol 11l buffalo new york april 3 1950 ; . *_ . no 19 crowd throngs film showing 1700 drawn to hayes aud to see human growth the showing of the controversial film human growth by the argus and american veterans committee last thursday night was inundated by a crowd of approximately 1700 composed of both ub students and interested buffalonians hayes hall auditorium the scene of the presentation was thronged to capacity and then a bit even so hundreds of others unable to make their way into the auditorium jammed the stairways and lower halls avc chairman al siegrist stunned by the turnout decided to show the film twice at the con clusion of each showing a panel of experts consisting of dr carleton scofield head of the ub psychology department alvin gouldner so ciology instructor rabbi elihu rickel of temple beth-el and dr kennath alford a prominent buffalo pediatrician answered all the questions concerning the film the film was prepared for chil dren of the 8-12 year age group and was as the title implies merely a study of the growth of a human being from conception to maturity with a comparison of the differences in the growth pro cess of males and females in view of the fact that the contents of the film could hardly be considered a first revelation to the adult audience although many parents brought their children the questions asked were not those primarily dealing with the technical aspects of the film instead the experts were con fronted with queries as to the ef fect that such a film would have on young children whether the present teaching staffs are capable of supplementing the film and why the film was banned from the city schools of buffalo in reply to the question of the effect that the film might have a question that seemed to be spon sored by the fear that the children viewing it would be tempted to make further empirical studies of the subject matter mr gouldner corrected what he termed a funda mental misconception he said the question is not one of knowl edge vs no knowledge but one of where the knowledge is obtained — from competent sources or in the streets as to the ability of the teacher to answer the questions provoked by the film dr scofield replied that a start had to be made some where and that the children of this generation with adequate sex in struction would be more capable of teaching this all-important sub ject to the children of the next generation he remarked that had the teachers of today had such in struction when young this prob lem would not exist the question that appeared to confound the majority of the audi ence however was why any group having seen the film should see fit to ban it rabbi rickel answered that the members of the board of education have refused to face reality and conduct themselves as mature responsible people of the community he referred to the pressure groups who forced the film to be banned as composed of individuals whose bodies had ma tured but not their minds mr siegrist who in addition to his position as chairman of the avc is an ex-editor of the argus remarked in closing that this evi dence of overwhelming interest in the film should in his opinion in cite other civic-minded groups to sponsor further showings no threat seen to academic freedom the past few weeks have witnessed a fear on the part of many students that the academic freedom at the uni versity of buffalo was being interfered with this fear was based on the fact that the chaplains of the university had been instructed that they would not be able to conduct regular non-credit courses on campus as had been their in the past these a vari i - religious i as ethics i by father murray he i the by rabbi i hoffman a by i post the it was i by some the i refusal on the the univer i to space for i these courses was a flagrant ab i freedom academic i the case in an an argus i reporter claude dean of i the uni h the i of ub to allow classroom i persons or or h ■ i campus group i a speaker to ad i dress and i no the if i newman club i sponsor a lee i tures by father murray on catho i assuredly its i to do the here i seems to be the status the chap | at üb contrary to the opi i are no way i to the school i the providing an for their i purely an of i on the uni i one obligation i the the i as advisors for i students respective i the school i they be re i as connected i i eleven named to phi beta kappa eleven members of the junior class of the college of arts and sciences university of buffalo have been elected to membership in phi beta kappa national honor ary scholastic society the an nouncement was made recently by dr harriet f montague president of the local chapter omicron of new york the honored students an their major fields are thomas eck physics east or ange n j benjamin jenkins chemistry fallen timber pa john kent psychology 81 euclid ave kenmore malcolm leslie division of sciences 751 kensing ton ave lucille lewandowski history and government 88 maple vi e w ave bernadine lippert mathematics 192 south union williamsville marion musty psy chology south wales n y a kenneth pye history and govern ment 101 highgate ave paul j schillo mathematics 288 may st dietmar seyferth chemistry rye n y john winters biology cat taraugus n y the initiation ceremonies will be held on june 6 at norton union on the university campus taps for cap and gown tapping for cap and gown the women's senior honor society will take place at the annual hpme concert to be held this year on friday april 14 orian ward is present chaiman of the society whose members are mary ellen chassey marcelyn burke shirley clabeau sonya eskola irene gra ham jeanne richards and mary anne veigel music room news the music room norton hall has obtained the following new records brahms symphony no 2 phil harmonic symphony orchestra of ny lp dvorak symphony no 4 phil harmonic symphony orchestra of ny lp stravinsky le sacre du prin temps philharmonic symphony orchestra of ny lp moussorgsky scenes from boris godounov with ezio pinza lp mahler symphony no 1 in d major minneapolis symphony or chestra lp brahms concerto in d major for violin philadelphia harmonic or chestra lp texas little darlin and gentle men prefer blondes from broad way musicals both lp • calypso songs with sir lancelot and the caribbean serenaders oneonta is an indian name meaning city of the hills brahms concert planned the german requiem by johan nes brahms considered as one of the finest of choral works is scheduled to be presented on april 4 in the music room of norton union at 1:30 p.m the work is on long playing records programs dealing with the text of the requiem will be distributed be fore the performance what human growth can amount to when nature really lets itself go bee announcement a limited number of copies of the buffalo evening snooze the april fool's day issue of the bee will be avilable to students again on wednesday april 5 in norton union a nominal fee will be charged to cover the costs of re-printing the paper gac's coffers swelled by unique auction the accumulation of years in the lost and found department of norton union was dug out last thursday and auctioned off by the enterprising general activities council buying was low in the early part of the day but rose sharply at noon with the appearance of new capital on the ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ under the oi h messrs endres sharp h the students threw h the bid h subsequent jumps high i as cents were heard one valiant h made a genuine i leather glove only i a co-ed l the being i once been her i desperately was i up before re i for the day were i as 33.49 by chairman jim i the chess tournament announced all chess playing students at the university of buffalo are invited to participate in a tournament to be sponsored by norton union the tournament is open to all students of the ancient game re gardless of their degree of pro ficiency persons interested shouicl add their name to the list on the bulletin board in the card room of norton hall at their earliest con venience cbc broadcasts the st matthew passion the st matthew passion by johann sebastian bach will be of fered in the annual easter broad cast on wednesday april 5 at 8 p.m the performance will be transmitted from convocation hall toronto with the toronto men delssohn choir and the toronto symphony orchestra conducted by sir ernest macmillan in order to avoid any interrup tions news roundups and news bulletins will be ropped at that time or will be scheduled at a later hour on wednesday april 12 at 8 p.m the cbc will offer a two-hour performance of socrates a play by lister sinclair produced by e w ljungh well balanced program offered at shrine circus featuring more foreign acrobates than in any previous year the shrine circus will visit buffalo for one week's engagement april 10 playing daddy again this year for the 16th time the circus man agement hopes that it will enter tain more than 25,0001 orphans crippled children and under-privi leged children of western new york it is planned to not only pick up these guests of honor in bus es but also to provid ethem with a free lunch and a trip to the zoo the very well rounded program includes many well known artists imong them joy thomas the only woman clown in the world when the circus opens at buffalo memorial auditorium children will start asking their parents fo per mission to see it.few people will not find themselves confronted with the circus memories of then childhood being one of the oldest forms of amusement known the circus show will be an event long remembered and talked about by adults as well as children tickets are on sale at the shrine headquarters mezzanine floor of hotel statler and at sattler's to bacco shop 998 broadway table tennis tournament the norton union table tennis tournament will take place on april 10 11 12 it is open to all men students of the university the tournament both for singles and doubles will begin at 7 pjn each day prices will be given 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