Argus, 1949-02-14

              argus february 14 1949 no 10 vol ii buffalo new york declares west uses mindszenty to whip up war hysteria by george hartman sunday february 9 cardinal spellman announced from the pulpit of st patrick's cathedral that the pri mate of hungary had been tortured and drugged before being brought to trial h v kaltenborn noted news analyst and mayor o'dwyer immediately concurred with the statement made by spellman dean acheson presumably with the approval of the president claimed that the american people were sickened with horror by the injustice done minds^u where one ask,h did these gentlemen get the infor-h regarding the brutal treat-h the certainlyh they from the hun-h barian government perhaps there^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^b was a from the prisonh to the vatican there exist-h ence anywhere re-h the states thath the cardinal a druggedh state or that he was undernourish-h or any whateverh manhandling the only reportsh from the scene the stateh explicitly that the cardinalh heh neither more or less worseh than any man who justh come a civilized jail mindszenty was ' n | the prison at 66 andrassyh by the westernh press to be a chamber horror s.h apparently the cardinal's stay ath the groundsh for the assumption that he was ill-h may be rememberedh k smith andh the united pressm once a to thish supposedly overflowingh tortured prisoners to l men healthy andh well and there were no marks ofh hie guilt\rianocence themj cardinal on the specific counts ofh attempting overthrow the mayh or may be open questionh he has to the firsth charge the hash been the a blowßj the freedom hunga-bj ry the constitution guarantees freedom un-h equivocally furthermore compul-h sory attendance weekly religi-m ous periods had been institutedh school-childrenm these facts hardly credenceh to the the hungarianßj government is attempting to h stamp out religion the cardinal is a worldly manl the tradition the sta-h tvnre he has tried toh every reform proposed byh the government wouldh have been rather surprising had hcws an to suclih measures as as it fl the breaking up the hugeh the catholic churchh was the greatest landowner fu hungary the has beenh charged with he ish as to bertha gasterh british journalist a group ofl men are ruling the coun-h try the majority of nh jewish gang of jewishh sadists are torturing hungariansh 66 andrassy whereh priests are imprisonedh tortured womenßj ■ before the west has succeded in whip-h ping up hysteria about this trial it is bad enough when there are real differences between east and west that cause friction and dis trust it is tragic when the west creates an incident the only purpose of which can be the turn ing of a cold war into a hot one two ub grads mated win places janice win burley 25 one of the founders and former editor of the argus was married saturday feb 12 at the park lane hotel to janice melcher 20 it is a double celebration for the newlyweds besides the wedding ceremony both will attend their graduation from ub feb 22 janice majored in art and will continue in the fine art of home making win a math major is now in the insurance business the couple intends to make their home in new york city when they can find an apartment the argus staff wishes win and janice the very best remem ber it all started on the ub cam pus who said education wasn't constructive math club discusses heat of virgin rocks the fourth meeting of the graduate mathematics club for the year 1948-1940 will be held on thursday february 17 1949 at 3:30 p.m in the west club room of norton hall professor v e pound will speak on the topic a problem in heat conduction in virgin rock the meeting is open to all graduate students who are inter ested tea will be served march is upon us dance to eberly men ifs here no not the ides of march it's the junior prom march 7 at the hotel statler many a co-ed will be swooning tp scintillating rhythm of ray eberly locked in the arms of a dashing ub scholar no not eberly the co-ed at least one-fourth of all the peo ple will be juniors in whose honor the ball will be held not that they particularly deserve the distinc tion but the sponsors have to think of some good excuse and what the hell it is a party and there's no reason why you need a good reason to show the poll tax is 5.70 a couple all profits going into a scholarship fund so if you're in the market for a good time grab your girl friend or some other bag and drag her to the prom remember you're not as young as you used to be and it may be your last chance rennes u cites capen's record an honorary degree of doctor honoris causa has been conferred by the university of rennes in france upon chancellor samuel p capen of the university of buf falo this is dr capen's eleventh honorary degree previously he has been cited by lafayette col lege university of chicago uni versity of pennsylvania mcmaster university syracuse university alfred university tufts college hobart college clark university and george washington university a lengthy citation accomanied the degree detailing chancellor capehv = 3lstingulshed record in american higher education his teaching career and numerous publications in addition to noting the chancellor's invitation in 1938 to prof lucien wolff new dean and rector of the academy of renes to come to the university of buffalo for a year on the mrs joseph 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 tighten today these bonds by conferring the degree of doctor honoris causa upon professor capen chancellor of the university of buffalo she has wished thus to honor in him not only the eminent philologist but one of the men who have devoted their professional activity to the organization of higher education in the great american republic this degree was actually con fered at rennes on last november 29 in the absence of dr capen the diploma insignia and citation were accepted by the cultural at tache of the american embassy at paris they have been forwarded to the chancellor remedial reading classes offered a remedial reading course is be ing offered this semester for the benefit of those students who hav ing difficulty with their reading speed or comprehension the schedule will be speed wed 10:30 ajm thurs 2:30 p.m comprehension — fri 1:30 p.m all applicants must register this week in hayes x92 there is no charge . for the course and beneficial results are guaranteed pi phi tm just not myself to night *- s.a.e then maybe we can have a good time pell mell ub apathy towards olivet dismissals scored board of managers skirts issue of academic freedom by edward srecfor at a recent meeting of the board of managers henry rose board member introduced a motion call ing on the board to draft a resolution stating our policy in regard to the olivet student strike at the mention of the word olivet puzzled eyebrows were raised by both students and faculty herb constantine a student board member rose to ask is it important enough for if rose thought it was the issue involved is academic freedom he explained but the board thought that the issue of academic free dom was beyond its jurisdiction and referred the matter to the greatly overworked nsa comit tee for their consideration but to answer constantino's question what is olivet it is both a town in michigan and its nearby college in the past few weeks the college has been denounced by its president aubrey l ashby as a hotbed of socialists pacifists and foggy-minded liberals by the townsmen s a . little bohemia and by a local minister as a state of anarchy its defenders to use a weekly news magazine's phrasing defend it as a progressive college with a highly political bent it like ub has a political science instructor with barton in his name and a beard on his face or at least it had one the popular t barton ackley was dismissed for his ul tra-liberal views president ashby an ex-national broadcasting co vice president promised to squirt ddt on the other termites squirted recently were termites tucker p smith socialist vice-presidential candi date an economics prof and carlton mabee pacifist winner of 1944 pulitzer prize for his biogra phy the american leonardo and a history prof . a student action committee had lined up behind smith prior to his dismissal last november they had refused to observe a holiday called by ashby to cele brate a football victory and had attended classes instead the sacs were denounced as people who like art and music and who stay up until 4 a.m reading the classics in contrast to good clean americans who like to play ball and go out on dates dr eurich to address ub february grads dr alvin c eurich president of the new state university of new york will deliver the commence ment address at the üb's 49th an nual mid-year convocation on washington's blrhtday feb 22 at 10:30 a.m in kleinhans music hall chancellor samuel p capen who will preside at the exercises said in making the announcement today that the rev olin b tracy minister of the amherst commun ity church will give the invoca tion and benediction dr eurich formerly . acting president of stanford university at palo alto calif assumed his duties with the state university jan 1 the 46-year-old native of bay city mich received his bachelor's degree from north cen tra college master's from the u of maine ph d from minnesota and ll d from hamline the noted educator taught at the uni versities of maine minnesota and northwestern previous to assum ing a professorship in education at stanford in 1938 lecturer to speak on german problem dr percy w bidwell noted economist and political scientist will deliver a lecture under the auspices of the fenton foundation of the university of buffalo thurs at 8:30 p.m in kleinhans music hall his subject will be the american policy regarding the economic and political future of germany the lecture will be free to the public dr bidwell formerly professor of economics at the university of buffalo is director of studies for the council on foreign relations and a frequent contributor to foreign affairs and other re views he speaks from personal knowledge gained from several sojourns in occupied germany lemon keagle hill at pharmacy meet three members of the faculty of the school of pharmacy of the university of buffalo will go to richmond va for the annual meeting of the schools of phar macy and state examining boards of the middle atlantic states monday and tuesday they are dean a bertram lemon dr le roy c keagle professor of phar macy and james s hill instructor in pharmacy dean lemon will participate ir a panel discussion on practic.-t experience requirements • for li censure rhumba and samba offered for free are you nervous and jerky or aren't you jerky enough do you want to crawl on your belly like a reptile you don't want to stand on the stagnation line all your life do you when you walk down the street do people point at you and say he can't shake it like he oughtta norton union offers to cure this social disease called rigormortis rhumba lessons are offered to anyone that can can-can at prices everyone can afford nothing the instructress a fair lass if there ever was one guarantees to oil every joint in your rigor especially where it counts drop in monday feb 14 at 2:30 and you too can kick the gang around continued on page 4 col 3 all graduates who intend to participate in commencement exercises on february 22nd are advised to consult the heads of their various schools for infor mation regarding caps and gowns there will be a non-dress re hearsal at the kleinhans music hall on monday february 21st at 2:00 p m graduates are asked to meet at klelnhan's music hall at 9:30 a.m on commencement day the ceremonies will start at 10:30 a.m u b bulls beat bucknell valentines to you all