Argus, 1948-11-15

              argus vol 11 november 15 1948 buffalo new york no 3 objections raised to burley risley views on job-training by e l klingelhofer ed the fact that what's good for the 25,000 per year man voca tionally speaking may not k good for you or the guy or girl who sits next to you in class wuiiu j.his is not a statement of university policy only my ipinion is reflected above ub placement director now that your and mr risley's returns are in it appears that eight executives earning more than 25,000 per year advocate a libera education in college as the best kind of preparation for a useful occu pational life their argument boils down to the old bromide about what's good for me is good for everybody i think a few comments about your page 1 type editorials are in hhvbvbvhvhvhvhvj persons do maki i a hbvbhbhbhbhbhbhj — college graduates are h or to be exe i cutives in the business worldr itbmmmmmmmmmmmmmmj is possible for instance to have a i phy i ' in in h order to this a certain h prescribed college is i 3 — many have well 1 mature interests h a or^-group relat 1 for which a full college h preparatory course if i not indispensible account i phases professional i arguments have i the a as i to a is i important has been i many i individuals including hutch i the chicago i barzun do not i to take the stump a i that i your ques i my primary h is that generalize i too cases ex i the ad ■ vantages fluency and i ease in the use of english — both i for the engineer the teacher and i the 25,000 per year executive — i do a background in i a waste any h say this i a study the i over 500 ub gradu i ates who have their i courses for us a formal i the which i that courses in english com ■ grammar logic i well h as those public i speaking materials h were to be i ele i a college course are i valuable even they only pro b wedge for em i ployment if their value re i fleeted only after a considerable i length of our as well i those earlic i study dewhurst i university education for busi i to bear these facts out i my major to your i articles boil down to these points i — you seem to have overlook i the some cases the i we live imposes i — seem to have overlook i the that prepare for the i 25,000 per annum i sometimes requires for i the i — you seem to overlook i the gen i on too hbhbhbhbhbv — you seem to have overlook i navy has research jobs for juniors and seniors the board of u.s civil servic examiners announced that the navy department is appointin young scientists and engineers ti positions to carry out its researc and development program as s result the board announced twe civil service examinations will be held shortly for seniors there will be an ex lmination for p-l engineers phy icists mathematicians and metal urgists this is the entrance grad in the government professiona service at a salary of 2974.00 pe year no written test will be re quired only the applicant's record of education and experience i leeded the examination is oper o all seniors who expect t graduate before june 30 1949 for juniors there will be an ex amination for student aides of grade sp-5 which carries a salary f 2724.00 per year from eligibil ity lists of this examination ap pointments will be made to trainee positions during the summer o 1949 in the fall the appointee may be given leave of absence tc complete their college course and may then return at the highe p-l rating without further ex amination this examination is open to students taking engineer ing mathematics or physical science courses who expect tt complete their junior year before june 30 1949 a written test tc be held sometime in february i required mr klingelhofer of the person nel office announced that on no vember 19 the two board repre sentatives will meet seniors at 10:30 a.m in hayes 172 and ju niors at 11:30 a.m in the same room to discuss the navy pro gram with them all students interested in this discussion are requested to register with the personnel office before the conference day math club meets üb's math club is holding its next meeting thursday , nov 18 at 7:30 p.m in the annex to the west room in norton hall their announcement says come and bring your friends you'll find out about haslamian geo metry and cutcherian curiosities refreshments will be served and fun will be had gals to chase guys in annual sh day race ub daisy maes will have a chance to catch their li'l abners corneriext friday and to make everything com plete marryin sam will be at the finish line to finish off the not so fleet of foot highlight of the annual race will be the contest between the little girl shmoo of daisy mae and the little boy shmoo of li'l abner the two were seen last week on the campus looking over the race course the race committee has an nounced that the girls from lowe slobbovia haven't as yet filed an entry in the race which will get under way from norton hall at 12:30 o'clock those wishing to enter the race — both single boys and single girls — can get entry blanks in room 251 norton hall don't leave — there will be other activities on sh day beside the race after daisy mae has collarec her man she willpjgyail upon him to bring her-ti'the sadie hawkim day dance in norton friday night from 9 tol i in the morning that is \ dance chairman hubert roy hat announced that prizes will be awarded for the best costume no stags allowed get your tickets in nu lobby if li'l abner stomps on daisy mae's bare feet they can watel movies of the üb-niagara foot i ball game in the east room 01 view the television programs in ! the west room and of course after the race and dancing someone — ■ eithei daisy mae or li'l abner — is going to be hungry refreshments in the , west room hey mom where's me track . shoes summer session info given i for the summer of 1949 the summer session of ub will con duct sessions for the divisions which operate through it as fol lows eleven week session — may 31 to aug 13 registration may 27 six week session — july 5 to aug 13 registration july 5 physical ed camp aug 15 to 24 these arrangements are a con tinuance of 1948 announcement of a gradual reduction in the op portunities for acceleration and a return as soon as possible to short er summer sessions it is planned that tentative list of courses will be available on nov 29 for use for advisement during the second semester stu dents now on campus are urged to have their programs approved well in advance of registration days students who wish to attend ' the 11 week session may carry a ] maximum load of 13 hours those who plan to attend the 6 week ' session are recommended to plan i a program with a maximum of 6 i semester hours l ub students ring bell in grab record exams university of buffalo students are superior to those from other institutions in th field of their concentration in all large departments the results of the national rec ords exam taken in january and may 1948 show a total of 304 ub seniors took the exams . the test results now in the possession of the per sonnel office allow for a comparison between ub sen iors and the seniors and first year graduate students of the highest ranking colleges and universities in the east ern and north central sections of the country ■ the results show that in the fields of their concentration 84 of ub seniors are above the 50 iwifit uf semens in geneial thc median score for ub seniors in more than one-half of the depart ments were more than 100 points higher than the national median score for seniors ub seniors are also shown to get higher marks in the science and mathematic subjects than seniors and graduate students in other institutions which have re quired this test in several departments at üb however the norms are not up to the norms for the nation in the literature and fine arts field the university has not done as well as it has in other fields / | get into the act tryouts jhis friday tryouts for acts to be presented at the home concert and ball will be conducted this friday nov 19 at 4:30 p.m in the music room hayes 390 instrumentalists solists com posers specialty acts quartets oi other entertainment suitable foi the occasion are earnestly sought any and every idea will be con sidered for possible presentation fraternities sororities campu organizations and individuals are strongly urged to make their bid any person who is in any way connected with the university is eligible to get in the act mr wallace van lier has ad vised us that if any person is un able to make the tryout he shoulu put all information pertaining to his idea in the glee club box al the candy counter in norton union name and phone number should be included so that the or ganizers can get in touch with possible participants this is a good chance for all the young hopefuls to strut their stufi so get to that tryout you too can have your name on the program prof w taylor addresses aaup prof warren taylor of oberlii college will address the univer sity of buffalo chapter of the american association of profes sors on thursday nov 18 ii norton hall he will speak or the economics status of the teaching profession prof j allan pfeffer presiden of the ub chapter announce these heads of committees for the current year dean mazie wagner policy prof mary c whitman social prof b richard bugelski mem bership and carl w cloe pro gram faculty and gradaute students are eligible for membership in aaup graduate students being accepted on a junior basis pharmacy freshmen elect class officers the freshmen class of the school of pharmacy elected the following people to class offices on tuesday november 9 1948 president harvey schiller vice president robert hunt secretary treasurer harry westphal stu dent council representative myr na williams these officers will cooperate with the other class officers and the student council in acquainting the freshman group with the acti vities.ofjhe pharmacy school reactivation of sam it was announced today that sigma alpha mu jewish national fraternity will attempt to reacti vate nu chapter which has been absent from campus for over 15 years on friday november 12 mr oscar smukler sammie alum nus met with several interested students in the west room to dis cuss the problems of reorganiza tion the group decided to have a get-together smoker on tuesday november 22 at a place yet to be named in order to acquaint more people with the objectives of th fraternity any person interested in becom ing a charter member of a national fraternity should contact ralph halpern c/o norton candy counter by leaving a note with the attend ant in his name to that effect ub to be represented at national convention the nationel student associa tion will hold its national conven tion in syracuse n y on nov 21 and 22 le moyne college will be host to the organiation this year representatives of the ub chap ter of nsa as delegates are robert loewer.ann sidoni virginia ross justin brett a szymanski and m j abgott it is expected that more than thirty colleges throughout the na tion will have delegates at the conclave organization of the nsa privilege card system on a state and nation-wide basis will be the major attempt of the convention easley to speak a thomas easley manager of the international milling co will address university of buffalo chapter for the advancement of management thursday nov 18 at 8 p.m in the university post vfw delaware and summer sts fc'will speak on job evaluation frosh beat ceneseo jc friday gals chase guys nothing new