Argus, 1948-11-08

              argus vol ii november 8 1948 buffalo new york &* no 2 political system analyzed in light of presidential vote by al siegrist president truman's victory in a hopeless election gives us an opportunity to look into the american party system and see what makes our politics click an attempted third party the fifth straight presidential defeat handed the republicans together with truman's surprise victory sets the scene for us turning first to the third party it is seen that its reason for being was its attempt to gather opposition against what it termed the bi partisanism older parties were denounced as the vassals of the wicked with neither principle nor belief to guide them they were alleged to exist only to make deals and to distribute favors and were charged correctly by the third party with a willingness to stoop to dealing with anyone viewing this the shocked h eye a reformer the third i member as i political he asso i to in h the separated i from a of ■ clearly politics i were to become white ■ damn the gray ' thus came american h our political thinking was i shed its cocoon emerge into h the european politics i glance to i make a the i set the the i american scene shows third i have make the h grade we are a people na i tional cul i who live i a mark i striking differ i ences because these differ i ences we ourselves a nation i all possessing a set of i to promote i h groups cherish i ed interests then becomes the h problem poli 1 to means the i greatest possible among i the our gov h but h the while i the the co h among groups is the of i american politician worthy i the when in i elections i comes as a a of i factors that deeply below i the surface of political activity i the whole operation works a i perplexing ' subtlety the i politically chaste see only as a set i this unifying process operates i best as an informal agreement ■ among the groups who come to i gather with their separate inter ii front and center you from other colleges are you wandering about our bustling campus with a glazed wha hop pen expression in your eyes must dean drake or dean jones hunt you down one by one and lasso you before you will let your selves be oriented stampede yourselves over to the building with the clock tower and let your selves into the room marked per sonnel which is located on the first floor here you will find the people who are qualified to advise you in regard to the local academic requirements schedule choice student activities the finding of a place to live and where the best ipaghetti joint is located straighten out these problems now lest you become so neurotic that your psychology instructoi will be able to roll you up into a little ball ub camera club holds field day the current membership drive of the camera club will end at the next meeting on tuesday eve ning nov 16 only six more mem bers can be accepted because of the limited school facilities for photography work and the desire of the club to impart a sound in dividual understanding of better photography methods to the new members a camera field day will be conducted in conjunction with the sitzmarkers ski club at their new hill in colden n y on sunday nov 14 they will meet 11 a.m behind norton union to spend the day taking action pictures on the hill and scenic views of the coun try side the usual song fest party will be held that evening in west falls so come prepared for a good time dean defends tutorial setup points out problems involved by julian park dean of college arts and sciences ■ the letter in your last issue signed r w entitled tutorial n reviewed while in general well founded and well intended needs certain emendations which i should be glad to make fuller if space permitted it is true that since 1931 the arts student body has tripled but so approximately has the faculty in that year the teach ing faculty numbered 81 this year 217 in that year the ratio between students and teachers was one teacher to every 9.7 students in 1948 49 one teacher to every j.1.1 students this compares rather well with other large universities of this type the size of certain classes is not too satisfactory but it is better this year than last it should be re membered too that it is not so easy to find qualified teachers as it is to enroll students . • a plan which was evolved for a student body of say eight hun replaces pratt dr pratt to leave for harvard u dr julius w pratt dean of the graduate school of arts • anc sciences and professor of histor at ub is leaving the university t teach at harvard university deai pratt will be visiting professor ol history for the second semester o the year prof j fred rippy of the uni versity of chicago will take ovel dean pratt's history classes at ub chancellor samuel f capen said friday while at harvard dean pratt will teach two courses the mak ing of modern america 18c5 tc the present and american diplomatic history to 1898 dr pratt has been a member oi the ub faculty since 1926 anc and served as the head of the history department until ' this year he has been the dean of the graduate school since 1946 in re cent years he has lectured sum mers at harvard texas chicagc and duke universities dean pratt in 1935 delivered the famous al bert shaw lectures on diplomati history at johns hopkins from 1943 to 1944 he was on leave of absence from ub to teach «. special research project for tht council on foreign relations in new york dr rippy comes to ub aftei having taught at the universities of california duke and chicago in 1928 he delivered the shav lectures at johns hopkins he is the author of several books devoted to american foreign poli cy especially in relation to latin america our error dottie haas tells us that we were all wet on our last week's story on the checking we reported that there would be a slight charge for the service and then pulled the blooper we said there is money in the budget to defray the ex penses dottie informed us that there is no money for this but when money is available the ser vice will be extended for free bargain for sale cheap 50,000 scarcely used dewey buttons see miguel j abgott bet office engineering executives stress importance of liberal program winfield c burley s straightforward criticism of vocational train ing as something considerably less than a liberal education was especially meaningful to me because i read it just at the time i was planning an article on this issue this might as well be it or part of it at least some months ago as a student in a graduate education course on this campus i wrote to six business executives — and interviewed one — on the subject of what they thought was right or wrong with modern education like the 25,000 a year men interviewed by mr burley my correspondents were also presidents and vice-presidents of four en gineering firms in the east and mid-west ii i was as surprised and pleased i as mr burley to find that in most i of their responses they emphasized i that the best all-round prepara i tion any college can give the en ' i gineer is the ability to think they i too felt that until reforms are i made in many educational sys i terns the businesses themselves i are better equipped to give voca i tional training but let these men i speak for themselves i one vice-president wrote uni i versities . . . should make a great i er effort to develop the ability to i think in the abstract on the part i of students too much emphasis i today is being given to courses in i transportation money and bank i ing insurance financial organ ization etc at very best these courses have a very limited value and by the time a graduate has gained a place in industry where jie can use the information he finds much of the data is outmod ed if students were given a sound and complete training in mathe matics english composition phy sics and logic they would be well prepared to take up and solve most of the immediate problems they will encounter in industry a corporation president in ohio wrote it would be ideal if every i one could get a broad general i education including the classics i for say three years of college life i and then specialize for an addi i tional two years compulsory i courses in philosophy history and i literature should be in every cur i riculum the president of a milling ha i nine company in referring to his i son's education wrote having i just spent a weekend with my son in a new england liberal arts col lege i am much fmpressed by tie advance in teaching over my own college days . . . i have been glad that both my boys could have an opportunity to have a liberal arts education primarily as an intel lectual experience bu if they should not continue for any rea son i would feel that they could get an educational training in our own trade school which would be of more downright practical value in their lives work and content ment the vice-president of the same milling machine company not only wrote his views but in addition sent out into his company's train ing school to get some opinions directly from engineering college graduates now in training the following three of ten ■ responses are especially relevant 1 less of the heavy technical grind and a little more liberal arts and extra curricular activity 2 enroll all freshmen in a liberal arts course specialization yell yell to beat bucknell hfar ye hear ye on fri day of this week at 7:30 p.m a student rally for the ub-buck nell game will be held on the campus a torch-light procession beginning at lockwood library will wend its way across the cam pus to rotary field where ttu students will gather round the council fire war whoops in the form of cheers will be led by the salt and peppers at this time it is hoped that both big chief sit-on-bucknell's-fire nd - put - it - out clair and the team captain will address the students in view of the execellent weather that has prevailed for the last week there is no reason why a huge turnout should not be ex pected the number of rooters present at previous home games has left much to be desired this is the team that is bringing ub into tougher and better known leagues let's really turn out and give a great team our support your last chance learn how to read dr mazie wagner of the per sonnel office announces that today is the last day to sign up for the new reading clinic the clinic in cludes a reading comprehension lass and a reading speed class for those who find difficulty in understanding what they have read or who are slow readers the first class in reading com prehension will be held tuesday november 9 in hayes 172 the first class for improving speed will be held wednesday november 10 in the same room there will be four sections each day to accom modate the students schedules these are 9:30 10:30 11:30 and 2:30 for both days the clinic is expected to last six weeks with one meeting for each class each week dr wagner advises all applicants to enroll for the class in the per sonnel office in hayes hall peace or pieces the political issues club an nounces that at its next meeting the topic for discussion will be peace or pieces — the desirability of world government mr joseph kenner will address the club aftei which a group discussion of the topic will follow the meeting will be held wed nov 10 at 3:s0 pjn tn cro«by 360 continued on page 4 continued on page 4 continued on page 3 by marius risley u.b beat bucknell get out for the rally