Bee, 1927-03-18

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly vol 7 university of buffalo march 18 1927 no 22 clark silvernail speaks to blue and white masquers c es americans duld cultivate id perfect drama is american stage werful influence on nation ! silvernail visiting star of the ,- players talked to a group of ' and white masquers at fos on tuesday march 15 one tost attractive tilings about the wn and popular actor was the ully chummy atmosphere he between himself and his listen was as if he had merely drop or a chat rather than to deliver i ilvernail made a plea for the on and perfection of american in the american stage he f the stage as a place for the five actor who takes the word luthor and makes them live his art giving 24 hours out of i serious work he paid tribute cssor baker's workshop and ith appreciation of the work universities in an effort to dc b artistic side of the drama and ) for this country a type of hich can take its place proudly lose of the older types of euro tntries aking of the salacious plays ive received so much press at in the last few weeks mr sil ave us the point of view of the whom the ton weight of the cil of the censor is a crushing death to creative art look to the great age of the ling ua we cannot help but imagine present day censors would have icir lips in ecstasy tit the pros ttaeking each new play of the lian and restoration play sing mr silvernail intimated the present time the american a healthy and powerful insti hich goes hand in hand with it in guiding the lives of the f the nation dr dobbie present athletic problems to student union a meeting of the student union was held in foster hall tuesday march 15 dr dobbie president of the athletic council presented the problems id the block b banquet to be held at the consistory on friday march 18 two hundred tickets have been sold to the vlumnl and he made a plea for the support of the student body in thi projeot marion buor spoke briefly on the new iinprise in dramatics the blue masquers a petition has been sent out by them asking for the use of the small imilding between the administration building and fast hall as a center of impus activties it will provide much needed headquarters for a dramatic workshop including rehearsal space imatlc library and publicity as well - quarters for the student publications students are urged to back this petition heartily john allan chairman of the moving l'p day committee announced that the lam would consist of a parade with a mass meeting at hutchinson high school he asked for a full support of the college in making the day a sue . as the further continuance of this custom depends on the number of stu nts that will turn out for this annual nt madame grinberg to address league of women voters legal and economic status of french women will be test madame suzanne grinberg eminent french lawyer in the court of appeals paris is touring this country under the auspices of the alliance piancaise the french bar association and the con federation of intellectual workers she will appear in buffalo on march 23 as a speaker at a luncheon given by tin league of women voters the luncheon takes place in the chinese room hotel statler at one o'clock madame grinberg will speak about two o'clock students are invited to hear her tit this time madaiae grinberg's subject is the legal and economic status of the french woman a topic which she presents well with an abundance of amusing anecdotes she is one of the lenders of french women being the first to plead a ease in alsace-lorraine the only woman lawyer to appear in a military tribunal in germany for officers of the army of occupation and the ninth woman to be admitted to the bar in france madame grinberg is widely known and the author of several books she is intensely interested in women and , handles many cases for them in the j criminal court though her regular practice is before the court of appeals although madame grinberg is a busy professional woman she has a full domestic life she is the wife of a well-known french physician and the , mother of a fourteen year old son last year she sent her son to school in england and intends to have him finish . his education in germany and later at harvard she is putting into practice , her belief that a knowledge of one's ] neighbors tends to minimize quarrelling , — both within familes and among j nations _— i detroit symphony orchestra to hold musical concert those students of the university of buffalo who are music lovers will be delighted to receive the news of two exceptional concerts which are to be held in the near future at elmwood music hall under the auspices of the buffalo music foundation the first of these is that of the de troit symphony orchestra which is to be presented on march ■!•! under ihe direction of ossip grabrilowiteh mr gnbrilowitch will be the soloist of the evening the second concert is scheduled for march i'.l mary lewis the gifted young soprano of the metropolitan op era company will present the program all students desiring tickets at spe cial rates must purchase them on 01 before monday march 21 from miss margaret demming foster hall queens university next for men's debate team the men's debate team undefeated thus far this year ill meet queens university at kingston ont on friday evening march 18 the question to be considered is resolved that west em civilization is lending toward decay the buffalo team including messrs hubert nagel john cummlngs and leonard finkelstein will uphold the af firmative side of the question will reward best translations of mr briand's speech consider address masterpiece of contempory oratory prizes are being offered for the best translations of the speech of m briand the french minister of foreign af fairs this speech which has become quite famous since it was given on sep tember 10 1926 is one of the master pieces of contemporary oratory both foi its clearness of thought and its excel lency of style it is the formal welcome by france of germany into the league of nations and shows the lofty senti ments entertained by many of the french people toward other nations and it tends to produce a deep appro ciation of the sincere efforts that tin being made to adjust the differences ex isting among european nations the committee in charge of the con test has been chosen from among the professors of many of our leading col leges and universities and they have formulated rules which are to be fol lowed by all those taking part in un contest only students of schools of secondary or college rank may compete and from each school six translations selected by the teachers as being espe cially good will be sent to the commit tee before april 15 1027 contestants may use vocabularies dictionaries ami grammars in their work but must re ceive no actual help from teachers 1 1 is suggested however that each class read the speech through and get a gen eral idea of it the translations will be judged on tin basis of 1 fidelity of thought re gardless of liternlness of translation that is the exact reflection in english of the french expression 2 excel lence of the english employed 1 proper punctuation 4 neatness of manuscript there will be two separate contests one for the students of french in amer ican colleges the other for students of french in american schools of second ary rank six prizes will be awarded in each group first prize 100 sec ond prize 50 third prize lv fourth prize a year's subscription to the daily edition of the courier des ftats-unis fifth prize a year's subscription to the weekly edition of the same paper sixth prize a year's subscription to its sun i day edition the winners will be an nounced soon after june 1 10-7 copies of the original speech may be secured from members of the french department w a a elect officers appoint sport leader the newly elected officers of the v a a for the coming school year are mary stickle — president margaret buck — vice-president malde gooding sec y-treas ami the following newly appointed sport leaders were announced basketball — margaret holmes swimming — rose morrison campus calendar friday march 18 4:00 p m — senior honors meeting foster hall 305 block b dinner consistory 8:00 p m — men's debate 1 , university of buffalo vs queens kingston monday march 1m 4:00 p m — iirls glee club prac tice university presbyterian church sororities and fraternities night tuesday march 22 — 11:30 a m — senior girls assembly poster hall 305 wednesday march 4:00 p m — political science club kast hall 306 4::s0 p m — w a a swimming ben nett high school 8:00 p m — german club meeting thursday march 24 — 8:00 p m — debate club meeting townsend hall student and alumni rally to night at block b banquet athletic situation dependent upon the support of students faculty lays down challenge will turn out 100 strong tonight is the night it marks the inauguration of annual block b din ners to be held each year in honor of the various athletes giving students faculty and alumni an opportunity to participate in the event it will be held at the buffalo consistory nt 7 p m and the elaborate arrangements that have been made give assurances of it being one of the high-lights in uni versity of buffalo functions the success or failure of this project is very much dependent upon the atti tude of the student body it is de signed to bring out students faculty and alumni to demonstrate their ap preciation for what the athletes have done for the institution during the past year it is tin opportunity for the per sons enrolled at the university of buf falo to show just how much they want activities of this sort to be encouraged here and that can be evidenced in no better way than each and every one making a special effort and sacrifice to be on hand for this first big event the faculty and alumni have come through 100 per cent and all that remains to make the plans for bigger and better athletics at the university of buffalo come to a successful conclusion is to have the students so well represented at the buffalo consistory tonight that their desire and willingness to co-oper ate will be unquestioned the sooner the student body gets together and acts in a body in showing that they really have school spirit just so much earlier will athletics at buffalo begin to grow and take their place with the other colleges ami universities of the country one who misses the first annual block b banquet tonight will have missed one big opportunity of his life itight now when we hear calls for bet ter football teams more sports any person who really wants such to ma de robert p dobbie chairman block b committee girls glee club concert to include bells of st marys the next concert on the program for the girls glee club is to be given on tuesday evening march l'l at the pil grim congregational church the pro gram is at 8:15 every one is wel come the girls are working diligently in preparation for this affair and expect to offer a program even better than the last the sponsors of the concert have requested that the club sing the bells of st mary's by a emmett adams this introduces a new note in the rep ertoire as nothing of such a popular character litis been sung before mr milton schwab of the school of phar macy will play the chimes for this selection at present besides getting ready for the coming engagement the club is rehearsing numbers to be sung jointly with the men's organization at the home conceit caney creek school men will speak to u b club members at a meeting of the u b club tues day evening a discussion was held about plans for the following year no speak er was selected for the occasion after the discussion was settled the mem bers unanimously decided to have new faculty men as speakers more co-ed nights well known men as speakers more entertainment at the meetings more advertising i.e through the bee ami a method of identification by means of a pin or an emblem it was decided that there should be an election of cabinet officers on tuesday evening april n at the regular meeting of the dub for next week " win " martin has succeeded in getting six students of the oaney creek school in kentucky to speak on their progress in school work this school is run in an unusual man ner it is supported by contributors from different states and is taught by teachers who do charity work mr martin expects a large attend ance at this meeting which will lie held jointing with the hi-y clubs co-eds invited to senior girls assembly the senior girls are planning another assembly tuesday march 22 at 11:30 in the dills room all girls arc invite to attend the committee in charge dorothy stanley fannie boll and gwendolyn doughton have planned to present two teams of senior girls to debate one of the weighty problems of | the day come and discover just how to run the universe j negro spirituals to hold rendition of southern ballids in order to truly appreciate negro spirituals one must hear them sung by a group of negro singers students at the university of buffalo will be given this opportunity on thursday march 111 at townsend hull the admission charge is 50 cents the spirituals will be sung by a dou ble quartet composed of four men ami four women they are members of the glee club of the shiloh church faeh spiritual will be explained in detail by miss coan the director of the double quartet is miss l c bishop this offers an occasion for the mem bers of the glee club to hear negro spirituals sung in a manner which will undoubtedly aid them in their rendi tion of these same songs the spirituals too offer an interest ing insight into negro life and the re ligious fervor of the slaves who ivere their originators any student or faculty member who is interested in the negro should be present on march 31 to hear their ongs sung by this negro double quartet continued on page 2 dean alden of the law school jj ji will give an informal talk on jj jj ' ' law as a vocation and the ad j j jj visable preparatory courses ' ' jj jj march 23 2:45 p m in room || jj 210 foster hall all students || || especially those who expect to en jj || ter the law school this year or ji jj next are advised to hear dean j jj alden students may ask ques ij jj tions about the law school after jj jj the talk i the board of councilor j i of the arts college j i urges all students to j | attend the block b j i dinneb tonight