Bee, 1926-11-05

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly vol 7 university of buffalo november 5 1926 recent intelligence tests reveal interesting data part-time jobs not conductive to good marks freshmen advised not o attempt unnecessary positions a freshman entering the university often does not realize the extent of the transition from high school to col lege life the important differences have repeatedly been stressed and in brief several for the purposes of this article may be recapitulated as follows first the greater difficulty in actual courses of study the more advanced material and greater independence and responsibility upon the student con sume more of the student's time than in high school second the increased expenditures a nocessary to attend college e.g tuition board etc and hardly less im portant to most freshman b necessary for social approbation e.g fraternities clubs etc third the greater variety of extra curricular activities that are time con suming the average freshman upon whom the demands for a high school diploma have not been so great as to force him to study continuously enter college ex pecting to utilize his time as ho did in high school i.e indulge in school activities work three or four hours every day after school for monetary compensation and receive passing grades in ail his subjects also the increased demand for additional ex penses above mentioned makes it doubly urgent that he make some money that this in brief has been the atti tude of many freshmen entering college this fall is bhown by their numerous applications for part-time jobs which would utilize several afternoons and evenings a week while some intimat ed that the money thus derived was absolutely essential for their mainten ance at school others wanted extra spending money we know that some freshmen have succeeded in locnting such jobs and probably several others have also are these freshmen taking into con sideration the increased demands of col lege life upon their time when attempt ing to locate four or five-hour a day jobs an attempt was made in a short study of the freshman records last year to answer that question and apprise the students of these results so that they light benefit by the mistakes of others seven freshmen attempted to work more than twenty-five hours a week of these five failed completely four of these having extremely high intelli gence ratings 98 96 65 and 62 an intelligence rating of 98 means that the iudent is 98th from the bottom out of tvery 100 who tried the test the sixth received a d average decidedly infer ior work not acceptable for graduation if most of his work is of that rank and robably not eligible for entry into the irofessional schools the remaining man with a high intelligence percentile jting of 85 who worked 25 hours a week received a b itnusuul aggres siveness plus a very high intelligence !' ir obably accounts for this single exeep ion six men tried to work from 21 to 25 hours a week two received a grade of two received d and two failed com pletely the interesting point is that th the failures had an intelligence percentile rating of 2 while the c and d men rated 60 74 89 and 96 five men worked from 16 to 20 hours week their records follow no grade percentile rating 1 f 14 1 d 24 2 c 56 and 57 ib 35 again the important fact is that the fadure had the lowest intelligence rat lng and the d man second lowest the student was in the highest 1st fifth '■ his high ehool class apparently sociologist of note to address college students presbyterian church scene of college tea sunday a college tea will be given at the first presbyterian church the circle north street and richmond avenue sunday evening november 14th to the students of the university of buffalo and of the normal college a simple supper will be served in the parish house immediately after the commun ity vesper service which is held at 5 o'clock this is the first of several college teas to be given during the win ter with the idea of strengthening the bonds of friendship between the stu dents and the church dr edward a stelncr of grinnell college grinnell iowa will speak at the community vesper service on the subject the democratic ideal — its future in the united states dr steiner a native of austria for many years a citizen of the united states is sociologist of note and one of the most authoritative writers on the immigrant question he has viewed the immi grant and investigated his needs and possibilities at his port of departure in the steerage and in the new condi tions of the new world as a heidel berg graduate he came to this country without knowledge of the english lan guage secured work in the coal mines of pennsylvania and made his way to citizenship the engrossing story of his experiences is told in his book from alien to citizen his keen sense of humor and his love for humanity has endeared him not only to the thousands of students who count him as their personal friend but to those who have been privileged to know him through his spoken and written ad dress ho never fails to delight his hearers after the supper opportunity will be given to meet dr steiner in formally and to question him regarding his address of the day those wishing to do so may later gather in the recep tion rooms for a social time it is hoped that many university students will ac cept the hospitality of first church on this occasion pharmacy school to dance at summit hall all arrangements have been complet ed to make the pharmacy dance suc cessful the students have been keyed up to a high pitch of enthusiasm for this dance has been the most talked of affair of the pharmacy school the entertainment committee has ar ranged a surprise for all those who attend who it is what it is or why it is will be found out by all who attend tickets may be procured from any senior pharmic don't forgetl dancing from '.) until 1 o'clock refreshments entertain ment surprise ! ! all for 1.50 per couple girls hockey team organized on campus hockey has become the center of at traction in the field of girls athletics at least so it seemed last wednesday when both freshmen and upperclass men were seen in the neighborhood of foster hall with their hooked sticks this is the first time that hockey has been played at the university ami it is hoped that it will soon be classed with the other major sports class com petition is anticipated teams and prac tice will be coached by mrs lee wednesday and friday afternoons of each week are reserved for this sport practice for upperclassmen will take place both at 1:15 and 4:15 on those days mexican religious controversy topic of debate society extemporaneous talks feature of new system the debate club held its second sue cessful meeting of the year on thurs day evening october 28 at townsend hall there were a few new applicants for membership there was considerable discussion concerning membership and attendance it was decided that if a member is absent for two consecutive meetings and does not offer a reasonable excuse his name will be taken from the roll and he will be denied privileges of the club the subject for the debate of that evening was resolved that the mex ican government is justified in its re cent action toward the church mr horton chose the following teams af firmative mr finkelstein mr mccar tney and mr cunimings negative miss mucaleer miss macdonald and mr blatt the time of speaking was three minutes and a rebuttal of one minute mr cunimings was the first affirmative speaker he was followed by the first negative speaker who was mr blatt mr finkelstein miss macdonald mr mccarthey and miss macaleer spoke in turn the strong points registered by the affirmative side were that no politi cal meetings should be held in the church in mexico this condition ex isted the people are being deprived of their earnings to give it to the church the church was always at variance with the government the strong points presented by the negative were that the treatment had been unfair socially and politically the church is the only source of edu cation in mexico and has been up to the present day there has been forty governments in thirty years although there were many errors in this debate it was a fine start in the promotion of extemporaneous speaking in tin university of buffalo this year the topic for the next meeting will be the same with an attempt to add a desired polish to debating if vol have any views on the subject come out and let us hear from you campus calendar friday nov 5 — 4:15 p m — joint meeting of junior and senior honors groups boom 305 postal hall 8:00 p m — chess club meeting den tal school saturday nov 0 — alumni day 2:30 p m — alumni vs 1 b varsity rotary field sunday nov 7 — 3:00 p m — menorah society meet ing grosvenor library monday nov 8 — 3:00 p m — tryouts for girls glee club university presbyterian church 4:00 p m — girl's glee club prac tice sororities and fraternities night tuesday nov 9 — 4:30 p m — lecture by professor julius w pratt sectionalism in the colonies grosvenor library auditorium 7:30 p m — men's glee club prac tice central y m c a wednesday nov 10 — 4:30 p m — w a a swimming ben nett high school pool 8:00 p m — german club meeting grosvenor library thursday nov 11 ■ 8:00 p m — debate club meeting townsend hall developement of children subject of faculty lecture simultaneity in growth of body and mind essential instinctive activity feature of childs evolution the second faculty lecture for this year was given at the grosvenor library tuesday afternoon november 2 when dr charles b keene spoke on the mental and physical development of children the rate of development of children from birth to the adult years was traced in regard to weight height girth of chest growth of legs and growth of trunk and the relationship between the growth and mental development was outlined it was interesting to note how many times the weight dou bles itself before adulthood while the height only triples itself from birth to adulthood the rate of the growth of the legs is much more rapid than that of any other part of the body factors influencing this growth and development are diet latitude climate race family and the individual itself the time of years also has much to do with it the coordination of body muscles and eye show the mentality of the child dr koene gave the stages at which children mentally normal are able to smile hold head erect stand with help stand alone walk and talk self service is another factor showing the mentality of the child after hearing dr keene one is con vinced of the close relationship between the body and the brain and of the necessity of guarding the body as care fully as the brain dramatic society opens year with many new members production committee gives neophytes opportunity if successful beginnings can be taken as omens for successful futures we should say that the dramatic society has every right to look forward to the biggest season in its history the at tendance at the first two meetings was exceptionally large and new recruits were numerous the fact that these are nut only from among the freshmen but also from the upper classes proves de cisively that interest in dramatics is on the increase the coach spencer good reds is very much pleased with the talent found among the newcomers work has been begun already on two plays the thrice promised bride a chinese play and suppressed de sires a very amusing comedy these plays will be presented on december 10th at a place to be announced later the material offered at tryouts was very encouraging but there is a deplor able lack of men a new system has been inaugurated this year the entire society was di vided into production committees at the beginning of the year positions on these committees will be held only by hard work and those who are not able to perform their duties as members will be eliminated in this way every new coiner is given a chance to become an active member of the society no one is overlooked whose modesty compels him to be silent everyone is given an equal chance a now clause is to be put in the con ctitution which is now being drawn up in order to become a member one must either serve on a production committee or take part in a play and attend a cer tain number of meetings this provides an additional incentive to members for only those who show a real interest in the activities are included in them everyone is urged to attend tryouts it may be that the whole play is being held up for lack of your type don't miss your chance to become a member of the dramatic society the next meet ing will be held november 11 keep the date open women voters will hold first meeting at statler hotel political questions to be taken up at meetings the erie county league of women voters will hold the first of its weekly study meetings friday november 5th at 3 o clock in tho fillmore room of the hotel static r the league is answer ing a very real need by securing com petent people to speak on affairs of city state national and international importance the meetings are open to any who are interested the pro gram for the coming season follows nov 5th — social hygiene topic — city and county ordinances which affect women and children nov 12th — international co-operation nov 19th 2 p m — child welfare meeting with state conference of charities statlcr ballroom topic — ■ health new outlooks can com municable discse be eliminated arthur towns syracuse nathan van etten new york nov 20th — thanksgiving recess dec 3rd 1 p m — legislative program adopted by state convention given by miss dorothy kenyon state legis lative chairman public luncheon fillmore room dec 10th — legal status of women eligibility rules delay organization of girls glee club old members rehearse under direction of mr ward the girls glee club of the univer sity of buffalo has always been a great success but this year according to mr j mark ward the glee club will even surpass its reputation of former years as yet the membership of the girls glee club is undecided because the fol lowing rule is in effect no girl can participate in student activities such as the glee club without first being rated as eligible by the dean of her respec tive college such eligibility will be decided as follows first the glee club aspirant must carry a full schedule second her rating in scholarship must be satisfactory the object behind this procedure is that student activities must not interfere with the regular re quired work of the university the lists of applicants have already been handed in to the different deans the final lists of those who are eligible will be ready in a week or so anil from these lists the members will be chosen mr ward the director has no voice in the decision the question of eligibility is entirely in the hands of the deans the program for the coming year has not yet been decided upon it will un doubtedly be a program well worth while one from which both training and enjoyment will be derived the old menbers have been rehears ing alone mr ward announces that every girl with an alto or contralto voice should appear at the university presbyterian church on monday for tryouts continued on pag 2 prosh vs technical feidat 6:30 at eotaey field ajgjgeibmsisjaib1313i5j5iaj515m3msj3jamc topic — woman jury service in other states dec 16th 6:30 p m efficiency in government public banquet hotel statler topic — the city manager plan