Bee, 1926-10-22

              the bee university of buffalo october 22 1926 vol 7 no 5 position of prominence for debating society large attendance at first meeting impresses coach student support urged for subsequent contests the debate club held its first meet ing this year on wednesday night oc tober 13 at townsend hall morris opler the president in his introductory talk said that there was the largest and most diversified group ever out in the history of tho university of buffalo debate club he said that these meet ings would afford an excellent oppor tunity for all to make friends as well is benefit themselves otherwise at this point he introduced mr john horton in the new capacity of coach and adviser of debating it is well re membered the keen interest in debating which mr horton displayed while he was a student in mr horton s opening words he snid that much credit was due mr opler for the splendid turnout an dhi hoped that the following meetings would have the same pep and enthus iiisin he stated that we can not hope to rise to any good position unless we can talk to our friends win them over and have the ability to speak with force we are setting standards in debat ing higher this year than ever before we must attain the priceless ability to speak extemporaneously it is this ideal which the debate club wishes to bring within the reach of every stu dent stated mr horton ' ' in the past wo have been too much bound to our manuscripts this must bo eliminated this year he continued through some fault of the jewelei the keys for debating which should have been awarded last moving-up day were not delivered on time so mr horton presented them at this meeting those receiving keys were liowena block charlotte mcaleer jo seph brownstein marie neldcngcr anil lauara o day mr george brewer another advisei of the debate club then spoke on the value one should receive from these de bate meetings we have got to know our own minds and to express ourselves clearly a polish is needed which enables one to get up and speak accurately clear ly and forcefully he said since miss rcid who filled hei position last year most competently is not here this year mr brewer stated wo are handicapped and there is a greater need for the co-operation of all lo make this year the most successful of any previous year debating is as suming a position of great importance in the university of buffalo and it is up to everyone to boost and support it mr opler has a most efficient organi zation he presented plans as to the manner in which the secretary and treasurer were to serve this year dif ferent committees will be appointed which will be so organized that all will be able to show their ability and real interest as president mr opler has many promising ideas for the present season the meetings are to be held the sec ond and fourth thursday evenings of every month after a discussion the following sub ject was decided upon to be considered at the next meeting resolved that the action of the mexican government wards the church is justified the greater number of the group which numbered about fifty were from arts and law mr opler in closing expressed his gratitude for the fine turnout and hoped that the same at adance would be kept up throughout the year three hundred spanish volumes have a added to the university of oregon ; i a rv augmentation of glee club makes vast improvement u b to have one of most prominent in n y state from present indications this year is going to be one of the most successful in tin 1 history of the i'niversity of buf falo musical organizations mr j mark ward is leading us again and it is rumored that those in charge have many pleasant surprises in store for the members the men s and women s glee clubs have started in full force with many of the old members and much new tal ent from the freshmen tryouts are being held right along and anyone who wishes to sing is urged to come out the women's glee club is especially in need of alto voices all girls who play the piano and who arc interested in accompanying the women s club arc urged to try out the rkclelo club which was started last year and which displayed so much pep and talent at the home concert is again reorganizing do you strum a wicked ukelelo then get in touch with estellc goldberg plans are now being made for an early home concert which is one of the outstanding social events of the season ask any one who attended last year and see if it is not worth your while girls rehearsals are on monday afternoons at 4 o'clock at the univer sity church and the men s rehearsals are tuesday evenings at the v m c a muse and masque --~ : ~"«~""^-- . ; js—t'ec i , ?_ , wii:;;^a~^^~!es6ii;i.:ji , p the muse and masque society was established at the arts college during the year 11122-23 its primary purposi was to bring together the men am women of the college interested ir writing in music in drama and tht various arts the membership is lim ited to fifty with the men and womei equal in number one very interesting event given by muse and masque was the exhibit oi old books held in foster hall in the fal of 1923 many old books were loanec by various people among these was an old theological tract written at christ's college cambridge in the time of john milton dean park loaned an old map and letter with authentic autographs of father hennepine regarding his dis coveries in this part of the continent each year a speaking contest has boon held to which all men and women of the university are eligible there are rather liberal prizes offered for or iginal speeches and the judges are men prominent in the affairs of the city as well as of the university the muse and masque magazine was established the second issue being pub lished last spring the prizes for the best poem essay short story and play were donated by the patrons of the so ciety among the faculty the officers of muse and masque this year are president hubert nagel vice-president catherine hawkins secretary marie neldenger treasurer norris minor frosh-shop dance the frosh-soph dance will be held on saturday november 6 which is ns you all know alumni day the dance will take place at townsend hall from 8 to 12 p m the freshman president frank rob erts has appointed a dance committee consisting of the following pierce pricore retter hoole and mornn a hot orchestra is to be engaged and a good time is assured to all who at tend students gather on activities day for festivities inspiring music by band leads parade on campus students activities day was cole rated on the campus last saturday amid much festvity and excitement a parade mass meeting and foot ball game formed the three big events on the program that was succssfully car ried out by the members of the student body a great part of the success was due to the good work of the s a c and the board of councillors who worked diligently throughout the last week decorating the buildings and roads on the campus with banners and posteis the parade started from foster hall at 10 o'clock automobiles gayly dec orated with colored streamers baby carriages with grown up infants and students vociferously voicing their sentiments by means of horns whistles and megaphones all helped to make the campus buzz with activity again the band nobly performed its work and led the procession in the line of march an unsuccessful attempt was made by the freshmen to seize the sopho more banners thanks to gene north s tiusty buick which gives evidence that the flag rush will be one of great interest this coming saturday after marching around science hall the par ade came back to foster hall for the muss meeting the students threw con fetti and serpentine at each other until jack allen called the meeting to order cheerleaders were called upon to stimulate the student body to an enci getic mood so that everybody would come out to the game full of pep ami spirit the responsive cheering was so strong that it attracted an officer to the scene which goes to prove that the cheering had a strong effect upon others than the students later abbey un gerer ami pellman members of the football team made an appeal to the student body to send more material out for the team because under the present year's ruling of the conference fresh men will not be allowed to participate in conference games leaving only a small number that are out for the var sity they also stated that a team with out support from its students has no incentive to fight and therefore gives up the fight the cheers following the speakers clearly showed that the stu dents would back up the teams at the game the band played various foot ball songs and concluded the program with the alma mater world problems to be discussed by mr barnet nover virtual symposium of prominent persons expected liarnet nover author of why war came provides an added attraction for attendance at the evening sessions of the university of buffalo he has discussed the grave problems of the world with ramsey macdonald john hobson edouard bencs viscount ishii norman angcll and other political lead ers historians and economists during mr nover's recent trip to europe he visited england france germany italy austria czechoslovakia holland switzerland crossed thirteen borders and traveled 4,000 miles on the con tinent mr nover will give a special course of ten lectures on present day eco nomic and political conditions in eu rope beginning wednesday evening october 20 the lectures will be given in townsend hall the ten successive wednesday evenings the subjects chosen are both varied and highly in tellectual they will be given in the following order stable and un stable elements in europe today the central problem of european life is england's day done germany's new place in the sun mussolini promise or portent the place of the league in europe the european minorities russia and europe and the united slates and europe iris campaign for this year begins on november first seniors urged to have photographs taken this month the annual campaign for the iris will start november first and continue until thanksgiving time it was decid ed at the last meeting of the iris staff on october 13 the senior pictures arc to be taken during this month and the first part of november by kramer & co photog raphers the iris has obtained special rates from mr kramer 12 per dozen for the regular size and for 17 a dozen an extra large size portrait picture attention seniors these pictures will bo finished by december and will solve your christmas gift problems the pictures are to be taken on the following dates october 27 — dentistry and medicine november 3 — arts november 10 — pharmacy november 17 — law from the 17th there will be a ten days grace when students not able to have their pictures taken on the pre scribed day may do so but the iris urges all who can to go to the studio on the prescribed date the senior class presidents are here by notified to call class meetings for the purpose of calling attention to these dates and to urge the co-opera tion of everyone in getting this accom plished in the most convenient way and on time each president will send a list of the seniors to mr kramer one week before the date of the picture the subscription fee paid in novem ber for the iris will be 2 this year instead of 2.50 and tho remaining 3 to be paid in june those not sub scribing in november will have to pay 6 in june for their iris anybody sell ing 25 subscriptions gets an iris free see any member of the staff or put your nanio in the mail box under iris faculty lectures to be continued during year new professors to be represented in public talks diversity of subjects will be covered at grosvenor the university of buffalo announces a continuance of the series of faculty lectures which proved so successful the last two years none of the lecturers for this season appeared in former series nearly all of the lectures have heen prepared especially for this course they wil be given on account of its accessibility in the grosvenor library auditorium franklin anil edward streets south entrance promptly at 4:30 o'clock on the tuesdays in the following schedule after many of the lectures there will be opportunity for questions and discussion each lecture will conclude at or before 5:30 to these lectures offered without any restric tions or foe the public is cordially invited october 2(5 henry ten eyck perry professor of english literature — tennyson and the modern age professor perry after having taught at yale conies from the uni versity of wisconsin to buffalo as the new head of the english depart ment he took his doctorate at har vard november 2 charles h keenc m d professor of hygiene and director of physical education — tho mental and physical development of chil dren november 9 julius w pratt emanuel boasborg professor of american his tory — sectionalism in the col onies ' ' professor piatt conies from rutgers university as the new head of the history department and first incum bent of tlm boasberg professorship he took his doctorate at the univer sity of chicago november 10 — george e brewer jr instructor in english — samuel johnson a personality november 23 ralph c epstein as sistant professor of economics and finance — the automobile in amer ican life asst professor epstein acting head of the economies department took his doctorate at harvard and lias taught there since 1083 november 30 — lillias m maedonnlil dean of women — epochs in tho ed ucation of women december 7 — justice charles b sears professor of medical jurisprudence — sanderson of oundle the great english schoolmaster december 1-1 — stuart m stoke assist ant professor of psychology anil ed ucation — social groups and child development asst professor stoke has the de gree of doctor of education from harvard and has been principal of various new england high schools january 11 — james e king m d pro fessor of gynecology — what the public should know about cancer january 18 — e raymond kiegel pro fessor of physical and industrial chemistry — the bolo of chemical science philosophical and utili tarian january 25 edward g schauroth as sistant professor of latin and greek — ancient greece in the light of the present february 1 richard w lindemann instructor in english — the literary significance of the english bible february 8 — mm marie i casassa instructor in french — the civiliz ing role of france february 15 — a bertram lemon pro fessor of materia medica — the use and abuse of narcotics february 22 — university convocation 11 a m the public is invite 1 march 1 — william l dolley professor of biology — sex some recent views as to its biological basis march 8 — roland lord o'brien lec turer in stock exchange — the functions ot an investment banker " i/^am pucs vy calendar oj friday oct 22 4:15 p m — senior honors meeting boom 305 foster hall house party at fort acres begins saturday oct 2.'i — 2:30 p m alfred u vs u of b rotary field house party at forty acres con tinues sunday oct 24 3:00 p m — menorah society meet ing grosvenor library house party at forty acres ends monday oct 25 — 3:00 p m tryouts for girls glee club university presbyterian church 4:00 p m girls glee club practice sororities and fraternities night tuesday oct 26 7:30 p m men's glee club prac tice central v m c a wednesday oct 27 4:30 p m w a a swimming ' bennett high school pool 8:00 p m — german club meeting music room grosvenor library 8:00 p m — bnrnet nover's lecture 1 townsend hall thursday oct 28 i 8:00 p m — debate club meeting s townsend hall i 8:00 p m — dramatic society meet i ing music room grosvenor li ! brary ;