Bee, 1926-02-19

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly vol 6 university of buffalo feb 19 1926 no 16 dr judd to speak at university day exercises convocation opens monday at 11 a.m at elmwood hall student body urged to attend annual exercises there are two convocations of sol emn import to the entire university body and at which attendance is ex pected of all students the first of these is the opening convocation the other the fast approaching university day exercises the latter will take place at the elmwood music hall at 11 a m on washington's birthday as has been the custom for years the faculty will enter the hall in proces sion attired in academic robe report has it that monday's pro gram will be exceptionally interesting and stimulating dr charles h judd ph.d ll.d an outstanding figure in the field of education is the main speaker for the day his subject will be a new humanism for the twentieth century after his address dr ca pen will make a short speech concern ing the university and concerning the chancellor's medal after which the actual award will he made as the exercises are also in the nature of a mid-year commencement diplomas will be awarded the following b.a to mildred templeton b.s to paul j trudel b.s in education to charles b swift and m.a to olive lester the services of rev cameron davies have been secured for the invocation and benediction mr ward will lead the singing assisted by robert hufstader at the organ concerning the chief orator of the day dr thurber vouchsafed this in formation dr judd has been for many years director of the school of education of the university of chi cago he is one of the best known american psychologists and the author of numerous standard books on var ious phases of psychology of late years his most conspicuous contribu tions have been to the study of ed ucational organization and policies he is the editor of two prominent ed ucational journals the school review and the elementary school journal as a member of the educational re search committee of the common wealth fund he has played a large part in directing a series of highly productive investigations of american educational practice in 1921 he was a member of the staff of the new york rural school survey dr judd's services as a speaker are in great demand at educational in stitutions and before conventions throughout the country he is re garded as one of the most interesting and inspiring of the academic orators of the day there is also much suppressed ex citement over the awarding of the chancellor's medal it will be re membered that charles p norton de ceased is the donor of this medal as stated in his will the purpose of the chancellors medal is to personify civic patriotism and vivify public ser vice in the eyes of the citizens of buffalo it is to be awarded each year by the u of b at the university day exercises on washington's birthday to some citizen who has performed some great thing which is identified with buffalo it may be a great civic ; or political act a great book a great work of art a great scientific achieve ment or any other thing which in , itself is truly great and ennobling and which dignifies the performer and but , falo in the eyes of the world last year saw the first awarding ( of the medal chancellor capen after delivering a graceful and fitting eu j loßy bestowed the medal upon charles brent as most worthy to he the initial , recipient and who himself counted it one of the greatest honors of his long and illustrious career he whom the university will honor this year has not been made known nor will be made known until next monday but whoever it may be we feel sure that he too will be deserving dk.charles 11..m itl women debators prepare for a heavy schedule the women's debate team is mak ing extensive preparations for its three important engagements this semester on wednesday feb 10 debate try outs were held and the following were successful in retaining their former places on the team marie neldenger laura o'day rowena block ethel rose was chosen alternate miss reid and mr brewer acted as critics at the tryouts the first debate on the women's schedule will take place in buffalo on friday march 5 this debate is with the ancient forensic enemy syracuse university the question is the child labor amendment with buffalo holding the affirmative brief the decision will be made from the audience vote therefore a large at tendance from the university is ab solutely essential to the success of the debate later in the term on april 10 the women's team will journey to can ton n y to debate st lawrence university on the same question the buffalo team will again defend the affirmative side campus calendar sun feb 21 3:00 grosvenor library music room : menorah society won feb 22 university day 11:00 elmwood music hall exer cises 9:30 statler hotel senior ball geneva n y basket ball u b vs hobart tues feb 23 4:00 presbyterian church girls glee club rehearsal 6:30 y m c a beans 8:00 grosvenor library bee staff meeting associate editors expected to be present 8:00 school 56 women's swimming wed feb 24 thurs feb 25 8:00 debate with university of pitts burg 8:00 grosvenor library french club niagara falls basket ball u b vs niagara u statler hotel dental alumni con vention constitution for arts at last awaits approval a constitution for student self-government i t the college has been at last exected after two months of hard work on the part of the large and representative committee which should meet with the approval of the students there will be a convocation of all regular students of the college on wednesday february 24th at 9:30 in foster hall at which time the ma jority and minority reports will be submitted and objections and suggestions can be raised by the students it will then be sent to the s a c meeting tuesday march ist for approval and then sent back to the students for final ratification voting at that time will be by australian ballot and will not necessitate another student convocation it is highly desirable that the students study over the constitution herewith printed and bring it to the convocation on wednesday the constitution in brief provides all the regular students are to be organized into a student union the governing body of the student union is to be the board of councillors which is to be elected by the student union the officers of the board of councillors are to act as officers of the student union the student union will elect the president and vice-presi dent and the board of councillors will elect the secretary and the treasurer the student union is to meet four times a year the board every two weeks the most important and probably the only controversal point which the students will have to decide is where the legislative power is to be lodged the majority report argues that the legislative power including finan cial legislation should lie with the board of councillors because of efficiency and expediency the minority report believes it should lie with student union because of democracy both sides will give their arguments at the convocation on wednesday the constitution is as follows constitution article 1 nome nnd purpose section 1 the name of this organization shall be the student union of the college university of buffalo sec 2 to provide an agency for self-government in the college and to co-ordinate with the students activities committee and the university of buffalo article 2 membership section 1 all regular undergraduate students enrolled in the college of the university of buffalo shall be members of the student union sec 2 there shall be no dues in this organization article 8 organisation section 1 a the governing body of the student union shall be known as the board of councillors only regular classified students com plying with all eligibility rules may be elected to the board b the officers of the board of councillors shall be a president vice president secretary and treasurer the officers of the board of councillors shall act as officers of the student union the board of councillors shall elect the secretary and treasurer and the student union shall elect the president who shall be a senior and the vice-president who shall be a junior the manner of election of the president and vice-president shall be as follows c candidates for the offices of president and vice-president shall be nominated by the board of councillors from the incoming members of the new board there shall be at least two nominees for each of the two above offices d names of the candidates for the offices of president and vice-presi dent shall be announced at least one week prior to date of election e the elections shall be by australian ballot and shall take place on the day of the may meeting of the student union sec 2 the board of councillors shall be composed of eighteen mem bers nine of whom shall be seniors five of whom shall be juniors three of whom shall be sophomores the remaining member to be the freshman president who alone shall have no vote on the board sec 3 senior members of the board shall comprise five men and four women junior members shall comprise three men and two women and the sophomore members shall comprise two men and one woman sec 4 if any vacancy occurs on the board the board shall elect by a simple majority of the entire board a person from the class in which the vacancy occurs upon the recommendation of the members of the board from the class concerned sec 5 three unexcused absences from meetings by any member of the board automatically shall terminate his or her membership excuses shall be presented to the board for acceptance or rejection sec 6 any member of the board is liable to impeachment for mis conduct in office by a two-thirds vote of the remainder of the board and can be removed from the board by a two-thirds vote of the entire student union article 4 elections and nominations section 1 the manner of election of members to the board of coun cillors shall be as follows nominations shall be by petitions with ten | signers from the class represented and endorsed by the candidate one , week shall be the time allowed for the signing of these petitions sec 2 by a three-quarters vote the board of councillors shall have | the power to nominate any person as a candidate for office any persons , so nominated shall be voted upon with the regular candidates as such , sec 3 nominations shall not be made public for two days after nom inations close the intervening time shall be reserved for a sub-committee of the board to approve the list of nominees as to eligibility for office i sec 4 members of the board shall be elected simultaneously on the | first monday in april the seniors by the incoming seniors the juniors by | the incoming juniors the sophomores by the incoming sophomores they | shall be elected for a term of one year with privilege of re-election | entire campus in expectant mood as senior ball nears j hotel statler to be scene of breath taking > occasion 3 monday february the 22nd has , been set aside as university day with r suitable exerciseß having been planned 1 but the purpose of this article is to bring to the attention of the students ! the launching of what we all hope will embody itself in our university » program as an annual event — that of ! the first original senior ball t the freshmen have their frolics the sophomores have their hops the jun , iors have as their main source of pride the annual junior prom but , what have the seniors after all these years of planning and hoping the sen , iors are at last to be honored at a university-wide social function the l scene of this event has been set in . the ball room of the hotel statler a description of which would prove fruit less for undoubtedly everyone knows , the pleasing environment which this ball room affords the main source of , inspiration will be presented by the , music of the cross maggio's ten-piece como orchestra those who have heard the interpretation of the latest fox-trots and waltzes as given by this group will unanimously agree that it is a unique pleasure to dance to their offerings then at the chime of the l midnight bells the announcement that supper will be served in the grill room i will be given and what a glad tid ' ing this will be and when you par take of the food set before you i dare not even attempt to foretell the joy that will prevail but now comes , the most astonishing thing of all — what is the price for all this the answer is simple and small — four dollars can you imagine giving a dance from 9:30 to 2:00 with supper served at 12:00 for such a nominal sum the thought of the magnitude of this chance is all the more entic ing for just that reason and how can you honestly desist from attending but here is the secret of the whole thing to successfully accomplish this undertaking we must have sup port the support of every single in dividual in the university it is al most your duty to attend it is a way whereby you can in a small part honor the seniors who are leaving their alma mater for a business or profes sional career so much for that part of descrip tive analogy but i must further plead and impress the urgency of your sup port for this original undertaking it is not as though it were an annual event looked forward to and planned for such as the junior prom but that is just what we want to make it in the future the future of everything depends on the present the various senior presidents have charge of the tickets and are anxious to sell them for the sake of the university spirit don't wait until you are asked begged and teased to come but buy a ticket of your own free will and prove that you are a u b man of true spirit and character surely you can entertain no doubt but that you will be fully repaid the four dollars admission fee is very adversely commensurable to the actual amount of fun joy and frolic that you will derive from your attendance at the ball so student body let's show the sen iors alumni and faculty that we are behind them let's be out in full force and outnumber the seniors and alumni two to one and make this ball the finest and greatest of a precedent on which to base the future events of this character although the school year is more than one-half over it is not too late to get things moving for a swimming team at the university plans are being made and will shortly be laid before mr blackburn for the reorgan ization of the u b swimming team continued on page 2 u