Bee, 1925-12-04

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly vol 6 university of buffalo dec 4 1925 no 9 dramatic club to present three plays next saturday director goodreds and cast promise splendid program student body urged to attend and support initial effort saturday evening december 12 at 8:00 p m the dramatic club makes its first public presentation of three one-act plays in the auditorium of the normal school the plays are one vengeance height bobby settles down and the bank robbery for one of the plays on ven geance height it was necessary to obtain a varied collection of pistols and old rifles to aid in the portrayal of a mountain feud a typical moun taineer's cabin scene has the proper ties which give the decided clue to the raging feud around which the action of the play lies the make-ups and wearing apparel for the cast of this play has to reflect the actual char acter of such personages in the moun tain life in bobby settles down much of the effect rests on the furnishings as tthe play is staged in a most aristo cratic english drawing room one of the best furnishing houses on the avenue will satisfy the needs for this scene the english characterization also will not be a trivial asset the bank robbery which is the last of the group of the plays is in deed most modern as it requires all the material necessary for a present day scientific robbery the unique characterization and thrilling plot will tend to immediately arous the in terest of everyone many kinds of ex plosives and burglar attachments will be used to prove the instant and cunning tricks of the underworld the director mr spencer goodreds is using his best efforts to aid in the successful presentation of these plays the casts are also striving for the same goal the dramatic club is ready for another year to uphold its standard it is up to the students now to show their appreciation for these efforts by going and enjoying this splendid program as well as sup porting the dramatic club the casts are as follows the bank robbery vincent bonafede a william wehr a rob ert buckley l joseph dempsey a frank maurin l marian cohen a on vengeance helght estelle goldberg a ralph elliott a james kelly l lenore weiss a bobby settles down adelaide gander a marian suor a paul hus ton l dorothy stanley a second annual football dance on for to-night bison head to announce the new football captain the second annual bison head foot ball dance will be held tonight fri day december 4 in the ballroom of the hotel statler the granting of bison heads petition last year by the s a c and dean macdonald for an annual dance in honor of the football men makes this one of the most her alded events of the social calendar of our university the irreslstable clef-dwellers who have gained for themselves enviable reputation as foremost interpreters of dance music will play for this occa sion that their popularity never les sens is proved by their frequent ap pearance throughout the college year the hitherto concealed name of next year's football captain will be revealed tonight come yourself and find oal what name will be invested with the power to spur the future team on to a victorious season the tax for this informal hop is 3.00 per couple because the dance is given in honor of the u b football team the well-deserving members will receive tickets gratis dancing will continue until 2 o'clock in the morning the senior men's honorary society of the university the bison head top ped the follownig men at the junior prom last spring representing the student leaders of the different col leges in our university dents robert knapp wm meck fessel walter burrell loren kaiser medics fred schnatz tom hayes law george metz tom ganine arts john horton lynn wallace lou farriß chancellor capen goes to porto rico dr samuel p capen chancellor of the univerity of buffalo left on thurs day to participate in a survey of the educational system of porto rico the survey is being made at the request of the governor of porto rico by a commission of educational experts from the united states the chair man of the commission is dr paul monroe the director of the interna tional institute of teachers college columbia university other members of the commission are dr samuel lindsay professor of political science at columbia and first commissioner of fducation in porto rico dr george a works professor of educa tion at cornell university dr harold 0 rub of the lincoln school teach ers college columbia university dr capen is to have charge of the in vestigation of the university of porto rico u b club members hear interesting talk by whitford world wide aspect of y presented by general secretary in a very informal manner mr a h whitford general secretary of the y spoke on the world wide aspect of the y " at the u b club on tues day evening traveling faster than the birds wind or radio mr whitford took the members on a trip around the world and showed that no matter where one may be he can always find a y or ganization the members were first carried across the continent then to the philippines japan china india turkey palestine egypt greece italy france germany and england all along the trip mr whitford told in teresting anecdotes about the various countries he then summed up the i whole idea of the y by saying that it strove not to preach tolerance but to live tolerance in conclusion mr whitford gave us a little of the history of the u b club from its inception thanks for that word win in 1900 with dr gregory dr long and mr whitford as the members to the present day dr a p sy professor of chemistry in the college of arts and sciences is to be the speaker for next week let us try for the fifty mark this time student body to cast ballot on world court issue intercollegiate conference to be held dec 11-12 at princeton within the next few days the stu dents of the university will be given an opportunity to vote on the world court this vote is in reality the first or ganized movement to make the student opinion of the united states felt such an opportunity should be made the most of by the students it is desired that before voting the students inform themselves of the fundamental ideas of the court to gether with the harding hughs coolidge reservations on december the 11th and 12th an intercollegiate conference will beheld under the auspices of the princeton senior council at princeton it is hoped that a majority of the 700 colleges in the united states will be represented they will be ad dressed by speakers of international repute from this group at the con ference a representation will be se lected to go to the president and urge him to do all in his power to put the world court across the senate will vote on december 17 and indications are at the present time that there are in the senate ten votes more than necessary to carry a favorable vote it will indeed be a calamity if rep resentative tinkham of massachusetts should succeed in confusing the issue by introducing another bill along similar lines class presidents of the varios col leges will be informed as how to con duct the vote and will be held respon sible for getting as representative a vote as is possible this is something of real value to each of us and should be backed to the limit by both the faculty and the student body 1campus calendar frl dec 4 — hotel statler bison-head football dance sat dec 5 — 8:00 — townsend hall women's de bate with cornell toronto triangular chess meet with toronto and cornell sun dec 6 — 3:00 — grosvenor library music room menorah meeting mon dec 7 — 12:20 science hall 202 campus sing all fraternities night tues dec 8 4:30 — g-rosvenor library faculty series — mr bonner's illustrated lecture the yosemite national park 6:3o y m c a beans 7:30 — grosvenor library bee edi torial staff meeting all upper classmen must be present h'ed dec 9 9:3o foster hall 210 convocation — dean park's lecture the league of nations at work thurs dec 10 — 8:00 — grosvenor library music room french club b : oo lafayette community house dramatic club 8:15 — townsend hall fenton lec ture — mr alfred e zimmern's lecture locarno and after fri dec 11 elmwood music hall first basket ball game u b vs rochester optometry sat dec is — 2:3o hotel statler phi psi bridge party 8:00 — normal school auditorium dramatic club plays i iddhdv prizes announced in the muse and masque contest party returned to the sophs by the arts frosh fun and revelry prevail in snow storm of confetti the freshmen entertained the sophs at townsend hall saturday the 21st in return for the soph struggle given earlier in the year everyone knew everyone else and a spirit of good will prevailed the party was unique in that there was no argument over refreshments a line was formed and ice cream was given out for all the decoration committee worked overtime and outdid their predeces sors townsend hall was completely rejuvenated and resembled a ball room confetti hung from the celling in long streamers the frosh ban ner was flaunted at one end high over the stage until the sophs ripped it down miss mbmyer was in charge of this work and did it very well in deed the orchestra furnished good jazz if jazz can be good it was chiefly their efforts which caused the pre vailing good spirit after intermission a truckload of balloons and confetti was passed out to the crowd the usual war follow ed balloon busting confetti hurtling through space screams of laughter groans when a shot went astray etc at this time the sophs rushed up and tore down the frosh banner just to liven up the evening later the fresh men put it back up the party was well chaperoned by dean macdonald m"r and mrs bon ner mr and mrs sine and dr and mrs chambers their formal clothes added greatly to the ballroom atmos phere the committees are to be congratu lated on their good work and untiring efforts in turning out a successful party the chairmen were decora tions mrs homyer refreshments miss lester and tickets mr harring ton those who did not attend the party missed one of the best social functions so far the sophs thank the fresh man class for the artistic return to their coming out party all material must be in hands of the editor by jan 6 every student urged to take part in the competition through the assistance of the fac ulty and the friends of the university the muse and masque magazine is able to offer some very attractive prizes in its literary contest the various fields of competition and the awards for the best article submitted in each are as follows poem — 5.00 prize given by mrs norman p clement formal essay — 5.00 prize given by dr chambers short story — 5.00 prize given by dr thurber french essay — 5.00 prize given by m and mme cassasa one-act play — 10.00 prize given by mr george hibbard song — 10.00 prize given by dr lemon the formal essay must be from 1500 to 2500 words in length the short story must contain ap proximately 5000 words the subject for the french essay is anatole france it must be either a summary or a critique of his work and is to be written in english rules of the contest the material must be submitted to the editor of the i muse and masque magazine on or by ! january 6 1926 the manuscripts i must be typed enclosed in an envel i ope and bear a nom de plume a second sealed envelope containing the contestant's own name together with his nom de plume must accompany the manuscript a contestant may enter manuscripts in every field of the competition but only one manuscript in each field muse and masque hopes to receive a great many entries so that its maga zine may be truely representative of the literary abilities of the univer sity the editors are particularly anxious to receive a great many songs singing is a splendid medium for the expression of college spirit the spir it of the university of buffalo is rap idly growing but some good college songs would help it along and make it a more tangible thing there are many occasions when a song is needed — a football song a welcoming song to the freshmen a farewell to the seniors or just one of those jolly songs in which the sophs and faculty are given a little dig but with no harm done so to pens ye poets and to piano ye composers for either the words or the music for a college song are eligible for the prize muse and masque hold 2nd meeting on november 19th muse and masque held its second meeting of the year in the music room of the grosvenor library on thurs day november 19 new members were welcomed into the organization by a speech from john horton president sonia bear arranged the following delightful program 1 violin selections harriet lewis accompanied by goldine lewis 2 essay — have you any whim sies in your work — lucille james 3 presentation of the first act of john horton's original drama the puritans cast henry we11e5 ...... j0hn macnamara thomas lane john horton christopher bulstrode william cook hester lane sonia bear 4 violin selection harriet lewis members and guests were informed as to the program of activities for the year ' medics are first in red cross drive the red cross drive at the univer sity ended wednesday november 25 the medical school stands highest in the number of subscriptions received with the law school a close second arts and pharmacy subscriptions to taled next highest with the evening session and the dental school follow ing the total amount subscribed by the university follows medical school 47.00 law school 41.00 arts and pharmacy . . . 22.00 evening session 11.00 dental school 4.00 125.00 ile cercle francais the next meeting of le cercle b francais will be held thursday g december 10 at 8:00 p m in e the music room grosvenor s library g emffl[3mtisi3iaic3iaja(am2fßfam3mai3iafais)§i