Bee, 1925-10-01

              the bee the greater university buffalo weekly vol 6 university of buffalo october 1 1925 no 1 dr capen announces names of new addition to faculty unusually large number indicates growth at u of b many learned institutions represented on teaching staff the names and departments of the professors who have been added to the faculty this year were announced by chancellor capen at convocation on monday afternoon september 21 the unusually large number is indica tive of the growth of the university dr charles h keene has been ap pointed director of the new depart ment of physical education and pro fessor of hygiene dr keene is a recognized leader in physical training and health education he holds the degrees of a b and m d from har vard university after his graduation from harvard he did post-graduate work in the children's hospital in boston and in st john's hospital lowell mass later he was appointed director of hygiene and physical edu cation of the minneapolis public schools while in this position he organized and supervised physical education and playgrounds medical inspection and education of the defec tives between 1919 and 1921 dr keene held the posts of executive secretary of the delaware state tuberculosis commission and director of the health service of the new england division of the american red cross he is the author of several books and articles dealing with health education and physical training and is nationally known as a lecturer on these subjects dr keene has a con spicuous military record and is at present president of the department of school and physical educa tion of the national education association president of the east ern section of the american physical education association and president of the child hygiene section of the american public health asso ciation in the college of arts and sciences professor george van santvoord has been appointed as head of the english department professor van sant voord is a graduate of yale with phi beta kappa honors he is a gradute also of oxford university where he held a rhodes scholarship and from where he received in 1917 and 1925 respectively the degrees of bachelor of literature and master of arts professor van santvoord is the author of several works and is at present preparing the american edition of the concise oxford dictionary for the oxford university press he has been a member of the english faculty at yale since 1918 in the department of history dr wilfred b kerr has been appointed as instructor dr kerr graduated from the ontario collegiate institute and received the prince of wales scholarship from the university of toronto following three years of service with the canadian expedi tionary forces he completed his undergraduate work at oxford uni versity from where he graduated with honors in history and political econ omy he later completed his work for the degrees of master of arts and doctor of philosophy at the univer sity of ontario dr kerr also has the degree of master of arts from oxford mr leonard p kurtz has been ap pointed as instructor in the depart ment of romance languages mr kurtz graduated from new york uni versity with phi beta kappa honors and later received his master of arts degree from columbia university he has also completed much of the work necessary for the doctorate for the past two years mr kurtz has been head of the romance language de partment of nassee school stamford mr george brewer has been ap pointed instructor in the english de partment mr brewer graduated from yale in 1922 and was instructor in english there the following year for the past two years he has been working toward a doctor's degree at yale in the chemistry department mr h milton woodburn has been ap pointed instructor mr woodburn graduated from the university in 1922 with the degree of analytical chemist and the following year received a b.s degree he was instructor in chemistry during 1923-24 and spent last year as fellow of the public health institute at northwestern uni versity from where he received the degree of master of science in june mr william r hale is to be an instructor in mathematics he is a graduate of harvard and holds the degree of master of arts from the university of alabama he was for merly a member of the faculty of louisiana college mr floyd f burtchett is assistant professor of economics he is a graduate of the university of north dakota and received his master of arts degree from the university of california he has also been instruc tor in economics at that institution senate committee makes report on absence excuses those who would miss class must file schedules the senate committee wrote to many other colleges in the united states regarding excuses for students absent from class due to extra cur ricular activities it learnt upon in quiry that the university of buffalo differs from all other schools in the fact that it has no rules relating to this matter therefore the committee recom mends 1 that all schedules of those who require absence from class for extra curricular activities be submitted to the executive committee of the senate 2 all names be approved by the deans of the various schools 3 these absences are permitted with the understanding that the stu dent will make up his lost work and be responsible for it at any future occasion frosh get first instructions in college living orientation big object of preliminary lectures a aeries of preliminary courses was given for entering freshman on wednesday to saturday september 16-19 on september 16 in the rotary field gym at 2 p m the first session met chancellor capen welcomed the stu dents he told the students the ideals and standards of the college he spoke on what an education should do for one and also what the college ex pected the students to do he encour aged student activities dean park introduced professor sherk who read a paper on the progress of civilization on thursday morning the session was held in the grosvenor library dr shearer enumerated the many ad vantages and uses of the library professor alexander of the society of natural sciences spoke on the build ing of the new museum in humboldt park dr jones spoke on how to study in the afternoon sessions were re sumed at the rotary field gym dr boynton spoke on ethics dean park spoke on the freshman rule friday morning dr leary spoke on budgeting time in school and during study hours in the afternoon dr keene spoke on personal hygiene to the men stu dents and dean macdonald spoke on the same to the women students these lectures were followed by a reception given by the faculty in the girls room in foster hall dr jones gave a personal examina tion to all freshman on saturday morning this closed the preliminary fresh man course record broken in u b.'s registration registration figures available from the various schools of the university indicate that there is a record regis tration throughout the university in the arts college alone there are three hundred and forty freshmen the larg est class in the history of the col lege the following figures are not com plete but are as of september 29 1925 registration september 2 1925 arts 791 law 275 dentistry 135 medicine 255 pharmacy 244 evening s 715 2,415 buffalo musical foundation offers students splendid proposition for coming season the buffalo musical foundation offers for year 1925-6 the following programme : 1 an artist series of three con certs which will include a sigrid onegin the great swedish contralto with alex ander brailowsky russian pianist . b dusolina giannini an italian dramatic soprano c myra hess an english pian ist who was introduced to buffalo this spring and is coming back by special re quest 2 an orchestra series of six con certs by four of the world's greatest orchestras namely a boston symphony orchestra b detroit symphony orchestra c cleveland orchestra d cincinnati orchestra the rate for the student tickets is four dollars apiece for the orchestra series and two dollars for the artist series these seats are in the dollar and a half section as usual all orders must be signed by miss macdonald dean of women and sub scription tickets cannot be sold after the first concert in each series has taken place the first artist concert is on october 21st and the first orches tra concert is on november 4th this is an unusual chance for all music lovers to hear the very best in musical programmes at a very reason able rate and we certainly hope that a great many will take advantage of this rare opportunity dr capen at eve session reception the concept of what a university can do for the community has been broadened this was one of the statements made by chancellor capen 1 at a reception for the evening ses sion students on friday evening at townsend hall the chancellor be lieves that the evening session is doing an invaluable work in the com munity and states that other cities are watching our educational projects along that line with interest because the evening session stu dents are more mature on the aver age than the regular students and because they for the most part are busy during the day earning their living they show themselves to be more diligent in their studies and they put a higher value upon learning dean marsh also addressed the stu dents encouraging them in his genial way and advising them to follow their studies to a successful end the announcement was made of the awarding of the pharos club's scholar ship to miss bertha schwenger a teacher in technical high school the scholarship is awarded annually to the woman student who has during the previous year attained the best scholarship standing and has given the greatest promise of future use fulness in her chosen vocation miss schwenger is to be congratulated upon her award after the formal reception enter tainment and dancing took place pan hellenic notice the panhellenic association of the university urges the women students to peruse carefully the article on rushing in the freshman handbook much trouble and embarrassment will be avoided if this is done rushing begins on friday night of this week during the first week of rushing the nights are assigned to various sororities the last two nights are free for any group to have a party invitations for the last two nights may not be accepted until the morning of friday october 11 rushing officially ends saturday evening october 12 the freshmen bible contains all the details of the preferential system and entering women are urged to read the article carefully chancellor formally opens university at 79th convocation urges freshman to enter heartily in implied contract i^he formal opening of the univer / was held on monday afternoon itember 21 when the faculties of several schools and the entire dent body assembled in convoca i at hutchinson high school dr es carpenter offered the invocation i pronounced the benediction which rked the opening and close of the ircises mr jay mark war led in the singing and chancellor capen ad dressed the assembly in his address to the students chancellor capen made a point of the fact that there are certain things which the freshmen hold in common with the upperclassmen you have thrown in your lot with the univer sity said the chancellor you arc now part of the university and must have high hopes for it as well as for your own careers for what happens to the university is of supreme interest to all the citizens of buffalo re established this institution four or five years ago and you must not be indif ferent to their efforts nor forget their sacrifices every contribution affects all and every contribution has seen the university increase every student continued chan cellor capen at the beginning of his college life enters into an implied contract the first obligation of the contract is to make the most of what the vniversity offers the second is to be decent in enlarging upon these obligations the chancellor said that because of the tremendous disparity between the cost of higher education and the sum paid by the student it is necessary for the student to work as hard as at any job one of the disquieting things about higher education is that no one can foresee what conditions will be encountered or what problems will arise later on while university train ing may not fit the student to meet unforeseen problems in detail h will furnish him with the background which is necessary for the future chancellor capen emphasized the fact that the important objective of college training is to make students rreate formerly their duty was to learn knowledge already possessed now the attitude is changed and the main objective qt higher education is creative work carrying with it new ideas and new interpretations referring to the second part of the contract chancellor capen said that during the period of his association with the university there has been no disgraceful performance on the part of the students nothing has happened to disparage the good name of the university and public functions have been carried out with dignity and good taste we rely on the stu ts to keep this tradition intact l advising that student life should be made somber the chancellor urged that every one engage in some extra-curricular activity as far as his time and talents permit the relations at the university are simple and natural while rules re strictions and regulations are mini mized the animating motive of the faculty is one of cooperation and their aim is to be fellow students who are a little farther advanced to the zealous ones who are im patient at the seemingly slow growth of the university the chancellor said we are strong in essentials and growing stronger he then an nounced the appointment of fourteen new faculty members who have been added to the teaching staff this year continued on page 2 j 1 there is a great need for 1 scrub managers for the foot j ball team with the proper in j itlative any hard-working stu ] dent who cannot win a letter j on the team by athletic ability j can earn that honor as man 1 ager of the team this is not j only a matter of individual j honor but is also one of the 1 many ways to aid your alma i hater every applicant will be j riven an equal chance to earn the assistant managership on his own merits applicants please report at rotary field to harold c santmire