Bee, 1925-03-13

              the bee the greater university of buffalo weekly vol 5 university of buffalo march 13 1925 no 20 arts students appreciate new steinway piano result of grainger concert noonday recital proves value of recent acquisition a thing of beauty ia a joy for ever the poet might have penned those words after having visited the girl's hoom m poster hull and seen placed there the new piano it is in deed a thing of beauty and will be i joy if not forever at least for many yean to come for a long time there has been keen ly felt the need for a new piano and this need is now satisfied m a measure far beyond the hopes and expectations of tho university faculty or student body tho university is indebted to the kindly interest manifested by its friends and particularly to the interest shown by mr daniels m his selection of a superb instrument within the circle of tho university itself the ef forts of dean macdonald and profes sor i idi-i have been largely responsible for tho acquisition of tho piano in speaking of the piano professor goetz says its tone is so soft aud melodious that the music comes almost by itself and it is so perfectly balanced that the loft hand can carry a melody m ease and the steinway company adds ' ' this instrument has been care fully chosen by us from a comparative ly large stock and we believe it to be as fine a specimen musically of this particular style of piano as we huve ever had tho good fortune of making the joy which is to be the univer sity's m its new possession began last monday when professor goetz delight ed a noontime audience with a conceit the exquisite tones of the piano rose and fell as compositions of the masters were played among the numbors were irish tune from county derry by percy grainger preludes by serge iiortkiewie k glicre and maykapar maiden song by scholt improv zation by s jadassohn consola tion no 1 by liszt alice in won derland by geehl tho audience also had the pleasure of hearing tho chorale tho words and music of which were written by professor goetz for the university and which will be a featuro at tho com mencement m june the music of the choralo is no less beautiful than the words which are given here spirit of beauty love and truth enter these hearts of youth heveal the glory that shall be seen of all men beholding thee mr jay mark ward directed the singing of the alma mater and after ward told that a dream which he had entertained twenty years ago when a student at the university of buffalo had at lust materialized a dream of seeing a steinway piano m a bean tiful room m a university building there have been more such noontime concerts promised thus assuring the continuance of joy m the possession of our piano glee clubs to give concert on apr 17th the plans for tho annual musical concert are being continued the con cert will take place on friday evening april 17 1925 it is up to every uni versity student to suport the concert with his presence tho annual con cert will be held m the ball room of the hotel statler tickets are 1.00 per person and the affair is informal union vs buffalo at lafayette high school auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock buffalo opens its intercolle giate debating season with union college everyone should be out freshman medics win first place in annual shindig pun aud food galore marked tho fifth annual shindig financed by the faculty of the u b medical school at the buf falo consistory monday night march 9 each class did its bit and the freshmen came out with flying colors being the first freshman class m u b shindig history to bring home the bacon the bio-chemistry department suffer ed a terrific onslaught the depiction of lecture classes was ruthlessly accur ate no detail was missed the fresh man class should be congratulated for tho material gathered during those strenuous months of study none how ever will doubt that the field was pro ductive don purple bruno shutkeker and john sehamel understood and acted their characters with perfection the freshman act took on a serious note when charles dake was presented with a cup from his own class for his diligence m research the peculiarity of the cup was explained by its utility it was not moulded for a mantle-piece anyone interested can learn the nature of dake's research from his friends at the medical school benny bennett presented the cup among the others who took part m the production were robert olson and arthur horton robert wolf sang two merry songs concerning the vicissitudes of a freshman medic the sophomore class production show ed hardly any preparation the vocal selections by william meistner how ever were of rare quality two come dians made up the rest of the act the seniors displayed excellent tal ent m typo depiction au autopsy was presented at which it was proved con clusively by means of x-ray and argu ment that the cause of death lay some where between chronic intestinal neph ritis and ingrown toe-nails the juniors entertained by being natural and daring tho m d s and profs were m fine attendance to sec themselves mocked and bruised about the shins after the entertainment a lunch was served m the consistory cafeteria gil bickcl's orchestra furnished the music dr mokennedy announced the program famous dramatic critic lectures to arts students clayton hamilton talks on sheridan's life and the rivals last friday morning m foster hall clayton hamilton lectured or con versed ' ', as he put it on kichard briudley sheridan and his comedy ' ' the rivals ' ', which is being played m liuffalo at the majestic theatre this week mr hamilton described the life of sheridan his writing of the play and its first stage presentation m a very interesting aud entertaining man ner his delightful style his pleasant voice his great personality and his subtle wit all combined to make his presentation well nigh perfect this is the 150 th anniversary or ses qulcontennlal of the first presentation of the rivals one of the three comedies which are the only ones writ ten between the death of shakespeare and our present age that can be con sidered us favorites of the stage of to day the school for scandal also by sheridan and oliver goldsmith's she stoops to conquer are the other two richard brindlcy sheridan was born m 1 1 eland his paternal grandfather was a man of letters his father au actor of note and a prominent theatre manager was m later life a teacher of elocution and a great authority on the art of english speech his mother was a playwright and novelist when young sheridan was iv his early teens his mother died and he became estranged from his father he did not take very kindly to school but had great social aspirations he left school without a degree and having no money no pro fession and uo family decided to talk his way into the best of society he immediately went to bath eng land's social nucleus and proceeded to establish himself by his brilliant wit aud personality being singularly hand some very ingratiating thoroughly con ventional and having a front page personality he soon became a leading figure at bath to everything he did he applied his standard formula which insisted m doing what the best peo ple were doing but doing it better than anyone else when twenty-one years of age he married elizabeth lindley the most beautiful girl of the season not because he loved her but because many others loved and all admired her their elopement was very conventional as he took with them as a chaperone a dr bruno roselli interests hearers in speech at university tea sunday the students of the university and of the state normal school m accept ing the hospitality of the first presby terian church on sunday afternoon at tea had the opportunity to hear dr bruno roselli a prominent figure m literary and political circles and pro fessor of italian at vassal college speak on fascismo at the cross ways ' ' dr roselli is eminently fitted to speak on any phase of italian politics he was m active service during the war and although he was m 1020 ap pointed as the first exchange professor to the united states from italy he has kept m close contact with the great political movements current m italy with the arrival of fascismo at the crosswords the question apparently is m the words of dr roselli are it talians willing to give mussolini a free hand m a government of violence and respectability or can they get along without him dr roselli outlined the conditions prevailing m italy prior to the fa ist i rule and the things achieved under this regime twenty-eight months ago italy was m danger of becoming social istic said dr roselli one group was trying to go beyond the physical possibilities of the country and an other group was doing nothing in the meantime the people who were suffer ing most took the government into their hands but not until the italian king had three times asked political groups to taks up the reins of govern ment and had been refused when the fascist took rome and the reins of government they did it by 75 per cent violence and 25 per cent legality dr lioselli continued no one can be blind to the issues of fascism the italian government lacked thirteen bil lions of liri and m two years that de licit has been cleared as well as the deficit of the railroads the italian government bonds which were rated at 83 are now rated at 99 paper money has disappeared bank deposits have been increased from 20 to 35 per cent tho hours of unemployment have beeh roducod from 500,000 to 10,000 and the buffalo to debate union hobart in triangular meet first home debate at lafayette high assembly to night u b opens season against union here — hobart at geneva men's intercollegiate debating sen son will open tonight when two tennis representing the university of buffalo will meet teams representing hobart nu i union colleges this triangular de bate is nn nnnnnl occasion and brings i"i play s o of the bosl debating powor in iliis state a toam composed nf joseph brownstein etobort mcnulty and roswell rosongron will meel a team fr union nl s o'clock tonighi in t in auditorium ol lafayotte high school and a toam composod of john mcnamara john horton and daniel k'nlz will go to goneva in debate ho bart a third debate between union nml hobart occurs simultaneously nt schonoctady the quostion of tonight's debate is resolved that congress by a two lliinls vole can over-ride every decision ol ihe supreme court on questions of constitutionality save nn unanimous de cision the question is of particular interest in light of the recent election president coolidge's inaugural address and the large amount of political agi tation which it has engendered in each caso the negative team of the three colleges will remain nt home while the affirmative toam will make the trip the debate will he of interest to stu dents in nil courses and especially to those in history government nml eco nomics ii is open to the public nml students are urged to support the team campus sing monday another opportunity to show your musical ability or to ac quire some is offered m the campus sing science 202 monday at 12:30 come and learn your school songs mr ward to lead campus sing next monday noon the first weekly campus sing was held iii room 202 sei se hall ou mon day march 9 at 12:45 under the lead ership of mr jay mark ward elaine bubery was the accompanist the campus sing opened by the sing ing of amorbjsl followed by a former u b marching song the bison is king of them all was sung m unison and then each class sang the chorus separately dean marsh's marching song recalling football days was next the campus sing was closed with the singing of the alma mater this was done with real spirit campus sings will take place evory monday at 12:45 noon ft is the only chance the students have to learn school songs everybody turn out and make thoso sings n success chess club meeting there will !»• a meeting of the chess club overy friday nighl al 8 p m in the library it the dental school members of the faculty aro invited i attend ihis mooting all who aro interested in chess will bo cordially welcomod the gloucester school of the little theatre glouces ter massachusetts the gloucester school of the little theatie gloucester massachusetts is again offering i froe scholarships to undergraduatos of american schools and colleges for its sixth bummer sea son july and august 1925 muse and masque literary contest in full progress the muse and masque of the uni versity of buffalo a literary organiza tion is sponsoring the publication of a new literary magazine m the univer sity it shall not conflict with either tho humorous monthly the bison or the weekly newspaper the bee a large field for student competition has been arranged for several excel lent prizes are to be awarded interes ted members of the faculty have gen erously donated money to bo used ns prizes to insure the success of the first publication a prize of 15.00 is to be awarded for the best serious essay and for the best critique of a symphony 10.00 is to be given to each person sub mitting the best humorous essay short story and college song another prize is to be given for the best poem these awards are the generous contri bution of chancellor samuel i capen dr thuber dr julian park dr daniel bell leary and mr frederick hall the staff which is composed of mem bers of muse and masque are diligent ly working to put out a magazine which shall equal or excell any of its type now being published m universities they are as follows managing editor — john 10 mcna marn literary editor — sonia hear associate editors — dorothy pierman helen sider mazie wagner john t horton publicity editor — ellon j fiiseh art editor — lucille james associate — evelyn pryor proof heading — louise schwabe associates — dorothy van tine dor othy pierman daniel katz business manager — carl harris advertising manager — theodore holmlund circulation manager — harriet mon tague professor hewitt professor sine and mr schauroth have consented to act as judges of the competitive material all contributions must bo m by march 25th so that the awards may be carefully made by the time of publi cation which shall be the middle or lat ter part of april subscriptions are being fa hen now and it is hoped that at least 500 will be received the magazine will be printed on beautiful paper with an art cover and will be forty cents for tln first copy this will be the only edi tion this year but it is hoped to issue it biannually hereafter with the aid of financial backing from several prom inent buffalo citizens and through sub scription the magazine cannot help but be a success the muse and masque is to be congratulated for providing a medium through which the intonl liter ary ability of the university sludcnts may be expressed menorah society on sunday afternoon march 22 1924 the mcnorah society of the i al versity of buffalo will hold its nexl meeting owing to illness mr sidney pfeiffcr was unable to address the so ciety but will do so at the next meet ing a large attendance would be ap preciated continued on page 2 continued on page 2