Bee, 1924-12-19

              the bee vol v no 12 university of buffalo december 19 1924 bison head holds football dance for 24 varsity senior honorary society hosts to grid men at hotel buffalo tli rnivttsity football dance in honor of the 1h24 grid men was held in the ballroom of hotel buffalo saturday evening december 13th by the bison head head senior society it was in truth a university dance tor all the schools and the college were represented the u b clef dwellers furnished the music for the occasion and again proved their superiority as a jazz orchestra worthy of note mr and mrs william j blackburn and mr and mrs russ carrick were th chaperones the singing of robe hickey of the dental school was a added feature which was greatly e joyed jim ailinger vice-president of th hison head president of the block club and seven letter man wa chairman of the dance committee anc with the rest of his committee la bored zealously to insure the succe of the dance the bison head in running th dance wished to pay tribute to th sacrifices of the football men wh during the past few months hav worked and fought for the univer sity the sacrifice entailed in giving night after night for practice is not readily appreciated by the average student from six to half-past nine for five nights a week the football men worked taking all sorts of hard knocks and making all sorts of sac rifices the annual university foot ball dance is a slight indication of the appreciation of the university for the efforts of the team the bison head plans to run a university football dance every fall as part of its annual endeavor the social success of the dance this year was great but better attendance at future dances is hoped for parents visit u of b parents night at the university of rsuffalo was observed for the first time in its history wednesday eve ning december 10th when the arts faculty members entertained the parents of their students for the first time parents of stu dents had the opportunity of becom ing acquainted with the university and of meeting the faculty chan cellor capen dean park dean mac donald and faculty members received the parents in the girls room in foster hall annabelle faulds was chairman of a committee of girls who served punch on the occasion both science and foster halls were open for inspection and many students availed themselves of the opportunity to show their parents thru the buildings indeed the num ber of parents who attended was gratifying and is another evidence of the interest of the citizens of buffalo in their university there is little doubt that parents night will come to be an annual institution at the university of buffalo songfest held at science hall students and faculty members who took part in the songfest wed nesday afternoon december 10th at science hall had an unusual and enjoyable experience under the direction of professor hewitt and professor goetz students mostly from professor's heweitt's german classes assembled in room 202 and sang german and datin songs pro fessor heweitt in this manner is attempting to acquaint his student with german songs dean willis gregory reappointed to state pharmacy board dean willis g gregory of the school of pharmacy o fthe univer sity of buffalo has recently been reappointed a member of the state board of pharmacy for a term of three years he has also been re appointed a member of the pharmacy council of this state for the next year the american pharmaceuti cal association has appointed dean gregory a member of the committee on pharmaceutical syllabus for a term of seven years u of b womens club entertain children at christmas party the christmas spirit was abroad last evening when the university of buffalo women's club brought twenty-five children from the chil dren's aid society and entertained them in royal fashion at a christmas party the girls room in foster hall which was the scene of the festivi ties lost its accustomed dignified and comfortable appearance and assumed an air of yuletlde gaiety in a profusion of holly and christmas decorations soft red lights and an enormous tinsel-decked tree the never failing friend of the children old santa clans himself was there to dispense gifts and christmas cheer the competent committee in charge directed the fun and games for three hours merriment and father christmas held court together and at nine o'clock the happy tired little guests were returned to their homes the children's christmas party is the only charity work which the women's club undertakes during the year and for this occasion time and effort and money are given un selfishly to insure its success the next meeting of the women's club will be held on january 7 in foster hall freshmex petition for basketball team the freshmen are anxious to have a university freshmen basketball team this year and are circulating a petition among undergraduates to that effect for the past two years art powell has coached freshmen teams and has had a splendid team in 102211923 u d freshmen teams in the past have played other col lege frosh teams and local high school quintets they have been a source of developing future varsity material the petition which t 1 1 ■: > • ' v hn j several hundred signers reads a follows we the undersigned undergradu ates of the university of buffalo hereby petition the athletic coun cil and graduate manager william j blackburn to organize equip and secure games for a basketball team represent ing the university fresh men legal forum the legal forum of the class of 1927 of the lew department has been organized with a membership of sev enty-flve under the chairmanship of mr a h klocke mr joseph v lojacono is secretary of procedure miss esther r baker recording secretary the program has met with keen interest embracing thus far informal sessions in torts and contracts the following members have participated as leaders pro and con in the week ly discussions to date messrs louis n roche george w holt miss evelyn b williams messrs varsity meets strong toronto quintet friday u of b faces real test against canadian champions friday night art powell's aggre gation will enter their second en counter of the year when they stack up against the renowned toronto university five the canadians boast of an exceedingly powerful defense together with what is claim ed to be a fast tricky offense as the toronto quintet is composed of men reputed to far outweigh and outreach the bulls a hard fight is looked foi the toronto team is especially anxious to avenge last year's defeat and to wipe out the sting of former setbacks those who were fortunate enough to view last year's meeting of these two teams will remember the game as the most thrilling of the year with the exception of the cornell game toronto is coming here with prac tically the same line-up as played in buffalo last year that team was considered undoubtedly the best team in ontario and lost the cana dian inter-collegiate championship playoff by a single point truly tliis is a team worthy of the bulls of last year's remarkable team two men only caple and laidman have been lost to the squad while buffalo has suffered the deprivation of van ini ailinger selgel and berlove by all the dope available the bulls rhould be in for a trimming but lou farris says that despite the fact he is the only veteran play ing first string buffalo will emerge victorious ibeing outweighed and outreached by the visitors and not having the experience which thr canadians have undergone the bulls do not seem to have any easy time in hand for next friday night the rminers-up for the maple leaf championship are coming here with nine players and a complete training and coaching staff deter mined as their advance letters show to take home the scalp of their yearly rivals the attendance of every student and all his friends is absolutely essential friday night if the bulls are going to win it will only be through super-human efforts and wonderful support to give this support each student must do his or her share give the members of the squad what they deserve — the backing of the u in the critical the men available !(:•: i to i-:'n forwards farris capi mclea brlnt potte i'tor smit laor crighto centers sdle hutchiso rrett y guards > capt burgess er taylor man currie ir c lautz james f sheehan edict f mangano ignatius d mccarthy and frank leone the scope of the organization i planned to include various activi ties important addresses by invit ed lawyers and research papers by the members on special topics the forum is particularly for tunate in enjoying the warm ap proval of dean alden who will ad dress the members at their first for mal session girl's debate team wins unaminously at ithaca u b earns 3 to 0 decision of judges against cornell blue and white in great victory in first debate women's debating at the univers ity of buffalo took another forward stride last saturday evening when a team composed of ruth goldberg belma learman marion macdonam and charlotte macaleer alternate won a unanimous decision over the women's team of cornell university the debate which was held in itha ca was on the subject resolved that the present tendency toward a third party is justifiable tlio huffalo girls upheld the affirmativo side with madeleine macmullen lucy n'eate and dorothy johnson defending the negative dean georgia white dean of women pre the afflrmativo based its bide on the stagnation of the old parties their failure to represent a largo group of the public and the fact that the constitution provides for every man to express his opinion as he desires the reforms which the third parties of the past have ac complished were discussed by miss learman who ably presented the history of third parties in american miss goldber as last speaker stressed the fact that third parties are an organized form of freedom of speech and showed how such a party might prove a safety-valve for revolution ip the negative miss mcmullen ed that third parties were a ce to the principles of democ since they would be divided ass lines and might eventually to a caste system in the united s miss neate attempted to i that a third party would 1 a rule of the minority since mid block legislation by the najor parties as last speaker johnson stressed the theory the leaders of a third party men could use their abilities to p advantage in aiding the old 38 according to the cornell custom only one person was allowed to re fute the opposing side's arguments and no time was allowed between the direct speeches and rebuttal miss mcmullen and miss goldberg handled the refutation for their re btivc teams le cornel debate is the second collegiate debate of the i'ni ity women the next debate is with syracuse and it will be held in the latter part of february try outs probably will occur early in january it is hoped that a largo number of the women students will avail themselves of this opportun ity to further debating as well as their own opportunity for some ex celltnt practical work in public speaking ing of the american economic asso ciation in chicago professor hartman plans to attend the meeting of the american physio logical society in washington professor hewitt and professor rice plan to attend the meeting of the modem language association in vow york professor shadle will attend the meeting of the american associa tion for the advancement of science in washington dr morgan elected to royal microscop ical society professor u f morpan of the school of pharmacy of the univer sity of buffalo has recently been elected a fellow of the royal micro scopical society glee club concert at perrysburg postponed due to the quarantine at the perrysburg hospital the glee club has been forced to postpone its visit until later in the season all arrangements were complete for a delightful program to entertain the patients on december 14 last year a similar effort was made to give a concert but some difficulty prevented plans from being carried out de spite these handicaps the members of the club are determined to go some time this year both years the patients have been greatly disap pointed and they are looking for ward to the time when they can bear the university of buffalo glee club among the various programs plan ned for this year is a concert to be given on december 18th before the members of the alumni club wil liam j sernoffsky the student leader of the glee club is directing the rehearsals each week early in jan uary a concert will be given at the athletic club the u b radio fans will be interested to know that the glee club will broadcast from sta tion wgr in the near future following is a list of the present glee club members who survived the competition for places in the club bachman miserentlno brim morey campbell murphy n arlson xagel clary noye dempsey pfeiffer donson purple george quigley greenberg relin haesiler robinson robt hufstader salaeuse o p hufstader sernoffsky hurst sherwood jeffrey simon johnson sisson jogephion sommer kuim.jian stein llnner taxler martin thompson mcmaster rilman meckfeaael wilson melssner zisser ftlpf club officers jay mark ward — director william jeffrey — manager george greenberg — librarian john mcmaster — secretary and treasurer will i a m sernoffsky — student leader dr a r lemon — faculty adviser u . b professors to at tend meetings dean park and many of the pro fessors are planning to attend asso ciation meetings during the christ mas holidays dean park will attend the meeting ot the american association of uni versity professors of which he is a member of the coun-zll in wash ington and the meeting of the am erican historical society in rich mond va professor carpenter will read a paper at the american sociological association on american and euro pean population densities and the immigration policy of the united states at chicago professor chamhers and profes sor lockhart will attend the meet don't miss the toronto game tonight oar advertisers are buffalo's 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