Bee, 1930-02-28

              the bee university of buffalo february 28 1930 no 17 vol 10 dr meiklejohn in instructive talk at convocation 32 students receive degrees at ceremonies universities must determine the ways of triumphing over human stu pidity and finding the true path of life thus dr alexander meiklejohn dean of the experimental college at the university of wisconsin conclud ed his address delivered at the thirti eth annual university day convoca tion on washington's birthday the convocation at which 32 students re ceived degrees was held in edmund hayes hall at the beginning of the speech dr meiklejohn outlined the three main purposes of an ideal educational sys tem he stated that an educational system should be vocational people should be given a love of learning for its own sake and it should include an attempt to prepare people to deal with the difficulties of the world if a school or college is to play its proper part it must prepare young people for a vocation the reason is that there is work to be done in the world and every human being should take part in it a person not doing some work in the common good is a quitter persons should have a love of learning as a joyous activity learn ing is the best game of life apart from the arts there is no other game so satisfying emphasis must be placed upon the preparation of people in learning to ' deal with world problems because thinking is such an unnatural opera ' tion for the human he must be ' driven to it the speaker then pointed out the shortcomings of modern education '' he showed that present-day methods ' are not really winning students in col lege ideas given to students do not transform or inspire them these e ideas are merely present like goods in ' a stock room the wisconsin dean also discussed ■ several problems that he believed the university should solve among others were the fact that modern america admires rather than loves education ; and supports it blindly and the situ g ntion whereby some spend their lives y in ease and others in enjoyment i c am not looking for easy remedies 1 he declared but for sound vital in a telligent thinking v preceding the main speaker chan d cellor capen praised the personality c f washington and the traditions for n which he stood maintaining that the g popular estimate of the world's great c personalities is generally in the end g correct he showed how the veils = which obscure the true characters of men gradually become transparent a real king is an act of god and i king in this sense washington was the more so that he labored to re move the influence of thrones from this nation rather than to occupy one women debaters meet elmira club tonight women's debate club will meet the debate club of elmira college fri day february 28th at the grosvenor library at 8:15 the subject is re solved that the generation and transmission of hydro-electric power should be undertaken by the govern ment the university is upholding the negative bernice beladeau and ruth miller are the university of buffalo repre sentatives while marcia robbins and celestia frost represent elmira col lege the chairman is dr shaw liv ermore of the faculty of business administration junior prom voted outstanding success the junior prom is over accord ing to those present it was the most successful all-university affair ever held at buffalo the music was ex cellent everyone declared that dan murphy was surely the right man for a college prom for the music provided was superb in every respect the decorations and favors were the cause of considerable favorable com ment and all in all it was a meat success over three hundred and fifty couples were in attendance at this gala occasion tad jones secured as speaker at block b honor banquet the jubilee block b banquet committee presents tad jones no person better fitted to inspire a gath ering of this type could have been m-ocured tad jones is one of the master coaches of his chosen sport nnd as for inspiration his teams have w n games on inspiration he is a national figure not only as a football coach but also as a member of the committee which selects the all american team no further induce ment should be necessary for each i • b student to resolve to attend the greatest recognition dinner in the his tory of the university dean marsh who makes an excel ent toastmaster as those who have served him in that capacity can tes tify will bo master of ceremonies he dean has had plenty of experi i ' l " 1 ' in this position and never fails '' keep things moving at a peppy clip | chancellor capen will present the awards to the players to every man on the varsity foot ball and basketball squads a block b will be awarded in addition each player will receive a sweater on which to display his b heretofore the only award for athletic service has been the letter but now with a sweater also given the insignia of athletic ability should become more common on the campus for those who have played their farewell games for the blue and white during the past year a more permanent award will be made gene north 102 captain of football and marvin cohen manager will be pre sented with gold footballs in recog nition of their loyalty and service on the gridiron wall jetter max far row and perk cohen and bill root managi r will be given gold basket ■ continued on page 3 column 1 campus calendar friday feb 28 s a c elections deadline for senior iris pictures w a a basketball tournament men's debate — temple university at philadelphia saturday march 1 — 8:00 p m university professors association meeting women's lounge monday march 3 — 4:30 p m women's glee club practice auditorium sorority and fraternity night wednesday march 5 — 10:30 a m — convocation edwin r weeks 8 00 p m p hiloß o p h y club women's lounge friday march 7 — 8:30 p m basketball game roch ester at buffalo dancing the following men were tapped at the junior prom to compose bison head society next year the men are left to right front row fred metzger walter behrens kenneth eckhert and waring shaw rear row william mabie earle ridall john gabbey and joseph abeles leonard schrag who is not in the picture was also chosen dr white to address philosophy club a rather startling innovation will be made at the coming philosophy club meeting next wednesday when in lieu of the customary reading and discussion of papers there will be a guest speaker of considerable repute in buffalo and elsewhere no less than dr leslie white of iconoclastic fame will speak on a subject that until wednesday night will remain officially unannounced let it suffice to be said that the mysterious proposition veiled in secrecy as it is threatens to be a topic of heated argument for weeks thereafter just the fact that dr white is to be the speaker vouches for a wealth of stimulating breath taking ideas that no university stu dent can afford to miss the meeting is to be on wednesday evening at 8 o'clock sharp in the women's lounge in hayes hall all students are invited to turn out en masse and to bring friends faculty members are again encouraged to grace the meetings by their presence all out to hear doc white varsity football notice the following men must have meas urements made for sweaters immedi ately if they are to be in readiness for presentation at the block b dinner spauldings franklin near chip pewa — north ridall siemer abeles wollenberg tumiel carmen smith manch schuringer kennedy cotter paull russell israel gibbons beck man weglikowski ro le's electric building genesee street — goeckel husband malano wicz beyer winer baumgart senior pharmics show interest in trips • seeing before them big opportuni ties for diversifying their educational program the senior pharmics have taken matters into their own camp and have signed two petitions during the past week these they presented to their instructor professor leon monell in recognition of the broadening ef fects of travel fifty members peti tioned for a two-day trip to rochester during the easter vacation to inspect the plants of the eastman kodak company and the taylor instruments company the other petition was a unanimous one by the class to have two prizes awarded to the persons who trim the best windows during the window trim ming course this course is being offered for the first time under the direction of prof monell and the in terest displayed is certainly indica tive of its popularity the class is also looking forward to the annual trip to detroit in june when en masse they inspect the plant of parke davis and co this is one i big pharmacy occasion senior pharmics are functioning i in unprecedented fashion their reso lution for greater things during 11130 i is being realized l bison basketeers defeat niagara in rough game bulls show skill in netting 19 of 21 foul shots l u.'s basketball team was given stubborn opposition by niagara uni versity last wednesday the falls boys played rough and fast through out the game the final score was 45-35 in favor of buffalo during the first half the powell men had a decided advantage the half ending in their favor at 20-16 how ever the enthusiasts were treated to tense moments in the second period when niagara edged to within three points of their opponents after the score had reached 35-32 u b steadily drew away from the losers the buf faloans succeeded in netting 1 fouls in 21 attempts pryor stood out in unbeatable fash ion the opposition did not seem to be able to follow him at all the referee griinsley exhibited skill in his expert decisions the niagara frosh defeated the u b frosh in a slow game the final score of 20-15 expresses nicely the type of contest it was over 150 u b enthusiasts traveled to the falls to witness the game bison head taps new members at junior prom 1 at the junior prom last friday ; bison head senior men's honorary ) society tapped nine of the most prom ; inent juniors in the university to con i stitute the society for next year the i men honored are joseph abeles arts college walter s behrens dental • college kenneth h eckhert arts college john t gabbey medical col ' lege william e mabie dental col ; lege frederick metzger dental col : lege earle g ridall arts college i leonard a schrag arts college and waring a shaw arts college this year the men were tapped in a new and very impressive manner kach man selected was escorted to the platform and was introduced by the president myron t roberts the president pointed out in what activities the men were outstanding and why they had been chosen for the honor at the last meeting of the organ ization it was decided to hold the annual basketball dance on march 21 at the elks ballroom the dance which will be informal is in charge of john s allan chairman melvin weig delano rice walter murphy and frank dressier the tax will be two fifty university debate team win and lose in pennsylvania successfully argue against muhlenberg the university debate earn was suc cessful in advancing the advisability of immediate disarmament wednes day night cohen weig and trop man in their second debate of the trip defeated koch hoffman and printz of muhlenberg 2-1 albert buhl of muhlenberg acted as chairman 1914 they also showed that the ex pense of armaments beside being ex orbitant is unproductive the pennsylvania university used the argument that complete disarma ment would mean abandonment on the part of the united states of its mon roe doctrine and its policy of iso lation susquehanna downs u b debaters 2-1 the university of buffalo repre sented by emil cohen elmer j trop man and melvin weig lost to the sus quehanna university debate team by a vote of two to one the question was resolved that all nations shall immediately disarm each government maintaining only such military and naval force as may be necessary for the maintenance of order in the re spective countries and dependencies upholding the affirmative the buf falo team contended that armaments do not necessarily bring security as is evidenced by the world war in e r weeks to speak here at convocation edwin i weeks of binghamton x y will speak at convocation wednes day march 5 he is a noted humor ist and lecturer having given per formances throughout the entire state during the past year he was president of the new york state music ml r chants association mr weeks a wotarian spoke at the kiwanis club last sear ami was received with sue favor tlvt he lias been asked t re turn rout rochester senior commencement invita tions for those who want them from harold fish in the lobby of hayes hall on friday mon day and tuesday at 12:20 the invitations will probably be 7 cents but not more than 10 cents conference leaders