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^ BUY ♦ NS A CARDS VOL. 1. MAY 10,1948 BUFFALO, NEW YORK No. 20 Bad Weailier/Good Spirits And Many Awards Feature M-U Day UB students blasted downtown Buffalo from its usual lethargy Saturday morning as the Moving-Up Day rolled up Main St. Led by blond-haired, blue-eyed Queen Beverley L. Smith and her attendants, Doris M. Ewart and Dora L. Bertoglio, the procession of more than 30 floats and 20 individual cars plus the UB Band, the Jesse Clipper- Drum Corps and the Sons of American Legion Drum Corps, moved noisily up Main St. to the campus. Outstanding among the many floats were those of Sigma Kappa Sale of Used Texts To Begin June 11 Harry Johnson, Chairman of the House Committee, announced that the book exchange will go into ef fect on June 11, registration day for the summer session. Students will be invited to bring books which will be used during the summer. A list of other, books for sale will also be accepted to faci litate their sale. Students will set their own prices and the seller will be charged a teh-cent service charge. Prof Criticizes U, S. Pre-College- Schools; Praises Lecture System By ARTHUR GRANT In an interview this week Dr. Kaufmann of the Philosophy department made some interesting compari sons between the European education system as he knew it, particularly in Germany, and the educational system here. He commented specifically on the amounts of pre-^ college training required in' each country. Dr. Kaufmann studied at the Universities of Gen eva, Leipzig, Berlin, Goettingen, and Freiburg. He pointed out that this variety is characteristic of Euro pean schooling. In order to get personalized instruction from the masters of certain fields a student will go from school to school taking various subjects that each school is noted for. Poll Finds Stassen Favored at UB With Ike Second^ Dewey Third Harold E. Stassen, the ex-governor of Minnesota, was declared the choice of the UB campus for the next inhabitant of the White House in a poll conducted by Kenneth K. Newton of the ARGUS staff. The poll, conducted last week gave Mr. Stassen a count of 277 votes from a total of 854 people who in dicated a choice for the next President of the United States. Of the 277 votes cast for him, Mr. Stassen re ceived the nod from 242 men on the campus, while 35 women said he is their favorite. General Eisenhower ran second I.pttpr to Stassen with a total of 148 votes, divided betwen 128 men and 20 soroniy, ucean raniasy ; Aipna Kappa Psi’s satire on the housing shortage; and Sigma Alpha Nu’s “Through the Looking Glass.” Arriving at the campus, the floats were judged by Melvin H. Baker, president of National Gyp sum Co., and Julian Trivers, pub licity director of the Wm. Henfeerer Co. Bands and Arum corps were judged by John Krestic, director of UB Band; Gerald V. Marx, student, manager of the UB Band; and Mildred O. Rieman. Following the disbanding of the Parade, the Queen was crowned in ceremonies which opened an Awards Convocation in Clark Memorial Gymnasium. , At the Convocation Chancellor Samuel P. Capen presented keys and certificates for extra-curricu lar activities to the following stu dents: LAW SCHOOL (Student Coun cil)—Jack T. DiLorenzo (gold), Rudolph U. Johnson, Louis J. Rus so, and Arthur J. Maloney (silver). CAMERA CLUB — R. Eugene Pyne and Thaddeus J. Cych (sil ver). THE BEE (Student Newspaper) —Irving C. Haag, Renata L. Mitt- man (gold), Paul B. Flierl, George T. Hennessey Mary C. Noonan and Margaret L. MacPherson (silver). MEDENTIAN (Student Council of Medical-Dental School) — Ni cholas A. Mancini, Daniel C. Dud ley, Edmund E. Merhige (gold), Rocco V, Setaro, Arthur M. D’Ad- dario, Russell E. Lane, Clare N. Shumway, and John D. Waldo (silver). BAND—Mr. Marx (gold baton), Franklin W. Short (gold), Jean M. Colberg, Gordon J. Wilson; and Donald W. Wilson (silver). BUFFALONIAN (Yearbook)— Edward G. Andrews Jr. (gold), Henry J. Lojek, Thomas M. Rizzo, and Mr. Haag (silver). GLEE CLUB—Bradley D. Stei ger, Marjorie A. Daubert (gold), Donald W. Radel, George R. Fisher Jr., Arthur F. Schrader, Courtenay G. Kerruish, Ruth Kintner and Donald K. Addison (silver). BLUE MASQUERS (Dramatics Organization) — Helene Messer- smith, Nancy Emerson (gold), 'Vll- ma G. Lavetti and Vyette Loonsk (silver). PHARMACY STUDENT COUN CIL.—Elaine L. Urban, Robert W. Larwood, Georgy H. Matthews, and Harold M. Beal (gold.) GENERAL ACTLYITIES — Lee- land N. Jones, Jr. (gold gayel), Carolyn A. Lutz Nancy Glancey (gold), John P. Quinn, Robert J. Evans, Charles B. Campbell, Av ery R. Smith, James D. Stuart, (Continued on Page 3, Col. 2) Dr. Kaufmann came to the U. S. after conditions in Germany be came so imfavorable that to stay would have been impossible. Prior to that time, even after 1933, he was permitted, because of army service in World War I, to con tinue teaching at the University of Freiburg. By that time all other Jewish instructors had been dis charged except those with army service. Conditions at this time were oppressive. Jewish students were baimed from the universi ties; many students in his class were' pressed into the Nazi party; some were S.A. representatives but tried to free their minds from Nazi-indoctrination. There were-three main reasons why he did -hot wish to leave. at that time. 1. He was active with Martin Buber in an adult education pro gram designed to offset the lack of educational facilities for the Jewish youth. 2. He believed that as long as the depredation in Germany was not complete there was always hope of developing a culture in which the Jewsh heritage could be revived. 3. He felt that by remaining he could, through the efforts of his teachings, attenipt to rectify some of the, prejudices prevalent at that time. After dismissal from Freiburg in the winter of ’35-’36, on orders from the government, in connec tion with the infamous “Nurem burg Laws,” he taught for a year at the Academy of Judaism until conditions became so unfavorable that he was forced to leave Ger many. He spent a short time in England familiarizing himself with the lan guage, and then came to the U. S. where he taught for 7 years at Northwestern. His cooperation in the Phenomenological Movement with Dr. Farber, With whom he (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3) ' Board to Resolve Deadlocked Election The four ties resulting from last week’s class elections will be re solved by an arbitration board, an nounced Henry Rose, chairman of the class elections committee. With its chairman to be chosen from the Board of Managers, the arbitration board will also include a represent ative from each of the five cam pus schools, to be choSen by the respective student councils. They will meet after examinations have been held._ Candidates who are deadlocked are: Ruth Kitner and Justin Brett for secretary of the senior class from the school of business ad ministration; 'Vic Cleri and Dick Bremer for vice-president and Mert Miller and Felix Siezega for secretary of the senior class in the school of education; Russell Bow- ersox and Gene Hasselbeck for vice-president of the senior class in Engineering. , On Class Elections The recent election of class of ficers drew the largest number of voters in the history of our Uni versity. This statement, however, is deceiving. Although it seems to indicate a decrease in student ap athy toward campus affairs, such is not the case. With the improved method of nominations, those persons who are not members of select groups personal friends of the nomi nating committee are permitted to run, provided they can obtain, the requisite number of signatures on a petition. In spite of this, election day was a field day for certain special groups. Why? One reason might be that the time and space allow ed for publicity was much too limited. This fact is important, since the small amount of time is an advantage for the small, unified groups, who can more easily or ganize their votes than the inde pendent candidate. Not only that but it is not fair to the voter be cause without the benefit of pub licity of the candidates, many vot ers have the choice of choosing from a list of unknown names o not voting at all. Most such stu dent chose the latter alternative. A few facts may illustrate how a very small group of students con tinue to control the positions of class officers. Less than 10% of the eligible voters exercised their franchise. No candidate received more than 73 votes. Of the 24 offi cers in the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Business Administration, at least 14 arc (Continued on Page 3, Col, 1) wonien. Governor Tliuilias l!l. Dew*~ ey trailed the leaders with 140 fol lowers, 30 of whom are feminine. Mr. Henry Wallace’s new party gathered 97 votes on the campus, and his devotees are divided among 78 men and 19 women. President Harry S. Truman got the support of 78 men and 16 wom en to make a total of 94 votes. The remainder of the votes were distributed among Sfen. Vander- berg, with 55 votes; Sen. Robert A. Taft, with 27 votes; Gen. Mac- Arthur, with 7 votes; Governor Warren of California, with 4 votes; Walker of the Vegetarian Party, 3 votes, and Justice Douglas, 2 votes. Mr. Newton interviewed a total of 1325 students to learn their choice for the next President. Of this number 471 informed him that they had no opinion. .Of the 290 women polled on Cam pus, 129, or 44% expressed a choice of candidates. 1035 men were polled, and 725, or 70% nam ed their favorites. Answer To Sjegrist: Balance Of Power Is A Design For War By HERBERT LEVINE A realistic attempt to solve the problem of war must be couched in practical terms. The Balance of Power scheme has been suggested as aMalistic, practical plan for world peace. I believe this ^*eme is imprac tical, unrealistic, and designed for world upheaval in stead of world peace. Before one can agree upon a solution, the problem must be clearly defined. Two groups of powers are contending for world domination, says Mr. Siegrist, and I agree. These groups are commonly called the Western Bloc and the Russian Bloc. Let us see what they offer us in the way of a free, democratic, peaceful world. The self-styled, peace loving democracies presumably fought in the last war for freedom and de mocracy for all peoples. Hitler is a maniac run berserk, they said; we must destroy him and German militarism, and peace and freedom will prevail. Atlantic charters re sounded throughout the world— but there were Yaltas and Teher- ans too!! In cynical defiance of the loudly (Continued on Page 4, Ck>l. 1) Rochester Honors Dr. Selig- Adler Dr. Selig Adler^ assistant pro fessor of history, has been honor ed by appointment as this year’s examiner of honor students in his tory at the University of Rochester. The appointment was made by Neil C. Arvin, Chairman of Honors Studies at the suggestion of Pro fessor Dexter Perkins, Chairman of the History Department at U. of Rochester. The Division of Honors Studies accepts students for instruction in small groups during the last two undergraduate years. Students in the Division of Honor Studies are excused from ordinary class re quirements, attendance, and exam inations. Their work is not gfaded from term to term and no com pilation of credit hours is required for their degrees. They are expected to spend their time mastering a definitely out lined field of knowledge and at the end of the senior year to show that mastery by success in written and oral exams which will cover the major aspects of this field. These exams will also demand a thor ough and detailed understanding of certain chosen areas within that field. Tlieir results will be evalu ated by qualified examiners who in no case have taken part in the instruction of the students they ex amine. MAC ARTHUR DID, WHY CAN'T WE? WE SHALL RETURN! (See Page 2)
