University at Buffalo - Buffalonian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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H LID U'-rx.. ,M vw.. . .. ,, X. - - ,M .. -. -. -f . V.. yr v,Mww,,A. . -,.-W,-1-,V . va ' '9.'v'I-, , V U '. , S H 2 -, 1 X, 3545? sf-,ff f r' gf. :-. , 2 , if-' 5' ,, . . Q, A .. 4 -- Y X f. ' iv , M ,rf -,.LL.....- 1, 'JJ.,ff- --4' 4. ww' ,,,p3,:.f,-, ' 1- - X '. ,aria i V - ?. A0 bf .n. xp: , 1 G 4,.- M , 'wh . V .' L-sf' . ,. ,-g + v .,, 4 fn .- . l--y5f,,.., . .:, gf Q t. .-.Q fi.. N, . -fp' , lf- IE-. lr ul ' 2 -lik L ll The speaker of the occasion was Dr. Charles A. Eaton, D. D. L. l... D., whose address was on the educative man, a theme which he handled with keen insight, and interspersed with pointed homely witticisms. ln closing, the chairman briefly sketched his idea of the great university with its eighteen or twenty fine buildings and its student body of over ten thousand, a program which he declared would be completed within a score of years. Further along in the springtime, Buffalo's musical club, illustrative of a new varsity spirit, sprang from the oblivion and dust-covered inaction of fourteen years and showed signs of life. The result was the Glee Club concert on April 13th at the Twentieth Century Club, and those of us who were there will always have a tender memory of that-the first concert since the days of old grads. It was a revelation to many and a source of pleasure to all. The Varsity Glee Club deserves congratulation for its work, and it calls for the active support of every one. We do not think we could over-emphasize the importance of this rebirth of musical activity. The growth of our athletic teams is important, but the advancement of the non-athletic part of extra curricular activities should go hand in hand with it. This is not only logical and advisable, but imperative as well. ln the not distant future we hope to see our Glee Club enlarge its scope. We want to see the musical clubs of Buffalo University carry U. B.'s banner and name out into the world. Give the Glee Club a chance to boost Alma Mater and they will do it gladly and well. On April 23rd the administrative board of the University made announcement that the bid of the Cowper Construction Company on the Foster Chemistry Building had been accepted and that work on this, the first of the buildings on the new campus, was to begin within a short time. lt was a stroke of wisdom to thus give tangibility to the plans, for the Alumni were anxious to see a start made in the growth of the greater University. It was the beginning of the thing they had pictured and dreamed of for years. At the present writing the Foster Building stands all but complete and will be ready for occupancy with the opening of the University in September, l922. It is ag remarkable place, and is worthy of its premier position as predecessor of the many fine structures which are to mark our expansion. The ordeal of final exams came in May, and for a chosen number it was graduation time. It was the seventy-fifth commencement, and it fittingly marked the passage of three-quarters of a century as a unit of learning and instruction. The senior classes were larger than ever before and were qualified to carry out into workaday spheres the traditions of their Alma Mater. The enrollment of the colleges the following September exceeded that of previous years-proof positive that the value of the University was being more appreciated. A general assembly took place before classes were started and with its adjournment the fall semester was officially started. The Frosh were as green, the Sophs as conceited, the Juniors as ambitious, and the Seniors as wise as ever before. 14

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m , . J gg- ,f .ew-g,rg ..yx,,, xi X, Q - 1,5559 , ,W ,ga , --1.-, . , . My 'rages fy fax. V U 2 . - '4,,,.j1:p-N.-f' M .f f: 1 .- f 5 ,, . Q ,wref V C, ,Q f-ft, 1, ' f 43 -t I ffrffii' M ' '.., . ' ...af f 4 im -. . X QW 11 E ' ff ,ill l ll ':wf1.izsv,.a., .,aM. QMZLIH lll Eintnrg nf 1921 The History of 1921 is the fulfillment of the bright hued promises of the year 1920. Those of us who were undergraduates of two years ago will always retain a vivid memory of that colorful endowment campaign which served to awaken all the latent progressiveness of our Alma Mater. As students, we went into the highways and byways of the city, seeking sub- scriptions, and we came back laden not alone with this so necessary financial aid, but also with that which will prove even more important in the ultimate analysis-the good will and active interest of the municipality. The campaign took place in the fall of l920, and at that time the literature, the parades and the demonstrations of spirit were all indicative of a new or rather rejuvenated vitality. Now is the proper time to consider Whether in the light of the undergraduate history of the past, we have carried on our part of the compact and whether we have gone forward with that earnestness and sincerity to which we were pledged. We trust that it does not sound conceited to say that we have-certain, it is, that we had been of poor calibre had we slumped in our efforts, for our activities were encouraged and fostered by every man and woman on the faculty. Throughout the year we, in our student stunts and affairs, Whether they were college, class or fraternal, received the enthusiastic support and often enjoyed the active participation of our learned but humanly sympathetic professors. That fact alone, faculty support, makes us feel that our university, from the chancellor to the lowest Frosh, has become imbued with a new ideal of university existence. It was in February, on Washington's birthday, that we celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the university with University Day exercises at the Teck Theater. The students of all the colleges, cheering and singing, marched down the main thoroughfare of the city in organized bodies and claimed Buffalo for their own. The occasion was the first University Day celebration since the completion of the endowment campaign, and it was admirable from all points of view. Students were there to a man, the faculties were present, and the report of the administrative board was, to say the least, wonderfully encouraging to those who had given their best thought and effort to the furtherance of university aims. Mr. W. H. Crosby, chairman of the Finance Committee, presided, and his announcement that over one and one-half millions of dollars had been paid into the endowment fund was greeted with the wildest enthusiasm. Here was something Buffalo could be rightfully proud of. We no longer were obliged to talk of promises, we could point with pardonable pride to actual accomplishments. I3

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AIRPLANE VIEW OF CAMPUS SHOWING ROTARY FIELD AND FOSTER HALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOSTER HALL NEARING COMPLETION -fi I