Brown and White Vol. 64 no. 35

              see icg page 6 white shirts ties and coats are not required wearing apparel for rotc class attendance lt col ralph a newman professor of air science and tactics told the brown and white wednesday newman made the statement in an attempt to clarify a mis understanding which arose after afrotc capt julian w brad bury told all his classes during the monday drill period that he expected prospective officers to come to class wearing coats and ties bradbury told the b&w that this was a suggestion not an order aca demic grades will not be affected by what a student wears he explained however personal appearance will be considered in selecting officer material he added the clarification was a result of a conference with arcadia president ralph meerwarth vioe-president edward dussinger and a b&w rep resentative the arcadians asked that the conference be called after several complaints had been receiv ed from members of bradbury's classes in his statement newman ex pressed a desire that rotc stu dents present a neat personal appearance in class this in cludes neatly trimmed hair clean shaves and the wearing of neat and clean wearing apparel he said the wearing of coats and ties is not mandatory but is desirable he added newman explained that the acqui sition of many desirable qualities including personal appearance is the result of habit or practice ul timately he stated only those stu dents who demonstrate desired at tributes will be selected for and con tinued in the advanced rotc cour ses meerwarth suggested at the con ference that it would be unreason able to expect all students to report o class in white shirts or coats since many of them have labs and might get their clothing dirty bradbury told the b&w that he has made exception for stu dents who must wear old clothes and don't have time to change before class last year bradbury said he made the suggestion to his classes that they come to class dressed more neatly the suggestion was com pletely ignored he says so this year he offered an example of what he considers neat thereby creating the misunderstanding herberg denounces false gods as confab on religion closes all preregistration for the summer session and the fall semester will take place from march 23 through april 11 in accordance with sched ules to be posted by the curriculum directors on their individual bulletin boards according to james h wag ner registrar the registrar went on to say that choice of courses should be given considerable consideration because the preregistration will student & co attend auction purchase cow cats dogs canaries even racing turtles are sometimes objects of af fection for animal-loving students but cows never at least al most never because one lehigh student bought a cow the other night he's not a farmer if he intended to milk the cow it was because that would be part of the game he just decided to buy a cow it was one of those sudden flashes of inspiration unpreme ditated and spontaneous there was a farmer's auction in al lentown our student and his friends decided they wanted to buy some eggs when they arrived there was an auction but no eggs left instead an old decrepit bovine was on the block inspiration . . . they got the cow for 25 what to do with this ancient ani see cow page 4 preregistration set for mar 23-apr 11 be final with the possible ex ception of your failing courses at the end of the semester a list of courses to be offered will be available by preregistration time students who for some especially good reason feel that they cannot be available during the regular school hours 8 o'clock monday to 12 noon saturday are reminded that a past request for special scheduling will not automatically apply to a new se mester gonseqently a new one should be filed in the office of the dean of students at the time of pre registration wagner added summer school classy schedules are announced the first six-week undergraduate summer session will begin june 23 according to the schedule released by harold p thomas director of summer sessions all dates for the summer have been set with the exception of those for the civil and mining engineering camps these dates will be released later the mechanical engineering shops will be run in three three-week ses sions starting june 22 and will con tinue through aug 22 the regular graduate session is scheduled to begin june 24 and will also run six weeks preregistration will be from march 23 to april 11 summer schedule will be for undergraduates period 1 regis see summer page 4 idc 53 dance set for apr/7 77 idc will hold its annual dance april 11 at grace hall from 9 to 12 p.m highlights of this year's dance will be special parties at drink er and richards houses from 10:30 p.m to 1 a.m with refresh ments birch beer will also be free at the dance and music will be supplied by the colleg ians chairman robert ameling point ed out two differences from last year's affair idc will not provide dates and the dance will not be re stricted to dorm men any one is welcome tickets for the dance will cost 1.50 the third annual conference on religion ended wednesday evening with will herberg denouncing the false gods of modern man the uni versity glee club also sang in the packer chapel program forty attended herberg cited three man-made cults of salvation scientism marxism and psycho-theraphy these have failed because they have over-simplified man's prob lems he said scientism claimed that the only problem is conquering the physical world marxism claimed all prob lems are economic and psycho-ther apy claimed that psychiatry could bring man peace of mind but man's problems are complex according to herberg science eco nomics and psychiatry lose their value when they offer the millenium to man man must get over the de lusion of self-sufficiency her berg said security and courage for action comes through god see religion page 4 arcodiatoname associate group arcadia's 16-man associate com mittee will be chosen from applica tions submitted to the arcadia office before tuesday it was announced by ralph meerwarth 54 arcadia pres ident executive committee of ar cadia will make the selections these men who will work with the vice-president of ar cadia on various committees during the coming year will have an opportunity to see the inner workings of arcadia and gain valuable leadership exper ience applications may be obtained in the arcadia office in drown hall be fore tuesday interviews with each applicant will be held on wednes day rev george bean discusses the christian and the meaning of sex and marriage in packard auditori um the former university chaplain approved of divorce if necessary and said sex is spiritual as well as physical brown and white bethlehem pa friday march 13 1953 mil modifies coat-tie stand greek evaluation ist step in improving scholarship vol 64 — no 35 festival tickets to go on sale on march 24 greek fling to feature jazz fest icg convo tomorrow kenneth kressler dancing to the music of buddy williams and a monte carlo party at grace hall will highlight ifc week end march 21 beginning at 2:30 p.m the annual ifc weekend will get under way with a dixieland jazz concert at the maennerchor four dixie specialists from new york plus buddy williams and two members of his band will head the concert the tal ented new yorkers are bob spangler drums jimmy eng lish clarinet freddy ohms trombone and dave delman tenor sax from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m mustard and cheese will present the ri vals at broughal junior high school auditorium ticket price for the three events is 3 following a special meeting with dean byron c hayes last week a special ifc committee under the di rection of chairman thomas mac cabe 53 has drawn up an evalua tion form to be filled out by the fra ternities in an effort to iron out their own scholarship problems the remainder of the commit tee is made up of bruce mooney 53 donald smith 54 richard mcguire 54 and martin edel man 54 an advisory board for the committee consists of dr william aiken and george p robinson 111 in their meeting with hayes the ifc committee agreed with him that the objective in the higher case was higher scholarship but that they would prefer to make the survey themselves this was mutually agreed to by hayes and the commit tee maccabe in outlining the form for the meeting pointed out the importance of each fraternity's coming through and realizing its re sponsibility to ifc the form itself is divided into four sections general constitu ency scholarship situation acti vities and miscellaneous items the fraternities are to fill them out themselves and return them to the arcadia room by 5 p.m friday dean hayes main argument is that a fraternity man's extra-curri cular activities tend to pull his ay see ifc page 4 tickets for the 1953 music festival will go on sale tuesday march 24 in drown hall wallace butler 54 ales manager announced this week separate lists will be made up in alphabetical and numerical order for the fraternities and dormitory sections preference numbers will then be drawn and assigned to the groups in order alternating between the frater nity and dormitory lists town groups will be included in the dormitory listing in this system preference is de termined strictly by chance robin son stated the system used in last year's festival received some criti cism concerning its fairness and the new method will eliminate the faults of the old system according to butler prices for the all-student produc tion to be presented on friday and saturday evenings april 17 and 18 in grace hall were also disclosed they are friday orchestra 1.90 reserved stands 1.70 reserved bal cony 1.50 saturday orchestra 2.25 reserved stands 2.00 reserv ed balcony 1.90 nine colleges including muhlen berg lafayette and cedar crest will be represented at the regional convention of the intercollegiate conference on government tomor row from 10 a.m to 5 p.m in pack ard lab at this meeting which is sponsored by psa the lehigh chapter of the 1.c.g delegates will elect officers to lead them at the statewide harrisburg con vention late in april james p kressler regional chairmain an nounced today following speeches of welcome by michael arra 53 and prof ernst schultz of the history and govern ment department kenneth f kress ler northampton county republican chairman will speak on party poli tics in state government well known throughout the coun ty for his work in the republican organization kressler graduated from lafayette college after serving two years with the french army