Brown and White Vol. 64 no. 39

              yes kiddies they're for real just a couple of adventure seeking lehigh students on vacation with a difference of opinion situation is typical of trend in vacation plans this year which will see engineers in all corners of the world norway to alaska we fly hike ride three engineers making the trip to state college jim mahoney undefeated 130 lb star is not wrestling this weekend he is being punished because he failed to make the weight in the easterns it was reliably reported to the brown and white gen percy l sadler director of athletics declined to confirm or deny the reports wednesday sadler was reported to have taken the ac tion some team members reported they were displeased by the ac tion taken against mahoney the development came as a complete surprise to all those close to the team and mahoney the sources said ten champions will be crowned out of 160 participants remaining an extra 50 matmen were eliminat ed in preliminary competition which began this morning besides three champions who are trying to regain their crowns two olympic team members will top the list for the 23rd annual event the ncaa defending champions are 115 lb hugh peery of pitt joe lemyre perm state's 167-pounder and gene nicks oklahoma a&m heavyweight olympic contenders entered are sam cousen springfield college's 115 lb star and 137 lb leonard deaugustino from lock haven state teachers college tickets are sold out for the satur day evening performance of the 1953 music festival after tuesday's cam pus sale in drown hall according to sales manager wallace butler 54 sales are continuing this week and will continue until april 17 when the festival opens in grace hall over 4,000 has been received for tickets with 1,000 to go to meet the budget good seats are still available for the friday night show and students who missed out on the initial sale are urged to get their tickets before the town sale starts april 6 full rehearsals for the show are scheduled for the two weeks after spring vacation technical music and dancing talent will be coordin ated to produce music from earth and space the theme of the pro duction several guest artists will see festival page 5 elect nick capt of swim team middle atlantic freestyle champ bob nick 54 was elected captain of next year's swim team at their ann ual banquet wednesday night the aquatic star has broken well over a dozen records in his three years on bill christian's squad nick also has won mac titles in three events john apman 56 was elected hon orary frosh captain by his team mates he was a consitent winner this season in distance freestyle events by robert balestier lehigh's vagabond sons will wan der far and wide during spring va cation from norway to alaska and scattered points in america le high's name and fame will be spread by a multitude of men joyfully re laxing from the weekly grind of beer books and barroom brawls one of the more unsuspecting of the chosen sites oslo nor way will be besiged by five be ta theta pi men going just for a change are howard judd 54 george o'brien william nellis william schneider and everett van hoesen all 55 the quintet left today via pan america airlines and will remain in the norwegian capital for four days placement offices say 53s in great demand before returning by air for the re sumption of classes another beta man philip weigel 55 will depart for fairbanks alas ka the purpose is to see his dad and get in a little seal hunting on the side phil is flying his own private plane a skiing trip to stowe vt will be undertaken by murry jennings 53 james bond 53 and ronald knust 55 all of pi kappa alpha the out ing club is making a ski trip to tuc kerman's ravine in new hampshire donald sooy 54 david rob ertson 55 and kent stratt 56 all of chi phi are the three men who are trying to get a touch of winter in the springtime leav ing by car tomorrow they willl remain until thursday camp ing out during the six days the three intend to ascend the slopes of mt washington which at better tha 5,000 feet is the high see vacation page 3 b&w to interview rep f e walter on wlrn show rep francis e walter of pennsyl vania's 20th congressional district has agreed to appear on wlrn's press conference program sometime between april 15 and may 15 co-author of the mccarran walter immigration act he is a member of the house un-amer ican activities and judiciary committees elliott barnett 54 wrote to wal see walters page 6 campaign fund limit proposed expensive election campaigns would be illegal under a political ac tivity bill proposed to arcadia wed nesday according to elliott burnett 54 bill's sponsor a limit of 25 including contributions placed on all funds used by a candidate to campaign for an arcadia seat would bring equality to campus elections enforcement of the measure would come as a result of careful in spection of itemized expense reports which would be submitted by each see arcadia page 6 choir boys go over big former n j governor hoffman to speak at theta chi convo harold hoffman harold hoffman former governor of new jersey will be the principal speaker at theta chi's regional as sembly of 13 chapters here tomor row their annual all-day confer ence is expected to draw over 300 representatives of the fraternity well-known as a soldier statesman orator philosopher and wit col hoffman will speak at the banquet to be held at 6 o'clock tomorrow night in the masonic temple the national and regional officers of theta chi will also speak at that time song competitions will also high light the banquet trophies are to be awarded for the best percentage attendance and the most miles tra veled saturday afternoon in packard see theta chi page 3 the class of 53 according to the lehigh placement office and others all over the country is the most wanted graduating class in recent years of these graduates approxi mately 75 per cent are eligible for military service according to frank v pale vicz assistant director of the placement office some 280 com panies have interviewed ap proximately 600 students on the lehigh campus to date practically everyone who has tak en a job so far this year has done so with the condition that they will re port to work after they have finish ed their term in the armed services the main reasons for the great de mand of 53 men are the low birth rate during the 19305 giving the na tion fewer men now in their twen ties the interruption during world war ii of educational careers of all kinds the great expansion of busi ness and industry during the same years leading to larger demands for man-power the step-up in military requirements after the korean out break and the simultaneous step-up of production demands of the gov ernment as well as of the general economy engineers according to pale vicz are most in demand there is no real break-down on a percentage basis concerning the three schools he said be cause some companies are hiring business and arts men for pro duction jobs that used to be filled only by engineers palevicz went on to point out that while engineers were most in de mand they were in the shortest sup piy besides the 280 companies that did visit the campus in the last few months some 150 others planned to but due to the lack of candidates they were unable to hold interviews at all the question was asked what exact advantages a students had in applying for a job through college placement services per haps the most practical reaso said palevicz is that the stu dents save a great deal of time see placement page 5 by carl zimmerman the vienna choir boys showed lehigh for the third time that juve nile singers can be more than just cute imitations of adults and can be artists in their own right and in their own inimitable way when they sang monday evening in grace hall no adult group could have presented mozart's charming operetta the caliph's goose with the same ingenuous pleas ure and gusto the children ages five to 12 were in their element in the lively farce which was performed as if mo zart composed it for just such a group you didn't have to understand german to catch the spirit of the good-humored slap-stick and easy graceful melody the consistent high see vienna page 4 lehigh university brown and white volume 64 number 39 greeks endorse group finances for bulk buys lehigh university bethlehem pa friday march 27 1953 3 grapple in ncaa j mahoney barred by stu feit three lehigh grapplers are among a record field of 210 wrestlers from 57 colleges participating in the two day ncaa wrestling championships at perm state today and tomorrow alex mccord eiwa 123 lb champion ken faust and cap tain eddie mahoney are the festival tix sat sellout city sale 6th a fraternity management associa tion was organized wednesday for large-scale fraternity purchasing and will start taking orders april 6 organized by fraternity stew ards in the interest of economy the association decided to estab lish an office in drown hall and hire a part-time secretary to re ceive house orders and place one group order with a philadelphia wholesale house buying will be restricted at first to canned goods but could be ex panded to other products if demand warranted it price lists will be sent to the fraternities next week deliveries will be made to the in dividual fraternities they will be billed separately and will be solely liable for their debts savings will be in direct proportion to the amount purchased the association will make a 10 per cent commission on total sales each member fraternity wil receive dividends from the commission according to the volume of its purchases in charge of the program will be see buying page 5