Brown and White Vol. 66 no. 37

              dean b c hayes by mark evans banquet orator labels hayes drew pearson by dick gaintner i was almost depressed by dean hayes remarks i think he could be called lehigh's drew pearson this was the comment of her bert l brown chairman of the national interfraternity confer ence as he spoke to over 300 men friday night at the annual pledge banquet in the masonic temple after the assemblage had listened to an opening speech by the associate dean of students brown who said he was tremen dously impressed by the gathering went on to tell the audience that he did not share dean hayes pessi mism brown uttered these comments after hayes opening speech which rapped the lehigh fraternity sys tem dean hayes centered his talk about the necessity for high schol arship which suffers because of fra ternity membership see pledge page 5 blake plans brandt talk saturday afternoon's dixieland concert at the frolics ballroom was hailed a smashing success an estimated 1,500 persons packed the allentown dance hall and were treated to some two and one-half hours of great jazz dished up by stan rubin's tigertown five attendance was in excess of the expected turnout and students were seen running around during the first half-hour carrying addi tional tables and chairs in the midst of much noise and confu sion the tables were set up and since there weren't enough chairs to go around brotherly chair stealing became an after noon pastime on the bandstand rubin & co were holding forth and surprisingly enough they could be heard at the back of the room in the past audi ences have exhibited a tendency to create so much noise that the musi cians talents were practically in audible to those in the rear long lines formed at the beer dispensory during the first half oi the concert and from then on dwindled considerably during the last number many students climbed onto the stage to get a closer view oi the proceedings and offer congratu lations to rubin and the band an equally large crowd was in attendance at the monte carlo dance and casino held in grace hall following the final perfor mance of stalag 17 each couple upon entering the hall surrendered its combination ticket and was given a program and some fake money with which to gamble decorations on the upper floor consisted of cardboard replicas oi the fraternity pledge pins and the house flags lee vincent and his or chestra performed smoothly play ing a variety of dance numbers which included the mexican hat dance and the charleston downstairs at the casino students and their dates tried their luck at lhe various gaming tables the games offered were black jack horse race five card stud poker buck luck roulette and craps those wishing to obtain additional fake money other than that issued to them were able to purchase 3500 worth for 50 cents — cheap at half the price dr richard b brandt professor and head of the department of phil osophy at swarihrnore college will be the feature speaker of ihe blake phi'csophical society's public lec ture in the browsing room of the library on thursday at 7:30 p.m dr brandt a fellow in social philosophy on the guggenheim foundation is the author of the philosophy of schleiermacher see blake page 5 ask russian's visit segovia guitarist here fri for scl andres segovia internationally famous guitarist will present the sixth program of the student con certs-lectures series at 8 p.m fri ' day in grace hall undergraduates will be ad mitted without charge upon presentation of id cards gener al admission will cost si at the box-office segovia was born in linares spain in 1893 he made his first pub lic appearance as a guitarist in gra nada at the age of 14 his debut sponsored by the circula artistico was described as a revelation at 22 he appeared at the paris con servatory his success resulted in an j extensive concert tour from 1919 until 1923 he played in south america his first guitar re cital was given in 1928 in new york city within five weeks he had given six concerts in 1943 he began his trans continental tours of the u.s and canada as recitalist and soloist with many symphony orches tras he presently is employed by the decca recording com pany for scl segovia will play three pieces by the spanish composer f sor these will be andantino and the studies allegro in d and theme with variations he will also play six little pieces by vincenzo galilei father of the famous astronomer galileo galilei another selection menuet is by jean philippe rameau creator of the modern science of harmony prelude fugue and gavotte by johann sebastian bach concludes the first half of the program segovia will open the second half of the program with sarabande lointaine by the blind spanish composer joaquin rodrigo next on the program will be rondo by manuel ponce contemporary mexi can composer segovia will conclude his program with danza a styl ization of native spanish music by enrique granados in a letter to dean byron c hayes saturday mahlon b simon jr editor of the brown and white asked the university to invite here one of the 11 russian college newspaper editors recently granted permission to visit american colleges and universities speaking for the editorial board simon said we believe that le high so truly represents all the good things of american higher edu cation that the russians tour would be sadly deficient if he missed coming to lehigh and that by visiting this campus the russian would be given an opportunity to see and report on a free college press in action simon's letter follows the editorial board of the brown and white requests that you refer as soon as possible to president whitaker for the necessary protocol ar rangements the newspaper's flesire to invite to the lehigh campus one of the eleven russian college newspaper editors granted permission by the state and justice departments to visit united states colleges and uni versities the editorial board feels that the benefits which can be derived from such a visit are many and obvious for one thing the russian would be given an opportunity to see and report on a free college press in action for another we believe that lehigh so truly repre sents all the good things of american higher education that the rus sian's tour would be sadly deficient if he misses coming to lehigh see to help page 5 lehigh university brown and white s rubin & co delight 1,500 lehigh university bethlehem pa tuesday march 22 1955 andres segovia herbert l brown volume 66 — number 37 e kenneth smiley dean byron c hayes upper left tosses a sc-note on the roulette table during the casino festivities of ifc weekend's packed program while upstairs upper right latter-day gaters exhibit skill and petticoats to lee vincent s dixie below lower left the inevitable loser shows disdain as one of her neighbors adds to his pile of made in newark cash a pretty one lower right and her escort smile as the croupier takes charge of the proceed ings and their money photos by roeger