Brown and White Vol. 66 no. 47

              see talk page 10 with the opening of polls this morning in lamberton hall christmas saucon hall drown hall and the library student voters began casting ballots for class officers and a referendum polls will remain open tomor row and monday from 9 a.m to 4 p.m an increased turnout of voters is expected this year because of efforts of the election committee to introduce candidates to the voters last year it was at first doubtful whether or not a majority of the eligible student body turned out to vote a majority of the eligible voter must vote in order to make the vote on the referendum valid it will noi become effective if less than a ma jority votes seniors are urged tc cast their votes to gain this majority the referendum deals mainly with changing the voting date for arca dia from february to sometime be tween the thanksgiving and christ mas vacations it also prevents freshmen from running for arcadic by making one-half year's residence necessary gilbert e moskowitz arcadia elections committee chairman issued the following statement to help clarify the referendum with voters a lot of men have been arguing against this referendum with the idea that its main point is to pre clude freshmen maliciously and to destroy the representative system this is not the case this proposal is simply one step in the direction of a better-equipped student assemb ly — an experienced group of ad ministrators the two features most instrumental in this are the lame duck amendment and the less than one full semester requirement in creating a lame duck arca dia of three weeks we are saving three weeks of valuable time for the newly-elected members they will use the interim be fore their installation to sit in on meetings learn to expedite meetings through the most effi cient use of parliamentary pro cedure and organize their corn see ask page 5 soloists eunice alberts contralto phyllis curtin soprano and john mccollum tenor are american kenneth smith bass-baritone was born in leeds england but lives in stamford conn mary h givens will be accompanist to the choir as in past years the festival is completely sold out for the first week-end's performances and al most sold out for the second week end those who were not able to ob tain tickets to packer chapel may at a price of 1.50 listen to the per formances in packard auditorium through loudspeakers outstanding students in the army and air force rotc programs will receive awards and decorations in recognition of outstanding perform ance in the rotc program at the annual awards and decorations cere mony monday at 4:30 p.m in tay lor stadium under the command of cadet col robert h barton of the air force detachment and cadet col herbert r ford jr of the army detachment cadets will form in taylor for the presenta tions cadet col barton will be assisted by cadet lt col richard c davis cadet lt col richard w granville cadet lt col jay j haltzman ca det lt col francis mcgill cadet lt col richard l glassberg and cadet ist lt arthur f veinott members of his wing staff cadet col ford regimental com mander of the army rotc units will be assisted by cadet lt col walter j zalewski cadet maj lewis r shupe 111 cadet maj john a broscious cadet maj everett h vanhoesen and cadet maj david c strauss from the cadets formed on the stadium field those to re ceive awards will leave the ranks and form four rows in front of the reviewing stand standing in the first row will be those who are to receive the presi dent's award given to members of the army and air force rotc pro grams for scholastic excellence and military achievement reflecting cre dit on lehigh and the rotc units presented by president martin d whitaker recipients of the award will be cadet maj michael zanakos cadet maj shupe cadet maj strauss ca det col ford cadet lt col john h gehrke cadet maj walter j bennett cadet maj vanhoesen see team page 4 route 15 is jinx road for gettysburg rivals scramble for graduates best ever teal shows by today 493 seniors have taken job interviews at the placement bureau this total includes february oc tober and june grads and numbers about 85 per cent of the class of 55 it is still too early to tabulate the number of students inter viewed who have accepted posi tions according to everett a teal director of the placement service teal reports that a few men are still undecided about their job offers and some com panies allow quite a bit of lee way on job acceptance or refus al dates this year the placement bureau posted notices from 493 companies on the bulletin board at christmas saucon hall in 1954 it received a re quest total of 473 interested compa driving a 1951 ford sedan north on route 15 when he collided with a truck driven by william jackson drew 38 greensville n.c buhner had two passengers in his car they were mario posillico 57 and everitt g schaefer 55 drew was slowing down to wait for another truck which like his belonged to the turner transfer company greensboro that was turning onto another road drew's truck failed to stop and struck the rear of the first vehicle caroming off into the path of buh ner's car the truck struck the left rear of buhner's car forcing the lat ter off the road up an embankment see automobile page 3 packer memorial chapel will again this year as for many years past be the site of the world-famed bach choir festival one hundred and eighty-five voices under the direction of dr ifor jones will present their first program at 8:30 p.m on thursday may 19 the programs of friday and saturday may 20 and 21 will be repeated on may 27 and 28 thursday evening's program con sists of three cantatas cantata no 80 a stronghold sure will be fol lowed by cantata no 56 gladly with thy cross-staff featuring bass soloist kenneth smith a per formance of cantata no 93 if thou wilt suffer god to guide thee will close the first day of the festival on friday may 20th and 27th at 4 p.m part one of the christmas oratorio will be given followed at 8:30 p.m by the second part vernon detar organist for the bach festival will give a recit al of organ music at 10:30 a.m both saturdays these will be presented at the cathedral church of the nativity 3rd and wyandotte sts at 2 p.m saturday may 21 the kyrie and gloria of the mass in b minor will be performed at packer memorial chapel the mass in b minor will be finished beginning at 4:30 on the same afternoon this will be the 55th time that the mass in b minor will have been performed in its entirety the 185-voice choir under dr jones's direction will feature four nies and of these 473 309 visited the lehigh campus on the matter of interviews it was found that 5285 have been taken compared with last year's 4943 breaking down the interviews according to the different cur riculums the following figures were reached 285 companies came to the university to see 63 mechanical engineers 208 to see 32 ee's 183 to see 26 cliem e's 130 to see 119 businessmen 115 to see 57 arts men 103 firms in terviewed 28 chemists and 333 of the companies interviewed the remaining 126 engineers teal feels that as a whole indus try got 60 per cent of their man power requirements salaries offered this year to busi see salary page 4 by bur sienkiewicz two automobile accidents involv ing seven lehigh athletes returning from sporting events at gettysburg college and resulting in more than 5,000 in damages occurred on pennsylvania route 15 within the past week five of the involved 11 per sons were injured they were treated for minor lacerations and abrasions the latest accident occurred about 7:45 edt wednesday night as three members of the lehigh golf team were returning to bethlehem after their match investigating troopers from the gettysburg state police barracks said that robert w buhner 55 was lehigh university brown and white volume 66 — number 47 un 6-0331 rotc decorates cadets monday heavy election vote expected bethehem pa friday may 13 1955 need senior vote to pass referendum bach festival returns to lehigh seniors are urged by arcadia to vote on the referendum question in the forthcoming class elections to day tomorrow and monday since it is imperative that a majority of the student body give their opinions on the matter in order for the results to be valid according to gilbert e mos kowitz arcadia elections com mittee chairman seniors will have to provide a large turnout at the polls to secure the ne cessary number of voters on the referendum question the proposed change that the ref erendum would make centers about the fact that the date of the arcadia elections would be moved to some time during the period between the thanksgiving and christmas vaca tions if passed the referendum would also deny freshmen the right to run for arcadia in addition the pro posed change would have those elected take office at the beginning of the second semester thus provid ing for a lame duck council from eight to 24 students turned out to hear the class can didates offer their election plat forms wednesday afternoon on the drinker balcony the water rotc top brass 1 to r col earl j berryhill usaf cadet col herbert r ford jr army rotc cadet col robert h barton afrotc and col albert c molter usa review plans for mon day's award ceremonies vote today / polls open at 9a m