Brown and White Vol. 68 no. 5

              sen john sparkman sen styles bridges apo book sale grosses 900 ugliest man contest won by woodroofe philip b woodroofe has been voted ugliest man on the campus this unparalled honor came to the director of residence halls as a result of his piling up the most cash votes of any of the 10 contenders in the annual ugly man contest sponsored by alpha phi omega honorary scouting fraternity the contest ran from monday to saturday last week during most of the contest it appeared as though dr charles a seidle was giving woodroofe his closest competition however final tabulations showed that it was joe gratto of cyanide fame who just missed edging out the winner throughout the contest many see phil's page 7 be th underwent childhood hard ships because of limited family in come both worked their way through college bridges was grad uated from the university of maine and sparkman from the university of alabama both have had journalistic experience bridges edited the granite monthly a new hamp shire farm publication spark man was editor of the crimson and white alabama's student newspaper both taught school for a brief time as senators both men have taken active interest in foreign policy legislation and subversive elements in government sen bridges after graduation from the university of maine went into agricultural administra tive work sparkman worked for a law degree at alabama and opened a law office bridges served as governor of new hampshire before being elected to the senate sparkman was a congressman before his election to the senate sparkman also served briefly as a private in world war i he holds the rank of colonel in the army re serve sen bridges has had no military experience bridges is an exponent of cut ting down federal spending spark man is an advocate of increased aid to the military and to our allies sen bridges entered the united states senate at the age of 38 as one of the small group of 16 republicans which fur see sparkman page 5 a turnover of more than 900 marked the highly successful used book exchange sponsored sept 10-19 in drown hall by alpha phi omega although returns have not yet been completely checked esti mates are that apo's profit from the sale is about 80 of this profit roughly half was from the sale of books owned by apo while the remainder was obtained through commissions as of saturday all unclaimed books and money became the prop erty of apo dick schulz chair man of tne sale announced it was see apo page 7 mr and mrs lawrence kupillas parents of william martin 60 were named king and queen of the ball crowns were placed on their heads and they were presented with prizes including a lehigh beer mug for the king and a set of lehigh glasses for the queen the winners were selected by choosing the couple closest to a pre-determined spot on the dance floor at the end of a number in which only parents participated steve walton 59 chairman of the apo ugly man contest introduced philip b woodroofe director of residence halls who was elected the ugliest man on campus curtis shollenberger 58 was chairman of the dance sponsored by the campus chest music was provided by the collegians uni versity dance band many parents arrived early satur day to attend classes with their sons later they lunched in grace hall at tended the football game and were entertained at dinner parties at the fraternity houses they also visited fritz lab the health center and the buildings under construction interviews to begin early jensen named to head new career major see foreign page 7 this week with the appointment of dr finn b jensen professor of economics as director of the new foreign careers major the col lege of arts and sciences entered another phase of its continued de velopment originally it had been planned to initiate the new major in sept 1957 but the interest aroused in response to the pre liminary announcements in the alumni bulletin and through the admissions office necessitat ed the appointment of a director this year in discussing the new program which appears to be unique to le high with leaders of government industry and finance dr jensen and other faculty members have met with quite enthusiastic response the foreign careers major is de signed to acquaint the student with the cultural political and economic history of a particular region of the various companies in the back of the office are shelves full of literature from 428 companies and portfolios with in formation on 120 fields for the bene fit of job seekers philip b woodroofe seniors check your bulletin boards immediately and often since all the blue chip companies are scheduling their interviews early advises everett a teal director of placement and counselling of the 500 companies expect ed for interviews many are ar ranging meetings earlier than they did last year already 223 have made definite dates from oct 24 to jan 11 and some 200 more are making dates now last year approximately 550 stu dents scheduled 5,500 interviews or about 10 interviews per student but out of 503 companies the students were interested in only 274 to help the student the place ment and counselling office pub lishes three booklets one has 580 companies listed — from aetna life insurance to youngstown sheet and tube company another booklet has the com delta omicron theta debates foreign aid delta omicron theta debating so ciety opened its season today with a symposium the subject was re solved that the united states should discontinue direct economic aid to foreign countries the session began with dr raymond g cowherd of the department of history and dr edward sussna of the depart ment of economics analyzing the question after which the topic was opened for discussion from the floor the next symposium will be held in the candlelight room of the hotel bethlehem at 9:30 a.m sat urday oct 13 a riot wasn't it these happy-looking persons are pictured at a party saturday night — apparently having a rather large time the man in the center — well he's hysterical the others rather happy this un doubtedly must be a delaware fraternity panies requests according to curri culum the third book senior placement handbook explains the placement procedure another convenient feature of the booklet is its advice about interviews to the student for instance on page 10 it states some interviewers prefer to do the talking . . . others spend most of the time in questioning the candidate regarding himself still others explain their propo sition question the candidate and then invite the candidate to ask questions following that is a very practical article about interviewing technique — how to act what to wear and what to say the booklet advocates con servative dress and action the placement office in christ mas-saucon hall is attractively and conveniently appointed lying on the counter hanging from the bulletin boards and standing in bookshelves are many informative and colorful magazines and pamphlets from vol 68 no 5 bethlehem pa tuesday oct 2 1956 un 6-0331 bridges sporkman in scl debate friday lehigh university brown and white two strikingly political figures with sharply contrasting viewpoints will debate campaign issues at 8 fri day night in grace hall sen styles bridges r-n.h and sen john j sparkman d-ala will open the student concerts-lec tures series admission will be free with id card bridges and sparkman have much in common both were born on farms bridges birthplace was west pembroke me and sparkman's was hartselle ala both are 58 years old royalty and charity mr and mrs lawrence kupillas reign as king and queen at the charity ball saturday night in grace hall behind them sit the collegians proceeds from the ball went to the campus chest kupillases dubbed king queen of ball approximately 300 students and their dates and parents attended this year's version of the charity ball saturday night in grace hall the event climaxed the fourth annual parents day which drew 4,200 parents to the campus for a busy round of activities