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              see 130 page 8 little elected 60 president henry a little 111 was elected president of the freshman class at a freshman cabinet meeting wednes day evening other cabinet members elected to office include william l horton vice-president joseph la ferrera jr secretary and thomas k gilhool treasurer the president of the class of 60 is a resident of wayne pa and attended tredyffrin east town school where he was a , three letter man he received letters in football track and tennis and was on the basketball team little was also active on his school yearbook and news see frosh page 9 enrollment hits 2,673 560 in graduate school richard reigns — shown at m&c'sj|aturday night production of shakespeare's richard ii are some of the cframattcs club pet-formers the presentation was edited by prof h banjett davis faculty advisor to mustard ans cheese v leith traces food plan an intellectual experience awaits all who can spare the hour or two thursday night at eight to witness dr j leslie hotson from cam bridge england who will deliver the third cls lecture on the scholar as a detective serendipity in research in a biographical sketch by dr frank s hook lehigh s counterpart in dr hotson's fiew the speaker is represented as the world's foremost authority in his field dr hotson noted dr hook has enthralled audiences for over 30 years demonstrating his prowess as a literary sleuth his research in see literary page 7 undergraduate enrollment of 2,673 men was reported friday by james h wagner registrar there are 560 students in the graduate school slightly less than half of the undergraduates come from pennsylvania new jersey is second with 643 enrolled and new york third with 516 in all 31 states and 17 foreign countries are represented at le high the advance 1 students represent 25 states and 21 foreign countries ninety-three are working for a doc tor of philosophy degree seventy of the 560 received undergraduate training at lehigh " n fwt hundred and twenty stu dents are rdgis'iered under veterans ftfe^ffls 0 ' i *}!^ 208 undergraduates are married and 78 have children see students page 7 arcadia balloting ends at 4 tomorrow there is still time for those who did not vote in the arcadia election to cast ballots polls at lamberton hall drown hall chrsitmas sducon hall and the library will be open from 9 a.ing tri 4np.*b to morrow all students are el jgifrjje to vote upon prleserttathm jifcf their id cards at the polls storage for about three days and then come out with a pledge pin finally after^a year of boot tamp leith said he'd become a brother j . , before world war i and shortly after lekh con tinued institutions oft learning took no interest in berthing and messing the fre"shmen even when i landed at lehigh the frosh were out on the town decisions are no longer made in large organiza tions like henry ford used to made them leith advised now the method used to make decisions is successive approximation until the plan crystallizes iri such & method o*f successive approximation where group thinking and studying is involved no one can say when any particular decision is made leith concluded leith then read two letters from dean congdon to the brown and white one dated oct 15 1955 the other appears on page 2 details of the eating plan questions will appear in friday's b&w by joe varilla dean john d leith last night presented a history of the proposed eating plan in an address before the interfrate'rriity council after the hour and a quarter speech leith and dean preston parr answered ques tions about the eating plan leith in the absence of dean wrayjh congdon said he would like to be thought of as the spirit of christmas past he then began the history of the eating plan from 1776 when phi beta kappa the oldest fraternity was founded since 1776 leith>saidj fraternities have survived ts and have stabilized the development of fra ities can be diykled into two stages primitive and em some fraternities are still in the primitive in the fraternities primitive stages leith ad vised the fraternities would drag a guy eff a train take iiim home to a ropm where he'd remain in cold dr j leslie hotson met stars nelli turner to sing for scl friday university 6-0331 bethlehem pa tuesday dec 11 1956 brown and white vol 68 — no 22 m&c ' richard ll ' l fine presentation claramae turner herva nelli cedar crest lu choirs to sing at vespers hotson speaks at 8 thursday cmaramae turner and herva nelli metrpoolitan opera stars will be presented at the third feature of the student concerts-lectures series friday at 8 p.m in grace hall both women have starred in leading opera companies throughout the country miss turner who is midway in her eighth transcontinental tour is scheduled to sing the monologue from gian-carlo menotti's the medium since she is best known for her creation of the title role moviegoers will remember she played the role of cousin nettie in the 20th century fox cinemascope production of carousel a contralto miss turner is a na tive californian who got her start as a chorister with the san francisco cpera company and later appeared for five years at new york's dia mond horseshoe herva nelli the toscanini so prano was starred in all arturo toscanini's broadcasts of opera-in concert-form the major attractions of the nbc symphony season from 1947 until the maestro's retirement she has devoted all her time to the american concert and op eratic stage with the exception of a latin-american tour and her introduction at la scala milan by toscanini in spring 1953 miss nelli made her debut at the met in verdi's aida miss nelli came to the united states from florence italy with her parents as a youngster and as a re sult received much of her training m pittsburgh her break came in 1947 when she was chosen to play the role of desdemona in a tosca nini roadcast of otello by bob teufel more than 400 persons attended the sophomore sno-ball saturday night making the dance one of the best attended in its history those present listened to the dixie of parke frankenfield and danced to the smooth music of mark hilburn the dance was a financial suc cess according to sophmore class treasurer george jennings although a complete financial report has not yet been made jennings said advance reports indicate a good return more than 175 tickets were sold at the door class officers expressed concern over the small number of tickets sold in advance but the sale at the door enabled the class to over come expenses of more than 400 the weekend began on saturday afternoon with a band concert on the lower level of grace hall mus « see music page 8 2 bands please 400 at sno-ball opening the 71st season of mustard and cheese shakespeare's rich ard ii was an overwhelming success prof h barrett davis said he was very very pleased with a more than difficult assignment which was excellently carried out by the club approximately 700 persons attended saturday night's perform ance in broughal junior high school auditorium many with dates as part of the sophomore class sponsored sno-ball weekend combination tickets for the play and dance were priced at 3 richard ii is not only one of shakespear's more lengthy plays it is one of the most difficult to edit down to a suitable length for a 2 hour presentation prof davis managed to perform this difficult task while still maintaining the continuity of the story without doubt the outstanding performance of the evening was turned in by bob o'brien playing the part of pleasure-loving arrogant king richard o'brien was superior in the role of the dissipated mon arch who is finally undone by one whom he exiled o'brien a past president of mustard and cheese deserves special plaudits as he stepped into the part some time after re hearsals had been under way as bolingbroke son of richard's uncle john of gaunt david lewis a freshman provided a surprise for m&c theater-goers lewis is one of the few freshmen in the his tory of the club to undertake a see richard page 8 the annual christmas vespers will be held on sunday at 4 p.m in packer chapel the large star has already appeared over the front portal of the chapel and the glee club has moved its rehearsals to the choir loft for this week preceding the event cedar crest college's concert choir will join the lehigh glee club and brass choir in creat ing a service of christmas wor ship through music the 130 combined voices will perform four choruses from the gloria by vivaldi each of the three groups will al so be heard separately the cedar crest concert choir will sing two spanish carols a christmas spirit ual arranged by their conductor wilbur hollman and the angels and the shepherds by zoltan kodaly the lehigh men after opening with palestrina's hodie christus natus est will sing three works by contemporary composers how