Brown and White Vol. 71 no. 42

              outcasts of poker flat following their expulsion from the california mining town the out casts meet with the runaway lovers left who join them for a scene of hymn-singing in jonathan b elkus adaptation of the bret harte tale presented saturday evening in grace hall this performance marked the world premiere of this work by elkus and librettist robert gene bander by dr arthur p gardner asst prof of h i/jian in view of the production and reception of his one-act opera the outcasts of poker flat last saturday evening prof jonathan elkus has good reason to be satisfied the opera with a libretto by robert bander based upon bret harte's story is composed in a generally acces sible style which combines both traditional and modern elements in keeping with the subject of the piece there are also extensive sections in the american western idiom this reviewer was above all impressed by the expert orches tration of the score and by the extremely moving quality of many of the scenes with the exception of its opening the action of the opera moved along with impressive dramatic force though in gen eral it was the music which swept the text along with it since the libretto did not often reach an equal level of distinction in some cases difficulties arose from an inability to hear all the lines even some of the more important ones partly because of occa sional faulty balance between orchestra and singers partly because of acoustical handicaps imposed upon the audience by grace hall there are some wonderful moments in prof elkus score several of the ensemble scenes were especially effective even when the words could not be fully understood and the brief lullaby scene between piney and the duchess contains music that is exquisite on the other see cutler page 7 lehigh university brown and white record number goes fraternity vol 71 — no 42 bethlehem pa tuesday april 19 1960 mcgarry lindenbaum new ifc top officers make earlier decisions he added since fraternities did not rush men who did not list their houses as a result the maximum num ber of bids received by any one man was six whereas formerly mylks noted individual freshman have received more than this mylks lauded fraternities for co operating very well with book work the issuance of bids and rushing appointments following is a list of the new pledges alpha chi rho peter l hinkel dey herbert m kingsland charles v schaefer and bill e serfass alpha sigma phi — james a beg ley thomas g coward dana b see 360 page 7 john e mcgarry 61 beta theta pi was elected president of the interfraternity council on a third ballot at last night's ifc meeting other new officers are barrie l lindenbaum 60 sigma alpha mv vice-president fred mummert 61 chi psi secretary and ber nard s brodsky 61 pi lambda phi treasurer the contest for the presidential spot began with four candidates mcgarry and lindenbaum nominated by the ifc nominations com mittee and brodsky and paul miller 60 nominated from the floor the first ballot eliminated miller from the competition a majority vote being required for election which no nominee had brodsky was eliminated in the second ballot and mcgarry defeated lindenbaum on the third ballot the vice presidential spot was between miller nominated by the nominations committee and lindenbaum as losing candidate john e mcgarry l horton 60 reviewed the past 12 months work of ifc as evi dence of progress he mentioned improved relations with the dean's see watkins page 7 forty-five candidates — five less than last year — will be seeking positions as class officers in the election may 4 5 and 6 for the second straight year there is a candidate for office in the senior class who is run ning unopposed incumbent charles hodge will assume of a total of 360 freshman pledges 26 more than last year — were re ceived into the ranks of lehigh'i 30 fraternities all new pledges accom panied by their respective marshalls will attend a ban quet tonight at 6:30 in the bethlehem masonic temple edward a curtis corporate member of the board of trustees will address the dinner attendees 660 bids — shattering the 53 rec ord of 603 and surpassing lasi year's total of 600 — were distrib uted thursday in the university center hutchinson room the practice of offering gen tleman's bids instituted four years ago was continued this year these bids are distributed to freshman unable to pledge because of scholastic probation sigma phi epsilon issued the largest number of bids 38 with 23 acceptances alpha chi rho which issued 12 bids received the smallest pledge class — four ifc rushing chairman herbert mylks 60 stated that rushing changed greatly this year since freshman had to list three houses they wished to attend the first three rushing dates this forced freshmen to campus awaits spring h'party for the presidency brodsky declined to run for the vice president post mummert defeated alan g riep er 62 for the secretary spot both candidates being nominated by the committee the four nominees for the treas urer were frederic j bischoff 61 and michael f hoben 61 nom inated by the committee and brodsky and woodrow chamber lain 61 nominated from the floor in other action last night the price of tonight's pledge dinner was reduced by 1 to bring the cost down to 2.25 the mo tion proposed by douglas d pleasonton 60 outgoing treas urer was unanimously ap proved pleasanton cited the surplus in the ifc treasury and the high cost of the ticket as reason for the reduction out-going ifc president william to lehigh men spring house party and the first real outbreak of spring are synonymous according ly spring will officially begin on campus friday hundreds of dates will arrive friday and settle in residence halls hotels or fraternities hundreds of fraternity men must seek shelter elsewhere music for everyone is promised for the friday night dance sched uled from 9 to 1 on hand in grace hall will be the band of glenn miller under the direction of ray mckinley the four freshmen and lester lanin's band are also featured misty is the dance theme and the color scheme in grace see houseparty page 6 endor out wed the second issue of endor — a magazine of the arts will be on sale tomorrow announced chair man ross chappie 62 featuring more prose superior quality and imaginative art work than last december's issue endor will be available in the supply bureau the department of eng lish the division of journalism and various and sundry salesman saun tering about the campus 45 run for class posts during may 4-6 balloting fice as treasurer for the fourth time results of the vote count will be announced at flagpole day exer cises may 11 alpha phi omega members will man the polls and will aid arcadia associates in the count john davidson is seeking his third term as class of 61 president opposing him are arthur rogers kenneth smith and john talucci in the two-man race for senior class secretary incum bent robert paternoster faces richard shulman with every sophomore class of ficer running for the presidency of the junior class the race prom ises to be close of course no in cumbents are running for the other offices and they will probably be wide-open incumbent jon krupnick will op pose russell broner stuart burns jose celis james detrixhe peter gratto jon greene and richard legrand running for class of 62 secre tary are robert downing henry grabowski charles moore david nichols william parnell guenther richters j d sagar in and warren shank thomas brunt thomas coursen see all page 7 prospective pledges a lineup of four bright-eyed freshmen receive their fraternity bids from ifc president william horton 60 fol lowing a hectic week of rushing a record number of 660 bids were offered by lehigh's 30 fraternities with 360 acceptances music dominates opera technique emotion impress reviewer