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              see dean page 6 gested by dr pope are ir 134 diplomacy of russia and govt 364 contemporary political thought any other students and faculty members are also invited an appraisal of democracy in america will probably be the top ic for dr pope's lecture for stu dents of hist 12 development of western civilization this lecture to be held at 12:10 a.m in pack ard auditorium is also open to the public as are all of his speeches after luncheon with the phi peta kappa council in the rath bone room of the university cen ter dean pope will have free time until 4:15 when he will be inter viewed by the staff of the brown and white and wlrn the inter 4 dr pope will include in his talk observations of the 25,000 mile air tour of africa he took under the auspices of the phelps stokes fund and the jule rosenwald fund a tentative schedule has been set up for dr pope which will in clude his arrival at abe airport at 8:37 p.m on wednesday may 3 glenn j christensen dean of the college of arts and science will meet him and drive him to mc clintic-marshall residence hall which will be his official residence during his stay here after a breakfast with students the following morning dean pope will give a lecture in the osbourne room at 11:10 a.m principal classes likely to be interested in this lecture to be sug begins at 4 friday parr lists hp rules emphasizes deadlines dr liston pope is visiting scholar dean liston pope celebrated lecturer and sociologist will speak on race relations and world struggle as the phi beta kappa visiting scholar next week dean of the yale university di vinity school since 1949 dr pope is currently the gilbert l stark professor of social ethics at yale where he has taught since 1938 in a lecture to be held in the osbourne room of the university center at 8 p.m on thursday may tions for secretary of the class of 64 gerald a feffer barclay h gdiffiths robert p hess e jack son holt john r leek and john e shepard robert b gibbey jr scott p lav david g lyons donald w mattson and alan j rochman are running for treasurer of the class of 64 bethlehem pa tuesday april 25 1961 un 6-0331 40 students seek 13 class positions elections may 8-10 vol 72 — no 44 petitions have been filed by 40 men who are seeking class officer positions campaigning for the 12 positions will begin tonight elections will be held may 8 9 and 10 results will be announced at the annual flag pole day exercises may 11 in competition for senior class presidency are gerald c adkins dennis r maus james g morgan norman f strate and edward j wagner morgan presently serving as treasurer of the class of 62 robert c eisner allen l greenough gorden t hoare and peter m tomalin have petitioned for the 63 presidency hoare has served as president of the class for the past two years seven will vie for president of the class of 64 david m ball robert g burch richard m davis john r denoia parry l hesselman charles m wistar presently vice president of the class and edward j zneimer the vice president's position will go to the presidential candidate placing second under the hare sys tem of tabulating results peter p anderson and richard o connell are running for secre tary of the senior class charles m frankel robert d happ and michael a vianello have petition ed for treasurer of the class robert a sofferman is the only candidate seeking the secretary post for the class of 63 the seven candidates for treas urer of the class of 63 are richard f borner anthony m cargette henry b castle robert m david son denis o ha/am w robert park and william h stuebe six candidates have filed neti pledges to hear seth brooks approximately 421 pledges ifc and university officials will gather in grace hall tomorrow at 6 p.m for the annual pledge banquet dr seth r brooks national president of beta theta pi will be the main speaker chaplain raymond e fuessle will deliver the invocation pledge trainers from each fra ternity will accompany the new pledges to the banquet ifc ad visers james v d epps associate professor of metallurgical engin eering and edward h kottcamp jr assistant professor of metal see pledges page 7 final touch — soloist applies final touches on make up prior to saturday night's performance of oedipus rex see drinking page 3 regulations for spring houseparty were announced last week by preston parr associate dean of students houseparty is an undergraduate lehigh date weekend parr's memo to living groups stipulated i ask that you take responsibility for careful planning of your parties and for strict observance of dead lines houseparty activities will begin friday at 4 p.m when the dates are scheduled lo arrive and end at 5 p.m sunday fraternity dates and other guests have to be registered at dean parr's office by 5 p.m wednesday residence halls dates on the other hand are to be registered with mrs eberman's office in mcclintio-mai shall house sunday activities must end at 5 p.m sharp the dean's message states and the failure of any group to observe this rule will be referred to the judiciary committee the spring houseparty dance featuring lous armstrong will be gin at nine friday evening and end promptly at 1 a.m living group parties may begin however one hour before the end of the dance and oedipus strikes high professional level herd and lee cass as the messenger all experienced solo ists sang very important supporting roles with understand ing musicianship one of the high points of the show was the final chorus of the theban citizens who with the messenger describes the frightful doom of oedipus and jocasta in clearly modulated voice h barrett davis as narrator punctuated the performance reminding the audience of the well-known story without ever intruding on the continuity of the music and the dramatic action prof cutler led the orchestra chorus and soloists through an involved musical score with sensitiveness to or chestral and choral balance and precision of attack tempos were right throughout a certain muddiness of sound in the bass instrument which may be attributed to the acoustical situation in grace hall was noticeable where the dry death see kudos page 4 spanish civil war brass and tympani contributed to the effectiveness of the piece the entire production of oedius rex which followed was performed on a high professional level especially com mendable was the clarion tenor voice of oedipus sung by george shirley recent winner of the metropolitan audition his penetrating presentation of oedipus never lost its mobility even as he revealed the ultimately human self-pity of a king who must sacrifice himself to the inevitable fate over which he has no control evelyn sachs contralto as jocasta was pure musically and vocally in her long demanding aria although her in terpretation of the aria was somewhat romantic in the op eratic tradition of bizet and perhaps even massenet it served to contrast effectively with the all-male cast and chorus thomas paul as teresiase norman myrvik as the shep by wilbur w hollman head of the music department cedar crest college a large appreciative and attentive audience convened last saturday evening in grace hall to see and hear the stage presentation of a major music-dramatic work the oedipus rex of igor stravinsky the text of this time honored greek drama by sophocles was arranged by jean cocteau and translated into latin by jean deanileou after a short group of selections by the glee club the appetite was duly wetted for the main course of the eve ning a stirring welsh chorale opened the glee club group and was followed by a beautifully executed latin motet by jacobus de kerl the lehigh glee club under prof robert cutler's direction then presented samuel barber's musical setting of stephen spender's poem a stopwatch and an ordinance map a serious evocation of the tragedy of the lehigh university brown and white spring f ever vofe for 67 hp queen see page 5 . . .