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              the student life committee asking them to extend their current in vestigation of fraternity rush ing to include both aforemen tioned groups arcadia also resolved to send a letter to william quay assistant to the dean of students to ask him to attend their next meeting and give them some details about the gryphon society steven schiavo 63 president announced that esquire magazine has sent a letter to arcadia asking for a list of lehigh's social ac tivities timothy bird 64 chairman of the publicity committee reported that samuel connor director of the office of public information told bird to ask the brown and white for an arcadia column the column would be written by a staff member student and faculty organiza tions which normally do not re ceive publicity might be discussed in this column according to bird steel specimens the approximately 40-foot long 6-foot wide and 2 inch thick welded specimens are placed in the huge testing machine which applies severe stress-loads see navy page 9 for u.s bureau of ships civil engineers test weldments fritz engineering laboratory has been commissioned by the u.s bureau of ships washington d.c to conduct a long-term series of classified tests on high-strength steel weldments for usage in ships of the u.s navy in conjunction with the hydrau lic testing machine a unique newly developed cannon-like fir ing device is being employed in by corbett monica arcadia resolved wednesday night to ask the student life com mittee to investigate so-called rushing practices of the gry phon society and the residence halls council raymond hodil 63 who pro posed the motion said he was prompted by student opinion and concern over the rushing prac tices of the two above groups ex pressed in recen letters to the brown and white commenting on the issue dun can payne 63 said it was high time some of the responsible let ters coming from the brown and white should be answered the text motion passed by ar cadia stated i move that since arcadia act ing as the student government must be concerned with the opin ion of the student body and furthermore since the student body has expressed concern over the rushing practices of the gry phon society and has indicated a desire for the investigation of the possibility of residence hall rush ing that arcadia send a letter to dr anthony g oettinger asso ciate professor of linguistics and applied mathematics at harvard university will speak on auto mation of language processing at 8 p.m tonight in the osbourne room of the university center the lecture will be sponsored by sigma xi national research hon oiy pi mv epsilon mathematics honorary and the cooperative lecture series committee for the past eight years dr oet tinger has been researching the problem of translating russian to english by means of computing see oetttnger's page 5 the testing program the impacting device was developed by civil en gineering personnel here for the current weldment testing project in cooperation with the velocity tool division mine safety appli ances corp pittsburgh the special series of brittle frac ture tests contracted by the gov ernmental agency with the insti tute of research will continue definitely the primary purpose of the project is the development of a welding material which will be as strong as its special steel base while remaining tough during ex posure to low temperatures actual testing conditions are in volving the notch-wedge-impact method which is conducted by in serting wedges into notches pre pared in weldments of selected would you believe it ? the pill cured me doc by raldo mattioli dr theodore millon assistant professor of psychology and prac ticing psychologist spoke thursday afternoon on pigeon soup bleeding crocodile dung powdered egyptian mummies and fox lungs as olde fashioned cure-alls as he set the scene for a sober discussion of the placebo — a medical bogeyman the 250-275 million dollar tranquilizer industry perhaps would not florish as well as it does if as dr millon said the more the public is aware of this placebo effect the less the effect would be the placebo effect is nothing more than a patient's belief in the doctor and his pills these look like drugs taste like drugs and often feel like drugs quipped dr millon if these drugs are administered by injection the term placebo translated from a latin verb form is i shall see millon page 9 davy crockett — one of the u.s army's newest tactical weapons is an atomic missile de signed for front-line use the rocket which can be fired from its own tripod or a jeep was on dis play with an exhibit sponsored by the army ordnance corps exhibit unit from aberdeen proving grounds md the exhibit was in grace hall tuesday and wednesday nittany lions host easterns matmen ready for big effort brown and white be panther vs tiger in the finals clawing at one another other threats are columbia's balquist and army's welker pat smartt could be seeded num ber one at 130 this undefeated junior has brushed aside most of the competition in the east haney of perm state janish of rutgers and doub of harvard will vie for the crown curt alexander will find a tough weight at 137 pitts john zolikoff see defending page 10 by jerry mcguire coach gerry leeman's varsity wrestlers are in top shape to de fend their eastern intercollegiate wrestling association champion ship as they travel to perm state for the tourney this friday and saturday the engineers just whipped through a 12-0-0 season and bring five place winners from last year's competition to university park they are co-favorites with pitt to take final honors leeman states i'm confident about our chances of winning the eiwa title again but i expect vol 73 — no 35 competition to be keener than last year perm state and army have im proved as the season progressed he continues pittsburgh is very strong and teams like syracuse navy and rutgers will no doubt cause some surprises lehigh is shooting for champion ship number 16 more than any other member of the league a quick look at the nine weights in the tourney give indication of the coming struggle for the crown third and fourth place consola tion bouts could prove to be the margin of victory in this year's eiwa the little tiger will take to the mat undefeated in the 123 pound class bill merriam was third-place finisher last year and defending champion dick martin of pitt is back it could very well arcadia requests investigation of gryphon rh rush policy friday march 9 1962 bethlehem pa dr anthony g oettinger dr a oet tinger speaks tonight on translator a donation of 50 will be given to the student faculty contact fund by arcadia although only nine faculty members have used the fund averaging about three functions for each faculty mem ber who used the fund arcadia decided the fund was fulfilling the original purpose the names of nominees selected by arcadia to serve on the house party judiciary committee has been submitted to dean of stu dents j d leith for approval aaup discussion mon professor david m greene as sistant professor of english will moderate an informal discussion monday on how to become a college teacher sponsored by the american as sociation of university professors the presentation is scheduled for 4:10 p.m in the faculty lounge students faculty and all others interested are invited to attend and participate in the planned question and answer session eiwa