Brown and White Vol. 24 no. 51

              preliminary events scheduled to begin at 10.30 o'clock and finals at 3 as the time for the twelfth bach festival approaches interest in the program to be rendered is in creasing throughout the musical j world as well as locally the fact that the rendition takes place in the university chapel and that a number of the faculty and stu dents sing in the choir and are otherwise identified with the pro duction makes the affair of more than ordinary interest to lehigh men dr j fred wolfe is conductor of the choir friday and satur day june 1 and 2 are the dates of the production the first session will take place at 4 o'clock friday the program for the friday afternoon session opens with a cantata to thee he hath shown man the right way which bach wrote for the eights sunday after trinity there is a great opening chorus followed by a solo with flute obli gate the second number the motet the spirit also helpeth us is the only work of the day that will be sung unaccompanied wonder ful results are being obtained by the choir in rehearsals in the anti phonal effect of the opening double chorus the singers are producing splendidly the power and dignity of this motet from depths of woe i call on thee is the third cantata this is unique in that each voice sings in turn the first line of the initial chorus after the tenor alto and bass voices have sung the soprano comes in with the first line of the chorale melody in notes of double length . the fourth number of the fri day afternoon session is watch ye pray ye a chorus of tre mendous power it is full of the life and vigor of bach continued on fifth page captain elected w m walther 18 who has played a star game on the defense for the past two years has been elected captain of the lacrosse team for next year seniors notice any seniors intending to be present at commencement must be measured for gowns before may 30 at the supply bureau lafayette tomorrow the second game of the lehigh lafayette series will be played to morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock on march field easton the maroon and white combination will make a big effort to even up the series gerard or brown who have not been showing much form this sea son in the box but who have seen service against lehigh in previous years will probably be given the chance to stage a come-back tomor row both are good twirlers when they are working right with the exception of pitcher the same team will represent lafayette as in the opening game the regular line-up will start the game for lehigh with johnson probably in the box varsity tennis team defeats lafayette 96 to hold reunion the brown and white tennis team came back strong from the defeat handed them a few weeks ago by lafayette and succeeded in taking the match played last wed nesday at easton by a score of 5 matches to one the results of the matches are as follows : warner defeated captain pardee 4-6 6-3 8-6 purple defeated meiley 6-4 6-1 johnson lost to hardy 6-3 6-4 coffin defeated hynson 6-3 6-4 coffin and warner defeated pardee and hynson 1-6 6-3 6-2 johnson and purple defeated hardy and meiley 6-0 6-2 recently collected data shows that about 13 per cent of the stu dents enrolled at lehigh this year have volunteered their services to the country every class and every group has its representatives and the branches of service are widely varied the graduating class has sent the largest representation 1919 is second high 1918 next and he present freshman class smallest with thirteen men the officers training camps are the most popular branch of en listment having claimed nineteen men the naval reserve has at tracted the next largest group while the engineering corps has only taken four men the ambu lance corps medical corps and in dustrial reserve have all claimed representatives besides the men listed below there are many more who are unde leted at present and who will doubtless enter some branch of the service after the exams men who have enlisted or contemplate enter ing the service whose names are omitted are urged to notify the managing editor the following is the list of stu dlents who have volunteered for war service by groups and the de partments in which they will en list if they pass their examina tions : from the dormitories j wentz 17 h f mclaughlin 18 ; e v lehr 19 ; all have en listed in the officers training camp at fort niagara l f hagg lund 17 is at plattsburg f m porter 17 reserve engi neering corps d h henderson 17 scotland d dosch 17 w amick 19 and r rosenbaum 19 all for officers reserve i g ross 18 artillery h boston 17 r ridgway 17 and w a beck 20 already entered in industrial reserve are c c monroe 19 l r conrad 17 ; d brobst 17 ; l o'brien 17 f n becker 17 11 e mcdowell 17 c b gorisse 19 those about to enter this field are l b geis 18 ; g ganter 19 ; i zirkin 20 n munkelwitz 18 and r mohr 17 alpha tau omega h h steacy 19 naval reserve delta phi g 11 gildersleeve 19 naval reserve j dew perry 18 naval reserve psi upsilon w p berg 17 undecided r t williams 17 un decided ; r l colby 17 officers training camp p h kittle 17 officers training camp e m robinson 17 officers training camp r peale jr 18 cavalry j r whitney 18 undecided h b gulick 19 naval reserve theta delta chi r w wol eott 18 officers reserve j c knickerbocker 19 officers re serve ; w s sears 19 undecided ; t boggs 20 officers reserve l humphrey 20 undecided phi gamma delta 11 f w johnson 17 american ambu lance corps e l jenness 17 nayal reserve w c schultz 17 continued on fourth page everything is in readiness for the middle states intercollegiates to be held here tomorrow and with good weather some records will no doubt be broken a large attend ance is expected as the meet is one of the best to be held in collegiate circles in the east this year owing to the abandoning of the i c a a a a meet owing to the large list of entries the preliminary events will begin at 10 1 30 in the morning and the finals will start at 3 o'clock in the afternoon since the meet is not entirely being controlled by le high a small student admission of fifty cents will be charged which will be good for both morning and afternoon owing to the heavy ex pense connected with the meet a large attendance of the student body is requested little can be said in regard to le high's chances of winning tomor row's meet as there are many stars among the list of entries and a close race for places is certain coach billy sheridan said in regard to the prospects of winning that in a meet of this type only individual stars have a chance of placing and from present indications herring ton whose records in the sw<arth more meet were very encouraging is lehigh s best bet to score several firsts while captain mcgrath it is expected will also capture several points if his ankle does not hinder him while the brown and white team looks good in a dual meet it is not composed of enough individual stars to be sure of winning but it is hoped that several seconds and thirds may be scored to boost le high s score enough to be among the leaders the entries include men from the following nine colleges and univer sities : new york university dick inson delaware washington and jefferson swarthmore gettysburg rutgers lafayette and lehigh several of the colleges which had intended to compete in the meet were forced to withdraw their en tries owing to many of their men leaving for national service there will be fourteen events and the various entries are as follows 100 yard dash new york university r m brcome pi b finley lafayette j r evans h f leeper r b bechtel g gano j r beers j h mccroy h r mor gan f h kirkendall w r baur lehigh m a morrissey t s pengelly j hardy f e bailey c hunt dickinson : j f atkinson m a palm m p morris a t coron way delaware j g craig w y marshall d crockett h marsten w & j : d n denman p j lally f n mcmillan swarthmore : n g shidle c snyder d klauder c g bonner ll l hoot h l smith gettysburg i mi heffelfinger e g dieffenbach 220-yard dash n y u : r m broome 11 b finley , continued on fifth page j b jacob 18 to serve as pre sident e a mooers 18 and f w hukill treasurer problems that the war situation will occasion locally were outlined and a tentative organization for facing them was effected at a meet ! ing monday evening of the execu tive committee of the committee of public safety of the bethlehems in the e p wilbur trust com pany building a vigorous start was made in his opening remarks to the meeting warren a wilbur a trustee of lehigh who is chairman of the committee sketched the principal divisions of public safety work the following citizens were elec ted as chairmen of the various sub committees : finance committee w b myers chairman food supply committee prof j l stewart chairman ; publicity com mittee raymond walters 07 chairman legislation committee alexander c graham chairman allied bodies committee robert e wilbur 04 chairman sani tation and medicine committee dr w l estes 06 chairman civic relief committee mrs j e stocker chairman wife of prof j stocker 95 ; materials committee | j geo lehman 96 chairman plants committee alan c dodson ! 00 chairman motors and motor j trucks committee a c huff : chairman civilian service and labor committee thos rowan chairman military naval and police committee maj t o cole chairman ; transportation com 1 mittee j m yeakle chairman upon motion each chairman was instructed to appoint members of his committee subject to the ap 1 proval of the executive committee and each committee is to organize with a vice-chairman and secretary and will then proceed as promptly as possible with the work to which it is assigned the following members of the executive committee were present j at the meeting last evening which ! took place in the office of mr wil bur w a wilbur chairman at a meeting held in drown hall last wednesday afternoon organi | zation of the arcadia for the col legiate year 1917-1918 was effected ! under the living group system of electing the arcadia which went into effect this spring twenty-nine members compose the present gov erning board the election of offi cers resulted in j b jacob 18 being elected president e a mooers 18 secretary and f w hukill 18 treasurer the personnel of the new ar cadia m'ith the fraternities ar ranged in the order of their found ing at lehigh follows town representative : jacob a bishop 18 leonard hall william b mc kinley 19 price hall william a carr ! 20 taylor hall : section a : vernon hoffman 18 section b norman r munkel witz 18 section c : george p jones 19 section d : john w hogg 18 section e : ira g ross jr 18 chi phi : leonard sargeant 18 delta phi john beard 19 psi upsilon : edward a mooers 18 alpha tau omega charles s hyatt 18 theta delta chi : john mccon nell 18 delta upsilon : richard c alden 18 sigma nu elwood m allan 18 phi gamma delta : frederick q adams 19 sigma phi : arthur w lewis 18 phi delta theta : lloyd c fen stermacher 18 sigma chi harold g boyd 18 delta tau delta richard h shannon 18 beta theta pi francis w hukill 18 kappa alpha : edward c davidson jr 18 chi psi : thomas g ralph 18 kappa sigma : james b jacob 18 phi sigma kappa : allen j ely 18 theta xi : edgar f wait 18 sigma phi epsilon william f xickuni 18 pi lambda phi : benjamin ben nes 18 theta delta psi george e weber 18 the constitution of the arcadia which was accepted by the student body at the recent college meeting follows : article i there is hereby constituted a board to be known as the ar cadia . ' ' article it the object of this arcadia shall be 1 to furnish a body of students which shall be representative of the various living groups andi which shall be able to express 1 the opinions and desires of the students continued on fifth page a feature of this year's annual reunion of the class of ninety-six will be a smoker to be held at the bethlehem club june 8 at which 96 will act as host to all return ing alumni andi in this way will celebrate the winning of the 91 trophy cup for the largest class attendance at the festivities last june this will be the twenty-first annual reunion of the class and will extend over friday and satur ! day june 8 and 9 the committee j in charge consists of j g lehman chairman r e lar^my r p ho well m bernstein and j t simpson 1 the brown and whites lehigh university bethlehem pa friday may 18 1917 public safety committee tentatively organized 1917-1918 arcadia board organized bach festival to be held in the packer chapel many lehigh men serving country vol xxiv intercollegiates here tomorrow citizens of the bethlehems elect lehigh graduates to act as officers members of faculty and students take active part in big musical event university students enlist in all branches of the nation's service twenty=nine men comprising new arcadia met last wednesday lehigh to act host to over 100 athletes nine teams entered every living group and every class represented by one or more officers corps popular fourteen events officers elected no 51