Brown and White Vol. 34 no. 32

              inspection trip to aid planning of new building prof stoughton to deliver important address tonight epitome to start final campaign last chance to subscribe to annual comes in next two weeks crescent a.c bows to court team in friday's game ridsdale to represent strong local chapter at the meeting strong showing made es pecially in light weight divisions noted lehigh metallurgist to give howe mem orial lecture failure of visitors to score from foul line causes defeat near completion faculty committee to visit laboratories in east and middle west annual meet fast game three trips alloy steels four falls brown and white notice freshmen desiring to en ter the new editorial compe tition should meet in the brown and white room at 4:15 tomorrow afternoon for instruction sophomores entering the competition for assistant edi tor are to report at 7:30 to morrow night in the brown and white rooms mustard and cheese makes progress wayburn scenario soon ready to be submitted to coach week on road this week the epitome is renewing its drive for sub scriptions for the 1928 book the annual this year is one to be proud of and the staff has made record progress in its completion at the present time the entire copy is in the hands of the printer and the book will be delivered just previous to the easter holidays which will be an epoch making event for a lehigh annual the art work in this book is decidedly more extensive than has ever before been attempted here and makes the edition very attrac tive the athletic section and the pictoral review of the col lege year are the features and both are worked up in 8 novel way the fact that the annual is being so successfully and speedily compiled should in sure a large circulation for the current book the campaign is to be con ducted by the combined staffs of the annual and any man on either the editorial or manager ial board will be prepared to take subscriptions beginning this week the price of the boo • is set at 5.00 and that amount can be paid now or a payment of 2.50 down and the other installment to be paid on the receipt of the book will be acceptable the following jun iors are prepared to take sub scriptions ellis business man continued on page four the seventh annual conven tion of the omicron delta kap pa will be held thursday fri day and saturday at the uni versity of virginia gordon ridsdale has been elected to represent the lehigh chapter at this convention and will leave bethlehem on thursday for that purpose extensive preparations have been made by the members of the virginia chapter for the convenience and entertainment of the various delegates and a full program has been arrang ed for the convention thurs day evening the convention will open with a meeting of the general council of the fra ternity on friday among other activities will be the presentation of the reports of the chapter delegates these will include a report of the ac tivities of the various chap ters for the past two years and ridsdale will give a report from the lehigh chapter which is expected to equal if not bet ter the report of any other chapter in the fraternity among the outstanding things that the o d k has accomplished at lehigh are the prior memorial project the changing of the date for the christmas holidays fostering the idea of the entertainment of rival teams by undergrad uate organizations discussion of the renewal of the honor system and the fostering of a freshman theme contest entail ing suggestions for college im provements swimmerstrounced by rutgers team professor bradley stough ton head of the department of metallurgical engineering le high university will deliver the henry m howe memorial lecture at the forthcoming an nual meeting of the american institute of mining and metal lurgical engineers in new york city on february 15th the subject of the lecture will be alloy steels this lecture ship was established in mem ory of henry marion howe who was known in his lifetime as the dean of iron and steel metallurgists the lecture is always devoted to some subject related to the life work of dr howe this is its fourth de livery the three previous lec turers were albert sauveur gordon mackay professor of metallurgy and metallography at harvard university on whom lehigh conferred the honorary degree of dr eng last june john a matthews vice president of the crucible steel company of america and william campbell howe pro fessor of metallurgy and metal lography at columbia univer sity continued on page four alloy steels began to be in dustrially important the same year 1889 in which howe published the book that estab lished him the leader in the scientific metallurgy of iron and steel since then alloy steels have increased in im portance until now they form the basis of automobile design have revolutionized machine freshman quintet subdues rutgers three records broken by speedy scarlet com bination close game lost by basketeers sat for the past three days four members of the faculty presi dent richards and an architect have been visiting various col leges in new england with the purpose of obtaining and ex changing ideas to be incorpor ated in the new mechanical and electrical engineering build ing the gift of mr frank w packard this trip is the first of a series which have been planned to embrace most of the major institutions in the coun try the six men of the com mitee dr richards dr esty and prof seyfert of the elec trical department prof lar kin and prof stuart of the me chanical department and a member of the firm of archi tects who will design the build ing have so far visited yale university the massachuetts institute of technology har vard university and rensselaer polytechnic institute at troy n y this completes the first trip on the 27th of february the committee will leave for the second tour this will include a day at cornell followed by a short visit on the following day to the packard motor car com pany at detroit one of the main objects of this visit will be to confer with the engineers of that company on the design of the automobile testing lab oratory which will be install ed in the new building from detroit the party will go the university of michigan and then to the univ of chicago on the next day the party will continued on page four an exhibition of accurate foul-shooting by lehigh gave them a well-deserved victory over the crescent athletic club of brooklyn friday evening in the lower gymnasium the brown and white players cor alled eleven points out of a pos sible eighteen from the fifteen foot line c schaub and bill meyer were responsible for eight of these markers which enabled the homesters to win their second consecutive game in twee nights by a score of 25-20 no scoring took place with in the first five minutes c schaub made the first of his five fouls when he tallied im mediately afterward the de fense of both teams was su perb during this half each team caging but three field goals billmeyer later brought the crowd to its feet with a wonderful shot which was heaved far beyond the half-way mark the whistle found le high leading 14 to 8 continued on page four the final half was a thriller neither team being sure of vic tory although lehigh led by a scant margin throughout per sonal fouls which sent billmey ed and the schaub brothers to the showers wrecked havoc with the geary combination two speedy baskets by keat ing placed his team but four points behind lehigh at this moment sensational baskets by smith forged the brown and white into a safer lead which was never relinquished long shots by the brooklynites per frosh grapplers lose opening meet frosh continue string of victories by downing weak scarlet five minutes seal doom lucky long shots in closing preparation for the spring mustard and cheese show is now progressing rapidly since the beginning of the new term many plans have taken root and the members are getting seriously to business with the hope of producing a sensational show the wednesday night practices are being held again for candidates both in the chor us and in the cast the mem bers and candidates have been practicing steadily since no vember with the exception of a layoff before mid-years the scenario is nearing completion and inside of a few weeks should be ready to be sent to ned wayburn for criticism scarlett traveling manager has nearly succeeded in book ing engagements for an entire week engagements have been secured in bethlehem reading allentown philadelphia and new york one night is open and final arrangements haven't beeti made for that night as yet sometime in the very near future a tryout will be held for business manager of the show sophomores are eligible and those who are interested should get in touch with ketterer at the phi gamma delta house scabbard & blade open meet thurs win in opener brooklyn polytech scores 19-3 interesting meeting to show work of local chapter the varsity wrestling team won its second dual meet of the season last saturday afternoon defeating the syracuse univer sity grapplers by the close score of 16-13 lehigh showed great superiority in the lighter weight classes especially the 115 125 and 135-pound classes while syracuse showed up better in the heavier classes louie guerrero and armstrong wres tled their first varsity meets for lehigh and heilman and lehr were shifted into differ ent weight classes presenting an entirely different team from that which wrestled in the first two meets of the season in the 115-pound class ed die mcgovern had no difficulty in bringing okun of syracuse to the mat but was unable to throw him gaining a time ad vantage of 9.51 this was mc governs second win of the sea son out of two starts captain jimmy reed le high's sensational wrestler scored a fall from tucker of syracuse after eight minutes and forty seconds of wrestling reed had some difficulty with tucker at the start but manag ed to throw him with a crotch and half nelson bill heilman who wrestled in the 135-pound class this week lost no time in throwing prater of syracuse his fall was scored in four minutes and fifty-four seconds with a bar nelson and reverse chancery captain warner of syracuse put his team in the running by scoring five points throwing louie guerrero who wrestled his first meet for the brown and white warner scored his fall with a half nelson and body hold in two minutes and twen ty-five seconds continued on page four louie long clinched the meet for lehigh after gaining a lehigh university calender next frosh b w competition opens freshmen urged to report tomorrow afternoon fine opening the scabbard and blade so ciety comes to the fore with an open meeting thursday night at 7:30 in the main hall of the armory everything sponsored vby this military body has been highly successful in the past and there is no reason why a fine attendance cannot be at tained at tomorrow night's meeting continued on page four the program for the affair is quite complete and attrac tive the lehigh band which has been secured for the eve ning will lend plenty of zest to the occasion the speeches of the evening will be most in teresting they will be deliv ered by several men of respon sible position in the local body captain rodman will be the principal speaker and will give everyone an insight on his phase of the great war tell ing of his own interesting ad ventures while over-seas besides captain rodman colonel j gordon ridsdale student leader of lehigh's mil itary organization will also after starting the new era right by winning the first two games the varsity ball-tossers finished on the short end of a 31-26 score in the game with rutgers last saturday the game was fast and hard fought from the start and up until a few minutes before the final whistle neither team ever had more than a two or three point margin with the score dead locked at 25-25 and with less than two minutes to play the crimson managed to cage three long shots and not enough time remained for the brown and white team to overcome this advantage rutgers lehigh roberts f . . . c schaub alton f smith hohrback . c .. e schaub beettcher g . .. . billmeyer holmes g berman goals from field rutgers roberts 4 alton 4 rohrbach beettcher holmes 2 ; lehigh c schaub 4 smith 2 e schaub 2 billmeyer 2 goals from foul rutgers rohrback 2 beettcher 2 holmes lehigh c schaub 4 billmeyer hesse coach bartlett's yearling basketball team prevented rut gers from making a clean sweep of the sport series between the two universities on saturday by annexing their third straight victory of the season by a com fortable margin in a prelim inary game to the thrilling var sity contest in ballentine gym nasium the lehigh frosh out scored their rivals 33-14 except for the first few min utes when close guarding fea tured the lehigh tossers show ed an unmistakable superiority over the home club captain many alone accounted for five field goals in the first half most of which were the result of close following the ball off the backboard schultz's shoot ing also was effective gowdy who was somewhat taller than salmon and who out jumped his rival consistently furnished the old rutgers grads present to celebrate alumni day with a thrill by netting two short shots in rapid succession near the close of the half when the players left the floor for continued on page four a new freshman competition for the editorial staff of the brown and white will open this week wednesday all competitors will report at the brown and white rooms in drown hall at 4:15 on wed nesday afternoon to receive full instructions due to the lack of interest and apparent lack of material in the present freshman class it is necessary to run this com petition about five or six men will be elected to the board and they will be judged solely on the merits which they portray during this competition this is a splendid opportunity for the freshmen to learn journal ism and editorial writing as well as to engage in an impor tant college activity the freshman wrestling team was defeated in what will probably be the most strenuous meet on their schedule when brooklyn polytech ran up a 19-3 score against them at the latter's gym on saturday the meet however was much clos er than the score indicated with two of the bouts going into ex tra periods silverman lehigh 145-pound contestant scored the only points for the brown and white when he secured a time advantage in the extra periods of his bout tifft in the 115-pound class and jones the 135-pounder were both defeated by a small time advantage the latter in extra periods vaughn and badgeley also made a very good showing being thrown only af ter strenuous grappling while lehr lost on a time advantage to the polytech captain the team as a whole made a cred itable showing considering the fact that this was their first meet ; and with more experience they should finish the season in a much better manner wednesday feb 16 6:30 p m february meeting of the science research club drown hall address by dr weida dr klein presiding election of new member thursday feb 17 8 00 p m meeting of the pre medical society coppee hall dr w l estes jr will de liver an illustrated lecture saturday feb 19 3 00 p m varsity swimming vs catholic university tay lor gymnasium 7:00 p m freshman basket ball vs lafayette frosh tay lor gymnasium 8:00 p m varsity basketball vs lafayette taylor gym nasium sunday feb 20 4:00 p m college tea under the auspices of the y m c a drown hall a fast rutgers swimming team toppled lehigh at new brunswick by a large score 47-10 the lehigh team that faced rutgers natators altho rejuvenated with much new and unpolished material was too inexperienced to perform creditably a rutgers sprint er however was forced by webbe of lehigh who finished second to set a new intercolle giate record in the 440 yard sprint this record time of 5 minutes 32.6 seconds was also a rutgers pool record two new eastern intercolle giate records were set by rut gers men warner in the 440 and levis the backstroke cham pion who outdistanced ahlburg of lehigh in 1 minute 56.8 sec onds were the two rutgers re cord-smashers these times also constituted local pool rec ords continued on page four although the brown and white swimmers failed to ob tain a single first place coxe and webbe did well in the 440 yard dash and the 220 yard breaststroke respectively van nort placed in the dives for le high and hertzler in the 100 yard freestyle belizzoni did brown and white bethlehem pa tuesday february 15 1927 o d k convention at u of virginia price five cents syracuse added to varsity wrestlers victory record vol xxxiv no 32 frosh b & w competition opens wednesday attend the scabbard and blade open meeting