Brown and White Vol. 34 no. 45

              price five cents princeton opens b & w baseball season tomorrow mercy sakes on final practices interesting talk given university board of control also an nounces assistant man agers coach milam drilling chor us on black bottom and kinkajou arcadia decides subscription for coming jr prom prof bradley stoughton talks before sigma xi society at yale count felix yon luckner gives an insight of ger many's relations lehigh baseball team ex pected to make good showing also limit cotillion sub scription discuss col lege meets seniors pay dues all living group heads who have not yet seen martindale are urged to get in touch with him immediately and secure their lists of the names of seniors who are in arrears with their class dues dues must be paid before a man will be admitted to the sen ior banquet next wednesday evening maximum of 5 three letter men chi chapter of eta kappa nu pledges six junior electrical engineers are admitted to their course honorary pledge soon at a meeting of the arcadia held wednesday evening in drown hall the student activi ties committee reported that it had met with the faculty com mittee on activities and report ed a maximum subscription of five dollars for both junior prom and sophomore cotillion at house party time this re port was accepted and passed by the arcadia after a lengthy discussion on the reason for the existence of cotillion it was decided that a delegate from cotillion be asked to come before the next meet ing of the arcadia to give rea sons justifying the existence of the club the club has for years had no other function than running dances at house party and since it is an un wieldy organization for matters of this type it was suggested that the club be disbanded and its function carried on by an other organization still on the subject of dances arcadia rul ed that all dance reports must be audited and passed by ar cadia and any profits in excess of 25 be placed in the-treas ury of the organization spon soring the dance continued on page four the representative from o d k reported that his organ ization went on record as stat ing that the honor system could not be feasibly operated at the present time arcadia also went on record as not be tomorrow the baseball team journeys to princeton where they will join with the tigers in prying the lid off the 1927 campaign little is known of the princeton team aside from the fact that it is being mould ed around a goodly number of veterans the invasion of tig ertown will be made with the intention of putting an end to the princeton one point jinx which has prevailed throughout the last year pre-season dope is never any too reliable but in coach john son's opinion the team should make a very creditable showing this year the competition for the positions is keen and a healthy spirit of rivalry exists no department of the game can be said to be noticeably lacking in ability and an unusually well-balanced team will be put on the diamond three letter men from last year captain hayes nevins and pitts and castor brady and rosenson of the 1926 squad were the veteran men who re sponded to the first call for can didates from the unusually large crowd of candidates many hopefuls have now been elimin ated leaving only the most promising material in the squad of twenty-eight men continued on page four the early season prospects for the pitching staff appeared none too hopeful but good coaching has accomplished much ; and six pitchers of var lehigh chapter of p b d installed freshmen baseball prospects bright last wednesday afternoon lehigh had the unique pleasure of listening to one who repre sented the other side in the great war count felix yon luckner who came to america with the idea of furthering the spirit of friendship and good will between the united states and germany gave one of the most interesting talks that it has been the privilege of the university to hear it was probably the first time that the majority of count luckner's listeners had ever had the op portunity of gaining at first hand an insight of the affairs of the so-called enemy and his talk certainly did more toward making amicable relations than was possible through almost any other medium from the time count luck ner went to sea at the age of thirteen until the present time he has probably led as colorful a life as it is possible for one man to have his experiences aboard the auxiliary cruiser irma as a german agent dur ing the war were most excit ing his tales of how he ran through the british blockade in the north sea and the means he took to disguise his crew and ship were of the sort that appealed to the most confirmed landsman because of their hu man interest and because of the manner in which they were told count yon luckner's strong and interesting personality and excellent lecture will leave a marked impression on those who were fortunate enough to hear him and it is certain that his return in october to again speak at lehigh will be eagerly awaited chi chapter of eta kappa nu honorary electrical engin eering fraternity elected six members of the junior class to membership at a meeting which was held wednesday evening these men will be pledged dur ing the chapel exercises next wednesday morning membership in this honorary organization is open only to students in the third and fourth years of the electrical engin eering curriculum who have done exceptionally satisfactory work during their freshman and sophomore years of equal importance in qualifying for membership is the requirement that all members be of exem plary character and give prom ise of being capable of indepen dent research work in their field continued on page four lehigh's chapter of this na tional fraternity was establish ed last year and had as char ter members men who received their degrees with the class of 1926 the organization was german club holds regular meeting lehigh annual is published early mercy sakes the mustard and cheese production of this year presents the unique fea ture of having the action of the show start and center about a bet the alternative of fifty thousand dollars or going to a ranch in texas is offered as a result of the bet and from there on the action is vigorous ced smith has been chosen to play the leading part in the play and he has shown him self to be particularly well adapted to his role the cast has been practically definitely picked and it is doubtful whether any changes will be made the chorus will offer the two latest popular dances as their specialties the black bottom and the kinkajou the mem bers of the chorus of mercy sakes have shown up particu larly well in practice but with the additional help of costumes the dancing will undoubtedly be unusually effective the chorus has also been definitely selected although it is possible that an other cut may be made in their ranks within the next few weeks coach milam has shown an especially keen interest in the musical comedy and has been invaluable in his work and in the suggestions which he has offered his wife has also greatly aided the cast and chor us in their work particularly in the dance numbers coach milam because of his former experience in this type of pro duction and his unusual apti tude in training men has de veloped mercy sakes into a particularly interesting musical comedy with two weeks of in tensive training before the show starts its road trip and home engagements he will devote much of his time to putting a final polish on the production new officers for b & w selected four new members initiat ed into deutscher verein last monday new leaders for year and freshman candidates elected by board the 1928 lehigh epitome will be printed and ready for distribution within the next few weeks the earliest date at which the annual has ever appeared many new features have been added to the book this year and the athletic and college year sections have been greatly improved upon the opening section is also better arranged and more attractive than for merly inasmuch as it is impossible to anticipate the wants of the student body only a certain number of epitomes have been printed in order to insure re servation of a copy of the an nual all subscriptions should be placed within the next ten days any person desiring a copy or any senior desiring an addition al copy should turn in their subscription to j g conrath j bent j m engel or r k pfleuger the annual re-organization of the brown and white board occurred tuesday afternoon at which time the offices of editor in-chief managing editor business manager circulation manager and assistant editors were filled in addition five freshmen were elected to the editorial staff paul g gilmore was elected editor-in-chief he is the fifth member of his family to receive this office george w fearnside jr will be manag ing editor fred w whaley was chosen as business manag er and charles a roberts as circulation manager john a lyter and william b adams were elected assistant editors the freshmen who were elect ed to the editorial department include paul e gettys david b atkins henry oppenheimer jr george h feakins and harvey h dunn the newly chosen officers as sume their duties immediately there will be a board meeting next tuesday afternoon at four o'clock intercollegiates the awarding of letters and numerals and the appointment of assistant managerships com prised the major portion of the routine meeting which the board of athletic control held on monday evening outstanding among the deci sions of the evening was the passing of a resolution which will be presented to the trus tees for ratification it is rel ative to the election of the un dergraduate members of the board the present number four are chosen from the ar cadia it is proposed that the president of the senior class be admitted automatically up on his election the other three members would be elected by the arcadia in may of each year no student on probation will be permitted to serve in this capacity the vacancies are to be filled by the arcadia permission was granted for the formation of a three-game schedule for the junior var sity football team next fall possible opponents would be some of the neighboring nor mal schools or strong prepara tory schools the cross-country schedule was approved without any changes at is now stands the only home meet will be the one of nov sth when a triangular affair is listed between lafay ette rutgers and lehigh the schedule oct b—lntra-murals8 — intra-murals oct 15 — dickinson away oct 22 — union away oct 29 — pennsylvania away nov s—lafayette5 — lafayette and rut gers home nov 12 — new york special consideration is be ing given to the granting of a commendable trophy to the members of the team the coach and the manager a suitable plan has not as yet been devis ed but a committee appointed for that purpose will formul ate arrangements to be present ed at the next meeting of the board the board declined to approve the election of two captains for lacrosse the use of taylor stadium was deemed limited in use by any outside organiza tion only several of the beth lehem high school football games and general public cele brations may be staged in tay lor stadium major l's were awarded to the following members of the championship wrestling team : j reed captain ; e w mcgovern w heilman l long a lehr c keller i w littell l guerrero and p w sinwell manager letters in varsity swimming were awarded to w a raleigh captain r h hertzler c e webbe t coxe c leader j b hayes and w f feuerbach manager schultz salmon benhoff bennett solar richards hale e k smith and powell and wick as assistant managers received their numerals for freshman basketball c l wright manager of the year lings received an l continued on page four turn server daly mcclain davis scott dinsmore l e smith mccarty leibowitz and schwartz received their numer als in freshman swimming last saturday prof bradley stoughton head of the metal lurgical department at lehigh university delivered an address before the sigma xi society at yale university the occasion was the thirty-third annual in itiation and banquet of the yale chapter the theme of prof stough ton's address was a plea for broader vision he prefaced the speech with a brief outline of the development and extent of america's material prosper ity wealth and social develop ment he then warned against the adoption of a material view point which the present type of civilization tends to foster considerable attention was giv en to the description of the thorough-going materialist the man who denies that higher wisdom is manifested in creat ed and evolving nature or can be communicated directly to it this tendency towards denial of a higher wisdom is the result of development of mankind from the lower state in which he depended more directly upon it into the more advanced stage in which he was able to replace it to a certain extent by his own increasing intelli gence it is therefore the mis sion of mankind to direct evo lution to preserve spirit from complete submergence in mat ter and bring about its mas tery knowledge is not only ac quired from concrete sources but also from the soul this has been recognized by the highest type of scientist every where ; outstanding men of all ages socrates da vinci new ton and pasteur all confessed to deep spiritual faith thus vision and faith are necessary for the acquisition of true knowledge the speaker then recounted the manifold advances of sci ence and the numberless ma terial benefits which it has giv en to the world science or the technical arts has in times past raised mankind to a high level as is attested by the com plex and extremely ancient civ ilization of the chinese but these advances have lacked something which makes for an enduring civilization science in the past has brought mater ial good to mankind but has not directly increased its spir itual welfare * the true duty of science then is to influence through its manifold contacts with human ity the attitude of mind which determines the real value of civilization and to wean it away from its present and evi dent materiality towards high er ideals to quote the last paragraph : the attitude of mind and therefore the influence of men of science may be our present civilization's menace a menace if it leads men to glorify ma terialism for itself or it may be the saving grace which will preserve our present state of evolution for our children and our children's children continued on page four the sigma xi society found ed in 1894 resembles phi beta kappa but with the difference that membership in it is con ferred on those who have dis tinguished themselves primar ily in science rather than the arts at the present time stu dents on graduation are eligible the alpha gamma chapter of phi beta delta was installed at lehigh last saturday after noon at the chapter house 728 broadway dean charles m mcconn was the guest of honor at the banquet held at the ho tel bethlehem following the in stallation about forty guests were pre sent at the dinner celebrating the installation of the twenty sixth chapter of phi beta delta the toastmaster mr isidore h schweidel eastern vice-presi dent of the national organiza tion introduced the speakers including dr william bieder man national president of the fraternity dr charles m mc conn dean of lehigh univer sity mr sidney lorenz spon sor of the chapter mr samuel j schur national historian of phi beta delta mr adolph w schiff president of the local group mr isadore s wachs president of the phi beta delta club of philadelphia mr samuel ruttenberg delegate to the national council and mr abraham d medoff and mr alexander s beal members of the local chapter phi beta delta was founded at columbia university in 1912 and now comprises twenty-six chapters scattered throughout the united states the instal lation of the local chapter is the first to take place since that of alpha beta chapter at the university of denver in 1925 the newly installed chapter continued on page two at a regular meeting of the deutscher verein was held last monday evening at the butz town hotel following the gen eral custom a banquet preced ed the business of the meeting after the dinner the old mem bers retired to the meeting chambers where prof moore told the society that count fel ix yon luckner was to be the club's guest on wednesday aft ernoon when he would address the student body a motion was made and passed that count yon luckner be presented with a lehigh banner the annual trip of the vere ins was discussed and a com mittee of v concilio r j butz and e t doll was ap pointed to select a suitable place to which the society could go after the business of the meet ing was completed four new members were initiated the new men are w j steidele a f graa j a longo and n k scheinfeld following the ini tiations several german songs were sung after which f o kegel read some german prose selections impersonating the characters in a highly interest ing and vivid manner the frosh baseball season looks especially bright this spring with sixty candidates of which quite a few have been former scholastic stars out for the team prospects for a strong lehigh yearling team look good coach petriken has been able to hold two practices so far on account of the rainy weather and the muddy condition of the field the first practice was held last friday afternoon at the new lehigh field and another on tuesday afternoon judg ing from these two practices about fifteen candidates look very promising of the ten pitchers now contending for the position strauss former west philadelphia high star and ayers a high percentage bats man from wyoming seminary look especially good salmon a left-hander hailing from ped die institute also has an edge over some of the aspirants of the catchers mayes from swarthmore prep is outstand ing and bean a mittman from norristown high will be a close contender the infield material is also outstanding the contenders for first base who should have a hard fight among themselves for the berth are oiler former germantown high star brat ton from stamford high and marcus stellar initial sacker from atlantic city high school the best material for the sec continued on page four notice there will be a meeting of all candidates for the y m c a freshman handbook in the y m c a room in drown hall on monday aft ernoon april 4 at 4 p m for further information see or call c a roberts sigma chi house telephone 705 brown and white bethlehem pa friday april 1 1927 award letters at athletic meeting lehigh professor delivers address vol xxxv no 1 all seniors pay class dues at once get ready for the banquet season last chance to subscribe to the epitome