Brown and White Vol. 37 no. 1

              present freshmen employ new course for first time president addresses large gathering in chapel on thursday entire physical equipment renovated during summer months 221 men accept bids burr is voted off probation frosh class smaller library finished by 1930 fosdick addresses im mense throng at sixty first ceremony liberalization hailed humor magazine to be closely watched however here seven years fourteen hundred and fifty-six students enrolled in undergradu ate courses at the university at the opening of the sixty-third scholastic year according to fig ures compiled by dean curtiss early yesterday it is expected that this number will be swelled to 1500 by founders day brown and white wins two prizes winning prizes in both the editorial and news make-up di visions of the annual contest sponsored by the intercollegi ate newspaper association of the middle atlantic states the brown and white was the only college paper in the east to score in both divisions when the contest closed last june the lehigh paper took third place in each case first place in the editorial contest was won by the new york university daily news the george washington dai ly placed first in news make up this is the only time since the brown and white has been a member of the associa tion that it has won a prize in either division dr j w barker newspaper men organize board brown and white starts year under new officers forty-eight newly appointed faculty members took up their du ties 17 members went back to work in higher positions and 40 members wh oresigned were missing when school reopened last week this is the biggest turnover which the faculty has ever experienced two of the new members are prof joseph w barker who will head the depart ment of electrical engineering and lt colonel mathhew h thomlinson who will be profes sor and head of the department of military science and tactics debaters start year wednesday dean c m mcconn the college orators secure macdongall as coach for season as the faculty meeting of june 3 1929 the special committee sub mitted the following report which was unanimously approved by the faculty das burr lehigh's comic which was on probation all last year has been given its freedom by a rather elastic action of the faculty which removes the proba tion but states that if anything of fensive is published at any time the burr shall be abolished the committee appointed by the president to review the seven issues of this year's lehigh burr has fin ished its task we find considera ble improvement in the general tone of the publication and while we believe that there is still ample room for improvement we think thai the burr has lived up to the terms of its probation to the letter if not in the spirit there are still enough questionable things in the year's issues to make us doubtful as to the value of such a publica tion as an effective advertising me dium for the university the edi tors have not yet come to realize fully that suggestive ambiguity and personal abuse are not compatible with the tone required of a first class publication or with a first class conception of college life we believe however that the editors are more sensitive to their respon sibility than ever before and that they will be for that reason more careful in the future we recommend therefore that the bur be relieved of probation for the coming year with the pro viso that if anything offensive is published at any time the bur shall be abolished men interested in inter-colle giate debating and members of english 12 will attend an organi zaiton meeting at 7.30 p m wed nesday in chnstmas-saucon hall two or three triangular debates are being arranged by robert many student manager delta omciron theta will sponsor the activities of the debating team c d macdougall this year's coach states that all students even though unable to elect the course in argumentation will be given an equal opportunity to try out for the intercollegiate teams notice air crash fatal to packard heir there will be a meeting of com petitors for the editorial staff of the lehigh burr in the burr room drown hall thursday af ternoon at 4:oq o'clock fresh men and sophomores are urged to come out the new board of the brown and white which goes into o-.-.ce with this issue contains many of the names which appeared on last year's mast-head and those of 15 new members george feakins editorial manager last year was elevated last june to the newly created o-.-ce of editor-in-chief by the board of publications george schoenhut known for his around the campus wit succeeds feakins as editorial manager the instructional staff of the brown and white has been aug mented by dale h gramley in structor in journalism who will conduct a class for board members only henry schenck instructor of english has a class for members of the business staff bringing the total of english 48 brown and white sections to five professor c d macdougall will teach the other three as before • the board of publications has endowed the executive committee with power to suspend any staff member for unsatisfactory work with increased co-operation be tween the editorial and business staffs it is the ambition of the executive committee to publish the brown and white as a six-page paper throughout the year eman uel honig is news editor for the tuesday issue and james s little for the friday issue frederick morhart is sporting editor enrollment of beginners in brown and white work is great er this year than ever before there are still a few vacancies on the staff lehigh has taken a place among the most liberal and advanced arts and science colleges in the country by putting into effect a new curriculum initiated by pro fessor p m palmer and evolved from more than a year's labors on the part of both student and facul ty committees the new curricu lum is co-ordinated so far as pos sible with the work of the prepa ratory schools and is based upon the principles of distribution and concentration the distribution is provided for by certain required courses the number and nature of which depend upon the prepara tion of the student the concen tration is provided for by the work in the student's major field the distribution requirements are so arranged that they give well prepared students an oppor tunity to take more elective sub jects than formerly and relieve him of the waste of time incurred in taking subjects which he has had in prep school and has shown proficiency in during the process of his entrance examinations the requirement/for graduation remains at 120 academic hours so arranged as to meet the distribu tion and concentration require ments according to the new plan it is now possible for a well prepared freshman who has by ex amination shown a good knowl edge of some of the subjects which formerly must have been taken in college to be allowed to drop those subjects and take electives in their place it is now possible to be allowed as much as 90 hours of electives instead of the former maximum of 54 hours distribution requirements : a english twelve semester hours these will ordinarily be english 1 2 4 and 5 students who demonstrate satisfactory abil ity in written composition in their placement examinations may sat isfy this english requirement by passing english 4 nad 5 or an equivalent b foreign language a read ing knowledge of latin greek french or german and an elemen tary knowledge of a second of these is required of all students the requirement takes into con sideration work done in the pre paratory schools and may be met in the following ways continued on page four reading knowledge students may satisfy this requirement by examination at entrance or later otherwise students who offer three or four years of latin french greek or german will satisfy this requirement by pass ing latin 1 2 greek 5 6 french 21 22 or german 9 10 in course while those who offer only two years in latin greek french or german will continue the lan guage presented for two years with the permission of the direct opportunity to join the com munity concert association for the second season will not be available after tomorrow as was the procedure last year no tickets will be sold for the concerts ad mittance being through member ship to the association only mrs stanley s seyfert is again chair man of the subscription committee for lehigh university the cltss of 29 was graduated june 11 in the presence of the larg est gathering ever assembled to witness a lehigh commencement exercise the reverend doctor emerson fosdick of the park avenue baptist church new york city delivered the address the long line of seniors started toward the church as the bell in packer hall tolled eleven headed by dean d wilmot gateson the o—.cers and trustees of the univer sity and the recipients of honorary degrees the line entered the church dean gateson opened the exer cises with a prayer after a short introduction by president charles russ richards the reverend doc tor harry emerson fosdick spoke on the philosophy of the play dr fosdick discussed man's ef fort to convert duties into play and applied the same principles to re ligion fosdick discusses play at the conclusion of dr fos dick's address the degrees were conferred commissions in the r o t c were awarded and prizes and honors were announced dr fosdick exhorted his hearers to keep the thought foremost in their minds that all best work is play and that all of the best work ers make play of their work the benediction was given by the rt rev frank william ster rett d d bishop of bethlehem as the organ played the postlude theacademic procession held its customary recessional march to tkc flagpole where the alma mater was sung and taps were sounded for the class of 1929 award honorary degrees william butterworth 89 now president of the united states chamber of commerce and presi dent of the derre plow cfompany of moline 111 receved the degree of m e mr butterworth left this uni versity in the spring term of his senior year to accept an important position having accumulated enough credits to entitle him to a degree robert ridgway chief engineer of the board of transportation of the city of new york was award iy&fe ary d re w or john arthur wilson director of sible for the development of the largest pioneer sliidapjjlant in the orld vaka^rdyyitfji^ais degree of doctor of science the honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred on henry chapman mercer of doylestown pa world-famous archaeologist ceremonies formally opening the school year were conducted thursday afternoon september 19 when president charles russ richards spoke before a large gathering in chapel a surrey of enrollfent figures reveals that a smaller freshman class than was anticipated has been matriculated only 436 new men have been admitted thus far as against 506 for last year at founders day but 72 of these have entered the arts depart ment dean curtiss attributes this diminished enrollment to the stricter requirements of the uni versity in the regent examina tions to teach the ability to think is the primary purpose of a school said pres c r richards in his address in chapel on thurs day afternoon too many col lege graduates are trained and not educated the graduate that is wanted is one who keeps on learning regardless of his age he becomes more and more valuable as he grows older dr richards believes that a correct philosophy is necessary in order to get on successfully and that the univer sity can do much to help the stu dent get this another purpose of the university is the creation of independent creative thought he declared the exercises opened with a tymn followed with a reading from the bible and a prayer by dean gateson dr richards men tioned the achievements of lehigh in the past year — the opening of packard laboratory and the near completion of the library — and announced advancements and new appointments to the faculty by j j rowell crash kills potter during past summer warren packard son of w d packard and the nephew of j w packard the donor of the james ward packard laboratipj^gjdl aug 26 from injuries receivea when the small seaplane which he was piloting fell an^t->v v lb?k||r|jv ing in the detroit rrrf f tfsllror barnard his companion was se riously injured t-j"fc*/"w mr packard who haffelfftrrlrv aging the estate of his father and uncle since their deaths was an aviation entthusiast he did much of his traveling by plane in june 1928 he flew to bethlehem to lay the cornerstone of the james ward packard laboratory he was a graduate of cornell university and an ensign in the u s navy dur ing the war senior dies in auto mishap on eve of graduation grosselli medal won by prof b stoughton paper on alloys metallurgy head gains trophy by lawrence sherwood potter ad vertising manager of the burr last year was killed june 29 in an automobile smash-up on the eas ton pike he was attending sum mer school preparatory to receiv ing his degree in business adminis tration on founder's day his death recalls the drawning of francis m willis four days potter was a member of theta xi and was active in student activi ties after he received his c e degree n june 1928 willis a member lof tau beta pi scabbard and blade and sigma phi was drowned in the st lawrence riv er near rockport ontario band holds practice bradley stoughton professor of metallurgical engineering has been awarded the grasselli medal of the society of chemical industry for 1929 prof stoughton receives this award as the result of a paper light structural alloys present ed before the society in 1925 the society of chemical indus try a technical society of great britain awards this medal in america at intervals for the the sis presented before the american section of the medal committee offer the most useful suggestions in applied chemistry the medal will be presented to dr stoughton at a meeting in new york when he will pvesent a pape ron met als used for airplane construc tion completion of the james ward packard laboratory and the alter ation and modernization of many of the older buildings on the cam pus with the exception of the new library has under the manage ment of supervising-architect an drew w litzenberger brought to a close lehigh sbuilding program for this year the packard laboratory was ac tually completed june 15 fin ishing touches such as hardware and shades are still being added the main feature of the building is its unique wiring system con cealed in steel ducts by a drop ceiling the wiring not yet com plete is expected to be finished by october 15 laboratory experi ments cannot be meanwhile car ried on prof s s seyferf with the later corroboration of prof r barker is responsible for many of the electrical suggestions in the building it has the distinc tion of being the first on the cam pus to be equipped with two otis passenger elevators of the auto matic type with an 1800 lb capa city the absence of wood is note worthy the only occurrence being in the chair rails and the window sills the building houses the mechanical engineering depart ment in the east wing and the elec trical engineering department in the west wing first packard coming the packard motor co is send ing the first packard to lehigh under its own power it will be placed in the main entrance of the new building the car will stop at all the leading dealers along the route the engineering fcal in having the building start with four st dries at street level and end in the cen ter of the slope at a two-story level and the architectural accom plishment in the incorporation of collegiate architecture to a labo ratory building is commendable a new feature for the first time used in bethlehem is introduced in the building's tarvia-lithic walks they are resilient to walking and smoothen with wear they also minimize the possibility of slipping in the winter months a stone head of the late mr packard adorn the center of the entrance arch all the other fig ures are grotecques the statues of michael faraday and james watt at the entrance were carved in italy from italian marble and were allowed to enter the country duty-free being considered works of art library near completion the east wing of the library is completelp plastered and the floors have already been laid the heat will be turned on soon and that section of the building will be open the students in six weeks the remainder of the work will be completed about january 1930 the outstanding feature of this building is the total absence of the use of structural steel up rights are used instead and carry the floors as well as serve as shelves this made possible the use of slate slabs for the floors rather than concrete there will be one passenger elevator and sev eral ramps to carry the books up ai down for the readers this building will be finished in pure english gothic refined fo collegi ate gothic style the vivarium was completed last saturday sept 21 having been executed in the general style of williams hall it is connect ed to williams hall by a bridge from the second floor the inter ior of williams hall has been al tered and a passenger elevator has been installed this building now houses the metallurgy biolo gy and geology departments old itiiimiiig altered the old physics building has been remodeled rewired and mod ernized and now has an entrance in the rear of the building as well as the front the chandler chemical build ing has been modernized and new toilet equipment has been in stalled the third floor of pack er hall has been divided into class and lecture rooms ah this work under the super vision of mr litzenberger has been completed since its com mencement june 1 and 120 men organized into three gangs were employed on the job about 40 freshmen attended the first meeting of the band friday afternoon with the men from last year the total attendance was 70 the next practice was held mon ' day for rehearsal of music to be used at its first public appearance at the johns hopkins football game on saturday glee club organizes two weeks of concentrated rushing ended last saturday even ing when 29 fraternities pledged a total of 221 men for the enter ing class individual delegations ranged from four to thirteen men to a house the following men accepted bids appha chi rho j g hughes bellefonte r h lutz cleveland ohio j c shellhart cleveland ohio w aaron altona j baker pittsburgh w hickman arling ton n j d pierce paterson n j e lanahan philadelphia alpha tau omega j mcel wain sewickley t raynolds phillipsburg n j h lehr new york city h laws philadelphia n lloyd philadelphia f wise washington d c d widger scranton k ryan schenectady n v l hemmisworth new york city c keifer philadel phia beta theta pi c platt brook lyn n v o otto savannah ga r frailick flushing n v g dornin jr baltimore md w haas freeport n v ; h o'brien asbury park n j f kennedy staten island n v j malan hudson falls n v a huot hudson falls n v w heppen stal philadelphia r earich bethlehem r kennedy llan erch chi phi g h day carry point md f e delano glen ridge n j e g kramer paterson n j r h olney lowell mass g s hagstoz riverton n j d j crawford flushing l i r g kugler e orange n j c d coxe union town w s kisstler stroudsburg p a rorty gosh en n y chi psi j auf hammer pitts burgh f roher pittsburgh c denise pittsburgh f eyster york c steadman brockton mass ; j sanford rochester n v w hart bethlehem delta phi a d robb jr to ronto can e h robb toronto can c v horst baltimore md j s todd swarthmore delta tau delta w mason swarthmore b riviere pitts burgh l dow wilkes-barre r garrett frackville j rock clarksburg w va h zabris kie hackensack n j delta itpsilon f w ayer plainfield n j a w bliss beaver w b breyley buffalo n v a l graham buffalo n v r a pennington vander grift s j simmons englewood n j ; f j van horn scranton a s widdowfield scranton psl upsllon w r rupley grand rapids mich s hanna swarthmore t r angle dan ville e mchugh philadelphia j l boughner st paul minn e d brigham highland park 111 l r carrier w charles chicago 111 w youngman ha zleton g e mathews norwalk conn w crouse philadelphia kappa alpha p s walter scranton b fenner s orange n j w warren westfield mass w lathrop birmingham ala f lorson new rochelle n v f kolyer summit n j r davis norfolk va c peck charleston w va j kimball casper wyo r sykes new york city lambda chi alpha c t woods toronto can f j lar kin bethlehem j h folk bri elle n j r s pennington trenton n j f l snavely lan caster d macdougall maple wood n j h o parhurst or ange n j r l lodge bustle ton phi delta theta j g an drews washington d c j m bell rio de janeiro brazil j w bell quinwood w va c n crichton johnstown r t dean bethlehem g c doering bryn athyn w h fouse aliquippa h w hoyt danbury conn m h lloyd montclair n j f s townsend new haven conn j p wolff waynesboro phi gamma delta d h an derson pittsburgh f r liggett pittsburgh g h bailey pitts burgh h c stier pittsburgh j layton wilmington del phi sigma kappa q repa kingston t b ready washing ton d c a carillo havana cuba g stender scranton c shamenick bethlehem h grande edgewater n j j hobbs brooklyn n y c phi sigma delta m friedman broklyn n y b landy phila delphia w cohn new york city e blumberg reading a mil grim philadelphia s spector new york city w rubin new york city s lichtenstein new york city s schwartz long island n bowman new york city g lewis brooklyn n y m abrahams brooklyn n y pi lambda phi j nairin louisville ky ; s cohn lewis town f sommers newark n j continued on page four incoming frosh dazed in bustle of complex orientation program more conservative estimate it seemed to me that the essential purpose of freshman week was to allow the new men to become acquainted with their classmates and with the university in al lowing the freshmen ta act as upper classmen for their first week of college life acts as a balm on the expected indignities of the first year the speakers at the assemblies were i suppose inter esting and inspiring but i be lieve the only enjoyment any of the freshmen got out of them was the learning and practicing of songs and cheers fosdick ayer gives his impres sions in a brief history of the week i stepped off the train at bethlehem quite lost and bewil dered wondering where to go two fraternity men seeing my bewil derment conducted me to their house where i stayed for lunch from that time on things hap pened fast and furiously more fraternity men called and made dates for luncheons dinners and over-night stays i did not know exactly what it was all about no sooner did i get settled down than i would have ta pack up and go off to another house where i met twenty or thirty more men rush ing from one thing to another kept me in a constant state of chaos now i can see the advant ages of this period it gives the frosh a chance to know his fel low students and his college he learns the traditions and becomes acquainted with members of the faculty i think that the week of orientation does all that it is sup posed to accomplish on the lives of the new men dr richards dean mcconn austy tate thurston j davies of princtton university dr car others mr okeson and the lead ers of the student activities ad dressed the prosh upon various subjects throughout the course of this period perhaps the impressions of a few members of the class of 1933 would best show the effect of freshman week on the newcom ers samuel j simmons sums it up as follows freshmen stand ing in line — upper classmen like guardians waiting for their charges — big cars loaded with frosh and fraternity men speed ing up and down the narrow cam pus roads — small cars equally loaded bumping along these same roads — vaccinations — vaccination readings — hygience classes — up per classmen herding freshmen around — running to and from as semblies — a rush to eat lunch in one house and dinner in another — a little studying not much — bed at last and sleep in the above paragraph i have triedto give just a few of my im pressions of freshman week it was i think one of the most hec tic periods i have ever spent how ever when i think it over i rea lize that i did have a good time { byron breyley offers a little , one of the largest freshman classes that ever entered the uni versity has just passed through the annual week of orientation placement examinations liygiene lectures daily assemblies and all the usual routine to which the in coming undergraduate must sub mit juniors please note pysch interview set all freshmen are invited to meet the faculty of the department of psychology at 7 p m at packer hall freshmen will be given in dividual attention at this meeting and will learn the results of their psychological examinations the meaning and use of these examina tions will be explained and stu dents having special psychological problems are invited to consult the department at that time all juniors are requested to hand in a list of activities for cyanide to fred trafford by wednesday oct 2 t edgar shields director of the glee club has announced that try outs will be held in drown hall at 7:30 p m thursday he reports lack of first tenors lizzies pick-ups strong enough on famous hill to hill bridge jected ones continue their quest those in the car are not always students or even men it is no un common sight to see a car piloted by some fair maid draw up along side of a promenading youth in this case however success is as sured from the first for such an invitation is yet to meet refusal this by-play may be observed on almost any pleasant night for it is not confined to that season when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love but extends throughout the year to make the chase more enticing to those met tlesome spirits who indulge in it there is the added spice of danger the local constabulary frowns up on such antics in the youth of the community whether for moral or pecuniary reasons it is not known but woe betide the youth who at tempts to make a pick-up with the eagle eye of the motorcycle cop upon him for retribution will de scend swiftly and soon he will be tellingit to the judge built by a lehigh man it is thoroughly appreciated by the le high undergraduates who believe in making women while the moon shines spend some autumn even ing loitering on the bridge and you will come to appreciate the wisdom of that ancient writer who from the depths of his experience fished up one of the earliest known wise cracks there be three things that are wonderful to me the way of an eagle in the air the way of a ship upon the sea and the way of a man with a maid a warm tght a slow intermina eble procession of sauntering youth girls in the greater part a proces sion of cars that seem to slouch over the bridge with their hands in their pockets aimlessly up to the end of the bridge and back over the same route curiously alert passengers a pilot and a lookout they dart glances quick search ing glances at the faces of the girls as if in the quest of some thing young and care-free most of them with an air of subdued ex citement the car slows for a sec ond was that an encouraging look on the face of the two who were just passed they twist in their seats and peer back the car scurries down to the si lent policeman and swings around halting alongside of the chosen de moiselles a short colloquy suc cess the two enter and once more two students harve picked up a pair of bims on the hill-to-hill bridge not always do the honored pair accept the proffered lift many times the supposed smile of invi tation has been but a dimly seen smile of disdain and when the hunters approach their quarry with the time honored salutation aren't you tired of walking their reply is a cutting answer or an uplifted shoulder that would freeze a hottentot's heart the ludicrous appearance of the disap pointed searchers after romance is beyond any mortal power of de scription but undaunted the re bethlehem pa tuesday september 24 1929 faculty changes mark reopening of school year price five cents 1456 men enroll vol xxxvii-no i brown and white vigorous rushing season nets over two hundred pledges for fraternities forty-eight new men join teaching staff revised curricula effects arts frosh drx.r richards formally opens sixty-third year three buildings new to campus opened this fall seventeen promoted june graduation one of largest houses augment ranks with additions of four to their team men all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association