Brown and White Vol. 47 no. 4

              charles f kalmbach m.e 41 wilbur scholar price — five cents club chooses dead end for ist production dramatic group will play story of big city slums on dec 9 or 16 will tryout on monday dead end the drama of new york's east side by sidney kings ley author of men in white has been chosen by mustard and cheese student dramatic club as its first production of the year the play will be presented either dec 9 or dec 16 according to albert a rights director of dramatics tryouts for the cast will be held monday from 7:30 to 10:30 p m tuesday 4 to 6 p m and thurs day 4 to 6 p m and 7:30 to 10:30 p m at drown hall rights stated that freshmen will have as good a chance for roles as upper classmen because a number of young play ers will be needed he advised players to come out at the first try outs it was also announced that mus tard and cheese will present an original musical comedy next spring the last musical presented by the club two years ago was en titled knight in armor by will iam g dukek 38 and david hughes special student several copies of dead end have been placed on reserve in the library for those who wish to read the play before tryouts chooses officers eta sigma phi re-elects palmer as president robert b palmer arts 40 was re-elected president of the lehigh university branch of eta sigma phi national classical fraternity at the first meeting of the organ ization on friday sept 30 other officers elected were the following jules l moreau arts 40 vice president harold caplan arts 43 treasurer harold king arts 41 corresponding secretary leon h plante arts 41 record ing secretary and john f hamb lin arts 41 sergeant-at-arms william a mcdonald instructor in latin was elected an honorary member dr horace w wright head of the department of latin and dr earl crum associate pro fessor of greek are the faculty advisers of the society unlimited cuts granted to men on dean's list all academic seniors and juniors on the dean's list will be exempted from cut regula tions according to the new rules adopted this summer as explained in the pamphlet sent to every student the rule excusing all seniors from cut regulations has been rescinded the dean's list includes all juniors and seniors who have made a scholastic average of 3.00 or better during the pre ceding semester all other students will be warned after the accumulation of five unexcused absences put on cut probation after ten and suspended after thirteen 4 will attend debating meet delegates to help choose next year's topics ; callaghan will go lehigh university will send a delegation of four to the 18th an nual meeting of the debating asso ciation of pennsylvania colleges which will convene at 2 p m sat urday at the perm harris hotel in harrisburg the representatives are nor man l morse ch e 40 president of the debating society edward m sharp ch e 40 vice-presi dent and manager of intercollegi ate debate frederic n bahnson phys 41 secretary-treasurer of the society and professor j cal vin callaghan director of debat ing prof callaghan is executive secretary-treasurer of the associa tion and edits the association magazine at this meeting the association will select topics to be debated during the school year professor callaghan will enter a panel dis cussion on methods of directing college debate activities he will defend the contention that an in tramural debating program is proper basis for college debating activities since it extends training to the majority the pennsylvania association of teachers of speech will be organ ized on friday and saturday in harrisburg at the hotel harris burger the organization is state wide and will include universities colleges and high schools o reception given faculty the annual reception of the le high university women's club to the new members of the faculty was held in drown hall this after noon from 4 to 6 p m o d k to pick men on oct 18 points listed senior activities society will pledge 3 says wallace watkins lists are due oct 13 three seniors will be pledged to omicron delta kappa senior hon orary activities society on wed nesday evening oct 18 at the home of fred v larkin head of the department of mechanical en gineering announced wallace p watkins bus 40 all seniors wishing to apply for membership should submit their point lists to watkins by 6 p m oct 13 at the chi psi house the point list follows scholarship 3.5 average 6 sem 15 3 average 5 sem 12 2.5 average 5 sem 6 2 average 5 sem 2 w a wilbur scholar 3 robert blake society 1 eta sigma phi 1 intern relat club 1 newtonian society 1 phi eta sigma 1 pi mv epsilon 1 pi tau sigma 1 scholastic prize 1 tau beta pi 2 alpha kappa psi 2 eta kappa nu 1 alpha epsilon delta 1 publications brown and white financial manager 5 editorial manager 5 news manager 5 local adv asst 4 circulation manager 3 editor in chief 3 business manager 3 make-up editor per sem 3 news editor per sem 3 sports editor per sem 3 photo editor per sem 3 editorial council 2 copy supervisor 1 national adv asst 1 asst circulation manager 1 handbook chairman of the board 2 business manager 1 editorial manager 1 epitome editor in chief 8 business manager 7 art editor 6 assistant business manager 4 junior editorial members 3 junior business staff members 3 photographic editor 2 senior section editor 2 review editor in chief 6 business manager 6 art editor 4 a ssistant editor 3 advertising manager 3 financial manager 3 photographic editor 3 managing secretary 2 board 2 continued on page 4 pi delts elect conner head candidates must submit points to journalism society by oct 18 howard m conner arts 40 edi tor-in-chief of the brown and white was elected president of pi delta epsilon national honorary journalism fraternity at a meeting yesterday in drown hall robert muir bus 40 who was elected president last semester re signed because of the pressure of his scholastic work a point list which will be the basis of selecting pledges was ap proved juniors and seniors must submit point lists to conner at pi kappa alpha fraternity before wednesday oct 18 the list is as follows brown and white editorial manager 6 news manager 6 financial manager 5 make up editor 4 news editor 8 sports editor 3 editorial council 3 local advertising assistant 3 circulation manager 2 copy supervisor 2 national advertising manager 2 photography editor 1 board ( journ 4 and above 1 review associate editor 3 assistant editor 5 financial manager 3 advertising manager 4 circulation manager 3 continued on page 4 trustees shift dorm names houses now president assures board of school's financial scholastic status lehigh man good risk the names of taylor and price halls were changed to taylor house and price house by the board of trustees at the founder's day meeting of the board this is in accordance with the new policy of distinguishing the names of dormitories by using the word house instead of hall in his annual educational report to the board pres c c williams said that lehigh is in sound finan cial condition in the quality of students ad mitted in the wholesomeness of student interests and value of their activities in the level of class in struction and in the scholarly cre ative work of the faculty the uni versity is constantly progressing he said in summarizing his report in all of these respects 1938-39 was one of distinct advance desire quality education president williams stated that the university is primarily inter ested in quality education and not in great increases in enrollment students at the bottom of the graduating class at lehigh are bet ter employment risks than those at the top of the lower third or even at the middle of classes in colleges which admit at a lower standard and which test progress with less rigor the fact was appar ent in the pennsylvania testing program sponsored by the carne gie foundation a few years ago some of the large industries are coming practically to discard the bottom third of graduates from in stitutions which admit solely on the basis of high school gradua tion it may be true that higher edu cation of the academic type is be ing overdone and that the country is being oversold on its merits president williams said in conclu sion colleges which may be driv en out of the standard academic field may be able to serve society well by shifting to other phases of either post-secondary or post elementary school training a very considerable amount of post-high school education may wisely be aimed at skilled performance of routine work rather than at crea tiveness nevertheless lehigh may well continue to offer a conserva tive education limited to educate able young men with confidence in their future student tutoring jobs are open says dean each year students who have made superior grades and who are in need of earning money to keep themselves in college offer their services as student tutors these tutors are paid at the rate of 1 an hour any students wishing to make themselves available as tutors should report to the office of the dean of undergraduates leaving their name and a state ment of the subjects which they feel themselves capable of tu toring together with a state ment of their qualifications students should also indicate past experience in tutoring and any evidence they may present regarding the successfulness of their work these students will be investigated through the de partments concerned and their names included on the list maintained in the office of the dean of undergraduates for recommendation t o students inquiring about tutors in vari ous subjects whenever a student needs the help of a tutor he can come to this office for suggestions either regarding student tutors or re garding professional tutors whose services are generally charged for at the rate of 2 an hour signed wray h congdon dean of undergraduates soph hop set for nov 25 band not chosen dance to be lafayette game night at armory the first sophomore dance in eight years will be held on satur day nov 25 the evening of the lehigh-lafayette football game in the national guard armory the class decided at a meeting held at 4 p m tuesday in packard audi torium dance bands were discus sed and one of the following will probably chosen jimmy dorsey larry clinton jack teagarden or will osborne the name of the band will not be released until after hou&eparty the dance will be semi-formal tickets are 2.75 a couple arrangements are to be made by the following committee gil bert r haven eng chairman publicity albert w foster bus finances arthur h rich bus tickets george a brenker bus advertising raymond b anderson jr eng decorations james h boucher eng pres williams urges world power parley says conference would be more effective now than after war fuel is callen's subject a general conference of the world powers now would promise a more secure european system than would one following a devas tating war stated president cle ment c williams in a speech at the founder's day exercises at packer memorial chapel wednes day morning dr williams suggested that we should rededicate our intellect and our lives to upholding the ideals of freedom not only for the good of our own land but as a guide to a distressed world dean a copeland callen of the college of engineering speaking on the fuel situation in the uni ted states urged continued re search as a possible solution of the problems of the fuel-producing and fuel-consuming industries of pennsylvania confer three honorary degrees honorary degrees were confer red upon three outstanding educa tors at the excercises charles e lawall president of the university of west virginia received the de gree of doctor of laws the degree of doctor of humane letters was conferred upon thomas j werten baker edwards professor of american history at princeton university avery adams profes sor of electrical engineering at harvard university received the degree of doctor of engineering twenty undergraduates and 17 graduates received degrees in their courses at the ceremonies while 140 scholastic prizes and honors were awarded the wilbur schol arship of 200 given annually to the highest ranking sophomore was awarded to charles f kalm bach m e 41 in the afternoon ground was broken for the 225,000 henry sturgis drinker house by charles d marshall a member of the board of trustees short talks were given by president williams and fred e galbraith jr arts 40 president of arcadia the building is to be named for lehigh's fifth president who served from 1905 to 1920 included in the day's program were two concerts by the univer sity band the first at the flagpole at 10:15 a m and the second at the breaking of ground for drink er house chapel service ground breaking sports feature 61st founder's day vol xlvii — no 4 bethlehem pa friday october 6 1939 brown and white left — pres c c williams and prof claude g beardslee leading the academic procession to packer chapel preceeding the morning exercises during which scholastic efforts of lehigh students were rewarded by degrees honors and prizes below — pushball tournament staged on the upper field between sophomores and freshmen after the frosh football eleven had defeated the second year men the pushball contest was declared a draw right — charles d marshall 88 member of the board of trustees breaking ground for the 225,000 henry sturgis drinker house newest unit in the proposed dormitory system drinker house will be ready for occupancy next september all the lehigh newt first » member intercollegiate newspaper association z 612