Brown and White Vol. 47 no. 8

              bethlehem pa friday october 20 1939 sophcopation maestro price five cents henry busse`s band to play for soph hop vol xlvii no 8 o d k elects four seniors as members 654 girls arrive for fall houseparty donahue alexander orchestras to play for senior ball this evening at hotel honorary activities society picks kelley gregg griffiths russell sophcopation to be held day of homecoming lafayette game football soccer contests tea dance included on 2-day program faculty circle present played with whiteman buffalo to be grid foe 26 fraternities dorms will hold dances on saturday henry busse pi delts tap 9 journalists initiation banquet set for wednesday at pi kappa alpha i omieron delta kappa senior honorary activities society elected four seniors wednesday evening at a meeting at the home of pro fessor fred v larkin members of faculty were present as the guests of honor the seniors elected are john c gregg c e soccer 1939 swimming 1937 letter newtonian society 1937 sigma nu charles r griffiths bus — bas ketball captain letter football letter baseball letter cya nide alpha kappa psi treasurer 1939-40 delta tau delta richard c kelley jr ch e — freshman and sophomore honors phi eta sigma pi mv epsilon cy anide tau beta pi scabbard and blade alpha phi omega president 1939-40 arcadia treasurer 1939-40 president of the combined musical clubs chairman of the student concert-lecture series delta up silon y walter s russell ch e.—soc cer co-captain arcadia glee club president of the interfraternity council chi phi these seniors will be pledged at the next meeting of the society a committee to report on the expenditures of student fees and department deposits was appoint ed with robert p carter ch e 40 morgan c elmer arts 40 and robert b palmer arts 40 as members a second committee for the investigation of facilities for unorganized sports was also or ganized with wallace p watkins bus 40 donald r luster m e 40 and david r ginder arts 40 as members the scholastic requirement for membership in o d k is the uni versity average for the past semes ter announced wallace p wat kins bus 40 this requirement goes into effect for the class of 42 and all classes following watkins said the present juniors and sen iors are exempt from this regula tion the airport came to the rescue he had attendants wheel a taylor cub monoplane out of the hanger onto the field and so the curtain rises on the brown and white's annual playlet houseparty in a pic ture miss irene brown is arriving for lehigh's fall houseparty by air the plane piloted by herself has just landed after waiting for hours in the cold mist shrouding the airport her escort jack sellers eng 42 sees the tiny plane circle overhead and land safely at the field he rushes up to greet to his date there is a fond embrace not shown in the picture ; lester unangst airport attendant helps miss brown with her luggage and the happy couple go off to gether to spend a blissful weekend of dances foot ball and all the rest end of the play the plane is wheeled back into the hangar the luggage with the telltale sticker is returned to the car and the somewhat confused couple are taken back to their haunt to continue their houseparty dreams and the brown and white boys return to the office — saved again one hour before the deadline for this issue a pic ture of a lehigh man and his date dreaming oi houseparty lay on the news desk rejected at the same time several blocks away a lehigh man and his date sat at a table dreaming of the coming weekend without a feature picture to grace the front page of the paper officers grew desperate in their minds a plan formed and the above picture resulted the unsuspecting couple were rudely in terrupted by a breathless editor who dashed in and said you can save the face of the brown and white " a transport plane will be at the allentown bethlehem airport in 20 minutes we need a picture of a houseparty date arriving if you have any loy alty to lehigh grab your hats and follow me twenty minutes later screaming brakes brought a car to a stop at the airport out piled the lehigh man his date a photographer and a couple of offi cers of the paper and two empty suitcases — just in time for the departure of the huge silver transport plane gilbert p haven eng 42 an employee at band to use 108 men before houseparty crowd full week-end planned for houseparty guests camera club to sponsor open exhibition in library six juniors and three seniors holding important posts on staffs of campus publications were pledged last night by pi delta ep silon national honorary journal ism fraternity they were selected for membership earlier yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the so ciety in drown hall until the initiation banquet on wednesday evening at the pi kap pa alpha house the nine pledges will wear printers hats and the fraternity colors on the campus formal initiation exercises will precede the banquet the men chosen are george c lennox i e 40 art editor of the epitome howard j lewis arts 40 editor of the lehigh review otto v./norvig i e 40 business manager of the epitome juniors elected are donald r schoen arts 41 news editor of the brown and white last semes ter and a member of the editorial council this year charles kalm bach m e 41 make-up editor of the brown and white henry d chandler bus 41 fraternity edi tor of the epitome and copy super visor of the brown and white david g beauchamp arts 41 as sistant editor of the lehigh re view 500 sign protest to vacation plan henry busse and his orchestra have been signed to play for the sophcopation to be held on nov 25 the saturday of alumni home coming and the lafayette football game in the national guard arm ory the dance is sponsored by the sophomore class and is the first of its kind in eight years it will also be the first time that a big name band has been selected for the oc casion the orchestra will come here after recent successful engage ments at the cocoanut grove in los angeles hotel new yorker chez paree beverly hills country club and other famous night clubs and resorts featured with busse in the band are billy sherman vocalist a pro tege of gus edwards the song writers ducky young comic vo calist and the three strikes a vo cal trio for many years busse was the first trumpeter in paul whiteman's band and in 1928 he organized his own orchestra featuring himself on the trumpet his theme song hot lips was made famous through its rendition on that instrument one of the features which makes the busse band popular at college dances is its versatility it will play both swing and sweet music ac cording to the type the dancers prefer novelty numbers are also quite numerous in the band's ev ening of entertainment the style of rhythm used is known as shuffle or bouncing rhythm which is emphasized by busses muted trumpet he was one of the originators of this type of playing the dance which will be the fifth big dance to be added to the calendar of social events for tke college year is expected to be an annual event known as the soph copation to occur on the eve ning of all lafayette-lehigh foot ball games if the event is success ful this year tickets will go on sale next wek at 2.75 per couple dancing will be from 10 p in to 2 a m committee members are gilbert p haven eng chairman ar thur h rich bus george a brenker bus albert w foster bus james h boucher eng campus buildings to be illuminated ask faculty to restore ist holiday dates tax is favored by town council 90 per cent approval secured by canvass the band will use 108 men for the buffalo game tomorrow be tween halves they will form a b in front of the visitors after recross ing the field they will play the alma mater in block formation instead of going back into the stands they will then form a heart and play one of the following and the angels sing over the rainbow or the lamp is low to hear placement talks charles k zug 27 received a chartered life underwriter degree from the american college of life underwriters this september mr zug a resident of bethlehem re ceived this degree upon complet ing a two year course at the uni versity of pennsylvania ninety per cent of the men in terviewed in a recent question naire sponsored by the town council to determine the feasibility of an assessment of one dollar vot ed in favor of such a plan an nounced norman l morse ch e 40 president of town council in the canvass to determine the opinion of the town men on this question one half of the men were approached on the basis of this poll the council voted unanimously at the meeting on oct 17 to assess all town men the one dollar and to issue membership cards the town men will be contacted by the offi cers of their sections starting tues day oct 24 the council voted to hold the organization of section j by return post card ballots all ballots must be postmarked before monday midnight oct 23 dr claude g beardslee head 1 of the department of moral and reli gious philosophy was elected fac ulty adviser by the town council zug 27 given degree packard laboratory and the alumni memorial building tower will be illumniated with flood lights during houseparty weekend announced andrew w litzenber ger superintendent of buildings and grounds litzenberger stated that at the suggestion of fred e galbraith jr president of arca dia two 1000 watt light have been placed facing each building if the present lighting project is well received by the students and faculty said litzenberger the li brary will also be illuminated dur ing spring houseparty the camera club will hold an exhibition of photographs begin ning dec 6 in the library it was decided at a meeting last night in room 466 packard laboratory the exhibition is open to mem bers of the student body and fa culty in addition to members of the club prizes will be awarded in each of four divisions to the pic tures selected by the judges a grand prize will be awarded to the picture chosen by the votes of these attending the display the four divisions are scenery still life portraits and candid sport shots informal snaps etc all photographs must be sub mitted at the library on or before dec 4 and must be mounted on paper 16 by 20 inches with the maximum print size at 11 by 14 inches lehigh's annual fall house party week-end began today at 4 p m the program of week end events is as follows friday 7-9 p m university art gal lery exhibition 10 p m senior ball in the hotel bethlehem saturday 1:30 p m soccer — lehigh vs university of pennsylvania at steel field 2:30 p m varsity football lehigh vs buffalo at taylor stadium 4-7 p m tea dance at the maennerchor 9 p m fraternity and dorm itory dances sunday 3 p m houseparty week-end ends seniors who were elected to omieron delta kappa e robbins morgan director of placement will attend the fall conference of eastern college per sonnel officers on oct 26 and 27 at the hotel mcalpine in new york city petitions requesting restoration of the original dates for the thanksgiving holidays have been signed by more than 500 men ac cording to george ueberroth jr bus 40 spokesman of a commit tee sponsoring the petitions the petitions will not be submitted for faculty consideration unless 1000 signatures are obtained ueberroth said a committee of seven has or ganized to investigate student opinion of the faculty solution to the holiday problem which arose with president roosevelt's procla mation changing the observance of thanksgiving day this year from nov 30 to nov 23 the committee includes james stephens bus 41 frank hewitt jr bus 40 alex ander craig jr m e 41 and harry case m e 41 joseph con neen arts 41 charles crouse jr bus 41 and ueberroth the objections of the committee to the faculty holiday plan are that many men can not afford to go home for one day and that the shortening of the christmas vaca tion is undesirable an informal poll of student opinion was con ducted ueberroth said the results indicating student approval of the original holiday schedule by 15 to one will attend inauguration the greeks had a word for it and when spring and fall roll around to the lehigh campus the lehigh greeks dormitory and town men show that they can say it in a new way houseparty long a lehigh tradition is the medium of expression for the lehigh man's social exuberance with the advance guard of more than 654 girls arriving this morn ing preliminaries of this fall's houseparty have been completed hours ago at 4 o'clock this after noon the fall houseparty of 1939 officially began early reports indicate that the events scheduled for this weekend have rarely if ever been surpass ed at previous houseparties danc ing both tonight and tomorrow a football and soccer game tomor row afternoon plus the usual les ser affairs in between are the headliners of the 48 hours activity remnant of junior week houseparty in its present form is a remnant of junior week which in the good old days was the occa sion on which the undergraduates imported dates and kept them here for full week of parties dances and general good times junior week was gradually shortened un til in 1910 it lasted for only two full days now houseparties al ways begin officially at 4 o'clock friday afternoon and end at the same time sunday the senior ball at hotel beth lehem tonight will be the opening event of the long list al donahue and his orchestra will feature the evening's dancing he will direct his orchestra's sweet and dreamy melodies in the hotel's main din ing room van alexander's faster tempo will be heard from the cry stal ballroom located on the mez zanine floor lehigh insignia will be promin ently displayed in each of the rooms where the bands will be playing from the walls in the rear of both of the bandstands will hang two large lehigh banners one of the banners was stolen at the senior ball last fall and was returned recently through the mails to the brown and white by some person of unknown identity tickets selling for 4.40 the ball tonight will begin at 10 p m and will continue until 3 a m tickets will be 4.40 per cou ple and 2.20 stag the hotel tap room will remain open throughout the evening only soft drinks however will be ser ved chaperones for the affair will include president and mrs c c williams dean and mrs wray h congdon dr and mrs claude g beardslee for the few students and their girls who can manage to drag themselves from bed tomorrow morning classes will offer a major attraction this will be one of the two occasions throughout the year that lehigh will go co-ed profes sors must tolerate femininity in their classes the lehigh engineers will be seeking their first victory of the season tomorrow when they take the field against buffalo in the sea son's fourth football encounter the contest will begin at 2 30 p m lehigh soccer players may also be seen tomorrow when they en counter university of pennsylvan ia at steel field the contest will start at 1:30 p m groups to sponsor dances dancing will take the lead in ac tivity tomorrow night as 27 living groups stage individual dances fraternities which will hold dan ces include alpha chi rho alpha kappa pi alpha tau omega beta kappa beta theta pi chi phi chi continued on page 4 e kenneth smiley director of admissions will be lehigh's repre sentative at the inauguration to morrow of dr trentwell mason white as headmaster of tome school port deposit md charles r griffiths bus john c gregg c e brown and white walter s russell ch e richard c kelley ch e z 612 all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association