Brown and White Vol. 47 no. 13

              bethlehem pa tuesday november 7 1939 arcadia will sponsor smoker on friday night price — five cents to award prize 140 students on probation this semester thief enters 3 fraternities takes 100 rodgers peet company will judge entries arcadia asks club requests for finances our town is future choice of dramatists grants hockey men 125 international relations group gets 100 136 of group must pass all but 4 hours to stay in school mustard and cheese plans to give play entirely without scenery money stolen by gaining admittance through unlocked windows the 1939-40 copy of the uni versity directory is now on sale at the supply bureau contain ing names addresses and tele phone numbers of administra tive officers trustees faculty students and officers of student organizations the directory is available at 40 cents per copy society accepts banner pantomime to be used 59 dropped last june kappa alpha loses 50 new debating plan devised scheme divides debators into 4 living groups for intramurals a pep smoker before the muhlenberg football game to be held at 7:30 o'clock friday night in taylor gymnasium will be sponsored by arcadia stu dent governing body announc ed fred e galbraith jr arts 40 president the feature of the evening's program will be both comic and educational wrestling by the varsity squad john i kirkpatrick assistant to the president will act as master of ceremonies and glen w harmeson head football coach and alfred t cox c e 40 football captain and others will speak maynard l dia mond arts 40 head cheerlead er has prepared some new cheers which will be taught to the group at the smoker dance classes to be started a ten dollar advertising prize will be awarded by the roger peet company to the student submitting the best copy idea for an adver tisement in the brown and white announced kenneth k kost fac ulty adviser to the business staff of the brown and white the wording or copy idea for the ad will be the basis of the judging the advertisement when it appears in the brown and white will carry the winner's name in a credit line the advertising de partment of rogers peet will be the judge and it is understood all entries become the property of rogers peet complete details of the contest may be secured from mr kost in his office room 305 christmas saucon hall all pieces of copy submitted in rogers peet's advertising contest should be sent direct to the ad vertising department rogers peet company 842 broadway new york city and must be postmarked not later than midnight nov 12 series of 6 instructions will be conducted by una houston 50 couples attend rural barn dance three off-campus fraternities were robbed between 2 and 5 o'clock monday morning and near ly 100 was stolen the houses that were entered were kappa alpha phi sigma kappa and lambda chi alpha believed to have entered by un locked windows the thief was probably experienced in his work cash in bills only was taken but no watches jewelry or change kappa alpha reported a loss of about 50 dollars the victims of the robbery were robert c moore eng 43 william l archer bus 41 freeman p mckay eng 43 theodore g scott met e 41 and hazen p chase bus 41 phi sigma kappa was next suffering a loss of 25 dollars those affected were robert caemmerer m e 41 william l clark bus 42 gordon g loveland ch e 41 and joseph e smith jr eng 43 at lambda chi alpha 15 dollars was found to be missing from among harry e case m e 42 edwin h dafter eng 43 robert s barker bus 42 j phillips ire land arts 43 and walter g guy bus 40 both the bethlehem and foun tain hill police are working on the case a total of 140 students are on the official list of students on proba tion which was released at a meet ing of the committee on standing of students on friday announced dean wray h congdon of this number four are on disciplinary probation and the remainder are on scholastic probation for the cur rent semester in order to get off probation these students who failed to pass 12 hours of work the previous sem ester cannot fail more than four hours this term if a student who is on probation fails more than four hours during the current semester he will be dropped from the university according to the regulations students reinstated several of those students who were placed on probation last june have been reinstated on the results of the re-examination given them in september of this year and the special re-exams held last month to clarify a prevalent belief that hundreds of students are dropped from the university rolls because of scholastic deficiencies dean congdon also made known the number dropped last june of 90 students out of approxi mately 150 who had been on pro who were eligible to be dropped in june only 59 were actually remov ed from the university's rolls in june twenty of the 90 were con tinued on probation because of ill ness and special circumstances and 11 were reinstated leaving the figure of 59 dropped army ordnance group will meet prof seyfert's condition aided by sinus operation selection of temporary officers to be made fifty couples attended the sportsman's club dance held sat urday evening at flickinger's barn near hellertown the music was played for both round and square dancing by a small local orches tra two veteran local callers were brought in to call the squares the feature of the evening was provid ed by an impomptu class in square dancing henry l abbott e e 42 was in charge of the event chaperones included major frederick w adams professor of military sci ence and tactics and mr and mrs fay c bartlett arcadia student governing body at a meeting last night in drown hall asked that all applications of student clubs for grants from the arcadia fund be handed in within the next two weeks any clubs waiting until later in the year will not be given extensive considera tion grants were made to the hockey club of 125 to be used for the pur chase of uniforms and equipment since this year the club will com pete in intercollegiate matches part of the allotment came from arcadia while the remainder came out of roving fund handled by the university administration and made up of money from the stu dent activity fees for the past three years the hockey club has been self-supporting gets 100 grant the international relations club received a grant of 100 to enable members to attend the interna tional relations club's convention at the new jersey college for women and the model league of nations assembly to be held at hobart college at geneva n v in the spring the banner was given to arca dia after the class of 39 who paid the hotel for their loss had donated it to the university the lehigh banner which form erly belonged to the hotel bethle hem has been turned over to ar cadia by the university and is to be used for campus functions last year the banner was stolen from the hotel bethlehem during fall houseparty it was returned to the brown and white who handed it over to the dean talk on steam specialties is given by d r yarnell thornton wilder's our town will be presented by the dramatic workshop of mustard and cheese dramatic society early in march announced albert a rights direc tor of dramatics the date is not yet definite but it will probably be held the week before spring vacation the play is to be done entirely in pantomime without the help of props or scenery diologue will be used it expres ses the idea that man lives a phil osophy instead of making one varies from other plays our town was written by wil der as a barnyard philosophical play depicting the three phases of life which are youth maturity and death rights has given two main rea sons for presenting this type of production first it imparts a com plete study of the art of panto mime for the players and second it is a complete variation in the usual run of plays both for audi ence and players a tentative selection of the lead ing roles has been made it is as follows stage manager robert n gusdorff bus 42 dr gibbs tom c mekeel arts 42 mr webb jesse f beers arts 42 mrs gibbs lois jenkins mrs webb jeannette turner george gibbs r alexander wrigley bus 41 emily webb jean rights horrace neusome john l sipp arts 41 joe cromwell sonrad e kluger arfts 42 professor willard rich ard c seltzer bus 41 constable warren lester r rosenfeld bus 40 and simon stimson harry r gunnison arts 41 our town will probably be presented in drown hall but this is not as yet definite new examination form proposed pi k a to give dance faculty to hear carnegie foundation lecturer dancing classes for all students wishing to learn the fundamentals of dancing will be held in the up per gymnasium starting monday at 8 p m announced fay c bart lett director of physical education today a series of six classes will be conducted under the supervision of miss una houston a profes sional dancing instructor music will be furnished by a recording machine it has long been realized said professor bartlett that many stu dents have not been able to take advantage of social functions be cause they cannot dance these classes have been started in the hope that such students may by participation in dancing instruc tion be able to enjoy more thor oughly the social side of lehigh life if the classes are successful ad vanced instruction in popular dancing will be given after the christmas vacation miss houston the instructor has studied in new york philadelphia and chicago and danced in vaude ville for a short time at present she has many students under her tutelage in private classes distribute 10,000 copies of booklet marked improvement has been seen in the past few days in the condition of stanley s seyfert head of the department of electri cal engineering according to in formation received from nelson s hibshman associate professor of electrical engineering several minor operations in the sinus region are probably the rea son for the improvement in health of professor seyfert who was tak en ill on oct 7 and has been un able to attend his classes since that time a closed old clothes dance will be given saturday from 9 p m to 1 a m by the pi kappa al pha fraternity the dance will be held at the chapter house and mu sic will be furnished by a phono graph the sigma nu tea dance sched uled for saturday afternoon has been indefinitely postponed mr and mrs thomas t holme will chaperone the affair d robert yarnell of the yar nell-waring company gave a talk illustrated with motion pictures on the development and growth of steam specialties friday afternoon in packard auditorium in his discussion mr yarnell took as an example the steam trap following it through from the in vention to the final product of which there are approximately 70 000 now in use he discussed it at the various stages of invention de velopment by research manufac turing and marketing exhibition of sports prints provides common interest a new system of intramural de bating has been devised this year announced j calvin callaghan di rector of debating instead of the usual manner of mass debating the debaters have been divided in to four groups as follows off campus fraternities on-campus fraternities dormitory sections and town groups the debates will be held in the various living groups and will take place sometime in december and again in february the subject for debate is resolved that the uni ted states should enlarge its navy to two-ocean strength the following debaters will meet promptly at 7:30 p m tomorrow night in room 303 christmas saucon hall atkins boore bowers breuker blight dafter dick donahoe eitner faber herre holland hollander hunt keiser kiefer koenig s kowalyshyn leavens leonhard lowry marsh mayer merkle palmer pollock prang putnam sawyer shepherd shuttleworth sprague whipple wolbaeh wolfe wooters anyone who cannot attend this meeting should telephone mr callaghan at 5615-r between 5 and 6 o'clock on wednesday eve ning this will be the last group meeting before the actual debat ing begins those participating in the debates are howard v donahoe arts 41 richard m shepherd ch e 41 edwin h dafter eng 43 robert e merkle chem 40 norman j faber ch e 43 seymour l hollander ch e 42 edward a herre ch e 40 thomas r hunt arts 41 richard r bright i e 42 warren g leonhard i e 40 arnold 0 putnam i'hys 43 george a brenker bus 42 james l sawyer ch e 43 g sydney sprague chem 40 charles a wolbaeh ch e 40 ; william e keiser chem 41 dudley s marsh bus 43 rob ert h holland i e 43 charles r kiefer arts 41 philip j prang jr ch e 42 and elwyn wolfe e e 42 franklin b mayer arts 43 william s shuttleworth bus 42 robert p whipple ch e 43 richard b palmer arts 43 robert f koenig met e 40 stephen kowalyshyn e e 41 ; walter b bowers e e 42 robert e pollack bus 43 wil liam v boore met e 42 robert g eit ner e e 42 stephen t lowry c e 41 charles j dick ch e 43 military society releases names 40 eligible juniors scabbard and blade lists a local post of the army ord nance association to be known as the lehigh bethlehem post is be ing organized and will hold a meeting to elect temporary officers at 4 10 in the armory tomorrow according to captain benjamin s mesick assistant professor of mili tary science and tactics at this meeting a committee will be appointed to draw up by-laws and plans will also be discussed for the first dinner meeting to be held in the bethlehem club on the 15th of this month the original petition for the post has been signed by the required number of 50 advanced ordnance students the action has been ap proved by dean wray h congdon and by the board of directors of the association in washington membership of the new post will also include some of the men in bethlehem who have positions al lied with munitions work the purpose of the army ord nance association is to keep alive interest and knowledge of the de sign production and maintenance of munitions local posts permit these aims to be carried out over the nation staff takes trip b & w photographers go on inspection tour a new form of examinations for seniors will be brought before the faculty it was announced yester day by percy hughes professor of philosophy at the monthly faculty meeting mr w f learned of the carnegie foundation of new york will give a lecture illustrated by lantern slides concerning this plan before the faculty monday at 4 p m in room 466 of packard labora tory his secretary mr langmuir will be present from 1 to 4 p m to discuss the plan and show sam ples of the examinations the idea for this form of examinations which contains questions prepared by a number of different universi ties was an outgrowth of the pennsylvania plan of 1928 and was suggested to learned by professor hughes two vespers services for this year have been planned it was an nounced by dr claude g beards lee head of the department of moral and religious philosophy the first will be held dec 10 and the second is scheduled for the second semester a selected gown ed choir composed of the glee club members will sing president c c williams re marked that plans are being com pleted for the building contract for the new gymnasium and it is ex pected that it will be signed with in the next two months so that the structure will be ready by septem ber 1940 \ ten thousand copies of the pam phlet how about engineering have been distributed recently announced e kenneth smiley di rector of admissions the booklet was written by charles russ rich ards president emeritus of lehigh this pamphlet is written in question and answer form and ex plains engineering with its vari ous branches and gives further in formation about the work qualifi cations and opportunities of an engineering profession how about engineering be gins with a definition of engineer ing by the federated american engineering societies which reads engineering is the science of con trolling the forces and of utilizing the materials of nature for the benefit of man and the art of or ganizing and directing human acti vities in connection there with a section at the end of the leaf let is titled how about lehigh and gives specific information about the university as an engin eering college and discusses cer tain distinguishing features and the entrance requirements muhlenberg exhibits art open night at observatory will end present series of the finest examples of the influence of athletics ob other phases of american life the collection en titled four centuries of sport is being shown through the courtesy of a g spalding company and will continue through november 19 if you wonder why harmeson looks concerned it ma5 r be that he wished the photographer could elim inate the heavy beard from the picture the lehigh coach in a rush to start mapping pass defenses which the engineers hope to use against the mules on saturday afternoon just didn't have time to shave the other morning brown and white photo by john s curtis 43 seven members of the photo graphy staff of the brown and white under the direction of dale h gramley associate professor of journalism went on an inspection trip thursday night to the plant of the allentown call-chronicle newspapers they went through the newspa pers photography department where the organization equipment and method making assignments to call photographers were explained by donald p miller assistant man aging editor of the papers the photo-engraving process was ex plained to the brown and white men by mr forrest hoch in charge of engraving for the call the staff photographers who made the trip were paul ri butler m e 41 photography editor will iam k martin m e 42 otto g leichliter met e 41 paul p es trada bus 41 william c bley bus 41 harold e moosmann e e 40 and myron i buchman arts ' 43 the works of living artists of 79 countries will be on exhibition at the muhlenberg college library this week the collection has been viewed by two and one-half mill ion people at the new york world's fair after its display at muhlenberg the paintings will go on a nation-wide tour all students interested in art will find the exhibit well worth while advised garth a howland head of the department of fine arts the e w brown astronomical society will conclude the series of open nights at the observatory tomorow provided the weather is clear announced william r clark c e 40 president a society meeting will be held at 7:30 p m friday in room 367 packard laboratory george h reussner arts 40 will describe the making of his six-inch reflect ing telescope the following list of juniors has been declared eligible for applica tion to scabbard and blade hon orary military society according to captain benjamin s mesick as sistant professor of military sci ence and tactics rifle marksman ship tests must be completed by wednesday nov 15 and the mili tary examination will be given in the sophomore room of the armory at 7:30 p m tomorrow charles f kahnbach m e ; robert i fetch i e ; thomas j koehuba ch e efcarlei h carter cheat albert e lee ch x roy s zsii-ary arts wilbiril a lttzenberger arts george j qabuzda ing waiter 11 vegelsberg e e ; frank j har rokl eh 1 leonard j mekinley ch e ; raiph clicii pliys ; john a tifft jr bus i;mi<s t liendry bus richard b john son arts george s coopey met e ; john 0 attwood arts augustus a riemondy ch e william ./. feinley ch e ; henry g werner phys louis a priolo met e ; roger j 3ic xanutra i x ; cephas c smith bus xa than t folwell bus donald i eastlake bus ; robert caemmerer m e ; frank a szabo bus william k hodson i e ; william l archer bus thomas p cun ningham c e ; john s pettibone ch e ; norman m barber bus william a sei pete ch e ; donald eadie e e ; james h jjricker bus alvah h thomas met e ; anthony m karwacki e m ; robert e malinowski met e ; charles a gib son bus and kenneth l fielder ch £. glen w harmeson head football coach and di rector of intercollegiate athletics and captain al fred t cox c e 40 were snapped by the brown and white photographer as they discussed the foot ball collection in the current art exhibit in the uni versity art gallery with garth a howland head of the department of fime arts coach harmeson is shewn with cox and howland as they talk over the technical points of charles may's etching the first hundred yards are the hardest the brown and white football coach stated after his visit to the art gallery that the current exhibit of 91 prints representing 20 different sports is one brown and white vol xlvii — no 13 directory now on sale z 612 all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association i