Brown and White Vol. 47 no. 26

              20 per cent of student body sick estimates living group poll school spirit mentioned water is not at fault the following is a list of changes and additions made in the room schedule for the com ing exams as given yesterday by james l shearer assistant to the registrar thurs jan 18 8 a m eng lish — addition of room 205 of christmas-saucon fri jan 19 8 a m music 3 — addition of coppee 22 fri jan 26 8 a m biol ib williams 301 mon jan 22 8 a m acct 115 change from williams 301 to packard 550 fri jan 26 2 p m geol 16 — change from packard audi torium to williams 102 8 men pass solo air test robert h stubbings ch e has been appointed chairman of the junior prom committee it was an nounced yesterday by albert e lee ch e president of the junior class edward e hems m e c denis gilchrist i e and augustus a riemondy ch e comprise stubbings committee april 19 has been set as the ten tative and probable date for the event according to lee both dor ney park and the empire ballroom are being considered for the site the selection will depend upon the success of the interfraternity ball next month at the empire glenn miller and tommy dorsey are being sought to furnish the music with other substitutes under consideration in case neither can be obtained benny goodman played at last years prom which was held at dorney park green and marshall lead in flying time exam to be given jan 31 registrar george b curtis has announced the dates and times for registration of stu dents for the second semester as follows freshmen tuesday morning january 30 s to z 8 a m a to f 9 a m g to x 10 a m l to r 11 a m sophomores tuesday after noon january 30 s to z 1 p m a to f 2 p m g to x 3 p m l to r 4p.m juniors wednesday morning january 31 s to z 8 a m a to f 9 a m g to x 10 a m l to r 11 a m seniors wednesday after noon january 31 a to x 1 p m l to z 3 p m all students will secure their registration tickets in room 208 packer hall congdon passes fingerprint plan story contest will be held shape size and type of car is rep resented at lehigh this year — everything from that beautiful blue jalopy which clings to the delta upsilon driveway to that swanky buick convertible which finds its way home to chi psi every night of 446 registered autos 145 be long to the ford family in addi tion the lehigh campus must put up with 72 chevrolets and 45 ply mouths the remaining conglom oration of crates and cadillacs ranges from 28 beautiful buicks to one little whippet files at the registrar's office re veal that there are 46 more cars registered this year at lehigh than in 1938-39 the 446 cars represent 19 states of the car owners 260 have penn sylvania licenses seventy-nine new jersey drivers and 45 new york drivers also menace the pe destrian student other states rep resented include alabama calif ornia connecticut delaware dis trict of columbia florida illinois indiana maryland massachusetts michigan missouri ohio rhode island vermont and virginia review to feature prize competition appears early next week prof f w went plant physiol ogist from the california institute of technology spoke last evening in packard auditorium to the mem bers and friends of the lehigh chapter of sigma xi honorary re search society on important ad vances made in the application of hormones to the regulation of plant growth professor went stated that the life processes of plants and animals may be compared to the principles underlying the democratic and to talitarian states enlarging on this statement went explained that the human mind is the counterpart of the dictator in that it regulates the division of labor among the in numerable individual cells on the other hand the plant is a democ racy because the division of labor among the cells is carried on inde pendently of any central control in plants hormones produced in different portions of the organ ism exert the control said profes sor went the lecturer went on to explain how and where the hor mones were produced he also de scribed their effect upon the var ious parts of the plants a new field in experimentation and pro duction of artificial hormones may result in plant engineering smiley announces faculty lectures chess club meets to pick team for rutgers meet by competition although approximately 20 per cent of the student body has been affected a peak in the number of epidemic colds reported seems to have been reached according to dr raymond c bull director of the health service the numerical figure obtained by a brown and white poll of living groups was described by doctor bull as a good conservative estimate the ailment consists of an out break of colds carrying gastro-in testinal symptoms and character ized by severe diarrhoea usually lasting two or three days it is spread by close contact sneezing coughing or using ommon towels and drinking cups dr bull stated that there is definitely no connection between the bethlehem water supply and the disease the careful tests and inspections and the heavy chlor ination completely prevent any possibility of a water-borne infec tion and the use of special bottled or spring water is not necessary precautions are listed the health service advice for avoiding these epidemic colds con sists of proper rest and sleep reg ular meals reasonable and sensible exercise and plenty of fluids ac cording to dr bull the unseason able weather variations the neces sary close contact between students in class rooms and living groups and the tendency to keep late hours because of the approaching examinations are responsible for the poor physical condition of many students who thus make themselves extremely susceptible to the disease if students will make every eff ort to keep in good physical condi tion and above all to avoid con tact with infected students the epi demic should run its course and die out in a reasonable length of time dr bull concluded permission to conduct finger printing of students during the registration for the second semes ter has been granted to alpha phi omega national honorary scout ing fraternity by dean wray h congdon announced gilbert p cardwell e e 40 chairman of the committee in charge of the work dean congdon commented that it is an excellent idea and also stated it is advantageous as there is no stigma of criminal investiga tion connected with the plan the prints are to be kept in the civilian identification department of the federal bureau of investigation in washington d c and cannot be used for criminal investigation the prints will be taken some where in the registration line in packer hall and will be strictly voluntary being open to the entire student body cardwell stated that alpha phi omega members who will conduct the fingerprinting have visited the detective bureau of the local police and have prac ticed being detectives group selects officers anderson speaks to chemists club the five man team formed from the chess club to play a similar team from rutgers university on feb 3 at new brunswick n j will be announced on jan 21 it was decided at a meeting held fri day evening in drown hall the team will be composed of the first five men of the competi tion ladder taken on that date the present list runs as follows may nard g arsove eng 43 richard b moyer phys 41 w bertolet bowers e e 42 panos b geor gopulo eng 43 and bernard alt shuler phys 40 in addition to the business meet ing there was a demonstration of four-handed chess by george s sprague chem 40 president of the club on a special board con structed by himself the next meeting was scheduled for feb 2 i f ball tickets available x-ray the penetrating eye is topic of talk the forthcoming issue of the le high review which will appear early next week will announce a short story contest to be held in conjunction with contests spon sored by redbook and the new re public magazines it was learned today from howard j lewis arts 40 editor of the review over 500 will be offered in cash awards any short story appearing in the re view during the contest period will be eligible for any or all of the three prizes since the magazine will be dis tributed during the exam period it will stress the lighter vein with an abundance of cartoons from both local and national artists the work of richard s gowdy bus 40 will be prominent among these feature articles will consist of a student experience story by how ard m conner arts 40 and the second installment of the story of war-time lehigh by lewis fiction ana poetry are also to be included in this issue with fiction coming definitely from edwin h klein ch e 42 and possibly from eric weiss 39 peter b turgeon arts 43 and others sportsmen watch rifle champion the cosmopolitan club held a short meeting friday night to elect officers for the coming year rene lambert graduate student was elected president charles p rob ertson 111 c e 42 vice-president paul p estrada bus 41 treasur er and thomas fleisher m.e 42 secretary seven high and prep school lec tures will be given by faculty members during february it was announced today by e kenneth smiley director of admissions the faculty men who will lecture are dr robert d billinger associate professor of chemistry glen w harmeson director of intercolleg iate athletics dr claude g beardslee professor of moral and religious philosophy francis j trembley assistant professor of biology and dr edgar h riley associate professor of english dr billinger will speak on chemistry — black and white feb 14 at the westfield n j high school and feb 29 at chel tenham high school on feb 23 dr riley will speak at the merchantville n j high school on sane living and a sense of humor dr beardslee will speak feb 27 at camden n j high school on life is an hon or system coach harmeson will lecture on sportsmanship in high school athletics feb 16 at mercersburg academy professor trembley will speak on those that kill feb 27 at liberty high school inter-fraternity ball tickets will go on general sale feb 1 the tick ets will be sold at the supply bur eau and drown hall houses improve fire protection eight men in the civil aeronau tics flight course have made their solo flights at the allentown bethlehem airport according to earl w mengle one of the four flight instructors the men are samuel l graf ton i e 40 louis m ferenczi graduate student william d green e e 40 gor don l brandt bus 40 frederick juer bus 40 preston f marshall i e 40 robert a nordt bus 40 and donald s wilkinson arts 40 green and marshall have the most solo flying time with five and four hours respectively a student is required to put in eight to 10 hours time in the air before flying solo the planes being used are two new taylor cubs and two new piper cubs the flight course is taught in three stages a man advancing from each according to his hours in the air and his ability to fulfill certain requirements stage a training consists chiefly of ground instruction taxiing and the rudi ments if flying stage b is princi pally solo work and stage c is comprised of advanced flying and instruction previous to taking the c a a license examination green and marshall are in the last stage and if the weather does not force the men to remain grounded some of the leaders should receive their licenses by april according to mengle all 40 of the men enrolled must take a government c a a exam ination on jan 31 according to thomas e butterfield professor of heat and power engineering who is in charge of the course o plan art exhibit 15 living groups plan complete work high school competitions will enter 2nd year limited last year to schools in bethlehem an art exhibition and competition sponsored by the uni versity for high school pupils will be extended this year to include all of northampton county the event will be held from march 1 to 21 in the art gallery garth a howland head of the department of fine arts is in charge of the exhibition the competition is to be divided into three classes according to whether the entries are from first class second-class or third-class high schools and prizes will be awarded accordingly a similar exhibition was held last year at the instigation of lib erty high school the contest was so successful according to ths le high sponsors that it was decided to invite all the schools in the county to participate parent-teachers to hear dr billinger on thursday harold v anderson associate professor of chemistry spoke on x-ray the penetrating eye be fore the norristown chemists club thursday night at the y m c a in norristown prior to the meet ing he was made an honorary member of the club harold a heiligman ch e 21 president of the club introduced professor anderson a large num ber of other lehigh alumni who are members of the club attended professor anderson traced the development of x-ray technology and presented a series of slides showing a few of the many uses to which this discovery of wilhelm conrad roentgen is now put he explained that x-rays are produced by the sudden stoppage of high speed electrons in a vacu um tube a modern tube for this purpose is the coolidge x-ray tube which consists of a cylindri cal glass container about 20 inches in length and two and one-half in ches in diameter with a cathode sealed in one end and a target or anode of tungsten sealed in the other included among the speaker's slides were pictures of x-ray pen etration of steel five inches thick tiny pieces of glass imbedded in candy and welded seams in large pipes radiographic examination of the human body is made possible pro fessor anderson said because of three properties of the x-ray these are its extremely short wave length which permits the rays to penetrate materials normally opaque to visible light their differ ential absorption by bodies of diff erent densities and the fluorescent effects caused by them in crystals and on photographic film robert p m stoudt bus 41 president of the sportsmen's club larry nuesslein former olympic small bore rifle champion and present world's cham pion and major frederick w adams assistant pro fessor of military science and tactics are shown above from left to right at the armory during last night's exhibition of trick shooting by nuesslein which was sponsored by the club nuesslein entertained some 130 people at the open by john m roach lehigh university will mark well the year 1939 as one of its out standing since asa packer first laid aside half a million dollars for educational purposes in 1865 changes innovations success and failure death honors triumphs and bitter defeats all were exper ienced on the brown and white campus during the calendar year to follow a system employed by those who report the news of the nation and world a list of the 10 outstanding news stories of the year was compiled and rated by one of the classes in journalism the order of importance of these events may provoke disagreement but the study reveals that these are the events that made the most and the biggest headlines and which provided the most vital interest for lehigh men of 1939 1 the alumni grant plan pre sented to alumni and students af ter a long series of opinions voiced by old grads and undergraduates on lehigh's honorable and pure athletic policy the plan has rais ed a storm of controversy 2 concern arising over the al leged lapse in school spirit just prior to the football game with muhlenberg al cox's letter to the editor of the brown and white acted as a shot in the arm and spirit rose to a new high for the game with lafayette a s u petition denied 3 denial of a petition of 34 stu dents to organize a chapter of the american student union and the refusal of the administration through the faculty lectures com mittee to aid a campus organiza tion in sponsoring a lecture by norman thomas the a s u backers lost their battle but the student concert-lecture series committee joined the international relations club in sponsoring thomas who spoke to a near-ca pacity audience at broughal high school 4 final assurance of a sports and recreational hall to be known as grace hall in honor of steelman grace who supplied the necessary 300,000 and the decision of the board of trustees to erect the henry sturgis drinker house 5 wrestling championship in the eastern intercollegiates and a well-earned second place in the national tournament individual championship crowns for masem hagerman king and matthes in the easterns while matthes carried lehigh colors to another victory at lancaster by winning in the 165 pound division 6 organization of the town group as morse heckman spil berg and harchar laid the ground work by uniting the town with the dormitories in the spring elec tions non-fraternity students won their first majority of important campus positions by electing two out of three class presidents nelson kelloggr retires 7 nelson kellogg's retirement as director of athletics and the appointment of coach glen w harmeson to succeed him on a five-year contract 8 administration shifts last spring which gave lehigh a vice president walter okeson profes sors growing old brought more changes most important of which was the appointment of a cope land callen a lehigh man as dean of the college of engineering to re place dr bradley stoughton 9 cyanide's attempt to enforce freshman regulations to what ex tent the junior activities club suc ceeded is uncertain but all fresh men regulations were definitely lifted by order of arcadia on cya nide's recommendation just before christmas 10 three tragic deaths one by fire and two by falls these were dr kash peters death in a fire at his home the death of hastings w watkins 41 who died in a fall from the third floor of his frater nity house and a janitor's death in continued on page four dr robert d billinger associate professor of chemistry will speak on chemistry of the air jan 18 before the parent-teachers asso ciation of fountain hill stevens school in bethlehem dr billinger has previously i given two talks on chemistry 1 chemistry black and white on dec 15 before the yardley high i school yardley and the chemis jtry of the air en jan 9 before the men's brotherhood reformed : church of bath exhibition with such trick shots as splitting a play ing card in half shooting pipes and cigarettes from the mouth of a dummy removing a fly's wing breaking a human hair and for a climax punctur ing two balloons with builet fragments obtained by splitting the bullet on a knife all were shot from a prone position except the last which was done standing fifteen living groups either have completed fire escape systems or have started plans for the work since the fire and panic act re quiring fire protection on all hous es was passed by the state legis lature in 1937 announced andrew w litzenberger superintendent of buildings and grounds work was completed on phi delta theta in december beta kappa theta xi and the cosmo politan club in november and theta delta chi sigma phi epsi lon and leonard hall prior to this term taylor hall price hall and delta sigma phi fraternity con tructed fire escapes several years ago plans for the work have been approved by the state for five other fraternities and inquiries have been received by mr litzen berger from the remaining three houses who want to build fire es capes while he is well-pleased with the response to the act the build ing director requests the other liv ing groups to start some action as the penalty for lacking the neces sary fire protection is padlocking of the house by the state depart ment of labor and industry which conducts the yearly inspections mr litzenberger stated that the inspectors have been lenient to ward the negligent groups because of the compliance of the other or ganizations but that they will probably be stricter hereafter warnings were sent to the houses without protection early in decem ber brown and white bethlehem pa tuesday january 16 1940 watch em go by stubbings chosen prom chairman price — five cents room schedule changes for exams announced sigma xi group hears f w went peak reached in cold cases says dr bull campus mechanized unit is motley assortment regulation of plant growth topic of botanist 10 outstanding stories of 39 are reviewed curtis announces dates times for registration vol xlvii no 26 practically every make model junior dance committee appointed by lee alumni grants plan wins first place as year's news is rated all the lehigh neivs first member intercollegiate newspaper association z 612