Brown and White Vol. 47 no. 38

              cyanide favors present lehigh athletic awards vol xlvii — no 38 lehigh university brown and white 7 fellowships are awarded to lehigh men light company engineer gives safety lecture ordnance post honors harris at testimonial 20-foot pole is erected for demonstration by p hasskarl repair methods shown brigadier general feted at dinner wednesday is chief speaker 18 college students accept graduate scholarships for coming year represent 1 1 schools 80 present at banquet cyanide junior activities society last night went on rec ord as favoring the present system of athletic awards at lehigh with certain minor re visions this was done at a dinner meeting held at the beta theta pi house the decision was reached after a discussion of the sys tem now in effect and the pro posed plan now under consid eration by a committee of ar cadia a report of the committee appointed to help organize a freshman banquet committee was given by walter h vol elsbergr e e 41 chairman of the committee hobart is site of conference william lyon phelps lecture series group named noted educator to be final attraction april 12 at broughal high final lecturer billy phelps will conclude lecture series price — five cents democracy topic of stace lecture blake society sponsors professor's speech the philosophy of democracy will be explained by prof walter t stace of princeton university at 8 o'clock this evening in packard auditorium this lecture which will be open to the general public is sponsored by the robert w blake society honorary philosoph ical group in conjunction with the faculty lectures committee this lecture will be the second speech of a series concerning isms which folows the talks on the philosophy of fascism giv en last fall by dr herbert schnei der professor of religion at co lumbia university frank v hertzog arts 41 sec retary of the blake society stated as dr stace was a member of the british civil service his viewpoint on democracy ought to prove in teresting to the students dr and mrs stace were guests of honor at a tea given by the blake society this afternoon baldwin hamblin bliss to be delegates for peace discussion richards 3b debaters win 6 juniors are appointed by president williams for coming year boore and eitner capture 120 williams prize wednesday night clear thinking common sense care and an understanding of what one is doing were emphasized by p l g hasskarl safety engineer for the pennsylvania power and light company in his talk last night on safety measures em ployed against electrical acci dents the demonstration lecture given in packard auditorium and sponsored by the electrical engin eering society was attended by about 90 persons according to ar thur s mickley e e 40 president of the society hasskarl said that safety on any electrical work depended on hav ing adequate space materials and a knowledge of the fundamental rules of safety he related several anecdotes to illustrate his points as he discussed various opera tions which are performed on elec tric lines they were performed on a twenty-foot pole which had been erected for the lecture repair op erations and wiring with and with out special tools were performed as hasskarl described them he stated that wires carrying up to 4000 volts could be worked on by hand but voltages above that re quired special equipment and must be handled at a distance both the schaefer and pole top methods of resuscitation were demonstrated the latter method which has been developed recently relies on pressure applied to the abdomen to restore normal respiration questions from the floor and a general discussion followed the conclusion of the talk hasskarl was assisted by c w muehlen berger safety instructor and by william talbot and daniel good man linemen eighteen scholarships and fel lowships have been awarded to students in various schools for graduate work at lehigh during the next school year dr tomlin son fort dean of the graduate school announced yesterday nearly half of these were given to men enrolled at lehigh at the pres ent time those awarded william c got shall scholarships were william f gross and elbert m mahla graduate students in chemistry robert e powers in chemistry from rensselaer polytechnic insti tute w j harris jr in metal lurgy alfred r flinn in civil en gineering from virginia military institute c h buchanan in elec trical engineering from the west inghouse company and d w steel in mechanical engineering from case henry marison byllesby mem orial research fellowships were awarded to morris l greenogh from tufts college and g g murphy from montana state col lege both of these fellowships are in electrical engineering those receiving university scholarships are james n moses and richard n rhoda graduate students in chemistry john w strohecker in chemistry from princeton university stephen eros in physics from ohio state uni versity john l worzel phys 40 in geo-physics and edwin h mil ler arts 40 in english milton g heald in geology from wesley an russell kowalyshyn arts 40 in history and w b white in math ematics from hampton-sydney college six juniors were appointed yes terday by president c c williams to serve on the 19040-41 student concert-lecture series committee they are henry d chandler bus chi psi frederick r gil more arts , taylor hall charles f kalmbach m e sigma nu donald r schoen arts delta upsilon walter h vogelsberg e e delta tau delta and richard a ware arts town group appointments were made on the basis of recommendation by the present committee after a meet ing on tuesday according to richard c kelley chairman both groups will meet jointly to select the program for next year faculty men who are permanent members of the committee are registrar george b curtis sec retary dr t edgar shields di rector of music clarence a shook associate professor of mathematics james l shearer assistant to the registrar and charles j moravec assistant university news editor intramural sports gain more space glee club plans year's program field opposite broughal soon to be surfaced is renowned book critic this year's student concert lecture series will close on friday evening april 12 when dr will iam lyon phelps one of the most noted american educators presents a lecture in broughal high school auditorium hailed as yale's unofficial ara bassador-at-large billy phelps has an international reputation for his criticisms of books and plays in addition to his renown as a lit erary genius he has enjoyed the friendship of celebrities in all walks of life an enthusiastic lover of athle tics phelps was responsible for gene tunney's knowledge of shakespeare when tunney was the world's heavyweight champion golfing partners of his were tun ney the late john d rockefeller ty cobb and grantland rice who often writes poetry for his nation ally syndicated sports column taught sinclair lewis several of the leading novelists and playwrights of the piast quar ter of a century were students of phelps during his 40 years of tea ching at yale university among them were sinclair lewis stephen vincent benet philip barry and thornton wilder the phelps home in new haven has been the scene of many liter ary week-ends the lampson pro fessor of literature entertained such noted writers as john gals worthy john masefield hugh walpole gilbert k chesterton and joseph conrad he has met george bernard shaw and prem ier benito mussolini although phelps has been recog nized as one of the leading literary critics of his generation he has also become known as a prolific writer since 1893 he has had pub lished 24 volumes of poetry bio graphy and literary criticism among his most popular works are autobiography with letters what i like in prose some makers of american literature adventure and confessions human nature in the bible and teaching in school and college warringer is 111 recitals scheduled concert-dance assembly william f boore met e 42 and robert g eitner e e 42 of richards house 38 won the will iams prize in debating wednesday evening when they defeated rob ert p whipple eng 43 and j dukes wooters bus 41 of delta tau delta fraternity in a debate on the question resolved that a new deal president be elected next november boore and eitner who argued the affirmative will share the prize which amounts to 120 the debate was held in the browsing room of the library the same evening the affirma tive side won a second decision when alpha kappa pi represent ed by howard v donohoe arts 41 and richard m shepherd ch e 41 defeated price hall rep resented by robert f koenig met e 40 and stephen kowalyshyn e e 41 judges for both debates were the following dr robert m smith head of the department of english robert bassett director of debating at moravian college and theological seminary and ken neth b horning fellow in english shepherd and donohoe will de bate wooters and whipple next wednesday evening for the second prize of 80 dollars the debate will take place at 7:30 p m in the browsing room of the library lehigh trustee suffers heart attack in miami an assembly of delegates from eastern universities and colleges including lehigh will meet at ho bart college geneva n v to make up a model peace conference on march 28-30 john f hamblin arts 41 will be chairman of the delegation made up of chester c baldwin i e 40 and welles r bliss arts 42 according to wilson l god shall assistant professor of diplo matic history and international re lations godshall is also attending the conference lehigh will rep resent the nation of denmark in order to secure accurate knowledge of denmark's policies and to properly represent lehigh at the conference dr godshall stated that this friday and satur day the delegation would make a visit to washington and talk with hendrik de kauflmann danish minister to the united states also while the group is in washington dr godshall said they would call on keusuke horinouchi the ja panese ambassador to this country and a personal friend of dr god shall after the assembly has conven ed the schools will proceed to form a world peace conference in an at tempt to arrive at principles on which a permanent world peace can be based some of the nations that will be represented are now engaged in war both in europe and asia germany will be represented by new york university the united states by cornell great britain by bucknell and france by the university o f pennsylvania twenty-seven colleges will send delegations to hobart for the con ferences each representing a na tion oil company interviews according to e robins morgan director of placement the tide water associated oil company on wednesday interviewed six me chanical engineering seniors at the placement bureau more than 80 persons were pres ent wednesday night at the testi monial banquet in honor of bri gadier general charles t harris jr head of the industrial service of the united states army ord nance department held at the bethlehem club and sponsored by the lehigh-bethlehem post of the army ordnance association as speaker of the evening gen eral harris explained that the tre mendous quantities of ordnance material needed in war time pre sented difficult problems in pro curement he went on to review some of the things that have been done to make industry prepared to assume this load in case of war the army ordnance associa tion has helped in the work of in dustrial preparedness said gen eral harris we have progressed further in this work in areas where the association is active potentially the united states is the strongest nation in the world but there must be a transition per iod in the event of war as it takes time to get necessary equipment in peace time preparations must be made so that this transition per iod may be as short as possible munitions insufficient the munitions necessary today are beyond imagination a year's output of the two largest powder plants of the united states could supply only enough for a single day's warfare in the battle of san michel during the world war more ammunition was used than during the entire civil war general harris stated that the united states army arsenals could supply only one tenth of the neces sary equipment working 24 hours a day in order to acquaint indus try with the manufacture of the remainder the ordnance depart ment has given production orders and educational orders to private industry and has encouraged pro duction studies other speakers were president clement c williams lt com mander gerald b linke naval inspector of ordnance and the only member of the navy in the army ordnance association lt colonel j a hall ranking infantry re serve officer in this area colonel c c curtiss commanding officer of the 213 th coast artillery a a capt w s broberg assistant executive of the philadelphia ord nance district lt colonel l a codd executive vice-president of the national army ordnance as sociation and capt benjamin ward g uhl phys 40 president of the post was toastmaster 2 sophomores win 120 williams debating prize to honor girdler new york club to award 4 l prize to alumnus the second annual l award will be made to tom m girdler 01 president of the republic steel company at a dinner of the le high club of new york to be held april 23 in the murray hill hotel according to william a corne lius alumni secretary each year the club awards a cup to an alum nus of outstanding achievement or one who has won his letter in life last year eugene grace president of the board of trustees was hon ored with the award girdler's name will be inscribed on a large silver cup to be kept on display in the alumni office and he will be presented with a replica of the cup at the new york dinner displays snakes trembley illustrates talk with reptiles birds lehigh's outdoor intramural sports program received a boost this week with the announcement by andrew w litzenberger su perintendent of buildings and grounds that workmen will soon surface the open area opposite broughal high school after concrete foundations were removed and the ground was lev eled last fall the field was left to settle according to mr litzenber ger when frost has left the ground a layer of crushed slag will be spread over the area this material is very fine and somewhat like coarse sand it is expected that a fence will be put up within the next two years broughal high school will have access to the grounds provid ing there is no conflict with lehigh sports programs intramural softball games will be played there in the spring re lieveing the congestion at steel field and taylor stadium it was also reported that the lacross team would hold practice sessions on the grounds several concert-recitals a con cert dance and an assembly pro gram have been scheduled by the glee club for the remainder of the year announced carl h richard son arts 40 manager of the group the club's double quartet will present a 30 minute program at the senior assembly of 500 students on april 4 at the northampton high school the program will also include violin flute and piano se lections the entire singing group will perform on april 13 at har cum junior college bryn mawr the annual combined glee club concert including groups from le high lafayette cedar crest and moravian college for women will be held on may 4 at lafayette col lege the date for the yearly concert dance in drown hall has been sel ected as may 11 lafayette society hears gramley on journalism geologists are to speak at academy of science dr samuel d warringer mem ber of the board of trustees suff ered a heart attack last monday and is seriously ill in the jackson ville memorial hospital in miami fla his daughter mrs r m eh ret and r dexter warringer 24 one of his three sons have flown to miami to be with him dr warringer who is 73 years old is chairman of the committee of finance and investment of le high and is a member of the exe cutive committee and the commit te on endowment he graduated from amherst college in 1888 re ceived a degree in mining engin eering from lehigh in 1890 and in 1928 was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of engineering by lehigh while dr warringer was at the university he was active in both football and baseball and at the present time is acting as the chair man of the lehigh coal and navi gation company he has held this position since 1912 and is recog nized as one of the country's lead ing coal industrialists snakes owls and falcons were used to illustrate a lecture by dr francis j trembley assistant pro fessor of biology who addressed the bethlehem junior woman's club tuesday in the masonic tem ple those that kill was the theme of dr trembley's talk dr trembley explained that hatred is not inborn in snakes and that they should be admired since they are the cleanest of all ani mals he stated that 85 per cent of birds of prey are beneficial to man in contrast to the destructive barn rats and mice he also said that 80 per cent of birds must die each year because they multiply so rap idly and need nourishment cochran home speak before cosmopolitan club dale h gramley university news editor and grand president of pi delta epsilon national hon orary journalism fraternity ad dressed a meeting of tau alpha lambda honorary journalism so ciety at lafayette college held last nif?ht in brainard hall on the la fayette campus howard conner arts 40 presi dent of the lehigh chapter of pi delta epsilon was present at the meeting callen speaks on science and chemistry careers doddv to play at fraternity papers by four members of the department of geology will be pre sented at a meeting of the penn sylvania academy of sciences to be held next friday and saturday at washington and jefferson col lege washington pa anchisaurpus manus impres sion from york county triassic is the title of the paper to be deliver ed by dr bradford willard head of the department dr lawrence whitcomb associate professor of geology will present j peter lesley geologist dr donald m fraser associate professor of geology will speak on muscovite and graphite in jas peroid stratigraphy and struc ture of godfrey ridge by wayne o'neill graduate student will george doddy and his orchestra will provide the music for a dance tomorrow night in the delta upsi lon chapter house announced howard m williams bus 42 so cial chairman in charge of the affair mr and mrs walter c dacey will be chaperones for the dance complete the group vacation centers of new eng land and the tenant farmer sit uation in the united states were the themes of john cochran ch e 40 and harry b home ch e 40 respectively when they ad dressed the bi-weekly social meet ing of the cosmopolitan club on wednesday evening at the club house about 25 attended the meeting including charles a seidle assist ant director of admissions accord ing to thomas fleischer m e 42 secretary of the club a copeland callen dean of the college of engineering spoke on science and chemistry as a career on tuesday night before the career conference of the westwood n j junior-senior high school r r van sickle 03 director of the new jersey state employment bureau at hackensack spoke on new jersey employment trends during the same meeting the above pair of intramural debaters represent ing richards house section 38 has won the 120 williams prize in debating they are william f boore met e left and robert g eitner e e taking the affirmative side of the question re i solved that a new deal president should be elect ed in 1940 they defeated j dukes wooters bus 41 and robert p whipple eng 43 of delta tau delta fraternity wednesday night brown and white photo bethlehem pa friday march 15 1940 member intercollegiate newspaper association z sl2 all the lehigh news first