Brown and White Vol. 47 no. 47

              program includes campus tours departmental exhibits on may 4 honorary elects officers ; criticism committee members chosen concert - lecture series committee to sponsor pianist's program discuss picnic plans cleaver foundation aids cox to address group a representative of the com mittee has been appointed in every living group to aid in the sale of tickets tickets are also available at the supply bureau and in the arcadia office in drown hall the deadline for the purchase of tickets for the junior ban quet which will be held thurs day night at the hotel bethle hem is tuesday evening an nounced j dukes wooters bus 40 chairman of the ban quet committee judges picked for field day josef hofmann albert e lee ch e 41 doors to open at 7:30 current military matters to be major's topic at 8:15 tonight tau beta pi president eliot lecture to be held in broughal high vol xvii — no 47 daniels gordon to help carle judge events at annual review cyanide lists due on may 2 charity drive starts today community chest begins soliciting 3000.00 in contributions points must be submitted by sophomores who desire admission broughal high school auditor ium has been selected as the site for major george fielding eliot's open forum lecture tonight on current military matters the talk to be given at 8 15 o'clock was moved from packard auditorium because the ticket sup ply of 600 has been completely ex hausted close to 200 additional requests for tickets have come to the attention of scabbard and blade sponsors of the lecture ac cording to john a tifft jr bus 41 captain of that organization no tickets are necessary for admit tance the doors will open at 7:30 p m preceding the lecture at 6:30 p m a formal testimonial dinner will be tendered major eliot by scabbard and blade in the uni versity room of the hotel bethle hem at this time the new officers will be installed and nine new members will be welcomed the guests who have been invit ed include the staff of the depart ment of military science and tac tics ranking officers of the u s army stationed in the vicinity and several administrative officials of the university the new officers of scabbard and blade who will be installed are john a tifft jr bus 41 captain norman m barber bus 41 first lieutenant charles f kalmbach m e 41 second lieutenant william l archer bus 41 sergeant the new members are john c attwood arts 41 anthony m karwacki e m 41 charles h carter jr chem 41 william k hodson i e 41 willard a litz enberger arts 41 roger j mac namara i e 41 john s petti bone ch e 41 cephas c smith jr bus 41 and walter h vo gelsberg e e 41 officers for next year were elec ted and the yearly joint criticism committee consisting of members of phi beta kappa and tau beta pi were announced at a meeting of tau beta pi national honorary engineering society held wednes day night in packard laboratory albert e lee ch e 41 was chosen as president charles f kalmbach m e 41 was elected vice-president richard m shep herd ch e 41 treasurer john d mettler ch e 41 recording sec retary harold h werft e m 41 corresponding secretary and ed ward d hems m e 41 catalog er the criticism committee announ ced by edward g uhl phys 40 consists of bernard altshuler phys 40 robert c good jr phys 40 edward m sharp ch e 40 and robert b palmer arts 40 all but palmer are members of both societies a committee of this sort is ap pointed each year to give students a chance to present criticisms of the university students may give their criticisms to any member of the committee receive applications other business discussed at the meeting included plans for a pic nic of the group to be held some time during the last two weeks of school the applications of the university of detroit rice insti tute and city college of new york for chapters of the society were announced and action deferred for further consideration results of the essay contest held in conjunction with the recent ini tiation of new members were also announced a committee present ed the four outstanding papers to the society at the meeting the so ciety and faculty advisors selected a paper entitled the engineer in the future by chester c bald win i e 40 as the winning essay girdler awarded l cup at dinner speaks to research club plans for the annual sub-fresh man day on may 4 have been com pleted according to kenneth e smiley director of admissions the program provides for regis tration and campus tour from 9 to 10 a m an assembly in packard laboratory will be greeted at 11 a m by senior class president al fred t cox president clement c williams and dean wray h congdon departmental conferences will follow the assembly and continue until 2:30 p m smiley suggests that the fraternities plan to serve luncheon at 1 o'clock the departmental exhibits will be open for inspection from 1:30 to 3:30 p m while at 2 p m the guests will be entertained with band music and the final compe tition in the living group singing contest lehigh to play lafayette lehigh will meet lafayete in a lacrosse game on the upper field at 2 p m while at 3 o'clock two baseball games and a tennis match will get under way the freshman baseball team will play pennington school at steel field and the var sity will meet rutgers in taylor stadium the tennis match with manhattan will be held at steel field the lehigh university faculty woman's club will serve tea at 3 p m in drown hall to all guests who do not care to attend the sports events fraternities have been provided with forms for luncheon invita tions which are to be returned to the admissions office by 5 p m thursday may 2 each sub-fresh man will be given an envelope containing his invitations when he registers he will then accept one and return the others which will be filed and available for inspec tion by fraternities robert w blake society elects 13 last year 833 guests were enter tained to whom the fraternities served 200 luncheons the remain der being served in the armory smiley urges the fraternities that are entertaining guests to see that the sub-freshmen participate in all scheduled acitvities josef hofmann noted pianist will present the first concert of his 1940 winter tour sponsored by the student concert-lectture series in cooperation with the cleaver foundation on november 1 at broughal high school announced richard c kelley chem 40 chairman of the committee hofmann's appearance at le high will mark the first time that the student concert-lecture ser ies has presented one of the world's outstanding pianists and the first time that the committee has com bined forces with the cleaver memorial foundation lehigh students will have an op portunity to hear hofmann's win ter program before the noted pian ist goes on tour for 4 months in announcing the signing of hofmann kelley said that the committee has been fortunate to secure the services of one of the ranking pianists of the world only because of the cooperation of the cleaver memorial foundation and the columbia concerts organiza tion of new york city expected to be highlight the committee feels that the appearance of hofmann will be one of the highlights of the series next year if present plans for ad ditional talent materializes stated kelley josef hofmann was born at cracaw poland on january 20 1876 he learned piano in infancy under his father a pianist capell meister and composer and at the age of seven attracted the atten tion of rubenstein in 1887 hofmann came to the united states and began a concert tour but was compelled to aban don it because of interference of the society for prevention of the cruelty to children he returned to europe and studied under ur ban moszkowski and rubenstein hofmann later made many suc cessful concert tours in america and europe at present he is direc tor and instructor of piano at the curtis institute philadelphia he has composed a symphony an or chestra suite several concertos and piano pieces hofmann has also written on numerous musical top ics alumnus gets recognition for life achievements singing contest finals on may 4 solicitation of faculty members and other university employees for contributions to the bethlehem community chest started on the campus today under the direction of john i kirkpatrick assistant to the president the campus goal is 3,000 in conducting the solicitation work kirkpatrick has recruited a team of 25 men one for each de partment or building for the first time in a number of years students will not be solicit ed individually or through their respective living groups the cam pus community chest inaugurat ed last fall by arcadia will be the sole means of raising money on the campus for the bethlehem chest and for other charitable organiza tions and work a check for 60 has already been sent to the beth lehem chest oy the campus chest in addition to kirkpatrick and his team of 25 assistants other fa culty men are taking part in the local drive for 127,466 in support of 14 welfare health and character building agencies for the cam paign which ends wednesday may 8 faculty workers are walter r okeson chairman of the indus trial division dr claude g beardslee chairman of the budget committee dale h gramley di rector of publicity and kenneth k kost assistant in publicity the lehigh solicitation team is as follows administration building j d major charles d carle has been designated by the commanding general of the third corps area as the inspecting officer of the lehigh r o t c unit during its annual field day review monday may 6 accompanying major carle as judges will be majors lincoln f daniels and will h gordon of la fayette college also with the group will be colonel f g kell ond officer-in-charge of civilian affairs of the third corps area alfred t cox c e 40 cadet colonel will receive the general john j pershing medal for dis tinguished attainment in military education from colonel ralpn c bishop of the civilian military education fund there will be twenty other awards made at the exercises in cluding two scabbard and blade sabres sixteen merit ribbons the william randolph hearst trophy and a set of second lieutenants in signia program begins at 1:30 the program will begin at 1:30 p m on the lower field with as sembly at 2 o'clock the final elimination in the manual of arms contest will take place for both freshmen and sophomores at 2 15 o'clock there will be a platoon drill competition followed by ma chine gun team competition at 2:45 o'clock the representa tive companys from each battalion will compete followed by an ex hibition drill by special company a at about 3:30 o'clock the en tire regiment will parade before the reviewing officers the public is invited to witness the entire program from the south stands major reginald r bacon assistant professor of military sci ence and tactics stated that this will be the first opportunity for civilians in this area to see the new regulation drill band to play selections before competitions continued on page four honorary philosophical to make pilgrimage dr norbert wiener of the mathematics department at the massachusetts institute of tech nology spoke to the faculty jour nal research club yesterday in room 306 of packer hall the title of his talk was ergodic theor ems dr gebhardt and professor zygmund both of m i t accom panied dr wiener in his visit to lehigh alumnus crashes faculty will have congdon riley to head cast james s clinch is killed in mid-air collision all sophomores meeting re quirements for admission to cya nide junior honoray activities so ciety must submit their point lists to j dukes wooters jr bus 41 at the delta tau delta house by thursday may 2 7 points 3 average for 3 semesters varsity letter junior manager of any recognized sport 6 points president of any class financial manager of brown and whitf make-up editor of brown and white junior editor of epitome 5 points 3.00 average for 3 semesters head of any living group letter in a minor sport junior manager of intramural sports intercollegiate individual champion in any sport news editor of brown and white sports editor of brown and white financial manager of review 4 points secretary-treasurer of any class j average for 3 semesters mustard and cheese assistant officer editorial manager of handbook brown and white assistant officer krown and white editorial council epitome advertising manager review advertising manager 3 points mustard and cheese membership delta oinicron theta freshman numerals two years in musical clubs possessor of a college record brown and white local adv assistant review circulation manager epitome circulation manaper handbook business board 2 points junior cheerleader membership in alpha kpsilon delta rob ert w blake society eta kappa xu eta sigma phi pi mv epsilon or pi delta epsilon board of brown and white or review staff of the handbook president of any course society president of phi eta sigma or newtonian society assistant director of the band competition all season for freshman or varsity teams competition all season for varsity man agership brown and white circulation manager brown and white photo editor review ; photo editor review art editor board of epitome 1 point officer except president in any course society competition all season for freshman or intramural sports mangtrships competition for staff of any publication junior member of interfraternity council international relations club review assistant circulation manager tmie membership special consideration for additional activi ties will be given tom m girdler 01 chairman of the board and president of re public steel corporation was awarded his l in life a large silver cup at a dinner in his honor held at the murray hill hotel in new york city tuesday evening last year's recipient of the award was eugene g grace 99 presi dent of the bethlehem steel com pany president clement c williams in a tribute to girdler said that he was an example of that fact that lehigh men have taken up the in dividuality that asa packer put into lehigh in addition to dr williams tri bute the following members of the alumni spoke briefly earle f johnson 07 walter s landis 02 floyd w parsons 02 past presi dent of the alumni association frank s roberts 34 member of the student grant committee al fred v bodine 15 nominee for presidency of the alumni associa tion and william a cornelius 89 executive secretary of the alumni association dr alan c dodson corporate trustee of the university discus sed the appointment of two new trustees albert n williams and thomas gates jr the election of 13 new members into the robert w blake society honorary philosophical society was anounced last tuesday by frank hertzog arts 41 recently elected president of the society instead of an initiation cere : mony the new members have been invited to join the old members in a pilgrimage to the artists co operative colony at new hope next friday studios and shops will be visited by the members discus sions will be held with the artists and mr child leader of the coop erative artists movement will speak at a dinner to be held at the logan inn newly elected members are as follows frederic n bahnson phys 41 bernard a briody jr arts 41 frederick r gilmore arts 41 richard b johnson arts 41 stephen kowalyshyn jr e e 41 willard litzenberger arts 41 welles bliss arts 42 alfred b brown phys 42 albert clark jr chem 42 john l diamond arts 42 lynn c bartlett arts 43 john j meehan jr arts 43 and george h reid arts 43 other recently elected officers for next year are the following hugh davidson phys 41 vice president david e richards arts 42 secretary-treasurer tennis courts planned james s clinch former lehigh student was killed wednesday afternoon near dallas texas in a mid-air crash of two army air corps planes clinch who attend ed the university from september 1938 to last february was soloing with his instructor t j richards when he crashed into a plane pi loted by solomon d moon a fel low flying cadet at love field near dallas the planes falling after their wings had entangled and had been shorn off crashed about 125 yards apart in a plowed field clinch and richards were killed instantly and moon died a few hours later in a dallas hospital clinch who was a member of the junior varsity football team and the varsity swimming team while he was at lehigh left school last february after he had been accepted as an army flying cadet final competition in the living group singing contest will be held at 2 p m on sub-freshman day may 4 the band will form in front of the west wing of packard labor atory and play several selections on a special platform in front of the west wing the singers will then compete delta tau delta will be the first group to sing and will render three selections the band will play and will be followed by the group rep resenting leonard hall last year's winner pi kappa alpha will be the last group to sing judges include the following faculty members james l cliff ord assistant professor of english kenneth w lamson associate pro fessor of mathematics max peter sen professor of physics thomas e shields director of music and clarence a shook associate pro fessor of mathematics after the judges decide the win ner the winning group will take the platform as its leader receives the trophy the trophy is a large cup which the winning group will hold for the following year daylight saving to start alpha kappa psi elects ulmer is new president curtis attends convention dr beardslee gives talk registrar george b curtis pre sented a paper on building exam ination schedules and course ros ters yesterday at a session of the annual convention of the amer ican association of collegiate registrars which is being held this week in st louis mr curtis ex pects to return to bethlehem wed nesday daylight savng time will go into effect at two o'clock sun day morning and students are hereby given notice to set their watches and clocks ahead one hour before turning in tomor row night all classes will be held according to the new time tennis courts will probably be constructed on the field north of chi psi house sometime in the fu ture president clement c will iams announced yesterday he also stated that he plans as soon as circumstances permit to have courts constructed east of richards house in the area which is now be ing filled with material from the drinker house excavation dr claude g beardslee head of the department of moral and religious philosophy spoke wed nesday at the doylestown high school as part of the faculty lec ture service alpha kappa psi honorary busi ness administration fraternity el ected new officers at its regular meeting last night at the delta tau delta chapter house those elected are robert m ulmer bus 41 president james r hendry bus 41 vice-president henry d chandler bus 41 secretary john w whiting jr bus 41 treas urer and as such has captured a bevy of young ladies who have been converted to his super-aesthetic cults these ladies spend all their time begging him to read and sing his poems the regiment of dragoons to whom all the ladies are engaged are perplexed and incensed at the strange behavior of their loves an event which complicates the entire situation is the arrival of archi bald grosvenor played by dean wray h congdon surprisingly enough considering the actors and their parts both bunthorn and grosvenor fall madly in love with the village milk-maid patience played by mrs david scott fortunately however by the end of the operetta all the compli cations have been unravelled and only bunthorne is left without a bride other major roles will be taken by howard w alexander instruc tor in mathematics as colonel caverley charles w simmons professor of chemical engineering as major murgatroyd william b todd arts 40 as the duke of dunstabe james l clifford assist ant professor of english as mr bunthorne's solicitor lady angela wil be played by helen minnich lady sophia by mrs hilton smith lady ella by mrs allison butts and lady jane by mrs charles w simmons by robert m lynch the usually dark halls of christ mas-saucon were ablaze with el ectric and dramatic lights last wednesday night as the operetta patience underwent finishing touches by members of the faculty chorus dramatic activity on the campus doubled as mustard and cheese started rehearsals of their forthcoming production of idiot's delight taking over drown hall the former happy hunting ground of the faculty the student drama tists forced the chorus to retreat to the sancuary of hyphen hall finding facilities of the sound proofed speech room on the third floor inadequate for their vocal and physical requirements the colonel the dragons and a few others not to forget patience found other rehearsal rooms which included the entire third floor cor ridor the final results of all this ac tivity will be observed by those who attend the presentation of gilbert and sullivan's operetta patience at 8:30 o'clock tomor row evening in drown hall the operetta ridicules the affect ed aesthetic behavior of swinburne and oscar wilde reginald bun thorne played by edgar h riley associate professor of english in a moment of frankness describes himself as an aesthetic charmer bethlehem pa friday april 26 1940 deadline for jr banquet tickets is tuesday night albert e lee new president of tau beta pi brown and white price — five cents to appear in fall josef hof mann to play here in november sub-frosh day list of events is completed member intercollegiate newspaper association z 612 all the lehigh news first