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              800 cadets participate was illinois president brenker is unopposed tickets for the mustard and cheese club production of idi ot's delight on friday in broughal high school will be on sale in the arcadia office at drown hall tomorrow thurs day and friday orchestra seats will be sold at 50 and 75 cents student tickets for all balcony seats and 50 cent orchestra seats will be free j v.b win recognition new committees to govern athletic administration concerning awards 205 couples attend dance bud rader butts punch are town council affair's features 500 to attend coal congress dr harry w chase the election of class officers and of arcadia members at large will take place tomorrow under the revised system of nomination in drown hall from 8 to 6 o'clock the candidates nominated by a special arcadia committee and who have been secretly chosen in order to elim inate the element of politics which has been so prevalent heretofore their pictures will posted and their names will ap pear on the ballots two junior cheerleaders will be elected senior cheerleaders and one of these men is to be elected head cheerleader the men are richard m dietz m e robert a ritchings c e and james a marvin met e also to be chosen are two jun ior cheerleaders from the four sophomore candidates john m roach arts frank s mcken na met e william f boore met e henry l abbott e e anthracite men will begin 3rd annual conference thursday in packard sub-freshmen hear williams two hundred and five couples attended the spring dance of the town council which was held sat urday evening in the armory ac cording to george brenker bus 42 chairman of the dance commit tee as a special feature of the dance a free pack of cigarettes was given to each couple that attended ac cording to brenker the dance was a financial success the attendance surpassing the previous record of 170 couples set by the winter dance of the council free punch was available to all who were present dancing was to the music of bud rader and his orchestra pi kappa alpha fraternity wins song contest for second time parents honored by 4 fraternities 2 hold informal dances during the week-end four fraternities observed a parents week-end and two held informal dances during the past week lambda chi alpha held a buffet luncheon for about 50 par ents alumni faculty members and guests sunday afternoon at the house the annual spring tea was given by sigma phi society at the frater nity house for 75 persons which included faculty members parents alumni and guests mrs sydney brown and mrs allan dodson poured arrangements were in charge of arthur h rich bus 42 in addition to having a parents tea sunday afternoon delta sigma phi also gave an informal victrola dance saturday night at the house theta xi also held a phonograph dance saturday night sigma nu entertained parents for the weekend by giving a ban uet saturday night and a buffet luncheon sunday noon sydney m brown professor of european his tory was the main speaker at the banquet two of the parents alumni of lehigh also addressed the 40 mothers and fathers town group men will elect a town council president and vice presidents of 11 town sections in tomorrow's balloting members of town council will distribute bal lots to town men when they ap pear at drown hall to vote george a brenker bus 42 is the only nominee for president of the council petitions from 19 men who will run for the section offices have been received brenker is president of town section d social chairman of town council was a member of the sophomore dance committee and the newtonian society his petition was sponsored by the following 15 men george j gabuzda jr arts 41 john p brandt chem 40 robert p carter ch.e 40 thomas e ricketts chem 40 paul a hunter c e 40 william r csellak ch e 40 theodore l leining ch e.'4o charles wolbach jr ch e 40 roderick templeton bus 41 norman l morse ch e 40 john b sanborn ch e 40 walter m schweder e e 40 albert f ponter bus 40 raymond schilt bus 42 and albert g tromer bus 43 candidates for presidencies of the town groups and their activi ties follow section a charles h carter jr chem 41 : varsity rifle team manager frosh rifle team chem ical society manager intramural athletics scabbard and blade and army ordnance society jonas silverberg bus 41 — business board of lehigh review rugby club independent wrestling section b robert c chamberlain m e 42 — var sity track intramural athletics albert clark jr chem 42 — 3.08 aver age tone r w blake society glee club orchestra e w brown astronomical so ciety chemical society section b secre tary-treasurer caleb w holyoke m e 42 — newtonian society freshman honors intramural ath letics wrestling and track competition section c alton p oieffenbach e e 41 — sopho more honors newtonian society symphony orchestra vice president of e e society pi mv epsilon eta kappa nu william k hodson i e 41 — pi tau sigma scabbard and blade army ordnance society i e society section d charles balough jr arts 43 — frosh foot ball manager aero club section d athletic manager arthur tallaksen bus 42 — frosh foot ball section p vice president intramural sports section e george j gabuzda jr arts 41 — 3.77 average section e president town social committee alpha epsilon delta vice pres ident r w hall society secretary bas ketball symphony orchestra sophomore honors section f george h brown bus 42 — frosh wrestl ing varsity track band intramural sports henry c louden bus 42 — section f ath letic manager section g charles e boyer bus 43 — varsity base hear talk by wheeler pi mv epsilon honorary math ematics society heard a h wheeler from worcester mass at a meeting last friday evening guns spit for embryo generals the 135 th annual field day competitions and military review of the lehigh r o t c unit was held yesterday afternoon on the lower field before a crowd of more than 1,000 major charles d carle infantry u s a official repre sentative of the commanding general of the third corps area was in charge of the inspections approximately 800 cadets took part in the day's ceremonies which included a freshman and sopho more manual of arms elimination contest platoon drill competition machine gun competition com pany drill competition and an ex hibition drill by company a the program was climaxed by the presentation of awards among these was the presentation of the general john j pershing medal for distinguished attainment in military education to the outstand ing cadet officer in the third corps area to alfred t cox c e 40 the william randolph hearst national r o t c trophies to lehigh champion rifle team and the national rifle association gold medal and certificates of victory to david r smith e e 42 national rifle association indi vidual champion other awards follow set of second lieutenants insignia for leadership general ability and value to the r 0 t c — to alfred t cox 2nd year advanced course infantry and william r csellak ch e 40 2nd adv ordnance society sons of the american revolution medals for excellence in theoretical and practical work and outstanding leadership qualities jules l moreau arts 40 2nd year adv infantry edward m sharp ch.e 40 2nd year adv ordnance willard a litzenberger arts 41 ist year adv in fantry henry c carter chem 41 ist year adv ordnance theodore g scott met e 42 2nd year basic and francis a chid sey bus 43 ist year basic scabbard and blade sabres for leadership and value to the r o t c — to george j gabuzda arts 41 ist year adv in fantry and charles f kalmbach m e 41 ist year adv ordnance army ordnance association gold medals for scholastic standing and interest in ord nance affairs — to edward g uhl phys.'4o 2nd year adv ordnance and robert caem merer m e 41 ist year an ordnance lehigh military medals for leadership gen eral ability and value to r 0 t c — to isaac m hunsberger eng 43 ist year basic henry j olson c e 42 2nd year basic walter h vogelsberg e e 41 ist year adv ordnance william l archer bus 41 ist year adv infantry and em ery w loomis bus 41 ist year adv infantry these medals were presented by president clement c williams merit ribbons for excellence in leadership class room worfc and drill — to james m bricker bus 41 ; john beriont ch e 41 ; francis a kotulak m e 41 and john h hajieny arts 41 ist year adv in fantry frank j harold ch e 41 and robert i felch i k 41 ist year adv ordnance robert b steele met e 42 paul l xestleroth met e 42 albert clark chem 42 robert r young m e 42 robert j mcgregor ch e 42 2nd continued on page four the third annual anthracite conference will begin a two day session here thursday morning when over 500 delegates will meet in six sessions the conference which is open to all students and faculty will begin at 10:00 o'clock thursday morning in packard lab oratory when howard eckfeldt professor of mining engineering and chairman of the conference will open the session by introduc ing president clement c williams who will give the address of wel come according to prof eckfeldt the principal speaker of the confer ence will be harry c spillman lecturer and director of personnel of the national association of manufacturers mr spillman is the speaker of the banquet which is to be held at 7 00 p m in the ho tel bethlehem lehigh men on program several members of the faculty and alumni of lehigh will give papers during the course of the conference among those who are to speak are a copeland callen dean of the college of engineering burgess h jennings associate pro fessor of mechanical engineering eric sinkinson associate professor of fuel technology and cadwall ader evans jr 01 vice-president of the hudson coal company the purpose of the conference is to present conferees for consid eration the recent and rapid tech nological progress being made in production distribution and util ization of pensylvania anthracite the main conference speaker mr spillman was educated in bethel college and bowling green business university both in ken tucky the lecturer's native state and at harvard university he was for many years the educational and employment manager of the remington typewriter company mr spillman is also the author of several books among them being making the business speech eff ective and the aristocracy of service the latter of which is one of the best-sellers in the non-fic tion field as a lecturer mr spill man has delivered more than 3,000 addresses before educational and busines audiences throughout america and the eastern hemis phere lehigh men treated for injuries at st luke's this is an interesting time said president williams for boys to be entering life the field of knowledge is expanding universal ly college life provides a mode of living as well as a mode of think ing was the keynote of president c c williams address at the opening assembly of the annual sub-freshman day attended by 1,000 guests of this number 500 were prospective lehigh students according to unofficial tabulation available today at the admissions office dean wray h congdon urged the sub freshman to consult lead ers about college problems stu dents interests and curricula as well as extra-curricula programs alfred t cox president of the senior class who was chairman of the meeting stated that college has offered youth the opportunity for educational development a program of extra-curricular activi ty and the art of living together pi k a best singers pi kappa alpha victors for the second time won the second ann ual song contest and were award ed a cup presented by morton sult zer 12 of the new york lehigh alumni club sponsors of the con test judges for the contest were james l clifford assistant profes sor of english dr clarence a shook associate professor of mathematics dr t edgar shields director of music dr kenneth w lamson associate professor of mathematics and dr max peter sen professor of physics following the main assembly departmental conferences were held for the various curricula in the afternoon visits and demon strations were held in the various buildings and departments a re ception and tea sponsored by the faculty women's club for the guests was held in the afternoon in drown hall various athletic events gave the sub-freshmen a chance to see lehigh teams in ac tion the informal town dance giv en in the evening closed the pro gram dr harry w chase chancellor of new york university will be the commencement speaker on mon day june 10 instead of dr alex ander stoddard superintendent of philadelphia schools it was an nounced by president clement c williams at a regular monthly faculty meeting yesterday after noon in the alumni memorial building the change was made necessary when dr williams learned from dr stoddard that it would be im possible lor him to deliver the commencement address because of an unforeseen technicality which developed after he had consented to speak at lehigh philip m palmer dean of the college of arts and sciences an nounced to the faculty that in ad dition to arts seniors 15 students in other colleges have voluntarily asked permission to take the car negie endowment examination on may 16 and 17 a total of over 70 students is expected to take the carnegie tests announces committee members dr williams also announced the following presidential appoint ments to standing committees for the next academic year j lyn ford beaver acting head of the department of electrical engineer ing to the athletic eligibility com mittee dr bradford willard head of the department of geology to the executive committee of the graduate faculty dr loyal v bewley newly elected head of the department of electrical engineer ing was appointed to the institute of research george b curtis registrar and dr max petersen professor of physics to the committee on lec tures dr j burke severs associ ate professor of english library committee and dr gilbert e . doan head of the department of metallurgical engineering and dr bewley were appointed to the committee on degrees president williams commended the unusual attainments of the lehigh university r o t c unit during the past year he also prais ed the development and continu ance of programs by the combined musical clubs and also in conjunc tion with those of lafayette mor avian cedar crest and muhlen berg has been chancellor since 1933 dr chase the new commence ment speaker has been chancellor of new york university since 1933 previously to that he was presi dent of the university of illinois and was connected with the uni versity of north carolina from 1910-1930 where he was president from 1919 until 1930 he received his a b and a m from dart mouth ph d from clark u li d lenoir college and wake for est college university of georgia dartmouth university of north carolina university of michigan and lafayette also dr of hu manities rollins college litt d columbia he is a trustee of the russell sage foundation a member of the board of directors of the new york adult educational council dr chase is a member of phi beta kappa sigma xi honoraries and sigma nu social fraternity as well as various clubs his home is in new york city ryan gets chem award elects 7 juniors alpha kappa psi names businessmen initiates james f ryan.ch e 40 has been awarded a student member ship in the lehigh valley section of the american chemical society it was announced by dr charles l parsons secretary of the soci ety he is one of five students in colleges in his section granted a free year's membership student memberships in the chemical soci ety were awarded to outstanding undergraduate chemists in 24 col leges and universities in the uni ted states and hawaii machine gun squads shot it out for field day prizes in the exercises held yesterday in taylor stadium before a crowd of over 1000 parents and guests machine gun competition was restricted to continued on page our a sweeping change in the sys tem of athletic administration was accepted with a unanimous vote by arcadia last night this new system provides for three types of insignia for participation in three classes of sport the appointment of a committee to consider generally all athletic administration in re gard to awards and the appoint ment of a sub committee in each sport for the selection of men who are to be given awards the new plan divides all inter collegiate athletics participation in to three groups in group i to in clude football wrestling and bas ketball the insignia will be a let ter 7 x 6 x iy 4 " woven into a sweater in group 11 including baseball soccer swimming tennis and track the award will be a let ter 5 x 5 x 1 woven into a sweater which is the same award made for all university sponsored sports at the present time in group 111 including rifle cross country laqrosse hockey fencing and golf the award is to be a felt letter 5 x 5 x 1 j v.'s to get awards all managers are to receive the same recognition awarded to the particular team concerned a new provision has been in cluded in the plan to recognize junior varsity competition and re quirements have been set accord ingly at the present time the three junor varsity teams basketball wrestling and football will receive a felt letter 4 x 4 x 1 this system will be supplemented to give awards for any other junior varsity teams when the program is extended to allow for the estab lishment of other junior varsity clubs the head cheerleader will be awarded a group i letter with a megaphone inserted while the as sistant cheerleader will receive a group ii letter with the same iden tification the system of committees set up a new idea in lehigh athletic admnistration provides for a com mittee on intercollegiate athletic awards consisting of four faculty and four student members the faculty members selected were dr claude g beardslee professor of moral and religious philosophy dean wray h congdon e ken neth smiley director of admiss ions and glen w harmeson di rector of athletics the student representatives will be a senior member of arcadia a member of o d x senior honorary society and the presidents of the junior and senior classes has full authority the duty of this committee will be to settle controversies which cannot be settled in the sub committees for the individual sports this committee will be the final authority on athletic ques tions presented to them the plan further provides for sub-committees in each sport to consist of the head coach in each sport the captain manager and director of athletics the duty of these sub-commit tees shall be to " go over require ments according to the specified rules and regulations at the end of the season after checking the team member for these require ments and considering his all aruond attitude for the year this committee shall recommend the men on the squad deserving of letters another new idea incorporated in the plan allows for the provis ion of special recognition for those men who in the estimation of the sub-committee have been t val ue to a team although not qualify ing for the regular award or a junior varsity insignia for this group the regular group 111 let ters may be awarded service letters may be awarded to those men who have been out for intercollegiate varsity compe william c walker eng 43 was operated on yesterday morning at the st luke's hospital for a broken bone in his foot received at rut gers during the freshman track meet richard m palmer bus 42 was also treated at the hospital for injuries received during a frater nity baseball game he was cut on the eye when the ball struck and broke his glasses wayne h carter arts 43 was hit in the eye by a baseball during batting practice before the fresh man game on saturday it is poss ible that his nose was broken by the impact of the ball seven juniors were elected to alpha kappa psi honorary busi ness fraternity at a dinner meeting last night at the alpha tau omega house announced robert ulmer bus 41 president the following students were el ected david w burke jr ce phas c smith jr wilber chase jr warren h miller william v groeger john a tifft jr nathan t folweu first year advanced men but was only part of a large program of competitions embracing all branches of the local r o t c unit a low-flying plane provided a target for the gunners — brown and white photo bethlehem pa tuesday may 7 1940 idiot's delight tickets go on sale tomorrow commencement speaker vol xlvii no 50 brown and white arcadia revises athletic system price — five cents harry chase chosen as new june speaker town to elect council chief section heads 1,000 watch military unit in final drill n y u chancellor named guest commencement speaker june 10 men to cast special ballot in voting tomorrow at drown hall outstanding men winners of contests awarded medals trophies sports are divided into 3 classes with separate types of insignia politics taboo in vote for officers tomorrow continued on page foui member intercollegiate newspaper association z sl2 all the lehigh news first