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              12 to serve next year thorpe olympic winner according to the town house constitution new members will be elected every may so with few exceptions the group will not in clude freshmen it is the ultimate purpose of the new living group to promote more interest in campus activities more social life and a greater circle of friends the founders believe these essentials are lacking in the town group as it is at the present time any undergraduate or graduate student in the university is eligible for membership in the group how ever the number of graduate stu dents is limited to two at a time the present officers of the new living group are oliphant presi dent robert k beckwith eng 43 vice-president and secretary ar nold o putnam eng 43 treasur er at the present time 11 out of the 14 members of the group have signed as charter members other than the three officers members include solomon p caldwell eng 43 howard l nielson eng 43 robert w saylor eng 43 paul b fitzell c e 42 frederick c tillberg jr met e 42 george h brown bus 42 richard b moyer phys 41 and walter b bowers e e 42 a new living group the alpha town house will go into operation next september at 535 montclair avenue in a house which will ac commodate 14 selected members of the group according to its presi dent lowell k oliphant bus 42 the constitution of the new group was approved by the stu dent activities committee and a nine month lease was obtained for the living quarters by the organiz ers of the idea it is the purpose of the group to live and board at the house under a cooperative scheme where the members will do much of the work in caring for the house themselves according to oliphant it is not the intent of the group to become a fraternity it is hoped that the group will be represented on the town council but no final arrangements have been made so far in this respect claude g beardslee professor of moral and religious philosophy has been made faculty adviser to the group roy b cowin head of the department of accounting has consented to be business adviser he will help the alpha town house raise a 1000 bond issue of 10 bonds to provide the house with furniture and fixtures bishop wallace j gardner will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on sunday june 9 at 10:30 a m in packer memorial chapel bish op gardner is the episcopal bishop of the diocese of new jersey a post he assumed in 1936 he re ceived the degree of doctor of di vinity at st stevens college and the degree of doctor of sacred theology from the general the ology school he is the former rector of the chapel of the intercession in new york city and also former rector of st paul's in brooklyn before assuming the duties of his present position he was bishop coadjuc tor of the state of new jersey new honorary will induct 11 this is the last friday june 7 7 p m — annual alumni din ner at the hotel bethlehem 10 p m — informal senior dance at the saucon valley coun try club saturday june 8 10:30 a m — annual meeting of the alumni association in the faculty room of the alumni memorial building the wel come of the class of 1940 into the alumni association 12:30 p.m — luncheon for alum ni and seniors at drown hall 2:30 p m — seniors form for alumni parade at the north side of packer hall in caps and gowns 3:00 p m — class day exercises at flag pole in caps and gowns in case of rain the ex ercises will be held in pack er chapel sunday june 9 10:30 a m graduation exer cises dr harry w chase chancellor of new york uni versity will deliver com mencement address 10:30 a m — baccalaureate ser vice in packer chapel the rt rev wallace j gardner will deliver the sermon 4 p m — concert 4:00 p m — tea given by pres ident and mrs c c wil liams for seniors and guests monday june 10 with this issue the brown and white suspends publication until september albert e lee ch e 41 presi dent of the class of 1941 was elect ed president of arcadia for next year at the first meeting of the new arcadia last night in drown hall other men who were elected to office with lee were robert m ulmer bus 41 vice president r harry gunison arts 41 secretary and archie d tifft bus 42 treas twelve men will serve on arca dia during 1940-41 with the ex ception of lee are as follows with their qualifications george a brenker bus 42 president of the class of 1942 wil bur chase jr bus 41 president of the interdormitory council geo rge j gabuzda arts 41 member at-large frederick r gilmore arts 41 president of the combin ed musical clubs gunnison presi dent of mustard and cheese club charles f kalmbach m e 41 president of odk c raymond kiefer arts 41 town council rep resentative tifft president of cy anide ulmer pi delta epsilon representative robert p whipple eng 43 president of the class of 1943 and roy s zachary arts 41 president of the interfraternity council c a a training plans changed placement bureau sets new record lists winners of regionals phi alpha theta installa tion of lehigh chapter to be held sunday flight operators to teach work formerly given by university men notables in music hear bach choir lily pons ormandy among crowds to hear mass smiley names recipients of scholarships each award worth 1,600 seniors are placed morgan announces 180 charles f kalmbach m e 41 was elected president of omicron delta kappa national senior hon orary activities society at the ann ual banquet held sunday evening at the saucon valley country club henry d chandler bus 41 was elected vice-president j dukes wooters bus 41 treasur er and dr claude g beardslee was re-elected secretary epitome discussed dean a copeland callen a newly initiated faculty member of the society was elected to the ac tive circle for a period of four years charles a seidle assistant director of admissions and dr beardslee have been nominated candidates for the position of fa culty adviser for the coming year their names have been sent to the national council which will choose one of them for the position in conjunction with the previous meeting at which a discussion took place concerning the discon tinuation of the epitome a com mittee consisting of donald r schoen arts 41 roy s zachary arts 41 and john h mathewson ch e 41 was appointed to go further into the matter sugges tions for future investigations by the society were received from the senior members of the group the banquet which was given by the faculty circle of the organ ization was the initiation banquet for the new members of the junior class who were elected into the society the initiates who attend ed the banquet were donald r ed the banquet were roy s zach ary arts j dukes wooters bus henry d chandler bus john b mathewson ch e albert e lee ch e augustus a riemondy ch e robert m ulmer bus and richard l vockel m e retiring faculty get new positions lehmer to go to california o'neill to northwestern jim thorpe who has been call ed the greatest athlete of all time will be the first offering of the 1940-41 student concert-lec ture series on october 2 in brou ghal high school auditorium it was announced today by richard a ware arts 41 chairman of the committee six attractions have been sched uled by the committee in all one more than has been presented dur ing the past year the extra offer ing is made possible through a general contract with a single agent allowing a reduction in rates thorpe was the winner of two olympic events in 1912 all ameri can football player from carlisle institute and a major league base ball player with the new york giants he has been named by king gustav of sweden as the greatest athlete in the world the remaining five events will occur as follows ' on november 1 josef hoffman will give a piano recital prior to his annual new york appearance his recital here will be his first of his 1940 tour he will be spon sored jointly by the cleaver foun dation which brought violinist albert spalding here this season margaret webster scheduled a program of dramatic sketches similar to that given by cornelia otis skinner last fall will be pre sented by margaret webster dra matist on december 13 bertrand russell who has been involved in a controversy with the city college of new york during recent months and george sokol sky economic columnist for sev eral newspapers will debate on january 10 their subject will be is youth living too fast russ ell will uphold the negative a program of negro spirituals and gershwin's porgy and bess will be presented on february 21 by the eva jessye choir the ser ies will close on april 11 when dr will durant lectures on a topic of contemporary significance to be selected by the committee next winter dr durant is best known for his best seller the story of philosophy ulmer to manage review's business more men have been placed in positions so far this year than there were in positions at the same date in any year since the place ment bureau has been organized under e robins morgan statistics released by him yesterday show up to yesterday 180 members of the class of 1940 have acquired jobs this number may be higher stated mr morgan because busi ness men in particular are not re porting to him when they have found a position for next year while others have many offers but have not yet decided which to ac cept comparative figures show that 113 men had been placed to this time in 1939 96 in 1938 167 in 1937 and 112 in 1936 the first year for which records are available while this year's figure is highest it is not high in percentage only about 60 percent of this year's large class having been placed talks on campus topics several changes have been in stituted in the civil aeronautics authority program for the coming year which are designed to im prove the original plan it was an nounced by thomas e butterfield professor of heat power engineer training and instruction will be redistributed to a certain extent with some of the work formerly taught by the university being giv en by the flight operator applications for c a a will be received by the mechanical engin eering department at the office in packard laboratory until the end of the semester greater effort will be made to obtain transportation of students to the airport since this has been a source of difficulty for some in the past in addition the time for completing the course has been shifted from june 15 to may 15 alternates will be allowed to en roll in order to replace those who might drop out a limit of 50 men has been set by the authority there has been no change in re quirements for trainees robert d billinger associate professor of chemistry spoke on campus topics last night at taylor hall section e banquet held at 6 oclock last night at the haas res taurant in allentown howard r bosey reiter pro fessor of physical education is re covering from head injuries and lacerations received last thursday when he was struck by a hit-run driver the accident occurred at the union trust bank building on fourth street new elected heads of arcadia cyanide eleven men will be inducted at the installation ceremonies of phi alpha theta national honorary history and government fraternity at 4 p m sunday may 26 in the arcadia room in down hall included among these are four members of the faculty two grad uate students and five undergrad uates donald b hoffman of allen town national secretary-treasur er will be the installing officer and he will be assisted by the chapter from muhlenberg college the officers of the lehigh chap ter are president richard a ware arts 41 vice president wal ter f daney graduate student and secretary-treasurer thomas r hunt arts 41 the faculty members to be in ducted are dr lawrence h gip son head of the department of history and government dr geo rge d harmon associate professor of american history george b curtis registrar james l shear er assistant to the registrar eu gene grossman is the other gradu ate student the other undergrad uates are raymond r white arts 40 john a kaufman arts 41 and stephen weinrib arts 41 robert m ulmer bus 41 has been appointed business manager of the lehigh review for the com ing year it was announced by donald g denison i e 40 pres ent business manager the appoint ment by the business board is sub ject to the approval by the board of publications ulmer has worked for three years on the review staff he was national advertising manager in his sophomore year and advertis ing manager this year in addition he is a member of pi delta epsilon national honorary journalistic fra ternity and cyanide junior hon orary society advertising manager for next year is frank e smith ch e 42 financial manager james a gor don bus 42 circulation manager wallace c kendall met e 41 national advertising manager richard c hardenborgh bus 43 members of the business board david e gregory eng 43 philip h powers eng 43 and richard c hopkins eng 43 the assistant circulation managers will be sel ected after the circulation drive next fall bosey v getting well archie d tifft bus 42 post cards inform seniors of last dance on june 7 outstanding artists stars and critics of the music world were present at the 33rd bach festival held last friday and saturday in packer memorial chapel the well known figures in music were among the record crowds which thronged the chapel itself and overflowed into packard auditor ium and the lawn outside the chap el lily pons metropolitan opera star and her husband eugene or mandy director of the philadel phia symphony orchesta rodney saylor director of the newark bach choir allen dash director of the philadelphia bach choir francis d perkins music critic of the herald tribune lin ton mar tin music critic of the philadel phia inquirer and arthur bron son music critic of the philadel phia record heard the bach choir program other notables were raymond walters 07 former registrar of the university and present president of the university of cincinnati prof and mrs charles osgood of princeton university e wells kerr headmaster of phillips exe ter academy and r r hillman 91 first president of the bach choir and present general mana ger of the republic steel company the future positions of four fa culty members whose resignations have been accepted were learned late yesterday derrick h lehmer assistant professor of mathematics will join the mathematics faculty of the university of california in a sim ilar capacity john t o'neill instructor in economics will become an instruc tor in economics at northwestern university james h croushore fellow in english will assume the duties of an instructor in english at mount union college of alliance ohio gellert s alleman instructor in english will begin work on grad uate studies and thesis for the doc torate degree in english he will enroll at the university of penn sylvania 20 couples at sportsman's club picnic held sunday senior and two alumni announce engagements as a reminder to seniors post cards giving information concern ing the annual senior dance were sent out to all members of the graduating class this week albert e cox c e president of the class said that it is hoped that there will be a large turnout the affair will be held june 7 at 10 p m at the saucon valley country club the lehigh colle gians will play for this final sen ior get-together tickets at 1.50 a couple may be obtained at the arcadia office twenty couples attended the sportsman's club picnic last sun day afternoon at the mordele farm according to william p varner bus 42 a trap shoot won by robert p m stoudt bus 41 was part of the entertainment mr and mrs fay c bartlett and morris e kan alay cross country and track coach were the chaperones alumni wives hold dinner won't slam new deal albert e lee ch.e 41 the annual lehigh alumni wives diner will be held on june in the fountain room of hotel bethlehem it was announced by mrs robert s taylor chairlady of the event at a meeting of the committee monday evening the wives dinner is held in conjunc tion with the annual lehigh alum ni banquet to be held at the same time in the ballroom of the hotel the engagament of miss jean l wilson of reading to richard n larkin 38 son of prof fred v larkin head of the department of mechanical engineering was an nounced on saturday evening at an informal party held at the larkin residence on wall street the engagement of miss mar garet bonsall of hasbrouck heights n j to john l becker jr 39 of south orange n j has been announced the wedding will take place june 8 in hasbrouck heights the engagement of miss dorothy bergen of port jefferson long is land to charles b bayles m e 40 also of port jefferson was an nounced recently the wedding will be held on june 16 at the home of the bride's parents current beliefs on economic problems of labor and purchasing power will be discussed by dr neil carothers dean of the college of business administration in an article which will appear in the this week section of sunday's new york herald tribune this article unlike previous ones will say nothing about the present ad ministration winners of the 10 regional schol arships each valued at 1,600 sel ected on the basis of a competitive examination given in the different districts by the college entrance examination board were announ ced today by e kenneth smiley director of admissions the ten men will enter the freshman class in the fall the contestants were chosen as follows two from new england states two from the middle atlan tic states three from the south eastern states and three from the country at large the winners were active in ex tra-curricular activities including athletics publications and student government following is a list of scholarship winners with lists of their activities according to their districts new england states no 1 glenn a murray new hampton school for boys of new hampshire pres ident of his junior class vice president stu dent council active in dramatics football hockey swimming and track no 2 john a simpson stratford con necticut high school president of the de bating club member of staffs of two school publications active in dramatics track middle atlantic states no t harvey f soule albany high school president of the student council editor in chief of year book editor of school paper member of the glee club and basketball team no 2 kenneth g swayne george school new york editor of year book active in dramatics captain of baseball team mem ber of football and wrestling teams southeastern states no 1 laurence h mosier bethesda-chevy chase md high school president of stu dent council played in school orchestra ac tive in tennis basketball and chess no 3 robert l smith charleston w va high school president of national honor society president of debating club assistant business manager school paper manager of hockey team no 2 ross b robinson dobyns-bennett high school of kingsport term president of national honor society president of hi-y member of debate club country-at-large no 1 david f cox cleveland heights ohio high school treasurer of xational honor society manager of chess team active in golf football cross-country and track no 2 john e doxsey shaker heights ohio high school treasurer of junior class sports ftiiitor of the year book member of basketball mm and treasurer of the con gressional club no 3 alfred j inderrieden jr central high school tulsa oklahoma member of school band boy scouts and a class officer bethlehem pa tuesday may 21 1940 baccalaureate speaker z 12 brown and white vol xlvii — no 54 indian athlete to deliver ist talk of series price — five cento lee is elected arcadia head kalmbach o.d.k president town students lease home 14 to use cooperative plan ulmer gunnison tifft get other posts last night at drown meeting alpha town house will start next september on montclair avenue 1,000 bond issue to finance furniture and fixtures seniors last week-end to keep 40 class busy chandler wooters elected to senior posts at sunday banquet concert-lecture committee plans 6 attractions for next season beardslee is secretary 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