Brown and White Vol. 48 no. 1

              publication's poor taste in may issue set off faculty measure dean issues frosh booklet on discipline no absence limit fixed as university makes more liberal plan unlimited list larger nonconformity charged d t d leads with 14 ignorance declared no excuse for breaking established rules much of drop considered due to construction of drinker house marking system defined a fear has been expressed by donald r schoen editor-in chief of the epitome that stu dents believe the year book to have followed the fate of the review rumors of the epitome's de cease are very much exagger ed schoen declared this week elaborate plans have been fo mented since last june and epitome editors met in secret conclave this afternoon to evolve the greater epitome of 1941 „ with adroit changes in make up the year book will appear yet this school year and for years to come arcadia plans father's day first of kind to be held muhlenberg game chosen as date saturday evening oct 5 has been set as the date for the 7th annual engineers ball announced robert i felch i e 41 chair man of the committee in charge of the affair this dance the first social event of the 1940-41 school year will feature bud rader's orchestra felch promises several special at tractions which will rival in pop ularity last year's kistometer this device received nation-wide publicity last fall after a picture of it in use appeared in the collegi ate digest proceeds for lounge room tickets are expected to go on sale at 85c stag and 1.25 for a couple the committee in charge is felch chairman walter h vogels berg e e 41 decorations and charles f kalmbach m e 41 publicity once again the dance is under the joint sponsorship of pi tau sigma national honorary mechan ical engineering society,and eta kappa nu national honorary elec trical engineering society each year the proceeds of the dance are used to redeem bonds issued to furnish the lounge in packard lab oratory and to help with the up keep of the lounge grace hall is well underway the lehigh review a 14-year campus publication which had ap peared in at least four different forms since its birth in april 1927 breathed its last in a faculty blitz krieg on monday june 3 it was abolished because it had ceased to serve its original purpose and be cause it had shown poor taste especially in its assortment of ex change material in its issue of may 1940 theoretically the faculty ac tion might not be considered as having abolished the review but to all intents and purposes that seems to be the net result the action technicaly withdrew from the review organization as it ex isted on june 3 permission to con tinue publication of the magazine the exact motion as passed by the faculty was this the faculty withdraws permission from the or ganization now publishing the le high review hereafter to publish the lehigh review or any other periodical or publication purposing to be sanctioned by this univer sity general interpretation by per sons interested in publications work and by other members of * continued on page six less nya funds granted for year to start steelwork soon among improvements is 30,000 boiler the foundations of eugene giff ord grace hall are 30 percent com plete according to andrew w litz enberger superintendent of build ings and grounds at the present time the rigging for the structural steel frame has been completed and it is expected that the steel work will begin during the week mr litzenberger expressed doubt that the structure will be complet ed by the contract date of march 15 1941 unless the work is speeded up because of the doubled cubage of buildings on the university grounds since 1928 it has been ne cessary to install a new 300 high pressure boiler in the university power plant adjacent to fritz la boratory according to mr litzen berger installation work has been proceeding all summer and it is an effort to save lehigh stu dents from facing disciplinary measures for breaches of univer sity rules through ignorance was made during freshman week with distribution of a pamphlet explain ing university academic and social regulations the pamphlet pre pared by dean wray h congdon gives notice that ignorance of rules cannot be accepted as an excuse for winning leniency in such cases the university marking system is defined with all grades and grade values and meanings ex plained make-up examinations re-examinations and special ex aminations are three methods list ed in the scholarship regulations for making up deficiences in course work the rules governing dishonesty as printed on the regulation uni versity examination books are in cluded the fact that the willful giver of information is equally guilty with the receiver is stressed the various penalties for dis honesty are listed they are recommendation for expulsion from the university for clearly premeditated dishon esty in a final examination suspension for one semester for dishonesty in an hour quiz or other exercise or similar value ; dropping from the course with loss of credit for dis honesty in a daily class exercise a student who is convicted of cheating either in a final examination or in an hour quiz shall be on disciplinary probation throughout the remainder of his course and may not therefore at any future time rep resent the university in any student activity or hold office on any student publication a student under suspension may not appear on the campus or reside in any fraternity house other excerpts from the regulations in clude scholastic probation students are placed on scholastic proba tion when they fail to pass an adequate number of credit hours in any semester such students fall into two categories 1 first-semester freshmen who do not satisfactorily pass eleven 11 semester hours of work are placed on scholastic pro bation if a student is enrolled in and passes eng lish o this is counted as three 3 hours towards keeping him from scholastic pro continued on page six continued on page six weary upperclassmen waylay yearlings nya earnings for the coming school year will be slightly smaller than those of the year 1939-40 be cause of somewhat smaller regis tration announces e robins mor gan director of placement who is in charge of nya activities at le high the figure for 1940-41 is placed at 23,220 in 1939-40 the allowable earn ings — that is the maximum granted to the school — was 24,570 and of this 21,231.40 was paid out to students in return for services rendered the remainder was returned to the government the fact that not all the money allocated was paid out indicates that all lehigh students eligible for nya work who applied were able to earn as much as their class schedules and the maximum fig ure for earnings allowed a revised cut system in which students will not be held to a fix ed number of absences before be fore being placed on cut proba tion has been announced by dean wray h congdon under the new rules any stu dent who appears to be generally neglecting his academic work by persistently absenting himself from the regular academic exerci ses of the university will be placed on cut probation the penalty for excess cutting after being placed on cut probation has not been changed and is still suspension from the university for the balance of the semester the new attendance regulations are as follows text of cut system 1 any student who appears to be generally neglecting his academic work by persistent ly absenting himself from the regular academic exercises of the university will be placed on cut probation he will at that time be given a narrow margin of further cuts which if he exceeds will result in his suspension from the univer sity for the balance of the semester 2 if a student appears to be neglecting the work in any course or interferes with the discipline of any course the head of the department con cerned shall notify the de«i of undergraduates who after one warning may exclude the stu dent from the work which he has been neglecting 3 placing a student on cut probation or suspending him for over-cutting follows no fixed pattern and is not auto matic upon taking any definite number of cuts action varies with such factors as whether or not a student is a habitual or too frequent absentee free from academic exercises with out good reason his scholas tic averages his evidence of serious purpose his conform ity to university regulations and tradition the necessity of doing outside work and the like v 4 a student on the exempt list is not held to attendance regulations unless it appears that he is abusing his privilege to the detriment of his own interests 5 exemption is granted to the following students a seniors and juniors with a 2.75 or better scholarship average for the immediately preceeding semester and who are not on scholastic or cut probation b sophomores and second semester freshmen with a 3.00 or better scholarship average for the immediately preceding semester and who are not on scholastic or cut probation c any semester that a stu dent's scholarship average falls belows the stipulated av erage he is automatically dropped from the exemption list and is at once subject to all attendance regulations calendar arcadia went on record last night as approving the plan ori ginated in the interfraternity coun cil for holding the first university dad's day the saturday of the muhlenberg football game nov 9 at this meeting of the student governing body held in drown hall a grant of 50 was given to the band to help cover the expen ses of sending a 74 piece band to the case football game on oct 5 in cleveland george j gabuzda jr arts 41 was elected secretary of arcadia to take the place of r harry gunni son arts 41 who was elected last spring but is now unable to fill the post the following committes were suggested by albert e lee ch e 41 president of arcadia and were elected by the council john d wooters jr bus.'4l is on the alumni committee on the athletic committee are george a brenker bus 42 will iam h morse m e 41 and char les h conover arts 41 the student members of the board of publications are robert m ulmer bus 41 richard m shephard ch e 41 and john c attwood arts 41 beardslee appointed members of the drown hall house committee are charles r kiefer jr arts 41 frederick r gilmore arts 41 and dr claude g beardslee head of the depart ment of moral and religious phil osophy the elections committee consists of charles f kalmbach m e 41 john h mathewson ch e 41 robert e malinowski met e 41 and richard b johnson arts 41 frederick r gilmore and archie d tifft bus 42 are on the fin ancial committee archie d tifft is also on the freshman committee members of the handbook com mittee are robert m ulmer an thony r carcione arts 41 and hjenry d chandler bus 41 student members of the student activities committee are george j gabuzda jr arts 41 walter h vogelsberg e e 41 and donald r schoen arts 41 student members of the student clubs committee are roy s zach ary arts 41 william e scott bus 41 and augustus a rie mondy ch e 41 those on the rally committee are robert p whipple eng 43 robert a ritchings c e 41 and warren f boyer ch e 41 relations club to discuss model league of nations one hundred seventy freshmen of a class of 450 went fraternity saturday when rush week ended in a blaze of pledge parties and house dances delta tau delta carried off the honors for pledging the largest class with 14 freshmen three others beta theta pi theta kappa phi and theta xi were close sec onds with 13 men several other houses also followed in close order the 170 freshman pledges mark the smallest class to go frater nity in recent years the number dropped about 40 from last year's record and is only 37 percent of the entire class much of this drop is thought due to the addition of drinker house the newest dormi tory the list of 28 fraternities and their pledges follows delta sigma phi is omitted because of its new ly installed plan of deferred rush ing alpha tau omega richard k bleser lynbrook n v ; john k cochran south orange n j ; c russell conklin jr ca tonsville md ; warren r dix little falls n j william a ernst maplewood n j ; stewart l hammond maplewood n j bernard v lawshe waterbury conn ; wal ter trappe jr glen ridge n j beta kappa steven backskay fords n j james cordrey salisbury md court land davis plainfield n j thomas humphrey wloodbridge n j lewis page pelham n v robert velie painted post n v ; robert wilson bethlehem delta upsilon philip j berg sewickley alfred j cornelius scarsdale n v wil liam s frey york ben f hoffacker pittsburgh richard l rahn ahentown george ramsden west orange n j ; george f kister jr brooklyn n v ; gilbert romberger ahentown kappa alpha william bourne scars dale n v ; george holderer scarsdale n v ; arthur parsons 43 scarsdale n.y ; sherman stair rosedale kappa sigma : kenneth w bauman chevy chase md ; lester r dodson rutherfold n j paul falco elizabeth n j rich ard hardy bethlehem ; lewis hill beth lehem john f mengel bethlehem andrew mitchell philadelphia joseph riley m e 42 bethlehem lambda chi alpha roland beddows west field n j charles codding beverly n.j kenneth gross montclair n j ; jerry hen dershot newton n j ; theodore franck hackensack n j gus luddeke maple wood n j ; george lutz mackinaw city ; robert schwartz westfield n j parker ward 43 westfield n j chi psi david w xrmstrong plainfield n j ; john f donahue garden city n.y ; horace b edwardson glen ridge n j frank e felt jamestown n v robert a heironimus maplewood n j ; james h riehl fredonia n v ; q john schwarz jr rutherford n j thomas w wil liams 111 orange n j sigma phi douglas m congleton hart ford conn ; e lyster frost kenmore n v ; theodore peters jr chambersburg john j probst woodhaven n v h wil liam shawhan charleston w va tau delta phi fred gruenwald new york city leonard schwab cumberland md ; william kronthal new york city ; charles peck new york city lewis fried man belmar n y sigma nu clayton a bngg jr lake wood n v thomas g summers warren ohio alfred inderrieden tulsa okla ; paul j kervick springfield mass william b farrell jr great neck l i bould l cooper little neck n y alpha chi rho kenneth day maplewood n j charles leif maplewood n j thomas louchs maplewood n j ralph maach parkstown elliott mayo plainfield n j ; neil morton erie ; william wiley ilatuchen n j ; william hendrian me chanicsburg sigma chi john m skilling jr wil mington del donald r helm lancaster david f cox cleveland heights ohio john e doxsey shaker heights ohio walter r robinson jr wilmington del ; james l troy washington robert l smith charleston w va ; james s marsh wash ington douglas c rich cato n y sigma alpha mv alfred a adler phila delphia ; arnold lasser new rochelle n.y ; richard leeds laichmont n.y ; james levi new rochelle n v f robert linker new york n v ; robert i york n v alan e price pittsburgh sigma phi epsilon creighton d bickley jr north caldwell n j robert e brodt banger john l gretz wayne henry c ost pottsville davis t poole jr rock vilie center n v ; richard f vosbury falls fcliurch va ; n townsend flushing l i arthur j white valley stream the international relations club will hold its first meeting of the year at 7:30 p m thursday in arcadia room drown hall the members will discuss plans for a conference at georgetown univer sity in december and for a model league of nations meeting at le high next spring continued on page six freshmen just out of the annual hygene lectures had to run this gauntlet of fraternity frosh-grab bers gathered in front of packard laboratory dur ing rushing week scenes like this were duplicated in various other localities such as the door to the dispensary about 170 freshmen were finally pledged — brown and white photo tuesday 7:30 p.m — town council meeting in arcadia room of drown hall wednesday — last day for filing ap plications for degrees to be con ferred on founder's day wednesday 7:15 p.m — glee club try-outs in drown hall thursday 7:30 p.m — international relations club meeting in ar cadia room drown hall thursday 8:00 p.m — sportsman's clvb 1 business meeting at 466 packard laboratory friday 4:30 p.m — symphony or chestra meeting in packer chapel friday 7:30 p m — chess club meeting in the club room drown hall freshmen and others de siring to join the club are urged to attend frosh regulations went into full effect on monday as more than several freshmen have learned vi gilantes committee of 25 sopho mores and the 14 members of cy anide junior honorary activities society will see to the enforcement of the regulations trials for recalcitrant freshmen will be held every thursday even ing in the arcadia room of drown hall the offenders will be judged by the seven members of cya nide's disciplinary committee the members of the committee are george elliot ch e edwin klein arts wilkes mcclave bus frank mckenna met e ralph moss bus jack roach arts and archie tifft bus president of cyanide chairman failure of freshmen to heed summonses to the court of disci pline will bring drastic action warned tiflt questioned on the interpreta tion of the regulations tifft said that any plain seal brown tie is satisfactory this includes knitted and bow ties socks must be plain brown designed or mixed stock ings won't do a maximum of six men will be selected in the fall elections of the society eligible juniors will submit their points to frank smith chi psi lodge before 7:30 p m oct 8 despite the suspension of the lehigh review by faculty action the society decided to permit the listing of points by officers-elect of the defunct publication the cyanide point system is as follows 7 points 3.5 average for 3 semesters varsity letter junior manager of any recognized sport 6 points president of any class financial manager of brown and white 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 2.5 average for 3 semesters mustard and cheese assistant officer editorial manager of handbook brown and white assistant officer brown and white editorial council epitome advertising manager review advertising manager 3 points mustard and cheese membership delta omicron theta freshman numerals two years in musical clubs possessor of a college record brown and white local adv assistant review ; circulation manager epitome ; circulation manager handbook business board 2 points junior cheerleader membership in alpha epsilon delta rob ert w blake society eta kappa nu eta sigma phi pi mv epsilon or pi delta epsilon board of brown and white or review staff of 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 managerships competition for staff of any publication junior member of interfraternity council international relations club review assistant circulation manager tone membership special consideration for additional activi ties will be given lehigh university brown and white brown an vv 7 hite vol xlviii — no 1 bethlehem pa tuesday september 24 1940 engineers to hold annual ball oct 5 price — five cents 170 pledge greeks after 2-week rush dean congdon reveals new cut system faculty kills lehigh review after 14 years bud rader's band to play novelties are planned cyanide is cracking down on all freshman regulations epitome is still alive court of discipline to act point system includes review activities number is 40 less than last year's total 37 p.c of class member intercollegiate neicspaper association z fl2 all the lehigh news first