Brown and White Vol. 48 no. 2

              world's greatest athlete to be followed by hofmann concert webster to be featured dr williams is speaker played here in 1939 benny's old arrangers henderson sauter still with leader jim thorpe odk to take four seniors benny goodman town council accepts alphas seidle selected adviser by national office of senior society president of new living section will be given vote at meeting ley associate professor of journal ism presented plans last evening embodying three different ideas for offering lehigh a medium for creative writing that will satisfy the greatest number of people the new magazine according to dean congdon is to be a student literary publication of a different character than the lehigh review but offering a medium for creative student writing plus a number of new features lehigh bachelor suggested klein's plan advocates a publi cation called the lehigh bache lor offering a wide range of ap peal without offense to the univer sity group without an editorial voice and with a faculty adviser or committee to be set up to serve as a purely advisory board and in no sense a censor this board is to be free of all responsibility to pre vent its use as a scapegoat a new free style column in the manner of the talk of the town a feature of the new yorker mag azine was suggested by klein to replace passing in review but differing from it in that it will not continued on page four cyanide punishes frosh offenders 25 sophs appointed to vigilante committee the epitome will definitely ap pear this school year and some form of student magazine will also probably be published these de cisions were reached at a meeting of the board of publications cam pus leaders and several members of the faculty representing each college of the university in dean wray h congdon's office last ev ening william l archer bus 41 was elected business manager of the epitome by the board of publica tions alan m paget bus 41 is the new assistant business manager no junior officers will be elected pending the reorganization of the business staff the reorganization of the staff and the revision of the system for business competitors were referred to pi delta epsilon honorary journalism fraternity which must report back to the board within two weeks the first saturday afternoon meeting of the board of publica tions will be held tomorrow at 1 30 o'clock in dean congdon's office when the board will attempt to reach a settlement of the magazine problem at the meeting last even ing the opinion of the group at tending was that some form of ma gazine was desirable on the lehigh campus the only problem re maining is what form the publica tion is to take edwin h klein arts 42 editor in-chief of the now defunct lehigh review percy hughes professor of philosophy and dale h gram sportsman's club plans trap-shoot first meeting attendance exceeds 60 members plans for a trap-shoot to be held on oct 6 were discussed at the first meeting of the sportsman's club last night in room 466 packard la boratory which was attended by over 60 men according to william p varner bus 42 president those attending the trap-shoot will leave the main gate at 2 p m for the modele farm guns will be supplied also discussed at the meeting was a deep-sea fishing trip on oct 13 from brielle n j on this trip 20 are expected on oct 20 the club will have a hike to hawk mountain lectures are scheduled to be given by randolph thompson state game lecturer and others during the semester eugene g grace 99 president of the bethlehem steel company and also of the university board of trustees will lay the corner stone of the building bearing his name during the special exercises on lehigh's 62nd annual founder's day next wednesday president clement c williams announced to day the exercises will begin at 2 p m and will be attended by mem bers of the board of trustees who will have their annual fall meeting later in the afternoon the trustees will also inspect the newly-com pleted henry sturgis drinker house immediately after the cor ner stone laying ceremony james l burley 94 one of the architects who designed grace hall and morris e stoudt 16 of bethlehem will take part in the program at which president will iams will preside and the univer sity band will play alumni stu dents faculty members and the general public are invited to at tend the ceremony program starts at 10:30 a m the annual founder's day pro gram including the traditional ac ademic procession from the alum ni memorial building to packer memorial chapel and the awarding of degrees and prizes will be held at 10:30 a m stamina of american youth will be the subject of the founder's day address by president williams the deans of the three colleges and the dean of the graduate school will present the candidates for de grees dean of undergraduates wray h congdon will present the awards and prizes the annual freshman-sopho more sports event will be held wednesday afternoon among those who will be intro duced during the corner stone lay ing ceremony are robert f her rick 34 acting executive secre tary of the alumni association albert e lee jr ch e 41 pres ident of arcadia roy s zachary arts 41 president of the interfra ternity council wilbur chase jr bus 41 president of the interdor mitory council and george a brenker bus 42 president of the town council two freshmen were brought be fore the disciplinary committee of cyanide junior honorary activities society at its meeting last night in drown hall for failing to obey the freshmen regulations according to archie d tifft bus 42 president one of the freshman failed to wear brown tie and socks and the other was not wearing his identi fication button as a penalty the first is obliged to wear a large sign roll up his pants legs to his knees and wear ribbons for garters in addition he must have a large bow around his neck for not wearing his button the other freshman must wear a sign the vigilante committee of 25 sophomores began to function this morning and will bring the offend ers to the disciplinary committee which will meet at 7:30 p m each thursday in drown hall the members of the cyanide committee are the following ed win h klein ch e frank s mc kenna met e ralph f moss jr bus john m roach arts george e elliot ch e wilkes mcclave 11 bus archie d tifft freshman warbles at glee club tryouts jim thorpe who was called the greatest athlete in the world by king gustav of sweden after the stockholm olympics in 1912 will speak at 8 15 o'clock on wednes day evening at the first program of the student concert-lecture series in broughal high school thorpe's lecture marks the first of a series of six programs on this year's concert-lecture schedule which is now complete according to richard a ware arts 41 chairman of the series committee josef hofmann concert pianist margaret webster actress and di rector george sokolsky column ist bertrand russell philosopher the eva jessye choir and will durant philosopher will appear during the lecture season thorpe won the two chief events at the stockholm olympics the decathlon and the pentathlon and became the first man to hold both these awards he first become fam ous at the carlisle indian institute where glenn s pop warner was football coach he has held cham pionships in running jumping swimming shooting skating bas ketball tennis hockey lacrosse shotput and pole vaulting cleaver foundation to aid hofmann's concert on novem ber 1 in the broughal auditorium will be the first concert of a na tion-wide tour he will be spon sored jointly by the concert-lecture series and the cleaver foundation the same two groups which spon sored albert spaulding violinist last season miss webster appearing on de cember 13 has directed all of maurice evans american plays she is now directing twelfth night featuring evans with helen hayes and opening at new haven on october 11 russell and sokolsky will ap pear together in a debate january 10 on the question is conserva tism the best policy sokolsky's editorial opinion has appeared for a number of years in the new york herald tribune russell was re cently involved in a nation-wide controversy over his philosophies the eva jessye choir appearing february 3 was featured in the production of george gershwin's porgy and bess they will offer a program of negro spirituals american folk songs and the pop ular compositions of george ger shwin will durant author of the story of philosophy which was a non-fictional best-seller will close 0 the series april 11 admission t o concert-lecture programs are free to all students presenting their concert-lecture tickets which are in the athletic ticket books the doors will be opened at 7:30 p m and the pro grams start at 8:15 p m calendar by arthur l landesman benny goodman aclaimed by music critics as the world's great est clarinetist has been signed to play with his orchestra for the senior ball on friday night of fall houseparty week - end william s mcconnor i e 41 chairman of the prom committee announced last night dancing will be from 10:30 p m to 3:00 a m on oct 25 at the empire ballroom this is the first year that one big name band has been contracted for the fall event two smaller bands having been used in former years last year al donohue and van alexander and their orches tras played for senior ball in the hotel bethlehem for the past five months good man has been confined to the mayo hospital where he under went treatment for a severe case of sciatica before entering the clinic he disbanded his orchestra most of whose members joined artie shaw's 22-piece group the first engagement of his new band will be in new haven conn where he opens on oct 9 the lehigh dance will be the third booking for the band second booking at lehigh this will be goodman's second visit to lehigh he played for spring houseparty in 1939 the personnel of the 16 piece orchestra which goodman will bring here has not been released by the music corporation of america the band's agent how ever it has been hinted that it will be composed of some of its former members who have shown desire to return as well as new additions it is not known if helen forrest who was formerly featured vocal ist with the band will return however fletcher henderson and eddie sauter arrangers who turned out many former goodman successes will definitely be with the new outfit because of benny's illness the band will make a policy of playing only two engagements a week called king of swing benny goodman is well known to swing fans as well as to musi cians in both jazz and classical styles of music his musical career started when he signed at the age of 16 years to play with the ben pollack orcehstra since then he has constantly risen in popularity in the dance band field until in re cent years he has been at the top of many king of swing polls last year goodman received much publicity when he played once with his orchestra in carne gie hall new york and once in the same place with joseph szigeti the famous violinist in a program of classical music he has written an autobiography kingdom of swing and until his illness re corded for the columbia record company according to the committee chairman the empire dance floor will be in excellent condition for dancing and there will be ample parking space the other members of the senior committee are robert l stubbings ch e richard m shepherd ch e and augustus a riemondy ch e the alpha town house was ac cepted by the town council tues day evening as the 12th living sec tion of the town group giving its representative lowell k oliphant bus 42 president of the house a vote on the council in allowing the club to be rep resented on the council george a brenker bus 42 president of the town council stated that the ac tion is not to be considered as a precedent and that should there be any further similar groups within the town group desiring representation they will be con sidered as individual organizations this action is designed to prevent bands of students organizing as clubs and demanding representa tion at the meeting in drown hall arthur tallaksen bus 42 was el ected secretary of the town coun cil for the present year and henry c louden bus 42 was elected treasurer brenker and charles r kiefer jr arts 41 were elected president and vice-president re spectively last spring the members of the town coun cil athletic and social committees were appointed by brenker co chaimen of the athletic commitee are william b logechnik i e 42 and charles v clarke i e 41 other members of the committee will be the athletic managers of the various town sections and the alpha town house chairman of the social committee is tallaksen he will be assisted by louden jo nas silverberg bus 41 robert holland eng 43 and charles ba lough jr arts 43 the committee i plans to sponsor three dances other busines conducted was the arrangements for meetings of every town section to elect its secretary and athletic manager so that sec tion activity and intramural athle tics can get under way members of the town council with the group they represent are as folows george a brenker bus 42 president george i gabuzda jr arts 41 arcadia member at large jonas silverberg bus 41 sec a albert clark jr chem 42 sec b alton b dieffenbach e e 41 sec c arthur tallaksen bus 42 sec d charles v clarke i e 41 sec e henry c louden bus 42 sec f george l griff ith jr e m 41 sec g william b logechnik i e 42 sec h charles r kiefer jr arts 41 sec j robert holand eng 43 sec x kenneth r templeton bus 41 sec l and oliphant the alpha town house farewell dinner given for luce by m e society s.a.m will hold dance a farewell dinner was given for alexander w luce former asso ciate professor of machine design by pi tau sigma honorary me chanical engineering society last night at the hotel bethlehem professor luce who was the or ganizer of the lehigh chapter of pi tau sigma in 1927 will assume duties as head of the mechanical engineering department at the university of connecticut oct 1 a radio dance in honor of their pledges will be held by sigma al pha mv social fraternity at its chapter house tomorrow night professor and mrs charles w simmons will chaperone the affair which is being arranged by nor man hackman bus 42 house so cial chairman and ira l fisher bus 43 tonight 7 o'clock — machine shop club meets in the mechanical engineering machine shop tonight 7:30 o'clock — chess club meeting in the club room drown hall freshmen and others de siring to join the club are urged to attend saturday 3 p m varsity foot ball lehigh vs university of virginia away monday — final day for registra tion monday 7 p m meeting of all caa applicants in 360 packard laboratory lecture on naviga tion monday 7:30 p m — american society of civil engineers open house and talk on research projects by professor bruce johnston at fritz laboratory tuesday 4:15 p m — alpha ep silon delta meeting at 218 wil liams hall tuesday 7:30 p m — inter-dorm council meeting at drown hall two critical judges hear a freshman try out thursday night for the university glee club in drown hall from left to right willard a litzen berger arts 41 and frederick r gilmore arts 41 the judges dale freed 44 the applicant and dr t edgar shields director of music thirty three men have already been accepted with 25 more awaiting their chance to sing next week — brown and white photo four seniors will be elected to omicron delta kappa national honorary activities society on thursday oct 10 seniors seeking admission should submit points before 7:30 p m monday oct 7 to charles f kalmbach m e 41 president of the society at sigma nu the point list to be used by can didates is as follows a general rules 1 character shall be the primary require ment for membership in this fraternity but no person shall be eligible for active mem bership until he has been in residence at lehigh university at least one year and if a student has completed not more than five semesters has junior standing and has a scholastic average equal to or better than the undergraduate average in lehigh uni versity in the collegiate year previous to his application the university average for the last previous semester was 1.96 all applicants must submit their five-semester average along with their points 2 subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 the election will be based strictly on the point system i c those men in college who have earned the highest number of points shall be eligible to election provided that no man shall be eligible unless his points include at least a definite number outside his major group b point system group i-scholarship 3.5 average 5 sem 15 3 average 5 sem 12 2.5 average 5 sem 6 2 average 5 sem 2 w a wilbur scholar 3 tau beta pi 2 alpha kappa psi 2 eta kappa nu 1 alpha epsilon delta 1 robert blake society 1 eta sigma phi 1 intern kelat club 1 newtonian society 1 phi eta sigma 1 pi mv epsilon 1 pi tau sigma 1 scholastic prize 1 group 11-publicatiorw brown and white financial manager 5 editorial manager 6 news manager 5 local adv asst 4 circulation manager 3 editor-in-chief 3 business manager s make-up editor per sem 3 news editor per sem 3 sports editor per sem 3 photo editor per sem 3 editorial council 2 copy supervisor 1 national adv asst 1 asst circulation manager 1 handbook chairman of the board 2 business manager 1 editorial manager 1 pi delta epsilon president 1 membership 1 epitome editor-in-chief 8 business manager 7 art editor 6 asst business manager 4 junior editorial members 3 jr business staff members 3 photographic editor 2 senior section editor 2 group 111-social leaders class officers pres senior class 6 pres junior class 4 pres sophomore class 4 sec.-treas sen class 3 sec.-treas jr class 2 sec.-treas soph class 2 arcadia president 9 dormitory rep 4 town rep 4 secretary 2 treasurer 2 vice president 1 committee chairman if not officer 1 living groups fraternity heads one election per scholastic year 9 two elections per scholastic year ist president 6 2nd president 3 three elections per scholastic year ist president 5 2nd president 2 3rd president 2 dormitory chief 4 interfraternity council 2 elected representative continued on page four vol xlviii no 2 lecture series opener bethlehem pa friday september 27 1940 price — five cents grace to lay corner stone founder's day jim thorpe's talk to open s c l series publications board studies plans for student magazine goodman to swing for senior dance signs for houseparty klein hughes gramley present plans for organization of new publication decision likely saturday archer chosen epitome business manager lehigh un iversity brown and white by graham f thompson jr fall houseparty is 3rd engagement of newly organized band annual frosh - sophomore sports battles also part of program member intercollegiate newspaper association r sis all the lehigh news first