Brown and White Vol. 48 no. 22

              webster talk to be tonight local marketing society for business majors formed by paget margaret webster will be presented by the student con cert-lecture committee at 8 15 o'clock tonight in broughal high school auditorium lehigh's first home basketball game against temple will start at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow even ing in taylor gymnasium boy meets girl will be pre sented at 9 o'clock tomorrow night in broughal high school following the temple game charges are not pressed christmas decoration up dean slated as speaker yacht club organized tentative o k is given to badminton group headed by caulk noted actress - directress to discuss staging of shakespeare cast is ready form&cplay equipment for stage show includes new sound lighting features allen paget bus 41 is leade of the new marketing fraternity middle 3 dance set for dec 27 byrne orchestra to play for special program the program of the senior ban quet has just been released by robert i felch i e 41 chairman of the banquet committee as was previously announced major em ery e swede larson coach of the navy football team will be the main speaker walter r okeson vice-president of the university will lead a dis cussion on choosing the class gift the class will also discuss what is to be done with profits from the class treasury this discussion will be supplemented by the treasury report which will be given by au gustus a riemondy ch e donald r schoen arts will discuss the epitome in connection with the seniors applications and pictures another guest speaker will be dean wray h congdon who will speak on the commencement pro gram for this year e robins mor gan director of the placement bur eau will speak on the senior place ments litzenberger to report willard a litzenberger arts chairman of the class day com mittee will report on the program for that day the committee for the banquet hopes to get the double quartet of the university glee club to sing at the banquet they hope to have the banquet over as quickly as poss ible and it is expected that larson will speak for only about thirty minutes the members of the banquet committee are j dukes wooters bus john c attwood arts rob ert e malinowski met e and donald a bender ch e faculty to sing four new organizations were approved by the committee on stu dent activities meeting wednesday in the dean's office two were giv en full approval and two were ap proved tentatively pending further information full approval was given lambda mv sigma local honorary market ing fraternity the organization of which allen paget bus 41 is president is open to business ma jors with b averages in marketing courses and a general scholastic average of c or better the lehigh yacht club being promoted by richard m davis 44 has been given tentative approval pending further information it will be a division of the intercol legiate yacht racing association dinghies will be sent to the spring and fall dinghy races at the massa chusetts institute of technology in the past dinghies have been sent but no organization was formed for the purpose the new group has been organized to per petuate these interests and to give students participating some stand ing with other college groups at the first meeting 14 students with yachting experience attended a badminton club has also been given tentative approval by the committee and has been organized to sponsor contests with other col leges and clubs lewis j caulk bus 42 is promoting the club the second group given full ap proval meeting is the symposium a discussion group open to juniors and seniors in the college of arts and science the member ship is limited faculty adviser is dean philip m palmer donald r schoen 41 is organiz ing the group carols for program chorus lists christmas bobby byrne and his orchestra will furnish the music for the mid dle three night to be held dec 27 at frank dailey's meadowbrook cedar grove n j it is expected that about 500 students from le high lafayette and rutgers will attend the dance which has become an annual affair will be held on the main dance floor of the meadow brook which has been reserved for the special party according to dailey there will be a special en tertainment arranged for the even ing on the order of the show pre sented last year the tables will be arranged by fraternity and dormitory groups so that friends will be sure to sit to gether all reservations will be held until 10:30 program queried packer chapel decorated with laurel rope ribbon and fir trees will be the center of university christmas devotions this year with the presentation sunday of the choral program of the lehigh and moravian college for women glee clubs the christmas devotions which will start at 4 p m are the first of their kind to be held on the campus the program will open with the entrance of the moravian girls who will carry lighted candles and will sing o come all ye faithful the lehigh singers will follow in the processional the moravian glee club will sing the first three numbers now let every tongue adore thee from the sleeper's wake"by bach french carol traditional glor ia in excelsus deo these will be directed by mrs sidney p good rich director of the moravian glee club beardslee in program dr claude g beardslee head of the department of moral and reli gious philosophy will read the christmas story singing by the ensemble will intersperse the reading the selections which will be sung are it came upon the midnight clear silent night while the shepherds watch their flocks by night hark the herald angels sing o little town of bethlehem we three kings of orient are and good christian men rejoice the closing selection by the le high club will be oh holy night kenneth h smith e e 42 will sing the solo of that piece gloria will then be sung by the moravian glee club the combined group will close with jesu joy of man's desiring by bach and the recessional will be joy to the world the lehigh symphony orchestra will accom pany the glee clubs decoration of the chapel will be under the direction of the glee club rev stamm hits political trickery n y pastor recalls birth of christ at service overmeyer visits b & w to plan broadcast flight applications for caa ready final arrangements have been completed for the mustard and cheese production of boy meets girl to be presented at 9 p m to morrow in broughal high school auditorium according to r harry gunnison arts 41 president during the past three days wil liam h barnard e e 42 head of the technical staff and the techni cal crew consisting of donald w kurtz e e 42 philip h powers m e 42 everett a britton bus 42 and john l loughran bus 42 have been working in broughal high school preparing the compli cated stage and lighting equipment everett f warner arts 42 has been setting up the sound equip ment for the radio effects in the play the collapse of the back drop during the recent show of the representatives club has made ne cessary the setting up of new clamps and pulleys in the ceiling for safety final rehearsal tonight a dress rehearsal for the play was held last evening and the final rehearsal will be held tonight assisting the three stars rich ard t berg arts 42 playing one of the writers benson conrad e kluger arts 42 as the other wri ter law and miss anna marie rohs of moravian college for women as susie are four girls from town they are the misses eleanor lewis jane de long kathryn wohlbach and jean post miss post and miss lewis ap peared in spring dance a top o the mountain theatre produc tion during the summer miss de long playing miss crews ob tained her experience in produc tions at reading high school and miss lewis playing peggy ap peared in plays and operettas at bethlehem high school the faculty chorus met wednes day evening in christmas-saucon hall and rehearsed christmas songs under the direction of mrs tom linson fort next tuesday after noon the chorus will present a program of christmas music be fore the women's club in drown hall the program will include four songs christmas bells by baines holy night peaceful night by hawley the shepherds and the inn by gaul and the christmas bells of abruzzi by gaul follow ing the music the audience will shakespeare without tears is the subject of the lecture by mar garet webster director and actress to be held at 8:15 o'clock tonight in broughal high school auditor ium as a presentation of the con cert-lecture series committee in her lecture miss webster gives her own story of shakespeare and the modern theater she says that through the modern theatre shakespeare emerges free of ped antry and the most successful and exciting dramatist even now be for the public she tells of her di rection of maurice evans produc tions of hamlet richard ii and henry iv and of the streamlined shakespearean pro ductions at the new york world's fair she will also discuss other re cent and forthcoming productions of shakespeare such as orson welles julius caesar and the laurence olivier-vivien leigh romeo and juliet miss webster will also give a brief summary of the treatment of shakespeare in his own time down through the years illustrating the different modes of shakespearean production with brief dramatic sketches miss webster has the distinction of being our only woman director of note and she is also the greatest director of shakespearean dama in her lectures she displays the same vitality and humor that have made her stage productions so suc cessful her father was playing in a broadway production at the time of her birth and her mother re joined the troupe soon afterwards virtually reared in the theatre some of her most vivid childhood memories concern walk-ons in mob scenes in her parents productions at eight she played her first role in cinderella and at 18 she ap peared in hamlet with john bar rymore she has also starred in various london and provincial theatres she has also gained acclaim for her acting roles in the sea gull and in family portrait between productions she has found time to write two plays royal highness and the girl unknown and is now at work on a biography of her parents join in community singing by james mesirow more than 40 students who last saturday afternoon staged their own version of the storming of the bastille — on the globe theater — were free men today after mak ing amends to offended parties members of four delaware ave nue fraternities according to gen eral reports started by throwing snowballs at each other bombard ed one fraternity house breaking windows then resorted to pulling trolley poles from overhead wires and ended up by marching into the globe theater tramping across the stage marching out and generally giving the movie customers more entertainment then they paid for after that the party petered out local police failed to press charges after the students apolo gized to the parties concerned dean wray h congdon announced yesterday the students reported to the dean bringing letters of acquittal from the parties to whom they made amends dean issues statement dean congdon's statement iss ued in the form of a letter to the editor of the brown and white conclusively spiked rumors that one of the fraternities would be placed on disciplinary probation this closes the matter the statement said dean congdon lauded the heads of the living groups concerned for the way in which they handled the situation resulting from saturday afternoon's activities the dean's version of the affair and his comment follow on saturday afternoon de cember seventh some of the dela ware avenue boys not having a football game at which to expend their excess exuberance went on something of a rampage although nothing malicious was intended they nevertheless were guilty of disturbing the peace and made themselves liable for police atten tions that they would not willingly court while not condoning the ori ginalv disturbance i am happy to report that the officers of the living groups involved have handled the aftermath of the affair intelligent ly and commendably after making proper amends to the offended par ties they reported their actions to me bringing letters of — shall we say acquittal from those who had been annoyed at the obstre perousness this closes the whole matter i sincerely hope more discre tion will be used in the future when students seek means of working off excess energies schedule annual pre-med banquet hot on lehigh jive . . . edgar slack and his collegians can swing out in any style fast or slow but smooth music comes from hard work in rehearsals alpha epsilon deltas to be nurses 9 dance guests marie overmeyer editor of the moravian college for women's weekly the belfry visited the brown and white laboratory last night to find out how the material for the lehigh semi-weekly radio news broadcasts is prepared the belfry is planning a series of news broadcasts which are sim ilar to those of the brown and white they will be aired at 4 15 p m every thursday beginning after the christmas vacation over wcba-wsan in allentown miss overmeyer was interested in the kind of material presented and the style used by the various student commentators she not only observed the writing of the script for the lehigh broadcast which was on the air this afternoon over the allentown stations but also assisted in its writing alumnus dies in missouri the annual banquet of alpha epsilon delta honorary pre-med ical fraternity and the robert w hall pre-medical society will be held at 6 o'clock thursday even ing december 19 at the new shankweiler's hotel dr henry a rothrock jr head pathologist at st luke's hospital will speak at the banquet presents will be exchanged among those present initiation of new mem bers to alpha epsilon delta will take place before the banquet the pre-medical society will go to a dance on saturday evening at the bishopthorpe nurses home the members will be the guests of the nurses rev f k stamm pastor of the clinton avenue presbyterian church brooklyn n v was the speaker at the second of two ad vent services held on wednesday evening in packer memorial chap el the service was under the di rection of the bethlehem minister ial association and the bethlehem city christmas committee striking at the political chican ery and racial hatred rampant in the world of today dr stamm re called the story of christ's birth in a time of paganism and corruption when his bravery and spirit en abled him to overcome the evil forces at work in the governments the service was opened by the officiating minister rev corson c snyder of st peter's lutheran church who expressed the grati tude of the ministerial body for the whole-hearted cooperation which had made the christmas services a success the vested choir of the pro cathedral episcopal church of the nativity participated in the ser vice ushers for the service were members of the central moravian church kubo speaks at seminar john e hall 33 died nov 30 of a heart ailment at his home in fergesen mo he was 30 years old hall had been employed by the mellinkraut company of fergesen since he graduated from lehigh hall is survived by his wife beat rice hall and two daughters jo anne and jacquelline explains cut system 800 hear neil carothers applications for the primary flight training course and the ad anced flight training course for the second semester are available at the mechanical engineering depart ment office the primary course consists of 35 hours of flight training and 72 hours of ground school work the university gives three hours cre dit toward graduation for m e 26 the ground school course given by the mechanical engineering depart ment the course is open only to lehigh students and seniors are preferred juniors are considered next and in rare instances a few sophomores are admitted the fees including a medical examination by a caa surgeon and insurance will probably amount to 25 but there is no charge for books the cash value of the training is ap proximately 500 the advanced course is open only to those men who have com pleted the primary course the flight training includes 40 hours of flying on heavier training planes and 126 hours of ground school work the medical and special eye examinations by a caa surgeon are more severe than for the prim ary course therefore the fees will probably be somewhat higher university credit up to six hours is given only by petition for the ground school work the cash value of the training being approximate ly 1000 nelson 38 is engaged gerald g kubo american in stitute of steel construction fellow spoke at the biweekly seminar monday afternoon in fritz labora tory his topic was the effect of lateral forces on suspension bridges summarizing the meth ods employed for the analysis of wind stresses four engineers from bethlehem steel took part in a discussion on the collapse of the tacoma nar rows suspension bridge by graham f thompson harmony smooth rhythm and sweet melody flowed forth from the six men known as the sextet from the chamber of music society of upper south mountain yesterday afternoon it was to appease the brown and white photographer and a small audience who appeared in drown hall to catch the boys in a jam session the boys from south mountain are exactly one-half the student dance orchestra called the colle gians which incidentally is open ing this evening at the empire ballroom for the first night of an indefinite engagement the engagement of miss grace e worsley to frank h nelson 38 was announced dec 5 in bethle hem continued on page six dr neil carothers dean of the college of business administration addressed the public service elec tric association of new jersey on monday dec 9 dr carothers spoke on the economic future of the united states the meeting was held in the public service au ditorium in newark before an au dience of 800 a misunderstanding that unlim ited cuts are allowed in many cases has caused frequent inquiries at the dean's office dean wray h congdon said yesterday only sec ond semester freshmen and sopho mores with averages of 3 or bet ter for the previous semester and juniors and seniors with an aver age of 2.75 or better for the pre vious semester are exempt from cut regulations the dean declared lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa friday december 13 1940 announce starting time for 3 week-end events vol xlviii — no 22 last chance for tickets price — five cents new organizations receive approval 40 still free after storming globe theatre last chance to procure free student tickets to boy meets girl will be saturday morning in the arcadia office at drown hall regular tickets will be on sale at broughal high school preceding the play felch reveals final program for banquet packer chapel willße center for devotions gets club going snowballs are featured in movie rowbottom by 4 fraternities choral program planned with fem-sem club for celebration okeson to lead discussion on class gift choice to talk on funds z 612 coming up . • . today 8:15 p m — recital of humorous scenes from shakespeare's plays broughal high school auditorium saturday 6 p m — price house dormitory banquet shankweiler's fog elsville pa 8 p m — v ars i t y basketball temple home 9 p m — mustard and cheese play boy meets girl broughal high school 9 p m — theta xi dance chap ter house 10 p m — alpha chi rho party chapter house sunday 4 p m — lehigh christmas ser vice combined lehigh and moravian glee clubs chapel last day of exhibition of paint ings and drawing lehigh art gallery monday 4 p m — cadet officers packard auditorium 7:30 p m — freshman banquet committee 416 packard 7:45 p m — camera club mr horace m carleton 466 packard laboratory member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first