Brown and White Vol. 47 no. 54

              many activities arranged for summer session to publish tabloid ft who will head o d k for the , c e 43 right who was chosen new^pledges initiated mckenna schaper heads beardslee reelected society secretary odk cyanide elect leaders for next year vol xlviii no 54 frank s mckenna met e 42 coining year and david h schap president of cyanide suggest i e.`s be deferred speakers hold annual dinner faculty committee terms industrials necessary in defense works 24 give 5 minute talks on variety of topics at old sun inn wilkes mcclave n alumni to elect officers june 7 six dramatic and musical pro grams have been booked for the student concerts-lecture series next year announced grendon k sebold e e 42 chairman of the committee paul robeson internationally famous negro baritone will open the series on friday evening oct 10 the second program will be the presentation of eugene o'neill's the emperor jones by the hedgerow players on nov 14 this is the first time in the history of the series that a full length play has been selected for one of the performances * a concert by the general platoff don cossack chorus world famous russian choral ensemble which has presented over 5,000 concerts in the last 14 years throughout europe america and australia will follow on dec 9 fray and braggiotti popular radio and concert duo-pianists have been signed for a program of classical and popular compo sitions jan 9 continued on page four seebald to head allentown group herbert hertzog lawyer bodine 15 nominated for key positions elected by 35 attending trexlertown banquet drama society president is elected at meeting of new cabinet beardslee still adviser retiring body proposes future improvements in final meeting wilkes mcclave 11 bus 42 president of mustard and cheese club was elected president of ar cadia for next year at the first meeting of the new cabinet held last night in drown hall other officers elected are rob ert c mcmichael met e 42 president of the interdormitory council vice president ralph f moss jr bus 42 president of the interfraternity council secretary robert n simonsen ch e 42 vice-president of omicron delta kappa national senior honorary activities society treasurer dr claude g beardslee head of the department of moral and religi ous philosophy was re-elected faculty adviser immediately preceeding this election the last meeting of the retiring cabinet was held reports were read and suggestions were made for consideration by next year's arcadia or by the combined efforts of the three living group councils twelve men will serve on arca dia next year other than the men mentioned they are archie d tifft bus 42 president of the senior class robert p whipple ch e 43 president of the junior class e lyster frost met e 44 president of the sophomore class frank e smith jr ch e 42 president of the combined musi cal clubs arthur tallaksen bus.'42 president of the town council william j meikle arts 42 presi dent of pi delta epsilon honorary journalism fraternity david h schaper c e 43 president of cy anide honorary junior activities society and frank s mckenna met e 42 arcadia member-at large omicron delta kappa and cy anide junior and senior honorary societies who tapped new men at the flag pole exercises last fri day initiated pledges and elected next year's officers at banquets last weekend frank s mckenna met re cently elected secretary-treasurer of the class of 42 was chosen president of o d k david h schaper c e was elected president of cyanide the national senior leadership societies held its initiation banquet and election sunday night at the saucon valley country club other new odk officers are robert n simonsen ch e vice president and richard t metius met treas urer dr claude g beardslee was re-elected to the post of secretary cyanide officers include thomas m buck m e vice president william d hayes i e secretary treasurer and robert c boston ch e and robert p whipple ch e members of the executive committee dr beardslee and e kenneth smiley director of admissions and faculty member elected to o d x were named by the senior group as candidates for the position of faculty adviser selection will be made by the national office of the society director smiley was chos en to fill a vacancy in the group c f four active faculty members of the lehigh odk circle he succeeds dean philip m palmer and will have a three-year term in an after-dinner address di rector smiley briefly discussed the status of greek-letter fraternities in american college life he re viewed the relationship of student societies to the past and current concepts of the purpose and mis sion of universities and colleges coach billy sheridan was the main speaker at the cyanide din ner he stressed the importance of collegiate intramural athletics and emphasized the desirability of each student participating in ath letic activity he criticized the fact ralston 39 killed in bomber crash continued on page lour alumni program to be june 6-7 lawyer herbert j hertzog 04 has been nominated for the posi tion of president of the alumni as sociation election of association officers will take place friday june 7 a v bodine 15 retiring presi dent of the association is the nom inee for alumnus trustee mr bo dine is a resident of connecticut and is president of the bodine ma chine tool corporation benjamin t root 06 06 has been nominated as first vice president a resident of york he is president of the b m root company man ufacturer of drilling machinery robert w wolcott 18 president of the lukens steel company is the nominee for the office of second vice president henry a seebald arts 41 was elected president of the lehigh allentown club at a banquet held friday night at the 1760 house trexlertown the office of vice president went to william c brower phys 43 new secretary and treasurer re spectively are john c black i e 44 and george h brower phys 44 edgar h riley associate pro fessor of english presented a talk on horrors of composition e kenneth smiley director of ad missions and adviser of the club and fay c bartlett director of physical education also attended the banquet attended by about 35 members and guests was the last gathering of the group for the term retiring president john r romig i e 41 presided robert c burchill bus 41 acted as toast master expert explains tacoma failure industrial engineering has been listed by the faculty committee on deferment as preparing for an essential type of work in indus try the committee will include students preparing for professional careers in that curriculum in its recommendation for classification in class 2a in the deferment list dean wray h congdon who released the report of the commit tee said that the letter recently sent to students eligible for induc tion by the national selective ser vice act did not include students enrolled in the industrial engin eering curriculum the committee on deferment felt this to be an oversight due to lack of information regarding this type of training the dean stated since industrial engineering is preparing for an essential type of work in industry and since in many colleges students receiving the same type of training are given degrees in bachelor of science in mechanical engineering it would seem unfair discrimination to treat students in industrial engineering differently from mechanical engin eering students the committee therefore voted to give the same type of affidavit and recommenda tion for deferrment or classifica tion in class 2a to students in in dustrial engineering as in mechan ical engineering many classes will hold reunions this year 1941 senior ball committee named epitome out tomorrow smith is head mcconnell is class day chairman the epitome will appear to morrow afternoon according to donald r schoen arts 41 edi tor in chief copies may be se cured in drown hall from will iam l archer bus 41 and other members of the business staff a summer institute of politics the first ever held at lehigh will be one of the highlights of the ac tivities program arranged for the 1941 summer session it was an nounced today by dr harold p thomas director the institute will bring three renowned speakers to the campus july 14-18 they are count carlo sforza one-time foreign minister ot italy dr t z koo a disting uished citizen of china and dr helen dwight reid of the faculty of bryn mawr college discussions will center about a long-range for eign policy for the united states other activities and special events scheduled for the regular six-weeks session june 30 to aug 9 include several dramatic produc tions at the top o the mountain theatre lectures a dance tennis and golf tournaments bridge in spection trips hikes and swimming events of the session will be publicized through the summer session brown and white five column tabloid size newspaper which will be published weekly under the supervision of kenneth k kost instructor in journalism to hold conference during the early session for re quired engineering courses june 2-28 a conference on public school administration will be held on the campus the dates set for this event are thursday and friday june 26-27 representa tives from school boards in all dis tricts of the lehigh valley both city and county have been invited problems of interest to school boards and school administrators will be discussed by experts the summer session will have a faculty of 51 men most of whom wil serve for the six-weeks ses sion approximately 100 courses will be offered in 18 departments as has been the custom during the last two or three years stu dents will be able to take a full year of economics spanish french and german during the six weeks session this is possible because the classes will meet twice a day and complete a full semester's work in three works the three required engineering courses offered during june in clude c e 6 land and topogra phic surveying to be given at can adensis in the poconos chem 39 assaying and m e 24 engineer ing laboratory to be given on the campus registration for these courses will be held on monday morning june 2 registration for courses offered in the six-weeks session will be held in the faculty room of alum ni memorial building on the mom ing of monday june 30 twenty-four speech students delivered short five minute ad dresses on a variety of subjects at the annual banquet of the com bined speech sections thursday evening in the old sun inn george a lutz bus 43 and robert i felch i e 41 served as toastmasters j calvin calla ghan assistant professor of eng lish and speech also attended the banquet the speakers and their topics follow modern insomnia hi lawrence abbott e e 42 make that second show donald n bachman bus 42 are we bet ter charles s bennett e.e 43 we are woman's pawns fred w berger e e 41 principles and types of speech fred f berman e e 44 take it off frank h bower e e 43 speech no 30 has drug me down harry s clarke bus 43 flying by car william s clewell ch e 42 don't get a swelled head richard m dietz m e 41 home sweet home robert h freeman m e 43 laziness is a virtue john w gallagher bus 43 youth hostels s lawrence hollander ch e 42 did you ever catch a crab leonard h miller i e 42 a blanquet and grass club j richard muehl berg bus 42 a whale of a date charles m norlin met e 43 how you slinging it char les m rogers bus 44 the count's three and two william h clark e e 43 cigarette moochers jesse t smith i e 42 mild-eyed dorm frosh william m spears arts 42 the scholastic side of mar riage john h stives i e 42 what's the secret of catching measles james w witherspoon iv m e 42 and pulpit prattle richard l vockel m e 41 seniors to dance unauthorized borrowing of books reaches alarming rate williams the main cause of the collapse of the tacoma narrows bridge was its aerodynamic instability stated dr david b steinman interna tional authority on suspension bridges friday evening in pack ard laboratory the bridge follow ed the past-generation trend of re duced rigidity in suspension bridges and broke all precedents in slenderness of design to more than 300 engineers steinman showed lantern slides and motion pictures of the tacoma bridge collapse he used models to show the effect of steady wind in building up excessive swaying of the structure and on the black board he explained aerodynamic stability in bridges frank e smith jr ch e will head the senior ball committee for 1941 it was announced sunday nght by archie d tifft bus new senior class president malcolm f mcconnell jr m e was appointed chairman of the committee for class day exercises of 1942 other members of the committee appointed by tifft are arthur tallaksen bus arthur h rich bus and john m roach arts annual affair to be held june 7 at country club 128 insurance policies taken by senior class clips his wings girdler 01 relinquishes his plane to army the 75th anniversary program of the alumni association will be held on the campus friday june 6 and saturday june 7 after the opening luncheon to be held friday noon at the beth lehem club the alumni dinner will be held at 7 p m the program for saturday june 7 will open with registration at 9 a m in the alum ni memorial building which will be followed by a meeting at 10:30 a m in the faculty room lunch eon will be served between 12:30 and 2 p m at the armory and drown hall the parade of the classes will begin at 2:30 p m ending in class day exercises all classes whose years end in one or six are holding official reunions this year while all other classes are being invited to return for informal affairs es pecially honored will be the class of 91 which marks its 50th anni versary this year men who have passed this milestone will join the 50-year plus club in reunion by carl creidenberg what can be done about the unauthorized borrowing of books from the library president cle ment c williams asked this re porter today the question was prompted by the recent discovery of the loss of two volumes from the university library reading room the two books which have been taken by some person are volume ii of the encyclopedia britannica and volume ii of the americana encyclopedia president williams pointed out the fact that lehigh is one of the few universities in the united states which permits every student to use the stacks in its library at will it is a distinctive privilege which every student should appre ciate williams said the fre quency of students working on re search papers who are unable to find needed books is becoming alarming two methods of forcing students to have their books checked by a 3 other army fliers also perish in collision frank b ralston i e 39 was one of four army fliers killed yes terday when two a-20 light bomb ers collided near rains s c many students on the campus remember an army plane that cir cled the university several times at 11:15 a m sunday march 16 and finally dropped a message for the phi gamma delta house the pilot of the plane was frank ral ston who announced that he would be down for houseparty a formation of six ships being transferred from savannah ga to langley field va were flying in formation when two bombers col lided the wing of one ship was torn off and the plane plummeted to the ground the second ship crashed about a mile away two of the other bombers flew on to langley field and the other two returned to savannah the men who were killed were second lieut ralston pittsburgh second lieut allen j moore reno nev sergeant david l boyd frost texas and corporal herbert o pruett collinsville miss lieut moore attempted to bail out but his parachute opened too late and he was fatally injured the other three fliers were mangl ed and burned in the wreckage of both planes ralston a member of phi gam ma delta graduated from peabody high school pittsburgh while at lehigh he won his numerals in track and his varsity letter for two successive years he was on the swimming team in his junior and senior years and was a member of scabbard and blade honorary military society twenty eight seniors have subscribed to the class gift plan of endowment insurance since last tuesday this brings the total number of policies sold to members of the class of 41 to 128 according to charles k zug 26 the goal set by the class gift committee of 150 subscribers can be reached if like interest is shown during the two weeks remaining until graduation any seniors who are not in contact with a member of the class committee may subscribe to the plan at the drown hall arcadia office or at the supply bureau librarian are available according to williams one is to eliminate the present privilege of freedom of the stacks we don't like to prohibit men from using the stacks the president of lehigh emphatically declared but some drastic measures must be taken williams has been considering erecting a fence-like structure in front of the main desk in the li brary which would force all users of the library to have their books checked and stamped before leav ing the building while illustrating how seriously other colleges feel about the steal ing of books the president noted that swarthmore imposes a fine of 50 for the first offense and for a repetition immediate dismissal from the college is the penalty any further suggestions by the lehigh student body with regard to a method for controlling the loss of books will be welcomed some thing has to be done to cure this vandalism williams concluded tom girdler 01 president of the republic steel corporation turned his private 1200 horsepow er lockheed lodestar passenger plane over to the united states army this week all private purchasers of this type of plane have been asked by the government to turn them in for national defense work the 10-months old two-engined plane was designed originally for 14 passengers but has been con verted by the army to accommo date two pilots and nine men the annual senior dance which will be held from 9 p m until 2 a m on saturday june 7 at the northampton country club will be informal music will be supplied by the lehigh collegians and door prizes will be awarded mr and mrs joel f bailey and mr and mrs thom as e jackson will be the chaper ones during the past week the dance committee consisting of edward d hems m e chairman william h lehr m e and frank h bail ey ch e distributed 377 tickets to the members of the senior class and are now making the final ar rangements the northampton country club is located about eight miles east of bethlehem on route 22 on the north side of the road brown and white new odk cyanide heads bethlehem pa tuesday may 20 1941 price — five cents we like vacations too this is the last issue of the brown and white for the school year of 1940-41 scl series is announced for next year mcclave chosen to head arcadia for coming year hedgerow players to give full-length presentation of emperor jones 9 arcadia president political forum july feature cossack chorus to sing coming up . • . today 6:30 p m — coaches and cap tains banquet trainer's wednesday senior arts comprehensive ex aminations 12 noon — instruction ends 6:15 p m — sigma xi banquet saucon valley country club thursday 9 a m — final examinations be gin