Brown and White Vol. 49 no. 14

              lehigh and lafayette sign to continue tradition of friendly rivalry mule game at 2 p m discussion is designed to increase parents view of lehigh forum to be new feature of dad's day vol xlix — no 14 david h schaper c e 43 president is shown congratulating 5 new men in cyanide junior activities society at a meeting wednesday in drown hall the new men are left to right william r taylor arts william wolfsten jr arts edward h dafter ch e george h ried arts john m stockbridge and schaper 6 alumni will be present at muhlenberg rally tonight grads to talk on football movies will exhibit outstanding plays to formulate reply to dean in an attempt to perpetuate the long football rivalry on a friendly basis three student council mem bers of lafayette college and four representatives of arcadia signed a peace pact at the meeting of ar cadia last night in drown hall the agreement for this year's football game was as follows we the student council of la fayette college and the arcadia of lehigh university agree to do all in our power to continue this tra dition on a friendly basis we agree to establish a joint committee of three representatives from each in stitution which will be responsible continued on page four if ball plans to be made dorm council committee appointed to answer houseparty queries a 50 loan offered by arcadia last monday evening was refused by the international relations club at a meeting last night in drown hall announced welles r bliss arts 42 president of the club the loan calling for repayment by the end of may was turned down on the grounds that it was financially impractical if the mon ey could be repayed by the end of may the grant would not have been asked for the club had asked for a grant of 135 to help finance the organ ization through the coming year but received an offer of only a 50 loan in its place a motion was adopted to accept arcadia's offer to confer with the executive committee of the club to investigate the club's financial sta tus this joint conference will take place next week according to wilkes mcclave bus 42 presi dent of arcadia the accusation of arcadia that the i r c has obtained the posi tion of host for the fall middle at lantic conference without having the necessary funds in its treasury and has relied on arcadia for the money is false stated bliss the club at present has sufficient funds to carry it through the conference continued on page four council to discuss dance houseparty comments on monday evening six lehigh alumni will talk straight facts about lehigh's football team at the beat muhlen berg pep rally sponsored by the senior class tonight in grace hall the alumni will appear at the smoker before attending a meet ing of the lehigh home club frank s mckenna chairman of the rally committee and cheer leader declared today that the alumni speakers have come for a heart-to-heart talk with students continued on page four faculty alters social rules a display of strategic minerals on the first floor of williams hall has been prepared in connection with the sigma xi sponsored lec ture by dr edward sampson pro fessor of geology at princeton uni versity at 8 p m monday in packard auditorium the display was arranged by gerald v carroll arts 43 who was supervised by dr robert d butler assistant professor of geol ogy mineral ores used in the ex hibition were taken from the le high university collection the strategic minerals on dis play are aluminum antimony chromium manganese mercury nickel tin and tungsten these specimens came from europe south america japan canada and the united states also exhi bited are maps showing the loca tions of the minerals dr sampson began his career as an instructor of geology at rutgers university in 1919 he was made assistant geologist for the united states geologic survey from 1920 to 1922 and associate geologist from 1922 to 1934 in 1925 he be came assistant professor of geology at princeton and has been asso ciate professor since 1928 he was chairman of the department of geology from 1934 to 1936 a member of american british and canadian mining and geologic associations dr sampson has written numerous papers on eco nomic geology and mineral re sources he received his education at pomfret school and princeton uni versity where he was awarded a degree in civil engineering in 1914 master of science in 1915 and doc tor of science in 1920 dr sampson attended massachusetts institute of technology during 1916-17 permits functions outside tri-city area when approved by dean giesen will talk at pi delt banquet 11 to be initiated tonight by journalism men the possibility of having a uni versity day early in the fall be fore the regular founder's day ex ercises was the principal topic oi discussion at last night's arcadia meeting in drown hall the purpose of such a day would be to give the university student body a chance to meet as a unit shortly after the opening of the semester wilkes mcclave 11 bus 42 president of arcadia directed the rally committee composed of rob ert p whipple ch e 43 george e elliott jr ch e 42 and charles h schumacher i e 42 to investigate the possibilities for such an event the proposed fall university day would be similar to flag pole day now held in may the fall pledging exercises of cyanide jun ior activities society and omicron delta kappa a senior leadership society awarding of spring sports letters and a general speaker have been suggested as features to be considered for the affair the com mittee appointed by mcclave will endeavor to draw up a definite ser ies of events which would occur on that day following the reports of the in dividual councils on dean wray h congdon's query about houseparty weekend arcadia will appoint a committee to compile an inclusive report which will be submitted to the dean william j meikle arts 41 and e lyster frost met 44 were ap pointed to investigate the possibil ity of obtaining improved lighting facilities in the library reading room an old clothes campaign to alle viate needy students and the de prived of tennessee and kentucky was suggested as a project for ar cadia in the near future a constitutional amendment giv ing arcadia the power to make ar rangements for father's day was passed a committee to formulate ans wers to the questions asked by dean wray h congdon concern ing houseparties was formed at a meeting of the interdormitory council held on wednesday night the committee consists of john b o'hara bus 42 robert n gus dorff bus 42 william t bostock ch e 42 and clyde c ruffle i e 42 charles h schumacher i e 42 chairman of the housing commit tee reported on a meeting held with the faculty committee on tuesday afternoon nov 4 the faculty desires changes in the plan the new plan will be submitted to the faculty on wednesday nov 12 the budget for the interdormi tory houseparty dance was pre sented to the council for approval and was accepted by vote ques tionnaires to determine the type of service which the dormitory men want at lamberton hall were iss ued a new feature of the dad's day pz-ogram will be an open forum to be held at 11 a m tomorrow in packard auditorium its purpose will be to give the students par ents a greater understanding of le high life according to wray h congdon dean of undergraduates the fathers who attend the fes tivities will get a well-rounded picture of undergraduate activities in classes at meals at the forum and at the muhlenberg football game if he arrives early dad will at tend classes saturday morning but he will have a better chance to participate in student activities at the forum in fact he will be given free rein to air his views there arranged by arcadia the dis cussion will be begun by president clement c williams who will welcome the fathers wray h congdon dean of undergraduates and deans phillip m palmer and neil carothers will also speak briefly dad will then be given the floor his questions will be answered by heads of the various departments e robins morgan director of placement robert f hjerrick alumni secretary dr raymond c bui director of the health service and col joseph s leonard head of the department of military sci ence at noon dads will eat at the var ious fraternity houses or at lam berton hall where miss elsie troe ger has made provisions for about 150 extra meals at the muhlenberg game which will begin at 2 p m dad will be honored by the band spelling out hello daddy and by the popular song daddy about 600 reserved seats have already been sold and many more will be sold just before the game according to paul e short assist ant director of athletics meals will again be on the schedule and several groups will hold banquets members of delta sigma phi will dine with their fathers at saucon valley country club and sections c and e taylor hall will hold banquets after supper dad will have a chance to participate in his son's social activities leonard hall will hold a dance and the rest of the dads will depend on their sons individual ingenuity lt ludlum talks on naval aviation arrangements for the inter-fra ternity bail in february will be discussed at the meeting of the in ter-fraternity council on monday evening in drown hall ralph f moss bus 42 council pi-esident announced yesterday comments concerning house party weekend made by dean wray h congdon at the combined councils meeting last thursday will also be discussed by the frat ernity representatives the council will discuss plans for the distributing of christmas bas kets this year in past years the inter-fraternity council has direc ted the collection of three dollars from each fraternity house and turned it over to the bethlehem community chest the money was then used to purchase christmas baskets which were distributed to needy families of bethlehem members of the council will be reminded to make plans for lafay ette weekend decorations glee club choses quartet members may start naval reserve training course here program for coming year planned at meeting 88-piece band to play for dads injured playing football to form hello daddy at muhlenberg game will address tau bete men national president to talk to eligibles at election smoker thursday charles spencer national presi dent of tau beta pi honorary scholastic engineering society will address men eligible for election to the society at the election smoker at 8 p m thursday nov 13 in drown hall prior to the election smoker members of the society will meet with spencer at a dinner at 6 p m at howard johnson's allentown it was announced at the society's meeting wednesday night in the chapter room in packard labora tory the juniors and seniors eligible for election to tau beta pi will be notified by mail and the election will be held immediately after the smoker pledging of the new men will take place next friday afternoon at 4 p m at the memorial plaque in front of williams hall vincent f grasso 44 was treat ed recently at st luke's hospital for lacerations of the right hand received while playing football hesse checks opponent the revision of two rules affect ing curriculum changing and social functions was approved at the monthly meeting of the faculty monday afternoon in the faculty room of the alumni memorial building the old rule prohibiting social functions outside of allentown bethlehem and easton unless sponsored by a faculty member and prohibiting dances outside of those three cities has been amend ed to read social functions con ducted by student groups may be held at times at places and under sponsorship approved by the dean of undergraduates the change made in the provis ion governing the changing of cur riculum was in the section of the old rule reading a students is permitted to change his curriculum at the beginning of any semester on presentation of a petition to the continued on page fonr alpha kappa psi to elect 10 men neil carothers addresses prospective members rowe giesen of life-time in corporated will be the guest speaker at the pi delta epsilon honorary journalism society ini tiation ceremonies and banquet to be held tonight at the delta tau delta fraternity the eleven men who were tap ped last monday morning and who have been seen wearing newspaper caps around the campus during the past week will officially join the society at the banquet tonight mr giesen had the good for tune to become associated with life when it was only a year and a half old and so he has been able to watch first hand its growth from an experiment in journalism to one of the leading news periodicals in the united states today before joining the life-time publications first as a copy writer in the advertising-promotion de partment then assistant to the merchandizing director of life and finally as head of the sales presentation department which office he holds at present mr gie sen studfed in europe for ten years he returned to the united states to get his b a degree from yale in 1938 chi psi's hold ist dinner at rented chapter house the program of the glee club for the coming year was decided and a double quartet was chosen by the club at its meeting wed nesday night in drown hall a christmas concert is to be pre sented by the lehigh and morav ian combined glee clubs on dec 14 in packer chapel it was an nounced by frank e smith jr ch e 42 president of the club on january 10 the glee club intends to hold a concert and dance in drown hall the lehigh collegians will furnish the music for the dance which will be held immedi ately after the concert the names and parts of the stu dents of the quartet are albert r tucker jr ch e 43 and will iam r williams arts 43 ist ten ors oscar e summers e e 44 and gordon t roberts e e 44 2nd tenors edward c shewman 45 and kenneth k kereshka 45 ist bass s brooks longley arts 42 and james w woods chem 43 2nd bass okeson to be co-chairman it will take the 88-piece band two formations tomorrow to say hello daddy to the fathers of lehigh men who attend the muh lenberg game a part of the dad's day exercises in taylor field the hello formation will take place before the start of the game the daddy display will be part of the show between the halves during this formation the band will play daddy the trumpet fanfare which will be given as the band enters the field was arranged by charles m wetzel i e 43 who says that he got his idea for it from the fanfare used so frequently in the motion picture version of the boys from syracuse o ten new members will be elect ed to alpha kappa psi national honorary business administration society it was announced last night at a smoker given by the so ciety in the engineer's lounge of packard laboratory neil carothers dean of the col lege of business administration in an address to 40 prospective mem bers who attended the meeting spoke of the history of the society its possible future and what it means to the business man the ten new members who will be picked shortly at a business meeting will be initiated at a din ner meeting to be held the first part of december at one of the fra ternity houses the chi psi fraternity men ate at their new house at 915 w bi'oad street for the first time last even ing the first meal was a steak dinner and the entire fraternity was present according to frank e smith jr ch e 42 the chi psi's will eat their lunches and dinners at the new house until their beds which are expected next week arrive they will then move into the house walter r okeson treasurer will be co-chairman of the offi cials night when the quarter backs meet next monday evening ai the hotel bethlehem okeson is chcairman of the football rules committee lieutenant t t ludlum sen ior member of the naval aviation cadet selection board spoke yes terday afternoon in packard lab oratory on aviation in the navy the main purpose of the talk was to acquaint lehigh juniors and seniors with naval aviation train ing and to possibly enlist enough students to form a lehigh branch of the naval reserve training according to lieut ludlum the training course will last for ten months after which the student will be transferred to one of the three principal naval flight train ing centers at pensacola florida jacksonville florida and corpus christi texas for advanced train ing at this time he is appointed as aviation cadet a grade similar to that of a midshipman at the naval academy upon completion of flight train ing and designation as a naval aviator the cadet is commissioned as ensign in the united states na val reserve or second lieutenant in the marine corps reserve and is r-ssinged to active duty as a pilol in the navy lieut ludlum also mentioned lhat candidates for flight training in the naval reserve are selected from applicants who have complet ed two or more years of college are over 20 but less than 27 years of age unmarried and in good physical condition herman v hesse pennsylvania chess champion engages one of the 18 members of the chess club at an exhibition of simultaneous chess playing at 7:30 p m wednesday in the arcadia room of drown hall hesse won 16 of the games outright two of the games resulting in draws the two members who played him to a draw are maynard g arsove phys 43 president and john marini phys 45 brown and white new cyanide members bethlehem pa friday november 7 1941 rally to begin at 7:15 price — five cents strategic ores exhibited by geology dept arcadia suggests college meeting display is in conjunction with talk sponsored by science society university day in fall would be similar to flagpole exercises plans not yet definite the rally tonight in grace hall will begin at 7:15 p in it was announced today by frank s mckenna chairman of the senior rally committee the time previously announced as 7:30 p m has been changed to accommodate the alumni speak ers who must attend the le high home club meeting irc rejects arcadia loan arranged by g carroll club had asked for 135 was given only 50 to be paid in may will maintain friendly basis constitutional amendment adopted to provide for dad's day member intercollegiate newspaper association z 612 coming up . . . saturday 2 p m — varsity football lehigh vs muhlenberg taylor field 8 p m — metallurgical society dance drown hall 8:30 p m — lehigh allentown club barn dance schmoyer's barn monday 8 p m — sigma xi prof edward sampson professor of geology at princeton university will speak on strategic minerals in packard auditorium all the lehigh news first