Brown and White Vol. 49 no. 23

              dorms to have banquet committee seeks formal first aid instruction living group festivities to extend throughout the entire week plan new course banquets parties precede vacation price — five cents ford is called by u s navy psych head will leave to direct personnel graham gets job lehigh moravian clubs and symphony group are featured ate professor of biology the course will be sponsored by the first aid committee a subcom mittee of the lehigh unversity council for defense headed by fay c bartlett director of physi cal education a night course in first aid drill for faculty members was begun this week and will be given regu larly additional courses for towns people are being planned by pro fessor bartlett and dr emil a havach intramural trainer in phy sical education topic revised for debaters 6 more students announce plans to join armed forces 2 will be called to active duty after first of year one to be examined tomorrow 2 considering action before making final decision physical examination gerson states that his commis sion is certain to be approved but in any event he will not return to the campus next month donald a marcks bus 42 will be examined by the army tomor row he made arrangements sat urday afternoon at the allentown recruiting station marcks whose home is in nazareth is scheduled for an early draft induction making tentative plans those who have made tentative arrangements are joseph h os wald bus 44 william e belling er bus 43 and max w bellis e e 44 oswald has taken the physical examination required for accept ance as a flying cadet and expects to enter training by next semester bellinger and bellis will wait until the end of this semester before making final decision to leave they have however been to the army recruiting station in allen town but have not yet signed the necessary papers for enlistment nor arranged for physical examin ations dr carothers talks on war change made due to war will be put in effect after first round discusses defense work post-war economics throughout east the war's effect on lehigh uni versity students was felt increas ingly this week as at least six more undergraduates announced their intentions to join the armed forces of the united states one freshman john m dawson bus 45 had already been accept el by the u s army air corps and had quit studies the week be fore war was declared two others definitely will not return to the campus after christ mas holidays having made ar rangements to go on active duty within the next few weeks an other student has a physical exam ination scheduled for tomorrow at an army recruiting station while three others have the action under consideration weiland first to leave first to pack his bags and leave since war was declared was will iam r weiland ch e 44 who signed with the u s marine corps at a new york recruiting station on monday dec 8 the day after the japanese first attacked weil and 20 years old transfered to lehigh from duke university where he spent his freshman year he is a member of sigma nu fra ternity and his home is in west field n j he expects to join the corps after christmas saul gerson arts 44 states that he will not return to the university after the holidays he will go to his home in great neck l 1 on fri day to await the war department's approval of his reserve officer's commission in the infantry gerson completed his rotc work at man lius school before he enrolled at lehigh he has already passed the tone to give music series five social fraternities tau delta phi alpha chi rho pi kappa alpha theta delta chi and phi kappa sigma held christmas dances last week-end tau delta phi held its annual christmas dance and banquet from 6 p m to 2 a m saturday evening in the chapter house ap proximately 20 couples danced to recorded music the chaperones were mr and mrs gordon d southard and mr and mrs max petersen alpha chi rho also held a dance from 10 p m to 2 a m saturday evening in the chapter house with music furnished by the nomads or chestra from easton chaperones were professor and mrs charles w simmons a formal dance was held from 9 to 2 saturday evening in the theta delta chi chapter house with music furnished by the lehigh col legians approximately 100 couples attended including from 10 to 15 faculty members with their wives chaperones were captain and mrs william m barrows mr and mrs john j fischel of hellertown and mr and mrs robert l fara baugh of bethlehem approximately 20 couples at tended the pi kappa alpha christ mas dance from 9 to 1 saturday evening in the chapter house chaperones were professor and mrs william j eney the phi sigma kappa dance from 3 to 7:30 p m saturday af ternoon in the chapter house was attended by about 20 couples a buffet supper was held in the even ing chaperones were mr and mrs thomas e jackson concerts to be presented on sunday afternoons after meetings naval course interests 175 seniors juniors learn of ensign positions after graduation approximately 1,100 persons at tended the combined yule concert of the glee clubs of lehigh and moravian college for women sun day afternoon in packer chapel the chorus including 120 voices 45 women's and 75 men's was ac companied by the lehigh sym phony orchestra dr t edgar shields professor of music direct ed both groups following a candlelight proces sional president clement c will iams opened the program with a brief greeting and dr claude g beardslee university chaplain led a prayer in which he asked for aid for the armed forces and courage for civilians the concert revolving around the story of the three wise men had two parts opening with pro phesies from isaiah by dr beardslee and corelli's prelude to christmas pastorale by the or chestra the service assumed the form of a continuous story of the birth of christ dr beardslee read selec tions from luke and matthew which were interspersed with ap propriate carols by the orchestra chorus and congregation offertory selections were he shall feed his flock and come unto me from handel's mess iah sung by miss helen goodrich director of the moravian glee club and miss doris english member oi the club the benediction fol lowed the program closed with a candlelight recessional the chapel was decorated with a christmas tree and pine boughs dr adelbert ford head of the department of psychology has been called by the u s navy de partment to undertake direction of certain personnel work effective at the close of the present semester lste in january it was announced today by president clement c williams the university has granted leave of absence to professor ford said dr williams in his absence dr james l graham associate pro fessor of psychology will serve as acting head of the department dr ford who has been head oi the department of psychology since september 1931 is a former navy man he served on transport duty with the u s s plattsburg dur inng world war i he has done considerable re search work in the field of psy chology and is the author of two books and many papers his books are group experiments in ele mentary psychology and a sci entific approach to labor prob lems among his papers are a direct-record method of time study and perceptive errors in time judgments of behavior dr ford taught at drake uni versity and the university of mich igan before coming to lehigh he holds his a b degree from mich igan 1920 and his a m and ph d degrees from the same in stitution he is a member of phi beta kappa sigma xi alpha sig ma phi phi sigma the american psychological association the american academy of political science and the american associa tion for the advancement of sci ence he is a native of cadillac mich the christmas spirit will be in full swing on the lehigh campus this week when course societies and living groups hold annual ban quets and parties eta kappa nu honorary electri cal engineering society is holding its yule party at 6:30 o'clock to night in the d a r lodge on first avenue christmas gifts will be dis tributed to seniors and faculty members group singing and party games will be featured the chemical engineers will hear general frank d beery of allen town who has served in the na tional defense at their banquet at 6 oclock tonight in the masonic temple following an original play which will burlesque the charac ters of chem professors santa ciaus will distribute gifts the group will then join in singing carols all you can eat for a dollar is the feature attraction of the metal lurgical banquet which takes placo at shankweilers at fogelsville ai 6 15 this evening captain samue pierce assistant professor of mili tary science and tactics will relate amusing incidents of his army ca reer in a very informal after din ner speech frank s mckenna met e 42 will act as toastmaster special gifts will be distributed to seniors and faculty members approximately 250 students will attend the first dormitory christ mas banquet to be held at 6 p m tomorrow in lamberton hall rich ard d munnikhuysen e e 42 chairman of the banquet commit tee announced this week speakers will be j lynford bea ver professor of electrical engin eering wray h congdon dean of undergraduates and claude g beardslee professor and head of the department of moral and reli gious philosophy grendon k se bold e e 42 will be master of ceremonies the committee in charge of the banquet consists of munnikhuysen and robert n gusdorff bus 42 all social fraternities and some dormitory groups will have held christmas parties at their houses by friday as usual freshmen will present skits for the upperclass men trustees hold meeting drive for clothing to start today to feature caa in xmas bachelor arcadia holds campaign for clothes for needy post and pre-war economic problems were discussed by dr neil carothers dean of the college of business administration who was accompanied by herbert m diamond professor of economics and sociology and elmer g bratt professor of economics on a recent tour of the eastern states the problems of defense in dustries and the war was the sub ject of an address givenby dr car others wednesday to 250 employ ees of the merck chemical com pany at rahway n j dr carothers spoke on the nu merous problems that the present war has created for plants engaged in the national defense program the group attending the meeting included directors officers and men of the merck chemical com pany a manufacturer of medicinal chemicals necessary for the pre vention of wartime epidemics post war economics was the subject of dr carothers opening address at an economic forum fol lowing a dinner meeting of the le high new england club thursday at brigdeport conn the forum was similar to the one held here during the university's 75th an niversary following carother's address professor diamond spoke on eff ects of liberal government poli cies on labor professor bratt ended the discussion with a talk elections article included in december issue a concert schedule was announ ced by tone student musical soci ety at a meeting friday evening in packer chapel the schedule is arranged in two series the first to be given on sun day afternoons and the others im mediately following meetings of the society the sunday afternoon concerts will be given by the glee club of moravian college for women dr t edgar shields professor of mu sic at lehigh mrs ruth becker myers and miss pauline wiley both of moravian and mrs grete birk mezzo-soprano from new york the concerts following tone meetings will be given by student artists a final concert for the year will be held at the home of president williams and will feature profes sor and mrs kenneth w lamson and miss pauline michel violinist grace president in the bethle the executive committee of the board of trustees met in new york today at the office of eugene g on can prices be controlled an informal question and answer per iod followed the main program hem steel company's building president clement c williams and vice-president walter r okeson attended enjoying combined pre-medical banquet continued on page four the current diplomatic situation showed its influence last week when the intramural debating club met in drinker lounge the pres ent topic resolved that an a e f should be sent to europe to combat the axis powers will be changed at the end of the first round tomorrow night at this time a new proposition will be present ed and debating will be suspended until after the christmas vacation the results of last week's debates are as follows the affirmative team robert k beckwith ch e 43 and preston parr jr ch e 43 defeated the negative team alvin i mishkin bus 45 and jer ome y neff bus 45 the affirma tive thomas a lawson ch e 44 and s lawrence hollander chem 42 defeated phillip j prang chem 42 and allan e wolf m e 43 last thursday the affirmative herman c rafetto i e 45 and frank r huth ch e 45 lost to the negative team frederick w bloecher e m 45 and harold w haines ch e 45 the negative team robert b mussina bus 44 and edward m biggs e e 42 defeated the affirmative john r gardella bus 45 and william t bachman bus 45 tomorrow night at the sigma chi fraternity house lewis w hill m e 44 and willard s clewell chem 42 will take the affirmative against robert j murphy met e 45 and george c bleul c e 44 in the second debate robert l smith c e 44 and john e dox sey i e 44 will take the affirma tive against robert m kelly c e 45 and kenneth m lambert e m 45 at the chi phi fraternity c el lis lehr bus 44 and james j mc carthy bus 44 of the affirmative will debate john k maus m e 45 and frank j fertko spcl lafferty speaks to blake society approximately 175 seniors and junior engineers interested in be coming officers in the naval re serve were present at a meeting held in packard laboratory yester day afternoon lt com albert f edel head of the naval diesel mo tor course who was in charge of the meeting outlined the various types of work open to the engin eers the purpose of the meeting was to give the men complete informa tion so that they can consider the offer during the christmas holi day s preliminary application blanks were distributed signing these blanks does not obligate the student to participate in the work seniors that are accepted will be commissioned as ensign volunteer special service immediately up on graduation accepted juniors will be permitted to finish their ed ucation and when graduated will also receive their commissions those accepted will be given from one to six months of training at various technical schools to be eligible for the commissions the student must be a citizen of the united states not over 26 years old be an engineering student or have a degree in engineering and be able to pass the physical exam ination human happiness discusses measurement of rifle instruction planned for children of faculty the christmas issue of the le high bachelor which will be on sale wednesday will feature the c a a flying course according to forrest v schumacher arts 42 editor-in-chief there will be a special article on the election system at lehigh by john e doxsey i e 44 other features include a satire on na tional defense by earle w wal lick e e 44 and two short stor ies entitled back way out by william f boore jr met e 42 and past perfect by carl a stre uli chem 43 r omar quadowitz again make.s his appearance in quadowitz plays santa claus the bachelor's cover will show a c a a pilot in action the remainder of the issue will contain the regular bachelo • features business manager edwin h klein arts 42 announces the fol lowing appointments to the busi ness staff albert r tucker jr ch e 43 distribution manager robert l smith c e 44 circu lation manager and john d smith bus 44 assistant circulation man ager these men were selected on the basis of subscriptions sold while competing for the offices a three-day drive to collect old used clothing for distribution first among needy youth of bethlehem and then among children in the blighted areas of the south be gan tuesday it was announced by joseph m sexton arts 42 di rector of the drive sponsored by arcadia a canvass of all living groups will be made by the following committee fred erick w wallis jr arts 42 or ville j stephens bus 42 and leonard r constantine bus 43 the clothing collected will be placed in a secluded room in drown hall before the clothing is distributed to outside groups needy students if any will be able to come unobserved to the room and pick out clothing they may re quire the clothing will then be distributed among the needy in bethlehem following the bethle hem distribution the remainder of the collection will be given to the save the children federation a new york agency which helps children in the southern mountain districts clothing may also be brought to the arcadia office which will also handle any calls for information lynn c bartlett arts 43 will be in charge of publicity sexton stated theodore t lafferty professor of philosophy presented a paper on the pursuit of happiness a a meeting of the r w blake philo sophical society friday and sen iors donald b sands arts and john m roach arts were elected to the society professor lafferty discussed means of measuring and recogniz ing human happiness plans to present a talk in march or april by glenn morrow pro fessor of philosophy at the univer sity of pennsylvania were discuss ed rifle instruction for children oi the university faculty has been adopted following faculty request only children over the age of 12 will be permitted to receive in struction in 22 caliber rifle shoot ing no equipment is necessary but old clothing is advisable there is an enrollment fee of 25 cents to be used in purchasing prizes at the end of the year ammunition will be sold at the range at 25 cents per box of 50 a group meeting will be held at 4 p m jan 9 in lamberton hall and weekly thereafter left to right henry a rothrock jr head path 42 president of the r w hall pre-medical society ologrist at st luke's hospietl stanley j thomas allen j barthold head of the department of ro head of the department of biology holding the gift mance languages and william l estes jr head he received at the banquet robert e rowand arts surgeon at st luke's hospital vol xlix — no 23 if council gives 87 to christmas exchange l u.'s loss navy's gain bethlehem pa tuesday december 16 1941 5 fraternities hold dances over weekend lehigh collegians heard at theta delta chi by 100 couples nomads play at a x p a check for 87 from the in terfraternity council to the christmas exchange program engaged in caring for wards of the children's aid society and needy families will help to give children of bethlehem a merry christmas the check is to be used to help buy presents for the 155 boys and girls living in foster homes under the care of the children's aid society the gift represents cash contributions of 3 from each of the 29 social fraternities the fraternities gift this year is the fourth annual donation of this amount since the custom was inaugurated 1,100 attend yule concert dr adelbert ford lehigh university brown and white hour course in first aid next sem aster are being discussed accord ing to francis j trembly associ plans to start a compulsory one met e's chem e's and eta kappa nu to hold christmas dinners member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first