Brown and White Vol. 49 no. 24

              vol xlix — no 24 by james j gallagher since it is likely that the present war will cause drastic changes in the future at lehigh an inkling of what might happen here again is seen in the effects of world war i on the campus in 1917 at the beginning of the war in 1917 students were urged to con tinue with their education in order that there would be no shortage of trained men in the country it was inevitable however that the rou tine of the college would be brok en up a number of students and faculty members left school to join the armed forces during the middle of 1917 the faculty decided to shorten the term in order that those seniors who were subject to the draft might complete their studies christmas vacation was shortened to six days and mid-year exams were held the week after school re-opened by shortening the va cations and the length of the sec ond semester the seniors were let out of school on april 15 and the donald a marcks bus 42 is one of the first lehigh undergrad uates to withdraw from the uni versity since the declaration of war to join the nation's military forces he has been accepted by the u s air corps and will leave for training on dec 27 prof tomlinson fort head of the department of mathematics is chairman of the arrangements committee for the mathematical association of america which will meet here dec 30 to jan 1 dr fort will present a paper to the convention along with several other members of the faculty loses 3 fingers soph banquet set for feb 467 indicate draft status cloud has badly-injured members amputated registrants fill out cards in answer to notice issued by dean rest of the college on may 15 lehigh aids army during the school year a courss in radio operation was given at the request of the u s signal corps students who successfully com pleted this course were then given further instruction in the army thus making them eligible for com missions during the summer of 1918 the university bent its facilities to ward giving more help to the army it gave vocational training courses to about 300 men when school opened in 1918 the students army training corps was formed this was government sponsored and although not com pulsory most students became members under the s a t c students answered reville at 5:45 a m and taps at 10 p m in addi tion to regular classes there were assemblies sick calls and daily drills in the fall of 1918 all schools which were members of the s a t c were requested to close their fraternities and in general cur tail all social activities after the armistice the s a t c was dissolved and the univer sity resumed its regular schedule of classes immediately after the war the campaign for funds with which to build the memorial building was undertaken in order that there might be a permanent memorial to the 1921 lehigh men who serv ed in the war and to the 46 who gave their lives fbi navy or army man to speak committee considers site 13 men compete for b & w posts action toward unity and high morale in the support of the war effort and a program for a shorter more intensified term thus speed ing up graduation are under con sideration by two committees — one on american unity and the other on educational policy the first meeting of the commit tee on american unity for lehigh university was held tuesday dean wray h congdon chair man of the committee explained that the purpose of the group is to consider ways and means of fur thering unity on the part of all those on the campus for support of the war effort and to keep the mor ale high dean congdon is not ready at this time to disclose any of the plans made at the meeting serving on the committee on american unity are dean philip m palmer dean neil carothers dean tomlinson fort dean alfred c callen and robert n gusdorff bus 42 the educational policy commit tee will meet monday morning to prepare suggestions to be present ed to the faculty at its monthly meeting jan 5 for intensifying courses and speeding-up gradua tion the committee under the chairmanship of fred v larkin continued on page four 577 interviews set new record candidates sought to fill news editorial offices 20 firms arrange talks at placement bureau fenton r cloud i e 42 had the tips of three fingers on his left hand amputated at 4:30 p m yes terday at st luke's hospital as the result of injuries received in the carpentry shop cloud was doing a piece of work on a joiner when he accidentally brought his left hand into contact with the cutting edges of the ma chine and badly cut the last three fingers on his left hand cloud was rushed to the hospital and operated on immediately reports from the hospital indi cate that he is doing well combined dinner features contest fifteen lehigh alumni are now in the philippine islands leonard h schick editor of the alumni bulletin announced of these 15 men nine are in the united states armed forces and six are engaged in civilian pursuits on the islands it was also announced that two alumni were in the hawaiian is lands five hours before the lehigh lafayette game on nov 22 the philippine-lehigh club was form ed however notification of the formation of the club did not ar rive by mail from the territory until a day after the japanese at tack on the united states the 15 men in the philippines are col joseph f cottrell 05 fort mills major alvin t wilson inf 21 philippine dept manila capt john d mcpherson 1nf.,'23 philippine engineer depot manila first lt bruno s ulak o d 36 clark field pampanga ist lt george ellstrom a c 38 clark field ist lt frederick w walker o d 37 clark field ist lt wil liam a sheppard a c 38 iba field zambales and 2nd lt john w temple 40 clark field are also stationed in the philippines lloyd b treat 10 is in rio guinobaton masbate and pvt ist class edward c canfield 30 jos eph f carlez 18 charles s dan dois 08 william e murray 26 frederick n cunningham 33 and ralph m blythe 35 are in man ila robert a williamson 38 en sign u s n and eric weiss 39 engineer are in hawaii since the war these have been no reports concerning che safety of these men applicants wanted for pilot training barthold gives sketches of french characters should sign before going on christmas vacation four hundred seven undergrad uates and about 60 graduate stu dents indicated their present draft status for the national draft board headed by general hershey all students 21 on or before july one recently filled in cards in the dean's office the survey included the student's draft number his sta tus and related questions the number of students who have left school since september now totals seven three of these have been drafted and four have with-drawn from lehigh to enlist three in the army air corps and one in the naval reserve dean congdon requested that all students who have had deferment for the first semester should see their draft boards when they go home and inquire what has to be done to secure deferment for the second semester in all justifiable cases the university will send let ters of recommendation to draft boards for second semester defer ment valley engineers hear caton speak the sophomore class banquet is tenatively scheduled for friday feb 25 announced e lyster frost met e president of the class the banquet committee hopes to have the banquet either at the masonic temple or at the hotel bethlehem the site of last year's freshman banquet the speakers have not yet been selected but the program committee is trying to se cure either a member of the fed eral bureau of investigation or an officer from the army or navy for the event frost stated that judging by the reports from the program commit tee at least 300 are expected to attend this year's affair in compar ison with the 290 freshmen who at tended last year's banquet the main committees which will arrange for the details of the ban quet have already been selected but the sub-committees are still to be chosen the main committees are as follows co-chairmen jerry n hendershot arts secre tary-treasurer of the class and frost program committee h wil liam shawhan arts and hugh boyd m e ticket committee warren r dix met e and glenn a murray i e publicity com mittee ted franck i e and charles n codding c e head of chrysler institute discusses education an identification contest featur ed the annual combined banquet of the alpha epsilon delta - r w hall pre-medical societies last monday night at trainer's restau rant near quakertown allen j barthold head of the department of romance languages gave brief thumb-nail sketches of famous french characters in sci ence and literature a prize was given to the person who identified the greatest number of them before the banquet four pledges laurence a mosier arts 44 my ron i buchman arts 43 richard c paul 42 and frank j gress 42 were initiated and christmas gifts were exchanged stephen b longley arts 42 was in charge of the affair the semi-annual competitions for editorial positions on the brown and white started on dec 9 the positions open for competition are news manager news editor on both issues make-up editor edi torial manager and the editorial staff candidates for news manager are e walter edwards arts 43 samuel j davy e e 43 and g william wolfsten arts 43 candi dates for make-up editor are ed wards wolfsten and richard b palmer arts 43 the men competing for news editor are albert e vetrosky arts 44 daniel p epstein bus 44 stephen hart arts 43 david j carrigan arts 44 theodore pe ters jr ch e 44 and george j bleul c e 44 competitors for the editorial staff are palmer and john e dox sey i e 44 lynn c bartlett arts 43 and joseph f kemmer arts 43 are competing for editor ial manager john a hunt arts 42 and dox sey are competitors for the posi tion of sports editor the placement bureau has ar ranged for 577 interviews between seniors and representatives from various companies this number is the largest ever for this date the previous high mark for dec 17 was set at 258 last year about 20 companies have inter viewed seniors from all curricula the latest firms to send represen tatives are the new jersey zinc company the bendix aviation cor poration the standard oil com pany of new jersey the western electric company and the wright aeronautical corporation mr r h seipp represented the new jersey zinc company dec 11 and mr j iredell represented ben dix dec 15-16 interviews were granted by messrs r w peters and w b rust for the standard oil company of new jersey dec 16 mr brown of western electric on dec 17 and 18 and mr c wil son cole for the wright aeronau tical corporation dec 18 lambda chi's entertain bethlehem boys sportsman's club will hold banquet will show motion pictures dealing with sports men who wish to make applica tion for either the primary or sec ondary courses in the civilian pilot training program should do so immediately subscribing their names course and class on a list kept by miss chiles secretary of the mechanical engineering de partment announced prof thomas e butterfield coordinator of ci vilian pilot training men who receive this notice too late to apply before leaving for christmas vacation should indicate their intention in writing before returning stated professor butter field frank g andrews superinten dent for region 1 civilian pilot training wrote the following to professor butterfield concerning the course ". . . all trainees en rolled for the spring session should be interested in going either entirely through the courses offer ed in our program or immediately upon completion of any course into the military air services it is fur ther suggested that enrollees should come from among the upper classmen council to probe coat checking dr john j caton director oi the chrysler institute of engineer ing spoke on common sense in education at the lecture meeting of the engineer's club of the le high valley last monday night in packard auditorium dr caton's lecture covered the status of the engineer his training and lack of it a description of what the chrysler corporation does to train engineers and whether it pays he also discussed in a technical and semi-technical manner som 22 basic improvements widely used now by the automotive industry these improvements were made by men trained by tha system recom mended by dr caton in which men are permitted to do those things that they wish most to do top 41 man had grade of 3.92 median is 2.00 the date for the 2nd annual le high sportsman's club banquet was set for thursday jan 8 when the officers of the club met tuesday it was announced by william p varntr bus 42 president of the club the banquet will be held at shankweiler's hotel on route 22 near allentown at the meeting it was decided to appropriate 25 to the ski squad which is being sponsored by the sportsman's club ski practice will be held every possible weekend after christmas probably at sky top announced david c osborn ch e 42 manager and organizer of the squad motion pictures of skiing and other outdoor sports will be shown ai the banquet a surprise speaker is being engaged for the evening five student banquets have been held since monday these include the chemical metallurgical and the electrical engineering societies on tuesday night the dormi tory banquet on wednesday night and the civil engineering society on thursday night the bill of rights is not so much a bill of rights as a bill of obligations stated general frank d beery guest speaker of the chem banquet beery addressed approximately 290 members and guests at the 25th annual christ mas banquet of the american chemical society in the masonic temple the speaker urged those attend ing the banquet to make up their minds to prepare themselves by hard work for the job of being american citizens and of meeting ihe conditions of the future present skit a faculty song performed to the tune of the little brown jug and a play by members of the so ciety were presented as a burles que on the faculty of the chemistry department joseph f arbogast ch e 42 acting as santa claus presented characteristic gifts of an amusing nature to the seniors present and to the faculty president clement c williams in a short talk stated that he be lieved that chemists would control the world of the future toastmas ter george e elliott ch e 42 president of the chemistry society also called on dr harry m ull mann professor emeritus of chem istry and dr harvey a neville head of the department of chemis try who gave brief talks captain samuel pierce jr as sistant professor of military sci ence and tactics was the principal speaker of the metallurgical soci ety banquet at shankweilers hotel fogelsvilk frank mckenna acted as toastmaster explains draft about 40 members and faculty heard captain pierce speak on the process of induction into the army he explained in detail the procedure followed in inducting a man into the army pierce stressed the fact that candidates for service are used where they are most needed after the speaker's talk the group adjourned to the hotel's rathskeller where group singing was led by william f boore jr met e 42 novel gifts were pre sented by lower class members of the society to the seniors and members of the faculty attending a satirical skit on the faculty was presented by a cast of five fifty five members and guests attended the banquet and party of the american institute of electri cal engineers in the d a r house on first avenue president william a eisele e e 42 pre sided as toastmaster after the dinner members of the faculty were introduced and gave brief talks the speakers were l:>yal v bewley head of the de partment of electrical engineering and charles wasserman janitor in packard laboratory ear g parsons jr e e 42 acted as santa claus in distributing gifts on behalf of the organization group singing of an informal na ture followed beaver addresses dorm men in a short talk dean wray h congdon said that he was very pleased lhat the dormitories are approximately 275 dormitory men attended the dormitory ban quet held wednesday night at lamberton hall dr j lynford beaver professor of electrical en gineering the feature speaker en tirtained the group by telling var ious informal stories and jokes continued on page four in an effort to eliminate the con gestion at coat checking booths fol lowing dances in grace hall a committee to investigate the situ ation was appointed at a meeting of the town council held tuesday evening in the arcadia room of drown hall the committee is composed of george h ried arts 43 william h barnard e e 42 and albert g tromer bus 42 it will make a report of its findings at the next meeting of the council a complete report of the housing committee will be turned over to arcadia at the end of the year george ried chairman of the com mittee was authorized by the council to continue his investiga tions of the housing problem the engagement of ensign will ard m shelly 40 to miss arlene bigely of bethlehem has been an nounced at present ensign shelly is in the united states naval re serve and is stationed in chicago while at lehigh ensign shelly was a member of the swimming team for four years and was a member of the electrical engineer ing society ™? ert j\f ollghs ' bus * 43 ' and charles n ' guests of lambda chi alpha fraternity at the codding c e 44 instruct members of the bethle lambda chi's annual christmas party hem boys club in a mass pool game the boys were b & w photo the top man of the class of 1941 had an eight semester grade of 3.92 it was reported to the faculty at its last monthly meeting by geo rge b curtis registrar and uni versity editor the middle man of the class which numbered approx imately 300 obtained a college av erage of 2.00 a grade of 2.40 placed a man in the upper third of the class and less than 1.71 in the lower third the upper one per cent of the graduates made 3.67 or better the bottom man made less than a d average ending up with a 0.91 grade bethlehem pa friday december 19 1941 will fly for u s to present paper price — five cents lehigh in 1918 was scene of intense military activities course clubs dorm groups hold banquets groups to plan shorter term unity morale chan dinner draws 290 pierce explains draft to metallurgists 2 committees to support nation's war effort on lehigh campus action not disclosed 275 meet in lam her ton le high un iv ersity brown and white 2 working in hawaii 15 alumni in philippines include 9 army men form lehigh club 17 reported holding posts in war zones member intercollegiate newspaper association b & w observes holiday with this issue the brown and white will cease publication until january 9 all the lehigh news first