Brown and White Vol. 50 no. 35

              at a meeting of arcadia student governing body it wes decided that the traditional freshman re galia hats and buttons would be dispensed with for the duration this step was taken because of the small number of entering fresh men and because of the large number of classes the materials thus saved may be put to far bet ter use a report on the result of the community chest drive made on the campus last fall came up at the meeting 383.18 was collected in the drive a 46.17 balance brought the total to 429.35 of which 422 was distributed among various worthy causes the town council was awarded the use of a room on the second floor of drown hall for group meetings and such the publication of the tradi tional freshman handbook has been put under mr e k smiley direc tor of admissions for the duration it was felt that mr smiley would be the logical person to take over the publication of this invaluable guide for the newcomers arcadia gives 422 the red cross benefits frosh hats and buttons are casualties fourth math problem is presented by newtonians pi delta epsilon revises point list pi delta epsilon national jour nalism fraternity yesterday sub mitted a revised point list for the election of new members editors-in-chief and business managers are automatically elect ed into the society other members are selected on the basis of points earned men who are to be considered for election must submit point lists to richard b palmer campus or to samuel j davy sigma phi be fore noon tuesday march 9 the point list follows brown and white editorial manager 5 news manager 5 makeup editor 4 ; news editor 3 ; local ad vertising assistant 3 circulation manager 3 national advertising manager 2 photo graphic editor 2 board 1 assistant cir culation manager 1 departmental editors 1 deskmen 1 freshman handbook editor 3 business manager 3 board 1 epitome assistant editor 5 art editor 5 senior section editor 5 ; junior editors 3 ; financial manager 4 bachelor managing secretary 4 advertising man ager 4 ; circulation manager 3 ; feature editor 2 fiction editor 2 financial man ager 3 art editor 2 distribution manager 1 ; photography editor 3 interfraternity directory editor 8 o h l johnson 46 dies of leucemia word was received on the cam pus last week of the death of har old l johnson m.e 46 he had an attack of what he supposed to be the grippe but when he went home for a further check-up he was rushed to the elizabeth n j hospital for a blood transfu sion death was caused by lymphatic leucemia an excess of white cor puscles in the blood stream to such an extent that they domin ate and obliterate the red cor puscles warrington sherwood to alternate playing there will be continuous danc ing at interfraternity ball on march 6 at grace hall from 10-2 or possibly 2:30 announced thom as m buck m.e 43 president of the interfraternity council the bands are being worked on a stag ger arrangement which will pro vide music on at least one of the floors all the time at the last meeting of the ball committee it was decided that no corsages would be worn since the ball was an informal affair johnny warrington and his or chestra chosen last thursday as the second band was among the big music men who started off at duke university in north caro lina he was in an outfit down there known as the duke blue devils along with les brown and johnny long after college johnny joined up with jan savitt and became his arranger and fea tured saxophonist he stayed with savitt for three years and then became the staff arranger for station kyw in philadelphia where he did arranging for some of the country's leading outfits gets his own orchestra warrington refused to start his own band at first but finally suc cumbed to the lure of putting his own musical ideas into practice he then organized the wcau or chestra with which he has earned his name the band is a care fully selected group which has been picked for its knowledge of music as well as playing ability the vocals are well carried by jimmy saunders and marion ma son specialists on instrumental solos include frankie lewis artie singer davy stephens frank hunter and george white both bwbby sherwood and war rington are noted for their versa tility and will undoubtedly pro vide any type of music that their audience is looking for sher wood after his stay at lehigh will spend some time at the rose land ball room in new york where he and his orchestra are slated to appear beginning march 10 o.d.k to initiate 8 men tomorrow omicron delta kappa senior honorary leadership society will initiate eight men from the classes of 44 and 44x at 6 p m tomor row in the arcadia room in drown hall these men were pledged february 11th after the initiation the members will hold a dinner meeting as guests of delta tau delta fra ternity according to samuel j davy e.e 43 president election to the society was on the basis of a published point list which gave credit for scholarship publications leadership athletics and other activities the men from the class of 44x are philip j berg m.e e lyster frost met e earle w wallick e.e and charles hilton met e the four 44 men are robert l smith c.e richard c shafer m.e harold j siegle ch.e and rod erick w link m.e five dollars is the first prize in the contest sponsored by the newtonian society second and third prize are 3 and 1 respectively the con test consists of solving any four of a series of five prob lems the fourth of which fol lows below there were two chains one 6 long and the other 16 long the longer chain has more links than the shorter chain all the links are of the same size and made of metal v 2 thick how many links are in each chain all solutions must be turned in to ralph a evans eng phys 45x 450 carlton aye not later than march 16 mil honorary holds tests fifteen juniors in advanced r.o.t.c took a written quiz on the first two years of basic r.o t.c and a drill quiz on the same material friday in grace hall in order to qualify for member ship in scabbard and blade hon orary military society besides the fifteen juniors who are eligible for membership there are seven seniors in advanced r.o.t.c who will be notified separately a list of those juniors who are eligible for pledging will be post ed tomorrow the juniors in infantry and ordnance who took the exams on friday are as follows david t steele 1.e george j bleul c.e hugh boyd 111 m.e warren h bradford ch.e pinck ney m corsa 1.e louis m dom eratzky m.e anthony c for tosis bus oscar e fox jr 1.e john r given 1.e clair a hoff man ch.e edwin f hussa jr m.e h nelson reifsnyder jr 1.e mark h schwarz bus richard c shafer m.e and vin cent r tomaselli ch.e although no official words has been received on the subject as yet a hint of what the routine of army trainees to be sent to lehigh will be like may be gained from recent informal conversations between officers of the third service command and col fay r brabson head of the department of military science and tactics it is very likely colonel brabson told the brown and white that the trainees will have a scholastic day similar in length to the present one following afternoon classes which will be held each school day will be a period of drill and other military exercises a super vised study period will occupy the evening with a lights-out curfew to be strictly enforced in a recent new york times article al laney speculated that the army might have its collegi ate trainees follow the same rou tine that governs the life of the west point cadets under this regime the cadet would rise daily at 5:50 a m and attend classes from 7:10 to 3 o'clock the west pointer drills or exercises from three until 5:30 has dinner at six and must be in his room study ing by 7:05 the west point cadet also par ticipates in various extra-curricu lar activities such as journalism debating dramatics and sports the army has announced that it will not allow the trainees to par ticipate in intercollegiate sports but as yet has not announced its stand on participation in other campus activities opines mr laney in his new york times article the west point program may be presumed the best one possible for training young men for war . . . no soldier in any camp wastes less time or accomplishes more work junior banquet to have raf speaker although the name of the speaker for the junior class ban quet is not yet known word haf been received that an officer oj + he royal air force will be senl for the occasion the banquel will be held sometime betweer march 17 and 31 depending or arrangements which can be made with the speaker 240 students have gone s revised figures obtained from * the university show that exactly 240 men have left the university c for the armed forces during the s second semester including 225 7 activated reservists of whom 113 s were army air corps reserves and 112 were enlisted reserve corps i men the other 15 men were - called by their local draft boards there are now 170 students in advanced rotc who are also members of the enlisted reserve ;' corps and 87 advanced rotc t students who still retain civilian " status the naval reserves num s ber 343 students while the en s listed reserve corps students who r have not been activated total 37 108 students have not yet regis v tered for selective service while * 55 are still awaiting classification there are 292 men who have been deferred by their draft boards r still liable to be called this sem r ester are 28 army air corps re servists 16 erc reservists and 54 civilians the total enrollment at the be ginning of this semester was 1430 students while now 1190 students remain c vultee men now have dorm rooms twenty - four civil engineers 1 employees of the vultee aircraft 1 company were scheduled to arrive 2 on the campus yesterday afternoon to begin a one month course in air craft design these men were to occupy vacant dormitory rooms in richards taylor and drinker houses but due to some slight mix-up only three actually took quarters all in richards house the remainder of the twenty four will however attend classes which begin tomorrow morning they have probably taken up quarters in allentown to await furnishings for their rooms twen ty-five others are expected to ar rive next monday since wartime construction work has passed its peak many civil engineers are now available for work in the aircraft industry the new arrivals are graduate en gineers with a good deal of prac tical experience in their field the intensive course in aero nautical engineering will include study of plane structure produc tion properties and strength of aircraft materials and stress an ii alysis eney will direct program instruction will be handled by william j eney associate profes sor of civil engineering and by a specialist in aircraft construction from the vultee company pro fessor eney recently returned from a three-day inspection tour of the vultee plant in hartford conn b & w photo ijy ciaffardini probably the biggest headaches in school are shared by these four seniors members of the hard-pressed inter fraternity ball committee problems such as housing and secur ing bands have given them many sleepless nights but now most of the kinks have been ironed out and excitement is rising for a hap py weekend they are standing david h schaper c e and wil liam d hayes i e seated thomas m buck m e president of the interfraternity council and chairman ex-officio of the com mittee and edward j cavanaugh m e brabson predicts tough schedule for trainees here dancing from 10 to 2:30 at i f ball brown & white lehigh university vol l — no 35 bethlehem pa tuesday march 2 1943 price — 5 cents u s college men in britain have club college men who will be with the american armed forces in the british isles are invited to register at the american university union 1 gordon square bloomsburg london w c 1 the union as in the last war is a meeting-place for both officers and men of university connections and for their friends 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