Brown and White Vol. 50 no. 53

              lt commander craig of the navy ordnance department of the bethlehem steel company was the main speaker at the banquet he discussed the relation of ordnance work to mechanical engineering 19 engineers initiated dr serfass speaks theodore peters jr ch e 44x was elected president of tau beta pi national engineering hon orary at a formal initiation ban quet wednesday night in the ho tel bethlehem nineteen high ranking engineers were initiated into the society before the ban quet dr earl j serfass assistant professor of analytical chemistry spoke at the banquet on gas warfare today just previously dr serfass had been taken into tau beta pi as an alumni mem ber in recognition of his attain ments while a member of the le high faculty other officers for the coming term are claude j kurtz ch e 44x vice president david f cox e phys 44x recording sec retary e lyster frost met e 44x corresponding secretary john l gretz met e 44x treas urer and earle w wallick e e 44 cataloger dr serfass was elected as a faculty adviser for a four-year term to replace cyril d jensen whose term expires this year men inducted at the initiation held at 6 p m in packard labora tory are class of 43 robert d bailey i e edward a fehnel chem william d hayes i e nathan g lesh e e harold r nace chem and robert e sieg fried ch e class of 44x bernard j egan met e frost cretz kurtz ste phen kutosh ch e glenn a murray m e and wallick class of 44 edward l diehl c e carl r ingerrianson e e roderick w link m e and rob ert s miltenberger met e har old r siegle ch e was absent from the initiation in his talk dr serfass men tioned the great possibility of gas attack on troops or civilians since treaties not to use gas have been broken before both in this war and the last frank h bower e e 43 pres ident of the society presided at the banquet dr harvey a ne ville head of the department of chemistry and dr j lynford beaver head of the department of electrical engineering were also at the speakers table 199 candidates for degrees on may 24 anthony fortosis . . . . . . b & w business manager ted peters . . . . . . tau bete head . . . b w editor 134 engineers 38 business and 27 artsmen will graduate class day scheduled for 22nd following the traditional class day exercises on saturday may 22 199 men will be candidates for degrees at commencement on may 24 this statement was issued by the registrar's office recently the number of candidates this year numbers a little more than half of the total graduates of last may when 335 students received their degrees the week-end will start on saturday afternoon at 3 p m when brown & white elects officers new officers were named for the brown and white but no heads were chosen for the bach elor and epitome at a meet ing of the board of publications yesterday afternoon editor-in chief of the campus newspaper for the coming term in theodore pe ttrs jr ch e 44x while an thony c fortosis arts 44 is bus iness manager peters has progressed through brown and white editorial posi tions of reporter deskman news editor makeup editor and news manager he has been on the staff every semester since he came to lehigh fortosis has also served during each of his terms at school as solicitor copy supervisor and local advertising manager status of publications for the future is uncertain the brown and white will appear this sum mer probably on a weekly basis but the bachelor may discontinue unless a large group of army trainees are available to support a magazine after the present epitome ap pears sometime this summer there will probably be no more such large yearbooks for the du ration hence no editor was named for next year a strong possibility is some form of class book con taining information on the gradu ates and class history officers for such a publication would be desig nated next fall by the board of publications class day exercises will be held the ceremony will include the traditional pipe breaking class gift class prophecy and ivy ora tion on saturday night the sen iors will be able to attend their last lehigh dance before they re ceive their degrees the hotel bethlehem has been picked as the spot for this occasion confer other degrees in addition to the awarding of bachelor degrees 29 masters de grees and one professional degree are scheduled for the regular commencement exercises of the men who will receive de grees 134 are from the college of engineering 38 are from the college of business administra tion and 27 are from the college of arts and science although the graduating class seems small it must be remembered that some of the members of this class accel erated and graduated in january with three graduations per year the graduating classes will con tinue to diminish in all proba bility professional degree — francis louis ehasz master of arts — walter francis daney daniel irvin farren donald ernest fritch man clarence m ockley ira paul hand werk russell henry kistler norman arnold laub edwin enos leidich clarence henry moatz pauline barnhart rupp adelaide emilie shields myron stettler master of science joseph leon brandes andrew brodsky robert carl dimmich henry clarkson green raymond charles hess robert murdoch lewert james hughes mcmahon moulton davis phelps dario rodriguez puratich marion clifford rowland chen-pao sun richard kreider walton earl alvin zettlemoyer bachelor of arts richard turney berg robert louis bird william thomas buhrig wayne hanley carter jr roy burford cowin jr niel stahley culliney john seaton curtis henry edward de jongh louis field dellwig lewis friedman ran dall clinton giddings franklin himmelberg er joseph francis kemmer howard clif ford leifheit roydon seymour margolies john joseph meehan jr quentin dewey mehrkam alan cameron mermann richard bradbury palmer alan edward price george horace ried robert seymour rum sey john donald ryan clarence arthur steams jr william robert williams george william wolfsten jr bachelor of science in business admin istration—robert wylie appleton arthur kirke bartley charles richard bergh richard henry bernasco andrew harrison rrennan thomas lee bushey george john bussmann francis arndt chidsey jr jon confbrte donald henry davies bernard william deehan leo worth dieffenbach clarence franklin fehnel jr roy nor man figueroa michael louis geiger thomas herman golden vincent frank grasso da vid evans gregory philip scott ouckes robert edwin hernisch burt lewis heimer barton royal heinz william bushnell hin man william bane holberton leßoy ord way king jr andrew frederick leckie jr charles lowell liebau jr jackson froelicher mitchell franklin lecron mor gal elbridge william palmer donald bruce parish kenneth porter jr john samuel reichard robert mack schantz joseph pidgeon thomas jr philip thomas var ricchio albert francis yon block franklin haldeman young continued on page 4 bachelor features bottoms up lyrics the may bachelor final 1942 43 issue will feature among its offerings the lyrics of bottoms up mustard and cheese produc tion several student requests were made for brown and white to run the lyrics but the campus news paper could not provide sufficient space for such publication other features in the lehigh hu mor magazine's lights out is sue are letters from houseparty dates an imaginary telephone conversation between president williams and the army officials in washington two short-stories and short features the bachelor's first serious cover of the year will be an architectural study of the alumni memorial building lobby grouped around the piano above are several members of the trapp family bethlehem pa friday may 7 1943 price — 5 cento vol l — no 53 tau beta pi picks peters as president pi tau sigma picks murray here it is erc men all enlisted reserve corps members at lehigh number ing 37 with the exception of advanced rotc will be elig ible for call to active duty not later than two weeks after the close of the present semester according to the third ser vice army command in a let ter to dean wray h cong don students will be called to active duty from their home addresses unless they indicate to dean congdon that they prefer to be called from lie high counselors are needed to staff summer camps thousands of camp counselors are needed to staff summer camps for children and adolescents ac cording to the camp unit of the united states employment ser vice students with camp experience good personality and the ability to handle children who are interest ed in work of this nature may obtain application cards or addi tional information at the place ment bureau pi tau sigma mechanical en gineering fraternity elected glenn murray 44 president for the coming year in the annual elec tions held last night at the sun inn the elections followed an in itiation held before the banquet in packard lab initiates included philip j berg 44x albert d corbett 44 oscar e fox 44 george f hewitt 44 william h st clair 44 louis m domeratzky 45x robert p lampert 45x george w smith 45x william f thomp son 45x and frederick e wiley 45x other officers named were berg vice - president richard shafer 44 treasurer hugh boyd 44 corresponding secretary and mi chael reifsnyder recording sec retary brown and white the last feature of the current student concert-lecture series broughal high school with the program slated to start at 8:15 for its a-capella singing of church and folk music the concert will be held tonight at the trapp family is world renowned coming up . . . 31st annual track and field championships of the middle atlan tic states collegiate athletic association . . . taylor track satur day may 8 ... preliminaries begin 1 p m ... flag raising and opening ceremony 2:15 p m . . . finals begin 2:30 ... 13 schools in mascaa will compete . . . harevford is defending champion tickets on sale at gate . . . general admission 50 cents students presenting athletic tickets faculty and children 25 cents . . . only officials and contestants will be permitted on infield since this gives a better view to all in stands your cooperation is re quested ... all events are in clear view of the bleachers at the finish line . . .