Brown and White Vol. 52 no. 42

              the board of publications con sisting of dean congdon ex-offi cio chairman professors harmon clifford rights and don shettel and jack shipherd will convene shortly to determine the other editorial positions of the board these appointments will be pub lished in the first edition of the brown and white next semester vol lii no 42 bethlehem pa wednesday may 30 1945 price 5 cents panel talk to be held june 29 using a a nucleus dr friedrich a hayek's provocative road to serfdom a panel discussion on the topic of planned economy will be held june twenty-ninth under the auspices of the lehigh debat ing club john tuberty president announced recently preparation for the meeting will be facilitated by a selective biblio graphy and display of books on economics and political science from the stacks and treasure room of the library now on exhibition in the reading room phi beta kappa taps four phi beta kappa national scho lastic honorary initiated into its ranks four new members at a din ner meeting held last sunday af ternoon in lamberton hall all members of the class of june 1945 the new members harry kern edwin piesk both arts chems robert curtis e.p and joseph rengert 1.e were initiated at the meeting presided over by president edgar riley associate professor of english dean palmer retiring secretary was the speaker of the afternoon discussing german culture toler ance and religion describing jos eph lessig an 18th century ger man pan-theist who wrote a play on tolerance which was burned by the nazis during their regime acting dean of the college of arts and sciences robert more replaced dean palmer as secre tary of the society an office held by the dean for many years among the 21 members present were two women phi betes mrs robert laramy and mrs george curtis baer with us . . . we appreciate the work of the brown and white in spite of the editorials that we have been getting lately words to this effect were uttered by dean palmer at the recent flag pole exercises perhaps the remark was made in jest we certainly hope so but if it were not it is a matter that calls for serious thinking the recent editorials which evidently displeased the administration concerned the wretched conditions in the physics department the eternal problem of houseparty weekends and finally the drown mem orial hall renovation these subjects were chosen by the brown and white editorial council in accordance with its editorial policy the opinions expressed in the editorials are not the views of merely one man the editorial opinions expressed in the brown and white rep resent the opinions of the council in turn fully representative of stu dent opinion unless the editorial is signed on consulting authorities it has been said that we have not consulted the proper authori ties before publishing an editorial this point is surely unfounded before publishing the article on the physics department a member of the editorial council consulted with dr bidwell the head of the de partment to get the facts first hand the editorial was written with the full consent of dr bidwell who later on also expressed his appro val of the article if this editorial displeased authorities higher than the head of the department we still feel that we have met and dis cussed our opinions with a responsible source insofar as editorial opinion is permitted surely we must be granted the privelege of dis cussing a problem which affects a good portion of the student body to a great extent the article concerning houseparty was purely an editorial of opin ion members of the brown and white staff had repeatedly discussed the problem with students and members of student government these in turn talked to the administration officers concerning houseparty when the editorial was written brown and white was expressing valid opinion of the students who were deeply concerned about the unfortunate relations existing between the dean and the students in this matter most assuredly the brown and white has a right to reveal student opinion when it concerns the social and moral welfare of the student body as a whole editorials show student interest then followed a series of editorials about the drown hall renovation the plans had been submitted to mr litzenberger who confirmed the feasibility of the idea the editorials were purely an outgrowth of student interest and were represented as such we therefore see ab solutely no reason for any objection to our editorial policy on this count it is true that sometimes we do not consult with the highest authori ties but that must be attributed to the unfortunate fact that many members of the faculty deliberately withhold information and there fore do not give the brown and white its necessary support a recent incident should be cited to illustrate this statement a brown and white reporter was recently sent to one of the deans to cover a story the reporter was practically thfown out because the dean had no time to waste on a lowly reporter and asked that one of the editors come in does that encourage responsible journalism by the way the editors were unfortunately also too busy editorials are constructive in other words we think that our editorial policy is entirely re sponsible we try to make our editorials constructive and they should be appreciated as such we are not merely trying to tear down we think it is our job to suggest to try to improve and to justify student opinion in general this is what we consider valid journalism free dom of the press is the right guaranteed to us as thinking democratic citizens in conclusion we would like to quote samuel johnson every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth and every other man has a right to knock him down for it arcadia sets plans for last piom event tickets must be obtained from living groups rader's orchestra to play lyn merkle vocalist somewhere somehow somewhy on saturday june 2 there will be a conclave on south mountain known to all lehigh students as a weekend dance somewhere everywhere including grace hall from 10 p.m saturday until 2 a.m sunday morning somehow by a swift and direct approach to that source of currency which never fails to be recognized the conclavers can take their hard winnings to the various heads of living groups and get their tickets at 3.30 per couple ... oh yes that 30 is government tax tickets after wednesday may 30 will be 3.60 . . . 30 more for in convenience somewhy well it's the biggest finalest gala event of this semester the rest of the why is left up to you feature for the evening affair will be lyn merkle the vocalist for bud rader's orchestra those who have spent their winter eve nings in the odd fellows hall in allentown can vouchsafe that ra der is a top band he has gathered a fine group of musicians together to make his music attractive the dance committee including bill wehner lido lacocca al ve trosky and bill boothby have spent many hours making arrange ments for the successful comple tion of this last event preceding the gorgeous evening lehigh's well groomed baseball team will take another swat at lafayette whom the brown and white down ed in their first two meetings to the tune of 6-4 and 7-6 complete subjugation of the leopards will be a pleasant cocktail to start the night off right for those who desire the dignified sport of ten nis there will be a match with the university of pennsylvania at 1:00 p.m at a.m by the way . . . un less you like your love games at night that's the story . . . except that this is the home-run clout for many a senior who will say boys remember in 45 that last arcadia dance . . . boy was that a great conclave fraternities elect pledge new men two fraternities have made the following announcements kappa sigma initiated leonard w bar ber e.e june 47 c merris keen arts oct 46 and edward j bas kerville chem.e oct 47 tau delta phi announced the election of the following house officers for the coming semester consul sey mour schwartz vice-consul rich ard greene quaestor arthur tenenholz scribe i larry bin ger alumni-scribe silvain segal editor-historian jerry wagman ifc elects new men new elections for the coming semester comprised the chief bus iness of the recent if council meet ing it was held monday evening may 28th the newly elected offi cers were mcl ramberg presi dent dick craig vice-president allen j goodman secretary and john zimmerman treasurer the new president took over the meet ing immediately and expressed the hope that the present cabinet may do as fine a job as the retiring officers as its first official act the new administration will seek a date for the if ball which is scheduled sometime during the early part of next semester the officers of the council will also be responsible for the faithful fulfillment of the newly organized rushing rules on the part of the fraternities this supervision will include the council's general re sponsibility for all fraternities dur ing the scheduled thirteen days of rushing the retiring officers are bill wehner president al vetrosky vice-president bill schwemlein secretary and dick craig treas urer editor emeritus treser coaches the new editor in his task of turning out editorial copy for the b&w treser has been editor of the b&w for 1 two semesters and is now handing down the job to don shettel with his graduation in the june class shettel appointed editor of b&w don l shettel chem e feb 46 has been appointed to serve as editor-in-chief of the brown and white during the coming semes ter shette^succeeds robert treser chem.e who is being graduated at this time don shettel has always been very active on the lehigh cam pus he has seen action on the brown and white staff as a desk man make-up editor and news manager he is a member of the mustard and cheese club cyan ide and tapped into omicron delta kappa his efforts in the journal istic field were rewarded by mem bership in pi delta epsilon brown and white lehigh university