Brown and White Vol. 53 no. 31

              the fourteen female parts an filled by women members of th lehigh dramatic workshop anc members of the lehigh dames lehigh students are filling th twenty-one male parts scenery i being designed and painted by th student stage crew under the su pervision of charles keller anc mrs helen woods former wac and stage crew member of man service productions the production is under the di rection of professor davis of thi english department and profes sor and mrs wallis of he drama tic workshop anyone interested in participating in stage scenery and business management shoult attend rehearsals held weekday four o'clock at drown hall form was inaugurated in 1928 be fore that time members of the band wore brown sweaters white trous ers and a cap called a baker's cap band plays monday the first public appearance of the band this summer will be next monday at 4:00 p m when it will play for military drill in taylor field weather permitting at pres ent the band is preparing for the coming football season the band will play at the uni versity of conn football game oct 26 at stores conn the trip being the first long one since the 1942 yale game the band will also play at the lafayette game at eas ton at present the university band includes about sixty members all men interested in playing in the band are requested to contact joe goth delta sigma lehigh university band ordered one hundred new brown and white uniforms july 22 for the coming football season announced joe goth arts june 47 student di rector of the university band colonel p l sadler professor of military science and tactics was instrumental in obtaining the new design delivery of the new uniforms is expected around october 1 they will be the first new type that le high has had since the present uni the trousers will be brown with a double white stripe down each side the coats will be brown with white epaulets white trimmings on the four pockets and two white stripes on each sleeve a white shield with a brown gothic l will be on the right shoulder the military type cap will be brown with a white visor white braid and a white chin strap debators will vie for prize plans for * williams prize com petitions in debating and public speaking have been completed and judging from the number of inquiries being made by interes ted students a record turnout is expected for both contests regis ration for the debating contest will take place tomorrow evening thursday july 25 and registra tion for the speaking contest will be on friday evening july 26 both meetings will be held in room 410 packard lab at 7:30 p m many inquiries received paul schwab e e june 47 chairman of the speaking contest stated that he was being besieged by men seeking further informa tion about the contests in view of the large cash prizes being offered this is not difficult to understand participants will be registered and assigned to groups for the pre liminary eliminations which are scheduled for an early date therefore all men intending to complete should be present on the preview nights scheduled all un dergraduates are eligible for the debating contest and all freshmen juniors and seniors are eligible for the public speaking prizes freshman contest separate the speaking competition for freshmen will be run independent ly so that the less experienced men will not be handicapped the amount of work required of con testants has been reduced to a minimum and the contest dates have been arranged to prevent any conflict with examination sched ules this is the most attractive contest and the most rewarding that has been held on the lehigh campus since the war and should mark the revival of interest in speaking and debating at lehigh missionary is guest speaker the rev henri b pickens mis sionary to the orient will deliver the address at the chapel service packer memorial church sunday july 28 at 10 o'clock it is an nounced by the university chap lain the rev george m bean in speaking on the topic the christian church and the far east rev pickens will draw from a background of nearly a decade of experience in the orient his first appointment for work was in the episcopal diocese of anking china and later in shanghai while in china mr pickens preached and taught in chinese in the st james hospital and parish church where he founded a small lending library for anking chil dren during a summer term he taught two classes in english at st john's university shanghai one of several missionaries transferred from china to the philippine islands due to war con ditions mr pickens arrived in manila on december 7 there he continued on page 5 all veterans attending lehigh university under public law 16 will report to mr malesky in the velerans administration office once a month triad chairmen and dates bethlehem pa wednesday july 24 1946 5 cents miami triad renew ties at gala dance three fraternities revive traditional social event for first time since war over three hundred coolly clad couples braved mid-summer heat and a sudden thundershower to attend the miami triad dance held last saturday evening in the hotel bethlehem ballroom smooth mu sic was provided by hal haley and his aggregation while later in the evening couples clustered around the mike and harmonized ballads the waring way saturday afternoon prior to the dance the entire crew swarmed out vol liii — no 31 left to right cam conaway sigma chi and jane beckel dick seals beta theta pi and mrs seals ruth dudley and don cot ter phi delta theta to schmoyer's barn in allentown where a picnic-party and a soft ball game were held under the watchful eye of chaperone fay bart bartlett all the lads had their dates up to their respective fraternities for supper saturday night and dinner sunday after noon organized by 3 chairmen the success of the gala weekend can be attributed to the efficient organizing abilities of committee chairmen cam conaway sigma chi don cotter phi delta theta and dick seals beta theta pi saturday night's dance marks the revival of the triad tradition which was interrupted in 1942 by the war the tradition originally began at miami university in ox ford ohio where beta theta pi was founded in 1839 phi delta theta in 1848 and sigma chi in 1855 the dance is a feature social event at every college or univer sity where the three fraternities are active each girl wore the flower of the continued on page 5 three dorm units to be constructed for 120 students soon will provide housing construction work on three tem porary dormitory units to be erect ed on the lehigh university cam pus during the present housing emergency is expected to get un der way about aug 1 andrew w litzenberger superintendent of buildings and grounds announced this morning the three units will accommo date a total of 120 male students each of the buildings will have 20 rooms each to house two students detailed plans for construction are now being completed by litzen berger's staff work to take 90 days approval of the site was granted early this week when litzenberger conferred with officials of the na tional housing agency of the fed eral public housing authority in new york city the buildings will be erected on the site of the old tennis courts between sigma nu and delta upsilon fraternity hous es each of the buildings as ap proved by the national housing agency will be approximately 20 8 wide by 124 8 long the buildings are of one-story design with ten rooms on each side of the dormitory separated by a corridor room size as planned is approxi mately eight by ten feet shower and toilet facilities will be.pro vided in each of the three build ings by a 20 by 20 washroom at one end of each dormitory litzenberger stated that it is an ticipated that it will require 90 days before the temporary units are completed asme elects new officers richard c huyett oct 46 was elected president of the lehigh chapter of the american society of mechanical engineers which held its first meeting of the semes ter last thursday the other offices were filled by john j purcell vice-president richard l heil man secretary and kenneth c johnson treasurer three movies were shown after the business meeting the first was a sound film on the spinning of aluminum prepared by the u s bureau of mines the other two were made here at lehigh by the m e and i e departments the first was a film showing four model newcomen engines in operation in packard laboratory mr james p hartmen honorary chairman of a s m e a lehigh said that it was possibly the first time that four model newcomen engines had operated together the other film was prepared and thomas t holme it showed the studies made on truck components tudies made on truck components at the mack motor plant in allen town which resulted in a consid erable saving in truck assembly time also discussed at the meeting were plans for an outing later in the summer town men to hold picnic and dance in response to requests which have been received by town council another picnic and outing will be held this saturday july 27 at 1:30 p m gene sowers chairman of the entertainment committee has announced that all those inerested in attending this affair should meet at drown hall at 1:30 bringing along a picnic lunch beverages and ice cream will be supplied by town council the picnic will be held at the little lehigh parkway near al lentown and members who have automobiles are requested to drive over to help out with transporta continued on page 5 band to get face-lifting with new design uniform brown & white lehigh university m&c chooses august play the streets of new york bj dion boucirault has been choser as the mustard and cheese pro duction for this semester it wil be presented on the 15th 16th anc 17th of august at broughal higl school located en the corner o packer and brodhead avenues it is a typical melodramati thriller of the victorian era anc was first produced in the wallacfc theatre in new york in 1857 feature attractions of m and c's ten scene thriller are a magiciar and a mellow-vioced quartet