Brown and White Vol. 53 no. 37

              the group arrived at the lake susquehanna airport at ten o'clock continued on page 3 ambulance goal in sight professor thomas holme of the m e department announces a very satisfactory response to the ambulance drive with donations from students averaging well over a dollar per man the dames club fraternities and dorm-men have done an excellent job in bringing the 5,000 goal into view al though figures are not yet avail able the status of the fund is ex pected to be known by september 15 a meeting of representatives of the alumni faculty and student living groups is to be held this week to determine the exact pro gress the fund has made so far and how much more money will be necessary for completion of the project a campaign is now underway among the alumni and it is expec ted that a considerable boost for the fund will come from this quar ter an offer by two lehigh men to provide and equip an ambulance and chassis at cost will probably be accepted whitaker s inaugural committee selected a faculty committee has been selected to plan the inauguration ceremonies for dr martin d whitaker eighth president of le high university the inauguration will be held on the campus at a date to be announced the general committee of three includes profesors fred v lar kin herbert m diamond and rob ert p more nine chosen by cyanide nine men will be tapped by cy anide lehigh's junior honorary society at the flagpole this thurs day at noon president hans baer will confer the honors on the fol lowing men emil klimack arte feb 48 who is the assistant make-up editor on the brown &. white staff gene sowers e e feb 48 vice-president of town council jim dennison arts oct 47 preident of arcadia dave street arts oct 47 president of leonard hall herm zwart chem e oct 47 varsity cheerleader bruce waltz m e feb 48 r vice president of kappa sigma : roger tove bus oct 47 news manager of the b & w dick bodine m e oct 47 active on the student chapel committee and al farans bus fep 48 business manager of the b & w all the men selected by cyanide are chosen because they have shown an ardent interest in lehigh activities and have maintained high scholastic standings this is the first time that cyanide has elected men without use of the customary submitted point lists cyanide feels that only in this manner will they reach many men who are deserving of the honor continue 4 on page 3 dupont and g.e interview 86 men eighty-six seniors all prospec tive employees crowded the place ment bureau offices last week for interviews with representatives from the e i dupont de nemours company and the general elec tric company comprising a cross section of the various colleges within the uni versity 20 of the applicants were interviewed for dupont and 66 for general electric both october graduates and march 1947 grad uates were included in the inter view by the schools represented some indication of the present demand for personsel in the respective fields of the two companies may continued on page 3 gene gott heads dance committee the dance committee for the fall house party was selected at a meet ing of the inter-fraternity coun cil in drown hall on monday even ing september 9 gene gott of psi upsilon was selected chairman joe goth of delta sigma phi bob hundt of theta delta chi and bill wallace of delta tau delta were selected to serve along with gott on the committee the rushing rules for the fall semester will remain the same ex cept that the period of rushing will extend from sunday october 20 to saturday october 26 this reduces the rushing period from 2 weeks to 1 week all bids are to be handed in by 10 a m saturday october 26 bethlehem pa wednesday september 11 1946 final briefing before the flight 5 cent houseparty queen to be cover girl contest sponsored by goblet queen's photo to be on cover of magazine's first issue pending its approval by the board of publications a contest to de termine the queen of the fall houseparty is planned to be sponsored by the goblet in conjunction with the dance committee of the inter fraternity council the selection of the queen will be made from pho tographs of contestants and it is requested that all photographs be turned in to the arcadia office in drown hall by 4:00 p.m friday october 4 all living groups are invited to choose one sweetheart who will members of the flying club checking maps prior to cross-coun try flight from left to right don wythe treasurer bob clark maintenance officer bill eardner president ted lamberton vice presidert peter fetterolf and stanley antas joseph h goth jr playgd a very pleasant flute solo roman za and rudy schubert played the original version of the well-known deep purple by peter deßose music lovers from the entire le high valley attended this concert of songs of the brown and white the song best received was old man noah a humorous sea chan tey arranged by bartholomew great britain was represented by surrey song by matthews rus sia by two short numbers fire flies and at father's door ar ranged by davies and france by dance of the bacchantes by gounod american numbers on the program were this is my coun try and stout hearted men also included was a superior ren dition of moonglow with a ter rific piano background played by accompanist rudy schubert le high's two songs hail to the col lege and alma mater opened and closed the concert old man noah enjoyed the program of 15 numbers was arranged by dr t edgar shields glee club director along a united nations motif with pieces repre senting all the major united na tions and several minor nations a large receptive audience en joyed the summer concert of the lehigh university glee club held last saturday evening in the audi torium of drown hall the colle gians furnished music for a dance which followed the highly success ful concert the second since the war by l g matthews jr collegians furnish dance music after concert audience enjoys summer concert vol liii — no 37 be their candidate for houseparty queen and all married students are also requested to submit pic tures of their wives as candidates judges from football squad five member of the football team will select the queen all sponsors must guarantee that their candidates will attend the dance to be held in grace hall the even ing of november 15 on the back of each picture submitted by a liv ing group should be the name of the girl and the name of the living group whose sweetheart she is the name of the queen will be kept absolutely secret it is hoped until the night of the dance the winner of the contest will be the cover girl of the first issue of the goblet which will be ini tially released on the evening of the houseparty dance at the dance amid a blaze of glory she will be crowned houseparty queen runners-up will also be shown in the goblet's first issue group attends u n meeting a memorable u n security council meeting that was marked by a fiery denunciation of greece delivered by the russian repre sentative anthony gromyko was attended by a dozen of lehigh's students of international relations who visited the conclave in the sperry building near great neck on long island thursday septem ber 5 gromyko's tirade against the greeks came when he spoke in support of the ukraine's charges that greece was a menace to world peace on account of incidents on her borders with bulgaria and al bania w leon godshall associate pro fessor of international relations led the lehigh men who made the trip the group included harry m atkins hans baer james m den nison george e funk thomas j gulya william c hookway george t mckinley george her ket malcolm h schvey richard b seals charles thompson and roger h tove according to professor god shall the department of interna tional relations is arranging for other field trips for advanced stu dents they will attend the sessions of the u n assembly if it con venes according to schedule later this month fraternity pledges hold second party last friday night from eight un til one about eighty pledges rep resenting practically every frater nity on campus officially met each other at a party sponsored by delta tau delta phi gamma delta and delta upsilon in the university room of the hotel bethlehem the affair was the sec ond of its kind this year the idea having been introduced last semes ter by the same fraternities singing and the ousting of a few brothers who tried to crash the party highlighted the evening's entertainment though there were no celebrities present the pledges honored the prince of wales by playing four games in his honor which lasted throughout the even ing flying club makes trip the first cross-country trip of the lehigh university flying club was made last sunday morning to the lake susquehanna airport at blairstown n j brown and white the flight consisted of eight planes piloted by members of the flying club and one other plane owned and operated by a bethle hem resident philip a sigal two of the eight planes piloted by club members were the newly pur chased 1946 aeronca champions the additional planes were char tered from local airports the takeoff originally scheduled for 8 a m was delayed one hour because of adverse flying condi tions william bradner president of the club divided the aircraft into two flight groups composed of five aeroncas and three piper cubs art albright an instructor at the bethlehem-easton airport led the formation of aeroncas and bill bradner led the cubs all students interested in running for election to the five man committee must submit their names and activity lists at the ar cadia office by september 19 elections will be held on septem ber 26 and 27