Brown and White Vol. 56 no. 11

              these statistics could not be published before the contest ended because the brown and white did not want these figures to influence the contestants these question naires were sent to one out of ev ery ten of the registered 576 mar ried students the compiled averages from these forms were used to deter mine a hypothetical mr and mrs lehigh these averages formed the basis for choosing the real life mr and mrs lehigh 1947 48 naturally the real couple's statistics did not have to comply exactly with the hypothetictl cou ple here are the complete results from the 55 preliminary question naires that were sent out wife works full time wife age 22.8 education imj years beyond high school train ing business school in pa — within 60 miles of bethlehem home town same overall scholas tic grade b movies drama and musicals drink moderately mix ed ; dance foxtrot and waltz other amusements outdoor and indoor sports talking military or naval service no work full has 2.45 average husband age 24.4 education 14 years curriculum engineer ing prep or high school in pa — within 60 miles of bethlehem home town in pa — within 60 miles of bethlehem overall col lege grade 2.45 campus activi ties two movies drama drink moderately beer and mixed dance foxtrot other amusements outdoor sports military or naval service army work no our children wife and husband live togeth er 2.74 rooms and bath eat at home acquaintance 5.94 years engagement 1.04 years marriage 1.7 years number of children 0.2 aye no of hours per week spent together excluding studying 49 aye monthly expenses 175.83 rent 37.91 food 68.94 clothing 19.77 amusements 18.00 other 31.21 aye monthly income 255.77 va 90.00 wife 135.77 when skitch returned to civilian life after serving in the air corps he picked up his career frank sinatra invited him to make one guest appearance a month on his network show he also became the rage of hollywood and before long was receiving invitations to parties faster than he could an swer them among his boosters were prominent figures such as bing crosby bob hope frank sinatra dick haymes and arturo rubinstein capitol records asked him to organic his own orchestra and signed him to a recording contract about the time his first records were appearing in the music stores he was also signed to a regular featured spot on the bing crosby philco show leans on long hairs skitch feels that the trend in music is slowly veering from the frantic and raucous in dance mu sic to the kind of music folks can keep time to without perspiring it was with this feeling in mind that he molded the style of his orchestra in symphonic music he leans heavily to the modern french school and such composers as ravel and debussy one of his main ambitions is to bring an ap preciation of modern classicism to the kids of the nation his favor ite classical pianist is william kappel art tatum is his choice in the popular field recently skitch has been play ing at well known spots such as the hotel pennsylvania the cap itol theatre and others he has also been signed by ben bogeaus and burgess meredith for the jimmy stewart-henry fonda se quence of the episode a miracle can happen for the picture skitch will not only write and con duct the musical background but will also ghost the piano parts for jimmy stewart and appear in the picture as the bandleader studied for concert career in england and later changed style by tim dennis sharing the spotlight with bud dy rich and providing some of the country's most danceable mu sic at the i f ball on nov 7 will be skitch henderson and his fa mous orchestra skitch will fea ture nancy reed and andy rob erts along with his ingenious pi ano styling.s lyle cedric skitch hender son was born in birmingham eng land where his father was in the diplomatic corps attached to the british embassy when he was still a very young boy skitch en tered the lords school of music in london determined to become a concert pianist studied under coates his first concert performance was under the auspices of the bir mingham league concert guild and a critical audience agreed he had a good chance for musical fame soon after he was adding to his knowledge of music under the tuatelage of albert coates celebrated conductor of the lon don philharmonic orchestra mr coates has had many students who soared to fame and young hen derson will always remain in his memory at the age of 16 skitch hen derson headed for the united states in america he studied pi ano composition for a while with a friend malcolm frost schooled to consider popular music a badly formed by-product of the works of the masters skitch was awak ened to a new music when he lis tened to the haunting and savage harmonies of the great duke el lington band then and there the teen-aged virtuoso changed his mind about style his former music teachers must have blushed when they heard about his professional engagement in america because skitch was touring vaudeville as accompan ist to cliff ukulele ike edwards soon after this however he start ed playing his remarkable piano stylings for such top-ranking bands as glenn gray's casa loma band skinnay ennis tommy dor sey and artie shaw went to hollywood skitch deserted the dance band field for a short time for featured spots on radio such as the pep sodent show and dave rose's cal ifornia melodies he invaded the hollywood set when mr and mrs bob hope invited him to be their guest he had met mrs hope when as dolores reed she was singing in new york when war broke out he was dividing his time between guest appearances and his duties as house conductor and pi anist for nbc in hollywood davis selects r u r casts to hold mikado tryouts on november 10 11 two tentative casts for the fall production of r.u.r have been selected by prof h barrett da vis faculty director of mustard and cheese in addition professor davis has announced that the club will present gilbert and sullivan's the mikado in collaboration with the glee club of moravian college for women on april 28 and 29 and may 1 cast a for r u r includes howard kucher 48 herbert trumpoldt 49 lloyd antonides 47 james palmer 48 john plumb 48 donald oldroyd 48 revel pray 50 eric rickard,'4b john jordan 49 and lois raben old audree kirchman nancy lynn and carold rickard of mo ravian college for women the b cast includes boyd thistle 48 richard ash 50 james gill 51 william reehl 47 john se graves 48 ; edward artim,'47 ; and edith mckinley of moravian the mikado will be directed by professor davis who will have as musical advisers and directors william schempf assistant profes sor of music and miss gertrude barnes of moravian music will be provided by the lehigh university symphony orchestra with lee richards as pianist tryouts are now being held a moravian col lege under the direction of miss barnes and they will be held at 4 p.m nov 10 and 11 in room 314 christmas-saucon hall soph's first stag party the class of 1950 will hold its first stag party at the hotel bethlehem ballroom on friday nov 14 at 7:30 p.m the main speaker of the evening will be billy sheridan class adviser refreshments for all noted humorist appears nov 19 will rogers of piano to present varied program in grace hall by earle compton jr second on the list of student concert-lecture programs for the fall semester will be the appear ance of henry l scott originator and pioneer of concert humor and hilarious virtuoso of the piano in grace hall on nov 19 scott who has been described by critics as the will rogers of the piano will arrive at lehigh fresh from concerts at carnegie hall first concert humorist mr scott's career includes short pictures for paramount radio ap pearances theatre engagements a season at the famous rainbow room in new york and finally a debut at town hall as america's first concert humorist during the past three years he has played in concert halls from coast to coast where he has been hailed for both his piano stylings and his humor to carry out his humorous sketches the artist uses an orange a wig and a pair of mittens as props he writes and arranges all of his own material and in his re citals makes use of both panto mine and the spoken word to car ry out antics ranging from subtle satire to broad forms of humor early evidence of talent as with most great artists henry l scott gave early evi dence of his talent at the age of four he started to pick out tunes on the piano his efforts at humor began about the same time he says when he noticed that he could make his elder brother laugh by running around the din ing room table and hitting his head on a sharp corner this was painful but accomplished the pur pose that of making someone laugh as an undergraduate majoring in the piano at syracuse univer sity he hit upon the idea of com bining his musical and humorous interests following his graduation he went through the usual trials and tribulations of a young musi cian with auditions trouping teaching studying and assorted odd jobs for eight years he audi tioned for billy rose and the late flo ziegfeld but neither was par ticularly enthusiastic his grad uate studies included special work at the mannes school in new york where he continued the develop ment of his styling of the classics master of pantomine for a person whose musical training was almost entirely class ical his interpretations of boogie woogie rumbas tangos and straight swing playing are a de light to the ear his ability to play all these forms well is due to his keen ear which enables him to imitate the styles of top flight pop ular pianists dubbed by music and drama critics as a master of pantomine mr scott makes use of this al most forgotten form of dramatic art as the basic ingredient of some of his funniest sketches his ac complishments are many and he can be thought of as a composer arranger writer educator actor inventor humorist and concert pi anist all at the same time to debate over wgpa the director for this program will be patterson benner of the english department and alden cummins 48 will be the an nouncer depression yes or no will be discussed by professors elmer bratt and jesse burkhead of the college of businiss administration over the radio program lehigh university talks on nov 6 from 1:30 to 1:45 p.m the broadcast is produced by the lehigh radio workshop over station wgipa and emanates from the speech stu dio in christmas-saucon hall polio victim recovers david klein son of mr and mrs w h klein 1427 northamp ton st easton has retmrned home from st luke's hospital where he had been recuperating from infan tile paralysis prior to his illness mr klein had been attending le high university hundred couples attend charity hop one hundred couples attended lehigh's combined charities dance in grace hall saturday night the dance culminated lehigh's drive to raise 2500 william hunt 49 chairman of the dance committee announced that although the affair netted about 150 it could be called highly successful because this amount was clear profit guests danced to the music of frank bartholomew and the col legians who donated their services for the evening according to one couple interviewed the music was as good as that played by many name bands and better in the respect that straight dance music rather than jump or exhibition music was played members of alpha phi omega national service society operated the coke concession without pay ment refreshments were in charge of irvin huber 48 chaperones for the affair were president and mrs whitaker dean and mrs congdon and chaplain and mrs bean chairman of the dance commit tee was william hunt assisted by william d'olier james duff gene sowers and al mccauley irvin huber and ed leet handled re freshments and publicity and fer ris saydah and richard royer at tended the doors ing or drawing a net in the weir tank ye shall not search for any thing underwater hidden buried etc ye shall not seek to obtain by artifice or indirectly seek to draw forth the fish furthermore do not attempt to feed the fish do not attempt to furnish anything essential to the growth sustenance or mainten ance of the fish none but the exalted fish overseer may feed the fish lest they become ill sick affected with disease or inclined to vomit ye shall not disturb annoy ir ritate tease vex molest or frus trate said fish ye shall not eat the fish neith er shall ye take in through the mouth as food chew upon swal low gnaw upon nor devour in any manner the aquatic residents of the weir tank during spawning period ye shall maintain constant heads on all weirs ye shall maintain con stant temperature throughout the tanks ye shall endeavor to main tain laminar flow use of weir a weir for the benefit of non-engineering students hilden brandt explained is a device for measuring the rates of flow of li quids the weir is a dam contain ing a v-shaped opening through which liquids flow the weir tank itself is a reservoir for the liquid that flows through the weir the weir tank in packard lab is located on the first floor it is approximately 20 feet long five feet wide and at places nearly six feet in depth the tank is at present being used as a revervoir for steam condensate and water used in pump tests by student en gineers there are no fish in the weir tank at packard lab va to hold meetings the training office of the vet erans administration will conduct hourly meetings next week to iron out the present subsistence diffi culties edwin malesky training officer will meet with all veteran students to help them fill out the forms that will expedite the mailing of past due susistence checks all students who have not received their checks for the past month as well as those whose subsistence is in ar rears from an earlier date are re quested to attend one of these meetings the times scheduled for the meetings are 1 2 3 and 4 p.m wednesday nov 5 and 1 2 and 3 p.m thursday nov 6 the place is packard laboratory audi torium mr malesky thinks this method will prove more effective in solv ing the problems than the mailing of individual letters to the regional office of the v a any future dis crepancies in subistence will be handled by mr malesky in his of fice in christmas-saucon hall where he will be available mon day through friday with the ex ception of tuesday and thursday mornings however the large number of students who have subsistence troubles at the present time requires the use of the audi torium the training officer has re quested that all students who have subsistence problems learn their c-numbers before attending these meetings c-numbers may be as certained from the cerificate of eligibility the registrar's office or the veterans administration of fice in christmas-saucon hall sutherland holme to debate on umt the affirmative side in the forthcoming forum on do we need universal military train ing will be taken by thomas t holme associate professor of me and le and robert e mertz feb 49 hale sutherland professor of ce and paul e schwab june 48 will take the negative side the forum sponsored by the lehigh chapter of the american veterans committee will be held monday nov 17 in packard audi torium at 7:30 p.m everyone is invited professor holme is a lieutenant colonel in the ordnance depart ment reserve he served on active duty from september 1941 to march 1946 he was retired as a lieutenant colonel he was twice decorated while in service receiv ing the legion of merit for de veloping a night sight for small arms fire and a commendation medal for contributions as officer in charge of engineering at spring field armory mass he served overseas in england for two years professor sutherland is former head of the ce department hav ing served in that capacity from september 1930 to october 1947 during world war i he was a first lieutenant in the army engineer corps and served in france he taught at mit from 1912 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1930 and was exchange professor at robert col lege in istanbul turkey robert mertz and paul schwab are student members of the le high university debating society carothers to talk to blair alumni blair academy alumni now at tending lehigh university will hold a banquet tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the university room of the hotel bethlehem dr neil carothers father of three blair alumni will be guest speaker at the dinner in honor of blairs new headmaster dr ben jamin d roman dr roman suc ceeded dr charles h breed who retired last year over thirty of the new jersey prep school's alumni now enrolled at lehigh are planning to attend bringing the total invited to over 100 during the dinner the blair academy double quartet will offer a program of college songs mr harry f walker will act as mas ter of ceremonies all blair alumni who may not have been mailed invitations are cordially invited to attend the meeting is the fourth in the blair reunion series previous dinners having been held at princeton pennsylvania and lafayette by al yost for the protection of non-exis tent marine life in the weir tank at packard laboratory a group of engineers recently founded a uni que society engineers do contrary to pop ular opinion indulge in extra curricular activities at times these activities are odd ones to be sure such as the t.d.l club to tal destruction of lehigh or the 5.p.a.8.m.l.f.w.t.a.p.l society for the preservation and better ment of marine life at packard laboratory the t.d.l club died a prema ture death and the founders will not disclose names of members or plans of the infamous organiza tion the s.p.a.b.m.l.f.w.t.a.p l however is a well-known and flourishing society boasting the signatures of at least eleven fac ulty members the society brainstorm of aug ust j hildenbrandt 48 has a charter written by john land vater 49 with the assistance of walter j c stiver 49 and don ald e ross 48 the charter is complete with seal and signatures of 56 members purpose of club the purpose of the club is stat ed in the charter reproduced be low know ye all m.e.s and i.e.'s know ye all lesser engineers know ye all to the lowest arts man that we are dedicated to the pre servation and futherment of mar ine life in the sacred tanks of packard lab we are convinced that deliberate destruction of the defenceless and unobtrusive fish one of nature's creatures finds motivation in psychological fac tors identical to those which pro duce war crime and other evils heed then ye shall not at tempt to catch the fish as by angl bethlehem pa tuesday november 4 1947 vol lvi no 11 henry scott plays next scl concert price — 5 cents henderson houseparty band leader trained for classics skitch henderson henry scott asme hears m d talk about labor dr loyal a shoudy head of the bethlehem steel company's local dispensary spoke on some problems of human engineering at the meeting of the student chap ter of the american society of mechanical engineers thursday oct 30 in packard laboratory auditorium dr shoudy a pioneer in indus trial medicine and research in in dustrial hazards emphasized em ployer-employee relationships in industry he cited examples of so lutions of personal problems which resulted in happier and more use ful employees the speaker em phasized the fact that foremen should be for men he illustrat ed many of his points with char acteristic wit the speaker is a graduate of the university of washington where he was a football player in addi tion to being head of the bethle hem steel company dispensary dr shoudy is in charge of re search in industrial health the business meeting was pre sided over by richard h jones june 48 president and the speak er was introduced by fred v larkin head of the mechanical and industrial engineering depart ment the next meeting of the lehigh section of asme will be a joint meeting with the lafayette sec tion of the society it will be held at the tatamy fire house on nov 13 and both student groups will be guests of the lehigh valley sec tion asme w t piper of the piper aircraft corporation will speak about personal flying and light planes chaperones to meet the resident chaperones of le high living groups will meet at a tea with dr wray h congdon dean of undergraduates and asso ciate dean john d leith tomor row afternoon at 4:30 in drown hall they will discuss the duties and responsibilities which the houseparty weekend will neces sitate flu shots postponed the influenza shots will be given on thursday nov 13 from 7 to 10 p.m in the health center instead of the previously announced date of nov 7 student body demonstrates poor spirit of total enrollment only 15 per cent came to pre-game pep rally by jack lyons the lehigh football team and the band were well represented at the pre-game pep rally friday night at grace hall the cheer leaders and the entire coaching staff were there too all that was missing was a student body about 400 students turned out for what was one of the most stir ring exhibitions of school spirit seen this year considering the fact that only 15 per cent of the total undergraduate enrollment had to do all the cheering paul franz assistant director of admissions did the fronting and introduced the speakers at one point he stressed that the rally could mark the eve of the most glorious victory of the season for lehigh and well it might have but for the lack of backing the team received from its folowers sunny edwards speaks the chief reason for the amaz ing display of spirit by those pres ent was the talk by sonny ed wards 13 one of lehigh's all time cheerleading greats mr ed wards remarked that the small at tendance at the pep rally prior to a lehigh-muhlenberg football game was shameful he stressed the point that it was time lehigh started thinking in terms of win ning instead of losing if lehigh had the winning spirit he said there wouldn't be standing room in grace hall tonight other speakers were coach leckonby and team members russ jones and bill heck notable among those absent from the audi ence were a number of those who have been yelling the loudest about our poor football team their presence on friday might have made the difference on sat urday a remarkable feature of friday night's affair was the large num ber of student wives present it sounds like a good idea to encour age this at the rate things are going by next year the wives may be the only ones to show up at pep rallies engineers society protects non-existent marine life brown and white survey tells mr learns mrs earns averages form basis to elect hypothetical lehigh couple by richard m f davis mrs lehigh really brings home the bacon she is a good home manager too this was proven by a close survey of the results of the preliminary questionnaires that were sent out prior to the start of the mr and mrs lehigh 1947-48 contest all seniors should pay as sessment of 8.00 to secretary in arcadia office by dec 2 this is the deadline to au mr and mrs lehigh 1947-48 entrants the winning couple has been notified so if you have not heard from the b&w you did not win meet the winning cou ple in this friday's special houseparty issue