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              ever that the principle of the or ganization is good but that it lacks sufficient power to be effective strong world rule needed telling his audience that all ef forts of mankind to date to keep peace among nations have failed he declared that the hope for per manent peace is still some strong world government dedicated to progress freedom and happiness this central government must be clothed with ample power to com pel obedience to its edicts from all its subjects he stated in his plea for world unification despite thejplark days in which we live there is still some hope for peace because most nations love peace and want peace after all russia wants security and peace and so does the united states se curity largely determines our for eign policy and the foreign policy of all nations reviews foreign policy in his address dr harmon re viewed the history of american diplomatic policy since the presi dency of george washington to the present day with major stress on current problems of american and international relations five members of the lehigh chapter attended the convention they were alben conger 48 who made the chapter report wright britton 50 robert j martin 49 richard strausburg 50 and doug las trost 51 pilot training for civilians to be viewed air force officers to stress advantages offered in program pilot training and non-rated of fleer candidate opportunities now being offered to civilians by the states air force will be described by usaf officers at a meeting jp v t>e held in the arcadia room on march 11 and 12 from 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m the meeting will be open to . all interested young men from this area traveling air force teams are visiting major colleges and univer o sities throughout the united states to acquaint young men interested in aviation with the educational and career opportunities and bene fits available through service with i the new united states air force fled procedure recently adopted by the usaf authorizes the traveling • teams to give all the qualfying tests required for the course ex tcol focht in charge lt col joseph g focht who is i in charge of the usaf program in jt the 11th air force area said to [ day that young men desiring to sign up for aviation cadet train ing would be able to determine at once whether or not they could qualify he said that the simpli cept the final physical examina tion this procedure he pointed out eliminates delay inconven ience and expense to prospective candidates for training 12-month course an aviation cadet who success fully completes the 12-month training course in modern aircraft will be given an t officer's commis sion in the air force reserve with the aeronautical rating of pilot he will then be assigned to active fly ing duty with the air force agree ing to serve three years each cadet class is divided into three courses of approximately four months each primary and basic training are given at randolph field texas advanced training is tak^n either in single-engined williams field arizona or in multi-engined planes at barksdale field louisiana admission standards are high colonel focht said only unmar : ried male citizens between the ages of 20 to 26 years are elig ible applicants must have had two or more years of college or be to pass an examination to tneasure its equivalent submit odk point list now membership based on activities scholarship students in their sth 6th or 7th semesters who are interested in joining omicron delta kappa na tional honorary society in leader ship and activities this spring should submit their point lists to the arcadia offices before satur day march 13th membership in the society is de pendent on two factors first an applicant must rank in the upper one-third of his class second he must have accumulated a sufficient number of activity points distrib uted over the various phases of college life o d k divides activities into five broups scholarship athletics social and religious affairs publi cations and speech social and dramatic arts points are based on the number of semesters partici pation in the same activity to be eligible for membership a candi date must not have more than 75 per cent of his points in one group seeks outstanding men the society was founded in 1914 at washington and lee university and has since established chapters in 58 different colleges and uni versities throughout the country the chapter at lehigh was estab lished in 1925 and has developed into one of the outstanding hon oraries on campus the purpose of the society is threefold it seeks first to recog nize men who have attained a high standard of efficiency in univer sity activities and to inspire others to strive for conspicuous attain ments along similar lines second to bring together the most repre sentative men in all phases of col lege life and thus to create an or ganization to help mold the senti ment of the institution on questions of local and intercollegiate inter est and third to bring together members of the faculty and stu dent body on a basis of mutual in terest and understanding o d k is unique among hon oraries in that it recognizes not only academic achievement and excellence in sports but also par ticipation in all activities which require versatility initiative and leadership smith disputes curtis address defends immortal bard's authorship of plays shakespeare's authorship of the shakespearean plays will be de fended thursday evening by dr robert metcalf smith in his talk to members of the phi alpha theta and the public the talk entitled shakespeare is shakespeare — a reply to the baconians will be given in 466 packard laboratory at 7:30 p.m dr smith professor of english and head of the english depart ment presents his lecture as an answer to a talk given in january by registrar george b curtis mr curtis offered evidence by means of elizabethan cryptography that francis bacon wrote all of the plays usually attributed to the immortal bard in the first part of his lecture professor smith will state the posi tive evidence for shakespeare as poet dramatist stage manager country squire of stratford and groom of the king's chamber known and beloved by all his fel low dramatists and poets dr smith to attack evidence in the second portion dr smith will attack the evidence present ed by baconians and other aspir ants to shakespeare's title as the world's greatest dramatist in cluded will be an attack upon the cipher evidence of mrs gallup dr orville owen colonel fabian of the riverbank laboratories and registrar curtis dr smith is considered as em inent scholar in the field of shakespearean study he is a mem ber of the shakespeare association of america and the shakespearian society of philadelphia he served as general editor of twelve vic torian bibliographies and has written various articles on the sub ject of shakespeare sports dance and glee club thrill students beaver girls lighting and the sweet tones of randy brook's band the girls with 200 other couples spent their last three hours on the campus » tables and chairs had been pro vided for the weary dancers but they were little used except dur ing the few intermissions over head 50 balloons rested in a mesh cradle until they were released pouring down upon the dancers who tried to grasp them in one of the balloons was a receipt that granted the holder a free epitome dick fuehrer president of the junior class stated that the prom was a complete success the large attendance to this first post war junior prom proves that the dance satisfied a real need at le high he said the class of 49 is proud to have had the opportu nity of rejuvenating the junior prom and of inaugurating the jun ior jamboree at lehigh from now on it's up to future junior classes to keep up the tradition at midnight in perfect cinder ella tradition the beaver girls left the dance to start their bus jour ney back to jenkintown there they will await a return trip by the lehigh glee club one of the highlights of the dance was the announcement of the engagement of sam snyder president of the i f c his bride will be miss kathy bush of beth lehem weather tries vainly to stifle joyful spirit of junior jamboree on saturday afternoon 300 peo ple heard the 90 member beaver college glee club present a con cert at packer memorial chapel representing the largest blind date in lehigh history the girls were met at the chapel by their dates and escorted to the fresh man wrestling meet dinner at the colonnade a basketball game and finally to the junior prom the lehigh freshman wrestling team beat blair academy 23 to 10 before an audience of 250 many of whom were from beaver college later at the colonnade several of the beaver girls confessed that they had never seen a wrestling match before coming to lehigh from the basketball game the couples climbed the steps to the upper gym floor where the junior prom was in progress here amid the multicolored streamers dim dance to brooks band dinner helped the girls to for get their initial shyness and ev eryone joined in the gay atmos phere that the weather had tried vainly to stifle following dinner the dates came back to grace hall to watch the gettysburg basket ball team hand the lehigh quintet a 24-point shellacking quiz show needs men lu to take part in model assembly to prepare their case for par ticipation in the model general assembly of the united nations in april at cornell university four lehigh university students accom panied by dr w leon godshall head of the department of inter national relations held a confer ence with brigadier general car los p romulo of the philippine republic friday feb 27 at his office at united nations headquar ters in new york city students making the trip were ralph g schwarz rutherford n j henry c needles cape may n j john a christie rochester n v and edward s hamilton jr 0 williamson w va they will comprise the philippine republic delegation at the model assembly april 1 2 and 3 general romulo is the philipine ambassador to the united states and permanent rep resentative of the philippine re public to the united nations he briefed the lehigh delegation on the aims and purposes of his of fice all four lehigh men are ma joring in international relations balfour co issues new ring prices due to a misunderstanding with the l g balfour company the new prices quoted for the lehigh rings in the b&w and released to members of the senior class at their meeting on wednes day feb 25 are meant to apply to only the eight pennyweight rings this is the lighter ring with the burred out back as furnished on recent orders the eight dwt ring has a burred back while the nine and one-half ring is the same as the old ittyle ring with a small hole behind the stone the rings containing onyx sardonyx and green onyx stones are not faceted both the eight dwt and the nine and one half dwt rings will be on display in the arcadia offices on wednes day march 3 from 7 to 9:30 or ders will be taken upon the de jiosit of 10 any further questions ill be answered at this time to clarify the situation the fol '<■' lowing is a complete and detailed price list of rings to be offered by the l g balf our company in eight dwt nine and one-half dwt and twelve dwt sizes . , sardonyx eight dwt 24.00 ' " green onyx nine and one-half dwt 27.00 twelve dwt 31.00 ij^nthetic ruby ; i double faceted eight dwt 28.50 synthetic spinel nine and one-half dwt r 31.50 double faceted twelve dwt ;.. 35.70 synthetic emerald eight dwt double faceted nine and one-half dwt „.. - 31 50 twelve dwt _ 35.70 synthetic garnet eight dwt ..._ - 31.50 '• synthetic garnet nine and one-half dwt 34.50 synthetic garnet twelve dwt _ 38.70 genuine garnet eight dwt 45.00 faceted nine and one-half dwt _ 48.00 twelve dwt 52.20 fraternity coat-of-arms will cost 3.60 extra and gold encrusted greek letters will cost 4.60 in ad dition tion of the 13 week series the two teams with the highest number of points will partici pate in the finals the winning team will receive a prize other two after the comple three men are needed im mediately to represent lehigh in a series of quiz programs to be held on station wfmz al lentown every wednesday night starting tomorrow march 3 anyone interested should contact charles boig immediately phone 7-5482 the half hour program to be held every wednesday eve ning for 13 \ consecutive weeks is being organized by mr philips of the wfmz staff it is to include teams of three members each from muhlen berg cedar crest moravian and lehigh each week two of the teams will combine to oppose the seals appointed aide appointment of richard b seals of newton n j as assistant director of admissions at lehigh university has been announced by president whitaker seals succeeds paul j franz who relinquished the post to become assistant to the university treasurer ' seals was graduated from le high with a bachelor of arts de gree in feb 1947 and since then has been working toward his masr ter of arts degree since september 1947 he has been a member of the faculty and wrestling coach at perkiomen school pennsburg he was a member of the united states army band during the war , while an undergraduate seals was a member of the varsity wres tling team and was listed in the 1947 edition of vwho's who among student in american universi ties and colleges he is affiliated with beta theta pi social frater nity phi alpha theta national history honorary and is a member of the american foreign policy as sociation pix contest offers n.y trip as prize students regularly enrolled in any college or university are elig ible to enter the third annual 50 print collegiate photography exhi bition sponsored by kappa alpha mv national photographic frater nity the grand prize awarded by science illustrated includes a trip to new york with traveling ex penses paid a salary of 50.00 a week for seven working weeks with the magazine and promise of a job if vinnipg photographer proves acceptable -*[ studej^s are eligible tfrenter up to ten sprints with no more than five entries in any one division prints which jnay be 5x7 or larg er must be mounted on standard 16x20 board there is no entry fee but pictures must be sent pre paid and will be returned express collect entries close april 30th from now until april 30 1948 entries will be accepted in five classes news pictorial-feature fashion j sports and industrial classes first place awards will be made for the best pictures in these classes to the best of these five winners the grand prize will be awarded a complete list of awards will be announced at a later date contest rules and entry blanks may be obtained by writing to w j bell secretary 18 walter wil liams hall university of missouri columbia missouri in last year's show 218 photog raphers from 67 different schools submitted 691 pictures james swetnam a sophomore at the uni versity of missouri wa,s awarded first prize an eastman twin-lens reflex camera from popular photography strength not ideals defeated enemies unrest to continue until reason is victor by james l gui emphasizing the crises confront ing western civilization today in the spread of scientific technology without scientific spirit and the failure of social thinking to keep step with scientific advance dr edwin e aubrey presented a stim ulating address to a large group from the student body faculty and public in 466 packard laboratory friday evening one of the highlights of the three day program of faculty con sultations on religion in higher education held here thursday fri day saturday the open forum meeting proved to be very suc cessful in arousing discussion on the part of the students and fac ulty dr aubrey pointed out in his talk that all the institutions which comprise our society simultaneous ly are undergoing change result ing in the present crises we have defeated the enemies of democracy by force not by reason stated dr aubrey the forces of fascism are still very must present and active in the united states and the rest of the world we have proved our super iority in force but have not de feated the ideals of fascism by reason until this is accomplished the world will continue in the present state of unrest according to dr aubrey fascism among threats dr aubrey listed four main is sues of crises which face us to day the first is the failure of the scientific spirit to advance with technology the second threat is that with the rapid spread of com munism the danger arises that we shall thing stupidly about it fas cism in its present form as op posed to its highest concept as held by croce is the third problem mentioned by the noted theologian the fourth crises in our society is the threat to reason wherein self evident truth is limited to a par ticular group or class such as the nazis education's task is to develop the individual's capacity to make his contribution to society by such means as individuality without in dividualism initiative without in tolerance and spontaniety bal anced by discipline cites christian principles according to dr aubrey there are four christian resources for dealing with the crises first the church has had plenty of exper ience with many crises in the past in dark times many have predict ed the collapse of the church but the church always seems to live long enough to pronounce the fu neral orations of those who would bury it the power of the small consecrated minority of people with a burning conviction are its second aid third are the two principles in christian ethics those of love which is at the root of the scheme of things and diver sity in unity aubrey condemned uniformity as the death knell of progress fourth christian recog nition of the necessity for sacrifice president whitaker present a lively question period fol lowed the talk in which the guest consultant answered questions of varied nature although consultations between dr aubrey and the faculty were carried on throughout the three day period friday evening's open discussion offered the general pub lic and student body its main op portunity to discuss this important problem of religion in higher edu cation president whitaker and many professors and department heads were present in the audience as well as students dr william a aiken associate professor of his tory and chairman of the faculty committee for the consultations introduced the speaker law school test required the new law school admission test is now required by the follow ing law schools philip m palmer dean of the college of arts and sciences announced candidates for admission to other schools are advised to in quire from these institutions as to the desirability of registering for these tests the following universities were named by dean palmer boston columbia cornell harvard new york northwestern rutgers stan ford syracuse and yale as well as the universities of california chicago michigan nebraska and pennsylvania arcadia sponsors post game dance as a result of the enthusiasm shown for inexpensive dances at lehigh arcadia will again spon sor a post-athletic-event dance following the lehigh-army wres tling meet saturday night this dance will resemble the last one which followed the perm state-lehigh meet admission will be 25 cents per couple and there will be no additional costs except refreshments for those who want them the dance will commence as soon as the wrestling matches are completed and will last till 1 a.m as at the last affair there will be no charge made for the rent of grace hall all fees ; except the rent of the juke box will be paid by the university all profits from the dance will go into a fund for the purchase of a record player to be made available for all univer sity organizations that want to use it these arcadia dances represent the first real efforts to solve the high entertainment cost problem at lehigh for about three hours of dancing the couples are able to enjoy a maximum of relaxation at a minimum of cost even at such a small admissipn cost arcadia managed to make a profit on the last dance of over 9 to be used toward the new juke box the arcadia committee in charge of the dance is composed of victor i frager 48 john w sani sone 48 and walter morton 48 this committee has been working on these dances with the hopes of making them a regular affair fighting fifty get epitome balloons bethlehem pa tuesday march 2 1948 vol lv1 n0.3930 science outstrips social progress price — 5 cents teal to place juniors the placement bureau an nounces that all men,in their jun ior year wishing employment for the summer should apply to mr teal at the counseling office rather than the regular placement office this applies mainly to those men men whq have to complete a sum mer of industrial training toward their degree however the office will attempt to assist other men interested in summer employment after the juniors have been accom modated juniors should report to the counseling office as soon as pos sible b&w photo by leonard busch a feature of the junior jamboree last saturday was the epitome-sponsored balloon-grab held during an intermission at the dance the object was to explore the inside of said balloon in hope of finding the one and only certificate which would en title said explorer to a free copy of the sensational 1948 epitome with rodachrome cover and no advertisements harmon says veto damages un policies brown and white noted historian praises i framework and goal points out weaknesses the united nations has thus for been a real disappointment said dr george d harmon head of the history department of le high university in an address american foreign policy before the eastern district convention of pi kappa alpha social fraternity in philadelphia friday feb 27 unless some solution for the absolute veto is found dr har mon stated i predict that the veto will be the undoing of the united nations he pointed out how the bach collegiate concert by the bach choir will be pre sented in grace hall next mon day march 8 at 7:30 p.m remember the mozart opera cosi fan tutti presented by the student concerts-lectures committee in broughal high school thursday and friday march 4 and 5 at 8:15 p.m