Brown and White Vol. 56 no. 35

              pi belts elect lawler jeff ris duranty knickerbocker initiations planned at the monthly meeting of pi delta epsilon national honorary journalism fraternity stanley p lawler 50 was elected president to succeed loyd antonidies 48 who held the guiding reigns of the organization since march of 1947 other officers elected at the same meeting wednesday march 17 were gill je ris 49 vice-presi dent pete guidon 51 secretary and dick ten eyck 50 treasurer mr charles moravec university public director was reelected as advisor and grandcouncilman-his torian plans were made at the meeting for the initiation of h r knicker bocker and walter duranty as honorary members of pi delta epsilon these two outstanding men in the field of journalism will appear at broughal high school april 9 1948 to debate the quest tion does communism threaten america guests at banquet prior to their debate the men will be the guests of pi delta ep silon at a banquet to be given at the delta tau delta fraternity house after the banquet the men will be initiated by dale gramley national president of pi delta ep silon and editor of the bethlehem globe times other business discussed at the meeting was the question of hon oraria being given to officers on the various school publications the members of pi delta epsilon decided to attend the open hear ing being given by the board of publications next monday even ing in order to help formulate some specific plan for the paying of honoraria asme arrange banquet tour regional meeting here for steel plant tour an inspection trip through the bethlehem steel company plant will feature the two-day group 111 regional meeting of asme on friday and saturday april 16 and 17 in bethlehem the trip to bethlehem steel will include inspections of the coke works the blast furnace the open hearth the rolling mills the press forge the steel foundry the machine shop and the power house buses and guides will be furnished by bethlehem steel company many other activities are being planned for this conference in cluding two two-hour technical sessions in packard auditorium speakers at these sessions will be limited to 15 minutes followed by a five minute discussion period limited to students only banquet scheduled a banquet is scheduled for april 16 at 6 p m and will be held in the main ballroom of the hotel bethlehem single tickets for the banquet will not exceed 2.50 on the second day of the con ference at 8:30 a.m there will be an inspection of the laboratories of lehigh university and an ex hibition of the equipment models etc of packard laboratory delegates to the meeting can obtain rooms at hotel bethlehem and eat their meals at lamberton hall or the hotel coffee shop a few fraternity men may obtain sleeping quarters at their houses the meeting will adjourn on april 17 after the luncheon and awarding of prizes by vice-presi dent paul eaton in lamberton hall glee club to be core of festival lehigh talent combines in spring production of national interest the spring music festival is bringing national interest to focus on lehigh university educators scientists important figures in the theatre world have given evidence of their interest in the spring pro duction centering around the glee club which is to be held in grace hall april 16 and 17 revolutionary experiments are embodied in the production not the least important of these ex periments is that in human rela tionships on the college campus by receiving wide backing and co operation from a large section of the student body the production of the spring music festival will it is felt raise lehigh to a unique position among the colleges and universities of the country engineering developments never before has a musical presentation of this nature been dependent on so many engineering and scientific developments the natural place for initial experi mentation in this field is a leading engineering school such as lehigh and therefore the eyes of the pro fessional world have turned toward lehigh to observe the re sults of this unique undertaking additional production details on the spring music festival have been released by john h mac cillan special effects director one of the most interesting of these is the use of a flame curtain to be used in front of the glee club section of the stage made of a cellophane fabric material it may be changed from opaque to trans parent by controlling the lights one of the most difficult tasks facing the production staff is that of projecting the photographic background onto the eighteen by one hundred foot screen special projectors are being constructed by the physics department under the direction of mr john karas to cover the area of the screen requires the use of seven f 2.5 lenses similar to those used in the k-20 aerial cameras special effects special steam smoke and fluor escent effects will be employed and are now undergoing final development in various labora tories throughout the country the new jersey zinc company has given extensive cooperation in re gards to the development of fluorescent dyes the use of which will extend to costumes special screens and props student ticket exchange for the spring mus,ic festival will get under way on monday march 22 according to doug campbell sales manager there will be ap proximately two thousand seats available for each evening's per formance and lehigh students will be given first opportunity to exchange a coupon from their act ivities book for a ticket to either performance exchanges can be made at either the arcadia office in drown hall or the university supply bureau o surveying course given a four week course in elemen tary surveying c.e.6 will be of fered during the month of june the civil engineering department anno unced recently registration will be held at 8 wednesday june 9 the first class will be held at 9the same day the course will be conducted with a final examination july 6 for those taking c.e 6 and june 29 for those taking 6a the co urse will be conducted either on the campus or at a per manent suurveying camp which the department hopes to have es tablished by that time class will be held each day from 8 a.m to 9 a.m followed by field wo rk un til 5 computations study mapp is assigned for evening periods with ample time left for recrea tion the course will hereafter not be offered during the spring and fall semesters but wil also be giv enthois year during the eight weeks summer session beginning tuesday june 29 registration for this period will be limited to those students who must attend the summer session in order to obtain some other course which they need because of failures or as a prerequisite for a course needed during 1948-49 albaneri trio here tuesday ensemble sponsored by coolidge foundation cleaver memorial fund a recital by the albeneri trio will be presented by lehigh uni versity next tuesday evening in broughal high school auditorium under the joint auspicies of the elizabeth sprague coolidge foun dation and the cleaver memorial fund philip m palmer chairman of the fund announced today the ensemble's performance which will begin at 8 15 p.m will bring to bethlehem three artists alexander schneider violinist benar heifetz cellist and erich itor kahn pianist the cleaver memorial fund was provided for by the late mrs al bert n cleaver of bethlehem in memory of her husband formed in 1944 the albeneri trio has toured throughout the united states and canada it has made several transcontinental tours during one of which the members played a festival of eight concerts at stanford university palo alto california and a festi val of four concerts at ravinia park chicago they have played frequently at the library of con gress washington d c and have made a number of appearances in new york city extensive repertory the repertory of the albeneri trio is extensive including as it does all of the piano trios of the classic romantic and modern schools from haydn to walter piston alexander schneider became known to concert goers all over the world as a member of the budapest string quartet of which he was a member from 1932 to 1944 this group toured europe north africa the east indies australia and america with a success yet unequaled by any chamber music organization in 1944 he organized the albeneri trio mr schneider has been awarded the elizabeth sprague coolidge medal for eminent ser vices to chamber music receiving this honor from mrs coolidge at the library of congress in 1945 heifetz became famous as a member of the kolisch string quartet whose performances of works of the classic and romanitc periods as well as contemporary music made them one of the most important ensembles in the his tory of music in 1939 heifetz be came first solo cellist with the philadelphia orchestra and after four years in this post joined the national broadcasting company symphony orchestra under arturo toscannini foremost ensemble pianist kahn who began his career as a concert pianist and composer at the age of 9 has played through out europe and africa and has collaborated with such artists as feuermann francescatti gar bousoba tourel and many others acquiring a reputation as one of the foremost ensemble pianists in 1938-39 he toured with pablo casals but during this time con tinued composing he came to the u.s in 1941 tone society of lehigh is handling the details as well as providing ushers for the concert the tickets are complimentary and may be obtained at huff's goode nough's phillip's and kramer's music stores in bethlehem mem bers of the tone also have tickets choir presents cantata the lehigh university chapel choir will again present the cru cifixion a cantata on the sacred passion of the holy redeemer by john stainer at 7:30 o'clock good friday evening in packer mem orial church on the lehigh cam pus prof william schempf head of the lehigh department of music and director of the choir will head the group and miss ramona ba ker of moravian college for wo men will be organist edward heller of stroudsburg past president of the choir will be baritone soloist john w leming jr of midland will be bass soloist and robert taylor of hel lertown tenor soloist nsa resigns as ius member union fails to condemn czech treatment of students in crisis two interim representatives of the united states student associa tion nsa to the international union of students lus whose headquarters are in prague czechoslovakia have resigned the resignation was a result of the lus secretariat's failure to condemn the action of the czech oslovakian government in its treatment of students in prague national office confirms action the nsa national office con firmed its representatives position by terminating relations with lus and announcing that the four-men nsa negotiation team will not make the trip to prague this sum mer to discuss affiliation with lus the two u s representatives telegraphed their resignations to the national office telling of the refusal of the lus secretariat to condemn the outrages against the czech students during the recent communist coup d'etat they fur ther reported that the czech national union of students and all other student groups were dis solved by the communists nsa lus affiliation ceases the nsa had considered affilia tion with the lus prior to re ceiving this news the nsa drafted a resolution at their or ganizational convention in madi son wisconsin in september in the interest of international amity and cooperation but upon receipt of this news the national chair man of nsa stated that the in cident had terminated any possi bility of affiliation between the nsa and lus nevertheless its student ex change travel and relief activi ties will be continued despite the severed relationships with the lus ywca appeals for aid janet webster program director for industrial and business girls of the young women's christian association of bethlehem has ex tended an appeal for aid from le high students to help that organ ization prepare its summer camp for opening the work will be carried on out doors it consists of repairing and painting buildings minor carpen try jobs clearing of woods and cutting dead limbs transporta tion will be furnished to and from the camp every clear saturday and sunday camp tapawingo the ywca camp is located in the blue ridge mountains 15 miles from bethlehem those interested are advised to contact mrs frank peyer 2055 kenmore avenue bethlehem pa telephone 6-5045 art exhibition extended at the request of lehigh val ley art enthusiasts who have been unable to attend the current ex hibition oil 1940-45 the le high university art gallery will be open from 7 to 9 p m march 19 the exhibition is the result of an educational project by standard oil company of new jersey the exhibition has been very well received here thus the gal lery will continue to be open from 3 to 5 p.m each day except saturday and monday through march 25 bids for the houseparty con cessions will be acepted in the arcadia office beginning mon day march 8 all bids must be written and handed in before march 20 bid for concessions tau beta pi memberships tau beta pi the engineering e qunvelant of phi beta kappa was founded at lehigh university in 1885 by professor e h williams jr juniors and seniors in the col lege of engineering may be elected if they have maintained high scholarship the new members are george betz c.e oct 48 robert heiser m.e feb 49 edward dugan i.e feb 49 john j petrone m.e feb 49 peter eagleson c.e feb 49 joseph plonko ch.e feb 49 james vogelsong e.e june 49 ai rubenstein i.e june 49 ed ward leaton m.e june 49 robert korkegi m.e june 49 gilpin h jefferis m.e june 49 alvey rushton e.m june 49 william killroy e.e june 49 william diehl c.e june 49 jack mell inger ch.e june 49 richard gold ch.e june 49 walt sen howski m.e june 49 and w ] scott johns 111 e.e june 49 u.s education raked by bell noted teacher calls atlantic charter demagogue enterprise hits veto power of u.n by j l gill dr b i bell delivered a scath ing condemnation of the ameri can school and college system and branded it is the largest factor in tne failure of our democracy in a talk delivered at packer memor ial churen wednesday evening the education system nas three purposes according to dr bell it should teach its students to make a living it should civilize tnem and thirdly it should train leaders in discriminating self criticism the noted clergyman and educator maintained that in tne first object the colleges suc ceed fairly well in the second they do an indifferent job and in the last lieid tney fail very badly in deed century of common man as the rirst chapel speaker of the semester dr bell addressed a sizable group of students fac ulty and townspeople dr bell agreed with henry wal lace that this is the century of the common man the common man has received a new freedom which he never knew before however dr bell believes that he has not been exposed to an education which properly prepares him for this newly acquired lead ership anfl power the common man is not a man so much as a boy who has outgrown his brit ches according to dr bell he made a brief survey of the progress in the two fields of activ ity in man which are particularly human achievments as opposed to those of other animals — politics and fine arts in politics neither the gentle man nor the common man now govern but the power has been snatched by the demagogue dr bell described the atlantic char ter as a demagogue enterprise to cover up more sinister activities secondly he scored against the united nations cum veto which he believes is almost dead he reminded that the veto power was incorporated in the u.n at san francisco at our own insistence because we feared the loss of any national sovereignty he maintained that the common man could not have been fooled by these measures if he had been properly educated castigates hollywood in the field of fine arts it is no longer the well trained and discriminating gentleman who is in control but the unqualified common man consequtely our ears are insulted . . . with neon signs radio commercials and that prostitution of drama which pro ceeds from hollywood educationalists must help save the common man or else the cen tury of the common man will end in his enslavemen in prescribing remedies for the situation dr bell stated that the work of education must begin with the children of today he mention ed with praise the progressive measures instituted by the uni versity of chicago whereby par ticularly promising students are introduced to the collegiate life at the end of the first two years of high school in a civilization such as ours to be intelligent means to be un comfortable naturally most americans do not want to be un comfortable the intelligent man is in constant revolt against the wilfull desires of the common masses our society is destined to sink to a maze of wild animals if we do not have an intelligent few to lead us we should demand even if in sultingly that the educational system wake up to what its job is educational institutions must use selection to a great degree in picking those who have the mental capacity to learn intelligence to the theory that all men should education dr bell answered that have an equal chance for higher all men are born equal in only the face of the law they are all three respects they are equal in naked and they are all born to die very soon one cannot make intelligent and thinking individ uals of everyone dr bell main tained the g.i bill for veterans has placed a great many people in college who do not belong there photo by chisholm gene sowers president of tau beta pi shaking hands with pete petrone after pete's being tapped for membership in the honorary engineering society vollm no/3435 distinguished trio to appear bethlehem pa friday march 19 1948 beaver lass in spring musical price — 5 cents brown and white members of the albeneri trio schneider kahn and heifetz who will present a recital in broughal high new bulletin plan by arcadia pretty pat lockwood of beaver college who will participate in the spring musical festival to be presented april 17 by the com bined musical clubs she is accompanied at the piano by marcia passon advertising of campus activities on trees light poles and all other campus fixtures other than the established bulletin boards will be prohibited in the future accord ing to a recent statement by charles boig president of ar cadia at the same time boig an nounced arcadia's plans to in stall a new campus-wide bulletin board system we do not intend to limit in any way the publicity campaigns of the various organizations by this move he said we do intend to clean up the campus by eliminating the haphazard posting of notices etc that detract from the appearance of the campus he added future offenders may be re quired to answer for thier actions to the administration the campus police have been notified to destroy all illegal posters said boig arcadia to discuss division of profits honoraria for student publica tions will be discussed at an open hearing in the arcadia room at drown hall march 22 7:30 pjn charles boig arcadia president announced last night the three student publications epitome goblet and brown & white have been invited to sub mit plans in detail for the pay ment of honoraria to staff mem bers at this meeting the hearing was called by the board of publi cations congratulations will any men who are inter ested in going to the icg con vention in philadelphia please contact mr howatt of the his tory department in coppee hall room 33 see feature on page 2 scl applicants don't forget to pick up your application blanks at public relations and turn them in by saturday march 27 five places are still open patronize brown and white advertisers