Brown and White Vol. 56 no. 37

              the first number presented by the group will be accompanied by the spiritual dry bones with the stage in absolute darkness a chorus of tumblers dressed in tights painted with phosphorescent skeletons will go through a tum bling routine after which they will turn their backs to the audi ence leaving the stage again black william carter featured acrobat will appear dressed as a devil in phosphorescent red paint and pre sent some expert acrobatics the second gymnastic presenta tion will be that done to the piece pass that peace pipe the tumbling will be done in a fast tempo and will be performed be hind a screen so that only the sil houettes will be seen the number will feature two spotlighted club swingers swinging phosphorescent indian clubs the third and last gymnastic act will be a study in slow motion featuring richard elrick doing hand balances on a platform held by four weight lifters the back ground will be supplied by tum blers doing slow motion cartwheels to the music of the nutcracker waltz lectees are automatically placed in a reserve status immediately upon discharge the period for this reserve status is ten years or until the selectee reaches the age of 45 however it is generally agreed that legislation is necessary to call these men back into service if this was not necessary there would be little purpose in the erc at all there are an estimated 12 million men in this category of uncallable reservists this group is catalogued in the records of the various branches of the military and the skills train ing and experience of these men are filed for future reference there is little expectation that they will be called to uniform since the big brass would rather leave world war ii veterans out of the picture unless they are real ly needed enlistments and reenlistments are being encouraged by the armed forces for all men who are willing to go back to military life but they would rather do their draft ing from the 2 million men bet tween the ages of 18 and 25 who have had no military training as yet there has been no call sent out for the reserves although the steps for doing so are being studied as a measure of prepared ness this would bring the armed ser vices up to their permitted strengths while at the same time it would train additional men details as to where the course is to be taught arrangements for board supplies needed etc will be announced later plenty of supervision summer courses required for c.e.s a summer surveying course re quired of civil engineering and mining engineering students op tional for other engineering stu dents will be offered this summer by the department of civil engin eering the course is divided into c.e 6 and c.e 6a all civil engineer ing students are asked to see pro fessor fuller and pre-register be fore april 15 registration will be held at 8.00 june 9 followed by the first class at 9:00 should a student start the course on june 9 and later learn of the necessity of attending the summer session he will be given a choice of continu ing in attendance until its comple tion june 28 and completing his work during the regular summer session or dropping the course and pre-registering for the full eight week summer session dr carothers speaks before controllers raps price controls sees possible return to normal conditions keeping prices down by law means abnormal consumption and exhaustion of all supplies de clared dr neil corothers dean of lehigh university's school of business administration before the controllers institute of america at atlantic city on april 5 dr carothers and martin r gainsbrugh chief economist of the national industrial conference warned members of the institute that economic collapse is near they cited examples of chaotic post-war depressions in history to corroborate their statements acridly criticizing government attempts at price control dr carothers stated there is no policy so inflationary in a boom period as keeping prices down by law it is inevitably followed by a complete collapse of price con trol return to normal possible depression is not inevitable he claimed but in one way or another the present swollen con dition will be removed a gradual return to normal is possible through reduction of government expenditures and taxes the al location of business profits to sur plus rather than dividends or plant expansion an end to busi ness's frantic scramble for new materials and abandonment of or ganized labor's campaign for a new round of wage increases he affirmed nothing could do more injury to the mass of american workers than another round of wage in creases in the minority group of high-wage workers in base indus tries dr carothers said it would insure a severe depression and condemn millions of workers to unemployment and destitution mr gainsbrugh pointed out that the possibility of a stepped-up re armament policy introduced a highly new element into the price equation he declared that those who hold that such a program would be a healthy stimulus to business as in 1940-41 do not take into account the difference in our present economic situation question of joining to be placed before students at election arcadia plans student vote on nsa issue discussion of the national stu dent association issue dominated the arcadia meeting held on march 24 at drown hall the nsa recently withdrew from the inter national union of students erasing suspicion of communist affiliations the center of the discussion ac cordingly shifted to the nsa's program of civil liberties fear was expressed by opponents that arcadia would perhaps run count er to administration policies if it endorsed the nsa after much heated debate presi dent charles boig reminded the members that joining the nsa was entirely a student function a mo tion was thereupon passed to sub mit the question of joining to the student body the voting by the students will take place simultan eously with the election of new arcadia officers which will be some time in the near future bulletin boards discussed a motion was also passed on the question of bulletin boards it pro vided that boards of the unen closed type be placed in conven ient locations inside buildings an alternative plan to place several glass-encased bulletin boards at locations outside on the campus was defeated it was feared that this would give the campus a sloppy billboard effect nothing in particular was de cided on the posting of placards for the coming arcadia election it was supposed that a definite period of about five days would be al lowed for the free-for-all posting of campaign signs in this case each candidate would be respon sible to see that his respective posters were removed after the as signed time limit finance proposals passed the recommendations of the student club finance committee were seconded with only slight alterations on the first arcadia decided that it should be given control of 30 of the freshman activities fund to be used for freshman activities by cyanide the original recommendation pro posed that cyanide should have direct control of these funds the second proposal was en dorsed with only minor discussion in it an increase of 30 to the student activities fund was re quested it was pointed out that in the past several years tuition has increased 37 without any corresponding increase in the activities fund five of the eight activities concerned had previous ly expressed need for additional funds they were brown and white the band the combined musical clubs mustard and cheese and arcadia allotments to the various activities are to be increased according to needs the third recommendation re quiring all activities needing funds to make detailed reports of the previous semester's spendings was immediately approved these proposals can only be put up to the administration as rec ommendations final action will be taken in the treasurer's office acknowledgement was extended to robert saydah for his fine work in securing universtiy aid in the publishing of the freshman hand book aracdia annually under takes to publish this handbook for incoming freshman and the university aid will be of consider able help to the treasury walt morton representing brown key society thanked arca dia for the fine start it had given the newly formed organization the next arcadia meeting will be held april 14 t.c schedules spring frolic seasonal motif planned proceeds go to care special entertainment features for town coucil members and their guests at the spring frolic april 10 will include a male quartet an impersonator and a pianist in addition to miss athena katris a well-known m.c who will intro duce the program at the affair set for 8.30 the latest and best records available will be played to provide smooth dance music for the guests the decoration motif will emphasize the advent of spring as carried out by a crew of decorators under the direction of al beardslee ice cream cake and coke will be served by al pettit and his committee admission will be free to all members of the town council and will cost 1.20 per couple including tax for all others the proceeds from this dance will be used entirely for the program of care packages which has been undertaken by the town council one package has already been sent o heidelberg university in ger nany and others will follow every nonth to heidelberg and to other universities throughout eui'ope of his experiences and observa tions in russia to date friendly regimes it is duranty's belief that soviet russia does not want to sovietize any part of europe west of the curzon line nevertheless it does all along its western borders un doubtedly this attitude originally was assumed for security reasons but the russians today are begin ning to feel strong enough to take care of their own security they are considering the possibilities of a federated europe beginning perhaps with two distinct federa tions — poland east germany czechoslovakia rumania and hungary en one side and a south slav federation on the other in cluding yugoslavia and bulgaria and possibly later greece and the balkans in duranty s opinion russia's policy in europe though dynamic will be neither agressive nor pred atory russian nationalism at the present time seems to be stronger than international communism russia wants duranty says above all else years of peace dur ing which she can develop her natural resources and rebuild the industrial areas devasted in the european holocaust to accomplish this her diplomacy is geared to the establishment of harmony both in europe ana the far east famed journalists sponsored by scl both contenders have world-wide experiences to present their views one of the most important ques tions of the day does commu nism threaten america will be the topic for a debate between h r knickerbocker and walter du ranty veteran journalists and authorities on russia when they meet on the platform at 8 15 p.m tomorrow evening april 9 at broughal high school auditorium the program is being sponsored by the student concert-lecture series committee students will be admitted upon presentation of athletic activities book dates wives faculty members and wives may secure tickets for 60 cents general admission will be 1.20 contending that communism is a major threat to america is h r knickerbocker noted roving journalist and pulitzer prize win ncr in his chosen field he believes however that the american com munist party is only a minor threat it would in any case be ineffective to suppress the ameri can communist party without liquidating its members and we can not do that we can only fight their ideas with truth ideas most important mr knickerbocker firmly be lieves that ideas are more power ful than atomic bombs ideas once born he says have a life of their own in human relations especially in politics a wrong idea may be just as strong as a right idea hitler's idea of the german people as a master race destroyed them and wrecked the world now more dangerous than hit ler's ideas according to knicker bocker is the russian idea that capitalism is doomed and that communism will enevitably conq uer the globe it is reluctantly believed by millions of americans who hate the idea but fear it is destiny he says citing history he continues in 1918 twenty three thousand bolsheviks launch ed the revolution which today controls four hundred million people in stalin's empire they had only their idea to fire their energy today according to the cor respondent whom the late alex ander woolcott once described as the richard harding davis of our times communism has as its chief energizing force the myth of the soviet union the myth that it is the promised land of social ism this myth is the massive threat which today shadows all mankind not excluding america favors umt the united states is at the summit of our history and of hu man history put there by the power of free men if we guard it we shall remain free and victor ious over the shadow of the fu ture in this respect he is in favor of universal military training not only to keep this country strong but to tell the world that we are willing to fight on the opposite side of the ques tion of whether communism is a real menace to america is walter duranty english-born author whose numerous books on russia have earned him the reputation as one of the foremost authorities on that country in the united states communism no threat mr duranty points out that communism thrives upon hungar injustice and a sense of injury it is no threat to a prosperous socially just america he says he believes that in the america of today there is no justification for the existence of a revolutionary party born in liverpool england du ranty was educated at harrow bedford and cambridge he was a member of the european staff of the new york times during world war i and in 1921 he be came the moscow correspondent for the same paper and remained there until 1934 since that time he has roamed the globe at will writing special articles for news papers and such magazines as colliers and the atlantic monthly his most recent book on russia u:s.s.r is a sequel to his earlier best-seller i write as i please and tells the story festival tickets availabl exchange tickets for the spring music festival are avail able at the supply bureau and the arcadia office in drown has student guest and general public tickets are on sale for 1.50 at the supply bureau arcadia office and the hotel bethlehem lobby members of the staff of the spring festival as they started con struction on the scenery for the big event photo by s c antas 824 valentines sent valentines without the conven tional nearts and flowers sentiment went out to 824 university stu dents as a token for their efforts during the current semester veterans received 559 while non-veterans culled the remaining 2g5 despite the overwhelming fi gures in favor of the veteran scho lar a percentage breakdown show ed the non-vet reaped a husky 33.4 per cent while the vet trailed with j8.2 per cent overall ratios showed the val entine toll claiming 30 per cent of the entire student body this con stitutes a drop of 3.5 per cent from the per«.eutiie ration of the fall j.i>47 semester valentine distribution by cur ricula is for arts and engineering 18 aits and sciences 76 busi ness administration 212 chemi cal engineering 48 chemistry 7 civil engineering 37 electrical engineering 75 industrial engin eering 88 mechanical engineering j engineering physics 14 fresh man engineering 93 and general college division 4 of the living groups the fra ternities formed the vanguard with 338 valentines dorms rated 185 and 301 were distributed to the town group opening for reservists col james s luckett professor of military science has announced that students holding reserve commissions in the army may ap ply for short tours of active duty during the summer months open ings are available and if an ap plication is approved the officer will be placed en active duty for a designated period during the summer while such officers are on active duty they will receive the pay allowance and leave credits of all armj officers on active duty applications and further informa tion can be secured at the military department in grace hall bethlehem pa thursday april 8 1948 price — 5 cents knickerbocker duranty clash verbally over communism exchange tickets for scl concert all students who want to hear the detroit symphony orchestra concert may 7 must exchange their athletic coupons by this saturday april 10 at the registrar's office for tickets one date ticket at 60 cents may be puchased by each stu dent when he exchanges his athletic coupon henrietta schuman will be the piano soloist with the 100 piece symphony orchestra which will be conducted by dr karl krueger this concert sponsored by the student concerts-lectures committee will mark the first time that a full symphony orchestra has been brought io the campus for the students of lehigh jack kenney vol lvl no.^fc 7 reserves position questioned legal angles being studied knickerbocker and duranty idc announces spring dance arrangements jack kenney to play for informal dancing houseparty weekend dorm students and their dates will twm around the floor to the tiusic of ja~k kenny and his or chestra on the second night of this spring's big week-end it was an nounced by the interdormitory council last tuesday the annual spring dance which will be given on the usual satur day night of houseparty weekend commences at eight-thirty and will end at midnight an informal affair the dance will be given in grace hall jack kenny and his fifteen piece orchestra feature mickey wayne as female vocalist with the maestro himself doing the male vocal honors the band has re cently been playing at the steel pier in atlantic city as well as the strand hotel and other night clubs in the resort city led school band like so many of the popular band leaders today jack kenney started his musical career in high school with a small five-piece band he himself being the drum mer vocalist and leader less than two years after he finished school his orchestra grew to size it is now and he was forced to vacate the drummer's chair to lead an or chestra of that size jack kenney hails from the same northern pennsylvania in the heart of the coal regions from which came such other well known musicans as jimmy and tommy dorsey frankie carle fred war ing and russ morgan members of the interdormitory dance committee are as follows william hunt chairman howard applegate robert swanson rob ert andler frank armstrong and dcx baker specializing in neither swing nor sweet music jack kenney ar rangements are styled for a variety of moods and tastes when do the reserves go that is the question that reserv ists all over the campus are asking themselves and each other ever since the president's address last wednesday there seems to be no definite answer to that one no one is quite sure high military officials beljieve that a presidential proclamation of a national emergency is necessary before either the erc or the orc can be called to active duty they feel that since no officers received discharges but instead were merely placed on inactive status they may be recalled as simply as the national guard however they are not sure of this at the present time a number of legal ex perts are on the job trying to ana lyze the situation a recent newspaper article has helped to cloud the whole picture for the discharged enlisted men who are not in the erc peculiar situation due to a fine prine clause in the selective service law all se three festival acts feature gymnastics brown and white phosphorescent paint orchestra music set as background effects sixteen tumblers and acrobats performing in pantomime using phosphorescent paint and other special effects will be one of the featured acts of the lehigh spring musical festival to be held on april 16 and 17 although the primary purpose of the gymnastic exibition will be to enhance appreciation of the music the three acts will be spec tacular and well worth seeing for themselves alone help needed for wiring light ing and stage building any af ternoon or evening call will crehore at 6-4623 men desiring staff positions on brown & white for summer ses sion and fall 48 must indicate same on or before april 17