Brown and White Vol. 58 no. 6

              bethlehem pa telephome to ring at broughal friday vol xvii no 6 the lehigh university brown and white rooms for h.p dates town and dorm men who desire accommodations for their houseparty dates may obtain them by seeing the section presidents of the third and fourth foors of drinker and richards house before october 22 dian-carlo manotti's cham ber opera the telephone which made history on broad way will be a highlight of the joint program to be pre sented by derna de lys lyric , soprano and paul king bari tone at 8:15 p.m friday oct 22 in broughal high school under the auspices of the al & bert n cleaver memorial fund of lehfgh university the two-character opera i which will be open to the public rites mark start of new gymnasium b&w foto by d p di lorenzo dads day scores 700 join sons on lehigh campus dad's day oct 16 saw over 700 lehigh fathers present for the lehigh - gettysburg game and the post-game festivities sponsored by the various living groups revived after a lapse during the war years dad's day will henceforth be an annual event at the university the re-inau guration was made possible by the combined efforts of gen percy l sadler director of in ter-collegiate athletics dean charles a seidle associate dean of students and the student body government groups on campus dorm fraternity and town groups planned their activi ties for saturday night sepa rately however the dads and sons united on sunday at 11:00 a.m for services in the packer memorial chapel lehigh spirits ... want to prove that bill cor nelius is full of bull and that we are behind that team come on out friday night to the pep rally and join joe kinney leo pendergast coach leckonby and the cheer leaders we're out for our fourth straight vie mike cunningham veteran of 30 years service with the lehigh athletic department pulled the lever of a power shovel and broke the ground for the new gymnasium following the lehigh-gettys burg fooball game saturday opening the formal ceremonies rev george bean university chaplain offered a prayer of benediction president martin d whitaker introduced leonard m horton treasurer of the board of trustees robert herrick secretary of the board of trustees and charles nicolls president of arcadia each gave a brief talk summarizing various phases of the gymnasium plans brig general percy l sadler director of inter-collegiate athletics opened his speech with a remark that the crowd is now standing in lehigh's new swimming pool he pointed out the new features of the building the swimming pool with its pea tin capacity of 600 the locker room with facilities for 2,600 trophy room boxing fencing and wrestling rooms and new administrative offices for coaches and athletic officials the crowd of almost 400 cheered the old trainer as he tipped his hat to the onlookers and released the first shovel full of dirt a portable microphone was attached to the roof of the power shovel however mike did not choose to speak alfred v bodine chairman of the building and grounds com mittee of the board of trustees introduced mike cunningham who accompanied by a power shovel operator actually removed the -. first quarter ton of dirt from the site of the new building the ground breaking ceremonies were closed by a brief speech by president whitaker and a blessing by rev bean first time on feb 18 1947 at the heckscher theatre on up per fifth avenue in new york city and was first produced for broadway audiences at the ethel barrymore theatre on may 1 1947 following its successful broad - way run the opera also played in boston philadelphia chicago and other major cities and last spring was given before london and paris audiences where pub lic and critical acclaim matched the reception accorded it here an intimate comedy the tele phone is most happily per formed in a small auditorium and is being done with piano accompaniment at many schools and colleges a post graduate of the juil i?ard school of music miss de lys was one of the finalists in the 1944 metropolitan auditions the air and has sung with opera companies and in opera festivals since she has also ap peared in light opera in the v'*s&,v '*$&, having played the title rnie in the merry widow and ps 7 eading lady of sweethearts snrt other operettas and has rlo"p extensive radio work mr kins has given recitals in new york's town hall and on tour in the east south and southwest he has also sung light opera with the new opera company and in oper etta seasons one of his fa vorite roles is that of the red shadow in the desert song included in his operatic reper toire are the leading baritone roles in aida traviata carmen pagliacci ii trovatore and others dur ing the war mr king served in the navy for three-and-a half years derna de tys age to which there will be no , admission charge will be pre ceded with a varied concert pro gram of operatic duets in eng lish and numbers from classical ► and contemporary literature for solo voice the telephone which ac complishes the neat and elus ive trick of fusing musical and dramatic elements into a winning piece of entertain ment combining the best vir tues of song and story was publicly performed for the boy scouts guests of apo tour campus see and win in response to invitations sent out by alpha phi omega to 600 boy scout troops 735 senior scouts began arriving on cam pus at 9:30 a.m saturday as sembling at the flag pole the boys were registered by bob honeyman and sent in groups to various points of interest on campus the engineering labs drown hall and the administration building were the main objec tives of the tour and demon strations were set up for the boys in the labs following the excursion the scouts were free to roam until 12:30 when they fathered in lamberton hall for lunch at 1:15 naul nelson of al pha phi omega spoke briefly over a public address system in the dining hall about the fraternity and dean wray congdon also gave a five minute talk after lunch the scouts went to the l tj.-get tysburg football game as a group only high-grade education can justify a college and edu cation is not teaching dean congdon told the visitors it is learning and that is a student activity the heart of a college is the activity that goes on in a college all the other aspects of col lege life — campus buildings acuity student extra-curricular activities teaching — are for only one purpose that is to increase and improve learning the dean emphasized one thing to the young men if were going to go to college to ask themselves one question am i sincerely interested in learning if you are there is every opportunity for you to learn all that you are capable of learning if learning is not your prime purpose then you should not go to college the visitation day was a result of contacting 15 boy scout councils by alpha phi omega regarding a list of troops in the surrounding area 600 troops were then invited and arrangements were made with col sadler to expect about 300 boys however the final result yielded acceptance of the in vitations from 950 boys the university could only accom modate 735 consequently over 200 were unable to come the major purpose of the day was to acquaint the youths ri college procedure and student life at a university cheerleaders leap to end a cheer on the balcony in front of drinker house in le high's first open air rally of the season spirited students rigged up all kinds of signs and banners and brought with them flares and torches light from the pep foto by r a chisholm rally could be seen from broad street on the north side of bethlehem and the crowd spurred on by speeches from coaches leckonby and tony packer sang anr cheered loud enough to be heard as far down the hill as the new street bridge tuesday october 19 1948