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              continued on page 8 col 3 the newest committee created last week at the first meeting of the christian council is that of folk songs an operetta and sacred songs will be the keynote of the vienna choir boy concert in grace hall tonight at 8:00 p.m the lehigh concert is the first stop for the choir in its second post-war american tour the choir of more than 20 boys aged seven to 12 returned to the u.s last season after a european tour during which a festival in vienna celebrated the quatrocento estab lishment of the group by maximi lian i whose imperial decree on july 7 1498 directed that a choir be organized to sing daily masses in the court chapel after maximilian's death suc ceeding hapsburgs continued to subsidize the choir and it achieved fame throughout europe josef haydn and franz schubert as children were members of the chorus until their voices changed with the fall of the haps burgs in 1918 support for the choir from private funds was supple mented by income derived from concert tours which began in 1926 at this time the programs took a more secular turn actually how ever there was ample precedent in its four-century-old history for singing non-sacred music and making concert appearances in the first half of the seven teenth century the choir toured but occasionally although public concerts were not taken then in vogue a stipulation in the in structions to the kapellmeister provided that the boys could per form in public if requested by reputable persons the choir will include on its program offcenbach's one-act comic operetta herr und madame denis the troupe of choristers arrived in america oct 4 aboard the queen elizabeth a costume operetta will be featured on the program in grace hall the concert will include sac red music and popular songs over 100 cities will hear the choristers in their second post-war trans-continental tour their tour will extend from oct 7 to mar 7 at which time they will return to vienna students will be admitted upon presentaion of coupon a in athletic books faculty and stu dents may purchase a ticket for dates or wives at the main box office in grace hall for 75 cents general admission for the public at the door will be 1.50 reserved section tickets for everyone at the door will be 2.40 due to illness rev arthur m sherman head of the religion de partment was unable to attend his place was taken by chaplain bean who related the teachings of jesus on sex the purpose of the organization it was decided to have a joint meet ing with the girls from moravian college every two weeks the day was to be decided later stating that there are three distinct place in the bible where jesus speaks of sex chaplain bean spoke of two of them he further pointed out the various religious beliefs held on sex the meeting was then open for discussion after which a closing prayer by chaplain bean dismissed the group that a union of heart soul mind and body is good if accom plished in a righteous way was the summary statement of the rever end george m bean university chaplain in his lecture before the canterbury club wednesday night in rown hall christianity stated chaplain bean doesn't deny the importance of sex like all that god has creat ed sex is essentially good the misfortune is that man misuses it and cheapens it and so today we see sex set up as the sole purpose of life by many meeting for the first time the club held a short business meet ing during which president wayne schwab gave a brief account of the biblical quotation ". . . and the two shall become one refers to the christian ideal of marriage a union of both body and spirit and chaplain bean acknowledged that christian churches often fall short of their responsibility by not emphasizing the compound charac ter of marriage 51 to plan dance smoker the junior class cabinet formed last year to aid the class executive group in organizing and directing class functions will hold ts first meeting in the arcadia room drown hall wednesday oct 12 at 7:15 p.m herbert h hoover class 1 presi dent and prof t t holme facul ty adviser will direct the meeting committees will be formed to plan a dance and class smoker of 100 who applied for positions in the 49 cabinet 30 have been chosen for membership these will be notified by mail brown key initiates sixteen membership and participation in the committees is open to all inter ested undergraduate students we urge every student to consider the possibilities for worthwhile work within the framework of the chris tian council alvord beardslee president announced today under the direction of john brothers arts 1 and eng 50 a com mittee assists chaplain george bean in the mechanics of the weekly services in packer mem orial church brothers works with a committee of omicon delta kap pa senior leadership honorary in planning group attendance by fra ternities dormitory sections and social organizations the conference on religion studies the religious emphasis week programs 1 at comparable uni versities and considers long-term plans for an inter-faith conference on religion at lehigh allan jud son arts 50 heads this committee wayne schwab 50 heads the discussians group which encour ages and assists student-faculty discussion groups on religious topics the inter-faith committee in cludes the presidents of the new man club of lehigh the hillel club at the community center in beth lehem and of the christian coun cil john jordan arts 50 planning support of the campus chest drive dancing patron loses date kaye band feature is born most people have a desire to lead a band claims sammy kaye after five years of finding out one evening in 1944 while conducting his orchestra at the hotel commodore in new york a young couple stopped dancing in front of the bandstand the fellow came over to kaye and asked if he could at a meeting of the brown key society wednesday oct 5 10 new members and 6 pledges were initiated members initiated were ted baldwin june 51 robert banta june 52 spencer bevins june 53 edgar bergmiller june 52 rob ert bond feb 51 william clay ton june 51 richard gabriel june 51 harry hinman june 51 michael kasyzski june 52 john ward june 51 pledges initiated were donald drack june 51 george feuer bach june 52 william henderson june 52 robert horning june 52 harry stowers june 52 john wisatskey june 52 president ed haltenhoff wel comed new men and explained that it is the society's primary aim to foster better inter-collegiate rela tionship by acting as hosts to the visiting athletic teams vice president cy baldwin an nounced the assignments for the fall semester this year two mem bers will be assigned to cover foot ball games instead of the one man who previously served after being interrupted dur ing the war years the brown key society reorganized in 1947 it be gan functions with 30 men which its charter calls for at present there are only three charter mem bers remaining the society is not an honorary society but an organization for anyone who wishes to aid in fos tering inter-collegiate relationships at lehigh stated haltenhoff orchestra play loudly or softly fast or slow depending on what the amateur does with the baton after the group of contestants has led the band through a series of involved noises kaye presents each with an autographed baton adding a substantial prize to the winner judged best by audience appeal kaye will present his so you want to lead a band show on oct 28 in grace hall where he will play for the houseparty for mal dance lead the band for a minute sure said sammy if you let me dance with your girl it's a deal re plied the young man and before the evening was over kaye found that almost everyone in the room wanted to lead his band so he made it a permanent feature in his musical program at every performance the band leader allows a group of four contestants to come up from the audience and wave the baton in front of his orchestra for bet ter or for worse the men in the friday october 7 1949 offenbach opera to highlight vienna choir boy program lehigh university's fall brown and white bethlehem pa minuet ... volume 58 — number 3 committee appointed to voice comment on student placement president martin d whttaker has appointed a new joint committee to be known as the committee on placements it consists of three student members appointed by arcadia three faculty members appointed by president whitaker and the editor of the brown and white one faculty member and one student have been selected from each ranging from seven to 12 years of age the vienna boys choir will present a concert at grace hall tonight at 8 p.m under the auspices of the student-concert lecture series the choir which disembarked from the queen lizabeth tuesdayy will make their initial appearance in this country when they sing here service group lists welfare activities new in campus activities is the christian council organized last spring representing nine undergraduate religious groups the council also includes chairmen of eight committees it is through these committees that the work of the council is done the placement office's progress in that important juggling feat — bringing together the graduate and the job the first job after graduation states e a teal director of the placement bureau and chairman ex officio of the committee is one of the more important things that can happen to an indivdual it can be as important to a man as getting married in fact it can affect whether or not he does get married since this first job is of vital importance to students the students should have some access to individuals who are in charge of placement continued on page 8 col 1 of the colleges arts 1 , business and engineering arcadia appointees are donald f miller m e june 50 john j martin bus june 50 and rob ert s nichols arts june 50 presidential appointees are dr elmer c bratt professor of eco nomics dr edelbert ford head of the depatment of psychology and prof thomas t holme professor of industrial engineering the function and purpose of the committee will be twofold meeting monthly it will provide a channel to voice student and facul ty comment and suggestions on placement operations in addition it will evaluate and report to the faculty and students bean meets canterbury club airs christian sex doctrine and activities for brotherhood week publicity for the chapel speaker programs and the activi ties of the council is handled by john van ness ee 51 liaison with the national coun cil of student christian organiza tonis 1 , the student christian move ment is organized by robert n taylor arts 51