Brown and White Vol. 59 no. 12

              davis placed the scene of the play in porto banos the republic of san manana in central ameri ca cast in the play are peter conover james b hood charles c reid roger noone peter thompson ronald ansorge alan koppes jack probst jesse mon sell and john west also john oiglio sidney pach ter herbert trumpoldt richard ash mrs nancy lynn mrs ruth shaw and mrs john seible peter conover 53 has the lead in the dictator he has been a member of the summer theater in seagirt new jersey nancy lynn cast as mrs bowie in the play is an honorary at the age of five benjamin composed his first work one day as i went home i sore a boats on the sands note sore is a five-year-old's poetic license he followed this with a series of four songs entitled dear liesl these works were inspired by a scandinavian who couldn't speak a word of english his first schooling was obtained at grisham's school in holt eng land he was an above-average student and the captain of the cricket eleven at one time he was the junior tennis champion of east suffolk frank bridge eminent eng lish composer took britten under his wing and taught the twelve year old prodigy the fundamentals of composition britten next attended the royal college of music in london where he studied the piano under arthur benjamin and composition with john ireland in 1933 he received continued on page 8 col 1 curtis misses prof meeting rumor has it that mysterious forces in the administration build ing are working to effect the quick dismissal of mr g b curtis uni versity registrar in view of his continued absence from faculty meetings facutly ire was aroused on nov 7 when mr curtis failed for the second time since 1928 to present himself at the usual monthly con clave of pedagogues since 1928 mr curtis has served as lehigh university registrar this is the second time in 21 years that mr curtis has missed a faculty meeting cyanide taps 12 new men six lehigh university students were tapped for membership in cyanide junior honorary society at ceremonies he!d tuesday noon on the campus initiation was 1 held in drown hall in the late after noon named to the society were f richard gratton east rochester n.y thomas d dowdell lewis burg david c lyman of mont clair n.j donald b morrison rocky river ohio john j mac donald scranton and dickinson r kearney fanwood n.j a banquet in honor of the initi ates was held at hanoverville hotel tuesday night the rev george m bean university chaplain and faculty advisor of the society spoke a few words at a reception meeting for new members of the dames club are left to right mrs stanley thomas advisor mrs earl main pres mrs john tremper pres of lehigh womens club mrs john ja cobi pres of newcomers club mrs robert klucker and mrs william skillman vick chemical interviewer commends lehigh university lehigh university stands for the highest ideals in life said e g michaels who visited the campus nov 8 to interview pros pective employees of the vick chemical company in an interview with a brown and white reporter mr michaels who years from now emphasis is placed on extracur ricular activities as well as schol arship in evaluating a candidate for a job during an interview mr michaels looked for certain char acteristics in a prospective em ployee such as facial expression enunciation interest and evidences of general executive ability lehigh s placement bureau ranks among the best in the coun try in mr michael's opinion the facts on each candidate were pre sented to us in the best possible objective manner he commented we will have difficulty in screen ing down the lehigh applicants is manager of personnel administ tration in the vick manufacturing department added that he was very much impressed by the se niors whom he interviewed through the placement bureau in christmasi-saucon hall in the future lehigh will be one of the best accredited schools on our list he said according to their representa tive the company is looking for young men who will be able to fill executive positions thi r t y-five this was the first time that the vick company of queensboro n.c new york n.y and philadelphia pa had contacted lehigh students through the placement bureau friday november 11 1949 bethlehem pa brown and white lehigh university's fall britten scheduled to play tomorrow tau bete taps . . . volume 58 — number 12 pic beats ban hits lu soon james fulleylove president of tau beta pi pins pledge ribbons on william hauze as pledges murray and langenberg look on see story on page 3 benjamin britten probably the foremost modern western com poser and peter pears noted english tenor will appear in broughal high school saturday nov 12 under the sponsorship of the cleaver memorial fund since crossing the ocean the two artists have toured this country and canada making appearances in carnegie hall new york the new england states montreal ot tawa and toronto peter pears was formerly a school master but in the middle thirties he became a singer be fore the war pears was 1 touring the u.s with suthbert kelly's english singers benjamin britten was born on november 22 1913 to edith rhoda hockey britten and dr robert victor britten his mother once a singer and his father a prosperous dental surgeon gave him every chance to promote the musical talent that he showed so early in life ir men visit united nations members of the international relations class took the day off monday and went to the united nations headquarters at lake suc cess new york members of the party saw sev eral committies at work among them the legal committee atomic energy committee economic and social committee and political committee the latter was work ing on the settlement of the italian colonies libia eritrea and italian somoliland at the time the group also visited the u.n press room and saw how u.n news is handled philip jessup u.s am bassador at large spoke to the students in the delegates lounge the u,n general assembly and the security council were not in session at the time of the field trip m & c club to honor davis presents ' the dictator ' in dec the dictator a play in three acts was first produced on april 4 1904 at the criterion theater ne york by charles frohman mustard and cheese founded in 1885 by richard harding da vis in its 65th producing year will present on dec 2 and dec 3 in honor of its founder his great comedy the dictator at broughal junior high school member of mustard and cheese 51 smoker nov 16 drown hall 7:30 p.m sport movie program army-navy game 1948 football highlights 1948 sports highlights 1948 smokes — jokes — cokes the raven long banned in france becaue of its sensational history will be screened nov 10-17 at packard auditorium as the third feature of the lehigh univer sity film festival a notorious trial in tulle some years ago inspired its story what happens to a small town whose in habitants are suddenly victimized by anonymous poison pen let ters signed the raven this mystery causes a political scandal a s-ex scandal a suicide and a murder and throws the in habitants of the town into a tur moil of fear suspicion and hatred its export was not only ban ned by the french government but also its showing in france until paris critics protested it is finally being shown here with of ficial permission it is one of the greatest french films ever made said the paris continued on page 8 col 3 the raven in french with complete engish titles will be shown two days at 4:15 and 7:15 pjn under sponsorship of mustard and cheese club and the depart ment of romance languages and tickets may be obtained at the door of 70 cents each trembler to speak on a-bomb usage professor francis trem bley will address the canterbury club on the subject are we mor ally at fault for using the a bomb president wayne schwab announced today that the meeting will be held in drown hall on wednesday november 16 the non-sectarion club meets every two weeks fill ' em up . . . she has had the lead roles in cy rano de bergerac and the royal family she is also a member of the drawing room theater of bethlehem roger noone member of mus tard and cheese is appearing as col bowie roger has appeared in cyrano de bergerac and the royal family james g hood playing the role of jim is also a member of mus tard and cheese he has appeared as the lead in pirates of penz ance and in the royal family it created one of the first major successes for mr davis on broad way in the original cast it is 1 in teresting to note the great names in the american theater william col lier john barrymore thomas meighan the cary grant of 1904 lucille watson and louise allen