Brown and White Vol. 59 no. 4

              seeking to raise the fraternity scholastic average above the all men's average at lehigh the in terfraternity council met in pack ard laboratory last week harry hahn of the university counseling center spoke before the fraternity representatives and re viewed the methods used by the reading and study clinic at lehigh to aid students in improving among other things their schol astic standing in emphasizing the importance of reading and study habits in at taining higher marks it was point ed out that lambda chi alpha is requiring every fraternity pledge who fails to make his average take the reading and study course future ifc scholastic meetings will probably be held once a month with the same goal in view epitome goes toward press this year's epitome promises to be the most striking in the his tory of the publication according to the editors the book has been redesigned from cover to cover new type faces will be used to add to the overall clarity and at tractiveness of the 1950 issue the layout of the senior section has been changed to contain colors a completely new cover is now in the making for the 1950 epitome and according to the editors it promises to be a real eye-catcher another feature of this year's book will be the printing of individual pictures of the fraterni ty men for the first time in the his tory of the publication whoops . . . subscriptions will be taken im mediately the price is stll 5.00 date of publication will be may 15 and the epitome will be on time this year the editors report er of the pi gamma mv national the lehigh campus will be at the ducting international institutes at bard college vassar and colleges in new england dr w m boyd continued on page 8 col 1 graduate of talladega col lege in alabama he received his master's and doctor of philosophy degrees from the university of pictured slipping about the campus after the season's unpre cedented icy conditions are on their feet left to rigrht george barry ch.e 52 bob svhilling e.e 53 jim handcock e.e 53 bob strube e.p 53 on their . . „ paul fideles and herb weis ser e.e 52 social fraternities a banquet will friday evening feb 24 at the hotel bethlehem john m macgregor president of alpha tau omega fraternity and chairman of the national interfra ternity conference in 1942 will be the main speaker he will explain to the pledges fraternity life and its ideals he will be preceded in his talk by chaplain bean dr barthold dean congdon dean leith and dean seidle purpose of the banquet is to acquaint the pledges with one an other and to impress on them the importance of the ideals of frater nity life and what is expected of them during their training as pledges chaplain bean plans to emphasize the importance of ful ifc initiates greek weekend to fete pledges sponsor dance this year the interfraternity council has designated the weekend of february 24 as greek weekend for the pledges of lehigh's 29 social fraternities a banauet will be given in honor of the pledges filling the oaths and pledges taken during initiation and pledging dr barthold and the deans will give short talks on similar topics saturday evening the in terfraternity council is sponsoring a pledge dance which will be open to the university no admission will be charged the dance will be held after the syracuse meet from 10 p.m to 1 a.m music will be furnished by don trostle of the lebanon valley school of music the highlight of the dance will come at 11:30 p.m when lehigh's first triple quartet will announce its contest-winning name the talented singing group has arranged a short program to be presented at the dance o docs on call as many fall story's tall like frenzied mountain goats lehigh's 3000 took to the ice as the worst freeze in more than two years settled in the lehigh val ley wednesday state police warned motorists to stay off the highways professors ever wary left their cars at home and puffed up new and adams streets many shortly behind their students in the scuffle for the 8:00 class walks down from the dorms were neatljy coated with ice and students recorded slides of 75 feet between the library and christ mas-saucon hall several students less fortunate in their impromptu sliding hit the ice for wounds varying from bruised ankles to a sprained wrist no serious accidents have been reported as yet but reporters from the brown and white clad in con servative black ghoulishly haunt ed the health service throughout the day political scientist to talk here on south s affairs world plans dr william m boyd one of the leading negro educators of the south and head of the department of political science at atlanta uni versity atlanta georgia will serve as visiting lecturer in bethlehem under the auspices of the lehigh valley branch of the foregn policy association feb 27 28 and march 1 four different meetings to be held on the lehigh university campus have been arranged his first appearance here will be at an informal luncheon meeting at 11:30 monday feb 27 in lamberton hau his subject for this meeting will be southern politics this session wilt be sponsored by the lehigh chapt social science honorary farternity dr boyd's second appearance oi open meeting under the auspices of the christian council at 8 p.m tuesday feb 28 in room 466 packard laboratory his subject will be politics in the south on wednesday morning march 1 dr boyd wil be guest lecturer at the 8 and 11 o'clock classes in international relations while in bethlehem he will ad dres the foreign policy asociation the bethlehem rotary club and the bethlehem woman's dub lehigh university faculty and student members of the foreign policy association will be admitted without charge to the public meet ing on monday evening feb 27 at the brith sholom community center at the corner of brodhead and packer aye at 8 p.m dr boyd will appear under the aus pices of the foreign association his subject will be a political scientist uooks at world plan ning dr boyd comes to bethlehem after lecturing under the sponsor ship of the american friends ser vice committee at a number of colleges and universities of the midwest and the southwest re cently he completed a tour con brown and white lehigh university friday february 24 1950 volume 59 — number 4 bethlehem pa prom will be night at casino with music by vincent lopez lopez . . . stern's program was arranged by bob smith assistant to the noted sports commentator charles j moravec university news editor and harles brandt lehigh alumnus now a member of the public re lations staff of the united states rubber company biographical material on coach sheridan and a complete record of individual champions in the east erns nationals and olympic stern to interview sheridan in radio prelude to easterns national radio recognition for lehigh university's consistent ly victorious wrestling teams will come at 6:15 p.m tuesday feb 28 when coach billy sheridan is interviewed by one of the ace sports announcers bill stern over the wnbc of the national broadcasting system the program will originate games was prepared for the script in studio 8b in radio city new by moravec york stern known to sports fans from coast to coast is recognized as one of the most colorful radio sportcasters in the nation he has covered all of the major football bowl games the army-navy foot ball classic the davis cup tennis matches pga golf tournaments and world championship boxing matches although sheridan has appeared on numerous local radio programs this will mark the first time in his 38 years as coach of the lehigh matmen that he has been invited to appear on a national radio net work tuesday's program has been planned as a prelude to the east ern intercollegiate wrestling asso ciation championships to be held march 10 and 11 at princeton uni versity tions william ciaravino publicity chairman bill kanenson arts 51 game room and mart lapides em 51 dance chairman during the game playing croupi ers dressed in tuxedos will circu late among those present thomas holme head of the ie department is faculty adviser for the class grace hall wll be turned into a casino for the prom and games of chance like roulette crap black jack and chemin de fer will be available to the participants ciaravino explained that although no gambling will actually take i be able to buy dummy money at to gamble wherever the students individuals possessing the largest amount of money at the end of the dance decorations on the lower floor wll dipicted a monte carlo scene with all the props which would normally be seen at monte carlo on the upper floor of grace hall the decorations will feature a french riviera scene with sway ing palms and large draping cur tains vincent lopez who is currently appearing at the hotel taft in new york will bring his 16 piece or chestra here he also has a tele vision show of his own according to jack macdon aid bus 51 ticket committee chairman tickets will cost 3.25 other committee members are edward becker c.e 51 decora spend a night at monte carlo and dance to the music of vin cent lopez at the junior prom saturday march 25 in grace hall tickets will go on sale march 6 according to william ciaravino arts 51 publicity chairman place students and their dates wil the doors this money will be used wish prizes will be given to the conductor lopez and his 16 piece orchestra will appear at the junior prom march 25 find 49 mail in drown hall in george washington's day no doubt the mail delivery was slow but the finding of a mail sack by bill tracy b & w business man ager caused a small group of peo ple to be honored as the only ones on the campus to receive regular mail on george washington's birthday postcards and letters dating back to oct 2 1949 were delivered to mrs moravec of the housing bu reau chaplain bean and arcadia the sack was found in the base ment of drown hall ifc strives to improve house grades