Brown and White Vol. 59 no. 23

              class of 1950 sets final ball for june 17 good luck will be the theme of the senior class ball to be given june 17 in grace hall for all members of the class of 1950 featuring matt gillespie and his orchestra the dance will be dec orated with a floral horse shoe in the center of the floor budget for the dance has been set at a 630 maximum the dec oration committee is still open for anyone interested in participating the dance is formal and admission is free card-sharp zingone the theodore h h meyers field cup the nannie lamberton wil bur baseball cup and medal the ernesta drinker lacross cup and medal the lehigh wrestling home club wrestling cup and medal the r a lewis freshman wrest ling cup the pat pazzetti foot ball cup and medal the varsity l club cup ; the bosey reiter leadership cup the james c gravany memorial cup the peter j morrissey memorial swimming trophy the alexander king wib gen memorial hockey trophy and the dean's service award featured on the program will be a report on student government by the present president of arcadia and the introduction of next year's continued on page 7 col 5 originally athletic cups and awards were presented on alumni day at taylor field under the direction of eosey r'eiter previously direc tor cf athletics about 25 years ago the ceremonies became more of an undergraduate affair and were held at the flag pole at the south end of new st under the direction of *~ arcadia and various student lead ers for many y&^ts th 2 tapping of societies presentation of athletic cups and letters and the passing of the senior cane were part of the ceremonies but the tapping of so cieties and presentation of athletic letters have been eliminated the awarding of cups and other pres ent flag pole day activities repre sent the finest in lehigh tradition and generosity of lehigh alumni an friciidi the cups to be presented are the john maxwell cross country cup traditional priceless cup will be presented by administra tion officers coaches and alumni and in many cases by children and grandchildren of the originators officers meet . . . senior gift total surpasses record set by class of 49 at a dinner meeting of the senior class gift committee last friday ron young chairman of the committee announced that the class of 50 has surpassed the remarkable record of participation set by the class of 49 and consequently has achieved its immediate goal of erasing all previous records from the books according to young at the present time 309 applications have been received from the june graduates representing just over 58 per cent of this group this figure tops the 58 per cent record established by last year's graduates young explained that due to a recent concentrated sales cam paign in the dormitories this liv ing group division had leaped ahead 15 in the past two weeks and now ranked almost equal to the fraternity returns sizeable gains have also been made in the town living areas commenting on this new sales reord achieved by the class of no university treasurer john deadline for seniors wanting dormitory rooms over gradua tion weekend wednesday may 17 contact clem titzck phone 7-9047 his dance group on oct 13 charles laughton noted actor on nov 3 the majorca singers on dec 15 percy grainger on jan 5 a series of one act plays by the demi-tasse players on feb 16 kenneth spencer internationally known negro baritone on april 20 and zingone a mental telepathist on may 11 in announcing their program for the coming season the committee stated that there will be a limited number of tickets available to the public only as long as the seating capacity of grace hall permits appearing for the first time before an american audience the concertgebouw orchesti*a com prising 110 musicians will be the largest symphony orchestra ever to appear in bethlehem the or chestra will be under the direction of the world-renowned conductor edward vanßeinum destines dance group will ap pear here after critical acclaim be for large audiences in the united states central and south america destine has been successful as a choreographer and soloist in many productions another european group to par ticipate in this series will be the majorca choral group they will present a varied program of music and dances including old world christmas selections under the di rection of juan maria thomas kenneth spencer a grad uate of the eastman school of mu sic sang the role of joe in the broadway hit show boat he has appeared in two operas get tysburg and the unknown war rior and has had leading roles in the motion pictures cabin in the sky and bataan continued on page 7 col 4 among the members of the demi-tasse players who will pre sent a noel coward play among others will be charles avery star of the broadway play storm op eration roderich winchell who appeared in mrs january and mr ex helen thomas recently starred in the touring production dan webb newly elected president of next year's junior class shakes hands with al bryniarski at right who will head the sen ior claps of 1951 nick gentile next gear's sophomore president was unavailable at time of picture kirkpatrick who was also present at the dinner confessed a year ago i thought the class of 49 had established a record never to be challenged however your class has achieved the monumental task of surpassing their stellar perfor mance with five weeks still remaining before graduation the committee hopes to attain its 146,100 goal already over 130,000 in pledges have been received chairman young also announced the addition of nine new living groups to the 75 honor roll — price house richard 1 richards 2-a theta kappa phi psi up silon dravo a-l dravo b-2 dravo c-2 and dravo d-2 also present at the meeting were ten representative members of the class of 51 their attend ance-had been invited so that they might become acquainted with the suitability of class insurance as a class gift bruce 50 music festival head dies in n j after long illness george frederick bruce i bus j 50 died at 6 a.m saturday • in the orange new jersey mem ! orial hospital after an illness of five weeks he was 23 bruce served as coordinating director of the 1950 lehigh music festival was last year's president bruce dies of the kappa alpha society and was secretary of the interfraterni ty council in 1948 at the kill school bruce was a letterman gaining varsity recog nition in tennis football swim ming and baseball he was presi dent of the senior class for two years and graduated in 1946 en tering lehigh that fall bruce served in the army air forces for 16 months as an air cadet he is survived by his mother mrs frederick bruce and two sisters mrs alan l smith and mrs thomas dickson jr pre-med society to initiate nine butts will speak alpha epsilon delta hon onarary pre-medical society will initiate nine students into its ranks on thursday may 18 w w butts manager of st lukes hospital will be the speaker at the initiation dinner which will follow at han overviile hotel john d leith jr arts 52 charles b sweigerd jr arts 52 charles k zug 111 arts 52 don ald l brown arts-biol 51 rob ert jacobs arts 51 richard w moscotti arts 51 richard t price arts 51 alan h schragger arts 52 and david s wiltsie arts 52 harold j hoops arts 50 presi dent of the honorary will preside at the dinner dr stanley j thomas professor of bacteriology and head of the depatrment of biology is the facutly advisor ing job applications care must be taken in withdrawing applications if the position is not desired one such case that of a job offered and being refused without suffi cient notice may destroy chances of subsequent lehigh applicants also pointed out by prof teal was the fact that much difficulty arises in the concentration of of fers to a few students creating the misapprehension that the number of jobs is insufficient he remarks with an optimistic view the 90 of the june 50 class should be employed by september feb class reports 169 hired teal cautions june graduates recently released was the placement office report on the february class of 1950 the purpose of which is to inform the faculty and administration of the employment status of that class two hundred twenty seven men graduated in february according to the report of these 169 have been reported employed or going to graduate school twenty four more that they were unemployed as of april 1 1950 of the remaining ~" 38 7 reported that they are em ployed but that they desire a change and 31 did not report al though self-addressed cards were sent to each of them according to asst prof everett a teal director of the counseling center the february 50 class con tained about 25 per cent more graduates than its 49 equivalent and about 40 per cent more than ' the 43 class ballyhoo seems to indicate a lack of jobs but actual ly positions are numerous prof teal went on to give advice to present seniors regard brown and white tuesday may 16 1950 volume 59 — number 23 flag pole day set for may 17 athletic cups to be awarded bethlehem pa 50-51 concert series includes noted orchestra of amsterdam opening the 1930-51 season of the student concert-lecture ser ies on thursday evening september 28 in grace hall will be the concertgebouw orchestra of amsterdam holland this pre entation will be the first in a variety of programs arranged iior the season by the student concert-lecture series committee included in the series for next season will be jean lecn destine and one of the oldest traditions at lehigh the annual flag pole day ceremcnie will take place on wednesday may 17 shortened classes will allow the ceremonies to take place from 11:40 to 12:30