Brown and White Vol. 41 no. 21

              tickets for the mustard and cheese performance of t h c front page will be available to all town students at the lehigh union office in drown hall until saturday noon dec 16 no tick ets will be given to students at the door either night tickets will be distributed to the heads of fraternity groups and section chiefs of the dormi tory groups before the first per formance on friday night any one not having a ticket will be obliged to pay the regular ad mission price of 40 cents this plan of distribution re lieves the students of the both er of getting tickets at the le high union office before the play it also gives a better check on the student tickets so that only students may use them states c e schaub business manager of mustard and cheese doc hyder and his southern naires will play at the annual mil itary ball sponsored by tne scab bard and blade society which will be held from 10 to 2 saturday night in the armory admission will be 2.20 per couple and 1.25 stag invitations have been issued to the members of the m s and t department and to several other faculty members the chaperones will be major and mrs j o green captain and mrs j k rice and captain and mrs p l sadler the armory will be decorated with flags guns and other military decorations an added touch of col or will be provided by the mem bers of the society who will wear their regulation uniforms the members of the dance com mittee are e n hower 34 chair man a t bailey 34 j r fu gard 35 and c k okuno 34 edwin j prindle will hear talk on patent law water colors are displayed art gallery shows rare prints japanese motif dominates exhibit lehigh sends three to meet dr.ej prindle 09 will lecture before indus trial management class representatives attend relations clubs con vention in washington between 700 and 800 was ap propriated to the epitome by the senior class at a class meeting last friday as a result the senior epi tome assessment will be reduced to 3 the plan adopted provides that the senior class treasury shall pay 3 to the epitome for every senior in the book the total senior assess ment of 6 will be made up by the individual senior's payments of 3 apiece this is the second time the as sessment has been reduced at the beginning of the year it was cut from 10 to 6 one hundred and forty-six sen iors were present at the alumni memorial building on friday for the class picture and the meeting which immediately followed the meeting was presided over by b l bishop president of the class j d neely editor in chief of the epitome explained the proposed plan there was no discussion and the resolution io accept the plan was passed almost unanimously the senior class had this 800 surplus by virtue of the fact that it was the first class to dispense with class banquets class rushes and other expensive activities 261 men in class of 1930 there are 261 men listed as be longing to the class of 1934 if all should go in the yearbook the class treasury will pay to the epitome 783 thus taking a considerable fi nancial burden off the students shoulders neely says that from all indications a very high percentage of the number in the senior class will be in the book it is noteworthy that the epi tome assessment is now but 3 whereas last year it was 10 the year before 12 and in 1930 14 neely stated the 1934 epitome will break away from the old standardized publication which has been the same since time immemorial he assert ed monotype will be used instead of linotype a distinctly modern type face called kabel will be used senior biographies will be shorter and a great deal more at tractive and the layout of the book will be changed the adoption of a uniform budget system and the establishment of an auditing committee to examine the books of each chapter of phi delta theta was proposed at the annual tri-province convention of that fra ternity held last week-end at the lehigh chapter tri-province which meets annual ly for the purpose of discussing and comparing problems and business confronting individual chapters is comprised of 12 chapters one del egate is sent to the convention from each chapter this year the most important item of new business brought up was the proposal of a new budget system this subject found a great deal of favorable comment how ever nothing was done at this con vention in the way of adopting such a program presidents re-elected during the course of the week end three different business meet ings were held a general discussion was held at each one of the meet ings in regards to financial mat ters scholarship and rushing the presidents of the three provinces were re-elected as follows o j tolman rho province which was the host province g w r . eichel berger gamma province and h miller upsilon province at dinner friday evening short welcome addresses were given by dean c m mcconn and r e mc leod president of the interfrater nity council talks were given on saturday night by h j hartzog president of phi delta theta alum ni and a t wilson lehigh chap ter advisor a formal dance was held saturday night in honor of visiting delegates at which the le high collegians played dr and mrs beardslee were chaperones the list of 11 delegates and one alternate are as follows john co coran allegheny john w whet stone gettysburg paul r bender gettysburg alternate w b mil ler u of west virginia t h eakle perm state f p duggin u of maryland w e mollen hauer lehigh charles stabler la fayette geo r moore pennsyl vania w t gordon dickenson a m wright pittsburg james me pherson washington and jeffer son a group of 25 water colors and japanese prints are now on exhibi tion in the university art gallery several of the water colors are by dr maximilian rabus professor of fine arts at new york university among the group are several rare examples of japanese prints a few suitable for christmas cards most of the water colors are of still life a few landscapes are included in the group garth a howland associate professor of fine arts says that most of the landscapes show a dis tinctly japanese influence profes sor rabus shows a variety of tech nique he says some of the things are done with extreme delicacy but most of them are treated with con siderable boldness in a broad man ner and with extremely rich and harmonious color professor how land stated the japanese prints are largely a collection of modern reproductions of original japanese woodcuts pub lished in tokyo they are done en tirely by hand in addition to mod ern reproductions there is a group of original prints of the seventeenth century there are several famil iar examples of hokusi hiroshige and utamaro professor howland stated that there is also a group of simply de signed animal and bird studies a larger and better open house celebrating a century of progress in pennsylvania education next may is the expectation of professor lar kin chairman of the committee on open house expressed after the faculty education club met yester day in the alumni memorial build ing to discuss last year's show and plan for a new one work has already been started in various departments upon exhibits for the pageant of arts and science scheduled for the day before sub freshman day the committee on open house composed of the de partment and college heads of the university the publicity manager and the librarian will convene this afteroon to lay out the details of the exhibition departments are to plan their shows independently professor lar kin states they will have the rest of the year to produce whatever machines models apparatus and displays that may contribute to the success of the whole affair school may be modeled numerous suggestions were of fered by members of the faculty education club yesterday to carry out the century of progress idea a model and photographs of the first schoolhouse erected in this lo cality may be brought to the uni versity the schoolhouse is situated at bath 10 miles north of bethle hem engineering models shown at the chicago fair will possibly be placed in the exhibit efforts will be made to bring a linotype and a teletype machine to the brown and white show intramural athletics contests and lectures delivered over a sys tem of amplifiers were also sug gested the century of progress in penn sylvania education motif was intro duced by president richards in one of three addresses delivered at the meeting commenting on the purpose of open house he stated the view that it should afford the faculty the stu dent body and the community with an opportunity to see what goes on in the university and should at tract boys and their parents to the school p m palmer head of the college of arts and science discussing the continued on page four navy man to speak on maritime battles lieut com thompson will lecture at joint meet the opportunity to feel the tense excitement of press life will be giv en to all who come to see the mus tard and cheese club present the front page at 8:15 p m friday and saturday of this week in drown hall the front page concerns the attempt of hildy johnson star re porter for the herald-examiner to break away from newspaper life in chicago and elevate himself to an advertising manager in new york city the speed and thrill of the life has so entangled him that even the call of love could not take him from his work while his bride-to be waits at the station he is de tained b r the escape from jail of earl williams on the eve of his hanging mustard and cheese which has been working with the co-operation of bethlehem women friends of the club will stage the three act melo drama which met with great suc cess on the new york stage and screen it had a two year run on broadway in the original new york cast lee tracy played the leading male role hildy johnson which will now be taken by j j berger vice pres ident of mustard and cheese the leading lady molly molloy will be miss jeanette cleaveland recorder of the university this part was originally played by dorothy stick ney dorothy stickney starred dorothy stickney has starred in a number of broadway successes in the last few years among her most outstanding performances were an other language chicago and the front page for the last two years she has appeared at the sum mer theater at newport r 1 her husband howard lindsay author and director of many broadway successes was the vaudevile part ner of lee tracy in their early days lee tracy and howard lindsay both broke onto the legitimate stage in dulcy when tracy took the part of hildy johnson in the front page he was characterized as the fastest talking speediest ac tor on broadway this melodrama paved his way for the movies since this performance he has starred in night mayor private jones and blessed event in the movie version of the front page george o'brien took the part of hildy johnson the character of the irrate managing ed itor walter burns was portrayed by adolf menjou this picture had its run less than a year ago workshop players triumph over confusing theme little white mice saved by good acting dr edwin jay prindle 90 will lecture to the class in industrial management at 7:30 tomorrow eve ning in room 466 packard labor atory his subject will be patent protection dr prindle had conferred upon him at this year's founder's day exercises the honorary degree of doctor of engineering in recogni tion of his services in the field of patent law soon after graduating from lehigh he entered the na tional university law school in washington to further prepare him self here he received the degree of bachelor of laws 1892 master of laws 1894 and subsequently doctor of laws prindle is also author after completing his work as pa tent examiner in the united states patent office in 1899 dr prindle undertook a thorough going revi sion of the national patent system he brought about a change so note worthy and effective that he has come to be recognized as a national leader in the field of patent law says prof f v larkin head of the mechanical engineering depart ment dr prindle is the author of sev eral books and many papers deal ing with subjects in his field he has lectured at other institutions and has broadcasted frequently he is a member of five national engin eering societies the national asso siation of manufacturers the na tional research council and the american engineering council these industrial management lectures are open to the public stu dents and faculty professor larkin invites everyone to attend this is the ninth in a series of ten lectures being given by leading industrial ists in this vicinity for the benefit of the class r.w wood to talk at sigma xi meet coming events johns hopkins man to speak on lost egyptian arts lehigh university sent three del egates to the international rela tions club's convention held dec 8 and 9 at george washington uni versity washington d c the le high delegates were e f ritter j b diefenbach vice president and secretary respectively of the lehigh club and george d harmon asso ciate professor of history the group convention discussed pan-american relations the meet ing was held at the same time the seventh international conference of american states was meeting at montevideo e gil borges assistant director of the pan-american union build ing welcomed the delegates in be half of the union at the friday afternoon session president c h marvin of george washington uni versity and miss a h jones exec utive secretary of the international relations clubs were also speakers at this session monroe doctrine discussed topics at both the friday night and saturday morning sessions were monroeism imperialism and pan americanism the leaders on fri day were dr charles c tansill professor of american history at american university who discussed what the monroe doctrine has meant mr james a reid foreign trade adviser of the pan-american union led the discussion on trade agreements the round-table on the seventh international confer ence of american states was led by dr a curtis wilgus associate professor of history at george washington university on saturday morning dr james a robertson professor of amer ican history at john b stetson uni versity led a discussion on the top ic what the monroe doctrine should mean dr roscoe r hill who has served on various commis sions dealing with central-ameri can problems was leader of the dis cussion on the topic loan poli cies discussion on the topic special pan-american conferences was led by miss heloise brainerd chief of the division of intellectual co-oper ation of the pan american union lecture on bach postponed shields suffers laryngitis due to an attack of laryngitis t edgar shields director of music was to deliver hi s lecture on john sebastian bach his life and his music last night as was scheduled no other date has yet been set for the lecture which was to have been given in packard auditorium the lecture committee does not meet until next month and it is probable that another date for mr shields lecture will not be set until that meeting dr r w wood head of the physical laboratory at johns hop kins university will address sigma xi national honorary research so ciety at 8 o'clock tonight at a meeting of the society in packard auditorium the meeting is open to students the subject of the lecture is lost egyptian arts dr wood has played an impor tant part in the development of modern physics claims dr j s long professor of inorganic chem istry he rendered the government a valuable service during the war when he developed infra-red glasses for use in spotting american ves sels and airplanes according to professor long at the time of the discovery of the tomb of tutankamen in egypt in 1922 dr wood was sent to inves tigate the report concerning gold coins with a reddish tinge as mrs crick whose sense of humor and capacity for understanding others were portrayed in good propor tion lucy-ord k rice did splendidly as rose the phil adelphia society matron who believed herself to be a budding artist ramon an excitable latin who refused to lose faith in himself as a singer was an impossible char acter no amateur actor could be expected to do any thing with it but john b tupper succeeded in in jecting a deal of action and humor to the part april may commended the role of april may the actress who came to the island in an unsuccessful effort to escape sex was a minor one but christine c peters president of the freshman class at cedar crest college handled it satisfactorily a word of praise must be given james r wright who gave a most convincing performance as smith the playwright who pretends to be a madman as part of a plot to prove to the assembled guests that their reason for being there is to find themselves louis citro did quite well with the difficult role of an erroneous story he had published e pauline leibert as jennifer and jean ingram rights as tony handled their roles nicely robert farnham jr did not seem quite convinc ing as the philadelphia business man anxious to get back to his stock ticker and it was hardly credible that the guests at the resort would not see that bos ko played by nathan silverberg did not really be lieve the tale that smith arrived there on a stick by h l sholly a well-produced version of a play that in itself was a rather terrible jumble was little white mice given by the dramatic workshop friday night un der the direction of albert a rights instructor in english hiram p ball and john b stobaeus were the student directors e de s melcher dramatic critic of the washing ton star based his story on an incident in the life of noel coward but succeeded in keeping the connec tion well hidden at least three different theses are injected into the play in the early portion of it the author's central idea is that everyone is trying to find self-expression or to escape from the usual day-by-day surround ings after being expanded for a while this idea is drop ped near the end of the play the author drags in by the ears on observation by someone that the people in the play have been merely little white mice in the hands of smith the experimenter in the final scene a new idea entirely is intro duced this third thesis is that although people may come and go in a resort they are so much alike that they are really the same people in different clothes stage crew praised despite the handicaps of such a play the dramatic workshop made the most of its possibilities the set was well-made and the lighting effects were good the reappearance of the sun after the long heavy rain was effectively done these amateur actors on the whole did well with their roles one of the best was ruth c whitecomb tuesday dec 12 8 p m sigma xi lecture packard auditorium prof r w wood johns hopkins university will give an address on the purple gold of tutankhamen wednesday dec 13 7:30 p m industrial management lecture room 466 packard lab oratory e j prindle will speak on patent protection 8 p m lecture sponsored by eta sigma phi and international rela tions club lieut comm l h thompson will speak on naval strategy in packard auditor ium thursday dec 14 7:30 p m tau beta pi meeting room 451 packard laboratory physics society meeting physics lecture room physics building 7:45 p m civil engineering so ciety room 466 packard labor atory rocky river hydro electric development by lyle whitsit naval battles past and future will be the subject of a talk to be given by lieut com l h thomp son of the u s navy in packard auditorium at 8 p m tomorrow night under the sponsorship of the international relations club and eta sigma phi honorary classical fraternity commander thompson will an alyze the historic battles of sala mis virginia capes and jutland by criticizing the naval tactics em played by the fighting nations the battle of salamis was fought be tween the athenians and persians because of the athenian victory greece was saved from the hands of persia the french victory over the british fleet at virginia capes made possible the american vic tory at yorktown while the bat tle of jutland swept the german fleet from the atlantic during the world war commander thompson was made an ensign in the navy in 1917 when he served in the world war from 1919 to 1931 he held the rank of lieutenant he graduated from the naval war college in 1929 and from the post graduate school in 1930 in 1931 he received his present commission at present he is the naval inspector in northeastern and northwestern pennsylvania of steel made for the navy bethlehem pa tuesday december 12 1933 to speak tomorrow town students may obtain play tickets in drown hall price five cents vol xli no 21 doc hyder to play for military dance phi delts hold tri - province meeting here editorial life to be shown in drown hall class action helps epitome to lower tax scabbard and blade to hold ball in armory open house is scheduled for next may senior's appropriation of 700 enables lehigh's year book to reduce class assessment to 3 this is the second cut the original price being 10 brown and white fraternity convention pro poses adoption of new budget system and chapter auditors mcconn and mcleod address dinner gathering on friday faculty club plans pa geant for celebration of century of progress in pennsylvania teaching larkin will head committee which maps out work today mustard and cheese club will stage the front page recent broad way success dec 15-16 lee tracy took leading role in original stage production member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first