Brown and White Vol. 41 no. 38

              largest list of entrants gather at perm state for thirty-first tournament ; harvard new member princeton yale and perm state threaten defending champion lehigh's strength lies in chance for places in all lower weight events if the recent demand for civil engineers is any indication of bus iness improvement industry is on the uptrend declares john brod head head of the placement bureau in the last two days there have been seven requests for civil en gineers from nearby companies these are the first positions that have been open in the last two years in this field mr brodhead announces mr brodhead was unable to state how the positions would be filled because of the different qualifica tions stressed by the various com panies some ask for the applicant to personally write to the company some rely on the placement bureau and others grant personal inter views high scholastic position in the class however will be a deter mining factor in the final selection he says pairing for first intercollegiate championship bouts state college march 16 — the following bulletin was received from state college at 2 o'clock this afternoon 118-lb class — meixell drew a bye 126-lb class — case lehigh vs moore u of p 135-lb class — taylor lehigh vs hurwitz cornell 145-lb class — gonzales lehigh vs richardson cornell 155-lb class bishop lehigh vs frey u of p 165-lb class — crockett lehigh vs kindecke yale 175-lb class loux lehigh vs treist yale heavyweight class — scobey lehigh vs gilman cornell bishop case favored to win parents group hear mcconn will describe future morals montague will lecture at 8 o'clock tonight in packard auditorium four characteristic necessary for the production of domestic coke for domestic heating and three different methods producing these character istics was the subject of an address by dr fred denig vice president and head of the research labora tories of koppers coke company last night in the chemistry build ing the lecture was sponsored by the chemical society the four essentials of coke for domestic consumption are low ig nition temperature high ash fusion temperature over one per cent of volitle matter and constant burning at air velocity of two and a half to three feet per hour at present there are two pro cesses of domestic coke production and one process still in the experi mental stage declared dr denig a low temperature coking process may be used though this method has not proven economical the most common method employed is by the use of a medium tempera ture the use of high temperatures is still in the laboratory stage as serted dr denig meixell scobey to aid lehigh's hopes to regain championship dean talks to council at philadelphia hospital on * after school what posters tell of exhibitions invitations sent to 2,250 schools to be present at open house here fourteen seniors were pledged by the lehigh chapter of phi beta kappa national honorary scholas tic society this morning at the ex ercises in the packer memorial church prof lawrence h gipson head of the department of history and government presided as president of the local society the pledges according to their future degrees are as follows bach elors of art — victor mayer gellert s alleman william h bohning david eckstein c brooks peters and james osborn fuller bach elors of science in business admin istration — herbert t brunn wil bur c winblad bachelors of sci ence in chemistry — milton meiss ner clinton f miller richard n lindabury bachelor of science in civil engineering william a rob inson bachelors of science in electrical engineering david c bomberger and richard m byers the pledge ribbons were pinned on the men by the faculty members of the society in presenting the pledges to the local chapter professor gipson pre sented a short history of phi beta kappa he stated that the found ing of the society was identical with the declaration of independence and the birth of the american nation the first chapter was started in philadelphia since that time the society has spread over the entire nation it has been instrumental in promoting and maintaining high scholarship in american universi ties three students talk at newtonian meet £. oppenheimer r lord and m jackson speak to men dr william pepperel montague will present religious and moral conceptions of the future in his ad dress ancient hopes and new directions at 8 o'clock this eve ning in packard auditorium an nounces professor hughes head of the department of philosophy since this is his first visit to le high dr montague will be shown the campus and points of interest in town this afternoon later he will meet student and faculty mem bers of the robert w blake so ciety honorary philosophical so ciety in drown hall here he will discuss at the request of the stu dents the philosophy of the new deal and what will come of it this evening dr montague's public lecture will include reli gious and moral concepts of the fu ture and the new spirit of hope and happiness resulting therefrom says professor hughes dr montague believes that all human beings should enjoy life to the utmost in other words says hughes he is for having a right good time any objects in the path of happiness in life should be removed he thinks heads philosophical society dr montague professor of phil osophy at columbia university is president of the american philoso phical society and he was represen tative of the american philosophi cal association at oxford and ge neva he has been visiting lecturer at numerous universities in the united states europe and japan the american association last summer appointed him to the paul carus lectureship in philosophy its high est distinction dr montague has a wide repu tation as a lecturer of brilliance and charms says hughes and i do not doubt that all those who come to hear him will feel well repaid visit zinc company posters have just been printed which will be sent to 2,250 high schools and preparatory schools in this vicinity inviting the students and faculties of these schools to be present at open house the pos ters are made up of a picture which shows clark bartlett e e 36 in the process of announcing over the lehigh radio station w3aeq in the radio club room in packard lab oratory the border of the poster is com posed of a number of views of stu dents at work in the various courses offered in the curricula at lehigh floodlights to be used the lighting effects will be the same as last year prof f v lar kin chairman of the open house committee states flood lights will be set up in front of the buildings as well as the 10,000 watt light on top of the flag pole according to professor larkin counters will be used at the entrances to the cam pus to obtain a fairly accurate esti mate of the number who attended the final meeting of the open house committee was held tues day all departments were repre sented at this meeting where many new changes were brought to the attention of the committee a e buchanan publicity chair man for open house announced that all department programs should be complete by march 15 major j o green chairman of the wel coming committee announced plans to have all r o t c men in uni form acting as guides major green also hopes to have a regimental drill on the lower field accompanied by the band as part of the open house program professor larkin says junior metallurgists make trip to palmerton reed receives plaque former editor of brown and white is honored temperatures as low as 70 de grees below zero no baths for months at a time hurricanes of 120 miles per hour velocity clothing weighing 80 pounds were endured by the members of the first byrd antarctic expedition lieut henry adams chief offi cer and navigator of the first byrd antarctic expedition made these revelations last evening at an open meeting of the industrial engineer ing society in packard auditorium members of this 2,000,000 expe dition which was supported by sub scriptions from interested persons were prepared to stay an unlimited time about 26,000 different items ranging from powdered ice cream to straight jackets were carried to the base at little america the chief purpose of the expedi tion was to determine whether the antarctic was a stationary piece of land or whether it was a floating mass the investigation revealed that the land is fixed conditions more severe lieutenant adams stated that the present expedition in the antarctic is experiencing more difficult con ditions because of more violent storms at this time with the tem perature down to 70 degrees below zero water dropped on the deck would bounce back and hit you little america consisted of six buildings which were buried in the snow and ice entrance was ob tained by a 600 foot tunnnel men tal difficulties were endured because of the isolation of the men unclean conditions common to exploration parties existed due chiefly to freez ing conditions at all times the dog sled was the most satis factory method of transportation the tractors were lost in the ice and the ford equipped with skiis was blown away by the wind stated lieutenant adams there are five forms of life in the antarctic explained the lectur er the killer-whale seal penguin and two types of birds exist there the penguin was very tame and exhibited much intelligence it was the chief source of amusement for the men although at times it was a confirmed nuisance wore furs always because of the extreme tempera tures the men wore fur clothing at all times the clothing weighed ap proximately 80 pounds their faces were protected from the cold by fur and special goggles the expedition was prepared to stay away from civilization for an indefinite period of time lieutenant adams stated that when he told his wife this she replied that is the best idea you have had in 30 years the byrd expedition was sup ported by many business concerns as well as many private individuals including a 50 cent subscription from one of roosevelt's sons stated adams lieutenant adams expressed his highest regards for rear admiral byrd for his forethought in plan ning the expedition and his selec tion of the personnel men were chosen because they could do spe cial duties as well as being good all around hands the courage of the men was due chiefly to the spirit of the admiral added adams bull describes work college is a sink or swim propo sition it's grand for those who swim it's a little rough on those who sink so said dean charles m mcconn on monday before the parents council of the institute for mental hygiene of the pennsylva nia hospital in philadelphia in his address after school what dean mcconn outlined what he considered the requisites for the prospective student there are several methods for determining whether a boy or girl should have the benefit of a college education does a member of the family have to waken the boy in the morning or does he arise by his own alarm clock the dean went on to explain that there is no one at college to rouse the sleepy student if he sleeps at home until he is awakened the chances are that he will sleep until noon at college classes or no classes advises on finances does the boy make his allow ance last during the period it is supposed to last and use it for sen sible spending or does he spend his allowance recklessly and speedily for frivolous things he added if the boy has not learned at home the probability is that he will al ways be in debt at college and his account will continually be over drawn does the boy get down to home work early enough in the evening to get it done or does someone have to watch him and see that he doesn't slip out in the car or go to the movies the dean claimed that the college heads do not have time to see that every boy takes sufficient time to do his work in a satisfac tory manner does the boy make worthwhile friends or is parental intervention necessary every once in a while to pry him loose from some friend who is undesirable morally or ethically the range for his choice of friends will be wider at college he will have a whole town to choose from he must determine for himself what friends are acceptable dean mcconn urged that the parents cease to rely on the rou tine of musts which they have followed in the past instead they are to be guided by the ability and the aptitude of the prospective stu dent director of health service tells of department aid tutorial fellowship requests must be filed before april 1 talks by three students featured a meeting of the newtonian so ciety honorary mathematical so ciety wednesday evening in pack ard laboratory life and works of sir isaac newton was the topic of the talk given by e g oppenheimer bus 37 he stated that newton was the inventor of differential calculus and that he was interested in gravita tion oppenheimer also said that newton was a member of the royal society of england which was con sidered a very great honor r lord eng 37 then gave a short talk on the history of pi many complex forms of pi were presented by the speaker lord also said that many mathematicians had their own system of figuring out values for pi however all were somewhere near the present value of pi which is 3.1416 the last talk of the evening was given by m l jackson eng 37 he spoke on the eclipses of the sun the speaker declared that eclipses were studied many thou sands of years ago by the ancient astronomers jackson also brought out another interesting feature of the eclipses he said that the pres ence of an eclipse causes animals to think that night is approaching consequently they prepare them selves for sleep the speaker closed by saying that the eclipse has the same affect on radio waves as a sunset prior to these talks jackson was elected vice president and treas urer juniors in the metallurgical en gineering department visited the plant of the new jersey zinc com pany at palmerton on thursday march 8-12 they investigated the x-ray and miscroscopic equipment and also tne distillation of very pure zinc studies in galvanized iron were also made stated gilbert e doan as sociate professor of metallurgy this same group intends to visit the united states cast iron and foundry company of burlington n j the latter part of next week at this time the students will be shown the process of centrifugal casting a very unique and inter esting process professor doan added coming events phi gamma delta is eighth contrary to an item in the brown and white for friday march 9 phi gamma delta rose scholastically from twenty-third last semester to eighth this sem ester among the fraternity group friday march 16 8 p m public lecture on ancient hopes and new directions by prof william pepperell mon tague in packard auditorium saturday march 17 2 p m interscholastic swimming meet in taylor gymnasium monday march 19 7:30 p m tau beta pi banquet in hotel bethlehem by bob moore presenting the largest and most outstanding list of entrants in the history of the association the thir ty-first annual wrestling tournament sponsored by the eastern intercol legiate wrestling association got under way this afternoon at perm state lehigh the defending champion left bethlehem yesterday afternoon in quest of its seventh title in eight years and due chiefly to the ruth lessness and regularity with which it has been bowling over its oppon ents in dual meets this season will be the main target for the eight other entries the usual entry has been aug mented this year by the admittance of harvard to the association bring ing the total number of competing teams to nine navy is a possible last-minute entry upsets in past meets have made the task of picking champions a practically impossible task teams which have bludgeoned their way through a victorious dual meet sea son with a finely balanced line-up have lost to arr apparently weaker aggregation comparative team scores are rendered worthless due to the high premium on individual championships records 22 triumphs lehigh with her proud record of 22 consecutive triumphs is once again the favorite to capture the title princeton yale and perm state offer strong threats to the defending champion while har vard the newcomer to the tourney is a very possible dark horse the main strength of the lehigh team lies in the possibility of its picking up points in practically all of the weight events of course the brown and white line-up carries its outstanding stars but the strong possibility of nearly the entire team picking up points here and there is lehigh's chief threat the princeton tiger is expected to uncover a pair of sharp claws in the persons of julian gregory and captain houghty hooker cham pions in the 145 and 155-lb classes respectively other dangerous princetonians are keats bowie un defeated 135 pounder and george treide who has wrestled in both the 165 and 175-lb weights triede is undefeated in the lighter class the withdrawal of clyde cole present heavyweight champion from the meet on account of injuries has considerably heightened the chances of yale to come through to a title in that event the blue should at tain the crown through snowden the elongated eli heavy is unde feated this year in collegiate com petition and is the favorite to gain the title yale holds hopes captain ferdinand haase and stumpy valas in the 145 and 125 lb classes are other yale hopes haase was runner-up to gregory last year in the championships and forced an overtime bout in the yale princeton dual meet this year valas has been competing in both the 126 and 135-lb classes this year and is undefeated in the lighter weight the nittany lion of perm state after breathing a soft purr of wel come will undoubtedly show its fangs and go after a few champion ships of her own bob ellstrom de fending 118-lb titlehoider who has come down to the flyweight class after wrestling the greater part of the season as a 126 pounder is ex pected to be the chief threat of the blue and white max rosenberg state captain took third place honors in the tour nament at columbia and has im proved steadily this year to offer a real threat to other title aspir ants the state lineup also boasts of a well-balanced team continued on page four a rocky road paved with many hard matches confronts the lehigh wrestling team before it can reture home with the 1934 e i w a championship the outstanding brown and white title hopes are captain ben bishop and roy case both of whom are undefeated in dual meet com petition this year bishop has wrest led in both the 155 and 165-lb classes while case competes at 126 pounds milo meixell 118 pounder and howell scobey sophomore heavy weight are other championship as pirants of the brown and white in addition frank gonzalez has been coming along fast at 145 pounds and might prove the dark horse of the tournament hooker-bishop meet again further repetition of the classic bishop-hooker battles should alone draw crowds to state college in the lehigh-princeton dual meet in 1933 bishop defeated hooker by an overwhelming time advantage only to have the nassau leader turn around and emerge the champion of the columbia tourney by trimming bishop in overtime periods this year the lehigh captain again won the dual meet encounter throwing hooker in a little over sev en minutes strange things often happen in championship matches however what will be the outcome in the bouts for the 126-lb title case will meet the hardest man to beat he will face this season when he encounters valas of yale throughout the course of the sea son valas competed in the 135-lb class and wrestled ccl peck in the eli-lehigh meet spectators at the 1933 tournament however will re member valas as the man who gave bob dalling the fight of his life and finally finished in the runner-up berth gonzalez threatens the narrow margin by which ju lian gregory defending 145-lb champion won over frank gonzalez in the princeton meet augured well for the sophomores chances to win at least a place in the championship meet it will be remembered that the titlehoider was not able to keep gonzalez on the mat for any length of time and finally won with time advantage of a little over one min ute captain hooker of princeton is the main barrier in the way of bish op's march to a throne while walt crockett wrestling a notch above his normal weight is not conceded much chance in the 165-lb divi sion recent developments have tended to indicate that scobey's inexper ience will not be so great a hin drance he has been coming along fast winning his last four bouts the last three on falls snowden and hordines offer the chief threats to scobey's hopes the optimistic fact from the le high viewpoint is that there are sev eral possibilities on the team that might come through should half of these possibilities develop le high will win otherwise — ? raymond cooley bull director of the students health service ex plained the reasons and the advan tages of systematic examinations of the students he described the man ner in which his department helps the student body certain physical standards said dr bull limit the number of those who wish to take part in athletics records of the physical status of the athletes are kept and charted accurately dr bull outlined the functions of the dispensary and traced its de velopment since its founding in 1923 it began with four rooms and a nurse now it includes ten rooms and a personnel of eight including a doctor an assistant and nurses applications for tutorial fel lowships should be filed in the president's office by april 1 president richards announces all students intending to apply and who are leaving the univer sity for the easter vacation should hand in their application before leaving the tutorial fellowships were established last year to help needy graduate students and fra ternities desirous of tutorial aid the fellowship exempts the stu dent from tuition fees up to 150 per year for two years only graduate students with bachel or's degrees from any recognized college are eligible martin m reed b a 33 former editor in chief of the brown and white has been awarded the bond yolk plaque by the local chapter of delta sigma phi fraternity the bond-yolk plaque is awarded an nually by the local chapter to the outstanding student among the ac tive members of the chapter the plaque is the gift of dr r b hess of bethlehem in memory of his grandparents reed was graduated from liberty high school in 1929 at present he is studying at the university of pennsylvania he was president of arcadia and a member of the ath letic board of control while an un dergraduate at lehigh the award was made at the first anniversary banquet of the local chapter mr a ford dickerson the national travelling secretary of the fraternity was present at the ban quet bethlehem pa friday march 16 1934 coke consumption discussed by denig civil engineers are in demand now harsh climate was endured by byrd's men vol xli no 38 price five cents brown and white phi beta kappa taps 14 men at exercises chemical society learns pro duction processes wrestling team favored to win intercollegiates preliminaries held today seven requests for men re cently says brodhead lieut h adams chief officer and navigator of first antarctic expedi tion tells of hardships 120 miles per hour hurricanes are suffered at south pole prof l h gipson pres ident of chapter re lates history of senior scholastic honorary faculty members pin ribbon on pledgees this morning member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first