Brown and White Vol. 41 no. 41

              junior engineers are honored by society in chapel ceremony hibshman speaks five civil engineers and three mechanicals included the pi kappa alpha dance will be saturday evening april 7 in the hotel bethlehem and not on april 17 as the notice in friday's brown and white er roneonsly stated elections commitee an nounces system of pri maries and finals to be tried first this spring body congratulates bishop grants 50 to golf team lindabury to pick commit tee to price blazers elec tions at next meeting three discuss world affairs aspects of present inter national situation out lined by 3 professors three student groups held their mid-winter dances saturday night the miami triad dance was given jointly by beta theta pi phi del ta theta and sigma chi at the ho tel bethlehem sigma phi epsilon gave theirs at the chapter house on market street and phi gamma del ta entertained at its chapter house on the campus sigma phi epsilon entertained 50 couples with the music of the le high collegians the chaperones were mr and mrs w g fly and prof eric c sinkinson three hundred couples attended the miami triad dance music for this affair was furnished by george doddy and his orchestra the chaperones were dr and mrs ste wart l rankin mr and mrs george b thorn and dr and mrs claude g beardslee phi gamma delta entertained 70 couples at its chapter house music was furnished by ed provost and his syncopators this dance was chaperoned by mr and mrs rob ert adams and mr and mrs hal ford c brown e e's inspect lighting plants the spanish club presented a one act play entitled la muela del juico by miguel ramos carrion and an evening in a spanish courtyard in drown hall friday night the name of this comedy trans lates into english as the wisdom tooth in the cast were w h bohning arts 34 dr raigon the dentist gilberto escobedo c e 36 fran cisco his servant benjamine keen arts sp'l don atilano mercedes hidalgo innocenia his daughter jose hidalgo eng 37 lelis her sweetheart nancy de soto dona rocio a widow manuel lorenzo arts 36 un caballero s.b wright eng 37 el garlopa a peasant and maria lorenzo isidra his wife an evening in a spanish court yard consisted of a series of span ish songs and dances a native folk dance was done by miss leonor escobedo and a tango by walter l deemer arts 35 and miss ma ria lorenzo acting as a team the scenery and staging were done by albert a rights instruc tor in english he was assisted by members of the class in dramatics journalists go to new york eighteen seniors are tak ing trip to study large scale operations inspect newspaper and magazine plants on three day field trip for the government to attempt to subsidize small independent mu nicipal power plants would be a step taken backward from the prog ress already made and would be at the expense of the already over-bur dened taxpayer said dr s s sey fert head of the department of elec trical engineering at the university lecture last evening in packard auditorium dr seyfert showed by slides and graphs how it is more economical for power to be supplied by a few large corporations than by a great many small and independent pro jects he stated that a power plant can only average half of its capac ity since it must have enough equip ment to take care of a peak load in the later afternoon this extra equipment makes an extra tax which must be raised by the cost of the produced power in addition to this each small plant must keep a spare machine ready in case of breakdown the upkeep of these spare machines is an added expense a group of large inter-connected power plants would not need to keep spare machines in case of failure one plant could get addi tional power from the others conowingo part of network professor seyfert said that the project at conowingo would not be possible except for this connected network in the summer the sus quehanna is very low and power must be taken from the other pro jects in the spring when there is plenty of water conowingo can supply water to the other projects without this mutual arrangement uninterrupted service would not be possible professor seyfert attacked the idea that the utility companies charge an unfair rate he showed that the average domestic consume uses 50 kilowatt hours per month and pays 3.00 for it the company must maintain equipment worth 140 to supply him before it starts making power it must pay 2.25 in fixed charges in taxes depreciation and upkeep on this equipment it costs the company only one and one-fourth cents to deliver one kil owatt hour of power but the fixed charges amount to three-quarters of the cost about two-thirds of these fixed charges are in the upkeep of the low-power delivery lines there fore if a factory or a town will sup ply its own sub-station and delivery lines it can get a much lower rate professor seyfert said that the holding companies were necessary to the administration of the public utilities he said that the govern ment by offering to subsidize small municipal plants which would run in unfair competition with power plants already giving excellent ser vice has depreciated the value of the stocks of the holding companies the lehigh chapter of tau beta pi national honorary engineering fraternity pledged 11 juniors in chapel yesterday morning five are civil engineers and the rest distrib uted among the mechanicals elec trical chemical and mining curri culums e l wildman m e 34 pres ident introduced prof n s hibsh man associate professor of electri cal engineering who explained the basis on which the pledges were se lected and gave an outline of the society's history the following were pledged f w blanchard m e pennington n j c e collander c e new ark n j f j hollister e e sea cliff n v t t holme m.e philadelphia r r mcclintic c.e pittsburgh s a musser c e reading c h nieman m e york p f preston ch e beth lehem f c purnell c e potts town h w seeley c e ridge wood n j and m wolf e m of new york city blanchard is letterman blanchard is a basketball letter man of this year's team and a mem ber of pi tau sigma collander is also a basketball letter man a mem ber of cyanide and editor of next year's freshman handbook hollis ter is an interclass wrestler and a member of eta kappa nu honor ary electrical engineering fraternity holme is a member of pi tau sigma honorary mechanical engin eering fraternity mcclintic is jun ior manager of wrestling and a member of mustard and cheese and cyanide clubs musser is active in the international relations club neiman is a member of the track stquad treasurer of the a s m ej society represents his house at the interfraternity council and is an of ficer of pi tau sigma preston is a football man and was president of his class in his sophomore year purnell is a member of the newton ian society pi mv epsilon and has worked on the brown and white seeley is treasurer of the civil engineering society and was an in structor at surveying camp last year wolf is news manager of the brown and white the men pledged yesterday were selected from a group which at tended a smoker given to acquaint the student members of the society with the prospective members professor hibshman said that tau beta pi will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year having been founded at lehigh in 1885 by ed ward h williams donor of wil liams hall since then it has grown to include 65 chapters at the lead ing technical colleges and universi ties throughout the country a di versity of interests besides a high scholastic average is required for membership he said newspaper and magazine plants a radio broadcast a linotype com pany and the associated press headquarters are being visited by 13 journalism majors in a field trip to new york city which started yesterday yesterday the group inspected the new york times plant and at tended a studio performance of the columbia broadcasting company where they heard a skit by ernest truex the latter took the lead in the motion picture whistling in the dark which will be produced by mustard and cheese this spring today the students studied po lice work in new york at the cen ter street headquarters and the crime museum adjoining the del egation were guests of the mergen thaler linotype company at lunch and inspected its plant in the after noon they will visit the associated press headquarters the acme news pnoto service and the editorial of fices of the time magazine tomor row the trip is under the direction of dale h gramley assistant profes sor of journalism and kenneth k kost assistant in journalism stu dents making the trip are h c archer arts 37 r f bavington bus 34 j j berger bus 34 r f herrick arts 34 monroe hor owitz arts 34 v s lippe arts 34 j r mccomb 35 r h moore bus 36 j d neely arts 35 k s putnam arts 35 jud son schaeffer arts 35 r e sked gell bus 36 and w v toffey arts 35 reports will be written by the group after the easter vacation to study short wave research students will aid in radio investigation prof s seyfert head of the department of electrical engin eering recently received a letter from the united states bureau of aeronautics inviting members of the staff or research students to aid the bureau on some investigation of the action of short-wave radio beams to aid in piloting airplanes these radio waves are sent out along the course at regular inter vals and picked up by the plane in flight an indicator on the dash tells the pilot whether or not he is off the course the waves divide over some mountain chains and consequently lead the pilot off his course it is this splitting of the waves that the bureau of aeronautics wants to investigate professor sey fert stated that the department will probably do some work on this project although it is handicapped by not having any flying facilities colorful appellations marked student organizations of 1880 s the national state is threatened dr james e swain muhlenberg college danger zones exist throughout the world prof w w eddy la fayette college it is to be hoped that the pres ent move toward stabilization of the dollar may bring agreement to make an international stabilization of money prof frederick bradford lehigh such summaries of three aspects of the present international situation were presented by a triad of college professors friday evening at the modern symposium in packard auditorium sponsored by the inter national relations club dr james e swain of muhlen berg college opened the sympos ium with his answer to the ques tion is nationalism doomed doctor swain outlined the growth of nationalism from early ages up to the world war the disease that caused the world war had its germs in old treaties doctor swain told his audience in spite of the advance of civilization diplomats have persis tently clung to the policy of to the victor belongs the spoils in fram ing treaties doctor swain suggest ed that in the next war the officials should be sent to the front first all europe is divided between na tionalism and fascism and national ism is doomed unless a solution is presented in the near future said doctor swain he believes that the problem would be solved if capital ists would go nationalistic w w eddy associate professor of history at lafayette college il lustrated in detail the world situa tion of nationalism in his talk in ternational conflicts danger zones exist in the orient and in europe in greater numbers than they did before the world war professor eddy reported he gave the exact geographical and economic loca tions of these zones professor eddy does not sympa thize with hungary he praises bulgaria's position but fears the prospects that would ensue if rus sia should turn nationalistic professor bradford associate professor of economics at lehigh presented the economic aspect of the situation of nationalism in the world professor bradford outlined the conditions that must be lived up to by any country that stays on the gold standard he summarized the situation of the united states from 1932 up to the present the united states seeks the kind of dollar that existed in the past professor bradford said in describing the policies of the pres ident of the united states at pres ent the government has dropped the idea of the commodity dollar in its desire to raise prices to the level that existed in 1926 professor bradford said that more devaluation may come but he hopes that in the end an international stabilization of the dollar will be made eighteen senior electrical engin eers and two faculty members of the electrical engineering depart ment left on a three day inspection trip yesterday to new york city and vicinity yesterday the group visited the westinghouse lamp company at bloomfield n j and the outdoor switching station of the public service company at roseland n j following a banquet at their head quarters the william sloane house in new york city some members inspected the liner hamburg of the harburg american line and some took the optional trip to stu dy the lighting of the newark air port today the party visited the walk er street building of the american telephone and telegraph company rockefeller center where the group picture was taken and the national broadcasting company studios this evening the group will attend a broadcasting studio performance and go back stage in the radio city music hall here the electricals will inspect the thyratron room the projection room the sound mixing room and the chorus girls dorms they will attend the last show and end the day by seeing the back stage lighting control board tomorrow the group will be the guests of the brooklyn edison company visiting the hudson ave nue generating station which is the largest in the world and the king's brewery or the option the jay street sub-station the faculty members in charge of the trip are dr j l beaver professor of electrical engineering and h c i knutson instructor in electrical engineering electricals prepare historical experiments to be con ducted by e e.s members of eta kappa nu hon orary electrical engineering society and junior and sophomore electri cals will have charge of historical experiments at open house these experiments will include projects on electromagnetic induc tion as michael faraday developed it in 1831 a working model of the faraday motor will be built oer stead's famous experiment will also be demonstrated special exhibits of experiments on alternating and direct currents illustrating fundamental principles of electricity will be displayed on the balcony of the main laboratory these exhibits are to be arranged to be operated by the public and will be accompanied by typewriten explanations for the fourth time in the last six semesters the brown and white was awarded first prize for the ex cellence of its editorials and editor ial page at the spring convention of the intercollegiate newspaper asso ciation of the middle atlantic states saturday at temple univer sity the award however was a joint one as four other papers tied with the brown and white the news competition also resulted in a tie with the carnegie tech tartan and the temple news the convention which ended with a formal banquet on saturday eve ning brought together journalists from 29 member papers to hear pro fessional newspaper and publication men and to discuss their own prob lems in round table discussions herbert s stare editor in chief of the gettysburgian was elected president of the association at the general business session he suc ceeds hyman levin of johns hop kins edwin a harris managing editor of the brooklyn polytech reporter was elected vice pres ident and miss margaret f pet ers managing editor of the swarth more phoenix was elected secre tary prof william s maulby head of the department of journalism at the university of pittsburgh was re-elected executive secretary herrick reads paper robert f herrick editor in chiei of the brown and white and edi torial representative at the conven tion presented a paper covering the campus saturday morning at the editorial round table he also served as chairman of the extension committee and as a member of the nominating committee a plan drawn up by william h macdonald business manager of the brown and white to award a cup for excellence in local advertising copy and makeup was proposed by louis s stout business represen tative at the convention the plan was approved by the other business delegates and was referred to a committee to arrange for the first presentation at the next conven tion the ties for first places in the editorial and news contests were the first since the contests have been held the incompleteness of the de cisions of the judges made closer differentiation among the papers impossible the five papers who tied for first in the editorial competition were the brown and white the buck nellian the gettysburgian the car negie tech tartan and the pitt news the news awards were the carnegie tartan and the temple news first the pitt news third temple takes cup in accord with the i.n.a policy to encourage journalism temple was given custody of the news cup and carnegie was given the custody of the editorial cup this was the first time that either of these schools had won a first place the names of all first place winners however will be inscribed on the cups the editorial award to the brown and white kept the paper in its prize-winning stride since the spring convention in 1930 the brown and white has entered the nine competitions sponsored by the association and has never failed to place in either the news or editor ial competition on four occasions the paper has placed in both divi sions and in the spring of 1932 it placed first in both divisions a rec ord which has never been equalled the judges of the competitions were waldo l cook editor in chief springfield mass republi can e robert stevenson editor in chief waterbury conn republi can and waterbury american and alexander gardiner associate edi tor american legion monthly cook failed to judge the news en tries petersens chaperone prof and mrs max petersen chaperoned the omega phi sigma dance a week ago saturday instead of prof and mrs s s cairns as reported in the brown and white with this issue the brown and white suspends publication until tuesday april 10 a revolutionary method of con ducting class elections by which campus politics it is hoped will be elevated to a respected activity and which will be put into operation at the coming spring elections was presented to arcadia last night by the elections committee of that body essentially the plan provides for primary elections at which sponsor ed nominees will be voted upon and a subsequent vote upon the three highest men whose names will be held in secrecy until the election the plan first suggested by the lehigh review several months ago and later discussed by o d x was put in its final form by a com mittee of the senior honorary so ciety and the elections committee of arcadia with the co-operation of the original devisers of the plan arcadia also last night voted a resolution of congratulation to ben bishop captain of the wrestling team for his winning of the 155-lb eastern intercollegiate champion ship and the national championship in the same class and his winning a cup as the outstanding wrestler at the nationals golf team expenses the student governing body also voted 50 to the golf team to help defray expenses and asked the ar cadia president r n lindabury to appoint a committee to investigate prices of blazers for upperclassmen and to grant permission to the com pany offering the greatest values to conduct the sale on the campus the organization voted to peti tion the faculty for a college meet ing to be held at 11 a m may 17 at the flagpole a discussion as to the sale of freshman dinks was tabled pending further investiga tion it was decided to hold elec tions of arcadia officers at the next meeting april 30 under the new election plan the week of april 12-19 has been set as the time for the nomination and registration of candidates the plan further provides that each nominee shall have at least ten men to sponsor represent and campaign for him this group of sponsors shall be composed sole ly of men from the nominee's re spective class sponsors are limited to one from each living group not more than 40 per cent of the total number of a nominee's sponsors may be from any one of the groups listed below men pledged or mem bers of fraternities but not living at their houses shall be considered in group a b or c not in d or e nominees not to campaign also nominees shall not take an active part in the campaigning this is the duty of his sponsors suffi cient proof being presented to ar cadia of bargaining or unfair politi cal manipulations on the part of any nominee or sponsor said nom inee's name shall be dropped from the primary list upon the decision of the election committee of arca dia furthermore that nominees reg ister with a full knowledge before hand that once nominated they can not resign nor can the sponsors each sponsor automatically casts his vote for his nominee their vote to be recorded for the primaries the day they present the name of the individual they support also names are to be presented in person by the sponsors to the members of the election board in drown hall from 4 to 6 p m each day of the week of april 12-19 there are no restrictions as to the number of men on the primary list it is the duty of the election board and arcadia to encourage as many nominees as possible nominations are to close on thursday april 19 with the pri mary list of nominees and their sponsors appearing in the friday april 19 and tuesday april 24 issues of the brown and white the primary elections will be held wed continued on page four paper suspends publication men below five feet-four and mem bership in the dwarf club de manded a minimum height of six feet the ancient pastime of roller skating had as its special head the mashers mutual protective asso siation quoting from the epitome of 87 we find that the object of this organization is threefold viz first monopolization of the belles of the rink second the annihila tion of all micks whom the organ ization may consider and if neces sary extermination of the preps other interesting clubs were the grand army of the sons of rest the corner-stone sepette the crimson halberd and the lovit club all of these organizations were very exclusive and member ship involved rigorous initiation such as is seldom seen today we almost forgot the saver kraut club this gathering of the partakers of the well-known penn sylvania dutch delicacy met every saturday night at charlie's the ticket agent it adjourned prompt ly at midnight singing their song saver kraut is bully saver kraut is fine etc clubs societies associations — saloons restaurants and skating rinks ! out of the dim and time-yellowed pages of the epitomes of the eigh teen-eighties come the strange and curious names of organizations long since deceased to the eyes of the inquisitive investigator appear such interesting appellations as the eigh teen club the skin and bones club and a host of others in the days when it was the cus tom for fellow students to gather together and consume the brown ale many so-called eating societies grew into being among this group we find ye knights of the green cloth the hefty club and the tooth pickers the long forgotten sport of whist had its devotees in the early days of lehigh a classic example of a whist club was the klonzical hoopycracknical pyran knor ia 1 snap up whist club this was in deed the day of leisure since such names could be formulated clubs with a general program were the fat club the giant club the dwarf club and the pretty club incidentally the membership of the giant club was limited to bethlehem pa tuesday march 27 1934 spanish club gives la muela del juico vol xli no 41 three groups hold saturday dances price five cents lehigh paper places first in editorials tau beta pi pledges 11 men at exercises seyfert says power trusts are essential miami triad entertains 600 at hotel bethlehem native songs and dances also presented arcadia adopts plan to change class elections the lehigh university brown and white brown and white ties with four others for i.n.a contest prize awarded at convention delegates hear herrick approve macdonald's plan electrical engine ering head hits idea of gov ernment subsidation in university lecture favors large corporations as less expensive pi k a dance april 7 coming events tuesday march 27 7:30 p m faculty rifle club ar mory 8 p m sigma xi meeting room 466 packard laboratory wednesday march 28 4 p m faculty volley ball lehigh field gymnasium 6 p m cosmos club drown hall thursday march 29 7:45 a m easter holidays begin thursday april 5 7:45 a m easter holidays end member intercollegiate newspaper association all toe lehigh news first