Brown and White Vol. 42 no. 26

              dean lauds reports of students clubs vol xlii no 26 frosh rules suspended for school year to hold open house may 3 larkin says more changes in exam dates announced registrar george b cur tis gives out new cor rections to be made in final schedule numerous errors in draft make alterations necessary emerson gill since the edition of friday contained numerous errors in the examination schedule disre gard that schedule entirely the schedule ap pearing in this edition is correct calls statements of club treas urer best we ever had the best set of reports we have ever had thus dean charles m mcconn characterized the mid-term reports of the treasurers of 40 stu dent organizations submitted thurs day to the committee on student clubs only three groups failed to turn in their accounts on time in spite of unusually short notice of those received the committee approved all but four immediately and these require minor adjustment only says the dean the system of reports has en tirely changed the financial situa tion in student clubs it has in creased their credit and the credit of the university will broadcast first debate mal hallett emerson gill and mai hallett to play at interfraternity ball seniors must submit epitome pictures ballots by feb 1 sinkinson miller and michael son to discuss flotation prof e s sinkinson associate professor of ore dressing and fuel techonology s d michaelson in stitute of research fellow in mining engineering and prof b l miller head of the department of geology will present papers at the annual meeting of the american institute of mining and metallurgical engin eers to be held feb 17-21 at the engineer's societies building in new york city the paper to be presented by professors sinkinson and michael son feb 20 is flotation of cal ifornia magnesites michaelson the process of flotation has been exper imented with for the past three months in the mining department as a result low-grade magnesites can be treated non-metallurgically at a low cost prof b l miller and prof c h breerwood general manager of the valley forbe cement plant will present a paper flotation process ing of limestone feb 18 pro fessor miller stated that this meth od of manufacturing cement re moves all the objectionable mater ials the valley ' forge plant he said has used this process since march 15 1934 dance will be closed 600 couples expected to attend furman says ; tickets out this week concert-dance attracts 200 all seniors must have pictures for the epitome taken by feb 1 the mccaa studio may be called for appointments proofs not in by that date will not be ac cepted senior ballots and assessments are also due feb 1 there will be a fine of 2 for all ballots submitted late blake society hears palmer arcadia votes to recog nize freshman union as official governing body of class of 38 enforcement of regulations not for arcadia says struble freshmen regulations are to be dropped at 4 p m tomorrow for the remainder of this school year as a result of the action taken by ar cadia at its meeting monday night the group also voted to recog nize the freshman union as the official governing body of that class it was decided that arcadia rep resenting the student body should send regrets to mr and mrs a n phillips of morristown n j on the death of their son andrew n phillips jr former member of the class of 35 who was killed in an automobile accident dec 22 in lit tleton n j arcadia approved a suggestion to send a letter of congratulations to mr and mrs meissner on the ap pointment of their son milton 34 to a rhodes scholarship through which he will attend oxford uni versity next fall college meeting granted president l p struble reported that arcadia's petition to hold a college meeting jfriday may 17 at 11 a m had been granted he also urged the heads of houses to use their influence in making the inter fraternity ball a dry affair in commenting on the success of the freshman regulations as they were managed this year struble said that in the first place it was not the place of a group like arca dia to enforce them and that any laxity in their enforcement was due to the fact that the members of the disciplinary committee were too busy to hold meetings gramley compares adviser with coach writes in pi delta epsilon college publisher professional advice is the great est need of the college newspaper today says dale h gramley as sistant professor of journalism in n article the faculty adviser a vital cog in the latest issue of the college publisher a picture of edwin a sawyer () editor in chief of the brown and white along with an account of his activities appears in the de partment college journalists at work in the same magazine which is published by pi delta epsilon national honorary journalism fra ternity the faculty adviser of a college newspaper should be an adviser rather than an executive a teacher comparable in position to a football coach professor gramley says he should be a critic friendly and con structive and a builder of staff morale the english literature teachers inexperienced in newspaper work who have been forced to supervise and censor papers should be re placed by men with a thorough knowledge of how a professional paper is run the adviser should supervise through suggestions and answers to queries rather than through dictat ing he should bear in mind that the newspaper is first and last a stu dent activity constructive criticism can best be done by a thorough correcting of each issue as it is published the staff members will notice their mis takes and attempt to correct them revise admissions january entrance requirements are changed applicants for admission to the university for the second semester will for the first time be allowed to take entrance examinations in january announces dr wray h congdon director of admissions previous to this year the febru ary entrants were admitted on cer tificate only the new ruling in the entrance requirements allowing course credit for problems in democracy was made in accordance with the state requirement making such a course compulsory in all high schools states dr congdon this year's exhibition to contain less of the carnival spirit states committee chairman new show will be conducted with dignity and courtesy open house this year will be held on may 3 says prof fred v larkin general chairman the hours will be from 2 until 5 o'clock in the afternoon and from 7 to 10 o'clock in the evening following open house last year each of the department heads sub mitted suggestions which might be used to improve such affairs in the future as a result of these sugges tions there will be two changes this year last year the department heads felt that there was too much of a carnival spirit present states pro fessor larkin and that too little control was exercised over the chil dren who were attracted this year therefore open house will be con ducted with greater dignity and graciousness and special events are being planned to interest the chil dren who are attracted by curio sity set up new committees two new committees have been set up to aid improvement john w maxwell assistant editor of the alumni bulletin is chairman of a committee on coordination the function of this committee is to aid in scheduling events and to assist in the appointments of guides guards and ushers the other new committee is the committee on internal service capt william m tow is the chair man and the members are j w maxwell and j r connelly this committee will be in charge of the guards guides and ushers publicity is in charge of andrew buchanan alumni secretary major james o green heads a committee consisting of all the members of the r o t c unit to receive and guide all visitors andrew w litz enberger superintendent of build ings is in charge of signs parking routing and policing each department will put on an exhibition of its own selection this is the third open house and it is becoming regarded as an annual event the saturday following open house will be sub-freshman da visscher 99 dies university architect designed cam pus buildings theodore cuyler visscher 99 a member of the firm of visscher and burley architects died saturday at his home in rome n y mr visscher was one of the ar chitects who designed the alumni memorial packard laboratory and library buildings he also helped to design the remodeled building of the first national bank he was a member of psi upsilon he is survived by one sister isa bel visscher sturdevant and two nephews melville c bingham 32 and tom c bingham his wife mary " comstock visscher died about six weeks ago the funeral was held this after noon at 2:30 from his home 1001 north george street rome n y indicates course of two sections or more for which only one exam ination is scheduled . . indicates a two-section course for each section of which an exam ination is scheduled 8 a m thursday jan 17 engl o—composition0 — composition engl 2 — composition engl 3a — types of world literature engl 4 — drama e e 53 — intermediate dynamo lab 2 p m thursday jan 17 bus 45 — statistics chem 144 — radiation methods lab sec.b chem 169 — industrial biochemistry lab math 4 — elementary calculus math s—lntermediate5 — intermediate calculus - math 6 — advanced calculus met 135 — eiectrochem lab sec b mil i—military1 — military science basic i regular exam mil 3 — military science basic ii conflict exam 8 a m friday jan 18 geol 114 structural geology phys 4 & s—mechanics,5 — mechanics light and sound phys 6 & 7 — electricity magnetism heat phys 110 — electric laboratory 2 p m friday jan 18 biol i—elementary1 — elementary biology bus 29 — money and banking chem 192 — electrochemistry lat 33 — caesar met 21 — engineering met sec b m e 33 — thermodynamics 8 a m saturday jan 19 astr i—descriptive1 — descriptive astronomy biol 104 — vertebrate embryology hus 3 — economics lecture i bus 135 — public utilities c e b—mechanics8 — mechanics of materials (!. e 125 — reinforced concrete design educ l—lntroductionl — introduction to teaching e e 114 electric stations engl 123 — shakespeare ' » fi 93 — french oral composition geol 7 — non-metallic economic geology govt 157 — problems of municipal mgt ' hist 9 — history of england 1603 to date llist 13 — u s history sec a lat la — pliny met 21 — engineering metallurgy sec a met 131 — metallography mm i—mining1 — mining engineering 2 p m saturday jan 19 biol 54 — bacteriology bus 3 — economics lect ii bus 49 — economic geography continued on page four goes to swarthmore to see cosmic rays physics club visits bartol re search laboratories cosmic ray research experiments were shown and explained to mem bers of the physics club last sat urday afternoon in the bartol re search laboratories at swarthmore dr t h johnson research worker in the bartol laboratories gave the club members a short talk on cosmic rays explaining the more simple phases of research that the laboratories were undertaking fol lowing the talk dr johnson con ducted a tour through the labora tories professors bidwell larkin and frey and ten student members of the physics club made the trip to the swarthmore college campus where the laboratories are located the bartol research laboratories are privately owned by the franklin institute of philadelphia their re search experiments are conducted purely for scientific value a dona tion of 250,000 was given to the franklin institute for the labora tories which were completed in 1924 ballots mailed this week for literary digest vote the literary digest has sent out ballots this week for its peace poll to every lehigh student the bal lots should be returned by jan 31 this vote is being taken to de termine the stand of college and university students throughout the united states on war trenton philadelphia firms named to decorate coliseum this year's interfraternity ball to be held at the coliseum feb 2 10 p m will be a closed affair six hundred couples are expected to at tend announces m r furman member of the dance committee emerson gill introducer of re mote control broadcast will bring his well known orchestra under the direction of the music corporation of america mariann mann and pin ky higgins will be featured the orchestra has recently completed an engagement at cleveland's lotus gardens from which they broad cast twice daily over wtam at present he is broadcasting daily at 7 p m he is also playing at the arcadia philadelphia hallet's orchestra recently play ed at the phi alpha sigma frater nity dance in the hotel commo dore says furman dean expects dry dance the decorations will be handled by a company from trenton and one from philadelphia com pany from trenton is the same one that had charge of the decorating last year since the recent dances that have been given by the university have been charactertized by good con duct on the part of the fraternity men the dean expects this year's dance to be a great improvement over last year's the heads of the various frater nity houses have been notified as to the consequences which will result if unruly conduct similar to that of last year prevails h p thomas speaks for adult education addresses evening school on thursday night adult education is a fine and sensible way to spend leisure time stated prof harold p thomas head of the department of educa tion in speaking to the bethlehem adult evening school last thurs day night in broughal high school speaking on the value of adult education professor thomas pre sented a number of interesting facts and pointed out that should the 30 hour working week be adopted the american citizen would have more leisure time than ever and adult education is a fitting way to use this extra time it is advisable for the adult to continue with his education pro fessor thomas said the majority of older people seem to feel that there is no need for education after they have left their school days be hind them but this idea is wrong the advantage of adult education lies in the fact that the pupil no matter what his age may take up new studies where he left off in his school days gipson speaks to faculty club problems facing higher edu cation in the united states was the subject of an address given yes terday by dr lawrence h gip son head of the department of his tory and government before a meeting of the faculty educational club in the alumni building debaters to meet univer sity of pennsylvania in philadelphia on feb 2 the first debate of the varsity de bating team will be held against the university of pennsylvania on the question resolved : that col lective bargaining be negotiated through non-company unions safe guarded by law on feb 2 in phil adelphia the debate will be broad cast over radio station wcau other questions on which the de bating team will argue throughout the season are resolved that the nations agree to prevent the inter national shipment of arms and mu nitions resolved that the com monwealth of pennsylvania should adopt a system of socialized medi cine and resolved that the r o t c should be abolished in american colleges and universities the tentative varsity debating schedule released saturday by h k ellis president of the debating society follows in full date school question feb 2 u of penna collective bargaining feb 7 muhlenberg medicine feb 8 st joseph's arms feb 13 shepherd stc arms feb 14 mount mercy arms feb 15 ¦ seth low arms feb 22 ursinus medicine feb 22 perm state m arms feb 25 ursinus medicine feb moravian medicine mar 1 gettysburg arms mar j mar 5 perm state m arms mar 7 univ of richmond arms mar 8 r i state arms mar 8 lafayette r 0 t c maivll gettysburg arms mar 13 intercollegiate forum arms mar 15 westminster arms mar 19 u of penna armi mar 22 perm state g arms mar 27-28 trip south mar 28 susquehanna arms mar 29-e0 trip south april 10 upsala arms eta sigma phi discusses plans for april convention plans for a convention to be held next april were discussed by eta sigma phi honorary classical fra ternity at the monthly meeting of the society last thursday at the home of prof h w wright 41 wall street w h bohning 34 who was scheduled to address the meeting was forced to postpone his talk un til march combined musical clubs directed by professor shields in drown hall about 200 people attended the annual concert and dance of the combined musical clubs last satur day in drown hall prof t edgar shields directed the glee club with carstens y haas eng 38 as ac companist the only change in the original program was the omission of the quartet as several of the members developed colds before the concert the rest of the program was as fol lows hail the college kinsey and van vleck on the sea dudley buck selections from trial by jury and pirates of penzance and the policeman song by the gilbert and sullivan chorus the gilbert and sullivan chorus was composed of j a frick r a stockton coleman citret s brad bury j e tracey paul munoz maskel ewing k s putnam dance follows program other selections were lauda mus protheroe glee club flight of the bumblebee rimsky-korsa kov serenade schubert w e trumper flute solo spanish duet traditional gilbert escobedo m denarvaez song of the flea moussorgsky coleman citret bar itone soloist ye watchers and ye holy ones 17th century alma mater glee club following the program the dance orchestra of the clubs played for dancing the chaperons were dr and mrs claude g beardslee and mr and mrs t edgar shields the floor committee in charge of the affair as appointed by k s putnam president-manager of the combined clubs was h e towne g e escobedo c citret e vanß cromwell and s bradbury initiates eight men eta kappa nu holds ceremony thursday in sun inn eight men were initiated by eta kappa nu honorary electrical en gineering society thursday evening in the sun inn the following men were admitted harry k ellis 35 donald l waidelich 36 dudley l healey 36 bruriislaus s s ulak 36 wil liam taddeo 36 william f rust 36 harold c bickel 36 toseph w mathers 36 the officers of the society are as follows r i case 36 president e s tinley 35 vice president f j hollister 35 corresponding sec retary f t ritter 35 recording secretary w s weil 35 treas urer b d beacher 35 associate bridge editor w h formhals faculty adviser the following faculty members attended prof s s seyfert direc tor of the curriculum in electrical engineering j l beaver professor of electrical engineering w f formhals instructor in electrical engineering n s hibshman asso ciate professor of electrical engin eering romance with your dream girl for the price of one thin dime college head discusses recent trends in arts and science schools current trends in arts col leges was discussed and illustrated by examples by prof philip m palmer director of the college of arts and sciences at the meeting of the r w blake society friday evening in room 201-251 packard laboratory professor palmer prefaced his descriptions by a history of amer ican colleges noting particularly their following of the oxford plan this system consists of dividing the university into colleges contain ing 280 students who live with their instructors and build up a close union with them this is the gen eral plan used by harvard the chicago plan used and nam ed after the university of chicago is based on comprehensive examin ations the student works at his own pace under his instructors un til he feels qualified to take the ex aminations professor palmer then discussed the smaller colleges to whom le high owes much the swarthmore plan calls for the comprehensive senior examinations which is fol lowed in the lehigh arts college the colgate plan has seminars sim ilar to lehigh's art seminars have no examinations at rolands college there are no examinations the student is passed by a committee which decides whether or not he is to be given his degree at antioch college the stu dent work in class and in industry during the alternate six-week per iods at hiram college students take each course separately for nine weeks working from 9:30 a.m until 4 p m on that course this is similar to lehigh's summer classes as a leader in the engineer ing schools rensselaer polytechnic institute adopted this system last summer the annual spring trip of the so ciety will be taken to princeton this year the society is always ad dressed by eminent philosophers and psychologists on these trips james h croushore arts 36 pet er masiko arts 36 william j wiswesser ch.e 36 alfred m webb arts 35 and dean t ste venson arts 37 were admitted to the society publication is suspended with this issue the brown and white suspends publication un til tuesday feb 5 insisted on a freshman two years her junior the second card contains name address phone number and a per sonal description the numbered card listing preferences thus leads to a meeting between the date bu reau's members members are only permitted to look at the numbered preference cards then if they see something they like they ask to see the per son and so the quiet studious per son who craves a loud but scholar ly girl gets who he wants and vice versa the fact that lehigh is not a co educational institution does not complicate matters at all for there are always cedar crest and fern sem who would be only too glad to cooperate the frosh could even have a date bureau all their own with catholic high and liberty high let's go lehigh it's all for the price of a shine by s a haverstick a royal road to romance could be easily arranged for lehigh stu dents the fad of establishing so called date bureaus has met with such high success at a number of large colleges that it is high time that lehigh follow suit and be pre pared to provide her dear sons with that greatest of all emotions — love here is the way things are organized at the city college of new york city for the trifl ing sum of one dime any comely co-ed or modest male student may find the object of his or her dreams in the card file of a recently organ ized date bureau members paying a dime are reg istered in two different files one card contains their preferences such as cute loud dizzy or just pretty others show a pref erence for a serious person who works after school a big chance for the serb boys one girl even bethlehem pa tuesday january 15 1935 the lehigh university brown and white to play at interfraternity ball price five cents three will present papers to a.i.m.e member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first