Brown and White Vol. 42 no. 34

              b and w staff photo robert m eichner it may a surprise to lehigh sport fans to know that among other things lehigh once went in for air meets as a matter of fact it was about 15 years ago that a group of air-minded students entered what might well be called the first east ern intercollegiate air meet held at mitchel field mineola long is land the date was may 7 1920 and the four men were s s richards 21 l h richards 23 w g no well 23 and h r mellinger 21 they competed against yale princeton cornell pennsylvania columbia pittsburgh williams and wesleyan for the american flying club trophy using one of the old war-time jennies then so popular yale took honors yale carried off the honors that day and won the cup the best that lehigh could do was to take one second place in the 25-mile race the most amusing event of the meet however was what was known as an alert race in this the contestants divested themselves of their heavy clothing and lay down on army cots provided on the field the idea of the race was to jump out of bed at a signal from the starts rush to the planes and get them in the air tries stunt flying unfortunately another contestant at the meet cut loose with some stunt flying while the men in the arelt race lay shivering on their cots and since stunting was a nov elty in those days everyone forgot the chilly students on the cots un til in exasperation one of the freez ing victims yelled let's go the judges started the race amid howls of laughter the race nearly proved fatal for the lehigh team however for the plane which nowell was piloting crashed to the ground after devel oping motor trouble nowell suf fered from shock and remained at a hospital for some time anyhow lehigh won a moral vic tory and it makes a good story students hold court martial dr bull talks to pre-meds clubs to give music concert discuss harm of house party initiation held last night at psi upsilon ten more men will be admitted to society reidy elected delegate to national convention robert mills eichner i e 36 and david willard hoppock i e 36 were initiated into omicron delta kappa senior honorary so ciety at its meeting last night in the psi upsilon house ten men will be admitted at a later date a banquet and business meeting preceded the initiation hamil reidy president of the society was elected delegate to the national con vention which will meet at the uni versity of cincinnati on march 21 22 and 23 parker berg vice pres ident of the society was elected al ternate robert eichner comes from montclair n j he is president of the delta upsilon fraternity pres ident of cyanide junior honorary society and president of the class of 1936 other positions which he holds include membership in arca dia chairmanship of the booster committee of arcadia faculty and class editor of the epitome mem bership in the glee club and assis tant managership of the tennis team was class president hoppock is from maplewood n j and is a member of the phi gamma delta fraternity he is a member of the editorial board of the brown and white was on the board of the burr is a competitor for a position on the epitome and asso ciate editor of the review he serv ed as class president during his sophomore year and at the same time was a representative to arca dia at present he is president of the industrial engineering society secretary and treasurer of the rob ert w blake society program man ager and assistant business manager of the mustard and cheese society and social manager of delta omi cron theta negative debaters win at moravian affirmative team loses in meet in packard lab the lehigh debating teams last night defeated on moravian team at moravian college and lost to a sec ond moravian team in the debate held in packard laboratory in the students hall at moravian the question resolved that the nations should agree to prevent the international shipment of arms and munitions was upheld by robert heske and william gross of mora vian uhler arts 37 and william dukek eng 30 argued the nega tive side of the question both teams used the oregon style of attack the question resolved that the state of pennsylvania should adopt a system of socialized medicine was argued in room 466 packard laboratory with lehigh taking the affirmative side the moravian team consisted of philip mcleod and mansfield koffel howard shimer arts special 38 and peter potoch ney arts 37 represented lehigh employing the american style jennings speaks refrigeration is topic of talk giv en in allentown the lehigh refrigeration plant and the experiments conducted with it were described by burgess h jennings assistant professor of me chanical engineering at a meeting of the allentown branch of the na tional association of power engin eers tuesday at the hotel ameri cus in allentown speaking on modern trends in refrigeration professor jennings discussed experiments on quick freezing by which foods are pre served for long periods of time without impairing the flavor he also dealt with refrigeration in air conditioning and the development of new refrigerants the national association of pow er engineers is an organization of engineers engaged in operating me chanical equipment speaks before alpha kap pa psi at meeting in chi phi house group members debate tax club's district convention may be here in fall dr herbert m diamond profes sor of economics discussed the value and the shortcomings of so cialized medicine at a dinner meet ing of alpha kappa psi honorary business fraternity held last night at the chi phi house the middle class has the great est need for a system of socialized medicine stated dr diamond families having an income of be tween 1,200 and 2,000 receive more such medical attention than those in the 2,000 to 2,500 group the reason being that the latter group cannot or will not accept free hos pital treatment there are several socialized clin ics in the united states at present said dr diamond they have staffs of physicians and are equipped to give complete hospital treatment for all but the most unusual conditions the only cost to the members is a yearly fee ranging from 20 to 40 the sole disadvantage in the sys tem professor diamond explained is that the socialized clinic physi cians have ability inferior to those having regular practices clinic is successful this type of clinic has proved most successful in communities of about 1,500 following dr diamond's talk four members of the fraternity de bated on the question resolved that a sales tax is a fair and effi cient method of taxation the neg ative side won debating on the victorious nega tive side were john h matthews and j monroe clark eugene h henry and stanley r goodrich had the affirmative side in addition to professor diamond faculty members attending were roy b cowin professor of ac countancy dr ward l bishop as sociate professor of economics dr harry a haring assistant profes sor of economics and dean george b curtis registrar dean curtis announced that the alpha kappa psi district conven tion would probably be held next fall at lehigh a r glancy 03 chosen to council commerce secretary names trustee as chairman alfred robinson glancy 03 member of the board of trustees former vice president of general motors corporation and more re cently an executive in the national recovery administration was re cently appointed chairman of a new committee on construction and de centralization in secretary of com merce roper's business advisory and planning council the duty of the new committee is to develop plans and study con struction and decentralization in their broadest aspects mr glancy is also present chair man of the state planning commis sion of michigan the committee is surveying the state's emergency re lief requirements his successful work in this project which included making over 4,000 contacts led to his appointment as chairman of the decentralization committee in wash ington d.c the methods employed by mr glancy in michigan are be ing followed by federal administra tion officials mr glancy was graduated from lehigh as a mechanical engineer he was engaged in mining work more than ten years following graduation from 1924 to 1930 he was president of the oakland motor car company and vice president of general motors corporation from 1926 to 1930 recently he has been serving as a divisional administra tor in the nra alumni become hotel officers walter r okeson secretary and treasurer of the board of trustees of lehigh was elected vice pres ident of the bethlehem hotel cor poration at a meeting of the direc tors wednesday paul j ganey c e 16 was elected president program is to be given tonight in great neck long island forty members of the combined musical clubs left at 12:30 today for great neck long island where they are to give a concert this eve ning the concert is under the aus pices of the women's auxiliary following the musical program the clubs own orchestra will play for a dance the return trip will be made early tomorrow afternoon by bus the combined musical clubs are under the general direction of prof t a shields and the accompanist is carstens y haas 38 the pro gram follows hail the college school song words by kinsey,'o7 music by van vleck 08 ye watchers and ye holy ones 17th century german melody glee club selections by the male quartet baritone solo cole man citret spanish duet gilberto escobedo and alfonso de narvaez john peel mark andrews on the sea dudley buck glee club laudamus welsh chorale d protheroe glee club selections by instrumental trio violin flute and piano sylvia oley speaks glee club spanish solo with guitar ac companiment gilberto escobedo swing along w m cook al ma mater lehigh to meet in model assembly convention to be in harris burg from april 26 to 28 lehigh will be represented at the model legislature convention to be held from april 26 to 28 in harris burg according to ernst schulz associate professor of political sci ence definite plans for the convention will be arranged at a meeting of the executive committee of the inter collegiate committee on govern ment to be held this weekend at philadelphia f j snyder arts 36 will represent lehigh at this meet ing professor schulz expects the model legislature to consider prin cipally social problems such as un employment insurance local gov ernment and public utilities issues the model legislature consists of universities and colleges in pennsyl vania last year it formed a model state constitutional convention and revised pennsylvania's code of laws professor schulz said their recom mendations in constitution reform were met with approval by numer ous groups in the state he added that the undertaking promoted interest among the politi cal science students and helped them become better acquainted with their course luch speaks to kiwanis dr myron j luch professor of english spoke on ancient greek myth retold at the weekly ki wanis luncheon yesterday at the hotel bethlehem committees reach no de cision on elimination of social event in fall the committee on educational policy discussed with the commit tee on student activities the pres ident of the lehigh union the pres ident of arcadia and the president of the interfraterniay council the possibility of eliminating the fall house parties the proposal was discussed in connection with various suggestions as to how the first semester can be freed from the many breaks in the continuity of university work an nounced prof philip m palmer chairman of the educational policy committee it was finally agreed that fall house parties are but one disturbing element among many that inasmuch as the student rep resentatives were unanimously in favor of them there should be no discrimination against the house parties and that the whole pro gram of the first semester would be referred to the committee on roster for investigation and report committee includes students members of the committee on educational policy in addition to professor palmer includes profes sors sutherland seyfert ullman and cowin the committee on stu dent acitivities consists of dean mcconn professors beardslee and gramley and three student mem bers a f list bus 35 p.f pres ton ch e 35 and hamil reidy bus 35 leßoy o travis arts 35 is president of the lehigh union louis p struble jr m e 35 is president of arcadia and robert b jackson bus 35 heads the in terfraternity council the committee on roster to which the matter has been referred is headed by registrar curtis and consists of professors harmon doan riley and smail shields will play to provide accompaniment at piano concert prof t edgar shields organist will accompany mrs ruth becker myers pianist for the bach choir and miss anna gehman during their piano concert at 4 p m sun day in packer memorial chapel mrs meyers a pupil of lehvinne and ernest hutchinson will play the emperor concerto by bee thoven miss gehman a pupil of mrs myers and a member of the music faculty of moravian femin ine seminary will play the a minor concerto by hummel professor shields on behalf of the university extends an invita tion to all students their friends and the townspeople in general to attend the concert third edition of review is on sale in drown hall copies of the review will be on sale after 3 p m today in miss clouse's office drown hall regular subscribers will receive their issues tonight announces william austin i e 36 circulation manager of the review those wishing to subscribe for the remaining five editions may do so by paying 25 cents to miss clouse austin stated that the new review emphasizes humor and light stories at present no possibility of substitution of oil engine in auto trade he tells m e society shows improvements and discoveries in field weight and high ratio of speed are the major reasons why the ap plication of the present diesel en gine to the automobile is a long way off said joseph c groff 23 hold er of many patents on the diesel engine before 50 members of the american society of mechanical en gineers last evening in packard lab oratory mr groff's topic was the de velopment of the diesel engine he said that this engine in its pres ent form is well adapted to motor truck and bus transportation and is also highly efficient for marine pow er purposes explains operation the operation of the diesel en gine consists of a piston compress ing air to an exceedingly high point which atomizes the oil upon its en trance into the cylinder says mr groff because of the density of the compressed air the oil rushing into the cylinder in atomized particles is heated to 500 degrees fahrenheit at which point the oil ignites itself and the combustion results in ex pansion shoving the piston down ward and causing power because the engine has to run at a good rate of speed in order to maintain the proper atomization of the oil and also in order to withstand the high pressure it has to have such heavy construction that it is elim inated in its present form from the automobile industry in tracing the development of the diesel engine from its invention up to the present time mr groff told of the many mechanical difficulties that have been encountered and the many improvements that have been made groff is alumnus since mr groff's graduation from lehigh in 1923 with the degree of naval engineer he has been inter ested in the diesel engine and the patents which he holds both here and abroad have been significant in the present development of the en gine he continues his experiments with the engine at his home in al lentown at such times when he is away from the bethlehem steel company where he is employed at the business meeting nomina tions for new officers were held those nominated were president p h ohmer t h daddow jr vice president w h shank w b turnbull jr secretary e p cooper a m freeman treasurer h j rosebury v r wilson chairman membership committee g h beck w e trumpler jr introduces book dr drinker writes forward o captain dionysios dr henry s dringer president emeritus of lehigh university has written the forward to the book captain dionysios this work which will be released this week was written by his sister the late catherine ann janvier the book is the outcome of a long and accurate study by mrs janvier of homer the greek epic writer captain dionysios was an old retired soldier who fought against the persians when they in vaded greece in the fifth century b c partly through her imagination and partly through her knowledge of greek history the author makes the character of the captain recount his adventures during the graeco persian wars students give transfusions mrs j scott long wife of shorty long former professor of chemistry was given a third blood transfusion monday in st luke's hospital where she has been for the past several weeks mrs long is suffering from an infection in the blood stream which is destroying the blood cells the three transfu sions were given by volunteers from the theta xi fraternity ordnance classes find defendant not guilty on charge of desertion members of the advanced ord nance classes held a mock court martial wednesday evening in the armory michael koraan ch e.'35 was president of the court which tried frank hollister e e 35 on a charge of desertion he was found not guilt on this charge but was found guilty of being absent with out leave the trial judge advocate or pros ecuting attorney was alex s pat ten ch e 35 who proved the de fendant had been absent but who with his witnesses was unable to prove the defendant's intent not to return since this was not proved the court was forced to find him not guilty of desertion charles w luederr met 3s was defense coun sel william m smith ch e 36 testified as mamie taylor the girl whom the defendant left the army to visit it was proved through theodore davenport s e 36 who testied as a doctor that mamie was seriously ill at the time and that the defendant had left the army to visit her students testify others who testified as witnesses were george f dickover ch e 36 as officer in command of the post john l kornet ch e 35 first sergeant at the post david w hoppock i e 36 buddy of the accused william h cooper i e 35 as former member of the same post who saw the defendant while awol edward s tinley e e 35 street car conductor who work ed with defendant while awol paul h ohmer m e 36 buddy of the defendant morton r evans e e 36 policeman who made the arrest john m swalm ch e 36 captain under whom the defendant had previously gone awol paul e nieman ch e 36 finance of ficer who paid reward for arrest other members of the court were edwin s chickering i e 35 law member lawrence j ertle ch e 35 robert h kampshulte ch e 35 thomas h milliken ch e.'35 frank j biondi ch e 36 and clark o bartlett e e 36 were originally members of the court but were removed by challenge of the defense counsel captain charier h keck who supervised the trial stat ed that the infantry held the same trial last week and reached the same decision no sentence was im posed on the defendant metallurgical dept to hear c a edwards at lafayette prof c a edwards of england will be the speaker at a joint meet ing of the lehigh valley chapter of the american society for metals and the lehigh valley section of the american institute of mining and metallurgical engineering to be held at lafayette college on march 11 professor edwards is making a lecture tour in america and will talk on gases in metals the lecture will be preceded by a dinner and will be attended by the faculty members of the department of metallurgy of lehigh bradley stoughton head of the department of metallurgy is chairman of the committee of the lehigh valley chapter of the american society for metals compares small pox cases in united states with other nations there are more cases of small pox in the united states every year than in any other country in the world excluding india and china stated dr bull at the meet ing of the pre-medical society last night in packard laboratory some states of the union accord ing to dr bull have more cases of this disease than all of europe com bined with the exception of spain and some of the balkan states from 1919 to 1928 there were 553,558 cases of small pox in the united states the united states is divided into four divisions as regards laws con cerning small pox vaccination ten of the states pennsylvania included have compulsory vaccination laws six make the matter optional twen ty-nine have no vaccination laws and four prohibit compulsion alto gether began policy in 1925 lehigh university began its vac cination policy in 1925 and until the opening of the present school year has performed 6,288 vaccina tions upon 5,488 students of all the students examined only 3.23 per cent had no previous vaccina tion dr bull concluded his speech by presenting some approximate fig ures upon the percentages of le high students from various states who had never been vaccinated pre vious to entering college the ban on freshmen attending clinics and autopsies was removed at this meeting and a trip to the danville hospital in the latter part of march or the beginning of april was discussed this trip is open to all junior pre-meds and those sen iors who did not go on the inspec tion trip to new york the society will make a trip to the surgical clin ic at st luke's hospital next fri day plans discussed changes in the constitution were discussed and plans for the next meeting were given this meeting will be held march 21 at 7:45 p m in room 466 packard laboratory dr pyle of the lederle laboratories will be the speaker tentative plans for a joint meet ing with the physics club at which mr kenneth cole biophysicist will be speaker were also presented the treasurer's report was given in which it was emphasized that club dues if paid on or before mach 21 will be 1 if paid after that date the dues will be 1.25 the meeting concluded with sev eral reels of motion pictures about diptheria and health examinations innoculation resumed the second series of the ty phoid innoculations will be giv en from 9 a m to 1 p m to morrow dr raymond c bull head of the students health ser vice states that it is essential for those men who have had the first injection to have the second tomorrow elected to cyanide bethlehem pa friday march 1 1935 lehigh pilots won moral victory in 1920 intercollegiate air meet elected to cyanide price five cents vol xlii no 34 the lehigh university brown and white groff predicts diesel engine will advance prof diamond gives talk on state medicine o.d.k elects d w hoppock and r eichner — b and w staff photo david w hoppock member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first