Brown and White Vol. 42 no. 37

              richard lee snyder snyder to talk to e.e society army system administered by the league of nations after these speeches the meeting will be open for discussion on the part of the audience — to ask ques tions or to assert themselves the forum will close with a critical summary of the previous discussion and of the presentation speeches to teach sound ideas the purpose of the forum is to teach sound principles of argument as a method of making sound reas oning a vital thing to audiences declares ellis to teach the use of argument as a means of aiding audi ences and speakers alike to form clear judgments on the merits in volved in various aspects of a prob lem to permit the student to fol low his own convictions and not be restricted to either the affirma tive or negative of a proposiiton and to permit people to become ac quainted with all sides of social problems last year the forum was attend ed by three universities perm state temple and lehigh who discussed the national recovery act before a large audience brown to talk on dinosaurs wins over lafayette by 35 points in the armory spengler and woodring are outstanding team to shoot against drexel next saturday in philadelphia the lehigh rifle team scored a victory over lafayette saturday in the armory winning by 35 points the score was 1385 to 1350 the consistent work of spengler and woodring was a big factor in the winning of the match by the brown and white team thorn and ewart of lafayette were tied for first place with 279 points each spengler's 92 standing and his to tal of 282 was his best competitive score this year the meet saturday was scheduled as a postal match but because of the proximity of lafayette it was fired as a shoulder-to-shoulder match next saturday the lehigh team will travel to philadelphia where they will fire against the drexel rifle team the drexel match is also scheduled as a postal match but ar rangement has been made to fire it as a shoulder-to-shoulder match corps area matches fired the r o t c rifle team fired the scores in the third corps area postal rifle match during the week of feb 25-march 2 two teams of 15 men competed the first ten high scores in each position are used in computing the total the score fired by the first team is 3719 for the four positions while the second team fired a total of 3484 points in the corps area match the method of totaling the scores is dif ferent from that used in the should er-to-shoulder or the other postal matches a man in the corps area match may place in any of the four positions but in the shoulder-to shoulder or postal matches the to tal score of each man is used in ob taining the team score w b woodring r lindenhayn p h ohmer r s cranmer and w r sprague members of the first team placed in all four posi tions prone sitting kneeling and standing six members of the sec ond team also placed in the four positions in the meet last year the first le high team scored 3671 points and the second team scored 3269 points the first team placed sixth in a competition of about 25 colleges those who placed in four positions received silver medals and those continued on page four e claxton to speak before chemicals cork and linoleum to be topic presented at meeting cork and llinoleum will be discussed before the chemical so ciety when edmund claxton ch e 21 returns to address the next meeting of the society at 7:45 o'clock thursday evening in pack ard auditorium mr claxton is director of re search for the armstrong cork company in lancaster a firm which deals in synthetic resins and plas tics a great deal of research has been done in this field by lehigh men dr harry m ullmann head of the chemistry department says mr claxton recently visited the campus and spoke to the freshman chemistry class concerning the stu dent chemistry foundation the cork and floor covering in dustries dr ullmann states de pend largely on the development of new lacquer bases synthetic mater ials to replace linseed oil pew res ins bakelite and organic varnishes c wellington simmons associate professor of chemical engineering is actively engaged in research in this field alumnus dies in philadelphia was plant superintendent edward n wigfall 95 died sud denly at 9 a m saturday in his home 608 w phil-ellena street philadelphia his death was due to heart disease mr wigfall is survived by his wife and son edward n wigfall jr 23 at the time of his death mr wigfall was general superinten dent of the john t lewis and brothers company philadelphia museum curator will lecture before sigma xi friday evening barnum brown curator of the american museum of natural his tory and one of the more prominent figures in paleontological research will lecture before sigma xi hon orary research fraternity at 8:30 p m on friday april 26 in pack ard laboratory his talk will cover recent findings and the mounting of dinosaur remains a field to which mr brown has devoted much spe cialization mr brown has been associated with the american museum of nat ural history for the past 40 years and during this time has achieved a great deal of success in archaeo logical research his greatest find ings have been in the united states and canada but the expeditions he has conducted to asia and other parts of the world have also re sulted in important discoveries his most recent findings occur red last summer when he uncovered the remains of 20 dinosaurs within a radius of 75 feet in a tract in wy oming all of these were of different species some already known though others were new to the sci ence winter dances held by four houses many attend house formals last saturday night alpha chi rho lambda chi al pha phi sigma kappa and sigma nu held late winter dances last sat urday evening at their houses seventy-five couples attended the informal closed dance given jointly by the university of pennsylvania and lehigh chapters of the alpha chi rho fraternity music was supplied by the rose room orches tra of trenton n j the chaper ones were mr and mrs godschald and mr and mrs harry osborne lambda chi alpha was host to 75 couples at a formal dance hen ry neubert and his orchestra from allentown supplied the music the chaperones were prof and mrs charles w simmons eighty coupes attended the open formal dance at the phi sigma kap pa fraternity george doddy and his orchestra of bethlehem fur nished the music commander and mrs w d greetham and prof and mrs arthur klein were chap erones sigma nu had 60 couples at its annual closed formal dance music was furnished by whitey miesky and his travelers of reading chaperones were mr and mrs w c dacey and mr and mrs paul calvert twenty-five couples attended an open informal radio dance at the pi lambda phi fraternity mr and mrs a a rights chaperoned the affair research workers to dis cuss television and cold cathode tube richard lee snyder 33 will speak on practical television at the electrical engineering society meeting at 7:30 p m thursday in packard auditorium he will discuss the cold cathode vacuum tube ra dio transmitter and will give a demonstration of its component parts mr snyder is now conducting re search on television for the phila delphia branch of television labora tories ltd he became interested in visual wireless while at lehigh and worked here on the development of a magnetic oscillograph he was a member of the radio club farnsworth is head television laboratories ltd an experimental concern is headed by philo farnsworth a pioneer in the transmission of light by radio mr snyder the only lehigh graduate employed in the company is con ducting research on the farnsworth cathode tube this tube depends upon the electron multiplication due to secondary emission for its oper ation there will be a demonstration of the cathode tube but it is im probable that mr snyder will at tempt to set up a complete televi sion apparatus says h c i knut son instructor in electrical engin eering edward s tinley e e 35 will speak at the meeting on the electrification of coal mines a spaghetti dinner will be served fol lowing the talks frosh union to meet tomorrow evening dance tickets to be distribut ed to representatives randolph s young freshman class president has called a meet ing of the freshman union at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening in the arcadia room drown hall the time of this meeting as an nounced friday was 7.30 p m but it has been changed to 7 o'clock in order to accommodate those who wish to attend the intercollegiate forum says young tickets for the freshman dance march 30 will be distributed to union representatives at this meet ing john w welker dance com mittee chairman will make final an nouncements concernig the dance will act in comedy mustard and cheese men to per form in cedar crest play mustard and cheese and the ce dar crest chimes club will com bine to give a performance of a a milne's three-act comedy the truth about blayds at 8 o'clock friday evening march 15 in dietz hall cedar crest campus three members of the cast are lehigh students oliver blayds the great poet e s williams jr m.e 35 william blayds conway his son-in-law l r travis arts 35 and a l royce one of the young er set of writers robert farnham jr arts 36 freshman scholastic so ciety hears anderson lecture last evening in packard laboratory chemistry professor predicts freshman structural course most solids have crystalline structures including such sub stances as silk rayon and stretched rubber h v anderson associate professor of chemistry told mem bers of phi eta sigma honorary freshman scholastic society in an informal talk on crystallography at its meeting last night in packard laboratory professor anderson predicted a course in crystal structure for fresh men in the future in which solids would be studied in the same detail in which gases and liquids are now studied in elementary chemistry courses the difference between crystal line and non-crystalline structures is the same as the difference be tween an army and a mob said the speaker x-ray used in 1912 detailed work on x-ray analysis of crystals was begun in 1912 by yon lave who used crystals as diffraction gratings for x-rays in the same manner in which glass plates ruled with fine lines are com monly used as gratings for light rays measurements have been so re fined in recent years says profes sor anderson that a newer much smaller unit of strength is being adopted in place of the older ang strom unit which is one hundred millionth of a centimeter the new unit called an x-unit is one hundred billionth of a centimeter in length x-rays find applications in the measurements of the unit crystal defined as the smallest unit that re peats itself throughout the struc ture they are also used in the measurements of crystal angles for the purpose of identification of spec imens x-rays ascertain structure by the measurements of ionic ra dii with x-rays the type of crystal structure can often be ascertained declared the speaker if the ratio of the radius of the anion to the cation is less than 0.73 and greater than 0.41 the crystal is in the form of a simple cubical arrangement this is the form of sodium chloride or common table salt other structures are determined in a similar way with the substitution of different limits to the ratio the polarizing properties of the ions also affect the crystal struc ture professor anderson said an other factor is the number of atoms or ions in a molecule atomic weight however plays no part at all in the determination of crystal shapes the study of crystallography can also be extended to the metallic state but the study is far more dif ficult than the investigation of salts declared professor anderson the next meeting of the society was set for march 25 durkee will speak engineer to discuss california bridges before a s c e e l durkee an engineer from the mcclintic-marshall corporation will give an illustrated lecture on the oakland bay bridge and the san francisco-oakland bay bridge to the engineers club of the lehigh valley and the american society of civil engineers at their joint meet ing at 8 p m this evening in packard auditorium mr durkee worked for six months last year with engineers of the san francisco-oakland bay bridge in developing the engineer ing features of the east bay cross ing the oakland bay bridge a com bination of suspension cantilever and concrete pier structures will have a total length of eight and a quarter miles the bridge will cost 77,000,000 the san francisco-oakland bay bridge is a suspension bridge 9840 feet long its two towers are each 740 feet high and the span between them is 4500 feet the longest single bridge span in the world more in art than art claims philosopher in outlining artist's place in civilization 650 jam packard auditorium to hear columbia doctor the function of art is to express the dominant interest of an age and to perpetuate this interest for pos terity by a process of communica tion to see in a larger sense the meaning of the competing forces of life not to act as a medium of propaganda in the coming class struggle stated john dewey col umbia philosopher on friday eve ning in packard auditorium approximately 650 people jam med packard auditorium to hear america's foremost living philoso pher speak on art in a changing civilization under the sponsorship of the robert w blake society there is more in art than art stated the speaker in outlining gen erally the function of art to any civ ilization enlarging on the subject with copious use of analogies and examples dr dewey laid a founda tion for the text of his lecture decries cheap movies dr dewey was contemptuous of the artist who provides art with the sole purpose of creating an escape from the troubles and realities of the present into a world of fantasy he cited as examples the modern esthetically cheap novel and movie in a like manner he treated the aca demic artist who is content to per fect himself in the subject matter of the artists of his past whereas it is the function of the artist to con tinually search out new subject matter the audience needs education to realize the facile reproductions of the past and those works of art which have something to say stat ed the speaker and maintained fur ther that that art cannot be taken in at a glance and immediately un derstood there is a double relationship between the artist and civilization the artist draws on civilization for his material while he crystalizes the movements which determine a fu ture civilization stated dr dewey this material which the artist uses is a part of his life experience he reflects and uses them as he sees fit to select conserve and report in as vivid and forceful way as pos sible the thing the group is most interested in cubism reflects age the cubism of the present per iod in painting is a reflection of the turbulent machine age of today by the artist who is attempting to re port the prime interest of the pres ent stated dr dewey throughout the lecture the speaker showed his broadmindedness toward modern art all art implies an audience which responds to it and is affected in daily life by it in speaking of art as a medium of propaganda dr dewey said that the moment an artist identifies him self with a group he limits the breadth of his expression how ever the artist cannot avoid taking part in the future class struggle since his material makes him uncon sciously strengthen one institution at the expense of another every continued on page four dr courant talks to pi mu epsilon maxima and minima topic of discussion at meeting dr richard courant of new york university presented the prin ciples underlying the subject of maxima and minima last evening at a lecture sponsored by pi mv ep silon honorary mathematical so ciety in packard auditorium dr courant attended breslau zurich and gottingen universities in germany he received his doctor of philosophy degree from the uni versity of gottingen in 1910 he be came a member of the faculty there in 1912 and served in the army from 1914 to 1918 early in 1920 he be came a professor at munich and lat er was professor at gottingen the lecture was conducted in an informal manner and was followed by an open discussion w s weil e e 35 president of pi mv ep silon acted as chairman representatives of five colleges and universities will meet tomorrow to discuss the international ship ment of arms and munitions at a forum sponsored by delta omicron theta honorary debating society packard auditorium will re-echo the viewpoints of debaters fromi the university of richmond lafayette rutgers muhlenberg and lehigh professor myron luch of the eng lish department acting as chairman for the evening expects to start the meeting at 8 o'clock the forum is organized to encou rage a more thorough research on social subjects than does debate by arbitrarily assigning different as pects of the subject of discussion to each collegiate representative ellis first speaker the first speaker will be harry k ellis president-manager of the lehigh debating society ellis will give the history of the problem discussing previous efforts to con trol traffic in arms and munitions and setting forth the obvious diffi culties in such control william l grenoble of the uni versity of richmond is selected to give the advantages and disadvan tages of an international embargo on arms and munitions and to point out the difficulties of the prac tical application of the principle mr grenoble is manager of debate of the richmond college forensic council the third speech will be given by henry f daum assistant coach of debate at rutgers university he will discuss the possibilities of gov ernmental control by individual countries of the export and import trade of arms and munitions and also the question of government ownership of all plants and factories for the manufacture and sale of arms and munitions dumont to suggest u s plan lafayette's representative wayne dumont will consider the plan sug gested by the united states a few months ago of supervision of all exports and imports by the league of nations the last speaker ray r brennan of muhlenberg considers a question which has been before the public for a number of years — that of com plete disarmament by all nations with an international police and schul z advocates city-manager plan addresses women voters on county system dr ernst b schulz associate professor of political science ad dressed the league of women vot ers of bethlehem on reorganiza tion of county government in pennsylvania at a meeting last friday afternoon in the public li brary professor schulz discussed the present set-up of the 67 counties in pennsylvania which because of di versity in population and physical conditions are divided into eight classifications according to various types of laws and government dr schulz advocates the adoption of the city-manager plan for all coun ties since this plan has proven to be very successful in a few scattered counties in the country such a plan would result in the shifting of some of the county's re sponsibility to the state but would enable the county to retain a max imum of home rule he said tau beta pi to hold smoker for eligible upperclassmen tau beta pi honorary engineer ing society will hold a smoker for eligible upperclassmen at 8 p m next monday march 18 in drown hall the program has not been completed announces l p stuble m e 35 president a smoker was held last novem ber to acquaint the active members with seniors and juniors eligible for membership previous to the election of new members eleven members were elected at that time and were pledged to the society dur ing chapel exercises carothers speaks in brooklyn dr neil carothers addressed the assembly of the alexander ham ilton high school of brooklyn this morning on the subject going to college music leaders to invite five nearby college societies here for con cert in packer chapel each organization to give selections of own choice lehigh will be the host to the glee clubs of five colleges in the lehigh valley decided university glee club leaders at a meeting on thursday evening at the home of t edgar shields director of music no date has been set as yet a definite site for the con ference has not been chosen pack er chapel is the probable location as the choir seats have been erected says mr shields each organization will give a sel ection of its own choice the com bined men's clubs will present ye watchers and ye holy ones a canon of an old hymn tune and the combined women's clubs will sing mr shields arrangement of the crusader's hymn combined sing ing by the men and women was thought inadvisable by mr shields because of the preponderance of male voices about 300 to sing about 300 singers will take part in the concert they are the mem bers of the choirs and glee clubs of cedar crest college lafayette col lege lehigh university moravian college and theological seminary for men moravian college and sem inary for women and muhlenberg college the second concert of the current season will be given by the com bined musical clubs of lehigh at 8 p m saturday april 6 in drown hall this will be followed by a dance for which the musical club orchestra will play terwilliger to talk at a.i.e.e meeting navy professor to discuss electrically driven ships c v o terwilliger associate professor of electrical engineering at the united states naval acad emy will address a meeting of the lehigh valley branch of the am erican institute of electrical en gineers at 8 p m march 22 in packard auditorium on electrical propulsion of ships commander h l thompson head of inspection of the bethlehem district u s n will present a paper on the battle of jutland terwilliger will include in his lec ture a brief history of electric pro pulsion with an explanation of the factors leading to its adoption a section of his talk will be devoted to propeller characteristics to illustrate with slides professor terwilliger will also give a description of the generators and motors adapted to naval use he will take the u s s lexington as an example in his discussion lantern slides will be used as a fur ther means of demonstration ladies of the moravian church will provide a dinner to be served in packard laboratory at 6:30 p.m it is open to members and student members of the institute tickets will be sold at the door at 5:30 p m technical group meetings will be held in room 303 packard laboratory where a r miller assistant professor of elec trical engineering will discuss sys tem stability relating to power transmission problems in room 503 william h formhals instruc tor in electrical engineering will lead a group discussion on indus trial applications of the vacuum tube coming events wednesday march 13 7:30 p m newtonian society room 208 packard laboratory thursday march 14 7:30 p m electrical engineering society room 416 packard lab oratory 7:30 p m physics club room 316 physics building 7:45 p m chemical society pack ard auditorium 8 p m debate vs university of florida room 466 packard lab oratory friday march 15 8 p m debate vs westminster room 466 packard laboratory to speak on television price five cents bethlehem pa tuesday march 12 1935 vol xlii no 37 lehigh to be music hosts of glee clubs lehigh defeats easton rivals in rifle match crystal study is explained to phi eta sigma art expresses tone of age says dewey five college forum to meet here to discuss munitions the lehigh university brown and white delegates from richmond rutgers lafayette and munlenberg will convene tomorrow night in packard auditorium ; ellis to open assembly member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first