Brown and White Vol. 43 no. 1

              teaching staff augmented by 23 new men c r richards c c williams phi beta kappa accepts three confers honor upon richards r olzendam trustee board elects for mer university head president-emeritus arcadia elects new officials subject to be social se curity and industrial relations i e.s will be hosts roderick olzendam research di rector of the metropolitan life in surance company will open the stu dent lecture series in packard audi torium at 8 o'clock thursday eve ning sept 26 with a talk on realism is social security and in dustrial relations this lecture the first of a series to be sponsored by student so cieties will be under the auspices of the industrial engineering so ciety alpha kappa psi will spon sor a lecture on oct 11 the stu dent branch of the a s m e will conduct a lecture on nov 14 and the student branch of the a i e e will sponsor one on dec 19 admission to the olzendam lec ture will be by ticket until 7:50 after then the admission is open to anyone according to j r connelly mr olzendam occupies an outstanding position in the field of research having made an exhaustive study both in this country and through out europe of the various problems relating to economic security un employment insurance health and social insurance and old-age pen sions mr olzendam was formerly sec retary of industrial relations for the largest news print paper in canada and later acted as industrial rela tions adviser to the international labor office geneva switzerland in 1930 he was made research di rector for the metropolitan life in surance company and was one of a committee of three whom the com pany sent abroad to study unem ance ana outrage 5611510118 in t4 european companies tl sgfieus-joii 13 monofraphs-deaj in|-forai£ft pfcsrfpof le^atsnluv ance has been published by the m'ftrypolitan life insurance com paj^^iik^ossa^cjitni^ntn sec tion w l guyer ch e 36 will pre side at the lecture d w hoppock i e 36 will introduce the speaker according to hoppock the agree ment among the separate societies who are sponsoring these lectures is that each society will do its best to support each lecture o david g mccaa marries david g mccaa staff photog rapher for the epitome was mar ried at 8 o'clock this morning at a nuptail mass in st joseph's cath olic church easton scholastic honorary ini tiates berg graw and matthews for the first time since 1932 phi beta kappa national honorary scholastic fraternity held june ini tiations the lehigh chapter sec ond oldest in this state accepted the following seniors parker berg arts samuel graw arts and john matthews bus parker berg in addition to his superior scholastic standing played soccer during his four years here and captained the squad as a senior in his last two years he was ad vertising and business manager re spectively of the epitome president of cyanide vice president of omi cron delta kappa and a member of mustard and cheese interfrater nity council robert w blake so ciety and international relations club he also gained sophomore honors sophomore honors also went to samuel graw as did the wilbur english prize graw was a member of the debating and pre-legal so cieties john matthews was a member of alpha kappa psi a group of 16 seniors was intiated earlier in the spring 3 new companies formed at drill increased enrollment forces change nine companies were formed at yesterday afternoon's drill instead of six as in former years major j o green commanding officer of the r o t c explained that the new companies were necessitated by the increased enrollment in the freshman and sophomore classes and the doubling of the enrollment of the advanced courses in the past two years this year companies a b c e f and g will drill on the upper field as usual while the three newly formed companies will drill on the west end of the lower field com panies will be composed of three platoons as before but the size of platoons will be cut to three squads instead of four student captains assigned to the various companies are as follows company a h g ruzza eng 38 company b william s hutchin son ch e 36 company c how ard s gallaher e e 36 com pany e charles r schubert i e 36 company f george a voehl bus 36 company g philip d pearson e m 36 • company i john p butterfield i e 36 com pany x george f dickover ch e 36 company l charles w bow den arts 36 union has new secretary miss marleah berrett has taken up the secretary's duties in the le high union office in drown hall miss berrett's homes is in beth lehem she is a graduate of ohio university clement c williams will be inaugurated on foun der's day oct 2 comes here from lowa clement c williams the new president of lehigh will arrive in bethlehem oct 1 to assume duties of the office left vacant aug 31 by the resignation because of illness of charles russ richards now pres ident emeritus he will be inaug urated on founder's day oct 2 dr williams who for the past nine years has been dean of the college of engineering at the uni versity of lowa was elected pres ident at a meeting of the board of trustees on sept 5 at that time the board by a unanimous vote accept ed the recommendation of its com mittee which had been appointed three months ago to find a succes sor to dr richards dr williams is coming to beth lehem at the request of the board committee and was presented the following day to the board of trus tees and the department heads at a luncheon given in his honor at the hotel bethlehem he was formally presented by eugene g grace president of the board of trustees and later personally by walter r okeson secretary and treasurer of the board after the luncheon is illinois graduate dr williams has been connected with university life ever since his graduation from the university of illinois in 1907 with the degree of b s in c e following his un dergraduate years he worked as a highway bridge municipal and railroad engineer at the same time he held the post of instructor and later assistant professor of civil en gineering at the university of col orado until 1914 in the capacity of railroad engineer he worked for a time with the delaware lacka wanna and western railroad at scranton where he made his first contacts with lehigh engineers prior to his being called to the university of lowa as dean of the college of engineering he was head of the department of civil engineer ing at the university of illinois from 1922 to 1926 his appointment came from president-emeritus richards who was at that time dean of the college of engineering was on kansas faculty in 1914 he was made professor of railroad engineering at the uni versity of kansas and in 1918 be came the head of the civil engineer ing department dr williams married ora luel la webb his second wife in 1921 they have three children ora louise webb 12 ellen webb 10 and clement webb 6 politically he is a republican he is a member of the methodist church dr williams is the author of sev eral books and a number of techni cal journal articles among his books are design of railway location published in 1917 design of ma sonry structures and foundations published in 1921 and building an engineering career dr williams left today with his wife and three children by auto for bethlehem brown and white elects new officers croushore and finlay head news and editorials three men were elected to posi tions on the editorial staff of the brown and white at the end of last semester as the result of competi tive examinations james h croushore arts 36 is the present news manager taking over the unexpired term of judson schaeffer editor in chief of the brown and white those men retaining former posi tions are walter l finlay ch e 36 editorial manager ernest w thorn bus 36 business manager and edwin g mcnair bus 37 fi nancial manager benjamin k daubenspeck ch.e 37 is news editor of the tuesday edition p e p white eng 38 of the friday issue george yanko arts 37 a former news editor re ceived the position of makeup edi tor these three men will serve in their positions for the first semester this year 25 of last year's faculty hand in resignations to board of trustees 3 majors transferred twenty-three were appointed to the faculty this year as 25 resigna tions were accepted by the board of trustees major martin d barndollar ma jor theodore c gerber and major carter collins were appointed to the positions of assistant professors of military science and tactics re placing captains sadler rice and keck the instructors named are wil liam leroy jenkins b s in chem brooklyn polytechnic inst 21 m a u of mich 32 ph d u of mich 35 instructor in psychol ogy william c mcdermott a.b dickinson col 28 m a johns hopkins 30 pr d johns hop kins 34 instructor in latin dur ing dr crum's leave of absence hilton albert smith a b ober lin college 30 a m harvard u 32 ph d harvard 34 instruc tor in chemistry john l vander slice b s in e e u of penn sylvania 28 a m u of penn sylvania 30 ph d princeton 34 instructor in mathematics frederic a scott b a n.y state coll for teachers 24 m s le high u 29 ph d rice inst 35 instructor in physics john h frye a b howard college 30 m s lehigh 34 instructor in metal lurgy charles adam heiberger b s in ch e lehigh 35 has been named assistant in chemistry and walter c bachman b s in m e lehigh 35 and thomas edgar jackson b s in m e carnegie tech have been selected as grad uate assistants in mechanical en gineering herbert d keiser c e 16 has been named assistant secretary of the alumni association to replace john maxwell who succeeds engle bert henry baderschneider as head of the supply bureau for the academic year of 1935 1936 e l crum associate profes sor of latin will spend his leave of absence in portugal studying an cient history research fellows research fellows are as follows earl j serfass textile foundation fellow kenneth o beatty ray bestos-manhattan fellow james b lusk c k baldwin research fel low william s weil jr h m byllesby fellow in e e david t nivin stroock and wittenberg research fellow glenn j gibson structural steel welding company research fellow george r wern continued on page six dr charles russ richards le high's retired president was elect ed president-emeritus at a meeting of the board of trustees sept 5 the meeting was called for the sole purpose of conferring this honor upon dr richards in addition a testimonial book let containing an expression of ap preciation was presented to dr richards the volume is bound in hand-tooled french leather with il luminated parchment pages the volume was personally signed by each of the members of the board of trustees warned of strains dr richards was advised by his physician to avoid the emotional or deal of personally accepting the tes timonial and left for his new home in minneapolis the day before the honors had been conferred upon him lehigh is now in the unique po sition of having two living pres idents-emeritus in 1921 the same honor was conferred on dr henry s drinker following his retirement from the presidency of the univer sity on june 19 dr richards was given an honorary doctorate of laws at the 179 th commencement exercises of the university of penn sylvania this honor was also con ferred in absence as dr richards ill health did not permit his pres ence at the ceremony grace welcomes new president freshman regulations to be enforced ; new rule added committees for the coming year were elected by arcadia student governing body at its first meeting thursday evening freshman reg ulations were also discussed one duty being added to the original list the new committees are publi cations — robert eichner i e 36 i^jai«»,ajii.da s vid hoppock i e.'36 aursetftepc e 36 drown hall activities — william smith ch e l^j^jgijrftjliydean stevenson arts 37 student activities — charles ijuaai e e 37 chairman regin fclylmnl,te 36 john cooper bus 37 student clubs — william hutchin son jr ch e 36 chairman rob ert picking arts 36 bernard weiss c e 36 booster commit tee william smith ch e 36 chairman john dietz walter crockett i e 36 intramural sports — theodore davenport s e 36 chairman lawson calhoun c e 37 charles hart eng 38 elec tions — lewis walker bus 37 chairman john davis bus 36 edward hicks jr bus 36 frosh to carry matches it was decided that freshmen will hereafter carry matches in addition to their other regulations offenders of any of the freshman restrictions will be brought before arcadia who will act as a jury president thomas garihan jr bus 36 will preside as judge it was suggested accord ing to secretary frank smith bus 36 that first offenders be made to work around the gym second of fenders to carry long sticks bricks and a big red tie emphasis will be laid on the hello policy used on the campus strict enforcement of all rules be gan sunday according to a further decision of arcadia a suggestion requesting future freshman classes to wear identification name badges was dropped a faculty group that will assist the arcadia committee members will be announced in the future dr schober dies former chemistry head succumbs in florida dr william b schober 70 for mer head of the chemistry depart ment died at his home at cocoanut grove fla on aug 19 dr schober first came to lehigh as an instructor in 1892 in 1907 he became head of the department 11l health forced him to take a three years leave of absence during which time dr h m ullmann was act ing head of the department when dr schober was unable to return at the end of this time he was suc ceeded by dr ullmann who still heads the department lambda chi alpha and theta xi head list with 14 men each total largest in years delta tau delta sigma nu and phi gamma delta tap 13 each lehigh's 29 fraternities pledged 241 of the incoming freshman class last saturday night to climax one of the most successful rushing sea sons in years lambda chi alpha and theta xi two delaware avenue houses split the honors as far as quantity is con cerned each tapping 14 yearlings sigma nu delta tau delta and phi gamma delta were next on the list with 13 each the complete tabulation is as fol lows alpha chi rho russell stevens great notch n j wal ter speyer roselle park n j albert cross scranton pa evans christy de yong pa john poeter irvington n j edward manning irvington n j allan sharpe white plains n.y ; freeman smith philadelphia samuel cox new york city george tarbox troy n v andrew baker pittsburgh pa alpha kappa pi kichard blanchard port washington l.1 ; harold breidenback great neck l i leon conant boston mass philip davis head ing mass frank jackson chevy chase md ; harry tanczyn scranton pa ted thiekky brooklyn n v ; peter weiss mil waukee wis alpha tau omega james patton bethlehem natanial whit man great neck l i thomson king baltimore md warren baxter new york city john lauderback south orange n j otis thompson birmingham mich rich ard bacon haddonfield n j william glander newark n j beta kappa robert brown mt jay pa william casey freeveport l i rea helm tren ton n j ; james shields new kensing ton pa edward staehr bayside l i lester timmons frackville pa mitchell zawisza camelin pa beta theta pi edwin fisher plainfield n j richard talbout brooklyn n v ; robison clark east orange n j frederick juer hope well va paul muller westfield n j charles weed westfield n j darcy ro pert petersburg george walker new ro chelle n y chi phi george glueck philadelphia edmond knight akron ohio walter wells amity ville l i robert seabrook merchantville n j donald oskin bethlehem e steele malkin norwalk conn william h ham ilton scarsdale n y chi psi starr barnum new haven conn james smith newburgh n v edwin perkins philadelphia walter haulenbeek somer ville n j ; bertram fletcher brooklyn n v ; norman french elmira n v har rie clegg dayton ohio willet weeks ridgewood n j ; robert yingling ridge wood n j delta phi robert gallagher frankfort pa david holmes hastings n y continued on page four madsen gives talk describes battledeck floor tests models ingvald madsen civil engineer ing research fellow spoke on fri day evening in fritz laboratory to the staff of ffritz laboratory and to engineers of the mcclintic-mar shall company on his first year's work on battledeck flooring following the lecture he tested his second model to destruction un der a load of 29,000 pounds at this load the model was carrying 12 times the load for which it was de signed and the only noticeable ef fects were a slight deformation of stringers madsen will make and test two more models before constructing a full size model to conclude the re search daughter is born to luce mrs alexander luce wife of the associate professor of machine de sign gave birth on july 29 to a baby daughter named mary this is the fourth child born to the couple the other three are boys through the courtesy of the morning gall eugene g grace president of the board of trustees formally welcomes clement c williams head of the college of engineering at the university of lowa who will become lehigh's new president october 1 second from the left is walter r okeson treasurer of the university and dr natt m emery vice president brown and white bethlehem pa tuesday september 24 1935 president emeritus price — five cents new president vol xliii no 1 fraternities pledge 241 frosh saturday lecture series to open with r olzendam to speak thursday new president to take office on october 1 \ k all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association