Brown and White Vol. 43 no. 34

              elected to o d k taylor dorm petitions dean to have store vol xliii no 34 joseph l walton society elects prof f larkin navy to enlist cadet aviators the typhoid quarantine came just before the city installed filtration beds for its water supply a univer sity notice recommended that all students boil any milk or water they might consume neglect of this warning caused ten boys room ing in the same house to be taken ill in 1918 they considered calling off the football schedule a war de partment dispatch cancelling all so cial activities until the close of the war came uncomfortably close to saving the leopard from a 17-0 de feat whether or not the brown and white which suspended publi cation for three weeks was consid ered a social activity is open to question so it seems they have a quaran tine once every 18 years around here should the tradition continue we suggest that in 1954 they sched ule three games with the marquis and then come down with small pox those german measles which have so effectively taken over the extra-curricular life of the school are but the third in the series of epidemics hereabouts it was back in 1904 when the school went in for a session with typhoid fever and went out with a quarantine for the first time in his tory then in 1918 with the campus littlqe more than an armed camp spanish influenza made the rounds and before you could say whatever came into your mind an armed quarantine was in effect although armed guards patrolled the campus day and night and all fraternity houses were closed they still had classes — in the mornings the af ternoons were spent in the open air to build the boys up they tell us five deaths resulted from the 1918 epidemic between oct 9 and oct 22 1918 three freshmen and two sophomores died from the disease board defers epitome action collins crockett kornet walton and leonard in itiated by o d k will meet on march 25 three seniors and two juniors were initiated into omicron delta kappa national senior honorary fra ternity at a dinner held last eve ning at the psi upsilon fraternity the men initiated were clyde a collins arts 36 walter p crock ett i e 36 john l kornet ch.e 36 nelson j leonard ch e 37 and joseph l walton met 37 collins kornet and crockett were elected last fall but leonard and walton are new men leonard is class president leonard is president of the junior class vice president of cyanide junior honorary society a member of the lehigh union cabinet of tau beta pi national honorary engin eering fraternity and of the new tonian society honorary mathemat ics society he was president of phi eta sigma honorary freshman so ciety took freshman and sopho more honors was a wilbur schol ar and won the freshman mathe matics and sophomore chemistry prizes walton is captain-elct of the foot ball squad president of the new tonian society advertisement man ager of the epitome member of tau beta pi and a member of pi mv epsilon he was also an honor student in his freshman and sopho more years o d k will hold a dinner meet ing march 25 at the chi psi lodge human adventure deferred until mar 25 the human adventure a moving picture depicting man's rise from savagery to civilization has been postponed until march 25 and 26 registrar george b curtis stated yesterday tickets sold for the previously scheduled performance of march 4 and 5 will be acceptable for the corresponding nights of the lat er showing to consider plans on lecture series escobedo to sing on station w.i.p asks permission to con duct separate eats concession protests monopoly rates revolting against the monopoly prices of the traditional eats man 120 students living in the taylor hall dormitory today petitioned dean c max mcconn to permit them to establish an immobile food concession in the building unanimously agreeing that tay lor hall needs a reliable source of evening refreshment the group pre sented five arguments in an attempt to oust the eats man if a store were established the concession aires would be appointed by the dean and the placement director 5 reasons listed the arguments presented are 1 the prices charged at present are unconscionably high as a case in point they presented the fact that the monopoly rate is 10 cents per pint of milk whereas an independent distributor charged 7 cents and still made a fair profit 2 a dormitory store would free the dormitory from the uncertain ties of the time of arrival and in deed the arrival itself of a visiting eats man 3 the nightly bawling of yeats yay yeats would be elim inated 4 the unsightly litter of empty boxes wrappings and milk bottles which mark the passage of the eats man would be eliminated 5 a dormitory store would be able to carry a more diverse line and from this and the fact that it would be available at all times throughout the evening prices could be lowered without causing the profit to the concessionaire to be unreasonably low assent believed unanimous dormitory leaders expressed the opinion that practically every man residing in taylor hall would have signed the petition had it been pos sible to contact every one the brown and white editorial said frank r mallalieu eng phys 36 chief of section c regarding the eats monopoly was a splendid one i am in favor of any suggestion to remedy the present situation will present program of mexican songs sunday gilberto escobedo c e 36 will sing a few songs of his native coun try mexico at 12:15 p m sunday newcomen group in north america honors third lehigh man fred v larkin director of the curricula in mechanical and in dustrial engineering has been in vited to join the north american branch of the newcomen society of england in joining the society professor larkin will become the third mem ber of the lehigh faculty to belong to the organization the other men who are members are president clement c williams and wil liam c dickerman president of the american locomotive company and trustee of lehigh professor larkin will be inducted into the society on april 22 at the society banquet to be held in new york city the newcomen society of eng land through its north american branch was one of the four organ izations to participate in the cele bration of the watt bicentenary in the united states which was held on jan 20 at lehigh professor larkin was chairman for the united states of the celebration f v larkin gets old rotary engine brown addresses bethlehem women committee outlines new system with mcconn the committee on the university lecture series will make recommen dations for a plan to bring to le high a program of lectures next year before the members of tau beta pi national engineering honorary society at the meeting this evening at 7:30 after meeting with c m mc conn dean of the university on monday the committee has con ceived several plans which will be presented for discussion members of the lecture series committee are bernard s weiss c e 36 chair man robert a kemmer ch e.'36 and nelson j leonard ch e 37 the members of the society will also vote on a change in by-laws which was proposed at the last meeting dean talks at upper darby dean c m mcconn spoke this morning to the assembly of the up per darby high school on prob lems of boys and girls going to college last year his address on should i go to college at upper darby was heard by 1500 students will select 20 men from fourth district for pros pective air service a newly authorized increase in the strength of the u s naval re serve will offer to university sen iors and alumni a chance for train ing as naval aviation cadets in a letter addressed to president c.c williams the chief of staff of the fourth naval district with head quarters at philadelphia has ad vised that the bureau of navigation naval department desires to enroll a quota of candidates from the sen ior classes and the alumni of the universities and colleges of the country for training as naval avia tion cadets it is expected that about 20 can didates will be selected for the elimination training to be given at the naval reserve aviation unit navy yard philadelphia there will be five consecutive training classes of four students per class the first class will start training about may 15 classes are of about one month's duration candidates will be select ed fromi among those who make their residence in the fourth naval district which includes pennsylva nia southern new jersey and del aware to enter as seaman a candidate selected for training is enrolled as a seaman second class u s n r ordered to active duty with pay and designated a student naval aviation pilot upon complet ing his elimination flight training upon completion of this training if selected the candidate is ordered to duty at pensacola fla for fur ther training and appointed an avia tion cadet these cadets will be given the full course in flight training at pen sacola a course of about one year's duration and upon graduation will be ordered to active duty with the fleet each cadet will be eligible for a commission as an ensign in the naval reserve applications of qualified candi dates should be made without delay and not later than one month prior to the start of the training class application blanks and further information may be obtained from sergeant major o'brien at the ar mory could not agree on details of pi delta epsilon plan of organization action on the pi delta epsilon plan to reorganize the epitome was deferred after an hour's discussion yesterday by the board of publica tions at a meeting in the office of its chairman dean c m mcconn the board which includes robert m eichner editor in chief of the 1936 epitome and paul s settle senior section chief was unable to agree on the status of the faculty adviser under the proposed plan by the time that the board was forced to adjourn the pi delta epsilon plan calls for the election of a faculty adviser by the board of publications his salary would be 13 per cent of the net profits of the publications but his authority is but vaguely discrib ed the salary and various attempts to define the powers of the adviser prolonged the discussion the honorary journalistic frater nity drew up the plan last decem ber when george saxtan was pres ident saxtan who graduated in february has since been succeeded by thomas k garihan jr bus iness manager of the 1936 epitome the budget of the brown and white for the fiscal year feb 1 1936 to feb 1 1937 was accepted by the board the budget had been rejected at a previous meeting of the board and back to the executive committee of the paper for revision the board was unable to find time to consider the proposed constitu tion of the lehigh review alumnus makes mark despite graduating as honor student committee polls students on bands chi psi and beta kappa forced to postpone dances tomorrow ban to last 2 weeks chapel and classes will continue but sunday concerts are cancelled all social and athletic functions of the university will be cancelled until march 11 by a ruling of the beth lehem health officer because of an outbreak of measles dean c max mcconn announced wednesday all classes will continue as usual the ruling caused the cancella tion of the lehigh-allentown club meeting tonight the chi psi and beta kappa house dances tomor row night the sunday chapel con certs the lambda chi alpha ban quet march 3 the human adven ture moving picture march 4 and 5 the sigma phi epsilon psi upsilon lambda chi alpha and sigma al pha mv dances on march 7 all intercollegiate and intramural athletic events have been called off dean gives statement dean mcconn's statement issued after a conference with president clement c williams dr f j conahan city physician and dr r c bull director of the student health service is by order of the health officer of the city of bethlehem on account of the epidemic of german measles the university has cancelled all pub lic gatherings of lehigh students for a period of two weeks feb 27 march 11 inclusive this order covers all dances pub lic lectures open meetings of so cieties and athletic events both in tercollegiate and intramural the interscholastic swimming and wrest ling meets are included among the events cancelled 30 cases reported the university regrets the neces sity of this measure but it is un doubtedly necessary both for the protection of the student body and of the surrounding community and as stated above has been ordered by the health department of the city dr bull reported last night after a check on all fraternity houses that 30 student cases had been re ported to the infirmary but that many students had gone to their homes for treatment or observation without reporting eleven cases are isolated in st luke's hospital seven in the allen town hospital six in the sacred heart hospital allentown three in fraternity houses and three at homes in town many students dr bull stated have gone home for treatment not because they have the measles but because of fear twelve cots have been installed in drown hall in case they are needed dr bull does not believe it will be necessary to use them how ever a banquet of scabbard and blade honorary military society scheduled for last night at the sun inn was cancelled all debates have also been called off and the art gallery is closed plans for the postponed house dances are not yet complete lacrosse group to discuss lineup gilberto escobedo to put obsolete la rhone type in packard lab fred v larkin director of the mechanical and industrial engineer ing curricula has just acquired an old french le rhone ra dial airplane engine for packard lab oratory the horsepower per pound of this engine is very low as com pared with modern engines of the same type the machine is of revolutionary design as its entirety revolves about a stationary crankshaft providing an excellent air cooling effect as the breech type cylinders are pro vided with fins the propeller is of necessity coupled directly to the ro tating engine the le rhone engine has an odd timing ratio as compared to the american radial engines the man ifold of this engine is in the crank shaft case and the exhaust ports open into the air an english concern later built a machine of this type but amer ica went directly from the water cooled airplane engines to the sta tionary air cooled radial engines the trouble with the le rhone en gine in packard laboratory is the low horsepower per pound and the gyroscopic effect created which hin ders the maneuvering airplane o appoints wilson brooks and austin as committees robert eichner i e 36 pres ident of the senior class recently appointed three committees wil liam e austin i e 36 was ap pointed chairman of the class day committee he will pick his own committee h t brooks i e 36 is a com mittee on commencement programs and invitations verne r wilson m e 36 is a committee in charge of the purchase of the bronze tablet in memorial chapel to date none of the committees have acted speaks on medieval mis cellany to local club naming himself squire of dead dames sidney m brown profes sor of history spoke to the bethle hem women's club monday on medieval miscellany speaking mainly on the life and rights of women in the middle ages he deplored the present trend which considers the women of the times even more crude than the times themselves the women of the towns were on much the same basis as their hus bands according to professor brown they were allowed to con duct small business enterprises and were allowed great personal free dom the women of the nobility who like all other women of all time loved to dress well carried the pro cess to great lengths and costumes of the time were vivid and some times exaggerate women of the middle ages did much to carry the love for beauty and art through the dark period professor brown showed them not to have been crude but rather ac complished at household manage ment and the fine arts professor brown will speak on this subject at st andrew's school middeltown del on march 1 o allentown club postpones meeting for 2 weeks the lehigh allentown club meet ing postponed from this evening because of the measles epidemic will be held in about two weeks e k smiley assistant director of admissions and dean c m mc conn will speak magnate and before long had done outstanding work in both the civil and sanitary engineering fields he rose rapidly and by 1919 was junior partner in the morgan engineering company at memphis then came the great t v a fi nally approved by congress which was to perform major operations on the faces of seven southern states at the request of the authority chairman sayford took up the job of chief surgeon so bear up hard-working men it isn't necessary to be kicked out of school to make your place in the world bishop talks on economics prof w l bishop associate pro fessor of economics talked at the merchantville high school in new jersey today his subject was sense and nonsense in current economic thought popularity of fio rito jones to be discussed the junior prom committee is conducting an informal poll in an attempt to find a more popular or chestra for the prom on april 24 loretta lee popular singer would be included with the orches tra of isham jones although signed under separate contract several novelty singers are included in the company of ted fio rito because of his 1,500 price jan garber is no longer being consid ered according to chairman luther j upton jr ch e 37 phi eta sigma issues bids phi eta sigma has sent member ship bids to ten men in the fresh man class an average of 3.5 or better is needed to be eligible to join will consider spring or ganization on wednesday to discuss organization for spring practice the lacrosse club will meet at 4:15 p m wednesday in drown hall the meeting is open to all interested in the sport the members must also discuss means of raising money for equip ment and securing a coach manager robert weller e e 37 has ar ranged for six games during the coming season it is hoped that the club can obtain the services of dr smullin who coached the lacrosse players last year since lacrosse is the only sport which permits the participation of freshmen in regular games it is ex pected that some good material can be found in the freshman class march 1 over station wip phil adelphia he will furnish his own guitar accompaniment his program will proceed as fol lows theme borrachita 1 cielito lindo 2 no vuelvo a amar 3 eres tv 4 por eso te quiero escobedo recently won first prize in the feenamint national ama teur contest held over station wjz new york wip broadcasts on a frequency of 610 kilocycles measles causes cancelling of lecture to boys club because of the german measles epidemic the members of the cos mopolitan club of the boys club met at the regularly scheduled meeting place rather than at the chemistry building where they were to have heard a lecture chemical magic by dr robert d billinger assistant professor of chemistry the decision was in accord with the cancellation of all extra curri cular activities because of the epi demic among the select group of lehigh men who have become well known even though they were good stu dents and graduated with honors is the tenneessee valley authority's new director of engineering ned sayford c e 08 sayford was working in the city engineer's office in camden n j for 15 a week in 1904 when he en tered lehigh he earned his way through 100 per cent by working in the supply bureau his first two years and managing it his last two and by doing special work at the camden office on holidays week ends and some nights saddled with this exhausting schedule he still won his track nu merals maintained a scholastic av erage that got him into tau beta pi and was one of the founders of sigma phi epsilon he was pres ident of the chapter in his senior year after graduation sayford worked with e h harriman the railroad lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa friday february 28 1936 elected to o d k price — five cents measles causes cancellation of sports and social events by bethlehem health officer senior society adds 5 men 2 are juniors measles menace marks third lehigh epidemic in 32 years nelson j leonard member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first