Brown and White Vol. 43 no. 55

              standing left to right alvin swenson stanley ford sidney lewis warren fairbanks luther upton sitting left to right george yanko donald barnum mark wolcott karl jacobi edwin mcnair events picked for class day dr william a jessup president of the carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching will de liver the commencement address at the exercises tuesday june 9 in the packer memorial chapel dr jessup was formerly president of the state university of lowa having served in that capacity since 1916 he is a member of the com mittee on medical education and since 1927 has served as the pres ident of the national association of state universities debaters elect eugene uhler pi mu epsilon initiates 16 l stoumen wins second in pi delta ep si loirs story contest prize will be desk set paul e white e e 38 was awarded first prize in the pi delta epsilon honorary journalistic so stories or articles published in the lehigh review during february to may inclusive the stories had to be written by students who are not members of the society or of the review board the winning contri bution was the short story night wind which appeared in the march issue the articles figments of facul ty also by white and hammer sickle and cross by louis stou men arts 39 tied for second prize because of a contest rule which states that the prizes should go to the two best writers stoumen was granted the second award white's second prize article was in the jan uary issue and stoumen's article ap peared in the february issue the prizes given were a schaef fer desk pen set for first prize and a pen and pencil set for second prize d h gramley associate pro fessor of journalism e h sloane instructor in english c w phy instructor in english bernard s weiss editor of the review and harry c archer editor of the brown and white for next semes ter judged the contest discussion forum hears dr hummel 5 compete for 40 prize in freshman oratorical contest yesterday l stoumen wins 15 norman l morse eng was chosen almost unanimously by a committee of five judges as the win ner of the first prize of 40 in the williams freshman oral composition contest louis c stoumen arts was awarded second prize of 15 in the contest the contest was held last night in packard laboratory the topic of morse's speech was the decline and fall of alger-ia the theme of the oral composition was not the country of algeria but the golden age of america as ex tolled by horatio alger morse declared that the hero of horatio alger's time is now an object of re proach and scorn he pointed out that the cry of the public at present is soak the rich he also stated that a great deal of this abuse is jus tified morse said that when a man rises from the ranks he becomes unsym pathetic with them he declared that john jacob astor is a good example of the type of man to which he re ferred and that this type of man is not suited to the america of today stoumen spoke on the crisis of culture he stated that the men aces to modern culture are fascism and the inherent decadence in our present social system he pointed out that we have reached the point where we must choose between fas cism and culture the other freshmen competing were raphael g scoblionko arts henry b matthes bus and rich ard f perdunn eng the judges of the contest were theodore g ehrsam carl f strauch clyde a harding instructors in english and dr jonathan b severs assistant professor of english 9 men are initiated to phi eta sigma delta omicron theta also chooses keller mind lin for other offices eugene uhler arts 37 was elected president of delta omicron theta national debating honorary society at the concluding meeting of the honorary group and the de bating society recently the mem bers also elected howard koller ch e 37 vice president and mor ris mindlin arts 38 secretary treasurer and initiated seven new men the new men initiated to d o t are warren t jablow ch e 38 carl f brown arts 39 raphael g scoblionko arts 39 daniel q marshall m.e 38 charles g lay man eng 39 morris mindlin arts 38 and norman l morse eng 39 several amendments were pro posed to the constitution but it was finally decided to appoint a com mittee next fall for a complete con stitutional revision the requirement for membership to delta omicron theta is partici pation in two varsity or in six freshman debates dress rehearsal to begin at 7:30 p m thursday admission 50 cents choir to contain 265 the twenty-ninth bach festival to be held on friday may 22 and saturday may 23 in packer mem orial chapel marks an occasion of international importance according to h j schneller in charge of ac commodations tickets have been reserved for guests from cities in 63 states london paris and toron to among those expected are dor othy caiiheld fisher the authoress ana many prominent figures in the musical world the choir which is larger than that of last year includes many fac ulty members among its 26s choral ists bruce carey teacher at the girard school in philadelphia is conductor t edgar shields direc tor of music at lehigh organist and airs ruth becker myers pi ano accompanist each session of the festival will be heralded by the moravian trombone choir playing from the tower of the chapel a dress rehearsal will be held at 7:30 p m thursday may 21 ad mission will be 50 cents dr shields urges all students to attend and said that the dress rehearsals of the bach choir offers a splendid oppor tunity for every student to acquaint himself with the best classical mu sic at a nominal cost the festi val is held up as a criterion for the interpretation of bach's work tickets for admission are on sale at the bach choir office 528 n new street admission may be gained without ticket by paying at the door of the chapel on the evening of the rehearsal provided seats are avail able the bach festival was founded in 1906 by the late dr j frederick wolle who was the first organist in the new chapel upon dr wolle's death his assistant dr t edgar shields became organist for the festival dr shields has played the organ for 31 years most of the time being spent on the lehigh campus every year he has seen the attendance at the bach festival in crease until at the present reserva tions are made months in advance by people from many parts of the country union's demand prevents concert sun is favorite new york paper speaker talks on chinese culture at meeting coolies short lives finger paint ings and green hard-boiled eggs were topics which dr r p hum mel former secretary to dr rich ards discussed at the last meeting of the lehigh discussion forum fri day night at the maennerchor's waldheim in hellertown dr hummel spent nine years as head of the mercer expedition for historical research in china much of his time was devoted to the trac ing of numerous implements and primitive industrial processes to their true source he found that the seismograph distilling machine wind-blown grist mill and the com pass were chinese inventions following dr hummel's talk the members and their guests joined in a brief discussion of chinese cul ture and its relation to present-day conditions in that country tau beta pi elects names leonard walton fairbanks plans din ner for seniors re-elects dr beardslee at a dinner meeting of omicron delta kappa national senior hon orary society held last evening at the bethlehem club the ten juniors chosen wednesday evening for in duction into the society were initiat ed officers for the 1936-37 fiscal year were elected dr claude g beardslee was re-elected faculty ad viser and secretary and plans were made to sponsor an informal dinner for the senior members of the so ciety the ten junior who were tapped yesterday afternoon and initiated last evening are warren p fair banks i e luther j upton jr ch e george yanko arts sid ney j lewis arts karl m jacobi bus h stanley ford jr arts ed win g mcnair jr bus mark w wolcott arts alvin a swenson jr bus donald c barnum i e at the business meeting following the banquet nelson j leonard ch e was elected president of the so ciety warren p fairbanks vice president and joseph l walton met e treasurer leonard and walton were inducted into the so ciety in the february elections the society will sponsor an infor mal dinner for its senior members on june 5 at the waldheim bernard s weiss c e 36 has been ap pointed as a committee of one in charge of the arrangements the following are the outstanding activities of the men initiated last evening fairbanks — president sophomore class secretary - treasurer junior class varsity football varsity bas ketball tau beta pi captain frosh football upton — tau beta pi varsity bas ketball varsity baseball captain frosh basketball secretary-treasurer lehigh union chairman junior prom committee yanko — editor in chief brown and white board of lehigh review editorial council brown and white lewis — editor in chief lehigh re view fencing team editorial manag er brown and white jacobi — president arcadia captain varsity swimming ford — business manager lehigh review gold team track mcnair — alpha kappa psi bus iness manager advertising manager brown and white wolcott — varsity football varsity wrestling swenson — head lehigh union varsity swimming barnum — editor in chief epitome tau beta pi head cheerleader staff elects dukek to review board moesel kemmer weiss elected to offices phi eta sigma national scholar ship honorary fraternity for fresh men concluded its activities for the year by initiating nine men at their banquet wednesday evening at the sun inn because the sophomore members will not be active next year officers for the coming year were elected from among the initiates new offi cers and initiates are frederick c moesel eng 39 president frank n kemmer eng 39 vice pres ident-treasurer eric weiss eng 39 secretary nelson w lewis eng 39 edward a lambert eng 39 frank h burnett eng 39 walter m uhler arts 39 norman l morse eng 39 and carl f brown arts 39 it will be arranged to have some officer of phi eta sigma present during freshman week to meet new lehigh men and to help them to get acquainted with the college president williams to re ceive seniors in drown hall the schedule for the annual class day exercises to be held on monday june 2 was announced last evening by william e austin chairman of the class day commit tee at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the seniors and their parents and friends will gather at the university flag pole where robert m eichner 1.e president of the graduating class will open the ceremonies the sen iors will attend in caps and gowns after the opening exercises thomas k garihan jr bus and bernard s weiss c e will give the class prophecy david w hop pock i e will then deliver the ivy oration austin stated that the ivy sprig would probably be planted beside packard laboratory the ten-cent presents which will be presented to various members of the graduating class will be dis tributed by william s hutchinson ch e eichner will deliver a short talk at one point during the after noon howell a scobey jr m e secretary-treasurer of the class will call the roll each student as his name is called will rise and break a clay pipe on the head of one of his friends at 4 p m president c c wil liams will entertain the class at a reception to be held in drown hall this affair the arrangements for which are entirely in the hands of president williams will conclude the afternoon's activities the seniors will officially bid adieu to social life as lehigh under graduates when they attend the sen ior dance which will be held at 9 o'clock the same evening in drown hall dress will be optional tick ets will sell for 1.14 per couple members of the committee in charge of class day are william e austin i e chairman george a voehl bus sidney p herbert i e and theodore r daddow jr m e musicians ask 10 for each band member interference by the musicians union compelled the hasty cancella tion of the lehigh band concert over station wcajj philadelphia which was to have taken place sat urday word received from the broad casting station late friday stated that the union demanded a 10 standby charge per player from the band the expense would have to taled about 500 the broadcasting station is trying to make arrangements with the un ion which will allow concerts next fall rates are changed gramley writes on press record lehigh students choose times for morning the new york sun today stood out as the favorite new york news paper of lehigh students as the re sult of a survey made by the bus iness staff of the brown and white the evening newspaper with 209 votes was just one ahead of the new york times with 208 the sun however dominated its field by leading the world-telegram by 108 votes there were 339 votes cast in this division two other pa pers were picked by 29 students in the morning field where 376 students made selections the her ald-tribune was second with 153 votes the anti-new deal paper was the favorite of the 68 seniors who voted by ascore of 36-32 brown fairbanks jack son daubenspeck chosen election of officers of tau beta pi honorary engineering fraternity friday night resulted in the choice of the following men w p pat terson m e 37 vice president t r brown e e 37 recording sec retary b k daubenspeck ch e 37 corresponding secretary m l jackson eng phys 37 treasurer w p fairbanks i e 37 cata loguer c b welch c e 37 was elected president of the fraternity at the banquet on may 1 visit high schools doan and fort address mathematics society on specialization pi mv epsilon national honorary mathematics society held its an nual banquet thursday at the ho tel bethlehem the society was ad dressed by dr tomlinson fort head of the department of mathe matics and astronomy and dr gil bert e doan associate professor of physical metallurgy the speakers took conflicting views on the idea of extreme spe cialization in and after college dr fort argued that a student who made a point to specialize partic ularly in mathematics would be come an expert in technical work after his graduation dr doan on the other hand took the other side of the argument his topic being two paths to suc cess the first path was that of trying to beat out the other fellow by taking unfair advantage conse quently becoming relatively inex perienced as well as lacking in cul ture the second path which dr doan considered altogether the more valuable was that of keeping the mind open and learning to un derstand other men the man who understands men will consequently be respected by those men after the talks students were in itiated into the society the follow ing became members charles mor an arts 36 paul m brubaker e e 38 james r oberholdtzer e e 38 frank g smith jr ch.e 38 charles h hoffman e e 38 walter james schmidt ch e 38 donald b wheeler eng phys 38 vincent f acri eng phys 38 homer t mantis ch e 38 rich ard l schmoyer m e 37 wil liam a shepherd e m 38 wil liam g turnbull m e 37 and nathan j palladino m e 38 also initiated were burgess h jennings associate professor of me chanical engineering and graduate students paul c cauffman b s in ed and jane n reynolds b a alpha kappa psi inducts 9 at dinner thursday 111 students may get excuses from finals will issue rules tells of brown and white in alumni bulletin the may issue of the alumni bulletin appeared yesterday the magazine includes an article by d h gramley associate professor of journalism on the press record of the brown and white and an article entitled when mr alum nus comes back the cover is a commencement photograph the article by profes sor gramley tells of the success of the brown and white in recent press competition with other col lege papers professor gramley at tributes the success of the school paper to the excellent type of stu dent attracted to lehigh because of its reputation for high grade scholarship the splendid faculty the composition courses required of all students in the english depart ment and the system of faculty ad visership which is being developed for all extra-curricular activities car ried on at lehigh a student who is ill on the day of any final examination should not enter the examination but should report to the health ser vice where he will be given an excuse for missing the examina tion on the basis of this he will be permitted to take a spe cial make-up examination ordin arily during the summer re-ex aminations on the three days prior to the opening of the sum mer session or during the fall re-examinations a student who enters an exam ination must expect to stand by the results of that examination petitions for permission to re peat an examination on the ground of indisposition while it was being written can be granted only in very extraordinary cases c m mcconn new constitution calls for membership restriction william g dukek ch e 38 was elected to the contributing board of the review at a meeting of the staff thursday in drown hall the election will be subject to the approval of the board of publica tions a revised constitution largely embodying present review practice was accepted by the board of pub lications under the new constitution con tributors will be eligible for mem bership to the board only after submitting three articles instead of two as previously required o student concerts group presents final program the concluding concert of the student concert group was held in packer memorial chapel sunday evening the program featured a string quartet with piano accompani ment composed of barbara and helen lamson daughters of k w lamson associate professor of mathematics and parker and rich ard palmer sons of prof p m palmer dean of the college of arts and science alpha kappa psi national bus iness fraternity initiated nine men thursday night at the sigma phi house a dinner was followed by the initiation of dr e c bratt assis tant professor of economics e j broughal bus 37 n s elder bus 37 h l hilton bus 37 k m jacobi bus 37 w mccollum bus 37 t e niehaus bus 37 j rossetti bus 37 and t j waller bus 37 an activities committee was ap pointed to obtain speakers for the meetings this committee consists of a a swenson chairman t e niehaus n s elder and j ros setti last issue of year with this issue of the brown and white publication will be suspended for the semester railroads to stop student round trip fares a change of railroad rates affect ing students in colleges universi ties and preparatory schools has been announced to become effective june 1 1936 the present one and a third rate round trip fare for students over vacation periods will be annulled as the new rate goes into effect the present rate for passenger fares is about 3.6 cents per mile while the new rate will be very close to two cents per mile the great reduction in rates will not permit the special round trip rates for students speaks on sane economy dr neil carothers head of the college of business administration spoke on sane economics satur day night at the spring meeting of the state federation of pennsylva nia women at williamsport mccoy to distribute revis ed rushing regulations charles f mccoy arts 37 sec retary of the interfraternity council last evening announced that the re vised rushing rules for freshman week will be printed this week and will be distributed or mailed to each fraternity before freshman week in the fall any house president or rushing chairman desiring a copy in advance may secure one by seeing mccoy any time after may 25 the revised rules will also be printed in the new freshman handbook the first meeting of the interfra ternity council next semester will be held the monday before fresh man week faculty members contact prospective students members of the admissions office and faculty are continuing to make contacts with high school and pre paratory school students dr cong don director of admissions talked to the students of olney high school thursday in philadelphia on how to stay in college friday dr congdon visited wy oming seminary at kingston to in terview students interested in com ing to lehigh next year e kenneth smiley assistant di rector of admissions will attend a college choosing day thursday at the reading high school on the same day dr congdon will visit the mcßurney school in new york city on thursday d m frazer in structor in geology will talk on a billion years of earth develop ment to the pupils of the barring er high school newark n j lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa tuesday may 19 1936 commencement speaker vol xlih no 55 night wind by p e white takes award bach festival to commence here friday morse gains williams prize in competition o d k elects new officers initiates ten price — fire centi 10 juniors initiated by o d k member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh new first