Brown and White Vol. 44 no. 43

              3 groups join in production william p gottlieb white stoumen elected as associate editors at board meeting 2 contestants withdraw gottlieb made lehigh review editor in chief vol xliv no 43 cast begins rehearsing counsellor at law for april 23 - 24 stephen b luce luce explains vase painting uses slides to illustrate talk on greek pottery before eta sigma phi william p gottlieb bus 38 was unanimously selected editor in chief of the lehigh review by the mag azine's board at a meeting wed nesday night at drown hall paul white e e 38 and melvin lord ch e 38 the two other assistant editors eligible for the position withdrew because of pressure of other work paul white was elevated to the position of associate editor and louis stoumen arts 39 to an as sisitant editorship the office of photographic editor was created and filled by the election of robert williamson stanford guggenheim ch e 39 was chosen art editor members elected to the board were richard gowdy eng 40 dave hughes ch e 38 and rob ert clark arts 38 election of the business staff will be held at a fu ture date lewis thanks staff sidney j lewis arts 37 retir ing editor thanked the staff for their loyalty and cooperation dur ing the past year he expressed the hope that the magazine would show continued improvement of makeup and copy and be able to make a more liberal use of color an inno vation started in the last issue of the review the new officers will puplish the may issue of the review pending the approval of the board of pub lications officers elected by blake society plans for the proposed annex to the chemistry building have been completed and will be submitted with bids for construction at the semi-yearly meeting of the board of trustees at 11 o'clock saturday in the office of the president a building committte composed of c d marshall,'bß aubrey wey mouth 94 and a c dodson 00 will present an account of alumni contributions for the chemistry an nex and will also propose discus sion on the construction of a new dormitory unit visoher and burley of new york are the official uni versity architects action of the board of trustees limits the enrollment of the univer sity to 1500 paying students in con sequence of the record enrollment of last semester there will de dis cussion on the further limitation of the size of the student body the budget will be presented for appro val to have luncheon a meeting of the building com mittee will precede the board meet ing the trustees will have lun cheon at the university cafeteria at 12:30 members of the board are charles m schwab 14 samuel warriner 90 eugene g grace 99 charles d marshall 88 william c dick erman 96 howard h mcclintic 88 frank r coates 90 frank w sterrett aubrey weymouth 94 william j turner henry s drink er 71 alan c dodson 00 earle f johnson 07 alexander potter 90 robert farnham 99 morton sultper 12 and frank b bell 97 the completed cast for coun sellor-at-law by elmer rice composed of members of mustard and cheese student dramatics so ciety the faculty dramatic club and the dramatic workshop are rehearsing under the direction of albert a rights instructor in eng lish for the play's production april 23 and 24 at drown hall thleodore l diamond arts 38 and albin dechnik bus 38 will alternate in the lead as george simon a wealthy lawyer who had come from the east side of new york and achieved a successful un blemished career simon fakes an alibi for breit stein played by d w cooper e.e 39 and is discovered cora his wife acted by mrs robert d butler leaves him and he is prevented from committing suicide by re gina whose part is taken by mrs albert rights continued on page four maneval new president 10 men are pledged moravian lehigh glee clubs will give first joint concert open dance to be given after music program here tomorrow this evening conrad thibault soloist in the last of the current student concert-lecture series will present a program of classical and popular baritone solos in packer chapel before the largest audience accommodated at a series recital the seating arrangements for this evening's program will allow only a capacity crowd of 1240 more persons than attended any of the other four programs of the series because of the expected record at tendance the committee on the pro gram changed the location from the broughal high school where only 1000 may be accommodated was choice at poll in securing a baritone soloist the committee chose the type of artist which ranked high in the poll of musical events conducted last fall thibault has been the feature soloist on the packard radio hour as well as taking romantic roles in the maxwell house showboat and the a & p gypsies he is also the guest artist in rca victor's magic key the philip morris program and the chevrolet hour w j short supervisor of music in the public schools of northampton mass gave this 31 year old singer his first musical training he first began to study music at the curtis institute of music in philadelphia just ten years ago .. .. to sing 19 selections conrad thibault's program will include 19 selections arranged in four groups the most well known walk handel and there's not a swain on the plain purcell mandoline dubussy and the toreador song from carmen bizet my lady walks in loveli ness ', charles and sailor men and old man river jerome kern charming chloe german water boy arranged by avery robinson and de glory road jacques wolfe his accompanist wlil be theodore walstrum students will be admitted to the program this evening at 7:30 upon presentation of their last blue ticket for the concert-lecture series at 7:50 the public will be admitted at a charge of 1 sees war threat in ore deposits allen says foreigners need minerals raymond k maneval bus 38 was elected president and 10 new members were admitted at a meet ing of the robert blake socity philosophical group at a meeting yesterday afternoon in packer hall other officers elected were doug las w edwards arts 38 vice pres ident and raphael g scoblionko arts 39 secretary-treasurer the new members are w b gottlieb bus 38 j k montmeat bus 38 n l morse ch e 39 j f connors arts 39 j f kelly arts 39 e h miller arts 40 r g stern eng phys 40 b alt shiuler eng phys 40 r palmer arts 40 and c h richardson arts 40 the new officers will be installed at a party sometime in may at the belvidere n j farm of dr percy hughes head of the department of philosophy plans were discussed at the meet ing for the club's pilgrimage to bryn mawr on april 30 alumni to meet cornelius and herrick to attend conclave piano solo and a triple trio of girls will sing two songs the singers in this group are sopranos the misses ruth brown barbara keefe and mary fabian second sopranos the misses olive wakely althea her man and betty unangst altos the misses ruth bishop lucille bar tholomew and ethel goldberg plan varied program the program which was listed in tuesday's brown and white is made up of both classical and mod ern selections some of the out standing composers whose works will be performed are caesar franck mark andrews johannes brahms j s gilbert and sir ar thur sullivan and victor herbert three of the four songs by the double quartet are to be heard for the first time this year they are the bell man forsyth a song of the nightwatch which describes the passing hours a toast arr vogrith and a chantey of the sea sea fever mark andrews the two russian folk songs in cluded in the lehigh group are be ing sung by special request they have received encores in previous concerts this season the other four numbers are new to lhtigh audi ences roll out ranger a song of the u s national parks for esters by chalmers-marlowe the popular chorus from gilbert and sullivan's mikado the flowers that bloom in the spring and victor herbert's dagger dance from the indian operetta natoma r c allen president of the american institute of mining and metallurgical engineers addressed the mining and geological society wednesday evening in williams hall mr allen declared that the po tential shortage of high-grade ores in the future will create the prob lem of making high-grade ores from low-grade material the possibility of war said the speaker is increased by the fact that the united states owns almost seventy percent of the world's min tral resources he cited germany italy and japan to illustrate the point that many countries are seek ing minerals the faculty members of the ge ology mining and metallurgical de partments entertained mr allen and mr parsons at dinner in the sun inn before the meeting o eta sigma phi to dine meet at chi psi lodge members of eta sigma phi na tional honorary classical society will be guests of j palmer murphy arts 38 at a dinner meeting at 6 o'clock at the chi psi fraternity business regarding the proposed amendment to the constitution will be presented for a second reading the meeting will be adjourned in time for the members to attend the thibault recital in the packer mem orial church competitions start there is much we can learn from the study of greek vase paintings dr stephen b luce recorder of tre archaeological institute of america stated wednesday night at a public lecture in packard lab oratory sponsored by eta sigma phi national honorary classical fraternity although pottery is generally considered very fragile dr luce said it is practically indestructible and from fragments that have been uncovered it is possible to read his tory back to 700 b c using slides to illustrate his talk dr luce said that there are seven reasons for the study of greek vases from them we can learn the date of excavations of early greek life including all phases from the cradle to the grave the social cus toms of the times religious politi cal literary and artistic history and commercial history vases antedate history as the paintings on greek vases antedate the country's mythology and written history much of our knowledge of those times is taken from uncovered pieces of pottery these are the only pictures avail able of the dress habits and cus toms of such an early date the conception of the greek gods the pictures of famous men and wo men the story of the trojan war all are taken from the vases the vases are pure works of art and the maker and painter were conscious artists the speaker said their works appear on many pieces purpose was utility the original purpose of the vases was utility and not ornamentation according to dr luce the vase business was one of the earliest forms of commerce pieces being made for export by companies evidences of competition and mass production are present the economic and political su premacy of athens was actively tied up with the making and painting of vases and was perhaps one of the contributing causes of the pelopen esian wars dr luce was introduced by dr horace w wright head of the de partment of latin about 150 per sons attended the lecture hospital reports harris gaining after accident miles l harris arts 37 whlo was injured about 5 a m satur day morning in a motorcycle acci dent is doing as well as can be expected reports st luke's hos pital where he is a patient harris's accident to which there were no eyewitnesses resulted in a fractured jaw and skull and bruises the hospital authorities were not able to set a definite date for his release brown and white men try for posts in order to discuss the progress of alumni work during the past year the annual meeting of the american university alumni coun cil is to be held april 17-21 at the thayer-west point hotel west point n y william a cornelius executive alumni secretary and robert f herrick assistant alumni secretary will attend this alumni council is the only official organization of alumni secretaries of american uni versities the discussion is to be divided into several groups duties of reg ular alumni offices fund drives and general alumni difficulties also to attend are field representatives of the various alumni magazines and periodicals hall returns to hospital dr robert w hall head of the biology department who was re cently operated on in st luke's hospital returned to the hospital for observation dr hall is not ex pected to resume teaching for a week or ten days on the eve of their meeting tomorrow gentlemen this letter is being written to you on behalf of the undergraduate body of lehigh university backed by the opinion of hundreds who have graduated before it is written to you the board of trustees to present a problem which the student body feels is so urgent as to demand your immediate attention briefly as we all realize a college education is more than just a book education it includes social development as well we all realize where lehigh stands scholastically and are justly proud of that standing we are grate ful for your generous interest in lehigh an interest which has been largely responsible for giving this university the high academic standing it now has but what about social development rfr p we all recognize the significance and necessity for decent recreational facilities what provision has been made to provide this even three years ago when lehigh dances were held in the gymnasium divided limited floor space left much to be desired in the way of proper social facilities and since that time the gymnasium hat been condemned as a fire trap and student enroll ment has increased by three hundred thus even three years ago was recognized a prob lem which seemingly is no nearer to solution than be fore m • • * to meet the question of a dance site lehigh stu dents have utilized two town buildings the coliseum and the hotel bethlehem the coliseum has the ad tage of being large it has the disadvantages of the wrong kind of atmosphere bad acoustics and of be ing off the campus the hotel bethlehem has the ad vantage of pleasant surroundings ; it has the disadvan tages of the wrong kind of dancing floor two-thirds is hard stone divided floor space too obvious police protection and high rental again it is off the campus we mention only these places because they are the only two that approximate the size necessary in which to accommodate the student body nor will the uni versity permit us to hold a dance outside of bethle hem but perhaps you are wondering why we attach so great an importance to proper recreational facilities briefly here is how we feel on the matter : with no dancing facilities on the campus there is no such thing as a lehigh dance forced to resort to the coliseum we give the uni versity unwanted publicity because of undesirable surroundings forced to resort to the limitations of the hotel stu dents are discouraged from attending because of lack of proper accommodations thus guests of students receive a poor impression of what lehigh has to offer socially and with no campus site for periodic social affairs students are forced to seek questionable recreation be cause the university fails to provide better in short while we are proud of lehigh's academic advantages we are embarrassed by her social disad vantages and to remedy this stigma we appeal for your help vfr v to show our sincerity the senior class has donated all of its surplus toward a fund to build an armory an nex at an approximate cost of fifty-five thousand dol lars this annex would provide ample space to hold lehigh dances it would permit the student lecture series to bring such notable guests as alexander woollcott blanche yurka and h v kaltenborn before the students in a campus building instead of a town high school it would furnish needed space for indoor military drill it would give the university band of more than one hundred men a place to store their equipment it would furnish ample space for commencement exercises and because of the many guests that would be en tertained in this building lehigh would receive fav orable publicity we realize that the university now has plans for a palestra to meet most of these needs but we also re alize that 500,000 the estimated cost of this build ing still places it in the realm of fantasy that such a building is contemplated however clearly shows how universal its necessity is felt buildings as a university that help pay for them selves are a rarity yet the armory annex might well be put on a business basis it cost lehigh prom com mittees 300 to rent the hotel bethlehem for one night we believe a dance committee would rather pay rent to the university than to the hotel beth lehem three such dances a year as we now have would net the university an annual income of 900 to this might well be added a yearly donation from the graduating class such a procedure would assure revenue from the new armory of more than 1,000 yearly * * * * thus the undergraduate body appeals to you the board of trustees for your help to make the ar mory annex a possibility in the very near future for though lehigh may be overcrowded in some departments now it is totally lacking in providing for a decent controlled program of social recreation respectfully yours the editors of the brown and white competitions for news editor and makeup editor are now being held by the brown and white for po sitions for next year those competing for news editor are william beucher arts 38 stan ley eysmann bus 38 john weiss bus 39 willet weeks arts 39 and henry heckman eng 39 the men competing for makeup editor are stanley eysmann bus 38 milton spilberg eng 39 john weiss bus 39 allan crane bus 38 k allen janulis arts 38 and willet weeks for the first time in the history of both schools the glee clubs of moravian college for women and lehigh university will join in pre senting a concert the program of the combined groups will be given at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow evening in drown hall there will be danc ing following the concert to the music of the combined musical clubs dance orchestra the climax of the program will be the selection of this thly wed ding morning cowen sung by the combined choruses of nearly 100 singers in addition each club is to sing six songs dr.t edgar shields who is director of both organiza tions will conduct the choruses as president-manager of the le high group hosts for the occasion hal e towne arts 37 is in charge of all arrangements assisting him are thle officers of the moravian club the misses ethel goldberg president barbara o'neill secre tary betty brown manager and gertrude green treasurer george c grow arts 38 and carstens y haas ch e 38 are assistant man agers of the lehigh club the lat ter is also accompanist for the or ganization is last appearance tomorrow evening's concert will be the last time a home audience will be able to hear the lehigh glee club this season it will be their final appearance on the cam pus the annual spring concert and dance the final program of the en tire season is to be the radio broad cast from wcau philadelphia may 8 students are to be admitted free of charge tickets for guests being sold by members of both groups cost 50 cents tax included the committee is also selling patron tickets at 1 apiece in addition to the choral num bers on the program the lehigh musical clubs are presenting three instrumentalists the trumpler trio as well as e m mahla met 38 tenor soloist and thte double quartet miss gretchen newhard moravian accompanist is to play a bethlehem pa friday april 16 1937 new review chief a letter to the trustees board price — five cents board to get bids and plans on new annex thibault may draw capacity audience spoke on vases to study chem addition proposed dorm unit enrollment limits will meet saturday the brown and white last concert of student series group offers star tonight packsr chapel is site will include 19 selections of classical popular baritone solos all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association