Brown and White Vol. 45 no. 38

              4 men in white scheduled for april 21 the forthcoming production of the mustard and cheese society men in white will be given on the evening on april 21 stated albert a rights instructor in english and director of the play in case the sale of tickets ex ceeds the expected number the society will present the play on april 20 this date will fall the day before spring houseparty and the production will not be given during the festivities unit setting will be used by the club in an effort to present the scenes as rapidly as possible in or der to give the desired effect the same type of setting was tried be fore in yellow jack and was found to be satisfactory rights stated hotel chosen as prom site with 2 bands price — five cents tone features dr edwards edward gus hagerman ' gus hagerman new captain for 1938-39 vol xlv — no 38 advise control for handbook charles f kalmbach m e 41 right receives congratulations from j palmer murphy arts 38 editor in chief of the brown and white kalmbach was presented the freshman reporting cup at colloquim ex ercises wednesday morning dr claude g beardslee head of the de partment of moral and religious philosophy spoke briefly on journal ism as a way of life in democracy the executive council of the brown and white awards a cup each semester to the freshman reporter on the staff who does exceptional work brown and white photo hy hammoml dr l gilbreth to speak soon smith praises henry folger committee signs harlem pittsburgh orchestras for spring dance white burns to sing claude hopkins and joe haymes will play for the junior prom april 22 at the hotel bethlehem philip h smith bus 39 chair man announced yesterday hopkins will bring a 13-piece orchestra featuring beverly white vocalist composer arranger pian ist he has been a feature on the columbia brodacasting system and had one of the longest stands of any negro band leader at new fork's cotton club among the pieces which he has written are i'd do anything for you his signature harlem ser enade which he wrote for a radio program and mississippi river his band harlem in origin fea tures music of swing style during the past few years he has played at yale princeton dart mouth perm state cornell wil liams and boston university and he played for a lehigh senior prom several years ago haymes who played for the mil itary ball in december 1935 is known as the maker of bands he has been organizing orchestras in pittsburgh and then selling them to leaders who need new tal ent for several years his last band was taken over by buddy rogers formerly of the movies haymes will bring a 14-piece or chestra with honey burns the fea tured vocalist he will play in the main dining room on the ground floor and hopkins will be in the ball room on the second floor the floor committee will be malcolm carrington bus 39 cortland carrier i e 39 thom son king jr c e 40 l hend erson dudman bus 39 russell m stevens ch e 39 john e dorer m e 39 frank g ort arts 39 roger m stewart bus 39 and martin e wittstein arts 39 officers elected by 2 fraternities election held at banquet where varsity team was acclaimed graig gets lewis trophy edward gus hagerman was unanimously elected captain of the 1938-39 wrestling team wednesday evening the voting was held before the r a lewis testimonial banquet which was held in the saucon valley country club robert craig was presented with the r a lew is wrestling trophy having been voted the outstanding member of the freshman wrestling team president c c williams who was the last speaker of the even ing stressed the need of a palestra for indoor athletic events and oth er campus activities he stated that the realization of such a dream would be a great advantage to the university particularly at com mencement time coach billy sheridan expressed his appreciation for the excellent co-operation of the team this sea son wins wrestling title hagerman has been a member of the wrestling team for the past two years climaxing his season this year when he won the 145 pound eastern intercollegiate wrestling title at cornell univer sity last week he is a member of pi tau sigma honorary me chanical and industrial engineer ing society a product of bethlehem high school hagerman had his first mat experience as a freshman when he made the yearling team in high school his sole athletic activity was swimming this year he was promoted to replace tommy king c e 40 who was declared inel igible after the first semester speakers to pay tribute speakers who paid tribute to the present eastern intercollegiate wrestling champions were col nelson a kellogg director of ath letics glen w harmeson head football coach e kenneth smiley assistant director of admissions a austin bishop head coach of wrestling of the university of pennsylvania and lt d w mor gan united states naval academy the banquet an annual affair is given by r a lewis general manager of the bethlehem steel company in honor of the fresh man junior varsity and varsity wrestling squads howard bosey reiter was the toastmaster bentonelli here tonight lauded by the press for his singing among foremost tenors by roy s zachary joseph bentonelli who will ap pear at the fifth student concert lecture series to be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the broughal high school auditorium has been ac claimed by the american press as one of the leading tenors of the world and has been showered with praise from all sections of our country the new york critics are famous for their caustic comments but joe benton crashed their bar riers and received the highest of praise from each and everyone of them olin downes of the new york times once said of him his voice has lyric beauty and warmth of color as soon as he appeared on the stage it was evi dent that he had qualities as an interpreter — that he knew style in song he moved the audience by the sincerity and emotion of his interpretations matches tibbet's style the critic of the new york daily news adds he not only matched tibbett in his english diction but again proved that he is one of the j most fortunate accidents that ever happened to the metropolitan opera association from the west coast comes the following praise the appearance j of joseph bentonelli prevented i anyone's hands from being idle when applause was in order tenor bentonelli made an immediate conquest with the exceptional qualities of lyric beauty which his voice manifested his training is praised by the chicago american he is a sing er and actor of the great french school his teacher was jean de reszke and with such training it is no wonder that he is one of the best lyric tenors praise from capitol the washington evening star j published the following criticism [ after bentonelli's appearance at i the nations capitol with the first j number on the program the audi ence heard one of the lovliest ly ric tenors of the present time the purity of his tone and the beauty of his production is without blem ish and his voice flows free and virile there is brilliancy in every note smoothness in execution and praise in his presentation his continued on page four scout fraternity elects 6 officers pi delt recommendation passed after report by hunsberger a recommendation that the freshman handbook be placed un der the control of the board of publications was unanimously passed dy pi delta epsilon nation al honorary journalism fraternity at a meeting tuesday afternoon in drown hall action was taken following a report of the fraternity's publica tions investigation committee which is under the direction of francis hunsberger c e 38 revision of the chapter by-laws as recommended by a committee under carstens y haas ch e 38 was approved after several changes were made by the group according to the new regula tions admission to the fraternity will be restricted to those men who have attained the first semester of their junior year no man who is on scholastic probation will be pledged it was also decided that those members who are absent from three consecutive meetings will be declared inactive a warning will be issued after the second absence in preparation for the spring elections minor changes were also made in the point system for sel ecting men the date of the elec tions will be announced later el ection of officers will follow the pledging addresses tone at joint meeting talks on history of service branch to present piano recital on sunday afternoon in packer chapel in the final program of the cur rent tone series of sunday after noon concerts dr bateman ed wards head of the department of romance languages will present a piano recital at 4 o'clock sunday afternoon in the packer memor ial chapel dr edwards will play two groups of selections the first be ing taken rom bach's the well tempered clavichord book one and four preludes and fugues in c major c minor c sharp major and c sharp minor respectively maneval to give recital raymond k maneval bus 38 president and one of the founders of tone will play four dances written for the piano by mem bers of dr t edgar shields 1936 37 harmony class these selections are sarabande by maneval gavotte by frank r mallalieu 36 also one of the founders of tone minuet by e deforest tidd 37 and mazurka by geo rge e condit 36 a second composition by mal lalieu entitled festival will be played by maneval pierpont to sing concluding the program wilson r pierpont arts 39 baritone will sing pride of lehigh a school song written by van vleck 08 and song of the sword a mili tant ballad composed by david c hughes 39 as one of the twelve songs he is writing for the spring musical production of the mustard and cheese club sunday's concert will formally close the second annual tone ser ies but the society extends an in vitation to all those who wish to attend the sunday afternoon re hearsals of the bethlehem bach choir which will hold its first re hearsal on sunday april 10 in the chapel the intervening time during the spring vacation will be spent in the construction of tem porary choir seats in the chancel of the chapel drama club meets beekman and mccard head social groups phi sigma kappa conducted its annual election of officers at a meeting of the chapter held on tuesday evening the following are the newly elected officers henry l beek man bus 39 president william danshaw e e 40 vice president elmer c bohlen met e 39 sec retary george v bain bus 40 treasurer rudolph schlittler bus 39 auditor and john s gardner bus 39 inductor henry w mccard e m 40 was elected president of the delta sigma phi fraternity tuesday evening other officers of the chap ter elected were robert b evans s e 39 vice president justin glide i e 39 secretary arthur a mccambridge bus 40 treas urer and william m orr m e j9 sergeant-at-arms the fraternity also announced the initiation recently of the fol lowing men george g andrews bus 41 richard mascuch eng 41 george w paterson bus 41 warren e savyer ch e 40 and hastings w watkins eng 41 initiates 5 frosh calls him industry head who found a religion in shakespeare writing on the pursuit of a first folio in the current edition of the colophon a quarterly volume for bookmen dr robert m smith head of the english de partment praises henry clay fol ger founder of the folger mem orial library in washington d c as a captain of industry who found in shakespeare a religion in describing the acquisition of the most precious book in the eng lish language the vincent-jaf fard first folio of shakespeare's comedies histories tragedies 1623 professor smith presents a detailed account of the bargaining required to make the purchase of this famous volume by an amer ican possible quest began in 1899 the quest certainly one of the most prolonged and exciting in the annals of rare book collecting continues dr smith began in april 1899 and continued at inter vals of increasing intensity and ex ! asperation until feb 6 1903 i during these four years of fever ish negotiation over sixty letters and more than forty cablegrams crossed the water between new york and london and when the j struggle was over ten thousand pounds the largest sum ever paid ; up to this time for a printed book j passed into hands of a semi-reluc [ tant english gentleman professor smith who illustrated in the first number of the colo phon how a fly can change a full stop to a colon and confuse the j most cautious bibliographers re | veals in his current article that the folio now in the folger library ! was passed to a book agent in 1891 i by an assistant rummaging in the i coach house of an english gentle | man with the remark that is no good sir it is only old poetry not until 1899 was it made j known to collectors that a rare | folio was wanted by an american ; collector professor smith ex i plains in detail the procedure un dertaken by folger and the lon don book agent until its arrival in america 35 years ago noted woman engineer will tell of careers in management dr lillian m gilbreth consult ing engineer in management will give a lecture on new opportun ities for engineers in manage ment at 8 p m next thursday in packard auditorium the lec ture which is open to the public is to be sponsored by the mechan ical and industrial engineering societies dr gilbreth and her husband frank b gilbreth started their work on fatigue and time study in england shortly before the world war and published the book fa tigue study in 1917 is head of gilbreth inc in their research the gilbreths studied the problem of increasing production without increasing the fatigue of the worker they con tinued this work in the united sates and published several other books since her husband's death dr gilbreth has been president of ; gilbreth inc a firm of consult | ing engineers founded by dr gil | breth and her husband dr gil : breth is recognized in psycholog i cal and engineering circles as i having done outstanding work in both fields said adelbert ford head of the department of psychol ogy fv-aie-sabß vbgkqcmfwyshrdccm is member of phi beta kappa dr gilbreth has received the | following degrees b litt uni versity of california m litt ph d brown university sc d m | e university of michigan dr i eng rutgers sc d russell sage college and l l d university of california among the societies of which she is a member are phi beta kappa the mechanical engineering society the industrial j engineering society and the am j erican psychology association the lehigh university woman's club is giving a tea for dr gil breth from 2:30 to 4 p m in drown hall to be followed by a dinner at 6 p m at the hotel bethlehem sponsored by the mc i chanical and industrial engineer ; ing societies muhlenberg man tells of russian trip members and guests of tone student musical society attended a joint meeting with the glee club of the moravian college for wom en wednesday evening in the moravian chapel richmond e myers member of the faculty of muhlenberg college gave a talk illustrated with mov ing pictures of his travels in rus sia last summer in connection with the seventeenth international ge ologist's congress his wife mrs ruth becker myers gave a recital of russian music the program was concluded with a group of four russian folk songs sung by miss barbara e bastian a moravian student an informal reception for mem bers of both groups was held fol lowing the meeting students admitted to concert at 7:30 p m announce engagement of chemistry assistant coast guard commander shows sound film lt com w g bloom u s c g presented a lecture wed nesday afternoon in packard audi torium under the auspices of the department of military science and tactics entitled the united states coast guard as a career the lecture was illustrated by moving pictures showing the activities and duties performed by the coast guard lieutenant commander bloom who has been associated with the coast guard since 1919 began his lecture by giving a brief survey of the functions of the coast guard and then traced its expan sion since the revolutionary war he mentioned the three functions of the coast guard namely the maintenance of law and order along the coasts the lending of assistance for national defense and the saving of lives and property the lecture was given for the purpose of acquainting students with the possibilities of a career in the united states coast guard service faculty members read the distaff side the distaff side by john van druter was the selection of the faculty dramatic club for their reading on wednesday evening in packard laboratory the various parts were taken by dr robert billinger assistant pro fessor of chemistry dr john c mertz instructor in chemistry mr james l clifford instructor in english dr edgar h riley asso ciate profesor of english and dr william c mcdermott instructor in latin also taking part were mrs p m palmer mrs sydney brown mrs w w ewing mrs william mc dermott mrs william jenkins mrs cyril jensen miss myrtle helms and mrs h a smith haring gives dinner talk alpha phi omega installs harchar as president six new officers were elected by alpha phi omega national hon orary scouting society at a meet ing on wednesday in drown hall the following men assumed of fice harry a harchar arts 39 president robert m easton i e 39 vice president harry w b buchanan met e 39 secretary robert w richards ch e 39 treasurer george f salathe ch e 40 historian charles g myers m e 40 aumni secretary the chapter is to hold a brief business meeting at 5 p m on sunday in the arcadia room of drown hall the dedication of the alpha phi omega fireplace on south mountain is to follow the meeting t w lacey the na tional field representative of the organization will be met by a welcoming committee before the dedication he is to assist in the ceremony there will be a ham burger roast subsequent to the dedication a letter from chief wilcox of the bethlehem council was re ceived in appreciation of the as sistance rendered by the society in judging the recent district scout rally at the national guard armory o attends college night wray s congdon director of admissions wednesday attended the college night of the morris town n j high school eta sigma phi meets newtonian society hears lecture by raynor four engineers and one arts stu dent were initiated into the new tonian society freshman honorary mathematics society at a meeting held on wednesday evening in packard laboratory the five initiates include george s coopey eng philip g foust jr eng frederick h housel eng frank novitski eng and donald r schoen arts a talk on magic squares was given by dr george e raynor as sociate professor of mathematics in which he gave a resume of their history and the methods of con struction of most types of the squares students and the general public will be admitted to the student concert-lecture series tonight at 7:30 o'clock the doors will close at 8 15 o'clock and thereafter no one will be admitted the general admission price will be 1.00 and students will be admitted upon presentation of ticket e from the undergrad uate ticket book the engagement of harold s levenson 37 assistant in chemis try to miss alice nathan of al lentown has been announced miss nathan who graduated from kindergaitnerinen seminary germany has been employed in the office of the queen city manu facturing company a special business meeting of eta sigma phi honorary classical society was held tuesday after noon to discuss a revision of the organization's constitution to hold dances horton and rader to play for d u.s phi sigs delta upsilon and phi sigma kappa will hold dances at their houses tomorrow night both dances are annual affairs delta upsilon will have bob horton's orchestra with harry b osborn jr instructor in chemical engineering and mr and mrs john miller as chaperons ken brader and his orchestra will play at the phi sigma kappa house mr and mrs dacey will chaperon dr albert haring associate pro fessor of economics discussed the robinson-patman anti-price dis crimination act last night at a din ner pieeting of the new york lumber salesmen's association held in brooklyn n y lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa friday march 18 1938 presents freshman reporting cup elected captain show date is set ' joe benton apple of the critics eyes all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association z 612