Brown and White Vol. 46 no. 3

              a plan suggested by pres ident c c williams to com memorate the founder of le high will be carried out at 3 p m tomorrow when the pres ident together with william a cornelius executive secretary of the alumni association and franc burnett jr i e 39 president of arcadia will lay a wreath on the grave of asa packer in mauch chunk the tendency of founder's day to take the form of an ab breviated graduation instead of a day devoted to the memory of the founder was cited as the reason for the step freshmen will discard their identification buttons thursday in accordance with a decree passed last night by arcadia student governing body paragraph 5 of the freshman code has been changed to read until founder's day freshmen shall wear on the campus at all times an identification tag bear ing their name a seal brown tie shall be worn until arcadia decrees otherwise denison gets review post dean reveals council plans callaghan gets executive post j calvin callaghan junior wins subscription campaign becomes circulation head donald g denison jr i e 40 was appointed circulation manager of the lehigh review yesterday by henry t s heckman business manager denison was appointed as a result of winning the review subscription campaign which closed at 8 o'clock yesterday morn ing eight men participated in the competition which was very closely contested denison had a total of 146 points wallace p watkins bus 40 who was second had 136 points while david f wells eng 41 was third with 121 one point was awarded for each freshman subscription two for each upper classman and three for every alumnus circulation hits new high russel e stevens jr ch e 39 who was elected circulation man ager last year was forced to re sign at the beginning of this sem ester because of the pressure of pledging activities denison as sumed his new position yesterday the review's circulation this year is highest in lehigh history it is 32 per cent higher than it was at this time last year o carothers convalescing dr neil carothers dean of the college of business administration has been confined to his bed for several days with grippe dr her bert m diamond head of the de partment of economics and sociol ogy took charge of carother's class in social institutions the sophomore economics lecture yes terday was dismissed 14 9 students receive scholastic averages better than 3.00 class of 41 heads list of the 149 men who made an average of better than 3.00 the second semester of last year three ireshmen and two juniors made a perfect a average in the same semester of the 1936-37 year 227 students did better than 3.00 while eight had perfect averages g e hurst jr bus 39 f c moesel ch e 39 h r davidson ch e 41 c f kalmbach m e 41 and a e lee jr ch e 41 made perfect averages last sem ester the following is a list of stu dents who made an average of 2.50 or better class of 1939 george e hurst bus 4.00 frederick c moesel ch e 4.00 glenn m reinsmith k e 3.94 franc h burnett i e 3.93 wilson c hanline bus 8.83 eugene r l guaghran arts 3.83 gilbert m keller m e 3.79 ernest e edwards bus 3.71 j carl f brown arts 3.68 albert s raff ch e 3.67 nelson w lewis ch e 3.67 eric weiss e e 3.64 raphael g scob lionko arts 3.60 stanley c morford m e 3.57 frank n kemmer ch e 3.53 john u truslow i e 3.50 john s patter son bus 3.50 richard h greenwell ch e 3.50 louis g glesmann m £„ 3.44 kenneth i herman arts 3.44 edward a lambert e e 3.38 charles g layman m e 3.37 robert p mcquail bus 3.33 john e sutcliffe arts 3.33 franklin f schafer bus 3.33 ashley c worsley ch e 3.33 walter m uhler arts 3.33 allen f jones m e 8.83 james l shearer arts 3.31 elmer c boh len met e 3.28 donald w cooper e e 3.26 alan s grant i e 3.22 elmer g smith arts 3.20 robert c parsons met e 3.17 vincent m white m e 3.17 courtland f carrier i e 8.17 frank l jackson ch e 3.17 james r bright i e 3.15 donald santmyers ch e 3.14 earl hems ch e 3.14 james e patton ch e 3.13 william irwim i x f 8.11 john a jackson e e 3.11 frederick h clymer met e 3.11 james f hollister m e 3.06 robert b evans s e 3.05 paul h bartholomew ch e 8.05 neviri c hartman bus 3.00 robert t feld m e 3.00 charles f connors arts 3.00 george e kelley ch e 3.00 ralph w helwig ch e 3.00 stuart n lewis m e 3.00 leo w hesselman bus 3.00 wayne f o'neill arts 3.00 vernon b mancke bus 3.00 william m goodwin 1 e 3.00 moran v trexler ch e 2.94 harry tanczyn met e 2.90 charles l eichenberg e e 2.90 leonard w hassler e e 2.88 john d saussaman met e 2 84 alfred l everett arts 2.83 edward v mcdonough bus 2.83 robert h stet tler m e 2.83 william h schnabel ch state debating association chooses instructor to direct activity j calvin callaghan director of debating was elected executive secretary for a two-year term of the debating association of penn sylvania colleges at their conven tion saturday in harrisburg the lehigh instructor who suc ceeds prof morley mays of ju niata college will supervise the activities and edit the bulletin of the association of 29 pennsylvania and western maryland colleges two questions which lehigh will debate during the year were also decided at the meeting they are resolved that the united states should cease to use public funds including credit for the purpose of stimulating business and re solved that the united states should follow a policy of isolation toward all nations involved in in ternational or civil conflict professor callaghan was accom panied by james l shearer arts 39 president of delta omicron theta honorary debating society and manager of intercollegiate de bating professor callaghan came to lehigh in february 1936 from the lawrence institute of tech nology in michigan where he or ganized the first team to repre sent the institute in debate he holds a b and m a degrees from the university of michigan and is a member of phi beta kap pa and the national association of teachers of speech continued on page four landi's tour marks debut on public lecture platform may form interdormitory group richard's house elects officers possibilities of an interdormi tory council formed along the same plans as the interfraternity council was announced sunday by dean wray h congdon at the meeting of richard's house stu dents the dean told of letters he had sent to new dormitory occupants telling about hazing freshmen and frosh duties he said the method of student government used at taylor hall would be identical to that of richards house seven sections formed the dormitory was divided into seven sections each of which has a section chief treasurer athletic manager and sophomore and freshman representatives the results of the elections held independently by the various sec tions were as follows section i—w.1 — w lesser section chief h heimbach treasurer i wolf athletic man ager h dennis sophomore representative w mccord freshman representative section 2a — n hardman section chief j hubeny treasurer p faust athletic manager j ryle sophomore representative j gore freshman representative section 2b — c hart section chief b cary treasurer p robeson athletic man ager j leroux sophomore representative section 3a — e stopp section chief b fetske treasurer e goodman athletic manager r vedovato sophomore repre sentative j evaul freshman representa tive section 3b — a morrow section chief a weatherbee treasurer b rosenquest ath letic manager section 4a — r tilton section chief e klein treasurer f bushe athletic man ager p mcmicheal freshman representa tive section 4b — g cardwell section chief g coopey treasurer j harrold athletic man ager f pansarello sophomore representa tive e biggs freshman representative o miller addresses lions dr benjamin l miller profes sor of geology linked the present czechoslovakian crisis with events of a decade ago in a talk recently before the lions club at the bath hotel 1837 is final count as enrollment ends final registration figures as revealed by george b curtis registrar show that the total enrollment to date is 1,837 stu dents 101 more than last year tabulation of the enrollment follows freshmen 554 special students 2 transfers 34 total new students 590 students returning 1,247 total registration 1,837 freshman enrollment accord ing to curriculum arts 55 business 108 engineering 390 total freshman enrollment 554 entire university tabulation according to curriculum arts 239 business 444 engineering 1,154 students at lehigh come from 29 states and two foreign countries last year 22 states were represented and five for eign countries cosmopolitan club entertains today arcadia plans to sponsor weekly dances to be held in armory collegians will play student governing body meets hears reports of committees three experimental dances to be run to determine if student in terest warrants running a regular series of saturday night dances were approved by arcadia student governing body at its first meet ing of the year held last evening in drown hall the first dance may be held from 9 p m to 1 a m saturday in the armory pending approval of the student activities committee the admission charge will be 75 cents per couple and 75 cents for stags music will be furnished by martin e wittstein arts 39 and his col legians wittstein originally presented the proposal to arcadia and was appointed a member of the com mittee in charge of arrangements walter a decker c e 39 pres ident of the allentown group heads the committee and is as sisted by wittstein and george a albrecht bus 39 dormitory rep resentative to arcadia frosh button dropped a discussion of the present freshman regulations disclosed the fact that members of arcadia felt that the honor system of self-reg ulation had been unsuccessful ac tion on these regulations was de ferred but it was voted to sus pend the wearing of the identifica tion button after founder's day instead of after thanksgiving as previously announced edward g hurst bus 39 was named chairman of the group's fi nance committee to be assisted by milton h grannatt arts 39 and alfred t cox c e 40 douglas prideaux arts 39 was named head of the visitations committee group lauds handbook a report by malcolm h car rington bus 39 chairman of the rally committee resulted in a dis cussion of the possibly of improv ing the university cheers the report of henry t s heck man arts 39 chairman of the handbook committee was read and accepted heckman was officially congratulated on his work and a vote of thanks was extended to robert f herrick editor of the alumni bulletin and dale h gramley head of the journalism department for their assistance with the handbook a report was given by donald r schoen arts 41 chairman of the freshman committee he was instructed to draw up a set of reg ulations for election of the fresh man union to be approved at ar cadia's next meeting watch presented mcconn gets parting gift at faculty meeting former dean c max mcconn new dean of washington square college n y u was presented with a watch by the members of the faculty at their meeting yes terday afternoon in the adminis tration building inscribed on the watch are the words to max mcconn in appreciation from his colleagues 1938 in presenting the watch to the former dean philip m palmer dean of the college of arts and sci ences said in part lehigh is a better place for your having been here this watch is a token of our esteem and best wishes mcconn's reply in part was all my life i have affected cynic ism for parting gifts which have seemed like obituaries but i am touched by my friend phil pal mer's expression of good wishes i thank you from my heart o will practice medicine dr benjamin reiter son of pro fessor and mrs howard r reiter will practice medicine at bridge port conn this winter dr reiter is a graduate of andover acadamy and the princeton and harvard medical schools shields selects members to singing group from over 100 applicants better balance is seen a better balanced glee club has resulted from the admission of 31 new members richard c kelley jr ch e 40 acting manager of the group announced today the new men were selected from over 100 applicants by dr t edgar shields head of the department of music sixty of last year's members will continue to be active in the organization there is a waiting list of the men who tried out but could not be accepted at present the following students comprise the glee club seniors george a albrecht w e bruning e e edwards a goeppert william irwin h j jones george e kelley c g lay man a t leonhard w f o'neill d h prideaux a k rothschild c w shel drake a g uebberoth m zawisza juniors edward billstein c e creitz l c erich w i freeman j s hartzell clarence a ; heller r h ireland quentin keith r c kelley jr r f kleinschmidt g e lien s c lippincott robert b palmer c f rehman c h richardson j m.i roberts r e slee a l trumpler h vonhof h e walther sophomores e b annett jr t r bell w f boyer a l breen c burgy r felch p g fqust f r gilmore g gould e s ham ilton c h harding c hartdegen a hughes h f jones a n karwacki t j kochuba w a litzenberger r 0 mar sten j m phelan d r schoen g b swope w h vogelsberg j r whitsell r e woodling f a zimmerman | freshmen r s barker r h bartholomew r w beck w bliss a l bopp b bowser d h briner r w clark 0 w cooke jr r g eitner w gledall e d latimer c j little r j mcgregor r riggle a samuels f e smith jr a r tucker the following men will be giv en re-trials j e wigg h l abbott e f bodine g p haven s t kory g h leach r h marshall r nicrosini j a quincy j b sickler o hurricane halts ewing's studies research party lands before gale breaks the recent hurricane interrupted the work of dr maurice ewing assistant professor of physics who has been making oceanographic studies in the atlantic under a grant of the guggenheim fellow ship dr ewing and his party in their boat the atlantis supplied by the wood's hole oceanographic insti tute were 100 miles off cape hen ry when news of the storm reached them they left three days ahead of schedule reaching port eight hours ahead of the storm their equipment suffered no damage during the next three weeks dr ewing will construct new equip ment for his next expedition early in november he will leave with dr g p woolard for bermuda the site of their next research pro ject where they will remain for abcut two months quizzes revised engineering freshmen have new system a new system of quizzes will be inaugurated this semester for freshmen in the college of engin eering all freshman engineers will take their quizzes in chem 1 phys 22 and math 20 at the same time the schedule of the time at which the various tests will be given follows tuesday nov 1 11 a m chem 1 monday nov 7 11 a m phys 22 math 20 monday dec 5 11 a m chem 1 tuesday jan 10 11 a m phys 22 math 20 george b curtis registrar stat ed that the new program has a two-fold purpose it avoids the sit uation in which several hour quizzes are crowd/ed into one week and it also assures absolute uni formity foreign freshmen given reception by group the lehigh cosmopolitan club met at 4 p m today in drown hall where a buffet reception was given to acquaint the foreign fresh men and interested american stu dents with the members and the purposes of the club the club was organized last february with 13 foreign and five american students in may the organization received official uni versity recognition the purpose of the cosmopolitans is to discuss culture and ideas of their own country as compared to those of life on the campus each year a number of sufficiently interested american students are admitted to membership not only to enjoy the broadening influences of such a group but to contribute their share towards a cosmopolitan atmos phere george e tabet ch e 39 from cairo egypt is president of the club robert h bendig eng 41 secretary and james l shearer arts 39 treasurer the faculty adviser is william h bohning assistant to the registrar o ford is granted leave during a leave of absence next semester prof adelbert w ford head of the department of psy chology will do research work on the binaural phase ratio in per ceiving space attempting to de termine if sounds can be located by observing their differences in intensity in each ear dean to announce prizes and honors at chapel exercises tomorrow address is by coolidge twenty-eight baccalaureate nine masters and two doctors degrees will be awarded at the 59th foun der's day exercises at 10:30 a m tomorrow in packer memorial chapel at this time dean wray h congdon will announce scholas tic prizes and honors dr julian coolidge of the math ematics faculty of harvard univer sity will deliver the founder's day address on the science of edu cation and the art of teaching harry b osborn jr and john j williams will be the only recip ients of doctors degrees both have majored in chemical engin eering the degree of master of arts will be awarded to merrill c casse baum and frank bene majors in education harriet b davey and mortor sher majors in english oscar m blynn and earl j hart man majors in history helen m lilly major in latin and paul f cauffman major in mathematics gregory c lee will be awarded the degree of master of science with a major in chemical engin eering baccalaureate degrees will be awarded as follows bachelor of arts karl h fenstennaker alpheus w jessup david w jones morris a scharff.john b taussig walter c west 11 bachelor of science in business administration glen h colby alfonso de xarvaez har old f dunlap robert t forrest joseph a hopkins jr ralph z metz frank n stan ley jr edward c stone bachelor of science in chemical engineering james a myers robert e davis james p quarles bachelor of science in chemistry richard d tayloe bachelor of science in electrical engineering robert h duchynski henry l hynson william h roadstrum bachelor of science in industrial engineering harry c milbank bachelor of science in mechanical engineering walter h blacker richard m hayden edmund c johnson joseph w putt bachelor of science in metallurgical engineering joseph h roberts jr mitchell a thompson wilbur prizes freshman year mathematics first prize 15 philip g foust jr wilkes-barre ; second prize 10 george ritchie jr abington english 15 stephen kowalshyn jr northampton ger man 15 thomas ritter allentown french 15 willard litzenberger bethle hem wilbur prizes sophomore year mathematics 10 divided between ber nard altshuler newark n j and charles rehman valley stream n y english m edwin haviland miller bethlehem physics 10 edward uhl elizabeth n j williams sophomore prizes in english composition first prize 50 edwin miller bethlehem second prize 25 william todd freedom me third prize 15 russell kowalyshyn northampton williams junior prizes in english composition first prize 40 john sutcliffe margate city n j second prize 16 john baiz wilkes-barre williams prizes in intramural debating s4o each frederic bahnson bethlehem william barnard north arlington n j robert koenig brooklyn n v ; stephen kowalyn shyn jr northampton stephen lowry b cleveland ohio williams freshman prizes in extempore speaking first prize 40 austin wagner mount vernon n v ; second prize 15 william barnard north arlington n j williams junior senior prizes in extempore speaking first prize 75 eric weiss jersey city n j second prize divided 12.50 leonard dudman harrisburg robert w blake memorial prizes in general education first prize books to the value of 25 hugh davidson raymond myers second prize books to the value of 15 richard kirk william h chandler chemistry prizes to the highest ranking student of each class in the curricula in chemistry and chemical engineering freshman year 25 albert lee jr moorestown n j soph omore year 25 james ryan jr west continued on page four native tutors and in england and germany she studied under pro fessors of leading universities between the age of 16 and 18 miss landi worked four days a week at a home for illegitimate babies after that she began work on her first full length novel which she revised five times and finally had published in 1926 to learn stage technique miss landi joined a theatrical company in oxford england while there she was discovered by c k mun ro the playwright of storm who engaged her to interpret the title role came from london as storm she made her first ap pearance in london at the ambas sador's theater coming to new york in 1930 she made her bow at the national theater in a farewell to arms then the films claimed her and she made some thirty motion pictures on the west coast at the present time she is not under contract to any large film company last season miss landi appear ed in three plays in new york city tapestry in gray with melvin douglas the lady has a heart with vincent price and empress of destiny all students must present tick ets found in the athletic book doors will open at 7:30 p m and no one will be admitted after 8:15 p m students may secure additional tickets at the door faculty and graduate students season tickets are on sale at the registrar's of fice already internationally known as a stage and screen actress elis sa landi who will open the third student concert-lecture series at 8:15 p m thursday in broughal high school is making her debut this fall as a public lecturer willet weeks jr arts 39 chair man of the committee announced that miss landi will illustrate her lecture on the differences be tween stage and screen acting with scenes of comedy and drama from plays and motion pictures in which she starred to rehearse new play born in venice italy of aus trian parentage miss landi will fill a limited number of lecture en gagements before she starts re hearsals in a new play scheduled for broadway early this winter her appearance at lehigh is one of ten college lectures she is sche duled to give this month considered by critics and direc tors as one of the most cultured women in the theater miss landi has never been to school yet she is mistress of four languages eng lish french german and italian and has four published novels to her credit caught in a reminiscent mood during the past summer when she filled leading roles in stage suc cesses in summer theaters through out the east miss landi confessed that her travels as a child were an important factor in her develop ment while on a european tour at the age of seven miss landi studied under a russian governess for two years in france she had executive secretary bethlehem pa tuesday october 4 1938 vol xlvi — no 3 williams to decorate grave of asa packer price — five cents series of informals may start saturday 31 men join musical club after tryouts 5 men attain perfect record last semester 39 degrees to be given founder's day freshmen to discard buttons on thursday member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first