Brown and White Vol. 46 no. 10

              to publish signatures the editors of epitome an nounce that all couples wishing to have their names in the 1939 epitome will be able to sign a card at the epitome table at the prom for 25 cents each couple's signatures will be published on a special page of the next year book smoker held for pledgees as they appeared immediately after being initiated into cyanide honorary activity society wednesday night at phi gamma delta fraternity house b & w staff photo combined chem i quiz scheduled for nov 1 left to right john r o'meara bus ralph e martin ch e william w brown ch e charles r griffiths bus preston f marshall i e edward g uhl eng phys william m harbaugh ch e williams acts as chairman of conference vol xlvi no 10 gives lecture on wild life art exhibitions open saturday an hour quiz in chem 1 com pulsory for all students taking the course will be given on tuesday nov 1 at 11:10 a m this quiz takes precedence over any other course scheduled at the same hour freshman engineering stu dents will be automatically ex cused from any other courses which are scheduled for this hour other students must ap ply to dean congdon for ex cuses barclay acheson to give address engineering society picks 14 seniors 3 juniors as members an informal smoker for the ben efit of prospective pledgees was given by tau beta pi honorary engineering society last evening in drown hall in addition to the stu dent and faculty members of the society those invited to the smok er included the upper eighth of the junior and the upper fourth of the senior classes in engineering a meeting of the active mem bers was held immediately after the smoker at which time an elec tion to name the pledgees took place bids were distributed to day the seniors elected are irving lempert e e s c morford m e n w lewis ch e m v trexler ch e a c worsley ch e r h greenwell ch e j r bright i e j d saussaman met e r w helwig ch e harry tanczyn met e a s grant 1.e c l eichenberg e e imre bar sy eng phys and e c perkins ch e the three juniors who rank in the upper eighth of their class are j f ryan ch e e g uhl phys and a t cox c e the formal pledge tapping ex ercises will be held next wednes day afternoon in front of williams hall at the memorial to dr ed ward williams who founded tau beta pi in 1885 the date of the ceremonies nov 2 was selected in respect for the memory of dr wil liams who died on that day o diamond to speak tonight at meeting of accountants dr herbert m diamond head of the department of economics and sociology will speak on in dustrial relations tonight at a meeting of the allentown chapter of the national association of cost accountants the meeting under the direction of h w enberg president of the chapter will be held at 8 15 p m in the hotel easton and will follow a dinner to be held at 7 o'clock senior ball to be held at hotel bethlehem this evening houses plan formals after lehigh-rutgers fray revelers will attend maennerchor tea 646 girls are the guests of lehigh at the 19th annual fall houseparty which began at 4 o'clock this after noon the senior ball the feature at traction of the houseparty will be held this evening at the hotel bethlehem with music by bunny berigan and mai hallett tomorrow's program will begin with the opening of the library treasure room at 9 a m the room will be open until 12 the lehigh rutgers football game will begin at 2:30 immediately following the football game will be the tea dance at the maennerchor with music by bob horton dances begin at 9 the formal house dance will be gin at 9 p m 28 fraternities are holding dances and the dormi tory groups are having a combined dance in the armory music for the senior ball will be provided by bunny berigan who features jean dover and dick wharton song stylists and mai hallet who features jerry perkins soloist and the swing cut-ups buddy welcome and joe cabonaro a large lehigh banner will serve as a background for bunny beri gan's orchestra dancing will be from 10 p m till 3 a m tickets may be purchased at the door the chaperones will be dean and mrs wray h congdon dr and mrs claude g beardslee and mr and mrs george b curtis yingling on committee serving on the senior ball committee are robert yingling eng chairman milton h granatt jr bus raymond p laubenstein m e and john mcnab eng the inter-dormitory house dance will be held in the armory with music by siggie shelby the dance will be larger this year due to the addition of the richards house dormitory dancing will be from 10 p m till 2 a m and the dance is open to any member of the university the dance is to be supervised by the social committee of the inter dormitory council william h les ser i e 39 chairman the chap erones will be mr and mrs j h stopp and dr and mrs arthur ippen engineer to speak to m e society paul e mckinney metallurgi cal engineer at the bethlehem steel company will speak on steel forgings at the meeting of the mechanical engineering soci ety tonight at 8 o'clock in room 466 packard laboratory mr mckinney was formerly the supervisor of the forge and foun dry division of the united states naval gun factory at washington previously he had been chief chemist and metallurgist at the same plant he is author of sev eral articles on subjects including light alloys manganese bronze ordnance steel and forging prac tice the meeting will be held jointly with the anthracite lehigh valley section of the american society of mechanical engineers of which the university society is a student branch the reading of the paper will be followed by an informal discussion o addresses local blind dr neil carothers dean of the college of business administra tion spoke last night on the so cial problems of the blind at the anniversary banquet of the north ampton county branch of the pennsylvania association for tho blind held at the hotel bethle hem gives opening address at meeting wednesday in packard lab m.i.t professor speaks it is appropriate that engineers should pause occassionally to make a survey of the influence of their work on social conditions as a whole said president williams chairman of the engineering con ference held wednesday in pack ard auditorium much of their work concerns problems " he con tinued yet it is erroneous to sup pose that they do not observe the social effects of their work as well this quotation is from the opening address of the conference which was entitled the social significance of engineering among those who addressed the meeting were many well-known engineers including l k sillcox first vice-president of the new york air brake company dr ralph w king assistant to the president of bell laboratories dr dugald c jackson professor emeritus of electrical engineering at m i t dr j k finch ren wick professor of civil engineering at coulmbia university and wil liam d faucette chief engineer of seaboard airline railways king compares changes sillcox the first speaker show ed that the gigantic scientific pro gress fo this century has had more effect upon man kind than any other single factor political or otherwise it is momentus in re lation to the life of th nation following in this vein dr king compared changes in social order to technical change stressing the fact that society is far behind the advances of science since there are few facilities for economic inves tigation dr jackson in his address demonstrated that it is not the abundance of natural resources which makes a nation wealthy but the development of these resources by the engineers the proof of this fact is visible in the poverty of china the final speech of the afternoon session was given by dr finch who proved that engineering has been developed to a higher degree under democratic government than under any other system dr jackson who took part in the afternoon meeting spoke on engineering's part in the devel opment of civilization representatives introduced dr jackson was well qualified to speak on this subject since he has had much experience in prac tical engineering as well as in the educational field attending the meeting were the representatives continued on page six pre-meds to get aptitude exams the association of american medical colleges will conduct medical aptitude tests for all men intending to enter medical school in the fall of 1939 on december 2 the examinations will be given in room 204 williams hall anyone desiring to take the test must con sult dr stanley thomas professor of bacteriology before nov 5 the test will last approximately two hours and no one will be ad mitted after 3 p m it will measure the prospective medical student's ability to learn material similar to that which he will have in medical school the test will also measure his general information and scien tific background and his ability to draw accurate conclusions from a set of given data o laramy appointed head of arts alumni council the recent appointment of rob ert e laramy b a 96 m a 99 as chairman marked the first step in the permanent organization of a proposed council of alumni of the college of arts and science dean phillip m palmer announced wednesday mr laramy will select five or six local alumni who will serve as the nucleus of the new council speaker for state game commission shows motion pictures an informal lecture illustrated with motion pictures on pennsyl vania wild life was delivered by mr randolph thompson traveling lecturer for the state game com mission at the meeting of the sportsman's club last evening in room 466 packard laboratory mr thompson explained the me thods of artificial propagation and food provision that make pennsyl vania one of the best stocked states in the union he also stated that 912 bears were killed in the one week hunting season in pennsyl vania last year and that this is more than were killed in any other state mr thompson also explained that the much publicized timber wolves coyotes and cougars in pennsylvania are not native to the state but have escaped from zoos or have migrated from canada or the south tells of propagation a detailed description was given on the methods of propagation of game birds since the introduction of the ring tailed pheasant the toll on the ruffed grouse has been con siderably lessened sufficient food must be provided naturally for deer he continued it is not practical to feed deer for extended periods on grain and hay it was explained the game com mission does not advocate how ever the indiscriminate burning over of land in hopes of proving better forage too often this prac tice is disastrous robert p m stoudt bus 41 presided at the meeting standing committees for the various activ ities were appointed reader's digest editor to discuss freedom barclay acheson of the editorial staff of reader's digest will speak on freedom and progress at 8 p m , nov 4 in packard auditor ium before a meeting sponsored jointly by the university and the bethlehem branch of the american association of university women president c c williams will in troduce mr acheson who is known for his work in the near east relief educated in america he was appointed before the world war to the faculty of the american university of beirut syria following the war he spent ten years administering relief work in the near east and working with the refugee settlement commis sion of the league of nations he was also in charge of the field or ganization of the china famine fund he has been awarded the rank of commander of the order of the redeemer by the greek government he is acquained with such persons as king boris of bul garia king zog of albania and the late king feisal of iraq special showing of glass paintings announced by prof howland houseparty guests may attend a special showing of an exhibition of orrefors glass and paintings by members of the easton artists guild in the library tomorrow morning from 10 to 12 prof garth howland head of the de partment of fine arts announced yesterday the entire exhibit will be open daily from 8 to 10 a m except sundays and from 3 to 5 p m and 7 to 9 p m except saturdays be ginning this sunday and continu ing to nov 22 form simplicity emphasized orrefors glass the feature of the present exhibit is a product of swedish workmanship and holds an important position in the levels of swedish industrial art this glass artistry had its birth hardly three decades ago in an insignifi cant window and ink-bottle glass factory of orrefors two designers hald and gate artists of establish ed reputation are chiefly respons ible for the new creation although often devoid of dec oration solid color accents of col or or the glass texture alone con tribute to the decorative quality and present infinite variety in the glass surfaces human figures be came the principal subject for the decoration of the engraved glass the present exhibition exemplifies the spirit of restraint simplicity with emphasis on form in spite of the large attendance at the art exhibition in the library which closed last sunday only 155 votes were cast in the balloting for the most popular painting all work was done by members of the local art group lehigh toils through the week in preparation for a few hours of pleasure an estimated 15,800 to be students bill over week-end frosh use elbow grease guests here from maine canada canal zone and california lehigh's eager swains will spend an estimated 15,800 on the 646 girls who will be guests at the 19th semi-annual houseparty this figure does not take into account the labor expended by the bewildered brown-tied gentlemen who make life so comfortable for the upperclassmen literally thousands of square feet of floors have been waxed at the expense of numerous broken finger nails bruised knuckles and vituperous language it would take the accounting department a week to tabulate the number of windows that have received their fall coat of bon ami when the lehigh gallant drives up for mi lady the sleek appearance of his car will be the result of the tender efforts of some poor frosh tons of leaves have been raked and burn ed 24 states represented the girls come from the four corners of north america they come from as far north as canada to as far south as the canal zone and from maine to california they represent 24 states with two from the canal zone and two from canada pennsylvania leads in number with 225 guests while new jersey has 161 and new york 130 in the new england states connecticut leads with 21 visitors while massachusetts has 13 and rhode island maine and vermont each have one 5 from virginia district of columbia maryland and delaware have 13 10 and 9 respectively from the south there are 5 from virginia 4 from texas 2 from florida and one from georgia in the midwestern group there are 11 from ohio 4 from michigan 2 from missouri and one from lowa illinois wisconsin and minnesota from the far west there is one from california and one from nevada an estimated distance of 178,770 miles will be traveled by the guests on their way to and from lehigh this is equivalent to seven trips around the earth over the week end lehigh escorts will add a total of 33,590 miles to this figure initiated by cyanide at banquet lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa friday october 28 1938 price — five cents 19th annual fall houseparty is in full swing as lehigh's engineers escort 646 girls b ft w staff photo it takes many hours of labor to make a houseparty but only a few to undo the work the wind will scatter the leaves this student on the left is raking spike heels will mar the floors which these men are shining by monday hundreds of suits of eve ning clothes will be just so many bundles of wrinkles frosh and some upperclassmen have been busy all week waxing floors cleaning windows raking and burning leaves and in general tidying up the house and person to improve the environment for the many feminine visitors member intercollegiate newspaper association z 612 all the lehigh news first