Brown and White Vol. 46 no. 53

              corrections to the original examination schedule printed in the may 5 issue follow met 61 — probs in gen met thursday may 25 8 a m speech 30 — fundamentals of speech alternate examinations thursday may 25 2 p m and wednesday may 31 2 p m c e 13 hydraulics wed nesday may 31 8 a m no al ternate axaminations given e e 50 — general dynamos and motors wednesday may 31 8 a m no alternate exam ination given chem b—stoichiometry,8 — stoichiometry can celled league hears dr carothers plans events for summer carl fittkau arts 40 heads dorm council senior class will graduate out of doors vol xlvi — no 53 george e hurst dean issues exam rules trombone chorus opens 2 day celebration jones conducts 280 voices in choir the first portion of the 40th annual bach festival began this afternoon with a trombone chorus playing from the tower of packer memorial chapel the chapel was filled to capacity as the audience listened to the famed choir of 280 voices the mass in b minor will be presented at 2:30 o'clock and 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon ifor jones of westfield n j was leader of the chorus this after noon and at the public rehearsal last evening jones who was edu cated in england has done consid erable work with similar bach choral groups according to dr t edgar shields director of music soloists for the festival are miss jeanette vreeland soprano miss lillian knowles contralto john jameson tenor and keith falk ner baritone miss vreeland and jameson are making their first ap pearances at the bach festival this year among those who are attending the festival are eugene ormandy director of the philadelphia sym phony orchestra ruth st dennis famous dancer and mrs theodore roosevelt the bach festival was founded in 1906 by the late frederick wolle who was the first organist in the new chapel upon the death of dr wolle his assistant dr shields became organist for the festival and has served in that capacity ever since o physics society picnic held on bidwell farm the physics society held its ann ual spring picnic yesterday after noon at spring meadows the farm of dr charles c bidwell head of the department of physics officers were elected for next year the society elected dr james a peoples instructor in physics as faculty adviser and the following officers edward g uhl eng phys 40 president robert d marsden eng phys 40 vice president frederic n bahnson eng phys 41 treasurer ralph cheli phys 41 and rudolph w samer eng 42 sophomore repre sentative other officers of council are cary racer lee head on arcadia body is revising rules carl r fittkau arts 40 was chosen next year's president of the interdormitory council tuesday night at a meeting of the group he will also represent the council on arcadia student governing body the council also elected robert e cary met e 40 vice president robert b raver met e 41 sec retary and albert e lee ch e 41 treasurer the council is now revising the dormitory rules which have not been changed since 1912 charles w hart ch e 39 announced that the plaques and scholarship cups have arrived those which have already been won were awar ded this morning at the flag pole exercises fittkau the new president is makeup editor of the brown and white and editorial manager of the freshman handbook he was a member of the intercollegiate de bating squad for 1937-38 he is secretary-treasurer of delta omi cron theta honorary debating so ciety and a member of pi delta epsilon national collegiate jour nalism fraternity cary was a member of the freshman union cabinet for 1936 37 he his been on the dean's hon or list for five semesters lee is newly-elected president of the class of 1941 in the spring of 1938 he was awarded the prize presented by tau beta pi honor ary engineering fraternity to the highest ranking freshman in engin eering he is a member of the newtonian society and of phi eta sigma honorary freshman society o alpha kappa psi initiates 6 juniors at final meeting six members of the 1940 class of the college of business administra tion were initiated into alpha kap pa psi honorary business frater nity yesterday at a dinner meeting at the alpha chi rho house im mediately before the initiation a short business meeting the last for the year was held the initiates were robert r merwin walter g guy jr stew art b powers joseph b kelley john j mcfadden and paul r duychinck dean says that economy is recovery solution billions wasted all governments preach econ omy but not all of them practice it declared dr neil carothers dean of the college of business ad ministration in a speech at the sev enth anniversary dinner of the na tional economy league tuesday at the hotel astor new york city dr carothers added to this by remarking to the 500 business lead ers there that although an indivi dual's or corporation's living be yond income could be halted you cannot appoint a receiver for the government however badly it is handling it finances how far have we gone along this primrose path to financial dis aster he inquired the figures have reached such astronomical di mensions that they leave an im presion on the mind they have broken all records of every kind for all governments in time of peace we have had an unbalanced budget for nine long years dr carothers said that the pres ent administration has spent 200 every second for the last six years he added that some of it had been for necessary purposes but that billions have been poured into the bottomless pits of waste he de nied that the huge expenditures were necassary for relief and said that relief could be more generous today if it had not been for waste in other directions on the theory that a nation can spend its way out of a depression o osborn gives talk dr harry b osborn instructor in chemical engineering gave a talk and demonstration on liquid air last wednesday night before the masons of northampton comma error mars campus latest addition warns of severe penalty for dishonesty during final quizzes dean wray h congdon in a statement issued last week to the brown and white listed the regu lations governing dishonesty in ex aminations for the purpose of ac quainting the student with the reg ulations before he takes the exam inations the dean's statement is as fol lows repeatedly students who are required to appear before the committee on discipline state that they are ignorant of the regula tions or have no idea of the sever ity of the penalty for a partciular offense as the final examination period approaches it might be well for some students to refresh their memories regarding the following rules the penalty for clearly premed itated dishonesty in a final exam ination will be a recommendation for expulsion from the university for dishonesty in an hour quiz or other exercise of similar value suspension for one semester for dishonesty in a daily class exercise being dropped from the course with loss of credit a student who is convicted of cheating either in a final examina tion or in an hour quiz shall be on disciplinary probation throughout the remainder of the course and may not therefore at any future time represent the university in any student activitiy or hold off ice on any student publication the rules are specific and plain their severity is intended to hold back any student tempted to dis honesty it is therefore desirable to have knowledge of these regula tions disseminated throughout the student body lest such deterring effects as the regulations may have be lost o osborn to leave has taught here 4 years will go into industry dr harry b osborn instructor in chemical engineering has re signed from the faculty to accept a position with the ohio crank shaft company of cleveland ohio as director of research and devel opment starting july 1 he has been teaching at lehigh since 1934 he was graduated from this university in 1932 with a b s in chemical engineering in 1934 he received his m s and in 1938 his ph d dr osborn is a member of alpha chi rho social fraternity and the following honorary societies pi mv epsilon mathematics pi delta epsilon journalism tau beta pi engineering and sigma xi re search he is a former business manager of the brown and white and has headed the advisory sys tem for freshman in the chemistry department . faculty gives permission to hold commencement at flag pole sayre to be speaker the class of 1939 heard on wed nesday the first official sanction of its plan to hold graduation out of doors when registrar george b curtis announced that rehearsal for the exercises would include a march to the chapel as an alter nate only weather permitting this year's graduation will be held at the flagpole permission to break lehigh's 52-year old tradition came this week when the committee on the standing of students to whom the faculty had delegated full authority at a meeting may 1 recommended the flagpole site as an alternate to the class plan to use taylor sta dium unsightliness and excessive heat in the concrete stands of the football field were the committee's reasons for rejecting this first plan the outdoor site will mean at least 2 additional tickets per sen ior to consult weather bureau in the event of doubtful weather on the morning of the exercises dean wray h congdon will con sult the lehigh meteorological de partment and the philadelphia weather bureau and decide whe ther the graduation is to be indoors or out curtis said yesterday this year's commencement spea ker francis b sayre assistant secretary of state has not yet an nouced his topic according to president clement c williams born in bethlehem in 1885 sayre is a son of one of lehigh's first trustees after whom the park on the upper slopes of south moun tain is named an educator and author he was named to his pres ent post in 1933 by president roos evelt the commencement exercises will begin at 9:45 a m sunday june 11 when the seniors assemble for the baccalaureate services at which dr claude g beardslee university chaplain will deliver the address the seniors will again assemble at 1:30 p m on monday for the class day exercises which will be held at the flagpole 320 may receive diplomas the graduation exercises will begin at 9:45 a m tuesday june 13 when the class assembles and begins the march to either the chapel or the flagpole the exerci ses proper are scheduled for 10 30 about 320 will probably receive diplomas registrar curtis told a brown and white reporter yesterday that the belief in the minds of the class that the committee threw out the stadium as site is entirely wrong the committee he said met on may 2 and one of its members suggested that the flagpole be con sidered as a site since the stadium would be hot and unsightly the class petition was not denied he added but the committee merely suggested an alternate since class president alan s grant and dean congdon decided that the extra ex pense of some 2,500 chairs can opy and wiring could be met the committee's plan was adopted the committee would have voted again on the stadium if the flagpole was found unsuitable he said o tau beta pi picks e g uhl president edward g uhl eng phys 40 was elected president of tau beta pi honorary engineering frater nity wednesday night at a meeting held in room 451 packard labora tory the other officers chosen were edward m sharp ch e 40 vice president robert d marsden eng phys 40 corresponding secretary bernard altshuler eng phys 40 recording secretary robert c good eng phys 40 treasurer and william r csellak ch e 40 cataloguer at this meeting it was also voted to give 50 to the student refugee fund gramley lists program including dramatics sports and music a program of activities tenta tively scheduled for the 1939 sum mer session july 5 aug 12 was announced today by prof dale h gramley acting director it in cludes sports dramatics bridge lectures musical programs and other events the annual summer session tournament for the walter r oke son golf trophy will be held again this year at the green pond club the annual tournament for the j l beaver tennis trophy will be held on the courts at steel field both events will be started prob ably during the second week of the session in order that play may be completed before the final week of classes a water carnival will be conduc ted again this year by jimmy ma honey who is planning several competitive races and an exhibi tion by one of the nearby country club swimming teams the weekly bridge sessions will be held again in drown hall with mrs nelson s hibshman in charge of play play will probably be held each monday evening in both duplicate and pro gressive bridge a program of three or four plays will be given at the top o the mountain theatre under the direc tion of albert a rights director of dramatics selection of plays has not been made dr t edgar shields will be in charge of a ser ies of three sunday afternoon mu sical vespers in packer chapel and prof john h ogburn of the math ematics department will conduct two star gazing programs at the observatory prof ward l bishop of the business college faculty and prof george l clancy of beloit college are scheduled to give evening pub lic lectures during the summer inspection trips open to all stu dents are tentatively planned to the r k laros silk mills the bethlehem globe-times and a coal mine near coaldale two art exhibits are being arranged by prof garth a howland the ann ual summer session dance will be held and a picnic is being arrang ed for graduate students a tabloid-size brown and white will be issued at registration july 5 and each wednesday morning during the session kenneth k kost will be the faculty adviser in charge the university cafeteria the swimming pool the library the supply bureau and all administra tive offices of the university will be open throughout the session o ewing speaks in phila dr maurice ewing assistant professor of physics spoke at 8 p m last night before the phila delphia geological society on geo physical measurements on the ocean floor dr ewing who has been absent on leave has spent the past year making measurements of the depth of the silt deposits on the bottom of the ocean off bermuda odk pledges 10 juniors 14 sophomores are tapped by cyanide 97 sweaters awarded dorm sections receive athletic plaques for first time athletes ruled the campus for an hour this morning as classes were suspended for the traditional flag pole day exercises in addition to the award of trophies and cups cyanide junior honorary activities society and omicron delta kappa national honorary senior activities fraternity tapped sophomores and juniors respectively ninety-seven sweaters and certi ficates were presented by glen w harmeson director of athletics to athletes who participated in fall and winter sports campaigns in addition trophies were presented to outstanding athletes who have established records in performance leadership and participation in non-athletic activities george e hurst bus 39 cap tain of last year's cross country squad was singled out for top hon ore when he was presented the howard r bosey reiter leader ship trophy awarded annually to the student who is selected by a faculty committee as the represen tative who has done most for the service of the university the pres entation was made by dr claude g beardslee faculty adviser to the student and interfraternity groups sophomores pledged by cyanide junior honorary activities society were as follows donald r schoen arts augustus riemondy ch e john d wooters bus charles kalmbach m e albert lee ch e william scott bus robert craig bus richard vockel i e roy zachary arts stephen smoke met e harvey griffith e e henry chandler bus william simpson bus and emery loomis bus the omicron delta kappa pledges were donald r luster m e clifford b heisler bus robert c good jr eng phys morgan c elmer arts edward g uhl eng phys david r ginder arts crester c baldwin i e richard s gowdy bus robert b palmer arts and robert p carter ch e fencing cup given franc h burnett i e 39 121 lb intercollegiate wrestler was the recipient of the beta theta pi fra ternity trophy for all-around at tainment the archibald johnston cup which is presented annually to the best all-around member of the var sity football team was awarded to marcus e wertz bus 39 halfback dr wray h congdon dean of un dergraduates made the presenta tion of this trophy which was es tablished in 1914 richard tiebout i e 39 captain of the engineers lacrosse team was given the ernest drinker la crosse cup awarded each year to the best all-around member of the lacrosse team this trophy also was established in 1914 president c c williams made the presentation payson k nicholas bus 39 cap tain of this year's baseball team was presented the namie lamber ton wilbur cup which is given each year to the best all-around member of the varsity baseball team mrs c c williams awarded this tro phy which was first presented in 1914 the theodore h h moyer field cup awarded annually to the mem ber of the track and field squad who has shown leadership charac ter and performance was awarded to cary g evans bus 39 he is captain of the varsity track team and has broken four dual meet re cords this spring this cup was awarded for the first time in 1924 hurst also was the winner of the johnny w maxwell cross country cup awarded annually to the sen ior making the best record initial presentation of this award was made in 1927 the philip m mcgrath track continued on page four had the usual contraction mark curving down to the left this disproved the theory that the pecu larity was merely stonecutter's jargon or that tra dition insisted on the twisted variety of contraction mark typographical errors in stone cutting are hard to imagine yet the motive behind this work of art must have come from some academic source it could hardly be a spontaneous expression on the part of the stonecutter somewhere lies the solution to this situation perhaps the truth will come out when a group of alumni from the class of 89 gather for their reunion next month and sing where the lehigh's rocky rapids rush from out the west mid a grove of spreading chestnuts lies our class's jest late last night a group stealthily left the office of the brown and white the campus was dark sil ently they moved from inscription to inscription compactly they huddled around each granite block a match flared up eagerly they peered at each piece of writing they were comma hunters look ing for stonecutter's grave errors the truth was being sought as a brown and white investigating committee set out to prove that an error had been made in cutting the inscription 89 in the new steps leading to the flagpole those steps erected by that class for its 50th reunion proponents of the orthodox style claimed that the comma preceeding the 89 was reversed others wanted to be shown thus the pilgrimage to com pare the new steps with other campus monuments research proved that the latest addition had a comma style distinctly its own all other stone work bethlehem pa friday may 19 1939 final exam corrections price — five cents leadership trophy presented to hurst 40th annual bach festival begins today reiter cup recipient fittkau chosen new president of dorm group brown and white member intercollegiate isetcspaper association z 612 all the lehigh news first