Brown and White Vol. 61 no. 20

              tragedy missed lehigh and sam harleman by seven inches in lamberion saturday when a bul let fired from the rifle range un der the dining hall missed the alumni class agents secretary by thai margin the shot was fired by an as yet unknown member of the varsity rifle ieam which was using the range at the time the 22 caliber slug ripped through a four-inch beam an other inch of flooring and a layer of mpjnll tile before imbedding lseli in the ceil ing of the dining hall about 30 persons including waiters and kitchen staff were in laraberion when the shot was fired only harleman wallace driver of public relations and throe unidentified siudenis were in ihe immediate area however speculation was rife as to what might have happened had the ac cident occurred on a weekday with lamberion's usual crowd maj james w soverns of ficer in charge declined to comment on whether the shot was a ricochet or an acciden tal direct shot he stated that he would submit his report to col virgil miller head of ms&t col miller could not be reached for a statement as this issue went to press an investigation is underway however the incident having been brought up at the monday business meeting of administra tion officials what action will be see harlem an page 3 swimmers christen pool with victory over penn julius caesar acclaimed biggest m & g success concerts lectures series the or chestra is directly associated with the royal philharmonic society of london the world's oldest sym phonic organization which was founded in 1813 for the encour agement of orchestral and instru mental music during its first tour in america this fall the orches tra is playing 50 concerts in 43 cities including a series of three subscription concerts at new york's carnegie hall the orchestra's itinerary took them as far west as chicago and madison and as far south as new orleans among composers who have di ieoied their own works for the royal philharmonic society often expressly composed for the occa sion were cherubini spohr weber mendelssohn wagner gounod grieg saint-saens dvor lehigh's defending middle at lantic swimming champs inaugur ated their 1950-51 swim season in the new jacob memorial pool with an overpowering 51-24 tri umph against the univ of penn sylvania before a capacity crowd saturday night capturing seven first places with sophomore tom schaeffer personally accounting for two wins in the 100 and 220 freestyle races the brown and white splashers swam whirlpools a different setting various colored lighting moving the drama from the forum to the battlefield etc chuckle of the evening came when one of the skinny-legged followers of brutus stepped up to refuse to hold the sword for bru tus suicide and almost fell on his face when the strap on his sandal broke dang shame buttons and bows to sup porting cast which included mrs evelyn rademaeker and moravian's nancy sanchez and the boys behind the stage coordination and co operation was the keynote in this successful dramatisation by dick toven mustard and cheese presented perhaps one of its most successful productions in recent years with the staging of shakespeare's ju lius caesar outstanding in each of their roles weie peter ott alan kop pes ronald ansorge and edward fenton as brutus cassius an thony and caesar respectively ott's feeling and expression of his lines lent a touch of the pro fessional to the entire perform ance this writer was most im pressed by the well-planned and effective lighting which utilized every portion of the space stage designed by tom walker and executed by austin murphy and his crew the selective control of the lights was planned so as to emphasize the actors not the setting which seemed to fade into nothingness each portion of the stage depicted around the red and blue who dropped their first meet of the campaign in the opening event of the ev ening the 300-yard medley re lay bill seip pete haupt and bob hartenstine won the event handi ly enabling lehigh to pick up five points and be off to a run ning start tom schaeffer notched hs initial first in the 220 freestyle as he and teammate dave fetter man opened a big gap on the ihird turn and cruised in ahead of two perm mermen the score mounted to 13-1 the 50-yard freestyle gave the huge crowd at the pool the biggest thrill as all four contestants churned down to the finish line closer than your next breath however swede hansen was given the nod as he narrowly nosed out teammate bill henderson to rack up lehigh's third conse cutive first place pennsylvania's only superiority came in the diving competition as see schaeffer page 4 students told lock doors over holiday students living in dorms and fraierniiies who plan to spend the christmas vacation off campus are requested by the office of the superintendent of buildings and grounds to lock what possessions they leave behind many students feel that there is no need for such precautionary measures a spokesman from that office said but the very fact that returning students often find things missing makes it necessary that they lock their houses as well as their rooms lehigh university brown and white bethlehem perm snoball nitecaps w'kend tuesday december 12 1950 royal philharmonic volume 61 — number 20 beecham ends tour with program here highlighting a weekend of carapus aclivities the snowball dance will nightcap next saiu - day's schedule which will also in clude a swimming meet and f 09 ling match matt gillespio s ~> chestra will share the spotlight with the cliff clefs at the danc lehigh's cliff clefs will p - fo.m at the ihird annual snow ball next saturday on the up;>er floor of grace hall for their fi s pa sonal appea'ar.ce of the ytn . i'he 16-voice singing group u do the direoiion of george dans department of music has pres id several programs of popu-r numbers over wgpa-fm recen - ma'i gillesnie will furnish the d;uice rans ; c for the soph o:r>oio-s;>onsored snowba f iron 9:30 to 12:30 p.m the dance follows the lehigh - cornell wrestling match on the lower floor of grace hall starting at 8 p.m the lehigh swimmers meet fordharo in the jacobs memorial swim ming pool in taylor gym saturday afternoon sophomore dance committees announced this week include publicity mark given and rob ert sapp entertainment myles adelman and louis belotto re freshments clifton mowrer deco rations arthur tauk and ticket sales paul torgersen henry bat taglia is dance chairman tickets for the dance have been on sale for one week sophomore solicitors are covering the various living groups and a large atten dance is expected according to battaglia ticket price is 1.95 some modern compositions some classic and some romantic will be included in the widely diversified program to be presen led by the royal philharmonic or chestra of london at 7:30 p.m friday dec 15 in grace hall as part of its first american tour under the direction of sir thomas beecham internationally known conductor the 100-man british orchestra is being brought to the campus by the student ak tchaikovsky sibelius and otheis beethoven composed his ninth symphony especially for t he society on the conceit platform sir thomas is an interpreter of many styles and schools but has a spe cial affinity for such classic com posers as handel mozart and haydn and such romantics as berlioz all of whom are repre sented on his various tour pro grams harlem'n gets his almost inside • • • russia 2 little man „ 2 sports 4 5 basketball 5 arcadia to hold special meeting all arcadia members and fu ture candidates should attend a special open house meet ing to be held in the arcadia room at 7:30 p.m wednesday dec 13 after the meeting there will be an informal question-and answer discussion period for the benefit of prospective ap plicants