Brown and White Vol. 63 no. 18

              solemnly watching preparations for a tow job are the principals in the latest collision on campus left arrow designates allan margolis bus 53 wh o was on the receiving end of a long slide of a car driven by earl reiback arts-ejp 53 arrow o n the right the cars met at the intersection in front of taylor gym all rotc students will be giv en an opportunity to sign a new deferment agreement as a condi tion to a continued defeiment in view of a new development in the government's attitude toward rotc cadets maj james harkins associate professor ms&t an nounced wednesday the enactment of the universal military training and service act amends the selective service act in that it stipulates that persons entering the armed forces prior to their 26th birthday shall be re quired to serve in the armed for ces for a period of eight years the amendment further stipulates that rotc students selected for deferment will agree in writing to accept a commission if tendered and to serve not less than two years on active duty and re main a member of the regular or reserve component of the army for six years persons previously were re quired to serve not less than two years on active duty and remain a member of the regular or re serve component only three years accordingly a memorandum see rotc page 6 accident rise causes major problem at lu two more automobile accidents involving lehigh students on wednesday have brought the to tal of reported accidents on the lehigh campus up to seven since september the first occurred off campus a little before 1 p.m when an auto mobile carrying two students went out of control and crashed into a service pole on e susque hanna st discharged after dispen sary treatment at sacred heart hospital allentown were john e sweeney c.e 53 of woodbury n.j and joseph grigaitis m.e 54 of tamaqua sweeney received superficial cuts on the face and nose and grigaitis a bruised left eye and lacerated lip grigatis driver of the car told bethlehem police that he skidded on the wet trol ley tracks the front of the car was badly dmaaged from the collision that knocked down several of the wires from the pole the other accident occur red at 1:40 p.m and was also the result of a skid on a wet roadway see crash page 8 safety on the lehigh campus with an increase in the number of automobiles maneuvering it has become a major headache for stu dents faculty and administration parking is one aspect of the problem currently undergoing study and a solution is not far off if reports from arcadia are cor rect speeding seldom noticed in past years became in see safety page 6 snowball dance at 9 tomorrow to feature gillespie have you got it ... a date for the snowball dance that has been the motto spread by the tic ket solicitors for the informal sophomore-sponsored snowball dance which will be held on the upper floor of grace hall at 9 to morrow night matt gillesoie's orchestra with a featured male vocalist will share the spotlight with lehigh's singing cliff clefs a change of policy has been made since last week by the sales committee under the direction of john cable tickets will be avail able at the door however it is urged that tickets be bought from the sophomore solicitors who have been covering the various living groups this past week the price is 1.95 per couple the decorations committee re ported that a few changes have been made concerning decora tions instead of having a tun neled-snowball at the upper floor entrance they are planning to see gillespie page 8 m & c to give the rivals richaid brinsley sheridan's farce-comedy the rivals will be produced by the mustard and cheese club in packard auditor ium at 8 p.m dec 14 and 15 as the first production of m&c's 67th season a freshman one-acter the game of chess will be the cur tain-raiser for both evenings priscilla gerlach of the ce dar crest drama department will play the famous charac ter mrs malaprop elisabeth mackeeby also of cedar crest will play the romantic lead lydia marian crislip a see comedy page 7 tc charges called false final action on a proposal to oust richard parker from his of fice of town council treasurer was postponed tuesday at a busi ness meeting of the orgnization parker is charged with malfeas ance in office defined by coun cil pres richard kradjel as fail ure to present financial reports and habitual absence from meet ings parker refuted the charges wednesday night when he told a brown and white re porter i wasn't given time at the meeting on tuesday to answer the charges i claim see charges page 6 portraits by woolf blackburn to be shown at library an exhibit of drawings and paintings by s j woolf and mor ris blackburn featuring 49 por traits of famous men and women will open at 2 p.m sunday in the lehigh art gallery where the show will continue until jan 8 notable persons such as irving berlin omar bradley lionel bar rymore walt disney henry ford al jolson helen keller lily pons roy rogers bill robinson h g wells and wendell willkie are among the drawings done by woolf woolf who has exhibited at many noted clubs and in stitutions was a correspon dent with the a.e.f during world war i at which time he painted a series of por traits of leading american generals he served as a war correspondent in england and france for nea during world war 11 morris blackburn whose prints are represented in collections at see blackburn page 7 special talent sought for festival try outs ifc to post rushing dates with allfrosh deferment test set for dec 13 in packard college students and high school seniors throughout the na tion will take another selective service deferment test thursday the test will be given here in packard lab auditorium although the admission ticket reads christ mas-saucon eighty lehigh men are ex pected to take the test it is reputed to be similar to the tests given last spring excused absences can be ob tained at the time of taking the test present indications are that the majority of eligible students will apply to take the april 24 1952 test with preliminary plans com plete the 1952 lehigh music fes tival announced a general call for special talent this week singers dancers artists and photogra phers will be signed up for try outs during the next few weeks male singing leads both tenor and baritone for bri gadoon the main theme of the show must be filled stu dents do not have to be mem bers of the glee club to qua lify for the parts see rushing page 7 from this record violations of the 24-hour rule which prohibits a house rushing the same fresh man within a 24-hour period after a previous date could be detec ted and the houses punished attempts to circumvent the plan by not reporting dates would fail said canfield because competing houses would become suspicious if a popular freshman were listed as dateless and would investigate a rushing signup list for the coming rushing season was pro dosed to ifc monday by bob canfield ch.e 52 to enforce the much violated 24-hour rule canfield said a list of all fresh men would be posted in drown hall during the two-week rushing season under the proposal a representative from each fraternity would record each date made by his house with each freshman day by day on the list he said any students who have had dramatic singing experience will be especially welcome according to albert a rights faculty tech nical director of the production which will be presented april 18 and 19 in grace hall student dancers to lake part in the folk and interpretive dance sequences of brigadoon are needed and photographers for both color and black-and-white shots of the show will also be see festival page 3 coburn to appear tonight in grace charles coburn noted star of stage screen and more recently television will make his lehigh debut under the auspices of the student concerts-lectures series at 8 p.m tonight in grace hall see coburn page 6 lehigh university bethlehem pa new rotc contract calls for 8 years lehigh university brown and white friday december 7 1951 volume 63 number 18 lehigh men slide to two auto crashes we dood it