Brown and White Vol. 47 no. 2

              vol xlvii — no 2 bethlehem pa friday september 29 1939 rhodes scholar tells of submarine attack price — five cents donahue to play for senior ball signed for houseparty al donahue because the european war had made continuance of their studies at oxford impossible about 15 rhodes scholars in cluding nelson j leonard 37 returned home sunday on the s s american farmer the voyage through submarine in fested seas provided the ex periences of war as seen by few non-combatants in response to a telegram from the brown and white requesting a first-hand account of his experiences in crossing the atlantic leonard has written an exclusive story printed on page two in which he tells how a british airplane attack apparently sank a ger man u-boat after it had de stroyed the british freighter kafiristan leonard who graduated from lehigh in 1937 with a degree in chemical engineer ing was president of omicron delta kappa senior honorary activities fraternity among his other activities were soc cer track junior class pres ident chemical society pres ident phi beta kappa cyan ide vice president glee club phi eta sigma president pi mv epsilon tau beta pi stu dent concert-lecture series committee and mustard and cheese sophomore hop will be nov 25 the sophomore hop a revival of an annual fall social event will be held in the bethlehem armory on nov 25 the evening of the le high-lafayette football game an nounced raymond b anderson jr m e 42 member of the dance committee orchestras under consideration for the affair include jimmy dor sey will osborne jan savitt count basic jack teagarten and woody herman tickets for the dance will be sold at approximate ly 2.25 according to anderson the committee for the dance in cludes arthur h rich bus treas urer of the class james h bou cher eng albert w foster bus george a brenker bus gilbert p haven eng chairman of the committee and anderson dean congdon desires student tutors names any students who wish to make themselves available as tutors should leave their names and a list of subjects in which they feel themselves capable of tutoring at the cflice of dean wray h congdon the students must also state their past experience in tutor ing and they will be investigat ed through the departments concerned each will be paid 1 an hour dean congdcn encourages students in need cf a tutor to come to his office for sugges tions regarding either student or professional tutors profes sional tutors generally charge 2 an hour 10 freshmen win awards regional scholarships worth 1,600 each are announced the winners of the ten regional university scholarships worth 1,600 each have been announced by e kenneth smiley director of admissions they were chosen on their standing made in examina tions conducted by the college entrance board a total of 140 boys from all parts of the country competed for the scholarships two boys were selected from the new england states three from the middle at lantic states two from the south eastern states and three from the country-at-large the winners of the scholarships are new england states no 1 — gerald v carroll meridan high school meriden conn no 2—2 — william j peck mercersburg academy mercersburg southeastern states no 1 — charles dwright curtis jr beth esda-chevy chase high school bethesda md no 2 — chester lee finch jr woodrow wilson high school washington d c middle atlantic states no 1 — maynard g arsove monroe high school rochester n y no 2—2 — arlington w canizares jr rad nor high school wayne pa no 3 — william h sens hackensack high school hackensack n j group-at-large no i—william1 — william c walker milwaukee country day school milwaukee wis no 2 robert g wheaton alliance high school alliance o no 3—3 — james w woods new trier high school winnetka 111 thohias tells of travels odds and ends of travels abroad were discussed by dr harold p thomas head of the de partment of education in address ing the members of the bethlehem quota club tuesday evening in the hotel bethlehem dr thomas spent the last year traveling in europe he discussed the racial characteristics the edu cational facilities and interesting bits of odd-enda as noted in his travels dean names 107 students to honor list 64 seniors 45 juniors make average grades of 3.00 or better engineers in majority sixty-four seniors and 45 jun iors made the dean's list with an average of 3.00 or better last sem ester of the 109 men 16 are bus iness students 31 are arts stu dents and 60 are engineers seniors b altshuler phys 3.55 f l benedict bus 3.75 b berkowitz arts 3.21 w a blum ch e 3.67 e s bothe bus 3.17 a h brennesholtz i e 3.83 l j bueh ler i e 3.50 r p carter ch e 3.56 w r catching c e 3.43 g p cardwell e e 3.38 a t cox c e 3.78 w r csellak ch e 3.32 j h duffin ch e 3.17 w b eler i e 3.38 h f feucht bus 3.21 r c gangwer ch e 3.67 j giacobbe ch e 3.67 s e gilinsky bus 3.17 d r ginder arts 3.06 r r god ard e e 3.33 w g guy bus 3.47 n hammer arts 3.67 r c hess met 3.00 g t hewlett bus 3.83 g m keller m e 3.39 r f koenig met 3.55 r kowalyshyn arts 4.00 t l leininger ch e 3.48 j o leibig c e 3.12 d r luster m e 3.37 r e lyon m e 3.39 d w macfeeters i e 3.19 r d marsden phys 3.64 j j mcfadden bus 3.17 j v mcguire e e 3.56 r r merwin bus 3.17 a s mickley e e 3.61 e h miller arts 3.50 j 1 moreau arts 3.67 n l morse ch e 4.00 a f myhr bus 3.60 r b palmer arts 3.40 w b pohlman phys 3.57 c p pulsford met 3.39 c f rehman arts 4:00 c h richard son arts 3.60 j f ryan ch e 4.00 l m seifert met 3.11 e m sharp ch e 3.83 g sletten bus 3.83 b a smith bus 3.00 r b spillman arts 3.11 g s sprague chem 3.00 w j thomas bus 3.00 w b todd arts 3.50 h f truchsess ch e 3.83 r b tucker arts 3.57 e g uhl phys 3.67 j c walker arts 3.75 w j wetherell bus 3.50 r r white arts 3.11 p z wilson ch e 3.00 j l worzel phys 3.00 r j wright m e 3.00 juniors j c atwood arts 3.39 f n bahnson phys 3.10 j h bricker bus 3.00 e a brown arts 3.00 r n brown met 3.35 r a buser met 3.47 s s cross met 3.00 h r davidson phys 8.73 a p dieffenbach e e 3.11 a c foss e e 3.53 p g foust ch e 3.'8 m j fry arts 3.29 g j gabuzda arts 3.53 f r gilmore arts 3.50 l g gitzendanner e e 3.41 e d hems m e 3.50 f v hertzog arts 3.65 g houck arts 3.12 r b johnson arts 3.00 c f kalmbach m e 4.00 j a kauffman arts 4.00 c f kiefer arts 3.53 h king arts 3.71 a j roller bus 3.00 s kowalyshyn e e 3.41 a e lee ch e 3.32 w a litzenberger arts 3.00 e a mckanna arts 3.19 j d mettler ch e 3.74 w r morse m e 3.11 r r myers arts 3.19 e r ober holtzer ch e 3.37 j h quinn bus 3.53 c g reber m e 3.50 g m ritchie ml e 3.44 j w schall ch e 3.16 m temosok e e 3.63 r a ware arts 3.00 a s weigel m e 3.25 s weinrib arts 3.00 f b weiskopf ch e 3.00 h h werft e m 3.00 j j yankevitch arts 3.06 o to head lafayette chems john hunt wilson who was an instructor of physical chemistry at lehigh university from 1910 un til 1916 has been named head of the chemistry department at la fayette college wilson a lafay ette college graduate was profes sor of chemistry at lafayette and succeeds prof eugene c bingham 40 will study flight theory to be picked from 200 applicants to receive flying instruction a course in flight theory and aviation will be offered to 40 le high students picked from 200 ap plicants commencing this semes ter as the university in coopera tion with the civil aeronautics authority will take part in a na tional program for the training of civilian pilots this program initiated by the c.a.a last spring originally in cluded 13 universities and 330 students but has since been en larged to include 10,000 students in flight training courses conduct ed at a large number of universi ties and colleges approved by the government to fly in november the course at lehigh will be handled by the department of me chanical engineering in coopera tion with the allentown-bethle hem airport lasting for two sem esters the course will include 15 class hours of aerodynamics 15 of meteorology 15 of navigation 12 of civil air regulations 10 of airplane engines and 5 in the study of radio parachutes and in struments actual flying will not be gin before late november and will continue through the spring cost ing 40 the course will give four credit hours and a civilian pilot's license upon its successful com pletion the 40 students selected from the applicants to enter the course must be approved physically by the health service recommended by the instructors and must un dergo a thorough examination by a government physician the final selection will be made in washing ton by the c.a.a according to thomas e butterfield professor of heat power engineering and in charge of the flight theory course classes will commence as soon as applications have been filed and final selections made dr merriman dies had long career the funeral of dr ■ thaddeus merriman 97 consulting engin eer was held at 11 o'clock this morning in st paul's chapel at columbia university dr clement c williams president of lehigh acted as honorary pallbearer dr merriman received an hon orary degree of doctor of engin eering from lehigh in 1930 he acted as a lecturer on hydraulic engineering and water supply since 1924 during his long career as a civil engineer dr merriman was en gaged as a consultant on water supply problems and dam tunnel construction in many parts of the country in this capacity he aided the development of the catskill and the delaware water supply systems he was called upon by the fed eral government to act as consul tant to the engineers of the war department on the fort peck pro ject in montana and on flood control plans in california faculty shifts give new dean to engineers 106 persons ahected i*y clianges in teaching research staffs 16 of faculty promoted changes in the teaching staff research positions and in gradu ate scholarship appointments af fecting a total of 106 individuals were announced by pies c c williams at the year's first faculty meeting included in the changes are the appointments of 15 fuil-time teach ing members 10 graduate students 14 research fellows 10 gotshali graduate scholars and 9 graduate university scholars sixteen fac ulty members were promoted and 15 teachers and 17 graduate assis tants and fellows resigned new members of the teaching staff are alfred 0 callen professor and head of the department of mining engineering and dtiu.li of the college of engineering brad ford willard professor and head of the department of geology allen j barthold professor and head of the department of romance languages wilson l godshall assistant professor of diplomatic history and international relations thomas f jones assistant professor of economics john s trempler assistant professor of german benjamin mesick captain u s a as sistant professor of military science and tactics francis kich major u s a as sistant professor of military science and tactics glenn christensen instructor in english henry a kriebel instructor in ac counting william a mcdonald instructor in latin robert f mcnerney jr instruc tor in romance languages robert d stout instructor in metallurgy richard k toner instructor in chemical engineering carl f strauch instructor in english james h steele graduate assis tant hi chemistry bary hems graduate as sistant in chemistry carl d baumann graduate assistant in physics james h croushore fellow in english everett l jones fellow in english james l shearer assistant to the registrar ruth l hall cataloguer in the library resignations faculty members who resigned last year are bateman edwards head of the depart ment of romance languages amos a et tinger associate professor of history albert haring associate professor of economics carter collins assistant professor of mili tary science theodore e gerber assistant professor of military science william c mcdermott assistant professor of latin friedrich o kegel assistant professor of german earl r hall assistant professor of education joseph e illick instructor in mathematics harry s osborn instructor in chemistry clarence c green instructor in english charles b woods instructor in english cadwallader gilbert instructor in psychology maurice bates instructor in mechanical engineering george l kehl in structor in metallurgy charles a heiberger assistant in chem istry norman w taylor assistant in chem istry allyn c vine assistant in physics fred h gertz fellow in english george p wiuship fellow in english william h bohning assistant registrar and margaret l meaker cataloguer in library graduate assistants graduate assistants who have been added to the faculty are joseph a keller graduate assistant in mechanical e&giaeering eugene park grad uate assistant in mathematics charles h continued on page four construction on new dormitory to begin soon arena dorm offer campus new features grace hall to be center of recreation to house military department armory to be cafeteria a new dormitory and a sports arena housing the department of military science and tactics will be added to the university dur ing the coming year the dormi tory to be called drinker house is being made possible by trustee financing the sports building is the gift of eugene g grace 99 for whom it will be named according to plans already un der way the present armory will house a new and enlarged cafe teria replacing the one now in the basement of drown hall will break ground founder's day ground will be broken on founder's day for the henry sturgis drinker house dormitory unit for 130 students named in honor of lehigh's fifth president who served from 1905 to 1920 the building will cost approximately 225,000 it is expected to be com pleted by july 31 1940 and to be ready for occupancy before the opening of 1940-41 school year drinker house will be located to the west of richards house the dormitory will be of native stone construction and will be 200 ft long by about 42 ft wide . the building will contain about 100 single and double rooms on four floors and will have recreation lounge and reading rooms drinker was oldest alumnus dr drinker was lehigh's oldest alumnus until his death in july 1937 he became president emer itus of the university after his resignation from active service in 1920 during his administration ten buildings including lehigh's first dormitories were erected grace hall is also expected to be completed for the fall session of next year the building which will cost 300,000 will house the department of military science and tactics and will provide a sports arena capable of seating over 3,000 spectators the building will also provide a place for social gatherings such as dances and lec tures and will contain an auditor ium capable of seating the entire student body an overhead bridge will connect the new structure to the present gymnasium famous dog-pit goes leading the list of minor im provements on the campus this summer was the alteration of the dog-pit of christmas - saucon hall the large lecture room has been torn out and in its place are two floors of offices and class rooms by the creation of four new offices the brown and white room has been moved from drown hall to christmas-saucon hall the offices of the english department have also been centralized o 236 graduates find employment 79 of 39 class placed bureau announces to the class of 1939 goes the distinction of having 236 men placed after graduation by the placement bureau the largest number in the bureau's history ac cording to figures given in a re cent survey of placement bureau activities although the report shows the class of 36 to have a greater percentage of men placed than the class of 39 91.7 percent out of 241 for the former as com pared with 79 percent cut of 298 for the latter the total number of men placed in 19*39 was 15 more than was placed in 1933 221 furthermore 35 men of the class of 39 have not replied to requests concerning their status relative to employment according to infor mation given by e robins mor gan director of placement mr morgan also reported an increase of 12 interviews over 1938 but the total is 22 less than in 1937 while 208 nya students earned a total of 30,713.20 last year 175 students found part-time employ ment and earned a total of 4,500 henry sturgis drinker house new dormiisry unit for 130 students the new dormitory will be at right angles to richards house and tvill be ready for occupancy next september ground will be broken in addition to 100 single and double rooms it will have recreation n founder's day and construction is scheduled for completion by lounge and reading rooms the building is named in honor of le hily 31 1940 i high's fifth president weekend of october 20 is date selected for houseparty hotel bethlehem is site dance committee to sign second orchestra next week al donahue and his orchestra will play for the senior ball to be held oct 20 at the hotel bethle hem joseph l matteson bus 40 chairman of the dance committee announced today a second band is expected to be signed early next week admission to the dance which will take place the first night of fall houseparty weekend has been set at 4.40 per couple and 2.20 for stag tickets in addition to matteson the senior ball committee consists of wallace p watkins bus 40 in charge of ticket sales albert j collins bus 40 and c budd heisler bus 40 played in rainbow room donahue will come to lehigh direct from the rainbow room radio city new york where he has been playing more than six months each year for the past few years the leader has more than 30 orchestras under his direction featured with his orchestra are peggy nolan and phil brito vo calists and charlie carroll com monly known as mickey mouse of the drums donahue first formed a band while studying in the law school at the university of boston since that time his orchestra has played at many famous night spots in cluding the casino at monte carlo soph engineers have new ruling those below standards must change course sophomore engineering students who fall below 1.5 in their grade averages and are in the lowest 20 percent in the sophomore compre hensives may be required to change their courses according to a ruling made at the recent faculty meeting the authority to require such change lies with the commit tee on the standing of students according to dean wray h congdon the faculty has been ex perimenting with the comprehen sive examinations for the past sev en years statistics kept from 1936 to 1939 show that of the 808 stu dents who took the examinations 105 fell below the minimum re quirements outlined above of these only eight graduated with their class and they had very low grades therefore dean congdon says the faculty feels that the univer sity has no right to allow such stu dents to continue in their courses when it is practically certain that they will fail if the student and his parents feel that he should continue in his engineering courses it is explained that he will be allowed to take an extra year following his sopho more year to clear up all defici encies and to straighten himself out on the basic mathematics and sciences with which he has had trouble if during this extra year the student can catch up with his class he will be allowed to go ahead to his junior year and to graduate with a total of five years work o on staff of math journal dr tomlinson fort head of the department of mathematics and astronomy and dr derrick h lehmer associate professor of mathematics have been named collaborators on the staff of the mathematics review a new mathematics journal dr lehmer returned to lehigh at the end of this summer after spending a year's leave of absence at cam bridge on a guggenheim fellow ship for mathematical research brown and white member intercollegiate newspaper association z 612 all the lehigh news first