Brown and White Vol. 47 no. 33

              test tube versus sword is president's topic any student interested in at tending the weekly dinners of student and faculty members of the general education program may go as the guest of a man enrolled in the program this week's dinner will be held at 6 p m tomorrow in drown hall day's program to include woman newswriter reich legislator scouts pledge 19 to society to convene saturday 6 sophomores 1 junior 12 freshmen to seek a.p.o membership countess of listowel seniors finish banquet plans one hundred and seventy coup les and 25 stags attended the first town council dance of the 1939-40 season held saturday evening in the armory announced george a brenker bus 42 chairman of the dance committee the music of bud rader free refreshments and the free admission of all paid mem bers of the town group helped make the dance successful socially as well as financially brenker said plans are now under way for a similar dance to be given in the spring chaperones included dr and mrs beardslee and dr and mrs robert d billinger committee members were wil liam r csellak ch e 40 george j gabuzda arts 41 albert e ponter bus 40 and brenker n j leonard to speak here nelson j leonard variety to be keynote argentinita and ensemble to trace development of spanish music dance troupe plans program of 28 numbers xlvii — no 33 50 men initiated class president urges all seniors to be present at dinner meeting rhodes scholar to relate oxford experiences to phi eta sigma a feature article entitled prov ing the test tube mightier than the sword by president c c williams appeared sunday in the magazine section of the philadel phia inquirer lashing out against all destruc tive war president williams at tempts to prove in the article how science can make war an imposs ibility if given a free rein describ ing the propagation of scientific knowledge as a war against war itself and the laboratory as the battlefield he stated that ultimately the test tube will emerge the vic tor citing germany as an example williams told of that nation's near self-sufficiency due to the success of its scientists and the total loss of all that had been gained when germany became embroiled in the present european conflict calls radio peace factor radio was emphasized as the largest contributing factor of sci ence toward world harmony and peace in this article taken from a speech delivered by the president in december to the eastern divi sion of the newcomen society in baltimore the address was en titled fifteen decisive battles vs fifteen decisive inventions taking issue with a british wri ter sir edward creasy who com piled a list of 15 decisive battles as the 15 turning points of history president williams offered 15 de cisive inventions as having more effect on history than any of the battles his list includes the lens gun powder the magnetic compass the printing press the blast furnace the steam engine the power loom the dynamo the grain reaper the engine lathe telegraph and tele phone the internal combustion en gine the electric light photogra phy and motion pictures and radio consider 4 bands for junior prom approximately 200 delegates from 35 pennsylvania and new jersey colleges are expected to at tend a round table discussion on international affairs to be held sat urday in packard laboratory this forum is being sponsored by the international relations club in cooperation with the philadelphia branch of the foreign policy asso ciation announced richard a ware arts 41 chairman of the student committee on arrange ments a full day's program starting with registration at 10 15 a m will conclude at 8 p m after a dinner meeting in drown hall the registration fee will be 25 cents luncheon 50 cents and dinner 75 cents any lehigh stu dent or faculty member interest ed in this forum may attend countess to speak the countess of listowel lon don correspondent for two hungar ian newspapers will be the speak er for the evening session her top ic will be war and democracy the countess was born in buda pest and has viewed all recent european events both as the wife of a member of the house of lords and as a newspaper reporter lady listowel was in italy dur ing the fascist uprising of 1922 and was present in france during the february riots of 1934 she attend ed the university of budapest and the london school of economics she has written many articles on international-political affairs this season marks her fourth consecu tive lecture tour throughout the united states and canada the morning session will begin at 10:45 a m and end at 12:45 p m this session will include a speech by mrs vera m dean di rector of the foreign policy asso ciation research department round table discusions will begin at 11 5 a m luncheon will be ser ved at 1 p m in drown hall sollman was in reichstag the afternoon session will con tinue from 1:45 to 4:30 o'clock speakers will be james f green member of the foreign policy re search staff and f wilhelm soll mann member of the german reichstag from 1920-33 another speaker to participate in this ses sion will be announced later the subject chosen by the speakers is problems of belligerents and neutrals round table discussions will be continued on page four four nationally known orches tras are being considered for the junior prom on the night of april 19 at the empire ballroom an nounced robert l stubbings ch e 41 chairman of the prom tommy dorsey jimmy dorsey glenn miller and kay kyser are the bands under consideration hal kemp who had also been sought for the job is unavailable because of an engagment on the west coast according to stubb ings negotiations to obtain one of these bands are under way the availability of each on the date of the prom cannot be fully ascer tained stubbings said but con tracts are expected to be let soon twenty-eight musical and dance selections have been chosen for the program to be presented by ar gentinita and her spanish ensem ble at 8 15 o'clock friday evening in broughal high school under the auspices of the student concert lecture series according to rich ard c kelley jr chem 40 chair man of the committee the program to be given in two parts will represent every phase of the development of spanish music from the ancients to modern jazz in announcing the program kelley stated that every effort has been made with the troupe's managers to have variety as the keynote of the evening's entertainment carlos montoya whose guitar playing has been hailed throughout the nation this year will present four numbers rogelio machado the company's pianist has selected three modern compositions for his solo presentations nine duets scheduled six solos comprise the individual program of argentinita the found er of this musical organization pilar lopez and antonio triana are scheduled to present four duet dances while triana will join ar gentinita in five others the entire group of five per formers will combine their talents for seven dances on the program triana is slated to give three solo performances while miss lopez will present four solo dances ten different composers will be represented in the first part of the program to be devoted to music and dances of the 18th century as well as gypsy dances from north ern spain the first half of the pr gram will close with three folk dances of madrid doors to open at 7:30 dances gathered in latin amer ica by argentinita with original costumes will open the second portion of the program also in cluded in this grouping will be sev eral spanish indian dances which were featured at religious pageants and ceremonials students will be admitted to the concert upon presentation of their concert - lecture series coupon found in the athletic book doors will open at 7:30 p m and no one will be seated after 8:15 p.m guest tickets are on sale at the regis trar's office all dances in which argentinita performs are those of her own choreographic creation the dances of miss lopez and triana were created by them two seasons ago arrangements for the senior class banquet to be held at 6:30 o'clock monday evening march 4 at the hotel bethlehem have been completed according to alfred v bodine jr i e chairman of the committee tickets were placed on sale this morning at the arcadia office in drown hall at the supply bureau and are also available from rep resentatives in various living groups the price of tickets is 1 alfred t cox c e president of the class stated this morning that this will be one of the few chances members of the class will have to get together in an informal way and discuss some important prob lems this will be the final social event planned for the entire class said cox and it is hoped that every senior will attend to discuss class gift an interesting program has been arranged by the committee said cox we have secured a top flight speaker who will be enter taining the class gift will be dis cussed and we hope to have some expression by the seniors as to the type of graduation they prefer it is also hoped that we can make selections of senior class personal ities for the epitome walter r okeson vice-president and treasurer of the university will speak on the type of gifts giv en by senior groups in past years he will also discuss the insurance plan which was started two years ago james h crowley head football coach at fordham university for the past ten years will be the prin cipal speaker others who will speak briefly during the informal program are president c c will iams and dean wray h congdon alpha phi omega national hon orary scouting fraternity pledged 19 men at a meeting last night in drown hall men pledged were robert e pollock bus 43 carl neuendorff er eng 43 william c patterson eng 43 thomas c macallister eng 43 burt l heimer bus 43 robert j mcgregor ch e 42 william s eisner eng 43 james f pfeffer m e 42 leonard h miller i.e 42 roy e woodling e m 42 claude d gilchrist i e 41 alfred b laponsky eng 43 edgar k mulhausen c e 42 richard k eberts arts 43 john j hucker eng 43 clarence f fehnel bus 43 alan d hinrichs eng 43 roy b cowin arts 43 and william e gheen m e 42 after pledging the various pledging duties were outlined by the pledge master initiation will take place some time in april ac cording to charles g myers m e 0 vice president your rights under the consti tution taken as a phase of scout work was the subject of a talk by the chief of the bethlehem scout council jay j wilcox to continue fingerprinting the fingerprinting project will again be put into operation if possible myers said sub-fresh man day or some other convenient time will be selected men who were unable to have their prints taken in january due to the lack of time will be able to do so at that time the last fingerprints have been sent to washington to be filed it was also announced that a swim ming project is being continued at the beth sholom center and that a program is under way to rebuild the fire place on south mountain when the weather becomes favor able a committee of six to eight members is being formed to serve in an advisory capacity to the scout troop of the bethlehem boy's club and other troops fay c bartlett director of phy sical education and faculty advisor of the fraternity and herman hauke senior scout commissioner of the bethlehem council attended the meeting motion pictures of his european travels and of his two years at ox ford will be shown by nelson j leonard 37 at a meeting of phi eta sigma national honorary freshman scholastic fraternity fri day evening march 8 at 8 15 in room 466 packard laboratory provided there is enough time to sent out bids before then fresh men who are eligible for member ship will be pledged at that time announced a bruce brown phys 42 president of phi eta sigma leonard who graduated from lehigh with a degree in chemical engineering was lehigh's fourth rhodes scholar he began at ox ford in september 1937 the eur opean war this fall made contin uance of study abroad impossible so leonard returned to the united states on the s s american far mer in september 1939 an ac count of his crossing was publish ed in an exclusive story to the brown and white in the septem ber 29 issue the rhodes scholar is now studying at columbia university while at lehigh he was president of phi eta sigma a member of the newtonian society cyanide pi mv epsilon tau beta pi phi beta kappa president of omicron delta kappa the chemical society and was a member of the soccer and track teams leonard was also a wilbur prize winner for the high est average in his sophomore year the meeting on march 8 is an open one to which all freshmen are invited eligible freshmen will be initiated at a banquet in may 10 fraternities induct 43 freshmen 6 sophs ten fraternities initiated pledges recently among those initiated were 43 freshmen six sophomores and one junior following is the list of men and their respective fraternities alpha kappa pi william hinman bus 43 charles hop kins m e 43 lowell llebow bus 43 leonard miller i e 42 ralph moyer ch e 43 richard spencer met e 43 alpha tau omega philip b woodruff bus 42 richard wal lace m e 43 robert weller m e 43 beta kappa thomas bradford e m 43 william buh rig ch e 43 george houston ch e 43 william larson e e 43 joseph mixner c e 43 roland stoehr bus 43 albert yon bloch bus 43 delta phi taylor birckhead e e 43 william hous ton i e 43 george phillips e m 43 kappa alpha owen graham m e 42 john brower i e 42 freeman mckay eng 43 wil liam eisner eng 43 philip whiting bus 43 and robert moore arts 43 psi upsilon harry clark bus 43 ward detweiler bus 42 john maloney i e 43 guy wor rel eng 43 sigma chi sydney bowen jr e e 41 roy cowin jr arts 43 william fuller i e 43 al len hinrichs m e 43 charles norlin met e 43 sigma nu wayne carter jr arts 43 john clem mey jr bus 43 john r holtvedt bus 43 john l horn arts 43 william c p kirschner ch e 43 sigma phi epsilon jessie f beers arts 42 lynn c bartlett arts 43 earl a brawn i e 43 john v hogan aits 43 chester l kingsbury jr bus 43 william s woodside jr i e 43 franklin h young bus 43 theta delta chi robert appleton bus 43 john d ca proni i e 43 richard palmer arts 43 316 lehigh rooters eat drink and are merry on special train to hershey sports arena equipment of the 82 piece band that made the trip aboard the train all was congenial with no one staying in one spot and every body roaming about and making frequent trips to the dining car a baggage car in the fore part of the train converted into a lunch bar while students were content to ride in regular coaches a special observation car was provided faculty and alumni the picture at extreme right shows dean wray h congdon and dr robert d billinger enjoying a chat as the train roars toward the arena a special feature of the trip was a hockey special edition of the brown and white containing a preliminary story about the game and lineups and statistics it was distributed on the train a part of 19 faithful alumni boarded the train at reading a small delegation of girls from cedar crest college formed another part of lehigh rooters though lehigh lost to lafayette 3 to 1 the ardor of the excursionists was not dampened and after the game they flocked onto the ice to enjoy an hour of plain and fancy skating before setting out for bethlehem the train arrived with its sleepy cargo in the wee small hours of saturday morning brown and white photo they went they saw and though they didn't conquer a good time was had by all as 316 lehigh rooters journeyed to hershey to witness the lehigh-lafay ette hockey game last friday night enthusiasm mounted to a high pitch as the trip progressed with the novelty of the excursion and the prospect of a conflict with lafayette always bound to cause excitement giving added spirit to the occasion pictured above at left is a scene at the station just before the departure of the hockey special some of the huge quantities of refreshments sold en route may be seen on the express cart at the left while the cart on the sidewalk contains bethlehem pa tuesday february 27 1940 to address p e sigma inquirer features article by williams 365 attend dance of town council war forum speaker price — five cents dinners open to guests brown and white 200 delegates plan to attend forum on war group plans similar affair to be held in spring z 612 member intercollegiate newspaper association all the lehigh news first