Brown and White Vol. 51 no. 44

              bethlehem pa wednesday june 7 1944 price 5 cents vol li — no 44 our disillusioned youth look what they ' ve done nathanial peffer writing in the january 1943 issue of harpers magazine says a few things about the once-derided education through doubt that are well worth repeating does anybody remember how cogently it was demonstrated a few years ago that our younger generation had been de-moralized by skeptical professors devitalized in spirit by the destructive criticism of intellectuals and deprived of faith and courage by following false literary gods what now of these young men cynical and without faith and demoralized at bataan on guadalcanal in the waters of the coral sea and off midway island that generation was skeptical coolly analytical hard to ignite and it still is the moral — that though negation is bad false affirmation is worse that men cannot come genuinely and solidly to believe any thing until they have learned to disbelieve everything that a skeptical generation can meet a great test and even perhaps that a skeptical generation may be better equipped to face the postwar world less likely to fall for adolescent illusions more likely to build securely — than one which took things on authority several changes made in examination schedule the following changes in the exam schedule were announced by the registrar's office monday afternoon the bio 13 human biology exam has been changed from 9:00 a m wednesday june 14 to 9:00 a m friday june 9 there will be no examination in the follow ing subjects chem 8 stoichi ometry gov 52 state govern ment of the united states me 119 general aeronautics eco 133 labor problems eco 107 ad vanced economics gov 164 con temporary political thought gov 1 foundations of government chem 171 industrial biochemis try mayer is elected new editor of b&w robert w mayer che j-45 has been elected as new editor-in chief of the brown and white for the coming semester mayer has served on the staff of the paper since he first came to lehigh working up in the traditional manner through the copy desk and last semester serving in the capacity of editorial manager anthony j fortosis bus o-44 and paul j franz bus o-44 re main in their positions as co-busi ness managers while william boothby le 045 is assistant manager in charge of local ad vertising and william pettit bus o-45 is circulation manager other staff positions are being held open until it is ascertained who will return from the present staff an extensive circulation pro gram is being set underway now for next semester and it is hoped that there will be a marked in crease in this department dr tolley to speak at 78th graduation all ceremonies will be held sunday june 18 following last semester's procedure sunday june 18 will mark lehigh's 78 commencement exercises the baccalaureate at which dr claude beardslee will preside will commence at 10:30 sunday morning to be followed by the graduation exercises at 3:30 that afternoon the commencement address will be delivered by william pierson tolley chancellor at syracuse university chancellor tolley who holds doctor's degrees in philosophy divinity and tetters has for many years taught theology and philosophy in universities through out the country the order of commencement exercises will open with the aca demic procession and organ pre lude after the prayer which immediately follows chancellor tolley will deliver his commence ment speech following the ad dress all degrees both baccalau reate and honorary will be con ferred and announcements made of all prizes and honors the benediction organ postlude the recessional march to the flagpole the alma mater and taps will fol low successively to close the pro gram there are 46 candidates for baccalaureate degrees while the number of degrees in the grad uate school will not be known until commencement day any honorary degrees which might be conferred will also first be re vealed at commencement contrary to university custom there will be no senior rehearsal this year since the procedure of conferring degrees is much sim pler with so small a graduating class however the seniors will be asked to assemble at 9:30 sun day morning in order that they may receive full instructions be fore the baccalaureate which be gins an hour later rotc course to be changed next semester three semester course new class hours set for next semester next semester basic military rotc will be taught on a new basis according to revisions pro posed by the general staff corps headed by lt gen somervell revisions were adopted by a vote in faculty meeting monday to change the number of classes a week to three with the usual two hours of drill but teach the course only three semesters figured on a basis of four hours of actual theory and drill a week under the present setup for 15 weeks and three hours for the final exam the hours spent for eight credit hours amounted to 252 in the four semesters the change to be initiated starting with the class entering in june will include an extra hour a week of theory for three semesters with the fourth semester being dropped entirely the total hours spent in the course will be 234 a reduc tion of 18 over the present ar rangements this cut is to be absorbed by a reduction of 30 hours in drill which the army calls repititious three hours in rifle practice and an increase of 15 hours in theory these new proposals will not continued on page 2 when do they print it the following remarkable sen tence was found in the worlds largest college newspaper the minnesota daily but we are at a loss to explain just when the uni versity of minnesota students do publish their paper published every morning during the college school year except sundays mon days holidays and the days fol lowing holidays and every wednesday and friday during summer school sessions except days following holidays editor's note this wouldn't be a bad idea after last week's hol iday 250 reservists may arrive soon lehigh university is on a pre ferred list of american colleges in the army astrp program presi dent c c williams announced monday this classification in cludes less than one-half of the astp colleges and was given to lehigh because of its good record with the astp and since the school contains an rotc unit military schools such as v.m.i will be given first preference in the allocation of reservists with schools in the preferred class coming second a letter of in tent from the army says that le high is authorized to receive 250 reservists for the semester begin ning the first of july whether or not depends upon the results of the a 12 examination given sev eral months ago lehigh's first reservists arrived in october 1943 and remained in considerable numbers until the army left this april during march of this year it was an nounced that lehigh's quota of reservists would be 50 men but the middle of april found but 13 astrp men on the campus 200 students may return next term the number of regular students returning to lehigh next semes ter is uncertain according to both dean wray h congdon and reg istrar george b curtis although dean congdon estimated that ap proximately 200 students would return the registrar's office said that pre-semester program blanks were sent out saturday and that no definite figures could be given until these are returned the blanks were not sent out earlier in the semester because of the un certain position in which most students find themselves director of admissions smiley announced that about 100 men and women not including ad vanced research students are ex pected to enroll in summer ses sions courses the 200 returning upperclass men together with entering fresh men summer session students and a possible 250 new reservists is expected to greatly increase the number of undergraduates next semester mustard & cheese elects eleven men dining and speechifying its eleven initiates the mustard and cheese club wound up its dra matic season monday noon at joe kinney's after untangling himself from a spaghetti dinner which only joe knows how to stir up the past president dick leeds turned over the club to the new president fritz yon bergen and to the new offi cers paul franz business man ager and treasurer and v war ren fox jr vice-president and secretary in spite of the great pressures of student affairs dwindling members and the demands of the war albert rights faculty ad visor stated that since the club has continued to operate this far it will have to keep alive though the club cannot produce shows like the days of the past it can says rights prove its worth as a social organization the new members elected to the club are robert mayer che j continued on page 2 drinker house fills slowly latest reports from the bursar's office indicate that there are still plenty of rooms both double and single available in drinker house and there is no indication that any other dormitory or fraternity house will open on the campus next semester rooms will be opened to stu dents any time after noon june 19 drinker house is the third largest dormitory on the campus with a capacity of 126 students approximately 50 of the rooms have been already reserved ac cording to bursar ashbaugh prices are unchanged the prices for dormitory rooms this coming semester are still at the pre-war level one semester's rent being 50 of the usual sep tember to june lease the prices for double rooms are 75 and 90 per semester for each occupant while the singles are rented for 95 and 100 the difference in price being caused by variations in size of the room and location rooms are now being leased by floors the first floor is being held until last with the second now practically filled except for a few doubles the third is now open and the fourth floor will be the next to open in previous semesters it was usually the case to allow preferred lists to be made up at the end of a semester in order to accomodate upperclass men before the freshmen arrived but since there is an overabun dance of rooming space in just one of the dormitories this coining semester the policy is first-come first-served groups may lease suite if any living groups would de sire to lease a block of rooms in drinker house they may consult bursar ashbaugh who may be able to make such an arrange ment if such a plan can be ar ranged any part of the dormi tory which is now not leased will be opened for a group mr ashbaugh in commenting on the policy of having no pre ferred lists stated that such a plan will be favorable in that freshmen will be mixed in with upperclassmen who can be of great assistance in adjusting the incoming students to campus life last week it was erroneously stated that drinker house is the largest dormitory on the campus continued on page 4 brown and white chapel will be open . . . d-day so fraught with human values in future world civilization has dawned and the gallant soldiers of our country are joined with others in this epochal crusade for freedom with tense anxiety our hearts and minds are attuned to their heroic struggle it is a time for faith in the valor of righteousness and search for eternal truth in hu man justice for communion with god of battles and of compassion at the suggestion of the university chaplain dr claude g beardslee i am directing that packer chapel be open from 9 a m to 5 p m week days to permit members of the university community to enter as they feel disposed for private prayer and meditation and to afford by means of the open sanctuary a mute supplication of the university for the safety of her sons and for the triumph of their cause c c williams president