Brown and White Vol. 42 no. 1

              freshmen and upperclassmen who did not have a permanent address upon entering the uni versity may obtain their mail at the lehigh union office in drown hall all students desiring to make formal application fpr part-time jobs financed by the federal government and to register their work preferences are requested to report at 5 p m today to morrow or thursday in the fac ulty room of the alumni mem orial building football men who cannot re port at those times should call at the placement office at their earliest convenience mr brod head says dr wray h congdon lehigh entry places second library opens art exhibition name director on admissions showing of whitney mu seum collection will last until oct 2 an exhibition of contemporary art was opened on sunday in the university library the present col lection of paintings which is one of a number of exhibits which will be held throughout the year has been loaned by the whitney museum in new york city although the paintings are not the most outstanding work of the several artists whose work appears they are representative of each man's work and show modern trends in art garth a howland head of the department of fine arts says lehigh students are fortunate to be able to view the present exhibit as prior to last year they could only be seen in new york professor howland states this is the second season for the pictures to be shown in various col leges with lehigh opening the list from here the paintings will go to the university of richmond in vir ginia the art gallery will be open four days of the week from 2:30 to 5:30 p m until oct 21 c adolph glassgold of the staff of the whitney museum will give a lecture on monday evening oct 8 in packard auditorium his sub ject will be the spectator meets the artist and he will use a num ber of paintings of the exhibit as il lustrations for his lecture registration figures higher this year latest statistics show enroll ment of 1293 available statistics on registration up to saturday show a total enroll ment of 1293 in comparison with 1288 at the corresponding time last fall however the registrar ex pects that there will be about 50 more registered by founder's day there were 409 freshmen enrolled during the first week in compar ison to 333 of last year however this figure will be changed in the final check up to be made by foun der's day the total enrollment for the uni versity will probably not be much larger than last year's enrollment because of the comparatively low registration in the three upper classes this year the registrar said no statements were available on the reasons for the large increase in the freshman class membership the figures on the registration by classes and departments will not be compiled until after oct 3 publishes articles assistant chemistry professor writes on open house robert d billinger assistant pro fessor of chemistry has had two re cent articles published in the jour nal of chemical education the first quantitative experiments in ele mentary chemistry appearing in the september issue in his first article dr billinger describes two methods for illustrat ing the law of multiple proportions namely the gravimetric and volu metric procedure dr billinger's article on open house describes lehigh's memor able program on april 20 1934 in the article are several photographs of exhibits which were displayed in the chemistry building on that day experiments designed to catch the eye by virtue of their spectac ular appeal are often extremely ef fective the article stated precau tions for the demonstrator's safety however must be taken as certain experiments such as pyrotechnical displays are extremely dangerous pledges support last night to coach harme son in program to help deserving football men grid mentor makes plea to keep players eligible arcadia voted last night to sup port glen harmeson coach of foot ball in his effort to organize a train ing table for football players next fall coach harmeson s^>oke to the members of arcadia in last night's meeting and made a plea for stu dent and fraternity support he asked the heads of the respective living groups to help him and his staff in keeping the players scholas tically eligible although freshman football ma terial is good harmeson said too many men do not remain in school to participate on the varsity teams if the fraternities would be respon sible for their pledgees studies would not keep as many men on the ineligible list as at present explains advantages the training table the football coach explained would pay divi dends in winning football teams in addition to the obvious benefit a player would derive from eating well-belanced meals the training table gives the coaches an oppor tunity to discuss football and go over plays more thoroughly than they are able to do on the field as far as actual financial help for individual football men is concern ed harmeson said that the policy of the university closes the avenues of aid employed at other colleges namely alumni scholarships and university scholarships it is the policy of the university to frown upon alumni donations for athletes and it will not grant scholarships to men unles they stand in the upper third of their graduating class suggests admittance price after harmeson's address paul preston president of the senior class suggested that students be charged 10 cents and outsiders 25 cents for admission to the varsity freshman game saturday to start the fund for next fall's training table his motion was passed and louis struble president of arcadia was appointed to confer with dean mc conn on the matter to secure his approval the booster committee of ar tichner president of the junior class chakmj^-yvtyaraeii rp<.-"i'airt bjftk^^r^&h&i^j fht sdpkomore class and william bamert 35 stanley goodrich promised 1 fe port tm^qies^ibn^of^ac cident insurance for intramural sports arcadia also voted to include in the freshman regulations two rules about which there had been some misunderstanding the rules are that freshmen carry matches at all times and wear their dinks at all places in or around bethlehem richards improves president is recovering from serious illness president charles r richards is recovering at his home from a ser ious illness according to a bulletin issued by dr l j fisher of beth lehem he has been confined to his bed for the past few weeks and will contine to have rest until he en tirely recovers while dr richards remains away from his duties dr natt m emery vice president will carry on the ad ministrative and routine work of the department if a question of university pol icy should arise before dr rich ard's recovery it will be settled by the board of trustees states walter r okeson treasurer mr okeson has sent a letter to the members of the board of trustees explaining the situation and assuring them that there is no cause for alarm delta tau delta banquets sheridan buchanan present delta tau delta held a banquet at the close of the rushing season friday night in the chapter house on the university campus the guests present were billy sheridan a e buchanan glenn harmeson and col nelson a kel logg after the banquet mr buch anan provided entertainment with tricks of magic dr w h congdon will assume duties oct 1 ; smiley to be assistant an addition to the administrative staff was anonunced during the summer when dr wray hollowell congdon was apointed director of admissions he assumed office on sept 1 but will not begin his duties until about oct 1 the illness of president richards has delayed an understanding between the new of fice and the registrar as to the re spective functions of each depart ment the new department was created to relieve the registrar of his du ties regarding the admission of new students it has not yet been decid ed whether the director of admis sions will handle graduate student entrance requirements says dr congdon dr congdon received his bachel or's degree from syracuse univer sity in 1914 the following year he earned his master's degree in eng lish and in 1922 his master's degree in education he received a doctor of philosophy degree in 1929 from the university of michigan after his graduation from syracuse he became head of the english depart ment at the university of peking china in 1919 he accepted a teaching fellowship in secondary education at the university of michigan two years later he became general su perintendent of education for the methodist church in the three east ern districts of northern china he later directed boys academies at changli and tientsin in 1929 he re turned to the university of michi gan as high school inspector and in 1931 was appointed assistant di dector of the bureau of cooperation with educational institutions in this capacity he contacted secondary schools and other colleges in the state of michigan from this posi tion he was appointed to his pres ent duties at lehigh with dr congdon comes e kenneth smiley as his assistant mr smiley was instructor of eng lish at lehigh in 1923-1924 and as sistant dean and registrar from 1924 to 1926 when he went to the uni versity of north dakota as dean of men coming events tuesday sept 25 5 p m candidates register for gov ernment jobs faculty room alumni memorial building last day for filing of applica tions for degrees to be confer red on founder's day wednesday sept 26 4 p m meeting of mining and ge ological society room 102 wil liams hall 5 p m candidates register for gov ernment jobs faculty room alumni memorial building 7 p m banquet for captains and managers of athletic teams sun inn thursday sept 27 5 p m registration of candidates for government jobs faculty room alumni memorial building 7:30 p m meeting of course so ciety presidents faculty room alumni memorial building beta theta pi and delta tau delta lead among fraternity groups with 1 3 accepted bids each 40 more new men are pledged than at end of rushing in 33 delta sigma phi and pi kappa alpha have two each among 29 chapters two hundred and thirty men were pledged by 29 fraternities saturday evening sept 22 at the conclusion of rushing season this is an in crease of 40 men over last year's pledging only three houses pledged less than five men beta theta pi and delta tau delta with 13 new men each pledged the greatest number delta sigma phi and pi kappa al pha had the fewest with two pledgees the men pledged and their houses follow alpha chi rho lawranee buckles washington d c ; edwin carlson reading pa ; aobert chris tie wilmington del alfonco denarvaez bogota columbia s a ; gene fleming . catawissa francis hunsberger pottstown pa william kranz paterson n j wal lace logan middletown n y ; karl srantz buffalo n y ; robert wolfram elkinx park pa charles zell harrisburg pa alpha kappa phi owen bishop baltimore md ; warren dyne collingswood n j william kengle bethlehem pa henry naisley riverton n j stuart patterson proctor vt ; my ron smith washington d c ; james ter ry washington d c ; harvey young nor wood cal ; john welker altoona pa alpha tau omega john henry barry jr arlington n j ; lyman jerome craig jr bloomfield hills mich ; charles henry gaetjens oradell n j william claude klingensmith new hen sington pa harry cordes milbank bloom field n j beta kappa vincent acri marietta pa ; arthur briggs darton pa robert reiff new cumber land pa murray udy niagara falls n.y beta theta pi william beverage asbury park n j arnold bloss queens village l i allen crane queens village l i j curtis ford tulso okla ; robert m girdler muskegon mich john hutcheson nashville tenn ; robert kirkpatrick queens village l i william lucas queens village l i bd . ward peck cleveland ohio walter ried 9sbury park n j donald smith new york city daniel von bremen astoria n y ; john weatherhead cleveland ohio chi phi frank adolph rochester n y ; thomas b carpenter youngstown ohio robert f conrad perkasie nathan h gowing jr norfolk va george t hewlett bridge port conn james e long clarksburg w va ; melvin s lord manilla philippine is lands john m reed clarksburg w va chipsi charles w coleman pittsburg wayne g duncan newsane n y charles f eggars uniontown arthur lintott jr milwaukee wis todd m moise elyria ohio j pal mer murphy pittsburgh s todd rush bethleheb william seigel 36 new york city charles m west east orange n y delta phi fred c durant 3rd philadelphia pa robert h duenner jr warrenton va ; j'rank c lane new canaan conn andrew k martin spring lake n j david g martin spring lake n j john b taus sig germantown richard d tayloe mid hleburg va ; roger mck wolcott devon delta sigma phi richard maris hayden philadelphia da vid william morrow east orange n j delta tau delta harold bickel philadelphia walter blaek ler west newton mass ; samuel brad bury philadelphia john cleeves allen town ; george r conover meadville ; wil liam dunn collingswood n j william h gill lansdowne archibald jamieson glou cester n j ; joseph roberts maplewood n j gordon l stone pelham n.y ; john mccarthy allentown ; robert vogelsburg newark n j john t l weigel east orange n j delta upsilon david r berg sewickley robert cluley westfield n j leonard cooper cumber md john frey york william get off glenridge n j william houck seranton james lodge montclair n j stanley rand north tonawanda n y ; herbert wilson pittsburgh . lambda chi alpha robert bard reading martin baumann pleasantville n y ; russell cramer had don heights n j thomas graham core apolis robert jackson ridgewood n j ; lawrence pfoff baldwyn l 4 william morgan ridgewood n j ; robert weaver forty-fort robert williamson ridgewood x j ;. william zillger merion kappa alpha charles couch bethlehem vincent gage new york joseph a hopkins jr swamp scott mass ; richard parsons scarsdale n y everett j reck budgehmapton n y ; evan stone scarsdale n y "*■ kappa sigma ralph c gardner collinsville 111 john continued on page six state emergency relief board increases al lotment from 131 last year to 158 this year upperclassmen sophomores receive 79 appointments registration in alumni build ing tuesday wednesday thursday at 5 p m student part-time jobs financed by the federal government will again be available to lehigh stu dents this college year and it is ex pected that the program of work will be under way by the first week in october john a brodhead di rector of placement of the univer sity has again been appointed by president richards to have charge of the work he announces that all students who wish to make formal applica tion for jobs and have not already done so are requested to report at the faculty room alumni memor ial building at s p m either tues day wednesday or thursday of this week at these times an oppor tunity will be given for students to register their work preferences on the list of jobs offered twenty-four departments of the university have cooperated in lin ing up a variety of work as job of ferings under general classifications of departmental assistants research assistants laboratory helpers drafts men clerical workers library assis tants typists bibliography compil ers and workers on building and grounds maintenance these same departments have likewise accepted the responsibili ties involved in giving the work ad equate direction and supervision ordinary maintenance work about the campus routine activities that would be carried on anyway and be financed from university funds will not be approved as jobs there will be some changes in the organization of work as carried on last term lehigh's allotment of jobs has been increased from 131 to 158 but according to the federal government regulation this year 50 percent of the jobs or 79 must go to students who were not regularly enrolled in any college or univer sity during january 1934 this means that most of these 79 jobs will go to freshmen and that the other 79 jobs will be assigned to sophomores juniors and seniors combined another innovation this term will be the placing of students at work out in the community doing socially worthwhile work while the large majority will be employed about the campus some students will be given employment under the direc tion of the bethlehem boys club the boy scouts community chest and other organizations about the city the operating conditions of em ployment are the same as those of last year the average earning per student per month for the entire group must be 15 or 31vi hours of work per month at 40c per hour the maximum amount of money that can be earned by any one stu dent in a month is 20 working 50 hours while the work schedules are quite fllexible to accommodate student rosters no one will be al lowed to work more than eight hours in any one day nor more than 30 hours in any one week financial need good scholastic ability char acter qualification and fitness for the job are essential requirements below are listed the job offerings for the fall semester all students when making application will have the opportunity of indicating the kinds of work they would be will ing to do and also specially to mark those jobs which are most prefer red i building and grounds mainten ance 1 sayre park aboretum weeding and planting 6 men 2 grading work in sayre park 15 men 3 power house coal conveyor 1 man 4 building superintendent's office time keeper 1 man 11 athletic department 5 work on athletic fields 6 men 6 supervision of intramural sports 6 men 7 life guard in swimming pool 2 men 111 geology department 8 work on maps 1 man 9 preparation of graphs on me teorogical data 1 man continued on page six thompson's mt rush more essay among best in n y area lancey thompson bus 36 was awarded second place in the new york area college competition for the mount rushmore memorial in scription the committee announced during the summer his paper with the other winning texts will be submitted to the final federal committee for judging the winner of the first prize in the na tional competition . will receive a 500 scholarship yearly for the re mainder of his course the second prize is a 300 scholarship and gold silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the runners up the hearst newspapers are the sponsors of the contest which was to secure a 600-ward essay of the united states to be placed on mount rushmore in the black hills of south dakota local judges of the lehigh uni versity section of the contest spon sored on the campus by the brown and white were dr lawrence h gipson head of the department of history and government dr rob ert m smith head of the depart ment of english and dr george d harmon associate profesor of american history thomson was beaten out for first place in the new york metropoli tan area which embraces entries fjfoip new jersey con 6evrrctrt atkkparts of pennsylvania iby joseph r stiles of brooklyn j:ojle.£e t t,hi^4»pjjace in the area was jwiui-b^"-d*ftielj bernstein of c c n v and rose wagner also from city college ranked fourth faculty alters rules on athletic contests appropriates 100 for prizes in history department faculty rules pertaining - to the scheduling of athletic contests were rescinded an appropriation for prizes for the department of his tory and government was made and reports of elections to faculty committees were received at the june faculty meeting the rules rescinded were those prohibiting the scheduling of home athletic contests on any afternoon other than wednesday and satur day afternoons and the beginning of contests before 4 p m discretion in the matter was given to nelson a kellogg director of athletics the appropriation to the history and government department was 100 taken from the accumulated funds of the williams prizes and will be made annually it was reported that the follow ing members of the faculty were elected to the committees indi cated admissions a r miller ad vanced standing f c becker chapel m o fuller discipline e l crum educational policy r b cowin honorary degrees c g beardslee inspection trips e h uhler petitions h a haring publications j l beaver roster l l smail student activities d h gramley student clubs a a diefenderfer ; summer session e b schulz faculty educational club h p thomas l h gipson adel bert ford f c becker c e al len s s cairn secretary of the faculty g b curtis 139 of 269 graduates had secured jobs or were planning further study as early as last june placement bureau director reports in alumni bulletin approximately 52 per cent of the 1934 graduating class had secured jobs or were scheduled to attend graduate schools as early as last june 8 it was indicated by john a brodhead director of placement in his annual report as given in the july alumni bulletin the 52 per cent represents 139 of the 269 men in the graduating class of the 139 men 101 had been placed on june 8 and 38 were plan ning to attend graduate schools the placement director's report also shows that lehigh students earned a total of 16,272 on part time jobs during the 1933-34 school session of this amount 5,178.60 was earned through cwa now serb jobs mr brodhead's report as given in the alumni bulletin follows in full brodhead's report at the close of its second year of operation the placement bureau can report a further development of fundamental policies and proce dures worked out to correlate all placement activities at the univer sity the functions of the central class at the placement office of additional experience in the actual handling of jobs the features of the present year were 1 increased demand upon the central office for interviews for counselling and for correspondence 2 a pickup in senior and alumni placement work 3 the cwa stu dent part time work project now serb with its responsibilities up on the placement service for di rection and supervision from oct 1 33 to june 1 34 the figures in parentheses are the corresponding figures for the same eight months period 1932-33 there were 1,714 1,086 personal calss at the placement office of these 276 254 were alumni calls 638 418 were in conection with student part time employment 340 168 were in connection with sen ior guidance and placement and 460 254 were of a miscellaneous nature for the 12 months from june 1 33 to june 1 34 there was a total of 2,360 personal calls at the office met either by the writer or the office secretary 460 of which were by alumni alumni placement total number alumni registered since establishment of the office 333 including unemployed tempor arily employed and those seeking more satisfactory connections dur ing the two-year period of opera tion 62 of the 333 secured satisfac tory employment on their own in itiative sometime after their reg istration they asked to be taken off our lists 81 placements have been made through the aid of the placement service 56 of these dur ing the current year of which 24 were cwa jobs teacher placement very unfavorable conditions here working with the department of education our main work is build ing for the future senior placement improved over last year but still difficult for average and below-av erage students stimulating to see firm representatives on the campus again seeking graduating seniors — after a conspicuous absence of sev eral years there were 335 senior interviews with 14 different firms 10 of which were not here last year in addition there has been quite an increase in negotiations through correspondence ( it is difficult to give an accurate picture of the situation with re spect to this year's graduates be cause a number of negotiations are still in process some seniors have a choice to make with four or five jobs at hand others with two and three of the total class of 269 it is estimated at this date june 8 that 101 have jobs and that 38 will take up graduate work so that 139 of the 269 52 per cent are fairly well ac counted for student part-time employment total number different students registered 306 or approximately 24 per cent of the student enrollment total number of different students receiving placements 195 total number of placements 601 total earnings from these placements continued on page six new admissions head bethlehem pa tuesday september 25 1934 student jobs again available price five cents houses pledge 230 freshmen vol xlii no 1 arcadia votes aid to start training table brown and white 52 per cent of 34 class obtain work mail is unclaimed brodhead announces time for job applications i all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association