Brown and White Vol. 43 no. 26

              points to perils in censorship of radio talks fred v larkin who is in charge of lehigh's watt celebration brown and white ptaotc statue of james watt inventor oi steam engine who will be hon ored bulletin prints farewell note lehigh review features watt okeson and harmeson to speak on athletics president c c williams will dis cuss his plans for lehigh's future at a dinner meeting of the new york lehigh club to be held at 6:30 tomorrow evening in the club rooms harry a hopf president of the harry a hopf company will speak on management members of the a s c e meeting in con vention in new york will be the guests of the club hale sutherland head of the de partment of civil engineering will attend both dinner and meeting walter r okeson university treasurer and head of the national football rules committee and glen harmeson head football coach will be the speakers at a meeting of the central pennsylvania lehigh club thursday evening at the university club in harrisburg the speakers will give a first hand view of the present athletic situation and of future prospects at lehigh records of jobs needed by placement bureau a request that all seniors fill out placement registration blanks was made yesterday by e robins mor gan director of the placement bu reau it is important for the place ment bureau that all seniors regis ter regardless of whether or not they have positions promised them on graduation there are several reasons for this first students are interested in knowing where lehigh graduates go second a report is made semi annually to the alumni regarding the status of men with respect to employment and these reports should be compiled to date third men frequently find that they wish to change their original employ ment and havink the data regard ing the men in our files naturally makes it much easier for us to help them said mr morgan the men who have not already registered will do so according to curricula curriculum directors will advise men as to the date frosh to give dance feb 15 league to hear dr carothers buchanan explains resig nation as alumni sec retary and editor a farewell letter from a e buchanan 18 retiring as alumni secretary and editor of the alumni bulletin and an introduction to the new executive secretary w a cor nelius 89 and his assistant robert f herrick 34 are found in the re cently issued january lehigh alum ni bulletin military training at lehigh based on an interview with major j o green head of the m s and t department explains the organ ization and work of the lehigh r o t c unit a placement chart of the 1935 graduating class submitted by e r morgan director of the placement bureau shows that 88 percent of the class in now employed other articles in the january bul letin are the announcement of prof myron j luch's death the election of joseph walton met 37 as next year's football captain and a last call in the lehigh song contest which closes feb 29 35 attend organization - meeting elect officers petition committee next meeting january 31 for the first time since 1923 the allentown students attending le high have organized forming the lehigh-allentown club the organ ization meeting was held in the y m c a building allentown fri day dec 20 thirty-five out of approximately seventy allentown students attended the club approved and amended a constitution signed a petition re questing official recognition as a student organization and elected officers walter r f guyer ch e 36 was elected president joseph ros setti bus 37 vice president jos eph parmet ch e 38 recording secretary emil a dieter arts 37 corresponding secretary donald l waidelich e e 36 treasurer to unite allentown men the lehigh-allentown club was formed to unite the allentown men in order that those problems com mon to them be solved stated guy er it is hoped that many of the handicaps of living far from the campus will be alleviated this club will include in its program an active part in intramural sports and extra curricular activities and will give assistance to freshmen and sub freshmen living in allentown by the solution of these and other prob lems we hope to benefit not only ourselves but also the university at the organization meeting guy er acted as chairman and parmet acted as secretary the petition for official recogni tion as a student organization was approved by the faculty committee on student activities tuesday after noon the next meeting will be held at 7:30 p m friday jan 31 in the y m c a building in allentown johnson's orchestra chos en to play at masonic temple bubby johnson and his colored orchestra of baltimore md will play at the second annual freshman dance on saturday evening feb 15 in the masonic temple final plans were completed yesterday when dean mcconn gave his approval dean and mrs c max mcconn and dr and mrs claude g beards lee will be chaperones the dance will continue from 10 p m until 2 a m tickets will be 1.14 per couple and 80 cents stag the committee making arrange ments is composed of g edward hurst bus 39 chairman nathan iel whitman eng 39 and william liesman eng 39 johnson and his orchestra have played at several johns hopkins dances he also plays at clubs in baltimore collins advocates unity for peace engineering school marks 70 years includes article on jiu jitsu story in new style and satire a discussion of the contributions of james watt to the progress of the steam engine by walter fin lay ch e 36 will appear in the january issue of the lehigh re view which will come out thurs day evening the story tells of watt's experi ments on steam power and explains the methods he used to increase the efficiency of the steam engines 700 percent the article is illustrated by w mansfield white m e 37 to gether with a photograph of the watt model in packard laboratory the cover by white is a study on men's formal accessories jud son schaeffer arts 36 has written a short story in newspaper clipping style leonard schick arts 37 has written an article on jiu jitsu in which he has taken lessons p e p white e e 38 satir izes an encouraging story on final examinations he presents a myth ical meeting of the faculty advising the students to put on the heat for the finals he points out the diffi culty the professors have in making the examinations confusing a cam pus quiz on important events of the last semester will be innovated leaves no will debaters oppose bard college team business head to be one of 3 chief speakers at dinner jan 25 dr neil carothers director of the college of business administra tion is to be one of the three prin cipal speakers at the dinner of the american liberty league the eve ning of jan 25 in washington d.c dr carothers who has been a mem ber of the advisory councli of the league for two years will speak on economic conditions al smith one of the founders of the league and judge charles i dawson a former republican can didate for governorship of ken tucky are to be the two other speak ers at the dinner it has been re ported that the speeches will be in answer to president roosevelt's speech at the jackson day dinner on jan 7 but dr carothers said yesterday that there is no basis for this report as far as he is con cerned dr carothers is one of the five economists who make up the advis ory council of the league the lea gue has published over 100 speeches and reports on economic policy to honor williams at club reception dr stanley high appeals for hands off in a i e e meeting cites foreign conditions that freedom of expression in radio broadcasts an important characteristic of the right of free speech is one of the most essential cornerstones of democracy was the opinion expressed by dr stanley high director of talks for the na tional broadcasting company in an address on radio in a democracy friday evening speaking during the january meeting of more than 200 members of the lehigh valley section of the american institute of electrical engineers held in the masonic temple allentown dr high made a definite appeal for continuance of the hands off policy in american radio it will be a sad day for a de mocracy when radio falls any more under government control than it is at present the speaker continued those who have designs on dem ocratic government realize that their forces come to naught until free speech is muzzled to illustrate his point dr high told of conditions in european countries and the complete censor ship exercised in those nations where dictators rule in austria the backbone of the revolution of several years ago was broken with the recapture of the radio station by the government broadcasting restricted world traveler former newspa per man and preacher dr high had many personal experiences to re late he described a talk with win ston churchill bad boy of brit ish politics broadcasting in eng land is relatively unrestricted yet mr churchill complained that he was unable to deliver a radio ad dress because the b b c consors left nothing to read dr high concluded his talk with a final plea for freedom of thought and freedom of expression of thought as he said free radio . . . free speech . . . free press all work hand in hand to preserve democracy and . . . the hope of the world of keeping on an even keel resides in democratic nations reading a technical paper earle f weaver superintendent of the operating department of the penn sylvania power and light com pany described the installation of the 20,000 kw hydrogen-cooled fre quency converter at the freemans burg substation among those seated at the speak ers table were prof stanley s seyfert head of the electrical en gineering department of lehigh and n s hibshman associate profes sor others of the electrical engin eering faculty who attended are prof j l beaver h d gruber assistant professor and w h formhalls instructor next monday lehigh university will be host to a national gathering of engineers business men and col lege professors as the second day of the three-day united states bicen tenary celebration of the birth of james watt opens with a panel dis cussion in packard laboratory conducted under the joint aus pices of lehigh university the franklin institute of the state of pennsylvania the american society of mechanical engineers and the newcomen society of england the three-day celebration jan 9-21 will include an international radio pro gram dinners speeches and ex hibitions of models of watt and newcomen engines englishman to speak the celebration will be officially opened at the franklin institute philadelphia sunday jan 19 when at 12:30 p m through on interna tional broadcast a spokesman for the science museum south ken sington london will greet the par ticipating societies in the american celebration the english observance will be held wednesday jan 22 following the 15-minute interna tional broadcast there will be a dis play of watt and newcomen en gines and other exhibits appropriate to the occasion on monday the program will be shifted to lehigh where at 11 a m in packard auditorium r l sack ett dean of the school of engineer ing at perm state will preside over a discussion on the college grad uate in industdy after dining at the sun inn the group will again convene in pack ard laboratory where arthur m greene jr dean of the school of engineering at princeton university will preside over a colloquium on james watt following this j r connelly assistant professor of me chanical engineering will demon strate working models of newcom en and watt engines the high light of this exhibition states fred v larkin chairman of the commit tee in charge of the celebration will be a scale working model of the watt engines produced about 1790 we believe it to be the only exist ing model of a watt engine capable of running under its own power student guides desired larkin further stated we will be able to use a number of students to act as guides for the affair if those interested will report to pro fessor connelly they will be given short shifts that will not interfere with their exams concluding next monday's pro gram will be a meeting at 8 p m during which president c c wil liams will be inducted into the new comen society of england the joint exhibition of the photo graphs of w mansfield white m e 37 the drawings of martha fort anderson the prints of frank hart ley anderson and the etchings of richard coe which is now on view at the art gallery in the library will be open for a special showing on monday for the convenience of visitors to the watt celebration 160 attend concert sings with dorsey's band luch provides for widow children by insurance dr myron j luch professor of english who died on dec 22 of a heart attack left no will but his wife and three children are pro vided with a substantial income from insurance said dr robert m smith head of the department of english dr smith announced that dr luch's two courses in public speak ing engl 10 and 11 will be taken over by theodore g ehrsam in structor in english in connection with his debating activities dr luch's courses in contempor ary literature engl 121 and 122 will be handled by eugene h sloane instructor in english the appointment of someone to instruct dr luch's courses in freshman english has not yet been made sets assessment lafayette will celebrate anniversary march 20 seventy years of engineering at lafayette college will be celebrated on march 20 by a convocation and conference with distinguished en gineers as speakers portraits of the late dr thomas m drown and dr rossiter w raymond at this time will be pre sented to lafayette by the amer ican institute of mining and metal lurgical engineers of which each was o#ce president dr drown president of lehigh university from 1895 to 1904 was head of the chemistry department at lafayette from 1874 to 1881 dr raymond was at lafayette from 1870 to 1891 the portraits will be hung in the reception room of markle hall dr william s hall clerk of the faculty will give a historical presen tation and honorary degrees will be presented as part of the convo cation program the conference will include a round table discussion of the en gineer in the modern world with prof morland king head of the electrical engineering department as chairman of the committee in charge speaks at school glee club quartet en semble in program about 160 persons attended the annual home concert and dance of the combined musical clubs sat urday evening in drown hall the glee club and the double quartet presented a group of songs including landsighting the bells of st mary's and alma mater gilberto escobedo c.e 37 and nelson j leonard ch e 37 gave vocal solos carstens y haas 38 presented a piano solo polich inelle and the ensemble presented selections from naughty mar ietta the lehigh collegians provided the music for the dance that fol lowed the concert and repeatedly gave request renditions of the music goes round and around professor and mrs t edgar shields were chaperones o diamond forecasts change of social security act dr herbert m diamond profes sor of economics forecast an ex tensive revision of the social secur ity act within the next few years in an address before the women of the bethlehem a a u w tues day evening in the hotel bethle hem tells phi eta sigma self sacrifice replaces war when the urge for peace be comes so great that mankind will learn to pull together in time of peace with the same unity and in tensity of purpose that is obtained in war then and then only will the spirit of self-sacrifice be strong enough to settle without resort to arms the questions that cause wars said major carter collins at a meeting of phi eta sigma fresh man honorary society friday night in packard laboratory when good men and women are conscientiously convinced that the triumph of right and the defeat of wrong are involved in a war they will support it courts today have one function — the determination of right and wrong and usually fifty percent of the parties leave the trial convinced that the court has erred major collins stated at the business meeting that fol lowed the talk vincent f acri eng phys 38 was appointed to confer with the lehigh union on phi eta sigma information for the fresh man handbook it was decided to award a prize of 5 to the freshman making the greatest improvement in the second semester a rule was passed allowing active members only three absences from meetings during the year efforts are being made to reduce the standard for admission from a 3.5 average to a slightly lower av erage the society petitioned the national chapter for permission to do this last year but it was refused o cairns welch lecture at the pi mv epsilon national honorary mathematical society meet ing on friday night in packard laboratory c b welch c e 37 and dr s s cairns assistant pro fessor of mathematics discussed n - dimensional geometry both welch and dr cairns derived prop erties of simplexes of dimensions higher than three by analogies with the first three dimensions interf raternity council puts ball levy at 2.28 the interfraternity council at its meeting last night decided that all fraternity members would be as sessed at 2.28 to defray the ex penses of the interfraternity ball on feb 1 walter p crockett i e 36 president of the council an nounced that those fraternities whose members do not pay their as sessments in advance will not re ceive their tickets the contract engaging tom dor sey and his orchestra to play at the ball was officially signed at the meeting the council voted partially to re imburse malcolm h baxter ch e 36 for medical expenses incurred because of injuries received in an interfraternity football game guyer scoblionko lay man take affirmative a team from the debating so ciety met a team from bard col lege of columbia university last night in packard laboratory the topic was resolved that con gress should be empowered to ov erride by a two-thirds vote decisions of the united states supreme court declaring acts of congress uncon stitutional the lehigh team which argued the affirmative of the question con sisted of walter r guyer ch e 36 raphael g scoblionko arts 39 and charles g layman eng 39 the columbia team was j cremer d h mcßee and l hoe nig a general discussion followed the debate o to interview seniors january 28 for jobs p w boynton representative of the employment division of the so cony-vacuum oil company will in terview seniors interested in foreign service in the far east at 9 a m tuesday jan 28 there will be openings in the domestic marketing service for young men living in the new england states new york ohio michigan and pennsylvania men interested should get in touch with mr morgan at the placement office before jan 21 men interested in sales credit or accounting work with the fire stone tire and rubber company should also see mr morgan before jan 21 recuperating in maine howard s leach university li brarian has retired to his home in penobscot me for a short period rest to recuperate from his illness of the last few weeks edythe wright who is the featured vocalist of tommy dorsey's orchestra which will play at the intcifraternity ball she is a 19-year-old graduate of new brunswick high school her broadway debut was made with the or chestra at the french casino on oct 1 she is now singing with the orchestra over the columbia networks miss wright also ar ranges music and words of popular songs to suit her singing alumni body will cel ebrate anniversary the philadelphia-lehigh club will hold its forty-third anniversary cel ebration and reception to president c c williams at 6 p m friday jan 24 in the north garden of the bellevue-stratford hotel philadel phia william a cornelius 89 re cently elected alumni secretary is chairman of the committee on ar rangements the affair will include the elec tion of directors and officers of the organization the haverford school will be awarded the club's inter academic football trophy the honored guests will be wal ter r okeson treasurer of lehigh theodore j grayson attorney and counsellor at law dr e m wil son head master of the haverford school and dr grevill haglam head master of the episcopal acad emy dean to deliver talk in morristown also u of p dean c m mcconn will speak to the students of morristown n j high school tomorrow on prob lems of boys and girls going to college at noon he will address the local rotary club at a luncheon meeting on friday he will participate in a joint meeting of three educational groups at the university of penn sylvania his subject will be the eight-year experiment of the pro gressive educational association pi lamba theta phi delta kappa honorary educational fraternities and the perm education association comprise the group hi i linger talks on chemis - try at harrisburg dr r d billinger assistant pro fessor of chemistry spoke before about 150 students of the harris burg academy on friday on the subject of chemistry of air and the atmosphere demonstrations with liquid air and air under various pressures were given dr billinger also spoke on the earliest concepts of air and the modern industrial methods of separating air's constituents lehigh university brown and white price — five cents bethlehem pa tuesday january 14 1936 lehigh will mark watt's bicentenary next monday morgan requests seniors to register williams to discuss future of lehigh vol xliii — no 26 allentonians unite to form student club 3 organizations to sponsor program of dinners speeches exhibits no paper during exams with this issue the brown and white suspends publication un til tuesday feb 4 all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association