Brown and White Vol. 44 no. 41

              conrad thibault to sing classical arias for student series to be held in chapel will fly here to appear in final concert vol xliv — no 41 a new exhibit will be shown in the lehigh art gallery beginning this afternoon at 3 p m stated garth a howland head of the de partment of fine arts special hours have been arranged during which the gallery will be opened lehigh students will be able to show the gallery to their guests from 3-5:30 p m or 7-10 p m on friday 10 a m to 5 p m on sat urday and 2-5:30 p m on sunday this arrangement will only exist for the week-end the exhibit consists of graphics water colors pencil and charcoal drawings pen chalk bistre pas tels and crayon studies will also be shown the works were done by a group of contemporary austrian artists they are exhibited under the spon sorship of the international school of art prior to coming here they were displayed at the milwaukee art institute the exhibit will close on april 25 johnson wins society prize electrochemists 9 award taken by metallurgist alumnus for paper faculty rejects group petition five hundred and twenty-nine girls will be the guests of 32 living groups as the annual spring houseparty gets into swing with the junior prom tonight at the hotel bethlehem horace heidt and his brigadiers will play for the prom before an estimated crowd of 1,050 the figure gath ered from the number of dates and the advance sale of tickets which approximates 100 the full houseparty program includes a baseball game with swarth more and a football game with st joseph's tomorrow afternoon and house dances at 29 fraternities and drown hall the house dances will be attended by approximately 700 the hotel is again being used for the site of the prom because the coliseum is in use for tonight heidt will play on a raised platform in the main dining room which will be cleared for dancing and the lobby and mezzanine will also be available to use south entrance of hotel bethlehem loud speaker systems will carry the music into the main ball room according to clinton strang bus 38 chairman of the prom committee the partition that divides off the lobby will be made larger than had formerly been the case in order that there be more room available for dancing admission to the hotel will be from the entrance on the south side tickets are 4.56 per couple and 2.28 stag the floor committee consists of the following men all class of 1938 fred bayer bus dick bishop arts lyman craig bus george ell strum met e curtis ford i e john frey chem melvin lord ch e samuel maclachlan i e myron sterngold bus charles zell bus the chaperons for the prom are dr and mrs claude g beardslee dean c m mcconn and associate dean g b curtis the dance will last from 10 p m until 3 a m the list of guests is as follows sophomore engineering comprehensives will be held on april 29 the plan for the formation of a formal date bureau for the fresh man dance which is to be held may 1 at the masonic temple has been dropped announced the com mittee on the freshman dance the date bureau was not started because of the brief time in which to execute such a plan instead of the proposed bureau the freshman union will cooperate in trying to supply dates for any students who wish them such students should call upon any member of the freshman union they know or call at any fraternity and ask the fra ternity representative to arrange a date for him immediate action will be taken by the committee in ac quiring a partner for the student 100 must be raised an orchestra for the dance has not yet been signed for by order of dean mcconn 100 must be sold in tickets before the admin istration will sanction the signing of a band the tickets went on sale tuesday each union member cov ering his living group according to alfred bodine the tickets have been selling rapidly considering the time they have been on sale and the 100 is expected to be raised within a short time i want to im press upon each freshman in par ticular his obligation to the class of 1940 in cooperating towards making this dance a success the committee in charge of the dance are alfred bodine eng 40 frank elliot eng 40 grayson weymouth bus 40 and maynard diamond arts 40 edgerton to talk to research club to discuss high speed in motion pictures a paper published under the joint authorship of allison butts asso ciate professor of metallurgy and w a johnson met e 35 has re sulted in the award to johnson of the electrochemical society's an nual prize to young authors a committee of six unanimously sel ected johnson as the recipient of the award for 1936 the title of johnson's paper is studies of overvoltage the ef fect of fusion of the cathode and the effect of temperature on gas polarization the greater part of the work was done in preparation for the senior thesis in the department of metal lurgy under the direction of pro fessor butts johnson completed the work the following year while he was an assistant in mathematics and a graduate student in metallurgy at lehigh professor butts presented the pa per at the annual meeting of the electrochemical society held last october johnson now holds a fel lowship in metallurgy at carnegie institute of technology the electrochemical society an naully awards'a prize of 100 to the author or co-author under 27 years old whose paper is adjudged the best to elect officers at next rehearsal conrad thibault concert bari tone who will appear at lehigh next week will have to fly from california to meet his lehigh en gagement he sings over a nation wide hookup tuesday evening that originates from hollywood his new york manager said to day that immediately after his ra dio program sponsored by the packard motor company he will make connections with a transcon tinental plane after his engage ment he will again fly across the country to fulfill his radio contract program to close season thibault's program will climax the first year of the student con cert-lectures series he will sing a group of classical and popular baritone solos next friday evening in packer chapel this will mark the first time that a concert artist of national reputation will sing at a university sponsored event for many years thibault has been prominent on the radio and the concert stage he played the romantic lead on the maxwell house showboat program until last year since then he has been a featured vocalist on the victor ma gic key the philip morris and the chevrolet programs at present he is heard on the packard hour every tuesday evening to be held in chapel an innovation of the concert will be the fact that it is to be held in packer chapel instead of the audi torium of broughal high school the series committee discovered that it would be possible to com plete seating arrangements for the bach festival in time to seat a crowd of more than one thousand extra seats are being installed and by the time of the concert all ne cessary arrangements will be com pleted in this way it will be un necessary to move the expensive chapel piano and a more appro priate setting will be secured the chapel however will be used only for concerts and not for lectures or dramatic recitals to present wide slection thibault's program will begin with several old english ballads and classical arias his selection is very wide and will be climaxed with several popular baritone solos among them will be charming chloe water boy and de glory road he will be accom panied by theodore walstrum at the piano band will create position of assistant leader frank norton ch e 39 princi pal character in last year's musical show prom trotters has been added to the cast of the mustard and cheese musical boy in babe land to sing one of the leads with nelson j leonard chem 37 miss isabel matthews and miss gene vieve giering in the dramatic club's production may 7 and 8 the musical comedy is the story of a country boy homer bortz played by nelson leonard who is sent by his father to an engineer ing school in spite of his desire to be a singer doris doolittle acted by miss giering falls in love with homer while he is at the home of professor doolittle a man interest ed in the mentality of apes played by vincent j pazzetti bus 37 homer bortz dislikes doris and falls in love with cynthia a danc ing school instructor whose part is taken by miss isabel matthews reed to direct on orchestra under the direction of james reed arts 39 will be gin rehearsals wednesday on the 16 musical numbers written by reed and david hughes ch e 38 miss ruth pazzetti a lead in last year's show will have an impor tant singing role in boy in babe land playing the part of marjorie miss peggy sterrett will be cast as wisteria doolittle playing oppo site vincent pazzetti frank norton will portray jay franklin kenneth c sloan e m 38 will take the part of pa bortz george a albrecht bus 39 charles f smullin ch e 38 and wayne f o'neill bus 39 will have speaking parts citret will appear coleman citret arts 37 who played in whistling in the dark yellow jack and the shannons of broadway will be cast as pro fessor hermstiffle one of doo little's cronies the other cronies are professors jenkins and tomp kins played by d cameron brad ley ch e 38 lead of yellow jack salt water and paths of glory and elbert tidd who play ed leading roles in the summer theater productions albert a rights instructor in english director of the production has appointed a committee with joseph h roberts met e 38 in charge of properties william h gill eng 39 in charge of cos tumes and john weigel i e 38 in charge of scenic building the story was written by judson schaeffer instructor in journalism the petition presented to dean c m mcconn by the interfraternity council to have the university withhold the diplomas of fraternity men who graduate owing money to their houses was refused by the fac ulty at a meeting monday in the faculty room of the alumni build ing the faculty set the date for sophomore engineering comprehen sives for all day thursday april 29 at the same meeting the committee on professional degrees announced that seven can didates have been approved and ac cepted for engineering degrees in june and of these five have already qualified the enrollment of 44 freshmen of various departments in the program for general education was announced by the committee on general education prerequisites changed changes in prerequisites for va rious courses were approved by the faculty c e 6 was made a secon dary prerequisite to c e 11 and 16 and bus 25 was selected as a secondary prerequisite to c e 100 a section of chem 1 for arts and business students to be called chem 2 was selected eng 60 and 61 prerequisites were designated as engl 1 and 2 eng 3 and 3b or the consent of the instructor phil 114 was changed to phil 14 to make it available to freshmen and sophomores it was decided to have m e 2 taught both semesters of the school year to give program fraternities are looted by thieves winterset is read by faculty group prof h e edgerton member of the faculty of the massachusetts in stitute of technology will give a demonstration and illustrated talk on stroboscopic light and high speed motion pictures under the auspices of the lehigh chapter of sigma xi honorary research frater nity at 8 o'clock tonight in pack ard auditorium dr j b reynolds professor of mathematics and theoretical me chanics will be the program chair man dr harvey a neville secre tary of sigma xi and associate professor of chemistry is arranging the m i t professor's appearance here high speed motion pictures and seeing the unseen are the titles of the pictures which will be shown they involve exposures of one-tenth of a second piano duets to feature last student concert police issue warnings as thefts total 7 addresses 2 clubs sinkinson takes charge in prouty's absence carothers talks in new jersey philadelphia two more fraternities were brok en into monday night to bring the total of petty thieveries this year to seven kappa sigma fraternity 24 east church street was robbed some time between the hours of 2:30 and 4:30 o'clock tuesday morning the culprit is alleged to have entered through a side door and escaped with 67.50 in cash at just about the same time sigma chi was entered the thief broke in a locked cellar door at the chap ter house on east broad street but was unsuccessful in obtaining any thing valuable o geological survey made by miller and whitcomb benjamin l miller head of the geology department and lawrence whitcomb assistant professor of geology made a geological field survey in the vicinity of harris burg on monday representatives of six colleges and members of the federal and state geological surveys attended the conference th conference was called to study the conglomerate rocks found in the martinsburg shale dr whitcomb's paper on the age of the rocks in cited the controversy the last program in the student concert series will be presented at 4 p m sunday in packer chapel the members taking part in this program are miss elsie hamtz pianist miss anna gehman pian ist organist and dr t edgar shields organist miss homtz will open the pro gram with miss gehman in a duet les djinns by franck two pi ano solos will follow played by miss hamtz the intermezzo in c major by brahms and zalsz briallante by chopin will be the selections played the final number on the program will be a duet by dr shields and miss gehman en titled the d major concerto or coronation concerto by mozart o phi beta kappa to hold fiftieth annual banquet the fiftieth anniversary dinner of the lehigh chapter of phi beta kappa national honorary scholas tic fraternity will be held at 6:30 p m friday april is at the ho tel bethlehem dr albert rau dean of the mo ravian college and theological seminary will preside provost jo siah h penniman of the univer sity of pennsylvania will deliver the anniversary address entitled mass education — theory and results dr neil carothers dean of the college of business administration was the main speaker at the annual banquet of the elizabeth n j chamber of commerce on tuesday evening march 30 carothers addressed a gathering of over 800 on the subject of the economic outlook of the united states dr carothers also spoke at a meeting of the philadelphia rotary club on the evening of march 31 his topic for this meeting was present economic problems of the united states o society hears lehmer pi mu epsilon honorary math ematical fraternity elected officers and new members at its meeting wednesday at the home of profes sor tomlinson fort head of the de partment of mathematics dr d h lehmer instructor in mathemat ics addressed the society on the topic rational triangles the names of the new members will be announced at the tapping which will take place in the chapel some time in the near future at the regular band rehearsal on monday afternoon candidates for the positions of leader and manag er of the band were nominated the elections will be held next monday afternoon at the band rehearsal at 5 p m this year a new position will be created that being an assistant leader the nominations and elec tion of this officer will be held next monday afternoon after the regular elections from the defeated candi dates for leader the candidates for leader are james mack arts 38 george grow arts 38 samuel troxel e e 38 rudolph baisley bus 38 and elliott small ch e 38 william fine m e 38 charles amelander met e 38 carstens haas ch e 38 william iobst ch e 38 and douglas edwards arts 38 are competing for the man agership of the band prior to the baseball game on sub-freshman day the band will perform on the field in formations and musical selections similar to the performances prior to the fall home football games o r c allen to address lehigh mining society r c allen president of the american society of mining and metallurgical engineers will speak before a meeting of the mining and geological society wednesday in williams hall the john markle mining society of lafayette will at tend the meeting grafton w va ; ruth baldwin merchant ville n j avalyn lomison philadelphia jane hartfield beverly n j ; pat ham ilton richmond va ; molly levin beverly n j nathalie woodfin new york fran ces fulmer easton carlotta d folsom west orange n j ; hope marrison wayne ; kathren longacer philadelphia gladys spence philadelphia mary decaradeuc new york melva schissler bethlehem janet gingrich bethlehem haperons — mr and mrs b m seabrook merchantville n j miss dorothy shee han allentown dr a w scott bethle hem chi psi the misses virginia e brophy keyport n j . ; dorothy schmoker perm van n v ; muriel l roberts bethlehem helen schmo ker pen van n v ; barbara la vigne waterbury ; dorothy hampson bethlehem ; mariam rafferty washington natalie c phillips ridgewood n j lois overhiser newburgh n v gloria fitzpatrick brook lyn kathryn wahls glen ridge n j marty wilson brooklyn mary thompson bronxville n v ; ethel smyth merchant ville n j patricia e thomas corning n v jeanette greene montclair n j lottie stern wilkes-barre ; lillian mccabe glen ridge n j mary smith glen ridge n j dorothy jacobus caldwell n j justine h fletcher brooklyn margaret howarth paterson rita gilmour glen rock n j martha lockwood ridgewood n j janet werner paterson n j the chaperons are mrs f w walker mrs j w yingling and senator and mrs george a rupp delta phi the misses charlotte lewis poughkeep sie n v ; helen oldham parksburg elea nor righter philadelphia christin shertz germantown helen lyon baltimore md ; eleanor yearsley coatesville jean win penny montclair n j ; janet harrison leesburg va ; louise wolcott wayne rosamund stoughton bethlehem sunny porter pittsburgh chaperons — mrs h b mcconnac win chester va ; mr and mrs henry b tinges bethlehem orchestra — george doddy delta sigma phi the misses phyllis greene westfield n.j betty berry glen ridge n j meah web ster philadelphia margaret sabo roebling n j ruth collins east orange n j lillian transeau philadelphia dorothy hart bethlehem etha meikrantz potts ville genevive hess bethlehem nan french east orange n j muriel mc dermott philadelphia ottilie baker new ark betty sabo roebling n j louise cortwright newark n j mildred spears larchmont n v barbara lane engle wood n j chaperons — prof and mrs m o fuller bethlehem mr and mrs l m mcdermott philadelphia orchestra-the midshipmen westfield v.j delta tau delta the misses willie nordstrom nutley n j margaret thomas valley forge marian hofficker skidmore college n v ellen stover chestnut hill peggy judd new york nancy bard herr lancaster hope carson east orange n j ; mary jane stokes lansdowne jean boling indianap olis ind ; kate hood mount airy ; edith brown briarcliffe n v ; ellen campion swarthmore murry phillips lansdowne helen boettcher milford conn dorothy ross milford conn wyn lake milford conn ; ann roberts maplewood n j ; jean fishburn wayne betty taylor tren ton n j betty bowman pittsburgh peggy mcclintock bethlehem mrs john b m cleeves bethlehem mrs walter h continued on page four members of the faculty dram atic club read the play winterset by maxwell anderson at their meeting wednesday evening in packard laboratory eric s sink inson associate professor of ore dressing and fuel technology took charge of the program in the ab sence of charles prouty instructor in english the play is a drama of the elec trocution of an innocent man con victed for holdup and murder mr elmore leppert fellow in english read the leading part of mio a de tective who vindicates the executed victim mrs w w ewing por trayed the leading lady other members who read were carl strauch instructor in english mr glen shepler fellow in english mrs w l jenkins and arthur w klein professor of mechanical en gineering a committee appointed for the nomination of next year's officers included john m toohy associate professor of romance languages mrs a w luce and mrs p m palmer alpha chi rho the misses louise bendeson west hart ford conn sarah baker pittsburgh jean ne miller pottstown edna hunsberger pottstown adelaide wolfe newfoundland n j ; dorothy stern bethlehem pauline ruch hellertown raye schmatz newark dons zink bethlehem betty ransom freenhold k j helen mac sotter potts town marguerite green middletown n v ; gwendolyn knight easton ; margaret a davis media and evelyn lindner du mont n j the chaperons will be mr and mrs har ry b osborn jr and mr and mrs thomas storm jr fred wrigley and his orchestra from lansdale pa will play at the house dance alpha tau omega the misses glee callaway detroit shir ley strong haddonfield n j ; julia anne armor springfield joan fontaine great neck n v ; anne parker drexel hill joyce irby walnut ridge arkansas mau reen farrell great neck n v evelyn suter bethlehem ethel whitman great neck n v claire clark allentown mu riel evans cleveland peggy fish wilson borough anita stewart bloomfield n.j mary katherine klingensmith new ken sington dorothy peterson montclair n.j orchestra — harry monroe and his dusky aces alpha kappa pi the misses nancyann cockerille altoona janet h collins wyncote charlotte kun kle stroudsburg gladys connor trenton n j marjorie erickson chevy chase md ; elizabeth furry easton ruth gavin stroudsburg ruth kell berwyn chrys la gouros bethlehem dorothy mccli bywood florence miloch philadelphia mary rob ertson portland oregon dorothy rosasco washington marjorie rossiter great neck l i ; arline simmon pelham bay n v ; evelyne stout bethlehem ruth thwaites berwyn hume williams washington lee williams washington carolyn stitley chambersburg ; dorothy egley chambers burg chaperons — dr and mrs r d billinger bethlehem mr and mrs r t sheen glenside beta kappa the misses margaret blake jersey city janet axe lancaster mary smith newark marjorie peck freeport l i tek rich ardson new york city elaine weber bar ryville n v ; alice raub marietta marion willard metuchen n j jane westphalen st louis leah althouse west leesport mary edith morgan freeport l i ; rose mary baylan mineola l i the chaperons are mr and mrs e j serfass bethlehem ; and mr and mrs paul desch allentown danny dever and his orchestra will play for the house dance beta theta pi the misses sarah f heath petersburg va ; mary boiseau petersburg va ; pa tience m flynn new york ethel m lichty york catherine ahem philadelphia fran ces barnard south orange n j ; phyllis willcinson new york betty diety beth lehem edythe goehring newark jean harlam westfield n j janet ross al lentown cleo white philadelphia ronnie burke hollis n v muriel speer new york jean manley bethlehem margaret beal bethlehem chaperons — mr and mrs fay c bart lett and mr and mrs charles c kase meyer orchestra — princetonians east orange n j chi phi the misses mildred hiple philadelphia ruth harnish lancaster jean post beth lehem mary young bethlehem peggy brown norristown marguerite hirschberg er south orange n j carrolyn bendoll to sing april 16 bethlehem pa friday april 9 1937 to open gallery for house party price — five cents frosh revise plan to form dating bureau norton added to sing lead in show cast austrian works will fea ture art exhibit 529 girls expected for gala weekend union will aid students to obtain partners for dance tickets sold by group horace heidt and his brigadiers to play tonight for junior promenade at hotel bethlehem 32 living groups entertain house and dormitory dances tomorrow night will appear in spotlight with leonard misses giering matthews reed is song composer the brown and white conrad thibault all the lehigh news first member . intercollegiate newspaper association