Brown and White Vol. 64 no. 12

              rho eta lehigh's only local fraternity will cease to exist on nov 30 at this time delta chi will formally present a charter to the members of rho eta at an installation banquet at the hotel bethle hem delta chi will become the 30th national fraternity at lehigh attending the dinner will be representatives of the university na tional officers of delta chi ifc representatives members pledges and alumni of rho eta and representatives of other chapters of delta chi , and delta chi alumni the delta chi chapter at perm state will be the installation team it has not yet been decided who the speakers will be rho eta will become delta chi's 45th chap ter many of the former members of rho eta have already been initiat ed into delta chi chapters at cor nell perm state and union have conducted the ceremonies before the installation dinner everyone will have been initiated members of rho eta and alumni who are initiated into delta chi before the installation will be come charter members of the chap ter rho eta was established in march 1950 several of the distinguished alumni of delta chi are benjamin harrison president of the united states william j bryan secretary of state and robert todd lincoln son of abraham lincoln delta chi was founded at cor nell university in 1890 it was the first social professional fraternity it was also the first to establish a national accounting system and the first fraternity to abolish hell week proposals and concrete sugges tions toward improving group re lationships and fostering greater spirit at lehigh highlighted omi cron delta kappa's initiation ban quet held at walp's in allentown wednesday evening the senior class honor-leadership society's banquet marked the kickoff for discussions to be conducted throughout the remainder of the year in discussing the possibility of better relations throughout the faculty-student-administration cir cle newly initiated faculty mem ber prof james hartman mecha nical engineering head warned against any compulsory artificial ly supported program to attempt to foster better relations joe morgenstern 53 an other intiate discussing the same problem from the student point of view threw the ball handling to the faculty deploring the night school attitude adopted by many students morgenstern called upon the faculty to take the initiative in bringing about closer ties with stu dents one of the points in morgen stern's discussion was that of more faculyt members making them selves available to students as chaperones he suggested more faculty members making them and white and wlrn and asked that the faculty dine occasionally with the students in lamfoerton's cafeteria rather than in the seclu sion of the faculty dining room he suggested more active fraternity movement in inviting in structors to the houses for meals the initiates include ted see close group page 4 wc flick sound ok by bob morgan i'll have more to say during the intermission was what robert boudreau director of music had to say during an interview in grace hall tuesday night the comical good-natured musician was rehearsing the all college orchestra members of which come from moravian col lege for men moravian women's seminary lehigh cedar crest and muhlenberg in commenting on the new orga nization boudreau said we think that we have a good thing here and we just hope that we can get more cooperation — especially from lehigh we have only one violinist from lehigh the folks are helping however including prof beer and his wife who are playing with us boudreau has quite a time re hearsing his musicians at the see boudreau page 4 n j absentee voting bill is proposed petitions for an absentee voting bill in new jersey were distributed among students from that state on the campus wednesday by bill ladew 53 at present new jersey only provides for absentee voting by servicemen ladew described interest in the project as encouraging and said that a number of students had approached him about it he has called a meeting of students from new jersey who are interested in organizing a campaign for absentee voting legislation on wednesday at 4:15 p.m in the arcadia room drown hall addressed to the new jersey state legislature the petitions read we the undersigned students of lehigh university from new jer sey in view of the financial and other difficulties of traveling home to vote and in recognition of the the 50 students from new jersey extreme difficulties of voting for attending school in michigan who submitted a resolution to you on this matter do hereby petition that the privilege of absentee bal loting be extended to those who for reasons of business college at tendance etc are not able to be in new jersey on election day seniors return epitome proofs the newest thing at lehigh mo vies in lamberton hall seems to be meeting with considerable suc cess according to ken stahl and bruce steinhoff who are running the series for idc despite difficul ties with the sound system at one of the saturday evening perform ances which will be remedied in the future a total of 165 persons took advantage of the three shows twenty-five cents was asked of everyone attending a donation to defray cost of equipment and films because of the sound trouble an offer was made to refund the money of anyone who asked how ever no refunds were requested the treasure of the sierra ma dre winner of three academy awards starring humphrey bo gart will be presented this week end two shows on saturday at 7:15 and 9:45 p.m and one on sun day at 7:30 p.m are scheduled idc is using its own loud speak ers however the wlrn sound system which is used during meals in lamberton is at the disposal of idc if more volume is desired on the week of nov 15-16 broken arrow in technicolor starring jimmy stewart will be presented eight more votes for eisenhower went the cry tuesday night as wlrn staffers chalked up election returns on a huge black board in the newsroom of the brown and white additional in formation was chalked up on smaller boards tacked up on the walls as the station prepared to make a night of it arrangements had been made to broadcast continuously until noon wednesday but the pre-mature victory ended the campus wide broadcast at 2 a.m over a pound of coffee was consumed by the election recorders before the democratic concession halted the broadcast chief cof fee-maker was bobbi wey grand t station secretary pictured l to r are warren marsh elliot barnett art goldenberg jim peter man phil weyg-andt and bill hamilton jazz concert here saturday see epitome page 3 able to get one many of the students who failed to subscribe for their books last year he added are finding it difficult to obtain a copy now the exact number of books to be print dixie invades the campus to morrow night as pee wee erwin and his band from the grottos of greenwich village present a dixie land concert and dance on the up per floor of grace hall from 9 to 12 p.m tickets for the dance are 1.30 and can be obtained from any varsity l member or at the door the dance floor will be giv en a cafe atmosphere with tables and chairs surrounding the dance floor one of the biggest problems fac ing the epitome staff in the year book's initial phase of publication is the laxness with which seniors are turning in their proofs editor bob linck 53 says linck urges all seniors who have had their pictures taken to return their proofs and asks all seniors who due to errors in regis tration lists have not been sched uled to contact warren jenkins phone 6-2221 clubs societies and other orga nizations who have not been con tacted by the epitome and who would like to have their pictures in it should contact stan levy make up and associate managing editor at 6-6262 on the business side manager ralph meerwarth explained that 260 yearbooks have been subscrib ed for to date he warns that stu dents who want a book in may and do not subscribe soon may not be lehigh university brown and white volume 64 — number 12 friday november 7 1952 close group ties urged by hartman bands requests met will play at berg game lehigh university bethlehem pa like it . . music man a gone guv the university band will play at the muhlenberg game tomorrow as scheduled but only because of an administration meeting tuesday at which the band's requests for re hearsal facilities were met band director robert bou dreau and the band executive com mittee had agreed last friday that the band would refuse to play at the muhlenberg game unless its needs were satisfied according to bill westerman 53 student mana ger of the band westerman said the band's de cision was made after it was not informed that the upper athletic field was not being used last thursday he said there was an understanding with the athletic department that the band would be in formed when the field was free then last friday westermani said the lower field lights needed for a late practice there were not turned on as promised on monday a meeting of gen percy sadler director of athletics george ganz head of the music department and vice-president e see band page 3 hp tix tax tips 53 till although final results of the senior class's venture in sponsoring the fall houseparty have not yet been tabulated president nick gentile 53 released the following statement as it appears now the senior class will lose no more than one hundred dollars had not the government sted see houseparty page 3 n.y.-45 votes to rho eta will affiliate with delta chi charter to be presented nov 30