Brown and White Vol. 66 no. 8

              xiee in iroiit of phi sigma kappa fraternity center and market sts blown over by friday's hurricane hazel austin owned by phi sig pledge lee browder was parked nearby but was not damaged felled tree blocked road and damaged sidewalk ings the core of the tree was solid concrete as its center had rotted away years ago although the brown and white could not reach prof ba sil parker head of the biology department because his phone was still out of order sunday night it was reported that his property suffered severe dam age according to dean hayes who visited the parker property satur day all the apples on parker's trees were blown off and he assisted in gathering them up from the ground prof parker's barn roof was damaged and he also lost his barn door which was blown off by the hurricane winds the apple trees according to reports were very badly damaged as well as being stripped of their fruit prof lawrence whitcomb of the geology department civil defense leader in the area reported that he was on duty at sell field for about five hours friday night power was off on their radio equipment for about ten to fifteen minutes he said dean byron c hayes suffered the loss of a tree and his tv an tenna was badly damaged hayes also reported that the roof of a shed just down the road from him was blown off professor gault of the geology department suffered like damage as the door to his barn was blown off and the roof shingles were scatter ed in the winds hayes said there will be a lot of faculty see hazel page 3 dravo housing center for houseparty dates used in calling the dates from their rooms 10 per cent and incidentals 10 per cent this program is operated entirely by the rhc and any profit or loss will be absorbed by the rhc cancellations will be accept ed with a full refund on tues day night oct 26 between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m in the main lobby of dravo house cancel lations after this date will be ac cepted but only 2 will be re funded a man will be stationed in the dravo house lobby on thursday night oct 28 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m for last-minute cancellations and reservations students are asked to enter dravo by the front doors they should not go through the sections looking for rooms dates for this year's fall house party will be housed in dravo any one desiring a room for his date should sign up in the main lobby of dravo house tomorrow thursday or friday between 9 and 10:30 p.m students must present their id cards and pay the 2.50 rent al fee which includes sheets pillow case and towels for all rooms students will have to supply their own blankets and they should be delivered to the rooms by thursday evening oct 28 the rooms will be avail able for occupancy by 4:30 p.m on friday of houseparty here is an approximate idea of how your 2.50 will be spent rhc breakfast 25 per cent chaperones 35 per cent linen service 10 per cent public address system to be lehigh university brown and white royal scarletts . . . volume 66 number 8 lehigh university bethlehem pa tuesday october 19 1954 2nd parents weekend draws record 2,800 ball's royal honor goes to scarletts president martin d whitaker center shown with student and father at luncheon in grace hall last saturday record crowd of 2,800 students and parents attended the luncheon and football game despite bad road conditions caused by hurricane hazel spot dance was mr and mrs william scarlett ii of abington pa parents of freshman william scar lett 111 mr scarlett was graduated frcm lehigh with the class of 1928 the scarletts were presented with gifts following a coronation waltz in which they were the sole occupants of the spacious floor proceeds from the dance brought the total of contribu tions to the chest drive from see charity page 4 with lee vincent's orchestra pro viding the atmosphere 500 students dates and pc rents enjoyed an eve ning of dancing at saturday night's campus chert charity ball on the upper fiocr of grace hall the feature of the evening which also served as the climax to lehigh s second annual par ents weekend was the selection of a k'ng and queen from the parents attending the honored couple chosen in a hurricane hazel the vengeful lady who cut a path of damage and destruction as she made her way up the east coast threatened but then failed to spoil the proceedings for the second annual parents week end record crowd of 2,800 persons who attended the football game and university luncheon saturday the record 2,800 exceeded last year's gathering by 500 the parents and their sons were treated to a wide variety of activi ties ranging from a chapel service to fraternity parties a highlight of the weekend was the charity ball at grace hall held for the benefit of the campus chest during the dance mr and mrs wil liam scarlett ii of abington pa were selected as king and queen lee vincent and his orchestra pro vided the music the university parents com mittee heard plans for a new dormitory and a new university center on saturday when they met on the campus in connec tion with the annual program clark w king executive vice president of the allegheny-ludum steel corp was chosen chairman of the committee to succeed joseph t simpson the committee also chose eight new members for the coming year they are james c bates phillips burg pa withworth f bird new see parents page 4 fast girl hazel dates lu these parents and students were among the 2,800 who circled the buffet tables in grace hall saturday the occasion was the pre-game luncheon given by the university in honor of the parents visiting the campus for the second annual parents weekend by robert morgan tales of damage resulting from the 82-mile-an-hour flick of hurri cane hazel's skirts continued to mount as the brown and white went to press sunday night athough the chief damage on campus was to the tree popu lation there were some anxious moments and near misses as stu dents unable to restrain their scientific curiosity ventured out into the blow and dodged falling branches jet-propelled slates and live power wires probably most unfortunate was peters frank 57 whose late model car was all but demolished when a hugs tree fell on it downtown faculty members did not escape the wind-swept wrath of the tropic miss either many reported damage to their property perhaps the clos est call of all came to prof earl j serfass head of the chemistry de partment a huge poplar tree in front of his house was uprooted and fell on his roof pulverizing the curved tiling and smashing newly erected awn smiling happily over their honor and liquid gilt are mr ana ivirs scarlett chosen as the royal couple at the charity ball their fresh man son and date are at the left gene murphy left and buell mil ler flank the scarletts