Brown and White Vol. 66 no. 49

              directions regarding payment of tuition for the fall semester will be ready by june 1 tuition for the fall will not have to be paid in june al though students may be able to do so if they so desire on sept 20 21 or 22 students will be required to fill out information regarding residences etc in the foy er of the alumni bulding at their convenience during the three days since this is part of the registration those students not completing it on these three days will be subject to the late registration fees the following schedule has been established for registration it would be helpful if students wagner said in so far as possible adhere to the following schedule june 1 through 10 registration materials will be available in packard lab room 400 on the above days from 8 a.m to 5 p.m students are required to fill out the required information in black or blue-black ink pops concert in grace hall by richard c wallis the last big blast before finals is coming up next friday at 8 p.m on the lower floor of grace hall when the band takes the floor for the annual pops concert the three finalists in the in tramural group singing contest will try to be the second group sets by the band beta theta pi champion for the last two years wlil try to be the second group to win three years in a row the first was pi kappa alpha which did so before the war guest soloists this year will be so prano shirlee emmons who was a featured vocalist in the 1954 christmas show in radio city music hall new york and baritone wil liam mcgrath refreshments of all kinds will be served to those at the tables which may be reserved by phon ing or calling in person at the music department office in the basement of grace hall ext 239 the charge is 50 cents per person following the concert there will see championship page 12 aspinwall elected 1956 president the referendum over 125 votes were needed at the close of polls on monday to make the vote on the re ferendum valid one hundred forty one votes were cast tuesday the class of 55 cast 117 votes on the referendum the class of 56 cast 317 votes the class of 57 365 votes the class of 58 42 votes seventy and five-tenths per cent of the voters favored the referen dum and voted yes and 20.1 per cent voted no with 9.4 per cent abstain ing only 50.9 per cent of the student body voted during the four day elec tion period b&w vacation with this issue the brown and white suspends publication until june 23 when the first of five summer editions is scheduled to appear we'd like to pass on the usual congratulations to the senior class and wish everyone a pleas ant summer if you're going to attend sum mer school here and would like to help out on the summer b&w contact prof walton h hutchins at the journalism office in the basement of drown hall ext 337 if you're not going to be here this summer and aspire to be a newspaperman drop in at the journalism office anytime and we 11 be glad to show you around the sixth ballot sweet on the fifth and hummers on the fourth voting on the referendum which would change the dates of the ar cadia elections from february to early december and prohibit fresh men from running showed 866 in favor and 247 opposed the reason election dates were ex tended for one day to tuesday was the low number of ballots cast on by tom kelly in recognition of his 43 years of outstanding service to lehigh for mer coach william sheridan the knute rockne of college wrestl ing was named dedicatee and pre sented with the first copy of the 1955 epitome by f bruce waechter editor of the 55 yearbook at flag pole day ceremonies wednesday the approximately 1,000 spec tators rose to offer sheridan a standing ovation his second of the day as waechter concluded reading the dedication which appears in the epitome speakers in the traditional rites were offered stiff vocal competition from a trio of belligerent canines but for the most part patience and lung power prevailed beginning five minutes later than the scheduled 11:40 starting time the program of awards and remarks moved at a fast enough pace to reach conclusion by the assigned 12:30 ter minus the program opened with se lections by the band comfort ably seated under shade trees for many of the spectators the band's menu of traditional le high songs was a welcome fea ture since most of the pep songs have been unheard since the november debacle at easton after an invocation by rev a eckhardt head of the department of religion ralph w hamilton past fill out 109 for draft deferment students hoping to receive 2-s de ferments from the draft board for the 1955-56 scholastic year are urged to complete form 109 in triplicate at the registrar's office before leaving the campus in june according to james h wagner registrar since there are over 1000 of these forms processed it will assist the registrar's office greatly if these forms are filled out in advance duncan p aspinwall 56 nelson l bond 57 and jack r fawcett 58 were elected next year's class presidents in class elections held last friday saturday monday and tuesday tuesday being added as an election day to give more stu dents a chance to vote aspinwall was elected on the fourth ballot bond on the sixth ballot and fawcett on the sev enth ballot other senior class officers are arthur f schaffer vice-president william t burgin secretary and george t gray treasurer schaffer was elected on the third ballot bur gin on the fourth and gray on the first the class of 57 elected george m lincoln vice-president david w bates secretary and albert n ol sen treasurer lincoln was elected on the fifth ballot bates on the first and olsen on the second jerome m edwards vice president stedman g sweet secretary and edward w hum mers treasurer were elected of ficers of next year's sophomore class edwards was elected on jack r fawcett 58 nelson l bond 57 vol 66—no 49 bethlehem pa friday may 20 1955 un 6-0331 brown and white students ante 1,800 for packer campaign registration june 1-10 in move to simplify system william billy sheridan renowned coach of lehigh wrestling teams 40 years talks with f bruce waechter editor of the 1955 epi tome after it was announced that the book was dedicated to sheri dan photo by roeger . epitome dedicated to billy sheridan by ray farkas news editor eighteen hundred dollars repre senting 10 shares in the packer hall dormitory fund-raising campaign have been pledged by six fraterni ties and two activity groups pi lambda phi phi sigma kappa chi psi phi delta theta and sigma alpha mv among the fraternities and wlrn and the brown and white among the activities have each voted at least one share toward a local bethlehem goal of 425,000 and the national aim of 2,200,000 mahlon b simon jr 57 chair man of the student fund-raising ac tivity organized by the brown and white found the response very encouraging and praised those giv ing for their forward-looking atti tude simon leader of newly-formed team number 146 of the bethlehem area said he was pleased yet re served about the present amount turned in with the campus goal of 50 shares in mind the editor-in-chief of the brown and white continued when the campaign started early this week we were doubt ful but these apprehensions have proved to be unfounded we're working on a project that should make every student giver glow with pride we're asking only 180 from each group — a sum that can be paid over a three-year period in a 80 man living group which is about average it works out to five cents per week per man this isn't too much to ask as eight groups have already realized other groups have the plan un der consideration — many others the sophomore cabinet epitome arcadia and many fraternities are now seriously considering the idea and i think i can safely say that we see 6 fraternities page 12 arcadia president announced the winners of recent class elections and introduced arcadia's president f bruce waechter waechter in a short and sweet speech that was typical of the re marks made called for a closer unity of the student body behind arcadia in the coming term donald h dimmick president of the class of 55 then explain ed the symbolism of the senior class cane before presenting it to duncan p aspinwall incom ing president of the class of 56 as dimmick was presenting the cane the barking duel of a large black and white animal of see awards page 6 registration for the 55 fall semester will be carried out during the final exam period june 1-10 in another move to simplify registration procedures it was announced today by james h wagner registrar students will report to packard lab room 400 where they will re ceive their registration tickets and photostatic copies of their class schedules pre-registration tickets including class hours they will complete these forms along with the attendance card and have them checked i wednesday june i—a-c1 — a-c hursday june 2 d-f riday onday june 3 g-h june 6—l6 — i - l uesday june 7 m-n wednesday june b—or8 — or hursday june 9—s-t9 — s-t riday june 10 u-z