Brown and White Vol. 68 no. 24

              gift program supported many seniors subscribe in a letter to the brown and white dean wray h congdon issued a warning to lehigh students concern ing the illegal supply of liquor to minors by students of drinking age information has been re ported to the office of the dean of students that certain lehigh students have been seen to acede to the requests of teen-age boys to purchase beer for them and deliver it to them outside the door of the bar-room students should be warned that this is a state offense punishable by a fine of 100 to 300 or impris onment from one month to three months for the first offense furthermore any lehigh univer see no page 8 sini's one-act farce la scala di seta was the opening number on composer the overture was bril the program an early work by the liantly performed and set a lively tone for the selections to follow both the audience and the orches tra fell somewhat short of expecta tions during the second offering of the evening symphony no 4 in f minor by tchaikowsky the work is overplayed although not as much so as that composer's symphony no 5 yet can be very beautiful as it contains many of tchaikowsky's deepest thoughts and feelings the orchestra's brass section cracked during the opening bars and often the strings seemed overly disjointed maestra frec cia staged a recoup in the third movement by coaxing remark ably excellent pizzicato from the string section the lehigh audience must be soundly reprimanded for lack of see overture page 3 to date 321 members of the senior class have subscribed to the class gift program this accounts for 58 per cent of the class a record percent age for this date in the program according to roy w wegen 57 class memorial gift committee member all but 91 members of the class have been contacted so far only 126 of these have not yet subscribed of which 72 have definitely refused and the rest have asked for more time to consider the total amount promised has reached 96,300 each subscriber will pay 14 per year for twenty years at the end of twenty years the uni versity will receive 280 plus 20 interest for each subscription this is the 20th year of the pro gram the univeristy will receive the first of the gifts next year yearbooks selling fast top last year's total with the feb 1 deadline for pur chase of the 1957 epitome fast ap proaching a record sale of 1531 books to lehigh students 50 above last years total has already been registered according to mahlon b simon jr 57 books may still be purchased at the epitome office or in mrs moravec's office sales will close february 1 name students to center unit an advisory committee of faculty and students to supervise policies governing the new university center has been announced by preston parr associate dean of students the group will consist of three university officials five faculty members and seven students they will supervise operations in the center formulate policies and regulate apportionment of facilities staff members are dean parr philip b woodroofe director of residence halls elmer w glick treasurer dean glenn christensen prof john j karakash lawrence h gipson professor emeritis prof francis j trembley and prof her bert m diamond see dick page 9 center benefits revealed occupied the new living quarters for phi sigma kappa fifft ternity have been completed and members are busily preparing it for a housewarming in the near future their old home is now occupied by funeral directors moving poses problems for phi sigma kappas some brothers stayed at the house during vacation to get it into shape one of the biggest problems they encountered was getting their 900 pound refrigerator up twenty-five steps and into the house at this time the house is nearly finished the study and sleeping rooms are completed except for drapes and dressers of the three lounges the downstairs informal lounge has just been completed the kitchen which is also see phi sig page 6 phi sigma kappa fraternity is in the final throes of moving from across town to a new house in sayre park preparations for the big mi gration were started in early de cember on the thursday before christmas most of the belong ings were placed into packing boxes and taken along with the furniture to the new house by a moving firm from allentown the actual transfer of items took eight hours by tom ruddell four large dining areas an ultra-modern kitchen and three speedy serving lines in the new university center coupled with a controlled eating plan will greatly benefit the lehigh student university offi cials claim the controversial eating plan will in effect provide capacity dining during meal hours high attendance in the cafeterias will fully develop dining benefits to the student besides putting the new operation on a paying basis the eating plan promises to improve the quality and quantity of food available to students according to preston parr associate dean of students parr says that by preparing for a set number of people each meal and utilizing the latest in efficient equipment overall costs will be low quality high meals served would be alike in main courses but variety would still be major practice this view was shared by university treasurer elmer w glick who said in overall considera tion of the eating plan we will want to provide as much diversification as possible and still main tain economy for the student he also concluded that ". . . costs in the new cafeterias will be sub stantially lower than at lamberton hall because of a more efficient system compiling the serving plan the university secured the counsel of theodore minah director of food serv ice at duke university and daniel whit,e head of the bethlehem steel co dining service an ultra-modern system of three serving lines was devised backed up by a time-saving kitchen plan designing is under the direction of jens fredrick larsen university archi tect each type of food under the plan will originate from a specific area in the kitchen it will be pre pared in up-to-date ovens and moved by conveyors to serving lines rate of supply can be controlled on this basis and the steam table taste may become a thing of the past trays will be fed onto a subveyor system after the student has finished eating utensils will be sped down to dishwashing machines in the base ment seating capacity in the main cafeteria will be more than 300 it occupies a space 80 by 48 ft and will fea ture two strategically-located serving lines the other cafeteria 80 by 38 ft will seat about 200 and will have the third serving line together the cafeterias will be able to serve ap proximately 1.200 meals in two hours a turn-over of two and one half times they will occupy an area considerably larger than lamberton hall other eating facilities in the building will be a student snack bar and a faculty-student dining room see four page 4 vol 63 — no 24 tuesday jan 8 1957 un 6-0331 sack theta delt loot worth 1350 spring semester to be marked by refugee arrival music enthusiasts pack grace hall making music — the baltimore symphony orchestra directed and conducted by massimo frescia is pictured entertaining a near-capacity crowd in grace hall sponsored by cls the presentation received favor able reviews coats of the same size were taken from one closet but other coats of different sizes were not disturbed likewise records that were taken were of the type that would appeal to college men stromenger suggested that over vacation periods when it is relatively easy to burglarize a fraternity house young alumni who live in the area might live in the house to act as watchmen the robbery took the same pattern as previous larcenies which have occurred during the past few months the thieves who police suspect to number two or three seemed to know the layout of the house well congdon issues liquor warning final preparations are being made for the arrival of two hungarian refugee students for the spring semester according to david p sloterbeck 57 chairman of the campus chest committee the students are not expected to arrive until the end of this month it has not yet been de cided at which of 15 participat ing fraternities they will live sloterbeck emphasized the need for additional funds for the schol arships which must cover not only educational expenses but also clothes spending money etc at present other student groups are be ing contacted in order to raise the needed funds the movement was begun when campus chest received a letter from world university service ask ing aid in placing several hungar ian students arrangements were completed in a meeting with the wus field secretary during christ mas vacation by john hood the baltimore symphony orches tra conducted by massimo freccia opened 1957 musically friday eve ning in grace hall before 700 per sons the only larger audience in recent years gathered to hear jazz pianist erroll garner last season lehigh students their dates members of the faculty and guests were in for a treat as the orchestra surprised everyone with a display of polished mu sicianship found usually only in larger organizations the overture to gioacchino ros theta delta chi was robbed of articles valued at 1,350 over the christmas recess bringing to four the number of fraternities victimized in the current semester value of goods stolen now totals 1,812.50 the robbery occurred some time between friday dec 21 at 4:30 p.m and 7 p.m the follow ing day articles such as type writers radios record players and records were stolen along with a large quantity of cloth ing according to bethlehem police the thieves entered a locked french door on the south side of the build ing and proceeded to loot the house the theft was not discovered until late saturday when john c dris coll 59 entered the house when he discovered that his records were missing he notified police and sub sequently other articles were found missing philip stromenger 57 former house president said he thought the burglars were college men possibly from lehigh stromenger added that only clothing of certain sizes was taken as an example two sport brown and white