Brown and White Vol. 69 no. 4

              with living group pictures already being taken the 1958 epitome is be ginning to take shape according to a report received by the brown and white the last chance for seniors to have their pictures taken will be oct 9 or 10 if this deadline af fects you call carl schier at phi gamma delta for definite dates payment of the class assessment entitles one to have his picture in the yearbook however an appoint ment with the photographer must be made through mrs moravec be fore oct 5 without an appoint ment it will be impossible to have a picture taken dr w a aiken dies of stroke history professor since 1941 frank l magee a lehigh alum nus has been elected president of the board of directors of aluminum company of amerca magee who is 61 has been executive vice president of al coa since 1955 he succeeds i w wilson who was named chair man of the board a graduate of lehigh in 1917 as an electrical engineer magee suc ceeded dr eugene g grace in jan uary as a corporate trustee of le high university he has spent his entire business career with alcoa and held the post of vice president and general pro duction manager before becoming executive vice president he joined the board in 1952 upon his graduation from see lehigh page 4 red carpet spread for mom dad parents will have a chance to solve the great overdrawn check ing account mystery in addition to seeing lehigh on parent's day sat urday oct 12 for early arriving checkbook checkers the university has ex tended an invitation to attend the student concerts-lecture program friday oct 11 at 8 p m n grace hall clair luce noted stage screen radio and tv actress is featured in this the initial program of the sea son . . saturday morning classes will be open to the visitors who may at tend with their sons parents are also invited to visit fritz engineer ing lab and to see the exhibition of pantings in the alumni memorial building lobby the feature pre-game buffet luncheon is scheduled from 11 a m to 12:30 p m in grace hill lower floor faculty mem see parents page 3 it's maltby and harry for houseparty music to dance by say senior class officials . ...: . the fall formal on friday nov 1 will feature two danceable bands couples lost in the idyllic charms of sweet music will not be jarred by a tween floor transition from danceable music to calypso madness or wild dixieland the maltby band featured on the lower floor was at lehigh for ifc weekend in march 1956 bob harry and his band are relative new-comers to the valley al though they've gained a following in the philadelphia area harry fea tures danceable music making his band different from past bands who kept proceedings on the upper floor "" "™"~"" — — — — — — of grace hall jumping maltby got his break in the business when benny good man offered him a job with the goodman band in a short time maltby was the number one goodman arranger as the goodman arranger malt by wound up writing six flats unfurnished a piece which be came one of goodman's first mil lion-record hits however the com poser felt that it was time to settle down and spend some time with his wife so they moved to chicago his fame preceded him and by the time maltby arrived an offer to become head staff arranger for the cbs radio network had been made soon after that he joined paul whiteman on his american broad casting system remaining there for several years .» maltby later decided toinake the jump to new york night spots with the reputation he had already made for himself he was soon doing arrangements for major television radio and recording companies because of composing fame he was offered a job as music drector when rca formed the x label his first record st louis blues mambo also became his first mil lion seller although hp bands have been announced the theme is still a mys tery senior class officials are not talking the last spring hp featured a spring is here theme with skitch henderson and his band and an au thentic calypso group complete with oildrum . bongos ' providing the music - rules for this houseparty are ex pected to be basicly the same as spring houseparty the only changes to be made according to administration officials are to al low for the football game instead of the picnics held in the spring garaventi discloses vote on freshmen to the brown and white to help in keeping the lehigh student body well informed with reference to the freshmen satur day night of houseparty issue i would like to state some facts as you know at the first meeting of the ifc this year sept 16 a motion was passed to exclude freshmen from fra ternity parties on the saturday night of fall houseparty week end later in the week arcadia passed a motion to ask ifc to reconsider its decision for vari ous reasons after i received the letter from joe gratto presi dent of arcadia informing me of arcadia's action i contacted both joe and charley tilling hast president of the class of 1958 and we discussed the prob lem the chief point that caused ar cadia to ask for a reconsideration was the question of the effect the ifc decision would have upon see ifc page 4 first chapel topic is hungry world the rev dr edwin w kortz first of five visiting chapel speakers for the fall semester will present his oermon a hungry world sun day at 11 a m . dr kortz is the executive director of foreign missions for the moravian church in america prior to his present assignment he taught practical theology at moravian theological seminary here in bethlehem for seven years before entering the teaching field he served as pastor of congregations in virginia ohio and pennsylvania in connecton with his direction of foreign missionary work for the moravian church dr kortz has traveled widely in central and south america chaplain raymond e fuessle also has announced that there will be eour other visiting speakers during the fall semester on oct 20 the preacher will be the rev dr paul w hoon professor of pastoral the ology at union theological semin ary new york city baccalaureate speaker in june at the annual armed forces memorial service in the chapel on ov 10 the speaker will be a 1937 graduate the yen dean t stevenson archdeacon of the episcopal diocese of bethlehem and previously dean of leonard see prominent page 3 dr william a doc aiken 50 professor of history and enthusiastic supporter of lehigh activities died unexpectedly at 6:45 a m yester day an autopsy at st luke's hos pital revealed that his death fol lowed a cerebral stroke doc aiken as he was known by as usual but complained that he felt ill he collapsed shortly after mrs aiken called police and a physician but the long-time member of the lehigh faculty was dead when they arrived doc aken as he was known by his numerous friends in the faculty student body and bethlehem com munity was born july 21 1907 the son of the late alfred l and eliza beth hopkins aiken he served as professor of history since july 1 1948 he came to lehigh in 1941 as assistant professor in history and was made associate professor in 1946 from 1942 to 1946 dr aiken served as a major in the united states army intelligence in the mid-east he holds a staff cita tion before joining the lehigh faculty he was instructor of history at mcmaster university hamilton ont canada he was graduated from yale university in 1929 and received the m litt degree from cambridge in england in 192 and his ph.d degree from yale in june 1939 dr aiken was advisor to ifc and dr william a aikei to the class of 58 he was also a member of phi alpha theta his tory honorary alpha delta phi so cial fraternity and omicron delta kappa leadership honorary as well as numerous organizations in the lehigh valley he is survived by his wife the see aiken page 5 bethlehem pa friday september 27 1957 vol 69 — no 4 fall houseparty dancers to swing with maltby and sway with harry u s labor secretary to address graduates university 6-0331 magee heads alcoa board james p mitchell united states secretary of labor james p mitchell will speak at the 79th founder's day exercises sunday afternon oct 13 president martin d whitaker has announced that baccalaureate degrees will be presented to 60 seniors who completed studies during the summer session fifty master's and six doctor of philosophy de grees will also be presented mitchell served as assistant secretary of army in charge of manpower and reserve forces affairs before his cabinet appointment he became secretary of labor on oct 9 1953 during world war 11 he was the war department's director of in dustrial personnel division the post made him responsible for the labor and manpower problems affecting ~~~ j army contractors and the adminis . tration of nearly one million armed forces civilian employees he also served as a member of the national building trades stabilization board and as an al ternate for the under-secretary of the war on the war man power commission in 1948 he was a member of the personnel advisory board of the hoover commission at the request of the army he went to germany to study the military government's civilian employee program in 1950 he studied and reported on combat pay problems prior to government service he served as a director of personnel and industrial relations for r h macy & co and as vice-president of bloomingdale brothers 58 picture limit near lehigh university brown and white