Brown and White Vol. 73 no. 44

              poetry is rare and moving g raymond hodil 63 inter fraternity council representative to arcadia was elected president of the interfraternity council last night on the second ballot anthony m carvette 63 was elected vice-president robert g coo 63 beta theta pi was elect ed treasurer and r dennis way son 63 ato w t as elected secre tary hodil sigma chi president won the election in a contest with michael h risen 63 pi lambda phi and carvette delta tau del ta delta on the second ballot carvette was elected vice-presi dent on the first ballot the other nominees for the office were risen and anthony m archesi 63 presi dent of chi phi by richard hupka a rather unusual gathering took place in the osbourne room friday night the occasion was os tensibly just an afternoon of poetry reading the type that the english department has been sponsor ing on friday afternoons for some time the result was one of those rare and moving experiences that will be cherished by the many who attended ' . " • the performance was stephen vincent bene^s john brown's body it is neither drama noj poetry »'. but a creation combining some of the finest elements see poetry page 6 of both it has been called by some an american benet was born in bethlehem epic but it is not truly characterised by this title either the readers all craftsmen in ihe use of the spekeh word were helen search ernest dilworth barrett davis and david greene coupling benet's lines with a performance that must have required hours and hours of preparation they produced some really worthwhile results - . miss search's portrayal of milora wistfully and g raymond hodil ? status struggle manifests itself in false ideals dr joseph dowling associate professor of history discussed the need for status in our american society at the freshman discus sion series in drinker house lounge on sunday night dowling in an address based on david potter's people of plenty said that the american idea of equality means equal opportunity to move upward in society the result according to dr dowling manifests itself in false ideals such as fancy homes and cars people are put in the posi tion of having to strive for objec tives which they cannot reach opportunities for upward mobil ity as moving upward in the see community page 6 866-0331 she starts with an earthquake then she builds up to a climax said one new york critic in describing dame judith anderson's performance of medea 62 and lady mac beth these same productions will be seen at grace hall tonight at 8:15 p.m before dame judith opened the euripides jcilers play medea the idea of offering greek drama to the american public was regarded as a dubious commercial venture the opening night triumph when the new york audience literally stood up and cheered was a theatrical landmark — the first time in modern america a classic greek drama was a solid box-office hit the medea to be presented tonight has been abridged to cut out minor characters and speed the drama's violent action this also allows time for dame judith and four fellow actors to present lady macbeth first the star won two tv best actress em mies for her dramatic study of ambition and murder in this role her performance in cludes the celebrated sleepwalking scene appearing as macbeth and jason op posite dame judith is william roerick al though a veteran classic actor he is identi fied by millions of daytime tv fans as the dame judith appears tonight in grace hall premier at 8:15 see title page 6 : a summation of houseparty rules and regulations released recently by the office of the dean of.stu dents emphasized observance of all deadlines the list called attention to th fact that the houseparty judiciary committee will make periodi - visits to living groups during th v cekend houseparty activities will begir friday at 4 pm est and end e j 5 p.m est sunday fraternity guests and other date must be registered with dear parr's office by 5 p.m tomorrow residence halls dates are to b registered with mrs eberman s of see hp page 7 the epic — professors david m greene ernest dilworth h barret davis and helen search pre sent stephen vincent benet's epic of the civil war 35 students in race candidates file for class office hodil carvette elected to top ifc positions bethlehem pa tuesday april 24 1962 vol 73 — no 44 representatives stating that their main job was as a participating member something which has really been lax this year before the elections johnson asked for some of the houses to volunteer three or four o their freshmen to help a committee col lect donations to the cancer so ciety on wednesday april 25 from 6:30 p.m to 9 p.m may 5 was definitely set as clean-up day hp regulations for weekend listed by dean discussion a living room discussion fea turing members of the english de partment will analyze f scott fitzgerald's the great gatsby over wlr at 8 p m thursday participants on the pre-recorded session include sam toperoff peter o conner douglas a burger ed ward e sullivan all graduate as sistants in english and william p keen instructor petitions for the 12 class officers positions have been filed by 35 men elections will be held may 7-9 campaigning will begin tonight the results of the elections will be made public at flagpole day exercises may 11 robert c elser gordon t hoar and allen l greenough have filed petitions for senior class president hoare is now president of his class a position he has held for three years while greenough is vice president of the class of 1963 incumbent charles m wistar parry l hcsselman r vincent barger d stephen butler david m ball john f schoenf elder and robert p hess are competing to lead the class of 64 vicing for sopho more class president are ronald a kahlow alan r thiele barry e fritz and john d harper jr the incumbent the vice president's position will go to the presidential candidate placing second under the hare — ~— """" ' system of tabulating results four men have filed petitions for senior class secretary wil liam c mclntire frederick m ohsol paul k seibert and rob ert a sofferman sofferman was a solo candidate for the position last year vicing for junior class secre tary are barclay griffiths and wil liam c berg hi robert w kamp meinert roger l walter and richard m loekwood are the can didates for secretary of the class of 65 thomas m bayer william h steube j dennis barrean and thomas e bachman applied for senior class treasurer running for junior class treasurer are scott p lav simon levin robert b gibby jr and larry c walker joel m freed richard n toub david g williams and charles m hobson 111 are running for treas urer of the class of 65 a report of campaign expenses is due by 4 p.m may 9 at the stu dent activities desk . .... coo won the treasurer's position over allen l greenough 63 vice president of the junior class and archesi wayson was elected secretary on the second ballot archesi william h steube 63 delta phi and greenough were the other candi dates for the office in a series of nominating speeches the important tasks which would face the new ifc president were enumerated after the elections were over johnson on behalf of the execu tive committee thanked he ifc representatives for their coopera tion and expressed approval of their selections of the new execu tive committee johnson called for more active lehigh university brown and white accolade — the dame miss judith anderson lady knight will be appearing in medea 62 and scenes from macßeth to night at 8:15 in grace hall in the final production offered by the committee on performing arts the roles have won her world-wide acclaim including an accolade by queen eliza beth ii and two tv best act ress emmies