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              m & c play saturday powell tenth senior sophomores elect five commends engineering cheerleaders wanted sophomores will have a last opportunity to apply as candi dates for junior cheerleaders at 4 p m tuesday and wed nesday may 13 and 14 at the trophy room in the gymnasium or on the field rain or shine according to s l gregg 31 head cheerleader officers for the three major posi tions on the epitome were selected last friday and six board members were appointed to serve on the senior class book committee the customary class election was held for the last time yesterday when the sophomore class selected four men for the editorial board and one man to the position of photograph ic editor frosh orators to vie may 14 signs hung from the sides of the car served both to advertise the play and to reassure police as to the reason for such exploitation of female charms the entourage proceeded through sayre park past the eight delaware avenue houses on fraternity row and concluded its progress by am using the steel-workers on their way home a final beat of the bass drum a hasty change from the scanties dresses and wigs of the parade to the more decorous if less comfor table clothes of the average frater nity man and the procession scat tered in its various directions coach jimmy o'neil was heard to remark that if they could go through that as well as they did no audience will ever be able to dis turb them six survivors to enter fi nal williams prize contest the circus has been called the most efficient organization in the world and the mustard and cheese club apparently recognizes this for they used some of its methods wednesday afternoon not content with mr spark's parade from the station to the cir cus grounds the local dramatic or ganization organized a city wide tour wednesday with the cast of the shannons of broadway as the featured troupers bass drums and females of the cast replaced the elephants and hula dancers of an ordinary procession but its ef fectiveness was not impaired george turn acted as marshall and police escort clearing the path with his motorcycle then follow ed in close succession two touring cars loaded to the gunwales with chorus girls musicians waitresses vaudeville actors and the like pre=med society hears hammond commencement speaker chosen dr g e vincent to de liver main address ball uncertain zachary bosen arts 30 who was badly injured saturday afternoon when he was hit by an automobile while playing stoop ball in front of his fra ternity house pi lambda phi was resting comfortably at st luke's hospital today according to his doctor bosen finished school in feb ruary and will receive his di ploma in june he lives in brooklyn n v and had re turned to school for a visit on sub-freshman day when the accident occurred during the game bosen rushed out into the street to catch the ball that he had thrown against the side of the house he ran into the side of a heavy closed car driven by a garage mechanic he was im mediately taken to st luke's hospital where it was found that he had a broken le.g a frac tured jaw lacerations about the face and several missing teeth he will remain at st luke's hospital dr crosby talks to eta sigma phi lehigh delegates at perm convention hear greek professor the business and industries of the future will be based on calcu lus according to dean d s kim ball of cornell in an address before the student branch of the american society of mechanical engineers last evening in packard laboratory in explaining this statement dean kimball showed statistically curves showing costs quantity of produc tion profit and the law of dimin ishing returns all of which fol lowed definite mathematically laws an engineer not only because of his knowledge of the mathematics of these curves but because of his peculiar training in methods of thinking is the man to analyze these factors of production said dean kimball in pointing out the broad ening field of engineering dean kimball is recognized as one of the greatest engineers in america at the present time he is an authority on engineering econo mics approximately 75 per cent of the men who are trained as engineers do not follow the technical line aft er graduation with an increase in the field of engineering this educa tion is becoming more and more important as a closing note to his lecture dean kimball said that he would not drop any of the technical subjects from the roster of the in dustrial engineer because it was these particular subjects that gave the man the training that made him valuable at the fiftieth anniversary of the american society of mechanical engineers he presented president hoover with a medal in commem moration of the event officers of the lehigh student branch of the american society of mechanical engineers for next year were elected in a short business meeting following dean kimball's address they are o j pearre 31 president l b britton 32 vice president w s mount 31 secre tary j t mcclain 31 treasurer five men made perfect scholastic records last semester according to dean curtis out of the 40 highest men in the university 27 are engin eers of which seven are chemical engineers two are juniors and three belong to other classes following are the ten highest men in each class — seniors goldstein i p arts 5.00 sie gel i m arts 4.67 kise m a ch.e 4.65 justice p g arts 4.60 hoffman r j arts 4.56 fruitkin l 8 arts 4.54 clyne i m arts 4.40 gidding s s arts 4.40 toth s 8 arts 4.33 kreidler c l c.e 4.16 powell w f bus 4.00 juniors neuwirth francis arts 5.00 freehafer j f e p 5.00 mertz j c ch e 4.78 miller h arts 4.62 kantner o a e m 4.44 forstall walton m e 4.42 waltman m r arts 4.41 meharg j g arts 4.38 easton e c e e 4.00 good man s h bus 4.00 kelly h c e p 4.00 mcgarrity w f ch e 4.00 ticehurst w h e m 4.00 sophomores elmore w c eng phys 5.00 rabinowitz benjamin ch e 4.86 mcadam d l eng phys 4.71 altman wilton arts 4.41 griesinger w x ch e 4.15 hottle g a ch e 4.05 serfass r k i e 4.00 spath w h arts 3.86 kaleda g m e e 3.79 barnard a f met 3.68 freshmen dewees g m engr s.oo langhaar j w engr 4.78 coo per c w engr 4.56 coxe c d engr 4.44 rhoads james engr 4.44 boughner jackson arts 4.12 bachman w c engr 4.06 decker l e engr 4.06 garrett r h engr 3.83 vennum r r engr 3.83 550 may attend summer school miners hear l j boucher 48 members of lehigh faculty will comprise staff of instruction w a furman elected pres ident for coming year at final meeting carl o claus jr the following men were elected carl claus jr editor in chief phil ip c lewis business manager arthur w thornton senior sec tion editor the senior class book committee consists of graham b camden everett a fay walton forstall jr william a furman frank r veale jr and frank a stutz the men elected to the editorial board were john c button jr ralph c benson robert h rar ing and rudolf imhof edward b hildum was elected photographic editor a new plan to place membership on the board under a strictly com petitive basis instead of having the usual class elections has been agreed upon hereafter the art edi tor will be chosen by the editorial baacdr&s tt jneo-^vho submits the best art scfleni regardless of class prospective art editors will submit thai ti schemes in september mem iey<ku*£§bttofy933 who de sire to enter the editorial board conuejbtuan should hand in their l^ptfw i v"hi i^pihp possible to carl claus at the delta upsilon house for consideration new staff publishes first issue of review tamed today literary magazine may be ob the sixth annual convention of eta sigma phi honorary classical fraternity was held at the univer sity of pennsylvania may 2 and 3 harry miller 31 and e c mc connell were delegates from the lehigh chapter dr horace wright and prof r h crum of the latin department and l m cohen 31 president-elect of the local chapter also attended the delegates were taken on a tour of philadelphia visiting many historical points in and about the city the omicron chapter at pennsylvania also gave a dinner dance at the hotel pennsylvania which was attended by all the del egates dr crosby professor of greek at the university of pennsylvania gave an illustrated lecture on greek re born dr lord head of the latin department at oberlin college also gave an illustrated lecture on a tour of the aegean islands an installation address was given by dr gertrude smith of the univer sity of chicago as a closing fea ture of the convention the members of the pennsylvania chapter gave a very capable presentation of bac chae of euripides a playlet in which the god of wine and rev elry doles out revenge for being wronged by causing his victims to go into murderous fury with appall ing results d o t choses officers finals in the freshman oratorical contest for the williams prize will be held next wednesday evening may 14 at 8 o'clock in room 109 christmas-saucon hall the six freshman english students who survived the elimination tests con ducted monday evening and who will compete for the 40 and 15 dol lar prizes are j m culverwell m l ruderman e fleischer j n murphey h c lackey and h i silver world peace crime and crimin als and college and education are the topics which have been assign ed for discussion at the prize con test the competitors will not know unitl the evening of the contest on which of the three topics they will talk first choice drawings of topics will take place at 7 p m the night of the contest and second choice drawings at 7:30 p m professors luch rhoads schenck finch and macdougall will act as judges ten minute speeches fourteen men spoke at the ora torical preliminaries monday eve ning and the finalists were selected from this group by a judging staff which consisted of prof m j luch prof e h riley a r braunlich and d h gramley all of the department of english prof luch announced that each man would be limited to ten min utes in the finals and the topics would be drawn by lot from the list of three mentioned above each of the fourteen competitors was limited to four minutes in the tryouts the topics were selected by the students some of the fol lowing topics were presented ad vertising prohibition philippine in dependence and patriotism the american negro was compared with the european negro a greater lehigh was discussed and the term collegiate was defined one and in some cases two men were selected from all the sections of english 2 and 3b to compete in the prize contest the qualities which the judges note in grading the speakers are composition and delivery the main points of com position are grasp of subject ar rangement and the construction and character of ideas and the main points of delivery are clarity force of expression and general platform decorum six chemicals to do research dean of temple medical school discusses ad mittance problem medicine is the noblest of profes sions whereas the ministry is the noblest of callings declared f c hammond m d f a c s and dean of temple university medical school before the robert w hall pre-medical society at their annual spring banquet 6:30 o'clock wed nesday evening may 7 at the ho tel bethlehem dr hammond professor of gyn ecology lecturer on medical ethics editor of the atlantic medical journal and medical aide to the governor of pennsylvania asserted that the selection of medical stu dents is the greatest problem which confronts medical schools at the president time personality and scholastic aptitude are perhaps the most necessary requisites he fur ther stated hall asks cooperation dr robert w hall head of the biology department and in whose d oo e nn s oo s r ed hh t e h:gfe^&a is time to call upon closer coordin ation blicwejyj jth£_pl£-niedic«l nd medical£#©3kir©dfeisslr & know two things how well do the pre-medieal students get along if they =■ spr^yy ual'j^i school and just what weightaoes the recommendation of the faculty concerning the student's ability carry maj n t kirk of the united states army medical corp and a classmate of dr r c bull ex pressed the opinion that medical students should be weeded out early in their pre-medical work ra ther than after they have complet ed their pre-medical studies dean c m mcconn dr stanley thomas f j trembley and m a farrell were also present at the banquet a c johnson 30 acted as toast master and a c johnson j g meharg 31 d w haff 32 and f biro 33 served on the banquet committee s s gidding president of the society announced that officers for the coming year would be nomin ated and elected at the next meet ing of the society at 4 p m next thursday may 15 in williams hall work will be eligible for master's degree at end of year's dr george edgar vincent pres ident emeritus of the rockefeller foundation will deliver an address the trained imagination at the commencement exercises tuesday june 10 10:45 a m in the chapel according to the program recently completed in president richard's office the commencement period opens on friday june 6 with a meeting of the directors of the alumni as sociation and closes on tuesday june 10 with commencement ex ercises the senior ball has been scheduled for monday evening june 9 although no plans have been made and it is not definite that it will be held the program is as follows fri day june 6 12 m meeting of the board of directors of the alumni as sociation at the bethlehem club 3 p m baseball game lehigh vs muhlenberg 7 p m alumni dinner and fiftieth reunion of the class of 1880 in the ball room at the hotel bethlehem dinner for the wives of the alumni and faculty in the blue fountain room hotel bethlehem saturday june 7 10:30 a m annual meeting of the alumni asso ciation in packard auditorium 1 p m alumni luncheon in drown hall and the armory 3 p m par ade of reunion classes 3:30 p m baseball game lehigh vs villano va 7 p m reunion banquets sunday june 8 10:45 a m acad emic procession from the alumni memorial building 11 p m bac calaureate sermon by the very reverend daniel wilmot gateson b a chaplain of the university admission by ticket until 11 o'clock monday june 9 10 a m meet ing of the board of trustees in the alumni memorial building 2 p m class day exercises on the campus 4 p m president reception to the members of the graduating class and their families the trustees al umni faculty and friends of the university 9 p m senior ball in drown memorial hall tuesday june 10th 10:45 a m academic procession from alumni memorial building 11 a m com mencement exercises in the packer memorial church address the trained imagination by george edgar vincent a.8 ph.d l.l.d president emeritus of the rocke feller foundation conferring of de grees award of commissions in the officers reserve corps admission by ticket until 11 o'clock faculty entertained by women's society approximately 550 students will be instructed by 48 faculty members all from lehigh in the required and optional courses to be offered this summer at lehigh according to dr natt m emery director of the summer session and vice president and comptroller of the university about the same number attended the courses last year the required courses will begin on june 2 and end june 28 they include assaying surveying and en gineering laboratory and will be given under the direction of three different departments five teach ers will teach assaying thirteen men including five seniors who will serve as assistants will teach sur veying and the engineering labora tory course will be conducted by two men about 250 men will at tend these courses the optional courses will extend over a six week period and the ses sion will begin on june 30 and end august 9 the courses will be taught by 28 teachers members of 13 departments delta omicron theta honorary literary forensic society elected new officers at a meeting held in packard laboratory last night the following men were chosen george w parsons 32 president edward j stack 31 vice presi dent henry p kreusen 32 secre tary-treasurer edward fleischer 33 corresponding secretary and sidney r snitkin debate manager club in drown hall annual may reception given by leitner is elected to teaching position experiences in mining coal in spitzenberger were described by l j bouchler of the universal atlas cement company of northampton to the mining and geological so ciety at its meeting wednesday eve ning election of new officers was held mr boucher told how he with other american engineers went to spitzenbergen in 1914 to develop coal beds which were discovered there they were practically the only inhabitants of the island and were isolated from civilization for nine months of the year tempera ture as low as 47 degrees below zero farenheit were recorded while on one occasion the temperature rose to 62 degrees above zero far enheit with the coming of the world war the american company sold its interests to a concern from nor way coal production averaged 150,000 tons a year election of officers for the year 1903-31 were held previous to the talk w a furman 31 was elect ed president j l weyesser 31 was elected vice president w h ticehurst 31 secretary and r h raring 32 treasurer curators elected were f m morris 32 and a m sherer 32 liberty high school expects to instruct german at statistician bores reporter with more useless information phi beta kappa makes dr palmer delegate the new staff of the lehigh re view published its first issue today the magazine a literary quarterly contains many features and in cludes a cut of packard laboratory a full page sketch of the new li brary drawn by frank veale art editor and several other illustra tions among the literary features are the following a descriptive article of the new library by e f under wood editor followed by two long articles a true short story entitled titian blonde a specialty for house parties written by revere beasley and an article on famous newspaper hoaxes contributed by kenneth kost gabriel ondeck has composed a philosophic poem of four sonnet se quences the hurricane by james pinkerton cyrano the magnifi cent liar by nacham davidson play reviews book reviews and editorials complete one sections of the new review in the science department is an article called the bohemian scien tist by edward s brotzman a short dissertation on planet x by maurice rosalsky and a case his tory concludes the issue moravian college dean also chos en as convention delegate society to initiate although he has not received a definite assignment it is likely that he will receive an appointment as a member of the german department at liberty high school a position for which he applied mr leitner is majoring in german at lehigh frederick leitner arts 30 has recently been elected as a member of the teaching staff of the beth lehem public schools for the com ing year today lehigh plunged into the gayest activity of the year spring house party carnegie examina tions classes and other troubles will be forgotten in the spirit of the affair the most outstanding event of house party will be the junior prom in the gymnasium tonight fletch er henderson and his orchestra from the roseland ballroom new york city will furnish the music the decorations are in charge of zollinger-harned of allentown and many unusual effects are prom ised chaperons for the prom will be dr and mrs c r richards dr and mrs neil carothers and dr and mrs r c bull saturday will be taken up with a three act comedy the shannons of broadway which will be pre sented at two o'clock in drown hall followed by a dance for the patrons of the show at 4:30 p m a lacrosse g|ame with annapolis will be held at taylor field a le high-cornell tennis match will also be held saturday afternoon at the steel field courts saturday evening will usher in the customary house dances at most of the fraternities houses giving dances and a list of their guests follows alpha chi rho misses helen ackerman allentown evelyn horton brooklyn ernestine niess philadelphia claire pflueger pottsville pa harriet lins verona n v kathryn faint philadelphia isabel patterson phil adelphia carolyn flatt reading marcia troutman philadelphia virginia ruggles wilkes-barre pa miriam biehl long beach cal clementine gibson swarth more pa olive grestorex arlinarton n j ethyle hildenberger bethlehem helen case eastport n v louise clarity phil adelphia grace heverly bethlehem vir ginia harmon pittsburgh mildred bastian wilkinsburgh pa betty gillian pitts burgh k fastenrath richmond hill n.y etta stein newark evelyn burn rich mond hill n v kitty licata brooklyn marjporie halbard chaperons mr and mrs sidney boulter hollis l i mr stuart meade bethlehem alpha kappa pi misses mary moyer shenandoah betty olsen philadelphia marguerite young auburndale mass alyce siegfried beth lehem mary ford moorestown n j ; dorothy dillenbeck cedar crest college claire kichline bethlehem dot pummill eminence miss frances hare newark evelyn rydquist maplewood n j helen raub wyncote ethel crane orange n.j virginia denman maplewood n j ; la homa peppell nazareth chaperons mrs george h denman maplewood n j ; mrs hoivard d sordon riverton n j alpha tau omega misses peggy page philadelphia grace stanford dover del ruth household santa monica cal ; ernestine mohr beth lehem anita fooks philadelphia ruth foley east elmhurst l i marian wells pottstown pa marjorie wright allen town jeanne rogers douglaston l i mildred enright jersey city josephine bair harrisburgh madeline lynch phil adelphia adelaide couderman hornell n v ; anne miller new haven janet long flushing n v ; caroline petrikin beth lehem betty reynolds washington d c chaperons mr and mrs lte barthold dr newcbmb and mr trembly beta theta pi misses ann young haverford jean barnett bedford pa ; marjorie grode coeur pitts-burgh pa anne sullivan phil adelphia mirriam reiss brooklyn helen campbell auburndale n v ; mary rheu tan richmond va robbin keurtzberg bethlehem kitty cone colonia n j eth el dutt bethlehem anne rueschle beech hurst n v ; mfriam bell harrisburg jane ford westfield n j helen wilson staten island jane orr sewickley pa larry rolfe philadelphia mrs jacob schroeder bethlehem frances salter sha mokin pa leila chiles bethlehem h dalton wood wilmington del chi psi continued on page four misses elizabeth preston brooklyn alice beatty pittsburgh margaret dalley new york city grace johnston highlands n j ; sue swain indianapolsi ind ; lois howell scranton hetty wells sweet briar va ; sarah jane cushwa hagers town md ; bess laudenslager allentown band elects officers resigns english post to study for degree prof p m palmer head of the department of arts and sciences and dean albert g rau of moravian college have been elected delegates by the lehigh chapter of phi beta kappa to attend the sectional con ference of that fraternity which is to be held may 10 in new york the meeting is being held primar ily to nominate new chapters in the middle atlantic district pi mv epsilon honorary mathe matical fraternity will hold a for mal initiation and banquet for its newly elected pledges at 6 p m thursday may is in hotel beth lehem the meeting will close the year's activities for the present year john c mertz 31 will pre side as toastmaster tickets for the banquet may be obtained from s l gregg shelly at yale j b severs will write thesis on charles h cleaveland 31 was elected leader of the lehigh univer sity band and erwin f underwood 31 manager both men were elect ed unanimously w c elmore 32 was elected librarian tom bass sells canes cyanide elects the following men were elect ed to cyanide club junior honor ary society at a meeting last evening j e angle r c clark c halsted a hoyt g hutchinson e issel j lyons m c mcneill w miller p myers t a nora c d reid r serfass e snyder and a ware do you know he said that no man whose surname began with a x or v ever taught at lehigh the statistician was sitting in his study puffing away on his old brier pipe when the brown and white reporter entered his eyes glittered as he showed the reporter a seat out of the mass of directories cat alogues and encyclopedias which surrounded him he pulled a copy of the lehigh alumni directory the reporter was slightly amaz ed but this was only the beginning the only man ever to teach at lehigh whose surname began with a q was walter f quast m e 14 m s 24 instructor of me chanical engineering 1917-20 and as sistant professor from then until 1926 harvey a zinzer b a 22 m a 24 assistant in physics 1918 22 and instructor 1922-25 was the only one whose surname began with a z the member of the faculty at the present time with the longest sur name is alpha a diefenderfer as sociate professor of quantative analysis his name contains 12 let ters only two other faculty mem bers in the history of the university have had longer ones these men lewis a freudenberger and otto c yon schlichten both had 13 let ters in theirs the reporter was falling asleep the statistician reached out his hand and shook him rudely do you know dean curtis yes exclaimed the reporter do you know that he taught economics at lehigh from 1920 un til 1926 and that during that time he held the rank of assistant profes sor do you know that natt m emery now vice president of le high was once an assistant instruc tor and later an instructor of eng lish do you know that frederick r ashbaugh the bursar was secre tary to the president of the univer sity from 1896 until 1908 do you know that dean c m mcconn is the first dean the reporter didn't know and didn't care he started to leave the oldest living graduate of lehigh continued the statistician as his guest slipped out unnoticed is henry s danker e m 71 president emeritus of lehigh but that was the last the report er heard of odd statistics of le high o d k wants lists omicron delta kappa senior lonorary society requests all juniors to turn in a list of their activities before sunday may 11 to either d l wright at the sigma chi fraternity or to r p lentz at the delta up silon house the annual may reception of the university women's club to the members of the faculty and admin istrative body was held tuesday evening in drowifhall drown hall was decorated for the occasion with apple blossoms and lilacs in the receiving line were the following newly elected officers mrs p m palmer president mrs robert smith first vice president mrs walter r okeson second vice president mrs homer turner treasurer mrs charles c bidwell recording secretary mrs willis a slater corresponding secretary mrs natt m emery was also in the receiving line dancing and bridge furnished the entertainment following the recep tion the committee in charge of the refreshments consisted of mrs f v larkin chairman mrs ar thur rose vice chairman mrs j l beaver miss isabel boone mrs neil carothers mrs dale cham berlin mrs richard j degray mrs d e doan mrs charles s fox mrs h gramley mrs h a haring mrs walter r okeson miss louise smull and mrs e h uhler the affair marked the close of the club's social activities for the season the following statement was is sued today by arcadia tom bass is the only authorized distributor of canes to the juniors this authorization has been made by the booster committee arcadia tom bass is charging 1 for jun ior canes j b severs instructor in eng lish has resigned his position here at lehigh to take post graduate work in english at yale university on a scholarship mr severs who has been a mem ber of the english department for three years will study for his ph.d he received his b.a degree at rut gers and his m.a degree at prince ton his thesis is to be a work on shelly six chemists and chemical engin gineers of the class of 1930 will en ter other collegiate institutions for master's degrees after graduating from lehigh the men will do re search work in the fields of chem istry and science and on the com pletion of one year's work each should be eligible for a master's degree the men who will continue are l m bennetch ch.e who will go to perm state a j frantz chem to new york university m a kise to yale university a n ro gers freshman student research fel low at lehigh a l smith fresh man student research fellow at le high harold j muendel ch.e has re cently accepted a position as re search fellow for work in mining and metallurgical fields which is to be done at the carnegie institute of technology in cooperation with the united states bureau of mines the fellowships carry a stipend suffi cient to cover living expenses for one year and are free of tuition charges john d long b s from frank lin and marshall 78 m s at le high 30 will continue his work for a ph.d degree at perm state uni versity c t oswald freshman student research fellow of 1929 will also continue his studies at brown university for a ph.d degree bethlehem pa friday may 9 1930 m.&c female cast tours city heralded by signs and drums epitome staff chosen for 1931 under old plan house party opens with junior prom price — five cents five men secure perfect grades last semester dean kimball predicts future business will be mathematical calls calculus industrial basis vol xxxvii no 52 brown and white carl claus elected editor in chief of year book henderson's orchestra to play decorations by zollinger-harned bosen recovering from auto mishap more than half of high est forty are en gineers all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate newspaper association