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              bach to be heard over new amplifiers designed by e.e.s idiot's delight slated for may 10 not may 6 price — five cents fielding eliot analyzes war in scandinavia may 8 chosen by arcadia as election date elects new officers tone concludes programs ; by richard b palmer for the first time in the history idiot's delight takes shape under rights may 8 cox states balloting for officers cheer leaders to be held major claims there are no causes for u s entering conflict anti-war propaganda is robert e sherwood play's theme because of an error in print ing the tickets for the idiot's delight production of the mustard and cheese club set the date for the play on mon day may 6 according to haz en p chase bus 41 the play will be given on friday even ing may 10 1100 hear expert talk show to go on may 10 to vote for town head editor speaks on far east christian century writer addresses phi betes on u s isolation transmission and through its use the listener is able ot visualize the location of the singers and the or chestra the new method of trans mission uses two complete and in dependent emplifying systems in the chapel a microphone on the left side connects to an ampli fier which is connected by a trans mission line to an amplifier and loud speaker in the left side of the packard auditorium a micro phone on the right side of the chapel is connected in a similar manner with a loudspeaker on the right side in the auditorium to provide pick-up for the front cen ter stage where a soloist stands a third microphone in the center of the stage is attached to both cir cuits in order to insure the best of performance a number of special of the bach festival lehigh engin eers will have a part in the actual business of production on friday may 17 and saturday may 18 the world-famed bach choir will give the 33rd performance in its his tory this year in order to take care of the overflow of music lov ers who wish to listen to the festi val lehigh electrical engineers under the direction of henry c knutson associate professor of electrical engineering have com pleted a new amplifying system which will bring the festival mu sic to listeners in the packard au ditorium this new system has been de veloped in an attempt to overcome the lack of depth and perspective which characterized the former amplifying sysetms it is known as an auditory perspective system of continued on page four williams prize draws 17 men alpha phi omega installs 7 officers the lehigh symphony orchestra sponsored by tone honorary mu sical society presented the soci ety's final afternoon concert of the year at 4 00 p m sunday in pack er memorial chapel before an au dience of about 200 persons among the numbers performed were overture to rosamunde by schubert the surprise sym phony in g major of hay den and l'arlesienne by zizet in addition doris louise english sang the solo ii bacio by arditi officers of the symphony or chestra will be elected at a short meeting friday in the chapel election of officers to tone were held friday night in the chapel at which time david e richards arts 42 was elected president mervin j fry arts 41 vice president robert k beckwith eng 43 program director frank hertzog arts 41 secretary and richard t berg arts 43 treas urer the officers will be inducted at a banquet to be held may 10 at the delta upsilon house 17 new members initiated sunday in drown hall 6 finalists to be chosen at 7 p m tomorrow in packard lab warren boyer to lead band 90 attend banquet fry garland gain posts for coming year seventeen new members were initiated and seven officers install ed at a meeting of alpha phi omega national scouting fraterni ty held sunday afternoon in drown hall announced richard m shepherd ch e 41 newly install ed president other officers installed were robert i felch i e 41 vice president richard a ware arts 41 recording secretary george f messinger m e 41 correspond ing secretary thomas j lewis jr bus 41 treasurer donald w kurtz e.e 42 historian philip lutters m e 42 alumni secre tary the new faculty advisor is fay c bartlett director of physi cal education and the scouting ad visors are herman e hauke scout commissioner and j jay wilcox scout executive the newly initiated members are freshmen roy b co win jr arts william s eisner eng rich ard k eberts arts c franklin fehnel jr bus burt l heimer bus alan d hinrichs eng john j hucker eng thomas c mcal lister jr eng carl neuendorffer eng william c patterson jr eng sophomores william e gheen m e edgar k mulhaus en c e robert j mcgregor ch e james f pfeffer m e roy e woodling jr e m c dennis gilchrist i e a picnic for the last meeting of the year will be planned by mess inger gilchrist and miller continued on page four stage struck faculty members cut loose in gilbert and sullivan operetta continued on page four idiot's delight by robert e sherwood the mustard and cheese spring production to be presented may 10 is rapidly taking shape under the guidance of albert a rights director of dramatics the cast is putting the finishing touch es on the memorizing of the script and the scene builders are well on their way in the contruction of the modernistic set hazen p chase bus 41 mem ber of mustard and cheese gives an insight into the work of the stage designers lynn fontanne and alfred lunt who were in the production of idiot's delight in new york were the inspiration for the story of the play the theme of the play centers on anti-war propaganda the scene takes place in a room of a second class hotel in the italian alps somewhere near monte gabriele the construction of this scene for the stage is a fas cinating problem for the design ers of the mustard and cheese club and the english 62 section harvey h chamberlain e e 41 henry d manley bus 41 and alexander m craig bus 41 have spent weeks in making draw ings and model sets for the stage version and they have been the guiding hands of the scene build ers scenery is major difficulty according to chase the major difficulty encountered in the scene building has been the construction of a section of scenery which is supposed to be shattered when an imaginary bomb blows in the side of the hotel room the whole tone of the set is one of modern design and atmosphere the panels of the set are of violet-blue color and simplicity of design is observed throughout all the furniture on the set will be of modernistic de sign the script of the play will be enlivened by the use of sound eff ects o fthe type which added great ly to the production of dead end the elaborate control booth used in the former play will be en larged and a similar system of co ordination between script and sound effets used in dead end will be employed preliminaries in the contest for the williams prizes in extempore speaking will be held at 7 o'clock tomorow evening in packard au ditorium at that time 6 finalists will be chosen from the 17 juniors and seniors the contestants have been divi ded into three groups from each of which two contestants will be chosen to speak in the finals to be held on the evening of wednesday may 1 each contestant's talk must be from seven to nine minutes in contestant will receive his topic from a list of three topics which was handed to j calvin callaghan director of debating last week lynn c bartlett arts 43 has been selected as chairman of the preliminaries and robert whipple eng 43 as timekeeper no preliminaries will be held in the freshman contests mr calla ghan stated freshman finals will be held on the same evening as the junior and senior competitions the following students have re gistered for the contests carl fittkau arts 40 thomas b woods e e 41 john v mcguire e e 40 donald schoen arts 41 alfred e ponter bus 40 john c walker arts 40 norman l morse ch e 40 charles r kie fer arts 41 robert f koenig the only far-sighted policy for the u s to adopt is to extricate itself as quickly and completely as possible from the situation in asia dr paul hutchinson managing editor of the christian century said at the annual lehigh-lafay ette phi beta kappa dinner on friday evening at the pomfret club in easton speaking on the subject the future of american policy in the far east dr hutchinson asserted that nothing in the long run can be gained by any kind of partici pation in the far eastern conflict twenty-four lehigh seniors were formally accepted into mem bership of phi beta kappa the oldest national honorary scholar ship fraternity professor albert h gilmer president of the lafayette chapter acted as toastmaster william schaefer hall speaks other speakers at the dinner were dr william schaefer hall former secretary of the lafayette chapter and w clement eaton professor of history at lafayette who recently won the coveted duke university prize for his book entitled freedom of thought in the old south hutchinson pointed out that four major considerations must be re cognized in building a long term for eastern policy first the rea lization that the problem is one of all asia which is teeming with po tential revolution througout sec ond that the future of europe is also involved as is shown by the attitudes of european leaders in wooing asiatic powers third we must expect the break up of the british empire that is a structure based upon a rapidly passing type of imperialism finally there is the possibility that british decay may be paralleled by the growth of russian dominations he said next year's banquet of the two seniors initiated continued on page four warren f boyer ch e 41 was elected director of the lehigh uni versity band at the first annual band banquet last night the ban quet attended by 90 men was the official closing of the band's active year mervin fry arts 41 and richard garling ch e 41 were also elected to posts in the band fry to assistant director and gar ling to business manager william billy cornelius exe cutive secretary of the alumni as sociation one of the speakers promised the band members to puil or if necessary break the necessary strings to enable the band to go and play for the case game next year senior impressions given other guests of the evening were president clement c williams dean wray h congdon andrew w litzenberger superintendent of grounds and buildings and t ed gar shields director of music after introducing each of the guests ralph martin ch e 40 director of the band for the past elections for class officers cheer leaders arcadia member-at-large and town council president will be held wednesday may 8 in drown hall announced alfred t cox c e 40 chairman of the el ections committee petitions for arcadia member-at-large and town council president must be in arcadia's office by 6 p m monday may 6 the regulations are as follows 1 there shall be a general election in which the class officers cheer leaders ar cadia member at large and town council president shall be elected 2 the election shall be held on wed nesday may 8 in drown hall the polls shall be open at 8 a m and close at 6 p.m 3 all elected men shall be chosen by a majority vote according to the ware pre ferential system 4 all men nominated in class elections by the nominating committee will be com peting for office of class president the nominee receiving the majority of votes shall be the class president the office of secretary-treasurer shall be filled by the runner-up candidates from among those re maining after president is elected the slate of candidates shall be kept secret until the polls are opened 5 the member at large to arcadia cab inet will be elected he must be a junior and submit to arcadia a petition listing his campus activities and his qualifications for office at a special meeting of arcadia two days before election six candidates will b chosen at least one from each of the three living groups and their names will appear on the ballots on election day the candi dates must not know of the selection until the polls open if an arcadia member sub mits n petition he will not be allowed to attend the special meeting the entire stu dent body with the exception of seniors will vote preferentially for each candidate petitions must be in the arcadia office by 6 p m on monday may 6 6 men desiring to run for office of pres ident of the town council can secure nom inating petition blanks from the arcadia office in drown hall each candidate must be sponsored by 15 members of the town group of whom no more than five shall be from one section sponsors may sign only one petition petitions must be in the ar cadia office by 6 p m on monday may 6 7 ballots shall not be signed 8 the election committee shall turn bal lot boxes over to dr beardslee who with a faculty assistant chosen by him and with one member of each of the three student governing bodies assisting him will count and record the votes 9 there will be no campaigning in drown hall and the use of placards on the cam pus or in any of the university buildinßs is prohibited hamlet mousetrap is lecture topic by arthur l landesman periodic warfare in europe does not afford the united states any economc political or social mo tives to enter a war to solve prob lems of european nations or pre serve democracy commented ma jor george fielding eliot noted u s army military expert commen tator and writer in an address on the war in scandinavia before a audience of 1100 people friday evening in broughal high school auditorium the americas have enough problems of their own at home and enough trouble in preserving democracy among themselves without getting involved in a eur opean war which would gain them only enemies and financial trouble the speaker further declared book to be in march of time major eliot whose book the ramparts we watch is soon to be produced as a march of time moving picture spoke on the scandinavian campaign and ans wered questions of the audience after his main lecture he caution ed his audience about expecting a miracle by the allies in their attempts to dislodge the hitler war machine from norway the ger man forces have in trondheim and oslo two of the most strategic positions in the country and it may be some time before allied forces can obtain their objectives there major speaks cautiously in his address major eliot told why scandinavia was chosen by germany for its battleground for its war against the allies the other alternative was the balkan countries the lines of communi cations from the balkans would have been very long and norway has a coastline to the atlantic which would be very advantageous to the germans in escaping the allied blockade the speaker was very deliberate in speaking and seemed to choose his words carefully it was noticed that he spoke in a typical military manner clipping short his senten ces and speaking in an even but firm tone in the course of major eliot's address this writer noticed that he deliberately refrained from giving his own opinions and later did not commit himself on any question this was probably because of his position in the u s intelligence service in answer to a question the ma jor voiced great doubt as to whe ther germany will desire to at tack the united states if she wins the world war 11 and he express ed greater doubt as to her ability scabbard and blade lehigh mil itary society was the sponsor of major eliot's address and prior to his lecture the society gave a tes timonial dinner for him in the university room of the hotel bethlehem at the dinner new offi cers were welcomed into the group 400 see operetta cast of patience congdon mrs scott lead dr samuel a tannenbaum specialist in psychotherapy and member of the shakespeare club will speak on the mouse trap in hamlet at a special lecture at 8 p m thursday in room 302 chirstmas-saucon hall announced dr robert m smith head of the deaprtment of english dr tannenbaum was born in hungary and came to the united states in 1886 he attended the college of the city of new york and received his doctor's degree in medicine from the college of physicians and surgeons of co lumbia university in 1898 he is a member of the new york medical society and is the editor of the shakespeare association bulletin he is the author of many books among which are problems in shakespeare's penmanship was william shakspeare a gentle man the drinking academy and the psychology of acci dents 5 complete flight tests approximately 400 faculty mem bers their wives and guests at tended the presentation of gilbert and sullivan's operetta patience given by the university faculty chorus saturday evening in drown hall members of the cast were wray h congdon dean of undergradu ates as archibald grosvenor mrs david scott as patience ed gar h riley associate professor of english as reginald bunthorne william b todd arts 40 as the duke of danstate howard w alexander instructor in mathema tics as colonel caverley charles w simmons professor of chemi cal engineering as major murga troyd james l clifford assistant professor of english bunthorne's solicitor lady angela was played by helen minnich lady sophia by mrs hilton smith lady ella by mrs allison butts and lady jane by mrs charles simmons five lehigh students completed their flight tests thursday at the allentown-bethlehem airport in the civilian pilot training course sponsored by the civil aeronau tics authority robert lindner c a a inspec tor supervised the tests authoriz ing the issuance of the private pi lot certificates eight seniors of the 40 enrollees who have now com pleted the course are as follows robert h ireland m e donald r luster m e walter s russel ch e robert s taylor bus and donald s wilkinson arts brown and white photo tentions at the pensive dean are mrs hilton smith william b todd arts 40 mrs clarence h danhof and miss minich on the right reading from left to right are mrs charles w simmons mrs danhof mrs james l clifford edgar h riley pro fessor of english and derrick h lehmer professor of mathematics pictured above are scenes from the gilbert and sullivan opera patience which the more musically inclined members of the faculty produced saturday night in drown hall at the extreme right is mrs thomas e jackson in front of whom stands golden-voiced dean wray h congdon the additional characters directing their at bethlehem pa tuesday april 30 1940 brown and white vol xlvii — no 48 200 hear annual musical concert all the lehigh news first member intercollegiate isetcspaper association z 612