Brown and White Vol. 50 no. 2

              dutch diplomat to be speaker seniors fail to sign cards three categories of seniors are presenting reasons why it is ne cessary for them to fill out senior record cards or to have their pho tos taken for the placement bureau records these men are those in ad vanced r o t c who think their being called into active service is imminent students expecting to take graduate work and students who have already made employ ment commitments e robins morgan director of the placement service says we are offering each senior something to which he is entitled but of which he fails to see the value advanced r o t c students should take interviews with the companies which are interested in seeing them these interviews may result in employment after the war interviews will start nov 1 such interviews will start on nov 1 but cannot be granted to any student who has not submit ted the proper records to the placement office morgan urges that all seniors fill in the record cards at once and have their photographs taken ap pointments for the latter can be made with the mccaa studios 115 west fourth street the same pho continued on page 5 accelerating juniors also to be eligible omicron delta kappa national senior honorary society will pledge four seniors and several members of the junior class who are ac celerating announced samuel j davy e e 43 president of the group all points must be handed in to mrs bowker in the arcadia of fice not later than 5 p m on sept 30 additional points for the sum mer are to be added to the lists which are presented following are the eligibility requirements and point list general rules 1 character shall be the primary require ment for membership in this fraternity members of the class of 1944 must have a scholastic average for the preceding five semesters equal to or better than the un dergraduate university average in the sem ester previous to the application members of the class of 1943 and of following classes must rank in the highest thirty-five percent in scholarship in their college no person shall be eligible for active mem bership until he has been in residence at lehigh university at least one year all applicants will ordinarily submit their scho lastic average for five semesters applicants who have fulfilled the residence requirement but have not completed five semesters at lehigh must have junior standing and their scholastic average must meet the required standard 2 the membership in the circle shall in clude 15 or more undergraduate men three to be elected in february of each year from the junior class eight to be elected in may of each year from the junior class and four to be elected in september of each year from the senior class this number does not include any men who were active members during the previous year and are returning for a fifth year 3 subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 the election will be based on the point system i.e those men in college who have earned the highest number of points shall be eligible to election provided that no man shall be eligible unless his points include at least a definite number outside his major group continued on page 5 4 the election of any man having the necessary points can only be prevented by cornelia otis skinner monolog ist will be the first attraction of the 1942-43 student concerts-lec tures series oct 9 at broughal high school miss skinner is generally con sidered by drama critics to be the leading monologist in america she has also achieved a high rep utation as a playwright and pro ducer besides being a well-known actress on the legitimate stage her original monologues have been ac claimed throughout the country as a uniuqe attraction and were well received at lehigh a few seasons ago the second concert of the series will be a presentation of mozart's popular opera the marriage of figaro by the philadelphia opera company nov 16 presents own variations sascha gorodnitzki will present a piano recital dec 4 for the past decade he has been a leading artist at the piano and plays his own variations of well-known works the fourth concert will be given by anne brown march 12 the negro singer has recently been ac claimed for her performance in the revival of gershwin's porgy and bess the final attraction on the pres ent program will be john brown lee a baritone with the metro politan opera company april 12 single tickets used these student concerts-lectures are mainly supported by the one dollar fee paid each semester at registration season tickets to fac ulty and townspeople and general admission ticket sales also make the program possible instead of the regular athletic book a single ticket will be issued at tht athletic office upon presentation of the bur sar's receipt this ticket contains letters to be punched for s c l events and numbers for athletic events fewer men take rotc since many freshmen and soph omores are enrolled in the navy v-l program and are not required to take military training lehigh's rotc unit will be smaller than last year's the unit is composed of 266 juniors and seniors taking the advanced course while 742 un derclassmen are taking the basic training the following appointments and assignments for infantry effective sept 21 1942 are captains chandler h mckaig chem e 43 john j meehan arts 43 arthur f mann arts 43 ross p vachon bus 43 william r williams arts 43 elbridge w palmer bus 43 louis f dellwig arts 43 andrew f leckie jr bus 43 nathan g lesh e e.'43 joseph p thomas jr bus 43 albert r tucker jr ch e 43 george h ried arts 43 first lieutenants john h bru baker jr c e 43 barton r heinz bus 43 bernard w dee han bus 43 john j mcgee c.e 43 william k remsen i e 43 robert s rumsey arts 43 john d ryan arts 43 clarence a steams jr arts 43 charles e sieger e e 43 george c stone jr arts 43 walter s titlow jr e e 43 john p townsend m.e 43 ralph b wittman m e 43 james w woods chem 43 richard t berg arts 43 guy c worrell jr m.e 43 richard h bernasco bus 43 andrew h brennan bus 43 francis a chidsey jr bus 44 roy b cowin jr arts 43 thomas h golden 111 bus 43 vincent f grasso bus 43 second lieutenants attached george j bussmann bus 43 wayne h carter jr arts 43 ed continued on page 5 franklin himmelberger arts 43 william b holberton bus 43 robert o jensen arts 43 charles a johnson bus 44 william c kirschner chem 43 arthur l landesman ch e 43 howard c leifheit arts 43 charles l lie bau jr bus 43 richard b pal mer arts 43 donald b parish bus 43 kenneth porter jr bus 43 clarence o prinkey m.e 43 john s reichard bus 43 her bert o schutt m e 43 ensign reported missing in pacific theater of war ensign hugh g van der veer 40 has been reported missing in action with the pacific fleet he was commissioned at annapolis may 4 van der veer was an in dustrial engineering major and was a member of the i e society during his four years at lehigh he was also active in tennis and in the sportsman's club and is a member of sigma phi changing status of erc students is clarified by statement from dean however my statement . . . has been interpreted in some quar ters to mean the end of all higher education for the duration of the war this is a misapprehension . . . need trained men the army is greatly in need of men of specialized training par continued on page 5 last week i announced that college students who are members of the army enlisted reserve will all or for the most part be called to active duty at the end of the term now beginning and thereafter as they reach selective service age this action has been foreseen as a possibility and in every presentation of the enlisted reserve plan to college students and college authorities it was clearly stated that enlisted reservists were subject to call at any time when in the opinion of the secretary of war the exigencies of war de manded it new change explained quotations from a statement by secretary of war henry l stimson follow conferences with the navy department according to dean congdon's statement warrant the declaration regarding the navy marine corps and coast guard collegiate training program that although there are no significant changes in the . . . program from the conditions set forth . . . previously ..." the emergency condition may arise which would necessitate the immediate call to active duty and immediate detachment from college training pro gram for duty ashore or afloat "... it is probable states the dean that enlisted reserve plans of the army and navy will continue to be slightly different not be cause of the basic difference in policy or values but because of the inevitable consequences of war the status of college students enrolled in the army enlisted re serve corps and the navy collegiate training program is made somewhat clearer by a compilation by dean wray h congdon of recent washington announcements concerning the calling of such reservists to active duty lehigh university brown & white price — 5 cents bethlehem pa friday september 25 1942 vol l — no 2 plan mass recruit day service men to talk on armed branches m-day at lehigh will mean mass recruiting day when on oct 19 a joint army-navy-mar ine-coast guard college procure ment committee holds forth on the campus under this joint plan for recruit ing reserve men it was agreed that such a board would visit each col lege campus about once a semester instead of interfering intermittent ly with college programs by sched uling random visits by various mil itary groups at the time of the committee's visit each branch of the service will first present its case in a fif teen minute talk at a general col lege assembly the services to be represented are army various branches army air corps navy v-l v-7 coast guard etc naval aviation marine corps following these presentations will be a 30-minute open forum for questions will return to recruit this all-university meeting will be held probably in the morning in the afternoon and evening rep resentatives of each service will have separate conference rooms to which students can go for further information and conference the representatives will then leave the campus without having done any actual recruiting about one week later each service will send a recruiting team and exam ining board to the campus to test pass upon and enlist students who wish to enlist and can meet quali fications students who are not in imme diate danger of being taken out of college by the draft will prob ably do well to defer enlisting un til they have heard the joint pro curement committee's presenta tions unless they have already in vestigated the various opportuni ties and have made up their minds applicants to see dean any applicants for the army enlisted reserve corps who are doubtful about going through with this enlistment until they have heard the oct 19 program should report to the office of the dean of undergraduates promptly and have their applications at least temporarily withdrawn the appli cations can then be reinstated later if desired the first selections for the army enlisted reserve corps will take place about sept 29 dr bull of the health service will arrange for a special corps of physicians and clerks to run applicants through their medical examinations to de continued on page 5 a.i.e.e holds smoker to introduce faculty the lehigh student branch of the american institute of electri cal engineers held a smoker last night in the engineers lounge in packard laboratory to acquaint the group with the two new faculty members associate professor cor nelius b brennecke and assistant professor frederick p fischer the meeting also gave upper classmen an opportunity to meet new freshman and sophomore members of the society odk to tap four seniors students asked to secure activities cards now all men are reminded to se cure their athletic cards as soon as possible these may be procured at the athletic office upon presentation of their bursar's receipts the cards will be valid at the yale foot ball game students present ing their cards will be admit ted to the game free except for tax monologist is first on scl cornelia otis skinner on first scl program in addition to the usual award ing of prizes and degrees there will be one honorary degree awarded the recipient will be an nounced later president clement c williams urges as many stu dents as possible to attend the ex ercises dr laudon received his doc tor's degree at the university of leyden in the netherlands since entering the netherlands diplo matic service in 1916 he has served as attache to london and buenos aires envoy to washington in 1926 consul at lisbon and min ister at berne switzerland he has been in his present capacity since 1938 the principal speaker at the founder's day ceremonies to be held in packer chapel at 10:30 a.m on wednesday oct 7 will be his excellency dr alexander laudon ambassador from the netherlands dr a laudon to deliver founder's day address see the art exhibit at the library a university advantage that not enough lehigh students take time to enjoy is the art gallery in the library starting this sun day and continuing until oct 11 the gallery will feature the fall exhibition of the lehigh valley art alliance a showing of the re cent works of about 60 artists from bethlehem and vicinity portraits and landscapes — done in pastels water colors and pencil — as well as some ceramics work will be on display this sunday most of the artists will be at the gallery in person a novel feature of the program this sunday will be that the names of the artists will be concealed so that it may be seen whether or not their works may be recognized from resemblance to former ex hibits the gallery is open from 2 to 5 every tuesday thursday fri day and sunday