Brown and White Vol. 50 no. 24

              elect szymakowski next grid captain japs strongs lunde warns lehigh holds binder night for cage ace bill honored by dean team and fraternity bill binder lehigh's high-scor ing basketball captain was doubly honored wednesday night as his team trampled over upsala college 73-47 the same evening was set aside as bill binder night and binder received gifts from the university his fraternity brothers and the team this was bill's last game for lehigh as he will grad uate in january and he played brilliantly in netting 23 points for the past three years bill binder has been the mainstay of the brown and white basketball squad in each of these years he has been the team's high scorer and best all-around man in the 1940-41 season he was given hon orable mention on the all-state team and last year he was picked on the first team during the half-time intermis sion dean congdon presented bill with a trophy from the university in appreciation of his basketball record and his fine leadership qualities the dean noted that in all lehigh basketball history no player has ever made as good a record as binder team house honor bill before the dean's presentation bill received a watch from his fra ternity brothers the delta tau deltas bob whipple president of the house made the presentation bob bailey then gave bill a pen and-pencil set as a gift from the team jim gordon basketball coach was the next to praise bill he stated that binder was not only a fine shot but a great team player and that there would be a big hole to fill when he left mr and mrs binder bill's par continued on page 3 licking the japs won't be as easy as most people think major o w lunde of the army air corps veteran of the battle of ba taan warned a gathering of about 150 sophomores at the class ban quet held wednesday evening at the masonic temple lunde a recipient of the silver star award for gallantry in action related some of his personal ex periences during the history-mak ing philippine struggle he re cently returned from australia where he participated in the spik ing of japanese plans for the inva sion of that continent he graphically described the ter rible hardships undergone by american forces during their he roic struggle against overwhelm ing odds during the last days of bataan lunde and his men had to subsist on horses mules lizards and snakes so scarce was food that some men lost as much as 80 pounds the major stated that the jap anese assault was devastating and well-planned fifth columnists cut telephone lines so that the defend ers were unable to send for re-in forcements or to warn of the raid u s air-fields were so devastated by bombs during the first days of the conflict that pilots were forced to land on and take off from the manila streets e kenneth smiley director of admissions served as toastmaster while dr claude g beardslee head of the department of moral and religious philosophy delivered the invocation the dean in an interview indi cated the possibilities of students continuing their college work ac cording to their present relation ship with the various armed ser vices his predictions follow 1 advanced r o t c students senior year whether in erc or not called to active duty upon graduation in january or june 2 advanced r o t c students junior year and in erc if taking technical engineering courses call ed to active duty at end of spring semester june 1943 non-technical students called to active duty at end of present semester pre-meds may return 3 pre-medical students in erc called to active duty in june 1943 but after completion of basic mili tary training probably 13 weeks may be selected for further medi cal or pre-medical training if non-erc students are called by draft boards before end of spring semester they may be allowed to finish college year 4 all other army erc men called to active service at end of present semester 5 army air corps erc some what uncertain but probably as now will be left in college on in active status until training facili ties are available 6 all v-l v-5 and v-7 reser vists at some early date will be placed on active duty as appren tice seamen with full pay subsis tence and uniforms and will be assigned to further college train ing as follows 7 v-l v-7 reservists in engi neering courses called to active duty on completion of eight sem esters of college work providing that they remain off probation some navy men to stay 8 v-l v-7 reservists who are undergraduates in medical dental or theological courses called to active duty as apprentice seamen under instruction in accelerated curricula in approved schools and seminaries and continued until completion of their professional studies 9 all other v-l and v-7 reser continued on page 2 team selects star at fall sports banquet harriers choose wiley booters pick berg stan szymakowski lehigh's star fullback of the past season was elected football captain for the next season at a fall sports banquet held last night in lamberton hall the announcement was made during the presentation of letters by coach hoban after a secret ballot had been taken before the dinner presented to football soccer and cross country men and the junior ■ varsity football letter winners were announced this banquet was the first of its kind held at lehigh previously each sport had held its own din ner but this year the athletic de partment decided to hold one big < banquet for all fall sports ken , smiley director of admissions acted as master of ceremonies for the affair 1 short talks were given by wai ' ter okeson vice-president of the university president c c wil liams george hoban head foot , ball coach jim gordon cross country coach billy sheridan soccer coach and eb caraway junior varsity football coach stan has fine record other guests included wray h congdon dean of undergraduates fay c bartlett director of physi cal education andrew litzenberg er superintendent of buildings and grounds dr claude beardslee dr billinger member of the athletic eligibility committee and the as sistant football coaches and train ers szymakowski is a junior from greenfield mass he is an arts major stan starred on the fresh man football team his first year and was one of the outstanding men on the team last season this year he was picked on the first team of the ap's all-pennsylvania eleven and received honorable mention on the all-eastern team he was also given the maxwell award for the outstanding college player in the east one week during the season when called upon for a few words stan said he wished to thank all the fellows for electing him and he hoped he could do as good a job as bernie deehan had done above all szymakowski said he hoped he would have a team to captain next year a total of 46 letters were pre sented of these 25 were for foot ball 13 went to soccer men and eight were for cross country four of these letters went to student managers the junior varsity foot ball men will receive their awards at a later date the soccer squad nominated phil berg as captain for next year and the cross country team elected fred wiley to lead them letters were m & c gives nazi drama the much criticized war drama the moon i s down a john steinbeck novel based on the ger man occupation of norway will be produced by mustard and cheese at 8:30 p m tomorrow in broughal high school auditorium the play was first produced last spring in new york city after hav ing been a best seller when in novel form a year and a half ago while no direct reference to the nazis and norway is made in the play it is easily seen that the author bases his story on the ger man invasion and occupation of that nation the play aroused a good deal of discussion because some critics be lieved it painted the german sol dier as fundamentally a human be ing rather than the animal-like nazi creature that has been the usual picture placed before the american people on the other hand many writers have recom mended the play for its excellent portrayal of the weaknesses in the nazi armor nazis meet free spirit the action centers on the effect of the reign of the totalitarian tyranny on the freedom loving people of a small town these peo ple have enjoyed the fruits of de mocracy and they cannot compre hend the new order the mayor of the town who he roically champions the cause of freedom in his own humble way is played by randall c giddings arts 43 the german colonel who reveals some traits of a human be continued on page 3 e.e society to hold christmas party the annual christmas party of the lehigh student branch of the american society of electrical en gineers will be held at 6:30 p m today at lamberton hall all professors in the department of electrical engineering will be present as well as santa claus fh the person of richard r waer e e 44 underclassmen will pre sent seniors and the professor with gifts the party is open to all mem bers electrical engineers wht have not joined the society as yet may do so at the door the price is 2 for upperclassmen and 1 for freshmen dr charles herdy prominent bethlehem steel research worker will be the main speaker at the annual metallurgical society christmas banquet at 6:15 p m dec 21 in lamberton hall his subject will be interesting ex periences in metallurgical work tickets which are 1.15 can be obtained from the following mem bers of the banquet committee charles hilton 44 chairman charles norlin 43 william hursch 44 william hittinger 44 and john donahue 44 maior o w luinle veteran of far major u w lunae veteran oi rar eastern campaigns told of h jersona iezwtene at the sophomore banquet held wednesday in the masonic lempie at the speakers table are l to r charles b austin class vice-president g bruce staples com mitteeman e kenneth smiley director of admis dr claude g beardslee university chaplain john h brindle class president wray h congdon q undergraduates major lunde s j air corps major russeli h johnson assistant pro fessor of military science and joseph b adams committeeman mets to gather at christinas banquet bethlehem pa friday december 18 1942 ■ price — 5 cent vol l — no 24 naval reservists will get uniforms soon air corps indefinite states dean congdon the college student who is found seriously at work in his chosen curriculum and who is educationally solvent when induction comes is the one who will get the breaks when selection of those to be sent back to college is made this inescapable and reliable advice was given last evening by dean wray h congdon in pointing out the time when members of various military categories on the campus are likely to be called int service army to call erc in january june ill's r record average year games points per game 1939-40 i 8 134 16.7 1940-41 1941-42 1942 totals 16 ! 15 3 42 243 15.2 251 16.7 71 23.7 699 16.7 reservists are going all men in the enlisted reserve corps of the army are apt to be called at the end of the present semester with the following exceptions all senior rotc students junior erc students who are taking technical engineering courses pre-medical and pre-dental students the students in these excepted categories will not be called to active duty until june 1943 juniors in engineering and pre-medical courses but not in erc if called by the draft prior to the end of the spring semester may be con tinued in college in inactive status until june 1943 navy reservists are likely to be called to active duty at a date not yet announced but will probably be continued in college at least until the end of the spring semester all engineers in the naval reserve will i all probability be given eight full semesters of college training