Brown and White Vol. 50 no. 48

              nineteen engineers were pledged to tau beta pi national engineer ing honorary yesterday as the result of an election meeting wednes day night this number was made up of seven men from the class of 43 seven from 44x and five from the class of 44 pledging took place at 1 p m yesterday at the memorial stone to dr edward h williams former lehigh professor of geology and founder of the society in front of williams hall college men under 25 are wanted for sea duty college and university students are being sought by the u s mar itime service for a variety of types of positions students under 25 are wanted for training in a new branch of the merchant marine the hos pital corps candidates would un dergo seven months training with pay and eventually ship out with the victory fleet as pharmacists mates applications for these services can be made through the u s maritime service 330 land title building philadelphia formal initiation will be held in about two weeks the election meeting wednesday followed a smoker in drown hall to which eligible men were invited j lyn ford beaver acting head of the department of electrical engineer ing spoke on the history and aims of the society regular seniors elected are robert d bailey i e edward a fehnel chem william d hayes i e isaac m hunsberger chem nathan g lesh e e harold r nace chem and robert e sieg fried ch e class of 44x men to be initiated are bernard j egan met e e lyster frost met e john l gretz met e claude j kurtz ch e stephen kutosh ch e glenn a murray m e and earle w wallick e e juniors elected are edward l diehl c e carl r ingemanson e e roderick w link m e robert s miltenberger met e and harold r siegle ch e 3 day spree begins 4 p.m formal and flowers forgotten for lehigh's final fling at festivity by danal p epstein hold it here we go again today at 4 o'clock spring houseparty officially begins there will be 584 dates on the campus at that time which is a very large figure considering that the university enrollment is down to two-thirds of its usual size this gala weekend will probab ly be the last of its kind for the duration since the expected cut in enrollment will leave about 350 civilian students registered for that reason if for no other this weekend should be a whip dates have been pouring in since this morning and more are expected tomorrow as a matter of fact it is rumored that r omar quadowitz arts 46 has had his date in a bottle in his desk drawer since interfraternity ball some of the women undoubtedly were here yesterday because a lehigh houseparty is something to reckon with and the sooner you get here the better wendell plays friday for those who get here early the baseball team is at home this afternoon at four and will play host to muhlenberg berg has been beaten earlier in the year by a 3-2 score and the game should be a good one this evening is the night of house dances the usual proce dure has been reversed and junior prom is being held tomorrow in stead the majority of the fra ternities will select their favorite bands via victrola and several have small bands engaged to play at the house while a few are plan ning barn dances two living groups have decided to forego the pleasure of houseparty for this last time namely theta kappa phi and kappa alpha the interdormitory council will hold its annual dance on friday night in grace hall art wendell and his orchestra will be the big attraction art has appeared at lehigh on several occasions and has been a big success the town council is assisting in ar rangements for the affair and ad mission will be 50 cents per couple everyone is invited to at tend — dorm town and fraternity men included tomorrow is a long long day if the usual routine is followed joe's and the chor will not be neglected tonight a last look at the moon from the lookout or where have you and on to satur day saturday increases in import ance this year since it is the day of the junior prom many of the dates are not expected to appear until saturday and by tomorrow afternoon things will be in full swing the nine swings into ac continued on page 6 following an election meeting wednesday night tau beta pi tapped these men yesterday noon in front of williams hall left to right they are h j seigle j l gretz e l diehl c r ingemanson r s miltenberger r d bailey n g lesh s kutosh e l frost r e siegfried b j egan w d hayes e a fehnel r w link c j kurtz g a murray e w wal lick and h r nace i m hunsberger is in the air corps but was pledged in absentia bethlehem pa friday april 16 1943 price s cents vol l no 48 these are the men who are arranging for the junior prom tomorrow night at grace hall shown above as they complete plans for the jimmy lunceford harry romig session are ken swayne class president glen murray chairman bernie egan danal epstein and ted peters what's cookin 584 girls expected to arrive for gala houseparty weekend today 4 p m — houseparty officially begins baseball muhlenberg taylor field 9 p m.-l a m — dormitory dance grace hall house dances saturday 8-12 a m — attend class with dates 2:30 p m — lacrosse perm steel field track muhlenberg steel field baseball villa nova taylor field 4-7 p m — maennerchor tea dance 10 p m.-2 a m — junior prom grace hall 3 a m — lookout sunday 3 p m — houseparty officially closes navy men to take test on april 20 exam required for v-l men and marines v-l reservists who will have been in college four regular 16 week semesters by july 1 1943 and freshman and sophomore ma rine reservists will be required to take navy qualifying tests to be given in packard auditorium on tuesday april 20 the results of these tests will determine to a large extent the status of navy and marine corps reservists following their activa tion on or about july 1 that is whether they will be sent to cer tain selected colleges for special ized training or whether they will be ordered into service as an ap prentice seaman or private re spectively men in these categories who are taking pre-medical or pre-dental courses are not required to take the test but are advised by the navy to do so since 1 failure in the test will not disqualify them from continuing their courses and 2 if for any reason these students should not continue in professional courses the re sults of the test will be used to continue them in another college and permit them to qualify for an ensign's commission marine reserves will be required to take only the first part of the morning test and the first part of he afernoon test however if they should decide to take the en tire examination scores made in the optional sections will not be held against them and may be used in assigning them to special types of service members of the v-l program who pass the test and are assigned to the chaplain medical or dental services will be allowed to con tinue college until the completion of 12 full semesters those classi fied as engineering specialists un til they have finished eight sem esters all others will be continued as follows those with six or seven semesters of college will be al lowed one additional semester at continued on page 2 cyanide votes point system a revised point list for member ship in cyanide junior honorary activities society was approved at a meeting held in delta tau delta on wednesday according to hugh boyd 111 m e 44 presi dent of the society all points lists must be turned in to mrs bowker in the arcadia office by noon on wednesday april 21 cyanide will tap pledges on flagpole day election to cyanide will be open only to men of the class of 1945 and not to men of 1945 x boyd announced the point list 7 points 3.5 average for three semes ters varsity letter in group i 11 or 111 sports president of a fraternity junior manager of any recognized sport 5 points 3.00 average for three semes ters president of a town or dormitory section ; intercollegiate individual champion in any spodt ; news manager of the brown and white 4 points 2.5 average for two semesters editorial manager of the handbook mus tard and cheese membership ; treasurer of a fraternity ; photo make-up or news editor of the brown and white 3 points delta omicron theta ; two years in musical clubs ; freshman numerals ; pos sessor of a college record brown and white local advertising assistant epitome circulation manager handbook business continued on page 2 a new service flag for world war 111 has been hung in the main hall of the alumni memorial building over the east entrance the flag bears the number 1531 in blue in honor of those lehigh men who are in the armed forces the numbers 23 honors those who have been killed serving their country the flag which is of coarse cloth the only material obtainable at the present time will be re placed at the end of the war by a permanent one of silk or rayon to match the world war i service flag flag honors 1531 alumni in service 19 high ranking engineers are pledged by tau beta pi brown and white must submit election petitions petitions for nomination for election to the five-man arcadia committee which is replacing class officers for the duration must be handed in to mrs bowker by 5 p m wednesday any student who will not graduate in may and who will have completed his fourth semester by that time is eligible including advanced rotc and other reservists according to kenneth g swayne chairman of the election committee twenty names are required on each petition not more than three names may be from the same living group