Brown and White Vol. 51 no. 24

              cold weather 9 snow ice characterize lehigh winters now that we're really in the grips of a cold spell perhaps some of the newer men around the campus would like to know what the usual lehigh winter is like to begin with it's usually cold on this side of south mountain in january 1912 the mercury hit the bottom at 16 degrees below zero according to the records of prof benjamin l miller geology profes sor and that isn't all dr miller states that in the three months of december january and february below-zero temperatures are not an uncommon occurrence the record lows for these three months in recent years are 9 be low for december 16 below for january and a minus 13 for feb ruary 30 in of snow fell with such cold weather storms which shower rain on the phila delphia area are usually changed to snow when they reach the le high valley on march 12 1888 30 inches of snow fell on the le high campus a record which hasn't been broken as yet the usual seasonal snowfalls recorded by dr miller is around 20 or 30 inches for the lehigh valley there has never been a serious interruption of activities at lehigh since its founding because of win ter weather says dr miller pro fessors who have been around le high when snow rather than war constituted a problem on the cam pus tell of wading to classes with the white feathery stuff knee deep they also recall times when they arrived at classes to find most dean's warnings sent out to 194 ast unit to be cut in january april the lehigh ast contingent will be cut to approximately 1200 at the beginning of the january cy cle and will be further reduced to 825 at the opening of the april session president c c williams said in faculty meeting monday lehigh's ast contingent num bering 1326 is the fourth largest in the state according to president c c williams at the top of the list in numbers is the university of pennsylvania with 2722 cadets university of pittsburgh with 1718 and perm state with 1554 the lehigh figure is exclusive of the rotc men on the campus some of whom will join the ast ranks jan 10 following lehigh in number of cadets are carnegie institute of technology pittsburgh with 1154 and lafayette with 788 at the same meeting three fac ulty committee members were appointed to fill in temporarily for men-on-leave on the sum mer-session committee prof glenn christensen replaces prof w l jenkins prof l t lee replaces prof burke severs now teaching at yale university and e kenneth smiley was named to act in an ex-officio capacity to replace prof harold p thomas now stationed in north africa with a decrease in the enroll ment of civilian students this sem ester the number of valentines sent out as a warning for many to buckle down the comparative increase al most 20 per cent over last semes ter calls forth some vital statis tics in student enrollment last june there were 520 students en rolled in the university and when valentine time came around 143 warnings were sent out this sem ester 457 civilians enrolled and nearly 45 per cent received warn ings last month every curriculum director re ported an increase in valentines except in the curricula of engi neering physics electrical engi neering and chemistry fol lowing is a complete list of valentines sent out in the various curricula comparing the results of last semester with those of this semester rare english volume unearthed in library by mere accident a rare old english volume was found on the open book shelf of the library the book a preface and index to gen tleman's magazine and written in 1753 by dr samuel johnson was discovered by prof james l clifford english department and has since been placed in the rare book room of the library the gentleman's magazine an english publication started in 1731 last summer l f powell eng lish scholar stated that there were only two copies of dr johnson's preface and index in existence and that both were in england the discovery apparently gives lehigh the only copy of the book in am erica and the third copy in the world the rare volume was bought by the university in 1883 most lehigh grads hold commissions thirty-four of these men have died in the service of their coun try latest to be killed was harold e moosmann 40 who died aug ust 21 in the middle east area absolute proof that lehigh's training produces results is the outstanding percentage of lehigh men in the armed services who are commissioned officers of the 2273 lehigh men in service 1392 are commissioned officers 161 are in training for commissions 635 are privates or seamen and 134 are non-commissioned officers warrington is chosen if ball band pollock will speak feb 20 is date set for graduation charming pollock . . . . . . graduation speaker johnny warrington's popular philadelphia orchestra will play for the if ball on jan 15 an nounced if president w robert moore m e 045 the dance will be in grace hall from 10-2 war rington played here last march 6 when he and bobby sherwood were the orchestras for the if ball at that time due to a lack of orchestra avail able at the present time the com mittee is fortunate in being able to present such a popular band in his first engagement here war rington stole the show with an evening of good danceable music and sufficient variety to keep the crowd interested as an extra added attraction the featured male vocalist will be bon-bon famed former singer with jan savitt's group bon bon's recordings have brought him much fame and he is considered one of the top vocalists in the bus iness today the other vocalist will be marian mason a warring ton standby prices for admission will be 3.30 for civilians and 2.20 for army men stationed on the cam pus there will be no advance in prices at the door although plans are still rather indefinite it is be lieved that trainee tickets will be sold through the first sergeants of the respective companies as has been the custom for past dances fraternity houses will be allowed to house their women guests for saturday night only cast of play is released sixty-nine students are on the tentative list for the february 20 graduation with charming pol lock play right and journalist as speaker for the first time lehigh will hold its commencement on sun day with baccalaureate services at 11 o'clock in the morning and graduation exercises at 3:30 in the afternoon dr claude g beards lee will deliver the baccalaureate sermon born in 1880 pollock who now lives in washington d c is the author of over a dozen plays and books the most famous of which are the fool and the enemy the first is a social criticism of capitalistic selfishness and the second treats on the folly of war pollock is well-known for his championing of clean wholesome literature as opposed to sex cyn icism and decadence the following seniors are on the tentative graduation list alfred aron adler m e max william bellis e e john charles black m e george harvey brower e p charles norman charest e.m aldo nicholas ciaffardini e p irving reid collmann arts james milbourne godfrey ch e alfred joseph cornelius bus john jos eph deach jr e e john paul delich arts warren richard dix met e john francis donahue met e.;john evans doxsey m e donald malcolm fiegley arts blain donald ferrell ch e jack clifford fitch ch e philip james gahagan arts george gawthrop jr ch e david franklin gear hart arts richard lee gerhart c e david wagener green e.e john hammes gross met e hibbard gustave gumpert jr arts alexander c hetherington ch e robert holliday hicks jr m e lewis warner hill m e william charles hittinger met e james allison hosford m e rus sell cornelius jordan m e john marius kennedy e e carl theo dore kleppinger chem george henry kocyan jr m e john lewis edward kratzer e e ralph rupp lav e e andre jean emile leroux arts donald randolph lowry jr m e creighton lamar lytle arts rob ert harris mathes e e george william mcknight m e theodore george megas met robert moss m e john robert munford arts glenn allan mur ray m e joseph francis o'brien arts henry christian ost jr bus lewis franklin page e e paul james ray jr e e paul leslie reiber jr met george leon reimer e e joseph ray mond ristorcelli m e gordon thomas roberts e e robert kistler schmoyer ch e leonard charles schwab m e peter charles seaton m e harold de seniors must pay fees by jan 15 seniors who want their pictures in the yearbook must pay their assessment and others who desire copies of the epitome must order them by jan 15 the senior pay ment of 7 should be made at the placement bureau in the basement of the alumni building while copies should be ordered at 3 by the other classes through the supply bureau or the arcadia of fice in drown hall including rotc men who are expected to have their pictures in the book there are some 240 members of the three classes of 44 only 30 of whom have paid while it may be possible to order the epitome after jan 15 prob ably at an increased price only 500 copies will be printed town men and commutors may mail their checks to the 1944 epitome drown hall if it is more convenient if they have not already done so all organizations should decide at their next meet ing how much space they will be able to take two pages are 40 one page 20 one-half page 10 with a picture or 7.00 without the dates of production and a list of the entire cast of the com ing mustard and cheese play the man who came to dinner have been released by prof al bert a rights faculty director of the group the female talent will be fur nished by players of the bethle hem civic theatre the play to be given in the civic theatre will be presented on jan 21 22 and 23 and two matinees and one evening show for the ast students two shows for the student body alone and one or two performances for the town people are planned in order of their appearance the cast is as follows mrs ernest w stanley played by mitzy kelly miss preen ernie zeigler rich ard stanley pvt stecker june stanley joyce heller john rob ert kerkegi sarah joyce bram well mrs desper aubrey kirch man mr stanley pvt gursey maggie cutter mereen torrell dr bradley pvt van aucken sheridan whiteside lowell judis harriet stanley phillis kahley bert jefferson pvt egerton pro fessor metz pvt orwintowitz lorraine sheldon eve depaolis sandy pvt lillien beverly carl ton al goodman westcott pvt bornstein banjo pvt monaco o university received 151,478 last year a total of 151,478 came to le high during the past year ending dec 31 to be used for endow ment current expenses research and property improvement largest sum was 48,700 ear marked for research projects en dowment profited to the extent of 38,908 to be placed on interest followed by alumni gifts totalling 33,870 most of the money from alumni came in the form of small gifts ranging upwards from 5 continued on page 4 vol li no 24 bethlehem pa wednesday jan 5 1944 price — 5 cent brown and white lehigh university of the students at home snowed in probably superior will-power and physical energy enabled the professors to reach classes while the students were exerting theirs sliding down south mountain's steep slopes of cardboard carpets or other makeshift sleds ice has always constituted a ma jor problem on powerlines trees and step slopes according to dr miller there have been as much as three inches cross-sectional diameter of ice recorded on pow erlines and trees on such occa sions poles are pulled down and sometimes trees are ruined by having their branches broken off from weight of ice a wet snow that sticks to ev erything paints a beautiful pic ture on still mornings before mr litzenberger's snow team gets to work shoveling sidewalks cin dering icy slopes and driving the campus snowplow about making roads passable the campus re minds one of fairyland with ev erything glistening white in the early light curriculum vts and science last t sem this sam 18 iusiness 4 10 zh e 36 42 hem 2 2 ;. c 8 9 e e 24 22 i p 3 0 c i 5 4 e 44 60 let e 5 8 :. m 2 5 ngineering general college 3 0 10 3