Brown and White Vol. 52 no. 6

              bethlehem pa wednesday august 2 1944 vol lh — no 6 44 epitome finally reaches news-stand with the news that the 1944 epitome has finally arrived it | has been announced that volun | teers for the staff of the next year ; book are needed fritz yon ber gen ch e oct 44 the editor of the 1944 edition has called an or lganization meeting for friday i afternoon at four o'clock in the basement of drown hall all in terested students including fresh men are urged to be there to hear about the opportunities offered on the editorial or photographic staffs the 1944 epitome arriyed at the supply bureau monday after a de lay in printing caused by the war work is being started on the new book early this year in an attempt to get it done earlier there are about 212 pages in the 44 epitome under an attrac tive red white and blue cover the contents include articles about the war years personnel activi ties living groups and the astp with a section dedicated to the le highmen who have sacrificed their jives in the war new research started here dr r t gallagher of the de partment of mining engineering j here at lehigh has been placed in direct charge of a new research problem which has been set up at the university under the auspices of the general reinsurance cor poration with the aid and cooper ation of the anthracite institute the program contemplates a study of underground accidents in anthracite mines occurring thru falls of roof and coal at the work ing face the goal of the research is the development of equipment to warn the mine officials and the miners of any-dangerous roof con dition that requires attention a preliminary search has been made of the more recently pub lished articles on mine roof stu dies and a reference bibliography has been built up personar inter views have been held with men prominent in this field of research these detailed investigations have opened aip a number of ap proaches to the problem appar ently none of the proposed : lines of attack has ever been tried in the anthracite field before student views on engineer's club idea numerous opinions suggest formation of combined engineer's club would succeed following up an editorial in the last issue of the brown and white our roving reporter has gathered some scattered student opinion of the proposed lehigh university engineer's club although no opinions of dislike were put forward many constructive and worthy suggestions as to organization and purpose were made by the students mentioned below as well as scores of others whose statements either covered or were closely allied to those which are being printed a good representation of faculty and alumni opinion has been sub mitted to the jbrown and white staff but student sentiments have not been reviewed as completely j letters to the editor concerning j the formation of such an organiza i tion would be welcomed both as | an indication of student interest ! and as a basis for making the club a true lehigh organization r w moore oct 44 suggested that a representative of each course society and an arcadia rep resentative draw up tentative plans which would be put forth at a general meeting of the student engineers rmoo-re also set forth the idea that initial expenses might.be met by a pool of loans from the individual course societies al dicke m e june 45 echoed i moore's sentiments but suggested that the individual course socie ties might lose their identities in a combined club and that it would be beneficial to keep these socie ties in existence by keeping their importance in the minds of the students he also suggested that the club's activities should be di plans a ll set for if ball the final arrangements for the interfraternity dance the first big social event of the semester have been made and tickets will go on sale on wednesday of this week paurfranz billtßloeeher and bob moore will have charge of tickets in the fraternity houses and bob mayer in the dorm tickets can also be secured from mrs bowker in drown hall arttl at the supply bureau the price of admission is 3.00 per couple jtax included the dance will be semi-formal and dates may stay in the dorm or fraternity houses the night of the dance provided a list of guests and their chaperones be submitted ; to dean congdon music for the dance willrbe fur nished by harry romig's orches tra with vocals by bea jerin and roger grube there will be danc ing from ten to one plan to move music set mr litzenberger supervisor of grounds and buildings has an nounced that since the chapel has been closed for the duration of the war the capehart electric phono graph along with its 136 albums of classical music is to be moved to a new location the new location of the cape hart has not been as yet definite ly decided upon although the ar cadia room in drown memorial hall is being seriously considered this fine machine first appeared on the campus in 1934 as a gift of the carnegie corporation soon afterward a group of eight stu dent musicians met and formed an organization known as the stu dent concerts group these eight in a short time printed instruc tions concerning the proper care and use of the college music set prepared a catalogue of the musi cal scores available and offered a series ai informal reoneerts upon the capehart with the continued popularity of this instrument lits location in 1935 was changed to one of the ante-rooms of the university chapel here amid the quiet al most pensive atmosphere of stain ed windows and somber furnish ings the music set was able to display its artistry to the utmost with a series of sunday evening concerts being offered each semes ter however with the advent of the war and decreased enrollment the capehart concerts were discon tinued but the instrument still re continued on page 4 important notices . . . for interfraternity ball conces sions call bill bloecher 6-3782 mustard and cheese final trials in petticoat fever thursday at 4:00 friday at 5:00 stage crew and business staff competitions friday at 4:30 chem society plans first social event one of the most colorful of le high's course societies the student chemical society will open its so cial season on friday afternoon august 25 at 4:00 with a picnic at prof horald anderson's farm any member of the chemistry and chemical engineering curri cula is urged to attend a baseball game is scheduled for continued on page 4 continued on page 4 planning to continue the good work carried on by photo clubs of past years are these members of the recently reorganized le high photographic society who are taking pictures for future contest and exhibitions the photo meetings are to be evenly distributed between indoor and outdoor sessions special ses sions will be held for both trick and table top photography the lehigh photo society plans a course in elementary photography lectures activities included in course reviving student photographic activity the lehigh photographic dub will endeavor to present through lectures and activities a i complete course in ■ elementary j amateur photography this . semes ter photographic print contests hikes and shooting sessions will be held periodically with a final salon i to be held at the end of the sem lesfcer all members enjoy the use bof-£he club darkroom and the pho tographic books and technical data of the club library in an effort to be useful on the campus the club working in con i neetion with the brown and white photo staff will provide pictures i of xehigh to foe used in campus with bela k erdoss of the m e department faculty adviser and i willard a murray m e june 45 president the club has pro jected many instructive talks by robert a herrick and mr leon ard schick of the alumni bulletin dr t e hazlehurst and dr rob ! ert billinger of the chemistry de partment print contests will be judged by mr herrick facilities will be provided at meetings for the protection of kodachrome transparencies as well as glossy prints the lehigh photo club was very active in the days of astp programs at that time consisted of shooting trips discussions of indoor photography and special indoor photo flood work the army proved to be very interested in the club's work and many of their shots appeared in the pages of the brown and white continued on page 4 brown and white a big day at lehigh . . . today is a big day . . . it's a big day for lehigh because about 150 army air force cadets are moving into richards house to them we extend the big hello lehigh is glad and proud to have you and we hope your stay here will be both happy and profitable it's a big day for the cadets too because it marks the beginning of their career in two great american institutions the united states army and lehigh university the men who were here with lehigh's ast unit found many things of real value at lehigh many of them still write various members of the faculty and student body of the profitable days and the good times they had here we hope that you newcomers gain even more than they did both as soldiers and as lehigh men price 5 cents