Brown and White Vol. 52 no. 26

              odk taps three men at a meeting held last wednes day jan 17 omicron delta kap pa national senior honorary lead ership society elected to tap three men for possible initiation the men chosen were lido lacocca m.e june 45 bill wehner chem e june 45 and al vetroski arts june 45 the traditional tapping took place yesterday noon at the snow cleared flagpole qualifications for membership are based to a great extent on ex tra-curricular activities a student must also be in the upper 35 of eligible men in their sixth sev enth or eighth semesters at the university the initiation and banquet will be held sometime before the end of the semester the active student members of the society at present are william j day bus june 45 robert w mayer chem e june 45 and v warren fox chem e feb 45 june 1945 donald e hamme e.e ay 2.51 eta kappa nu vice president kappa sigma president 2 semesters vice president 1 semester a i e e lehigh branch pres ident vice president treasurer i hem each demolay club secretary-treasurer soccer two years newtonian socieyt glee club one year interfraternity wrestling 2nd place 44 interfraternity softball football basket ball lido q lacocca i.e ay 2.85 theta chi fraternity president tau beta pi pi tau sigma vice-president pi delta ep silon omicron delta kappa brown and white make-up editor epitome assistant editor a s m e treasurer interfraternity council employment mech eng research robert m treser ch.e ay 2.09 editor-in-chief brown and white news manager news editor sports editor epitome 2 years president pi delta eusilon previous secretary two years varsity football two continued on page 4 umbia university debater plans to broadcast robert e mertz arts feb 47 has been chosen to debate over a national network broadcast on february 20 from washington d c the debate is sponsored by the national university extension association in cooperation with the national forensic league and scholastic magazaine the broad cast will take the form of a 45 minute program on the american forum of the air from the studios of the mutual network the topic chosen is resolved that the legal voting age in the united states should be reduced to 18 there will be six speakers on the program two adults and four young people the adult speakers will be congressman augustus w bennet of new york and dr wal ter c bell of the association of junior colleges congressman ben net will take the affirmative and dr bell the negative bob was a member of his high school varsity debating team and also was a member of the national forensic league the national honorary speech society comprised of 500 high schools he has at tended two national student con gresses sponsored by the nfl in 1943 and in 1944 at the 1944 con gress held at columbus ohio bob received an award for being one of the outstanding speakers the nfl gives points to competitors in accordance with their participation and ability through.out high school at the end of his senior year bob ranked third among the partici pants bob is now in his second sem ester at lehigh and is a member of delta omicron theta lehigh's debating society in last semester's intramural debating competition bob's team took second place he has also spoken in competition with haverford college and col notice . . . there will be a meeting of all epitome staff members at 7:30 tonight in the basement of drown hall debaters form society for more activity representatives met and chose council representatives of six lehigh valley colleges met last friday evening in packard laboratory for the purpose of starting an inter collegiate society to stimulate competition in debating in and among the collegs throughout the valley the new group to be known as the lehigh valley debating lea gue will include representatives from cedar crest college mora vian college for women muhlen berg college moravian college for men and lehigh all of whom are expected to be active members and lafayette college whose ac tivity will be determined by the status of army programs members of the executive coun cil elected last night were john tuberty lehigh jerry mitchell cedar crest prof ephriam ever itt muhlenberg prof albert gil mer lafayette w e weinland moravian college for men and phyllis jacobson moravian col lege for women professor gilmer of the lafay ette college faculty who was the guest speaker outlined for the group several cardinal principles of debating among which he stressed the following seek the truth regardless of personal pre judices practice sincere extem poraneous speaking get as many elements of the community into your organization as possible professor gilmer also gave a brief summary of the three eras in american history when debating loomed largest in the public eye and helped greatly to settle na tional issues the three outstand ing periods he said were 1 the webster-haines debates on the subject of nullification which question established daniel web ster in the minds of the american people as the great champion of continued on page 3 appointment epitome emerges from plan stage after many agonizing weeks o*f floundering infancy the 1945 epi tome has finally emerged from the planning stage and is now rolling along nearly on schedule accord ing to editor-in-chief h edward gross the editor also asked any men in the classes of february june or october 1945 who have not already done so to call mccaa photo studio for a senior picture at a five man committee meet ing yesterday jan 22 it was vot ed to assess the senior class 10.00 apiece per book it was also an nounced that the astrp section will be produced by the army boys themselves and that four men had been assigned as epitome sub scription men bob mertz in rebuttal professor gilmer makes his point to student debater from muhlenberg spectators and contestants partake of refreshments at close of debate brown and white lehigh university bethlehem pa wednesday january 24 1945 vol lii — no 26 warren fox ch e 45 the winners of the elections will be announced in the next is sue of brown and white to be eligible to be a candidate for election to the committee you must be in one of the following classes june 45 october 45 or february 45 if you are a mem ber of any of these classes you may submit your list of activities to the committee appointed by bill boothby bill boothby i e oct 45 ap pointed a committee consisting of bill day bus june 45 v war ren fox ch e feb 45 with the other members of the present five-man committee on classes acting exofficio for the counting of the ballots and anything else con nected with the running of the election dr beardslee is the fac ulty advisor ballots may be found in this is issue of the brown and white and must be deposited in the arcadia office no later than friday noon the elections for the five-man committee on classes will be held from wednesday january 24 un til noon on friday january 26 ballots not to be counted after this friday noon 5 man group election set for this week price 5 cents fox to enter pbk friday phi beta kappa the national senior honorary society will ini tiate into its ranks v warren fox ch e feb 45 on friday afternoon jan 26 membership in the society is based solely on scholastic achieve ments and does not depend on ex tracurricular activities although it is normally limited to students in the college of arts and science and the college of business ad ministration a limited number of engineering students whose work in philosophical scientific and language studies is of high grade may be admitted into the society fox has been an outstanding man on the campus not only be cause of his scholastic ability but because he has participated in vir tually every activity possible as well as holding offices of responsi bility he is a member of omicron delta kappa tau beta pi mus tard and cheese and brown and white to mention a few he has also served on arcadia and the 5 man committee and played football for one semester 5 man committee ballot any lehigh man may vote — his ballot must be signed and turned in to the arcadia office by noon on friday vote for 5 men — no more no less do not fail to vote your privilege your duty d d e hamme □ c g hafner □ l a lacocca □ h b kern □ r m treser q f s landstreet □ w g wehner q w d pettit □ s w wilson □ h e gross d w s boothby □ e c luckenbach □ d l shettel name curriculum class