Brown and White Vol. 53 no. 29

              with the enrollment of 320 ne students for the current semeste lehigh's soaring undergradual enrollment figures have reache 1,835 a new all-time high selection of the class which wi enter the university in october virtually complete although sorr 1,000 applications are now beir re-processed to choose another £ to 100 men this final selectio should be completed by mid-jul according to a statement by byre c hayes assistant director < admissions with the trend heavily favorii the college of engineering it highly probable that no new a continued on page cyanide initiates two elects officers on monday evening july 8 cy anide the junior honorary society held its election meeting at a ban quet given in lamberton hall hans baer i e june 47 will take over bob belmonte's position of cyanide president and richard heilman m e june 47 was elected secretary-treasurer of the organization after the dinner rev bean faculty advisor of the society spoke about the necessity of aiding freshmen and other new students during their first few weeks at lehigh and stressed the point that it is cyanide's chief purpose to help new students not tell them what they must not do the following juniors were ini tiated into cyanide al granese lawrence moretz and dick heil man debating society to conduct competitions the debating society announces that it will conduct competitions for the williams prizes in extem pore speaking and intramural de bating to be held this semester further information about these competitions will appear in suc ceeding issues of the brown and white the first regularly sched uled meeting of the debating so ciety will be held thursday july 11 in drown hall at 4 30 p m to join the club the constitution provides that there shall be a 10 initiation fee and that each mem ber shall buy a share in the club to be refunded when he leaves the club or when he graduates the value of the share is 40 and may be bought on an installment plan of 5 a month flying time costs 3 an hour compared to 11 an hour at commercial airports in this vicinity a pre-flight school is planned to familiarize every club member with the fundamental theories of flight navigation meteorology and acquaint him with the civil aero nautics regulations the flight pro pre-flight school planned the brown and white may now be obtained in any building on campus please take only one bethlehem pa wednesday july 10 1946 5 cents at the town council outdoor dance vol liii no 29 prof davis heads mustard & cheese mustard and cheese lehigh's dramatic society held its initial meeting of the semester on mon day july 8 new officers elected were as follows albert maccau ley president jon epstein vice president mark russel business manager and seymour glatzer secretary mustard and cheese will func tion under the supervision of a new faculty advisor professor davis of the english department and professor and mrs wallis of mount holyoke college professor davis is anxious to get an early start he announced that tryouts will begin on thurs day friday and monday july 11 12 and 15 respectively at four o'clock in christmas saucon hall in room 312 new action on vets housing of the 1835 students now at le high 602 are living in the dormi tories 155 in drinker 47 in price 200 in richards and 210 in tay lor there are 40 vacancies at present as some men have moved into fraternities the housing sit uation at the beginning of the semester was so acute that the university set up 50 temporary cot in taylor gym for the use of students unable to find immediate living quarters however only two or three men were unlucky enough to have to use these beds — and then only for a few days the present vacancies are in suite rooms that are not usually used as bedroom and are being used only during the present housing short age barracks on campus negotiations are now under way with the national housing agen cy of the federal government to secure temporary dwelling units to be erected on the lehigh cam pus if plans materialize living quarters will be made available for 120 students this fall andrew w litzenberger super intendent of buildings and grounds has been in pittsburgh this week making an inspection of the type of dwelling units avail able during the present emer gency work started monday on the erection of seven barrack-type units on the south side of steel field these buildings will pro vide 28 unfurnished apartments for veterans of the university when the fall semester opens each building will contain four apart ments it is expected that build ing and landscaping will require 90 days outdoor hop highlighted by gay floor show 100 couples attend town council's novel dance with about a hundred couples enjoying the balmy summer night town council launched its sum mer dance program on saturday july 6 at drown hall the dance held outdoors on the rear terrace of the building lasted until mid night and was chaperoned by the rev george m bean at 9:30 a floor show by miss evelyn hess of bethlehem was presented for the entertainment of the dancers the cast of the show consisted of eighteen youthful stu dents of bethlehem high school and lasted for a half hour miss erna lutz also of bethlehem pro vided a musical background for the dancing and other novelty acts record dance master of ceremonies gene sowers conducted several games and presented prizes to the win ners among the games played were musical chairs pass the box dance eliminations and a cakewalk al weasner operated the public address system and am plifier providing the dancers with the best in recent recorded music free refreshments were served throughout the evening by ken bears at the refreshment counter the terrace was decorated by mr and mrs george horneck and the theme of the crepe paper de corations centered around the fourth of july arrangement for delivery of refreshments prepara tion of the dance floor etc were completed by lewis milligan and john hendricks with the coopera tion of mr litzenberger terming the dance a great suc cess howard ullman president of the council announced that the next dance on the schedule will be held on saturday august 3 ac cording to the farmers almanac a clear sky and a new moon are promised for this next affair new rotc policy is announced non-vet students may receive army payments postwar policy concerning the r o t c as announced by the war department has been receiv ed by colonel p l sadler profes sor of military science and tactics at lehigh university it is expec ted that the new program will go into effect at lehigh with the stan of the fall term of 1946 insofar aa existing national laws and approj priations will permit the program as outlined in the war department announcement is che result of a three-months studj by the war department durini which time a number of civiliar educators and military authorities were consulted the approved pro gram provides for military train ing in two divisions the junioi rotc at approximately the sec ondary level and the senior rotc at the junior college and colleg level new senior program the senior rotc progran which would be organized at le high university would consist o two parts known as the elemen tary course and the advance course the latter including a sum mer camp this course will carr the mission into the training o junior officers who have qualitie and attributes essential to thei continued development as officer of the army of the united states if legislation now before cong ress is approved elementar course students would receive pay ments approximating those no received by advanced student the juniors and seniors would re ceive renumeration almost doubl that of the pre-war program whereas the junior rotc an the elementary course of the sen ior rotc will provide only gen eral military training the wa department release stated th advanced senior rotc will be c a specialized branch type design ed to qualify selected students fo reserve commision in the severe branches of the service such as th continued on page 4 dr godshall addresses irc hirohito emperor of japan is in a real position to assist in get ting the japanese people to move in the right direction declared dr w leon godshall head of the department of international rela tions before the first summer ses sion of the international relations club held friday evening in drown hall ' though many americans be lieved that the japanese emperor had no more control over the ja panese than did the british mon arch george vi over british citi zens continued dr godshall hirohito possessed an important psychological control over the ja panese and this power was effec tively utilized by general douglas mac arthur an election of officers was held by the local chapter immediately preceding the address by dr god shall on hirohito emperor and son of heaven george t mc kinley was re-elected as president other officers chosen were ed ward s tattershall as vice-pres ident wilbur e henry jr secre tary and lloyd o shirley treas urer with the initiation of the inter continued on page 3 lehigh flying club offers exceptional opportunity a flying club has been organized at lehigh university with the aim of providing economical flying instruction for the student body and faculty the club owns and is operating a 1946 cub j3 from the bethlehem-easton airport provisionally organized in the middle of last semester with bill bradner as temporary president the club re ceived the university's sanction in the beginning of june any interested member of the student body or faculty is eligible gram will enable the club members to pass the private pilot's examin ation within two or three semes ters brown & white lehigh university club meeting are held every wednesday night at 7:30 p m in room 208 packard auditorium anyone interested in joining the club is invited to attend the meet ings the club officers are bill brad ner president ted lamberton vice president h e zortman sec retary don wythe treasurer j seaver and e f chew dispatch ers and j dennison ground school director f a serfass is acting as faculty advisor lu enrollment reaches new high