Brown and White Vol. 59 no. 1

              the program will open with organ fantasia and fugue in g minor by bach a>s arranged by liszit this will be followed by the melody from orfeo " as ar ranged by abram chasms from the popular gluck opera medels sohn's scherzo three numbers by debussy — les collines d'anacapri la cathedrale eng loutie and feux d'arfice cho pn's ballade in f minor and the mephisto waltz by liszt an honor student from the time she entered the julliard school of music at the age of seven until her graduation miss miki's talent was developed by such dis tinguished teachers as mary louise sims 1 , carl friedburg gas ton dethier and muriel kerr for her distinguished scholarship and for her outstanding performance she won the coveted harry rosen berg memorial the frank dam rosch and morris loeb memorial prizes upon graduation the youthful pianist made her debut with the chautauqua festival orchestra un der franco autori playing the grieg concerto in a minor so successful was this appearance that she was immediately engaged for a number of solo concerts alumni set up fund program than in one particular course a major change had to be made in the syllabus because certain vital books were not available in the library ordinarily the books are avail able however the english depart ment source declared that viola tions of borrowing privileges have diminished the supply loss of books may or may not be attributed to theft said prof mapk we have no way of check ing under our present open stack system the books may be mis placed in the shelves in which case they may as well be lost open disregard by borrowers of the privilege of using the books and magazines often reveals itself through grangerism according to prof mack grangerism is a good dictionary word he explained which con notes mutiliation of printed mat ter guilty of this misdemeanor are those who scribble in the mar gins or remove pages from books or magazines missing are about 650 books according to a rapid count made at the loan desk the present num ber of books shelved by the li brary is 283,000 continued on page 3 col 4 prof mack stated that it has been suggested to him that he close the stacks this means that a system such as used by some of the larger universities would probably be put into effect university plans check acconnt for smaller clubs treasuries plans to set up banking privileges for small organizations at lehigh were advanced by dean charles a seidle chairman of the committee on student club finance in recent letters sent to the treas urers of student organizations the proposal was introducd by cliff freund retiring treasurer of omicron delta kappa and by bob courtney treasurer of arcadia designated as the lehigh university student clubs account ed until club treasurers return questionnaries which accompanied the letters commenting on the proposal dean seidle explained that it was being attempted solely on an ex perimental basis the plan does not imply control of the funds of the organizations it is purely a service margie lee found even their slide rules in capable of cracking the weighty problem the mystery now comes to light february 18 is not the end of the world to the contrary on that night winter sequence the dance sponsored by the campus radio station wlrn will be held on the second floor of grace hall following the navy wrestling meet downstairs matt gillespie's orches tra will furnish the music with vocals by margie lee among the leading supporters of uwf in the u.s are raymond swing dr albert einstein wil liam o douglas and norman cousins never before in the history of the u.s have so many members of our congress joined in sponsor ing a foreign policy resolution based on support of the united nations a chapter at lehigh has grown out of the increased interest shown by the student-faculty group which has been holding in formal meetings for over a year instructions outlining the duties of class agents and class committeemen were approved by the executive committee of the council of lehigh class agents thursday feb 9 in preparation for an alumni fund drive starting march 1 david m petty 09 president of the council was in charge of the meeting held at the bethlehem club following a recommendation made by the council of class agents the board of directors of the alumni association at a pre vious meeting approved a goal of 85,000 for the drive the quota the highest in the history of the council marks the resumption of alumni fund solicitation after a two year layoff it had been a part of the university's 1 progress program on june 30 the entire fund will be given to the university as an unrestricted gift from alumni regional meetings of class agents are scheduled for philadel phia new york pittsburgh and the allentown-bethlehem area in the near future the system can be s-ummarized as follows the university would set up one checking account for all par ticipating organizations a central office on campus would handle deposits and withdrawals by check a staff member would be desig nated to keep a record of the ac count and all sub accounts treasurers of the various clubs would still need to keep their own accounts in regard to dues ex penditures etc each organization would save at least the minimum service charge required by the bank for its checking account no restrictions other than those imposed by internal control would be placed on organizations regarding their expenditures a statement from an authorized treasurer of a club would be ne cessary for the issuance of a check or payment of a bill deposits would be made in the same manner through the cus todian of the fund under present plans mrs charles moravec will act as custodian action on the project by the committee on stu dent club finance is being delay lu receives gift from rca victor several electronics devices have been donated to the univer sity by rca victor division of radio corporation of america ac cording to president whitaker presented through walter a buck operating vice president at rca the equipment has been al located as follows one voltmeter and one oscilloscope to the psy chology department one volt meter and one sweep generator to the physics department and one isweep generator and one dynamic demonstrator to the department of electrical engineering uwf's unite meet friday organized officially for the first time on the lehigh campus a student-faculty group of the united world federalists will hold its first formal meeting in the trustees room of lamberton hall from 12-1 p.m friday feb 17 officers to fill the openings of chairman vice chairman and sec retary-treasurer will be elected program publicity and speaker committees will be chosen charles m butterworth world federalist chapter representative at lehigh made an urgent appeal in a written announcement to all individuals who maintain an active interest in living to attend while not yet three years old in the u.s the united world federalists have over 650 local chapters in 41 states 1 . the move ment for official establishment of tuesday february 14 1950 lily miki will play here friday pianist has enviable reputation bethlehem pa brown and white lehigh university volume 59 — number 1 scl pianist . . . short popular selections will comprise the program by lily miki american-japanese concert pianist who will appear in the fifth program of this year's offerings of the student concerts-lectures ser ies committee at 8 p.m friday feb 17 in grace hall all lehigh undergraduates will be admitted without charge upon presentation of coupon e in their athletic books special student guest tickets for wives and dates are now on sale at the registrar's office for 75 cents which includes the 20 per cent federal tax and the new 10 per cent city of bethlehem amusement tax tickets for the public are on sale at huff's music store for 1.50 among younger pianists the name of lily miki is assuming ever library faces loss problem considers closing its stacks evidence that the problem has taken on sizeable proportions was given by a reliable source in the english department the source stated loss of books in the lehigh library through misplacement and possibly through theft and grangerism were disclosed by prof james d mack librarian as recurring headaches which must be solved or mitigated in the near future secret's out —-- hop saturday february 18 signs were strewn around the campus like coke bottles a number of men along with the hydrogen bomb details and the whereabouts of the third man one of the most closely guarded secrets of the semester was wha hoppens feb ruary 18 lily miki young american-japanese pianist will appear in the fifth program of the scl series admission for lehigh students will be the presentation of coupon e in their athletic books arger proportions in just a short time lily miki has already estab lished an enviable reputation edward j smith of the musical digest wrote recently this girl is destined to become one of the world's greatest pianists her ablities as an inter preter are remarkable for her years while her technical facility rivals that of any pianist male or female now before the public