Brown and White Vol. 39 no. 1

              provides professorships in pure philosophy and theoretic economics formal opening exercises of the university previously held each year in chapel on the wed nesday afternoon preceding the start of classes were dropped this year in explanation of thisj action president c r richards declared that freshman oriental tion week now serves as opening 1 exercises during this time the freshmen are introduced to thf customs and practices at lehigr the suggestion that these e ercises be dropped according information from the dean's c fice met with approval for,;t c exercises interfered with prep r " ation of student rosters c ss sheets and physical exam a ~ tions new dorm project model on display the model of the new dormi tory project constructed from plans submitted by the archi tects theodore visscher,'99 and james burley 94 which stands in the rotunda of the alumni memorial building was built in the studios of waiter favreur new york city it is as authentic as its small size permits accord ing to the statement of president c r richards an earlier model was built in time for alumni homecoming june 8 but on order of the ar chitects a new and more precise model was built during the sum mer being set up where it now stands just previous to the open ing of the university this fall roads improved chapel decorated omega phi sigia leads univerity lacrosse coach's uncle discovers former student as hold-up artist iliar a bit dirty perhaps but fam iliar nevertheless said mr lattig i've seen you somewhere before the military man smiled no no senor he said but mr lattig was certain moreover he was adamant come into my private car he said and have a cup of coffee the mexican shrugged his shoulders why not he thought after all he was hun gry . . and coffee in a private car was bound to be better than coffee from a canteen so in they went when the coffee had been served mr lattig sure that he had seen the man somewhere before con tinued his interrogating were you 4n a poolroom he asked the captam r^vche mexican grinned hroadly sf'^efer he answered jn&^omo mr eafefrigfittled back and jftibiijiipe hagg you ever been in b^hjfehern pa he que tajeil at this^^j^>bfficer smiled ftwqtlljj jre'nt to kerifeh univer sity thof le|i/aru)ld mr lattig who had thought'^^oj*lo.ng now it was his turn do jyb remember the night that you and someone quarreled in a poolroom in bethle hem and 1 jumped in and stopped the fight he asked the man in uni form the mexican beamed from ear to ear now he remembered well i'll be a son of a so-and-so he said—and added pall it was not long after that that mr lat tig's train was allowed to go its continued on pag four fraternities make various alterations psi upsi lon adds annex bandits frank a lattig uncle of charles i lattig lehigh lacrosse coach and passenger in a railroad train bearing him beyond the mexi can border away from america therefore a reasonable amount of safety looked up startled the train stopped passengers and crew alike were piled out upon alighting the frightened mr lattig who was be ginning to be sorry that he had left the united states learned that it was a squad of mexican soldiers not a gang of band*t which was responsible for he"^u4 halting of the train y f^a the mexica-fc^itay squad was av tendant upon the n"b«^fo»ijig.ke sure that no meters of tkes-p.sj»icaw faction oppetjjgjthe party then i power were ridirfj|c(t^-it had they been passengers it miglnvaj&-been their last train ride for a long ti«se to come perhaps forever if the belligrent looks of the captain of the squad and the itching trigger fingers of his men were to be relied upon each passenger each trainman underwent a long and tedious search during which he'was made to an swer a number of questions not too impersonal in character bandit's face familiar when the captain of the squad approached mr lattig the latter looked him squarely in the eye his face thought mr lattig was fam r 0 t c elects staff officers summer session shows increase regimental and battalion commanders and staffs unannounced 50 graduate students among enrollment of 259 says emery oaplain will not try to influence men's reli gious beliefs itheist to get hearing a completely revised chapel sys tem is promised lehigh students by prof claude gillette beardslee newly installed chaplain of the uni versity philosophy and not reli gion he declares will be the key note of the new courses in chapel ethics and philosophy of religion the university will not try to influence a man's religious beliefs professor beardslee stated in his opening address who are we to say that one is right another wrong if a man wishes to be an athe ist he will be made acquainted with thought which best helps him to de fine and defend an atheism of his own if a man wants to study ag nosticism he will be given philoso phical material for the examination of that position / in pursuance of such a policy professor beardslee has already in stituted numerous changes in the courses under his jurisdiction no text-books are being used in the courses in ethics and philosophy of religion in an endeavor to stimulate personal thought on ethical topics polytheistic beliefs chapel will not be a religious ex ercise the new chaplain insists there will be as frequent reference to the bibles of the mohammedan and buddhist religions as to that of the christians the prayer will sometimes be omitted chapel will be so conducted that any student who wishes to add to an inner mood of his own which will make it a religious observance may do so but there will be no at temp to compel this religious mood professor beardslee is the first man appointed under the univer sity's plan to coordinate the work of the lehigh union chapel and the substitute courses he is a graduate of yale university hart ford theological seminary and brown university and has taught at the university of southern califor nia and rhode island state college he rose from private to lieutenant in the world war and is national chaplain of the veterans of for eign wars student drivers warned by cops obtains 2.532 aerage last semester laon ard hall seccid omega phi sigma xchanged places with leonard h in attain ing the honor rank of cholar«hip for the second semec of the school year 1930 - l'l with an average of 2.532 atfe end of the first semester of theschool year leonard hall was first place with omega phi sjipa close sec ond with respective averages of 2.660 and 2.450 secjn d of tay lor hall rose froiiiaurth to third place during the;'icond semester obtaining an avew of 2.350 the averages fo the second se mester were gerjil'y higher than those of the firsjfiat of the entire university risingitm 1.781 to 1.901 of the 11 frate«es which at the end of the firsti.'mester were be low the 1.6 avjsge prescribed by the dean as a decline for social pri vileges all bu ie kappa sigma were able to affcin better averages during the sfcd semester as compared withthe averages of a year ago thi ntire university is generally lowe the rating in june 1930 being i the order i rank at the end of the second jjnester was greatly changed fropliat of the first there being severalstriking changes of the more i«iceable phi sigma delta rosegifrom thirty-first to fourth and|<-lta pi from twenty eighth to f.irteen place among the 38 liviiijgroups the ordanf rank for the second semester ifc follows contfied on page four the lehigh campus has been im proved this summer under the guid ance of a l litzeuberger super vising architect of the university two and one-half miles of road were constructed on the lower campus and one-quarter mile of road was built in sayre park the type of road is the same as has previously been laid down the inside of the chapel was de corated and received accoustical treatment the packard auditorium and two rooms in christmas-sau con hall also were made sound proof new heating systems were installed in the chemical labora tory williams hall and packer hall four lehigh fraternity houses were renovated during the summer an addition was built to the phi upsilon house which contains a new dining room and servants quarters the annex was designed by theo dore visscher the official architect of the university and an alumnus of phi upsilon this addition is a gift of the alumni the sigma chi house was paint ed inside and out some paperhang ing was done 26 new simmons beds and a shower were installed the bethlehem steel company through the courtesy of e stanley olm stead donated two truckloads of gravel for the driveway theta delta chi and alpha tau omega houses were painted a new bathroom was installed and drap eries purchased for alpha tau omega at theta delta chi the floors were scraped and revarnish ed and the entire downstairs was redecorated 30 typewriters for ournalists yale original legatee former alumnus believes smaller university benefits more by donation the bulk of the 500,000 estate of dr charles w macfarlane 76 economist author and engineer who died in philadelphia last may will come to lehigh it was learn ed when the will was probated last week the bequest which is contingent on the lives of his widow kathleen s macfarlane and his brother john j macfarlane provides for the establishment of two professor ships one in theoretic economics in dr macfarlane's memory and the other in pure philosophy the pro fessorship in philosophy will be known as the william wilson sel fridge professorship and the other the charles william macfarlane professorship of theoretic econo mics the bequest will enable lehigh to finish an economic history of the roman empire begun by doc tor macfarlane who was engaged for many years in the preparation of the history and gathering excerpts and references to sources which he partly catalogued when he realiz ed his failing health would not al low him to complete the work he sent to lehigh his mass of refer ences and his large library with the understanding that the history would be completed bequest first to yale his will as originally written in october 1918 left most of the es tate to yale university but in a co dicil dated feb 24 1927 doctor macfarlane revoked the bequest to yale and named lehigh as the ben eficiary because he believed it would do more good if left to a smaller and less prosperous univer sity . his widow is to receive the in come from nine-tenths of the estate for life after which the sum re verts to lehigh for the establish ment of the professorships the re maining one-tenth of the estate is to be held in trust for his brother john j macfarlane and upon his death it will likewise revert to le high to supplement the professor ships under the terms of the will cam bridge university in england will receive a valuable oil painting of lord byron if cambridge refuses the gift it is to revert to doctor macfarlane's widow doctor macfarlane whose book the economic basis of an indur ing peace brought him interna tional fame was graduated from lehigh in engineering he took graduate work at the university of pennsylvania and at several ger man universities he was honored by french german and american universities for his writings course offered in stage theory r.o.t.c unit renews two-hour drill period inadequate preparation for inspec tion necessitates change state thomlinson a large increase in the number of new students attending the sum mer sessions this year shows that lehigh's summer school is gradual ly acquiring a name for itself among other college according to natt m emery director of the summer session that our summer school faculty has a large proportion of professors and assistant professors than most colleges says mr em ery accounts principally for this increase summer school is divided in two parts the required surveying course for engineers from june 1 to july 11 and the optional session from june to aug 8 of the 259 students attending the optional session 50 were graduates nineteen different colleges including bucknell co lumbia franklin and marshall get tysburg georgetown haverford lafayette muhknberg syracuse western reserve wisconsin and oklahoma city were represented i ngeneral the scholastic averages were higher than those during the regular term doctor emery stated that concentration an dlack of so cial and athletic distractions make the summer school student devote his entire efforts to his books he also said that most students come to summer school with a definite purpose to catch up on back hours so that this personal interest itself results in higher averages the examination standards are exactly the same as those of the regular term and no partiality is shown be cause of the shorter period six and nine credit hours are allowed for the optional course depending on the scholastic standing of the individual art gallery to open with rare old prints new ligfls also installed in bro\fiand white room r impro dents in the brown and white of c which greeted the men who put t this issue sunday eve ning mc led 30 new typewriters lower ty vriter tables and two ad ditional ctric lights the 3 ew typewriters replaced similar i hine which had been in service i three years the use of these ha een made less tiring by lowering the tables four inches current utlets at the editorial desk wr make it possible to sup plement le ceiling lighting with individu lamps lo il alumni lose two '. high graduates robert s goerlicl b 05 m a 06 and miles j seating 8.5 in business adminis tion 25 were defeated sept 11 at the democratic pri maries bethlehem both men sought fe nomination for city trea surer tijerlich was also defeated for the epublican nomination for the samtoffice glaky 01 to speakk _ a r lancy vice president of general jotors will address a com bined melting of the engineering societies let 8 in packard audi torium m glancy who is also a member & the board of trustees will speak'pn the subject of how to succeed eta sigma to meet eta sigma phi honorary classi cal fraternity will meet at 7:30 p.m wednesday at the home of dr horace w wright 10 u church street \ the change in the hours for r o t c drill period was made for several reasons stated col thom linson the results of last year's one hour drill period plan were not satisfactory because the unit was not as well prepared for the inspec tion last spring as it should have been the one hour period made it impossible to properly execute some of the important drill exercises which necessitate more preparation also the one to two o'clock period upset the laboratory schedules of the school considering the desirability of the two hour drill period and the interference of last year's plan with the laboratory schedules co thom linson insisted that the best ar rangement that could be made at the present time was to go back to the plan that was in effect two years ago with the drill period coming from 4 to 6 p m on mon days overloading is banned — hitch hiking not allowed students operating their own automobiles in or near bethlehem must exercise sound judgment this year according to a recent an nouncement of sergt w h me clarin in charge of the local bar racks of the state highway patrol we propose to make a thorough checkup on all of the machines used by students particular atten tion being paid to the equipment including the brakes and lights the officer stated another offense that will not be tolerated is the overload ing of automobiles many of the automobiles that we have seen on the streets in the past carried many more passengers than the machine could accommodate and in some instances the students were hang ing on the sides old cars whose operation is a menace to the public are tabooed by the patrolmen the practice of so liciting automobile rides especial ly on week ends during the football season will not be permitted the sergeant said as far as operating outomobiles in this city is concerned the law that applies to all operators will also govern the conduct of the stu dents mayor robert pfeifle com mented and if they are found guil ty of violating traffic regulations their cases will be aired in traffic court and justice meted out art criticism contest won by lehigh men joe e rothenberg arts 32 re cently was awarded first prize in a national art criticism contest sponsored by the college art as sociation rothenberg's prize es say a criticism of a group of pic tures exhibited at the lehigh art gallery last year entitled him to his choice of one of a group of etch ings richard j essick b a 31 re ceived the lehigh prize in the con test rothenberg chose an etching by joseph higgins essick one by macnulty engl 61 designed to furnish material for mustard and cheese the english department is giving a new course this year in conjunc tion with the mustard and cheese club the course deals with the theory of acting producing direct ing staging lighting and costum ing plays this course is known as dramatics engl 61 warren fletcher coach of the mustard and cheese club stated that the new course will not com pletely take over the work of the club will be given in conjunction with it men who still desire to take part in the club's activities may do so without taking the course this course remarked mr fletcher will assist the club ar tistically and financially and will be of some value to the inexperienced men who are interested in the prob lems of stage producing the course may be taken by any one with sophomore standing and will consist largely of laboratory work with the dramatic club the class meets on tuesday thursday and saturday at 11 a m and is con ducted by mr fletcher coming events rules will be changed phi sigma kappa and theta xi head list two hundred and one freshmen and four sophomores accepted bids to fraternities saturday night at the close of another intensive rushing season non-fraternity men con ducted the silence period as usual saturday afternoon last year 226 men were placed at the end of the rushing season , phi sigma kappa and theta xi led the list with 12 men each phi sigma delta was lowest with two new men there will probably be some minor changes in the rushing rules for next year according to robert clark president of the in terfraternity council the men pledged and their fra ternities are as follows alpha chi rho frederick a brett robert l ball robert w frishmuth robert w mant william oskin andrew parker and john f rowley jr alpha kappa pi ralph w brown robert rowe william a haller kenneth f mac guire edward c christman wes ley l hemphill and robert nei man alpha tau omega kenneth clewell george enzina theodore itterly john guyer pat rick passmore andrew furman edward greason robert allison forrest kurnell stanley goodrich and milton klausman beta theta pi john saxman william dacey john kress and leslie fritz chi phi roy i case richard mcclintic roger enscoe carl collander cor nelius ackerman and hamil reidy chi psi carl esterbrook charles kuntz boyden gabell robert cobaugh flloyd taylor frank miller ed win chickering and edward nor man delta phi edward nufer harrison duke william tyler and john lisle delta tau delta paul franklin preston henry g thoma edwin s williams . jr harrison n beiter william h mac donald knight k culver jr arthur h loux lewis c black robert farnham jr john h ja cobs and john m davis delta upsilon vandervoort rand charles b pharo aubrey sine edgar lore c caldwell sherill benjamin root carl dietz and howard e russell kappa alpha c harrison stofflet malcolm an derson john r summers and donald c yates kappa sigma james braunberns reginald ri ley walter comstock charles kottcamp ralph blythe and george young lambda chi alpha james loeb william s martin carrol kring arnold smoth and bernard gates phi beta delta simon abrams irving bricker and joseph weisman phi delta pi sheldon r baldwin burbank lo vett walter williamson and mi chael hader phi delta theta h clark burroughs frank h mahan george d serfass mac kensie r macleau arthur curtiss sleight charles cox brandt jr and william emery mollenauer phi gamma delta charles lueders tom williams ben hauserman charles stamm hugh jamison robert holt fred erick allen and colin beeson phi sigma delta bennett j marks and sanford berg phi sigma kappa john lewis louis tavarmina claude biglow sumner whitney paul van wulven richard dodd nickolas alexander george wag ner julio zumeta henry fallek robert woodcock and john nilan pi kappa alpha gustive edward witt edmund collins and henry millekin pi lambda phi manuel m kaufman paul beal and ellis flink psi upsilon lewis roberts charles smith jack cornelius hiram chamber lain monroe clark roy travis jo seps bullen jack weber and rus sell wilson sigma alpha mv edward ulman irving wein traub rachlin albert david stein berg paul glickman stanley mei sel harold blasky arthur cohen john goldsmith lenard hirsh and bernard schwartz continued on page four exhibit to feature currier and ives lithographs currier and ives lithographs re flecting political social and econo mic conditions of middle nineteenth century american life will form the year's first exhibit in the le high art gallery according to garth a howland head of the depart ment of fine arts the art gallery in the library will open 2 p m sunday oct 4 and will be open from 2 to 5 p m daily and sun day until sunday oct 18 on founder's day wednesday oct 7 the art gallery will be open all day the exhibit over 100 lithographs on early american themes consists of duplicates of copies which cur rier and ives deposited for copy right in the library of congress these pictures obtained from the american federation of art in clude indians buffaloes ships and political cartoons the cartoons are anti-democratic and anti-aboli tionist in tone currier and ' ives lithographs which once sold at very low prices are now auctioned to collectors and dealers at prices as high as 25 or even 100 each according to pro fessor howland promotions are listed the following promotions and appointments in the lehigh r.o.t c unit were announced today by lieut col m h thomlinson mental commander regimental those filling the positions of regi staff battalion commanders and battalion staff will be announced later in the semester color guard f d keck c a billiard staff sergeants w b learned w k laird color cor porals the various positions in the first battalion will be filled as follows captains co a o ootto co b w m schuck co c r w burk executive officers co a w h goehring co b c d warnick co c g h riley platoon commanders co a e m gormley e b douglas s b berkowitz co b a t stanley a p thomas a m anderson co c t w frutiger g n beck with r r bachman first sergeants co a a b rawn co b r b wall co c j a aufhammer platoon sergeants co a h e price ft m nichaus rc s por ter co b w s kistler w p baker w a burhouse co c f d keck p j flanigan w d ma son - sergeaftss giidi co a w h c.-wftbster to b e h worth ihgton co c h a voss corporals guide co a n a carlile d c bomberger j w ambruster g l billheimer co b j o evans h m fisher e w glick d d evans j w gort ner co c v e harton f e lark w b learned h c haupt e l heller corporals squad leaders : co a a t bailey g r barrow j e beidler b l bishop w h bohn ing w m brodhead g l cliver r f bavington c t close s.w buck co b g e goodrich h.p geehr h h demarest h.h ford jr j b hancock b g fortman b l frick f r hammer h o gruhn j o fuller co c h l hill g b howells h g holler w k laird w l hodapp g c konolige e n hower w c korn w m jacobi l o hesse guidon bearers co a b d beach co b d g faust co c p m james the same positions in the second battalion will be filled as follows captains co e j l william son co f j f schwartz co g c f schief executive officers co e a r baldwin co f a g rohrs co g t w drobek platoon commanders co e c a weaver p h slaughter w k van kirk co f j g mcmullen k r schneck j f leach co g c r giegerich j j holahan j a fritts first sergeants co e e h robb co f a d robb co g r l davis platoon sergeants co e t b jordan d h freiday w s john son co f r t dean o g lew is e m eddleman co g c a van billiard g c doering m l hoover sergeants guide co e j d strachan co g r n fitzpatrick monday sept 28 4:00 p m meeting of the engineer ing council faculty room wednesday sept 30 4:00 p m meeting of the arts council faculty room thursday oct 1 7:45 p m open meeting of the engineers club of the lehigh valley and the american society of steel treaters packard audi torium address by samuel lew is c.e eight promotions made twenty teaching members have been added to the faculty to replace 17 members who resigned 15 re search fellows have been appoint ed to supplant 11 who resigned eight promotions have been made and three professors have been granted leaves of absence accord ing to a recent announcement made by pres c r richards the new members include two professors three assistant profes sors eight instructors and seven as sistant instructors the department of mechanical engineering has been increased by two members the english and biology departments by one each while in the physics department there were four resig nations and two appointments claude gillette beardslee 8.a 8.d s.t.m m.a ph.d is the head of the new department of mo ral and religious philosophy dr beardslee will act as chaplain teach the courses that may be substituted for chapel act as adviser to the lehigh union and act as personal adviser to students who desire his aid in solving their own ethical and spiritual problems beardslee in france during the war doctor beards lee had 14 months service in france from 1921 to 1924 he was a member of the faculty of the university of southern california from 1925 to 1929 he was pastor of a church at kingston r 1 and at the same time was professor of psychology at rhode island state college in 1929 he entered brown univer sity from which he received the de gree of doctor of philosophy last june from 1927 to 1929 doctor beardslee was national chaplain of the veterans of foreign wars adelbert ford a.8 a.m ph.d is the new head of the department of psychology from 1920 to 1921 doctor ford was instructor in psy chology at drake university and from 1921 to 1931 he was in charge of all beginning courses in psychol ogy at the university of michigan for several years he was adviser on personnel problems to the de troit edison company g e raynor appointed george e raynor 8.5 m.a ph.d assistant professor of math ematics comes from the university of oklahoma he had previously served on the faculties of the uni versity of washington princeton university and wesleyan captain james o green jr in fantry has been assigned to the de partment of military science and tactics captain green was grad uated from west point in 1917 and was awarded the distinguished ser vice cross in the war he has been an instructor at west point and fort benning inge martin lyse c e norwe gian university of technology has been appointed research assistant professor of engineering materials dr marcks appointed kerwin m marcks m.d jeffer son medical school 30 has been appointed assistant director of the students health service doctor marcks who was an interne in the allentown general hospital suc ceeds dr j r bierman who re signed to enter private practice in northumberland county prof f v larkin head of the department of mechanical engin eering and prof r w hall head of the department of biology have been granted leaves of absence for one year prof m c stuart has been appointed acting head of the department of mechanical engin eering and prof stanley hall has been appointed acting head of the department of biology prof j l beaver's leave has been extended for one year to ena ble him to complete the require ments for a doctor's degree at har vard university instructors ernest harold brink b s in m.e university of kansas 30 m.s in m.e yale university 31 instructor in mechanical engineer ing stewart scott cairns a.8 a.m harvard university 26 and 27 instructor in mathematics . donald m fraser a.8 a.m instructor in geology cedric gale a.8 new york university 30 m.a new york university 30 instructor in eng lish voris v latshaw 8.a a.m ph.d indiana university 27 28 30 instructor in mathematics charles wesley ph.y b.a wesleyan university 30 m.a university of pennsylvania 31 instructor in english j burke severs a.b rutgers university 25 a.m princeton continued on page six brown and white bethlehem pa tuesday september 29 1931 macfarlane wills 500,000 to lehigh vol xxxix no 1 . pledgees fewer 205 accept bids price — five cents 20 men replace 17 who resigned teaching posts four sophomores among those taken in as rushing aids opening exercises omitted this year beardslee and ford are new full profes sors on staff beardslee will revise lehigh's chapel system pep meeting friday all students are requested to attend the first pep meeting 4 o'clock friday afternoon at the flag pole a rehearsal of cheers and several short talks will con clude the program in preparation for the pennsylvania military academy game saturday member 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